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The folks at Beyond the Valley have just revealed a lineup of epic proportions to bring in 2016, while also announcing a new location for the festival. Setting their sights high for their second year, Beyond the Valley will play host to a swelling bill of international and local acts, including Boys Noize, RL Grime, Crooked Colours, Flight Facilities, Dom Dolla, REMI, Tkay Maidza, Oscar Key Sung, Ivan Ooze, The Kite String Tangle and loads more. The 2015 incarnation will take place 90 minutes from Melbourne in Lardner, and will now roll out over three days and two stages. Beyond The Valley will be held from Tuesday December 29 until Friday January 1 2016 and tickets are on sale Thursday August 13 at 11am. Visit www.beyondthevalley. com.au for more info.
With 22 acts already announced for the beachside festival’s 2015 lineup, Queenscliff organisers have revealed the list of international artists making their way to QMF this year. Ron Sexsmith, The California Honeydrops, Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith, Louis Baker, Estére and Thomas Oliver will be joining the already announced acts, which include Angus & Julia Stone, Hoodoo Gurus, Kate Miller-Heidke and Augie March among others. Queenscliff Music Festival goes down Friday November 27 till Sunday November 29. For more details including the full lineup so far, head to the festival’s website.
Melbourne’s own space rockers AlithiA have decided their upcoming gig at The Evelyn Hotel should be the perfect setting to premier their short film, Sacrifice, before headlining alongside Chaos Divine. Sacrifice was filmed at AlithiA’s last show at The Workers, and follows the band members for 48 hours as they go through the motions, part mockumentary, part art film. For your shot at a prize pack containing a double pass to the gig, along with an AlithiA CD, t-shirt and poster, hit up beat. com.au/freeshit.
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Gang of Youths hit the road last week to head on a massive two month 24 date tour across Australia. Tickets have already sold out for their Melbourne gig, Wednesday August 26 at The Corner, but we have a couple passes lying around the office to giveaway. beat.com.au/freeshit for the details.
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Melbourne trio Pony Face are heading to the Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre later this year to showcase their reimagining of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 demo album, Nebraska. The special, one off performance will also play host to star guests Shane O’Mara, Matt Waker, Jaye Kranz (Brighter Later), Katie Scott (Howl At The Moon) and Damian Fitzgerald, with visuals by Joel Zika. Pony Face presents Nebraska, Wednesday October 28 at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre. Tickets and more details through the venue’s website.
ÁINE TYRRELL ALBUM L AUNCH AT SHADOW ELECTRIC
Winner of Queenscliff Music Festival’s Emerging Talent 2014 award, Irish Australian Áine Tyrrell is set to release her debut album, Queen of Swords, at Shadow Electric this October. Tyrrell raised $15k through crowdfunding platform Pozible to fund Queen of Swords, which was recorded on a bus driving across the Australian outback. The first single Where Were You? was launched at The Toff back in June. Special guests Shane Howard, Suzannah Espie, Sarah Carroll and Chris Wilson, along with a couple more to be announced, will help Áine Tyrrell launch the album on Friday October 9 at Shadow Electric. Tickets are available through Shadow Electric’s website. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 18
LAURA MARLING ADDS MELBOURNE SHOW
When Laura Marling announced her national tour back in June, Melbourne fans of the singer/songwriter were left out in the cold. Now things have changed thanks to last week’s addition of a Melbourne show as part of the 2015 Melbourne Festival program launch. In addition to the new show, experimental blues artist D.D Dumbo has also been confirmed as the opener for each tour date. Laura Marling plays at Hamer Hall on Monday October 19. More details and tickets are available through lauramarling.com.
DUSTIN TEBBUTT ANNOUNCES HOME SINGLE, TOUR, MINI-ALBUM
Fresh from a seamless performance at Splendour in The Grass, Sydney-based artist Dustin Tebbutt is releasing Home, his brand new single, mini-album and accompanying tour. He will play his biggest venues to date this September/ October, along with special guests and rising stars Jesse Davidson and Caitlin Park. This string of shows will see Dustin Tebbutt play a show at The Corner on Friday September 18. Tickets available via the venue’s website.
NYE ON THE HILL RELEASES LINEUP
The NYE on the Hill 2015 lineup has just been announced and once again The Hills Are Alive have lived up to their reputation of curating some of the best up-and-coming live acts in the country. Headlining the three day boutique “festival of freedom” are Safia, who have had a massive 12 months of sell out shows and high profile festival appearances. Other additions to the bill include Kim Churchill, Harts, Dylan Joel, Woodlock, Clowns, Timberwolf, Sex On Toast, Ainslie Wills, Jesse Davidson, Koi Child, Boo Seeka, Pearls and many more. Ticketing and more information can be found at the festival’s website.
HELEN RYDER UNVEILS DEBUT ALBUM SHOW
Melbourne based singer Helen Ryder has announced the launch for her debut album Someday Love at The Toff in Town, on Sunday September 13. Someday Love features Ryder performing eleven tracks of country and soul infused pop, recorded with some of Australia’s finest musicians. Ryder has had the distinction of previously performing with The Whitlams at the Aria Awards, Jackie Orszaczky at the Darling Harbour Jazz Festival, Aria nominated artist Kerri Simpson, Vika and Linda Bull at the prestigious Bennett’s Lane, Melbourne. Make sure you head over to The Toff In Town’s website for tickets to her show on Sunday September 13.
DRUNK MUMS ANNOUNCE ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR
The Melbourne garage rockers have announced they’re hitting the road for a tour in support of their sophomore album, Gone Troppo. Due out on September 4 via Pissfart Records, Drunk Mums have already given fans a taste of the album with its freshly released lead single Pub On My Own. Gone Troppo, which was recorded at Brunswick’s Smooch Records and a Reservoir truck stop, will mark the first full length from the band since their 2012 self-titled debut. To celebrate its release, they’re heading out on a huge 15-date tour that will see them hit five states over three months. Catch ‘em at Howler on Saturday October 24. Get your grubby paws on tickets from the venue’s website.
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REEL BIG FISH ANNOUNCE JOINT AUSTRALIAN TOUR WITH LESS THAN JAKE
Having just completed a massive sold out tour of the USA, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake are bringing their co-headline tour to Australia this October. With shows in cities across the US rapidly selling out, Australia now has chance to catch these career spanning headline sets as they tour across the east coast. Their Melbourne show will see the two acts playing a show at the Prince Bandroom on Thursday October 1. Tickets available from Oztix.
TIM WHEATLEY SHARES NEW SINGLE, ALBUM/TOUR DETAILS
Melbourne indie alt folk troubadour Tim Wheatley has announced the release of his new single Valerie, along with his debut solo album, Cast of Yesterday, set for release on August 28. Wheatley will be celebrating with a string of dates across the country, including a show at The Grace Darling for the official album launch on Sunday August 30. Tickets for the national tour are on sale now via Tim Wheatley’s website.
$3,000 PRIZE GRAB FOR VICTORIAN COMPOSERS
A $3,000 prize haul is up for grabs for a Victorian composer who can put forward a tune with a difference. Melbournebased world music orchestra, Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde, in collaboration with the Darebin Music Feast, is hosting the 2015 Composition Competition for Victorian composers of instrumental music. However, there’s a catch ± the Orkeztra primarily plays music from the Balkan, Middle Eastern and Eastern European music which competitors will need to imitate if they want to win the grand prize. The total prize pool includes $1000 cash from Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde; recording and mixing from Incubator Recording and Mastering; Mastering from Crystal Mastering; Artistic Services from Geronimo Creative Services; photography from Elizabeth Schiavello Photography; a guitar from High Street Music and a one-year Gold Membership to the Fingers of Fury Arabic and Turkish Drumming School. It is possible that one composer could win all three prizes and the entire package. See the Darebin Music Feast website or Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde Facebook page for entry details.
ROBERT FORSTER RELEASES NEW SINGLE, NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Singer/songwriter Robert Forster has revealed Let Me Imagine You, the first single from his forthcoming solo album Songs To Play due for release on Septmeber 18. Forster has also announces a series of national tour dates which will see him and his newly formed band take his new material on the road for Australian fans. The release of Songs To Play marks the end of a seven year gap since the release of his last album The Evangelist. As part of the national tour, Forster will arrive at the Thornbury Theatre on Friday November 27. Tickets on sale from the theatre’s website.
JAI WOLF LOCKS IN INDIAN SUMMER A U S T R A L I A N T O U R
23-year old New York-based producer Jai Wolf has announced a series of dates touring around Australia. The young prodigy discovered and signed by Skrillex just recently released his first official original single Indian Summer via ODESZA’s label, Foreign Family Collective. Jai Wolf ’s recent touring achievements also include performances at high profile events including Coachella, SXSW, Bonnaroo and HARD Summer. Jai Wolf performs at Howler on Thursday October 22. Tickets available via the venue’s website.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra yesterday unveiled their bursting 2016 program, which features a kaleidoscopic range of productions from all ends of the musical spectrum. In February, the orchestra will fill Hamer Hall with some of the most suspenseful music and iconic cinematic imagery of the 20th Century with Hitchcock & Herrmann, which will feature music, images and footage from seven of the films worked on by revered director Alfred Hitchcock and US composer Bernard Herrmann (including Vertigo, The Trouble with Harry, North By Northwest, Marnie, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Wrong Man and of course, Psycho) all played by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the MSO Chorus. In March and April, Justin Freer will conduct a performance of Nita Rota’s score of Coppola’s The Godfather; and in July Cirque de la Symphonie will see the orchestra perform alongside international circus performers including aerial flyers, jugglers, strongmen, contortionists and more. These are just a few of the contemporary highlights in the 2016 program, with several more to be revealed within the coming months. Visit www.mso.com.au for full program details.
NICO GHOST ANNOUNCES EAST COAST TOUR
Melbourne indie rapper Nico Ghost has announced a small run of east coast shows this August and September. The shows, in Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane, will celebrate the success of his latest EP Kaishi. Nico has already begun making his mark on the local rap scene. As well as dropping the EP he has also supported Melbourne duo Fortunes and played a spot at Beyond The Valley. Catch Nico Ghost at Cant Say on Friday August 28. More information available via Can’t Say’s Facebook.
ORSOME WELLES
They’ve shared the Forum stage with South African alt-rockers Seether, trailblazed around the country with brothers-in-arms Caligula’s Horse, and have supported German prog juggernaughts The Ocean. Now, Melbourne’s own Orsome Welles are returning to Workers Club to launch their new single Swim on Friday September 11. The launch of Orsome Welles’ ferocious debut EP Erth News Bulletin was packed to the rafters, so best get yourself into gear and pick up your tickets now. Get them while they’re hot - tickets are on sale now via wildthingpresents.com Oztix and the Workers Club.
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Courtney Barnett is returning to Australia in triumphant style. Following the release of her debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (which scored Album of the Week in basically every bloody publication in the world), Barnett has taken the globe by storm. Following her sold out national tour earlier this year, Barnett will return to home soil by hitting the road for a series of solo shows. Joining Barnett on her Australian theatre tour will be Cloud Control. Catch her on Friday January 22 at The Palais. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.
Brunswick Music Festival and Performing Arts Moreland have announced that performer applications are now open. 28 years on and going from strength to strength, the 2016 festival dates are set for March 15 to March 20, continuing the celebration of Brunswick’s world class music scene. The longest running urban music festival in Australia, this annual two week event will once again be kickstarted by the ever popular Sydney Road Street Party and performer applications are also open for this huge event on March 6 for next year. With over 60,000 people turning up for the event each year, make sure you’re part of the action when the music festival itself swings by on March 15 next year. For more information or to apply for a performance position, head over to the Brunswick Music Festival website.
BRITISH INDIA TO EMBARK ON NATIONAL END OF YEAR TOUR
Riding on the success of their fifth album Nothing Touches Me, British India are embarking on a national tour to close 2015, which also includes a trip to America for shows in New York and LA. The release of Nothing Touches Me earnt the indie rockers a #5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and saw the band complete their most successful national tour to date with a string of 18 sold out shows, including three in their hometown of Melbourne. This time around sees British India locking a show in at The Forum on Friday November 27. Head to the ticketmaster website for ticketing and more details.
RÜFÜS TO TOUR AUSTRALIA THIS OCTOBER
Alternative dance trio RÜFÜS have announced a headline tour this October, with dates locked in for all major cities across Australia before heading over to North America for the final leg. Last touring locally in early 2014, the announcement comes after RÜFÜS’ appearance at We The Fest in Indonesia this week, and they’re following it up at California’s One Tribe Festival this September. RÜFÜS play at The Forum on Friday October 23. Head to the band’s Facebook page for more details.
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The crew at Shadow Electric are pulling out the big guns for their ‘Visions’ series at Brunswick’s iconic Estonian House, unveiling the full lineup for their outstanding musical and cinematic collaborative showcase. A mountain of local artists have joined the bill, including Pearls, The Ocean Party, Klo, Hoodlem, Nazeem Hussain, DJ Manchild, Sex On Toast and Johnnie and the Johnnies, who’ll perform alongside the already bursting lineup, which features Teeth & Tongue, Rat and Co, Juice Rap News and The Bombay Royale. Featuring the Shadow Electric’s 34-metre square cinema screen, ‘Visions’ is a rare opportunity of collaboration between musicians and visual artists, allowing them to develop a unique presentation and interpret their music visually performing live against large-scale projections. It’s ace and shouldn’t be missed. Visit shadowelectric.com.au/visions for tickets.
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THE WHITLAMS RETURN FOR 2015 MELBOURNE SHOWS
The Waifs have announced a run of east coast shows, kicking off this October. The new announcement will see the five-piece play shows in major metro cities and their favourite regional towns. The tour is in support of the band’s seventh LP, Beautiful You. The Waifs will play at The Palais on Saturday October 24. Tickets go on sale Thursday August 13 through Ticketmaster.
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Paradise Music Festival is back for round #3, and today they have announced their 2015 lineup. This year the festival will feature performances from My Disco, Lurch & Chief, Black Cab, Black Vanilla, Tired Lion, Kirkis, Cassius Select, The Harpoons, Smile, Dorsal Fins, Darts, Friendships, Totally Mild, Catlips, Oslow, Jaala, Null, Habits, Strict Face, Cale Sexton, Tiny Little Houses, Broadway Sounds, Andrei Eremin, 0.1, Marcus Whale, Amateur Dance, Good Morning, Asdasfr Bawd, Post Percy, The Completely Boys and Thomas Touché plus more to be announced. Continuing its focus on innovative, emerging Australian talent, 2015 will see the festival host music across two areas: an open outdoor stage and Clubland, a space made especially for late nights. The BYO festival will once again be held at the Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, a unique site with views of the Victorian Alps and Great Dividing Range. Paradise Music Festival 2015 goes down from Friday November 27 to Sunday November 29. Tickets are selling fast, so get to the venue’s website to secure your spot.
Billed as a boutique festival with a focus on music, art and yoga, Between The Hills is a new three day event taking a holistic approach to the summer festival. The festival will feature the likes of Animaux, Bam Bam, Batpiss, The Belligerents, Branford, Can I Kick It? The Delta Riggs, Destrends, Drunk Mums, Eloji, Evangeline, Jakubi, Leah Senior, Magic Bones, Mathas, Mayfield, Moodie, My Left Boot, Palace Of The King, Reika, Stevie & The Sleepers, The Upstanding Members, The Wednesday Experiment, Tijuana Cartel, T.V, Woodlock and Yeo. Aside from the sprawling list of musicians, Between The Hills will also offer up yoga and meditation workshops from Al Jefferies, Christy Champoise, Ella McRay, Evelyn Stavrinidis, Irene Ais, Jonni Polard, Reid Monks, Sara Zavic, Stefan Camilleri, Wendy Praud and a whole heap more. Between The Hills will run from Friday November 20 Sunday November 22 at Riverview, Tatong (about 2.5 hours from Melbourne).
Get out your zebra print leotard, British glam-rock outfit The Darkness are coming to town. The band behind early 2000s hits like I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Growing on Me and Get Your Hands Off My Woman are hitting our shores in support of their latest album, Last Of Our Kind. Released in May, the album marks their first project with new drummer Rufus Taylor, the son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor. The Darkness will take over the Forum Theatre on Saturday November 7. Tickets on sale now through Ticketmaster.
The award-winning Australian band are hitting the road once more. Their latest tour promises to bring deep cuts and fan favourites including Been Away Too Long, Fondness Makes The Heart Grow Absent and the 1998 ARIA Song Of The Year No Aphrodisiac. The group will be bringing four-piece rockers Battleships to their Melbourne shows. The Whitlams will play at the Corner Hotel on Thursday September 10 and Friday September 11 ± grab your tickets from the venue’s website.
PULLED APART BY HORSES UNVEIL 2015 MELBOURNE SHOWS
Alt-rockers Pulled Apart By Horses have revealed they’ll return to Australia for an east coast tour this October. The Leeds outfit will tour on the back of their third album, Blood, which was released last September, following on from their breakthrough 2010 self-titled debut and 2012’s Tough Love. They’ll hit Ding Dong Lounge on Friday October 30 and Saturday October 31. Tickets go on sale Wednesday August 12 through Ding Dong Lounge’s website.
CITY CALM DOWN REVEAL ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR
Indie rockers City Calm Down have unveiled a run of tour dates in support of their long-awaited debut album, In A Restless House. After spending the better part of three years in the studio cooking up their first full-length, they’ll release the LP to the public on November 6. The Melbourne outfit haven’t totally left their fans in the dark through, having already unleashed two tracks from the long player, Rabbit Run and Wandering, which have garnered largely positive reviews. Judge for yourself when City Calm Down hit Howler on Saturday October 3. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix.
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LOVE STREET COMES TO HOWLER
Howler have announced they will play host to boutique micro music and arts festival, Love Street, this October. Love Street will be a day influenced by folk, country and blues, interweaved with an eclectic arts program of dance, projection, puppetry, circus and spoken word, featuring over 40 performers across the afternoon. Headlining the festival is psychedelic folk rock band Immigrant Union. They will be joined by Saint Jude, The Darling Downs, Gena Rose Bruce, Josh Cashman, Domini Forster, Big Seal and the Slippery Few, Broads and David Craft. Love Street Music and Arts Festival will take over Howler on Sunday October 25. Tickets are on sale through Moshtix.
RAINBOW SERPENT DROPS FIRST LINEUP
Holy smokes. Rainbow Serpent Festival organisers have gone ahead and dropped an immense lineup for their 19th Australia Day weekend festival, which’ll be held in Lexton next January. John Digweed (UK) will headline, along with a diverse range of acts - Hernan Cattaneo from Argentina, United Kingdom’s Dickster and JFB alongside Germans Oliver Schories, Monkey Safari and Pachanga Boys will all take over the event. Swedish musicians are also well represented by Logic Bomb, Critical Choice and others. Ace Ventura, MVMP, Emok, Atmos and Ticon are among the Iboga artists appearing at the festival also renowned for elaborate sculptures and art displays. Tickets to the festival are selling fast, with customers on the mailing list able to purchase tickets at reduced prices before the festival’s lineup was announced. Tickets and car passes are available now through the festival website at www. rainbowserpent.net.
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INTERNATIONAL ALDOUS HARDING The Gasometer August 12 CHELSEA GRIN Corner Hotel August 14, Wrangler Studios August 15 (AA) SNFU Bendigo Hotel August 15 THE BELLRAYS Ding Dong Lounge August 15 BAIO Shebeen Bandroom August 18 YOB Max Watt’s August 21 GINUWINE Trak Lounge Friday 21 MARK NADLER Melbourne Recital Centre August 22 THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Prince Bandroom August 28 A SKYLIT DRIVE The Corner Hotel August 28 HELLYEAH Corner Hotel August 29 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK 170 Russell August 30 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS The Corner Hotel September 4 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER Palais Theatre September 4 SELF DEFENSE FAMILY Viva Hate September 7 JOSHUA RADIN Corner Hotel September 9 SCOTT BRADLEE’S POST MODERN JUKEBOX The Forum September 9 THE STORY SO FAR Max Watts September 11 LOWER CLASS BRATS Bendigo Hotel September 12 DEATH DEALER The Hi-Fi September 13 LUNA Northcote Social Club September 17 CIRCA SURVIVE 170 Russell September 20, September 21 (AA) BILAL Prince Bandroom September 24 CANCER BATS The Bendigo Hotel September 24 THE GARDEN The John Curtin Hotel September 24 JOAN BAEZ Arts Centre Hammer Hall September 24 BIG K.R.I.T Max Watt’s September 24 STORMZY 524 Flinders September 25 SEBASTIAN BACH The Forum September 25 DEVIN THE DUDE Laundry Bar September 25 LISTEN OUT FESTIVAL Catani Gardens September 26 MAROON 5 Rod Laver Arena September 26 PENNYWISE 170 Russell September 28 BAHAMAS Howler September 30 REEL BIG FISH + LESS THAN JAKE Prince Bandroom October 1 AS IT IS The Evelyn Hotel October 1 (AA), October 2 JJ GREY & MOFRO Northcote Social Club October 7 SILENT KNIGHT The Bendigo October 8 KISS Rod Laver Arena October 8, October 10 JAAKKO EINO KALEVI National Gallery of Victoria October 9 SICK OF IT ALL Corner Hotel October 9 KIASMOS Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 9 CLINT MANSELL Melbourne Recital Centre October 10, 11 BABYLON CIRCUS Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 10 HAMMERFALL 170 Russell October 13 LIFEHOUSE The Forum October 15 HELLOWEEN Metro Theatre October 16 COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 16, 17 BRANDT BRAUER FRICK Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 17 OUT ON THE WEEKEND Seaworks, Williamstown October 17 SNOT Corner Hotel October 17 BIGBANG Rod Laver Arena October 21 THE EXPERIMENT Merlyn Theatre October 21-24 JAI WOLF Howler October 22 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Rod Laver Arena October 22 – 24 ELDER AND EARTHLESS The Corner October 23 THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH Max Watt’s October 23 THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT Max Watt’s October 24 THE FIELD Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 23 THE FALL Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 23 – 25 DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT 170 Russell October 25 SOULFEST Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 25 DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT 170 Russell October 25, 26 NEIL DIAMOND Rod Laver Arena October 27 CANNED HEAT Corner Hotel October 29 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Palais Theatre October 29 10CC The Palms at Crown October 30 HOZIER Palais Theatre October 30 AT THE GATES Friday October 30 PULLED APART BY HORSES Ding Dong Lounge October 30, 31 ANATHEMA Corner Hotel October 31 AUDRA MCDONALD Hamer Hall October 31 HIGHLANDS FESTIVAL Yea October 31 – November 2 DAVID GUETTA Hisense Arena November 2 FLEETWOOD MAC Rod Laver Arena November 2, 4, Mt Dundeed Estate November 7 THE RUBBERBANDITS Max Watt’s November 6 NAUGHTY BY NATURE Trak Lounge November 6 THE DARKNESS Forum Theatre November 7 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Forum Theatre November 7 BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 24
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It’s 5am. Undoubtedly there is something in the Geneva Convention about conducting interviews at such an ungodly hour. But hey, we’re all professionals here and surely instead of hiding beneath my blankets and refusing to come out, I can demonstrate I’m made of sterner stuff. Yet when Matt Tuck of Bullet For My Valentine asks me how I am, the first words out of my mouth are, “I’m not bed, how are you?”
Inadvertently, I may have stumbled upon a rather significant topic for Tuck and the band. While I’m clearly having trouble adjusting to waking life, Bullet have always held their identity at the forefront of their music. Who they are is arguably more important to them than what or how they play. It’s all about dispersing something sincere. “There’s never been a plan B,” the frontman says in a delightful (if occasionally impenetrable) Welsh accent. “It was always music that I was going to do, and I’m just lucky that it paid off. I think I’m lucky in that I think I’ve got a good brain on my shoulders, but even that I have to really credit to the music. I didn’t want to go to uni, I didn’t want to get a good normal job. I was always getting fired from jobs anyway because I’d be off playing somewhere, rehearsing for shows. There was never a backup, but thankfully it all worked out. That commitment with everyone in the band really paid off ± everyone really cared about it, the band always came first. Even when we weren’t getting anywhere, we just focused and kept on going, just working at gig after gig.” With their fifth album Venom, due this Friday, it’s easy to prattle off platitudes of how far the band has come in the last ten years; how the hard rockers shrugged off detractors on the path to fame and fortune. And while this is all true, the road has not been without deviations and near misses. For a while there, Tuck had serious doubts about whether the band would keep moving ahead at all. “We’ve had a few of those moments, but the biggest was around the time when our original bass player, Nick [Crandle], left the band. I had a part time job at a music store, I was in debt, but still working at the band. Then Nick left and we literally had to sit down and say, ‘Can we still have the band going at 25, still without a good job, still living with your parents?’ I think that was the moment where I thought I was probably going to throw in the towel. But we kind of restarted the band, started writing a couple of new songs, and it was almost like that was meant to be, in a way. We got pushed to the very brink of giving up, we just needed to give it that last shot. And then a year later we were signed, had an EP out, and the rest is history.” With Venom, the band ± who’re hardly known for gentle soundscapes and folky sensibilities ± decided to up the ante and attempt to capture the aggressive energy of their live shows. 2013 saw the release of Temper Temper, an album that succeeded commercially, but left several critics lamenting a lack of grit and focus. While Tuck had no intention of pandering to the whim of critical responses, he was eager to move the band into heavier terrain. “Venom sounds completely different,” he says, “[Temper] was kind of heavy, but this time around we wanted to BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26
show something that was super aggressive, something that was a bit stark. Put them next to each other, it’s still obviously the same band, but the sound now is very different. We always want each record to sound different, but still keep our identity. We don’t want to make the same record twice ± that would be a total cop-out. I can’t stand the idea of having an earlier record that you’re just trying to replicate again and again. So what we might do next, well, it depends how
“WE AlWAyS WANT EACH rECOrD TO SOUND DIFFErENT, BUT STIll kEEP OUr IDENTITy. WE DON’T WANT TO MAkE THE SAME rECOrD TWICE – THAT WOUlD BE A TOTAl COP-OUT. I CAN’T STAND THE IDEA OF HAVING AN EArlIEr rECOrD THAT yOU’rE jUST TryING TO rEPlICATE AGAIN AND AGAIN” we feel at the end of this cycle. I think at the moment we’ve kind of maxed out the heaviness. Any more and we’d start losing our identity. We’d just be heavy for the sake of being heavy, you know, not because we were actually wanting to say something. Everything that’s here now is entirely where we were already going, but just turned up a notch. I think we got the balance right, and it captures who we are.” It took the guys almost eight months to reach that careful balance. The process of trying to forge a harsher, more violent sound was not straightforward, and there were several songs that had started to take shape only to be scrapped halfway through, as Tuck and the others realised it wasn’t representative of where the band saw themselves. Such is the band’s commitment to surging forward and preserving their identity that these fledgling songs are unlikely to see the light of day any time soon. “We scrapped around eight to ten, I think. They all sounded pretty decent, and there were some killer
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riffs going on, but just didn’t quite fit the criteria of what we were looking for. They were a bit too… a bit too alternative, I guess,” Tuck laughs. “They didn’t have that identity we were going for. They were a bit closer to the Temper Temper styled stuff. You have to be very, very harsh. Once we scrap something we tend to never come back to it. If we feel like a song isn’t going anywhere ± if one of us has a bit of a scowl on his face ± we won’t do it. There’ll always be little bits of those songs floating around in your head, and maybe some of that might show up later on. But really, we just don’t want people to hear stuff that we don’t feel is good enough ourselves.” To that end, Bullet have come a long and winding way from their early incarnation as Jeff Killed John. Initially, that band was focused on covering the likes of Metallica and Nirvana, before dropping their first EP of originals way back in ‘99. The story of how they emerged with such an unusual name, however, remains somewhat amusing. “Well, it’s pretty stupid, I know,” laughs Tuck. “Basically, this teacher we had at school was called Jeff. One day, Moose [Michael Thomas, drums] found a porno with a picture of John Holmes on it. He cut the head off and put our teachers head on this picture of Holmes ploughing this chick and put it in his desk as a gag. Then come the morning, the teacher opens his desk and it’s him fucking this bird, and he totally ripped it up and threw it in the bin. And Moose turned to me and chuckled, ‘Jeff Killed John’. It was so, so stupid. It’s childish, I know, but that’s how it is.” The fiercely heavy rock band responsible for Venom seems utterly removed from the teenage pranksters of yore. Now that fans are finally going to hear their latest offering, Tuck is trying hard to kick back, relax, and let the album do the talking. But still, after all these years, he’s not quite comfortable letting go. “The band has become such a big thing in all of our lives now, it just dominates. I mean it’s amazing, something we’ve always wanted, something that a million other bands out there would fucking kill to do. And I understand, because I would do that too. It’s an amazing privilege. It’s like winning a lottery, so I need to enjoy it now rather than just make it all work, work, work. Next tour, next album. It’s hard not to do that, because it’s so dominant you don’t always see how much control it has over you sometimes. So I need to be more conscious of moving forward, and just being happy with it.”
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’s new album Venom is out Friday August 14 via Sony.
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Melbourne Writers Festival
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Antigone
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Bad Jews
Thursday August 27 - Sunday September 13 Alex Theatre
Detroit
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Friday September 11 - Sunday September 13 Arts House
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Friday December 11 - Sunday April 24 National Gallery of Victoria
White Night Melbourne
The all-night music and arts festival that attracts thousands to the CBD has officially locked in a fourth instalment. Over 1.3 million punters have taken on an all-nighter over the course of White Night, which features installations, light shows and street performances in unexpected locations throughout the city including the NGV and State Library. Melbourne joins 23 cities across the globe to host the festival including Paris, Toronto and Sao Paolo. In a statement detailing the event, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “Victoria is the major events capital and next year’s festival will be a spectacular like no other.” The announcement comes after Melbourne’s White Night contract expired after the last festival in February, where organizers expanded the festival to ease foottraffic congestion. White Night will return from dusk ‘til dawn on Saturday February 20, 2016. Organisers are now accepting expressions of interest for artists and musicians who wish to get involved. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 30
Melbourne Fringe Festival The 2015 Melbourne Fringe is shaping up to be a huge one, with over 19 days, 401 events, 174 venues and 6,000 artists from nine different countries coming together to make the event the biggest Melbourne Fringe Festival in history. This year’s theme asks audiences to ‘look between the lines’ by pushing their comfort zone and embracing their city in a different light. Leading this year’s festival is the centrepiece project Uncommon Places: Instructions from the Fringe, which will see 24 contemporary artists turning run-of-the-mill public spaces into extraordinary artworks. The Fringe Hub returns once again as the heart of the festival, playing host to the infamous Fringe Club. The Fringe Club will offer the best of Australian art and artists, from contemporary dance and comedy to theatre and cabaret. For the first time, the Fringe Club will showcase the Families at Fringe program - a selection of day events catered for children and families. Acts taking over the Fringe Club include an opening night gala hosted by Dash and D’Bree, Prime Cuts Karaoke run by Girls Uninterrupted, the topical satire of Political Asylum, Indigenous storytelling in Wilin Warriors, South American street sensations El Tarro, Shut Up and Dance presented by The Town Bikes, paternal comedy The Dad Show, David Bowie tribute Oh! You Pretty Things and ‘90s nostalgia-party 1992-1-Oh! Fringe Film returns for a third year with the festival’s program of short screen works and digital media weighing in with its largest ever submission of entries. Exploring the intersection of our personal and digital personas, showcases will screen throughout the festival. If all that wasn’t enough, the 29th Fringe Furniture returns with the largest showcase of Melbourne design since its inception. Featuring 120 works, this year’s presentation explores the influence of an object’s design on how we perceive and use it in day-to-day life. Featuring events across cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, live art, music, performance and visual art, it’s time to start preparing for the behemoth that is the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival. The Melbourne Fringe Festival will run from Wednesday September 16 - Sunday October 4 in venues across the city. Head to the festival’s website to jump into the full program and get your hands on some tickets.
Public Art Melbourne
Fancy seeing your latest creation standing tall in the CBD? The City of Melbourne is handing over public space for artists to reinvent as part of the council’s latest art initiative. Public Art Melbourne features two key platforms. Public Art Melbourne Lab, an experimental, The One artist focused program and Public Art Melbourne Projects - a larger-scale, city-focused works aligned to new development within the public realm. As part of the new program, artists are asked to be involved in Test Sites within the central CBD. These sites will provide support and space for artists to explore their ideas publicly. The first Test Sites workshop will be hosted by contemporary artist Cameron Robbins. From there, a new funding cycle will commence every six weeks allowing artists the chance to explore and experiment through seed funding of up to $3,000. Mentors who will work with the artists include Robbins, Bianca Hester, Ash Keating and Jason Maling. Councillor Rohan Leppert, Chair of Council’s Arts Portfolio, said Public Art Melbourne would invigorate the city. “Public Art Melbourne is a courageous public art program that opens the city to artists to create everyday encounters with the unexpected. The aim is to embed contemporary art in everyday life and create opportunities for artists to contribute to, develop and reinterpret the public domain,” Cr Leppert said. First round applications are due by Friday September 11. For further information and to register online, head to melbourne.vic.gov.au.
Music In The Round
Following the success of last year’s program, which marked the Abbotsford Convent’s 10th anniversary, Music In The Round will once again return to the venue this September. The event will bring together 15 of Australia’s most renowned chamber musicians for a series of intimate shows spread throughout the Convent’s historic venues. Australia’s leading harpist Marshall McGuire returns with a program combining modern and baroque composers. Legendary organist and composer Calvin Bowman will also return, performing a series of contemporary Australian works and those by JS Bach. Paul Dean will join pianist Stephen Emmerson for a program of rare works from the 20th Century while violinist William Hennessy and pianist Louisa Breen will present a program of Mozart and Brahms. Musicians Kristian Winther, Ioana Tache and Daniel Curro will perform a program of string duos and trios followed by solo cello works from Christopher Howlett. Along with this esteemed lineup there will also be free jazz in the heritage gardens throughout the day, and free children’s concerts with Patma Music. Music In The Round will transform the Abbotsford Convent on Sunday September 6.
Marc Maron will return to Australia this October. A highly honest and thought-provoking comedian, Maron has appeared on every talk show you could possibly list, released multiple comedy specials and hosts the landmark podcast WTF with Marc Maron (which averages four million downloads each month and has featured the likes of Louis CK, Robin Williams and most recently, Barack Obama). Catch him on Friday October 16 at the Palais Theatre.
CRAb lAb There’s another big night of free comedy at Crab Lab tonight with Asher Treleaven, Anne Edmonds, Tommy Dassalo, Tegan Higinbotham, Laura Davis, Nick Capper and a heap more. It’s at the House of Maximon, 16 Corrs Ln, CBD. 8.30pm start.
tHuRSdAy COMEdy Celia Pacquola and Chris Franklin co-headline at the European Bier Cafe this Thursday. The night has finally moved from the Portland Hotel to its new home, and a ripper opening night is due. Celia is one of the hottest standups in the country at the moment, and Chris is playing one of his rare Melbourne gigs. Plus there’s Mike Goldstein, Asher Treleaven and Fabien Clark. Get down early, check out the meals and drink specials, and get a good seat. It’s all happening this Thursday August 13 at 8.30pm, 120 Exhibition Street (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.
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Betrayal
Melbourne Theatre Company have announced they will present Harold Pinter’s arresting relationship drama, Betrayal, opening this month. Following seasons in Adelaide and Canberra, this will be MTC’s third outing of the play, following its premiere in 1980 and again in 2001. Betrayal is inspired by Pinter’s reallife affair with a British TV presenter and the reaction of her husband. Alison Bell finds herself at the centre of the love triangle, when Emma and Jerry meet for the first time since the end of their affair. The coals they rake over have long grown cold. Emma reveals she is finally going to leave Robert, the husband and best friend they betrayed.When, later that day, Jerry decides to confess all to Robert, he discovers that Robert found out about the affair years ago and said nothing. Was this secret his betrayal? Or his revenge? As memory reels backwards towards the moment the affair started, the lies tangle into a web of deception. Betrayal opens at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner on Saturday August 29.
They Saw a Thylacine
Following a string of sell-out performances on the Fringe circuit, Justine Campbell and Sarah Hamilton are bringing their critically acclaimed work home for its first staging by a major theatre company. They Saw a Thylacine goes back to a September morning in 1936, when the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity at a Hobart Zoo. The story of a zookeeper’s daughter and a thylacine tracker won the Best Performance at the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Standout Performer Award at the New Zealand Fringe Festival. Catch They Saw a Thylacine at the Malthouse Theatre from Tuesday September 15 - Sunday October 4.
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On Tuesdays 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. Barry award nominee Michael Workman joins 2014 RAW Comedy winner Matt Stewart, Daniel Connell, Tegan Higginbotham and more this week for another big, fun night of comedy. It’s this Tuesday August 18 at 153 Gertrude St, Fitzroy at 8pm. And, it’s totally free.
COMEdy At SPlEEn Monday comedy has been taken care of in the city by Comedy At Spleen for over seven years now. And there’s a reason why it’s full every week… great lineups. This week is no different. There’s Asher Treleaven, Tommy Dassalo, Tegan Higginbotham, Geraldine Hickey, Laura Davis, Tim Clark, Kevin Lim and heaps more. It’s this Monday August 17, 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.
Confusion for Three
The new work by Melbourne choreographer Jo Lloyd will bring together top dancers and progressive movement to ask the question: where can confusion lead us? Featuring Rebecca Jensen (OVERWORLD, Dance Massive 2015) and Shian Law (Personal Mythologies, Next Wave 2014), the production uses complex choreographic parameters and a set of physically and mentally demanding tasks to explore the notion of order and disorder. A graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts and Green Room Award nominee, Lloyd has performed, choreographed and taught throughout Australia and overseas for over 15 years. Catch Confusion for Three at Arts House from Wednesday August 26 - Sunday August 30.
Stroke: From Under the mattreSS to oUt In the open - hUnter o’hanIan & robert W. rIchardS ($79.95)
This volume is a historic retrospective of the erotic illustrations published in US magazines from the 1950s to 1990s. Although they were freely available, their often closeted readers put them under their mattresses. Stroke rediscovers these treasures and puts them together with vividly told stories and previously unpublished material. The book was composed by Hunter O’Hanian, director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and artist legend Robert W. Richards. It features works of over thirty artists, among other luminaries such as Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, Michael Kirwan, and George Quaintance.
SnoWIng In balI – kathryn bonella ($19.95)
Among the island’s drug dealers ‘It’s snowing in Bali’ is code that the south-east Asian paradise is full of cocaine. For the men who run the country’s drug empires, it’s time to get rich and party hard. Snowing in Bali is the story of the drug trafficking and dealing scene that’s made Bali one of the world’s most important destinations in the global distribution of narcotics. Kathryn Bonella, bestselling author of Hotel K, has been given extraordinary access into the lives of some of the biggest players in Bali’s drug world. She charts their rise to incredible wealth and power, and their drug- fuelled lifestyles: filled with orgies, outrageous extravagance and surfing. From the highs of multimillion dollar deals to the desperate lows of death row in an Indonesian high security jail, Snowing in Bali is a unique, uncensored insight into a hidden world.
bUrIed coUntry: the Story oF aborIgInal coUntry mUSIc – clInton Walker ($45)
It was country music that first gave Aboriginal people a voice in modern Australia, long before it was commonplace for Aboriginal dance companies to tour the world or for Central Desert “dot paintings” to sell for astronomical sums. Though black skin and country music might seem an unlikely pairing, Aboriginal country music has a long and rich tradition, from 1950s pioneers such as Jimmy Little, Lionel Rose, the Country Outcasts, and Auriel Andrew to Vic Simms, Roger Knox, and Troy Cassar-Daley. Telling black stories in a way white folks could understand as well, country music was not only a salve for its own dispossessed people, it offered common ground in a divided land and the possibility of grassroots reconciliation. Packed with rare photographs and memorabilia and including a detailed discography, “Buried Country” offers a fascinating account of the growth of this vital force in Aboriginal culture and its role in changing Australian society.
calIban and the WItch – SIlvIa FederIcI ($24.50)
Caliban and The Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the battle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labor power and self-ownership, two central principles of modern social organization.
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For over one hundred years, men and women around the world have been dressing up as their favourite characters from movies, games, comics, TV and books. Beginning as a curiosity and hobby for social outcasts, it’s now a global phenomenon, fuelled by the Internet and an explosion in geek fandom. This in-depth look at the world of cosplay includes interviews with the stars, photographers and props builders, offers insights into cosplay’s history, current landscape and explains its creative processes, like how to build the perfect costume. Cosplay World features over two hundred compelling photographs, showcasing everything from campy 70’s costumes to cutting-edge suits engineered in workshops and built using space-age materials. The result is both a celebration and serious look at a popular means of self-expression that continues to fascinate.
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The bands that spearheaded the late 1970s punk scene in Australia—the Saints, Birthday Party, Radio Birdman, and the Go-Betweens—are among the most important of their time. Inner City Sound is the classic account of the explosive development of that scene. Original articles from fanzines and newspapers, together with almost 300 photographs, vividly portray the creative ferment of the period and the dozens of bands that sprang up in the wake of the pioneers. First published in late 1981, Inner City Sound soon fell out of print. It became a lost classic, so sought after that it has been bootlegged like the rare singles listed in its discography. This new edition contains 32 extra pages of articles, photos, and discographic data, which take the story through to 1985, when Nick Cave, the Go-Betweens, the Triffids, and others began to break through internationally.
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Out Of The ClOset
Queer happenings around town with Anna Whitelaw.
On Sunday night, as federal politicians prepared to fly into Canberra airport from around the country for the beginning of the Parliamentary sitting weeks, they were to be greeted by a rainbow coloured message. Canberra Airport was lit up by a brightly coloured sign in support of marriage equality emblazoned with the words #WeCanDoThis and the airport was flooded with rainbow lights, a symbolic gesture in our nation’s capital that dovetailed with a national campaign by Australians for Marriage Equality who launched a series of high-profile television commercials featuring prominent Australians from Hugo Weaving to Chris Bath to sports stars. Canberra Airport’s managing director Stephen Byron decided to join more than 500 other Australian companies and organisations in expressing their support for reform, after he attended his brother Tom Snow’s wedding in New Zealand last year. “It struck me at this time how ridiculous it is that my relationship, and my wife and children, are afforded the protection and support of our government, yet
Tom and his family are forced to travel overseas to get married,” Byron reflected. The giant message was clearly aimed at federal MPs in the Liberal Party who will have to decide in the coming fortnight whether or not to allow a conscience vote on the issue of same sex marriage, as a crossbench rainbow coalition prepares to table a bi-partisan bill to legalise same sex marriage which has been put forward by Liberal backbencher MP Warren Entsch, an unlikely champion of LBGT rights. Around the country, over the weekend, crowds turned out in record numbers at rallies in support of marriage equality. Five thousand people took to the streets in Brisbane, the largest ever turnout for such an event. In Hobart, nearly 2,000 people marched in support. Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence, a shady new anti-same sex marriage organisation called the Marriage Alliance has begun airing fear-mongering ads that portray same sex marriage the tip of an iceberg of moral depravity, that presumably hides the gay agenda (which of course includes allowing people to marry
multiple partners, children and eventually their dog). Thankfully, several commercial networks Channel 10 and 7 have taken a stand of their own by refusing to air the controversial TV spots. Across the world, an upcoming film about the Stonewall riots called Stonewall ± directed by openly gay German filmmaker Roland Emmerich ± has already copped flack from many in the LGBTIQ community after the trailer was released, seeming to depict a fictional midwestern white gay man named Danny as being the hero of the movement, and essentially whitewashing the early activists ± particularly transwomen and black lesbians ± who are widely credited as having started the historic riots in Greenwich Village in 1969. Some were so enraged by the trailer they began online petitions calling for a boycott of the film that they have not yet seen. Emmerich, better known for his disaster movie credentials, was quick to defend the film on his Facebook page asserting that he and the film’s screenwriter have in fact painstakingly researched and acknowledged the role of the real activists ± including Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Ray Castro including± who started the movement. While I sympathise with those who fear their history is in danger of being erased by a cisgendered, white man in Hollywood, I also hope we reserve judgement until we’ve seen the movie, which to his credit Emmerich has financed himself when no studio in Hollywood thought the film was worth making.
HAPPeNINGs: This Saturday August 15, Melbourne will follow cities around the country in holding our own Marriage Equality Rally, organised by Equal Love. The rally begins at the State Library Victoria at 1pm. Help put the hard word on our nation’s politicians as the Liberal Party ponders whether to allow a conscience vote. For details, visit equallove.info. POOF DOOF is putting on its hard hat and steel capped boots this Saturday to throw a tradie-themed CONSTRUCTION DOOF. Chasers Nightclub, 386 Chapel Street, South Yarra. 10pm until very late. Guest list prices are available for anyone dressed up in tradie attire. $20 on the door. For details visit poofdoof.com. On Sunday August 16, Fanny’s at Franny’s is celebrating the first birthday of their monthly Northcote Sunday session for queers in Far North. Free entry is available from 5pm-6pm. DJs and drink specials are TBC, but it’s bound to be, as one of my Thornbury-dwelling lesbian friends put it, “les central”.
Beat’s Guide To Melbourne’s Spiciest Dishes
Think you can handle your chilli? Well, you best keep a glass of milk at hand because we’ve put together the definitive list of Melbourne’s spiciest and most sweatinducing dishes that’ll put your tastebuds to the test. From mouth-numbing Asian specialties to southern fried scorchers, we’ve compiled favourites from across the city. Head to beateats.com.au to see our list that includes Really F**kin’ Hot Chicken Wings at Belle’s Hot Chicken, the God Fire Ramen at Hakata Gensuke and the Drunken Noodles at Cookie.
Belle’s Hot Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road? To open up shop and further share their southern style chicken with the masses, of course. Now that’s fingerlickin’ good. Belle’s Hot Chicken in Fitzroy has quickly risen to cult status amongst deep fry aficionados. Their signature dishes and tear jerking hot sauces will come with them, as well as some new additions to make their debut upon opening. Belle’s Hot Chicken will open at 107 Swan Street, Richmond in November.
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Ms Collins: Mr Wilson vs Huxtable Let’s not beat around the bush, Ms Collins is fucking fancy. She is known for hosting the world’s best DJs and the occasional sneaky celebrity sightings, but there is more to her than meets the eye. Ms Collins will not only take you out dancing and ply you with drinks, but she’ll cook you dinner and look damn good doing it. Ms Collins is playing host to the food fight of the century with its New World Kitchen menu, brought to you by heavyweights Daniel Wilson: aka Mr Huxtaburger, Paul Wilson: aka Mr Wilson, and presided over by Ms Collins own, Dan Poyner. Holy Huxtable, Daniel knows his way to my heart. The burger king of the north side is showing off his Pan Asian stylin’ with his five signature dishes, all which happen to be dairy free (fuck you lactose) and four out of five are gluten free. First I went with the Pork belly ssam, which is Crisp pork belly with ssamjang, peanut & sesame in butter lettuce cups. I’ve had two mates cook me pork belly this year, and this was way fuckin’ better than that (no offence mates). The pork belly was soft, delectable and got stuck in my teeth. It was sexy. The Spicy tuna tartare with lemongrass, chilli, kaffir lime and puffed rice was pretty BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 35
rad. I’m always in the mood for plate of raw fish and this tasty morsel kicks my local sushi store to the kerb. By the way, Daniel uses eco friendly tuna, so he gets the warm fuzzy tick of approval with this one. We couldn’t go past Paul Wilson’s special, the Mr. Wilsons baja fish tacos, which were an absolute highlight and the chipotle adobo sauce on top reminded us of the mouth-watering fish tacos at Motel Mexicola in Seminyak, Indonesia. Second pick from Paul’s menu was the Black King fish ceviche, which was the second time I’d eaten this, and sadly wasn’t as delicious as the first time, but that may have been because I’d be banging on about how good it was for a few weeks, the expectations were just too high. I find Dan Poyner’s meals to be less adventurous but beautifully classic. His Shiitake goyza will please everyone, as they taste exactly how you’d expect, but you’ll be delightfully surprised at the Quandong beef short ribs. These sticky little beauties are Gippsland beef short ribs with native quandong and pickled watermelon rind. Easily his stand out meal. I honestly can’t recommend Ms Collins more, as it’s an ideal place to get fancy, whack on some heels and lippy, and get stuffed. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
Just one year after launching his debut restaurant with Fitzroy’s Addict Food and Coffee, Greg Brassil is opening the doors to a specialty coffee bar in the city. Brassil is aiming to keep the vibe simple, with quality products throughout. As well as serving up coffee from Small Batch and Market Lane, there are Short Stop doughnuts, Bakewell & Co sweet pies, Noisette pastries and Five & Dime Bagels. With a minimal fitout featuring handmade joinery and furniture crafted by Brassil and his dad, the 24-seat space features artwork, timber benches and thoughtfully placed greenery. Ain’t it time for a caffeine fix yet? Try out All Good Coffee at 423 Little Collins Street, CBD.
Food Justice Truck
Award-winning social enterprise the Food Justice Truck has just launched in the CBD. The Food Justice Truck is a mobile fresh food market that offers locally sourced produce including fresh fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes, tea and bread at 75% discount to asylum seekers. Created by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, it allows for the general public to invest in food for their families while also reinvesting profits into food for those in need. The Food Justice Truck can be found weekly in Footscray, Thomastown and the now the CBD, with plans to expand to Dandenong, Sunshine, Broadmeadows and Brunswick in the works. Check out @justicetruck for updates. Got some juicy grub goss? Want a review? Let me know at tegan@beat.com.au
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2016 Season
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In their last annual report, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra noted a surplus of almost $300,000 – meaning the income made from box office takings, government funding and philanthropy significantly outweighed the costs it took to stage their 175 performances of the year. For the uninitiated, this equates to a highly successful year, and their largest reported surplus in over a decade. In the past ten years the Australian cultural landscape has undertaken a significant shift. An arts company, like any specimen, needs to adapt to survive. The classical arts will always have an inherent audience, but now more than ever it’s important to convert newcomers. “Let’s blame the Internet for everything. That’s always a fun thing to do,” laughs Ronald Vermeulen, Director of Artistic Planning for the MSO. “Everything these days is now available at a mouse click. You don’t have to leave your house, you can live in a virtual world if you want to. The behavioural patterns of how people engage in the arts has changed. There is a much a wider variety of arts that people are interested in. People are more open to other art forms.” In recent years the MSO have entered a new artistic era under the leadership of Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, who began the role in January 2013. This era has seen the orchestra combine both archetypal and classical programming alongside dynamic contemporary works. Whether it be collaborating with the likes of Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills (of which the only show sold out well in advance), performing live scores of “cult classics” such as Back To The Future (of which two extra shows were added to meet demand), or the implementation of their Muso program (an initiative that offers $30 tickets to a range of classical concerts for those aged 18 to 35), the MSO have been able to introduce orchestral music to a younger audience, while the old guard have still been treated to favourites such as Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Verdi’s Messa de Requiem. Most recently, the MSO announced a collaboration with electronic duo Flight Facilities to take place as part of the 2015 Melbourne Festival at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. All 12,000 tickets to the single show sold out within two hours. To put it in perspective, that equates to almost 10% of the entire amount of tickets that were sold in their 2010 season – one that featured 157 performances. “The range of our repertoire and the projects that we’re doing range from the hardcore classical to the more commercial and contemporary,” says Vermeulen. “The scope is immense and I believe that’s the only way that a modern orchestra can and should operate. For us one of the most important things is that we are not an elitist organisation. We are not just there for the happy few who love their Wagner or their Mahler. We are an orchestra who plays for everybody in Melbourne who wants to come and listen.” Vermeulen is one of the most respected artistic administrators in the world. With over 15 years experience he has held roles at many of the world’s leading orchestras, including The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague. Most recently he served four years as the Head of Programming at the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Vermeulen took to his post at the MSO in November last year. “When given this role I thought that this was a really interesting orchestra,” he says. “That it was an extremely modern orchestra that is spot-on 21st Century, more so than many of the European BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
orchestras. I feel that this orchestra is at the forefront of new developments.” This ideology is vividly noticeable when reading through the 2016 season, which features a kaleidoscopic range of productions from all ends of the musical spectrum. In February the orchestra will fill Hamer Hall with some of the most suspenseful music and iconic cinematic imagery of the 20th Century with Hitchcock & Herrmann, which will feature music, images and footage from several of the films worked on by revered director Alfred Hitchcock and US composer Bernard Herrmann (including Vertigo, The Trouble with Harry, North By Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Wrong Man and of course, Psycho) all played by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the MSO Chorus. In March and April, Justin Freer will conduct a performance of Nita Rota’s score of Coppola’s The Godfather; and in July Cirque de la Symphonie will see the orchestra perform alongside international circus performers including aerial flyers, jugglers, strongmen, contortionists and more. These are just some of the contemporary highlights in the 2016 program, with several more to be revealed within the coming months. Classical fans will be well-looked after, too: Sir Andrew Davis will conduct Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony; Benjamin Northey will conduct Holst’s The Planets; Beethoven lovers are in for a great year, with English pianist Paul Lewis set to play a cycle of his Piano Concertos conducted by Douglas Boyd (who conducted the Beethoven Symphonies with the MSO in 2011); and 2016 will also mark the third year of the MSO’s Mahler odyssey, and will see the performance of two of his grandest works, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. “I come from an orchestra where it was very normal to play contemporary music. That’s not the case here,” Vermeulen says. “We have to take audiences by the hand and tell them, ‘Hey, trust us’. You’re not going to die from listening to 20 minutes of a score that’s completely unfamiliar, but you may find something really beautiful in it. “People are creatures of comfort, audiences are creatures of comfort. We do have to be careful, and I do worry about it, but it’s just a matter of carefully balancing things when crafting a program. At the end of the day we are in the arts business, and the arts business has to renew itself. Either you have to create new work, or create settings where older pieces are being seen and heard in a new light.” It’s not just their seasoned programming that is kicking goals, with the MSO’s recognition of the need to reach the youth spreading far further than just the concert hall. Their Secret Symphony program takes classical music to contemporary locations such as the Melbourne Aquarium and Platform One (under Flinders’ Street Station), with venues announced only hours before the event. Their beloved free summer
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1. Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis | 2. Cirque de la Symphonie | 3. The Godfather In Concert 4. Associate Conductor Benjamin Northey | 5. Hitchcock & Herrmann outdoor concerts expose classical music to thousands of new audience members every year, and their Muso initiative is an enticing way to expose youthful music lovers to classical music at affordable prices, alongside providing invites to special members-only events such as Beerhoven, which sees beer and wine tastings matched to classical music pieces performed by MSO musicians in unique spaces. “There will always be an audience who want to experience symphonic music in a concert hall, but you need to do more. You need to do things that appeal to different audiences. For people who go to Secret Symphony or Beerhoven, we’re working on a product for them to go to next. I can imagine that someone who may go to a Secret Symphony would love to see the orchestra, but not necessarily in a two-hour concert in Hamer Hall. “What we’re doing a lot more of now is looking at the population and our potential audiences and finding out how they want to enjoy music – how can we cater for them and how do we develop that? It’s an illusion to think that just because you go to a Secret Symphony that we can give you a ticket to see a Bruckner symphony in Hamer Hall and you’ll enjoy it straight away. I can’t imagine that adding up. “We’re looking at new ways to showcase the value of
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orchestral music. It’s a great experience. Beethoven still has something to tell a contemporary audience, but perhaps not in a normal concert atmosphere, but in a different way. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony sounds different if it’s performed in a factory, and it’s a different experience. We’re looking for those kind of links.” With escalating box office figures, an ever-growing international footprint, Vermeulen at the helm and the recent announcement that Sir Andrew Davis has extended his contract as Chief Conductor until 2019, the future of this 109-year-old orchestra looks brighter than ever. “I’m already working on our 2017 season, and there are so many ideas coming in. We’re planning to diversify a lot more with our more commercial projects, the films and our alternative offerings. We’re building on the ideas that we’ve already laid down and taking them even further, trying new things and taking another step. We want to do this every year. We want to reach out much, much more than ever before. Every season we will see how far we can go on our journey.”
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s full 2016 season is out now. It can be accessed via mso.com.au.
JESS RIBEIRO
GOI NG D OwN UNFAMI LIAR GRO UND By Augustus Welby
To state the obvious, for Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Jess Ribeiro, making music is what she does. Ribeiro established her name with 2012’s My Little River ± an album of acoustic-centric alt-country, recorded with her Darwin-based backing band The Bone Collectors. This weekend, Ribeiro returns with her follow up LP Kill It Yourself. Having recently inked a deal with Remote Control Records, there’s perhaps more interest in her music than ever before.
Ribeiro’s got an undeniable knack for penning incisive, heart-stirring songs, and Kill It Yourself shows she’s committed to unlocking new areas of creativity. However, making music hasn’t yet become her primary occupation. “I think that songwriting will always be a part of my life,” she says. “But when you talk about the security of performance and recording as a vocation ± there’s a lot of people doing it now in a way that I suppose in the past we didn’t do it. Maybe songwriting and performing was more communal, and now it’s more individualistic. I would love this to be my main vocation in life, however I’m also a trained Steiner teacher. Two days a week I’ll try to teach at school so that I know that I have a little bit of income to pay for what I love to do.” The strength of any artistic enterprise is highly dependent on the creator’s love for it. However, it’s not uncommon that the quest to turn music into one’s chief vocation quashes the genuine love of creation. Kill It Yourself was produced by ex-Bad Seeds member and regular PJ Harvey collaborator Mick Harvey ± a man who’s spent his entire adult life making music. Witnessing Harvey at work filled Ribeiro with confidence. “He’s just so industrious and his enthusiasm for making things was really inspiring to me,” she says. “He’s a maker and a doer. I always find it’s great to be around older people who have done, and continue to do, things that you aspire towards getting better at doing. They’re usually more mature and a bit more relaxed. He was just quite reassuring, [saying] ‘Don’t be so precious, let’s make some songs. We make some things and they’re shit and we make some things and they’re good and we keep making stuff, because we’re not brain surgeons. We’re musicians’.” Although Ribeiro’s emotionally resonant vocals still occupy centre stage, there are a number of conspicuous differences between Kill It Yourself and My Little River. The first thing that stands out is the diversified instrumentation ± in contrast to the acoustic bent of My Little River, Kill It Yourself embraces electric guitars and a range of different textural elements, which enhance the melancholic, or ironic, or tense demeanour of the songs. “I went to Mick with these half-constructed, really simple songs that I had either composed on guitar or on the keyboard, or songs that I’d workshopped with my original band in Darwin,” Ribeiro says. “They were really sparse and we kept it pretty small ± it was me, my friend Jade on bass and Mick on drums. I think the thing that changed it was that Mick discovered a bass organ in this warehouse [A Secret Location Sound Recorders, Northcote]. There was all of these different types of instruments hanging around and I have a feeling it was probably the piano and the organ that he brought in. I haven’t had much previous experience with that and it just anchored the sound in a different way.”
“...SONGWRITING AND PERfORMING WAS MORE COMMUNAL, AND NOW IT’S MORE INDIVIDUALISTIC” The updated textural palette is a clear example of the benefits of collaboration. However, Ribeiro and Harvey weren’t always on the same page. “I’ve got good string player friends, so that stuff was in my mind. I think that freaked Mick out a bit, because I probably came across as being really disorganised. I said, ‘I want strings on these parts,’ and he just said, ‘How the hell do you think you’re going to have stings on these songs? Do you even know how to arrange strings?’ I was like, ‘No, but I know how to work with my friends.’ I think he was quite cynical about it. Then I just played them my song and talked to them about what I wanted roughly and they came in and both [Harvey] and the audio engineer thought it was great.” Another feature that separates Kill It Yourself from its predecessor is the darker tone. While you could draw comparisons to the likes of Cat Power or Scott Walker, if Ribeiro’s lyrics are taken to be at least partly autobiographical, real life experiences are what set her off down this path. “I think I was going through my Saturn return. You know, they say when you’re 28 that you kind of fall apart or things change. I was in America and I was visiting my brother, and I think it was more the photography of Cindy Sherman, and reading all of these books about Patti Smith. I went to Hotel Chelsea and I met this fortune teller there and he took me upstairs and his friends cut my hair and I ran around the building and I was like, ‘Holy shit this is where all of my heroes come from,’ ± Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen and all of these amazing artists. “But I don’t think I’m very good at pre-meditating and creating a concept album. Maybe I will next time, and go, ‘OK I’m going to replicate David Bowie,’ or something.”
JESS RIBEIRO’s new album Kill It Yourself is out on Friday August 14 via Barely Dressed/Remote Control Records. She’ll launch the record at Northcote Social Club on Saturday September 26. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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TRIPLE R RADIOTHON
PA I N T T H E TOW N T RI P LE R By James Di Fabrizio
since the late ‘70s, Triple R has been a driving force within Melbourne’s music and arts community. As their annual radiothon returns, the station is reaching out to the public to ensure they can keep doing what they do best ± offering completely independent radio that challenges and broadens your views, awareness and sonic palette.
The theme for this year’s radiothon is Paint The Town Triple R. “Basically, it’s about showing your colours,” says Breakfasters host Steve Wide. “The colours basically become a symbol for emotion, as well as people’s show of support for who they barrack for. It’s also tied in with the theme of art, and how art is a creative expression. We like to think of the radio station as being a creative expression as well.” In tune with the radiothon’s broad theme, there are countless ways for listeners to get involved. The most important of all is to subscribe or re-subscribe to the station, with the money raised going towards keeping Triple R on-air. For those who want to go the extra mile, there are some other options. “If they know anyone who would really like the station and appreciate where we’re coming from, let them know about it,” Wide says. “They can also get involved
as volunteers at the station. We have people come in to answer the phones when others ring up to subscribe. There’s plenty of things, like doing artwork. We always like to decorate the studio here whenever there’s a radiothon on. There’s plenty of things to be covered in vibrant colours.” For those who subscribe, you won’t just be doing your part to help secure a Melbourne icon, you’ll also be placed in the running for numerous prizes. The major prizes include a 12 month supply of wine, coffee, beer, albums and cinema tickets, a trip through Japan, a season pass to Meredith and Golden Plains Music Festivals, a Sonos HiFi package and a bicycle from Walkers Wheels. “They are all really diverse prizes that can suit a whole bunch of people,” says Wide. “There are also daily prizes, which are specific to each day. If someone
subscribes on a specific day, they’ll go not only into the running for the major prize but for whatever prizes are running that day as well. There’s separate prizes for business, artists and bands. Music is very important here so there’s special prizes for bands. They can get things like a recording session, or artwork for CDs.” For many Melburninan’s, Triple R’s diverse programming has significantly impacted their worldview. Wide is certainly one of these people. “I initially lived in the suburbs and I didn’t have a lot of interesting stuff to listen to radio-wise. I was watching TV shows to try and find, amongst all the commercial stuff, some bands that would interest me. I realised there was a station that was playing the stuff I was into. It had just started up and it was still the early days. There was a show I liked ± it was the all-night show on a Saturday night. People would ring up and they’d be all sorts of crazy people from all walks of life. They’d have all these bizarre opinions. Amongst all the great music, there was a really interesting view into the counter culture in Melbourne. Eventually, that made
me move into the city and start DJing in the clubs.” From musicians and artists to environmental activists and everyone in between, Triple R has provided a platform for people who simply wouldn’t survive on mainstream radio. Through the station’s independence, it has ventured into places other broadcasters don’t dare. “Without question, it’s very important. A lot of cities don’t have a radio station that does that specifically, particularly one that’s driven through subscribers. Whenever somebody comes here from another city or another country, they say, ‘You don’t know how lucky you are to have a station like this’.”
“It’s been so enduring and seems to stay so fresh that we’ve only ever had to make a handful of tweaks. The last lot of shows were all themed to a different decade, for example. But it’s also kept fresh because we always have these nutty folk from the audience, these eccentrics who just love their music. I get 24 of them up before each show and ask questions to narrow it down. I think that keeps it fresh. “I remember the first show we filmed, we had Paul Kelly, and we asked if there was anyone he would like to perform with. And he said, ‘Well, there’s a new band out of Perth that I quite like called Little Birdy. So how about we get Katie Steele, the singer?’ We did, and it worked so well. There was a household name coupled with someone that people didn’t necessary know yet. That became the blueprint. And everybody likes to be able to say, ‘Oh, I saw this new artist on the telly the other night I’d never heard of, but wow.’ “Now with this [live show] people all over the place are going to be able to go into a theatre and say the
same thing. And live, there’s so much more room to improvise, to not have to worry as much about keeping to a time limit. It’s going to be a lot bolder. “There are certain things you can’t really say on television that we’re going to have a blast with on stage.”
TRIPLE R RADIOTHON 2015: PAINT THE TOWN TRIPLE R will run from Friday August 14 ± Wednesday september 23. Visit rrr.org.au for more details
ROCKWIZ LIVE!
sALU T Es T H E ARIA HALL OF FAME By Adam Norris
Brian Nankervis has enjoyed a strange and enviable career. These days most would recognise him as the affable, all-knowing lord of trivia from universally loved quiz show, Rockwiz. But Nankervis has been honing his talents in the realm of comedy and music for decades. As the Rockwiz crew prepare to hit the road for a touring saluting the ARIA Hall of Fame, Nankervis talks to us about his early years, and how if something ain’t broke, there’s no need to fix it. “It kind of began a family thing,” he says of his encyclopedic love of music. “My cousins were mad Rolling Stones fans, and we used to visit them every Sunday to kick the footy around. When I was around nine, all of a sudden rather than wandering out to the backyard, we’d make a right turn down the corner into the bungalow and they would play the Stones. One day I had the temerity to ask about The Beatles, and they were utterly shocked. ‘We don’t play them. We’re Stones-only here’. And it all developed from there.” Nankervis is now a dab hand at entertaining vast rooms of complete strangers, but his confidence behind the microphone has a rather unlikely source ± teaching. Maintaining control before a room of children equipped him with the necessary poise to take centre stage. “Teaching was absolutely invaluable, and was really the
start of quizzes for me,” he says. “I would do a Friday quiz that was so popular that it was often still going on come Tuesday. I think I realised that things are best taught by a kind of subterfuge. So if you put things in a quiz, suddenly it’s fun, suddenly there’s an element of competition. So having to teach kids definitely ± though I only did it for six years ± was invaluable to where I am now. That and doing warm-ups for TV shows. For Jimeoin I used to do a few poems, but I also introduced a music quiz for that. I put 15 songs on cassette and the audience had to guess what they were. It worked really well.” It was during one of these warm-up gigs that Nankervis caught the attention of Rockwiz’s future producer, who felt it was the right time for a music quiz show to rear its head. They sat down and swiftly devised a quiz format that remains essentially unchanged a dozen years later.
ROCKWIZ LIVE! sALUTEs THE ARIA HALL OF FAME at The Palais Theatre on Thursday October 8. Tickets are available via ticketmaster.
COBRA SNAKE NECKTIE RECORDS Melbourne label Cobra snake Necktie Records was established bang on five years ago. since then, the vinyl only imprint has issued releases from a bunch of fiercely idiosyncratic Melbourne acts, including The Bowers, Wrong Turn, Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk, saint Jude, Baptism of Uzi, Cosmic Psychos, Cherrywood, Adalita, The Pink Tiles and Pony Face. To celebrate their fifth birthday, the folks at Cobra snake Necktie are throwing one heck of a party/label showcase at the John Curtin Bandroom. Ahead of the event we asked them to run us through their five favourite releases to date.
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saint Jude : Saint Jude II (August 2015) After the dust settled a year ago on the band’s second album Saint Jude II, Melbourne’s cosmic wayfaring country-soul statesmen, Saint Jude, have taken an exploratory leap further into an exceptionally lush writing and production style, pointing the ship towards Laurel Canyon from the hallowed grounds of Muscle Shoals. Taking rambunctiously sweet, harmonic rock’n’roll into new, rich folds, all tethered by their jangling guitars, swirling keyboards, thumping rhythm section and the quintet’s southern gospel harmonies, this is by far their most accomplished and satisfying record to date.
Pony Face : Pony Face Presents Nebraska (October 2014) Pony Face continuously defy definition. They can appear unconventional, though further unravelling of their songs and sonic textures draw links between crystalline, dark rock and that uniquely Australian feel. They are a band equally at home in the registers of indie rock and shoegaze as they are country and folk music, drone, psychedelia and kaleidoscopic noise merchantry. Pony Face presents Nebraska is a calculated, meditative and stunning reimagining of Bruce Springsteen’s towering masterpiece, Nebraska ± taking the record down a path the E Street Band wouldn’t/couldn’t have travelled
Cherrywood : Book of Matches (september 2013) Cherrywood’s music features tales of lightning strikes, broken hearts, bar stools and prisons; all brought to life through an array of battered acoustic instruments and a bunch of bar-room vocals. The quartet’s love of traditional country and folk music sits harmoniously with their punk and rock’n’roll lineage to give Cherrywood a sound of their own. Book of Matches proves an earnest portrayal of the band’s live show ± full of raw energy, fast paced and explosive sing-alongs. Catchy and immediate, Book of Matches shouts the listener a drink and dances them around the room.
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The Bowers : Odds or Evens (October 2011) This sophomore full length captures The Bowers in full flight, expanding upon the garage rock and power pop sensibilities that they’ve become renowned for. Although those elements are absolutely still present on this release, The Bowers delved into territories of personal history, mythology, memory, loss and redemption. The result: a breakthrough in songwriting and a subsequent leap forward in an extremely well rounded and satisfying record. Here stands a band who’re not confortable repeating themselves in an industry that demands repetition.
Baptism of Uzi : Stray Currents ( June 2013) Baptism of Uzi’s Stray Currents is a swirling, five-track sonic expedition exploring a fully realised sound from a band traversing newfound pop arrangements with meticulous detail. Punctuated by the mercurial Carnal Need, which lilts and shifts with volcanic compulsion and the effortlessly precise Believe, Stray Currents is as robustly eccentric as it is a self-assured articulation from a band at the vanguard of tangled, affected pop music. COBRA sNAKE NECKTIE RECORDs take over the John Curtin Bandroom on Friday August 14, with performances from Pony Face, Baptism of Uzi, saint Jude, The Bowers and The sugarcanes. Visit the John Curtin website for details.
THE RUBENS
CUTTING LOOSE By Adam Norris
Sure, picking up an ARIA nomination for your debut album isn’t too shabby. Touring the world, amassing legions of fans? Fantastic. But having your album first go gold, then platinum, and then recieving a framed plaque to hang on your wall? That’s the stuff of dreams. At least, that’s what we expected to hear from The Rubens’ Sam and Elliott Margin. “Oooh, fans or trophies? That’s a hard one,” laughs Sam, the band’s singer and guitarist. “Good for different reasons. The idea of reaching people, having some kind of effect, is great. Hearing stories about people in tough times being helped out by our music, that’s nice. And yeah, having the plaque to put on the wall is pretty cool; the kind of thing you always hope to be able to do as a musician. But it’s definitely secondary to why we do it. You’ll find when you go into some producer’s studio, they’ve got them still in the plastic wrapping propped against a wall, and that’s always on purpose. Or they’ll have awards sitting on the toilet, that kind of thing. Another Grammy? Oh, just put it wherever.” Keyboardist and backing vocalist Elliott laughs. “I hung mine straight up. No waiting. Zaac [Margin, guitar] used his to hold a window open for ages. He saw it was the perfect size and wedged it in, job done. You really hope no one comes along and steals it now, ’cause it’s just sitting there. Someone would snatch it and he’d
be left there crying, ‘Oh no, my breeze’.” Unsurprisingly, the brothers have some of the most relaxed banter you’re likely to find. Our conversation is peppered with thoughts and anecdotes that start at one side of the table and finish at the other, and while they are quick to poke fun at each other, it’s immediately apparent their musical raison d’etre comes from a very serious place. “I think no matter what the songs already mean to us, they can end up meaning much more because of the way fans respond to them,” Sam says. “Stories of people saying they walked down the aisle to this song, that they proposed to someone with a certain song, that it helped them through some dark time ± those songs get added meaning. Obviously we haven’t had the chance to see that yet with the new record, but it’s kind of exciting because you just never know.” “The only new song we’ve been able to road test like that is Cut Me Loose,” Elliott agrees. “The way we write,
it doesn’t happen together. It all comes together in the studio. We make it happen then and record it there. The first time we’ll play it live is when we’re actually rehearsing it for the album. We don’t really know how any song is going to develop or how an audience is going to respond to something. It’s all guesswork, really. We won’t know until we’re on the road.” That opportunity isn’t far away now. Having kicked off with an appearance at Splendour, The Rubens will hit the road in support of their new LP Hoops from September until November, and their set is almost guaranteed to evolve with each passing performance. It’s a far cry from the frantic, hit-the-ground-running experiences of their first national tour, when their sound and stagecraft was still developing.
“We’re in a much better live position now, since we have two records to choose from,” Sam says. “And we’ve never done rehearsals like this before. Last time we came straight off the back of that record into our first tours, and we probably weren’t that great then. We were still learning. You’d sometimes see in older gigs we’d have too many slower songs and we’d have to work out how to kick that lull. This time, we want to make things move, and this record is more up-tempo. It gives us more options of how we want each set to flow.”
guy who was trying to sound like Otis Redding meets Jerry Reed. But if you keep doing it, eventually you’ll quit thinking about your influences, and who you are starts to show up in that blend of all those sounds.” Today JJ Grey is known for his smooth tone and honeyed harmonies with just the right amount of grit. However, Grey is quick to mention that his true strength lies onstage, whether he’s playing for a handful of friends in his hometown of Jacksonville or headlining a festival halfway around the world. “You won’t ever see me up there with a grin plastered
on my face getting ready to plough through it one more time. I’ve never played a show like that in my life and I don’t think I ever will. If I’ve played a city 1000 times, it doesn’t matter. It’s the first time I’ve played that show that night, at that place and that song. Whenever I play live I just want to dig in and swing for the fence every time.”
over there is fantastic. You can drink as much of that German stuff as you like.” With their latest album, Home Brew, The Pigs were intent upon developing an album that made a big impact on their audience. They had already cemented their style, but found new direction due to some back and forth interaction with their fans. “We’d been performing our original tunes and covers done in our own style for a long time, stuff like Beyoncé or Kanye West, things like that,” T-Bone says. “One day someone came up to us and asked ‘Why don’t you do an Australian song? For Christ’s sake you’re Australians.’ So we decided to do a whole bloody album on it. We’ve rehashed 13 Aussie classics to what they should be, their ‘original’ versions, if they were original ± the bare
bones of it.” With Deni Ute Muster looming on the horizon, T-Bone is ready and roaring for the set. As opposed to their usual role as a closer, this year the band are playing an opening slot. “We’ll be nice and fresh, fresh from the road. Crisp, crispy ± we’ll hit that frying pan on the stage, on will go the bacon, and we’ll crisp up.”
Hoops is out now through Ivy League. THE RUBENS appear at Forum Melbourne on Friday October 9. Visit forummelbourne.com.au for tickets.
JJ GREy & MOfRO
G U T S A N D O L’ G L O R Y By Natalie Rogers
While JJ Grey acknowledges the title of his seventh album Ol’ Glory was inspired by an Alison Krauss song played at an unfortunate family gathering, he insists the 12 songs are a celebration of life. “At my grandmother’s funeral my Aunt and Uncle were singing I’ll Fly Away, and a relative of mine was hollering out ‘ol’ glory’ ± even though the line is ‘oh glory’ ± and something just clicked,” Grey says. “But if I’m really honest, those songs wrote themselves and I was just along for the ride.” The Florida native is charismatic and easygoing by nature, but if you dig a little deeper, the truth behind his thoughtful lyrics becomes apparent. “I feel like the lyrics I write are me trying to preach to myself and wake me up to things in my life, even if I don’t get it right away,” he says. “And the more I sing them, they become a mantra for my life. “There’s a beauty in the simplicity of writing lyrics from the soul. For me it’s thrilling ± it was a joy to write Home In the Sky and Everything Is a Song. These days I just let it happen. I just roll with it and let the chips fall where they may. I’ve slowed down in a lot of ways, but I feel like I’ve accomplished all I wanted to with Ol’ Glory.” The album was recorded at Retrophonics Studios in Florida. As a keen surfer, the studio’s close proximity to the beach is always a major bonus for Grey. “It’s the seventh time I’ve recorded there and my seventh
album,” he laughs. “It felt like I was on vacation. I’d go for a surf in the morning and play music all afternoon with the boys ± it was a dream.” Grey’s dream team in the studio are an ensemble of exceptional musicians known as Mofro, and they’ll be joining Grey on his return to Australia in October. “I like it when an album feels live, so we play live in the studio as much as possible. When we record a take, we try to keep overdubs to a minimum so that the music has a natural feel. Where the rubber hits the road for me is the minutiae that show up in a record ± that interaction between musicians that’s so subtle that you can’t make it happen, it just happens.” Together JJ Grey & Mofro weave a deep, soulful blend of blues, rock, folk, funk, gospel and R&B. “I did what a lot of people do when they’re starting out ± I tried to emulate my heroes,” Grey says. “At first you only sound like the sum total of your influences ± I sounded like a
JJ GREY & Mofro’s Ol’ Glory is out now through Warner Music. They’re playing Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 7.
THE PIGS
BLUEGRASS BREWERS By Thomas Brand City-dwellers can choose how to spend their week from an ocean of choices. Out in the country, however, there aren’t as many options. It’s rarer that a bunch of likeminded individuals can get together for a drink and some live music ± there’s the issue of distance, conflicting schedules, and no option to hop on the 86 tram with a game plan in mind. As a result, events such as the upcoming Deni Ute Muster are especially important for bringing people together in rural communities. No strangers to the muster, Sydney-based bluegrass act The Pigs are scheduled to play at the Deniliquin event this October. Co-vocalist T-Bone Pig sheds some light on how a bluegrass band goes international and what the muster means to them. “This will be our third Deni Ute Muster,” he says. “We were last there in 2010, but we often go to other events with muster in the name. Musters seem to like us. It’s a different way of life out there, away from the city. It’s a simpler life. Things that they love are things like utes, drinking rum with their mates ± the things in their lifestyle that they love, they really celebrate. That’s why something like the Ute Muster, and other musters, celebrate country life. “Things in the city, you have an event and it’s about making money ± some music, but making money. You do things out in the country and it’s about the community. That’s the appeal for the punter. People who go to the Deni Ute Muster, they live all year for
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it ± they talk about it for years. Whereas you do it in the city, it’s ‘just another music festival.’ These people, they work hard, it’s hard for them to meet their mates on a Friday/Saturday. That’s why it’s so important.” The muster circuit isn’t the only place where The Pigs have gained exposure. If someone were to ask about Australia’s most internationally successful genres, bluegrass probably wouldn’t be the first thing you thought of. However, thanks to their loose antics, The Pigs have established themselves in a number of overseas territories. “We’d seen success in Germany, Denmark, France and Spain around Europe, but essentially we met another band called The Bees who introduced us to people over there and organised the tour for us and it took off,” T-Bone Says. “We’ve been back a couple of times since. There’s something about our irreverence and bad behaviour that just appeals over there. You can only imagine what a family overseas can do, and the beer
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THE PIGS will join the likes of Cold Chisel, Birds of Tokyo and Lee Kernaghan at the Deni Ute Muster, which runs Friday October 2 ± Saturday October 3 in Deniliquin, New South Wales. Tickets are available now via deniutemuster.com.au
BAIO
I N A H E I g H T E N E D S TAT E By Dan Watt In comparison to the reckless freedom of rock’n’roll, dance music is heavily reliant on precision. Marrying the two creative methods isn’t easy, but next month the bass player from one of the world’s most famous rock bands, Vampire Weekend, will release his debut dance record. Baio is the moniker of said bassist, Chris Baio, who announced himself as a solo artist with the Mira EP back in 2013. The title track was a fairly straight up electro house number, but what really got listeners and DJs intrigued was the frayed edges and warped modulation of the beats. Essentially, Baio embedded an analogue unexpectedness into the digital world. The first single from his forthcoming album The Names (due out Friday September 18) is a similarly crisp yet alluringly unbalanced electronic warble called Brainwash yyrr Face. With this song, perfection stems from imperfection. In hearing this analysis, Baio responds with a relaxed account of the album’s background. “I like that description a lot,” he says. “There’s a lot going on in that statement to talk about. I really started getting into production maybe around 2009 and started mostly electronically, and put out a couple of EPs when I felt confident enough in my production. The next step with this album was to do more songwriting to create
something that sounded a bit more organic.” Baio is on the phone from a New York apartment where he’s hanging out waiting for his wife and friend to tell him where to meet for dinner. Although he’s now based in London, Baio’s originally from one of New York’s more affluent suburbs. And, in case you’re wondering, he is the cousin of Happy Days and Charles In Charge star Scott Baio. One of the record’s standout songs is the recent single Sister Of Pearl, which truly displays the organic flavour Baio was aiming for. “A song like Sister Of Pearl was very exciting for me to record,” he says. “I would do these full takes of me playing piano and wouldn’t edit it and then would mix that with perfectly edited drums. So that song has this feeling of looseness and tightness at the same time, and I think that’s something I was going for.” The track’s also an unashamed tip of the hat to one of Roxy Music’s best known songs, Mother Of Pearl. “Eno and Ferry are two of my favourite melodic minds,”
Baio says. “In trying to become a songwriter, I looked to them for inspiration. For that song to have such an overt reference to them… but there’s also a reference to Boys Keep Swinging in the lyrics. That’s probably one of my favourite Bowie songs.” Sister Of Pearl is made especially striking by a string arrangement, which acts as counterpoint to the song’s delicious rhythm. A week prior to our interview, Baio performed the single with a string quartet on LA radio station KCRW. Assembling this ensemble took a little bit of work. “Interestingly enough it was a one-time-only collaboration between four players from four different sting quartets, so it was a very political process getting the various quartets to agree to let me take those players and put them together. There was like a string quartet
truce in LA to make that performance happen.” When Baio comes down to perform in Melbourne next week, he won’t be playing with a string quartet. However, he promises to do his best to recreate the recorded production from behind a desk of gadgets. Courtesy of Vampire Weekend’s prolific touring schedule, Baio’s been to Melbourne “many many times,” and has developed a love of Melbourne’s culinary sophistication. “Last time I was there I went to Chin Chin and it was so fucking good. I remember that meal like it was yesterday.”
these songs together and the guys are so integral to the band I couldn’t imagine Miami Horror without them.” With Plant at the helm, the current lineup of Josh Moriarty, Aaron Shanahan and Daniel Whitechurch work continuously to improve their live performance. “We really want the audience to have a full sensory experience,” Plant says. “Our shows are always very energetic and we incorporate a lot of showmanship. A lot of bands just stand there and try to be too cool ± I think that gets a little old pretty quickly.” To enhance the festivities of the forthcoming tour, Plant has invited some of the hottest up and coming acts to open the show. “We chose [Melbourne singer/ songwriter] Cleopold because everything’s rolling really well for him at the moment. He just released his new song Down In Flames on Chet Faker’s label and it’s getting a lot of attention. We will have Young Franco
too ± we wanted a DJ as well as a live act. We met through our management and we’ve hung out before ± h e’s a cool guy.” Also on the bill is Brisbane artist JOY. “She is incredibly talented, and we thought she’d be a good balance and something a little different to what we’re doing. “I’m really proud of what we’ve managed to pull together. I was asked the other day, ‘What makes a good party?’ and I think the key element is the people. Meeting loads of different people and just enjoying yourself ± that’s why I’m so excited to come home and share these songs with everyone.”
harp and a synth chord for the first minute and a half, which people would just get bored of and tune out. So I wanted to get them on board to try and add a story to it and just another dimension of interest. All three of them just totally killed it.” Fractures and Nearly Oratorio are both Melbourne based, which made the collaborative process fairly easy. However, working with the Perth-based Kučka was a new challenge for Eremin. “Having people in the studio, everything happens quite quickly and naturally, but with long distance you’ve got to email back and forth. But it was a good challenge and I’m really happy with what she’s done with the track. I think it’s wild.” Working on other people’s projects gives you a priceless level of distance, which speeds up the decision making
process. But taking total control over a project often leads to fixating on minor details. Making this EP has taught Eremin a lot about self-discipline. “The thing that I’m slowly learning as I go is just to create anchor points for myself. So if I make a demo and there’s one section that everyone universally loves, I’ll keep that in mind and don’t mess with it ± build the rest of the song around that and just remember that one time when everyone loved it. Even if I forget that it’s good, I still remember that other people had a really good first impression of it.”
BAIO plays Shebeen on Tuesday August 18. The Names is out Friday September 18 via Liberator Music.
MIAMI HOrrOr
NO PLACE LIKE HOME By Natalie Rogers
“Quite simply, it’s going to be big,” says Benjamin Plant, Miami Horror’s master of production and synthesisers. To toast the success of the band’s sophomore release All Possible Futures, the indie electronica luminaries are back on Australian shores for a run of special shows in each capital city. “These shows are the first big ones we’ve played in Australia for a few years, and we can’t wait to play to our hometown.” When Beat speaks with Plant, the four-piece groomed in inner city Melbourne have just wrapped up the American leg of their world tour. While I can detect a hint of homesickness in his voice, there’s no denying their decision to make Los Angeles home has paid off. “We will always be an Australian band, but we can’t ignore how well everything is going for us over here,” Plant says. “We moved to LA for fun and to try something different, but we never expected the band to take off like it has ± especially our success in South America.” While Plant is pleasantly surprised by their strong following in places like Mexico City (where they consistently play to crowds of thousands), anyone who has heard the post-disco decadence of their debut album Illumination (2010), and follow up release All Possible Futures, would agree the band’s appeal is universal. Incorporating the pop sensibilities of Michael Jackson and Prince alongside progressive rock guitar riffs and
otherworldly choruses inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the new album offers something for everyone. “I’ll admit that at first I was worried that people wouldn’t get what we were trying to do because there’s so much variety on the record,” Plant says. “But that’s what we wanted ± each track is designed to stand on its own.” Plant says the five years between albums was an incredibly steep learning curve, and for a while he questioned the strength of his previous songwriting efforts. “On the first album we didn’t know what we were doing ± now that we’ve learnt all the rules, we feel more comfortable breaking them.” Several tracks on All Possible Futures may push the boundaries of conventional songwriting, but the album-making process strengthened the bonds between the band members. “Because Miami Horror was originally a solo project of mine, I was used to producing music on my own. But now we’ve written all
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MIAMI HORROR play 170 Russell on Friday August 21, with Cleopold, JOY and Young Franco. All Possible Futures is out now via Remote Control Records.
OUT OF THE BLUE By Augustus Welby
Over the past four years, Melbourne’s Andrei Eremin has spent a lot of time in the studio, mixing, mastering and producing records for the likes of Oscar Key Sung, I’lls, Hiatus Kaiyote, Miami Horror and Banoffee. He recently wrapped up production on his debut solo EP Pale Blue, which is due out on August 28. Even though Eremin’s already established his name as a studio wiz, the release of Pale Blue has come sooner than he expected. “Honestly there was probably a time about two years ago when production stuff started getting really full on and I thought I was going to stop making music all together,” he says. “I’ve been making music all my life pretty much, but once I was working 60 hours a week in the studio I was like, ‘Oh God I don’t have time to keep up with all of this.’ So a lot of these songs have been collected over that time period. I went off writing and then I came back on and now I’ve collected this set of songs that I’m really proud of.” Eremin’s studio commitments might’ve momentarily delayed his creative activities, but being involved with a diverse range of artists is actually what pushed him to get stuck into his own tracks. “I find that I get more inspiration out of the people who I directly work with than the people I listen to,” he says. “Just because you see a creation from start to finish, and I find that really inspiring. People like BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 44
Hiatus influenced me a little bit, and Oscar Key Sung and I’lls, they’re probably right up there. “I used to write a lot of rock music, but the thing that got me into electronic music was just seeing the possibilities. The first record I mastered was I’lls’ first EP [Thread, 2011]. I think them creating that was really inspiring to me and made me realise that there’s a whole different medium that you can explore with a lot more possibilities.” Along with Fractures and Kučka ± who feature on the singles Ghosts and Anhedoniac respectively ± I’lls’ Simon Lam (under the guise Nearly Oratorio) sings on the EP’s final track Two Dones. Eremin’s tracks tend to begin as instrumentals, but he realised these ones would benefit from the addition of vocals. “Part of what I’ve been aiming for with the EP is a real minimalist aesthetic,” he says. “For instance, the song with Simon on it, if you take out the vocal there’s a
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ANDREI EREMIN’s debut EP Pale Blue is released independently on Friday August 28.
GHOST
MASTERS OF MAKE BELIEVE By Peter Hodgson If you’ll allow me a wanky, name-dropping story, a few years ago I was at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Hollywood with Aussie metal promoter/legend John Howarth, Fear Factory’s manager and a dude from Live Nation. The Live Nation guy was telling us about this new band Ghost who he’d just booked to play the House of Blues on Sunset Strip. “They’re fucking great,” he told us. “They dress like evil priests, their singer is an evil Pope, and they sing about how much they love Satan. It’s great to have some good old-fashioned Satan worship back in metal.” Within about six months Ghost had completely blown up, and they’re now about to release album number three, Meliora. Like its two predecessors, Meliora pays tribute to the occult-channelling rock and metal of the 1970s, while maintaining an unmistakably Ghost sound. This album introduces Papa Emeritus III (really the same vocalist as the previous two albums, but the story goes that this Papa is “the three-months-younger brother of Papa II”). The band’s five instrumentalists are referred to simply as Nameless Ghouls. “Just for reference, I’m the main songwriter and instigator of the band so you don’t have to worry about talking to some fucking henchman,” our Nameless Ghoul says over the phone. Meliora has a heavier, more aggressive feel than its predecessor, with a few thrash-influenced rhythm guitar moments and an edgier sonic approach.
“It was a plan to make the record this way,” the Ghoul says. “With the last album, there were a few decisions made in the production stage which made the album sound a little un-muscular, if you will. That was never the intention. We’ve always strive for an analogue, warm sound but it was never our intention to make it sound too lo-fi. We always wanted a hi-fi thing. So we thought going into this next record we might want to add a little more muscular DNA.” As analogue purists, Ghost use only old gear, “just because it adds not only to the sound but the feeling. It feels right doing that. This time we basically had museum pieces. We were using a mixture of four guitars right through the record. It was the same guitars and the same setup. That’s something we’ve always strived for; the songs should all be different but it should be the same sound across the board. So it was two Gibson
SGs ± one was ’62, one was maybe a ’79 or something. Then we had an old Les Paul Goldtop, and apart from the Neve console, it was the most valuable thing in the studio. And then we added a Telecaster in there. We are a Gibson band, but a Fender added into a Gibson world can be very effective. And we used a larger range of different speakers and heads to create a lot of depth in the guitar sound.” Onstage the guitarist use Gibson RD models, which are modified. “They’re slightly customised because the old ones from ’77 are extremely cool guitars, very coollooking. But in order to make them sound like a normal guitar as we know it, you need to rip the insides out and put in new pickups. I’m sorry to say but they weren’t really great guitars. They look cool but you have to go
through a little procedure. So we had those and we use these pickups from a Swedish brand called Lundgren. “But speaking of analogue gear, because we don’t have amps onstage, we have simulated that through a rack of Fractal Audio Axe-Fx on the side of the stage. At the end of the day you have to realise that as much as I want a big rig that is super loud… we can do the Fractal thing, have it over and done with, everyone’s happy and we can pretend that we have a big wall of amplifiers behind us anyway. It’s all make-believe anyway, this rock’n’roll thing.”
as true today about doom metal as it was when I first started in the scene back then.” On the topic of ‘back then’, Scheidt happily accommodates our request for a list of the albums that have left the biggest impression on him as a musician and songwriter. “Black Sabbath Masters Of Reality, Led Zepplin I, II, II, Elton John Greatest Hits, King Crimson, Cathedral, [Burning Witch] Crippled Lucifer, the first four Iron Maiden records, pretty much all the [ Judas] Priest records, especially Defenders Of the Faith.” In line with many of the legendary bands Scheidt mentions, Yob are prolific workhorses. Their debut record Elaborations Of Carbon came out in 2002, and last year’s Clearing The Path To Ascend was their seventh studio LP. “I think Elaborations hinted at where we were going
to end up, but it did have a lot more of what I would call traditional elements to it. You can hear influences like Electric Wizard, Sleep, Sabbath of course, and even Operator Generator and Orange Goblin. But I was also listening to a lot of death and black metal back then and hardcore punk, I think you can hear all of those influences on that record. “You fast forward to Clearing the Path to Ascend and some of those elements are still there, but it is a lot more our sound now. But I think Elaborations did have a spirit of adventure to it. I mean, it wasn’t pure pentagram doom shit.”
but we didn’t really consider ourselves serious probably until 2006, because that’s when we released our first EP.” Since then, other than Colliding Skies, the lads have released another EP (Avalon, 2008) and the debut album (The Human Connection, 2011). Just as strikingly, they recorded their own version of Toto’s classic, Africa. In a manner not too far from something you’d see in the movies, an idea they originally pursued on a whim turned into an almost overnight sensation, even gaining applause from Toto guitarist Steve Lukather. “He ended up tweeting that this was the best cover version he’d ever heard,” Felton says. Beyond this mini-tour, Chaos Divine plan to fit in
more shows on the eastern seaboard. Their appearance at Brisbane’s Bigsound, taking place in early September, was recently announced, and they plan to use that gig as a platform for more shows. The last time the lads were in Europe, Soldiers was winning the West Australian Music award for Best Heavy/Metal Song of 2014 (“We had to have a friend go pick it up for us,” says Felton). By mid-2016, Chaos Divine will be in the Northern Hemisphere once more. May fortune smile upon them.
GHOST’s new album Meliora is out on Friday August 21 via Caroline Australia.
YOB
E N C Y L O P E D I A O F M E TA L By Dan Watt If Nashville, Tennessee is the home of country music then Portland, Oregon is the residence of alternative music. The city has given us such indie rock royalty as The Dandy Warhols, The Shins, and Modest Mouse, seminal chill wave act Washed Out, and of course the hit comedy series Portlandia. But beyond the mainstream alternative, Portland is also the home to some of the planet’s most treacherous metal music, including doom metal band Yob. Ahead of this month’s Australian tour, Beat spoke with the band’s vocalist and guitarist Mike Scheidt. Scheidt has been ensconced in the doom metal scene for last 25 years and his knowledge of the genre is enormous. It’s so big, in fact, that when asked to list the doom/metal acts he’s most excited about, he swiftly nominates 30-plus candidates. One act he mentions is stoner band Red Fang, who were recently in Australia for Cherry Rock. “I know them very well,” Scheidt says. “My other band Middian played with them on their very first tour in 2007 and Yob used to play with a band that two thirds of Red Fang were in called Party Time in 2001. I have known those guys for a really long time.” Not only is Scheidt a committed follower of American metal music, but as the leader of Yob, he’s left an indelible imprint on Portland’s doom scene. “We have a lot friends and do a lot of shows with them in Portland, and over the years we have all grown as bands together.”
Yob didn’t actually form in Portland, but rather in Eugene; a smaller city in the middle of Oregon. Nevertheless, Scheidt was destined to end up in Portland, “I have had an affinity for that town since I was pre-teen,” he says, “and then you fast forward to now and I’m not sure exactly what Yob’s impact has been, but I am certainly glad that we are a part of that scene.” Yob’s music has always been identified as doom metal; a label they haven’t shied away from. Though, Scheidt clarifies what the doom tag represents for him: “Doom happens at a much slower pace then regular metal so there has to be a lot of vibe and feel at that pace in order for it to feel magic, for it to actually feel heavy, because down tuning and loud amplifiers doesn’t necessarily make it heavy, if you get what I’m saying. It really still comes down to the band’s players and I think that is
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YOB are playing at Max Watt’s on Friday August 21 with support from Whitehorse and Inverloch. The band’s latest album Clearing the Path to Ascend is out now via Neurot.
SEVEN SKIES COLLIDE By Nicholas Hartman
The winds blowing in Perth are carrying its residents’ chimes around the world. The slither of green grass and pristine beaches that cling to the Indian Ocean has lately proven itself an oasis for an otherwise parched and weary world of music. Currently, Fremantle’s very own Tame Impala are massaging ear drums on a global scale, and before that, Karnivool were tearing towns apart with their unique take on progressive rock. Progressive metallers Chaos Divine, soon to hit these Melbourne shores, are yet another Swan-side band coming to our collective rescue. And this time they’re bringing Melbourne genre-benders AlithiA with them ± w ell, sort of. The upcoming show at The Evelyn will be part of a double-billing tour, not unlike the Queens of the Stone Age/Nine Inch Nails runaround last year. Chaos Divine will headline in Sydney, before swapping roles when they come down to AlithiA’s hometown a night later. Headtorch and Sons of Abraham will also be joining for the Melbourne leg. Why the partnership with AlithiA, though? “They’re a really interesting band,” says Ryan Felton, full-time guitarist and part-time keyboardist of Chaos Divine. “We actually had them over [in Perth] for our Soldiers single launch in 2014, and so they came over and we hit it off from there, really. They’re really cool guys, and they’re a very interesting band and very, very different
from anyone we’ve played with before. “They’ve a very hard genre ± you know, what they’re playing is a sort of a space-prog-rock combination. So yeah, they came over, we had a bunch of really good shows and we really dig them.” What’s more, this won’t be just a regular old show. AlithiA have a rather conspicuous trick up their sleeve: they have made a short film, and intend to screen it on the night. Sacrifice, described by the band as “partmockumentary, part-art film”, will be given an advanced screening at both dates. Felton can’t really give us any more information than that; he’s only seen the trailer, but has been assured it’s almost Spinal Tap-esque. For Chaos Divine, meanwhile, 2015 has seen the release of their second album, Colliding Skies, back in March, followed by an autumn tour of Australia. On paper, this year also marks the band’s tenth anniversary, but when quizzed about it, Felton palms it off. “You could probably say this is our ten-year anniversary,
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Did you realise that Melbourne’s Drunk Mums are releasing a new album Gone Troppo? Did you realise that the name of their record label is Pissfart Records? You do now. See the band when they launch said album at Karova Lounge on October 9 or Howler on October 24. Both gigs are guaranteed to be sloppy. Dead Letter Circus are touring this October in support of their fancy new album Aesthesis. They’re touring pretty comprehensively, hitting The Forum on October 10, as well as shows at Karova in Ballarat (October 7), Black Swan in Bendigo (October 8) and Barwon Club in Geelong (October 9). Tickets are available from Thursday August 20 and mates 10 Years will be special guests on all dates. Mew are making dreams come true this year by finally embarking on their first ever trip to Australia. The acclaimed experimental rock group are coming over for some headline shows, playing Max Watt’s in Melbourne on December 3. Incredible news for fans that have been waiting more than 20 years. Don’t give up hope, kids. Epitaph’s Sleeping With Sirens will tour Australia next month, doing a headlining run on the back of their fourth album Madness. See them at 170 Russell for an underage afternoon show followed by an overage evening show on September 22. Tickets are available this Thursday. Scuzzy British punk band Pulled Apart By Horses are bringing their eccentric brand of rock to Australia again for a headlining a tour in October. The band have booked not one but two shows at the Ding Dong Lounge on October 30 and 31. Tickets are up for grabs now. The Darkness are slipping on their pleather onesies and returning to our shores. Having released their fourth album Last Of Our Kind in June, the quartet are limbering up with new drummer Rufus Taylor (son of Queen’s Roger Taylor) and landing at The Forum on November 11. You can get your tickets now. Iron Chic are coming out as part of Poison City Records’ Weekender Fest this September. To celebrate they’re going to release a new 7”, which includes two new tracks and a cover of Dead Kennedys Dog Bite. The 7” is up for pre-order now and will officially be released on September 7 in time for the band’s show with Modern Baseball and Sidekicks at Northcote Social Club (tickets still available for that one). Sydney’s Relentless are jumping onto the Story So Far and Man Overboard tour, which kicks off on September 2. They’ll take the spot of Apart From This who had to pull out from the event earlier this month. They’re at Max Watt’s on Friday September 11 and Thursday September 10 hosts the Arrow On Swanston underage gig.
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CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12:
• A Basket Of Mammoths, Hobo Magic, Spacejunk at The Bendigo
THURSDAY AUGUST 13:
• And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, The Red Paintings at Corner Hotel • Terra, Left At Moral Junction, Nathan Brailey at The Bendigo • To The Airship, Caution:Thieves, Scourge at Next • King Parrot, Harlott, Nemesium at Barwon Club
FRIDAY AUGUST 14:
• Chelsea Grin, Boris The Blade, Graves, Driven To The Verge, Sentinel, Drive Time Commute at Corner Hotel • Iron Mind, Extortion, Born Free, Rebirth at The Bendigo • Del Lago, Foxtrot, Sparrows, Joe Guiton and the Suicide Tuesdays at Public Bar • Super Best Friends, Skyways Are Highways, Laura Palmer, Jay Wars + The Howard Youth, Horror My Friend at The Reverence Hotel • Mutton, The Kremlings, AD Skinner, Tankerville at The Old Bar • King Parrot, Harlott, Exsul at Pelly Bar, Frankston
SATURDAY AUGUST 15:
• The Grates, Straight Arrows at Corner Hotel • Chelsea Grin, Boris The Blade, Graves, Epimetheus, Zeolite at Wrangler Studios • SNFU, No Idea, Wolfpack, Cold Ground, Pitt The Elder, Blind Man Death Stare at The Bendigo Hotel • Vice Grip, Danger! Earthquake!, Skyon at Bang • Tim Maxwell, Wolf Whistler at The Old Bar • King Parrot, Harlott, Wilderones at Karova Lounge
SUNDAY AUGUST 16:
• King Parrot, Harlott, Swidgen, Weedy Gonzales at The Tote • SNFU, Wolfpack, Drexler, The Maggotmen, Public Liability, Organ Doner at Bar 12 • Gape, Belligerent Intent, Headless, Order Of Chaos, Brutonomy, Behold The Defiant, Dystopian at The Reverence
MELBOURNE GUITAR SHOW
I had a great time at the Melbourne Guitar Show this past weekend. Attendance at the show was incredible and there were many great bargains to be had and workshops to attend. Awesome performances too from Racer Axe, Lloyd Spiegel, Jimi Hocking, Jeff Lang, King Of The North, Nat Allison, Project 3, Geoff Achison, Wayne Jones Band, Fiona Boyes and many, many more. It was truly inspiring to see such an event done so well and I hope it comes back next year.
HIGGO’S HEAVY CHERRY IV
Saturday August 15 at Cherry Bar, check out the latest instalment of Higgo’s Heavy Cherry, featuring Australian metal legends Dreadnaught and Envenomed, punk thrash hardcore face-smashers Join The Amish and the brutally brilliant Conjurer. Doors open at 7:30pm and tickets are $15.
IRON MIND AT THE BENDIGO
This Friday August 14 at The Bendigo Hotel, check out the last show for a long time from Iron Mind while they take time off to tend to work/travel/life commitments. Help make it a big one for them, OK? Support from Extortion, Born Free and Rebirth. Doors open at 8:30pm, first band on at 9pm, entry is $15.
TONY MACALPINE TO TOUR AUSTRAILIA
The acclaimed and awesome musician’s musician, Tony MacAlpine will be touring Australia in October, performing his classic albums Edge Of Insanity and Maximum Security live in their entirety, plus material from his brilliant new album Concrete Gardens. Joining Tony is Brazilian drum legend Aquiles Priester (Angra, Hangar, Primal Fear) and bassist Bjorn Englen (Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth, Dio Disciples). A classically trained pianist and violinist, MacAlpine began his musical education at age five and at age 12 picked up the guitar and became a leader in the neoclassical guitar virtuoso movement of the mid to late-‘80s. Guitar World magazine recently listed Edge Of Insanity at #4 in the Top 10 Guitar Shred Records of All Time. Catch him at The Bendigo Hotel on Wednesday October 7, presented by Thump Music. VIP tickets are on sale now, which include a meet
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and greet with MacAlpine, priority seating, one professional photo with MacAlpine, a VIP-exclusive tour laminate, a tour poster and a limited edition CD/ DVD of Concrete Gardens.
NEW FEAR FACTORY OUT NOW
Check out the incredible new Fear Factory album Genexus, out now on Nuclear Blast. This record features some of the most ferocious riffage Dino Cazares has ever thrown down, and Burton C. Bell is in fine form vocally and lyrically.
KING PARROT REGIONAL RAMPAGE TOUR
Hot on the heels of their new album Dead Set and a national tour with sold out shows in capital cities around the country, King Parrot are backing things up in true blue collar form with the Regional Rampage Tour. It’ll see them travelling the east coast from Hobart to Queensland and everywhere in between with their trademark ferocity, energy and hell-raising ways. Catch them at Karova Lounge in Ballarat with Harlott and Wilderones on Saturday August 15 and The Tote in Collingwood with Harlott, Swigden and Weedy Gonzales on Sunday August 16.
THE SUPERJESUS ANNOUNCE THE SETTING SUN TOUR
The Superjesus are hitting the road again this November as they embark on a tour in support of their latest single The Setting Sun. The Superjesus have had a memorable year including co-headlining with Baby Animals for the inaugural She Who Rocks tour in May and June and releasing their first single in over a decade, amongst various radio and television appearances. With a number of multi-platinum albums already to their name, including Sumo, Jetage and Rock Music, along with hit singles, Gravity, Secret Agent Man, and Down Again, the tour will feature all their hits plus material from their forthcoming release. Catch them at the Corner Hotel on November 13.
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MILES O’NEIL
T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
The Big Blue Bedroom
Hello. Who are we chatting with and what’s your role at the Big Blue Bedroom? Hi my name is Ben and I have been organising the Big Blue Bedroom with some help from my mate Keith. Just booking bands and slinging emails really. Big Blue Bedroom is an acoustic benefit show for Beyond Blue Australia. What led you to come up with the event? Too many sad mates and not enough talking. We just wanted to create a great vibe to have a sing along, have a few beers and reiterate that there are services out there like Beyond Blue that help people get back on their feet from depression and anxiety related illness. The bill for Big Blue Bedroom is huge, featuring Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders, Tom Lanyon of Ceres, Ben Stewart of Slowly Slowly and more. How’d you manage to enlist such a great collection of artists? I wish I could say that I have incredible skills of persuasion, but the truth is they are all friends of mine from one avenue or another and I am so stoked we were able to get such a great community together to help spread the word. It feels so weird to be friends with someone that you are also completely obsessed with musically. I am a lucky guy, but everyone on the lineup is so approachable. The night is going to be rad. Can’t wait for the live art and art auction. THE BIG BLUE BEDROOM happens on Friday August 14 at the Grace Darling Hotel, featuring Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders, Tom Lanyon (Ceres), Ben Stewart (Slowly Slowly), Georgia Maq (Camp Cope) and more.
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Miles O’Neil usually plays with Simone as country duet Miles & Simone, but this time he’s on his lonesome, playing the slower, lonelier songs she won’t allow cause she says they’re so sad they make people want to drown in their drink. If you like you music played slow and sung low, but not in a Barry White way, these are your tunes. Joining him on this special night will be Mr John Singer, fresh off the back of more interstate tours. Singer will surface for an intimate debrief, singing songs from your childhood, ditties from your nightmares and jokes your dad will envy. Be sure to catch him this Wednesday August 12 when the doors open at 7.30pm. Entry is free.
OPEN MIC NIGHT
W H O L E L O T TA L O V E
After a short break, Whole Lotta Love’s open mic night is back, hosted by Mark Gardner. Dust off your acoustic guitar, warm up your vocals and bring in a three song setlist of covers or originals. Every Wednesday from 6pm at Whole Lotta Love. Entry is free, and each performer gets a free schooner.
CANARY
THE WORKERS CLUB
Canary have quietly been gathering a following while winning over critics. Women’s Business is their best offering yet ± a hushed track yet both rugged and sweet all at once. Canary are launching their latest single at the Workers Club on Wednesday August 12 with Machine Translations and Greg Walker. Tickets $12 on the door, doors open at 7pm.
bAbY bLUE
THE JOHN CURTIN
Most often known for hosting intimate events under the guise of Graceland Presents, Baby Blue, aka Rhea Caldwell, is now turning the tables and playing music herself. Simple songs for sad folk, and sad songs for simple folk is how she describes her music. Of the few that have heard Baby Blue around a campfire or in the comfort of her own home, some have compared her voice as something between Jolie Holland and Karen Dalton which is more than OK by her. Catch Baby Blue’s residency at The John Curtin, every Wednesday night in August from 7.30pm onwards. Entry is free.
A bASkET Of MAMMOTHS THE BENDIGO HOTEL
Radical psych/stoners A Basket Of Mammoths are playing every Wednesday in August for their first ever residency at The Bendigo Hotel. There are some killer bands on the bill so come down and have some absolute ripper times this Wednesday August 12. Tonight’s supports include Spacejunk and Hobo Magic. Free entry, doors open at 8pm. THURSDAY AUGUST 13
SEAN MCMAHON AND THE MOONMEN YA R R A H O T E L
Sean McMahon and the Moonmen will
play the Yarra Hotel every Thursday night in August, celebrating the release of their single Broken Hill. This new project, Sean McMahon and the Moonmen, sees him returning to the land of electric guitars and embracing a more eclectic blend of elements of blues, psychedelic country, folk, and rock’n’roll to deliver a stack of exceptional songs rich in melody, poetic narrative and poppy hooks. Joining them each week will be a special guest opener. These series of show are free to enter, and the doors open at 8pm.
Thursday August 13 from 6pm. Entry is free.
AUTUMN MARY
Carving up the live Melbourne music scene once again, The Vendettas stamp themselves as a rock’n’roll force to be reckoned with. This year sees the release of their second full length album Bystander and Destroyer, a hard earned rock record like from the days of yore, crafted through endless late night studio sessions perfecting every stick hit, chord strike and vocal melody. Don’t take our word for it, come see The Vendettas in action this Thursday August 13. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is free.
W H O L E L O T TA L O V E
Get on down for some indie and alternative rock at Whole Lotta Love this Thursday August 13. Taking on the stage first will be indie electronic popster Grace King. Bright Light Empire are next up. Formerly known as Bullets In Berlin, they’re ready to continue where Bullets left off, delivering their frenetic live show in a rousing fashion. Five-piece Autumn Mary will finish the night up right with a heavy dose of indie alternative rock. Doors open 7.30pm with free entry.
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T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
GREENTHIEf YA H YA H ’ S
From a spark to a revolution, Greenthief are a three-piece psychedelic grunge band that has crashed the indie scenester party with their unique take on rock’n’roll. Spreading their word with recent frequent trips around the country, the band has broken sound barriers and state lines while enchanting audiences with a sound akin to a lovechild of Jeff Buckley and Trent Reznor. Curious, isn’t it? Greentheif play at Yah Yah’s, along with Barrachero and Olmeg, this
GARAGE AT THE GAS THE GASOMETER
Just back from the recent Gizzfest tour with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Dead Heir and White Bleaches are headlining Garage at the
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most entertaining bands in Melbourne. It’s gonna be filled with good vibes, great music and good people and we’d love for you to join us as we mobilise the power of people against poverty. The second event in the series kicks off this Thursday August 13 at 8pm, entry to these residency shows is by a minimum donation of $10. FRIDAY AUGUST 14
band Hiatus Kaiyote have unveiled their latest project, Choose Your Weapon, and are touring nationally to celebrate the release. Hiatus Kaiyote began their musical journey in Melbourne, and it’s taken them to the Grammy Awards and beyond. Now, the adventure comes to you. Howler is hosting Hiatus Kaiyote over Friday August 14 and Saturday August 15. Doors open 8pm with $38 tickets.
Pony Face, Baptism of Uzi, Saint Jude, The Bowers, The Sugarcanes and a few guest DJs. Spanning soul, garage, power-pop and psychedelia, this is a one night only event that you sure don’t wanna miss. Entry on the night is $10, doors open at 8pm.
MUTTON
THE OLD BAR
Mutton’s new record Flyblown has been stewing for a long while, so it’s about time they offered it up at The Old Bar on Friday August 14. Bands in the night include legends The Kremlings, A.D Skinner and Tankerville. There’ll be plenty of paraphernalia on sale on the night, so crawl on down to the Old Bar and catch the hype from 8.30pm onwards. Entry is $10 on the door.
LUKE SINCLAIR
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
Raised by Eagles frontman Luke Sinclair is sliding into Coburg’s Post Office Hotel this Thursday August 13 to play two solo sets from 8pm. Praised as the country folk voice of his generation, Luke Sinclair will take on the Post Office with just him and a guitar. The gig’s free entry too. For some classic country twang, you know where to be this Thursday.
KWASI
THE WORKERS CLUB
Midnight Greenartist Kwasi is set to launch his new EP The Golden Voyager this Friday August 14 at The Workers Club. Constructed over the past 18 months, Kwasi has created a release that manages to take you on a unique journey through complex soulful tones. Live instrumentation on the night through drum and bass breathe life into Kwasi’s sound, creating a compelling performance. Joining Kwasi on the night are local acts Eloji and Yvé Gold. Catch them at The Workers Club from 8.30pm this Friday, tickets are $12+BF through Oztix or $15 on the door.
OXJAM RESIDENCY
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
This coming August, heaps of incredible Melbourne musicians will be coming together to raise awareness and much needed funds in support of Oxfam Australia’s campaigns around the world as part of a month long Thursday night residency at The Reverance Hotel in Footscray. Featuring a selection of bands across the genres of rock’n’roll, punk rock, blues, soul and heavy metal, each Thursday will a showcase of some of the
HIATUS KAIYOTE HOWLER
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COBRA SNAKE NECKTIE RECORDS 5TH BIRTHDAY THE JOHN CURTIN
For five years Cobra Snake Necktie Records have been compiling vinyl love letters to the city and people of Melbourne, and to celebrate they’re taking over The John Curtin Hotel for a killer party this Friday August 14. Joining the birthday celebrations are
SUPER BEST FRIENDS
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
After the success of their Status Updates album release tour, Super Best Friends are back with another single from their debut. The new single, All My Friends Are Leaving Town is about the three band members’ own experiences growing up in regional NSW and Victoria, and losing friends to greener pastures. They’ll be playing a show on Friday August 14 at The Reverence Hotel. Be sure to check out the new video on their Facebook page if you haven’t, and slink into the Reverence from 7.30pm to catch their set. Entry is $10.
FRANK FERRER
W H O L E L O T TA L O V E
Frank Ferrer is best known as the drummer for American rock band Guns N’ Roses, who he has played, toured, and recorded since 2006. Ferrer has also been an active member of The Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love and The Beautiful. This Friday August 14,
Heart of St Kilda
with Luke McGregor Why are you giving your talents and time to Sacred Heart Mission’s Heart of St Kilda Concert? I was told that if I do the Heart of St Kilda Concert, Sacred Heart Mission would organise for me to be a lead in the new Ghostbusters movie. I think they may have been joking but I need to know for sure. What’s the best thing about being involved in a fundraising concert with so many big names from Australia’s entertainment industry? I’ll have stuff to brag about at my next school reunion. I’ve already had my five-year reunion and it didn’t go so well, so any ammunition I can take to the next one is appreciated. How do you think a concert such as this can highlight the work of the Mission and the issue of homelessness in our community? Anything that reminds us that the issue exists and there is something we can do to help is important. When you regularly see someone sleeping on the street, you can become desensitised to it. Events like this remind us that homelessness is an issue that can and is being tackled, and it is within our power to help. What can the audience expect from you on the night? Me standing up, talking into a mic, hopefully saying funny things. Probably sweat marks under my armpits. It can happen when I get nervous and I apologise in advance. I’ll wear a dark shirt so you probably won’t even see them. LUKE MCGREGOR performs at Sacred Heart Mission’s Heart of St Kilda Concert on Tuesday September 22 at The Palais Theatre.
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WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST
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SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST
ELVIS! ANNIVERSARY EDITION
FT. KNAVE & HIS CHILLI DOG BIG BAND + DJ DINGO (IT’S A GAS) + DJ MATHEW FREDERICK (THE JUKE JOINT) DOORS 6PM / PRESALE TICKETS $15+BF KINGLY FOOD SPECIALS: ROYALE ELVIS BURGER, ELVIS POUTINE, ELVIS SWEETNESS
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If you could no longer be a musician, what other occupation do you see yourself in? Andy: DJ in a Strip Club. Do your dreams ever influence your music? Ces: Once John Lennon visited me in a dream and played a secret unheard song to me and I remember the song but it’s shit so I’m not going to record it. Do you remember the song that was playing when you lost your virginity? Ces: I am a Virgin. If you could play any instrument in the world, what would be it? Andy: Probably the ones I already play except good, or maybe the cello. How did you all meet? Andy: Jasper and I met in one of Richard Branson’s call centres. Ces and I are fantastic lovers. Kevin is my brother. I remember him from when he was days old. Is there anything you would change about the music industry? Andy: Let the Chief Keef hologram perform the full set. Would you continue to play music if there was absolutely no money in it? Andy: That is literally what we are doing right now so yes. If you could have anyone review your record or gig, who would it be? Ces: Nardwuar. Which rock star do you think you could keep up with in regards to partying, (alive or deceased)? Ces: I think Fiona Apple. How do you prepare for a show? Andy: Lots of rehearsal. Heaps of bongs. Brown liquor. PILLS are playing at Laundry Bar on Friday August 14.
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Seattle Fix
Define your genre in five words or less: Ambient indie pop/rock. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “Good looking band, music wasn’t bad either.” How long have you been gigging and writing? Olivia has been writing under the SF name since way back in high school. Luke and Nick are the newest additions to the lineup and we’ve been together for about two years now. What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date? Brunny hotel last year. Which band would you most like to have a battle/ showdown with? Alpine or Kagu. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Music from all walks of life but mostly Foals and Snakadaktal. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? A band has to work hard, be imaginative, and put themselves out there. Also, a bit of luck goes a long way. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? All our music is available for free download on our Soundcloud page. When are you releasing your album/EP/single/ etc? We are looking into recording a studio EP later in the year. But will be dropping some demo songs over the coming months. SEATTLE FIX are playing the Brunswick Hotel on Thursday August 13 with Twinspeak and Ellery Cohen. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 50
Frank Ferrer will be hosting a Q&A followed by a performance with Simon Gosford, James Ryan, Rodrigo Bustos and Jimmy Cupples, playing a bunch of tracks from his favourite bands and career including some specially selected Guns N' Roses hits. Doors open 7pm, tickets are $20+bf from Oztix.
DR CRASK AND HIS SWINGIN’ ELIXER THE B.EAST
Dr Crask And His Swingin’ Elixir play a cracking set of swing tunes predominantly of the ‘30s and ‘40s, kicking out dancing tunes with Lindy Hop in mind. A three-piece rhythm section and three-piece horn section, together with the silky smooth vocals of Jen Salisbury, comprise this littlebig-band. Catch them at Brunswick’s home of burgers The B.East, this Friday August 14 from 9pm. Entry won’t cost you a damn thing.
THE BADLOVES
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KIT CONVICT & THEE TERRIBLE TWO THE B.EAST
Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two are essentially a no-frills garage punk psych band. Sporting instruments stripped back to the bone to create a primitive and minimal take on old school ‘60s garage, think Billy Childish, The Cramps or The Gories coming straight from the caves of Melbourne. Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two take on The B.East this Saturday night, along with surf rockers Lanewaves. Music kicks off 9.30pm with free entry.
KINGS OF LEONS TRIBUTE YA H YA H ’ S
It’s been 12 years since the release of Kings of Leon’s magnum opus Aha Shake Heartbreak, and a couple of local bands are coming together to pay tribute to the legacy it spawned, this Saturday August 15 at Yah Yah’s. Headliners Talihina Sky will perform the album in its entirety, with Tracer, Horace Bones and Darcee Fox in supporting roles. Get in early, doors open 5pm with free entry, $13 from 8pm to midnight.
MEMO MUSIC HALL
The Badloves are reforming for their first Melbourne gig in many years at MEMO Music Hall on Friday August 14. Frontman Michael Spiby will be joined by Tony Featherstone on a Hammond and new addition Jeff Consi on drums. Completing the lineup is original band member Stephen “Irish” O’Prey on bass, playing with The Badloves for the first time in 21 years. On the night, The Badloves will be playing all of their hits and a few new songs from their upcoming album. The band is a part of Australian music history, having become a household name and influencing a generation of musicians and music lovers, and is about to write a new chapter. Tickets are $32, doors open 8pm.
FLYYING COLOURS
DING DONG LOUNGE
Flyying Colours and Black Night Crash are teaming up to put on a stellar night at Ding Dong Lounge for the release of their new single Running Late. For the uninitiated, 2014 was a massive year for Flyying Colours, who with the international release of their debut EP have put themselves on the map as a major up and coming Australian musical export. 2015 has proven to be just as successful with the guys recently completing their first UK/European tour, where they played sold out shows in London and festival appearances at The Great Escape and Primavera Sound. The single release happens at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday August 14 from 9pm onwards. Tickets are $12.
TRACER
GRAND HOTEL MORNINGTON
Formed just over a decade ago, Tracer have proven over the course of two widely praised studio albums and a seemingly remorseless slew of acclaimed live performances all over the globe, that they are the embodiment of the classic hard rock ideals of old. Taking a bluesy core and giving it a stoner grunge flavour, this swirling firestorm trio have firmly established themselves as one of the most vital young bands around. Fresh from releasing their latest album Water for Thirsty Dogs last month, Tracer are giving Melbourne fans a last chance local show before their European tour in September. Joined by hard rockers The Casanovas and Suiciety, Tracer plays at The Grand Hotel Mornington on Friday August 14 from 8pm, tickets are $15 through the venue’s website or $20
aka Logan Jeffs, is a Melbourne based performer, musician and DJ. In custom made costume he channels The King, backed by an array of outstanding local musicians such as The ReChords, PILOT, Jason Chalmers, The Terry McCarthy Special, Lisa Crawley, Celia Church Music and Toto Eclipse to name a few. Dinner from 5pm, DJ’s from 7.30, and Elvis from 9pm. Head down to The Mallard this Saturday, tickets are $15 presale.
NICK BATTERHAM WESLE Y ANNE
Brooding singer/songwriter Nick Batterham comes to the Wesley Anne this Saturday August 15 to launch his latest album, Self Inflicted, No Sympathy. 16 ballads, starkly arranged with acoustic guitar and strings. Not one to just show up by himself, Nick Batterham will be bringing Nick Murray (guitar), Gareth Skinner (cello), Jane Hendry (violin) and Erica Menting (vocals) up on stage to lend a hand. Local muso Dan Lethbridge supports. Head down for the launch this Saturday, doors open 8pm with $10 entry.
HIGGO’S HEAVY CHERRY IV CHERRY BAR
Higgo’s Heavy Cherry is back this week with a huge bill for its fourth instalment, featuring Envenomed, Join The Amish, Conjurer, and headliners Dreadnaught. Dreadnaught have been a cornerstone of Australian heavy rock and metal since their formation back in ’92, so it’s no surprise that they’re leading the charge at Higgo’s this Saturday August 15. Doors open 5pm, tickets are $15 through the venue’s website or on the door if available.
Nights / Jo Neugbauer and Adelaide’s Bec Stevens. Swing by The Reverence this Saturday August 15 to get involved. Doors open at 8pm, tickets are $10.
SNFU
THE BENDIGO HOTEL
One of the most talented and unique acts of the pivotal early ‘80s hardcore punk scene, SNFU are finally returning to Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 1996. Don’t miss the Canadian punk legends as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of their genre defining debut, playing select tracks from this album as well as all the classics from the BYO, Epitaph Records and Alternative Tentacles eras on their long awaited return to our shores. This rare as hell show goes down this Saturday August 15 from 7pm onwards ± grab your tickets from The Drunk Promoter as they’re going fast. Entry costs $43.
LOUIS SPOILS, FREIDA LE BJORN & AMY ALEX THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
Head down to The Post Office Hotel this Saturday August 15 to catch a trio of local acts strut their stuff on stage, and it’ll cost you absolutely nothing. Jake Rush’s recording project Louis Spoils is on first, followed by the sassy folk soul of trio Freida Le Bjorn, and soundscape creators Amy Alex. Catch them all from 9pm this Saturday at The Post Office Hotel.
THE DARE OHHS
THE BELLRAYS
T H E GRACE DARLI NG
The Dare Ohhs are launching their debut album this Saturday August 15 at The Grace Darling. As a relatively new band out of Ocean Grove, The Dare Ohhs bring their own brand of self described ‘dreamy shit’, a refreshing take on current Melbourne pop trends with the slacker title fiercely removed. Get down this Saturday to get your mitts on their Goodbye Darling LP, and catch equally great support from Jarrow, IV League and Hills Hoist. Doors open 8.30pm with $10 entry.
SONS OF RICO
THE WORKERS CLUB
After a packed out Melbourne launch show for their new single What Am I Doing Here?, Sons of Rico are building some momentum with a string of shows over the coming month. A matinee show at The Workers Club will kick things off this Saturday August 15, playing with fellow up-and-comers Tom LeeRichards and Pink Harvest. $10 entry, doors open at 1pm.
ELVIS! THE ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE THE SPOT TED MALLARD
Celebrate Elvis’ anniversary weekend this Saturday August 15 with Elvis! The Anniversary Tribute at The Spotted Mallard. The Knave and His 12 Piece Chilli Dog Big Band will be paying tribute to The King, playing hits spanning his entire career. The Knave,
DING DONG LOUNGE
I OH YOU PRESENTS OXJAM SHADOW ELECTRIC
I Oh You proudly presents Oxjam at The Shadow Electric, in support of Oxfam Australia. Once contained within a share house, I Oh You has spread across the country throwing more wild parties, touring international talent and releasing records as a label. This August, The Melbourne collective have assembled a lineup of local legends, certified party starters and breaking young artists together, all under one roof and for an amazing cause. Performing live at the event will be World’s End Press, Ara Koufax, Fortunes & Sunbeam Sound Machine along with DJ sets from Darcy Baylis, Breaking & Entering (RRR) and I Oh You DJs. 100% of proceeds from this event will be donated to Oxfam. Catch some tunes for the good of humanity this Saturday August 15 down at Shadow Electric. Tickets are $15, doors at 4pm.
Bob and Lisa made the BellRays happen in 1991. They wanted to play music and they wanted it to feel good. They wanted people to want to get up, to need to get up and check out what was going on. Form an opinion. React. So they took everything they knew about the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, the Who, the Ramones, Billie Holiday, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, the DB’s, Jimmy Reed, Led Zeppelin, to name a very few and pressed it into service. It was never about coming up with a sound or fitting in with a scene. It was about the energy that made all that music so irresistible. It was the history before Led Zeppelin that led them to that point. Do you want to feel something? Do you want to move? Get to Ding Dong Lounge this Saturday August 15 and learn something. Tickets are $45, doors open at 9pm.
JAMES BUNN & DANE TUTTY
LAZERTITS
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
Newcastle’s newest breed of punk and reggae, James Bunn & Dane Tutty have been making themselves well known the last few months around the pubs that Newcastle has to offer for live music. In June 2015, they released their debut 7” and have planned a tour this August to help promote the record. If you could picture Lars and Tim of Rancid performing a stripped back acoustic set with catchy melodies, beautifully written lyrics and idealistic views of a better world, this will probably be your jam. Playing alongside them will be local singer/songwriters Joe Guiton, Late
THE JOHN CURTIN
Lazertits have spent the better part of the last 12 months winning over audiences by celebrating their femininity with delicately crafted songs about menstruation, peculiar pairings and the superficiality of gendered aesthetics. Equal parts brutality and whimsy, they’ll be joined by four small boys that sound like a small mountain range in You Yangs, and VHS dream-weavers Woo Who. This round of New Lease goes down at the John Curtin this Saturday August 15 from 3pm onwards, free as always.
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THE DRUNKEN POET
The twanging sound of the F100s is catching on fast with fans of rockin’ retro honky-tonk. Featuring exmembers of the Straight 8’s, Redliners, Supertronics and Bullet, The F100s draw from the honky-tonk well of Lefty Frizell, George Jones and Buck Owens’ Bakersfield stylings, mixing their set with a blend of original tunes. They play The Drunken Poet on Saturday August 15 from 9pm onwards. Free entry.
Diesel) being helped by his siblings to reach the kitchen wall phone to request Maggie May on the local radio, a mandolin milestone that would later manifest in Coming Home, a country infused track on his debut album Johnny Diesel & The Injectors. This Saturday August 15, Diesel brings his A Time & Place ± S ongs That Laid Tracks show to MEMO Music Hall, taking audiences through a journey of his musical influences. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $35-45 from the venue’s website.
THE HANDSOME BASTARDS
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
DIGGER AND THE PUSSYCATS
T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
Garage punk legends Digger and The Pussycats are taking up residency every Saturday evening in August at the Retreat. For the uninitiated, Digger and The Pussycats have garnered a world wide cult following in their ten plus years of hard touring and excessive recorded output, playing their unique brand of noisy, unstructured garage punk. After taking a well deserved year off, the band is ready to get noisy again. Doors open at 8pm, entry is free as always.
SHANTAN WANTAN ICHIBAN LAUNDRY BAR
Party & Bullshit at Laundry Bar is going off this weekend, with triple j favourite Shantan Wantan Ichiban headlining. DJ Shantan comes to Laundry as part of his Silk Pajamas tour, and the party will span across the venue’s two levels to accommodate. For some old school jams and party bangers, head to Laundry Bar this Saturday August 15 from 9pm. Free entry.
The Handsome Bastards are a local act spawned by Rick Plant, Shane O’Mara, Dan Lethbridge and Ralf Rehak. Conceived in O’Mara’s Yarraville lounge room in 2012, the band ventures out once in a while to show their favourite dark and twisted country songs to the world. They’ve played with everyone, come see them play with themselves, this Sunday August 16 at The Post Office Hotel. The Handsome Bastards play two free entry sets from 4.30pm, with support from Sherry Rich.
MINI MELTDOWN’S SONG WRITING SUNDAYS THE B.EAST
The Meltdown are a local soul, jazz and blues ensemble. Purveyors of the finest radioactive gospel, they create a bold, brassy, twangy steam train of bumping backbeats and swinging shuffles. Then there’s that voice, sweet as honey and full of soul, with a strong country tinge. Join The Meltdown five-piece every Sunday in August as they work up some brand new material and belt out the old ones at The B.East. Music from 7pm, with free entry.
PETER RABBIT MUSIC
The first ever Australian Oxjam Festival is going down this month, and you’re invited to get in on the action this Sunday August 16 at The Reverence Hotel. The night’s proceedings will be fronted by JR Reyne and Peter Rabbit Music, teaming up with The Jam ± an assortment of friendly musical faces coming together for this one night only projects. It could be good, great, or even hilarious. Entry will set you back $10 when the doors open at 4pm.
ELVIS UNLEASHED
THE DRUNKEN POET
Elvis Unleashed pays tribute to the King’s humble beginnings with a special acoustic set celebrating Elvis’s Sun studio recordings of the 1950s. Part tribute, part stand up comedy, this is Elvis like you’ve never seen before untamed, unforgettable and unleashed. It all goes down at The Drunken Poet this Sunday August 16, the anniversary of The King’s death. Dust off your blue suede shoes and get down to the Poet at 6.30pm this Sunday August 16. Free entry.
DIESEL
MEMO MUSIC HALL
Hindsight is a funny thing, you can never know at the time what may later be the catalyst ultimately taking you in a direction, and so has been the case with Diesel’s musical journey. Rewind to a four year old Mark Lizotte (aka
MUNDANE MONDAYS THE OLD BAR
A bunch of garage punk at its ultimate finest at the Old Bar this Monday August 17, as Diana Radar, The Tiny Giants and SADULTS hit the stage. Diana Radar’s single Cubic Zirconia is a little hard to find but it steals ears from the first moment on hearing it. They’re joined by Geelong psych brats The Tiny Giants and Sadults, so why not get down to Oldie? Entry is $10 and doors open at 8pm. TUESDAY AUGUST 18
TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE
PRINCE PUBLIC BAR
The Taste of Indie Tuesday is back again this week at the Prince Public Bar, showcasing a singer/songwriter’s talents backed up by the house band Collective Action. In a presentation format that was an absolute hit in its initial weeks, Paul Snowden and James Parentich will be the featured singer/songwriters of this instalment. For some songs, Paul and James will also be joining each other on stage to add vocal harmony and back up guitars while the band plays on. Presented by the Taste of Indie Collective, music goes from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Entry is free.
LOOKING FORWARD WAY OF THE EAGLE Howler Thursday August 20
HUGO RACE AND THE TRUE SPIRIT The Flying Saucer Club Friday August 21
BIG SMOKE The John Curtin Friday August 21
HURST The Penny Black Saturday August 22
BORN LION The Bendigo Hotel Saturday August 22
THE SPOILS/SAND PEBBLES The Flying Saucer Club Saturday August 22
LOONEE TUNES Sooki Lounge Saturday August 22
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The Burnt Sausages
Define your genre in five words or less: BBQ punk. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Eskys, tomato sauce, meat trays, coleslaw and the isolation of the kid’s table. Essentially, BBQs. When, and why did you start writing music? We were the last ones left on the BBQ, burnt to a crisp. It was over for us. This crazy gust of wind blew us onto what turned out to be some magic heat beads. We couldn’t believe it ± g ot up, walked away and started a band. What can a punter expect from your live show? Three angry sausages ± J ohnny Charcoal, Tina Tongs and Snagz ± emer ging from a giant aluminium tray and bringing you an explosion of smoke, crazy costumes and hot hits shredded on a plastic-fork guitar. Which band would you most like to have a battle/ showdown with? The Bruised Bananas. We’d squash them for sure. And then slip over on them. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? The White Bread Album, which is available on Bandcamp and at our live shows. THE BURNT SAUSAGES are playing Tuesdays in August at the Workers Club with special guests The Real Hot Bitches, Waterfall Person, Lessons with Luis, Biscotti and more.
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SUNDAY AUGUST 16 THE REVERENCE HOTEL
MONDAY AUGUST 17
GRIYA
T H E GRACE DARLI NG HOTEL
Griya, together with the Grace Darling Hotel, have put together four Sunday residency nights jam packed with Melbourne talent. Griya, hailing from the eastern hills of Melbourne, draws inspiration from folklore tales and gunslinger love. With Alexandra Isobella at the helm, her dark raspy tones lead the siege of gentlemen behind her into the depths of a dreamy, war scape of sound. Griya will leave you with a mixture of nostalgia, wistfulness and ambivalence. Get down this Sunday August 16, with support from Aimee Volkofsky and Luna Deville. Doors open at 6.30pm, entry is $7.
OSCAR GALT AND THE EVENTUAL SOMETHINGS CHERRY BAR
Red Presents has got a hold of three quality local acts to chuck on a gig at Cherry Bar this Sunday August 16. First up will be the stompin delta blues of Mission Brown, followed by the soulful indie tunes of Sugarteeth, with an early Bad Seeds vibe to wrap things up coming from Oscar Galt and The Eventual Somethings. Three great acts, no entry fee, what else could you want? Catch them this Sunday at Cherry Bar from 8.30pm.
Their lyrics jump from straight up pop to philosophical voyages as songs go by, and the melodies are just sublime. But above all, it’s the harmonies that are making peoples ears prick up all over town as Luke Tooze & Simon Bruce get ever so close to a debut release. The duo will be joined by the talented Lachlan Davidson (The Davidson Brothers) and Paddy Montgomery (Mustered Courage). Get a peek of their tunes before the debut hits the streets this Tuesday August 18. Doors open at 7pm with free entry.
Shebeen Saturday August 22
GANG OF YOUTHS The Corner Hotel Wednesday August 26
GRENADIERS Ding Dong Lounge Friday August 28
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Prince Bandroom Friday August 28
SMOKE STACK RHINO Cherry Bar Friday August 28
REGURGITATOR
BUSY KINGDOM CHERRY BAR
Cherry Bar are setting up your Tuesdays with a residency of rock. Busy Kingdom, off the tail of releasing their new EP Woman, are taking over for the month of August with special guests at each show. This week features support from Honeybone and Ulysses Wulf. Be sure to catch them when they hit Cherry Bar this Tuesday August 18. Doors open at 7pm, entry is free.
Prince Bandroom Friday September 4
WITCHGRINDER Ding Dong Lounge Friday September 4
DORSAL FINS The John Curtin Friday September 4
THE WHITLAMS The Corner September 10, 11
CANCER BATS The Bendigo Hotel Thursday September 24
BEAT’S ARTIST PROFILE
The Pass Outs
Define your genre in five words or less: Science fiction grunge rock fusion. How long have you been gigging and writing? The Pass Outs starting playing live shows in Melbourne in 2005. In that time we have released a single, an EP and a full length album. What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date? Our album launch last year at the Cherry Bar. We sold it out. Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with? Smoke Stack Rhino. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? We draw inspiration from everything and anything. I could be watching a movie and feel inspired to write a song. Alternatively I could be trying to get to sleep and get a song idea stuck in my head, then get up at 3am and nut it out on acoustic before getting back to sleep. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? Our debut Album Dead Technology is available on iTunes, and can be ordered on CD or Vinyl at JB HI-FI. Why should everyone come and see your band? If you haven’t seen The Pass Outs live at a venue in Melbourne in the last ten years, you clearly don’t go to see live music. So I’d encourage you to go see any local band, not just ours, our live music scene in Melbourne right now is great. THE PASS OUTS are playing at The Brunswick Hotel on Saturday August 15. They’re also celebrating their tenth anniversary on Saturday November 14 at The Cherry Bar.
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION State Theatre, Saturday August 8
MIKEL ANGELO SINGS CAVE-WAITS-COHEN Thornbury Theatre, Saturday August 8
Photo by Ian Laidlaw
Photo by Emily Day
If the measure of a man is how he deals with problems, then Mikelangelo is something of a superhero. His Cave-Waits-Cohen show at the Thornbury Theatre was beset by sound problems from the start, as well as some bizarre heckling from a possibly inebriated member of the audience, but he sailed through it with the sangfroid of Cary Grant, pausing only once to rearrange his immaculate quiff. The technical glitches were soon forgotten as dramatic lighting and wafts of smoke created an immersive atmosphere for the spellbound audience to enjoy the evening. The setlist comprised influential songs by music legends Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Nick Cave, but Mikelangelo imbued them with his own style, unleashing his “Balkan Elvis” persona as he accompanied his sonorous vocals with guitar and accordion. Traversing genres and decades, the dapper crooner went from the serious to the sublime with Cave’s hymn-like Into My Arms, Cohen’s Hallelujah and a foot-stamping, a capella version of Tom Waits’ Hang on St Christopher. Downtown Train ± another Waits number ± also got a run, as did Cohen’s Famous Blue Raincoat. Mikelangelo didn’t shy away from Cave’s darker
material, with faithful renditions of the murderous Red Right Hand and the forceful Do You Love Me?, while The Ship Song was transformed into a rambunctious sea shanty thanks to his accordion. Clare St. Clare, who directed the show, emerged to sing a couple of numbers, including a heartfelt performance of Waits’ You Can Never Hold Back Spring. But the stage belonged to Mikelangelo, who delivered his one-man show with a combination of strut, good humour, charm and talent. He also revealed his songwriting skills by including a few original numbers, such as City of Dreams from his recent album of the same name. A classy musician needs to make a classy exit, and Mikelangelo delivered his final song as he waltzed through the crowded room, squeezing the accordion and picking delighted members of the crowd for a whirl, before turning at the rear red curtains to wave, blow a kiss and disappear into the night. BY EMILY DAY LOVED: Mikelangelo’s hair. HATED: That person in the audience who felt the urge to sing along to the quiet songs. DRANK: Coopers Pale.
SUPERSENSE FESTIVAL Arts Centre Melbourne, August 7 ± 9 Photo by David Harris
Billed as a Festival of the Ecstatic, Supersense lived up to the name. Whether the ecstasy was drawn from bliss or burden, it was there from the moment you waded through the labyrinthine maze that led to the venues within the Arts Centre complex. Opening on Friday night you could marvel at the dreadlocked minimalism of Parvathy Baul, be beguiled by the oppressive musings of Ariel Pink and end up in a dream state of electronic drone with Manuel Göttsching. The performer-audience interaction of Ariel Pink was magic. A disgruntled heckle of “You’re better than this,” was followed by the performer’s witty rejoinder, “I know”. Well Ariel, why keep it a secret? It took the youth of today to articulate the merits of the laissez faire approach of Pink best. Come Saturday, Lydia Lunch blasted out the cobwebs with her expected vitriol and bravado. HTRK and Chunky Move did a slightly off-kilter music-dance collaboration, before Chris Abrahams performed his solo musings to set the mood for the expansive and perspective driven Discrete + Oblique: The Music Of Brian Eno. It was a reinterpretation of the Eno masterpiece, Discreet Music, and the swirling diaspora of sound made for an interesting experience. Colossal strings mixed with jazz improvisation and electronic feedback stubbed into the ether, and then the cycle commenced again. It was a comprehensive and invigorating investigation into the
Each member of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is essential; drummer Russell Simmons looks to be in better shape than the last few tours and is playing sharper than ever. He still snaps his snare to announce the end of a song, which gives Spencer a split second of silence to shout out the next song’s title before the band launch into it without missing a heartbeat. Spencer is still light on his feet, jumping into a split to accentuate a riff or a shriek of “Blues Explosion.” And then there’s guitarist/backing vocalist Judah Bauer, finger picking, sliding up and down the neck and always holding down the groove. They sacrificed second verses and repeated choruses to give us a taste of Dang, 2 Kindsa Love, Afro, Black Mold, Get Your Pants Off and even the second half of Flavor, with Bauer taking on Beck’s rap. As much as
the old songs still resonate, highlights were new album tracks Do The Get Down, White Jesus and Tales Of Old New York. Simmons took lead vocals for the Dead Boys’ What Love Is, while Beastie Boys rarity She’s On It closed out the main set. Support act Mark Ribot then joined for the encore of Blues X Man. These dudes are pushing 50 and still pulsate like men in their 20s might strive to. Tonight the New York trio reasserted their position as one of the blues rock’s best. BY NICK ROE LOVED: “Hey, you look familiar.” HATED: Saying goodbye. DRANK: Boags, Stella, Rinse, Repeat.
THE DULL JOYS John Curtin Hotel, Thursday August 6 In a meteorological sense, it was a pretty crappy day: cold, wet and uninspiring. But there is a theory that Melbourne’s often uninviting climate is the foundation of the city’s vibrant nocturnal music culture. And so, with the Australian cricket team teetering on the edge of worldwide humiliation, I braved the shitty weather and headed to the John Curtin Hotel in search of musical enjoyment. I’ve been on a Trilobites trip recently, having recently tracked down a vinyl copy of that band’s 1987 album Turn It Around. Openers Diana Radar aren’t completely like the Trilobites ± there’s only three of them on stage, for a start ± but the combination of R&B garage riffs and a latent pop sensibility was enough to make a convenient, and intentionally flattering association. More, please. The Dull Joys aren’t dull at all, but they do offer enough joy to warm the cockles of your musical heart. There’s a little bit of Spaghetti Western in there ± Under Your Dress, for a start ± but not as arid as what Ennio Morricone would ideally serve up. There’s a waltz trying to infiltrate the ubiquitous 4/4 timing of rock’n’roll in French/Hurt. Sometimes it gets a bit psychedelic, like Cry Baby and Cole Wilson, though the Curtin’s compromised acoustic profile never allows you to lose
your head completely. There’s a new song chucked in for good measure, which seems to start on the back of a Dave Brubeck-inspired jazz noodle. Though, maybe that was just wishful thinking in the thrill of the moment, but it’s a good place to be drawn toward. The best times come when the band latch onto a groove and ride it off into the distance. In Passin’ Time, you can feel the indulgent chemical country atmosphere of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers and a host of lesser-known acid rock casualties. You want to keep riding the groove until the sun rises, and then some more, but the journey occasionally stops short, leaving you yearning for more. However, there’s enough to make you want to come back and take the trip again. BY PATRICK EMERY LOVED: Forgetting about the trials and tribulations of the office, just for a few hours. HATED: Still not knowing how to navigate my way into the Curtin band room. DRANK: An American amber ale on tap.
creative path of Eno, split into quiet and loud pieces. All the while, the backdrop featured visions of the Oblique Strategies theme cards, introducing a cerebral element to the aural experience. It all finished with the question, “How would you have done it?” There was food for thought as the people dispersed into the night. The festival culminated on Sunday, and on the seventh day the Lord rested and left things up to John Cale. The man straddles the permutations and combinations of sound and composition. Like a netherworld dandy, he broke out with Heartbreak Hotel and then traversed his rake like years with the Velvet Underground with Waiting For The Man and Venus In Furs. Lisa Gerrard assisting on a few songs in a completely bewitching and vixenish manner. Cale also reviewed a selection of his solo material from Gun to Gravel Drive. Some interesting images flashed around the auditorium, particularly the composition of death masks and an anorexic. It all concluded with Big White Cloud and everyone was most pleased with a festival that was both challenging and entirely rewarding. BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS LOVED: A lot. HATED: A little. DRANK: Time. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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1. Twelve Reasons To Die II GHOSTFACE KILLAH AND ADRIAN YOUNGE 2. Quarter Street QUARTER STREET 3. Gloryville LINDI ORTEGA 4. Compton: A Soundtrack DR DRE 5. Kill It Yourself JESS RIBEIRO 6. Life As A Gun GOLD CLASS 7. Blood LIANNE LA HAVAS 8. The Jack Earle Big Band THE JACK EARLE BIG BAND 9. Chase The Sun MILLAR JUKES AND THE BANDITS 10. When Sharpies Ruled VARIOUS ARTISTS
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Guilt Pop (Independant)
The title of Ferla’s debut EP is a telling synopsis. Though, not because he’s employed the ultra-clean, sub-bassy tropes of contemporary mainstream pop. Rather, the title seems to indicate the Melbourne songwriter has indulged in some of his daggier influences. Across the four tracks, there are hints of everything from Randy Newman to Scott Walker, Bryan Ferry and Echo & The Bunnymen. These artists don’t lack integrity, but it’s the sort of stuff you’re not supposed to admit to a deep fandom. But the question Guilt Pop raises is, well, why the bloody hell not? It begins with Breakups Are Hard For Everybody; an exercise in the sort of pop pathos that Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman and even our own Jack Ladder exemplify. The song’s narrator is in the midst of a crumbling relationship, and doing everything he can to not be affected by it. But, in shunning the emotional force of this experience, he becomes apathetic to bigger worldly concerns (such as suicide bombings and African children bleeding from the eyes.) It’s also a goddamn infectious introduction to the EP’s kitschy production aesthetic ± rudimentary drum programming and processed guitar convey a somewhat
glossy, yet very homemade touch. From here, Ferla’s emotional state undergoes a few mutations. On I’m Nobody’s Baby Now he attempts to play the stern, tough guy, and is appropriately backed by a robust new wave beat. However ± featuring a tongue in cheek arpeggiating synth solo ± the track’s a little too melodramatic to take the narrator at his word. Ferla’s sentimental side is exposed on the splendid, near-baroque epic that is In The Night. The erstwhile guardedness prevented us from experiencing the full extent of Ferla’s wonderful vocal register ± which he uses to depict a fantasy sequence of unresolved longing. The EP closes with You’re There, which speaks openly of hopeless infatuation. Though, it’s unclear whether it’s directed at a present or past lover. It’s laid out over a organ-led, downbeat arrangement, which makes for a melancholic conclusion. The fact that Guilt Pop ends here ± refusing to establish emotional stasis ± suggests the EP title could in fact relate to its thematic focus, rather than stylistic decisions. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
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THE. LID. IS. OFF. CARRRRRRRRN DOGGIES. GIRL BAND Paul (Rough Trade / Remote Control) An aimless chore of tedious wank, Paul meanders with unconvincing, gawky flexes of sinewy noise. Not a single second of its near-seven minutes approaches anything resembling danger, unless you consider crushing ennui as a danger to your being. There are no rewards here. ROBERT fORSTER Let Me Imagine You (Universal) Way too derivative of Dick Diver and Twerps, in my opinion… (jokes). The well-aged timbre in Forster’s voice is so lovely ± in fact, everything about this song is lovely. Chords feather the air with a joyous zigzag and the eventual slow-release payoff is the closing ± and sole ± chorus.
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It’s a beauty supreme in composition and sentiment. Magnetic, magic. EL VY Return To The Moon (4AD/ Remote Control) I’ve never agreed with the accusations that The National are a humourless outfit. I reckon old mate Matt Berninger is a funny guy. Here he is teaming up with Menomena’s Brent Knopf in the offhand and playful El Vy. Lyrically, Berninger could probably reel it in a bit, but it’s still a pleasant listen. Won’t find myself revisiting anytime soon, but the stakes don’t really seem that high here. DRAKE Hotline Bling (OVO Sound) I’ve stated my adoration for
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D.R.A.M’s Cha Cha before, and it still holds up as one of my favourite tracks of the year. Drizzy takes the beat, now stripped of its Super Mario World sample, and flips it into an early-AM booty call anthem, teamed with typical Drake wistfulness. LAURA MARLING I Feel Your Love (Director’s Cut) (Caroline) As part of the Director’s Cut repackage of this year’s LP Short Movie, the full band version of I Feel Your Love cuts a down and dirty groove replete with choral backing. The rock setting is a fitting divergence from Marling’s style. Highly anticipating the full band appearance at this year’s Melbourne Festival.
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DARCY BAYLIS Envelopes (Downtime) Envelopes, the title track from Darcy Baylis’ upcoming EP, lures with unreleased tension into a sense of comfort; a nuanced contradiction fostered by a voyage beyond the conventions of genre. This would hold up as a terrific house tune if beholden to a looped vocal hook, but instead it elevates with emotive live vocals presenting a disruption only captivating if pulled off masterfully. Darcy Baylis pulls it off masterfully.
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1. Diesel & Power LP BACKYARD BABIES 2. Live At The Agora LP THE RUNAWAYS 3. Frank 2LP AMY WINEHOUSE 4. Studio Albums 15CD BOX ALICE COOPER 5. Pink Opaque LP COCTEAU TWINS 6. To Mother LP BABES IN TOYLAND 7. King of The Dead LP CIRITH UNGOL 8. Graz 1972 LP DEEP PURPLE 9. Smear Campaign LP NAPALM DEATH 10. Conspiracy of Stars 2LP UFO
COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK TOP TEN 1. Wrath Of The Immaculate tape XLAIRX 2. Living In A Shadow CD VARIOUS 3. Sines LP/CD JAKOB 4. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas CD MAYHEM 5. Brando’s Island 7” BRANDO’S ISLAND 6. Split 7” WEHRMACHT / DISINTEGRATOR 7. Dead Set LP/CD KING PARROT 8. Split 7” CURSED EARTH / BURNING SEASON 9. Anthology CD THE CLEAN 10. Phoenix Rising CD DESTROYER 666
BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS OF 2015 SO FAR
1. Let It Happen TAME IMPALA 2. King Kunta KENDRICK LAMAR 3. Artificial Limb METHYL ETHEL 4. Depreston COURTNEY BARNETT 5. Under Neon Lights THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS 6. Can’t Keep Checking My Phone UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA 7. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) JAMIE XX 8. Hurry Back To Love JESS RIBEIRO 9. Burning Sugar SILICON 10. Love Is Free ROBYN & LA BAGATELLE MAGIQUE
BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS FOR YOUR VALENTINE 1. Valentine FIONA APPLE 2. Valentine’s Day DAVID BOWIE 4. Blue Valentines TOM WAITS 5. Happy Valentine’s Day OUTKAST 6. My Funny Valentine ELLA FITZGERALD 7. The Two Sides Of Monsieur Valentine SPOON 8. Valentine BERTIE BLACKMAN 9. Valentine’s Day BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 10. Sex Machine JAMES BROWN
ALBUMS New music in review this week - For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews
FEAR FACTORY
JASON ISBELL
Genexus
GUARDS OF MAY
Something More Than Free
(Nuclear Blast)
Future Eyes
(Spunk Records)
Fear Factory are the AC/DC of the industrial death metal scene. That is, you know exactly what you’re going to get with every new album release, which is both a good and a bad thing. Genexus is Fear Factory’s ninth LP, and whether or not you like it will depend on whether you’re a fan of the band’s previous releases. I personally count myself as a pretty big fan, dating all the way back to 1995 when I heard the band’s sophomore release, Demanufacture, blasting like a hurricane out of the speakers and destroying all in its path. Their sound mightn’t be as cutting edge now as it was two decades ago, but their blistering cyber-metal is still pretty bloody exhilarating. Genexus contains everything you’d expect from a Fear Factory album: guitarist Dino Cazares’ machinegun riffing punctuated by thunderous double-kick drumming, creating an industrial, production line vibe. And of course, Burton C. Bell’s alternately throat ripping and soaring vocals. Genexus is a Fear Factory album; if you know the band, that’s all you need to know. If you don’t know them, check this album out, it’s a good place to start.
After the success of his critically acclaimed 2013 release Southeastern, expectations for Jason Isbell’s latest record, Something More Than Free, were very high. Thankfully, he hasn’t disappointed. It’s a classic country album, with elements of folk and rock sprinkled throughout. For the most part, Something More Than Free is an optimistic record, enhanced by Isbell’s descriptive storytelling. Opening track If It Takes a Lifetime highlights this quality, and sets the tone for what’s to come. How To Forget is an acoustic gem, with great harmonies. Interestingly, Children of Children is the longest song on the album, as well as the most powerful. Palmetto Rose is an extremely catchy blues-rock tune. The final track, To A Band That I Loved is a tribute to Texan country band Centro-Matic. Isbell’s joined on this album by his band The 400 Unit and his wife, violinist Amanda Shires. Something More Than Free further cements Jason Isbell’s standing as one of America’s finest singer/songwriters. BY ALI BIRNIE
BY ROD WHITFIELD
(Pricewar Music/MGM)
Brissie five-piece Guards of May have been quietly honing their craft and pushing themselves forward for the past four or five years. Now, with the release of their debut long player, they’re poised to start making a lot more noise in the Aussie rock scene. They fit fairly and squarely into the alternative and progressive rock category, and their take on it is quite mature and restrained. Future Eyes doesn’t bludgeon you with heaviness or overt complexity; the dulcet vocals of singer Richo Harvey are smooth and easy on the ear, and most of the choruses are soaring and catchy. This all adds up to a sound that could have strong appeal for mainstream rock fans as well as the alt. crowd. That said, Guards of May certainly know how to rock hard, and it’s not just four simple chords over a basic 4/4 beat. Like any alternative rock act worth their salt, they have a strong sense of dynamics; they know when to hit hard and when to hold back. There’s some nice variation between songs, which ensures the 11 tracks don’t blend in to one another. This is a highly admirable first effort from a young, hungry rock outfit, and it certainly sets them up for a very fruitful career. BY ROD WHITFIELD
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
OTHER LIVES
WHEN SHARPIES RULED: A VICIOUS SELECTION
Rituals (PIAS)
Blossom
(International Death Cult/Kobalt Label Services)
(Festival Records)
It’s been many years since Frank Carter stood as the frontman for iconic British punk band Gallows. In the years since, we’ve seen him dive into tattooing and front the alt-rock band Pure Love. Now Carter has returned with a backing band called The Rattlesnakes to unleash some more havoc into the world. Fans of Carter’s previous projects will find that Blossom slots in nicely between Gallows and Pure Love. The Rattlesnakes keep things heavy, but it’s not as intense as the hardcore style of Gallows. There are a number of relatively softer moments, like the bluesy opening to I Hate You, but it soon explodes with big riffs and punch-the-floor breakdowns. The focus of the album is, of course, Frank Carter. He howls with a furious passion on every song, taking breaks in between lines to gasp for air before delivering the next blow. Unfortunately, several songs feature a distracting overdriven vocal effect, which nearly always works to the detriment of the song. It’s perplexing to think that there was someone who thought his unfiltered vocal takes weren’t intense enough to begin with. But despite the weird production choices, Carter is back in the saddle with an album that connects with a big right hook. BY SPENCER SCOTT
Oklahoma trio Other Lives joined Radiohead for their The King of Limbs tour and they basically sound like what you’d expect from a Radiohead support band. With Atoms For Peace drummer Joey Waronker reeled in as co-producer, Rituals apes the textbook Radiohead sound, but it’s a collection that lacks spark and is devoid of surprises. In keeping with the Thom Yorke modus operandi, anxiety and uncertainty are explored through the lens of an obsession with and fear of technology. Throughout, there’s an icy sense of isolation, which is heightened by the record’s skittering electronica framework. Jesse Tabish’s vocal drifts eloquently atop the fusion of organic and electronic instrumentation, sometimes recalling the lulling folk of Jose Gonzales, other times the angelic highs of Active Child. However, Rituals mostly inhabits a pleasant, indistinct middle ground. Positioned at the half-way point, the formidable 2 Pyramids is the clear stand-out, making you hope for a riskier, deeper side B. But instead it’s followed by a run of same-y lesser tracks. With a lack of dynamics hindering its 14 tracks, Rituals needs an editor as particular as its producer. BY CHRIS GIRDLER
In the early ’70s, a unique subculture began to emerge in the Australian suburbs: sharpies. According to the frontman of Buster Brown and Rose Tattoo, Angry Anderson, the term came from the sharp dress sense of the constituents ± Cuban heel boots and platform shoes, Italian-style cardigans, Levi’s jeans and a distinctive haircut. Like previous subcultures (such as mods, rockers and Teddy Boys), sharpies became the subject of tabloid hysteria, with authority figures proclaiming the imminent end of law and order should these youths not be tamed. When Sharpies Ruled casts a musical lens over the sharpie movement and finds a classic Australian rock’n’roll style defined by dirty, blues-inspired rock’n’roll riffs. Lobby Loyde started his musical career as a mod in the Purple Hearts; by the ’70s his band The Coloured Balls (featured here with Time Shapes and Love You Babe) epitomised the hard rockin’ aesthetic favoured by the sharpies. Like Loyde, artists such as former Easybeat Stevie Wright (Hard Road) and New Zealand-born Kevin Borich (I’m Goin Somewhere, and with the Le De Das, The Place) had evolved from mod R&B to bruising beer barn pub rock. With help from Harry Vanda and George Young, Ted Mulry ditched his acoustic folk for dirty rock’n’roll (Jump In My Car, Crazy), while Supernaut threw a homoerotic squib into the sexual market place with I Like It Both Ways. In addition to more well known blues rock songs of the era (Skyhooks’ Horror Movie, Hush’s Bony Moronie), the compilation unearths a bunch of lesser known tracks: Fat Daddy’s Roll Daddy Roll, Bullet’s Rock My Lady, Fatty Lumpkin’s Movin’ and Rabbit’s Wildfire. Arguably, there will never be another subculture like the sharpies again, but the music lives on. BY PATRICK EMERY
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • a basket of mammoths + spacejunk + hobo
magic Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • armour group + gaud + j + trapdoor tapes djs Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • burning roaches + going swimming + pale trip + the sleepless Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • canary + machine translations + nicola watson Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $8.00. • disasters + cordell + headlopper + the archaic Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.00. • new melbourne jangle + flying saucer + terror + billy exton Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00. • open mic Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. • tequila mockingbyrd + she wolf + wild violet Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.00. • the bellrays Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 7:00pm. • the creeping bam + facades + dozeys Public
• open mic night Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
• wine, whiskey, women - feat: zoe k + phoebe
daicos Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY AUGUST 13
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • ..and you will know us by the trail of dead
+ the red paintings Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm.
$55.00.
• autumn mary + bright light empire + grace
king Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.
• chapter ray Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. • citrus jam Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:30pm.
• cuntz + tommy t & the classical mishaps +
drug sweat Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• diana radar + maricopa wells + the Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• fresh showcases - feat: birdhouse +
• dizzy’s big band with peter hearne Dizzy’s Jazz • lauriston girls’ school gala Melbourne Recital
• king parrot Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm.
• uncle bobby + allysha joy + barcelos Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00.
Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $39.00.
• parkdale primary school concert Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 6:30pm.
• ruby & the crystal set Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.00.
• lillith lane + rosemary hayden Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 8:00pm.
• mango retreat + young vincent + al aska +
dj morning maxwell Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $7.00.
• shol + junki + dry hopped 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• new impromptu quartet w/ alexander
• the belle company Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne
• next - feat: to the airship + caution:
$5.00.
Cbd. 6:00pm.
• the bowie project - feat: adam rudegeair Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
• the jack earle big band Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:00pm. $15.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • aldous harding + palm springs Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $13.00.
• baby blue John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
• girls on key - feat: various artists Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• melbourne ukulele kollective beginner’s
class Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. • miles o’neil + john singer Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
• muddy’s blues roulette Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • open mic Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 7:30pm.
• open mic Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:30pm.
OXJAM FESTIVAL
Come on and slam, and welcome to the Oxjam. Shadow Electric play host to party starters I Oh You this week, who are bringing the best DJs and local artists under one roof to raise some funds for Oxfam Australia. All proceeds from the night will be going to Oxfam, so why not come down and throw a little cash around? It’ll make you feel all warm and fuzzy. Oxjam goes down this Saturday at Shadow Electric from 4pm.
punching ponies + triumph over logic frame + akroyd smart + plymouth + terra + morbidly o’beat + gorilla jetpacks + sabrina salvatore + highnights + behold the defiant Gh Hotel, St Kilda. 7:15pm. $17.00. • greenthief & barrachero + olmeg + dj mermaid Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. • high finance + cosa nostra Public Bar, North
Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.
GIG OF THE WEEK!
nettlbeck Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00. thieves + scourge Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd.
6:30pm. $15.00.
• pink harvest + spiral arm + pentacostal Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• riot! riot! riot! - feat: far away stables +
renegade armada + arkive Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• seattle fix + room with a view + twinspeak
+ ellery cohen Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• terra + left at moral junction + nathan
brailey Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00.
• the bellrays Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 8:00pm. $35.00. • the black dove front + the safety word
+ starr gunn + devilmonkey Bar Open, Fitzroy.
8:00pm.
• the dead heir & white bleaches + the
tiny giants & horace bones Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• the over easys Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne.
• cassette Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
• cisco caesar Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
8:00pm.
• inventi ensemble Melbourne Recital Centre,
• cool change Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm.
Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
• del lago + foxtrot + sparrows + suicide
Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• eddie boyd & the phatapillars Baha Tacos &
• melbourne improvisers collective Uptown • midnight express - feat: prequel + edd
tuesdays Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.
Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $10.00.
fisher Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • mingus thingus Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
• einsteins toyboys + sunset strip Musicland,
• remembrance Hamer Hall, Southbank. 7:30pm. $40.00.
& his chilli dog big band + dj dingo + dj matthew frederick Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
8:30pm. $15.00.
• solquemia flamenco guitar and dance Vamos, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8.00.
• soul in the basement - feat: mayfield +
vince peach + pierre baroni Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• steinway piano series - feat: students of
glenn riddle Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.
6:00pm. $17.50.
• the good egg thursdays - feat: henry who
+ tigerfunk + lewis cancut Lucky Coq, Windsor.
7:00pm.
• the jazz gallery - feat: ben carr trio +
jeremy woolhouse trio + kashi trathen trio Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm. • timbalero thursdays La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • backstage blues night - feat: the shake
shack boogie house band + dj barry maxwell Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. • cabbages & the kings Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. • casey bennetto’s winter sets Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm.
• david ryan harris Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00.
• fat cousin skinny Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
• harry borland & ugandan
national choir
Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
• jonathan meur & one hat town Carters Bar, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• luke sinclair Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
• mike mclellan w/ kerryn tolhurst Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $29.00.
• open mic nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm.
• peny bohan duo Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.
• elvis! the anniversary edition - feat: knave
7:00pm. $15.00.
• flyying colours Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $9.00.
• frank ferrer Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.
• hey hey it’s friday - feat: astro boys Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.
• hiatus kaiyote + jaala + .1 Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• hollow everdaze + kodiak kid + tom
showtime + maars Penny Black, Brunswick. 4:30pm.
• hugo race & the true spirit + matt malone The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:00pm. $15.00.
• iron mind + extortion + born free + rebirth Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $15.00.
• johnnie & the johnnie johnnies + the blue
bottles + the coastbusters The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• johnny cash tribute show Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.
• king parrot + harlott + hollow world +
exsul & flesh of the earth Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $20.00.
• kwasi + eloji + yve gold Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00.
• la danse macabre - feat: brunswick
massive resident djs Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
9:00pm.
• magic bones Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
• mashaka Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.
• meth leppard + hailgun + counterattack +
grudge + los amigos Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
8:00pm.
• mutton + the kremlings + ad skinner +
tankerville Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• sean mcmahon & the moonmen + matthew
• nat allison & spyda Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.
colin Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. • the gumbo club - feat: the blues bash Ding
• northeast party house + pretty littles +
Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.
• the railway gang string band Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 8:30pm.
• the vendettas + slim belly brown + the
black aces Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. • tingy celestino Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 8:30pm.
• tom redwood + toby robinson + darling
james 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• zac saber & friends Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm.
FRIDAY AUGUST 14
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • 1891 + nelson & the gaslighters + pat
mckenna + lorikeet 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00. • captain spalding Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:30pm.
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• chelsea grin Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $36.90.
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8:00pm.
reika Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 8:30pm. $25.00.
• paces + leon osborn Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.00.
• palestine peace not apartheid fundraiser
- feat: scab eater + kollaps + havittajat + tactical attack + you got a radio! + drain life + diploid + terror nullius + gentlemen + pissbolt + removalist + church + colostomy baguette? + grace anderson + headlopper + ding dong death hole + wrng Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $10.00.
• pear & the awkward orchestra + ysk +
lightspeed chamber & captain bamtastic super magic hats Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• poprocks with dr phil smith Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• nadav Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 1:00pm.
goldberg + jack mitchell Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.
• open mic sunday Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.
• sunday sessions - feat: various artists
For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au • la descarga colombian ensemblre Vamos,
• nelson walkom & the gaslighters + zac
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
topaz Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $12.00. • the melbourne jazz co-op presents Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• the crowley crawlers Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.
• the steve martins Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.
• paul williamson’s hammond combo Paris Cat
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
• phila para Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.
• a blonde moment Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
• ali hughes + gabriella georges + anthony
• 303 jam 303, Northcote. 8:15pm.
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
• renee geyer Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $36.00.
• sluttea Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 12:00pm.
8:00pm.
• tommy emmanuel Hamer Hall, Southbank. 8:00pm.
rea Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. • billy & eddie miller Big Huey’s Diner, South
• you can leave your hat on 24 Moons, Northcote.
• cherry blues - feat: ezra lee & the havoc
$79.00.
8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • bakersfield glee club Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
• blackeyed susans Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
• collard, greens & gravy Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
• fats wah wah Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.
• joe guiton + jame bunn & dane tutty +
Melbourne. 4:00pm.
band + dj max crawdaddy Cherry Bar, Melbourne
Cbd. 3:00pm. $5.00.
• creature fear + sunnyside-trio + sophie
officer Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. • easy rider soundtrack - feat: brian nankervis & the ding dong all stars Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.
• empra + smoke stack rhino + dellacoma rio Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
bec stevens + late nights + joe neubauer
• griya + aimee volkofsky & luna deville Grace
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• handsome bastards & sherry rich Post Office
Williamstown. 9:00pm.
• hanks jaloppydemons Gem Bar, Collingwood.
• karaoke with zoe Customs House Hotel, • lonesome Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
• neil gibson Pistol Pete’s Food N Blues, Geelong. 8:00pm. • nick batterham &
Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.
dan lethbridge Wesley
• sun rising Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00.
• the birds & the bees + the sensational
hurricanes Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 9:00pm. • the davidson brothers Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
• the f100s Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
• the mercurials Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm. • tim durkin Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
• tim maxwell + wolf whistler Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.
• vic old time jam session - feat: craig
woodward + warren rough & friends Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
SUNDAY AUGUST 16
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • dan warner & band Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm.
• don’t forget nepal Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 6:00pm. • etienne & the sankayi 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. • hot pockets Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 4:00pm.
• janet ross-fahy Milanos Tavern, Brighton. 1:30pm.
• la tropa vallenata Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. • moreland city soul revue Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
• musical theatre open mic night Ruby’s Music
MONDAY AUGUST 17
• 36 Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00.
• anna powell & jono Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.
• beethoven in melbourne part ii - feat:
seraphim trio Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $50.00.
• dana czarski Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
• el camino del vino! latin pop up festival
- feat: various artists Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.
• genazzano college 2015 annual music
concert Hamer Hall, Southbank. 7:30pm. $25.00.
• jazz party Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm. $7.00.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
• black stone + department + pussy juice
8:00pm.
• byo vinyl night Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
• king parrot + harlott + swidgen + weedy
gonzalez Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $20.00. • minimum wage - feat: cable ties + abigail & daisy Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. • momentum - feat: coretet Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.
• murdena + congratulations everybody +
Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• cherry jam Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • diamonds of neptune + machine gun
sunrise + special guests Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00.
• monday night mass - feat: gold class +
pleasure symbols + grotto Northcote Social
Club, Northcote. 6:00pm.
tim hulsman Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $6.00.
• mundane mondays - feat: diana radar + the
Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• the scrimshaw four + chaos magnet + the
• neil gibson + deer prudence + ali hughes • off the cuff Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. • oxjam jam session - feat: jr reyne + peter
rabbit music Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm.
$10.00.
• presentation night - feat: dennis cometti &
dave graney Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $40.00. • smile Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. • soul sundays - feat: deep street soul + melaluka + dj manchild Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
• sunday best - feat: tom showtime + agent
tiny giants + sadults Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. horns of leroy Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $3.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • monday night cajun dance party - feat: the
‘johnny can’t dance’ cajun band Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
TUESDAY AUGUST 18
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • baio Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $38.50.
• busy kingdom + honeybone + ulysses wulf
86 + maars Penny Black, Brunswick. 3:00pm. • the band who knew too much Spotted Mallard,
• cinema 6 + the birthday girl + sneaky pats
• wayne jury band Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
• kraken rum night - feat: joel morrison
Brunswick. 4:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • ‘annexe arts’ sunday session no. 2 feat. co-
cheòl Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $12.00.
Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.
exhibition + the shabbab + camp cope + tankerville Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $6.00. • schwing w/ chris rourke Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.
Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
• amarillo + james kenyon Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.
• taste of indie tuesday Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .
$36.00.
• audio in august 2.0 - feat: various artists
• the brunswick hotel discovery night -
• renee geyer Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. • standing tall Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm.
• sunday soultrain - feat: dylan boyd trio Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston. 2:30pm.
• terrasur - music from chile + colombia
and brazil Vamos, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $7.00. • the harpoons + milk teddy & dj frankie
5:00pm.
Carters Bar, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• banjo-b-que at fancy hanks bbq - feat:
craig woodward The Mercat, Melbourne. 12:00pm. • beersoaked sundays - feat: ohms + 100 acre woods + half mongrel Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.
• birdshit brothers Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• cold irons bound Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. • elvis unleashed Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
residency) + waterfall person + dj lovely clear water Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $11.00. • tuesdays are fridays Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
8:00pm.
• irish session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
3:30pm.
• open stage Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
• jam at musicland sundays - feat: jameoke Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm.
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Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• the burnt sausages (album launch
• bernadeta & scott griffiths Ruby’s Music Room,
• freak & the freak cats Union Hotel, Brunswick.
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feat: hêdron + enlight + junkyard Brunswick
9:00pm.
• elwood blues club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .
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7:30pm.
• little foot Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 6:00pm.
• matt kelly + allysha joy + jamil zacharia +
emi day Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• merri creak Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.
• milonga Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• peter voglis Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
• st michael’s 120th celebration Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $11.00.
• the fabric + horns of leroy + the jungle
• michelle gardiner Customs House Hotel,
• wrok down - feat: the chantoozies Musicland,
• mini meltdown’s songwriting sundays in
august The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. • moonee valley drifters Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:30pm.
• neil gibson Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
ACCESS ALL AGES WITH RUTH MIHELCIC If you’ve ever wanted to get a foot in the door in the music industry or at The Push, check out our latest opportunities. We’re looking for a new volunteer Gig Guide Coordinator to come into our Brunswick office one day per week and compile the gig guide, update our website and write this very column in Beat that you’re reading now. If you’re aged 16-25 years and have a passion for writing, all ages events, a sharp eye for details and getting published, then jump onto www.thepush.com.au, check out the PD and apply by August 24. The Push is also looking for three young people aged 18-25 years to join the YAC committee. The YAC comprises young people from a diverse range of musical interests and backgrounds, with experience in music or event activities like festivals, music events, and FReeZA committees. It involves monthly meetings at our Brunswick office, free food, running a few projects (like BIGSOUND scholarships, Face The Music) and having a say in what The Push does. The application form is on our site. Send it to push@thepush.com.au by August 24. Our innovative, inspiring, and free songwriting mentoring program Push Songs is back for another round, with another amazing bunch of highly experienced songwriting mentors. This time successful applicants will take part in three one-on-one songwriting workshops with Kevin Mitchell, Gossling, Monique Brumby and Ben Salter alongside program co-ordinator Charles Jenkins. Plus you’ll be invited to join the Tuesday Night Song Club to meet and share ideas and live performance opportunities with fellow song writers. This Brunswick-based program is open to anyone of any age from all around Victoria, and workshops will be held in the afternoon/ evening to make it more accessible for students and workers. Applications close August 19, go to www. surveymonkey.com/s/PS2014R4 In case you missed it, early bird tickets are now on sale for Face The Music 2015, which is coming back to Arts Centre Melbourne on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November 2015. Early bird tickets are $75 for a full conference pass and are only available until sold out or until general tickets go on sale August 26. The contemporary music summit is now in its eighth year and will no doubt be bringing with it presentations, discussions, networking, music-making workshops, and the hottest tips and tools to give your music career the edge. Go to www.facethemusic.com.au Creative Victoria has recently delivered a boost to Victoria’s contemporary music industry with the announcement of Music Works Grants; a new program to support musicians, music managers and industry organisations to create, develop and showcase Victorian contemporary music. Music Works Grants will provide support of up to $75,000 for music projects and programs across all contemporary genres across the state. Applications close today. Go to www.creative.vic.gov.au/ musicgrants
ALL AGES GIG GUIDE
FrIDAY AUGUST 14: • FReeZA Dance Party w/ DJs Northie, MC Losty, Konvex, Galvin Hall at Wondonga Senior Secondary College, 69 Woodland St, Wodonga, 6pm-10pm, $5 presale or $10 door, www.wodonga.vic.gov.au, www. facebook.com/wodongayouth, U18 • FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands ± Golden Plains heat w/ Residual and competing bands at Meredith Memorial Hall, 61 Staughton St, Meredith, 7:15pm10:30pm, www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/ youth, AA SUNDAY AUGUST 16: • FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands ± Ballarat Heat 1 w/ Desert Mules, 3rd Stone Collision, Ebonivory, Good Wives, Habit at Karova Lounge, 3pm-6pm, $10 or $15 for all 3 heats, www.youthservicesballarat.com. au, AA
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $7.00.
• unmasqued - feat: ludovico’s band Melbourne
Williamstown. 3:00pm.
PRESENT
crooked + jungle hurts djs Toff In Town,
• michael meeking & the lost souls Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
THE PUSH
Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
• morning melodies - feat: clive jones Powell
Fawkner. 7:00pm. $5.00.
• nmit showcase Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • boadz 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• lachlan davidson & paddy montgomery Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
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Hotel, Footscray. 10:00am. $5.00.
• tago mago open mic Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7:00pm.
Wed 12th August
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MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
EDM UNDER ATTACK Los Angeles is considering slamming a ban on dance festivals on state owned land after two teenagers died from suspected drug overdoses at LA’s Hard Summer festival. Instagram banned the #EDM hashtag from use on photos shared on its platform, citing violations of “guidelines around nudity”. The platform copped criticism last month when it blocked the hashtag #curvy with users upset that a body-positive term was unavailable to them. Instagram promptly unblocked the term. Meantime, Home nightclub in Sydney’s Cockle Bay was reprimanded for using images of people snorting drugs and having sex to promote last Saturday’s Blow event. The Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing threatened Home with a $5550 fine and the start of a “three strikes” warning if it wasn’t pulled down.
MUSIC INDUSTRY COMMITS TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN The inaugural National Contemporary Music Roundtable held last week at Erskineville Town Hall Sydney featuring 50 heavyweights and all the major music associations (see Music Australia’s website for full list of attendees) has committed to a National Business Development Plan. The associations will work in various groups to develop detailed national strategies “to increase public respect for Australian music; ensure a vibrant national live music scene; strengthen Australia’s terms of cultural trade in music; improve remuneration and employment for creators and performers; and optimise a skilled music workforce.” The resulting agenda will be reviewed by the industry and then presented to Government.
NEW SIGNINGS #1: FLIGHTLESS OPENS TO PIPE-EYE Flightless, the label run by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, will release the debut EP, Cosmic Blip, from side project Pipe-eye on September 25. Debut single and video People Move Along was premiered at BrooklynVegan. Cosmic Blip is described as, “An expedition cataloguing the effects of space melody and cosmic rhythm whilst in close orbit to Earth.” The Flightless roster, distributed by Remote Control, also includes The Murlocs and The Babe Rainbow.
NEW SIGNINGS #2: DR. COLOSSUS AT HARBOUR Dr. Colossus, “Simpsons themed doom rock duo,” are now booked through Sydney’s Harbour Agency. Doctor Jon (vocals, guitar) and Dr. Johnston (drums) channel the stoner-rock/doom styling of Black Sabbath, Kyuss and Sleep to craft songs based on The Simpsons. Their IV EP from last year, based entirely on Season 4 of the show, aroused global interest.
NEW SIGNINGS #3: GORDI AT MUSHROOM PUBLISHING 22-year old Sydney folktronica artist Gordi (Sophie Payten) is now signed to Mushroom Publishing. Her singles Nothing’s As It Seems and current Can We Work It Out got support from triple j and community radio, she was recipient of the APRA Josh Pyke Partnership award, toured with Ben Lee and collaborated with Iceland’s Sin Fang and Los Angeles’ Ghost Loft. Head of A&R, Linda Bosidis, said of her live shows, “Her natural humour, tenderness and ease with the audience is striking. Her songs express personal experience, they radiate a familiarity and form a swift knowing bond with the listener.”
THINGS WE HEAR • Which famous producer was part of a lotto winning syndicate? • Which two label execs were overheard having a loud argument as to who was more responsible for signing a new hit act? • So was Mark Ronson inspired to perform Queens of the Stone Age’s I Sat By the Ocean for triple j’s Like A Version with Kevin Parker and Kirin J Callinan after hanging out for an afternoon at Tweeds waterside Kettles On Café a few days before? That’s what the café reckons. Meantime, Perth’s Matisse Beach Club is working with the Major Fraud Squad in its investigation of Ronson being advertised for a festival at the venue, and then claiming Ronson pulled out. The club says it has a contract from a third party promoter. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 62
• Ryan Adams claims he is recording a full-album cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989 in the style of The Smiths. Swift squawked on twitter: “Is this true??????? I WILL PASS OUT!” • Will Australia get a 24-hour version of Apple Music’s Beats radio service? Apple is said to be tossing up between Oz and an Asian country. • Newcastle’s This is Not Art (TiNA) festival in October won’t announce its 170-event program until August 27. But expect there to be a showcase of female experimental sound artists under the name Ladyz in Noyz, an installation called Neverland seen through the bedroom of a 1990s teenager, and a chance to create a new theatrical piece in 24 hours. • AC/DC’s first singer Dave Evans is so pissed off that AC/DC books don’t seem to cover the band’s first lineup (with him, bassist Larry Van Kriedt and drummer Colin Burgess, replaced respectively by Bon Scott, Mark Evans and Phil Rudd) that he’s writing his own. He told us that “some of the biggest publishers in the world” are interested in his memoirs. • Musos touring Brisbane can get a free meal at vegetarian café LostBoys in Fortitude Valley. Owner Pixie Weyland, who has many musician friends, told the Brisbane Times she knows how much of a financial struggle it is on the road, and wants to offer them an alternative from fast food.
SECRET SERVICE LOOKING FOR SENIOR PUBLICIST
Melbourne-based tour promoter Straight Up is cutting back on its touring. Director Blair Stafford says that in recent years he’s been wrestling with his passion for social justice and environmental issues and bringing out large touring parties from the US and Europe who add to carbon emission. “We can not however continue to tour large artists and still sleep well at night,” he said. “The carbon emissions of bringing large numbers of people into our country are, to put it simply, just depressing.” Straight Up will pull back to a handful of tours a year. “In the future, our efforts will involve more work that will enable organisations to fight in what we consider to be a global conflict currently being waged against the environment and those without a voice. We will be assisting others to achieve a greener outcome for their enterprises.”
BRUNSWICK HOTEL INSTALL NEW BAND BOOKER
• The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr is here in February, he confirmed.
After six solid years, The Brunswick Hotel’s existing band booker Frankie is moving on. The venue have already employed a new booker to ensure the stage remains populated by Melbourne’s best up and coming artists. Brodie has spent many years manning the sound desk and working the bar and is, “Super excited to announce that I will now be booking the bands.” To secure your place on the famed Sydney Road live music stage, shoot an email to brunnygigs@gmail.com
• Rolling Stone USA writer David Wild revealed that in the 1990s he was hanging with David Bowie on assignment for a Tin Machine story, when he (Wild) got a gift of a Native American peace pipe from Tom Petty. Determined to top that, Bowie scoured around and got him a pig foetus in a glass jar, which he sent Wild from somewhere in Asia. • Days after being detained in Sweden on suspected drug charges, Snoop Dogg got nabbed for trying to leave Italy allegedly with $422,820 in US cash on him when he was only allowed to take out $11,000. • DJ Risque reports that after winning the wildcard section of the NSW Your Shot DJ comp, her Soundcloud followers reached nearly 1,000 and she got 250 extra likes on her Facebook in two days.
$3000 PRIZE GRAB FOR VICTORIAN COMPOSERS The Darebin Music Feast and Melbourne-based world music orchestra, Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde are offering Victorian composers of instrumental music a prize pack of $3000. The Orkeztra predominantly plays music from the Balkan, Middle Eastern and Eastern European regions and is looking for tunes that reflect the melodies and styles of those regions for the 2015 Composition Competition. The total prize pool includes $1000 cash from the Orkeztra, recording and mixing from Incubator Recording and Mastering, mastering from Crystal Mastering, artistic services from Geronimo Creative Services, photography from Elizabeth Schiavello Photography, a guitar from High Street Music and a one-year Gold Membership to the Fingers of Fury Arabic and Turkish Drumming School. The prize package is divided into an Industry Prize (judged on the evening of the Composition Concert by music industry professionals whose works reflects the genres of Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde), an Orkeztra Prize (chosen by members of the Orkeztra) and an Audience Choice Prize (chosen by audience members on the night of the Competition concert on Sunday November 1, Northcote Town Hall). Composers are invited to submit a two-page instrumental tune by 5pm Sunday August 30. Full details at www.MusicFeast. com.au and www.facebook.com/orkeztra.org.
Born: son for NOVA Entertainment Group CD Paul Jackson and actress Emily Symons. Born: rapper Macklemore confirmed he and partner Tricia Davis had a daughter, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty, in May. Married: B-52s’ Kate Pierson and long time partner Monica Coleman in Hawaii. Band colleague Fred Schneider gave the “best man” speech and Sia sang Crush Me With Your Love. Ill: singer Michael Angelakos’ “lingering issues with bronchitis/pneumonia” caused the cancellation of Passion Pit’s Australian tour in late August. Ill: Slipknot’s new bassist Alessandro Venturella was rushed to hospital midway during a gig in Hartford, Connecticut. It turned out to be “extreme dehydration”. Ill: Supertramp founder Rick Davies diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Suing: US street artist Rime takes action against a high profile designer and Italian apparel brand over a dress Katy Perry wore to a function in New York in May. In Court: Daniel Jorgensen, 30, former member of Owl City, indicted on charges he tried to lure a 14 year old girl into the band’s bus and his hotel room, for “criminal sexual contact.” Arrested: Busta Rhymes for allegedly hitting a New York gym employee on the head with a container of energy drink. In Court: former Brisbane club DJ James Richard-Roles, 28, will remain in jail for molesting pre-teens after prison staff found notes he kept of fantasies involving young boys. Died: iconic Nashville record producer and A&R man Billy Sherrill, said to have created the “countrypolitan” sound, at 78, after a brief illness. He worked with Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins and Elvis Costello (on his 1980 album Almost Blue) and discovered Tanya Tucker.
STRAIGHT UP MAKES CHANGES
• Oh dear, Sony Pictures called iconic jazz trumpeter Miles Davis a “singer” in a press release for his new biopic.
• Thieves broke into singer Dean Ray’s Melbourne home and made off with seven guitars, one which belonged to his dad and was of great sentimental value.
LIFELINES
Public relations company Secret Service are looking for a new Senior Publicist to join their Sydney office. Existing representative Patrick Martin is on his way out, so they need someone to handle the work across labels Dew Process and Create/Control, as well as events like The Falls Music and Arts Festivals, Southbound Festival and The Peninsula Picnic. Send your resume and cover note to Stacey Piggott – Stacey@secretservice.com.au – by 5pm, Friday August 21.
MUSIC COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO RACISM The long lasting issue of racism in Australia against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders came to the fore in the public debate over the booing of footballer Adam Goodes. Two songs have been rushed out as comments. Horrowshow, Jimblah, Urthboy and Thelma Plum recorded Any Other Name over a weekend at Sydney’s Writer’s Block Studio as a “rallying cry to the nation.” Xavier Rudd & The United Nations rushed out Shame, which he said was inspired by the Goodes issue and was a “worldwide embarrassment for this country.” Rudd spent time with Goodes at a reconciliation conference in Melbourne called him “a beautiful humble being who would like nothing more than for all people to learn and grow together as Australians of all ancestral backgrounds,” and labelled racism “an evil thread passed through the generations from a dark and fragile time. It affects everybody of all bloodlines and eats away at us like a disease.”
RDIO SELECTS LAST DINOSAURS Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs were picked as Rdio’s most recent Artist To Watch. Through August, Rdio listeners will gain some exclusives including the first listen to their sophomore three-years-in-the-making album Wellness on August 28.
CLASS ACTION OVER SYDNEY LOCKOUT Against a chant of “We want the Cross,” a rally was held outside Hugos in Kings Cross to announce a class action will be launched against the NSW government over the closure of the club. After 15 years, during which it won Nightclub of the Year six times, Hugos went into administration putting the remaining 70 staff out of work. Owner Dave Evans blamed the Bayswater Rd venue’s 80% drop in customers and 60% in revenue since 2012 on the Government’s lockout rules, saying the restrictions should have been applied through the city rather than in three selected areas. Evans was joined by Doug Grand of the Kings Cross Liquor Accord and Senator David Leyonhjelm who said that the Cross had always been “a naughty place” now “strangulated” with one third of licensed venues and 35 businesses closed as a result. The laws reduced alcohol-related violence in the Cross by one third and will be reviewed in February next year.
UNIVERSAL EXTENDS CEO CONTRACT TO 2020 Universal Music Group’s parent company Vivendi extended CEO Lucian Grainge’s contract to “until at least 2020.” Grainge has led Universal Music Group since 2011, including acquiring EMI’s labels and making UMG the biggest record company in the world. Last year UMG accounted for 45.2% of Vivendi’s revenue and its revenue of €3.69 billion gave it a 29.8% share of the global recorded music market.
FORMER DEEZER HEAD JOINS PANDORA A/NZ Former Deezer Australian/NZ head Thomas Heymann is new Head of Artist and Industry Relations at Pandora Australia and NZ. Aside from his digital initiatives, Heymann managed indie bands, heads the masters course in arts management at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney, and worked with major acts as Product Manager at Sony Music Germany and Australia and Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Warner Music Australia.
SONY PROMOTES GRANT DONGES Sony Music Entertainment Australia promoted Grant Donges to Director of Promotions & Publicity, Australian Artists Creative Marketing and Television Entertainment, Asia Pacific. He will remain based in Sydney. Donges, who worked with acts emerging from TV shows as The X-Factor and Australia’s Got Talent, will work closely with TV format creator Simon Cowell’s company Syco in London and music reality TV production company Fremantle Media.
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