Beat Magazine #1492 by Furst Media

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THE INFERNOS

Sat 26 Sept 5pm

ALISON FERRIER

Stylin’, haunting, and lyrical, this country-folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist plays tunes from her new album.

Sat 26 Sept 9pm

CHELSEA DRUGSTORE

A melting pot of barn-house blues and honkin’ country rock and roll.

Sun 27 Sept 3.30pm

IAN COLLARD Awesome harmonica and swampy Delta blues.

Sun 27 Sept, 5pm

THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

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MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

PART Y IN THE PADDOCK DROP 2016 F E S T I VA L L I N E U P Party In The Paddock, Tasmania’s flourishing boutique music festival have gone right ahead and dropped a fucking huge 2016 lineup, hosting some of the biggest names in Australian music. Get a eyeful of this. The immense bill welcomes the likes of Violent Soho, Spiderbait, The Preatures, British India, Tkay Maidza, Vallis Alps, Bad//Dreems, Harts, Roland Tings, Tired Lion, Lurch & Chief and many, many more to the stage. The two day festival kicks off on Friday February 19 in Burnscreek, Tasmania. Hit partyinthepaddockfestival.com.au for more info.

GOING SWIMMING ANNOUNCE ‘DEADTIME TOURIES’ TOUR Melbourne’s own garage punk blokes Going Swimming have been busy recording their debut LP Deadtime Stories over the past year, an album completely self recorded and independently released. Their riotous shows have led to opening gigs for international artists including White Fang and Guantanamo Baywatch. To celebrate the release they’re venturing on an extensive Australian tour, playing The Workers Club on Friday November 13. Grab your tickets from the venue’s website.

JAKUBI HOP BACK TO MELBOURNE Melbourne five-piece Jakubi, known for their stylish blend of R&B, hiphop, jazz and pop, are heading back to Melbourne after touring across the United States. Their US run of shows was incredibly successful, with Jakubi selling out their headliners in New York City, San Francisco and Chicago and performing at major US festivals including Summer Camp Music Festival, Electric Forest, Taste of Randolph and Wakarusa 2015. Jakubi will be taking to the stage at Max Watt’s on Saturday December 5. Nab your tickets from the venue’s website.

BEYOND THE VA L L E Y E X PA N D S 2015 LINEUP Just when you thought the Beyond The Valley lineup couldn’t get any bigger, the promoters have upped the ante. One of the most recognisable characters in dance music, American house and techno don Seth Troxler has joined the upper echelons of the 2015 bill. He’ll join the likes of Boys Noize, Crooked Colours, Dom Dolla, Doorly, Finnebassen, Flight Facilities, George Maple, Ivan Ooze, Jakubi, Jamie xx, JOY., THE Jungle Giants, The Kite String Tangle, Last Dinosaurs, Lovebirds, Miami Horror, Northeast Party House, Odd Mob, Oscar Key Sung, Pusha T, REMI, RL Grime, The Rubens, San Cisco, Set Mo, Snakehips, Spacey Space, Ta-Ku, Tkay Maidza, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Touch Sensitive, UV boi ‫ يجسفنب قوف‬and Yung Lean, with more to be announced. Beyond The Valley will be held from Tuesday December 29 until Friday January 1. Tickets are available from beyondthevalley.eventbrite.com.au.

T U L LY O N T U L LY PREMIERE NEW TRACK AND UNVIEL MELBOURNE SHOW Tully On Tully are back in Melbourne. They’ve announced a headline show on Friday October 16 at Shadow Electric, where they’ll be joined by Aviva, Ginger and Drum and Stonefox. Tickets are available on the venue’s site.

After selling out the Prince Bandroom last round, the Melbourne Ska Orchestra are heading back to the venue off the success of their latest single, Satellite. They play there on Friday October 16, and if you read the Free Shit section then you’re probably looking for a free ticket to the show. You’re switched on and you’ve got balls, kid. The free shit’s over at beat.com.au/freeshit.

DASHVILLE SKYLINE

On Saturday October 3, thousands of people will descend upon the bushland venue Dashville to celebrate the golden era of Americana, psychedelia and alt country, born out of the American culture of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Bahamas (CAN), Holy Holy and All Our Exes Live In Texas are all set to play across the two day long event, along with way too many artists to list here. We’ve got two free double passes to the festival going over at beat.com.au/freeshit.

THE CROXTON LAUNCH WEEKEND

The recently renovated venue The Croxton opens its doors on Friday October 1, and they’re hosting a massive weekend of live music to celebrate. You Am I have already sold out tickets to the opening night, and Saturday’s double headliners The Drones and Augie March are sure to be the next to go. If you feel like going to either gig, you probably should’ve bought a ticket. Lucky for you, there’s some free double passes over at beat.com.au/freeshit. ya dickhead! There’s some free double passes over at beat.com.au/freeshit though.

EIGHTH ARTIST FOR S O U N D WAV E 2016 REVEALED THURSTON MOORE BAND ANNOUNCE MEREDITH SIDESHOWS Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore has unveiled a tour to accompany his performance at Meredith Music Festival in December this year. As the co-founder of seminal New York City no wave four-piece Sonic Youth, Moore make his mark in New York City’s heady noise scene back in the ‘80s, going on to create a rich, varied discography. As part of Sonic Youth since their formation in 1981, for three decades Moore delivered over 17 studio albums and countless ground-breaking collaborations. Thurston Moore and his band have locked in a show at Prince Bandroom on Thursday December 10. Hit the venue’s website for tickets. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 18

Soundwave keeps getting bigger and bigger - incrementally. The juggernaut of a festival has announced the eighth band that will perform at the 2016 festival, Devil You Know. The band, which features Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage), Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish), John Sankey (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy) and Ryan Wombacher (Bleeding Through) just released their sophomore record They Bleed Red. They join the already announced acts which include Bring Me The Horizon, Lordi, Northlane, Refused, Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus and Failure. After spanning two days in 2015, the festival will return to a one-day format next year. The Melbourne leg of the festival will fill the empty space left by Big Day Out, running on Australia Day. Soundwave 2016 will be held on Tuesday January 26 in Melbourne. Visit the Soundwave website for tickets for more information.

CLOWNS ANNOUNCE FINAL HEADLINE TOUR FOR 2015 They’ve been tearing through punk rock’s prestigious Riot Fest in the US, taking out the title for the first Australian band to ever grace the festival’s stage. They’ve been hanging with the likes of Gwar and Jack Black, and have Bro Hymn’d it up with punk rock veterans Pennywise live on stage. Now, Aussie hardcore punk champions Clowns have announced their final headline tour on home turf before they slay the stage alongside Rise Against in 2016. Their newly announced show comes off the back of their acclaimed 2015 release Bad Blood and a nonstop year for the band, who’ve managed to sell out shows and festivals nation wide. This is going to be a fucking show to end all shows. Get your tickets early to see Clowns demolish Ding Dong Lounge on Monday November 2, and at The Bendigo Hotel on Tuesday November 3 for an all ages showdown. They’ll be joined by power trio Cosmic Kahuna. Tickets are on sale via Oztix.

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S U FJ A N S T E V E N S A N N O U N C E S 2016 MELBOURNE SHOW He recently charmed Sydney Opera House crowds when he performed exclusively at Vivid LIVE earlier this year, and now Michigan-born songwriter Sufjan Stevens has announced his return to Australian shores. The tour comes a decade after the release of his seminal record Illinois, five years after Age of Adz, and follows his most recent record Carrie & Lowell. Stevens will perform material from across the vast spectrums of his extensive career, while featuring a full band and an immersive lighting production. Stevens will play at Hamer Hall on Friday February 26. Get your tickets through www.artscentermelbourne.com.au.

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DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST LAUNCH PART Y REVEALED The ever growing Darebin Music Feast has just announced Hello Sunday to celebrate the opening of the massive ten day event. Hello Sunday will feature some of Melbourne’s most exciting and intriguing artists and collectives including Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir with special guest Kylie Auldist, The Furbelows, Hello Satellites, Scrimshaw Four, Melbourne Ukulele Kollective and The UFO with Uke4Kids plus special guest Jen Cloher, The Northcote Campfire, Gamalan DanAnda, Dan Flynn, Patches, Darebin Songwriters’ Guild, Sonic Interventions and more. Does that sound delicious to you? Get down to the Feast when it all kicks off at the Northcote Town Hall on Sunday October 25. Shoot over to the event’s webpage for more details.

THE MARK OF CAIN ANNOUNCE 2015 MELBOURNE SHOW The Mark Of Cain will head around the country for their Tour Of Duty this November and December. Following a promise made in 2006 to tour at least once every year, a promise that took seven years to make good on, The Mark Of Cain have been selling out shows all over the country. This year’s tour will see the trio play shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, as well as their first visit to Geelong in more than 15 years. The tour will also feature a mid-week two night residency in Adelaide with all proceeds going to Cancer Council Australia. The Mark Of Cain will play at Max Watts on Thursday November 26. Tickets are on sale through the venue.

Sunday September 27 is your last chance to vote in Bank of Melbourne’s Melbourne Music Bank competition. There’s a bundle of talent on offer, with 12 gifted Victorian finalists in the running to win some superb prizes. This year’s prize pack includes studio recording time, a film clip, printed CDs, and deals with industry leaders such as On The Map PR, Chris Robinson, Varasso PR and 123 Agency. The twelve finalists include: Anna Cordell from Ivanhoe, Arctic Maps from Preston, DL Music from Narre Warren, Feelds from Alphington, Imogen Brough from Geelong, Jade Alice from Viewbank, Kudzai from Narre Warren, Milo from Breamlea, Napier from Essendon, Playwrite from Northcote, Sam O’Connell from Mt Martha and Sarah May from Bonnie Doon. Public voting is open from today until Sunday September 27. Cast your vote over at bankofmelbourne.com.au/ melbmusicbank and enter the draw for weekly prizes such as Spotify vouchers or ticket giveaways.

Melbourne’s newest boutique festival has just released their highly anticipated lineup with none other than the screaming eagle of soul Charles Bradley headlining the bill. Set to go down on Friday December 11, the festival will transform the Sidney Myer Music Bowl into Melbourne’s biggest end-of-year break-up party, with plenty of local food, imported music and a great variety of music to go around. Second on the lineup are hip hop legends Salt N Pepa, who will undoubtedly knock out ‘90s classics such as Push It and Shoop. It all goes down on Friday December 11. Pop on over to melbournebureau.com for tickets and more details.

MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR NYE ON THE HILL Silly you for thinking NYE on the Hill couldn’t get any bigger. The organisers have announced another batch of artists playing at the boutique music festival over the holiday period. If the lineup wasn’t already impressive enough, now Tasmanian Poison City punk rockers Luca Brasi have joined the bill, alongside jump-jivin’ blues/ soul luminaire Mojo Juju, electronic wonderkid YEO, percussion-heavy dance project STATUE (featuring members of Worlds End Press and No Zu), and emerging Perth based performance theatre troupe Your Mouth Collective. There’s still a bundle more DJs and site performers yet to be announced, so stay tuned to www. nyeonthehill.com.au for more info and tickets.

AIR ANNOUNCES PERFORMERS FOR AWARDS CEREMONY Some of Australia’s most impressive talent has been announced to perform at this year’s Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards. Showing off some of the diverse music the country has to offer this year are Airling, Bad//Dreems, Dead Letter Circus, Frank Yamma and Harts. The tenth annual awards will be held on Thursday October 22 at Meat Market, North Melbourne. Make sure you check out the AIR website for more info.

GOOD TIMING FOR THE BON SCOTTS SINGLE LAUNCH The Bon Scotts have offered fans the first taste of their new album with their latest single Good Times, and will be heading around the country to support it. Good Times was written days after finding out a childhood friend was murdered, and is about the brilliance of friendship and where bad decisions can take you. The Bon Scotts will play The Toff In Town on Saturday October 24. Tickets are on sale through the venue.

BANOFFEE ANNOUNCES MELBOURNE HEADLINE SHOW Following the release of her new single With Her, Banoffee has announced a run of shows in Australia and New Zealand, including a Melbourne date this October. With Her is the first cut from Banoffee’s second EP Do I Make You Nervous? due out a few weeks before the tour kicks off. Last year’s debut selftitled release saw her schedule overflow with national and international tours, including an appearance at Byron Bay’s Splendour In The Grass and New York’s CMJ. She was also nominated for Best Song and Best Female Artist at last year’s Australia’s Age Music Victoria Awards, was named Best of 2014 by Indie Shuffle and earmarked as one to watch by Spotify. Banoffee will play Howler on Friday October 30. Tickets are on sale through Moshtix.

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS TURNS 10 The Age Music Awards have locked in some of Victoria’s hottest acts, including Marlon Williams, Courtney Barnett, Harts, Briggs and The EG Allstars, as they celebrate the 10th Edition of The Age Music Victoria Awards at 170 Russell on Wednesday November 11. The event will be co-presented by Triple R 102.7FM and PBS 106.7FM. Two of their finest broadcasters, Chris Gill and Lyndelle Wilkinson, will MC the event and Fee B-Squared will be spinning the tunes between sets. With a limited release of only 300 tickets available for the show, make sure you get yours quickly from the venue’s website. It all goes down at 170 Russell, Wednesday November 11.

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INTERNATIONAL LOS CORONAS The Gasometer September 24, Cherry Bar September 25 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 September 30, October 1 KATCHAFIRE Brunswick Hotel October 1 WHITE FANG The Curtin October 1 GORILLA BISCUITS The Reverence Hotel October 1 AS IT IS The Evelyn Hotel October 1 (AA), October 2 CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK! Max Watt’s October 3 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 MEGADETH Festival Hall October 19 BIGBANG Rod Laver Arena October 21 RHYE Foxtel Festival Hub, Melbourne Festival October 21, 22 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 DAY OF THE DEAD TBA 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 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 10, 11 NICO & VINZ Prince Bandroom November 11 AUSTRALASIAN WORLD MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 12 – 15 THE TEA PARTY Palais Theatre November 13 MUMFORD & SONS Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 13 THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Melbourne Town Hall November 15 POKÉMON SYMPHONIC EVOLUTIONS Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre November 13 HAUSCHKA Melbourne Recital Centre November 17 DEF LEPPARD Rod Laver Arena November 18 THE BEACH BOYS Palais Theatre November 18 LIVE The Forum November 19 ROBERT HENKE Melbourne Recital Centre, November 19

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HANK MARVIN MEMO Music Hall November 21, 22 NILE Corner Hotel November 21 UB40 The Forum November 24 CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Caravan Music Club November 25, Northcote Social Club November 26 EARTHCORE Pyalong, Victoria November 26 – 30 MARLON WILLIAMS Prince Bandroom November 27 RON SEXSMITH MEMO Music Hall November 27, Northcote Social Club November 28 RISE AGAINST Margaret Court Arena December 2 GOAT + KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD The Croxton December 4 LAGWAGON Max Watt’s December 4 CHRIS CORNELL The Palais December 4 THE CORONAS Corner Hotel December 4 THE HOTELIER The Reverence Hotel December 4 MONO Corner Hotel December 5 ED SHEERAN AAMI Park December 5 STEREOSONIC Melbourne Showgrounds December 5 RATATAT 170 Russell December 6 UNWRITTEN LAW The Corner Hotel December 6 MERCURY REV Max Watt’s December 8 SAM SMITH Rod Laver Arena December 8 HALESTORM 170 Russell December 8 YELAWOLF Max Watt’s December 9 SHELLAC Corner Hotel December 9, 10 THURSTON MOORE Prince Bandroom December 10 JESSICA PRATT Northcote Social Club December 10 FATHER JOHN MISTY The Forum December 10 BULLY Howler December 10 JULIA HOLTER Howler December 11 THE MISFITS Max Watt’s December 11 TAYLOR SWIFT AAMI Park December 11 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 11-13 ELTON JOHN Rod Laver Arena December 11, Mt Duneed Estate December 12 THE EXPLOITED Max Watt’s December 12 UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS Corner Hotel December 13 A DAY TO REMEMBER + THE AMITY AFFLICTION Rod Laver Arena December 17 FALLS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28 – January 1 BEYOND THE VALLEY Lardner, Victoria December 29 – January 1 GROUNDSWELL FESTIVAL Lake Tyers Beach January 2 YUNG LEAN Prince Bandroom January 5 SO FRENCHY SO CHIC IN THE PARK Werribee Park January 11 NIGHTWISH The Forum Monday January 11 THE 1975 Festival Hall January 20 SOUNDWAVE 2016 TBA January 26 JAMES BAY Festival Hall February 3 SOILWORK 170 Russell February 16 REGGAE ROYALTY Palais Theatre February 18 JD MCPHERSON Corner Hotel February 19 FAT FREDDY’S DROP The Forum February 19 SUFJAN STEVENS Hamer Hall February 26 MADONNA Rod Laver Arena March 12, 13 BLACK SABBATH Rod Laver Arena April 19 JOSH GROBAN Palais Theatre April 25 IRON MAIDEN Rod Laver Arena May 9 A STATE OF GRACE: THE MUSIC OF TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY Melbourne Recital Centre September 23, 29

NATIONAL CITIZENS OF THE STREETS Shadow Electric Bandroom September 24 LITTLE MAY The Corner September 24 PAPA G AND THE STARCATS Ding Dong Lounge September 25 BLIND MAN DEATH STARE Bendigo Hotel September 25, Reverence Hotel November 20 FLYYING COLOURS Hugs and Kisses September 26 HAVE/HOLD Public Bar September 26 PARKWAY DRIVE Festival Hall September 26 JESS RIBEIRO Northcote Social Club September 26 MEG MAC The Corner September 27 DOGAPALOOZA Burnley Park, Richmond September 27 DON FERNANDO The Worker’s Club October 1 LEPERS & CROOKS The Gasometer October 1 SKEGSS Grace Darling October 1 YOU AM I The Croxton October 1 THE STIFFYS The Tote October 1 LAST DINOSAURS The Corner October 1 THE DRONES AND AUGIE MARCH The Croxton October 2 CHOPPED FESTIVAL Newstead Racecourse October 2-4 MAT MCHUGH The Corner October 2 THE MEANIES The Tote October 2 THE PEEP TEMPLE + BATPISS Yah Yah’s October 2, Cherry Bar October 3 CITY CALM DOWN Howler October 3 TKAY MAIDZA Wrangler Studios (U18), Corner Hotel October 3 BODYJAR Northcote Social Club October 3 TEX PERKINS AND CHARLIE OWEN Ding Dong Lounge October 4 BEN LEE The Corner October 7 THE BEARDS The Corner October 8

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MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE Melbourne Recital Centre October 31 WOODLOCK Northcote Social Club November 1 JAMES REYNE The Corner November 2 CLOWNS Ding Dong Lounge November 2, Bendigo Hotel November 3 (AA) DROWNING HORSE The Curtin November 6, The Tote November 7 JOY. Shebeen November 6 MONTAIGNE Northcote Social Club November 6 TUKA The Corner November 6 NORTHLANE 170 Russell November 6, 7 (U18) CW STONEKING Thornbury Theatre November 6, Corner Hotel November 7 MSO BACK TO THE FUTURE LIVE The Plenary November 6, 7 JAMGRASS FESTIVAL Spotted Mallard November 6, Bundoora Park November 7 THE MURLOCS Howler November 7 TAME IMPALA Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 7 THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 170 Russell November 11 MOJO JUJU Max Watt’s November 12, Caravan Music Club November 14 GOING SWIMMING The Workers Club November 13 NOT FEST Public Bar November 13 – 15 CRAYON FIELDS Howler November 14 THE BENNIES The Corner November 20 THE BELLIGERENTS Northcote Social Club November 20 PIERCE BROTHERS 170 Russell November 20 PANACEA FESTIVAL Riverview, Tatong, November 20-22 COLD CHISEL Hanging Rock Reserve November 21 MY DISCO The Shadow Electric November 21 NEWPORT SKA AND REGGAE FESTIVAL The Substation, Newport November 22 THE MARK OF CAIN Max Watt’s November 26 BRITISH INDIA The Forum November 27 ROBERT FORSTER Thornbury Theatre November 27 PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, November 27-29 HERMITUDE Festival Hall November 28 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliff November 27 - 29 CUSTARD The Toff In Town December 5 JAKUBI Max Watt’s December 5 AC/DC Etihad Stadium December 6 PAUL KELLY PRESENTS THE MERRI SOUL SESSIONS A Day On The Green December 6 LUCINDA WILLIAMS A Day On The Green December 7 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Corner Hotel December 8 CHARLES BRADLEY Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 11 FRANK YAMMA Melbourne Recital Centre December 11 XMAS EVEN The Evelyn Hotel December 19 – 20 LITTLE SEA Memo Music Hall December 20 NYE ON THE HILL December 31 – January 1 THE GOOCH PALMS The Curtin January 22 COURTNEY BARNETT Palais Theatre January 22 BOY & BEAR Festival Hall January 23 MSO PRESENT HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN Hamer Hall February 5, 6 ST KILDA FESTIVAL St Kilda February 6 – 14 PARTY IN THE PADDOCK Burnscreek, Tasmania February 19

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CHVRCHES S E E I N G C L E A R LY By Augustus Welby

Based on the electro pop gold of Chvrches’ breakout LP, 2013’s The Bones of What You Believe, you wouldn’t guess that two-thirds of the band spent the preceding decade playing sombrely-tempered alternative rock music. But prior to laying the foundations for Chvrches in 2011, synth-wielding producers Iain Cook and Martin Doherty had donned guitars for such Glaswegian rock bands as Aerogramme, The Twilight Sad and The Unwinding Hours. Those days are now nothing but a distant memory, because once the pair hooked up with vocalist Lauren Mayberry, they spawned an unstoppable synth pop force.

Though, given the relatively drastic musical shift, they do have some reservations about being labelled a pop band. “We don’t think of ourselves, per se, as a pop band,” says Cook. “I think that might be more of an ideological difficulty in accepting the perceived disposability of pop music. It’s by its very nature disposable, because it happens in the moment. Sometimes it’s something that feels great the first time you hear it, then it wears off really quickly. I feel like our music doesn’t have that disposability thing. Maybe it’s because we’re a bit older or something. We’re not writing music that’s so now and buzz and gone tomorrow.” Cook’s misgivings aside, it’s easy to agree with him regarding the inherent substance of the band’s songwriting. Despite having an immediate, crowddrawing appeal, which fast-tracked Chvrches onto club sound systems, radio playlists and festival main stages, the quality of The Bones of What You Believe doesn’t weary after repeated listens. This is also true of the band’s second LP, Every Open Eye, which is out this Friday. “When I first got in the studio with Martin way back in September 2011, there was definitely a sense of wanting to lay aside that more brooding sound and do something that felt more like the kind of music we wanted to hear at the time and that we wanted to communicate with a larger audience,” says Cook. “We were sick to death of playing to half full rooms of really intense bearded guys. Don’t get me wrong, we are those really intense bearded guys and still love that music, but it’s quite narrow. When you create music within a genre, you have a range of creative choices that you can make without stepping too far outside the box. We wanted to start doing something with no road map and no restrictions. And we just gravitated towards these sounds.” Cook and Doherty might’ve conceived Chvrches as a means of departing from their stony-faced past, but a band with purely reactive foundations is unlikely to endure beyond the initial spark. The Bones Of What You Believe introduced Chvrches as a savvy songwriting collective, and Every Open Eye cements their place at the forefront of contemporary electronic indie pop. It’s no surprise, then, that Cook’s been interested in this sort of music for years. “I had bought a Minimoog Voyager synth that summer [2011], because I wanted to start doing more electronic music and I was drawn towards analogue synths,” he says. “Some of my favourite music of all time is made by and inspired by that instrument ± the Minimoog. I really wanted to get one and see what happened when it was in my studio. So Martin and I just focused on that and used that as a jumping off point.” The pair were immediately taken aback by how quickly they found their groove. “The hooks that were coming out were just like somebody had turned on a tap,” says BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26

Cook. “The huge melodies, it was like ‘Where the hell did that come from?’ I’d never had that sort of collaboration and experience with anyone else in my life.” Every Open Eye arrives bang on two years after the band’s debut. During that time, Chvrches have risen from relative nobodies to globally revered, chart topping, touring musicians. Thankfully, the profile boost hasn’t diminished the trio’s prolifically constructive creative dynamic.

“WHEN YOU CREATE MUSIC WITHIN A GENRE, YOU HAVE A RANGE OF CREATIVE CHOICES THAT YOU CAN MAKE WITHOUT STEPPING TOO FAR OUTSIDE THE BOX. WE WANTED TO START DOING SOMETHING WITH NO ROAD MAP AND NO RESTRICTIONS. AND WE JUST GRAVITATED TOWARDS THESE SOUNDS.” “We were on tour for two years pretty much solidly and hadn’t been in the studio together really, apart from two songs that we did [Dead Air and Get Away],” says Cook. “We were absolutely desperate to get back in the studio again after all that time away, and almost immediately it felt like someone had turned on a tap again and we were writing one new idea a day. We surprised ourselves by the pace of writing this record.” The rapidity of the writing process wasn’t the only surprise Cook encountered during the creation of Every Open Eye. “The biggest surprise for me was how much Lauren stepped up lyrically and vocally,” he says. “We didn’t know what her lyrics were going to be like, thematically, tonally, and when she got properly into her swing we were like, ‘Wow. This is beyond what I was expecting.’ It feels like a big step up from the first album. The lyrics on the first album were written a lot more collaboratively. But the second record, apart from one song, was exclusively Lauren’s vision for the lyrics.” In his former musical life, Cook often felt constricted by the chosen genre territory. With this in mind, when Chvrches got to work on Every Open Eye, they refrained from nominating specific goals they wanted to reach, stylistically or otherwise. “We never sat down and said, ‘Let’s write poppy electronic dance music.’ We’re just following our nose and following our taste. That was pretty much what steered the ship on the first record and exactly the same on record two. We didn’t discuss before we went into the record how we wanted it to sound. There was no

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premeditation.” The result is an album big on vocal hooks, lyrical intrigue, biting synthesisers and summer-beckoning grooves. Every Open Eye is arguably more outwardly pop-oriented than it’s predecessor, which corresponds with the one premeditated aim the band did abide by. “We wanted to have fewer elements in each of the songs, arrangement-wise, because we wanted the individual sounds to breathe, and for the arrangements to be more lean and have more space for the vocal. On the first album, for example, if we wanted a bass sound on a particular track, we would layer it with about five bass sounds to make it huge. But by doing that you actually make it sound small, because you’re taking up all the available space. “Listening back to a lot of our favourite pop music from the past, particularly Quincy Jones, the stuff he did with MJ ± those arrangements are so lean and they’re so tight and it’s all about the interaction between the rhythm of the drums and the rhythm of the vocals, and allowing those two things to play off each other without anything else taking away from that.” As well as gleaning from Jones’ production on Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall, Bad and Thriller LPs, the band took cues from a few other prominent artists. “We’ll be like, ‘That Kate Bush moment in such and such a song or that mood in a Radiohead song or that big moment in a Depeche Mode song.’ The music that we share a love for is the stuff that we tend to reference in the studio. “With this band as much as in any band, we definitely decided our parameters early on. We’re not going to go onto album two and write this orchestral-experimental piece of music. We know what we’re doing in terms of we’ve designed those boundaries and now we’re working within them. We don’t really need to, or want to, bring in too many external influences, certainly not at this point in the band’s career.” All of the aforementioned artists attained pop saleability without compromising their artistic integrity. This brings us back to the idea of Chvrches as pop band ± which Cook concedes isn’t necessarily a negative denomination. “It’s obviously not a disposable thing when you look back at all of the great, classic songs that have been written that you would consider pop music of the time,” he says. “You look at great pop art, like Lichtenstein and Warhol ± that stuff was designed to be throwaway and disposable, but has become canonised as some of the great art of the 20th century. It’s a tricky one. It’s a name that we struggle with sometimes, but essentially it is pop music [laughs].” CHVRCHES are performing at Laneway Festival 2016, held on Saturday February 13 at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Their new album Every Open Eye on Friday September 25 via Liberator/ Goodbye Records.

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On January 15th, 1847, Marie Duplessis ± courtesan, party girl, liar and legend ± got out of bed, put on a dress, ordered a bottle of champagne, and sat alone in her Paris apartment to celebrate her birthday. She died 18 days later, aged 23… but Mademoiselle is not done yet. Part vaudeville, part MTV-does-paroque, Songs for the Fallen depicts the wild and unforgettable final birthday party of infamous French identity Marie Duplessis. Award winning actor, singer, writer and comedienne Sheridan Harbridge commands the stage in Songs for the Fallen, fresh from appearing in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of North by North West. Her impressive career includes roles in The Speechmaker, Hip Bone Sticking Out and The Beast. Songs for the Fallen sees her captivate the audience with her sophisticated yet debaucherous celebration of a young courtesan’s life. It opens at Arts Centre Melbourne on Tuesday September 29. Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Boy at the Edge of Everything, written by Finegan Kruckemeyer and directed by Peter Houghton, will open this week. Commissioned by New York’s Trusty Sidekick Theater Company and presented as a play-in-progress at New Visions New Voices at The Kennedy Center, The Boy at the Edge of Everything had its world premiere in March 2014 as a co-production with the Seattle Children’s Theater. The Boy at the Edge of Everything tells the story of the chance meeting between Simon Ives and his intergalactic counterpart, two boys with opposite lives on opposite sides of the cosmos. The Boy at the Edge of Everything opens at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler on Thursday September 24. Australia’s Circa will perform their fusion of circus, animation and music when they bring Carnival of the Animals to Melbourne this spring. Dreamed up by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, the production puts the animal kingdom centre-stage as seven performers dressed in costumes take the audience through the lives of the tortoise, elephant, kangaroo, swan and more. Written in 1886, the new production has undergone a wealth of changes from its 1800s form, with the addition of animation and reworks of the original suites by composer Quincy Grant. Carnival of the Animals is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse from Monday September 28.

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Muppets, Music and Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy By Adam Norris

Every so often a curveball interview comes your way. It might be that the band member you were expecting has been suddenly replaced, or the performer you’ve always idolised is suddenly brought within spitting distance. Sometimes, the awe and surprise runs deeper still, which was entirely the case with Martin Baker. If you don’t know his name, then you might just recognise some of his past achievements; The Muppet Show, Labyrinth, Fraggle Rock. As Executive Producer, he worked alongside Jim Henson for many years, and with the opening of Muppets, Music and Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy, he will be guiding us through the enduring love for Henson’s dazzling worlds.

Craft beer + classical music = Beerhoven. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have announced they will stage the third incarnation of their super popular Beerhoven events later this month. Beerhoven is a series that combines two of Melbourne’s richest loves, and provides a unique setting for young classical music lovers to experience scores that are matched to amber delights. To attend Beerhoven, you must sign up to be a Muso member (which is free and takes less than ten seconds). Muso is the MSO’s program which encourages people aged between 18 - 35 to experience classical music, and offers $30 tickets to a range of concerts all year round. The next Beerhoven will take place at the George Ballroom in St Kilda on Sunday September 27. Hit their website to get involved.

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“Of course, there are mixed emotions involved,” Baker admits. Remarkably, 25 years have passed since Jim Henson passed away. It’s a surprising amount of time, given just how very present his creations still seem in the lives of so many people. “To have the opportunity to talk about and reflect on these things is itself quite rewarding. Most especially in the case of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, which weren’t the successes we’d hoped for when they were released. You see all these years later they are talked about, are relevant and have this huge fan base. It saddens me that Jim himself isn’t around to hear this and be a part of it. When they were released it was a huge disappointment for Jim and the others, because they didn’t really have any success. The fact that it’s still so loved today is very rewarding.” Baker worked with The Jim Henson Company across a variety of projects for twenty years, and has kept an active hand in the ongoing adventures of The Muppets as a new generation grows familiar with the exploits of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Gonzo (not to mention personal favourites, Statler & Waldorf ). However, it is Baker’s work on Henson’s television

projects that provide his fondest memories. “I was knee-deep in Fraggle Rock when we started work on Labyrinth,” he says. “I was more involved on the logistical side, the scheduling, figuring out all the practical things; but working alongside Jim and the other creatives as well. My first foray with Jim was with The Muppets, so my relationship with Jim was much more tied to that and the Fraggles than The Dark Crystal or Labyrinth. They were two very distinct bodies of work that definitely showed another side to Jim’s work - his creativity. You look at The Muppets and you look at Labyrinth, you really couldn’t be much further apart. So there were the two sides of Jim as a creator, and I was much more The Muppets side. I went on to do many of The Muppet movies, both with Jim and then after he passed away. I can relate much more to that than the other films, but they’re both quite beautiful. I think both films were brilliant in their creation, and now, years later, I can’t get over it. Screenings have queues around the block. Young parents bringing their kids, because they remember growing up with it and want to introduce them to their children.”

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There has long been talk of Hollywood revisiting the strange and wonderful worlds that Henson imagined into life. With The Muppets soon returning to primetime, and rumours of The Dark Crystal prequel down the road, it is an uncertain prospect. Staying true to the original spirit, and finding a story that is worth reviving these characters is paramount. That said, time has not faired many of Henson’s creations kindly. “It’s something I have mixed feelings about. The Fraggles coming back gets talked about from time to time, there’s still talk of a Fraggle movie. But the actual original puppets? My guess is they have all probably been burned. They go all mungey. Fraggles look like burnt toast after a while, they don’t age well. None of them are particularly user friendly,” Baker laughs. “Some must exist in exhibits and touring shows, so there’s likely a handful of them still alive. But I would think the original characters are definitely no longer. They’ve gone to puppet heaven.” The unparalleled, bizarre, profound, preposterous, enduring, fish-juggling joy of Jim Henson’s legacy is something that is likely to continue no matter what shape the future takes. His characters have the sense of companionship you associate with your oldest childhood friends, which is essentially exactly what they are. Even producing the show, Baker himself was not immune to the weird vitality of The Muppets. “To be honest, the character who most drew me in was Fozzie. I’ve always been a Fozzie guy,” he says. “There’s something so endearing and sweet and wonderful there. But you’re totally drawn in and memorised by all the characters, and there have been so few people I ever remember not feeling comfortable with them. I remember when I was the floor manager of The Muppet Show, I’d be getting notes from the director to give to the characters. Passing a message to Statler and Waldorf for instance, I’d find myself talking directly to the puppets. I’d forget that there were people under there controlling things, I’d be giving instructions to the puppets themselves. What’s worse, they’ll then answer you back, so then you find yourself in this conversation with puppets. There I am, supposed to know all the secrets and backstage tricks, still drawn into talking to these characters. It really is a kind of magic.” Muppets, Music and Magic: The Legacy of Jim Henson runs at ACMI until Sunday October 11.

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Songs for the Fallen By Liza Dezfouli Ever inspirational, 19th century muse Marie Duplessis moved Alexandre Dumas to write La Dame aux Camellias and Verdi to compose the famous opera La Traviata, and much later Baz Luhrman to create Moulin Rouge. Considering she was only 23 when she died, she must have been an extraordinary woman. Similarly, writer and performer Sheridan Harbridge has revisited Duplessis to create a genre busting cabaret about her life. Adding an extra layer of challenge, Harbridge takes on the show in a period correct corset. “It sucks me in nice and tight,” Harbridge confides. “It’s fun.” While fun, the get-up does pose some problems. “I do have to cut long notes a bit short,” she says. “But a corset gives you so much support. I’ve heard opera singers say the same thing ± that a corset lifts you around the lungs and it’s like someone is holding you. It does restrict you in a way, so you breathe deeper rather than wider.” As a young woman, Marie Duplessis created a life for

herself as a celebrity courtesan. Leaving home at just 15, she moved from Normandy to Paris on a mission to defy the regimented class system. “She came from extremely poor beginnings,” notes Harbridge. “Her real story blew my mind. She completely changed social classes with tenacity and determination; did a full-blown Pygmalian on herself by first becoming the mistress of a midmerchant in Paris. When she was working in a dress shop; she changed her accent, her fashion sense. She was

How To Change The World By Adam Norris It’s an old philosophy to leave the world in a better state than when you found it. Admirable, yet few of us can truly attest that the world has benefitted from our brief tenure. Sure, you might have family and friends who will mourn you for a generation or two, but via our carbon footprint alone, our individual impacts have historically been a bit of a drain.

While the scales haven’t quite tipped yet, in recent decades the (occasionally ignorant) harm we have wrought on the planet has been addressed by more and more impassioned people; everyday folks inspired to step up against industrial forces to halt the irreparable damage being done to our environment. Greenpeace has become synonymous with these efforts, and as the documentary How To Change The World is unveiled across the world, environmentalist and filmmaker Emily Hunter is already following in the footsteps of her late father, Bob Hunter; activist, journalist, and co-

founder of Greenpeace. “[ Jerry Rothwell] did an amazing job. Really he was the director of a seven-year history that has a different story depending on who you talk to,” laughs Emily. “My family is over the moon. It was a dream of my father’s that stretches back 35, 40 years ago. He had wanted to tell this story, but at that time getting the finances meant turning it into a Hollywood film. Documentary didn’t quite have the same flair and mainstream appeal that it does today. So this story of the original Greenpeace pioneers has been trying to be told long

so smart ± taught herself to read, learnt about world affairs and reached the point where she could walk up to anyone and engage in conversation.” Duplessis’ reputation as a discreet, intelligent, and witty lover was well known throughout her short life. To all appearances, she was able to remain on good terms with her benefactors even after their liaisons had ended. “She seduced a lot of powerful men and left a lasting legacy,” states Harbridge. This legacy was left with some of the most powerful musical and literary giants of the day. Duplessis was the mistress of writer Alaxandre Dumas, while also acting as the mistress of composer Franz Liszt. Furthermore, she was briefly married to a French nobleman, who along with her former lover Gustav Ernst von Stackelberg was with her when she died. Harbridge, who recently performed for the MTC in North by North West, discovered the pleasures of musical theatre while undertaking an acting degree at NIDA. However, cabaret has been a longtime passion. “I started doing cabaret in 2008,” she recalls. “It’s really fun dropping the fourth wall - having direct access to talk to audience.” Songs for the Fallen took her eight months to pull together, first conceiving the idea in 2012. While it’s been a long process, the performance continues to refine itself. “I revive it every year, and I develop it every season. The actors hate me,” she says. “I’m writing a new song for it now. It’s been an extraordinary experience.” The show has been particularly well-received in New York, receiving numerous accolades and critical acclaim. The innovative score for Songs of the Fallen has been written specifically for the show. With an orchestral palette, the compositions often take inspiration from classic symphonic arrangements. “Marie sings some big numbers,” elaborates Harbridge. “In terms of the soundtrack, I collaborated with Basil Hogios. The songs are originals. I call it baroque pop, with a harpsichord drawing room sound. It’s got a

beautiful, lush classical sound.” Working with a story told many times over, the challenge lied in reinvigorating a well worn narrative. As Harbridge states, the key to the show’s success was extensive character research in attempt to sift fact from fiction. “There’s a lot of shadiness in what is written about her,” she says. “She did apparently have a premonition that she was going to die young, so she tried to fit it all in. She was dependent on the favours of men, she partied hard, she gave money away ± she goes through it all. Her tendencies contradicted each other. She is cautious and careful for a while, and then goes mad and wild. She loses everything, comes back, loses it again, she goes through the gamut of falling in love, her whirlwind romances: she is really inspiring. She was the savviest woman in Paris to be able to change her status like that.” Such a dramatic life naturally lends itself to creative interpretation. “Marie’s own story has such theatrical ups and downs,” says Harbridge. “Like the poet Keats, she experiences artistic flashes of ecstasy. She associated with artistic people. She was romantic and attractive to people. And she had days of fun. The structure of the show is about her pursuing the meaning of life. I wanted the show to be a party, so it’s set on her last night where she goes over her own life. She talks about how she learns the greatest thing you’ll ever learn, but that keeps changing. It flips between genres; you come to this crazy party, there’s a dance number and a food fight, and a vaudeville act between each scene. Marie never got answers, apart from to keep living life to the fullest degree.”

before I was born, because Dad knew this was a story of ordinary people doing the extraordinary, and that it would inspire people. But through different producers and different celebrities, nothing ever happened. “We actually thought the project was cursed for the longest time. It wasn’t until a couple of years after my father passed away that this director met with us and pitched the idea of a documentary. We felt a good trust with him, and I truly feel he made a masterpiece.” The success of the movie notwithstanding, the legacy of Greenpeace ± and similar movements such as Sea Shepherd and the World Wildlife Fund ± remains stronger than ever. Never before has outrage at the degradation of natural environments and the decimation of animal populations been so vocal, and this is thanks in no small part to the gargantuan rise of communication technologies. It is certainly a far different landscape to the 1971 protest against atomic testing in Alaska that the film investigates. “It really shows what pioneers they were, because they really didn’t have much,” says Emily. “A 16-millimetre camera, a few canisters of film they could maybe capture a few minutes on. That was pretty much it. Once you got the shot, you kind of ran back to the boat to get back to land and show the world. They were really pretty archaic tools that they were using, and yet they still understood the power of those tools to create a much more immense change in the world. “Today, in a way I think we’re spoilt, but we also have much more of an ability because our tools are way more democratic. It’s not the broadcast era where a few elite get those controls, who decide what images, decide who gets what story out there. “Now it’s the average person, and we’re seeing much more citizen journalism evoking conversation, leaking information and sparking social movement, because they’re capturing things that would otherwise go unnoticed. And that’s a very powerful tide, and I think

that’s why we are seeing a rise in social movements. The marketing of those stories is possible in a way that never existed before.” While Emily acted as researcher for the film, and is herself deeply entrenched in the conservationist movement (even finding herself taken hostage after protesting on the Galápagos Islands), this remains the deeply personal story of her father, who passed away in 2005. As such, the documentary stands as an informative call-to-action, but also as a poignant familial reminder. “It’s been hard, and the first couple of times I couldn’t watch the whole thing. There are still parts now that will make me cry. I love it, but at a personal level it’s just hard, because the footage is so raw and real, it really takes you back into the ’70s. And my father’s voice ± even when it’s told through an actor ± his writing is so clear through that narration, it feels like a piece of my dad has come back alive. It’s really quite bittersweet. But I’m glad, of course, that it’s happened. This is the story he was always trying to tell, and it’s finally able to be shared to the public. Because I do see such an impact with people young and old who see this film, and that’s what he wanted. “I think it’s in the consciousness of people all around the world, because we’re facing those realities now. We’re no longer in a time when we just protest something, we’re at a time where we’re trying to heal the issues that we face. There is a larger underground, and whether you call yourself an activist or an environmentalist, I think those terms don’t need to apply. I think there are so many people out there who want to make a difference, small or large. And that force, that humanity, that’s what gives me hope.”

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EARTHCORE In a decade where numerous music festivals have fallen by the wayside, earthcore is one that has stood the test of time, recently celebrating 21 years. We had a chat with the man behind it all, Spiro Boursine, on what makes earthcore such a special event.

Hi Spiro, thanks for taking the time to chat with Beat, how are you and what are you up to at the moment? I’m currently relaxing in front of three laptops, a desktop and LED screen watching Ancient Aliens SE8EP7 while playing poker, reading the news, responding to this interview and talking to my mum. I also have work on the agenda. So last year was earthcore’s 21st celebration, how did it all pan out? Was it the celebration you imagined? Last year’s festival was rather smooth. Kind of too smooth in a way. I do enjoy a bit of drama and the unknown. Last year had none of that so therefore I named the 2014 earthcore season the year of Teflon. The milestones for the festival seemed to be flying by, are you ready and rearing to go for another 9 years to take you to 30 years of earthcore? I am looking at slowly reducing my involvement year by year and shift my role to a general spiritual guide of the festival (like a Greek buddha) with the view of total retirement to the beaches of the Bahamas whilst training up the next gen festival organisers that have

more dexterity in reserve than I do. From the festival’s creation all those years ago, how has it evolved over the years? It’s kind of evolved, then devolved and then evolved again over the years in a circular holding pattern ± with a touch crazy in between. It’s exactly how I envisioned it to be a quarter of a century later. We understand last year you gave your time DJing the event as well, is it a great feeling being able to experience the festival from every possible angle? I have only DJ-ed at earthcore once but used to DJ all the time at my private multi day house parties. I might come out of retirement one day, once I learn how to use a USB stick like all the other DJs do or once Technics release a new turntable. Whichever comes first. earthcore is about more than just the music; it has an array of festivities to indulge the senses including arts and markets. Can you tell us about some of the different things on offer? We have put a lot of energy beyond our traditional

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whopping line ups over the years to include a multitude of incorporating sub cultures ranging from cosplay (swordcraft), the cinema arts (MUFF - Melbourne Underground Film Festival), leftfield and controversial Art (Fractured Reality Art Gallery) and the paranormal with the Australian paranormal society hosting the Worlds Beyond Speakers Forum. We also are now delving into the performing arts scene with the people behind the Village Festival and, of course, a vast array of esoteric and lifestyle activities in the Elemental Lifestyle City where you can do everything from yoga in the morning to re-balancing your chakras after an intense night of dancing to head changing music. What is it about the balance between all the festival elements that make earthcore work? We put a lot of energy and time in developing all facets of the festival with equal reverence and determination, whilst others spend most of their time making one aspect look good (like the mainstage), much to the detriment and neglect of the other areas. In fact, we work on the secondary areas first then work on the main stage spectacle last to ensure that earthcore is

hyper-designed the minute you step into the festival grounds. after many years of running the festival, we’re sure you’re well versed in the dos and don’ts for the event. What’s your best piece of advice for first timers? Have no fear of doing your nuts in and never base what you do on what others do ± e ver. Thanks again for taking the time to chat with us, do you have any last words of wisdom you’d like to share with our readers? The Kranksy sausages down at the Victoria Markets are divine. Especially the spicy ones ± ea t two.

earthcore 2015 is set for Thursday November 26 to Monday November 30 in Pyalong, Victoria.

Ali E

Demi Louise

Edward R

Gena Rose Bruce

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By Augustus Welby This Thursday, Speaker TV presents the fourth instalment of the monthly music and arts series, Citizens of the Streets. Since launching in June, Citizens of the Streets has welcomed the likes of Flyying Colours, Sex on Toast and Horace Bones to the Shadow Electric bandroom. They’ve also exhibited work from a variety of budding visual artists and photographers, including Emily Day, Dan Soderstrom and Kathryn Pappas. Music-wise, this month’s lineup features Gena Rose Bruce, Edward R., Demi Louise and Sinead Beth. “We really loved Gena Rose’s Mad Love EP, and with our main acts we try to get artists that would definitely support them and bring out their best sound,” says Speaker TV subeditor Monique Myintoo. “It’s not so much about curating a night that has certain genre, but it’s more about supporting the artists.” Since day one, Citizens of the Streets has been interested in placing up-and-coming in a setting that allows them to optimally showcase what they’ve got to offer. “I’m looking forward to Gena because her EP was amazing,” says Myintoo. “In terms of Demi, she’s really killing it, especially with Rivers Run To Red. Selectionwise, it was about going through what’s recommended, what’s sounding good, who’s really upcoming in that kind of genre as well.” On the visual side of things, this month’s event features live music photography displays from Mikki Gomez and Rochelle Flack, as well as the collage art of Ali Edmonds (who’s also known for making music under the name Ali E). “We’ve been really lucky so far, because Speaker TV have a lot of contributors from all over Australia and Melbourne, so we’ve been handpicking music photographers that contribute to us,” Myintoo says. “Rochelle Flack and Mikki, they’ve been contributing for quite a long time and their photos are amazing. Ali, she’s established in her own right, so we reached out to her. She’s a great graphic designer and very established

in her own aesthetic as well.” One of Citizens of the Streets’ core aims is to give university students a chance to interact with people of similar interests and ambitions in order expand their social and creative networks. “We wanted to make an event where we could invite industry guests and university kids and put them in an environment where it’s not so formal,” Myintoo says. “As a student myself, I go to a lot of talks and it’s very formal. You sit there and you listen to a board, and we kind of wanted to get rid of that. We wanted to have an event where you could talk to people, share a drink ± just that environment. A lot of our interns are obviously university students as well, so it worked out really well.” So far the event’s been in a success, both in terms of attracting a crowd and manifesting the original vision. “We did a lot of in-house surveys, so we’d sit down with all of our interns and all of our writers and say, ‘Hey, what would you be interested in seeing? Live music? Art and photography?’ We have a lot of great music photographers on board as well, which is really cool. So it stemmed from that.” While no industry guests will appear at the September event ± at least not formally ± being in such a romantic environment as the Shadow Electric, with a few drinks in the belly, it’s still likely to be a highly interactive evening. “This month it’s more about the artists, which I think is really nice, but definitely still focusing on university

students networking,” Myintoo says. “From the first event we had, people were talking to each other. I know someone actually got an internship out of it, which is great.”

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S k ipping gi r l v inega r

R I D I N G T H E WAV E By James Di Fabrizio

You’d be hard pressed to find a better example of an industrious, fiercely independent band to come out of Australia in the last decade than Skipping Girl Vinegar. Since 2006, they’ve been writing their own story, which has led to a high profile appearance at the 2015 Australasian World Music Expo (AWME). With their latest album, The Great Wave released in April, their upcoming performance will be a testament to the hard work and unrelenting dedication that got them there. AWME is an exciting opportunity for bands and industry folk to connect in an immediate way. The annual event brings together musicians, industry partners and festival audiences for three days of nonstop music, networking and conference sessions. “We played there quite a number of years ago, earlier on in our career, but we didn’t really know what it was,” says chief songwriter and vocalist Mark Lang. “We were away touring a lot and I didn’t even realise it was attached to a conference. We didn’t really maximise the opportunity of it, but last year I went to the actual conference itself because I’d been hearing so many great reports about it. It was just amazing. I loved it. I met a lot of great people and got some really incredible advice about entering back into the international market. In the back of my mind I thought, ‘It’d be great to play

the AWME maybe next year’. Now I can’t believe we’re headlining, and not only headlining, but back at the Arts Centre.” Skipping Girl Vinegar launched The Great Wave at an intimate show at the Arts Centre Playhouse Theatre earlier this year. The performance paired their new material with an immersive multimedia display designed specifically for the show. “We developed this big, multi-arts project that comes behind us with these wave animations and art animations that help to unpack the new album,” says Lang. “We had beautiful lighting in there. Then for the audience as they came in, we filled the room with soundscapes as people entered the space. It helps to create this holistic feeling as you go into a room like that.” Having gained a strong reception for the immersive

performance, Skipping Girl Vinegar will again offer a multifaceted experience at their upcoming show. “People really loved it, and we’re definitely going to bring it back,” says Lang. “I think we’ve been headed in that direction over the last few years. I think we’ve had more of a realisation particularly on the last record.” The Great Wave was written during a tumultuous time for Lang. After a successful run in the US, his wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and the band was put on hold. After the diagnosis, Lang and his young family decided to move to a small seaside fishing village. In many ways, the record tracks the journey from sickness to recovery, with songs moving between shades of darkness and light. “Journeying through cancer and coming out the other side, [I was] using the analogy and reference points

of the ocean to help unpack that and understand the journey that we had gone through,” Lang says. “For me, being near water, I find it a great healing thing, and quite a restful thing. We all interact with the ocean in different ways. Some people walk beside it, some people swim beneath it, some people ride waves on the top, but we all go back to the ocean for the same thing: to be rejuvenated and to be uplifted. The ocean is amazing because it can be deep fear and joy all wrapped up in the same thing.”

to enjoy the music we were playing. This experience has translated to our live performance in terms of the energy we tend to deliver on stage. That whole idea of us having to earn the crowd’s respect and enjoyment hasn’t left us from the streets. Whether we are playing festivals or are a support act, we have worked really hard to give it our all to give these crowds an exciting show. I think this could be a factor as to why we have had these opportunities to play overseas so much in the last few years, and play pretty big festivals. We try and make it all about the live show and go crazy for all of our fans.” The band’s pop-infused folk music features flawless vocal harmonies that can only be described as mesmerising. “Because we are identical twins, we have

the same voice box,” Jack laughs. The brothers’ intrinsic unity has also been of assistance during the writing of their forthcoming album. “We chop and change a lot with our musical tastes. For our debut album, we have all of these really different ideas. One song we are working on at the moment has this Killers-style anthem, yet we aren’t sure how we are going to pull this off. We have all of these ideas from country to folk, even some big old rock songs.”

probably one of the biggest styles of music for the last hundred years. I’ve been around a while now, and I’ve seen different scenes, different sub-genres in the roots scene bubble to the surface, whether it’s garage rock or blues, your John Butler and Ash Grunwald types. It’s always interesting to see how it’s all growing, but it doesn’t really effect what you’re doing yourself.” While Walker certainly brings a great amount of experience to Lost Ragas, he is quick to emphasise that he is hardly the life and soul of this party. “It’s not just Matt Walker and band,” he says. “We all contribute, and the guys do fucking amazing harmonies, switching around instruments. It’s a real collective.” Their most recent release, Trans Atlantic Highway, has already picked up great critical acclaim and will likely introduce Walker and co. to a whole new set of fans.

Happy as they are to be receiving all of this attention, these dark horsemen of the alt-roots scene are fairly indifferent to such accolades. “I really play music for myself. It’s a contradiction, of course, because then you record it, you play live shows and hope people like it. But my main drive to pick up a guitar is kind of selfish, it’s just something I need to do. I think a lot of musicians are like that.”

SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR will appear alongside Jess Ribeiro, Mojo Juju, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks and many more at AWME 2015, which runs from Thursday November 12 - Saturday November 14. The Great Wave is out now via Secret Fox.

P ie r ce b r othe r s

GETTING DIRTY By Michael Edney

From busking on the streets of Melbourne, to playing across the globe, there’s no doubt the Pierce Brothers are one of Australia’s biggest breakout artists of 2015. However, success didn’t come overnight for these identical twins. Selling over 50,000 EPs independently, the Pierce Brothers have toured relentlessly around Australia, and more recently the world, determined to break into as many markets as possible. Recorded by Jan Skubiszewski (Dan Sultan, John Butler Trio, Bonjah) at his Way of the Eagle studios in Melbourne earlier this year, the Into The Dirt EP finds Jack and Pat Pierce ready to become Australia’s next big folk-pop band. Jack Pierce chats to Beat about the transition from street performer to world touring artist, and gives us insight into their latest release. Stepping beyond last year’s The Night Tree, Into The Dirt sees the twins experimenting with new sounds and styles, hinting at what we can expect from them in the future. “Because we only had four tracks to record, due to the fact that we have been touring so much, we really wanted to get out a couple of songs just before we do an album,” says Jack. “We tried to produce a really diverse range of songs in the studio. With Monsters, we decided to do a bit more of a rock thing. When we created the riff, it had a Powderfinger vibe, which we loved. Then

we changed it up and did something we really haven’t done before with Mama Please. That was a song that was really different for us with the electrics; it has this Kings Of Leon Milk style to it. We are really happy with the EP. It has a bit more of an edgier sound than previous releases, but this is the direction I feel that we are going to go in.” What makes the Pierce Brothers particularly irresistible is the upbeat atmosphere of their live shows. Forget all your presuppositions about folk duos; the Pierce Brothers know how to get a crowd moving. “Busking has really shaped our stage presence when playing live,” says Jack. “When we were busking on the streets, we felt like we really had to jump around, do summersaults or play drumsticks on a bin to make people stop and look at us. If we got them to stop and look, then that was great because they would then get

PIERCE BROTHERS are playing 170 Russell on Friday November 20. Into The Dirt is out Friday September 25 via Warner.

Lost Ragas

SEARCHING FOR THE LOST SOUND By Adam Norris

The last time I was in the desert, the open landscape was incredibly refreshing, allowing for pared-back reflection and inspiration. If you’re lucky, you may even encounter a spirit-animal, though in Australia it will likely turn out to be poisonous. When Lost Ragas frontman Matt Walker decided to clear his mind prior to their next national tour, he really didn’t skimp on space. “This is a step up in the adventure stakes, I’ve got to say,” he says. “I’ll be hiking through the Flinders Ranges for a week before the tour. I’m going semi-desert, sleeping beneath the stars, in caves. Hiking around trying to find the ‘lost sound’, something like that. I’m definitely thinking of the next Ragas album, so it may be a little bit like that Mighty Boosh episode, wandering around looking for wisdom. One of the mates I’m going with has a portable recorder, I’ll have a few instruments with me. I think we’ll definitely do some recording out there, but what it leads to, who knows? We’re doing it all cowboy style, sleeping with no tents. There’s one night in the cave on the side of a mountain, so you hope it’s going to be inspiring out there.” Or, he awakens some kind of human subspecies who have been living in the caves undisturbed for centuries and are now baying for blood, but that’s always the gamble with the search for creative inspiration. While this hike will cover new ground, Walker has had the opportunity to visit vast swathes of Australia over the years. He is a seasoned solo performer, and has also

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experienced great acclaim alongside Ashley Davies, Tex Perkins, Archie Roach, and with The Necessary Few. Suffice to say he has had a front-row view of the shifting Australian music scene. “The whole Americana renaissance is something I’ve definitely noticed,” he says. “Festivals we’ve been getting picked up for are getting more aligned with this movement, like Dashville Skyline in the Hunter Valley and Out on the Weekend in Melbourne. But I think Australian music has always had a strong country scene. There are so many artists, and if you look back there’s a really strong Aboriginal scene aligned with it too. There’s a whole culture of great country singer/ songwriters in the Aboriginal community, all over Australia. “Maybe I’ve noticed a change here just because I’m Melbourne-based, but it feels bigger now then it used to be,” he continues. “Someone told me that Northcote has the biggest number of country singers in all Australia. Which is a strange place for it, you’d feel they’d be all up north. I think in regional and outback Australia, it’s

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LOST RAGAS join Bahamas, Holy Holy, Shane Nicholson and more at Dashville Skyline, which goes down Saturday October 3 – Sunday October 4 in Hunter Valley, NSW. They’re also playing Out on the Weekend at Seaworks, Williamstown, alongside Dawes, Tex, Don & Charlie, Robert Ellis and more, on Saturday October 17.

W hite Fang

C hill Y ourself By Dan Watt

It’s quite difficult to explain the multiplex facets of contemporary culture to someone from an earlier generation. In most cases it’s best to not even try, because they know they won’t understand, and you’ll just end up getting frustrated. However, there is one group of oldies that tend to get special attention when they inquire into the live of younger people, and that’s grandparents. Portland, Oregon four-piece White Fang play caustic, rambunctious and in your face garage rock. The band’s four members – Erik Gage (AKA Rikky, guitar/ vocals), Izak Arida (guitar), Jimmy Leslie (drums) and Chris Uehlein (bass) – are huddled around a Skype connection in their Portland studio trying to work out a grandparents-friendly description for what they do. “If I was going to describe it to my grandparents I would probably just say rock’n’roll, and I wouldn’t want to go too much further into the sex and the drugs and the penis on the album cover,” laughs Uehlein. “I told my grandma about it. I mean, she smokes weed with me,” says Gage. Leslie cheekily answers the question in flawless Spanish before interpreting, “What I said was: ‘I play in a band called White Fang and it is a lot of fun and I play with my friends and it is exciting’.” White Fang are signed to Californian punk label Burger Records, but they also run their own label, Gnar Tapes. Gage started the label in 2008 when he was

just 18-years old, and he couldn’t have done it without assistance from one of his grandparents. “I only bought a box of cassettes because my stepdad’s mum, my grandma Sharon, gave me a $100 gift card for Christmas and I didn’t know what to buy with it,” he says. “So I bought the tapes. They were all five minutes each side and pink. I made them all unique individual cassettes with me either fucking with the radio, rap stuff or whatever – they were all unique and I only have a couple left.” Along with label mates FIDLAR, The Garden and Natural Child, White Fang are part of a booming scene that is admired all around the world. But considering they’re still struggling to pay their phone bills, do they feel like members of a super cool scene? “I would say yes and no,” says Gage. “We are creating a lot of coverage because of the scene, and no because I don’t think anyone quite knows how to categorise us and where to put us. The whole Gnar scene is just us

four running the label, but there’s all the other bands on the East Coast of America, we got Gnar Tapes in Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Africa, Belgium, UK... We haven’t got any Australian bands though, because they usually all get scooped up because they are all so good.” White Fang will hit Australia next month, less than one month out from the release of their eighth LP Chunks. The band’s ever-growing catalogue spans multiple genres, and one song that’s resonated strongly with fans is Chill Yourself, from their 2012 release Positive Feedback. Featuring a woozy organ riff and Gage’s shouted surf rock vocals, the sharp tune features lyrics such as, “Don’t wanna sound funny, but I need some money/ I don’t need drugs/ I don’t need drugs/

But I like ‘em.” “First time I heard it I was pretty sold on it,” says Uehlein. “Rikky wrote that and he made the video. I like that song a lot, but we don’t play it very often because we don’t have an organ.” Well, let’s make sure there’s one waiting for them when they hit the Curtin Bandroom next weekend.

Posies, R.E.M., the reunited Big Star) in Paris. “This is weird, because I’m saying Dave Fridmann was eight hours away, but meanwhile we went to France and worked with Ken Stringfellow,” says Grasshopper. “I was a big fan of a lot of his production stuff, like with Damien Jurado,” says Grasshopper. “So it was great to work with him. Music is coming out of him all the time. He’s so positive and he really gave us a boost on some of the songs that we were working on. He gave us a lot of confidence and added a lot – vocal parts, some production ideas. He’s a great guy.” In contrast to the abstract, electronic-bent of the band’s two previous releases, The Secret Migration and Snowflake Midnight, The Light In You has more in common with the orchestral density of Deserter’s Songs and All Is Dream. Grasshopper says the major inspiration for The Light In You came from a series of

Deserter’s Songs retrospective shows. “We’ve always played songs like Holes, and Goddess on a Highway has been a staple through the years, but a lot of the other songs we haven’t played. So just to be out there playing it in 2011, we fell in love with it again I guess. We found some of the stuff on there, we hadn’t really mined everything. We had some loose ends to tie up with using some of that instrumentation. “We didn’t want it to be Deserter’s Songs two or anything like that, but I think the spirit of [that album] was in the songwriting of the The Light In You. We really wanted to make a what we call ‘cinematic psychedelic realism’ album. We were shooting for something like that.”

of Australian independent artists and labels. “It’s a testament to the strength of the independent music scene in Australia. To be able to not just hold awards for ten years running, but to have built them to such a degree. When you look back to 2006, it was just a small gathering at a hotel in Sydney with four awards, maybe one or two performances, that was it. Over the years we’ve hit this point now where the production quality is amazing. Five or six performances from key independent artists, it’s something we’re really proud of.” With the awards covering twelve separate categories, it’s certainly a comprehensive portrait of the breadth and successes of contemporary Australian music – successes that owe a large debt to outfits like AIR, APRA/ AMCOS, ARIA and the like. Having previously honoured musicians such as Courtney Barnett, Remi, Paul Grabowsky, Hermitude and many others, this

year’s award night promises to be just as memorable. “There’s nothing else out there that celebrates the hard work, the effort that goes in, the commitment from our independent artists. These people aren’t making millions of dollars, but they’re sticking at it. And these awards, they’re not like the Grammys. It’s not just handing out awards. It’s really paying homage to the award winners, to all of the nominees, to the genres that make up the sector, to the presenters, to all of those people involved. It’s really a once in a year opportunity for everybody in the independent music sector to get together and celebrate how we’ve grown and where we’re going.”

WHITE FANG play the John Curtin Bandroom on Thursday October 1 with Mighty Boys, Lazertits and Going Swimming. They’re also appearing at Chopped 2015, which runs October 2 – 4 in Newstead, Victoria.

Mercury Rev

C inematic P sychedelic R ealism By Augustus Welby Mercury Rev’s long-awaited eighth album, The Light In You, is on its way next weekend. While the New York outfit never ceased activity, it’s been seven years since their last LP, Snowflake Midnight. For a time, the arrival of another Mercury Rev’s looked fairly unlikely, especially considering the tumultuous experiences in the lives of the band’s two driving forces, guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Grasshopper and vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Donahue. “We got started one time and then there was a huge hurricane and Jonathan’s house was kind of destroyed,” says Grasshopper. “That was right before we came to Australia last time [2011]. He lost everything pretty much – his clothes, a lot of his equipment, I had written a bunch of songs and I lost a bunch of stuff that I had at his place. So we had to start all over again.” Despite the ominous whims of fate, the band weren’t going to be discouraged and re-started the album in 2013. However, there were some more unexpected events ahead. “We were recording with Dave Fridmann up at his place [Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York],” says Grasshopper. “We recorded a bunch of songs there and then I found out my wife was pregnant with a baby – my first child. So then we had to rethink things. A lot of people think Dave Fridmann lives right around the corner, but he’s actually seven or eight hours away.

So with my wife being pregnant with a baby, Jonathan and I just started recording a lot in the studios around where we live.” Recording in New York’s Catskill Mountains region wasn’t entirely unusual for Mercury Rev – 1998’s Deserter’s Songs was partly tracked in the nearby NRS Studios. However, scheduling conflicts meant Fridmann was unable to join them, making The Light In You the first Mercury Rev album to feature no input from the producer and former bass player. “It was cool,” says Grasshopper. “It was a different process and stuff. I think it was kind of refreshing – not to dis Dave or anything, we’ll work with him again I’m sure.” While Grasshopper and Donahue largely took charge of production, the recording sessions actually weren’t restricted to their hometown. To get the ball rolling, they visited their old friend Ken Stringfellow (The

The Light In You is out on Friday October 2 via Bella Union. MERCURY REV play Max Watt’s on Tuesday December 8.

20 Years Of AIR O n the air

By Adam Norris His name mightn’t be familiar to you, but Dan Nevin has his finger on the Australian music pulse like few others. As the CEO of the Australian Independent Record Labels Association – AIR, for short – Nevin stands right in the thick of every hurdle and hallmark that independent local artists can face, from copyright lobbying to album charts. The organisation has been around for 20 years, a tremendous milestone that coincides with the tenth anniversary of the AIR Awards. As Nevin explains, the musical landscape has changed quite drastically over that time. “In Australia, AIR was one of the first independent trade associations to be formed, well before the UK and the US,” he says. “Back then, and still today, independent music hasn’t quite been given the love and attention by commercial radio, by the retail industry, as much as the majors have. Because the industry has changed so much, nowadays we do less service-oriented stuff and we’re more along the lines of advocacy, lobbying with government, with industry, with corporate. Really driving the importance of independent music to those sectors, as well as the general public. That’s why we have things like the awards and the charts – we want to spread our message as far as we can.” The greatest catalyst for change in the music industry in this period has been the development of digital technology, with streaming services changing the very patterns by which we are exposed to and experience

music. While the major labels’ struggles with this shift have been well documented, the challenges facing young, independent artists remain exhaustive. “I think it’s harder for those emerging, grass-roots artists to sell their product now, to get their records into retail environments – whether that is bricks-andmortar stores or online. They can certainly get their new releases up on streaming services and online retailers a lot easier than they can in physical stores, but there’s also the flipside, and that is their profile. That’s why we meet with places like Spotify, Google, Apple. All artists are seeing less sales and need to focus on other forms of revenue. So we’re there talking on behalf of the sector as a whole.” In addition to AIR’s backstage commitments, there are, of course, the AIR Awards, which are an ever-growing celebration and testament to the endurance and talent

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Paul Dempsey

J ust K eep W ork i ng By Adam Norris

Paul Dempsey is a hell of an interesting guy. To the huge number of Something For Kate fans out there, this certainly comes as little surprise, but chatting with him reveals someone enamoured by the written word, even if writing itself remains an enduring battle. Across 11 SFK albums and two solo releases, he’s demonstrated himself as an artist committed to his craft. With Queenscliff Music Festival fast approaching (and a journey into the studio to start work on his next solo album just weeks away), we chewed Dempsey’s ears about life, the universe, and the drive to write. “The simple answer is, coming up with musical ideas for me is really easy, really enjoyable and exciting,” he says. “I can pick up an instrument and get carried away with something quite easily. In my workspace at home I can put down drums and then get on the bass and guitar, keyboards, I can build up something quite quickly, and that’s a really exciting process. That’s always fun. But then. I need to write lyrics, and that’s the complete opposite for me. It’s a real slog. Lyrics are hard work for me, but I accept that, and you need to just do it. “Lyrics, you’re laying that much more on the line, you’re laying yourself open so much more. It’s much more of an intensive scrutiny. You want it to be right since you’re going to be singing these lines for 30 years to come. So I get a lot more uptight and crazy about lyrics, while music is totally freeing. Ultimately by the time you finish something, though, it is very rewarding, and

when I do feel like I’m satisfied and have laid down some vocals, it’s almost an even greater feeling.” Struggling to find the shape of your thoughts when facing a blank page can be a heartbreaking endeavour. The sentiment may be strong, and the music ready to rise, yet the words remain cruelly absent, refusing to be enticed. Dempsey has made no secret of his struggles in the past, and while the silver bullet has yet to be found, he has nevertheless reconciled his better self to the necessity of frustration. “I had a big shift in my life about ten years ago where I decided to think about a lot of things differently, and one of those things was the way I think about what I do with writing,” he says. “I don’t characterise it as writer’s block anymore. I chose to accept it as a personal difficulty. It might be easier for other people to write words, but my process just happens to be a

hard one. There’s an easy side, and the lyrics are just the difficult side. To think that just because ideas aren’t coming I’m suffering some kind of block, I now take the attitude – just keep on going. Keep on writing shit that you’re unhappy with, and write pages and pages of that. Fill whole notebooks full of shit, until you do find something.” It might sound strange, but Dempsey’s encouragement to just keep writing is likely the most sound advice out there. The authors Dempsey admires are of a remarkable standard – Donald Barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, William Vollmann – so drawing inspiration from them is an impressive ambition. But what seems fundamental to his profession is hard work. “People always ask me what my inspiration is, and

God, I don’t know. I don’t know there’s any such thing within me. There’s also that thing people say, ‘Oh, I had this flash and the whole song just came to me.’ And I don’t know if I believe that either. I think a lot of stuff just quietly gestates in the back of your mind, and then when you suddenly have that flash, it didn’t all just happen then and there. The pieces were all assembling themselves in the background, and all you did was put them together.”

For the Ballarat-born conductor, this tangent was auspicious. Northey studied intensively under the Sydney Australia Conductor Development Program in 2001 and when he completed his Masters in 2002, he was the highest-placed applicant to the prestigious Sibelius Academy Orchestral Conducting Course in Helsinki, Finland. “I’m constantly inspired by all the different musical experiences I’ve had,” says Northey. “My time working has coincided with a period where orchestras have diversified their activities a lot more.” For instance, MSO has collaborated with KISS, Ben Folds and The Whitlams in the past few years. “They’re offering different kinds of concerts and performing music of different styles and genres, and that really suits me too because I’m a bit of a musical all-rounder.” Now, back to Disney – what is Northey’s favourite character? “I love the Genie from Aladdin,” he says. “I think that’s hard to beat: Robin Williams at his most

inspired. I feel like that’s a very difficult character to top because they just let him go crazy in the studio and then animated around his improvisations, so there was really no script. As such, he was just free-forming and going off on tangents and I really love the fact that they were able to do that. “I suppose Elsa in Frozen has become a kind of great strong female character. That kind of feminine hero as someone who is really, really strong. Those are the two that stand out for me in the more recent animated films. There’s so many older films that aren’t represented in this concert; it’s just unbelievable how many movies [Disney has] actually made.”

PAUL DEMPSEY plays Queenscliff Music Festival, which runs Friday November 27 – Sunday November 29 in Queenscliff, Victoria. The lineup also includes Augie March, Hoodoo Gurus, Melbourne Ska Orchestra and many more.

Disney In Concert

T ale A s O ld A s T i me

By Avrille Bylok-Collard

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will return to The Plenary this week with their performance of Disney In Concert: Tale As Old As Time. Featuring songs from beloved Disney Renaissance films, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, and well-loved classics such as Pinocchio and The Jungle Book, Disney In Concert is the MSO concert that will have the eight-year-old you singing in joy. “It’s amazing what Disney has done for culture and inventing new things. The whole animated world is because of Disney,” says Benjamin Northey, the conductor who’ll guide the orchestra through the pieces on Saturday night. “That combination of music and animation goes back to those first days when Mickey Mouse was brought to life on screen [in Steamboat Willie (1928)]. What we see in these new films, like Frozen, is the culmination of 75 years of people trying stuff out and getting better at it.” It’s a Tuesday morning and the virtuoso is busy “slaving away studying” new scores while his wife, accomplished horn player Joanne Montesano, and kids are at the zoo. “It gave me a chance to do a bit of work, because it’s just mad with the end of the year coming up,” says Northey. “Basically I’m straight through to December [with a performance] every week, and I’ve got so many scores in front of me to learn. I’m a bit smashed to pieces, but that’s OK. That’s what I do.”

Northey has been conducting since 1999 after being infected with a passion for the art-form. He was completing his last year of a Music Performance degree at the University of Melbourne, as a classical saxophonist, when a mentor saw the ‘conductor spark’ within him. “I hadn’t thought about it until a teacher [British-born Australian conductor John Hopkins] suggested that I study with him. He saw something in me that would work well for a career as a conductor,” says Northey, who finished his undergraduate with First Class Honours in Performance, then moved on to complete a Master of Music in conducting under Hopkins. “When I started I didn’t really know how it would turn out, but that’s the same with everybody when they start something new or go in a different direction in their life. Sometimes you just have to jump in and see what happens and see what doors open and how things progress.”

Tone Control Hi. Thanks for chatting with Beat. What’s your role over at Tone Control? My name is Al and I am the producer/director of the show. It’s a great role and I really enjoy putting together a program that supports live music. I work with an excellent team of dedicated volunteers who work really hard to produce a great quality show. So, what’s Tone Control all about? Tone Control is all about showcasing live music. We get bands from a wide variety of genres to come into the studio and we film them playing live. We also interview each band and get some of the stories behind their music. We love bringing live music into people’s lounge rooms so people can discover the great bands playing around Melbourne and can go and check them out next time they play. Season 3 started airing on September 12 on Channel 31. What can we look forward to from upcoming episodes? There are so many great performances lined up for Season 3. We have Dallas Frasca absolutely tearing up the studio and Mike Waters stripped back and sharing some pretty special performances. We have ‘60s surf punk-inspired The Reprobettes, the folk fun BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 36

DISNEY IN CONCERT: Tale As Old As Time will be performed at The Plenary, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, on Saturday September 26, at 2pm and 7pm.

Q&A

of The Bon Scotts and amazing story telling from Charles Jenkins & The Amateur Historians. There is something for everyone on this season of Tone Control. You guys are big on filming live performances in an honest light, no lip-syncing or miming. What’s behind this ethos? Living in Melbourne, we are spoiled by a thriving live music scene.We want to do everything we can to support and showcase great live musicians and bring them a bigger audience. Plus, there are too many TV shows out there applauding lip syncing, miming and playing other people’s songs and we want to shine the spotlight on real musicians doing what they do best: playing live. What have been some of your favourite sets from past seasons? Where can we check these out? There have been so many great moments from the past two seasons. Some of my favourite performances were Stella Angelico and the Switch, the Kashmere Club and The April Maze. Our website is packed with lots of clips of performances and we are regularly updating the website with more performances. How could promising musicians go about getting on the show themselves?

We are always on the lookout for up and coming musos for the show. They can check out our website www.tonecontrol.tv or our Facebook page www. facebook.com/tonecontrol.tv and get in touch.

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D AV E L O M B A R D O

CONSTRUCTIVE REPERCUSSIONS By Peter Hodgson

Much is made of Dave Lombardo’s pioneering work in Slayer, and rightly so, since he helped to write the manual on what it means to be a drummer in an unapologetically aggressive musical format like thrash metal. But along with his raw power, what makes Lombardo such a compelling drummer is his creativity, his sense of when to push the beat and when to hang back, and his dynamic range. These abilities have seen him swing from metal outfits like Grip Inc. and Testament to more abstract environments like Fantômas, Finnish ‘cello metal’ act Apocalyptica and the experimental post-hardcore band Philm. Lombardo’s adaptability also extends to soundtrack work, including season seven of Californication, with composer and Marilyn Manson guitarist Tyler Bates, and Leigh Whannell’s Insidious: Chapter 3, with composer Joseph Bishara. Heck, he’s even performed with a 75-piece orchestra by request of composer Christopher Young. So how does he do it? Well that’s something you can ask him yourself. The Repercussion of Dave Lombardo is a masterclass tour hitting Allans Billy Hyde music stores around the nation this October. Lombardo will discuss his Rhythm Mysterium art collection, show never-before-seen footage, demonstrate his new Paiste Reign ride cymbal and participate in a candid Q&A forum. “At a very early stage in Slayer’s career I felt it was important to expand your horizons,” Lombardo says.

“I like to create new sounds, not just do the same thing over and over. I have always felt I had more to offer then just one style. Reinventing and challenging yourself is a good thing… especially in music.” One of Lombardo’s earliest influences was Led Zeppelin, whose music he used to drum along to as a little kid, using cardboard boxes as percussion tools long before he owned a drum kit. “I didn’t really have a drumming mentor,” he says. “I feel the various, diverse records I acquired were really my inspiration when I was a teenager.” Those records tended to be heavy and atmospheric, from the more bombastic-bent of Led Zeppelin to the darkness of Black Sabbath and on through KISS, punk rock and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. “I don’t know what it is that draws me to heavier music,”

Lombardo says. “There’s something about minor chords and a powerful drum sound. I’m very much attracted to minor chord structures. The energy you feel from listening to those particular note combinations gives you the feeling something bad is going to happen. I like that tension and anxiety in the music. It feels dangerous.” With such a diverse back catalogue, it’s no surprise Lombardo doesn’t default to Slayer when asked what track sums up his approach to the darker side of drums. “Is there a particular Slayer track? Not really. I would choose a song by Grip Inc., like Hostage or Testament’s Fall of Sipledome.” When presenting a drumming masterclass like the ones he’s presenting in Australia, Lombardo fields questions of all sorts from attendees. “Some of the

themes or questions are technical, but a lot of them revolve around my history with various bands and requests to perform parts of songs I’ve recorded,” he says. There’s also plenty of gear talk: “I just replaced my old Roland TD-10 V drum unit with a newer TD-20X. I’m going to start incorporating electronic sounds to my repertoire – staying creative.” So if Lombardo could attend a drum masterclass with any player, alive or dead, who would it be? “I would love to have sat with John Bonham and watch his execution behind the kit. I would have liked to see him improvise.”

classic rock and metal.” Earlier this year, Society Of Beggars released the single, Hyena; an in-your-face number with elements of System Of A Down and Rage Against The Machine. The film clip is particularly reminiscent of the former band due to Dibi’s hair and facial hair combo, which makes him look a lot like Serj Tankian circa-Chop Suey. “He’d love that, man,” laughs Michalopoulos. “He loves System Of A Down.” With the band’s output rooted in sincerity, it comes as no surprise that Society Of Beggars take their live shows extremely seriously. But that’s not to say there’s nothing in it for the audience. “When I go see band that I love I want it to a be a ride, I want it to be up and down, but I also want it to be like going to church. I think of bands like The Black Crows, a band that really

inspired me in the way that they performed through their chops and their energy.” There’s another band act from the last 20 years who’ve had an undeniable impact on Society Of Beggars, both stylistically and as performers. “When I saw Rage Against The Machine at the Big Day Out [2008], they fucking commanded the crowd like an army, just through their music. The energy that they put out was sent straight back to them from the crowd, and if that’s something we can even partially do then I would be very, very happy.”

“I wanted to make this different. I’ve been to a couple of festivals that people have put on before and it’s pretty much just gigs with ten-15 bands. There’s nothing special to them. I wanted to have hosts and MCs all day that will give away raffles, put a couple of one-liners in. Then I’ve got Ainslie Adams who’s going to put on a special performance in the intermission. I want to make a difference. It’s not just a show where we’ve lumped 20 bands together who are just going to jam. No. It’s a whole thing, a whole day.” Dhillon’s proactive spirit is evidenced by the fact he typically spends six days a week focusing on several music projects across Melbourne. He reflects on what keeps him so busy.

“I come from a farming background where I’m used to working 12 hours helping my parents out. It’s just about pushing together, sometimes it gets crazy, but you have to be crazy to be doing this. You don’t need the extra hustle, but I seek out the extra hustle. Somehow, I still get time to enjoy it as well.”

THE REPERCUSSION OF DAVE LOMBARDO is on 7pm, Tuesday October 20 at Allans Billy Hyde, 152 Bourke St.

S ociet y O f B eggars

B eggars B elief By Dan Watt

Melbourne hard rockers Society Of Beggars have a powerful purpose that transcends the egos of the band’s four members. Simply put, they’re intent on rocking as hard and as passionately as possible. Made up of vocalist Yianni Michalopoulos, guitarist Jim Michalopoulos, bassist Nick Hadgelias and drummer Tom Di Biase (AKA Dibi), the group’s commitment is evidenced by their sheer instrumental power and rich lyrical themes. Society of Beggars have just dropped the brand new single Terrible Rain, which conveys a dark emotional tone courtesy of Michalopoulos’ inward-looking lyrics and a slightly morose musical pathway. “The song is about loss and grief and overcoming it, but it’s also a comfort song for those who have felt that way,” says Michalopoulos. “I want it to be a thing for anybody, I want people to be able to relate it if they have ever lost anyone, but yeah I have had loss in my life. “I kind of like that we take ourselves seriously,” he adds. “Not to dis on any other bands, but I like that we approach our style in a different way. There’s a way we present everything that we put out – it’s always a bit

different to everyone else.” Michalopoulos agrees that Society Of Beggars are akin to a genre-themed band, though their driving principle is hard-work and focus. Originally from Adelaide, the entire band moved to Melbourne in 2008. “We all came over together and brought our families,” says Michalopoulos. “It’s a little bit Mafioso.” Despite this summation, Michalopoulos is an easygoing fellow, who takes a moment to address the common misunderstanding that blokes of Greek heritage all love techno. “The classic wog is the best,” he says. “Driving Monaros and listening to Kiss, tight black t-shirts… Now they’ve all got bum bags and little shorts and shit. But a lot of us grew up just listening to

SOCIETY OF BEGGARS are playing Shebeen Bandroom on Thursday October 8, with John Citizen and Vulgar Born. Heads up, the band will be giving a special gift to every person that attends the show.

PA R M A G E D D O N

F estival W ith A T wist By Thomas Brand

Parmy Dhillon isn’t afraid to get his boots dirty. He’s worked in almost every conceivable facet of the music industry, from promoting, event management and managing bands, to writing, recording and working on a solo project. He knows his way around the place by now, and the first Parmageddon Festival is an expression of Dhillon’s love and passion for the local scene. “It’s what I want to do – I invest all the money I make into music, so why don’t I do my own festival?” Dhillon says. Dhillon has spent enough time in the music scene to know what he wants from a festival. He’s built Parmageddon from the ground up, and he doesn’t plan on it being a one-off event. “For the last couple of years, my band have been playing other shows – gigs that other people have put on,” he says. “You have good experiences and you have bad experiences with promoters. I said to myself, ‘Maybe I can do my own thing and give it a crack. I could put on a really good show’. I go to shows, so I know what kind of line-up, what kind of show I’d want to see. I wanted to put on a show where the bands that are playing are all well off – we’ve got CDs for sale for all the bands, the bands are going to get a cut at the door. I’m not going to be getting an extra cut because I’m the promoter. The bands do a lot of the work so let’s give them an extra cut. Just to do something big.

“I love being creative so if I’m not making videos or music, I’d love to do my own festival, something big each year that gets bigger and bigger then starts getting younger local acts,” he continues. “I can’t see how younger acts are getting through these days. We’ve had a tough time getting through – why don’t we make it easier for the next guys? If we can make this as big as we can, then every year we put on younger local bands who wouldn’t get a show at, say, The Espy or Cherry Bar. We’ll share a bit with them and get them some exposure.” Along with 20 live acts, the Parmageddon lineup boasts Melbourne-based comedian Ariel Simone, who’ll be MCing the night. Dhillon first connected with Simone when shooting a video clip earlier this year, and he says her presence on the bill is crucial to distinguishing the festival.

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PARMAGEDDON kicks off at midday on Saturday September 26 at the Bendigo Hotel. The lineup includes The Vendettas, Fierce Mild, Lace and Whiskey, Peter Dickybird, Poison Fish, special guest Ainslie Adams and many more. Plus there’ll be cheap beer and raffles throughout the day. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 37

REEl BIG FISH P R E PA R E T O B E S k A’ D F O R L I F E

By Natalie Rogers The continuing success of Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake’s co-headlining world tour proves that ska music is alive and well in 2015. So dust off your Converse, pull on your best Hawaiian shirt, quiff your hair and, in the words of Reel Big Fish frontman Aaron Barrett, “be prepared for a skankin’ good time.” Both bands will touch down in Australia next week to play five huge shows down the east coast. They will fly directly from Tokyo, arriving just in time for the first of two shows in Melbourne (a second show was added after the first one sold out). “We have just enough time to do some laundry and pack up again,” Barrett says. “There’s no rest for the wicked, but we wouldn’t want it any other way.” After almost 25 years of skankin’ around the world and watching other Orange County contemporaries either sell out or fall apart, Reel Big Fish have stood the test of time. “Every night of the week in Orange County, California, you could go to see a ska show and there were so many bands,” Barrett says. “That was really what inspired the forming of Reel Big Fish. Although it’s not like that anymore ± w e’re not going anywhere.” Barrett is the band’s only remaining founding member, but even with with long time drummer Ryland ‘the Rabbit’ Steen recently joining legendary UK rock band America, he has never thought about packing it in. “We’ve been lucky we had a great community of musicians to call on and say, ‘Hey do you wanna come join the band?’ So for this tour we have Ed Larson from Suburban Legends on drums and he’s doing a great job. “I think our longevity stems from the fact that we’ve

never been concerned with how tight our jeans are or how good our hair looks ± it’s all about how great we can sound and if we can make the audience laugh,” Barrett continues. “We aren’t one of those bands that are doing it for money ± we actually care about the show that we put on, and we do the best we can do and work on improving every time. A lot of bands just get up on stage and are like, ‘Ahh whatever, we’ll just get through it’, but we just love performing and playing music so much that we can’t help but find ways to put on a better show.” Reel Big Fish have released eight studio albums, four EPs, four 7” vinyl records and appeared on numerous movie soundtracks. “We have so many albums and so many songs to choose from that we try to mix it up all the time. We have some unexpected songs on the setlist too, so you get what you came for and then you get a little surprise. “After 25 years, I’m a setlist master, and I think that’s another reason why people love coming to see us play, because we do play the favourites that everyone wants to hear, and I’m just a people-pleaser, so it works out well,” he laughs. “I love it when we start playing one of our favourite songs like Beer or Sell Out because the crowd goes crazy. The house explodes with people

cheering, yelling and dancing. Watching people go crazy to one of our songs ± I ’ll never get enough.” Before the release of Happy Skalidays (a Christmas themed EP in December last year), Reel Big Fish hadn’t worked on any new music since 2012’s Candy Coated Fury, but Barrett hints we might be hearing new Reel Big Fish sooner, rather than later. “We don’t have any plans to go into the studio just now, but I can feel new songs forming in my head ± they’re in there already, I’m just waiting for them to pop out.” Reel Big Fish’s brothers in ska, Less Than Jake, will be playing their latest album See the Light (2013) in its entirety at these upcoming shows. “We met those guys in 1995 and instantly they were one of my favourite bands ± I loved them right away,” says Barrett. “They’re really nice guys ± we played a few shows together in the late ’90s and then again in the mid-2000s and they

went really well. We always got along well and it was obvious that the two bands playing together was really exciting for fans.” In a stroke of genius, our very own psychedelic ska punk party band The Bennies have been picked to open the show, and Barrett can’t wait to meet them. “I’ve been hearing really good things and everybody’s really excited about having them on the tour, so I’m really looking forward to seeing them play. I love discovering new bands ± music has helped me in so many ways through my life. I love being up on stage ± it’s where I’m the most comfortable and when everything feels right with the world. It never gets old.”

and do a mash up of songs off all the albums and throw in some stuff off Yesterdays [2014], and it should be a good eventful night of mayhem.” Yesterdays is a collection of previously unrecorded songs written in the late-‘80s and early-‘90s. Releasing these forgotten treasures was another way to pay homage to the late Thirsk, as well a fitting way to welcome back lead singer Lindberg after his departure in 2009. “We had to go back and re-learn these songs too. They were all just demo tapes or recordings from backyard parties and very early shows. Nothing was really salvageable, so we had to re-learn that stuff. It was fun. It was a good way to remember Jason again ± and going back to the beginning of the band, to the very first thing we’d recorded, was a good healing process. At the same time, being all together in the recording studio is a nightmare because we’re all freaks.” The good news is Pennywise are preparing to let their freak flag fly once again by getting to work on a new album. “We’re working on new stuff ± I have about six songs right now. I know Jim’s got a bunch and [bass

player] Randy has some too. So we plan on throwing them all together. Hopefully we’ll get in the studio early next year and try to have something out next summer ± maybe earlier, who knows? But I’ve definitely got new songs and I’m feeling good about them. “I think it’s going to be an interesting process. We’ve got a couple of people tentatively pencilled in to produce the album ± two huge people in the punk rock scene and in the producing scene. I won’t say their names because it’s not 100 per cent confirmed yet, but we’re talking and if they’re involved it’s going to be really cool. I think it’ll be a really good record, but I think at the same time it’ll be a really cool experience and the fans will be stoked as well ± but it’s top secret right now.”

REEL BIG FISH and Less Than Jake play the Prince Bandroom on Wednesday September 30 and Thursday October 1 (sold out).

PENNyWISE TIME HEALS ALL WOuNDS

By Natalie Rogers

When veteran punk rockers Pennywise touch down in Australia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their third studio album, About Time, they won’t be alone. Jim Lindberg, Fletcher Dragge, Randy Bradbury and Byron McMackin will be joined by Justin Thirsk; frontman of Chaos Delivery Machine and the little brother of Pennywise’s original bassist, Jason Thirsk, who passed away in 1996. “Justin is coming to Australia with us because he’s a huge fan of Pennywise, and About Time was the last album that we wrote and recorded together before Jason passed,” guitarist Dragge says. “We’re planning on playing it in its entirety, so hopefully he’ll get up and sing with us. He’s actually the guy singing on Bro Hymn (Tribute) on Full Circle [1997]. He sings with us in the chorus ± you know, ‘Woah/ Oh oh oh’ ± and then he does his own tribute, so it’ll be cool to have him there every night. “We’re great friends, Justin and me,” he continues. “I played bass and did background vocals on a record for Chaos Delivery Machine ± he writes all the music and the lyrics. He was also the drummer for a band called 98 Mute. [Chaos Delivery Machine] put out a record [Burn Motherfucker Burn] a couple of months ago and it’s done pretty well. It’s super hardcore punk rock, completely crazy. You’re either going to love it or hate it, but I’ve been listening the hell out of that. I didn’t write any songs, I just produced it and played bass ± and made them mad [laughs]. I love that record.” You can hear the joy in Dragge’s voice when he reminisces about the good times with Jason and his brother. “It’s never easy, but we’re stoked to be honouring him by bringing this record back. This is the

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first time we’ve actually done anything like this in our career. I know a lot of other bands have done similar stuff, but we’ve been holding out,” he says. “Australia is our first stop if we decide to do a bigger tour, so we hope everyone gets crazy and is happy with what we do.” Dragge speaks in the slow, laid-back style you’d expect from someone who grew up in Hermosa Beach, California, but Pennywise have never tried to rest on their laurels. They’re serious about giving About Time the anniversary bash it deserves. “We’ve been practising our arses off re-learning the songs ± some of them we haven’t played for 15 years. So it’s pretty scary, but it’s coming together. Today was the first morning that we ran through the entire album back-to-back and it was really fun and it went by really fast. These songs are pretty hard and I don’t think we realised it until we got back in the studio to start playing them again. We were all like, ‘Wow.’ We were just talking about how crazy Jason’s lyric style was and his melodies. He would come up with a melody and then he would shove like 20 words into one little line and it’s really difficult to sing, but it’s really fucking cool. “So we’ll play the whole album and then we’ll go back

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PENNYWISE bring the About Time 20th Anniversary tour to Forum Melbourne on Monday September 28 and 170 Russell on Tuesday September 29. Anti Flag will support at both shows.

New York’s Stray From The Path are on their way to Australia for a rather extensive run of shows off the back of their seventh album, Subliminal Criminals. They’ve gathered mates in Hellions, Antagonist AD and Void Of Vision and will arrive at Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel on January 14. They are also one of the first bands to be announced on 2015’s UNIFY Gathering. The Gorilla Biscuits Australian tour will arrive in Melbourne at the start of October. There are still tickets available to see the band play The Rev with Sick Machine and Outright on October 2. Grab them now at reverencehotel.com.au. Melbourne punks Clowns recently played Chicago’s RiotFest and are touring all over the USA for the second time in a year. Now they’ve announced one last Aussie tour to blast through before they consider settling down for a bit. See them with special guests Cosmic Kahuna at Ding Dong Lounge on November 2 or The Bendigo Hotel on November 3. Tickets are up for grabs now. TesseracT Drummer Jay Postones will be making excellent use of his time when he’s in the country next month. He’s going to be running a drum clinic before each of the band’s Australian shows that also includes a Q&A session. Max Watt’s will host the event on October 16 and you just have to email the man himself to attend: jaypostonesdrums@gmail.com. Even though Mindsnare vowed to never play a gig without their original members, times are tough and drummer Gordy Forman is still recovering from a broken arm, so they’ve decided to have a fundraising show with Alex Wakem from Hit List on drums. All proceeds will go to ensuring Forman’s recovery is speedy, including profits from support bands Outright, Bulldog Spirit and Rebirth. The show will take place on November 6 at The Bendigo Hotel. If you’re excited about the release of Parkway Drive’s new album Ire this week then scoot down to JB Hi-Fi in Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday to meet the band and catch a live in-store performance. You’ll need to purchase an album and be among the first 200 through the door to get your shit signed. Devil You Know, fronted by former Killswitch vocalist Howard Jones, have joined the 2016 Soundwave bill. The band are officially confirmed to roll into Melbourne on Australia Day Public Holiday (that is, Tuesday January 26). Funeral For A Friend are calling it a day but they’ve locked in one last Australian tour before they do. The band will come back for one last lap, landing at Richmond Central Club on Tuesday February 16 and Wednesday February 17. The former will see the band’s Hours album performed in full and the latter show will feature Casually Dressed in full. Choose your poison, say goodbye. Tickets are on sale now.

CORE GIG GUIDE Wednesday September 23:

• Sleeping With Sirens at 170 Russell (afternoon underage/evening overage) • Slowly Slowly, Vowel Movement, Timmy Tourettes and the Shit Fuck Cunts at The Old Bar

Thursday September 24:

• The Tommyhawks at The Spotted Mallard • Nerdlinger at Riot Riot Riot, Fitzroy • Cancer Bats, High Tension at Bendigo Hotel • Harbours, Boy Wonder, Anchors and Alibi at Next • Cosmic Kahuna, Swhat, Tsugnarly at The Old Bar • PCP Eagles, Bodies, Sweet Gold, Muscle Beach, Judas Springsteen at The Tote • Prophetess, Brimstone, Black Radius, Dead Stone Five at The Bendigo

Friday September 25:

• Nerdlinger at Bar 303, Northcote • Party Vibez, Sorcery, Scumguts, Povarotti, Beyond Contempt at Brunswick Hotel • Cancer Bats, High Tension at Barwon Club, Geelong • World At A Glance, Melchior, Diploid, Yachtburner, Department at The Tote • Blind Man Death Stare, Jerkbeast, Kmart Warriors, Cosmic Kahuna, D.I.C.K. at The Bendigo

Saturday September 26:

• Parkway Drive, Thy Art Is Murder, Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive at Festival Hall • Nerdlinger at Brunswick Hotel • Tanned Christ, In Trenches, Disasters, Yachtburner, Christ Crusher at The Old Bar • The Tommyhawks, Bayou, Jules Douglas at The Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford • Have/Hold at Public Bar, Melbourne • Chasing Ghosts, Inventions, Half Breed Heroes at Bang

MONDAY September 28:

• Pennywise, Anti-Flag at 170 Russell

Tuesday September 29:

• Pennywise, Anti-Flag at 170 Russell

NEW TESSERACT ALBUM OUT NOW

TesseracT’s new album Polaris is out now. Dan Tompkins and Amos Williams said in a joint statement, “Do you know that feeling you get as you are standing in line for a roller-coaster? That mixture of excitement and fear that is unique to situations of anticipation. That is the exact feeling we have about releasing Polaris.” They’ll be at Max Watt’s on Friday October 16 with Plini.

METAL ALLEGIANCE ALBUM OUT NOW

The self-titled debut album from Metal Allegiance is out now. Founded by Mark Menghi, the project features David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy and Alex Skolnick, and the album includes appearances by Phil Anselmo, Charlie Benante, Chuck Billy, Randy Blythe, Rex Brown, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Phil Demmel, Alissa White-Gluz, Matt Heafy, Gary Holt, Jamey Jasta, Chris Jericho, Andreas Kisser, Misha Mansoor, Mark Osegueda, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Doug Pinnick, Troy Sanders, Cristina Scabbia, Steve “Zetro” Souza and Ben Weinman. The album contains nine original songs, with the digipak edition including a cover of We Rock as a tribute to the late, great Ronnie James Dio.

KISS AUSTRALIAN TOUR REMINDER

KISS hit Rod Laver Arena on October 8 and 9 with a huge show that incorporates their super-special spider lighting rig. Tickets are still available from ticketek. com.au or by calling 132 849. There will also be a twosong performance on the Grand Final edition of the AFL Footy Show from Rod Laver Arena on October 1.

HORIZONS EDGE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

Melbourne’s Horizons Edge unashamedly wear their ‘80s influences on their sleeves, with high screaming vocals, shredding solos and an energetic live show that harks back to the glory days. Heavenly Realms is their new studio album, due for release on November 14, and it puts all their live vibe and energy onto tape. For the past two years, the band have been building a solid fanbase in their home city and will be supporting German power metal legends Helloween on Wednesday, October 14 at 170 Russell.

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LONG HOLIDAY & TWO HEADED DOG TOUR

A perfect coupling of in-your-face frenetic energy and high octane shows, Melbourne bands Long Holiday and Two Headed Dog will hit the road together this month. Long Holiday mine a rich seam of heavy punk fuzz, sewing together ferocious guitar lines, pummelling bass and killer drums. The band will be promoting the first single lifted off their upcoming release Sunny Disposition. Two Headed Dog are a band who relish adrenaline triggered, fuzz laden 1970s jams, and take their cues from the likes of The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Fu Man Chu. Catch them at The Eastern, Ballarat on Friday October 2, St Andrews Hotel on Saturday October 3, Bahas Tacos Bar, Rye on Friday October 9, and Yah Yah’s on Saturday October 10.

PARTY VIBEZ AND SORCERY SPLIT VINYL

Melbourne party thrashers and renowned bong aficionados Party Vibez face off Sydney’s premier warlock-affiliated crossover band Sorcery on a new vinyl release. In honour of this momentous occasion, you are to be treated with the privilege of seeing these two glorious musical beasts sonically beat the crap out of each other live. Catch the craziness at The Brunswick Hotel on Friday September 25.

MOTORHEAD TRIBUTE BAND ACE OF SPADES

Have you checked out Motorhead’s killer new album Bad Magic yet? It’s a classic Motorhead release, with Lemmy in fine form despite his recent health woes. And in lieu of the real thing, you should go see Motorhead tribute band Ace of Spades. The band is made up of three long-time friends with many years of playing experience under their belts including AC/ DC tribute act Livewire, 79 Revisited and Elderich Rites. Catch them at My Handlebar in Brunswick on Saturday October 10 and at Musicland in Fawkner on October 15 with Turrett and Killamaine.

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Party Vibez

So then, what’s your name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? I’m Mike. I give lectures on history, comics, movies and sly social commentary in vocal form. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and Municipal Waste. Or if I’m speaking to work colleagues who would give blank stares at the mention of those bands, then it’s Metallica. What do you love about making music? Using it as an excuse to make other things as well as music, like videos, photos, witty Facebook posts, and also inflicting my opinion on people. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? If I’m travelling back in time, I’m not going show my hero my stuff. I’ll show them stuff way better than my stuff and pretend it was mine since they wouldn’t know any better. So anyway, “Dear Mozart, check out this album I wrote, sang, played and produced called Greatest Hits. Oh, what’s that Mozart? Am I royalty? Oh no, no, no, my artist name is just Queen.” What can a punter expect from your live show? Good times, circle pits, stage dives and high-fives. We don’t care who you are or where you come from as long as you’re there to have a good time. What’ve you got to sell music-wise? We are putting out a 7” split vinyl with a superb band from Sydney called Sorcery, like any modern day band would. PARTY VIBEZ are playing The Brunswick Hotel on Friday September 25. They’ll be joined by Sorcery, Scum Guts, Povarotti and Beyond Contempt.

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MAJIWA

T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L

Starting his musical journey in his native Kenya, Majiwa then moved to Johannesburg in 2008 where his urbanfolk style began to take shape. Based in Melbourne since 2012, the second half of 2015 is shaping up to be a break through period for Majiwa, with shows at the Melbourne International Arts Festival and Mullumbimby Music Festival to look forward to, along with the upcoming release of his Outside Looking In EP. With support from Heather Fiona, catch Majiwa’s free entry set at The Retreat this Wednesday September 23 from 7.30pm onwards.

PALACE OF THE KING CHERRY BAR

This is Palace Of The King’s last week in Melbourne, so you know what’s going down. Cherry Bar are playing host to the six-piece for the third week straight as part of their mini-residency, which comes to an end tonight. Two Headed Dog are coming down as well, so you can expect a fucking good time. This Wednesday September 23, 8pm, Cherry Bar, all for just $5.

OPEN MIC NIGHT

W H O L E L O T TA L O V E B A R

There’s a whole lotta opportunities to get yourself heard this Wednesday as Whole Lotta Love Bar hosts their weekly open mic night. Contact Mark Gardner for a slot on the show at showusyourloveopenmic@gmail.com and perform to your heart’s content. Looking for more reasons to get on board? There’s a free schooner in it for performers. In addition, this week local promoter Chris Parke will also be doing a talk and Q&A about online promotions. Get down to Whole Lotta Love’s open mic night this Wednesday September 23. Doors open at 7.30pm. Entry is free. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24

across the world, and they’re probably growing on you too. Catch The Garden at The Curtin this Thursday September 24 with Gold Class and Miss Destiny. Tickets are $25 at the door if still available. Doors open at 8.30pm.

MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS

THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

Born in 1984 as a bluegrass band, the Moonee Valley Drifters have played everywhere from Byron Bay to Texas. It doesn’t matter to them whether its western swing, hardcore country, Cajun, blues, or rockabilly; they’re all about roots music played in their typically country fashion. The Drifters would have logged close to 2,000 gigs in their career, if you haven’t seen them yet then you really should get to this one, Thursday September 24 at The Post Office Hotel. They play two free entry sets from 8pm.

THE GARDEN

SUPER SALOON CHERRY BAR

It’s been a good month for Super Saloon, but they’ve called last drinks on their residency at Cherry Bar. Head down for their last show and catch their “good ol’ fashion, twelve-bar rock’n’roll” while you still can. It’s all going down at Cherry Bar this Thursday September 24 from 8pm onwards. Entry is as free as the horse you rode in on.

BIG K.R.I.T

THE JOHN CURTIN

West Coast neo-punk twins The Garden have locked in a show at The Curtin on their debut Australian tour. With their DIY principles and thrift storecome glam-come ‘50s housewife style, the duo seduces their audience onto a carnival ride of sound and movement that stops as abruptly as it starts; a close approximation of The Garden experience. They’re growing on audiences

to Australia for their first club tour in nearly a decade. Searching For Zero ± the band’s fifth LP ± is filled with hooky melodies and savage screams. Cancer Bats will take over The Bendigo Hotel on Thursday September 24 with support on the night from High Tension. Doors open at 8pm.

CANCER BATS

THE BENDIGO HOTEL

Merchants in destructive hardcore, southern metal and punk rock, Cancer Bats have locked in a show at The Bendigo as part of their Aussie tour this September. The Canadian foursome have been tearing venues apart with tunes from the new album Searching For Zero and they’re finally returning

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Def Jam heavyweight Big K.R.I.T. is taking some serious southern hip hop down to Max Watt’s this Thursday. With three albums and over 10 mixtapes to his credit, Big K.R.I.T. is bursting with both ideas and talent. Across these releases he’s collaborated with big names in the game, such as Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Smoke DZA and Devin the Dude. Don’t miss out on K.R.I.T’s first

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Coronas take to the stage. The feelgood, high energy rockers are continuing their love affair with Australia as they leave a European summer of occasional sunshine, dirty beaches and dozens of club, festival and rock'n'roll shows for the supreme pleasure of your company. Show them some love when Los Coronas hit cherry Bar on Friday September 25.

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MANGELWURZEL

THE GASOMETER HOTEL

This Friday, Mangelwurzel are heading down to The Gasometer to release the third single Fishy Fry off their upcoming LP Gary. Expect a very special live stage show for you and all your friends and lovers, as they play a set that if you miss, you may feel deep regret for weeks, even years to come. Don’t take the risk, go see Mangelwurzel at The Gasometer Hotel this Friday September 25. Doors open at 8pm, tickets are $15.

Golden Bats is taking his drum machine powered, heavily amplified sludge metal to Public Bar this Friday. With numerous self released CDs and 7”s, Golden Bats is travelling interstate for the first time ever to pummel Melbourne eardrums. Joining him on the night will be furious blasting hardcore newcomers Binkicker, the slow, oddly metered heaviness from doom favourites Broozer, and the abrasive grind and punishing vocals of Trench Sisters. Get ready to chuck a metal with Golden Bats Friday September 25. Doors open at 8.30pm, tickets are $10.

MIDNIGHT WOOLF

THE REVERENcE HOTEL

It’s been a good residency for Midnight Woolf at The Reverence Hotel, but all good things must come to an end. Expect a final two sets of their heady brew of surf-inspired garage dance-floor killers as they knock out hit after hit before the band gears up for the release of a brand new live album. Get savage with Midnight Woolf at the Reverence this Friday September 25 from 8.30pm onwards. Entry is free.

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It’s gonna be a wild one at Cherry Bar this Friday as Spanish legends Los

CORMEGA

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Hip hop titan Cormega is heading down to Max Watt’s this Friday September 25

on his first ever Australian tour. After hundreds of thousands of albums sold, multi-platinum appearances, a major label deal, drafting the blueprint for independent success, Cormega has cemented his place as one of the greats of hip hop, globally. Hailing from Queens, New York, Cormega tours Australia in promotion of his 2014 release Mega Philosophy. The tour begins at Max Watt’s this Friday September 25, so be sure to catch Cormega while he’s fresh. Tickets are $50, doors open at 8pm.

of a brand new live album. Get savage with Midnight Woolf at the Reverence this Friday September 25 from 8.30pm onwards. Entry is free.

DREAMWAVES LUWOW

The LuWoW is hosting a night of tropical mayhem as DJ Josh Congo and Dek Bongo team up for a vinyl powered percussion set. Dreamwaves, led by resident beat makers ODEN, will feature hip hop, trap and dance favourites, all mixed by special guests. With $12 cocktails flowing all night, Dreamwaves at LuWoW is a strong contender for the beginning of your weekend madness. Hit Dreamwaves this Friday September 25 at The LuWoW. Doors open at 9pm, entry is $7.

CRIMSONETTES

T H E GRAcE DARLI NG HOTEL

Pleasure your senses this Friday night at The Grace Darling Hotel. On the night’s bill are everyone’s favourite westcoast exports The New Pollution, surfswirl super group Kodiak Galaxy, and the chilled out Jimmy Hawk, all before dream-pop sad crew Crimsonettes take to the stage. An audio-visual spectacular awaits. $8 entry, doors open 8pm.

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Devin The Dude from Dr Dre and Doobie Ashtray fame will be hitting the stage this week at Laundry Bar for this year’s best rap party. After several projects in the ‘80s, Devin performed solo as The Dude in 1998 before dropping his LP Just Tryin’ Ta Live’ and kickstarting a highly praised career. Supports are RRR rap show Hood Pass’ very own Steezy, Levins (SYD),

ZII

Hey ZII can you tell us a little about yourself and your music? My story is one of a rascal that somehow found himself in the world of hip hop squirking a message of positivity and self-worth. you recently released your new single Belief at the Evelyn Hotel. What was it like? It was amazing. I was part of a night held by the Foreign Brothers. We jammed with a band called the Cort-et from 8pm right through ‘til 1am as well as performing the single live for the first time with the band. Word is you’ve been working with Inside Out, a support program for young offenders. What pushed you to make this move? I’ve always loved being an inspiration to young people to pursue their dreams. Inside Out, although challenging, gives me the opportunity to be a role model in a tangible way. Why is hip hop an effective outlet for delivering honest and meaningful messages? Hip hop is a culture, and that includes everything from the music right through to the lifestyle. So when you connect with your fans you touch most, if not all, areas of their lives. Which artists do you draw inspiration from? There are many but Lecrae would be at the top of my list. What’s on the cards for ZII in the coming year? An EP coming out next year. Date to be confirmed and lots of gigs. ZII is playing West Waters Hotel & Entertainment complex on Saturday September 26. Belief is available now via iTunes.

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with their riot grrl grunge and buzz punks Strange Love. It’s only going to hail indoors at one place this weekend ± catch Hailgun at The Reverence this Saturday September 26. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL

Latinaotearoa

Hello. Who are we speaking with and what are you doing at AWME 2015? My name is Bobby Brazuka and I am a member of Latinaotearoa, a band from New Zealand. We’re doing a showcase at AWME 2015. What do you think is unique about AWME and its role in cultivating Australasian music? AWME gathers the best talents that we can find in Australia and New Zealand for three days of beautiful music and atmosphere. It’s where festival programmers, agents and promoters from around the globe can see how amazing the Antipodean musicians are. What can punters expect from the atmosphere of AWME and from your show? We will deliver a melting pot of musical flavours from our motherlands and homelands, bringing a Latin beats extravaganza with spices from the South Pacific. What’s been the best ever set that you’ve experienced, or played in, at the festival in past years? Hiatus Kaiyote last year at AWME. They are truly amazing. Who are some artists that we should definitely be catching this year? Kingfisha, Emma Donovan & the Putbacks and Mojo Juju If a movie was being set in AWME 2015, what would be the plot? Maybe a musical Tower of Babel, where people from all around the world meet and communicate through beautiful music.

The Meltdown

Hello. Who are we speaking with? Lachlan Mclean from The Meltdown. What do you think is unique about AWME and its role in cultivating Australasian music? AWME provides a unique opportunity for bands that are not necessarily in the mainstream commercial arena to be heard and celebrated. There is a huge amount of amazing music in Melbourne that isn’t given the recognition it deserves. What can punters expect from the atmosphere of AWME and from your show? AWME is a great meeting place for musicians and other industry types, and it’s a fantastic starting point to export Aussie music to other parts of the world. Nine-piece band The Meltdown will be providing a sound track to this with some filthy, filthy soul and blues. What’s been the best set that you’ve experienced, or played in, at the festival in past years? A couple of years ago I played with the Raah Project ± a lways a good romp. Who are some artists that we should definitely be catching this year? Clearly The Meltdown are not to be missed. Also Quarter St Orchestra (highly recommended bad arse salsa) and Emma Donovan and the Putbacks (The Putbacks and the Meltdown share a number of the same musicians). There are many other great acts on the bill. If a movie was being set in AWME 2015, what would be the plot? It would most probably be the bizarre and unlikely merging of any of the Diehard films and the 2008 classic The Hottie and the Nottie. Delivered solely in the medium of claymation. LATINAOTEAROA and THE MELTDOWN will appear alongside Jess Ribeiro, Mojo Juju, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Ngaiire, Archer, Kingfisha and many more at AWME 2015, which runs Thursday November 12 ± Saturday November 14. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 42

In what will surely be a battle for the ages, Melbourne party thrashers and renowned bong aficionados Party Vibez face off Sydney’s premier, vaguely warlock affiliated crossover band Sorcery at The Brunswick Hotel this Friday. In a meeting determined by destiny, the two bands joined together to create a circular black disc, an artefact of untold sonic capacity going only by the name Skitzmix #666. Casting a dark wave over the country, these harbingers meet at last at in Melbourne as a blessing to your accursed ears. Show some face and catch some shred with Party Vibes and Sorcery at The Brunswick Hotel this Friday September 25. Doors open at 7.30pm.

MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS THE TOTE

The future is looking bright for Melbourne’s favourite tropical party band, Mighty Duke & The Lords. Recently announced as joining this year’s Meredith Music Festival, MD&TL have arisen from their winter hibernation and are back in action. It’s time to crack open some coconuts and get busy mixing up a Caribbean cocktail of wild tropical beats. With new single The Flamingo in hand, the sharp suited fellas are setting sail for The Tote and bringing a few friends along for what will be one hell of a cruise. Doors open 8.30pm with $15 tickets on the door.

SUN GOD REPLICA

THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

Local trio Sun God Replica are hitting up their local haunt The Post Office Hotel yet again this Friday September 25. Get down by 9.30pm to catch some punk rock tunes from some of the town’s finest musos, belted out by frontman Linsay McLennan (Link Meanie of The Meanies). And to top it all off, entry is completely free. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26

THE DAVE TICE BAND

THE REVERENCE HOTEL

Australian rock royalty and founder of the legendary ‘70s band Buffalo, Dave Tice is heading to the Reverence Hotel this Saturday. His influence on the Australian rock, blues and heavy music scene has been enormous, with Buffalo being the first band of its kind to crank up the distortion and turn up the antics, whilst never shying from a little controversy in the press. Catch the godfather of Australian stoner rock Dave Tice when he hits The Reverence Hotel this Saturday September 26. Doors open at 8pm with $15 entry.

HAVE/HOLD

D AT SEA

PUBLIC BAR

THE WORKERS CLUB

Following the release of his latest track Enough, Brisbane based acoustic artist D At Sea has been touring the nation with a huge run of dates across September. With over 4.5 million views on YouTube, D At Sea has gained popularity through his unique covers of artists such as Ed Sheeran, Bring Me The Horizon and Parkway Drive. After the success of his Unconscious and Anchors and Diamonds EP’s, D At Sea has completed two sold out Australian headline tours and landed support slots for Tonight Alive, Gabrielle Aplin and 21 Pilots among others. His national tour sees D At Sea play The Workers Club this Saturday September 26 from 8.30pm. Tickets will cost you $15 each.

THE SUBSTITUTES

W H O L E L O T TA L O V E B A R

Named after one of The Who’s most iconic songs, The Substitutes are taking their maximum R&B set to Whole Lotta Love Bar this Saturday. Featuring music from The Who and the very best of the rest of the British ‘60s R&B bands, performers Neil Scott, Peter Robinson, Peter Reed and Peter Summers will be joined on stage by Gil Matthews, and Danny Robinson for a massive night of nostalgic tunes. Get on down to Whole Lotta Love Bar this Saturday September 26 and catch The Substitutes. Doors open from 7.30pm.

REDEMPTION ROAD YA H YA H ’ S

There’ll be reggae all round at Yah Yah’s this Saturday September 26 when Redemption Road take to the stage. Dedicated fans shouldn’t miss this one; the 13-piece reggae roots act have promised that this will be their last performance till the end of November. Special guests High Nights and Sarah Jane will both perform sets, and the Meet Wagon kitchen will be serving up some southern fried cuisine. Catch Redemption Road at Yah Yah’s this weekend; doors open 5pm with $12 entry to the band room.

and seggae music. Come and take a trip across the musical world with Jaspora this Saturday September 26. Doors open at 10.30pm.

THE F100S

THE DRUNKEN POET

The F100s are taking to the Drunken Poet this Saturday September 26 for a night of retro rockin’ honky-tonk. Featuring ex-members of the Straight 8’s, Redliners, Supertronics and Bullet, and drawing from the honky-tonk well of Lefty Frizell, George Jones and Buck Owens’ Bakersfield stylings, The F100s have taken these influences and slapped in a blend of their own original tunes for extra taste. Make a date with the F100s for this Saturday September 26. Doors open at 9pm with free entry.

NOISIA

M A X WAT T ’ S

Dutch electronic rock trio Noisia are heading to Max Watt’s this Saturday with a tasty mix of drum and bass, breakbeat and electro house in tow. Since the release of Split The Atom in 2010, Noisia have received positive criticism from reviewers and fans alike which resulted in their signing to several labels including Skrillex’s OWSLA, Deadmau5’s mau5trap and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Come and catch the noise with Noisia at Max Watt’s this Saturday September 26. Doors open 10.30pm, entry will cost you $60.

Melbourne’s Have/Hold have launched their debut album, King Salt, and are playing a show at Public Bar to celebrate. After the release of their debut 7” earned them a ‘20 Bands To Watch’ tag from Blunt Magazine, Have/ Hold’s 2014 EP Calm Your Blood carved a promising trajectory for the band. It was crowned the Best Australian EP of the Year by Bombshell Zine and received a healthy amount of airplay on radio stations across the country. Be sure to catch them when they take to Public Bar on Saturday September 26. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $10.

OHMS

T H E GRACE DARLI NG HOTEL

Melbourne’s punk power-pop legends Ohms are re-releasing their first EP on vinyl, so they’re using it as an excuse to throw a huge launch party this Saturday September 26 at The Grace Darling. Joining in on the action will be the paragons of power-pop par excellence Magic Bones, shoe-grungers Claws & Organs and fuzz punk coming straight from Diana Radar. Four loud as fuck bands at one massive launch, this Saturday from 8pm at The Grace Darling. $10 entry. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27

SIME NUGENT & THE CAPES

THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

Travelling with an extensive repertoire as a soloist, band leader and band member, Sime Nugent is right at home centre stage. Releasing music with indie folk duo Sweet Jean and bluesgrass party band The Wilson Pickers, as well as under his own name to critical acclaim, Nugent is no stranger to the scene, and he’s heading back to the Post Office Hotel to prove it this Sunday September 27. Catch two free entry sets, back to back from 4.30pm.

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CHILD

CHERRY BAR

Three-piece heavy blues act Child are heading overseas for their first ever tour of Europe next week, but before then they’ll be playing at Cherry Bar this Saturday September 26. Sydney’s Aver and Comacozer are coming along too, helping to send them off in style. This could be Child’s last Melbourne show for the year so don’t miss out, get down to Cherry Bar from 8pm. Entry is $15.

HAILGUN

THE REVERENCE HOTEL

It’s a big night for punk/hardcore at The Reverence this Saturday, as Hailgun take to the infamous venue for a set harder than nails. Supporting the premier shredlords on the night are the divine lady trio Thrasher Jynx

FLYYING COLOURS HUGS ‘N KISSES

Having recently supported legendary Johnny Marr and US noise-merchants A Place To Bury Strangers, Flyying Colours are playing a headline show at Hugs ‘n Kisses this Saturday. The show comes after the band’s recent release of their ROYGBIV EP, sporting singles such as Not Today and Running Late. Supports on the tour come from Warmth Crashes In and Bloodhounds On My Trail. Come catch Flyying Colours this Saturday September 26 when they tear through Hugs ‘n Kisses. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $11.

To celebrate the release of his album That Low And Lonesome Sound, out earlier this month, Garrett Kato has been touring the nation, and heads to Northcote’s 303 this Saturday September 26. The Canadian born, Byron Bay local has made quite a name for himself since moving here in 2011, being spotted by platinum selling artist Pete Murray after making appearances at Bluesfest and Splendour. Garrett Kato launches That Low And Lonesome Sound this Saturday at 303 from 8pm. Entry is free.

JASPORA LUWOW

Jaspora is taking to the LuWoW this Saturday, bringing a night of smooth grooves for your aural pleasure. Featuring the ever tantalising Calypso, the high energy of Soca and those off beats of Jamaican reggae, Jaspora will also take you to Africa to bring you the funk of Soukous, before dropping you off at to Mauritius for some hip shaking sega

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THE WORKERS CLUB

Cult comedy favourites and community television heroes Luis (from Lessons with Luis) and Madeleine Tucker are joining forces this Sunday at The Workers Club to face off in a battle of song and dance to dominate your ear holes. Come armoured with your boogie-boots on this epic auditory adventure as they blow you away with their classic hits and your new favourite songs, including Cats Are Forever, Race to the Race, Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun and A Toast To The Host With The Most Toast. Prepare for a battlefield of funny jokes and dynamite prizes from 3pm, this Sunday at The Workers. $11+BF presale

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DRUNKEN POET BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THE DRUNKEN POET

Get ready to rejoice folk and blues fans - this Sunday is The Drunken Poet’s ninth birthday, and they’re throwing a party that’s as much about you as it is them. Poet regulars Chris Wilson, Flash Company, Danny Walsh Banned, Gun Barrel Straights and Slim Dime & The Prairie Kings will all be playing from 2pm till 10pm. If a whopping eight hours of free music isn’t the best way to celebrate a birthday, who can say what is? Celebrate in style down at the Drunken Poet this Sunday September 27. Doors are at 2pm, entry is as free as the wind.

cello arrangements. They perform two free entry sets from 4.30pm onwards.

SIME NUGENT & THE CAPES

THE POST OFFICE HOTEL

Sime’s work under his own name; with indie folk duo Sweet Jean and bluegrass party band The Wilson Pickers has received both critical and popular acclaim - he travels now with an extensive repertoire as a soloist, band leader and band member.

full lineup of artists includes RIA award winning singer/songwriter Monique Brumby, along with Amistat, Cocoa Noire, Tash Sultana and Harrison Storm. There are limited tickets left, grab yours from Oztix for $28 adult, $15 concession, $10 children.

OPEN MIC SUNDAY

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29

Ever wanted to play the same stage as all your favourite local acts? Yah Yah’s Open Mic Sunday supplies the backline while you provide the live music; all you have to do is hit up ryan@yahyahs.com.au. If you don’t feel like playing, grab yourself a beer and settle in with some of the best up and coming talent Melbourne has to offer at Open Mic Sundays. Doors open 6.30pm with free entry.

GHOST DICK

YA H YA H ’ S

CHARLIE MARSHALL & THE CURIOUS MINDS

PUBLIC BAR

THE REVERSALS

THE WORKERS CLUB

The Reversals have been working with Steven Schram (San Cisco, Shihad) and Yanto Browning (Art Of Sleeping, The Jungle Giants) to produce their latest single, the Fleetwood Mac inspired Coming Down With You. Now with the track ready to go, The Reversals are launching it this Sunday September 27 at The Workers, along with supports Ulysses Wulf and Hunting Season. Get down by 8.30pm, entry’s just $10.

DOGAPALOOZA

B U R N L E Y PA R K R I C H M O N D

Melbourne’s first and only dog friendly music festival Dogapalooza kicks off this Sunday September 27 at Burnley Park in Richmond. There’ll be live music from 11.30am all throughout the day, along with stalls and award presentations. The

MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L

The Retreat Hotel’s Mutual Appreciation Society night is back, undoubtedly due to mutual appreciation between attendees and performers alike. Every Monday night, two established artists are randomly thrown together to play a setful of duets, preceded by a

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It’s the last night of Ghost Dick’s September residency at Public Bar ± after this, Dick’s out. They’ve fixed your September blues so far by getting you off your couch and keeping your hands free of dorito dust, maybe you should get out of the house for one last hurrah with all the subtlety and politeness of a brick through a nursing home window. Get some Ghost Dick into you at Public Bar from 7.30pm this Tuesday, all for just $6.

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T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L

Joined by Tim Deane and Troy Rogan from his new band The Curious Minds, singer/songwriter Charlie Marshall presents an intimate performance of songs old and new at The Retreat Hotel this Sunday September 27. The trio have promised to give audiences a taste of what’s to come from their upcoming album Sublime, along with some of Charlie’s most enduring songs brought to life with new guitar, keyboard and

solo set from each. This free entry show is a chance to see the cream of the Melbourne scene in one-off, one-ofa-kind performances, in the clubhouse environment of the Retreat Hotel front bar. John Flanagan and Matthew Colin are this weeks performers, each playing an intimate set for your pleasure. Be sure to get down to the Mutual Appreciation Society this Monday September 28 at The Retreat Hotel. Doors open at 7pm, entry is free.

Kick off Grand Final Week at the Prince Public Bar this Tuesday with the Taste of Indie Collective. The house band Collective Action will be free forming it, playing some footy songs, singing team anthems and providing some well thought out advice on the outcome of the big game. It’s a sports night so rep your club colours and get down to the Prince Public Bar from 7.30pm for a bit of pre-Grand Final musical hijinks. Free entry to boot.

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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews Circa Survive 170 Russell, Sunday September 20

Tijuana Cartel Max Watt’s, Friday September 18 Walking down the narrow staircase and into the open room, an electric piano and drum kit was set up for the night’s opening act Billy Fox. As Fox jumped into his first song, his vocal stylings were immediately reminiscent of Chet Faker. As live drum arrangements mixed with pre-recorded beats, synth parts combined with electric guitar, bringing reminders of Groove Armada. The occasional bass drops were quite hectic, sounding like the outcome of spending months in a forest indulging in illicit substances and Hunter S. Thompson novels. Caravana Sun were up next, opening with their latest single Ashes, a taste of what’s set to be a brilliant second record due later in the year. Slotting in between Madness and Reel Big Fish, their set was packed full of Friday night party jams, the perfect preface for Tijuana Cartel’s headline set. Having toured throughout Europe and played at the World Volleyball championships in Switzerland, if you haven’t seen Caravana Sun you must get on it. Tijuana Cartel came out to rapturous applause and quickly set about transforming the full dancefloor into an underground rave. It was surprising to see how quickly the venue filled up, but Tijuana Cartel definitely know how to deliver a killer live show. At previous TC gigs, the songs have felt a little too drawn out. However, inside Max Watt’s, it was a perfect sweaty dancefloor affair. Letting It Go off their 2011 release M1 was the highlight of the set, featuring hectic bass drops, which led all hell to break loose on the dancefloor. Thank you Tijuana Cartel for allowing me to unleash my questionable dance moves in such an iconic Melbourne music venue. By Tex Miller

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Liked: Psychedelicatessen in the live format. Definite contender for album of the year. Hated: The bartender mixing lemon and lime in my Coronas, it’s one or the other. Drank: Corona.

Frida The Gasometer Hotel, Friday September 18 The Gaso was a place of celebration on Friday night and no one was excluded. The bandroom visually reflected the dreamy qualities that all three bands brought to the stage, with an elaborate lighting and smoke design, streamers and a travelling disposable camera making the venue feel like a kaleidoscopic Eden tucked away in the Inner North. Tully on Tully kicked things off and frontwoman Natalie Foster’s immaculate vocals and expressive performance quickly attracted a crowd. Fresh from a trip overseas, the band were reminiscent of The Preatures, delivering a set of instantly engaging power-pop. The night not only commemorated a release for Frida, but was the first ever show for new project Plastic. The five-piece made quite an impression with sweeping guitar lines, rich synths and soaring vocal melodies. They even employed a drum machine towards the end of the set. The nascent group traversed a range of moods across the set, from the deeply commiserative, euphoric lushness of the single So Numb, to moments of tender intensity. Frida arrived oozing an exotic, mystical charm that didn’t disappear at any time during their set. The six-piece’s

performance was almost as visual as it was musical, making this more theatrical than your average gig. This was the release of their two singles Slowly and I Want It All, both of which were played while their respective video clips screened on the stage wall. Slowly introduced a bold soundscape of poignant keys and anxious guitars, accompanied by Lewis Coleman’s honeyed vocals and Eilish Gilligan’s silvery, gliding voice. I Want It All came near the conclusion of the set, beginning with delicate, tender guitar picking and climaxing with rapid drums, whirling synths and fervent guitars. Frida left us all feeling hypnotised and downright moved. By Jess Zanoni

Loved: Twin Peaks. Hated: Not having money to buy sweet sweet merch. Drank: Coopers. God, why?

Are we here for Pvris or Circa Survive? With the sheer amount of Pvris hats and shirts that flew through the doors of 170 Russell, it was hard to determine which band were the bigger drawcard. When the rising support band arrived on stage, lead singer Lynn Gunn received a huge response from the adoring crowd. Only taking time out to give a “gender appropriate name” to a stuffed emu given to them by a fan, the band blazed through seven of the ten songs from their debut album White Noise. Nearly playing an entire album in a restricted set showed their commitment to giving Australian fans a memorable first time experience. Although the percussion and electronic synths drowned out Gunn’s voice in parts, her vocal talent was undeniable. Judging by the overwhelming cries for an encore, which proved fruitless, a full headline set from the band on their next tour is a sure fire certainty. Circa Survive are a band with diehard fans. As a newcomer to the cult, watching people react to the band made it clear they’re an act that endears themselves to the dedicated. Opening with Child of the Desert, one lone hand in the audience punctuated every syllable of the calm introduction. When it finally kicked in, the floor started shifting. Lead singer Anthony Green’s assertion that we were all in a shared hallucination seemed trite at first, but a glance at everyone else in the crowd revealed rapturous admiration. Green’s jerking movements were punctuated by screams, mic stands

were thrown around and the band seemed like they were pulling off a perfect jam session. The band’s bizarre humour led them to rename one song Bite Off Your Mum’s Dick, which they dedicated to Tony Robbins, while The Greatest Lie devolved into a cover of Ace of Base’s All That She Wants. There’s a reason that Circa Survive got away with all of this, and it’s because they’re a live band capable of creating individual moments with ease. One girl named Yasmin screamed along into the microphone while Green walked around on stage with his hands held high. As he returned, he informed her that it’s the best rendition from sharing the mic he’s ever heard in his career. The crowd obviously goes insane. Somehow Nesting Dolls topped this, as it built and built. Finishing with Get Out, Green leapt into the crowd to sing-along with crowd surfers. It’s no struggle to figure out why so many people packed out 170 Russell on a Sunday night. By Jonty Simmons Loved: Yasmin’s moment in the spotlight – killed it. Hated: The girl shouting out “I’ll lick your pussy” to Lynn, who shut her down. It’s still harassment if you’re a girl, people. Drank: Mountain Goat – thanks Em.

Scotdrakula The Old Bar, Monday September 14 It’s refreshing to start the week with a few beers and a selection of talented acts, prefacing the week ahead with the phrase “good music starts today”. Tonight’s instalment of Mundane Mondays gave us an assortment of noisy punk acts: Shrimpwitch, Cable Ties and Scotdrakula – the latter popping their heads out for one last turbocharged romp before hiding away until Christmas. Shrimpwitch started the night by busting out some disgusting guitar tones over intriguing chords, backed by rapid one-two thumps on the drums. It was garage punk in its most basic form, sounding exactly like two neighbours playing in a shed without a lick of musical training between them. To their credit, the guitar tone was great for what they were playing and their pisstake stance on issues such as lad culture earned them a thumbs up. Cable Ties were up next with a surprisingly tight set and spades of outstanding songwriting. Leaving a better taste in your mouth than raw onion, their set featured a slew of hook-filled choruses, smooth transitions and clever bridges. There was no doubt that Cable Ties’ indie-punk vibes enhanced the entire night, earning lingering respect for their clever guitar work, shuffling drums and gravelly bass guitar.

In between rain, beers, and the odd cigarette, Scotdrakula finally hit the stage. The band greeted audience members with happy sounding keys, barked vocals and intricate bass riffs. By track two, I’m Good, they were living up to expectations. Despite confessing to drinking in the sun and listening to slide guitar instead of practicing, nobody could tell. A refreshing thing about Scotdrakula’s set was their dynamic songwriting, refusing to stick to a set style. It was a solid set where rock songs combined with easy flowing tracks and punk rock was laced with psychedelic licks. The whole thing carried an all-too-rare level of intelligence. As the night wrapped up, Scotdrakula’s punk influences became louder than anything else. Getting righteously savage at the end of the set, three quarters of the band collapsed into each other like a human pretzel while the vocalist barked on. BY THOMAS BRAND LOVED: Leadership spill. HATED: It changes nothing. DRANK: Mountain Goat jugs.

Luna Northcote Social Club, Thursday September 17 Mid-way through Sand Pebbles’ set, bass player Chris Hollows told an anecdote about the release of the Sand Pebbles’ first record, Eastern Terrace, back in 2002. Hollows and guitarist Ben Michael told Greville Records that anyone purchasing a Luna record was to be rewarded with a free copy of Eastern Terrace because, Hollows reasoned, “We figured they would like us as well”. Everyone seemed glad to have the Sand Pebbles back on stage after almost three years’ hiatus and the set straddled the old and not-so old of the band’s catalogue. Hollows and drummer Wes Holland’s rhythm playing was as reliable as St Kilda’s forward line will likely never be, Tor Larsen and Andrew Tanner’s harmonies were as wondrous as a sunny morning in Woodstock, and Ben Michael lined every song with a layer of psychedelic fuzz. With his lithe frame, swept grey hair and blackrimmed glasses, Luna frontman Dean Wareham could be an art gallery owner on the Lower East Side. Britta Phillips is just as chic and enigmatically elegant, while Sean Eden could pass for Dave McCormack in musical talent and appearance, and if Lee Wall did anything wrong on drums tonight, it was news to us. There’s lots to love about Luna – and not just because BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 44

the band’s first album inadvertently name-checked arguably Melbourne’s most cherished amusement park. The band creates a textured sound that blends melodic dreamy pop, second wave psychedelia and a small dose of ‘60s garage grime. It’s Camper Van Beethoven through a fuzzy lens, The Someloves on a dirty New York boulevard and Loaded-era Velvet Underground via The Dream Syndicate. Tonight, everything was good, and mesmerising: Speedbumps, Chinatown, Tracy I Love You, and plenty more. 23 Minutes in Brussels was a special highlight, and an end to the main set: it ebbed, flowed, cascaded and culminated a moment of untethered musical beauty. They returned for a two-song encore, then the lights came on and the night was over. Some people say that perfect is the enemy of the good, but tonight was as perfect as you could hope a gig to be. Patrick Emery LOVED: 23 Minutes in Brussels. HATED: That it was a school night. DRANK: Fat Yak, Lazy and standard.

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HEARTLAND RECORDS TOP TEN ThE MEANIES

It’s Not Me, It’s You (Poison City Records) “Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing,” mused the distinguished American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes while contemplating the contrived limitations of age. The seemingly indestructible Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmeister expresses similar sentiments, albeit with a far more provocative tone: “I don’t see why there should be a point where everyone decides you’re too old. I’m not too old, and until I decide I’m too old, I’ll never be too fucking old.” It’s 26 years since The Meanies first took to the stage, 25 years since the release of the band’s first 7” and 21 years since their most recent album, 10% Weird, and subsequent hiatus. The Meanies’ reformation has been a period of triumph punctuated by tragedy; like the subjects of Laurence Binyon’s poem, For the Fallen, DD and Tas Meanie are departed but never forgotten. But with the release of a new album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, Link, Wally, Ringo and Jaws soldier on, punk rock commandos to the last. They begin with You Know the Drill; a swathe of buzzsaw guitar, laced with the defiant attitude of a group of no-good punks pissed off with the suffocating banality of mainstream existence. To listen to The Shallow End’s Mine is to remember the glory days of alternative rock 25 years ago, the frenzy of popular interest building, and the storm clouds of commercial interest still way off in the distance. Kill is the

type of rock’n’roll that provokes elderly surbanites to contact local newspapers, predicting the imminent decline of society as we know it. Freakout Forever is the organic marriage of garage rock and pop melody that underpinned The Meanies’ original gestation; Dream Age is what passes for bubble-gum psychedelia in The Meanies’ distorted world; and What’s the Buzz Inside is Link Meanie in post-modern mode, invoking the discourse of youth through the lens of a punk rocker who’s never grown old. Hug and Kiss is Radio Birdman via the Exploding White Mice and The Dickies; Hey Head is equal parts tough and jarring, like a George Foreman blow to the solar plexus with a Christmas handshake chaser. There’s a Gap is The Ramones in a Datsun 240Z, flying down the Princes Highway without a care in the world, while Punchin’ Air is where The Beach Boys might have ended up if Brian Wilson had embraced amphetamines over LSD. On a patronising level, It’s Not Me, It’s You is a damn good record, given The Meanies’ tenure and maturity. On an absolute level, it’s a fucking good punk rock record, every single fucking moment of it. If you don’t like this record, it’s not them, it’s you. BY PATRICK EMERY

SINGLES

by lachlan

White supremacy is the Victorian government and AFL initiating a public holiday on Grand Final eve while no public holiday exists for Aboriginal Australia. Oh, and one of the AFL’s greatest champions will abstain from having their career celebrated due to racism. Great work, everybody. MY DISCo 1991 (Temporay Residence) Opening like a rabid dog barking through rusted fangs, 1991 launches brutalist jabs with sparse artillery. There’s no build, no release, and no hope.The trio here are an unpredictable militia, finding immense space within brevity. Methodical in control, this is domination. ALPINE Shot Fox (Ivy League) There are moments when disparate and unwieldy production hits a mark alongside the soaring vocal throughout Shot Fox, but the majority of the track veers too far towards mediocre due to a total lack of focus

within the instrumental. This leads to a sense of button-mashing rather than boundary-pushing. There’s talent here, but not much in the way of vision. MELBoURNE SKA oRChESTRA Satellite (ABC/Universal) Any slight, even impotent, hope signalled by our country’s recent leadership change has been mitigated by the realisation that there is still a ska orchestra at large in what is supposedly the “world’s most liveable city”. What a scourge. KURT VILE Life Like This (Matador/Remote Control) Syncopating rolling piano with

guitar accentuation, old mate Kurt Vile crafts a lovely little repetition in Life Like This, a pleasant introspection carving its own space. It’s a comfort zone, and a welcome one at that. Vile showcases dexterity while holding onto a rich identity as a songwriter. LAUREL hALo Situation (Honest Jon’s) Various elements signal like trains on the horizon throughout Situation, painting a landscape drenched in night sky. There are animals, indiscernible, beacons of rave nostalgia, mixed with arrhythmic vortexes. Taken from the upcoming release In Situ.

ThE CACTUS ChANNEL fEAT. ChET fAKER Kill The Doubt (HopeStreet)

A smoky cool jazzy setting suits Chet Faker (real name Charles Schufacher) as he nestles into a snappy, organic groove crafted by Melbourne collective The Cactus Channel. It all feels very real, prompting images of Faker perched on a stool, crooning into a vintage mic, sunnies on inside. Seriously, it’s all very impressive, unfurling itself with masterful bravado.

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1. Repentless LP SLAYER 2. No No No LP BEIRUT 3. Frost & Fire LP CIRITH UNGOL 4. Tinderbox 2LP STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 5. Prayers On Fire LP BIRTHDAY PARTY 6. Times Of Grace 2LP NEUROSIS 7. Through Silver In Blood 2LP NEUROSIS 8. Grief’s Infernal Flower 2LP WINDHAND 9. Hollow Meadows LP RICHARD HAWLEY 10. Dark Matters 2LP DEVIN TOWNSEND

RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN 1. Illegals In Heaven BLANK REALM 2. High ROYAL HEADACHE 3. Saint Jude III SAINT JUDE 4. Depression Cherry BEACH HOUSE 5. Sub-lingual Tablet THE FALL 6. What The World Needs Now PIL 7. Sticky Fingers ROLLING STONES 8. Stone Roses STONE ROSES 9. Kill It Yourself JESS RIBEIRO 10. Stuff Like That There YO LA TENGO

COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK TOP TEN 1. When Sharpies Ruled CD VARIOUS 2. Instincts Of Suffering 7” REBIRTH 3. Child CD CHILD 4. X-Spurts: The 1977 Recordings LP X 5. Hymns 2LP GODFLESH 6. Spinozism Exorcism LP GHASTLY SPATS 7. Whole Earth Cleansing LP KREMLINGS 8. Live MCMXCIII 4LP THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 9. Pavor Nocturnus LP THE NIGHT TERRORS 10. Best Of 2CD GOBLIN

BEAT’S TOP TEN BIBLICAL SONGS 1. Jesus THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 2. God Only Knows THE BEACH BOYS 4. God Is In The Radio QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 5. Jesus Walks KANYE WEST 6. Jesus, Etc. WILCO 7. God Is A DJ FAITHLESS 8. Personal Jesus DEPECHE MODE 9. I Am A God KANYE WEST 10. God Emoji SILICON

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ALBUMS New music in review this week - For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews

THE STIFFYS

KURT VILE

Art Rock One

TINY LITTLE HOUSES

B’lieve I’m Goin Down

(Independent)

You Tore Out My Heart

(Matador)

Art, eh? We’re taught to value the highbrow stuff hanging in a dusty frame in the NGV, but what about lowbrow art? It doesn’t command the same kind of cultural cred, but it can be just the thing to brighten up your tragedy-clogged newsfeed. Take Melbourne’s The Stiffys for instance ± these guys aren’t going to nab an AMP award any time soon, but their latest EP, Art Rock One, may put a smile on your dial with its juvenile antics at the very least. The first of two EPs that will make up the band’s Art Rock record, Art Rock One delivers exactly what you’d expect from The Stiffys: six poppy garage rock jams centred around goofy lyrics that delve into everything from eating Dunk-a-roos (remember those?) to sloppy make out sessions. It’s not the most intellectually stimulating stuff, but it’s not trying to be either. The Stiffys are class clowns stuffing things down their pants in the hopes of getting a throwaway laugh. At their best, they manage to marry Tripod’s satirical wit with the weed-scented frivolity of Dune Rats (King of the Internet). But too often the naff gags fall flat (Space Blog) or contain nothing but forgettable one-liners (Genuine Recording of Ladies Loving Us). The Stiffys are great after downing a few beers, but sober up and listen to this EP and you’re faced with two grown men making dick jokes and singing about eating children’s snacks. Sure, it’s supposed to be quirky and tongue-in-cheek but the whole thing just comes off a bit soft.

Just like certain actor-director combinations almost guarantee a good film, there are a small number of musicians whose albums you won’t ever have to worry about being sub-par. Kurt Vile is one: he has released five solo albums of tiptop indie rock and folk since emerging in 2008. The 35 year-old Philadelphian’s problem, then, is maintaining the almost impossibly high standard he has set for himself, but it’s a task he sets about with typically laidback ease on this solid 12-track effort. While no wheels are reinvented or new ground broken, the warm and hazy embrace of Vile’s gently rolling indie-Americana is as welcoming as ever. First single Pretty Pimpin is just that, while I’m an Outlaw is banjo-pickin’ good. Vile’s melancholia is never far off, and it raises its heavy eyelids first in That’s Life, Tho (Almost Hate to Say), in which he sings of “taking pills to take the edge off ”, while the equally downbeat All in a Daze Work features the obligatory day/daze pun long-time fans will recognise. A perennially underrated guitar player, Vile is more often praised for the high standard of his songs and indie-stoner vibe, but there’s magic in these licks that demands respect. Six albums in and Kurt Vile is still somewhat of a cult figure. Can we keep him that way, please? BY PAUL MCBRIDE

(Independent)

Tiny Little Houses are wasting no time making a name for themselves, and their debut EP You Tore Out My Heart acts as but a teaser of what they can do. This four-track introduction sets up the Melbourne four-piece as a band to watch. You Tore Out My Heart relishes in the lo-fi indie/folk sounds of the ’90s spearheaded by Neutral Milk Hotel, but with a 2015 facelift. The production is cleaner, but still allows for atypical and noisy instrumentation, like at the end of ‘Every Man Knows His Plague; And You Are Mine’, as fuzzy guitars and detuned synths stretch out over the final moments. Opening track ‘Soon We Won’t Exist’ sets the tone with a Neutral Milk Hotel-esque waltz through life, death and love. Some may find the vocal inflection too big of a hurdle to jump, but once you do so you are wrapped up in some lovely, soft-spoken melodies. ‘Easy’ features one of the strongest guitar lines of the year, written around a story of heartbreak at Luna Park. You Tore Out My Heart is just enough for you to fall in love and start counting down the days until this band’s next release. BY SPENCER SCOTT

BY JACK PILVEN

DAPTONE GOLD II

GOING SWIMMING

Various Artists (Daptone)

OBERHOFER

Chronovision

Deadtime Stories

(Liberator Music)

(Independent) Six years on from their first compilation, Daptone Records have returned with a second instalment, Daptone Gold II. If you’re familiar with their first treasure-trove collection of modern soul gems, you’ll know exactly you’re in for. As with the first, Daptone II acts as a vignette of a record label that has painstakingly and prolifically been at the forefront of a soul revival since 2002. With an all-star roster including Sharon Jones, The Budos Band, The Sugarman 3 and Charles Bradley, it’d be close to impossible for Daptone Gold II to take a misstep. By faithfully recreating ’60s and ’70s production, the Daptone sound has inadvertently come to rival the original sounds of Stax, Motown and Hi ± the iconic labels that provide so much of the label’s inspiration. Curating well known tracks alongside deeper cuts, the compilation is a fine introduction for newcomers, as well as a lovinglycrafted, celebratory mixtape for long time fans. Arguably the label’s biggest name, Sharon Jones features heavily on Daptone Gold. Her timeless, masterful vocals appear on the modern classic I Learned The Hard Way, the sunny Inspiration Information and Retreat!. She’s backed by Daptone’s de facto house band, The Dap-Kings, who lay down undeniably tight grooves with reverent accuracy. At its best, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ work stands up next to numerous top tier releases from the Memphis soul era. Elsewhere, The Budos Band stake their claim with Unbroken, Unshaven, and Aphasia all locking into place with infectious rhythms and entrancing horns; Charles Bradley drops by to ooze soul across the sultry and heartfelt Luv Jones (backed by LaRose Jackson); while The Como Mamas switch things up with hard hitting, old-school soul on Out of the Wilderness. Daptone Gold II is another comprehensive depiction of one the most consistently great record labels of the 21st century, who continue to mine and preserve the best of the past. BY JAMES DI FABRIZIO

Whenever I’m dealing with a stressful situation, I have this dream that I’m floundering in a large body of water (often Sydney Harbour, with its picturesque architectural and engineering scenery), trying to make my way safely to shore or seek security on some buoyant object. Despite sailing for some years and growing up next to the beach, I’ve never been a fan of aquatic pursuits, so the fear of drowning is my own nocturnal metaphor for the daytime peril with which I’m grappling. In that context, that Going Swimming have chosen to title their album of Cramps-esque psychotic swamp rock Deadtime Stories makes sense. But in contrast to my periodic nightmare, these Deadtime Stories are something to welcome. On Them Shakes, it’s Lux Interior chairing the House Committee on Un-American Activities; on Your Sister it’s The Outsiders in the carpark of the Whisky A Go Go. I Think I’ve Been Had, Lads is the ghost of The Jennys, all psychedelic spirit and adolescent abandon. Shark Attack is more a pincer move than a thrashing deep ocean attack, while the answer to Whatever Happened to the Plan? is as obvious as The Dictators-designed menu that lies beneath it. Yoko, Oh No! is demented surf rock with a splash of Brian Jonestown Massacre; Together (To Get Her) cuts through the bullshit of rock’n’roll pretension with a minimum of fuss; RCB is Mother and Son (the Wollongong band, not the TV show) on a tequila bender; and Careers Counsellor takes you back to halcyon days when you could get on the dole with only a couple of forged signatures and a hastily written application for a job at pizza delivery joint. Then there’s Cosmonauts and Crosses, which has you wandering between Carl Sagan, Oral Roberts and Dick Dale. Like the album overall, it’s a pretty weird and wonderful place to be.

Brad Oberhofer is the brains behind Oberhofer. Using your surname as your moniker is hardly an original ploy, but it’s enough to create a ripple of intrigue. Suddenly memories of Chrome and Helios Creed come flooding back, but Oberhofer isn’t part of any avantrock syndicate. Rather than scraping your cranium with shards of rusty wire, Oberhofer chooses to apply a creamy orchestral introduction before invoking Buzzcocks leader Pete Shelley on Nevena. Hardly a match made in heaven, but it works. Oberhofer recorded over 100 demos from which he culled the dozen tunes that appear on this record. While you could say he is prolific, Memory Remains sounds like a cutting room floor leftover from The Killers’ debut. And just as that record mined ‘80s new wave, so too does Chronovision. Someone Take Me Home straddles a little Bowie for good measure; Sea Of Dreams is at the vanguard of plaintive reminiscence, combining the vision of Dylan’s Series Of Dreams with Presley’s Falling In Love; then the military style percussion of Ballroom Floor commences an unstoppable advance. “You’re like a ballroom floor,” is a novel analogy for a disintegrating relationship. While Oberhofer started his career as a bedroom bard, he has since completed a composition and music theory degree, so he’s not just some weedy, lonesome introvert with a badly tuned guitar and borderline manicdepression. He very plainly puts things into perspective on Me 4 Me (“I just want someone who loves me for me,”) before heading off on a cosmic journey with Sun Halo and a groovy twist on hippy jingle. Ride into the sun with this boy. BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS

BY PATRICK EMERY

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GIG GUIDE

WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK

For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • a state of grace (the music of tim & jeff

buckley) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $65.00.

• dizzy’s big band with peter hearne Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• melaluka + nafasi + soulgiant Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

• merle street jazz band Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.

• bat country + alastair mclean trio + lazer

• samassin + la busca leona Open Studio, Northcote.

cats 2000 Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

• shol + lo res + dry hopped 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

$5.00.

• broke & wasted - feat: gaud + jake blood +

8:30pm.

• the ishs/allen project Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.

complete Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • miss miss + dogood + shanna watson Public

• the rookies The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• open mic + hosted by mark gardner Whole

• big seal & the slippery few + jemma nicole

Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00. Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm.

• palace of the king + voodoocain + two

headed dog Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• shit sex + oscar buble & the butter boys

+ teenage libido + general men Tote Hotel,

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

+ mitchell a. power Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

• brash the empire Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. • conrad sewell + avalanche city Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm.

• dan hilman’s secret beach Clifton Hill Hotel,

tourettes & the shit fuck cunts Old Bar,

• jess hieser + jack runaway + damien van de

Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• street sounds launch party - feat: lamb

boulevard + didirri + velvet bow Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

• tetrahedra + oliver paterson beat project

+ dhana bhutan Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.00.

• the ariana grande & little mix kids show Commercial Hotel, Morang South. 10:00am. $19.00.

• the mosey jokers + the head kicks + three

hundred degrees celcius Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• thirsty merc Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. $34.70.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • big easy soul sessions Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Clifton Hill. 8:30pm.

geer + emily schnall Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. • majiwa + heather fiona Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

• melbourne ukulele kollective beginner’s

class Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. • open mic Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 9:00pm. • open mic Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 7:30pm. • open mic night Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm. • open mic night Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm. • rumble in the jungle - feat: joey elbows The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• wine whiskey women - feat: monique

shelford + k proudlove Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • lost in sight + dec mckinnon & the

knockabouts + the phatjacks + dylan james Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. • aux assembly + marlo eggplant + military position + rosalind hall & laura altmann Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.00.

• citizens of the streets - feat: gena rose

bruce + edward r + demi louise + sinead beth The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $10.00. • city escape + acrasia + strickland Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• cosmic kahuna + swhat + tsugnarly Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.

• d at sea + millie tizzard Workers Club, Geelong. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• girls on key - feat: grace pageant & the

sashes + shadow feet + gorkie Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

• kucka Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• lamb boulevard + eleven + poppy Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

• little may (for the company tour) + jim

lawrie + gordi Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

$15.00.

• little miss remembering + the reasons

why + amaronix Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

• nun of the tongue + the tropes + chelsea

bleach + ghost like beast Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• pcp eagles + bodies + sweet gold + muscle

beach + judas springsteen Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• riley pearce (brave launch) + oscar lush

+ ariela jacobs Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm. $10.00.

• riot! riot! riot! - feat: nerdlinger Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• showcase nights Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm. • sister doll + spitting swallows +

baltimore gun club Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• symmetrix + catherine meeson + disco

computer Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

• the bombastics band Big Mouth, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

• the garden + gold class + miss destiny John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• ubiq (mesolithic launch) Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

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CITIZENS OF THE STREETS

The monthly music and arts event Citizens Of The Streets comes to the Shadow Electric this Thursday September 24, rocking a whole slew of mixed media exhibitions including music photography and art installations. Legendary local Gena Rose Bruce headlines this month’s instalment. Show opens at 7pm.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Collingwood. 7:00pm.

• slowly slowly + vowel movement + timmy

GIG OF THE WEEK!

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • angel eyes Lustre Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• arlene fletcher trio Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.

• arthur penn & the funky ten + au dre +

dubcraft + uncle pennybags & the vibe-acentrics Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. • frances madden & band Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• jack pantazis group Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.

• james fahy + adam cook + jane mcarthur Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• jasmine nelson (hercules launch) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $18.00.

• john montesante quintet + yvette

johansson The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm.

$20.00.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • ablaze + tork + i am mine + vulgar born Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• above & beyond + ilan bluestone + grum Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $124.95.

• beast & flood + baltimore gun club The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• beautiful beasts + reika + pimpin horus Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• benson Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• blind man death stare + dream in colour

kids + cosmic kahuna + kmart warriors + jerkbeast Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. • brimstone + prophetess + black radius + dead stone five Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• los coronas + firebird trio Gasometer Hotel,

• broads + matt walker Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

• melbourne improvisers collective Uptown

• cancer bats + high tension Barwon Club Hotel,

• midnight express - feat: prequel + edd

• captain spalding Customs House Hotel, Williamstown.

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

fisher Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • rugcutters - feat: the furbelows Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $16.00.

• sassy sisters & friends Ruby’s Music Room,

8:30pm.

Geelong. 8:00pm. $28.60.

9:30pm.

• cassette Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

• city escape + harbours + the brilliant

dance Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $12.50.

• cold irons bound + dj matthew frederick

+ tigerfunk + lewis cancut Lucky Coq, Windsor.

• crimsonettes + the new pollution + kodiak

• the good egg thursdays - feat: henry who 7:00pm.

• the gumbo club - feat: the blues bash Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.

Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

galaxy + jimmy hawk Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

• the minton playboys house band The B.east,

• d at sea + millie tizzard + scott boyd Karova

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

• drug sweat + white dog + no class Old Bar,

• ash grunwald Grand Hotel, Frankston. 8:00pm. $30.00.

• einsteins toyboys + cranked Musicland, Fawkner.

Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

• backstage blues night - feat: the

melbourne jukes + the shake shack boogie house band + dj barry maxwell Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm.

• conrad sewell + avalanche city Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm.

• david tice Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.

• fulton street + dj vince peach + dj pierre

baroni Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. • jackson mclaren Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. • jayne west Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm. • joan baez Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $90.00. • lazy eye 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. • leigh sloggett duo Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. • michael crowe Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. • mick turner + steve miller band + caroline no Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • open mic nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm. • pat tierney Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. $13.30. • sarah jane Carters Bar, Northcote. 8:00pm. • small hour songs - feat: tom dockray + loni thomson + brendan reed dennis The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• the gin club two Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.

• the moonee valley drifters Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.

• the railway gang string band Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 8:30pm.

• the tommyhawks + my elephant ride +

jules evanz Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. • tingy celestino Yacht Club Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.

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Lounge, Ballarat. 8:30pm. $15.00. Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

7:30pm. $10.00.

• heart beach + jealous husband + popolice Vice Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

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

• koral & the goodbye horses + ladie dee Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm.

• la danse macabre + brunswick massive

resident djs Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

• levingstone (one up launch) + nafasi +

madlib mondays + mihra Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00.

• los coronas + steve miller band Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $20.00.

• midnight woolf Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. • morbid anal + lounge perverts trio +

donkey mothers of arse + daniel tucceri + iron chef Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • nat allison & spyda Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm.

• nerdlinger + agent 37 + suicide tuesdays

+ miyazaki! + the shorts 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

$10.00.

• next - feat: harbours + boy wonder +

anchors & alibis Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $15.00.

• orpheus omega + hadal maw + hollow

world + the nuremberg code + catacombs + dark earth + silent cirkus Pier Live, Frankston. 7:00pm. $12.00.

• party girls (still

like a virgin 80’s hits)

Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $18.00.

• party vibez + sorcery + scumguts +

povarotti + beyond contempt Brunswick Hotel,

Q&A

Brunswick. 8:00pm.

• SEBASTIAN BACH Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $88.90.

• SUN GOD REPLICA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. • THE AMPERSANDS Workers Club, Geelong. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• THE AUSTRALIAN KATY PERRY KIDS SHOW - FEAT:

KRISTY JINKS Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7:00pm. $20.00.

• THE WORLD AT A GLANCE + DIPLOID +

YACHTBURNER + EMPLOYMENT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• TRENCH SISTERS + GOLDEN BATS + BROOZER +

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

• WATT’S ON PRESENTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:30pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • ASTRO & THE AGES The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. • CONGO BONGO - FEAT: JUMPIN JOSH + BONGO

DAVE DEKDRUM The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00.

• CRAIG SCHNEIDER TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.

• DANA CZARSKI Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• DIGGIN THE SLOWNESS - FEAT: MARGARET

WOOD + MISS GOLDIE + DANIEL HARVEY + DAVE WICKERSON Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • DJ BOTHERS D Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm. • DJ CECE BROWN The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. • GEOFF ALLAN (DRESSED UP & MESSY) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $20.00.

• GLOBAL SESSIONS - FEAT: DOSTLUK FILIA

EXPRESS & KEKOSON Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm.

$10.00.

• JUKE BOX RACKET Carters Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm.

• LALIBELAS + JAMIL ZACHARIA + DJ CHRIS GILL Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

• LOVE & CRY HAVOC - FEAT: LISA SALVO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00.

• MANGELWURZEL (FISHY FRY LAUNCH) + MESA

COSA + TANZER Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.

• MATT JODRELL QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• MAX TEAKLE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

• MISS JUGO & FRIENDS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $6.00.

• PAPA G & THE STARCATS + THE JUNGLE CROOKS

+ THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $7.50.

• SLEAZY LISTENING - FEAT: STEELE BONUS + ARKS

+ RICHARD KELLY + HYSTERIC + K HOOP Toff In

LOS CORONAS

Instrumental Spanish surf rockers Los Coronas have come back to Australia for their third tour in as many years. They just can’t get enough of us. They’re playing two shows in Melbourne this week, one on Thursday September 24 at the Gaso and the other on Friday September 25 at Cherry Bar. Make sure you pop into one of them.

JIMI BEAVIS Catfish, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

• MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS + RICHIE 1250 &

THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + LOOSE TOOTH + BURNT SAUSAGES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12.00. • PALACE OF THE KING + AVER + COMACOZER Yah • STEVE LUCAS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 5:00pm. • THE DAVE TICE BAND + SOUTHBOUND SNAKE

CHARMERS Station 59, Richmond. 7:30pm. • THE GEMS Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm. • THE RETREATS REBETIKO + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• TROY WILSON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. • ZERAFINA ZARA & THE ALLEGED ASSOCIATES Smokehouse 101, Maidstone. 7:00pm.

SATURDAYS EPTEMBER2 6

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • BERNADETTE ROBINSON (CALLING ALL ANGELS) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $45.00.

• BHANGRA DOWN UNDER Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 3:00pm. $35.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • ANDY PHILLIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK Dancing Dog, Footscray. 8:00pm.

• ANNA CORDELL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

• ASH GRUNWALD (NOW TOUR) + TASH SULTANA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $30.00.

• CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:15pm.

• CONRAD SEWELL + AVALANCHE CITY + VERA BLUE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.

• DAVEYS FRIDAYS - FEAT: ROB & TARQUIN +

SUPERFLY DJS Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston.

9:00pm.

• DOC HALIBUT Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. • ELVIS PRESLEY TRIBUTE SHOW Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

• EMILIA & THE SCARLETTES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• EVOL WALKS + ION DRIVE + CROSSBONE

CARNIVAL + MAN FROM THE METEOR Mr Boogie

Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.

• FRANCES MADDEN & BAND Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill. 8:00pm. $18.00.

• FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC - FEAT: PHIL PARA Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm.

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $101.85.

• MEG MAC + SOPHIE LOWE + WILSN Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

• NERDLINGER + WOLFPACK + LAURA PALMER +

SWEET GOLD + FEROCIOUS CHODE Brunswick Hotel,

Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• OHMS + MAGIC BONES + CLAWS & ORGANS +

DIANA RADAR Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

$10.00.

• PARKWAY DRIVE + THY ART IS MURDER +

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE + THE WORD ALIVE Festival

Hall, West Melbourne. 7:20pm. $57.40.

• SPIDER GOAT CANYON + TTTDC + HOARSE +

Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.

8:00pm. $25.00.

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

BASHKA Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00. • HETTY KATE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00.

8:00pm.

• MISS BEE TOWNSEND (A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $20.00.

• MOON LANTERN MUSIC CONCERT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm.

• PHILA PARA Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 6:00pm.

• RICHARD BROADBEARD & THE LIFE PARTNERS Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm.

• SHACK SHAKERS (BOOGALOO EDITION) + MADRE

MONTE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $5.00. • THAT GOLD STREET SOUND + STEVIE & THE SLEEPERS + MORBIDLY O’BEAT Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• THE JACKSON FOUR The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • APART FROM THIS + HAVE HOLD + STOCKADES +

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

• BANE OF WINTERSTORM + CHRONOLYTH +

ORPHEUS OMEGA + ANNIHILIST Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.00.

• BRIMSTONE (VICTORIAN PUB CRAWL) - FEAT:

RAISE A GLASS + SISTERS DOLL + STONE DJOSER + STATE OF SILENCE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. $10.00. • CHILD + AVER + COMACOZER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $15.00.

• CHRISTOPHER SPRAKE + DEL BOCA VISTA +

CAROLYN OATES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.

• D AT SEA + MILLIE TIZZARD + JADE REBEIRO

• JIMI’S PYTHON SQUEEZE (COBRA STRIKE/THE

• E^ST Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00.

BUTCHER LAUNCH) Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. • JOAN BAEZ Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $90.00. • KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES + KING WOLF +

Yarraville. 2:00pm. $5.00.

• MAROON 5 + DIRTY LOOPS Rod Laver Arena,

• FRANCES MADDEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.

• HONKY TONK ROCKERS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8.00.

BUCKET & EAMON EATS + VINYL SPLINTERS + FRANCO COZZO + MADI & MACKENA Kindred Studios,

STRANGE LOVE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. • SATURDAYS R COVERED - FEAT: RADIO STAR Royal

• JASPORA The Luwow, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Hotel, Collingwood. 12:15pm. $12.20.

• LOCAL BAND SHOWCASE (VOL 1) - FEAT: HONEY

• PCP EAGLES + HAILGUN + THRASHER JYNX +

West Melbourne. 6:00pm. 9:00pm.

Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm.

FOR IT) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $20.00. • DAVID REX QUARTET + GRACE CORDELL Dizzy’s Jazz

• JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

• YVETTE JOHANSSON (VINTAGE ROOTS) Paris Cat

Collingwood. 5:00pm.

• BOBBY VALENTINE (30 YEARS OF GETTING PAID

Cbd. 8:00pm. $18.00.

• WHAT THE FUNK FRIDAYS Purple Emerald, Northcote.

FISTCAKE + WAR HAWK + MORE Tote Hotel, • KITTY BANG (A ROCK GIG FOR KIDS) Gasometer

BIG DADDY WARBUCKS + JEREMY (THE KID) ROBERTSON Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. • TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet,

Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $7.00.

• I AM DUCKEYE + THE BALLS + STRAWBERRY

Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.

• SPENCER P JONES (FRIDAY KNOCK-OFF) Cherry

• GLOBAL SESSIONS - FEAT: JALI BUBA KUYATEH &

• THE SARAH MCDONALD QUINTET Vamos, Melbourne

• HORACE BONES + FIFTH DAWN + ACID WESTERN

• JOHN KENDALL & THE SHOT GLASSES Inkerman

Town, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

$5.00.

Since it’s release last month, Jess Ribeiro’s latest album Kill It Yourself has been making huge waves in the music scene. Don’t miss the official launch over at Northcote Social Club going down this Saturday September 26.

Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

• GEORGIE DARVIDIS + JAMES BOWERS QUINTET

• SOUTHSIDE SOUL - FEAT: DJ LADY SOUL &

JESS RIBEIRO

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• HARRY HOWARD & THE NDE Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.

• HOLY SERPENT + WATCHTOWER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Lost in Sight

So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Hi, my name is Dylan James and we’re called Lost in Sight. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Loud, heavy and energetic. What do you love about making music? The fact 1000 different people can listen to the same song and it can mean something different to each of them. What do you hate about the music industry? The decline of rock’n’roll. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? David Bowie because he’s David Bowie. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Whoever currently runs MTV, because of their damaging contribution to the commercialised crap we call ‘music’ these days. What can a punter expect from your live show? Good times, good people and good rock’n’roll. What’ve you got to sell music-wise? Our debut EP and also our new double EP we’re releasing in September. Anything else to add? If you want a good night, come down to see us. LOST IN SIGHT play the Brunswick Hotel on Thursday September 24 with The Phatjacks, Dec Mckinnon and The Knockabouts and Dylan James.

Q&A

Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

HOTEK WRECKING CITY TRADERS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm.

• TANNED CHRIST + IN TRENCHES + DISASTERS +

YACHTBURNER + CHRIST CRUSHER Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

• THE BERKELEY HUNTS + ZIGGY BRITTEN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

• THE SUBSTITUTES (THE WHO TRIBUTE BAND) Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $15.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • ALISON FERRIER - FEAT: JED ROWE AND ALISON

FERRIER Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

• ANDY PHILLIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK Saints & Sailors Cafe, Portarlington. 8:00pm.

• CAT & CLINT TRIO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

• CHELSEA DRUGSTORE Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. • CHRIS WILSON & FIONA BOYES Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 2:00pm. $20.00.

• DAVE TICE BAND + NEVER + SWIDGEN Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $15.00.

• F.F.C + KMART WARRIORS + UNCLE GEEZER + IN

THE ESKY Black Hatt, Geelong. 8:30pm.

• GARRETT KATO + JAMES TEAGUE + LUKE MORRIS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $13.30.

• JESS RIBIERO + GORSHA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00.

• JOHN WILLIAMS + DOUBLESHOT BLUES BAND +

SOUTHBOUND SNAKE CHARMERS + D.R MALONE Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.

• KARAOKE WITH ZOE Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:00pm.

• KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• KRAKEN FOLK SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3:00pm.

• LOUIS SPILLS + DOGSDAY + PAULIE BIGNELL

& THE THORNBURY TWO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

• MADELEINE DUKE + TIM HAINES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• PARMAGEDDON PART 1 - FEAT: FOXX + PETER

DICKYBIRD + PAST PRESENT + JUNKYARD + MORE + AINSLIE ADAMS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 12:30pm.

CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

OHMS

What’s your name then? Fiz and Lauren, we’re half the band. The other half consists of Pat and Mark. And what do you do? Fiz: I sing. Lauren: I pull drum faces When did you start doing that? Fiz: I used to sing songs to passers by from our apartment balcony, using the karaoke machine that dad got me in Japan. I even gave myself a stage name. By 13 I was in a band that played Nirvana songs. Why did you start doing that? Lauren: I got lessons as a birthday present. I used to be a sax player and apparently kept saying I wished I’d been a drummer. Do you think you’re good at doing that? Fiz: I am obviously the world’s undisputed, greatest singer. Ever. Lauren: My bands have kept me around, must be a good sign. If you weren’t doing that, what would you be doing? Fiz: Playing guitar or bass while singing. Lauren: Going slowly crazy. Fiz: It’s true, Lauren’s eyes start to twitch and she gets a crazy look on her face when she hasn’t played drums for ten minutes. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Free beer, playing with awesome local bands and mates, and when our friends come to gigs. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Hangovers, lugging gear upstairs, and the lack of ridiculous costumes. Melbourne bands (ours included) don’t get into costumes or overly showy shit enough. OHMS will launch their new vinyl EP this Saturday September 26 at The Grace Darling Hotel with Magic Bones, Claws & Organs and Diana Radar. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 49

GIG GUIDE

WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK

+ lace and whiskey + chase the ace + damn that river + more Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

• pheasant pluckers Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

• rattlin’ bones blackwood Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 2:00am. $7.00.

• redemption road + high nights + sara jane Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

• shane diiorio blues band Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

• strum rebellion Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. • the f100s Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

• the imprints + tecoma & colin lillie band Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• the jills Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

• the kill devil hills + kate alexander +

tankerville Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.00.

• the scrimshaw four Catfish, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

• the tommyhawks + bayou + jules douglas Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.

• toby robinson Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

• vic old time jam session - feat: craig

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

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • 10 dollar souls Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 4:00pm. • bang - feat: chasing ghosts + inventions

+ half breed heroes Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.

• beersoaked sundays - feat: mallee songs +

palm springs + low talk Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

• bolt thrower + inverloch + cauldron

black ram 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $49.50. • byo vinyl Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 4:00pm. • dogapalooza - feat: tash sultana + harrison storm + cocoa noire + amistat + walter collins Burnley Park, Richmond. 11:30am. $10.00.

• into the mystic (the music of van

morrison) - feat: joe creighton Ding Dong

• renegade joe + midnight collective + ed

hawke Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:30pm. $12.00.

• rock for all benefit concert - feat:

diamonds of neptune + the bipolar bears + little miss remembering Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• the dave tice band Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $20.00.

• the reversals + ulysses wulf + hunting

• tork + a basket of mammoths + electric

exiles Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • all day fritz Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

• el moth + the electric i + emi Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $12.00.

• galit klas cabaret & tamara vasilevitsky Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• musical theatre open mic night Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• punjabu virsa 2015 - feat: manmohan waris

+ kamal heer + sangtar heer + harinder bhullar Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 6:00pm. $49.00. • sunday soul sessions Purple Emerald, Northcote. 9:00pm.

• the melbourne jazz co-op Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• the sarah mcdonald quintet + lena Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• ultrafox Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

• charlotte roberts (variety night) Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• matteo motto Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• tinalley string quartet (be not afraid

of greatness) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • cherry jam Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• jarrow + the elliot’s + mewolf + idiots Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.

• masco sound system + sugar teeth Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $3.00.

• meg mac + sophie lowe + ali barter Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

• monday night mass - feat: lalic + mad

nanna + waterfall person + palm springs Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• mundane mondays - feat: tangrams +

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

• pennywise + anti-flag 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

• billy & eddie miller Big Huey’s Diner, South

• john flanagan & matthew colin Retreat Hotel,

• carl wockner Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

• willy mason + staffords + tim guy +

Melbourne. 4:00pm. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• charlie marshall & the curious minds Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

• chris wilson Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

• city sharps + housewreckers Mr Boogie Man

Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00. Brunswick. 7:00pm.

marciana jones Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Bar, Abbottsford. 6:00pm.

• a state of grace (the music of tim and jeff

Northcote. 2:00pm. $45.00.

buckley) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.

• drunken poet birthday spectacular - feat:

von stache Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• ian collard Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.

8:00pm.

12:30pm.

• jimi beavis Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. • jules boult Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

• lilith lane + sailor days + julitha ryan Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

• lloyd spiegel + angus legg + yasin leflef Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 2:00pm. $10.00.

• michelle gardiner Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 3:00pm.

• open mic sunday Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. • oscar lush Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28

• dane blacklock & the preacher’s daughter

2:00pm.

• flying engine stringband The Mercat, Melbourne.

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Hotel, South Melbourne. 5:00pm. $5.00.

• unsealed road Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm.

• andy phillips blues duo Sound Bar, Werribee.

North Melbourne. 4:00pm.

• monsters of the dirty south + from oslo +

9:00pm.

• the travis winters blues band The Water Rat

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK

8:00pm.

Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

• minimum wage - feat: white dog Public Bar,

• the steve martins Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

• a blonde moment Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.

chris wilson + flash company + danny walsh banned + gun barrel straights + more Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 2:00pm. • elwood blues club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .

Kilda. 3:00pm. $38.00.

• the new savages The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

• b3 breakout 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• drunken poachers Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

• meg mac + sophie lowe + ella thompson

Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Brunswick. 7:30pm.

7:30pm.

onion) + stewart d’arrietta St Kilda Memo, St

griffen + kate beams Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. • the band who knew too much Union Hotel,

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

• clare bowditch + dj crispi Northcote Social Club,

• john waters (lennon through a glass

• tar wells Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:30pm. $5.00.

season Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

• the shug monkeys + up up away Retreat Hotel,

Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $80.00.

• jam at musicland sundays Musicland, Fawkner.

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.

• temple of tunes + rasion d’etra + jack

For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au • parmageddon part 2 - feat: the vendettas

Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.

• sunday sessions - feat: various artists

• piquè - feat: pique + hills hoist + the

stranger suite + dreamin’ wild + frances fox + tali + mo alma 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. $5.00. • rebecca maree + jack mitchell + clancy piper Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. • richard dawson + brandon labelle + kraus Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $15.00.

• ross hannaford & the critters Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $18.00.

• rusty terminals Carters Bar, Northcote. 5:00pm.

• ryan vager + faye soft Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

• seb mont Big Mouth, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

• shannon bourne blues band Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. $5.00.

• sherry rich Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

• sime nugent & the capes Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

• sunday session - feat: brunsy Ferntree Gully

$65.00.

• evol walks + dead stone five + the dead lips Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

• fresh industry showcases Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

• ghost dick + chelsea bleach + kakariko Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.

• gilligan smiles + lorikeet + water bear Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $7.00.

• kooyeh + allysha joy + thhomas Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00.

• meg mac + sophie lowe + ali barter Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

• pennywise + anti-flag 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $54.00.

• super saloon + darcee fox + ablaze Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

• the garden + the memories + empat + lima

fuzzsucker Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00. JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • anna’s go-go academy Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 6:30pm. $10.00.

• jungle bird Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

• operatic emotion Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.

• peter voglis Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00.

• richmond music academy + roger clark

quartet Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 6:30pm. $9.00. ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • andy mcgarvie Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.

• dan blacklock & the preachers daughter +

the new savages Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

• lakyn Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

• open mic with matt mcfarlane Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7:00pm.

• taste of indie tuesday - feat: collective

action house band Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.

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THE PUSH PRESENT

ACCESS ALL AGES WITH RUTH MIHELCIC Interested in a career in the music industry and want to get along to this year’s epic Face The Music conference, but are low on spare dollars? You’re in luck, because last week Face The Music announced 25 FReeZA scholarships for young people who have participated in the FReeZA Program and are committed to developing a career in the contemporary music and entertainment sectors. Take a few minutes to apply and you could be going to the Melbourne conference for free, plus regional recipients will have their V-Line travel reimbursed. If you’re under 25 and have been involved with FReeZA in any way (including as a volunteer or a musician at one of their shows), or you’ve been involved in your local community, then you’re eligible. Get more info at www.thepush. com.au and apply by October 12. For the songwriters amongst you, check out the latest round of Push Songs, where you can get free songwriting mentoring with some of our nicest and most reknowned artists. Successful applicants will take part in three one-on-one songwriting workshops at our Brunswick office alongside Charles Jenkins and mentors Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue), Hayden Calnin, Phoebe Baker (Alpine) and Fraser A. Gorman. You’ll also be invited to join the Tuesday Night Song Club and meet and share ideas and live performance opportunities with fellow songwriters. It kicks off in October and is open to anyone from around Victoria (it’s all ages too). Apply at www.surveymonkey.com/r/R4PS2015 by October 5. Another opportunity for musos is the Darebin Music Feast Songwriters’ Award, which showcases and promotes the talents of local songwriters. Over 100 entries are received each year with finalists performing before a panel of distinguished local musicians as part of the Darebin Music Feast. There’s an amazing price package to be won including cash and studio time. Past winners include Jordie Lane, Sal Kimber, Ben Mason, Dan Flynn and Maddie Duke. For more info on to apply go to www.musicfeast.com.au/takepart and get your entry in asap as entries close today. In other news, tomorrow night SYN Media are hosting a free day for young people in regional areas to build their skills in radio. If you’re under 26 and living outside metro Melbourne and are keen to learn how to present or produce a radio program, join them for the sessions taking place at the House of Syn (16 Cardigan St, Carlton) on Thursday September 24. Places are limited so book early by emailing national@syn.org.au.

ALL AGES GIG GUIDE FRiDAY SePTeMBeR 25 • Youth Film Fest at Southern Peninsula Community Theatre, 245 eastbourne Rd, Rosebud, 6pm-8pm, Free, www.facebook. com/impaktfreeza, AA • FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands - Latrobe heat w/ Under Skarlett Skies, Suffering i Stand, DJ Welch, Gardens of Archadia, AURA at VRi Hall, Queens Parade, Traralgon, 6pm-11pm, $1, www. facebook.com/centralwestgippsland, AA SATURDAY SePTeMBeR 26 • Spring Sounds w/ Jai Cannon, Ampersands, Residual, isabella Khalife at eastern Beach Road, Geelong, 12pm4pm, Free, www.courthouse.org.au, AA • Rough River w/ Low Wave, Fezz, Rachael Hart & Chitra Ridwan at The Pavilion, Lower Princess Park, Cnr Hygeia Drv & Symonds St, Queenscliff, 4pm-8pm, Free, contact Louise Roberts on 5258 4816, AA TUeSDAY SePTeMBeR 29 • DJ Workshop at Shed 11 Youth Centre, 11 Marine Pde, Hastings, 1pm-5pm, Free, www.mpys.com.au, AA

TUeSDAY SePTeMBeR 29 – THURSDAY OCTOBeR 1 • Mural Workshop at Shed 11 Youth Centre, 11 Marine Pde, Hastings, 10am-5pm, Free, www.mpys.com.au, AA

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With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm

STUDY: RADIO, LIVE EVENTS, SOURCED FOR NEW MUSIC

According to 2015 edition of Nielsen’s Music 360, 91% of the US population (nine out of ten folks) listen to music. Terrestrial radio is still where 61% find new hits (up from 51% last year), but concerts and festivals are becoming more important, accounting for 12% (up from 7%). Only one fifth of Americans attend concerts, but they spend $15 billion a year, with a third discovering a new act. According to Billboard, the Share Of Ear study by Edison Research and Triton Digital found that 68% cite radio as where they find new music. Friends and relatives were 45%, movies 31%, audio or video streaming apps like YouTube 27% and TV 23%. But streaming and video on demand are taking consumers away from listening as much to radio.

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MORE ACTS FOR AGE MUSIC VIC AWARDS

Courtney Barnett, Marlon Williams, Harts, Briggs and The EG Allstars will perform at the tenth The Age Music Victoria Awards at 170 Russell on November 11. Ajak Kwai, Ben Salter, Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel), Briggs, Ecca Vandal, Emma Donovan, Iseula Hingano (Blue Eyes Cry) and Olympia will all perform a song with The EG Allstars.

SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS BACK TO MELBOURNE

This year’s Screen Music Awards are held in Melbourne for the first time since 2012. They are held on Thursday November 12 at Melbourne Recital Centre. They are organised by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers.

THE SEED’S FIRST POZIBLE CAMPAIGN

Nerdlinger

Define your genre in five words or less: Dodgy ‘90s melodic skate punk. How long have you been gigging and writing? Nerdlinger’s been around for almost three years now. Some of the guys have been jamming since high school, a good 12 years or so now. What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date? We just got back from Japan with MUTE (Canada) and Waterweed ( Japan). The last show was insane. MUTE don’t drink before a show and we’d been drinking since we got there, nine days earlier. We’d been trying to make them do shots the whole time but to no avail. They finally let their beautiful Canadian hair down on the last night. Nudity, 90+ whisky shots, fire extinguisher malfunctions, unwarranted sexual assault ± and that was just from the crowd. What inspires or has influenced your music? We’ve been on the road a while now and have met an absolute stack of bands and musicians. Everyone is keen to help, lend gear and just have a great night. It’s those nights that we’re addicted to. What do you think a band has to do to succeed? Say hello. Too often you see a band play outside of their home town and they just sit at the back and don’t talk to anyone. The vast majority of people don’t bite, say hi, buy someone a beer and just have a good time. Fun’s contagious. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? We released the Back to Winnipeg EP in 2013 and just released an EP/Album called Trendsetter. Both are available from Bandcamp. NERDLINGER are playing Laundry Bar on Thursday September 24. Trendsetter is out now via MGM.

Since The Seed was started by John Butler and Danielle Caruana 11 years ago, it has helped 400 emerging acts such as Boy and Bear, Emma Louise, The Veronicas and Holy Holy. It was funded by donations from the music biz. Now it is calling out to the public. A Pozible run (www.pozible. com/project/198834) sees Tame Impala, Butler, Little May, Marlon Williams, Harry James Angus and Clare Bowditch donating prizes. They include house concerts, video messages, the Seedy Mixed Tape, merch, a guitar, festival VIP packs and concert tickets. The fundraiser at the Athenaeum Theatre on October 12 with Butler, Louise, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly and San Cisco has sold out.

TAYLOR SWIFT HEADING FOR HER BIGGEST TOUR

Taylor Swift’s 1989 world tour is going to be her most successful. Already from 40 shows in North America and Europe since May, she’s grossed US$134 million. This is just $16 million less than her entire 15-month Red tour of 2013/4. The 1989 tour has four months to go, finishing in Australia on December 12.

THINGS WE HEAR

• Which teen winner at an awards night is bewildered by how its organisers are cold shouldering him? Something to do with the moronic behaviour of his mates who accompanied him and got stuck into the free booze. • Which Sydney singer/songwriter revealed in her newsletter that her website was hacked by a Russian porn company? • Muse have stolen Pink Floyd’s The Wall tour production chief to create a multi-media extravaganza to include “a whole swarm of drones” and a stage “like a double headed arrow” for their 2016 world tour. • Seven Network experimented with the return of The X-Factor by previewing the first episode on Facebook three days before. It got 100,000 views within the four hours it was up, and 1.506 million metro viewers when it launched. Even during the leadership coup in Canberra, people yawned and tuned into The X-Factor instead, making it the most watched TV show that night. • The arrival of Malcolm Turnbull saw the arts sector campaign for George Brandis to be dumped as arts minister. It worked, with Victorian Senator Mitch Fifield taking the role this week. Fifield is also the new Communications Minister and part of the digital division. Expect campaigns to dump Brandis’ contentious National Program for Excellence in the Arts, and for ISPs to try and stop the looming “three strikes” policy, which has been a flop in New Zealand. • The toppling of Tony Abbott was met with lots of jeering from the music industry. Thy Art Is Murder rushed out a new t-shirt with a graphic of Tone bleeding from his eyes

and the sympathetic message “Bitch You’re Dead.” Punk outfit Until Abbott Gets Gone announced they’d break up as their mission was accomplished. The folks behind Abbott the Musical had to do a quick rewrite before its Melbourne premiere last week. • Australia’s Generik joined Calvin Harris in Vegas this month for two shows, joined at one by Ed Sheeran. He’ll do three more US shows next month. • The ACT is the latest place lobbied to trial lockouts. • Grant Ryan, owner of Geelong’s music friendly Barking Dog, is offering $500 to anyone who can identify a group of thugs who smashed up the place after they ordered a meal and were told the kitchen closed at 11pm. Ryan said they intimidated patrons, smashed chairs and scared a 19year old female staffer over a 45-minute rampage caught on CCTV. Ryan is at grant@theryangroup.com.au. • Triple R’s signal to its Mt Dandenong transmitter is safe. A developer proposed a six-storey, 28 unit development for 122-124 Nicholson Street. Triple R protested that it would effect its signal. Moreland City Council only allowed four storeys, at which the builder unsuccessfully went to VCAT. Local MP and minister Jane Garrett and Planning Minister Richard Wynne intervened saying the station couldn’t bear the $452,000 cost of moving the transmitter. • While Grinspoon come out of their hiatus by beginning rehearsals on October 17 for a bunch of Cold Chisel dates, guitarist Pat Davern is preparing a children’s book and music album to be launched via Universal Music and the ABC in November. • Ex-Gunners Slash and Duff McKagan reunited at a California charity event performing Highway To Hell. • Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways doco won two Emmy Awards in LA as part of the Creative Arts Emmys event (for sound editing and sound mixing), which preceded the 67th Emmy Awards on September 20. • Black Keys’ Patrick Carney deleted his nasty tweets about Jack White as the pair settled their feud with a phone call. • In the crowd digging Queens of the Stone Age’s surprise LA comeback gig after a year off were former bassist Nick Oliveri, Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain.

ALBERT DADON LAUNCHES ALFI RECORDS

Melbourne based jazz guitarist Albert Dadon (aka Albare) has set up ALFI (Art Lab For Innovation) Records. It launches worldwide with five releases by Dadon, ten-time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval, Joe Chindamo/Zoë Black, Phil Turcio and César Orozco. It is distributed in Oz by The Planet Company, and the rest of the world by Naxos of America, Inc. Albare tapped New York’s legendary A&R veteran and Grammy-winning producer Carl Griffin as senior vice president of ALFI Records. Griffin signed or produced many successful acts including Diana Krall, Ramsey Lewis and BB. King

REMI AND SENSIBLE J EXPAND HOUSE OF BEIGE

Hip hop collaborators REMI and Sensible J have expanded House Of Beige Records. They released the AMP-winning Raw X Infinity on the label and now will release “other people’s music that we love.” First signing is Hau whose The No End Theory album (which features the singles KILL.I.AM and Skip Hop) is out Friday September 25.

STAR HOTEL RELAUNCHES

The new owners of the Star Hotel (160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne) relaunch on October 3 as a 400-capacity dining, drinking and entertainment destination. The refurbishment was by interior stylists Reeb, who also handled the fit-outs of The Terminus and Prahran Hotels. Head chef is Danny Callen, ex-St Kilda’s The Post, while the music comes from resident DJs. In the 1970s, The Star was a live music venue, hosting the likes of AC/DC and Nick Cave.

JAKUBI WRAP UP US TOUR

R&B, hiphop, jazz and pop five-piece Jakubi are back in Melbourne after their second US tour in 12 months. They sold out headline shows in New York City, San Francisco and Chicago and played festivals including Summer Camp Music, Electric Forest, Taste of Randolph and Wakarusa 2015, which saw them performing alongside the likes of The Roots, Ben Harper, The Dandy Warhols and Skrillex. Since their first single in 2013, their music has been streamed ten million times and twice topped the Hype Machine charts. Latest single Couch Potato has been streamed over a million times and cracked the Hot AC Top 50, peaking at #44. It earned the praise of Perez Hilton, who said, “It’s so dope. They’ve got a real laidback, positive vibe that’s infectious.”

THE FLYBZ BACK FROM EAST TIMOR

Melbourne based rap act The Flybz are back in town after a successful visit to East Timor. The two former child soldiers played nine shows in six days, including an outside show in Dili before 4000 that screened live on East Timor TV. Their manager, Painters And Dockers’ Paulie Stewart, has a close connection to the country. His brother was one of five journalists killed at Balibo in 1975 when Indonesia invaded.

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LIFELINES Split: Christina Milian and Lil Wayne recently called it quits but have recorded a new track called Do It. Married: Devo’s Jerry Casale and Krista Napp’s nuptials got some negative publicity after a guest brought along a wedding cake shaped like the Twin Towers ± 14 years to the day that the buildings were destroyed by hijacked planes. Hospitalised: producer Quincy Jones, 82, for “shortness of breath” and chest pains. Ill: US singer and regular Australian visitor Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings) announced at the Toronto screening of Miss Sharon Jones!, the doco on her year-long battle with pancreatic cancer in 2013, that the disease had returned. Ill: Aussie singer songwriter Mark Holden revealed he is fighting another health battle with thyroid cancer cells discovered last month. Ill: The Who scrapped their 50th anniversary tour of North America after singer Roger Daltrey was felled by viral meningitis. Sued: Late bluesman BB King’s daughters by his manager LaVerne Toney and assistant Myron Johnson after they accused them of poisoning him. Suing: the mother of a baby whose 29-second video dancing to Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy was ordered by Universal Music to be taken down from YouTube, can sue. An appeals court judge ruled record labels can’t order their videos to be taken down if the other party can show “fair use”. Died: Gary Richrath, lead guitarist from REO Speedwagon until 1989, aged 65. Died: Bryn Merrick, bassist with The Damned (1984 to 1989), from cancer, 56. He was quite a character, with his life including car thefts and prison spells. Died: Daniel Keighley, promoter of New Zealand’s ‘80s Sweetwaters festivals and one time Mutton Birds manager, 63, cancer. Died: a 26-year old man from Albury at Sydney’s EDM festival Defqon.1 on Saturday night. Another nine were hospitalised.

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ELEFANT TRAKS INTRODUCES LICENSING ARM

Sydney hip hop label Elefant Traks launched a new online licensing platform. It offers music to “independent and amateur production” film makers and sync users at “competitive prices” and ensures the songwriters and musicians are compensated properly. The platform launched with 200 tracks by Elefant Traks acts including Hermitude, The Herd, Horrorshow, Urthboy, Jimblah, L-FRESH The LION, Astronomy Class, Jane Tyrrell and The Last Kinection.

NAB, LIVE NATION, BECOME PARTNERS

National Australia Bank and promoter Live Nation Australia signed a multi-year partnership. NAB, which is expanding its involvement in entertainment, is a LN brand partner. NAB customers get access to concert ticketing, VIP packages, ‘Money Can’t Buy’ experiences and custom content. LN’s other partners are Qantas, Europcar, NSW Health, Spark (NZ), American Express, and Hilton Hotels and Resorts.

RICK ROSS LOSES CLAIM TO LMFAO SONG

A Florida judge shot down a claim by hip hop superstar Rick Ross that LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem ± which has the phrase “Everyday I’m shufflin” in its chorus ± infringed the copyright of his chart-topper Hustlin (which had the lyric “Everyday I’m hustlin.”) The judge found that a three word-phrase was not enough to constitute infringement, especially as others had used it before.

SYDNEY’S X STUDIO EXPANDING TO ASIA, UK

Sydney studio, streaming, broadcasting and music venue complex X Studio has had such global interest that owner and tech entrepreneur Ron Creevey is taking the brand more global. It opens in Bali in the next few months just outside of Seminyak in a space that will hold 4,000 people. Next year will see openings in Singapore and London. Meantime, the Sydney complex is next month celebrating its first anniversary by launching its social broadcasting app X Cast.