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Since releasing her new EP, Community, earlier this month, Ali Barter has been touring nonstop – starting with a residency at Melbourne’s Boney, supporting Husky on their national tour and following up with support for Phosphorescent on his Australian tour in December. Showing no signs of slowing down, Ali is thrilled to announce two headline shows to kick off 2015. To coincide with this announcement, Ali has released a brand new video for the lead single and title track, Community. After premiering on Musicfeeds. com.au this week, she’s now excited to share it with the world. Tickets for her Melbourne show on Saturday January 24 at The Worker’s Club are on sale now and are available through the venue’s website.
After a year of songwriting, recording and live performance workshops, Aardvark (All About Really Determind Very Amazing Rocking Kids) will launch their 2014 Aardvark Sessions EP, Dream Place early next month. The not for profit organisation, with the help of a few industry heavyweights, provides a special music program for young people with chronic illness. This year, Tanya Cavanagh, Bec Anthony, Amy & Holly Findlay (Stonefield) and Aardvark ambassador Wally De Backer (Gotye) each played an important role in songwriting sessions. Amy & Holly Findlay, Bec Anthony, Shamus Goble, Mark Blanch and Aardvark alumni will all be on hand for the live show, which will also feature imagery and storytelling from this year’s Aardvark crew. All ticket, merchandise and CD sales go directly towards running the Aardvark program. Catch ‘em on Thursday December 4 at The Flying Saucer Club.
Death metal acts Suffocation and Decapitated are teaming up for a co-headline tour next May. Known for fusing aspects of modern metal with classic death metal, New York’s Suffocation have churned out cuts like Pierced from Within, As Grace Descends and Thrones of Blood. They’ll share the bill with Poland’s Decapitated, who just released their sixth album, Blood Mantra. Catch ‘em on Friday May 9 at The Corner Hotel. Tickets on sale via Metropolis Touring. Wagons
ARCHITECTS Metalcore outfit Architects will return to our shores for their first Australian headline tour in five years next April. The British four-piece are touring on the back of their sixth album, Lost Forever, Lost Together, which was released in March. They’re no strangers to our shores, having performed on the Soundwave circuit in 2010 and most recently as support for Parkway Drive and The Amity Affliction. Joining them on their 2015 tour will be Stick to Your Guns and Being as an Ocean. They’ll play 170 Russell on Sunday April 12. Tickets go on sale Thursday November 27 through Oztix.
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Wagons and Graveyard Train have been announced as the headliners for the inaugural NYE in the West Fest. The show comes at the end of a big year for the bands, who recently finished up multiple tours across the globe and released new albums Acid Rain and Sugar Cane and Takes One to Know One respectively. They’ll be joined by swamp rockers Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk and more. It goes down on Saturday December 31 at The Yarraville Club. Tickets are available through the venue’s website.
DAN KELLY'S CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR All we want for Christmas is Dan Kelly performing at the Shadow Electric Band Room with his Dream Band AND an Alpha Males reunion AND a slew of killer supports. That’s not too much to ask for, right? Well, Dan Kelly is acting all Santa on us and delivering the goods this Christmas, hosting another Dan Kelly’s Christmas Spectacular this year. Dan Kelly’s Dream Band will be headlining festivities, and they’ll be joined by UK-based Civil Civic, Bayou and Cool Sounds. Tying it all together is DJ Woody McDonald and Sunny Leunig, who is launching one of the greatest Christmas presents of all time, the Uninspiring Quotes Calendar 2015. Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males will also play a small reunion set, performing songs off Drowning in the Fountain of Youth and Sing the Tabloid Blues as well as collaborating with the Dream Band and other performers. Dan Kelly’s Christmas Spectacular will take over The Shadow Electric Band Room, Abbotsford Convent on Saturday December 20. Tickets are on sale now through the venue. Don’t be a loser and rock up on the night expecting tickets on the door. Be a winner and get your tickets early.
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Australia’s longest-running Led Zeppelin tribute show Whole Lotta Love will return to Melbourne for the third time in 2015. Bringing some of Led Zeppelin’s most-loved classics to the stage will be guest vocalists Jack Jones from Southern Sons, Stonefield’s Amy Findlay, Jimmy Cupples and Frank Lakoudis from The Voice and Shay Liza from Sharaya. Whole Lotta Love will hit Melbourne on Saturday March 21 at The Palais Theatre. Tickets from Ticketmaster.
To celebrate the release of their forthcoming EP, Number Station have announced a Melbourne launch show this December. The sophomore EP, Back Seat, was written overlooking the sea on the Great Ocean Road and sees founding members Chris Andrews and Marcus Smith take a back seat to songwriting, with all five band members now at the helm. Number Station will launch their new EP at St Kilda Bowls Club on Sunday December 14.
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Heading down under as part of the Byron Bay Bluesfest, British troubadour Frank Turner has just announced a series of headline shows across Australia and New Zealand. It is almost a decade since Frank Turner went solo following the demise of Million Dead, the hardcore quartet he fronted. In that time, he has been on a constant upward curve, its momentum propelled forward by a mixture of Turner’s force of will and his effortless craft of song. Each record now brings with it new landmarks for the 32-year-old from Hampshire. His fourth album, 2011’s England Keep My Bones, sold more than 100,000 copies. Tickets for his Melbourne show at The Corner Hotel are on sale now, and are available through the venue’s website.
ICEAGE Following their announcement of Brisbane and Sydney tour dates, Iceage have announced they will also stop in Melbourne for a headlining show this January. The tour comes off the back of the Danish four-piece’s highly praised third album Plowing into the Field of Love. Iceage will take over Ding Dong Lounge on Friday January 23. Tickets are on sale now through Handsome tours.
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CALIGULA’S HORSE Hot on the heels of a wildly successful national tour alongside Voyager, plus supporting Canadian prog legends Protest the Hero, Brisbane progsters Caligula’s Horse have announced a Melbourne show. They’ll be hitting up The Evelyn Hotel for an Australia Day Eve party on January 25, with support from AlithiA, Orsome Welles and Kettlespider. Tickets are on sale on Friday November 28 via wildthingpresents.com, Oztix and the venue. Get on it.
TWERPS
Pop foursome Twerps have locked in a headline show next month. The show comes ahead of their second album, Range Anxiety, which is set for release in January 2015. It’ll also cap off a busy year for the band, which saw them release their Underlay EP in August and new single Back to You in October. Catch ‘em on Thursday December 18 at The Curtin. Tickets to this one are bound to go fast, so go do your thing.
DAVE & PHIL ALVIN Californian brothers Dave and Phil Alvin have added a Bluesfest sideshow in Melbourne. The brothers will be showcasing their new album Common Ground – The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy – their first album together in 30 years. They will also play favourites from their time in their original band The Blasters. Catch Dave and Phil Alvin at Northcote Social Club on Thursday April 9.
RUBBER RECORDS 25TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Over the month of December, a series of one-off shows by a range of artists from the Rubber Records label will take place to celebrate the label’s 25-year history. Indie rock three-piece Even will bring to a close Rubber Records’ December shenanigans with two big nights at The Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 December. Also joining the lineup for the Cordrazine show on December 17, along with The Genes, are Vincent Giarrusso and Glenn Bennie of Underground Lovers who will open the night with a short acoustic set. For tickets and the full lineup of events head to rubberrecords.com.
SLOW CLUB UK duo Slow Club will hit our shores this January in support of their new album, Complete Surrender. The LP marks the pair’s third studio release, veering away from their initial “antifolk” categorisation and drawing on Motown and ‘70s pop influences. They’ll play at Northcote Social Club on Thursday January 15. Tickets are available from the venue’s website.
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The lineup for Friday night at the Queenscliff Music Festival includes: Dan Sultan, Skunkhour, The Delta Riggs, Hiatus Kaiyote, Blue Shaddy, The Little Stevies, Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats, The Davidson Brothers, Sweethearts, and more. We’ve got three double passes to give away, valued at $140 per double pass. Tickets will be available for collection at the Guest Registration Tent near the front entrance and can be collected from midday on Friday November 28, and the festival gates are open from 5:30pm. Photo ID will be required. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to enter.
NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC
20 years after the release of Nas’ groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC takes you into the heart of his creative process. Returning to his childhood home in Queensbridge, Nas shares stories of his upbringing, his influences – from the music of his jazz musician father Olu Dara to the burgeoning hip hop scene in New York City – and the obstacles he faced before his major label signing at age 19. Featuring interviews with his Illmatic producers (Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and DJ Premier) and musical peers (including Pharrell Williams and Alicia Keys), NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC is a thrilling account of Nas’ evolution from a young street poet to a visionary MC. We’ve got two double passes to give away to this invitation-only night from 6.30pm at Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St Carlton. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to enter. HEAD TO BEAT.COM.AU/FREESHIT TO ENTER
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Jimmy Junk Heart has announced he will launch his new EP with a show in Melbourne this December. The musical alter ego of Melbourne musician Jimmy Hanson released his debut EP earlier this year, with it’s follow up Young Years coming next month. Recorded at A Secret Location Sound Recorders in Fairfield, the EP once again sees Jimmy writing all the songs and performing all the instruments himself. Queensland band The Vultures will be providing support on the EP launch night. Catch Jimmy Junk Heart and his band at the Prince Public Bar on Friday December 12.
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The Peninsula Summer Music Festival will return in 2015 for 11 days of jazz, cabaret, classical and early chamber music. The 2015 event will feature ‘kamikaze cabaret’ singer Meow Meow, Italian guitarist Massimo Scattolin, mezzo-soprano Liane Keegan, cellist Catherine Jones, classical accordionist James Crabb and recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey. The festival kicks off on New Year’s Day with the Hair of the Dog event, which will feature flamenco guitarist Vikingo de Jerez. The Peninsula Summer Music Festival will run from Thursday January 1 to Sunday January 11 at venues across the Mornington Peninsula.
KEB’ MO’ Legendary blues musician Keb’ Mo’ has locked in a Bluesfest sideshow at Melbourne Recital Centre next year. Earlier this year Keb’ Mo’, real name Kevin Moore, released BLUESAmericana, marking the 20th anniversary of his self-titled debut album. Over the years Moore’s songs have been recorded by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, The Dixie Chicks, Joe Cocker and Robert Palmer. Keb’ Mo’ will play at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Tuesday March 31.
JANE TYRRELL The Herd’s Jane Tyrrell has announced a pair of shows in support of her debut solo album Echoes in the Aviary. Tyrrell made her solo live debut at BIGSOUND in September but has previously performed with the likes of Firekites, Claire Bowditch, Missy Higgins and Paul Kelly. She’ll be accompanied by a full live band on the upcoming tour. She’ll play at The Northcote Social Club on Saturday December 6.
DRAKE CONNAN MOCKASIN
New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin has locked in his first ever Melbourne headline show for next February alongside his appearance at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Mockasin’s latest release, Caramel, has been praised by critics and landed him supporting slots with the likes of Mac DeMarco, Julian Casablancas and Liam Flynn. He’ll play Howler on Thursday February 5 with special guests to be announced. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix.
One of the biggest drawcards on the 2015 Future Music Festival bill has locked in a Melbourne headline show. The Canadian hip hop superstar will be making his debut voyage down under early next year. Since first appearing in the teen drama Degrassi: Next Generation, Drake has gone on to become one of the biggest stars on the planet, having collaborated with the likes of Beyoncé, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. He’ll be joined by 2 Chainz. Catch ‘em on Friday February 27 at Rod Laver Arena. Tickets through Ticketek.
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Canadian songstress Serena Ryder will return to Melbourne for a Bluesfest sideshow. The tour will mark Ryder’s first visit to Australia in nearly ten years and will see her bring her latest album, Harmony, to Australian shores. Catch Serena Ryder at The Northcote Social Club on Thursday April 2.
JURASSIC 5
Reunited hip hop outfit Jurassic 5 have locked in a Melbourne Bluesfest sideshow. The ‘socially aware’ hip hop group reformed last year, after splitting up in 2007. They have since played a number of shows around the world, including sets at Coachella and Glastonbury. Jurassic 5 will play at Festival Hall on Wednesday April 1.
LENNY KRAVITZ
Regarded as one of the pre-eminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has just been announced for his long-awaited Bluesfest debut in 2015, as part of his worldwide Strut tour. Kravitz will be at Bluesfest with his full band – 16 people on stage on the opening night, Thursday April 2. This marks his only show north of Sydney, and only his third Australian tour in over 20 years. Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race and class into a longlasting musical career, one which revels in the rich influences of ‘60s and ‘70s soul, rock and funk. His talents as a writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist have resonated now through ten studio albums into a timeless catalogue. Bluesfest will be held over Thursday April 2 to Monday April 6. Tickets are available at Bluesfest.com.au.
ATILLA American metalcore outfit Attila will hit our shores for an extensive national tour next year. The 11-date tour will kick off in Brisbane and make its way down the coast before wrapping up in Perth at the end of April. Their new album Guilty Pleasure dropped earlier this week. They’ll play an all ages show at Arrow On Swanston on Wednesday April 15 and an 18+ show at The Corner Hotel on Thursday April 16.
REBELUTION
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SUNNYBOYS Sunnyboys have announced a 2015 summer tour, and have also revealed details of the deluxe reissue of their classic albums, Individuals and Get Some Fun. The New Christs will help them open proceedings at their Melbourne show. Sunnyboys and The New Christs will hit up The Forum Theatre on Thursday February 5. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.
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Melbourne melodist Ainslie Wills has been accruing an earnest following among the Australian and international music scenes since the independent release of her debut LP You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine in 2013. Her brand of neo-folk/rock is edging its way closer to the fore, showing that Wills is an artist with integrity and longevity. She was even ranked in the Top Five Best Australian Live Performances of 2013 in the Music Writers Poll. Appearing for a special performance at the Kew Court House, Ainslie Wills and her five-piece will not disappoint. Friday December 5 from 8pm, tickets are available through hawthornartscentre.com.au.
Reggae outfit Rebelution will visit Melbourne next year alongside their appearance at Bluesfest in April. The tour will mark the band’s first visit to Australia and follows the release of the their fourth album Count Me In earlier this year. Head down to The Corner Hotel on Friday April 3 to catch Rebelution.
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1. You’ve been busy working on a new EP, set to be released early next year. We’ve all heard and loved the first single, Pluto, what else do you have in store for listeners? Sonically, I’ve been experimenting with the more electronic side of things, but kept my foundation of emotive and detailed storytelling. Experience and experimentation have played a huge part in this next phase of my music. I’ve also been fortunate enough to collaborate with some incredible producers, which was an imperative part of the process. I used to be very stuck in my methods of how I like to create, but with this EP I forcefully cut down any barriers I made for myself and just embraced the challenges. 2. You’ve described your biggest challenge as holding too much inside, yet the lyrics in Pluto are intensely personal. Was it a difficult task penning these lyrics? Pluto was the one of the first songs I wrote going into this whole new sonic phase of tracks for the EP. I hadn’t formed lyrics into full songs for a while but I had a huge stockpile of notes and poems in my journals. As I’ve grown more into my writing I’ve lost most of the fears involved in exposing myself. Now I know that the more personal I can be, the more the song means to me and then to the listener. Nowadays I like giving it all, but holding the last piece of information to myself. It’s like a game for me. 3. You’ve been involved in a number of musical collaborations in your career, including with Ben Harper, Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio), Sam Spiegel (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Dann Hume (Evermore). If you could choose anyone, who would you next work with? It’s my goal in life to sing with André 3000. 4. In celebration of the release of Pluto, you will be playing a slew of solo shows around Australia, including The Workers Club on December 6. What sort of night are gig-goers in for? I will be playing mostly new unreleased material, which is incredibly exciting. This is the first taste anyone will hear before the EP is released. It’s going to be a feast for the ears – many new elements but the same heart. GRACE will give fans a taste of her upcoming EP at The Workers Club on Saturday December 6. Pay attention, Andre 3000.
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INTERNATIONAL BROODS The Forum November 26 THE PHARCYDE The Espy November 27 JAKOB Ding Dong Lounge November 27 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF Northcote Social Club November 27 THE BLACK SEEDS Prince Bandroom November 27 PORTUGAL. THE MAN The Penny Black, The Deck November 30 THE DATSUNS Ding Dong Lounge December 5 SLEEP Corner Hotel December 6, 7, Meredith Musical Festival December 12 JOAN ARMATRADING Melbourne Recital Centre December 8, Comedy Theatre December 15 SASHA GREY Anyway December 6 STEREOSONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Melbourne Showgrounds December 6-7 ICE CUBE The Forum December 6, 9 THE LEMONHEADS Corner Hotel December 9, 10 JAMES HOLDEN The Hi-Fi December 10 UB40 Palais Theatre December 11 FACTORY FLOOR Howler December 11 CLOUD NOTHINGS Corner Hotel December 11 CYPRESS HILL The Forum December 11 JOHN LEGEND The Plenary December 12, Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley December 13 DAMON ALBARN Palais Theatre December 12 PHOSPHORESCENT Corner Hotel December 12 DE LA SOUL 170 Russell December 12 BLACKSTREET Trak December 12 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 12 – 14 THE WAR ON DRUGS 170 Russell December 8, 16, The Hi-Fi December 11 T.I. AND DMX Festival Hall December 12 TY SEGALL Corner Hotel December 14, 15 THE SKATALITES Caravan Club December 17, Corner Hotel December 18 GHOSTFACE KILLAH The Espy December 19 SCOTT RUSSO AND PHIL JAMIESON Corner Hotel December 19 THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS The Evelyn December 19, Arrow on Swanston December 20 (AA) X-MAS EVEN Gasometer Hotel December 19, 20 BEN FOLDS Hamer Hall December 20 PHAROAHE MONCH The Espy December 26 TONSTARTSSBANDHT The Tote December 26 SALT N PEPA The Forum December 27 FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Various locations December 28 – January 2 BIG FREEDIA Howler December 30
BEYOND THE VALLEY Phillip Island Circuit December 30 – January 1 SADAR BAHAR The Toff In Town December 31 GREG WILSON Little & Olver December 31 DERRICK CARTER New Guernica January 1 VIOLENT FEMMES MONA January 1 PENINSULA SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL Various Venues, Mornington Peninsula January 1 – 11 GRANDMASTER FLASH The Espy January 3 DANNY BROWN Corner Hotel January 4 COLD WAR KIDS The Hi-Fi January 5 THE TEMPER TRAP 170 Russell January 5 JULIAN CASABLANCAS & THE VOIDZ The Forum January 6 THE BLACK LIPS The Hi-Fi January 6 MILKY CHANCE 170 Russell January 6 JOHN SMITH Bella Union January 7 SBTRKT The Forum January 7 GEORGE EZRA Corner Hotel January 7 ASGEIR The Forum January 9 WYE OAK Gasometer Hotel January 10 GLASS ANIMALS The Hi-Fi January 10 SPOON The Forum January 11 TIM HECKER Howler January 14 MARDUK AND INQUISITION Northcote Social Club January 14, The Hi-Fi January 16 SLOW CLUB Northcote Social Club January 15 JESUS JONES Corner Hotel January 15 2CELLOS Palais Theatre January 15 THE 1975 Festival Hall January 15 NELLY Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16 THE COATHANGERS January 16 EVERYTIME I DIE Corner Hotel January 16 XYLOURIS WHITE Howler January 17 OMAR SOULEYMAN Corner Hotel January 19 SWANS Corner Hotel January 20 CAMILLIE O’SULLIVAN Melbourne Arts Center January 20 – 24 THE CLEAN Corner Hotel January 22 ICEAGE Ding Dong Lounge January 23 FAT FREDDY’S DROP Palais Theatre January 23 JAMIE T The Forum January 24 SUGAR MOUNTAIN January 24 THE KOOKS Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 24 MEWITHOUTYOU 170 Russell January 25 ODESZA Howler January 25 FKA TWIGS 170 Russell January 28 RUSTIE Howler January 29 LYKKE LI Forum Theatre January 29 PERFECT PUSSY Corner Hotel January 29 SOHN Corner Hotel January 30 EYEHATEGOD The Hi-Fi January 30 JOHNNY MARR The Forum January 31
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CHIODOS Corner Hotel January 31 BELLE & SEBASTIAN Palais Theatre February 1 LITTLE DRAGON 170 Russell February 2 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM The Forum February 3 RAURY Howler February 3 ANGEL OLSEN Howler February 4 MAC DEMARCO The Hi-Fi February 4 JUNGLE 170 Russell February 4 HIGHASAKITE Corner Hotel February 4 CONNAN MOCKASIN Howler February 5 VIC MENSA Corner Hotel February 5 BENJAMIN BOOKER Northcote Social Club February 5 CARIBOU The Forum February 5 SUZI QUATRO Melbourne Arts Centre February 5, 6, 7 RATKING Ding Dong Lounge February 6 LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community Arts Centre February 7 STING AND PAUL SIMON A Day on the Green February 7, Rod Laver Arena February 10 SARAH MCLAUGHLAN Melbourne Recital Centre February 9 J MASCIS Melbourne Recital Centre February 13 THE ANTLERS Melbourne Recital Centre February 14 LAMB The Forum February 14 DANIEL ROSSEN Northcote Social Club February 15 PERFUME GENIUS Corner Hotel February 15 G-EAZY Howler February 16 TINASHE The Hi-Fi February 20 ROXETTE Rod Laver Arena February 20, Rochford Wines Yarra Valley February 21 PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT Corner Hotel February 21 SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse February 21, 22 THE EAGLES Rod Laver Arena February 22, Hanging Rock Macedon February 28 REAL ESTATE Corner Hotel February 25 DRAKE Rod Laver Arena February 27 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Melbourne Zoo February 27 DELTRON 3030 The Hi-Fi February 27 FOO FIGHTERS Etihad Stadium February 28 MOGWAI Hamer Hall March 1 SHARON VAN ETTEN The Hi-Fi March 3 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Palais Theatre March 4 GRUFF RHYS Northcote Social Club March 5 NENEH CHERRY Hamer Hall March 6 FIRST AID KIT Palais Theatre March 6 PARQUET COURTS The Hi-Fi March 6 MAITREYA FESTIVAL Sea Lake, Victoria March 6 – 9 WOMADELAIDE Botanic Park, Adelaide March 6 – 9 SINEAD O CONNOR Port Fairy Folk Festival March 6 –9 WAYNE ‘THE TRAIN’ HANCOCK Ding Dong Lounge March 6, Caravan Club March 7 MACY GRAY Palais Theatre March 7 THE POP GROUP Corner Hotel March 7 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse March 8 65DAYSOFSTATIC Northcote Social Club March 8, 9 BALKAN BEAT BOX Prince Bandroom March 12 MAE Corner Hotel March 14 FOREST SWORDS Howler March 14 BILLY IDOL Margaret Court Arena March 24, A Day On The Green March 21 KEB’ MO’ Melbourne Recital Centre March 31 JURASSIC 5 Festival Hall April 1 PAOLO NUTINI Palais Theatre April 1 SERENA RYDER Northcote Social Club April 2 MICHAEL FRANTI Festival Hall April 2 BETH HART Melbourne Recital Centre April 2 REBELUTION Corner Hotel April 3 GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC 170 Russell April 3 BAND OF SKULLS Bluesfest, Byron Bay April 3, Rochford Wines April 5, Corner Hotel April 7 G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE Thornbury Theatre April 4 THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD Corner Hotel April 4 BIG SKY BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL Deniliquin, NSW April 4 – 5 THE BLACK KEYS Rolling Green April 5, Margaret Court Arena April 7 TROMBONE SHORTY AND ORLEANS AVENUE Corner Hotel April 6 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Palais Theatre April 7 GARY CLARK JR. 170 Russell April 8 JIMMY CLIFF Corner Hotel April 8 DAVE & PHIL ALVIN Northcote Social Club April 9 THE GIPSY KINGS Palais Theatre April 10 FRANK TURNER Corner Hotel April 12 ARCHITECTS 170 Russell April 12 ATILLA Arrow On Swanston April 15 (AA), Corner Hotel April 16 (18+) THE DICKIES The Evelyn April 16 SAM SMITH Margaret Court Arena April 30 PALOMA FAITH Palais Theatre May 5 ANASTACIA Palais Theatre May 7 SUFFOCATION & DECAPITATED Corner Hotel May 9 ALT-J Rod Laver Arena May 10 NICKELBACK Rod Laver Arena May 15 YELLOWCARD Margaret Court Arena July 11
NATIONAL FOREST FALLS Spotted Mallard November 26 BALLY ON HIGH FESTIVAL Northcote Town Hall November 26 – December 7 BACK BACK FORWARD PUNCH Shebeen November 28 DICK DIVER The Hi-Fi November 28 LULUC Northcote Social Club November 28 VIOLENT SOHO 170 Russell November 28
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PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL November 28 – 30 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliff November 28 – 30 BLACK CAB Howler November 29 LURCH & CHIEF Northcote Social Club November 29 HUSKY Hi-Fi November 29 THE WAIFS Queenscliff Music Festival November 29, Corner Hotel December 1 DAVIDSON BROTHERS B-East November 30 BEERHOVEN NO. 2 Bakehouse Studios, Richmond November 30 SHAUN KIRK Northcote Social Club November 30 MAPPING MELBOURNE 2014 Various venues December 3 – 6 AARDVARK Flying Saucer Club December 4 EMMA DONOVAN Northcote Social Club December 4 AINSLIE WILLS Kew Court House December 5 ECCA VANDAL John Curtain Hotel December 5 THE BLACKEYED SUSANS The Spotted Mallard December 5, Caravan Club December 6 JANE TYRRELL Northcote Social Club December 6 GRACE Workers Club December 6 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Howler December 6 MARLON WILLIAMS Yarra Hotel December 6 THE SMITH STREET BAND Reverence Hotel December 6 (U18) ANDRAS & OSCAR Shadow Electric December 6 JANE TYRRELL Northcote Social Club December 6, The Forum January 9 SEMPLESIZE BLOCK PARTY - Banoffee, Milwaukee Banks and more, Howler December 7 ORSOME WELLES Workers Club December 12 JIMMY JUNK HEART Prince Public Bar December 12 DALLAS FRASCA Yah Yah’s December 12 VIOLENT SWELLS Prince Public Bar December 12 GYROSCOPE Corner Hotel December 13 JIMMY BARNES December 13, 20 NUMBER STATION St Kilda Bowls Club December 14 NICK CAVE The Plenary December 16, 17,18 TWERPS John Curtain Hotel December 18 THE GOOCH PALMS Grace Darling December 18 EVEN Gasometer Hotel December 19, 20 DAN KELLY Shadow Electric December 20 TIM SWEENEY The Toff In Town December 20 DEAD LETTER CIRCUS The Hi-Fi Bar December 20 NEW YEARS EVE IN THE WEST FEST Yarraville Live, December 31 FRENCH FEST, FRENCH ISLAND MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, Paradise Island December 30- January 1 SEA LEGS Shebeen January 9 GROUNDSWELL MUSIC FESTIVAL Lake Tyers Beach, East Gippsland January 10 SUMMER OF SOUL Mossvale Park January 10 UNIFY FESTIVAL South Gippsland January 10 – 11 LUNATICS ON POGOSTICKS Shebeen January 17 ALI BARTER Workers Club January 24 BEECHWORTH MUSIC FESTIVAL Madman’s Gully Amphitheatre, Beechworth January 24 BALLARAT BEER FESTIVAL City Oval, Ballarat January 24 CALIGULA’S HORSE The Evelyn Hotel, January 25 BEN FROST The Hi-Fi February 5 RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL, Echuca-Moama February 13 – 15 KIM CHURCHILL Corner Hotel January 15 CHEAP TRICK AND THE ANGELS The Forum Theatre February 13 MEGAN WASHINGTON 170 Russell February 13 KYNETON MUSIC FESTIVAL Kyneton Mechanics Institute February 20 – 21 ANGUS AND JULIA STONE Margaret Court Arena February 27 BETWEEN THE BAYS FESTIVAL Penbank School, Moorooduc February 28 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy, Victoria March 6 – 9 VANCE JOY Palais Theatre March 12, 13 KYLIE MINOGUE Rod Laver Arena March 18 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Palais Theatre March 21 ROLLING GREEN FESTIVAL Rochford Wines Yarra Valley April 5
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BORIS BREJCHA T H E E N I G M A O F E A RT H C O RE By Augustus Welby
This weekend, hoards of free-spirited electronic music lovers will make the pilgrimage to Pyalong in central Victoria for the threeday Earthcore spectacular. Earthcore could be described as an assembly of Europe’s finest underground and left-of-centre electronic music practitioners. Of course, the festival lineup isn’t exclusively European (Australian artists dominate in fact), but it’s a terrific opportunity to catch stacks of forward-thinking artists from the other side of the globe in one place.
After making his inaugural Australian visit for last year’s event, Germany’s Boris Brejcha is heading back to Earthcore for another year. Brejcha will close proceedings on the main floor on Friday night and he’s thrilled to be returning to Pyalong. “You can compare it with a great festival in Brazil,” he says. “It’s like somewhere in the desert, there’s nothing there except this festival.” The festival’s rural setting is a sure contrast from the nightclubs and urban centres most of the performers are accustomed to. Brejcha’s been a globetrotting DJ and producer for the better part of a decade now, but when he’s not dizzying punters from behind the decks, he reverts to a small-town lifestyle. “I’m living in a little village called Frankenthal,” he says. “It’s really small. We have no parties in our town. In general, I’m not a city guy. I like the countryside much more. It’s better for me.” Many of the world’s established DJs admit to spending their formative years revelling in the club environment, which prompted their interest in disc spinning. For Brejcha, it was the ear-expanding possibilities of electronic music that attracted him to production. “I never went to clubs when I was young,” he says. “I was in school and then there was one guy, he’d bring us a double CD, it was hardcore music. It was the very beginning of this kind of music. I was just getting interested and was listening to this hardcore music and then I switched over to rave music and then I switched over to techno music. “Then we had the first radio station which was playing techno music. At this time I was 12 years old. It was really amazing to hear such new sounds, besides guitar or drums. I was getting more and more interested in how this sound was working and how can you do that. Then I met a friend in school and he had a program that was beat-based and he showed it to me and I tried a lot of stuff with that.” Brejcha’s earliest forays into production were modeled on the work of trance music titans Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren. However, it was when he discovered techno his creative proclivity developed into an obsession. “In the beginning, I was listening to trance music and hardcore,” he says. “But then when I turned to techno music I was just sitting in the studio every day making BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 24
music.” Brejcha’s reluctance to get involved with German dance music’s hedonistic culture actually led to the cultivation of his unique production approach. These days, he describes his sound as high tech minimal, which applies electro colour to minimal techno. “I did not ever listen to any other techno artists, so I had not many influences. I think that was a big thing to create a unique style, because I was doing the music [the way] I like to do it.”
“WITH INSTRUMENTS LIKE DRUMS OR GUITARS, THERE’S NOTHING EVOLVING... [WITH] ELECTRONIC MUSIC, YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING. IT’S EVOLVING EVERY TIME” Early on, though, he was more or less unaware of this distinction. “A lot of people told me that my music was kind of different, because I had this really strong beat but I also used a bit psychedelic melodies, but I did not get it.” After years spent tinkering in isolation, Brejcha started to plot a career in the music industry. The idea of getting involved in live performance however – and thus having to go out to dance parties – was something of an afterthought. “I was just sitting at home producing and I was thinking OK, ‘Let’s do music, sign it to a label, they will make a video for MTV and then I’ll get the money from that. That was the main thing I was thinking. “In 2006 we released my first release [the Monster EP on Berlin’s Autist Records], then after two months I got the first booking request from Brazil. It was a new world. I was searching for, ‘How can I do it?’ and then I was going to Brazil with a laptop. But in the end it worked out and then gigs were coming more and more. I have to say, I like more to sit in the studio to make music. That’s the main reason why I do it.” No matter how biased he is in favour of spending
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hours in the studio, if one’s to stay afloat in the music biz, touring is an absolute necessity. Not surprisingly, Brejcha’s DJ sets are greatly influenced by his studio obsession. “When I’m on stage you can be sure that I play only the tracks I did in the past on my album and I mix it with a lot of unreleased tracks. Every time, I keep it fresh. I play mostly 70 per cent unreleased tracks. “I sometimes see other DJs and they play two hours straightforward music. I think that’s not the way to go. You really like to have good times and bad times – highs and ups. When I play, I like to combine it. I like to play two or three tracks with melodies and then go back to my harder stuff and then coming back to the melody. It’s the up and down. I think it’s the best way.” Another point that differentiates Brejcha from many of his contemporaries is his unflagging commitment to making and releasing albums. At a time when CD stores look increasingly like aboveground cemeteries, Brejcha holds on tightly to the long-playing format. In fact, his latest release is the most elaborate of his career. Album number four, Feuerfalter is a two-part epic, with one disc designed for the club and one for the home. “If you do just an EP with one or two tracks then it comes out [along with] hundreds of that, I think that’s not so good. If you have albums with ten or 11 tracks, you can tell a story. You can inform more people with that, if you make an album rather than release just one EP.” Even though electronic music has long since transformed from a keen interest into a demanding occupation, Brejcha’s fascination with electronic sounds hasn’t dimmed whatsoever. “With rock music, with instruments like drums or guitars, there’s nothing evolving,” he says. “[With] electronic music, you can do everything. It’s evolving every time. I think it’s the most interesting music for the future, because pop music is now electro music. Everything is changing.” BORIS BREJCHA will play at Earthcore which goes down from Thursday November 27 to Monday December 1 in Pyalong. Tickets are on sale now from the earthcore.com.au – where you can also check out the full lineup.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN
With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm. night, which will be screening of critically-lauded UK film Pride and a performance from Husky, will be donated to the WWF and their attempt to help conserve Australian marine turtles. Earlier this year, Federal MP Greg Hunt, the Australian Environment Minster, approved the development of Carmichael, the largest coal mine in Australia off the coast of central Queensland, whose establishment could mean great peril for the Great Barrier Reef ’s fragile ecosystem and the turtles that live there, whose greatest threat is habitat loss and degradation. “It’s extremely important,” says Chin vehemently, explaining how WWF will be screening an award-winning film about their efforts on the night. The film will depict the turtles’ plights from habitat destruction and pollution, and how people’s donations help protect the Great Barrier Reef, and hence, the turtles. “We should really get behind any organisation protecting animals or the environment.”
Australia’s foremost celebration of international cult and horror cinema, Monster Fest, is currently halfway through their 2014 incarnation. This year Cinema Nova and Yah Yah’s (which has also been turned into the festival’s lounge and event space, The Monster’s Lair) are playing host to screenings to some of the scariest, weirdest, most twisted and depraved films from Australia and around the world. Some highlights this week include a Friday The 13th marathon, Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla launch party, the closing night party and the inaugural Monster Awards Ceremony. Monster Fest will continue until Sunday November 30. Visit monsterfest.com.au for more details.
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ON STAGE The National Institute of Circus Arts is set to present Dreams From The Second Floor, featuring 21 of its graduating artists. Directed by Firenza Guidi of the NoFit State Circus in Wales, the show will explore different types of dreams through everything from the aerial ring to contortion. The site-specific work will be fabricated in front of the audience, with no backstage to hide behind. Dreams From The Second Floor will run from Wednesday November 26 to Saturday December 6 at the NICA National Circus Centre in Prahran.
ON DISPL AY This week Drawn Out will showcase the graduating students work from the NMIT, Bachelor of Illustration Course. The work on exhibition will be as diverse as are the students, ranging from comic book art, mixed media, sculptures, storybooks, prints and hand drawn illustrations. Students include Kamilah Curtis, Emily Wright, Suzy Cirina, Emily Hassel, Libby Letcher, Paul van Abel, Sam Davis, Alex Speechley, Grant Pickers, Chol Akouk, Kayla Mitisi and Allegra Mee. Drawn Out opens at Off The Kerb on Friday November 28.
PICK OF THE WEEK
If beer and classical music are a combination you just can’t pass up then you don’t want to miss the second instalment of Beerhoven. Beerhoven combines the art forms of craft beer and classical music to produce one unique sensory experience. While listening to some of the great works of the classical repertoire performed by MSO musicians, you will taste a variety of craft beers, selected and matched by Beerhoven to create the perfect pair. Beerhoven No.2 will be held on Sunday November 30 at Bakehouse Studios in Richmond.
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BEN & JERRY’S OPENAIR CINEMA By Avrille Bylok-Collard It’s finally time for all cinephiles to come out of winter hibernation and bask in the summer sun. Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinema will be returning to Melbourne this week and boy, does it look tantalising. Jam-packed with new releases, including Interstellar and Gone Girl, cult classics and sing-a-longs, and music nights that will get your bootyshaking to the tunes of Sierra Jane and soul-driven funkadelic JASPR, this season is something to be excited about. In anticipation of Openair, Beat caught up with Film Programmer Juliana Chin to talk films, summer, and all things important: like pizza, ice cream and the environment. “We have Ladro pizzas, so they’ll be cooked on-site and we have salads as well – they’re really good! On Sundays we have unlimited Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and afternoon activities [called Sundae Sessions], so you can come down and get some food, bring your friends, have a drink, have a picnic if you want, or hire a beanbag or you can sit on a rug with your friends. It’s not just about seeing the film,” says Chin, who explains that Openair is about creating a warm, engaging and up-beat festival vibe, and allowing movie audiences to connect in a way they can’t in a cinema. “It’s quite an isolated experience,” confesses the filmbuff, describing the contrasts between Openair and attending your local cineplex. “You know, [at] the cinema, you are in a room and sharing that experience with people you don’t know, for sure, but I think with Openair there’s definitely an environment cultivated for people communicating, engaging and interacting.” Whether these nurturing elements exist in a mutual connection over cult classics like Dirty Dancing, John
Hughes’ well-loved The Breakfast Club, or admiring David Bowie’s hair in Labyrinth – all titles on this year’s program, by the way – or re-enacting scenes during a Grease sing-a-long while dressed as Danny, Sandy, Rizzo or Kenickie. “As a rule across the board, we always have a really good mix of new releases and cult classics. We encourage people to get on the website and sign up [for email subscription] so they get to know about our upcoming program events [for] the sort of stuff we’ll announce online, like: ‘Come in your best-dressed on Grease sing-a-long and we’ll have prizes on the night’. Through that we have a lot of VIP giveaways and competitions…we’ve [even] got a Frozen sing-a-long, which we’re doing for the first time [in Melbourne] and it’s been doing really well for us across the other cities.” Apart from welcoming a new generation of Elsa wannabes, Openair has always been a strong advocate for environmental conscientiousness. Therefore, it’s unsurprising that all proceeds from this year’s opening
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In the past, Openair has been supportive of many environment-orientated causes, including Sea Shepherd, a non-profit conservation organisation that conserves marine habitat and prevents wildlife slaughter; Take 3, an ’09 initiative that encourages people to take at least three pieces of rubbish away with them if they’re near or at waterways or beaches to help reduce marine debris, and hence, habitat loss and marine death; and OzHarvest, a charity founded in November 2004 that takes surplus food from providers and redistributes the food to men, women, and children in need. All these initiatives have one thing in common: minimising environmental damage and pollution. “It’s about how we are minimising the damage we do to the environment by resourcing. A really big part of Openair is getting behind and supporting these organisations, particularly the smaller ones that are growing and emerging, and help nurture those relationships between our audiences and their work – so basically engaging the community and getting people aware and able to do something, and giving them an avenue to do something for the animals and environment. Whenever we’re approached by anyone who’s working in that area, we’re all ears.” Despite all the seriousness, because wildlife and environment conservation is serious stuff, Chin assures us that Openair is about “uniting together and having fun together. It’s not like sitting in a closed environment watching a film. It’s fun, summery, and upbeat.” Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinema will kick off at South Beach Reserve, next to St Kilda Sea Baths, on Sunday November 30 and run until Sunday December 21. A full program, more information and tickets are available through openaircinemas.com.au.
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DANCE MASSIVE
Dance Massive is back for 2015 and they’ve announced a, err, massive program. The 2015 Dance Massive will feature 19 productions – 14 of which are world premieres – from some of Australia’s finest contemporary dancers and choreographers, including Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc, Phillip Adams BalletLab, RAWCUS, Shelley Lasica, Force Majeure, Antony Hamilton and more, all presenting work in a program curated by the Dance Massive consortium: Arts House, Dancehouse and Malthouse Theatre in association with Ausdance Victoria. Combining three different artistic visions, Dance Massive is the only contemporary dance festival in the country specifically dedicated to Australian makers and with a national and international reach. Some highlights of the 2015 program include Antony Hamilton with 64 robotic percussion instruments; large-scale theatrical works along with performances on basketball courts and in playgrounds, ensembles and solo performances; and a duet between a female contemporary dancer and a male professional bodybuilder. Dance Massive 2015 will take place from Tuesday March 10 until Sunday March 22. Head to dancemassive.com.au for more information.
REFLECTION MODEL
Japanese sculptor and artist Takahiro Iwasaki’s latest work, Reflection Model, is coming to the National Gallery of Victoria. Renowned for his large-scale miniatures of ancient Japanese buildings and architecture, his newest work re-imagines the Shinto shrine of Itsukushima, most famous for its “floating” Torii gate on the tidal flats of Japan’s Inland Sea. It is the latest piece in his Reflection Model Series, which recreates ornate buildings and their inverse image, as seen reflected on the water that surrounds them. The work was produced over three months and constructed from Japanese cypress wood. Reflection Model will be open from Friday December 5 to Monday April 6 at the National Gallery of Victoria.
WHITE REINDEER
Award-winning holiday counter-classic White Reindeer will screen at ACMI next month. Premiering at 2013’s SXSW’s film festival, the film details a sudden tragedy that derails real estate agent Suzanne Barrington’s favourite holiday season. Drowning her grief in eggnog, she learns about her TV meteorologist husband’s secret life while on the search for personal redemption. White Reindeer stars veteran indie actress Anna Margaret Hollyman (The Color Wheel), with support from Joe Swanberg (Happy Christmas) and Lydia Hyslop (Vacation!). White Reindeer screens at ACMI from Saturday December 6 to Wednesday December 24.
The Australian Ballet have announced they will make their 2015 return with one of the oldest ballets in repertoire history Giselle, opening in March. Maina Gielgud’s critically acclaimed production will return to Melbourne for the first time since 2006, before heading to Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide - touring to more capital cities than any other ballet in the company’s season. First premiering in Paris in 1841, over two acts, Giselle follows the story of a village girl who falls in love with a man who is not all he seems. When she finds out his deception, she dies of a broken heart. Transformed into a spirit, she battles to save her lover in the woods, haunted by the ghosts of jilted women. Giselle will open at Arts Centre Melbourne on Friday March 13 and run until Monday March 23.
THE MISADVENTURES OF MISS BOUZY ROUGE
The Butterfly Club will play host to the premiere of The Misadventures of Miss Bouzy Rouge next month. Featuring a sultry French burlesque chanteuse, the show will feature comical anecdotes, jazz songs, musical theatre numbers and original compositions. The Misadventures of Miss Bouzy Rouge will run from Wednesday December 3 to Sunday December 7 at the Butterfly Club.
VIS-A-VIS
Founder and director of The Collector Series Laura Thompson has curated a new group exhibition by four early career female artists entitled vis-a-vis. She has selected paintings, ceramics, jewellery and video installations by Fiona Williams, Inari Kiuru, Jacqui Shelton and Kari Lee mcInneny McRae. The exhibition explores the influence of self-designed personas and how identities are influenced by outside forces, but largely self-determined. vis-a-vis will be open on Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7 at A Staple Space.
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
SeaSon of The WiTch, PeTer BerBegal, $24.95
This epic cultural and historical odyssey unearths the full influence of occult traditions on rock and roll—from the Beatles to Black Sabbath—and shows how the marriage between mysticism and music changed our world. From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances of Led Zeppelin to the Masonic imagery of today’s hip-hop scene, the occult has long breathed life into rock and hip-hop—and, indeed, esoteric and supernatural traditions are a key ingredient behind the emergence and development of rock and roll. With vivid storytelling and laser-sharp analysis, writer and critic Peter Bebergal illuminates this web of influences to produce the definitive work on how the occult shaped—and saved—popular music. As Bebergal explains, occult and mystical ideals gave rock and roll its heart and purpose, making rock into more than just backbeat music, but into a cultural revolution of political, spiritual, sexual, and social liberation.
advenTure Time: The arT of ooo, chriS mcdonnell, $49.95
Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo is the first book to take fans behind the scenes of Finn the Human’s and Jake the Dog’s adventures in the post-apocalyptic, magical land of Ooo. Packed to the seams with concept art and storyboards, this lavishly illustrated tome offers an all-access pass into the Emmy Award–winning show team’s creative process. The Art of Ooo traces series creator Pendleton Ward’s early influences and work, then reveals how the writers, storyboarders, animators, and voice actors work in tandem to bring this wildly inventive series to life.
coSmigraPhicS: PicTuring SPace Through Time, michael BenSon, $60.00
Michael Benson tells the thrilling story of the discovery and description of the universe in a new way. Selecting artful and profound illustrations and maps, many hidden away in the world’s great science libraries and virtually unknown today, he chronicles more than 1,000 years of humanity’s ever-expanding understanding of the size and shape of space itself. He shows how the invention of the telescope inspired visions of unimaginably distant places and explains why today we turn to supercomputer simulations to reveal deeper truths about space-time.
a liTTle hiSTory, Bleddyn BuTcher, $49.95
“Bleddyn Butcher has been taking pictures of me and my cohorts since I first got up on stage back in Australia right through to the shuddering present and some of these images are so familiar to me, so much a part of the fabric of my life, my little history, that much like the songs I have written, these photographs have become the props around which my memories collect. Without them so many of those days would be lost. Soul-stealer and dream-catcher - here he comes then - with his book of rescued moments.”” Nick Cave In 1981, dazzled by Nick Cave’s extraordinary talent, rock photographer Bleddyn Butcher started taking photos of Cave and his then band, punk darlings The Birthday Party. A long friendship began. With over 100 carefully selected and many never-before-seen photographs, A Little History reflects the evolution of one of today’s most original artists, burrowing beneath Cave’s smouldering public persona to reveal the irrepressible humour which punctuates his private life. Alongside portraits of band members from The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds and Grinderman, there are snapshots of backstage encounters with the likes of John Cale, Bob Dylan, Kylie Minogue and Nina Simone, peers Shane MacGowan and Mark E Smith and former girlfriends Anita Lane and Viviane Carneiro. One of rock’s few singular personalities, Nick Cave’s influence now extends far beyond music into the realms of film and literature. A Little History is the definitive portrait of a crucial artist.”
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The roSe ThaT greW from concreTe, TuPac Shakur, $22.95
“ His talent was unbounded -- a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable -- as vibrant and alive today as it has ever been. “ Tupac Shakur’s most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic “The Rose That Grew from Concrete.” For the first time in paperback, this collection of deeply personal poetry is a mirror into the legendary artist’s enigmatic world and its many contradictions. Written in his own hand from the time he was nineteen, these seventy-two poems embrace his spirit, his energy -- and his ultimate message of hope.
fifTh BeaTle: The Brian ePSTein STory, vivek J TiWary, $26.95
The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles-from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of “The Man Who Made The Beatles,” The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Brian himself died painfully lonely at the young age of thirty-two, having helped The Beatles prove through “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” that pop music could be an inspirational art form. He was homosexual when it was a felony to be so in the United Kingdom, Jewish at a time of anti-Semitism, and from Liverpool when it was considered just a dingy port town.
Talking Smack, andreW mcmillen, $29.95
Of all the creative industries, the most distinct link between drug use and creativity lies within music. The two elements seem to be intertwined, inseparable; that mythical phrase “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” has been bandied about with a wink and a grin for decades. In this fascinating book, journalist Andrew McMillen talks with Australian musicians about their thoughts on—and experiences with—illicit, prescription, and legal drugs. Through a series of in-depth and intimate interviews, he tells the stories of those who have bitten into the forbidden fruit and avoided choking. By having conversations about something that’s rarely discussed in public, and much less often dealt with honestly, McMillen explores the truths and realities of a contentious topic that isn’t going away. Talking Smack is a timely, thought-provoking must-read that takes readers inside the highs and lows of some of our most successful and creative musicians.
Ten yearS in an oPen necked ShirT, John cooPer clarke, $22.95
‘Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking through the hi-fi paradise of true luxury.’ Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of Salford’s seminal collection is as scabrous, wry & vivid now as it was when first published over 25 years ago.
After touring the world in recent years, Australia’s own Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular will return to our shores next year. Walking With Dinosaurs will return in 2015 for runs in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle and Perth. Based on the BBC television series of the same name, the live show features 20 reconstructed dinosaurs representing ten different species. Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular will run at Hisense Arena from Wednesday March 25 to Sunday March 29.
THE HAT TRICK
The Melbourne Playback Theatre Company will wrap up the year with their new performance, The Hat Trick. In each show, performers will pick stories of chance, luck and courage from the audience. They will then transform them with their theatre magic, with the help of a team of actors and musicians from the Melbourne Playback Ensemble. The Hat Trick will run on Friday December 19 and Saturday December 20.
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
ACMI have announced they will present Ana Lily Amirpour’s feature-length debut A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, opening this December. A tale of love, loneliness and family ties, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is set in the fictitious locale of Bad City, a stunningly crafted black-and-white world riddled with random events and flawed people. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been dubbed the first Iranian vampire western. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night will screen at ACMI from Saturday December 27 to Monday January 26.
BETWEEN THE CRACKS
Cabaret provocateur Yana Alana will return to Melbourne for a brief season of her award-winning show Between the Cracks. The rising cabaret star will treat audiences to a night of song, dance, poetry, blues and burlesque. Between the Cracks received the 2014 Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer and two 2014 Green Room Awards for Best Production and Best Cabaret Artiste. Between the Cracks will run from Tuesday December 16 to Monday December 22 at fortyfivedownstairs. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV
Celebrating 20 years of laughter and good will, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala supporting Oxfam Australia will return for one night this March. Australian comedian Joel Creasey will host the night, leading a lineup of some of the world’s greatest stars of local and international comedy. The event will also be recorded in front of a live audience, to be broadcast across Australia soon after. The on-air date will be announced in March, along with a sneak peek at some of the names featuring in the lineup. The 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival runs from Wednesday March 25 until Sunday April 19. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala will take place at the Palais Theatre on Wednesday March 18.
BILL BURR One of the biggest comedians of our generation has locked in his first ever Australian tour. A favourite on talk shows such as David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon, Bill Burr first rose to success through his recurring role on the second season of Chappelle’s Show. In more recent times, Burr has played the character Kuby on Breaking Bad, starred in The Heat, Stand Up Guys and Date Night, and in 2015 will co-star with Kevin Costner in the movie Black or White. He’ll hit Hamer Hall on Thursday January 29.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Jimeoin headlines Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday night. He’s probably the biggest comedian in the country and has been for years. Here’s your chance to see the great man up close and cheap. Plus there’s Karl Chandler, David Quirk, Daniel Connell and more. It’s all happening this Thursday November 27 at 8.30pm at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), CBD, all for only $13. Get in early.
PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Tonight at the Public Bar it’s another unmissable one. For just $5 you get Lawrence Mooney, Claire Hooper, David Quirk, Becky Lucas, Jimmy James Eaton and Adelaide’s Marcel Blanch-De Wilt. Show kicks off at 8.30pm sharp with $10 jugs before 8pm. Some of Melbourne’s finest cutting loose on a sticky stage for a jam packed audience, don’t miss it.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN
There’s another big lineup at Comedy At Spleen this Monday. It’s always completely packed, and you can see why with another awesome bunch of comics this week. This week, Danny McGinlay hosts, plus heaps of guests including Karl Chandler, Jason English, Tom Ward, Simon Keck, Kirsty Mac and more. It’s on this Monday December 1 at 41 Bourke Street, CBD, at 8.30pm. It’s free to get in, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
LOVE GREEN GUIDE LETTERS 150TH EPISODE SPECTACULAR I Love Green Guide Letters, one of Australia’s most popular comedy podcasts is celebrating 150 episodes with a giant live show. With Ed Kavalee, Fiona O’Loughlin, Rhys Nicholson, Oliver Clarke, Ash Williams and Ronny Chieng already confirmed this is set to be must see show for any Melbourne comedy fan. Plus with previous surprise guests like Ryan Maloney, Livinia Nixon and Derryn Hinch who knows who else will appear? It all goes down 3.30pm on Saturday December 6 at The Last Laugh Comedy Club. For tickets and to hear previous episodes click on ilovegreenguideletters.com.
Tom Trago
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Dutch DJ and producer Tom Trago reckons he owes much of his musical inspiration to his mum’s old piano. “I have the piano in my studio. My mum bought it when she had me in her belly,” he says, speaking to Beat from Singapore. “I’ve played it since I was little. It kind of inspires me. When I was 20, 21, the piano was calling me to understand the instrument better so I went to back to jazz school for four years. It definitely gave me an advantage in my later life.”
Trago, a much-loved influencer in the underground and independent club scene in Amsterdam who says he needs to make music every day, will soon arrive in Melbourne to play the Lounge. What brings him to this side of the world just now? “We did a tour of the States at the beginning of this year,” he answers. “It went down so well we decided to do another tour. We’re touring anyhow so now we are coming to Australia for two weeks.” Has there been a highlight of his experiences in Asia? “The last Saturday night in Saigon: I played for nine hours straight in a club that’s now shut down. It was so beautiful. There was just me and ten people left and the connection got so intense and spiritual, it wasn’t just me playing anymore, it was an experience we made together. The sun came up… what it did to me in that moment of time was intense and elevated. It was so magic I decided to stay in Vietnam; they asked me to do another night.” That second show in Saigon was accompanied by a screening of music documentaries Trago presented. “To show people where I come from,” he
explains. Trago has been devoted solely to music since the age of 15. “I love to share my inspirations.” Trago’s musical style is described as a blend of disco, boogie, synth funk, Detroit techno and more. Beat asks him how he himself would talk about it. “I try and come up with a new name for it whenever a journalist asks me that,” he says. “I’ll say it’s b-boy house with a disco twist.” How does he make sure he stays fresh and relevant? “Start by having inspiring people around you. In Amsterdam young musicians and producers are endeavouring to help each other in their nightlife, they inspire each other. Having people whose edges are sharp and who are honest with you about your material. You look for reflection not only in yourself but in other people you can trust. You can change your work flow, change your studio set up. You can limit yourself to using only a few pieces of older equipment – there are quite some things you can do to stay on top.” Trago sees himself shifting away from a traditional club feel in his work. “I don’t want to completely lose the club beats
but I want to work on music that’s outside music that’s made for clubs, use fewer drums, not lose them completely and still keep the repetitiveness, but let these things go a bit. There is so much I want to explore: contemporary minimal music, working with orchestras, a few trance tracks.” How is it that a DJ can become so internationally famous? Surely their work needs to be experienced live? Trago explains: “Nowadays the word ‘DJ’ is now shorthand for people who spend a lot of time in studios, who is playing and producing in a studio. Being a DJ in a club is a way to outlet what you’re doing in your daily life, which is the art of making music. Some of them get famous, some of them don’t but they do make beautiful music. “As a DJ, label owner and producer one of my main goals is to influence and inspire people to try something new, to take their music to a new level. That’s an important task a DJ should be doing. I always look for local music and connect with local musicians and collect their recordings. I get a feel for what’s going on. I map out what’s happening in the world and take something from the local music scene.” Does Trago have preferences as to equipment? “It varies. The piano – I try out rhythms and melodies. The MPC 2000, a machine that’s been around for 25 years. A series of drum machines; Rawlings 8078, 707. The Loop Station is an amazing machine. You go into that repetitive zone. By using that
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machine you can be a whole orchestra yourself.” Who does he hold high? “Theo Parrish. He’s a special DJ. He’s one of the guys who got me into house music and techno. I’ve seen him perform about 20 times. When I was in New York about three weeks ago he was playing and I went to check him out again. Francois K is a legend. These guys have been doing it for over 25 years; they’ve paid their dues. They inspire me so deeply. They are strong influences who inspire me to see things clearly on a lot of levels so I can change a lot of things. On a local level Voyage Direct are Dutch producers I work with, they make avant grade dance music and inspire people to release their own music. They inspire people to change their music and release their music. They get involved in a lot of process that happens before tracks go into the world.” Can Trago see his influence on his local music scene? “I’ve touched a lot of things,” he says. “My label is a part of the independent music scene in Amsterdam. I just hope to tell people about independent music from Amsterdam.”
Tom Trago will hit Lounge this Sunday November 30.
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friday 28 november 12:00 pm biting eye 1.30 pm herc kass 3:00 pm simon slieker 4.30 pm robert anthony 6.00 pm dean benson 7.30 pm mish'chief 9.00 pm anne clue 10.30 pm dnox & beckers 12.00 am victor ruiz 1.30 am boris brejcha
thursday 27 november 4.00 pm safari 6.00 pm grouch 7.30 pm bornvibe 9.00 pm dr fil 10.30 pm mattiecee 12. 00 am blind_injustice 1.30 am red can
friday 28 november 12:00 pm ryanosarus 1.30 pm daisy cutter 3:00 pm simon murphy 4.30 pm azrin 6.00 pm behind blue eyes 7.30 pm da vinci code/vibe tribe 9.00 pm grommit 10:00 pm pakman 11:00 pm redline 12:00 am suntribe 1:00 am ozzy 2:00 am gms 3:30 am zentura
friday 28 november friday 28 november 3:00 pm rimmy 4:00 pm opening ceremony (3 hours) 4:00 pm clipping 7:00 pm sunsaria 5:00 pm robyn gold 8:30 pm tripswitch 6:00 pm budha liloni & code luke 10:30 pm exosomatica 7:00 pm steve ward 12:30 am d-reketional 8:00 pm cheap thrills 9:00 pm ben mac saturday 29 november 10:00 pm jiay mills 4:00 pm krusty 11:00 pm less is moar vs mez money 6:00 pm arcane trickster 12:00 am johnny canik 8:00 pm dominic hogan 1:00 am zac depetro 10:00 pm gus till 2:00 am nickelodeon 12:00 am gaudi 2:00 am robodop snei saturday 29 november 6.00 pm tom hornsby sunday 30 november 7.30 pm jacob nolan 12:00 pm black night satellite 9.00 pm ethan taylor 2:00 pm numatica 10.30 pm matt dwellers 4:00 pm fishimself 12.00 am jake mcdonald 6:00 pm asura 1.30 am chris roberts
saturday 29 november 12:00 pm galambo 1.30 pm circuit bent 3.00 pm mr bill 4.30 pm dysphemic & miss eliza 6.00 pm shpongle 7.30 pm deviant vs citizen vs flip 9.00 pm monkee 10.30 pm jpa 12.00 am scott alien 1.30 am nick sentience 3.00 am john oo fleming 4.30 am 1200 mics 6.00 am hallucinogen 7.30 am astrix 9.30 am ace ventura 11.00 am day din sunday 30 november 12.30 pm klopfgeister 2.00 pm aminos kh 3.00 pm triforce 4.00 pm pspiralife
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friday 28 november 12:00 pm leigh gray 1:00 pm dban & peter fotop 2:00 pm zac waters 3:00 pm cam milesi & tomb boss 4:00 pm hutch & katz 5:00 pm paradime 6:00 pm macca mac & mitch bain 7:00 pm doakes 8:00 pm marco polo 9:00 pm reece hart 10:00 pm vedran & nick litsis 11:00 pm dom dolla 12:00 am taco 1:00 am oskar long & short straw 2:00 am rob lewis
saturday 29 november 12:00 pm miss flare 1.30 pm aaron smiles 3.00 pm native soundwave 4.30 pm neocortex 6.00 pm fatphilter 7.30 pm solarflex vs dtmx 9.00 pm binaural 10.30 pm zen mechanics 12.00 am hux flux 1.30 am lucas 3.00 am chicago 4.30 am glacial 6.00 am tarun 7.30 am ben evans 9.00 am raptor 10.30 am ritmo
saturday 29 november 2:00 pm metwally 1:30 pm ryan haynes 3:00 pm maddie robin 5:00 pm butters vs eddie stephens 9:00 pm matt kovic 11:00 pm mike buhl 1:00 am dean benson sunday 30 november 3:00 am brian fantana 12.00 pm liquid soul 5:00 am many & varied 1.30 pm ticon 6:00 am sunshine 3.00 pm bliss 8:00 am kids table 4.30 pm raja ram + simon posford 9:00 am nick kennedy & luke montgomery 10:30 am sammy la marca sunday 30 november 12:00 pm missfit 1.30 pm muska 3:00 pm ex quest 4.30 pm brad daniels 6:00 pm volta 7.30 pm dnox 9.30 pm format: b 11.00 pm lucca tan 12.00 am lucas techno set 1.30 am audiotec 3.00 am jules plees 4.00 am trent mc dermott 5:00 am handsdown 6.00 am miss behaviour
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sunday 30 november 3:00 am katie drover 4:00 am mickey nox 6:00 am acm vs adrian bell 7:00 am backroom reality 8:00 am sly faux 9:00 am mitch luby 10:00 am nathan bulner 11:00 am handsdown 12:00 pm pete laskis 1:00 pm john doe
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on tour EARTHCORE: RAJA RAM [UK], JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] + MORE Thursday November 27 - Monday December 1, Pyalong, Victoria GIRAFFAGE [USA] Thursday November 27, Howler THE PHARCYDE [USA] Thursday November 27, The Espy OPTIMO [SCO] Saturday November 29, The Toff In Town TOM TRAGO [NED] Sunday November 30, Lounge PANTHA DU PRINCE [GER] Thursday December 4, The Hi-Fi STEREOSONIC: CALVIN HARRIS [UK], TIESTO [NED], DIPLO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 6 - Sunday December 7, TBA ICE CUBE [USA] Tuesday December 9, The Forum JAMES HOLDEN [UK] Wednesday December 10, The Hi-Fi CYPRESS HILL [USA] Thursday December 11, The Forum BLACKSTREET [USA] Friday December 12, Trak DE LA SOUL [USA] Friday December 12, 170 Russell MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL: VAKULA [UKR], GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA] + MORE Friday December 12 - Sunday December 14, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA] Friday December 19, The Espy LIDO [NOR], SOPHIE [UK] + MORE Friday December 19, 170 Russell TIM SWEENEY [USA] Saturday December 20, The Toff In Town FLORIAN KUPFER [GER] Sunday December 21, Lounge PHARAOHE MONCH [USA] Saturday December 26, The Espy BADBADNOTGOOD [USA] Saturday December 27, Laundry Bar SALT N PEPA [USA] Saturday December 27, The Forum ANDY C [UK] Sunday December 28, Brown Alley FALLS FESTIVAL: TODD TERJE [NOR], TENSNAKE [GER], TYCHO [USA] + MORE Monday December 29 - Thursday January 1, Byron Bay BEYOND THE VALLEY: CLAPTONE [GER], ALUNAGEORGE [UK] + MORE Tuesday December 30 - Thursday January 1, Phillip Island Circuit BIG FREEDIA [USA] Tuesday December 30, Howler SADAR BAHAR [USA] Wednesday December 31, The Toff In Town GREG WILSON [UK] Wednesday December 31, Little& Olver DJ ALFREDO [ARG], MAXMILLION DUNBAR [USA], PENDER STREET STEPPERS [CAN], SCOTT FRASER [SCO] Thursday January 1, TBA ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] Thursday January 1, Sidney Myer Music Bowl DERRICK CARTER [USA] Thursday January 1, New Guerica LET THEM EAT CAKE: CARL CRAIG [USA], TODD TERJE [NOR], CASHMERE CAT [NOR] + MORE Thursday January 1, Werribee Mansion OLIVER $ [GER], CRAZY P [UK] Thursday January 1, Shed 14 GRANDMASTER FLASH [USA] Saturday January 3, The Espy DANNY BROWN [USA] Sunday January 4, Corner Hotel SBTRKT [UK] Wednesday January 7, The Forum TYCHO [USA] Thursday January 8, The Hi-Fi JOEY BADA$$ [USA], RUN THE JEWELS [USA] Thursday January 8, The Forum OMAR S [USA], DANIEL AVERY [UK] Friday January 9, Brown Alley SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER [UK] Sunday January 11, Lounge TIM HECKER [CAN] Wednesday January 14, Howler NELLY [USA] Friday January 16, Sidney Myer Music Bowl MISTER SATURDAY NIGHT [USA] Saturday January 17, TBA OMAR SOULEYMAN [SYR] Monday January 19, Corner Hotel RAINBOW SERPENT: MARCEL DETTMANN [GER], LEE BURRIDGE [UK], PETAR DUNDOV [CRO] + MORE Friday January 23 - Monday January 26, Lexton SUGAR MOUNTAIN: SOUL CLAP [USA], ANTHONY NAPLES [USA] + MORE Saturday January 24, VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) ODESZA [USA] Sunday January 25, Howler RUSTIE [UK] Thursday January 29, Howler
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Juan Atkins, Hieroglyphic Being, Vatican Shadow, Shackleton, Mika Vainio, Container, The Bug, Evian Christ, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Addison Groove, Netsky, London Elektricity, DC Breaks, Moodymann
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One of the most promising names currently in dance music, Mad Decent DJ and producer Dillon Francis has amassed a legion of fans touring the world, pioneered moombahton and moombahcore, played Coachella twice, signed to major label Columbia, officially remixed for some of the biggest names in music including Justin Timberlake, all before his debut LP was released. Having just unleashed his long-awaited debut album Money Sucks, Friends Rule, Francis greets me over the phone as ‘Becky’ (one of his popular characters from his incredible hilarious and entertaining Instagram account) and it’s evident that releasing an album, two years in the making, has lifted a weight off his shoulders. “The album was finished super recently. I’ve never felt happier. TEED [Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs] said, ‘You look so happy’.” Spending time writing songs for the album while constantly on tour can be difficult, often changing re-working a song to keep it from sounding dated, but Francis has made it the tour/recording life work and has also made collaborations work too. “Sometimes I’d set
aside a month, spend time in hotel rooms and random weeks off, come up with something super random, send that to my manager and then spending four days in a studio. The collabs well most were through the wire either phone calls or via the computer.” Combining pop culture, EDM anthems, pop-sensibility,‘90s throwback nostalgia (especially on Not Butter) humour into the mix and a track with an f-bomb, Money Sucks, Friends Rule is a festival-ready album and one that combines his love of multiple genres. What’s That Spell off his album, referencing a Country Joe McDonald chant first used at Woodstock, is a perfect example of his use of humour and songwriting that’ll translate well for festival shows. “He stopped his show to do this ‘fuck’ thing and I told TJR we should use this as a sample. We only had two chances to get the live recording of the F.U.C.K chant at a show. The first time my voice cracked on the ‘K’,” Francis laughs. While he says Not Butter is his mum’s favourite track off the album (someone who regularly appears on his social media), Francis
says his recently released track Love in the Middle of a Fire Fight is his favourite: “It’s in my eyes, perfect.” Featuring Panic! At the Disco’s Brendon Urie, the song surprisingly came together rather organically, even if it was all via the internet. After some back and forth on Twitter exchanging instrumentals, some were ultimately forgotten about, until they finally got onto a winner: “[Urie] immediately sent back vocals the next day and I thought, ‘Holy shit this is incredible’.” 2014 has no doubt been a massive year for the Californian DJ and producer. Along with dropping his long-anticipated debut album, Francis recalls being interviewed by Nardwuar the Human Serviette, as the absolute highlight of his year, a real ‘Holy shit, we made it’ moment. To wrap up an amazing 2014, Francis will be celebrating the New Year at Beyond The Valley in Phillip Island, where he’ll be performing along the likes of Danny Brown, Aluna George, Kaytrandra, Peking Duk and Nina Las Vegas. In his previous visit to the country, he ended his set with Spice Girls 2 Become 1, and has in the past trolled audiences mid-set, by playing a T-Pain song before the bass is meant to drop. “That was the pinnacle of my trolling. Trolling is my favourite thing ever. I was playing a show and saw Taco from Odd Future side stage and I didn’t feel like playing house anymore and I told him I’m gonna drop some T-Pain.” What can Beyond The Valley festival goers expect from a Dillon Francis’ New Years set? “I’m not sure yet but I’m gonna’ do something crazy as hell. I’ll figure it out when I’m down there. Maybe get Emoh [Emoh Instead of What So Not] naked.” Francis is a highly likeable dude. An incredibly strong social media game, hilarious and interesting merchandise (which he donates profits to charity), a party starter DJ and even just chatting to him over the phone, you see what you get. “I made [Money Sucks, Friends Rule] it to make everyone happy. Put the CD in the car and play it from tracks one to 12 and hopefully it’ll make people happy and they can see the diversity like, ‘Wow, this is fucking awesome.’ There’s a song for everyone, including your mum and dad.” Catch Dillon Francis at Beyond the Valley Festival over New Year’s Eve. Final release tickets are available via beyondthevalley.com.au. Money Sucks, Friends Rule is out now on Columbia.
five things with trent mcdermott
1. Growing Up I didn’t come from an overly musical household, however my older brother was quite upfront with his musical taste and introduced me to all kinds of cool music. The KLF was the group that really resonated with me and started me on the direction I’d later take. When I was around 20, my grandmother bought me a pair of turntables and a mixer, and I never looked back. I often wonder what path I’d have taken had that not have happened, I sure as hell didn’t have 3K to drop of equipment myself in those days. Bless her heart.
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just came out, my disc leans heavy on techno but explores house, breaks, prog, psy and acid but if you listen to the music I write, it always comes out prog. I find it hard to shake my roots I guess. My latest EP For What It’s Worth is out now on Molecule Recordings and that’s very much prog. I guess no matter what I play there will always be an underlying element of prog and I’m cool with that. 5. Music, Right Here, Right Now Music’s in a great place right now, with EDM doing its thing in the limelight, it’s just pushed the underground back underground and made it stronger than ever. I will never understand these people who say “You can’t beat the music back in the day,” I call bullshit. Production has come so far over the years that the quality has go ten to a ridiculous point, music has never been better than it has today and the day I don’t believe that anymore if the day I give it all away. I just had Josh Butler play for my Our House night I run at Pawn & Co and it was just good music. House music that doesn’t have to prove its importance to you, I love that. Trent McDermott will play at Earthcore which goes down from Thursday November 27 to Monday December 1 in Pyalong. Tickets are on sale now from the earthcore.com.au - where you can also check out the full lineup.
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2. Inspirations Sasha and John Digweed’s Northern Exposure and Endorphin’s Embrace were two albums opened my eyes to electronic music but it was BT Movement In Still Life that spawned the obsession that would follow. I started off with prog, trance and breaks but when some friends and I were at Substance at Salt one night I called my brother who was at some gig at Capsule Nightclub, and when I heard the banging music through the phone we drove straight there and I became obsessed with harder music and I started DJing around that time. 3. Your Crew Being around as long as I have, lots of the guys I came up with have taken different paths. These days I see myself as somewhat as a travelling gypsy. I don’t have a crew as per say I’m more of a loner. I prefer it that way, I like to do my own thing and do them my way. However I’m lucky to work at Store DJ which keeps me in the thick of technology and like minded people. It’s the ideal environment for me, watching the face of music technology change before your eyes on a daily basis makes me moist with excitement! 4. The Music You Make I can be a confused artist at times. If you listen to the music I write, it’s different to the music I play. If you listen to the Earthcore CD that
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This Mura Oka record is making a serious last-minute run for album of the year.
drake One of the biggest drawcards on the 2015 Future Music Festival bill has locked in a Melbourne headline show. The Canadian hip hop superstar will be making his debut voyage Down Under early next year. Since first appearing in the teen drama Degrassi: Next Generation, Drake has gone on to become one of the biggest stars on the planet, having collaborated with the likes of Beyoncé, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. He’ll be joined by 2 Chainz. Catch ‘em on Friday February 27 at Rod Laver Arena.
kerser Sydney MC Kerser has announced a national tour in support of his latest LP, King. The album marks his fourth in as many years, following on the heels of last year’s charttopping S.C.O.T. LP. His upcoming tour will see him roll up the coast before finishing up with a run of shows in WA. Kerser will hit The Hi-Fi on Saturday January 24. He’ll play an allages day show as well as an 18+ night show.
knife party Knife Party have cancelled their December arena shows and will instead play at next year’s Future Music Festival. Existing ticketholder have been told that they will receive an email soon with an invite to buy tickets to Future - $60 off the regular price, while refunds are also available. The Perth via London duo will make their return to our shores on the heels of their debut album, Abandon Ship. They’ll join the likes of Drake, Avicii, The Prodigy and more on the Future bill. Future Music Festival will take place on Sunday March 8 at Flemington Racecourse.
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Derrick Carter has announced he will return to Melbourne this New Year’s Day for a set at New Guernica. Earlier this year Derrick played a sold out Derrick Does Disco set, now he will return to kick off 2015. Things will be kicking off early in the evening with DJs in Chuckle Park to warm things up before Derrick Carter takes the stage. The list of Melbourne DJs will be announced soon. Derrick Carter will be taking over New Guernica this New Year’s Day.
Reunited hip hop outfit Jurassic 5 have locked in a Melbourne Bluesfest sideshow. The ‘socially aware’ hip hop group reformed last year, after splitting up in 2007. They have since played a number of shows around the world, including sets at Coachella and Glastonbury. Jurassic 5 will play at Festival Hall on Wednesday April 1.
defected in the house optimo After slaying it at Melbourne Music Week alongside Pachanga Boys last Wednesday, Glasgow’s finest party starters Optimo have announced an encore performance. Optimo, otherwise known as the duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, ran the legendary Sunday night at Sub Club which came to an end in 2010 after 13 years. These days the two are running their own record label, hosting parties every second month shining the spotlight on local talent, and DJing around world. No strangers to Australia, Optimo are one of the few artists to ever be invited back to play a second time at Golden Plains. They’ll hit The Toff In Town on Saturday November 29.
tribe Drum and bass event Tribe is turning five this year, and to celebrate Twisted Audio are promising the biggest event yet this December. The day/night event will feature a three level jungle-themed environment, unique interactive decor setup, cutting-edge lighting displays and mind-bending visuals. For its fifth edition, Tribe will bring together Melbourne’s most dedicated beat crews for the highly anticipated annual event including Adapted Records, All City Bass, Brotherhood of Beats, Detrimental Audio, Get Up Smashes It, LMS, Melbourne DNB Movement, Mixed Messages, New Grounds, Organic Audio, Oscillate Bass, Ruckus, Whomp! and Wobble. The decks will be manned by drum and bass selector Andy C, Kiwis State Of Mind, Grooverider and DJ SS, joining Tribe as part of their 25th anniversary world tour. Also making appearances are The Funkhunters and Crazy Daylight. Tribe comes to Brown Alley on Sunday December 28.
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The UK’s legendary Defected Records will play host to a slew of all-star talent when it brings Defected In The House to the Docklands this New Year’s Day. Berlin’s Oliver $, Franky Rizardo, Sonny Fodera and Crazy P are set to headline the event, with more acts to be announced. Defected In The House has been known to host some of the world’s biggest DJs, with regular events at London’s Ministry of Sound, Singapore’s Zouk and Jakarta’s Dragon Fly as well as a residency at Pacha Ibiza throughout the summer season. Defected In The House is set to go down on Thursday January 1 at Shed 14.
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BOOTY WORK Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. PURE POP @ EXCHANGE Exchange Bar (south Yarra), South Yarra. 6:00pm. REVOLVER WEDNESDAYS FEAT: DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THE BLACK SEEDS (DJ SET) - FEAT: THE BLACK SEEDS: DJ SET + GEEZY + CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + MIDFLITE Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
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3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: MOKUMO + HANS DC + MAFIA + FOR YOUR EARS DJS + FAKE FORWARD + RIFFE + DOM DOLLA VS BOOT ACTION + JACK LOVE + BENSON VS MIKE METRO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. BITING EYE + SIRC + ZACH PM + STEVE WILLIAMS + DJ ADRIAN BELL Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. CQ SESSIONS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DINNER BEATS - FEAT: SHUTTERSOUND Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. FLANAGANS THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ONTIME Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. GOOD EVENING Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. LEGIT - FEAT: CITY CALM DOWN + BARNA NEMETH + ELLA THOMPSON + JOHNNY EL PAJARO Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 7:00pm. LOVE STORY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. LOVE STORY - FEAT: TRANTER + SLEEVES + MEGAWUOTI + SUPREMES + MICKEY P Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MIKEY HUNDRED�S BIRTHDAY + YUNG PHOS + HUCCI LUV Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. RARE CANDY Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SOUND SPLASHES Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. THE BEAT RAFFLE - FEAT: POSTIE P & DJ BUICK Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00. U B QUEER Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 6:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: KITI + FOOFARAW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. XS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.
friday nov 28 #EATDRINKPLAY - FEAT: ANDY MURPHY + MGMC + DJ JORJ + CAM WOODARD The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. #MASHTAG - FEAT: MALPRACTICE + AGENT 86 + BENZO + ANDRE LE VOGUE +
SILVERFOX + AHAB + OLLIE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BEAT THE BUSH - FEAT: LEO + DJ HOLLYWOOD + CAZEAUX OSLO + JIMMIE DAWG + WINTERS + DJ SUSAN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. BREAD & BUTTER FRIDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 8:00pm. CAN’T SAY Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DA CLUB Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. DJ LOVE HERTZ Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. EARTH RADIO - FEAT: MILES COSMO + HYPERSLEEP + TETRAMORPHIA + DE DRIX + KETATONIC Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FABULOUS FRIDAYS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. FAKE TITS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + SUNSHINE + SAMMY LA MARCA + BUTTERS + ADAM BARTAS + JUNGLE JIM Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. FLAWLESS QUEER PARTY (SEEYA 2014) - FEAT: WHISKEY HOUSTON + HANNAH WINTOUR + EATON MESS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12.00. FREQUENCY FRIDAYS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. FRIDAYS @ ONESIXONE - 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. 8:00pm. LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. LUCK TRUCK FRIDAYS DOWNSTAIRS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. NAM + FLAGRANT + B-TWO Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. POPROCKS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + KATIE DROVER + SAFARI + OLIBUSTA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. RUBIX TRAP HOUSE - FEAT: MAT CANT + JVMVNJI + DION JACKSON + CAT PARTY + O.G. RILLA Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 6:00pm. SEYMOUR POPE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. SPEECH THERAPY - FEAT: HARVEST + SINS ONE + OPTIMIST + INSPIOZ + OPTIMUZT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. STEVE SPACEK + JORDAN RAKEI + GAVIN BOYD + AMIN PAYNE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. STRAWBERRY FIELDS AFTER PARTY - FEAT: MATTHIAS MEYER + SQL Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $27.50. STRAY IN SLOWMOTION - FEAT: STARS ON 33 + STOCKHOLM
SYNDROME + DARIUS BASSIRAY + CRAIG BELL Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 11:00pm. SUNNY LEONE + DJ RINK Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. SUNNY LEONNE - FEAT: DJ RINK Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. WELCOME SUMMER PARTY FEAT: DJ DAVID MAS Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. WOOKIE + GINGUS + 2FUDDHA + ARCTIC + ALASKA + DAVID SPACE The Mercat, Melbourne. 10:00pm.
saturday nov 29 A NIGHT ON THE ISLAND La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. AFTER PARTY @ LA DI DA - FEAT: TIMMUS + SHUTTER SOUND + U-WISH + WARPA!NT + GABRIEL GILMOUR + JUXTPOSE La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: DR. ZOK + JAMES WARE + GREG SARA + JACOB MALMO + TOM EVANS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00. BIG MOUTH SATURDAYS FEAT: DJ ROWIE + ANDYCAN + NACKERS Big Mouth, St Kilda. 9:00pm. BRENMAR Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. CLOCKWORK ORANGE REUNION Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. FAMILIAR STRANGERS The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. GARDEN BEATS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS HOLDER + AARON ARTHUR + DUNCAN FUNK The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. HOT STEP - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW + GRAYSKULL + KELTEC + MYLES MAC + PETER BAKER + REV. THORN + SAM MCEWIN + SHANE COPAL + TOM EVANS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. MIDNIGHT RUN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. $7.00. MUTTON + THE KREMLINGS + SCUL HAZZARDS + HARD RUBBISH Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. OBLIVEUS + MATT RAD + FLAGRANT Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OPTIMO + ANDEE FROST + OTOLOGIC Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $25.00. POWELL The Mercat, Melbourne. 10:00pm. PUNK NIGHT Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. RESPECT Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $20.00. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. SLOW GRIND FEVER #19 - FEAT: DJS RICHIE1250 + MOHAIR SLIM & PIERRE BARONI Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. $5.00. STEP-ON Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.
TEXTILE SATURDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. THERAPY SATURDAYS - FEAT: BOMBS AWAY + TATE STRAUSS + ED COLMAN + MATTY G Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TUNES BY DAVE LARKIN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. VAULT SATURDAYS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.
MVP - FEAT: BURN CIRCUIT + DJS ARKS + LOW-KEY + THADDEUS DOE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
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JELLO DOWNSTAIRS - FEAT: SILENTJAY + VERSAJ Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. NORTHSIDE SPACE FUNKERS - FEAT: HYPERFOKUS + KODIAK KID Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. THE PHARCYDE + BARO + MISTRESS OF CEREMONY + SHOWTIME QUINTET + DJ LOTUS Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. $52.00.
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BUMP FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. FRIDAY NIGHT RHYTHM - FEAT: DJ ANDRE LE VOGUE + SCARLETT MINX The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. PARTY & BULLSHIT - FEAT: JUZZY B + KAYZ Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
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BATTLE OF THE MICS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:30pm. $15.00.
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sunday nov 30 BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII + WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. C.S.S SUMMER SLAM - FEAT: TYPHONIC + THOMAS KILROC + JPS Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. COACH BOMBAY + LANKS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.00. DUB N GRUB - FEAT: ELLIE B + OPERATOR ANDY + SK + NARAM FRAUD Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 3:00pm. EARLY MORNING CREW - FEAT: HOOPS + BRAD SASSMAN + JOSH PAOLA + JESSE YOUNG + OLLIE HOLMES + DEAN SPANOS Onesixone, Prahran. 1:00am. EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + DJ MAARS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ENCORE - FEAT: DAN SLATER + ADAM LOVE The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. GOAT PISS GASOLINE Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. OPEN DECKS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 7:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR & DAMON WALSH + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. WAX ON WAX OFF Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.
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monday dec 1 CALL IT IN - FEAT: JAMES TOM & DYLAN MICHEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.
tuesday dec 2 CUSHION TUESDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 8:00pm. GIGGLE TUESDAY - FEAT: WHO + JAKE JUDD Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. LOTEK + FLORELIE ESCANO + RAS JAHKNOW + KWASI + LUCAS MILLER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TRAMP TUESDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
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BIG DANCING Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ILLY + TKAY MAIDZA Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUA & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.
sunday nov 30
2HOT2HANDLE - FEAT: MORGANICS Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00.
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NULL
By Dan Watt
In music there’s a concept called ‘cultural amnesia’ where the tannins of a former zeitgeist re-emerge 15 years later in a different incarnation. This concept can be a minefield because, while these artists are generally safe with category A) The music consumer demographic of 18-30 who are too young to remember what came before, the difficult to please category B) of 30+ music fans will brutalise a new act with bad feedback if they revive one of their beloved ‘genres’ with an amateur or uninspired musical approach. 26-year-old Canberra-born but now Melbourne-based techno producer Null falls in within category A) age-wise, but he has done his research and honed his production skills so as to not to piss off category B). “Firstly and foremost I am really, really careful not to be an on-the-nose revivalist. It is important that my music isn’t just retreading old tracks. It’s hard to speak about my own art like this but I think if I were to pitch it to someone, I’d say that it takes a lot of influence from a lot of different electronic sub-genres from the ‘90s, but it’s not just a ‘90s throwback. It is informed by huge electronic studio acts from that era like Underworld, Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy and it is also influenced by early 2000’s UK garage, but also bass music that is happening now,” contends Hayden Quinn, aka Null. “It is extremely important to me that I don’t fall into this, ‘Awww he’s just doing that again’ category.” Growing up in Canberra, Quinn had a passion for alternative music with the city’s well-known Landspeed Records, a shop specialising in independent music, being a hub for him to discover new and interesting music. However, it wasn’t just the aforementioned UK dance juggernauts that shaped Quinn’s music, it was also two archetypal post-metal acts as well as the sounds he hears in everyday life that are known as ‘found sounds’ when used in musical recordings. “I really like field recordings and found sound a lot. I don’t believe these two techniques are used in club music that much at the moment. These techniques I draw from my favourite moments off The Mars Volta records and some of my songs are quite long and structurally progressive that I pull from being a huge Tool fan.” And it’s worth noting Quinn’s varied use of techniques and early ‘90s influence has resulted in his production; relying on 50 per cent hardware synths and drum machines and 50 per cent Logic Pro (Apple Pro) and FL Studio.
Quinn’s meticulous and cautious approach to his music has resulted in Null drip-feeding his output via remixes before his debut release, like The Presets Goodbye Future, and his celebrated rerun of Canadian act Trust’s Rescue Mr. He discusses how these two fully endorsed remixes came about, but first gives some clues as to when Null originals will be released. “I have a heap of original material due out next year,” he reveals. “2014 was just about finding some good remixes – not necessarily to get my profile up, but more to try my sound out and see what kind of artist it would work with. “The Goodbye Future remix came about because I know some people who know The Presets. When the song came out I heard it and it had these huge pianos in it, and nodded to a lot of the hardcore rave music that I was really into at that specific time. It seemed so crazy that they put that out the same month I had been listening to all that hardcore ravey stuff from the ‘90s it worked so well with,” contends Quinn. Looking forward to Null’s first major performance this Friday night at Paradise Music Festival, where he opens the Clubland stage at 10pm, Quinn discusses what punters can expect: “The live performance involves a little bit of hardware and a laptop, but I try to make it a bit more interesting by bringing an old drum sequencer from ‘98 along to amplify the really interesting sounds from that era that feature in my music.” Null is playing Paradise Music Festival at Lake Mountain Resort this Friday November 28 to Sunday November 30. Head to Paradise.com.au for more information.
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Welcome!
Over the weekend, my housemates and I smoked, in our homemade 44-gallon drum smoker, enough brisket, lamb ribs and pork sausages to bring down John Goodman. This Sunday feast of epic proportions was a little preview of what the next month will hold, as the holiday season is hands down the best time of year for gluttons like myself *rubs hands together*. But the approaching Christmas and the weeks of leftovers following probably mean I’m going to have to start pacing myself lest I start expanding rapidly like Violet Beauregarde, but where’s the fun in that? All I can say is it’s probably a good thing most Aussies don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, because it’s estimated Americans consume up to nearly three times their recommended food intake in one Thanksgiving meal. Gorge on, soul sisters.
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243 – 245 Gertrude St Fitzroy
THE BIG PAELLA will be popping up at The Fitzroy Beer Garden this Sunday November 30 from 2pm
What’s the process involved for cooking Paella? The main part of it is getting yourself the onions and capsicum, but the real magic comes from the Mojo – saffron and sweet paprika, that’s the real Canary Island way of doing it. It takes 45 minutes to an hour. How long have you been cooking it? I’ve been doing it for about six years; I started doing big paella from the Canary Islands. My colleague Tustura and I met up in Broome, so it’s a little slice of Broome. It seems to be a form of entertainment as well, watching it being cooked. Was this always the case historically?
Big time. We use the catch phrase: “It’s a show.” When you get the chorizo going, when the onion hits the air, people gravitate towards it. It’s like Aussies and their barbecues, everyone gathers around. What flavours will you be serving up at the Fitzroy Beer Garden? We’re doing a combination – chicken, chorizo and a bit of seafood through that one. There’ll also be a vegetarian one. Good quality products are pretty important, where do you source your ingredients from? A few little shops, over in Fitzroy there’s one of the biggest importers of Spanish stuff in Australia. What do you like best about this dish? The theatre, everyone just gravitates to it, the party comes to you, and they’re chatting. This’ll be the first time doing it myself.
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“We're working on bacon butter,” he reveals with a grin.
Grand Trailer Park Taverna www.grandtrailerpark.com.au / ph. (03) 9972 3699
Dani Zeini looks exhausted, and it’s no surprise. Since opening his new burger joint, Grand Trailer Park Taverna last week, lines, even at lunch time, have been consistently out the door and around the corner. American Style Burger Bar
Level 2, 87 Bourke St Melbourne
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It’s a bit of a change of pace from his family-operated and acclaimed Dandenong Pavilion. Spearheading the gentrification of the area, Dandenong Pavilion has for eight years and until recently focused more on pizza and pasta. “The thing about food service is that it’s always started and ended in Europe,” he says. On a recent trip to the US however, Zeini visited some of the country’s most famed burger places and he had an epiphany:
“We had to do burgers.” For about six months, Zeini and design guru Josh Lefers (Big Dog Creative) set to work planning and testing. By cleverly implementing a secret burger menu at the Pavilion, they were able to perfect their recipes and sneak the word out there. It well and truly worked, because Epicure awarded the McDowell, their homage to the Big Mac, (two premium Aussie beef patties, double American cheddar cheese, double Swiss cheese, lettuce and McDowell sauce on a lightly toasted bun) Melbourne’s Best New Burger earlier this year. With a preview night that happened the Friday prior to opening on Tuesday, Zeini has been overwhelmed by the hype.
Town Hall Hotel www.townhallhotel.net.au / ph. 9416 5055.
Gastropub / modern Italian
166 Johnston St Fitzroy
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When a restaurant receives a One Hat rating from the coveted Good Food Guide, the conception is, generally, that it’s stuffy and expensive. Executive Chef and general manager of The Town Hall Hotel Harry Lilai wants very much to debunk that assumption and make sublime bar food accessible to foodies and non-foodies alike. “People think that because it’s a one hat restaurant that they can’t go in there,” he says. “It’s perceived that it’s expensive.” The acclaimed Fitzroy eatery is contemporary, but the beautifully unassuming and handsome traditional pub décor (sans the sticky carpet) has allowed for a
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refined, yet casual experience. A lot of the original fittings are still there, including the 1920s stained glass windows that Lilai has repurposed as decorative centrepieces in the bistro dining rooms. The front bar, where we sit down with him, is light but still with that comfortable old pub feel. His beer taps change regularly: “I’m not tied to anyone,” he affirms. His passion for top quality ingredients is palpable;
“We haven’t even had our media launch yet,” Zeini says. “It’s all been about social media.” Perched above the corner of Exhibition and Bourke St, a rather mystical set of blue-lit stairs – aptly referred to as ‘the waterfall’ – lead you up to the second floor, in which the room opens up to an American-style, well, trailer park. Several of them in fact act as booths, available to book for anywhere between eight and 15 people, coupled with typical diner-style furniture like Lino-covered chairs. The tables are laden with cutlery, condiments, serviettes and, very appropriately, wet wipes. The menu is epic, and one who has trouble making decisions may find it a bit overwhelming. Really stuck? Ask the well-informed and super friendly staff for recommendation. Our pick is the Atomic and trust us, it lives up to its name. A premium Aussie beef pattie, American cheddar cheese, chili cheese kransky (yes, there’s
sausage in this thing too), crispy bacon, BBQ sauce and truffle cayenne mayonnaise on a lightly toasted Brioche bun. It’s deadly, but for all the right reasons. Zeini sources their bacon from the States because the cut is different. Instead of the Australian short cut bacon, American bacon is cut from the belly. This cut means it crisps up an absolute treat. Feeling thirsty? There are plenty of options, including a good collection of American beers, cocktails, and a few wines, but we went with the Marker’s Mark Bourbon, salted caramel and maple bacon milkshake, garnished of course with a slice of bacon jerky. Zeini says there’s plenty more of the world’s most versatile meat to come. “We’re working on a bacon butter,” he reveals with a grin. We may need to lie down.
everything that can be made in-house is: he churns his own butter, ferments his own Louisiana-style hot sauce (which takes about three weeks), and makes his own pasta, among other things. What he can’t do in house, he sources locally, like his heavenly prosciutto di Parma from the second generation family-run Largo Butchers just around the corner. The food available at the bar is, quite frankly, sensational. The chicken wings, which are baked first then flash fried, are crispy but still very light, and are served with house pickles, cos lettuce with house mayonnaise and with a small jug of that fiery, hotter-than-holy-hell hot sauce. It’s still cooked by the same expert chefs that give the place the One Hat rating; yet there is nothing on this impressive bar menu that’s over $20. Ripper. Lilai seems to have achieved the culinary Holy Grail: a perfect balance of fine food and service without a morsel of pomposity.
Lilai carefully selects his staff to ensure everyone shares the same passion for quality and knowledge as he does: “They’re not blow-ins.” He’s onto a winner geographically; there aren’t a lot of places around the Brunswick Street area where the bar food is top notch. It has, over recent times, become similar to Lygon Street where quantity seems to be more prominent than quality. “A lot of bars can’t afford good chefs,” he says frankly. “It’s cost effective, chuck it in the deep fryer and they’re fopping it out for the same price.” The Town Hall Hotel’s front bar is a wonderful hybrid of gastronomic expertise with the casual vibe you’d want from a regular pub, and Lilai says it’s constantly evolving. With that, he whisks off to greet and have a friendly chinwag with other patrons.
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Salvador brings his expertise, along with his passion for people, food and music together with his reputable Chef Frank Mammone for an unforgettable Italian encounter. Recipes are traditional from various provinces of Italy, as well as other European regions. They pride themselves on serving authentic Italian food at affordable prices in a relaxed and casual environment that caters equally well for breakfast all day and lunch. The menu is prepared fresh and the finest quality ingredients are delivered to the cafe daily. The kitchen specialises in homemade pastas, from lasagne to ricotta and spinach cannelloni, to their unique pizzas. These super tasty
Italian specialities include Polpette: pizza topped with fresh tomato, basil; cheese and meatballs; Casalinga pizza with tomato, scamorza cheese, sopressa salami, olives and basil and Salsiccia pizza with tomato, mozzarella, pork and fennel sausage, rocket, fresh chilli and EVO. Tre Espresso is famed for their all-day breakfast dishes that include baked eggs with prosciutto, cherry tomatoes, scamorza cheese, roquette, and served with crusty ciabatta bread. There’s also organic free range eggs with spinach, baked beans, scamorza cheese and served with ciabatta bread which is delectable. Tre Espresso has a wide range of beverages available including New Zealand, Italian wines and champagne by the glass or bottle. Situated down Sparta Place, just opposite Mediterranean Wholesalers Supermarket on Sydney Road, this homely cafe oozes the European feel; it’s a stylish piazza in the heart of Brunswick.
You guys seem pretty new on the market, how long have you been operating? We’re really new, we’ve been operating for a few months now at a couple of events but have had plenty of experience at creating and eating dogs. What makes Franklins the best dogs in town? Franklins’ dogs are the best in town because we make all our toppings from scratch with authentic recipes that have been used in the States for years. Our sausages are made to our liking with the guidelines we give the butcher
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and our bread is sourced from a bakery with over 60 years experience in doing what they do best. Where do you source your ingredients from? We could tell you but we may have to kill you or you could just come down and try one. What makes a good hotdog? A good hotdog starts with a great sausage. As everyone knows; sausages can be really good or really bad. Bread quantity is also crucial as too little will ensure you end up with sauce all over your top and too much will leave you high and dry. So you serve hotdogs, what else? We also serve great fries; we have four varieties of toppings for them too. Watch out for the chili salsa fries, they’re bangin’. Give us a ‘taste’ of what to expect at Coburg, what’s gonna be on the menu? There are a few staples on the menu; dog, cheese, tomato sauce, mustard. We also have a few for people who like something adventurous; dog, grilled bacon, sauerkraut, mustard and pickle; and of course our fries – garlic, cheese and chili salsa. It’s your last meal on earth, what are you going to eat? Nothing beats slowed-cooked pork baby backs ribs and, of course, a side of our fries. FRANKLINS will be dishing up classic American hot dogs at the Coburg Night Market every Friday from November 28 until December 19 at Bridges Reserve, Coburg. Entry is free.
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THE BLACK SEEDS
By Augustus Welby
There aren’t many artists who make it five albums into a recording career and still have fans eager to hear what comes next. Some manage to sustain interest by instituting regular stylistic reinvention ± the likes of David Bowie and Bee Gees come to mind. For others, it’s the result of reliably issuing quality releases and effecting minor stylistic tweaks along the way. The latter approach explains the 16-year perseverance of feel-good roots reggae exemplars, The Black Seeds. In 2012 the New Zealanders released their fifth LP, Dust and Dirt, which was followed by a sizeable global, touring campaign. Recently, however, The Black Seeds’ live shows have been few and far between. But there’s no cause for worry, as guitarist/vocalist Barnaby Weir informs us record number six is well under way. “We’ve actually been working on an album for a couple of years now,” he says. “It was always going to be a less gigs and more studio, rehearsing and babies year this year.” Hailing from Wellington, The Black Seeds formed in 1998. They’ve never been spotlight hogs, but in the years since 2001’s debut LP Keep on Pushing, they’ve accrued a loyal following. Each of The Black Seeds’ five albums has been met with doting applause, so it seems natural they’d reflect on their discography when contemplating new material. But Weir says there’s no inclination to repeat a winning formula. “We don’t want to say, ‘Oh this one sounds like that song that we did’. We’ve got our own sound and people will say, ‘Oh that sounds pretty similar to your first album’. It’s like, ‘Well we are that same band’. We’ve got a vibe and a certain approach.” A key thing underpinning The Black Seeds’ decadesurpassing appeal is the band’s six savvy musicians not only dig a similar aesthetic, but they also share an understanding of where their strengths lie. “We’re just happy with the kind of vibe we have,” says Weir. “We all come from a similar direction, musically ± or appreciate probably more your retro sounds, as
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opposed to club techno sounds.” One thing you can be sure of is the beckoning lights of the latest trends will have no bearing on The Black Seeds’ next release. But, even if it’s unlikely the band’s sound will undergo any major refurbishment, Weir says they’re always open to new ideas. “We do like to experiment with sounds and try to use new sounds. As long as we like what we’re doing then we’re quite happy. It’s about cutting through the crap and making it so it’s not a bore for anyone else and that it’s actually exciting. “We’re certainly not going to worry about what’s fashionable, and think, ‘Oh we should really put some drum and bass bits in there’, or, ‘We should put in some dub step’. If you’re making stuff up to try to get on the radio or impress a certain scene, I think you’ve lost your grip.” As well as enhancing their productivity, the band members’ shared vision has helped to keep the majority of the original lineup in place (a notable ex is Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie, who left after three albums). While they’re all on the same page musically, each member’s life circumstances have altered significantly since the early days. “Our lives are obviously a lot more complex, or depending on how you look at it, more simple,” says Weir. “We’re not flatting together anymore, we’re not all in the city any more, we’re not free to be a poor student type of person any more. Life’s changed and thank God it has. “At the same time, you do need to manage that friendship, that brotherhood, that desire to still want
to do it together. You’ve got to have goals; you have got to have a plan and try to keep communication open.” Along with sticking to their guns artistically, through the years The Black Seeds have hung onto an independent ethos. “I’ve taken on the production duties,” he says, “in terms of having a plan and putting it together and suggesting what’s going to be on the album. [I’m] being a bit of a musical director. “Before we decided that, we’d done a lot of work together just jamming and just recording lots of ideas. There was heaps of work that had been done and we decided that I’d give it a good crack this time around. I love doing that stuff.” Later this month The Black Seeds will take a break from the studio and jump across the Tasman for an
Aussie tour. The group might be old hands at this by now, but they’re still dedicated to delivering the best shows possible. “That’s always a big priority for me,” says Weir. “[We’re] making sure that when we do a gig anywhere, no matter how big or small, that it’s fucking awesome and not like a covers band of the band that you used to be in. Sometimes it can happen if you’re not in form or if you’re tired, but most of the time, we do it with feeling. “I don’t want to brag,” he adds, “because that’s the worst. Jaded musicians are such a pain in the arse.” THE BLACK SEEDS play The Prince Bandroom on Thursday November 27. Their latest release, Dust and Dirt is out via Remote Control.
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SAN CISCO
By Mina Kitsos
It was just three years ago fresh-faced Fremantlers San Cisco burst onto the radio with their crispy garage-pop cut Golden Revolver. Since then, the four-piece have all outgrown their high school uniforms, becoming the first Australian band to sign to renowned American music label Fat Possum Records (Dinosaur Jr., The Black Keys, Wavves), releasing two EPs and a debut self-titled album, and trading Australia’s west coast to play sold-out shows at iconic venues around USA and Europe. Drummer-cum-vocalist Scarlett Stevens says preparations for album number two have not been any easier, despite the experiences under their belt. “The dynamics have definitely changed a little bit and we’ve all had to adjust,” she says. “After touring non-stop last year, it had been ages since we had actually recorded with each other. This time round, it was like, ‘What did we do? What was our formula?’ So it was actually hard to find our feet and figure out how we do things.” Trying to recreate their tried, tested and well-loved methods of creativity was simply not going to cut it, Stevens says. “The old formula was all getting into a room and jamming and coming up with songs. It didn’t work anymore. It was more a case of Josh [Biondillo, guitar] and Jordi [Davieson, vocals] sitting down and showing each other song ideas and recording ideas. It was definitely more drawn-out and not as raw as getting together in the garage and jamming it out. It was more calculated ± experimenting with different guitar tracks and sounds and getting inspired by those recordings.” Last year’s ARIA Awards saw San Cisco receive a trifecta of nominations for their inaugural album, but it was the quirky call-and-response ode-to-stalkers hit Awkward that propelled them through the industry atmosphere. Written in just two hours, Stevens says they are still pinching themselves over its success. “It definitely took us by surprise. It’s a funny song and we were glad that it came together and it happened because it gave us a leg up. It was just this freaky oneoff thing. [It’s] cool that the video was a bit of a hit on YouTube.” And she’s right, with the view count now amassing 6.7 million views. Their sophomore effort is set to see their clean melodies intersect with some snazzy sampling and electro
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soundscapes. Stevens insists, however, San Cisco haven’t abandoned their lo-fi roots. “A lot of the songs started off being written on an iPad. We were definitely [making] the most of technology and I think that’s altered the sounds a little bit, but it’s still pop music and there’s still the jangly guitar riff and it’s still very upbeat. Jordi was listening to a lot of Frank Ocean and Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, so there’s a bit of an R&B vibe on some of the songs. All the key elements are there, it’s just a bit more of a progression, a step up.” The upcoming album’s lead single Run has already been making waves, and as for the mention of a certain Isabella in the lyrics, Stevens hints that there may be some Taylor Swiftian shaming behind it. “Jordi will always draw on people around him and things he’s seen or nuances in people he doesn’t like. [He’s] really good at telling stories, and that’s always been a big part of what we do. [Run is] a bit made up and also based on an Isabella we know. Yeah, she’s a bad gal,” Stevens laughs. With the new release due early next year, the band’s upcoming single tour will be everyone’s chance at a sneak peek. Though Stevens admits she can’t take credit for the catchy panting hook on the new song, her saccharine vocals will be more present on this album than ever. “I was really bad at it. Jordi nailed it, but there’s a lot more of my voice, which is kind of cool. I’m excited about doing those songs live. I don’t know how I’m going to do them. I might have to get off the drum kit.” Catch SAN CISCO’s Run tour at The Corner Hotel Saturday November 29 and Sunday November 30. Run is available now via Island City Records.
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RICK ASTLEY By Tyson Wray In the tail-end of 2008 I was going through a rough break-up with my high school sweetheart. It was a chilly November evening and I was drinking gin and wasting my night on the Internet. MSN Messenger sends me an alert – my friend Louie had sent me a message. “Dude, I think I need to tell you something.” “Yeah, what’s that?” “Oh man this is hard. I don’t know if I should.” “Bro, you’re worrying me, what is it?” “Shit sorry dude. I just saw a photo uploaded of your ex-girlfriend making out with some guy.” What?! “Send me the link!” He sends me the URL. I click on it anxiously. The popladen synth lines of Never Gonna Give You Up ring through my headphones, “We’re no strangers to lurrrrrrrrve!” I had just been Rickrolled. Louie you motherfucker.
In 2007 the Internet meme of ‘rickrolling’ became a phenomenon. For the uninitiated, the concept is a simple bait and switch – hyperlinking the victim to something seemingly relevant to conversation, before leading them to the video of Astley’s 1987 hit single Never Gonna Give You Up (a song that went to #1 in 25 countries). Rickrolling is arguably one of the most famous memes of all-time. In 2008 Astley performed a live rickroll at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in the same year on April Fools’ Day each of the featured videos on YouTube’s homepage hyperlinked to the video, and in 2014 the multiple versions of the video upload across the web have now clocked up hundreds of millions of views Astley however has always seen the lighter side to the joke, stating that he finds the whole concept “hilarious” and his only concern is that it doesn’t embarrass his daughter. In 2008 Astley was ludicrously nominated and subsequently won the award for Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Realising the absurdity of the situation, he went on to watch the stunt backfire tremendously on MTV. “I knew it was ironic. They really set themselves up and shot themselves in the foot,” he laughs. “They deliberately put me in a category that they shouldn’t have and then loads of people voted for me because they knew how ridiculous it was. So in the end they had to give the award to me – and I’m telling them, ‘Nope, I’m not coming.’ I knew Paul McCartney was going to be there, I knew Bono was going to be there. There was no way I was walking onto that stage and accepting that award.” While the rickrolling phenomenon no doubt introduced Astley to an entirely new and youthful audience, in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s he was a bona fide pop superstar – selling over 40 million records worldwide. In 1993 he announced his retirement in favour of spending more time with his family. However
“I’m just doing this now for the fun of it. People come to my shows to relive some memories and have a good night out – I’m really happy with that. he maintains even two decades on, music has always played a foremost role in his life. “My main hobby my entire life has always been music – even after I retired,” he notes. “I’ve still got a studio and home that I love to tinker about with. I’ve always played drums and I’ve always kept kits around the house. In fact I’m currently playing drums in a band with a few friends of mine, but we all realise that it’s a mid-life crisis type of thing,” he laughs. Following the rise of rickrolling, global interest for Astley to perform live grew rapidly. He then returned to the stage and has since been touring the world. However, he notes he’s under no disillusions of what fans wish to experience from his shows. “Basically I just play my old hits. That’s what the majority of the audience have come for and I totally understand that,” he laughs. “I just try and enjoy it, y’know? I feel that at this point in my life, if I’m playing these shows, it’s not like I’m trying to build a career out of it. When you’re releasing records and your label is fighting tooth and nail with other labels there’s a whole lot of different pressure about it. I’m just doing this now for the fun of it. People come to my shows to relive some memories and have a good night out – I’m really happy with that. I like having a good relationship with my audience rather than trying to maintain that I’m the coolest guy around town, which obviously I’m not.” In 2012 Astley toured Australia for the first time in over two decades, and this weekend will see him return to Melbourne on his Together Forever tour. “I’ve actually already been to Australia this year. Well, at least for one night,” he laughs. “I sung at the Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix and then had to get straight to South America. It was the quickest route I could take. So I flew to Sydney, had dinner with a friend, then flew to South America. For a guy who doesn’t really like flying that was pretty intense. My wife’s really looking forward to coming to Australia because she’s never been before. It’s a real bonus to be able to bring her. The gigs were so good last time – I had such a great time. I’m really lucky to be able to do this.” RICK ASTLEY will be playing in Melbourne on Friday November 28 at The Chelsea Heights Hotel and Saturday November 29 at The Palais Theatre. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 42
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In March this year, Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains released their fourth album, Piano Ombre. Similar to the band’s previous releases, the record features a mixture of songs sung in both French and English. However, in contrast to 2009’s Plaine Inondable and 2012’s E Volo Love, this time the balance tips towards French lyrics, which is a result of where bandleader Frànçois Marry was based while working on the record. “I feel like there’s more stuff in French because I was living more in France recently,” Marry says. “Whereas, previous albums maybe there were more songs in English because I was living in Bristol or in Glasgow. I lived in Bristol for seven years and I lived in Glasgow for one year as well. I was in France mostly for the past two years.” While Marry’s certainly a competent English speaker (and singer too, for that matter), articulating one’s emotions via poetic verse is a tough task at the best of times, let alone when adopting a foreign tongue. “Recently I’ve been a bit more out of touch with the English language,” he says. “Therefore if I write in English now, I’ve got to be a bit more careful on how I express things, because I might have lost flexibility of speaking English and interpreting my feelings.” Never mind these lingering doubts. The second single lifted from Piano Ombre, The Way to the Forest shows Marry’s grasp of the English language is hardly lagging. Aside from giving his songs broader accessibility, Marry utilises his bi-lingual vocabulary to twist his voice into different shapes. “I like singing in both languages,” he says. “If I could speak Arabic I would write in Arabic, if I could speak Spanish I would write in Spanish. I just enjoy being able to play with sounds.” Across four records of guitar-centric, percussive pop, Marry’s proven himself an accomplished sound explorer. It makes sense to learn; in addition to his frontman duties, he’s toured the globe playing trumpet for Scottish band, Camera Obscura. His instrumental malleability leads Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains releases to be sweetly layered productions, featuring streaks of horns, strings, synths, and vocal harmonies. Piano Ombre is the band’s first release made in a proper studio, under the supervision of a producer, Ash Workman (Metronomy, Sparkadia). Interestingly, the record is the leanest production of their career. “I just wanted to have less elements and have more striking ones,” says Marry. “That’s why I chose the producer as well, because he was good at taking fewer sounds and making them sound better – instead of having lots of different elements.” On the one hand, the altered production style was an aesthetic choice, but it was also the outcome of circumstance. While The Atlas Mountains have been credited on each of Marry’s releases, the band’s lineup has always been rather volatile. Prior to Piano Ombre, however, Marry and the current four-piece incarnation of The Atlas Mountains spent a couple of years forming a strong musical union. “It was a lot from touring and from enjoying playing live and the kind of rough sound of how things felt when we were playing live,” he says. “[With] my previous recordings, I wasn’t necessarily playing the songs live before recording them. I would just layer things in the studio without experiencing them as a live band. Whereas on Piano Ombre, we’d been touring for two years before. That’s probably why it’s more straightforward. “I always try to give [the band] as much freedom as possible,” he adds. “I rely a lot on them and their opinions and advice. When we were recording, I didn’t leave the recording room to go back to the listening room, for example. I was just letting them decide on which take was good and things like that.” Logistic restraints had prevented Marry from solidifying The Atlas Mountains’ lineup prior to now. But once again, Lady Fortune stepped in recently and gave him a chance to build a trusting relationship with his sidemen. “Before, I was in conditions that made it more difficult for my musicians to make a living out of my project,” he says. “Whereas, the past three or four years in France, the five of us have been able to make a living out of my songs.” Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains aren’t just causing a stir in France. Having inked a deal with Londonbased indie label Domino, Piano Ombre has attracted attention all over Europe and the UK. They’ll soon embark on their very first Australian tour as well, joining Emilie Simon, The Dø and La Femme for the 2015 installment of So Frenchy So Chic in the Park. “That’s even more exciting, to be able to come to Australia because of some songs I wrote. It’s great.”
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Catch FRÀNÇOIS AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS at So Frenchy, So Chic in the Park on Sunday January 11 at Werribee Mansion. Tickets are available now. Piano Ombre is out now on EMI.
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SKYSCRAPER STAN
& THE COMMISSION FLATS By Isabelle Oderberg
Aspiring musicians, take note: Skyscraper Stan has perfected the alcohol versus sobriety ratio for playing a pub gig in Melbourne: “I have found that if you have three to three and a half pots of (usually) pale ale, that’s a good call,” he explains scientifically. “You’re feeling a little wobbly but not too much and the barrier between you and the audience completely disintegrates at that point and you can usually kind of open up a dialogue and have a really good laugh. “I used to overdo it all the time. I try to stick to about three pots before you get up. Once you get up you’re allowed to have a few drinks on stage. So you’re walking a fine line, particularly with solo shows because if you trip over a little too far you can find it quite hard to communicate.” But Stan Woodhouse, frontman of Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats, hasn’t yet established the winning beer ratio formula for playing a major festival slot. Fortunately the band’s playing its first one at Queenscliff Music Festival, which’ll give him a chance to do some much-needed-laboratory-standard-beerconsumption analysis. “It’s going to be a terrifying trial and error situation,” he explains. “It’s going to be tough because I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to take alcohol on stage at Queenscliff. It’s going to be good for reigning in the band. We’re all quite fond of a tipple.” Anyone who follows the local pub music scene in Melbourne would be familiar with Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats, one of the hardest working bands on the scene. But in the past year something a bit magic has happened to Woodhouse and co. They got good. Really good. “We used to be an awful band,” he chuckles. “The band is sitting in a spot now where we’ve played enough gigs together between Victoria and New South Wales and bouncing around. We sit together a lot nicer than we ever have and we’ve reached a point where we can relax and enjoy it. We’re not worried about anything anymore. We can just play the songs, which is absolutely fantastic.” Woodhouse finds it really difficult to classify his music, but gives it the slightly tongue-in-cheek label of ‘troubadour rock‘n’roll.’ “I landed on ‘troubadour rock’n’roll’ because I’m a huge fan of lyricism. I really like words. I grew up in a very wordy house, my mother is a novelist. I always liked reading and poetry.” he explains. “I don’t know if I have an individual musical influence. I’m not really sure. I listen to a lot of music.” As a result of his wide-ranging tastes, his own music varies wildly, with rock, blues, psychedelia and country all making appearances. When he’s had a shit day you’ll find The Drones in his earphones, but on a good day it’ll be the New Orleans Jazz Vipers. The band has an album due out sometime in the first half of next year (anyone who supported the Pledge campaign will get one in the next few weeks) but there are plans to drop a few singles before then. “It’s so varied. I’ve given the full album to a few people like family and stuff and even my grandma likes it, which is interesting,” he laughs. “I really want to release it but I know I have to do it properly. It’s so frustrating. I’ve never made an album so I’m not sure how you’re meant to feel but I’m incredibly proud of this one.” The first single, released on the band’s Facebook page, is called Chief. “It’s a jaunty little one, I really didn’t like it so much when I wrote it, but after taking it to the band they really brought it to life, particularly Oskar, my cousin. “He plays lead guitar in the band and he’s just going from strength to strength. He’s still so young. We started learning guitar at the same time and he just outstripped me so quickly and he takes the enormous psychedelic solo in that song. It’s hugely dynamic and it brings the whole thing together.” If their recent sets are anything to go by, the crowd in Queenscliff is in for a bloody good time. The band put on a blistering set at JamGrass festival in Melbourne, so much so that everyone completely forgave the fact they’re not even remotely a bluegrass band. The small detail that the gig was on Halloween and Woodhouse was wearing a head-to-toe Lycra harlequin costume and full creepy clown face makeup may have helped, though it’s not something he plans to repeat any time soon. “I discovered afterwards that so many people come up to you and say, ‘Wow you guys are just Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars’ and it’s like, ‘You just put the image to the music you wanted, we’re nothing like that.’ It’s so funny. You don’t want your music to become about your costume, that’s what I discovered at Jamgrass.” Costume or no costume, don’t think that means crowds at Queenscliff aren’t in for something super special. “We’ll put on the full six-piece spectacular. There won’t be any harlequin suits or makeup, well, you never know, never say never.” SKYSCRAPER STAN AND THE COMMISSION FLATS play the Friday and Saturday of Queenscliff Music Festival, which takes place from Friday November 28 to Sunday 30. They’ll also be playing Port Fairy Folk Festival, which runs from Friday March 6 to Monday 9. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 44
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GEORGE EZRA
By Augustus Welby
Looks can be deceiving. At least that’s the case with UK songwriter George Ezra, whose unassuming and boyish looks belie his brawny vocal capacity. However, this incongruity hasn’t been off-putting for listeners around the world. In the last 12 months, Ezra’s gone from being a relative unknown to having a top ten single in 11 countries and subsequently marking a trail of sold out shows across the globe. While Ezra’s auspicious career beginnings might read like an overnight success story, lengthy preparations preceded his public launch. week at a time. We’d get there late Sunday night, go to our own rooms and swap our little notebooks. Then the next day, come out and go, ‘This was interesting, this was cool.’ Then we’d drink some red wine and see what happened. Normally we’d finish with about five songs in a week, which was great. “It wasn’t like we were necking two bottles each and just sitting around, it was more like a lubricant. We used it wisely,” he laughs. It might come as a surprise to learn Ezra fashioned the record with help from a co-writer. However, he highlights the value of the collaborative scenario. “Some people try to pretend like they don’t write with other people and I think they’re scared that people are going to go, ‘Well, you didn’t write the album.’ That doesn’t bother me. I love the fact that I learnt to write with other people.” Welcoming others in to augment his compositions wasn’t always Ezra’s preferred method of working. “I studied music for a year in Bristol,” he says, “and the lecturers were always saying, ‘The best way to work is to write with each other.’ Of course, at 18 years old, my songs were the most precious things to me and the idea of working with anyone on them was just a joke.” In addition to fronting Athlete, Pott has recently teamed up with several other UK alt-pop artists, including London Grammar and Chlöe Howl. His influence is evident in the way that Wanted On Voyage not only emphasises Ezra’s robust vocals and eye for curious narrative detail, but also harnesses audiencepleasing immediacy. Ezra explains a key lesson he took away from his collaboration with Pott: “He taught me to put songs down. Even if all you have is one verse and one chorus, put it down and go onto the next thing. With time away from it, the next time you come back
to it, it will make so much sense. It takes pretending the songs aren’t there, to write them.” After wrapping up a sold-out run of European dates, Ezra will make his debut Australian appearance over the New Year’s period, playing the Falls Festivals and a couple of sideshows. He’s barely had a chance to take a breath since releasing Wanted On Voyage, so a follow-up release isn’t in the pipeline just yet. He’s in no rush to churn one out either. “This came along without me really planning it, so I don’t really plan much about the future,” he says. “This is a pretty good thing to have not have planned. I’ve
done pretty well here. Album two? It’s going to have to happen of course, but I’m not stressing myself about it. I’m not just going to release an album. It has to have come from something.”
See GEORGE EZRA at The Falls Music and Arts Festivals over the New Year with Alt-J, The Temper Trap, Jamie xx and SBTRKT and more. He’s also playing a sideshow at The Corner Hotel on Tuesday January 6. Wanted On Voyage is out now through Sony.
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“I’m aware that in the public eye this has happened really quickly for me,” he says, “but there was three years worth of work that went into it between me and my manager. I’m actually gigging as much as I have been for years, but it’s just that there’s actually people at the gigs now.” Ezra’s first EP Did You Hear The Rain? came out just over a year ago. It was this set’s second single Budapest that had a breakthrough impact across the globe, reaching double platinum sales in Australia. Then, in June this year, he delivered his debut full-length Wanted On Voyage. Even after Ezra spent those three years honing his craft prior to releasing the album, Wanted On Voyage isn’t a compilation of tracks written throughout that entire period. Rather, the record was developed in two key stints. The first of these involved a solitary songwriting escapade. “An album isn’t just 12 songs that go together,” Ezra says. “They have to have come from the same place. I went travelling around Europe and the best thing about that is that all the songs came from the same place. I was writing down everything I saw, the people I met. I spent a month by myself and I don’t think people actually get the opportunity to spend a month by themselves. It was amazing. I was massively inspired.” Armed with a travelogue full of fresh song ideas, Ezra returned to the UK to get down to the nitty-gritty. The album itself was written alongside prominent songwriter and Athlete frontman, Joel Pott. “I was introduced to [him] in a pub and he said, ‘We should write a bit together’,” Ezra explains. “We found this little barn in Wales and you had to have the fire on for hot water and there was no phone signal and you couldn’t see another house. We’d go up there for a
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THE DATSUNS
By Meg Crawford
Back in 2000, Brit music press hailed The Datsuns as the saviours of rock. In hindsight there was probably a bit of hyperbole in the statement, but, to put it in context, The Datsuns actually did put grunt-driven, loud, wailing rock back on the map in a time when Coldplay were reigning supreme – thank God for The Datsuns. When we speak to Dolf de Borst (the band’s lead singer and bassist), he’s bunged with snot. He’s on the back of a month-long tour of Europe with the fellas and, understandably, he’s a little run-down. He’s also in a van with the band driving through the snow and fielding interviews, the logistics of which puts the kibosh on some of our questions. For instance, he’s previously described his compatriots as eccentric and having their own idiosyncrasies. What are their quirks and how does he deal with them? “It’s a great question, but it’s probably not the best place for me to answer that, because everyone else is right next to me,” he laughs. The Datsuns are actually in the middle of a pretty heavy touring schedule to celebrate their latest release Deep Sleep: a loud and proud homage to ‘70s metal from start to its (all too rapid) finish. It’s a high voltage effort, impressive too because the band laid it down in ten days (five days writing songs and five days in the studio) – another logistic conundrum, because the fellas have a raft of other responsibilities these days: kids, other bands, and a recording studio in de Borst’s case. They also live in far flung parts of the globe: Ben Cole and Phil Somervell are still based in NZ, but Christian Livingston is in London and de Borst in Stockholm, with his Swedish missus. Interestingly, de Borst describes the band’s standard operating procedure as being democratic and a fourway dictatorship. How does that work? “If someone fights really hard for an idea it will either stay in or, if someone feels really strongly and negatively about something, it stays out,” he explains. “For instance, I could write a song by myself and show it to the rest of
the band and then it can get pulled in lots of different directions until we decide how The Datsuns are going to do it, and then in the end it’s credited to all four of us, so everyone gets to put their stamp on the songs: it’s not just one person’s vision. It definitely goes through this filter of the four of us and sometimes that can lead to arguments or different discussions about how it should go. “For maybe the last couple of years, things have been probably a little bit smoother, maybe because we’ve got older or a bit more pragmatic with our time. During the time we do spend together now we work more efficiently as a band.” Fortuitously, The Datsuns happened to be in New Zealand at the start of the year to play a one-off outdoor show and had a tiny bit of time up their sleeves before each headed back home. When they looked at the rest of the year, they realised there weren’t going to be too many other opportunities to record, so they decided to take advantage of the window of opportunity that they had. The band went into the studio treating this album as an experiment – they wanted to see if they could pull it together within ten days and they had certain sonic parameters within which they wanted it to fit. Specifically, they wanted to make it sound rawer than Death Rattle Boogie, their previous album. “It helped that we set a bit of a manifesto for the kind of record that we wanted to make, so we were all on the same page right from the very beginning,” de Borst recalls. “It was an experiment to see what we could come up with within that time and creatively it was a successful way to go about it – we had this almost finished record
at the end of those days.” This ethos of a quick game’s a good game is also partly fuelled by the fact the dudes have apparently short attention spans. “Being analytical in the studio doesn’t really work super well for us, with our temperaments, we like to get an idea down quick and move on and try to capture that moment.” De Borst remembers what it used to be like way back when you got your tunes from the record store and not the ‘net: “We grew up in a pretty small town of about 1000 people,” he explains. “We had to order records in and wait weeks to get stuff, that’s how isolated the town was. I can remember when we saw Foo Fighters, they were playing with Sonic Youth on one of their first tours. We were really young then. Phil lost his shoe – they disintegrated I think at that show.
“Around that time, we started hanging out with Christian a bit more and he was into classic rock, because he’s a little bit older than us. He and his friends were all, ‘Check out this drum solo and check out Deep Purple’, and so we started getting into T Rex and Devo. We used to rent this T Rex VHS from the local Video Mart. We ended up buying it off them in the end, because I don’t think anyone else rented it.”
beyond the comfort of his Los Angeles home. “My number one love really is to travel and to go play music. No matter how many times I go some place, I always enjoy it. It’s one of the blessings of being able to play music and call it my job, even though it’s not.” Despite this touch of incredulity, Lanegan doesn’t plan to throw in the towel any time soon. “I’ve made some records that I think are OK, but have I made [Roxy Music’s] Country Life yet? No. So I’m going to keep trying.”
MARK LANEGAN is playing Meredith Music Festival from Friday December 12 to Sunday 14. He’s also just added a third show at Ding Dong because Thursday December 11 and Sunday December 14 have sold out. Tickets are available for Monday December 15 but be quick.
THE DATSUNS take over Ding Dong Lounge on Friday December 5. Deep Sleep is out now through Hellsquad Records/Valve.
MARK LANEGAN
By Augustus Welby
It’s logical to interpret a songwriter’s output as a reflection of their listening habits. However, an honest act of expression can’t always be steered in the direction one would ideally prefer. Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan has been making music for nearly 30 years. Last month, he released his ninth solo record (and third credited to Mark Lanegan Band), Phantom Radio. Similar to 2012’s Blues Funeral, Phantom Radio draws on new wave influences and features synthesised instrumentation. “I was trying to figure out a way to do it for a long time,” Lanegan says. “When I started making solo records in 1989, I was making quiet, acoustic-oriented records, and it was sort of a response against making loud guitar music and playing in a band where the guitar was aimed at my head every night. This is sort of a different way of doing that same thing.” Not only does Phantom Radio move away from the rock band setting Lanegan’s most known for, but this time the guitars are almost entirely relegated to the back seat. Yet, despite sticking out as anomalies in his extensive catalogue, Lanegan says his latest two releases aptly represent his taste in music. “I’ve always been somewhat of a neophyte when it comes to creating music; a caveman,” he explains. “I’m proud of all the records I’ve made, glad that they exist and all that, but in my old age it’s easier to make records that are more indicative of music that I enjoy listening to. I guess I’ve just gotten better at making the kind of records that I want to make.” Plenty of musicians are reluctant to speak openly about their influences, and some even go so far as to claim the music of others has no concrete effect on their creative decisions. Lanegan, on the other hand, proudly admits to looking around for inspiration. “I don’t only take cues, I take whole sections of songs,” he laughs. “I don’t create music in a vacuum, I create it with the whole history of music that I enjoy listening to – to draw on that and whatever happens in real life. The combination of those things is really what inspires me to write songs. So I openly borrow from stuff that I love and probably always will.” Seeing as though Phantom Radio hits close to what tantalises Lanegan’s own palate, it makes sense he was taking tips from some lifelong favourites during the record’s construction. “I’m a big Kraftwerk fanatic and a lot of the electronic elements are me trying to reference that, in my dishwasher-esque way. Joy Division, New Order – stuff that I’ve loved forever [and] stuff that I always go back BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 46
to.” It might’ve taken Lanegan nearly 30 years to sufficiently channel these influences, but it hasn’t prevented him from compiling an exceptionally varied discography. In addition to fronting Screaming Trees through the ‘90s, he’s been a regular Queens of the Stone Age contributor, made three albums with former Belle and Sebastian member Isobel Campbell, worked with The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli in The Gutter Twins, and just last year teamed up with British solo artist Duke Garwood on the LP, Black Pudding. “I love the electric guitar, don’t get me wrong,” he says. “But I also like hearing other instruments and I like having my voice in a different setting. Luckily, every record is an opportunity to do just whatever the fuck I please. So I have every chance to hear it in whatever setting I want.” Lanegan’s gravelly vocal timbre means his presence is unmistakable, no matter the stylistic territory. Sitting alongside celestial synths and drum programming, as is frequently the case on Phantom Radio, Lanegan’s vocals take on an air of tragic romance. While he’s more than willing to experiment with various stylistic scenarios, the effect generated by his vocals isn’t closely regulated. “I’m not clever enough to really think about things that deeply,” he says. “But, I realised that musically, [Phantom Radio] sounds a bit more positive. “When I played Blues Funeral for my girlfriend before it came out, she heard a song called Grey Goes Black and said, ‘Wow I’ve never heard you do such a happy sounding song’. I said, ‘Did you not listen to the lyrics?’ and she said, ‘It’s just the way the music sounds’. I’m not unhappy that it might strike people like that – that sort of juxtaposition.” Perhaps Lanegan’s output hasn’t always directly cohered with his listening habits, but the quality of his releases has been largely unwavering. His richly diverse catalogue will be on display during his forthcoming Australian tour. After nearly three decades years of ceaseless activity, he still looks forward to voyaging
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Dropkick Murphys had a horror week last week when a young man walking down the centre of a highway in Texas jumped in front of the band’s tour bus, damaging it and killing the pedestrian. Though the death was a suspected suicide, the band have donated $25,000 to the family of the man. Everytime I Die
Everytime I Die and Touche Amore are touring together this January and they’ve revealed that Brittle Bones will be joining them for their Corner Hotel show on January 16. Tickets are available from the venue. Iceage
MERAUDER AT THE BENDIGO
For the first time in Australia, legendary New York hardcore legends (and spellcheck-befuddlers) Merauder will be destroying their way across the country in November 2014, landing at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood with two killer shows: Thursday November 27 with Blood Duster, Metal Storm and Against (QLD), and Friday November 27 with Within Blood, Against, Crowned Kings and Outsiders Code. Tickets are available from Eventbrite.
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Australian melodic power metal band Black Majesty will celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their Silent Company album with a special one-off hometown show on Saturday March 14 by playing the entire album from start to finish at Musicland in Melbourne. Silent Company is highly regarded as a fan favourite with songs like the title track and the Jon English cover of Six Ribbons gaining worldwide recognition. Black Majesty is currently putting the finishing touches on their sixth album which is being mixed by Masterplan’s Roland Grapow. The new album will be released next year.
Capping off a hugely successful year, following touring Australia with international heavy metal giants Orphaned Land (Israel) and Australian prog royalty Voyager, Orsome Welles will launch their highly anticipated debut EP Erth News Bulletin at The Workers Club on Friday December 12. Having also supported the likes of Ne Obliviscaris, Caligula’s Horse, Toehider and Barbariön, the intangible force that is Orsome Welles have built a reputation nationally from fans and critics alike for their intensely unique, energetic and captivating live performances. Erth News Bulletin encompasses six of the band’s finest works, showcasing their signature heavy grooves, outstanding musicianship and soulful, distinctive vocals. Presented by Wild Thing Presents, Orsome Welles are joined by a stellar lineup including carnivale metallers Troldhaugen (NSW), fresh from a European tour with Alestorm (UK), who will be launching their album Obzkure Anekdotez for Maniakal Massez. Also, joining the night are two of Melbourne’s leading progressive bands, astral rockers AlithiA and the alternative intergalactic Full Code. Doors open at 7:30pm and tickets are available via wildthingpresents. com and Oztix
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29: Stockades, Kiri, Diecut, Hospital at The Catfish Speedball at 303, Northcote Bastard Squad, Alkira, Hailgun, Wolfpack, The Fckups, Split Teeth, Drain Life, Maggot Men at The Bendigo Violent Soho, Ceres at Barwon Club The Transitions, The Crackwhores, The A-Bomb Whores, Trauma Boys at The Reverence I Exist, Mason, Hornetz Nest at Bang Kids Of Zoo, The Peep Tempel, Bad Vision, AD Skinner at The Old Bar
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27: Merauder, Blood Duster, Metalstorm, Against at Bendigo Hotel Jakob, Bear The Mammoth, Spider Goat Canyon at Ding Dong Lounge The Black Seeds at Prince Bandroom Pinch Hitter, Lincoln Le Fevre, Jamie Hay, Georgia Maq at The Reverence Violent Soho, Ceres at Karova Lounge, Ballarat The Smith Street Band, The Front Bottoms, Apologies, I Have None at Corner Hotel Northlane have released a new single and announced their new vocalist as Marcus Bridge. “Marcus gave an outstanding audition video and as we spent time with him we found that he was truly the best person for the job,” the band posted. Rot is available to stream online.
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Self-confessed guitar nerd and power-pop fetishist, J. Robert Youngtown has released a video for the song What You Do lifted from his recent debut release Moderate Aspects. Conceived in Launceston, recorded in Manly, Marrickville, Paris and LA and mastered in Seattle, the album (out now on Hobart indie record label Tommy Records) is a testament to the tyranny of distance not being a barrier and James’ tenacity – not to mention patience. The video for What You Do is a fun, tongue-in-cheek pastiche of the band,
Kill TV’s last gig for 2014 is this Saturday November 29 at Mr Boogieman Bar at the early time of 5.15pm. It’s a massive show of seven bands with Morth headlining.
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Also out this week is the new Tim Barry album, and the 20th Anniversary editions of NOFX and Rancid’s seminal albums Punk In Drublic and Let’s Go! The Bennies just announced their Heavy Disco EP (out now digitally) will also get a CD release soon and Circa Survive can’t wait to get newbie Descensus out this week via Sumerian. Periphery revealed more details of their upcoming albums (yes, that’s TWO Both out January 23 via Roadrunner) and All That Remains and Cancer Bats also confirmed early 2015 releases. High Tension
Danish punks Iceage will play a headlining show in Melbourne while they’re in town for Sugar Mountain Festival. See them at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday January 23 where they’ll play tracks from their Pitchfork-approved new release Plowing into the Field of Love alongside locals The UV Race. Frank Turner has announced some more Australian shows to accompany his Bluesfest Performance in March. Old mate will bring the Sleeping Souls along when he hits The Corner Hotel on Sunday April 12. He’s also releasing a compilation of rarities called The Third Three Years on Friday November 29 via Xtra Mile/ Shock Records. It’s got some Springsteen, Queen, Tom Petty and (most importantly) Weakerthans covers on it.
The Reverence has your New Year’s Eve plans all sorted this year. Their lineup for December 31 is pretty impressive. Front End Loader, High Tension, Grenadiers, Lincoln Le Fevre, Maricopa Wells and Hawaiian Islands will join forces. Once again, it’ll be fancy dress and there’ll be DJs as well as an Arthouse Jukebox DJ Set. Tickets are just $25 + bf and you can get them now. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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LUCIE THORNE
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Who am I speaking with and what do you do in the band? Phil, guitarist, and Nick guitarist/vocalist. How would you describe your music to the uninitiated? Psychedelic shoegaze laced with infectious groovy riffs, meltdown jams and epic breakdowns. Reverb drenched. Give us a brief history of Spiral Arm. After migrating to the west island, Nick and I found the sweet rhythm section that is Nicolo Brambilla (drums) and Chakrit Narula (bass) ± both seemed like stand-up guys on Tinder. In 2014 we added synth extraordinaire and South Island bodybuilding champion Harry Rae. You’ll be playing a show at Cherry Bar on November 28 to unveil your debut self-titled EP. Why should punters come down to this show? If you like rock’n’roll, smoke machines, lava lamps and the movie Gladiator, this is the gig for you. Rabble Rouser and Coastbuster (our supports) are the chillest dudes you’ll meet. What’s next on the cards for Spiral Arm? A summer 2015 tour of Australia is already in the works. Recording the EP was an incredible experience for us; we’re raring to get back in the studio next year to record a full-length album for release on mini disc. SPIRAL ARM launch their self-titled EP at Cherry Bar this Friday November 28.
Australian songsmith Lucie Thorne will play at The Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford this Wednesday November 26. After a big couple of months out on the road playing everywhere from Bucharest to Berlin to Rotterdam to Chicago, and a whole bunch of places in between, Lucie Thorne hits The Yarra for a special ticketed event supported by Hamish Stuart. Don't miss out.
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After the release of their debut album Even Weather, Holyoke are ready to play more of Melbourne’s beloved pubs. Joining them at The Bendigo Hotel on Wednesday November 26 in their first ever gig are new fuzz rockers Goliath Tigerfish, backed up by local favourites Poison Fish and Zephyr. Get down for a pumpin’ night of tunes, beer and loud noise. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry’s free. Get on it.
GEAR SHIFT
Throughout 2014, Clan Analogue has presented the monthly Gear Shift series of electronic music jam sessions at Loop on the last Wednesday of each month. The series draws to a close with a final jam on Wednesday November 26. Bring your laptop, smartphone or noise-making hardware and join the sonic mayhem one last time this year. Gear Shift will end with a set from Koshowko, playing tracks off his latest EP, It’s Time Now, and other hits from his electro-pop back catalogue. It’ll kick off at 7pm, with Koshowko hitting the stage at 9pm.
KRIS SCHROEDER
Founding member of Melbourne champs The Basics, Kris Schroeder, is going solo at The Retreat Hotel this Wednesday November 26. Returning to his hometown of Melbourne after three years in Africa, Kris has recently rediscovered the joy of playing solo, completely free and beholden to none. Songbook in head and guitar in hand, Kris is looking forward to belting out a few new originals along with some choice covers that’ll bring a half-smile to your face. Kicks off from 7.30pm.
DJ DANIELSAN
This Wednesday November 26, sit in the masterful hands of humble legend Dan San (aka DJ Danielsan). Colonel Tan’s kitchen turns out lovingly crafted meals to a soundtrack curated by one of Melbourne’s most accomplished DJs, packing an enviable array of tunes on wax and HDD plus occasional guests. From 7pm onwards, come down for some serious hump day therapy at Revolver.
The Stu Thomas Paradox play the final week of their month-long residency at Tago Mago this Wednesday eve. Witnesses to the first three concerts have already experienced a myriad of musical wonders. Week Four’s theme is "Beyond the Infinite." Expect things to get a little out there as STP hit warp speed in all directions simultaneously, re-materializing in a place outside of time. This is one not to be missed, if you like a bit of psych-rock-voodoo-surftrash-spy-dub-beat music. Also, STP might not be playing for some time post this gig so get there early, before it packs out. And buy a snow dome. Wednesday November 26 at Tago Mago.
FOREST FALLS
Melbourne’s indie-folk-pop outfit Forest Falls are stopping by The Spotted Mallard for Aus Music Month. The band will be shaking things up for this show, putting away the percussion and letting their voices do the singing. This is contemporary songwriting at its finest, dynamic arrangements featuring everything from vintage synths and fiddle to five-part harmonies. Get down
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This Thursday November 27 at Revolver Bandroom, three of Melbourne’s top, up-and-coming and established acts will be hitting the stage with resident DJ Miss Flip keeping you occupied between sets. Local indie rockers, The Lost Days, will be headlining the night with support from North Queensland folk artist Greta Stanley, and another special guest to be announced. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry’s $7 at the door.
GIRAFFAGE 23 year-old San Francisco producer Giraffage will be bringing his fresh, sample-rich sound of dreamy pop beats, sensual synths and lush experimental electronica to Howler this Thursday night. Early supporters of Giraffage’s screwed-down soundscapes, samplebased pop music and future R&B include Pitchfork, XLR8R, The Fader and Gorilla vs. Bear. Get down to Howler this Thursday November 27 and see what all the fuss is about. Tickets are $35+BF through the venue’s website.
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ECHO DRAMA
Celebrating the release of Remix The Weapons, Melbourne nine-piece dub, reggae, hip hop act, Echo Drama, have been hosting a residency at The Evelyn in November with a twist, rejigging their set to include live interpretations of the album remixes. For the final night on Thursday November 27, they will be joined on stage by special guest vocalists Siobhan O’Rourke (Shhor) and Mol One (C.R.E.A.M Team). Support on the night will come from The Seven Ups, Reuben Stone and Midnight Tenderness. Doors at 8.30pm, $10 entry.
Rad Navajo returns to The Brunswick Hotel stage from a short break with a killer lineup that will leave you dancing on the inside. Joining them are Hunted Crows, fresh off their EP release, Bec Goring & The Elwood Winters and Alice Ivy. It all goes down Thursday, November 27 at the Brunswick Hotel. Free entry plus cheap froths why miss it?
THE PURPLE DENTISTS
The music of the Dentists is based on the Irish tradition but also incorporates elements of Zydeco, country swing, free improvisation and contemporary compositions. A mixture of old and new, displaying the classic diversity of genre that made the band's name, this is a show that is simply too good to be missed. Catch them at The Spotted Mallard from 9pm, Thursday November 27. $12 entry. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28
MOVE ON, BE STRONG
SPENCER P. JONES
Spencer P. Jones is not just someone with a string of solo albums under his belt, but someone who has been a constant in the Australian music scene for the past 20 years. He is more widely known as the founding member and
Melbourne pop rockers Move On, Be Strong are playing at the John Curtin Hotel this Friday November 28. Formed in late-2012 and finalised mid-2013; Move On, Be Strong are dedicated to making an impact in the pop/rock genre. Tickets are $10 through the venue.
SPIRAL ARM
THE BLACK SEEDS
No strangers to Australian shores, New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds are playing a very special headline show this Thursday night. Renowned globally for their epic live shows, and having been invited to appear at various Australian festivals such as Splendour in The Grass and Golden Plains, the six-piece outfit always deliver solid performances. The Black Seeds will have you dancing up a storm when they play The Prince of Wales Hotel this Friday November 28. Tickets through Oztix.
Spiral Arm are very excited to unveil their debut EP at Cherry Bar this Friday November 28. With mesmerising psychedelic jams, infectious groovy riffs, and impeccable use of smoke machines, the band are putting on what promises to be an epic night of rock’n’roll. Support comes from Coastbusters and Rabble Rouser. Wear a helmet for this one. Bands from 9pm, $13 on the door.
KIRSTEN MOORE
Melbourne-based songstress Kirsten Moore exposes her personal encounters with light and dark in her debut EP Dare. Kirsten utilises the medicinal qualities of music and lyric writing to resolve her inner imbalances. Catch this wonderful songstress at The Wesley Anne this Friday November 28. Tickets are $12 through the venue.
THE MEAN TIMES
SHIT SEX
After many wasted nights sinking tinnies and being the raddest they can be, yobbo-punk-top-champs Shit Sex have decided to do something with their lives and attempt to set the world record for most gnarly dudes in one place at one time. Come down to The Public Bar this Friday November 28 to see magic happen. If you need anymore convincing, it’s $5 pints before 7pm.
Melbourne four-piece The Mean Times are very excited to be launching their mini-album, You’ve Got the Wrong Guys on Friday November 28 at Whole Lotta Love. Obviously children of the ‘90s, The Mean Times have taken the best bits of post-grunge power-pop, Brit-pop and Australia’s triple j heroes of the same era, then thrown in a touch of old school rock’n’roll, to create their own brand of quirky, everyday-man’s rock. Support comes from grunge enthusiasts Long Holiday and lo-fi garage soul brothers The Night Party. Entry is $10 and CDs and merch will be available on the night. Doors open at 8pm with bands kicking off at 9pm.
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Trans Paranoia
So what’s your story? Damo Puddle: Will and I met on a journey of musical and spiritual discovery that had led us both to a beautiful and confusing part of the world. There we met Tom and Adam, who were being held by two sexy transvestites for ransom at the time. And Dave actually plays in some current band, so we stole him from them. If someone walks past a Trans Paranoia gig, what would they say it sounds like? Will Casserly: Like a hectic blast of post punk, thrash rock Tom Saunders: - That spawned five bastard sons to half of Melbourne. Mum gets around, ay. If you could tattoo anything on Miley Cyrus, what would you choose, and where? TS: Her father’s disapproving face on the small of her back. Poor Billy Ray. Tell us about your debut show? TS: I’ve pre-booked with St John’s Ambulance for the night. Because either people will die from shock, or I will be hospitalised because Dave our drummer dared me to drink an entire bottle of Mercurochrome solution. TRANS PARANOIA are playing Watt’s On Presents at Prince of Wales Public Bar this Friday November 28 with The Black Alleys and DJ Mermaid.
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Melbourne anthropological dance band Tek Tek Ensemble are hitting up The Old Bar this Friday November 28. Joining them will be The Wikimen and BJ Morriszonkle with DJ Small Town Alien spinning tracks til late. Doors from 8.30pm, $10 entry.
Too this Friday November 28 at The Brunswick Hotel. Skinpin (NSW) will be there in support alongside Strawberry Fistcake and Cosmic Kahuna. Get to The Brunny early because it’s free entry and you can all get stuck into drinking that door fee.
BUSHIDO
After electrifying the crowd at the recent Creepshow Halloween Festival, Melbourne trio Bushido play their first headline club show in six years. Catch them at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday November 28 with support from Sydney’s up-front and raw Self Is A Seed, plus New Zealand ex-pats turned Melbourne locals Full Code. Entry’s $15 at the door.
VowEl moVEmENt
With a nod and a wink to the good times ahead, Vowel Movement are launching their new single To Get Things Right on Friday November 28 at Alia Arthouse. A lazily paced ode to upcoming good times, To Get Things Right is a dose of antidote to anything and everything that ails ya. Not since Bobby McFerrin’s game-changer implored us to Don’t Worry, Be Happy has a song and lyric combined so effectively as a quick fix study in mindfulness and positivity. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $5 at the door.
SIMON HUDSON The Simon Hudson Band create highly original music that weaves a captivating blend of contemporary roots, folk and Latin sounds. With influences including The Cat Empire, Jose Gonzalez and Paul Simon, SHB has toured throughout Germany, Netherlands and Australia. They’ve played festivals, bars, country halls, and churches and rocked countless rooms full of happy punters. Their new single, Do Me a Favour, will drop later this week and they are set to record an album in early 2015. Their debut EP is a captivating blend of skilled songwriting and addictive roots rhythms, entwined with honest lyricism. Catch them at The Retreat Hotel Friday November 28 from 9.30pm.
I AM DUCKEYE
I Am Duckeye are launching their new video from their latest album Commando
THE NAYSAYERS
Renowned for their excellent live shows, Melbourne four-piece rockers The Naysayers are a by-product of a nod to past outfits such as The Beatles and The Kinks. From mod to fuzz to psych-rock, their music takes on a kaleidoscopic pastiche with a modern twist of all of these sounds with their own distinct flair. The Naysayers are launching their upcoming single Our Lady Alacrity on the hallowed stage of the Gershwin Room at The Espy Hotel on Friday November 28. Support from Honeybone and Neon Queen. Tickets are $10+BF through Oztix.
TOY BOATS
On Friday November 28, The Reverence Hotel presents a lineup showcasing a diverse array of Melbourne bands, each portraying their own approach
to the weight of sound delivered with loud vital intent. Headlining is Hugo Costin’s nostalgia-soaked Toy Boats, who’ll perform after recently releasing the debut album Wedding Town. The main support Brittle Bones will express their own brand of moody Southern rock. Disappear will get across their melancholy method of slow and heavy shoegaze. Opening the show will be Yachtburner, liberally applying their noise-ridden sludge rock. $10 on the door, from 8pm.
THE NATIONAL EVENING EXPRESS
A gritty mix of garage band and dirty blues, The National Evening Express will suit those who dig MC5, The Stooges and The Cramps. The Melbourne-based four-piece features a mix of experienced Australian and New Zealand players whose influences merge and meld, bubbling into a full fever pitch when they perform live. They are launching their new single This Ain’t Real at Whole Lotta Love Bar this Friday November 28. Check em’ out. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29
PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS
After spending the last few years playing sold-out shows in Australia and New Zealand, concocting an upcoming fulllength album, and supporting a plethora
MIDNIGHT ALIBI
Albury based rock’n’rollers Midnight Alibi are releasing their third EP, Preach It, on Saturday November 29 at Melbourne’s home of rock’n’roll Cherry Bar. The band formed in 2012, born from a jam between mates in their garage, and have belted out an impressive three releases in that time, having played all of Melbourne’s favourite rock’n’roll venues and all still based in Albury. Joining them on the night will be special guests Australian Kingswood Factory and Oink Harvest. Tickets are $13 at the door, doors from 8pm.
PINCH HITTER
During the 2013 Poison City Weekender Sydney banjo duo Pinch Hitter rounded up a chorus of friends too early on a Sunday morning and holed up in the back room of the Reverence Hotel to battle hangovers and record vocals. The results close out the title track of their debut album When Friends Die In Accidents and the band return to the scene of the crime on Saturday 29 November to launch the record at The Reverence Hotel. Joining them are Lincoln Le Fevre, Jamie Hay, and Georgia Maq. Doors from 8pm, $10.
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Ray Lamontagne ± Trouble This was the album that got me up and playing music. The emotion in Ray’s voice is something that really hit me. When I heard Trouble for the first time I knew I wanted to play music. I wanted to be like Ray. Old Crow Medicine Show ± O.C.M.S. One of the first songs I ever learned to play was Wagon Wheel. This album taught me about harmonies and proper bluegrass music. Paolo Nutini ± These Streets Paolo is an amazing songwriter and his debut album was packed full of great songs. I heard him play on BBC’s Live Lounge and it was the rawness of his voice that really pulled me into every song. Kings of Leon ± Youth and Young Manhood Probably the first band I became a real fan of was KOL. I heard Molly’s Chamber on the radio and thought this is dirty country rock and loved it. Ryan Adams ± Heartbreaker Everything you need to know about song structure, emotion, lyrics, melody and harmonies are in this album. It’s just awesome. MILLAR JUKES & THE BANDITS play The Toff in Town this Thursday November 27 with Big Smoke and Steve Clifford. Their self-titled EP is out through Shock. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 50
of esteemed international acts including Yeasayer and WHY?, Melbourne pop oddballs Parking Lot Experiments mark their official debut with I’m Not Scared. Parking Lot Experiments will be launching their latest single at Boney on Saturday November 29. Joining the lineup will be Denim Owl, Waterfall Person & Wet Kiss, Lehmann B. Smith and Soda Lite. It’s gonna be big.
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Define your genre in five words or less: The best kind of music. Describe the best gig you’ve ever played. Best is such a strong word, but we played a warehouse party in Sydney earlier this year that was insane. There were people being thrown on stage, falling over foldbacks, smashed bottles, and some guy gave us a handful of ecstasy tablets to throw into the crowd. Tell us about the last song you wrote. We recently wrote the bones of four newies at rehearsal, including what may soon be our opus entitled The Quickening, which is a multipart miniopera telling the story of The Highlander. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. Do you have a Pozible campaign at the moment? Good question Matt, why yes, we do. We’re raising money to release our second album on pink vinyl and are nearly there. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? It would be a Chokito, a Cherry Ripe, a Crunchie, a Snickers and a mint Aero broken up into a mixing bowl, squashed together with bare hands into a ball shape. I AM DUCKEYE’s Panchow video launch goes down this Friday 28 at The Brunswick Hotel, with free entry.
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This is a not-so-ordinary band you may have already heard about. The Flumes create an eclectic blend of psychedelic folk infused with electrified harp. They are kicking off their album tour for Sweet, Sweet Rain with a show at The Wesley Anne on Saturday November 29, and are heading around the countryside to promote their new release. Be sure to check them out. $10 from 8pm.
BANDS ACROSS THE WATER
The iconic Brunswick Hotel are proudly hosting Bands Across the Water, a celebration of local Melbourne music in support of Australian charity, Hands Across the Water. On Saturday November 29, an eclectic group of Melbourne artists, bands and DJs will fill the Brunny’s two stages with over seven hours of live music from 3pm. The lineup features the likes of Paul McManus and The Mayblooms, Shortfall, Fast Handsome and many more. Entry’s $12 at the door, with all proceeds going directly to the charity. For information and the full lineup, visit the venue’s website.
EATEN BY DOGS
The latest Australian ambassadors of alt country music, Eaten By Dogs, are celebrating the warm balmy November nights with a gig at The Gasometer Hotel. Following the successful release of their debut album, they will be taking to the stage Saturday November 29 supported by Green Tin and Alex and The Lashlies. Tickets are $12 through Oztix. Doors at 8pm.
THREE KINGS
Already being described as a Melbourne blues super group, Three Kings will bring a trio of this country’s most dedicated, authentic blues artists to the Caravan Club with down and dirty, totally inspiring results. They’ll be launching their second album, so recently recorded that it as yet has no name. So rare that it’s still bleeding, so new-born that the doctor is yet to slap it’s ass and the fathers are yet to light celebratory cigars. They’ll be supported by special guest Chris Russell. Head to The Caravan club this Saturday November 29. Doors open at 8pm, tickets are $20 at the door.
PUSSY XXX November 29 marks many things; The State Election & sausage sizzles, another Saturday at The Public Bar, Crab Burgers and Fried Chicken and... Pussy XXX (original lineup) one-off show. Come watch these chicks play rock hits including; Addicted to Head, Bloody Mary, Gearstick, Full of my Fist, Charity Fuck and more. Supporting will be Spacejunk, The General and Cement Pig with DJ Ash Lightning until 4am. Saturday November 29 at The Public Bar.
THE BASTARD SQUAD
This Saturday November 29, get down to The Bendigo Hotel for a killer night of punk, hardcore and trash. Witness eight awesome bands for only $10 at the door, with the mega talented The Bastard Squad headlining. The night kicks off at 7pm, be there.
KIDS OF ZOO
Coburg punk rockers Kids of Zoo are celebrating the release of their second album Welcome to Parrot Eyes this Saturday November 29 at The Old Bar. Support comes from Peep Tempel, Bad Vision and AD Skinner with Heels on Decks DJs spinning tracks into the night. Kicks off at 8.30pm, $10 entry. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
JEROME KNAPPET
Jerome Knappett is a cool guy. Jerome Knappett plays cute yet hard folk songs on a nylon string guitar. Every Sunday in November Jerome Knappett’s mates will be helping him celebrate the release of his debut EP not myself-titled. The EP is new and cool. These five shows will be cool as hell. Come down for a cool beer and some cool food, from 3pm. Sundays at The Rev are pretty cool. Entry is free.
A13
C.S.S (Crucial Social Sounds) are bringing you a free warehouse style party at Howler this summer. They are taking the turntables out of the DJ booth and out to the dfloor and removing some tables from the beer garden to make space for dancing. As always there is a no music style policy to these parties. The event features the likes of A13, Dexter, Jellyfish and Kuya with Typhonic, Thomas Kilroc and JPS. Free entry this Sunday November 30 at Howler.
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BLACK CAB
After four years, three producers, four studios and 13 tracks, Black Cab have finally completed their fourth album, Games of the XXI Olympiad. The band will launch the album with a rare Melbourne show at Howler on Saturday November 29. Select AV will bring the bands’ music to another level with interactive lights and visuals. Games of the XXI Olympiad is Black Cab’s fourth LP in ten years, a four-year odyssey that has finally made it into the stadium and is going for gold. Tickets are $15+BF, and are available through the venue’s website.
STEVE SEDERGREEN
Every Saturday, esteemed musician Steve Sedergreen hosts a performance workshop for musicians looking to develop their skills as performers. Learning ‘on the job’ is central to Steve’s philosophy as a music educator and this workshop provides a really safe and supportive environment in which to do that. This is the final workshop of the year. Be sure not to miss out. Doors open at 2pm, $20 entry at Ruby’s Music Room.
Respected as one of Australia’s iconic musicians, Ian Moss delivers an unforgettable sound ± not only as a telling soloist on guitar but with his silken voice, ringing with clarity and resonating with pure soul. While primarily recognised as an axeman of unusual tenacity and sweet melodic sensibility, Ian’s distinctive vocal is the essential signature of his soulful, bluesy muse ± as it has been since his first tentative foray into music during the early ‘70s. Ian Moss will be performing at The Caravan Club Sunday November 30. Tickets are available through the venue.
charming. Don’t miss her when she takes to the stage at Ding Dong Lounge Sunday November 30. Tickets through the venue.
THE DARLING DOWNS
The Darling Downs have finally emerged from the bluegrassy knoll in that far off mountain dreamland they call home, to take up residence in your own fair, lowland city, Melbourne. Their Appalachian lullabies will caress your rock-bruised eardrums for the first time as they weave a spell composed of equal parts torch balladry and hillbilly picking. Oh all right. The Darling Downs aren’t from the mountains but from right under your noses as they are in fact. Died Pretty vocaliser and songsmith Ron Peno and former lord of darkness Kim Salmon. The Darling Downs may not be from the hills but rest assured, they do play Appalachian lullabies and their music will caress and weave. They’ll be sharing their sounds with you at The Retreat Hotel on Sunday November 30 at 7.30pm.
DREADNAUGHT
Melbourne heavy metallers Dreadnaught have frequented venues big and small around Australia many times, including supports with Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Nevermore, Paradise Lost, and Cathedral to name a few. As well as slots on leading Australian metal and rock festivals, they have shared the stage with some greatly underrated Australian metal bands around the country. Catch them at Cherry Bar on Sunday November 30. They’ll be supported by System of Venus and Borrachero. The night begins at 6pm, entry’s free.
DAN LETHBRIDGE & THE CAMPAIGNERS
Dan Lethbridge & The Campaigners play the final show of their five-week residency this Sunday November 30 at The Post Office Hotel. The recently reformed five-piece have spent the last four Sundays honing new songs at the Posty, and this week they plan on bringing it all home with a bang. This will be your last chance to catch the band this year before they return in 2015 with a new album to launch. They’ll be playing two sets from 4.30pm, entry’s free.
SOUNDINGS
The Soundings event series is hitting The Grace Darling for its sixth instalment of independent/underground music this Sunday November 30. Featuring performances by Tangrams, R. Electrique, Broken Needles, Tender Bones, Great Earthquake, Holy Lotus, Seth Rees, Orbits, House of Light and Winternationale it’s sure to be massive. Doors open at 4pm, and entry is $10 at the door.
BOOGS
Revolver’s all day electric disco party is one of the world’s most unique clubbing experiences ± tight like family, welcoming like long-lost friends and moved by a ceaselessly throbbing beat provided by five of Melbourne’s best DJs ± Boogs, Spacey Space, T-Rek, Radiator and Silversix plus special guests. Music will be pumping from 7am-5am, let loose and get messy this Saturday November 29 to Sunday November 30.
THE POST
Local boys, The Post, are launching their EP this Sunday November 30 at The Bendigo Hotel. They’ll be supported by Charm, a three-piece heavy rock band who write loud, punchy, in-your face songs. It’s bound to be a fun, noisy arvo. Doors open at 3pm, entry’s free.
DIANA MAY CLARK Melbourne-based Brazilian songstress Diana May Clark launches her debut original album The Other Side of the Girl in a series of hypnotising live shows. The much anticipated album launch was previewed with two singles Sunny Daze and Blueprint as well as B-Sides and clips over the past 18 months. Diana established her interpretive credentials by way of two award-winning recordings with guitarist (now husband) Doug de Vries; her original band The Sunny Set embraces pop and psychedelic styles with her love of Brazilian music into a new mix that is unique and instantly
MONDAY DECEMBER 1
TRIVIA AT THE GASOMETER
Do you love rock'n'roll? Fancy yourself as quite the film buff ? Find yourself constantly accused of watching too much television by judgmental friends and family? Well, why not turn your obsession with pop culture into an adorably boozy (and thoroughly educational) night out with mates. The Gasometer hotel is hosting three rounds of trivia every Monday - the first is film and TV related, the second is all about music, and in the third basically anything goes. There is plenty of fun to be had and plenty of booze to be won. Kick off is around 8pm at The Gasometer Hotel, get there early in to grab a table for you and your mates.
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From the tropical islands of Mauritius, Sam Appapoulay is a musical genius who has the ability to re-originate any song he plays. A deep understanding of music and his piano stem from over ten years of professional work and experience playing jazz and all types of commercial music. Don’t miss him perform at Ruby’s Music Room this Monday December 1 with Chuck Probert featuring as a dropin musician. 'Like' Ruby’s Music Room and check in on Facebook for $10 entry. Doors open at 7pm, $15 entry. TUESDAY DECEMBER 2
THE RESIGNATORS
Born from the death of many local bands and named after an RX Bandits album, The Resignators are known amongst locals as ‘The Band from the Spencer Street Railway Station Dunnies’. The Resignators have toured the world multiple times over, risking speeding tickets, their jobs, and their health to bring upstrokes and throwdowns to good folk everywhere. Catch them at Cherry Bar on Tuesday December 2 as they continue their month-long residency, supported by The Outsiders. The night kicks off at 8.30pm.
SEB MONT
Séb Mont and his band are holding The Gasometer Hotel at bow-point with the launch of their new single Arrow this Tuesday December 2. The night will kick off at 7pm with support from Tash Sultana, Ruby Jay, and Ben Whiting and his band. Promising to be a night of great music, high energy and strong celebration ± this is not one to be missed. Tickets are $10+BF, or $12 on door.
LES THOMAS
Melbourne singer/songwriter Les Thomas is an activist who follows in the same tradition as Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie. His songs are pointed and passionate, addressing matters both personal and political. His debut album Survivor’s Tale features an exceptional lineup of musicians including Jeff Lang, Ashley Davies, The Stillsons and more. Les plays the front bar of The Gasometer on Tuesday November 25. Free entry. Music from 8.30pm onwards.
DEXTER’S ASIAN CONNECTION
Hosted by Dexter Pradi and his band of talented musicians, Dexter’s Asian Connection is all about bridging the gap between music genres and adding a unique touch to the music they play. Playing a range of jazz standards and also some contemporary songs with a twist. 'Like' Ruby’s Music Room and check in on Facebook for $10 entry. Doors open at 7pm, $15 entry at Ruby’s Music Room.
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE PRESENTS TIMELINE MMW at QVM, Tuesday November 18 Melbourne Music Week has a phenomenal track record – bringing to the city some of electronica’s finest acts and always within these gorgeous, esoteric and often otherwise underutilised spaces. I’m always impressed with the care and effort that goes into Melbourne Music Week and this year is no exception: the Queen Victoria Market’s a stunning setting for this week’s Melbourne Music Week – a crucial, beloved piece of Melbourne’s history and culture that for the next seven days, act as a gig space. After getting lost numerous times I found myself in the heart of the Melbourne Music Week Hub, tucked within the J, K and L sheds at the QVM and featuring a sweet little selection of bars, food retailers and quirky little spaces to sit down and chill out during those respites from the rapidly-filling dancefloor. It’s lovely – but the only problem with the Queen Victoria Market’s beautifully expansive, high-ceilinged setting is the sound isn’t quite good enough to fill the space up entirely. Even Matt Radovich’s killer track selection and trademark heavy-hitting sounds pulsing through the air as I walk into the venue feel not quite as forceful as they should be in the wide space. This becomes particularly apparent when Timeline take to the stage amid an ear-shattering roar from the crowd and begin their two-hour slot – fuck, you can barely hear anything from the back. I ditch my friends and wiggle through to the front of the crowd for a fuller view of the stage and am rewarded with a truly immersive aural experience. Underground Resistance is a name synonymous with techno, and for good reason. But to describe what Timeline brings to the stage as merely techno is to completely miss the intent of their performances. Yes, the sleek rhythms and relentless, meticulously-crafted grooves of techno form the backbone of Timeline’s performance, but what the boys do most spectacularly on stage is to meld the disciplined structure of techno with the illustrious history and the adventurous spirit of jazz music in Detroit. Mark Flash behind the wheels of steel keeps the rhythmic backbone of the two-hour performance alive, but the beauty of Timeline’s performance is in the glorious, unpredictable layers of instrumental improv that come courtesy of Mike Banks and Jon Dixon on keys, alongside De’Sean Jones on the saxophone. When Beat spoke to Dixon in the lead-up to this gig, he spoke about how their performances followed a vague setlist, but was structured such that the group had room to take the performance in a direction that suited the crowd and their own moods on the fly – and Timeline took Melbourne for a wild ride. Dixon and Jones in particular at the front of the stage look blissed-out and full of euphoria, eyes closed and working off each other as they pulled out those old, well-worn and loved Underground Resistance classics, refining and editing them – when Strings of Life gets dropped halfway into their set it’s like you can feel the electricity in the air, and in the middle of one extended jam, Dixon comes to the very front of the stage to freestyle off his keytar in front of the barriers and the kids go fucking mental. It’s wild, unpredictable madness that’s a testament to the enduring power of Detroit’s musical legacy, both within techno and beyond – and Flash closes out the night with a big shout-out to the kids in Detroit of yesterday, today and the future. Those present are left with a powerful reminder of the fundamental role the Motor City has to LOVED: The beautiful space – proper old-school play in the evolution of music at large. warehouse vibes. MIKI MCLAY
HATED: The resulting sound quality. DRANK: Water. Come on, it was a Tuesday night.
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KIMBRA The Hi-Fi, Saturday November 22 Banoffee (aka Martha Brown) took to the stage as Kimbra’s support, fusing wispy lounge pop with her own brand of R&B to ease punters into the evening. Brown was in command of a single station of gizmos, the architect of a soothing set that often complemented the flamboyancy of the headline act. Disappointingly however, much of Brown’s set seemed owed to things engineered ahead of time instead of produced live in a more organic fashion. Its execution was, in a sense, assured and therefore unremarkable, forcing a disconnect between audience and artist. Brown’s catchy final song Let’s Go to the Beach was the best of her set, and left a lasting impression. Constructing an indie pop gem, complete with subtle cues from club anthems, Banoffee capped off an enigmatic set in style. Sonic chaos cued Kimbra’s arrival to the Hi-Fi stage; the indie pop queen was met with a rapturous reception. She cast aside her peculiar attire – a kind of golden Grug cosplay – and launched into a spellbinding set that won’t soon be forgotten. It was an impressively polished performance with more than a few surprises for the casual fan, Kimbra flirting with funk, soul and retro-pop. Kimbra’s ability to not only emulate, but own so many styles, was commendable. Nevertheless, there was one constant: most of Kimbra’s set was big; a crisp and colourful hour-long eruption, exemplified by the spine-tingling effervescence of single Cameo Lover. The song was clearly a crowd favourite, its explosion of euphoria matched only by the recently-released single Miracle. As much as Kimbra excelled in delivering pure pop magic, her flamboyant quirks and eccentricities helped make the evening that much more special. The trippy 90s Music was a highlight, Kimbra intoxicated by her own experimental jam, jolting and jiving as if at the mercy of a maniacal puppeteer. It was a tireless display from start to finish, Kimbra exuding a special kind of charisma. Less ultimately proved more, though; the stripped-back encore song As You Are offering up one of the evening’s most memorable segments. It was an exquisite demonstration of Kimbra’s dizzying vocal gymnastics, dazzling the crowd. The final song of the evening, Come into my Head, ensured punters were buzzing as they exited the venue. Overall, Kimbra brought her very best to the Hi-Fi, staging an excellent set that constantly defied simple LOVED: The diversity of Kimbra’s set and the definition. There’s little doubt she could conquer the form of bassist Frank Abraham, who smashed it. world of mainstream pop, but somehow things are more HATED: Lining up for doors, getting in and exciting this way. discovering the support set was well underway. NICK MASON
THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 170 Russell, Wednesday November 19
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It’s a sad truth that industry awards nights are generally overshadowed by the networking talk-a-thon that goes on in the amassed crowd of movers and shakers. It’s a tough gig for the artists who find themselves performing to an overtalkative audience who seem more interested in making contacts than hearing their music. However, The Age and Music Victoria did a pretty fine job in programming by getting Daddy Cool back together who actually managed to keep the networkers down to a dull roar for their set. The two happiest campers on the night were Dan Sultan, who grabbed Best Album for Blackbird and Best Male Artist, and Courtney Barnett, with Best Song for Avant Gardener and Best Female Artist. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard beat Wagons, Client Liaison and Total Control for the title of Best Band, while Best Emerging Artist went to Remi. Last year’s winners of Best Regional Act, Stonefield, were denied a second win with Cosmic Psychos taking the gong, while Saskwatch beat the Psychos for Best Live Act. For the second year in a row, The Corner Hotel and Meredith Music Festival were named Best Venue and Best Festival respectively, and Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel earned the Best Regional Venue award. The EG Allstars took their usual places as the evening’s backing band for a rotating roster of artists after the swag of awards was exhausted. Stonefield did their take on the Madder Lake tune 12lb Toothbrush before making way for Teeth & Tongue’s Jess Cornelius, whose version of Dear Prudence was a slow-building swirl of vocal beauty. But it was Russell Morris’ shot of psychedelia The Real Thing that finally brought the crowd together into a single voice with the song’s nonsensical iconic chorus. Morris never seemed ready to yield to the constantly building outro, with solo after solo washing over a crowd ready and willing to follow him into an acid-fuelled oblivion. Before Daddy Cool’s headlining slot, the night paid tribute to trailblazing music journalist Ed Nimmervoll, who sadly passed away last month. Accepting Nimmervoll’s induction into The Age/Music Victoria Hall of Fame, Russell Morris spoke of the founder of Juke magazine as someone who stood out in an industry full of “puffed egos and delicate constitutions.” Brian Nankervis was given the honour of awarding Daddy Cool with their induction into the Hall of Fame before the band launched into a set including Bom Bom, Cherry Pie, Blind Date, Come Back Again and the insurmountable Eagle Rock. Closing on their eponymous classic Daddy Cool, singer Ross Wilson, LOVED: Ross Hannaford looking like a mad tradie tripper in fluorescent beanie and cargo guitarist Ross Hannaford, bassist Wayne Duncan and pants. drummer Gary Young gave another example of just how HATED: People talking through Ed Nimmervoll’s fundamental they were to Australian rock music, if anyone tribute. For fuck’s sake, guys. didn’t know that already. DRANK: Nada. RHYS MCRAE
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews SASKWATCH John Curtin Hotel, Saturday November 22 Three things in life are certain: death, taxes and Saskwatch’s frontwoman Nkechi Anele mesmorisingly dancing nonstop at every gig. In this case it was especially impressive, with the John Curtin Hotel being excessively hot and humid. First up was Saskwatch lead guitarist Robert Muinos’ solo project. His down-tempo rock, with a tight band featuring some dependably loud drums, excellent guitar solos, well-layered synths and Muinos’ beautiful voice was highly enjoyable. Run My Mind was undoubtedly the best track, with a superb jam at the end. Melbourne synth-pop duo GL had the front rows dancing harder than drunk mums at an ABBA-themed primary school trivia night. GL are everything ‘80s: shameless pop hooks and electric drums at a frenetic pace. The only thing missing was a grainy, lo-fi MTV film clip with excessive amounts of lycra and hip thrusting. Madonna fans should watch this space. Saskwatch started strongly with Give Me a Reason and Born to Break Your Heart exciting the crowd. Left Me to Die was up next with a sexy guitar and dramatic, bassy horn riff. The nine-piece band were instrumentally flawless throughout, still, frontwoman Nkechi Anele is the absolute star of the group. Her powerful vocals and fantastic dancing captivated the audience. After their impressive opening, Saskwatch seriously dropped off with a collection of rather average songs. Many in the audience were seemingly underwhelmed, with loud chatter in a couple of these songs. As can be expected, the audience was less involved in the unreleased songs, with most largely failing to capture the crowd. I’m Not Ready for Love Without You was easily the pick of the bunch to be recorded on the next album. After playing this “new shit” Saskwatch promised to play some “old shit” and the crowd was subsequently reawakened. Sadly, only Hands really satisfied the audience. Thankfully, the encore of Jagwar Ma’s Let Her Go was brilliant. The original version of this is excellent in itself, but Saskwatch have adapted it and made it their own. The horn section in this cover version are great. Ultimately, Saskwatch failed to bring their usual high standard to this performance, with too many disappointing LOVED: A lot of drunk people. songs between the start and end. HATED: A lot of drunk people falling into me. JOSH THORBURN
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THE SPECIAL CONSENSUS AND THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS Northcote Social Club, Monday November 17 How is it that when everything Americana (sweet lord I hate that word) is so goddamned trendy in Melbourne town, two bands of the calibre of The Davidson Brothers and The Special Consensus can put on a night of bluegrass brilliance and the band room at the Northcote Social Club is only half full? Is it because it was a Monday night? Is it because they aren’t covered in tattoos, bolo ties and a wealth of facial hair? Whatever the reason, it’s bloody criminal is what it is. The good news is that the punters who did venture out were rewarded with a traditional Bluegrass master class of the highest order. The Davidson Brothers kicked things off with a high amp set of songs mostly drawn from their album Wanderlust, which was released back in June. The boys entertained with their usual hilarious banter: “Didn’t they call you Donkey at school? Terrible to be called names at school,” and the set was great. But while the vocals were strong, for some reason the instrumentals (including Grass Hound and Transpacific) really stood out as particularly awesome. Special Consensus began performing in the Midwest of the United States in the spring of 1975. The only remaining original member is Greg Cahill, a former chair and president of the International Bluegrass Music Association, on banjo. The other members are Dustin Benson from Alabama on guitar, Dan Eubanks from St. Louis on upright bass and Rick Faris from Kansas on mandolin. All the band members contributed to vocals, though Eubanks and Faris took most of the lead slots, despite both suffering from nasty colds. If they hadn’t told us, we’d never have known. The set was terrifically varied, with everything from a bluegrass version of country tune Montana (the band recorded an album of John Denver songs), a beautiful ode to the godfather of bluegrass Bill Monroe, a bluegrass version of an Irish jig and an a cappella gospel tune called Land up in the Air, written by Faris’ brother Eddie. But the absolute highlight of the night was watching all four members of The Davidson Brothers getting up on stage with a group of musicians the local boys clearly consider mentors, and watching them all jam together on Sitting on Top of the World, with Lachie on mandolin, Hamish on fiddle and banjo, Jacob McGuffie on guitar and Louis Gill on upright bass. LOVED: No posing, no bullshit. Members of both bands had joy spread across their faces and HATED: That more people didn’t see it. the crowd couldn’t help but slap their thighs and clap along. DRANK: Pint of half orange juice, half lemonade (I was driving). ISABELLE ODERBERG
NOFX The Forum, Thursday November 20 When the punk bands that played the soundtrack to your pubescent days of early experimentation with drugs and alcohol pass the three-decade mark, it can be a bit of a bittersweet affair. You start to realise you’re slowly becoming the haggard old dudes standing at the edge of the mosh, eyeing off their younger cohorts and thinking about how much better it was when you were doing the same stupid shit. That bitterness might’ve already set in to founding member Fat Mike Burkett, and could explain why he kicked that guy in the face at one of their Sydney shows. They took that little outburst in their stride and Burkett seems cool with hugs now, even tolerating a stark naked stage crasher last Thursday night. No offence to Bodyjar but the last-minute support change to Frenzal Rhomb probably sent pure shots of joy through the brains of punters when they heard the announcement. Bodyjar singer Cameron Baines had to cancel the show after his wife went into the labour early Thursday morning, leading to a quick phone call to the band widely touted as the Australian NOFX. Lurching around the stage with eyes bugging out of his head, singer Jason Whalley basically looked a bit fucked from the last minute organisations and flights. Punch in the Face and You Can’t Move into my House started the sweaty masses moving under the stoic eyes of the Roman statues while Never Had So Much Fun led to a monstrous chorus of the opening verse. Late in the set McDougall made a few smartassed attempts at leading the band into a couple of Bodyjar tunes before finishing on avian anthem Bird Attack. Noticeably intoxicated is one way you could describe Burkett as he wandered onto stage and started taunting the crowd before bandmates El Hefe, Eric Melvin and Erik Sandin followed him out. Although all four of the staunch punkers are pushing 50, they still move around like a bunch of speed-fed orangutans as they belted songs spanning the band’s 30-year history. Green Corn off 1991’s Ribbed got a showing due to a fan’s Twitter request while the set mainstays of Murder the Government, The Brews and Linoleum all took their rightful place. After taking the piss out of The Rolling Stones for a good while, the band revealed their one stage prop with a ceremonial unveiling of the smallest band banner they could afford. Closing on Separation of Church and Skate, Burkett apparently took a quick trip to the ‘powder’ room before returning for their four song encore of Franco Un-American, Bottles to the Ground, Dinosaurs Will Die and Kill all the Whiteman. It doesn’t really matter how old the fans or the band get, or LOVED: Being a part of the roaring Frenzal whether you love them or hate them, whenever NOFX opening line, “Smoked a pack of cigarettes before play it’s always going to make you want to kick someone midday.” in the face. HATED: Pushy cocksuckers trying to steamroll RHYS MCRAE
out at the end. DRANK: Boag-arse.
CHAPTERFEST 22 MMW at QVM, Saturday November 22 As much an institution as a record label, Chapter Music’s 22nd birthday is a milestone worth celebrating. Over the last couple of decades, Guy Blackman’s brainchild has nourished a cunningly selected roster of uncompromising, uniquely Australian artists. Bringing in another year for Chapter, today’s lineup featured a bunch of defiantly original and mostly female performers. Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Laura Jean’s one of the best we’ve got. Her songs are sometimes so unassuming they could be mistaken as simply pleasant. But tune in a little closer and Jean’s off-centre artistry becomes mighty apparent. Today, as Jean niftily picked her nylon string guitar, a three-piece band added keys, viola/bass, drums and emphatic backing vocals. The setlist focused on Jean’s recent self-titled LP, which meant a number of keenly perceptive tales, such as the self-aware ode to new love, First Love Song, and the detailed account of coping with family dysfunction, A Mirror on the Earth. Last seen on stage back in 2011, ‘90s punk rock outcasts Little Ugly Girls have lost none of their knife-wielding danger. Fronted by the indomitable Linda Johnston, the four-piece wiped clear any notion of sanitised rock’n’roll. Their songs were fast and often brief, but every howled vocal utterance, phrase of delinquently distorted guitar, blasted technical drum beat and filthy bass groove was absolutely vital. Today’s deserved headliners were Melbourne shoegaze pysch rockers Beaches. Shoegaze and pysch-rock are two regularly misapplied – and just about outmoded – genre tags, but they seem apt for describing the Beaches sensation. This wasn’t a display of showy rock’n’roll. Rather, the all-woman quintet used pert rhythms and washes of guitar noise to establish an atmosphere that evoked Polaroid-shaped images of lost youth. Vocals don’t exactly lead the way through Beaches songs, but there’s certainly a strong melodic presence. Accordingly, sparks never flew, but the setlist journeyed through high after high and you couldn’t help but be impressed by the distinction this band brings to seemingly muddy and restricted rock sub-types. Thanks Chapter Music, who “fucking saved” Jean’s life, got Little Ugly Girls back on stage and knew a good LOVED: The number of Chapter artists strewn thing when they heard it with Beaches, Pikelet and stacks through the crowd. more. Here’s to 22 more years of loving excellent music. HATED: QVM woolshed-cum-heat chamber. AUGUSTUS WELBY
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK THE POWDER MONKEYS
Time Wounds All Heels (Rocket)
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By the time Tim Hemensley, John Nolan and Timmy Jack Ray entered the studio to record Time Wounds All Heels, The Powder Monkeys were arguably at the top of their game. Gone was the blues-rock backdrop and five-piece lineup of The Powder Monkeys’ first album, Smashed On a Knee; in its place was a brutal punk rock trio hell-bent on laying waste to the insipid pretenders to rock’n’roll’s modern crown. Now released on vinyl for the first time, Time Wounds All Heels is less an album of songs than a violent sonic assault. The album starts almost innocuously: a casual drum beat gives way to Nolan’s guttural punk guitar licks; Hemensley’s gravelly tones chime in to offer some wellchosen observations on the tedium of the world in which the band must exist. Skip to Insane Old Game, and The Powder Monkeys are in full, frenetic flow: it’s a multi-sensory collage of beer, cigarette smoke, poetic invective and punk rock attitude. And has there ever been a more confronting Australian rock’n’roll track than Turn to Hate? The Powder Monkeys are in your face, shouting, spitting, challenging you to get the fuck of their way; One More War suggests the band’s not finished yet, ready to wipe the floor with any flaccid rock’n’roll imitators. For all of the aural brutality ± and you’ve still got The Supernova That Never Quits, Straight Until Morning, Ten Minds, Conquest, Gotta Put the World Away and 2000 Sins to go, if you’re game ± what’s apparent with Time Wounds All Heels is the quality of Hemensley’s lyrics: he’s the modern day people’s poet, critiquing the superficial obsessions of society, rebuking cultural shibboleths and generally taking a discursive axe to everything that pisses him off. This is punk rock in its rarely-sighted literary
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HEARTLAND RECORDS TOP TEN 1.
First Demo LP FUGAZI
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Passerby LP LULUC
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Shriek LP WYE OAK
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Album LP JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
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Don’t Worry About Me JOEY RAMONE
guise, an erudite blend of anger, frustration and attitude. Eventually it all came to a head, and the band collapsed under the weight of drug abuse. John Nolan was lucky to survive; tragically, Hemensley did not. But for a time, The Powder Monkeys were perhaps the greatest rock’n’roll beast on the planet ± and Time Wounds All Heels is one of the greatest punk rock records ever recorded. PATRICK EMERY BEST TRACK: Straight Until Morning. IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE THESE: IGGY AND THE STOOGES, MC5, MOTORHEAD. IN A WORD: Brutal.
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THE GRATES
Xen (Mute/Create/Control) Cut up samples in Xen, the title track from Arca’s debut LP, sit in a vocal register, just out of reach as a hook, but luring in just the same. It’s a largely masterful piece from one of the most innovative producers on the planet right now.
Holiday Home (Death Valley/Create/Control) There’s really nothing at stake for The Grates in 2014, and if Holiday Home is any indication, it’s a musically conducive space for the Brisbane luminaries. The first taste of upcoming album Dream Team is laid down raw, a creeping pulse exploding with the throwback garage riff action in the chorus, imbued with a snarl reminiscent of the Iggy Pop and Peaches duet Kick It. Perhaps twice as long as it needs to be, but an assuring comeback single none the same.
PLEASURE SYMBOLS
BEYONCÉ
ARCA
Ultraviolence (Independent) The synth chasm that is Ultraviolence, from QLD duo Pleasure Symbols, is both scary and scary good, generating a powerful vacuum of atmospheric pressure. A brooding magnitude of force that commands respect.
ALTA
Hold Your Fire (Caroline) A smoky R&B vocal take elevates an otherwise featherweight bass-y jaunt from duo Alta. The beat has been decidedly nullified to allay any dancefloor indulgence, the muted groove inciting a slight bob-along. But still, it’s all a bit bland, with limited personality in the production.
7/11 (Sony) Channelling a low key Wiz Khalifa autotune inflection, Queen Bey goes in on this bonus addition to the reissue of last year’s insta-classic self-titled LP. There’s an air of freestyle ad-lib throughout, not reaching for an earworm chorus, while avoiding any overt ploy to recapture the meme-ready, #surfbort, soundbytes from the album. A stylistic dip of the toe in the waters of some of ATL and Chi-town’s biggest rap moments of the past year or so.
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Inked in Blood 2LP OBITUARY
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KUČKA
Divinity (Midnight Feature) Seeped in a liquid cool, Divinity disarms with the divination of a moonlit rainforest; Kučka’s vocal both detached and intimate. It’s an uncanny construction of mood from the rising Perth singer-producer, whose talents have been recognised by A$AP Rocky (most notably with backing vocal duties on Fashion Killa). The lack of a strong hook on Divinity does result in a sense of weightlessness, almost to a fault. It’s good, but you get the sense Kučka might be easing down the stylistic cul-de-sac already traversed to little long-term avail by Purity Ring.
Van Gogh MILWAUKEE BANKS X ANDREI EREMIN
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Set To Go HOSAIA AND LUBOKU
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Divinity KUČKA
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Beach Houses LANKS
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Big Shot PEARLS
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Wear Purple At My Funeral PLUTO JONZE I Don’t Want To Be In Your Arms THE BELLIGERENTS
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Tear It Down (Elk Remix) TWINSY
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Angel Forever BROKEN DOLL
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Benjamins CVIRO & GXNXVS
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Phaedra CD TANGERINE DREAM
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Hold It In CD MELVINS
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I Want To Kill You / Monster 7” BLACK FACE
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Because The Night split 10” GARBAGE / SCREAMING FEMALES
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Gon’ Boogaloo CD C.W. STONEKING
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Honor Is All We Know CD RANCID
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Commune CD GOAT
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A Date With Elvis LP THE CRAMPS
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Dopesmoker LP SLEEP
BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT THE EARTH
MONTGOMERY
Wake Up (I Oh You) Just lemme hit snooze a couple more times on this pointless Arcade Fire cover. Get it? The song is called Wake Up. And it will put you to sleep. No joke. Meta genius.
Assault on Precinct 13 LP JOHN CARPENTER
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SINGLE OF THE WEEK KANGAROO SKULL
P.O.N. FOUR (Temporal Cast) Born from an offhand side-pursuit in the fertile grounds of New Zealand’s Camp a Low Hum festival (RIP CALH), Kangaroo Skull emerged as a deep house banger side project from My Disco’s Rohan Rebeiro and Benjamin Andrews, performing a string of shows drenched in smoke machine and relentless strobe and lasers. It was mad. Now a solo project for Rebeiro, Kangy Skull is a more refined exploration of largely arrhythmic electronic composition, pugilistic in its minimalist repetition. P.O.N. FOUR beats down with danceable oppression, meticulous in its movement surrounding a stop-start jackhammer of two-note ammunition. This is serious.
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Apeman THE KINKS
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Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth NEKO CASE
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Last Great American Whale LOU REED
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Jungle ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
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Broke with Expensive Taste (Caroline) After initially being slated for release in late 2012, it’s hard to decide whether expectations were high or low for Azealia Banks’ debut album Broke with Expensive Taste. Finally, more than two years after it was first due out, the album was released without warning. The result? The record Banks has wanted to release all along. Broke with Expensive Taste is genre-bending, inventive and at times, a little bizarre. The album sees Banks explore new territory and expand her repertoire – tracks such as Soda and Chasing Time primarily consist of sugary vocals and pop hooks, rather than the fast-paced, aggressive rap that launched Banks to fame. Thumping club beats transform into Caribbean dancehall rhythms and catchy pop melodies. Gimme a Chance even finds inspiration as a salsa number, with Banks delivering a fluent Spanish verse to see the track out. The most bizarre inclusion however comes with Nude Beach a Go Go, which throws back to the ‘60s surf pop of the Beach Boys thanks to a cameo from Ariel Pink. With 16 tracks clocking in at just over an hour, there is plenty of room for refinement with this album and, with such a lengthy road to release, it’s disappointing to not see a more polished and sophisticated cut. While Banks’ experimentation may pay off with tracks such as Gimme a Chance and Heavy Metal and Reflective, tracks such as Nude Beach a Go Go and Yung Rapunxel simply don’t add anything to the album. What does become clear with Broke with Expensive Taste is Banks is at her best with the brash, flawless rhymes we first heard with 212. Even after three years, this track is still as catchy as ever, which BEST TRACK: Heavy Metal and Reflective. begs the question: is this the peak for Azealia Banks? IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: TKAY MAIZDA, MIA, MISSY ELLIOT. KELSEY BERRY IN A WORD: Belated.
THE BENNIES
Heavy Disco (Poison City Records) Throughout Melbourne’s music history, ska has been a near constant presence from the late ‘70s and carrying on today with bands like Area-7 and The Resignators. Although The Bennies lean towards the punk side of ska-punk, the majority of their new EP, Heavy Disco, contains enough skankin’ goodness to keep fans of the genre happy. This EP has everything usually associated with ska-punk; a simple yet effective horn section, the typical ‘upstroke’ style of guitar strumming, a two-tone beat, and of course, the obligatory song about weed (Green-Mix City). As a whole, it’s good fun. They tend to stay in the shallow end lyrically, but it suits the upbeat partying vibe they seem to be going for. It’s songs like Stay Free and Party Whirlwind that’ll guarantee an excellent live show. Party Whirlwind gets a special mention for having a sweet trumpet solo. What’s Your Fuckin’ Problem? is a great example of the punk and ska fusion, with its raw, angry vocals followed quickly by a nice, uplifting trumpet riff. It’s the sweet and salty of music: kind of weird, but really BEST TRACK: Party Whirlwind. fucking good. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: LESS THAN JAKE, AREA-7, MAD CADDIES. CASSIE HEDGER IN A WORD: Dope.
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20) Lucinda Williams has been a critical favourite throughout her long and storied career. Renowned for her honest brand of blues-infused country folk, with this new double album she delivers more of the smoky Southern heartache that’s been her stock-in-trade since her breakthrough record Lucinda Williams came out 26 years ago. This is a more comfortable release than previous offerings from the sometimes tortured songstress. Maybe it’s her 61 years that have given her a newfound peace, but Williams has lost her vitriol entirely. The resigned wisdom of songs like East Side of Town and Big Mess show pathos instead of pain, and When I Look at the World and Stowaway in your Heart are downright cheery. Williams hasn’t deserted her darkness completely, it just seems it’s all somehow easier for her now. For any long-time fans this record will tick all the boxes. Williams finds inspired form in parts, and guest spots from the likes of Jakob Dylan and Tony Joe White lend some good colour. The ‘band live in a room’ production mostly works well, though I would’ve still liked a bit more sonic variation to shake up the jammy 12-bar blues numbers. That said, while some of the album’s 20 tracks can feel a bit samey at first, they do reveal their nuances with repeated listens. Maybe a few songs could’ve been trimmed, but Ms Williams seems to be revelling in a settled and newly-prolific phase. All in all, Lucinda Williams is still telling it BEST TRACK: East Side of Town. like it is, just ‘it’ seems a little better these days. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: RYAN ADAMS, NEKO CASE, EMMYLOU HARRIS. JULIAN DOUGLAS IN A WORD: Settled.
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RÖYKSOPP
The Inevitable End (POD/Inertia) Officially, Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland have indicated while this is their last album, it’s not the last time they will work together. Only time will reveal whether the duo envisage producing for other artists, scoring for film, or just releasing singles and remixes more often. This album suggests Röyksopp have kissed off the album as a viable means of releasing their music with a break up album that’s all about endings and the possibilities of new beginnings. This album is peppered with obvious singles intended to uplift listeners, and perhaps also rip up dance floors. Röyksopp seem ready to attract a broader audience without necessarily selling out to EDM. The sinister filtered disco of Skulls reflects the influence of Daft Punk. A switched up version of Monument unexpectedly improves upon the original, while Do It Again is remixed into a more relaxed wonky disco tune. Similarly the instantly likeable Running to the Sea featuring Susanne Sundfør twists their usually chill electronica into what feels like a soulful take on more commercial electronic pop. As we reach deeper into this album, Röyksopp delve into bittersweet melancholia and introspective down tempo, and with fizzing synths they conjure wondrously fuzzy, synthetic soundscapes on tracks like You Know I Have to Go and Caramel Afternoon. A noticeably thick layer of glossy production gives BEST TRACK: Monument. this album a dreamily voluptuous texture. After IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: THE the inevitable end, it’ll be interesting to hear what KNIFE, ROBYN, PLANNINGTOROCK, AIR, rebirth for Röyksopp may sound like. TRENTEMØLLER. IN A WORD: Bittersweet. THE SIDEMAN
DAMN THE MAPS
Something Is Askew (Independent) Music is a bit like cooking: mix a bunch of random ideas together and you’ll likely wind up with a mess unfit for consumption. The trick for musicians is nailing a balance of flavour, harmony, and texture. It’s all about tapping into that elusive sweet spot that makes the hair on the back of neck stand up. With this in mind, if Melbourne trio Damn The Maps were chefs, they’d know a thing or two about contrasting sweet and sour. Though you might not have heard of them before, Damn The Maps (previously Nervous Wreck) are one of those bands that have been at it for years, slowly but surely perfecting their craft via a steady touring schedule and string of releases. Something Is Askew, the follow-up to their 2008 debut Input Output, is an arresting collection of alternative rock that sways between moments of jerky prog grooves, sweeping ambient soundscapes, and jangly guitar pop. There’s the vitriolic slog against being a slave to the nine to five grind (Resignation), the quietly introspective moments that blossom into uplifting power pop (It’s Not Real), and the infectious dopaminetriggering hooks that tunnel into your brain (Somebody Went Overboard; Wrong). Holding it all together is Martin Green’s impassioned croon – which could draw comparisons to Tool’s Maynard James Keenan or Sparta’s Jim Ward – and his cryptic lyrics that add layers to the dense atmospheres that linger throughout. If you’re looking for something fresh to sink your teeth into, consider this succulent second offering from a talented local trio. BEST TRACK: It’s Not Real. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: BIFFY CLYRO, SPARTA, COG. IN A WORD: Delectable.
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Phantom Radio (Heavenly Recordings/[PIAS]) Mark Lanegan’s perhaps best known for gruffly howling over big distorted riffs, either in Screaming Trees or Queens of the Stone Age. Phantom Radio is his eighth record of solo originals. While his early solo records positioned him as a downtrodden blues crooner, 2012’s Blues Funeral marked a shift towards synthesised new wave production. Phantom Radio pushes this aesthetic even further. The incorporation of synths and electronic programming mitigates Lanegan’s habitual morbidity. Subsequently, several of Phantom Radio’s concisely drawn compositions take on an optimistic edge. It doesn’t take much digging to realise Lanegan’s still surveying a grim scene. His lyrical interests are summed up in album opener Harvest Home: “Black is my colour, black is my name/I need something to help me chase the devil away.” The hope intimated by the upbeat gait of The Killing Season or the dreamy synth play of Torn Red Heart is slashed down upon noticing the track titles. Phantom Radio is not only bereft of conventional rock songs, the electric guitar is almost entirely kept at the periphery. Strangely enough, Lanegan’s fibrous melancholy suits the synthetic setting. While he’s largely appeared either cantankerous or downcast in the past, placed BEST TRACK: Floor of the Ocean. amid playful electronics, Lanegan’s inimitable vocal IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: SUICIDE, gravel gathers near-tragic romance. THE GUN CLUB, JACK LADDER. IN A WORD: Alfresco. AUGUSTUS WELBY
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY NOV 26 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • BROODS + MANSIONAIR Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• COQ ROQ WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.
• DD & THE DAMAGED GOODS + RATTLIN’ BONES
BLACKWOOD + JUNK HORSES Tote Hotel, Collingwood.
BOSCO + GO AWAY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.
• ECHO DRAMA + THE SEVEN UPS + REUBEN STONE +
MIDNIGHT TENDERNESS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00.
• FIFTH FRIEND Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • GIRAFFAGE + DJ KIRKIS Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. • GOLDEN MOSS FILMS FUNDRAISER - FEAT:
WHITEWASH The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.
$10.00.
7:30pm.
• HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF + BRIGHTER LATER
VOLKOFSKY & THE MOLOTOVS + PASKO’S PANDA Bar
• JAKOB + BEAR THE MAMMOTH + SPIDER GOAT CANYON
• G R I Y A - FEAT: THE MY WAY KILLINGS + AIMEE Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• HOLYOAKE + GOLIATH TIGERFISH + POISON FISH +
ZEPHYR Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
• KARL S WILLIAMS + LEAH SENIOR + JOSH SEYMOUR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00.
• OLIVER’S ARMY + ALMA KALORAMA + DISCOVERY OF A
FOX Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. • RIVER OF SNAKES + SPACE JUNK + DJ MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $5.00.
• SLOW GALO + THE ICYPOLES + DAVID BRAMBLE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00.
• SONDRE LERCHE + OLYMPIA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $30.00.
• THE SMITH STREET BAND + THE FRONT BOTTOMS +
APOLOGIES + I HAVE NONE + FEAR LIKE US Corner Hotel,
Richmond. 7:15pm. $30.00.
• TULALAH + LAZERCATS 2000 Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • ULTRA FOX The Everleigh, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. • BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • FISCHER, SHERLOCK & HOLOUBECK TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
• MO SOUL - FEAT: FULTON STREET Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
• PETER HEARNE & DIZZY’S BIG BAND WITH CELESTE
COULSON Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. • RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: GYPSY JAZZ DUO Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. • SPIRIT OF INDIA (CARNATIC & HINDUSTANI DOUBLEBILL) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $75.00. • THANKSGIVING (A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $33.00.
Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $22.45.
• KILL DIRTY YOUTH + THE BURNING ROACHES +
MUSCLE MARY + BONNIE DOOM Tote Hotel, Collingwood.
8:30pm.
• KYLIE AULDIST + DJ VINCE PEACH & PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• LULUC + RYAN DOWNEY Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $17.00.
• MERAUDER + BLOOD DUSTER + METAL STORM +
AGAINST Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: THE LOST DAY + GRETA STANLEY Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $7.00. • PRINTS + THE SCOUTS + THE MARLENES Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7.00.
& THE ELWOOD WINTERS + ALICE IVY Brunswick Hotel,
Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• SAGAMORE + LALIC + CREPES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• SECRET VALLEY + SCHOOL DAMAGE + GIRL MOUNTAIN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
• SONS OF RICO + NEW GODS + SLEEPY TEA + SOOP Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12.00.
• STEP PANTHER & BEARHUG (DUAL ALBUM LAUNCH) Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00.
• THE BLACK SEEDS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. • THE SMITH STREET BAND + THE FRONT BOTTOMS +
APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE + MAX GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:15pm.
• THE UGLY KINGS + THE LOVE BOMBS + FILTHY LUCRE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• TLAOTLON + ABSTRACT MUTATION + STRAYLIGHT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• TOM FRYER BAND + CHRIS FRANGOU’S KALEIDOSCOPE
• TWIN AGES + ARTIST PROOF + AIRWAY LANES +
• VANESSA FERNANDEZ Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • ANDY WHITE + THE ANTIPOET ORCHESTRA + ALISON
THOM Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. • FOREST FALLS + ANDY BROWN + FORESTER ANDERSON Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $12.00.
+ JAMES FRANKLIN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • ARTIE STYLES QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. • BENNETTS LANE 22ND BIRTHDAY BASH - FEAT: THE
PAUL GRABOWSKY SEXTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
• FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: JAKE JUDD + TIGERFUNK +
Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $65.00.
• WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: FRIEDA LE BJORN +
BETH CLEARY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY NOV 27
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • BEN WHITING (WILDFLOWER LAUNCH) + BENJAMIN
JAMES CALDWELL + HARRISON STORM John Curtin
Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
• BIG WINTER + HUMAN WOMAN + SISTER SOCRATES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• BYO VINYL NIGHT Yarra Lounge, Yarraville. 7:30pm. • DAN O’CONNOR & HUMANS + REUBAN BLOXHAM + DON
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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + SURF THANG +
FORBIDDEN PLANET + DAISY WEST Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 8:00pm.
• BLACK NIGHT CRASH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd.
$45.50.
DUO Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • AUSTIN BRADY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. • BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS + DAN PARSONS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• CHRIS WILSON Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. • CLAUDE HAY Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. • DREAM LEGACY Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm. • EVA MCGOWAN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. • FAT COUSIN SKINNY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
• JO VOLTA + GABE ATKINSON + EDWINA CLARK Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
• NEIL MURRAY Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. • PHOEBE DAICOS & THE SIMMER DOWNS Lomond Hotel,
$15.00.
• RED INK Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00. • SHIT SEX + LOOSE TOOTH + BONNIE DOOM + MESSED
UP Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. • SPIRAL ARM + RABBLE ROUSER + COAST BUSTERS + DJ
LUCY ARUNDEL Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $12.00.
• TEK TEK ENSEMBLE + THE WIKIMEN + BJ
• BUSHIDO + SELF IS A SEED + FULL CODE Ding Dong Melbourne. 1:30pm. 9:30pm.
• CHRIS WILSON Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. • DASH + GRIYA + MUNRO MILANO Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.
• DICK DIVER + HOLY BALM + THE NATIVE CATS +
HIEROPHANTS The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $21.40. • EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + ALL ABOUT STEVE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.
• EXPLOSION + THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR + EBONIE
HYLAND + BUFFALO PAINTRAIN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
• FLANAGAN FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS COVER ARTISTS Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm.
• JUNGLE FEVER - FEAT: MATT MCFETRIDGE + BRUCE
• RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: THE THURSDAY
Alpine Resort, 12:00pm. $130.00.
• PONY FACE + LADIE DEE Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm.
• SUN CITY + DEJA + KID RADIO + THE COLOUR CODE
+ DUSTIN THOMAS The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
• NAHKO & MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE, + TREVOR HALL
UV BOI + LUCIANBLOMKAMP + THE SINKING TEETH + KLO + BANOFFEE + FRIENDSHIPS + JPS + I’LLS + KIRKIS + APART FROM THIS + OTOLOGIC + TRANTER + DEER + TOTAL GIOVANNI + PLANÈTE + ESC + LANKS + DARCY BAYLIS + AIR MAX ‘97 + CC:DISCO! + RARA + HUBERT CLARK JR + FOREIGN/NATIONAL + JAHNNE + NULL + URBAN PROBLEMS + HAROLD & FEMI Lake Mountain
11:30pm.
• I AM DUCKEYE + SKINPIN + STRAWBERRY FISTCAKE +
• THE MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown
Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.
FRIDAY NOV 28
8:00pm.
• MISS DIXON’S FUNK AFFAIR Open Studio, Northcote.
• THE HAMMOND ORGAN NIGHTS Musicland, Fawkner. • TRACEY BUNN + ALANA & ALICIA Clifton Hill Hotel,
8:00pm.
• GET SERIOUS Carters Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm. • HOLD ON BE STRONG + SET THE SCORE + COASTLINE
• TAMARA KULDIN & THE JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET
7:00pm.
Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• VAN WALKER & SHANE REILLY Post Office Hotel, Coburg.
Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00.
• THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL’S OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
Northcote. 8:00pm.
• THE PURPLE DENTISTS + SAOIRSE + MADELINE LEMEN
• CHERRY BOMB European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd.
• MEL SEARL & THE CRAIG SMITH QUINTET Dizzy’s Jazz
• OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:30pm. • OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. • OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. • OPEN MIC/JAM Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. • SHELLEY SEGAL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00. • THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: MAXI + UNCLE BOBBY
• SQUAWKESTRA END OF YEAR BANG Wesley Anne,
MAURICE RODRIGUEZ Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
• LUCY THORNE & HAMISH STUART Yarra Hotel,
WALLY RANKIN + FALCONIO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
8:30pm.
• CACTUSDEMONDOOM + GALAXY FOLK Public Bar, North
Brunswick. 7:30pm.
Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• KRIS SCHROEDER + LACHLAN BRYAN Retreat Hotel,
Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
• SPENCER P JONES & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE +
Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.00.
LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. • JACQUELINE GAWLER & SAM KEEVERS’ AMÉRICA DO SUL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. • JOSH COHEN (STATION STREET) Melbourne Recital
• HOLLOW DRUMS + ELLIOT FRIEND + ANNAN BLIX Wesley
Queenscliff is a pretty chill place. And they are throwing a pretty chill festival. With some pretty chill bands. Chill out with The Bombay Royale, Dan Sultan (pictured), Hiatus Kaiyote, Xavier Rudd, Husky, Tijuana Cartel, The Waifs and heaps more at the Queenscliff Music Festival 2014, Queenscliff November 28 – 30.
$44.90.
• TRUST PUNKS + GOLD CLASS + POSSIBLE HUMANS
303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL
• RAD NAVAJO + THE HUNTED CROWS + BEC GORING
• THE SCOTTY WOODS BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
GIG OF THE WEEK!
John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
COSMIC KAHUNA Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
MILNE + GOGO GODDESSES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • KIM SALMON & THE SURREALISTS + DRUNK MUMS + DUMB PUNTS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00. • LITTLE HOUSE GODZ + SONIC STRAIGHTJACKET + DON FRANKENSTEIN + CHILDREN OF INDIGO Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• MAMMAL SOUNDS XMAS PARTY - FEAT: BACK BACK
FORWARD PUNCH + CLN + MIDNIGHT POOL PARTY Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00.
• MERAUDER + WITHIN BLOOD + AGAINST + CROWNED
KINGS + OUTSIDERS CODE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
MORRISZONKLE + DJ SMALL TOWN ALIEN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• THE ARTIST IS NOT PRESENT - FEAT: DAMIEN MINARDS
+ RYAN LLOYD + DYLAN MARTORELL Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• THE KUJO KINGS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • THE LOST FRIDAYS + THE DIRTY BIRDS + THE TREMORS
+ H A P P I N E S S Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• THE NATIONAL EVENING EXPRESS + THE DEVINE
FLUXUS + SIREN BLACK + SMASH BROS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• THE RESIGNATORS + THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY + THE
TEARAWAYS + SPEEDBALL + AGENT 37 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12.00.
• THE RUMINATERS + LUNA GHOST + MAGIC AMERICA Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00.
• THE SMITH STREET BAND + THE FRONT BOTTOMS
+ APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE + FOXTROT Corner Hotel,
Richmond. 7:15pm.
• THE TARANTINOS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. • THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
• THIRD BEST FRIEND + FEMME NOIR + ABLAZE + QLAYE
FACE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
• TOTE T-SHIRT GIG - FEAT: BATPISS + MUTTON + WEEDY
GONZALEZ + ACID VAIN + WHITE WASH Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• TOY BOATS + BRITTLE BONES + DISAPPEAR +
YACHTBURNER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• VIOLENT SOHO 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. • WATT’S ON - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:30pm.
8:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm.
• E.S.P QUARTET Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. • KRISTIN BERARDI & JAMES SHERLOCK Melbourne
ACT + HOLLOWS + JACOB + SHUT UP JACKSON + TREEHOUSES + EMPLOYMENT + HOSPITAL Dancing Dog,
• KUNJANI Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00. • MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE SESSIONS The B.east, Brunswick
• MIDNIGHT COLLECTIVE + EMBRA RAIN + VIBRAVEIL • NMB SKILLS INTERSTATE BAND PARTY - FEAT: DOG
Footscray. 7:30pm. $5.00.
• PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: KIRIN J CALLINAN
+ OSCAR KEY SUNG + CROOKED COLOURS + YOUNG FRANCO + DRUNK MUMS + RAT & CO + SILENTJAY +
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Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $45.00.
East. 9:00pm.
• RE-IMAGINING PEGGY LEE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
• SALSA PARTY NIGHT Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• THE NICHAUD FITZGIBBON QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20.00.
• THE SOUL OF ARETHA FRANKLIN - FEAT: FLORELIE
ESCANO Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $20.00.
• TINKLER, WALTERS, BECK TRIO + TINKLER + WALTERS
+ BECK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO
• YVETTE JOHANSSON
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • AGNES OBEL Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $77.50.
• BLACKSHAWS BEAT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:30pm. • CON ARTISTS + GRANDSONS OF THE PIONEERS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8.00.
• DAVE WARNER + FUCHSIA Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $30.00.
• DAVEY LANE Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. • FLYING ENGINE TRIO Testing Grounds, Melbourne. 6:00pm. • HAYWARD WILLIAMS + THE YEARLINGS Yarra Hotel,
THE BLACK SEEDS
There’s nothing seedy about The Black Seeds, in fact they look like really nice guys. The New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights formed in 1998 and five albums, a live album, and two remix albums later, The Black Seeds have won over fans at venues and festivals all over the world. See for yourself when they take over the Prince Bandroom Thursday, November 27.
Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• JODY & THE JOY RIDERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
• KIRSTEN MOORE + TIM CULLIN Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• LULUC + RYAN DOWNEY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00.
• SIMON HUDSON BAND + KUNATAKI + DJ ADALITA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
• SOUTHBOUND SNAKE CHARMERS + D.R. MALONE Wildwood Cellar & Cafe, Bulla. 6:30pm.
• THE BLUEBOTTLES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. • THE HORNETS (DANGEROUS DANCING TOUR) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $20.00.
• THE NAYSAYERS + HONEYBONE + NEON QUEEN Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm. $10.00.
• THE RUBY ROGERS EXPERIENCE + THE RUBY ROGERS
EXPERIENCE + DJ ROY Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
8:30pm.
• THOMAS HENRY WALKER Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm.
• TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN
BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
SATURDAY NOV 29
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • BANG - FEAT: I EXIST + MASON + HORNETZ NEST Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.
• BASTARD SQUAD + ALKIRA + HAILGUN + WOLFPACK +
THE FCKUPS + SPLIT TEETH + DRAIN LIFE + MAGGOT MEN Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • BLACK CAB (GAMES OF THE XXI OLYMPIAD LAUNCH) + LOWTIDE + QUEENSHEAD Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00.
• BLOODS (WORK IT OUT LAUNCH) + SCOTDRAKULAR John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
+ OSCAR KEY SUNG + CROOKED COLOURS + YOUNG FRANCO + DRUNK MUMS + RAT & CO + SILENTJAY + UV BOI + LUCIANBLOMKAMP + THE SINKING TEETH + KLO + BANOFFEE + FRIENDSHIPS + JPS + I’LLS + KIRKIS + APART FROM THIS + OTOLOGIC + TRANTER + DEER + TOTAL GIOVANNI + PLANÈTE + ESC + LANKS + DARCY BAYLIS + AIR MAX ‘97 + CC:DISCO! + RARA + HUBERT CLARK JR + FOREIGN/NATIONAL + JAHNNE + NULL + URBAN PROBLEMS + HAROLD & FEMI Lake Mountain
Alpine Resort, 12:00pm. $130.00.
• PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS (I’M NOT SCARED
LAUNCH) + SODA LITE + LEHMANN B SMITH + WATERFALL PERSON + DENIM OWL Boney, Melbourne
Cbd. 4:00pm. $8.00.
• PAUL MCMANUS & THE MAYBLOOMS + SHORTFALL
+ FAST HANDSOME + G-POP + LITTLE MISS REMEMBERING + BOB HUTCHINSON TRIO + MARVIC FOXES + OXJAMMERS + MINDY & CHRIS DUO + ERIC MCGRATH + DOLLHOUSE MUSIC + TEENY DAYLIGHT + MAX BUICK + DJ Y U DO DIS? + DJ HALLF Brunswick
Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm.
• PHEONIX 5 Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:30pm. • PINCH HITTER + LINCOLN LEFEVRE + JAMIE HAY +
GEORGIA MAQ Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• PORTUGAL. THE MAN Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 9:00pm.
• PRAYER BABIES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. • PRIESTESSA & DASH Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. • PUSSY XXX + SPACEJUNK + THE GENERAL + CEMENT
WHORES + TRAUMA BOYS Reverence Hotel, Footscray.
• SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER + THIS FIASCO + DRIVEN TO
• DARCEE FOX + SONS OF JERICHO + BANDINTEXA Yah
• SHIVER CANYON + SHANGHAI + DIVE INTO RUIN Vinyl
• EXHAUSTION + ZOND + SKY NEEDLE + DRIBBLE Tote
• THE DELTA RIGGS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd.
• FRACTURES The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.
• THE HIGH SUBURBAN + YOU & YOUR FRIENDS 303,
• GEORGE KAMIKAWA & NORIKO The Luwow, Fitzroy.
• THE MEAN TIMES + THE NIGHT PARTY +
8:00pm. $5.00.
RUSSELL + ALEX LEGG + BEN KELLY + STEWART KOHINGA + SATURN 3 + DAISY WEST + SPASM MAYFIELD + MASTAPLAN + MR EEZAL Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.
• JP KLIPSPRINGER + THE TROTSKIES + KINDER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $9.00.
• KIDS OF ZOO + PEEP TEMPEL + BAD VISION + AD
SKINNER + HEELS ON DECKS DJS Old Bar, Fitzroy.
8:30pm. $10.00.
• KISS THE VYPER + PEGAZUS + STORY + WILD VIOLET Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15.00.
• LURCH & CHIEF + FLYYING COLOURS + TROPHY WIFE
BLOODHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL Whole Lotta Love,
Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• THE SLEEPY DREAMERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. • VANISHING POINT + RUINS + SUGRESSION +
DREADNAUGHT + CHAOS DIVINE + EYE OF THE ENEMY + IN MALICE’S WAKE + THE HELIX NEBULA + HYBRID NIGHTMARES + BRONSON + DECIMATUS + WHORETOPSY + DAMNATIONS DAY + INTERNAL NIGHTMARE + THE CONJURER + INVOLUNTARY CONVULSION + SUNSLAVE + WOOD OF SUICIDES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $25.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • ALMA MATER Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $20.00.
• PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH STEVE SEDERGREEN
• MORTH + PROPHETESS + VENDETTA + KILLTV
• PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP (FINAL CONCERT) Ruby’s
$15.00.
PUTA MADRE BROTHERS + FEE B-SQUARED Council
Street, Clifton Hill. 6:00pm.
• PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: KIRIN J CALLINAN
RUSSELL Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:40pm. $18.00.
• JULITHA RYAN & BAND Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
Northcote. 7:30pm.
• MISERABLE LITTLE BASTARDS Union Hotel, Brunswick.
• NOISY RITUAL URBAN WINERY LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT:
Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• JAMES BENNETT Penny Black, Brunswick. 3:00pm. • JUKE JOINT JUMP + THE THREE KINGS & CHRIS
9:00pm.
• HETTY KATE QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
+ AGENTS OF ROCK + CITY SHARPS & THE COCOPHONICS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 4:00pm.
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• GEOFF ACHISON Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $15.00. • GOSSAMER PRIDE + THE STARKS + DJ XANDER Retreat
Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm.
+ PINK HARVEST Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
9:00pm.
• EATEN BY DOGS + ALEX & THE LASHLIES + GREEN TIN
THE VERGE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
• GOOD MUSIC - FEAT: ETHAN MCLAREN Prince Public Bar,
$13.00.
TRIBUTE & THE BRITISH ROCK SHOW Lucky 13 Garage,
Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10.00.
Richmond. 8:30pm. $30.00.
Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00.
• MIDNIGHT ALIBI + AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY
• AYE CANDY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER SURVIVAL + HENDRIX
Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• SAN CISCO + GUNNS + MONTAIGNE Corner Hotel,
• HUSKY The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.50. • INTERMISSION - FEAT: JUSTINE WALSH + BROOKE
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
$79.90.
Collingwood. 4:00pm.
$15.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
• VARDOS TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
REVIVAL + TEN CENT PISTOLS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
• ROSS MCLENNAN & THE NEW WORLD Railway Hotel,
Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.
Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00.
• THE OLIVIA CHINDAMO QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,
• REDCOATS - FEAT: EXPLOSION + CHILD + STONE
COUNTRY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. • CHUGGA & THE FUCKHEADS + STINK LINES Tote Hotel,
Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.
• THE JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club,
PIG + DJ ASH LIGHTNING Public Bar, North Melbourne.
• CACTUSDEMONDOOM + THE GALAXY FOLK + MONGREL
8:00pm. $8.00.
Portugal is a country filled with medieval castles, cobblestone villages, captivating cities and golden beaches. Then there is Portugal. The Man... the band. Alaskan-bred, Portland-based indie legends Portugal. The Man have earned themselves the title of a must-see band at major festivals across the globe, playing the last ever Big Day Out Festival in Australia earlier this year. They’re back and you can catch them playing The Penny Black, Brunswick and The Deck, Frankston on Sunday November 30.
8:30pm. $10.00.
• RICK ASTLEY + WA WA NEE Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm.
• CRACKWHORE + THE TRANSITIONS + THE A-BOMB
PORTUGAL. THE MAN
St Kilda . 8:00pm.
Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $15.00.
Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $15.00.
• REVEREND FUNK & THE HORNS OF SALVATION Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $20.00.
• STEPHEN GRANT Green Park, 2:00pm. • TAMARA KULDIN’S DIRTY MARTINI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
• THE IAN CHAPLIN TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
Kirin J Callinan
3:00pm.
• MICK FLANNERY & JOHN SPILLANE Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $45.00.
• RON S PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
• SLIDE NIGHT + BROOKE RUSSELL Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
• SMALL TOWN ROMANCE Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • THE FLUMES + PEAR & THE AWKWARD ORCHESTRA +
TYTO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• THE LUCILLES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • THE RECHORDS + DJ CONVICT Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• THE T-BONES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
SUNDAY NOV 30
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • AMBER ISLES + HELOISE + LAUREN GLEZER + JASIA Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $8.00.
• BIGGY RAT BAND Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 4:00pm. • CARUS THOMPSON Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • CIRCADIAN PULSE + WITHOUT ENDING Musicland, Fawkner. 5:00pm. $10.00.
• DESTINYS RESCUE FUNDRAISER - FEAT: GINGER SOUL
+ SARAH DE HAAN + BETH BROWN + HARP SAMUELS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
• DR CRASK & HIS SWINGIN’ ELIXIR + THE OZ BIG BAND
• SOUNDINGS #6 - FEAT: TANGRAMS + TENDER BONES
+ WINTERNATIONALE + GREAT EARTHQUAKE + SETH REES + BROKEN NEEDLES + R. ELECTRIQUE + HOLY LOTUS + HOUSE OF LIGHT + ORBITS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. $10.00.
• SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS +
THE YOU YANGS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm.
• SUNDAY SIXPACK - FEAT: RED SKY BURIAL + I AM
DUCKEYE + FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE + EL COLOSSO + EL SYDONIA + LUCID PLANET Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 3:00pm.
• THE DEAD DAISIES + TRACER Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $35.00.
• THE HERE HERE’S Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. • THE PINK TILES + SCHOOL DAMAGE + CHOOK RACE +
STINK LINES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.
• THE SHAMBELLS Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:30pm. • THE SUNDAY SOCIAL - FEAT: THE REASON WHY +
HAYDEN JOHN + ALLEGRA + BRENTWOOD DUO + ALI HUGHES + COPIOUS + THE GRAY TRAM + APHRODITE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 2:00pm. $14.30.
• THROWING FRISBEES - FEAT: SPERMAIDS + FLOUR +
DUMB Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. $10.00.
• TWIN AGES + BERLIN SIRENS + THE MAY RIVERS +
LUNA DEVILLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $5.00.
Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00pm.
Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• YOU BEAUTY + TIM RICHMOND + MONNONE ALONE +
• DREAMCOAT + THE MCQUEENS + OLD VIOLET Gasometer
WITH RUTH MIHELCIC
(MATINEE) Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm.
$10.00.
• TWO DOORS DOWN Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 5:00pm. • WHO’S THIS? + CHRIS COMMERFORD + SAM BALDWIN
• DREADNAUGHT + SYSTEM OF VENUS + BORRACHERO
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL
If you like celebrity goss – James Franco’s little brother Dave visited Down Under last week taking out GQ Australia’s International Man of the Year award. The young Franco was snapped at Sydney Beach lathering himself with sunscreen below the line of his boardies, very sassy. If you like music – Young Franco is also the name given to a young and talented DJ/Producer from Brizzy. You can catch Young Franco, Kirin J Callinan, Oscar Key Sung, Crooked Colours, Drunk Mums, Rat & Co and many more at the 2014 Paradise Music Festival. If sexy men and sexy music are appealing to you, get down to Paradise Music Festival where the grass is green and the girls are pretty (hopefully the boys too), November 28 – 30 at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort. Belgrave. 3:00pm.
MAGIC STEVEN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $7.00.
• SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky
• DURK + DEL BOCA VISTA + JASPERS DILEMMA Great
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
• SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: SWEET FELICIA + MARK
• EMERGENZA FINAL The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. • HERE COMES THE SUN - FEAT: BURIED FEATHER +
• BEERHOVEN NO.2 Bakehouse Studios, Richmond. 8:00pm. • BRAZILIAN JAZZ - FEAT: TAMIL ROGEON + DOUG DE
• THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE’ CAJUN BAND Spotted
Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.
THE CITRADELS + WATERLOO + LUNA GHOST + THE PSYCHEDELIC GIRL GUIDE’S GUIDE Old Bar, Fitzroy.
7:30pm. $10.00.
• JEROME KNAPPETT + GEORGIA MAQ + THE BERKELEY
HUNTS + JASON MORRISON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.
• JULES BOULT - FEAT: JULES BOULT TRIO Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
• MIN WAGE - FEAT: LAS TETAS + REPAIRS + STATIONS +
VRIES + AL KERR The Everleigh, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. • CALIFORNIA DREAMING (MUSIC OF THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $28.00. • DIANA MAY CLARK Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $20.00.
• DIANA MAY CLARK Wild Thyme Café, Warburton. 8:00pm. • GOULD, PETRUCCI & MANNIS TRIO + GOULD +
PETRUCCI & MANNIS TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
POINT BEING Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm.
• JAZZ HAPPY HOUR - FEAT: CONNIE LANSBERG
COTSONIS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
QUARTET Mardo’s, Port Melbourne. 2:00pm. • ORIENTAL FLOW - FEAT: ER HU MASTER + PANGENG SHEN + LILI LIU Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
• NICK LARKIN & THE BONES + WICKED ANNABEL + JO • PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: KIRIN J CALLINAN
+ OSCAR KEY SUNG + CROOKED COLOURS + YOUNG FRANCO + DRUNK MUMS + RAT & CO + SILENTJAY + UV BOI + LUCIANBLOMKAMP + THE SINKING TEETH + KLO + BANOFFEE + FRIENDSHIPS + JPS + I’LLS + KIRKIS + APART FROM THIS + OTOLOGIC + TRANTER + DEER + TOTAL GIOVANNI + PLANÈTE + ESC + LANKS + DARCY BAYLIS + AIR MAX ‘97 + CC:DISCO! + RARA + HUBERT CLARK JR + FOREIGN/NATIONAL + JAHNNE + NULL + URBAN PROBLEMS + HAROLD & FEMI Lake Mountain
Alpine Resort, 12:00pm. $130.00.
• PHIL CEBERANO + STAND & DELIVER Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm.
• PORTUGAL. THE MAN Penny Black, Brunswick. 4:00pm. • PORTUGAL. THE MAN The Deck, Frankston. 8:30pm. • POST + CHARM + LUKE SEYMOUP + TJ ALCANIZ Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
• SECRETIVE GEORGE + JAMES MOLONEY & THE
MADAWG HARRISONS + VERA NIGHTS + LAUGHTER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.
• SHAUN KIRK + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD
7:30pm. $38.00.
Mallard, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
• THE COSMOPOLITANS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. • THE DARLING DOWNS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. • THE STETSON FAMILY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. • THE STORY SO FAR - FEAT: ELLA HOOPER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 2:30pm. $20.00.
MONDAY DEC 1
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: LAS TETAS + MISS
DESTINY + ASULUM SISTERS Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 6:00pm.
• MUNDANE MONDAYS - FEAT: VINYL SPLINTERS +
• RUBY’S CONCERT SERIES Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne
• VILLIANETTES + LUNA GHOST + CONGRATULATIONS
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.
Cbd. 2:00pm. $15.00.
• STEPHEN GRANT Green Park, 2:00pm. • STEVEN TEAKLE / SAM LEMANN Green Park, 5:00pm. • THE JAMES MUSTAFA JAZZ ORCHESTRA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.
• WAYFARE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.
Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • BIANCA AVIAZ 9 PIECE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. • RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: PIANO TÉ Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
• THE MONASH BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.
• ALL DAY FRITZ Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. • AMARILLO Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm. • ANDY KENTLER Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 8:00pm. • BACKWOOD CREATURES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. • BLOODY SUNDAYS - FEAT: CHRISTINA GREEN Whole
• TONY LEE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm.
• BLUEGRASS OPEN SESSION Sporting Club Hotel,
• THE DOODADS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. • THE MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY - FEAT: LES
Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 2:00pm.
Brunswick. 3:00pm.
• CHRIS WILSON + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar,
7:00pm. $14.00.
$38.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • CAJUN DANCE PARTY - FEAT: THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T
DANCE’ CAJUN BAND Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. THOMAS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
TUESDAY DEC 2
Remember that Steve Albini session at the Face The Music 2014 industry conference a few weekends ago? His keynote speech and its video have officially gone viral, with close to 18,000 YouTube views (on our channel youtube.com/facethemusicaus) and the transcript being shared neared 28,000 times from theguardian.com. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Albini talking about the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry, the advantages of the Internet, the death of the major label system and copyright law. It’s worth the watch. If you attended Face The Music, we want to hear any feedback you might have. What parts of the conference did you like best? Did you have enough opportunities for networking, skills development, and consultations? Do you have any suggestions for topics or speakers next year? You can win a Yamaha FG650 solid body acoustic guitar and a 12-month subscription to Time Out Magazine, just by telling us what you thought and how we can make it even better next year. Fill out the survey at www. surveymonkey.com/s/ftm14delegate. Here’s another sweet opportunity for young Victorians aged 18 to 25 interested in establishing themselves in any area of the music industry, including performing artists, composers, producers, sound engineers, event managers, booking agents, publicists, journalists or rock photographers to name a few. The FReeZA Mentoring Program is now open for applications for next year’s program, and will see participants matched up, one-on-one, with a supportive mentor who is already established within the industry. Past mentors have included Kirsten Doert of Catherine Harridy Management, MC Azmarino of Diafrix, and Lorrae McKenna from Remote Control Records. You’ll get the chance to develop your skills by working on festivals and events as well as a variety of professional development activities. Positions in the program are strictly limited, so get your application in ASAP at www. surveymonkey.com/s/FREEZAMentoring15. Don’t forget to check out the gig guide below, as the weather hots up and the pool parties begin.
ALL AGES TIMETABLE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 • Pulse Underage Dance Party w/ DJ Matt, DJ Corey Smith, DJ Nick Gioldsmith, DJ Anthony Kyriacov, DJ Dion Dimaggio, and DJ Adam Daaboul, Epping Memorial Hall, 827 High St, Epping, 5-10pm, $10, contact 9404 8800, U18. • Brutality Fest w/ Trainwreck, Left For Wolves, Pridelands, Rumours Lounge, Bairnsdale, 7-10pm, $10, contact Amelie Boucher on 5153 9500, AA. • Open Mic Night, Brighton Town Hall, 7-10pm, Free, www.facebook.com/baysidefreeza, AA. • Goroke Pool Party w/ FReeZA Committee Members DeeJaying, Goroke Swimming Pool, Main St, Goroke, 7-10:30pm, $5, contact Bronwyn Fiscalini on 0458 033 441, U18. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 • Skate Jam w/ DJs And-E, Nick Maartensz, and Guy Louis Faletolu, corner Springvale and Waverley Roads, 11:30am-5pm, Free, www.myfs. org.au, AA. • Graham Street Skate and Paint Jam w/ DJ MzRizk, launch of mural project, skate competition, and rides, Graham Street Skate Park, Graham St, Port Melbourne, 2-5pm, Free, www.portphillip.vic.gov. au, AA. • Derrimut Dance Studio Showcase w/ Derrimut Dance Studio Students, Melrose Reception and Convention Centre, 4-11pm, Free, www.derrimut. ymca.org.au, AA. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 • Inverloch Family Festival Skate Park Freeza w/ DJ, skate competition, local young bands and musicians, Korumburra-Wonthaggi Rd, Wonthaggi, 12-4:30pm, Free, www.facebook.com/ BassCoastFreeza, AA. • Break Day Out w/ Bgirl Minae, DJ Kit, Bboy Poe One, Bgirl Ayumi, Filosophy (Third Eye), and The Seven Ups, Montanasa Dance Studios, 74 Sydney St, Albion, 12-8pm, $20, www.culturalinfusion. org.au, AA.
Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
• BJ MORRISZONKLE + ORLANDO FURIOUS Retreat Hotel,
• JOHN MONASH SCIENCE SCHOOL BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz
• ROSWELL THAT ENDS WELL (ART OPENING) - FEAT: AD
• KATE BAR, JEFF TYNAN, CLIVE MANN,
• DAN LETHBRIDGE & THE CAMPAIGNERS Post Office • DAVID COSMA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • DAVIDSON BROTHERS The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. • GHOST TOWNS OF THE MID WEST + DAN WARNER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.
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GREENWAY Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 4:00pm.
ARBES + THE FACTORY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. • THE WAIFS + SAL KIMBER + THE ROLLIN WHEEL Corner
Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 4:00pm.
EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINERS LOOKING FOR WORK due to unforeseen cuts to an unnamed national broadcasting network. Willing to do almost anything. Slight moral aversion to juice companies and green grocers. Casual attire preferred. Email unemployedfruitmen@ nolongercomingdownthestairs.com
Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
• QUINCE JAM 303, Northcote. 3:00pm. • RUBY’S CLASSIC BLUE NOTE SERIES Ruby’s Music Room,
• CASEY & CHRIS MANNIX + PATRIZIA & BRUCE Ascot
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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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au • KRAKEN FOLK SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
THE PUSH
• IAN MOSS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $30.00. • JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. • KEN MAHER, AL WRIGHT & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.
Brunswick. 7:30pm.
SKINNER + SPERMAIDS + FLOUR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $6.00.
• SEB MONT (ARROW LAUNCH) + BEN WHITING + RUBY
JAY + TASH SULTANA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $10.00.
• SLEEP DECADE + HEIR FULLER + NICK SMETHURST Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $5.00.
• LADY DEE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • PHEASANT PLUCKERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. • REBELS WITHOUT A CLUE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
• THE DRUMS + SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE Corner
• SLOW GALO Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. • SUNDAY MATINEE - FEAT: ALEX LEGG Sooki Lounge,
• THE SHAKES + BALTER VADA + HUMUS Brunswick Hotel,
5:30pm.
Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $51.00.
• THE RESIGNATORS + THE OUTSIDERS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
Brunswick. 8:00pm.
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Club, Richmond. 7:00pm.
AYLEEN O’HANLON Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. • KATHY SELBY & TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
• RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: DEXTER’S
ASIAN CONNECTION Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • IRISH SESSIONS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. • KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. • OPEN MIC Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. • WROK DOWN Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $5.00.
Thurs 27th @ 8.30 pm
PHOEBE DAICOS & THE SIMMER DOWNS (Country honk)
Friday 28th @ 9.30pm
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER
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THE LOCAL
BANDS ACROSS THE WATER
By Garry Westmore
The Brunswick Hotel will play to host to a huge lineup of bands, artists and DJs, headed up by Paul McManus and The Mayblooms this Saturday night to raise funds for Bands Across the Water, the charity that’s been helping young people in Thailand since the tragic Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Organiser Sian Gooden putting on a night where enjoying a few ales and watching a full day’s worth of live music can result in some genuine good. Her first venture into this type of event eight or so years ago started humbly, with Gooden enlisting the services of musician friends to help draw a crowd. “It’s seemed like the obvious thing to do,” she says looking back, and, rather than ask people to spend $90 on a something that only covered a meal and a drink, she chose instead to go with something more accessible and fun; a night where punters could pay a small sum ($12 this year if you were wondering) to enjoy an entire day and evening of great live music and guilt free beers. This year’s fundraiser is no exception, featuring the likes of Shortfall, Fast Handsome and G-Pop to name a few. The Brunswick Hotel was the location of Gooden’s first fundraising venture and remains so to this day: this year marking her seventh fundraiser there. “It’s been a couple of years since I’ve done one,” she admits. “So the
fact that they just welcomed me back, donated sausages and a percentage of the bar takings is pretty amazing. The bands are all extremely generous as well; they’re obviously donating all their time and they’re the ones that get the crowd there at the end of the day.” So what would your money be going towards exactly? BATW was initially established to help children orphaned by the Boxing Day tsunami and continues to do so. Founder Peter Baines was so affected by the plight of orphans he met while working in the victim identification unit following the tsunami he was compelled to build a shelter for them. Then he built another; and then a community centre ± and now BATW has homes around Thailand to assist children affected by HIV, sex trafficking and other horrors. Gooden herself was in turn inspired by Baines in a talk
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he gave years ago, so inspired in fact, she signed up immediately for a charity ride through Thailand where she got to see firsthand the great work the charity is doing ± work that didn’t involve religious agendas or paternalistic attitudes, and was working instead towards empowering communities members economically. Gooden admired how the charity worked in a way with the community that was culturally sensitive, without trying to impose any beliefs or view systems, just respecting the culture and how they’d like to go about helping themselves. BATW also differs from larger non-for-profit aid organisations by providing more of a connected experience for those that volunteer. “It’s still a relatively small organisation, so it’s fortunate people can get involved on the ground.” Not only is she putting on this great event, Gooden’s again riding across 800km worth of Thailand and aims to have raised $10,000 for the charity by the time the ride rolls around in January. Training hasn’t hit its peak
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just yet, so she’ll get to enjoy a beverage and soak up the atmosphere come Saturday; and with 15 bands, artists and DJs across two stages, it’s sure to have a real festival feel to it. “There’s a just a great vibe on the night, it’s a great showcase of local musicians, and a great opportunity to celebrate local Melbourne music whilst supporting a pretty amazing charity at the same time.” If you can’t make it, you can still help the team out at bandsacrossthewater.org.au, where you can donate to the organisation. But that good feeling that comes with donating feels even better with some live music.
BANDS ACROSS THE WATER goes down on Saturday November 29 at The Brunswick Hotel with Paul McManus and The Mayblooms, Shortfall, Fast Handsome and more. $12 on the door.
MAKERS & PLAYERS GUITAR EXPO 2014
On Saturday November 29, NCAT (Northern College of the Arts) will stage their second Guitar Expo at Deakin Edge ± Federation Square. There will be over 50 handmade guitars from established makers (luthiers) and graduating students from the NCAT Certificate IV in Musical Instrument Making and Repair course. There will also be a range of demonstrations regarding instrument set up and neck shaping.
The makers who will be displaying at the NCAT 2014 Guitar Expo are Maton Guitars Australia, Andy Allen (Maton Custom Shop), Cole Clark Guitars, Benedict Stewart, Bolitho Brothers, Tim Kill, Gary Rizzolo, Clingan Guitar Tone, Andy Thompson of T Guitars, Shane Briggs, Richard Howell, Jeff Crisp, Jack Spira, Southern Tonewoods, Benedict Puglisi (Double Bass) and the NCAT Instrument Making and Repair team.
As was the case last year, there will be a string of high profile performances and workshops throughout the day some including; Rebecca Barnard and The Rockwiz Orkestra, Hetty Kate and James Sherlock, Steve O’Hern, Matthew Fagan with a ukulele workshop and even Cuban musicians and dancers who make up the Yumeros collective. NCAT developed the Instrument Making and Repair program six years ago and is the only training facility in Australia that offers qualifications in instrument making. This was put together with the assistance from their industry partners Maton Guitars Australia. Since then other industry bodies including Muso City, Cole Clark, and the AMA are in full support of the program.
The expo will prove an invaluable opportunity for graduating students to network amongst makers, resulting in students picking up custom orders for instruments and making their debut into the instrument making world. Visit ncat.vic.edu.au for more information about NCAT’s instrument making programs and further details of the 2014 Guitar Expo.
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For more information visit on the expo visit www.ncat.vic.edu.au or you can also contact the Northern College of the Arts on (03) 9478 1333. MAKERS AND PLAYERS 2014 GUITAR EXPO: NOVEMBER 29 — DEAKIN EDGE, FEDERATION SqUARE, MELBOURNE, VIC
BACKSTAGE Q&A with PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING COLLEGE When was PIC Photographic Imaging College established? PIC Photographic Imaging College has been running as a highly regarded industry and educational institution since 1982. Where is the campus located? In 2014, the facilities and staff moved to the Northern College Of the Arts and Technology (NCAT) campus at 62 Murray Road, Preston, into a refurbished and purpose-built space. Tell us about the facilities? PIC has brand new state of the art photographic studios, analogue darkrooms and digital labs, and continues to be consistently the place to learn and
experience all aspects of photo imaging. What’s the student experience like at PIC and what’s involved with the course? PIC provides a professional environment in which students can choose a variety of photographic media centered around the creative image, using analogue and digital technologies. Whether you are a commercially focused or a creative soul interested in the fine arts, PIC at NCAT can help you map your career path. The staff are energetically involved in a wide range of creative and technical aspects of photography, both practical and theoretical. The course features mid-year and end of year exhibitions showcasing a variety of creative and contemporary student works.
As a prospective student, why should I look to study at PIC? The PIC course reveals that photography is about so much more than just using hardware or software. It is about seeing, perceiving, communicating, and being professional with technique, approach and creative ideas.
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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
LOCAL ACTS HIT PLATINUM CITY
Sydney DJ and producer Timmy Trumpet’s collaboration with Savage, Freaks has gone triple platinum. The video has hit nearly two million views on YouTube, helped by his Bounce Bus US Tour with 40+ shows in two months. Hilltop Hoods’ Walking Under Stars is platinum after 14 weeks, their fifth album to do so. Meantime their first Top Five single Cosby Sweater is gold and speeding to platinum. They played to 50,000 on their 22-date Aussie tour, following a five-week run through North America and dates in Europe and NZ. Jimmy Barnes’ 30:30 Hindsight is platinum. SIA’s Chandelier picked up its fourth platinum, while Jessica Mauboy’s Can I Get a Moment went gold.
THREE NEW NAMES AT 360
Melbourne dance music agency 360 has signed up three new artists. The first are Combo & Lesware from Melbourne’s west, whose latest productions include Combo’s official remix of Joel Fletcher’s Swing and Leswara’s new take on Cocaine. The third artist is Wasteland, the brainchild of WA-born producer Matt Riley who’s released tracks on international label Cr2 Records.
AUSSIES GO FOR LIVE MUSIC OVER SPORTS
A few years ago, a survey by Music Victoria found more Victorians see live gigs than sports. New data from Roy Morgan Research found it is a national trend. One in eight Australians aged 14+ (12 per cent, or almost 2.4 million) go to at least one concert of any style within an average three months, compared with 11 per cent to a professional sports event. Metrotechs (young, trendy, high-earning urbanites) also attend more gigs, but they support a wide variety of styles, with outer suburban young parents or multigenerational and multicultural family members each almost five times more likely to go see rock or pop gigs.
MELBOURNE LABEL COCOON CONCEPTS LAUNCHES
Cocoon Concepts Records is the latest label from Melbourne’s underground. It was originally set up to release the music of former Ma Damquree and Taipan member Tony Tralongo’s prog rock Cocoon. CCR this month releases the debut by new ultra-prog band Triangle. The Shockwaves concept CD, based around a 15th century alchemist, has got a worldwide distribution deal based in France. See cocoonconcepts. weebly.com.
CAROLINE AUSTRALIA SIGNS ALTA
Caroline Australia signed Melbourne’s electronic-pop duo ALTA and releases their new single Hold Your Fire. Formed by soul singer/rapper Hannah Lesser and producer Julius Dowson, they released two EPs Stay Awhile (December 2012) and Game Broke Out (November 2013). Since appearances at Soundwave Croatia, opening for Tokimonsta in Vienna, and a headline show in London, they’ve been working on new material.
FALLS INDUCTED INTO TOURISM HALL OF FAME
After winning the Victorian Tourism Award for Excellence In Sustainable Tourism for the third year in a row, Falls Festival Lorne was inducted into the Hall of Fame. They are the first festival in this category to do so. Recently, Falls Marion Bay won Major Festivals & Events at the Tasmanian Tourism Awards for the second year in a row. This was for drawing 6,000 people from outside Tasmania each year, injecting $11.5 million into the economy, and $8.6 million in export revenues. Both events are nominees in their respective categories at the national Australian Tourism Awards next year.
THINGS WE HEAR
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• Movie/TV streaming service Netflix will launch in Australia in March. • Hilltop Hoods met an ardent fan in Mt Gambier who got them to sign every bit of Hoods memorabilia he possessed. They asked if there was any item he didn’t have. He told them there was a rare 12” single from some years ago. Only 20 copies of it exist in the world but they got him one. • Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan cut ties with Resistance Pro Wrestling, an organization he cofounded in 2011, but found another Greek passion. He’s working on a 20-minute musical about religious rites in ancient Greece. • Both Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles of Peking Duk came down with severe cases of Delhi Belly during an Indian tour (Styles also got severe food poisoning on his last day), but maintain it’s a great and unique place to play. • Swan Hill’s first radio survey in six years saw ACE’s 3SH and Mixx FM snare 57.1 per cent of the market, ahead of the five ABC stations. • Brunswick record store Record Paradise was robbed recently of a new laptop which is necessary for their operations. Any info contact 9029 6393 or info@ recordparadise.com.au. See Beat.com.au for full report. • Lewis Walsh, award-winning drummer from Perth’s The Love Junkies, has come out as transgender, in a piece written for Tone Deaf. The 24-year old came out last year to the band and split from his longtime girlfriend. • Marc Canter, who co-authored the 2008 book Reckless Road: Guns N’ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction, reveals talks are underway to turn it into a movie. As owner of LA rock hangout Canter’s Deli, he was chilling with them when they first started out. • Angus Young reveals brother Malcolm was on treatment for lapses of memory and concentration during the Black Ice album sessions six years ago. • When a Perth judge sentenced a WA drug dealer to 23 years, it emerged the dude sold 40,000 E tabs at two music festivals over one long weekend. • Cooma in the Snowy Mountains has a new café called Beatnik which, in the spirit of its ‘60s bohemian culture name, will showcase music and poetry readings.
MUSIC SHOW COMING TO TV
Look out for a new music show Spilt Milk on a major TV channel. Hosted by radio’s Michael O’Neill, it teamed with booking agencies Premier Artists and Harbour to provide two acts per episode. Locked in are team-ups by Missy Higgins & Pete Murray, The Veronicas & Katy Perry and Marcia Hines & 360. These collabs will be played on Southern Cross Austereo stations and sold on iTunes. A pilot shot at Brisbane’s Family Nightclub is on YouTube.
AMBER FERGUSON JOINS POISON THORN RECORDS
Amber Ferguson is new Label Manager of Poison Thorn Records, the alt-rock, metal and rock imprint set up this year by Possum Records’ Phil Israel and distributed through Universal Music. Ferguson will source and sign new acts. Send your music via a Soundcloud link to info@poisonthornrecords.com or send CDs and bio to PO Box1524, Bowral NSW 2576. Poison Thorn is releasing an alt-rock compilation of 11 rising acts, with a metal one next year.
TWO NEW AIRPLAY CHARTS FOR AMRAP
The CBAA’s Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) launched two new charts. The Amrap Metro Chart and Amrap Regional Chart each provide a weekly Top Ten of the singles most ordered for airplay from Amrap’s AirIt distribution service. Over 2,500 broadcasters from 250 stations subscribe to Amrap’s AirIt. Over 1,500 tracks are ordered for airplay each week.
ARTS LAW CENTRE OFFERS FREE LEGALS
Arts Law Centre is offering free telephone legal advice to artists and other creatives on topics such as copyright, contracts, liability, insurance, debt, social media, employment and tax. Call on 1800 221 457 or www.artslaw.com.au.
ANDY WHITE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
Irish singer songwriter Andy White (one of the few troubadours to bump Bono off an Irish Songwriter of the Year award) celebrates his 10th year as a Melbourne resident this month. To that end, there was a secret filming session at Crowded House’s gothic
mansion office in the Dandenong Hills under the tag of Live in the Lounge Room, featuring eight songs including Penelope Tree from his ALT days with Tim Finn and Hothouse Flowers’ Liam O’Maonlai. This is up on http://youtu.be/OYbdHmFEfcw as a taster to the How Things Are album launch at Toff in Town on Wednesday November 26.
INERTIA LAUNCHES MIDNIGHT FEATURE LABEL
Inertia has launched a new alt-pop label called Midnight Feature. First signing is Perth singer songwriter Kucka who releases new single Divinity.
‘THE MUSIC NETWORK’ LAUNCHES SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK
Trade publication The Music Network has set up Australia’s first professional and social network designed exclusively for the music industry. It aims to bring the music community together by providing industry news, charts, career information and more. TMN publisher Mark Dalgleish he sees it as a social and music-career version of LinkedIn to connect the fragmented Oz industry.
THREE MILLION AUSSIES LISTEN TO DIGITAL RADIO
Three million Australians (23 per cent) living in the five metropolitan capitals listen each week to digital radio, say figures from the Commercial Radio Australia association. Sales of DAB+ devices are over 1.7 million, rising to 1.9 million if you add the number of vehicles installed with digital radio. 20 car makers now include digital radio in their cars, totaling 125,000 vehicles.
QUEST TO FIND INDIGENOUS FEMALE TROUBADOURS
Alice Springs-based indigenous record label CAAMA Music is looking for the next crop of indigenous female singer/songwriters. The Alukura Music Competition allows ten from around the country to be flown to the red centre for ten days in April for masterclasses and recording under Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs of The Stiff Gins. Upload at least two original songs to your triple j Unearthed profile by Thursday December 11. See caamamusic.com.au.
TANGERINE DREAM CONTRIBUTE TO ROAD CREW ASSOCIATION
Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese signed a cello used by the band, to be sold or auctioned to raise funds for the Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA). “It was an emotional moment for us,” says ARCA founder Ian Peel, who was lighting director for the German band’s second tour in 1982. Board member Adrian Anderson tour managed their first visit in 1975. ARCA was set up to support road crews with health and money issues, 98 of whom killed themselves. “There’d be no music industry without road crews,” Peel says.
JAZZHEAD STARTS SUNDAY SESSIONS
Joe Camilleri and business partner Andrew Walker’s Jazzhead Records have launched the free Jazzhead Sundays series at Lady Grange in St Kilda. It will also include artists from its parent Head Records, also covering pop, rock, R&B and Latin. It kicked off last weekend with The Feeling Groovies and this weekend has The Beachniks. See beat.com.au for full details.
ELECTRIC MARY REPORT FROM THE BUNKERS
Electric Mary, currently touring the UK, Spain and France, posted two video travel diaries. These cover the British dates, flying in the rain in a propeller powered plane, rehearsing, gigging and drinking. Check them out at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zuTTG5-Hn9A and http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=wI8C6MGkDa0.
FOUR MORE AUSSIES HEADING TO SXSW
More Australian acts to showcase at SXSW in Austin in March. They are Sydney trio Mansionair, Melbourne’s Hiatus Kaiyote, Sydney’s Gang of Youths and Sydney/NY singer/songwriter and visual artist Lenka.
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LIFELINES Born: first child to Bodyjar singer Cam Baines and wife Regan.
Married: Solange Knowles and long-term
partner Alan Ferguson in New Orleans, with sister Beyoncé as a bridesmaid.
Born: son Lazer Lee Louis Pentz to DJ/
producer Diplo and his ex-girlfriend Kathryn Lockhart, while he has been dating Katy Perry since April.
Recovering: Bono, from a five-hour
surgery for an arm injury after he fell off his bike in New York’s Central Park.
In Court: an Argentinean judge wants Interpol to get Justin Bieber back into
the country to face accusations by a photographer allegedly beaten up by Beiber’s bodyguards after he took a photo of him at a nightclub.
In Court: US talent scout Wendy Starland
awarded US$7.3 million for her role ten years ago in discovering Lady Gaga. She
and Gaga’s now ex-manager Rob Fusari
teamed to find “a female Strokes member,” and introduced him to Gaga but says she got no money.
In Court: Daniel Johns of Silverchair
fame was ordered by a Newcastle court to undergo a traffic offenders program after he
pleaded guilty to driving his black Jaguar with a blood alcohol reading of 0.126. In Court:
former
Goo Goo Dolls
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others over money owed to him. He says he
was sacked midway through a tour when
he took time to be with his wife who was delivering their twins.
Died: US soul singer Jimmy Ruffin, 79, at his home in Las Vegas. The brother of The Temptations’ David Ruffin, he’s best known for his 1966 Motown hit What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.
Died: Sydney singer and guitarist Terry Halliday Meaney, who was in bands as
Geeza, Speed Limit, TMC, 2112, Terrani and Swallowing Cars.
Died: a man ran in front of The Dropkick Murphys’ tour bus on a Dallas highway in an apparent suicide.
NSW UNIVERSITY DISCONNECTS INFRINGERS
The University of NSW is fining students up to $1,000 for illegally downloading content from its free wifi network, and threatens to disconnect them for a semester. The money is used to update campus facilities. The music industry is furious: the money should go to copyright holders, it argues.
ED SIMONS QUITS CHEMICALS’ TOURING
The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simmons has quit touring with the band to focus on academic work and can’t be away for months on the road. But he’ll continue to be part of their records and DJ work with Tom Rowlands. The latter will continue to work with visual collaborator Adam Smith.
FUTURE MUSIC ASIA HEADS TO SINGAPORE
After three years in Kuala Lumpur, Future Music’s Asian festival will be staged in Singapore next Saturday March 14 and Sunday 15. During the KL stay, where it was supported by the Malaysian Government, it built its crowd up to 50,000. The bill will include many acts from the Australian run with a few extras. This year the third day in KL was axed after six died from drug overdoses.