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MELBOURNE FOLK CLUB
The Melbourne Folk Club has announced another month of acts for August. The killer lineup includes Jen Cloher, Husky, Jae Laffer (The Panics), Charles Jenkins, Angie Hart, Christopher Coleman, Kira Puru, Lisa Miller, Ben Salter and Georgia Fair. All upcoming lineups and ticket info can be found at www.themelbournefolkclub.com. This week sees Raised By Eagles, Steve Smyth and Rowena Wise take the stage.
BIGSOUND
BIGSOUND has come out swinging with its first live lineup announcement for 2014, and it’s nothing short of immense. There’s way too many quality acts to mention here, but you can bet your bottom dollar that it’s all killer, no filler. The likes of Gold Fields, DMA’s, Alison Wonderland, Holy Holy, Client Liaison and Kingswood will play in front of industry types and punters in a celebration of Australian music. They’ll be joined on September 10 & 11 by Seekae, Deep Sea Arcade, Thelma Plum, Blank Realm, Ash Grunwald and over 140 other artists in fourteen venues in Brisbane’s iconic Fortitude Valley precinct. Tickets are $69 and are available from Oztix.
PRETTY CITY
After gaining some attention with their rollicking straight-up rock’n’roll single Piece of the Puzzle earlier in the year, Melbourne lads Pretty City returned to the studio to capture some ideas that had been brewing on tour. The result, Roll On, is an explosive riff-tastic ride that blends Brit rock and classic ‘70s rock, teetering on the edge of psychedelic innovators Deep Purple and Cream. Despite its stadium-sized grandeur and soaring vocals, Roll On never loses its grip, intelligently holding on to the tension all the way through and gently drawing you in with each head-nodding groove. Catch Pretty City on their Roll On tour on Friday August 8 at The Gasometer.
NICK CAVE
Last Thursday, the news broke that the one and only Nick Cave will embark on a rare solo tour of Australia later this year, and consequently, the internet broke. Cave will perform an ultra rare and intimate career-spanning setlist, including tracks from 2013’s Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds release Push the Sky Away which went gold in Australia and scored two ARIA awards. He’ll be supported by a small ensemble of musicians, and will be hitting The Plenary on Tuesday December 16, which is probably a really nice Christmas present or something. Tickets go on sale Thursday July 3 through Oztix.
ALISON WONDERLAND
Alison Wonderland has announced an extensive regional tour that will take her to 19 stops across Australia. Hailed as ‘one of the best DJs from Australia’ by the almighty Diplo, Wonderland has been making a name for herself with her recent Warehouse Project tour selling out within days. Her new single I Want U is already being lauded by many as the summer festival anthem and her Calm Down EP is due for release on Friday June 27. Catch Alison Wonderland on Friday August 1 at Bendigo’s Star Bar or Saturday August 16 at Karova in Ballarat.
DAN BRODIE
Having spent the majority of 2013 recovering from a chronic illness, the now healthy and acclaimed Melbourne musician is ready go on tour as part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival. Deep Deep Love is Brodie’s most recent release and one of his finest to date; containing eleven songs he wrote over 15 years in various locales. Dan will be playing five headline shows in intimate venues; July 4 at Grumpy’s Green, July 10 at The Owl and the Cat, July 12 and 13 at The Tote, July 16 at The Standard, July 17 at Labour in Vain and July 20 at The Wilde. Don’t miss out on this rock’n’roll rehabilitation.
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THE BENNIES
The Bennies are a party-starting touring machine. In the wake of their sophomore album, the Bennies have appeared at Soundwave Festival, completed two tours of China, and announced an upcoming United States tour including a slot at Gainsville’s ‘The Fest’. Their relentless touring continues with the announcement of another national tour covering the entire east coast, supported by Fat Wreck Chord’s politi-kil punks Morning Glory. Catch them at The Barwon Club, The Karova Lounge or the Evelyn from September 24-26. Tickets on sale from July 2 at thedrunkpromoter.com.
QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Queenscliff Music Festival 2014 has a veritable banquet of performers set to visit the charming coastal town this late spring, including the likes of The Jezabels, Xavier Rudd, The Waifs, Kasey Chambers, The Church, Hiatus Kaiyote and D.D. Dumbo. Perhaps it’s the choice of cosy camping and accommodation, the cafes and restaurants in town or the expanding selection of gourmet food and beverage options inside the festival grounds, but tickets are selling fast for the festival to be held from November 28-30. Head to qmf.net.au soon or you’ll miss out.
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As part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival there will be two special shows presented by Wrangler Jeans at the newly refurbished and fabulous Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood. Wednesday July 9 sees the high energy rock’n’rollers Delta Riggs take the stage. Then Wednesday July 16, Stonefield will be bringing their riffs to the stage. The Findlay sisters have just returned from a tour of the UK and are currently supporting Dan Sultan across the country. Tickets for both shows on sale now through Oztix.
Because three days of art and music is never enough, Splendour is hosting the ultimate pre-festival celebration. On Thursday July 24 at The Great Northern in Byron Bay, come and warm up with some of the coolest acts from Splendour. Tickets are limited to party with the likes of Interpol, Future Islands, Buraka Som Sistema, Art vs Science DJs, DMA’s, Tkay Maidza and Fishing DJs. You don’t want to miss this opportunity, so grab your $65 official Splendour in the Grass pre-party tickets via secret-sounds.com.au, on sale from 9am on Thursday June 26.
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For nearly two decades now Seattle, Washington native Damien Jurado has been following his unique and distinctive vision, stunning all that come across his art with his evocative vision and spellbinding narratives. Having humbly started his journey as a singer-songwriter back in the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s self-releasing dusty lo-fi folk on his own cassette-only label Casa Recordings, Jurado eventually found himself on illustrious US indie Sub Pop and more recently on equally acclaimed imprint Secretly Canadian. Hitting all east coast capitals, Jurado will play his first ever Oz show at The Northcote Social Club with special guests Summer Flake and Great Earthquake on Friday September 19.
THE SINKING TEETH
Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post-punk loons, The Sinking Teeth, have announced their ten day, five state tour this June-July. The tour will celebrate the release of their new single You Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Build a Bike out of Muffins, which will be released in the coming weeks. The track is the first single from their second EP Salt & Stitches. Noted for their electric live show and named one of Blunt magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bands to Watch in 2014â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, The Sinking Teeth may not be able to build a bike out of muffins, but they sure can play. Catch them at The Barwon Club in Geelong on Friday July 25 or The Workers Club on Saturday July 26.
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Calling all musical travellers in the City of Yarra â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Leaps and Bounds Venue Passport offers the 17 day challenge to get to 30 participating venues and collect 30 different stamps to win a prize. Available from June 25, the passport will be available at locations including the 30 participating venues, 11 record shops, plus PBS, Beat and assorted cafes. The first 50 music lovers who get their passport stamped by all 30 venues will receive prize packs with goodies from sponsors including Wrangler, Crumpler, Quiet Deeds and more. Be sure to get your passport to a musical wonderland.
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The Rise of Brotality tour, featuring I Killed The Prom Queen and The Ghost Inside (US), is coming to Phoenix Youth Centre on Saturday 20 September for an all ages extravaganza. I Killed The Prom Queen finally return home to tour their postresurrection debut Beloved, along with the best of their earlier works. Not to be outdone, Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Ghost Inside come fresh from the studio, promising more of the catchiest hardcore ever. Completing the stellar line up is Byron Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In Hearts Wake and the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bury Tomorrow, along with Sydneysiders Hellions. Tickets on sale now from oztix.com.au.
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Define your genre in five words or less: Psychedelic punk. Bearing the terrible clichĂŠd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? One guy described Bill, the guitarist, one night as a tripped-out Stevie Ray Vaughan meeting a sober Jimi Hendrix. Describe the best gig you have ever played: The last time we played the Brunswick Hotel was nuts. Pants where lost, blood on fret boards, people getting elbowed in a mosh pit. Good times. Tell us about the last song you wrote: My Little Girl Wants a Gun â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark to say the least. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold that against it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a song, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got no free will of its own.
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BENJALU
For the second time, Benjalu are back again this winter for a run of acoustic shows. Upon returning from a four-week solo stint in Europe, Ben Gumbleton, lead singer of the Newcastle blues’n’roots band, is back home and ready to hit the road this July to play all your Benjalu favourites with a beautiful acoustic spin. The success of the acoustic shows in Europe has prompted Gumby to do more; his solo show is a blend of his vast musical stylings from blues to reggae to psychedelia and beyond. Catch Gumby on the Benjalu acoustic show at The Retreat Hotel on July 5.
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THE DWARVES
Garage rock revivalists The Dwarves are coming to Melbourne to confound and confront audiences with their searing live show and masterful new records. In a career that spans over three decades, the group have performed over 1,200 shows in their ongoing assault against good taste. The band, with their no nonsense punk rock approach and disturbing cover art helped awaken a nation anesthetised by hair metal and cry baby flannel. Catch The Dwarves at The Evelyn on Friday October 17. Find tickets through The Drunk Promoter.
Brisbane pop rock wunderkinds Sheppard are on their way to Melbourne to celebrate the release of their hotly anticipated first album, Bombs Away. Currently winging their way around the world with Keith Urban, they’re sure to be on song when they hit the Hi-Fi for two shows on August 1. Tickets are on sale at wearesheppard.com from June 27, and the album, featuring superhits Geronimo and Let Me Down Easy, is available in stores from July 11.
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Since the release of Lazaretto, Jack White has set the US record for the biggest one-week vinyl sales in forever, selling 40,000 copies. Down under in Aus we have celebrated the album in a style of our own with Gelato Messina awarding Jack White his very own limited-edition ice-cream flavour ‘Jack’N White’, which is a quirky mix of caramelised white chocolate, caramelised pecans and caramel fudge with the base of any good ice-cream, Jack Daniels. Here at Beat we are joining the party and giving away four Jack White prize packs including a Lazaretto CD, a Jack White poster and a limited edition Third Man tote bag. Head to beat.com.au/ freeshit to win...Drool.
SOUL SAFARI
KING PARROT
The non-stop touring juggernaut of King Parrot rolls on, this time announcing a new winter tour. The ten show tour will introduce new drummer Todd Hansen (The Bezerker, Rome) to the fold and showcase new material before the band once again head to North America for an extended touring season. Don’t miss what will be the last time you catch King Parrot on Australian soil for quite some time. They'll play Ding Dong Lounge on Friday July 25, and an all ages show at Footscray's Wrangler Studios on July 26.
JOE SATRIANI
For the first time since 2008, guitar professor Joe Satriani has announced he will be returning to Australia for a run of headline shows this November. With a career spanning almost three decades and a string of Grammy award nominations, Satriani has earned himself a reputation as one of rock’s most talented guitarists. Now, off the back of his 14th studio album, Unstoppable Momentum, he will be returning to Australian stages. Joining him on stage is Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) on keyboards, bassist Bryan Beller (Dethklok, Dweezil Zappa) and drummer Marco Minnemann (Adrian Belew, Steve Wilson). Be there when Joe Satriani takes over The Palais on Saturday November 8. Tickets go on sale Friday June 27 through Ticketmaster.
HUSKY
Fans of Husky can rejoice in the news of a capital city headline tour for July and a new single, due for release on June 30. The tour, which will see the Melbourne band gracing stages at intimate venues, is Husky’s first since 2012. The shows will see Husky playing songs from their much loved debut Forever So, as well as debuting some brand new material. They play The Northcote Social Club on Friday July 18, and tickets are available now through the venue.
UB40
British reggae outfit UB40 have announced that they will hit our shores for a string of shows this summer. The group has sold more than 40 million records including classics; Kingston Town and Red, Red Wine over the course of their 30-year career. After a few lineup changes, three of the original members have resurrected the band for a huge world tour. Fans can expect to hear a healthy mix of the hits and new tracks from their forthcoming album, set to be released in 2014. Catch UB40 at The Palais Theatre on Thursday December 11. Tickets go on sale from Ticketmaster on Monday June 23. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
Soul Safari are one of the most bangin’ bands going around Melbourne town. They’ve been making waves across Australia and leaving audiences hooked by their passionate and energetic performances. Their sweet blend of neo-soul, funk, R&B and hip hop tells a story and really just makes you wanna groove. With five music degrees between them it is no coincidence they create songs with addictive riffs and clever catches fused with lyrics that actually stimulate your brain. This local band is doing us proud and is definitely one to take seriously. Since the release of their single The Weather last November they’ve been on constant tours and making festival appearances across the country. Warm your soul with this fuckin’ awesome giveaway which includes a copy of the new single The Programme, a copy of the Live @ Bar Open EP, a t-shirt and two free drink cards for the single launch party. Holla at us here at Beat to win. Soul Safari launch their new single The Programme at Bar Open Saturday July 5 from 10pm. Free entry.
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INTERNATIONAL 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 MYKKI BLANCO The Hi-Fi June 27 KATCHAFIRE The Hi-Fi June 28 STORY OF THE YEAR 170 Russell June 29 BELL X1 The Hi-Fi July 3 ADOLESCENTS The Evelyn July 5 TINY RUINS Northcote Social Club July 8 LORDE Festival Hall July 15, 16 KINA GRANNIS Athenaeum Theatre July 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 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS PRE-PARTY The Great Northern, Byron Bay 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 TWENTY ONE PILOTS 170 Russell August 8 KASABIAN Festival Hall August 9 KING BUZZO Ding Dong Lounge August 15 COURTNEY LOVE Festival Hall August 16 BOB DYLAN Palais Theatre August 18, 19 KNAPSACK 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 QUEEN Rod Laver Arena August 29 THE WONDER YEARS The Hi-Fi September 4, Phoenix Youth Centre September 5 PROTEST THE HERO The Hi-Fi September 6 BIFFY CLYRO Palais Theatre September 7 ANBERLIN The Forum September 7 YOU ME AT SIX The Hi-Fi September 9 (AA), 10 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 DAMIEN JURADO Northcote Social Club September 19 RISE OF BROTALITY 170 Russell September 19, Phoenix Youth Centre September 20 (AA) INGRID MICHAELSON Corner Hotel September 20 VERUCA SALT Corner Hotel September 26 SEPULTURA 170 RUSSELL October 1 LISTEN OUT FESTIVAL Royal Botanical Gardens October 4 MILEY CYRUS Rod Laver Arena October 10 THE DWARVES The Evelyn October 11 ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena November 5, Hanging Rock, Macedon November 8 JOE SANTRIANI The Palais Theatre November 8
KATY PERRY Rod Laver Arena November 14, 15 ACCEPT Corner Hotel November 15 UB40 The Palais Theatre December 11 ROXETTE Rod Laver Arena February 20, Rochford Wines Yarra Valley February 21 THE EAGLES Rod Laver Arena February 22, Hanging Rock Macedon February 28
NATIONAL KEITH URBAN Rod Laver Arena June 25 MELANIE SAFKA Melbourne Recital Centre June 26 BOYEUR Workers Club June 26 THE PIECE BROTHERS Shebeen June 26, 27 ASTRONOMY CLASS Northcote Social Club June 27 DEEZ NUTS & CONFESSION Workers Club June 27 THE PAPER KITES Athenaeum Theatre June 27 FRANKENBOK Reverence Hotel June 27 THE CREASES Shebeen June 28 THE CAIROS Ding Dong Lounge June 28 TEETH & TONGUE Howler June 28 ARCHER Workers Club June 29 BOBBY FOX The Toff In Town June 29 BEN LEE Howler July 2 LITTLE BASTARD Northcote Social Club July 4 CROOKED COLOURS Shebeen July 4 THE HOLIDAYS The Hi-Fi July 4 COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS The Corner Hotel July 4 JEFF LANG The Caravan Club July 4, Thornbury Theatre July 5 DAN BRODIE Grumpy’s Green July 4, The Owl and the Cat July 10, The Tote July 12, 13, The Standard July 16, Labour in Vain July 17, The Wilde July 20 LEAPS AND BOUNDS 2014- Covers 40 traditional venues from the Corner Hotel to Longplay, Over the City of Yarra July 4, 20 BONJAH Cherry Bar July 4, Yah Yah’s July 5 THELMA PLUM Northcote Social Club July 5 VIOLENT SOHO The Hi-Fi July 5 SASKWATCH Corner Hotel July 5 BENJALU The Retreat Hotel July 5 SEX ON TOAST The Toff In Town July 5, 6 THE MYTH BEHIND THE RIFF Fitzroy Town Hall July 9 THE PAST IS NEVER WHERE YOU THINK YOU LEFT IT The Fitzroy Reading Room July 10 REMI Corner Hotel July 11 MIKELANGELO - THE BALKAN ELVIS Collingwood Town Hall July 11 BIG SCARY Ormond Hall July 11 LIVING LEGENDS SERIES The Tote July 11, 12, 13 DAVE GRANEY Deans Martian Cafe, Lorne July 12 HARD ONS & HEADS OF CHARM The Reverence Hotel July 12 LIVING IN THE 70’s Yarraville Live July 12 TOEHIDER Workers Club July 12 DELTA RIGGS The Gasometer Hotel July 15 STONEFIELD The Gasometer Hotel July 16 JUSTIN HEAZLEWOOD The Wheeler Club July 16 CLARE BOWDITCH Sooki Lounge July 17 DAN SULTAN The Forum July 17, The Corner Hotel July 25 THE BEARDS 170 Russell July 18 HUSKY Northcote Social Club July 18 TIM FREEDMAN the Arts Centre July 18 SOMETHING FOR KATE The Forum July 18 MELODY POOL & MARLON WILLIAMS Fitzroy Town Hall July 18 ELLA HOOPER Shebeen July 18 SMITH STREET DREAMING – LEAPS AND BOUNDS 2014 Smith Street July 19 LOWTIDE The Tote July 25 THE SINKING TEETH The Workers Club July 26 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay July 25 - July 27 KING PARROT Ding Dong Lounge July 25, Wrangler Studios July 26 (AA)
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JACK WHITE
By Jaymz Clements
Jack White’s position in pop culture is a complicated one. Few artists are as feted, yet so strangely opaque and confusingly contradictory, as the man born John Gillis in Detroit, Michigan. Since taking on the name - and persona - of Jack White, he’s steadily worked his way through the levels of rock stardom’s crust, and burned not a few bridges (and relationships) behind him. Depending on your view of him, he’s either the man keeping the creative spirit of rock alive as rock’n’roll’s be-hatted guitar-toting saviour, or a gimmick-pushing entrepreneurial charlatan; rock’n’roll’s version of Willy Wonka. From his time with ex-wife Meg in The White Stripes, he has, however, built a career out of challenging expectations. First as a garage-rock provocateur (1999’s White Stripes and 2000’s De Stijl), indie trendsetter (2001’s White Blood Cells and 2003’s Elephant), and finally as a bedazzled commercial juggernaut (2005’s Get Behind Me Satan and 2007’s Icky Thump). In addition were the side-projects. He produced Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose in 2004 and with The Saboteurs/ Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, White proved that, given a full band, he could craft thoughtful, sonically adventurous records that were consistently solid and entertaining, if not essential. Each period brought with it a sense of reinvention, along with a keen, focused eye on how he was perceived. All of which brought Jack White to a crossroad. Without Meg around - she’d basically broken up the band in 2011, citing ‘myriad reasons’, but mainly a lack of interest in the constant touring - and both side-projects heavily dependent on schedules, White struck out under his own moniker. It came after White established Third Man Records in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009, an emporium that was part-record shop, partrecording studio, part-venue and merch-stand, and named for his old upholstery business. Having once again successfully reinvented himself, this time as a solo artist — “I think I’ve been sort of like… not allowing myself to call an album Jack White [from] when we started,” he says — White toured his first solo outing, Blunderbuss, with two bands (the all-female Peacocks and the all-male Buzzards) for the next two years. Eventually he settled back in to Nashville to write and record, all the while dealing with a divorce from then-wife Karen Elson. As a result, Lazaretto (named for quarantine hospitals) is a very different record. Bigger, more unrelentingly in your face. Moments like Alone in my Home feel like the downer side to Get Behind Me Satan’s, My Doorbell, while That Black Bat Licorice is delightfully bonkers, and High Ball Stepper is a brutal stomper. But the overall feeling is one of deeper, darker reflection, if not resentment. It sounds far more expansive than the characteristic, somewhat sparse, Jack White we’ve come to know. This approach came about through the use of something Jack had never had before: time. Lazaretto is the record that the 38-year-old father of two has spent the longest working on - 18 months - in his entire career. A move he made, he says, for family reasons. “When we finished touring at the end of the last record,” he says, “I wanted to take a whole year off to be with my kids because a couple of years before I did take ten or eleven months off when my son was born, to be with him as much as I could. “And I thought, ‘Well, since I’m doing that anyway, why don’t I, for the first time in my life, work at an album for a really long time? What would that be like?’ I’ve never done that. I’ve always worked for two or three weeks and bang! Got over with it. But this, I was working on it for a whole year. Sometimes I really liked it, sometimes I didn’t like it at all. It was a lot of new things I’ve learned by doing [it that way].” No stranger to taking odd approaches to writing, the material on Lazaretto is influenced or stems directly from Jack finding and using material - stories and the like - written by his 19-year-old self. While most of us would blanch at such an experience, it gave White a much-needed sense of perspective. “I thought about my younger self, and to be an experienced person now and an inexperienced person then, what can I tell myself, or what can I take myself to turn into something new? You know, I wrote a lot of things back then,” he says. “It wasn’t a scenario like, ‘Oh, I don’t have any ideas… Thank God I found all BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 18
these ideas!’” he laughs. “It wasn’t like that. These were ideas for something like a one-act play. A one-act play or a poem. They had nothing to do with music at all. To take that, rip it apart, and take it and change it into some other new things, or new songs, that was the idea. The music was all completely brand new as well. So it was interesting.”
“I THOUGHT, ‘WELL, SINCE I’M DOING THAT ANYWAY, WHY DON’T I, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, WORK AT AN ALBUM FOR A REALLY LONG TIME?? WHAT WOULD THAT BE LIKE?’ I’VE NEVER DONE THAT.’” With his split from Elson - and the breakdowns of his two other high-profile relationships, with Renee Zellweger and Meg - seemingly referenced on opening track Three Women (“red, blonde and brunette,” he sings), there are three other prominent ladies that Jack dedicated the album to; scientist Grace Hopper, WWI survivor Florence Green and anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre. “These were just names I wrote down while I was writing things,” explains White, “and they’re just the people I find really interesting. But I know I wrote those names down to read more about these people, and they’re just kind of funny that there’s also a song on the album called Three Women, too. I think it kinda circled the whole album, you know?” He’s also adamant he’s not revealing as much as about himself as people might believe. “I don’t think it says too much about me, personally,” he says of Lazaretto, “but it does say a lot about me as a songwriter and a producer. Because there’s definitely things I’ve never
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done before. So when I look at it or when I hear it, I go, ‘Wow! That’s not Jack White from The Raconteurs or that’s not Jack White from The White Stripes’. This is Jack White from 2014, and I feel good about that. You know, in some ways, if I’m feeling, ‘Oh it just sounds like I made another White Stripes record’, I wouldn’t release it if I felt that way about it.” The musical expansiveness extends from the 30-odd musicians Jack used on the record; with those 18 months he was able to balance out who he was using as the backing band, splitting time once more between the Buzzards and the Peacocks. This has proven to be one of the prime ideas of his solo career: getting highly-trained musicians and having them tackle his songs in varied, odd ways. The ‘two bands’ approach was a process that he feels definitely gave Lazaretto an extra kick of personality. “Yeah,” he explains, “it was nice to record again with them after having gone on a world tour because now, I really know them. A lot of them are multiinstrumentalists. You know, when you’re in a band like The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, like Dean Fertita is a great guitar player but he doesn’t play fiddle, or he doesn’t play mandolin, things like that. “[It’s like], ‘Wow, if I’m playing a song and actually, if that person can play banjo on this song, then we’ll see what happens’. So I had a lot more to play with from really talented people, go to lots of different places.” Even with his recent since-apologised-for remarks about Meg White and his bagging of The Black Keys, there’s no denying that being Jack White suits Jack White. His success has meant he’s been able to do things most artists would give their left arm for: holographic vinyl releases that broke record sales (Lazaretto sold more than 40,000 vinyl copies within its first week on sale); reissues of lost ‘20s music; producing Neil Young at Third Man; and doing vinyl singles collections. No matter what you make of him now, Jack White is doing what he loves. So how does he feel about 19-year-old Jack now? “I just feel like he’s very lucky because he has got a whole world ahead of him,” he laughs. Lazaretto is out now through Sony.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Yves Saint Laurent is a look at the life of the French designer from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge. Featuring stunning Paris scenery, this visual tribute to the modern history of French high fashion is also a moving story of enduring love. Tonight, Wednesday June 28, will see Cinema Nova host a gala screening. Tickets include complimentary glass of still or sparkling wine and a Brunetti chocolate.
With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm. Artist of the Year’ at the Echo Klassik Awards for her Chopin recording. “When Bolero was first played, the audience left screaming; it was considered degenerate and that the music was not up to standard. Now Bolero is standard repertoire. The first piece and the last piece are two very different expressions of dance but they are united. There are five pieces altogether of Bolero: two Nocturnes, la Valse and Sacre.” Stripping musical scores back to one instrument gives audiences a deep understanding of the structure of
ON STAGE Fresh from a month-long run at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Naked Girls Reading is coming to Melbourne. Dubbed as “the most provocative literary series in the world” by The Globe and Mail, Naked Girls Reading was begun in Chicago in 2009 as the idea of international showgirl Michelle L’amour and Franky Vivid. By the was appearing end of 2012, in 18 international cities and only continues to expand. The Melbourne launch will be presented by Frankie Valentine and Vesper White, and promises to be an evening of physical and literary exposition you’ll not soon forget. Naked Girls Reading will make their Melbourne debut on Thursday June 26 at The Noble Experiment, Collingwood.
ON DISPL AY Take a journey to a land bounded only by the imagination where nature reigns and the wild roam, with the exhibition Wilderness on show at Auguste Clown Gallery. Featuring more than 30 international artists, Wilderness brings together a collection of traditional paintings and sculptural art in an exploration of an untamed world. As civilisation continues to spread to the far reaches of the globe, humanity is inexplicably drawn to the uninhabited landscape that has become so rare. A place of solitude, freedom and escape, the wilderness is an opportunity to leave modern society behind and re-define our sense of being. In this exhibition, each of the participating artists finds their own personal vision and connection to the wilderness. The result is a group show that takes the viewer into the depths of the unknown and challenges us to see life in its raw and natural state. Wilderness is currently on display at Auguste Clown Gallery until Monday July 7.
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A night of performance, interactive art and never-ending body rolls, Dance & Death is bringing together a host of performers to celebrate the art of movement. The night, which is curated by choreographer and dancer Holly Durant, will feature performances from her with Finucane and Smith and Rogue Collective, in numerous productions including The Burlesque Hour, The Glory Box and Carnival of Mysteries. The night will also feature Maude Davey, Anna Lumb, Lily Paskas, 2nd Toe Dancers, James Andrew and more. Dance & Death will also feature interactive sculpture by Kasia Lynch, installation by Kate Geck and DJ Tanzer, and fashion by Edgeley, Oops and Fizzy Fingers. Throughout the night, Holly and friends will also be attempting to break the Guiness World Record for the longest, continuous body rolls on a dancefloor. Dance & Death will take over Grant Street Theatre on Saturday June 28.
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ALICE SARA OTT & FRANCESCO TRISTANO By Liza Dezfouli
Beat made a Skype call to Germany and talked to Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano, pianists with the world’s oldest surviving recording company, the 116-year-old classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. The duo is about to visit Melbourne to deliver a concert called Scandale, inspired by Russian ballet, consisting of their singular renditions of some piano classics from Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel, as well as an original composition, Soft Cell Groove, by Tristano. Described as ‘two of their generation’s brightest young things’, Ott and Tristano perform on stage together on the international classical concert circuit and have just released their first CD together, also titled Scandale. Tristano has been playing piano since the age of five and performing concerts since he was 13. Working with another performer, he says, is ‘especially cool’ for a pianist: “Normally pianists live solitary lives.” There’s a big difference for the musicians as well as for audiences in having two pianists performing in concert, Tristano observes; it adds an element of unpredictability, for a start. “Alone, you don’t expect anything beforehand; you know what you are going to do. With two pianists we can react to one another. I am really excited: the other person surprises you. When Alice plays piano she is just in the moment. She dances with the piano. As a pianist I progress around Alice; she gets so caught up in the music. You realise you are doing something different. It’s a nice moment, a really nice surprise.” Scandale is described as ‘a bold and epic program of pi-
ano duos’. Being music for dance gives Scandale its special character, says Tristano. The classical pieces were all originally written for dance. “Dance is in the structure, the harmony, and the contrapuntal elements. This music is all about dance. Dance is the very first human expression, even before music. Dance is a basic means of expression; so it’s exciting to present this program.” Rite of Spring was already transcribed for piano duo by Stravinsky himself. Both Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel also transcribed some of their orchestral scores for piano so there is a thread running through the concert in terms of underlying approach. “Diaghilev, the impresario for The Ballet Russe only commissioned music from contemporary composers,” notes Ott, who has created a solid reputation for her work over the last five years. In 2010 she was awarded the prize for ‘Young
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works as well as providing a challenge for the musicians playing the pieces. Sticking with the classical composers, however, left Tristano and Ott a bit short of material in terms of the length of a concert. This is when they decided that Tristano should add a work of his own. While their choice of title is an allusion to the Russian impresario Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872–1929), they have no desire to view him or his era through a retrospective, idealistic haze. Scandale is a pianistic conversation between two artists set against the varied backdrop of the music they love. The Scandale project was born out of the friendship between the two musicians. “The first challenge is that Alice is very, very busy,” says Tristano. “We found ourselves in a difficult position finding time to get together.” He does, however, paint a relaxed picture of their working life. “For preparation, we hang out. We decide to practice. But we end up having coffee; ‘an espresso moment’.’” It doesn’t hurt their growing fame that these two musicians are both young and very photogenic. Ott has been described as ‘elegant, vibrant and superbly accomplished’. They are easy to market. Media releases repeatedly refer to them as ‘sexy’. Do they think they’re sexy? Tristano laughs. “That is up to audience to decide!” Does it bother them being described this way; do they worry it might create a sense that they are lightweight? “We are young…” muses Tristano (Ott is 24 and Tristano is 33). “If people want to say we’re sexy, well, that’s ok!” Ott tells Beat she is too jetlagged to think about it, having just arrived back in Germany from visiting her sister in Japan (she is of German/ Japanese extraction). Ott says she just hopes that audience members come in clothes they feel comfortable in and have a good time. “With classical concerts in Germany and Japan, people feel they have to dress up! The music is there to enjoy. I hope they come and enjoy themselves. If they want to clap and dance, they can. I play in bare feet so already it’s not a typical dress code; there is already something different about us.” Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano will be performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of their 2014 Great Performers series on Wednesday July 2.
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UNDER THE SEA BALL
Get out your best fancy dress. Burlesque performer Cassandra Jane is hosting the Under the Sea Ball to raise money for the Sea Shepherd this September. The evening will feature burlesque acts, circus performers, live music and DJs. Imogen Kelly, Cassandra Jane, Blue Phoenix, Ben Smith Band, DJ Trent McDermott, DJ Mark John and more are all set to perform on the night. All money raised will go towards aiding the Sea Shepherd as they fight on the Southern Ocean this whaling season. The Under the Sea Ball will take place on Saturday September 20 at Melbourne Pavillion.
SEA OF RHYTHM THE EFFECT
SeaChange’s William McInnes and Sigrid Thornton will pair up for the first time since the show came to a close for the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Effect. Written by one of the UK’s most celebrated young writers, Lucy Prebble, the play follows a couple as they undergo clinical drug testing and the complications that come with it. After they volunteer for a trial testing of an anti-depressant, the pair fall in love but begin to question whether their love is real or just a chemical side effect. The funny and moving play has already received praise from UK critics. The Effect opens on Thursday August 21 at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.
JUSTIN HEAZLEWOOD
Briefly stepping away from his comedic persona as The Bedroom Philosopher, Justin Heazlewood will be heading around Australia for his Funemployed tour this July. The intimate tour will see Justin playing shows in Hobart, Canberra, Marrickville, Melbourne and Brisbane. Along the way he will be presenting excerts from his new book Funemployed: Life as an Artist in Australia as well as brand new songs from his Funemployed EP and upcoming series on Radio National. If you have an interest in working in a creative industry in Australia or you have enjoyed Justin’s work so far, catch him when he takes over The Wheeler Centre on Wednesday July 16.
BUSHIDO: WAY OF THE SAMURAI
Ever wonder what 300 year-old Japanese battle armour looks like? You’ll get a chance to inspect it up close when th the Bushido: Way of the Samurai exhibit comes to the he National Natio Gallery of Victoria. Bringing together over 200 objects obje from the NGV and Australian collections, the eexhibition will feature everything from beautifully crafted craft armour to helmets to a full set of horse trappings. A Accompanying Bushido will be a range of specially develop developed programs, including floor talks and a workshop for kid kids. Bushido: Way of the Samurai is i on at the NGV Internati International from Friday July 4 to Tuesday November 4.
Dust off those tap shoes. When the inaugural Sea of Rhythm kicks off this November, some of the top dancers in the world will travel to Australia to share their expertise and show off their moves. Set over three days, the festival will bring together tap dance, lindy hop, authentic jazz, break dance and west African music and dance for a celebration that will include performances and classes. Artists such as Remy Kouakou Kouame (France), Jason Samuels Smith (USA), and Pape Moussa Sonko (Senegal) will lead the charge with many local artists and musicians lending a hand. It all goes down at the St Kilda Town Hall from Friday November 21 to Sunday November 23.
MISS BURLESQUE AUSTRALIA
Miss Burlesque Australia is back bigger, better and more burlesque-y than ever. Currently in its fifth year, Miss Burlesque Australia is the first competition in the world to combine all feature elements of burlesque performance and personality to compete for a major prize and international title – a national competition that will see performers from all states compete for a state crown then all finalists heading to Sydney for the grand final, where the winner will be crowned Miss Burlesque Australia. The Victorian semi-final will take place at Howler on Friday July 11.
THE ROMANTICS
Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis returns to Melbourne in July to conduct the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s The Romantics: Brahms, Schumann and Strauss at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall. This concert will give Melburnians the first chance to hear some of the repertoire that will be played during MSO’s European tour in August, including Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Strauss’ Don Juan and Grainger’s The Warriors. A pre-concert talk will be held at 7pm before each concert, with Dr Elizabeth Kertesz presenting a talk on the artists and works featured in the program. The Romantics: Brahms, Schumann and Strauss takes place from Thursday July 3–Saturday July 5.
QUILLS
Mockingbird Theatre have announced the Victorian premiere of Doug Wright’s Obie Award-winning play Quills, this August. Doug Wright’s Quills tells the story of the salacious life and sadistically twisted mind of the notorious sexual libertine, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade. The play takes the audience back to 1814, in the lunatic asylum Chareton, where the French aristocrat, philosopher, writer and pornographer spent his last days writing. De Sade spent more than 32 years of his life incarcerated in various prisons and asylums, where the works he penned grew to challenge perceptions of sexuality, religion, law, age, and gender. Quills opens at the Arts House on Saturday August 2.
TWISTED BROADWAY
Australia’s fastest growing charity concert, Twisted Broadway, will return for one night only at Arts Centre Melbourne this August. The show features internationally acclaimed musical theatre talent from some of Australia’s biggest shows singing songs originally penned for the opposite gender. Twisted Broadway will raise money for those affected by HIV/ AIDS and in its five years, the show has raised over $60,000. Catch Twisted Broadway on Monday August 4 at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse.
GAPS
Critically acclaimed Melbourne artist David Rosetzky will premiere his new video installation, Gaps at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image this August. Gaps explores personality, identity, and the relationship, or gaps, between self and the other through speech, movement and dance. Rosetzky drew on material gathered from conducting interviews with his cast to create a work that surveys the transition from rehearsal to performance in both art and life. Gaps will be a free exhibition at ACMI from Tuesday August 5 to Sunday February 15, 2015.
ENCORE
A new creative partnership between La Mama and fortyfivedownstairs, called ENCORE, will see two of the sold out seasons at La Mama 2013 given new life. ENCORE will give audiences a chance to see two of La Mama’s most successful 2013 productions return for a second season this July at fortyfivedownstairs. George Tabori’s Mein Kampf and My Life in the Nude, featuring Maude Davey, will feature in the inaugural collaborative season. A sensation when it premiered at the Burgtheater in Austria in 1987, Mein Kampf blends multiple comic genres and humour to tell the story of George Tabori’s own struggle and personal confrontation with Hitler, after he was forced into exile by the Third Reich and lost most of his family in the Holocaust. In 2013, Maude Davey used My Life in the Nude as a retrospective to ‘retire’ her nude acts. She said it was the last time, but after an overwhelming response she is back to celebrate her cabaret career. Mein Kampf’s second season will run from Wednesday July 2 until Sunday July 13, while My Life in the Nude will run from Wednesday July 16 until Sunday July 27.
THE DOUG ANTHONY ALLSTARS
The Doug Anthony Allstars are back. Australian comedy’s first superstars, the most brilliant, dangerous, groundbreaking and outrageously funny legends of laughter, have chosen Yarraville Laughs to stage their eagerly awaited comeback shows. Fresh from electrifying, inspired and acclaimed sell-out events around the country, they hit Melbourne soon so get ready to rumble for their only Victorian shows on Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23 at The Yarraville Club.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Another great lineup at Comedy At Spleen this Monday, with Daniel Connell hosting, plus Justin Hamilton, Karl Chandler, Anne Edmonds, Matt Klein, Dilruk Jayasinha, Nick Capper, Mick Neven and more. It’s this Monday June 30, 41 Bourke St in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Tonight Cal Wilson steps off the moving stage of Channel 7’s Slideshow and on to the sticky stage of the Public Bar band room. You may have also seen her on Thank God You’re Here, Good News Week or Spicks and Specks but if you get down to the Public Bar you can see her cutting loose at one of Melbourne’s funniest gigs. Joining Cal is a seriously top shelf support lineup including Anne Edmonds, Daniel Connell, Gerard McCulloch, James Masters and Beau Stegmann. Plus you never know who might pop in, last week Celia Pacquola dropped in to rip it up.
CRAB L AB Ten of Australia’s best comics for just $5 in the heart of the CBD. Tonight come see Barry award nominee and all round weirdo John Conway, Melbourne’s smoothest Oliver Clark, Brisbane’s Becky Lucas, Gibbo nominee Andy Matthews and a heap more. 16 Corrs Ln at 8.30pm.
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DINING ROOM TALE
Independent performance company A is for Atlas are back at it again with the third instalment of their highly anticipated Dining Room Tale, a chance to dine with songwriter, psychologist and cook David Chong. Acrobat will give diners the opportunity to hear stories about Chong’s life li as a Brazilian jazz singer and passionate cook as he prepares and serves dinner. The season will run fro from Thursday July 3 to Saturday July 12.
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Looking for a fresh way to cure that Sunday hangover? We’ve got the perfect way to cap off each weekend in July - Yah Yah’s new comedy series Ha Ha’s at Yah Yah’s. Kate McLennan will take on MC duties while David Quirk, Nick Cody, Josh Earl, Amos Gill, Adam Rozenbachs, Karl Chandler and Tommy Dassalo will all provide the laughs over July. It goes down every Sunday at Yah Yah’s from Sunday July 6. Tickets are $10 and the show starts at 8.30pm.
FIVE BOROUGH’S COMEDY Dave Hughes headlines Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday. You’ve seen him all over the telly, and heard him all over the radio. He’s one of the best comedians Australia has ever produced and will pack out the venue, so get in quick. Plus there’s Joel Creasey, Bart Freebairn, Anne Edmonds, Adam Zwar and Xander Allan. It’s all happening this Thursday, June 26 at 8.30pm, at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), city, all for only $13.
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JOSH EARL By Nick Taras
He politely tries to remain poker-faced, but Josh Earl is clearly crestfallen. Only a few weeks earlier, on Friday May 30, ABC programmer Brendan Dahill announced that the relaunched version of the much loved music/comedy programme Spicks & Specks – with Earl replacing Adam Hills as host – was to be axed. Despite positive reviews, the reincarnation apparently hadn’t “resonated with viewers to the degree [the ABC] had hoped.” With a trace of irony, this weekend Earl is booked in for a comedy show to support Adam Hills – the original host of Spicks & Specks. “Brace yourself,” I thought. “An awkward interview is coming.” But life scripted another twist for Josh Earl – the birth of his son. A day after the sad news was made public, Earl tweeted: “Thanks for all nice words about Spicks but it’s just a job, my wife just gave birth! Life is brilliant.” I complimented Earl on this. The birth of his child overpowers any bitterness; there is no bittersweet. “It makes you realise nothing is more important than this right now. Jobs come and go. I’ve always had jobs where I’ve only been in it for a very short time and then it I’ve kinda gone on to something else. It’s been really good for that perspective. I did love doing Spicks
& Specks at the time. But something else will come up or I’ll have to work really hard and make something come up.” I make it clear to Earl that I’d address the very large plant-eating trunked mammal in the room with one question then move on. But to my surprise, Earl brought the show up several times throughout our 15-minute interview. He never spoke about Spicks with venom. Rather, it was as if he was referring to an exgirlfriend – something that meant a lot to him, and even though he’s moved on, the beautiful moments
BALLET REVIEW: BODYTORQUE.DNA By Bronius Zumeris There is something wildly beguiling when discussing the concept of relevance with a devotee of the ‘high arts’. With a turning circle of the Titanic, it is intriguing to listen to someone half your age attempting to convince you that everything created after 1794 is beyond redemption and should be excised from human
existence. But yesterday’s Mona Lisa is today’s Banksy and tomorrow’s classic. Thankfully, the human body and dance remain a constant source of creativity. An endless well of sustenance to those so inclined. Five contemporary choreographers return to this source and present their indi-
shouldn’t be forgotten. “Having Deborah Cheetham on, who is an opera singer, was fascinating and amazing. As a music fan, you read up on all your interviews and people pretty much say the same thing. You ask them the questions and you know the answers – that’s why you ask them the question because you want to make good TV. Debra was amazing. She went off on different tangents and we actually talked music. “With Spicks & Specks, because it was us coming into a show that was already established, there was this thing of people going like, ‘Oh he’s just trying to be like the old cast’. It was like I couldn’t win anyway. If I was trying to be myself it would be too different, if I was trying to be like the old stuff then [people would say] I was trying too hard to be like the old stuff. I said to myself, ‘I gotta shut all that out and just do the show that I want to do’. I think we were getting there in the end. To go onto someone else’s show, you have to stay true to the show. After the 20 episodes that have been aired, I don’t think it got to the place where I was really, really happy with the show. I was happy with it, but I’m still kind of in someone else’s chair.” The cancellation of Spicks has allowed Earl to return to his stand-up roots. 2014 was the first year he didn’t perform his own solo show at the festival – breaking a nine consecutive year run. Earl will be performing his brand new show in Brisbane and Sydney as well as
vidual take on the body and its ability to be contorted into fascinating manipulations and rotations. Fat on creativity and lean on excess, BodyTorque.DNA was a snapshot into committed and inspired minds. Remove the choreographic statements from your mind and merely enjoy the performance. Ranging on some minimalist almost solo performance to ensemble pieces reminiscent of West Side Story, all five pieces were a credit to The Australian Ballet, and the creators. The spectacle was a clear example in which the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. Same Vein and Control combined the elements of sight and sound best. The precision, movement and symmetry was bewitching. I Cannot Know, Corpus Callosum and Extro also had abundant credit. The innocence of an
at the Melbourne Fringe this year, but not before this weekend’s slot alongside Adam Hills. “First time I met Adam was down in Tasmania. I was going shows down there as part of comedy festival and he came down as well. Not sure if Spicks & Specks had started yet but Adam’s great – he’s just as you see him on the telly. He’s not one of these guys that will come out and give you advice and say they’ll teach you the way, because who wants that? Unless you ask for it, it’s kinda presumptuous to go, ‘I’ll give you this’.” What is the lesson you can take forward in life from the Spicks & Specks experience? “It proved to me that I can do it.” JOSH EARL performs alongside Adam Hills at Yarraville Laughs on Saturday June 28.
Alice in a darkened Wonderland, and images bleeding into each other meant that the patrons could be pleased with what they witnessed. Australian dance is in good hands for those seeking to advance the artform and deliver a resilient blast of fresh air. The sense of discovery was liberating and backed with the intellectual force of the performances, an archetype for the future was created before your very eyes.
Bodytorque.DNA made its Melbourne debut in 2014 for three exclusive shows on Tuesday June 17, Wednesday June 18 and Tuesday June 24 at the Arts Centre Melbourne, The State Theatre.
Scientists share the stories of heroics in science! The Laborastory is a new science storytelling night, bringing to life the stories behind great achievements in science. The heroes, the egos, the breakthroughs…! The Spotted Mallard, Brunswick Dates: Wednesday 9 July & Wednesday 20 August.
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FINDERS KEEPERS MARKET By Liza Dezfouli
Does artist/designer and co-founder of the much-loved Finders Keepers Market, Sarah Thornton, ever get the chance to create her own stuff ? Or is she too busy running the ever-growing enterprise that is the Finders Keepers market? “I do sometimes,” she admits. “But I’m about to have another baby, so there’s not much time and family’s a priority.” Way back in 2007, Thornton and a designer friend noticed a lack of market-type opportunities for local designers and artists, and consequently, founded the biannual event. Now, seven years on, the Finders Keepers Market features stallholders that sell such things as fashion, accessories, jewellery, textiles, art, stationery, home wares, ceramics, publications and childrens’ toys. It aims to bridge the gap between small local markets and mega-events like expos which are generally out of reach for emerging artists. So how did Thornton get started? “The two of us first got involved in 2007,” she says. “Brooke and myself are designers, and we started Finders Keepers in Sydney; our first event was held at Carriageworks. There was a lack of design markets and we wanted to start something community-driven for designers and artists. Our common goal was to make it more of an event with music, food, wines – make it something people would like to go to and spend time there. We started out with 20 stalls and it grew. In providing a platform for local artists and designers we keep the grassroots character of the market, yet keep the focus on quality.” Did Thornton have any idea of how big the event would become? “We didn’t know it would become so huge,” she confesses. “It was a matter of starting at the right time. We had a good reaction after starting it in Sydney so we decided to do it in Brisbane and Melbourne, too. It’s organically grown from there. It’s
a big event now – it’s gone from 20 stalls and a small space to 250 designers and food and music. “Our biggest event is in Melbourne – we are starting to introduce a Farmers Lane. The concept for food, beverage and plants started in Sydney from having food-based stalls selling local handmade products from small businesses, like good quality produce like nice cheeses, teas, relishes. There’s been a rise in interest in handcrafted homemade food and organic local products. We also have workshops where you can do creative things, learn new skills and get inspired. Plus we have debut spots that artists and designers can apply for, where people who are just starting out get a premium spot. They’re seen as soon as you walk in the door. It fits the vision of why we do the market – it helps these labels get started.” The Finders Keepers Independent Art & Design Market’s Autumn/Winter event is returning to Melbourne at the Royal Exhibition Building on Friday July 25 and Saturday July 26. The event will also feature Melbourne’s best food trucks, a bar by Stone and Wood and coffee kiosks by Allpress. Independent musicians will provide live music over the two days. The full designers lineup is at thefinderskeepers.com. Entry is only $2.
MIDNIGHT OIL
By Augustus Welby
Every band that’s ever attained success – big or small – started out as a local unknown fighting for recognition. It’s hard to imagine now, but legendary Australian rockers and political heralds Midnight Oil didn’t always have their sights set on such bold accomplishments. “At the time it was about getting from gig to gig and song to song and album to album,” says drummer Rob Hirst. “We were just head down, trying to make the whole thing pay and get enough food and sleep every day to do this massive schedule. The first place the Oils pulled a crowd was the Royal Antler Hotel in Narrabeen. When we started, there were bands all up there. The Celibate Rifles used to play there, The Atlantics – all these bands. It was a really great place to play.” Last week saw the release of seven remastered Oils albums and a new DVD, Black Rain Falls. The DVD contains complete footage of the band’s six-song performance in front of the Exxon Oil building in New York City, 1990. Staging a protest gig in the middle of the world’s busiest city was certainly a gutsy move, but Hirst says it was just a regular day’s work for Midnight Oil. “We stumbled out of bed after playing Radio City Music Hall onto that stage thinking, ‘Oh, this is fine,’ still rubbing sleep out of our eyes. It’s one of those things you think in retrospect that [it] almost didn’t happen, but at the time it was another gig on a long American/Canadian tour.” To say it “almost didn’t happen,” Hirst literally means the gig nearly didn’t go ahead. “As we jumped on stage one of the cops said to Gary [Morris], our manager, ‘OK, these guys have got one song then we’re shutting the whole thing down’. But then the cops started to slightly move and groove to the music and Gary signalled to play another song. So it was song to song, which was good because halfway through playing it was midday and thousands more people poured out of Rockefeller Center and the Exxon building.” The guerilla gig – a response to the environmental devastation caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989 – was a prime example of Midnight Oil’s concrete commitment to the political ethos emphasised in their songs. Considering the group’s specific address of political matters, such as Aboriginal reconciliation and nuclear disarmament, it’s no mean feat that the band maintains a mass listenership. “I always said the music has to come first,” Hirst says, “otherwise no-one’s going to take the message of the lyrics seriously. You’ve still got to have a great melody
and a great beat otherwise you’re not going to sell the song or the band. “There’s a lot of power of suggestion in a lot of the lyrics – persuading people to think in another direction, but not demanding it. I don’t think we were actually all that dogmatic – Pete [Garrett] was, with his messages from stage and in some of the interviews, but if you actually listen to the music it was supposed to be more rousing and anthemic. A lot of people just used to come see Oils shows because the men could take their shirts off and drink and throw up on the carpet and have this amazing night out with friends.” Nonetheless, the band members have never kept their firm opinions to themselves. Interview footage captured in 1990 with Hirst and frontman Garrett slots in between the live performances on Black Rain Falls. At one point Hirst confidently speculates about a positive shift in the world’s attention to environmental perils. It’s now 2014 and the planet certainly isn’t in top shape, but in some respects there has been substantial progress in the last couple of decades. “I live down in the Manly area, and when we first moved here there was a high temperature incinerator blasting toxins into the air around Manly, and most of Sydney’s shit was untreated and pumped off the coast, and that doesn’t happen anymore. We swim in much cleaner water and people clean up once a year and people don’t throw their cigarette butts on the beach or smoke inside. “I think every Australian’s job now is to make sure that the current Federal Government is a one-term [government]. My favourite sign from the March In May just read simply, ‘Resign, dickhead’. “I think there’s been a real turnaround in the last couple of months,” Hirst adds. “It’s interesting that an uncaring, born-to-rule kind of party can wake people up and go, ‘Hang on, we thought this was always a given’. Kids that are voting for the first or second time, they don’t have the history to think, ‘No, this was hard won by people before’.’” Black Rain Falls is out now through Sony, alongside seven remastered albums and two EPs.
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MYON & SHANE 54 [HNG] Friday August 15, Trak UZ [USA] Saturday August 23, The Hi-Fi. KID INK [USA] Sunday August 24, The Hi-Fi HARDWELL [NED]
After a turn towards dance-pop on 2010’s Everything, last year New Zealand producer P-Money returned to his hip hop roots with a fourth solo LP, Gratitude. The record’s vintage, street hip hop production was complemented by guest appearances from the likes of Talib Kweli, M.O.P. and Mobb Deep’s Havoc. See, when it comes to P-Money (otherwise known as Peter Wadams), the ‘solo’ tag reflects only what’s printed on the album spine, not the number of on-record contributors. “With Gratitude, [there’s] a cast of thousands singing and rapping on it,” he says. “I take the lead, I pick the music that I think is cool, then I think, ‘This vocalist will fit’, so I contact them.” It’s now 12 months since the album’s release and two brand new P-Money records have hit the shelves. Earlier this month, Wadams and UK sensation Gappy Ranks dropped The Baddest EP, which features five tracks of bouncing dancehall. Meanwhile, Gratitude’s boom-bap recapitulation is taken one step further on the new LP BackPack Travels – credited to P-Money and New York underground luminary Buckshot (of Black Moon and Boot Camp Clik fame). Despite dishing out such an abundance of material, Wad-
ams sounds exceptionally relaxed. “It’s never hard work – I love what I do. [On these records] I was hoping to showcase a little bit of versatility within my production skills.” Mission accomplished. Not only do the two records diverge from one another stylistically, The Baddest stands apart from all previous P-Money releases. Wadams hasn’t dabbled with dancehall production before now, but he’s no stranger to the genre. “I’ve been a low-key fan of a lot of dancehall records,” he says. “I keep a playlist on my iTunes of certain records – people like Beenie Man and Shabba Ranks. When I was kid I had Shabba’s stuff.” The EP’s co-pilot, London’s Gappy Ranks, has captured the attention of the world’s dancehall community over the past five years. Intrigued, Wadams made contact via email to suggest collaboration, but he didn’t have any major expectations. “I just sent him a beat that I thought was cool. I didn’t hear much for a number of weeks and then I got this email, he was like, ‘Hey man, I did this.’ Gappy just did whatever he wanted to do. I wasn’t there to critique him, I just left him to interpret the music.”
This method proved successful and the track developed into the EP’s ostentatious lead single, Baddest. Excited by the effortless songwriting dynamic, Wadams and Ranks finally met in person to carve out four more tracks… in one day. “He doesn’t take much time to write,” Wadams explains. “He just comes up with the rhymes and then, rather than write down the ideas, we record the ideas. It’s a great way of composing songs – go with the flow and don’t dwell on things or mull over it too much. Just get it down, record it and then listen to it a day or so later and see if it stands up.” Compared to the recordings with Gappy, the Buckshot collaboration was considerably more organised. P-Money signed to Buckshot’s Duck Down record label in 2012 and has spent the bulk of the last two years living and working in New York. After teaming up on Gratitude highlight Killuminati, a long-form collaborative work beckoned. “He would come around to where I was staying in New York at the time and we would record together,” says Wadams. “We would throw ideas back and forth about what tracks to use and stuff like that, so it was fairly collaborative. “I definitely took Buck’s lead on the sound that he wanted to go for. I had to take some time to get to know what type of tracks he likes to rhyme to, what beats he’s looking for and make some things to fit that style. The end result is my production, but tailored to Buckshot. It suits his vibe.” BackPack Travels features guest spots from several younger hip hop artists, including Joey Bada$$, Raz Fresco, CJ Fly and fellow New Zealander David Dallas. Wadams, a lifelong hip hop fanatic, has been particularly impressed by the rise of New York teenager Bada$$. “Dudes like Joey are a great example [of] kids that I’ve been excited to see come through and bring a little bit of balance back to the American rap scene and showcase that you can have this underground sound, you can have the more commercial sound and all of it can coexist. And all of it has merit.” When it comes to admiring the people that he’s worked with, Buckshot could sit at the top of the pile for Wadams. The New York guru has been a personal favourite since his formative musical years in the early ’90s. “When I discovered Black Moon and Buckshot, they were a big deal to me back then. That first album Enta Da Stage was the soundtrack to my life for maybe a whole year in high school, so it subconsciously influenced a lot of my beatmaking.” P-Money’s prior career achievements aren’t anything to sneeze at, but the significance of BackPack Travels isn’t lost on him. “All these years later, to be collaborating on an album and producing tracks for this guy – it’s pretty cool, man. I used to record his videos off TV. Now we have a video together! These things are pretty special to me. I’m crossing them off the bucket list, so to speak.”
BackPack Travels out now through Dirty Records/Duck Down. The Baddest EP out now through Dirty Records. facebook.com/pmoneynz
Friday October 3, Sidney Myer Music Bowl LISTEN OUT: FOUR TET [UK], BONDAX [UK], SCHOOLBOY Q [USA] + MORE
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Define your genre in five words or less: Outsider acid techno. What do you love about making music? Inner peace. What can a punter expect from your live show? Drum machines, snarling mono synths and magic. When’s the gig and with who? Thursday June 26 at Lounge with Tornado Wallace and Perfume Productions. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Mental illness and drum machines. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?
vatory Precinct 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
A track on a ten inch with four other Melbourne gurus Tuc, Chiara Kickdrum and D REX, out on Gutterhype Records. Last 12 of 50 cut available in Brunswick store soon. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Making tracks. If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Ice Cube. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Jean Michel Jarre. soundcloud.com/jakeblood
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New Zealand’s David Dallas has announced he will be playing a show in Melbourne this June. After wrapping up a European tour last month, supporting Eminem in his hometown of Auckland and scoring Platinum and Gold plaques for his last two singles Runnin’ and The Wire, David Dallas is only going up. Now for the first time since releasing new material, he will be heading down to Melbourne to showcase it live. Joining him will be The Daylight Robbery, Mose + The Fmly, Peezo and Bwise. David Dallas will be taking over The Espy on Saturday June 28. Entry is free.
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bass kleph After an extensive American tour that cemented him as one of the hottest producers in the EDM game, Bass Kleph will return home for a series of club shows. The announcement comes on the back of his Hounds of Hell Tour with electro house heavyweights Wolfgang Gartner and Tommy Trash which saw him travel around America on a bus for three months. As one of the most in-demand Australian producers in the states, Bass Kleph’s homecoming will give him a chance to unleash monster hits like Keep On and Less Is More on his Aussie fans. Catch Bass Kleph when he plays Saturday June 28 at Trak.
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oliver huntemann Techno titan Oliver Huntemann will make the journey down under for a pair of club shows this winter. Over the course of his storied career the Hamburg native has released four full lengths, including 2011’s Paranoia, which cemented him as one of techno’s most sought after artists. Oliver Huntemann will hit Brown Alley on Friday July 18.
In the latest of his series of fortnightly tour announcements leading up to Splendour, Illy has unveiled a slew of regional Victoria dates. The Melbourne rapper has been sweating success lately. He released his fourth studio album, Cinematic back in November and his latest single Tightrope recently went Gold with over 35,000 sales. Catch him on Tuesday September 9 at Bendigo’s La Trobe University and on Wednesday September 10 at Ballarat Federation University.
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uz Purveyor of the trap, UZ is coming to town this August. Signed to Diplo’s Mad Decent label, the mysterious mask-wearing producer is known for churning out bass heavy tunes that will get you twerking like you’re Miley at the VMA’s. It all goes down on Saturday August 23 at The Hi-Fi.
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BLOW OUT - FEAT: GET BUSY + MAT CANT + SAMMY THE BULLET Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $0.00. GEAR SHIFT Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00. KELE, ODESZA AND HAYDEN JAMES + KELE + ODESZA + HAYDEN JAMES 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $39.00. SOHN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $43.35.
thursday june 26 CQ SESSIONS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. DINGERS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $5.00. 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. NORTHSIDE SPACE FUNKERS - FEAT: HYPERFOKUS + KODIAK KID Penny Black, Brunswick. 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. THUMP Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00. VARSITY - FEAT: KITI + FOOFARAW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $0.00.
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#MASHTAG - FEAT: MALPRACTICE + AGENT 86 + BENZO + ANDRE LE VOGUE + SILVERFOX + AHAB + OLLIE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $0.00. 50 CENT DEDICATION FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE & DURM Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $0.00. ALTA & AMIN PAYNE + ALTA + AMIN PAYNE + JAHNNE + CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + MIKE GURRIERI Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ANIMALS AUSTRALIA FUNDRAISER - FEAT: TEKXTURE
+ SYSTEMIC + ILLUMEM + LOOSE OUTFIT + PSYCHOACOUSTIC VISION La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. B-TWO + BROTHER FOX + NO NAME NATH Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $0.00. BPM FRIDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. BUBBLE & SKANK Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. DARCY BAYLIS (EP LAUNCH) + URBAN PROBLEMS + LUKE NEHER + DOWNTIME DJ’S Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm. $10.00. EMPEROR & INSIDEINFO + EMPEROR + INSIDEINFO + NOCTURNAL + LICKWEED + MONKEE + CTOAFN + MC HARZEE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $20.00. EOFY PARTY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $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. GET LIT - FEAT: D’FRO + TWERKSHOP MELBOURNE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. HOT DUB TIME MACHINE + TBA 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00. LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $0.00. LUCK TRUCK FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: CONGO TARDIS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. $0.00. MAMA SAID - FEAT: MOODMACHINE + ALEX ANDERSON + JACOB MALMO + OLIVER JAMES + DANIEL TARDREW + LIAM WALLER + MATT KOVIC Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 1:00am. $0.00. 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: MIKE CALLANDER + LEWIE DAY + KATIE DROVER +
WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. TECHNO VS ELECTRO FEAT: SCOTT WARD + DION JACKSON + DAGGERS + GINGUS + MADS + NAOMI KHARMA + ELEKTROMA + ANDJ La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. THE DISCO - FEAT: JEN TUTTY + LUKE MCD + LEWIE DAY + PREQUEL + KATIE DROVER + MITCH KURZ + MIC NEWMAN + TOM EVANS + JOEL ALPHA + LIAM WALLER + AARON TROTTMAN + NICK JONES + JESSE YOUNG + ANDRAS FOX + JAC OSCAR WILKINS Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $25.00. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY FEAT: DJ DAVE GREY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $0.00.
saturday june 28 #EUROPEBEHAVIOUR La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00. AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: DR. ZOK + JAMES WARE + CHINA + HOOPS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00. BONEY PRESENTS HMC - FEAT: DJ HMC (AKA LATE NIGHT TUFF GUY) + J’NETT + SANJI + R KELLY + BAKER ST. DJ’S + BOOGIE MONSTER + JIMMY JAMES + JIMMY CAUTION + MR SMITH Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:55pm. $10.00. DJ Q Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. DOESN’T MATTER New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. IN (SESSION) - FEAT: ATP + SVB + MILLSKI Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. IN (SESSION) Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. MANIA - FEAT: SLEEP D Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. TEXTILE SATURDAYS FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. $0.00. THE CAT’S MEOW + FLAGRANT + MATT RAD Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $0.00. THE HOUSE DEFROST FEAT: ANDY FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $35.00. THERAPY SATURDAYS FEAT: BOMBS AWAY + TATE
STRAUSS + ED COLMAN + MATTY G Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. TUNES BY SABO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $0.00. VAULT SATURDAYS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. $0.00.
sunday june 29 BEEMYBEEBY The B.east, Brunswick East. 4:00pm. $0.00. BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII + WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $0.00. EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + DJ MAARS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. $0.00. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. REVOLVER SUNDAYS FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR WITH LUCILLE CROFT + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $0.00. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE SUNDAYS - FEAT: JUNJI + HARRY Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. $0.00. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm. $0.00. STAR BAR SUNDAY FUNDAY - FEAT: KEN WALKER + JESSE JAMES + ZACH ROSE + TIM LIGHT + RYAN R CUE Star Bar, South Melbourne. 9:00pm. $5.00. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. $0.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00.
MELLOW DIAS THUMP - FEAT: AOI + CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00. MELLOW DIAS THUMP - FEAT: AOI + CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $0.00. MVP (WEEKLY HIP HOP PARTY) FEAT: ROB STEEZY + THADDEUS DOE + STEPHELLES + LOW-KEY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. TINIE TEMPAH Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 7:00pm. $50.00.
friday june 27
thursday june 26 SOUND SPLASHES - FEAT: ABSTRACT MUTATION + DOCUMENT SWELL + SPACEQUEST Ferdydurke,
ASTRONOMY CLASS FT. SREY CHANNTHY + 1/6 + DANIELSAN + PRESTO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00. BUMP FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. HARVEY SUTHERLAND & NORTH POLLARD Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $0.00. NOSAJ THING + D TIBERIO + ANDRAS FOX (DJ SET) Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $40.00. RNB SUPERCLUB MELBOURNE FEAT: HORIZON + PUPPET + SHAGGZ + STYLZ + KEVIN WATTS + EST + KOL-
electronic - urban - club life
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monday june 30 MONDAY STRUGGLE FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. $0.00.
tuesday july 1 GIGGLE TUESDAY - FEAT: WHO + JAKE JUDD Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. $0.00. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $0.00. TASTEMAKERS - FEAT: ABLE8 Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $0.00. TRAMP TUESDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $0.00.
urban club guide wednesday june 25
snaps
faktory ZAN + PHILLY Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.
saturday june 28 ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: T-ROY + SLAZ + FREDDY WEBBER + RYAN R CUE + DJ REWIND Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS FEAT: DJ BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUA & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.
sunday june 29 BE. SUNDAYS 10:00pm. $15.00.
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TIM FREEDMAN
By Daniel Christopher Watt
Who was Harry Nilsson? He was the guy that John Lennon thought it was cool to be into (that’s pretty cool). This somewhat enigmatic recording artist released 17 albums from 1966 to 1980. His productivity was driven by deep emotional issues pertaining to his father abandoning him, and a savant-like intelligence that was a constant source of creativity as Nilsson rearranged and liberated the tenets of pop music. Ironically, he didn’t write his biggest hit – Everbody’s Talkin (1969), and the song he made the most money from, Cuddly Toy (1967) was performed by The Monkees. With such a varying and broad catalogue, the task of summarising Nilsson’s career into a 75-minute cabaret show would ordinarily be a difficult task. But for frontman of The Whitlams, Australian music industry legend and piano-adept Tim Freedman has managed to do it, and is now bringing the performance to Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio on Friday July 18. “I suspected, and my suspicions have been confirmed, that he has largely been forgotten in the broader consciousness,” explains Freedman, each word delivered with the utmost clarity and precision as though they are on loan from an art gallery. “He was a prolific recording artist,” he continues. “Quite a maverick – taking left turns and risks with his music. So with any career with over 15 studio albums, there’s a gem from each time period resulting in an extremely strong 75 minutes of material. I could probably do two hours if I thought cabaret could sustain such a length.” The onstage homage to Nilsson is titled Freedman Does Nilsson – A Live Imagining and sees Freedman abiding by the traditions of cabaret and performing each song in character as Harry Nilsson. Harry Nilsson was born June 15, 1941 in a working class neighbourhood of Brooklyn called Bushwick. Nilsson’s father walked out on the family when Harry was three, an abandonment that resulted in an emotionally tumultuous upbringing, with Nilsson moving house frequently and leaving school in Year 9. However, his skill with numbers allowed him at age 18 to bluff his way into a graduate computing position at a bank.
“He was a mathematical genius,” Freedman reveals. “If you told him your birthday – day, month and year – he could tell you what day of the week you were born. And when 21-22, he worked in a bank as a really early computer operator. He was just one of these savants. Because he worked during the day he would stay up all night writing songs.” During one of his prolific late night songwriting sessions, Nilsson wrote a song called Cuddly Toy that he pitched to buzz band of the time, The Monkees, because he thought it would suit Davey Jones’ voice. Cuddly Toy would be the song that took Nilsson from bedroom composer to international renown, earning fans in John Lennon and Paul McCartney. “The Monkees sold as many records as The Beatles for some of their songs. So they said, ‘We want this song’ and gave him an advance of $40,000 which is the equivalent to more than $500,000 now,” contends Freedman. However, with fame and fortune came excess, and Nilsson’s voice began to suffer, yet his output remained as prolific. Freedman now explains how Freedman Does Nilsson incorporates this chequered narrative. “It’s vaguely chronological. Around the start are early songs that were pretty highly wrought, almost overwritten in the lyric department with lots of rhymes and intricate patterns. He was a maths genius and you can see that when you take his work apart. So I start with 1941 – that is about a father leaving his son. And throughout the night there are abandonment issues and how they are reflected in his work and then I start branching into relationships with other artists like Lennon, McCartney and Randy Newman. And
then I need to tackle his decline because he basically committed a 20-year suicide from ‘72 to ‘92 so there has to be a little bit of the self-sabotage. Rich fodder for cabaret.” As mentioned, Harry Nilsson had lived a life of excess, and was more than happy to let his vices take hold. Similarly, in the early days of The Whitlams, Freedman was renowned for his penchant for red wine – consuming multiple bottles before, during and after a show. However, Freedman is very sure when he points out that his indulgence paled in comparison to Nilsson’s. “Nilsson was heavily into the uppers – as seemed to be the thing in the early ‘70s. Whereas I would drink a bottle of wine and retire for the evening, he would be going for days and, you see, he never toured so he could get away with it – not resting his voice.” However, eventually the partying did its damage and Nilsson began losing range during his 20-year suicide’. And what a voice it was.
ELLA HOOPER By Paul McBride With her stint as team captain on Spicks and Specks at an end, former Killing Heidi lead singer Ella Hooper is getting back in touch with her first love – making music. The 31-year-old’s new single from upcoming album In Tongues is The Red Shoes – a take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale. “I think it’s so evocative,” she says. “It’s well-covered territory; everyone’s had a go at reinterpreting this tale. I think the biggest influence on me was actually the [1948] film – the beautiful adaptation that was done around the ballet, where the ballerina dances herself to death. It’s about obsession, but remains very delicate and classy with the way it handles it. I think with this whole album, I’m looking at lots of different ways that things can take you over and push you off your natural path, and sometimes that’s a bad thing and sometimes it’s a good thing. The Red Shoes is a little bit of both, I think.” Fans of Killing Heidi will find much to like about the new single, but Hooper says to expect a few new ingredients throughout the record. “[The Red Shoes] is actually the rockier side of the album,” she says. “It’s not all like this. My first single Low High is probably a better indication of the meat of the record, but I really wanted to get The Red Shoes out there too because it is my rockier, more anthemic song, and it’s been going nuts live. There’s probably two or three other tracks in this vein, and the rest is more ethereal and a bit more kooky.” While these are the first tentative steps into a solo career for Hooper, she was able to count on an old friend for support and musical direction. “There’s definitely a big influence from my producer Jan Skubiszewski,” she says. “He comes from a more urban background, so that was another reason I wanted to put down the guitar for a bit. I write almost all my stuff on guitar, so I wanted to put that down and get into a studio with Jan to work with some beats and do a couple of things I haven’t done before. He’s probably the reason why it sounds so different to everything else I’ve ever done.” With much changing in the day-to-day life of the radio and TV personality, it was inevitable that her songwriting on the album would be affected, she says. “It’s about Saturn returning, which is that astrological BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26
phase when you reach your late twenties in which everything you’re not meant to take into adulthood is ripped away from you or falls away, and you have to redefine yourself. I ended a long-term relationship and changed my working situation. You know, I’ve always been in bands with my brother and this is the very first time I haven’t worked with him. A lot of it has been scary and a little bit painful, even though I know it’s right. So the album is about going through those things to come out better on the other side.” Hooper will play release shows in Sydney and Melbourne to air the new solo material, but don’t be surprised if she pops up in other projects any time soon. “I’m focusing on the future,” she says. “We like to chuck in a couple of interesting covers, because I do know it’s hard for a crowd to sit through a whole set of brand new music. We like to throw in anything from Fleetwood Mac to strange country songs. I already do miss [being in a band]. I miss hiding in the band and being part of a whole thing. I have an amazing backing band now, who I feel very close to. They’re fantastic musicians, and will be touring with me for the Sydney and Melbourne shows. I sort of feel like I have created a bit of a band around me, but I definitely look forward to other side projects where it’s not under my name, where I can just be a character amongst other characters again.” Her stint on the rebooted Spicks and Specks came to an abrupt finish with the recent announcement that ABC wouldn’t be recommissioning the show, but Hooper remains upbeat. “I would definitely love to do more [TV work],” she says. “It was just the most amazing opportunity, and it was really sad that it didn’t last longer, but I’m hoping to keep looking at things in that arena. At the end of the day, it was just not up to us and we’ve all had to practice letting go. I’m a big one for trying to get more music on television; I just think it’s crazy there’s so little. We have the fantastic RocKwiz, which I’ve been really involved with, and Spicks was another really great way
to get more music on TV. I’m passionate about that, and hopefully in the future I’ll be able to be involved in something that gets more music on TV.” Although the show is a big loss to Hooper and lovers of music on television, don’t expect to catch her putting her feet up and taking things easy. “Music isn’t how I pay the rent anymore,” she says. “I’ve got my radio show on Sunday nights all over the country on Austereo. I also host a program called The Telstra Road to Discovery, which is a songwriting search for the next great generation of songwriters. I’m also doing a few other things that I can’t talk about yet, some more mentorship and song-writing projects. I’ll also be writing some music for an event in the countryside where I come from. Oh yeah, and releasing my album,” she laughs. ELLA HOOPER launches The Red Shoes at Shebeen Friday July 18.
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“In terms of the vocals, his gift was that – where most of us have a break between our chest voice and our head voice, in that way we can cover three or four octaves – but Harry had no breaks. In other words, when he was at the top of his range, around a G, he was able to drop in lower-to-mid range octaves giving his voice that richness and depth that really stands out on songs like Talking At Me,” lays out the informed Freedman. Finally, Freedman changes topic to the (very) recently announced Whitlams’ shows at the Corner Hotel. “We’re coming back to the Corner,” he says. “We have played there probably 14 times over the years and have always had a great experience there – and I mean, we only do one Whitlams tour a year, so if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” TIM FREEDMAN performs Freedman Does Nilsson on Friday July 18 at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio. The Whitlams will also play the Corner Hotel on Friday October 10.
KATCHAFIRE
THE FLOATING BRIDGES
By Erin Rooney
By Paul McBride
It’s always nice to come home after a long day of work. In the case of New Zealand reggae band Katchafire, returning home after a run of shows in Europe and the US is just part of the job description. But for lead singer and rhythm guitarist Logan Bell, touring is the best way to bring love to fans. This month, it’s Australia’s turn to share some of that love, with the seven-piece bringing their chilled vibes to our shores ahead of a new album due for release by the end of the year. The constant touring, says Bell, also gives Katchafire creative inspiration.
Sunshine Coast roots quintet The Floating Bridges are aiming to bring their tropical vibe to as many sets of ears as possible with a new single and upcoming tour, says bass player and vocalist Cale Fisher.
“The boys have definitely broadened our musical vocabulary travelling around the world and you’ll see a few of those styles coming through – little hints of places and cultures and music that we’ve picked up along our travels.” Starting off their musical journey studying and playing music of the classic ’70s and ’80s era of reggae, the members of what is now Katchafire were initially a Bob Marley tribute band. Bell says that while they’ve taken plenty of influence from past reggae stars about how to write great songs – listening to them, he says, represents Katchafire’s “deep school of learning” – they’ve come to develop a sound of their own. “We get a lot of people asking us why we don’t have any females in the band, and we say, ‘Because we can still hit those high notes!’ But we take pride in that – the harmony is definitely, I would say, our point of difference in the genre of reggae music.” He’s not wrong, either. Since 1997, when the group formed, Bell and co. have really grown to perfect the
warm sound that makes reggae such a peaceful genre to listen to. Last year, Katchafire released a Best So Far compilation, and though Bell says he’s always trying to better his past work, he still highly values Katchafire’s earlier material. “There’s really something to be said about an artist’s first album,” he says. “They have the whole of their lives to prepare for this first album, but then every one after that, they’ve only got a couple of years or however long it takes to put their album out – so it’s usually some of the artist’s best work that comes from that first album.” Katchafire’s Australian setlist will be tailored to the audience, showcasing a mixture of old crowd-pleasers and some tracks that have seldom been performed live. “I think anyone who’s been to our gigs will know that we absolutely love getting the crowd to sing and getting them involved. It’s always good to have that exchange, and we love to get the crowd amped.” KATCHAFIRE play The Hi-Fi on Saturday June 28.
“Our music has a very positive vibe in our lyrics,” he says. “It’s about day-to-day living stuff – how you treat other people, what you do when you go out and setting examples for others. That vibe comes across in the music and people latch onto it.” After coming together following high school, the band got into roots music and discovered their sound. A lineup change earlier this year saw Fisher move from rhythm guitar to bass, and the acquisition of Johnny Curran – brother of Jeff Curran of Dallas Frasca – to play additional guitar. It’s this lineup that wrote the asyet unreleased single. “He came and had a jam with us and it’s going really well,” Fisher says. “He had some neat little licks and just kind of fitted in. We’re just putting the final touches to [the single]; it’s called Dreamcatcher. We’ve got a heap of songs written, and it’s basically just a matter of narrowing them down at the moment.” The band hails from Yandina – an area that Fisher says has helped shaped the band’s sound. “We believe that where we live is one of the most beautiful places in Australia from what we’ve seen,” he says. “So we’re pretty lucky like that. There is a really strong roots music scene up here, and a lot of our influences that we draw locally come from other bands here and Brisbane
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bands that are similar to us. We’ve never had any issues or blues at our gigs. People just enjoy the vibe.” Refreshingly in touch with social and racial issues, Fisher says a part of the band’s approach is to raise awareness of cultural respect and fairness. “We’re really passionate about Indigenous culture in Australia,” he affirms. “We’ve got a very big connection to our local elders in our area – the Gubbi Gubbi people. We’re very well connected with those guys, and we think it’s really good as a young person these days to be culturally aware of what’s going on and what’s happened in the past. We don’t want to cause any arguments or anything like that, but we just want people to be aware of what’s happened here before and everything, so when you make your decision on cultural awareness [issues], you’re well educated, you know? A lot of people make uneducated comments about different things, but we believe it’s really important to know where you’re from and to know what happens.”
THE FLOATING BRIDGES play Bar Open on Friday June 27 and Saturday June 28. They’ll also perform at The Evelyn on Sunday June 29.
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HANSON
By Jacquie Congues
It’s been over 17 years since Hanson burst onto the ‘90s pop scene and took over the world with their infectious single MMMBop off their debut album, Middle of Nowhere. Since then, the three brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma, have garnered an immense fan base, released a whopping seven studio albums, and have even launched their own beer company, appropriately named ‘Mmmhops’. “It’s definitely full-bodied, high alcohol-content pale ale,” laughs the eldest of the Hanson tribe, Isaac. “It has a lot of malt and has a nice hoppy mellow finish. We’re not sure whether we’re going to be able to bring it down to Australia or not, but we’re working on it.” Hanson’s approaching foray Down Under is off the back off their latest album Anthem, a record heavily inspired by the energy of their live shows. “It’s the kind of music that might scare away certain people,” he jokes. “But luckily, we have a really great connection with our fan base. I think they understand the eclecticness of who we are. On our records, even on Anthem, there are a lot of variations from the beginning to the end, stylistically speaking. I think we’re never afraid to be who we are, no matter what that entails.” Being true to themselves has been an imperative factor in Hanson’s lengthy career. The fresh-faced youngsters exploded onto the scene in 1997 and experienced incredible success when they were only teenagers (Isaac was 16 when Middle of Nowhere launched the young band into the stratosphere). Given their subsequent departure from the colossal limelight cast upon them, it would be easy to assume the brothers must’ve experienced an inevitable fate of ‘falling off the track’ that so many young people within the industry fall victim to. But they didn’t. According to Isaac, the band worked hard to ensure they didn’t become another clichéd tale of washed-up pop stars.
“We’ve made a point to always take responsibility for what we’re doing,” he stresses. “I think we’ve been lucky that in the process, we kept our heads down and moved forward. Because the managers, the labels, the merchandise companies… they can go on to do other things, but forever and ever your name is on that thing you’re creating, and you’ve got to own it. “You can’t control what other people feel and what other people say,” he continues, “but you can control who you are and how you respond to things.” It’s this mature outlook that helped Hanson forge a strong connection with their fans for the past 17 years, which sees them continue to sell out concert halls worldwide in a matter of days. And while he can’t pinpoint why their fans have maintained such loyalty, Isaac hopes their dedication toward the band is purely based on the music, and nothing else. “I don’t know [why] for absolute sure,” he admits. “I’d like to think it’s because we write good pop songs, or because we put on a good show. It has to be on some level, at least, that the fans feel excited about the shows they saw, or an album they heard. I mean otherwise they wouldn’t come back again. But it’s hard to know for certain. I think we have always been unabashedly ourselves, from the very beginning until now. Nothing about who we are is either over calculated or pretentious. We are who we are and maybe that’s why they stay.” Isaac’s history with music has been extensive, to say
the least. He began writing songs from the age of nine, which may seem quite young to the average person. However, he was a late bloomer in comparison to his brothers. “I struggled as a reader when I was six or seven years old,” he admits. “But at the same time, when I was three years old, I was sitting in my highchair or in my car seat and humming songs to my family members! Everybody’s born a certain way and with a certain set of skills, and for those of us who are musically inclined, it starts off relatively early.” When they’re not touring the world and recording albums, Hanson have developed a writer’s workshop, where they invite fellow artists to join them in a week of creating, songwriting and recording. Since 2005, they have collaborated with a stream of big name
artists, such as Ben Kweller, Jason Mraz and even Weird Al Yankovic. Some of the songs recorded on the musical retreat form an annual fan club EP, which contains music that is often left-of-centre and unlike their regular songs. According to Isaac, the retreat helps the artists to stretch their musical muscles. “The primary purpose of the event is to create, without pre-conceived notion, without concern if it’s the right song for a record,” he says. “We are songwriters first, we are music fans first and we very rarely say we can’t do something, at least on a creative level. A good hook is a good hook, we’re just not afraid to chase that down, and it’s a lot of fun to do that.”
down the aisle to it. That’s a very special compliment. I recently signed some something for a guy – it was vinyl for his wife – for their first anniversary. I had another couple email me. It’s a huge compliment to be involved in the lives of strangers like that.” The last year and what lies ahead for the band is hectic, daunting and pleasurable. “We’ve just been very much enjoying doing shows off the back of Hypnotiser. The plan is to record again early next year. It’s exciting and frightening. Last year was insane though, what with recording and everything. This year has involved going around doing a lot of music festivals. It’s been like ticking off a musician’s bucket list really.” More immediately though, the band will be playing
at The B.East’s second birthday this Friday night and they’re excited about it. “One of the big draw cards for us was that Saint Jude were playing too,” Savage confesses. “We played with them at the Kyneton Music Festival. We’re big fans of the band and big fans of them as people. We were keen because they are on board. One hundred free burgers and Saint Jude – it’ll be great!”
HANSON play the Palais Theatre on Saturday August 9 (sold out) and The Hi-Fi on Sunday August 10.
CASH SAVAGE AND THE LAST DRINKS
By Meg Crawford
It’s thrilling even listening to Cash Savage speak. That voice – holy shit. In terms of conversation, it’s everything you’d imagine: she’s warm and she doesn’t waste words. Savage comes from an esteemed musical lineage and music is a calling, if not a vocation for her. “I don’t think that I’d ever not be doing music,” she affirms. “I was talking to my girlfriend about this just yesterday. Even if I weren’t with this band, I’d be with another band. Not that there’s anything wrong with this one! It’s just that sometimes, in our creative pursuits, we have no choice.” Cash Savage and The Last Drinks specialise in a particularly dark breed of alt-country – country gone gothic. Country gone Edgar Allen Poe. Seriously. Just have a listen to Let Go, off last year’s release Hypnotiser, with lyrics like: “Dark is my mind. Dark is the hair on her head. Dark is the raven screaming.” Savage says there’s a reason for that. “I don’t write happy songs because I don’t like happy songs,” she puts bluntly. “In Motown, there’s some great ‘let’s party’ songs, but that’s not what I do, it’s not what I write. “Although, I, myself, was even shocked by how dark
Hypnotiser is. I had a bit of an idea about how I wanted it to sound. There were two songs we left off it. One was a lot more upbeat. Without that there … well, the first time I listened to it, I was surprised, not blown over, but surprised by how dark it was. I guess that’s where I feel comfortable. I like to keep my happy times to myself.” While it’s fair to say that many of the songs off the last release make the hairs on your arms stand up, it’s also true that there’s at least one track that will bring tears to your eyes. Just try not having your heartstrings plucked when listening to I’m In Love, from Hypnotiser. Was it written for someone in particular and was it well received? “Yes, and very well,” Savage says, with some circumspection. She’s happier to elaborate about the importance of the song for other people. “I’ve had a lot of people, well four different couples, tell me that they’ve used it at their weddings. They’ve walked
DINNER BANTER with SAINT JUDE They’ve recently slayed the stage at Boogie, they kicked serious arse at their recent single launch at the John Curtin, and now, Saint Jude are lined up to perform a killer set at The B.East’s second birthday bash. We lay the heavy questions on St. Jude in the lead up. If you could pick any three artists, dead or alive, to smash a burger with, who would it be? Well, if we were spending time eating, one would have to be Elvis, wouldn’t it? That guy could sure put a burger or two away and I’d be pretty confident he’d pick up the bill. Plus, the guy was definitely good for a laugh and a half. Then the rest of us could spend time working our way through the bar. Django Reinhardt would be there. My French
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is pretty limited, but I think he’d be great to drink with. He’d definitely have me under the table. Final member of the party would be Nina Simone. She could translate for Django and keep conversation above the belt. The B.East is renowned for their burger challenge. Who, in the band, is most likely to finish a burger in under two minutes? Ryan. For sure. He once chewed a waiter’s arm off in less than 30 seconds. If you could go back in time to when you were two years old, what would you want to revisit? New York for CBGBs to see Patti Smith, Blondie, Television etc. Hang out at the Bowery and pick up some horrible foot disease from Richard Hell.
What would be your top three tracks to play at dinner party? Of our own stuff ? Laurelie, Drifter’s Ballad and Only You I Need. Other people’s stuff would be Sharon Van Etten’s Leonard, Otis Redding’s Cigarettes and Coffee and Judee Sill’s The Kiss. What’s next on the cards for Saint Jude? We’re working on our next album and making little Judes. There’ll be something brand new to listen to before the end of the year for sure. SAINT JUDE play alongside Cash Savage and The Last Drinks at The B.East’s second birthday this Friday June 27 from 5pm until late with 100 free burgers for the first 100 people through the door.
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CASH SAVAGE AND THE LAST DRINKS celebrate The B. East’s second birthday with Saint Jude on Friday June 27. First 100 through the door receive a free burger. Your taste buds will thank you.
BOYEUR
By Meg Crawford
Hugh Middleton is one half of the talented Melbourne string/pop duo Boyeur. Middleton has just returned from touring Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra with Boyeur’s debut EP, Gold Street, an intricate and beautiful blend of pop, hip hop beats and classical strings. He’s tired, but clearly elated. “It was great,” he enthuses, speaking of the tour. “We got back just last night. We’re in recovery mode. It was our first experience of touring and it’s a big learning curve, especially because we’re managing everything between the two of us. The shows went really well though – there was a good turn out, the feedback has been great and the bands we played with were amazing. It was really fun.” The other half of Boyeur is Tim Ischia. Middleton and Ischia have been mates since primary school and bring quite different musical influences to the table. “I’m primarily a violinist,” Middleton confirms. “Classical music was a pretty big part of my upbringing and it’s where I got my training. It’s still there every now and then. Say with the string quartet – that’s a huge part of the recording and you’ll get to see it on stage at The Workers Club. I’m psyched about that full live thing. On the other hand, Tim grew up on blues and pop,
while I just had a secret love of pop. His guitar heroes are Hendrix and Clapton – that definitely comes out in what he brings to the band.” Musically, the process leading to the EP was disciplined and thorough. “We started a blog about a year beforehand,” Middleton discloses. “It was a very intensive process. We didn’t get much feedback, but that wasn’t really the point. We weren’t looking to grow an audience. It was more about forcing us to constantly create. We knew little at the start about what we wanted the band to look like. We scheduled posting every day. It was like a job that way. We started out broadly and the music we were making was very different. We were posting videos and photos and writing about conversations that we were having about music. It was an awesome melting pot and then we distilled. What we wanted was getting closer and closer and clearer and clearer.”
This process led to the sound that they have today. “Our sound is hip hop beats and strings,” Middleton says. “We’re built on foundations of hip hop and chamber music. That’s how we see the band. We see it resting on those foundations and its character and personality comes from there. It’s definitely not an unheard type of thing. Kanye used strings heavily and so do Hilltop Hoods. It works very well, that tonal pairing. We knew that we loved that sound whenever we heard it.” According to Middleton, the pairing of strings and pop will reward the careful listener. “Gold Street is a very dense recording,” Middleton observes. “The challenge was making the ideas heard and I think most of the important ones are. There are still some gems that you can just hear … or may be you can’t, but that’s cool because it will stick
out more live. You’ll get a different experience live.” Finally, Middleton is happy to expand on the rationale behind the band’s name, which has been the subject of some discussion. “From the beginning, we wanted a word that was a blank slate,” Middleton reflects. “We wanted a word that didn’t mean anything. Subsequently, in conversation we came across the word ‘Boyars’. I’m no expert, but I believe it was used to describe a group of Russian aristocracy. Then, more recently, we find out it’s a derogative term. That’s kind of cool though, that it has those two meanings. It’s all about dualities. Our sound is hip hop and strings. Also, it looks nice on paper.” BOYEUR play at The Workers Club on Thursday June 26. Their album, Gold Street, is available now.
SPENDING TIME with DELSINKI RECORDS To celebrate the launch of Delsinki Records stunning release, the Tokyo Rose EP, the man himself is hosting an exceptional launch party that merges live music with unforgettable art installations, resulting in a truly mesmerising sensory experience. We speak to Delsinki Records about the marvellous affair. Tell us a little about this launch. What should punters expect? This piece will be my two EPs played out in two levels of a small gallery in St Kilda. The first EP I released last June, which will have video projections played throughout the tracks in the bottom level of the gallery
What separates this art exhibition from others? It combines the music I made with the people who have been involved in the video making process and their art, be it photos, paintings, body art or movement.
EP. Tokyo Rose, the title track on the EP, has the theme of treason from a story during WWII. I got the dancer covered with transcripts and words from the story which saw Tokyo Rose jailed, and used the rope to give it a pirate ship vibe. The bondage is a small element used in another video which also combines some vision of the breaking in of a horse (not in the same shoot) to give a tone of giving over to someone or something.
What inspired the use of shibari Japanese bondage and body painted dancers/gymnasts within the installation? They are both linked to two different songs on the
DELSINKI RECORDS launch Tokyo Rose at Ministry of Art in St Kilda on Wednesday June 25 at 8pm.
where all the art pieces will be – they are acting as the support for the evening. Then the next EP will happen upstairs with a new band and some performances from a girl on a rope and a shibari performer.
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BIFFY CLYRO By Tom Valcanis Hailing from Kilmarnock, a village south-west of Glasgow, Scotland, Biffy Clyro began humbly as any rock’n’roll band. In 1995, teenage guitarist and vocalist Simon Neil asked a friend Ben Johnston to play drums. Ben dragged in twin brother James on bass. Eleven years and six albums later, the “Biff ” as they’re affectionately known as have finally reached what is often considered overnight success. Rock fans looking from the outside in thought so. Their usual mainstay of clubs and pubs a dimming memory 2013, Biffy Clyro headlined UK’s prestigious Leeds & Reading Festival. Earlier this year, they played the main stage at Soundwave. They’ll arrive on Aussie shores twice in one year this September. Does that mean they’ve made it? “I don’t even know,” James Johnston affably responds in a solid Highland brogue. “It’s been a very gradual build up. You don’t notice these changes as they happen.” From further afield, the Biff ’s list of accolades are growing ever longer. In 2013, Biffy Clyro topped the British album charts with Opposites, their sixth. They won NME’s Best British Band award in 2011 and 2013, and were selected to open for household names like the Foo Fighters and Metallica. They’ve sold over 1.2 million albums, and that’s just in the UK. “It’s only until a little while later you look back and say, ‘Oh, okay, I can see what’s happening here.’” Johnston waxes philosophical on the Biff ’s rising star. “You’re so much in the moment. You almost daren’t think about what it means. We’re in a band. What does that mean? It just means we’re in a band. What’s the difference? There is a difference and there isn’t. You’re playing to more people but you’re still playing to people.” It’s easy winning over rock fans with rock music, and that only takes a band so far. The Biff works that extra bit harder to reach people outside of rock’s fandom. “We grew up as spotty rock kids like most of our audience,” Johnston recalls. “If you’re going to be headlining a festival and it’s only people from your genre of music that are following you, you can get stuck in that world. That’s okay for most bands. It’s really nice to turn people on to different kinds of music and feel
you’ve got to prove yourself in front of an audience that doesn’t otherwise know much about it.” All success, especially in rock’n’roll, seldom comes without hardship. During 2012, James’ brother Ben struggled with alcoholism. Drinking to black-out and missing recording sessions saw his addiction overwhelm not just him, but the band as a whole. Simon had tragedies of his own, seeing his wife suffer through three miscarriages. It may not seem like it from the outside, but chart-topper Opposites is a battle that was hard fought and won. “Sometimes you ask yourself a lot of questions and sometimes you don’t necessarily like the answers or you don’t even know what the answers are,” Johnston intimates. “Sometimes you think, ‘Is this it? Have we come as far as we can go?’ The reaction to that is, ‘No fucking way!’ This is not over. We are not letting this go. We can believe, somewhere deep inside that we can go on. That we can deal with these problems. It’s a case of picking yourself up and dusting yourself off. After that you do sort of rekindle the fire. Getting through those periods means we’re stronger than ever.” Johnston’s voice wavers a little. “I think we appreciate each other and where we’ve got to in our lives. At 15 and 16 we dreamed of being in a band. Now we’re in our mid-30s and we’re still doing it. There’s a lot of strength to be taken from that.” Hopefully, fans can take comfort that Biffy not only faced off but drove out their demons. Johnston feels an incredible empathy for those who face the same grim realities. Whether you’re a student, a mechanic or part of a touring rock band, “everybody has a tough time in life,” Johston says. “Whether it’s losing somebody or grief or dealing with a difficult situation, there’s
someone out there that cares. They have to go a friend or they have to go to a family member and go and get help. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help.” The Biffy boys learned that the hard way. They’re all still growing up alongside one another, just as they did during those rough and tumble teenage years. “We’ve been the same three guys that grew up together,” explains Johnston. “We learnt everything about life at the same time. We’ve just been the main supporters of each other. The other guys have got your back, no matter what. I think that allows you to be free and not worry too much about getting the right haircut or getting
the right jacket. You know you’ve got this little gang. I think people want to be a part of that. Like we’re a gang with the audience. There’s a certain amount of comfort and a certain amount of support from that. Life can be a very lonely place when you’re constantly trying to put on a face or trying to act a certain way – trying to be a cool ‘rock star.’ That can be really, really tiring. It’s much easier and much more rewarding to be yourself.” BIFFY CLYRO play Palais Theatre on Sunday September 7.
THE AMITY AFFLICTION
By Peter Hodgson
The Amity Affliction have been following a steady upward trajectory since the release of debut album Severed Ties in 2008. Prior to that they’d been slogging it out with demoes and shows. With the arrival of 2010’s Youngbloods, the band started to become more confident in their sound and direction, which was further solidified with 2012’s Chasing Ghosts. But it’s with new album Let The Ocean Take Me that The Amity Affliction really come into their own. This is the album where the band has truly reached the emotional core of its musical statement. The heaviness and aggression of past releases are still there but the melodies and lyrics go more personal and cut deeper than ever before. There’s an undercurrent of anxiety throughout the album–stress, panic attack, the heart-racing aftermath. And as vocalist Joel Birch explains, his lyrics took that turn partly due to a near-death experience last year. “I’m not the only one in the band with anxiety issues,” Birch reveals. “Ahren (Stringer, bass/vocals) has been crippled by it once before. He actually fell over and was paralysed, could not move, and they called an ambulance thinking he was dying. It turns out he was actually having a panic attack. Ryan (Burt, drums) also suffers with it as well. It’s a central theme because I’ve dealt with it over the last year, or the year leading up to writing Let The Ocean Take Me, but I wasn’t planning on writing about it, it’s just how it worked out.” When undergoing a course of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to address anxiety issues, doctors often stress (there’s that word again) that a certain level of anxiety can be conducive to motivation: it’s only when things get too far that the ‘fight or flight’ reflex is tripped. Is this something Birch has been able to control and consciously harness? “Well, I’m on medication and according to the doctor I’m chronically depressed… I try, but…” And for anyone who’s gone through the same thing, there’s a lot to relate to in Let The Ocean Take Me. You don’t need to be in a hugely popular band to feel an affinity with what Birch and his bandmates are going through. It’s the sound of someone who goes through good moments and bad moments. “Well that’s cool because I was actually worried that a lot of my lyrics were too dark and people would feel almost a disconnect from it. But from everything I’ve heard so far, everyone that experiences the same sort of emotions, have been BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 30
responding in a better way to how they did with Chasing Ghosts. That album had a third-person narrative to some of the songs, and this time it’s like it’s more about what I feel and how I go through it. And I think a lot of people who have the same sort of issues as me are responding much more positively and in a much more emotionally cathartic way. Moreso than an in-your-face topic.” The recording sessions for the album were much more relaxed than previous records: Joel was able to be at home and go surfing in between sessions. Producer Will Putney has worked on enough of the band’s projects to know how to help them to realise their musical vision. “He engineered Youngbloods, he mixed Chasing Ghosts, so he has a pretty good understanding of our personalities, having worked with the guitars a lot on Youngbloods and also having seen me have a meltdown on Youngbloods also, when I nearly quit the band. And he’s the same age as us so the music is relevant to him. We really couldn’t have picked a more appropriate producer. We’ve always had a very strong sense of ourselves and our music, and we’re never, ever going to buckle to any outside opinion. But Will approached it in such a different and positive manner that we took on board things that we may have never, ever taken on board before. That’s what made it such a great experience. Like, I don’t ever let anyone fuck with my lyrics, ever ever, but Will put some changes to me that I made on the
record in such a way that it was far more acceptable for me. He would just point out things that could be stronger, almost like an essay where you’ve got to outline the meaning in the first paragraph, then get to it, and then wrap it up at the end. He would provide me with that kind of input and I would change my lyrics accordingly. It worked out really, really well.”
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The Amity Affliction play Festival Hall on Sunday August 31. Let The Ocean Take Me is out now via Roadrunner / UNFD.
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By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com Poison City’s primo troubadour Lincoln LeFevre will embark upon a month-long residency at The Reverence Hotel every Sunday throughout July from 4pm. Entry is free and different supports will accompany every week. Sound pretty good? I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday. Speaking of Footscray’s Reverence Hotel, the pub has announced the details of their second birthday bash. It’s gonna be a ripping mixed bill comprised of The Hard Ons, The Bennies, Jeff Rosenstock, Heads Of Charm, Ceres, Hightime and Regrets. Tickets are available now from their website. Likely to sell out. After a raucous reception when they toured last year with Paramore, You Me At Six will return to headline their own tour this September with Tonight Alive. They’ll head major capital cities including a tidy gig at The Hi-Fi in Melbourne on Tuesday September 9 (and an accompanying underage show on Wednesday September 10). There won’t be any new shows added so you must get your mitts on these ones. The Dwarves will return this October for just three Australian east coast dates. Always guaranteed to deliver a ripping live show, the five-piece will hit up The Evelyn Hotel on Friday October 17. Tickets are available now. Don’t delay. Post rockers Maybeshewill are touring the country for the first time this September. They’ve covered the world already with And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Dillinger Escape Plan and 65 Days Of Static and now they’re chucking a huge 60+ date tour of the world in support of their new release Fair Youth from Monday August 25. See them with Sydney’s Solkyri on Tuesday September 30 at Northcote Social Club. As usual there’s plenty happening in King Parrott’s world. After announcing a new drummer and their signing to booking agent New World Artists earlier in the week, they chucked a couple of new Australian shows on their very busy calendar. Can’t wait to see them tear up Ding Dong on Friday July 25 followed by Wrangler (all ages afternoon) on July 26, Barwon Club the same evening followed by Karova in Ballarat on July 27.
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CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY JUNE 25: Atomic Death Squad, Cordell, Bombs Over Brunswick, Feverteeth at The Bendigo THURSDAY JUNE 26: Anchors, Admit One, The Playbook at Next FRIDAY JUNE 27: Ceres, Initals, Have/Hold, Regrets, Employment at Bar 303 Angry Seas, Strathmore, Teen Kong, Laser Brains at The Brunswick Hotel Deez Nuts, Confession, Hand Of Mercy, Thorns, Left For Wolves at The Workers Club Raccoon City Police Department, Tired Minds at Mean As Studios The Ramshackle Army, The Tearaways, Nathan Seeckts and The Dead City Lights, All We Need, Jay Stevens at The Bendigo SATURDAY JUNE 28: Deez Nuts, Confession, Hand Of Mercy, Thorns, Free World at Arrow On Swanston Dan Raw, Tim Hampshire, Tired Breeds, Mayweather, Gladstone, Max Goes To Hollywood, Shadow League, Foley at The Brunswick Hotel Antagonist AD, Emerson, Decimate at Bang! SUNDAY JUNE 29: Story Of The Year, Left For Wolves, Clowns at 170 Russell Cabin Fever, Razor Cut, Lion Fight at The Bendigo
GET INVOLVED IN THE NEW DEAD DAISIES EP The Dead Daisies have just released their new single Face I Love, in conjunction with an innovative “Face I Love” App on their Facebook page. By fans submitting the face that they love (Awww) via the app, they will become part of the artwork for the EP cover and touring posters, with selected fans’ faces being chosen to be in the music video. One lucky person will win the experience of a lifetime – a trip to see the band at one of their upcoming concerts, somewhere in the world. Face I Love is the first release from the upcoming EP of the same title. “In 2014 and in this age of social media, we couldn’t think of a better way to have our fans interact and be part of our new single, Face I Love, than to have them involved in creating a Dead Daisies skull photomosaic made up of faces that they love,” frontman Jon Stevens said. The EP is now available for pre-order, and all pre-orders will be given a free instant download of the single. The EP will then be released on Friday August 1 via Social Family Records
ROCKDOGS WIN! Finally breaking the winners drought after two draws in a row, the 2014 Reclink Community Cup on the weekend at Elsternwick Park was won by the team representing the Melbourne music fraternity, the Rockdogs, in the traditional clash between community broadcasters and musicians. The final score was Megahertz’ 6.7.43 Vs The Rockdogs’ 8.4.52. The event drew the biggest crowd in its 20-plus year history, with the official attendance seeing well over 10,000 punters pile through the gate and, most importantly, raising over $100,000 to help Reclink Australia deliver sports and arts programs to assist disadvantaged folks nationwide.
JAKE CLEMONS EMBARKS ON HIS FIRST AUSTRALIAN TOUR Proudly carrying on his family’s rockin’ musical legacy, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Jake Clemons, embarks on his first Australian Tour in support of his debut self-released EP Embracing Light. Fresh off completing the Wrecking Ball tour with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Clemons embarked on a number of sold-out dates in the US and two weeks of performances in Ireland to coincide with the release of the EP. After debuting three songs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (accompanied by The Roots) and performing his single You Must Be Crazy on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jake is now announcing a string of exclusive intimate shows along Australia’s east coast as part of his Embracing Light tour, including three shows in Melbourne. He’ll be at The Toff In Town on Wednesday August 13, The Substation on Thursday August 14 and Flying Saucer Club on Friday August 15.
OBITS RETURN TO OZ Brooklyn rock band Obits have announced their second visit to Australia, following their acclaimed maiden tour in 2012. Obits occupy the space between various elements of the rock music genre, skirting garage, punk, surf, surf-punk and garage-punk (though, let’s be clear… not surf-garage). It’s true that, for the discerning listener, the four-piece bear a pleasing resemblance to such legendary rock acts Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Girls Against Boys and Pitchfork. Possibly Television or the Wipers. This is not a coincidence! With the exception of those last two, Obits share members with all of those bands. They forge straightforward, head nodding rock’n’roll with a dark edge, jamming guitars and muscular rhythms. Supporting them in Melbourne are The Stevens, Deep Heat and ‘90s indie-rock favourites Freak Wave, while Kids of Zoo and The Peep Tempel have support honours for Geelong. They’ll be at Barwon Club Hotel in Geelong on Friday August 1, and The Reverence Hotel in Melbourne on Saturday August 2.
HOWLING with DEAD WOLVES
Describe your genre in five words or less: Raw, honest, intense, primal, Bris-punk. Someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “Hey guys you won’t believe what I just saw! That band inside were climbing the walls with their teeth and the singer was covered in blood while running around with the bass player on his shoulders. You’ve gotta come and see this before the ambulance arrives.” Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with? That’s a hard one because we have played shows with a lot of awesome bands which have made us work harder and become more entertaining, but if we had to choose it would probably have to be our hometown (Brisbane) heroes Six Ft Hick. I remember being at the front of a Hick show down on my knees looking up at Ben and Geoff and just thinking, “Good God that’s powerful.” And with Dan and Tony’s amps blastin’ away and the thunder of Fred’s drums, you better believe my ears were ringing in the morning. So yeah we hope a Wolves/Hick show happens one day soon. Best gig you have ever played: Without a doubt our favourite shows have been
house parties because they have that real DIY, Black Flag, anything-can-happen vibe, but the one that we’re probably most proud of was our CD/DVD album launch in February, mainly because we had 200+ of our best friends there, we organised everything and it was a huge success. What inspires/influenced your music the most? All the music is pretty much created from the spark that we ignited every time we rehearse at Worx Studio. Then I take the tune and ask myself the same question every time: “What do I wanna say with this one?” and then the process of refining the idea and making it about real things that matter, if only to me, begins. What music have you released to date and where can people get them? In our first year we recorded two EPs. They were really just to have something to put out there, get us a gig and figure out our songwriting. But then we released our first LP in February, which we have a CD/DVD version with 10 videos. They are all available on deadwolvesmusic.bandcamp. com with the EPs as free downloads. DEAD WOLVES play The Brunswick Hotel on Thursday June 26, Prince of Wales on Friday June 27 and The Old Bar on Saturday June 28.
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WEDNESDAY 25 GEAR SHIFT
Clan Analogueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gear Shift monthly electronic music jam session moves to a new level of self-oscillating intensity for the next session at Loop on Wednesday June 25. Whether you play a laptop, smartphone or piece of hardware, old or new, whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a seasoned performer or complete novice, anyone can come and join the on-the-fly sonic mayhem. This month, Gear Shift hosts one of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true underground electronic music legends with a rare live performance from Zen Paradox, the most well-known project from electronica virtuoso Steve Law. Also known for projects such as Mutagenic Mind and Mr Suspicious and recent live forays with Black Cab, Zen Paradox remains Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most acclaimed work. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss his set at 9pm following the jam session. Doors open at 7pm, but arrive early for participation registration.
Nat Allison has it. She's supported Jimmy Barnes, The Screaming Jets, Martha Davis and The Motels. She has played on recordings with Suzi Quatro, Melissa Etheridge and Vanessa Amorosi, journeyed to New York more than twenty times to write and record with producer/songwriter Mike Chapman, and you can see her do her thing in an intimate setting at Whole Lotta Love on Wednesday June 25 at 7pm.
30/70
Hailing from Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northern suburbs, 30/70 have been putting a fresh spin on live hip hop and beat music since early 2013. Coming from backgrounds in jazz and improvisation, the band cross-pollinates genres whilst maintaining a hard-hitting hip hop edge. The core of the group is a four-piece rhythm brotherhood, often joined by vocalists, MCs and lush horn sections. The result is a head-nodding cosmic groove, delivered with watertight group cohesion rare in a band this young. 30/70 are launching their debut EP as a residency in the Grace Darling Basement, which has been a delicious gumbo of sounds and community. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show with support from Lazercats 2000 is the last of the residency. Doors open at 9pm, $8 on the door.
FREEDOM
Freedom, the band formely known as the Merri Creek Pickers, create music that builds a swirling, psychedelic tower on a foundation of solid, honest songwriting. Vocal harmonies intersect with instrumental flare in a playful noise that celebrates life in all its imperfect beauty. Freedom break loose at The Spotted Mallard this Wednesday June 25 from 8.30pm, free entry.
ARIELA JACOBS
Every Wednesday at the Revolver Bandroom, Colonel Tanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s takes over the front room with full dinner service on offer from one of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most delicious Thai restaurant menus. Pair this up with some of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest acoustic singer/songwriters and you have The Acoustic Sessions, a free live music offering every single week. This month we have something extra special for you all with a residency from the extremely lovely and talented Ariela Jacobs. Doors open at 6.30pm and entertainment starts from 7pm. Entry is free.
MCBAIN
A night of midweek trouble is brewing at Bar Open this Wednesday night when McBain, Loose Teeth, Crotch and Creases drop by for a night of shenanigans. And what will each of these bands dish up for you? McBain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; devil rockers reign supreme. Loose Tooth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; kit kat mayhem and fuzz. Crotch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; epic neon lights from Thornbury. Creases â&#x20AC;&#x201C; self-proclaimed pussy rock in their first show. What could go wrong? Doors at 8pm, free entry, and worth every penny.
JESS MCAVOY
Jess McAvoy is a jack of all trades, master of some. A songwriter with twenty years of experience, including international tours throughout Australia and North America, support spots with The Waifs, Ani Difranco, Michelle Shocked and many more. An artist, painter and poet, Jess has been a one woman show, managing her own company â&#x20AC;&#x153;Henduwinâ&#x20AC;? since she was forteen years old, Jess has been intensively involved with all aspects of the industry for her whole adult life. After a sell out farewell show one of the most prestigious venues in Melbourne with some of Australia's Alisters of the music industry, Jess is currently living a gypsy lifestyle between Melbourne and New York City. She plays solo every Wednesday in June in the front bar of the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick with handpicked supports Suzanne Kinsella, Dan Parsons, Broads (feat members of the Nymphs) and Cat Canteri. 730pm start. Free entry.
THURSDAY 26
fuzz with kaleidoscopic bonk-pop, Sweets is the musical project of Annabelle Tunley (Aluka), Peter Emptage (Hello Satellites, Where Were You At Lunch) and George Weis (Hello Satellites, Manny Fox). You might be familiar with their clap-tastic debut single Swagger. Haarlo vocalist Stacey Gardiner joins the recent lineup of badass New Zealand female vocalists collaborating with producer and multi-instrumentalist Jono Steer. Their first release, Easier, was unleashed to the world via MS MRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Track Addict Volume II last year. Open Swimmer (Ben TD) is best known for making a name for himself in Glasgow before setting his sights to Melbourne while working on his debut album, Canyon. Catch all three bands at the Retreat Hotel on Thursday June 26.
THE ARCANE FOLLOWINGÂ
Fresh out of the studio recording their debut EP to be released later this year, The Arcane Following are a high-energy rock/funk/soul trio hailing from the northwestern suburbs of Melbourne. Featuring energetic drum beats, driving bass lines, sweet guitar tones and intricate vocal melodies, they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to be missed! They are joined on this fine evening by young up-and-coming funk outfit The Rims, beautiful harmonies from Alex Latham & Mariah Jayne and the powerful alt grunge blues rock three-piece The Tried. With a lineup that is guaranteed to liven up your Thursday night and get you dancing, get down to Bar Open for an excellent evening of free Melbourne-made music.
BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOX
Buddha in a Chocolate Box are a five-piece alternative folk outfit. Sticking to their southern stomp roots, their journey is to develop and spread an Australian folk sound. The Buddhas perform at The Spotted Mallard this Thursday June 26 from 8.30pm, free entry.
FRIDAY 27 THE JC LITTLE BIG BAND
This Friday night at The Spotted Mallard, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sassy big band vibes from ten-piece The JC Little Big Band. Performing two sets from 9pm, free entry, Friday June 27.
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STEVIE AND THE SLEEPERS
Stevie and the Sleepers are a hot new band that is hard to categorize; part soul mama, part wandering roots woman, Stevie Grumont leads a distinct assembly of artistic collaborators. The Sleepers play rock and soul, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strain of blues heartbreak behind the riffs, with the storytelling genius of a good â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s folk tune. Add a peppered dash of cool gangster and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got The Sleepers. See them do their thing at Whole Lotta Love on Thursday June 26. Doors open at 8pm.
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The number three is quite the charmer. So come check out these three charming bands in all over punk style. Sink your teeth into the beloved Arabela. Feast your eyes and ears on Morning After Morning and take a hold of the energetic Waltz. A great night of music and a great venue to accompany it. It all goes down at the Reverence Hotel front bar, Thursday June 26. Entry is $6 and doors open at 8pm.
CABIN FEVER
Thursday Night Punk Rock at The Reverence this Thursday June 26 features Cabin Fever, Bottlecaps, Hopes Abandoned and Postscript who will be bring you into the weekend with varying styles of kickass fast-paced punk rock. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a great way to break up the monotony of the working week plus The Reverence has the best tasting food and beer in Melbourne. Doors at 8pm.
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I DREAM OF DISCO
fast becoming one of the LuWowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular nights, audiences are invited to join Donny Disco for another mega session of fantastic dance sounds from the golden era of disco. Get energised with a fluoro â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Disco Juiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cocktail and dance the night away in the company of the Disco Dollies resplendent on their podiums, in the fairy-lit grotto of the LuWowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Forbidden Temple room. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shameless hustle into disco, funk and souls past so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to dress up and dance the night away. Join the shamelessness on Friday June 27.
EL MOTH
Spawned from the remnants of an empty longneck of Melbourne Bitter, El Moth dusted their wings and flapped their way around the underground party scene in 2008. The boys quickly became known as one of the hottest party bands in town, providing the soundtrack to many a memorable night. After playing in alleyways, parks, warehouses, lounge rooms and backyards with jam sets of anywhere up to 5 hours, the boys decided to see what would happen if they tried to write some actual songs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now one of our stalwart favourites at Bar Open and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing Queenslanders The Floating Bridges for the first of their two night stay. El Moth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gagging for it, are you?
THE BAD REACTION & THE KAVE INN
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Come on down for an awesome night of metal with Melbourne bearded legends Frankenbok, doing what they do best. Supporting them are the mighty and loud Moustache Ant, Enter Reality, and Bury the Fallen. This will be an absolute ripper of a gig not to be missed. All goes down in the most epic way at The Reverence on Friday June 27.
SWEETS+HAARLO+OPEN SWIMMER
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ACO VIRTUAL
ACO Virtual launches this week at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, running Friday June 27 through to Monday July 28, featuring a unique school holiday program on Tuesday July 8. Imagine standing on stage during a live performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. ACO Virtual takes you there. Fusing digital technologies with visual and sonic innovation, this ground-breaking interactive installation gives you the opportunity to conduct and even play with the ACO. See the players lightning-quick hands in a way not possible in a concert hall, hear the unique sounds of the ACO’s multi-million dollar collection of instruments and feel the rush of being immersed in this ‘bad ass classical band’ (Time Out, New York). ACO Virtual uses state-of-the-art video technology and features projections of 13 of the ACO’s acclaimed musicians in either 2D or 3D. Step inside a concert and be immersed in a cinematic experience, surrounded by the musicians and manipulating what you hear and see. Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, 35-37 Castella St, Lilydale, Open seven days, 10am – 4pm, free entry.
and The Lovelies. Rock’n’roll, art, laneways and cheap beer… that’s more Melbourne than a guy with an ugly moustache drinking a soy latte on a fixie (that also has a moustache). Check it out this Friday June 27 at Gallery One Three, Somerset Place, Melbourne CBD. 6pm till 10pm.
SATURDAY 28
From June 2014 artist-run record label Airpunch Collective will release the first instalment of the new SongA-Week-Club. A group of around fifteen artists will contribute one track per week, available for free download. People will be able to subscribe to an email list to gain access to the music from http://www.airpunchmusic.com. The Song-A-Week-Club will be launched at two shows at the Grace Darling Hotel June 27 and July 18. The first instalment will feature new songs by Lehmann B. Smith, Magic Hands, Shadow Feet and Peter Joseph Head this Friday June 27. Doors open at 8.30pm. Tickets available through the venue.
for their respective second albums, so come on down and hear a sneak preview of the new songs before the albums are launched later in the year. Doors at 8.30pm, $10 entry.
THE SHIVERING TIMBERS
TRACEY MCNEIL
DAVID DALLAS
To put it simply, David Dallas is on a roll. Having just finished a European tour last month, being the only NZ act to play at Eminem’s Rapture show in his hometown of Auckland, and picking up Platinum and Gold plaques for his last two singles Runnin’ and The Wire – David Dallas is in rare form. Hitting Melbourne on June 28 with the full crew intact, David Dallas and his band The Daylight Robbery are set to shut it down at The Espy. A long time coming, this will be the first chance for people this side of the Tasman to see David’s new material performed as it was intended. Live hip hop as it should be – banging.
AIR PUNCH MUSIC LAUNCH
miral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge – these are the droids we’re looking for. King’s Cup – high rollers, rolling on high, Del Lago punk rock – lets get drunk. Self Help – punk rock from the Westside. We’re going to start the night off with a punky vibe and end with horns, beers and party dancin’ tunes. $5 on the door from 8pm.
THE KUJO KINGS
We’re gonna skank the shit out of The Reverence this Saturday and we’ve got some of the best helping us do it. The Kujo Kings – absolutely sick ska legends. Ad-
As an artist caught between two continents – her Canadian homeland and her now permanent Australian residency – Tracy McNeil’s brand new album Nobody Ever Leaves is a fresh new sound that infuses North American roots with the heart and grit of Melbourne’s thriving alt-country scene. Add to this the pop-soaked splendor of 1970s West-Coast California, and you’ll be coasting the musical landscape that McNeil calls home on her latest release. McNeil and her band The GoodLife launch Nobody Ever Leaves on June 28 with special guests Small Town Romance and Dan Parsons. Tickets $12+BF or $15 at the door.
GATHERER
Saturday June 28 sees The Reverence host a cracking line up of math, punk, indie, yacht doom-metal and grunge with the brilliant Gatherer (MELB/NZ) being supported by the beautiful but bruising wallof-sound The Burning Sea (SA) and the urgent dark tales of Melbourne’s Have/Hold. Both Gatherer and The Burning Sea are in the final stages of preparations
For countrified, nautical folk, The Shivering Timbers are not to be missed. Rustic rhythm guitar, trickling mandolin and wood-chop double bass all roll on a locomotion of drums with bluesy lead riffage. Gritty vocals sit between lonesome hillbilly harmonies and sepia-toned lyrics ride the highs and lows of modern life. A wild sense of fun pervades, though the low-down blues are never far away. Check ‘em out this Saturday June 28 at The Drunken Poet from 9pm.
THE STORMY MONDAYS
The Stormy Mondays play R&B like it’s 1952, and they’re damn proud of it. The heart-felt vocals of Katherine Francis will leave a smile on every face and a tear in every eye, and their hot guitars, cool sax and the most swingin’ rhythm section in town is guaranteed to get you boogying! Influenced by timeless greats like Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and Tiny Topsy, The Stormy Mondays will take you back in time to an era when the ties were skinny and the whiskey was strong. The Stormy Mondays play two sets at the Retreat on Saturday June 28 from 8pm. Free entry.
GOLD CLASS
Lo-fi outsider pop takes over the checkerboard floor of Brunswick’s favourite little local, the Victoria Hotel, on Friday June 27. Gold Class have set tongues wagging about their crooning Kraut-punk after only a few shows and a live cassette demo. Orlando Furious has been championed for the ‘deranged catchiness’ of his skewed coffee-shop pop poetry by Mess+Noise. The Shifters, led by the inimitable Miles Jensen of Breaker Morant, feature a revolving cast of misfits jamming on lounge rhythms cut with no-wave noise. Entry is free from 9pm.
KIT CONVICT & THEE TERRIBLE TWO
Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two are a garage/punk/ psych group stripped down to the bones and shaken. Conjuring the spirits of predecessors The Gories, The Cramps and Thee Headcoats and masterminded by Kit Convict of priors The Spasms, The Kits, The Almighty Howlers and other unsavoury types, they’re playing in store at Off the Hip Records on Friday June 27 with Grindhouse. Doors open at 6pm and entry is free.
WATT’S ON PRESENTS: DEAD WOLVES & DIRT RIVER
There is a lack of pretention to Brisbane rock bands that seems to make them very popular in Melbournetown and Dead Wolves are four young Brizzy lads who play desperately honest blues-rock. Dead Wolves are playing with Dirt River Radio this Friday at Prince of Wales public bar. It is Dead Wolves’ first Melbourne tour and the last show in a four-week residency for Dirt River Radio so it is bound to be packed. Music starts at 8.30pm and entry is free.
THE WEARY
Come down to Gallery One Three this Friday to view the artworks of Bill Henson, Howard Arkely and Patricia Piccinini amongst others backed by the soundtrack of some of Melbourne’s most exciting new rock bands. The Weary will be launching their new single, Dopamine. They will be supported by Pretty City CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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BEWARE! BLACK HOLES
Beware! Black Holes are a Melbourne instrumental four-piece surf/garage/exotica band playing originals as well as genre classics and obscurities. Anything from Link Wray influenced rock’n’roll grinders to melodic Santo & Johnny instro ballads with a touch of John Barry soundtrack sampling. Music for all occasions. For lovers only.
TEETH & TONGUE
Described by Stack magazine as a ‘modern pop masterwork’, Teeth & Tongue’s third album Grids was quickly named Album of the Week by 3RRRfm, ABC Dig Music (now Double J), RTRfm, Beat Magazine and awarded four stars by HIT (Herald Sun) and The Music. With two USA tours (including SXSW and CMJ), Laneway Festival and Falls Festival and performances with J Mascis, EMA and Vance Joy under her belt, Teeth & Tongue takes to the road again with an eightdate Australian tour to celebrate the release of Grids. Teeth & Tongue will be bringing her full band to the party, performing Grids in all its multi-layered glory.
SUNDAY 29 COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY
For one night only the Elwood Blues Club presents Collard Greens & Gravy launching their latest record, Greasy Greens, with support from the fabulous Dan Dinnen. Acclaimed for their gritty, driving, down home-home sound, Collard Greens and Gravy play a mostly original repertoire of foot stomping country blues that would sound right at home in a Mississippi juke joint. This Sunday June 29 at the GH Hotel.
QUIETLY SPOKEN SONS OF LEE MARVIN DUO
Bearing wicked grins and bristling chins QSSOLM duo swagger and stagger into Brunswick’s finest watering hole, the Vic, for a lazy afternoon of Gonzo, acoustic, garage-pop and wonky country. This Sunday June 29 from 5pm.
LLOYD SPIEGEL
With eight albums, a swag of accolades and 20 years of performing, writing and recording, Lloyd Spiegel has certainly squeezed more into 30 years than many do in a lifetime. It’s that experience and presence well beyond his years that has seen him become one of this country’s leading blues artists and most respected guitarists. His incredible command of the guitar, powerful voice and high energy performance captivates any audience. See him this Sunday June 29 at the Drunken Poet from 4pm.
dependent record stores and features surrealist, raucous, garage-blues recorded in Spain and mixed in Austin by Mike Mariconda. Lilith Lane & her Many Wives play The Labour in Vain, Sunday June 29. Doors open at 5pm and entry is free.
INITIALS
Sundays in June your friendly Melbourne punk rulers Initials will be busting out their acoustics and chucking a bit of a kumbaya in the front bar of the Reverence Hotel. With their super well received debut album released earlier this year on Arrest Records, and upcoming shows with La Dispute, Grim Fandango and Fear Like Us, it’s fair to say Initials are making tons of friends with their passionate, melodic brand of punk rock. Each week they’ll be joined by local and interstate mates handpicked for extra good vibes. And being at The Reverence, all your beer, tacos and good times will be sorted. Free entry all day, tunes from 3.30pm.
PORK CHOP PARTY
Hailing from some random obscure country town in North-Western Victoria, the paradoxical two-mancountry-punk-band Pork Chop Party will play a few 35-song-sets of their salacious and depressing music on select Sundays this June around stinking Melbourne town. From the same brain that invented Puta Madre Brothers and The Impossible No Goods, here is the all new slow-burning two-man-band Pork Chop Party. If these guys sound interesting you can catch them at the Yarra Hotel on Sunday June 29 for free.
LILITH LANE
FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE
After eleven years, Fresh at Revolver Upstairs is the longest running Industry Showcase in Australia. Having showcased thousands of artists over this time, the legendary night has been a local industry hot spot for unsigned musicians and industry professionals. To get you or your band involved email gigs@stoppingallstations.com.au. Doors at 7pm. Tickets $15 on the door.
LOOKING FORWARD JULY HUGO RACE
Hugo Race, multi-instrumentalist and hypnotic crooner, returns from an intense wave of European soloheadline concerts to the motherland, banding forces with The True Spirit to play The Retreat in Brunswick on Sunday June 29. Driven, passionate and charismatic, Hugo Race delivers a unique take on experimental blues, folk and dark-edge, dragging inspiration from artists like Neil Young, The Velvet Underground and Wilco. Combine this with The True Spirit – a loose, freewheeling fraternity of like-minded free spirits who share a love of psychedelic rock and roots music and you’re in for one hell of a show. Onstage together for over two decades, their irreverent experimentalism originated in Melbourne in the late ‘80s, but soon moved base to Berlin where they spectacularly released the first True Spirit album Rue Morgue Blues as the Wall Fell. See Hugo back in Australia performing at The Retreat on Sunday June 29.
Lilith Lane and her band the Many Wives (Adam Afiff, Richard Andrew & Simon Edwards) play one last show before heading to Europe on tour. Lilith Lane’s latest album Pilgrim is available at all good in-
TANGRAMS
Formed in Melbourne in 2012, Tangrams draw on influences ranging from the sonic-crooning of Scott Walker and Nancy Sinatra to the syncopated distortion of Big Black and New Order. Their songs intertwine male and female vocals, thudding rhythms and spasmodic guitar lines doused with reverb. Drop by The Grace Darling Basement this Sunday for a perfect four-way lineup of Tangrams, The Primary, Worm Crown and WASP. Doors open 6.30pm. Entry $6.
MONDAY 30 I DO LIKE MONDAYS
Looking for your next Monday-itis cure? Then head on down to the Old Bar for ‘I Do Like Mondays’. Working with local heard and unheard bands, each Monday brings a different taste of all things electronic, lo-fi, experimental and punk. With guest DJs each week, $15 Coopers jugs all night and $3 Tinnies of Copal, your ‘Monday shoot-the-whole-day-down’ mentality will go straight out the door. This week features a set from Simon Gardam & Friends. It all kicks off at 8pm. Entry is $6.
DEAR MONDAY
In this great music town, there is an endless flow of new talent arriving on the scene. On Mondays, The Retreat presents four acts that represent some of the most exciting new and emerging talent we’ve seen. This is no open mic, it’s a love letter to the heart of musicality that is Melbourne, and this love letter begins with Dear Monday. Music starts at 7pm. The beers are cheap and the entry is free. There’s no excuse.
FORMLESS MONDAYS ‘Formless Mondays’ are a series of gigs that aim to showcase a different live music experience for punters and performers alike. Each week bands are given longer set times to encourage improvisation, collaboration and experimentation. If you’re looking to shake up your Monday night then head down to The Catfish in Fitzroy for an unpredictable night, showcasing the diversity of Melbourne’s vast musical talent. Free entry from 8.30pm with $4 pots and $7 pints of Mountain Goat Steam Ale.
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YAH YAH’S RE-LAUNCH IN JULY
A few months back, Melbourne’s maverick of rock’n’roll Mr James Young couldn’t sit idly by and watch Yah Yah’s be knocked down. The co-owner of Cherry Bar quickly snapped it up, effectively snatching it from the jaws of restaurateurs. So how about a fucking party? Young’s got a month-long celebration planned for all you maniacs to relaunch his new baby. All through July you’ll be able to catch the whipped cream of our city’s killer rock scene slay the Yah Yah’s stage. Lighting up the joint for a month-long Friday residency is the Redcoats, Child and Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene who’ll kick off their aural assault on July 4, while Bonjah will take over the stage the following night. The week after, on July 12, Dead City Ruins will tear up what’s left of the stage. By the time Drunk Mums rock up on July 19 there’ll probably only be a few bits of timber left of the stage and Kingswood’s gig on July 24 will probably see them playing in a cavernous hole. Get your arse down to Yah Yah’s next month and let the developers and restaurateurs everywhere know they can’t fuck with the Melbourne music scene.
STRAIGHT ARROWS
Straight Arrows’ new album Rising is released this Friday June 13. To celebrate the release, the good people at Pitchfork Shake Appeal are streaming the full album in advance as part of an interview with Angie. To carry on with the good news, a vinyl edition of Rising will be available July 11. In support of the new record, Straight Arrows hit the road this week playing up and down the east coast with TV Colours. You can find them in Melbourne at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday July 12.
SOUL-A-GO-GO
Soul-A-Go-Go is back this July in the heart of the city at Shebeen, on Manchester Lane. Soul-A-Go Go is Melbourne’s biggest soul and funk party and it’s back. Featuring PBS DJs Miss Goldie (Boss Action), Vince Peach (Soul Time), Matt McFeteridge ( Jungle Fever), DJ Manchild (The Breakdown), and Chelsea Wilson ( Jazz got Soul) with special guests Alessia Pegoli & Jack Sparrow. It’s $10 for members and $15 for future members. Get there early as it fills up quick. Saturday July 7 from 9pm right through to 3am at Shebeen.
EMILY ULMAN
Emily Ulman has established herself as one of Melbourne’s finest singer/songwriters. She is applauded for her lyrical honesty (ranging from moving and confessional, to humorous and self-deprecating), and the sheer beauty of her clear, distinctive vocal delivery. Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is a perfect opportunity for Ulman to road test some of her new material in six of Melbourne’s most intimate venues including Kent Street, The Standard, Grumpy’s Green, Long Play, The Owl & the Cat and Some Velvet Morning. Joining Emily will be different guests for each show such as Phil Gionfriddo ( Jacky Winter, Sam Cooper (Sagamore), Etta Curry and Nellie Jackson (Loose Tooth), Fraser A. Gorman, Lucy Jean Roleff and Sarah Mary Chadwick. Visit leapsandboundsmusicfestival. com for dates and details.
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LOWER PLENTY
Named after a Melbourne suburb, Lower Plenty are comprised of some of the city’s most talented musicians. The quartet of Daniel Twomey (percussion), Jensen Tjhung (guitar + vocal), Sarah Heyward (percussion + vocal) and Al Montfort (guitar + vocal) hail from various other bands such as Deaf Wish, Total Control, UV Race and The Focus. A departure from the harsher sounds of their other projects, Lower Plenty create beautifully melancholic suburban country music that’s made (and often performed) while sitting around the kitchen table. Lower Plenty are launching their third full-length release, Life/Thrills, at the John Curtin Band Room. Entry is $10 and doors open at 8.30pm.
Thrashed from Sydney are not your usual metal band. The Shire boys boss the stage with a beastly live show backed by a loyal fan base not seen since the heyday of Pantera, but they’re equally as likely to bare their hairy physiques in a leotard, practice some aerobics and post it on YouTube for the world to see. They’ll be stopping off in Melbourne as a part of their east coast tour at The Espy front bar on Friday July 25.
TRIBUTE TO CHICK RATTEN
As part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival this year there will be a huge show on at the Rainbow Hotel in St David Street, Fitzroy in tribute to the legendary
late Chick Ratten. Apart from being the publican of the Rainbow, Chick was a pioneer when it came to dealing with the problems which arose due to the gentrification of Fitzroy. On Saturday July 12 there will be an all-day show in his honour with some of the acts that played there regularly while he owned the pub. Werner Martin, who ran the ‘Hot Damn Tamale’ show for twelve years on a Wednesday night, will MC the event. Confirmed performers are Dave Hogan’s Meltdown, Andy Baylor and band, the Grand WaZoo, Sarah Carroll, Chris Wilson, Kerri Simpson and Lisa Miller with Matt Walker plus many more to be announced. It will be one long merry day at The Rainbow on Saturday July 12 with live music starting at 2pm and kickin’ on till late.
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Footscray’s mighty Reverence Hotel has announced its second birthday bonanza, and holy shit, the new additions to the lineup are pretty damn sweet. The legendary Hard-Ons are joining the party, along with party-starters Heads of Charm. It'll be a night filled with cheeky grins, fists in the air, friends, food and many, many drinks. Oh, and let's not forget Beat's all time fuckin' favourite psychedelic-reggae-skadoom-metal-punk-rock bandits The Bennies, who'll also be joining in the party. Friendly New Yorker Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry band leader) will be bringing the vibes with his solo material. Newly beloved emo-rock locals Ceres will provide sweet singalongs. Adelaide’s Hightime will dish up their high energy posi-punk rock, and new dudes Regrets have all the moody punk rock your heart could desire (and hey, isn’t that the singer from A Death in the Family?). Super-special guests to be announced soon. Best of all, tickets will only set you back $20 a pop. Get ‘em quick via The Reverence Hotel’s website.
DAMON SMITH
Damon Smith is deliriously happy to finally launch It’s Time to Let the Wolves Out, the debut single and from his shiny new soon-to-be released album as part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival. It’s Time to Let the Wolves Out enters the room with strut and swagger, all souled-out and funked up with righteous backing vocals set against the backdrop of a hugely contagious melody. Don’t miss the single launch on Thursday July 10 from 8pm at the Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford.
BROWN RIVER
Join RRR’s Jonnie Von Goes at the 2014 edition of the crown jewel gig of last year’s Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, Brown River. For the second year running, JVG presents a night of variety extravagance reminiscent of one of his epic and infamous BBQ days or his Stopping All Stations Except East Richmond gigs. The municipality will be celebrated and dissected in song and poetry by a star-studded cast of artisans. A lot of music happens in the City of Yarra, a lot of other stuff happens in the city of Yarra. A lot of music and a lot of other stuff will happen at the Yarra Hotel on Friday July 4.
THE BROKEN NEEDLES
The Broken Needles return home from their tour to launch their new record Holy Coast on July 19 at The Catfish in Fitzroy. The Melbourne-based band’s second record sees their ferocious twin-guitar attack gracefully supplanted by billowing synth textures, meandering pedal steel lines and baroque string arrangements; igniting a flickering, slow-burning lounge flame with a pulsing undercurrent of detached lunacy and seroquel soul. But don’t fret, Melburnians – if it’s squalls of fuzz & feedback you seek, there is still plenty of bubbling piss & vinegar left in this old grey mule to keep your guts gurgling and ears oozing into next week. Joining them in support are Ivy St., Tender Bones and Willow Darling.
PIERCE BROTHERS
To celebrate the release of their highly anticipated EP The Night Tree, the charismatic indie-folk duo The Pierce Brothers have been touring and selling out venues across the country. 2014 has seen the band move in leaps and bounds, achieving over 20,000 CD sales independently. The twin brothers will play two shows at Shebeen – Thursday 26 and Friday 27 July.
Define your genre in five words or less: Honest, road-worn, Australian, country, gritpop. What do you hate about the music industry? The Voice, Australia’s Got Talent, X-Factor, Australian Idol – all those soul crushing, money grabbing, morally bankrupt shows that create neonlit illusions of success. They damage people and stink up the music industry landscape. And now they’ve decided to start the exploitation early and create The Voice – KIDS! Damn them all to hell. It makes me sick to my bootlaces. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? It’s hard if you’re trying to work a day job and have a music career (which is just about all of us). But if you’re not working a day job you generally have no money so that’s hard, too. For me it’s a case of waiting for one to consume the other and hoping the music wins out. We’re doing really well at the moment so the day job is definitely ‘on the ropes’. You just have to accept that you will indeed be tired all the time. In any case, playing shows and making records pretty much cancels all the shit stuff out so it’s something I need to be doing. What can a punter expect from your live show? Expect beer, wine and spirits. The band is rugged, handsome and talented, the music is beautifully played, the songs are honest and cathartic and the lyrics are good. If we’ve had too much to drink, the previous sentence does not apply. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Our debut LP Raised By Eagles is available at all good record stores, or from our website raisedbyeagles.com, as well as iTunes, and wherever we play. We’ve just finished recording our follow-up LP for release later in the year. We’re very ex-
cited about it! Think ‘80s Tom Petty, meets Paul Kelly’s Coloured Girls, meets ‘70s West Coast rock’n’roll, meets Americana – and you’re in the ball-park. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why? The guy who came up with five and six string basses; that was a stupid idea. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? We recently toured with Matt Walker’s Lost Ragas, which is something I could happily do forever. That band is so good. We got to play first every night, then we’d relax, drink beers and watch them play some of the most soul shaking music I’ve ever heard. Very inspirational. An added bonus during that tour was that we organised to record our new album with Roger Bergodaz at his Tender Trap Studios in Northcote. It’s proving to be the best decision we’ve ever made. As well as being a genius engineer, Roger is a superb drummer and plays bass for the Lost Ragas so he really got our rhythm section cookin’! One of the industry’s true gentlemen. When are you playing live? Our next show is on Wednesday June 25 at the long awaited (and well overdue) Melbourne Folk Club. We can’t wait for this one. The Bella Union is where we launched out first record in July last year. It’s such a beautiful room and really gets the best out of you as a performer. The Melbourne Folk Club is a weekly live concert series that runs every Wednesday night featuring local, national and international acts, focusing on quality songwriting and engaging, raw performances. We’ll be playing this one with Steve Smyth and Rowena Wise. You can check it out and get tickets from themelbournefolkclub.com
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews DARK MOFO MONA, Hobert DARK FAUX MO Odeon Theatre, Hobart, Thursday June 19
AFTERLIFE (DARK FAUX MO) Dark Mofo (MONA), Saturday June 21
In light of our city’s unassailable cultural taboo on dancing, consider it a miracle that so many Melbourne blowins on cheeky three-day weekenders decided to follow local custom, joining the restive Hobart natives in utterly losing their shit to The Bronx on the floor of the Odeon. Singer Matt Caughthran set the mood early, throwing out belligerence and bile and every modern iteration of the f-bomb to the crowd, and receiving everything short of a Tom Jones volley of sopping wet underwear in return. Pole-vaulting himself into the crowd during set closer Heart Attack American, Caughthran disappeared from view and invited whispered speculation as to whether or not he had shed his earthly form and transmuted into a being of pure hateful energy. Elsewhere, Triple R’s manic pixie dream boy La Pocock held court with disco bangers among the velvet deco features of the upstairs bar. Setting the room’s tone for the evening, topless dancing was first tolerated, then encouraged, and finally mandatory. In the crew space at the back of the building, a Sunn O))) / Shoshin collaboration blanketed the room with enough fog to smoke an entire piggery of hams, and enough auditory dread to rival the killing floor. Mykki Blanco gave the standout performance, wielding his mic stand as if dramatising the Stations of the Cross, while the mix of rumbling bass and sharp hisses and meows from a distressed cat soundboard threatened to tear open a sinkhole beneath the vinyl theatre floor. A perfect example of the pastiche and eclecticism that makes Dark MOFO so entrancing, rivalling even David Walsh’s laudable fondness for placing Tracey Moffat tableaus next to scat-themed art.
Minutes before entering Dark Mofo’s Afterlife event, I finished reading Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. Mishima’s opulent prose makes it a beautiful read, but the coverage of failed hopes and radical evil frequently subvert the romantic conclusions one’s tempted to draw. Anyhow, it was an apt entrée to Afterlife. Total Control, Kirin J Callinan and HTRK are all artful songwriters, smarter than your average rockers, who temper beautiful song craft with perverse darkness and notes of discord. The most subdued of tonight’s performers, HTRK were up first with a set derived exclusively from their latest (and best) LP, Psychic 9-5 Club. The record’s a mostly electronic work that relies on subtlety and icy intimacy. For its live execution, HTRK’s two constituents stood side-by-side behind a keyboards-and-effects station to disperse fragrances from a place that felt mysteriously out of reach. Indeed, despite their physical closeness, Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang barely even acknowledged one another. Still, the two individuals worked together to build consistently creeping moods, which suggested sensuality rather than prescribed it. Up next was Kirin J Callinan, who makes obnoxiously physical music. Callinan and his three onstage companions effortlessly gripped the Odeon Theatre with an absolutely novel melding of depraved Euro dance, industrial rock and ‘80s power balladry. Drummer Dave Jenkins functions as a human drum machine, while keyboard player Tex Crick is a frighteningly obedient mini-Callinan. But attention was principally centred on the ridiculously coiffured man in the middle. While Callinan often plays around with things freakish and absurd, songs such as Victoria M. and Halo showed he can convincingly hit anthemic highs (and proved his brutal Australian intonation is no mere shield). Without recourse to hyperbole, it’s safe to say there’s no one else in the world quite like Kirin J Callinan. Closing out the event was Melbourne quasi-supergroup, Total Control. Nevermind that the band’s new record, Typical System, is replete with pristine synths, horns and classic post-punk-meets-new-wave melodies. Onstage they maintain their assaulting presence. A barrage of angered baritone from Dan Stewart, and forcible disturbance from his guitar playing and drumming henchmen, whipped everyone to attention. Total Control’s influences might be easy to pick (Wire, Devo, Joy Division) but a tribute act they ain’t. The reason for this is the absolute – nigh-on tragic – necessity they convey. Yes there’s been bands who have issued a similar sound before now, but utilising this familiar voice, Total Control summon their own maligned reality. From See More Glass to Retiree and Expensive Dog, the setlist was a LOVED: All Austrayan, all amazin’ relentless display of passion, which could have lasted all night. HATED: Life? DRANK: Moo Brew AUGUSTUS WELBY
SEAN SANDY DEVOTIONAL LOVED: Using scientific method to gauge the general munt factor of the late evening by observing the different puddles of sick in the men’s room sinks HATED: Overlayering for a mild Hobart night and dragging my duffle coat around like some fool DRANK: Sneaky sips of other people’s Moo Brew
SUNN O))) / EARTH / VEIL OF DARKNESS Odeon Theatre, Hobart, Friday June 20 Two days prior, Dark MOFO sent out a firmly-worded caveat emptor to ticketholders, absolving themselves of any responsibility for hearing loss and promising earplugs to all and sundry: “Consider this your warning: this performance will be loud. Like, really loud.” It was a brave fool who defied this warning when Veil of Darkness materialised on the stage. Festooned in cloak and collars, Striborg defied his Howard Hughes reputation by leaving the empty Kleenex boxes for his hands and feet back in the gothic grotto from which he emerged. Delivering an almost implausibly textured performance with an iPad synth and stripped back array of pedals, Striborg’s ghoulish rumbling masterfully galvanised the theatre’s creeping sense of tense unease. Dylan Carlson strode into view looking every bit like he’d just crossed the Mojave Desert on foot, grizzled and gaunt with a ferocious glint in his eyes. In a set skewing towards the post-wilderness years between Pentastar and the Divine and Bright EP, Earth treated the assembled to a sonorous rendition of There Is a Serpent Coming from their upcoming album, with Adrienne Davies’ forceful, almost frugal work on the drums hinting at the pride of place the September release will occupy in the band’s catalogue. The smoke machines hit at intermission and didn’t let up until halfway through the Sunn O))) set, at which point no-one in the room would’ve have been surprised if Cthulhu itself rose from the fog. Certainly it felt as if the crowd was party to a pagan festival, with Marshall stacks and every surplus amp head in the state arranged in a semi-circle like a modern Stonehenge charting the passage of the impending winter solstice. Pinned to their seats by the sheer force of sound, writhing under the weight of every errant otherworldly shriek, the two-hour set was a difficult ask even for those who celebrate the marriage of music and masochism like others do bread and butter. Those of us who survived to the end were beaten into submission, but the few of us left with our eardrums unperforated will be ready to sing the praises of our captors forever. SEAN SANDY DEVOTIONAL LOVED: Dylan Carlson’s effusive joy at being in Tasmania (and also alive) HATED: Though they came perilously close, Sunn O))) did not fulfill my wish of hitting the Brown Note and making everyone in the room void their bowels DRANK: Maker’s Mark
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THE BRONX & HIGH TENSION 170 Russell, Tuesday June 17 Hardcore originated as corrective action against stifling social conditions and overly fussy guitar music. Generally speaking, this angry punk rock offshoot gives voice to broadly festering frustration, which makes it a very inclusive genre. The Bronx do hardcore in the tradition of early Black Flag – i.e. they sound ready to punch you in the face – but the Californian five-piece don’t come across as surly punks. This isn’t a criticism; the group’s never nominated themselves as the baddest motherfuckers out there. The bottom line is that, in a live setting, the LA punks’ primary emphasis is on having a damn good time. As soon as frontman Matt Caughthran walked onstage, wearing a generous smile and holding three bottles of beer, it was clear that filthy fun was the order of the evening. As is his custom, the paunchy skinhead spent plenty of time getting acquainted with the common folk down in the messy pit and crowd surfing from front to back. No-one else on stage really stepped forward to occupy the spotlight, but there was plenty of noteworthy activity. Drummer Jorma Vik almost deserves his own show. There’s no question about his advanced skin-bashing technique, but even more impressive was the childlike excitement with which he assumed his post. Twelve years of pulverising the kit for The Bronx and Vik’s enthusiasm was akin to repeatedly discovering the thrill of breaking stuff. The guitarists aren’t interested in being flaunty soloists; more importantly, Joby Ford and his allies displayed utter commitment to chugging through the band’s several whopping riffs. One thing that distinguishes The Bronx from militant/balls-to-the-wall hardcore is that, rather than a straight kick in the guts, the power often resides in groove. They might be primed for bloodshed, but there’s some dazzling moves to show off first. The setlist offered ample opportunity for heads and fists to shake until one or the other flew off. Also, while Caughthran largely broadcasted in a torn-up scream, his ear for anthemic melody promoted regular sing-along moments (a helpful distraction when the neck pains kicked in). Notwithstanding lyrical calls for anarchy such as “There is no revolution” or “Here comes your shitty future,” there’s nothing particularly confronting about The Bronx. Instead of instigating revolt, these reflections on existential traps are used to fire up a celebration. Tonight, we all joined in to physically vanquish concerns about the wicked world. AUGUSTUS WELBY LOVED: Support act High Tension HATED: The fuckin’ Eagles DRANK: Stubbies
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews THE SUPERSUCKERS Ding Dong, Saturday June 21 That was awesome. It was destined to be. After all, The Supersuckers are “the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world,” albeit self-described. They look every bit the part – all in black, two pairs of aviators, one big beard and a lot of long hair and tats. They walk out together and pause collectively to fly the two-fingered rock salute. Fittingly, there’s not a hipster in sight. It’s a solid rock dog fan base. The band opens with two tracks from the new album Get the Hell, the title track and Fuck Up, and they proceed to rip through the rest of the set at break neck speed (highlights including Bad, Bad, Bad, from The Sacrilicious Sounds of The Supersuckers, Pretty Fucked Up off Motherfuckers Be Trippin’ and a scorching cover of Rock‘n’Roll Singer by AC/DC). Although they do cowpunk so very well, tonight is all about straight down the line, very dirty rock’n’roll. Eddie Spaghetti is a super charismatic frontman. He plays the crowd like an old-school, Southern evangelist and his voice is all gravel and glass. Spaghetti’s cowboy hat is firmly planted on his head. Firmly planted, too, is the tongue in the band’s cheek. How could it not be, when they’re singing songs with lyrics like “you can use my dick for a walking stick as well.” They’re funny and it’s not just the lyrics. It’s “Metal” Marty Chandler’s birthday (one of the guitarists). The crowd, unbidden, sings him happy birthday – his response is “I’m as high as fuck.” Spaghetti intimates Chandler’s looking rough for 29 (he’s not 29). Chandler puts it down to “the red wine, the pharmaceuticals, the girls.” Rock’n’roll theatrics abound, Dan “Thunder” Bolton, the other guitarist, nearly takes out a disco ball, when he, Spaghetti and Chandler stand on the front of the stage, holding their guitars aloft. Denouncing encores as “bullshit”, Spaghetti says they’re staying on LOVED: 400 people flying the bird the stage “to finish what we started”. Being the good crowd pleasers they are, The Supersuckers finish with Born with a Tail. So satisfying. during Born with a Tail HATED: Nothing DRANK: Soda water MEG CRAWFORD
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RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP Elsternwick Park, Sunday June 22 Ah, isn’t the Reclink Community Cup such a wonderful event? It’s one of the only live music oriented celebrations which I (as a resident of the Bayside City Council) can feel proud to say is close to home. This year’s event was nothing short of awesome, with a lineup that included a barrage of spectacular Victorian live music, and a game of footy that was well worth the $10 donation at the gate. I rocked up to the Elsternwick Football Ground right on doors, knowing I needed to write this review only a few hours later, and I figured that catching all the bands would help me perceive a well-rounded image of the event to report on efficiently. I was a little embarrassed that I was unfamiliar with the show’s opening band, Elmo and Friends, until I rocked up and realised that it was a show which included Elmo and Cookie Monster singing children’s songs, which despite going down an absolute treat for the kids, I didn’t quite enjoy given the fact that their target demographic doesn’t happen to be hung-over dudes in their twenties. Thankfully for me, not long after I was graced with the presence of Fraser A. Gorman, whose classic Australian country/folk stylings are forever a pleasure to be around. Next up were crowd favourites The Smith Street Band, who had their loyal fan base singing every word as sexy vocalist Wil Wagner screamed out his heart to his personalised lyrics, which feature topics of near death experiences and love/loss, and once they had completed their set, the game was to start. It was a close match of footy with The Megahertz falling behind the class AFL skills of the almighty Rockdogs. In the entire history of the Reclink Community Cup, The Megahertz have walked away with the cup only once, and unfortunately for them, this year was not going to be their second. Although to The Megahertz’s advantage, I feel like the selection process may be a bit of a statistical anomaly due to their team being made up of community radio types who are far less common to find than live music types. And given The Rockdogs featured Ross Knight of Cosmic Psychos on their team, their opposite really didn’t really stand a chance (I mean, could you imagine that guy chasing after you? I’d probably wet myself if I had to look him in the eye and simply shake his hand). As per usual, Saskwatch killed it during their soul-filled half time set, and their cover of Gorillaz track Some Kind of Nature was a treat throughout their funky/soul back catalogue. After the match, the crowd were delighted with Melbourne’s iconic Painter and Dockers, who had the audience in the palms of their hands during classics like Die Yuppie Die and You’re Going Home in the Back of a Divi Van. At 6pm the gates had closed and the few remaining stumbled just up the road to the Elsternwick Hotel for some post-game beers. Until next year, viva la Community Cup! LOVED: Finding twenty dollars on the ground and donating it to Reclink STEVE WILLIAMS HATED: Nothing DRANK: Cider
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ARCHER The Workers Club, Sunday June 22 This is a rare treat. Archer is an elusive dude and plays infrequently. It’s more than that, though. Hiss voice is mindblowing. If you shut your eyes, he’s a grizzled, old blues man. He wanders casually on to the stage, without any fanfare, and just starts picking away. He looks like ike he’s strolled ments to register straight in from the dirt and dust. It’s such an understated start that it takes the crowd a few moments what’s happening. Once they do, everyone’s transfixed. Many in the crowd are long-time fans (one guy makes the same request he has been putting forr five years and Archer plays it tonight). There’s such obvious warmth between him and the crowd. Every call for a time check is met with “another 10 minutes.” No one wants this to end. Things don’t run conventionally. Archer’s $19 Cash Converters’ guitar is out of tune and won’t cooperate, so he swaps it for Mitch Brown’s Gibson (Brown provided the excellent support). He invites anyone whoo wants to play a song to the stage and seems quite genuine in the offer. Then later, without forewarning, he invites Brown to return to the stage and play in his stead. He’s very self-effacing. oss, retribution, All of the songs are in the vein of blues/country/hillbilly, so, as you’d expect, they’re about love, loss, cheating partners, death and drunkenness. It’s not all sad though. Archer is bloody funny and so are some of his songs. Lemon Tree, in particular (which is about being so loved up that you don’t need to leave the bedroom, not even to pee). That’s a highlight, but others include the equally funny Love Grass (a song comparing that shitty grass that sheds seeds, which stick to your socks for eternity and relationships) and Garden, which is beautiful, slow country. This is where Archer really excels. In fact, the crowd bay for slow songs. Fire is another stand out. It’s almost classical guitar and he sings low and slow, a bit reminiscent of LOVED: Archer’s voice and his call to Smog, but only better – I shit you not. revolution HATED: Nothing MEG CRAWFORD DRANK: Mineral water CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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SYN SWEET 10 1. What Is This Heart HOW TO DRESS WELL 2. First Day LOUISE LOVE 3. We Are Strangers ALI E 4. Pull The Trigger APES 5. Stone Age Brain JEN CLOHER reflect their personal battles with those niggling feelings of nostalgia and sense of not knowing what the fuck you’re doing. The musical arrangements build on those ideas, pressing the listener to hark back to their own melancholy memories. However, it’s not depressing as each track is almost like a celebration of those times, with a string section bursting on almost every track. Chuck it on and relive those days you wish could go on forever. RHYS MCRAE
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Burn up the Road (Create/Control) In his strongest track since 2007’s killer Second Chance, Kiwi dynamo Liam Finn unleashes infectious guitardriven fury amongst his proven pop acumen. The film clip sees Finn duke it out on CGI bikes with transTrasman brother-in-crime Kirin J Callinan.
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No Name Blues (Fruits & Flowers) Harnessing the extracurricular politically-minded theatrics of their recent Supernatural Amphitheatre visits, Dick Diver articulate the current fucked state of affairs – “Hang up the boots / This country’s made for suits” – with a punchy charm, sharing common ground with UV Race that goes beyond Al Monfort’s inimitable vocals. It all segues into a gently cacophonous wall of sound. No Name Blues is out on US boutique Fruits & Flowers, coupled with the ace B-side cover of Coloured Stone’s Lonely Life.
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After the Crack Up (Dark Satanic/Caroline) Returning from hiatus with a dreamy, understated bang, rightfully well-loved tunesmiths Augie March wrap their melodic ear around lush folk tones on After the Crack Up. It’s a dream, a breeze, maybe lacking the substance of their pre-hiatus gold, but the cheesy singalong moments somehow work. It’s good to have them back.
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There currently seems to be an apparently new idea that all of us in our early to mid-20s will probably be going through a ‘quarter-life crisis’. It’s an idea describing a feeling of being lost in the world and having misplaced the sense of purpose we gained from our full and rewarding teen years. The two Swedish sisters that make up First Aid Kit have hit that age of near maturity and their latest offering seems to have encapsulated those ideas of nostalgic memories of glory days past. There’s a feeling of melancholy and bravado that carries throughout the album as Klara and Johanna’s perfectly harmonised vocal acrobatics astound and delight. After the initial striking violin line on opener My Silver Lining, Klara makes a declaration of apathy to the struggle of answering those eternally tough life questions. “I don’t want to wait anymore/I’m tired of looking for answers/take me someplace where there’s music and laughter.” The Söderberg sisters’ brand of country folk matches the mood of the lyrics perfectly and with backing from the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, the songs became quite grandiose arrangements. However, the core of each Nashville-tinged tune is still Klara’s guitar, Johanna’s piano and their perfectly intertwined voices which are always kept at the forefront of each recording. The harmonised vocal lines are the flashpoint throughout the album, becoming most evident on the duo’s newer single Cedar Lane. The chorus mesmerises the ears as their voices weave a waltz with the vocal melody floating from high to low on each alternate word. First Aid Kit have crafted an album that seems to
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KASABIAN
48:13 (Sony)
There comes a time in every bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence where they need to send a message confirming that they grasp where the music industry is headed as far as their place in it. If we accept that the industry changes every two to three years, bands need to keep their finger on the pulse in order to have a chance at remaining relevant. Kasabian have gone through these cycles and are up to album five. They may well harbour an innate understanding of what they are trying to achieve. Their endeavours are becoming more and more akin to a six-year-old firing a machine gun. Bullets fly everywhere but only a few will hit the target. The results are self-evident. And you don't have to be a genius to work out that 48:13 is the running time of the album. It could so easily have been more cryptic and refer to, say, page 48 of line 13 of their favourite manifesto. Anyway, this was just a thought. In the exchange for their hard earned, fans will get enough tracks for their buck. Unfortunately, some are so short that they hardly warrant being called songs. Several others recall The Happy Mondays in their darkest, drug-hazed hue. Eez-Eh, Bumblebee, Doomsday are all the type of twistinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; my melon tracks that any rave head, full to the gills of multi-coloured pills, wide jeans and sleep deprivation, would pick themselves up for just one more assault on the dance floor. Sadly, too many of the other songs are unhinged rave ups, trying to be up to the minute but forever peering over their shoulder. By trying to capture too many ideas, 48:13 loses BEST TRACK: Eez-Eh focus and becomes a jumbled eardrum buzz. But, they are IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LIKE THIS: THE HAPPY headlining Glastonbury, so they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be doing too much MONDAYS, CARTER USM, MOBY, THE PRODIGY wrong. Conversely, nor are they doing too much right. IN A WORD: Delirious BRONIUS ZUMERIS
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Blue Volume is the Melbourne MCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second solo album, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an impressive collection that reaches the heights of his best work with TZU. Say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Good opens with a gutsy bass riff, and plays as a raw political protest. Bringing a Santigoldflavour to the track are none other than the Victorian Roller Derby girls. Connect starts like an early Regurgitator song, then splices grunge riffs with the vocals of local singer Ecca Vandal. Unfortunately, the chorus isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as catchy as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hoped. Everyone Everything is a futuristic anthem, along with electric chords and heavy synth drums. Everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great until the auto-tune rant at the end. Why do artists think auto-tuned vocals will ever improve a song? They wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. They never will. In the Morning goes back to the golden age of hip hop, starting with a simple piano backing and building the tempo gradually. However, it never erupts in the instrumental climax youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping for. Nostromo is an interesting collaboration with The Smith Street Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wil Wagner. The vocals are harsh and dry, but it suits the song well. In comparison, Out of the Blue is very simple, subdued and beautifully unexpected. With the soft and soulful backing of Kaity Dunstan, this is easily the best on the album. Fly Away starts with old school percussion and is picked up by a summer-sounding guitar strum. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice but a little too safe for the usually-outspoken artist. The clapping behind Bang the Boogie sounds a lot like TZUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mondays, but is saved by a fun chorus and lyrical structure. The instrumentals of Easy Go are best described as progressive urban rock â&#x20AC;&#x201C; held together by the emotional vocal effects of Madeleine Paige. How Many People doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pack the same punch, with a heavy synthesised backing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to enjoy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saved by some creative storytelling. Not In My Name is another political message that will probably go unheard by most due to the rather slow nature of the song. The strings and country-hymn vocals add a nice touch. Much like the previous track Easy Go, the instrumentals behind Care Anymore are heavily influenced by progressive â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s bands like Massive Attack. While theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re complemented BEST TRACK: Out of the Blue by his creative wordplay, Joelisticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; incredible IF YOU LIKED THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LOVE THIS: TZU, compositions would still be impressive on their own. SETH SENTRY, MASSIVE ATTACK IN A WORD: Velocious CHRIS BRIGHT
ALLDAY
Start Up Cult (ONETWO) This is good rap merged with some very beautiful electronica, which verges on the ambient in places, and some old school R&B. Allday is a young dude. So, unsurprisingly, the album is heavily weighted towards songs about girls, getting some, getting drunk or high, and dissatisfaction. The beauty is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not miserable. Mostly, Allday raps. In fact, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing on the basis his mates told him he has a shit voice. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s under-selling himself. He sings (as well as raps) on a couple of tracks, notably You Always Know the DJ, and he does a fine job. Anything But Sober stands out as an anomaly on the album. Everything else is easy on the ear, but this one is deliberately discordant. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simultaneously a compelling and challenging listen. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also sad, with lyrics like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I drink through every single crisis,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never sober, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always drunk.â&#x20AC;? Having said that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a miserable album though there is some angst â&#x20AC;&#x201C; maybe even a hint of nihilism. On Taking Hold, Allday says that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope it kills me, because I need the pain,â&#x20AC;? and on Right Now he actually says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s having an â&#x20AC;&#x153;existential crisisâ&#x20AC;? (even though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not entirely sure BEST TRACK: Wolves what it is). IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LIKE THIS: Tightrope ILLY PS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it turns out that God Starve the Queen is not a IN A WORD: Appealing punk/rap anthem. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a break up song.
Utopia (Forthwrite Records/EMI) Nice guys and rap music â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a combination that rarely works. Nevertheless, much like nasty film villains, rhyme-spitting deviants still attract plenty of affectionate followers. In recent years Melbourne pop-hopper Matt Colwell (aka 360) has managed to strike the balance between ugly and much loved to chart-topping effect. Utopia, his third LP, is rife with braggadocio and middle fingers to naysayers. But salable redemption comes from the fact he sounds like a daggy, average dude. The recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thematic scope is tediously thin. Colwell offers first person details of thwarting personal struggles (a career in rap, addiction). While simplified self-help mantras such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not behind me stay the fuck out my way,â&#x20AC;? will speak to a broad listenership, Colwell really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it any further. Essentially, after overcoming his demons and adversaries, the best he has to offer is a dull, gloating account of the fact heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done so. Radio-ready production prevents the record from being completely unpleasant (and ensures TV syncs aplenty), but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suit Colwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ungraceful vocals. With a bit of fire behind him, perhaps the rapping couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gathered potency. Instead, Utopia struggles even to be offensive. Sixavelli and Eddie Jones, a couple of garish shock value pieces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; featuring references to being aroused at a funeral and the unfathomable size of Colwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genital appendage BEST TRACK: Early Warning (too big for a hashtag, would you believe it) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both suffer from IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL LIKE THIS: TWO AND a malnourished vocal delivery sitting atop a 2D backdrop. A HALF MEN, CROWN LAGER, SCREAMING JETS Yep, worse than being horrible, Utopia is just plain boring. IN A WORD: Decaf AUGUSTUS WELBY
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 25 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
RED LANTERN COLONY + YOU & YOUR FRIENDS + FIERCE MILD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00. 30/70 + LAZERCATS 2000 Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00. COQ ROQ WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: JOYBOT + AGENT 86 Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. DEAD BRIAN + VACANT SMILES + ALICE D Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. FAME MUSIC RADIO - FEAT: VOODOOCAIN + THE PASS OUTS + NAT ALLISON + LEBELLE + MARCH IN MOSCOW + AS CROWS FLY Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. FLOUR + THE NUCLEAR FAMILY + SHIT SEX Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. FREE LIKE ME + PASSERINE + JOSH CASHMAN + DAVID ADAMS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. GRUDGE + ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD + CORDELL + BOMBS OVER BRUNSWICK + FEVERTEETH Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. HORSE HUNTER + CHILD + FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MCBAIN + LOOSE TEETH + CROTCH + CREASES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. NEW GODS + JIM LAWRIE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00. NIGEL WEARNE Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. NINOX + YOU & YOUR FRIENDS + LALA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 7:30pm. $5.00. OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. PLUGGED/ UNPLUGGED - FEAT: NAT ALISON Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. SUPER UNSIGNED MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: LIZARDS ON ICE + CRASH & BURN + DARIO & ELISE + TAYLAH CARROL + JESSICA HOLT + SEARCHING IN SILENCE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. $15.00. THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: ARIELA JACOBS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THE CONTROLS + A STRANGE DAY + THE SOLICITORS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. WALTZ Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.00. WOODLOCK (SINGLE LAUNCH) + WALKER Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DAN SHEEHAN INFINITE APE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. DIZZY’S BIG BAND WITH PETER HEARNE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $25.00. FIGHT CLUB + STEPHEN MAGNUSSON 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. GIRLS ON KEY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAZZ IN THE ATTIC - FEAT: SONNY VERONICA TRIO Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MONASH RECITAL NIGHT - FEAT: CHRIS CAMERON + JACK BEECHE + JAMES CARTER + CHRISTOPHER VIZARD + TIMOTHY WILLIS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10.00. THE CALLAWAY SISTERS - FEAT: ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY + LIZ CALLAWAY Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $80.00. THE DILETTANTE HATER’S EDINBURGH - FEAT: FIREBIRD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $50.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
FREEDOM Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. JESS MCAVOY + CAT CANTERI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. KEITH URBAN + SHEPPARD Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $99.90. OPEN MIC/JAM Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. REBECCA BARNARD Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. STRUMARAMA Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 5:30pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL’S OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. THE MELBOURNE FOLK CLUB - FEAT: RAISED BY EAGLES + STEVE SMYTH + ROWENA WISE Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. THE TESKEY BROTHERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: ALI E + LEISHA J Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY JUNE 26 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
THE NAYSAYERS + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD + THE DEAD THREADS The Vineyard, St Kilda. 11:00pm. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 40
2014 BAND WARS - FEAT: STRANGERS IN TOWN + SHEWOLF + THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT + WILD VIOLET Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. 3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC WITH BLAIR STAFFORD + JOHN DOE + MONTY MCGAW + BENSON + SAM GUDGE + DYLAN B Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. $12.00. 8 BIT LOVE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. AMETHYST CLOSE + ARCADIAN + TO LIGHT ATLANTIS + RE-JUVENATE + I CONFESS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ANIMAUX + ARTHUR PENN & THE FUNKY TEN + HORNS OF LEROY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.00. ARABELA + MORNING AFTER MORNING + WALTZ Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $6.00. BOYEUR + THE PEEKS + BRIONY MACKENZIE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00. BRENT PARLANE BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. CABIN FEVER + BOTTLECAPS + HOPES ABANDONED + POSTSCRIPT Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00. DARYL ROBERTS + DEAN HAITANI Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. DEAD WOLVES + SUBMARINES + THE BLACK ALLEYS + STONE REVIVAL Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. DRUNK MUMS + THE STRANGE + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. FULTON STREET + ALONE WITH TIGER + THE EXECUTIVES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00. MARK SNARSKI & THE FURY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. NEXT - FEAT: ANCHORS + ADMIT ONE + THE PLAYBOOK Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. SHAKE SOME ACTION - FEAT: STREETPARTY + SAMARITAN + POLYAVALANCHE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $8.00. SWEETS + OPEN SWIMMER + HAARLO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. THE ARCANE FOLLOWING + THE RIMS + ALEX LATHAM & MARIAH JAYNE + THE TRIED Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $85.40. THE HARRY HOOKEY BAND + WILD COMFORTS + JEMMA NICOLE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE HARVEY CARTELS The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. THE PIERCE BROTHERS + TIMBERWOLF + TASH SULTANA Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. THE UPSTANDING MEMBERS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm. TOYOTA WAR Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7.00. TWO HEADED DOG + FORTRESS OF NARZOD + BASKET OF MAMMOTHS + PEDRO RODRIGUEZ & HIS INNER DEAMONS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. WINTER MOON + THE LOST FRIDAYS + ROBOT MUGABE + THE LOVELY DAYS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
8 FOOT FELIX The LuWow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00. AUDREY POWNE QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. BOSSA BRUNSWICK QUARTET Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 8:30pm. BRYAN BATT (BATT ON A HOT TIN ROOF) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $45.00. CAMBE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. CREATIVE VOCAL SERIES - FEAT: AUÐUR ZOEGA + CHANTAL MITVALSKY Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: JAKE JUDD + TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. KAIN BORLASE TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. MAREK PODSTAWEK Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. MELANIE IN CONCERT - FEAT: MELANIE SAFKA + BEAU JARRED SCHEKERYK + ANDREW WORBOYS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $89.00. SAM COPE & THE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. STELLA ANGELICO + DJ VINCE PEACH & PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. THE HOODANGERS Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
WHOLE LOTTA BLUES - FEAT: STEVIE & THE
GIG OF THE WEEK!
STORY OF THE YEAR My favourite story of the year in 2013 was when my friend John* (that’s not his real name, it’s actually Adam) sent a group booty call message on a Saturday night without realising that the new iPhone update allowed all recipients to see who else got the message. You’ve probably seen this story in one of those shitty Facebook memes, but this happened just after the update. How embarrassment! The best story of the year, in 2014, will undoubtedly come after St. Louis rockers Story of the Year blast the shit out of 170 Russell on Sunday June 29.
SLEEPERS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. BEN SALTER Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOX Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. CHARLES JENKINS & THE ZHIVAGO + BAD FAMILY St Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $15.00. JAZZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: FEM BELLING & THE JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. JOSH RENNIE-HYNES + EMILEE SOUTH & STEVE GRADY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. KEITH URBAN + SHEPPARD Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $99.90. LLOYD COLE (STANDARDS TOUR) Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $50.00. MATT MALONE + THE BOY WHO SPOKE CLOUDS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. SEAN SIMMONS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. THIS WHITE LION + RACHAEL CLARKE + IAN MADDICK Highlander, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ZENITA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
FRIDAY JUNE 27 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
AIR PUNCH MUSIC LAUNCH - FEAT: MAGIC HANDS + LEHMANN B SMITH + SHADOW FEET + PETER JOSEPH HEAD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00. AMAYA LAUCIRICA + CORREY SNOEK Old Bar, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS + LOUISE ADAMS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10.00. BURIED FEATHER + THE METAL BABIES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CAN’T SAY Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CITY BUSH DANCE - FEAT: SAL KIMBER & THE BUSH BAND Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $20.00. CREATURES FROM THE BOG + BRILLIG Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. CURE BRAIN CANCER FUNDRAISER SHOW FEAT: ANGRY SEAS + STRATHMORE + TEEN KONG + LASER BRAINS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. DEEZ NUTS & CONFESSIONS (THE RAMPAGE TOUR) + HAND OF MERCY + THORNS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $22.40. EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + MICKS MIX Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00. EL MOTH + THE FLOATING BRIDGES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. FIFTH FRIEND + PURPLE TUSKS + THE BLACK ALLEYS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00. FLANAGAN’S FRIDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: GUZZLER + THE BENGAL TIGERS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 9:00pm. $5.00. FRANKENBOK + MOUSTACHE ANT + ENTER REALITY + BURY THE FALLEN Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $20.00. GARAGE-A-GOGO - FEAT: THE BAD REACTION + THE KAVE INN + GOGO GODDESSES + DJ BARBARA BLAZE + SYE SAXON The LuWow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. GENERAL/RABID ZULU Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. GRIZZLY ADAMS + THE EVER COLD + ONLY I + EVER REST Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. HEAVY JUDY - FEAT: MESA COSA + ROYSTON VASIE + DJ KEZBOT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. HIRED GUNS + DJ SQUEEZEBOX Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. HOUSE OF LAURENCE + DJ DAN LEWIS Old Bar,
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Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. JACK HOWARD & THE LONG LOST BROTHERS (CD LAUNCH) + CHARLES JENKINS + MATTY VEHL Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:40pm. $23.00. KIT CONVICT & THEE TERRIBLE TWO + GRINDHOUSE Off The Hip Records, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. LLOYD COLE (STANDARDS TOUR) Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $45.00. MYKKI BLANCO The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.50. PEELING SUN + LIZARD QUEEN + DJ DRAW 4 Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8.00. PSEUDO ECHO Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $30.00. PUSH START BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FEAT: THE RIMS + ALIAS ARISE + BRIEF CHEMISTRY + JACK FORD + THE MIYAGIS + SINISTER KIDS + POLAR OPPOSITE Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 6:30pm. $10.00. QUEENS HEAD + HEADS OF CHARM Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. RENATO’S REVOLVER Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. SHUT UP & CHOKE ME + SUB ROSA + SON OF SET! Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm. SPARES + DEVIL MONKEY + SOOP Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:15pm. THE LOVEBOMBS + MODESTY + MAGIC BONES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. THE PAST MASTERS (BEATLES TRIBUTE) St Kilda Rsl, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE PIERCE BROTHERS + TIMBERWOLF + TASH SULTANA Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00. THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY (4TH BIRTHDAY) + THE TEARAWAYS. NATHAN SEECKTS + THE DEAD CITY LIGHTS + ALL WE NEED + JAY WARS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00. THE TERRIBLE TWOS (THE B.EAST’S 2ND BIRTHDAY) The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. THE WEARY + PRETTY CITY + THE LOVELIES Gallery One Three, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
AJAK KWAI Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. BRYAN BATT (BATT ON A HOT TIN ROOF) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $50.00. CAM GILES-WEBB & THE COLLECTIVE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20.00. CERES + INITIALS + REGRETS + EMPLOYMENT 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $90.00. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20.00. RENÉE GEYER Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $40.00. STEVEN GRANT QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE PACIFIC BELLES Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND Railway Hotel (nth Fitzroy), Fitzroy North. 9:30pm. GOLD CLASS - FEAT: SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND + ORLANDO FURIOUS + THE SHIFTERS Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. LOT 56 Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 9:00pm. MAJOR TOM & THE ATOMS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. MANISHA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. OLIVER DOWNES Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. SIMONE PAGE JONES Grant Street Performance Space
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au & Bar, Southbank. 7:30pm. SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. THE JC LITTLE BIG BAND Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE PAPER KITES Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $39.50. TONI SWAIN & DUST RADIO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. TRIO AGOGO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
SATURDAY JUNE 28 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
CHERRY DEVINE The LuWow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. DAVE WRIGHT & THE MIDNIGHT ELECTRIC + LITTLE MURDERS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $12.00. BANG - FEAT: ANTAGONIST A.D + EMERSON + DECIMATE Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. BEAR THE MAMMOTH (ALBUM LAUNCH) + GLASS EMPIRE + CAT OR PILLAR + THE BLACK GALAXY EXPERIENCE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. BEATLES TRIBUTE Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BITTER SWEET KICKS + HITS + BATPISS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00. CALM SOUL + ELKKLE + RITUALS Alia Arthouse, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. DANCEHALL THROWBACK - FEAT: JESSE I + RAS CRUCIAL + NARAM + SISTA ITATIONS + RANKING YONI + BAHDOESA + SLICKER I + ZIMSON + FAADA HYPE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $10.00. DANIEL CHAMPAGNE (THE GYPSY MOON) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $18.00. DAVID DALLAS & THE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY + MOSE & THE FMLY Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. DEAD WOLVES + RIVER OF SNAKES + THE MORRISONS + MY PIRANHA + DJ BITCHY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. DRIVEN - FEAT: LUNG + AVIAR + JOSH CASHMAN + THE SPITTING SWALLOWS + HALF BREED HEROES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10.00. DV8 - FEAT: STRAWBERRY FISTCAKE + SPIDER GOAT CANYON + PEGBUCKET CBD Nightclub, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. EAST BRUNSWICK GIRLS CHOIR (ALBUM LAUNCH) + STRANGERS FROM NOW ON + TENDER BONES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. GATHERER + THE BURNING SEA + HAVE/HOLD Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $10.00. GIMME DANGER Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. GREENMAN ALLIANCE - FEAT: THE GREAT CITY + ONLY I + ADVOCATES + SWIM THROUGH SEASONS + EVER REST Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00. HIGH VIS + MESA COSA 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. HOLY MOSES HEARTACHE + NORIKO TADANO + MAGICIAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00. LUCAS MILLER + KWASI & GZUTEK + BEE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:30pm. $10.00. MARA THREAT + JESS LOCKE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. MONDO ROCK Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $69.50. PRYMAL + THE TESLA THEORY + DAMN THAT RIVER + WITNESS TO TREASON + SELLING TIME Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $12.00. RAW BRIT Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00. SLIM DIME & THE PRAIRIE KINGS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SLOW GRIND FEVER #14 - FEAT: PIERRE BARONI + MOHAIR SLIM + RICHIE1250 Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. SMASH THE DISCO - FEAT: KODIAK THROAT + JOIN THE AMISH + CABIN FEVER + COUNTER ATTACK + BATEMAN + BOMBS OVER BRUNSWICK + DJ LEOPARD HEAD Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $5.00. SOUL MATE + THOMCORDS + ELEMENT5 Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. STELLAFAUNA + THE VIBRAPHONIC ORCHESTRA Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. STRANGE TENANTS + UTTER (NO) NONSENSE (WITH RICHARD BRUCE) + LOONEE TUNES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25.00. TEETH & TONGUE (ALBUM LAUNCH) Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm. $15.00. THE ARCHAIC REVIVAL + MOTHERSLUG + THE HIGH DRIFTERS + THE SUPERGUNS Brunswick Ho-
tel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE BAD REACTION + THE BUFFALO CLUB Town Hall Hotel (north Melbourne), North Melbourne. 9:30pm. THE CAIROS + NOVA HEART + FLYYING COLOURS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.40. THE CREASES (SINGLE LAUNCH) + THE OCEAN PARTY + SNOWY NASDAQ Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $9.00. THE FLOATING BRIDGES + THE ELECTRIC I Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. THE KUJO KINGS + ADMIRAL ACKBARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE + KINGS CUP + DEL LAGO + SELF HELP Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00. THE MIDDLE NAMES + SANS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE STORMY MONDAYS + DJ XANDER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THREEZZACROWD Lincolnshire Arms Hotel, Essendon. 8:00pm. TIM HAMPSHIRE & DAN RAW + TIRED BREEDS + MAYWEATHER + GLADSTONE + MAX GOES TO HOLLYWOOD + SHADOW LEAGUE + FOLEY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. TRACY MCNEIL + SMALL TOWN ROMANCE + DAN PARSONS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00. TTTDC + AGEING Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. TURTLE MEAT FOR SMILES + MF JONES + SHEEK STAIN & THE CREEP Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm. UV RACE, LOW LIFE + III WINDS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. WARMTH CRASHES IN + STEP-PANTHER + ESC + GALAXY FOLK + A STRANGE DAY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00. WHITE HEX + PEAK TWINS + NUN + JONNY TELAFONE + DJ MILES BROWN + DJ KATE FOX Liberty Social, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
BRYAN BATT (BATT ON A HOT TIN ROOF) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 4:00 & 8:00pm. $50.00. FUNKALLEROS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. HETTY KATE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET & SARAH MACLAINE Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. KATCHAFIRE The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $50.50. NIKO SHAUBLE FOUR Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. RASTAK Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $99.00. RENĂ&#x2030;E GEYER Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $40.00. SOUNDS OF SONGLINES - FEAT: JOE GEIA + THE DEANS + MAYLENE SLATER BURNS Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $8.00. TAKADIMI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
AINTREE SWEET Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. BEWARE! BLACK HOLES Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. COUNTRY ROCK THEMED NIGHT - FEAT: BORN Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BRED + IAIN ARCHIBALD BAND + VERY HANDSOME MEN Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15.00. GLENN FORD & THE RECORD MACHINE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. GREENS DIARY ANGEL ENSEMLE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. HIGH SOCIETY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. KIM SALMON & RON PENO Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. KLEZMER GYPSY DANCE - FEAT: BOHEMIAN NIGHTS + KLEZMERITIS Northcote Uniting Church, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.00. NATHAN KAYE (DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY TOUR) St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 8:00pm. PASSERINE + MITCH POWER & THE SOUL ASSASSINS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. SPOONFUL Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE DETONATORS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE GROOVETONES Blarney Stone Irish Pub, Yarraville. 8:30pm. THE SHIVERING TIMBERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. THE STILLSONS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. VIC OLD TIME JAM SESSION - FEAT: CRAIG WOODWARD + WARREN ROUGH Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm. ZOE K Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.
THE PAPER KITES Local indie folk band The Paper Kites have 129,000 fans on Facebook. My page, Greek Interns with Chihuahuas living in Malvern, has two likes, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both quite popular. Their debut criticallyacclaimed record, States, broke the top 17 in the ARIA charts (it came 17th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I probably shouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone with top 20) so if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard them, you should. The Paper Kites play the Athenaeum on Friday June 27.
SUNDAY JUNE 29 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
ADRIAN WHYTE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 2:00pm. ARCHER + KENNY JOE BLACK Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00. BARRY THE BULLDOG BENEFIT - FEAT: CABIN FEVER + RAZORCUT + LION FIGHT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm.
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ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday June 25 With Ruth Mihelcic
There’s nothing quite like the last week of school term to get you into weekend mode and looking for pretty much anything to do that isn’t work related. So it’s fairly handy that we’ve put this column and gig guide together to list it all in one place for you. Of particular note is that early next week our free music and event industry training summits kick off. The first Push FReeZA Summit is happening on Tuesday July 1 in Camperdown and there will be a range of music industry professionals taking sessions throughout the day. The summits will then hit Fitzroy on Tuesday July 8 and Euroa on Wednesday July 9. They’re free and open for anyone to attend, all you have to do is register by THIS FRIDAY at thepush. com.au
KATCHAFIRE TEETH & TONGUE I typed ‘Teeth & Tongue wiki’ into Google and the first link is an article about ‘Tongue thrust’, so first minute I’m trying to do my job, nekminnit I’m fired for thrusting my tongue out repeatedly “in an erotic fashion.” Go figure. Teeth & Tongue is the musical project of Jess Cornelius, who employs a combination of 505 drum-machine beats and slow, bent-out-of-shape guitar lines. Teeth & Tongue’s Grids is certainly one of our albums of the year, and we can’t wait to hear it live. Teeth & Tongue plays Howler on Saturday June 28.
FRAUDFEST - FEAT: FRAUDBAND + ATOM + IMPOSSIBLE NO GOODS + JAPE SQUAD + GORSHA + THE SHABBOB + D-GRADES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. FUCK THE BUDGET - FEAT: COFFIIN WOLF + THE FCK UPS + THUNDABOX + CITYWIDE WILDCAT + LIQUOR SNATCH + MAMMOTH GRAVEYARD + INTOXICATED MEMORIES Melbourne Anarchist Club, Northcote. 3:00pm. GRUMPY NEIGHBOUR Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. INITIALS + TYLER RICHARDSON + TOM LANYON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. KOOLCHANGE Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. LLOYD COLE (STANDARDS TOUR) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $50.00. MINIMUM WAGE SHOW - FEAT: LOW LIFE + VACUUM + POWER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm. MODESTY + JEMMA & HER MEN + THE NIGHT PARTY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. PRESTON SKATE MASSIVE - FEAT: BOSKO ROCK + STONE DESERT + JAREK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. STORY OF THE YEAR 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: THE KREMLINGS + YOUNG LIBERALS + SUBTERRANEAN RAIN + FERMUNTED Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. TANGRAMS + THE PRIMARY + WORM CROWN + WASP Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm. $6.00. THE ESTEE BIG BAND Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE FLOATING BRIDGES + JACKJACKJACK + SLOWJAXX & THE KOZMIK LOVE ORKESTRA + CENTRE & THE SOUTH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. THE LARGE NUMBER 12S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. THE PIERCE BROTHERS + TIMBERWOLF + TASH SULTANA Shebeen, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $15.00. THE SIDESHOW BRIDES Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. TWISTED PISTOL + CITIZEN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
THE BRAE GRIMES 5TET + POD 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. ALL DAY FRITZ Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. BOBBY FOX Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $40.00. DAVID HOBSON IN A CELTIC MOOD + VICTORIA WELSH CHOIR Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 2:30pm. $80.00. PASSIONATE PIANISTS - FEAT: PAUL GRABOWSKY & BOB SEDERGREEN Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne CBD. 6:00pm. SUN ON THE MOON (THE MUSIC OF JAMES TAYLOR) - FEAT: DAN CONWAY + PHIL TURCIO + DARRYN FARRUGIA + GAVIN PEARCE + SANDI PEARCE + HAYDEN MEGGITT + DAMON GRANT + SHANE GILLLARD + DAVE PALMER Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8:30pm. $25.00. THE ISHS/ALLEN PROJECT Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ZOE FRATER SEPTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, MelBEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 42
Katchafire are built on a family movement, when lead guitarist Grenville Bell – father of lead singer Logan Bell and drummer Jordan Bell – moved into an apartment with his then teenage sons where they could make music all night. Countless jams and sell out concerts later, they are now an eight-piece collective of multi-talented songwriters and musicians. My dad did a similar thing, where he gathered his children together in a house and never paid attention to us ever again, except when to tell us how disappointed he was in our career choices. Anyway, Katchafire are reggae legends, and they hit up The Hi-Fi on Saturday June 28.
bourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
ALISON FERRIER BAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. CISCO CAESAR Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. EZRA LEE Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. FLASH COMPANY + LLOYD SPIEGEL Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND Mercat Cross, Melbourne. 12:00pm. HUGO RACE & THE TRUE SPIRIT + MARK SNARSKI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. JENNY BIDDLE Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 3:00pm. KEN MAHER & AL WRIGHT & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. LILITH LANE Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. LIZ STRINGER Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. MALACHI DOYLE & MARIO GENOVESE (CD LAUNCH) Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. NATHAN KAYE 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. PAUL HICKS & YARD DOGS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. PEAR & THE AWKWARD ORCHESTRA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. PHIL PARA Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00. PORK CHOP PARTY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. QUIETLY SPOKEN SONS OF LEE MARVIN Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm. SUNDAY JAMS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. THE SEVEN UPS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm.
MONDAY JUNE 30
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
THE HURRICANES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
TUESDAY JULY 1 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15.00. RICH DAVIES & THE DEVILS UNION - FEAT: RICH DAVIS & THE DEVILS UNION Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. RUBY TUESDAYS - FEAT: DEAR PLASTIC + FORTUNES + WINTERPLAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: JAGAPE + YOUNG & PRETTY + INDIGO COVES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE PIERCE BROTHERS + TIMBERWOLF + SEAN POLLARD Shebeen, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $15.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
CASEY GOLDEN TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. NIKKI CHOOI & AMIR FARID + NIKKI CHOOI + AMIR FARID Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 11:00am. $47.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:45pm. THE UNDERHANDED + PEELING SUN Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm.
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS
DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: MARCUS HAYDEN + ZACH REMBRANDT + TYNE JAMES ORGAN + EMILY SOON + MARCUS HAYDEN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. I DO LIKE MONDAYS - FEAT: SIMON GARDMAN + ELECTRONIC NIGHT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: MANGELWURZEL + SPERMAIDS + USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE + LALIC Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. PLAYWRITE + KALACOMA + SWEETS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
HUANCHACO 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. KELLER, MURPHY & BROWNE TRIO - FEAT: ALLAN BROWNE + ANDREA KELLER + TAMARA MURPHY Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. NEW YORK JAZZ SYMPOSIUM - FEAT: CARL ALLEN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.00. PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA The Apartment, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.
MUSICIANS WANTED BASS PLAYER WANTED for melodic psychedelic tinged pop punk rock n roll band. We`re a Melbourne based professional unit about to release our debut album. We love Bowie, Q.O.T.S.A, Radiohead, The Kinks, Red Kross, The Beatles, Nirvana, The Pixies, etc. We need a pro bass player with great gear/ attitude/transport. Vocal ability preferred. Call Stav for audition times: 0405 204 293 SERVICES SOUNDPARK REHEARSALS NORTHCOTE. From $50. Great rooms/p.a’s. Parking/Storage/Hire. Phone Andrew 0425 706 382. Soundparkstudios. com.au
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If you’re a muso and fancy scoring a full pass to the Face The Music conference in Melbourne during November, jump over to Music Victoria’s website and take their survey. They want to hear about the issues facing musicians and the music community. Tell them what you think at surveymonkey.com/s/ MVJune2014. Yet another chance to get your voice heard is through Western Sydney Uni’s research project into the importance of music-making in the lives of young people aged between 16 and 25 who have a diverse range of life experiences. It involves an interview about the importance of music-making, sources of inspiration, and how technology is used in the musicmaking process. You’ll get a $20 iTunes voucher for your time. To take part head to meandallmyfriends. wordpress.com/musicians-needed by Sunday July 13. Independent music label JMusic Australia is offering a pretty sweet music career scholarship to help you crack the big time. The scholarship includes $50,000 worth of products and services including your own album, photo shoot and video clip, 500 copies of your CD, a website, bio, publicity blurbs, electronic press kit, business plan and sales strategy, career building consults and media training. Applications are open to all independent Australian artists and bands 16 years and over, and close Thursday July 31. For more info check out jmusicaustralia.com.au. Happy Holidays!
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option. Are you available for functions? Bodily functions? Of course we have toilets, and we also cater to corporate and work functions. Crowd: We have so much diverse music from grunge, metal, rock, to alt country, blues, and acoustic on Wednesdays, so depends on the night. There is a great beer garden, so we do attract smokers. Opening hours: Wednesday–Thursday: 5.30pm-11pm Friday: 5.30pm-1am Saturday: 1pm-1am Sunday: 3pm-11pm Cover Charge? Not very often, sometimes, but not usually. Food specials? You can’t do better than our $5 pizza! Any pizza, $5. Known for? Always great bands, too much whiskey choice and great local craft beers. Maybe the very cool massive wall starring a Zeppelin poster too.
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With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
VANCE JOY, SIA, WIN AT APRA AWARDS
Vance Joy and Sia were among major winners at Monday’s APRA awards in Brisbane. Joy’s Riptide took Song of the Year and Pop Work of the Year. Sia was named Songwriter of the Year for the second consecutive year after last year writing for superstars such as J.Lo, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Katy Perry. She also made APRA history by winning the category for two years in a row. New Zealand APRA members Ella Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde) and Joel Little took the inaugural Outstanding International Achievement Award. Birds of Tokyo’s Lanterns won two: Most Played Australian Work of 2013 and Rock Work of the Year. Breakthrough Songwriter went to Louis Schoorl who wrote or co-wrote 88 songs in 2013, including songs with 360, Daniel Johns, Taylor Henderson, Jessica Mauboy and Jai Wateford’s Your Eyes. The collaboration of Bliss N Eso and Bluejuice (with Alexander Burnett) took Urban Work for Act Your Age. Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan and Garth Porter won Country Work of the year for Kernaghan’s tribute to Slim Dusty with Flying with the King. Flume took Dance for Holdin’ On and John Butler had his fourth win in Blues & Roots with Only One. Wally De Backer and Luiz Bonfa again scooped Most Performed Australian Work Overseas for Somebody that I Used to Know. Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and Clifford Harris got International Work for Blurred Lines. Lindy Morrison OAM was presented the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music by fellow Go-Between Amanda Brown. Sheppard performed Thorpie’s Most People I Know. Colin Hay and Gossling did The Preatures’ Is This How You Feel. Melody Pool and Ben Salter covered Lanterns. Megan Washington redid Riptide and Kirin J Callinan took on The Drones’ A Moat You Can Stand In. Jarryd Klapper and 5THS from TZU did Matt Corby’s Resolution. Lindy Morrison, Amanda Brown and Robert Vickers were joined by Big Scary for People Say. In a tribute to Jim Keays, Carol Lloyd and band did Because I Love You.
INDIES LASH BACK AT YOUTUBE
Indie labels are lashing back at YouTube, which plans to block content from indies that refuse to license its upcoming ad-free subscription service. They say terms are unfair and lower than those offered to acts on majors Universal, Sony and Warner. Alison Wenham, CEO of London-based Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), said, “By refusing to engage with and listen to the concerns of the independent music sector YouTube is making a grave error of commercial judgment in misreading the market.” Stu Watters of the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) told AAP, “What you have here is a large corporate that is using its overwhelming market power to offer a substandard deal to the independent sector that is out of kilter with market agreements that are already in place with other streaming services.”
NATIVE TONGUE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
Independent publisher Native Tongue plans to celebrate its tenth year with “special events and further big announcements.” Some of this has to do with the expansion of the two-year-old Native Tongue America, set up as a joint venture with its US synch agency Sugaroo! to represent its catalogue after successfully landing Australian and NZ tracks there. Set up by Chris Gough in 2004, Native Tongue is helmed by his son Jaime. Its roster includes Cut Copy, The Waifs, The Amity Affliction, Oh Mercy, Calling All Cars, Gossling, Clairy Browne and The Bangin’ Rackettes, Gin Wigmore, Dialectrix, Wagons, Plutonic Lab, Black Seeds and Phoenix Foundation.
THINGS WE HEAR
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Piper was not available for their new album (Further Deep, in September) and live work around it. • A man who went online and claimed his two babies were named after Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and Ghostface Killah claims it’s a hoax. • The Wanted/Justin Bieber’s manager Scott Braun signed on Sheppard for the US, convinced that their triple platinum Geronimo could hit #1 there. • Rapper 360 broke down during a radio interview while recounting how he talked a Facebook friend out of suicide by warning her mother. • LA-based Australian R&B pioneer and humanitarian Alston Koch was honoured at the United Nations in New York last week before global dignitaries and ambassadors. The event was the Humanitarian Summit with the 2nd Annual Global Officials of Dignity (G.O.D.) Awards, presented by We Care For Humanity. Koch was honoured as The World Artist of the Year. • NSW Central Coast outfit Little Earthquake had their Brightside video removed by YouTube because of a scene involving a dead fish. The storyline shows singer Matt Hyland discovering the fish is dead and hallucinating about taking it on a drinking bout. Matt said, “At no time did we harm a fish,” explaining they used a dead fish from a local aquarium. • Four Foo Fighters fans in Richmond in Dave Grohl’s home state Virginia, to address the fact the band hadn’t played there since 1998, crowd-funded an imaginary concert and raised $70,000. As a result, the Foos agreed to play. • Melbourne DJ and 360 agency owner Grant Smillie’s opens his Long Play bar and restaurant in Los Angeles in November. He’s teamed up with Swedish House Mafia, David Combes, Ashley Hart and Buck Palmer. • Following on from the chart success of his EP, Launceston DJ Akouo aka Ryan Farrington plans to move to either Melbourne or Sydney. • Drummer Mike Byrne has left Smashing Pumpkins. • Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr will play his dad in the new N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton.
MARKETING MANAGER FOR SHOCK HOME E’MENT
Gemma Mumford is new Marketing Manager for Shock’s Home Entertainment brands. She replaces Charles Baylis after two years.
FULL HOUSE FOR JIM KEAYS’ FAREWELL
Jim Keays of the Masters Apprentices had his final packed house, when 400 family, friends, fans and industry colleagues gathered at Ormond Hall. Russell Morris, Glenn Wheatley and Brad Shepherd played It’s Because I Love You. Eulogies revealed how he never wore underwear and didn’t care what people thought. He was born in Scotland and his real first name was Kenny, but he was adopted out because his single mother Nancy was forced to give him up. She found him in the ‘80s. He died on Friday June 13, her birthday. Keays’ wife Karin recalled it was the day “the planets aligned with the full moon in Sagittarius and The Boy from the Stars, my darling and best friend for over half my life, slipped peacefully from this lifetime wrapped in my arms, my lips on his cheek, whispering in his ear and guiding him home.”
LAUNDRY BAR CALLS OUT
Grimy bass music and hip hop home Laundry Bar (50 Johnston St, Fitzroy) is calling out for interns and ambassadors. If interested, email grace@laundrybar. com.au. You can catch a free UberBLACK there, see facebook.com/thelaundrybar for more details.
PORT FAIRY FOLK ACT APPLICATIONS
Artist applications for the 39th Port Fairy Folk Music Festival (March 6 to 9 2015) are open until July 31 at portfairyfolkfestival.com. This year’s event was a ripper with a standing ovation for the Banjo tribute among others. The annual survey of patrons told the organisers that they were OK with ticket prices but the high cost of accommodation was a concern.
TASTY RAID ANNIVERSARY
The infamous Tasty gay raid of 1994 is remembered at a VIP function on Saturday August 9 at Chasers. Twenty years ago, police charged into the club, detained patrons for hours, and strip-searched them publicly. The LGBT community and its supporters galvanised into action to ensure it didn’t happen again. The invitation is extended to anyone who was there that night and to all past Tasty employees. Join the Facebook or email erin@ razorrecordings.com or Helen@razorrecordings.com.
THE BASICS AT ABBEY ROAD
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE FOCUS ON BOOKERS
The Basics tell us they’re holed up at Abbey Road Studios in London. They’re recording the follow up to 2009’s Keep Your Friends Close, “yielding some great early results.” They do some club shows in London and Amsterdam, and they’re also the subjects of two entries in this year’s Archibald Prize.
As part of Whole Lotta Love’s regular Plugged In/ Unplugged panel series, this Wednesday June 25 is about “Booking in Australia,” with input from bookers Neil Wedd and Simon Smith. Nat Wilson is performing. If you are interested in speaking or playing, email Steve Iorio on wholelottabookings@gmail.com
D.D DUMBO SIGNS UK LABEL
MORE NEW ARTISTS JOIN 123 AGENCY
Castlemaine-based D.D Dumbo, aka Oliver Hugh Perry, signed to legendary UK label 4AD (The National, Bon Iver, Grimes) for the world (ex Australia/NZ). He is one of only four Aussies to join the label. Dumbo performs solo with a 12-string electric guitar, two drums and loop pedals. He makes his live debut in the UK next month, playing six shows from Wednesday July 9 to Sunday July 20.
LIVE NATION PARTNERS WITH QANTAS
Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Australia and New Zealand has partnered with Qantas in a multi-year agreement. Its international touring acts will be flown by Qantas around the region. The promoter and the airline will collaborate on integrated marketing opportunities across Live Nation’s online platforms, content, concerts, hospitality and ticketing operations. For Qantas it means more international sales and increased benefits for its Frequent Flyers with preferential ticket offers. The deal was brokered by Sydney entertainment partnership agency, mixitup Australia, a Live Nation Australasia joint venture.
UNFD GETS PERTH’S I AM ZERO
UNFD’s latest signing is Perth’s I Am Zero whose debut single The Winter Sun recently made its debut on triple j and Channel V. The video focuses on the early life of Mortal Kombat’s Subzero character. The act is fronted by Bryant Best whose metalcore act Saviour split this year and released its album First Light to My Death Bed on UNFD in 2013.
More acts have been signed to the 123 Agency roster. They are Tasmanian punk band Luca Brasi currently on tour with Violent Soho, Melbourne jazz pop outfit Animaux and BAGSvDK who had two albums on Roadrunner Records.
PURE POP STARTS MONTHLY GIGS
Pure Pop has begun presenting a monthly gig at St Kilda Memo, a 400 capacity venue in Acland St. First show is this Thursday June 26 with Charles Jenkins & the Zhivagos and up and coming Bad Family.
RAVER OF THE WEEK
Sixteen-year-old Brit “Josh” severed his small finger at an illegal rave in Croydon. But figuring he’d paid out £10, he bandaged it with his top and kept skanking for another 90 minutes. Paramedics finally got him to go to hospital. Some stoners found the pinkie and played catch with it, apparently.
MCM MEDIA MERGES WITH IGLOO
MCM Media – the company behind Take 40, Live at the Chapel, The Hot Hits and My Generation – has a rebrand and merger with digital agency partner Igloo. It is now Authentic Entertainment. The new leadership team is John Wardley (CEO), Jonathan Hopkins (Strategy and Marketing Director), Chris Derrick (Digital Director), Danika Johnson (Sales Director) and Sam Thompson (Broadcast Director). A Creative Director is to be finalised.
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LIFELINES Engaged: Lorde’s parents, civil engineer Vic O’Connor and poet Sonja Yelich, at Niagara Falls after 30 years together and five children. Hospitalised: Melbourne nightclub promoter Michael Harris, 30, needed reconstructive surgery after he was attacked and kicked in the face by two men while walking alone in South Melbourne. He was left with a broken nose and jaw. He is a promoter for the Emerson and Baroq House clubs. Hospitalised: Sydney DJ and Hed Kandi global ambassador Jack McCord remains in a coma in a Darwin hospital after a motorbike accident in Bali last Friday. The 46-year-old broke most of the bones in the left side of his body and needed an eight hour operation. The Australian dance community raised $65,000 by the weekend to get him to Darwin and fundraising continues. Injured: Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe took to Instagram to report he burned his dick while driving with a cup of hot coffee between his legs. Injured: Nova 100 Online Content Producer Brad Guy cheated death in a tandem skydiving accident. Just before jumping out of a plane at 14,000 feet he yelled, “I hope my parachute opens!” It didn’t. In Court: a US judge dismissed a plagiarism lawsuit against Lady Gaga that claimed her hit single Judas ripped off parts of Chicago musician Rebecca Francescatti’s 1999 track Juda. He found the two “not substantially similar.” Died: one of the world’s greatest songwriters and “poet laureate of teen pop,” Gerry Goffin, at 75. He and his one-time wife Carole King wrote classics such as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, The Loco-motion, Up on the Roof, It Might as Well Rain Until September and Pleasant Valley Sunday. He later co-wrote Whitney Houston’s Saving All My Love for You and Diana Ross’ Theme from Mahogany. Died: US jazz pianist Horace Silver, a pioneer of hard bop, 85. Hard bop was be-bop mixed with gospel and R&B, which he utilised in his spiritual journey. The piano riff in 1965’s Song for My Father were used by Steely Dan for Rikki Don’t Lose That Number, the opening horn riff by Stevie Wonder for Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing, and the opening bass lines by Earth Wind & Fire for Clover, while the chords were used in Style Council’s Me Ship Came In! Died: Christian Houllemare, Sydney bassist (Happy Hate Me Nots, New Christs, Someloves) took his life. After playing in punk bands in France, he moved to Australia in the ‘80s. He was a long time employee of APRA.
MUSIC VICTORIA DOES SURVEY
Music Victoria is doing a survey on what you think are issues facing musicians and the music industry. Your ideas will develop their workshops and strategies. Do it at surveymonkey.com/s/MVJune2014 by Thursday July 31.
STEP ANNOUNCES ‘THE CRITIC’
After selling out the inaugural event in early June discussing young labels, the Society of Tastemakers & Elegant People (STEP) are proud to present the second in a series of panel discussions on topics affecting the music industry, and showcase of emerging acts. The second panel, presented by Higher Plains and Viceroyalty on Wednesday July 16 (at The Toff In Town from 8pm) focuses on music critics. It will feature Beat’s resident sex symbol Tyson Wray, Jake Cleland (The Vine/Pitchfork), Sarah Smith (Faster Louder) and Mikey Cahill (Herald Sun) moderated by Nick Clark. Performing are producer Planète and Rat & Co.