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For all the latest news check out beat.com.au Reverse Polarities were quick to make an impact on audiences, performing countless gigs and cementing their name firmly as an act to keep an eye out for. After releasing their self-titled mixtape in 2008 to critical acclaim, P.Smurf, Mikoen, Mute MC and Kit Complete took a short hiatus to form groups such as Daily Meds, Mute X Roleo and Sweat Collectors. In late 2011 they reunited to create what is now officially the group’s debut album. They’ll celebrate the album at the Rubix Funhouse (Tetris Studios) on Saturday March 8. Tickets are on sale from Big Village.

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Push Over Announce Full Festival Program & 24Hundred Competition. Push Over have just announced the official 2014 playing and signing times, unveiling the full festival program with set times and stages. Now in it’s 22nd year, Melbourne’s favourite all-ages festival returns on Monday March 10th with a stellar lineup featuring some of Australia’s finest acts including Remi, Dream On Dreamer, Deez Nuts, The Smith Street Band, The Bennies, Allday, Chance Waters and PEZ to name but a few. This year The Push and good friends 24Hundred are running a competition for one lucky festival fan to skip the queue at the Artist Signing Tent presented by 24Hundred. The winner will be at the front of the artist signings line for every act on the day and will be given a prize pack of merchandise from the 24Hundred merch range including Push Over bands such as Deez Nuts, Dream on Dreamer, and Buried in Verona! Fans can enter by submitting their best llama meme in celebration of the Push Over poster. All memes must be related to either Push Over Festival and/or a band playing the festival. Submit via email to push@thepush.com.au no later than February 21 for your chance to be a holder of the golden ticket.

After a banner year which saw them release their debut album Caress Your Soul and sell out shows across the country, Sticky Fingers are back at it again with The Gold Snafu Tour. The first single from their upcoming sophomore LP Land of Pleasure, Gold Snafu channels the Sydney outfit’s signature relaxed reggae-pop sound. The tour will mark the band’s last Australian dates before they jet over to Europe for two months. Sticky Fingers will hit the Corner on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30. Tickets are available from the venue’s website.

REVERSE POLARITIES Sydney hip hop crew Reverse Polarities, renowned for politically charged lyrics, rapid fire rhymes and high energy live performances have at last delivered their debut LP On The Contrary. Formed back in 2005,

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VANCE JOY REVEALS 2014 HEADLINE TOUR The name on everyone’s lips – having triumphed with the song on everyone’s lips – Vance Joy has announced a string of May tour dates. After playing to some of the biggest crowds seen at Laneway Festival (everyone ultra keen to dance around their swag bags with a good ol’ singalong to Riptide, of course), Vance Joy’s headline tour will no doubt be a right foot stompin’ affair. See him with Gossling and Teeth & Tongue at The Forum on Friday May 23. Tickets on sale Friday February 14 through Ticketmaster.

Ash Grunwald will bring the blues to Melbourne when he returns for a show this April. Hailed as the loudest one-man band around, Grunwald is braver, bolder and more bombastic than ever before following the release of 2013’s Gargantua. Catch Ash Grunwald at The Espy on Thursday April 24.

Celebrating their 25th anniversar y, undergroundLOVERS present two very special performances at The Toff in Town over one weekend in March. Saturday March 22 will feature songs from the early years: 1989-1993 including tracks from self funded debut and ARIA award winning album Get to Notice, as well as tracks from the rare Nice EP and the band’s seminal second album, Leaves Me Blind whilst Sunday March 23 will see them performing songs from 1994 and beyond, including tracks from the band’s breakthrough album Dream It Down, ARIA nominated Rushall Station, Ways T’Burn, Cold Feeling along with last year’s acclaimed comeback album Weekend. To help celebrate ‘Past Present’ – undergroundLOVER’s 25th anniversary shows, Rubber Records will release Can For Now, a third single from last year’s extraordinary Weekend album, along with some rare live recording b’sides from the band’s early days including a 1989 demo of Get to Notice recorded by the legendary Simon Grounds and the band’s tribute to Lou Reed with their 1993 version of the Velvet’s I’ll Be Your Mirror. Tickets now on sale through The Toff 's website.

MI CASA SU CASA

To celebrate the release of her ethereal single Heart, songstress Imogen Brough will hit the road for a string of dates supporting Michael Paynter. Appropriately set for a Valentine’s Day release, Heart showcases Brough’s propensity for expansive, uplifting and lush soundscapes blended with Celtic-pop influences. Imogen Brough will support Michael Paynter at The Toff in Town on Thursday February 13. Tickets are available from the venue’s website.

Ding Dong Lounge will be hosting Mi Casa Su Casa (Italian: My House is Your House), this March. Featuring three up-and-coming artists, Mi Casa Su Casa will feature the charming Pierce Brothers and their poignant memories, Sydney-based synth-pop band Tales in Space and Melbourne country but notcountry sweetheart Gena Rose Bruce. Mi Casa Su Casa will hit the Ding Dong Lounge on Friday March 14. Tickets are available through the Ding Dong.

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THE GROVES The Groves are preparing to launch their second EP and to celebrate they are hosting a launch show later this month. After forming in 2011 and releasing their debut self titled EP late 2012, the Melbourne bluesbased rock outfit will be releasing the follow up, Wine Dark Sea, on February 21. The Groves will be launching their sophomore EP on Friday February 21 at the Evelyn Hotel. Tickets are available through the venue’s website.

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released sophomore album, The Brink, has only reiterated on record the powerful force they always emit in the live environment. Catch them on Friday May 2 at The Palais Theatre. Tickets go on sale on Thursday February 20 through Ticketmaster.

THE JEZABELS Things just keep getting bigger and better for The Jezabels. Fresh from headline sets around the country at Laneway Festival, the Sydney foursome will embark on their biggest tour to date. The band’s recently

Hot off the heels of the release of the new single, Goodbye Future, the announcement of the headline spot for Groovin The Moo 2014, and Timeline, their collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Presets have announced three sideshow dates this May. In intimate club settings, The Presets will premiere their brand new club show to a select handful of Australian fans in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. They will be joined on all three dates by Sydney duo Wordlife (performing live) and DJ Beni. The Presets have also revealed the upcoming remix package for Goodbye Future set for release next month, with reworkings by The Aston Shuffle, Wordlife and Ilan Bluestone, and an extended club edit by The Presets themselves. The Presets will take over The Hi-Fi on

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HIM, NOSTALGHIA AND THE DEFILED Before they take the stage at Soundwave, Finnish rockers HIM will hit Melbourne for a sideshow with Nostalghia and The Defiled. Known for their unique fusion of balladry and heavy synth-laden sounds, the five piece released their eighth studio effort Tears on Tape last year. They will be joined by gypsy punk outfit Nostalghia and British industrial metal band The Defiled. Catch HIM, NostalgHia and The Defiled at 170 Russell on Wednesday February 26. Tickets go on sale Thursday February 6 from the venue’s website.

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MICHAEL PAYNTER Michael Paynter, the Melbourne based singer who has appeared on The Voice, worked with The Veronica sisters and Miley Cyrus, is lending his music talents to support the Rally for Mouse to help stop Homelessness in Melbourne. The Rally for Mouse is in honour of Wayne “Mouse” Perry, 42, who tragically lost his life on January 5, 2014. Salvation Army Major Brendan Nottle said the incident had touched the city and ignited a desire to do more for Melbourne’s vulnerable people. Michael will provide entertainment at the Rally for Mouse alongside speakers including World Vision chief executive Tim Costello, Adam Bandt MHR, Mouse’s daughter Jaylee WattonPerry, Mouse’s sister Michelle Perry and Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, that will call for an end to street homelessness at a rally to honour a popular rough sleeper killed in the city last month. The rally takes place at Enterprize Wharf, Sunday February 16 at 12pm. As a sign of peace and trust, people are being encouraged to wear blue as an opportunity to say “sorry” about what happened to Mouse, welcome Melbourne’s homeless population as valued part of the community and call for an end to rough sleeping.

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THE JUNGLE GIANTS The Tuss Tour will follow The Jungle Giants’ trip to the US where the band will be playing at 2014’s South By South West festival. Post-‘Tuss’ The Jungle Giants will take their place on the Groovin’ The Moo line up seeing them perform at many regional centres throughout the country. The Jungle Giants will then take some time to write the follow-up to their 2013 debut album Learn To Exist. Joining them on the six-stop tour will be fellow Brisbane kids Millions and South Africa’s ShortStraw who will be visiting Australia for the first time.The Jungle Giants will play two shows at The Corner Hotel on Friday April 4 and Saturday April 5. Tickets go on sale Monday February 10 through the venue’s website.

ALITHIA In celebration of their debut album, To the Edge of Time, AlithiA have announced a one-off show at Ding Ding Lounge this March. Produced by Daniel Sandor and recorded in Budapest, Hungary, To the Edge of Time has seen the band described as Astral Space Core for their non-generic music blend. AlithiA have toured with Jerrico, The Red Paintings, Breaking Orbit, Mushroom Giant and Voyager in the past, as well as having a successful 2012 tour across Europe — 16 cities in eight countries. AlithiA will perform at the Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday March 1. Tickets are available through Ding Dong. To the Edge of Time will be released on Friday February 14 through iTunes.

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Australian rock veterans, Boom Crash Opera, will be returning to The Espy this Labour Day weekend for a special free show. Formed in 1985, Boom Crash Opera were frequent guests on Molly Meldrum’s famed music show, Countdown, and were responsible

for Aussie hits such as Hands Up In The Air, Her Charity, City Flat and Great Wall. The quintet have never disbanded in their 25+ year career, with Boom Crash Opera being a major part of their lives since its formation, regardless of their other ventures into music composing for theatre, production and graphic design. Boom Crash Opera will perform at The Espy on Sunday March 9.

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Holy Fuck are returning to Melbourne for an intimate one-off show before their Groovin’The Moo appearance this April. Known for their solid wall of noise, the Canadian band have earned a reputation for their sweaty, frenetic shows, earning an award for Best Live Band from CBC, as well as nominations for the Polaris prize and a Juno (Canadian equivalent of the ARIAs). This tour will be the band’s first Australian appearance since 2011, having previously played Meredith Music Festival, Laneway Festival and Harvest. Holy Fuck will tear down the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday April 30. Tickets are available through the Corner.

There are a lot of these wizard bands going around these days. There’s those King Gizzard Lizard Wizards, or whatever they’re called. Wiz Khalifa is another one. Steve Vizard, that’s pretty close. I’m getting old and often find myself confused by these names. But there is one band that is better than the Wizards/Vizards. Melburnian pop/rock/ funk fusionists Better Than The Wizards are playing The Hi-Fi on Friday February 14. We have some double passes to give away and a signed album.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD In anticipation of their fourth LP Oddments, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced their Oddments tour, starting this March. Praised for their highly energetic songs — Vegemite anyone? — and ability to enamour anyone with their mere presence, King Gizzard have added five consecutive Melbourne shows to their Oddments tour (fuck yeah!). You can catch the Zappas of guitar and charm here on Wednesday March 26 at the Old Bar, Thursday March 27 at The Tote, Friday March 28 at Boney, Saturday March 29 at The Toff in Town and on Sunday March 30 at Cherry Bar. Tickets are available through each venue. Oddments, Kind Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s fourth album will be released on Friday March 7 through Flightless/Remote Control Records.

BOBBY ALU Gold Coast-based roots/soul singer Bobby Alu is coming our way to celebrate Skippin Stones, the latest single lifted from his album Take It Slow. Released late last year, Take It Slow peaked at number 2 on the iTunes Aus World Music charts. To make things better, Alu will be performing on Valentine’s Day – a day nobody likes because it either involves (a) effort or (b) loneliness – so why not skip the commercial holiday and spend the night enjoying the sweetness of Bobby Alu. We have a double pass to give away for his show at LuWow in Fitzroy on Friday February 14. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.

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TESTAMENT AND NEWSTED Two of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy weight metal heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Testament and Newsted have just announced a joined Soundwave sideshow. Testament are the undisputed flag bearers and massive influence over a whole new generation of aural aggressors. Formed in Northern California in 1983, their latest album Dark Roots Of Earth picks up where their 2008 album The Formation Of Damnation left off, to the delight of many fans. As an integral part of Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod and Ozzy Osbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touring band, Jason Newsted is for the first time fronting his own band. Tickets are on sale now via OzTix for their Tuesday February 25 show at The Espyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gershwin room.

HARMONY Melbourne sextet Harmony have released their longawaited sophomore album Carpetboming on Poison City and have announced a national tour. Harmonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mongrel concoction of lost-in-the-wilderness blues and heartbroken balladry reigns supreme across the 15 tracks on Carpetbombing. The result is ambitious, tempered, coarse and haunting. Catch them at Howler on Saturday April 26. Tickets are on sale now from the Howler website.

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CHERRY ROCK Hell fucking yeah. CherryRock is back to demolish AC/DC Lane for another year. The 2014 incarnation will be headlined by none other than the The Meat Puppets. The US luminaries will be joined by local stalwarts Chris Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicken Walk, King of the North, Child, Drunk Mums, Bitter Sweet Kicks, The Harlots, Don Fernando plus New Zealand's Beastwars with more to be announced. It all goes down on Sunday May 25 at Cherry Bar.

FUN MACHINE After receiving rave reviews of singles Naked Body, Ready for the Fight and Alchemist, the next logical step in Fun Machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career would be a debut album and a national tour, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing both this year. The cheeky, quirky and catchy band have done their fair share of supporting artists, including Gote, Architecture in Helsinki, Saltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Peppa and The Darkness and now get ready to head off on their own headline tour. The album, Bodies On, sees Fun Machine emphatically fight to reclaim our bodies and lives from a seemingly endless tide of enemies. Marie Claire. Kyle and Jackie O. Internet ads for Internet abs. The Footy Show. Green and Gold KFC buckets on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heads. It does get a bit gross. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re intrigued, head down to The Espy on March 28. Entry is free!

VELUDO Veludo have announced the release of their new single, Stay Young and self-titled EP which is in stores right now. On top of that all, the boys have kept things busy by taking their live show on the road. Recorded and produced by Jimi Maroudas (Eskimo Joe, Kimbra) at Sing Sing Studios and mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, David Bowie), Veludo are sure to impress with their epic stadium rock sound, as they take listeners on a powerful and uplifting journey, showcasing their versatility across the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four unique tracks; Stay Young, Indigo, Are We On Fire and Endless Wonder. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be playing a string of shows in Melbourne on February 14, April 4 and April 23. Head to the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website for all the details.

TEMPLES Psychedelic newcomers Temples have announced they will be heading to Australia for the first time this May. The UK four-piece will be playing shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Joining Temples will be fellow indie-psychers Deep Sea Arcade. Their

debut single Shelter Song earned them kudos from the likes of Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher, and received solid Triple J play, and their upcoming debut album Sun Structures has been awarded Feature Album status at the station. Temples will play Corner Hotel on Saturday May 10. Tickets go on sale Wednesday February 12 through the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

THE GOOD SHIP Having recently supported Grammy-nominated The Lumineers, performing at Falls Festival in Byron Bay and playing sold-out homecoming shows, Brisbaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Good Ship have just announced a new national tour to coincide with the launch of their new single Sea Monster. The Sea Monster tour which will see them venturing down the East Coast and all the way to Adelaide Fringe Festival, includes a show with Rich Davies and the Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union on Friday March 21 at the Northcote Social Club. Tickets on sale now via Ticketscout.

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA ARIA Award nominated and Age EG World Music winning Melbourne Ska Orchestra have announced their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Get Smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tour. Fronted by Nicky Bomba (Bomba, John Butler Trio, Bustamento), MSO bring an 18 piece horn section to the HiFi Bar on March 15, with El Moth and DJ Kilmarnock Steve announced as supports. Selling out headline shows within a few months of their 2013 released album, MSO have become a highlight of the National festival circuit. Tickets are on sale now. Head over to melbourneskaorchestra.com for more info.

OSAKA MONAURAIL Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest funk band Osaka Monaurail, are making their return to Australian shores this March. Performing heavy, funk filled sold-out shows on their first Australian tour in early 2013, the group have spent the last 20 years touring the globe, playing the biggest festivals and the tightest clubs setting the dancefloor alight with their brand of straightup funk. They play Golden Plains on March 9 and the Espy Gershwin Room with The Putbacks (featuring Emma Donovan), Chris Gill and Manchild. Tickets on sale now via OzTix.

The Hits & Pits National Touring Mini-Festival has just unveiled itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second announcement. Unwritten Law and Implants have just been added to the already stellar bill. Paying homage to their 15 year old selftitled album, affectionately known as The Black Album, it was also the breakthrough album that began the long love affair with our country, which will continue on at Hits & Pits Round 3. Implants are the all-star collaboration of members of Strung Out and Ten Foot Pole, They join Strung Out, Face To Face, The Casualties, Ten Foot Pole, Death By Stereo, Big D and the Kids Table, Masked Intruder and Heartsounds. Tickets to their Saturday May 17 show are available via bigcartel.com.

ARCHIE ROACH Archie Roach will headline the inaugural Baany to Warrna Ngargee (Water To Water) festival â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Mornington Peninsula's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and cultural festival. It is set to be held on Saturday March 29 at The Briars in Mount Martha. The festival is a non profit endeavour designed to promote cross cultural awareness, and to also highlight the significant Indigenous population living on the Mornington Peninsula (approx. 1,000). Baany to Warrna gets its name from the local Boon Wurrung word meaning water and the West Coast South Australian word for water. Maintaining language is important to identity and culture and the expression â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;water to water' represents unity, sharing and collaborations. In that spirit, the festival sets out to bring indigenous and non indigenous people in a family friendly outdoor event where Indigenous music, art, dance and culture will be showcased. Also performing are musician and artist Nola Lauch (joined by fellow Mornington Peninsula resident Pete Dawson), hip hop storyteller Mau Power from the Torres Strait (his set includes traditional dance with a DJ and female soul singer), contemporary dancer Rheannan Port, Arnhem Landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yirrmal and the Yolngu Boys who blend ceremonial songs with pop song structures, award winning actor and playwright Tammy Anderson, Â the Indigenous Hip Hop Projects dancers and an African drum and dance troupe. Children's activities include didgeridoo classes, Indigenous arts and crafts, face painting and circus activities. As part of the run-up to the festival, dance and art workshops will run through schools and local community groups. The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening event, at 2pm, features Supreme Court judge, Justice Kevin Bell, delivering a lecture and participate in a Q&A session with elders on constitutional recognition at the Briars Historic Homestead.

TRUE NORTH Reservoirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very own arts festival True North, sails into itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second year celebrating Darebinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing creative community. A showcase of diverse local and guest artists, the contemporary arts festival runs from Friday March 21 to Sunday March 23 and presents an incredible range of free venue based and pop up arts events on and around Edwardes Street and Broadway, Resevoir. The three day arts festival features an exciting array of events including cabaret at Pole Princess dance studio, karaoke duets with special guest singers, bands playing in Laundromats, cultural film classics in laneways, public art on the streets and much more. More info and programming at truenorthfestival.com.au.

CLOUD CONTROL Hot off the national St. Jeromeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Laneway Festival, the multiple award winning Cloud Control have announced a 35+ show tour across the country. Presented by Corona Extra, this free acoustic tour across Australia kicks off in WA on March 20 and wraps up on the Gold Coast on April 20. After the huge success of their debut album Bliss Release won them an avalanche of praise, leagues of fans, ARIA Award nominations and the 2011 Australian Music Prize, they moved to the UK and released their follow up Dream Cave,

NORTHLANE Northlane have announced they will launch and headline the 2014 installment of their own curated mini-fest this coming May around Australia. Free Your Mind 2014 will include five touring acts on itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 9-stop Australian leg, including international and domestic artists, with local slots to be chosen via competition. Beginning Monday February 10, a different act will be revealed on Channel Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LOUD program each week. Northlane are well known for doing things differently to most bands, and the Free Your Mind concept continues that tradition. These dates will be the last on the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s album cycle for their 2012 release Singularity, which took the 5-piece around the world multiple times for nearly 200 shows. Free Your Mind is coming to The Hi-Fi on Saturday May 31 for an 18+ show and again on Sunday June 1 for an under 18 show. Tickets go on sale Thursday February 13 through Oztix.

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TWELVE FOOT NINJA In honour of their much anticipated and crowd funded video, Twelve Foot Ninja have announced an Australian headline tour kicking off in March. Managing to raise $52,600 to make their new clip, Twelve Foot Ninja produced a controversial anti-cyber bullying video that got more than enough attention online. Their debut album, Silent Machine received its official North American release in 2013 and crept into the Top 20 of Loud Rock music charts. Now the Melbourne boys will head back to the U.S. for a handful of festivals including Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion. The Troll Burger Tour will see Twelve Foot Ninja be joined by French electronic/ metal outfit The Algorithm, the brainchild of DJ/ Producer Remi Gallego. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all happening at 170 Russell on Friday April 4. Tickets are on sale from the Twelve Foot Ninja website

LOON LAKE After a year which saw them release their debut album Gloamer and launch it to sold-out audiences across the country, indie rockers Loon Lake will take on 2014 when they embark on the Good Times tour. The Melbourne outfit will play the largest venues that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever headlined on the upcoming national tour and will be joined by Jeremy Neale. Loon Lake will hit The Corner on Thursday April 3. Grab your tickets from the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD AND FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch have locked in a Soundwave sideshow. One of the biggest names in modern day metal, this summer will see Avenged Sevenfold play at Rick Im Park and Rock Am Ring in Germany, the Pink-Pop Festival in Holland, Donington Park in the UK, and two nights at Summersonic alongside their appearances at Soundwave. They'll be joined by one of the world's most explosive live acts, Five Finger Death Punch. Catch 'em at Festival Hall on Wednesday February 26. Tickets through Ticketmaster.

BLACK VEIL BRIDES Flamboyant Glam Metal Rock force Black Veil Brides, have just announced a Soundwave side show. Kicking off 2013 confidently with the release of their third album Wretched and Divine, the Los Angeles four-piece bring their blistering guitar solos, muscular riffs and deeply kohled eyes to Arrow on Swanston for an All Ages gig on Wednesday February 26. Tickets are on sale now via OzTix.

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INTERNATIONAL MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS Melbourne Zoo January 24 - March 8 DOLLY PARTON Rod Laver Arena February 12 DJ SHADOW Prince Bandroom February 13 TY The Espy February 13 JULIA HOLTER Northcote Social Club February 14 BLAK TWANG The Espy February 14 AUSTRA Corner Hotel February 15 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AAMI Park February 15 EDDIE VEDDER Palais Theatre February 16, 18, 19 EMINEM, KENDRICK LAMAR, J. COLE Etihad Stadium February 19 THE NECKS The Corner Hotel February 17-19 DJ FOOD, DJ CHEEBA, DJ MONEYSHOT Prince Bandroom February 21 OKKERVIL RIVER Corner Hotel February 22 MANGO GROOVE Forum Theatre February 23 MASTODON, BARONESS AND GOJIRA The Palace February 25 JIMMY EAT WORLD & PANIC! AT THE DISCO The Forum February 25 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Palais Theatre February 26 LESS THAN JAKE The Hi-Fi February 26 AFI Prince Bandroom February 26 BIFFY CLYRO Corner Hotel February 26 CLUTCH Prince Bandroom February 27 PLACEBO Palais Theatre February 27 GRANDMASTER FLASH The Espy February 27 THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN The Hi-Fi February 27 AVENGED SEVENFOLD Festival Hall February 27 SOUNDWAVE Flemington Racecourse February 28 EDEN MULHOLLAND Shebeen February 28 SIX60 The Hi-Fi March 1 NEKO CASE Corner Hotel March 2 PUBLIC ENEMY Corner Hotel March 3, 4 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Palais Theatre March 5 CHARLES BRADLEY Corner Hotel March 6 JON CLEARY AND THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN Northcote Social Club March 6 PHOENIX Festival Hall March 6

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT Forum Theatre March 7 QUANTIC Boney March 7 MIKHAEL PASKALEV Howler March 7 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy March 7 – 10 FAT FREDDY’S DROP Melbourne Zoo Twilights March 8 THE GROWLERS The Tote March 8 PANAMA FESTIVAL March 8, 9 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse March 9 YO LA TENGO Corner Hotel March 9 POKEY LAFARGE Corner Hotel March 12 NEIL FINN Hamer Hall March 12 BILLY BRAGG Palais Theatre March 13 BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL Various Venues March 13 - 24 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, NINE INCH NAILS Rod Laver Arena March 14, 15 LOS CORONAS Corner Hotel March 14 DAMIEN DEMPSEY Prince Bandroom March 14 GLEN HANSARD Melbourne Recital Centre March 14 BILL MEDLEY Palais Theatre March 15 MARTHA DAVIS AND THE MOTELS Thornbury Theatre March 15, Flying Saucer Club March 16 LIONEL RICHIE AND JOHN FARNHAM Rod Laver Arena March 16 GANG OF FOUR Corner Hotel March 19 JURASSIC 5 Palace Theatre March 20 SEBADOH Corner Hotel March 21 CHICKS ON SPEED Howler March 21 BOBBY KEYS AND THE SUFFERING BASTARDS Thornbury Theatre March 27 THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS Hisense Arena March 28 THE ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena March 28, Hanging Rock March 30 ROYAL HUNT Northcote Social Club April 2 KODALINE Prince Bandroom April 5 MONSTER MAGNET 170 Russell April 6 TYGA Palace Theatre April 11 ALLEN STONE Corner Hotel April 12 ERYKAH BADU Palais April 15 EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Palace Theatre April 15 BETH HART Corner Hotel April 15 JASON ISBEL Northcote Social Club April 16, 17 BLUESFEST Byron Bay April 17 – 21

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PHOENIX By Tyson Wray

Sitting alongside Daft Punk and Air, Phoenix are one of France’s finest contemporary musical exports. Since forming in Versailles back in 1999, the quartet have headlined festivals of the ilk of Coachella, Primavera Sound and Lollapalooza, topped critics’ end of year lists album-in album-out, and played a defining and influential role in the development of modern music. In April last year the group released their fifth studio album Bankrupt!, which saw them further diversify their penchant for synth-laden indie-rock through aural experimentation. “When we wrote Wolfgang (Amadeus Phoenix, their critically acclaimed fourth studio album released in 2009) we were pretty sure it was an album that was going to be too weird to appeal to a lot of people, and that it would reach very few people as it was too weird for a mainstream audience,” notes Laurent Brancowitz, one of the guitarists of the group, through his thick French accent. “When it dropped and it was so successful, it was a very big surprise. When we began working on Bankrupt! we thought the best thing to do would be to use the exact same method, to write something without the aim of pleasing people but to create something that we’d be proud of – something that would be weird and interesting to us. It was quite simple, we just followed the exact same strategy. We are trying to create emotion when we’re writing. We did a lot of different things. We did a lot of things that we’d never done before, which is what we’re always looking for – new adventures.” With Bankrupt! lauded by critics worldwide, Brancowitz notes that the reception of their music plays a minute role in the creative process, and that the group pays little attention to their critical reception. “For a very long time we find ourselves being compared to bands that we’ve never even heard of. Some of our best reviews have quite often been our negative ones, ones that are creative and make us think, that’s what we prefer, that’s what we like. I don’t think that critics’ reviews have any relationship on the quality of our work. I remember when I was 16 I was reading negative reviews of some albums that I realised they were just all wrong, that they missed it.” Returning to Australia for the first time since 2011 when they performed as part of the now defunct Good Vibrations festival, the group will return to our shores next month for a run of headline performances at Future Music Festival alongside a duo of sideshows. “In the past year we’ve put in a lot of energy to enhance our performances. Our live shows are almost good enough,” laughs Brancowitz. “We have very high expectations of ourselves. We work very hard, and some of the best moments for us are when you’re almost there, and that’s where I think we’re at right now. Hopefully it’ll be perfect when we come to Australia. It’s more than just performing some songs; it’s more about generating emotion. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26

“I don’t think that the goal has changed,” he notes of their mantra towards their live performance in touring both Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and Bankrupt! “But I think that now we have higher expectations. We’re trying to give a really full performance, you know? It’s not just about the music. When we began touring Wolfgang we wanted to merge some of the ideas that we liked from other contemporary acts. It took us a few years to really figure out how to implement some of the ideas that we wanted to use. It took a lot of effort and time to merge those worlds together.

“I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 16 I WAS READING NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF SOME ALBUMS THAT I REALISED THEY WERE JUST ALL WRONG, THAT THEY MISSED IT.” “We’ve always loved performing in Australia,” he notes in adoration of touring Down Under. “It was one of the first places in the world that really understood us. Not even just after touring our last album, but even the very first time that we toured, around 2005, we could feel that there was no misunderstanding, that people understood what we were trying to do. It was really not the case everywhere else in the world. We have a special bond with the audiences in Australia. When we visit next month I think that we will be at the peak of our creative forces. Visiting during the end of the Australian summer, leaving winter in Europe, everything about it should be great.” Looking towards the future, Brancowitz sees the band returning to the studio a lot swifter than the four-year gap between Bankrupt! and Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. “I think we’ll be getting back to work soon, maybe in the late spring, we want to start working on new material. We can feel that it’s now the right time to begin writing some new songs, to begin creating some new art. Right now we’re thinking about what kind of art we want to create, we’re thinking about what kind of studio we want to work in. I think it’s still maybe a little big vague, but we’re getting some ideas and in a few months time I think we’ll be ready.”

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FIVE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW about PHOENIX 1. While French is their first language, the group only ever sing and write in English. This reason saw the group originally shunned from playing in their home country. 2. Before Laurent Brancowitz joined the band, he was in a group named Darlin’ with Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Honem-Christo, who then want one to become Daft Punk. The bands remain close friends and have made surprise performances together. 3. Lead singer Thomas Mars is married to Sofia Coppola, and the group have provided music for her films Lost In Translation and Marie Antoinette. 4. The band almost died when travelling to V Festival in Canada. The boat which was carrying both their equipment and themselves began to take on water and sink, but they were eventually saved by another boat. 5. On their debut album United, Deck d’Arcy’s mother and her chorale society provide backing vocals on the track Funky Squaredance. The album also feature contributions from Thomas Bangalter and Philippe Zdar of Cassius fame.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Transition Film Festival returns to Melbourne this week with a stunning program that will highlight the power and commitment of documenters around the world. This year’s festival will begin on Saturday February 15 with free screenings at Federation Square before relocating to Cinema Nova for the week. Highlight films include: Aim High in Creation, a documentary about AFI award-winning director Anna Broinowski’s attempt to stop fracking (digging shale rock for gas) in North Korea; Revolutionary Optimists details the story of slum children who bring portable water to their village for the first time; Growing Cities, a documentary about US students who try to solve the global food crisis, and Project Wild Thing, a film where a man tries to ‘sell’ nature to children. Transition Film Festival will begin at Federation Square on Saturday February 15, then run from Cinema Nova from Sunday February 16 – Sunday February 23.

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ON STAGE The Melbourne Theatre Company are currently presenting five electrifying play readings by Jane Harrison, S. Shakthidharan, Sue Smith (Saving Mr Banks, Brides of Christ), Declan Greene (Moth, The Sovereign Wife) and Kylie Trounson entitled Cybec Electric this February. Moving between topics of stolen tea and online dating, each show will present a new play for one-night-only. Opening the fivesession phenomenon will be Harrison’s The Visitors, an Indigenous-inspired play directed by Leah Purcell (Redfern Now) for Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival. The second show will delve into the Civil War of Sri Lanka with A Counting and Crack of Heads by Shakthidharan; following this, Smith’s play will entertain us with an adventure of the rogue 19th century Scottish trader who steals tea plants from China to expand his business in India. Closing Cybec Electric will be Greene’s onlinedating comedy 8 GB of Hardcore Pornography and The Waiting Room, an autobiographical play about Alan Trounson and his invention: IVF, by Kylie Trounson. Cybec Electric is running at the Melbourne Theatre Company Southbank Theatre until Saturday February 22.

ON DISPL AY The first Art By Twilight series will return to Heide Museum of Modern Art this week with an in-depth exploration of Future Primitive. Hosted for one night only, Art By Twilight: Future Primitive will treat guests to a live performance by artist Dylan Martorell, Breaking and Entering, and a chance to get crafty with artist Siri Hayes. Other visual artists featured in their current exhibition Future Primitive — Graham Fletcher, Daniel Byod, and Alasdair McLuckie — will discuss their inspiration and ideas with those willing to listen throughout the night. Art By Twilight: Future Primitive will happen at Heide Museum of Modern Art on Thursday February 13 from 6pm – 9pm.

PICK OF THE WEEK Since its inception in 2012, the Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival has celebrated and showcased exceptional work (including performances, crafts and film) from an array of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders; this month MIAF returned for another year of Indigenous celebration. Hosted over 12 days, the festival opened at the Melbourne Recital Centre with MIAF ambassador and talented soprano Deborah Cheetham’s personal story of belonging, followed by a performance of Til the Black Lasy Sings. Highlights this week include the Aboriginal Heritage Walk, which is a journey into the ancestral lands of the Kulin nation and explore their rich and thriving culture on this award-winning walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, and We Still Live On by Bart Willoughby, where he will be the first Aboriginal artist to record and perform on the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ. The Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival is currently running until Sunday February 16 across Melbourne. Visit thatsmelbourne.com. au for more information.

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COCK By Liza Dezfouli A gay man whose ten year relationship is in its death throes, takes a break from his boyfriend. During this time he meets and falls for a woman. This naturally leads to a great deal of confusion. British playwright Mike Bartlett brings this intriguing dilemma to the stage in Cock, a play which last year had two great seasons at The Royal Court in London and off Broadway in New York. Cock won the 2010 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Independent Theatre. Don’t read too much into the title – the play isn’t so much about sex as it is about love, desire and identity. What we think of love, who we love and why. The Australian premiere of Cock, a Melbourne Theatre Company production, features local actor Tom Conroy playing John, the ‘lucky man’ torn between two lovers. What does Conroy like about the character of John? “He’s incredibly complex,” answers the actor. “He doesn’t feel like he knows who he is. There is an epic nature to the search he goes on. These are fun things for an actor. And there’s a lot of collateral damage, especially for the long term boyfriend and the woman. John goes through a crisis.” Well, you would. Conroy likes the way the play wrestles with a greater story of a man trying to discover what he values, what he wants, how to go ahead into the future, as well with the question of who he wants to be with. The play raises the question of who John is, as opposed to what he is – a gay man. Or not. M, John’s older boyfriend, is played by Angus Grant; W, the woman, by Sophie Ross. ( John is the only character with a name, the other three have letters.) Is Cock a rallying cry for bi-sexuality? “Interestingly, it’s not, although that’s a radical idea in some ways,” Conroy answers. “The play’s saying, at least for John in terms of moving forwards, that it doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman you love, it’s about how they treat you, how you exist together. Anyone can relate to that in the long term. There’s so much

that’s universal.” Is polyamory ever considered as a possibility for the three of them? “It’s not even an option,” answers Conroy. “Bartlett decided there was enough going on in the story without adding that. He’s really looking at the question of the labels we give ourselves. The play is about how my character feels restrained; how we are held back by people’s perceptions of who we are. For a lot of gay men who have come out of repression and struggle, they find people don’t understand their history.” As an actor, Conroy’s big challenge is to inhabit a

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place of uncertainty’, ‘to think with John’s indecision’, as he puts it. “It’s incredibly frustrating to watch someone go from one person to another, not making up his mind. I’m still trying to discover the best way to negotiate that. It’s interesting being not too polite, I’m not making John too nice; that’s an interesting sort of journey. The arc of the play requires me to dig my heels in at the beginning; I’m getting ready for the ride.” What makes Conroy right for the role? “There are two things, almost like two different roles, when I auditioned, I connected with John. Early on when he breaks up with M, he articulates for himself why he’s got to the point of not deciding. And at the end of the play, at the climax, he’s realised how much built-up resentment there is between him and the other person. He’s feeling limited and angry; I really connected with that part of him. Letty (director Leticia Cáceres) really saw that in me. It was important that she found someone who was able to be very vulnerable yet also have access to the character’s sexy side as well.” Conroy says the cast is in wonderful hands with Cáceres, who’s an Associate Director with the MTC. “It’s a love-fest in rehearsal,” says Conroy. “We’re all in love with Letty. She’s so incredible to work with. She’s so compassionate and inquisitive, so curious about the issues of sexuality and gender.” The play is interestingly tricky in terms of tone, Conroy notes, something that presents a challenge for them all. Despite the oppressive quality of the language, the drama becomes almost mannered by the end. At the climax there’s a dinner party and John’s boyfriend’s father (Tony Rickards), is invited by M to hear John’s verdict on their future. A matter of going out rather than coming out, then. “By the third act it’s become almost farcical,” says Conroy. “But we have to honour what’s in the text, highlight its inner frequencies, match where the text wants to go. Everyone is torn, deep down, with what they fell for and who they fell for. The production really succeeds in showing this.” Cock is currently playing at The Arts Centre, Fairfax studio until Saturday March 22.

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INTERNATIONAL WEATHER STATIONS

The Wheeler Centre has joined partners in London, Berlin, Dublin and Warsaw to launch the Weather Stations project, an international initiative that puts storytelling at the heart of discussions about climate change. The Wheeler Centre will be joined by Free Word in London, international literaturfestival berlin in Berlin, Krytyka Polityczna in Warsaw and Tallaght Community Arts in Dublin, to discover and debate the key issues about our relationship with the environment as we face climate change together. Each international Weather Station has appointed a Writer in Residence to explore how writing can inspire new ways of living and thinking. The project will unite these writers with scientists, philosophers and economists to imagine how we might begin to live our lives differently to change what we have already begun. Writer and academic Tony Birch will work with the Wheeler Centre as the Writer in Residence for Melbourne. Tony will be joined in Australia by the four writers in residence, who will arrive on Tuesday April 22 to join him for their three-week residency at the Wheeler Centre before heading to the other Weather Stations over the course of 18 months.

SUPANOVA

Pop Culture Expo Supanova has added three new additions to their bill this year: Lucy Lawless, Tom Lenk and Manu Bennett. Lawless is most famously known for her role as Xena in cult-classic Xena: The Warrior Princess, but also had roles as Diane Lewis in Parks and Recreation, Lucretia in triple x Roman drama Spartacus, and D’Anna Biers in Battlestar Galactica. Besides being known for his fit frame, Manu Bennett is renowned as Slade Wilson in Arrow and Crixus in Spartacus. His other credits include multiple interviews for Men’s Health, cult-comic turned movie, 30 Days of Night and The Hobbit trilogy as Azog. Lenk was Andrew Wells in Whedon’s sublime 2000s TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His other Whedon credits include Angel, Cabin in the Woods and Much Ado About Nothing. Lucy Lawless, Tom Lenk and Manu Bennett will be joining Peter Mayhew (Stars Wars), Verne Troyer (Austin Powers), Tom Taylor (DC Comics) and many more at Supanova Pop Culture Expo at the Melbourne Showgrounds from Saturday April 12 – Sunday April 13.

THE KITCHEN SINK

After a completely sold out debut season, Red Stitch Actors Theatre will launch Gasworks’ Moving Parts 2014 season in style as they bring their fabulously popular comedy The Kitchen Sink to Gasworks for two nights this March. Written by Tom Wells, directed by Terence O’Connell and starring Tim Potter, Tim Ross, Christina Brew, Russel Fletcher and Chris Keogh, this touching comedic affair follows one family in the faded Yorkshire seaside resort of Withernsea for a year – exploring people’s capacity to change in small and unforeseen ways. Pieces are falling off Martin’s milk float as quickly as he is losing customers. Son Billy is pinning his hopes of a place at Art College on a portrait of Dolly Parton, while his sister Sophie’s dreams of becoming a JiuJitsu teacher might just be disappearing down the plughole. Holding the family together is mum Kath, a dinner lady with the patience of a saint – except something’s up with her sink. The Kitchen Sink opens at Gasworks Arts Park on Wednesday March 12.

PLAYGROUND

Playground is the newest original cabaret by writer and performer Nick Hedger; and this February, Chapel Off Chapel have the honour of presenting it. Playground follows the success of Hedger’s debut cabaret, Crap I Found in My Room, the production will be a performance of the newest compositions by Hedger combined with theatrical numbers from Brent Hill (The Pirates of Penzance, The Producers, A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum), Andrew Hondromatidis (South Pacific, Wind in the Willows, twentysomething), Emily Langridge (Pirate of Penzance, Gypsy, Les Miserables) and many more. Playground will open on Friday February 28 and run until Sunday March 2. Tickets are available through Chapel Off Chapel.

PROJECT14: FREE RANGE

Anna Pappas Gallery recently opened its annual Projection Exhibition, Project14; Free Range, this month. Featuring contributions from 14 different artists/collaborators, Free Range will use the colourful installations of Rebecca Baumann, adventurous geometric-obsessed photographer Cameron Robbins, and artist Michaela Gleave’s ability to transform everyday moments into poignant art to create an exhibition that explores the limitations, or lack of limitations, of the universe. Project14: Free Range is currently on exhibition at Anna Pappas Gallery until Wednesday March 12. Admission is free.

THE FAMILY TREE

Alicia Basteal will delve into everyone’s favourite embarrassing family moments with The Family Tree, a freespirited comedy about normality at La Mama Theatre this March. Inspired by her own upbringing, The Family Tree is a monologue that recounts growing up with a Jewish father and a Catholic mother who want to change the world through their hippie cult ways. The Family Tree will blend music, photography and spoken word into a highly-evocative piece about Alicia’s quest for normality, and what it means to be normal. Full of utter craziness and acerbic wit, Basteal might not need normality at all. The Family Tree will open at La Mama on Wednesday March 5 and be performed until Sunday March 16.

Get ready to rock around the clock, twist and shout and step on some blue suede shoes as The Variety Collective celebrates 50’s rock’n’roll. Featuring Oliver Clark – a comedian and musician, Tim Ellis – an award winning magician who knows how to rock around the clock plus Miss Ellaneous, Frank Lee Darling, and your host Michael Connell. As Buddy Holly would say, ‘Be there or be square!’ All tickets $10, doors open at 7.30pm, show starts 8pm tonight at The Brunswick Green.

PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Tonight at Public Bar it’s a start to finish top shelf lineup with not one, but two big name acts that they can’t list coming down to warm up for the Comedy Festival, previous room destroyers Elbowskin, Tommy Dassalo, Steele Saunders and Andy Mathews all for just $5. The air conditioning is cranking and the drinks be frosty. Come down and join one of the most appreciative audiences in Australia as Melbourne’s finest comedians let loose in the intimate Public Bar back room.

LOL COMEDY This Wednesday February 12 at the Portland Hotel and Thursday February 13 at the College Lawn, and at their new weekly night at the Hawthorn Hotel on Friday February 14 LOL have Australia’s most glamorous loudmouth Catherine Deveny. Known, respected and retweeted for her outlandish and honest opinions, come hear one of Australia’s most sought after speakers in all her ‘LOLing’ brilliance! Next week at the Local on Tuesday February 18 it’s Nick Cody, fresh from the highs of performing in the USA, and the even higher career peak of performing on cruise ships. Or not. Whoopee indeed. All tickets $10. Tickets from: lolcomedy.com.au.

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BOBBY ALU By Rod Whitfield

The music of this Gold Coast based rootsy/afro/soul singer is made for long summer days, hanging out with friends and enjoying good food and beer. In fact the man himself, speaking on tour in Mt Beauty in the alpine region of Victoria, has his own simple, special way of describing his sound. “It’s seriously good ‘hammock music’!” he laughs. Alu is on tour throughout the rest of February and into March, on the back of the second single lifted from his latest album, the aptly titled Take it Slow. The single is called Skippin’ Stones, and he was happy to take the description of his sound and he and his band’s live show a step further. “Man, it’s a lot of fun,” he states. “You’ll be smiling, it’s all good, cruisy vibes, but it can get pretty upbeat at times as well. It gets a bit quicker for some songs and a bit slower for others. It’s all about good vibes, good times, and just enjoying hanging with each other. It’s no real struggle to listen to the music, and it’s great to dance to too.” He is very happy with the way the single has been received since it came out in mid to late January, and the fact that it has had a very special means of release. “It’s been getting a lot of love, people seem to be really

enjoying it,” he enthuses. “When we toured last year, it was one of the songs that people were happy and ‘up’ about. And we’ve put it on vinyl as well, just for a bit of extra ‘jazz’.” The tour takes him to most mainland states, and includes pub and club shows as well as several outdoor summer festivals. One of the feature dates is an appearance at the world famous Port Fairy Folk Festival in early March. “Yeah, that’s right,” he confirms. “We love the festivals; we seem to go down well there. As much as it is pretty cruisey, we also have a lot of island/Polynesian percussion, a lot of drums involved in the set. It really does range from nice and cruisey to a percussion frenzy, to wake people up a bit!” he laughs again. “But yeah, the festivals have been going really great for us, it’s been a great response,” he continues. “This

year, it’s great to do a couple in Victoria, Sweet Valley Sounds, and the big one is the Port Fairy Folk Festival in March. Can’t wait, I’m looking forward to it all!” Alu also happens to play drums in Torquay-based folk singer Xavier Rudd’s touring band, and so the rest of the year after his own tour is looking to be extreme busy for him. “We’ve got a couple more small festivals in April,” he says, “and then in May I’m back on the drums, playing for Xav, and we’re going to Japan together. And then onto the States for a big tour, so there’s a lot of big stuff in the pipeline, I just want to go nuts, and play every week, head overseas, and then when summer hits again I’ll hit the festival scene again!” Longer term, Alu is very keen to get his own project abroad, although not at the expense of his fans at home.

“Lots of stuff happening here at the moment,” he says, “but eventually I’d like to get more overseas shows, get around and get to a whole heap of new parts of the world. At this stage we’re just really into putting out records and travelling around, that’s the main thing that’s happening right now. Ultimately we want to get out to some overseas territories and see more of Australia as well.” Any parting words for Beat readers at this stage? “No, I think we’ve pretty much covered it all I reckon, we just love to hang in the hammocks man, it’s all about the hammocks!”

do it now’, and it’s not for a lack of work, it just felt like it’s a good time. The population, the scene is bigger and having been there I’ve made lots of friends. It seems like the right idea.” Whilst making the move over to the other side of the world, Groves insists, “Australia’s (gypsy-jazz) scene is flourishing. There’s some great bands, all popping up over the last 10 years. It’s always been happening here. In Melbourne in particular, there’s a lot of gigs where people are playing gypsy jazz. Look out for The Furbelows, they’re a great band that do three-part harmony. Also Ultra Fox.” Putting on one last hurrah, Duck Musique are

definitely pulling out all the big stops, going back to their roots as a band for their final show. “We’ve got our original vocalist doing our set with us. It’s great ‘cause it’s a reunion for us. It’s going to be an emotional one. There’s so many originals we’ve played and it’s going to be a great night to celebrate what we’ve done together.”

are] Stolen Generation survivors. We are also engaged with the Indigenous community throughout different places across the country and target all members of the community who have been affected.” Another job that the Youth Reference Group is responsible for is assisting with the organisation of Healing Foundation events, including the one this week: The Apology Concert. Built upon the slogan of ‘Heal Our Past, Build Our Future Together’, the concert will commemorate the 2008 Parliamentary Apology to the Stolen Generations and its significance as a catalyst for reparation within the Indigenous community. “We selected the hosts and the artists because we wanted a balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous hosts, as well as artists,” says Onus, highlighting the cultural unity that this symbolises. This ambition quickly became a feat the foundation successfully accomplished, with a balanced bill of Indigenous, including Stolen Generation survivor Archie Roach and multi-disciplined entertainer Christine Anu, and non-Indigenous artists — rock legend and You Am I vocalist Tim Rogers and virtuoso Clare Bowditch. The organisers even balanced their host choices with Indigenous theatre star Miranda Tapsell (Redfern NOW, The Sapphires) and Melbourne theatre star Eddie Perfect (South Pacific, Kath & Kim, Spicks & Specks) at the helm for the night. Jasmin highlights that the concert will be educational

for all attendees too. “We have an excellent generational video which provides a snapshot into the impact of the Stolen Generations and all the steps leading up to the apology of 2008,” elaborates the Youth Ambassador, explaining that “The Apology Concert will be a chance for people of the community, Indigenous and nonIndigenous, to understand and be educated about the Stolen Generations. We hope to engage with people that have been impacted by the Stolen Generations and engage with the community and share the history and experiences of the Stolen Generation. We hope that people learn about the dispossession of the Stolen Generation and the impact that the policies had, and still have, on the Indigenous community. We hope that people learn about our projects in the community and the positive impact they’re having on Indigenous Australians. I believe that acknowledgement is the first step to the healing journey. It allows us to move forward and heal. The Apology Concert will also be a positive event that all Australians can attend while still having a good time.”

BOBBY ALU and his band play LuWow in Fitzroy on Friday February 14, and the Port Fairy Folk Festival on Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9.

DUCK MUSIQUE By Mimi Velevska In what has been an incredible journey over the past ten years making heavy swinging gypsy jams, Duck Musique are calling it a day. I speak to Caley Groves from the fatherson founded ensemble – who is moving to Europe to further pursue his love of the Django Reinhardt-inspired genre – about their exploration of the thriving Australian gypsy-jazz and whether being in a band with your dad is a good idea. “Me and my old man are best mates. It’s the coolest thing in the world.” Regarded as one of Australia’s more eclectic gypsy swing bands, Duck Musique’s contribution of original music to the style of gypsy jazz has been prolific. Forming in 2004 as a duo, their mutual love and appreciation has led them into a decade-long bond, which Groves says, “I totally recommend playing music with your dad.” Making the move to England to continue playing music has been something which Groves has definitely wanted to do for a while, making frequent trips to Europe since 2006. “I’ve always planned to do it. Every year I’ll go over and get inspirations and then things get in the way, like a new lease on a place, but this one I’m currently on is up in March.”

Whilst contributing to Australia’s gypsy-jazz scene, Groves plans to continue into the genre in full swing, to the land where the genre was born. “There’s a great history there as well and generations after generations of players and there’s a big festival in France that I’ve been going to every European summer. People gather from around the world for the Django Reinhardt Festival”. After playing some amazing shows over the last few years including Maldon Folk Festival and Brisbane’s premiere gypsy jazz festival OZmanouche, and Groves’ personal highlight, the Port Fairy Folk Fest, why the move now? “Duck Musique has been winding down, with a few residencies here and there so it’s like ‘ better

DUCK MUSIQUE will play their last show at The Czech Club in North Melbourne on Friday February 14. Tickets are $25 and doors at 8pm. For table reservations, contact caleyplease@hotmail.com

THE APOLOGY CONCERT By Avrille Bylok-Collard

“Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations — this blemished chapter in our nation’s history,” said former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd earnestly, issuing the Parliamentary Apology to the Stolen Generations back in 2008, on Wednesday February 13, signifying the start of a new era between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. “The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.” It has been six years since Rudd issued that apology. Six years since the Australian Government provided $26.6 million from their 2009–2010 budget to help Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders establish a foundation to help them heal their communities as part of the Council of Australian Government’s Closing the Gap initiative, a program committed to improving the lives of Indigenous Australians countrywide and ensuring that all Indigenous children have bright futures ahead. It was from this initiative that the Healing Foundation was born, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to address the insidious legacy of colonisation on the Indigenous community, including intergenerational trauma caused by the Stolen Generations and Governmental policy. “It’s likely that these forms of dispossession (the stealing of children from Indigenous communities and raising them amongst ‘white’ communities) begun not long after European Settlement,” explains Jasmin Onus, stressing the importance of empathy and education. Onus is an active member of the Healing Foundation and its Youth Reference Group, and has been for years now. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 30

“A lot of the issues that affect the Indigenous community are interrelated and we can help fix that by educating the wider community, strengthening the Indigenous communities themselves, and their families, and providing insight into what our elders experienced.” Formed in December 2012, the Youth Reference Group consists of a team of young Indigenous ambassadors who devote their free time to improving Australia’s Indigenous communities by supporting activities that promote healing and reconciliation, including helping people reconnect with their families, counseling, traditional healing processes, engaging with young Indigenous peoples through social media, as well as creating a support network for these youths and their families in conjunction with the Healing Foundation. “We are engaged with the Indigenous community through open communication established with the Healing Foundation and the Youth Reference Group,” details Onus enthusiastically, who works as a solicitor for the Northern Land Council when she’s not involved with the Youth Reference Group. “We hold summits [across Australia] to talk to people affected by the Stolen Generations and [those who

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THE APOLOGY CONCERT will be held at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on the lands of the Kulin nation this Thursday February 13 from 6pm – 10pm. Admission is free.

KERSER words / augustus welby

Australian rapper Kerser is a very creatively restless man. The Sydneysider has dropped three full-length releases in the last three years, starting with 2011’s The Nebulizer. Right now he’s gearing up for the official launch tour in support of his latest LP, S.C.O.T, which was released in October. The record is Kerser’s most developed effort thus far, but its 15 songs by no means drained his creative well. “I’m sitting on about ten or 11 songs now that I have written that I don’t know what I’m going to do with,” he says. One option would be to use these freshly spawned songs to compile yet another album. However, it might be a bit hasty for Kerser, who likes to craft his records in one linear working period. “When I work on [songs for] the album I like to know they’re for the album,” he explains. “Me and Nebs, the producer, we sit down before every album and work out the path we want to take, what style

of beats and if we want to mix it up here and there.” Kerser has been working alongside budding producer and friend Nebs since he started making records. The title of Kerser’s debut LP is an obvious nod to the producer, who’s been central to Kerser’s creative process. “We always see eye to eye, which is good,” says Kerser. “Nebs is definitely a massive part of [the music]. I have to give him big props and shout-outs on that because he puts a lot of work into it as well. Without him I don’t think I’d be able to get as much music out, no way.” As with Kerser’s earlier efforts, S.C.O.T has again been well received by the Australian public. The album’s first week sales managed to surpass the success of his previous two records, landing at number five in the ARIA charts and soaring all the way to the top of the ARIA Urban category. The MC’s continued success is particularly notable considering his music isn’t included

on any major radio station playlists. It is peculiar that a young Australian artist with such a strong following continues to be ignored by radio programmers, but he doesn’t seem too bothered. “I think social media has taken that over these days. When I release tracks onto YouTube they get the same amount of hype as if they were on the radio anyway. It’s kind of making the radio almost irrelevant, really.” The fact Kerser’s audience is broadening even though he hasn’t been sanctioned by the gods of radio suggests his music has a personal effect on listeners. A Campbelltown native, Kerser’s lyrical interpretation of life in the hardedged western city has always ensured him a strong hometown following. However, his growing chart success proves his following isn’t merely local. “I get fans from all different walks of life. I’ve had fans that are into the usual Aussie hip hop that [say], ‘It’s a good refreshing

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sound, you’re doing something different,’ and people that aren’t usually into hip hop seem to like our stuff. When I first heard Aussie hip hop I was listening to the rappers and they were talking about BBQs and politics and things I didn’t really look too much into or could relate to,” he adds. “The style of music we’re doing and the subject matters I’m talking about, I think a lot of people hear it and think, ‘Yeah, I can relate to that,’ and they haven’t heard an Aussie rap about that type of stuff.’” Kerser plays two shows (one underage and one 18+) at The Hi-Fi on Saturday February 15 with support from Eloquor, Kid Selzy and more. He will also appear at the underage Good Life Festival on Friday March 7 at the Flemington Racecourse. S.C.O.T is out now through Kerser N Nebs Records/Obese. facebook.com/andybullmusic

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on tour DJ SHADOW [UK] Thursday February 13, Prince Bandroom ADAM FREELAND [UK] Friday February 14, The Liberty Social KINGDOM [UK] Friday February 14, Boney JUS DEELAX [ESP] Friday February 14, RMH The Venue SKREAM [UK] Friday February 14, Brown Alley JOEY NEGRO [UK] Saturday February 15, Victoria Star PAUL DEVRO [USA], DIRTY SOUTH JOE [USA] Saturday February 15, The Vic Bar EMINEM [USA], KENDRICK LAMAR [USA] + MORE Wednesday February 19, Etihad Stadium MARCELL DETTMANN [GER] Friday February 21, Brown Alley TERRENCE PARKER [USA], SAN SODA [BEL] DAMIANO VON ERCKERT [GER] Friday February 21, The Liberty Social MIGUEL MIGS [USA] Saturday February 22, New Guernica REDSHAPE [GER] Friday February 28, RMH The Venue MARIO BASANOV [LIT], CASSY [UK] Sunday February 23, TBA FLYING LOTUS [USA] Friday February 28, The Forum KIM ANN FOXMAN [USA] Friday February 28, Mercat Basement DJ HARVEY [UK] Saturday March 1, The Toff In Town BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena GOLD PANDA [UK] Friday March 7, Corner Hotel GOOD LIFE: DEADMAU5 [UK], KNIFE PARTY [UK] + MORE Friday March 7, Flemington Racecourse MAITREYA: DICK TREVOR [UK], YAHEL [ISR] Friday March 7 - Monday March 10, Sealake GOLDEN PLAINS: PUBLIC ENEMY [USA], FLYING LOTUS [USA] + MORE Saturday March 8 - Monday March 10, Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: DEADMAU5 [UK], KNIFE PARTY [UK] + MORE Sunday March 9, Flemington Racecourse DERRICK CARTER [USA] Sunday March 9, New Guernica MOVE D [GER] Sunday March 16, Revolver Upstairs BATHS [USA] Saturday March 22, Corner Hotel DETROIT SWINDLE [USA] Friday February 28, Circus A$AP FERG [USA] Wednesday April 2, Corner Hotel DARKSIDE [USA] Friday April 4, The Palace TYGA [USA] Friday April 11, The Palace HOLY FUCK [CAN] Wednesday April 30, Northcote Social Club

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Talking to us from a studio in snowy Philadelphia, Dirty South Joe is just finishing up the Luvstep V mix with his homeboy Flufftronix. “This year the mix is broken into two parts - Sunrise & Sunset,” explains Joe. “I’ve pretty much spent every waking moment the last few weeks working on Luvstep.” As a child, his father who dabbled as a DJ in college; but also afterwards maintained his passion for music, influenced Joe. “I can only assume it was a real inspiration for me. The Columbia House Record & Tape Club was also crucial, with 12 selections for one penny allowing me to explore different artists and genres for the low low. Once I got to high school, I got heavily into rap and punk/alternative sounds. I got into dance music somewhere around 1990, leaning heavily on UK sounds like the Warp Records roster. I still love it all.” Indeed, the Dirty South Joe moniker was established after the chap moved from The Big Apple to Philadelphia in 2002. “I took over the buying for Armand’s Records, which was the hip hop DJ mecca in Philly. The South was on the rise at that time and I was its biggest proponent in my area. There was another Joey (Blanco) working at Armand’s, so everyone started calling me Dirty South Joe.” Admitting too that he was somewhat obsessed – he actually uses the word ‘possessed’ – with making sure that customers gave proper attention to explosion of Southern rap music. “Diplo claims that he dubbed me Dirty South Joe, but I’m

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pretty sure it was actually Low Budget - an amazing DJ and great friend who might have beaten him to the punch.” Musically, he likes to describe his style as without limits. “I know right away if a tune is a hit and whether it will work on the dance floor, so I don’t wait to break records. There’s a very good chance that I’ll be playing music I downloaded the same day at a gig. I always ensure I never play the same set twice. And for me, trap music is everything right now. Some people are mad at the idea that the Trapstyle or the EDM Trap sound is somehow misappropriating rap culture, but the majority of producers and rappers from the hip hop side embrace it and are getting heavily involved with the scene. I’ve never seen more diverse and energetic crowds in all my years and I’ve been raving since 1989. It’s about time the US got to lead the way in dance music – and it only makes sense that hip hop would influence these new sounds.” Outside of Luvstep though, Joe claims he’s also working on a mix and compilation of Chicago Bop music with his homie Gianni Lee of Babylon Cartel fame. “I’m really excited about that movement and would love to see it get as much shine as possible. My label, DELUXXX, (named because of my old DJ moniker) launches on Sunday April 20 with an EP by Philly Club wonder GETEM. That’s followed by a split EP from SKATEDUDETHRASH & Depressed Teenager. DELUXXX represents all kinds of exciting rap and dance music styles

Catch Dirty South Joe at the Park St Party which will return to The Vic Bar on Saturday February 15 from 12pm. He also plays at Laundry Bar on Friday February 14. facebook.com/dirtysouthjoe

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and will be all kinds of wavy.” Musically as well, he is playing a fairly diverse range of music right now. “Lots and lots of Young Thug, Migos & Future in my sets. I’m really feeling Lil Silk & Que as well. I love the sound of Wave Racer these days and a kid from Cali named Awe. I’ll also be playing as much Sliink, Swizzymack and Nadus as possible because that’s my squad. Look out for Nadus’ debut EP on Pelican Fly this Spring too. It’s a monster. I guess the reason I mix up sounds so much is that it excites me. I think single genre DJing is boring and elitist. Finding connections between disparate sounds and making them fit together with ease is always a challenge, and when it’s done well, there’s nothing else like it.” Finally, Joe provides some insights into what will be his third trip to Australia. “I’ll be performing at Melbourne’s Park Street Party for the second time. People should expect to hear the most exciting and dynamic club, trap and rap sounds on the planet. My sets are mixed with energy, integrity and authority, and I can’t wait to unleash the fury.”

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kim ann foxman tyga After supporting label mate Nicki Minaj, and selling out two of his own solo shows in 2012, Tyga has announced he will be returning to Australian shores this April. The 24 year old West Coast rapper had a huge 2013 with the release of his third album Hotel California, the follow up to his Young Money Entertainment debut Careless World: Rise of the Last King which spawned the single Rack City. He is now working on his new album The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty set for release later this year. Tyga will take over the Palace Theatre on Friday April 11.

Kim Ann Foxman is set to bring the party to The Mercat, with special guests Zanzibar Chanel, DJ Sveta, Andee Frost and more. For the past few years Kim Ann Foxman has been collecting a club cult following across the globe. Playing pretty much everywhere from Japan to Cologne and Chicago she’s established herself as one of the most sought after DJs and artists on the house scene. Most recently her collaboration with Maya Jane Coles, Burning Bright has proven to be the most popular cut from album, and as for her Dream Project EP has received support from Maceo Plex, Joris Voorn, Richy Ahmed and Bicep as well as having received rave reviews all over. It's all happening at The Mercat on Friday February 28.

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dj muro DJ Muro is heading to our shores and bringing his strictly 7” vinyl set where, you can probably guess, he'll be playing his set exclusively on 7” vinyl. Takayoshi Murota, better known as DJ Muro is one of Japan’s most prolific and well respected hip hop artists, a producer, a DJ, a designer and record store owner. Originally one of the members from the famous Krush Posse in the '80s, which included DJ Krush, Microphone Pager, TWIGY and others and he is still kicking as a hip hop DJ and producer today. His King Of Diggin’ mix tape series are held in high regard, originally on tape and later on CD, the mixtapes collected rare funk, jazz and other styles as sampled in hip hop productions.Be one of the only people in Australia to see one of his rare sets at The Espy on Friday March 7.

Sydney hip hop crew Reverse Polarities, renowned for politically charged lyrics, rapid fire rhymes and high energy live performances have at last delivered their debut LP On The Contrary. Formed back in 2005, Reverse Polarities were quick to make an impact on audiences, performing countless gigs and cementing their name firmly as an act to keep an eye out for. After releasing their self-titled mixtape in 2008 to critical acclaim, P.Smurf, Mikoen, Mute MC and Kit Complete took a short hiatus to form groups such as Daily Meds, Mute X Roleo and Sweat Collectors. In late 2011 they reunited to create what is now officially the group’s debut album. They'll celebrate the album at the Rubix Funhouse on Saturday March 8.

holy fuck derrick carter Chicago house legend Derrick Carter is returning to Melbourne. One of the most important and widely celebrated DJs and producers in the world, Derrick Carter got his start on a pair of decks at the age of nine. Now he has a name as one of the key players in the Chicago music scene as well as legend status. Catch the living legend on Saturday March 9 at New Guernica.

Holy Fuck are returning to Melbourne for an intimate oneoff show before their Groovin’ The Moo appearance this April. Known for their solid wall of noise, the Canadian band have earned a reputation for their sweaty, frenetic shows, earning an award for Best Live Band from CBC, as well as nominations for the Polaris prize and a Juno (Canadian equivalent of the ARIAs). This tour will be the band’s first Australian appearance since 2011, having previously played Meredith Music Festival, Laneway Festival and Harvest. Holy Fuck will tear down the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday April 30.

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When is it? Saturday February 15. Where is it? The Hi-Fi Bar. Who’s playing? Kerser with DJ Lopz, Jay (UF) supported by Fortay, Tycotic and Willis. What sort of shit will they be playing? Hip Hop/Rap. What’s the crowd going to be like? Ravenous Wolves. What will we remember in the AM? ABK 225 Kerser is the sickest! What’s the wallet damage? $25.50. Give us one final reason why we should party here. A Kerser show is unlike any other live event on earth. Be prepared for honest and raw street storytelling, and the undeniable charisma of Australia’s underground hip hop champion Kerser.

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Snareophobe When is it? Valentine’s Day, Friday February 14. Where is it? Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick. Who’s playing? Adrian’s Wall & Fi, System Unknown, Rolex Biffta (Rogue Magnetic), Titus 12 & SK and Snareophobe. What sort of shit will they be playing? Dub, reggae, roots, funk, soul. What’s the crowd going to be like? Music lovers, party lovers, life lovers, straight up love dubbers. What will we remember in the AM? Playing the music match maker game and the person sitting opposite you that you’d never met before played your favourite tune and you instantly fell in love. What’s the wallet damage? Free entry. Give us one final reason why we should party here. Everyone loves the Funhouse, it’s an adventure to find so there’s no dickheads, friendly staff and always good tunes.

paul devro words / rk As a teenager, Paul Devro found himself digging the crates with his brother â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was the left field and weird music that he was looking for; and somehow all of that has developed into a career for him; one that has focused specifically on pushing the boundaries of music. He is also known for bringing the odd stash of edits and remixes to a gig that allows him to create vibe for any dance floor. Indeed, ever since the Mad Decent hookup brought Paul Devro into the fold of the prolific label, his career has been on the up and up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diplo and I met online on some beat digging forum in maybe 2002-2003,â&#x20AC;? chimes the DJ and producer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We both had very similar tastes and as a result we became buds. We continue to send each other cool shit we find through email daily, like odd cites, new music and rare YouTube videos of old psych records; stuff like that.â&#x20AC;? Otherwise, the lad finds himself having a chat from a hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa, of all places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just come back from a lion and cheetah hang out session with Dillon Francis and Flosstradamus. And I got some selfies with some cubs so it was really fun.â&#x20AC;? In the studio too, he claims heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just finished the music for the new Adam Selman show â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perhaps better known as Rihannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costume designer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whose clothes are world renowned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been blessed to soundtrack both of his shows so far,â&#x20AC;? he explains. And he goes on: â&#x20AC;&#x153;with beats, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m executive producing LIZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LP right now which is coming out really well; we are all really excited about it. From my own side in terms of production, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been doing anything for a long time now. I really need to start making beats again in my spare time.â&#x20AC;? But when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all said and done, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Mad Decent hookup that not only takes up a fair chunk of his time it is also probably his greatest love. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad Decent is basically Diplo and I coming together and putting out music and doing weird things like I made a Bong Olympics shirt as a joke last year and now I think we are gonna actually throw a real one,â&#x20AC;? he says laughing. Though that sells it short: the Mad Decent imprint is almost a lifestyle: music, block parties, productions and debauchery that represents a hell of a lot of energy for what is essentially a group of friends who have a love of music.â&#x20AC;? Likewise, with access to much of the music that passes across the desks at the LA studio, the Mad Decent Block Party (2012) compilation highlights Devroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s versatility as a DJ as well. Major Lazer, Joachim Garraud, Diplo and Action Bronson feature on the one compilation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban, electronic, eclectic, down-tempo and worldly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I play and how I play it depends on where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m playing really; but I am obsessed with Japanese music right now as well as some hyper positive club tunes. My set usually contains a bit of everything, new hood shit, big sad tunes and sparkly tracks.â&#x20AC;? In his spare time too, Devro enjoys going to the hot springs and doing a fair bit of camping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually buying a cabin near the springs so I can go out there all the time,â&#x20AC;? he professes proudly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will be living in Japan for a month so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just gonna be record shopping and digging for old video games in my spare time there. And I thrift shop a lot; I have the most insane spots I hit up in Inglewood every month or so.â&#x20AC;? Finally, the lad will be heading back to Australia to rehash some of the good times fans and friends have experienced in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always love my time in Australia; expect to hear music youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard before â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about playing.â&#x20AC;? Catch Paul Devro at the Park St Party which will return to The Vic Bar on Saturday February 15 from 12pm. He also plays at Laundry Bar on Friday February 14.

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You know Oliver Jones as Skream, one of the original purveyors of dubstep whose ventures into disco as well as house and techno have not come without a great degree of shock and criticism. Almost a year on from when he first released his disco track, Rollercoaster, Jones continues to come to a head with his old dubstep fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always the odd person at the front who will stand and watch you DJ for three hours, while repeatedly shouting â&#x20AC;&#x153;dubstepâ&#x20AC;?... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re clearly not enjoying the night, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you just go home? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shout at me for three hours.â&#x20AC;? Even then, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;social media griefâ&#x20AC;? he receives is far worse than anything anyone has ever said to him in person, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how the Internet works, right?â&#x20AC;? Despite that, Jones is upbeat and chatty, failing in his attempts to lock his two and a half year old son out of the room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to have a cigarette without my son seeing. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watching Cars in the other room but he keeps bursting in on me, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so cuteâ&#x20AC;?. So he tried to quit smoking as part of his New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not quite achieving that, but it is clear that Jones is a dedicated family man.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having the job [I] have, it is difficult, especially on an emotional level. I miss out on some really, well not life changing important times but you know, just the little things like hearing new words, so it definitely is hard to deal with.â&#x20AC;? Bengaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent surprise retirement from music to start a family came â&#x20AC;&#x153;as a big shockâ&#x20AC;? to Jones but with his own struggles empathises with his decision to take time off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing is Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always done it, but I was with my partner for like 10 years and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very new to Benga. I guess weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just different when it comes to things like that.â&#x20AC;? In the meantime, Skream will host their Radio One show on his own. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to escape Skreamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dubstep roots and although it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something he wants to keep in his past, it is a question heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming tired of answering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being versatile should be celebrated [but] doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to even be appreciated.â&#x20AC;? The electronic music scene is undoubtedly divided into countless subcultures, each looking for an affinity with a sub-genre, but this attitude leaves little leeway for versatility, and artists like Skream arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t celebrated but rather received with suspicion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very alienating when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a long career being known for one specific thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken a year, over a year actually for people to just to accept it, reallyâ&#x20AC;Ś producers shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel scared to represent what they love, you know? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the foreseeable future, house and techno will be my forteâ&#x20AC;? and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a long line of impressive collaborations lined up. Right now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working with producer, Mark Jenkyns, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signed to Hot Creations, and has a few collaborations with Jimmy Edgar in the works, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually playing on of them in my sets at the momentâ&#x20AC;? and has Seth Troxler talking over a track heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done. Having been friends with Troxler for a few years now, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I owe quite a lot to Sethâ&#x20AC;Ś he kind of put me in touch with everyone. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite a good introduction person, you know?â&#x20AC;? Skream will be doing a string of shows in Australia this month and while he keeps everyone on his toes with what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to play, right now you can bank on his sets being â&#x20AC;&#x153;house and techno mashed with disco.â&#x20AC;? Jones treats crowds to a veritable feast of what is on his playlist rather than song trends and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his authenticity that sets him a part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know it sounds clichĂŠd as fuck, but the sets are a lot more on the journey sides of things, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more colours and variations.â&#x20AC;?

If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a Valentine this year choose Skream to be yours and head down to Brown Alley this Friday February 14. facebook.com/skream

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club guide wednesday feb 12

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CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + FLAGRANT + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. DJ FLIPSIDE KARL Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 7:30pm. HUMP DAY JAM - FEAT: MZ RIZK + COCO NOIR + NO NAME NATH + WINTERS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

thursday feb 13

first floor

kazbar

lucky coq

rubix funhouse

CQ SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DEEJAYS - FEAT: JAKE JUDD + MUGEN Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. DJ SHADOW + ALL BASES COVERED Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $65. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: PRINCIPAL BLACKMAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. LOVE STORY - FEAT: INDIAN SUMMER DJS + MEGAWUOTI + MICKEY P + SLEEVES + SUPREMES + TRANTER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: EDD FISHER + PREQUEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. NINA LAS VEGAS + COSMO’S MIDNIGHT + EMOH INSTEAD + L D R U + TKAY MAIDZA + WAVE RACER Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $22. NOIZY NEIGHBOURS Orange Whip, Ringwood. 9:00pm. RARE CANDY Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: ANDO + HARRY ROWSTHORN + JOSHUA GILLILAND + KEN WALKER + ALEX YASKI + EDDY D + JACK HOWELL + JAMES ROSS + JARREN RYAN + JESSE PERKINS + LUCILLE CROFT + MATT HANNA + TIM LIGHT + TOM BEDFORD Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: DJ FOOFARAW + KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

friday feb 14 #MASHTAG - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fit-

zroy. 8:00pm. ALL GOOD IN THE HOOD Efiftyfive, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. BORGORE + BRILLZ + DATURA + HARRY MULLINS + J NITROUS + KURK KOKAINE + MONKEE + RA + TURNIPS + ZAYLER Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $40. CAN’T SAY Vault 8, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DISCO LOVE - FEAT: CC DISCO + DIS-GO DOLLYS + DONNY DISCO The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DJ ECLECTIC MIX Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 10:00pm. DJ YODA + BLAK TWANG + MOONSHINE + MOTLEY Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. DROP FRIDAYS Sorry Grandma, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FAKTORY (VALENTINE’S DAY) - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. FIRST FLOOR FRIDAYS FEAT: KIDS AT MIDNIGHT DJS + A.R.T + MZ RIZK + WEAPON X First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. FLASH - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. FRENCH KISS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FUSION FRIDAYS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20. GET LIT - FEAT: D’FRO + BURN CITY QUEENS + MC MOSE + THADDEUS DOE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MAD DECENT + DEER + DIRTY SOUTH JOE + LLBC + PAUL DEVRO + TOMDERSON Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. NINA LAS VEGAS + EMOH INSTEAD + INDIAN SUMMER + NILE DELTA 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $22. PAUL DEVRO + DIRTY SOUTH JOE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: MARLON HOFFSTADT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

saturday feb 15 AN AWFUL LOT OF VAUDEVILLE - FEAT: DJ KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South

Yarra. 7:00pm. $10. AUSTRALASIAN BEATMAKERS INVITATIONAL - FEAT: DJ HOUSESHOES Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $20. BOPEEPS FUN HOUSE FEAT: MOONSHINE + KITI + OOHEE + PAZ + SMILE ON IMPACT + ZANNA First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. CLOUD NINE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Inflation, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DJ FERG & DJ TECH-NO SHIT Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. DJ HAPPY JESUS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. DJ SERIOUS JOE KOKOMO Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. FAMILIAR STRANGERS The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. GROOVALICIOUS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. NO PULP Orange Whip, Ringwood. 9:00pm. PARK ST AFTER PARTY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. $10. STRUT STURDAYS - FEAT: ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. SUPER GRANDE - FEAT: CC DISCO + LA POCOCK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. SURVIVOR Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. THE BIMBO HOT STEP FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: DAVID SPACE & FLIP3K + RANSOM + DANIELSAN + LEWIS CANCUT + MAT CANT + MOONSHINE + PAZ + WHO & BOOGS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THERAPY Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20. TRAMP SATURDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS ROTATING DJS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TUNES BY SABO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

sunday feb 16

EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJ MAARS + TOM SHOWTIME Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. MAGIC NIGHT Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $39. MARK SEVEN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. PANDORA SUMMER SESSIONS ON THE SAND FEAT: VARIOUS DJS West Beach Bathers Pavilion, St Kilda. 5:30pm. $25. PLEASURE PLANET - FEAT: PWD + BEENAK + BRIAN HENDRIE + M5K + PHOAN + SAM HILTON Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00am. $10. REVOLVER SUNDAYS FEAT: BOOGS + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SPITROAST Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. STAR BAR SUNDAYS FEAT: JONO EARLE + KEN WALKER + MORGAN Star Bar, South Melbourne. 9:00pm. $10. SUN-DAZED - FEAT: SLEEP D + BOOSHANK + FRANCIS INFERNO ORCHESTRA + IMHOTEP Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. THE ART OF SUNDAYS FEAT: MATTY D + MITCH KURZ The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDY BLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

thursday feb 13

SWISH THURSDAYS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

saturday feb 15 friday feb 14

BUMP - FEAT: DJ GEROGE BIG SAAD Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. PARTY X BULLSHIT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

BIG DANCING - FEAT: GET BUSY + MAFIA + VICTOR LOPEZ Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. KERSER The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $26. KERSER (U18) The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $26. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

electronic - urban - club life

be. at co.

BORED GAMES - FEAT: IBIMBO Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. MIXTAPE MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

tuesday feb 18 SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TASTEMAKERS - FEAT: SPOOK + A13 + ABLE 8 Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

BOP ART - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 12:00pm. DJ DAVE THE SCOTT & MATTY B Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

RNB SUPERCLUB Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $30.

khokolat koated

monday feb 17

urban club guide workshop

snaps

POPPIN’ BOTTLES - FEAT: DJ FAUX REAL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. RHYTHM NATION - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ GEORGE BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUE Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

sunday feb 16

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

faktory

BILLY BRAGG By Patrick Emery

In his 1989 essay The End of History, philosopher Francis Fukuyama advances a provocative proposition: that the demise of the Communist governments in Eastern Europe signals the end of the last great ideological battle. Bluntly paraphrased, Fukuyama contends that the tumultuous developments in Eastern Europe herald the triumph of Western liberal democracy over its long-time ideological antagonists, fascism and communism. It’s a provocative proposition with which Billy Bragg strongly disagrees. In the ‘80s, Bragg waved the proverbial – and, on occasions, literal – red flag as protagonist in the Red Wedge group of musicians, established originally to raise youth consciousness of the dangers of Margaret Thatcher’s conservative economic and social policies. The defeat of Conservative Party rule in England in 1997 didn’t soften Bragg’s commitment to progressive causes, with the singer continuing to champion the rights and interests of the marginalised and oppressed both in his home country and abroad. “The great ideological battle in history is between the people who have power, and those who don’t,” asserts Bragg on the phone from England. “We might be in a post-ideological period where the language of Marx isn’t around, but the problems that Marx talked about are still here. I think Fukuyama is wrong to suggest that because the ideological challenge to the United States has passed, that the problems and struggles of impoverished people have disappeared,” Bragg says. Bragg’s passion for progressive causes is consistent with the tradition of the folk singers he adores: Woody Guthrie, the champion of the American working class and self-proclaimed musical assassin of fascists, and Pete Seeger, the elder statesman of the contemporary folk movement. Seeger, who was imprisoned in the ‘50s for his conscientious refusal to dance to Senator Joe McCarthy’s political witch-hunt, died the day before our interview, at the ripe old age of 94. Bragg is effusive in his praise of Seeger, the folk musician and the political agitator. “Him being around at festivals, and his support in the making of Mermaid Avenue [Bragg’s album of previously unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics] was invaluable,” Bragg says. “I put a lot on the line with that project, and Pete supported me all the way, and I’ll always be thankful for that. And in another level, I never got to meet Woody Guthrie or Leadbelly, and I’ve never met Bob Dylan, but when I shook hands with Pete Seeger, you’re just one step away from those people. And Pete was such an outgoing person; part of what he was doing was involving you in the project in the same way that he involved his audiences into what he was doing. And there’s not too many people who’ve got up on stage with Bruce Springsteen who were born in 1919!” Bragg’s latest release – his first in five years – is Tooth and Nail, a collection of songs recorded with producer Joe Henry at Henry’s studio in Pasadena, California. Henry had suggested previously to Bragg that he come out to California to record some songs, an offer Bragg eventually decided to take up after helping his family settle the affairs of his mother, who died in 2011. While Tooth and Nail includes a couple of tracks that pay tribute to Bragg’s mother, Bragg says the album wasn’t so much part of the grieving process as a way of Bragg picking himself up and getting on with his life. “[Recording the album] helped by giving me a project to get on with,” Bragg says. “If I’d just have carried on in that space I was it would’ve slowed me down. My mum was a strong person – she didn’t like people whinging and complaining. She would’ve picked herself up, so it made a lot of sense to me to do the same. So the album isn’t about Mum passing, but there are some references to picking yourself up on there.” Bragg had about half the songs written before arriving in California, with the rest written in the studio and immediate surrounds. Handyman Blues, Bragg’s apology to his wife Juliet for his unimpressive practical skills around the house, started out as a melody composed in Bragg’s head in the taxi ride to the airport, before being finished at Henry’s studio. On No One Knows Nothing Anymore (“it’s grammatically incorrect, but sounds better,” Bragg laughs) Bragg challenges the notion that contemporary society is smarter than its antecedents, notwithstanding the information available at our fingertips. “But I suppose you’ve got to hope that people’s curiosity keeps them searching for information,” Bragg says. And while the emergence and growth of social media has provided an electronic vehicle for modern-day progressive causes – Bragg was a vocal supporter of, and participant in the Occupy Movement a couple of years ago – it also provides a platform for the reactionary rhetoric that Bragg despises so strongly. “It does look to me as if social media has replaced pop music as the vanguard medium for talking about the world,” Bragg says. “But the downside is that the right wing has the same access. In the past, the right wing didn’t have access to popular music because pop music was almost always liberal, forward-looking progressive – there was never really a right wing Bob Dylan or Pete Seeger.” Perhaps one of the more surprising tracks on Tooth and Nail is Do Unto Others, a track that invokes the language of the New Testament, and which was written as part of a project to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Bragg is no fan of the excesses of the Church; he appreciates, however, the philosophical basis of Biblical texts. “You can find positive things in the Bible, without having to run into right-wing interpretations, to divide people,” Bragg says. “And I couldn’t be an atheist because I love gospel music so much,” he laughs.

BILLY BRAGG plays the Palais Theatre on Thursday March 13 and features at this years WOMADelaide Festival on Monday March 10. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV

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BAND OF HORSES By Chris Havercroft Band Of Horses may have been showing less of a country influence with each new release, but they turn that perception on its head with their latest album being recorded at the former home of the Grand Ole Oprey. Acoustic At The Ryman collects 10 acoustic renditions of Band Of Horses songs plucked from a couple of nights the band spent at the Ryman Auditorium in April last year. The band had intended to release a live album and went about capturing a month of shows from their tour around that time. It wasn’t until listening back to those shows that they realised that the acoustic sets were too good to overlook. “We had definitely planned on choosing the best songs from various shows to put together what would be the best versions of our biggest songs I guess,” confirms singer/songwriter, Ben Bridwell. “The Ryman is such a legendary place to hear country music and acoustic music, the big brains at our management thought that we should do an electric show and an acoustic set, just to get a different vibe going. So, the way that it turned out, we listened back to the acoustic performance and it sounded far more dangerous.” Band Of Horses had stepped onto the stage at the Ryman as opening act for Modest Mouse in 2007, but this was the first time that the Seattle rockers had a run of

the place. There is so much history at the venue that Bridwell and his bandmates made sure that they took in history and played the songs in the spirit of those who had gone before them. “Whenever you get to play at the Ryman it is something special. It is a unique place. You stand on the stage and goodness gracious, the history of the place hits you. It is not even that though, the dressing rooms are all dedicated to a different artist. There is the Hank Williams room that will have a heap of posters up from his shows and a Johnny Cash room and everywhere you walk you wonder whose footsteps you are treading on.” When it came to choosing the songs to put on the al-

bum, Bridwell says that there wasn’t too much dissention between the Band Of Horses members. The Funeral is worth the price of admission alone, but there is no shortage of great version with Factory and No One’s Gonna Love You being towards the top of the pile. “It is as exciting as hell that we get to play acoustic now to promote the record. We are now working on putting together a strange set of acoustic numbers that we think that we’ll be able to pull off. This gives us a second chance to not only play those songs better, but also to include some of the songs that we didn’t get to play over those two nights at the Ryman that ended up on the record. We are hoping to dig deep into the catalogue and see what we find.” Bridwell stumbled across a fan’s stripped back cover of their track, Plan One, and was so blown away that he decided to revisit the song himself, and cover the fan’s

(Denai Moore) version of his own song. He then sent a copy of the tune to Moore along with a message thanking her for her interpretation of the original. “I have been working with a lot of back catalogue Band Of Horses songs and I thought, ‘Why not take into account the nuances that she brought to the song and use that and try and do another version of Plan One?’ I’ll get some crazy Irish jig of The Funeral sent to me next. I always love it when someone cares about our music enough to make it their own. People put their heart and soul into that stuff, so I love that. “I’m not going to go searching the internet for a whole heap of versions, but if something special pops up, why not? It is such a dream job, where we get to regurgitate our past glories, this is the job that keeps on giving.”

my favourite tunes, and I was just watching people walk on the street below me while I played songs. When I want to picture a time that I felt really great, I close my eyes and think back to the time I spent in Australia. I felt very free.” In a recent feature for Interview magazine, Badu spoke to young gun Kendrick Lamar, and one of her first questions was about what he hopes he will achieve in his career. It was an interesting question to pose to the new kid, and I wonder, if someone had asked Badu the same thing at the beginning of her career, when her Baduizm album was just coming out, what would she have told them? The singer, who has been in the game for nearly two

decades at this point, takes a moment to reflect on this. “If someone had asked me that when my first album was coming out, I’d have told them that I would like to gather a collection of autobiographical memories to give my children,” she says simply. “That would be my aim, so they might listen to my words and think on me, and then one day feel compelled to create something for their children.”

tion – what we wanted the record to sound like, or at least what we wanted Temples to sound like as a whole. I think in many ways that idea of having a sound has led the record and hopefully brought it all together as one even though it was recorded over the course of a year and a half.” Temples isn’t even two-years-old yet but attracting an eager following so early on forced the band to grow up very quickly. Sun Structures essentially documents everything they’ve creatively achieved up until this point. “There’s songs on the record which were written when the band started and there’s songs which were finished a couple of weeks before handing the album over to our label,” Warmsley says. “There’s a real scope of experience on there.” In addition to consistent blog hype and a number of sold-out headline shows towards the end of 2013,

Temples’ four pre-album singles caught the attention of British guitar luminaries Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher. Although the band were deprived of the anonymity that can be beneficial when sculpting and refining a debut record, Warmsley says this didn’t inhibit them. “The process has been quite natural and we’ve been allowed to figure stuff out and grow in front of everyone. I think there’s an integrity in that, it almost lifts some of the pressure you’d otherwise have. More than anything we were looking forward to people discovering more about us. Maybe the pressure’s on a little more now that the album’s there for everyone to hear.”

BAND OF HORSES’ Acoustic at the Ryman is out now.

ERYKAH BADU By Alasdair Duncan Erykah Badu’s live shows are the stuff of legends. The singer is known for her powerful soul voice and cracking live band, but also for the versatility of her setlist, which can change at a moment’s notice, depending on the night, the crowd and the vibe. “If I could, I’d do every song I’ve ever written in the live show, but there’s just not time,” she says with a gentle laugh. “My band and I have been performing together for a really long time, long enough that they know everything, so we’re able to have a lot of versatility in the show. Things can just flow. “The energy is always different, the atmosphere is different, and so we always create the show in the moment. Playing a live show is the opposite of recording. Playing live is about creating a moment; recording is about perfecting a moment. You have to make everything perfect when you record, but playing live is more about taking chances.” Years of touring have taught Badu that different places in the world have different needs, and her show each night is a response to an intangible something in the air. “When we’re in America, in a place like Denver, the air and the water there are really clean, so everybody’s going to be relaxed and having a good time,” she explains. “When I’m performing in a place like Detroit

or Baltimore, though, it’s a different show. The water is not as clean there. Those cities are plagued with a lot of crime, and even if you’re living a decent life there, you feel the vibrations of those who aren’t.” She can’t perform the same set in both places. “I’m kind of mutable, you might say – I feel what’s going on in each place, I watch how people behave, and I change my show to fit in with that. The most important thing to me is that I connect with the audience.” Given that Badu will soon return to Australia, I ask about her experiences with crowds in this part of the world, and how her shows here generally go down. “I’m not saying this just because I’m coming to Australia,” she replies, “but I really love it down there. The air there is clean, the people are beautiful, and it feels very, very good to play there.” In fact, Badu’s last trip to Australia was the source of one of her most cherished memories. “I felt so good the last time I was there,” she says. “I had a set of turntables in my hotel room, I had the windows open and all of

ERYKAH BADU plays this year’s Bluesfest alongside Dave Matthews Band, Jake Bugg, John Butler Trio and more, taking place from Thursday April 17 – Monday April 21. She will also play the Palais Theatre on Tuesday April 15.

TEMPLES

By Augustus Welby

It only takes a quick glance at UK four-piece Temples to kickstart a time-travelling experience. Syd Barrett curls, tasselled Hendrix outfits and faraway eyes make the group’s psychedelic focus immediately apparent. And it doesn’t end there. Released last week, the band’s debut LP Sun Structures is an immersive trip through the history of psychedelic guitar music. Yet, as bass player and founding member Thomas Warmsley points out, it’s not simply an homage. “Our whole process in the studio was experimenting and trying to replicate and renovate sounds that we really liked,” he explains. “Atmospheres from records that we liked, we wanted to do our own version and then take it some place completely new. We consciously wanted the music not to be an exact replica or a pastiche of a ‘retro’ sound.” Temples sprung to attention in November 2012 with the single Shelter Song. The track illustrates their aim to advance, rather than imitate, the music they love; channelling the likes of Donovan and The Yardbirds while including an atmospheric breadth that positions it firmly in the now. Fittingly, Shelter Song opens Sun Structures, which was recorded entirely in vocalist/guitarist James Bagshaw’s home studio. “Production is such an important thing to us,” Warmsley says, “almost as significant to us as songwriting. So it’s something that we had a strong idea of and wanted BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 36

to maintain control of throughout the process.” Thanks to immediate acclaim for Shelter Song, and follow up singles Keep In The Dark and Colours To Life, the band spent the majority of 2013 on tour with the likes of Suede, Kasabian and The Vaccines. Warmsley reveals that album recording sessions took place whenever there was a gap in their demanding gig schedule. “We spent all last year recording the album. Any free day we had we’d be in the studio recording. Sometimes when we were touring we thought, ‘Wow, how are we ever going to finish this in time?’ because of how sparse some of the recording time we had was.” Warmsley and Bagshaw formed the band (initially a studio-based project) in the obscure Northamptonshire town, Kettering. These might read as humble origins, but their aesthetic intentions have never been meek. “I’d probably say from our very first recordings we’ve always had quite a strong idea and vivid sense of direc-

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TEMPLES play the Corner Hotel on Saturday May 10. Sun Structures is out now via Heavenly Recordings /[PIAS].

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE By Augustus Welby

Queens of the Stone Age’s sixth LP ...Like Clockwork was one of the most anticipated releases of 2013 and the Californian desert rockers certainly didn’t falter under pressure. Packed full of their trademark stomping blues, intertwined with sultry grooves and even some melancholic balladry, the record roused almost unanimous praise from fans and critics. ...Like Clockwork is notable for being the first QOTSA record to feature bass player Michael Shuman and guitarist Dean Fertita, both of whom have been touring with the band since shortly after the release of 2007’s Era Vulgaris. Ahead of their Australian co-headline tour with Nine Inch Nails, Shuman explains how participating in the songwriting and recording process solidified his personal attachment to the band. “As much as you give yourself to these old songs and the live show, that’s only one half of it. The other half is creating and recording,” he says. “It brought a new light to the band for me. I’d been wanting to write some songs with the band since I started, so to actually finally do it really meant a lot. And it means a lot to me now.” Josh Homme formed Queens of the Stone Age in the late ‘90s and since then the band has gone through a giant cast of contributing personnel. The semi-regularity of lineup changes over the years suggests Homme is a dangerously volatile taskmaster. Contrary to this, Shuman reports that the band dynamic is far from hierarchical. “We were super close but we got even closer during the making of this record and learned a lot more about each other than I thought we could, because I thought we were already tight bros. “Everybody was going through personal stuff while making the record,” Shuman adds, “and then supporting each other to get through the making of the record. Everyone showed their true colours and it showed that we have supported each other through tough times and didn’t just bail when shit got rough.” The six year gap between Queens of the Stone Age albums was enough to stir fears that the band had reached its expiry date. Due to the extended interval, when the album eventually arrived it was touted as a comeback release. However, Shuman says there was no internal shutdown. “To us it wasn’t a comeback record. We toured on Era and then we took a year off, then went and did another tour on the first record for a year [celebrating the tenth anniversary of 1998’s self-titled LP]. Maybe it was six years away from putting out records but not from being a band.” Nevertheless, the band members didn’t exactly keep to themselves in the intervening years. Homme recorded and toured with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones as Them Crooked Vultures, Fertita teamed up with Jack White and Alison Mosshart for multiple Dead Weather albums and multi-instrumentalist Troy van Leeuwen released a record with his new band Sweethead. Shuman hasn’t been twiddling his thumbs either, setting the bass aside to front LA based baroque-pop outfit Mini Mansions, who’ll release their second album later this year. “Some people like a vacation when they get home, to take some time off and put their feet up. Most of us are not like that,” he says. “Most of us go home and work on other musical projects. That’s what I do non-stop when I’m not with Queens.” There definitely hasn’t been much time to consider putting the feet up in the last 12 months. The band (completed by newest addition, drummer Jon Theodore) actually started touring shortly before … Like Clockwork came out. “It all went so fast because we finished the record and immediately went on the road. We actually were choosing the master as we were on an airplane to go on tour and then the record was out a month later, so it was crazy,” Shuman says. The rapturous reception given to the record means the touring program hasn’t let up. The aberrant nature of life on tour drains musicians and splinters relationships, but Shuman says they don’t struggle staying sane. “We just hang out together and do whatever we do and have laughs and drinks. That kind of gets us through – just being together, not hating each other.” Ongoing praise for …Like Clockwork also helps to keep spirits high. The album debuted at number one in both Australia and the US, picked up three Grammy nominations and consequently the shows have been bigger than ever. “It was surprising how well received it was, so we were super excited,” Shuman exudes. “The ride really hasn’t stopped and we haven’t slowed down and it’s been awesome and really gratifying to know that our fans are into what we made.” QOTSA’s considerable Australian fanbase will finally have their hunger sated when the tour with good buddies Nine Inch Nails sweeps the country next month. Schuman looks forward to his third trip down here with the band. “It’s not like any other place – like the middle of the US and you’ve seen it a million times. This is something special; it’s not just a tour, [it’s] also part vacation – a part of the world where we can actually enjoy going out and go out in the sun and just be active.” QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE play Rod Laver Arena with Nine Inch Nails on Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15. 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DEFILER By Rod Whitfield “I am indescribably excited!” enthuses Jake Pelzi, lead vocalist for California based, self proclaimed ‘lifecore’ band Defiler, of his band’s upcoming, first ever trip to Australia, and appearance at the Soundwave Festival. “We’ve wanted to come to Australia ever since we started the band,” he continues, “and now that it’s finally happening I just want to jump up and do back flips man, it’s crazy.” Pelzi and the band have some pretty high expectations of our country, having never been here before in their lives in any capacity, and more specifically, Aussie fans of heavy music have a lot to live up to. “People have told me that Australian crowds can get pretty rowdy!” he laughs, “so I’m going to be looking out to make sure that people are totally losing their minds and having a good time. “Besides that,” he goes on, “I’m just really looking forward to hanging out with a bunch of my favourite bands on Soundwave. It’s a great festival, and hopefully I’ll get to get beaten up by a kangaroo while I’m there!” The self-originated genre classification of ‘lifecore’ is a reaction to the far better known ‘deathcore’ genre, in that they feel that they are inspired by life rather than death; their band tends to see the lighter side of life and music and Aussie Soundwave punters can expect this vibe to come across in the band’s stage show. “We like to have fun,” he states plainly. “We’re a metal

band, but we do not take ourselves too seriously. We have the uncanny ability of always making something go wrong when we play. If I’m playing with a microphone that has a cord, I will trip over it, if there’s anything flammable on the guitar amp, it will explode. And we take those type of opportunities to try and make fun of ourselves, and have fun with the crowd and be really interactive. “So, it’s just going to be fun,” he says in conclusion. “It’s just going to be a lot of fun!” The band has only been around for three to four years, and they are about to break a whole heap of new ground for themselves as a band, starting with their first trip Down Under. But it doesn’t end there. “We’ve played some big shows in the past, but I can’t say we’ve ever played any places like the RNA Showgrounds (in Brisbane), or big stadiums like that,” he says. “We’ve never played anything like that. So this is going to be a shot in the dark.

“We’re also going to be playing two brand new songs that we’ve never played before,” he reveals, “so it’s going to be new all round. Playing new songs in front of new crowds that have a whole bunch of people there, so if I end up passing out onstage from being too nervous, this is just a fore-warning,” he laughs again. Pelzi also feels that the sheer diversity present on the bill is one of the festival’s strengths, and may open up an even bigger audience to the band than if they’d just come out and played for their existing Australian fans. And he also feels that the variety inherent in the lineup is a real positive for the heavy music scene. “It is, but I think that’s good,” he states, “because it maximises the potential of the different crowds it’ll

bring. That’s one thing that I’d really like to thank AJ (festival organiser AJ Maddah) for, the ability to bring as many people from different backgrounds as possible together. That’s what music should be about man, it should just be about love and unity and things like that. But unfortunately these days there’s all that stigma about genre separation and all that crap, I think it’s really cool that they have so many different types of bands playing on the same day.”

(Cornerstone, Prime Time), bassist Passmark, multiple Copenhagen Guitar Battle winner Jonas Larsen, and Pennsylvanian-born vocalist DC Cooper (Silent Force, Amaran’s Plight), who received classical training under renowned opera teacher Charlotte Coleman. Interestingly, the relationship between Andersen and Cooper have not always been so amicable. When the vocalist signed with Royal Hunt in ’94, before the band’s huge success following Moving Target (2005) and Paradox (1997), he was not expecting to be fired four years later without any notice. Prior to the assumed contract renewal for Cooper, Andersen wrote an official blog post announcement that their vocalist, Cooper, was leaving the band. This was how Cooper discovered he was fired. In interviews afterwards, when the blond vocalist was asked about the slight, he main-

tained a polite pragmatism. Cooper was invited to rejoin Royal Hunt in 2011, where he currently remains. “I am where I’m supposed to be,” says the vocalist now, quoting his self-prescribed axiom. “[It’s] my own advice to myself. It means enjoy what and where you are in life because that’s the way it’s supposed to be in the big plan of life. If you don’t like where you are, you have the power to change it or embrace it.” Wise words from a man who when prompted about his ultimate dinner party, listed David Paiche from Toto, Weird Al Yankovic and The (original) Wiggles.

of producer, Don Gilmore, to help harness their ideas. “We were just like, ‘This guy is full on into it. He gets it and he understands it. He understands where we are with Brian coming back to the band and where we see ourselves. We wanted to make a record that’s relevant and we wanted to make some songs that are good and that pertain to an album – not just a couple of singles. Because there are so many different personalities in the band, he was really good with delegating and getting people to show up and dealing with our adolescence.” The band’s 11th album, The Paradigm Shift entered the Billboard 200 at number eight (selling 46,000 copies) , topped the US’s Hard Rock Charts and debuted at number seven on the ARIA charts. Whilst previous album The Path of Totality signalled the band’s muchdeeper foray into artificial instrumentation, the latest record is largely meat-and-potatoes Korn, and critically regarded as a return to form.

The band continues to aspire to evolve, however. Shaffer says the metamorphosis they’ve been through over 11 albums has been intrinsic to their survival. “I think it’s part of who we are as creative people,” says Shaffer. “We always want to keep going with experimentation. I think the beauty of it is that you can still have that Korn sound, which is the bass, guitar and vocals (those are the three elements we’ll always retain) but I think as creative people we always need to push ourselves in different directions and step out of our comfort zones. If you don’t step out of your comfort zone and feel a bit squeamish, you’re not really going to make any growth.” KORN play Soundwave at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28. They also co-headline a sideshow with Rob Zombie at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday February 26.

DEFILER play Soundwave at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28 alongside Placebo, Mastodon, HIM and many more.

ROYAL HUNT

By Avrille Bylok-Collard

Royal Hunt are somewhat of a celestial myth to people Down Under, a mystical band that produces sublime metal doused in illustrative lyricisms and symphonic tones. They’re a band that have yet to debut on our shores despite a career that spans over 20 years and a solid collection of albums - 12 in fact - that have spurred millions of sales worldwide and an international fan base. That’s about to change this April when the famous quintet hit the Northcote Social Club for an intimate one-night-only show. Originating from Copenhagen, Denmark and formed in 1989, Royal Hunt is the creation of keyboardist and composer André Andersen. “If I won the lottery I would buy a bigger house closer to the sea, a bigger studio in the house, an absurd amount of vintage gear for the studio, a newer Harley, a personal tour bus, a lifetime supply of Jack Daniels, and another lottery ticket,” says Andersen contemplatively, injecting a modest but firm banter into his words. If his answer is any allusion to his life, music must be integral to his life. It’s not far from the truth. Born in Moscow, Russia, on December 16, Andersen discovered that he had a natural proclivity towards music at a very young age. He began his musical education at the age of five with piano lessons, before graduating to guitars and whatever he could touch in his teens. To his band members he is considered a musical genius.

It was when he was 14 that he discovered and defined the three major influences of his life - classical music, classic rock and progressive rock. “Classical music has always been a major influence to me because of its beauty and virtuosity,” explains Andersen passionately. “Classic rock for its sound and attitude, and progressive [rock] for its elegance and complexity.” With these three influences in mind, Andersen begun writing music he wanted to listen to, shaping the inevitable sound of Royal Hunt: a sophisticated hurricane of noise layered with rapid guitars and elegant narratives about life. Despite the quintet’s worldwide success, its dynamic has had an unsteady history. Andersen is the only member who has been there since Royal Hunt’s genesis and has maintained its integrity since ’89. Currently the band comprises of drummer Allan Sørensen

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KORN

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Korn guitarist James Shaffer says making records sober isn’t the kind of stunt he’d necessarily advise other bands to pull but that’s what nu-metal scarecrows Korn did this time around. And for good reason, he adds. “That’s what worked on this album,” he says. “For me, I could think a lot clearer and communicate ideas back and forth, which speeds things up. So we weren’t wasting time, which is money – and there’s not much money to make records any more because not a lot of people buy them.” With the recent release of new album The Paradigm Shift, Korn is presently experiencing what might be the closest they’ll ever come to a smell-the-roses phase, essentially endangered by previous health scares. The high-octane record is a nervy glimpse into the gatesof-hell headspace uber-grim singer Jonathan Davis has been struggling to navigate his way out of in recent times (as distinct from all the other times) – namely thanks to a Xanax addiction (which superseded a 12year dalliance with Prozac), and a Xanax detox that indefinitely reassigned his consciousness to somewhere in the vicinity of The Twilight Zone and the stress of having a seriously sick child. Its completion spells a brighter chapter for all of the band members however, adds Shaffer. “We were all so messed up before. We had to have our drink and our drugs and smoke and whatever it was before we would even start recording. We wasted a lot of time but we had a lot of fun and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38

During the songwriting phase, the band collaborated in its Bakersfield studio to assemble some of the most brutal riffage this side of a metal festival curated by The Bandidos. Unlike 2011’s dubstep-happy The Path of Totality, the band toned down the electronic aspect to electro-lite this time around and peppered the record with the digital bells and whistles retrospectively. That approach was complementary, according to Shaffer. “I definitely prefer interacting with the live drum and somebody actually performing to anything else,” he says. “It just feels like there’s two people and not one guy and a machine.” The live approach was further enhanced by guitarist Brian Welch’s return to studio recording for the first time since 2003’s Look in the Mirror. In the early stages of the songwriting process, Shaffer says the band essentially sat down together and began spawning riffs. It reached a point where they had 10 or 11 songs and more ideas than they knew what to do with. This was when they enlisted the services

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TWELVE FOOT NINJA HIT THE ROAD Twelve Foot Ninja have finally released their epic and totally-worth-the-wait crowdfunded video for Ain’t That A Bitch (featuring cameo appearances by Periphery) and it’s a thing of brutal beauty. The band broke crowdfunding records when they raised $52,600 to make their new video clip, and the band have announced an Australian headline tour aptly named The Troll Burger Tour (watch the video and you’ll get it) in March/April, before making their grand return to the U.S. for a handful of festivals including Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion. They’ll be at the Corner Hotel on Friday April 4.

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CHERRY BAR CELEBRATES KISS DEBUT Thunderstag bring their triple AXE assault and double bass fury to Cherry Bar on Saturday February 15 to celebrate one of the greatest milestones in rock’n’roll history....the debut KISS album! Thunderstag will be packing extra thunder and a whole lotta stag as they welcome newest axe lord Dylan Villain (ex The Shine/Fireballs). Also the debut KISS album will be performed in full by a local all-star band, featuring Tim Henwood (The Superjesus, Palace Of The King), Rusty (Electric Mary), Paul Drenan (Bruce Kulick Band, Mike Tramp Band) and Travis Dragan (Bruce Kulick Band). Plus DJs play KISS all night!

PUSH OVER 2014 PL AYING TIMES ANNOUNCED Head over to thepush.com.au to see the newly-announced playing times for Push Over 2014. Presented by Beat, The Push, triple j, Faster Louder, and supported by FReeZA, Victorian Government, Arts Centre Melbourne, Polaroid, Plakkit, 24Hundred, Dangerfield and Shout Out Loud, Push Over 2014 features Allday, Bam Bam, Buried in Verona, Chance Waters, Citizen Kay, Cub Sport, Deez Nuts, Dream On Dreamer, In Hearts Wake, Johnny Third, Lucianblomkamp, Make Them Suffer, Outright, PEZ, Remi, Luca Brasi, Saviour, Sierra, The Bennies and The Smith Street Band. It’s on Monday March 10 (Labour Day public holiday) at Sidney Myer Music Bowl from midday to 8pm. Tickets are $45 plus booking fee, from Ticketmaster.

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Last week the metal media pretty much blew up over reports that Megadeth requested that former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted’s band Newsted be removed from the Megadeth Sidewave. This prompted Newsted to book a show with the mighty Testament at The Espy instead (on Tuesday February 25, tickets from Oztix). Now Megadeth has announced that they’ve withdrawn from their Australian tour. Sidewaves, Soundwave, everything. Dave Mustaine posted on Megadeth’s Facebook page on Monday morning: “Due to circumstances beyond its control, unfortunately Megadeth has to cancel their Australian dates. Megadeth’s decision is unrelated to the fact that Jason Newsted is performing at Soundwave. Jason and I spoke recently and continue to be friends.” So that’s that then. It hasn’t been confirmed if Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover’s drum clinic at Pony Music in Hallam will still go ahead on February 26 as planned – at press time Pony’s Geoff Mison tells me he’s awaiting news from Drover either way. Check the Pony Music Facebook for confirmation (and check out their world-class studio, rehearsal and retail facilities while you’re at it).

3 Inches Of Blood have cancelled their Australian tour, recently announcing to fans that “due to circumstances beyond our control, we unfortunately have to cancel…this decision was not made lightly.” I’m starting to think that reasons for cancelling tours need to be a little more detailed. After The Locust tour was scrapped last month, a friend of mine lost thousands in flights and accommodation that he had planned around the tour. It’s a pretty common scenario and one that leaves the most obsessive fan completely broke and broken. Consequences of stooging your fans and clients can be surprisingly far reaching and I’m starting to believe that these people deserve better explanation than the standard “unforseen circumstances”. Perhaps this perspective has evolved since the public started being involved in every detail of Soundwave’s behind the scenes booking process via AJ Maddah’s Twitter. Perhaps his candid discussions of tour negotiations have made us all hungry for detail and deeply unsatisfied at the slew of “reasons beyond our control” that paying customers are dealt on a weekly basis. Southern Cali’s Adolescents will make good on their promise to return to the country by headlining a tour this winter. Saturday July 5 will see them arrive at The Evelyn Hotel in Fitzroy to play an overage set. Tickets are available on Tuesday March 18. HIM will join Nostalghia and The Defiled on two sidewaves in Australia, in addition to their appearance on Soundwave. See them on Wednesday February 26 at 170 Russell. Melbourne fans have been denied a sideshow for Richie Sambora, who last week announced shows in Brisbane and Sydney only. Locals Ted Danson With Wolves are going to release their debut album, WWTDWWD, and then tour the country with some mates. Digital album sales kick off on Friday February 28 and then you can catch them at Melbourne’s Public Bar on Friday March 21 and Footscray’s Wrangler Studios on Saturday March 22. Two new bands are joining the already impressive Hits and Pits bill for May. CAN’T BLOODY WAIT to see Unwritten Law rip out a full rendition of their self-titled album: Lonesome. Teenage Suicide. Cailin. Are you kiddin’ me? Implants have also been added. Featuring members of Strung Out and Ten Foot Pole, the band released their first album last year through El Hefe’s Cyber Tracks label. Tickets are still available for Melbs Hits and Pits on Saturday May 17.

CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12: Bloodshed Remains, Trainwreck at Wangler Studios THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: Bloodshed Remains, Trainwreck at Reverence Hotel Lee Hartney Sex Drive at Reverence Hotel Bloodshed Remains, Trainwreck, Eyes Of The Sleepers at Next FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14: Crisis Alert, Outright, Human Ruins, Sick Machine, Impact Zone at Reverence Hotel The Spasms, Whipped Cream Chargers, From Oslo at The Grace Darling Wil Wagner, Lucy Wilson Band, Toy Boats, Nathan Seeckts, Georgia Maq at Bar 303 Born Lion at Musicman Megastore, Bendigo Trophy EYes, Thesis, Braves at Pow, Werribee Batpiss, Hostile Objects, Diprosus, Chaingun at The Public Bar SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15: Away From Now, Stolen Youth, Tigers, Initials at Reverence Hotel Born Lion at The Espy Trophy Eyes, Thesis, Braves at Seaford Community Hall Iron Worzel, Hostile Objects, Debacle, Join The Amish, Hailgun, Pro Tools, Atomic Death Squad, Substance Abuse at The Bendigo Hotel SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16: Eddie Vedder at Palais Theatre Crisis Alert at Phoenix Youth Centre Jess Locke, Dreamboats, Hannah Band, Virginia Sook at The Reverence

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GIG ALERT: PREPARED LIKE A BRIDE Gold Coast hardcore merchants Prepared Like A Bride have had a huge start to the year. After being recruited last minute to open for Blessthefall on the Boys Of Summer tour, the band have just released their new album Overcomer via Faction/Sony Music, and they’ll be hitting the road throughout March. They’re at Next in Melbourne on Thursday March 13 (18+) and Wyndham Youth Resource Centre (all ages) on Friday March 14.

NEW VANISHING POINT ALBUM Melbourne’s masters of power metal, Vanishing Point will finally release their long awaited fifth album, Distant Is The Sun on Friday February 21. The band have a major following in both Australia and Europe with the album being released in the EU by Germany label AFM, and they’ll be supporting Royal Hunt on their upcoming Australian tour in April.

NEW MARTY FRIEDMAN ALBUM ON THE WAY Okay, one more Megadeth-related story. Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has unveiled the first full track from his upcoming studio album, Inferno. The brand new song Steroidhead can be found now on YouTube. Inferno is Marty’s first solo album of original material in four years, and his first recording in more than a decade that will be released worldwide simultaneously (he lives in Japan where he’s huge). Featuring what he describes as the heaviest, most intense playing of his career, the album will feature guest appearances by several artists influenced by Marty including Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), flamenco/metal acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela and Revocation’s David Davidson. The album also includes Marty’s first songwriting collaboration with Jason Becker since the pair played together in Cacophony.

DARK TRANQUILITY SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED Dark Tranquillity will finally be returning to tour Australia in March – it will be their first time back here since 2006 – and they’ve named Orpheus Omega as national support (if you’re in Sydney or Brisbane you’ll also get Be’lakor, while Perth gets Earth Rot). They’re at Billboard The Venue (actually it’s now called 170 Russell so update your neural networks) on Thursday March 27. It’s an early show, with doors at 6.15pm and the band onstage at 8pm. Tickets and VIP meet and greet fan packs are on sale now via metalmassacre.com.au.

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WEDNESDAY FEB 12 BRICKS

Bricks, with their rapid riffing, undeniable drumming, bestial bass lines and husky/vivid vocals are set to leave an indelible mark in the music scene. Their debut EP has the band showcasing their distinctive sound and their high intensity performances in their hometown of Melbourne and interstate have left audiences baffled in the last year. Bricks’ three-piece lineup is poised this year to continue to deliver quality material that has also received acclaim in the local and international music circuit. The future of death/punk is here, so best put seat belts on your ears! Worm Crown is a noisy punk/rock trio fuelled by feedback and too many guitar pedals, with driving drum and bass lines and severed yells. They give everything to every performance whether it’s at a blistering live show or in the studio. Worm Crown means business and delivers with their catchy, rocking songs like no one else on the scene at the moment. The Baudelaires will be bringing their blend of ‘60s psych rock and shoe-gazing blues with swirling melodies and overdriven guitars into the hazy drunkards wonderland that is The Old Bar on Wednesday February 12. Catch them all from 8.30pm.

MICHAEL PLATER AND THE EXIT KEYS SWEETS

Sweets are doing an Evelyn residency every Wednesday night in February with a whole stack of really amazing bands supporting them. They’ll be pumping it up, pumping it out and generally being totally pumped. Supports from Manny Fox and Phia.

JOHN PATRICK

The freshest offering to the Revolver Bandroom and Colonel Tan’s is the new ‘The Acoustic Sessions’ dining experience! Where you can pull up a seat at a table in the front room or a couch if you prefer and enjoy some relaxed tunes from an array of Melbourne and Australia’s finest acoustic artist’s week in, week out. The first Acoustic Sessions residency kicks off this week this week, the amazing John Patrick (and the Keepers) will be warming your hearts as you warm your belly’s with amazing food as he prepares for an appearance at the Port Fairy Folk festival. Add to this young up and comer Scott Boyd, who will no doubt charm you all and it is once again another great night of free acoustic entertainment this Wednesday February 12. Doors at 6.30pm. Entertainment starts at 7pm.

Local proponents of feedback-laced art noir Michael Plater and the Exit Keys, will be bringing their show to Bar Open on Wednesday February 12. They’ll be joined by fuzzed out psychedelic country blues band Tooth and Tusk, lyrical indie folk trio Gram Friday, and instrumental twang merchants Fraudband. The show kicks off at 8pm and it’s free entry.

THE PRETTY LITTLES The Pretty Littles have decided to camp out at Cherry throughout February for a Wednesday residency with old mates Ships Piano. What a bloody hoot this will be! There will be awkward shuffling, shitty chat and poorly executed rock and roll songs. If that’s not selling it, well its free entry and it's all taking place at the historic Cherry Bar! Yes! Go get silly with The Pretty Littles every Wednesday of February.

BENJAMIN SKEPPER

THURSDAY FEB 13

After touring Russia, Italy, France and Japan, Benjamin Skepper presents the release of his fourth solo album In the Field, a collection of world field recordings captured during his voyages around the globe from 2006 2012. Skepper will also perform new solo works on pianoforte, cello, electronics and found sound objects. Historical and prestigious Melbourne’s members-only The Kelvin Club opens it’s private doors especially for this brilliant evening of sound, art and discovery. Wednesday February 12 at 6pm. Tickets are $34+bf via the venue of $40 on the door.

TKAY MAIDZA

Adelaide rapper Tkay Maidza launched onto Australia’s hiphop scene only four months ago and she is already making waves around the nation. After impressing audiences on her debut run of East Coast club shows, the Brontosaurus Tour (aptly named after her current single) has been extended to take in a second club show in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide as well as a couple of ‘O Week’ shows and two festival appearances. Brontosaurus was released late last year and after enjoying airplay around the nation fans rushed to purchase the track forcing an impressive ARIA singles chart debut of #89. Shortly after, Maidza was also included in triple j’s annual Next Crop list alongside the likes of breaking artists Dustin Tebbutt and The Kite String Tangle and as “one to watch” in News Ltd’s annual predictions. In The Mix are also predicting a big year ahead for the MC. She plays The Corner Hotel on Thursday February 13 alongside Nina Las Vegas, Wave Racer and Emoh Instead and then the following night at Can't Say.

THE DINNER SET

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BEG, SCREAM & SHOUT!

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Melbourne’s beloved and independent filmmaking collective Beg, Scream & Shout! have added garage punk trio, Scotdrakula and Melbourne synth master, Gerard Wells’ Vishnu Keys, to the already phenomenal line up of; Montero, Fatti Frances, Glasfrosch and visual collaborators; TAM Projects, Tess Hamilton and Brendan Harwood’s Lightmares project, to be held on Thursday February 13 at The Shadow Electric. Beg Scream and Shout showcases the creative forces of Melbourne’s up coming artists in a collaborative and engaging space. Thursday February 13. Tickets are $23+bf through tix.shadowelectric.com.au.

Week two into their Yah Yah’s February residency, Willow Darling are bringing their vibes and the party every Thursday this month. Neil Wilkinson & The Broken Needles join them this Thursday February 13. Late tunes by Richie 1250. Free entry. Music from 9pm.

FRIDAY FEB 14 BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS

Melbourne’s pop/funk/rock/soul six-piece sensation, Better Than The Wizards launch their much anticipated self-titled debut album at The Hi-Fi Bar this Friday, February 14. A banging live show awaits all who wish to see these lads put the moves over wannabe warlocks from Melbourne to Middle Earth. Alongside them will be supports Soul Safari and The Simon Wright Band. Grab your Valentine and lace up your dancing shoes – because with their punchy horn licks, gravelly vocals and incredible sense of fun, the Better Than The Wizards’ album launch is a show not to be missed. Tickets available now through The Hi-Fi website.

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Harry is an ex-lawyer-come-singer-songwriter from Gippsland Victoria. He has just finished his first debut album with Nash Chambers producing and brothers Jack and Sam performing. It will be released by Essence Music on Warner Music Australia later this year. He’ll be playing The Retreat hotel, Thursday February 13 with support from the Killdeers and the Weeping Willows. Doors at 8pm. Free entry.

THE AUTOPORTRAITS

Bar Open presents a night of some of Melbourne’s best new melodic alternative pop on Thursday February 13 featuring Autoportraits, 19th Century Strongmen and Nervous. With upbeat, guitar-driven songs, these acts have gained a reputation for blending smart songwriting with big hooks. Doors are at 8.30pm. Entry is free.

Melbourne folk/pop singer/songwriter Woody Pitney brings his live show to The Evelyn Hotel along with his full band. Since releasing his second EP Afterdust in 2013 Woody has gained global airplay on radio stations including triple j and received critical praise from international music blogs including Indie Shuffle and The Ripe. Woody Pitney and Band will be joined by special guests Ariela Jacobs, The Lovelies and Centimetre.

THE BLACK ALLEYS

The Black Alleys are hitting Ding Dong Lounge on Valentines Day eve, Thursday February 13, and putting on a rocking show for happy couples, lonely souls and those who just wanna hook up, because regardless of your marital status, who doesn’t like rad bands at a rad venue on a Thursday night? Joining them will be Gazillion Angry Mexicans, Return To Youth, and Jack Runaway. Come down for a beer and free pashes from Black Alley’s bass player, Bill at the official Ding Dong Lounge kissing booth. Tickets are $8 and doors open from 8pm.

BLAK TWANG MATT BAILEY

In between playing bass for Adalita at this year's Laneway and Golden Plains Festivals, Matt Bailey launches his third solo LP, Death To Nature on Valentines Day Friday February 14 at The Grace Darling. Bailey will be accompanied by drummer Dan McKay (Nation Blue, Adalita, High Tension) and guitarist Nathan Pilch (Cocks Arquette, the Murdered Birds). Their LP is available on limited edition 12” vinyl, or download, and was recorded and produced at Melbourne’s Head Gap by Brent ‘Sloth’ Punshon. It’s the follow up to the critically acclaimed Book Of Illumination, and The Three I’s. Support comes from Melbourne supergroup Lower Plenty (Al Montfort of Dick Diver, UV RACE, etc. and Jensen Tjhung, of Deaf Wish), and Sydney heartbreakers Devotional.

World renowned UK rap legend, Blak Twang, will hit The Espy on Friday February 14 for a free entry show! Twang is synonymous with the British hip hop scene and has earned international recognition, including the MOBO award, a nomination in the USA’s prestigious Source magazine awards for ‘Best International Hip Hop Act’ and a nomination for Best British Hip Hop Artist in BET’s Awards. Part of this widespread appeal is easily explained the second you see a Blak Twang show: where other rap stars may offer a desultory plod through some looping beats, live performance has always been at the heart of what Twang is about, and his records have been made with live stage shows in mind. Over the past decade, Twang’s music has taken him all around the world and has garnered him the reputation of a hardworking touring musician. Now it is Melbourne’s chance to see the British rapper live when he stops by the Espy. Support from Motley and DJ Moonshine.

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THE BROWN HORNET

The Brown Hornet are back! After too many years in the wilderness, the legendary Fitzroy funksters of old are returning to their roots for a one off massive Valentine’s Day show on Friday February 14 at the also legendary Bar Open. With dirty, phat grooves, hard edge funk, and a seething mass of dancing arse, this show promises to be huge! It’s their only Melbourne show before heading off to Womad, and a perfect night to bring along your lover and get in the mood with a bit of slap bass, there’s really nothing more romantic.

Buggirl are an Australian-Texan trio with a super party-metal vibe who have been road-burning through Europe and America since 2005, doing rounds with Lemmy in Berlin, Peaches in Venice, and festivals Ink n’ Iron at Long Beach, Speedfest in Netherlands, Wacken, Navajo Nation in Arizona, Zoro in Leipzig, Clanx in Switzerland, and Roadkill in Belgium. Also featuring Amber Saxon from Hell’s Belles, world famous all-female ACDC Tribute band (Angus Young’s favourite ACDC tribute band!) Supporting them on the tour are Babymachine (Wollongong). Spoon fed a diet of punk, rock and metal this super heavy three piece all the way from Wollongong write funny songs that are a bit political. Loud and fast, their live performances are stroke inducing knee busting beer spitting fun! They have supported the likes of Tumbleweed, Cosmic Psychos, the Meanies, Lime Spiders, Magic Dirt, The Haggard (USA), Partyline (USA ex-Bratmobile), Limp Wrist (USA), the Assassinators (Denmark). They play Yah Yah’s this Valentine's Day, Friday February 4. Also on the bill is Loveless and Seedy Jeezus.

MONDO ENTERTAINMENT

This Valentines Day, the Victoria Star will set sail for a four hour party cruise supplying soul, rock n’ roll, jazz, rhythm and blues, Latin, and funk music for happy punters. Acts like The Jackson Four Quartet, Ruby Rogers, Tazzy D (as Elvis), and DJ Ashley will be performing over two levels on the newly refurbished vessel. Tickets are $95, food and beverage inclusive, and can be obtained by calling Leo on 0431100987 or emailing leo@mondoentertainment.com.au

GEORGIA FAIR

Georgia Fair will be headlining Ding Dong Friday February 14 with special guests The Velvets and Sienna Wild. Folk rock duo Georgia Fair, are heading to Ding Dong after launching their sophomore album, Trapped Flame, to a sold out Howler Bar in November. Coming off of national tours with The Paper Kites and Jae Laffer and an appearance at SXSW in Austin Texas earlier this year, the pair will showcase their evolving, self-exploratory, emotive sound. Ding Dong welcomes them on Friday February 14.

JAMIE HUTCHINGS

Sydney quartet Infinity Broke return with new single Sinless. The track is taken from the bands forthcoming debut album River Mirrors, set for release in April 2014. Infinity Broke is the new project of Jamie Hutchings and Jared Harrison of Bluebottle Kiss fame, alongside Jamie’s brother Scott Hutchings and long-term collaborator Reuben Wills. Front-man Jamie Hutchings will be playing two solo shows in Melbourne next month - catch him at The Wesley Anne on Friday February 14 and at a free in-store performance at Pure Pop Records on Sunday February 16.

WOLFPACK

Melbourne thrashing punks Wolfpack, bring their relentless live party back to North Melbourne’s fave original music venue on Valentines Day as part of the new Public Bar 2am late show gigs. Wolfpack are off to a flying start in 2014 having just finished a regional tour with The Go Set, they are about to hit the road in April with LA garage duo Evil Beaver and will then join Canadian hardcore legends DOA for some shows on their farewell Australian tour, so don’t miss them at this rare free entry gig. The mighty Batpiss will also be playing at The Public Bar earlier in the night so look no further for your Friday February 14 gig requirements than The Public Bar and be sure to hang around for Wolfpack’s killer live show, which, as Australia’s only 100% not-for-profit punk band, has helped them tour the country non-stop and raise a massive $12,000 in only 2 years of gigging. Fast, furious, fucked up times are guaranteed!

THE SPASMS

The Spasms, Whipped Cream Chargers and From Oslo are getting together to celebrate the death of Valentine’s Day with an almighty party in the cellar of The Grace Darling on Friday February 14. The Spasms return for their first show of the year after the release of last year’s debut album We Better Operate. Fluent in the language of garage punk psych, the band revel in the sounds of predecessors The Cramps, The Gories and Thee Headcoats. They’ll be joined by Whipped Cream Chargers, with their recent LP Whip It Out oozing ‘50s rock’n’roll, punk, garage and surf. Local garage rock newcomers From Oslo open the show. Doors at 10pm

JUSTIN YAP BAND

Playing a blend of blues, soul, and funk, the Justin Yap Band delivers dynamic and passionate performances. Taking on the classics from the masters, alongside a vast catalogue of originals rooted in the traditions of said masters, Justin and his gang of merry players bring it every time they hit the stage. Having released their debut album, Long Way From Home mid last year, the band are in form and ready to bring the party this Friday February 14 from 8.30pm at the Drunken Poet.

MAGIC MOUNTAIN BAND

After two years in the making, Melbourne’s own Magic Mountain Band will launch their debut LP Wilderman. It’s an escape into the wild, a musical journey into the wide open spaces of the Australian outback; alive with magic and spirit, wild and dangerous. MMB will perform their debut album in its entirety for the first time. The epic instrumental narratives of Winderman will be accompanied by the projected visuals of talented contemporary video artist Keith Deverell. Friday February 14 at Howler. Tickets are $15+bf through the venue.

BOBBY ALU

GRIND HOUSE

Desert Highways and Singing Bird Studios present on one epic spleen spanking night at the Old Bar in Fitzroy. On Friday February 14, four sexually misguided punk rock outlaws known as Grind House, will take to the stage to deliver the double single Dapto Dazzler/ Two Dollar Spoof Bin. Coming together with a love of fondue, punk rock and Connect Four, these ramshackle cohort of ball tickers are truly ready to fuck shit up and deliver their very own slow roasted blend of toothless whore garage punk rock action. These two cheeky moist tracks have been lifted from the soon to be released long player Sleeping At The Peeps, to be released on new Melbourne label Desert Highways. Joining them on the night are Melbourne’s stoner heavy weights, The Don, who have toured the globe tearing each country a new arsehole and this night shall be no different. Next is the internationally respected and revered two-piece hurricane that is Digger And The Pussy Cats. The boys will make sure it’s young, tight and alright. To kick off the evening is the UnAustralians, coming with a love of loud guitars and Hugheys cooking adventures these boys are not to be missed! $10 entry.

ANDREW McCUBBIN

Hope Addicts frontman Andrew McCubbin, plays Wesley Anne on Friday February 14. With Hope Addicts mostly being based and scattered throughout Europe these days, this will be the first show he’s done in Melbourne or (Australia for that matter) in nearly two years. Also on the bill are JMS Harrison and Sydney’s Jamie Hutchings and Sam Shinazzi. Entry is $13 and doors open at 7.30pm. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 42

LAST MISTRESS

Rocking front woman and songwriter Brihony Dawson of Last Mistress, headlines Women Of Rock at Cherry Bar. Dawson exhibits a presence on stage similar to that of the late and great Chrissy Amphlett. She’ll be supported by Peta Evans Taylor and Hayley Winch. Doors at 8pm. Tickets on the door.

Mezzanine

After a huge six months and a super-chilled festive and festival season, Bobby Alu is stoked to announce that he and his cohorts are back on tour in support of a special edition 7inch vinyl release of album track Skippin Stones out now through Vital Signs. Lifted from current album Take It Slow , Skippin Stones is one of the most party-paced tracks on the record, a reminder that even as summer slips into February Bobby Alu’s still full of beats, beans and rhythm; ready to crack 2014 like a fresh coconut. You can catch Bobby Alu as his tour reaches Melbourne on Friday February 14 at the LuWow Tiki Bar. Entry is $12. Doors at 9pm.

HOSTILE OBJECTS

JONESEZ + MEZZANINE

Melbourne indie rock heroes Jonesez will be making their debut at The Retreat on Friday 14 February supporting Mezzanine from WA. Led by Mark Stewart (ex-Horsell Common) the band will be playing songs from their forthcoming third full length album, Lazyboy, due for release on Gun Fever Records later this year.

Sydney based hardcore punk outfit Hostile Objects are returning to Melbourne for two shows, to launch their five song 7”/digital download EP, Young God (on new label, Inner City Uprising). Recorded with Mo Mayhem (Hell City Glamours) and mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Music in New York (Converge, Hatebreed, Baroness, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon), a couple of its tracks have already been receiving regular airplay on triple j’s Short Fast Loud. Their growing live reputation has seen them gain supports with The Bronx (USA), MDC (USA), Toe To Toe, Mindsnare, Extortion, Kromosom, Clowns, High Tension and more. They’ll be playing Friday February 14 at Public Bar W/ Batpiss, Diprosus, Chaingun at 8.30pm and also on Saturday February 15 at the Bendigo Hotel for a huge day of heavy music with Iron Worzel, Debacle, Join The Amish, Hailgun, Pro Tools, Atomic Death Squad, Substance Abuse at 5pm.

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SATURDAY FEB 15 The Love Junkies

THE LATE SHOW

The Late Show is every Saturday night at Revolver Upstairs over two rooms from 7pm until 7am. Expect anything and everything across genres and tempos from soul to footwork, from afro to techno, from soca to house, from boogie to bounce. The back bar takes it easy in the dining hours and gather momentum from 10pm, front room gets going from 1am with upfront club. Residents Ransom, Mat Cant, Paz, Lewis Cancut, Booshank and guests plus Boogs from 7am Sunday. The Late Show features Ransom, Nick Thayer, Get Busy, Sammy The Bullet, Danielsan, Booshank, Paz, Lewis Cancut, Who and Boogs at Revolvers back bar from 7pm-10am and front room 1am-7am. Free until 11pm.

ROSS WILSON AND THE PEACENIKS ROCK THE BAY

Rock The Bay turns six this year with the popular music festival expanding to 40 bands across four rooms at The Espy on Saturday February 15. The 2014 edition sees a massive lineup of local and interstate bands sweating it out across the entire venue, plus a special guest act from Austria. Featuring Dallas Frasca, tripleJ favourites The Love Junkies (WA) and Born Lion (NSW), Engine (previously Engine Three Seven), Tim McMillan Band, Like Thieves (featuring Clint Boge of The Butterfly Effect), Mother’s Cake (AUT), Helm, Head Filled Attraction, Battle Axe Howlers and many more. Tickets are just $21+BF or $25 at the door. On sale now via oztix.com.au,

What do you get when you put Ross Wilson and Mike Rudd on stage together? Not one band, but five! Cast your gaze over the rich tapestry that is Melbourne’s world class musical maze and you will see their names as bright nodes. Not only are they two of the best damn musos in this country, but their names are on more band line ups, recordings, projects and frankly, carry more street-cred than you can shake a hipster at! For an incredible insight into Melbourne music history, Ross Wilson invites Mike Rudd onto the stage for two more encore performances where they combine their formidable musical talents to re-live songs they recorded together before either Daddy Cool or Spectrum. Hear the songs of The Party Machine, Sons Of The Vegetal Mother, Spectrum, Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock along with contemporary material by both artists in these spectacular performances where Ross and Mike perform both individually and together over three hours backed by the all star band The Peaceniks at The Yarraville Club on Saturday February 15 and then on Saturday February 22 at Flying Saucer Club.

THEM NIGHTS

Bred and fed to incite a swamp riot through proto/post punk, indie-thrash and genre-clash. Them Nights love your stained dress, that scar on your arm and how much you sweat when you get excited. Joined by bubble popsters The Pink Tiles this Saturday February, Them Nights will continue their Tote front bar Saturday afternoon residency. Free entry and doors at 4pm.

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DJ?

Every Saturday from 2pm-8pm in February and March, Anto from Mantooth Music aka DJ Mantooth will be joined by a series of guests from various bands at Howler, playing their beer garden for a lazy arvo of boozy tunes and nonchalant DJing. Each weekend will be that little bit different as the rotating roster of musicians bring their personal tastes to the decks.

FEEDTIME

Australian underground rock legends Feedtime are to play their first Melbourne shows in 17 years with the lineup that recorded the revered collection of LPs recently re-issued by Sub Pop. Formed in 1979, the Sydney three piece earned a reputation as a rough, powerful band that twisted thumping bass and heavy guitar riffs beyond Rose Tattoo and X into their own uniquely brutish sound. Although largely unheralded in their home country at the time, the band released four albums and three singles between 1985 and 1989 that went on to win and influence countless fans in Australia and overseas including a young Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth and Mudhoney (who subsequently requested feedtime be special guest support on their upcoming Australian tour). Neither a noise band nor a punk band, the sheer physicality of feedtime’s bass, distorted slideguitar and driving, relentless drum beat underlining snarled vocals make a music that is both ominous and intense. Feedtime will be playing the Tote on Saturday February 15 with Primitive Calculators, Shovels and Thundabox and also on Sunday February 16 with Useless Children, Deaf Wish and Bunyip Moon. Doors at 9pm. Tickets via oztix.com.au.

SUNDAY FEB 16 JP KLIPSPRINGER

JP Klipspringer with his band play this Saturday February 15 at the Toff in Town. Supporting The Red Lights, Klipspringer will be playing a set full of new songs from his upcoming EP, to be released in March. Check out the first single, Bury Me, available on iTunes and BandCamp now.

SMOKY SEAS

Smoky Seas are finally launching their single Boats at Yah Yah’s on Saturday February 15. Smoky Seas are a Melbourne-based six piece. They are a progressive dark folk rock band with tinges of reggae, wailing guitars, blistering horns and a driving rhythm section, and the crashing waves of the ocean at their backs. Smoky Seas have just released their first recording: The Boat. This two-track features the band’s stormily epic single The Boat and a B-side of dark dramatic folk prog rock, Impatience. Music from 9pm, free entry.

THE TROTSKIES

The Trotskies are a Melbourne indie five-piece comprised of very close and equally unlikely friends. Drawing from endless and idle hours listening to ‘70s and ‘80s post-punk, The Trotskies spent their time forging dense, driving, and dreamy pop that could translate live and alliterate. They will be playing with The Stray Melodies and The Rollercanes at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday February 15. Doors open from 8pm, $10 on the door.

FUCHSIA

Fuchsia only produced that one album in the early 70s, played one gig then disappeared into obscurity. Fast forward forty years later and after a rather long sabbatical front man Tony Durant (singer/songwriter) is thrilled to revive the spirit of his band and launch Fuchsia II, with the CD release From Psychedelia....To A Distant Place. It’s been a hell of a ride and Tony is keen to enjoy the momentum of his new material whilst delving into his past too. Come join the celebrations as Tony and a very accomplished group of musicians hit the road. See him launch the new album at The Grace Darling on Saturday, February 15 and then at the Toff In Town on Sunday, February 16.

CUNTZ

In the words of Sonic Youth, “Sunday comes along again, a perfect day for a quiet friend, and you, you will set it free”. Sunday School is an event happening at Public Bar on Sunday’s throughout the summer. The afternoon is based around good bands, hanging out and getting some time to wind down in the sun outside under the umbrellas in Public Bar’s beer garden. Each Sunday consists of a fresh line up of local and interstate bands or solo acts, and will run from 4pm onwards. The day is laid back, cruisy and full of quality entertainment, “cheap tinnies & jugs / African beats / good vibes”. Summer’s coming - your extracurricular activity begins! Free entry, Miss Katie’s Crabshack open for good grub and cheap drink specials each week. This Sunday has the stellar lineup of Cuntz, Shovels, Pronto and Jackson Reid Briggs. Best damn Sunday arvo in town.

Nigel Wearne performs a rare show with his band The Cast Iron Promises at The Retreat Hotel on Sunday February 16. He’ll be joined by Andy Scott on doublebass and Sally Taylor on fiddle. Come along for some toe-tappin’, soul stirring rants, good ol’ country twang, honky-tonk and honest storytelling. Music kicks off at 5pm in the front bar. Free entry.

COLLARD GREENS AND GRAVY

Music does not get more diverse than the selection offered up on Saturday February 15 at Williamstown’s Commonwealth Reserve who will play host to folk, roots, jazz, blues and country rock including Collard Greens and Gravy, Alanna & Alicia, and Sherry Rich with Rick Plant as part of Summer Sounds. Free entry.

KISS 40th ANNIVERSARY

Saturday February 15 marks the 40th Anniversary of the 1974 Kiss self-titled album and Cherry Bar is celebrating with a one off super group paying tribute to the seminal glam rock record. Tim Henwood, Rusty, Paul Drenan and Tracis Dragani will rule the roost with supports from Thunderstag and Marc Welsh and the Racketeers. Bands from 8pm and DJ Mermaid from 11pm. Tickets on the door.

THE SHIVERING TIMBERS

For countrified, nautical folk, The Shivering Timbers are not to be missed. Frenetic rhythm guitar, trickling mandolin and wood-chop double bass all roll on a locomotion of drums with grassy plucked banjo. Gritty lead vocals sit between lonesome hillbilly harmonies and sepia-toned lyrics ride the highs and lows of modern life. A wild sense of fun pervades, though the low-down blues are never far away. The Shivering Timbers will be bringing their inimitable style to the Drunken Poet this Saturday February 15 from 9pm.

Head down to The Bendigo this Saturday February 5 for a smashing eight band genre mixing lineup! Sludge doom meets Thrash meets rock n roll meets hardcore punk with Iron Worzel, Hostile Objects, Pro Tools, Debacle, Hailgun, Join The Amish, Atomic Death Squad and Substance Abuse. Doors at 5pm.

AWAY FROM NOW The Major Leagues will be performing at The Workers Club for their Weird Season EP tour. Performing with them will be The Ocean Party, catch them all on Saturday February 15.

Do you have mad crafty skills and think you can sell your goods? Do you have quality second hand stuff ? Do you have a service you’d like to spruik to a local community? Do you like good beer and sweet sweet Sunday sessions? Then look to The EC Market! Hosted by The Edinburgh Castle Hotel in Brunswick, The EC Market is a cruisy Sunday Session perspective of a community market. Limited stalls available for very reasonable prices. Markets will be held over the next three Sundays: February 16, March 2 and March 16 from 12pm-4pm.You can get in touch by emailing theecmarket3056@gmail.com.

NIGEL WEARNE & THE CAST IRON PROMISES

8 BANDS AT THE BENDIGO

MAJOR LEAGUES

THE EDINBURGH CASTLE MARKET

One of Melbourne’s favourite melodic hardcore bands Away From Now are returning to the stage at the Reverence Hotel on Saturday February 15. They will be joined by Stolen Youth, Tigers and Initials. Tigers will also be launching their new 7”. Come down for beers, burritos, old mates and good times. Entry is $10 on the door and the show starts at 8pm.

MINIMUM WAGE SUZANNAH ESPIE

Ever seen a Suzannah Espie gig? You’d remember if you had. Because odds are that, from that moment on, you wouldn’t have been satisfied to stop at one. This Melbourne-based singer songwriter has been casting spells over audiences ever since she first took to the stage with her alt-country pop band, GIT, in 1997. A woman of compelling beauty — statuesque, with piercing blue eyes framed by golden curls — she has a voice to match, an intoxicating mix of country, soul, blues and pop. Her voice can be a gentle, sweet trill that can move grown men to tears one moment, or an Aretha-esque hellcat belt that can raise the roof the next. However she sings it though, it’s still unmistakably Suzannah Espie. She’s playing every Sunday in February at the Retreat with guests Alison Ferrier, Tracy McNeil, Georgia Fields and Sarah Carroll. Free entry.

TONY DURANT

Music can take on a life of its own and often proves it is possible to go full circle, and the 1971 album Fuchsia did just that. Tony Durant’s cult 1971 acid folk masterpiece re-emerged from obscurity in the late 1990s making its mark as a respected psych/folk/rock classic. It’s with great excitement he is teaming up with a very talented bunch of musicians under the guise of Fuchsia II to launch the album over two stages in Melbourne at The Grace Darling Hotel on Saturday February 15 and The Toff In Town for a Sunday February 16 arvo gig. Tickets are $10 on the door at both shows.

CHRIS RUSSEL'S CHICKEN WALK

Golden Plains boot winner Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk will take to the Cherry Bar for Cherry blues Sunday February 16 from 2pm until 6pm with DJ Max Crawdaddy. Tickets on the door.

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Broke? Poor? Disillusioned with what rates as good music? Minimum Wage is your answer! Set up in the front bar of Bar 291 (formerly Noise Bar) at 291 Albert St, Brunswick every Sunday afternoon. Minimum Wage offers free entry, cheap beer and some of Melbourne and Australia’s best bands and musicians. Programmed by Tim Scott, (formerly of the Gasometer) the shows are aimed to be fun and relaxed with REALLY cheap beer specials, large beer garden and easy access from the Upfield bike path, Brunswick Station and Sydney Road tram. Sunday February 16 will feature Chook Race, Nathan Roche and Encounter Group. Free entry.

FRANTIS ATLANTIS

Lo-fi swirl pop exponent Fantis Atlantis takes it from the bedroom to the stage this Sunday for the first of four nights at Kent St throughout February. Armed with a vintage cassette player pumping out shitty beats, Fantis will be playing tracks from the EP laps about his devotion to Mello Yellow, Melbourne’s Tram Depots, and of course his celebrity crush; Demi Moore circa 1993. Sunday February 16 at Kent St at 8pm. Free entry.

JESS LOCKE

Jess Locke is a songwriter and performer who has produced a string of bedroom recordings released through independent label Lesstalk records. In keeping with the intimate nature of these tracks Locke has been increasingly playing in unconventional performance spaces such as water parks, cemeteries, roundabouts, bookshops and back porches. Having worked her way around the Sydney D.I.Y. scene, Jess did her first international tour to South East Asia in 2012 and has since been based in Melbourne. Every Sunday afternoon in February Jess is playing at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray with a bunch of amazing artists and friends. On Sunday February 16 she will be joined by Dreamboats, Hannah Band and Virginia Sook. Free entry. Doors at 3pm. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 43

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SILVER RAY

For the first time in seven years, famed freewheeling instrumental three piece, Silver Ray are back for one show only with Julitha Ryan, Brett Poliness, Cam Butler and Andy Papadopoulos on bass. Sunday February 16 at The Old Bar at 10pm. This is a one off concert not to be missed. Silver Ray formed in 1999, released four albums in Australia and the UK, played countless shows, did a European tour with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, blew peoples minds away and have been on ‘hiatus’ since then. Well, they’re back for a one off performance. Who knows if this going to happen again. Tickets on the door only. Get in early.

MONDAY FEB 17

THE DEAD HEIR

Every Monday in February is set to become a raucous, psychedelic, garage rock institution as The Dead Heir, supported by the best Melbourne bands they’ve discovered over their journey, take to the stage at The Evelyn Hotel.

MICHAEL PAYNTER

Melbourne based singer and member of Ice House Michael Paynter, who has appeared on The Voice and worked with The Veronica sisters, Lisa and Jess Origliasso and Miley Cyrus, is lending his music talents to support the Rally for Mouse, at Enterprize Wharf, Sunday February 16 at 12pm. The Rally for Mouse is in honour of Wayne “Mouse” Perry, 42, who tragically lost his life on January 5, 2014. Salvation Army Major Brendan Nottle said the incident had touched the city and ignited a desire to do more for Melbourne’s vulnerable people. Michael will provide entertainment at the Rally for Mouse alongside speakers including World Vision chief executive Tim Costello, Adam Bandt MHR, Mouse’s daughter Jaylee Watton-Perry, Mouse’s sister Michelle Perry and Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, that will call for an end to street homelessness at a rally to honour a popular rough sleeper killed in the city last month. The rally will give participants an opportunity to say “sorry” about what happened to Mouse, welcome Melbourne’s homeless population as valued part of the community and call for an end to rough sleeping. The event is free. People are encouraged to wear blue as a sign of peace and trust.

TUESDAY FEB 18

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Self proclaimed black sheep of the VCA drawing department, Andre Fazio, exhibits work from his second year drawing course, where he was encouraged to produce anything but. The exhibition, entitled “Fazmoticons”, begins on Tuesday February 18 upstairs at The Old Bar and will include photographs and sculptures selected from a body of work consisting of a money vomiting baby headed handbag, a series of human faced guitar pedals, and the unintentionally Orsler esq Fazmoticons themselves. You’ll have to see it to understand. Meanwhile, Link Meanies Amazing Jukebox, Kids of Zoo and Baptism of Uzi play downstairs.

NEVER CHEER BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO’S WINNING (TRIVIA)

Trivia at Revolver? Inconceivable! But here it is, entering their fifth year of Never Cheer Before You Know Who’s Winning Tuesday night tomfoolery and the crowds are bigger and more bellicose than ever. People are actually coming to Revs to switch their brains on via facts, beer, wine and Colonel Tan’s meals. Starting the night off at 7.15pm with a visual round prepared by Kashia Kennedy (who started out as a trivia contestant and now mothers one of the host’s children, can never tell which), and then your hosts Mikey Cahill ( Joey Lightbulb) and Kerrie Loveless (K-Lo) kick into six rounds of Topic Thunder, Naked Mooofies, Useless/ Useful Information, The Med Round, Songlines and Song Snippets. There is a lil summat-summat called Peace Sign Vs Metal Sign too. Join the Facebook group and go to the head go to the head of the class. Repeater Fonda keeps on spinning.

TRACER THE SEVEN UPS

Seven Ups are back at their home-away-from-home, The Evelyn Hotel, to hold a Tuesday night residency in February. After releasing their debut seven inch single in 2013, the band is ready to let loose in what promises to be a crazy month. There’ll be deep afro-beat grooves, blended with heavy old-school funk. Better still, each week will feature local supports, spanning various amalgamations of funk. Entry’s just $3 and there’s cheap $10 jugs. Come down to get down.

60 SECONDS with FUCHSIA

Define your genre in five words or less: Psych/folk/rock/baroque. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Hard to pigeonhole. My process of writing was to find originality by throwing out anything that was like anything else I’d heard. English, contemporised Celtic folk meets Syd Barratt/’60s psychedelia, with a touch of the Baroque thrown in is the closest definition. What do you hate about the music industry? Nothing really. It’s not in me to hate. Like any relationship, it has its unkind moments but then there’s the good times. Bitterness with lack of success is a killer. It’s a different ‘industry’ these days. I think you have to do it for its own sake, not for recognition. When it defines you, that’s when the trouble starts. You see it a lot these days, the need to be known, and the selfdestruction when rejection comes in. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you...what do they say? You should check these guys out. Very interesting band. These four guys and two string players, playing a style of music that comes with some very unusual, almost classical overtones to

ANDRE FAZIO

the string arrangements. Interesting song ideas and content. You don’t see many bands like that. How long have you been gigging and writing? Decades, since the late ‘60s. I did a lot of things in between, and had lots of musical adventures. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Fuchsia I (1971), Fuchsia II: from Psychedelia to a Distant Place. Fuchsiamusic.com Why should everyone come and see your band? Because we are unique. Who else has taken 40 years to be recognised? Who else is doing baroque folk string arrangements in a folk/rock idiom, and sounding pretty contemporary? Describe the best gig you have ever played. At the Roundhouse Chalk Farm London, along with Syd Barratt’s Pink Floyd and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Magic was there. It was a good night! If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? Lindt Dutch chocolate. It’s so beautifully packaged, creamy and satisfying. You can never get enough, and the taste really does linger! FUCHSIA launch Fuchsia II on Saturday February 15 at the Grace Darling Hotel.

All who saw Tracer, the hard-rocking young threepiece from Down Under, in 2012 in the UK saw the potential. Now with their second full-length album El Pistolero, that potential is fulfilled. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Silverchair, Cold Chisel) the record is on target to make Tracer the band that everyone is talking about in 2014. Do not miss out on their Tuesday night residency this February at Cherry Bar. They play two sets from 9pm, and Cherry DJs until 3am. Free entry.

60 SECONDS with TY

Define your genre in five words or less: Hip hop/funk/soul. What should a punter expect from your live show? Vibes and energy and fun. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Sell your soul to the devil. Absolutely sell it and rip your heart out and hand it over as well. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? At the moment I’m promoting the Kick Snare And An Idea trilogy of EP releases. It’s an in-between albums affair. What would you like to achieve in the next five years? In the next five years I would like to be happy and not struggling to make ends meet. If you could tour with any artist, who would it be? If I could go on tour with any band it would have to be De La Soul. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? Yes I stretch and merely prepare myself to be in communication with folks. TY plays The Espy on Thursday February 13. Free! Kick Snare And An Idea Part 3 is out now.

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LES THOMAS

Les Thomas is a Melbourne singer-songwriter and activist who follows in the same tradition as Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie. His songs are pointed and passionate, addressing matters both personal and political. His debut Song for Selva details the story of a Tamil asylum seeker detained without charge for 37 months. His album Survivor’s Tale has been described as “an incredible collection of songs” (Denise Hylands, 3RRR) with an exceptional line-up of musicians including Jeff Lang, Ashley Davies, The Stillsons and more. Nick O’Mara (Raised By Eagles, Amarillo, Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission) joins Les with an opening set plus accompaniment on Tuesday February 18 from 8.30pm.

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ANN VRIEND

Define your genre in five words or less: Indie/retro soul singer-songwriter. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Sly Stone, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Bjork – but wow would I be sweating bullets. Why? They’re all geniuses at what they do/have done, and they’ve all influenced my writing and performing style in different ways. Or I like to think they do. I’d have that uneasy feeling the whole time they’d be rolling their eyes and wishing they were doing something else. It might be better just to go for a beer, haha. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? I’ve got a new album out, it’s called For The People In The Mean Time plus a back catalogue of stuff. You can get it at annvriend.com/albums.html – hard copies or digitally. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Writing and playing music for people. Getting their feedback, feeling it at a show, that magical and emotional exchange. Or just the pure rush of writing material that makes you excited, the puzzle and struggle of putting it together, combined with the inexplicable phenomena of the musical and lyrical ideas that come to you presumably out of nowhere. Tell us about the last song you wrote. I just wrote one last night – the music of it. I started the lyrics a few weeks ago when I was in New Orleans. The song’s about all the things you might not see or notice when you’re rushing around doing other things, this sort of cityscape imagery song. ANN VRIEND’s For the People in the Mean Time is out now.

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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS The Corner Hotel, Thursday February 6 Montero ambled onto stage looking every bit the rag-tag band of misfits and dove straight into Adriana, the opening track of last year’s magnificent Loving Gaze album. No longer weighed down by bass, singer Ben Montero is free to wave odd birdlike gestures and pose like he’s staring at the mirror on the back of his bedroom door. Combine this with a drummer who looks like he’s been up for three days and plays with a style that can only be described as metronomic palsy, with peculiar wobbling notes from outer space from the two sets of vintage keyboards and some sparingly played and smooth guitar tones, and Montero are the closest thing you’ll get to the nuttiness of Ariel Pink without the trip to LA. The tunes sparkled like diamonds and like all good Yacht-rock, shone brighter simply because it was played by a bunch of degenerate weirdos. Kurt Vile and the Violators on the other hand were frustrating. The tempos were sluggish for the first half of the set, squeezing all life out of classics like Waking On A Pretty Day and KV Crimes. The dude has so much potential with a huge arsenal of excellent songs, but he prefers to stick to the same set, same running order he’s been playing for the tour. Many of the shimmering guitar lines found on his records were absent in favour of lumbering along on two comparable rhythm guitars. Things lifted slightly during the acoustic section, and Peeping Tomboy was a rare highlight. But for other songs it seemed like he had little idea about finishing the song at its climax, dragging out a fourth chorus when we all felt ready to move on. It’s disappointing when one of your favourite artists chooses style over substance, and I felt suckered that I was distracted by the Dazed and Confused hair and laidback delivery. I suspect he doesn’t respect his own material (or his audience) enough to give the songs the proper attention they rely on and leans too heavily on effects pedals and the haircut. To this you might say I’m just too old to party and my brain has become cracked over the years, but I would reply, ‘Hey LOVED: Over the top classic rock you kids best wisen up, now get the fuck offa my lawn.’ drum fills HATED: Freak Train. I left. NICK HILTON DRANK: Cider and Corona

CLAIRY BROWNE AND THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES Melbourne Zoo, Friday February 7 I love a good trip to the zoo, and what better way to enjoy it than combining the usual delights of zoological hi-jinks with live music? Friday night was my first excursion to the Zoo Twilights, and with Clairy Browne and The Bangin’ Rackettes plus Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk providing entertainment, the excitement was justified. The environment was perfect for a picnic, and these events seem to cater for families and more archetypal gig-goers alike. The show opened with an announcement from a zoo staff member reminding people that these gigs are to help raise money for animal conservation, punctuated by a roar from the nearby lion enclosure – something that would happen regularly throughout the show. Chris Russell strutted onstage immediately after and started banging out instrumental jams and making terrible jokes. It definitely contributed to the atmosphere and set people at ease – a testament to his larger-than-life stage presence and ability to win a crowd over. By the time he got into his songs with words, including an acapella number accompanied by handclaps, the crowd was really enjoying his brand of raw blues and an older gentleman in a loud shirt was dancing vigorously as close to the front of the stage as zoo staff would let him, where he remained for Chris’ entire set. After a break, the band came on first, followed by the Bangin’ Rackettes, followed by Clairy herself, to thunderous applause. The showmanship and theatrical aspect of the entrance jam was the perfect introduction of things to come, and really set the mood of the band’s performance. Ms Browne demanded that the crowd ‘get up off their arses and get dancing’ – they did, at least as much as a Melbourne crowd can. As anybody who has seen or heard Clairy Browne before will attest, she has a commanding voice and presence, and her classic soul voice and songwriting sensibility are positively engaging. Her pseudo-cover involving the chorus from Salt N Pepa’s What A Man left the crowd wanting more, with its mix of contemporary and ‘90s throwback styles. They played Toys, a track off the forthcoming record that got people moving with its classic soul and rock sounds, but with a very modern R&B twist. Upon thanking each band member and providing a roaring instrumental outro, the band were persuaded back onstage by an audience screaming for more, and they didn’t disappoint, choosing You Don’t Owe Me Nothing for their electrifying encore. LOVED: The music and the lions You’ve probably already seen them, but Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ HATED: Having to leave the grounds Rack Rackettes just keep getting better. to smoke REI BARKER

DRANK: Ginger beer

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XXYYXX

Corner Hotel, Tuesday February 4

Gotta love that Corner bass. You know the one I’m talking about: that throbbing bassline that gets all up in your blood system and starts doing laps in it. Fortunately for XXYYXX – an 18-year-old bedroom beat maker from Florida – the bass was used to its fullest capacity within his thickly distorted repertoire. Dipping his toes in postdubstep, chillwave and lo-fi production, the teenager’s versatility and skill can definitely be likened to older multigenre producers like Steven Ellison (Flying Lotus) and Nicolas Jaar. Most of the crowd seemed to be digging his beats, particularly those up the front who almost pissed their pants every time they detected a track they knew. It was the people at the back of the room and along the sides – including myself – who seemed a little sceptical. I’m not speaking for everyone else – maybe they just weren’t in the mood – but I certainly wasn’t won over. Yeah his beats were tight and often flowed well, but I was basically just watching a DJ mixing his own tracks. I mean, I know his expertise lies in his digital instruments – and his eponymous album more than validates this – but I was expecting something much more from his live show. As far as I could see, there was just a laptop, a mixer and maybe a couple of basic pads. When I saw Mount Kimbie the week before, I was more than impressed with their set-up: keys, mixers, live drums and both an electric guitar and bass. I know I shouldn’t compare, but that’s what I was expecting; maybe not an electric guitar, but at least something spontaneous. Hold up, I apologise, there was a brief moment of spontaneity when he warned in advance that people were probably going to “hate” him for this and then proceeded to rap (rather inadequately) over a beat that was so terrible and incongruous that I can’t even remember the title. A lot of people started to make their way over to the exit throughout that. It’s definitely worthwhile to check out his records if you’re one of the uninitiated, but as far as the live show goes, I wouldn’t damage your LOVED: That bass wallet over it if it doesn’t evolve. Still glad I got to see another show I HATED: That random rap thing missed at Laneway though. towards the end of the set DINA AMIN

DRANK: Cider and lots of ice

DRENGE The Tote, Wednesday February 5 Weeknight gigs at The Tote are brilliant because everyone is solely there for the band. The word intimate doesn’t get used a lot when you’re talking about heavy grunge acts, but these two brothers from Derbyshire made it feel like you were watching them jam in their home basement. There were no theatrics and crowd-pleasing rants, just good music. Eoin Loveless, the elder of the two, proved to be very talented with his amp. The tempo was constantly changing, keeping up with the lively crowd. His raw and inconsistent vocals actually emphasised the twisted lyrics, mainly involving blood and violence. On the drums, brother Rory Loveless was equally impressive. Drenge are as explosive as The Black Keys onstage. It’s surprising how diverse their sound can be for a two-man band. At an hour in length, the set was way too short and ended before you could really break a sweat. Highlights included People In Love Make Me Feel Yuck, Fuckabout, Backwaters and Face Like A Skull. Perhaps the ballsiest finish to a gig I’ve seen, before the final song even ended the two lads put down their instruments, walked off the LOVED: Fuckabout front of stage and made their way through the confused crowd to the HATED: That I didn’t get to see these guys at Laneway front bar. DRANK: Carlton Draught CHRIS BRIGHT

YOUTH LAGOON Ding Dong Lounge, Wednesday February 5 When Youth Lagoon’s latest LP Wondrous Bughouse was released, the term “headphone album” seemed to sit at the tip of everyone’s tongues. For those unfamiliar, “headphone album” refers to an album that is best listened to with headphones, as opposed to over speakers. As such, I couldn’t help but wonder how Youth Lagoon’s lavish layers of sound would translate to a live setting. Fortunately for me and everyone at Ding Dong Lounge’s Laneway sideshow on Wednesday night, Trevor Powers was able to capitalise on the “headphone album” components of his music and create an immersive live experience. Onstage, Powers’ synth and keyboard setup was complemented by a bassist, guitarist, and drummer, all of which who managed to bring out and deepen the Boise, Idaho musician’s unique, dreamy sound. Powers started off the night with Mute, off of his latest effort and instantly captivated the attention of his eager crowd. Youth Lagoon unsurprisingly attracted a diverse fanbase, as it was apparent that he appealed to those who admired his technical proficiency as well as those who found meaning in the musician’s poetic lyrics, as evidenced by the amount of fans matching his every word. w The infectious Cannons, Cann off of debut LP Year of Hibernation came early in the night, with Power’s nasally voice narrating the well-known well-k track. Another high point came with Dropla, which saw Powers step away from his mini mini mi n studio and face fac the crowd for one of the first times of the night to convincingly croon “You’ll never die,” with wi t steadfast ste t adfast conviction. convi with th h his his is attention attention to the keyboard and synths, in which the use of a number of ambient samples were utilised, With it was understandable und der e standab why the curly haired 23-year-old didn’t have much time to mush around with his crowd. did dn n’’t seem s em to work against him, though, as later on in the night when he asked if anyone had an alcoholic se This didn’t to spare, spare, seemingly se beverage to everyone in the front row was suddenly feeling quite generous. wouldn’ n’’t have n have been ha bee a night without Raspberry Cane, which came a bit later in the hour long set. With the full It wouldn’t excaav avat ating eac band excavating each and every sound, the live rendition was a stunningly fitting way to cap off the evening. Wednesda night’s show confirmed that there is a certain As such, Wednesday specialtty in n a Youth Lagoon live show that doesn’t come through specialty LOVED: Move-watching co on nfi fined th limits of headphones. when confi ned to the HATED: How hot and sweaty it was DRANK: Cider L AUR LA REN GILL LAUREN

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Dirty Jeans: The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (Warner) Two personal experiences signify the transition of alternative music into commercially-friendly territory. Firstly, a sold-out Ratcat concert in Adelaide in 1990, replete with stage-diving and other frenetic behaviour. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow, Ratcat has gone mainstream,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; remarked a friend. The second in September 1991 when a friend (always ahead of the taste-making curve) proudly showed us his newly-purchased vinyl copy of Nirvanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nevermind; in subsequent years, the release of Nevermind would be heralded as the music industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The subtitle of Dirty Jeans: The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock, the new compilation surveying that seminal era, is both pertinent, and misleading. The first track, the Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timeless My Pal, backdates the so-called rise of Australian alternative rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll five years before Nevermind, making it clear that, like Indigenous culture, the alternative music scene already existed well before it was apparently â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;discoveredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by the manipulating forces of dominant culture. That the next band featured is the Beasts of Bourbon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been conceived in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, and had already established a powerful reputation both in Australia and overseas well before the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red Eye label hitched itself to Polygram â&#x20AC;&#x201C; suggests that the use of the verb â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;riseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is gilding the lily somewhat. So what does this compilation celebrate? On an immediate level, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the quality of the music around at the time: the abrasive punk-pub rock of The Powder Monkeys (who, figuratively and literally, greeted major label attention with a single-figured salute), the coastal Motor City attitude of Magic Dirt (whose song Dirty Jeans gives the compilation its title), the irreverence of The Meanies, the metal-electro-pop of Spiderbait, the mod-pop of You Am I and the laconic stoner rock of Tumbleweed continue to be championed at home and abroad. And there are some distant memories: Ammonia, Gerling, Jebediah, Front End Loader, Grinspoon and 28 Days. From another perspective, this is a case study of the influence of economic factors on a loosely-defined sub-culture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that has tended to construct itself as in natural opposition to hegemonic factors. In the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, The Go Betweens couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get arrested â&#x20AC;&#x201C; actually, they could have quite easily, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the point â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in their hometown of Brisbane; 15 years later, and that bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geographical contemporary

3. Straight To Hell LP SHOES THIS HIGH 4. Diamond Afterlife CD BLUE STRATOS 5. Take It Out On You LP BORED! 6. Swing De Paris LP DJANGO REINHARDT 7. Kill City LP IGGY POP 8. Big Come Up LP BLACK KEYS 9. After Math LP ROLLING STONES 10. Clear Bags 7â&#x20AC;?, 10â&#x20AC;?, 12â&#x20AC;?, 15â&#x20AC;?

PBS TOP 10 1. Too Much Water In the Boat CHARLES JENKINS & THE ZHIVAGOS 2. Pyramid Schemes DELTA Powderfinger was, like Pearl Jam on the other side of the world, the commercially promulgated representation of a once marginalised scene. Add to that the influence of the government-funded but staunchly independent triple j â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which evolved over the course of 10 years from important to pervasive to suffocating â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it was clear the music market would never be the same again. And if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an honest appraisal that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for, go no further than Regurgitatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s I Sucked A Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am. Dirty Jeans is a compilation of quality, and convenience. Adalita Srsen (Magic Dirt) was both a participant and an observer, and her comments in the liner notes barely scratch the surface of those tumultuous times (some of which Magic Dirt brought upon themselves); Bruce Milne, whose Au-Go-Go label gave a leg up to Magic Dirt, The Meanies and Spiderbait offers his own astute reflections on days of yore. For every band featured, there are at least ten others who could make an equal claim for inclusion (Exploding White Mice, anyone?), but you have to start and stop somewhere. And Dirty Jeans is as a good place to begin... PATRICK EMERY

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SYN SWEET 10 1. Too Much Information MAXIMO PARK 2. Carpet Bombing HARMONY 3. Chasing Fire CLAUDY KNIGHT 4. Envy BRETON 5. Never Gonna Change KILL TV 6. Wonderland CEO 7. Decide KLP 8. Refugees EMBRACE 9. In A Million Places At Once TALES IN SPACE

BEST TRACK: Buy Me A Pony SPIDERBAIT, I Sucked A Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am REGURGITATOR IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LIKE THIS: THE LIZARD TRAIN IN A WORD: Alternativeâ&#x201E;˘

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9. Life Sentence LP SATAN 10. MTV Unplugged LP SCORPIONS

Olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mate A$AP Lachy is currently across The Tasman so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken a break from googling Juggalos to listen to some singles and then vomit up some words about them.

WINDY & CARL

I Walked Alone (Independent) The Michigan-based husband and wife duo of Carl Hultgren and Windy Weber are one of the finest outfits in contemporary ambient drone. Still going strong 20 years after their formation, I Walked Alone is a delicate cut of dark noise alongside Weberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminally under-utilised vocals. The B-side At Night is just as sublime, too.

FUTURE FEAT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS, PUSHA T, AND CASINO

Move That Dope (Free Bandz) Booyeah, an all-star smorgasbord of hip hop royalty and Future taking absolutely no time to go from 0 to 100. Taken from his forthcoming (yet eternally delayed) record Honest, Move That Dope moves through a frenetic sea of sleazy dubbed vibes with each guest spitting rhymes to perfection. About time he ditched the loved-up vibes Drunk In Love and Real and True and got back to slinging shit.

3RDEYEGIRL & PRINCE

Pretzelbodylogic (NPG Records) Ooooooooh girl do you feel me? Prince kicks things off in Pretzelbodylogic with sleazy riffs and it just gets dirtier from there on in. Dropping just in time for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sure-fire way to get you straight from the club to the bedroom. Also what the hell is he doing on New Girl? Get off that shit, man.

WILLIE BURNS

Woo Right (Unknown to the Unknown) On Woo Right The W.T. Records chief Mr. Burns serves up a platter of throbbing claps on a bed of thumping bass, piano chords and shrieking samples. Guaranteed to demolish a dark sweaty club at the peak of the night.

CONTAINER

Adhesive (Liberation Technologies) Ren Schofield makes the sort of techno that makes you think the world is coming to an end. Gritty, frenetic and unyielding, Adhesive pulsates with murderous claps and relentless droning rhythms. Top shelf stuff, but not for the faint-hearted.

SMILE ON IMPACT & FROYA

Heartbreak Song (Drumb) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alternative/electronic cross over pieceâ&#x20AC;?. Nope. The club edits are batshit terrible as well.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

REMI

Livin (House of Beige) Man, Remi is slaying it at the moment. 2013 saw the 22-year-old pick up triple j Unearthed Artist of the Year Award, knock up slots on the Falls Festival, NYE on the Hill and The Plot bills, not to mention a healthy appearance in the Hottest 100 with Sangria. The first single from his upcoming debut record Raw x Infinity, Livin floats upon gentle keys with a pulsing one-two beat and Remiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rock-solid flowing. Australian hip hop done right.

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RECORD PARADISE TOP 10 VINYL 1. The Stickmen THE STICKMEN 2. Grassed In BLANK REALM 3. Peak Twins PEAK TWINS 4. Live At Missing Link UV RACE / ECSR 5. Any Port In A Storm SCOTT AND CHARLENEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WEDDING 6. Night Bus THE ANCIENTS 7. A History Of Hygiene THE STEVENS 8. Man Made Stars THE STICKMEN 9. Whereabouts THE FROWNING CLOUDS 10. A Sea Of Split Peas COURTNEY BARNETT

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NEW MUSIC IN REVIEW THIS WEEK

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SEXY/HEAVY

HARMONY

Battlesushi (Independent)

Carpetbombing (Poison City)

Sexy/Heavy’s debut offering, Battlesushi, is appropriately named, as are the band. The Melbourne four-piece are definitely more of the heavy side of the Sexy/Heavy spectrum and Battlesushi provokes the feeling of, ‘I don’t know what the fuck this heavy sludginess is, but I like it.’ Strong driving riffs with anxiety-inducing effects are the order of the day, yet each track is balanced out with a pop sensibility in its arrangement and composition, without succumbing to the, ‘Let’s just come up with a hook then write nonsense around it’ trap.’ The title track, Battlesushi, is particularly impressive. It boasts a build-up intro starting with a thudding bass track, and as soon as the punchy drums kick in, you’re hooked. The final track of the record, Testibreasticles, is quite frankly frightening with its dark thematics; thudding, building melody, and its spooky, effect-heavy overdubs. It is no less enjoyable for it, and is probably my pick for standout track from the album. My only fault would be that the vocals are a tiny bit buried amid everything that’s going on, but that’s sludge’n’roll for BEST TRACK: Testibreasticles you. Sexy, heavy, nicely layered and very engaging. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Heavy shit IN A WORD: Thick

REI BARKER

I BREAK HORSES

A lot of bands come and go around these parts, but none of them are quite like Melbourne’s Harmony. The band has a similar intensity to that of The Nation Blue, vocalist/guitarist Tom Lyngcoln’s day job, albeit in a very different field. Harmony’s sprawling, slithering and seething take on garage rock is contrasted by the angelic voices of the choir half of the band – Amanda Roff, Quinn Veldhuis and Erica Dunn – and the conflict between the light and shade has managed to grow into something even greater on the band’s second album. Whether they are detailing merciless human behaviour or a constant mental struggle, one can’t help but be mesmerised by the jagged shifts and the guttural howls of desperation that echo from the lurches of Carpetbombing. It’s the antithesis of easy listening, favouring a cold abrasiveness and a slow-burning structural dynamic that may whisper into the ether one minute before blowing out a speaker the very next. It’s an abstract and difficult record, and one that should be eased into rather than undergoing an instant immersion into its sinister surrounds. Sticking it tough with Carpetbombing, however, will be rewarded greatly – we may already be onto one of the best Australian releases of the year. BEST TRACK: IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: DAVID JAMES YOUNG IN A WORD:

OF MICE & MEN

Chiaroscuro (Bella Union)

Restoring Force (Rise Records/Warner)

In alignment with the definition of their new album’s title (an Italian word for the contrast between light and dark in artwork), Swedish duo I Break Horses have shed some light on the dark shoegaze sound of their debut album, 2011’s Hearts. With the emphasis now shifting to smooth, heady synthpop, it’s the uptempo numbers on Chiaroscuro that grab you on first listen, such as the techno throb of Faith and the instantly accessible Denial. But repeated listens bring the more reflective, less beat-driven songs to the fore; pulsating, atmospheric ballads like Medicine Brush and Disclosure are reminiscent of Goldfrapp’s seductive debut, Felt Mountain. Beneath all the buzzing synths and scattershot beats are some deceptively simple and direct songs. It’s the more expansive numbers that simmer along and explore a sense of space but without much in the way of chiaroscuro contrasting that resonate the most strongly. Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck seem to still be exploring and finding their sound, and the mysterious song titles and lyrics on this record do little to lift the veil on the band’s true selves. But there’s little that’s puzzling about their spare, eloquent BEST TRACK: Ascension fusion of electronic music and dreampop, especially when IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Feel It it’s cast in pleasingly subtle shades. Break AUSTRA, Interiors GLASSER, Felt Mountain GOLDFRAPP IN A WORD: Graceful CHRIS GIRDLER

SETH LAKEMAN

A lot has happened since Of Mice & Men released The Flood, and right from the opening screams of “You all have something to say” in Public Service Announcement it is clear that this is a band with bones to pick and a new direction to match. Restoring Faith is not a complete departure from the Of Mice & Men of three years ago, their sound still relying on some of the textbook metalcore elements they have become so comfortable with. Instead the band find themselves in a state of transition, still holding on to pieces of that metalcore sound while fighting to cement themselves in the nu-metal direction. Leaving Joey Sturgis behind and moving in a new direction with David Bendeth as producer was the right move for the band, challenging them as songwriters and forcing them out of that comfort zone. Of Mice & Men have broadened their horizons, challenging the sound people have come to expect from them and finding that they can do a whole lot more. From the chaotic and deeply personal Bones Exposed and the intense chugging guitars in You Make Me Sick leading to one of the album’s heaviest moments to the rockier Feels Like Forever with its (almost) pop tinged chorus and infectious guitar grooves or the softer, more melodic sound found on Another You and Identity Disorder. Restoring Force covers the full spectrum that is the new and improved Of Mice & Men, beginning with a guttural roar and ending with the softly tender Space Enough To Grow, flowing between a variety of sounds along the way. While this may seem like the anti-climax, what it really shows is BEST TRACK: Bones Exposed the span of this new sound and the potential it holds IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: BRING ME once Of Mice & Men really lock onto it. THE HORIZON, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, THE AMITY AFFLICTION GLORIA BRANCATISANO IN A WORD: Transitional

Word Of Mouth (Cooking Vinyl) Folkster Seth Lakeman – or Seth Bernard Lakeman as he appears on his birth certificate – is now up to album number seven. By this time, you are confident you know whether his music is palatable to you or not. For that extra splash of authenticity, Word Of Mouth was recorded in a church in the English countryside. Lakeman is at the forefront of what could be described as the modern folk scene. Something of an oxymoron, but he hails from a folk family and his previous band was with his brothers, named The Lakeman Brothers. His command of the guitar, viola, violin and banjo gives him a rarefied position in this scene. Plus he has links with travellers The Levellers, and the likes of Tory Amos. As usual, Lakeman approaches his subject with a modest and humble manner. No vainglorious sermons from the mount as he sings about the common man, the engine drivers, the dock workers and the like. Occasionally, however, you just wish he was tempted to give the songs some edge and enter unchartered territory. Similar to the like of Show Of Hands, songs like The Wanderer, The Ranger, Another Long Night, and Each Man trundle along and are sufficiently heartfelt, in that welcome to sleep way. Quick fire repeat plays these are not. There are of course several songs that climb outside the parameters, a case of the resistible force meeting the moveable object. The Saddest Crowd is an ode to the survivors of the Titanic disaster. Credit to him for recalling these who survived one of the world’s famous calamities. There is also the unambiguous paean to his wife, Portrait Of My Wife, which is more than a glibly derisive love song. It is when he embraces the subject matter he is keen on that Lakeman becomes more than workman-like. For example, Labour She Calls Home sounds like it comes from a place other than that where people who make folk music come from. At this point of his career, it is unlikely a thunderbolt will hit him and encourage a new path, but he does the BEST TRACK: The Saddest Crowd conventional folkie well. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Bert Jansch, Luka Bloom, Jackie Leven, Billy Bragg BRONIUS ZUMERIS IN A WORD: Agreeable

AUSMUTEANTS

Ausmuteants (Aaarght! Records) Ah, the jagged, dulcet tones of adolescence. A time of taking risks, of dismissing authority, of flinging the envelope of social expectation into the cesspit of indifference. Neurologists assert that the adolescent brain is too immature to manage the risks of life – it’s for this reason that safety campaigns must necessarily contain confronting images to provoke the lazy cognitive system into some form of conscious recognition. But without such a latent neurological context, would we have ever had The Stooges, The Missing Links or even The Rolling Stones? And into that time-honoured world now comes Ausmuteants. Located on some unsealed backroad between The Stooges and Devo, Ausmuteants is a record that lives in the moment, whether it’s good, bad or just really shitty. On Bad Day it’s been a bad day all day, what are you going to do about it apart from drink beer and play loud music? Daylight Robbery takes new wave punk into the realm of Eddy Current’s Insufficient Funds; Tinnitus is romantic commentary with the subtlety of The Ooga Boogas and No Motivation is the soundtrack for a career on the brown couch of any suburban sharehouse. Hate This Town is just so pissed off with the trappings of regional existence it almost couldn’t give a flying fuck; Pissing In Two Streams is the urological equivalent of the prisoner’s dilemma and a helluva lot more fun to boot. Kicked in the Head By A Force is Mudhoney running around the farm with the Cosmic Psychos, Stepped In Shit could be a metaphor for broader social faux pas and Flushing Problems should be used by a national men’s health campaign. This record is pretty fucked up, and that’s exactly why it’s BEST TRACK: Bad Day so fucking good. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: DEVO, THE STOOGES, MODERN LOVERS, OOGA BOOGAS, PATRICK EMERY FLOCK OF SEAGULLS IN A WORD: Adolescent CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

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WEDNESDAY FEB 12 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS BENJAMIN SKEPPER + OGIYY + RUSLAN SOLOPEEV Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. BRICK + THE BAUDELAIRES + WORM CROWN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $7. COLLAGE - FEAT: SINCE WE KISSED + JEHAN + JORDAN WALKER + THE ELLIOTTS Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. HYPERMANIA + MCBAIN Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. OPEN MIC NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. RAYON MOON + LOOSE TOOTH + SOOKY LALA Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SUPER UNSIGNED MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: THE SPACE KEYS + A SUBURBAN CRUSADE + CHACHI ELEANOR + INTOXICATED MEMORIES + SPECTRAL FIRES + THE DANDY LION Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $15. THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: JOHN PATRICK + FIONNBARR BYRNES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THE PRETTY LITTLES + KASHMERE CLUB Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DIZZY’S BIG BAND FEATURING PETER HEARNE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. GIAN SLATER Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. HAMMOND JAZZ CLUB + MR ANDREW SWANN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. LEARN TO SWING DANCE - FEAT: SWING PATROL First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. MO’SOUL - FEAT: THE AMY WINEHOUSE TRIBUTE BAND + KINGSTON CROWN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REMI HARRIS QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. SISTERS FOR SISTERS - FEAT: ANNEDALA THE HOOPER + AROWE + BEATRICE + CANDICE MONIQUE + CARRIE BAILEE + FLEASSY MALAY + FLORELIE ESCANO + JESS HEALEY + KATTIMONI + MEI LAI SWAN + QUADSHANI BAHD + RACHEL BY THE STREAM + VANESSA FLORENCE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20. THE NICK HAYWOOD QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. TIM PLEDGER’S SANDWICH JESUS + DIEGO VILLALTA + TOM FRYER 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALEX & JOEL Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. DOLLY PARTON Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 8:00pm. KIM SALMON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE ALISON FERRIER BAND + SEAN MCMAHON Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. TIM RICHMOND + MILK TEDDY Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. TOOTH & TUSK + FRAUDBAND + GRAM FRIDAY + MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TRIVIA NIGHT Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: LISA CRAWLEY + SABRINA SANDAPA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

THURSDAY 13 FEB INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ARCHERS + HOWARD Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7. BEG SCREAM & SHOUT - FEAT: MONTERO + FATTI FRANCES + GLASFROSCH + SCOTDRAKULA The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOX + BRANDON BERGIN + SONS OF MAY + THE PEEKS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. CARAVÃNA SUN (ALBUM LAUNCH) - FEAT: CARAVANA SUN + JESS PORTER & SARAH HUMPHRIES + THE NEW SAVAGES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 48

COEN DIXON + OWEN BLEAKEY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. KYLIE AULDIST & THE GLENROY ALLSTARS + DJ PIERRE BARONI + DJ VINCE PEACH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LEE HARTNEY SEX DRIVE + STEVE COHEN & THE MOTHERFUCKERS + THE UNION PACIFIC Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $8. MELBOURNE-GLASGOW SKA MASH-UP FUNDRAISER - FEAT: NICKY BOMBA & STEVEN MONTGOMERY + BUSTAMENTO + JOHNNY LONGSHOT + JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS + MEMBERS OF MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA + MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS + SHANTY TOWN + SKA VENDORS + SKAZZ + SLEEPING BAG + THE RESIGNATORS + DJ SETS FROM MOHAIR SLIM AND OWEN MITCHELL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:00pm. $15. MICHAEL BEACH + CIGGIE WITCH + JEALOUS HUSBAND + TOTALLY MILD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. MICHAEL PAYNTER + IMOGEN BROUGH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15. MY BAND + MAMA’S EXILES + ONLY ALIENS + RECKLESS JUNE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. NEXT - FEAT: BLOODSHED REMAINS + EYES OF THE SLEEPER + TRAINWRECK Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: FACADAES + THE BLACK HARRYS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $5. SIDELINES + DYLAN MURPHY + THE PLAYBOOK John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 9:00pm. THE BLACK ALLEYS + A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS + JACK RUNAWAY + RETURN TO YOUTH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5. THE SAND DOLLARS + BASTION + THE PACIFICS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $9. THE STERLINGS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 5:00pm. THE SUNDAY REEDS + HOUSE OF LIGHT + SOOKY LA LA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $8. THE VACANT SMILES + LUNA GHOST + TOM MARINELLI Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. TY + ELOQUOR + SLAP618 Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. WILLOW DARLING + NEIL WILKINSON + THE BROKEN NEEDLES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. WOODY PITNEY + ARIELA JACOBS + CENTIMETRE + THE LOVELIES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC ACQUACHETA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. ALMA MATER Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. ALWAN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. CAPTAIN VALUABLE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. JAZZ ON THURSDAYS - FEAT: MIRIAM WAKS + THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. 6:30pm. NORTH MEETS SOUTH Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. QUINCE JAM QUINTET Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. REUBEN LEWIS QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. THE NEW IMPROMPTU QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 7:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DARLING JAMES Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. GRID - FEAT: THE FABRIC Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. HARRY HOOKEY + THE KILLDEERS + THE WEEPING WILLOWS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. SKYSCRAPER STAN Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. SPOONFUL Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. TARA CARRAGHER & RICHARD COATES Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. THE AUTOPORTRAITS + 19TH CENTURY STRONGMEN + NERVOUS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE FRET DRIFTERS 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10. TULALAH Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. WEEKEND WARMUP Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 9:00pm.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have returned to Australia for their most extensive tour of our shores to date. After a whirlwind tour in March last year, which was awarded the 2013 Helpmann Award for Best International Contemporary Concert, he’s made a swift return this week. Bruce Springsteen’s 17 studio albums have sold 120 million records worldwide.He has been the recipient of 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame, and the American Academy of Arts and Science. He’s joined by Hunters & Collectors and Dan Sultan. It all goes down at AAMI Park on Saturday February 15 and Sunday February 16.

FRIDAY FEB 14 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS BATPISS + CHAINGUN + DIPROSUS + DJ VON + HOSTILE OBJECTS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + SIMON WRIGHT BAND + SOUL SAFARI The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $14. BRONI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. BUGGIRL + BABY MACHINE + LOVELESS + SEEDY JEEZUS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COLUMBIA + MISCHIEVOUS THOM + THE WILD COMFORTS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $8. CRISIS ALERT + HUMAN RUINS + IMPACT ZONE + OUTRIGHT + SICK MACHINE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $15. ELOJI + BHARLIE CROWN + RIP KRISKY Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. FRIDAY SESSIONS AT THE WICK - FEAT: KAT ANTOINETTE & THE RENAISSANCE LOVER + LISA WOOD + THE DEAD KINGS QUARTET Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. GEORGIA FAIR + SIENNA WILD + THE VELVETS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10. GRINDHOUSE + DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS + DJ SEEDY REED + DON FERNANDO + THE UNAUSTRALIANS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10. JONEZ + DJ FEE FEE + MEZZANINE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. JULIA HOLTER + DUCKTAILS + EVELYN IDA MORRIS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $44. KING LUCHO + 30/70 Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 7:30pm. KINGDOM + AIR MAX ‘97 + MICHAEL OZONE + OSCAR KEY SUNG Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. LAST MISTRESS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. LONELY HEARTS CLUB - FEAT: RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + LES MUNIJUPES + RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST Kindred Studios, Yarraville. 8:30pm. $10. MAGIC MOUNTAIN BAND (LP LAUNCH) Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15. MIAMI HORROR + ALL THE COLOURS + CLIENT LIAISON Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $25. RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: DON WALKER + IAN MOSS + PAUL DEMPSEY + THE BASICS + THE CAT EMPIRE + TIM FINN + DAN KELLY’S DREAM BAND + LIZ STRINGER + MOJO JUJU + SWEET JEAN + THELMA PLUM + TINPAN ORANGE + WAGONS Riverboats Music Festival Site, Echuca . 12:00pm. $110. TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE - FEAT: WATERLINE + JAMES PARENTICH + LAZYBONES + SARAH EIDA The 86, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. THE AUSTRALIAN QUEEN SHOW + FOOVANA + WHOLE LOTTA ZEP Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE SPASMS + FROM OSLO + WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. WIL WAGNER + GEORGIA MAQ + JOSH MANN + LUCY WILSON + NATHAN SEECKTS 303, Northcote. 9:30pm. $10. WIZARD FRANCHISE & SINCE WE KISSED Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 5:00pm. WOLFPACK Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. ZIAH ZIAM + ELIZABETH BLACKTHORN + KAREN HEATH + TANKT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC 30/70 Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:30pm. ANNA GILKISON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15. DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm. ELLY HOYT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET + MIRIAM WAKS Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. STEVE GRANT QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

9:00pm. TANYA-LEE DAVIES Moreland City Band Hall, East Brunswick. 10:00pm. TEK TEK Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. THE CRAIG SCHNEIDER TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. THE SKA VENDORS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE SMALLEST BAND IN THE WORLD Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $20.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BLACKWOOD JACK + THE ALAMO Penny Black, Brunswick. 10:30pm. CLARE BOWDITCH (TOP NOTCH VALENTINES DAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $40. CLARE BOWDITCH (TOP NOTCH VALENTINES DAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $40. CLIFTON HILLBILLY COUNTRY CLUB Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 4:00pm. FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND Railway Hotel, Windsor. 9:30pm. JAMIE HUTCHINGS + ANDREW MCCUBBIN + J M S HARRISON + SAM SHINAZZI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:45pm. $13. JUSTIN YAP TRIO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:30pm. LIFE MODELS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: JAMES REYNE & DARYL BRAITHWAITE Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm. NAVAJA NEGRA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. PRAYER BABIES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm. QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS Pop Up Bar Moorabbin, 4:00pm. RON S PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS + TRANS SKY Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15. SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. TEX PERKINS & JUSTINE CLARKE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $38. THE BROWN HORNETS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. THE DEAD KINGS QUARTET + KAT ANTOINETTE & THE RENAISSANCE LOVER + LISA WOOD + MARILYN ROSE & THE THORNS Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. THE NYMPHS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm. THE PARTY CRUISE (VALENTINE’S DAY) - FEAT: THE JACKSON FOUR QUARTET & RUBY ROGERS + DJ ASHLEY + TAZZY D The Victoria Star, Docklands. 7:00pm. $95. VALENTINES DAY TRIPLE TREAT - FEAT: THE GRAPES + SOFT GOLD + SUZANNAH ESPIE & IAN COLLARD Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $20.

SATURDAY FEB 15 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS A DAY ON THE GREEN - FEAT: JIMMY BARNES + BABY ANIMALS + DARYL BRAITHWAITE Rochford Wines, Colstream. 12:00pm. A SECRET DEATH + A GHOST ORCHESTRA + BATEMAN + CAGED GRAVE + YACHTBURNER Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. ALEX & JOEL + DJ FERG & DJ TECH-NO SHI Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 7:00pm. AUSTRA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $39. AWAY FROM NOW + INITIALS + STOLEN YOUTH + TIGERS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $10. BANG - FEAT: LEFT FOR WOLVES + SHORESIDE + SILENT ROSE + VALLEYS OF VERMONT Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BLANK REALM (ALBUM LAUNCH) + CONSTANT MONGREL + MISS DESTINY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. DR MALONE + CAT JUMP ROAD + THE SURF THANG Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DV8 - FEAT: LUCY’S CROWN + ANIMAL HANDS + PYRENE Cbd Nightclub, 10:00pm. $15. EAST BRUNSWICK GIRLS CHOIR + DJ VON + IVY ST + MELBOURNE CANS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.

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FEEDTIME + PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS + SHOVELS + THUNDABOX Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $24. GARDINIA LAGOON + LITTLE LAMB & THE ROSEMARYS + PLEBS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. HANNAH BAND + EMPLOYMENT + LITTLE KILLING + SHAKY HANDZ Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $8. IRON WORZEL + ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD + DEBACLE + HAILGUN + HOSTILE OBJECTS + JOIN THE AMISH + PRO TOOLS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $15. KISS 40TH ANNIVERSARY - FEAT: LOCAL SUPERGROUP + MARC WELSH & THE ROCKET RIDERS + THUNDERSTAG Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. LA BASTARD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. LAMARAMA + THE WEE JOHNNY’S Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. LARGE NUMBER 12S Union Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. LEOPARD SLUGG + GYPSY BOOTS + SORRY MEDITATORS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. LINCOLN LE FEVRE + DONNIE DUREAU Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. MAJOR LEAGUES + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + THE OCEAN PARTY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. MCALPINES FUSILIERS + BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS + DJ JEFF LEOPARD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. PARMY DHILLON + LACE & WHISKEY 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. ROCK AND BLUES SATURDAYS - FEAT: WIRED Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. ROCK THE BAY FESTIVAL - FEAT: BORN LION + DALLAS FRASCA + ENGINE + LIKE THIEVES + MOTHER’S CAKE + THE LOVE JUNKIES + TIM MCMILLAN BAND + ACOLYTE + ANNA SALEN + BATTLE AXE HOWLERS + BERLIN POSTMARK + CITRUS JAM + COPIA + ELECTRIC WAR BABIES + FEAR IS A LIAR + FISKER + GREENTHIEF + HEAD FILLED ATTRACTION + HELM + HIGH SIDE DRIVER + LAZARUS MODE + MALCURA + NEW TRAVELLERS + PHIL PARA BAND + RDZJB + RED SKY BURIAL + SANG REAL + SECRET TSUNAMI + SHADOWGAME + SMOKE STACK RHINO + TELL AMAROSA + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD + THE CONTROLLERS + THE DAN DANS + THE DEAD ELECTED + THE KEITHS + THE MIGHTY KINGS + THE ROMEO KNIGHTS + THE SOULENIKOES + THE UGLY KINGS + TOEHIDER + VELUDO Espy, St Kilda. 2:00pm. $21. ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY + MIKE RUDD Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8:00pm. $33. SHACK SHAKERS - FEAT: THE VOLCANIKS + DJ KNAVE KNIXX + DJ LADY BLADES + DJ MOHAIR SLIM Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $10. THE KITE STRING TANGLE + KILTER + LEAKS North-

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JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC CLASSICAL PIANO Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 3:00pm. DARREN ARCHER SEXTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GOYIM + ELVIS IN THE HOUSE Claypots, St Kilda. 4:30pm. KELSEY JAMES & THE FURBELOWS + REMI HARRIS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25. LEIGH BARKER & THE NEW SHEIKS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. OGRIN-GULINA-WHYTE TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. THE ROGER CLARK QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. TINKLER GRABOWSKY REX BUCK QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. TRICIA EVY Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.

CYNDI BOSTE & MATT WALKER + BILL JACKSON Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm. FLAP! + GHAULS GAMBIT Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $18. FUCHSIA II + KRAKATAU + THE ROLLAWAYS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. HILARY BLACKSHAW Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 2:00pm. IAN MOSS + MATT DWYER Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $33. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: XAVIER RUDD WITH MAX RUDD Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm. MICHAEL SKINNER Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. SMOKY SEAS (SINGLE LAUNCH) Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. SUMMER SOUNDS - FEAT: COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY + ALANNA & ALICIA + RICK PLANT + SHERRY RICH 3:00pm. SUMMER SOUNDS - FEAT: COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY + ALANNA & ALICIA + RICK PLANT + SHERRY RICH Commonwealth Reserve, Williamstown. 2:00pm. THE KUJO KINGS Penny Black, Brunswick. 10:30pm. THE NIGHT PARTY + MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:00pm. $10. THE SHIVERING TIMBERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 10:00pm. WIRED Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.

ALEX & JOEL Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:30pm. ALISON FERRIER BAND Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND Aami Park, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CAPTAIN APPLES & GRAND SALVO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:30pm.

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AUSTRA EDDIE VEDDER Eddie Vedder will perform a run of solo dates this week followiing Pearl Jam’s appearance on the 2014 Big Day Out bill. Stepping out of his renowned role as the famed front-man of Pearl Jam, it will follow his gargantuan 2011 tour which saw more than ten theatre shows across the country completely sell out. He’ll hit the Palais Theatre on Sunday February 16, Tuesday February 18 and Wednesday February 19. 9:00pm. COOPERS PRESENTS SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: CUNTZ + JACKSON REID + PRONTO + SHOVELS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. DALE RYDER BAND + DJ ROC LANDERS + GARY EASTWOOD EXPRESS Espy, St Kilda. 6:30pm. EDDIE VEDDER Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 9:00pm. EDDIE VEDDER + GLEN HANSARD Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $125. FANTIS ATLANTIS + ELEPHANT Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. FEEDTIME + BUNYIP MOON + DEAF WISH + USELESS CHILDREN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $24. FEVER SEEDS + HIGH FIDELITY + PAPER CULT + SILO Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $7.

MUSICIANS WANTED SOLO MUSICIANS, DUO’S, BANDS WANTED to play at Acoustics Anonymous Thursday Nights at The 86. Starting with open mic from 7pm and live band sets from 9pm. Open Mic - just rock up from 6pm, gig spots email drink@the86.com.au with bio, pics and sound demo. BATTLE OF THE BANDS. Registration now, starts Wednesday the 28th Dec and every Wednesday after for 8 week. First prize: recording time in a studio. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 DRUMMER WANTED for contemporary blues band age 30-45 Prahran/St Kilda. Contact Peter: 0407 680 527 DRUMMER WANTED to complete line-up. Inﬂuences: Trail of Dead, QOTSA, Tool, Mogwai. Based in Collingwood. Text Jodi 0435 615 672. SINGER WANTED for Melbourne based rock band, Chained Lizard. Male or female 18-30 year old. Contact: Facebook “chained lizard” Chainedlizard.rocks@gmail. com John: 0424 916 544 SERVICES FREE VENUE HIRE - Fully stocked bar - Huge capacity, whole venue or partial. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 EMPLOYMENT FLAUNT IT. Internationally acclaimed producer of profeminist erotica looking for conﬁdent, adult women to smash the stereotypes and earn good money ($400 and up). Don’t overlook this til you’ve found out more about it. Jessica 9495 6555 or feck.com. WE WANT EVERYONE Promoters, Bands, DJs Revitalised bar, The Barley Corn, has reopened its doors 7 days a week and we want YOU. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 TUITION SONGWRITING CLASSES starting next month by Australian Songwriter Of The Year 2013 Award winner Jacques M. Gentil. Learn how to make your songs marketable, get published & generate income. Affordable. 0417 585 767/ Admin@Magesongs.Com. magesongs.com (call in 4 weeks time to renew)

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Canadian electro-pop outfit Austra were one of the smash hits of the 2012 Laneway Festival, stunning fans and newcomers alike with their esoteric blend of soaring vocals and riveting artpunk musicality. At that point they only had their 2011 debut album Feel It Break to draw material from in the live realm, but last year they dropped its acclaimed follow-up, Olympia, and Austra’s stocks have skyrocketed astronomically in line with the ensuing buzz. Come experience it for yourself at the Corner Hotel on Saturday February 15. JESS LOCKE + DREAMBOATS + HANNAH BAND + VIRGINIA SOOK Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm. KOLLAPS + MUSCLE MARY + SPACECHO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MOUNTAIN GOAT BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: JIMMY TAIT + DEVOTIONAL + DJ SLUGGER FONTAINE + SILVER RAY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10. MY PRIVATE DINOSAUR + BEN HOOPER + GUS RIGBY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $10. SQUID INK + STONE CLOCKS + THE NATIVE PLANTS + THE TIMES AROUND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL - FEAT: THE MIGRATIONS Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. 4:00pm. THE DEAD DAISIES, + JACKSON FIREBIRD Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. THE FLYING SO HIGH-O’S + JAY WARS + MARA THREAT + MARICOPA WELLS 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $5. THE KITE STRING TANGLE + KILTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $17. THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 9:00pm. THE STICKMEN + LOVE OF DIAGRAMS + SUMMER FLAKE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $18.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC BEN CARR TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 2:00pm. GRAND WAZOO Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. STANDING TALL Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm. THE GREAT AMERICAN JAZZ PIANISTS - FEAT: BOB SEDERGREEN & FRIENDS + SONJA HORBELT & JON CHIDGEY Monash Gallery Of Art, Wheelers Hill . 6:00pm. $20. THE TINKLER QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18. WACO SOCIAL CLUB + ANDY KENTLER & THE SHADOW CABINET + FIONA LEE MAYNARD & HER HOLYMEN Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/ FOLK ANDREW SWIFT Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. BETH & THE BRAVE Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND Aami Park, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. DAN WATERS SUNDAY SONGBOOK SESSIONS Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 4:00pm. DEEP FISH 303, Northcote. 4:30pm. $5. DJ STEELY ANN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm. EXIT CROWD Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. FUCHSIA + PACKWOOD Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. JP SHILO + ROSIE WESTBROOK Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 5:30pm. MAYFAIR KYTES Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. REBELS WITHOUT A CLUE + KEN MAHER & TONY

HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 6:30pm. SCOTT COOK + PHEASANT PLUCKERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 5:00pm. SHUG MONKEYS + DJ SATURDAY KNIGHTZ Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm. STONE REVIVAL + BROCKWAY LIGHTS + THE BALLS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD + GEORGIA FIELDS + NIGEL WEARNE & THE CAST IRON PROMISES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THALLUS + DJ STEELY ANN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 12:00pm. THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE’ CAJUN TRIO Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. THE DAN WATER BAND Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. THE LAGERPHONES Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm. THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots, St Kilda. 4:30pm. THE THREE KINGS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. THE WIKIMEN Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. YARRAVILLE FESTIVAL - FEAT: THE GROOVETONES + VARIOUS LOCAL ARTISTS Yarraville Village, Yarraville. 10:00am.

MONDAY FEB 17 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS CHERRY JAM - FEAT: MOTHER’S CAKE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: JANE MCARTHUR + JOSH FORNER + LISA CRAWLEY + PATRICK WILSON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. ST PAT’S PARTY IN THE PARK - FEAT: CLAYMORE + STRATING SISTERS + THE CELTIC FOLK Dan O’connell Hotel, Carlton. 2:00pm. THE DEAD HEIR + BODY CORPORATE + LUNA GHOST + SCRUVYLICIOUS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $3. THE KITE STRING TANGLE + KILTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $17. UNPAVED SESSIONS - FEAT: MATT GREEN + EMILEE SOUTH + JAMES KENYON + LISA WOOD + MONIQUE KENNY + RITA KATELERIS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5. WHITAKER + GRIZZLY JIM LAURIE + OLIVER’S ARMY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC AFRICAN DRUMMING CLASSES 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAZZ PARTY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. KELLER MURPHY BROWNE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. THE NECKS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $25.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/ FOLK PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.

TUESDAY FEB 18 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ALL THE COLOURS + WUNDER WUNDER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5. BAPTISM OF UZI + KIDS OF ZOO + LINK MEANIE’S AMAZING JUKEBOX Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. EDDIE VEDDER Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 9:00pm. EDDIE VEDDER + GLEN HANSARD Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $125. FOREIGN/NATIONAL + DANVERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. LES THOMAS + NICK O’MARA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: ICARUS + HALF BREED HEROES + PAPER CULT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE KITE STRING TANGLE + JAPANESE WALLPAPER + KILTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $17. TRACER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC B IS FOR CHICKEN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. FREQUENCY Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm. SOPHIE ROSE DUO + LEAH SENIOR + MICHA Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. THE NECKS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $25.

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Good news for everyone who was lucky enough to snag tickets to Arctic Monkeys’ upcoming tourPond have just been announced as supports! The psychedelic rock band, which shares members with Tame Impala, performed at Falls Festival over New Years. They will join Alex Turner and Co. on all New Zealand and Australian dates. Fancy yourself as a bit of a photographer? Addicted to Instagram? Why not join the Push Over Polaroid Photo Crew? The Push are currently seeking 20 volunteers aged 18-25 to be a part of roaming Polaroid photography crews at Push Over fest on March 10. No previous experience is required, just enthusiasm. Participants will attend a training session and master class with Push Over and Polaroid staff prior to the event, and receive a free pass to the festival. Head tothepush.com.au to apply. Speaking of Push Over, applications are currently open for Push Underground. Hip hop acts, MCs and DJs will be given the chance to showcase their skills in 20 minute slots on the Push It! Black Stage. If you’re interested in performing, head to The Push’s website before February 20. Applications will be assessed by a selection panel and will be selected on music, composition, songwriting and artist potential. Also running at the festival will be the Push Over 3-On-3 Breakin’ Battles, giving break dancing crews the chance to compete and win some great prizes. A cash prize of $300 is up for grabs, as well as a $200 prize pack from Villain featuring a tee, pair of sneakers and sweater. Applications can also be completed via The Push’s website. If none of the above applies to you, you could even just head to ticketmaster.com. au, buy a ticket and come to the event. Attendees will be treated to the musical stylings of All Day, Chance Waters, Dream On Dreamer, In Hearts Wake, Pez, Cub Sport and more, and will even be able to buy heaps of delicious festival food. No application necessary. Too easy! Yarraville Festival kicks off today, with most events taking place this weekend. Events and attractions include the I Heart Fashion Parade, Busker’s Festival, Flik Fest, dog parade, market stalls, live music and more. Most events are all ages friendly, so head to yarravillefestival.com.au for full program details. Sadly, Stone Temple Pilots have recently announced that they’re pulling out of Soundwave and all additional sideshows. Thankfully, they will be replaced by Australia’s very own The Living End. Not a bad consolation prize! If you had a ticket to Stone Temple Pilot’s show at the Palais Theatre, refunds are available online.

ALL AGES TIMETABLE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY – 12 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16 Yarraville Festival w/ live music and cultural events, various times/locations, free, yarravillefestival.com. au, AA. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12 Open Mic/Jam Night, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15 Kerser w/ special guests, The Hi Fi, 125 Swanston St, Melbourne, 2pm, $25.50, oztix.com.au, U18. Barwon South West Skate League Heat 4, Colac Skate Park, Central Reserve, Gravesend Street, Colac, 10am, free, 5232 9516, AA SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16 BackStage: All Ages Gig, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7.30pm, $10, musiclandonline.com.au, AA

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THE LOCAL

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History? Still writing it. How long have you been operating as Cherry Bar? Cherry is in its 14th year. It’s a teenage riot. What do you feel is your major attraction? Every city in the world needs a late night rock’n’roll bar in a basement. What was your favourite show in the last six months and why? Cherryfest, Kadavar. AC/DC Lane grew a beard. Could you nominate a bartender of the month? Jewell ‘cos she looks like the feral kid from Mad Max 2. How many nights of live music and entertainment are running at your venue? 365 per year, baby. Ways to get there? Don’t worry about getting there, it’s getting home that’s the struggle. Available for functions? Depends...

Cover Charge? $5 Sunday arvo blues, then free Sunday nights to Wednesdays, $10 Thursday soul nights and $13 Fridays and Saturdays for bands till 11pm then $10. Food specials? Eating’s cheating. Known for? Parties you’ll never...remember.

Crowd? Well behaved heavy drinking music lovers of all ages. Opening hours? 6pm to 3am Monday to Wednesday, 6pm to 5am Thursday to Saturday and 2pm to 3am Sundays bitches.

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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

WAY OVER THERE CLOSES OVER HERE Way Over There agency has closed. Ben Thompson’s The Corner Presents now books and promotes The Corner in Richmond, Northcote Social Club, 170 Russell and Shebeen in the City, and Sydney's Newtown Social Club.

THE GROWL’S MARC DONATIONS HIT $30K Anger and sympathy swept music fans after The Growl's bassist Marc Earley had a finger deliberately broken by a thug in a Sydney restaurant on Oxford St. Bandmate Cam Avery set up an online fund raising campaign, hoping to collect $20,000 for expenses. But in four days, 890 people donated close to $30,000. Someone is also offering a guitar to auction, one wanted Support Act Ltd to become involved, and another suggested another fund to help find the thug and break his fingers! The campaign is still open at gofundme.com/6nhi8w. The money means Earley can consult with Perth’s best hand specialist. He has surgery this Thursday. He said, “My injury is very serious, with only a 50 per cent chance of regaining normal movement.” He won’t know for 12 months if he can play guitar again.

‘TEEN SPIRIT’ TOPS NME’S LIST OF 500 GREATEST SONGS Now here’s a list that’s going to create loud table thumping debates among music fans. Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991) tops NME's list of 500 greatest songs of all time. The list was compiled by the music paper’s past and present writers. Teen Spirit certainly was a jolt to the charts and opened up the whole Seattle grunge sound. Number 2 on the list was Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division, (3) I Feel Love by Donna Summer, (4) How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths and (5) Last Nite by The Strokes. In an “all-time” list, nothing by Lennon-McCartney, Jagger-Richards, Brian Wilson or Dylan?

RADIO, LABELS, BATTLE OVER STREAMING Commercial radio and record labels have long battled over royalty payments. Labels reckon radio should pay more, radio retorts their airplay gives labels free promotion for their records. The latest row is over paying royalties for online streaming. Radio reckons it’s “double dipping”, labels say this is a “new” way for the “billion-dollar radio industry” to attract additional listeners and they should fork out. In a defiant stance, almost 200 regional commercial radio stations stopped their online streaming. It led to a public slanging match between the two sectors. Community radio has distanced itself from the spat, with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) telling its broadcasters they “should continue to simulcast online via their current streaming services.” The CBAA believes that the simulcasting of existing radio programs on the internet should not cop additional broadcast fees.

YARRA COUNCIL’S NEW FUND The City of Yarra set up the Room to Create Fund to help its artists and arts organisations who are struggling financially to keep creative. The area has 60 galleries, artist-run spaces, rehearsal spaces, arts organisations, radio stations, film productions houses and recording studios. The Fund kicked off with $200,000 from Council and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. But Mayor Jackie Fristacky said that the long term success of the program will depend on private or corporate donations to build the total to $1 million. The first recipient is Schoolhouse Studios which gets $10,000 to help refit its new space in Collingwood. Full details at Industrial Strength Online at beat.com.au.

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VENUES #1: RUBY TUESDAY AT WORKERS CLUB

Keen to work for one of our city’s best live music venues? The Espy need someone to design weekly ads and organise advertising, design posters and promo materials for gigs and events then manage the promotion, design menus & promo material for our restaurants, and update the website. You’ll need experience with Adobe suite, to be interested in live music and a variety of genres, experience in working for bands/live venues/hospo industry, print and web design savvy, and excellent communication skills. This job will suit a keen music lover, hoping to start a career working in the music industry. Experience is an advantage, not opposed to fresh graduates if their folio impresses. Please send your resume and portfolio of sample work to art@espy.com.au.

Ruby Tuesday is a new indie night at the Workers Club (51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy) every Tuesday night. (The Rolling Stones song came on the radio when the operators were brainstorming names.) It launches on March 4 with Louis Spoils, Hayley Couper and Sleepy Dreamers. On a related note, the Workers Club unveiled its new booking team. See Industrial Strength Online at beat.com. au for full details. Their contact is bookings@theworkersclub. com.au

THINGS WE HEAR * Vance Joy’s Riptide is now 4 x platinum while Drop The Game by Flume & Chet has gone platinum. Of albums, INXS’s The Very Best Of was certified double platinum after it sold over 140,000 copies. * Silverchair bassist Chris Joannou’s opened a cafe/ restaurant/bar called The Edwards in Newcastle. * Pharrell Williams wants to reunite the Gallagher bros for a collaboration. "Who wouldn't want to work with the Gallaghers? Yeah, both of them!" Meantime in the “let me shoot the messenger” category, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos apologised to Pharrell after accusing him of ripping off one of his tunes – and blamed the media for repeating his comments. Kapranos tweeted that the Pharrellproduced Can't Rely On You by Paloma Faith sounded like Franz’s 2004 single Take Me Out. He tweeted, "Hey @ Pharrell - I love your tunes. If you want to borrow a riff, just ask... " Some time later came "@Pharrell Sometimes I forget how easily things can get exaggerated on here. I know you didn't borrow any riffs. Sorry for all the press BS." * Global Aussie duo Nervo are currently back at home, presumably counting their money. The video for Revolution hit 2.4 million views on YouTube. * Arctic Monkeys tapped Pond to open on their Oz and NZ tour. * Arcade Fire led the nominations for Canada’s Juno awards with six gongs. Michael Bublé and Serena Ryder follow with five, and Céline Dion, Drake, Hedley, and Tegan and Sara with four. Arcade’s Reflektor is up for single of the year against Closer by Tegan and Sara, Ryder's What I Wouldn't Do, Bublé's It's a Beautiful Day and Inner Ninja by Classified and David Myles. In 2012, Arcade Fire won four Junos, including best album and group. * Once hailed as "Japan's Beethoven," Mamoru Samuragochi admits he hired a music teacher to ghostwrite his film scores, while his secret collaborator says the composer isn't even deaf as he claims. * Katy Perry is Twitter’s most followed, hitting 50 million followers February 1. * Eleven bands drew 120 patrons to Bendigo’s Golden Vine to raise money for Kristy Thomson. The monies have yet to be tallied but door takings alone were $1200. Thomson suffered serious spinal injuries when a tree fell on her in December, claiming the life of her four-year-old daughter Patiya May. * A feasibility study for Ballarat’s 139-year old Her Majesty’s Theatre has shown it needs $28 million to bring its facilities st into the 21 century.

KEN GREEN HEADS NORTH Ken Green, former Nova Brisbane drive host, and current Light FM Melbourne breakfaster, is returning to Brisbane. He landed the drive shift at 96five with former Light FM GM Paul Burns, who left the station in December.

VENUES #2: BENDED ELBOW RETURNING AS BENDED One of Geelong's past great venues The Bended Elbow on Yarra St looks like it’s heading back with two new operators. Kym Robertson (Home House, Growlers, Eureka, Carlton Hotel) and Don Little have taken over the lease of the now empty building. Under the new name Bended, they will feature live music, with bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs. The new operators are waiting for licensing approval, expected in a few weeks.

VENUES #3: ORMOND HALL LAUNCH Industrial Strength reported some months back that Prahran’s Ormond Hall’s owner Village Melbourne appointed Suzy Dingle as its new booker. The venue is being re-launched on February 23 with a free show featuring Hiatus Kaiyote and special guests. To register, email info@ormondhall.com.au.

McCABE JOINS RECON MUSIC Kate McCabe is the new Publicity Manager of Recon Music, a division of Remote Control Records which offers PR services for artists, labels, touring companies, festivals and special events. She replaces Adam Christou who moved to Perth to take over as Music Director for radio RTR FM. McCabe is contacted at kate@reconmusic.com.au.

WROKDOWN HOLDING YOUNG FUND RAISER C31 music series Wrokdown does a fundraiser episode for late drummer Trevor Young at Musicland in Fawkner on the night of Tuesday March 11. All proceeds go to Young’s wife Jane. The episode will be interview-based with bands playing during the breaks. Musicland has protools and instruments. If you were part of Young’s life and want to contribute a story, or turn up and play, contact producer Anita Monk at anitamonk@optusnet.com.au.

PARACHUTE YOUTH FOLD Electronic duo Parachute Youth have split. Their debut Can't Get Better Than This from two years ago was a triple j hit and went to #1 in Belgium. Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland. Johnny Castro and Mathew KVon moved to London to work the European festival circuit. Castro aka Johnny Courtidis has launched a new project Yeah Boy in London; the first EP Can't Get Enough is out on February 25 on Atlantic Records (USA), Sweat It Out! (Aus), and Warner Music (RoW). He is managed by The Bakery.

NEW SIGNINGS #1: UNIVERSAL PUBL ADDS ELIZABETH ROSE Universal Music Publishing Australia has signed Sydney artist, producer and songwriter Elizabeth Rose to a worldwide deal. Rose who was named one of triple j’s Next Crop last year, went on to win the Qantas SOYA music award and the Next Big Thing in last month’s Radio FBi SMAC awards in Sydney.

LIFELINES Born: son Otto for Keith Richards’ daughter Angela and guitarist Graham Whitney, making the Rolling Stone a grandfather for the fifth time. Ill: Melbourne’s East Brunswick All Girls Choir posted on Facebook they had to cancel their NZ visit because singer Marcus Hobbs was still suffering from a bout of gastro (complete with pic of singer with tubes and needles) and their airline refused to fly them in case they affected other passengers. Hospitalised: US bluesman Blues Walter Trout after suffering effects of liver damage. He’s been waiting for three weeks to see if his insurance company will approve the treatment which will cost $90,000. Hospitalised: Ministry’s Al Jourgensen is in rehab for alcohol addiction. In Court: Nicholas Gorhenin of Sydney was put on a 12 month good behavior bond after pleading guilty in Lismore Local Court to possession. He was caught by a drug dog at Bluesfest with a cannabis joint in his hand and amphetamines in his pocket. The judge agreed that as it was his first offence, a conviction would cause problems with him travelling abroad, which he needed to do as an employee with an online marketing company. Died: reggae singer ‘Bunny Rugs’ Clarke of Third World, 65, from leukemia at his home in Florida. He worked with Inner Circle and producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in Jamaica before joining Third World in 1976.

NEW SIGNINGS #2: THE FALLS TO VERVE Australian duo The Falls, currently touring the USA, signed a world deal with US label Verve Records. Verve is a jazz label but has also signed folk-types such as Sarah McLachlan. It is part of the Universal Music Group.

NEW SIGNINGS #3: HUB THE LABEL GETS DISTRO IN N. AMERICA Sydney artist manager Troy Barrott’s Hub The Label signed distribution for North America with Toronto buzz label Dine Alone (City and Colour, At The Drive In and The Lumineers). The first release through the new deal is Glass Towers' Halcyon Days. Other Hub signings are Dappled Cities, Zeahorse and Winter People. Dine Alone founder Joel Carriere said of Hub, “We are run with similar passion and are cut from the same cloth.” Barrott is a long admired Carriere as a sharp music man on the rise, but admits he clinched the deal when “Joel joined us for a BBQ in my backyard. He bought his own Dine Alone Hot Sauce!!! That is classy.”

WANNA BE IN AUDIENCE FOR 31 QUESTIONS? Channel 31 game show 31 Questions begins filming Season 3 on February 27. It is looking for audience members for the season. Tickets are free. For more information, send your contact details to 31qaudience@gmail.com.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN By Bob Gordon Bruce Springsteen opened his sold-out Australian tour with the first of three shows at the Perth Arena last week, less than a year after his 2013 Wrecking Ball tour of the East Coast. In that time the evergreen New Jersey rocker’s popularity has skyrocketed once again not only in Australia but globally, with the loveletter documentary, Springsteen & I, and a revealing authorised biography, Bruce, opening the door more than ever into his work, heart and mind. Not that he’s feeling over-exposed. “I kind of do what I want and people get to say what they want about me,” he told a small group of BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 54

media during a break from soundcheck earlier in the afternoon. “It sort of comes with the work that I do. Generally, my press agent tries to keep me out of the newspapers,” he laughed. “On a scale of 1-10 what usually gets out there about me is so much less than the amount of information that people are spewing onto the internet, about so many things. So it’s not as though it’s a full-scale publicity blitz. I don’t even notice it, to be honest with you.” This tour sees the return of long-time foil, guitarist, ‘Little’ Steven Van Zandt, absent from last year’s visit due to filming commitments. His replacement, Rage

Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, also returns for this jaunt. Springsteen promised the usual amount of surprises in his setlist, which includes a version of The Saints’ Just Like Fire Would. Pondering what other Australian artists he could potentially cover, he was curious about former Perth band, The Triffids. “The Triffids you say? What’s the song called? Wide Open Road? Can somebody please write that down?” The man with such classic songs as Born To Run, The River, Dancing In The Dark, Badlands, Hungry Heart and many more doesn’t really need to consider covers,

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but even his iconic talents are tinged with an endearing modesty. “I never thought of myself as an interpretative singer,” he said. “I didn’t quite have the feel like Rod Stewart or Ray Charles. ‘Singer’ singers. I made myself sing. I make a sound that sounds like singing (laughs). It’s communicating, as I call it.”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN plays at AAMI Park on Saturday February 15 and Sunday February 16.