Beat Magazine #1368

ISSUE 1368 | 24 APR 2013 | BEAT.COM.AU

EVERYTHING MELBOURNE - MUSIC, ARTS, CLUBS & CULTURE

AEROSMITH

JULIAN MARLEY

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

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IN THIS ISSUE...

12

HOT TALK

16

TOURING

18

LOCAL NATIVES

20

ARTS GUIDE, 247 DAYS, SKELETON

22

ART OF THE CITY, COMIC STRIP

31

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH,

33

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

34

AEROSMITH, TURIN BRAKES

36

JULIAN MARLEY, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

37

SIX60 CHARLES BRADLEY

HAMISH ANDERSON PG 44

PHOENIX PG 40

38

PHOENIX, HAMISH ANDERSON, YACHT

39

CORE/CRUNCH! DEATHSTARS

40

MUSIC NEWS

44

ALBUM OF THE WEEK, SINGLES, CHARTS

THIS WEEK IN BEATS

SHOCKONE

CHARLES BRADLEY PG44

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THE PRICE IS RIGHT AEROSMITH

TEGAN & SARA

Rock’n’roll hall-of-famers Aerosmith have announced that they will play a second Melbourne show at the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday April 28. Flanked by a stellar lineup of Aussie bands, Wolfmother, The Dead Daisies, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, and Diva Demolition, it seems Aerosmith are making it up to their Australian fans: they haven’t played a show here in 24 years! Tickets go on sale Monday April 8 through Ticketmaster from just $79.

We’ve got five double passes for you to win.

Canadian twin singer-songwriter duo Tegan & Sara return to Australia this May for the Groovin’ The Moo festival as well as their own headlining shows, bringing with them an arsenal of exciting new tunes off their new album, Heartthrob. Charmed by the extravagance of the festival (and everything else Australia) the twins make their sixth visit Down Under. Tickets for their show at the Palais Theatre on Thursday May 2 are selling fast. We’ve got one double pass up for grabs.

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

THE KOOKS

After a decade of celebrating and perfecting their dynamic big-band experience on-stage, Melbourne Ska Orchestra finally have a debut album. Fronted by Nicky Bomba (Bomba, John Butler Trio, Bustamento), the 30-plus-piece band consisting of Melbourne’s finest reggae musicians promise to bring a swerve of skankin’ ska music to Melbourne. Catch them at the Forum Theatre Saturday May 4 with special guests Strange Tenants and Savona Sound System. We’re giving away two prize packs, including a double pass to the show and a copy of the album.

UK band the Kooks hit up Australia in May for the Groovin the Moos Festival. The indie rockers from Brighton are in demand, with tickets for their Palais show on Friday May 3 selling out in ten minutes. Feeling the love from their Australian fans, The Kooks announced a second show at The Palais on Wednesday May 1 and we’ve got two double passes to give away. Winners must be over 18.

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MATT CORBY Australia’s foremost folk heartbreaker Matt Corby has announced a huge homecoming tour. The tour will be his first in over a year in Australia, after spending some time majorly crushing it overseas. The tour will be a taste of what’s to come from Matt’s debut album, which is due later this year. Matt Corby performs at The Palace on Friday May 31 with special guest Grace Woodroofe who’s joining him for the tour. Tickets can be purchased via the venue website.

LEAPS AND BOUNDS FESTIVAL Named after the Paul Kelly song, the City of Yarra have announced their inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, with an emphasis placed on all things local. 50 traditional venues such as The Corner Hotel (the largest venue in the area) to The Empress (one of the longest serving) will be involved and events are also being confirmed at nontraditional venues such as an outdoor event in Stanley Street, a Freeza/Push event at Fitzroy Town Hall, a silent gig in Gertrude Street, and many more. The new festival is also happy to announce two strategic partnerships. The first is with the indigenous communities within Yarra to program an outdoor BBQ event in Stanley St, as well as putting focus on indigenous acts within the festival. The second is a collaboration with the Gertrude Street Projection Festival. For the Leaps and Bounds closing weekend, events will be jointly programmed by Leaps and Bounds and the Projection Festival to put a real spotlight on one of the most emerging precincts within Yarra. Other events that are taking shape include a partnership with PBS-FM to do a live studio show, open day and outside broadcasts, a tribute at The Tote to local legend Tim Hemmersley, Morning Ritual shows at cafes throughout Yarra and many more. Leaps and Bounds Music Festival will be happening at various venues within the City of Yarra from Wednesday July 15 to Sunday July 21. Artist and event applications are now open at leapsandboundsmusicalfestival.com with a full program to be confirmed on Wednesday May 15.

ROLLING STONE: THE COVERS

CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES Having blitzed the US at SXSW and through a headlining tour, Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes return to Melbourne to perform their first Australian show of the year. Their 26-stop North American tour include a live performance on NBC’s Late Night With Carson Daly. Catch Clairy and her nine-piece band at The Corner Hotel on Friday May 31. Tickets from the venue and box office.

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For the first time in Australian history, 150 of the greatest covers spanning over four decades of Rolling Stone Australia, are touring the country and can be seen at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum from Saturday April 20 to Sunday July 7. With an original masthead designed by the late, great psychedelic artist Rick Griffin, stunning photography and illustration by luminaries including Annie Leibovitz and Ralph Steadman, and the work of stellar art directors, Rolling Stone’s covers have become as iconic as the stars that feature on them. The exhibition is free.

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WINTERCOATS Melbourne dream-pop boy wonder Wintercoats has announced a national tour in support of his new EP, Heartful. Fresh from supporting Sarah Blasko on her national tour, Wintercoats will head around the country for a run of headline shows. Support at the Melbourne performance comes from Galapagoose and another to-be-announced act. Heartful is out through Yes Please. Wintercoats performs at The Gasometer on Saturday May 11.

THE PEOPLE’S MARKET As the cooler weather begins to settle in, the People’s Market will go into hibernation, however a stellar final week of events for the Collingwood outdoor venue has been revealed. Tonight is a curated degustation entitled The Last Supper. The price of $40 includes entree, main and dessert prepared and presented by Michael Fox & Matt Forbes, accompanied by a glass of Single Vineyards wine. Thursday April 25 will be an Anzac Day Live Art Auction, starting at 3pm and featuring artwork being created and auctioned on the spot by Steen Jones and Ruskidd, with all proceeds going to charity. On Friday April 26, The People’s Market will put on this year’s last night of live music and revelry within the block featuring performances by Dr. Piffle and The Burlap Band, starting at 7pm. Saturday April 24 has a special foodie event, Tastes Of The PM Grazing Day, which brings back some of the market’s top-notch vendors to provide you with an expansive culinary selection. The very final day, Sunday April 28, will see Stanley Street blocked off from 12pm ‘til 10pm for a one-off street party. In the spirit of the People’s Market, it will be headlined by Client Liaison and feature a DJ and acoustic set from Daniel Merriweather. Joining them are Clubfeet DJs, Airwolf, Glass Mirrors and The Raffaellas. For all information on what’s happening in the People’s Market’s last week, head to peoplesmarket.com.au.

BORIS Following the wild reception they received here last year, Japanese experimental three-piece Boris will play their classic album Flood along with some bonus tracks when they return in June. Despite being split into four tracks, Flood, the band’s third album, is essentially one single piece. With influences from noise rock to drone metal, Boris have earned a strong cult following thanks to their uncanny ability to blend a variety of genres into one cohesive and potent concoction of sounds. In unrelated news, Boris from Golden-Eye on Nintendo 64 was the biggest dunce in the whole game. He’s the guy who sets off the alarm in the bunker level while Bond is downloading all the fucking data. You had one job, Boris, one job. Boris play The Corner Hotel on Wednesday June 19. Tickets are on sale now from handsometours.com.

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CLOUD CONTROL Already announced as part of Sydney’s Vivid LIVE, Cloud Control will make the journey down to Melbourne to preview material from their upcoming album. Following the success of their award winning debut album Bliss Release in Australia the band relocated to London to support the release in the Northern Hemisphere, picking up a swag of taste-makers and fans and supporting the likes of Arcade Fire, The Drums and Local Natives.

Cloud Control perform at The Corner on Friday June 7.

Tickets are from the venue website and box office.

YOU AM I One of Australia’s most revered groups, You Am I, have announced new Melbourne shows for their Hi- Fi Daily Double tour after swiftly selling out the first show on Saturday July 6. The tour promotes the re-issue of their first three albums Sound As Ever, Hourly Daily and Hi Fi Way. You Am I play The Forum on Wednesday July 3 and Thursday July 4. Tickets are through Ticketmaster.

Friday May 10 The Hi-Fi Melbourne Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the venue

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BAPTISM OF UZI

DICK DIVER Following on from a sold-out hometown hootenanny at The Tote on Friday, Dick Diver will head across the country for a sizable headline tour later this year. With their sophomore album receiving critical acclaim, Dick Diver have established themselves as one of Australia’s preeminent guitar-pop outfits. Dick Diver perform at The Corner on Friday July 5, with support from Twerps and The Stevens. Tickets available now from the venue website and box office.

An oft-lauded live outfit around ol’ Melbourne town, Baptism Of Uzi have announced the 10” EP release Stray Currents. To celebrate the EP’s launch, the band will hit up a decent-sized headline show to melt a few minds with their tasty wares. Garnishing pristine pop smarts with a touch of breezy psychedelia, Baptism Of Uzi create a wall of sound quite like no other.

Witness it live when they perform at Northcote Social Club on Saturday July 6.

CARB ON CARB

THE RED PAINTINGS

SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR

Carb On Carb play noisy, dreamy emo-pop music, like the soundtrack to the best teen movie never seen. Hailing from Auckland and having played Camp A Low Hum and Chronophonium festivals, they’re coming to Melbourne to hang out and play some shows including The Public Bar on Wednesday May 1 and The Gasometer on Friday May 3.

Art-rock five-piece The Red Paintings are bringing an all new stage show exclusively to Australia this winter.

Fresh from sold out shows in the US and the UK, they are returning on the back of their single You’re Not One Of Them and the forthcoming release of their anticipated new album The Revolution Is Never Coming. The Red Paintings play The Espy on Saturday June 15. Tickets are $22+bf through Oztix.

Fresh from playing two packed main-stage performances at this year’s incredible Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Skipping Girl Vinegar celebrate the release of their brand new single, Making Our Way with two unique performances on the rooftop next to the classic neon sign of ‘Audrey’ the Skipping Girl Vinegar in Richmond, Melbourne. The performances are on Saturday May 11, the first at 5pm and the second following shortly after at 7.30pm, both taking full advantage of the spectacular sunset backdrop of Melbourne’s city skyline. Tickets for the first show sold out quickly, so we advise you get them now from skippinggirlvinegar.com.

MONEY FOR ROPE Old mates Money For Rope have announced their first Melbourne headline show since selling out the Ding Dong Lounge in late 2012. A sixpiece comprised of two drum kits, two guitars, keys, a bass guitar and four voices, the guys have already played alongside Tim Rogers & The Bamboos, Saskwatch along with appearances at Golden Plains and Boogie. Money For Rope play Northcote Social Club on Friday May 24 with buddies The Bowers and Atolls. Tickets available from the venue website.

THE MURLOCS Melbourne rock’n’roll dynamos The Murlocs have announced a headline tour in support of their new single Rattle The Chain. Gaining well-deserved attention after barnstorming appearances at Meredith and Harvest last year, The Murlocs have gone on to support the likes of Steve Malkmus and The Jicks, Earthless, Gary Clarke Jr and Thee Oh Sees. Rattle The Chain is the first taste from band’s debut album, due out later this year. The Murlocs perform at Northcote Social Club on Saturday May 25.

COLLARTS OPEN DAY

DARK MOFO

Today is Open Day at The Australian College of The Arts (Collarts). It’s an ideal opportunity for those interested in a career in the music industry to visit Collarts and see what the college has to offer. Prospective students can visit the campus, hear presentations from program leaders, see live performances by current students and tour the facilities. They can also attend a special presentation from 6pm tonight by Tim Dalton, Collarts, Head of Creative Industries Management on, ‘How to Market and Promote Your Band or Music’. Collarts is at 55 Brady St, South Melbourne.

Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art have announced their inaugural winter festival Dark Mofo.

The lineup includes performances from Boris, The Presets, The Drones, My Disco, Super Wild Horses, Mono and heaps more, along with a Winter Feast, a public art project and exhibition, the Mona till Midnight opening of the new major exhibition The Red Queen, plus some dark debauchery at Dark Faux Mo, the official afterparty. The full program will be revealed early in May. Dark Mofo takes place in Hobart from Thursday June 13 to Sunday June 23.

Head to darkmofo.net.au for ticketing.

NEW GODS Following the release of the music video of Klipse, a post-dub-step single off their self-titled debut EP, New Gods celebrate by taking up a Tuesday night residency at the Workers Club this May. Each week the band will be dropping new songs into their set, some of which will find their way onto their debut LP. A different local artist, handpicked by the band, will support each week. The first show is on Tuesday May 7, with guests to be announced. Tickets are $10 at the door.

GILBY CLARKE Gilby Clarke has been in bands for Guns N’ Roses, MC5 and Nancy Sinatra as well as on production duties for The Bronx, L.A. Guns and Alice Cooper.

He has also been prolific as a solo artist, and he is now bringing his acoustic show to Australia. He plays the Northcote Social Club on Sunday July 7. Tickets from the venue website.

Saskwatch

HEART OF ST KILDA

RED BENNIES THIRD BIRTHDAY One of Australia’s most bizarre stomping grounds, Red Bennies, celebrates its third birthday in May and they’re throwing one hell of a party to commemorate the event. The night features indie tastemakers Client Liasion, DJs Edd Fisher and Fugitive, Mike Gurieri, Random As Fuck Stage Shows, cage dancers and heaps more. The theme is New Years Eve 1999 and entry is $15 with all proceeds going to fund indie film START. OPTIONS.EXIT. It’s at Red Bennies on Friday May 10.

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The final acts have been confirmed for the Heart Of St Kilda fundraiser which supports St Kilda’s iconic Sacred Heart Mission and aims to fund over 30,000 breakfasts and lunches for those experiencing homelessness or poverty.

Dave Callan, Henry Wagons, Frank Woodley, Saskwatch, Rebecca Bernard and Billy Miller join previously announced Graveyard Train, Kate Ceberano, Even and more for the concert. It takes place at The Palais Theatre on Tuesday May 14 and tickets are available via Ticketmaster.

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WHO'S ON TOUR, WHERE AND WHEN

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LOCAL NATIVES

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Ryan Hahn speaks with the smooth Californian accent of one of the guys from the Corey hotline. He and his bandmates Taylor Rice, Kelcey Ayer and Matt Frazier make up Local Natives, the trail-blazing indie rockers (or psych folkers, depending on which frothing review you read) who first plotted their roots at an Orange County high school.

The band’s debut album Gorilla Manor (2009) was famously named after the sharehouse in which the guys first kicked about and cut their musical teeth, and after it was released by FrenchKiss in the States, the group was compared to the likes of Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend. New album Hummingbird (released in January) still bats these forces around but there’s a growth there which invites listeners to engage with a healing process, proffered with full but not frenetic choruses and haunting, lilting background vocals. And, necessarily I guess, it all happens in the most weirdly democratic way.

“Especially when we’re writing, we all just kind of play whatever we’re inspired to work with at that moment,” Hahn explains over the phone from LA. “There’s songs that I play drums on, and Kelcey plays guitar, or bass.

We just switch often. It’s fun... you can’t have an ego about it, you know. We all just try to contribute what we can.” To make sure a particular message isn’t diluted, they try to ensure fidelity to the original lyrical idea: “We try to keep [lyrics] as personal and from one perspective as possible. We always bounce ideas off each other and if there’s something that’s not clear, or if something is like, kind of cringe-inducing, then we pick it up and iron it out that way. But oftentimes it is from just one person’s perspective.”

First single Breakers was released in late 2012, and features this fantastic trilling guitar which makes you think of marimbas but played on clams, and rising and falling vocals in the background like a bunch of whales. Hahn’s description of the band’s approach to singles and their own ways of listening seems at odds with the single-serving Spotify way, but it obviously hasn’t hurt them any. “It’s a weird thing selecting singles or whatever, for a band like us,” he says. “I guess we’re not really into that game. I think we’re just more concerned with making an album as a whole, just because that’s the way we tend to listen to music. We just want a collection of songs that we’re really proud of – and if a few can be played on the radio, then, cool.”

Other stand-outs on Hummingbird include Heavy Feet, which features a very tom-heavy drum pattern, and as you listen through it becomes apparent that distinctive drums and especially auxiliary percussion (like handclaps) are a giant component of Local Natives’ sound. A tom or snare on all four beats of a bar, followed by total breaks in percussion while guitar or harmonies burst through unaccompanied, is part of that ‘Afro’ style which the Beat Magazine Page 18

boys have also been linked to. “Matt’s our drummer but I love playing drums,” Hahn says. “When we write songs we’ll demo them out before we bring them to the other guys, a lot of the time. For me, for my songs at least, I like showing my drum ideas when I show the guys. I feel that’s just like the nature of our band, and being multi-instrumentalists.”

“WE JUST WANT A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT WE’RE REALLY PROUD OF – AND IF A FEW CAN BE PLAYED ON THE RADIO, THEN, COOL.” One of the tracks Hahn penned is Black Balloons, which he describes as one of the “angrier” on the release.

It’s a beautifully written lament with a driving hi-hat pattern, and the airy and slightly unusual harmonies typical of the band singing, ‘Black balloons form/ into a poison cloud’. It’s immediate but not rushed.

“That one kind of came from a place of frustration, maybe with a person in my life,” says Hahn slowly. “A person that I just found to be – ” and he laughs before continuing, “ – pretty loathsome. Just interacting with this person. When I was just toying around with the song, and toying around with the melody, those lyrics came to me really quick.” Unfortunately he can’t say exactly what kind of keyboard is playing the deep fuzz notes that go with the bass’ minor thirds in the wicked second half of the song, and that’s because Aaron Dessner is the Grand Poobah of fantastic gear and you couldn’t possibly recall every little thing the guy fired up during recording.

The tale of how Local Natives landed Dessner as producer for Hummingbird is one Hahn seems to enjoy telling, and you can hear the awe in that sweet surfer voice as if it had just happened yesterday. “We were already writing quite a bit [for the album], and then we got this call from a booking agent, that The National was asking us to go on tour for a bit,” he says. “They were just one of those bands that I think we just couldn’t say no to. We went out and we had

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an awesome time; Aaron really went out of his way to welcome us. And we kind of just became buds.”

Dessner put it out there that he’d like to work with the guys on their album, and they of course gladly accepted. “In a lot of ways, he definitely became like this older brother-type figure that we could be honest with. In the studio, we could be really up front about ideas. It was just a really good working relationship,” he says.

About that keyboard: “Honestly, I wish I could answer you, but we had so many keyboards! Aaron ... had vintage keyboards and awesome organs and stuff, and certain things we hadn’t even considered. So we had the song, we had instrumentation, and then it was like okay, let’s plug a few of these in and see what happens if we layer a few of these.”

Considering the group was so tight and that they’d made Gorilla Manor happen almost entirely on their own, Hahn reckons that they were initially “sceptical” about bringing anyone else in. “Our first record we really basically did in a garage, and then this time we got to go to Montreal to a full professional studio and [also at] Aaron’s place, he had some really quality gear. And it felt like in some ways we’d become professional musicians,” he laughs, and adds, “...a few years after the fact.

“It felt like Aaron was just more personally invested [than other producers they’d considered]; it just felt like much more of a personal thing,” he says. “And sometimes it’s good to have an outsider maybe tell us when we’re going too far into our own heads. It’s good, to sometimes have that outside voice.”

To kick off the Hummingbird launch, Local Natives got a coveted spot to play in-store at Amoeba Music, in Hollywood. “It’s like one of the last remaining awesome, awesome record stores,” Hahn says warmly.

“It’s pretty massive; there’s one in LA and there’s one in San Francisco. They have bands play on this tiny stage and then people basically stand in the aisle next to all the records and CDs and stuff. It’s just a really cool thing that they do and I’ve seen some really cool bands play there.” Some of the really cool bands that have played there recently include the Milk Carton Kids, Cold War Kids and Yo La Tengo.

When they get to us, though, you won’t have to stand next to CD racks but can bask under the stars and stony statue gazes of the Forum Theatre. It’s going to be super interesting to see how the boys decide to present their tunes live, when they don’t necessarily stick to one instrument each while recording: will they be leaping around, swapping things, picking things up, putting things down? “Yeah we’re trying to, as we speak, figure out how to play some of the songs live,” chuckles Hahn. “There is a kind of trading off. Last time [in Australia] we played Laneway and it was the first time playing in Australia period. It was honestly – I guess it sounds like I’m just pandering to you – but it was just such a fun tour. And I think we’re really stoked to come back and play Australia again.”

LOCAL NATIVES play the Forum Theatre on Saturday May 18. Hummingbird is out now through Liberator. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN The African Film Festival Australia is a travelling series with the purpose of showcasing African features, documentaries, animation, shorts, experimental films and classics to audiences across Australia. Each year, the most fascinating, interesting and thoughtful film from Africa and beyond is screened. From worldpremieres to local shorts, they’ve got it all, with an aim to showcase the diversity of African cinema and to discover the best new African talent. The festival is hosted in Melbourne across two venues, the State Library of Victoria, which will be the venue of some opening night antics along with the screening of David Tosh Gitonga’s Nairobi Half Life, and Loop Bar, where a special Shorts and Sounds event will be happening, with a diverse night of African short films and DJs Nadia Faragaab, Maddy MacFarlane and Natalia Gould spinning Afrobeat music. It starts tonight, Wednesday April 24, and finishes up on Friday April 26. More information is available at africanfilmfestival.com.au

ON STAGE After an exhausting (and extremely short) rehearsal period of just 49 days, some of Melbourne University’s brightest musical theatre stars take to the Union Theatre stage to bring to life the classic Broadway production How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

The musical, which recently had a successful revival on Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe in the leading role, tells the story of J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with help from a book entitled How to Succeed in Business, enjoys a meteoric rise from window-washer all the way to Vice President of Advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company, while he also attempts to balance a burgeoning and complicated romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington. With an original score by Frank Loesser, composer of the musical smash Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is packed with Broadway standards such as I Believe in You, Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm, The Company Way, Been a Long Day, and Brotherhood of Man. This is happening at the Union Theatre until this Saturday April 27.

ON DISPLAY Hosted at the brand new independent gallery, Top Shelf, Material Matters: Substance evokes some important questions about where we currently stand in regards to materialism and culture. With an increasing emphasis on moving away from the physical to the digital, what is the post-material matter that we will be working with in the future? The exhibitions’ artists, designers and architects explore practices that have grown obsolete or where initial meaning has diminished. They embark on the reworking and adaption of everyday objects and traditional cultural artefacts in order to provide new meanings, connections and avenues for participation. The poster, the television, the model and other domestic objects are given new formats, becoming part of new cultural practices. This invites the viewer to reflect on the evolution of form, function and material across time and a variety of cultural contexts. Material Matters: Substance encompasses both the artist and viewer in its aim to promote cultural form as an important mode through which we can communicate and participate in our community. Curated

by Matthew Perkins and Ariele Hoffman, Sweetness and Light Art Projects. Top Shelf Gallery can be found on Lonsdale St, and this is a free event but be sure to head to topshelfgallery.tumblr.com for opening hours.

BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK: Direct from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role of costume design in cinema storytelling. Bringing together the most iconic costumes from a century of filmmaking, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters in films such as The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, Ben-Hur, and even The Dark Knight Rises. Hollywood Costume illuminates the costume designer’s creative process from script to screen and reveals the collaborative dialogue that leads to the development of authentic screen characters.

Curated by eminent Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis with Sir Christopher Frayling and Keith Lodwick, Hollywood Costume opens at ACMI today, Wednesday April 24. Tickets for the exhibition can be purchased from acmi.net.au

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BEACHED

BY JOANNE BROOKFIELD

In an article published in The Age last week, journalist Amy Corderoy reported that a study conducted by researchers at Deakin University discovered morbid obesity had increased by 68 per cent between 1997 and 2008. Although the 1500 studied were from Geelong, study leader Julie Pasco, the head of the epidemiology unit for musculoskeletal and metabolic disorders at Deakin University, said the patterns seen were likely to be occurring across the country.

The online article triggered a rash of comments, many of them unkind, blaming and shaming the overweight. This isn’t a new thing and certainly as the “obesity epidemic” continues to grow, will no doubt persist. But why? Why does society demonise fat people? It’s a question that has intrigued Londonbased Australian playwright and screenwriter Melissa Bubnic and she explores this in her new play, Beached. The dark satire won the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award in 2010 and next Tuesday will be making its world premiere at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Damien Sunners plays Arty, the teenager so obese he has been chair-bound for the past three years. Free, lifesaving surgery is offered to him, but the catch is it’s all to be filmed for Shocking Fat Stories.

“Because the play is about an obese 19-year-old who goes on a reality television show to lose all the weight, we thought we would make the reality television show manifest in the space, so the theatre becomes the television studio,” explains director Petra Kalive. Playing the “completely gross” TV show producer is Anthony Ahern, and he will control that world, cutting to or zooming in on action, which the theatre audience will see as either live-feed or pre-recorded segments. Multi-media is also used in the play to represent lonely Arty’s fantasy world.

“Because he can’t get out of his chair, (he) disappears into his head to an imagined world and so we’ve created that imagined

world with the use of animation,” says Kalive. In his mind, which is inspired by both television and comic books, he is an explorer, an adventurer, a devilishly handsome movie star. “Sometimes he’s going down the Nile, other times he’s a prisoner of war, he really makes himself the hero in all of his imaginings,” says Kalive, who has directed previously for the MTC, as well as Arena Theatre Company, Complete Works Theatre Company and the Monash University Performing Arts Program.

“So we’ve got three worlds operating at once: the world of the producer, we’ve got this imagined world of Arty’s mind and we’ve also got the real world of what’s actually happening on stage,” she says.

Rounding out the cast are Susie Dee, playing Arty’s wellmeaning but over-protective mother and Fanny Hanusin, who is Pathways To Work officer Louise, charged with motivating Arty as he eventually finds employment in the story.

“He starts off not knowing what the world offers him and he’s stuck in this chair and he doesn’t know what’s on the outside.

He loses all this weight, he gets the job, but in the end, is he any better off for the intervention of the reality television show?” says Kalive, whose own acting credits include appearing as Antonella Moran in the television series Underbelly.

To play Arty, Sunners was not required to gain weight. Instead, he spends most of the play inside a big puppet. “It’s a massive fat suit that he is manipulating and controlling underneath for

basically three quarters of the play until the character loses all the weight and emerges,” she says. “It’s very hard to find a 400 kilo actor,” she says with a laugh.

Arty’s weight gain stems from being mercilessly bullied at school, but is complicated by his mother’s reaction to that.

“His mother has tried to protect him, and has created a world where she herself is quite lonely and doesn’t want to lose her son and doesn’t want him to be hurt. So it speaks a little bit to that ‘helicopter parent’ who just wants the best for their child, but, in doing so, their best intentions are misguided and actually do more damage than good; but not because they’re mean spirited or because they don’t want to do well and I think that’s the tragedy of this satire,” says Kalive, who previously collaborated with Bubnic co-writing the one woman show Hazel Curtis: Fear Doctor, which was about a motivational speaker who wanted to heal the world of their fear and explored society’s obsessions with gurus and quick fixes.

Similar themes are developed further in Beached, along with how obese people are treated. “Why do we consider them other? What is that about? What is it in us that makes us point and leer and jeer and sort of count them as freaks? This show really does explore that: the freak show notion of reality television and our obsession with the freak”.

Beached is currently playing as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Education Season at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler until Friday May 10.

ABOUT TOMMY

BY KRISSI WEISS

Despite the mandate of UN Peacekeeping missions, the reality is a far cry from the ideology.

Danish playwright Thor Bjorn Krebs tackles this issue along with many others in About Tommy, a documentary-style theatre performance. Set between the turmoil and trauma Balkan wars and the safety and security of the lounge rooms of those bearing witness via the media, About Tommy examines the primal drive of men in war, the unwavering drive of those seeking peace, and the resultant conflict between these two opposing ideas.

About Tommy has journeyed to the Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre after its original showing in Europe. The first translation into English was for a London audience and lead actor Matthew Witty assures that, while regionally specific nuances have been changed, nothing has been lost in translation.

“UN Peacekeepers are just people from around town so you need those regional colloquialisms and then we had to give it that local flavour,” Whitty says.

The idea of UN Peacekeepers being “people from around town” is a crucial element of this story. Even Whitty admits that once his costume is on and he dissolves into this character, things start to change.

“The way this play starts is like a boys club,” he says.

“They’re going down there to party, really, which is what a lot of men think they’re gonna do before they actually go into these things. That primordial, adrenaline-fuelled feeling comes in to everything; whether you’re playing footy or going camping or listening to a whole lotta metal.

During this time I’ve found myself going back to the days of listening to Metallica and Slayer which I thought I left behind a long, long time ago but it’s back and they may have found their way into the play officially which is exciting.

“You find that flavour of boys going to war all through this and it takes over you … You inevitably fall in love with whoever you’re playing. It’s a blurry line but I’m getting into army gear and holding real guns and putting on real helmets and talking in that talk; it takes on a surreal thing.

You kind of want to be that person which is useful and you

find that it takes over a little bit.”

Whitty and co. have just finished their first run through when we speak and are gearing up for opening night.

When things finally move from read-throughs to the stage, a new layer of both nerves and enthusiasm also arrive.

“It really does come with its own extra energy,” he says.

“The first run through always has this amped up level of concentration and it’s the first time you’ve gotta try and forget all the clinical stuff. It’s always exciting and messy.”

The challenges that this play offers – both technically and in approaching the character – were just as appealing to Whitty as the story itself. “With this play, because of the style there’s no escape and you can’t layer anything onto you which is a really good thing, it keeps you honest,” he says. “Because it’s like a documentary, as research we watched a lot of documentaries and no matter what you’re talking about, no matter how horrific it is, you’re there to deliver the facts. The play forces you to strip back your performance and be clear … The thing that really drew me to it is the way it’s told. It has this real documentary feel that you don’t often see in theatre. There’s just this clean and clear connection with the audience in telling this story, you’re talking directly to them, and also the fact that it’s about UN Peacekeepers. You see war films all the time – war plays and war novels – but I’ve never come across something which really delves into what it is to be a UN Peacekeeper which is really extraordinary.”

Although the clinical stuff is out the window, the complex technical side of Red Stitch’s About Tommy has its own

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myriad of hurdles.

“We have live projections, live camera footage and we have a working television that displays images as well so it’s all very technical. They’re cutting back and forward between Yugoslavia and Denmark, showing exactly how Denmark and, really, the world saw this conflict.”

No amount of technical embellishment, though, is able to overshadow the rich and confronting nature of this story. Even the term UN Peacekeepers is presented in About Tommy as quite a misnomer. To those at home watching these sorts of events from afar, the terminology creates a sense of security but the reality is far more horrific. Like the ethical dilemma facing any documentary filmmaker (‘I’m not here to intervene, I’m here to document the activity, but am I guilty of silently bearing witness to inhumane actions?’) the UN Peacekeepers as presented in this play face the same dilemma.

“Really they don’t keep any peace, unfortunately, they just watch what happens between two warring sides,” he says.

“They observe it, they document it and that’s it, they’re not allowed to stop anyone doing anything which is just horrific when you’ve got a really dirty, guerrilla war.”

To many, including the characters of this play, it’s easy to wonder what the point is. “Yeeep,” he says in a drawn out way. “‘What is the point?’ is always gonna come up and that’s the constant struggle that these characters have.

They’re always trying to hang on to the reasons they were given and the reasons they were led to believe, they want peace, yet they see what they see.”

About Tommy is playing at the Red Stitch Actors Theatre from Wednesday April 24 – Saturday May 25.

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THE COMIC STRIP CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY The comedy festival is done but Charlie is still rolling out the welcome mat to the best comics from around the country. Expect big-name drop-ins as Melbourne’s finest spit funnies into the business end of a mic.

For just $5, plus cheap drinks. Show kicks off 8.30pm tonight, upstairs from Eurotrash Bar, CBD. Get down early for a seat.

FELIX BAR COMEDY On Wednesday, it’s business as usual down at Felix Bar Comedy in St Kilda. Heaps more great comedy, but this week, they’ve got interstate and international guests too. It’s happening tonight at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

KUBRICK RETROSPECTIVE Stanley Kubrick never wanted his work to be seen on television, let alone a laptop screen. He created images to be experienced in a communal environment and on a grand scale. The Astor is giving fans the chance to view his collection as it was intended. Starting out in New York as an exceptional photographer, Kubrick taught himself the ropes of film production and direction.

His ground-breaking works, though often met with mixed reviews, garnered nominations for Golden Globes, Oscars and BAFTAS. The Astor will be screening the entire Kubrik collection, commencing on Sunday April 21 with a double feature of Fear and Desire (1953) and Killer’s Kiss (1955). His other classics include Dr. Strangelove (1964), Lolita (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining: Extended Version (1980) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Kubrik’s films will be screening until Monday June 17. For a full list of films and session times head to astortheatre.net.au

EMERGING WRITERS FESTIVAL Cramming over 50 events and 200 artists into an 11-day program is no mean feat, but the 2013 Emerging Writers Festival is set to do so in celebration of its ten year anniversary. Catering for writers across all genres, the ever expanding program will incorporate masterclasses in theatre writing, screenwriting and performing your work aloud. The flagship Writer’s Conference will return to the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday May 25 and Saturday May 26 featuring festive ambassadors, including John Saffran and Jennifer Miles along with writing group the Sweatshop Collective. Featuring contributions from a wide range of writers, book, The Emerging Writer will be launched on Tuesday May 30. Partnering with the Abbotsford Convent for the first time, the EWF will also be delivering the Writer’s Retreat along with a new program focusing on writing and wellbeing, movement, interactivity and keeping active in the arts. Monday May 29 will explore the relationship between writing and music with Turn the Words Up Loud. at The Toff in Town. Meanwhile Words Travel: Australia and Indonesia will see EWF go international for the first time.

The festival will run from Thursday May 23 until Sunday June 2. Full program information can be found through emergingwritersfestival.org.au

THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MELBOURNE The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne have confirmed their full festival program. The 12-day festival, that will be celebrating the centenary of Indian cinema, will open with Raja Harishchandra, the genesis of Indian film. Following this up with a selection of 15 Indian cinema classics including curry-western Sholay, Achut Kanya, Pather Panchali, and hit comedy 3 Idiots. Indian superstar Vidya Balan humbly accepted the role of festival ambassador this year, and will be attending the award ceremony, which includes a tribute to legendary director and filmmaker Yash Chopra. Simi Garewal, the Oprah of India, will be joining acclaimed choreographer and filmmaker Farah Khan for panel discussions during the festival too. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne will be hosted across various Melbourne sites from Friday May 3 – Wednesday May 15.

FRIDAY ON MY MIND

Friday On My Mind, a panel dedicated to the television and film industry, will be hosting acclaimed director and actor Jeffrey Walker this week. Hosted by form CEO of Film Victoria Sandra Sdraulig, the star will talk about his humble beginnings on ABC hit-show Round-The-Twist to directing Neighbours, Angry Boys, Rake and a recent episode of the successful crime-show Bones. Walker will discuss the current state of the industry, the differences between the Australian and American industry, and how people should approach film and television. Friday On My Mind with Jeffrey Walker will be hosted at ACMI on Friday April 26 at 5pm.

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LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

REEL ANIME

ACMI will present the latest film from acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, Like Someone in Love, as a Long Play season from May. The film follows three characters: protagonist and part time escort Akiko, her client Takashi and her boyfriend Noriaki. It premiered in official competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and follows the success of Certified Copy (2010). Kiarostami is known for his inclination to set scenes in cars.

His latest film keeps audiences on their toes, as characters traverse relationships and traffic on the streets of Tokyo. He is a recipient of nearly 100 awards for filmmaking including a Palme d’Or for his film Taste of Cherry (1997). Like Someone in Love will screen at ACMI from Sunday May 26 through to Thursday June 13. For more information and session times visit acmi.net.au

This week’s Moulin Beige Comedy Cabaret features a mix of political satire, musical comedy and left of centre burlesque. See country and western comedy duo Warm Waters, The Julia Gillard Experience, MS Charlotte Belle Epoch and comic accordionist Liz Skitch. $10 tickets on the door with password “warm waters”. The Burlesque Bar, Fitzroy, 7.30pm on Thursday April 25.

FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY They’re back after a break over the festival, with the return of the very best lineups in Melbourne. They’ve got big names, and the best of local comedy, match-fit after four weeks of festival! And it’s sounding like a big crowd already! It’s on this Thursday April 25 at 8.30pm and it’s happening at Five Boroughs Comedy, upstairs at 68 Hardware Lane, CBD. Still only $12!

Madman Entertainment have announced the return of Reel Anime later this year. Headlining will be the third film in the Evangelion rebuild series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. It will be the first of four new animated features (yet to be announced) screening direct from Japan.

Traditionally a bi-annual event, 2013 will be the first time Reel Anime screens as a yearly program.

2012’s lineup included Studio Gibli’s From Up On Poppy Hill, Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, Makoto Shinkai’s Children Who Chase Lost Voices and Beserk Movie 1: The Egg of The King.

Sounds like a reel good time. Tune in to reelanime. com for announcements and updates.

AUSSIE RULES BLAK

Bangarra Dance Theatre is returning with Blak, an exploration of spirituality in the modern day.

Directed by Stephen Page and choreographed by Daniel Riley McKinley, Blak juxtaposes the spiritual importance of the old with the business decorum of the modern. Blak will also see the debut of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest additions, Nicola Sabtino, Beau Dean Riley Smith, and guest performer Hunter PageLochard. Blak will première at the Arts Centre from Friday May 3 – Saturday May 11.

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The Blank Slate Theatre Company, a theatre company established at The University of Melbourne, will be presenting their first production of the year, Aussie Rules.

Inspired by the Wikileaks controversy, Aussie Rules centres around the notion that Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott made a sex tape that Wikileaks uncovered. This is the catalyst for the AFL launching its own successful political party that wins the general election. Aussie Rules will explore the sport-obsessed nation that is Australia, creating a satire that will challenge everyone’s perceptions about the Australian life. Aussie Rules will be performed at the Union House Theatre from Tuesday May 14 – Saturday May 18.

Tickets are available through blankslate.com.au

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE The Comedy Festival might be over but at Commedia Dell Parte they keep the laughs rolling. This week they have a special guest headliner as well as Xander Allan, Tshaka, John Conway, Wayan Keenan, Wyatt and MC for the night Tegan Higginbotham. With the last few weeks packing out you will need to get in early to grab a seat. 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 from 8.30pm at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

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COMEDY AT SPLEEN Comedy At Spleen happens every Monday, and it doesn’t need the comedy festival to keep rockin’ the full room. They’ve always got a smashing lineup with a packed house. It’s this Monday April 29, 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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No-one could be more relieved than Perth-born/UK-based DJ and producer ShockOne (Karl Thomas) is right now. No-one could be more delighted and surprised either, given that his debut album Universus not only came together after three long years in the making, but also managed to spawn two chart-topping singles with Crucify Me and Chaos Theory. Even more remarkably, the album hasn’t even officially dropped yet.

“In retrospect, really, the reason it took me three years to finish it is because when I started the album I didn’t really consider myself to be a good enough producer to attempt something like this,” Thomas says candidly. “I wouldn’t settle for anything less than what would make me totally proud of myself. If I was going to release something, I wanted it to have some kind of significant impact on the world. Altogether, I wrote something like 50 songs and I could have easily put out an album a year ago, but I didn’t feel that every single one of those tracks was something I would be completely proud of. I guess I just wanted to take my time and do the best job I could.”

And that he did. While Universus is set to be released on April 28, a number of the album tracks have already hijacked the drum and bas and dubstep charts around the world. The first single off the record, Crucify Me, hit number one on Beatport’s D&B Chart, number one on Drum & Bass Arena, and number one for both the drum and bass and dubstep mixes on their respective Trackitdown charts simultaneously (the first song to ever do so). Additionally, Relapse’s remix reached the second spot on the Beatport charts, its video gaining over one million views on YouTube, while Chaos Theory ranked number one on iTunes Dance Chart, with close to half a million views on YouTube. Destined for big things is ShockOne’s next single, Lazerbeam – a track already getting love from Zane Lowe on BBC Radio One as well as here at home on triple j.

“I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it for about a month after I finished it,” Thomas laughs now. “At the best of times I am not very good at listening to my own music; I am my own worst critic to the point of being completely dysfunctional. In my entire career, I’ve never had a moment where I’d written a song and gone, ‘Yep, this

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There were even some moments where the hairs on the back of my neck stood up! It’s unbelievable that I still have an affection for it three years later. It’s unexpected. It’s refreshing.”

Thomas’s initial reaction once Universus was done and dusted was that he never wanted to undertake such a process again. Once the “final nail was in the coffin”, he was over the entire ordeal. But that kind of thinking didn’t last for very long.

“When I first finished it, all I knew was that I didn’t want to do this

again for a long, long time!” he laughs. “A lot of the time while I worked on it, I felt like it would just never end. I finished writing it back in January so at this stage I’m already thinking about what I want to do next and how to follow it up... I’ve got this big thing out of the way so now I’m really excited about thinking how I can push it even further next time. There is no way I’m going to rest on my laurels and, to tell you the truth. I’m already sketching new stuff.”

At times, Thomas claims making an album was a scary process simply due to the people’s short attention spans. It could have been a nightmare, as the producer puts it, but instead it luckily turned out to be a dream come true.

“The electronic scene moves too fast that you just can’t predict where dance is going or where it’s going to be in six months, let alone a whole year. All the time, you see new genres pop up, completely explode, and then just disappear – and then nobody wants to even touch it because it’s just not cool anymore. I did consider that, obviously, you have to, but I realised pretty much straight away that with my music it’s not about trends. I write songs, regardless of their genre. If it’s a good song, it doesn’t matter whether it’s dubstep or drum and bass – as long as it stands the test of time, that’s all that matters. That was the angle with which I approached this album. I had to have a good bunch of songs to work with, first and foremost, the rest would all fall into place.”

ShockOne’s Universus is released on Sunday April 28 through OneLove and Viper Recordings. He launches it at The Liberty Social on Thursday April 25. He’ll also appear at Groovin’ The Moo in Bendigo on Saturday May 4. facebook.com/shockonemusic soundcloud.com/shockone

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is it, I’ve got a number one on my hands’. Working on this album, one day I’d be like, ‘This could be alright’, then the next day I’d be like, ‘This is completely shit, I’m gonna start again’. I guess I had a weird moment where I just thought, ‘Okay, it’s been a while, I guess I’ll listen back to it...’ And it sounded different as I sat there listening to it with a friend and with a completely fresh mind and ears. At one point I actually thought, ‘Oh my god, this sounds pretty good’...

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The real beauty of electronic music is that you can go to gigs and over the course of eight years you’ll go from feeling like the youngest dude in the room to the oldest.

Kiddfectious is returning to Melbourne joined by the man behind the brand, Alex Kidd as well as Yoji. The Kiddfectious team have developed a diverse and innovative record label, staged club events at some of the finest venues, released highly acclaimed albums and compilations, and put together world tours. Alex Kidd is known for his constant morphing of style and inspiration which renders each set an elaborate and imaginative onslaught of beats, samples and technical wizardry. Those who have seen and heard Yoji have been stunned by his performance, his unique and often obscure but always-powerful track selection, along with his faultless and charismatic mixing ability. Catch all the fun at Billboard The Venue on Friday July 12.

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shockone Perth’s ShockOne, one of the hottest names in bass, has remixed for the likes of Brookes Brothers, Netsky, Bcee, Chicane, Cutline, Mutya Buena, Agent X and more. Now, ShockOne is back in storming form, with his killer debut album, Universus. The album opens up with Chaos Theory, the latest in ShockOne’s array of chart topping singles he has unleashed. Having already ranked #1 on iTunes Australia’s dance charts and millions of hits on YouTube, Chaos Theory’s screaming bass-lines and hard hitting beats have already cemented ShockOne’s place as one of Australia’s premiere bass producers. We have five copies of Universus to give away.

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vakula

Vakula, known to some as Mikhaylo Vityk or Vedomir is returning to Melbourne. His own much sought after Leleka and Shevchenko imprints sees a steady stream of releases which sees him dominate fields from house to ambient, edits and back again. From humble beginnings in the Ukraine, Mikhaylo has forged an enviable career, responsible for a cult following from house enthusiasts and record collectors alike. It’s all happening at The Mercat on Friday May 10.

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Chris Fortier is renowned for pushing the boundaries of underground house music like no one else quite has. Proof of his fervour can be found on his now classic triple CD compilation Balance and his recent solo productions including his debut album As Long As The Moment Exits. With his arrival, he brings the Text Book Music 006 launch party for If You’re Lost I’ll Be Your Shadow. Text Book Music 006 was created without compromise. Every remix was carefully selected, and many involved have a personal connection. The launch party will see a celebration of existence, friendship, and the music that inspires it all. Head down to New Guernica on Friday May 31 to join the party.

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Grammy-award winning R&B star Miguel will be traversing the moonshine jungle with Bruno Mars when he tours early next year. Miguel built a boat of hip hop beats and creamy vocals and successfully set sail on the mainstream in 2010 when he released his first single All I Want Is You. His debut album of the same name followed. While known for his powerful live performances, his sophomore album Kaleidoscope Dream was released to critical acclaim and includes his Grammy-award winning single and third US #1 Adorn, along with the intoxicating How Many Drinks, and The Thrill. This year he was nominated for a total of five Grammy awards. Catch Miguel opening for Bruno Mars on The Moonshine Jungle Tour. The pair will be appearing at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday March 4 and Wednesday March 5, 2014.

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maximum wolf

From the grimy alleyways of Melbourne comes Maximum Wolf. A futuristic beast that uses light and sound to evoke a surreal, industrial landscape of epic proportions. Combining abrasive synths with grinding undertones and nerve-racking beats, Maximum Wolf will take you on a dark and mysterious electro odyssey out into the ethereal unknown. His experimental brand of corrosive, future techno includes live instrumentation through synthesizers and electric guitar. Maximum Wolf is on an endless quest to take the genre into new territories by combining elements of minimal house, techno and electro and is accompanied by a dizzying and chaotic light display that is set to get your body moving. He launches his debut self titled album on Friday May 3 at the Mercat Basement, alongside analogue synth fiend; Solaires and the washed out sounds of Blossoms.

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Horizons Touring and Hypnosis Recordings are bringing Melbourne a huge night of drum and bass with Ram Records’ Wilkinson.

Things all really began at age 14 for Mark Wilkinson when he discovered his love for dance music. Since then he has fine-tuned his production and had releases on Hospital Records, Ram Records as well as Mercury and Island Records. 2012 saw Wilkinson up the levels once more, releasing the mighty Automatic in the summer, followed by the hit record Need To Know feat. Iman which topped the iTunes Electronic Chart, was championed by the likes of Zane Lowe, Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, was Sara Cox’s daytime Record Of The Week and spent four weeks on the Radio 1 playlist. Head down to The Liberty Social on Saturday May 4.

slynk

Slynk’s reputation stems from his inventory of unreleased and unsigned party style ghetto funk bootlegs, remixes and edits. His work is highly sought after by DJs around the world while his forward momentum knows no boundaries, releasing more tracks with Jalapeno Records Goodgroove, Manmade, Breakbeat Paradise, Roca Records, Bombstrikes and Discocakes. Becks & Chapel Street’s mecca of good times, BlueBar330, are going extra large as they present the first in a series of gigantic parties, upsizing their weekly dose of booty shakin’ party music by bringing to you Australia’s biggest ghetto funk export, the funky breakbeat prodigy Slynk. It goes down at BlueBar330 on Saturday May 18.

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In a disappointing move for hip hop fans, the inaugural Movement Festival has been cancelled. Movement was to feature Nas, Bliss N Eso, Iggy Azealia, Joey Bada$$ and more. For all tickets booked online or by phone, the credit card used in the booking will automatically be refunded.

Please allow up to five days to receive your refund. If the original credit card you used for the purchase has been cancelled or no longer valid please contact place of purchase. If you purchased your ticket from an outlet, refunds can be provided at the point of purchase.

allday

22-year-old hip hop artist Allday has received a massive response to his EP Loners Are Cool, taking out #18 on the Album Chart, #3 on the Urban Chart, and #3 for Australian Releases whilst also snaring #1 on the iTunes hip hop chart. Still buzzing from scoring #91 in the triple j Hottest 100 for ‘o Good and playing Big Day Out, Push Over and St Kilda Festival, Allday has just begun a national tour. He visits the Workers Club on Friday April 26.

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Sunbow Music are presenting the second instalment of their Element series parties: Water. Featuring Israeli prog king Symbolic along with his side project DJ Osho, Water will be an ocean adventure like no other. Sunbow will turn Brown Alley into an underwater spectacular, so pack your floaties, snorkel gear and don’t forget to bring a towel. It goes down on Friday May 10.

Soundsystem – the traditional medium for dub and reggae music – began in Jamaica over 50 years ago and has now become a worldwide movement. Australia is no exception. For the first time ever, two of Australia’s premier heavyweights will string up their speaker stacks to play in one arena. Melbourne’s own Heartical HiFi Outernational meets Adelaide’s Earthshaker playing in the roots and culture tradition. Heartical HiFi Outernational meets Earthshaker Mega System on Saturday May 4 at The Night Owl.

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Supafest 4, which was set to be headlined by 50 Cent, has been ‘postponed’ until November. The festival, which was meant to take place this Thursday April 25 (the same date as Movement, which was cancelled last week) released a statement through their website alerting fans of the postponement. Stay tuned to Beats for more information and rescheduled dates.

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Hard dance and Hardstyle’s newest superstar Kutski, without doubt the most exciting cross over talent to emerge from the UK in the past decade. With his infamous technical ability and incredible musical versatility, Kutski’s incredible diversity and huge demand has seen him play at every major festival worth their salt worldwide including Defqon 1, Creamfields, Dominator, Tommorowland, Dance Valley, Global Gathering, Electrocity, Run To The Sun. He is a true pioneer of hardstyle who is constantly working towards pushing the boundaries, especially with the inception of his brand Keeping the Rave Alive. Catch Kutski at Roxanne Parlour on Friday May 31.

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derrick may word s / a n d rew n e ls o n

Many say that Derrick May can be a difficult person to interview.

After many aborted attempts – during which he thought the same – Beats finally caught up with the Detroit techno legend for an extended chat and it turns out he is funny, fascinating, extremely passionate about his music and is finally considering going back into the studio. Good news is worth waiting for.

Derrick May could be said to be the Bob Dylan of electronic music.

He is an innovator, beloved by many, sometimes temperamental but always interesting. And for the last, god knows how many years, he’s been on a seemingly never-ending tour around the world, showcasing his brand of Hi-Tech Soul to the adoring audiences who can’t pass up the offer if he’s in town. He’s also been busy with other things too.

“I released a Transmat compilation album in Japan,” he explains over the phone from his home in Detroit, approximately 28 hours later than the scheduled time. “It’s really a huge project; we haven’t done much in the last two years. Then there’s the Jimmy Edgar project, of course [the We Love Detroit compilation released earlier this year], and the touring and there’s been a lot of speculation that I’ve been back in the studio recently. This was partially true. I was

in the studio but I wasn’t making music I was helping someone else finish their music – Circo Loco. He asked me in, believe it or not, to do some vocals. I really enjoyed it.”

Despite having a back catalogue of classic, game-changing tunes, including the seminal Strings Of Life and Nude Photo, May has been taking an extended sabbatical from production for what seems like an age. When quizzed in the past around this subject, he has been reticent and dismissive, but it seems this recent recording experience has possibly reignited the emotions he expressed so exceptionally in those early tunes.

“I’m going to be doing a show,” he answers, when questioned as to the likelihood of returning to production. “It’s going to be here in Detroit, it’s going to be an exclusive performance by myself and Carl Craig. We’re working on it right now, the idea, and we’re going to be playing keyboards and performing live. This is not a pre-recorded computer set, so I have to go back in the studio to do that – there is no way around it. So yes I guess you can say I’m going back in the studio.”

With any luck, this will lead onto more things and perhaps some new material. He has no shortage of unreleased snippets to

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In Australia, Sonny Fodera is already well-known for his smooth brand of deep house, but this year the local DJ/producer is about to go worldwide, starting with a move to Europe and cementing it with his (very aptly-named) debut full-length, Moving Forward. Signed to Chicago’s renowned house label Cajual Records and listing the imprint’s head honcho Cajmere as a close buddy, Fodera is well and truly on his way to making a solid mark on the international stage.

“I’m in Chicago at the moment but I’ve been in the process of moving my stuff over to Europe,” he announces. “It’s been pretty hectic, to say the least, there’s so much going on right now. On top of all of that, I’m going to be touring all over for the next two months because my album has just come out. The response has been so great and I think it’s definitely taken me up a level. My main priority right now is to try and get as much original stuff out there as possible, more than I used to make, anyway. I’m keen to do a lot more collaborations with vocalists and I’m hoping to focus on creating actual songs as opposed to just club tracks. I think with this album I am on my way to achieving that.”

Some big names on the international circuit seem to agree with Fedora’s observation, including Miguel Campbell (whom the young producer refers to as his “amigo”) and Mark Farina (whom Fodera has previously supported). Even the global media have been quick

to acknowledge Fodera’s world-class efforts, with Mixmag recently shining the spotlight on the producer and DJ Mag (Spain) giving him some coverage in celebration of the new album, too.

“Yeah, it’s been pretty crazy,” he laughs. “The year has definitely started off well. I’ve been going flat-out with doing interviews and I’ve had a lot of online [publications] asking me to do stuff for them too, like mixes for radio and podcasts and things like that. I’m more than happy to do it because I’m so happy with how the album has turned out and the artists that I was able to work with – Cajmere, Dajae, Gene Farris, Amber Jolene... I’m really grateful for the experience because they’ve helped me showcase a lot of different sides to my musical abilities, but the thing that struck me the most was how easily and quickly and easily the whole thing came together. The tracks span across two years but most of them were done in the last three months, so they’re still quite fresh. The only reason some of the tracks are older is because I really loved them and I wasn’t able to stop going back to them, so I included them.”

Composed literally from all corners of the world – from Orange County, USA, to Birmingham, UK, to Adelaide – Fodera says his globe-trotting ways and involvements with overseas artists have proven to be enormously inspirational when it comes to his musical efforts. The proof lies in Moving Forward, a record that certainly

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In Australia, we know him best for his infectious singles and happy with the result, I really mean it. Things always got in the way, chart-topping remixes for the likes of Snoop Dogg and U2, but in though, I was always busy touring and doing live shows. At one America, Melbourne DJ/producer Dirty South (Dragan Roganovic) point, it seemed like it was never going to happen...” is in the process of transforming his image, having just released his This served as a catalyst and a big kick-in-the-bum for Roganovic debut album Speed Of Life. to finally make his plans concrete. Sick and tired of ‘talking Featuring collaborations with Joe the talk’, the producer took an Gill, Rudy and Ruben Haze (a interesting approach in setting his very different, ‘indie’ side project “It’s been one of those things, definitely – goal in motion – not to mention an Roganovic and Rudy have set up), extremely risky one... the album is a journey through the you put it out there to the universe and the “I basically had to trick myself into mind and musical tastes of Dirty universe gives it back to you in the form of doing it,” he laughs. “It was a matter South the producer, inspired mostly of sort of putting myself into a inspiration.” by a life on the road and those trap. I’ve been making singles and he’s crossed paths with during his remixes my whole career and it was decade-long career in dance. a bit disappointing that I hadn’t got “I love it!” he unabashedly says of Speed Of Life. “Seriously, it’s to do what I’d always wanted to do – which was an album. Not taken me so long to do this and just the sheer fact that it’s finally out having enough time to do it was one thing, but on top of that I was is enough to make me happy. Most of all, though, I love it because genuinely just scared and anxious about the thought of doing it, my mantra has always been to make music for myself, music that so at first I started telling myself over and over that I was going to I would listen to and that personally satisfies me, and this album do an album... Then I started saying it in media interviews. Then I has ticked the boxes, so to speak. I criticise myself a lot anyway, started tweeting it and announcing it on social media. Basically, I even before people get to hear the rough copy, so when I say I’m put myself in a spot where I had made all these announcements to

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source from. May and friend Kevin Saunderson learnt their musical trade from the slightly older Juan Atkins, back in their hometown of Detroit. The story of the birth of techno has been well documented, but May said that at the time the bug hit him he was pretty prolific and had around 300 pieces of music on cassette all stored in a washing basket. It now seems there is, excitingly enough, potential that some of these could be dusted down and used as the basis for a fresh release.

“I put an unreleased song on the Japanese compilation called Hand Over Hand. The reason I did it is because it’s one the dearest songs to me. It may not be the greatest song but it’s a piece of music I did many years ago that means a lot to me and I plan to do a few more of those as well at some point. I’ve got hundreds of songs and I guess I’ll just give them up here and there.”

But there is a downside to these rumblings of action, as May explains. “If I was going to do it – go back in the studio full time and really devote myself to it – then I actually would stop playing records, completely. Because in my mind, you can’t play records and then go and make them. It fucks with the creative process.

You end up being subconsciously influenced by what you just heard. I never understand these guys who go into the studio and then the next day they’re playing a party. I don’t get it. I don’t like to believe I make music just for the dance floor. If I did I’d be disappointed with myself, I like to believe I make romantic stories, or dark stories. But making something just for the dance floor seems quite contrary.”

Let’s just hope that he completes his tour down under before making that commitment we’ve all been waiting for.

Derrick May plays at Brown Alley on Thursday April 25 alongside Ben Klock, Eats Everything and more. facebook.com/derrickmayday soundcloud.com/derrick-may

shows off different sides to Fedora, but manages to remain a consistency throughout.

“You’re The One, which I did with Cajmere, was done in my hotel room in Orange County. It was my second collaboration with Cajmere and when I sent it out to him he was really into it right away. I did Make Me Feel with Deep City Soul – that was recorded in Birmingham, UK. That was such a fun track to make, it all happened in one session. Same with My Heart Is Singing, which was done with Dajae about two years ago while I was still living in Birmingham. When I sent it to Cajmere, he thought that Dajae would be perfect on it and I was so excited because I’ve been a big fan of her vocals for a while. Turn Down was made in Adelaide when I did a Beatdown Music Warehouse party and Gene was doing an Australian tour and we managed to get together.”

Despite all the international interest (not to mention the permanent European relocation this year), Fedora insists he will never lose touch with his Australian roots, and in fact, plans to return home for a tour in either late 2013 or early next year.

“The plan is to keep coming back once a year for a few months,” he states. “I’m always going to keep in touch with what’s going on at home. The main reason that I decided to move at all was because of my music. I’ve been overseas before and it’s just a fact that there is a lot more going on internationally in terms of house music – you’ve just got to do it if you’re serious about what you do.

Australia has a really great house scene too, but you can’t compare a crowd of 300 to a crowd of 2,000 at a single show. You’ll have several house parties happening in just one European city, where as you’ll get just one house night in one of the Australian cities. I’m just at a stage where I have to move forward.”

Sonny Fodera’s Moving Forward is out now through Cajual. facebook.com/djsonnyfodera soundcloud.com/sonnyfodera

the public and they would be able to hold me to it. I literally forced myself to do it, really.”

It wasn’t just about “tricking” himself into committing to a fulllength record, it also came down to good time-management and careful planning. The rest, according to Roganovic, was up to the universe.

“It’s been one of those things, definitely – you put it out there to the universe and the universe gives it back to you in the form of inspiration. I could have had all the time of the world and I could have planned it perfectly, but if I hadn’t been able to come up with some really good tracks, it would’ve been for nothing. I was still touring while I was doing this album, but I made time for it. I had like 30 dates in the US at one stage where I stayed in places like L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia and New York and you can’t help but be influenced by those places. Everything around me – from conversations between people on the street, from hearing tracks on the radio, from watching movies, from the scenery outside the plane or car – everything seemed like inspiration.”

Rather than relying on a whole cast of guest appearances to help carry the tracks, Roganovic went the opposite direction, choosing to work with only two other artists, confident in himself that his songs could stand up just fine pretty much on their own.

Featuring Joe Gill as well as Roganiovic’s close friend Rudy, Speed Of Life is Dirty South through-and-through.

“I produced the album all by myself,” he states. “The only ‘outside’ people were the two vocalists. I worked with Rudy quite a bit on the album because I’m used to it by now, I’ve worked with him forever. We’ve actually got a side-project coming out very soon [Ruben Haze] which is more based in acoustic, live instruments. I also worked with a guy from L.A. called Joe Gill who is also amazing. I guess working with friends makes it much more fun, it makes it more organic and much, much easier than it could be. You always struggle with a ‘favourite track’ when you’re talking about your own tracks, but on this album it would be the song Speed Of Life. It’s the title track but it pretty much sums up what the whole album is about.”

Dirty South’s Speed of Life is out now through Ministry Of Sound. facebook.com/dirtysouth soundcloud.com/dirtysouth

on top of it? Do you simply like the song and then have to figure out what you want to do with it? Do you sometimes pick songs that have commercial success because you know that’s necessary in your game?

I rarely do remixes, so when I take on something, it means I have an idea for how it needs to sound. I’ve never remixed - or turned down - anything for strategic purposes - it’s just what I’m feeling at the moment, for better or worse.

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The party can’t last forever, when will you get tired of it?

Or can it last forever?

Who cares? I love what I do and I don’t intend on stopping. I’m not trying to be the Rolling Stones of DJing, but that wouldn’t be the worst thing either, would it?

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How was your time overseas? Tell me the single most interesting thing that happened.

I did a handstand on top of a million dollar car in Beverly Hills, to the shock and horror of the tourists gathered around.

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Chaotic turntablist and general party starter DJ Kronic answers a few questions in his usual, cheeky fashion. The Adelaide native has toured the world, riding high on his deck (often literally) and when not jetting across various oceans, usually criss-crossing the country bringing his contagious festival vibe to the largest and smallest of club venues. He’s moving beyond the scope of DJing and taking things up a notch – steady streams of new music, intense live shows and wicked collaborations.

Tell me exactly what your day has held, whether it’s something exciting or entirely mundane?

After recovering from excessive amount of excess at my last gig, I’ve been hunting for warm food and new music.

I know you’ve been in the studio, so what’s been going on in there?

Alongside the lads Chardy, Uberjakd and Krunk, I’ve been working on a lot of new records. The first of these collaborations, S.W.A.T. Team (Chardy and I), is out now, the rest should see the light of day soon enough.

Do you set aside specific studio time in a year or is it a constant thing?

It’s definitely a constant thing. Pretty much every moment I’m not DJing, I’m working on new music.

With song titles like Looking For Some Girls and Watup Bitch - let’s be serious for a second. Do you stumble across these titles in your mind and have a good old serious laugh?

I did indeed! These songs were really the start of my production, so it was important to keep it all kinda tongue-in-cheek. I’m glad both tracks got a great response from DJs, but the music I’ve been working on has taken a more aggressive approach.

This year - how long are you home for? What else is planned?

I’m never really home, I tour every week of the year. I’ll be splitting my time between the US as much as I can and I’ll be making my way over to Europe in October. In between, there’s a lot of music planned for the second half of the year - consider yourself warned.

DJ Kronic will play at The Espy on Thursday April 25.

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When you’re tackling a remix, what inspires you? Do you hear a song and immediately start also hearing your own flavour

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club guide wednesday april 24

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ANZAC DAY EVE - FEAT: BELLA JABARA + JAMES SOUTHWELL + LIL RSSCO Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm.

ANZAC DAY EVE First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.

COSMIC PIZZA - FEAT: NHJ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm DADA LIFE Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

DUBSTEP GRIME DRUM & BASS - FEAT: DJ BADDUMS + DJ CARMEX Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

HALFWAYS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

LOST & FOUND - FEAT: DJ SPIDEY + DJ RUBY FROST Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm.

MO’ SOUL - FEAT: DJ VINCE PEACH & MISS GOLDIE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

PARTY PARTY - FEAT: DJ LP + DJ DAZZY D + DJ MING MING + DJ PITTY + DJ SLENDER + DJ YUSUF Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $25.

SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

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3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm.

BANG N MASH Word Events Warehouse & Lounge, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.

CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

DJ KRONIC + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

DON’T THINK I’M ALIVE THURSDAYS The Vineyard, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: AGENT 86 + LEWIS CANCUT + WHO LUCKY COQ, WINDSOR. 6:00PM. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: DJ PEOPLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

GRAD PARTY THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

LE DISCO TECH Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

MEZZANINE & THE BACK ROOM - FEAT: DJ MANNEQUIN + DJ SYTO Abode, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

NEW GUERNICA THURSDAYS - FEAT: CONDUCTORS + JAMES KANE + NEGATIV MAGICK + NU BALANCE + POST PERCY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: NARI & MILANI + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + ED WILKS + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20.

TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

TROCADERO Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

friday april 26

ANYTIME Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

CRUCIAL SOCIAL ACADEMY - FEAT: DJ A13 + DJ JELLYFISHWORKSHOP, MELBOURNE. 8:00PM. discotheque - feat: elana musto + greg sara + scott t MATCH BAR & GRILL, MELBOURNE CBD. 7:00PM. FRIDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL HOUSE DJS - FEAT: HIJACK + LIVNBEYNG + MAGIC HOUSE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10.

JUICY - FEAT: CHAIRMAIN MEOW + COBURG MARKET + MR. FOX + TIGERFUNK + WHO Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

MR VEGAS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

PANORAMA - FEAT: DJS MATT RAD + MR GEORGE + PHATO A MANO + TOM MEAGHER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm.

POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

REMEMBER ME The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

RETRO SEXUAL One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

REVOLVER FRIDAYS (ANTARCTICA REMIX LAUNCH) - FEAT: DJ LEWIE DAY + DJ MIKE CALLANDER + DJ ALEX THOMAS + DJ KATIE DROVER + DJ WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: DJ SUNSHINE + DJ BUTTERS + DJ HEY SAM Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00am.

SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

SVELT + BISCOTTI + MANGELWURZEL 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.

THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

WEEKENDER! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 11:00pm.

THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

saturday april 27

VENICE MUSIC - FEAT: DJ ALI E Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

CHI SATURDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm .CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 2:00am.

DJ PLAZMA Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

GLITCH THIS - FEAT: SATURDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

NEO SACRILEGE - FEAT: DJ NERO Abode, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

ONESIXFIVE - FEAT: DJ COURTNEY MILLS + DJ HOOPS + DJ OLLIE HOLMES + DJ JOSH PAOLA + DJ WILL CUMMINGS Onesixone, Prahran. 3:00am.

POISON APPLE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

SATURDAY CONFIDENTIAL Galley Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

electronic - urban - club life

SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

SATURDAYS @ LEVEL 2 - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ CHESTWIG + DJ LUKE MCD + DJ MIKE HUNT + DJ ROWIE + DJ SPECIAL K Level 2 The Club, Northcote. 9:00pm.

SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25.

SOUTH SIDE SHOW - FEAT: EDD FISHER + KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $15.

STAR SATURDAYS Star Bar, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

STRUT SATURDAYS - FEAT: COLLECTIVE + ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI + MC JUNIOR + NICK VAN WILDER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $22.

SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm.

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

TEXTILE - FEAT: DJS PACMAN + JEAN PAUL + MOONSHINE + TAH lLucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.

THE FOX SATURDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: DJ ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

TOO MUCH 4TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: MOSCA + DAVID BASS + NAISE + SAME O + WOZ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

WHAT’S DOING? - FEAT: DJ CITIZEN.COM Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

WHY NOT? - FEAT: SATURDAY Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

sunday april 28

COSMIC TONIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm.

DANGER - FEAT: GEORGE HYSTERIC & ROHAN BELL-TOWERS The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

GUILTY PLEASURES Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

MOTEL SUNDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

NO MORE-BANG-FOR-BUCK BURLESQUE SHOW! Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ SPACEY SPACE + DJ RADIATOR + DJ SILVERSIX + DJ T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm.

SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE - FEAT: ASKEW + BOOSHANK + DISCO HARRY + JUNJI + MISS BUTT + PAZ + PETER BAKER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm.

SUNDAE SHAKE - FEAT: AGENT 86 + PHATO-A-MANO + TIGERFUNK Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOWDENA ND MAYFIELD + FOUNKSHUI Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm.

SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm.

THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

monday april 29

IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL KUCYK + DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

tuesday april 30

BIMBO TUESDAYS - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. dj jaguar E55, MELBOURNE CBD. 8:00PM. never cheer before you know who’s winning - feat: repeter fonda REVOLVER UPSTAIRS, PRAHRAN. 7:00PM.

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saturday april 27

COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

BLADES + B.O.S + ELOQUOR + MORGANICS + PROPH + SPEECH THERAPY Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12.

CHAISE LOUNGE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ KAH LUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

PHATURDAY - FEAT: TOM SHOWTIME + DJ AYNA Blue Bar, Prahran. 10:00pm.

SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE DOJO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

thursday april 25 BE EASY - FEAT: DJ ARKS + DJ THANKS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

PENNIES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.

RHYTHM-AL-ISM - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ K-DEE + DJ SIMON SEZ Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.

RY (EP LAUNCH) + MIKEY HUNDRED + SHADOW KITSUNE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.

friday april 26

rhythm-al-ism at fusion

CHAISE FRIDAYS - FEAT: SOULCLAP + DJ CLAZ + DJ DIRX + DJ PERIL + DJ SEF Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:30pm.

CREW LOVE - FEAT: DJ TONY SUNSHINE Sub Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.

FAKTORY - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ DURMY + DJ K DEE + DJ YATHS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

GET LIT - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

LIKE FRIDAYS - FEAT: BROZ + DIR-X + DJS DINESH + NYD + SEF + SHAGGZ + SHAUN D La Di Da, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

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sunday april 28 BE. - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.

monday april 29 FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.

THAT’S A RAP First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

tuesday april 30 CAN I KICK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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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 WEE WAA READIES FOR DAFT PUNK INVASION The NSW town of Wee Waa is learning how to cope when the world descends for Daft Punk’s album launch on Friday May 17. All 4,000 tix to the listening party sold out in 13 minutes. The event is now expanded to the twoday Weekend Vines festival for 2,500 people. Narrabri Shire mayor Conrad Bolton held a presentation to update locals on providing up to 13,000 meals (not to mention loos and ATMs) and plans to put out of-towners in a 2,000bed tent city at festival site Seplin Estate winery and for locals to put others up in their homes. The Wee Waa Show Society president Brett Dickinson provided an update on organisation and Sony Music’s John Parker detailed the launch and the community’s involvement. Playing the after-party are Olibusta (France), UK’s Marvin Roland and Crease, and Melbourne’s Mr Pyz and LA Pocock.

VEVO: 23% MORE THAN AUSSIE RIVALS A year after launching in Australia, video streaming Vevo released figures which claims its reach is 23% greater than the combined TV catch-up services in this country. Last month it hosted 51 million streams, making it third behind YouTube and Facebook in video streaming platforms. Vevo gets 38% of prime time viewing, and 90% of its viewers complete watching ads, compared to 70% of the industry average. 2.3 million Aussies watched it in February, watching on average 15 videos and spending 60 minutes a month. Its biggest demographic is the 35+ age group (35%), 32% is 18-24, 21% 25-34 and 9% 12-17.

Highest viewed are One Direction (24.4m) and Justin Bieber (16m) with Guy Sebastian topping the Aussies at 5.7 million streams. Vevo is a joint venture between Sony and Universal and in Australia with MCM Media.

APRA’S KALAMARAS HEADING TO PBS

Former APRA staffer Con Kalamaras started this week at PBS 106.7FM as Marketing and Events Manager. He can be contacted at con@pbsfm.org.au. Kalamaras said, “PBS has always been close to my heart and I’m honoured.”

Station GM Adrian Basso added, “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be a valuable contribution to the station.”

VENUES #1: MUSIKUNST LOOKS FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST MUSIKUNST is seeking people interested in presenting experimental and/or improvised sounds/music/noise of their own creation on the last Saturday of each month. MUSIKUNST in the basement of the Great Britain in Richmond. Applicants can create their own format and encouraged to explore and make full use of this unique space in whatever way they feel would best sonically and visually enhance their performance.

For further details, contact Piers on 0415 958 182.

VENUES #2: RUBY’S LOUNGE CLOSES Ruby’s Lounge in Belgrave seems to have closed, or at least changed hands. Their phone and website are disconnected, and there’s a For Sale sign in the window. Musicians said that some gigs were axed suddenly.

VENUES #3: REVOLVER

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Revolver Bandroom has a new night every Wednesday.

Roots Of Music is set up as a place to find new talent. It launches on Wednesday May 1 with German duo Amistat, indie rockers Cardinal and electro-folkie Albert Salt.

VENUES #4: NEW SOUL NIGHT FOR DING DONG The Ding Dong Lounge has a new free Wednesday soul night called Mo Soul. Based on the early ‘70s Northern Soul all-nighters at the Wigan Casino in Northern England, it features Liverpool-born DJ and vinyl collector Vince Peach and Boss Action host Miss Goldie. Launch night is tonight.

SKIPPING GIRL BACK TO SKIPPING GIRL

Skipping Girl Vinegar are launching their new single Making Our Way with two rooftop sunset shows – next to the classic neon sign of Audrey the Skipping Girl Vinegar in Richmond.

They’ve added a second show after the first sold out in minutes.

Both are on Saturday May 11, one at 5pm, the other at 7.30pm.

They will be filmed and recorded for a release later this year.

THE COUNT WITH...

THINGS WE HEAR

* One Night Stand attracted 18,000 to Dubbo – an attendance record for the triple j concert series.

The previous record was 15,000 in Dalby in 2012. All accommodation in Dubbo sold out three weeks before, so some stayed in nearby towns, or in their vans, pitched tents in Elston Park or crashed at friends’ places. Dubbo had nothing but praise for the crowds: Council’s director of corporate development Ken Rogers said most moved on early the next day and left the place tidy. “There were no major issues,” he said. * Among those escaping the Boston Marathon blast was Joey McIntyre of New Kids On The Block who finished his first marathon five minutes before. * A star-studded benefit concert in Sydney for Doc Neeson with all the greats of pub rock – the bill with Barnes, Noiseworks, Mi-Sex and Rose Tattoo included Peter Garrett reuniting with Oils mates and David Hasselhoff doing Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? – raised $200,000. * A quick poll by Billboard magazine found that the crowd at America’s Coachella Festival regarded Tame Impala their favourite new act. The Tames drew a healthy crowd despite being on at the same time as Paul Oakenfold and Rodriguez. * Bono was among those who attended Coachella. At Rolling Stone’s party, he jammed with a house band cheered on by Diddy and John Legend. Alas, cops stopped the show, saying there were too many people at the bash. * The Splendour lineup is out this week but The National are on, singer Matt Berninger confirmed. Meantime, Phoenix told triple j they’re here in summer. Scottish electros CHVRCHES’ first tour of Oz is going off a treat: a second Sydney show has been added for August 3 after the first sold out. * A TV series is being shot around Bruno Mars’ four sisters as they record their debut album and find fame and fortune like their famous brother. * Hilltop Hoods’ new single Shredding The Balloon got its world premiere on the website of Australian clothing company Zoo York. The two signed a deal to work on projects together. Their #1 album Drinking From The Sun has gone double platinum (140,000 sales). * Two Melbourne bands cast their nets wider than Australia.

Vaudeville Smash play Music Matters in Singapore in late May. Masketta Fall play two New Zealand shows mid-May as part of their current seven-date tour which ends on Sunday May 26 at the Fitzroy Town Hall. Maskettta Fall’s new fairytale prom-themed video was top trend on Twitter in Australia for 24 hours.

NEW LABELS #2: MONOCARPIC

SISTA ACT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

All Tomorrow’s Parties’ Release The Bats (Saturday October 26) has added more events. Television are doing their Marquee Moon classic, while Mick Harvey has put together a cast of performers for a tribute to Rowland S. Howard.

Some top female performers from comedy, opera, dance, cabaret, rock, soul, hip hop and choir get together on Friday May 17 for Sista Act. The night, at The Substation in Newport, is to support scholarships for Healesville’s Worawa Aboriginal Girls College which builds confidence for Indigenous girls from the country and remote communities through performing arts. Sista Act was initiated by writer/performer Fiona Scott-Norman, who wanted to support young Aboriginal women and make a small contribution to reconciliation. “I got tired of being a well-meaning white person who never did anything. I think there’s a lot of us who feel that way. Sista Act is a first step, and a pretty sweet lineup of talent.” Performing are Deb Conway, Deborah Cheetham, Hannah Gadsby, Rachael and Lisa Maza, Denise Scott, Jessie Lloyd, B.Girl Nikki Ashby, The Swing Sister Swing Dancers, The Skin Choir, DJ MzRizk, and The Worawa Girl Singers. By the way, the College’s principal Lois Peeler was one of the original Sapphires. Tickets via trybooking.com.

NEW LABELS #1: PLASTIC WORLD

Former Future Classic label manager James McInnes and Astral People co-owner Vic Edirisinghe launched new boutique dance label Plastic World. It will initially focus on 12” vinyl releases from Aussie acts to release overseas. The pair say that few Oz dance tracks find global success, and hope to change that. Plastic World’s first release is in late May: it will be Sydney duo Alba’s Knokke/Law remixed by Detroit’s Rick Wade and Jimmy Edgar.

KIERAN RYAN

Ten bands everyone should know about: Arthur Russell, John Fox, Max Ryan and Where Where Were You At Lunch, Black Alan Barker, Tinawaran, Gen Finnane, Mining Boom, Sunset Blush, Manuel Gottsching, Bronze Horse.

Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Mission Chilli and Lime Corn Chips, Cornettos, expensive cheddar, Tabasco, chilli mussels, three types of alcohol, sticky date pudding, the option of coke, potato salad.

Eight possessions that define you: My sandwich press, my terrarium, a pair of joggers, my 1989 Honda Civic hatchback, a scarf my mum knitted for me, a nice golden-lined hippy vest from 1973 that I nicked from my dad’s wardrobe, an early ‘90s vomit coloured

Velcro Billabong wallet, my copy of Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mixtape: Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rosemary’s Baby, all of James Bond, Twin Peaks, The 7.30 Report, Fitzcarraldo.

Six bad habits you can’t escape: Biting my nails, talking in my sleep, running late, I have somehow lost the ability to say the word ‘statistically’ of late, wrapping leads up badly, soda water.

Five people who inspire you: My nanna who is 95, Charles Darwin, Julia Gillard, Jackson C. Frank, Les Hiddens.

Four things that turn you on: My girlfiend, a good dream, deja-vu, After I’ve Made Love

Kimbra’s manager Mark Richardson has set up a new boutique singles label Monocarpic Recordings. UK-born Richardson runs Melbourne-based Outpost Management which also looks after Bertie Blackman. Richardson says the problem with most labels is that they sign acts for a long time, yet “their commitment is based on short term expectations. I wanted to create a vehicle that allows these moments to live and set seed, without being contractually restrictive to what might happen after.” The name Monocarpic comes from plants that that flower once and then set seed. Debut single is You’ve Been Left Behind, an M-Phazes produced single by new soul singer Jack Byrnes.

WINDFALL FOR SKYFALL SINGER

Adele is rolling it in: she’s the richest of all Brit musicians aged under 30, with a fortune of £30m (A$44.38m). She topped the Sunday Times’ Rich List 2013 for a second year.

The 24-year-old made £10m in the past year alone, earning £41,000 a day while 21 kept selling and the Bond theme opened new doors. She doubled Cheryl Cole, 29 (£14m), the former waitress turned Girls Aloud singer who is a L’Oreal endorsee. The rest of the list are X-Factor winner Leona Lewis, 28 (£12m); Katie Melua, 28 (£12m); Florence Welch, 26 (£9m); Charlotte Church, 27 (£8m); Jessie J, 25 (£8m); Lily Allen, 28 (£6m); Nadine Coyle, 27 (£6m); Duffy, 28 (£6m); JLS (£24m combined); James Morrison, 28 (£6m); Nicola Roberts, 27 £6m); One Direction (£25m combined); Emeli Sande, 26 (£5m) and Ed Sheeran, 22 (£5m).

FESTIVALS #1: LEAPS AND BOUNDS LAUNCHED The inaugural City of Yarra Live Music Festival is named Leaps And Bounds after the Paul Kelly ditty. It runs Friday July 5 to Sunday 21. Shows will be held in venues in the same precinct on the same day. There are 50 venues in total including The Corner and The Empress.

Events include a Freeza/Push bash at Fitzroy Town Hall, a silent gig in Gertrude St. and a Tote tribute to Tim Hemmersley. Artist and event applications are now open at leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com with a full program out on Wednesday May 15. Leaps And Bounds struck up a couple of partnerships. The Indigenous communities will program a BBQ event in Stanley St and focus on Indigenous acts in the festival. A collaboration with the Gertrude Street Projection Festival will see the two spotlight on the precinct. PBS FM will see a live studio show.

FESTIVALS #2: RELEASE THE BATS TURNS ON TV

HIP HOP FEST MELTDOWN It wasn’t a good week for promoters of hip hop festivals. Live Nation and Niche Productions cancelled Movement after losing headliners Angel Haze (recording commitments) and rapper 2 Chainz (visa issues due to a February arrest for alleged drug possession) and facing a public backlash when they were forced to change some venues.

Late last week, Supafest 4 was postponed to November.

Dwayne Cross, principal owner of Chase Records, confirmed that due to difficulty completing venue contract arrangements for Melbourne and Brisbane, he was unable to proceed with the tour at this time. The new dates will be announced shortly, and Chase Records is optimistic that all artists on the bill will be available then.

WANNA WORK AT DITTO MUSIC? Ditto Music, UK-based online record label services and distribution company, is opening an Australian office in May. It’s looking for an office manager in Melbourne or Sydney.

“Your mission is to get us on the radar. We are looking for an experienced music professional with established contacts within the Australian music industry,” they say. “Primarily our service is digital music distribution, but we are building new tools to empower artists.” They have 50,000 distro clients including Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran, Finch and Local Natives. Apply to Lee Parsons at lee@dittomusic.com.

To You by Bonnie Prince Billy.

Three goals for your music: Not much apart for it to turn out well, have the chance to play it in front of people and maybe have something get on the soundtrack for Man Vs Wild.

Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: Bonnie Prince Billy at the Annandale in about 2005. I was pretty obsessed with him as a younger man. I thought he was the strangest guy with the most interesting songs. I remember he played After I’ve Made Love To You. I still can’t believe that this song hasn’t been covered by boys to men or some more recent equivalent. It would translate well. Leonard Cohen on the last tour. A lifetime of the most beautiful work compressed down to a couple of hours. The greatest body of work that I know of bought to life in music.

Made the tennis stadium feel like The Empress.

One day left before the apocalypse and you…: ... would not do anything extreme. I’d rather enjoy one more day of ordinariness. I’d indulge no more than getting

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LIFELINES Expecting: Backstreet Boys’ Kevin Richardson and wife Kristin Willits, their second. The band’s Howie Dorough had a son in February, A.J. McLean a daughter last November.

Dating: Stan Walker and last year’s Australian Idol finalist Brittany Cairns made their two-month relationship official at Sydney’s Australian Hair Fashion awards. They met at a friend’s 21st birthday bash.

Marrying: Deadmau5 and tattoo artist Kat Von D’s August 10 wedding will have an underwater theme, with performers dressed as mermaids and food and decorations blue and green. They’re both fans of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Call Of Cthulhu about a man who is part human and half octopus.

Sued: Shakira for US$95.8 million by her ex-boyfriend who claims he masterminded her career including talking her into recording Hips Don’t Lie a #1 in 24 countries in 2006 and her $300 million deal with Live Nation. Businessman Antonio de la Rua is the son of the Argentinian president.

Sued: Garth Brooks for $425,000 by his ex-business partner of 20 years, TV producer Lisa Sanderson.

She says she was promised 50% proceeds but he kept turning down blockbusters like Twister (because the tornado was the star and not him) and Saving Private Ryan (didn’t want to play second fiddle to Tom Hanks and Matt Damon) and lost a role in a TV sitcom because he wouldn’t share his publishing with the studio.

In Court: Scott Toukhsati, 36, who co-organised Victoria’s Rainbow Serpent Festival in January, was fined $1,000 in Ballarat Magistrates Court. He was arrested on January 27 after police searched his car and caravan and finding cannabis, GHB and $5,000 cash suspected to be the proceeds of crime.

In Court: The Hives must pay 18.5 million kronor ($A2.80 million) to The Cardigans. Tambourine Studios in Malmö, Sweden, had routinely transferred the money from The Cardies to the less cashed-up Hives’ account. The Hives initially refused to pay saying there were no loan agreements signed.

In Court: Lauryn Hill faces up to three years’ jail for not paying tax for three years, 2005 through 2007, during which time she earned more than $1.8 million. She said during that time she’d become a recluse because she was hassled by a stalker and felt manipulated by the music industry.

In Court: Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav faces 12 years prison for threatening the 17-year-old son of his girlfriend with a butcher’s knife during a violent row.

Jailed: Gucci Mane on assault charge after a fan claimed he smashed a champagne bottle on his head in an Atlanta club after he asked for a photo.

Died: US soul songwriter George Jackson, 68. He wrote songs that were hits for Bob Seger (Old Time Rock And Roll), Jackson 5 (One Bad Apple), Tina Turner, James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Clarence Carter.

Died: Chicago hotshot blues guitarist Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins, 76.

Died: artwork designer Storm Thorgerson, 70, from cancer. He created the sleeves for childhood friends Pink Floyd (notably Dark Side Of The Moon), Led Zeppelin’s Presence, Muse’s Absolution and Black Holes And Revelations as well as releases by Black Sabbath and Biffy Clyro.

Died: Craig Homes aka The Spoiler, first drummer of ‘80s garage-punk/wrestling band Psychotic Turnbuckles, after a year’s battle with cancer. He played on Destroy Dull City (1986) and Beyond The Flipout (1988).

ALLDAY, BRADY JAMES, COLLABORATE AGAIN

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Melbourne MC Allday and singer songwriter Brady James will collaborate again, the latter confirmed. Their first teamup Girl In The Sun got picked up by triple j and received 55,000 YouTube views. Their mutual management and label Teamtrick suggested they work together. The track is off Allday’s EP Loners Are Cool, which debuted at #18 on the ARIA chart. Since then, the Allday had major label interest from overseas. Things have geared for James as well. After moving from Warrnambool 12 months ago (he played in 2 Days Previous and Konnor) he signed his bookings to the New World Agency. Since the track he’s received offers to collaborate from other hip hoppers and will record his own album in Melbourne with LA producer Eric Sarafin.

a pack of cigarettes (I don’t usually smoke) and a bottle of wine and sitting in the park somewhere. What kind of apocalypse is it? This would be appropriate for some kind of ‘comet destroys Earth’ apocalypse, you could watch it all roll in from the park bench, but less appropriate for any kind of zombie related apocalypse, for example.

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A guide to eating out in Melbourne

Eureka Rebellion Trading Anthony Allayialis, the co-owner and man behind the concept of Eureka Rebellion Trading, first ignited his love affair for American food and condiments when he moved to North America in the early 2000s. He always had the idea of creating an all-in-one store with everything he loved and upon returning to Oz in 2011, he started getting the wheels in motion for ERT, adding his overseas inspiration in to the mix. Already a tattoo studio, barbershop and music/film/apparel store, Anthony then threw the concept of adding hot sauces, BBQ sauces, rubs and spices after having trouble sourcing these items for his personal needs.

Now, after only being open five weeks (opened in February this year), their range of food products, alternative cook books and accessories has blown up with customers more than what they could have expected. Here’s a run down of some of their faves and condiment necessitie.

STAPLES Frank’s Red Hot A North American classic, this sauce goes with just about anything!

Their favourite way to use this product – makes the perfect ingredient for making hot wings.

Sriracha For those who are wanting a bit more of a kick, this is the guy you want. Ask any Sriracha fan and most will tell you that this sauce is incorporated into their diet on a daily basis. Sriracha is also great as an additive for bringing out flavor in cooking so really it should be a staple for everyone.

Their favourite way to use this product – combine with mayonnaise to create a spicy Sriracha mayo.

BEST SELLERS Louisiana’s Pure Crystal Hot Sauce The sauce Tabasco wishes it was. Made with red cayenne peppers and a hint of vinegar, this hot sauce has a perfect balance of heat and flavour. Very popular amongst customers and also comes in the perfect size to take with you anywhere. Their favourite way to use this product – makes a killer Bloody Mary!

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Cholula Hot Sauce Range A staff favourite, the boys upstairs (in the tattoo studio) go through a bottle every week!

Their favourite way to use this product – slap some of the Cholula Chili Garlic on pizza or use the Cholula Chipotle in copious amounts on Mexican food.

BBQ SAUCE Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce Range If you are a fan of walking the line between sweet and savory then this guy is for you. An American staple, this BBQ sauce is right amount of thick and sweet to compliment the perfect BBQ. Their favourite way to use this product – basting steaks with Sweet Baby Rays Honey Chipotle, or slappin’ some SBR’s Hickory & Brown Sugar on some grilled chicken.

NEW IN STORE Blair’s Death Sauce Range Blair’s has always had a huge cult following amongst

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chili fans around the world and for good reason. The hottest product they have on offer at the moment is the Blair’s 3A.M. Reserve which heats up to 1,200,000 Scoville Units! The bottle comes in a perspex case and is wax sealed and signed by Blair himself!

Their favourite way to use this product – crush a bag of Blair’s chips (Buffalo Wing, Jalapeno Cheddar, Habanero Pepper) to create a tasty breading for chicken schnitzel or take the chili challenge with your mates by dousing some wings with the death sauce range (Sudden Death, Mega Death, Ultra Death).

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MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

BY GARRATH WESTMORE

Many of those in the recent Golden Plains crowd probably possessed little knowledge of the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, nor its conductor Nicky Bomba. But as the masses boogied and a dust cloud rose from the bowels of the Supernatural Amphitheatre, that lack of knowledge didn’t seem to matter, people were just happy to dance. Despite being around for a decade, the Melbourne Ska Orchestra (MSO) have only just recently started making a splash, evident at Golden Plains when the crowd seemed to be taken by surprise by the 30-plus-piece ensemble.

“Aw man,” says Bomba as he recalls the set. “Something’s happened. The pennies dropped. The crowd really connected with us, by the time we were into the fourth song it was massive –packed – and finding out later there was about nine-and-a-half thousand people [watching] was pretty amazing.” Whipping up a crowd is something that Bomba has been doing for the better part of 20 years and with the MSO for ten. But why the sudden prevalence of MSO in the last year, when most outside the ska scene had perhaps not ever heard of them?

“I used to own the MSO with a friend of mine, with whom I started the business with. We were the guys that put the band together. Then a couple of years ago he got quite busy with his work so I bought the name from him, and that’s pretty much when it started happening, I started taking it seriously. I managed to get Bluesfest (2012) I suppose, that was a big one, and it all blossomed from there. But getting that one was a bit of a coup you know? And because I could take control of it, and drive it where I wanted to drive it, I started writing more songs for it and realised it could be quite a strong musical force. And apart from doing the whole original ska vibes – I wanted to offer a new sound, a fresh approach to the genre, that’s kind of what spurred things on.”

Despite this fresh approach, MSO’s debut album is not without a tip of the hat to ska’s origins. The rude boy scene of the ‘70s saw violence and gang behaviour synonymous with ska, and this, blended with Bomba’s own experiences of growing up in Melbourne and spending a lot of time on Lygon Street, the hotbed of Melbourne’s criminal underworld, ultimately led to the title of the latest single Lygon Street Meltdown.

A real feature of not just the ska scene but the blues and roots scene as well, Bomba has played in Bomba (infamous for their interactive live shows whereby drum circles amidst the crowd and conga lines are often common occurrences), Bustamento (his more calypso and mento inspired band) as well as his solo project. Oh, and somewhere in there he manages to play drums for the John Butler Trio. “I like to see them as all little seeds,” he says of his various projects. “Some of them have a quick growth spurt, then they plateau and another one comes up. But as far as being a musician’s concerned it’s actually good because you have all these kind of different ways of making a living.”

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“I THINK THE CONDUCTOR, RING LEADER, MASTER OF CEREMONIES OF THE MSO IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PLAY MUSIC YOU LOVE.” At times he is the frontman, other times he’s the conductor, at others the drummer, but the one thing never changes in between each band is that he is always an entertainer; a conduit between band and audience. “I feel obligated as a musician and entertainer to make sure the crowd and the band are connected.

As far as all the roles are concerned I think the conductor, ring leader, master of ceremonies of the MSO is one of the most powerful I’ve ever experienced, especially when you play music you love.

“I don’t try to plan things too much, there are a couple of things that you usually do that connect, but generally I like to get a feel from the audience, whether they’re cheeky or they’re raucous or they just want to dance, and I try to pick up on that. It’s a little like having a conversation with the audience. You have an hour on stage and it’s like, ‘Okay we have an hour together, what’s the best way for us to get to know each other?’” Getting to know the crowd and being able to work and entertain them has never been easier than it has as conductor of the MSO according to Bomba. “It’s such a unique ramshackle beast that I love to bits – with the other bands I might be on an instrument or stuck behind the kit. It’s a lot of freedom, a lot of opportunity to really work the audience [with MSO].”

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FRI MAY 3 MELBOURNE FORUM Last night I went along to the HMV Forum to check out Six60’s first London gig. I was there to witness, well, history in the making. They were electric….

The crowd went wild. I lost my mind. ….. EVERYONE was singing along. EVERYONE was happy. A true celebration of their first London gig….The first of many I am sure...For a debut it doesn’t get much better.

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“These guys know what they’re doing. They wanted everyone to have a good time and enjoy the music and it didn’t take long for that to happen….. playing some of the coolest tracks I’ve heard in a long time. These guys are good—exceptionally good. ……

Six60 had done what they came to do and that was to rock the hell out of L.A. Mission accomplished, guys” - POPZINEONLINE

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AEROSMITH

BY KRISSI WEISS

Around a decade managed to pass between Aerosmith’s previous release this century, Honkin’ On Bobo, and their latest studio album Music From Another Dimension! You can safely assume that Aerosmith are still writing and recording music out of sheer love and not just to pay the bills. While the band will rise to the expectation of flicking through their back catalogue, this is no reunion tour. Forty years on, the Boston fivepiece still want to be relevant. Whether they are or not is a matter of taste – as with all music – but bassist Tom Hamilton admits that even he wonders that from time to time.

“I was really ready for a break but once it gets to a certain point you start to wonder, ‘Is this real? Do I really do this? Do I even have a job anymore? What if it’s been too long and we go back to do it and it’s not there anymore?’ but every time we go back it seems to be there,” Hamilton says. “I know I’ll always be able to play our songs, I don’t worry about that, but after taking too much time off it does feel like something that could just blow away.”

Apart from the band taking time off, Hamilton has been personally dealing with illness for quite some time.

In 2006 he announced he was battling throat cancer and in December of that year he announced he was cancer-free. It returned in 2011 and after treatment, he again went into remission.

“I’ve benefitted from modern technology and knowledge in a huge way,” he says. “I owe not only my life but my way of life to some of the doctors I’ve been able to reach out to. Most of them are right here in Boston, people come from all over the world to get treated for some exotic and really scary diseases and I was fortunate to live right here. I’ve had cancer twice and it was intense and not at all fun. I’ve had challenges that I‘ve had to deal with that are the consequences of being blasted with radiation but that’s the way it is. If it was ten years ago I probably wouldn’t even be here.”

He’s not just referring to advancements in technology either. After all, Aerosmith were always immersed in

the rock star lifestyle and although they – like a lot of other aging bands – try and propagate that written-off rocker myth, it’s simply not the case.

They’re older (Christ, most of them are in their sixties now) and life is different now.

“We’re more in command of what we’re putting out on stage for those two hours and it’s much better than it was in those old days,” he says. “When you’ve got new songs off a new album you have no idea what reaction you’re gonna get. It’s fun having that unknown and because these songs are fairly new we can mess them up. It’s more intensely focused on the performance than it was.

We always cared about the performance but we were pretty stoned out and drunk in the process and that’s changed. You like to think that’s what puts you at your best in those situations then you realise that it really doesn’t work out that way.”

In lieu of bullshit rhetoric, Hamilton expresses both his pride and mild criticisms of the latest album. “We’ve really put it out there on this record; we probably put too many songs on it though but everybody in the band had a very intense desire after not doing any albums to really make a statement,” he admits. “I know I felt that way. I was very glad to be a part of that monster of what that record became. I kinda wish we could go back into the studio now and do something quick and off the cuff. We spent hours on tiny details on this album.”

“WE’RE MORE IN COMMAND OF WHAT WE’RE PUTTING OUT ON STAGE FOR THOSE TWO HOURS AND IT’S MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS IN THOSE OLD DAYS”

Watching Aerosmith doing the rounds on morning TV in the States is a humorous affair. Apart from banal questions, it seems that the interviewers want Aerosmith to be more rock than even the members want to. Any successful band that straddles the rock and pop realm eventually finds themselves playing a role but it seems like the interviewers and the audiences are determined to get every last juicy drip of drama out of Aerosmith despite the fact that the well dried up a while ago. Hamilton has battled cancer, Tyler himself had surgery for an “undisclosed illness”, and is a grandfather as is Joe Perry. Times have changed but the myth remains.

“Things are really different to what they were,” he says. “Morning TV is an interesting one. The record company will come and say, ‘We can get you guys on The Today Show or whatever’ and we think that by doing it we’re gonna hit a massive audience of people that maybe wouldn’t have bought your album but when they hear you on those shows you might win people over. You’d have to be pretty nasty and

negative to say no. But we’re rockers, that’s what we do. We play slow songs every now and again so the lovers in the audience can get inspired but when you come to an Aerosmith show you’re gonna leave having seen a real rock show.”

Will the rock continue for the foreseeable future?

“We’ve always been in control of what we’re doing,” he says. “Nobody in the band has a quitting date in their sights. The energy of knowing that there are still so many people out there that want us to play trumps everything else.”

on word-of-mouth support from their fans. (Though getting played on The Ricky Gervais Show didn’t hurt matters much.)

It’s fitting then, that when it comes to inspiration in their songwriting, Knights acknowledges those around him.

“The music of the human condition, our angle on the world,” he says of where the band finds their ideas for songs. “We never really tell stories, I think we’re more interested in atmosphere and the invisible. It’s more about feeling than understanding.”

How Turin Brakes relate those feelings to their crowds is often a source of contention, however.

Originally born in London’s pubs, the nature of the band’s folk rock means it’s conducive to intimate venues. And on this upcoming Australian tour, the band will set up shop in some of the country’s more iconic smaller venues. Though when Turin Brakes do roll into larger venues, as they will at the Apollo Bay and Gum Ball festivals respectively, Knights insists not much will change.

“On big stages you just have to pronounce what

you’re doing a little more,” says Knights. “But we just adapt, we’ve played so much it’s second nature by now.” You can’t help but believe Knights when he refers to the work he’s done with Turin Brakes as second nature. Turin Brakes have stayed grounded and focused in an industry which so often lacks said qualities. For Knights and Gale Paridjanian, staying honest with each other has always remained top priority. And it’s working.

“I couldn’t imagine it any other way,” he says. “I guess we can only be honest with each other. If we were dishonest the other one would know immediately.”

AEROSMITH are playing a giant show with Wolfmother, Grinspoon, You Am I and The Dead Daisies at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday April 28. They also play the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday May 4 with The Dead Daisies.

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TURIN BRAKES

BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Best friends since childhood, Gale Paridjanian and Olly Knights have utilised their friendship to such a degree that it’s formed the basis of their careers as Turin Brakes, the acoustic folk duo. Though their debut EP The Door was released in 1999, the two have shared a lifetime of memories since their childhood. So strongly do these memories resonate with Paridjanian and Knights that the majority of their six studio full-lengths and countless other EPs and live albums have been inspired by the friendship they share. When asked then if their friendship has indeed remained intact throughout their careers, Knights’ answer is somewhat of a foregone conclusion.

“Yes, or we wouldn’t still be going,” says the guitarist.

“Humour and understanding get all of us through. We have so many shared moments in life, that is where our music comes from, partly.”

There’s a benign sense of possibility to the majority of Turin Brakes’ six studio albums, one that inspires with ease. As such, there’s very little cynicism not only in their approach, but in the manner in which Knight reflects on how him and Paridjanian got their start in the late ‘90s – he insists luck played a part in getting Turin Brakes up and running.

“We were really lucky with our timing,” he says.

“Everyone around us seemed to be making electronic-beat music in the late ‘90s in London.

We could simply pick up some guitars and have a whole sound right there in front of people. And that got us noticed fast.”

Getting noticed may have happened relatively easily for the duo, but sticking with Turin Brakes is another matter altogether. Not only has the band made great efforts to tour with consistency, their focus when it comes to songwriting is to remain innovative. The light-hearted nature of The Optimist, their Mercury Prize nominated debut LP, gives way to more thoughtful, complex tracks heard on Outbursts, their latest.

Knights doesn’t understate the importance of constantly working towards a new sound in the slightest. In the 14 years he’s been playing as Turin Brakes with Paridjanian, attempting to constantly

move forward has been one of the givens within the band.

“If we didn’t make new music we would simply be a nostalgia band on the live circuit,” he notes. “That would never work for us, we can’t help but create new music,” he says before adding with a unabated sense of purpose, “I always feel like our best work is the next thing we’re going to do. It’s something we can’t seem to help; our new album is always a reaction to the one before it.”

So is Outbursts any indication of what the band’s next full-length will sound like? Knights, busy at work in the studio on their next album, doesn’t believe so.

“Outbursts was made with laptops across a whole year, at home and our little studio. The new album is currently being tracked to analogue tape in just two weeks at a wonderful old studio in the countryside with our live band. It’s a totally different approach for a totally different sound and feel. With this album, we’re trying to bring back an acoustic rawness we had on our first album as well as the energy and groove of our live band,” he says.

Throughout their 14 years, Turin Brakes has developed a reputation of being a band whose music is easily shared; a language that their fans use to communicate with. Their albums have even consistently charted well on UK Charts, showing promise of commercial success. But Turin Brakes have always preferred to keep their aesthetic a genuine one, relying more

“WE NEVER REALLY TELL STORIES, I THINK WE’RE MORE INTERESTED IN ATMOSPHERE AND THE INVISIBLE. IT’S MORE ABOUT FEELING THAN UNDERSTANDING”

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TURIN BRAKES play the Apollo Bay Music Festival alongside Hiatus Kaiyote, Bonjah, Kingfisha, Jordie Lane, Ghost Orkid and more, which takes place in Apollo Bay from Friday April 26 to Sunday April 28. They also play the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday May 1 (with Liz Stringer, on-sale now) and Thursday May 2 (with Benny Walker, sold-out).

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WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

Julian Calderazzo

BY GRAHAM BLACKLEY

Hirsute genre-bending rock gods Led Zeppelin created mystical music that remains as fresh and vital today as it did in the ‘70s. In addition to selling over 200 million albums globally, this mountain-moving larger-than-life combo was renowned for their electrifying live performances and myth-making off-stage antics.

The public’s voracious and seemingly insatiable appetite for all things Zeppelin means that there is a fertile market for the Whole Lotta Love concerts that are being staged around the country in April and May. For the last ten years this successful celebration of Zeppelin’s timeless classics has brought a myriad of performers together to pay homage to one of the world’s greatest and most influential rock acts. This year’s show will incorporate bona fide classics such as Stairway To Heaven, Black Dog, Kashmir, Battle Of Evermore and Immigrant Song plus other hits and intriguing rarities from Zeppelin’s colourful and legendary career.

Joseph Calderazzo, the Creative Director of the Whole Lotta Love concerts, spoke passionately about his admiration for Led Zeppelin and pointed out that “their music is really powerful. I like their lyrics and the diversity of the band. I like the blues element, the folk element and even the country element and of course the rock element. They go into all these different styles but they’ve still got their stamp on it and it sounds really cool [and] their songs are good. Being from the ‘70s they’re organic as everything was recorded as a band and there’s been no trickery used so every note was played with heart and soul which hits you.”

Despite Joseph’s deep appreciation for Zeppelin, he has steered away from creating a copycat act.

“There’s definitely room for reinterpreting,” he explained. “We definitely don’t want to be a copy act

by any means. We avoid that. We like there to be a certain amount of reverence of course so we don’t go too wild with changing the groove of things but when Led Zeppelin played live they always went off onto whatever tangents felt good to them. They were very open with what they did. We try to get the essence of what they do live.”

The artists involved in the concert are given the opportunity to inject their own creativity into the magical mix. According to Joseph, “One of the reasons we use various singers that have all got original careers is so they can bring their own stamp into what we are doing. A lot of the musicians have got their own original careers too. We do like to have a certain amount of freedom with it while maintaining reverence to what Zeppelin initially had. Most of the people that play with us were either brought up on Zeppelin or brought up on bands that were brought up on Zeppelin so they get what Zeppelin was all about. It just flows quite easily. ” This year the show’s dazzling lineup includes powerhouse vocalists such as Dallas Frasca and Simon Meli. If you have ever had the good fortune to catch Meli fronting his roots-rock band The Widowbirds you will know that he is blessed with the type of classic rock vocal prowess and hip-shaking cool charisma that enables him to blow the roof off the joint. If you require a shivers-down-the-spine introduction to his

golden vocal chords in action, invest a few minutes in viewing his blind audition for The Voice which is garnering a lot of interest on YouTube. His incredibly soulful rendition of Zeppelin’s Ramble On is pure class. The gobsmacked and jubilant response from each of the judges is entirely understandable. Meli inspired similar responses when The Widowbirds played at the Queenscliff Music Festival in 2011 and when they rocked the convivial and cosy Thornbury Local in 2012.

With this type of talent involved in the Whole Lotta Love concerts, fans of Zeppelin are certainly in for a treat. To further whet your appetite, Joseph provided a glimpse of what the audience can expect from the evening. “It’s pretty much a rock‘n’roll show,” he explained. “We cover the various elements that make up Zeppelin. We only have two-and-a-half

hours of playing time but we manage to get most of the elements in – the folk element, the blues element, the rock element. [There’s also] the atmospheric element with The Rain Song and Kashmir (which both feature strings). It does tend to be a bit of a musical journey where you can get involved and let the music permeate your soul and go on a little trip. The second half of the show starts to get a little bit hypnotic. We do Going To California which is part of the acoustic element of the show. It’s a sit-down concert. Expect some really great music played with a lot of passion and soul!”

the integrity of the highest quality of music,” Julian reasons. “Reggae music represents the hearbeat of every person, and speaks of the struggles and ups and downs of life. Regardless of the language that is spoken, reggae resonates globally because its message breaks race and class, and is dedicated to positivity, hopeful times, unity and love.”

As well as recording his own solo works, Julian contributed guitar elements to Lauryn Hill’s landmark The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. “It holds up as a legendary album. Since the album was recorded at the original Tuff Gong studio’s in Jamaica – not the one that is there now, but the original house of music for Bob Marley and The Wailers – the energy of the album is of

course very high,” the spirit is high. There is tranquility in the album, as well as the magic was felt by all and beautifully conveyed by my sister, Ms. Lauryn Hill.”

As for new studio material, we can tentatively expect Julian’s first recorded material since 2009’s Awake sometime soon. “I’m writing songs now and working on ideas to follow up Awake. We do not rush inspiration, and though I have some material ready now, we do not rush the mystic.”

The WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Led Zeppelin Celebration happens at The Palais Theatre on Friday May 10.

JULIAN MARLEY

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

It’s a name that doesn’t come much bigger in reggae, or music in general for that matter. Establishing himself as a formidable talent in his own right, Julian ‘Juju’ Marley has spread the good word of reggae across the globe and released three solid fulllength LPs. As for when Julian first knew he wanted to be a musician, the answer is simple. “From the time I came out of my mother and started to cry. That was the first note I ever sang,” he laughs. “As I child I was grown to be around music and play with instruments all day and night, which made music a very spiritual experience for me from day one. Music is healing, uplifting. This is why it is important to feed music to all children.”

Julian’s career has seen several collaborations with his brothers, including the Awake highlight Violence In The Streets with Damian and Stephen Marley. “It is a very natural thing to work with my brothers, we are inseparable,” Julian explains. “We grew up living together, we play football together, we make music together. It is a very natural and Blessed feeling, as we have love and respect for each other, always.”

Although Bob Marley stands as one of the biggest legends of contemporary music, Julian sees his father as an inspiration, rather than someone to live up to.

“I don’t feel any pressure to live up to my father. My father made me, my name is Julian, I have my own genetic make up, I wear size 11 shoes and that’s me, I am myself,” he beams. “I stay grounded and not stuck up, I am normal and do not think in the way that I am my father’s ‘shadow’ but instead that he is my inspiration, my teacher.”

Joining Julian onstage in Australia will be his 12-piece

band. “The band is called The Uprising and came together around 1994. There is wicked talent in the The Uprising band! Growing up in Jamaica I started to play music with my bass player – Owen Dreadie Reed – who is from the school of Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett. I have a wicked keyboardist that has been with me from the start, as well as a wicked guitarist. I love performing with my live band, and the entire crew will of course be with me in Australia, bringing that great live sound, energy, spirit and light,” he reveals. “The audience can expect conscious music, reggae music, spiritual music.

It is an overwhelming feeling every time we perform, I love to play music to a live audience because the heartbeat of the music can be felt, the upliftment and positive messages of the music can be felt experienced by the live audience.”

Born from a highly-political climate, the message of reggae still rings true today. Julian feels the need to uphold the truth associated with Jamaica’s foremost genre. “There is a new generation that likes reggae music and performs reggae music now, however it is important that our peers and the new generation overstand the foundation of reggae music and its upliftment comes from struggle. Reggae literally means ‘King’s Music’. Our peers need to overstand that in order to perform reggae music, you must perform the King’s Music, meaning keeping with

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SIX60

BY JOSH FERGEUS

Six60 are about to return to Australia for the first time since their triumphant appearance at Homebake last year. Since releasing their self-titled album in 2011, one of the most successful homegrown debuts ever in New Zealand, Six60 have had a wild ride.

“It’s pretty incredible, I’m pretty humbled by all of it,” says guitarist Ji Fraser. “We finished our summer tour last month and since launching our album about a year ago we just haven’t stopped. I’ve been all through Europe, to the States twice, toured New Zealand and Australia multiple times and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down.”

It certainly doesn’t. When it was released, their self-titled album Six60 bested the Foo Fighters as iTunes’ biggest selling album, and all five singles have been certified somewhere between gold and triple platinum. Adding to this, the album has been the number one best selling album in New Zealand since its release. Oh, and they just signed with Sony Music across Europe.

“Obviously the industry is different now and a lot of people were saying albums aren’t selling at the moment but we’ve kind of proved all of them wrong,” says Fraser. “We’ve gone almost four times platinum here. It’s definitely something special that maybe doesn’t come along all too often. I’m really proud and really humbled to be a part of it. I just hope we can keep going the way we’re going.”

Speaking to Fraser you get the sense that he’s loving the ride but he’d be happier if it all slowed down just a little. “You can only really look back at it, you can’t really take it in at the time,” he states. “It’s so hectic. It’s funny we’ve been all through Germany and places like that and it seems like we blinked and it was over. It’s far too hectic to take it in while it’s happening.” But he’s still loving it, and obviously grateful for the band’s success. “You gotta

make hay while the sun’s up, you can’t complain.”

Given Six60’s huge success in the relatively small New Zealand, it’s hard to imagine that life could have remained even vaguely recognisable, but when asked about it Fraser simply laughs. “I’m pretty safe walking down the street.

Our singer might be struggling a bit but I’m ok. We’re lucky, our fan base here is hugely supportive. They’re not crazy, they’re just loving. We definitely stop and take photos a lot more now but I love it, I love doing that for the fans. The more the merrier, the bigger the better.”

One thing that does get a little old though is being asked when the next album is coming. “I feel like every time someone asks me when the next one’s coming I feel like saying ‘come on man’. It’s literally been just over a year (since the last one). But that’s just another credit to our fans – they just want more. I want to give it to them. We’re working on that now, trying to get them something new. We’re working on some new songs, trying to get a good feel for the new album.”

Their success has been so great they’ve inevitably started to be claimed as Australians in some media stories. “Don’t tell the Kiwis. Obviously it’s a natural step for a New Zealand band. Australia’s like the bigger brother you know?

And everyone just wants to get over there. I understand that some people might get upset about it but I don’t see it as that big of a problem. I’m happy to be an Australian and a New Zealander. I don’t see the problem. Some Kiwis might be upset by that, but not me.”

But there are even bigger frontiers ahead. “We’ve signed with Sony Europe,” explains Fraser. “We’ve got confirmed we’re playing at Glastonbury this year so we’re really happy about that. I hope that after Glastonbury we’ll get a few more festivals lined up and we’ll definitely head back to the US. We’ve just done South By Southwest over there. As hard as we can be working – that’s what we want to be doing.”

And how was South By Southwest? “Incredible. It’s nothing like New Zealand festivals where they’re situated in rural areas with big marquees. Not like trying to house 30,000 people without annoying anyone. The whole South by Southwest was 250,000 people crammed into Austin, Texas. The roads were cut off and everything. It was neat in the sense that you could just wander into a bar and see a

band you’ve never heard of and watch them play. They had really big names – Kendrick Lamar playing in a 1,000 person venue with 10,000 people trying to get in. It was great to see the big acts but the opportunities to see people you’d never heard of before were brilliant too.

“I’m looking forward to heading back to Australia, can’t wait to get back. Last tour was our first tour doing the bigger venues and we’re doing a big run again, I can’t wait to get back. Really nailing these next tours of New Zealand and Australia are really important to us as we won’t be back here for awhile after that.”

music, and I want to put my lyrics deeply into the music.

I love this music, but I know I can go deeper.”

Despite beginning to find success, Charles is adamant that it won’t affect his ability to channel heartache and struggle to produce his art. “If you was deeply hurt, and you got a scar, the scar may heal but it’ll always be there.

You always remember where that scar came from. At this point in my life, I may be able to afford certain things, but I still see what I had to go through just to get this little thing. I’m still struggling. I’m just beginning to move out of the Projects, and I’ve been trying to move out of the Projects for many, many years when my mother first bought the house. I get a little money from my music, and it’s giving me a chance to fix up the things I always wanted to fix up – like fixing up my mother’s

basement, putting tiles in, putting heating in. Me and my mother went through a lot of struggles together, but when we talk now it’s humbling. She opens up to me and I open up to her, that’s my heart and my life.”

After a breathtaking performance last year at Golden Plains, Charles returned to Australia for an all-too brief run of shows at the start of this year. Hopefully we can see Charles onstage again sometime in the not-toodistant future. “I wanna see that desert one more time, I love that desert,” he recalls. “I’ll never forget my time in Australia for the rest of my life.”

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CHARLES BRADLEY

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

There are few greater stories of triumph than that of the late-blooming soul sensation Charles Bradley. With his heartfelt brand of new soul and funk reaching out to those who have listened to his recordings, seen the insightful documentary of his ascendency Soul Of America, or seen one of his powerhouse live performances, Bradley has become one of the most well-adored singers to emerge in the past few years. Speaking on the eve of his anticipated follow-up to 2011’s No Time For Dreaming, The Screaming Eagle Of Soul himself tells us about his long road to success.

“The first album was in the darkness, and I was really afraid to come out of my shell and open up – to let my real spirit out. I was doing the James Brown from my roots (Bradley started out as a James Brown impersonator). Now I’m doing me – Charles Bradley,” the man himself beams. “The first album was strictly from my soul, but with the second album there is still that truth coming out of me, but it’s not so hard to sing it. On the first album, Heartaches And Pain was about my brother, and it took a lot to get onstage and sing that song.”

As was documented on the terrific documentary Soul Of America, Charles has gone through tremendous struggle to achieve success as a singer. It’s a struggle that has resonated with a global audience. “It’s getting easier with the audience’s help and support and love that they give me. A lot of people are coming up to me saying ‘I wanna thank you for helping me through my own crisis.’ I listen to them, and you find a lot of people out there going through changes and hurt just like me, but they don’t have the chance to express it, to open up their heart and say it. If you ain’t got no good music behind you and a way to let that through… thank god I have the right music and the right timing to set my heart free. A lot of people are going through

worse changes than I’ve been through, but they come up to me and thank me for helping them open up with their trials and tribulations.”

The Charles Bradley live show is quite like no other, with a cathartic and euphoric elation expressed through the power of soul music. “It’s inexpressible. To look around and see the hurt in people’s faces. They say I need to be careful jumping over the fences and going into the crowd. One time I did a show and it was raining like heck, and I was shocked to see all these people come out in the rain and see me. I was on stage and I wasn’t getting wet, and I said that isn’t fair,” Charles recalls.

“I jumped off the stage and went out and hugged everybody in the rain. It’s one of those moments that you can never find again.”

Leading the charge of the nascent soul revival, Charles can rationalise why the genre has experienced a newfound resurgence. “Today’s music, all they’re doing is taking back from the ‘60s and ‘50s. Deep soul is a feeling you can express and you try to find the deepness inside you to bring it out. If you look at today’s music, they’re all indebted to old school music, because that’s where the heart is at. I don’t care what lyrics or how you use it, old school is always gonna be top of the line,” Charles ponders. “I love the sound, the dynamics of the

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YACHT

BY KRISSI WEISS

Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of Los Angeles-based electro-pop/dance punk band YACHT are never able to keep still. They are enjoying a rare day off when we chat but that is truly something of a rarity. Apart from producing a steady stream of hypnotic and invigorating music, YACHT are a creative force not bound by one medium and even take the notion of YACHT into the philosophical realm (see their mantra on their website or read their book The Secret Teachings of the Mystery Lights: A Handbook on Overcoming Humanity and Becoming Your Own God). What YACHT is just keeps growing and if you only know them for their music, you might be waiting a while to hear another album.

Bechtolt begins by giving a little insight into where their unbridle creative focus has been directed of late. “Our main focus right now is our TV show. The four of us in the touring band wrote a comedy pilot together, we’ve sold it, and now we’re going to be producing a comedy show over the next three months. We’re actually putting music on the backburner to focus on this new area that we know nothing about.” Evans chimes in with more detail. “It’s the weirdest story of moving to L.A. and happening to meet a person that might be interested in a project that we’ve always been joking and talking about,” she laughs. “It’s based on our experiences but it’s in no way a documentary – everyone seems to assume that. We’re not going to be in it we’re just writing it.”

Evans and Bechtolt are a delight to talk to and as excited and energetic as their résumé would suggest. It becomes apparent that although we’re chatting about their upcoming

tour to Australia, their new show (currently titled Support) will take them away from the stage, at least for a while.

“This is the last booked big tour for the foreseeable future,” Evans says. “After this we’ll do single shows but we won’t be doing consecutive tours for at least this year if not longer,” Bechtolt says. “There’s never been any pressure for us to make anything consistently. We won’t be able to stop making music, we’ll do that in some way forever, but we won’t be focusing on making records. But we do have a new song that is coming out soon and we like the idea of just putting songs out as soon as they’re done.”

YACHT began as Bechtolt’s solo project, Evans joined a while after, and now they’ve moved on to a four-piece touring band. These changes have come in increments with those involved able to develop personal relationships built on mutual trust and creative respect. How then, are YACHT – a concept so steeped in a DIY ethos – going to handle a

large scale TV production of scores of fingers prodding the creative pie?

“It will be an exercise in ego sacrifice,” Evans says. “We’ve always been in control of everything we do and that’s the operating principal of this project but by becoming involved in this and selling our story and point of view, it’s going to be interesting to see how we handle that. I think we’re lucky because the team that we’re stepping into understand that we’re bringing to the table experience in a realm that not a lot of people are able to articulate. We have the upper hand of truth I guess.”

“We’ll also be pushing to do as much as possible, well, as much as they let us,” Bechtolt says with a chuckle. “It’s a project that we all have 20 years’ experience in from playing in crazy bands. It’s a dark comedy about being a supporting band and it grew from jokes that we shared to actually writing a show about it.”

They’re looking forward to heading out to Australia and

doing this last big tour for a while; their need to be forever in a state of flux doesn’t come from any musical frustration.

“Jona and I are both in the same state of mind,” Evans says.

“We lie in the present and we only focus on what will be rewarding for us in the moment because you never know when that moment will end. Whether that’s in a pragmatic way, we could die in a car accident tomorrow, and also as artists we don’t know when the offers will stop. We have a tendency to call everything we do creatively YACHT and that allows us a lot of freedom and we can continue to diversify what we do. It keeps us from becoming complacent I think if we were just a rock band, we would be bored to tears by now.”

turned 17 that I got comfortable with the songs I was writing.”

Although his songs are quite textured, and at times heavy, it is not surprising to find out that Anderson’s greatest influence is the master of guitar-based storytelling, Bob Dylan.

“He was a big influence with writing and stuff; his storytelling, honesty, imagery…” Anderson trails off longingly. “He is the ultimate. I obviously love his early stuff but I listen more to his latest stuff. His Time Out Of Mind album is probably my number one influence.”

Another hugely influential singer/songwriter guitarist that Anderson is compared with is Jeff Buckley, especially Anderson’s song Howl and Buckley’s Eternal Life from his 1994 album Grace. Interestingly, Anderson did not see the influence of Buckley on his sound until after the he had written and recorded Howl.

“Eternal Life is definitely a compliment. He is obviously one of my big influences. I listened to Jeff Buckley from age 17

to 18 but coming into to recording I hadn’t thought about it. When I was recording Howl, one of the engineers made the comparison.”

In a perfect bit of unintended karma, recently Anderson has been recording with Matt Johnson, who was Buckley’s drummer. This came about through Anderson working with Rob Calder, bass player for Angus Stone. From his recording sessions with Calder and Johnson, Anderson feels that “I have recorded another EPs worth of material.”

Well, music fans, I think we all just need to hold our proverbial horses and take the time to truly appreciate Hamish Anderson’s awesome debut EP.

some touchstones of modern electronic music. But it doesn’t come from a desire to emulate current trends.

“Our goal is to create new trends. It sounds pretentious, but that’s our goal. If we were paying attention to what was happening around us, we would just be followers. There are a few things that are too good to miss, but I’m not too obsessed with what’s happening in our field of activity, which is music,” Laurent states wryly.

Within the space of a few weeks, Phoenix performed on American television institution Saturday Night Live, headlined a night at America’s biggest music festival, and were invited to perform at Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival. So how did Phoenix become one of the few contemporary European bands to make it big in the USA? “I actually have no idea why. Perhaps it is some kind of misunderstanding. Maybe it’s because we have worked a lot for a very long time to achieve what we have in mind.

But I have no idea what people expect from us, no idea why they accept us at these big festivals. We always have the feeling that it must be a typo. What I do know is that we were lucky enough to start doing music before YouTube, so we had the time to be very bad and improve without too many people noticing how bad we were,” Laurent laughs self-deprecatingly.

Soon after Phoenix unleash Bankrupt!, their compatriots and friends Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Laurent performed with both in the early ‘90s group Darlin’) will be releasing a lil’ old album called Random Access Memories.

“We have the same goal – to make the universe a better place,” Laurent says on Phoenix’s and Daft Punk’s shared prerogative. “I really like the fact that both of our albums are being released in the same period. It reminds me of the good days of popular music with a lot of good albums coming out at the same time, and this friendly rivalry. But it’s more friendly that rivalry – we’ve known each other for so long that it would be stupid to be rivals.”

As for when we can expect Phoenix to showcase their new material live in Australia (presumably, but not hopefully, sans R Kelly), Laurent reveals we can expect some news sometime in the near future. “We finished our last tour in Australia, and we talked about this album while we were in Byron Bay for a few days. For us it has a special meaning,” Laurent beams. “We are working on returning right now, but I cannot tell you when. But I can tell you it will happen.

Very soon hopefully.”

YACHT will be at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday May 3.

They’ll also be appearing at the Groovin’ the Moo in Bendigo on Saturday May 4.

HAMISH ANDERSON

BY DAN WATT

Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Hamish Anderson is the whole package with a powerful voice, passionate guitar playing, and complex songwriting. He also reminds observers of the music industry that, even in a period when it seems like the only way to get a break is to enter a talent contest, if a new musician is really talented they will be supported. In the most organic way imaginable, Anderson went from putting a rough cut of a song up on triple j Unearthed to recording with keyboardist Rami Jaffee of Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers and Pearl Jam fame.

“When I was in Sydney to record my song Howl, Eric [Dubowsky] the producer mentioned Rami Jaffey and that he might like the song and if he did he might want to play it. So we sent it to him and almost instantly he got back to us having recorded this ridiculous organ part and sent a text saying he really liked it,” explains the softly spoken Anderson with a gentle if not slightly bemused smile across his face.

Yet the surprises with Jaffey weren’t over yet as Anderson explains the recording relationship did not stay over email.

“During the second part of recording he was actually down in Australia with the Foo Fighters so we thought that it would be really cool to get him to in to play something else or just listen. On the last day of recording he called and said he was coming in. He got us to play about 50 seconds of a song and then he just walked in and started playing!” explains Anderson.

The song Howl that Jaffey was so enthusiastic to record on is a classic piece of rock’n’roll songwriting as it shifts from smokey blues guitar to soul-rupturing power chords all the

while Anderson’s voice cracks yet coalesces over the top.

However, and as mentioned earlier, it was a rough cut of the final song on the EP, Winter, that got Anderson in touch with producer Eric J. Dubowsky who has formerly worked with Art Vs. Science and Weezer. It is Anderson’s calm recall of this watershed moment in his career that makes the young musician even more endearing.

“I got on to Eric through the Dead Leaves because they recorded with him. As he was mentioned to me, he was checking out my music; I had a really rough cut of Winter available through Unearthed. We got in contact through that and it was around the same time he I was looking into recording and there were a lot of common threads in the music we both liked: early blues, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Buckley.”

It is hard to imagine that all this happened when Anderson had just turned 19 and even harder to conceive after hearing songs like Howl that he has only been taking his music seriously since he turned 17.

“I started playing guitar when I was 12 but it wasn’t until I

HAMISH ANDERSON is playing with his full four-piece band to launch his EP at The Toff in Town on Wednesday May 1 along with The Walters and Tanya Batt.

PHOENIX

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

It’s a few days until French giants Phoenix headline the Saturday night of this year’s Coachella, and they’re up to something. Speaking from the festival grounds, guitarist Laurent Brancowitz apologises for being a bit excited before revealing that the band are busy preparing some “secret stuff” for their festival appearance. Something to rival hologram 2Pac? “We thought about having a hologram of Mozart, but we couldn’t find footage of him,” Laurent retorts with a chuckle.

As the many thousands at the festival (plus many more thousands streaming online) found out, the “secret” was a surprise visit from soul superstar R Kelly – joining the band for a mash-up of his Ignition (Remix) and their 1901, into verses of I’m A Flirt over new Phoenix track Chloroform. It was all pulled off with Phoenix’s goofy brand of cool.

Two weeks prior to my interview with Laurent, Phoenix made their first live appearance in over two years. In that time, the band have been busy putting together their new LP Bankrupt! – the follow-up to the Grammy-award winning success that is Wolfgang Armadeus Phoenix. “We spent so much time in the studio for this last record, so going out, seeing these places and travelling is exciting for us. We have too much work for too small amount of hours, so we are excited but very tired,” he states, with excitement clearly overriding any fatigue.

Wolfgang Armadeus Phoenix took the band to tremendous heights, to the point where they take top billing at the world’s biggest festivals and pack out stadium-sized performances. The lofty live settings, however, haven’t influenced the band in terms of crafting stadium-sized anthems on Bankrupt!

“We always have in mind that we will play the songs live, so for us it is important that they are playable by human beings. But we never think about music designed for Beat Magazine Page 38

festivals or stadiums. Usually that is really bad music. We tried to make our best album ever. Some moments on the record are pretty massive-sounding, but there are some moments of intimacy,” Laurent reveals. “Musically, the extremes are more extreme. But when we play them live they have a new meaning. It’s difficult, but it’s our job to combine all those things and make something that has balance. What I think takes us the most energy is combining things that usually wouldn’t work together. It’s creating a new chemical reaction with different elements.”

Lead single Entertainment is buoyed by vintage synth tones, with many aspects of Bankrupt! following suit with various nods to ‘80s pop. “It wasn’t a conscious move, but we realised that we were taking all these elements from music we were listening to when we were kids,” Laurent ponders. “I think on this record we weren’t obsessed with the perfection of the mechanism of the song, but more with the charm of the song. The charm has a lot to do with the memories of childhood. These things resonate in a special way. Prince, Madonna, and all the music we listened to as kids, we were attracted to the elements from that period.

But there was no conscious decision, and it’s only one part of the spectrum of the album. We have elements of every part of the history of mankind, I would say.”

Though showcasing vintage pop styling, Bankrupt! embraces

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BY EMILY KELLY: EK1984@GMAIL.COM

This week, my friends, I venture to the Northern Hemisphere to tackle the great unknown. For the fiDESCENDENTS rst time ever I will experience the much famed Belgian punk rock music festival – the utterly unpronounceable GROEZROCK festival. I will stand in some vast field several hours out of Brussels and watch Bad Religion, Kid Dynamite and Bring Me The Horizon tear up the turf. I will also camp overnight at a festival for the first time in my life. You might think this poses the questions: “Why haven’t you done this before?”, “Why are you so developmentally challenged?” and “Who HASN’T been to an overnight festival before?”. To which, I offer “WHERE ARE THE TOILETS?”, “WHAT IF SOMEONE STEALS ALL MY SHIT?”, “HOW DO I SHOWER?” and “HOW MUCH BEER DOES ONE NEED TO IMBIBE TO FORGET THE AFOREMENTIONED ISSUES ENTIRELY?!”.

Truth be told, though, I’d pee in the most disgraceful European portaloo to witness Polar Bear Club, Iron Chic and Flatliners live, so it’ll all be okay.

Doomy, weird, crazy Japanese alt noise rockers Boris will return to Australia in June to play their seminal album Flood. Make sure you grab tickets to their Wednesday June 19 gig at The Corner Hotel ‘cause it’ll sell out rather fast.

Chicago’s Daylight Robbery have announced their first ever Australian tour. This July the band will follow up on their 7” release on June 1 (via Poison City) with a string of shows with some of Australia’s finest garage punk bands.

Head over to North Melbourne’s Public Bar on Friday July 5 to see them with Deaf Wish, White Walls and Bloody Hammer.

Britain’s Your Demise are planning to throw in the towel next year. They made the announcement last week via video explaining that they will conduct farewell performances prior to releasing a DVD documenting their existence in early 2014.

Totally Unicorn blew us all away with their Hits and Pits performances. Now you can revel in their craziness once more when they tour the country with Robotosaurcus.

Lock in Saturday June 22 at The Rev in Footscray.

CRUNCH!

Political hardcore punx MDC (Millions Of Dead Cops, in case you were wondering) will tour Australia for the first time this August via Metropolis Touring. Thirty years after their formation, they’ll finally arrive in Melbourne to play at The Corner Hotel on Thursday August 15.

Deftones have confirmed that their Aussie tour will still go ahead despite the death of Chi Cheng last week.

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah confirmed the tour still will go ahead as planned via Twitter. Tickets still remain for the Saturday May 18 shows at The Palace.

Confession will tour some rather intimate venues this May in support of their new single This Is A War. Your only chance to see them in Melbourne will be at Next on Thursday May 9. The single is currently on sale via iTunes with 100% of proceeds going to the Australian Cancer Research Fund as part of frontman Michael Crafter’s Fuck Cancer initiative.

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THE WINERY DOGS PLAN LIVE DEBUT

Say, anyone feel like taking a trip to Japan? The Winery Dogs – that’s Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan and Richie Kotzen – are heading over there in June, playing in Osaka on July 16 and Tokyo on July 17. Their debut album is out on May 15 in Japan via Victor Entertainment, which means an international release can’t be far off.

GILBY CLARKE GETS ALL ACOUSTICY

You know him from Guns N’ Roses, Rockstar: Supernova and just generally having some of the coolest facial hair in rock. Or maybe you know him from his awesome solo albums like Pawn Shop Guitars and Rubber. And you might even know him from Kings of Chaos, the all-star band that just played at the Stone Festival in Sydney.

Oh and he’s also played for The MC5 and Heart, and produced The Bronx. Gilby Clarke is heading back to Australia in July to perform a couple of intimate acoustic gigs, and you can catch him at the Northcote Social Club on July 7 with Dead Star Renegade.

NEW MEGADETH

Megadeth has completed work on Super Collider, their 14th album, and the title track debuted earlier this week on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show in the US. The song should be out there on iTunes by the time you read this.

CALL THE SHOTS CALL THE SHOTS

Brisbane punk-rockers Call The Shots will be at Fitzroy Town Hall on Sunday May 26, performing their tracks from their highly anticipated second EP release When Everything Goes Wrong, which debuted at number 17 on the national AIR Albums Charts.

DEATHSTARS

BY ROD WHITFIELD

Whiplasher, lead vocalist from Swedish goth metal outfit Deathstars, has one very simple reason for wanting to come and tour Australia in a few weeks. He is looking forward to it so much that he is going to stick around for a little while after the tour is done. And so are most of the rest of the band.

“It’s perfect actually,” he says, having just woken up, and sounding like it, from his home in Stockholm, “because I’m so super fucking tired of being here, it’s going to be excellent. I’m actually going to stay for another couple of weeks after we’re done. Have some vacation.”

The band are currently holed up in a studio in Sweden, working on what is going to be their fourth album, and the Aussie jaunt is going to provide them with a very pleasant and welcome diversion from the intense, immersing experience that creating a new album can often be.

“For us it’s kinda weird, ‘cause it’s in the middle of us writing the new album,” he tells us. “We’re kind of in the recording process now, and we’re going to Australia in the middle of it all, so it actually feels kind of nice. It feels very exotic, when you’re about to enter a studio 20 feet underground in Stockholm and you go to Australia.”

The band have been around for well over ten years now, but have toured here only once before. Whiplasher has some very fond memories of that trip, but apparently that has as much to do with the members of the band as it has to do with being in our country.

“It’s just chaos. We don’t usually talk about it, all the depraved stuff. It was just a very good visit, we had a great time. We went to visit our old label bosses at Universal, because they were living at Bondi Beach in Sydney there, so we just got to hang out there for a week. We partied,” he hesitates. “I’d better not talk about it! We’ll get some new memories this time, I’m sure!”

Wednesday April 24: House VS Hurricane, Prepared Like A Bride, Storm The Sky , Brookyln at Plastic Anchors, Strickland, The Union Pacific at The Bendigo Grinspoon, Kingswood, Emperors at Bended Elbow, Geelong The Getaway Plan, Remission Theory, Way With Words, All We Need at Bang Thursday April 25: House Vs Hurricane, Prepared Like A Bride, Storm The Sky, Brooklyn at Courthouse, Geelong Grim Fandango, Apart From This, Kill The Matador, Ceres at The Reverence Anchors, Strickland, The Union Pacific at Musicman Megastore Sticky Fingers, Lyall Moloney, Bootleg Rascal at The Corner Hotel The Broderick, Hallower, Jurassic Penguin, Those Things at Next Friday April 26: Fear Like Us, Hoodlum Shouts, Ribbons Patterns, Initials at The Reverence 50 Lions, Vigilante, Outsiders Code, Thorns, The Others at The Bendigo Grinspoon. Kingswood, Emperors at Inferno House Vs Hurricane, Prepared Like A Bride, Storm The Sky, Brooklyn at Mooroolbark Community Cneter Otep, Darkjc3ll at The Hi-Fi Saturday April 27: Fourteen Nights At Sea at Old Bar Tool at Rod Laver Arena Cold World, 50 Lions, Iron Mind, Phantoms, Survival, Endless Heights, Vigilante and more at Lilydale Showgrounds Bane, Hopeless, Our Solace at Bang Ribbons Patterns, Between The Wars, Shadow League at The Espy Front Bar God Bows To Math, Dead, Bodies, Pioneers of Good Science at Old Bar Dreadnaught, Desecrator, Join The Amish, Diprosus at The Gasometer Sunday April 28: Bane, Miles Away, Hopeless, Relentless, Warbrain and more at Break The Ice, Lilydale Showgrounds Tool at Rod Laver Arena

Whiplasher promises the Aussie fans a pretty stripped back rock show, and more of a ‘best of’ set from their first three albums. “Even though it’s a very big sounding band, it’s super big sounding,” he explains. “In our hearts, it’s simply, we’re into Iggy Pop and Kiss and MC5, so it’s a pretty straight forward rock band, but with a lot of make up and glitter. So it’s like The New York Dolls, but the Scandinavian modern one, and the darker version.

“We’ve been having a break, just doing the album, but before that we were touring with Rammstein in Europe.

We’re very much in our element in clubs, which is what it’s going to be (in Australia). And, because we’re just writing and recording a new album and moving into a new phase with a new band member and so on, we’re just going to be playing the old songs, from the first three albums in clubs. And we’re doing it in Australia, which is a bonus.

And if the girls are still dressed when we’re finished, then we haven’t done that well!” he adds, laughing.

As far as the next Deathstars album is concerned, Whiplasher tells us that they have always produced their albums themselves, and that there is again no temptation to seek outside help for their fourth long player.

“We’ve never used a producer actually,” he confirms, “and I don’t think we will, now, either. When we came to thinking about it, it was not that interesting for us. In the end we always want to have that control. Maybe the next one, that will be the one where we use a producer, but not right now.”

R.I.P CHRISSY AMPHLETT At the time of writing (Monday afternoon) the sad news has just broken that Chrissy Amphlett of Divinyls has died of cancer aged 53. Amphlett basically wrote the book on being an awesome Aussie rock chick. My personal introduction to Divinyls was the song Back To The Wall when I was just a little tacker watching Rage.

She’ll be very, very missed. Chrissy’s husband Charlie Drayton issued this statement: “Our beloved Chrissy peacefully passed this afternoon.

Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, diseases she vigorously fought with exceptional bravery and dignity.

She passed gently, in her sleep, surrounded by close friends and family, including husband of 14 years, musician Charley Drayton; her sister, Leigh; nephew, Matt; and cousin Patricia Amphlett (“Little Pattie”).

Chrissy’s light burns so very brightly. Hers was a life of passion and creativity; she always lived it to the fullest.

With her force of character and vocal strength she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women.

Best remembered as the lead singer of the ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Divinyls; last month she was named one of Australia’s top ten singers of all time. Chrissy expressed hope that her worldwide hit I Touch Myself would be utilised to remind all women to perform annual breast examinations. Chrissy was a true pioneer and a treasure to all whose lives her music and spirit touched.”

ISAIAH

Guitarist Isaiah Mitchell of the Californian band Earthless is returning to Australia next month to perform a number of solo shows, including two in Melbourne with The Black Elf Medicine Band, which features Nick ‘Paisley Adams’ Allbrook of Tame Impala and Pond on bass, and Robert MacManus of ex-Grey Daturas and Monarch on drums. The dates are Wednesday May 15 at Northcote Social Club with A Dead Forest ($15 plus booking fee) and Saturday May 18 at Public Bar with Kellie Lloyd, Alysia Manceau and Robert MacManus.

NEW AIRBOURNE ON MAY 17

Warrnambool’s Airbourne release their third album, Black Dog Barking, via Roadrunner Records on May 17.

It’s a cracking record full of beery mayhem, hard-driving pub rock riffage and …well, more beery mayhem and hard-driving pub rock riffage. I caught up with the lads recently and they’re pretty stoked about this one - they particularly enjoyed turning producer Brian Howes loose on the material, giving him a nice and filthy change of pace from the more radio-friendly rock stuff he usually gets called in for.

THIS WEEK’S QUEENSRYCHE NEWS

Brian Tichy (Pride & Glory, Whitesnake, Lynch Mob) will assume the drum chair in Geoff Tate’s version of Queensryche in June, with Simon Wright stepping down for commitments with Dio Disciples. Tate’s Queensryche album Frequency Unknown is out now. Album opener Cold is actually pretty badass but the rest of the material seems kinda spotty. Looking forward to the imminent album by the other Queensryche.

DEATHSTARS play the Corner Hotel stage on Saturday May 4. Lending local support will be The Mercy Kills and Graveyard Rockstars.

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Zombie Psychologist and Frankenstein himself present Lunars this Thursday April 25 (Anzac Day) at the Rochester Castle. Also playing subliminal tunes to penetrate your mind are the Enclosures (two parts New Estate, one part Popolice), this is one bizarre psychological sound experiment you won’t want to miss.

COLLABORATIVE GLITCH Saturday April 27 brings Collaborative Glitch, an exploration of sound collaborations unlike any seen before. Nat Grant and Richie Cyngler will be improvising a chronic percussion and synthetic soundscape collaboration, with Ciaran Geoghegan and Piers Morgan presenting the result of the combination of their solo projects. Guitars, walkmans, mobile phones and various percussion instruments will be used to create loops, layers and drones ranging from the softest of soft to the loudest of loud. Doors open at 4pm at The Great Britain Hotel with $5 entry.

BUCHANAN Melbourne band Buchanan are getting lots of triple j attention with their new single Human Spring and are celebrating and sharing the love by offering a free download of the single until this Friday. Their new album also titled Human Spring is set for a May 10 release, co-produced by the band and Catherine Marks (Foals, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, Kanye), mixed on an analogue desk by Andy Baldwin (Bjork, Midnight Juggernauts) and mastered by Geoff Pesche (Radiohead, Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem) at the world famous Abbey Road Studios.. This is one album you wanna get your ears around! Head to emailunlock.com/ buchananband/human-spring-1 to collect your free download.

Sick of having to say three words when asked “What’s ya band name?” the guys who form Engine Three Seven called an emergency meeting to come up with a new band name that will save valuable seconds.

After several hours, the band finally agreed on the shorthand version of their name: Engine. To celebrate the new name, the lads are playing Ding Dong Lounge and launching their brand new single World War Away this Friday April 26. Support comes from High Side Driver, The Charge and Fisker. You can grab tickets at Oztix.

SHERIFF Fresh off the back of a whirlwind Western Australian tour, Sheriff finally make their triumphant return to Public Bar. They’ll be headlining the venue for the first time since its reopening, so head on down for the unofficial venue-warming. Joining Sheriff for the party will be riff machines Sun God Replica and Melbourne newcomers Greta Mob. It’s happening on Friday April 26, free entry.

LUKE PALMER With their debut album almost ready for release and the plans for a tour coming together, Luke Palmer will be performing two sets of their eclectic folk, rock and country mix at the Great Britain Hotel. You can experience their combination of mandolin, accordion, guitar and drums with superb vocal harmonies on Thursday April 25 from 8pm.

AINSLIE WILLS To celebrate the launch of her fabulous debut album You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine Ainslie Wills and her band will be hitting the Northcote Social Club tonight. The album contains tracks drenched in layer upon layer of guitar, atmospheric strings and buoyant percussion, matched perfectly with Ainslie Wills’ lingering vocals. Support will be provided by Spender and Oscar Lush. Only $13 on the door.

Spawns from the dirty sunshine gutter of St Kilda, Bitter Sweet Kicks have been working hard around Australia’s most well-known pubs and venues ever since. Renowned for their energetic live show, the band plays the Prince Public Bar this Friday April 26. It’s a free gig, so no excuses.

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ANNA’S GO-GO ACADEMY 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." Now with two classes every Thursday night at The Vic Hotel from 6.30pm and 8pm. Entry is $10.

Tonight, punk-infused Melbourne four-piece Working Horse Irons head to Cherry. The energetic outfit hits the stage at 8pm with support from The Yard Apes and We Are The Enemy. Entry is just $5.

REVEREND FUNK & THE HORNS OF SALVATION Melbourne-based soul masters Reverend Funk & The Horns of Salvation are doing their thing at Cherry on Thursday April 25. Labeled as one of the very best soul acts in Australia, the seven to ten-piece band are sure to light up the Cherry stage. They’ll be followed by DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni, with doors opening at 5pm and a $10 entry fee.

BENNY AND THE DUKES Kick off your Sunday sesh at Cherry with two sets from blues master Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk at 3pm, then amp things up with Gold Coast five-piece Benny and The Dukes later on in the evening, followed by Up Up Away. Sunday April 28, free entry.

Chance Waters will be launching his new album Infinity with four shows in Victoria. Melbourne city slickers can catch him at the Northcote Social Club on Friday April 26 with support from Mind Over Matter.

CHRIS WILSON Appearing at every major Australian festival and filling his audiences with satisfaction and delight, Chris Wilson will be at The Retreat on Friday April 26. He has been an essential part of the blues and rock music scene in Australia since taking the stage with the Sole Twisters over 20 years ago. Stints with names such as Harum Scarum, Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls have cemented Chris Wilson as one of the country’s finest vocalists, harmonica players and songwriters.

He’ll be playing from 9.30pm,free entry.

Alternative country and folk singer/songwriter Alicia Adkins spent 2012 creating a warm buzz in the local music scene, tripling her original repertoire and inventing a style of her own. The Texan musician speaks of influences ranging from Mumford and Sons to Patty Griffin and Loretta Lynn. She will be releasing her much anticipated EP Namaste some time this year.

She’ll be at The Retreat on Saturday April 27 from 4pm so head down early to catch her.

Craig Woodward of Headbelly Buzzard, among other bands, brings his weekly jam session to The Vic Hotel every Saturday afternoon from 4pm. You can join in musically and bring an instrument, or just hang out and take in the atmosphere.

FIREBALLS Melbourne’s Fireballs have been invited to the inaugural Club Sin 13 party in Tampare, Finland for the Mavericks Rock’n’Roll Association, and out of pure excitement they’re throwing another one of their infamously wild parties. They’ve announced their own weekender of shows at The Bendigo Hotel on Friday May 3 and Saturday May 4, fighting through the jetlag to play more loud and sweaty gigs on their home soil. On the Friday they perform with Murder Rats and Royal Cut Throat Co, and on the Saturday they’re joined by The Yard Apes and La Bastard. Tickets are $20+bf and can be purchased through Oztix.

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LOVE LIKE HATE

JOHNNIE & THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES

Thursday April 25 means soul sessions at The Retreat. Chelsea Wilson brings soul and funk within tracks from her EP Bitterness, plus new tracks from her forthcoming self-titled debut album. Her support will be special guest Candice Monique, who has just returned from New York and is now refinishing her writing and stage craft. Doors open at 8.30pm with Chelsea Wilson hitting the stage at 9.30pm.

OL’ TIMEY BLUEGRASS JAM

Returning with an even more impressive list of supporting instrumentalists than ever, Mo Sesto is back at the Paris Cat, accompanied by Italian jazz powerhouse saxophonist Mirko Guerrini, long-time friends Sonja Horbelt, Jon Chidgey and Australian jazz legend Bob Sedergreen. This ensemble is both dynamic in their energy and nuanced in their performance. With a unique blend of jazz and pop, this gig will showcase original music, new arrangements of contemporary pop tunes plus some good old jazz standards. It happens tonight. Tickets from pariscat.com.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers have travelled a long road complete with great highs and crippling lows, and it's unfortunately time to call it a day.

Having lived in their band sphere for a decade, the best part of their lives, they are now going their separate ways. They’re inviting their friends, family, lovers and fans to their last official performance at Yah Yah’s on Friday April 26.

Doors 9pm, $10 entry.

After a lovely overseas jaunt, Ali E is preparing for a busy 2013 filled with touring and recording. Her first gig back in the country will be at the newly expanded Post Office Hotel in Coburg on Sunday April 28. Head down to see her play two sets from 4.30pm, performing tracks both solo and accompanied by her band.

Legendary lads The Meanies will be gracing The Public Bar stage on Wednesday April 24 alongside Drunk Mums and Clowns. Head over from 8.30pm, only $12 at the door.

The Retreat Hotel has a sweet night of jive, beatnik beats and dirty garage rock’n’roll lined up with Johnnie & the Johnnie Johnnies. Check out electric eel guitar or marvel at the amazing Johnnie Sweetcheeks dancing with her hammond as Johnnie Hot Pants Boogaloo unleashes the beatnik beast on the drums that is fattened up and fed with Johnnie No-Good’s pounding raw bass lines. They’ll be supported by Richie 1250 & The Brides of Chris and followed up by a set with DJ Fanta Pants until 3am. It’s happening at The Retreat tonight.

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Original indie folk musician Joe Forrester has a Sunday evening residency at The Great Britain Hotel in Richmond. His emotional, hard-driven, acoustic sound has the ability to melt hearts and lift sunken spirits.

Plus, Forrester has been lucky enough to hand-pick four of his favourite local acts to support him each Sunday so you can expect the best of the best. Don’t miss Joe Forrester’s last few shows before he settles down to record his debut studio album in May. Doors open at 7.30pm with free entry.

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Brisbane based band, Love Like Hate set the challenge for the way we look at female independent artists in Queensland by putting on a music event last year at The Loft in the Gold Coast called Saturn Eve. This year Love Like Hate have teamed up with other artists including Aimee Francis to pull together a string of all-female fronted lineups including a show at Grumpy’s Green on Thursday May 2 with Bec Newman and Georgia Maq.

JOSH OWEN .THE FINKS The Finks started in early 2012 when Oliver bought a laptop, an eight-track cassette recorder and some batteries. He started playing live six months later. The Finks are vague, sheepish, polite and growing, and they want to talk to you about something important.

Catch The Finks every Wednesday this month at The Gasometer, and this week with special guest Courtney Barnett.

There is something sublimely unique about the way Josh Owen lays his soul bare through his music with a striking strength and intensity while appearing to effortlessly deliver a fusion of jazzy acoustic soul whilst seamlessly merging sun-soaked Latin riffs and wistfully emotive anthemic choruses. Josh displays a depth that few other roots artists seem to possess. With merely an array of guitars and pedals he creates a tasteful, pared back and intimate atmosphere highlighting his rich, nuanced voice and superb guitar prowess. He continues his residency at the Prince Public Bar this Thursday April 25. Free.

LA BASTARD

SONS OF LEE MARVIN

Fresh from their sell out album launch and tour for Tales From The Beyond, La Bastard will be hitting the Old Bar for a Sunday residency this April. Check them out every Sunday night, plus on Sunday April 28 it’s Caribbean Voodoo Dress Up Costume Limbo Competition at the Old Bar, so pack your Hawaiian shirt. Doors at 8pm, $6 entry.

Two of Melbourne’s better exponents of guitar rock, Sons Of Lee Marvin and Little Murders, are teaming up for a couple of shows, Saturday April 27 at The Great Britain in Richmond and Saturday May 25 at The Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine. Sons of Lee Marvin, now into their ninth year, recently released their third album Cutthroats And Conjurers, which mixes their quietly spoken side with their no frills garage rock’n’roll. Little Murders began punching out power-pop tunes over 30 years ago, returning to the live scene in blistering form in 2011 releasing the album Dig For Plenty to impressive reviews. These shows are for lovers of pop and garage rock’n’roll.

GOD BOWS TO MATH Celebrating their fifth anniversary this year, Auckland’s God Bows To Math are finally making a return to the live circuit. This is the first time in a year that they’ll be taking their mixture of pleasant melody and smashing dissonance, complex structures and punky mess on the road. Joining the at The Old Bar this Friday April 26 will be Pioneers Of Good Science, Dead and Bodies. All for $10.

NIHL Join Nihl when they launch their recently released EP Valium at The Tote this Thursday April 25 with local atmospheric legends Jarek, Bear The Mammoth and NSW’s own heavy hitters Kaleidoscope, making this a great night filled with tasty jams and sweet messed up vibes. Doors at 9pm.

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RULE OF THIRDS After last year’s well received demo tape on Major Crimes Records, Adelaide-based five-piece Rule Of Thirds have continued on their victorious path of Batcave-esque deathrock. They launch their new punkygoth 7” this Friday April 26 at The Gasometer with a stellar lineup including Lakes, Internal Rot, Hex On The Beach and Zond. Upstairs at The Gaso that night will be Horse Macgyver presenting a one night only limited tape launch, supported by Angel Eyes, Jonny Telafone, Calico Cat with visuals from Zonk Vision.

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3 DECADES OF BRUTALITY Dreadnaught – 20 year veterans of the Aussie metal scene – are bringing their tried and tested brand of metal and Australian rock to the stage on Saturday April 27 at The Gasometer Hotel. They’re joined by Desecrator, who will make everyone revelin their punishing twin guitar attack, Join The Amish who will slay with their fresh thrash stylings, and Diprosus kicking off the night with brutal pounding rhythms and chunky groove metal tunes.

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DARK ARTS Climb the stairs at The Gaso on Saturday April 27 to catch the first instalment of their new regular sound art series, Dark Arts. Featuring spacedout experimentation and audio art nightmares, this opening week will feature David Mutch’s live sampling Glass Bricks project; Damian Sullivan’s skewed art-pop vehicle Jealous Husband; the foreboding vitriolic soundscapes of Christopher L G Hill as Porpoise Torture; and Miles Brown (The Night Terrors) who will take things to a creepy level with a dark electronics set of psychotic cosmic dance.

JOHN PATRICK Folk stylings with a country tinge, lyrical genius and strong, punchy melodies. This describes John Patrick. He and his band, The Keepers, play a free gig at the Prince Public Bar on Saturday April 27. Described as “a young Paul Kelly” it’s probably best to see him in this intimate setting now, while you still can.

IMMIGRANT UNION Country-psych-folk renegades Immigrant Union are putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album and it’s sounding good – really good. They’ll be releasing a taste of it with a single here and there over the next few months but with commitments to other bands (i.e. The Dandy Warhols, Courtney Barnett and Royston Vasie) the full album won’t be out ‘til later in the year. However, catch them playing it live from start to finish at The Curtin Bandroom tonight, Anzac Day Eve. They’re joined by Cherrywood and Jess Ribeiro and the Bone Collectors.

Potato Cake at The Public Bar presents a queer friendly night of heavy riffage and catchy tunes for you to whistle days later. Dead even have a whistle riff which is one on the most bruti-ful things ever made. The mighty Babymachine are driving down from Wollongong to tear The Public Bar a new one plus the ever-awesome Valentiine play their last Melbourne show for a while before a UK/ Europe tour. Saturday April 27 at The Public Bar and it goes until 7am in the morning.

TRADE Trade have been described (and even describe themselves) as a band who stubbornly yet gracefully plod their way through a solid set of ‘74 Berlin via ‘74 Melbourne-inspired psych jams. Trade play at The Gasometer this Sunday April 28 with support from Gold Tango, who present unique pop nuggets with plenty of dirt around the edges.

GRAND CRU Grand Cru are an experimental four-piece band from Melbourne, who combine acoustic guitars, violins, beguiling vocals and surreal melodies into one indefinable whole. Saturday April 27 is a momentous occasion for the band, as they are not only playing the prestigious Wakefield acoustic mini festival at The Empress Hotel in North Fitzroy, but are also launching their brand new single Wither, playing with a brand new drummer and filming a video clip on the night. A host of other acoustic alternative and indie acts will take the stage as well, including acoustic sets from otherwise powerful rock acts such as Bellusira and Freestate, a solo set from Dana from Sydonia, Ange Stella and heaps more.

FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA After supporting This Will Destroy You as a part of their sell out Australia tour and the announcement of upcoming shows at Dark Mofo at MONA and with cult US doom band Om, Fourteen Nights At Sea are set to launch their new release Great North. Recorded with acclaimed sound engineer Neil Thomason, Great North reflects the bands profound level of concentration, seamlessly capturing the feel of an unforgiving winter, which is also illustrated throughout the packaging. The underground rock band will be launching the album at The Old Bar on Saturday April 27, with support from Ninetynine and Bulls.

TIM GUY Launching his new album Dreaming Of A Night Mango on Wednesday April 24 at The Grace Darling Melbourne, don’t miss Melbourne’s Tim Guy celebrating his first Australian release and fourth studio album. The welltravelled Tim Guy was signed to Bic Runga’s label in New Zealand after a chance meeting at her sound check in Melbourne in 2002, Guy developed a solid New Zealand following in support of his first three albums.

Recording in bursts across Melbourne, Auckland and Christchurch, this new album displays Guy’s growing talent as a writer to rave review.

DIRTY HARRIET & THE HANGMEN Alternative country rockers Michael Meeking & The Lost Souls are still riding high from their signing to At The Helm Records in the UK, and their return to Melbourne will be celebrated with a special intimate two-set show at The Retreat. They’ll be playing from 7.30pm ‘til 10pm, when Ricochet Pete will hit the stage with their garagepop styles. Finally, at 11pm Dirty Harriet & The Hangmen take a break from the studio to tear it up. Formed late in 2011 Dirty Harriet are a little bit country, a little bit rock’n’roll. Think The Misfits meets Mariachi El Bronx. It’s all happening at The Retreat Hotel this Saturday April 27. Free entry.

GRIM FANDANGO Perth’s Grim Fandango have been busy in the studio working on album number two, due for a mid-year release. In the meantime the boys are making the trek to Melbourne for a one-off show at The Reverence Hotel on Thursday April 25. They’ll be joined by Apart From This, Kill The Matador, Ceres and Sydney’s Oslow. Doors at 8pm, $10 entry.uptatur, corpos andandam imilist harum iunt. Minihic torest quo mincienimos maxim a quianti

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50 LIONS After a brief period of inactivity, 50 Lions have announced a string of shows and a new release to mark their return. Pray For Nothing (out now via Resist & Six Feet Under) is comprised of three new blistering tracks, which continue from where the band left off after their 2009 release Where Life Expires. The Melbourne show is due to take place as a pre-Break The Ice event on Friday April 26 at The Bendigo Hotel and will also feature Sydney’s Vigilante who have received a lot of well deserved attention after the release of their 12” EP Quality Of Life. Rounding out the line up are Outsiders Code, Thorns and The Others.

SLEEP DECADE With a blend of ethereal pop, minimalistic folk and shoegaze, Sleep Decade will be playing a special matinee performance on Thursday April 25. The gig will be their last before heading into the studio to begin working on another album, following the success of Into Spinning Lights. Support will be provided by Pascal Babare & Teeth and Tom Milek, with doors opening at 1.30pm.

THE LIVING EYES As weedy and rolling in the vocals as in the vintage garage playing, Up And At Them is the wonderfully unsteady second tune revealed from The Living Eyes’ forthcoming self-titled album. Out on April Fool’s Day, the Geelong quartet’s Mikey Young-recorded debut is available for pre-order now on vinyl through Geelong label Anti Fade. The Living Eyes launch the new LP at The Grace Darling on Friday April 26 with supports from Bonniwells, Galaxy Folk and The Clits.

MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS Local indie-rock stalwarts Michael Plater & The Exit Keys will be playing an early evening show at The Brunswick Hotel on Saturday April 27. The guys have got some CDs to give away, and there will be great support from Tender Bones and Midnight Scavengers. The evening kicks off at 5pm with free entry.

THE SHAMBELLES

ROCKET TO MEMPHIS

The Shambelles are an all-girl, ‘60s super group, bustin’ out a variety of obscure covers, some old faves (The Easybeats, Wanda Jackson, The Kinks) and the odd original tune. They’ve been causing havoc around Victoria for two years now, leaving no-one free from a grin on their face and a swing in their hips.

It is also rumoured that dangerously excellent robot moves are part of the experience. The Drunken Poet entirely approves of this shambolic bunch, swinging hips, and robot moves for that matter. Catch them at The Drunken Poet on Thursday April 25 from 9pm.

Touting a distinctive, off-kilter take on rockabilly, swamp and garage rock’n’roll, Rocket To Memphis have been leaving audiences in a state of dishevelment since 2006, with knee-trembling live performances that have had hips shaking in cities as far-flung as London and Tokyo.

Their fourth album Do The Crawl is out on Monday April 22 through Off The Hip and they’re launching it at The LuWow on Friday April 26 and at The Spotted Mallard on Saturday April 27.

ARCHER AND THE LONG GONE DADDIES

Holy Moses Heartache bring their varying degrees of facial hair, intelligence and musical ability – not to mention their intoxicating brand of what could only be called folk music – to The Tote each Wednesday in April. With songs about sex, death and a man’s genuine love of his horse, there’s bound to be something that strikes a chord in even the shallowest of hipster hearts. There’ll be awesome support acts too from Beloved Elk, Colourwheel, The Promises, Jules Sheldon, Noriko and Monkeys Pirate just to name a few. So take the following morning off, get down to the Tote early, get settled and make a night of it.

Were Hank Williams to be reincarnated, say, in Australia some time within the past 30 years, there is a very good chance that a gentlemen by the name of Archer may be the result. Archer, and his ‘Long Gone Daddies’, personify the spirit of Hank and his ilk, bringing the sounds of when the blues became country and all commenced placing tears in their beers. Head down to The Drunken Poet this Saturday April 27 at 9pm and get yourself some country lovin’.

ANCHORS AND STRICKLAND Anchors and Strickland are teaming up to do a few autumn dates around Australia. It’s the first headline tour Anchors have done in almost two years, and the first national dates Strickland have ever been a part of, so expect them to make up for lost time. The show at The Bendigo tonight on Anzac Day Eve is guaranteed to go off with a bill rounded out by Union Pacific and Up And Atom. Doors at 8pm, tickets available at the door.

CRAVEN SOULS Thursday April 25 at The Bendigo Hotel will host three great acts. The Eleven Dollar Bills are a blues/ rock band, a tasty conglomeration of universitybound boys on a far-fetched mission to entertain the masses with their energetic live performances and roguish good looks. The awesome Craven Souls, an authentic five-piece blues rock band making waves around Melbourne. And lastly, Shabon, a melodic, girl lead rock band with a fusion of musical styles.

ROCK N LOAD RETURNS The second annual Rock N Load Festival returns to The Espy on Saturday June 1 with a massive 30 acts over three stages. The Espy will feature some of the best live rock acts from Melbourne and interstate, including Dallas Frasca, The Fumes, The Nerve (featuring Ezekiel Ox and Lucius Borich), King Of The North, Ten Thousand, My Secret Circus, Massive, Gay Paris, Don Fernando, Dead City Ruins, Vida Cain, Riot In Toytown, Sudden State, The Dead Love, Sheriff, Virtue and heaps more. Tickets are sure to sell fast, so get ‘em now via Oztix and from The Espy.

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THE SEVEN UPS Are you ready to get funky? Inspired by Sly Stone, James Brown, The Funkees and of course Fela Kuti, you would be hard-pressed to find a band more devout to funk than The Seven Ups. The all-instrumental and original eight-piece have a residency at The Evelyn every Tuesday in April, and each week hosts two new, and yes ‘funky’, supporting artists. This week join the troop with The Moon Project and Purple Tusks.

QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS QMDR welcome interstate vagabonds Dr. Piffle & The Burlap Band to join them at The Tote tonight for a genre-tearing, banjo-thrilled, beer-choked, washboardthrusting night of entertainment. High energy, good vibes and infectious tunes that will make you want to move. Doors at 9pm.

CAMPERDOWN & OUT Nathan, Alex, David, Shortty and Popfrenzy Records cordially invite you to the album launch for Camperdown & Out’s long-awaited debut release Couldn’t Be Better at The Tote this Friday April 26.

Joined by special guests, the four fellas from Sydney’s inner-west will embark upon a four date tour spanning Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and one more along the way. Doors at 9pm.

CARUS THOMPSON It was nine years ago that Freo boy turned international troubadour Carus Thompson recorded his careerdefining double live record, Acoustic At The Norfolk.

Acoustic At The Norfolk II was recorded earlier this year and features Thompson’s more recent releases with some older songs thrown in the mix. It’s the culmination of more than a decade of writing, touring, recording and performing. Carus Thompson performs material from the new album this Sunday April 28 in the afternoon at God’s Kitchen, Mornington.

VINCENT Blending ambient, progressive and post-hardcore rock, Melbourne’s Vincent launch their debut concept-driven single and video for Shadows at The Evelyn on Friday May 3. Produced by Samuel K (Gatherer, Closure In Moscow) and directed

by Sean T Barnes (Seja, The Vasco Era) Shadows is a fusion of music and storytelling that unveils the beginnings of a stellar saga. Supporting on the night will be the experimental post-punk of Assemble the Empire, the atmospheric rock of Sharp Sharp Pretty, and powerful instrumentals and projections from The Nest Itself. Doors at 8.30pm and tickets available at the door for $10.

BIG SCARY Big Scary have announced a tour in support of Phil Collins. Their single, not the dude. The altpop outfit’s first headlining national tour since their sold-out Vacation tour in May 2012, these upcoming dates will see Tom Iansek and Jo Syme expand their live set-up to include an additional player, hinting at the fuller sound to be found on Not Art. Big Scary perform at The Corner on Saturday April 27. The show is sold-out.

CHARLES JENKINS In celebration of his April residency at The Retreat Hotel, Charles Jenkins will be performing songs both new and old in the front bar. You can catch him every Tuesday night in April alongside up-and-coming songwriters from his mentoring program, run in conjunction with The Push, APRA, Arts Victoria and the Australia Council.

THE ALAN LADDS The Alan Ladds bring together the classic sounds of fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel, double bass, flat top guitar and drums. Executed with grit and panash, they inject themselves into modern classics and personal statements in song with a swinging Honky-tonk sensibility and reckless precision. The Alan Ladds will be performing with special guests every Wednesday in April at The Spotted Mallard, free entry, 8.30pm.

SIDE STACKS Side Stacks is a stripped down version of the Stax On Soul Revue featuring, Grant Cummerford, Tim Burhnam, Matt Green and Brendan McMahon. With a focus on instrumentals from artists such as Booker T and the MG’s and The Meters, each week also will see a different guest vocalist come into the fold to sing some of that sweet southern soul. And what a place to bring it to, that is The Spotted Mallard every Sunday in April from 5pm.

THE AFROBIOTICS The Afrobiotics are a six-piece Melbourne-based band that breathe new life into the sound of West Africa and bring a powerful message of resistance to the next generation of afro-beat. Led by frontman Mr Fantastic, The Afribiotics create bombardments of weaving guitars, layers of rhythm and hypnotic waves of bass and drums – perfect for the dance floor. They’re playing at Bar Open tonight on Anzac Day Eve. Doors at 10pm and it’s free entry.

FEAR LIKE US Almost five years since the release of their self-titled album, Melbourne/Newcastle folk-punk quartet Fear Like Us have finally dished up a new batch of infectious sing-alongs, this week releasing their Street Vipers 7” via Poison City. To celebrate the release, Fear Like Us have announced a run of East Coast dates during April. They play The Reverence Hotel on Friday April 26 alongside Hoodlum Shouts, Ribbons Patterns and Initials. Doors at 8pm, $15 entry.

JUKE BOX RACKET

DIRTY F

Juke Box Racket is a niche three-piece band performing rock’n’roll songs exclusively from the golden era of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Juke Box Racket formed late 2012 performing at weddings, engagement parties and live venues across Melbourne. The act has received a phenomenal response from guests, patrons and venue bookers alike. They play The Penny Black tonight from 9.30pm.

Melbourne-based musical brood rock outfit Dirty F will be launching their debut album Pressed at Yah Yah’s on Saturday April 27 with the distinguished support of Chico Flash and the Sinking Teeth. Dirty F prides themselves on their ability to leave their audience in uncomfortable disarray due to the dramatic intensity of their live shows.

Doors are at 8pm. Entry $10.

KILAMAINE

DIRTY YORK

THE STU THOMAS PARADOX

Kilamaine have achieved an amazing amount despite having an interrupted first two years. Their singer has faced a fight for his life with cancer and doesn’t cease to amaze crowds with his never say die attitude. Their release In For The Kill has met acclaim from fans and peers in the industry, and with a growing pride the boys are putting on their first full show of the tour. This will probably be their last show in Melbourne for a little while so be sure to get to The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood on Saturday April 27. They’re supported by local heavy weights Omnivium, Nikhail, Horizons Edge and Cursing Tomorrow. $12 tickets direct from the bands or $15 on the door.

Dirty York is a band that pride themselves on their dedication to creating, performing and producing timeless compositions with the honesty that good rock’n’roll desperately requires. With an even spread of talent within, Dirty York have developed a work ethic that is widely regarded as relentless, oozing with that authentic blue collar Australian grit. They play the Labour In Vain this Saturday April 27.

Fans of hot uber-cool surf-spy-psycho-trashola will want to catch The Stu Thomas Paradox in action at The Post Office Hotel in Coburg. The fun begins at 9.30pm on Friday April 26. Free entry for all.

THE ADELAIDE CROWS

After smashing it on their Been A While tour, Brothers Grim and The Blue Murders return with their Roll It In EP tour.

Known for their combination of dusty blues and rock influenced by Chain, The Loved Ones, and Rose Tattoo, Brothers Grim and The Blue Murders have been making a name for themselves since 2010 with their powerful live performances and pure swagger. Supporting the tour will be Howlin’ Stream Train and Melbourne rockers The Harlots. It all goes down at The Hi-Fi tonight. Tickets are through the venue website.

ZOE K Three-piece Melbourne band Moosejaw Rifle Club and eclectic local act The Nymphs will be opening for jazz and blues extraordinaire Zoe K at The Retreat Hotel on Sunday April 28. With an excellent new album under her belt, Zoe K is a fresh and powerful force on the Australian music scene. She’ll be on stage from 8.30pm with free entry.

Three great bands this Sunday at The Bendigo are looking to swirl you all into an existential quandary with mystifying songs and carefully constructed but barely audible lyrics.

This would be the perfect way to ease your way back into the weekly fold of responsibility/cure hangovers in the best way possible, at one of Melbourne’s iconic venues.

The lineup features The Adelaide Crows, Carp, Daimaru and special guest DJ SimSimmo.

BROTHERS GRIM & THE BLUE MURDERS

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ANZAC DAY PUNK NIGHT Bar Open are shifting gears and kicking in the turbo on Thursday nights, with Melbourne’s legion of heavy bands taking up residence.

Expect punk, rock’n’roll, stoner and heavy indie sounds to crop up on a weekly basis and add a new dimension to Bar Open’s already diverse live music programming. To kick things off they’ve enlisted five of the best for an explosive Anzac Day bonanza. Head down and see the crazy guys from Clowns, punkin’rawkers Wolfpack, the hypnotic fury from Kids Of Zoo, party punkers Foxtrot and poking your eyes out first up are Cyclone Diablo. Doors at 5.30pm, and it’s all for zero dollars so you can afford a drink or two and make sure it’s a good time for all.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

RECORD PARADISE

KURT VILE

Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador/Remote Control)

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The magnitude of singles freshly available for streaming each day means that, depending on the arbitrating whim of the moment, many potential favourites might get skipped passed. The optimum strategy for artists to get heard can’t be precisely determined, but you certainly wouldn’t think a languorous nine-minute guitar and lyrical episode is a prime attention-grabber. However, released earlier this year, Wakin On A Pretty Day, the lead single from Kurt Vile’s fifth full-length album was exactly that; a winding extension of scattered thoughts that doesn’t contrive solubility in order to appeal to flickering attention spans. Vile kicks off the record with this sunny mid-tempo episode, ruminating on various phenomenon with hints of pressure, “Waking at the dawn of day/Gotta think about what I want to say”, bemusement “Phone ringing off the shelf/I guess they wanted to kill themselves,” and snatches of joyous realisation, “Wakin’ on a pretty day/Don't know why I ever go away.” The track’s ponderous nine minutes sets the structural template for the album. Vile sticks largely to impressionistic wandering and, while he’s never quite exultant, he is poised in curiosity.

Figuring out what you want to say is tough and determining what most appropriately warrants your care and attention can be equally opaque. In the electronic-tinged Was All Talk Vile admits “there was a time in my life when they thought I was all talk” but at his most loudly exerted, in the grungy Neil Young homage KV Crimes, he contends “I think I'm ready to claim what's mine, rightfully”. During the subdued and exquisitely gliding Too Hard, Vile makes a pledge of solidarity, 'I will promise to do my very best for you, that won’t be too hard,' while also admitting to encroaching frailty 'even though I'm just human after all'. Although the statement comes with a pre-emptive concession, it’s so humanely professed that failure to meet the proposed duty is evidence of a universal resistance that tinctures our lives.

This isn’t background music, nor is it frazzled stoner meandering, as stated in meditative album closer Goldtone, “you’d think I was stoned, but I never – as they say – touch the stuff”. Even when the vocals are a feathery warble (on the aforementioned Too Hard) the melodies don’t peter out into dusty chaos with the passing breeze. Guitars

BEN MASON

Avoiding A Fight (Independent) Ben Mason of The Smallgoods fame is set to release his debut solo album in July, Holes & Corners. The lead single has a dreamy, silken psych pop melody, subtle layers of harmony and even more subtle shifts from verse to chorus. A naturally gifted songwriter, Ben conjures up the ghosts of West Coast Californian folk for this quietly infectious tune.

SYN SWEET 16 dominate and sometimes the vocals can be obscured, but this is a reflection of the narrator’s fleeting excitement being disrupted by doubt-inducing variables.

Sonically the album is very immediate and John Agnello’s production captures the band with clarity. Many songs end with an instrumental repeating chord progression that gradually builds but never quite sizzles. As a result, each song (most exceeding six minutes) incites an image sequence in the mind of the listener that accompanies the narrative suggestions. It’s a continuation of the mood established that gestures it’s now time to proceed with your own inner-exploration from this stimulated vantage point.

Kurt Vile doesn’t force his way into your psyche, he calmly creeps in. But once he’s entered it’s not simply to be nice and affable. Wakin On A Pretty Daze exemplifies art’s ability to return us to things we already knew but have misplaced due to the fabricated seriousness demanded by everyday trivialities.

AUGUSTUS WELBY Best Track: Too Hard If You Like These You’ll Like This: Pink Moon Nick Drake, Psychedelic Pill NEIL YOUNG, Nootropics LOWER DENS In A Word: Atonement

ELLA HOOPER

Häxan (Independent) Ella lets her inner hippy loose in the Häxan video, which features the rebranded Killing Heidi singer in twirling, gyrating, self-pleasuring heaven. With film running forwards and backwards in a creepy Ringulike fashion, the clip is well-suited to the vampish, noir tenor of the single. It comes from her soon-to-be released debut solo album.

BIRDS OF TOKYO

BEACHES

Send Them Away (Chapter Music) Melbourne girl pop quintet Beaches continue to do their bit for the chillwave movement. Amidst a swirling flush of guitars, warped and warbling backing vocals and a semi-comatose laid-back hipster vibe, they croon softly about banishing the blues. This neat, atmospheric tune is from their forthcoming sophomore album, She Beats, out Friday May 3 on Chapter Music.

BAPTISM OF UZI

Stray Current (Cobra Snake Neck Tie/Love & Theft) Stray Current rolls between the twee pop ballads of mid-career Blur, a funkedelic space jam and the blissed out harmonic disco of MGMT. Lifted from the debut EP by this apparently much loved Melbourne quartet, it’s a song in which you can sink deep and dream soft, adrift in their tripped out pop landscape.

Nice.

DAFT PUNK FEAT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

Get Lucky (Sony) Pharrell’s smooth vocal plus Daft Punk’s disco funk equals Michael Jackson circa Off The Wall. It’s alright, if you want to flick your hips and clap to the beat, but it’s hardly the barnstorming space electro we’ve come to associate with the French house masters.

‘Ordinary’ is the word.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT

Backyard Skulls (Warner) In town the week after next, Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit are promoting a second single from their fourth album, Pedestrian Verse. Backyard Skulls is a grim, brilliant lament with a vivid refrain: “Backyard skulls deep beneath the ground, not deep enough to never be found.” It melds the epic and the prosaic beautifully, like all the best stadium rock from the UK. Beat Magazine Page 44

1. Horses PATTI SMITH 2. Last Splash BREEDERS 3. Floating coffin THEE OH SEES 4. Live at Missing Link UV RACE/EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING 5. Cut Sleeves BITS OF SHIT 6. The Clapping Song EPTHE REBELLES 7. History Eraser/Mount Beauty COURTNEY BARNETT/JEN CLOHER 8. Circles MOON DUO 9. The Living Eyes THE LIVING EYES 10. Calendar Days DICK DIVER

SINGLES BY SIMONE Unremarkable. The end.

TOP TENS

When The Night Falls Quiet (EMI) Jesus, barely a second to recover from the tremulous rabble rousing anthem that was Lanterns, and they hit us with yet another tremulous rabble rousing anthem. I don’t know what post-apocalyptic nightmare Birds Of Tokyo are living in, but they seem to quite urgently require us to summon our courage and fight for the right as one. On a side note, what’s with all the hot teenage booty in the clip? Errant exposed bra straps and scarely-clad teenage arses in centre frame? I’m pretty sure Birds Of Tokyo are old enough to have fathered the girls so casually sexually objectified in the band’s music video.

JINJA SAFARI

Plagiarist (Island Records) From their self-titled debut album (out May 17), Plagiarist is a fine example of second-generation Vampire Weekend Carribbo-pop, warm, cascading guitar notes, steel drum sounds, bursting harmonies and pert little angles. Happy as hell and completely inoffensive, but I’m not sure why you’d love it. I’m not sure what there is to love in this little ball of fluff.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK BILL RYDER-JONES

He Took You In His Arms (Domino/EMI) Former lead singer for The Coral and collaborator with the likes of Alex Turner and Graham Coxon, Bill RyderJones is a cool breeze on a hot day, a loveliness so pure it feels like release. From his second solo album, with the perfect title A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart, He Took You In His Arms is a deflated, accusing ballad about adultery; about that image of your love with someone else that you will never be able to erase. With heavy piano, occasional sighs of slide guitar and Bill’s sad, soft voice, it is a slight but devastating tune.

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1. What Would Christ Do THE GROWL 2. New History Warfare Vol. 3 COLIN STETSON 3. Embracism KIRIN J CALLINAN 4. A Baru In New York (Flume Remix) YOLANDA BE COOL FEAT. GURRUMUL 5. Rattle The Chain THE MURLOCS 6. Wanderlust SILENTJAY 7. Wavy Gravy FLYYING COLOURS 8. Demons THE NATIONAL 9. Overgrown JAMES BLAKE 10. Indigo Meadow THE BLACK ANGELS

HEARTLAND RECORDS 1. Indigo Meadow LP THE BLACK ANGELS 2. Terror LP THE FLAMING LIPS 3. Venomous Rat LP ROB ZOMBIE 4. Comedown Machine LP THE STROKES 5. Rarely LP KINGS OF LEON 6. Until In Excess.. LP THE BESNARD LAKES 7. Self Titled LP/CD MY BLOODY VALENTINE 8. Screenplay LP JOHN PARISH 9. Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze LP KURT VILE 10. Mosquito LP YEAH YEAH YEAHS

COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK 1. See Emily Play PINK FLOYD RSD 7” 2. Hey Joe/Stone Free JIMI HENDRIX RSD mono 7” 3. Mine, Mine, Mind/Bloody Hammer ROKY ERICKSON RSD 7” 4. Animal X NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS RSD picture disc 7” 5. Tame Impala TAME IMPALA RSD 12” 6. Hybrid Theory LINKIN PARK RSD LP + 10” 7. Relationship Of Command AT THE DRIVE-IN RSD 2LP 8. No Fun STOOGES/BLACK KEYS RSD 7” 9. Public Image/Cowboy Song OPUBLIC IMAGE LTD RSD 7” 10. Sacrificial MANIAXE CD

PBS TIPSHEET 1. Roll It In BROTHERS GRIM AND THE BLUE MURDERS 2. Inspiration Information / Wings Of Love (reissue) SHUGGIE OTIS RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS 3. Just For Today RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS 4. Nomad BOMBINO 5. You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine AINSLIE WILLS

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT NATURE 1. Wonderful World LOUISE ARMSTRONG 2. Blue Ridge Mountains FLEET FOXES 3. I Like Birds EELS 4. Mothor Nature’s Son THE BEATLES 5. Sun Is Shining BOB MARLEY 6. The Seabirds THE TRIFFIDS 7. River Deep, Mountain High IKE & TINA TURNER 8. Big Yellow Taxi JONI MITCHELL 9. (Nothing But) Flowers TALKING HEADS 10. Nature Boy NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

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COLD WAR KIDS

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (Downtown Records/Cooperative) Dear Miss Lonelyhearts opens with a punch. Miracle Mile is an outstanding track, pounding drums and thumping piano pulse away under lead singer Nathan Willett’s soaring vocals, the whole effect is very Florence And The Machine. It sounds, right up the front, like they are looking for their big radio hit. This album, the band’s fourth, contains that idea as an undercurrent for most of its playing time unfortunately – it wants to be liked. I have read the problem has been ascribed to “over-production”, which is a misdiagnosis. Sure, the production is far lusher and more spacious and grand, but if the songs were stripped of that engineering their core would remain a slightly un-Cold War Kids track, left naked asking you to enjoy them. The next two tracks Lost That Easy and Loner Phase especially, with their synth and preprogramed samples, left me longing for the band and sent me back to listen to their debut album Robbers & Cowards. The original oddness and brilliance intertwined to produce something that sounded like no one else, which really should be the goal of every band. Perhaps it’s new recruit, former Modest Mouse guitarist Dann Gallucci, on lead guitar and production, that has them aiming for a more accessible sound.

However persistence pays off. Track five, Tuxedos, is vintage and it’s only up from there. The closing two tracks including the one that gives the album its title are worth the price of admission. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts is a transcendent song. It is an uplifting hymn to despair, the lead vocals supported by flying falsetto harmonies. Followed by a similar sounding Bitter Poem, I found myself grateful when the album started playing over from the start – a closing track that makes you want more is a clever thing.

The core of each song is still indebted to Willett’s soulful, dramatic vocals. He skirts very close to over singing, that point where vocalists go from singing a melody to just singing – see every reality TV show about singing for the extreme Best Track: Dear Miss Lonelyhearts If You Like These, You’ll Like This: FLORENCE AND THE examples of this – but he is still getting away with it. Not gold from start to finish but plenty to be thankful for.

MACHINE, FRIGHTENED RABBIT In A Word: Worthwhile JACK FRANKLIN

THE GROWL

What Would Christ Do?? (Independent) Fremantle six-piece, The Growl, have undertaken a subterranean exploration of all that is dingy and dark. The result? An incredible and diverse debut album in What Would Christ Do??.

They’ve been cited as one of the Australian acts to watch in 2013 by NME, and have only recently come to the end of their USA/Canadian tour supporting the fuzzy goodness of Tame Impala. Cam Avery, the voice you hear over the 11 tracks, also happens to be the drummer for Pond, another psychedelic rock band; but that’s where the association with the synth, bobble-head type stops.

Songs border on the nightmarish: NIYWTLWOE, (which from the lyrics, we’re assuming stands for Not If You Were The Last Woman On Earth) opens with an ominous whistle followed by what could only be described like a walking, loose metal machine. Stuttering beats will make your ears dizzy – and it’s a good thing.

Using a distorted harmonica in their cover of gospel classic John The Revelator seems like the only natural choice for The Growl. It might also be the only song that comes close to answering the dire question in the album title.

Cleaver Leaver, their first single, scored a bucket-load of community radio airplay in the past and it’s easy to see why. The song oozes an industrial-flavoured ‘cool’ quite unlike any other track on the album with its screeching guitars and slimy bass.

Note must be made of Avery’s voice, which suits every song to a tee; scratchy and trying very earnestly to be menacing in the more powerful songs, then honest and meltingly imperfect in stripped-back tracks like Sailor’s Song. What Would Christ Do?? and its clunky, semiBest Track: Cleaver Leaver spooky vibe grows on you. Definitely deserving of If You Like These, You’ll Like This: POND, MELODY’S more than one listen.

ECHO CHAMBER, ALLBROOK/AVERY In A Word: Theatrical KATIE DAVERN

ALKALINE TRIO My Shame Is True (Epitaph)

Matt Skiba, Alkaline Trio’s vocalist/guitarist, has described My Shame Is True as an “apology note set to music”; a love letter to his ex-girlfriend. This is of course classic subject matter for a band that has often dwelled somewhere in the grey area between pop-punk and emo, and it’s produced a pretty decent record. It is however fairly gloomy, featuring tracks like I, Pessimist, Midnight Blue and I’m Only Here To Disappoint.

Skiba’s deep, expressive vocals are part of what makes Alkaline Trio enjoyable, and they’re especially suited to tracks here like lead single I Wanna Be A Warhol and Young Lovers. The former is a solid track and among the best on the album. As an added bonus, its rather bizarre video clip features Milla Jovovich looking like a character from Desperate Housewives as she fondles various pieces of artwork before undressing while listening to tomato soup cans rolling around the floor. Yep. You heard me.

There are parts of the album which drag a little – Kiss You To Death is repetitive and tedious, while Only Love is too slow and self-indulgent for a good punk-rock song – but Best Track: I Wanna Be A Warhol altogether the album is worth a listen.

If You Like These, You’ll Like this: THE ATARIS, BIGWIG In A Word: Guitar-y JOSH FERGEUS

Deftly transposing their captivating life performances into the studio for their debut album, Melbourne trio Absolute Boys mesh together disparate elements into a breezy pop artefact.

It’s a textural affair, and it works for the most part. The formidable, often cyclonic, drums serve as the anchor for the soaring guitar work. Vocals lean toward a Panda Bear-brand of Brian Wilson beauty, with the slight undertone of disaffection. The sincerity of the almost-R&B Endless Projections eventually gives way to a haunting instrumental outro, an active sabotage of what could have turned into something resembling anthem. It’s pulled it off with ease.

The dub elements shine through foremost on Executive Realness to great effect, with the track standing as the most restrained on the album. Relying on a chiming, synth-like melody, China Heights struggles to present itself as anything other than naff.

Any descriptor or reference point can only go so far with Absolute Boys. It’s not so much that they’re genre-defiant, but they possess a certain assuredness in their exploratory sound – which is refreshing, especially when the sound is quite atypical of what is emanating from Melbourne at the moment.

Perhaps Heavy Flow’s overwhelming levity will deny Best Track: Endless Projections If You Like These You’ll Like This: Strawberry Jam ANIMAL a lasting impact, but it’s a pleasant, if not overly memorable, ride.

COLLECTIVE, Ex Tropical LOST ANIMAL In A Word: Sharp LACHLAN KANONIUK

YEAH YEAH YEAHS Mosquito (Universal Music)

If we are going to be honest with ourselves here, Yeah Yeah Yeahs were always a singles band. How many of you can honestly say that you still listen to Fever To Tell start to finish? How many of you usually just skip to Maps before going to Show Your Bones to play Gold Lion? Thought so.

With this in mind, the band recruited demigod James Murphy to help produce their forth LP, Mosquito, matching one of the coolest bands to come out of New York in the last ten years with Mr. New York, the best producer the city has perhaps ever cultivated.

Naming their album after the most infuriating living beast on Earth – even David Attenborough hates the fucking little twats − Sacrilege opens with Karen’s go-to juxtaposition with a sweet and sultry vocal line interjected with her trademark scream. The song from there goes unexpectedly gospel, with handclaps and a choral solo bellowing the title of the song.

Subway click clacks with the percussive noise of the New York railway on a song that proves Karen O is at her sweetest when she isn’t trying as hard, her softness can be utterly disarming. Under The Earth similarly breaks from the usual mould of Karen unleashing the inner demon whilst the title track is custom made for live performance with the chorus lyric, ‘I’ll suck your blood’ sounding as perversely sexual as Karen meant it to be.

In the past, one detraction of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is that they were a band sometimes too preoccupied with being art-school, whilst their song-writing suffered, their sound was too one-dimensional and reliant on their hipper-than-thou image. This however, cannot be said for Mosquito, their most mature and unified album to date, for once the songs develop and grow with further listens; and it helps that Karen O adds a few different strings to her bow, even trading verses with fellow Brooklynite Kool Keith on Buried Best Track: Subway Alive. It finally feels as if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have If You Like These, You’ll Like This: In The Grace Of Your written a set of tracks that match the band’s personality.

Love THE RAPTURE

In A Word: Heartfelt CHRISTOPHER LEWIS

THE FLAMING LIPS The Terror (Warner)

The best way to understand The Terror is to completely disassociate yourself from the band you know responsible for She Don’t Use Jelly or even Do You Realize? This is a band that for years after the commercial success of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is continuing to find reasons to exist, both musically and existentially.

It helps that Wayne Coyne pretty much has creative carte blanche in the music industry and even his most far out ideas are hailed as genius without question − Zaireeka anyone? − This has always been the band’s biggest blessing and curse, their most dysfunctional and inaccessible concepts crave editing, yet this is exactly what makes a song like Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell so brilliantly original.

Look…The Sun Is Rising opens unceremoniously, the glitches hint at the distorted and dark sunrise represented on the album cover, a forethought to the rest of the album, one that is preoccupied with the darkness pervading everything in life. Immediately, the tone of the album is far different from the playful political commentary of something like The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song. It’s clear Wayne has more harrowing things on his mind, describing Be Free, A Way as a song filled with “a lot of existential dread and realism.”

But it is their ability to sonically explain these motifs that makes The Terror such an amazing journey. Their hi-fi electronica and emotion imbued brand of rock music crunches with angst, there is no feel-good crescendo because these are not pop songs, for Wayne they are binoculars into the soul and the vulnerability of the human condition. The 13-minute voyage, You Lust has more emotion in it than a John Cusack film and there is a real feeling, especially on the stunning title track that this is the sound of Wayne Coyne putting everything on the line, not just experimenting but communicating, in the most honest and visceral way he ever has on record.

Originality is a word that defines The Flaming Lips – though Fight Test always sounded like Cat Stevens – and the only thing that matches this album’s originality is its density and complexity. Comparing the album to Soft Bulletin may be a redundant exercise better left to bands such as the Foo Fighters; but if A Spoonful Weighs A Ton sounded like the optimism of Best Track: You Lust If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Strung Out In Heaven having your entire life ahead of you 14 years ago, welcome to your comedown, it’s name is The Terror.

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE In A Word: Despairing CHRISTOPHER LEWIS

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AINSLIE WILLS + OSCAR LUSH + SPENDER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.

ANCHORS + STRICKLAND + UNION PACIFIC + UP & ATOM Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.

BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + JEN KNIGHT + SIMON WRIGHT BAND + SOUL SAFARI + THE CAVALIERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.

BLUE OYSTER CULT Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $60.

BROTHERS GRIM + HOWLIN STEAM TRAIN + THE HARLOTS The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $19.

DEATH BY DEATH RAY + THE TELEVISION SKY Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

HARMONICA SAM + THE DOMESTIC BUMBLEBEES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $25.

J.P + BAD CORP + KURKALI ONE + LUKIE V + PILLOW + STRAIGHT JACKET + SYMPHONY + THE HIGH SOCIETY + UNK MC Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

JOHNNIE & THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES + DJ FANTA PANTS + RITCHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

JUDE PERL (SINGLE LAUNCH) + ESTHER HOLT + YASUMO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm.

MAT MCHUGH Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $25.

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS + CLIENT LIAISON + YESYOU Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25.

PAT CHOW + CIGGIE WITCH + GRANDSTANDS + NERVOUS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.

QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS + DR PIFFLE & THE BURLAP BAND Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

SIB + OXBLVD + TINSMOKE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.

THE AFROBIOTICS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

THE ALAN LADDS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

THE FINKS + COURTNEY BARNETT Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

THE FLINCH Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

THE GROWL (ALBUM LAUNCH) + THE DEMON PARADE + THEM BRUINS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.

THE MEANIES + CLOWNS + DRUNK MUMS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $12.

THE SKAMPZ Monash Hotel, Clayton. 9:00pm.

THE TEMPER TRAP Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $58.

THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS + THE YARD APES + WE

King Tuff

ARE THE ENEMY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.

TIM GUY (LAND OF CONFUSION LAUNCH) + GLITTER RATS + LAST LEAVES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm. $10.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ALBARE + LONG WAY Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm.

B FOR CHICKEN 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.

DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:00pm. $14.

MELBOURNE JAZZ CLUB Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda.

8:30pm.

MO SESTO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.

SOUL ISLAND + KATIE & THE DO RIGHT MEN + TEJAS HOW TO DOUGIE Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

STAX ON SOUL REVUE - FEAT: KYLIE AULDUST + ELLA THOMPSON + SUZZANAH ESPIE IAN COLLARD + TALEI & ELISE WOLFGRAMM + WAYNE JURY Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.

TAKTOK & THE OUTFIT Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE JOE O’CONNOR TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ALEXIS NICOLE + KAT ARDITTO + MICHAEL WAUGH Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:30pm.

BILLY MILLER & THE LOVE BROTHERS + BURN IN HELL + GIRAFFE PARTY The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick.

8:00pm.

DANNY WALSH TRIO Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

DEUAWD DUO + ANDRIANA Bar Oussou, Brunswick.

7:00pm.

IMMIGRANT UNION John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

JUKE BOX RACKETT Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

NICK LARKINS & THE BONES + PENSIVE PENGUIN + WICKED ANNABEL Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

OPEN MIC Grind N Groove, Healesville. 6:30pm.

OPEN MIC Ontop In Ormond, Ormond. 7:30pm.

OPEN MIC Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm.

PINTO + PALM SPRINGS + SAM ALEXANDER SHERRY Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

QUANG DINH & COURTNEY CONSTANTINO + WILL LOPEZ Neighbourhood Wine, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.

THE SHAMBELLES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THE SILENCE & THE SKETCH Clifton Hill Hotel, Clifton Hill.

8:00pm.

BERMUDA FLOAT The legendary all-waterproof all-jamming boat party Bermuda Float returns this year on Thursday April 25. Bermuda Float is an awesome nocturnal voyage on the Victoria Star, with a lineup of sick garage-rock acts including King Tuff, The UV Race, Mighty Duke and the Lords, Made For Chickens By Robots and Peace Pipe DJs. Cooking duties will be taken on by Pearl Oyster’s Floating Kiosk, so there’s no need to pack provisions. The Victoria Star sets sail at 6pm on ANZAC Day. We’ll all float on okay.

THURSDAY APRIL 25 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ADAM EATON + AMANDA MERDZAN + PORCELLIN PILL + TIMOTHY NELSON & THE INFIDELS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

ANZAC DAY PUNK NIGHT - FEAT: CLOWNS + CYCLONE DIABLO + FOXTROT + KIDS OF ZOO + WOLFPACK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 5:30pm.

APOLLO APPLES + TANGRAMS + THE GAVIN MURRAY BAND Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

BAREBACK TITTY SQUAD + AVATAIR + ELEANOR + FOREVER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $15.

BJ MORRISZONKLE + JIMMY TAIT Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

CASSINI + GHETTO GHETTO + KNITTING FOR GRAN + NERVOUS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

CHANCE WATERS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully.

8:00pm. $12.

DIG IT UP - FEAT: HOODOO GURUS + BLUE OYSTER CULT + BUZZCOCKS + FLAMIN’ GROOVIES + PETER CASE + THE STEM Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

GRIM FANDANGO + APART FROM THIS + CERES + KILL THE MATADOR + OSLOW Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

8:00pm. $10.

GRINSPOON (BLACK RABBITS TOUR) Pier Live, Frankston.

7:30pm. $35.

HAYWARD WILLIAMS + THE YEARLINGS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $18.

HEADS OF CHARM + ALASKA + MANSION + SPARKSPITTER The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $8.

HOWARD + COWGIRL CAVIAR + DJ CATTIE BOOBIE + EAMON & DUDI PROJECT + TOWERS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $5.

JOSH OWEN Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

KING TUFF + MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS + MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS + PEACE PIPE DJS + UV RACE Bermuda Float, 8:00pm.

LUPINE (EP LAUNCH) + CABBAGES & KINGS + NUN OF THE TONGUE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $8.

MILK TEDDY + DD DUMBO + JEALOUS HUSBAND Tote

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Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

MONSTER JEANS + AURORA + BIG HEAD ELLA + PUBLIC LIABILITY Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

NIHL + BEAR THE MAMMOTH + JAREK + KALEIDOSCOPE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

REVEREND FUNK & THE HORNS OF SALVATION + DJS VINCE PEACH & PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

ROSCOE JAMES IRWIN + AL PARKINSON + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

SLEEP DECADE + PASCAL BARBARE & TEETH + TOM MILEK Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $8.

STICKY FINGERS + BOOTLEG RASCAL + LYALL MOLONEY Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $18.

THE ELEVEN DOLLAR BILLS + CRAVEN SOULS + SHABON Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

THREE’S A CROWD + SPORTSMEN + THE SLIMS Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $4.

YOSHITORO + BELOVED ELK + LIEUTENANT JAM + THE UGLY KINGS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Turnin Brakes

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ALWAN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

CATHY MENEZES + STANISLAVSKI/STOCKWELL QUARTET Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.

GIANNI MARINUCCI NONET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.

JC JAZZ COLLECTIVE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.

LA 45 First Floor, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

NIHILL DUO + BREA RESEARCH FACILITY Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

SAM KEEVERS TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SYZYGY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

THE NAT BARTSCH TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 6:30pm.

THURSDAY NIGHT SOUL SESSIONS - FEAT: CHELSEA WILSON + CANDICE MONIQUE & THE OPTICS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ALYSIA MANCEAU Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill.

8:00pm.

ANZAC DAY - FEAT: ALLAN HUGES + FIRE STONE & HONEY + LOW & BEHOLD Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 12:00pm.

CHAD MASON Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

JESS LOCKE + DEAD GANG + MARICOPA WELLS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.

LAKE PALMER Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.

LOUNGE THURSDAYS - FEAT: JUDE JACOB + JULES SHELAN Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

MICK THOMAS & THE ROVING COMMISSION WALL OF FOLK ORCHESTRA The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:30pm.

OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm.

THE APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL If you’re a sucker for the surfy charm of a coastal music festival, then you were no doubt stoked to hear the lineup for The Apollo Bay Music Festival. Headlined by Turin Brakes and Skunkhoar, the festival also boasts Bonjah, Woohoo Revue, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, dirty blues aficionados Palace of the King, Miserable Little Bastards, Hiatus Kaiyote, Hayward Williams and the Yearlings, Redcoats, King of The North, Ryan Coffey and many, many more. Situated in the very beautiful surroundings of Apollo Bay, the festival runs from this Friday April 26 – Sunday April 18.

OPEN MIC Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 6:00pm.

STEPHEN BOWTELL BAND 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

THE BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

THE RECHORDS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm.

FRIDAY APRIL 26 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS 50 LIONS + OUTSIDERS CODE + THE OTHERS + THORNS + VIGILANTE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.

ACOUSTIC FOXX + MICHAEL YULE + SARAH EIDA The 86, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

ALLDAY (SINGLE LAUNCH) + ELOJI + KWASI Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.

APIA TIME OF MY LIFE TOUR - FEAT: DARYL BRAITHWAITE + JAMES REYNE + JOE CAMILLERI + ROSS WILSON Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

AREA 7 + BETWEEN THE WARS: CD LAUNCH Espy, St Kilda.

9:00pm.

BITTER SWEET KICKS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

CAMPERDOWN & OUT (ALBUM LAUNCH) + MAD NANNA + OCEAN PARTY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

CHANCE WATERS + KRYTIC + MIND OVER MATTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $12.

CITY CALM DOWN + DIAMOND + PRIVATE LIFE + THE RAFFAELLAS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

DAVE WRIGHT & THE MIDNIGHT ELECTRIC + JOHNNY GIBSON & THE HANGOVERS + MICHAEL MILNE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

EINSTEIN TOYBOYS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.

ENGINE THREE SEVEN + FISKER + HIGH SIDE DRIVER + THE CHARGE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

FEAR LIKE US + HOODLUM SHOUTS + INITIALS + RIBBONS PATTERNS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $15.

FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.

FULL CODE + BIG VOLCANO + ZIAH ZIAM + ZONE 12 Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

GOD BOWS TO MATH + BODIES + DEAD + PIONEERS OF GOOD SCIENCE. DJ WHISKEY CREAM Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.

60 SECONDS WITH…

AERIALS

Define your genre in five words or less: Rock.

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?

Usually people say we sound like early Muse, minus the classical influence and Queen-like falsettos. We get referenced to Cog as well, which is flattering, but you get that when you’re an Aussie three-piece.

What do you love about making music?

We love the escapism and creating a voice.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?

We will have our debut EP, Firefights ready for sale on download card, CD and vinyl. You can also buy directly from aerials.bandcamp.com.

How long have you been gigging and writing?

We jumped straight on the touring circuit after our first hometown show in March 2012. We’re still a new act, but we have covered a lot of ground in a small amount of time. We are touring May through June all the way from Cairns to Adelaide to support our EP release.

What inspires or has influenced your music the most?

We are influenced by progressive music such as Sigur Ros and Mogwai that make musical journeys rather than songs. Soundtracks to films can really influence the vibe of our tracks too. In saying that, we love our rock’n’roll loud and proud and not afraid of writing a pop song.

Describe the best gig you have ever played.

The last two Brisbane gigs we played were fantastic.

The Zoo just had “electricity” running in the air and everything just ran perfectly. The last gig we played was at The Arena... it was very cool playing to our first “big” crowd, being about 1,000 people.

Tell us about the last song you wrote.

The last completed song we wrote was Firefights, the lead single from the EP. It’s probably our most electronic sounding and layered track. We usually take care of production within our circle of friends, but we ended up getting Forrester Savell on board to mix. He definitely brought a sense of urgency to it.

When’s the gig and with who?

We are playing The Reverence on Saturday May 18 (bands TBC) and Bar Open on Sunday May 19 with Alithia and Qlaye Face – should be killer!

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HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY + THE PREATURES + THEM SWOOPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20.

JACKSON FIREBIRD Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.

JESS PORTER + LACE & WHISKEY + STONE REVIVAL + THE PIRATES Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

KILLSHOT (EP LAUNCH) + BEGGARMAN + CHINATOWN + DJ LUCY ARUNDEL Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

LIVING EYES (LP LAUNCH) + BONNIWELLS + DJ KING + GALAXY FOLK & THE CLITS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.

LOWTIDE + A DEAD FOREST INDEX + FLYYING COLOURS + PREMIUM FANTASY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

MATT KATSIS Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 3:00pm.

MINIBIKES + JEALOUS HUSBAND Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

OTEP The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $56.

RAINBIRD + DURK + SENTIA + WALKING EDEN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $15.

REGIONAL ROULETTE TOUR - FEAT: FRANKENBOK + ABREACT + HEAVEN THE AXE + KING PARROT Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 6:30pm. $15.

ROCKET TO MEMPHIS + BOOZE BOMBS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5.

RULE OF THIRDS + HEX ON THE BEACH + INTERNAL ROT + LAKES + ZOND Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

SCARLETT COOK + RACHEL SAMUEL Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 9:00pm.

SHERIFF + GRETA MOB + SUN GOD REPLICA The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.

SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.

STICK FINGERS Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm.

SUN RISING Lucky 13 Garage, Moorabbin. 8:00pm.

SYREN (VIDEOCLIP LAUNCH) First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

TAME IMPALA Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $60.

TANE + SAM BRITTAIN + TANYA BATT Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.

TEENAGE LIBIDO + CASSIUSCLAY + GEE SEAS Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

THE APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: HIATUS KAIYOTE + ABBIE CARDWELL & THE CHICANO ROCKERS + AL PARKINSON + ALEX BOWEN + ALUKA + AYA LARKIN + BLUE EYES CRY + BOBBY ALU + BRIAGALONG BUSH BAND + CHASE THE SUN + DANIEL CHAMPAGNE + DJ EDDY + DUBMARINE + GHOST ORKID + HAYWARD WILLIAMS + HUSSY HICKS + JESS RIBEIRO AND THE BONE COLLECTORS + JORDIE LANE + KATIE WIGHTON + KING OF THE NORTH + KINGFISHA + MAL WEBB + MARSHALL OKELL + MEN IN SUITS + MUSTERED COURAGE + OKA + PETE DENAHEY + REDCOATS + RYAN COFFEY + SANDI THOM + SEX ON TOAST + THE LIVINGSTONE DAISIES + THE YEARLINGS + WARCHIEF Apollo Bay Music Festival Site, Apollo Bay. 12:00pm. $135.

THE DRONES Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $46.

TOECUTTER + ANIENT + PARADIES + REMZELK Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. $10.

TRUE LIVE (COMING BACK TO YOU LAUNCH) Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12.

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TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS + HARRY HOWARD & EDWINA PRESTON Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

VULGARGRAD Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.

HUANCHACO + DJ KNAVE KNIXX + SAMARA WILLIAMS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

KUNJANI Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.

MELISSA MAIN Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

THE JULIE O’HARA SEXTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.

THE SHLIVOVITZ ORCHESTRA Open Studio, Northcote.

8:00pm.

TRIO BEM BRASIL Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK CHRIS WILSON + DJ ADALITA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

GENA ROSE BRUCE + GRETTA ZILLER + MURDENA Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

INTO THE MYSTIC - FEAT: JOE CREIGHTON The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 2:58pm. $23.

JAIL BIRD JOKERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

MALLEE SONGS Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

MARGIE LOU DYER + ALYCE PLATT Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

MARK SEYMOUR & THE UNDERTOW + CHARLES JENKINS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $30.

MARSHALL OKELL & THE PRIDE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

MEL PARSONS + DAN PARSONS Wesley Anne, Northcote.

8:00pm. $15.

MERRI CREEK PICKERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

ROADHOUSE ROMEOS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

STUARTS REVENGE + MUSCLE MARY + RATTLIN BONES BLACKWOOD Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

THE 4-PEACE BAND Hampton Rsl, Hampton. 8:00pm. $10.

THE STU THOMAS PARADOX Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.

THE TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

SATURDAY APRIL 27 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BANG - FEAT: BANE + HOPELESS + OUR SOLACE Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS Musicland, Fawkner. 12:30pm. $10.

BIG SCARY (PHIL COLLINS’ TOUR) + CAITLIN PARK + I’LLS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $18.

CANARY (CARRIED AWAY LAUNCH) + TULALAH Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.

CLUB FICTION - FEAT: THE BAD LADIES + DEAD HEIR + DJ

HONEY RIDER Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:30pm. $10.

CUPIDFALLS + IN YOUR HANDS + LIEUTENANT JAM + STREET FANGS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.

DAPPLED CITIES + COLLARBONES + DONNY BENET Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.

DIRTY F (ALBUKM LAUNCH) + CHICO FLASH + THE SINKING TEETH Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.

DIRTY HARRIET & THE HANGMEN + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL + RICHOCHET PETE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

DIRTY YORK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

DREADNAUGHT + DESECRATOR + DIPROSUS + JOIN THE AMISH Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $12.

DV8 - FEAT: COLD DIVIDE + CHASING ALICE + NOW YOU DIE! + SUDDEN STATE Cbd Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

FLAMIN’ GROOVIES + EVEN Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $48.

FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA + BULLS + DJ KEZBOT + NINETY NINE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

GINGER & TONIC Revolt Artspace, Kensington. 7:30pm. $25.

GLENN SHORROCK The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick.

8:00pm. $32.

GRETA MOB + BURIED HORSES + JACK ON FIRE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

GRINSPOON (BLACK RABBITS TOUR) Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 7:30pm. $35.

JACKSON FIREBIRD Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully.

9:00pm.

JOHN PATRICK & THE KEEPERS + GENA BRUCE Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

KIERAN RYAN (ALBUM LAUNCH) + JESSICA SAYS + MINING BOOM + SEAGULL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10.

KILAMAINE + FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN + HORIZONS EDGE + INCRYPT + NIKHAIL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $12.

LITTLE MURDERS + SONS OF LEE MARVIN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm.

MICHAEL MEEKING & THE LOST SOULS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

NAKED BODIES + BRENDAN WEST + THE BROKEN BONES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

POTATO CAKE - FEAT: BABY MACHINE + DEAD + VALENTIINE The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.

PURPLE TUSKS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

ROCKETS TO MEMPHIS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

8:30pm.

SONS OF RICO (ALBUM LAUNCH) + APES + NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.

STRANGELY ATTRAKTIVE 303, Northcote. 8:30pm.

TEMPLE (EP LAUNCH) + OWNKIND + VOODOOCAIN Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

THE APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: HIATUS KAIYOTE + ABBIE CARDWELL & THE CHICANO ROCKERS + AL PARKINSON + ALEX BOWEN + ALUKA + AYA LARKIN + BLUE EYES CRY + BOBBY ALU + BRIAGALONG BUSH BAND + CHASE THE SUN + DANIEL CHAMPAGNE + DJ EDDY + DUBMARINE + GHOST ORKID + HAYWARD WIL-

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LIAMS + HUSSY HICKS + JESS RIBEIRO AND THE BONE COLLECTORS + JORDIE LANE + KATIE WIGHTON + KING OF THE NORTH + KINGFISHA + MAL WEBB + MARSHALL OKELL + MEN IN SUITS + MUSTERED COURAGE + OKA + PETE DENAHEY + REDCOATS + RYAN COFFEY + SANDI THOM + SEX ON TOAST + THE LIVINGSTONE DAISIES + THE YEARLINGS + WARCHIEF Apollo Bay Music Festival Site, Apollo Bay. 12:00pm. $135.

THE BLACK SEEDS The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $46.

THE BREADMAKERS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5.

THE GROOVETONES Blarney Stone Irish Pub, Yarraville. 8:30pm.

THE PASS OUTS + 23AOA + THE CANING + TRANSISTOR Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

THE PRAYERBABIES Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

THE SOLICITORS + HUNTING SEASON + RUMOUR CONTROL Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

THE SUNDAY CHAIRS + DJ HAINES + NICOLETTE FORTE & FRIENDS + SARAH CARNEGIE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $12.

TOOL Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

WAKEFIELD MINI-FESTIVAL - FEAT: BELLUSIRA + ANGE STELLA + DANA ROSKVIST + FREESTATE + GRAND CRU + KAITY DUNSTAN + KHRISTIAN MIZZI & THE SIRENS + SPYKITE + UNDERGROUND Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

AFRICAN GOSPEL CHOIR Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. $15.

BEN KELLY St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 1:00pm.

CLASSICAL REVOLUTION Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

IAKI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.

JULIA O’HARA & ULTRAFOX Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20.

KING BEE BISCUIT Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

LETTER B Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

MELBOURNE JAZZ CO TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

SHORT ORDER SCHEFS + DJ MY~T~JAXX Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 4:30pm.

SONYA VERONICA & THE ROGER CLARK QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.

THE EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.

THE TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.

TRIO RIO 57 Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ALICIA ADKINS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

ANDY GORDON + SARAH EIDA Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00am. $10.

ARCHER & THE LONG GONE DADDIES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

BEN KELLY Kelly’s Bar, Olinda. 9:00pm.

GOOD MORNING BLUES BAND Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood.

9:00pm.

GOYIM KLEZMER KAOS Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS + MIDNIGHT SCAVENGERS + TENDER BONES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

MUSIKUNST - FEAT: COLLABRATIVE GLITCH Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 4:00pm.

OL’ TIMEY BLUEGRASS BAND Victoria Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

QUADRAJET Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

SPOONFUL Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.

SUGAR FED LEOPARDS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

THE CONCH Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

THE GALLANT TREES + ELEPHANT EYES + IAN MURTAGH + JOSH DURNO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

THE THREE KINGS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

VANCE JOY (EP LAUNCH) + ALI BARTER + ROSS JAMES IRWIN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.

SUNDAY APRIL 28 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS SIDE STACKS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

AEROSMITH Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ANNA SMYRK & THE APPETITES + MATT KELLY + MIGHTY SUN + THE MATT GLASS BAND Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

BENNY & THE DUKES + UP UP AWAY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm.

BIRDS & THE BEES SHOWCASE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

CABBAGES & KINGS + TRASH FAIRYS 303, Northcote.

8:30pm.

CARIBBEAN VOODOO COSTUME PARTY - FEAT: LA BASTARD + LAKE PALMER + RICOCHET PETE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.

ESTEE BIG BAND Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

JUNK HORSES + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + SAM REIHER The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $10.

KING TUFF + BAD ACHES + SCOTDRAKULA + SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:30pm.

LARGE NO 12S Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

PAINT ME A PHOENIX + CHICO FLASH + EUCLID Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm.

ROAD RATZ - FEAT: ROAD RATS + DJ PETE ROLLINS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

THE LUAU COWBOYS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

VANCE JOY (EP LAUNCH) + ALI BARTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

VANCE JOY (MATINEE) + ALI BARTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $13.

ZOE K + THE NYMPHS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AMOROSO DUO Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 4:30pm.

BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm.

ENTROPY QUARTET Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

JAZZ NOTES - FEAT: DELIA GAWTHORNE + JAN BLAKE + LUELLA MCCORMACK Treble Clef Jazz Lounge, Chirnside Park. 2:00pm.

JAZZ VOCAL SESSIONS 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. $5.

MARGIE LOU DYER TRIO Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda.

8:30pm.

NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ACADEMY (NAUGHTY CAT TOUR) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $15.

THE ANDREA KELLER QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

VIC COLLEGE OF THE ARTS SECONDARY Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 2:00pm. $14.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ALEX LASHLIE’S GROWL + DJ ETTA CURRY SUPPRESSION RING + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 6:00pm.

ALI E Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:44pm.

AMY GANTER & THE LOVE & SQUALORS Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

BEN KELLY Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.

BRUNSWICK BLUES SHOOTERS + KEN MAHER + TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

CAM EWART Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

CHECKERBOARD Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm.

CHERRY ARVO BLUES - FEAT: CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm.

CHERRYWOOD Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

CHRIS WILSON Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm.

COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

DIRT RIVER RADIO Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

EVA MCGOWAN Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.

HARRY HOOKEY + ASHLEIGH DALLAS + MIA WRAY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 5:00pm.

JOE FORRESTER + BEAUTIFUL CHANGE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

LINDSAY FIELD & SAM SEE & GLYN MASON Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm.

MOOSEJAW RIFLE CLUB Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

MOUNTAIN & SWAMP Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

5:00pm.

OLIVERS ARMY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC Rose Hotel (williamstown), Williamstown. 3:00pm.

PHIL MANNING Dogs Bar, St Kilda. 6:00pm.

RON S PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

SUNDAY FUNDAY - FEAT: ROWIE + NACKERS Big Mouth, St Kilda. 6:00pm.

SUNFIRE SQUAD + JAMES CADDY + REEDS OF THE TEMPTRESS + VOODOO SWAMP DADDIES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

THE ADELAIDE CROWS + CARP + DAIMARU Bendigo Hotel,

Buzzcocks

DIG IT UP! Twelve months in the making, the second annual Dig It Up! The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational is almost here. Held on ANZAC Day, I’m trying to make a clever connection between Dig It Up! and the diggers of WWII but I can’t sorry. Across two venues and three stages, Dig It Up! will feature the Hoodoo Gurus performing Mars Needs Guitars in its entirety (plus other hits) along with Blue Oyster Cult, Flamin’ Groovies, Buzzcocks, Peter Case Band, The Stems, The Moodists, Ron S.Peno & The Superstitions, Super Wild Horses and many more.

Comedians playing at Spleen include Dave O’Neil, Bob Franklin and MC Lawrence Mooney. Dig It Up! is on at the Palace Theatre and Spleen Bar on Thursday April 25. Tickets from Ticketek, door at 12pm.

WED 24 APR APRIL RESIDENCY / COBRA:

HOLY MOSES HEARTACHE

+ GUESTS

MONKEY’S PIRATE LAUREN MOORE BANDROOM - 9.00PM:

QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS

DR PIFFLE AND THE BURLAP BAND ENGINE (THREE SEVEN) Engine Three Seven are going back to basics and have decided numbers in band names are pretty passé.

(Sorry Blink-182, The B-52s, 2pac, Boyz 2 Men, Sum 41 and so on. Not sorry to you, 3 Doors Down, seriously, you suck.) They are now just going by Engine and they’re revving up (c’mannnnn) to launch their new single Wold War Away this Friday April 26 at Ding Dong Lounge. Support is from High Side Driver (launching an EP), The Charge and Fisker. Doors at 8pm.

THU 25 APR ANZAC DAY

NIHL

KALEIDOSCOPE, JAREK BEAR THE MAMMOTH FRI 26 APR COBRA:

KITTY ROCK BUMP ‘N’ GRIND! BURLESQUE BANDROOM - 9.00PM:

CAMPERDOWN & OUT

THE COUNT WITH...

THE GROWL

ALBUM LAUNCH

MAD NANNA THE OCEAN PARTY NERVOUS

SAT 27 APR FRONT BAR / 5 - 7.00PM:

NAKED BODIES (RESIDENCY) + GUESTS

BRENDAN WEST AND THE BROKEN BONES BANDROOM - 9.00PM:

GRETA MOB BURIED HORSES JACK ON FIRE

SYD

SUN 28 APR ON SALE NOW Name: Cameron Avery.

Ten bands everyone should know about: Usurper of Modern Medicine, Father John Misty, THE GORIES, Fucking Teeth, Danny Brown, The Silents, The Drags, AC/DC, Doctopus, Gunns.

Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Kettle Sea Salt chips, hommus, pita chips, fries, more fries, Natural Confectionary Company Squirms, delicious energy mix, guacamole, pineapple.

Eight possessions that define you: I don’t have anything that ‘defines me’ – maybe my copy of The Queen Is Dead … seemed like a good idea when I picked it up at servo in Northbridge at 1am, but when I got it home it severely lacked in longevity and experimentation.

Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mixtape: Top Gun, Game of Thrones, Back to the Future I, II & III, Star Wars (all of the them), Life is Beautiful, Down By Law and anything DiCaprio (swoon).

Six bad habits you can’t escape: Smoking, twirling my hair, jiggling my leg, speeding, interrupting Nick when he talks, laughing when other

people fart.

Five people who inspire you: Nick Allbrook, Kevin Parker, Elvis Presley, Peter Bibby, Matthew Pavlich.

Four things that turn you on: Liz Lemon, jeans and t-shirts, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood songs, porn.

Three goals for your music: To be proud of all my songs when I’m old, to write a song as good as You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, to write a song they can use on a James Bond movie.

Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: Ben Witt Solo at the Bird this year, he shaved his face with a razor on stage, wore rubber gloves and vacuumed it up whilst sing a song called Someday I’m Gonna Get Clean and played this song he wrote called We Got Love On Our Side which faaarrrkin’ rocks and then played a song on harmonica called Set Up A Place For Me… shwing!

Beyonce… enough said.

One day left before the apocalypse and you…: Call Bruce Willis and tell him to stop being a pussy sort that fuckin’ shit out!

When’s the gig/release?

Launching our album What Would Christ Do?? at The Workers Club tonight.

SUBMIT YOUR GIGS TO GIGGUIDE@BEAT.COM.AU

KING TUFF

USA

SCOTDRAKULA BAD ACHES SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS COMING SOON: 3.5 PEAK TWINS SINGLE LAUNCH 4.5 GREAT EARTHQUAKE ALBUM LAUNCH 10.5 BURIED FEATHER ALBUM LAUNCH 31.5 SUPER WILD HORSES ALBUM LAUNCH TIX ON SALE NOW FROM OZTIX.COM.AU: KING TUFF SUN 28.4 SUPER WILD HORSES ALBUM LAUNCH FRI 31.5 71 JOHNSTON ST. COLLINGWOOD . 03 9419 5320 TOTE OPEN: WED - SUN / 4.00pm ‘TIL LATE BAND BOOKINGS: NICCI@BAROPEN.COM.AU

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Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5.

THE LUCILLES + NICK CHARLES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.

THE SILENCE & THE SKETCH Hardiman’s Hotel, Kensington. 8:00pm.

THE T-BONES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

YOUNG GUNS - FEAT: ORANGE + ALLISON- JESSICA + AUTHORITY + CASIDHE + DANISH + EMILY SCHNALL + J.BAKER + PROSTHESIS OF MIND + RYAN KING + SHE SAID ZED + SINFUL SOLITUDE + STATE OF INDECISION + SWEET TALK THE PRINCESS + TAYLA MUIR + THE ALMOSTS + TOXIC DAZE + YOUR UNDERGROUND HERO Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 2:00pm. $20.

60 SECONDS WITH…

THE COUGHIN’ NAILS

60 SECONDS WITH… THE ALAN LADDS

Wednesday April 24, 2012 With Ruth Mihelcic

The ‘Youth In Blues’ music mentoring program kicks off this Saturday afternoon, the first of four sessions in which participants will learn about the history of the Blues, beats and rhythms, song writing, technical and performance skills. The program is held annually and if it sounds like something you’d like to get involved in, the person to speak to is John Jermanon on 0425 776 613 or check out www.mbas.org.au/youth-in-blues.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC PAPER PLANE + BLOOM 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8.

PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

THE ALLAN BROWNE SEXTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

THE JANE CLIFTON TRIO Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ACOUSTIC SESSION - FEAT: SOPHIE ROSE + LESHA Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $45.

PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

SONGWRITER SESSIONS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.

THE OLD LADIES + OHMS + THE CHOLESTEROLLERS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

TUESDAY APRIL 30 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AKTION UNIT + BLEACH BOYS + SCRATCH PLATE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.

MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15.

THE ALAN LADDS + DJ MATT Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

THE BRONX + BLACKLEVEL EMBASSY + VIOLENT SOHO Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $45.

VANCE JOY + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BEN HARRISON QUARTET Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

BOSSA NOVA JAM Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JC JAZZ COLLECTIVE + JOE O’CONNOR TRIO + KIRSCH TRIO Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $10.

OPEN MIC Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

SAM ZERNA QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

ST LEONARDS & PETER FOLEY Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:00pm. $14.

VCA CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAM ENSEMBLE COMPETITION FINAL Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.

WAZ E JAMES BAND Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

Define your genre in five words or less: Glam rock is back, baby!

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?

The ‘Nails’ sound might be likened to post punk glam rock. Over the top ‘take no prisoners’ rock’n’roll so full of clichés and posturing you could create a reality TV show around us.

What do you love about making music?

Making music is the only way I know emotionally to turn myself inside out. To take what is inside you and give it a form that allows it to be accessible to other people. People need to be in touch with their creative side and truly express themselves. For me music makes that happen… and of course, the fancy hotels, limousines and girls!

What do you hate about the music industry?

What I hate about the music industry is that the lyrics have to be sung in a chosen language. The music itself is a universal language, and I wish there was one universal language for the lyrics as well. The Coughin’ Nails built their career in the ‘80s across Eastern Europe and we had to record tracks in many different languages and I really think some of our better tracks get lost in translation. Subtitles don’t work live.

What can a punter expect from your live show?

Our live shows are spontaneous and high energy. We have a ‘no set list’ policy and play what feels right on the night. We love pyrotechnics and all the smoke and mirrors that makes a live music experience edge and memorable. I like to think of our live shows as “spontaneous combustion.”

Tell us about the last song you wrote.

My last song is Not A Very Good Year. It is my ‘legacy song’ outlining how certain choices I have made have impacted my career, my health and ultimately my immanent death.

I hope it connects with people who may have to make similar choices in their lives. We’ve just put this track out as a film clip exclusively for Smokescreen Music Festival.

Where would you like to be in five years?

In five years time I would like to be still breathing and playing rock’n’roll. A lung transplant and a hair transplant would be a big help in that regard. If not, I would like to be the lead singer of the rock’n’roll heaven glam rock all stars and have a gravestone that has pyrotechnics and lasers that fire up each year for my birthday.

COUGHIN’ NAILS are part of the Smokescreen Music Festival.

The Alan Ladd’s are: Liam Gerner on guitar and vocals, Shane Reilly on pedal steel and vocals, Luke Moller on fiddle, mando and vocals, Steve Hadley on double bass and Roger Bergodaz on drums.

Define your genre in five words or less: Swinging, recklessly precise, woopwoop, honkytonk.

What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?

Not suck…. Simon Cowells’ pendulum.

Why should everyone come and see your band?

They shouldn’t. They should come and hear us. Basically because individually The Alan Ladds have played with some of the biggest names in music. Cranston Beaudelaire Nickolokopolis, a big name no doubt, too big some say. Some say it’s too big to say. Other names that come to mind that are actually real people they’ve played with are; Tex Perkins, Paul Kelly, Jerry (Lee) Lewis, Kasey Chambers, Matt Walker, Elton John, Ryan Bingham, The Black Sorrows, and so on.

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?

When our punters (Alans and Alains) come to our shows blindfolded, as many of them choose to do, they often say we sound like we look. But obviously that’s hard to describe. So picture the sound of five musically inclined chickens being chased around a pub by Nick Lowe, Robbie Fulks, Jerry Reed, Tom T Hall and Jerry Lee Lewis.

What can a punter expect from your live show?

The Alan Ladds bring together the classic sounds of fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel, double bass, flat top guitar and drums. Executed with grit and panache, you will hear us inject ourselves into classics, modern classics and personal statements in song with reckless precision.

What makes a good musician?

Ask Steve Hadley, Shane Reilly, Luke Moller, Roger Bergodaz and Liam Gerner… oh they’re in The Alan Ladds.

If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?

Robbie Fulks.

When are you doing your thing next?

Tonight we play out Wednesday residency at The Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. We also play a Tuesday residency at the Cherry Bar. On Mondays in May we will play at The Yarra Hotel, Abbottsford.

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The deadline for the “It’s There For Life” competition has now been extended out to finish in early May. The campaign is about staying safe online and protecting your future representations by thinking twice before you post something that will stay online forever. The extension means you have a bit more time to send in a design, image or video that gets the campaign’s message across and win $1500 in prizes for your efforts. More info is at www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au.

FReeZA groups across Victoria are looking for bands to enter this year’s Push Start Battle of the Bands competition. The latest call outs come from Mitchell FReeZA who is offering first place $400 and 12 hours of recording time / second place $200 and 6 hours of recording time / best original song gets a huge ‘local and music sponsors’ hamper. Enter at www.facebook.com/ mitchellfreeza by tomorrow.

Moreland’s Amped Up Productions are keeping their Battle applications open until the end of April, www.facebook. com/ampedupfreeza has more info. If you’re in Kingston, Fuse Productions FReeZA are also calling out for bands, www.facebook.com/fuseproductions for what you need!

Applications for Manningham’s Palooza close June 25, download the form from our website (thepush.com.au) then email it to fusion_freeza@hotmail.com to enter.

Young musos from Geelong should check out The fOrT youth centre on the corner of Melbourne and St Georges Rd, Norlane. They run guitar, piano and singing lessons, jam sessions and the occasional movie marathons, art workshops, expression sessions, and music gigs. Call them on 5272 5272 or check out www.facebook.com/ fortgeelong.

Share your news with us by sending it to whatson@thepush. com.au and we’ll chuck it up online and in this column!

ALL AGES TIMETABLE Thursday April 25 Hill Rage w/ DJ Gold, Pyramid Hill Hall, 7:30pm-11pm, $10, Tony Bellenger on 5494 1232 or Loddon@loddon.vic. gov.au, U18 The Next Wave Competition (Apollo Bay Music Festival) w/ Jumble Jumble, Ripley Callahan, Scott Boyd, Oh Pep!, Levi and Cody Anderson, Steeplejack, Cardinal, Altitude, Chloe Foy, and Izzy Losi and the Auracles, Mechanics Hall, 21 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay, 7pm-10pm, $40 Youth ticket all weekend, Vicki Jeffrey on 5232 9516 or www.copacc.com.au, AA Mantra & Joelistics w/ Hindsight, Aceylum, Neonz, and MC A.C, Musicman Mega Store, 6:45pm-10pm, $10 presale or $15 door, Rory White on 5434 6092 or www. yobendigo.com.au, AA Anchors w/ Strickland, and The Union Pacific, Musicman Mega Store, 363 Hargreaves St, Bendigo, AA House Vs. Hurricane w/ Prepared Like A Bride, Storm The Sky, and Brooklyn, The Courthouse, Cnr Gheringhap and Little Malop Streets, Geelong, www. oztix.com.au, AA Friday April 26 House Vs. Hurricane w/ Prepared Like A Bride, Storm The Sky, and Brooklyn, Mooroolbark Community Centre, Brice Avenue, Mooroolbark, 6pm, www.oztix. com.au or 1300 762 545, AA Tame Impala, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, $59.90, www.ticketmaster.com.au, AA Saturday March 27 Break The Ice w/ Cold World, Reincarnation, Miles Away, 50 Lions, Iron Mind, Phantoms, Survival, Endless Heights, Vigilante, and Free World, Lilydale Showgrounds, Market St, Lilydale, 1pm, www.oztix.com.au, AA

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

whatson@thepush.com.au

ACCESS ALL AGES

MONDAY APRIL 29 BLACK SABBATH Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne.

8:00pm.

CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: SCATTERED ORDER + ANGEL EYES + BOM ATERG + DEAD RIVER + WHITE HEX DJS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm.

THE BEEGLES + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + PETE BIBBY + PSYCHODASIES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:45pm.

+ BEAT PRESENT...

BIG SCARY

Big Scary aren’t just two adjectives to describe Jurassic Park 3D at the IMAX. They’re a pretty bloody brilliant melodic pop band who are touring nationally to support single Phil Collins. That’s a song by the way, not the marital status of the drummer from Genesis. They play The Corner Hotel this Saturday April 27, and it is sold out.

SUBMIT YOUR GIGS TO GIGGUIDE@BEAT.COM.AU

Sunday March 28 Break The Ice w/ Bane, Civil War, Machina Genova, Hopeless, Relentless, Warbrain, The Weight, The Others, Outright, and Thorns, Lilydale Showgrounds, Market St, Lilydale, 1pm, www.oztix.com.au, AA Monday March 29 Black Sabbath, Rod Laver Arena, Batman Ave, Melbourne, 7:30pm, $149.90, www.premier.ticketek.com.au, AA

THURSDAY APR 25TH

CHAD MASON

GREAT BRITAIN HOTEL THU 25 APRIL

BACK FROM USA ACOUSTIC SESSION FROM 8.30 PM

LAKE PALMER (TWO SETS)

SATURDAY APR 27TH

SAT 27 APRIL

DIRTY YORK

LAST SHOW BEFORE EUROPE TOUR 2 SETS FROM 5.00

SUNDAY APR 28TH

RON S PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS 2 SETS FROM 5.00 PM

NEXT WEEK...

SAT 4TH - CHAD MASON BAND SUN 5TH - CHARLES JENKINS TUE 7TH - LIAM GERNER (ACOUSTIC)

FROM 8PM

LITTLE MURDER + SONS OF LEE MARVIN FROM 9PM

MUSIKUNST PRESENTS:

COLLABRATIVE GLITCH FROM 4PM

SUN 28 APRIL

JOE FORRESTER + BEAUTIFUL CHANGE

Wed. April 24th: wine, whiskey, women

8pm: The Shambelles Thurs. April 25th:

8pm: Bona Fide Travellers Fri. April 26th:

6PM: Traditional Irish Music Session with Dan Bourke & Friends Sat. April 27th:

9pm: Archer & the Long Gone Daddies

FROM 7:30PM

WEEKLY ASSORTMENTS

Sun. April 28th:

MonDAYS $10 PIZZA & POT

4PM: The Lucilles 6:30PM: Nick Charles

TueSDAYS

Tues. April 30th:

FREE POOL ALL NIGHT MRS SMITH’S TRIVIA $10 PIZZA & POT 9PM

8PM: Weekly Trivia

WEDNESDAYS

OPEN MIC NIGHT 9PM 447 CHURCH ST RICHMOND 9429 5066 www.greatbritainhotel.com.au

The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street (directly opposite Queen Vic Market), Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au

SUBMIT YOUR GIGS TO GIGGUIDE@BEAT.COM.AU

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COURSE PROFILE

SAE AUDIO ENGINEERING AND SOUND PRODUCTION COURSES

SAE is widely regarded as a pioneer in creative media education, with all courses being delivered in an innovative learning environment, using their proven teaching methods that combine sound theoretical knowledge with invaluable hands-on training. The biggest Audio school in the country with facilities located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Adelaide and Perth – we caught up with SAE to find out more about what’s on offer.

Being a prospective student, what can I hope to learn from from your Sound Engineering courses?

Our students learn and master technical and creative aspects of the audio production process by working on multifaceted projects in professional studio, live sound and post-production environments. Graduates will leave with a sound knowledge and unparalleled technical and creative proficiency, well equipped to establish themselves within the industry in many audio and production roles.

What positions will graduates be qualified to work in?

With a proven track record in post graduate employment, students will gain the skills required to work as a sound, mix or mastering engineer, a producer, or in various other professions within the audio and entertainment industries.

Explain your main methods for teaching?

Our education concept is very simple; learn by doing.

Our teaching method combines sound theoretical knowledge with invaluable hands-on training. This hands-on experience with the latest audio engineering equipment in the industry, ensures students that everything discussed in class and lectures can be applied practically upon graduation.

How is the course structured?

Students are now offered the opportunity to fast

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track their degree and finish in two years, completing 3 trimesters per year.

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SASKWATCH Friday April 19, Prince Bandroom

KIRIN J CALLINAN Saturday April 13 & Sunday April 14, The Grace Darling As far as Kirin J Callinan performances go, the twonight return stint at Grace Darling was relatively conventional fare. Returning to solo mode, Kirin opened each set with a classic (Thighs Saturday, She Sunday) before showcasing material from his just-announced debut album.

Support came from The Shags Experience aka The Impeccable DJ Swim Between The Shags And His Moog, which pretty much did what it says on the tin.

Shags Chamberlain took to the decks wearing Summer Bay-approved lifesaver getup replete with silver togs.

The climactic moment came when, after spinning a deep cut from Bowie’s oft-neglected Tonight, Shags stood stoically behind his aviators as the soundtrack from The Dark Crystal blared. Top stuff.

Saturday night, Kirin was a bit like a cornered beast.

His trademark stunted banter was more drawn out, his bursts of guitar were more violent, new single Embracism sounded dangerous as hell. Showcasing

his folk side, Chardonnay Sean nails the balance between devastation and endearing wry wit. Halo is the evolution of a stunning instrumental that has been the staple of Kirin’s sets over the past year.

The two performances had the air of epochtransition for Kirin. The album is finally on the way.

He’s garnering attention in the States. It’s happening.

There was a sense of calm on Sunday night. The strobes were kept in check, the space between songs was concise, and Kirin was just plain good.

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK LOVED: The closing song with the refrain “God is in the water, but it’s hell here on earth”. Dunno what it’s called, but it’s a bloody corker.

HATED: The onset of blueballs after the frenetic beat in Way II War failed to materialise.

DRANK: Water.

DICK DIVER Friday April 19, The Tote It seemed like Dick Diver were a bit too big for the humble Tote tonight. The day prior, a headline show at The Corner was announced for this July.

It will probably sell out, much like The Tote tonight.

Deservedly so, because right now Dick Diver are unstoppable. New LP Calendar Days is a perfect slice of Australian pop and a month prior they stormed Golden Plains for the definitive set of the festival.

I could never get into Zingers, Milk Teddy’s lauded LP of last year. Couldn’t stand the impenetrable wall that was the questionable washy production. But in the live setting they are pretty bloody wonderful, pulling off a pristine set with an effortless cool.

Singer Thomas Mendelovits’s voice was a treasure to behold, particularly on the falsetto-laden Suburbs Mystery. Sweet, sweet stuff.

The lovable cast of characters that make up Dick Diver took to the stage with a wry cockiness, running through a selection of well-loved cuts both

old and new.

Feel-great anthem of the century Head Back played out much like it did at the Supernatural Amphitheatre, with feel-great dude of the century Al Montfort picking up the sax to provide a soothing coda to close. This time the cries to “ditch Ted [Ballieu]” were subbed out for some platitudes about Maggie Thatcher. Jolly good fun.

There was much love in the room tonight, and a weird sense of pride for our Dick Diver. Right now, they’re the crème de la crème of ol’ Melbourne town.

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK LOVED: The chorus of Keno gets me every time, as does that guitar solo when it kicks in.

HATED: Sold out shows at The Tote can get a bit claustro’ ay.

DRANK: Pots.

One of the most exciting new names in Australian soul, Melbourne nine-piece Saskwatch proved they can indeed get the party started on a Friday night.

Touring in support of new single I Get Lonely, the band had St Kilda’s music savvy rubbing shoulders – very closely – to some sweet, old-fashioned grooves.

Horns at the ready and frontwoman Nkechi Anele spritely bounces onto stage, instantly lighting up the room in a tight-fitting silver party dress. In no time at all, she has the whole crowd clapping to her beat as they remain hypnotised by the full-bodied boom box inside her throat.

Diving straight into their new catalogue with Hands, Saskwatch instantly offered something new to fervent fans. With a more pronounced rock influence than their previous work, the track blends be-bop, soul and pop to start the show in exactly the right key. It was to be a recurring theme with their new material that shows an obvious progression with their songwriting and style.

Coca Cola, a cut from their debut album Leave It All Behind, took us back to the ‘60s with its Jackson Five vibe and prominent horn section. A couple of downtempo tracks allowed time to refill glasses at the bar before new track, Not Ready Yet, got the crowd moving again. Still on a high, Two Hearts got a rousing response as Anele sang about the pains of love.

The spotlight then shifted to the rest of the band as Anele left the boys to their own devices. A dirty funk rhythm exploded as horns were raised and keys were slammed in what soon formed a

familiar tune. A cut from their first album, Kids saw Saskwatch give the Robbie Williams classic a thorough funkifying and was a standout moment in the show.

Anele emerged again to deliver a deep funk song, Keep Me In Mind – again, with a rock tinge that further intrigued fans with what was to come on the forthcoming record. Second Best made Anele’s voice pop and was a definite highlight, with a theatrical pause mid-song freezing the band in time.

Alone, a more somber moment, again showcased Alene’s vocal brilliance in a slow but effective build.

An earlier single and therefore a crowd favourite, Don’t Wanna, was followed by the uptempo Alone, which earned its own stripes with its staccato pop flavour.

It was at this point Alene revealed the latest single, I Get Lonely. Touching this time on ska sensibilities, this uptempo track brought out a little Gwen Stefani in the singer. And to round it all off, the band’s best known single, Your Love – even more cute and cuddly than hearing it on the radio. There aren’t many local acts getting exposure on the soul/ R&B scene but these guys have the potential to dominate – great singer, great songwriting and great musicians. See what all the fuss is about.

BY JEN WILSON LOVED: Good old-fashioned R&B. HATED: Not knowing the words to the new songs!

DRANK: Coca Cola (and ice).

SONGS Saturday April 20, The Workers Club It was a deceptively full Workers Club that formed the bed for Sydney four-piece Songs to lay down 50 minutes of quirky and understated rock. The understatement and calm reassurance of Songs’ music, that sounds like a coalescence of Kim Gordon, J Mascis and Bob Dylan, cloaked me in a haze so it wasn’t until two songs into Songs’ set that I realised the room was full of (very quiet and still) people.

Support act Terrible Truths had given me a toothache – seriously. There is definitely a delightful discordance to their post-punk, post-rock, postgrunge music but unfortunately this cacophony combined with the remnant of a rather hearty Portuguese tart I had consumed earlier that night almost resulted in me being rushed to the dentist.

Songs’ rarely play in Melbourne, probably due to the full time occupations of founding members Max Doyle and Craig Emmerson-Everitt’s that make extensive tours almost impossible. However, the band’s bassist and female vocalist Ela Stiles spends time in Melbourne as part of the group Bushwalking and was very recently in town playing with Scott & Charlene’s Wedding. Stiles local connections resulted in there being quite a few rock scenesters present and thus plenty of kitsch Jerry Seinfeld

jumpers.

In the lead up to Songs’ set I admitted to my friend that I hadn’t actually listened to the album this show was launching, Malabar, but I was such a big fan of the 2009 debut there was no way I was missing this gig. My friend told me to expect more psychedelic rock with the new material.

With this expectation firmly in mind it wasn’t until Songs played the new album’s single Boy/Girl that I got the psych vibe my friend had told me about.

Another huge factor of the new material like the title track Malabar is Stiles presence in front of the microphone – it is where she belongs and the band benefits hugely from it.

With minimal stage chatter and zero crowd interaction Songs’ set seamlessly fluttered and flowed along until the band politely thanked the crowd and left the stage.

BY DAN WATT

LOVED: Ela Stiles.

HATED: The unisex toilets.

DRANK: The unisex toilets.

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Name/Band: Timothy Nelson of Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, crazily enough.

Ten bands everyone should know about: The Floors, The Kill Devil Hills, Amanda Merdzan, The Kuillotines, Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics, The Empty Cup, Jacob Diamond, Boom! Bap! Pow!, The Chemist, Tracksuit.

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Eight possessions that define you: My demerit points.

Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape: Seven miscellaneous episodes of The Office. The real one, not the American one.

Six bad habits you can’t escape: Guitar strings.

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Five people who inspire you: The Beatles and Louis CK. Four things that turn you on: The legs of my Rhodes. Totally a legs man.

Three goals for your music: World domination on three different planets. I hear the piracy’s not as big an issue on Saturn.

Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: Wilco in Rochester, NY 2012 – best live band in the world.

Oasis at Rock It Festival 2005 – last true rock’n’roll stars.

One day left before the apocalypse and you…: Stop worrying about debt.

When’s the gig / release?

Mary Lou single launch is at The Toff In Town on Thursday April 25 with Amanda Merdzan plus guests. Single now available on iTunes.

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