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NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, M.WARD AND SUPERCHUNK Three of the biggest drawcards of the now defunct 2013 Harvest Festival will join forces for a headline tour this November. The Australian tour will be the first ever for cult indie icons Neutral Milk Hotel. They’ll be joined by Oregon troubadour M.Ward and Superchunk. Catch them at The Forum on Friday November 15. Tickets through Ticketmaster.
BRIGHTER LATER Brighter Later will bring their hazy daydream soundtrack to the Northcote Social Club for their final headline show of 2013. The project of frontwoman/ songwriter Jaye Kranz and collaborator Virginia Bott, the sound of their debut LP Wolves has been described as a mixture of Mazzy Star, Cat Power, Low and Sigur Ros.Get dreamy this Sunday October 13. Tickets are on sale now via the Northcote Social Club.
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND Following a wildly entertaining set at the Big Day Out festival in January, Vampire Weekend are ready to make the return trip Down Under in 2014 for two special headlining shows in Melbourne and Sydney. This announcement comes after the band recently confirmed their appearance at The Falls Music & Arts Festival in Marion Bay, Lorne and Byron Bay at the end of 2013. Catch them at Festival Hall on Monday January 6.
ATP RELEASE THE BATS ATP’s second Australian installment for 2013 has been forced to change venues. Planned to take place in Altona, the event will now take place in St Kilda over two venues - The Palais (main stage) and the Prince Bandroom (second stage). In a statement from the festival, it explains that “due to the current ticket sales trajectory we are faced with moving the event to these venues to ensure the event can take place. All currently booked tickets will be valid for new location and based on the smaller capacity of the new location we now only have a very small amount of tickets left before the event is sold out. All ticketholders will be emailed soon with more info about the event including wristbanding.” The lineup remains unchanged (minus the already announced cancellation of The Jesus Lizard). It takes place on Saturday October 26. Tickets are on sale via atpfestival.com.
LEONARD COHEN The legendary Leonard Cohen will return to Australia this November and today a second Melbourne show has been announced. Cohen - along with his incredible nine piece band featuring the likes of Sharon Robinson, the infamous Webb Sisters and musical director Roscoe Beck - will be embarking on a gigantic national tour that includes stop over’s in both major cities and regional areas. Cohen will hit Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday November 20 and Monday December 9 (second show) and play at A Day On The Green on Saturday November 23 at Bimbadgen Winery, Hunter Valley.
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2013 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK FULL PROGRAM REVEALED The full program for Melbourne Music Week has been unveiled. After a huge initial announcement that featured an Australian exclusive performance of Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, an I Oh You curated party at Flagstaff Station alongside the reveal of the 2013 hub, the full program has been revealed. The full program will feature performances from Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, Canyons & Daniel Boyd, Gold Fields, The Bats, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Justin Vandervolgen, Dick Diver & Twerps, Naysayer & Gilsun, Jacques Lu Cont, Shed, Andy Stott, Mikal Cronin, Roland Tings, Breton, The UV Race, Andras Fox, Hieroglyphic Being, Oscar Keysung, Boomgates, SNKDKTL DJs, No Zu, Fraser A Gorman & Courtney Barnett, Bombay Royale, Ooga Boogas, Footy, Willow Beats, Forces, Home Travel and a whole lot more local talent. Across 13 music venues including Boney, Section 8, Ferdydurke and Bennetts Lane the Live Music Safari will return featuring over 40 local artists playing jazz, hip hop, rock, techno and every genre in between. The Label Series will this year see Aarght Records laying siege to Melbourne University’s underground car park, while Lost and Lonesome will celebrate their 15th birthday with a full-day indie-pop fiesta featuring 15 acts at the North Melbourne Meat Market. Following on from 2011’s KUBIK Melbourne, and 2012’s Where?House; 2013’s ‘The Residence’ offers a dynamic, purpose-built venue at Birrarung Marr. Created in collaboration with the People’s Market, The Residence will feature video mapping, light installations, market, food and entertainment offerings as well as an exciting music program each day and night of the festival. The Residence will be curated by 18 leading industry players, including Mistletone, Modular, The Operatives and Polyester Records (who are celebrating their 30th anniversary). Melbourne Music Week 2013 will run from Friday November 15 - Sunday November 24 all around Melbourne. Visit thatsmelbourne.com.au for more information, tickets and the gargantuan full program.
WHITE SUMMER Melbourne’s rowdy swamp-blues trio, White Summer, have announced the release of their first single Head in the Sand and an accompanying launch party in Fitzroy later this month. Off of their forthcoming four-track EP, Head in the Sand is the charming result of a towering guitar hook, garage charged bassline, vintage drums, topped off with angsty vocals. White Summer will play The Evelyn on Thursday October 24.
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CAVE Psychedelic quartet Cave will be returning to Australia this December in promotion of their fourth LP Threace. Formed in 2006, Cave have established themselves as masters of slow-burning, instrumental grooves that build towards a climax of euphoric hypnotic rhythms. Fuzzy, electric and entrancing, Threace will be a purely instrumental record that meditates between jazzinfected tunes and exotic psychedelic crescendos. Cave will perform at the Kelvin Club on Friday December 6. Tickets are available through lifeisnoise.com.
FUTURE OF THE LEFT
They’re caustic, they’re irreverent, they rock like nobody’s business and they seem addicted to the Australian summer. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re talking about the one and only Future Of The Left. Since Future Of The Left formed back in 2005 following the dissolution of much-loved Cardiff outfit Mclusky – both frontman Andy “Falco” Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone were alumni from that fine band, the current lineup rounded out by guitarist Jimmy Watkins and Aussie bassist Julia Ruzicka – they’ve been constant visitors to our shores, always preferring to come down here in the height of the summer heatwave, presumably to get the hell out of the cruel Welsh winter. Catch ‘em at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday January 2.
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PAUL GREENE & THE OTHER COLOURS Paul Greene & the Other Colours will embark on a national tour in support of their forthcoming album and latest single Beautiful Delusion. Keeping in theme with the band’s aptitude for sophisticated songwriting and genre-less productions, Beautiful Delusion combines clever lyrics with a minimal groove. Their tour will include a taste of the new album, due out in 2014, as well as tracks from their 2012 release, Behind the Stars. Paul Greene & the Other Colours will play at the Northcote Social Club on Thursday November 21.
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Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Prince, Hendrix and Daft Punk now that they have gone ‘70s funk/disco. What do you love about making music? There’s so many things I love: one is the feeling you get listening back to a completed piece. The blending of the elements, the groove, the clean, the dirty, all the colours together like a painting, then taking a step back and observing. I also love that music can become such an important part of people lives. People can have lifelong memorable experiences with your music just as you do with someone else’s music, and that’s an amazing thought. What do you hate about the music industry? All the propaganda that is ever-present, the pigeonholing of artists and the general lack of recognition, support and push for any music that isn’t seen as ‘trendy’ right now. Both in the mainstream and alternative scenes. When are you releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? The single Leavn It All Behind will be available digitally on iTunes and the like on Monday November 11. Both in extended mix format and a single version. I’m also going to be releasing it in high quality WAV format through my website for anyone who likes listening to their music in better quality than mp3. Why should everyone come and see you? I think my live shows are a unique experience to see. A one man band type show which is a hybrid of a dance act mixed with the power of a rock gig and the credibility and musicianship of a real musician playing instruments, as I recreate my songs live. Also, I think my guitar playing and the way I perform has become the real talking point of my shows, and people seem to really respond to the long Hendrix-style solos and the Prince-style funk that I’ve adopted and put in my own way. When’s the gig and who with? This Friday October 11, Harts is playing a free show with Loose Tooth and DJ Denver Maxx at The Prince Public Bar.
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60 SECONDS with ARTHUR PENN & THE FUNKY TEN
Define your genre in five words or less: Does our name not say it all? What can a punter expect from your live show? Pilots, comedy, a ridiculous amount of awful puns, uniforms, theatre, soul and a reason to get down. When’s the gig and with who? Every Monday night in October, The Evelyn will be holding Funktoberfest. Two supports each week ranging from Karate Boogaloo to Up Up Away and Funk Buddies. It’ll be a grand old time. Bearing the terrible clichÊd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Funk-fuelled aero jams with a splash of soul. Where would you like to be in five years? Own our own aeroplane where we can give private performances while cruising through the sky. Why should everyone come and see your band? Because there ain’t no party like an Arthur Penn party. Literally. We mean that.
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THE APE The Ape are embarking their first east coast tour. Comprised of Raul Sanchez, Pat Bourke, Gus Agars and the mighty Tex Perkins, The Ape have just released their self-titled debut album. They launch it at Ding Dong on Friday October 11. We have some double passes to give away.
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FACE THE MUSIC Next month’s Face The Music has announced more speakers, headed by New Zealand’s Blink of A Low Hum and Square Wave festivals, and Jamie Farkas, General Manager of America’s Vice Music. Blink, who also wrote the indispensable handbook DIY Touring the World last year, returns as part of Melbourne Music Week to advice on how Australian musicians can undertake a no-budget world tour, break even and have fun. It was written as a guide for others when he arrived in America in 2008 with NZ band Across The Atlantic and discovered to his horror the booking agent had only booked eight gigs – which he had to hastily bump up to 50. Farkas, on her first visit to Australia, will deliver a keynote on the steps to take to become a global artist. She will also be joined by Richard Moffat (Way Over There) and Nick O’Byrne (AIR) for a look into the future in ‘2014 – The Year That Was’, delivering a hypothetical review of the music industry‘s 2014 game changers, failures and opportunities. Other speakers just announced are Bill Cullen (One Louder), Blake Rayner (Dew Process,Create/Control), Ashley Sambrooks (Show Off Services), Meg Williams (AAM), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas/RRR), Jacqui Wilson (Shock, Permanent Records), Ashley Gay (Xelon Entertainment), Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria), Shane Wickens (The Push), Craig Mathieson (journalist), Stephen Green (SGC New Media Marketing) and Lauren Taylor (3RRR). Among the sessions is The Sounding Board, a face to face with label A&R and radio tastemakers featuring Simon Winkler (RRR), Adam Christou (Recon Music/Remote Control), Chelsea Wilson (PBS), Jamie Farkas (VICE), Stu Harvey (triple j), Maya Janeska (Shock Records) and Dan Zilber (FBi Radio). How to turn a small gig into a career launching pad? Small Rooms, Big Dreams features Tim Scott (Gasometer Hotel), Joel Morrison (Old Bar, Public Bar), Emily Ulman (Boney, The Toff ), Samuel Wald (Artist Voice), Anastasia Casagrande (Reverence Hotel), Sean Simmons (Premier Artists) and Matt Leost (Artery Foundation). In Music = Arts, multimedia artist Sonny Smith of Sonny and the Sunsets takes a look at artists who create music and musicians who create art. He is joined by local artist/musicians Darren Sylvester and Caroline Kennedy. Face The Music is held Friday November 15 and Friday November 16 at The Arts Centre.
Multi-ARIA award-winning Indigenous artist Gurrumul presents an unparalleled musical event – a spellbinding account of his unique life, voiced through song, film and the storytelling of his people. Declared Australia’s most important voice by Rolling Stone, this blindborn musician, hailing from an island off the north coast of Arnhem Land, has been turning out soulful, resonant songs for over two decades. From his time with Yothu Yindi to his celebrated solo releases, Gurrumul has been an integral part of our nation’s musical landscape, singing gentle songs of wonder that invoke the stories of his people, the Yolngu, and echo with the powerful spirit of his ancestry. It takes place at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday October 12 with support from Sarah Blasko. We have some double passes to give away. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
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Simply Acoustic 7:00pm Wesley Anne Band Room free Thursday 10th October
suzanne kinsella 6:00pm free in the front bar
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Mrs Smiths Trivia 7pm
Amy Winehouse Tribute show 8:00pm $10
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Glory B 5:00pm Free in the Front Bar
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Tuesday 15th October
Fluid Learning 7:00pm Wesley Anne Band Room
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Hugh McGinlay & The Recessive Genes
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TOURING
WHO'S ON TOUR, WHERE AND WHEN
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INTERNATIONAL BRING ME THE HORIZON Festival Hall October 9 WOLF MAIL Northcote Social Club October 10 T.I., AKON Festival Hall October 10 DAVID LIEBE HART BAND Northcote Social Club October 11 MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Various Venues October 11 - 27 THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA Hamer Hall October 11 DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT The Palace October 13 COSMO JARVIS Northcote Social Club October 15 FLIGHT FACILITIES Foxtel Festival Hub October 18, 19 KATCHAFIRE The Hi-Fi October 19 EVERY TIME I DIE Corner Hotel October 20 THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Foxtel Festival Hub October 20 - 22 LORDE Corner Hotel October 21,22 BEYONCÉ Rod Laver Arena October 22, 23, 25, 26 FUCK BUTTONS Foxtel Festival Hub October 25 BEHEMOTH The Espy October 25 FALL OUT BOY Festival Hall October 26 THE CRIBS Ding Dong Lounge October 26 ATP: RELEASE THE BATS The Palais and Prince Bandroom October 26 LIMPBIZKIT Festival Hall, October 27 YELLOWCARD Palace Theatre October 29 LIGHTNING BOLT Corner Hotel October 30 VERONICA FALLS Northcote Social Club October 31 THE SEEKERS Hamer Hall, November 7, 8, 28 AUSTRALASIAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 14 – 17 FRANZ FERDINAND The Forum November 14 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Palace Theatre November 15 NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, M.WARD, SUPERCHUNK The Forum November 15 FACE THE MUSIC Various Venues, November 15, 16 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK Various Venues November 15 - 24 LEONARD COHEN Rod Laver Arena November 20, December 9, Bimbadgen Winery November 23 BLACK FLAG Palace Theatre November 22
CHERRYFEST Cherry Bar November 24 FLEETWOOD MAC Rod Laver Arena November 26, A Day On The Green November 30 JUSTIN BIEBER Rod Laver Arena December 2, 3 PASSENGER The Palais December 4 METZ Howler December 5 IRIS DEMENT Thornbury Theatre December 5 INSANE CLOWN POSSE December 6 CAVE Kelvin Club December 6 MUSE Laver Arena December 6, 7 BON JOVI Etihad Stadium December 7 VAN’S WARPED TOUR TBA December 7 ALICIA KEYS Rochford Winery December 7, Rod Laver Arena December 8 STEEL PANTHER Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 8 DEERHUNTER The Hi-Fi December 11 MAC DEMARCO Corner Hotel December 11 NILE RODGERS Billboard December 13 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 13 - 15 TAYLOR SWIFT Etihad Stadium December 14 CITY AND COLOUR Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 14 MELVINS The Hi-Fi December 17 HELMET The Hi-Fi December 18 THE WAR ON DRUGS Northcote Social Club December 28 THE ROOTS Festival Hall December 28 TOM ODELL Corner Hotel December 28 FALLS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28 - January 1, Marion Bay December 29 - January 1, Byron Bay December 31 January 3 FUTURE OF THE LEFT Corner Hotel January 2 JOHNNY MARR Corner Hotel January 4 WIZ KHALIFIA, A$AP ROCKY Festival Hall January 4 HANNI EL KHATIB January 5 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Festival Hall January 6 SOLANGE Prince Bandroom January 7 PARAMORE Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 12 SO FRENCHY SO CHIC Werribee Park January 12 HALF MOON RUN Corner Hotel January 19 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 24 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Corner Hotel January 25 ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community
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Arts Centre February 1 THE NATIONAL Sidney Myer Music Bowl February 9 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AAMI Park February 15 SOUNDWAVE 2014 Flemington Racecourse February 28 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse March 9 BILLY BRAGG Palais Theatre March 13 EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Palace Theatre April 15 BLUESFEST Byron Bay April 17 - 21 IRON AND WINE The Forum Theatre April 22
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LOON LAKE Howler October 11 THE APE Ding Dong October 11 ELEVENTH HE REACHES LONDON The Evelyn October 12 DEEP SEA ARCADE Corner Hotel October 12 JAE LAFFER The Toff In Town October 12 ADALITA Corner Hotel October 13 BRIGHTER LATER Northcote Social Club October 13 OWL EYES Northcote Social Club October 16, 17 LACHY DOLEY Bar 303 October 17 WHITLEY Caravan Music Club October 17, Howler October 18 SUN CITY The Espy October 18 BEC LAUGHTON The Paris Car October 18 MATT CORBY Festival Hall October 18 ESKIMO JOE Ferntree Gully Hotel October 18, Forum Theatre October 19 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Corner Hotel October 19 CALLING ALL CARS Ding Dong October 19 THE MODELS Ding Dong October 20, 21 THE TIMBERS The Espy October 22 THE AMITY AFFLICTION The Palace October 22, 23 WHITE SUMMER Evelyn Hotel October 24 PAUL DEMPSEY The Hi-Fi October 24, 25 EMMA LOUISE Ormond Hall October 25 HAVE/HOLD The Old Bar October 25 CREEPSHOW The Espy October 26 TWIN BEASTS Northcote Social Club October 26 THE GRAND RAPIDS Yah Yah’s October 26 STONEFIELD Corner Hotel October 26 BRIANA COWLISHAW Bennetts Lane October 26 - 27 LENKA Workers Club October 26 LILLY ROUGE Cherry Bar October 27 PETE CORNELIUS Northcote Social Club October 30 BABY ANIMALS Corner Hotel October 31 THE SHADOW ELECTRIC BANDROOM The Shadow Electric November 1 - November 10 AURORA JANE The Evelyn October 31 BONJAH Ding Dong November 2 THE OCEAN PARTY Boney November 2 DAN SULTAN Thornbury Theatre November 2, 4 BOY & BEAR The Forum November 2 - 4 YOU AM I Prince Bandroom November 3, 4 VIOLENT SOHO Corner Hotel November 4 KITE CLUB Boney November 7, The Gasometer Hotel November 9 LOOSE CHANGE The Espy November 8 A DAY ON THE GREEN Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley November 9 EVAN & THE BRAVE Rochester Castle November 9 JORDIE LANE Thornbury Theatre November 9, Caravan Club November 10 MACHINE TRANSLATIONS Northcote Social Club November 15 THE PERCH CREEK FAMILY JUGBAND Northcote
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Social Club November 16 ALEX & THE SHY LASHLIES The Toff November 20 GOSSLING Corner Hotel November 20 PAUL GREENE & THE OTHER COLOURS Northcote Social Club November 21 PATRICK JAMES Northcote Social Club November 22 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Princess Park, Queenscliff November 22 - 24 ONE ELECTRIC DAY Werribee Park November 24 SAL KIMBER & THE ROLLIN’ WHEEL Northcote Social Club November 29 PARADISE FESTIVAL Lake Mountain, November 29 December 1 SASKWATCH Corner Hotel December 7 ROCKWIZ Palais Theatre, December 8 POND Corner Hotel December 19 NYE ON THE HILL TBA December 30 - January 1 RIVERBOATS FESTIVAL Echuca February 14 - 16 HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS The Palais April 11
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FUCK BUTTONS By Lachlan Kanoniuk
Garnering a swell of critical adoration in the space of two full-length albums, UK electronica duo Fuck Buttons have followed up the acerbic debut Street Horrrsing and the grandiosity of Tarot Sport with third LP Slow Focus – an album that finds a stylistic middle ground between the two that came before, yet also takes things to a whole other level. Speaking in the week following the album’s release, Andrew Hung tells us about the long gestation method that defines Fuck Buttons’ workflow. “It feels really good actually,” Hung says, nerve-free, on the album’s eventual release. “We’ve been working on it for a while now, so it’s nice to have something to focus on because in the writing process you have all these things surrounding it, but now it’s all systems go. It’s really good.” Despite the first and second albums receiving tremendous critical acclaim, Andrew, and his bandmate Benjamin Power, weren’t feeling any pressure in regards to maintaining a winning streak with Slow Focus. “I think it’s really hard to anticipate what the reaction will be. It’s been very positive, so it’s pleasing to see. The feedback’s been fantastic, actually.” On its debut week, Slow Focus managed to make a showing on the UK charts, especially in terms of physical (as opposed to digital) stock. “It’s the first time we’ve ever charted, so that was really exciting. We got into the official album charts last week. It doesn’t really signify anything. It signifies our work is paying off, I guess that’s it,” he reasons. “It’s good to see that fruition.” Slow Focus arrived around four years after the release of Tarot Sport, with the writing process for Slow Focus spread across the majority of that timeframe. “It was 2011 when we started. When you start writing, that’s when it starts happening. With the last two albums, we didn’t really anticipate releasing anything on a larger scale. So they were written as we went. There were tracks that were written before Street Horrrsing came out that got onto Tarot Sport. But this time around, we started completely afresh. We started writing as soon as we came off tour and carried on writing.” As the writing process went on, the frequency of Fuck Buttons’ live shows became increasingly rare, with a select few dates being performed in 2011 and 2012. The restorative balance between onstage and in-studio work is more an organic one, rather than meticulously planned out. “I think it naturally occurs. We’ve got into a stride now where we have a cycle of activity in Fuck Buttons. We write the album, then record it, then go on tour supporting it. The touring lasts for about two years or so. After that period, because we haven’t been writing on the road or anything, the music will change. Or I think that’s what happens, anyway. We do take the stance that we don’t want to repeat anything we’ve done in the past. Generally, we don’t need to enforce BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 22
that because it happens anyway,” Hung states. Brainfreeze, the opening track on Slow Focus, starts with a salvo of fairly menacing live drums, whereas previous Fuck Buttons material has utilised predominantly electronic percussion. If it is a bold opening statement, it’s not an intentional one. “We feel our way through these songs. For that particular track, it felt like there was room for a live drum sound on it,” Hung recalls. “There was no particular design to start the record off like that, it just felt right at the time.” Approaching the tenth anniversary of their musical partnership, Hung and Power have retained a conducive songwriting partnership. “It hasn’t changed that much, actually. Usually what happens is that we get in the same room and surround ourselves with everything we’ve accumulated instrument-wise and play around
“WE DO TAKE THE STANCE THAT WE DON’T WANT TO REPEAT ANYTHING WE’VE DONE IN THE PAST. GENERALLY, WE DON’T NEED TO ENFORCE THAT BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ANYWAY,” with them until anything interesting happens. That’s always been the same for the past ten years or so.” The process of feeling out musical sounds with an often unfamiliar arsenal of soundmaking gear seems like an overly challenging way to create new music, but Hung and Power have harnessed the process in a way that manages to produce the goods. “If you’re playing around with something new, there’s automatically an excitement attached to that. But it’s not going to necessarily be something that works. There could be frustration. I can imagine there would be if you felt like you were good at using a certain instrument, but we don’t really get that feeling because we’re using new things all the time. It’s not really about a skillset, it’s
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about an exploratory sensibility. That anticipatory factor makes it exciting,” Hung assesses. “Once we find something a bit dull, we just move on. We don’t really jam for hours on end, it’s usually around three hours or so. That’s really the limit of our writing for any set period.” Power started the solo project Blanck Mass a few years ago, while Hung started releasing solo material under the anagrammed moniker Dawn Hunger last year. These outlets, however, don’t have a necessarily direct impact on Fuck Buttons’ material. “I don’t think it effects or influences the aesthetics of Fuck Buttons. I don’t think Fuck Buttons can exist without the relationship that Ben and I have developed musically,” Hung says. “Speaking for myself, I think Dawn Hunger has given me confidence in my technical abilities. So that has an indirect influence, like anything that you do will influence what you do. Directly, it doesn’t really have any effect.” Even though Fuck Buttons primarily create electronic music, the band isn’t really aligned with any electronic trends. Though the folly of trend-alignment can be a temptation for some, Fuck Buttons manage to process what is happening in the current climate and generate something completely different. “We listen to music a lot. What I realised personally is that when you start making music afresh is that there are all sorts of connotations that come with anything you make because there is a lot of music out there. With Dawn Hunger, I consciously wanted to make something that didn’t sound like anything I knew. That’s difficult, because the more music you consume, the more you know. With Fuck Buttons, maybe it’s just because Ben listens to a lot of different music than I do, it doesn’t seem to make music that you can attach anything to, and that’s been the case for ten years. I think at the beginning, it did sound slightly derivative. But very soon after, when it started developing its own character, it built its own momentum. It’s like a screenwriter for a sitcom talking about their characters finding themselves. We really don’t need to put much effort into developing it. It sort of writes itself these days.” Last year, Fuck Buttons returned to Australia to perform a run of Harvest Festival dates. During which, the band previewed a small selection of Slow Focus material. With the album now out there in the world, and the Fuck Buttons touring cycle now returned to full effect, we can expect a greater selection of new album cuts in the live setting. “We like playing music live as soon as we’ve written it. Because the music comes out from a jamming process, we’re able to play the music instantly after we’ve written it. This time around there will be a lot of Slow Focus music.”
FUCK BUTTONS perform as part of Melbourne Festival at the Foxtel Festival Hub on Friday October 25. They also perform at ATP’s Release The Bats, now taking place at The Palais and Prince Bandroom on Saturday October 26. Slow Focus is out now via ATP Recordings.
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THIS WEEK:
With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm.
ON SCREEN
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In the chilling and inventive documentary, The Act Of Killing, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love. In the 1960s Anwar Congo was a leader in Indonesia’s pro-regime paramilitary group, Pancasila Youth who, along with his band of dedicated followers, was amongst those who participated in the murder and torture of more than a million alleged Communists, ethnic Chinese and intellectuals. Proud of their deeds, which have still gone unpunished, Anwar and his pals are lauded as national heroes, and are delighted when the filmmakers ask them to re-enact these murders for their documentary – in any genre they desire. Initially Anwar and his friends enthusiastically take up the challenge using hired actors, making elaborate sets and costumes, but eventually as the movie violence is played out and reconstructed, Anwar’s conscience begins to stir and feelings of remorse surface. It’s currently showing at Cinema Nova.
ON STAGE Be prepared to contemplate your mortality at La Mama’s newest production Two Mortals. Devised and performed by Mike McEvoy and Rachael Dyson-McGregor, Two Mortals will raise the question: ‘How can we talk about death, and if we could, would it enrich our lives or not?’ It will dive into the anathema that is mortality through conversations made in churches, funeral parlors, palliative care wards, blogs, YouTube videos and even an old Michael Jackson interview. Two Mortals will also include input from Roslyn Oades (I’m Your Man) and director Geoff Pinifield (Theatre Beating). Considered a production of pure existentialism, Two Mortals will be performed at La Mama Theatre until Sunday October 13.
ON DISPL AY This month Off the Kerb Gallery will host the latest exhibition by artists Craig Cole. Entitled Agitator, the exhibition will explore the urban environment. Cole’s works will employ the use of photography and composition to illustrate the connection between individual identity and environment, from telephone booths to graffiti adorned traffic signs. Cole’s previous exhibition, Expose Aggregate, explored similar themes through traditional Italian Renaissance frames that highlighted the golden importance of an urban reality. Agitator will open at Off the Kerb Gallery on Friday October 11 and run until Friday October 25.
PICK OF THE WEEK The Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ will go digital with a special one-night performance, Organ & … MIDI control. Composed and performed by Virtual Proximity, Organ & … MIDI control will combine digital looping, drum programming with the austere sound of 9,500 organ pipes. The performance will include interactive visuals, that will add depth and dimension, while RMIT’s Sculpture Sound and Spatial Practice students will showcase their work, including short innovative musical works using the grand organ. Organ & … MIDI control will be performed at the Melbourne Town Hall for free on Friday October 11 from 7.30pm. Performances by Virtual Proximity will happen between 8pm and 10pm. Admission is free.
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THE 2013 MELBOURNE FESTIVAL By Tyson Wray There’s an electric atmosphere in Melbourne Festival HQ, which sits perched within Federation Square overlooking the Yarra. It’s mere days before the 2013 Melbourne Festival kicks off, the first with Josephine Ridge at the helm as Creative Director following Brett Sheehy’s departure to the Melbourne Theatre Company, and it’s impossible not to be immersed within her excitement as she beams with pride flicking through the 2013 program. “I’ve just come from Sydney Festival - I worked there for ten years, most recently as the Executive Director,” she notes. Indeed, her curriculum vitae is impressive - and with prior roles at The Australian Ballet, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Opera Australia and Playbox Theatre Company to name a few, alongside being a member on the Board of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and the Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Ridge is arguably the perfect candidate to lead Melbourne Festival through the next stage of its evolution. “I’ve always worked with different art forms,” explains Ridge. “And of course what Melbourne Festival does is bring all of those together, alongside adding that fantastic international layout.” Featuring a host of both international, national and local artists spanning throughout all forms of the arts, the 2013 Melbourne Festival program is a testament to Ridge’s ethos for the festival. From the Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s four part marathon Life and Times, Sadler’s Wells London and Sylvie Guillem’s stunning triptych of dance 6000 Miles Away alongside an extremely diverse music program - Ridge is deservedly proud with what she’s collected for the 2013 festival. “One of the reasons that I was extremely keen and excited when I got this role is because I can
FREE $HIT THE RITE OF SPRING 10 years ago, the world first experienced the haunting unforgettable masterpiece that is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Now, Melbourne Festival pays tribute with this visceral interpretation, conceived by strikingly original Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-
see so much opportunity for Melbourne Festival to become even more engaged and broader,” she details passionately. “The cultural landscape in Melbourne is so incredibly rich and diverse. With so much going on it’s the right time to look back at the festival and say ‘with all of these incredible international artists coming in all over the year alongside our amazing local artists then what is it that we are contributing, what are we offering and how can we make a difference?’ For me, with the opportunity to do that now, it’s really to reinforce the point that we all need our festivals. We need the opportunity to come together and to celebrate. Give people a reason and they will. That’s something that a festival does. “In terms of classical music, I had been working with Richard Tognetti at the Australian Chamber Orchestra for the past five years,” details Ridge as we begin to discuss the extremely diverse 2013 program. “He is one of the most accomplished, interesting and inspiring music programmers. I asked if he would come and work with us as an adviser to give us ideas and help us shape the classical program. For contemporary music we brought Declan Forde [who most recently worked as a promoter for Harvest] into the team. In that role, he was also given the brief to broaden the acts that we Dolan. An astonishing rendering of Stravinsky’s musical-choreographic magnum opus, presented in all its earthbound pagan energy, Keegan-Dolan’s work masterfully conveys the power and mystery of a score that so notoriously shocked a generation. The evening segues from the animalism of The Rite of Spring into an ethereal reimagining of Petrushka, in which only echoes of Stravinsky’s parable remain. There are
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bring into the festival. “In terms of collaboration and partnering we’ve commissioned quite a lot of new work from local artists,” notes Ridge of the theatre program. “In the independent scene that’s with Daniel Schlusser and The Rabble. They’re creating works that are much more ambitious than their previous works, something that the partnership and the support of the festival is then able to bring that dream to life. There are also some international co-commissions as well. It’s an important part of being an international arts festival to not just be bringing work over, but to be an active contributor to what is happening around the world.” The most important co-commission of the festival this year is with the Hofesh Shechter Company for SUN notes Ridge - an explosive contemporary dance piece. “That’s a piece of work that has half a dozen international collaborators. Melbourne has seen his [Hofesh Shechter’s] two previous works and loved them. This will be an opportunity for Melbourne to be the first in the world to see his new work.” Another highlight of the 2013 festival will be the triumphant return of the Foxtel Festival Hub after last year’s resplendent debut. A collaboration with design wunderkinds Bluebottle, the hub which acts as a popup performance space, supper spot and late-night club experience all in one. As we reach the end of the 2013 program, Ridge reenthuses what she believes will be one of the defining highlights of the festival - the opening weekend. “One of the things that we’ve been really keen to convey this year is that when the festival opens this year we’re talking about a festival weekend rather than an opening night. The first very first event, as it needs to be, is TANDERRUM, which then leads into Archie Roach performing a free concert in Federation Square. Across that whole weekend we have an extraordinary range of work in what is a microcosm of the festival is trying to do which reflects the diversity and the scale of the range of genres and artists. We have Gurrumul with Sarah Blasko, all weekend we have the visual arts trail, talks, the two major dance commissions will be opening and we also have Brief Encounter which is a very important piece of mainstream theatre. There’s so much more happening that weekend. That concept of an opening weekend is really important to us. In everything we’re talking about we really just want to convey the idea of excitement, diversity and the bringing together of different people and ideas.” Josephine Ridge
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MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK FILM PROGRAM
Co-curated with ACMI, MMW’s Cinemix will see iconic films re-imagined. Audio-visual slice’n’dice duo Naysayer & Gilsun present an exclusive rendition of their famed NGTV project. Commissioned by the British Film Institute in January 2013, Breton will perform Surrounded Live in an Australian Premiere exclusive to MMW. ACMI will screen music documentaries and films profiling the secret lives behind the music, and Rooftop Cinema will open their summer season early, with free screenings of hand-picked music documentaries. Melbourne Music Week 2013 will run from Friday November 15 - Sunday November 24 all around Melbourne.
DEATH BY SOPRANO
As part of their 2013 Explorations Season, La Mama Theatre will present the newest work from internationally renowned cabaret artist Isabel Hertaeg. Entitled Death By Soprano, the production delves into the life expectancy of being a soprano opera singer; they’re expected to survive 3 Acts, 2 Hours and 47 Minutes. Despite the short life expectancy, Hertaeg will perform a black comedic opera that sees her attempt to survive until the end of a performance, which will include numbers ‘A for Avalanche’ and ‘S for Suicide’. Death By Soprano will be performed at La Mama from Tuesday October 15 – Thursday October 17. Explorations 2013 will run from Tuesday October 15 – Thursday November 28. Tickets, including a full Explorations season guide are available through lamama.com.au.
A TRIBUTE TO SEAMUS HEANEY
This Thursday the Drunken Poet will host A Tribute to Seamus Heaney, the late 20th Century poet considered “the most important Irish poet since Yeats”. Irish poet and fellow friend Tony Curtis (The Shifting of Stones, Pony, Aran Currach) will take the stage alongside musical support Davy Simony and Emlyn Johnson to commemorate Heaney’s addition to the 20th century poetry sphere with poignant poetry readings by Curtis. Seamus Heaney was a poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner born in Castledawson, Northern Ireland in April 1939. Over the course of his 74 years, Heaney created poems that appealed to academics and laymen alike, a rare gift within the poetry realm. His most notable works include Death of a Naturalist (1966), Beowulf (translation, 1999) and Human Chain (2010). A Tribute to Seamus Heaney will be hosted at the Drunken Poet on Thursday October 10. Doors open at 7pm.
A musical narrative of the Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania during the Holocaust.
TAN DUN & THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
This February, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Chinese New Year in style with East meets West: MSO Chinese New Year Celebration with Tan Dun. Featuring two Australian premieres of Tan Dun’s major works, Concerto for String Orchestra and The Triple Resurrections, Chinese New Year Celebration will feature compositions by the Grammy and Academy Award winning composer/conductor, Tan Dun, juxtaposed with classics from Western tradition, including much from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. Other Chinese additions to the MSO will include Chinese violinist and winner of the 1987 Paganini Competition, Lu Siqing, Australian-Chinese pianist Adoria Li and Xie Yudan. East meets West: MSO Chinese New Year Celebration with Tan Dun will be performed at Hamer Hall on Friday February 7.
The Concert Deborah Kayser (soprano), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Alister Barker (cello) and Elizabeth Sellars (violin).
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This Wednesday at The Public Bar they’re cramming as much talent into the back room as possible. Join the hilarious Lehmo along with Justin Hamilton, Luke McGregor, Ben Lomas, Neil Sinclair and Cam Marshall for what will be one hell of a good show for a mere $5. It all kicks off at 8.30pm sharp.
COMMEDIA DELL PARTE Dilruk Jayasinha hosts Commedia Dell Parte this Thursday in St Kilda. Featuring Tegan Higginbotham, Craig McLeod, Dave Warneke, Simon Taylor, Anthony Jeannot and Lisa Fineberg. 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 at 8.30pm at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.
LOL COMEDY LOL Comedy this week at the Portland Hotel On Wednesday October 9 and the Provincial Hotel in Fitzroy on Thursday October 10 has Dave O’Neil and Jimmy James Eaton as part of a stellar all local lineup. At The Local in Portland Melbourne on Tuesday October 15 it’s one of the best comics in the land, with one of the most talented performers in Australia. I don’t want to play favourites so you work it out. They’ve got Harley Breen and Damian Callinan. Tickets from lolcomedy.com.au or at the door.
CRAB L AB Huge show coming up at Crab Lab tonight including performances by Josh Earl, Anne Edmonds, Karl Chandler, Tien Tran, Michael Williams, Laura Dunemann and more. $5, 8.30pm at House of Maximon, Corrs Ln.
CL ASS CLOWNS Will you be aged between 14 – 18 years next year and have a gift for comedy? Maybe you should consider registering for Melbourne International Comedy Festival Class Clowns. Supported by Arts Victoria, Class Clowns is part of MICF’s education program; a program focused on discovering the next Australian comedian and providing them with mentorship to turn them into something great. Past mentors have included Sammy J, DeAnne Smith, Dave Williams and Anne Edmonds. Entry is free and participating puts you in the running for a $1,000 workshop package for your school and $1,500 for yourself. Entrants can register as a solo act or as a group of up to three members. Entrants are expected to create an original five-minute stand-up routine, sketch or music parody to perform at the heats, participate in one of the mentorship workshops and then present their at a local public venue. Entry for MICF’s Class Clowns is now open. More information can be found through classclowns.com.au.
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SUMMERTIME IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
The Sisters Grimm (The Sovereign Wife, Little Mercy, When Lorraine Stops Falling) return with their latest production, Summertime in the Garden of Eden, at Theatreworks this November. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War in Georgia 1861, Summertime in the Garden of Eden narrates the story of a Southern belle who returns to the family plantation after a ten-year absence. Mimicking the aura of Gone With The Wind (1936) and Jezebel (1938), Summertime in the Garden of Eden will epitomise cotton-field farming, iced-tea and deep, dark family secrets. Summertime in the Garden of Eden will star Melbourne scene-queens Agent Cleave and Olympia Bukkakis, alongside Peter Paltos, Genevieve Giuffe and Bessie Holland. Summertime in the Garden of Eden will be performed at Theatreworks from Thursday November 7 – Saturday November 16. Bookings can be made through theatreworks.org.au. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Don’t forget your best Kippah this November, as the Jewish International Film Festival returns to Melbourne for another stellar year. Hosted at Classic Cinemas in Elsternwick, the festival will bring you an exhilarating program featuring over 40 Israeli and Jewish-themed films, including 50 Australian premiere screenings. Launching the festival will be critically acclaimed Fill the Void, a film that illustrates the tale of an 18-yearold woman who is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Closing the festival will be an affectionate insight into the Jewish community’s comedic greats — including Jerry Stiller, Jerry Lewis and Jerry Seinfeld — When Comedy Went to School. Other cinematic highlights include Broadway documentary Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, Polish WWII drama Aftermath, zombie apocalypse Cannon Fodder and Claude Lanzmann’s latest documentary, The Last of the Unjust. Jewish International Film Festival will run from Wednesday November 6 – Sunday November 24. Tickets, including a full program, are available through jiff.com.au.
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M+M By Liza Dezfouli
Is ‘life, the universe and everything’ fundamentally good or fundamentally chaotic? Russian playwright and novelist Mikhail Bulgakov pondered this in his extraordinary book, The Master and Margarita; now Melbourne-based theatre-maker Daniel Schlusser is asking the same thing in his new work, M+M, inspired by Bulgakov’s life’s work. “The Master and Margarita was written during the most horrific period in Russian history,” notes Schlusser, “but Bulgakov can still write with lyricism and humour – it’s a miracle.” The novel is almost a theatrical event in itself; Bulgakov wrote it over a period of many years and it was not published until more than 25 years after his death. Schlusser has a special interest in Russian literature, having his own connections with Russia in his family background. This book – Bulgakov’s masterpiece about the enduring nature of art – was one of many seminal novels Schlusser discovered in his early 20s. “It has a special strength all of its own,” he notes. “We laid our hands on the first translation, when everything was censored. Bulgakov never gave up his fantasy, never sacrificed his emotional world.” The Master and Margarita was heavily censored by the Russian authorities when it was first published in1967 and intriguingly, it’s this early translation that the Daniel Schlusser Ensemble is using to form their piece for the stage. The novel is almost in a genre of its own making, a work of entrancingly rich imaginative freedom. The Master and Margarita is a fantasia of dazzlingly sly jokes, references and parodies of the Stalinist regime, including the character of the devil (Woland) in a menacing 1930s moscow, a plot involving biblical Jerusalem and Pontius Pilate, and the story of a writer who destroys his own work, and his martyred lover, and a Cat with a capital C. The Pussy Riot art activist trial features in Schlusser’s theatrical adaptation along with references to Putin and the current political and social state of affairs in Russia. How difficult has it been for the ensemble to find the right theatrical form for the work? “We’re still
trying to find it,” the director admits. “We’re flying towards opening; it’s real edge of our seat stuff.” A residency at Theatreworks as part of their Hothouse Program last year gave the Ensemble time to work on M+M. “We spent time honestly interrogating the script to work out what doesn’t work. We had the luxury of time to develop it; we made headway and were able to keep going down some paths far enough to find out what doesn’t work,” continues Schlusser. “It involves an intensity of labour.” The theatre-maker says that the biggest challenge for him has been meeting the surprises in the book along with finding voice for the novel’s highly idiosyncratic tone. “Large sections could be described as Kafkaesque, with experiences of mindless bureaucracy,” he notes. “There are stories within stories, moments of mass anarchy. It deals with a world of meta-theatre. There are big themes in the book, with the idea of the devil and the impossibility of art in a survival situation. And there’s the idiosyncratic love story, an extraordinary vision of a woman sacrificing herself for an artist. He’s a depressive, passive figure but he survives because he has the love of an amazing woman. She’s his muse incarnate. She’s more in love with the idea of the work he’s written.” How literally will Schlusser’s play adhere to the events in the book? “If you sat with the book in your lap you’d be able to follow it,” the director answers. “Each
chapter has its own subplot, its own thread. The idea is that the performers do start to embody the characters of the book but only very delicately. There are moments of massively anarchic action but there isn’t one individual or single figure creating those things. There are often very abstract poetic meditations on those events. The group of seven performers will slowly become identified as the central characters but this is not necessarily a narrative element – it’s bigger than that.” The ensemble is resisting the temptation to create a satirical or straight-up parodic piece. “It’s absolutely tempting but we’re resisting,” Schlusser adds. “Bulgakov is taking pot-shots at individuals and there is a temptation to update that story, but it’s a really dangerous game to play.” Not literally dangerous in
the sense it would have been for Bulgakov, we hope; Schlusser means in a theatrical sense. “You can spend ten minutes on the internet and get plenty of laughs. There’s some brilliant work around Putin. We’ve just pushed very far into a zone we’re interested in. When I’m making a work I’m always looking for what is unique in this landscape,” he explains. “I ask ‘What am I making?’ M+M is kind of metaphysical and absurd, something of Ionesco with that sense of dread and oddness...wherever the craziness comes from.”
M+M will be performed at Theatre Works from Friday October 11 - Wednesday October 16 (except Sunday and Tuesday) as part of Melbourne Festival.
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A SMALL PROMETHEUS FEARLESS NADIA By Joanne Brookfield
By Joanne Brookfield
Hotel rooms hold a special kind of magic. They can transform behaviour. What you might never do in your own home, or that of a friend’s, is suddenly acceptable in this temporary abode: jumping on the bed, souveniring toiletries, lunchtime infidelity. For audio-visual artist Robin Fox, he spent his time in hotel rooms on a recent tour recording kettles. “I recorded the electric kettle in every hotel room I stayed in,” he says. The build up, the boiling, the clicking off, he recorded it all on his portable zoom recorder. “I must have recorded like 20 or 30 of these things and then put them into one session and just lined them all up and that makes up one of the tracks in the piece.” The piece he is referring to is his latest collaboration with choreographer Stephanie Fox. A dance work called A Small Prometheus, which has its world premiere next Tuesday at the Arts House as part of the Melbourne Festival. Heat, or more specifically, fire, first sparked the idea several years ago. Fox had been in Adelaide’s German village Hahndorf. “There was this German Christmas cake with this little thing on top of it where you light a candle and it turns a little propeller and I thought ‘that’s beautiful’” he recalls. A couple of weeks later, he saw Lake’s Mix Tape (her highly acclaimed dance work that was commissioned by Chunky Move and won two Green Room Awards) which ended with one of the
characters coming on stage carrying a tray of candles. “Just a simple stage thing, but it was beautiful light and I made this connection in my mind between that image on stage and then that thing in the Adelaide Hills and I thought ‘one day I’m going to make a work with Stephanie that uses fire powered kinetic sculptures’. I had that revelation at that time, and then three years later it’s happening,” he says. The sculptures Fox designed hold candles the dancers will light at the start of the show. “The convection of the heat rising from these candles turn almost like a propeller or a fan, and attached to that fan is like a little tine which then hits metal objects and makes sound. So it turns and becomes this kind of organic sequencer, like a loop player,” he says.“Then once they’re kinetic sculptures they exist on their own and then the dance almost comes out of them.” A Small Prometheus will be performed at the Arts House from Tuesday October 15 - Sunday October 20 as part of Melbourne Festival.
She’s perhaps one of our biggest, or at least most important, film stars – but in a time and place you would never expect, so as a result, few know her story. But back in the 1930s and ‘40s Mary Evans Wadia – or Fearless Nadia, as she was more famously known – was an action-star swashbuckling her way through gender and cultural barriers. In India. “We should really know about her because she is amazing,” says Ben Walsh. “She was an Australianborn white woman in the early days of Hindi cinema, before it was called Bollywood, and she did all of her own stunts, that’s what she was legend for and why she got the name Fearless Nadia. She jumped from horses, swung on rope from balcony to balcony, picked up grown men above her head and threw them down,” explains Walsh. Composer and percussionist Walsh, who plays with his Orkestra of the Underground, has created the stage show Fearless Nadia, which combines an edited version of the film, live music, dance and stunts, which will be performed at the Melbourne Recital Centre for one night only as part of the Melbourne Festival this Sunday. Joining him on stage for Fearless Nadia are special guests Aneesh Pradhan, Sangeet Mishra, Sudhir Nayak and Sanjeev Shankar and together with members of the Orkestra of the Underground, they will be playing a multi-cultural mix of instruments: tabla, shenai, sarangi
and dholak alongside trumpet, violin and clarinet, with Walsh himself conducting the lot from his drum kit. Dancer Shruti Ghosh also performs, integrating several art forms to create the one show. “There’s a great scene where Nadia and the hero, who she is pretty besotted with, both escape being pummelled by bad guys by jumping off this huge waterfall. As they jump up into the air and get swirled around in the waters of the rapids, our viola player takes flight and his silhouette in front of the screen is somersaulting and it’s a great moment where the music and the film come together,” explains Walsh. “So we try and make it feel like the film makes its way onto the stage, it’s just not sitting there watching a movie. It’s very much alive.” Fearless Nadia will be performed on Sunday October 13 at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of Melbourne Festival.
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AL CARR AND THE STRONG ARM By Garry Westmore
Think of an apprentice, and the image that comes to mind would probably be of a scruffy, pimply nineteen year old in high-vis trying to buy left handed screwdrivers. It’s a little different in the music world though, more late night kebabs than early morning four and twenty pies. Al Carr of The Fallen Gentry fame served his musical apprenticeship playing bands in Melbourne, Sydney and London; now he’s back in Australia’s musical epicenter with his first solo effort – with help from his band The Strong Arm. Oh and Davey Lane. “That’s probably a good way of looking at it,” he says of my suggestion playing in so many bands was a musical apprenticeship of sorts. “I played in quite a few bands so you kind of get to know how things work up close, so this (going solo) has been a little smoother.” The collaborative process too of being in bands, working with other songwriters and musicians “definitely influenced the way I write music” he says. “But, I had a pretty clear idea of the style of music I wanted, and the direction this particular EP was heading. There’s a rootsier country influence in there.” The EP, six tracks of alt-country rock possess a real late night barroom feel – it sounds clean but rustic at the same time. Was this by accident or by design? “Well we recorded it all
live in the studio, and the guys that played on it, I’ve played with them in a band previously (The Fallen Gentry) so it was a comfortable and organic process, hence the barroom feel.” Inspired keys from 67 Special’s Louis Macklin certainly helps generate that feel as well. Macklin, whom Carr met through producer Clinton Kraus added a “massive amount” according to Carr. “That solid piano playing completely changed the sound of all the tunes once he added his parts,” Carr comparing Macklin’s keys to those of arguably The Rolling Stones’ greatest session keyboardist, Nicky Hopkins. Macklin’s keys end up providing a thread through the recording, making one imagine Carr and company recording this EP late at night with whiskey glasses atop of pianos and amps.
Another significant guest was iconic Melbourne musician and You Am I guitarist Davey Lane; Lane bringing the EP to a close with an extended solo on closing track Clock Stopped Ticking. Carr laughs when I ask if there was any other man for the job. “I don’t think so. I met him at a The Replacements night I put on last year, and we bonded over our mutual love of them and The Band. That last four repeats of the verse riff at the end of the last track were definitely written with him in mind,” he laughs again. “A little bit over the top but it works.” Though the outfit bears his name, Carr is keen to talk up the roles of others on the recording. “Even though it’s my name, it’s a lot of people that are adding to it; I’m not telling people what to play, they bring their own musical identity to it.” The production on the EP itself seems further evidence to this; Carr’s distinct and intriguing voice at the forefront, but certainly not amped up to the extent it detracts from any of the instrument. “Clint did a great job producing, he’s managed to get everything to sit really well with nothing too overbear-
ing.” He chuckles when I tell him his voice sounds like the bastard child of Mick Jagger and the Go-Betweens Robert Forsters (if male on male reproduction was indeed possible). “A few people have said the vocals are a little bit different, but if it makes it stand out a little more it can’t be a bad thing.” Though born in London and raised in Sydney, Carr is going to be calling Melbourne home again for the foreseeable future. “I always knew the music scene in Melbourne was obviously pretty good compared to Sydney, so it was a no brainer to come back here and get in a band as quickly as I could.” With the company he’s keeping down here, we hopefully won’t see him leaving anytime soon.
lyrics, an insightful, sympathetic catalogue of faded dreams and daily compromises, all laced with a dry humour. “I try to keep things rooted in suburban life,” Rogers explains, “And the sadness I’m talking about isn’t the soul-crushing variety. It’s just about getting a little older, friends getting married. It’s a comforting sadness. I’m not walking around wearing black eyeliner, it’s just something that creeps at the fringes.” The two albums will be the last that the world hears of D. Rogers. Rogers intends to retire his own moniker, before throwing himself back into band life with The Shops. The move was borne of a desire to collaborate, despite the trauma of his last collaborative effort. “I just really want to start a band, and embrace the challenge of collaboration. The social aspect of music is almost my favourite bit about it.” If it sounds like Rogers has a master plan, he doesn’t – you get the sense that that’s the point, though. “There are no songs. All
we’ve got is a name and an aesthetic…I’m looking forward to it!” Before The Shops, though, there’s still the small matter of a double album launch, and Rogers is going to mark the occasion with novelty merchandise and a sorta reunion. “It’s a digital release – so we’ve selling a limited edition D. Rogers lego set. Also, coincidentally, two ex-Klinger members are playing in The Dukes of Batavia, and one in The Glorious North, and then me, so it’ll be a reunion of sorts.”
people, and we’ll do terrible things!” Such as? Monks chortles maniacally as he shares with me some of the prankish things done in the name of art: the band reenacting the orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally in a Macca’s, for instance, and other such shenanigans. “You want to see a band breakdance to technical dance metal?” he asks rhetorically. “We’re the band that can do that, that’s no problem. “We’re not rock ‘n’ roll musicians,” he adds. “We’re idiots, to a degree.” Already legendary for their unpredictable shows, it is perfect timing for these stalwarts of grimy bluesy horror rock to once again wreak havoc here in Melbourne – Halloween is in the air, and the hour of the wolf is once again at hand. “We’re well known for our enthusiasm for the theatrical,” Monks says with relish when asked what to expect at their upcoming show at the Espy for the Creepshow Halloween Festival. “I think at this show we’re going to get to express
even more of that than we’re usually allowed to!” Because, at the end of the day, Gay Paris is all about having a good time, Monks tells me. “You know, [The Last Good Party] made us realise … we’re a fucking heavy band, and there’s not much that can be done about that – that’s how we like to party! This record made us comfortable with that. I think after the first record, it was like, ‘Man, we’re too heavy!’ and now it’s ‘Fuck it!’ “We know what we are; we’re a party band,” he howls with glee. “And we’re here to have a good time; we don’t want to prove how tough or brutal we are. We just want to hang out.”
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D. ROGERS By Edward Sharp-Paul
Dave Rogers has decided to bring the curtain down on his semi-self-titled project in style, bowing out with two new albums and a launch show at the Northcote Social Club. In typically wry and honest style, Rogers explained the strange gestation of his twin albums, and writing about the sadness that lurks within contentment. While releasing two albums simultaneously is a very Pink Floyd thing to do, Rogers had modest reasons for doing so. The process of recording fifth album An Undefined Number was fraught with tension, with Rogers and producer John Palmer fighting to realise their sharply divergent visions of the album. Kicking The Tracers ended up pouring out of Rogers when he fled to Japan after An Undefined Number’s eventual completion, a sort of therapeutic purge Making the first one was such an emotional and musical challenge that I ended up with a lot pent up,” he says. “I wanted to write some songs, just so I could get back that love of music. Making an album out of those songs didn’t really cross my mind until later.” That explains the creative side of it, but why the double release? “I suppose making a single album out of the best songs would have been clever from a career point of view,” Rogers admits. “But it documents a time in my life, and it’s important for me to preserve that. And besides,” he adds, “my friends all thought it was a terrible idea, which made me
want to do it more”. Though the Undefined Number experience sounds traumatic, Rogers is philosophical, and content to wear his share of the blame. “We’re very close friends, but we’re the sort of guys that bottle things up. I’m used to self-producing, and so having to justify my decisions made me very defensive. The thing is,” he says with a laugh, “John was doing exactly what I asked him to do.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a distinct difference between the two. Palmer’s influence has pushed An Undefined Number into nuggety power pop territory, while Kicking The Tracers is more introspective, with a varied palette. Despite their seemingly complementary qualities, Rogers thinks of them as distinct entities. “I think musicians usually overestimate their ability to vary their sound,” he says. They’re different, but it’s not Use Your Illusion or Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, “There’s no overarching narrative there.” Despite the differences between the two albums, characteristic Rogers features abound in both. One of these is the
D. ROGERS will be launching both albums on Sunday October 13 at the Northcote Social Club, with support from The Dukes of Batavia and The Glorious North. Kicking The Tracers and An Undefined Number are out through Crying Ninja.
GAY PARIS By Thomas Bailey
There are two ways of deciphering the meaning behind Sydney’s macabre stoner-rock and metal four-piece Gay Paris, vocalist Luke “Wailin H” Monks informs me. “You see, we’re classy, to a degree, so you can pronounce it Gay Paree; or it’s Kings Cross bathroom stall sex maybe!” Monks is happily ensconced in a truck ferrying him and his metal compatriots to the Chopped Rod and Custom Festival in Newstead, Victoria. This being the second leg of a massive tour showcasing their second LP, The Last Good Party, Monks is feeling pretty chuffed. Laidback and wielding two bottles (one of whiskey and the other of wine), Monks is quite happy to discuss the philosophies surrounding his band’s approach to music, the crowdsourcing of their most recent album, and, given the nature of where they’re headed up north in regional Victoria, his attitude regarding custom cars. No, no, he reckons, when asked if he’s a petrol head at heart. “I am a fan of being driven around in cars,” he chuckles. “And I like the sexy ladies who like cars and don’t realise I don’t know about cars. I like cars as an excuse to play rock ‘n’ roll!” Rock ‘n’ roll is the name of the game when it comes to The Last Good Party, a rollicking and gleefully macabre affair released earlier this year. Chockablock with gruesomely humorous and banging songs such as Minotaur: Shibboleth Brooks No Brotherhood, Son Of A Butcher Parliament, and first single Ash Wednesday Boudoir Party, Gay Paris have unleased a sound that brings to mind Kyuss being slowly drowned in a gothic swamp. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 30
This bloody terrific record is both terrifying and danceable. It’s like a Grand Guignol production performed in a getnaked-and-fuck atmosphere with epic riffs and a vocalist who sounds genuinely evil. Monks is understandably proud of this album, which ended up taking a little longer than planned to finish. “I got really sick and couldn’t sing,” he says, “but it all turned out alright in the end. I feel we’ve been touring it for almost as long as it took to write it – and the joy of touring it is much greater than the joy of recording it, ‘cause now we can be sloppy and slovenly!” The Last Good Party was realised with the help of crowdfunding through Pozible – and Monks is pleasantly surprised with how successful the campaign went. “We had what we wanted in two days!” he exclaims. “But we didn’t ask for a lot because we weren’t quite aware of how much people wanted to give us their money. When we asked for it, they did. “Also, the prizes were good, because our fans are terrible people — and I’ll say it time and time again: we’re terrible
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Be ready to unleash your inner werewolf when GAY PARIS bring their unadulterated mayhem to The Espy Hotel for the Creepshow Halloween Festival on Saturday October 26.
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SHIFTED & SIGHA [UK] Friday October 11, Mercat Basement DJ QUIK [USA], KURUPT [USA] Friday October 18, Billboard MICKEY AVALON [USA] Friday October 18, Corner Hotel LOWTEC [GER] Friday October 18, TBA TIAGO [POR] Friday October 18, Mercat Basement CROOKERS [ITA] Saturday October 19, RMH The Venue PORTER ROBINSON [USA] Sunday October 20, Billboard BOOKA SHADE [GER] Thursday October 24, Prince Bandroom BEN SIMS [UK] Friday October 25, Brown Alley
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DAVE CLARKE [UK] Friday November 1, Roxanne Parlour DROPLEX [HNG] Friday November 1, Brown Alley CHOPSTICK & JOHNJON [GER] Sunday November 3, Revolver Upstairs AME [GER], MATTHIAS TANZMANN [GER] Sunday November 3, Brown Alley EXTRAWELT [GER] Friday November 15, Brown Alley SALT N PEPA [USA] Saturday November 16, Palais Theatre BIG SEAN [USA] Saturday November 16, Prince Bandroom FINNEBASSEN [NOR] Sunday November 17, Revolver Upstairs PANTHA DU PRINCE [GER] Monday November 18, Melbourne Recital Centre DAVID AUGUST [GER], JOHN TEJADA [USA] Friday November 22, Brown Alley STRAWBERRY FIELDS: CARL CRAIG [USA], MOODYMANN [USA] Friday November 22 - Sunday November 24 , TBA NOSAJ THING [USA], JONWAYNE [USA] Saturday November 23, Melbourne Music Week Hub Birrarung Marr EARTHCORE: ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR] + MORE Friday November 29 - Sunday December 2, TBA STEREOSONIC: DAVID GUETTA [FRA], ARMIN VAN BUUREN [NED], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 7 - Sunday December 8, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds JON HOPKINS [UK] Thursday December 12, The Hi-Fi MEREDITH: TIM SWEENEY [USA], DERRICK MAY [USA] + MORE Friday December 13 - Sunday December 15, Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre MIDLAND [UK] Sunday December 22, Revolver Upstairs KOLOMBO [BEL] Sunday January 19, Revolver Upstairs LET THEM EAT CAKE: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], FLOATING POINTS [UK] + MORE Wednesday January 1, Werribee Mansion KYLE HALL [USA] Wednesday January 1, TBA RAINBOW SERPENT: DONATO DOZZY [ITA], MICHAEL MAYER [GER] + MORE Friday January 24 - Monday January 27, Lexton BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: DEADMAU5 [UK], KNIFE PARTY [UK] + MORE Sunday March 9 and the Flemington Racecourse GOLDEN PLAINS: PUBLIC ENEMY [USA] + MORE Saturday March 8 - Monday March 10, Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre
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wednesday october 9
porter robinson word s / to m k i t s o n
Having only taken up the art of spinning after making it to Beatport’s top spot with his track, Say My Name, Porter Robinson is a force to be reckoned with. As we begin the interview, Robinson says he’s been at home working on a new tune all week, a process it seems I’ve interrupted. Despite this, he’s forthcoming and open; keen to let people in on why and how he creates music.
Robinson says he loves Australia, as many artists do, currently preparing for a mammoth four month touring schedule through the southern spring, with many shows already sold out. Having
Starting out at the age of 12 and drawing musical influence from the soundtracks of the Japanese video games he used to play, Robinson is a wise head on young shoulders. He learned to DJ only after releasing his first tunes. “For me it’s always been listening music first, dance music second,” he says. “When I started releasing music under my own name three years ago, it was different because people were requesting me to come play at their venues and I hadn’t learned to DJ – it wasn’t even in my headspace.”
He’s had some recent success, touring globally with his instrumental and emotively capturing single, Language, followed up with Easy, but having just celebrated his 21st birthday and now being legal in the States, he’s a producer with much more to create. “The music I’m writing today is a bit different to what I’m known for,” he says. “I’m writing an album, which I’ve been on for the last year, so I’ve only been taking weekend tours for the most part. “The core focus of this record for me is to be emotional, sentimental, beautiful and personal,” he says. “I’m not writing it for festivals or DJ sets, I’m writing it to make something important and to be something that touches my heart. The number one thing I’ve taken away from whatever success I’ve had is that the songs that tend to be the best are the most personal and honest,” he says. “Language and Easy were the two I cared most about when I was writing them.”
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Porter Robinson will hit Billboard on Sunday October 20. It’s sold out, but you can catch him next year alongside Deadmau5, Phoenix, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and more at the 2014 Future Music Festival which goes down on Sunday March 9 at the Flemington Racecourse. previously toured the country as an underground artist with a smaller, club focused set he says he can’t wait to do headliners and
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add to the experience of his sets at Stereosonic and Future Music. “Me and my friends are beyond excited to come back to Australia,” he says. “It’s great to play one hour festival sets with like 80,000 people there, but I also love playing a three and a half hour set in a club where I can let everything ride out a little longer.”
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Trying your best to write a self-deprecating tweet but being too hungover to think of anything. That is a new low.
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Will Saul, Rustie, Jacques Greene, Kito, Reija Lee, Marcel Vogel, Andrew Weatherall, Psychemagik, Smallpeople, Skudge, Roman Flügel, Silicone Soul
melbourne music week
The full program for Melbourne Music Week has been unveiled. After a huge initial announcement that featured an Australian exclusive performance of Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, an I Oh You curated party at Flagstaff Station alongside the reveal of the 2013 hub, the full program has been revealed. The full program will feature performances from Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, Canyons & Daniel Boyd, Gold Fields, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Justin Vandervolgen, Dick Naysayer & Gilsun, Jacques Lu Cont, Shed, Andy Stott, Mikal Cronin, Roland Tings, Breton and a whole lot more local talent. Following on from 2011’s KUBIK Melbourne, and 2012’s Where?House; 2013’s ‘The Residence’ offers a dynamic, purpose-built venue at Birrarung Marr. Created in collaboration with the People’s Market, The Residence will feature video mapping, light installations, market, food and entertainment offerings as well as an exciting music program each day and night of the festival. The Residence will be curated by 18 leading industry players, including Mistletone, Modular, The Operatives and Polyester Records (who are celebrating their 30th anniversary). Melbourne Music Week 2013 will run from Friday November 15 - Sunday November 24 all around Melbourne.
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animals dancing
Local purveyors of late-night debauchery Animals Dancing have announced their third foray into day time partying with their 2014 New Years Day extravaganza. Headlining proceedings will be Detroit techno wunderkind Kyle Hall alongside Tom of England, Cos/Mes, Chida, Lovefingers, Suzanne Kraft, Jonny Nash and local stalwarts Tornado Wallace, Otologic and Andee Frost. It all goes down on Wednesday January 1 at a yet to be announced venue.
big sean The Detroit rapper responsible for such dance anthems as Dance (A$$), Beware and Guap will be returning to Melbourne this November. It’s been nearly two years since Sean first garnered musical attention with his appearance in GQ Magazine as 2012’s Hottest Rookie and debut album, Finally Famous. Sean even received a Grammy nomination for his GOOD Music collaboration with Kanye West, Mercy; and his sophomore album, Hall of Fame, only reinforces his smooth rhythms and critical acclaim. Big Sean will perform at the Prince Bandroom on Saturday November 16.
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golden plains Hip hop royalty will be descending on the Sup’ next March. Public Enemy are the first act revealed to be on the 2014 Golden Plains lineup. The Rock N Roll of Fame Inductees Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, DJ Lord and the baNNed will be bringing the noise on the Sunday night of the eighth incarnation of the festival with their dynamic and explosive live show. Golden Plains 2014 takes place over Saturday March 8 - Monday March 10.
grey ghost first floor
Off the back of his national tour with Seth Sentry and Mantra, Grey Ghost is set to get back on the road with his own headline shows. Grey Ghost is incredibly creative as a talented musician, filmmaker and graphic artist, making his mark over several mediums and under several monikers. Starting his foray into music with Melbourne beat experimentalists The Melodics as Jeremedy, his style has evolved into what you hear today. Clever lyrical phrasing, imaginative subject and experimental rap fused with catchy hooks, Grey Ghost stands out from the crowd. It’s all happening at Northcote Social Club on Friday October 25 with support coming from Remi.
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N’FA Jones returns to the scene with Life’s a Game the first single off of his upcoming LP, Black & White Noise, just as he announces tour dates in support of his springtime comeback. Jones’ uplifting new single fills listeners in on on his new outlook on life, featuring vibrant vocals from Sydney artist, Brave. His tour will promote his diverse and dynamic new LP, due out in early 2014. N’FA Jones will bring his blend of hip hop, future beats, soul and roots to Revolver Saturday November 23.
wiz khalifia, a$ap rocky
Two of the world’s freshest acts in hip hop, Wiz Khalifia and A$AP Rocky, will hit Melbourne early next year. The dynamic artists will be performing in what is expected to be one of the biggest double-header shows of the year. It goes down on Saturday January 4 at Festival Hall.
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roger sanchez House legend Roger Sanchez is returning to Melbourne. You would need to have been living under a rock for the last five or so years if you haven’t heard of Lost, Another Chance or Turn On The Music. Roger Sanchez is responsible for such cult house hits and his sets are said to be euphoric, engaging and as you’d suspect, house. Rising through the ranks of the coveted New York House scene in the early 1990s alongside the likes of Danny Tenaglia and David Morales, his trademark thumping tunes and exquisite party-time track selection have seen him play the planet’s hottest clubs, biggest festival stages and most iconic residencies. Make sure to head down to Studio 3 at Crown on Monday November 4.
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club guide wednesday october 9 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 HALFWAYS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: JLOVE + JAMIE BENNET + SPECIAL GUEST Revolver Upstairs, Prahran, 8pm
thursday october 10
spenda c words / joshua hayes
As one of Australia’s most prominent bass and trap music producers, Steve Lind is an ideal fit for Onelove’s latest compilation. “I spoke to the guys (at Onelove) about doing a compilation based more on the trap-ier styles and they were really keen on the idea,” Lind says. “It’s more than just trap; we’ve got stuff that’s really current now, like a bit of the twerk movement, 100BPM stuff, as well as some drum and bass, big room stuff and I’ve got a little bit of drumstep-y stuff as well. It’s got a whole lot of different genres on there, so it’s not just trap but that theme holds it all together.” He’s particularly happy he was able to get permission to include DJ Snake’s Bird Machine (“that’s just a really cool, forward-thinking club tune”), Jackal’s Shakedown (“in my live sets that’s one of the biggest songs”) and A$AP Rocky and Skrillex’s Wild For The Night. “All the Skrillex stuff and stuff on (his label) OWSLA is quite hard to license,” Lind says, noting the song was released on A$AP Rocky’s label, Sony. “To actually get a Skrillex song and be able to put it on a mix CD was a pretty big deal because he doesn’t really licence any of his stuff to mix CDs, so I was happy we got that.” Lind’s mix also has a number of his own tracks and remixes including, Use Yo Mouf – a collaboration with fellow Sydneysider Nemo that was just released by Klub Kids; and two songs with female rapper Zuri Akoko – Another World and In The Back. He is currently working with Akoko on the Another World EP, which will be coming out soon
on Klub Kids. Lind’s two other projects – The Mane Thing with Jax Carr (aka Deckhead) and The Hump Day Project with Heath Jansson (aka Athson) are currently taking a backseat to his work as Spenda C. The Mane Thing is only throwing a monthly party, The Mane Event at Sydney’s iconic venue Chinese Laundry, while The Hump Day Project is on hold as Jansson recovers from problems with his hearing. “He’s on doctor’s orders to rest his ears,” Lind says. “He’s cancelled all of his gigs for a whole year just to try and get his ears back to normal. That’s a word of warning for all DJs out there: wear earplugs.” In the meantime, Lind continues to focus on production and remix work as Spenda C and as his music evolves, he’s heading in a direction that lends itself to working on a full-length album. “I’m moving more towards writing tracks that are more song-based with more structure…but there’s no glimpse in my eye yet about doing an album,” he says. “But I’m definitely heading in that direction.”
Bass Trap mixed by Spenda C & Leah Mencel is out now on OneLove. They’ll launch it at a secret show on Friday November 22. facebook.com/spendac
3181 THURSDAYS - DINNER SET WITH HANS DC FOLLOWED BY 3181 LATE WITH JESSE YOUNG, MATTHEW BUTTERS, SAM GUDGE, JOHN DOE + GUESTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran, 8pm 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. 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. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm.
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trentemøller words wo rds / denver maxx max x Anders Trentemøller is a consummate producer – his music is indicative of a person who conceptualises in arrangements rather than constructing a song like a metaphorical building as most bands and musicians do. The Danish producer’s lush soundscapes first came to the attention of the masses via his 2006 debut The Last Resort that reeked of production genius but, as the album’s single Rykketid indicated, the entry barriers for those outside the serious dance music scene were high. Four years later in 2010 Trentemøller realised his potential in the form of the epic Into The Great Wide Yonder that featured an orchestral triumph in electro-crossover, Sycamore Feeling. This song featured the vocals of Danish vocalist Marie Fisker, however the use of a guest vocalist was in the minority for that album. Now in 2013 Trentemøller has released Lost, a paradoxically titled release considering on this album Trentemøller has in fact found the perfect mix of the organic and inorganic, typified by it featuring guest vocalists on seven of the album’s songs. Opening song The Dream shows off his depth as a composer and producer with its mix of alt-country, post-goth and ambient. The song features collaboration with American slowcore act Low. “As soon as I sat down at my Wurlitzer and wrote those chord progressions I had Mimi Parker’s [Low’s singer] voice in mind,” explains Trentemøller. So completed are his arrangements in his head that Trentemøller couldn’t imagine using any other vocalists then the ones initially envisaged. He discusses the anxiety associated with this creative stubbornness, “Not only on The Dream, but on all the songs with vocals on the album, I had specific vocalists in mind. So I had to contact these vocalists that I had written these songs for and then just cross my fingers that they would say yes. Luckily they all did. Maybe because they could feel that these song were written specifically for them?” Concludes the rugged Dane. Those familiar with Trentemøller’s Late Night Tales compilation from 2011 will know that he featured Low’s very profound track (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace. He now discusses what it was like working with a band that he has so much respect for. “I’m a huge fan of their music and they have been a constant
inspiration for me the last 15 years. So for me it was a fantastic thing to have them on my album. As mentioned earlier, when I started working on the chord progression of the song I had Mimi Parker’s beautiful voice in mind so it was a great pleasure and a big honour that she actually really liked the music I sent to her and she made this magic melody and lyrics to my music,” explains an audibly awed Trentemøller. The first single to be released from Lost, called Never Stop Running, also featured a widely regarded indie vocalist in The Drums’ Jonny Pierce. The sonic bed created by Trentemøller for Pierce’s crisp new-romantic tones and dark lyrics is textured bass heavy post-punk arrangement that’s driven by a consuming fuzz. “I’m also a fan of The Drums and especially Jonny’s great voice that’s has this kind of uplifting but still melancholic vibe to it,” starts Trentemøller. He now explains how the collaboration came about, “I met him and the guys in The Drums when they were playing in Copenhagen. They asked me to do a remix of their single Days from their last album and I was a fan of their music so it felt natural to ask Jonny if he would sing on one of my songs.” Trentemøller has mentioned in previous interviews that as a young man he was a massive The Smiths fan, so it suitable to push him on the fact many critics have compared Pierce to Morrissey. “No! Morrisey is the biggest! And will always be, he’s in a league of his own, but Jonny is also a fantastic singer just in another way. But I can surely see the similarities, not in the lyric, but in the melodies and notes he’s doing,” protests then concedes the great Danish producer. Finally, he shuts down the rumours that he may be returning to Australia this summer, “Unfortunately there are yet no plans for going to Australia, because we have not had any requests so far! We would love to come back as the reception last time was amazing.” Trentemøller’s new album Lost is out now. facebook.com/trentmoller
CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. FLASH - VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 10pm FRIDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL HOUSE DJS - FEAT: HIJACK + LIVNBEYNG + MAGIC HOUSE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. HAPPY - VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 10pm MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 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 - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + LEWIE DAY + KATIE DROVER + SPECIAL GUESTS SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran, 8pm 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. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
saturday october 12 BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + electronic - urban - club life
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. 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. 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. SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. 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. 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 Lucky 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. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: RANSOM + NICK THAYER, MAT CANT + PAZ + LEWIS CANCUT + BOOSHANK + SPECIAL GUESTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran, 8pm
sunday october 13 COSMIC TONIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. MOTEL SUNDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. NO MORE-BANG-FOR-BUCK BURLESQUE SHOW! Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX + SPECIAL GUESTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran, 8pm 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.
monday october 14 IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
tuesday october 15 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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wednesday october 9 Compression Session - Feat: Cassawarrior + Dd + Ricka E55, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. Soul Ensemble Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
thursday october 10 Pennies Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $6.
friday october 11 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. 11:00pm. $15. DJ Thaddeus Doe The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. Faktory Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 2:55pm. Faktory - Feat: DJ Damion De Silva + DJ Durmy + DJ K Dee + DJ Yaths Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. Get Lit Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. Like Fridays - Feat: Broz + Dir-X + DJs Dinesh + Nyd + Sef + Shaggz + Shaun D La Di Da, Melbourne. 8:00pm. Rnb Superclub - Feat: Young Men Society Rnb Superclub, Southbank. 8:00pm. Studio Chasers, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $20. Sweet Nothing Fridays - Feat: DJ Marcus Knight + DJ Xander
James Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 9:00pm.
saturday october 12 Chaise Lounge Saturdays - Feat: DJ Andy Pala + DJ Kah Lua Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. Cheap Sober + Maggot Mouf & Gutz + Pete Mc + Planz The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $26. Laundry Saturdays Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. Saturday Nights - Feat: DJ Damion De Silva + Dj Jay Sin + DJ K Dee Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. The Dojo Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. The High Society Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
monday october 14 Freedom Pass - Feat: Phil Ross + B-Boogie + Chris Mac + Dozza Co., Southbank. 10:30pm. Hip Hop Open Mic First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
tuesday october 15 Can I Kick It? Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
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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
MOSHTIX ‘STATE OF THE INDUSTRY’ REPORT With festivals going bust or downsizing and tour promoters going out of business, you’d imagine that the festival bubble has burst in Australia. But prospects are good for the next 15 months, according to ticketing agency Moshtix’s State Of The Industry report. It is published every two years. 5000 people responded to the survey on trends in the live music industry, almost 150% more than who took part in the previous survey. 86% intend to attend the same or increase their attendance to music events in the next 12 months. 28% thought there are not enough music festivals and 74% said they attend local gigs with two or more friends. Bills and ticket prices were paramount for choice of festivals. Most of concern to ticket buyers was the security of credit card information, with most opting to buy from ticketing company websites.
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The 9th Australian Music Prize added another seven names to its Longlist. These are Surrender To Victory by The Tongue, Hex Lover Killer by The Delta Riggs, Deleted Scenes by Standish/Carlyon, Homosapien by PVT, In Blood Memory by Jen Cloher, She Beats by Beaches and Embracism by Kirin J.Callinan. Already announced were The Drones, Bob Evans, Abbe May, Big Scary, Dialectrix, and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. The PPCA returns as a principal partner (forking out the $30,000 cash for the winner announced next March), with Spotify now an industry sponsor to allow more music of 2014 finalists and past winners and short-listed to be featured on the AMP website.
MELBOURNE BLUES CHALLENGE ON AGAIN The Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society holds the 18th Blues Challenge this month. 15 acts have registered to take part. They are Leigh Sloggett Duo, Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk, The Detonators, Blue Eyes Cry, King Catfish, Miss Lizzy & The Night Owls, The 3 Tones, Catfish Voodoo, Mr Black & Blues, Wichita, Mama Blue, Rod Paine’s Full Time Lovers, Zevon & The Werewolves of Melbourne, The Dredge and The Dan Nilsson Band. They compete for title of Blues Performer of the Year and a paid trip to Memphis, USA, to compete in the International Blues Challenge in February 2014. There are three heats, on Monday Oct 21, Tuesday 22 and Wed 23 at the Royal Standard Hotel 333 William St West Melbourne. Starting at 7.30pm, they are open to the public, as is the final at The GH Hotel, 1 Brighton Road St Kilda.
NEW BIG DAY OUT, HEADSPACE PARTNER, LEADS TO BAND COMP Big Day Out has partnered with youth mental health foundation Headspace, and will be rebranding the Red Stage as the Headspace Stage. It will now be home to four winners of a new band competition. Bands (aged 15+) can apply via the BDO / headspace website, submitting an original recording (no covers), and an image with a brief bio. Each entry is given a dedicated profile that they can plug, share and link to. The public will select a shortlist of bands, with a panel of music industry figures then choose the three final winners. Triple M will also choose one winner. Entry deadline is Friday October 25. The winners play on the Headspace Stage at every BDO show in Australia.
THINGS WE HEAR
MMW WORKSHOPS
* The South Australian Government is trying to get The Rolling Stones to play the Adelaide Oval as its first music act for the new $500 million Adelaide Oval before 70,000 fans. Sources told The Advertiser that two major promoters are talking to the band about doing a stadium tour next year. * Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age are touring together. * The second Global Citizen Festival in New York drew 60,000 to see Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Kings Of Leon and Elvis Costello at Centennial Park. The Melbourne end, staged for the first time this year, drew 2500 to the Palais to hear Evermore and New Empire, as well as see the NY show being streamed. Evermore kicked off their set with One Love which they wrote for the ‘eradicate world poverty’ event, while New Empire’s new track Say It Like You Mean It summed up the night’s atmosphere. * Digital music service Rdio rolled out its free Internet radio service for mobiles in Australia, as well as the U.S. and Canada last Thursday. * The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne had his Instagram account deleted for posting too many explicit images. He said they were of nude statues. * Daft Punk’s Get Lucky is 5 x platinum in Australia, and One Direction’s Best Song Ever picked up its first platinum. * Added to NYE On The Hill: Brisbane electro dance band Pigeon (whose live Daft Punk medley has had 300,000 views on YouTube) and Bad News Toilet’s DJ/Mash Up show which involves dressing up punters on stage. * Multicultural Arts Victoria got an unexpected $350,000 bequest from Beverley Shelton and her late husband Martin Sconthal. Both refugees from Nazi Germany, the $$ is for use by creatives from a refugee background. * Illy landed his second Top 50 ARIA entry this week, with Youngbloods (feat. Ahren Stringer) from the forthcoming fourth album Cinematic coming in at #38. His first was Heard It All which reached #48 last June. * Azealia Banks, who walked off stage 15 minutes into the Sydney show of the Listen Out Festival after a crowd member threw a full beer can onto the stage, had the same problem in Melbourne. The promoter attributed her walk off 90 seconds in “as a result of a member of the audience throwing a full can of beer at her on stage. The incident made Azealia and her stage crew feel unsafe. Banks would like to apologise to those fans in the audience whose experience was affected by the behaviour of one individual.” The next day in Brisbane no one chucked a tinnie and she finished off the set. Simple, really. * Due to low ticket sales, ATP’s Release The Bats has moved from Westgate Entertainment Centre in Altona to The Palais Theatre and the Prince Bandroom … With Black Rebel Motorcycle Club selling out in hours, promoters moved the Nov 15 show from Billboard to The Palace. * Bringing back dead people via holograms isn’t a way to pack the crowds in. US hip hop festival Rock The Bells axed two of its four shows despite its selling point of Ol Dirty Bastard rejoining Wu Tang Clan digitally. * Def Leppard played a prank on fans at their Las Vegas residency by coming on first as a Leppard cover band called Ded Flatbird. Phil Collen admitted, “Some people thought we were some crap cover band. Some people would actually go, ‘You guys suck!’” * Sol Beer, after showcasing Mexican flavour via a pop-up Cantina del Sol in Sydney’s Potts Point on the weekend (Home And Away’s Alyssa McClelland made her debut as a DJ), take it to Melbourne and Adelaide next year. * Lostprophets split following singer Ian Watkins’ sexual offence charges.
Among the workshops held as part of Melbourne Music Week are ‘The Sounding Board’, a face to face with label A&R and radio tastemakers, ‘Small Rooms, Big Dreams’ in which venue operators and publicists talk about how small gigs launch major careers, ‘2014 – The Year That Was’, a hypothetical review of the music industry‘s 2014 game changers, failures and opportunities, while ‘In Music = Arts’ takes a look at artists who create music and musicians who create art. Full details at Industrial Strength Online at beat.com.au.
A DAY BY THE GREEN
30,000 FOR PALACE RALLY? While property developers Jinshan Investments’ planning permit application for the Palace Theatre building has been reactivated – they’ve chopped off 30 metres from the top of the building and the setback from the front is now 5 metres, not 8 – the rally this Saturday is at noon. It is expected 30,000 will attend: that’s how many signed on to the Save The Palace campaign. If you can help in any way, email info@savethepalace.com. Melbourne Heritage Action wants to get 5,000 more signatures for its petition to top it up to 30,000.
KOOYEH LOSE THEIR ROOF! Nine piece reggae soul and hip hop outfit Kooyeh are on tour around the country behind new album Soul Cleansing. They got a call from one of their girlfriends last Tuesday that their share house in Kew, which also houses their recording studio, lost its roof in the wild winds that swept Melbourne. Singer and keys player Isaac Walker quipped, “We were thinking wow, we literally raised the roof off !” Drummer Louie Michael added, “Although it was the gale-force wind and not our music that did the job that roof has seen plenty of tunes filtering through so maybe it was a case of the straw breaking the camel’s back. Of course we can look at the funny side now as no one was hurt, thankfully!”
MELBOURNE’S PHIA WINS GERMAN AWARD Sophia Exiner, the Berlin-based Melbourne musician performing as Phia, was awarded one of the first scholarships from the newly-formed Musicboard Berlin to record her debut album. The program supports expat musicians making significant creative contributions to Berlin’s music scene. Fellow recipients include Pantha Du Prince and Easter. Phia has been working in the folk/electronic scene. Producing the record is fellow Berlin-based Aussie Joshua Teicher (Mez Medallion). Classically trained pianist Phia starts an 11 date tour of Germany this month behind her debut single Do You Ever?
WANNA PLAY EMC? Sydney’s Electronic Music Conference (EMC) in December is calling for submissions from up-and-coming producers to showcase before label and publishing execs, tour and festival promoters and media. Five will be chosen. Submit a short bio, photo, contact details and link to your music online to spotlight@electronicmusicconference.com by Sunday October 27.
STEREOSONIC ANNOUNCES DESIGN WINNERS The Stereosonic festival and graphic design marketplace 99designs drew 3500 entries to find a new design for the festival. Winners were Brthr_ed and rtDs, chosen, promoter TrueLove brand manager John Curtin said, “conducted significant background research and interpreted the brief to illustrate the excitement and colour of Australia’s favourite electronic music festival, Stereosonic.” The designs will be showcased to 200,000 fans as the festival stages in November and December and in its merch stands.
LIFELINES Dating: Paul Simon’s singer songwriter son, Harper Simon, 41, and actress Kick Kennedy, 25, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Married: Ryan Winter, who heads By Popular Demand agency and SLAM in SA (and former dB staffer), married Olga Grudinina, media assistant at Mediacom, on the weekend at a private property in the Adelaide Hills. Injured: Hatebreed bassist Chris Beattie had to miss US dates after he broke his left wrist and right elbow. He was cutting a branch from a tree when the ladder he was standing 8 metres up fell. Injured: in bad timing for his new single You through Sony, X-Factor’s Nathaniel Willemse needed a knee reconstruction after taking a tumble during a basketball game. Ill: Little Richard, 80, had a heart attack. When he began coughing and his right arm began aching, he quickly took an aspirin, which saved his life. Released: Lauryn Hill is out of jail after a three month stint for tax evasion. In Court: Sydney band Sticky Fingers’ singer Dylan Frost’s Rottnest Island (WA) case has been adjourned until January. Which is good timing as he’s currently on tour with the band, with dates in Newcastle and Perth sold out. Frost was arrested when he climbed the roof of the stage structure during the band’s set at the Rottofest (September 7 and 8) and stage diving into the 2,000-strong crowd. He was charged with disorderly conduct and failing to leave the island when given notice. Jailed: US rapper Gucci Mane for six months for violating parole terms after he was discovered with marijuana and a concealed hand gun. In Court: a jury found after five months that concert promoter AEG Live was not responsible for the death of Michael Jackson because his doctor Conrad Murray was fit to work when they hired him. The Jacksons sued for millions blaming the firm for inadvertently causing his death. In Court: Matthew Cox, 26, killed Gold Coast R&B singer Tony Williams at his home after hearing a woman’s story she had been subjected to a degrading sexual offence, Southport Magistrates Court was told. Died: Lorne Black, founding bassist of US hard rock band Great White, reason not disclosed although a band member said “I know he has battled demons for a long time.”
Cold Harbour
By Patrick Emery “We’re not doing it for the money, we’re doing it because we love it!” So says Rusty Teluk, guitarist with Cold Harbour, and co-organiser of the A Day By the Green rock’n’roll music festival at the St Kilda Bowling Club. This weekend’s A Day By the Green, the 11th since the members of Cold Harbour first conceived and organised the event, features another stellar lineup of bands. Headlined by Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, the gig includes sets from Bitter Sweet Kicks, Geelong garage band The Living Eyes, Devil Rock 4, Kim Volkman and the Whisky Priests, Long Holiday, Los Dominados and, of course, Cold Harbour. “This will be the longest time we’ve had off for a while,” Teluk says. “Evan’s been overseas, and Vincent’s got a couple of young kids, so we took a bit of a break. But we’ve been back in the studio, and we’ll be playing a new song on the night – plus finishing off with an Oz rock classic!” A change of management at the St Kilda Bowling Club hasn’t stopped the thrice-yearly event from returning. And, subject to the usual hard economic realities, it’s hoped A Day
By the Green continues for a while longer. “It’s been great seeing a lot of the bands we’ve had play go on to do bigger things,” Teluk says. “Bitter Sweet Kicks have just come back from Europe, Burn in Hell have done a couple of overseas tours, Ron Peno’s over there at the moment. And there’s also been lots of bands that have got to know each other, and have gone on to organise shows with each other after playing together at A Day By the Green,” Teluk says. While St Kilda remains under-represented in Melbourne’s live music scene – notwithstanding the emergence of smaller venues such as the Lyrebird in Ripponlea and Lost in St Kilda – there is the occasional glimmer of hope. “There are some venues around that’ll host bands, but it’s hard because of the noise restrictions that have hurt places like Pure Pop,” Teluk says. Haines and Teluk are, however, quietly confident
that St Kilda’s rock’n’roll heritage may yet be celebrated on a semi-permanent basis if a fledgling idea for a performing arts museum at the old Crystal Ballroom can garner support. “It’s the perfect place for it,” enthuses Nick Haines, Cold Harbour’s manager and fellow co-organiser of the festival. “You can’t do anything else with the Ballroom – it’s heritage listed, you can’t have bands there because of the noise restrictions, and you can’t put offices there. It’s a great space – you could have a mixture of permanent and rotating exhibitions.” With St Kilda Walking Music Tours (featuring Fred Negro and Fiona Lee Maynard) offering punters the opportunity to
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witness the colourful, infamous and occasionally dangerous sights of St Kilda punk rock history, St Kilda’s punk rock heritage is certainly not being forgotten. Beyond this weekend’s event, A Day By the Green is scheduled to return in January for the summer leg of the event. A DAY BY THE GREEN will take place at St Kilda Bowling Club this Saturday October 12. The lineup includes Lond Island, Kim Velleman and the Whiskey Priests, Cold Harbour, The Living Eyes and the incomparable Kim Salmon and the Surrealists.
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OWL EYES By James Pearson
Brooke Addamo comes across like an endangered species. The woman known as Owl Eyes is softly spoken, like she’s found her feet but isn’t ready to step on anyone’s toes. Split-seconds of hesitation meander down the phone line as Brooke launches into a dialogue that doesn’t quite relate to the question being posed, instead answering one I wish I’d thought to ask. She tells me that her favourite artist isn’t Madonna, her favourite Beatles song could be I Want To Hold Your Hand, and that her favourite time in life could potentially be right now. Addamo’s story is an unlikely one, although not so unlikely as to verge on the unbelievable. It’s a faux pas to bring up her reality TV past. Though so many moons ago, her appearance on that notorious talent show which cannot be named still seems to have left a residual effect. “Not too many people bring up Australian Idol anymore. Usually in the cities I never get asked about it, but if I’m doing a regional tour I might get asked. I don’t mind it. Everyone has a back story and this is mine. I don’t regret it; I just take it with a grain of salt. Everyone has their dorky, awkward teenage phase - mine was broadcast live on national TV. The main thing that’s annoying about it is that it’s all over YouTube. Once it gets on there you can never take it away.” Brooke finds herself in the developmental crossroads that often defines being in one’s early twenties. She
tells me her age gets brought up quite frequently in interviews, that people like to remind her how young she is. She doesn’t feel that young. “I guess I’m still young, but I also feel quite mature and I feel like I’m finding myself as an artist more than I have in the past. I’ve been doing music for a long time now, so I don’t feel too young. There are so many up-and-coming artists, there’s producers who are only 16 that are making music and putting it on Soundcloud and getting signed. But I feel like I can still take risks and not be too harshly criticised because I’m in my lower twenties.” In an earlier interview, a slightly younger Brooke Addamo said that her creative process “never stops”. Nothing is ever finished. Is it possible that Owl Eyes has only ever released B-Sides and demos, all of them a work-in-progress? “I don’t remember saying that. If I put a deadline on
myself then I feel like I have to finish it. If I just say, ‘Oh, I’m gonna start writing soon’ and don’t give myself a time to finish I’ll just keep writing and keep starting new projects and not finishing the ones I’ve already started. This month I’ve set aside time for starting to come up with new material.” Brooke also doesn’t remember talking about her political beliefs, mainly because she never does. Truthfully it’s no one’s business to ask, but hey, it’s an election year. Let’s hear it. “I don’t really get involved in politics because it makes me quite mad. But my main policy would probably be to legalise gay marriage. I think it’s ridiculous that we’re living in the past. If you love someone, you should be able to show that. I have a lot of gay friends and I feel quite passionately about that. I’m not too sure what my political party would be called. Probably something funny to do with cats.
“I don’t really take a stand on a lot of issues because I’m not an activist, I’m not a politician. But I do support the belief that if you believe something you should talk about it. Oscar’s Law came to me and asked if I was interested. I read about them and thought it was a good cause. I do believe in animal rights; I don’t think puppy farms are the right way to go. I didn’t know much about them before they contacted me but after looking at how dogs are being treated in those facilities I thought it was something worthy of my time - even if it was just for a photograph.”
do through ya whole life I reckon. I had a bit of writers block and was listening to some full on cheesy pop music too; like Bruno Mars kinda stuff. It wasn’t to write like that but just to try to step out of that guitar pop formula.” Nolan is already feeling the pressure of having his lyrics scrutinised and, as is often the case, that pressure generally comes from those that are closest to the action. Friends, family, lovers – they ache to see themselves immortalised in a song and then loathe what they see. “Yeah, big time, that’s so true,” he agrees. “I had a fair bit of shit from the song Bad To Me, an old song, just because I’d broken up with my girlfriend but it is embellishment. If it’s a good story that’s what I care about. Carolina is a direct story of a mate’s girlfriend who left and went back to Sweden so I called him and made sure I cleared it with him before I went ahead with it. I think it’s pretty reckless if you start writing songs about the stories of your close friends that are bang on without checking.” Gloamer was recorded as Loon Lake exist – relaxed and on their own terms. Steven Schram (Little Red / San Cisco) took on co-production duties with Loon Lake
drummer Nick Nolan. “It was pretty cool the way it worked,” he says. “We did three sets of six or seven day blocks over about two months. Schram encouraged us to learn ProTools and because Nick and I live together, we were able to record a lot of it at home. Schram was really happy for Nick to add his two cents worth. I loved all the recording; I was really nervous about it at first but I had a really good time. That’s actually our favourite thing to do for all of us actually is to record.” After this tour Loon Lake have a few wild cards up their sleeves. “I don’t think there’ll be anything much bigger than the Big Day Out hey,” he says. “We’re doing a few weird gigs – a few strange festivals and stuff – but we’re hoping to do a really big tour next year. We’re pitching for Groovin’ The Moo but if we don’t get that then we want to do a really extensive regional tour.”
kids are alright. “Yeah they are and the whole rock quest and the belief that you can be a musician is a lot more accepted now,” he says. “Our parents did not want that for us and these days it’s a lot more believable; school’s push music, it’s a viable career. I’m not saying they are gonna make a career, I’ve got so many mates that probably have even more ability than me but for whatever reason just haven’t caught a break. But that’s another side of the industry; the one where you need so many little things to fall into place to make it - and then stay together.” Katchafire are no strangers to Australian shores (neither are the other 119 reggae bands on the scene) and with an ever-expanding back-catalogue, Bell explains that they’ve refined the art of set building. “Over the years we’ve honed that and we’ve got a pretty good idea of what the masses wanna hear,” he says. “You’ll never please everyone in the room but you start to gauge crowd reactions and respond to that with your set. This show here will be very much
based upon the Best So Far album as well; it’s very much focused on that.” Bell also says that a new album is planned and Katchafire are closer than ever. “I think we really are happy,” he says. “The band has been together over ten years and we role as a family unit. Like all families, we have ups and downs but like family, you wouldn’t wanna got through these struggles without them. That vibe has always been within the camp. We still feel like we have a lot left in the tank, we feel like we have a lot left to give and we’re really excited by the prospects going forward. The pep is in our step. We’re currently considering a world-wide management deal and with that we’ll be taking it to a whole other level.”
OWL EYES plays the Northcote Social Club in support of her debut album Nightswim on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and a sold out Friday October 18 (sold out).
LOON LAKE By Krissi Weiss
Indie-rock/pop band, Loon Lake, while perched on the edge of Australia living in a tiny town along the Great Ocean Road, brought to life their latest album, Gloamer. Surfing had a lot to do with it so it’s only fitting frontman and primary song writer, Sam Nolan has just returned from a surf when we chat. Loon Lake write frustratingly catchy music with instinctively Australian lyricism as Nolan has, at once, his heart on his sleeve and a cheeky grin on his face. Surely the band are working hard and gearing up for the album release? “Yeah but we just, you know, we all like to surf and we all like that healthy balance you know?” Nolan begins with a laugh. “Most of the songs, well good songs anyway, have been written when I’ve gotten back from surfing. It’s not like I push that situation just to write a song but I really don’t think they’d come if I wasn’t doing what I wanted to be doing.” When asked if the band are ready for things to step up a notch with the release of Gloamer, Nolan answers with the answer the question deserved. “Ha, well we all work full time so I reckon if things change and we get to play music full time we’d probably get to surf even more,” he says as though saying a wish out loud. “So yeah, I reckon I’m more than ready for that. I dunno though really; we haven’t thought too far ahead.” Despite all the good humour in Nolan’s conversation and descriptions of the band insisting on using the cringeworthy Oz title “larrikin”, Loon Lake have absorbed their storytelling into a world of change, loss and hope
for this album. “It was a bit of change that inspired it all,” he explains. “Two of us had come out of really long relationships a bit prior; actually around the first EP. We were experiencing so many new things as well and we had all these amazing things happening with our music career and we were maybe over-indulging a bit – going out too much – but then a lot of it gets dramatized. It comes from experiences but then I make the songs just kind of bigger stories. Also what we were listening to influenced us. The two main things were as a band we were all into that Frank Ocean album and we were going through a Beatles stage too. That’s something you just
LOON LAKE will be at Howler, Friday October 11. Gloamer will be released on Friday October 11 through Caroline.
KATCHAFIRE By Krissi Weiss
Reggae has always been synonomous with island culture. Despite the fact the words “sundrenched” and “balmy” aren’t the first that come to mind when you think of New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud took to the counter-culture like a moth to the flame. There’s something about reggae and dub music that while it will always have its roots in Jamaica and surrounds, has its heart in a certain lifestyle, an attitude, a rebellion. It suits New Zealand, and they do it well. Luckily, with an explosion of quantity over the past decade, quality hasn’t waned too much and stalwarts like Katchafire have remained front and centre for the entire time. Frontman for the group, Logan Bell, messes with me for a minute when we catch up. “We’re ah busy keeping our ears nice and clean,” Bell says. I’m sorry? “Nah we’re getting in-ear monitors fitted so that’s pretty flash. We got the kit a month ago but we haven’t had it running at full capacity - it’s definitely the way forward.” In-ear monitors, while helpful on a practical level, are a symbol of Katchafire’s desire to take things even more seriously. With five studio albums as well as a host of collaborative appearances, Katchafire have never taken the lazy route, but they have walked this path at their own pace and they’re now setting a new one. “I guess up is definitely the direction we want to go,” he says. “We’ve got a lot of harmonies – and in falsetto – and when you’re on strange stages not with your own crew you need this. It’s a long time coming and we’ve got in mind that we have BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 36
to keep upping the ante and keeping our product pure.” The aforementioned explosion of reggae and dub bands in the Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington scenes in New Zealand has been a catalyst for the band – strive and thrive or throw it all in seem to be their only choices. “The main thing we’ve seen in the past three to five years is that competition is really up,” he says. “So much so in New Zealand; there are 120-odd reggae bands that have popped up. Competition breeds excellence and we wanna stay on the front foot. We feel that they’ve come in behind us and everyone is elevating each other. Worldwide, the youth are getting so much more amazing than we ever were at that age.” With most people touting the standard generational line of “back in my day…” it’s nice to hear someone say the
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KATCHAFIRE will be at the Hi-Fi, Saturday October 19. Best So Far is out now through Lion House Records/MGM.
JAE LAFFER By Patrick Emery
After writing, recording and touring The Panics’ last record, Rain on the Humming Wire, guitarist, singer and principal songwriter Jae Laffer decided he needed to put himself in a different creative headspace, lest he lose the creative spark that inspired his original foray into music. “After the last record taking a while, it felt like a good time to refresh my mind creatively,” Laffer says. “For that to work, I realised after many years that it’d benefit me, and test me, to write a bunch of songs really quickly and record them, and have a burst of creativity and inspiration.” The result of Laffer’s break from The Panics, and his dedicated songwriting activities, is his debut solo album, When the Iron Glows Red. Much of the inspiration for the songs on the album derives from Laffer’s experiences while working various manual labour jobs, including a spot at the Melbourne docks. “It was a whole separate journey for me, and the songs just seemed to come from a certain place in my soul that was unique to me,” Laffer says. “I was writing about some of the guys I’d been working around. It’s just like a romance to the job. There’s a song on the record called Right Above My Heart, and it’s from the perspective of a forklift driver called Angelo, who I don’t even know that well,” Laffer laughs. With his field of sociological vision considerably wider than the young Perth pop songwriter of yore, Laffer’s songs, and his songwriting exhibit a greater level of maturity on the new record. “I’m a little older now, and I see people around me struggling to keep their dreams and goals in life, and strive to be that person they want to be while working in these jobs and being talked down to, or the pressures people have to have certain relationships or what they’re supposed to be job-wise, or financially,” Laffer says. “It just seemed that after I had a few songs that came out on that theme, that became the spirit of the record. It’s not a teenage party record – it seems to be built around relationships and workplaces and things that I’ve been around and experienced in the last few years.” That creative inspiration – heavy toil in pursuit of economic security – can be seen most vividly in the album’s title track, which derives from a newspaper article Laffer read about the last blacksmith in Hanoi.
“I had got a few of the songs down, and I was still at the point of wondering what the record might be, and what might be cohesive about it,” Laffer says. “I was reading the paper, and this quote struck out at me. It was on the subject of this guy working his whole life, and what he said was strangely poetic, and it was said by someone who was probably quite jaded, and stuck in a corner as well. And there was that resignation that people can have which in my mind seems quite beautiful and romantic.” In that context, I ask Laffer if, as a critically successful – albeit not necessarily financially profligate – musician, his music is his trade, or his art. “I’ve had times when I’ve thought of it as my trade, and I think the healthiest thing for me personally is to consider it my art,” Laffer says. While just about every musician aspires to obtaining economic security through musical performance, for Laffer the notion of music as a day-job can dampen the spark of creativity. “It’s the times when it’s felt like work when I’ve started treading water on a creative level. You’ve got to keep the creative hunger, and not get too used to doing what I’m doing,” he says. So can the themes of industrial exploitation explored in Right Above My Heart – the idea labour being a dispensable cog in the industrial machine – be extrapolated to the notoriously fickle music industry? Laffer certainly doesn’t feel part of an ‘industry’. “I don’t feel part of an industry – I don’t feel like I’ve made anyone any money!” Laffer laughs “If anything, I feel like a cog that’s never been able to fit in the machine – I’ve just been rolling along next to it. But I suppose the industry is kind of necessary, even though it can
piss me off sometimes, because I’m too in touch with myself creatively to take anyone’s negativity towards it too seriously.” The other personal element of the record derives from Laffer’s changed familial circumstances. Over the period of the writing and recording of the album, Laffer lost his grandfather; at the same time, Laffer became a father for the first time. The idea of “different family traits that had been passed on” is explored in I See Myself in You. “It was the passing on of knowledge and personal traits through the generations,” Laffer says. “I was a bit shy about it – it can be one of those areas you don’t want to get too close to, putting lullabies to your child on the record.” Charles Jenkins once remarked that the discipline of his
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songwriting improved once he became a father – with spare time at a premium, each moment of potential creativity became precious. It’s an observation with which Laffer agrees. “I probably spend far less time staring at a blank wall waiting for something to come into my mind – I’m far more likely to be more busy, more distracted, and for the better,” Laffer says. “It suits me better – I write as I go, and I feel very energised when I have those moments to put something down.”
JAE LAFFER’s album When the Iron Glows Red is now available via Dew Process. Touring the country in support of the release, he will hit The Toff In Town this Saturday October 12.
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ROB ZOMBIE By Krissi Weiss Songwriter, filmmaker, musician and all-round gore-creator extraordinaire Rob Zombie is a fucking legend (yes he is Robert Cummings but screw that – Zombie forever!). He needs no introduction and if you haven’t heard of him, set aside at least an hour, go to Google and meet his daunting back catalogue of creation. His latest film, The Lords Of Salem, paired itself with the release of his latest album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor. It has been three years since he’s released an album but filmmaking takes a damn long time. Zombie is so warm and affable on the phone that many wannabe rock stars should take note – being a douchebag is not the key to success. For some Zombie fans they felt as though they lost him a little to the movie world while others have loved the creative cross-over. Either way, he himself admits that music has been more fulfilling over the past few years than it was. “I think musically everything has been going great for probably the past four years,” Zombie says. “The biggest problem I was having before was that the movies were taking me away from music for such long stretches of time. Even a long record – like six months which hardly anyone does anymore – seems like a while but when you look at films, from the time someone says they have an idea for a movie to
financing to making it and then seeing it on the screen, it can be anywhere from two years to ten years.” While Zombie doesn’t feel that his films have informed his music in any specific way, he does think they helped rekindle the spark. “Films have definitely made me more appreciative of music and of touring and of that world,” he says. “If you do one thing for so long you take it for granted and for me, by going into movies and into that world, which is a much more stressful world, it made me re-evaluate the music industry and it’s always a relief to come back to it.” For Zombie and his musical army, this latest album
was recorded in a completely refreshing way. “There were just so few outside influences,” he says. “Usually every record that was ever made was made in California in a recording studio with all the same people coming in and out and all this bullshit going on. We made this record at my house – I kinda live in the country so the band kinda sequestered themselves there – so for the first time ever we had no outside influences.” So is everyone on the album staying on as the touring line-up? “I say this all the time - and it never comes true - but this line-up has been together for a long time and I don’t see any reason why anyone would leave the
band but then again who knows?” he laughs. “I never see it coming when it happens.” With a massive catalogue of films and albums behind him, Zombie is nowhere near slowing down. “I have a million ideas and I feel like there’s just not enough time to do them,” he says. “I feel like if I’m not creating something new then the day has been wasted.”
ROB ZOMBIE will be at Soundwave on February 28 2014 at Flemington Racecourse. Venous Rat Regeneration Vendor is out now through Universal.
THE UV RACE By Augustus Welby Melbourne’s six-piece scrap merchants The UV Race will join indie-rock divinities The Breeders, Television, The Scientists and close associates Total Control at All Tomorrow’s Parties Release The Bats festival this Halloween. The UV Race saxophonist and harmonica player Georgia Rose is thrilled. “Mainly Television I’m pretty excited about.” The composite of subversive tendencies and raw delivery is something The UV Race have evidently gleaned from bands such as Television, but Rose didn’t delve into this daring and exposed end of the music spectrum until quite recently. “There’s heaps of bands I haven’t heard that everyone’s heard and loves. My family only listened to musicals,” she says. Her family may have had a preference for musicals but Rose recalls an enlightening discovery which was made when she was a little bit older. “One day I was looking through my Dad’s cupboard and I found all these awesome records, like Bob Dylan and obvious stuff like that, but I’d never listened to it when I was growing up.” These days Rose certainly exists in a rock ‘n’ roll dominated universe; in addition to The UV Race she’s centrally involved with School of Radiant Living and The Lost Volvos. Elsewhere, The UV Race share members with a number of Australia’s most exciting bands, including Dick Diver, Total Control and Straightjacket
Nation (guitarist Al Montfort actually plays in a total of six bands). So, while they may appear to be a haphazard bunch, some planning is required to get all members of The UV Race into the same room. “There’s been a few times where there’s been clashes, I think I’ve played two shows in one night with different bands,” says Rose. “We went to Sydney on the weekend and other Sydney friends wanted to catch up with me but I sort of just wanted to hang out with the band. Apart from when we play together and jam together we don’t necessarily all see each other, so it’s like our opportunity to hang out with each other.” The UV Race make a distinctly-Australian cacophony of sound, which might startle any overseas audience members expecting a by-numbers indie-pop dem-
onstration. Rose admits that “sometimes people are a bit confused,” however she suggests the band’s unique physicality could help to lure in fans. “I think we’re an interesting looking mob of people and therefore people are looking at us first and then they [either] like or don’t like what they hear. We don’t look like a normal band because there’s so much of us and there’s big guys and little guys and tall skinny guys and funny haircuts and weird outfits. So at least if people see us setting up – if we’re not headlining – and they’re like, ‘Oh, these guys look weird,’ then they might stick around to hear us.” Although The UV Race obviously aren’t focused upon
attaining commercial viability there’s definitely an audience for their energy-fuelled clamouring honesty. Rose indicates that support from garage rock label In The Red has enhanced their fortunes in the US. “Since our first tour I think people [had] heard our music more, so more people were at our shows. When there’s a few people there that get the energy then everyone else gets the energy and then… everyone’s having a good time.” THE UV RACE play All Tomorrow’s Parties Release The Bats on Saturday October 26 at the Palais and the Prince Bandroom. Tickets via Moshtix.
OF MICE & MEN By Will Oakey Austin Carlile would certainly be better recognised for his menacing role as the screaming frontman and leader of Californian melodic metal core outfit Of Mice & Men. But behind his gigantic intimidating frame (he stands at a prominent 6’4”) and other worldly vocal screeches is a gentle sympathetic personality. In what little free time he has available, he commits this to charity work in his home state of California and this generous spirit he has embraced is as rewarding as his music. He also discusses his recent separation from his clothing line (Aspire & Create) as well as clothing store (Paper Alligator). “The clothing brand is no longer mine, I’m not associated with it, I do not promote it, they are not friends and they are not anyone associated with myself or Of Mice & Men, (laughs) take that as you will but I am trying to be as respectful as possible. But with all the other charity stuff I am involved with, the canned food drives, the toy drives, the beach clean-up, the movie nights at community centres and everything else I will never give that up. I believe if you have ten dollars then you should give someone one of those dollars that might need it more than you. Helping people is a necessity and I am happy to be a part of it with any company who would love to do it with me. I will always do it.” Obviously this commitment adds further admiration and adoration for the renowned vocalist, but returning to the topic of his first love and full-time job of touring musician and song-writer, Austin admits that OM&M have just wrapped up recording the long-awaited third BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
album. A record which the band plans to reach fans on yet another level, higher than ever before. “Lyrically I have really pushed myself this time, I have really paid attention to what I way saying with every line, that it was always a statement and it meant something to me and it was real. I have really opened up myself and I hope that comes across with this record, it gets me excited and I am so grateful to my friends, family and fans that what we are doing means something to them and how supportive they are. That’s how we got to where we are because of them, so it’s our turn to repay that you know.” Austin continues on the new LP’s sound - “I wouldn’t say it was more rock than it was just catchier and more thought out. So if we play the song live we know which part the crowd is going to sing, so we really structured the song around something like that. Or on the other end of the spectrum if it is a really heavy part, then let’s push that heaviness so that when we play it live people
lose their minds and go crazy.” Having toured here twice prior, once supporting Queensland’s emotional melodic metalcore favourite’s The Amity Affliction and also as part of the inaugural Soundwave festival just earlier this year, October will see the five gentlemen who make up OM&M return supporting experi-metalcore enthusiast Bring Me The Horizon and Japan’s electro-core party maniacs Crossfaith. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated tours of 2013, how does Of Mice & Men find Australia themselves? “We are not meant to have favourites, I know that but Australia is my favourite place to tour in the whole wide world. It’s like a second home to me actually.
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Soundwave was just an awesome experience and it’s always really cool to play big shows like that everyday to people who have made time in their day to see you, it is even cooler when you are in a different country doing it!” OF MICE & MEN play Festival Hall with Bring Me The Horizon and Crossfaith Wednesday October 9. Tix available via venue website.
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By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com Three of the country’s most talented solo performers have been touring together this week just past and Melbourne can expect their own dose of morose, soulful acoustic balladry shortly. Lincoln Le Fevre, Jen Buxton and Lucy Wilson will bring the Lemon, Lime and Jitters tour to The Reverence on Sunday October 27. The show will also serve as the official launch of Lucy’s new EP (one of the best this year) Full To The Brim. It had been several months since I saw Wilson perform live when I finally caught her set at The Rev’s Boonananza last week. This Melbourne local has one of the most staggering voices in the country and when it soars through her collection of wry and heartfelt tunes - I can’t help but feel that Wilson is one of the most endearing and promising musicians we’ve seen ‘round these parts in a while. Warped Tour will announce a second round of bands this month, though no definite dates have been set and fans have been sent to scour the internet for any definitive word on which punk rock bands will be making the trip over for the iconic tour this December. Promoter AJ Maddah also promised a new round of Soundwave acts before the end of the month.
as a band after the death of their frontman Mitch Lucker in a motorcycle accident last November. The new vocalist will be All Shall Perish singer Hernan “Eddie” Hermida. The band have insisted “this is what Mitch would have wanted. He would want his brothers to stick together and carry forward what he helped create. Every time we step onstage will be in his honour and for his legacy.”
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NOFX have decided to release a cheeky new 7inch and digital EP called Stoke Extinguisher. The guys have also been recording a follow up to the most excellent Backstage Passport DVD which documented some of their most dicey tours to date. Every Time I Die will be accompanied by I Exist and Surrender when they arrive in Melbourne on Sunday October 20. The band is finally on their way out here for a headlining tour in support of last year’s ripping album ExLives. Tickets are still available. Pee Records will bring Swedish hardcore quintet Cedron out here for the release of their new album Chased By Shades. You can see them play at Footscray’s Wrangler Studios on December 1.
Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice and Men, Crossfaith at Festival Hall THURSDAY OCTOBER 10: Karl S Williams, Rowan Roebig at The Reverence Prepared Like A Bride, I Am Delarge, Swim Through Seasons, The Ophidian Ascension, The Seraphim Veil, Athenas Wake at Next
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Black metal band Mayhem will celebrate their 30 Anniversary by touring Australia this January. See these Norwegians in the flesh (and probably a great deal hotter than they’re used to being) on Friday January 10 at The HiFi. Tickets on sale from Thursday October 10. Suicide Silence have revealed that they’re going to carry on
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Lostprophets have officially split up. There really weren’t a lot of options left for these guys after their vocalist Ian Watkins was arrested and charged for child sex abuse. The band confirmed they’ve known for “some time” that they would no longer be continuing and acknowledge “nearly a year of coming to terms with our heartache”.
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Clowns at Karova Lounge, Ballarat The Reprobettes, The VIllenettes at The Retreat Hotel Grim Fandango, Apart From This, Ceres at The Old Bar Adalita, Laura Jean at Barwon Club, Geelong Small Town Fiasco, The Electric, As A Rival, Falconio at The Reverence SATURDAY OCTOBER 12: Grim Fandango, Hoodlum Shouts, Lincoln LeFevre, Freak Wave at The Reverence Eleventh He Reaches London at The Evelyn The Working Horse Irons, The Villenettes, Road Ratz, Where’s Grover at Yah Yahs Scar The Surface, Bronson at The Tote Adalita, Laura Jean at Karova Lounge The Groves, Contangent, The Underhanded, A Gazillion Angry Mexicans at The Reverence All We Need, I Am The Riot, Summer Blood, Hug Therapist at The Worker’s Club Endless Heights, Apart From This, Toy Boats, Admit One at Bang SUNDAY OCTOBER 13: Deven Townsend Project at The Palace Adalita, Laura Jean at The Corner Hotel Lincoln Le Fevre, Donnie Dureau, Clancye Milne, Liam Daly at The Reverence Ewe Ewe, The Villenettes at The Brunswick Hotel
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LIMP BIZKIT RETURN TO OZ
With over 35 million album sales, Limp Bizkit are the undisputed champions of rap-rock, and they will finally be bringing their ground shaking live show to venues around Australia this October. There are no extra shows so don’t fuck around. I had a chat with guitarist Wes Borland last week (look for it in an upcoming issue of Beat) and he hinted that there might even be some new material to check out, since the recording of their next album should be finished by the time they step on the plane. They’ll be at Festival Hall on Sunday October 27. Presented by Triple M, Channel V and Soundwave Touring. Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster now.
BREWTALITY AT THE TOTE AND BENDIGO
HEAVY Mag presents Brewtality 2013, a celebration of Australia’s finest metal, rock and beer. The event will be held over two of Melbourne’s finest live venues, The Tote and The Bendigo Hotel, over three stages. Free beer tastings by major sponsor Killer Sprocket. The lineup includes: King Parrot, Dreadnaught, Scar The Surface, Desecrator, Electrik Dynamite, King of the North, Frankenbok, Bronson, Heaven The Axe, Witchgrinder, Don Fernando, The Deep End, Midnight Creepers, Orpheus Omega, Truth Corroded, House of Thumbs, Zelorage, The Charge, Internal Nightmare, I am Duckeye, Hailmary, Join The Amish, Hadal Maw, Infiltraitor, Abreact, Diprosus, Bury The Truth, Drifter and Audemia.
SURRENDER NABS EVERY TIME I DIE SUPPORT
Originally hailing from Perth, Surrender, now residing in Melbourne, have recently finished touring with Vices and Perspectives, and now they’ve snagged the coveted opening slot on the Every Time I Die tour, which hits the Corner Hotel on Sunday October 20. On their debut album, One Day, the band delve into their own unique brand of melodic hardcore, delivering a kick in the face with driving guitars and honest melodies. The future is shining bright, and their ambition will not waiver.
GUS G & FIREWIND GET THEIR SHRED ON Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G - known by many as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and by his tenures in Dream Evil, Nightrage and as a touring player with Arch Enemy - is bringing his legendary power metal band Firewind to Australia for the first time ever this October and November, presented by Metropolis Touring and Tombowler. The Apotheosis Across Australia 2013 tour rolls into Melbourne on Sunday November 3 at the Corner Hotel. Tickets are only $59+bf and are available from metropolistouring.com and there are strictly limited VIP Meet and Greet packages available for each show too!
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David Lee Roth. The voice of Van Halen, the master of ceremonies who presided over such classics as Unchained, Running With The Devil and Panama as well as new stompers like China Town. Yep, Dave’s place in music history would be assured if he only ever recorded with Van Halen. But we all know Dave’s musical output didn’t stop there. His solo work introduced the world at large to such previously underground guitar heroes as Steve Vai and Jason Becker, and led to several more classics in the rock pantheon. Now a new Greatest Hits album brings a cherry-picked selection of Dave’s solo hits together. The CD, titled Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition, includes Dave’s entire Crazy From The Heat EP as well as tracks from his albums Eat ‘Em And Smile, Skyscraper, A Little Ain’t Enough and Your Filthy Little Mouth. It’s packaged with a DVD which includes nine of Dave’s classic MTV-era videos, including the entire Dave TV Warner Home Video release, which is appearing on DVD for the very first time. There’s also new artwork and photos, and of course printed lyrics to all songs, which is great if you’d like to sing along at home or to remind Dave of the correct lyrics next time he shouts out “I forgot the [bleep] words, man!”
Don’t you fucking dare forget that Between The Buried And Me are at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday November 19 to perform their ambitious release The Parallax II: Future Sequence in it’s entirety. This critically acclaimed album is described by Tommy Rogers (vocals, keyboards) as “A conceptual journey that takes the listener to worlds that seem familiar and worlds that make you scratch your head.” Joining BTBAM are US Prog Metal alchemists The Contortionist. Combine Rush, Dream Theater, Cynic and their touring buddies and add a dose of their own personality and you get these guys. They create a frenzy of warped time signatures, percussive mathematics, spider-fingered fretwork, dazzlingly atmospheric keyboards and arresting vocals. In short, a stunning, virtuosic group of musicians who have been shattering the boundaries of conventional heavy metal since their inception in 2007. Tickets are on sale now.
KILL TV SHOWCASE
Kill TV have been chosen to be part of the Grid band showcase at The Elsternwick Hotel, playing their heat this Thursday October 10. Then they’re at The Empress on Friday October 11.
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT By Rod Whitfield
Devin Townsend is a musical genius. In typical self-effacing style, the man himself has rejected this moniker consistently over the years, but we the listeners and fans of his music know different. Since coming to prominence singing on a Steve Vai album 20 years ago, Hevy Devy has produced some of the most stunning and diverse rock, progressive and metal music ever heard. Australian fans have also been very fortunate to have had the man tour our shores very regularly over the years, and he is here once again this month. Australia has always been a very strong market for Devin and his music, since way back in the late ‘90s when he recorded a Strapping Young Lad live album here. He’s at a bit of a loss as
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to why we have been so good to him over the years, but he’s more than happy to run with it. “I love it man,” he says. “Australia’s always been somewhere that’s been good for me, but also, I’ve been saying in these interviews all day, about how much I’m overwhelmed by the fact that I’m allowed to be able to keep making these weirdo
records and coming down there. “Australia’s been one of the best markets for me, ever,” he praises, “and I’ve been trying to figure out through these interviews as well, why that would be the case…maybe we just grew up with the same shit man, same sorts of TV shows, maybe it’s because we still have the queen on our money, maybe because Australia and Canada have the same sort of landmass to people ration, I don’t know what it is! But ultimately it’s great man, and I don’t take it for granted.” The fact that every Devin album is so very different from the last one begs the question, what is Devin’s favourite Devin album? “Casualties,” he answers. The next one? “Yep, the next one,” he laughs. “Casualties is a record that is more in line with me, at this age, after all these experiences, than anything I’ve done recently. And it’s not because the other ones are dishonest, they just had an agenda. This one doesn’t. “When I was doing the four (Devin Townsend Project) records, there was a point I was trying to make,” he explains, “when I was doing Epicloud I really had something I was trying to say with it. But with Casualties there’s none of that, it’s agenda-less, and I’ve just been poking away at it, and it’s almost done, to my surprise. And it sounds fucking awesome! And there’s nothing about it that’s trying to convince anybody that they should listen to it, nothing about it is
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NEW HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS VIDEO There’s some great new footage of Hotel Wrecking City Traders Live on PBS106.7fm (28th August 2013). Go check it out at http://youtu.be/6_8tgwD0b9k The band are currently looking for interested European labels who may be able to assist in the release of their next full length LP to coincide with its release on their label.
desperate. It’s almost embarrassing to say; almost everything I’ve done has that sense of urgency, maybe urgency instead of desperation, right?” he laughs. “But there really is this kind of like ‘listen to me!’ thing going on with it. “But with Casualties, when I listen to it, it’s really just a bunch of songs, when I think about who I am as a person, when I listen to Casualties it’s like ‘well that is (who I am)’ in a lot of ways.” DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT plays The Palace this Sunday October 13. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 39
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WEDNESDAY OCT 9
GRANDSTANDS
Jangly garage pop four-piece Grandstands play the second night of their residency at The Evelyn this Wednesday night. First creating sounds over the summer, and a debut EP release hitting the shelves soon, catch them with the almighty Tip Rats, Adelaide Crows and Autoportraits, doors at 7pm and tix are $5.
THE LOVE BOMBS
Wednesdays in October catch Cherry Bar's own The Love Bombs. Featuring DJ Mermaid and Cherry allstars Hamish, Pippa and Derek. This week, they’ll be joined by Boom! Bap! Pow! Red X and special guest headliners Redcoats. Doors open 6pm, bands from 8.30pm till 11.30pm. Free entry all night. DJ till 3am.
STRINE SINGERS
For four Wednesday nights in October, Strine Singers will share the Spotted Mallard stage with some of their favourite Melbourne artists. Wednesday October 9 with The Nymphs, Wednesday October 16 with Hoy, Wednesday October 23 with Backwood Creatures, Wednesday October 30 with Monique Brumby. Megaharmony quartet Strine Singers emerged in the last twelve months in a groundswell of brooding guitars, soaring harmonies, and the accomplished, widescreen songwriting of LTandy. After piquing the interest of heavyweights Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams, and simultaneously adding their first single to indie radio and country music television, this brother-and-sister-and-brother-andsister outfit set about doing it all the hard way: sharing the wheel until they reached each empty corner of the country, playing show after show, singing their hearts out and winning their growing audience one listener at a time. “Breeding earnest country pop songs and broad accents with jazzjacked harmonies, this unlikely crossover has created a beautiful frankenstein.”
MELBOURNE DJANGO CLUB
Duck Musique presents Melbourne Django Club: a monthly night of the most fiery gypsy swing down at Some Velvet Morning in Clifton Hill. Named after famed jazz musician Django Reinhart, the night is an ode to some of the finest swing era classics alongside original material presented by a special guest soloist every month. This week's gig showcases multiinstrumentalist Steve Grant in all his glory.
THE CHARAMBAS & FISHERS OF MEN
Celebrated gospel duo Pastor Charles and Olivia Charamba backed by The Fishers of Men are billed to perform at the Thornbury Theatre on Wednesday October 9. Pastor Charamba is one of Zimbabwe’s most influential gospel musicians and songwriters who has reinvented religious music with his eclectic style, blending traditional beats such as mbakumba and mhande and with modern styles and lyrics covering biblical messages and contemporary social issues. Tickets are $40 pre sale and $45 on the door.
KARL S. WILLIAMS
Born at a young age into a non-musical family, and named after a criminal from the future, none can be bothered to unravel the twisted line that led Karl S. Williams to the blues and perverted him into a guitarslinging, banjo-wielding freak. He’ll be playing at The Retreat on Wednesday October 9 from 7.30pm, followed by The Reverence Hotel on Thursday October 10 at 8pm.
THURSDAY OCT 10 THE ESCARGO-GO’S
If you’ve ever wanted to know how French pop songs of the last 40 years would sound like being interpreted in a sweaty pub rock style, well it’s your lucky day. The Escargo-go’s have been born and are backed by some of your local faves including Graveyard Train, The Peep Temple, Cherrywood, and are dishing up everything from Piaf and Brel classics to the oddities and obscurities of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Also on this messy boozy dancing bill is Baboon Rebus, providing tuneful screaming guitar tunes. Taking a traditional beat combo consisting of four youngish men drunk on rock’n’roll predating their births is Space Junk well and truly sending listeners on a ride. Doors at 9pm. Free entry.
OH PEP!
Oh Pep! are a Melbourne based five-piece full of energetic, quirky folk-pop. Their songs of travelling, the sea and sleep-induced dreams have been heard on national and local radio (Radio National, 774, 3RRR, PBS, triple j) and have taken the band to festivals around the country (Moomba, Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music, Illawarra Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, JamGrass). Oh Pep! release their second EP, II, at Worker’s Club on Thursday October 10. The Melbourne release marks the start of their EP release tour. Doors open 7.30pm, tickets are $10.
KOOYEH
Kooyeh’s brand new album Soul Cleansing is spreading like wild fire and is about to set dance floors up and down the East Coast alight with its mix of hard hitting reggae, soul, hip-hop, roots, pop and motown grooves. The up and coming nine-piece Melbourne band originally formed in the Blue Mountains. Their Mountain Top Tour is a nod to their spiritual home in the mountains, also referencing their first single Mountain Top – a track written about freeing yourself of the city for some relax time, about “something to get that shuffle in your feet”. Playing a string of dates throughout Victoria, catch them at The Evelyn on Thursday October 10, The Elsternwick Hotel Friday October 11, The Nightcat Friday October 18 and 25 and The Central Club on the Saturday October 26.
THE ALL SEEING HAND
The arrival of The All Seeing Hand looms. In October the New Zealand three-piece will disseminate their message by way of throat singing, frenzied drumming and thundering monophonic turntable tones. The All Seeing Hand were absolute standouts at New Zealand’s prestigious Camp A Low Hum earlier this year and made a few Australian friends during the festival including Melbourne’s Mesa Cosa, who loved them so much, they decided to help promote their first Australian tour. Catch them at Boney on Thursday October 10 with Mesa Cosa and Duck Duck Chop. Doors open 8pm. Entry is $15.
WHAT COLOUR IS SOUND?
Rubix Warehouse Thursday October 10. Rubix Warehouse in Brunswick will be playing host to What Colour is Sound? – a celebration of local music, featuring performances by The Coves, Fraudband, Michael Plater and the Exit Keys, Old Etiquettes, the Tattered Sails, the Happy Lonesome, DOG ACT, Matt Malone, Cabin Inn, and Giant Moths. The address is 36 Phoenix St, Brunswick. The show kicks off at 4.30pm and will run past midnight. $5 entry before 7pm or $8 entry after 7pm.
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PIERCE BROTHERS
Pierce Brothers have returned from a tour of the UK and have announced a residency at Ding Dong Lounge for Thursdays in October. The guys have made a name for themselves playing on the city streets selling over 10,000 EPs, selling out their launch at The Evelyn and supporting the likes of Bonjah, Ash Grunwald and The Bamboos. Catch them this Thursday at Ding Dong. Tickets are $10 on the door. Get there early, as this will sell out.
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GEORGIA FIELDS
She’s toured festivals with her mini-indie-orchestra, and most recently performed an inspired reimagining of Bowie’s seminal Ziggy Stardust album, completely reorchestrated for strings and voice. This Thursday, armed with a pocket full of new material, art-pop songstress Georgia Fields will perform an intimate solo set at The Post Office Hotel. Fields’ effortless pop sensibilities combine the astral with the ordinary, and the personal with the ethereal, as she tells stories of Luna lament, erotic orange-eating and Sisyphean rocks that roll in rib-cage catacombs. Support comes from Matthew Simmons of indie-folk raconteurs The Barebones. The likelihood of a duet is very, very high. Music from 8.30pm, free entry.
CHINESE HANDCUFFS
Instrumental experts Chinese Handcuffs will pull you in and you will want to stay for more. With their mixture of darkness and light and their shift in dynamics, from soft and slow to dark and noisy. They are joined by threepiece instrumental guitar driven alt fuzz wall-o-sound makers. Touching the Bees and Opal Ghost. The more you hear the more you’ll stay. Doors open 8pm this Thursday October 10 at Tago Mago.
Not enough can be said about what this incredible group of artists create. Vocals channeling Antony & The Johnstons; a drummer who switches from kit to bongos mid song; a strong, resonating violin; bass keeping it all together with great drive – and a French fucking Horn, if you don’t mind. If you haven’t seen Catch Release yet, you’re missing out. Witness the beginning of their October residency at the Great Britain Hotel with guests Big Seal and the Slippery Few. Starts 9pm, Thursday Ocotber 10. Free entry.
ANNA’S GO-GO ACADEMY
Shake it like a Polaroid picture at Anna's Go-Go Academy every Thursday night at Victoria Hotel. Annas go-go classes are great fun, an excellent cardio workout, and have been described as inspiring, a retro hit parade – everything from Elvis' Jailhouse Rock to AC/DCs Jailbreak, and a high energy dance party with the hostess with the mostest. Charleston, Watusi, Mashed Potato, Madison, Hustle, Thriller! Anna brings you the most popular, most awesome and sometimes most ridiculous dance crazes of history for fun and fitness. It kicks off at 6.30pm. Entry is $12 or $10 if you bring a friend.
PABLO NARANJO
On Thursday October 10 Colombian singer-songwriter Pablo Naranjo will be playing a set of his original acoustic songs in the upstairs band-room at the Robert Burns Hotel with support from Matt Katsis and Seri Vida. The show starts at 7pm and entry is free.
SEAMUS HEANEY TRIBUTE
This Thursday the Drunken Poet celebrates the life of one of the giants of 20th Century poetry, Seamus Heaney. Poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner, Heaney’s work appeals to both academic and layman alike, a rare gift in the often difficult world to access that is poetry. Friend and contemporary Tony Curtis will be reading some of his work and we invite you to come down and do the same. Musical supports will be provided by Davy Simony and Emlyn Johnson. The night kicks off at 7pm with Tony Curtis taking the microphone at 9pm.
AUDEGO ALBUM LAUNCH
Celebrating the release of their second album Beneath The Static And The Low, is Melbourne’s own Audego, hitting the Toff Thursday night. The electronica collaboration of Melbourne duo Paso Bionic and Big Fella have recently played alongside fellow hip hop/ beats pioneers Sietta, Hermitude and Pataphysics. Joining them on the night is recent triple j Unearthed Listen Out winners Friendships (Silo Arts), Sui Zhen and Leaks and the launch will also incorporate installation and artwork from bOydOg (Misha Grace). Tickets are $15 on the door and doors at 7pm.
FRIDAY OCT 11 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
The Butterfly Effect smashed their way through a final tour with singer Clint Boge last year, closing the door on chapter one of a career spanning two gold records, seven Hottest 100 entries and playing on some of the country’s biggest stages. The band’s final live show and documentary of their first twelve years topped the ARIA Music DVD charts in August, leading fans to question what was next from a band that have become Australian rock royalty. This October, all will be revealed. The new incarnation of the band will play their first Melbourne show on Friday October 11 at The Espy Gershwin Room. Doors at 9pm, tickets are $35.
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HARTS
This Friday at Prince Public Bar Watt’s On Presents continues to break new talent on the South side, this time with the incredible Prince inspired Harts and the gender bending one man show Benji. The night begins at 8.30pm with a live set from the sultry acoustics of Karl S. Williams, and Denver Maxx’s late night set is entitled There’s Nothing Funny About Australian Comedy with it dedicated to Ralph Harris and that guy from Hey Dad . Free entry.
THE RUSTY DATSUNS
Playing their fresh take on modern folk and a dose of bluegrass twinge are The Rusty Datsuns and they hit The Wesley Anne on Friday night to delight the crowd in celebration of their debut album Riverbank. Winning hearts all over town and inciting hoe downs, they formed under the extreme conditions of the infamous Brisbane floods of 2011 and kept spirits high by singing harmonies around the kitchen sink whilst the water rose. Since the release of their 2011 EP Let It Rain, they’ve played a string of festival appearances including Wintermoon, Home Festival, Woodford Folk Festival and take their album full of infectious riffs and sweet melodies to The Wesley Anne this Friday night for your listening pleasure. Support comes from Lily & King. Tickets and info via wesleyanne.com.au
ANIMAUX
Local pop-funk favourites Animaux are set to launch their single Wave of Change at the Workers Club in just over a month. Having previously shared the stage with Eagle and the Worm, Paris Wells, Oh Mercy, Saskwatch, King Gizzard, Kira Piru and Vaudeville Smash and coming off a string of performances supporting The Cat Empire in September be sure to catch the local funksters in all their glory on Friday October 11 at the Workers Club. Tickets are $12 and support comes from Velma Grove and the smooth sounds of Ghost Orkid.
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DC TUNES
Friday October 11 will see the first dc Tunes shows hit rock music’s home, the front bar of The Espy. Featuring a killer lineup of the hottest local unsigned rock bands including King of The North, My Left Boot, My Dynamite, Hailmary, DJ’s Diamond Deb and Dan Attard. Friday October 11 The Espy - front bar, free entry.
DING DONG WEEKENDER
Say hello to '90s-O-rama at Ding Dong Weekender this Friday night! Live music kicks off from The Ape from 8pm, and at 11.30pm Weekender brings your weekend into full motion with DJs spinning tracks from Blur, REM, The Stone Roses, Pulp, Beck, Oasis, Radiohead and everything else inbetween to fill up the dancefloor. $10 at the door.
SMALL TOWN FIASCO
The wonderful Small Town Fiasco are coming back from retirement and reforming for a once-off fundraiser in support of Cancer Research at The Reverence. Their fellow friend Nicko is cycling everywhere on all the 2013 Rides to Conquer Cancer and putting on an epic night of music in the name of raising money for a worthy cause. Catch latin prog-funk masters The Electric I, valls-to-the-wall faux-Palm-Deserters As A Rival and the amazing orchestral crescendo-rock sounds of Falconio. All money raised is being donated to letsendcancer.com so your $10 entry is going to a great cause.
GOLDMINE RECORDS
In today's seemingly diminishing physical music retail market Goldmine Records is thriving and to celebrate 21 years in business, they're having a huge birthday sale from Friday October 11 till Sunday October 13. With a rapidly expanding vinyl section, comprising of new and second hand in all genres; new releases, reissues, limited editions, 180g and colour vinyl, plus loads of cheap CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays, there's always something for everyone. Goldmine can be found at 369 Nicholson St, Carlton North or on Facebook and eBay. Come and join the fun and re-discover music retail therapy as it was always meant to be. Bring your Gran, bring your dog and bring everyone. There'll be cake and giveaways.
LOON LAKE
Melbourne’s Loon Lake will be releasing their highly anticipated debut album Gloamer on Friday October 11. Produced by Steven Schram (San Cisco / Little Red / The Vasco Era) and Loon Lakes’ own drummer Nick Nolan, Gloamer has been a long time coming for the band. To celebrate the release of Gloamer, Loon Lake will be showcasing their debut album with this special intimate show. Be the first to hear Gloamer live at Howler on Friday 11 October! Doors open 8pm, tickets are $18.40.
GROUSE PARTY
Grouse Party on Friday October 11 at the Bendigo Hotel is part one of a two-part farewell to one of its founders and resident DJs Romy Hoffman (DJ Ann Ominous). Relocating to the USA to pursue musical projects, Romy has curated two very grouse lineups for her send-off. The first, in October, features Romy / DJ Ann Ominous herself, alongside very special guests and party favourites New War DJs, DJ People and Air Max '97. Get down early for drink specials. $10 on the door from 9pm.
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TITTY TWISTER
Inspired by Robert Rodriguezs’ ‘90s cult classic ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ comes your dose of all out debauchery in the form of the most outlandish honky-tonk to ever hit Melbourne; the Titty Twister. The Red Bennies team raise the stakes with MC James Grim (The Brothers Grim) presenting eight shows over four consecutive weekends filled with striptease, live music and full throttle demonic Mexicana. Highlights include: GO GO dancers, Rolla Waitresses, Mechanical Bull Ride Comps, Chainsaw Juggler, Snake Dance, Mesa Cosa as resident band and performances by Skopalova, Sparkarella, Ell Bellam Nancy Dancer and so so much more. For bookings and more info visit tittytwister.roller.net.au. Corner Gertrude and Smith St, Collingwood.
NUN OF THE TONGUE
Nun Of The Tongue are a 3 piece bedroom-garagepop band who sing songs about part time jobs, space, and lizards while also making a lot of noise. They play at The Espy Basement on Saturday October 12 with friends Shit Sex, Kapow!Kracken! & The Secrets of the Venus Horses. $5. 8pm.
DEEP SEA ARCADE
Having spent the best part of the last year living in the UK, Deep Sea Arcade are set to return to Australia to celebrate the release of their new single, Black Cat, which is the follow-up to their 2012 debut album, Outlands. Catch them when they play at the Corner Hotel on Saturday October 12. Supported by Hey Geronimo and Lurch and Chief. Tickets are $18
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THE COMPANY
Brisbane cutting edge bluegrass outfit, The Company, head down to Melbourne to play two shows in October. Boasting two Aussie Bluegrass champions on guitar fiddle and banjo, their highly acclaimed fast finger-picking and soulful sounds are enriched with big vocal harmonies and have played festivals all over the country and can be enjoyed on Friday October 11 at House Concert, Warrandyte and on Saturday October 12 at the Jam Grass Music Festival at Thornbury Theatre both from 7.30pm. Visit companybluegrass. com for more info.
SUDDEN STATE
Relentless Music presents Sudden State. Sudden State are made up of four mates with the love of rock and metal influences such as; Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Airbourne, AC/DC and more. With these influences they have formed their own mix of sound and energy to create original heavy rock music. After many months of hard work they have finally finished their debut EP Another Time, Another Place and plan on giving it the biggest, loudest, beer soaked launch possible. With support from The Deep End, Darcee Fox and Black Mayday, you can expect a consistent night of hard rock goodness. Revolver Upstairs on Friday October 11 kicks off Sudden State’s tour around Australia and it is one night you don’t want to miss. Doors 8pm, presale tickets $12 available through venue website or $15 on the door.
SATURDAY OCT 12 REDCOATS
Melbourne supersized and epic rockn’roll force-to-bereckoned with band, Redcoats, have finally announced a show this October after they finish up supporting The Cult on their Australian tour. Previously hitting the road with heavyweight acts such as Stone Temple Pilots, Grinspoon, Karnivool and Calling All Cars, Redcoats are a live music experience not to be missed, so head down to the Ferntree Gully on Saturday October 12 for some real rock’n’roll.
WOLFPACK
Back with their second CD, Melbourne thrashpunk juggernauts Wolfpack are touring all around the country to celebrate. Having just raised $10,000 in 18 months for charity all the proceeds go to the Save A Dog Scheme and every CD sold goes to this great organisation. They will be playing Cherry Bar on Saturday October 12. Get down to the NSC and party for a great cause. Tickets are $47 and doors are at 7pm.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? William Arthur of Glide. Great Aussie band of the ‘90s. I guess I’d be showing him to see if we could perhaps do a show together.
2am slot at Pony with Charm. It was one of our drummer’s first gigs with us and the room was packed, because Pony had just announced they were a few months off closing. We didn’t actually start until 3am but there were more people by then so we didn’t mind.
When are you releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? I’m aiming to release a single Settle For This off my solo EP Find Any Place soon, with a video clip and a launch hopefully in the coming months. Also in the mixing stage of an EP/ album with a band I play in called Charm at Crosstown Studios. You can’t rush art, baby.
What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig or made a recording? Probably my folks’ lounge. I think the lava lamps made it less awkward though. Everyone was hypnotized by them. Recorded a melody and some lyrics that popped into my head while walking around the Metropolitan Museum. I had to whisper though because it was oh so quiet.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? You can order a copy or download the six track EP over at jmsharrison.bandcamp.com.
What’s your favourite song? Six Wheels by Bluebottle Kiss. Full blown rock song. Changed my life.
How long have you been gigging and writing? Played my first gig busking originals as an 11 year old outside the local shops in East Oakleigh. Gave it up until I was 18, then started doing shows again in my folks’ lounge room, and released four track recordings I’d made in the bathroom. Haven’t looked back since.
When’s the gig and with who? Elliott Smith Tribute - A Decade On The Hill at the Evelyn Hotel, Sunday October 20 with Whitley, Seagull, Chris Moller, Esther Holt, Eliza Hull, Andrew McCubbin, Tobias Cummings, myself plus many more. Proceeds towards Australian Childhood Foundation. Also a little sideshow at The Old Bar, Thursday October 17 with a bunch of great acts from the tribute.
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THE KUJO KINGS
Since 2010, The Kujo Kings have been building up a solid repertoire of catchy ska/punk anthems, an Australian wide fan base, and a reputation for consistently providing non-stop energy at their packed out shows. With a Last Band Standing first prize, two EPs, a stack of merch production and many interstate tours under their belts, their latest release, Rioting on Your Own, captures the energy, humour, and exuberant personality of The Kujo Kings. Come down to the Great Britain Hotel on Saturday October 12 and enjoy a great night of free live entertainment from one of Melbourne's most energetic dance bands. Supported by legendary local rock trio, The Quarters, it all kicks off at 9pm.
id SATURDAYS
id Saturdays launched Saturday September 14 at the revamped Barley Corn Hotel, hosting live music, dance, Haute Couture fashion shows each night. Coupled with the theme of the unconscious mind the Freudian mannequins, Klimt inspired art works and a giant tellow submarine. Running fortnightly until Saturday November 30 then weekly theresafter. id Saturdays, let the abomination begin.
NAKED BODIES
Naked Bodies (ex Little Red), Ninetynine and Delicate Little Necks, combine their musical talents and forces to play a special benefit gig for the east-west tunnel and Home socialist party campaigns. It will be at The Old Bar on Saturday October 12, entry is $10. It will be the first Ninetynine show for months and all Ninetynine CD sales will go to local 3CR radio.
GLENN SHORROK
Yarraville Live is proud and pleased to present the man whose 40-year music success could fill a book (and he has plans to start writing one), Glenn Shorrock, back by popular demand for one-night-only on Saturday October 12. With an impressive career spanning nearly half a century, Shorrock’s music catalogue boasts a long line of hits with pop groups Little River Band, The Twilights, and Axiom, as well as a myriad of accomplished solo material. Catch Glenn Shorrock at the Yarraville Club before he disappears to “have a good lie down” (in his own words) and turns his focus to writing his autobiography. Doors open 7pm (Dinner & Show) 8.30pm (Show Only). Tickets available from venue website or $30 on the door if available.
SPITTIN BARS MELBOURNE
Featuring: Dr Flea, Chevy Levett, Diktion One, Stetchy, Bilbo Swaggins and Rhooka. Spittin’ Bars Melbourne is a local Mebourne-based hip hop event, showcasing some of the area's talented underground artists. Headlined by Melbourne star Dr. Flea, Spitting’ Bars will be bringing you a handful of the next artists with the best performer going home with exclusive vouchers, sponsored prizes as well as a cash prize. Currently emerging as one of Melbourne’s super stars, Dr. Flea is known to bring the ruckus and fill the house. Chevy Levett’s vast internet following is not to be undermined, as his on stage presence is a performance that will capture the crowd’s attention. Diktion One’s energy and ability to get the audience pumping, he’s guaranteed to raise the roof off any venue. Young female MC on the rise, Stretchy, has recently released her debut single Walk Alone through ‘Real Studios’. Bilbo Swaggins are a mixture of humour, and light hearted beats. Arguably one of the smoothest young rappers to have recently hit the streets of Melbourne, Rhooka has freshly debuted at Laundry Bar, leaving onlookers wanting more. It's all happening at Laundry Bar on Saturday October 12 from 9pm. Entry is $12.
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KING PARROT
After all the babbling about “Bonox” and having a “Good Day”, it seems the Australian underground metal community has gone mad about King Parrot. Since the release of the video for Shit on the Liver and their debut album Bite Your Head Off, the band have gone from strength to strength with successive national tours alongside Thy Art is Murder, Cattle Decapitation and Psycroptic and their self funded tour of South East Asia with a performance at the legendary Obscene Extreme Festival in Jakarta. Now King Parrot are back with a follow up video for the first track from Bite Your Head Off, simply titled Bozo. Catch the lunacy when they return to The Tote on Saturday October 12.
LOWLAKES
Lowlakes are launching the new single from their forthcoming debut LP Iceberg Nerves, at The Gasometer Hotel on Saturday October 12. Produced by Kunsthaus Records’ Manfred Kaindel, NewbornI is a tripinducing call to introspection; layered with a late-night atmospheric intensity Lowlakes is best regarded for and punctuated by lead singer Tom Snowdon’s mesmerising croon. Support on the night comes from DJ Slymewave (Big Scary) and The Townhouses. This will be Lowlakes’ last Melbourne show before they head to Europe for a run of gigs with Canadian groundbreakers Half Moon Run. Doors at 8pm, entry is $10.
ADALITA
Adalita will hit the road with a full band, including ex Paradise Motel bassist Matt Bailey, to celebrate her second solo album, All Day Venus. Catch her when she plays at the Corner Hotel on Sunday October 13. Tickets are $28+bf.
D. ROGERS
D. Rogers returns to the Northcote Social Club on Sunday October 13 to launch his two new albums, An Undefined Number and Kicking the Tracers. A review on triple j Unearthed may have put it perfectly: “Understated, no histrionics, yet hits you in the guts in a genuine, heartfelt way that self-absorbed emo kids and big-noting melisma-addicted soul queens can only dream about.” Doors open 1.30pm, $12 entry.
BAR 291 LAUNCH PARTY
Bar 291 is welcoming you to come and celebrate their launch as Brunswick’s newest local hangout this Saturday night. Located under the stunning 1890s heritage building of The Railway Hotel, the newest space welcomes you with New Yorker raw, exposed red brick walls and open plan kitchen and communal tables made of up-cycled local materials. With drink and food from diverse cultural influences and free live music ranging from reggae, funk folk and gypsy rock, take a trip around-the-world for a host of local artist works and performances by the reggae-rock Jaju Choir and the roots sounds of solo muso Kurt Gentle and a bunch of other suprises. Doors at 6pm, free entry and head down early for a complimentary drink. 291 Albert St, Brunswick.
SUPPORT THE SCENE RALLY SHOWCASE
Don’t be one of those that say ‘I’ll catch the next one’, make a difference and head down to the Ferntree Gully Hotel this Saturday night for Support The Scene. Providing a platform, a stage, helping create a culture, support for local artists and a reminder to punters that venues need your help to keep the live scene alive, and especially that there’s a host of talent in their own backyard, head down to the Gully to catch a mammoth line up including Love Alone, Cat or Pillar, Nothing Hurts Robots, Rollercanes and TWSS this Saturday October 12 with pre sale tickets going straight to the bands! Tickets from $10 and doors at 8pm.
COLD HARBOUR
Saturday October 12 brings the return of St. Kildas’ one and only “A Day By The Green” to the wonderful St. Kilda Bowling Club on Fitzroy Street. Doors open at 3.30pm and the event finishes around midnight. There are eight fantastic bands playing a minimum of a forty minute set each. Long Holiday open proceedings with songs from their recently released debut album, closely followed by the mighty Los Dominados. Kim Volkman and the Whisky Priests are up next playing selections from their recent album followed by the curators of the event Cold Harbour. The Living Eyes hit the stage at 8pm closely followed by Devil Rock 4....both bands making their A Day By The Green debuts. Fresh from a European tour St. Kildas’ favourite sons Bitter Sweet Kicks rip up the joint at 10pm and closing out the night are the legendary and incomparable Kim Salmon and the Surrealists. That’s eight fantastic and varied bands, all for $20! Food will be available and of course drinks are at bowling club prices. Band merchandise will be available, but please be aware that entry and merchandise are cash only, so come early and come prepared! This will be a show you won’t want to miss. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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SHERRY RICH
2013 has been an epic year for Sherry Rich, with highlights including a special guest appearance on SBS TV show RocKwiz, an acclaimed new album Western Sun with Ashley Naylor (as The Grapes) and an extensive US Tour promoting Dakota Avenue recorded in a Chicago loft with the late Jay Bennett, legendary steel player Al Perkins and members of US group Wilco. For that album she was nominated for Best Female Artist and Best Album in The 2012 Age EG music awards and Unpaved magazine. Catch Sherry this Sunday October 13 at the Drunken Poet from 4pm.
HARMANIAX
The Harmaniax are a bunch of Worldly musos based in Melbourne. The music mixes Zydeco, Cajun, Blues and Country. All this combined with five fine voices to round off the package, sweet harmonies, superb playing, and beautiful songs. High energy, lots of fun, you’ll want to dance! Every Sunday at The Spotted Mallard from 4:30pm and come sample our Cajun Kitchen specialties.
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HOLEY MACKEREL
What do you get if you cross a Dingo and a Hippo with half a Cool Daddy, and mix in a Gold Record winning bass player and an old school blues drummer? A Rootsy-Bluesy Sunday evening to remember that’s for sure. Yes, if you love the old stuff better than the new stuff - come along and get All Fired Up to hear all the stuff played by the highly respected boys of roots blues and r'n'b who are back in town and painting it red hot. Kerryn Tolhurst presents Holy Mackerel featuring Steve Hoy, Ross Hannaford, Mitch Cairns and Scotty Martin.
AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA
Some of Melbourne’s most diverse and talented musicians will play instruments forged from weapons for an upcoming program at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of Melbourne festival. Disarm is Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’s response to global civilian warfare, the result of the illicit arms trafficking that claims many lives daily. Using parts from thousands of weapons confiscated by the Mexican government, Reyes has worked with local artisans to create an ensemble of 47 ingenious instruments including electric guitars fashioned from assault weapons, drum sets from pistols, flutes from shotguns and a harmonica carved from a handgun. Disarm is an inspired model of symbolic transformation, and a bold declaration: make art, not war. Sunday October 13 will see a performance by members of the Australian Art Orchestra, programmed by Artistic Director, Peter Knight. The performance takes place at The National Gallery Of Victoria at 3pm.
THE VILLENETTES
When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc? We are playing a bunch of gigs in October and November throughout various venues in Melbourne. Describe the best gig you have ever played: The Dozer’s EP launch boat party in 2010 – those were some fun times! What’s your favourite song, and why? Freddie the Freeloader by Miles Davis. I still can’t figure out why, but those of you who were there know why. What makes a good musician? Confidence and attitude. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Neil Young and Crazy Horse. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Watching a band for the first time that you know little or nothing about and then having your head blown off by the end of the show. When’s the gig? Ferntree Gully Hotel, Saturday October 12 and Saturday October 26.
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Adelaide’s very own rock-n-roll girl gang, The Villenettes, are bringing their mayhem-causing show for the first time to Melbourne. With a sound best described as Elvis meets surf, and girl group meets zombie punk, their debut EP, V for Villendetta held the number 1 spot on Adelaide’s ThreeD Radio for four consecutive weeks. Be sure to catch them playing Friday October 11 at The Retreat with Melbourne locals The Reprobettes, and Saturday October 12 with the raging Workinghorse Irons, Road Ratz and Where’s Grover at Yah Yah’s. Their final stop of the tour is at The Brunswick Hotel on Sunday October 13 with jangly punk kids Ewe Ewe. Great news is that it's all free.
DUSTY SPRINGCLEAN AND THE POPS
With what is surely one of the best names of a band to hit The Gasometer in a long time, it’s Dusty Springclean and The Pops making an all too rare appearance this Sunday night October 13. Catch their swinging’ pop concert goodness alongside Davis and Fearless fowl from 7pm for an easy $5.
SiB
Fresh from recording their whiskey infused debut album just weeks ago at Soundpark Studios in Northcote, SiB are kicking off this October at The Old Bar with their Sunday night residency. This Sunday October 13 the fuzz rock quartet with be joined by Zoe K. And The Dreamcoats, Tim Neilson (The Death Rattles) and DJ Kezbot. Be sure to get down for the filthiest rock vibes you’ll see all weekend. $8 entry, doors at 8pm.
ISE HINGANO, BLUES EYES CRY AND THE EBC ALLSTARS
With a recent #1 Spot on the Australian Blues & Roots charts, Ise Hingano fronts the EBC Allstars with partner in crime Nathan Brett (guitar) this Sunday night at the Greyhound Hotel. Bringing a suave style and smoking hot delivery, Ise and Nathan will take you on a tour of the backroads of blues and soul. Expect Cray, Cassidy, Trower, Wonder and tuens from their #1 release Sleepin Alone. Blues Eyes Cry also play a set too so don’t miss out! Doors 4pm and free entry.
MONDAY OCT 14 DEAR MONDAY
In this great music town, there is an endless flow of new talent arriving on the scene. On Mondays, The Retreat Hotel presents four acts that represent some of the most exciting new and emerging talent we’ve seen. This is no open mic, it’s a love letter to the hotbed of musicality that is Melbourne, and this love letter begins with Dear Monday. This week will see Esther Henderson, Davy Simony, James Kenyon and Leah Senior take the stage from 7pm.
BRIGHTER LATER
Melbourne band Brighter Later, who released their debut album The Wolves earlier this year to critical acclaim, are bringing their “dreamy brilliance” to the Northcote Social Club for this final headline show for 2013, where they will play in full eight-piece splendour, including members of Pony Face, Montero & Human Face. Catch them on Sunday October 13. Doors open 7.30pm, entry is $15.
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TUESDAY OCT 15 MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES
After ten years Melbourne Fresh at Revolver Upstairs is the longest running Industry Showcase in Australia. Having showcased thousands of artists over this time, the legendary Tuesday night has been a local industry hot spot for unsigned musicians and industry Professionals. Running as a competition Melbourne Fresh gives away thousands of dollars in prizes at each Grand Final with EP recordings, Cash Prizes, CD Pressings, Itunes releases, Management Consultation and much more. Doors 7.00pm. Tickets $15 on the door.
SMITH STREET SOUL TRAIN
The Grace Darling hosts Melbourne’s newest soul night – Smith Street Soul Train – with a 12 piece live band featuring stellar players who have performed with the likes of The Commodores (ahem, that’s Lionel Ritchie’s band!), James Morrison, Little Red, Harry Angus (Cat Empire), Hugh Jackman, Thelma Houston, Bon Jovi, The Good China, Gossling, and Kylie Minogue. These monster musicians come together every Tuesday night from September 10 to bring you the tunes that will help you get your boogie on down. With funky soul DJs and drink specials thrown in, Smith Street Soul Train is the new destination for your weekly serving of sweet soul music. Doors 8pm, $8 entry. $5 Tecate beer, $5 house wine.
LOW FLY INCLINE
Low Fly Incline are a local band from Melbourne. They formed in 2012 and travelled to the desert in California USA to record an album’s worth of material engineered by Scott Reeder (former bass player for Kyuss) at his home studio. Reeder also contributed bass guitar and talk-box to several songs. Low Fly Incline consist of Tarek Smallman (T-Rek) on vocals/guitar/bass, and Mitch McGregor (Children Collide/No Zu) on drums. Catch them at Cherry Bar every Tuesday in October.
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COSMO JARVIS
Returning to his adopted home to test some new songs from his forthcoming 2014 album, Cosmo Jarvis hits Australian shores this October at the Northcote Social Club. The 23 year old's music and films have made him an online phenomenon with over two million views on YouTube. Joined by Sydney based quartet, Lime Cordial, catch Cosmo Jarvis at The Northcote Social Club on Tuesday October 15. Tickets available from northcotesocialclub.com
LOOKING FORWARD OWL EYES
Indie-electro songstress Owl Eyes has just announced an Australian tour for October and is playing two shows at the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 16 - Friday October 19. Having just announced that Hurricane will be her fourth single from her debut album Nightswim, the tour of the same name will also feature upcoming acts Willow Beats and The Kite String Tangle. With a massive 2013 already achieved, including two appearances in the Hype Machine Top 10, lending her vocals to Aussie electro DJ duo Flight Facilities and a much-lauded performance at Splendour, don’t miss out on catching Owl Eyes.
ELLIOTT SMITH TRIBUTE
Elliott Smith Tribute - A Decade On The Hill will be a celebration of Elliott Smith’s music, ten years since his passing. Sunday October 20 at The Evelyn Hotel, with over 20 acts including Whitley and Seagull (playing either/or in its entirety), Esther Holt, The Tiger And Me, Andrew McCubbin, Chris Moller, Tobias Cummings, Eliza Hull, J M S Harrison, Haarlo, Tanya Batt + many more. Tickets are $15 through Moshtix or at the door, 3pm start. Proceeds going towards Australian Childhood Foundation.
THE SHADOW ELECTRIC
As a prelude to its third annual cinema program, The Shadow Electric is once again cranking up the bandroom for 14 sweet live gigs over ten days and nights this November. The Shadow Electric bandroom is located in the oldest building at The Abbotsford Convent, offering a truly unique, intimate and surreal setting for live music. Boasting the high quality aesthetic Melbourne’s come to expect from The Shadow Electric crew, the room manages to retain the charm of its Berlin communist-era warehouse stylings, making it an unforgettable party spot. This year’s series features a raft of awesome acts from across Australia including Pluto Jonze, Little Scout, Palms, Australia’s newcomer super group The Ape (featuring Tex Perkins, Pat Bourke, Raul Sanchez and Gus Agars), local legends Courtney Barnett, Bored Nothing, The Spoils, The Bombay Royale for a special Hope Street Recording Showcase and Ben Salter, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. The Shadow Electric Bandroom will run daily from Friday November 1 to Sunday November 10, head to the website for tickets and more information. Stay tuned to Beat for more announcements.
CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
Start preparing your Halloween costume as Melbourne’s biggest Halloween party is just around the corner. The Espy will be transforming into a haunted mansion to host Creepshow Halloween Festival on Saturday October 26. In its fourth year, Creepshow will feature DJs, burlesque dancers and bands all in full costume. Playing on the night is Sydonia, Engine, Gay Paris, Chaos Divine, The Killgirls, Anna Salen VS Mario Broas, Death Audio, Ten Thousand, Head Filled Attraction, Marlow, Shadowgame, LeSuits, Red Remedy, The Pass Outs, Sentia, Transience, Ire and more to be announced. Prizes for best dressed on the night. Visit creepshowfestival.com for more information.
ROYAL CHANT
NSW locals Royal Chant are sending out their new single New Nowhere to the wide world and hitting the up Melbourne with their typical mix of fuzz, melody, apathy and optimism. With the new line-up firmly in place and spirits high after a smashing start to 2013, Royal Chant continue to carve their strange path amongst the gutters, garages, & stages of Australia, out of the spotlight but never far from it, keeping their heads down and the distortion up. They play The Old Bar on Wednesday October 23 and The Empress Hotel on Thursday October 24.
ROSIE CATALANO
Rosie Catalano is more than a sum of her parts. The Sydney-based chanteuse is a raconteur, whose emphasis on narrative and character provides a colourful and cinematic quality to her music. After winning a 2009 song competition offered by indie-pop darlings Little Birdy, Catalano went on to secure ‘Album of the Week’ status on ABC Radio National and garnered a slew of high rotation radio play across the country. Her new crowdfunded EP Dreams Are Just Movies was released at the beginning of October, and will see her hit The Empress Hotel with Rosie Wintergreen on Friday October 18.
HAVE/HOLD
Have/Hold are going on tour! With half of what has been easily the busiest year of their lives conquered, the band is warming up the van for the epic journey up, down and part way across this glorious island we call home for the very first time.The boys are proud as parents to announce that by the time they loose their moorings their first release Song For Bill Of The Trains/ Dexamphetamine Blues will be available as a ‘pay what you feel’ download via Bandcamp. This AA-side single rings with the sensitive, humanistic storytelling and fevered emotional energy that has become indicative of a Have/Hold live experience. Catch their brand of ‘prog inspired, post-emo’ at The Old Bar on Friday October 25. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $10.
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WHITE SUMMER
Introducing White Summer, the howling, swampblues playing trio made up of Jimmy Stanfield, Michael Barnsley and Anthony Zielke. White Summer will be releasing their first single Head In The Sand from forthcoming four track EP on Friday October 11 with an official single launch party on Thursday October 24 at The Evelyn. Joining them to celebrate the release will be Kashmere Club, Winter Moon and Bones Blackwood. $10 entry.
AL CARR AND THE STRONG ARM
After playing in a number of bands in Melbourne, Sydney and London, this is Al Carr’s first release under his own name. Drawing on a variety of musical themes covering country, folk, soul and roots based rock, this collection of character driven tunes is the culmination of Al trying to create something more intricate and eclectic that draws from a diverse range of influences. Put to tape in mid-2013 with a core group of musicians from Al’s previous band The Fallen Gentry, the tracks maintain a late-night bar-room feel and look to explore a more temperate, pensive style of song writing. The EP will be launched on Saturday October 19 at The Empress Hotel, with Junk Horses and Nick Arnold.
PAUL DEMPSEY
This month, Paul Dempsey will be embarking on a national tour to promote his new EP Shotgun Karaoke, a recording of Dempsey’s covers. Dempsey is renowned for his prolific songwriting skills, including the ones he penned as the frontman for Something For Kate and as a solo artist. Songs like Captain, Monsters and Out The Airlock have shaped the identity of Australian music, becoming a part of our cultural history. In light of the acclaimed success of his covers while on tour, including Queen’s I Want To Break Free and Sweet Nothing by Florence Welch and Calvin Harris, Dempsey recorded Shotgun Karaoke, a permanent document of his covers. He’ll be playing the Hi-Fi on Thursday October 24 and Friday October 25 (sold-out).
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WORLD’S END PRESS
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World’s End Press (Liberation)
1. Like Clockwork CD/2LP QUEENS OF THE The debut full-length album from World’s End Press has been a long time coming. The slick, brash appeal of early singles like Faithful and Only The Brave showed much promise and less ‘baggy’ cuts have followed in recent years, pointing to new directions and adding different layers to their infectious indie-disco sound. With a gradual build that never quite achieves lift-off, To Send Our Love is more successful as an anticipatory opening track than a single. The self-titled recording then leads into a cluster of instantly lovable bangers: That Was A Loving House is like the content of The Smiths’ Back To The Old House thrust into an acidbuzzing nightclub; the uplifting My Salvation is music as religion; and the early morning dance-floor becomes a pit of desperation for a seedy trash-bag on the electro-throb of Drag Me Home. Things get looser in the middle of the album, anchored by new single Reformation Age and its more downbeat counterpart Deadbeat Sweetheart. To make the most of their widescreen format, the band drop in a couple of beat-less numbers either side of these singles; this is an album for listening to at home after all, not a DJ set. The simplicity of the voice and piano based Vanguard is the most unexpected shift in pace, while the drifting ambience of Chewing Gum Prayer plays like interim piece from an M83 album. The group keep extending themselves for the album’s third and final act, but also bring the beats back to front and centre. Your Time Will Come is split into two parts; a sparse electronica intro that slowly builds, then segues into a jubilant italo-house anthem. A similar trick is used on the closing two tracks, also essentially
STONE AGE 2. Imitations CD/LP MARK LANEGAN 3. Dream River CD/LP BILL CALLAHAN 4. Unreleased Tracks 12” BOARDS OF CANADA 5. 1986-1991 2cd VENOM P. STINGER 6. Seasons Of Your Day CD MAZZY STAR 7. Unreleased Tracks, Demo’s & Live LP one track, though this time the first part (Natural Curiosity) is the tight pop song, while the latter part (Out) leisurely loops the beat out to the ten-minute mark to hypnotic effect. The protracted process of this recording’s creation hasn’t dulled the glow of the band’s enthusiastic sound, nor has it produced an over-thought, over-polished result. World’s End Press makes good on the promise of those early dance-floor gems and manages to offer some gratifying elements of surprise along the way. CHRIS GIRDLER BEST TRACKS: Your Time Will Come (Part Two) IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: In Ghost Colours CUT COPY, This Is Big Audio Dynamite BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE, Sound Of Silver LCD SOUNDSYSTEM IN A WORD: Impressive
ARCTIC MONKEYS 8. Defend Yourself CD/LP SEBADOH 9. The Raven That Refused To Sing CD/LP/BluRay STEVE WILSON 10. BBC Sessions 12”EP THE BLACK KEYS
OFF THE HIP 1. Go The Hack LP COSMIC PSYCHOS 2. Idle No More LP/CD KING KHAN & THE SHRINES 3. Novo’s LP/CD GOOCH PALMS 4. Shakedown LP CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK 5. Fraternity Years LP MOUSE AND THE
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TRAPS 6. Flip Your Wig LP HUSKER DU 7. On Fire LP GALAXIE 500
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8. Thickfreakness LP BLACK KEYS I just about had an aneurysm trying to gauge whether or not I should shake hands after selling something on Gumtree. Tinder would literally kill me.
for Future Of The Left, they’re sounding as dangerous as ever.
OLIVER TANK FEAT. TA-KU
Slumming It In Paradise (Unite All Originals) Commissioned by a sneaker company (money’s gotta come from somewhere), Slumming It In Paradise allows Big Scary to indulge in the more hip hop inclined direction as hinted on their last record, teaming up with Jonti for a breezy little jaunt. It’s a nice slice of pastiche pop, which hopefully will result in something of greater consequence in the near future.
Different Speed (Create/Control) Okay this track would be heaps better if it wasn’t for Oliver Tank. Dude sounds like Kermit The Frog, but Kermy deserves better than to be compared to such daft lyrics. Producer Ta-Ku provides some exemplary beats, however, achieving something world class with crisp percussive flow. It’s not as forward thinking as say, Arca, but it’s of the now, and it’s pretty darn nice.
COSMO JARVIS They Don’t Build Hearts Like They Used To (Speed Vs Angle) There’s a new breed of act, a recent phenomenon where a mediocre overseas act somehow finds a niche market in Australia, then milks it for all it’s worth. Pink is the ultimate example. Good Charlotte and their talent show ilk are tapping the well. Darwin Deez seems to be here yearly without producing anything of worth. And it looks like Polyphonic Spree might simply be an elaborate people smuggling ruse. And here we have Cosmo Jarvis, returning to tour once again, with an offensively inoffensive new track. Unless he is referring to White Hearts, but considering he wrote this song at 14, I doubt it. He struck it lucky with a few novelty hits on triple j, now he’s capitalising on the residual fanbase, correct?
ANGIE Parallels (Rice Is Nice) A languid mess of killer guitar distortion, Parallels is a more than satisfying solo outing from Angie (Circle Pit, Southern Comfort, Ruined Fortune and Straight Arrows). It sinks into a K-hole of drone, only to be snapped out of it with an impulsive melodic turn in the chorus. In between the monotony of the percussion and the droning vocal lies some energised guitar licks.
FUTURE OF THE LEFT Bread, Cheese, Bow And Arrow (Prescriptions/ Remote Control) Unhinged, syncopated bass riffs clank throughout Bread, Cheese, Bow And Arrow – a track title that sounds like a Skyrim inventory (instead, it’s the “staple diet of rodents”). Singer Andrew Falkous is as deranged as ever, sounding something like an invigorated Mike Patton as he delivers his acerbically wry lyricisms. The song’s structure is imbued with a sense of the uninhibited, which usually doesn’t work for some. But
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9. Tales From The Beyond LP/CD LA BASTARD 10. Ooey Gooey LP THE DIRTBOMBS
RECORD PARADISE 1. How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose COURTNEY BARNETT 2. Haunted (Acedia) 7” UNDERGROUND
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Patinkin (Independent) Tim Shiel (Faux Pas, Wally’s De Backing Band), crafts an enticing house groove on Patinkin, garnishing liberally with walls of surprising blown-out bass. It restrains itself from overdoing any singular aspect, keeping things tasteful with sci-fi synths creeping in the mix, never straying too far from the extremely danceable 4/4 beat.
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7. Worlds Floating By PRIMITIVE MOTION
Sorrow (Fat Possum/Caroline) Blending the faintest of Bo Diddley rhythms and lush Smiths-like production, former Crystal Stilts/Dum Dum Girls/Vivians Girls member Frankie Rose builds a nostalgic, sun-shiney dreamscape on Sorrow, a taste from the upcoming full-length solo LP Herein Wild. Orchestral flourishes seep into the track towards a grandiose finale.
8. Adelaide 7” BITCH PREFECT
4. Dyson Stringer Cloher Tour EP DYSON STRINGER CLOHER 5. She Beats BEACHES 6. Rebels 7” DAMN TERRAN
9. Drove Down 7” FULL UGLY 10. Novo’s GOOCH PALMS
HEARTLAND RECORDS 1. Thy Kingdom Scum LP/CD CHURCH OF MISERY 2. Electric Peace CD/LP THE CULT 3. Pain Is Beauty CD/LP CHELSEA WOLFE
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4. Elephant REMASTER LP THE WHITE
PEAK TWINS
STRIPES
So Long (Bedroom Suck) Playing it straight with a Roy Orbison-indebted ballad, Peak Twins conjure up a hypnotic and dark beauty replete with vintage “shooby-doo-wop” action. “Lynchian” is as clichéd of a descriptor you’d find these days, but c’mon, the band is called Peak Twins, the film clip is a one-shot in front of blue velvet curtains, and you can totally see Frank Booth shedding a sentimental and sociopathic tear to So Long. A stylistic change of pace that pays off big time.
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5. Insurgentes LP/CD STEVEN WILSON 6. Space Gypsy CD/LP NIK TURNER 7. Defend Yourself CD/LP SEBADOH 8. Self Titled CD SCORPION CHILD 9. Loud Like Love CD/LP PLACEBO 10. Tales Of Us LP/CD GOLDFRAPP
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DAMN TERRAN
Flogging A Dead Phoenix (Erotic Volcano Records)
Damn Terran (Independent) If a book shouldn’t be judged by its cover – then an album shouldn’t always be judged by its opening riff. But one aural glimpse of Provokasia, the opening track on Damn Terran’s debut album, and you’re instantly hooked. Packing the punch of a left over track from Ministry’s glory period, it’s industrial rock with a dirty gilt edge. Damn Terran offer plenty of solid rock to lie across, and indulge in the sheer beauty of it all. Lost is replete with the pissed-off post-adolescent sensibility that sustained many an angry young SST band fighting the new wave jive of the 1980s. Simon’s Song is a mash-up of feedback and jarring chords, all flailing limbs and thrashing punk attitude; with its grinding riff and melodic vocals, A Killer could pass for a Husker Du track given the once-over by Love of Diagrams. While Wrong Things errs on the safe side, Rebels is back in the realm of post-grunge, and all prisoners have been let loose with ne’er a care for society’s sonic preservation. The prevailing riff in Pills sounds close enough to Cosmic Psychos’ Lost Cause as to be a long-lost fraternal acquaintance; Downtown invokes the spirit of The Stooges, and finds a perfect rock’n’roll niche. Burlesque Dancer hits the ground running, all amphetamine rush and forbidden emotional angst; So Ordinary arrests the pace temporarily, before taking you back to that wild time 20 odd years ago before diving from the stage attracted the attention of the fun police. Uncanny Valley hangs out in the same New York loft where Sonic Youth wrenched, bashed and thrashed rock’n’roll into hitherto incomprehensible form; In Your Dreams warrants its own restraining order, lest it completely fuck with your mind. BEST TRACK: Provokasia IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: This is an album that commands attention, from the first SONIC YOUTH, MINISTRY pummelling riff, til the last thrashing beat. IN A WORD: Riffage PATRICK EMERY
JAE LAFFER
When The Iron Glows Red (Dew Process/Universal) Gee it’s a pleasure hearing the old familiar voice. I‘m not sure you even need to know The Panics to know Mr Laffer. His voice is just synonymous with Aussie music. A Paul Kelly in waiting of sorts. While it isn’t leading its usual bunch of Panics, this is a pleasant listen. Perhaps the biggest point of difference between this and a Panics album is the musicianship, not to say there isn’t any here. It’s just The Panics’ albums are lush and big, almost cinematic in scope. This is a little more minimal, generally relying on an acoustic guitar, a bit of a piano, some inoffensive drums and showcasing that voice. Opener Leave A Light On is a great way to begin. It is a catchy ditty about a man lamenting the dissolution of his relationship wanting to get closer because he feels a distance: “If you’re certain that you wanna draw the curtain on me/You talk in love/ didn’t wanna let it die young, but you’ve already spoken/and there ain’t nothing broken in me.” With a nice shuffling tempo and some keys almost reminiscent of the orient, it’s Jae Laffer all over. Always So Close is a cracker – another slice of adult contemporary for 30-something existentialism, but the drums are sick and will keep your fingers dancing away on the steering wheel. Don’t Make Me Wait wouldn’t be out of place on Paul Kelly’s Under The Sun album. Similarly Ill Be Leaving On Time has some early ‘80s Paul Kelly-isms with some freestyle saxophone. No Love Lost and I See Myself In You are a couple for the Essential Jae Laffer in a about a decade. The album sort of culminates in these two songs; building towards, but never quite reaching until these gems. Well, BEST TRACK: I See Myself In You that’s what I reckon anyway. It’s a great album, one that IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: THE won’t surprise any Panics fans, just as it won’t disappoint. PANICS, PAUL KELLY IN A WORD: Laffer JACK PARSONS
First, let me provide a quick potted history for those not familiar with the havoc-inducing Australian punk rockers Nancy Vandal. They’ve been banging around pubs and university campuses for a while, with 2013 marking their 20th anniversary; career highlights include supporting punk legends NOFX, Swedish rockers Millencolin, and veteran hardcore punks Teen Foot Pole; and Jay Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb fame once played bass (despite not knowing how),and produced this,their latest album,the crowd-funded Flogging A Dead Phoenix. Got it? If you’re not expecting anything brilliant and you like your music raw, loud and fun you’ll probably enjoy Flogging A Dead Phoenix. It’s not exactly Beethoven, but then again, what is? Other than Beethoven. Obviously. Whalley’s influence on the album is evident, with frantic guitars and a sense of orchestrated chaos ruling the day while any attempt at singing in tune has been firmly quashed. There are a few fun tracks here, although only a couple last for more than the time it will take you to read this sentence. If you like what you hear, the band is currently warming up to take the stage at Soundwave 2014. This might take a while, given that most of the members are now firmly ensconced in their BEST TRACK: A Nurofen From My Euro Friend 40s, but good times await anyone who is yet to experience IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Nancy Vandal live. FRENZAL RHOMB, THE MR T EXPERIENCE IN A WORD: Raucous
JOSH FERGEUS
PIKELET
Calluses (Chapter Music) It’s hard to think of many people in Melbourne who’ve been making it in music for more than a decade and are still regarded with the almost universal affection bestowed upon Evelyn Morris. More people are doing things, tastes are more fickle and fleeting, and the stayers disappear overseas or into obscurity without warning. It’s also hard to say why Calluses is the best thing Morris has done without reaching for the hoary clichés invited by such a dynamic performer, someone who started off terrorising audiences on drums in 9/11-gag-loving Baseball and the confrontational anti-music of True Radical Miracle before reinventing herself as a one-woman dream pop dynamo. But it’s the best thing she’s done, hands down. Pikelet’s latest release demonstrably benefits from the long incubation time – they’ve performed some of these tracks in the years since 2010’s Stems LP as a tantalising hint of the glory to come, and it was certainly worth the long wait. Morris’s collaboration with three other luminaries from the extended Chapter scene, first brought to bear in Stems, has hit its stride in songs like Projections and Pressure Cooker, where more vibrant song structures and tones have been given a wider berth than her earlier solo stuff. All of this makes it difficult to tell whether these songs are the product of her own continual evolution as a musician or the result of some recalibrated equilibrium between her and the rest of the band. If there is one sense of Morris making a concrete intervention into her own work, it’s the sense that she keeps BEST TRACK: Projections a leash on things in the style she’s adhered to as long as IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS:Strange she’s been around – gentle without being sugary, bold but Mercy ST VINCENT, Head Over Heels COCTEAU economical with her instruments, and a voice that’s neither TWINS, Black Brown Green Grey White menacing nor saccharine but clearly wouldn’t take any guff. KES IN A WORD: Sublime SEAN GLEESON
THE LITTLE STEVIES
Diamonds for Your Tea (Love Your Records)
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
Float Along – Fill Your Lungs (Flightless / Dot Dash)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard became the kings of the underground rock-pop scene with EP Willoughby’s Beach in October 2011. Float Along – Fill Your Lungs is a dramatic style shift. Opening song Head On / Pill boldly welcomes the listener into their psychedelic yurt that is filled with the arabesque guitar textures of The Beatles With Or Without You. The song doesn’t leave you in no-man’s land for too long as Stu Mackenzie’s trademark “Woooo” and affected drawl pushes to the front of the mix. Coming in at 15:59 this track is a trip but a trip worth taking. Mackenzie is credited with writing all the songs on Float Along – Fill Your Lungs, except for the luscious ditty Pop In My Step written by the towering blonde behemoth Craig Cook. Also, the excellent Lend Me The Past is co-written by Ambrose Kenny-Smith and Mackenzie; as the name would suggest this song embraces the psych-folk story telling of the 1960s with elements of doo-wop. This song is an absolute album highlight the way it lets Kenny-Smith truly expose his epic blues rock vocals. Why have these guys blasted our ears with over 40 songs over four releases in just over two years? I don’t know, it doesn’t make sense and neither does the stylistic shift on this album. Whatever, BEST TRACK: Head On / Pill Float Along – Fill Your Lungs is a great listen and I am sure it IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Beard will manifest beautifully in a live setting. Wives Denim POND, Boogie With CANNED HEAT. IN A WORD: Freshly-Familiar DAN WATT
When one third of a band leaves and the band retains the name, it’s always a fair question to ask; “is it still the same band?” The Little Stevies who have been around since 2009, consist now of sisters Beth and Sibyalla, with Robin Geradts-Gill leaving to pursue a career in film. The band’s third outing and first without Geradts-Gill is a far more serious and sombre affair, but still recognisably The Little Stevies. The seriousness of the recording really comes from the chosen content and gentle delivery of the songs. Motherhood is celebrated softly on titular track Diamonds for Your Tea and the loneliness of single life is bemoaned on I Hold My Breath through its quaint piano. There is more life on tracks like Heavy Words with its railroad folk roll and Amigo; it’s Mexican influence coming through handclaps and some south of the border guitar. If Geradts-Gill’s absence is felt anywhere in particular it’s through the lack of more upbeat tracks; plus his vocals on previous albums gave greater diversity of sound and helped provide a few more ebbs for those recordings. However the sisters certainly shine without him on several tracks. Shattered Dreams opens with lonely vocals over drawn out organ and tells a moving (and albeit depressing) story about life slipping away, “found a man who liked to drink/ his punch made me shrink”. Oh, Honey is sweet and melancholic; the far-away big room delay on the guitar and percussion is brilliant. Several of the tracks that remain though are unfortunately a little underwhelming, Easily Swayed and Loving Man in particular fail to capture. Generally speaking the sister’s vocals sound greater BEST TRACK: Shattered Dreams when in unison as the intonation of their individual voices in IF YOU LIKE THESE YOU’LL LIKE THIS: places is too clean and makes these musicians in their midTINPAN ORANGE twenties sound a little too adult-contemporary at times. IN A WORD: Sombre GARRY WESTMORE
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WEDNESDAY OCT 9 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS A ROCK LEGENDS REVUE Altona Theatre, Altona. 7:00pm. BRING ME THE HORIZON + CROSSFAITH + OF MICE & MEN Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. $77. COLD HIKER + THE TROTSKIES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5. COLLAGE - FEAT: NATURAL BULL LOGIC + KINGSTON + YOUNGER DRYAS Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. DONNIE DUREAU + JOHN WESLEY + LUCY WILSON + TAM & TERROR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. HIDEOUS TOWNS + BREVE + CREPES + T.M.E Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. IN CROWD WEB LAUNCH - FEAT: 180 PROOF + JAKE JAMES + RACHEL SHAW + SKIPPY’S BRAIN Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. JAJU CHOIR + LIONESS EYE + THE WINTERS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. JAM NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. ROOT OF MUSIC - FEAT: PASSERINE + BIG CREATURE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. SECRET GOODTIMES CLUB Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7:00pm. THE LOVE BOMBS + BOOM BAP POW + RED X Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. TOMAS STODE & THE TOUR GUIDES (GRACEFUL MISTAKE LAUNCH) - FEAT: TOMAS STRODE & THE TOUR GUIDES + ALUKA + AMY ALEX Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CARAVAN CAMP SESSIONS - FEAT: SWEET JEAN Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. DENIAL DEMONIC + ADMIN BLDG FEAT CLEANING LADY + BRIAN O’DWYER & KERRIE FARN + SHANE VAN DEN AKKER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KARL S WILLIAMS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. MIKEY NOGA Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Ontop In Ormond, Ormond. 7:30pm. SEAN SIMMONS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. SING FOR YOUR SUPER - FEAT: MARK JOSEPHS + LITTLE FLAME Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. THE NYMPHS + STRINE SINGERS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:30pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: REENAY + LANI STANISTREET Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
Thurs 10th October - 8:30pm RMIT FUNDRAISER FEATURING: HARMANIAX, FRANKIE ANDREWS, MANDY CONNELL AND THE STRAY HENS AND MORE Fri 11th October - 9:30pm
GREG CHAMPION AND THE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY (PRACTICAL POP)
Saturday 12th October - 9:30pm
SAM LINTONSMITH BAND (CHUNKY SOUL GROOVES)
Sunday 13th October 5:30pm
ALI PENNY AND THE MONEYMAKERS (NSW) (HONKY-TONKIN’ BLUES)
Sunday 13th October 9:00pm
KEN MAHER AND TONY HARGREAVES (ACOUSTIC ROOTS)
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JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC ABC SYMPHONY AUSTRALIA YOUNG PERFORMERS AWARDS Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank. 12:00pm. ABC SYMPHONY AUSTRALIA YOUNG PERFORMERS AWARDS Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank. 6:00pm. B FOR CHICKEN 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. CINDY VAN DER REE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. DUCK MUSIQUE Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:00pm. GREEN DIARY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. HAMMOND JAZZ CLUB + MR ANDREW SWANN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. THE CHARAMBAS & FISHERS OF MEN Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 6:00pm. TIM WILLIS & THE END Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.
THURSDAY OCT 10 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
A ROCK LEGENDS REVUE Altona Theatre, Altona. 7:00pm. AGENDER + MISS DESTINY + SHAKING HELL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. AMY WINEHOUSE TRIBUTE SHOW Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. AUDEGO (BENEATH THE STATIC & THE LOW LAUNCH) + FRIENDSHIPS + LEAKS + SUI ZHEN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. BABOON REBUS + SPACE JUNK + THE ESCARGO-GO’S Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. CHINESE HANDCUFFS + OPAL GHOST + TOUCHING THE BEES Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. ELECTRIC CULTURES V - FEAT: JORGE RAMIREZ + EXOTIC SNAKE + FAD + JOHNATHON NOKES + SIMON J KARIS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. HAMBONE & THE PROSPECTORS + THE GROVE + THE IVORY ELEPHANT Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. KARAOKE - FEAT: RETRO GIRLS Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $5. KARL S WILLIAMS + ROWAN ROEBIG Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8. KOOYEH + ECHO DRAMA + UP UP AWAY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KYLIE AULDIST & HER GLENROY ALL-STARS + DJ VINCE PEACH + MICHAEL YOUNG Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. NEXT - FEAT: PREPARED LIKE A BRIDE + ATHENAS WAKE + I AM DELARGE + SWIM THROUGH SEASONS + THE OPHIDIAN ASCENSION + THE SERAPHIM VEIL Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. NOSE BLOOD CATHARSIS + NERVE + SOIL & ASH + THE RIVER OF HEAVEN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. OH PEP! + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE + THE BLUEBOTTLES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. ORIGINAL MUSIC NIGHT - FEAT: THE SLIMS + BESAH BODOH + CHELSEA MORGAN Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10. PAINT THE BEAT - FEAT: ADELLE GRESLE + SALACIOUS The Leveson, North Melbourne. 6:30pm. THE ALL SEEING HAND + DUCK DUCK CHOP + MESA COSA Boney, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $12. THE AOEDE PROJECT + JOSH CASHMAN + NEON CITY + NEW MANIC SPREE Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10. THE GLARE + LOPAN + MONKEY LUNCH + THE MEAN OLD FRISCO BLUES BAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE GOLDEN AWESOME + COCHLEAR KILL + THE ENCOUNTER GROUP The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $7. THE PIERCE BROTHERS + JACK STIRLING Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. WOLF MAIL + JAMES SOUTHWELL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:00pm. $20. ZOMBIE PSYCHOLOGIST + THE CLITS + ZONE OUT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BIG SEAL & THE SLIPPERY FEW + CATCH RELEASE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. BIG WORDS + TASH SULTANA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. BLACK PONY + ADRIAN STOYLES Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:00pm. BLOW The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 8:00pm. CANNONBALL Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. EMLYN JOHNSON + DAVY SIMONY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. GALLIE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. GEORGIA FIELDS & MATT SIMMONS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. GIRL WITH CAKE + ANU SAVA + CRAIG-LEE SMITH + DEADBEATZ Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5. GRID (HEAT 2) Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. NICE BOY THOM Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Station 59, Richmond. 6:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 6:00pm. RMIT FUNDRAISER - FEAT: HARMANIACS + FRANKIE ANDREWS + MANDY & STRAY HENS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. SUZANNE KINSELLA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. VAN WALKER Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
JAE LAFFER Jae Laffer, lead vocalist and songwriter for The Panics, will embark on a national solo tour later this month in promotion of his debut album, When The Iron Glows Red. Commended his for prolific songwriting while in The Panics, Laffer recently finished recording and post-production of When The Iron Glows Red, and if his current singleLeave A Light On is anything to go by, that will be a delicately layered album of Lennon-esque tracks blended with Laffer’s breezy lyrics. Jae Laffer will hit up The Toff in Town on Saturday October 12.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
ALWAN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Commune, East Melbourne. 5:00pm. MORDIALLOC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE GARRULOUS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. THE JACKSON FOUR 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE JEX SAARELAHT TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE NEW IMPROMPTU QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 6:30pm. THE ROYAL JELLIES Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm. $12.
ANDREA MARR BAND Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:30pm. CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. DAVID LIEBE HART BAND + I AM DUCKEYE + MANDEK PENHA + TEN THOUSAND FREE MEN & THEIR FAMILIES + THE STIFFYS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $29. ECHIDNA LOVE TRAIN Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 8:30pm. GLENN SHORROCK Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. GREG CHAMPION & THE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. JAMGRASS 2013 Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. MARK JOSEPH + MELODY MOON Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:00pm. NICK KINGSWELL Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. RICKI WOOD Deluxe Bar & Lounge, Moonee Ponds. 7:00pm. RUSTY PICKERS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. SHAKY STILLS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. STEVEN GRANT QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STRAYLOVE + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. THE SHIVERING TIMBERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE TERRY MCCARTHY SPECIAL Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
FRIDAY OCT 11 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS A ROCK LEGENDS REVUE Altona Theatre, Altona. 7:00pm. ADALITA Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. ADRIAN WHITEHEAD Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 7:30pm. ANIMAUX + GHOST ORKID + VELMA GROVE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12. ARE YOU MAD? - FEAT: INDIKA + BADDUMS + C:1 + GINGUS + SMURPH + TOKEN Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. BABY MACHINE + DEAD RIVER + DJ DRAW 4 + THE GENERAL The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10. BIG RICHARD INSECT + RATSAK + THE KREMLINGS + WIFE EYES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. BOB STARKIE The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $20. CHARLIE OFFICER + CASH THE MADMEN + MISSSTA + SANS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. CONTRA ATAKE RHYTHMS - FEAT: EL MOTH First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DC TUNES - FEAT: KING OF THE NORTH + DAN ATTARD + DJ’S DIAMOND DEB + HAILMARY + MY DYNAMITE + MY LEFT BOOT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. EDEN MULHOLLAND + BELLTALK + LUCIAN BLOMKAMP John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. EINSTEINS TOYBOYS + PICK UP THE PIECES Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. GHOSTS ON THE HIGHWAY + DYSON WYATT’S POLYAMOROUS TRYST Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. GRIM FANDANGO + APART FROM THIS + CERES + DJ MS. MONICA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HRASHER JYNX + BOY RED + EDITH LANE Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7:30pm. HUSKY + GIAN SLATER & THE INVENIO SINGERS Foxtel Festival Hub, 7:00pm. KOOYEH Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. LET’S END CANCER FUNDRAISER! - FEAT: SMALL TOWN FIASCO + AS A RIVAL + FALCONIO + THE ELECTRIC I Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10. LOON LAKE (GLOAMER LAUNCH) Howler, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $15. MANTRA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. OHMS + DEEP HEAT + THE INFANTS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. SOL HAUS & THE SPOKESMEN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. STICKY FINGERS + BOOTLEG RASCAL + LYALL MOLONEY Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $20. STORYHORSE + KILL TV + WATERLINE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SUDDEN STATE + BLACK MAYDAY + DARCEE FOX + THE DEEP END Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $15. TEMPLE + FILTHY LUCRE + I AM MINE + PARIAH Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $30. THE CANING + CHINA VAGINA + CITIZEN Cbd Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE GOLDEN AWESOME + CONTRAST + GLACIERS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. THE REPROBETTES + DJ XANDER + VILLENETTES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE TWO HEADED DOG + CONTANGENT + PONY GIRL & THE OUTSIDERS + STOMPBOX + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE UNDERHANDED + CHILD + HORSE HUNTER Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. WILLOW + DARK ARTS + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY + PARADISE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. WOLF MAIL Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm. $15.
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JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (THE CROWD) Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. BRAZILLIAN DANCE PARTY - FEAT: SUINGUE BRAZUCA + DJ LADY D Willow Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm. CANNONBALL (CD LAUNCH) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $35. DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. HIATUS KAIYOTE Foxtel Festival Hub, 10:00pm. MAMBO TORMENTA + PAUL CAREY & JULIAN SCHEFFER Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. PAUL VAN ROSS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. THE RUSTY DATSUNS + ESSIE THOMAS + LILY & KING Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.
SATURDAY OCT 12 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS ALL WE NEED + HUG THERAPIST + I AM THE RIOT + SUMMER BLOOD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. BANG - FEAT: ENDLESS HEIGHTS + ADMIT ONE + APART FROM THIS + TOY BOATS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BAR 291 LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT: KURT GENTLE + DJ ISIT + DONALDS HOUSE + JAJU CHOIR Bar 291, Brunswick. 5:00pm. BREWTALITY - FEAT: BRONSON + DESECRATOR + DREADNAUGHT + HEAVEN THE AXE + KING OF THE NORTH + KING PARROT + SCAR THE SURFACE + WITCHGRINDER + ABREACT + AUDEMIA + DRIFTER + HOUSE OF THUMBS + INTERNAL NIGHTMARE + THE CHARGE + THE DEEP END + TRUTH CORRODED Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. BREWTALITY - FEAT: DESECRATOR + DREADNAUGHT + KING PARROT + SCAR THE SURFACE + BRONSON + DON FERNANDO + ELECTRIK DYNAMITE + FRANKENBOK + HADAL MAW + HAILMARY + HEAVEN THE AXE + I AM DUCKEYE + INFILTRAITOR + INTERNAL NIGHTMARE + JOIN THE AMISH + KING OF THE NORTH + THE CHARGE + THE DEEP END + WITCHGRINDER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3:30pm. BUSHWALKING + FREE CHOICE + KANGAROO SKULL John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. DEEP SEA ARCADE + HEY GERONIMO + LURCH & CHIEF Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $15. ELEVENTH HE REACHES LONDON + ENCIRCLING SEA + SOLKYRI Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. GLENN SHORROCK + AXIOM + LITTLE RIVER BAND + THE TWILIGHTS Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 7:00pm. GRIM FANDANGO + FREAK WAVE + HOODLUM SHOUTS + LINCOLN LE FEVRE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $15. HOWLIN’ STEAM TRAIN + THE OWLS + WILLOW DARLING Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. ID SATURDAYS - FEAT: THE SONS OF MAY + BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOX + RUBY WHITING Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. INEDIA + CREEP CAKE + DJ KEZBOT + TAREK + THE
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WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au BROOKLYN HOOKERS + THE LOVELESS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $7. JAE LAFFER (WHEN THE IRON GLOWS RED LAUNCH) + GEORGIA FAIR + KARL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20. JUKAI FOREST + JACK BARCLAY + THE OCTOPUS RIDE + THE ZONKS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. JUKE JOINT JUMP - FEAT: THE THREE KINGS + CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. JULY DAYS + THE MAEFLOWER + THE SAND DOLLAR Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. KOOYEH Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8:00pm. KRSTIAN MITZI Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. LIZANNE RICHARDS + OFFICER PARROT + YEO Bella Union Bar (trades Hall), Carlton South. 6:00pm. LOWLAKES + TOWNHOUSES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. MILLAR JUKES & THE BANDITS + HENRY JOSEPH & THE VICTORYS + KRISTA POLVERE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12. NAKED BODIES + DELICATE LITTLE NECKS + DJ KIRA PURU + NINETY NINE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. NUN OF THE TONGUE + CLAWS & ORGANS + KAPOW! KRAKEN + SHIT SEX Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $8. ÓLAFUR ARNALDS Foxtel Festival Hub, 7:00pm. OPRESSION 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. SCARAMOUCHE + RED EAGLE Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. SORDID ORDEAL FUNDRAISING SHOW - FEAT: DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE + DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR + HYPERDRONES + POISON FISH Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SOUL SACRIFICE (SANTANA TRIBUTE) Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. STICKY FINGERS + BOOTLEG RASCAL + LYALL MOLONEY Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. SUPPORT THE SCENE - FEAT: NOTHING HURTS ROBOTS + CAT OR PILLAR + LOVE ALONE + ROLLERCANES + TWSS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. $10. TALES IN SPACE + JACK STIRLING + LAMARAMA + RED X Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. TEST GIG 2 - FEAT: TEST ARTIST 2 Werribee Park Mansion, Werribee. 8:00pm. THE DOORS SHOW + THE SLIGHT RETURN + WHOLE LOTTA ZEP Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $20. THE DUFRANES + BIG SISTA + SOMEONE ELSES WEDDING BAND Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. THE FACTORY + SMOKE SCREEN + SONIC MILF CASTLE Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm. $15. THE GROVES + A GAZILION ANGRY MEXICANS + CONTA-
GENT + THE UNDERHANDED Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $5. THE HANDSOME FAMILY + FOY VANCE The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE HORNS OF LEROY + THE ALLIGATORS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. THE WORKING HORSE IRONS + ROAD RATZ + THE VILLENETTES + WHERE’S GROVER Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. VIDA CAIN + EMPRA + THE ELLIOTTS + THE UGLY KINGS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. WOLFPACK + DIXON CIDER + RAMSHACKLE ARMY + THE WORST Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ANDY PHILLIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK The Sound Bar, Hoppers Crossing. 7:00pm. BUTTERED LOAF Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. GLORY B Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:00pm. JAMGRASS 2013 Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. LIZANNE RICHARDS + OFFICER PARROT + YEO Bella Union Bar (trades Hall), Carlton South. 9:00pm. $25. OXFEST Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. PHIL PARA BAND Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. REDCOATS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. ROUGH RIVER + L’IL LEONIE LIONHEART Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:00pm. SAM LINTON-SMITH BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. SARAH CARROLL & HER PHYSCHEDELIC WILDMEN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SLIM DIME & THE PRIRIE KINGS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. SPOONFUL Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. TARANTINOS The B.east, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. THE KUJO KINGS + THE QUARTERS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. THE LUAU COWBOYS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:30pm. THE SHANNON BOURNE BAND Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. VERY HANDSOME MEN + DJ SHAMIKAZI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC ABC SYMPHONY AUSTRALIA YOUNG PERFORMERS
ADALITA Following the release of her much-anticipated second solo album, All Day Venus, Adalita will headline an Australian East Coast tour this week. The tour will be the first chance for fans to hear the new material with the support of a full band. All Day Venus promises to be an honest, brooding and energetic record and will no doubt pack a lot of punch live. Catch her on Sunday October 13 at the Corner Hotel. AWARDS Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne. 6:00pm. ALINTA & THE JAZZ EMPERORS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. ARTY DEL RIO Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. BOB SEDERGREEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. CLASSICAL PIANO Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 2:00pm. GOYIM + ELVIS IN THE HOUSE Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm. GRAND WAZOO The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $28. GURRUMUL + SARAH BLASKO Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 6:00pm. HIATUS KAIYOTE Foxtel Festival Hub, 10:00pm. KLEZMER NIGHT - FEAT: ARIEL KATZ + JAZZATOMIKA Open Studio, Northcote. 4:00pm. MARTIN MARTINI Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. TAMARA KULDIN & THE ROGER CLARK QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. THE PERFECTIONS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. THE SOMALI PEACE BAND + AUSSOM BAND Gertrude Contemporary, 1:00pm. TRACY MCNEIL Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
SUNDAY OCT 13 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS 80’S ON THE EDGE Sloaney Pony, Port Melbourne. 8:30pm. ADALITA + LAURA JEAN Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $25. BRIGHTER LATER + BRITE FIGHT + SIMON BAILEY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12. DAVIS + DUSTY SPRING CLEAN + FIENDISH FOWL + THE POPS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5.
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Mondays | 9PM SOUNDS OF ST.KILDA Every Monday we have 3 pre-booked Singer / Songwriters performing mainly original lyrics.
Tuesdays | 9PM JU TENUCCI Brazilian & World Music
Wednesdays | 9PM MOTOWN WEDNESDAYS with Tony Kopa & Paul Shirley bringing us the best music from the best era.
Thursday 10th of Oct | 9PM BLUES & ROOTS with Andy Swann
Fridays| 9PM MIKE OLIPHANT’S ‘GENTLEMEN’S HOURS’ with some of Melbourne’s best musicians playing funk & soul.
Saturday 12th of Oct | 9PM
WED 9 OCT BANDROOM:
DAVE O’CONNOR (RESIDENCY)
ALISTAIR O’BRIEN THU 10 OCT BANDROOM:
ZOMBIE PSYCHOLOGIST THE CLITS ZONE OUT
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ATOLLS GOING SWIMMING VOWEL MOVEMENT FRI 11 OCT SLOW CLUB:
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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LOON LAKE Loon Lake will be celebrating their much anticipated debut album Gloamer with a launch show this week. The second single from the upcoming album, Carolina, is out now and follows on from On Fire. The new album was produced by Steven Schram (San Cisco/Little Red/The Vasco Era) and the group’s own drummer Nick Nolan and will released be on on Friday October 11 through Caroline Label Services. Gloamer - a term coined by the band – describes someone coming to life during that strange and magical time of day after the sun goes down, but before darkness falls. Catch them at Howler on Friday October 11. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MAYFAIR KYTES + KOSTA + LAURA BAXTER + MUNRO MELANO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MORE DANGER + DEVILS PAWN + SWAMP MOTH + THE INTERCEPTORS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. MOUNTAIN GOAT BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: SIB + DJ KEZBOT + TIM NEILSON + ZOE K & THE DREAMBOATS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. ÓLAFUR ARNALDS Foxtel Festival Hub, 7:00pm. REINCARNATION + CAGED GRAVE + IMPACT ZONE + SICK MACHINE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $10. THE APE + BITTER SWEET KICKS + THE HARLOTS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $35. THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE NAYSAYERS + BUSY KINGDOM + CIDER TREE KIDS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. THE VILLINETTES + EWE EWE + THE REPROBETTES Bruns-
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA Fuelled by the virtuosity of free jazz, the sultry atmospherics of UK soul and rhythmic hip hop inflected beats, The Cinematic Orchestra has for the better part of 15 years been turning out impeccably constructed, grandiose jazz electronica hybrids – music that scales great emotional heights even as it revels in the intricacies of sonic interplay. Catch them at Hamer Hall this Friday October 11. wick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. TRISTEN BIRD (DIFFERENT KEYS FOR DIFFERENT LOCKS) + M ANTONIA + SIME NUGENT Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. VELUDO + DIVINE FLUXUS + HELOISE + THE HIDING John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. WHO IS ZOE + DASH + WINTER YORK Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. YUM YUM CULT + CHEWING + FIGUREHEAD Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AINE TYRRELL + SHERRY RICH & RICK PLANT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. ALI PENNEY & THE MONEYMAKERS + KEN MAHER & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. AMARILLO Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 5:00pm. BACKWOOD CREATURES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. CHERRY ARVO BLUES - FEAT: SOUTHERN LIGHTNING + DJ
MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5. D ROGERS + DUKE BATAVIA + THE GLORIOUS NORTH Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $12. DARLING JAMES + EDWARD GUGLIELMINO + RICHARD CUTHBERT Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HARMANIAX Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 3:30pm. HOLY MACKEREL Tago Mago, Thornbury. 4:00pm. JEMMA & HER FINE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. LINCOLN LE FEVRE + CLANCYE MILNE + DONNIE DUREAU + LIAM DALY Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. MIKE NOGA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. OKTOBERFEST Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. OSH10 + EDENN Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. RED RIVERS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:30pm. SOPHY ROSE DUO + KATE WALKER + NATHAN DAVIES Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 5:00pm. THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. THE IRVINES Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm. THE PARDONERS Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 3:00pm. THE PHEASANT PLUCKERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE UNDERLINGS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. TOM DOCKRAY DUO + TIM SCANLAN Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. VIKA & LINDA The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $33.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC EARON KEYHOLE Bar 291, Brunswick. 2:00pm. ALLYSHA JOY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm. DALE RYDER BAND + BAD BOYS BATUCADA + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm. ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 1:00pm. FEARLESS NADIA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. JAZZ VOCAL SESSIONS 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. $5. THE VAMPIRES Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. VINCS & WAKELING Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 2:00pm.
MONDAY OCT 14 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS AMORPHIS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $60. DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: ESTHER HENDERSON + DAVY SIMONY + JAMES KENYON + LEAH SENIOR Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: WICKED CITY + HEADS OF CHARM + SHAKING HELL + THE IN THE OUT Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. STELLA ANGELICO + SHORES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DINEO & BOURNESTEIN PRESENT - FEAT: JT THE KING OF GROOVE Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 7:30pm. PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. UNPAVED SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: KERRYN FIELDS + LAYLA JEAN + WAZ E JAMES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC BY CHERYL + REFRACTION TRIO 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8. QUIQUE NEIRA Foxtel Festival Hub, 6:00pm. THE ALLAN BROWNE & EUGENE BALL SEXTET NOUVELLE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.
TUESDAY OCT 15 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS COSMO JARVIS + LIME CORDIALE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $31. LOW FLY INCLINE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE BOY CASTAWAYS Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE SONGS OF WRECK & RUIN - FEAT: MEGAN WASHINGTON + PAUL CAPSIS + TIM ROGERS Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 9:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK HARRY HOOKEY + GEORGE HYDE & JOSH SEYMOUR + THE WILD COMFORTS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. JIMMY STEWART Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. JOHNNYBOY GINGER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. MA PETITE Dan O’connell Hotel, Carlton. 3:00pm. MISCHEVIOUS THOM + THE KITE MACHINE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $6. OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. STEVE MASON + STOLEN VIOLIN Foxtel Festival Hub, 7:00pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: BASTION + GLACIERS + THE AHWLES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC BIG BAND THEORY Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. MIKE’S RETRO FIVE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. THE HUGH STUCKEY QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.
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ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday October 9 By Claire Barley
Even though the school holidays have only just finished, the summer festival season is virtually just around the corner. Whilst many New Year’s festivals are overage, it’s worth noting that the Marion Bay edition of Falls Festival is in fact all ages. Maybe you can convince your parents that a) they’ve been slaving away at work all year and they deserve a holiday and that b) Tasmania is the perfect location? With a line up including The Cat Empire, Vampire Weekend, The Rubens, MGMT, Pond and many more, it’s worth a try. Who knows, perhaps your dad is a closet Thundamentals fan…. Looking forward a little more, organisers for Groovin The Moo have recently announced dates and locations for 2014. These are all up on gtm.net.au. If you’ve attended a GTM event in the past, you’re eligible to win a free double pass. All you have to do is upload a pic of your favourite Moo memory from the past couple of years to Instagram and hashtag #motmoo (memory of the moo). There are ten passes up for grabs, plus it’ll be nice for your Insta followers to see something other than pics of your food and your cat/ dog. Have you bought your tickets to Face the Music yet? The annual music conference is fast approaching, and even more great speakers have recently been announced. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Face the Music runs during Melbourne Music Week, allowing artists and music business professionals to meet, share ideas, hear from industry leaders and support emerging music. Latest additions to the bill include events manager, editor and photographer Blink, who will be giving Aussie artists the lowdown on how to run a tour with a minimal budget. The organiser of Camp A Low Hum music festival, Blink (a.k.a Ian Jorgensen for those of us who want to do a wiki search) will draw on advice from his book DIY Touring the World. Another great presentation in the works is Small Rooms, Big Dreams, a discussion on how small gigs create a launching pad for musician’s careers. Featuring a swag of experts from some of Melbourne’s most iconic venues, this is another one not to be missed. Full details of the Face the Music program can be found on the interwebs at facethemusic.org.au. If you’ve been involved with FReeZA as a committee member or a band, you can also apply for a scholarship to nab free conference tickets, plus a heap of other cool benefits. Details are on our website- thepush.com.au. T.I and Akon were supposed to be playing at Festival hall this weekend, but Akon has had to pull out of the tour due to ‘personal reasons’. T.I has planned some replacement shows for later in the year- head to festivalhall.com.au for refund deets.
All Ages Timetable WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9 Open Mic/Jam Night, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA. Bring Me the Horizon w/ Of Mice & Men and Crossfaith, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley st, West Melbourne, 6.30pm, $72.20, ticketmaster.com.au, AA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 MainStage : Original Music Night w/ The Slims, Besah Bodoh, Chelsea Morgan and more, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 8.30pm, free, musiclandonline.com. au, AA SATURDAY OCTOBER 12 FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands - Northern Metro Regional Final w/ The Rims, Fly You Fools, Set The Score, Among The Abyss, Pandoran Sky and The Sweet Apes, Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre, 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 3pm, $12, www.facebook.com/ampedupfreeza, 9389 8642, AA. Skate of Mind w/ Datura, Smoke Stack Rhino, FLYBZ and Way With Words, Sir William Fry Reserve, Nepean Highway, Highett, 9am, free, kyfs.org.au, AA. SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 Jam at Musicland Sundays, w/ jam session open to all ages/ genres, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7.30pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA
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VENUE PROFILE
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History? The team behind Some Velvet Morning have been doing it for 2 years. Formerly a cafe, we are now a cafe, bar and live music venue. What do you feel is your major attraction? We’re a cosy drinking spot combined with an intimate environment for experiencing live music. What was your favorite show in the last six months and why? It’s tough to choose but the Courtney Barnett / Fraser Gorman shows in August were pretty special as they were recorded live. Look out for a live album to be released in the future! Could you nominate a bartender of the month? Matty The Fish. Dependable, smooth yet chivalrous. How many nights of live music and entertainment are running at your venue? We run acoustic gigs 5 nights a week, Wednesday to Sunday with guest DJs at the weekends. We also run fortnightly trivia on every second Tuesday alongside educational courses put on by Melbourne Free University.
Thursday: 4pm-1am Friday - Saturday: 8am-1am. Sunday: 9am-10pm. Cover Charge? None
Ways to get there? We’re right on the 86 tram line. Clifton Hill train station is also a 5 minute walk away. Available for functions? Sometimes! Something you are looking forward to? In the near future, Halloween will be a fun night. In a few weeks time The Bob Dylan tribute night on the 23rd of November will be pretty special with a whole host of guest performers stepping up. Opening hours: Tuesday - Wednesday: 4pm-11pm
Food specials or your pick? Our pick is the truffled mushrooms on toast with marinated Persian feta, roquette and a balsamic creme reduction. What are you known for? Our pulled Pork Nachos, home made Burgers, Espresso Martinis and our Bloody Mary. WEBSITE: somevelvetmorning.com.au FACEBOOK: facebook.com/somevelvetmorning123 EMAIL: info@somevelvetmorning.com.au
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Location: 212A Whitehall Street, Yarraville, 3012. Hours of operation: Monday - Friday: 9am -12am. Saturday and Sunday: 12pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday: 6pm -1am for events and performances by arrangement. Rooms and facilities: We have a theatre stage, 11 rehearsal rooms, a chillout lounge, dance floor, free Wi-Fi, pool tables, boutique and tap beer, plus snacks available. Instruments available for hire: 2 x Marshall combo guitar amps 1 x Marshall speaker cabinet (no head) 2 x Drum kit 2 x Bass amps (one stack, the other a combo) 2 x Roland keyboard Cost of rooms and special deals: Monday - Thursday: 6 hrs $65, 3 hrs $50 Solo Room: 6 hrs $40, 3 hrs $30 Friday – Sunday: 6 hrs $55, 3 hrs $40 Solo Room: 6 hrs $30, 3 hrs $20 Parking and loading available? All day parking on Harris Street, with access to Kindred loading bay. Any upcoming events? On Saturday October 12, we will host our inaugural Kindred Spirit Festival that will feature the incredible and sublime Wild Marmalade, Dream Drone, Dustin Thomas, Lama Tendar, Sri Prahlada, The Chant Cartel, Mel Dobra, Namavali, Bhakti Prasad, Wassawumba and many more amazing acts. The festival will also feature Melbourne’s finest yoga teachers, numerous workshops and lectures, meditation and sound healing masters, massage BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 52
and healing practitioners and topping it all off with delicious food. Every kind of nourishment for your mind body and soul. Visit www.kindredspiritfest.com to book your tickets or visit our facebook page at facebook.com/kindredspiritfest for more. Extras: Our front theatre stage for live performance has a projector, theatre curtain, turntables, nexo rig and an in house sound technician for use. We also have group booking options available and live music nights where we host a plethora of different events and genres of music. See our Kindred Studios website for more. PHONE: 9687 0233 or 0418 120 954 WEBSITE: www.kindredstudios.com.au E-MAIL: info@kindredstudios.com.au WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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RIHANNA Rod Laver Arena, Monday September 30 LISTEN OUT Royal Botanic Gardens, Saturday October 5 Breathe in, now breathe out. Feel that tightness in your chest on exhalation? That tight restriction you are feeling is what the music festival product life cycle is going through at the moment. There are two exceptions to this rule – Meredith and Stereosonic – but overall the festival boom is over and festivals are either disappearing or getting smaller. However, one festival that has handled the impact of opportunity cost with much aplomb is Listen Out (formerly Parklife). The festival has moved from Sidney Myer Music Bowl (about 15,000 capacity) to the Royal Botanic Gardens’ lawn outside the Observatory cafe (5,000 capacity) and the lineup was DJ/producer heavy with only one full live band, Australia’s RÜFÜS, although to their credit all the production duos – Classixx, AlunaGeorge and Disclosure – attempted to have a live set-up. With the said band RÜFÜS‘ 3pm set an early highlight, the day only got better, with the only real low when Azealia Banks lasted 90 seconds before a plastic bottle sent her offstage and off site. British duo AlunaGeorge were incredible, Aluna Francis cut a supreme figure of invigorated womanhood as she delivered her vocals to their supreme hit Your Drums, Your Love – it reminded me profoundly of Santigold and MIA’s live performances. The final three hours of the festival were a dream with Hudson Mohawke and Lunice’s heavy heavy heavy bass project TNGHT beginning at 7.30pm on the 909 stage and then dance music wunderkind Disclosure sent things into the stratosphere of awesomeness on the Atari stage. Disclosure’s set was positively life-affirming, with the amazing When A Fire Starts To Burn second song in. The stage set-up was just Guy and Howard Lawrence at two live production booths with microphones through which they sung the vocoded sections of tracks such as F For You – if you’re familiar with the film-clip for this song, that was the set-up. Although, due to the smallish size of the grounds, there was some sound bleed between the stages, though overall this festival was a triumph in LOVED: AlunaGeorge quality acts and execution. Plus the drink container trade-in booth kept the HATED: The sound bleed between stages grounds clean and helped broke cunts get a drink. DRANK: Someone else’s rubbish DENVER MAXX
THE CULT Festival Hall, Saturday October 5 Festival Hall filled up quickly just prior to The Cult hitting the stage. Long-time fans were excited about remembering the good ol’ days, with newer fans hearing a lot of these songs live for the first time. The Cult’s Electric 13 Australian tour has had a quieter build up than expected for an international band playing their most iconic album from 1987, Electric, in its entirety. Well, all the songs they wrote on the album anyway. Vocalist Ian Astbury came out with his typical Morrison like swagger, dressed in black, hair slicked back and wearing aviators with his neck surrounded by a fur collar. As soon as they kicked into the legendary Wildflower, it was obvious that guitarist Billy Duffy has still got it, although he seems to have lost his bottle of peroxide. Unfortunately what was also obvious was that Astbury sounded tired from the get-go, maybe from touring, maybe not; leaving out words, sometimes singing out of time and not being able to reach his upper register. It’s a shame when albums held in such high regard are toured years later and they just don’t reach their mark. With the original members of the band were Chris Wyse (bass), John Tempesta (drums) and touring member James Stevenson (rhythm guitar). When they could be heard they sounded pretty tight and spot on; unfortunately Astbury’s PA was too loud and sounded like it was on its way out and Duffy’s guitar was overpowering the rest of the band. Don’t get me wrong, those solos are still pure genius and were nailed each and every time, yet the ‘Ian and Billy’ show overshadowed all else, and although extremely capable musicians, the rest of the band seemed to be seen as insignificant. Highlights of the set, as expected were the three singles from Electric: Love Removal Machine, Lil’ Devil and Wildflower, as well as from the mixed set spanning their career in the second set with Sweet Soul Sister, Sun King and She Sells Sanctuary which also got the biggest reaction LOVED: Aphrodisiac Jacket HATED: Mixing of the night. DRANK: Bourbon & Coke MATT MURRAY
XAVIER RUDD The Forum, Thursday 3 October When people say Xavier Rudd is a one-man show, it can be quite misleading. For Xavier Rudd is just the kind of person that appreciates surrounding himself with like minds and like talents, spreading the love in his quest for enlightening the world around him. In short, regardless of his talent, he is still happy to join forces with great musicians to deliver an evening of thought-provoking, feel-good tunes. And so we have Rudd’s current Australian tour, performed with Donovan Frankenreiter and Nahko and the Medicine People. At a glance, Frankenreiter was a major drawcard. In truth, Nahko and his fellows were a much stronger act – albeit quite a different style, it was Nahko that engaged the crowd and had them dancing along from song one. In comparison, Frankenreiter sang his songs like he was rehearsing in his living room. Well-known to many and catchy to the rest, favourites like What’cha Know About and It Don’t Matter made little impact on the sold-out forum that only bringing a fan on stage to sing alongside him made anyone pay attention. Hard though it is to follow a thought-provoking, stimulating and energetic performance such as Nahko’s, there were still a few sing-a-long moments in Frankenreiter’s lad-back school of surf beats. And to cap it off, there was still time for another fan, this time a girl, to demonstrate her love of Frankenreiter but lack of musical talent, on stage and in the mic. It was almost like he was too disinterested or afraid of his own talent, which is such a shame. Then it was time for Xavier Rudd. A slow start immediately drew the crowd in, wondering what he was up to. Some pretty intense images of dolphin finning, whaling and other such environmental wrongdoings were plastered over the background monitors. Bow Down kept our eyes glued to the stage, as Rudd sang, “I will hold you up again” between Indigenous lyrics. All was quiet except for that guy who thought it necessary to say (although politely), “I quite enjoy listening to you Xavier.” Through the set, we were re-acquainted with the typical Xavier stomp, that ever-present resonating from his foot-petal as he multi-tasks more than any man should – mouth on the harmonica, hands on the slide guitar and vocals into the mic when he can spare the breath. When it gets going, it’s something to behold, and impossible not to dance to. In a mixture of new and old songs, there were some favourites such as Let Me Be, Messages, a cover of Ain’t No Sunshine and even a bit of culture bleeding with American-Indian Nahko, American Frankenreiter and Australian Rudd blending their spirits for Buffalo Soldier. Not without its political intent, Rudd’s performance was nothing short of inspiring. A night you can’t walk away from without LOVED: The energy appreciating life. HATED: An uninspiring support DRANK: From the tree of life JEN WILSON
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These days, pop stars don’t really need a musical bone in their body to “make it”. Some are just pretty faces, ex-actors or even models, and others must feel a connection with a particular Regurgitator song. As a popstar, Rihanna deserves a lot of respect. The girl can sing better than most, and more importantly she is an incredible entertainer. Between the constant costume changes, live band, back-up dancers, lighting, stage mechanics, sound, smoke and even fire, her live shows are nothing short of spectacular. I have never been a big fan of Rihanna’s music, or even pop music for that matter. By the end of this show I was on my feet and cheering with thousands of screaming teenagers, gay dudes and creepy old men “forced” to accompany their daughters. The pop star literally rose from the centre of the stage, dressed in all black and curled up as she opened with Mother Mary. The song was quite subdued for the first song, especially considering the initial excitement of the crowd. It wasn’t until her first costume change (one of six throughout the show), that RiRi started to gain some momentum and work with the crowd. She wound up with You Da One and a couple of reggae-inspired tunes, Man Down and No Love Allowed. These were actually the best songs of the night. An onslaught of hits had girls screaming to the point of crying, with Rude Boy and What’s My Name. Her next costume change could only be described as futuristic lingerie – it even changed colour! She busted some impressive dance moves during Jump, complete with an insert from Genuine’s Pony. Umbrella had everyone standing and wound down with a quick cover of Kanye’s All of the Lights. Rockstar 101 was actually pretty dark for a pop show, with a video of serial killers and murder victims on the big screen. It was accompanied by some intense instrumentals that shook the whole stadium. After an extended outro, Rihanna returned in a very tight red skirt. It actually showed the least amount of skin of all her costumes but was easily the most revealing. She bumped and grinded her way through Love Song, Love the Way You Lie, Take a Bow, Cold Case Love and Hate the Way I Love You. The peak of the show came next, with Rihanna decked in bling and a silver “dollar bill” dress. She was thriving on the crowd energy by this stage and We Found Love had the biggest sing-along for the night. She jumped off stage during S&M and sang to the crowd before finishing the set with Only Girl (In The World), Don’t Stop The Music and Where Have You Been. The encore chants started immediately and it wasn’t long before the entire place started to shake from stomping feet. She rose again from the centre of stage as the piano opened Stay. The big screen flashed to girls (and guys) in the crowd who were literally in tears. As you’d expect from the tour name, Rihanna finished with Diamonds from her latest album, picking up the pace again and leaving everyone on a high. As a music gig, this is one of the most expensive I’ve ever been to... but I have to say it was definitely worth it. It’s not often you get to see a show of that scale and the fact Rihanna belted out almost 30 LOVED: The reggae stuff she has, Man songs, each with their own dance routine, was impressive. Plus in comparison, Down and No Love Allowed for the amount of skin and sexually explicit content on viewing, it was still a HATED: Missing the Breaking Bad hell of a lot cheaper than going to the strippers. finale DRANK: Nothing. The lines were massive. CHRIS BRIGHT
STEVEN WILSON Billboard, Wednesday October 2 Steven Wilson’s particular brand of moody progressive rock can be challenging. Not challenging in the way of, say, Animals As Leaders, where you need to put in a good dozen listens before you can wrap your head around rapid jumps in tempo and time signature. Nope, Wilson’s music is challenging on an emotional level: you kind of need to factor in a good hour or so after listening to an album just so you can be alone with your thoughts and take it all in, after being transported to the often dark, sparse, emotionally raw yet sophisticated world in which he populates his characters. To capture this in a live environment Wilson ties the music together with intricately timed visuals and a quadraphonic sound system, and he also surrounds himself with some of the best musicians on the planet, such as guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats) and drummer Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa), the latter filling in for Marco Minnemann who is currently on the road in the States with Joe Satriani. Wilson’s solo performances lean almost exclusively on material from his three solo albums, Insurgentes, Grace For Drowning and The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories), with only a little time devoted to his most famous musical framework, Porcupine Tree. And while PT often employs heavy metal as a texture, Wilson’s solo material goes to complex instrumental orchestration and pure emotion for drama. It’s a big ask to get an audience to go along with you for two and a half hours of pretty dark, bittersweet material, and honestly, the set could have benefited from a moment of relief in the form of something a bit more upbeat, but that wouldn’t really be in keeping with the mood narrative that drives the set through to the perfect conclusion of the title track from Raven. With Wilson switching instruments throughout the performance (and often just singing), the brunt of the guitar work is borne by Govan, a supremely inspired guitarist who drifts through complex jazz fusion lines as easily as he dwells on ponderous Radioheadish melodies. Bass player Nick Beggs provides a solid foundation on which the rest of the band can build, with Govan, keyboard player Adam Holzman and flute/sax/clarinettist Theo Travis each having their way with the material. But really, despite the generous room for improvisation, it’s Wilson’s show, and definitely one that carries forward the atmosphere and creativity of his recordings into the real LOVED: Drive Home world. HATED: Drunken jerks towards the end DRANK: Asahi PETER HODGSON
DAMN TERRAN Ding Dong Lounge, Friday October 4 For those of us that partied at Ding Dong pre fire and re-fab, there’s nothing like a stellar line-up to ease the transition into the “new” decor. Friday night did just that with three of the best bands in Melbourne; ultimately leading to head bangers on the dining booths as punters rocked out for Damn Terran’s album launch. Mangelwurzel stuck it to me as if Lydia Lunch and The Birthday Party gave birth to a handful of vagrants and garnished them with the zest of ala circus; I drank that shit up, thinking this is the kind of band girls like me dream of. Drunk Mums as always made the room lose it; at the forefront of bringing Australiana back to its rightful place. They keep it busy, loose and trashy swapping between Jake, Dean and these days Adam on vocals; all the while being tight and projecting a distinctness that is no doubt why their fan base just grows. Damn Terran brought the night to a still with a build up of epic proportions, before mind-f**king the crowd with a brutality that we just hardly get to experience anymore. My favourite track Rebels made me wish I could get in a time machine and my 14 year-old self could discover it on Rage at 5am; with some warped video-clip that made me flick the distortion switch on my amp and never look back. After Rebels it just got louder, more brutal, more awesome, and more beautiful. Whoever was in charge of the projections deserves a mention too because the entirety of Damn Terran’s show was complimented by the psychedelic imagery. LOVED: Karate dancing HATED: Some of the lighting fixtures FRANNY B DRANK: Melbourne Stubbies
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