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PROTEST THE HERO Protest The Hero have carved an identity for themselves that is so revolutionary within heavy music that to call them “unique” would be like calling Louis C.K. “pretty funny” or the classic Star Trek television series “influential sci-fi.” The band effortlessly balances high-minded artistry with wit and whimsy, substantive viewpoints with wanton tomfoolery and masterful musicianship with true song craft. Across Protest The Hero’s cinematic fourth album, 2013’s Volition, spider-fingered arpeggios, walloping bottom heavy brutality and dynamically theatrical vocals, the group have made their stock-in-trade remain unrivalled. Their storied career has earned them a Revolver Golden Gods Award, two Canadian Independent Music Awards, a Juno nomination, and millions of views online leading to a #1 debut in their home Canada. But it’s the groundswell of loyal supporters who’ve connected with the band’s spontaneity, authenticity and depth that continues to propel them forward. Protest The Hero’s fourth album contains some of their heaviest and most progressive material, while alternately offering increasingly melodic punk elements that open the door to even bigger horizons. If you’re a fan of progressive metal make sure to grab a ticket to the phenomenon that is Protest The Hero. They’re playing at The Hi-fi ion Saturday September 6. Tickets are only $45, and there are ‘meet and greet’ packages also available.
LORDE After Lorde was forced to postpone her Australian tour at the eleventh hour last month, the New Zealand pop wunderkind has locked in rescheduled dates. The news comes via Lorde’s Twitter, where the enigmatic songstress posted a screenshot of her upcoming tour dates. Ticket holders who are able to attend the rescheduled date need take no action, their existing ticket will remain valid and their location within the venue will remain unchanged. Fans unable to attend the new shows are asked to secure a refund from their original point of purchase prior to 5pm (local time to the venue) on Friday June 6. Lorde will hit Festival Hall on Tuesday July 15 and Wednesday July 16.
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CLARE BOWDITCH ARIA award-winning singer/songwriter Clare Bowditch has announced her fourth annual Winter Secrets tour with special guest Adalita. Clare’s Winter Secrets tours have become something of an institution, warming even the coldest evenings with a big hearted, beautiful collection of songs spanning eight albums (her most recent, The Winter I Chose Happiness, was released in 2012) and a fifteen-year career. Ex-Magic Dirt front woman turned solo artist Adalita will open the shows, performing songs from her latest album All Day Venus before joining Clare onstage for part of her performance. Catch Clare Bowditch at Sooki Lounge in Belgrave on Thursday July 17 or at The Corner Hotel in Richmond on Friday July 25. Tickets are available now, and as with her previous Winter Secrets tours, you will have the chance to enter a competition (closing June 20) to join Clare onstage to perform I Thought You Were God from the album What Was Left.
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WATT’S ON PRESENTS: PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS Watt’s On Presents has scored a major, major, major coup with energetic, frenetic, and kinetic live band The Parking Lot Experiments headlining. PLE’s music is often described as atmospheric and ambient, but in a live setting their music evolves into something otherworldly. PLE will be joined by Cash For Gold (starring Jack Weaving, former frontman of Dukes Of Windsor and Stephen Mowat), Document Swell, psychedelic band The Baudelaires, and two of Melbourne’s finest DJs – Hudson James Jr, and Jackson Miles. Come lose your mind at The Toff In Town on Queen’s Birthday Eve this Sunday June 8. Tickets $10.
BEN LEE Four-time ARIA Award winner Ben Lee is returning to Australia. One of Australia’s most loved troubadours, Lee will perform an intimate headline show in Melbourne early next month. Having penned a number of highly infectious pop gems over the length of his career, including Catch My Disease, Cigarettes Will Kill You and Gamble Everything For Love, Lee will also release a new studio album later this year. Catch him at Howler on Wednesday July 2. Tickets go on sale on Friday June 6.
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TINIE TEMPAH He was one of the biggest highlights of 2014’s Future Music Festival, with charisma to burn and huge performances across the country. Now one of the UK’s most innovative and authentic artists Tinie Tempah returns to Australia for a series of special dates this June. The red hot South Londoner has done no wrong of late, following on from the November 2013 release of his acclaimed second album, Demonstration. Featuring collaborations with the Chemical Brothers, 2 Chainz, Diplo and more, hits like Trampoline, Heroes, Children Of The Sun and latest single Lover Not A Fighter found their way across the globe, Tinie’s epic party-starting live show is something to behold – from high-fiving Prince William, to throwing props into the crowd and jumping into the pit to shower the fans in the front row with champagne. Grab your ticket now for one unmissable gig at Trak Lounge in Toorak on Wednesday June 25.
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SMITH STREET DREAMING Smith Street Dreaming is a special event as part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, focusing on celebrating all that is good about the local community. It is about promoting awareness of Aboriginal culture and building strong relationships with each other. It is about one street, many mobs and one strong and connected community. The incomparable Archie Roach will perform live in the heart of Collingwood to help Smith Street Dreaming celebrate its second year. Archie will be joined by MC Uncle Jack Charles and a line up including Joe Geia, Deline Briscoe, Nikki Ashby and Crystal Mercy. Smith Street Dreaming is a collaborative effort shared between community members and local organisations based on and around Smith Street. Supporters include: Neighbourhood Justice Centre, City of Yarra, Victoria Police, the Salvation Army, Co-Health, Department of Justice, Smith Street Business Association, Eastern Health and Charcoal Lane. Other features include a Welcome to Country and traditional dancers, a streetscape, seating, wet weather cover and a ceremonial fire. The festival will include talks, tours and workshops, an all agesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; event, and gigs in numerous participating venues. A free BBQ will also be provided. No alcohol will be available for purchase and Smith Street Dreaming has a no alcohol policy. In 2014, Leaps and Bounds Live Music Festival runs from 4th - 20th July with a program that showcases Yarraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic live music venues. Come along to Smith Street Dream on Saturday 19 July from 1 to 5pm on the corner of Smith Street and Stanley Street in Collingwood.
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Hold on to your hats, people of Australia: the Peabody indie-post-punk-rock machine is celebrating its 20th birthday. Throughout these 20 years the band has had some help from some kind, kindred and obviously misguided spirits, but has generally made its own way up the shit stream of the music industry using a fork for a paddle, smiling and waving at those in the private bungalows by the side. These boys-to-men have managed to play thousands of shows around Australia, both as headliners and supports for bands such as You Am I, Youth Group and Hoodoo Gurus. Score one of two double passes and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out when Peabody celebrate an impressive 20 years at Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Melbourne on Friday 6 June.
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Friends Gina Holiday, Marc Holiday and Andie Holiday make up Melbourne neo-grunge act Long Holiday (the band members have adopted â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as their surnames because their real surnames are dead to them). Ahead of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gig this Friday night at the Workers Club all three members caught up with Beat to run through the most important grunge albums of all time. Andie: Alice in Chains â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dirt (1992) There is just something quite brutal and eerie about Alice in Chains breakthrough album â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dirt. The lyrical content felt so honest and it really spoke to me, I can also remember being so taken with the vocal harmonies of Staley and Cantrell, just perfectly written and executed. The first songs I heard were probably Them Bones and Would? whilst hanging out in a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedroom way back in the day. One of the few bands from the early Seattle grunge scene that has really stuck with me and still influences how I play. Gina: Nirvana â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nevermind (1991)Â Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard it all before. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the record that defined a generation, brought the grunge movement to the forefront of the music world and solidified Kurt Cobain as one of the most important musicians of our timeâ&#x20AC;Śblah blah blah. The real truth isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nearly as romantic. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a fucking good album. The songs are brilliantly written; a pop-punk fusion accompanied by Cobainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burning vocal chords and clever lyricism. Not to mention Grohlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad arse heavy drumming style, Novoselicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thumping punk rock bass and Butch Vigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature polished sound. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty hard to ignore the importance of this album, whether you like it or not.Â
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Marc: Soundgarden â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Superunknown (1994) One of the most influential bands to come out of the Seattle scene was Soundgarden. Their album Superunknown album is technically brilliant and dark, showcasing the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to experiment with odd time signatures while remaining accessible. Chris Cornellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle with depression and substance abuse is at the forefront of every song, making it a brutally honest release. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a staple in every grunge collection that also showcases the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s metal roots and evolving style. LONG HOLIDAY are playing with Inedia, Two Headed Dog and Claws & Organs this Friday June 6 at the Workers Club, Fitzroy. Tickets are $10.
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Following on from their successful national album tour in March, The Holidays have announced an east coast run of new show dates. The dates coincide with the release of Tongue Talk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the third single from the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular sophomore LP, Real Feel. Real Feel has received solid radio support and media attention since its release in late Feb. It was triple jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feature album upon release, with singles All Time High and Home receiving high rotation on the station. The critical acclaim garnered by Real Feel coupled with gleaming live reviews, has elevated The Holidays to their biggest shows yet. The Holidays play the Hi-Fi Melbourne Friday July 4 with special guest Thief. Holla at us for a free double pass.
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Sydney hip hop trio Loose Change are back in the van in support of super smooth new single Yes Or No, just months after an extensive album tour for Listening Party, which included several dates with old pals Thundamentals. Yes Or No is a sweet turn from the cruisey dudes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MCs Rapaport and Ellesquire backed as ever by the supersmooth deckman P.Major â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who shone a light on beautifully laid-back, jazz-inspired hip hop on their second LP, launching first single Shoosh straight into triple j rotation. Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re firing and ready to ride on a national run of dates that will put the boys back in front of long-time fans, and introduce a legion of newbies to the fast-paced delivery and quick witted flows of two of Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite MCs. The tour kicks off in Melbourne Friday 6 June at Howler and we have two free double passes to give away. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
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RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP Pull on your footy boots folks, because the Reclink Community Cup is back and the lineup has been revealed. Each year, the Reclink Community Cup promotes an allinclusive fun day out in the suburbs, upholding the tradition of the event taking place on suburban footy ovals each year. Reclink Australia uses sport and the arts to enhance the lives of people experiencing disadvantage and targets some of the community’s most vulnerable and isolated people those experiencing mental illness, disability, homelessness, substance abuse, addiction and social and economic hardship. This year, the clash is between Triple R 102.7FM / PBS 106.7FM Megahertz and the Rockdogs. Aussie cult 80s favourite Painters And Dockers will grace the stage in a rare performance, along with Saskwatch who will deliver their special brand of traditional soul meets modern atmospheric rock. Melbourne folk-punk four-piece Smith Street Band will also make an appearance and are bound to stir up the crowd, as well as indie darling and leader of the cosmic country spaceways Fraser A. Gorman. And first up, a family pre-match treat, direct from Sesame Street Elmo & Friends featuring Elmo himself with that lovable glutton Cookie Monster performing for the kids. The anthem will be delivered by David Bridie, lending it his special twist. The footy match between the community broadcasters and the Melbourne rock fraternity remains the centre piece of the day, however the entire day promises to be huge and this year’s line up is a special treat within itself. With the recent announcement of the organisation losing $560,000 of their funding during the recent Federal Budget cuts, this year it is more important than ever to show your support. Gates open at noon at Elsternwick Park on Sunday June 22, Elmo and Friends are on stage from 12.10pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for under 16s.
The Myth Behind the Riff is a metal and hardcore workshop presented by Leaps and Bounds Music Festival and Music Victoria. Join some of the most dynamic players on the Victorian metal and hardcore scene in this not-to-be-missed information session. Topics cover everything you need to know about getting a gig, making the right contacts, what Soundwave Festival is looking for in a local band, getting airplay, streaming, sponsorships, social media, artwork, media coverage, and touring overseas. The moderator is radio presenter, Stu Harvey. He will be accompanied by some speakers including Matt Young (King Parrot), Phoebe Pinnock (Heaven the Axe), Chris O’Brien (Soundwave Festival), Cael Johnston (Destroy All Lines), Guy Palermo (The Bendigo Hotel) and Andrew Fuller. Come down to the Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room (201 Napier Street, Fitzroy) on Wednesday July 9 from 6pm to 7.30pm to learn of the myth behind the riff. Music Victoria members will receive free entry and entry is $10 for non members.
SEX ON TOAST Since the release of their debut album of synth-funk, soul, slow-jams and hard-rockin’ shuffles and subsequent sell-out launches in both Melbourne and Sydney, Sex On Toast have been laying low in Melbourne. But now, this crazy nine-piece are back with the Tonay Tour, and will celebrate their latest single, Hold My Love. Catch Sex On Toast burning down the house live at The Toff In Town on Saturday July 5 and Sunday July 6.
A DAY ON THE GREEN: NAGAMBIE National concert series A Day On The Green are welcoming a venue to its schedule – the beautiful Goulburn Valley, Victoria. Since 2001, A Day On The Green have hosted almost 350 shows around the country, starring both international and local artists, and visited by over two million patrons. A major criterion for wineries hosting A Day On The Green is a spectacular location and Mitchelton Wines certainly has that. An easy 90-minute drive north of Melbourne, the concert site overlooks the Goulburn River and surrounding bushland. Full details of the concert are upcoming. Check out adayonthegreen.com.au for more info.
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SCREEN SECT Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Mumford & Sons and John Butler seem to be a recurring theme when people describe our sound. It’s hard to step outside of your own bubble and see where you fit into it all though. We’ve all got very eclectic listening tastes, and I think this comes through in our songs. We’ve got some poppy lighthearted stuff, some open tuned grit, and some straight up acoustic rock. What can a punter expect from your live show? A lot of energy, a bit of hip swinging, a few bad jokes, and a bloody good time. What do you love about making music? When the initial idea for a song rears its head. It could be a lyric, or a melody. But that first introduction to a musical moment is always pretty special. Then figuring it out, putting the pieces together and setting it free. The moment when you play it live for the first time. When people connect with a song, and the challenge of winning a room over. The friends you make along the way. The places you get to see. And the fact that it all stems from what is often a selfdirected bedroom therapy session.
What do you hate about the music industry? Hate is a strong word, but I think the biggest frustration lies in that area where art and money meet. Tell us about the last song you wrote. We recently re-worked Lana Del Rey’s Young & Beautiful, and recorded it in an alleyway here in Melbourne. You can check out the video on YouTube. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? One of those popping candy chocolate bars. Familiar, yet filled with some tasty surprises. When’s the gig and with who? Sunday June 8 at the Evelyn Hotel. We’ve got some awesome acts joining us too. Old mates Buddha in a Chocolate Box will be making the journey up from Hamilton. They’re mad. And two very talented singer songwriters: Ben Whiting, and Harrison Storm. Doors open at 1pm. After our single launch at the Evelyn we’ll be hitting the road again with a 10-date tour of rural Victoria through June and July. Details are up on our website: www.sonsofmaymusic.com
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INTERNATIONAL LIARS Corner Hotel June 5 THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION The Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio June 6, 7 WHITE LUNG The Tote June 7 JAMES BLUNT The Plenary June 8 RON POPE Workers Club June 8 TLC Palais Theatre June 11 SCHOOLBOY Q The Forum June 11 SLIM JIM PHANTOM Ding Dong Lounge June 12 THE BOHICAS Ding Dong Lounge June 13 CHET FAKER The Forum June 13 LA DISPUTE Corner Hotel June 12, 13, 14 BASTILLE Festival Hall June 15 BAND OF SKULLS The Hi-Fi June 17 THE BRONX 170 Russell June 17 THE VIBRATORS The Tote June 21 EARTH The Hi-Fi June 21 THE SUPERSUCKERS Ding Dong Lounge June 21 SOHN Ding Dong Lounge June 25 TINIE TEMPAH Trak Lounge June 25 THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT The Hi-Fi June 26 LLOYD COLE Caravan Music Club June 26, Thornbury Theatre June 27 JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN Melbourne Recital Centre June 27 STORY OF THE YEAR 170 Russell June 29 BELL X1 Hi-Fi Bar July 3 ADOLESCENTS The Evelyn July 5 TINY RUINS Northcote Social Club July 8 LORDE Festival Hall July 15, 16 HIGH ON FIRE The Hi-Fi July 19 THE STRYPES Northcote Social Club July 22 KELIS Prince Bandroom July 22 LONDON GRAMMAR Festival Hall July 22 ÁSGEIR The Forum July 22 SKY FERREIRA Prince Bandroom July 23 TUNE-YARDS Howler July 24 THE ACID Northcote Social Club July 24 LILY ALLEN Festival Hall July 24 PELICAN The Hi-Fi July 25 METRONOMY & CIRCA WAVES The Forum July 25 MIKHAEL PASKALEV 170 Russell July 25
THE WILD FEATHERS Northcote Social Club July 25 PHANTOGRAM Prince Bandroom July 25 GROUPLOVE 170 Russel July 25 MAS YSA Prince Bandroom July 25 DARLIA LOCK Northcote Social Club July 26 SKATERS Corner Hotel July 26 CHROME SPARKS/RAT & CO Howler July 26 THE 1975 The Hi-Fi July 27 FUTURE ISLANDS Corner Hotel July 28 FOSTER THE PEOPLE Palais Theatre July 28 THE HEAD AND THE HEART Howler July 28 WILD BEASTS Prince Bandroom July 29 JUNGLE Corner Hotel July 29 BEN HOWARD Palais Theatre July 30 RY X Howler July 30 FIRST AID KIT The Hi-Fi July 31 ANDREW STRONG DOES THE COMMITMENTS Corner Hotel August 3 NEUROSIS Corner Hotel August 7, The Hi-Fi August 8 I AM GIANT Cherry Bar August 8 KASABIAN Festival Hall August 9 KING BUZZO Ding Dong Lounge August 15 BOB DYLAN Palais Theatre August 18, 19 KNAPSACK The Reverence Hotel August 21 LADY GAGA Rod Laver Arena August 23 KID INK The Hi-Fi August 24 THE USED & TAKING BACK SUNDAY 170 Russell August 25 PITY SEX The Old Bar August 25 THE DANDY WARHOLS Corner Hotel August 26, August 27, September 2, September 3 QUEEN Rod Laver Arena August 29 PROTEST THE HERO The Hi-Fi September 6 BIFFY CLYRO Palais Theatre September 7 ANBERLIN The Forum September 7 KANYE WEST Rod Laver Arena September 9, 10 ANBERLIN 170 Russell September 10 CANNIBAL CORPSE 170 Russel September 12 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Rod Laver Arena September 16 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Etihad Stadium September 18 INGRID MICHAELSON Corner Hotel September 20 VERUCA SALT Corner Hotel September 26 SEPULTURA 170 RUSSELL October 1 ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena November 5.
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CHROMA
By Liza Dezfouli
The music of The White Stripes, indie/garage/punk darlings of the early 2000s, doesn’t automatically equate in your mind with ballet. Prepare to be surprised – an orchestral arrangement by UK classical composer Joby Talbot of three of The White Stripes’ songs (presented as a gift to the band) became the basis to a dance work by British choreographer Wayne McGregor, for London’s Royal Ballet. The White Stripes’ simple insistent beats and low fidelity rock/blues sound inspired McGregor’s ballet, Chroma, which went on to win the Lawrence Olivier award in 2007 for Best New Dance Production. Curious? Melbourne is about to experience Chroma performed by The Australian Ballet, with music by Orchestra Victoria (now officially married to The Australian Ballet after 40 years of hooking up) conducted by Nicolette Fraillon, one of the world’s few female conductors and still the world’s only female musical director of a ballet company. Fraillon, who conducted her first orchestra at the age of 16, and who has been chief conductor and musical director of The Australian Ballet for more than a decade, shared with Beat a few observations on preparing Orchestra Victoria to play the music of The White Stripes. “I always start with the music,” Fraillon says. “Step one is my preparation musically; I spend time thinking through the whole thing, learning the score, thinking about the background to the piece. With The White Stripes pieces I spent time listening to their original punk roots sounds and comparing it to what Joby translated into orchestra. It’s fascinating, with the electric guitar sounds and special effects. The instruments are being used in different and unusual ways by the composer’s score. Step two is getting my head around the dance steps. I’m not working on my own – I prepare music in collaboration; I need to get my head around the ballet, what the dancers do next, what the dancers need, what the choreographer wants, the artistic concept, what we have to do with the music. You have to get to know the dancers and what are they going to do with the piece.” This sounds like a huge task, and it is. “I start practically,” says Fraillon, “I start with what the orchestra needs.” In the case of Chroma, with the different sorts of sounds the music requires, Fraillon needed to hunt down instruments not usually part of the typical orchestral collection. Fraillon explains: “We need a full set of tuned gongs; you hardly ever need those in an orchestra so where on earth do we find them? And cowbells! The keyboards have to produce a range of sounds, represented sounds, scrambled sounds; the trumpet has to make high sounds and screeches; there are sounds from pop and rock and roll, we use a saxophone and every percussion instrument under the sun in the pit so I’m sourcing players, talking to other conductors…
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the Chroma piece is so complicated, you feel like you never really know it. It’s complex; the orchestra is not to sound acoustic – it has to sound amplified with a pop-rock feel, with a full-on amp sound – so we need to use a different sound system than we would usually. Chroma is more like a rock concert than a classical concert; it has to sound different, so what will we all need?” Seven pieces make up the Chroma ballet, the three White Stripes works –The Hardest Button to Button, Aluminium and Blue Orchid – and four additional pieces composed by Joby Talbot. “Chroma is such a great work to do,” Fraillon continues. “Joby Talbot has been reorchestrating everything so it sounds like one big piece. Joby’s four pieces sound like they could be The White Stripes sound, anyway. The last piece, Hovercraft, is very beautiful, slow, melodic, and contemplative.” The Chroma score presents the singular problem of needing so many percussive instruments that there might not be room in the orchestra pit for all the musicians. “I don’t think they will all fit,” says Fraillon. “We will have to put two players in another room and pipe their sounds via video and audio; they will need to listen to themselves so they won’t have headphones on…then there is the issue of transporting these things around the country!” An additional requirement for the musical director is to ensure there’s an aesthetic confluence to the entirety of the show. Along with the Chroma score arranged and composed by Joby Talbot, sharing the concert bill are two dances to works by Mozart, and another to a work by Tchaikovsky. The former pieces, Petite Mort and Sechs Tänze, are choreographed by dance giant Jiří Kylián and described as ‘contemporary ballets meshed with the classical sounds of Mozart’. Petite Mort (‘little death’, a French euphemism for orgasm) was created to commemorate the second anniversary of Mozart’s death. Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) sees The Australian Ballet dancers getting into an 18th century mood, all dressed up in period wigs and fencing on stage. The Tchaikovsky dance, Art to Sky, was created by The Australian Ballet’s resident choreographer Stephen Baynes, referencing a little-known piece the composer
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wrote called Mozartina, a loving tribute to his musical hero written for the centenary of the celebrated Mozart opera Don Giovanni. Thus there is a resonance with these period works in terms of their genesis, as they too were originally inspired by another’s compositions. “It all gels seamlessly,” says Fraillon. “The second piece by Tchaikovsky is where he wrote a tribute to Mozart. He was composing music like Mozart, creating Mozartlike melodies...Tchaikovsky was doing covers of Mozart. It feels like the pieces have morphed into one another; it all feels organic.” Have there been any surprises along the way? Fraillon laughs. “There are always surprises in live performance! The bigger the orchestra the more surprises there are. As we piece it together, every night there’s something that doesn’t work, it might be a wrong sample or it’s extra loud or something. The audio designer is as much a part of it as anyone; mixing sound live ... it’s a trust thing.” One big difference between conducting music for ballet and conducting for a musical concert is the amount of rehearsal time needed. “With symphony orchestras you come in the day before the performance but with ballet companies you have two or three weeks of rehearsals so you can get to know the dancers well enough,” explains the conductor. “In ballet, preparation time is much longer. You have to get to know the steps – your text is the music; for the dancers their text is their steps – you have to know all the steps; the conductor has to know both – so you spend a lot of time in the studio, thinking about matching music to steps. You need an extra rehearsal in the theatre. Normally this happens at the last minute, all the fine tuning, getting the balance right but with ballet, it’s different; it’s different every night. You have to report back to the sound designer. The dancers give their own individual performances and the players have different things to match with what the dancers are doing at different times. No two dancers perform the same way, there are physical things that make a difference; it depends on the height of the dancer, the speed at which they move, they all breathe differently, they do pirouettes at different paces, turn at different speeds, slow or fast, a tall couple will do a lift at a different speed which physically affects the timing… If you have a dancer who’s on the slower side, you need to quicken in certain parts yet still be telling a vibrant story. I’m marshalling huge forces – I’m buggered at the end of the night!” Does Fraillon ever get to sit back and just listen to a concert or performance she’s conducted? “I might watch archival recordings later but not they’re not high quality sound so I won’t really be able to judge the piece. It’s never a pleasant experience listening later – I am a perfectionist: I need a distance of a few years before I can enjoy it.” The Australian Ballet’s Chroma will be performed from Friday June 6 to Saturday June 14 at the Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre. Visit australianballet.com.au for more information.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN This week ACMI will present the premiere of the digital restoration of the 1969 film Model Shop. Directed by Jacques Demy, the film chronicles the bittersweet tale of a brief encounter between a young and disillusioned architect, George, and the enchanting Lola, who poses for men in various states of undress. Model Shop will screen from Saturday June 7 to Sunday June 15.
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ON STAGE From Working Dog, the iconic team behind classic Australian films such as The Castle and The Dish, comes The Speechmaker, a hilarious political satire about global power and the fumbling hands that hold it. Air Force One is London-bound for a surprise Christmas meeting between the US President and the British PM. It will be a diplomatic coup, not to mention one hell of a media opportunity – a no-risk vote-winner for the price of a little jet fuel, and the chance for the Leader of the Free World to give the speech of a lifetime. Yet with the seatbelt signs barely switched off, what appears to be a major international crisis begins to unfold. As the stakes rise and the clock ticks, the President and his advisors are forced to make some uncomfortable decisions. The Speechmaker will open at the Arts Centre Melbourne, The Playhouse on Thursday June 5.
ON DISPL AY The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art are currently presenting the first major Australian survey of Turner Prize-winning Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, titled Douglas Gordon: The Only Way Out Is the Only Way In. Gordon rose to prominence in 1993 with his work 24 Hour Psycho, a slowed down version of the Alfred Hitchcock film, and since has continued appropriating images from popular culture and other sources to create his signature artistic style. The exhibition includes 1997’s Between Darkness and Light (After William Blake) where William Friedkin’s Exorcist and Henry King’s The Song of Bernadette, do battle with each other, 1999’s Through a Looking Glass, a double-projection that uses the climactic scene in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1996’s 30 Second Text and 2013’s Everything Is Nothing Without Its Reflection: A Photographic Pantomime. Visit accaonline.org.au for more details.
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This week Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will welcome back popular pianist Piers Lane for three performances of Piers Lane Plays Beethoven. Australian-born, London-based Piers Lane was the soloist in Grieg Piano Concerto when the MSO returned to Hamer Hall in 2012. Now he returns to perform the concerto in which Beethoven bade farewell to the 18th century. The program features Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 and Symphony No.4, Brahms’ Tragic Overture and Pärt’s Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten. This will be the second time Lane has performed Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. Lane has performed in more than 40 countries, lending his hand to more than 80 works throughout his career. Piers Lane Plays Beethoven will take place at Hamer Hall from Thursday June 5 - Saturday June 7.
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ARTICULATED INTERSECT By Liza Dezfouli Normally we associate powerful searchlights with prison security, warnings of danger to ships, military activity, border controls… with art, not so much. Mexican-born artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer subverts these associations with Articulated Intersect, an installation for MONA’s Dark Mofo festival, where the control of massive searchlights is made available to members of the public so they can send beams of light into the sky. Melbourne saw Lozano-Hemmer’s work Solar Equation at Federation Square a few years ago, where a huge spherical balloon (the world’s largest) formed a simulation of the sun, 100 million times smaller than the actual star. Passers-by could use their own devices to disturb animations projected onto the balloon. On a much huger scale, Articulated Intersect will allow visitors to the arts festival in Hobart to manipulate massive beams of light over Sullivan’s Cove on the harbour via levers which direct robotic searchlights visible over a 15-kilometre radius. The artist describes this work, inspired by the articulated sculptures from the mid-20th century by artists such as Gyula Kosice (Argentina) and Lygia Clark (Brazil), as building ‘bridges of connection and invasion.’ “There are six levers on platforms for public interaction,” says Lozano-Hemmer. “They work three robotic searchlights.” Lozano-Hemmer talks about the birth of his idea: “Search lights are associated with things like the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, for example. One problem is the military background to searchlights, they are used for anti-aircraft surveillance; there is a predatorial aspect to them. They were used in the Nazi rallies. After WWII they were used to celebrate victory parades, in festivals; they were always included in shows or movie premieres, scanning the sky – so now we associate them with the opening of supermarkets. Contrary to both those aspects, what I’m seeking is to use the same searchlights to create an interactive, intimate experience, something which allows people to amplify their gestures on an urban scale, instead of scanning the sky randomly, like you’d see in a victory parade.” The installation provides six platforms sited at various
locations around Hobart’s harbour. A lever on each platform allows an individual to manipulate three beams and make contact in the sky with other participants working their three lights from other platforms. The artist explains: “It is not pre-programmed; if the lights are moving – someone has to do it. The person is actively communicating with the other person. The project only exists as individual to individual. These lights amplify, make gestures more public. The military is using these technologies for the purposes of military power but I am creating a connective experience. Instead of lulling
“THE LIGHTS ARE ROBOTIC AND IT LITERALLY WORKS WITH CRAZY MATHEMATICAL COMPONENTS.” the public into becoming passive spectators, instead of fireworks, Articulated Intersect is a platform for people to feel that their decisions are changing the profile of a city. The gestures are seen over a 15-kilometre radius. It increases the agency the public has to transform its own city. These lights are a good vehicle to do so.” How does the sense of connection happen? “The connection between the remote platforms is seen
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in some pulsing of the light, an oscillation or glimmer to signify that a bridge is being built,” Lozano-Hemmer continues. “When you’re searching you know when someone else is connecting – a computer detects the intersection and creates a haptic vibration, there is haptic feedback, a display, to let you know you’ve made contact. It means there’s quite a sense of accomplishment when someone else intersects with your light. As I’m swinging or directing my searchlight in one direction, on the other side of the harbour the same thing is happening and so there is a sensation of building a bridge of light between people. It’s quite complex,” he adds. “The lights are robotic and it literally works with crazy mathematical components.” Articulated Intersect was installed in Montreal in 2011 for the Triennale Québecoise. Lozano-Hemmer is thrilled to see it happen over the far less populated area of Hobart. “Correct me if I’m wrong but Hobart as a population of about 150,000, right? I am excited as the amount of light pollution in most cities is quite mind-boggling. It will be beautiful, the lights standing out against the rest of the city with lesser density, so I am looking forward to it. One other thing: the Dark Mofo installations are available to people ‘til very late at night, not only at peak hours. Most of the time there are a lot of people; it’s quite carnival-esque – but this time it will have a solitary part. It could happen at 3am on a Tuesday night – a more quiet, intimate experience.” The artist describes the work as ‘a very playful celebration of the architectural’. “You create these shapes, these domes of light. The public has a sense of agency in creating a change to the look of their city; the work reflects urban desire, the public interaction with a city.” Originally Articulated Intersect was designed for the US/Mexican border (Lozano-Hemmer, now based in Canada, was born in Mexico). Will the work ever be installed at that site? “I’ve been speaking to different institutions across the border,”replies Lozano-Hemmer. “We’ll find a way...the issues aren’t legal but it’s quite costly on the Mexican side. It will happen; it’s just a matter of time.” Will he get a chance to sit back and relish the results of his work for the Dark Mofo festival? “I always get stressed for opening night,” he admits. “But for the rest of it I can become one more participant, one more spectator, and enjoy it.” As part of Dark Mofo Articulated Intersect will open on Friday June 13 and continue until Sunday June 22, dusk until dawn, at the Hobart Waterfront. Visit darkmofo.net.au for more details.
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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
GABRIEL IGLESIAS Gabriel Iglesias will return to our shores, Hawaiian shirt and all, for a tour this September. Known as the “fluffy comic,” Iglesias has been described as electrifying and witty and lauded for his ability to deliver unique side-splitting experiences from start to finish. In addition to an extensive list of television credits, the American comedian has appeared in A Haunted House 2 and Magic Mike. He is set to release his stand-up comedy film, the aptly-titled The Fluffy Movie in theatres this July. Iglesias toured Australia back in 2011 and this time he will return to perform in some of the biggest venues in the country. Catch him at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday September 20.
PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Public Bar Comedy has been red hot for the past few weeks with comics killing to packedout audiences. Tonight will be no different with the fabulous Adam Richard hitting the sticky Public Bar stage. Along with Richard is a top to bottom A1 line up; Jason English, Ben Lomas, Kate McLennan, Dan Connell and Ryan Walker. Miss Katie’s Crab Shack is open before the show in the front bar and is beyond delicious. Come down tonight and join one of the most appreciative audiences in Australia as Melbourne’s finest comedians let loose in the intimate Public Bar back room for a mere $5.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Hannah Gadsby headlines Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday. It’s a rare chance to see the co-star of Adam Hills Tonight in a comedy club, plus there’s an almighty lineup including Karl Chandler, David Quirk, Jason English, Sonia Di Iorio and a special guest. It’s all happening this Thursday June 5 at 8.30pm at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Sp Spleen are more packed than ever (and that’s pretty damned packed). pa This week they’ve got another belter of a lineup including special guests, plus Adam Rozenbachs, Ash Williams, Ben Lomas, Vic Healy and heaps more. It’s on this Monday June 9, 41 4 Bourke St, CBD, at 8.30pm. It mayy b bee free, but b theyy appreciate a good gold ccoin oiiin ooin n do d don donation ona natio nat ion ion o at at th tthe he d door. ooooorr. oor r.
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The Melbourne International Animation Festival has revealed the full program for its 2014 incarnation. Showcasing the best current, retrospective and historical animation from around the world, the festival will give attendees the opportunity to explore the art from all angles. This year will feature a twoday RENDER Animation Conference, a four part Symposium, Blend, Meet the Filmmaker presentations, workshops, a free Careers in Animation forum as well as a slew of international and local guests. It will all go down from Thursday June 19 to Sunday June 29 at ACMI.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Melbourne International Film Festival has revealed the First Glance program for its 2014 incarnation. This year, MIFF will deliver a selection of award-winning features and documentaries including new films from Hong Kong’s Wong Kar-wai, American director Richard Linklater and Canadian cinema prodigy Xavier Dolan. The program will also include imaginative shorts and flicks for the whole family. Venues for 2014 include the Forum Theatre, Kino Cinemas, ACMI, Federation Square, Hoyts and Treasury Cinema. The full program for the 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival will be announced on Tuesday July 8. The festival will go down from Thursday July 31 to Sunday August 17. For synopses of all First Glance films and more information, visit the MIFF website.
SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL
The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is set to bring some of the best films from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland to screens around Australia this July. The festival will open with Swedish comedy The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared (Hundraaringen som klev ut genom fonstret och forsvann). The film is based on the internationally successful novel by Jonas Jonasson, which was published in more than 35 countries. Other films announced include the Easy Money trilogy, including Shabba Cash which was Sweden’s top-grossing film of 2010 and follows an economics student who becomes a drug runner. From Finland, director Taru Makela’s August Fools (Mieleton Elokuu) is a comedy set in 1962 in the Cold War, Iceland’s Metalhead (Malmhaus) follows the story of 12-year-old Hera as she takes on the identity of her deceased brother, Amrita Acharia stars in Norway’s I Am Yours ( Jeg er din) while Danish suspense thriller The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) follows the discoveries of a re-assigned police officer. The full program p will be released in June. The Scandinavian Film Festival opens ope on Thursday July 10 at Palace Cinema Como and d Palace P Brighton Bay.
SONGS FROM THE MOVIES
Co-written and devised by Peter Callow and Emily Yarrow, Songs from the Movies aims to celebrate the world of cinema by performing songs used in some of the most acclaimed films ever made. Featured in the show will be songs such as Moon River (from 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s), Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Nobody Does It Better (theme song of 1977 James Bond instalment The Spy Who Loved Me). To complete the evening performances by Emily Yarrow will be teamed with comedy, film facts and movie trivia. The show made its debut in London in January 2005 on board The Battersea Barge and since has been touring around London and surrounding counties. Now in 2014 the show makes its way to Melbourne. Songs from the Movies opens on Thursday June 19 at La Mama.
HAVEN
Imagine a future where the Australian continent has been irreversibly compromised and Australians must attempt to seek refuge abroad. That is the world Jessi Lewis has created in his performance, HAVEN, opening this June. HAVEN forms the second part of the Great Southern Land trilogy that began with SHATTERED last year. Together the performances aim to explore Australian culture and its changing identity. What began discussing the themes and misconceptions surrounding terrorism presented in SHATTERED, now continues with a focus on the conversation surrounding the treatment of those seeking asylum in our country. This time around, the audience are transported to the year 2050, a future where, because of our own actions, we are forced to seek refuge elsewhere, much like the asylum seekers of the 21st century. Here Lewis combines discussions about issues of climate change and global warming with refugee legislation and treatment in Australia. HAVEN opens at the Croft Institute on Thursday June 26.
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THE MOTION OF FLIGHT
As part of Theatre Works Selected Works 2014, and commissioned by Hothouse Theatre, Elbow Room will be premiering their new show The Motion of Light in Water this June and July. Inspired by the life and work of Samuel R. Delany and acclaimed poet, Marilyn Hacker, director Marcel Dorney presents a queer, sci-fi love story that takes a thrilling journey into the imaginative possibilities of science fiction while taking audiences back to the early 1960s. There, in violent New York City, Chip and Marilyn support each other through their struggles with intolerance and poverty. The only way Chip can publish the truth about sexual and racial identity is through sci-fi books. Far in their future, after poet Rydra Wong discovers an alien language and sets out on a quest to either save or destroy civilization, her path will converge with Chip’s. The cast features Ray Chong Nee (Bell Shakespeare’s The Dream), Laura Maitland (Yes, Prime Minister), Emily Tomlins (Melbourne Festival’s M+M), Paul Blenheim (Salome), Tom Dent (Psycho Beach Party) and Jacinta Yelland making her stage debut. The Motion of Light in Water will premiere at Hothouse Theatre, Wodonga on Tuesday June 24. Bookings are available through their website. It will then head to Theatre Works from Thursday July 17.
ALICA SARA OTT AND FRANCESCO TRISTANO
Individually, Alica Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano are two of their generation’s brightest young stars. Together, they are a pianistic dream team. At 24, Ott already has major repertoire on record and a busy international schedule, giving performances that critics call ‘elegant’, ‘vibrant’ and ‘superbly accomplished’. Tristano is equally at home with electronic dance music as he is with Bach, with an open-minded approach to music making that has won over fans of techno and classical music alike. The combination of the two promises a meeting of strong minds and spectacular music-making that is already generating buzz. They’ll be performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of their 2014 Great Performers series on Wednesday July 2.
CHRIS TURNER
By Meg Crawford
The charming Chris Turner, world renowned as the honeyed voice of Erimaj and an engrossing solo artist in his own right, is a classically trained musician who effortlessly straddles jazz and soul. It’s a fairly unsurprising achievement – Chris Turner was pretty much raised to do it. “It started with my childhood,” Turner explains. “I grew up going to jazz clubs – even when I was a baby. I was two years old, in a baby carriage, on the side of the stage. My first performance was in a jazz club when I was four. That’s how I began. Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole – they were two influences. My household was full of jazz and soul. We listened to some pop and R&B too, like Michael Jackson, but probably more Al Green was being played.” Briefly, Turner entertained the notion of a life other than just music. “When I was younger, my mother’s father was a pediatrician,” he recalls. “That seemed cool to me, so for a while I thought I’d be a singing doctor… and then I dropped the doctor part,” he laughs. Thankfully, Turner’s father, who was also a jazz singer, encouraged Turner to head toward music. “My father was very supportive,” Turner continues, “but he said if you are going to do it, you have to put everything into it – you have to hone your skills. I loved sport when I was in high school. The one thing he made me sacrifice was sport. He told me that you have to devote all of your time to your craft and I appreciate him for that.” In fact, Turner is appreciative full stop. “I woke up this morning for one thing,” he chuckles. “I’m living my dream. Right now I’m in Japan, then I’m coming to your beautiful country. I’ve never done that before.
I feel extremely blessed. I also have two beautiful children, who love their father. I get to wake up and be able to sing – that’s a blessing for me and I never take that for granted.” Despite the fact that Turner is equally passionate about soul and jazz, somehow he manages to avoid the ire of purists and is perfectly happy with the mix. “I don’t get too many cranky purists,” he reflects. “Sometimes though, some jazz purists might test me to see how vast my jazz language may be. The other side, the hip hop world, sometimes I hear something ridiculous like, ‘That’s too jazzy’. I’ve learned to do me and that’s working. It’s funny to see – I’ve always wanted to tread the line. “I remember when I was in middle school, Wynton Marsalis won a Grammy for jazz and classical music and I thought, ‘Man, I want to do that’. I can sing the hell out of a standard and croon with the best of them, but I can also write something that can make you groove just as much.” In order to secure its future, Turner thinks it’s important for the jazz community to engage with a younger audience. He believes that the connection is possible via super talented artists with style. “When the music is too elitist, it makes it hard for the younger audience,” he explains. “Say when ticket prices
are high, they don’t come and they won’t be aware of what’s going on. That’s why we have to catch them with style.” Turner is also enthusiastic about hitting our shores to perform as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. In terms of what audiences can expect, it will be that meld he performs so well. “It’s soul that has been influenced by jazz – it’ll be a melting pot.” he promises. “You’ll leave with the feeling
that you’ve experienced everything. I’ll go many places. I’ll perform some songs from Erimaj and some from my albums. I’ll stretch and do what jazz musicians do.”
period of time. I could have quite easily released an album with 20 songs, but I wanted to pick ten really good songs that worked together really well.” There’s a few key ingredients helping tie the collection together. Namely McLaren’s trusty sidemen The Triple Threat and producer John Castle, who have been with him since 2011’s Mirror’s & Strings EP, were integral in realising the potential of each song. “I think it’s really important, when you’ve got other people in the same room as you and you’re all in a project together, to collaborate a little bit and throw ideas around. John Castle’s ideas and recommendations
are usually quite clever, so I’m always open to trying out things and exploring different avenues. “I see myself more as a songwriter rather than a musician,” he adds. “I can play the guitar and dabble around on a few instruments, but I’m not particularly good at them. So it’s the songwriting which is the huge focus for me.”
CHRIS TURNER plays alongside Derrick Hodge at the Forum on Saturday June 7 as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Check out the mammoth Melbourne International Jazz Festival program at melbournejazz.com.
JACKSON MCLAREN
By Augustus Welby
It’s a dilemma many artists face: there’s a stock of ideas ready to take shape, but how do you make these ideas come alive? For some, songwriting is approached as a ninefive engagement. But compartmentalising your time like this presumably requires an understanding of how the songwriting propensity functions, which takes years of experience. Jackson McLaren released his debut LP Songs to Greet the Dawn last month and the folky Warrnambool native is familiar with this struggle to summon the ideas within. “I’m slowly starting to realise when I can feel that creative impulse coming on,” he says. “You can feel something swelling inside your head and you’ve just got to get it out. It usually comes at the most inconvenient times – when you have to run off to your part-time job, or you have to get a train, or you have to go have coffee with your friend. It’s like, ‘Oh shit I can feel a song coming on and I’ve got to write it down.’” Perhaps this unannounced outpouring of material explains the oft-heard claim, ‘I like the old stuff better than the new stuff.’ See, the ‘old stuff ’ generally comes together before songwriting is an artist’s exclusive focus, so it has a unique, accidental edge. “I carry a song journal/notebook around with me pretty much everywhere I go,” confesses McLaren. “I write a lot of songs when I’m on the train or going somewhere. Then [I start] paring it down and picking out the best bits and putting it into songs.” However, the elusive quest for creative gold isn’t likely to cease after reaching a certain level of esteem. “I
remember reading an interview with Robert Forster from The Go-Betweens,” McLaren recalls. “He talked about how he’d have the whole afternoon free and that was perfect songwriting time, but that’s often when the most boring ideas would come. But when his wife was like, ‘It’s ten minutes to dinner time,’ he’d pick up a nylon string on the couch and come up with something great.” Songs to Greet the Dawn itself is characterised by patience and clarity, which belies the fact it was patched together from ideas conceived in transit. After the initial onset of inspiration, McLaren’s approach to songcraft is actually rather deliberate. “I’ve got hundreds of notebooks in my bedroom and if you look through them you can see how an idea will start a bit rambley and eventually you perfect it over a series of re-writing and coming up with different ideas and putting in new things.” What’s more, McLaren didn’t just throw together the first bunch of songs he’d written. One track from each of his three preceding EPs made it to the LP. “It was written over quite a long period of time so there was an abundance of stuff to choose from. I really wanted to have the first album as one initial impression of that
JACKSON MCLAREN plays Melbourne Folk Club at Bella Union on Wednesday June 4. Songs To Greet the Dawn is out now via Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music Entertainment.
60 SECONDS with C.W. STONEKING The First Record I Bought: The first recorded music I think I payed money for was a cassette tape called something like, Keep on Dancin’, a crappy compilation of ‘80s pop music with a pink cover. I bought it cause the kids at school said it was good stuff and that Duran Duran were cool. What it meant to me was I was cool for a minute until I got it home and discovered it was garbage. I don’t remember the songs on it. The Last Record I Bought: The last record I bought is called Get Right With God Hot Gospel 1947-1953. It’s a compilation on Krazy Kat records, I haven’t listened to it ‘cause my record player isn’t set up, same goes for about the last ten records I’ve bought. I buy a lot of gospel records: I like the gospel
singing groups, this one has some bands I like and some new (to me) bands. The First Thing I Recorded: The first thing I recorded was a demo with a band I had in high school. The drummer described our music as cock rock; that about sums it up. Maybe I would cringe if I had to listen to it, but I haven’t heard it in a long, long, time... The Record That Changed My Life: I had a cassette that had two compilations on it; one side was The Legendary Duke Sessions (‘50s sort of Texas blues), the other side was Livin’ the Blues (various old time blues singers recorded round the late ‘40s and ‘50s). I got into this tape a lot when I was in high school, and it edged me into hooking up with some guys playing blues stuff after
I left school. Many hours, days, years of playing, listening, learning stuff. Later I’m still in with the blues stuff, and other things I picked up along the way, so I guess if I had to pin it down to one record it’d be that particular cassette. Some of the artists on there were Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Brownie McGhee, Larry Davis... it was two compilations so a lot of artists obviously, some are still among my favourites. I don’t go back to it, the tape got towed away in a crashed car ( it was in the tape deck) and that was the end of that. I own both albums on vinyl, but as I said, my record player is not set up so I don’t listen to it. CW STONEKING plays the Heavenly Sounds Tour with special guest Kira Puru. Friday June 13 Melbourne, St Michael’s Church 120 Collins Street.
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on tour BOK BOK [UK], L-VIS 1990 [UK] Friday June 6, Brown Alley LEE DOUGLAS [USA] Friday June 6, Mercat Basement ANDHIM [GER] Friday June 6, Brown Alley NICKY SIANO [USA] Saturday June 7, The Toff In Town A GUY CALLED GERALD [UK] Saturday June 7, Lounge ARMIN VAN BUUREN [NED] Saturday June 7, Hisense Arena HOLEANDCORNER: HOT CHIP DJS [UK], MATTHEW DEAR [USA], HENRY SAIZ [ESP] + MORE Saturday June 7, Shed 4 EJECA [UK] Sunday June 8, Brown Alley KORELESS [UK] Sunday June 8, Revolt Artspace TLC [USA] Wednesday June 11, Palais Theatre SOHN [UK] Wednesday June 25, Ding Dong Lounge TINIE TEMPAH [UK] Wednesday June 25, Trak Lounge HENRY FONG [USA] Thursday July 10, Royal Melbourne Hotel GARETH EMERY [UK] Friday July 11, 170 Russell CHINGY [USA] Friday July 11, Colonial Hotel GIRL UNIT [UK] Saturday July 12, Revolver Upstairs CHROME SPARKS [USA] Saturday July 26, Howler KID INK [USA] Sunday August 24, The Hi-Fi FOURCOLOURS: SUDUAYA [FRA], IRINA MIKHAILOVA [UK], BE SVENDSEN [DEN] + MORE Saturday October 11, Revolt Artspace SOULFEST: D’ANGELO, [USA], MAXWELL [USA], MOS DEF [USA] + MORE Sunday October 19, Kings Domain Gardens and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl STRAWBERRY FIELDS: ÂME + MORE Friday November 21 - Sunday November 23, TBA EARTHCORE: RAJA RAM [UK], JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] + MORE Thursday November 27 - Monday December 1, Pyalong, Victoria
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Promoter Thomas Hendry of Cabaret Nocturne in association with Sydney’s Rivetting Productions is about to present a big ‘brutal’ party in Melbourne, pulling together three generations of legendary Australian goth musicians headlined by US band Velvet Acid Christ – leading proponents of alternative electro music – on their first visit to Australia. “They’re big headliners; really influential,” says Hendry of Velvet Acid Christ. The night, he says, is a club event with live music. If you’re into dark electronic electro music that is angry, diverse, disquiet, sinister and atmospheric with a driving dance sound then this is your night. The lineup includes local heroes Sirus, Black Lung, and a DJ set by accomplished
party profile: house of mince & oof present a guy called gerald When is it? Saturday June 7. Where is it? Lounge. Who’s playing? A Guy Called Gerald, DJ Kiti and Out of Focus DJs. What sort of shit will they be playing? High end house music. What’s the crowd going to be like? Intelligent and musically discerning. What will we remember in the AM? That A Guy Called Gerald continues to rock our socks off. What’s the wallet damage? $15. Give us one final reason why we should party here: To see Voodoo Ray.
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Melbourne DJ Dave Foreman as well as Forces DJs. Platform One in the Banana Alley tunnels is the venue, on the Sunday of Queen’s Birthday Weekend. Hendry describes electronic body music as “dance music with a new romantic twist rather than a flat-out dance track without vocals. EBM usually has romanticised vocal melodies, then there is the industrial side of it,” he explains. “It’s an international thing. There are a number of local producers but in the main, the players are from Europe. The Australian scene is much, much smaller. Our biggest challenge when the bands come to Australia is getting the numbers. Velvet Acid Christ played to concerts of 10,000 people
in Denver, Colorado; they’ll come here and there might be up to 500 people. They do it for the love of it. They’ll get a holiday, get to see a different country, they get to play to their adoring fans. But it’s not as if they’re going to sell bucket loads of merchandise. The scene here just can’t support that.” Who are the biggest Australian EBM makers? “TANKT, from a few years back. David Thrussell of SNOG, he’s very well-known. None of these bands are particularly fond of being pigeon-holed…” Hendry muses. “There’s a whole list – Pete Crane, EBM/related genres. David Thrussell, who is performing as Black Lung before Velvet Acid Christ, is arguably our most prolific producer. Their debut album, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars is an almost unrivalled masterpiece of disquiet ambient music and spawned some big club hits in the 90s with SNOG. You also have Sirus (our first support band), TANKT, Shiv-r, Angelspit, Parralox, Voltera, Sobriquet, Angel Theory, and Tycho Brae, who have made waves locally and overseas. Bands such as The Presets, Midnight Juggernauts and Cut Copy have taken synth pop and EBM influences and made it huge in the indie/dance scene.” Where does Hendry see EBM moving – in any direction in particular? “I actually think it’s peaked,” he observes. “Its heyday was in the early 2000s, the late ‘90s. d’n’b nation, Combichrist produced a lot of quality albums. A lot of clubs played them…with the goth scene there’s no single genre or sub-genre that tends to dominate; there are so many different little factions. There’s a whole other side to the movement, cross-over with the hipster scene, with the analogue-synthetic fans… there has been a strong resurgence in synth-driven music locally in recent years, with bands like Heirs, Forces (they’re a fantastic new breed, a 2014 accessible version of formative industrial music), NUN, The Night Terrors, Diamond, and HTRK and IMH, among others, leading the way.” “I started out with Cabaret Nocturne eleven years ago as a way of providing counter music,” continues Hendry. “At the time the scene was dominated by industrial/electric alternative; I wanted to go back to the old school, the more traditional early goth music from the ‘70s and ‘80s, like Siousxie and the Banshees and Joy Division.” Hendry admits to being swayed by popular demand, though, when it comes to the music he promotes. “I’ve got two rooms, one playing the more traditional goth music and the other is a zone dedicated to the electrical. Goths are the biggest consumers of EBM but the local goth scene is an apathetic bunch. The challenge is getting people out of their houses and into the venue.” What does Hendry listen to at home? “I’m a big fan of indie stuff. My taste in music is so diversified – more indie, hipster stuff. I’ve never been a huge fan of the music part of it; I’m drawn to the goth scene for other aspects, like the vibe of the thing. Despite common misconceptions, the goth scene is incredibly friendly, non- judgmental and beautifully diverse. Most of all, our events thrive on respect for your fellow punter. People look out for one another, and it’s extremely rare for venue security to attend any incidents. Women, men and transgendered individuals dress as provocatively as they desire without fear of being disrespected, leered at, ridiculed, or groped. Venue managers love us because they typically have lower security costs due to the easygoing nature of our crowd. Among them you’ll find some of the most creative, inspired, thoughtful and open-minded folk as you could hope to meet anywhere. We’re not all about moping to Morrissey by moonlight in graveyards; on the contrary we know how to throw exceptional parties and have a brilliantly good time.”
Seven years and still going strong; Circus Sundays has cemented its reputation as ‘the’ weekly ritual for industry people in the know, with something for everyone, from the astute music lover to the hospitality professional looking to cool their heels after the long haul. Manning the controls are their handpicked resident DJs Boogs and Nick Young along with a rotation of the finest international, interstate and local guests. Circus Sundays go down every Sunday night from 10pm until 9am Monday morning.
chingy
You know how Chingy was always Right Thurr? Well, with the announcement of his Australian tour, he’s going to be Right Hurr in July. The St. Louis rapper whose debut album Jackpot went platinum and gave us those gifts that keep on giving, including Right Thurr, Holidae In and One Call Away is set to reignite childhood crushes and adult fantasies when he heads over. Today, Chingy release music through his independent label, performs worldwide and has an upcoming reality show called Business With The Babies. Head down to The Colonial Hotel on Friday July 11.
seekae
After two years in the studio, Seekae have finally unveiled the details of their third full length The Worry and a tour to boot. The 12-track album won’t hit shelves until Friday September 12, but you can hear lead single Test & Recognise through Soundcloud now. Ahead of the release, the three-piece will play six shows across the country. The announcement comes following a year which saw Seekae wow crowds at SXSW and sell out a trio of shows in the UK. Catch ‘em at 170 Russell on Friday August 22.
360
The enfant terrible of Aussie hip hop, the one and only 360, has announced a huge Australian tour. 360 is set to drop his third album, Utopia, on Friday June 13 – his first release in two years. The Utopia dates will also be his first headline tour in that time, and since the release of the double platinum record Falling And Flying. Catch 360 at Festival Hall on Friday September 12.
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tinie tempah
After performing here in March for this year’s Future Music Festival, Tinie Tempah has announced he will be heading back to Australia for a run of headline shows this June. Since the release of his second album, Demonstration, Tinie Tempah has been flying high. With the record peaking at #22 on the ARIA Charts, reaching Gold status at home in the UK and hits like Trampoline and Lover Not Fighter. Tinie Tempah will be taking over Trak Lounge on Wednesday June 25.
our man in berlin
Indie electro outfit Our Man in Berlin have announced a string of shows in support of their debut EP Is It Right? The Perth-based quintet released the EP earlier in May and current single Flight has been a triple j and community radio staple. Catch Our Man in Berlin at the Gasometer on Saturday June 7.
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Uttering the words Israel and electronic dance music in the same sentence almost certainly means you’re talking about that kind of driving, progressive, trance. You know the sound. Which is kind of apt, because we’re talking to the Tel Aviv-based Dubi Dagan – who also goes by the name Ritmo – and he’s heading back Down Under soon to give crowds another thorough working out. “Currently I’m working on a new track,” chimes the affable Israel-based producer. “Although it’s hard to concentrate as the sunshine is calling me to go surfing. Right now, I am also preparing for some upcoming weekend gigs. I am playing at Rupin College on their Student Day it is a wicked celebration for students and always a kick ass crowd. Then I am going to Switzerland, which is always a pleasure.” Harking back, Dagan has always been involved with music, something he describes as being a part of his life from the very beginning. More specifically though, he explains how he came onto this path in particular: “at around the age of 15 I started to shape my musical taste and was deep into hard rock and death metal. I think these genres are natural building blocks for electronic music. The transition seemed like a slide into something very similar, but different in the sense that the waves of energy are produced and experienced in a different way. “My first steps as a DJ started around 2002, but it was clear to me that I wanted to make my own sound too and wanted to hear something else. This desire was burning in me and the only way to make the scratch go away was to start making my own music. So I did. In 2005 I started my project Ritmo, and in my wildest dreams I never thought I would reach where I am today. It was one hell of a ride, and I think that is because I had no set plan. It was surprising and exciting every step of the way. I was lucky to meet awesome people who inspired me and also taught me things on the way. But most importantly, I feel extremely lucky to have the support of all the people who love my music and push me forward.” As it happens, the producer also says he’s working on several projects at the moment: a collaboration with Sphera on an EP that he believes is sure to be a bit of a surprise; then another EP for his Ritree and
Suntree project; he also has some other tracks cooking with Astrix, Bliss, as well as a remix for Juno Reactor. And with Israel being the psy-trance empire that it has been since the very beginning of the culture, Dagan outlines the direct influence it has had over his personal artistic growth. “I think that Israel has a very unique vibe and energy on the dance floor; it is a trademark and for me and it is something I cherish. Artists and DJs across the world always know when someone on the dance floor is Israeli - and for me personally, it is great to feel the pulse of the crowd and see how they absorb my music. Israeli parties are like test labs that allow you to see first hand how your music affects people. Right after these parties, I usually go straight back to the studio and do some other fine tuning for my music and then look forward for the next rush. It is something I highly recommended.” Finally, the dude is really excited to be getting back down here to share his wares and treat us to a sample of what he is playing at present. “Right now, I am playing a track that I did with Bliss called Od Daka La Mana. Otherwise, thanks for the positive words – I’m really happy to hear that about the fans in Australia and the feeling is completely mutual. I don’t think it’s any kind of secret it’s a mutual feeling for sure. Good chemistry is important in everything to make the fire. All I can say is prepare yourselves for a mind blowing experience. I’m looking forward to seeing you all.”
Ritmo and a whole lot more will be playing at Earthcore which will go down from Thursday November 27 to Monday December 1 in Pyalong, Victoria. Visit earthcore.com.au for more information. soundcloud.com/ritmomusic
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behind the decks with: louis emile
club guide wednesday june 4
BLOW OUT - FEAT: GET BUSY + MAT CANT + SAMMY THE BULLET Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $0.00. STEP (MUSIC GET-TOGETHER) - FEAT: LOWER SPECTRUM + MILWAUKEE BANKS + LUEN + SKY FERREIRA + ELIZABETH ROSE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00.
Strangest place you’ve woken up? I once passed out at Circus behind the DJ booth in the middle of a set. Luckily the Circus Sundays fearless leader Ethan woke me up just before the track ended. Describe yourself using the title of a song? Disco Infiltrator. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? If you were pulling a bad face and the wind changed directions that you’d be stuck with the face you were pulling. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? I was running late for a gig and didn’t have enough time to go home and change so I had to go to the club and play in slippers. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Anything played in H&M is pretty torturous. What’s the most played record in your bag? I don’t carry records with me but at the moment my most played tune would be Snilloc – Najah. What question would you like to ask an omniscient all knowing being before you die? Is there a second life? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work instead? Well I haven’t exactly made it yet, I’d probably be doing a lot more shifts in the bar that I work at. When and where is your next gig? At the almighty Circus Sundays. facebook.com/louisemilemusic soundcloud.com/louis-emile-1
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beats’ pick of the week: the operatives 10th birthday
The Operatives have locked in a huge lineup for their 10th birthday and you’re invited. The event will feature performances from Koreless, Sinjin Hawke, Stwo Sango, Mark Pritchard, Steve Spacek, Sampology, Pomo, JPS, S I L E N T J A Y, ABLE8, Lady Banton, friendships, Sean Deans, Amin Payne, Hans-DC, The Phantom, Sun Fugitive, Nam, Float and Hansdown. Head down to Revolt on Sunday June 8.
thursday june 5
3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC WITH BLAIR STAFFORD + JOHN DOE + MONTY MCGAW + BENSON + SAM GUDGE + DYLAN B Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. $12.00. DANCE TECHNIQUE BIRTHDAY - FEAT: JAY SHEPPHEARD New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. GOOD EVENING Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00. LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $0.00. PEEZO (EP LAUNCH) + ELOJI + TYS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00. SPARE GROOVE - FEAT: LA POCOCK + DANNY HOTEP + SALMON BARREL Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND + HARRY ROWSTHORN + EDDY D + JAMES ROSS + JESSE JAMES Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00.
friday june 6
#MASHTAG - FEAT: MALPRACTICE + AGENT 86 + BENZO + ANDRE LE VOGUE + SILVERFOX + AHAB + OLLIE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $0.00. ANDHIM Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $30.00. BOK BOK AND L-VIS 1990 (NIGHT SLUGS) - FEAT: BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990 Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $28.00. BRYCE LAWRENCE & ZACH PM Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. FAKE TITS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + SUNSHINE + MIKE METRO + HEY SAM + AZMAC Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. FREQUENCY FRIDAYS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. FRIDAYS AT THE EMERSON - FEAT: ANDY MURPHY The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. FUNHOUSE FRIDAYS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $0.00. GET LIT Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $0.00. LUCK TRUCK FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: CONGO TARIDS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. $0.00. MUSIC AS LIFE VS MUSIC BOX - FEAT: MAX VEGAS + WAHL MG + GIO GARCIA New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD
+ ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. $0.00. POPROCKS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: WALKER BARNARD + MIKE CALLANDER + KATIE DROVER + GLYN HILL + WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. THE DISCO Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $25.00. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY - FEAT: DJ DAVE GREY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $0.00.
saturday june 7
A GUY CALLED GERALD + HOUSE OF MINCE DJS + OUT OF FOCUS DJS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. ARMIN VAN BUUREN Hisense Arena, Melbourne. 9:00pm. $119.95. AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: DR. ZOK + JAMES WARE + CHINA + HOOPS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00. DJ NAM + OBLIVEUS + D’FRO Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $0.00. FAMILIAR STRANGERS - FEAT: SEAN RAULT + TOM EVANS + JASON FORTE The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. HOT CHIP DJS & MATTHEW DEAR Shed 14, Docklands. 1:00pm. $0.00. HOT STEP - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW + GRAYSKULL + KELTEC + MYLES MAC + PETER BAKER + REV. THORN + SAM MCEWIN + SHANE COPAL + TOM EVANS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $0.00. HOT STEP - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW + GRAYSKULL + KELTEC + MYLES MAC + PETER BAKER + REV. THORN + SAM MCEWIN + SHANE COPAL + TOM EVANS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $0.00. MOVEMENT - FEAT: CHAIRA KICKDRUM + BEVIN CAMPBELL + DAIXIE + BEATSKI + JIM WALTER Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. QUEEN’S BDAY WIG & MASQUERADE PARTY Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. $0.00. RESPECT PRESENTS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $20.00. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. $0.00. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. SOUL A-GO-GO - FEAT: DJ MANCHILD + RICHIE 1250 + PIERRE BARONI + VINCE PEACH + MISS GOLDIE + ANDREW YOUNG + DJ LADY SOUL Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. SUCK MUSIC - FEAT: MIKE METRO + KRIS SACH + DOAKES + NICK COLEMAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 1:00am. $0.00. THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: NICKY SIANO Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $35.00. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: NICK THAYER + DANIELSAN + PAZ + LEWIS CANCUT + MOONSHINE + LA POCOCK & BOOGS + RANSOM + SPINFX + MAT CANT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. THE OUTPOST PRESENTS (ALL HAIL THE QUEENS) Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. VAULT SATURDAYS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.
sunday june 8
BOMBS AWAY (QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND) Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $23.50. DANNY BYRD & HAMILTON + DANNY BYRD + HAMILTON + MONKEE + LICKWEED + SWITCHSTATE + CAM BRODIE + ZERO1 La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $30.00. EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + DJ MAARS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:15pm. $0.00. EURO WINTER CLUB FESTIVAL - FEAT: NICK MISSAILIDIS + MARK PELLEGRINI + ANDREAS + KOSTA NICO + L-BROS + LIL NIK + JOHNNY G + DJ TONKA + FUNKY K + DJ MIKI + STEVE BOUTZ + MANGAL + ANFERNY MANFRE + JAY-J + JON BLING + JAKE NIK + JUMP BOYS + JR + DJ MARZ + MISSA BROS + PAULY C Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $25.00. HARLOT HOUSE QUEENS BDAY EVE - FEAT: SPACEY SPACE + COURTNEY MILLS + WINSTON WOLF + OLLIE HOLMES + DANIEL GAUT + SUNSHINE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $25.00. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. LOOSE JOINTS - FEAT: MIDNIGHT TENDERNESS + RORY MC + GRANT CAMOV + TUSCAN PRINCE + WOZ Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. $0.00. QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND - FEAT: JACOB MALMO + ODD ROMANCE + DANIEL TARDREW + LIAM WALLER + BRAD DANIELS + VOLTA + MATT KOVIC + LUKE VECCHIO + SUNSHINE + HANS DC + SILVERSIX + T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. QUEEN’S TECHNO PARTY - FEAT: GODITZE + KEVIN FAXT + WEEDOX Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. SMALLTOWN DAY PARTY WITH EJECA Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $27.50. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE SUNDAYS - FEAT: CHIEF AND FRIENDS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. $0.00. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 3:25pm. $0.00. STAR BAR SUNDAYS - FEAT: KEN WALKER + JONO EARLE + MORGAN Star Bar, South Melbourne. 9:00pm. $10.00. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. $0.00. XL NIGHTCLUB MUSIC FESTIVAL Fusion, Southbank. 9:00pm. $30.00.
MELLOW-DIAS THUMP - FEAT: CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00.
thursday june 5
BURN CITY UNDERGROUND HIP HOP NIGHT FEAT: DJ NATHANIEL + G.A.C. DJ JOEY COCO + YVÉ GOLD Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00. HAILEY CRAMER (SINGLE LAUNCH) + COLOUR BOMB Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $10.00. NORTHSIDE SPACE FUNKERS - FEAT: HYPERFOKUS & KODIAK KID Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $0.00.
friday june 6
BUMP FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $0.00. MANTRA + LOOSE CHANGE + GMC + NATUREBOY + DJ SIZZLE Howler, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $15.00. RAWTHENTIC RECORDS - FEAT: THE ROSTER + P-LINK + JMAC + DOWNPAT + EAZY + JESTAR DAHMER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10.00. RNB SUPERCLUB MELBOURNE - FEAT: HORIZON + PUPPET + SHAGGZ + STYLZ + KEVIN WATTS + EST + KOLZAN + PHILLY Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00. THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $0.00.
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monday june 9
MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. $0.00. STIFF DRINK Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00.
tuesday june 10
DEAL$ LTD - FEAT: RICHARD GEAR + TORNADO WALLACE + CHAY FEZZY/LATE NIGHT FINANCE + DJ FAMILY FUNCTIONS + MOVE YOUR FEAT DJS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $7.00. GIGGLE TUESDAY - FEAT: WHO + POST PERCY Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. $0.00. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $0.00. TASTEMAKERS - FEAT: ABLE 8 + SK + NAM Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00.
ANYWAY (QUEENS BDAY EVE) - FEAT: UV RAVE + ZAC WATERS + DIVIDEM Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
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saturday june 7
ALLDAY (SINGLE LAUNCH) + JACKIE ONASSIS + MIKEY HUNDRED Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00. ALLDAY (SINGLE LAUNCH) + JACKIE ONASSIS + MIKEY HUNDRED Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $20.00. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $0.00. MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. QUORUM CONSENSUS + 41 NINJAS + SOLEX + VELVET SAND 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUA & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge,
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Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $0.00.
sunday june 8
BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00. DMA’S (EP LAUNCH) + CONTRAST + WHITE SUMMER Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00. QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY EVE - FEAT: AK + NOVA + K DEE + REUBY MARX + KIKS + REWIND + DAMION DE SILVA Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. ROYALTY NOISE + ELF TRANZPORTER Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:15pm. $0.00.
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SOMETHING FOR KATE
By Lachlan Kanoniuk
Twenty years strong, trio Something For Kate have reigned in alternative rock where others have faded, still burning bright as a preeminent force across Australia’s musical landscape. A good reason to celebrate, and celebrate they will. To coincide with their two decades of existence, the band will reissue each of their six full-length LPs, publish the book Paper Trail, and set off on an ambitious nationwide tour – each night consisting of two Something For Kate sets, preceded by a screening of a short film. Speaking ahead of the landmark celebrations, taller-than-life frontman Paul Dempsey takes a long gaze yonder to the beginning. “I’m probably the least sentimental person you’ll ever meet,” Dempsey states. “Looking back to these things, I find it interesting and funny, where we were at different points in our career and different points in our lives. Having been in a band for 20 years, you kind of grow up in public a bit. I was 17 when we started, and that’s pretty young. I guess it’s more commonplace now, but at the time it was pretty unusual to be 17 and being approached by record labels. I certainly felt like I was a very young person in a big industry. It made me really nervous. “Looking back at some of the stuff, it’s funny to read interviews when I was 19 and basically I was being a grumpy little bastard, basically because I was scared. I felt vulnerable. But it’s amazing to chart how you change, and how we’ve arrived at the band we are today, and the people we are today. It’s been an interesting process.” Performing two sets on each night of the upcoming tour, neglected gems will no doubt be pulled up from the back catalogue. It’s an uncanny process for Dempsey, but Steph and Clint might require a slight stretch up before taking a jog down memory lane. “I can pretty much play anything from our back
catalogue at the drop of a hat. I guess that’s because I’m the main songwriter and the songs have had a lot more time gestating in my brain so I don’t forget them too easily. But Clint and Steph had to do some homework. We’ve been rehearsing already and it’s come together surprisingly well. We’d play these songs a couple of times and they became second nature. There are probably 15 songs that we’ve started rehearsing that haven’t been played possibly in this century.” After a sorta-hiatus, which saw Dempsey release a well-received solo album, Something For Kate returned stronger than ever with 2012’s Leave Your Soul to Science. “We didn’t know what was going to happen,” Dempsey recalls. “We certainly didn’t assume there were a whole lot of people out there dying for a new Something For Kate record. But luckily it turned out great. I think the best thing about it was that I seemed to have carved out a new audience with my solo record, this whole new young audience who I’m not sure if they put two and two together and knew I was in a band called Something For Kate. “So then when we put out Lose Your Soul to Science, our crowd totally changed. Clint and Steph were taking
the piss outta me when I did my solo record, because Something For Kate’s audience were predominantly guys close to our age, then suddenly after the solo record, the Something For Kate audience was suddenly more than 50 percent 20-year-old girls. It’s kind of funny to watch our audience change. The other funny thing about being around for 20 years is that I’ve literally met 18 year-olds at our shows who weren’t born when we started, and their parents were fans. We now have people coming to shows with their parents who have been listening to us for 20 years. It’s an amazing and special thing.” Needless to say, the musical climate has changed over the past two decades. Could Something For Kate survive if they found their genesis now instead of 1994? “I’m not sure if we could. In a lot of ways, it’s easier to reach an audience these days. It might seem to be easier
to get on the radio and get successful. But it seems to me like it’s harder to hang on to that success and make it last. There are still bands with big albums and long tours and that kind of success. But that longevity seems like a much more difficult proposition. I don’t know why that is. “Attention spans are shorter than they used to be. I think social media makes it easier for people to be judge, jury, executioner and music critic. Social media can be really helpful to promote things, but it’s also a really nasty place. I don’t know if we could achieve the same sort of things… fuck, I dunno. It’s a tough one.”
Achieving the right sense of intimacy in a live show brings its own set of challenges, especially in a festival context, when often curators are looking for an act that can get people jumping around. “Festivals are hard, to be honest,” Cuming divulges. “Sometimes I wonder if it really converts in a festival because it is such an intimate experience. I have really worked hard to make sure Ry X shows are very, very intimate and not trying to change a set or cater to a room to try and get people’s attention. “In terms of the smaller shows, those things are really,
really precious and really intimate. In Europe lately it’s been a lot of old churches and chapels and beautiful old places that are cool in that sense of reverence straight away. It can be hard to bring that to festivals. “But,” he adds, “it can also be a really, really sacred experience.”
SOMETHING FOR KATE celebrate their 20year anniversary with performances at the Forum on Friday July 18 (sold out), Saturday July 19 (sold out) and Sunday July 20.
RY X By Emily Meller Ry X, otherwise known as Ry Cuming, has undergone something of a musical metamorphosis. Originally from small town Angourie in New South Wales, Cuming has been based in LA and Berlin for the last decade. His first album, self-titled Ry Cuming, seemed like the start of a promising career in sun-soaked indie rock. Yet his 2013 Berlin EP, released after a two-year hiatus, took a noticeably darker turn. According to him, his transformation has less to do with geography than with coming from a place of honesty. “I just felt like I’d stripped away all the bullshit and, for me, it was really rad to walk onto stage or walk into a recording studio and do it exactly how I wanted to and not how I thought I needed to,” Cuming confesses. “I think that, in a way, that was my first real step as an artist – to be exactly true to myself.” About to embark on a whirlwind European festival circuit, followed by appearances at Splendour in the Grass and Oxford Art Factory, Ry X is definitely no stranger to being on the road. Back in 2010, he supported Maroon 5 for their European tour in a string of shows as Ry Cuming. Not quite the ‘dream come true’ he expected, it triggered a long period of introspection and re-evaluation. “I guess one of the main things I learned on that tour is that I didn’t necessarily really want to be in the same space, and that was a huge lesson for me. I didn’t really want to be in the pop world… I couldn’t really get on stage and ‘entertain’ people.”
It seems like a cliché for the struggling artist to run away and try to make it in Berlin. But the German city wasn’t always the mecca of hip it is today. Back then, its artistic underbelly was less celebrated, making it the perfect place to inspire exploration. It was here that Ry X started to develop Berlin. Noticeably darker, this is the atmosphere he has tried to tap into while recording his full-length album over the last six months. Indeed, an emotional rawness connects all of Ry X’s material – from his work with Frank Wiedemann on Howling to UK-based collaboration, The Acid, there is a sense of the extremely personal being divulged. This is partly based on the influence of artists like Jeff Buckley, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, who had a huge bearing on Cuming’s decision to start making music. “I don’t necessarily sit down and listen to Jeff Buckley anymore, but it’s still part of the thread. It was just like someone offering up this raw emotion and me being like, ‘Fuck yeah, I want that.’”
RY X performs at North Byron Parklands’ Splendour in the Grass, running from Friday July 25 – Sunday July 27. He’ll also hit up Howler on Wednesday July 30 for an intimate sideshow.
ON THE RECORD with DAVIDSON BROTHERS Answered by Lachlan Davidson 1. The First Record I Bought: The first compact disc I purchased was The Presidents of the United States of America because it had a banjo on the front cover. Disappointed there wasn’t any actually any banjo on the record, I was drawn to their ‘in your face’ country/folk influenced rock with quirky memorable songs. 2. The Last Record I Bought: I recently bought a new LP High Top Mountain by Sturgill Simpson; a Kentucky native country singer with naturally deeps roots in bluegrass. I stumbled across this guy on an online blog and was blown away with his raw approach to modern country music with real, honest lyrics.
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3. The First Thing I Recorded: I recall being approached, while performing a shopping centre gig in Traralgon by a rep from Festival Records asking for us to send in a demo. I guess that was the first instance we thought about making our own recording. A few months later we recorded our first album live around the dining table at home on a MiniDisk when I was 12 and Hamish was 13. We printed 500 copies on CD and released it ourselves using a cash loan from nan and pop which we paid back pretty quick from selling them up in Tamworth and other places we busked. It’s pretty painful listening back to our prepuberty vocals, but the pickin’ is going for it! 4. The Last Thing I Recorded: We recorded our latest album Wanderlust at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne with our live band
Jacob McGuffie and Louis Gill. Self-produced with 10 original tracks, it’s our first time working with engineer Adam Rhodes and first time recording in Australia in ten years. The album was mixed in Nashville by Larry Marrs and Mark Thornton. I think we’ve captured our live energy great on this project and focused in on the direction our music is heading with intense dynamic, really excited for people to hear this. 5. The Record That Changed My Life: In 1997 Ricky Skaggs made a defining album Bluegrass Rules which marked his return to bluegrass music after a career in the country world. Setting the bench mark in production quality and arrangements it displays extreme musicianship and for us launched acoustic music into the 21st century.
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The DAVIDSON BROTHERS launch their brand new album on Thursday June 19 at the Corner Hotel with guests Sweet Jean + Fanny Lumsden. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets available at the corner website or www.davidsonbrothersband.com
RON POPE
By Daniel Conaghan
Ron Pope will be doing the rounds in Australia again, this time celebrating by touring his new record Calling Off the Dogs. For the first time down under, Pope will also be featuring his band – albeit with a twist. “I’m actually using all Sydney-based musicians,” he explains. “I’ve got a crazy personal connection to Australia, because one of my best friends lives in Sydney and he’s opening the tour. His name is Cam Nacson. When I came down in 2012, we just ran around meeting a ton of people he knew, so I kind of have this great connection with Australia through having a really good friend who lives there. Cam introduced me to Michael McGlynn who owns the Vienna People Studio in Sydney, and he’s mediating a band for me, so he found all these great musicians.” The first single from the album, Lick My Wounds, is a sharp contrast to A Drop in the Ocean, the song that launched Ron’s solo career in 2005, and he thinks the progression is a natural step in his music. “I feel like if you’re gonna make the same record over and over again, there’s really no point to it. It’s like, ‘Why not listen to the old record?’, so I always figured that if I could evolve, I would probably entertain myself more and entertain the fans more by doing something new and interesting. For me, Calling Off the Dogs was an adventure; I wanted everybody to hear that I was trying
to search the depths of my creative ability, and go into everything I understand about music and everything I understand about what it is to be a person, and try to tell those stories. It was definitely an adventure for me – writing and producing this record was really exciting for me.” Ron’s inspiration comes from the primal instincts of being human, attributing it to the essentials of experiences. “I just try to pay attention, as simple as that sounds. I think great songs generally focus on some kind of fundamental elements of what it means to be a human being, whether it’s excitement or love or hope or faith, desire, things like that. If you don’t understand the story of the song, you know the core, the feeling. A great song about going out to a club, even if you’ve never been to a nightclub, you know what it is. “If you’re five years old you know what it’s like to be excited to want to go somewhere to have a good time. So whether it’s about falling in love or wanting to dance, I think great songs touch on those deep fundamental human experiences. I’m just trying to figure out what those things are and what I want to say about them. So
I pay attention.” It’s hard for Ron to pick a favourite crowd since he’s still surprised he has fans as far away as Australia, which knocks him off his feet. “I live in New York and when people come to see me I’m like, ‘Huh? Go figure’, because even though I live there and have lived there for 12 years, it’s New York City and they could be at 100 concerts. And then you go to another country like Sweden and people show up and I’m flabbergasted because I’m on the other side of an ocean and people are coming to see me. “And when I come to Australia, you can’t get much farther from where I created this music than Australia, but people show up to the shows and it blows my damn mind. Every night is incredible and I encounter these crowds that show up and know the music, they’re
excited to hear it and sing along. They’ve lined up in front of the venues early and my shows all over the world have been selling out this year.” And even after being in the music industry for a decade, the little things can still surprise him. “I was once walking somewhere, and my wife called me and was like, ‘You’re on TV right now!’ and I had no idea it was going to happen, so that kind of thing can occasionally happen. Friends will be somewhere, I’ll pop on the radio or something. It’s exciting to be surprised, hearing my music in people’s day to day lives.”
face. Then someone broke it up, and we apologised and everything. It was really funny times!” he remembers, laughing uproariously. So you’ll be looking for more good times like that on this trip? “Yeah, we are!” he agrees emphatically. “Just stupidity, stupidity makes everything memorable. Australians are just like Canadians, just a little bit friendlier, and they like to drink a bit more.” Friendly otters and crazy drunken times aside, Lobalsamo promises a good time for anyone who comes out to see their shows. “You get a really high energy, just a good time show,” he describes. “The songs run the gamut, they can go from slow and heartfelt to blistering and angry. We just like to keep it fun, we like to keep all the shows fun for the fans. We’re not angry people, we’re happy people. I think we’re happy because we get to vent through
the music. We just have a good time, there’s a lot of laughing, a lot of smiles. And I try to be a comedian onstage, it doesn’t always go over well, but what can you do?” And the bonus is that the band have just released a brand new album, their first in about six years, and Australian audiences will be among the first to experience the new tunes in a live setting. “Oh yeah, we’ll be playing a lot of the new tracks,” he confirms. “A lot of the old favourites, and most of the new album.”
feeling – beats and energy,” Pratt explains. “We want there to be a certain spectacle. I think that you should be giving people a reason to go and see you, rather than just listening to you at home. We want it to be fun. Very fun. “There’s definitely a cathartic element to our performances,” Pratt notes. “They’re very energetic. All of that jumping around, dancing, screaming... I enjoy it emotionally, and physically it’s a good release – an opportunity to vent. I imagine that people see us get that release, too.” Sometimes, though, the band’s music is an interesting dichotomy – they couple miserable lyrics with the happiest music (Funeral Song, Grey On Black Life, and White On White Life from the band’s LP are good examples). “We make the music we enjoy and want to play and hear,” explains Pratt. “What we’re thinking about is more melancholy. We don’t gravitate towards lighthearted lyrics, but it’s two sides of the same process.”
Fans will be happy to know that not only are the band returning to more frequent gigging, but a new album is also in the pipeline. “We probably only did six shows over the last year or so,” reflects Pratt, “but we’ve been working on [the album] for four years on and off. This is really our return to form. We wanted to make sure that the album was a good representation of us. When we play live, there’s an emphasis on energy and fun. We wanted to capture that on the album – that chaotic energy. It’s a perfect storm: it’s fun and listenable and has the depth of being an album that you can sit down and listen to. I feel a bit like we are starting again.”
RON POPE plays the Workers Club on Sunday June 8. He also plays a matinee show on the same day for under 18s. Calling Off the Dogs is out now via Brooklyn Basement Records.
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS By Rod Whitfield You would think that a band name like Rehab For Quitters would be about people trying to get off drugs and/or alcohol, but according to lead singer, guitarist, founding member and all round affable bloke Dan Lobalsamo, that’s not actually what the title of this Canadian punk act is about. It’s about something quite a bit more noble than that. “Actually it was our original bass player,” he explains, when quizzed about the name. “He came up with the name back in the day. When we first started out, the punk scene was kinda coming back, but kinda dying at the same time. Live music was dying, because of DJs and all these things, and people started quitting seeing live music. You’d go to a bar, and you’d see these live bands, and they’d just sound like pig squeals. “So we said, ‘We’re making some real music, let’s call it Rehab For Quitters’. We’re rehabilitating people who are thinking of quitting the live music thing. We’ll bring ‘em back, we’ll rehabilitate them. So we thought, ‘That’s a cool name, people are going to equate us with drugs and alcohol, but what the hell!’” Australians along the eastern seaboard who are thinking of quitting live music can be rehabilitated in early-tomid-June, when the band return Down Under. They
are taking Australian punk act Strawberry Fist Cake on the road with them, having toured with them on a previous trip, and he has some pretty crazy memories of that tour. “The second time we went over, we toured with Strawberry Fist Cake too. We had a great time,” he recalls. “As far as stories go, man there’s just too many to tell. There’s this guy named Dickie Hall, he tours with Strawberry Fist Cake, he does their merch and he does security, but he’s the sweetest guy ever. We taught him this thing called, ‘The friendly otter’, where you go up to somebody and you smack their legs together back and forth, like an otter tail. “We were at a bar and I pointed out this girl wearing a mini-skirt, so he runs over and gives her the friendly otter, so she turns around and kicks him in the face, and then just nails him with a really good right hook to the
REHAB FOR QUITTERS play Thursday June 12 at the Espy, Friday June 13 at the Musicman Megastore in Bendigo and Saturday June 14 at the Brunswick Hotel.
THE PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS
By Meg Crawford
Originally, the Parking Lot Experiments was the name of a series of events run by The Flaming Lips, which were held, funnily enough, in parking lots. The notoriously abstract band produced a bunch of cassette tapes, distributed them amongst their mates, asked them to play them in their cars at the same time and recorded the outcome. As Lloyd Pratt, singer and multi-instrumentalist for Melbourne’s own The Parking Lot Experiments explains, his band adopted the band name partly as a nod to The Flaming Lips, and partly for a more mundane reason. “Yeah, when we started out, we often rehearsed in car parks… or in parks,” he explains. “Somewhere there weren’t many people around. When we were in our late teens/early 20s, we loved The Flaming Lips and their attitude. We wanted to try new sounds and a different way of doing things – we took that ethos from their attitude.” Setting the homage to The Flaming Lips aside, while The Parking Lot Experiments are often pigeonholed as alternative/experimental, Pratt is quick to point out that it’s a bit of a mischaracterisation. “We’re not super experimental,” he qualifies. “When we started we were folkies. Now we’re a hyperactive, electronic-y punk band.” In terms of recordings, their music is oddly beautiful
and danceable to boot (have a listen to Track Five on the Dave’s Drones EP for confirmation). Sometimes it’s pretty, sometimes it’s melodic, sometimes it’s electronic drone, and, harkening back to their roots, on at least one track it’s outright folk (Remembered Light off the Apartment – Home Recordings album). After a flurry of releases in 2008 and 2009, the band went quiet on the recording front, preferring instead to hone their stagecraft – and it’s paid off. It’s their live performances that really set them apart and ignite their fans. Frenetic and fun would be apt descriptions of their vigorous live sets. “When we decided to focus on our live performances, it meant that we looked less at the detail and made sure that our shows were jam-packed full of moments and
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THE PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS headline Watt’s On Presents at The Toff In Town this Queen’s Birthday Eve on Sunday June 8 alongside a stream of Australia’s finest acts, including Cash for Gold, Document Swell, The Baudelaires and a shit-ton more. Tickets are only $10. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 31
TWIN BEASTS
By Patrick Emery
When producer Burke Reid confided to the members of the band formerly known as the Toot Toot Toots that the band’s seemingly innocent – if mildly juvenile – name was likely to impede its North American touring prospects, the band decided something had to be done. “We had to make a call before the album came out,” says vocalist and trombonist Giuliano Ferla. “So we went through literally hundreds of names. I think the worst one was Orange Herald, and our drummer really liked Blob Dylan. But we couldn’t go from a stupid name to an even stupider name!” Eventually the band settled on the name Twin Beasts, a nod to both the twin vocals of Ferla and Dan Hawkins, and David Lynch’s classic television series. With pressing titular issues resolved, Twin Beasts were free to focus on more important issues: finishing and promoting the band’s latest album, Badlove. “This album is all about bad love,” explains Ferla. “There’s no overarching narrative on this record like we had with the last album [Outlaw]. But we had been talking about different theme lines that were going to be on the album. So we had a look at the songs we’d written and three or four of them were about love and infatuation.” Originally the album was going to explore both sides of the romantic equation. “It was going to be good love/ bad love,” Ferla says. “But then we ended up with just Badlove.” While Ferla says Wasting In Time is about “a
girl that we all know – a totally one-sided relationship – we’ve all had that experience,” the rest of the songs are awash with poetic license. “The darker stories are always the more exciting,” Ferla says, when I ask whether the band prefers a more confronting song narrative. “We’re all content and happy in our lives, so we need something darker to explore.” With the conceptual narrative of Outlaw dominated by acts of violence, Ferla says Twin Beasts wanted to lighten the mood, if only slightly. “With Badlove there was a real effort to move away from the darkness that we’d never experienced,” Ferla says. “We’d never had the experience of the events that are described on Outlaws. So with Badlove there was a conscious effort to make it closer to our own world. But even though a lot of the songs on Badlove are bad, there is an enjoyment of the badness.” The literary aspect of Twin Beasts’ music is brought to life on stage through Ferla and Hawkins’ theatrical performance style. “A big part of that comes from Dan and my theatrical background,” Ferla says. “We’re both actors, and we’re both wanting to tell stories.” Ferla says Twin Beasts hope to take the band’s colourful
stories to the United States and Europe in the near future. “We’re in dialogue with a publicist in the States, and I’m heading over there in March to do some preliminary scouting around,” he reveals. “We’d like to go over there and consistently go back so we can develop a market over there, and see where that takes us.” And a trip to Europe wouldn’t go astray. “We tried to organise a tour but it fell through,” Ferla says. “We released our first EP, Curse of the Crow In Spain, so it’d be great to head over there. I’d love to hang out in Paris, London and Berlin,” Ferla laughs. This Friday night Twin Beasts will launch Badlove at the Corner Hotel. When the former Toot Toot Toots
launched Outlaw, the band finished the evening with a cover of Electric Light Orchestra’s Livin’ Thing – much to the amusement of the crowd (or at least those of us who’d grown up on a diet of ELO). Ferla says Twin Beasts have another cheesy cover in store this time around – but he won’t reveal what it is. “It’s a good one,” Ferla says coyly. “We’re paying tribute to another superstar – that’s all I can say!”
both featuring drummer Jared Harrison and guitarist Tristan Courtney-Prior. The band’s catalogue mightn’t be overwhelmingly voluminous, but some tunes escape instant recollection. “Weirdly, for Got You On My Radar, one of the reasons we haven’t played that for so long is I simply forgot how to play it,” Brayovic admits. “We’d lost the piece of paper with the tuning on it and I just couldn’t remember the chord shapes. Then I was cleaning up my computer and all of a sudden I came across a tab that I had made for a guitar player magazine in 2005. So there it was in front of me – how to play the song again.” Brayovic and Chamie have actually held down day jobs all through Peabody’s 20-year run. Not cracking into the big time might be disappointing from a financial
point of view, but it means that Peabody still offers its core members invigorating redemption from the conventional world. “If anything it’s only made our resolve a little steelier,” Brayovic says. “We’re not going to let things like everyday life get in the way of us doing this because then you start to wonder, ‘Well, why were we doing it in the first place?’ It wasn’t so we could make a living. It was because it’s the best feeling in the world to rock out with your friends. And it still is. I can’t wait until I strap on a guitar and play music with three of my best friends.”
future, rather than reflect on the band’s long and illustrious history. “I don’t spend a lot of time looking at the past,” he says. “It’s nice to look back and see the legacy of quality rock’n’roll music we’ve put out over the years, but other than that, there’s not much reason to look back. There’s not a lot of gloating to be done on my behalf – I’m always looking for something better around the corner.” Supersuckers have always been a band that kept on keeping on, living up to that old saying ‘slow and steady
wins the race’, rather than being a band that burns brightly for a few years until eventually burning out. “We’re kinda like a shark, we have to keep swimming to survive,” he ponders. “I just feel the lack of real big success keeps us hungry enough to keep on trying. We’re like that slow desert tortoise that’s always gonna be around.”
TWIN BEASTS launch their latest release Badlove at the Corner Hotel this Friday June 6. Get there early to check out Cherrywood, Immigrant Union and Mightiest Of Guns warm up the crowd.
PEABODY
By Augustus Welby
This weekend, Sydney indie-rockers Peabody will come to Melbourne to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Aside from a few member changes, it’s been 20 years with no interruptions and no major controversies. This milestone far surpasses the goals that vocalist/guitarist Bruno Brayovic and bass player/songwriter Ben Chamie had at the band’s inception. “I remember saying to Ben when we were still in high school, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be doing this when I’m 30,’” Brayovic recollects. “Thirty was just so old when we were 18.” During Peabody’s 20 years, Brayovic and Chamie have never been hell-bent on attaining glamorous rock stardom. Instead, they’ve been more interested in making music they could confidently stand behind. As a result, the band was almost ten years old when its debut LP Professional Againster came out. “I guess we weren’t in a hurry in those days and we were happy playing gigs and we recorded a couple of EPs,” Brayovic says. “Sometimes people take a little while to find their feet creatively, and that’s just what happened with us.” A turning point for the band came in 2002 when Peabody was introduced to Jamie Hutchings of Bluebottle Kiss, who went on to produce the group’s first three albums. “That was the first time we really had some external influence from someone who knew what they were
doing,” Brayovic recalls. “He scaffolded us a little bit, if you will, and then we were much more confident by the time The New Violence came about.” Indeed, 2005’s The New Violence sings out as Peabody’s most definitive mission statement. The record still pulses with sweaty energy today, and it’s no surprise Brayovic feels particular affection for this period. “We’d released two albums that were pretty well received and had got a lot of airplay. It’s stupid, but if you get played on the radio there’s a level of subconscious vindication you get from it. More than anything, every second week we were out of Sydney, we were going all over Australia. It was just fun – the three of us in a van for at least a couple of years. We were playing festivals, we were getting good supports, all that sort of thing.” Peabody’s 20th anniversary show is set to provide a comprehensive career retrospective. Former drummer Graeme Trewin is even coming back to perform tracks from the first two LPs. Since Trewin’s departure in 2007, two further Peabody albums have been released,
PEABODY will smash out 20 years of tunes at Yah Yah’s on Friday June 6, with Barebones and Motel Love supporting, and entry is only $10.
SUPERSUCKERS
By Rod Whitfield
Eddie Spaghetti, frontman, bassist and founding member of legendary American punk/ rock/country outfit Supersuckers, believes the band has toured Australia up to four times over the course of its illustrious 25 year history, but the first memory that comes to his mind of previous trips is a rather unfortunate one. “We had a run-in with a cyclist one time we were there,” he recalls. “We were in Melbourne, and there was some sort of cycling event going on. This guy came rolling up on a ten-speed bike, somebody opened the door on the driver’s side and BOOM! The guy just went fuckin’ flying man; it was awful. He wasn’t okay. I think he broke his arm. We’ll have to look him up when we come back, check out his wellbeing.” The band are returning to Australia in June, and despite the cyclist incident being a less than pleasant memory, Spaghetti is looking forward to touring Down Under again. “We love getting to go down there, it’s a rare treat.” He holds nothing back when asked what Aussie punters can expect when the band play all the major mainland centres in June. “You’ll get a full-on, non-stop, knock ‘em down, drag ‘em out rock‘n’roll party in the streets,” he describes gleefully. “You better wear your clean underwear,” he advises, “‘cause we’re gonna rock your pants right off you!” BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 32
Since their earliest incarnations back in the late ‘80s, Supersuckers have released more than ten studio albums, but as Spaghetti explains, the band try their best to cover as much of their back catalogue in their current live set – although he finds it impossible to please every fan. “We actually do a pretty good job,” he confesses. “We play at least a song or two from each record. I would say it’s a real crowd-pleasing set. I would think the crowds come to a Supersuckers show and they leave awfully pleased.” Spaghetti actually finds it difficult to conceive that his band has been around for a quarter of a century. So, does it feel like they’ve been around for 25 years? “It doesn’t at all!” he exclaims. “I can’t even believe that’s true. When you do the math it’s hard to believe that it adds up like that. It just sounds like so long.” One main reason for his incredulity about the band’s duration is that he prefers to look toward Supersuckers’
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Catch SUPERSUCKERS when they rock’n’roll the shit out of Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday June 21.
THE BRONX
By Lachlan Kanoniuk
Sitting at a desk at his Hungtington Beach, California home, lead singer of hardened LA punks The Bronx – Matt Caughthran – is “working on a few Bronx songs” for a secret project (“It’s gonna be about four to five new tunes, that’s all I can tell ya”). It’s a promising sign, hinting at a swift follow-up to the fourth self-titled Bronx album, released last year. Returning to Australia in punk guise, as opposed to Mariachi format, beach-hardy Matt is set on bringing the heat to the Antipodean winter. “I guess the biggest fear for me is when people stop showing up,” he states on the band’s current, wellrevered standing. “To this day, we could do a street somewhere we all grew up in a fuckin’ hundred capacity club and have all of our friends and the entire world say that they’ll be there, there’ll still be a point where I think, ‘What if nobody shows up?’ Now we’ve figured out how to exist as musicians, I’ll be cranking out tunes till the day I die regardless. “But there’s always that thing, it’s not necessarily relevance, but music is such a great community, a source of humanity, I would be pretty bummed to miss that. It’s a tough one. I’ve never been concerned about our band’s popularity on a trivial level. I get as much out of it as people get out of it, shows mean a lot to me, I love meeting people and sharing music with people. I don’t want that to ever stop. I could sit here and make music in the studio and put it out and be happy, but I wouldn’t really be happy. I don’t want to be just a studio musician.” Since The Bronx’s inception, the band have managed to do things on their own terms. “I remember when we were doing our second record, it was our first-time brush with major label publishing and all that shit, and we get this call from Burger King asking us to write a song for these chicken fingers, saying they’ll have us in masks so nobody will know that it’s us, playing amongst skateboarders and mosh pits and all that,” Matt recalls. “We were in the process of doing the second Bronx record, and it was a fucking lot of money for some
broke dudes, like $80,000 or something like that. Which is a fuckin’ good chunk of change for some scrappy dudes like us, it would have helped out a lot. We had this B-side that wasn’t gonna make the record so we entertained it for a bit, laughing our asses off writing these lyrics about chicken. We recorded a demo of this Bronx song with these fuckin’ chicken lyrics. “Then we just said, ‘Fuck it, this is wrong, there’s no way’. Our manager was like, ‘Hey if you do this, it’ll be aired a few times, you’ll get paid, nobody will ever know it was you guys’. It was funny, they got another band to do it, it aired for two weeks, then Slipknot sued because the masks were a character likeness, and they pulled the commercial off the air. That was our first experience with stuff like that. But from day one, if it feels like a scam or compromise in what we wanna be or what we wanna do, we don’t do it. Everything we do in this band is because we wanna do it. If we do a corporate gig as El Bronx for a tequila company, or Bronx doing rum shows, everything we do feels right for us. We go by our own meter, we’ve said yes to some things, we’ve said no to some things.” Over the course of a decade, The Bronx have become regular visitors to Australian shores on a variety of stages – both as The Bronx and as Mariachi El Bronx – hitting festivals boutique and massive, and everything in between. It’s become a lot like how the band has grown. Australia has seen us from the beginning and seen us through all stages of the band. I think that kind of reflects where
we’re at with each other. It’s like a second home for us. Again, it’s that thing where I was scared no one would turn up the first time we went over. Australia is in my wheelhouse as a human being. I’m from California, I love the beach, I love the surf, it’s everything I love about life. It’s got such a great musical history, especially with punk and rock‘n’roll. From the moment we landed it’s always felt like a natural fit. Now it’s at the point where we’re there almost once a year. It’s definitely my favourite place to play, by far. With Mariachi El Bronx establishing itself as a formidable touring force in its own right, Matt explains that entering the dichotomous headspace of the two acts has become easier over time. “It was really hard for a while. I was struggling with it for a good two years, where it was hard for me to get comfortable because the balance between the two was so jagged. It was hard to get grounded creatively. After this third El Bronx record that we’ve just finished up, I feel a lot better. “I’m in a really good spot between the two bands in terms of mentality, writing between the two, I’m in a
good spot. The trick is, as with a lot of creative stuff, you don’t try to fight it. The fact is we’re two bands, and if El Bronx need to do something and I want to do something Bronx, I’ve just learned to accept it. Once you become both of those things, it became a lot easier for me.” After revealing Mariachi El Bronx III will be out this September, Matt assures there will be more in the way of Bronx material on the horizon. “We’re moving at a pretty quick pace these days; we’re looking at some cool ideas floating around for Bronx right now, something cool and a little bit different for our next release. So we shall see. As far as music in general – whether it’s gonna be an EP, album, double-album, a fuckin’ quadruple live LaserDisc – whatever it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be something. We’re flowing right now. We’re in a spot where making music doesn’t feel like a job. We’re cracking out tunes for the hell of it, and it feels good.”
mean music that creates connections with human beings,” Laska enthuses. So, what does a Kingswood album, produced by a musical genius in an epicenter for artists, actually sound like? “Our album is the most diverse musical creation we’ve ever done,” Laska claims. “People expect a certain sound from the album, which is heavier rock, but our album is hugely diverse. It’s not what you expect it to be, put it that way,” he adds. Although Kingswood loved their time touring with the Groovin’ the Moo Festival, when it comes to their preferred haunts, the guitarist says he can’t pick a particular scene as his favourite. “I love playing a massive festival where everybody is going completely crazy and off their chops, but when you play at a venue to a thousand of your fans, it’s really, really special,” he says. “But then, I also really love doing really small
venues where everybody is right in your face – it’s really intense and I love that shit.” The band have had more national gigs on the cards, too, with their recent tour. According to Laska, fans can expect a few surprises at any upcoming shows. “There’s going to be a couple of album previews, a few new songs and there will be the most exciting hip thrusts from all four members since 1984,” he jokes. “They’ll be the best rock‘n’roll shows you’ve seen.”.
THE BRONX will slay the stage at 170 Russell on Tuesday June 17 before hitting up Dark Mofo alongside High Tension on Thursday June 19.
KINGSWOOD: TRAM JAMS
By Hannah Blamey
Not ones to fly under the radar, Melbourne’s own rock’n’roll royalty Kingswood are constantly finding ways to evolve and keep their fans guessing, providing their audience with a barrage of dynamic sounds and unexpected gigs. One such gig was the recent Crust Tram Jams – a series of pop-up shows organised by Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar and Tram Sessions, held to surprise commuters on Melbourne’s busy trams. According to Kingswood’s enigmatic guitarist Alex Laska, the opportunity to take part in the grassroots project was one the band just couldn’t pass up. “They had been asking us for a while [to be involved] and finally the moons aligned and we were able to perform on the tram with an acoustic guitar and a shaker,” Laska says. “I think it’s a really cool idea. It was a little awkward because people assume it’s a prank and don’t really engage. It’s kind of funny, but whatever, it was fun,” he smiles. Since the Melbourne four-piece’s emergence in the live music landscape, Kingswood have been going from strength to strength. The band have just concluded an immense tour off the back of their slot at this year’s Groovin’ the Moo festival, and have recently returned from Nashville after recording their debut album, which is slated for release later this year. According to
Laska, the band flew to the States to see a particular man about a particular sound. “We went to Nashville primarily for a man named Vance Powell, who’s been making music for 20 years and has pretty much produced everything you’ve ever heard of from Ray Charles, B.B. King and The Dead Weather,” Laska explains. “If Jack White trusts you to record a live show straight onto vinyl, you definitely know you’re in the right area,” he contends. And although Powell can namedrop the artists he’s worked with like a boss, Laska says it’s Powell’s recording technique that made the band decide to jet over to Nashville. “That older world of recording technique and really making music interests us, and when I say ‘really making music’, I
KINGSWOOD will play an exclusive Doc Martens gig at a secret location on June 17. Keep your eyes on beat.com.au for up to date info. Meanwhile, they’ll also hit up Splendour in the Grass, which is running at North Byron Parklands from Friday July 25 until Sunday July 27. Find out more about Tram Jams at tramsessions.com
60 SECONDS with POWERLINE SNEAKERS Answered by Sly Faulkner Define your genre in five words or less: STICKIN’ IT TO THE MAN... What do you love about making music? Making music gives one a God-like feeling. You can be really loud and not have to make any sense. You can fuck it up and just call it jazz. What do you hate about the music industry? Gee, where to start....Talentless limpits whose whole personas rely on their relationships with muso’s are easy to hate....Promoters and management who make money off the creativity of artists whilst infantilising them and taking financial advantage are easy to hate....The fact that one can dedicate their
life to playing music and there can be zero provisions for superannuation and virtually zero enforced OH&S standards etc etc etc etc, blah blah. What inspires? Most artists will tell you that their best work comes from periods of turmoil. Given that the last 12 months has seen multiple deaths of dear friends, serious health emergencies, relationship break-ups and mental breakdowns, I’ve been so inspired that I’m working on a quadruple concept album as a prelude to a hit Broadway musical based on my inspired dissertation, Treating Androgyny With Carbs And God: A Layman’s Journey from Faith to Compost... What does a band have to do to succeed? You’re asking me?! This isn’t the Rolling Stones
y’kno... It’s simple: Do something really amazing, make millions of dollars out of it...then swan about and tell everyone that you’re hugely successful.... most people are basically stupid and so by having money you will meet their criteria for success. What makes you happiest about what you are doing? Powerline Sneakers are in a great position at the moment. We write and play great music in whatever form it takes. We are beyond fashion or fad and we owe nothing to anybody, we are beholden to no one at all. Add to that the fact that our individual and collective joy becomes stronger, easier and more intense with each passing day. My favourite song? The next one
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POWERLINE SNEAKERS play the Retreat Hotel this Friday 6 June with all girl ‘60s dynamos The Reprobettes. Free Entry.
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METAL AT THE BENDIGO The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood has a killer metal one-two punch on Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7. On Friday catch King Fate playing Mercyful Fate and King Diamond classics in their only Melbourne show. Support from Thrash Titans Maniaxe with Mr Rob Wog spinning some classics all night! Then on Saturday Orpheus Omega will be playing a oneoff headliner in their home town, off the back of touring alongside Dark Tranquillity and Children Of Bodom around Australia. Support comes from thrash champions Harlott (whose debut release Origin has seen them quickly becoming one of the biggest names in the Australian thrash scene) and Sydney’s Before Ciada, Melbourne’s Anient and up-and-coming melodic metal quintet Trigger who are supporting the release of their debut EP Machina.
GORGUTS TO TOUR AUSTRALIA Canadian metal visionaries Gorguts will tour Australia for the first time this November. Few extreme bands
have the pedigree of these guys. During their early days as part of death metal’s first wave they created a legacy of legendary releases including their 1991 debut album Considered Dead and its follow-up, 1993’s Erosion of Sanity. (The latter saw them becoming more experimental and technical.) After various hiatuses, lineup changes and more hiatuses, Gorguts is back with an all-star lineup featuring founding member Luc Lemay, John Longstreath (Origin, Skinless), Colin Marston (Behold The Arctopus) and Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia), and a new album titled Colored Sands. They’ll be at the Northcote Social Club on Friday November 14 to play material from Colored Sands as well as classic Gorguts tracks. Tickets on sale now.
MEGADETH’S NEXT ONE WILL BE HEAVY Remember Megadeth’s last album, Super Collider? It was a return to more of the hard rock elements of the band’s sound as heard around the Youthanasia/Cryptic Writings era (a lot of people compared it to the much-
maligned Risk, but if you listen to the two side-by-side that comparison doesn’t really hold up). Anyway, the band is now working on ideas for a follow-up, and it sounds like it’s gonna be back to the brutality. As drummer Shawn Drover said on Facebook over the weekend: “Spent this week in the studio with Dave [Mustaine] tracking demo ‘ideas’ for the next record.” He added, “[There are] some really heavy riffs going on here, and if I say it, you know it’s true.” Can’t wait to hear what form this takes. I feel like the last two Megadeth records haven’t quite gotten there in the way that 2009’s Endgame did.
STEVE VAI TO MAKE A GUITAR-GEEK ALBUM The legendary Mr. Steve Vai has dropped some tantalising news in his latest email newsletter. He says, “The next thing you will see on the horizon is the Vai Camp, Japan tour, Geneva festival, finishing of the CD and DVD of the show we filmed at the Nokia Theatre in LA and then when the smoke clears and I’m home in October I will clear the boards and start working on a record that I have been wanting to make for many years. Remember how I use to say that I don’t feel that I have made a record that fully encompasses my potential on the guitar? Well, this one will. I’ve been challenging you all with records that have tremendous diversity on them. Well I’m ready for a totally instrumental, stripped down, guitar record. I’m frothing just thinking about it.”
CORE
PUNK, SKA, HARDCORE NEWS, REVIEWS & GOSSIP
By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com What a bloody delight to witness Propagandhi live again this weekend; lest we forget they’re one of the most perfectly succinct, talented, no-shit bands of our generation. Giving the required zero fucks about looking cool or sounding shmick, the Canucks promptly marched on stage in cut-off sleeves and basketball shorts, hoisted their guitars high up onto their stomachs where they could play as proficiently as possible, and blasted out perfect renditions of some of their most musically ambitious and lyrically lifeaffirming hits. Chris Hannah has to be one of the most on-point live vocalists in punk rock. The dude doesn’t miss a beat, and alongside Todd “The Rod” Kowalski, who routinely fist pumped the air after nailing each of his marvellous punk rock renditions, presented to us lucky souls one of the best gigs of the year. Bodyjar have added an extra show to their upcoming tour with Samiam. The first show sold out but you’ll be pleased to know a second Corner gig has been locked in for Sunday August 10 with Blueline Medic and Clowns. This time, however, they’ll play their classic album Rimshot in full. Get stuck in. Parting Shots: The Last Nights of the Arthouse in Mugshots is now available for pre-order. The pics which were taken at the final shows at the Arty have been collated into a 304-page, full colour book by photographer Anna Brown. They’ll ship in July but you can order now at partingshots.bigcartel.com Dead Letter Circus so enjoyed their acoustic appearance on triple j last week (they covered Rage Against The Machine’s Killing in the Name of, in case you haven’t seen it) that they’ve announced some full band acoustic shows. Check it out at The Toff In Town on Saturday September 6. Tickets are available now. Metal lords High On Fire are returning to our shores next month and they’ve revealed support bands in the form of High Tension and Horsehunter. Tickets to the show at The Hi-Fi on Saturday July 19 are still available. Go grab ‘em.
CORE GIG GUIDE THURSDAY JUNE 5: The Bennies, Fait Accompli, The Shorts at Karova Lounge The Playbook, The Drive Home at Musicman Megastore, Bendigo Ryan And The Goslings, Boy Wonder, Culzean at Next Goofyfooter, The Birdcage, Bug at the Reverence FRIDAY JUNE 6: Freak Wave, Tape/Off, Hoodlum Shouts, Bad Vision at the Public Bar The Bennies, Fait Accompli, Ships Piano, Loose Tooth at Ding Dong The Playbook, The Drive Home at Wrangler Studios Sydonia, Zelorage, I Am Duckeye, Ergasia at Musicman Megastore, Bendigo The Kremlings, Treehouse, Kings Tears Nortuary, Whitney Houston’s Crypt, Go Genre Everything at the Tote Let Them Eat Cake The General, Charm, Poison Fish at the Reverence SATURDAY JUNE 7: In Hearts Wake, Dream On Dreamer, Being As An Ocean, Endless Heights, Sierra at Corner Hotel White Lung, Upset at the Tote Maricopa Wells, Foxtrot, Darts, Summerhill at Public Bar The Playbook, The Drive Home at Playground Bar The Furrows, Skyways are Highways, Summer Blood, Loose Tooth at YahYahs Jack The Stripper, Silent Rose, Caught Out at Bang Cyclo Tiik, Murder Rats, Dixon Cider, Ivy Lucille at the Reverence SUNDAY JUNE 8: Daysworth Fighting, Summerhill at the Reverence In Hearts Wake, Dream On Dreamer, Being As An Ocean, Endless Heights, Sierra at Arrow On Swanston Anchors, The Sinking Teeth, Outlines, Brittle Bones at the Bendigo DMAs at Shebeen Joelistics, Ezekial Ox, Liquor Snatch, Muscle Mary, Admiral Ackbars Dishonourable Discharge, 4Tress, Kmart Warriors, Marilyn Rose, Bulk Of Man, Roby Soho at the Reverence MONDAY JUNE 9: White Lung, Upset at Howler CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 4 MARK ENTWISTLE
Mark Entwistle is in the hottest/coolest band in town, The Mercy Kills, and he is playing a stripped back solo set at Whole Lotta Love this Wednesday. Also playing on the night is the hottest female rock queen, Aimee Francis who rocks it on acoustic. They are playing at ‘Plugged In/ Unplugged’ every Wednesday night. Also in attendance will be a number of live speakers talking about touring in Europe, focusing on Germany. The event is hosted by Steve Iorio with speakers Max and Marty from The On Fires, and Nicholas Albanis and Naomi Henderson from Dandelion Wine. It’s all happening at Whole Lotta Love bar, Wednesday June 4.
artists and give our audiences a glimpse into the future of the next generation of burlesque performers. Catch all the action at Howler, Thursday June 5. Tickets available through the venue.
LACHLAN BRUCE BAND
A rippin’ tsunami of guitars surges up the Maribyrnong and into the front bar of the Reverence Hotel this Thursday night, with three awesome psychedelic-surfgarage-rock bands on the one bill; Goofyfooter, The Birdcage and Bug. Leave your Hawaiian shirts and boardies at home; this is contemporary indie pub rock that makes the perfect soundtrack to any modern surf or skate movie. Original live music at its best. Entry $8 and doors from 8pm.
Lachlan Bruce Band is a new breed of blues player with a new sound and a serious future. When a young guy is this musically smart, but doesn’t have to prove it, can play fast, but doesn’t all the time, and has a voice that takes over the room, it is a recipe for success. Blues, rock, riffs, fat bass, solid drums and just enough solos. The Lachlan Bruce band is exactly what it claims to be – an exciting power trio filled with everything you can think of that makes blues/rock great. Putting their own spin on the genre and forging a sound of their own, the LBB promises not to disappoint. Support from the Sammy Owen Blues Band is set to make a great addition to an already brilliant night at the Whole Lotta Love on Thursday June 5.
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THURSDAY JUNE 5 SPECTRAL FIRES
Spectral Fires cordially invite one and all to help celebrate the release of their first collection of recorded performances, an extended player entitled Old Haunts on Thursday June 5. Come round to the Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood, to see performances from Spectral Fires, The World at a Glance and The Rift. Available for purchase for the first time at the show will be CD hard copies of the Old Haunts EP. Check it out this Thursday June 5 at the Bendigo Hotel.
BABY BOMBSHELLS
Baby Bombshells is the ‘Emerging Performers Contest’ event of the Australian Burlesque Festival and the official opening of the 2014 season. A showcase of emerging artists, the contest features burlesque performers from every genre that have less than two years burlesque experience and will be judged by a panel of industry professionals. As featured in Burlesque Bible Magazine’s list of biggest burlesque competitions around the globe, Baby Bombshells is designed to encourage and promote our emerging
Combining inspired theatrics and musical prowess, 8Foot Felix reveal a treasure chest of infectious ditties that blend blues-inspired sea shanties with gypsy polka and piratical funk. Clearly evident at their live shows, the members of 8FF are an eclectic bunch of multitalented entertainers. Embarking on a UK tour in July, 8Foot Felix are set to play amongst some of the biggest names in the business. You can catch the band during their Thursday residency throughout June at the LuWOW.
The Glorious have just completed recording their third album, and it's a potent mix of shimmering, luminous pop, bruised ballads and street-ready rock’n’roll. The band has received significant airplay, established a formidable live show and had records released both nationally and in North America. Stay tuned on a release date for their new record Falcon. They play at the Retreat Hotel, Brunswick on Thursday June 5 with support from Wilding and Single Men’s Drinking Club. Free entry.
MCALPINE’S FUSILIERS
McAlpine’s Fusiliers combine traditional folk instruments of fiddle, accordion and banjo with a punk rhythm, to produce passionate music that is committed to continuing the burning social relevance of folk music. They’ll be wowing punters with this fusion at the Victoria Hotel on Friday June 6.
PEABODY
Hold on to your hats, people of Australia, the Peabody indie-post-punk-rock machine is celebrating its 20th birthday. In an age of disposability and overnight success stories, this one is for the foolish romantics, the believers and for those who think the accepted measure of success is truly an iffy concept. Throughout these 20 years the band has had some help from some kind, kindred and obviously misguided spirits, but has generally made its own way up the shit stream of the music industry using a fork for a paddle, smiling and waving at those in the private bungalows by the side. These boys-to-men have managed to play thousands of shows around Australia, both as headliners and supports for bands such as You Am I, Youth Group and Hoodoo Gurus; play festivals such as the Big Day Out, Homebake, Livid and Come Together on numerous occasions; and even embark on one very modest overseas tour. Come and celebrate with Peabody at Yah Yah’s this Friday June 6 with guests The Barebones, (ex- Suits) and Motel Love. Set lists will cover the whole 20 years and will feature both the current four-piece line-up as well as the classic threepiece version with Trewin on drums. Doors open from 7pm.
FRIDAY JUNE 6 KING FATE
King Fate return with more Mercyful Fate more King Diamond in their only Melbourne show. Support from thrash titans Maniaxe with Mr Rob Wog spinning some classics all night. King Fate formed to celebrate the musical vision of two of the most ground breaking and innovative bands from the heavy metal genre, Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. Come witness one of Australia’s finest metal tribute acts at the Bendigo this Friday playing an amazing set of songs. Tickets are $13 and doors open at 7.30pm.
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THE LOVE BOMBS
The Love Bombs, a sexy Melbourne four-piece, are finally exploding on stage with their signature rockin’ howls and cruisin’ rock. Singer Pierina O’Brien’s Tyleresque moves are accompanied with the dulcet tones and rude guitar of Hamish McLean (The Council), bass maiden Jamie McLean (Bunny Monroe) and the obstinate drums of Derek Anderson (The Council), are united into a sound like that party upstairs you wish you were invited to. They’ll be launching their new EP at Cherry Bar on Friday June 6 with support from Legends of Motor Sport, Digger and the Pussycats and DD & The Damaged Goods.
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MANTRA
To celebrate the release of Mantra’s new single The Fear, the internationally renowned lyricist is playing a one-off show at Howler. The Fear is the third single off Mantra’s critically acclaimed album Telling Scenes. The album debuted at #1 on the AIR chart, #1 on the ARIA Urban Chart and #3 on the ARIA Australian Album Chart. Telling Scenes amassed a multitude of rave reviews, with Rolling Stone naming it ‘one of the hip-hop records of the year’ in a glowing four-star write-up. 2013 saw Mantra complete three national tours, including a mammoth 28-date run with fellow emcees Seth Sentry and Grey Ghost. This will be the local hip hop hero’s first headline show for 2014 and to commemorate the occasion he will be performing some material that has never been heard live before. This Friday June 6 at Howler. Tickets available through the venue.
LET THEM EAT CAKE
Get yourself down to the Reverence Hotel this Friday and check out four of the loudest, grungiest, local Melbourne acts around. The fuzz soaked, noise drenched sounds of Let Them Eat Cake are on headline duties, alongside grunge-rock trio The General, distortion soaked rock guys Charm and down and dirty, sensory overloading Poison Fish. Help us fill the band room and say sayonara to Let Them Eat Cake front woman Jenn. Entry $5, doors open 8pm.
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REBEL8
Hailing from California, the master of business, Joshy D and the legend Mike Giant will be bringing their innovative brand REBEL8 to the streets of Melbourne. Mike Giant will be blessing Melbourne with a wallto-wall mural at Belleville, located in the heart of the city. So to celebrate REBEL8’s first appearance in Australia, for one night only a massive party for these titans will be thrown. However, it’s not just any old party. There'll be limited-edition merch that Joshy D and Mike Giant can sign for you. If that wasn’t enough, why not an indoor skate ramp with live skaters all night? To top it off there'll be live performances, beats from some of Melbourne’s finest DJs and plenty more surprises to be announced. Friday June 6 at Belleville entry is $8 and doors open at 8.
LONG HOLIDAY
Kick off the long weekend with some ballsy tunes & soiled panties! Long Holiday are bringing their tight, rock fuelled live show to the Worker’s Club on Friday June 6. But wait! There’s more! Joining them will be fellow hard-grunge rockers Inedia, rock freaks Two Headed Dog and scuzz maestros Claws & Organs. Keep it tight & in the numbers! Live music is the new black...
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CHRIS WILSON
Chris Wilson has been an essential part of the blues and rock music scene in Australia since taking the stage with the Sole Twisters over twenty years ago. Stints with Harum Scarum and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls followed, and by the end of the ‘80s was fronting the superb Crown of Thorns. Chris is renowned as one of our finest vocalists, harmonica players and songwriters. Catch Chris in solo mode this Friday June 7 at the Drunken Poet from 8.30pm.
SATURDAY JUNE 7 BRITTLE SUN
This Saturday night the Reverence Hotel presents an electrifying lineup of local music, featuring the tripped out, big-voiced, melancholic soul of Brittle Sun. Coming along for the ride are The Moth Body, semi-acoustic survival horror featuring Sam Sejavka of The Ears, Moses Leigh Jones, Melbourne’s own wildhaired Dylan-channelling blues man, and Reuben J T Duffy & Co, soul mechanic extraordinaire. Entry is $6 and doors open at 8pm.
QUORUM CONSENSUS
Quorum Consensus are bringing their potent fusion of hip hop, funk and industrial grind to Melbourne for the very first time, hitting Bar 303 in Northcote on Saturday June 7. Fresh from a QLD and northernNSW mini-tour, and still riding high from recent international support slots with Machine Gun Kelly (US), Sage Francis (US) and Looptroop Rockers (SWE), the Brisbane based six-piece fronted by Aeon, (vocals) NOC, (vocals/guitar) and Seabass (vocals) have formulated a take-no- prisoners approach to their live shows. Catch them at Bar 303 this Saturday, entry is $10 and doors open at 8pm.
MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS
The Moonee Valley Drifters have been in existence for an epic 29 years. The Drifters play roots music, blending western swing, hardcore country, cajun, blues, and rockabilly and played in their trademark ‘authentic’ crucial country style. Catch them at the Victoria Hotel on Saturday June 7 playing three sets from 8.30pm.
western Sydney boys Thesis. This Sunday June 8 they’ll be playing a show at the Bendigo. Support from The Sinking Teeth, Outlines & Brittle Bones. Doors at 7pm.
rock genre. The matinee showcase will also feature southern stomp heavyweights Buddha in a Chocolate Box and two of Melbourne’s up and coming singer songwriters Ben Whiting, and Harrison Storm. Presale tickets $7 through Oztix or $10 on the door.
Melbourne-based rock-art band Red X are coming to the Rippinlife Party at Cherry Bar this Queens Birthday eve. They’ll be playing with The Velvets, The Rumours and The Black Alleys. DJ Bobby Lou will be spinning discs afterwards for you to shake your groove thang to. This Sunday June 8 at Cherry Bar. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 8pm.
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MR BLACK AND BLUES
Mr Black and Blues plays a free front bar show at the Catfish, Sunday June 8, from 5pm. Breezy blues, beers and Philly-cheese-steaks all round. Free entry
ROESY
Far from being just another Irish singer/songwriter, Roesy’s sound and songs draw from a broad span of influence. The unmistakable lilt of his homeland is no doubt there, but as is the Spanish guitar and the sound of the Appalachian Mountains so prominent in the roots of American folk. We don’t get the pleasure of seeing a Roesy show all that often these days, so get down to the Drunken Poet this Sunday June 8 at 6.30 and enjoy what is always a memorable experience.
DRUNKEN POACHERS
It’s the Queen’s birthday public holiday eve and The Poachers return to the Vic. Worst band in Melbourne. Best septet in Brunswick. The Drunken Poachers, with their wily ways and wooden instruments, have snuck boot-clad and boozed onto Melbourne’s live music stages, one of them being ours at the Victoria Hotel on Sunday June 8 at 9pm.
HOT PALMS + VELCRO THREE KINGS
Already being described as a Melbourne blues supergroup, Three Kings brings together a trio of this country’s most dedicated, authentic blues artists, with down and dirty, totally inspiring results. Officially formed in 2011 by Ian Collard (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Benny Peters (vocals and guitar), and Jason Liu Soon (drums), Three Kings’ self-titled debut album took out the award for best blues CD in The Age Victorian music awards only a fortnight after release. The album entered the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Chart at number two before shooting up to first place. Three Kings’ hard-hitting, greasy blues style takes you on a dangerous joy ride through the back roads and juke joints of American music history, combining the sounds of artists like Kid Thomas, John Lee Hooker, Slim Harpo and Jerry McCain with their own original spin. Find them at the Retreat Hotel on Sunday May 8 from 7.30pm.
SONS OF MAY
To celebrate the release of their first official single Up Before Your Eyes, Sons of May will play a special matinee show at the Evelyn Hotel on June 8 alongside some of Victoria’s finest acoustic inspired talent. Melbourne indie/folk-rock outfit Sons of May have spent the past two years honing their craft with gigs and festival appearances all around rural Victoria. Popinfused melodies and an infectious folk swagger, the band delivers an energetic urban take on the acoustic
Monday June 9 at the Catfish sees esteemed Melbourne bands, Hot Palms and Velcro, pair up for the ongoing Formless Mondays gig series at the Catfish. Led by Alec Marshall of ace local label, Why Don’t You Believe Me, Hot Palms are an enigmatic supergroup of sorts that delve into expansive psychedelic sounds. With a shifting lineup and an emphasis on improvisation, their gigs are known to be joyous, free wheeling affairs – the perfect candidates for the Formless Monday format, then. Curtis Wakeling’s Velcro project has grown from a lo-fi bedroom project to a super tight noise-pop outfit that features Snowy Nasdaq and Ashley Bundang of Zone Out. This will be one of Velcro’s final gigs before Curtis returns to the USA.
WHITE LUNG & UPSET
This Queen’s Birthday, UnPop, Noisey, RRR and Howler are taking a cue from the matriarch herself, and celebrating the public holiday with a stellar allday, party focused lineup, combining music and art to create the sweetest mini-festival. Heading the bill will be Canadian rockers and newly Domino Records signed band, White Lung with their incredibly infectious and cathartic trademark punk rock. Along with American indie-rock supergroup Upset, featuring Ali Koehler, formerly of Best Coast and Vivian Girls, Jennifer Prince of La Sera and Patty Schemel, current drummer for Hole and the subject of the critically acclaimed and staggeringly honest 2011 documentary Hit So Hard, which chronicles her life and near-death in the early ‘90s music scene.
THE MERCY KILLS
The Mercy Kills will be tearing their way through a bunch of new songs in the Espy front bar on Saturday June 7. TMK have been busy writing and recording new material for an upcoming release and can’t wait to kick it out live. Joining the mayhem will be the girls from Bandintexas (Syd), along with local three-piece power-rock outfit The Black Alleys. Turk Tresize and band light the fuse around 9.30pm.
HEY FRANKIE
Hey Frankie are an up-and-coming group whose music melds neo-soul, jazz and pop influences with a focus on songwriting. After forming in mid-2013 they released their debut EP I See You, which reached the summit of triple j Unearthed’s overall charts and found two of their tracks selected to form part of a commercial television score. You can see them performing as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival at the Dancing Dog on Saturday June 7.
THE STORMTROOPERS IN STILETTOES
Sunday June 8 is Queen’s Birthday Eve and what a royal night to stage the pinnacle of tributes to classic rock bands. Finally ladies and gents: Queen. Yes finally we tip our crowns off to the power, magic and unique brilliance of Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Loyal Queen fan, multitalented Davey Lane who plays guitar in You Am I as well as recently launching a solo album, has assembled a super band especially for this night featuring Nick Thayer, Brett Wolfenden, Steve Hadley and Matt Vehl calling themselves The Stormtroopers in Stilettoes. They will be joined by special guest vocalists on the night including Davey Lane, Joel Silbersher, Laura Imbruglia, Laura Davidson, Adam Cole and many more to be announced. Expect to hear faves such as Hammer to Fall, You’re My Best Friend, We Are the Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, and I Want to Break Free, as well as some less obvious tunes.
SUNDAY JUNE 8 ANCHORS
Anchors have had a few ups and downs over the last 12 months. But with a recent line up shuffle and an addition of a new bassist, good mate and genuine heart-throb in Jim Morris, Anchors are again ready to present their brand of fast, heavy, melodic punk rock. They’ll be touring the east coast this June with CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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TUESDAY JUNE 10
LOOKING FORWARD
The Ukulele Ladies
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PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS
This Queen’s Birthday Eve, Watt’s On Presents is absolutely fucking beside itself to have Parking Lot Experiments headlining at the Toff. PLE’s music is atmospheric and thought provoking but paradoxically when they perform live and their ambient tunes are pumped out at a loud volume, the effect is a mind numbing bliss. Cash For Gold is Jack Weaving (Former frontman of Dukes of Windsor) and Stephen Mowat (Matik) who met whilst playing a festival with their previous bands; soon after this they began writing songs. At the time Jack and his current band were about to relocate to Berlin, this didn’t prove too much of an obstacle with more than half the album written through Skype sessions and drop-boxed files. Document Swell creates deep gurgling and swirling beats that will seduce the souls and hips of those in attendance. This is really interesting music. The Baudelaires are a deeply psychedelic Melbourne band whose music has a retrospect and spacey nostalgia that belies the band members’ age. And the band is fronted by River Phoenix and Chad Michael Murray’s love child. On conclusion of Parking Lot Experiments two of Melbourne’s finest DJs, Hudson James Jr, and Jackson Miles, will be closing the night with finesse and class. Hudson James Jr. spends most of his time appreciating the finer musical moments that have been lost or forgotten whilst Jackson Miles will chase the latest jams and rarest groove. When these two come together they form a formidable duo spinning South African house, Peruvian funk, Mali funk, Cuban, Brazilian edits, tropical house and Caribbean Soul. Doors open 8pm, $10 entry.
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BROOKE RUSSELL
With songs about boozy nights, bad decisions, broken hearts and the best intentions, Brooke Russell blends country, blues, folk and swing to appease her love of all things vintage. For the month of June, Brooke steps away from her stellar band, The Mean Reds, to play a series of solo shows every Tuesday at the Retreat Hotel. Entry is free.
THE GROVES
After selling out their Wine Dark Sea EP launch in February, local deep-blues pioneers, The Groves, are returning to their home-court the Evelyn for a four week residency. The four-piece outfit will be thrashing out tunes from their first two EPs, as well as debuting tunes from their upcoming third release. Over the month of June, the boys will be supported by eight incredible bands over four themed Tuesday nights, covering blues, garage, funk and psych. This residency will showcase the spectrum of Melbourne’s quality music scene and will be best enjoyed with several of the Ev’s notoriously cheap beers. In support are the boisterous surf rock sounds of Big Face and The Boogie Woogie Board Boys, and Third Earth.
Enchanting Melbourne singer/songwriter and international touring artist, Shelley Segal has announced the release of her new single, Morocco lifted from her third studio album, An Easy Escape which is set for release on June 6. Lead single Morocco is an upbeat pop number that walks the listener through an experience Segal had when in Morocco. “I was inspired to write Morocco when I visited Marrakech and Essaouira. I was completely blown away by the beauty of the country and the colourful, carefree, fun time that was available to me as a tourist,” explains Segal. “Slowly as the trip went on I began to see some of the darker sides of what it was like for many who lived there.” The clip for Morocco, created by London production group, Motion Picture House (MPH) was an adventurous shoot. Segal flew to Morocco from London (where she was recording at the time) with two cameramen, the director and the producer. “We worked with an amazing local team and completed the clip in two days! It was a whirlwind of people, bustling markets and beautiful seaside,” Segal says. The eclectic storyteller will celebrate the launch of her new releases with shows at he Northcote Social Club on June 13.
GARAGE-A-GOGO
This is fast becoming one of The LuWow’s most popular nights. Join Donny Disco for another mega session of fantastic dance sounds from the golden era of disco. Get energized with a fluro ‘Disco Juice’ cocktail and dance the night away in the company of the Disco Dollys resplendent on their podiums, in the fairy-lit grotto of the LuWOW’s Forbidden Temple room. Its a shameless hustle into disco, funk and souls past so don’t forget to dress up and dance the night away. Join the shamelessness on Friday June 27.
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BOBBY AND THE PINS
Bobby and the Pins joins forces with The Ukulele Ladies to present a night of ridiculous tales from behind-the seams. The night will be unscripted, unplanned, filled to the brim with lady harmonies and things may get crazy. What will these six ridiculous characters do when their precious scripts are taken away from them? If you have ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a lady cabaret group, you’re about to find out. For this special performance, The Ukulele Ladies’ Dusty and Rhoda will divulge the secrets of their lives: from a childhood on the east coast of New Zealand dealing lanolin to the Spinners and Weavers guild, to the guilty instrument hoarding, and of course the marriages and multitude of court cases, from Supreme to Family. See them Thursday June 12, 8pm at the Wesley Anne
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WOLF AND CUB
ARCHER
Archer is a rare musician: a mystery-man and an outsider, motivated by a lone pure love of singing and storytelling. Born in North Carolina and raised in the Victorian bush-lands, Archer makes a life busking, fruit picking, tree climbing and roaming the country as an “old time sing-song man”, in his words. Dedicated to the sounds of bush blues and hillbilly music, most every song Archer writes is an instant modern relic. Recently Signed to Pound Records and on high rotation on Double J, Archer will make his first onstage appearances since Golden Plains Festival 2014, for three Sunday Afternoon shows at The Workers Club starting June 15.
HETTY KATE
Performing at the vibrant Kew Court House, gifted Jazz Vocalist Hetty Kate will grace the stage on June 20 for an intimate and enchanting show. The stunning vocalist will sing music from the Great American Songbook. Renowned for her engaging and charismatic performances, Hetty connects wholeheartedly to her audience, delivering a warming and emotionally charged performance through song. In an exciting time of her career, with two new recordings scheduled for this year, Hetty has become a sensational fixture of the Melbourne jazz scene having previously worked with Australia’s jazz icon, James Morris. Hetty has performed in countries all over the world with her own bands and also has featured as a vocalist alongside internationally established jazz groups. The exclusive audience of eighty will enjoy an enchanting experience as they listen to dreamy, old-time classic songs from the golden age of music. Find her at the Kew Court House on Friday June 20.
Black Night Crash are excited to announce that our favourite sun-scorched psychedelic sons Wolf and Cub are set to storm audiences in both Sydney and Melbourne this June. Due to the overwhelming success of past gigs that sold out in record time, Wolf and Cub will descend on Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday June 14 for what is sure to be one hell of a performance. Wolf and Cub’s lively onstage performances back up their fuzz-drenched recorded material with the band possessing a seemingly innate ability to completely shred through mind-altering sets of psych-rock jam outs. Doors open 8pm. Tickets $10 presale and on the door if not sold out prior. 18+ event.
THE BAD REACTION & THE KAVE INN
Do you dig stingin’ fuzz with a poundin’ back beat? The Bad Reaction has a pedigree in pedallin’ such ‘toonology’ - with members versed in such sounds from garage outfits like The Thurston Howlers, The Crusaders & The Booby Traps. Serving up a main order of ‘60s garage punk with lashing of freak beat and a side order of mod, dance stylings, The Bad Reaction is a full course of gluttonous sonic sounds for your ears to gorge upon. The Bad Reaction have featured and headlined in such events as Mod’s Mayday and Born Loser nights in Sydney, as well as being the backing band (known as The Others) for the late, great Mick Hadley playing all the Purple Hearts hits that toured Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne. Kick starting the shenanigans will be those primitive cats from The Kave Inn, rising from the ashes of bands such as The Shimmys, Pretty Green, Shutdown 66 and Thee Wylde Oscars. The Kave Inn are obsessed with the primitive pounding beats and impulses buried deep in the primordial past...their approach to rock’n’roll has been described as “a raw gutteral attack”. Catch them both at LuWOW on Friday June 27 starting from 8pm for only $10.
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE
They are the best of times. They are the worst of times. We all love parties, but they don’t always go the way we’d like them to. Northeast Party House knows this well, as do many of the characters inhabiting their hotly anticipated debut album, Any Given Weekend, out now through Stop Start. Since forming in Melbourne, Australia in 2010 (and being ‘Unearthed’ by triple J that same year for their song Dusk), Northeast Party House have built a cult following, thanks to their electrifying live shows and songs that combine the heady exhilaration of dance music with pop hooks and a rock backbone. These five young guys – most still in their early twenties – have brought the party to stages ranging from the Falls and St Kilda festivals to national support slots for acts such as Jungle Giants, Midnight Juggernauts and Ball Park Music. Catch them on the Melbourne leg of their tour at the Corner Hotel on Saturday June 21.
THE BOHICAS
Snakey stage presence and menacing rock & roll: East London/Essex four-piece The Bohicas will make their debut visit to Australia in June 2014 for a special headline show at Ding Dong Lounge with special guests Drunk Mums. The Bohicas will release their self-titled debut EP on Friday 13 June – days prior to these Australian shows – and it’ll feature XXX and Swarm, as well as the band’s forthcoming third single Crush Me and a previously unheard new song – Bloodhound. The four-track recording captures the thrilling momentum of the London based quartet, whose sound ranges from straight up rock’n’roll to sharp post-punk. The Bohicas first trip down under is going to be big. This might be your last chance to catch the band in venues this size so get in quick. Presale tickets $35.20+BF on sale Wednesday May 14 at 10am. Doors open 8pm. 18+ event.
HALFWAY
Brisbane rock band Halfway announce the launch of their new single Dulcify, taken from their critically acclaimed fourth album Any Old Love. The song takes its name from the champion racehorse which was euthanized after being injured in the 1979 Melbourne Cup. It’s a song that touches on life’s highs, lows, and in-betweens. In support of the release and on the back of wide-spread acclaim for Any Old Love, Halfway will tour the east coast of Australia in June, with each stop having support from some of the countries best artists. Any Old Love sees the return of esteemed Go-Betweens founder Robert Forster as producer, having worked with Halfway on their previous record An Outpost of Promise, reuniting with new Halfway member and fellow Go-Between John Willsteed. The band also attracted the ear of legendary Replacements producer Peter Jesperson who lent his weight as coproducer with Willsteed. See them at Wesley Anne on June 20
THE NARROW ROAD
Armed with only their instruments of choice, their natural talent and their very mild super powers, The Narrow Road have captured the hearts and minds of many an audience. The 7-piece Melbourne outfit blossomed in early 2011 and have been taking audiences to ecstatic highs ever since. Sadly though, their time together is coming to an end. Yes folks, the Narrow Road will have one last hurrah at Ding Ding Lounge on June 13 as they perform their final Melbourne show. So come and have a drink (or many) with us as we party the night away. Prepare for minds to be blown, dignity to be lost as crazed dancing occurs and above all, eardrums to be forever changed by two guitars, a bass, a set of drums, a sax, some keys, and three fabulous singers. Presale tickets $8+BF, or $10 on the door. Doors open at 8pm. 18+ event.
JO MEARES
Jo Meares is pleased to announce a string of live performance dates to celebrate the release his latest album, King of the Crystal Mountain. Produced by Charles Jenkins, King of the Crystal Mountain features the sublime work of guitar virtuoso Jeff Lang and ethereal backing vocals recorded in a church in Finland by an all-girl choir. Jo Meares will be launching the release at the Spotted Mallard on Friday June 13 and at Pure Pop Records on Sunday June 15. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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ROYAL BLOOD The Corner Hotel, Saturday May 31 Off the back of only four released songs, UK two-piece Royal Blood managed to completely sell out their inaugural Australian tour. So who’s responsible for snapping up these tickets? Well, there was a strong contingent of rowdy lads ready for heavy drinks and heavier riffs occupying the Corner Hotel tonight. For the uninitiated, the Brighton duo consists of drummer Ben Thatcher and bassist/vocalist Mike Kerr. Aside from being a novel setup, leading with the bass made for a beginning-to-end riff-fest. Kerr’s expert pedal work did allow fuzzy guitar noises to splice in between the pummeling bass lines. But there was certainly no chord strumming respite. The hard-hitting set was executed with ample bravado to ensure the fun levels stayed turned up throughout. However, the more metallic, Pantera-for-beginners tangents in Royal Blood’s arsenal are probably more fun for the band then the listener. Elsewhere, some libido-loaded, Queens of the Stone Age grooves showed promise for the pair’s forthcoming full length. Singles Little Monster and show closer Out of the Black didn’t just spark recognition – they caused a mess of headbanging, devil-horning, bouncing bodies to congregate at the front of the room.
MEAT PUPPETS Ding Dong Lounge, Wednesday May 28 In the late ‘70s my father subscribed to Arizona magazine. To the juvenile eye it was a publication devoid of literary excitement or cultural interest: lush panoramas of Arizona desert; images of ordinary America indulging in typical American cultural past times. Arizona always seemed nice, but never enough to warrant serious attention. Curt and Cris Kirkwood were teenagers in Arizona in the ‘70s. Their mother lived life to the full – later on, reflecting on Cris’ spiral into addiction and crime, Curt suggested Cris was cut from the same errant familial cloth. Like so many regional areas, what Arizona lacked in the way of adolescent excitement it made up for with a colourful narcotic scene (in Jerry Stahl’s cathartic autobiography, Permanent Midnight, Stahl finds himself flipping burgers at a McDonald’s in Arizona, as part of his rehabilitation program – within weeks, Stahl is back on the needle, with some coke on the side). It’s 20 years since the Kirkwood brothers visited Australia with The Meat Puppets. Tanned and well-built, Curt Kirkwood has aged well. In contrast, looking like an emaciated Willem Dafoe, Cris has the weathered features of a man who’s gone 12 rounds in the narcotic boxing ring and been counted out a few times. Curt’s son Elmo is a younger, heavier and tattooed version of his father; when you see father and son dueling guitar licks later in the set, you can discern a telepathic connection. On drums Shandon Sahm – son of Doug (Sir Douglas Quintet) – bears a passing resemblance to Jim Osterberg of The Iguanas. Curt is the natural leader of the band: he’s got the loose, comfortable on-stage demeanour of a man born for rock’n’roll. He does shit with his guitar that defies accurate description; freakish solos, percussive synthesiser-like sonic explorations, rambling rustic melodies. Cris’ bass riffs ramble and swagger; Elmo gets plenty of time in the proverbial stage sun to show off his many and varied talents. The music itself is mesmerising. There are various allegorical reference points, most of which involve drugs: chemical country, peyote rockabilly, speeding Allman Brothers. The Meat Puppets can turn a song on a ten-cent piece – or, as the Americans would say, a dime – and wandering journeys through the desert bleed into frenetic bar room dances which morph into psychedelic freak outs and back onto the porch. It’s less a collection of songs and more of a performance; you can close your eyes and you’re out there, walking, searching, feeling for something spiritual. The cover of Sloop John B is amusing, and sweet; perennial favourite Lake of Fire transposes The Gun Club into a field of cacti, and we’re away again. There’s a break – maybe enough for a couple of cigarettes – and The Meat Puppets are back. This time it’s a trip further back in time: Freddy Fender’s Wasted Days and Wasted Nights and Doc Watson’s Tennessee Stud. Eventually the house lights and sound come on, and the show is over. A phenomenal musical experience. LOVED: The Meat Puppets HATED: That the show had to finish PATRICK EMERY DRANK: Fat Yak BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 40
Thanks to non-stop gigging ever since Out of the Black hit the airwaves in September, the audacious musicality was matched by Kerr and Thatcher’s tightly-honed chops. Thatcher might look like a steak and kidney pie guy, but he possesses lively feel and hits like an anvil to the head. Meanwhile, Kerr’s high register didn’t falter once during the 40-minute set. His vocals could be the band’s most interesting asset. Even though Royal Blood play hard, Kerr’s voice relates a sweet-hearted leaning. This helps prevent the body-thrashing onslaught from sounding threatening. Where Royal Blood takes it from here remains to be seen. None of the singles issued so far seem destined to be remembered beyond the initial head-banging rush of nostalgia. The biggest sing-along of the night came from Little Monster, which is surely one of the dumbest rock hits in recent years. Of course, rock’n’roll works best when it eschews intellect. But whether it endures is another story. As for as the event unfurling in front of us tonight, it was roistering, sweaty rock’n’roll – done just right. LOVED: That bass sound HATED: What, no fireworks? DRANK: Tin upon tin AUGUSTUS WELBY
BROODS Northcote Social Club, Thursday May 29 So is this what life in a post-Lorde, post-London Grammar world sounds like? It’s a nice sound, sure. Only, it’s rather bereft of individual merit. Those might seem like lazy comparisons for the female-fronted, New Zealand duo Broods, but tonight’s show gave the overriding impression of pop-loving hopefuls attempting to replicate an idol. It was all very sincere, just a little underdone. Other than stalking behind their synth-pop/power-R&B forerunners, it’s hard to detect Broods’ root appeal. Beneath a nimble falsetto, vocalist Georgia Nott displayed gutsy lungpower, which she wasn’t afraid to employ with abandon. Her presence was light-hearted – lovely, if you will. And she did her best to own the stage. The electronic backdrops – the domain of brother Caleb – were well coordinated, albeit largely pedestrian. A drummer joined the core duo on stage and the majority of drum sounds were triggered to match the recordings. Unfortunately, there was a shortage of hooks you wanted to take home with you. Broods are signed to Polydor and the major label pathway seems evident. Tonight they covered most of their debut EP, as well as previewing a handful of tracks from a forthcoming full length. There was the token ballad (probably slated as the third single), some erratic programming (showing awareness of what the electronic underground is up to) and plenty of attempts to strike a balance between pop but not-too-pop. The overall impact was a bland unraveling of disparate features. The most pestilent detail was that, here they were, playing a sold out show in Melbourne, and yet they didn’t make anything happen. You’d expect a little flare to be displayed, a little bit of ‘Wow – people need to know about this.’ But that sort of ebullient star power was nowhere to be found. Curiously, show closer and breakthrough single Bridges prompted roughly two-dozen filming smartphones into the air. Perhaps this was a pre-emptive move; capturing Broods playing in a small room before they hit the big time. However, it’s doubtful that the most exciting thing at the early gigs of Chvrches or even Adele was the abstract prospect of them becoming big some day. Here, instead of being moved by this moment, it was bearing witness to a band possibly on the cusp of stardom that stirred the biggest reaction. LOVED: Northcote Social Club sound, as always AUGUSTUS WELBY HATED: Repeated instances of the person next to me accessing Facebook during the show DRANK: You bet
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JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW The Forum, Tuesday May 27 Last time James Vincent McMorrow came to town was in January for a Falls sideshow at the Corner. He described the experience as “way too many people in way too small of a space, it felt unsafe.” Just five months later, the Irishman was back in Melbourne for a sold out show at the Forum, delivering an arresting performance that could be appreciated by devotees and fair-weather fans alike. While I would definitely call myself a fan of McMorrow, I don’t think I was prepared for the onslaught of girls that simultaneously burst into tears when he sang the first words of The Lakes and basically every time that he sang thereafter. To their credit, McMorrow’s voice is a force to be reckoned with. That thing is quite the instrument and that falsetto is a goosebump machine. If you’ve ever listened to his music you know that he has cinematic, expansive folky tendencies a la Bon Iver. At times it could have been easy to get lost in a fog of these tendencies and write his music off as pretty, but lacking much excitement. He surely put this criticism to rest when he dug into an absolutely searing version of Down the Burning Ropes. The rendition apparently stirred up so much emotion in one attendee that it prompted him to scream out for the bar to stop clinking the fucking glasses and shut the fuck up, because we all want to hear James, Jame a s, to which James replied in his brogue, “That was fucking weird.” The rest of the evening saw McMorrow weave through tracks from both his debut Early in the Morning and 2014’s Post Tropical with his three-piece backing band. He’s admitted to rarely changing up his setlist because he likes k to kes deliver precision each go around. While I was worried that this could come across as insincere and manufactured, ctured d,
it seemed to be an effective strategy, for now. Part of the beauty of live performances is that you don’t really know what to expect next but because McMorrow is a relative newcomer, I was able to forgive this otherwise faux pas. Another notable component of the night was the well-choreographed visuals that accompanied McMorrow. Behind him, a white circle was embellished with dancing shades of blue with myriad well-placed triangles following suit. At times, especially during Glacier, the visuals probably could have let the music do a little more of the talking as the lights seemed more appropriate for a rave than an indie folk concert. McMorrow managed to fit 17 tracks into his hour-and-a-half set. Of course, staples We Don’t Eat and Higher Love elicited a rousing response and even more tears. After disappearing for a brief moment following his regular set, he emerged on stage with just an acoustic guitar for a heartbreaking version of If My Heart Should Somehow Stop before he put an exclamation point on the night with If I Had a Boat. Chills. McMorrow’s performance was everything you’d want from a Tuesday night folkster at the Forum and if he keeps this up, it’s quite possible that we will be catching him at an even bigger venue next time around. LAUREN EN G EN GI GILL ILL LL
LOVED: McMorrow’s sense of humour HATED: Clinking glasses, of course DRANK: Cider
ROBYN HITCHCOCK Northcote Social Club, Saturday May 31 Robyn Hitchcock welcomed in winter 2014 by playing his 1984 recording I Often Dream of Trains in as close ose to its entirety as possible. Why would he choose to do so? Because he can. ‘But is it music you would play too yourr grandmother?’ I wish I could hear you ask. Well, yes. Because Hitchcock has reached a certain age that he could uld ul ld d be your grandfather. But no pipe and slippers for him just yet. Pointing out that he had one button missing ng on his polka dot shirt belied his relaxed demeanour. It was a ramshackle, almost spontaneous rendition of songs. Rehearsals? Where is the fun in that. The support act lent its charms to accompany Hitchcock with backing vocals and guitar. Gerry Hale also sauntered ntered on stage to play some tunes with his old muck, to reminisce about some of the hazards of life and recall the days of youth swanning around busking and art school. A completely relaxed but decidedly not detached performance was put in. Ever with the rapier wit, Hitchcock introduced Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl, Cathedral, Ye Sleeping Knight of Jesus, and I Used to Say I Love You… All wondrous in their own way. But the real highlights came when he became even more retentive and benign. Public transit authorities worldwide could do well to engage him to bring a little charm to their campaigns. Loosing sleep over myki? Then give Trams of Old London and I Often Dream of Trains a go. A veritable goldmine of nostalgia to take your mind off things as you board your public transport of choice blissfully thinking that this day will be the day when the commute will be free of the usual pressures. h sis, However, Hitchcock does not stop there. He manages to tackle My Favorite Buildings, indulge in some psycho psychosis, Sounds Great When You’re Dead and blast the audience away with a ramshackle vocal performance of Uncorrected Personality Traits. Indeed, as the mercury begins to drop along with the general mood of the population, opulation, you will es our shores, you also warmly recall the necessity of a haberdashery counter at every rock venue. As Hitchcock leaves begin to wonder what stunt he’s planning next. It is sure to be good. LOVED: Earnest nest old d men m HATED: The lack of a ffull u house ul ull ho BRONIUS ZUMERIS DRANK: Fluid luid
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Merrill Garbus applies some control to the chaos of her sound on her new tUnE-yArDs recording Nikki Nack, an album full of playful charm and sonic surprises. Nate Brenner is again the main collaborator, adding some slinky basslines and co-writing the majority of the album with Garbus. Singles Water Fountain and Wait for a Minute are the immediate, hooked-crammed highlights of an album that offers a greater consistency than 2011’s whokill (though there’s nothing quite up there with the brilliant Bizness). Ukeleles and saxophones have been set aside, making way for layered percussion and keyboards which are spliced to form a mosaic of skittering sounds that ably support Garbus’ striking vocals. The busy, collage-like arrangements of tUnE-yArDs can be overwhelming, so the idea of an interlude is a good one. Unfortunately, the spoken-word Why Do We Dine on the Tots? is as irritating as its title suggests, and is a minor blip on an otherwise invigorating, fascinating album. You could question the cultural appropriation of African pop and the lyrics’ themes of gentrification and race to form a light-hearted party album, but Garbus’ fearless streak of activism and confident borrowing of styles add up to a dynamic, individual style that has been mastered on her finest album yet.
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Projections (Bedroom Suck) Brisbane solo outfit Scraps hits the mark with no-nonsense lo-fi synth grooves on Projections. A driving beat and protorave keys and a touch of softly sweet, near-detached vocals. Good stuff.
0 To 100/The Catch Up (OVO) After dropping the not-very-Wu-Tang-sounding Wu-Tang Forever on NWTS, Drizzy comes through not even a year later with a track that sounds like what would have happened if Started from the Bottom was a 36 Chambers cut. A two-part kinda jam, 0 To 100 feels like a braggadocio sequel to NWTS opener Tuscan Leather. It feels like an album cut, a strong one at that.
Fuck KD (Kevin Durant Diss) (Independent) Already covered this track but Lil B just dropped his Hoop Life mixtape the same day OKC were eliminated from playoffs forever proving #THEBASEDGODSCURSE is in fact real and that disrespecting Lil B can have career-ruining consequences.
DARLIA
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Dear Diary (Dew Process) Back in April I predicted Darlia would make an appearance on the bottom echelon of this year’s Splendour bill then be swiftly forgotten about, so yeah, there they are, can we just fast forward to the part where we forget them? Cheeeeers, thanks.
JONATHAN BOULET
Hold It Down (Pop Frenzy) The problem with the overwhelming majority of nonunderground Australian rock acts is that they sound like over-processed shit on record. Hold It Down, the first taste from Jonathon Boulet’s upcoming Gubba, sounds gnarly as fuck. Then it gets even gnarlier. It’s a panicked, all-out salvo, replete with cannonball-to-the-gut riffs. Huge enough to make the pisstake B-side PappaMoneyballz Shite Trap remix seem relatively sensible.
ANGUS & JULIA STONE
Heart Beats Slow (EMI) I tried. I really tried. The new track from Angus & Julia Stone is superpowered in its insipidness, immune to criticism by virtue of commanding 100 percent focus during listening due to its sheer un-remarkability, then by its resoundingly unmemorable nature, it’s impossible to retain any knowledge of the track while putting pen to paper. It’s a veritable marathon between the YouTube screen and Word doc, and I’m simply not up to the task. Nobody could be. You win this round, Stones. You really are crazy for this one Rick.
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Two Tone Melody (Universal) Mellow soul goodness from Sydney’s Preatures. Is This How You Feel? proved they can bust out a god-tier hook, and Two Tone Melody could kinda do with one. But still, there’s timeless warmth, inflected with a sense of barren, last-call whiskey heartbreak. Promising signs from the impending debut album.
LIL B
Looking For You (Independent) While Biebz keeps fuckin’ up in the celeb spotlight, the stakes seem pretty low in terms of his musical output. It’s a conducive, in-between album flux, with the Journals collection late last year producing the goods while selling sweet fuck-all copies. On a similar creative mindset, Looking For You sees flow innovators Migos jump on the booming beat to strike gold. While performing image self-sabotage with one hand, Justin is dishing up attention-worthy tracks with the other. Strange times.
ROMI FEAT. BONG YZA
#teenagers (Independent) Rave keys galore and a relentless Bong YZA beat underpin nostalgic YOLOisms infused with a knowing pathetic abandon. For all its rollicking gaudiness, there’s a palpable realness in its channelling of the existential dread of being in your twenties.
GEOFFREY O’CONNOR
Her Name On Every Tongue (Chapter) Moody, joyous synth-pop from Geoffrey O’Connor, showcasing monumental melodic turns, both vocal and keys, with inventive aural flourishes including robotic “sha-la-lala” backing choir. Solo LP number two, Fan Fiction, due out this August.
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CC (Stolen/PIAS) It’s a good sign when a song makes you think your stereo speakers are fucked. From the blown out intro, CC kicks into overdrive, a wonderfully disorientating burl with Savages vocalist Jenny Beth gladly taking turns on the steering wheel. Awesome.
DAN SULTAN
Kimberly Calling (Liberation) Painting a rich landscape both personal and grandiose, rock hero Dan Sultan sounds empowered and resilient while a backing gospel choir imbues a huge scope into the on-point Australiana folk-rock.
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SEEKAE
Test & Recognise (Future Classic) Alex Cameron, a proven crooner, relishes in monotone on the second vox-laden single from Seekae’s loooong-gestating third album, impossibly tight percussion snapping with hypnotic aplomb. Sounds like a 21st century iteration of Paul McCartney’s Temporary Secretary, which is a very good thing. Seekae’s trademark +Dome tones creep in towards the end and you get the feeling something very special is gonna happen when LP The Worry drops this September.
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Nasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debut album was released twenty years ago now, and to celebrate, a remastered version of it entitled Illmatic XX has been released. Despite the fact that Nas was just 20 at the time of release, this album is widely seen as his masterpiece and used as a benchmark to which other hip hop and rap albums of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s and today are measured by. Even if you were too young to get into Nas back when this came out or anytime early in his career, listening to this rerelease is likely to make you come out in a rash of nostalgia. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an innocence to the record despite the subject matter often being anything but. Given most rappersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debut albums are recorded before theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really tasted fame, their first release is often the one that connects with their peers. Twenty years on Nas still releases good tracks but he lives in a huge house, is divorced and writes songs about trying to be a good father to his young daughter. Not exactly likely to strike a chord with the kids in the projects. Yes, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bunch of remixes of songs from the album included, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re average at best. However this album in its pure form has aged incredibly well even if it most likely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful if released today. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s in the best possible way, and while that made up none of the appeal when released, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just gravy now given BEST TRACK: The World Is Yours the fondness that decade is now looked upon with. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: AZ, THE NOTORIOUS BIG, JAY-Z (early catalogue) ALEXANDER CROWDEN IN A WORD: Nostalgic
SHARON VAN ETTEN
Are We There ( Jagjaguwar/Inertia)
East Brunswick was my first proper home in Melbourne. At the time it was an area with understated charm: some old shops, the odd pub and the collage of Californian bungalows and post-war brick monstrosities that characterise Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner-north suburbs. The fact that our financially astute landlord had purchased the property for a princely sum a couple of months previously was prescient of the subsequent rise in the suburbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate value. West Brunswick, the opening track from East Brunswick All Girls Choirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new record Seven Drummers (the title is an ironic nod to the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revolving door of drummers), subliminally locates East Brunswick in contrast to the industrial-suburban sprawl of its western cousin. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an emphatic tone in Marcus Hobbsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voice: the resilient spirit of The Band, the bridled idealism of Dylan and the Antipodean intensity of The Drones. Mon Ropos (Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jam) channels The Dirty Three in a dishevelled Brunswick flat; Dirty Bird is the wailing of a man condemned for social dislocation and emotional dissolution. Golden Ninne is possibly a pop song â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least a song within which can be discerned the faint rays of hope. The title of 14 Clay Gully Court sounds like one of those far-flung addresses to which youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d travel in order to pick up a second-hand brown lounge suite; the track itself sends you off on an intense journey down a long suburban road, but at least you get something worth keeping. Darius is restrained and reflective; Redtop is rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll in a backyard littered with weeds, empty cigarette packets, broken chairs and an occasionally functioning barbeque. And if a trip on Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary airline was anything as comforting as Aeroflot, maybe the Cold War wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a different ideological outcome. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, and that somehow means East Brunswick All Girls Choir came about BEST TRACK: Redtop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very good thing indeed. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: THE DRONES, LEONARD COHEN, THE DIRTY PATRICK EMERY THREE IN A WORD: Brunswick
â&#x20AC;&#x153;People say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a one-hit wonder, but what happens when I have two?â&#x20AC;? ponders Sharon Van Etten on Even When the Sun Comes Up, the final song of her fourth album. The best guess is that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking about her relationships or something other than her music, considering her discography is a top-quality selection, with a sound that has gained in confidence and eloquence with each release. The selfproduced Are We There is another assured step forward. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing on here as aggressive and instantly catchy as Trampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surging highlight Serpents. Instead, Van Etten takes a softer approach to sonics and tempo, but channels her intensity within weighty ballads to powerful effect. This is best realised on the stunning Your Love Is Killing Me, with Van Ettenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s propulsive delivery of the lyric â&#x20AC;&#x153;You tell me that you like itâ&#x20AC;? sending chills down the spine. The weak spot is the mid-tempo, bland Our Love; it aims to bring in some light during a dark run of songs early in the album, but sounds like water-treading compared to the other, far superior, songs. Another lyric that jumps out from the closing song is â&#x20AC;&#x153;I washed your dishes, but I shitted in your bathroom,â&#x20AC;? which is in keeping with the previous albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission of BEST TRACK: Your Love Is Killing Me â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am bad at loving youâ&#x20AC;? (from Leonard). Luckily, bad IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: Horses loving from Sharon Van Etten translates as another PATTI SMITH, Burn Your Fire for No Witness excellent album for us. ANGEL OLSEN CHRIS GIRDLER IN A WORD: Confessional
RON POPE
Calling Off The Dogs (Brooklyn Basement Records) Ron Popeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talents first hit many ears when he put out his beautiful single A Drop in the Ocean in 2005. Since then, though having independently released ten albums and countless other singles, it seems Pope hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a major splash. Now choosing to go a little more â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Pope branches out from his alt-country and folk roots as he returns with Calling off the Dogs. The mix, mash and chaos of colours on the cover really represent the type of sound youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find throughout this record. Starting off with some catchy and upbeat pop, Pope makes things slower, deeper and more thought-provoking once Explain hits the speakers. For any fans of that breakout single, the track Silver Spoon will really hit home, with the voice that we heard that first time really shining through. Meanwhile guest vocalist Alexz Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful tones come through to great effect on Nothing. A good listen overall, Calling off the Dogs offers plenty of variation, right up until Pope explores his higher register on Blood From A Stone. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an odd way to end a BEST TRACK: Silver Spoon sprawling record. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: Mechanical AMY THEODORE Bull KINGS OF LEON IN A WORD: Thought-provoking
PASSENGER
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Whispers (Black Crow Records)
Do It Again (POD/Inertia) Talented musicians make their craft look ridiculously easy. And after listening to Passengerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth studio album, Whispers, anyone would feel like they can grab a guitar and begin a swooning love ballad that captures the essence of youth. Of course, if you do so, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll soon realise how much time, effort and talent has gone into Whispers. Despite being a mainstream success, reaching into the top five of the Billboard chart in February this year, Passenger has managed to keep a very pre-success sound. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excitement of things to come, best experienced with album opener Coins in a Fountain and later Thunder. An electricity fills the air and Michael Rosenburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice can barely hold back from breaking with anticipation. The flip side of this excitement is also captured beautifully, with 27 and Rolling Stone exploring that frustration at the need for patience. Passengerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subdued vocals throughout the album accentuate his Brighton accent, and add an aged calm that belies the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youthful tones. This is a record which personifies the exuberance and vision of someone in their prime, on the cusp of great things, while showing the patient skill and focus of craft typically found in much older musicians. Combined, they become something magical, a sound BEST TRACK: Thunder that few can replicate. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: PJ HARVEY, NIC CASSEY, JOSE GONZALES DANIEL PRIOR IN A WORD: Youthful
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 4 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
30/70 + THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00. BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS + BILL JACKSON + JOSH FORNER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $9.00. CHARLES JENKINS & THE ZHIVAGOS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $55.00. COQ ROQ WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: BLABERUNNER + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. FREE LIKE ME + BLUE EYES CRY + THE WILD COMFORTS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. HORSEHUNTER + WATCHTOWER + WICKED CITY + DJ MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. J ROBERT YOUNGTOWN + THE WELLINGTONS + COLD IRONS BOUND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00. JAMES KENYON Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. NEW GODS + WARMTH CRASHES IN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00. PLUGGED/ UNPLUGGED - FEAT: MARK ENTWISTLE + AIMEE FRANCIS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. RICH DAVIES Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THE CONTROLS + BUSY KINGDOM Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE NATIONAL EVENING EXPRESS + TITIAN + DAY OF CLINT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE RIFT + CLUB CRAIN + HAPPY GO BLUES + JAMES AVENT Espy, St Kilda. 7:30pm. THE UNKIND + IGOYA + HOPE IN HELL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DIZZY’S BIG BAND WITH PETER HEARNE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $25.00. FIGHT CLUB 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. GIANNI MARINUCCI’S NONET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00. JUKKA PERKO AVARA TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $33.00. LARRY CARLTON QUARTET + HERE & NOW Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $82.00. LATE NIGHT JAM - FEAT: THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
JESS MCAVOY + SUZANNE KINSELLA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. LUCIE THORNE + JACKSON MCLAREN + LUKA LESSON Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:30pm. $20.00. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC/JAM Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. REBECCA & BILLY’S SINGALONG - FEAT: REBECCA BARNARD + BILLY MILLER Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. $15.00. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. SINGER SONGWRITER NIGHT - FEAT: SELKI + JIMMY DAVIE + SARLIN Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE TESKEY BROTHERS + GRIM FAWKNER Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. VALINA VALE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. ZOE K + DE’MAY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY JUNE 5 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
CHEEKY CHALK Big Mouth, St Kilda. 5:00pm. CORONER The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $64.50. DEAD LETTER BLUES Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. GOOFYFOOTER + THE BIRDCAGE + BUG Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8.00. GRACE KING + NICOLA BROWN + ZAC SABER Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm. LIARS + NEW WAR Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $45.00. LITTLE EARTHQUAKE + SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS + SANS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00. LITTLE ODESSA + WHEN WE ARE SMALL + RESIDUAL + DARLING JAMES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. LIVE LOCAL BANDS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. LIVE N COOKING - FEAT: HOY + ADRIAN STOYLES The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. MAR HAZE + CENTRE & THE SOUTH + CLAWS & ORGANS + KAIRO Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MARK SNARSKI & THE FURY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. MOJOPIN + VERONA LIGHTS + LUCID PLANET + LIZARD MAN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. MOTEL LOVE + SHEEK STAIN + THE BUTTERBOYS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00. MUURA (7”LAUNCH) + ZOND + THE AESTHETIC + TRACEY + MYSTERY BAND + DJS THOMAS GUUN & JULIAA NORRIS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. NEXT - FEAT: BOY WONDER + CULZEAN + RYAN & THE GOSLINGS Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. OLIVERS ARMY + WHITAKER + AMISTAT + TOM WEST Workers Club, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. $12.00. PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: LISTERDALE + ZOE RYAN & THE DANDY LION + TASH SULTANA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $5.00. PREMIUM FANTASY + FEVER SEEDS + DIAMONDS OF
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NEPTUNE + SAVAGE NOBLES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. RHYTHM KITCHEN Irish Times Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SAILOR JERRY PRESENTS - FEAT: RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD + THE STRANGE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. SHAKE SOME ACTION - FEAT: STREETPARTY + SAMARITAN + POLYAVALANCHE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $8.00. SIMONA KAPITOLINA + VACUUM + COLD LIFE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SPECTRAL FIRES + THE WORLD AT A GLANCE + THE RIFT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE HARPOONS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + FRIENDSHIPS Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00. THE INTERCEPTORS + KAT & THE TOMCATS + SIERRA LEONE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TULALAH + FRIDA + HANNAH CAMERON DUO Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00. WAREHOUSES ARE BETTER - FEAT: CHOCOLATE STRINGS + THE AFROBIOTICS + NAHUATL SOUND SYSTEM + BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE + CYLCO TIMIK + CAPTAIN RUIN Second Story Studios, 8:00pm. $15.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
8 FOOT FELIX + THE JACK JACKS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00. ALISTER SPENCE TRIO & DAWN OF MIDI Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 9:00pm. $45.00. ANDREW HAGGER (MOON UNDER WATER) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $30.00. BEN GRAYSON TRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. DANIEL ZAMIR + TOMER BAR Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $33.00. DEAR BLOSSOM - FEAT: FEM BELLING Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $39.00. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. LATE NIGHT JAM - FEAT: THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $15.00. MARY STALLINGS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $84.00. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON QUINTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $30.00. NO WAVE LIKE NEW WAVE - FEAT: LAKE MINNETONKA + DRU CHEN + DJ MZRIZK Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. PAUL WILLIAMSON QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SHOL QUINTET Caz Reitop’s Dirty Secrets, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SOUL IN THE BASEMENT - FEAT: THE SWEETHEARTS + DJ VINCE PEACH & PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. SUKARO GYPSY JAZZ BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00. THE CHRIS CAMERON QUARTET + ARMADILLO + AMELIA MCCOLLOCH Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
ADAM MCGRATH Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. AUSTIN BRADY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. BEN SALTER Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HEATHER STEWARTS’ BLOOMIN’ HEATHERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. HUGH MCGINLAY - FEAT: HUGH MCINLAY + BRENTON FOSTER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $8.00. LACHLAN BRUCE BAND + SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE GLORIOUS + WILDING + SINGLE MENS DRINKING CLUB Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
FRIDAY JUNE 6 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
8 BIT LOVE (EP LAUNCH) Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. ADAM MCGRATH + JENNY BIDDLE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. BASIC MIND + DEAD BOOMERS + RITES WILD + LACE CURTAIN + DJ WOOSHIE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. BURIED FEATHER + PONY FACE + DJ JUKE JOINT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. BURNING VINYL LIVE BROADCAST - FEAT: LADIE DEE + LES THOMAS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. CAN’T SAY (THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY ROYAL RAVE) FEAT: PALACE Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CHOCOLATE STRINGS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. DEAD CITY RUINS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + ALL ABOUT STEVE Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $10.00. FLANAGAN’S FRIDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: RUSTBUCKET Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 9:00pm. $5.00. HARRY HOOKEY + LUKE WATT Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10.00. HOODLUM SHOUTS - FEAT: TAPE/OFF + FREAK WAVE + BAD VISION + HEELS ON DECKS DJS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00. IRONSIDE + THE DIRTY F HOLES Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. JOSH PYKE Montrose Town Centre, Montrose. 8:00pm. KING & QUEENS - FEAT: ANNA SALEN + ONE KINGDOM + THE FIRING LINE + CICADASTONE + THE STABBING TRADE + POSTSCRIPT + DRIVEWINDER Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
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WATT’S ON PRESENTS: PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS While I wouldn’t trust him around my food or children, I trust Dan Watt in one capacity – live music. The dude knows the local scene better than pretty much anyone. Watt’s On Presents is an extension of his popular, weekly Watt’s On show on Beat TV, where Dan “interviews” local and international artists, often crossing physical and legal boundaries. At the Toff In Town this Queen’s Birthday Eve – Sunday June 8 – Watt’s On Presents will showcase a monster lineup of headliners, including Parking Lot Experiments, Jack Weaving’s band Cash For Gold, Document Swell, The Baudelaires and DJs Hudson James Jr, and Jackson Miles. Come get crazy. Come get Dan Watted.
KING FATE + MANIAXE + HEAVY METAL + DJ ROB WOG Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $13.00. LET THEM EAT CAKE + THE GENERAL + CHARM + POISON FISH Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00. LONG HOLIDAY + INEDIA + TWO HEADED DOG + CLAWS & ORGANS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00. MARATHON + REMOVALIST + REGRETS + OLD LOVE + LASER BRAINS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. MEYHANE + STAVRINA DIMITRIOU Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:30pm. $10.00. PARTY VIBEZ + BREAK THE WALL + LASER BRAINS + THE WRECKS Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. PEABODY + BAREBONES + MOTEL LOVE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. POTATO The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $64.50. PROSTHESIS OF MIND + OPPRESSION + WOUNDED PIG + ROSERVELT Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $10.00. REBEL 8 & T WORLD Belleville, 8:00pm. $8.00. REPROBETTES + POWERLINE SNEAKERS + DJ TRAFFIC JAM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. SAFIA (SINGLE LAUNCH) Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00. SUDAMERICAN ROCKERS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. THE BENNIES + FAIT ACCOMPLI + SHIPS PIANO + LOOSE TOOTH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12.00. THE BROKEN HILLS BAND + HYPERDRONES Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE LOVE BOMBS (EP LAUNCH) + LEGENDS OF MOTOR SPORT + DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS + DD & THE DAMAGED GOODS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE PHONCURVES (EP LAUNCH) + JIM LAWRIE + JIMMY TAIT Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. THE STEVENS + THE ANCIENTS + BLACK VACATION The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. THRASHIN’ OF THE DEATH CRUST - FEAT: BLACK JESUS + DEBACLE + SOLIS + CORDELL Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00. TOM SHOWTIME + JAY READING + MZ RIZK Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. TWIN BEASTS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + CHERRYWOOD + IMMIGRANT UNION + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $16.00. UNCLE RUDEY + BIG VOLCANO + LAWNTON BOWLS CLUB + LUKEY POTE + CRENNAN & BARNES + PIMPIN HORUS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. VACANT VALLEY RECORDS - FEAT: TREEHOUSE + THE KREMLINGS + KING TEARS MORTUARY + WHITNEY HOUSTON’S CRYPT + GO GENRE EVERYTHING Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. YEO (SINGLE LAUNCH) + NEW GODS + I’LL BE AN INDIAN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
PANORAMA DO BRASIL – STONE FLOWER (A JOBIM TRIBUTE) - FEAT: DIANA CLARK & DOUG DE VRIES Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00. A CELEBRATION OF CHARLIE PARKER - FEAT: DJANGO BATES BELOVED + MONASH ART ENSEMBLE Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $39.00. ALISTER SPENCE TRIO & DAWN OF MIDI Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 9:00pm. $45.00. BLUES PARTY - FEAT: ALEISTER JAMES BLUES ASSEMBLY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAZZ AT THE PARK - FEAT: ALEXANDER NETTELBECK + RENE TESSMER + JOHN MILTON + MIMI ZAETTATHOMAS Raddi Restaurant & Bar, 6:00pm. JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $65.00. LATE NIGHT JAM - FEAT: THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $15.00. LOUIS KINGS’ LIARS CLUB Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. MONIQUE DIMATTINA + JAMES SHERLOCK Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $33.00. REBECCA MENDOZA WITH THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $30.00. REMASTERED MYTHS - FEAT: ALWAN Kindred Studios, Yarraville. 7:30pm. STEVE MAGNUSSON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE FURBELOWS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00. TROY ROBERTS NU-JIVE 5 + TROY ROBERTS + DANE
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ALDERSON + TOM O’HALLORAN + BEN VANDERWAL Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $33.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
CHRIS WILSON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. DAVE GRANEY Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. FIELDS SEE & MASON Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. MCALPINE’S FUSILIERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $8.00. SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. THINGS OF STONE AND WOOD + CARUS THOMPSON Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:40pm. $30.00. TOTAL GIOVANNI + DAVE GRANEY Grant Street Performance Space & Bar, Southbank. 7:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
SATURDAY JUNE 7 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
BANG - FEAT: JACK THE STRIPPER + SILENT ROSE + CAUGHT OUT Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BIG RED BUS - FEAT: KYNDA + MISS BEHAVIOUR + JAYSON HOLDEN + ROBERT ANTHONY + BLUEMD + FRACTAL SPIRAL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. $10.00. CENTRE & THE SOUTH + THE INDIAN SKIES + LUNA GHOST + FREE LIKE ME + HARRISON STORM Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. CYCLO TIMIK + MURDER RATS + DIXON CIDER + IVY LUCILLE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $6.00. DV8 - FEAT: CANDY & THE DEAD + SON OF SET + WINTERS TALE Cbd Nightclub, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. ERRANT VENTURE + LITTLE HOUSE GODZ + AGENTS OF ROCK + DIRTY RATS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $10.00. GEORGE KAMIAKAWA & NORIKO + GOGO GODDESSES + DJS BRUCEMILNE & SCREAMIN J The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. GET YA GERSH ON - FEAT: LAZERUS MODE + DUMB & BORED + FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN + HUMANS AS ANIMALS + BLACKDIAMOND Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10.00. HARRY HOWARD & THE NDE - FEAT: TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. HESSIAN + UNCLE UNIT + OFF CHOPS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. IN HEARTS WAKE (ALBUM TOUR) + DREAM ON DREAMER + BEING AS AN OCEAN + ENDLESS HEIGHTS + SIERRA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $30.00. JAMES MCCANN’S OTHER BAND + JEB CARDWELL Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. JOHN DOWLERS VANITY PROJECT Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. KIRA PURU + PRINCE MACKEREL + POST PAINT + JEALOUS HUSBAND + BLACK PADDOCK Grant Street Performance Space & Bar, Southbank. 7:30pm. $20.00. KISSTROYER + HIGH VOLTAGE & AUSTRALIAN NIRVANA SHOW Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave. 8:00pm. MAR HAZE + HOLYOAKE Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. MARA THREAT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. MARICOPA WELLS + FOXTROT + DARTS + SUMMERHILL + DJ KRIT Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00. METAL ASYLUM 3 - FEAT: ORPHEUS OMEGA + HARLOTT + BEFORE CIADA + ANIENT + TRIGGER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm. $15.00. MOSS PIT + LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT + DEAD CITY RUINS + MY LEFT BOOT + SEXY/HEAVY + POISON FISH + THREE QUARTER BEAST + PLASTIC SPACEMAN + HYPERDRONES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $12.00. NINE SONS OF DAN + FAR AWAY STABLES Wrangler
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RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION What do Richard Dawkins and Biggie Smalls have in common? Yeah, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure it out either until I came across The Rap Guide To Evolution. Canadian â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rapperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Baba Brinkman reworks popular rap songs using all the swag and poetry of Tupac combined with the accuracy and rigour of Charles Darwin. To seal the deal Baba Brinkman is backed by award winning DJ Jamie Simmonds on the turntables and a live AV show. Honestly Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d still probably choose Biggie but this guy could definitely give Eminem a run for his money. Catch The Rap Guide To Evolution at the Arts Centre Melbourne Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June. Studios, Footscray. 7:30pm. OUR MAN IN BERLIN + HALCYON DRIVE + STAX OSSET + DEAR PLASTIC Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00. PALM SPRINGS + BACKSTABBERS + HERO Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $6.00. POUNCE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. RAW BRIT + MICKS MIX Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.00. RONNIE CHARLES & THE RETRO BANDITS Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $18.00. SHORT ORDER SCHEFS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. SONGS IN THE KEY OF CHEESE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. SOUL SAFARI + MAYFIELD Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SWHAT Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. THE DIRTY F HOLES + IRONSIDE + DUKES OF DELICIOUSNESS + DESTRENDS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. THE DUB CAPTAINS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00. THE EVENING CAST Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.00. THE FAUVES + PEABODY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.00. THE FURROWS (RESTART LAUNCH) + SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS + SUMMER BLOOD + LOOSE TOOTH Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE GOOD CHINA + SPUN RIVALS + THE STIFFYS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00. THE MERCY KILLS + BANDINTEXAS + THE BLACK ALLEYS + TURK TRESIZE + SPOONFUL + PHIL PARA Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DOWDS Irish Times Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE SCOUTS + THE STRINE SINGERS + RAVENSWOOD + HEELS ON DECKS DJS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. THREEZZACROWD Lincolnshire Arms Hotel, Essendon. 8:00pm. TTTDC + SPERMAIDS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. WHITE LUNG + UPSET Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
BUDDY LOVE Kojo Brown, Richmond. 7:00pm. 774â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SWING NOIR - FEAT: SWING PATROL + ULTRAFOX + SWINGVILLE Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $50.00. ALINTA & THE JAZZ EMPERORS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00. ANDREA KELLER QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BRITTLE SUN + REUBEN JT DUGGY & CO + THE MOTH BODY + MOSES LEIGH JONES Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $6.00. CELTIC THUNDER Plenary Hall, South Wharf. 7:30pm. $99.00. DJANGO BATES BELOVED + DJANGO BATES + PETTER ELDH + PETER BRUUN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm + 9.30pm. $45.00. HEY FRANKIE Dancing Dog, Footscray. 2:00pm. JAZZ FESTIVAL Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:00pm. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET WITH TAMARA KULDIN Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. LATE NIGHT JAM - FEAT: THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00. MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (DAVI SINGS SINATRA) - FEAT: ROBERT DAVI Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $89.00. MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL FEAT: DERRICK HODGE + CHRIS TURNER Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:15pm. $59.00. MOOGY (MUSIQUE ET CHOCOLAT) - FEAT: DĂ&#x2030;BORRAH â&#x20AC;&#x153;MOOGYâ&#x20AC;? MORGANE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. NOCK & PIKE + JULIEN WILSON QUARTET Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 9:00pm. $45.00. RAZZMATAZZ INDIE DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: CAITY K + TED C Exford Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $5.00. REFLEJOS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. RIO KNIGHTS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. STREET REQUIEM + A FEAST OF FESTIVAL CHOIRS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $35.00.
LIARS â&#x20AC;&#x153;The colour of this pen is ruh-ruh-ruh-ruhâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jim Carrey, Liar Liar, no relation to Liars the band whatsoever. But what a moment, and what a movie. The genre of Liars is ro-ro-ro-roâ&#x20AC;Śexperimental electronica, and the three-piece from NYC are touring in support of their seventh full-length, Mess, released in March to much critical acclaim. Come light your pants on fire when Liars play the Corner Hotel on Thursday June 5.
THE HUNTERS & POINTERS Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $39.00. THIS IS MY LIFE - FEAT: DANIELLE MATTHEWS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 4:00pm. $20.00. TIJUANA PEANUT Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. BALTER VADA + THE SEXLESS INNKEEPERS & ANNE STONE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00. BENJAMIN & MATTHEW WINSTANLEY Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. CAT & CLINT - FEAT: REPROBETTES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. COLD HEART Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $40.00. MYSTERY TRAIN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. PHEASANT PLUCKERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. RULE OF THIRDS + HYDROMEDUSA + VACUUM John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. SABRINA & THE RED VANS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. SWEET FELICIA & THE HONEYTONES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE PHEASANT PLUCKERS + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. WAGONS + JONNY FRITZ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.50.
SUNDAY JUNE 8 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
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PRESENTATION NIGHT The worlds of football and music seem to be completely different, until you realise tha–actually, nah, they’re very different. This is what makes Presentation Night so exciting. Presentation Night, in its third incarnation following two very successful evenings, pits a footballing legend alongside a music icon, in a conversation about football, music and life. This year stars ex-Geelong premiership player Cameron Ling, who also once won the AFL’s sexiest player (ironically I hope), and Paul Dempsey from Something For Kate. Check it out at the Corner Hotel on Wednesday June 4. TOR + HOLYOAKE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $4.00. THREEZACROWD Spottiswoode, Spotswood. 3:00pm. TOYOTA WAR (EP LAUNCH) + THE GALAXY FOLK + VELCRO + SNOWY NASDAQ + RAPID TRANSIT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. WATTS ON PRESENTS - FEAT: PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS + CASH FOR GOLD + DOCUMENT SWELL + THE BAUDELAIRES + DJ HUDSON JAMES JNR + DJ JACKSON MILES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. WHERE’S GROVER? Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
ADNAN SAMI Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $25.00. AUSTRALIA TOGETHER WITH CHILE - FEAT: JERSON TRINIDAD + VICTOR CATRILEO + GERMAN SILVA + DJ JEAN ARENAS + SON3 Astoria Reception, Carnegie. 6:00pm. AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER CHOIR Our Lady Of Mount Carmel, Middle Park. 3:00pm. $25.00. CHRIS SEALEY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. LATE NIGHT JAM - FEAT: THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. $15.00. ROSS MCHENRY FUTURE ENSEMBLE Bennetts Lane
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm + 9.30pm. $35.00. THE SEVEN UPS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. THE SOUL OF ARETHA FRANKLIN - FEAT: FLORELIE ESCANO Kindred Studios, Yarraville. 7:00pm. $18.00. THE WORLD’S BEST JAZZ CLUB (BOOK LAUNCH) FEAT: MICHAEL TORTONI Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm. $40.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
ACOUSTIC MATINEE - FEAT: FOLKTRAIN Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 3:00pm. CHERRY BLUES - FEAT: SOUTHERN LIGHTNING + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00. CHRIS WILSON Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. CLIVE MANN Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. EMERGE UNDER THE BIG TOP - FEAT: TAQI KHAN + FIESTA KRIOL + BAHIA + FLYBZ + BURUNDIAN GOSPEL CHOIR + AJAK KWAI + SOL NATION Dandenong Market, 10:00am. GRUMPY NEIGHBOUR Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm.
JAMES BLUNT Plenary Hall, South Wharf. 8:00pm. JVG GUITAR METHOD Union Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. KELLY AUTY BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. MARTY KELLY & THE WEEKENDERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $40.00. OPEN MIC Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. PETER BAYLOR & THE ROADHOUSE ROMEOS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS Clare Castle Hotel, Port Melbourne. 8:00pm. ROESY + CROSSHAVEN Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. SLY FAULKNER Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SUNDAY ASSEMBLY - FEAT: THE GRAPES + LIZ STRINGER + DAN LETHBRIDGE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. $10.00. SUNDAY JAMS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH + DJ REIDY ANDY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. THE DRUNKEN POACHERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE LARGE NUMBER TWELVES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. THE WOODS 303, Northcote. 3:30pm. THREE KINGS + SMALL TOWN ROMANCE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
MONDAY JUNE 9 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. I DO LIKE MONDAYS - FEAT: DEAR PLASTIC + KALCOMA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00. MONDAY NIGHT MASS (QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY) FEAT: THE AESTHETICS + WHITE WALLS + COCKS ARQUETTE + SPITEHOUSE + HALT EVER + GALAH GALAH GALAH Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 3:00pm. PLAYWRITE + FIVE MILE TOWN + TEXTURE LIKE SUN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. THE HURRICANES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. WHITE LUNG + UPSET + ADALITA + DEEP HEAT + SCOTDRAKULA Howler, Brunswick. 1:00pm. $50.00.
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BENNETTS LANE BIG BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
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DAN PARSONS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. DISCOVERY OF A FOX + TALI SING + CAMERON PAICE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. MEGA DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: DAVID MARTEL + JACK GRAMSKI + CAMERON LEE-BROWN + JOSH FORNER + JILL BETH + SABRINA & THE RED VANS + JANE MCARTHUR + REBECCA LANGLEY + MAIA JELEVIC + MUNRO MELANO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm.
TUESDAY JUNE 10 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
AMISTAT + SAM BRITTAIN + OLLY FRIEND Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10.00. BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: RECKLESS JUNE + AURORA + TIDE MOJOPIN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15.00. JONNY FRITZ Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $20.00. RUBY TUESDAY - FEAT: MATT WICKING + DUCHOUND + VIC MEEHAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. THE GROVES + KARATE BOOGALOO + MYA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $4.00. THE PASS OUTS + NAT ALLISON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday July 4 With Alex Black
Forget last minute cramming sessions this weekend, there’s too many gigs (and even an album signing) you can’t miss out on! If you’re planning to catch In Hearts Wake this Sunday at Arrow On Swanston then why not stop by Brunswick JB Hi-Fi at Barkley Square on your way into town and catch up with the boys in The Amity Affliction as they sign copies of their latest release Let The Ocean Take Me, which drops two days prior on Friday June 6. But before you swoon over The Amity Affliction and In Hearts Wake be sure you stop by Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday to catch Melbourne boy Allday on his national tour with Jackie Onassis and Mikey Hundred. Allday’s catchy tunes – that feature phrases about armpits and J-Lo’s earrings – will leave you with no choice but to sing along. Full details for this gig can be found in the gig guide below. Don’t stress if you spent all your dosh last week on One Direction tickets, or for a selfie with 360, I’ve got your back. The PPCA Performer’s Trust Foundation provides one-off grants to encourage music and the performing arts; the money can be used to cover performance costs, the promotion and encouragement of musical and theatrical education, tuition fees, travel costs, accommodation, and venue and PA hire. If you’re looking for some funds to support your next creative venture then head to ppca.com.au for all the details. If pop punk is your thing and you want to support local Aussie talent then get on down to Wrangler Studios to see Anchors, Thesis, Your Weight In Gold and Satellites this Sunday. It’s a pay what you wish entry (minimum $1) and all funds go towards Wrangler Studios so that they can survive and become a permanent and cheap all ages venue that’s accessible for anyone in Melbourne. Good bands, cheap entry and all for a great cause, what’s not to love? In other news we’ve just announced the full program for the Push FReeZA Summits 2014. Register and get free music industry training! It’s open to anyone of any age in Victoria. This time we’ve got featured speed meetings with industry professionals (in the areas of tour management, volunteering and internships, publicity, event management, songwriting and performance, community radio, and online music distribution), live sound workshops, Krump showcase and workshop, artists’ Q&A with The Hounds Homebound, Darcy Fox and Residual, partnerships and endorsements workshop, plus heaps more! It’s happening in Camperdown on Tuesday July 1, Melbourne on Tuesday July 8, and in Euroa on Wednesday July 9. For more info and to register, check out thepush.com.au
ALL AGES TIMETABLE SATURDAY JUNE 7 Allday w/ Jackie Onassis, Mikey Hundred, Ding Dong Lounge, 18 Market Lane Melbourne, 2pm, $22.45, oztix. com.au, U18 Sons of Dan w/ Far Away Stables, 1:30pm, $18.40 Wrangler Studios, 8C Whitely Parade, West Footscray, oztix.com.au, AA SUNDAY JUNE 8 Earth Walker Tour w/ In Hearts Wake, Dream on Dreamer, Being As An Ocean, Endless Heights, and Sierra, Arrow On Swanston, 488 Swanston Street Carlton, 5pm, $34.70, oztix.com.au, AA Anchors w/ Thesis, Your Weight In Gold, Satellites, more TBA, Wrangler Studios, 8C Whitley Parade, West Footscray, 12pm, pay what you wish at the door (minimum $1), AA James Blunt w/ Bubsy Marou, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre - Plenary, South Wharf, 7:30pm – 10:30pm, $106.30, ticketmaster.com.au AA Ron Pope w/ Cam Nacson, The Workers Club, 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 2pm, $48, oztix.com.au, U18 The Amity Affliction (signing), JB HiFi Barkley Square, Brunswick, 1pm, Free, first 500 in line are guaranteed to have their album signed, AA
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
ADAM KATZ GROUP Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. JAZZ IN THE ATTIC - FEAT: SONNY VERONICA TRIO Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MOVEMENT 9 + STEPH MASCETTA BAND 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. VOICES IN THE ATTIC Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
BROOKE RUSSELL + GEORGIA SPAIN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. MAKE IT UP CLUB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. OPEN MIC NIGHT Kindred Studios, Yarraville. 5:30pm.
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Name: Anthony Barton Degree: Entertainment Business Management Since graduating from JMC, what have you been up to in the industry? Well, quite a lot really. It’s been a hectic few months since officially handing in my final assignment. I’ve been working at music media website Noise 11 where I write gig reviews and host a fortnightly event news web series for Ticketmaster (produced by Noise 11) called tmTV. On top of that I also run a CD/DVD store in Port Melbourne called Voyager Entertainment, was Assistant Artist Liaison for the Riverboats Music Festival and I currently intern at online music distribution company Ditto Music. That being said, I am still looking for full time work within the music industry. What skills did you gain through your studies at JMC that are helping you on your current career path? Film and TV production, festival management, distribution, presenting and artist management. I could go on and on, but these subjects specifically relate to what I am currently doing.
Contact JMC Phone: 1300 410 311 Website: jmcacademy.edu.au Entertainment Business Management Facebook page: facebook.com/pages/EBMJMC-Academy-Melbourne/260076557499896 To put it simply, the course was very broad and taught me an extensive range of skills that I am using on a daily basis! What did you like most about studying at JMC? I enjoyed the way that you always felt like part of a team. This extends to both my fellow students and our lecturers. We were all there to help each other along the way. As part of the integration program, management students worked with the performance, film and production students to create a professional product. The feeling of pride you have in yourself and your team upon the successful completion of a song or a film clip is extremely rewarding.
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FASHION BEAT With Brittany Stewart
RETROSTAR DOUBLE DENIM SALE In further confirmation that double denim is now sartorially acceptable (we’ve been championing this for a while now) RetroStar Vintage Clothing have announced a surprise denim sale for this weekend. For $20 overalls and $10 denim shirts, vests and shorts, get your denim clad legs to the city store between Friday 6th and Monday 9th for four days of bargains, or visit their warehouse on Saturday 7th for the same deals. Friday 6 - Monday 9 June - 1/37 Swanston Street, Melbourne Saturday 7 June - 33-37 Stewart Street, Brunswick
BLACK ROPE PARTY
In sexier denim news, last weekend saw the launch of Neuw’s latest line Black Rope Denim. Inspired by the early days of punk, guests at Melbourne’s Shadow Electric enjoyed the tastes of Sailor Jerry and Tomoka Beer, the sounds of Citizen Sex, Teeth & Tongue and Handstome Steve...and the skills of a Japanese rope bondage expert.
JACK LONDON PRESENTS Proof that fashion and music were made to mix, Jack London Presents took over the Grace Darling last week, with performances from The Demon Parade and The Grand Rapids and a photobooth. Obviously hilarity ensued. Photos: Alex Reinders
#STANDFORSOMETHING DR MARTENS GIG
Get ready: one of Melbourne’s most musically iconic suburbs will host an exclusive Dr Martens four day pop-up store featuring limited edition styles. The mystery location will also act as a venue for the #standupforsomething stage, with three intimate live gigs from Stonefield, Kingswood and Band of Skulls on June 16,17 and 18 leading up to the pop-up opening in true Dr. Martens rebellious style. Tickets are free but extremely limited and only available via a ballot system through the Dr. Martens Aus/NZ Facebook page or by invitation. www.standforsomethingmelbourne.com
NIQUE WHITE LABEL POP UP
In winter, good quality basics are a must. Located next to the Nique store on Chapel Street, the White Label pop up is your chance to get a taste of the brand’s luxurious tops and jumpers for men and women before the first proper White Label store is launched later in the year. 205 Chapel Street, Prahan.
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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
BAKEHOUSE STUDIOS OPENS DOORS TO PUBLIC
As part of Leaps and Bounds, Bakehouse Studios opens its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday July 12 with tours through the afternoon – and a street party in Little Hoddle Street. Nick Cave, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins and The Drones are just some who've recorded there. It is also headquarters of SLAM (Save Live Australian Music) and where the SLAM rally was born. The day includes a set from The Impossible No Goods featuring BJ Morriszonkle. Bakehouse collaborated with visual artists Patricia Piccinini, Emily Floyd, Veronica Kent and Dirty Three guitarist and painter Mick Turner to create installations for musicians in this working studio. You’ll see installations made of icing from NGV’s Melbourne Now’s Hotham Street Ladies, taxidermy from vegan artist Julia deVille, a metal room by jeweller Cass Partington, early punk images from photographer Peter Milne, a ‘backstage’ by design duo Brustman + Boyd and a homage to pulp fiction by screen printer Stewart Russell. Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria, Beat Magazine & PBS 106.7 FM with support of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.
ARIA BRINGS BACK NO.1 CHART AWARD
ARIA brought back the No.1 Chart Award to recognise local acts who hit #1. Since January 2013 Aussies spent 34 weeks at the toppermost of the poppermost. Singles were Dami Im’s Alive, Taylor Henderson’s Borrow My Heart, 5 Seconds Of Summer’s She Looks So Perfect, Sheppard’s Geronimo and Justice Crew’s Que Sera. There were 17 #1 albums: Flume, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Hillsong United, Birds Of Tokyo, Bernard Fanning, Harrison Craig, Bliss N Eso, Karnivool, Rufus, Boy & Bear, Keith Urban, Triple J Like A Version 9, Dami Im, Taylor Henderson, INXS, Kylie Minogue and Chet Faker.
WILLOUGHBY, ARDEN, GET FELLOWSHIPS
Victorian musicians drummer Bart Willoughby and singer/guitarist Dave Arden each received $45,000 fellowships as part of the Australia Council’s National Indigenous Arts Awards at the Sydney Opera House. Willoughby, who founded No Fixed Address in the ‘70s and is now in the Black Arm Band, was the first Indigenous artist to record on the Melbourne Town Hall organ. His two-year fellowship project will stage a series of concerts featuring him playing the organ. He will also promote his album We Still Live On inspired by the instrument. Arden, best known for his work with Archie Roach and Black Arm Band, worked with Paul Kelly on his latest release, Freedom Called. It is a song of remembrance for Indigenous service men and women. Arden’s fellowship project is The Dave Arden Songman Storyteller Showcase.
SHOWBIZ SOLD
Premier ticketing agency Showbiz, which went into voluntary administration on April 3, has been sold to Tix.com.au, the ticketing packages deal business. With 700,000 members in includes Firsttix, Lasttix, and the upcoming Movietix and Fasttix. Tix.com.au and Showbiz are working on a new Showbiz site.
AUSSIES TUNE 8 TIMES MORE TO RADIO THAN STREAMING
The Australian commercial radio industry’s first AudienceScope study on listeners’ behavior claimed that radio captures more than 60% of all listening compared to the streaming industry’s 8%. Music collections are at 25%.
FACE THE MUSIC RETURNING
The Face The Music conference will take place on Friday November 14 and Saturday November 15 at the Arts Centre Melbourne, organisers announced. More details will be unveiled. It will once again coincide with Melbourne Music Week and Australasian World Music Expo (AWME). If you want to submit a panel idea, contact Program Manager Paris Martine at paris@ facethemusic.org.au.
THINGS WE HEAR
•In a Facebook post directed to “Hey AU/NZ pals... It’s been WAYYY too long,” Foo Fighters hinted at a tour of Australia and New Zealand. They asked fans to sign up to their newsletter “Cause you never know where/when the Foo’s may show up. Just sayin...” •Aussie pro-audio/live site CX Media speculates that Big Day Out’s US partner C3 Events will buy out Australian promoter AJ Maddah and stage the festival as its other brand, Lollapalooza. CX also claims that many of the production crews and services from February’s Soundwave are yet to be paid. •Amazon will be launching a music streaming service as part of its Amazon Prime membership, launching in June or July. •Beer and pizza go together. So when Macaulay Culkin’s pizza-themed Velvet Underground covers band The Pizza Underground played a UK festival, they were bombarded with pints of beer and fled after 15 minutes. •ABC’s rebooted Spicks & Specks won’t return next year after ho-hum ratings. •A campaign has started to make Kanye West mayor of Chicago in 2015. See Kanye4mayor.org. •Three months after the 1.30am lockouts and 3am last drinks came to Kings Cross, businesses told the Daily Telegraph that Saturday night trade dropped from 20,000 to 5,000 and many owners are putting out the For Lease signs. •A PR stunt for video game Watch Dogs went horribly wrong. The PR company sent a black safe to Ninemsn’s Australia Square offices with a “suspicious” letter which told a reporter to “check your voicemail”. It started beeping, at which point the bomb squad was called. •After playing to 100,000 opening for Alicia Keys and John Legend, Ngaiire is playing the Glastonbury festival. The Delta Riggs wrap up their 25-date tour across Europe after they finish a recording session in Berlin. Stonefield’s UK run includes the Great Escape and Dot To Dot festivals.
STONES BIGGEST LIVE ACT OF LAST 25 YEARS
The Rolling Stones, who last week went back on the road, are the biggest selling live act in the past 25 years. Since 1990, they grossed $1.56 billion playing 500 shows to 19.6 million fans, Billboard said. Second were U2, who grossed $1.51 billion from 526 shows to 20.5 million people. Bruce Springsteen is in third with a $1.2 billion gross over 700-plus shows to 15 million fans; rounding out the top ten are Madonna, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Dave Matthews Band, Celine Dion, Kenny Chesney and The Eagles.
PASCOLO, HAINE, LAUNCH PENNY LOAFER PR
Rob Pascolo and Sharna Haine are behind new Melbourne music entertainment marketing company Penny Loafer PR. Their aim is to promote Australian bands into the US and vice versa. They are expanding their business to Austin, Texas and will be relocating by August. Pascolo says Austin is “the perfect hub for any mu-
sic business” with countless venues and festivals such as South By Southwest and Austin City Limits to give it the reputation as “live music capital of the world.” He adds, “By having an Australian contact based out of the US it will make it an easier process for Australian bands wanting to tour the States. We aim to build solid relationships with our clients and assist in expanding their fan base to a wider audience.” Penny Loafer has released a free download This Compilation featuring Australian and American bands, and have a few shows coming up in town. They are looking for artists whom they can work with. More info at pennyloaferpr.com.
LIFELINES Married: NZ R&B singer Dane Rumble and Australian model and TV personality Nikki Phillips, in a small ceremony in Bali. Hospitalised: Two members of Japanese girl band AKB48 after they were attacked with a 50cm saw at a meet-the-fans event. Rina Kawaei, 19, and Anna Iriyama, 18, both broke bones in their right hands and received cuts on their arms and heads. A 20-year-old was arrested. Arrested: rapper Wiz Khalifa for possession of 0.5 grams of pot after airport security screened him at El Paso, Texas, airport. Suing: US aviation firm Cessna takes action against Offspring frontman Dexter Holland for owing $782,422.43 on a plane he bought (his third). In Court: four men accused of shooting Dragan Sekuljica outside Wollongong’s Splashes nightclub in 2007 have been found guilty. Jailed: Stefan Schmidt, 26, for nine years for killing NZ-born Perth drummer Andy Marshall by pushing him put of an upstairs window of the Ocean Beach Hotel in May 2011. Schmidt had been convicted of murder after an earlier jury trial but appealed. His charge was downgraded to manslaughter.
IGGY AZALEA MAKES US CHART HISTORY
Aussie-born rapper Iggy Azalea made Billboard chart history in the USA with her #1 single Fancy. She’s the first Australian act to top the charts there in 33 years, after Olivia Newton-John with Physical in 1981. She’s the fourth female rapper to get on top following Lauryn Hill, Lil’ Kim and Shawnna. Iggy is also sitting at #2 on the Billboard chart as guest rapper on Ariana Grande’s Problem. There have been many comparisons of this to when The Beatles had the #1 and #2 spots on the US Hot 100 in February 1964 with I Wanna Hold Your Hand and She Loves You. But of course this is hype: she is a guest singer only and it’s not the same achievement.
VENUES #1: MELBOURNE GETTING CAFÉ DEL MAR
While Sydney got its Café del Mar last November, the Ibiza brand’s Australian founder Michael Vale told the Music Network that Melbourne will get one this year. The 500-capacity three level venue, with three bars and a café, will be on the St. Kilda beachside and possibly opened by Balearic DJ José Padilla.
VENUES #2: NEW OWNERS FOR ASTOR HOTEL
Darren Smith, who’s been involved in music venues such as Sydney’s Hemmesphere and Melbourne’s The Duke Of Wellington and the Exchange Hotel, has bought Melbourne’s Astor Hotel. His partner in the business is Ross Hay, also a veteran in the hospitality business for over 20 years.
VENUES #3: FRANTZESKOS SELLS FOG
Long-time nightclub owner Sam Frantzeskos has sold FOG in Prahran after seven years. The bar is a music biz hang-out, and is home to Support Act Ltd’s monthly (and lively) Debonairs lunch. New owners are Dermott Brereton, Riva’s Drew Mellmaine and Jeremy Ryan.
PLUGGING IN AT WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
Whole Lotta Love bar has a Wednesday night concept called Plugged In/Unplugged. The idea is that people watch acoustic acts and then listen to a subject of interest to the music industry. This week ( June 4), it’s about touring Europe. Speaking will be Max and Marty from The On Fires (they’ve played Eastern and Western Europe), and Nicholas Albanis and Naomi Henderson from Dandelion Wine who have toured there annually for the past ten years, lived there for two years and been with a German label since 2006. The acoustic sets are from Mark Entwistle (Mercy Kills/Superheist) and Aimee Francis with Steve Iorio from The Vagrants as host. If you want to speak or play email Steve on wholelottabookings@gmail.com.
MOG TO STAY WITH TELSTRA… FOR NOW
Apple bought the MOG-owner Beats, but for the time being, Telstra will continue to operate MOG in Australia. A Telstra spokesman told the Music Network that they are also speaking to Beats about its future under Apple.
METALLICA’S BLACK ALBUM HITS 16M IN US
Metallica’s mega self-titled 1991 album (also known as The Black Album) has sold 16 million copies in America – the first since 1991 when SoundScan began tracking U.S. music sales. It has been on the charts for 307 weeks. Metallica and Shania Twain’s Come On Over (15.5 million) are the only ones since 1991 to sell over 15 million. 22 albums in that time sold 10 million.
AND SIGNS JESSE DAVISON
AND Publishing, the company set up by Gotye’s manager Danny Rogers and Mumford & Sons’ manager Adam Tudhope, has signed 18-year-old Adelaide singer/songwriter Jesse Davidson to a worldwide publishing deal. Tudhope was “staggered that a kid of just 18 could write songs of this quality.”
SAMSUNG MUSIC HUB CONTINUES IN AUSTRALIA
Samsung Electronics is ending its Music Hub service on July 1 globally after low consumer traction. But not in Australia. “Samsung Music Hub in Australia has been developed for this country and for Australian customers. It is a separate platform from other music channels offered in other overseas markets. (We) remain committed to Samsung Music Hub in Australia.”
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