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I Am Duckeye are nearly up to their seventh year of touring as a band, and are heading across east coast Australia on their Hi Viz tour in order to celebrate in support of the release of their limited edition 7” single Hi Viz. The vinyl also features Sydney punk band The Berkshire Hunting Club as a B-side with their track Fruit and Nut. With a string of shows in Melbourne booked in across June and July, I Am Duckeye are also offering a free stubby holder or $5 off merch for people who arrive to their shows wearing something hi viz. Be sure to check out iamduckeye.com for Melbourne show dates and more info.

The Cave is back as part of Melbourne’s International Jazz Festival, featuring ten acts, DJs and Jazzaroke across three venues. Spanning over two nights, the lineup will feature Jazz Party, Vulture St. Tape Gang, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Six, The Cave Exotica Band and many more across venues Hugs & Kisses, Golden Monkey and Nieuw Amsterdam. More information and a full lineup for the free event is available from melbournejazz.com – be sure to check it out when it hits the CBD on Thursday June 4 and Friday June 5 from 10pm onwards.

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A STATE OF GRACE: THE MUSIC OF TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY The musical legacy left behind by the late Tim and Jeff Buckley will be celebrated in the world premiere of A State of Grace, which will feature tributes and reinterpretations from six artists. Martha Wainwright, Casper Clausen (Efterklang), Willy Mason, Camile O’Sullivan, Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Cold Specks will band together to perform songs from the pair’s critically acclaimed discography. The retrospective concert has been overseen by musical director Gary Lucas, the guitarist and composer who co-wrote the seminal tracks Grace and Mojo Pin with Jeff. Jeff Buckley completed only one, widely influential studio album before his tragic death in the Mississippi River in 1997. His father, Tim Buckley, left behind an eclectic body of work, experimenting with boundaries of folk and jazz music. A State of Grace will make its world premiere at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday September 23 and Tuesday September 29.

If you’re a KISS fan who missed out on Ace Frehley’s recent tour, don’t put away that face paint just yet. Melbourne supergroup Cold Gin will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the New York rock legends’ live album, KISS Alive with a special one-off show next month. They’ll recreate the album, which features songs like Deuce, Black Diamond and of course, Rock and Roll All Nite, track-for-track along with a special extended encore of KISS favourites. The 1975 album, which was recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar albums of all time. Hear it come to life on Saturday June 27 at The Yarraville Club. Tickets are on sale through the venue’s website.

HELLOWEEN COLD CHISEL Cold Chisel have announced their One Night Stand tour of Australia, taking them around the country from October until December. The tour is set to be unlike any the band has previously undertaken and will include a number of unique performances and ‘firsts’ for an Australian band. Kicking things off with a mini-concert at the NRL Grand Final, the tour will also include a headline set at the 2015 Deni Ute Muster and the V8 Supercars Castrol Gold Coast 600, being the first Australian band to headline the mythical Hanging Rock in Victoria and also Hope Estate in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, as well as the last two shows at Qantas Credit Union Arena. Supporting at their Hanging Rock show will be The Living End, Mark Seymour & The Undertow and Stonefield. Tickets go on sale Wednesday June 3 through Ticketmaster.

JAMAICA JUMP-UP PBS 106.7FM’s Jamaica Jump-Up is returning to The Gasometer Hotel for the series’ third instalment later this month. The event, sure to be full of Rocksteady, early reggae and ska, will explore Soundsystem culture with PBS’ own Stryka D bringing the biggest soundsystem this side of Kingston to the Gaso, playing alongside regulars Jesse I and Mohair Slim, with guests Ari Roze and Troublemekka. Jamaica Jump-Up: The Sounds of Young Jamaica #3 goes down at the Gasometer on Saturday June 20, check out pbsfm.org.au for all the details. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 12

MARK SEYMOUR & THE UNDERTOW Mark Seymour has announced he will celebrate his brand new album with a small run of theatre shows this August. Starting out as the frontman of Hunters and Collectors, Seymour continued to earn respect as an ARIA award winning solo artist across eight albums, before releasing his first with his new rock band The Undertow in 2011. His ninth studio album, Mayday, will be his first release since Hunters and Collectors reformed in 2013. Mark Seymour & The Undertow will play at National Theatre on Friday August 7, tickets are on sale now through the venue.

German metal outfit Helloween have locked in a national tour for around (you guessed it) Halloween this year. They’ll hit our shores for only the second time ever in their 30-year career, which has seen them release 15 albums and sell over 8 million copies worldwide. The German power thrashers will unleash songs from their 2015 album, My God Given Right when they play the fivedate capital city tour. Helloween will hit Metro Theatre on Friday October 16. Tickets go on sale Monday June 1 from Metropolis Touring.

JOSH PYKE Following last weeks release of There’s A Line, Josh Pyke has announced an extremely limited number of pre-order packages for his upcoming album But For All These Shrinking Hearts, due July 31. The packages include two exclusive tracks, a collector’s lyric magnet set and a ticket to his album launch show, and are the only way of getting a ticket to the launch going down at Bella Union on Wednesday August 5. Fans can preorder the album from joshpyke.com.

JOSHUA RADIN Singer/songwriter Joshua Radin is heading to Australia in September, with a show booked in at the Corner Hotel. No stranger to sold out shows, his gentle voice and soothing guitar has earned him widespread recognition, coupled by his work featuring in countless TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, One Tree Hill, American Idol and several films. As he prepares to tour off the back of his latest album, Onwards and Sideways, be sure to get tickets for the show when they go online this Thursday June 4. Tickets and more information can be found from Metropolis Touring.

SNFU Canadian punk legends SNFU will return to our shores for the first time since 1996 this August. As a seminal act of the early ‘80s hardcore punk scene, SNFU are best known for their influential debut album And No One Else Wanted to Play. The band will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LP on their upcoming tour by playing cuts from the classic release as well as their extensive catalogue. They’ll be joined by Melbourne thrash punk outfit Wolfpack, who are currently enjoying the success of their debut album, Seen Not Herd. They’ll hit The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday August 15. Tickets are on sale now through Oztix.

REGURGITATOR The mighty 'Gurge are celebrating a solid 22 years in the music biz by embarking on a national tour. Their mashed-up rock, punk, electro, funk and pop sound has been a staple in the Australian music scene for countless years. They’ll be playing a show at The Prince Bandroom on Friday September 4. Tickets available through oztix.com.au.

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FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Florence + the Machine have locked in a headline show in Melbourne. The announcement coincides with the recent release of their third album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, out last Friday. Fans can expect to hear a slew of new material including recent singles What Kind of Man, Delilah, Ship To Wreck and St Jude, alongside favourites from their previous two records, 2011’s Ceremonials and 2009’s Lungs. It all happens on Wednesday July 22 at the Palais Theatre.

CONVERSE RUBBER TRACK PROGRAM Ever wanted to record in the same studio as Kanye? The Beatles? Or maybe Bob Marley? With the launch of Converse’s Rubber Track program, you just might get your chance. The new program gives aspiring musicians the chance to record at one of 12 landmark studios around the world for free. Registration is now open and consists of an online submission process that asks applicants to rank their top three studio preferences along with a biography or description via video or written application. Chosen artists will be notified in early July and after a planning session with studio producers, will be taken to one of their studios of choice in September. To view a full list of studios and submit an application, head over to www.converse-music.com. Registration is open until Wednesday June 24.

SOUL-A-GO-GO PBS 106.7FM’s monthly soul and funk night has returned to Shebeen for its next instalment on Saturday June 6. Held on the first Saturday of every month, the night touts itself as Australia’s biggest regular soul and funk night, bringing some of the finest and rarest vinyl for people to get down to. This month features DJ sets from Miss Goldie, DJ Manchild, Richie 1250, Vince Peach, Matt McFetridge and special guest The Foxman ± head to pbsfm.org.au for more information.

GOOD RIDDANCE Forming in the ‘90s, Santa Cruz based hardcore punks Good Riddance disbanded in 2007 after the release of seven albums, moving on to raise families and work on careers. The band have recently reformed after an eight year hiatus with the release of Peace In Our Time, with their first headline tour in over a decade to support the album. Be sure to catch them when they hit The Corner Hotel on Friday August 7 ± tickets available from oztix.com.au. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 14

KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck holds the honour of being the first Kurt Cobain documentary produced with the cooperation of his family, with director Brett Morgen getting access to unreleased recordings, journals, artwork and songbooks among other material. Currently sitting at a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, this is the complete story of Cobain, giving viewers an insight into the strained psyche of one of the ‘90s best singer/songwriters. To mark this week’s home video release of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, we’re giving away three DVD copies to three lucky readers. Try your luck at beat.com.au/freeshit.

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DAEDELUS The LA-based producer will visit Melbourne off the back of his latest release, The Light Brigade. Bringing together elements of rock, ska, jazz and drum and bass, Daedelus draws from a wide range of samples to craft his tracks. Stemming from his experience as a jazz student, his live sets feature completely improvised real-time compositions. Daedelus will hit Boney on Friday June 19. Tickets available through boney. com.au.

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EMILY ULMAN Melbourne singer/songwriter Emily Ulman has announced her Tour of Yarra series of headline shows across local venues as part of Leaps & Bounds Festival. The announcement comes after giving triple j listeners a preview of her latest single Scratches over the weekend, her first release since 2007’s A Year of Perfect Days. The Tour of Yarra will see Emily Ulman play on Monday July 6 at Kent Street, Tuesday July 7 at The Gasometer Hotel, Thursday July 9 at Conduit Arts, Tuesday July 14 at LongPlay, Wednesday July 15 at Richmond Theatrette and Sunday July 19 at Some Velvet Morning. Head to Emily’s Facebook page for tickets and more information.

Internet sensations Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox have announced dates for their first ever Australian tour, coming out after their recent sold out dates across the US and Europe. Taking contemporary hits and giving them a jazz twist, you’ve probably heard Scott Bradlee’s work before, covering Everyone Wants to Rule the World for the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack in 2013, and his YouTube covers of Lorde’s Royals and Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass going viral. Catch Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox in Melbourne when they play The Forum on Wednesday September 9. Tickets are available from postmodernjukebox.com.

Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene have been killing it over the past couple months with performances at Boogie and Cherry Rock culminating in their Facing the Ruin album launch, this Friday June 5 at Ding Dong Lounge. They’ve promised to pull out all the stops, with at least an hour long show featuring every musician who played on the record. We’ve got a couple of double passes to the launch to hand out, plus some vinyl copies of Facing the Ruin. If you want them, beat.com.au/freeshit.

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Break out your best looking ghoul getup as Melbourne’s annual Goblin Ball returns to Northcote Town Hall on Saturday June 20. Immerse yourself in fantasy and magic, dance the night away with New Orleans jazz in the Grand Ballroom and DJs spinning tracks in the Swamp Rock Room, and hit up the vendors at The Goblin Marketplace for a magical monkey paw. There’ll be cabaret performances scattered throughout the night, along with best dressed parades and some on stage Voodoo theatrics. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit for your shot at a free double pass to The Goblin Ball on us.

LEAPS AND BOUNDS BUS TOURS Leaps and Bounds Music Festival has announced the return of one of the festival’s most popular attractions, the bus tours of Yarra City’s music history, past and present. Operating every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival, this year the tours will include a different Yarra celebrity on each trip, complimentary afternoon tea at Bakehouse Studios, and ends with a drink and a chat at The Corner Hotel. The Leaps and Bounds bus tour operates from Friday July 3 to Sunday July 19, tickets are available from leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com.

THE DELTA RIGGS The Delta Riggs are headlining the fourth instalment of Urban Spread, an event aimed at bringing the best in Australian talent to the Village Green and Chelsea Heights Hotels. The band recently scored support slots with Kasabian and The Foo Fighters, and will be coming off the Splendour Bender Weekender when they play on Friday July 31 and Saturday August 1. With supports from My Echo and The VANNS, this edition of Urban Spread will showcase a wide range of local rock’n’roll talent, head to moshtix.com.au for tickets and more information.

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“Confessing childhood secrets of dressing up in women’s clothes/ Compulsions you never knew the reasons to.” These lyrics ± lifted from the title track of Against Me!’s seminal 2005 lP Searching For a Former Clarity ± took on a whole new significance when it was revealed three years ago that the band’s lead singer, then known as Tom Gabel, would spend the rest of his life as a woman called laura Jane Grace. To many, this was the first major instance of Grace’s gender dysphoria being laid out in an Against Me! song. Ten years on, Grace has pushed past the confusion and distress to frequently perform material from that album live.

“It was a particularly dysphoric time in my life,” she says, while packing for tour in her Chicago home. “It’s certainly not the first time that dysphoria was alluded to on an Against Me! record, but for sure it was a time that it was weighing in heavily on the music. It’s really interesting to reflect back on that record now when we’re playing songs from it live. I feel like they’re finally being received in the proper context ± it actually makes it a lot of fun to perform them now, maybe even more than ever before.” A lot has changed for Against Me! since the Former Clarity days. Grace and lead guitarist James Bowman are the only remaining members from that period; in the last few years they’ve welcomed in a new rhythm section, consisting of bassist Inge Johansson (formerly of The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Most) and drummer Atom Willard (ex-Angels & Airwaves/ Rocket from the Crypt). This lineup is responsible for Against Me!’s sixth and latest release, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. A defiant and proud half-hour of power, Grace and co. have been touring non-stop since the album’s release in January 2014, and they’re not even close to tiring of it. “It’s pretty amazing to have a new album out that people are excited to hear anything off,” she says. “Every song is always welcomed, and I think you know you’re onto something special when that happens. We still enjoy playing these songs ± we look forward to them every single night. We went full steam ahead when the record came out ± we toured pretty much all of last year, we toured a bit already this year and we’ve got a lot of touring yet to come. There’s still special things happening every night when we play these songs. It’s a feeling that’s almost impossible to put into words.” Since coming out publicly as a transgender woman via a Rolling Stone interview in 2012, Grace has received more media attention than ever before. It’s led to her own AOL webseries, True Trans, in which she explores dysphoria by speaking with transgender people from all walks of life. “I got so much out of it ± I got huge, tremendous feelings,” she says. “I remain friends and in touch with all of those people. It meant the world to me to have all those conversations. It put things in a great perspective for me. It was reassuring, to put it all in one word.” Last November, Grace joined Glee star Alex Newell BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 18

and the Director of Programs for America’s Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Nick Adams, for an interview with veteran broadcaster Larry King. While you might expect the 81-year-old King to have less understanding of LGBTI people, Grace found him to be incredibly open and engaged. Still, explaining trans issues to those either unfamiliar or entirely ignorant poses some big challenges. “It can be tricky to do it in the context of TV,” Grace says. “A lot of it can get distilled. If you’ve got someone one on one, it’s more of a matter of whether they accept it. It’s their personal deal ± you can’t place it on their generation or their background. You can take it or leave it.”

“HOW I IDENTIfy WIll NEvEr CHANGE HOW MUCH I lOvE My DAUGHTEr, IT WIll NEvEr CHANGE HOW I PrOvIDE fOr HEr AND TAkE CArE Of HEr. THErE’S NO SET WAy TO TEACH yOUr CHIlD AND THErE ArE NO SET THINGS THAT A WOMAN MUST DO Or A MAN MUST DO. A PArENT IS A PArENT.” Grace has also been answering questions in the Mandatory Happiness column that she writes for Vice’s music-oriented subsidiary, Noisey. In February, she addressed the subject of parenting as a trans person ± her daughter Evelyn will turn six this year ± and the importance of not letting personal struggles interfere with one’s duties as a parent. “I like to think that particular aspect of my life has not changed,” Grace says. “The idea of a father doing and teaching certain things, a mother doing and teaching certain things, that’s just the patriarchy. It shouldn’t affect parents now, no matter who they are. How I identify will never change how much I love my daughter, it will never change how I provide for her and take care of her. There’s no set way

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to teach your child and there are no set things that a woman must do or a man must do. A parent is a parent.” Most recently, Grace received media attention for an unlikely pair-up with pop sensation Miley Cyrus. As part of the launch of her social justice-oriented Happy Hippie Foundation, Cyrus asked Grace and Joan Jett to join her on a cover of The Replacements’ 1984 single Androgynous. Grace also performed Against Me!’s True Trans Soul Rebel to raise awareness about the philanthropic foundation. “All the proceeds are going to youth poverty and homelessness in America,” she says. “It was pretty surreal, I’m not going to lie. It was so much fun though ± we were connected through friends of friends, and it all worked out really well.” Following their much-lauded performances on the 2013 Big Day Out, Against Me! have just returned for a massive Australian tour, which takes in all the capitals and a few other major cities. The touring party also includes Californian pop-punkers Joyce Manor, who’re here in support of their third studio album, Never Hungover Again. Joyce Manor’s slot on the lineup is reflective of the strong affection Grace and the rest of the Against Me! clan feel for the band. “You don’t forget being introduced to a band like that,” she laughs. “We were both playing FYF Fest, which is this really cool festival in LA. After our set, [vocalist/ guitarist] Barry [ Johnson] came bounding into our dressing room. He was all smiles, just introducing himself to everyone, ‘Hey. I’m Barry.’ I was immediately charmed by him. It was like, ‘OK, you’re Barry.’ We got to tour together later, which was so much fun, and now we get to do it all again in Australia ± and that’s going to be even more fun.”

AGAINST ME! are playing at the Corner Hotel on Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7. They’ll be joined by Joyce Manor on both nights, as well as Ceres (Saturday) and Pale Heads (Sunday). Transgender Dysphoria Blues is out now via Total Treble/ Resist Records.

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Having undergone essential maintenance and repairs, now under the management of Palace Cinemas, The Astor Theatre will return in triumphant style this weekend. Under Palace’s custodianship The Astor will continue operating as a single-screen, 1,150 seat auditoria, with its well-regarded programming of both new release and classic films intact and showing on 35 and 70mm prints as well as 2K and 4K digital projection. This Sunday June 7 the theatre will re-open their doors to the public, and will feature screenings of Only Angels Have Wings, A Star Is Born, The Misfits and Taxi Driver. Head to astortheatre.net.au for tickets and more information. Red Stitch Actors Theatre will present UK playwright Mike Barlett’s baby-boomer epic Love, Love, Love this week. The story of Love, Love, Love begins in 1967 with the introduction of 19-year-old students Kennth and Sandra. Knowing that the world is changing around them, they want to get in on the action and end up heading to the altar. The rest of the play follow them through the ups and downs of their 40 years of marriage. Love, Love, Love will run at Red Stitch Actors Theatre from Friday June 5 to Saturday July 4. Heide Museum of Modern Art will showcase Melbourne artist Naomi Eller’s clay sculptures in If not bones, then stones this month. If not bones, then stones is the latest in an ongoing series of artist project exhibitions in the Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery. The exhibition will present a new body of work that sees a shift in Eller’s formerly figurative practice towards the production of organic forms either found, adapted or handmade that have been tinkered with and pieced together. If not bones, then stones by Naomi Eller will open at Heide Museum of Modern Art on Saturday June 6.

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Angry Electrons By Avrille Bylok-Collard Angry Electrons is the latest work from lighting and production designer Jason James for The Museum of Old and New Art’s (MONA) winter festival, Dark MOFO. Described on his website “an interactive installation comprising of 1,000 light globes suspended closely overhead”, the Dark MOFO installation is more than that. It’s an exploration of the power of electricity, of matter, and the power of socially-engaged art, a facet of art that has always interested James.

“I’m interested to know what happens when festivals have groups [of people] and what happens when they interact with each other. In a normal gallery context, people don’t normally interact with each other [and] I think it’s one of the reasons why I’m attracted to doing art in festivals, because of social engagement. I think that’s really interesting,” confesses the lighting designer, explaining how socially-engaged art is “like people in art without objects”. It’s a lot more nuanced than that; which presents the question: what is socially-engaged art? Socially-engaged art is the open dialogue between an artist and consumer that occurs during exhibitions that encourage viewer participation. It’s an investigation of what constitutes as art, how it’s created and how it’s consumed, and how much of art is dictated by the public and by the creator. Because of this, socially-engaged art becomes a nexus of many art mediums, including

digital art, installation, visual and sensory art. James lists exhibition Cross-reference, 35:27:02N/139:39:36E as a personal inspiration for socially-engaged art. Cross-reference was a collaboration between Australian artists Shaun Gladwell and Craig Walsh. Held in a warehouse art gallery, the exhibition presented moving images of people in Yamashita Park peering down into the gallery through a viewing box within the Japanese park. This exhibition blurred boundaries between preconceived social contexts of how art was created – the audience were the exhibition and viewers, and the park-goers were both the exhibition and consumers too, and because of this, the artwork became ephemeral, not an ever-lasting production as many people believe art to be. “[It’s] a really weird engagement because it messes with the scale of people’s engagement with each other, it’s like a video-conference-scaled work [and] I’m

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The Melbourne Theatre Company will examine the inner-workings of celebrity obsession when it presents Birdland. Written by award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens, the satire follows the life of a rock star who is struggling to keep it together despite being surrounded by all of the luxuries in the world. This winter’s season will mark the Australian premiere of Birdland, which has been praised as one of the most exciting new plays to come out of London in the past year. Birdland will run from Saturday June 6 at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner. You can also book discounted tickets via mtc.com.au by using the promo code ‘Beat’.

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Few people can say they share a history with their craft in the way that dancer Brett Chynoweth does – fitting for a cast member in The Australian Ballet’s upcoming triumvirate The Dream, an ode to renowned British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. Since joining the Australian Ballet School at age eight, Chynoweth has lived and breathed his artform. “I had a really immersive journey, growing up and watching and seeing performances and being a part of [them], and now that I get to do it as a career, it’s really special to share my passion and my experience with the national company,” he says. This same passion has led Chynoweth to become one of the Sydney Opera House’s audience engagement ambassadors, actively seeking to connect with culture consumers at the iconic venue. “We’ve travelled round the world with the ballet and everywhere you go, no matter what continent, everyone knows the Sydney Opera House,” he says. “So to call that our second home and our office when we’re not in Melbourne, to walk up Circular Quay, it just never gets

old. You come to the Opera House and it’s not just an event, it’s an occasion, you know? “We’ve just got a lot happening down here at the moment. We’re doing Giselle as well as rehearsing for The Dream program, but we’ve also got all sorts of other programs, so whether it’s a full evening of ballet or one of our other programs, there’s always something happening.” As for The Dream itself, Chynoweth stars in two of the three pieces that make up the evening – as the famous trickster Puck in The Dream (based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and in the more abstract Symphonic Variations, both of which are renowned for their demanding choreography.

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inspired by that,” says James. “It was really cool.” “A few years ago I was at an exhibition called Touchy Feely (2012) that was about socially-engaged art and there were a series of forums and talks.” The exhibition and talk series was curated by socially-engaged art creator Amy Spiers (Waited Until Called, Nothing to See Here) and Tasmanian artist Pip Stafford. “We spent quite a few days talking through that and I was a bit of a devil’s advocate because Touchy Feely was all about nice socially-engaged art and I was saying a lot of my stuff wasn’t very nice. I would use it to experiment on people [in ways] that’s not normally allowed because it’s under the guise of art and you can do things like that.” This fascination with socially-engaged art becoming a platform of emotional dialogue translates to Angry Electrons. Attendees are encouraged to participate by simply moving about the room, where 1,000 lights will react to their movement. Depending on the speed of their motions, the globes will alight in quick succession or slow patterns in an attempt to capture the true anarchy of electrons; this photo sensory experience will, no doubt, elicit various emotional reactions within viewers. The process of programming such an installation is no small feat. James has spent at least one week rigging the heritage building room for the work and we spoke in April. “It’s gonna take me a day to clean out the space and about 1,000 hours to rig the lights and two weeks to do the programming of the [light] animation,” explains the lighting designer. “I’m starting early because I know that things that tend to get cut into happen to be the programming time, and that’s the most important part – making it seem organic. Some [lights] just don’t stop and they overshoot a bit and then come back. So, all those little moments of things take a long time.” Angry Electrons will light up The Centre of Arts, Hobart from Friday June 12 – Sunday June 21. The event is free and is part of MONA’s Dark MOFO program, visit darkmofo.net.au for more details. “[The Dream] is very fast and very challenging scriptwise,” he says. “There’s lots of fast turns and huge jumps and running round the stage causing havoc, but at the same time you’ve got to be telling the story, taking everyone on that iconic journey.” But performing two such pieces back to back? “They’re trying to make sure we don’t do both in one night, they try and split the cast so you don’t double up, but… you never know, so you’ve got to be ready for that challenge.” Of course, overcoming said challenge makes for thrilling viewing. “It’s just a great, fun night at the ballet,” Chynoweth says. “Very musical – that’s, I think, a distinct feature of Sir Fred’s work, very clear musically. The Dream is [set] to Mendelssohn and I think people will be surprised how much they recognise the music.” Chynoweth is clearly excited about working with such distinguished material. “There hadn’t been steps quite like that [before], or a way of telling a story quite as clearly or distinctly as in Sir Fred’s work,” he says. “Even the abstract ballets like Monotones and Symphonic Variations, they don’t really have a story as such but they have an atmosphere and a sentiment that really comes across to the audience. It’s really nice for us to be able to channel a more refined style.” But despite the historical focus, Chynoweth is adamant that the program is both relevant and dynamic. “It doesn’t look like a museum piece and it doesn’t feel old, which is quite remarkable,” he says. “If you have no idea about these ballets or Sir Frederick Ashton, that doesn’t really matter because it’s still fresh in the way that this current generation of dancers has experienced it. “I really hope that people come along and see how fresh and special it is.” The Dream will be performed from Thursday June 4 to Saturday June 13 at Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre.

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Impro Melbourne will welcome an X-Files alumni to the stage when it presents the 27th annual Celebrity Theatresports this July. Improviser and stand-up comic Dean Haglund, who is best known for his role as one of The Lone Gunmen on The X-Files will compete alongside the Impro Melbourne ensemble in improvisation games for the coveted Peter Cook Cup when he takes the stage this winter. Celebrity Theatresports 2015 will take place on Saturday July 25 at The National Theatre.

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I Am A Miracle Written by Declan Greene (8 GB Of Hardcore Pornography) and featuring compositions from David Chishom (Kursk), I Am A Miracle asks the question: does history repeat itself ? The play is inspired by the life of convicted murderer Marvin Lee Wilson. Wilson was placed on death row in 2012, despite his IQ being measured at 61 – meaning his intellectual disability made him ineligible for the capital punishment he received. I Am A Miracle explores the cyclical nature of human history as it explores three figures, all trapped and searching for a miracle. Melita Jursic (Mad Max: Fury Road), Bert LaBonté (The Mountaintop), and award-winning operatic soprano Hana Lee Crisp all star in the production. I Am A Miracle will run from Saturday July 18 - Sunday August 9 at the Malthouse Theatre.

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With just over two months to go until showtime, the Melbourne International Film Festival has revealed the First Glance selection of their program. In its 64th year, MIFF will treat film junkies and Friday night cinema-goers alike to some of the world’s most exciting new films, documentaries and shorts. Neil Armfield’s film adaptation of Timothy’s Conigrave’s Holding the Man takes the honours as this year’s Centerpiece Gala, while other celebrated films from the international festival circuit that will screen include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Tehran Taxi, Horse Money and From What is Before. The First Glance program also features critically acclaimed documentaries like The Wolfpack, the story of six brothers living together in a Manhattan apartment with their parents; Another Country, an exploration of the clash between the Indigenous way of life and Government policy and Sherpa, a look at the pressures of helping others climb Everest. This year’s festival will also mark the first time Australia welcomes Vertical Cinema, which has already premiered at festivals like SXSW and Glasgow Short Film Festival. The bold new take on cinema consists of ten commissioned large-scale works by internationally renowned experimental filmmakers and audiovisual artists presented on 35mm celluloid and projected vertically onto a custom-made screen. The full program is set to be unveiled on Tuesday July 7, so stay tuned to Beat for the latest MIFF updates. The Melbourne International Film Festival runs from Thursday July 30 to Sunday August 16. For a full look at the 2015 First Glance selection, visit the festival’s website.

The Bacchae Moreland Theatre Company is set to present The Bacchae. The Bacchae, a modern take on Euripides’ classic tragedy will run at the Metanoia Theatre. Directed by Sam Browne, the play unfolds the tale of Pentheus and his fateful encounter with the god Dionysus. The Bacchae will run from Thursday June 4 at the Metanoia Theatre, Brunswick.

Suitcase Rummage For the second year running Suitcase Rummage will be finding a home at Federation Square for one Sunday in June, August and November. Suitcase Rummage is a mini-scaled market aimed at supporting emerging artists, crafters and second-hand marketers. It’s focused on fostering Australia’s entry-level entrepreneurs and their locally produced handmade, recycled and upcycled products – all from a suitcase. A rummager can expect to find trash and treasure alongside art and craft. From vintage, artwork, bric-a-brac, clothing, books, jewellery, seconds, hand-made, shoes, records, music, badges, cards and handmade paper. Punters are encouraged to bargain, swap, or brave an old-fashioned haggle. Suitcase Rummage will take over The Atrium at Federation Square, with the first event taking place on Sunday June 14.

Bad Jews Oy vey! The critically acclaimed, Broadway and West End hit Bad Jews will make its Australian debut after rave reviews in the US and UK. Recently selling out its run at London’s St. James Theatre, the play tells the story of the Feygenbaum family vying for the priceless heirloom their deceased grandfather has left behind. The black comedy will feature an all-Australian cast including Maria Angelico, Simon Corfield, Anna Burgess and Matt Whitty. Get your tuches down to the Alex Theatre between Thursday August 27 – Sunday September 13.

Letters Home and Saltwater This July Theatre Works will present Letters Home and Saltwater, two separate works from two Singaporean artists. Both pieces are about adapting to change and what it means to call Australia home. Letters Home, by Joe Lui, is an autobiographical play which explores his life in exile after refusing military service in Singapore, making him a criminal and unable to return home. Jamie Lewis presents Saltwater, a poignant work about being a new wife away from home. This is a live art experience that invites 15 strangers to share a meal and travel through memories of Singapore, childhood and lessons learned. Letters Home and Saltwater will both feature at Theatre Works from Wednesday July 1 until Sunday July 12.

Melbourne International Animation Festival The eight day festival boasts a huge selection of content, including 450 films sourced from 35 countries. Alongside screenings, the festival will feature the two day RENDER Animation Conference, The Centenary of Australian Animation Symposium, Max Hattler Is In The Room, Meet The Filmaker presentations and the free Careers in Animation forum. Curated animations include an Australian showcase, kids program, student films, music videos and the hallowed Best of the Fest. International submissions will see Signe Baumane, Window On Slovakia and Late Night Frederator make their Australian debuts. With over 3,500 entries to choose from this year, MIAF is fast becoming one of the largest animation festivals in the world. The festival will run between Sunday June 21 - Sunday June 28 at ACMI.

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Tonight Wednesday June 3 at Crab Lab there’s a huge lineup, featuring the likes of Harley Breen, Nath Valvo, Alice Fraser, Nick Nemeroff and a bunch more. It all kicks off at 8.30pm, 16 Corrs Lane, CBD. Oh, and it’s absolutely free.

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Comedy at Spleen are always full, and this week will be no different. The only place to be on Mondays will be chockers full of laughs as Anne Edmonds, Greg Larsen, James Masters, David Tulk, Simon Cumming, Danielle Walker and special guests take the stage. It’s on this Monday June 8, 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.

PORTLAND HOTEL COMEDY Aunty Donna headlines Portland Hotel Comedy this Thursday. They’re the hottest sketch team in Australia, YouTube sensations, and they sold out their recent MICF season. Plus there’s Anne Edmonds, Dana Alexander and heaps more. Portland Hotel Comedy is the biggest independent comedy room in Australia, so get down early to get a good seat. It’s all happening this Thursday June 4 at 8.30pm, at Portland Hotel Comedy, 127 Russell Street (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.

COMEDY AT THE WILDE This Tuesday night at The Wilde some of Melbourne’s best young comedians join with ‘sign up on the night’ open mic acts for one of the loosest nights in town. 2015 MICF Golden Gibbo nominee Clara Cupcakes joins Laura Dunemann and more this week for another big, fun night of comedy. It’s this Tuesday June 9 at 153 Gertrude St, Fitzroy at 8pm. And, it’s totally free.

MAXIMON MONTHLY The queen of Australian comedy, Fiona O’Loughlin, headlines the first Maximon Monthly comedy club. Brought to you by the guys behind Crab Lab, it’s going down at the House of Maximon, 16 Corrs Lane, CBD, and is totally free. It kicks off at 8.30pm on Friday June 5 with Xavier Michelides hosting plus performances from Anne Edmonds., Aunty Donna, Don Tran and more.

David Bowie Heroes Mossgreen Gallery are set to present the David Bowie Heroes exhibition. The exhibition features photography from world-renowned artist and friend of Bowie, Masayoshi Sukita. The Japanese photographer has been shooting Bowie from the stage to the street since 1972. Featuring 26 original photographs, Sukita will be there to personally open the exhibition. The exhibition will run from Wednesday June 17 - Thursday July 30 at Mossgreen Gallery.

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OUT OF THE CLOSET

Queer happenings around town with Anna Whitelaw.

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What a difference a week makes. After Ireland became the first country to pass marriage equality by popular referendum on Friday May 22, many same sex couples and LGBT activists had resigned themselves to having to wait years before Tony Abbott was no longer Prime Minister and the Labor Party was no longer under the thumb of a rightwing unapologetically homophobic union boss before we could contemplate being able to celebrate this victory in our own country. And then all of a sudden the pendulum started to swing the other way. First the Greens and then (not to be outdone) Bill Shorten and his deputy Tanya Pilbersek finally did something: announcing they would introduce private member’s bills. The Greens promised a Senate debate and a vote on Sunday November 22. The Opposition leader sensing the ALP’s inaction on this issue was starting to make them look in inept, lurched into action announcing his own bill which he introduced this week saying that removing the 2004 amendment to the Marriage Act which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman the parliament would be sending a message to young gay and lesbian people that there is nothing wrong with them. It was a case of better late than never. Of course, no private member’s bill can get over the line without the support of the Coalition who still need to be given a conscience vote on the issue. However, the Liberal Party have began to make murmurings of their own, no doubt because they too sense that with the US Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage looming in a matter

of weeks, that it will become impossible to ignore this issue any longer. Pro-marriage equality MPs began speculating on how a bipartisan bill could be cosponsored by a Liberal MP and a Labor MP, and how the vote could happen as early as August, provided the Liberal party room agreed to a conscience vote. Tony Abbott expressed his desire for the issue to be removed from party politics, ensuring a free vote - if it happens - isn’t a victory for Shorten or the Greens but belongs to the whole parliament. And it will be a victory, whether or not you personally believe the institution of marriage is archaic, monogamous, heteronormative and boring. Those who do will have the same rights as all heterosexual couples and single people who choose not to marry for a myriad of personal reasons, but those of us who want to be married (and perhaps even heteronormative, monogamous and boring) will no longer be refused the right to be well, just like everyone else. It will be a victory over formal discrimination. Even if you don’t want to get married and even if you think fighting for the right to be join a dying institution, the marriage equality movement has already achieved what queer theorists and other gay rights activists could only dream of: suddenly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are refusing to be excluded on the basis of their sexuality. Of course, we’re not over the hurdle yet but finally the whole country can feel the momentum. The moment - Australia’s moment - has arrived.

This weekend, the Queen’s Birthday is of course bringing out a host of big parties. The biggest of them all YASS QWEEN! sees CLOSET, Thursgay and GiRLTHING combine forces to bring a double decker party to Roxanne Parlour. Kicking off at 10pm through till as late as 7am, this party will see over a dozen acts over two floors and four rooms including Total Giovanni (DJ Set), Misty Nights, Mafia, Mimi, CC:DISCO!, JLAW, Salvador Darling, Leather Locklear, the Girthing DJs, Tanzer and more along with karaoke in the Charlton’s bar hosted by Karen From Finance and performances by Betty Grumble, Karen From Finance and dancers Nick Mena and Ella Dolan. Early birds and first release tickets are already sold out, but presales are on sale from $17.50. Entry will be available on the door on the night from $20. For further information, visit facebook.com/yassqween Before heading to YASS QWEEN, Swagger, Sundaylicious or one of the host of Sunday Queen’s Birthday Eve parties, CHURCH is back from 3pm at Mr Scruff ’s. Along with the usual gospel hour of cheap Bloody Marys and burgers to get you in the mood for the long weekend, CHURCH also has Mimi, Salvador Darling, Tali and Luke Agius spinning tunes to warming you up for the long night ahead. Free entry as always. CHURCH welcomes a congregation

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If New Guernica is a little fast paced for you, the legends Steve Costa and Kyle Bush have just created Brunswick’s newest cocktail lounge, Joey Smalls. Stepping away from the smoky nightclub scene, Joey Smalls offers up a more relaxed drinking atmosphere, yet still hosts local and international DJs, playing a mix of soul, house, hip hop and disco. The licence is until 3am, so you can settle in for the long haul, and enjoy the extensive range of rums and tequilas. There is a rumour that they’ll be serving food soon, and are “in negotiations with someone you’ll know,” Bush says.

Maedaya

Maedaya is the epitome of lazy dining. When you arrive at your table (I recommend booking) you receive an iPad which has the entire menu on it, including drinks, pictures, and descriptions of the food. When you order an item, you can see when it’s cooking, and when it’s ready to come out, so it’s designed to order as you go. Novelty aside, the food is phenomenal. It is authentic Japanese cuisine with an unbelievable sake collection on offer. One of the things that really makes this little Richmond gem stand out, is their sushi birthday cakes which is a cake shaped mound of sushi rice with crab and edamame throughout, draped in salmon sashimi and topped with a birthday candle. Tell them it’s your birthday every time you go.

Gelato Messina

Gelato connoisseurs Gelato Messina have announced that their Gelato Appreciation classes are coming back to Melbourne. Once a month they’ll be opening the doors to their Fitzroy store. Each day is part gelato making class, part info session, part science lesson and part gelato degustation with the chefs. From 9.30am until 11.30pm you will eat all the gelato you can possibly fit in your stomach while learning the history of Messina, how they make their gelato and how to make a gelato cake as well as being treated to a one of a kind Gelato Degustation menu BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 23

make especially for the class. After all that gelato, you also get to take home more gelato. Hooray gelato. You can find the full calendar on their website.

MJR Tom

MJR Tom is Night At The Roxbury’s inside out club brought to life in Collingwood. The fit out makes great use of external materials such as raw ply wood, bluestone features, along with corrugated iron and plants hanging from the ceiling. The space is split up into two main areas with a cafe occupied by tables and benches, and the big standing-room bar out back. “What actually convinced us to buy the place was the little tunnel area just outside the kitchen,” co-owner Harry Tsiaples says, referring to the passageway which connects the two spaces. “You walk through a tunnel and you’re in a great big tallceilinged bar.” The breakfast and lunch menu is pretty impressive, with blue swimmer crab omelettes with papaya and Vietnamese mint, fish tacos and beefcheek empanadas, pearl cous cous salad and an Asian chicken burger. A perfect addition to Smith St.

Project Botanicals

Following the success of last year’s event, Bombay Sapphire’s Project Botanicals is back in 2015. Launching in late June, the unique bar and dining experience will be in Melbourne for three weeks only, with a new seasonally crafted menu and distinctly different twist to the cocktail list. Chef Gary Mehigan will again be partnering with Bombay Sapphire Brand Ambassador Andy Wren to create a refreshed menu of 10 botanically inspired Bombay Sapphire cocktails. The event space will be brought to life with music from guest DJs, live botanical walls, installations and special effect lighting to satisfy the senses. Project Botanicals will be open in North Melbourne for three weeks from Wednesday June 24 to Saturday July 11. Got any juicy grub goss? Let me know on tegan@beat. com.au.

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of homosexuals of all persuasions, and is giving away a free prize pack for YASS QWEEN including four free tickets, drinks and an Uber black to get you to the party. The Tumblr boys TheBeardedHomo are back with their sweaty hairy techno party BARBA this Friday June 5 at Hugs & Kisses. From 10pm until late, BARBA will have resident That Fahri Guy along with special guest Jeff Tyler and techno DJs Eddie Hale, Paul Coverdale and more. $20 on the door. For further details, visit facebook.com/barbaparty. A new Friday night gay party has launched in the city called Fabuland, which is pretty much the gayest name for a club night ever. The man behind the party is DJ/ promoter Mark Robinson who has pulled together some drag acts and dancers from the southside into the heart of King Street. Fabuland will be every Friday night, but has its second weekend this Friday. Entry from $14 at the old Inflation nightclub, 60 King St, CBD. Further information, visit fabuland.com.au. Got tip offs, praise, complaints or cat photos? Email closetpartymelbourne@gmail.com to be included in this column.

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on tour KOLSCH [DEN] Friday June 5, Brown Alley DANIEL WANG [USA] Saturday June 6, The Toff In Town R.A. THE RUGGED MAN [USA] Sunday June 7, Laundry Bar MOOMIN [GER] Friday June 12, Hugs & Kisses CROOKERS [ITA] Saturday June 13, Prince Bandroom NICE7 [ITA] Sunday June 14, Revolver Upstairs STEPHAN BODZIN [GER] Friday June 26, Brown Alley PORTER ROBINSON [USA] Thursday July 23, The Forum SHLOHMO [USA] Thursday July 30, Corner Hotel AZEALIA BANKS [USA] Sunday July 26, Prince Bandroom BORROWED IDENTITY [GER] Friday August 21, Hugs & Kisses SOULFEST: MARY J. BLIGE [USA], JILL SCOTT [USA], DE LA SOUL [USA] Sunday October 25, Sidney Myer Music Bowl & Kings Domain Precinct. EARTHCORE: DANNY DAZE [USA], CHRIS LIEBING [UK], MISS KITTIN [UK] + MORE Thursday November 26 - Monday November 30, Pyalong

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Disco music is usually associated with a hedonistic lifestyle comprising of late nights, outlandish fashion and cocaine binging. Over the years, this has detracted from the fact that great disco music has strong foundations stemming from funk, soul and jazz. DJ and producer Daniel Wang has spent the last couple of decades immersed in the glories of disco. His original productions are heavily indebted to the European disco boom of the late-‘70s, likewise his stupidly fun DJ sets, which he’ll bring back to Melbourne this weekend. Over the course of his career, Wang’s illustrated that hedonism and high art are not mutually exclusive. “There can be great seriousness in the pursuit of pleasure,” he says. “Whether aural, physical or spiritual. Specifically disco though – or dance music in general – it’s true and false on both sides. On the one hand, I love orchestral disco – Salsoul, MFSB, Cerrone, Walter Murphy – but a lot depends on the nuance in the arrangement and production. We all know that there are over-arranged disco versions of classical music, which are the worst form of kitsch.” Clearly there’s more to disco than Saturday Night Fever and ABBA. But Wang’s longstanding involvement with the genre has less to do with strict loyalty than the quality of music that falls under the disco banner. “To put it bluntly,” he says. “Music made on laptops or samplers by DJs who don’t know a major chord from a minor, who couldn’t sing or invent a five-note melody to save their lives, to me that isn’t music anyway. But I don’t

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1. Growing Up I grew up listening to Bass Hunter and that Euro hardstyle stuff, but I’ve always loved music with good vibes. All the different phases I went through as a child really helped me build a vast bank of musical knowledge. I think as a musician, having a solid understanding of all the different types of music available is the basis of what is going to help you create your own material in the end. 2. Inspirations Deorro, 100 per cent. He is the guru. As a producer, he is incredibly talented and is able to put his thoughts into sounds. Melodies come as second nature to the guy. As a person, his views are so humble and selfless, always prioritising his fans and aiming to ultimately help others. 3. Your Crew One day in high school around age 16, I was sitting in the library and I overheard the guy next to me expressing how he hates dubstep. We became best friends after that. Turns out he was a DJ/producer and after months of watching him produce I kind of got inspired to give it a try as well. His name was Loutaa, and here I am. 4. The Music You Make And Play The music I have in the works currently is undergoing a bit of a makeover and I’m starting to lean towards making that Aussie glitch hop style. I like the alternative direction in the Flume/What So Not style. I have always found I want to put as much feeling into my tracks as I could, but I constantly felt limited trying to do that while making it Melbourne Bounce-friendly. I will continue to play Melbourne Bounce at live shows for the time being – but always remember anything is possible and there are no rules! 5. Music, Right Here, Right Now The scene is becoming a lot less about talent and a lot more about the marketing – who has the best image, who has the most followers, who puts the most money into promotion and, even more to the extreme, who has the best ghost producer. I know it won’t happen but I wish the focus could just be on the music. But the best thing about the local scene is how passionate the locals are about the DJs and the music. Ridvan won Ultra Music’s remix competition for Will Sparks’ Another Land. Check it out at soundcloud. com/ridvan. You can catch him on Sunday June 7 at Cloud Nine.

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have a strict allegiance to only disco. There are disco tunes we’ve all loved for over three decades now, and also disco music which I can’t stand. My only allegiance is to music with harmonic and rhythmic beauty and complexity, and disco is definitely part of that, but so are large portions of jazz, bossa nova, and so on.” Indeed, Wang has never been content with just one formula. He started out in the early ‘90s, issuing a bunch of sample-laden productions on his own label, Balihu. As the 21st century drew near, he adopted a more authentic, sample-free approach, and he’s since dabbled with boogie-inspired soul. Though, during the last decade, Wang’s releases have been all too rare. “New tracks are coming, although I’ve been saying that since about 2005,” he says. “I just bought myself a new Mac computer three months ago and installed Ableton Live. I am trying to learn that software, or maybe I will switch to Logic Pro. There are some remixes coming soon, which I did with my French-German studio partner Jules Etienne, who is also a great guitarist and singer. But until the tracks are finished, I shouldn’t make any more empty promises.” Akin to his ongoing musical exploration, Wang’s spent his life moving around the globe. After growing up in Taiwan and California, he set himself up in New York. For the last ten years, he’s found solace in Berlin. “They’ve all been good to me,” he says. “But as an adult, you can’t keep drifting around forever. My home, my steady

boyfriend, the things and even the foods and people I love are mostly all here in Berlin now. I miss the broad orderly streets and the tolerant, open atmosphere whenever I travel to anywhere else. But as I grow older, I can still imagine moving back to Asia or California. I once thought NYC was amazing, but the more I travelled, the more it seemed a desperate cesspool of sorts. The world keeps changing, and we change with it too.” While his releases have slowed down of late, Wang’s global DJing has never ceased. He’s pleased to report that being in the club environment remains a genuine thrill. Though, there are some concessions. “I still get a rush, and that happens almost only in Berlin now,” he says. “I also am fascinated to what extent that is a purely subjective feeling, based on familiarity, expectation, even physical desire. I have no doubt that other people feel the same at a tacky rave in Ibiza or at a gay circuit party in San Francisco, and that is part of the fascination of nightlife itself. “I am amazed that I still enjoy good music more than I perhaps ever did in my life, or that it feels as fresh as when I was 12 or 13,” he adds. “I am going to be 46 in June, which is not far from 50. My life may well be more than half over, but when I dance, I still feel like a teenager. Even with my boyfriend at home after we listen to old Bobby Orlando productions. And as much as possible, I want to make others feel the same with my DJ sets – the feeling that you might just live forever.” The endurance of Wang’s hedonistic streak is matched by his hunger for knowledge. “I was very, very naive when I started out,” he says. “I had some sense of taste, but without any real musical education or technical knowhow. I had no appreciation for bossa nova, samba, African percussion; I did not know a Wurlitzer piano from a Fender Rhodes, anything about harmony, acoustics, rubato or legato, arpeggio or obligato. “I often wish that my parents had given me the chance at some schooling,” he adds. “But I hope I can still make up for that lost time in the coming years.”

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kolsch One of the busiest men in dance music, Kolsch, is returning to Melbourne. Over the course of his career he’s sold millions of record worldwide under his various different monikers and worked with some of the biggest names on the planet. A regular on the imitable Kompakt label, he also runs the mysterious Tattoorecs with his brother Johannes Torpe (all releases have no titles but instead are represented by tattoos), and has earned support from the likes of Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Tiefschwarz and Ricardo Villalobos. He’ll also be dropping his second full-length record, 1983, on Kompakt a week before he lands in town, so catch him on Friday June 5 at Brown Alley.

Heads up - Moomin is going to be back in town this month. Last in Australia back in 2013, the German producer has been at the forefront of deep house ever since the release of his debut record The Story About You back in 2011 on Smallville records. A regular at clubs of the ilk of Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson, Watergate and Club der Visionäre, recently he’s been busy running his own label Closer which is now five releases deep. Catch him at Hugs & Kisses on Friday June 12.

nice7 Nicola Daniele and Cesare Marocco aka NiCe7 are coming to town for a double dose of tech house. The Italian duo first formed back in 2005, but it was after their 2011 record Point was named the ‘Best Tech House Record’ at the Beatport Music Awards that their profile began to skyrocket. Over the course of their career they’ve released on Noir Music, Gruuv, Suara and Great Stuff, received acclaim from Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola and Carl Cox, and since 2013 they’ve been running their own label D-FLOOR. Catch them at Revolver Upstairs on Sunday June 14.

thick as thieves x rainbow serpent festival stephan bodzin Every techno fans favourite bald DJ, Stephan Bodzin, has finally announced a return trip Down Under. A regular collaborator with fellow German pioneer Marc Romboy, over the course of his career he’s released on labels such as Systematic Recordings, Datapunk, Love Triangle Music and Spielzeug, and since 2006 has also been running his own Herzblut imprint. Expect to hear some tasty cuts from his upcoming sophomore full-length album Powers Of Ten when he hits Brown Alley on Friday June 26.

Some of Melbourne’s finest selectors have joined forces to raise money for the victims of the Nepal Earthquake this Queen’s Birthday weekend. Presented by Thick as Thieves and Rainbow Serpent Festival, the night will feature tunes from the likes of Steve Ward, Jamie Stevens, Kasey Taylor, Sekkt, Augmented, Thad Lester, Radiator, Damon Walsh and Sam Gudge. All proceeds from the event will go to the Fred Hollows Foundation, which has worked in over 40 countries around the world and is now focusing its efforts on Nepal. Tickets are $15 for one and $25 for two, which is the cost of repairing someone’s sight. Head on down to Brunswick’s Railway Hotel on Sunday June 7.

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1. Growing Up My dad was an amazing drummer, and pretty much constantly tapping away practising on his drum pad. So my child hood was spent listening to rhythms and drum patterns. The legendary Scottish jazz drummer George McGowan actually taught him how to play the drums, and my dad was that good that he used to fill in for him. 2. Inspirations Jimi Hendrix. Not sure about the first time I heard him but the memory that sticks in my head the most is this one time when I was 15 and I worked with my dad (we used to work together back then). We were on a job, it was shop refit, and there were about 20 different tradesmen on the job. Purple Haze came on the radio and my dad said “Wow, what a track! Everyone knows this,” and as soon as the track stopped at that famous part “Excuse me while I kiss the sky”, every single person in the room stopped what they were doing and sang that phrase. 3. Your Crew I got into techno when I was ten with mates who are still in my life (but I don’t see them that often anymore). My days of shit jobs seem to be over for now (thankfully)! Though sometimes I do miss the thought of going out and doing a shift and getting a laugh with workmates - but not enough to actually go out and do one! 4. The Music You Make And Play I always play deep and chunky to start with, and then I get into energetic party techno. But no matter how tough it gets later on I always go for music with a groove and that party vibe. Upcoming I’ve got a new EP on Intec in July called Wrong Turn which I’m excited about, and I’m also playing at Intec’s Sonar party in June – they always throw a good party. As for top tracks, always a tough one but a track I’ve had on repeat recently is KiNK’s Cloud Generator. It’s ridiculously brilliant! 5. Music, Right Here, Right Now I think it’s pretty healthy, I think EDM can be a distraction from a lot of good music out there, but it will also introduce a lot of people who will eventually hunt down some quality underground music. The scene in Glasgow is amazing, though right now the police are pointlessly trying to close down one of the city most amazing clubs and venues, The Arches, but the people are really fighting it, so finger’s crossed we can beat the man! Catch Harvey McKay at The Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday June 5.

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club guide wednesday jun 3 MIDWEEK SHAKA - FEAT: 6AM AT THE GARAGE + LOOSE JOINTS + SPIN CLUB Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 7:45pm. thursday jun 4 3183 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC WITH MOONSHINE + JOEY & YANNI SARANTIS + SAM GUDGE + JESSE YOUNG Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. DANCE TECHNIQUE - FEAT: POST PERCY + GROOVE CONTROL + BEN RYAN New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FLANAGANS THURSDAYS FEAT: DJ ONTIME + COLONEL Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. GHETTO FABULOUS THURSDAYS Gh Hotel, St Kilda. 9:00pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: EDD FISHER + PREQUEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00. VARSITY - FEAT: PAZ + MATT RAD + PYZ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. XS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

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friday jun 5 #MASHTAG - FEAT: NU-GEN + MALPRACTICE + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CAN’T SAY Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CHEEKY TIKI FRIDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $20.00. CIROQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DEFINITION - FEAT: BLAKE + MATT ADLINGTON + STEF PETROVIC + KENNIE + AARON MAC Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. 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. 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. HEADLINE (FUNTCASE & COOKIE MONSTA) - FEAT: HEADLINE: FUNTCASE & COOKIE MONSTA + ZAYLER + JMC + SPRINKLES + DAGGERS + MIND CONTROL PROTOCOL + TURNIPS + AARON STATIC + A13 + CTOAFN Railway Hotel, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $40.00. HELL - FEAT: MICHAEL OZONE + GLASS MIRRORS + NULL + HTML FLOWERS + SIDECHAINS DJS + VELATIX The Mercat, Melbourne. 10:00pm. HOT DUB TIME MACHINE Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $50.00. JOEL Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 9:00pm. KOLSCH + LCAW Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $25.00. MISTY NIGHTS + DJ JNETT Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00. MUSE FRIDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. POPROCKS AT THE TOFF FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS & SUCK MUSIC - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + ISAAC FRYER + BRENDAN RUYS + MIKE BUHL + DJ WHO + DOAKES + JACK LOVE + LUCILLE CROFT + NICK COLEMAN + PETE LARGE + SOPHIA SIN + WE’RE DEUX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THE EMERSON CLUB FRIDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 3:00pm. saturday jun 6 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. COCO POCO LOCO PINK MASQUERADE BALL - FEAT:

VARIOUS ARTISTS 24 Moons, Northcote. 8:00pm. $25.00. CQ SATURDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DAVEYS SATURDAYS - FEAT: SUPERFLY DJS + SAMMY DRED Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston. 8:00pm. $10.00. ELECTRIC DREAMS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. $20.00. GEARDY Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 9:00pm. HOT DUB TIME MACHINE Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $45.00. HOT STEP - FEAT: 99 PROBLEMS + TIGER FUNK + SILVER FOX + ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. IN THE CARRIAGE - FEAT: JNETT Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. LOST WEEKEND - FEAT: TIN MAN + LA POCOCK + MYLES MAC + CHICO G + JIMMY DAWG + CC: DISCO + ANDEE FROST Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. LQ SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ CASPER + DJ TPC + DJ PATO + DJ SHAGGZ + DJ MATT CROSS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. MANIA - FEAT: SLEEP D + BABICKA Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. PLATFORM ONE SATURDAY NIGHTS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. PONY SATURDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. QUEEN BDAY WAREHOUSE PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 7:00pm. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. TEXTILE SATURDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. THE HOUSE DEFROST 7TH BIRTHDAY WEEK - FEAT: DANIEL WANG + ZANZIBAR CHANEL + ANDEE FROST + MISTY NIGHTS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. $10.00. TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. UNSTABLE (ZENON) - FEAT: SHADOW FX + AUTONOMECH + AZRIN + XENOSCAPES Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

sunday jun 7 DEEPROOTS WAREHOUSE PARTY - FEAT: OSUNLADE + MIKE STEVA & FRIENDS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 3:00pm. $40.00. DJ MINX + ROB PIX + COMBO Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston. 8:00pm. DNM REUNION - FEAT: DJ ARTIE DEE + DJ SHAWN KINGS + BECSTA Alia Arthouse, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00. DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - FEAT: NIGEL LAST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ENCORE - FEAT: DAN SLATER + ADAM LOVE The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. MY DISCO + CALE SEXTON + JAKE BLOOD Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $22.00. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. ROUTE 808 - FEAT: DJ CAMOV + DYLAN B Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. TUNES N’ TACOS - FEAT: MZRIZK + MRS WALLACE + MONDO LOCO + LUCAS POSADA + MIGUEL + GIO GARCIA Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. WAX ON WAX OFF Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.

HIP HOP KARAOKE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. MITSUNAMI + HEADSTONE + BEE AMPERSAND + HANCOQ VS JARZ + KENTA204 Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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tuesday jun 9 AO - FEAT: MIMICRY + HEADSTONE + HOABIE JUAN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $3.00. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

BAT COUNTRY - FEAT: ROBBIE RYAN Mr Wow’s Emporium, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY - FEAT: DJ RCEE + KAHLUA + DJ SHOOK + DJ ANGEL JAY Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. GET LIT - FEAT: TWERK SHOP + THADDEUS DOE + D’FRO + NAM Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

MEET. EAT. BEATS. - FEAT: ANDRE LE VOGUE The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. PARTY & BULLSHIT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Yah’s, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $10.00. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ TIMOS + DJ KAHLUA + DJ ANGE M & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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ALLDAY (U18 SHOW) 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 12:30pm. BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: GET BUSY + MAFIA + LARRIE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. MEET. EAT. BEATS. - FEAT: NATE HARDING The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. RE UP - FEAT: TRANTER + ROB STEEZY + BOOTY QUEST + MAQUEE MOON Yah

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monday jun 8 CALL IT IN - FEAT: JAMES TOM & DYLAN MICHAEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.

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Define your genre in five words or less: R&B, groove, sex, heart, attitude. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Michael Jackson - it would be incredible to draw on his experience, passion, creativity and fine attention to detail (but of course, I’m a fan - my 21st birthday was MJthemed). If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? As well being a DJ/producer, I’m also a lifelong drummer and would enjoy touring with Miguel, I like his fresh approach to fusing different music styles; Bruno Mars, I admire his diverse instrumental and writing talent, plus his band seem to have a blast performing; Stevie Wonder, It would be an honour to play with a living legend; Usher, his work ethic, drive and passion are relentless and would be a great influence; Justin Timberlake, I’ve grown up with his music, and his concerts to date have been a terrific experience and The Eagles, they were the first act I saw in concert, and I’ve always wanted to tour with them since. I respect their vast catalogue and admire their strong musicality, harmony and longevity. What part of making music excites you the most? Building on a simple idea and creating sounds from the ground-up. It’s always a thrill when an audience reacts exactly how you envisage, while making a remix and/or original track - big screams are what every passionate DJ and musician live for…even if they don’t admit it. When’s the gig and with who? You can catch me at Fabulous Fridays (at Co.) and Suparfly Sundays (Fusion) with Restless Entertainment every week at Crown - playing the best in commercial R&B and old school classics.

ALLDAY + ASTA + GILL BATES 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00. BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00. EASY NOW - FEAT: DJ MAARS + AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + MR FEET + ANDRE LE VOGUE The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. OLD SKOOL LUV #13 - FEAT: PUPPET + PERIL + KEN WALKER & JEFF HOLDEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. R.A. THE RUGGED MAN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $39.80.

Define your genre in five words or less: Uplifting, urban, old-school, refreshing hip hop. How long have you been gigging and writing? I started learning at the age of 15 and my first gig was at 17 where they didn’t let me in the club because I was a minor. I had to wait for my parents before getting in, I have been gigging since, I started with a modified cassette player to increase or reduce the pitch to turntables, CDs, USB, etc. If I do the maths properly I have been DJing for 12 years. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? I stuttered very bad being a kid/teenager, verbal communication wasn’t my best, this is when I started playing with music and it help me to express myself through the speakers to the one or ones before me. My style of music changed throughout the years, at a younger age I used very “dark” sounds being an adolescent and angry at everyone but years changed it to a very happy and uplifting style. When can we see you play next? The best places for R&B and hip hop, Fabulous and Supafly. Visit restless.com.au for more details. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Being able to pass my energy and good vibes to the crowd and changing their mood from average to anything better.

T H E VA C C I N E S

G I V E A S Y N T H , TA K E A M I L E

By Augustus Welby

The superlative-happy UK music press has a history of nominating ultimately inadequate rock music saviours, who tend to fade from view within six months. Back in 2011, London outfit The Vaccines were subjected to this sort of aggrandising treatment. Pounding into view with a brash indie rock sound, The Vaccines mightn’t have been the second coming of Oasis, but their savvy songwriting prevented them from drowning in the whirlwind of hype. It’s a testament to the band’s career ambitions that they’ve just returned with their third album, English Graffiti. Looking back on the build-up to What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?, co-frontman Freddie Cowan has no lingering misgivings. “I don’t think I was aware of it to the level it was going on,” he says. “In hindsight it was massively hyped. The speed at which we grew in the UK was insane. They’ve touted a couple of bands since, but I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do it and ride that wave like we rode it. We were so lucky for that really.” Cowan’s grateful attitude is somewhat surprising. See, while embracing such lofty praise might appear natural, the motives behind this acclaim warrant scepticism. It’s impossible to ignore the nostalgic-bent to a statement

like ‘saviours of guitar music’, and in this respect, Cowan’s less compliant. “Saviours of guitar music ± what does that even mean?” he says. “Does guitar need to be saved in that way? I don’t think so. It seems like everyone wants it to be the ‘90s again ± people who talk like that: ‘Go back to the good old days when people who played guitars made more money.’ I don’t want to go back to that. I love where pop music is at and I really understand why guitar has taken a back seat.” The consequences of this realisation are stamped all over English Graffiti. Encompassing added diversity and dynamic scope, the synth-heavy album recalls everyone from TV On The Radio to Simple Minds and The Strokes. The band’s penchant for high-speed pop

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numbers is still in effect, but with help from producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney), the CBGBs grime has made way for neo-Spector gloss. “We didn’t really set ourselves any rules with it,” Cowan says. “We’re the ADD generation and we’re like the worst culprits of that, so we just followed what was of interest at the time. It’s dangerous to have too much of a mission. If you over-conceptualise before you walk the path, it’s not natural. “We listened to a lot of pop radio making this record,” he continues. “But also someone would just come in and be like ‘Oh have you heard this song?’ Deerhoof put out their new album and there was a song called Big House Waltz, and we went ‘This is fucking really inspiring music’.” One of the primary flaws in the nostalgia-drenched ‘bring back the guitars’ argument is that the guitar itself is simply a tool. With English Graffiti, Cowan and co. set out to demonstrate that it’s more important to communicate something forceful and exciting,

regardless of your chosen tools. “When Kanye West put out All Day, it was like ‘What the fuck?’” he says. “It sounds like someone did it in five minutes, but it sounds like that person was genius. It’s like ‘This is the rock‘n’roll’. This is what people must’ve heard when they heard Link Wray ± when jazz was big, this guy’s playing three chords through a busted amp, but it worked. The pop world is living on the edge and its dangerous and heavily referential and so fast-moving. I love that. It’s great just to experience that. So when it comes to bringing the guitars back, I have no interest in going back to that era. I still think there’s a place for guitar music, but I think it’s a place that requires a bit more thought.”

course, is the chance to pore over old memories stuffed away in forgotten corners. “I opened one box and here are all these four-tracks,” Adebimpe says. “I ended up finding demos for TV On The Radio songs that sound so different from the way they ended up, all these songs I’d written and completely forgotten about. In one way it feels like, it’s strange to go back and not recognise that person, but in another way it’s also really nice in some fashion to be able to see a lot of the steps that brought you where you are now. And on some level, also you realise that in another ten years you’re not going to know anything about this person here today at all, either.” It leads us, somewhat inevitably, to talk of legacy; how Adebimpe’s past self has shaped the man he is today, and what kind of memory of him might be assembled

from the work once he has gone. “If you can keep going,” he says, “if you can keep going with a creative endeavour, it’s one of the most terrifying things, because you can pick up a thing that you did a long time ago, and just stare at it … I mean terrifying because sometimes you’re embarrassed by it, but it can also be terrifying because you don’t recognise it at all. You like it, but you don’t know it. You see your handwriting, you hear your voice, but you have no idea who that person was. Not remembering them at all. But I think that can be a great feeling. You’re making a time capsule for your future self.”

THE VACCINES are playing Splendour In The Grass 2015, which runs from Friday July 24 ± Sunday July 26 at North Byron Parklands. They’ll also play at the Corner Hotel on Monday July 27. English Graffiti is out now via Sony Music.

T H E F R E E D O M O F I M AG I N AT I O N

By Adam Norris

The operator tells us she is sorry to interrupt the conversation, but we’re out of time. That may be so, but I doubt her sincerity; her voice is far too friendly for remorse. Tunde Adebimpe isn’t having a bar of it either, and so the interview with the TV On The Radio frontman wheels on for another 30 minutes, spanning his childhood personality, the heroes that still inspire him, through to long-forgotten songs in long-sealed cardboard boxes. “I might not have been a prodigy,” Adebimpe laughs, thinking back to his early days growing up in Hampton near Pittsburgh, PA. “But I’ve been told that I was imaginative, almost to a fault. If anything seemed in the tiniest bit boring, then it just wasn’t going to happen. I actually spent a lot of time not talking. I could just sit there and draw all day. I remember as soon as I realised I could disappear that way, it was all I wanted to do.” Stumbling across something that forever alters your perception of the world is, arguably, one of the key distinctions between great art and everyday entertainment. Adebimpe’s influences are many and varied, and discussing them takes some time. “As far as thinking of influences who are like, ‘You can

do this, you can find a space for yourself by creating the things that you want to see in the world, the things you want to hear,’ a lot of who you hear as a teenager is going to be important. For me it was a lot of punk rock. Bad Brains, Minor Threat. Bands that made me realise you don’t have to be ‘cool’, and in fact, it’s probably going to turn out to be a huge asset if you’re not. You just have to make the things you need to make.” Adebimpe has recently packed up and shifted coastlines, from New York to LA. Given he has called NYC home for 22 years, it’s no stretch to suppose the city has played a vital role in TV On The Radio’s development, and it’s likely we can anticipate LA having a similar effect. One of the procrastinating upsides of moving, of

TIM ROGERS & THE BAMBOOS WA LK I N G O N F I R E

By Augustus Welby

Perhaps no one could’ve predicted it, but when You Am I’s Tim Rogers teamed up with local funk gurus The Bamboos on the 2012 single I Got Burned, it gave rise to an incredibly effective union. Three years later, this unlikely partnership has given rise to a full-length album, The Rules of Attraction; a wonder-filled journey drawing on funksoul, doo-wop and Exile On Main St.-era Rolling Stones. Prior to the album’s release last month, Beat spoke with Rogers and The Bamboos leader Lance Ferguson about the pair’s creative bond. “I met Tim through playing guitar in Megan Washington’s band,” Ferguson says. “We really found an instant rapport. Then I was like, ‘Hey I think I’ve got a song that’s going to work for you, do you want to come in on this record?’” “I found him very personally charming,” Rogers says. “I was knocked out thinking that I could ever get involved. I was really intimidated, and I generally only take on work things these days if I’m intimidated.” Rogers’ intimidation stems from the fact he’s been an avid follower of The Bamboos since day one. “The original bass player was Stuart Speed, who was playing with me in the late-‘90s and a very dear friend who’s

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very sorely missed,” he says. “I’d seen them play at the Nightcat when I was behaving disgracefully.” Conversely, Ferguson wasn’t much of a You Am I aficionado. “Although I was aware of his stature and presence and history to some degree as one of the great frontmen and artists of Australia, I didn’t really know the music that well.” Along with impressing existing fans of The Bamboos and You Am I, I Got Burned became the biggest commercial success of The Bamboos’ career. Seizing upon this momentum, in early 2013, Rogers and The Bamboos embarked on the Rock N Soul Medicine Show tour. When it came to making the album, the pair

were adamant about sharing the creative resposibilities. “I was building these demos,” Ferguson says, “which had the whole form of a song without vocals and sending them to Tim just as sketches. Then the things that Tim responded positively to, I would work on a bit more.” “I wrote most of the lyrics when I was in New York with my daughter,” Rogers says. “I’d walk her to school and then it took about two hours to walk back to where I was staying. So I was sort of dodging traffic and waiting until the bars opened and just making up things in my head.” When Rogers returned from the US, he headed straight for Ferguson’s Yarraville studio to record his vocals. Ferguson’s choreographed countless studio collaborations over the years, and he’s learned not to be a perfectionist. “I’m looking for a great performance,” he says. “I’m not such a stickler for things like, ‘If it wasn’t recorded on a ten thousand dollar mic, we have to re-record it.’ With this record, a rawer aesthetic was actually even better.” As a result, the majority of vocal takes on the album have survived from the demo recordings. For Rogers, Ferguson’s relaxed production approach came as a surprise. “I thought he’d be a lot more methodical,” he says. “But when we got to work together, after a couple of days I realised I could just be goofy and he’d let me do that and then we could knock it into something OK. Being asked to join and collaborate with someone you respect so much and a band that you just fucking adore, I didn’t want to fuck it up. I remember when Davey [Lane, guitar] got asked to join You Am I, his big thing was ‘I don’t want to fuck up one of my favourite bands’. That was my feeling with the ‘Boos. I’m very thankful that he just let me be who I am.”

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TV ON THE RADIO’s latest album Seeds is out now through Harvest/EMI. They’re playing the Forum on Wednesday June 10 and Friday June 12.

TIM ROGERS & THE BAMBOOS album The Rules of Attraction is out now on Atlantic/ Warner. They’re playing the Corner Hotel on Wednesday June 24 and Thursday June 25, and at the Torquay Hotel on Friday June 26.

D E AT H O f A JAZZ CLUB

AT T H E E N D O F T H E L A N E By James Di Fabrizio For Martin Martini, a sense of place is important. Music is infinitely more authentic and interesting when a connection stems from underneath the artist’s feet. In a similar way, Melbourne jazz institution Bennetts Lane has an intangible spirit of its own that connects deeply with everyone who steps inside the alleyway haven. “Everybody that plays there, or goes there to listen to music, becomes a continuation,” says Martini. “It’s like going back 100 years to when someone came to the town and played you a song. The same thing happens at Bennetts, where you’ve got a jazz quartet playing some music ± and you’ve always got 30 per cent of the crowd as musicians ± it’s an ongoing conversation.” It’s a conversation that has included a multitude of viewpoints, styles, innovations and explorations since Bennetts Lane’s inception in 1992. Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis and Prince have all performed at the club, alongside local legends Allan Browne, James Sherlock and Jex Saarelaht. As Martini states, all of these performances have contributed to the long running tapestry that enriches every Bennetts Lane gig.

“If you believe that space has an energy, a brain, or a memory, then every note that has ever been played in that room is still sitting in that room,” he says. “Every time you get on stage, there is a feeling of continuum. There is a contribution to the world that has been made in that room.” In this way, the room itself becomes an extra member of every band that takes to the Bennetts Lane stage. Martini agrees. “Venues that have had a lot of music in them, the spaces change what you play because of what has gone on before. That’s the beautiful thing about that venue.” Sadly, Bennetts Lane will close before the month’s end. Yet, in spite of the venue’s pulsing energy, Martini accepts that it cannot exist forever. Like the countless improvised solos it has housed, the ephemeral nature is part of what

makes it inspiring. “If you’re in the audience, when a song is finished, it’s finished,” he says. “You just have a memory of it, or you just have a feeling. That’s really good. I was thinking about that on a larger scale with the club, and I have this theory that if it could be here forever, no one would go to it. If we knew we were going to live forever, I doubt I’d even tell a story, pick up an instrument or do anything with my life. The thing that our body knows is that something is going to finish at some point; we’re going to die. So every time you go into that club, you know you’re going into a place that is like no other and that isn’t going to be there forever. That makes it even more special.” For this reason, Martini’s hosting a celebratory gig at Bennetts Lane next Sunday, featuring kindred spirits and label-mates on his own Pound Records. Proceedings will kick off with The Largerphones joining the dots between traditional jazz history and contemporary Australian life. “It’s this ongoing tradition of Australians hearing American trad or New Orleans music and making it their own,” Martini says. “You can hear the Australian sound in that music.” For the last 22 years, Bennetts Lane has been a club like no other. It will be missed. However, Martini isn’t worried about the future of Melbourne’s jazz culture. “Music will always find the place it needs to be,” he says. “The death of something is beautiful. It all moves somewhere else and something else will grow from it.” DEATH OF A JAZZ CLUB by Pound Records goes down on Sunday June 14 at Bennetts Lane. An early and late set will feature The Largerphones, Martin Martini and Hue Blanes before concluding with Melbourne jazz illuminati playing ’til the sun comes up.

E M M A D O N O VA N & THE PUTBACKS

DA R K N E S S AT T H E B R E A K O F DAW N

By Augustus Welby Last November, Melbourne-based singer Emma Donovan teamed up with local funk collective The Putbacks on the debut LP Dawn. Donovan’s been an active performer for a number of years, working with the likes of Paul Kelly, Archie Roach, Declan Kelly and the Black Arm Band. It was during a Black Arm Band tour in 2007 that she first encountered The Putbacks’ drummer Rory McDougall and bass player Mick Meagher. While it took them a few years to initiate a collaborative partnership, the impetus was there from the start. “We just wanted to play for a long time together, and it wasn’t happening,” Donovan says. “Then I started getting some gigs where I was like ‘We should do some Putbacks stuff.’ We started off just getting a bunch of covers together and then after that we wrote a big lot of songs together and then we ended up recording them.” Dawn is a showcase of Donovan and The Putbacks’ respective talents, pairing smooth soul and Motown funk with powerful vocal performances. Throughout the songwriting process, they upheld an open collaborative policy. “A lot of the songs either started from my ideas lyrically and melodically and I was sharing that with The Putbacks, or the other way ‘round, where they would send me instrumental tracks and say, ‘Can you put something to that?’” Donovan says. “I’ve always got lyrics that I blab on about and there’s a lot of things that I don’t use just sitting there. When we were realising that we needed to get some more songs together, I was saying to Mick, ‘I’ve got some words’ and he was saying that they had some ideas.”

When it came to cultivating the album’s stylistic demeanour, funk and soul music was the obvious choice. “The Putbacks gave me a lot of playlists of the stuff that they listen to, some of the new soul, and we just took it from there,” Donovan says. “When I first started singing, I sang lots of country music and I still love lots of old country. And probably when I was going to high school, it was some cheesy R&B music. I was hungry for listening to different styles of soul music ± anything outside of country music.” On top of this, Donovan gathered inspiration from a selection of her vocal heroes. “Definitely my grandmother,” she says. “She had a very strong voice, she was very gospel. I love listening to Etta James and there’s another singer that my dad used to play me heaps of, which was LaVern Baker. I’ve always loved that older stuff. And definitely Aretha Franklin; I love her style, I love her voice and The Putbacks introduced me to a lot of amazing live recordings that I’d never heard before.” Donovan’s expressive lyrics are central to the record’s

MIGUEL ZENÓN

EVER-CHANgINg IDENTITY By Thomas Brand

Miguel Zenón is renowned for his fusion of jazz and world music, which is reflective of his upbringing. Born in Puerto Rico, Zenón’s interest in jazz led him to the United States, where he graduated from both Berklee College of Music and Manhattan School of Music, before settling in New York. But in spite of the move, his Puerto Rican heritage has always influenced his music. “The only reason I moved over there is to study jazz,” Zenón says. “There wasn’t an institution at Puerto Rico at the time that could teach me the basics about it. So I started studying jazz and immersing myself in the style, the history of the music, the tradition of it and et cetera. And in doing that, I came to realise that I never studied that music formally ± in the way that you know something by ear, but you don’t know it from a musician’s point of view, if you know what I mean.” More so than formal education, Zenón’s saxophone playing has been influenced by the musical cultures surrounding him. “I learnt a lot of the music from the Caribbean and Latin America and eventually that research started finding its way into the kind of music I was writing and I was working on,” he says.

“And it all came from these two worlds that I was living in musically ± one was the jazz world, which was my second language, and then the Puerto Rican world, which was my first language.” Zenón’s absorption of these various influences has led to him becoming a world-class alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Since the late-’90, his job has taken him all around the globe. Wherever his roams, he seeks out new knowledge. “I’ve been everywhere,” he says. “Every continent except for Australia, and the more I travel, the more I feel like I don’t know everything and I need to know more. A positive and a negative I guess. “I do go out of my way when I travel to seek out new music,” he continues, “because I sort of feel in the way of folklore, and the way of music, that it’s the purest

unique character. She delves into accounts of domestic and racial abuse, whilst placing emphasis on building strength and overcoming personal difficulties. “I think around the time I was suffering a little bit of depression and going through that heavy stuff,” she says. “I was also part of a really beautiful choir that I was singing with, with Uncle Archie Roach, called the Bloodstream Choir. Uncle Archie’s album Into the Bloodstream was a lot to do with healing, and lot of that touring that I did with him, I felt like I was singing and dealing with my own personal stuff. That was kind of helping; I was getting strength back, so I just started writing my own stuff. It was a good way of dealing with it.” Given the sensitive nature of her lyrics, she might’ve been inclined to keep them to herself. But she knew The Putbacks would understand her, musically and personally. “To gain that strength and get out of that rough patch, it was kind of easier to go ‘Let’s write something really fucked up about a few little situations’,” she says. “With the Putbacks, that’s been wanting to happen for a long time, just wanting to play with each other, so I knew I had a lot of support there. Mick and Rory, they’ve been like my brothers. So it works really well. form of music that you can find. It’s music that isn’t part of a conservatory or part of a book. Music that comes from the people. It’s like speaking, like language. There’s something so powerful about those kinds of music, and I’ve experienced it myself. When you hear it, it’s obvious that it’s something folkloric and rooted; something powerful about the music that dwells in the core of what we are as human beings. I most definitely will be checking out indigenous music while I’m in Australia. Even if what I get out of it isn’t obvious, I’ll get something out of it.” During his Australian tour, Zenón will enlist the talents of Sydney’s Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra to help him perform pieces from his boisterous repertoire. While the partnership was instigated by practicality, Zenón’s looking forward to working with them. “Part of the whole idea was to not have to bring the whole big band over there,” he says. “We bring the quartet ± the core rhythm section and myself ± and then use an ensemble based in Australia. I asked a few friends from Australia who were based in New York and they spoke so highly of the band so it seemed like a great fit.” Past experiences have taught Zenón to be wary about the local musicians he hooks up with. “In cases where, for example, we worked with student bands ± the music was a little challenging from what their band was used to playing,” he says. “In this case though, the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra are experienced musicians and I get the feeling it’s going to go great.”

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“Some of the songs, like Black Woman and even songs like Over Under Away, I don’t know how I would’ve wanted to share that any other way,” she adds. “I thought it was in a safe place and I just felt the confidence to go, ‘You know what, I’m ready to fucking say this.’ Especially with Black Woman being a song about being in a heavy violent relationship, having the courage to sing about it… it was a long time between when any of that relationship happened, but it still needed to be said.” Upon its release last year, Dawn gained mountains of critical praise. Since that time, Donovan’s lyrics have inevitably been interpreted in a whole variety of ways. She’s learned not to worry about whether they’re understood precisely as she intended. “When I first started writing I was like, ‘I don’t know if I want to say that,’ or ‘I’ve got to play it safe’,” she says. “These days I’m like ‘You know what, I’ve just got to say it how I feel like it is,’ because there’s a lot more people relating to that.” EMMA DONOVAN AND THE PUTBACKS are playing at Howler this Sunday June 7. Dawn is out now via HopeStreet Recordings.

MIgUEL ZENÓN is in the country for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. He’ll play with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra at The Coopers Malthouse on Friday June 5 and alongside Mat Jodrell on Saturday June 6 at Bennetts Lane. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 29

My DISCO

TA P P I N G I N T O T H E C O L L E C T I V E SUBCONSCIOUS By Augustus Welby The music of My Disco relies on structural balance and technical precision to conjure up strong emotions and dramatic tension. The band’s first three records incorporate elements of post-punk, krautrock, drone, ambience, aggressive post-rock and the occasional vocal chant. Understandably, this amalgamation of sounds makes categorising My Disco just about impossible. The band recently teamed up with producer Cornel Wilzcek at Melbourne’s Electric Dreams studios to work on their fourth album. Ahead of a brief run of Australian shows this month, Beat speaks with bass-player and vocalist Liam Andrews about the forthcoming release. “We’ve been working on and off on music for this for the last couple of years,” he says, “but we recorded it in full in December-January. And it was written in full about six months prior to that. It’s looking like it will be a late 2015 release.” It’s been more than four years since the band’s previous effort, Little Joy. Not long after the album’s release, Andrews relocated to London. More recently, he’s been based in Barcelona, while guitarist Ben Andrews lives in Indonesia and drummer Rohan Rebeiro remains in Melbourne. “I think creatively it was nice to be apart and to do a few other things in life,” Andrews says. “We did feel quite refreshed when we commenced writing this record, which was literally done in the space of two or three

months. It’s quite amazing how the three of us are on the same page as to what is and what is not working.” The band’s renewed enthusiasm hasn’t given rise to a brighter sonic palette. On the contrary, the forthcoming album has been flagged as slower, heavier and darker than anything My Disco have done previously. “From the people I’ve played them to, it’s been taken as quite intense and rather bleak,” Andrews says. “Listening back to the mixes, it’s feeling relevant to the record we wanted to make. Quite often you go into an album with songs and an idea of how you want them to sound, but it might not quite get there. But working with Cornel on this, we’ve had great help from him in terms of the production.” There’s no shortage of things that could inspire bleak artistic works; just a quick glance at the news headlines will do it, or perhaps the changes in the band members’ personal lives coincided with patches of vulnerability or depression. However, Andrews says the slower, heavier sound emerged without much planning. “We played around with writing and experimenting

with other ideas, but then it just quite naturally came around to this. It’s still very rhythmic and repetitive, but there’s a lot more space and ambience in the guitars and a much darker sound across the board. It might reflect a lot of music we listen to. It’s not like we have a discussion about it and we express our feelings.” On the subject of the music they listen to, in spite of experimenting with a multitude of familiar genres, My Disco have distanced themselves from easy pigeon-holing. But building such a reputation has never been the ultimate aim. “We would never [reject something] just for the fact that might be a conventional sound or riff or rhythm,” Andrews says. “If it suits and works for what we’re trying to accomplish, then I have no problem with that.”

Fittingly, My Disco are premiering material from the forthcoming album at Hobart’s Dark Mofo Festival later in the month. The band are also playing a hometown show this Sunday night at the Toff in Town. “It will be all the new music from the new record,” Andrews says. “Everything before it is well past its use-by date for us to be performing. Something we’ve always done as a band is to keep moving from relevant music to the next. We’re creating a mood when we perform and trying not to break that concentration of sound.”

The event spawned widespread debate regarding stage diving and other actions that could potentially injure show-goers; leading many old school punks to say that these shows were about expression and freedom, while others argued that people shouldn’t be getting injured at shows. Interestingly, stage diving wasn’t an issue for Joyce Manor until recently. “We had energetic shows, but there wasn’t as much stagediving,” Johnson says. “With a lot of bands in the same scene as us, the stage-diving thing got really crazy. If you go see Tigers Jaw or Title Fight, big melodic bands, [they’re] constantly bitching about stage diving to a point where you’ve got to wonder how many people are there for the band or there to stage dive. We never had a problem with that kind of stuff ± we were really used to it. But last tour it got to the point where every single show, someone was getting hurt. It was never someone who was stage diving; it was someone who came to see us.”

A lot of the online debate centred on what punters should expect at a punk show and thus attempted to define punk culture. Johnson weighs in with a strong, though not infallible point: it’s good to have fun at shows, but it’s also important to know when you shouldn’t be too aggressive. “On the internet you have people saying ‘Joyce Manor hates stage diving.’ ‘Oh, end stage diving.’ ‘Oh, don’t stage dive or Joyce Manor…’ I don’t have a problem with stage diving. I don’t care. I’ve done that shit, gone to hardcore shows and stuff, and it’s great. But there’s a time and a place. We’re a pop punk band. You know, it’s not necessarily the kind of place to get out that aggression.”

MY DISCO are playing at the Toff in Town on Sunday June 7 and Dark Mofo, Hobart on Friday June 19.

JOyCE MANOR

A C O N S TA N T H E A D A C H E F R O M C O N S TA N T I N J U R I E S By Thomas Brand Critically acclaimed pop punk band Joyce Manor have brought their incredibly catchy brand of music back to Australia. They’re here to support their friends Against Me! on a run of major shows around the country. Catching up with frontman Barry Johnson, he talks about previous experiences touring Australia; explains the thinking behind their unique song structures; and looks into the recent social media blowout caused by a stage diving incident at one of their shows. “We’ve done the one tour in Australia and it was fantastic,” he says. “Australia was the place where early on, when the first record came out, we had a lot of people saying ‘Come to Australia,’ and that kind of stuff. We were just surprised at how receptive everyone was. We were with The Smith Street Band ± all the shows were sold out. Great shows.” Joyce Manor’s style has notably changed on each of their three albums. 2011s self-titled debut contained a mix of short, heartfelt power-punk songs with lyrics that covered themes of social letdowns. For their latest effort, last year’s Never Hungover Again, the band adopted a more mature approach, departing from their typical short song format. “It’s weird because we never set out to try to write shorter songs,” Johnson says. “Usually we’ll come in

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with something that’s mostly written or all the way written and we’ll kind of work on it and arrange it. Usually at practice we’ll play it and time it and ask, ‘How long is that one?’ ‘It’s only about one minute forty.’ “For whatever reason though,” he continues, “with Never Hungover Again we made a conscious effort to make some of the songs longer. A lot of the songs, there were versions that were shorter and we actually added parts. So at the end of the album, it’s us consciously making songs longer or expanding on ideas more so than we did in the first place.” Late last year, Joyce Manor found themselves embroiled in a social media maelstrom after Johnson stopped a crowd-surfer from crushing a smaller audience member during a show in Houston, Texas.

JOYCE MANOR are supporting Against Me! at the Corner Hotel on Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7. Never Hungover Again is available now via Epitaph.

f U C k T H E f I T Z R O y D O O M S C E N E – facing the ruin

On their debut LP facing the ruin, Melbourne four-piece Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene vindicate their band name by embracing a whole platter of classic rock influences. Ahead of the official launch party at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday, the band gave us a run down of the album’s seven tracks. 1. DreAm: Everything we do is a complete collaborative effort, and this was one of the first songs we wrote together. We initially recorded a basic version of our album at Jake [Hill, guitar/ vocals]’s about a year ago, then made the careful decision to re-record the whole thing in analogue. We knew that this would take time and thought we should release a track to get the ball rolling. Dream happened to be the most succinct track from those sessions. Deservedly, it made it to the final cut. 2. WHiTe CrysTAl lADy: The chorus lyric came first in proceedings and set the tone for what this song would be about: “All you see is your own reflection/ Drawing lines before your eyes.” The tempo changes and erratic structure were used BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 30

to mirror the ups and downs of someone under the spell of the White Crystal Lady. We also felt the need to blast-beat the fuck out of the end. 3. BeTTer Off DeAD: This could easily have been two songs; again, it changes between first and third person in different sections. If the album so far is the journey of someone at different stages of their addiction then this would be the posttraumatic acceptance of one’s own destructive alter ego. Like White Crystal Lady, we felt the need to rock the fuck out at the end. 4. BliND fAiTH: This could be a song about being brainwashed by organised (and corrupt) religion. Or it could be a song about the relationship between tormentor and their

prey. As a nod of the hat to all the perverted uses of ancient Latin language, the outro contains a Latin rhythm. 5. COme WiTH Us: This menacing track, with hints of doom and psychedelia, opens side-B and sets the tempo for the rest of the album. Hopefully Come with Us unveils a different side to the band, and it also features a superb example of Dave [Ferguson, guitar/ vocals] strangling a guitar. 6. fACiNg THe rUiN: We feel Facing the Ruin is the most complete and accurate representation of our style thus far. It contains elements of our main influences, ranging from ’70s prog to grunge. The lyrics came as a response to how the music was making us feel at each step

of the way. Hopefully the round trip it takes you on mirrors the thematic cycle of the album. The original cut of Facing the Ruin was a few minutes shorter, and then a revised version added a second reprise to the arrangement. It became the title track after we struggled to agree on the album’s cover art. At the eleventh hour a friend showed us a photo taken on a recent trip to Wales featuring the ruins pictured on the cover.

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We unanimously agreed that the photo matched the track’s imagery and the following morning it became the artwork. 7. leAviNg: I don’t think any of us have any recollection of penning this track. We woke up one morning and had a complete demo of it. Overall we wanted Facing the Ruin to be proper album that you play from side to side as opposed to a

collection of singles. This track is the come down, the evening after. We jammed till the tape ran out.

FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE are launching facing the ruin on Friday June 5 at Ding Dong Lounge, with guests Holy Serpent and El Colosso. The album is out now via Bandcamp with vinyl available at the launch.

With Australian audiences still buzzing from the release of their very, very different new album Hyperview on Anti records, the time is right for Title Fight to return to Australia. See them play with Post Blue and Paper Arms at the Corner Hotel on June 26. If you had planned to suss out the all ages festivities on June 27, please note that the venue has changed from the Phoenix Youth Center to the Reverence Hotel. Apart From This have been confirmed as supports for the all ages show. Regurgitator have locked in another lap around the country to celebrate their 22nd year together. They’ve got some pretty fun club shows locked in and you should definitely try to make it down to their show at the Prince Bandroom on September 4. I caught them a couple years ago and their songs are even more satisfying after a little bit of a ‘Gurge hiatus. Mindsnare have announced another date for one of their classic bi-annual Melbourne headline shows. Catch them with Outright, Imprisoned and The Ruiner when they play at Bendigo Hotel on August 7. There will be no pre-sales available, you’ll just have to get in early and pay your $15 on the door. Converse are being nice folks are inviting independent bands the world-over to record a track at some of the most esteemed studios in the world. Chuck your details on the Converse Rubber Tracks website and you could record at Abbey Road, Sunset Sound, Stankonia and other epic studios from Seattle to Jamaica. All your flights, accom. and expenses are covered by Converse too. SNFU will tour Australia this August to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their massively influential debut album And No One Else Wanted To Play. Founding member and vocalist Chi Pig will lead the band down south, hitting Melbourne’s Bendigo Hotel on August 15 and Bar 12 in Frankston on August 16 with locals Wolfpack providing supports on all dates. Two fantastic albums get a release this week including the new LP from the noisiest Brits around Rolo Tomassi, and the latest from classic bogan rock lords Cosmic Psychos. On Grievances, Rolo Tomassi play around with their interchanging angelic/ monstrous vocals and sound far more melodic than ever. On Cum The Raw Prawn, the Psychos are the complete opposite, offering straight up yob anthems you can bash your head to. Both worth checking out.

CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY JUNE 3:

• Birds Of Tokyo, Ecca Vandal at 170 Russell

THURSDAY JUNE 4:

• Bad Manners at Corner Hotel • Peegbucket, Drova, The Balls, Frtizwicky at The Bendigo Hotel • Far Away Stables, Ame Tourmentee, Drawcard at Next

FRIDAY JUNE 5:

• Blueline Medic, Fear Like Us, Have/Hold, Employment, The Revenants at The Reverence Hotel • In Hearts Wake, We Came As Romans, Beartooth, Storm The Sky at 170 Russell • Jerrico at Prince Band Room • Naked Bodies at Gasometer

SATURDAY JUNE 6:

• Sydonia, Lung, Amethyst Close, Static Revenue at Bang • Against Me!, Joyce Manor, Ceres at Corner Hotel • In Hearts Wake, We Came As Romans, Beartooth, Storm The Sky at Arrow on Swanston • Naked Bodies at Sooki Lounge, Belgrave • The Peep Tempel, Spacejunk at The Eastern, Ballarat

SUNDAY JUNE 7:

• Against Me!, Joyce Manor, Pale Heads at Corner Hotel My Disco at Toff In Town • Acrasia, Renegade Armada, Set The Score at Next • Emarosa, Awaken I Am, Autumn In Alaska, To Light Atlantis at Bang • Naked Bodies at Barwon Club • Party Vibez, Release The Hounds, Beaver, Tigers, Goon On The Rocks, Foxtrot at The Bendigo Hotel • Jess Locke Band, James Teague, Tammy Haider, Catherine Sietkiewicz at The Reverence

MONDAY JUNE 8 :

• Emarosa, Awaken I Am, Renegade Armada at Wrangler Studios

THIS WEEKEND AT THE BENDIGO

This weekend at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood check out Abrasion with Dark Earth, Nemesium and Blunt Shovel on Friday June 5 from 8pm, and Party Vibez with Release The Hounds, Beaver, Tigers, Goon On The Rocks and Foxtrot on Sunday June 6 at 7pm, $15. Both shows are 18+

SHEFEST

SheFest is an awesome event happening on the Queen’s Birthday holiday, Monday June 8 at Mr Boogie Man Bar celebrating female-fronted rock bands and musicians. Playing are Sarah Eida, Thrasher Jynx, 4tress, Kill TV, Wild Violet and Dear Stalker. 4pm start, $10 entry.

LINDEMANN RELEASES PRAISE ABORT

Lindemann, the project of Rammstein singer Till Lindemann and Peter Tägtgren (Pain, Hypocrisy) will release its long-awaited debut album Skills In Pills on June 19, globally on Warner Music. It’s available for pre-order now, and the single Praise Abort is out now.

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with their tantalising, hypnotic stage presence. The 19-piece Public Opinion Afro Orchestra will set the place alight with their infectious afro-beat grooves melded with African funk. Also gracing the stage will be Melbourne based swampy horror rock aficionados Graveyard Train, who will deliver their own special blend of frenetic foot stomping country music destined to stir up the crowd at Elsternwick Park. Kicking things off at noon is Ally Spazzy’s Kiddyrock and the Cool Bananas, who will be performing their rock‘n’roll jam sessions especially for the kids. And for the first time ever punters can purchase their Reclink Community Cup tickets online via Oztix presales at www.oztix.com.au, which are available now. Entry is $15 for adults, $5 for children under 16.

ANOTHER NEW REFUSED SONG

Refused has shared a second new song from their new album, Freedom, which you can hear at The Guardian’s website now. The album was produced by Nick Launay (Gang Of Four, Silverchair, Midnight Oil, Grinderman, Nick Cave and Arcade Fire). The tracks Elektra and 366 were produced and co-written by fellow Swede and long-time Refused fan Shellback, who has scored eight No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with artists such as Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Ke$ha and Backstreet Boys. Freedom is out on June 26 via Epitaph.

For anyone who proudly head banged through Seether, who pogo’d along to Volcano Girls, who picked up a Gibson Les Paul guitar after seeing the band’s epically fierce live show, this one’s for you. Veruca Salt – original members Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals), Louise Post (guitar/vocals), Steve Lack (bass) and Jim Shapiro (drums) – will release their first full-length album of new material since 1996. The album, entitled Ghost Notes, was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Brad Wood, who helmed the band’s seminal, platinum-selling debut, American Thighs. Ghost Notes will be released on July 10 on El Camino Records. Fans who pre-order Ghost Notes via iTunes will receive two instant downloads; the brilliant opening track The Gospel According To Saint Me plus the album’s first single Laughing in the Sugar Bowl.

Leading up to their seventh year together, I Am Duckeye are heading out in June/ July for a string of shows from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast with many cities and regional towns in between. It’s all in support of the limited edition 7” single of crowd favourite Hi Viz. The B-side features Sydney punk band The Berkshire Hunting Club, with their hit song Fruit and Nut. Catch them at Cherry Bar on Tuesday June 30, and at Musicman in Bendigo with Chase The Ace, Tragic Earth, Ergasia and Navy Blue on Saturday July 4.

Joining the previously announced appearance of one of Australia’s most revered musicians Adalita (who will be performing with her powerhouse band of Lewis Boyes, Matt Bailey and Dan McKay) will be the shimmering and mesmerising melancholic pop of Melbourne trio Pearls who are bound to capture the crowd’s attention

The newly opened Cellar Bar in St Kilda (below the Newmarket Hotel at 34 Inkerman St) is hosting Rock’n’Roll Saturdays once a month. Curated by local rock legend Mark of The Mercy Kills, every month brings a night of original rock and roll music. On Saturday June 13 catch The Lockhearts, Atomic Riot and Exile.

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TWO HEADED DOG CHERRY BAR

Arcane Saints

Who are we talking with and what do you do in Arcane Saints? Michael John, I stand up the front and try to look pretty.

Two Headed Dog are a three-piece band based from the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne with a love for fuzz, loud drums and organ, playing sets full of hard blues mixed with grunge and psychedelic themes. Taking the aim of stylising their music around raw ‘60s and ‘70s style rock, the band will be taking to the Cherry stage every Wednesday in June for their residency, with support this week coming from guests Cotangent, Super Saloon and Twisted Pistol. Doors open at 6pm, entry will cost $5 which grants you a free Jager shot on the door.

Can you tell us about your recent release In the Shade of Juniper? It’s a fine collection of heavy and pop rock songs and was produced by Scott Horscroft (Silverchair, Birds of Tokyo). You joined Trapt for a five week tour of the USA mid last year. What was your best and worst experience on the road? The best was playing to hundreds of people every night and having a massive line of people at our merch table at every show. The worst was getting threatened with a gun and robbed in St Louis. You’ve played a bunch of festivals at home and abroad. What’s great about the festival experience? Generally it means you are playing to a bigger crowd than usual which is always exciting. Big Day Out last year was a highlight, but the best festival we have played was Midi Festival in China to 10,000 people. I’ve never seen an audience be so passionate and into the music. You can walk into a festival there openly drinking alcohol and even bring your pets. Crazy. ARCANE SAINTS are launching In the Shade of Juniper at Yah Yah's on Thursday June 4 and at Prince Bandroom on Friday June 5.

Brooke Fraser, Magnolia and The Cat Empire. Most recently he has also added co-writer, arranger and producer credits to this list, for bands and artists like Lanu, Felix Riebl, and The Bamboos. He plays a show on Wednesday June 3 at The Curtin, be sure to get in when the doors open at 8.30pm. Tickets are $12.

every Thursday as part of a residency with support this week coming from Lace & Whiskey and Clarke & White. Entry is the astounding price of free when the doors open at 6pm.

KING PUPPY & THE CARNIVORE

Music site EatNoise combines social networking, venue info and gig guides to create a dynamic online resource for punters and bands alike. EatNoise will be hosting a gig at Club Catty on Thursday June 4 with a diverse line up featuring the dark countrified sounds of The Guilts, psychedelic noise makers Jukai Forest and punk four piece The Hondas. $5 entry from 8pm or become a member of Club Catty for $10 and receive entry to four gigs.

THE TOTE

King Puppy & The Carnivore have just bagged a residency at The Tote, set to play every Wednesday throughout June. The Tote stage is mighty big, and to fill it King Puppy & The Carnivore have invited a bunch of mates along for the inaugural performance. Playing with them this week are Jimmy Carroll, William Alexander, Sugar Teeth and Didirri. Doors open 7.30pm with $8 entry. THURSDAY JUNE 4

THE DAWN CHORUS PRINCE CELLAR BAR

The Dawn Chorus are an eclectic five-piece, renowned throughout South East Queensland for their genuine and interpretive take on the blues and roots genre. Incorporating various elements of jazz, reggae, rock and Americana-folk, The Dawn Chorus boast a creative instrumental mix, matched with stunning poetic lyrical content that is delivered with refreshing sincerity by front man Mitch Davis. The Dawn Chorus are preparing for a 13 date east coast tour, with the first leg being a free show held at the Prince’s Cellar Bar this Thursday June 4. Be sure to get down when the doors open at 7pm.

ROSCOE JAMES IRWIN

THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL

Roscoe James Irwin is multi-instrumentalist whose ambitious compositions and arrangements have been performed by countless big bands and orchestras. He is regularly called upon to work with some of Australia / NZ biggest artists including Megan Washington,

HOCKEY DAD SHEBEEN

The former triple j Unearthed winners are nearly selling out shows faster than they can book them ± as a result they’ve opened up another show on Thursday June 4 at Shebeen to throw some alternative surf pop at thirsty showgoers. With support for the Melbourne leg of the tour coming from garage rockers Los Tones and poppunk fusionists Mild Manic, expect a solid night of guitar driven tunes and good times all around. Entry will set you back $11, doors open at 8pm.

HIP HOP KARAOKE BONEY

Guess what’s back? Back again? Hip Hop Karaoke is back, tell a friend. They’ve created a monster, but nobody wants normal karaoke no more, they want HHK, it’s chopped liver. This special event is first come, first served ± no reservations, so get in early for the sign up period between 9-10pm if you want to spit for your homies. No lyric sheets, no racial slurs, no posers. Check the rules out at the Facebook page and get down to Boney from 9pm. Tickets are $10, there’ll be t-shirts on sale too if repping’s your thing.

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SARAH MARY CHADWICK THE GASOMETER HOTEL

Sarah Mary Chadwick is back with her second official full-length release since her debut solo LP Eating for Two. While preserving her distinctive traits of bare-skinned honesty and visceral delivery, 9 Classic Tracks sees Sarah Mary Chadwick venture into decidedly lusher territory ± her unmistakably raw vocals present this time through a vaseline filter and with an air of reflection indicative of both artistic growth and intimate evolution. To support her new release, Sarah Mary Chadwick plays a show at The Gasometer on Thursday June 4. Doors open at 7.30pm, tickets cost $13.

BRIAN KENNEDY

THE SPOT TED MALLARD

Irish balladeer Brian Kennedy will perform an intimate show in support of his latest album, Love Letter To Joni, a tribute dedicated to Joni Mitchell. Born and raised in Belfast, Kennedy rose to fame working with Van Morrison on his Blues & Soul Revue. He has shared the stage with music legends including Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles and sang with the late Jeff Buckley during his early coffee house performances. His forthcoming tour incorporates a collection of Joni Mitchell classics into the setlist, including A Case of You and River. Brian Kennedy will play at The Spotted Mallard on Thursday June 4. Tickets cost $45 on the doors when they open from 6pm.

MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

With 18 years of playing live, figuring it comes to ‘round 2000 gigs under their belts, the Moonee Valley Drifters have become a music staple of the northern suburbs. No strangers to any great Melbourne venue, they’re putting on a show this Thursday June 4 at The Post Office Hotel on Sydney Rd. The Moonee Valley Drifters play two sets from 8pm onwards. Free entry, of course.

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ROLAND KAY-SMITH THE B.EAST

Roland Kay-Smith holds a mastery of acoustic guitar, voice and harmonica. Think Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and Justin Townes Earle, with some louder, rowdier music to boot. Supporting on the night is newcomer Andrew Woods, tapping into the emotion that lurks between consciousness as he plays a curious sound influenced by Neil Young and The Beatles. Catch these acts from 9pm onwards this Thursday June 4 at the B.East. Entry is free.

ARCANE SAINTS YA H YA H S

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Emerging from the sewers in late 2014, Melbourne four-piece Tiprats write killer junk pop and grunge jingles from the heart. Swinging high and aiming low, the boys have been busy recording their debut album, set for release in late 2015. Their live shows are on par with haloumi cheese pies. Delicious. Catch Tiprats at The Retreat Hotel on Thursday June 4. It all g oes do wn fr om 10p m, a nd it ’s fr ee en try. FRIDAY JUNE 5

ALEISTER JAMES THE B.EAST

Aleister James, the bearded Kiwi troubadour, will lead one of Melbourne’s most exciting young blues ensembles through two tasty sets of blues classics and originals as he heads The Northside Blues Assembly from 9pm this Friday June 5 at The B.East. If upcoming blues acts are your cup of tea, look no further. Head down to the B.East for some grub and some free blues this Friday night.

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driven riffs and rich vocals were king. With a mean hand for slide guitar, banjo, dobro and a voice that runs like a stallion, catch the singer/songwriter when he plays at The Drunken Poet on Friday 5th June from 8.30pm. Free entry!

BLUELINE MEDIC

Kick off your weekend with knock-offs at Cherry Bar, as Spencer P Jones opens up the night from 5.30pm to 7pm before The Ivory Elephant takes the stage from 8pm onwards. With a new EP Time Is Here released at the end of May, expect a night of riff based rock’n’roll with the feel of The Black Keys’ earlier works. Tickets cost $13 on the door this Friday June 5. Support comes from Ten Cent Pistol and Cotangent

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Blueline Medic are reforming for a very short jaunt to Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra and Melbourne. Formed after the dissolution of Caustic Soda and Mid Youth Crisis, Blueline Medic continued on where they had left off; producing inventive guitar rock drenched in DIY, forging life long fans with the community that built around them. They’ll play a show at The Reverence Hotel this Friday June 5, be sure to jump on this rare occasion as they come through. Entry is $10, doors open at 8pm.

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Punk up your Friday with the one and only Dixon Cider, self described as the world’s foremost exponents of creep punk with supports from Cosmic Kahuna, their bass player back from a stint with Clowns. Trans Paranoia will be setting the pace fast, daring you to eat your paranoia after Stoned to Death open. Get down to Whole Lotta Love Bar to start punking your weekend out with this big four bill. Entry will set you back $5, doors open at 7.30pm.

and The Cure with his own heartening sound, blending folk, alt-country, and indie pop. A generation in the making, the launch promises to be a memorable, intimate evening of beautiful songs and stories. Be sure to head down to Bella Union this Friday June 5 when the doors open at 8pm ± tickets cost $25 on the door.

TEN YEARS OF STONE LOVE THE TOTE

Richie 1250 celebrates ten years of his PBS show Stone Love with a multistage, non-stop musical extravaganza at The Tote. A host of his favourite acts and favourite musicians in one off combos will each play 15 minutes sets, switching between them on two stages with no breaks. Hitting the stage are Sugar Fed Leopards, Empat Lima, Archer, Simone Page Jones, B.J. Morriszonkle, Miles & Simone, Lovers of the Black Bird, Chook Race, Amanda Roff Singers, Elvis Princely, Taka Honda and more. The night starts at 8pm, tickets are $16 from OzTix.

TOBY ROBINSON BELLA UNION

Melbourne based songwriter Toby Robinson is preparing for the launch of his debut self-titled album on Friday June 5. With a love for folk music and busking at a young age, the release of the album sees Robinson fusing his love for acts such as Ry Cooder, John Renbourne, The Shins, Nick Drake

JEB CARDWELL

THE DRUNKEN POET

Melbourne based guitarist, singer/ songwriter Jeb Cardwell aims takes you back to the glory days when guitar-

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DING DONG LOUNGE

Hot off the heels of their stellar festival slots at Boogie and CherryRock, the band with undoubtedly the best name in Melbourne, Fuck The Fitzroy Doom

Scene, are about to slay the Ding Dong Lounge stage when they launch their impending debut album. With a slew of guest artists playing on the upcoming album, the stoner rock four-piece will be bringing each one of these guest contributors on stage for the launch, along with selling their vinyls on the night. Head down to Ding Dong Lounge on Friday June 5 from 8pm onwards and catch the boys for a big one hour show. Tickets cost $14.

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THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL

Calamity Lane are taking to The Brunswick Hotel this Friday June 5 to launch their debut EP Hit the City. Kicking off the night early will be local superstar Josh Novak, followed by the sweet melodic sounds of The DieCasts and the kickass radness that is The Lovelies. Calamity Lane will close the night out with banging out a couple of tunes from Hit the City. Doors open 9pm with free entry.

TOMMY T AND THE CLASSICAL MISHAPS

THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL

A night of lovely, broken-down rock to kick start your long weekend. Five bands, eight bucks, zero reasons to not head down to The Curtin this Friday June 5 and have a headbang with the best of Melbourne’s musical offerings.

What do you love about making music? It’s a good excuse for four best buds to hang out for a few hours a week, get lit on endorphins and joke around whilst making something we enjoy. If you could assassinate one person who would it be and why? It’s a tie between Dave Mustaine the day he was kicked out of Metallica, so that Megadeath could never exist, and going back to the time U2 released Joshua Tree and taking them out with an Uzi. Tell us about the worst gig you’ve ever played. It was at the Grace Darling a while back. We’d played a big show the night before and I guess everyone came to that one, because at the Grace we played to about three people including the sound guy. We had a little interval halfway through the set to get pints. When’s the gig/ with who? It’s a free one at the John Curtin on Sunday June 7 (the next day’s a public holiday), with legends Seesaw and Full Ugly. Everybody’s on the door.

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This Saturday June 6 will see hard rockers and metal heads unite for the first ever Heaven Meets Hell show at Musicland in Fawkner. Kicking things off will be new melodic rock sensations The Radio Sun, followed by one of Australia’s best heavy metal bands Black Majesty. With hard rock and heavy metal music being played all night, this is an event not to be missed. Doors open at 8pm with $15 entry.

The Australian heavy music scene is as good as ever at the moment, and former Triple M host Dave Higgins is determined to showcase that with Higgo’s Heavy Cherry, the third instalment of the bi-monthly heavy music event. This round will host four of his favourite heavy local acts as Damnations Day, Mason Official, Overproof Groove and The Nuremberg Code hit the stage. Drink specials will also run all night. Get down to Cherry Bar on Sunday June 7, tickets are $15 on the door when they open at 7pm.

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JESS RIBEIRO AND THE BONE COLLECTORS THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

Jess Ribeiro and the Bone Collectors slowly evolved out of many warm tropical nights, jamming on balconies and courtyards in Darwin. Equipped with a swag of songs, Jessie Jane Ribeiro sings enchantingly into the night with her delicate strumming style, shepherded by the Bone Collector’s Rob the Law and Damo Meoli on drums. Catch their double set performance this Sunday June 7 at The Post Office Hotel from 4.30pm, entry is free.

JAMES TEAGUE

THE DRUNKEN POET

James Teague is a Perth-born poet and singer/songwriter who exists in world of his own. His music is as complex as the self; one moment whimsical and dreamy, with shades of '60s psychedelia and '70s progressive folk, the next they’re wrought with mortal gloom and adorned with hints of jazz and howling blues. It’s difficult to describe Teague’s style, but it usually consists of unpredictable melodies that stray, intricate, dynamic arrangements and a soaring, vocal tremolo. Catch his show at The Drunken Poet on Sunday June 7 from 6.30pm. Free entry.

DON FERNANDO YA H YA H S

Don Fernando return to Yah Yahs after their tour around Europe. Boasting massive riffs, massive hooks and tight sets, the band purvey home grown stoner rock with hulking grooves and catchy melodies. Their show on Sunday June 7 sees supports from Battle Axe Howlers, Dr Colossus, Low Fly Incline and Cicadstone for a big night of big noise. Tickets are $10 on the door with a free Jager shot, doors open from 8pm.

WILL WAGNER

THE REVERENCE HOTEL

The always incredible Will Wagner is returning to The Reverence Hotel on Sunday June 7 to help raise some money for his little sister ± being the good bloke that he is. Joined by another one of our favourites Georgia Maq & other special guests, this afternoon show at The Reverence Hotel is not one to be missed. Doors open at 4pm, entry will set you back $15.

EZEKIEL OX

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Ezekiel Ox brings his unique style to Brunswick in a Sunday recovery session hashtagged #noroomforracism. Never the same show twice, his solo performances are a mix of acoustic songs, loops and beatboxing, spoken word, impromptu and improvised poetry, acapella, dance and cabaret. With special guest DJ Marze playing later in the night, be sure to get down to Whole Lotta Love Bar to catch this tangled web of artistic intrigue. Doors open at 7pm. Free entry.

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PARTY VIBEZ

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You’ve got Monday off to nurse a hangover, so why not head down to The Bendigo on Sunday night and get some drinks into you. Providing a soundtrack to your spiral into alcoholism are local lads Party Vibez, Tigers and Foxtrot, along with out of towners Beaver (SA), Release the Hounds (QLD) and Goon On The Rocks for all your punk inklings. Head down this Sunday June 7 from 7pm, entry is $15.

Calamity Lane

So then, what’s your name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Hi, I’m Steve and I am the drummer. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Dancey, bluesy, alternative rock'n'roll, with inspiration drawn from genres such as rock, punk, funk, dance, and metal. What do you love about making music? I love working collaboratively with my mates to create something new and interesting that we can be proud of. There’s no better feeling than working hard on a project and getting to play it on stage. What do you hate about the music industry? I hate this misconception that ‘rock is dying’ and popular or successful music is all going to be electronic stuff made on a laptop. The local scene has some amazing rock bands kicking around, not to mention Royal Blood released what was, in my mind, one of the best albums of last year, with huge commercial success. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? I’m really not a violent person, but if I had to… Kanye. Just so annoying.

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EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS

Adelaide honky tonk upstarts The Sloe Ruin, are closing their first visit to Melbourne with a special stripped back show in The Retreat front bar on Sunday June 7. Kicking off at 5pm with the formidable bluegrass duo of Paddy Mongtomery and Dan Watkins, expect an afternoon of sweet tunes, and even sweeter harmonies to warm your soul and heal your hangovers. The Sloe Ruin take to the Retreat Hotel’s stage from 5pm onwards. Entry is free, as always.

Queen of Australian soul, Emma Donovan will be hitting Howler on Sunday June 7 with her band The Putbacks. She’s been making waves with the release of her Dawn album, and her Howler show will prove to newcomers why the soul scene is up in arms over her work. If you don’t have to work in the morning, which you probably don’t, come celebrate both queens Elizabeth II and Emma D when the doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $21.

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Get ready for an afternoon of suburban torment at The Curtin’s front bar. Kicking off from 4pm, there’ll be the lo-fi twee pop of Full Ugly, the apathetic slack rock of Bad Family and the probably too loud See Saw. Catch these indie locals for free at The Curtin’s front bar, this Sunday June 7.

JARRAH THOMPSON T H E C AT F I S H

From Melbourne via Brazil and Berlin, Jarrah Thompson’s high energy live show will blow fans away with percussive rhythms, amazing harmonies, blues rock, world music and intimate folk. The group have been turning more than a few heads on the global music scene since Jarrah’s debut release Stargazer in 2008 followed by his consequent successes in Brazil. Jarrah Thompson’s stripped back acoustic trio comes to The Catfish on Sunday June 7 from 5pm onwards.

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What can a punter expect from your live show? With crisp guitar tones, heavy bass, driving drums, and gritty vocals, we deliver our take on what it is to be a modern rock’n’roll band. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our debut EP Hit the City will be for sale at our EP launch. It’s also available in full to download on Bandcamp. CALAMITY LANE’s EP launch happens on Friday June 5 at The Brunswick Hotel. They’ll be joined by Josh Novak, The Lost Day and The Lovelies.

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Fabian Toonen

You’re launching your debut album Wolf Parker at Club Voltaire on Thursday June 4 and Friday June 5. Convince us to rock up. Wolf Parker is a story album of an Australian farmer’s transition through life with the loss of his former way of living. This performance is a unique concept and limited to only two shows. Somewhere between a musical and an audio movie, the album will be performed in its entirety by the Wolf Parker cast/band. Wolf Parker is a 16 track concept album. Can you tell us a little about the story without giving too much away? Wolf Parker’s life is detailed through his experiences through the album. With emotive and poignant deliverances, Wolf Parker’s life reveals what it means to be a loner, disposed of a way of life and to become a stranger within one’s own country. What inspired you to tell this story? I wanted to offer something relevant and of value to the collection of Australian albums. Farmers are an overlooked part of our country who provide us all with food, clothing and materials for our homes. They provide us with so much, and often, they suffer from a lack of support from the rest of our society. Head along to FABIAN TOONEN’s launch of his new album Wolf Parker at Club Voltaire, North Melbourne on Thursday June 4 and Friday June 5.

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You’re launching your debut, self-titled album at Bella Union on Friday June 5. Can you tell us a bit about it? The album is a collection of songs I’ve written that are dear to my heart. Produced and recorded by Nick Huggins, the album also features many other talented artists. The album took a lengthy two years to complete. What was this process like? Over the two year period there were a lot of external circumstances that influenced the songs, including periods of grief. My studies in indigenous studies and anthropology also spurred a love of Australian history, and that comes through in the songwriting. Not rushing the album meant that special care was taken in the writing and production process. How does folk fit into the modern music scene, and how has it changed since the early ‘60s? I think its changed dramatically in the sense that folk really was a vehicle for political, social and economic protest by artists like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, whereas today I think as folk musicians we sing more about our personal experiences, for example relationships, love lost, and almost a nostalgic look at the past. TOBY ROBINSON plays Bella Union on Friday June 5. His self-titled album is out now. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 36

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THE ROYAL FUNK PARTY THE LUWOW

The Queen isn’t the only royalty celebrating their birthday on Sunday June 7, it’s motherfucking Prince’s birthday. Lake Minnetonka and a stellar star of special guests will be paying tribute to Prince, as well as the Minneapolis sound that he inspired, in this special one-off party at The LuWoW. Chelsea Wilson, Jennifer Kingwell, Jude Perl and more will take up guest vocalist with Lake Minnetonka, performing classics and obscurities from Prince’s expansive back catalogue. The night kicks off at 9pm, tickets are $15 presale online or $20 on the door.

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MUNDANE MONDAYS THE OLD BAR

Shake off your Mondayitis with three local indie acts on offer in Slow Fires, Bat Country and Tam Vantage (solo) at The Old Bar this Monday June 8. Mundane Mondays are a weekly showcasing of the best local talent that The Old Bar can find, and they’ve certainly done well for this one. Music starts at 8pm with $5 entry. $15 jugs all night too. TUESDAY JUNE 9

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Kelvin Club Saturday June 13

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Howler Friday June 13

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Memo Music Hall Saturday June 13

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The Spotted Mallard Friday June 19

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The Gasometer Hotel Friday June 19

LOON LAKE

DING DONG LOUNGE

After a small hiatus due to their vocalist needing throat surgery, nearly causing an end to the band, Loon Lake are back to their former glory and ready to rip out some high energy sets across the country, with a show scheduled at Ding Dong Lounge on Sunday June 7. The band have received several accolades for their debut Gloamer and as a result are trying to bring their new sound back to their roots, playing songs they love and slapping a few new tunes around here and there. Tickets are selling fast so either hit Ding Dong Lounge’s website or try get them at the door for $15 when the venue opens at 9pm.

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ANIMAL HANDS CHERRY BAR

Cherry Bar are hosting a Tuesdays in June residency with Animal Hands. A band with both the grunge of ‘90s rock and the poetic fluidity of singer/ songwriter Danielle Whalebone, the band has been described as both strong yet graceful for these elements. This week’s instalment will feature special guests The Chops and Falconio. Doors open at 6pm, Bands play from 9pm to 11.30pm with Cherry DJs taking over afterwards till as late as 3am. Free entry.

MADDAWG MONDAYS WITH T-REK BONEY

It’s a bit of a mix-up for your standard Monday, and possibly the cure for those start of the week blues. Every Monday night at Boney from 10pm, T-Rek plays basically whatever he wants, but not necessarily aimed at the dance floor. Sleazy late night rock’n’roll, all forms of pre 1980s blues, toe tapping kraut rock excursions, dirt computer guitar histrionics and dubbed out desert space jams are only some of the musical offerings to sooth your weekend brain and set you up for the week ahead. 10pm to 3am every Monday night and the kitchen stays open till midnight. Free entry too.

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Howler Saturday July 4

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STONE REVIVAL are playing on Saturday June 6 with Cotangent, Two Headed Dog and Twin Ages at the Brunswick Hotel. Entry is free. This will be a night of power trio expression and freedom.

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The Gasometer Hotel Friday June 26

So then, what are your names and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Bud ± guitar/ vocals, Henry ± bass, and Matty ± s kins. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? A power trio from heck. What do you love about making music? The freedom. What do you hate about the music industry? Gluttony and the Man. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Robert ‘Mutt’ Lang, because he is the hit maker. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Kanye West, because who really cares about sweet baby Yeezus anyways? What can a punter expect from your live show? Energy, sweat and some seriously hard grooves. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our live album, which you can also download for free, along with our self-titled album, from www. soundcloud.com/stonerevival.

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THIS GIRL LISTENING PARTY #8 Listen are throwing another party, this time at The Workers Club. Head down from 6pm this Sunday night to catch a whopping seven different artists live in action, all for just $10 on the door. Set to play over the night are Sweets, Felicity Yang, Huntly, Shiny Coin, Waterfall Person, Woodes and Allysha Joy. There’s not just tunes, there’ll be art installations, projections, poetry performances and a bunch of zines on offer. So much to see and do, so little price. Head down this Sunday June 7 from 6pm.

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The Corner Hotel Saturday July 11

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MITCHELL A. POWER T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L

After spending the better part of ten years earning his stripes as sideman, Mitchell A. Power thought the time was right to see what it was like being out there all by himself. Mitchell has gained a wealth of experience touring around Australia and internationally with Deep Street Soul, Kylie Auldist, The Abyssinians ( JAM) and many more, playing shows in New York, Europe and the world renowned Glastonbury Music Festival. Drawing on inspiration from the greats of alt country and Americana, Mitchell has left his paisley telecasters at home and opted for the acoustic instead to tell his tales of friendships, travel and that feeling you can only get when coming home to Melbourne. Head to The Retreat Hotel on Tuesday June 9 for a comforting evening of home-felt warmth, doors open at 7.30pm with free entry.

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The Corner Hotel Saturday July 30

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Photo by Dan Soderstrom Melbourne’s British India might’ve been playing local shows for over a decade, but this tour includes their biggest headline shows to date. The band’s new album Nothing Touches Me has been warmly received by critics and wholeheartedly embraced by their incredibly loyal following, while also gaining a slew of new fans. In fact, Melbourne ticket sales were so strong, the band added another two shows at the Corner Hotel. Those who got their tickets early, however, got to see the band headlining 170 Russell for the first time, something frontman Declan Melia proudly mentioned when thanking those in attendance. From the moment British India walked onstage and tore into old favourite Black and White Radio, there was a lot of love in the room. The crowd’s energy was reciprocated by the band, who put on one of the best shows this reviewer’s ever seen from them. The setlist gave all albums a good look; old favourites such as God Is Dead (Meet the Kids), Tie Up My Hands, I Said I’m Sorry and Run the Red Light were well received. It was particularly great to see songs from their two most recent albums garner a good response; the regular set finished with a crisp and tight version of the new album’s lead single Wrong Direction, while the encore was closed out with Summer Forgive Me, the second

single from their fourth LP Controller. The encore included a cover of Blink 182’s Dammit (Growing Up), which went down an absolute treat. Newer songs such as I Can Make You Love Me and Plastic Souvenirs showed off the band’s slightly softer songwriting, as well as their confidence in pulling it off. That was again apparent on new album songs Blame It All On Me, the thoroughly wonderful Suddenly and album opener Spider Chords. One of the highlights of the evening was fans spitting the line “It’s so rare that we need somebody else,” back at the band during the definite favourite This Dance Is Loaded from 2008’s Thieves. British India once again proved they’re one of the hardest working bands in the country with another killer live set that rewarded fans old and new. BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN LOVED: The band’s energy. HATED: Not much. DRANK: Too many beers.

BILL CALL AHAN Hamer Hall, Tuesday May 26 I like Bill Callahan. I like the way his voice sounds. I try to impersonate the low, morose baritone along with his records. It feels nice, in a register I can handle, at times slipping into parody. Bill’s oeuvre, under his own name and his earlier work as Smog, is nothing short of exquisite. His last two albums are reliable favourites of mine. Tonight’s show featured two and a half hours of songs mostly taken from the four records released under his own name. Two and a half hours was either a long time, or not long enough. The reaction from the crowd was as dichotomous as they come. I fell on one side, but could have gone either way. I thought a lot of things during Callahan’s set, mostly good things, along with good feelings. The selections, mostly from the previous two LPs, were performed faithfully. His voice was flawless. He stood rigid with guitar, like a scarecrow, mustering some of the pastoral tinge found on his records that is difficult to transpose into a setting like Hamer Hall. Projections to the rear of the stage echoed the aesthetic of his album artwork.

A drummer flanked one end of the stage, performing with gentle measure. Attuned to Bill’s performance, it was fantastic. As the mind began to wander, due to variables (seating, inebriation level), the thought struck that perhaps I’d rather be listening to Bill Callahan records in the convenience of my own home.

Tonight’s show is billed as Neil Finn solo, with little in the way of touring cycle or anniversary pertinence, just simply Finn and his guitar. Or so we’re led to believe. There’s a sense of freedom on Finn’s behalf in terms of crafting the performance. He doesn’t let us down. There’s a scattering of sheet music stands to Finn’s left, but he takes the stage solo, with guitar, occasionally making his way to the grand piano to his rear right. Between songs, he verbally bounces off his roadie, Dugald McAndrew (perhaps the most famous roadie in Australia thanks to RockWiz), who acts as a foil as Finn bemoans the mess left by the orchestra from last night. For a second, I even begin to believe the ruse. The first half of the set is sheer bliss, Finn spanning his career, making a case for why he is one of the alltime great songwriters. Solo, Crowded House, Split Enz (Message To My Girl is a timeless beauty), Finn Brothers; it all seamlessly threads together to form a pristine setlist. He gave the definitive verdict that Four Seasons In One Day is in fact about Melbourne weather, not Auckland; he proclaimed that tonight was the first ever performance proper of As Sure As I Am; an audience member, Dazza (aka D-Mac) accompanied on arpeggio piano for Anytime. Then came a track that Finn mentioned has gone on a funny journey, from Susan Boyle to Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande; Don’t Dream It’s Over. At last the prestige is revealed, with a string section

entering the stage to perform material primarily from Finn’s most recent album, Dizzy Heights. The orchestral section is bookended by Split Enz’s One Step Ahead and Crowded House’s Private Universe and features occasional backing vocals from Sharon Finn. Before leaving, we get a one-two encore of god-tier gems Distant Sun and Fall At Your Feet. It’s an uncanny performance affirming Finn’s stature as one of pop’s greatest songwriters, mixed with a levelled Kiwi cheek. There was no reason for tonight to happen, no particular ceremony. That’s what made it so special. BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

LOVED: Every single song. Plus the anecdote about Matthew McConaughey grilling a steak on a hotel balcony. HATED: This was special, but Sydney’s later show had some very special guests. FOMO. DRANK: N/A.

HARMONIC DIVISIONS Grace Darling, Saturday May 30 Harmonic Divisions is here and it’s a synth smashing, shoegazing, genre-mulching good time. Those who remained sensible the night before trooped in at 5.30, ready for Nonagon, who are still fairly new to the Melbourne scene. With seductive female vocals and an ambient sound, they are somewhat trippy and have certainly been suckling on the sweet teat of Massive Attack. Next into the sonic void is Oolluu who capture the unconditional love of a mighty but maggotted fellow who, at one point, drops to his knees in adoration and prayer. Clearly an animal in the ‘80s, this chap has no idea how anyone else in the room is keeping it in their pants for Oolluu, and he has a point. With a great mixture of heavy synth beats, drums and a formidable front man, it’s a wonder they aren’t further up the bill. The shoegazing dream team, Luna Ghost hits the stage with their cloudy wall of sound, giving the listener the feeling that they are melting into the tracks. New Zealand based Fazerdaze charms the crowd with her electric guitar and loop pedal. With repetitive and relatable vocals, she hypnotises a large number of the audience with Reel and Jennifer. In stark, raging contrast is Kakariko. With their ‘80s synth pop edge and exaggerated facial expressions, they are the musical equivalent of eating Nutella out of the jar. Behind the bravado and theatre is something undeniably great and the crowd soak it up. Soothing the senses and lulling the crowd is that talented synth-gazing bunch, Togetherapart, who

deliver a rich performance of reverbing electronica and ethereal vocals. Also, in case you’re a professional napper and missed out on this vital information, they are the driving force behind this mini-festival. Bayou is a four-girl, one-boy visual treat that bring a smorgasbord of tumbling guitar tones and more of that shoegaze sound. You can barely make out what the lead singer is saying but it really doesn’t matter; her epic stage presence is duly noted. The stroke of midnight produces the final band, Dear Plastic. The avant-popsters bring a deliberately despondent and glamorous sound to the Grace Darling. Scarlette Baccini’s lyrics and vocal range are mesmerising and it’s a perfect, atmospheric ending to an entertaining night. BY ROSEMARY ANSTEAD

LOVED: Mr. ‘80s and the warmest crowd ever encountered. HATED: The ‘00s R&B that occasionally drowned out Dear Plastic if you stood too close to the stairs. DRANK: Nutella, straight from the jar.

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

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LOVED: Two Little Birds HATED: Personal drowsiness compounding drowsy aspects of the performance. DRANK: Crown Lager.

VOYAGER, KLONE The Evelyn, Friday May 29 Many prog-rock detractors think of it as widdly-wanky cerebral nonsense, but if they actually took some time to truly experience many prog bands, they would discover that prog acts actually know how to rock just as hard as regular rock acts. They just do it with more class, dynamics and significantly higher levels of musicianship than straight-up rock bands. You kind of get the best of both worlds with prog, and that was on display with this evening’s main support act, Klone. I have been heavily into this French band for several years, and to hear that they were coming out to play in small, intimate Australian venues was music to my ears. Despite the name, they are nobody’s clone; they sound purely like themselves. The band’s brand new album Here Comes the Sun is a mellow departure from their normal doomy progressive rock/ metal sound, but tonight the new stuff sat seamlessly next to the older, heavier material. Klone have been around for 20 years, but they don’t have the biggest following here. It was a big risk to bring them over, but if this show was anything to go by, it was a risk well worth taking. Within a song or two, they’d completely won the crowd over with their unique songs, strong stage presence and powerhouse

performance. By the end ± after they closed their set with a stomping cover of Bjork’s Army of Me ± the crowd was in raptures and wanting more. Perth’s Voyager are Australia’s, and indeed one of the world’s, finest exponents of fun, feel good heavy rock/ metal. Tonight’s set was virtually a celebration of their entire career, and that fun element was best exemplified by a highly entertaining covers-medley that included 30 second snippets of Rammstein, Midnight Oil, The Prodigy and Ghostbusters. This put a big fat cheesy smile on punters’ faces. But then again, so did their entire set. BY ROD WHITFIELD

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK COSMIC PSyCHOS

TOP TENS: RRR TOP TEN 1. In Colour JAMIE XX

Cum the Raw Prawn

2. Two Hands TURBOWOLF

(Desperate Records)

3. Before We Forgot How To Dream SOAK 4. A.L.L.A. (At Long Last A$AP) A$AP

Back in 1985, Coca Cola launched its better-tasting New Coke formula, replete with marketing fanfare. The company was immediately confronted with a barrage of complaints from its customer base, and within weeks ‘classic’ Coke had been re-introduced to the market. Years later, marketing strategists would muse that the campaign was an elaborate PR ruse designed to affirm the original Coke brand. Judging by Cum the Raw Prawn, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that Cosmic Psychos will change their tried and tested formula ± notwithstanding Ross Knight’s assertion in Bum for Grubs that there’s more to him “than beer and pubs”. Knight retains his iron grip on Australian vernacular, John ‘Mad Macka’ McKeering drenches his power chords and in a dirty wah-wah wash and Dean Mueller thrashes his drum kit like a country cricketer wreaking havoc on a Saturday afternoon. The profane rhetoric of Better Not Bitter betrays the Psychos’ resilience to fashion ± in their words “It’s fucking bullshit mate.” Fuckwit City cuts through the bullshit of diplomacy and says what we all think, but are rarely prepared to say. Come and Get Some dares retaliation from the band’s critics and walks away unscathed, Cotton Mouth is the Psychos via Mr Floppy, and the French language intro to Cum the Raw Prawn quickly gives way to a defiant middle finger to any

ROCKY 5. English Graffiti THE VACCINES 6. Hud Dreems KNXLEDGE 7. How Big How Blue How Beautiful FLORENCE + THE MACHINE 8. Carmen CY GORMAN 9. Step On Sleep Ep JONES JNR. pretentious fuckwits in the Psychos’ gaze. Toothbrush immerses the urban myth of the sphincter-cleaning toothbrush in speed rock, Pint Girl might be a veiled criminological study, Ack Ack is Kiss down on the farm with Ace driving the tractor, and Didn’t Wanna Love Me is a touching tale of romance lost, in the fuck-off style only the Psychos can do. There’s a theory in marketing that brands need periodic re-invention to remain vibrant in an ever-evolving commercial market. Go tell that to the Cosmic Psychos, and they’ll tell you to go fuck yourself. And they’d be right.

10. Algiers ALGIERS

By PATRICK EMERy

STONES

HEARTLAND RECORDS TOP TEN 1. Magus Mountain 7” THE BUDOS BAND 2. N.e.w. LP DEATH 3. Sticky Fingers Deluxe 2LP ROLLING

4. Saturn’s Pattern LP PAUL WELLER 5. Wilder Mind LP MUMFORD AND SONS

SINGLES

BY LACHLAN

6. Brown Sugar 20th Anniversary 2LP D’ANGELO 7. Sateen LP ELECTRIC CITIZEN

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8. Caged In Flesh 2LP HORSEHUNTER 9. Under The Spell Of Joy LP JOY

Now that Letterman has retired is his “It’s so cold…” bit up for grabs? yes? Well. It’s so cold in Melbourne, people aren’t deciding between their Uniqlo and North Face jackets, they’re wearing both *licks lips and adjusts suit jacket button*.

THE PREATURES

Cruel (Client Liaison Remix) (Universal) In a stroke of remix genius, Client Liaison jettison the original goofy guitar licks (that were still pretty great) heard in The Preatures’ Cruel, revealing that Isabella Manfredi’s vocal take isn’t too far removed from Client Liaison’s own pop phrasing. The result is a brilliantly cool construction, elevated to the next level thanks to a hearty serving of sax. A true confluence of both acts’ respective visions, everything a remix project like this should be.

using the lush tonal enticement of the original and parlaying into a resounding groove magnet.

NEON INDIAN

Annie (Trangsressive) We’re not removed enough from the chillwave era to loop into nostalgia for the chillwave era. Wait. Maybe we are. Fuck. I guess no one was clamouring for a return from Neon Indian, but here he is just the same, and it’s actually pretty alright. It turns out what chillwave needed in 2015 was a reggae inflection. Fairly weak hooks mean it’s a little disposable, but it’s a fun jaunt all the same.

SLUM SOCIABLE

Anyway (Darcy Baylis Remix) (Liberation) Taking Slum Sociable’s down-tempo, sample-heavy Anyway and running miles with it, Melbourne producer Darcy Baylis transforms the track into a dancefloor monster, masterfully pulling the strings between frenzy and respite. It’s a wonderful five minutes forty-five,

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1 Anyway IMMIGRANT UNION 2 In Colour JAMIE XX 3 Quarters KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD 4 Before We Forget How To Dream SOAK 5 In Tongues ELLA HOOPER

7 Dark Bird is Home THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH

Some Minds (Future Classic) Ya boi Harley Streten opens his first new material in yonks with a touch of Burial ambience, lending credence to the Flume = Burial rumours that literally no one except me right now has been talking about. It takes a while to get going, with the vocal hooks from Andrew Wyatt there at the fore until the eventual chip-tuney drop. In fact, this sounds a lot like the work of Flumey’s newfound labelmates Seekae, particularly their early work. Still, it’s a nice stylistic expansion for Streten, if not a truly captivating one.

Holding On (Universal) After a low-key return with Bang That earlier in the year, Disclosure drop a certified banger more in line with the highlights from Settle, featuring a touch of gospel, a touch of garage, and a simple house arrangement. Nothing revelatory, but we don’t go to the Disclosure bros for revelation, just bangers. I really like the beginning 30 seconds, feels huge.

RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN

6 Punters On A Barge SPRAY PAINT

FLUME FEAT. ANDREW WyATT

DISCLOSURE FEAT. GREGORy PORTER

10. Rose Windows LP ROSE WINDOWS

8 Simple Songs JIM O’ROURKE 9 Pulsating Time Fibre PRIMITIVE MOTION 10 Down Time TOTALLY MILD

BEAT’S TOP TEN GENDER BENDING SONGS 1. Walk On The Wild Side LOU REED

SINGLE OF THE WEEK BIG WHITE You Know I Love You (Caroline) Throughout You Know I Love You, there’s a flirtation with cliché that threatens to resign the track to sheer nothingness ± as in, who needs to hear another bunch of fuckers with guitars dishing up platitudes about love? But there are so many nuanced elements to forge a brilliant sense of personality; vocalist Nick Griffith possesses a distinctive voice, captivating, like Carey Mercer with wildish impulses in check with early ‘80s post-punk. The backing harmonies are heavenly, the guitar lines pure in their simplicity. Has the makings to be this year’s Is This How You Feel?.

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2. Lola THE KINKS 3. Polythene Pam THE BEATLES 4. When I Was A Young Girl MARLON WILLIAMS 5. Menopause Man ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI 6. Man! I Feel Like A Woman SHANIA TWAIN 7. Androgyny GARBAGE 8. Girls and Boys BLUR 9. A Boy Named Sue JOHNNY CASH 10. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) AEROSMITH

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IMMIGRANT UNION

MOJO JUJU

Seeing Red / Feeling Blue (Mojo Juju/ ABC)

Anyway

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

(Independent)

Listening to this second release from Melbourne’s Immigrant Union, you’re likely to feel a little nostalgic. Their subdued and incredibly catchy melodies are reminiscent of many great bands from the early ‘00s ± which makes sense considering lead singer/ guitarist Brent DeBoer is The Dandy Warhols’ drummer. Shameless opens with a sweeping guitar twang, while Alison is a boppy ‘90s-inspired indie number. I Can’t Return incorporates some soothing steel guitar licks, but gets a little repetitive, while Wake Up And Cry feels more uplifting than the lyrics imply. The title track is a little too mellow for its own good, while In Time is almost a perfect country ballad, with layered instrumentals and haunting vocals ± it actually sounds a lot like something Chris Isaak would release, but in a good way. Lake Mokoan carries a similar country twang, which is the dominant genre throughout the latter half of the album. War Is Peace lifts the tempo with a playful clap and chanting vocals and it’s easily the best track on the album. The record then closes with The End Has Come, offering something new with dual male/female vocals ± a dynamic that should have been explored further. Astute listeners may even recognise the voice as it’s none other than Courtney Barnett. Immigrant Union have labelled their sound as psych/ folk/ country, which basically hits the nail on the head. This is the kind of music you can put on in the background and never tire of. By CHRIS BRIGHT

Zoot suit-wearing monster of soul Mojo Juju is back for a second record that takes the raw-blues of her debut and fuses it with contemporary pop and R&B. With one foot in the past and another in the present, Seeing Red / Feeling Blue pairs powerful hooks with modern production, letting old school vibes coexist with hip hop beats. Producer Ptero Stylus (Diafrix, Mantra) has helped glue it all together, nailing a sound that echoes Mark Ronson’s collaborations with Amy Winehouse. He’s dipped into the wealth of talent on the HopeStreet Recordings roster, with members of The Cactus Chanel and The Putbacks laying down infectiously gritty horn lines throughout. Tracks like A Heart Is Not A Yo-Yo and Sugarcoated soar to another level when the brass chimes in, bringing Juju’s choruses home strong. With If You Wanna Stay and They Come & They Go, it’s clear that Juju has eyes for the dance floor, trying on disco grooves and foot-stomping glam. This sort of genre-hopping becomes a bit disorientating at times, but Juju’s strong, controlled voice is enough to keep the experience constant. As the name suggests, Seeing Red / Feeling Blue is as much about fiery floor fillers as it is tender introspective forays. Lately (I’m Fine) is, quite simply, a strikingly beautiful song. Nothing more than heartfelt gospel piano and Juju’s voice is needed to raise hairs. Mojo Juju has crafted a great collection of songs that are arguably more accessible than anything she’s done before. Yet, while she’s cleaned up the edges up a little, the core of the album runs hot with the fiery soul she’s renowned for.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE (Universal Music Australia)

I don’t want to get overdramatic here, but when the walls keep closing in and we can’t rely on pop music to get us out of a jam, what’ve we really got? Too many bleak hours spent peering through train windows, fixing paper jams and despairing at the ineptitude of our so-called leaders forces us to place our hope for mankind in things that we know often do more harm than good, like pop records. But the trouble with expectation is the higher it soars, the further and harder it falls. Only a soulless drooler wouldn’t want Florence + the Machine’s third album to be a great big belter. Hell, in these dark days of flaccid stadiumfillers, we need it to be a stone-cold killer. But the crushing reality is that it’s a near-flat heartbreaker, which will do little to brighten the stale pop horizons of 2015. At times it’s quieter and more introspective than what’s gone before, but that’s not the problem. Too much spirit and colour has been wringed out of these songs and hung out to dry by Mumford & Sons and Coldplay producer Markus Dravs, and the line between booming and overblown is crossed too often. The heaven-sent Florence Welch is in fine voice at various points, most impressively on lead single What Kind Of Man. Overall, however, this album is just another instance of the distance between how good you want something to be and how good it actually is being disappointingly wide. PAUL MCBRIDE

By JAMES DI FABRIZIO

FUCK THE FITZROy DOOM SCENE

A$AP ROCKy

At.Long.Last.A$AP (Sony Music Australia)

THE PRETTy LITTLES

Gospel

(Independent)

Facing The Ruin (Independent)

On the much anticipated At.Long.Last. A$AP, we’re not hearing from the same energetic, party drilling Lord Flacko we once knew, and nor should we be. A lot of shit has gone down since chart-topper Long.Live.A$AP hit shelves. Rocky, who is now two years the wiser, took his first acting role in the movie Dope, and thanks to a huge array of fashion shoots can safely add ‘model’ to his wiki resume. But the true turning point for Rocky was the sudden death of his best friend and business partner A$AP Yams, who passed away from an overdose in January. As a consequence, A.L.L.A is the sound of mournful introspect and creative ambition. Executively produced by Danger Mouse and A$AP Yams himself, the album is an instant collector’s item. There’s a lyrical depth to this record that Rocky fans won’t yet be accustomed to. It’s like being part of a massive acid-trip where Rocky shares his epiphanies to you. Rocky starts off with absolutely no chill in opening track Holy Ghost, pointing out the facades and loopholes of modern Christianity. Yet amongst it all he’s looking for ways to save his own tarnished soul. The album features the single Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye (LPF J2), which is an ode to classic Rocky, with its rhythmic rap, upbeat tempo and ear-piercing synths. Over a lengthy 18 tracks, there’s a big list of guests, ranging from Miguel to M.I.A and Future, Kanye, Schoolboy Q, Mos Def and more. There’s even a busker named Joe Fox who somehow earned a spot on almost half the tracks. These tunes are selective and will play well for the fitting ear. At.Long.Last.A$AP is an original album, a matter of taste and wavelength.

The debut album from Melbourne four-piece Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene consists of seven songs, with the opening two songs Dream and White Crystal Lady being balls-out metal screamers that demonstrate a strong Iron Maiden influence from vocalist and lead guitarist Dave Ferguson. One could infer the energy and accessibility of these two songs is what’s made FTFDS a permanent fixture on Melbourne’s live music scene. However, on track three Better Off Dead, FTFDS go in a sludge, doom and stoner inflected direction, with Ferguson doing his best Layne Stanley impersonation. About halfway through the song comes a speed-metal breakdown, which is as entertaining as it is frightening. From this point, the album flip flops between stoner, doom and classic metal, which some listeners may find a little frustrating. But 57 seconds into the penultimate track ± Facing The Ruin ± it becomes clear why Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene are the best metal band to emerge from Melbourne in the last five years. This song has it all; it builds up then breaks down in the most awesome way, bringing to life the nihilistic evocations of its title. About halfway through, Ferguson and rhythm guitarist Jake Hills engage in a minute-long guitar duel ± ent hralling stuff. FTFDS are deserving of all accolades and gigs that they are getting at the moment ± this is something you want cherish, so buy the fucking album on vinyl.

By JESSICA ANKOMAH

By DAN WATT

Let’s get one thing straight: The Pretty Little’s make rock music. The type of rock music that makes you want to load your ’97 Commodore with a slab of Melbourne tinnies and hot-foot it over to Fitzroy Park to shotgun them with a bunch of mates. This isn’t the type of album that will soundtrack your life, but under the right circumstances, it shines. When the time is right and you’re leaving the office with one fist in the air as Gospel plays in your headphones, that’s when you’ll get it. Producer Neil Gray (Vasco Era) has done an excellent job of capturing the band’s raw, beer soaked energy. I can almost feel the elbow of a loose armed punter connect with my upper lip on the anthemic Tegan Victoria. The Pretty Littles owe a lot to the quiet/ loud structure of early 2000’s rock, but beneath their obvious influences is a surprisingly melodic core. Ava jams itself out into an unexpectedly musical coda, while Man Baby sounds like Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams if it was half-cut at a house party somewhere on the North side of the river. Arguably the most memorable song on the album, the interplay between lead singer Jack Parsons and the beautifully voiced Alice Hardie-Grant is a highlight. When the harmonies come together as the track hits a joyous peak, it’s hard not to get swept away in the good vibes. The idiosyncratically Australian lyrics could be fairly divisive. When the layers of fuzz are stripped back, they don’t always translate to a singer/songwriter setting. On Local Footy, the opening line, “He cracks another tin and flicks a ciggy in the bin,” comes off a bit clunky. However, The Pretty Littles aren’t aiming for a Pulitzer Prize. Ultimately, Gospel is like any great night out ± a raucous good time that leaves you yearning for the next instalment. By JAMES DI FABRIZIO

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GIG GUIDE

WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK

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WEDNESDAYJUNE3

GIG OF THE WEEK!

• REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER’S

SINGALONG Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

$15.00.

• AIDAN CHU Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • BARNEY MCALL QUINTET Arts Centre, Melbourne.

• ROSCOE JAMES IRWIN + HANNAH CAMERON +

ROB MUINOS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:30pm. $10.00.

9:00pm. $30.00.

• THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL’S OPEN MIC Brunswick

$15.00.

• WINE, WHISKEY, WOMEN - FEAT: PENNY BOHAN +

• BELLA WOLF Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. • BOPSTRETCH PLAYS CHARLIE PARKER Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

• BOPSTRETCH PLAYS JOE HENDERSON’S “IN ‘N’

Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

TRACEY HOGUE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THURSDAYJUNE4

OUT” Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.

• ANDREW RIGGO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown.

Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00.

• BAD MANNERS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $56.00.

• CASSANDRA & JOSEPH BECKITT Ruby’s Music Room, • DIZZY’S BIG BAND - FEAT: PETER HEARNE Dizzy’s • HANNAFORD ESKELIN TINKLER RAINEY Bennetts

Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm & 9:30pm. $39.00.

• OPEN MIC NIGHT Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm.

8:00pm.

• BYO VINYL NIGHT Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. • FRASER A GORMAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• GENTLEMEN + THE BUNYIP MOON + MOLLUSC

• THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

+ DRY MOUTH + HEADLESS DEATH Tote Hotel,

11:00pm. $15.00.

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00.

• THE ROOKIES The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• HOCKEY DAD Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $9.00.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

• JOHN CITIZEN + THE MAY RIVERS + THE MARY

• BEARS + THE CREEPING BAM + MINISTRY OF

AGAINST ME!

2002’s Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose was integral to the development of the ‘00s punk scene, and has since become a genre staple. It’s also a damn good album. Against Me! are coming to Melbourne this week, along with Joyce Manor, Ceres and Pale Heads, for the last leg of their Australian tour. They play at The Corner on Saturday June 6 and then again on Sunday June 7.

GOLDSMITHS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

PLENTY Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00. • BIRDS OF TOKYO + ECCA VANDAL 170 Russell,

• MINIATURES + CLAWS & ORGANS + NO SISTER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $7.00.

Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $46.00.

• BRITISH INDIA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $26.50. • GIRL CRAZY + SONKE + PEACH HAPPENING + PEA

& HAM SOUP Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: ROCKING RICK

CHARLES Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 11:00am. $17.00.

• NEXT - FEAT: FAR AWAY STABLES + AME

• KICKASS KARAOKE COMPETITION Sooki Lounge,

TOURMENTEE + DRAWCARD Colonial Hotel, Melbourne

Belgrave. 8:00pm.

• KING PUPPY & THE CARNIVORE + DIDIRRI + TWO

STEPS ON THE WATER + WILLIAM ALEXANDER + ANNA CALDER + JIMMY CARROLL Tote Hotel,

Cbd. 6:30pm. $15.00.

• ORANGE + WATERFALL PERSON + GRACE

ANDERSON Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. • PEGBUCKET + DROVA + THE BALLS + FRITZWICKY

Collingwood. 7:30pm.

• KODIAK GALAXY + WISE CHILD + UNCLE BOBBY +

VHS DREAM Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. • THE LOST DAY + OLD ETTIQUETTES + AZTX Bar

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00.

• THE BLACK HARRYS + POCKETS + HUNGRY &

FOOLISH + KING STAG Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.

7:30pm. $10.00.

Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• THE GUILTS + JUKAI FOREST + THE HONDAS

• TWO HEADED DOG + COTANGENT + SUPER

SALOON + TWISTED PISTOL + DJ MERMAID Cherry

Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $5.00.

Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• VICIOUS CIRCLE + RETRACE + DREXLER Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

• ALFI ROCKER Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 7:30pm.

• DARLING JAMES + HALF/CUT + THE MYSTERIOUS

• ANDREA KELLER QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

STRING THEORIES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.

• DAVID REX QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

Northcote. 8:00pm.

• GUMBO CLUB - FEAT: PUGSLEY BUZZARD Ding

8:30pm.

• HARMANIAX Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.

8:00pm. $25.00.

• JULIAN BANKS TRIO + JAMES GILLIGAN 303,

Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• MATTHEW ROCHE TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. • MIKE ELRINGTON + DARCY FOX Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

11:00pm. $15.00.

• TIP RATS + DEPARTMENT + MARC DEAZ Retreat

• THE GRID Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. • THE IMMORTAL HORNS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. • THE RANDY ANDERSON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00.

• TIMBALERO THURSDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd.

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

• TORD GUSTAVSEN QUARTET Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:00pm & 9:00pm. $30.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • 24 MOONS ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE - FEAT: SAM

SCHOLFIELD + JUSTINE WALSH + AMY POLLOCK + EMILY DAYE + IRIS 24 Moons, Northcote. 8:00pm. • ANDY WHITE & THE BAND OF GOLD Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• ANNA CORDELL Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $7.00.

• ANNE MCCUE Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. • ARCANE SAINTS + LACE & WHISKEY + CLARK &

WHITE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

• BRIAN KENNEDY + MICK MCHUGH Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:30pm. $40.00.

MASON Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• HUME BLUES CLUB SHOWCASE NIGHT - FEAT:

Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 10:00am. $5.00.

• PHAROAH SANDERS QUARTET Melbourne Recital

JIMI HOCKING + LEIGH SLOGGET + SHAKE SHACK BOOGIE BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $15.00. • JACKSON REID BRIGGS & THE HEATERS + LOOBS + GUY PARKMAN BAND + CHARGING STALLION Old

Tavern, Brighton. 10:00am.

• SOUL IN THE BASEMENT - FEAT: THE

• MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm & 10:00pm. $55.00.

• MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: ROBYN MILLS Milanos • OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.

SWEETHEARTS + VINCE PEACH + PIERRE BARONI

• OPEN MIC Hidden Garden, Ascot Vale. 7:00pm.

• OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $79.00.

Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• OPEN MIC NIGHT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

• STUDENTS OF GLENN RIDDLE - FEAT: VARIOUS

ARTISTS Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

$12.50.

GAME DAY THIS ! SATURDAY

Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

• WHOLE LOTTA BLUES - FEAT: LIFE OF RILEY + BEN

FORWARD Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

FRIDAYJUNE5

Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

8:00pm.

• OPEN MIC Station 59, Richmond. 8:00pm.

• OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. • ROLAND-KAY SMITH & ANDREW WOODS The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • 3CR BURNING VINYL LIVE BROADCAST - FEAT:

TANKERVILLE + THE WONDER Public Bar, North

Melbourne. 2:00pm.

• ABRASION + DARK EARTH + NEMESIUM + BLUNT

SHOVEL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• AC/DSHE Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $18.00.

• AROCKALYPSE 2015 - FEAT: SMOKESTACK RHINO

+ THE INFANTS + JACKSON FIREBIRD + HARTS + DEAD CITY BLUES + PALACE OF THE KING + BROTHER JAMES + THE DAWN CHORUS + THE ALAMO + SUNNYSIDE + CROSSFIRE HURRICANE + THEM BRUINS The Loft, Warrnambool. 6:00pm. • ASH GRUNWALD Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $30.00. • AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + COFFIN WOLF + ADMIRAL ACKBAR’S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE + PUBLIC LIABILITY + JURRASIC NARK + THE COMMONLY INSANE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• BLUELINE MEDIC + FEAR LIKE US + HAVE/HOLD +

EMPLOYMENT + THE REVENANTS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• BORN LIONS + THEM BRUINS + FOXTROT Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.

• BRITISH INDIA Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $27.00.

• CALAMITY LANE + THE LOVELIES + THE DIECASTS

+ JOSH NOVAK Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• CAPTAIN SPALDING Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:30pm.

• CHRIS WILSON Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

• CYMATICS + LOGIC DEFIES LOGIC + ARCHERON Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

RENEGADE PUB FOOTY

ROUND 3 - SATURDAY JUNE 6TH, 1PM - VICTORIA PARK

OLD BAR vs BAR OPEN SOME VELVET MORNING vs THE LOMOND LABOUR IN VAIN vs EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 40

8:00pm.

9:00pm. $10.00.

• TINKLER/WILSON/HOLOUBEK/BROWNE QUARTET

• CINDY-LOU KRAMME Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. • LOVANO + GRABOWSKY + REX + BECK Bennetts Lane

BROTHERS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• TINGY CELESTINO Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown.

• JUDE PERL & FRIENDS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne • KICKIN’ THE B AT 303 - FEAT: ARTIE STYLES

• SARAH MARY CHADWICK + MAD NANNA + SHAME

7:00pm.

• CASEY BENNETTO’S WINTER SETS - FEAT: BEN

Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.

EVELYN MORRIS + ALYX DENNISON + EMILY NAISMITH + RICHARD WISE + SIMONE PAGE JONES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. • MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: STEVE LAWSON

+ TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor.

• JANE SEA + JAMES HALL + JIMMY MADDON Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• MIXTAPE MEMOIRS - FEAT: ADAM CURLEY +

• THE GOOD EGG THURSDAYS - FEAT: HENRY WHO

CHEAP TINNIES & ‘BETTER THAN BUNNINGS’ BBQ! ROUND 4 - JULY TBC

ROUND 7 - SEPTEMBER 5TH

LOMOND HOTEL vs WORKERS CLUB SOME VELVET MORNING vs Labour in Vain OLD BAR vs TOTE

OLD BAR vs EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB SOME VELVET MORNING vs WORKERS CLUB LABOUR IN VAIN vs TOTE

ROUND 5 - JULY TBC

ROUND 8 - SEPTEMBER 12TH

SOME VELVET MORNING vs EAST BRUNSWICK LOMOND HOTEL vs TOTE LABOUR IN VAIN vs BAR OPEN

SOME VELVET MORNING vs TOTE OLD BAR vs WORKERS CLUB LOMOND HOTEL vs BAR OPEN

ROUND 6 - AUGUST 1ST

ROUND 9 - SEPTEMBER 19TH

OLD BAR vs LABOUR IN VAIN LOMOND HOTEL vs EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB BAR OPEN vs WORKERS CLUB

SOME VELVET MORNING vs BAR OPEN OLD BAR vs LOMOND HOTEL LABOUR IN VAIN vs WORKERS CLUB EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB vs TOTE

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• dixon cider + cosmic kahuna + trans

paranoia + stoned to death Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. $5.00.

• dumb punts & wod + mighty boys + rmo +

department + griffin brain Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

• einsteins toyboys + bronnie gordon +

bellatrix Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• fiver night Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 10:00pm. $5.00.

• fuck the fitzroy doom scene + el colloso

+ holy serpent Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd.

9:00pm. $12.00.

• hey hey it’s friday - feat: astro boys Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

• hockey dad Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

• human face Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:30pm. $15.00. • in hearts wake + we came as romans +

beartooth + storm the sky 170 Russell, Melbourne

Cbd. 7:30pm.

• jericco + the khyber belt + captives +

arcane saints + transience Prince Bandroom, St

Kilda. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• juke box racket Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

• la danse macabre - feat: brunswick

massive resident djs Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

• lamb boulevard Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.

• naked bodies + baptism of uzi + the new

pollution Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $9.00. • off the heazy Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • pbs presents 10 years of stone love - feat: dj amy franz + taka honda + chook race + elvis princely + empat lima + lovers of the black bird + miles & simone + bj morriszonkle + amanda roff singers + archer + simone page jones + dj for 15 mins + sugar fed leopards + slow grind fever djs Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • public nuisance Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm. • rebetiko + dj shaky memorial Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• redspencer + head clouds + tourist

dollars Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • sleazy listening - feat: arks + richard kelly + hysteric + k.hoop Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• the dawn chorus Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• the ivory elephant + ten cent pistol +

contangent + dj lucy a Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd.

8:00pm. $13.00.

• the seaford monster + heisenbnerg +

ashtray bandits Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• tommy t & the classical mishaps + miss

• the ruby page & joe ruberto jazztet Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $30.00.

• traditional irish music session Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

• what the funk fridays - feat: dj brain + dj

damage + funk rabbit Purple Emerald, Northcote. 9:00pm.

• wilbur wilde quartet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • absolutely 80’s - feat: brian mannix + scott

carne + dale ryder + paul gray Matthew Flinders

Hotel, Chadstone. 8:00pm. $27.00.

• alison ainsworth + sìyõr + hunting season Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

• alison ferrier Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.

• andy baylor & honeydrippers Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

• bandaoke Pier Live, Frankston. 9:00pm.

• belmar records top 10 vol. 3 cd launch

- feat: continetnal robert susz + yvette johannson + the pearly shells Caravan Music

Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $18.00.

• dave graney The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• jeb cardwell Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. • northside blues assembly The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

• spencer p jones Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. • steve lucas Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 5:30pm.

• the baudelaires + the shabbab + lalic + did

you eat? Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. • the new savages Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. • the royal jellies Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. • three kings Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. • toby robinson + leah senior Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $20.00.

• zerafina zara & the alleged associates Smokehouse 101, Maidstone. 7:00pm.

SATURDAY JUNE 6

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • against me! + joyce manor + ceres Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

• arockalypse 2015 - feat: smokestack rhino

+ the infants + jackson firebird + harts + dead city blues + palace of the king + brother james + the dawn chorus + the alamo + sunnyside + crossfire hurricane + them bruins The Loft, Warrnambool. 6:00pm. • australian kingswood factory + topnovil + razorcut + powerskids Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• bang - feat: sydonia + lung + amethyst

close + static revenue Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $25.00.

destiny + no class + whipper + fruit & nut + the greasy jeans dj experience John Curtin

• black majesty + the radio sun Musicland,

• watts on presents - feat: various artists

screamin’ honkies Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.

• winter moon + two headed dog + super

saloon + dear thieves Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • 8 foot felix Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.

• a night of lucinda williams - feat: various

artists St Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $23.00.

• cannonball Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

Fawkner. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• brunny saturday arvo session - feat: the 5:00pm.

• byo vinyl night The Fox Hotel, South Melbourne. 7:30pm.

• choco gd’night - feat: once were wild +

biddlewood + pinball machine + hospital seasloth Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. • coast & ocean Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • dumb punts & wod + lazer tits + tiny giants + charging stallion + northside Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

MY DISCO

My Disco have been holed away for a while, recording their fourth studio record scheduled for release later this year. They’ve only played one show in the past 18 months, but have locked in shows around Australia off the back of their Dark Mofo appearance. My Disco have promised to reveal a unique shift in their forever changing sound when they perform this Sunday June 7 at The Toff. • pale heads + spinning rooms + steve

miller band + slab knackers Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.

• rhetoric over reality + prophetess +

kilamane + false profit + ion drive + color red mute Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 4:00pm. $15.00.

• saturdays r covered - feat: radio star Royal

Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.

• the angles + waco social club + the black

alleys + dj paul miles Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd.

8:00pm. $12.00.

• the kremlings + worm crown + plyers +

cosmic kahuna + dj leopard + holy serpent Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00.

• the peeks + run rabbit run + olivers army Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

randhawa Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:40pm.

• identities are changeable - feat: miguel

zenón Malthouse Theatre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $30.00. • immortal horns Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.

+ the dawn chorus Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm.

• harts Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 8:30pm. $12.00.

• jelly roll baker Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• jp klipspringer + chase city + wilsn Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $12.00.

8:30pm. $17.50.

• karaoke with zoe Customs House Hotel,

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm & 10.00pm. $55.00.

• metal asylum + segression + hybrid

• lovano + grabowsky + rex + beck Bennetts Lane • mike oliphant & friends Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

• paul williamson quartet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• pugsley buzzard Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• re-imagining peggy lee Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Williamstown. 9:00pm.

nightmares + anient + cryptic abyss + sarspell + stronger than all Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00.

• murderballs + where’s grover? + sarge &

the nuked + trauma boys Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

• the grid Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $15.00.

attack! + gsr + christcrusher + morbid anal Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $8.00.

• dave wright & the midnight electric Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

• geoff achison Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

• moonee valley drifters Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

• naked bodies + the starks Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

gregory wright Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00.

• winter solstice damnation - feat:

cemetery urn + eskhaton + voidchrist + wood of suicides Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. • wod + born horny Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:30pm. JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • beyond borders & barlines - feat: debasis

chakroborty Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

7:30pm. $39.00.

• craig schneider trio Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $30.00.

• dj ethan mclaren Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. • james muller trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm & 9:30pm.

• jazzobell deux Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $12.50.

• john wood Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

• midnight run Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm.

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $39.00.

• mko Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

• movement 9 Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm.

• panorama brasil ft. diana clark Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $25.00.

• soul a-go-go - feat: miss goldie + dj

manchild + richie 1250 + vince peach + matt mcfetridge + the foxman Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• stefano bollani & hamilton de holanda Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $79.00.

• sugarfoot ramblers jazz band Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.

• the grid Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

• now you’re fucked + stoning + counter

5:00pm.

• dave graney Major Tom’s , 8:00pm. $15.00.

• weekender - feat: steve wide + david shaw &

Kilda. 8:00pm. $30.00.

Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $80.00.

• the glenn miller orchestra Hamer Hall (arts

sublime Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:00pm. $15.00.

• collard + greens & gravy Union Hotel, Brunswick.

Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

• the furbelows Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

• normie rowe & the playboys St Kilda Memo, St

$23.00.

• the tarantinos Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

8:00pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.

$10.00.

• miguel zenon w/ matt jodrell Bennetts Lane

$10.00.

• alyx dennison + seja + great outdoors

• the sticks + the casquederos + noir Retreat

• gun barrel straights + the trash fairy’s

• dr zeus fateh shortie jones & zora

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

• the peep tempel The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:30pm.

Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• dj soul loco Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $38.00.

dog + twin ages Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• subject to change + coffin wolf + keggin’

• los cojones Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

$12.00.

hanrahan) - feat: various artists Melbourne

• charlie marshall & the curious minds

• stone revival + cotangent + two headed

heads + miniatures Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. • fox & fowl Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

8:00pm. $18.00.

• things she said (the music of barbara

• anne mccue Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm.

• flossed - feat: hideous towns + the bag

• dannielle deandrea Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Man what if the Fitzroy doom scene is actually a super nice guy? Just joking, what a fucking prick. Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene really don’t need an introduction to Beat readers. And there’s a good reason for that, they’re just that good. Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene launch their album Facing the Ruin this Friday June 5 at Ding Dong Lounge, with El Colloso and Holy Serpent.

Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

9:30pm. $25.00.

• dana czarski & nicolai sanadze Ruby’s Music

FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE

8:30pm. $25.00.

11:00pm. $15.00.

• the music of james brown - feat: revered

funk & the horns Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick.

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GIG GUIDE

WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK

THE PUSH PRESENT

ACCESS ALL AGES

For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au • nepal earthquake appeal - feat: together

like brothers + beth and the brave + ben smith + mike maguire + little foot 303,

Northcote. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• the f100s Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

• the groovetones Harts Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm.

• the hipshooters Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. • the sugarcanes + sloe ruin + jemma &

the clifton hillbillies + rattlin’ bones blackwood Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. • the tall grass + j m s harrison Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

• vic old time jam session - feat: craig

woodward + warren rough & friends Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

• yoko bono + ali e Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

WITH JESS ZANON

• queen’s birthday eve bbq - feat: shit sex

6:00pm.

At last winter is upon us, the perfect time to see gigs. Stay tuned for next weekend when a whole lot of FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands heats and gigs will take off. Don’t forget to regularly check www.thepush.com.au for weekly updates to the month’s gig guide. The program for Push FReeZA Summits has been announced on The Push website and this time they’ll be held in Fitzroy, Ballarat and Traralgon during the July school holidays. Melbourne and Ballarat are lucky enough to have a live performance and seminar with The Smith Street Band’s very own Wil Wagner. The program for all three Summits looks amazing. They include a live sound and lighting workshop with Jamie Cooke (Moss Music Group), how to implement a successful publicity plan with Ash Sambrooks (Higher Plains), Event Management planning for a creative event concept with Phil Pandongan (The Push), Community Radio workshop with Josie Smart (SYN Media), securing a gig line up with Steve Nichols (Spinning Half), and networking opportunities. They’re free but you’ll need to complete an online registration at www. surveymonkey.com/s/summits2015. We have some more big news: The Push, in conjunction with Travel Beyond Group, are excited to announce the first Professional Development Scholarship to attend BIGSOUND. The scholarship will assist and support one young person aged 18-25 years from Victoria to attend the BIGSOUND Music Conference in Brisbane from September 9 till 11, 2015. The Scholarship will provide the winner with a BIGSOUND delegate pass, allowing them to attend all conference sessions, including all live showcases, valued at $350. Thanks also to the Travel Beyond Group, the successful applicant will receive up to $550 towards accommodation and transportation. To assist the winner in enhancing their experience, the scholarship will incorporate a range of one-on-one support and program planning prior to the conference. Eligibility criteria and application forms can be downloaded at www.thepush.com.au, apply by June 12. FasterLouder have given you 35 albums to get excited about this winter, half of them I bet you didn’t even know were about to drop. The list definitely has something for everybody, including the likes of Jamie xx, Tame Impala, Everything Everything, Florence + The Machine and James Blake. 2015 is panning out to be a goldmine for sweet tunes. In celebration of the turn of the new season, triple j are giving out free custom hoodies available in navy and white, grey and red or black and white. If you want to actually buy one, you can get one from the ABC store, but even better you can jump on to www.abc.net.au/triplej and tell them in ten words or less why you need to keep your head covered with a hoodie this winter. Bears are an impressive dream pop six-piece from Melbourne who describe themselves as “Sunny Psychedelia” tune-makers. They have just released their single Our Own Way and gosh it’s super pretty and mesmerising. They had a successful single launch at The Workers Club last week. Do yourself a favour and go listen to the song and follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ HidingWithBears.

slow fires + bat country + tam vantage Old

ALL AGES TIMETABLE

+ mutton + plyers + baaddd + spacejunk + cinesex + cable ties + free bbq Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

• rumours (fleetwood mac tribute

concert) - feat: various artists Thornbury

Theatre, Thornbury. 8:30pm. $20.00.

• sansonus + john citizen + myyth + the high

suburban Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • sheerkhan Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. • sunday stoner sessions - feat: don fernando + battle axe howlers + dr colossus + low fly incline + cicidastone Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• swamp donkey + stackhouse + little house

godz Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 6:00pm. $10.00.

PALE HEADS

Featuring members of Harmony, Batpiss, Right! and Bang! Bang! Aids!, Pale Heads feel at home with a stubby in one hand and a rollie in the other as they blast out unhinged Aussie punk. They’ve throw caution to the wind, recording debut album Headless after only playing a handful of times together. Find out how it all comes together, Pale Heads launch Headless this Saturday June 6 at The Gasometer.

• teaser pony + terry Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

• layla & rhianna fibbins Union Hotel, Brunswick.

• the large number 12s Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy

• leelou leniart & chelsea lansdown Station

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

• the steve martins Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

• meg sampson + sarah jane + roy allan 303,

• against me! + joyce manor + pale heads

• this girl listening party #8 - feat: sweets

• michelle gardiner Customs House Hotel,

• younis clare + sydney van + jemma nicole +

nick lovell Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SUNDAY JUNE 7

Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $46.00.

• alannah weir & the half talls Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• arockalypse 2015 - feat: smokestack rhino

+ the infants + jackson firebird + harts + dead city blues + palace of the king + brother james + the dawn chorus + the alamo + sunnyside + crossfire hurricane + them bruins The Loft, Warrnambool. 6:00pm. • ezra lee Clare Castle Hotel, Port Melbourne. 8:00pm. • full ugly + bad family + see saw John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 4:00pm.

• gizzfest - feat: king gizzard & the lizard

wizard + the murlocs + facetime + orb + mock turkey + naked bodies + the kremlings + the underhanded + dreaming’ wild + atolls + zig zag + sewerside Barwon

Club Hotel, Geelong. 3:30pm. $40.00.

• hello? ambulance please ft. bel air +

good morning + waterface + r.r. danza + colombo kld Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 8:00pm. $10.00. • higgo’s heavy cherry 111 - feat: damnations day + overproof groove + mason + the nuremberg code Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• loon lake Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $12.00.

• mainstage band wars heat 7 - feat: dirty

roomers + ergasia + centralia + the life of riley + massacre of innocence Musicland, Fawkner. 1:00pm. $10.00.

• matt dwyer & the magnatones Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 4:00pm.

• minimum wage - feat: grotto + tommy &

the fuckheads + sewercide Public Bar, North

Melbourne. 4:00pm.

• morbidly o’beat + sonic milf castle + jade

alice Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $7.00. • now you die + topnovil + cultkillers + i am duckeye + the fckups + liquor snatch + wing attack plan r + krunchy om-let Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

• open decks arvo Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 3:00pm. • party vibes - feat: release the hounds

+ beaver + tigers + goon on the rocks + foxtrot Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $15.00. • queen’s bday - feat: flyying colours + ben wright smith + singles + snowy max + kostya Penny Black, Brunswick. 12:00pm.

9:30pm.

North. 4:30pm.

9:00pm.

+ huntly + woodes + felicity yang + shiny coin + allysha joy + waterfall person Workers Club, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• vatufest - feat: tully on tully + tiny little

houses + neighbourhood youth + private life + ariela jacobs + olivers army Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $10.00.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • dean ray Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $30.00. • dee dee bridgewater & irvin mayfield with

the new orleans jazz orchestra Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $79.00.

• eastern seaboard electric soul

experience The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 5:00pm. $10.00.

• easy now - feat: agent 86 + tom showtime +

dj maars Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. • harry james angus band Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,

Northcote. 7:30pm. $5.00.

Williamstown. 3:00pm.

• moreland soul revue Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

• open mic night Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm.

• pheasant phuckers Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.

• queens birthday eve beersoaked sundays

- feat: mightiest of guns + cherrywood + baker’s digest Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00. • rockabilly sundays Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.

• small town romance Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

• sunday sessions - feat: various artists Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.

• t-bones Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

• wil wagner + georgia maq Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm. $15.00.

MONDAY JUNE 8

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

$25.00.

• cherry jam Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• john wood Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. • lucas paine & band Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. • momentum - feat: coretet Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $7.00.

• nadav Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 1:00pm.

• opera under the big top - feat: la prima

opera Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $25.00.

• peppercorn jazz Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

• queens birthday eve winter spectacular

- feat: emma donovan & the putbacks + san lazaro + dj mike gurrieri Howler, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $18.00.

• royal funk party - feat: lake minnetonka +

mzrizk The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• the grid Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $15.00.

• maddawg mondays - feat: t-rek Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

• shefest - feat: various artists Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 4:00pm. $10.00.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • bennetts lane big band Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.

• dana czarski & nicolai sanadze Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• katie noonan Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm & 9:30pm. $35.00.

• ysk lightspeed chamber 303, Northcote. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • band wars heat 8 Musicland, Fawkner. 5:30pm. $10.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

• crotchety knitwits + vhs club Old Bar, Fitzroy.

• backwood creatures Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

• queens birthday mundane mondays - feat:

5:00pm.

• banjo-b-que - feat: craig woodward The Mercat, Melbourne. 12:30pm.

• barb waters & mother of pearl Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

• ben lee + gordi + carry nation Northcote Social

Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• van walker + cal walker + shane reilly Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

TUESDAY JUNE 9

Club, Northcote. 7:00pm. $38.50.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

8:00pm.

• animal hands + the chops + falconio Cherry

• benny peters blues revue Gem Bar, Collingwood. • charles jenkins & the zhivagos + the sloe

ruin + dan watkins & paddy montgomery Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

crawdaddy Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. $5.00.

• dan dinnen trio Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

• ezekiel ox + dj marze Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

• jam at musicland sundays - feat: jameoke Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm.

• james teague Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

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59, Richmond. 3:00pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm & 10:00. $39.00.

• cherry blues - feat: three kings + dj max

WANTED BANDS/ACTS WANTED for shows. Shoot an email through to mark@gunnmusic.com.au for more details GIFT SUGGESTIONS for the Queen’s birthday. What do you get the woman who has everything? Cadbury favourites? Email suggestions to imeatingalltheturkishdelights@luvtheroyalz.com.au

3:30pm.

• jarrah thompson trio Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

• jess locke band + james teague + tammy

haider + catherine sietkiewicz Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

• jess ribeiro Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

SATURDAY JUN 6

• Allday w/ Asta and Gill Bates at 170 Russel St, Melbourne, 12:30pm. www.170russell. ticketscout.com.au, U18.

Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.

Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

• peter voglis Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.

+ lillith + precious blood Public Bar, North

• samassin & la busca leona Open Studio,

• disturbing experiences - feat: stonecuttaz Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.

6:00pm.

Northcote. 8:30pm.

• hey frankie + allysha joy + nafasi Workers

• scwing - feat: chris rourke Dizzy’s Jazz Club,

• the brunswick hotel discovery night -

• zac hurren trio Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne

Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $6.00.

feat: macs peake + sunday mondays + cass Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

• tuesdays are fridays Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • daniel de borah & eoin andersen Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 11:00am. $44.00.

• irish session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. • kris wanders group 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. • monash recital night Paris Cat Jazz Club,

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Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • jack derwin The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

• mitchell a. power + amarina waters Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

• taste of indie tuesday Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9:00pm.

• the furbelows Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

• wrokdown - feat: judith durhan Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Thursday 4th @ 8.30pm

HARMANIAX (Cajun gumbo) Friday 5th @ 9.30pm

$7 PINTS MONDAY TO THURSDAY

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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

4.2 MILLION AUSSIES WATCHED EUROVISION

SBS figures showed that a total of 4.2 million Australians watched the three Eurovision events, making it the most successful Eurovision in this country with a 14.4% rise. The early morning live broadcast of Grand Final had a peak audience of 666,000 with an average of 325,000 while the evening repeat drew 729,000 peaking at 1 million. The first semi-final had an average audience of 661,000 and a peak audience of 869,000. The second semi-final peaked at 755,000 and an average of 319,000. Over the finals weekend the #SBSEurovision hash tag received over 134,000 tweets peaking at 732 tweets per minute. It was trending at number one in Australia across all three nights on Twitter, and number one worldwide during the grand final broadcast.

NEW SIGNINGS #1: PEKING DUK AT UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING

Universal Music Publishing Australia signed a deal with Peking Duk for Australia and NZ. “As Adam and Reuben move closer to their keenly anticipated debut album we look forward to facilitating a range of creative collaborations,” said UMPA Director of A&R Heath Johns. Canberra’s Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles won Breakthrough Artist at last October’s ARIAs while High went 3x platinum and Take Me Over went 2x platinum.

NEW SIGNINGS #2: TROY KEMP AT SOCIAL FAMILY

Troy Kemp, the tallest man in the Australian country music scene signed a solo deal with Social Family Records for his September-due album. The signing also marks a new licensing agreement between SFR and Kemp’s management team, Oxygen Music Group. As part of McAlister Kemp, he received global acclaim. He’ll be in Nashville all through June writing songs.

NEW SIGNINGS #3: JOY JOINS UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING

Sydney artist and producer JOY has a global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Australia. The 17-year-old classically trained multi-instrumentalist’s debut single Captured received global interest while an EP Stone Mini arrived this year. The triple j Unearthed winner joins The Kite String Tangle and Dustin Tebbutt on their June national tour.

NEW SIGNINGS #4: CAROLINE SNARE BIG WHITE

Sydney band Big White signed with Caroline Australia, but with a difference. Caroline has worked locally on an artist service basis but Big White are their first direct label signing. The five-piece got together in an Art Deco share house in Sydney, previously a surgery, a brothel and a boarding house. They got a US deal first, after Burger Records co-founder Lee Rickard saw them at a Sydney gig. Big White toured the US this year. Their debut single You Know I Love You is now out.

JOY RADIOTHON GOES FOR ‘RE:MEMBER JOY’ THEME

Everyone who signs up during the current Re:Member JOY Radiothon goes into a draw for a $21,000 Smart Car Fortwo from Mercedes Benz Berwick. It winds up on Friday June 5, when patrons Gary Singer and Geoffrey Smith join the breakfast team for a dollar for dollar donation program. It will be the final radiothon for outgoing GM Conrad Browne.

NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR PORT FAIRY FESTIVAL

Composer and music director Iain Grandage takes over next year as artistic director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. The five-time Helpmann Award winner did the theatre scores for Cloudstreet and the Secret River and has had his work performed by Eddie Perfect, Katie Noonan, Gurrumul, Kate Miller-Heidke and Tim Minchin.

VALE JOHN PINDER

Long time Melbourne arts entrepreneur and supporter John Pinder died at 70 after a battle with cancer. Best known for his contribution to the comedy and cabaret scenes, he was behind such venues as The Flying Trapeze and The Last Laugh Theatre. He was also involved in the music industry, as co-owner of the Let It Be Agency, which booked Daddy Cool and Spectrum, and setting up The T.F. Much Ballroom, a heady hub of the city’s underground music and culture. Resplendent in his yellow glasses, the New Zealand-born Pinder also organised the inaugural Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was an instrumental figure in the early Circus Oz.

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THINGS WE HEAR

• Which client turned up for a meeting at an entrepreneur’s office and, when told he was running late, punched a wall scaring his secretaries? • Are there plans by another publisher to start a music industry directory? • Muse confirm they’ll be back in Australia in 2016. Meantime, drummer Dom Howard, when asked on the band’s hometown mural, quipped, “I’m surprised no one’s drawn a penis on it.” • Upcoming tourist Tyler The Creator says Odd Future is finished. • So how come EDM act Flight Facilities have sponsored the Byron Bay U-8 Panthers soccer team? Because Kurt Kirsten’s son Leroy plays in it. “When I was a kid my dad coached my soccer team,” Kirsten explained. • As reported on beat.com.au, Rowland S Howard Lane gets its official opening on Thursday June 4 at 9.30 with Martin Foley, Minister for Creative Industries among the speakers. The wall on the lane between Jackson Street and Eildon Road in St Kilda will be adorned with permanent street art and posters. Another famous entertainer who lived on Eildon Road for a time was the late Peter Allen, who moved to America and found fame with I Go To Rio and I Still Call Australia Home. • According to the Daily Telegraph, the morning after his stunning debut at Vivid, an exhausted looking Daniel Johns was spotted unsuccessfully trying to get into his Surry Hill apartment and finally taking a catnap on the stairs. • Regional Victoria lost yet another musician. Ballarat one man band Frank Callaghan, best known for the song Ballaarat, died aged 87 of a heart attack. • The video for Angus and Julia Stone’s From The Stalls was shot with director Kiku Ohe over five days and nights in their favourite South Australian coastal spot. Julia says after shooting on a tiny boat on the ocean, “It wasn’t until the next day that our mate told us they’d spotted a 15 foot Great White out there a few days earlier.” • Doing media promotion from London for his Australasian dates in October, Russell Brand was babbling, “What I might do is bring my cat Morrissey to Australia with me.” Then the brain clicked in and he told the radio interviewer, “Oh wait, this is New Zealand, right?” • Thirsty Merc are crowdfunding their fourth album, and raised 38% in the first 24 hours. It’s at www. pledgemusic.com/projects/thirstymerc, with 5% going to Bandaged Bear. • Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis reveals she received death threats after Kanye West booking. “It was not a pleasant world we unwrapped,” she said. • Shihad frontman Jon Toogood hosts the new weekly Planet of Sound music show on Radio Hauraki in New Zealand. The one-hour Saturday show (5pm-6pm) sees him personally chose the music and interview a NZ muso. • Kahl Wallis of The Medics got the $20,000 Dreaming Award for artists aged 18 to 26 at the Australia Council’s National Indigenous Arts Awards. • Iggy Azalea cancelled her entire US tour. Aside from people demanding her Best Rap win at the Billboard awards be withdrawn, LGBTQ activists want

organisers of June 13’s Pittsburgh Pridefest to drop Azalea as headliner because of allegedly homophobic and racist comments she made online. Organisers argued she wouldn’t have agreed to play if she was homophobic or racist nor would they have asked her.

TRIPLE J UNEARTHED NIMAS COMPETITION

Entries for the triple j Unearthed National Indigenous Music Awards competition are open until July 5 with the winner playing the NIMAs in Darwin. Past winners Thelma Plum and Robbie Miller went on to national recognition with hip hopper Philly just releasing a new single ‘Dream Chaser’.

EX-AMITY MEMBER SETS UP NEW LABEL

Troy Brady, who left The Amity Affliction last October, has set up his own label Eleventh Records. Eleventh artists retain 100% ownership of their work, and curate their own campaigns. Brady, who runs his own Evergreen Studios on Bribie Island, will offer his engineering and producing skills. His partner in the label, to be distributed by Shock, is Michael McKiernan, who handles PR and A&R. Artwork is by Pat Fox of Melbourne’s Apollo Collective.

WANNA RECORD IN A GLOBAL STUDIO FOR FREE?

Converse’s Rubber Track program gives aspiring musicians a chance to record for free at one of 12 landmark studios around the world. These include London’s Abbey Road Studios, LA’s Sunset Sound, Jamaica’s Tuff Gong and Sydney’s Studios 301. The idea is to give a chance to a talent who couldn’t otherwise afford it. Go to the Converse Music website by Wed June 24.

MAX MERRITT HEADING BACK TO STUDIO

One time Melbourne resident Max Merritt (Slipping Away) is about to go into the studios after 30 years in his Los Angeles base. Merritt was diagnosed with the rare Goodpastures Syndrome in 2007, which attacked his lungs and kidneys. In between thriceweekly dialysis treatments he has been writing songs. His mates in LA, led by former Mushroom Records producer James Barton, got him to put his mountain of tapes, scraps of paper, line books and manuscripts into shape, and the best songs have been chosen. A crowd-funding campaign is to be announced shortly.

FRANKSTON GETS AN ARTS HUB

Frankston gets an arts hub called the Frankston Regional Artisans’ Network. Better known as FRANK CRE8 (frankcre8.org.au), it is home to artists of all forms as well as offering space for entrepreneurs, small businesses and students to collaborate on creative ideas. Frankston Council donated $5000 to revamp the building, a former dental surgery at 31 Beach St.

MARC HUNTER TRIBUTE CONCERT

A tribute concert for late Dragon frontman Marc Hunter is held at the Flying Saucer Club in Elsternwick on Sunday July 26 from 3.30 pm. Communication ± The Marc Hunter Songbook features Joe Creighton, Mick Pealing, Cres Crisp, Tracy Kingman, Michael Oliphant, Alex Formosa Baudo and Mike Doyle. It marks the 17th anniversary of the death of one of Australasia’s most flamboyant and irreverent performers

NEW APP FOR FESTIVALS

Two Belgian entrepreneurs Stef Van Looveren and Kai De Sutter have come up with a new app Showbase 2.0 aimed at festival promoters around the world. It allows smartphone user attendees to get info on the event, share photos and videos on social media and provide feedback on the acts and festival facilities. It’s at www.showbaseapp.com

COMMERCIAL RADIO LISTENING FIGURES

10.2 million Australians listen to commercial radio each week and tune in for an average of almost 15 hours. The Commercial Radio Australia association says 7.5 million listen to breakfast shows on weekdays and over 7 million tune in during drive (4-7pm) on weekdays.

WANNA RECORD WITH FOOIES, ROXY MEMBERS?

Free app WholeWorldBand allows users to play with stems uploaded by Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. Fans can record their own on top of the stems. Also contributing

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LIFELINES Born: daughter to former Klaxons member James Righton and actress Keira Knightley, in London. They married in May 2013. Engaged: Berlin-based Aussie songwriter Katrina Noorbergen (ex-Sydney band Cassette Kids) who co-wrote Russia’s 2015 Eurovision entry. Married: Melbourne rock band Dear Stalker’s singer Lisa Maxwell and drummer Alan Murphy not only joined their hands in marriage but also in name. They are officially now known as the Murphwells. Recovering: Asia vocalist and bassist John Wetton after surgery. In Court: a Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed Australian-born choreographer Wade Robson’s claim he had been molested as a child by Michael Jackson, on the grounds Wade waited too long to file it in court. In Court: 50 Cent filed a lawsuit claiming he was not responsible for leaking a sex tape in 2009 featuring the mother of Rick Ross’ child, but that Ross himself was. Suing: Russia’s Pussy Riot take action in the European Court of Human Rights against authorities for not investigating an incident last February when they were shooting a video in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi for the song Putin Will Teach You How to Love Your Motherland. They were attacked by a group of local Cossacks armed with horsewhips and pepper spray. In Court: Arian Berisha, 21, who threw a glass at Redfoo at the Golden Sheaf last August, escaped a jail sentence and copped a two-year good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to assault in Downing Centre Local Court. Died: Detroit jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, 78, who played with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie and Joe Cocker. Died: UK pop singer Twinkle (Lyn Ripley) whose only hit, Terry (1964) was written about a dead motorcyclist when she was 14. It reached #4 despite being banned by the BBC and ITV for being “dangerous drivel.” Died: U2’s long time tour manager Dennis Sheehan was found in a LA hotel after the band finished the first of five shows in that city.

are The Police’s Stewart Copeland, The Stones’ Ronnie Wood and Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, with the resulting fan-made tracks shared on social media.

STEVE LILLYWHITE JOINS SONGHUBS

Six-time Grammy winning producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Stones) is in Australia this week to take part in APRA AMCOS’ global song writing initiative, SongHubs. He and fellow international guests, producer Cruickshank, songwriter Audra Mae and Hot Chelle Rae guitarist Nash Overstreet, will work at sessions from June 3 with Aussie and NZ songwriters as Megan Washington, Reece Mastin, and JP Fung.

GREENS PUSH TO BAN SNIFFER DOGS AT NSW MUSIC EVENTS

Greens member for Newtown Jenny Leong announced a bill to ban the use of detection dogs without a warrant at festivals, public transport, bars and in Kings Cross. She said only 2% of sniffer dog searches end in conviction, they are not evidence based, and infringe personal liberties. “The evidence is in: the drug dogs program doesn’t work. The NSW police have better things to do than wrongly humiliating thousands of mainly young and marginalised people. If you are at Redfern Station, you are 6.5 times more likely to be searched than at Central Station. But Redfern has the highest false-positive rate of any Local Area Command. This isn’t evidence-based policing. So what’s it about?”