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Richmond legend Tommy Hafey reckoned there wasn’t much to playing footy: get the ball, kick the ball and run after the bloody thing. When you strip away the fashion statements, pretentious discourse, ego and self indulgence, there really isn’t that much to rock’n’roll either – especially in its primitive garage rock guise. And therein lies the attraction of Melbourne via Cairns garage punks Drunk Mums. Drunk Mums sing about stuff that just happens: sitting by yourself, feeling at ease, getting a dose of vitamin D on a sunny afternoon. The riffs are as sharp as they are raw. To listen to Drunk Mums is to realise that rock’n’roll is the ultimate proletariat adventure.
Photo by Ian Laidlaw There isn’t much of an alternative music scene in Drunk Mums’ hometown of Cairns, at least not that bass player/vocalist Adam Ritchie can recall. “It’s mainly just cover bands, a lot of reggae,” he says. “There’s one punk band called Meat Bikini. I watched them a lot when I was a teenager.” There was, however, a bit of a goth scene, a strangely common appearance in isolated Australian regions. “I sometimes forget that there was that scene there,” Ritchie laughs. “You can get that with smaller towns. It’s like an emo scene, metalcore and that stuff, bands that are influenced by I Killed the Prom Queen.” Ritchie and his family moved to Cairns from Gawler, in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, when he was eight years old. He spent his teenage years listening to punk and hardcore, which gradually progressed to metal. “I played in quite a few punk bands when I was in Cairns, including some heavier stuff like grindcore. I also played in a bit more of a pop punk band called The Werewolf.” While Ritchie knew his Drunk Mums bandmates – guitarists/vocalists Jake Doyle and Dean Whitby, drummer Johnny Badlove and tambourine player Isaac Forsyth – when they all still lived in Cairns, it wasn’t until he moved to Melbourne that he joined Drunk Mums’ scrappy punk rock ride. “I didn’t really listen to garage rock or even rock’n’roll when I was in Cairns,” Ritchie says. “But that changed when I moved to Melbourne. It was really the influence of the other fellas, because they grew up listening to blues and that sort of stuff.” Doyle and Whitby had been playing music together for a number of years and are responsible for originally forming Drunk Mums. It didn’t take long for the boys from Cairns to attract attention in Melbourne. With their excited stage demeanour and Mummiesesque garage punk licks, Drunk Mums embody the DIY spirit that flows through the veins of garage rock. Famously, Cherry Bar owner James Young saw them on stage at Cherry one night and was so impressed by the performance that he decided to cast aside his resolution to never again manage. Drunk Mums released their first EP, Eventual Ghost, in 2011, and their eponymous debut long player in 2012. The album cover featured a naked female torso, allegedly that of a stripper by the name of Peaches who’d responded to an advertisement the band placed on Gumtree. The audacious artwork didn’t go unnoticed – Apple initially refused to feature the album cover on iTunes. But, with a bit of judicious digital photographic attention, the company ultimately relented. “The first record eventually passed, and it’s up there now. I think they just blacked out the nipples,” Ritchie laughs. On their debut record, Drunk Mums kept it in the family, with recording and mixing handled by Whitby. The first cut of the band’s second album, Gone Troppo, BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 24
was also recorded by Whitby, before they reconsidered. “We actually recorded this album with Dean the first time, but didn’t really think it fit well enough,” Ritchie says. “So we scrapped it and then re-did it with a really good friend of ours who’d done live sound with Thee Oh Sees and Lighting Bolt. So we sat back and focused on playing.” Ritchie says Gone Troppo shows Drunk Mums’ evolution from their garage punk past. While it retains the band’s original DIY aesthetic, Gone Troppo displays more of a well-rounded rock’n’roll feel. “I think if anything we’re progressively growing into a full on rock’n’roll band rather than a punk band,” Ritchie says.
“I THINK IF ANYTHING WE’RE PROGRESSIVELY GROWING INTO A FULL ON ROCK’N’ROLL BAND RATHER THAN A PUNK BAND... YOU CAN ALREADY TELL WITH OUR NEW RECORD THERE’S A LOT MORE CLASSIC ROCK THAN THE GARAGE PUNK WE’VE PLAYED IN THE PAST. ” “You can already tell with our new record there’s a lot more classic rock than the garage punk we’ve played in the past.” But rather than spurning their past life, Ritchie says Drunk Mums’ evolution is more organic. “It’s a kind of free bird – it’s just gone on by itself. We never consciously say, ‘We’re going to play this kind of music’, whereas in other bands I play in I do say that.” The title of Gone Troppo is a tribute both to the psychoclimatic intensity of the band members’ hometown (“It sends me mad, so that’s why I moved down here,” Ritchie laughs) and a notable Cairns nightclub by the name of Tropos. “We do go a bit crazy if we’re driving long distances, but the title really comes from paying homage to being from up north and being in that tropical weather.” Drunk Mums are either blessed or lucky to have three separate songwriters – blessed because it ensures a diversity of songwriting styles, and lucky because it ensures the band has just enough songs to fill a full album. “We just threw everything we had at this
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record, so it wasn’t a democratic process [to choose the songs] at all. It was a case of, ‘You’ve got a song? OK, let’s record it’.” As for lyrical subject matter, Ritchie concedes that Drunk Mums aren’t spending a lot of time pondering their internal emotional constitution or the vagaries of human existence. Take for example Nanganator, a song that takes its name from the slang term for a whipped cream charger, the source of cheap narcotic thrills for many decades. “I think the term nanganator is a far north Queensland term,” says Ritchie. “People would use it up north, but when I got down here no-one would know what we were talking about.” There is at least a brief note of solemnity on the record: Stinny’s Brain takes its inspiration from the tragic story of South Carolina teenager George Stinney, who was convicted of the murder of two white girls in 1944 on the basis of spurious evidence at best. In 2014, after years of campaigning by Stinney’s sister and other local supporters, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that Stinney’s trial was an abuse of process and the conviction was posthumously set aside. Miscarriages of justice excepted, Drunk Mums are avowedly out to have a good time. In other interviews, band members have decried the seriousness of modern rock’n’roll, preferring the positivity and idealism of the ‘60s garage rock scene. “I think it was probably one of the other guys who said that, because they listen to some pretty intense music. But I don’t really like listening to shoegaze or that type of music because it’s really depressing to me. I don’t see the point in acting like that. It really seems like people that play that type of music actually aren’t sad, they just portray that on stage.” Drunk Mums are well into the national tour in support of Gone Troppo, covering Cairns, Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney. “This tour has been great, it’s been good fun. We played at Sounds of the Suburbs in Cronulla – that was a really good gig. It was set in an alleyway and there were lots of kids just going crazy. We played in Cairns, but everyone’s pretty well left Cairns who were our friends – not totally, but a lot of people have left because they’re over it, just like we were.” The next step is to get overseas, initially to Spain where the band’s first record was released, and then to United States. But in the meantime there’s plenty of fun to be had at home. “We’re definitely doing it because we want to do it like that. We’re just generally those kinds of people – positive about life, and positive about playing on stage. I think it’s important to be like that.” DRUNK MUMS play Howler on Saturday October 24 and Panacea Festival in Benalla on Friday November 20 till Sunday November 22. Gone Troppo is out now via Pissfart Records.
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THURSDAY COMEDY This Thursday, Nazeem Hussain headlines another massive show. He’s one of the fastest rising comedians in the country. You’ve heard him on triple j, and seen him on SBS’s Legally Brown, and if you missed out on his completely sold out run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, here’s your chance. Plus there’s a great support lineup in the shape of David Quirk, Xander Allan and a special guest or two. Plus, this year they’ve had surprise guests like Wil Anderson, Stephen K Amos and Tony Martin, so you never know who you’re going to see there. There’s been massive audiences the last few weeks, so get down early to get a good seat. It’s all happening this Thursday October 22 at 8.30pm, at the European Bier Café, 120 Exhibition St, CBD, all for only $12.
Manifesto ACMI have announced the world premiere of Manifesto, a new 13-channel work by Berlin-based artist Julian Rosefeldt starring Cate Blanchett. The work digests and re-embodies the manifestos of visionary actors, artists, film makers and dancers as well as groundbreaking works from artistic movements including the Futurists and Dadaists. Designed to question the role of the artist, Rosefeldt has edited and reassembled a collage of philosophies, juxtaposing the philosophies of Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer and Sol LeWitt among others. Australian actor Cate Blanchett will bring these manifestos to life, performing them through 13 different personas including a puppeteer, newsreader, school teacher and a homeless man. Ultimately, the work highlights the poetry of each manifesto before asking, can they be applied universally? And if so, how can we apply them today? The exhibition will also bring together the artist’s previous works including Deep Gold, Stunned Man (Trilogy of Failure II) and The Soundmaker (Trilogy of Failure I) alongside the newly commissioned Manifesto. Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto opens Wednesday December 9 through to Sunday March 13. Entry is free.
KINGS OF COMEDY Kings of Comedy are back for another massive week with Michael Shafar, Brett Blake, Luke Leonard, Bart Howe, Alex Fusca, Simon Hughes, Sarah Jones, Ross Purdy, Sam Kirkpatrick, Mark McConnell and headliner Michael Connell. It goes down on Friday October 23 at La Di Da.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Comedy at Spleen are always full, and this week will be no different. The only place to be on Mondays will be chockers full of laughs with guests and it’s the place where big names drop in. This Monday, Becky Lucas hosts, with guests like Anne Edmonds, Steele Saunders, Greg Larsen, David Tulk, some special guests and more. It’s this Monday October 26, at 41 Bourke St, CBD, at 8.30pm. It’s free to get in, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
Coming Up Dracula
Friday October 30 - Saturday October 31 Theatre Works
Russian Resurrection Film Festival Thursday November 5 - Sunday November 15 ACMI
MSO: Back To The Future Live In Concert Friday November 6 - Saturday November 7 The Plenary
Stephen Fry
Monday November 9 Hamer Hall
Poppy Seed Festival
Wednesday November 11 - Sunday December 13 Various Venues
Briefs What do you get when you combine six Aussies, one New Yorker, a potent blend of glamour and athleticism, dancing, juggling, acro-balancing, trapeze, hula hooping, lip syncing, six-inch heels and sequined frocks? Briefs of course! Following a year of sell out runs across the world, the blend of cabaret burlesque, Australian machismo and punkish swagger is set to arrive in Melbourne this November. Described as an Aussie Cirque du Soleil meets Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Briefs is led by audience fave, Shivannah (Fez Faanana) who is joined by Las Vegas award-winning Captain Kidd, ne of Australia’s leading aerialists, contortionists and circus trainers Dallas Dellaforce, Thomas Worrell, Evil Hate Monkey, Lachy Shelley and Louis Biggs. Briefs will transform the Athenaeum Theatre from Wednesday November 11 until Saturday December 5.
Halloweekend The Butterfly Club have announced their most terrifying endeavour yet to celebrate the unofficial Halloween-Melbourne-Cup-extra-long-weekend. Their mini-festival, Halloweekend will feature three jam-packed nights of entertainment, featuring the wildest and most hideous costumes imaginable and cocktails aplenty. Friday night kicks things off with a trio of scares. Early Burly will feature a multitude of ghoulish performers ready to dance on your grave in the wild burlesque revue guest-hosted by Anya Anastasia, then stay around for The Big HOOHAA!, Melbourne’s longest-running and best-loved weekly impro comedy show, before Trevor Jones’ Freaky Fridays, finishes things off. The rest of the weekend sees the spooky fun continue with The Laudanum Project’s one-off performance of The Grand Guignol Automaton, Natasha York in a special zombiefied edition of Adult Fairy Party and an intimate Halloween edition of Showpony. The Butterfly Club’s Halloweekend will take place from Friday October 30 until Sunday November 1. Tickets to all shows are available through the venue.
Are You Lonesome Tonight Taking on themes of love and loneliness, Are You Lonesome Tonight is SPARC Theatre’s ode to The King, inspired by a 740km pilgrimage to the 2015 Parkes Elvis Festival. Drawing on the ensemble’s mutual love for Elvis Presley, the production channels the grandiose and sequin studded era of ‘70s Vegas cabaret to create a heartfelt mix of songs and stories. Created in 2005, SPARC Theatre is a participatory arts ensemble working with people who live in supported accommodation within the City of Port Phillip. The company offers free art-making workshops for individuals living with substance related brain impairment, mental illness or disabilities, with the group meeting weekly to explore and develop drama, acting, singing, and other art forms. Are You Lonesome Tonight will run three shows from Friday November 20 - Sunday November 22 at the Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda.
City of Angels Award-winning production City of Angels has been locked in for a limited run of shows starring Kane Alexander, Amanda Harrison, Anton Berezin and Chelsea Plumley. The new Australian production is directed by award-winning director Martin Croft alongside musical direction by Kellie Dickerson and choreography by Kelly Aykers. Telling the story of a hapless screenwriter whose creation mysteriously takes on a life of his own, City of Angels is a celebration of film noir, comedy and dark detective fiction. Winning Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical at its debut, the production was recently dubbed Best Musical Revival at the 2015 Oliver Awards. City of Angels will run at Arts Centre Melbourne for four shows only from Wednesday November 4 – Sunday November 8.
The Interrobang The Interrobang is an ideas festival. A festival of questions, curiosity and knowledge. In a world first, the festival is programmed entirely by questions from the public, with topics ranging from humorous to controversial and insightful to incisive. Questions are pulled together from the audience and placed to a brains trust of 25 inquisitive and creative minds including comedian Rob Delaney, writer Cheryl Strayed and the Former Greek Minister for Finance Yanis Varoufakis. The Interrobang: A Festival of Questions will run from Friday November 27 – Saturday November 28, with more than 26 events running in venues across the city.
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Last Work
There’s a woman in a long blue dress jogging on an invisible treadmill at the back of the stage. Batsheva Dance Company’s Last Work opened on her and her blue dress and 20 minutes into the performance, she is still running. A seven-year-old girl named Tara sits behind us, conferring in loud whispers with her cousins, a pair of seven-year-old male twins. One of the boys clambers over his father to repeat his earlier observation to Tara, “She must be exhausted.” Later, Tara can be heard quizzing her mother: “What are they doing?” “What is happening?” She leans over to let her cousins know that they are watching a dance performance, some 30 minutes after it has begun. It’s quite nice, listening to these kids. They’re like the Greek chorus of contemporary dance, vocalising what must be the internal soliloquy of half the audience. Dance choreography can imply dynamics between bodies and things, but the meaning is always a bit of a mystery. No one really knows what its about. It’s a mistake to think you should. Last Work is ordinary in terms of being incomprehensible but extraordinary to watch. Choreographed by Batsheva Dance Company’s Artistic Director, Ohad Naharin, the piece represents two and a half decades of creative vision that has won worldwide acclaim. Opening on the marathon runner, the show progresses in a series of interlocking set pieces performed by Batsheva’s dozenstrong troupe. They move from the chest and the wrist,
YOUARENOWHERE flicking, snapping and undulating against a soundscape of subterranean bass and Israeli folk songs. It’s for the most part a purely textual expression, but there are scenes where men in cassocks are sexual aggressors, dominating over the women in white. “The boys are in black and the girls are wearing tutus,” Tara says. A man appears to be masturbating furiously then turns to reveal a well-polished rifle, which explodes with confetti and streamers as the music erupts in Soca-fuelled EDM. And always, in perfect rhythm, the girl in the dress is jogging in place. There is no discernable narrative in Last Work, the themes are slippery and opaque, but god, are the dancers beautiful. A tall, leonine boy in the ensemble creates the most spectacular shapes with his limbs, with more extension and fluidity than even his female counterparts. Making multiple, discreet rhythmic patterns against the esoteric soundscape, the dancers sometimes seem like glitch personified – a dozen moving parts of an electronic palette. Their bodies are strange and wonderful, distorted, disrupted and barking. They seem otherworldly in this performance, which beyond that makes no sense. I don’t know what it’s about, but I think it’s amazing. I wonder if Tara agrees. I ask her opinion at the end of the show. “Yes,” she nods sagely, “Good.” BY SIMONE UBALDI
For whatever historical reason, science and theatre tend not to coexist – both in practice, and in our mental representations of the two domains. Andrew Schneider boldly proves everybody wrong with YOUARENOWHERE, by blending physical theatre and physics lecture with ease he creates one of the most striking theatre performances in recent memory. Strobing effects and a sudden deep bassline comingle with the pitch black room and make a beeline for your pulse while Schneider flits in and out of view, distorting things from the outset. Things only get weirder and more wonderful from there as Schneider races around the room, trying urgently to convey something important. Bogged down by technology, his message is interrupted by glitches of light and sound to disrupt linear notions of time. You can never be sure which Schneider is on the stage, but the subtle nuances of his movements and emotions suggest that we are on a fractured timeline, witnessing his past, present and future in no particular order. The meditations of YOUARENOWHERE are profound, unsettling and compelling: Schneider’s exploration of relativity and parallel universes are as gripping and fully realised as his personal revelations. The show is flawlessly executed, and every effect manages to be engaging and completely disorienting all at once, bending the audience further and further into the nonlinear k-hole that is YOUARENOWHERE. The
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physical tension can be felt in the packed room, and as the beguiling mystery of the show begins to unravel in the third act, everybody is drawn in so deeply to the moment that it’s almost eerie. There’s an amazing development in the third act, but it would be cruel and nearly impossible to give any details because it’s not only mind-blowing, but also incomprehensible. YOUARENOWHERE takes you into the immediacy of the moment and further beyond that, to a place that will leave you reeling for days to come. BY ALI SCHNABEL
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RAURY
WHISPERS OF TRUTH By Adam Norris It is easy to grow cynical of the music industry today. With so many artists underpaid and overworked, and a market saturated with assembly-line sounds, it can be quite disheartening talking with musicians forced to cut corners or compromise their passion. Yet Atlantan soul hip hop upstart Raury has been able to avoid such concessions, and humbly acknowledges his good fortune. “You’ve really got to keep your eyes open,” Raury says. “You have your back against the wall so often in terms of timing, when you want to get your album done, when you want to tour, how much money you have, all of these different factors. I was blessed enough to get the deal that I got from Columbia, because there are plenty of people out there who just didn’t have that kind of appeal, who had to change what they do because they didn’t meet the right people. It’s not even a matter of it being anybody’s fault. It’s just getting lucky with opportunities and making the most of them. You do what you have to do. There are people out there who do things they wouldn’t be proud of, but hey, they have to feed their family.” In the course of our conversation it becomes clear Raury isn’t speaking in abstracts. Establishing exactly the kind of artist he hopes to be and aligning that with the workings of the contemporary music world is something he is all too conscious of. His first mixtape, Indigo Child, was released last year to almost instant
acclaim, landing him on the shortlist for the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. Last week he unveiled his studio debut, All We Need, and it doesn’t take a betting person to foresee a huge year ahead for the 19-year old. “I’ve got these incredible experiences, but a lot of people don’t hear from me that often any more. I’m all wrapped up in this thing, I’m in another country, so I have to remember to keep my phone charged,” he laughs. “I was never a person to call someone, to reach out all that often to begin with, so now that I’m busy the only people who tend to hear from me of late are the people I’m directly working with. My management team, they’ve become like my best friends. I mean, my manager is only 23. I met him when I was 15 and he was 19, so he’s more like a big brother, and everyone else in the management team are around the same age. We all just work together, and they’re the most immediate people in my life now.” Raury sounds amused and thankful for the life he leads, but there remains an undercurrent of concern in
his voice. Melodious as his songs are, there’s often a seriousness to his lyrics and themes. Considering his relatively young age, it’s unsurprising he carries such empathy and worry for his circle of friends; those who are also stepping into the adult world, but who might look at the success Raury has forged with resignation. “Take a song like Crystal Express. I was an 18-year old kid graduating from high school, like all of my other friends, and I just happened to strike success with a music career. But a lot of my friends, they don’t know where they’re going to go. They don’t know what they
want to do, they’re still trying to figure it out. And when the person next to you, who here happens to be me, is doing really well, you might get discouraged, you know? So Crystal Express was a song that I was hoping could breathe some life into them, tell them that if you believe in yourself and keep putting yourself out there, you need to meet your dream halfway.”
video Fire, complete with pyrotechnics. He admits he “didn’t know it was going to be that crazy”, which suggests Ooze rocked up to the shoot and realised that he was nowhere near qualified to be the adult in the situation. “Oh man, you’re so right,” he laughs. “Take the jumpsuit for example, it was way too small. If you see me in the clip, I try and raise my arms and I couldn’t even get them above my head. There’s fire going off everywhere while I’m struggling. It was nuts.” With a sponsorship from flavoured milk producers Nippy’s already on his side, if he sets fire to anything at one of his forthcoming shows, Ooze reckons he’s got it covered. “Oh man. I had so many at the Adelaide
show I wanted to make a bath out of them because we couldn’t take them on the plane. But we had a few too many drinks so that never happened. But maybe I should ask Nippy’s for a fire hydrant? That’d be a great way to make sure shit doesn’t go wrong. Let’s see what happens.”
RAURY’s debut LP All We Need is out now via Columbia/Sony.
IVAN OOZE
PLAYING WITH FIRE By Jonty Simmons
He might be seen as irreverent, but that’s not the name of the game for Melbourne rapper Ivan Ooze (AKA Ben Townsend). His wild lyrics and rapping style may seem effortless, but that’s only because Ooze is adept enough at the craft to make it seem that way. With nothing much else to do in Ringwood, the 23year old decided to start rapping in between smashing cones and skating ledges. From flipping freestyles in his room and his car, he’s built a massive online following that’s led to sell out headline shows on his current Fire tour, and support slots with Ice Cube, Azealia Banks and most recently Seth Sentry. They’re some big name support slots, but Ooze has no trouble naming his favourite tour so far. “I would have to say Seth’s probably, because I got to go all over Australia and check out everywhere. Plus we had a few days off where we could just go and explore.” However, the most receptive audience he’s performed to was at the Come Together festival in Sydney with other acts such as REMI, Thundamentals and Horrowshow. “There were so many people there, I’d definitely say that’s my biggest performance to date,” he says. “It depends on how the crowd’s feeling though when compared to the mixed bag festivals. When I went on stage I had so much energy and just maintained it throughout the whole set, so that’s what made the crowd so into it and made the atmosphere amazing.”
A characteristically relentless performer, Ooze says he nearly passed out on stage at a recent headline show in Adelaide. “I think it’s about keeping the rate of performance up. On the Seth tour we had five days performing and then two days off, so it’s almost like a work out in a way. If you continuously do it, it’s natural and becomes easier. But I don’t work out man, I’m fucking unfit. So when it came to the Adelaide show, I jumped off stage and I was dizzy as shit. It was really hot in the room and I was freaking out because the room was so packed. I wondered if anyone had dropped something in my drink, but it just turns out I’m totally unfit [laughs].” Ooze’s sense of humour is key to his music’s appeal, and his casual nature has given fans incentive to beg him to add extra shows to his current tour. “When you’re a rapper, you’re also an entertainer,” he says. “When I do video freestyles in my room, I get my mates over and there’s beer on the walls, someone’s kicked a hole in the wall. But people like that because you’re rowdy and it’s pretty much stuff that they do with their own crew.” This rowdiness is cranked up to 11 in the rapper’s latest
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Don’t let the name fool you, D.A.V.E. the Drummer is about much more than drumming. In fact, he was one of the key producers behind the acid techno sound that came out of London in the ‘90s. We had a chat to the legend on the progression of his sound, what’s keeping him busy and performing at Earthcore and around the world. You’re known for being one of the key producers behind the acid techno sound from London in the ‘90s, how has that sound developed over time? For me the sound has changed a lot. Back in the ‘90s I was making harder faster acid techno. These days I have gotten more into the current sound of techno, which is still pretty driving and tough, but a bit deeper and a little slower tempo with clearer production and spacey FX. You’re also the owner of record label Hydraulix. How have you found the talent coming out in the past few years? I have been happy to release tracks by some very talented people, including Tom Laws, Lowkey and Kardinal, and Marcello Perri. Plus I have been making some new music with and old mate Syber Symon.
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You still produce a lot of your own stuff as well. Is it nice having such a pool of talented DJs/producers at your fingertips with Hydraulix? We imagine there would be many cross-collaborations happening. There are lots of collaborative projects planned for later this year. Including something with Chris Liberator, which I’m really excited about as we don’t get to see each other much these days. You’re no stranger to the festival scene and you’ve been announced as one of the artists performing at Earthcore in November. Are looking forward to it? Yes mate, totally looking forward to it. It’s a great festival with a great lineup. Given you’ve performed all over the world, how do us Aussies compare? Do we know how to party? I love partying with the Aussies, we are cut from the same cloth.
Out of everywhere you’ve performed, who has been the craziest crowd? The Brazilians and the Polish are always high quality nutters, the English are pretty good too, the Aussies also like to get down and dirty. Have there ever been moments where things have gotten too crazy, or do you thrive off that? I like madness, but not technical problems, or drunk people in the DJ booth knocking stuff over. But I like good times and good vibes and I don’t care how crazy it gets in that respect ± the crazier the better. Thanks again for the chat, any last words of wisdom you’d like to share with our readers? Ignore the trends, do what feels right.
D.A.V.E. THE DRUMMER is playing Earthcore 2015 in Pyalong, VIC, from Thursday November 26 ± Monday November 30.
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IVAN OOZE plays the Workers Club on Friday October 23. He’ll also appear at Beyond The Valley, which runs from Tuesday December 29 till Friday January 1, in Lardner, Victoria alongside Jamie xx, E^ST, Broadway Sounds and more.
ROBERT HENKE
COMPUTERISED LIGHT By Siggy Javotnik
Robert Henke vividly remembers hearing Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene for the first time. He was six or seven years old, standing in front of a speaker as tall he was, transfixed by the sound. “It’s the first time I realised it was possible to make music with no vocals involved, where sound is the essential part,” he says. “I had no idea what was possible, musically. Hearing electronic sounds for the first time made a lasting impression.” Henke’s engineer parents were less than thrilled by his newfound lust for music, and they ignored his teenage forays into piano and gothic pop. Ultimately, however, their technical minds would be a major influence on the course of their son’s career. When Henke moved to Berlin in 1990, he enrolled in a computer science degree. While immersing himself in the dawn of rave culture, he became a programmer, as fixated by machines as he was by their effect. “The people in club culture had no idea what academic composers were doing and the academic researchers had no appreciation for the seemingly stupid, simple repetition of club culture. For me, I didn’t see this so much as a contradiction because I saw mutual influences on both sides,” Henke says. “My own music was basically an attempt to incorporate elements for both worlds that I liked most. I wanted to have complex evolutions of sounds and I wanted to have the rigid, rhythmical structure I learned to love when I went to clubs.”
With teacher Gerhard Behles, Henke developed an application called the PX-18, which allowed them to perform improvised, pattern-based dance music. In 1995, he and Behles founded Monolake, a minimalist, deeply influential techno outfit that came to represent the Berlin sound. Working together throughout the ‘90s, they produced glitch-heavy, experimental electro that earned the controversial label of IDM (intelligent dance music). Henke and Behles explored the outer edges of sensory experience in both their music and performance, and with Bernd Roggendorf they developed software that would transform the electronic music scene: Ableton. An extension of the PX-18 technology, it allowed digital producers to improvise and create live and in real time. It brought computers a step closer to traditional instruments, where the performer’s direct movement resulted in sound. In the ‘00s, Ableton Live became ubiquitous software, alongside a Monodeck MIDI controller that Henke also developed. Electronic
musicians as engineer/architects were replaced with producer/performers who would increasingly take centre stage on the global live music circuit. Meanwhile, Henke was pushing forward into bold new frontiers. He stepped away from the booming Ableton business in 2009 and refocused on his own work, developing an artform that combined music, light and digital performance in unprecedented ways. “I dramatically cut down my involvement with Ableton and this freed up a lot more energy than I assumed,” he says. “I poured that energy into the visual elements.” Henke’s chief interest now is lasers. His live performance has evolved into an immersive audiovisual experience that synchronises intricate, rapidly evolving laser projections with sound. “It became a very natural extension of what I was thinking about anyway, to work more visually,” he says. “I did sound installations which at some point involved a visual element and then suddenly I ended up doing visual installations, where the visual side became more important than the sonic side.”
Using his own customised software, which he re-codes as necessary, Henke creates immersive, synesthetic experiences that continue to push the boundaries of computer-generated art. He is still fixated by the promise of machines and fascinated with their effect. “At the end of the day, as a technology driven person or as an artist who embraces the use of technology, the things I do conceptually, for instance when I work with the lasers, are not so different from the things I do when I’m working on sound. I apply the same concepts. I use the same tools. I am interested in the same ideas, it’s just a different medium.”
incredibly creative and big-thinking people like Peter [Serafinowicz] and Nima [Nourizadeh] guiding it. What they’ve been able to do with I Feel Better, Ready for the Floor, Don’t Deny Your Heart ± it ’s amazing.” Touring in support of Why Make Sense? has taken up the majority of the year. It’s one thing to worry about things like the setlist and where the next show will be (at the time of writing, the band are working their way through the UK, including sold-out shows in Manchester and Leeds), looming above all of that, however, is the logistics of putting on the kind of shows Hot Chip are renowned for. It’s a big and sometimes arduous task, but Doyle and his bandmates find it an ultimately rewarding exercise. “It’s not viable to do what we do. It’s not cheap, either. There are seven of us in the band, eight people in our
crew that do our lighting and our stage set-up, two tonnes worth of gear that comes with us to every show.” Two tonnes? You can’t be serious. “Yep. Two tonnes of amps, pedals, synths, guitars, speakers, mics ± everything. It can get to the point where we do tours with the full awareness that we’re not going to make any money from it. We stick with it because we still get a lot out of playing those shows ± especially if we’re coming to areas that we don’t get to visit a lot. It’s worth taking the financial blow just purely for the experience.”
ROBERT HENKE presents Lumière II on Thursday November 19 at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre as part of Melbourne Music Week before returning to the venue on Friday November 20 for Robert Henke Examines Lumière II. He’ll also perform with Monolake on Wednesday November 18 at the Former Royal Women’s Hospital.
HOT CHIP
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY By David James Young You’ve heard it a million times from baby boomers, YouTube commenters and jaded rock and metal fans: “It’s just pushing a button. They’re not actually doing anything up there. Anyone could do that.” They’re referring, of course, to the world of electronic music ± suggesting that any music without guitar as its primary focus isn’t real music. Clearly, none of these bright sparks have ever witnessed a live show ± and we mean a live show ± from London’s most daring geeks, Hot Chip. Not that the band have ever been out to impress anyone in particular. “I try to ignore the whole stigma, really,” says multiinstrumentalist, Al Doyle. “It doesn’t really faze me or factor into how I play. I know what I can do as a musician and I’m more than aware of what everyone else in the band is capable of. We are primarily focused on developing a solid live show ± something that stands out. It’s the same as when I was playing in LCD Soundsystem. We honestly don’t feel there is a live show quite like ours in terms of the music that we play in relation to how we play it. Often, a younger audience has only really seen trios and quartets; much smaller groups performing. That’s what takes up a lot of bigger festival bills. We get up there and there’s seven of us with more keyboards and gadgets than you can poke a stick at. We know that it sticks out, and we love when that gets recognised.”
In May, the band released their sixth studio album, Why Make Sense?, to an array of positive acclaim and top 40 chart positions across the globe. Three singles have been released from the record ± the robo-pop number Huarache Lights, rave throwback Need You Now and ‘70s-funk homage Started Right. A slick, smart and interesting music video has accompanied each single, which is an outlet the band have utilised to great effect over the years. From alien invasions at boy band shows to a soccer video game gone awry, you never quite know what to expect from a Hot Chip video. “I think that it goes beyond just being a cool aspect of making music,” Doyle says. “I honestly think it’s one of the last true great art forms. We’ve been really lucky in that we’ve had little more than just an idea going into some of our most popular videos, and we’ve had
HOT CHIP will appear alongside Courtney Barnett, Dirty Three, Empress Of and more at Sugar Mountain, which happens on Saturday January 23, 2016 at the Victorian College of the Arts. Why Make Sense? is out now via Domino/EMI.
THE FIELD CLUB FEET Melbourne Festival continues this week with an appearance from Stockholm via Berlin electronic musician The Field (AKA Axel Willner). Since initiating The Field over a decade ago, Willner’s gained renown for the pop infused minimal techno of his earlier recordings and the more organic approach to electronic music heard on later releases. Ahead of this Friday’s performance, Beat spoke to Willner about his musical background and forthcoming visit. You hail from Stockholm, but you’re currently based in Berlin. How does the electronic music scene in Stockholm differ from other cities worldwide, and what elements of Swedish music have influenced your sound? When I lived there, the electronic music scene was just about to become what most of the people are into today. So at that time, it was a bit more underground and not as big as it is now. There was also a very good experimental electronic music scene that’s been around since the ‘50s in Stockholm because of electronic music studio (EMS). As it grew quite mainstream however, that style became a bit lost. Lately I’ve been noticing that it’s a bit more balanced and back to that old style again. There are a lot of small parties in the woods, experimental electronics and so on. You can definitely feel the influence from Berlin in Stockholm.
It’s been noted you were heavily influenced by punk rock in your formative years, mainly playing guitar and drums. What triggered the jump from punk into electronic, and do you ever see the two genres merging within your music? The only way I see them connected is probably through my way of producing music. The mentality of making punk music is that I keep mistakes rather than redo it and make it perfect. You lose feeling by doing that. I became curious with electronic music when I heard Plastikman and The Orb on late night MTV, but at that time, as a teen and belonging to a certain group, I was a bit sensitive. So I kept it for myself. It was when I heard Daft Punk in 1996 that I realised I wanted to make electronic music; I was completely sold.
You work heavily with samples, particularly splendid pop numbers, and you’ll often journey back through musical catalogues and rediscover mountains of music from the past. Tell us about some of your best musical discoveries of recent times. I’ve been in to a lot of French music lately. France feels like they are a bit forgotten in the era of electronic music from the ‘60s-‘70s, so it’s very fun to explore that scene. It’s been a lot of Ariel Kalma and Hector Zazou lately. You first visited Australia way back in 2010, when you played Meredith Music Festival and a host of shows around the country. Tell us about your experiences with Australian audiences, and how has your live set developed over the past five years. I had a great time in Australia and the audience seemed very nice; they were really into it. Since then there have been some changes and the biggest is that
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nowadays I’m back to being solo. Now my music is a bit too clubby for venues. Before it was a bit more of a venue set up. This time around, you’ll be performing at Melbourne Festival, with a much larger discography under your belt. How does The Field’s live music experience differ to your recorded material? What onstage configuration will we see at your Melbourne Festival show? It’s alike but I’m always pushing it a bit more live ± how far can I take things? As I said, it’s a bit more for the clubs, so a bit more banging and it’s really danceable. It’s going to incorporate samplers, drum machines and effects.
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It’s undeniable that the City of Darebin is home to one of Melbourne’s most energetic and passionate live music scenes. The infamous High Street, from Thornbury’s Tago Mago to the Northcote Social Club, has been attracting keen punters for decades. Now in its 20th year, the Darebin Music Feast aims to showcase this wonderfully dynamic and eclectic atmosphere.
Taking place from Friday October 23 to Sunday November 1, the event offers a jam-packed program held in some of the area’s most notable venues, including Bar 303, Northcote Town Hall, Gray’s Piano World, Carters and Wesley Anne. The lineup contains an insane 75 acts and is extremely versatile by design, seeking to please every music-loving Melburnian. From R&B laden The Clichés to pop infused Tek Tek, it won’t be hard finding a show that’ll knock your socks off. What’s more, as part of Shop Talk, the Darebin Music Feast will offer an extensive programme of seminars, workshops and conferences in order to both inform and inspire the precinct’s already passionate music community. These will be presented by some of Australia’s industry elite, including Music Victoria, APRA, The Push and Arts Centre Melbourne. So, if you’re a promising musician, promoter, sound-engineer or producer and you’re struggling to launch yourself into Melbourne’s competitive music industry, this is for you. For those of you who, perhaps, went a little hard on last month’s pay due to the ever-enchanting turn of the season, Darebin Music Feast’s got your back. Hello Sunday, taking place on Sunday October 25, is a massive, day-long takeover of Northcote Town Hall. The best part about it? It’s free. The day boasts some of the most intriguing and innovative artists the festival has to offer, namely ‘60s pop duo Two Doors Down, magical realism outfit Reflejos and the Balkan folk inspired group aptly named Balkanika. The day will also provide attendees with some more intimate, community-based events. Who doesn’t want to take part in a good, ol’ fashioned campfire sing-along with their friends and neighbours? If you want to help generate Darebin Music Feast’s awesome atmosphere, there’s a few ways that you can participate. If you’re a busker, you can register through the event’s website to secure yourself a spot on the Hello Buskers stage, which will run as part of Hello Sunday. Alternatively, if you’re an avid ukulele player, you can join in on a flash-mob type performance in the Northcote Town Hall. So, if immersing yourself in Darebin’s enchanting, energetic and multifaceted music scene sounds like a good way to spend some of your Spring days, check out the full program on the festival’s official website. We’ll see ya there.
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They’re widely considered as two of Melbourne’s most esteemed music journalists, and as part of Darebin Music Feast’s Shop Talk, Jake Cleland and Tyson Wray will join fellow author and journalist Jenny Valentish for a fascinating panel discussion on How to Write Your Way To Success In The Music Industry. Over the years, between the two journalism heavyweights, they’ve been published by a host of publications ranging from Pitchfork to Resident Advisor, triple j to Vice, The Big Issue to The Age, and beyond. Now, the two scribes go head-to-head in a special chat for Beat. Tyson Wray: Would you agree that there’s an abundance of terrible music journalism out there? If so, why do you think that’s the case? Jake Cleland: There’s no system to support or educate nascent music writers in Australia. Whatever training they get from internships usually involves administration – how to get around a CMS, how to talk to PR – and not editorial guidance. Collarts are attempting to remedy this with their entertainment journalism program, but even publications and editors being more willing to train their writers would go a long way. Unfortunately most editors are overworked and underpaid.
are doing great things every single day with local artists, there are more Australian music blogs than I can count, and major publications are putting Australian artists on their front pages all the time.
JC: Why do you think some people have had such venomous reactions to your negative reviews? TW: I think that was a reflection on the type of people who are innately passionate about mass-marketed populous music. If you’re going to send gratuitous death threats over (what I believe was obviously) superfluous hyperbolic commentary, then, well, that probably says quite a lot about your psyche.
JC: How optimistic do you feel about the future of the street press? Beat was one of the first Australian music rags I habitually read, but now magazines and websites are dying all the time. Will street press live to see another decade? TW: I think the reason for so many publications dying is there are too many competing in an over-saturated marketplace. Think about how many sites there are out there offering national music coverage – there isn’t enough of an audience to sustain that. That’s why I think it’s important that we continue to be completely Melbourne-centric, and offer music, arts, food and general culture coverage. Somewhat ironically, too, keeping our content free is what maintains our readership and therefore business. I feel very optimistic in the business model that Beat has, combining both print and online in a free and easily accessible way.
TW: You’ve been quite successful in getting many local artists international exposure on Pitchfork. Do you feel the Australian music media does enough to support our own? JC: Yeah man, definitely. triple j and community radio
Tyson Wray and Jake Cleland, along with author Jenny Valentish, will appear on the How To Write Your Way To Success In The Music Industry panel on Sunday November 1 at The Push Pop Up Shop for Darebin Music Feast.
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It’s been a busy year for Emma Donovan, and it’s by no means reached its zenith. Backed by her partners in crime, The Putbacks, she’s scheduled to perform at two major showcase events over the next few months – Darebin Music Feast at the end of October and AWME in early November. Before that, however, Donovan has been spending a lot of time helping out indigenous communities with the Black Arm Band. “We share ideas for music,” she says. “A lot of the time it’s young fellas, young people, and it’s an ongoing relationship that we’ve built over the years with different communities. We’ve been to Maningrida a few times now, even Gumbalanya, making sure that we were going to come back. Even if the same mob don’t come, at least we have some members of the band coming back to help.” Indeed, rather than doing one off concerts or gigs, Donovan and her esteemed Black Arm Band cohorts often return to the same communities to provide ongoing support and gauge their progress. “We’ve got a lot of friends through Black Arm Band who are already part the community – youth workers, school teachers and the like working together,” says Donovan. “There was one lot in Maningrida who were saying that there was a lot of suicide around the area, but in a whole year that they got funding and the youth centre, they stayed alive there. They were doing so much work getting a studio ready, getting bands up there just to work with the mob, even so that some of the suicide threats went down. Not only that, even in terms of going to school – kids wouldn’t be rocking up to school because they’d be running out to the bush or camping. After the Black Arm Band started up playing music with workshops in the schools, the kids would start rocking up again. A lot of these kids might have the rooms and the facilities, but not the teacher. They just need some musos that they can play with and hang with. It’s a thing that we just kind of do. “The drummer and the percussionists are the most loved. All the young fellas love playing drums, they’re really brilliant natural drummers too. Just to have someone to share ideas with – they’ve already got the skills. The way that they write, they’re already working
in their own community bands.” While she spends a lot of time spreading goodwill and artistic know-how up north, Donovan also works with indigenous communities in NSW and Victoria, even in such urbanised areas as Geelong. Somewhat remarkably, her Black Arm Band commitments haven’t impeded on her original output. With Darebin Music Feast and AWME just around the corner, Donovan says she’s got some new music in the works, which will touch on her rich indigenous history. “With me and The Putbacks, we’re in the middle of writing another album now. We’ve been looking up songs from up home in terms of language and getting stories from my mother’s and father’s country – getting some songs that’ll make the mob up there feel nice and warm. The other thing too is that we’ve been doing a really cool version of a song from Ruby Hunter’s political band in South Australia. We’re bringing and recording older tunes we grew up singing and listening to from Uncle Arch [Archie Roach] and Auntie Rube, as well as some old country songs that my grandfather wrote for me and my cousins. “We’re looking forward to it. We did AWME a few years back but we didn’t have an album or anything out. We were doing covers and test-driving or things that were new at the time, so it’s going to be good to have a showcase this time around.”
I thought if we stuck to that, it’d be alright.” Pony Face’s Nebraska is truly a thoughtful, unique re-imagining of Springsteen’s classic, which is now 36-years old. The original record was conceived almost accidentally; Springsteen wishing to record demos before introducing them to the band. Instead, we have one of the highlights of his career. For Pony Face, the recommendation to pursue this troubled world of serial killers, loners and drifters came from without. “Pure Pop Records did their Summer of Classic Albums, and every band and its dog were doing one. I couldn’t think of an album that I wanted to do, one that didn’t sound like a whole lot of work. But then Dave [Stevens] suggested Nebraska, and I couldn’t think of a reason why not. We started, and then I realised there were so many words to learn. There were a couple of
songs I was trying to skip actually, because I couldn’t work out how to sing them. Reason to Believe and Atlantic City. They’re so well known, it was really, really tricky. Especially Atlantic City, to find some way that hadn’t already been done. I don’t think I listened to the record as much as I just read the words. That was when I realised that the album was a masterpiece, all these short stories that are so beautifully put together. And I say this respectfully, but it took until about threequarters of the way through the project when I realised I was working on something really special. It’s like taking a masterclass in songwriting.”
EMMA DONOVAN AND THE PUTBACKS play Northcote Town Hall on Sunday October 25, with Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, as part of Darebin Music Feast. They’ll then play Max Watt’s on Thursday November 12, with Mojo Juju, Quarter Street and The Seven-Ups, for AWME 2015.
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For a band whose name is something of a curse, Pony Face seem to be riding a steady wave of luck. The Melbourne trio (named as bitter prophecy for ex-partners: may your children be born with pony faces) have survived seven releases, national touring, and heart surgery. With their latest album, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, charming ears and breaking hearts, a follow-up is already well underway. Lead singer Simon Bailey talks us through the band’s back story, and why disrespect can lead to unforeseen appreciations. “You know, when you start your first band, it’s really hard to see yourself and what you want to do very clearly,” he says. “We didn’t have a clear definition of ourselves, except the words ‘cinematic’ and ‘landscape’ kept on coming up. There wasn’t any focus on songwriting; that kind of developed later. It was more about getting the mood right, finding the atmosphere. After lyrics, if it still had that kind of feeling, that’s how we know a song is finished.” It’s a philosophy that’s served the band well so far. Their songs have a striking, somewhat sombre tone that is still energetic and drenched in colour – one need only check the video for 2011’s Bermuda to see this sensibility in action. Nebraska, then, is a departure for several reasons. While the fingerprints of their mood are obvious, it allowed Bailey the chance to approach arrangements BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 32
from an entirely new perspective. “The thing is, we’re really not Bruce Springsteen fans at all,” he says. “I don’t think I’d want to hear a record that covered Nebraska if the band was really respectful, you know? So we came at it very disrespectfully. I’m so surprised that people haven’t thrown shit at the stage. The first time we [performed] it, there were these old dudes up the front with their arms crossed, and we just knew they were there comparing the songs and didn’t look that impressed. It wasn’t until we reached Highway Patrolman that they started to nod along and come on board. Doing this thing, reproducing a demo, lo-fi album there were two rules that I felt we had on our side. The first was coming at not respecting the original arrangements, not tracing what’s already been done. The second was not to hi-fi it up either, not to tart it up.
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PONY FACE will give their final public performance of Nebraska at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre on Wednesday October 28 for Darebin Music Feast.
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EVERYTHING’S AMAZING By Patrick Emery Dan Kelly is coy about the veracity of the stories that accompany his latest record, Leisure Panic. Taking a leaf from the liner notes to ‘50s jazz records and Bob Dylan’s poetic licence in describing his personal back story, Leisure Panic contains a series of stories purportedly based on Kelly’s time travelling overseas and up and down the east coast of Australia. The subject matter spans a ferry ride in the Greek islands, working as a gigolo at a Republican wives’ conference on an aircraft carrier, spinning discs in a Berlin club, a run-in with a bikie in the Gold Coast and hanging out with a hippie couple in Nimbin. “Some of it I’ve written my stories into the songs and I’ve danced over the top of it, and some it is pretty straight up,” Kelly says. “But I’m not going to say exactly what I did and didn’t do. But I definitely just didn’t sit in my house in North Fitzroy making it all up.” What is true is that Kelly has spent a large part of the last five years travelling. Occasionally ± whether it was in Greece, Byron Bay or even in Northcote ± inspiration would strike and a song would be born. “The songs are kind of based on my travels, so there’s a thread, and I kind of extrapolated,” Kelly says. “Some of them are pretty verbatim, and some of them are what I wished I was doing. When I’m lying on the deck on a ferry in Greece smoking Greek cigarettes, the idea that I’m a gigolo on an aircraft carrier isn’t that hard a leap to make. And when I think back now, I think, ‘Was I?’ [laughs].”
The geographical reference points on Leisure Panic are largely accurate: Kelly did spend a short time in Berlin, though it was in Byron Bay that he spun discs. The juxtaposition of these events forms the album’s concluding track, Jet Lag, in which Kelly assumes the persona of a DJ running a Berlin-themed nightclub. “The time in Berlin ended up mutating with my time in Byron, so I ended up constructing part of the song around running a Euro dub club in Byron,” Kelly says. “But that was a mixture of what I’d been doing in Berlin, where I’d been going to this club, and the next thing I know I’m on the beach in Byron, surrounded by this roots lifestyle.” Kelly also sent time living in northern New South Wales, not far from the southern Queensland region where he grew up. While the popular image of northern New South Wales remains crystals, hemp clothing and
the discourse of peace, love and understanding, the reality isn’t so simple. “This time I was staying with a friend in a community, and what I realised that now you have artists there who’re trying to get their shit together; North Sydney real estate agents who’ve dropped out but still want to succeed; the children of the Age of Aquarius who’re doing all kinds of things; and your urban ice freak scene, skaters, tough local surfers, backpackers ± it’s a really vibrant scene,” Kelly says. On the song Everything’s Amazing, Kelly delves into the complex sociology and psychology of the area. “They have a theory that area is where the Aboriginal men would take the young men for initiation around that Mount Warning area, and not a lot of them would
live around there because it was super powerful and you’d go a bit mental if you stayed there. Which is why I reckon it feels so amazing when you go there ± which is why I wrote that song.” Leisure Panic follows 2010’s Dan Kelly’s Dream and Kelly hopes it won’t be another five years until he releases his next record. “I’m writing now, and I’ve got a studio now with a friend. I’ve got three songs recorded already, and these days when you’re not going to make any money from recordings, I think it’s best to just keep getting stuff out.”
“The first three month tour we did was kind of spinebreaking and very disheartening at times, playing to small crowds and not many people knowing who we were. Going back for round two and getting to play such prestigious events and well-known festivals like Telluride Bluegrass Festival was just mind-blowing.” The band’s overseas fortunes have also been helped along by their new label, country music powerhouse Lost Highway, which is part of Universal Music Group. However, it’s not all smooth sailing. “It’s sometimes great and sometimes frustrating. We’ve gone from this rootsy, DIY band, [to a band] that’s signed to this major label, and it can be very challenging to get little things done because we have to tick a lot of boxes and the whole bureaucratic process that we’re not used to. But at the same time, they’ve opened up a lot of doors for us and given us a lot of opportunities, so it’s
still very new to us but it’s good so far.” Despite their growing success, the band are motivated to keep moving forward. As Abrahams concedes, “We’re trying to sell something that people don’t know and don’t really get just yet, but that’s all right. It’s good to be on the forefront of something that could be popular. You’ve got to take the risk right? No risk, no reward.”
and feeling “fucked up”, and it was inspired by some fairly sobering real-life events. “In primary school, in first grade, our teacher said, ‘There’s this kid coming to our school who’s very small and he’s been bullied at his last school’,” Sutton says. “He was introduced to me and I was told that I had to look after him for a little while. He was my best friend all the way through to Year 10 when he left school to do an apprenticeship. We kept very close afterwards, but he got into drugs a lot more than all of my other friends and his life spiralled out of control a little bit. Then I actually found out from my dad that he was stabbed in a conflict. It was heartbreaking because he was a really good friend, but it was also just so scary that my life
was on that same trajectory and just the small decisions probably stopped me from going down that same path. “But the song isn’t sad,” he adds. “The song doesn’t remember him like he was a fuck up or anything like that. It remembers him in the way that I remember him, which is this guy who was kind of dumb at life, but very good at having fun and made my life very enjoyable and probably shaped a lot of my opinions and attitudes on life.”
Leisure Panic is out now via ABC/Universal. Catch DAN KELLY and his Dream Band at the Gasometer Hotel on Saturday October 31.
MUSTERED COURAGE
N O R I S K , N O R EWA R D By Nathan Wood
For five years now, Melbourne bluegrass outfit Mustered Courage have been battling to change the common perception of country music in Australia, and it’s starting to pay off in a big way. Earlier in 2015 the band conquered the traditionally conservative world of Tamworth, winning their first Golden Guitar for instrumental number Candle Creek. They followed that up by gaining an ARIA nomination for Best Country Album, alongside mainstays Catherine Britt, Troy Cassar-Daley, Shane Nicholson and Lee Kernaghan. “It’s pretty shocking and we’re pretty happy about it,” says guitarist Julian Abrahams. “I think any award or accolade is just a nice affirmation to what you’re doing creatively. I mean Golden Guitars, that’s amazing and that’s an awesome accolade for the country music scene in Australia, but yeah, to get a gong for a really wellknown, prestigious award like an ARIA is just a really cool feeling.” It hasn’t all been easy pickings for Mustered Courage though. As Abrahams explains, it’s been a long, slow process to gain recognition in a nation that doesn’t place high value on their chosen genre. “I think we’ve come in a bit late to the party,” he says. “But I think there’s a revolution happening and I like that we’re a part of that scene in Australia, which is coming forth with lots of other great bands doing similar things.” This demi-revolution is reflected in the increased number of roots music festivals that have popped up in recent years. The likes of Out On The Weekend,
Jamgrass, and newcomer Dashville Skyline are bringing together artists from various facets of both local and international scenes. “The fact that there is all those festivals that are putting on more alternatives as well as just straight ahead Americana and bluegrass bands is just a testament to show that it really can be something that is popular in this country,” says Abrahams. “A festival like Jamgrass showcases that in the applications that Jason [Taylor, festival promoter] gets. Bands of that genre and the crossover, which is so wide as well, that’s something that Australia really hasn’t captured yet. Jason is doing a really great job of showing that you can put a psychedelic rock band on after a bluegrass band.” In the meantime, Mustered Courage have been building a solid following over in the US, visiting multiple times in recent years. “The difference between tour number one and tour number two, which were both three month tours, was quite exceptional,” Abrahams says.
MUSTERED COURAGE will appear at Jamgrass ± A Psychedelic String Festival, on Saturday November 7 at Bundoora Park. You can also catch them at the Queenscliff Music Festival, which takes place Friday November 27 till Sunday November 29 in Queenscliff, VIC.
THE BON SCOTTS
GETTING THINGS DONE By Augustus Welby
Folk pop collective The Bon Scotts have just returned with the single Good Times. It’s the first taste of the Melbourne sextet’s fourth album, which is due early in the New Year. The group’s last LP, Modern Capitalism Gets Things Done, came out a mere 12 months ago, so it’s a slight surprise to hear new music from them already. But for frontman Damien Sutton, the songs just kept coming. “I never really stop writing,” he says. “And we’re always playing shows, so I always want to have new material. It feels natural. If anything the break in between Modern Capitalism and the previous album [We Will All Die At The Hands Of C.G.I] felt very unnatural to me. It feels a lot more natural to just finish recording an album and tour and then come home and start again. That’s just how I like to do stuff and I think the band does as well.” Despite their recent productivity, the band haven’t always been so united in their aims. The two-year interval between The Bon Scotts’ second and third albums was the result of a tactical marketing plan, much to Sutton’s chagrin. “We had someone from the band take over the management side of things and he became very strategic about how we needed to do everything ± how we needed to make sure the hype was right and the
timelines were right, all these different rules. After a year of all these rules we kind of hadn’t done anything and I hated it. We had a big talk and he ended up leaving the band because of it. “I don’t do The Bon Scotts for the business side of it. I do it because it’s fun and it’s everything I want to do. I can’t give a shit ± no matter how many times people tell me I have to give a shit ± whether timelines are right or whether we release at the wrong time. I just want to make music and I have fun. We’ve been around long enough to know we’re never going to be the next buzz band. We have good shows and we love playing, so let’s just do that because it’s fun.” On that note, in typical Bon Scotts style, Good Times is a lively folk number with an immediately infectious vocal hook. However, despite the title, it’s not a celebration of non-stop hedonism. The lyrics refer to “bad decisions”
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THE BON SCOTTS play the Toff In Town on Saturday October 24 and Saturday November 7 at Sooki Lounge in Belgrave. Good Times is out now. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 33
DEVIN TOWNSEND PrOjECT
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By Peter Hodgson
Devin Townsend is known as something of a heavy metal auteur ± a guy with a worldview and a sonic signature that are unmistakable. Although acoustic-based albums like Casualties of Cool are a world away from the technical metal of Deconstruction or the melodic melancholy of Z²: Sky Blue, it’s all still Townsend’s work. A frequent visitor to Australia, he’s bringing his band the Devin Townsend Project back to town this month, joined by progressive metal stars Periphery. “I love those guys man, they’re some of my favourite people I’ve ever toured with,” Townsend says. “It’s easy, there’s no hierarchy, everyone’s intelligent and seems to have a good sense of humour. And when you’re away from home and you’re playing with other people, it’s important that you don’t have to actively avoid the one douche on the tour. So when there are other people you get along with it makes it so much more enjoyable to tour.” Periphery’s Misha Mansoor has always been up front about his love of all things Dev, and the feeling seems to be mutual. “They’re an amazing group of musicians,” Townsend says. “Each one of them is a virtuoso in a number of ways. It’s a complementary package because there are certain aspects between us that are similar, but it’s different enough that it works. They’re a lot younger too, so there’s that aspect of their sound, but I think
when people come to the show they’re going to enjoy the similarities and differences.” Beyond the similarities in clean-to-scream vocals, there are some intriguing contrasts between the two bands. For instance, whereas Townsend tends to write more direct riffs, Periphery’s tend to be rather complicated and can take a few listens to get to the heart of the song. “When I do complicated music I usually make it for the express purpose of illustrating a complicated point, like Deconstruction or Alien or Infinity,” Townsend says. “But when it comes to my proclivities, what comes out of me naturally, I write three or four minute long songs. There’s an aesthetic, sonically, that I try to capture. And it gets refined from album to album. But musically I don’t tend to write complicated stuff unless it’s part of the theme.” Townsend’s various proclivities have ingratiated him
to Australian audiences over the years, making this the Canadian artist’s umpteenth trip to Oz. “I think the reason why there has been a relationship between myself musically and Australia for so long, is because culturally we come from something similar, but also there’s an aspect of what I do that I pride myself on and that’s an ability to subconsciously say, ‘Fuck it’ when it comes to what anybody expects from me. Like, if people want me to be younger than I am or heavier than I am, or more complicated or less complicated, all of those thoughts have never played into my creative process. I’ve never had to go the commercial route. I’ve never had to bend, really, when it comes to my musical objectives. If I feel like doing something commercial it’s because that’s what I feel like doing, rather than it being something that I try and hammer into people’s consciousness. And I think that sort of ‘Fuck it’ attitude is something I feel
from the Australian audience in general.” It does indeed seem that Australian crowds don’t put much pressure on Townsend to simply play the old stuff. “There are certain avenues that I’ve found myself going down over the years that even at the time I wasn’t particularly interested in even if I had a compulsion to do so, and so I’ve followed those things, and it always ends that my subconscious mind was trying to tell me something that my conscious mind had no idea of. I believe that the process of making music is permanently rooted in self-discovery. You just have to submit to it because I think if you don’t, that’s the point where you’re making a product rather than something with heart.”
on the road isn’t likely to trouble the band members, given their prolific touring schedule over the past few years. The group have played stacks of major festivals, including a couple of headline slots, one of which was initiation by fire for Lockey and Williams. “Well, the first proper show I played with Editors was to like 60,000 people,” says Lockey. “Going from just hanging out and making left-field records to standing in front of 60,000 Belgians all going crazy, all wanting to know where the previous guitarist was, I count that as one of the weirdest experiences of my life. There was a sudden moment of realisation when the lights went up and I couldn’t see the edge of the crowd. I remember thinking, ‘Oh shit, this is pretty big. Maybe I should up my game a little, or just not fuck up’. So that was a good hour-and-a-half of me trying my best not to fuck up.”
Those hoping to see the band in Australia will have to wait a little while yet, with nothing confirmed for the near future. If they do head down, Lockey may have to overcome his fear of dangerous Australian wildlife. “I have a fear of animals that want to kill you, and you as a nation hold the most animals that want to kill you out of anywhere in the world. If you go to the sea you get eaten by sharks, if you go past the beach you’re going to get eaten by a spider or snake. So you can only really stand on the beach to be safe, but I’m sure there’s something on the beach that will kill you as well ± probably the extreme heat. Aside from all of the things that want to kill you, I’m totally keen to go.”
Bands get back together for many reasons. Often it’s an offer of financial reward, while other times it’s due to a serious event reminding members that life is short. For the band affectionately known as the Philly Jays, it was another sort of epiphany that led to their reformation. “There was a realisation that most bands have after they’ve broken up, and that is that they’re more than the sum of all their parts,” Beeson says. “There’s a unique situation with Berkfinger, Dan and myself when we get in a room and create music; a specific energy. Although we had some really great drummers with creative ideas, there’s just this chemistry [with the three of us] that no one else seems to match.” At BIGSOUND 2013, the three original members played together for the first time in almost four years. A national tour followed that December, where the trio played one set of Philly Jays material and one focused on Berkfinger’s side project, Feelings. Roughly 12 months later they regrouped in Berlin to record new material. “When we went across to Berlin it wasn’t, ‘Hey let’s make an album that gets radio play and everyone’s
going to love and we’ll do a big tour’,” Beeson says. “The plan was, ‘Let’s go for two weeks, have a great time and just enjoy making music that we would want to listen to’. We were just trying to impress ourselves and it was a very fruitful experience.” Afterwards both Williams and Beeson returned to Sydney and the band continued working on music remotely. Beeson admits the lack of immediacy sapped the creative momentum somewhat. However, without the powers of technology Summer of Doom simply could not exist. Accordingly, Beeson doesn’t see the new record as picking up where they left off back in 2009. “It sounds a bit more polished and full. It’s certainly a step forward, has some different sounds and more mature lyrics. Our first album was quite minimalistic. This time we got quite excited with Berkfinger’s fancy synths, cool guitars and effects pedals.”
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and Periphery will play at 170 Russell on Sunday October 25 (sold out) and Monday October 26.
EDITOrS
NO TIME FOR SLEEP By Kelsey Berry Artists find inspiration in all sorts of places. For some, past events may spur creativity ± heartbreak, a new love, the loss of someone close. For others, inspiration comes from troubles deep within their mind. Some thrive off beauty, others off dreams, while some take supplements to enhance their creative capabilities. For UK band Editors, it was the picturesque Scottish town of Crear that provided the inspiration for their fifth album, In Dream. “In Dream was a lot different from other albums because we didn’t ever really set out to make the record” says guitarist Justin Lockey. “We initially went to Scotland to write some songs and we took some minimal recording equipment with us. That turned into just making the record, so we made it by accident, in a way.” While In Dream is Editors’ fifth album, it’s only the second album to feature Lockey and keys/guitarist/ backing vocalist Elliott Williams, who were recruited after the departure of guitarist Chris Urbanowicz in 2012. Instead of simply replacing Urbanowicz, vocalist Tom Smith, bassist Russell Leetch and drummer Ed Lay decided to expand into a five-piece, welcoming Williams’ multi-instrumentalist ability. “I think the initial reasoning behind it, and what I was told when I joined was, ‘We don’t want to replace
Chris’,” says Lockey. “I said, ‘Good, because I don’t want to play like Chris’. I think they always wanted to have an extra pair of hands on stage as well, in terms of keys and stuff, so we got Elliott too. I think it’s more about evolving the band and the sound instead of trying to emulate and continue in the way that they were previously.“ In Dream sees the band move in a different direction to 2013’s The Weight Of Your Love; one more in line with the electronic influence of their 2005 debut, The Back Room. According to Smith, the record is grounded in the belief that music can be “both pop and experimental.” This notion is evident from the brooding album opener No Harm through to the seven-and-ahalf minute final track, Marching Orders. Having just released In Dream, Editors will be out on a European tour for the remainder of the year. Being
EDITORS’ In Dream is out now via PIAS.
PHILADELPHIA GrAND jUrY
DOOM LOVERS By Alexander Crowden
The much-loved Sydney pop rock outfit released their infectious debut album Hope is For Hopers back in 2009. Yes, it really was that long ago. After drummer Dan Williams (aka Dan W Sweat) chose to prioritise his other band Art vs Science, frontman Simon ‘Berkfinger’ Becrkelman and bassist Joel Beeson experimented with a host of other drummers before pulling up stumps in 2011. Beeson (AKA MC Bad Genius) and Berkfinger lost all contact for a few years and the idea of seeing the original trio play together again, let alone release music, seemed altogether unlikely. “I thought it was actually pretty impossible to happen, because Berkfinger and I had no contact whatsoever,” says Beeson. Rekindling a relationship was made tougher by the fact Berkfinger’s been based in Berlin for four years, while Beeson remains in Sydney. However, eventually they got back on good terms. “Over the course of a couple of years there’d be an email here and there that’d pop up saying, ‘How you doing?’ or ‘What’s going on?’” says Beeson. “And it slowly built from there.” Now the original trio are back with a new album, Summer of Doom. In the years off, Berkfinger has established the rather impressive Golden Retriever BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 34
Recording Studios in Berlin, keeping busy as a producer and mixer; Williams rode the wave of success Art vs Science enjoyed; and Beeson freely admits to lucking out with a 9-5 job at the Red Cross. “For the past four years I’ve been working there supporting asylum seekers living in the community,” he says. “When the band broke up I was really devastated and worried about how I would cope going back to doing what I consider a real job. I fell in love with this position within a few weeks and I think that stopped me from spiralling into some sort of depression, because I was kind of on the edge of that. I was really lucky to find this amazing job to stop me wallowing in self pity.”
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PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY play Howler on Saturday October 31. Summer of Doom is out now via Normal People Making Hits / Interia
Melbourne’s awesome The Go Set released their seventh studio album Rolling Sound last week via FOUR|FOUR Music. They’re now touring the country in support of the release and will be arriving at Barwon Club on Saturday October 31 before a headlining set at Northcote Social Club on Tuesday November 3. Get involved. Although The Bennies are currently tearing up the USA en route to The Fest in Florida, they made sure to let everyone know who they would be playing with upon their return to the country. See them at the Corner Hotel with The Hard Aches, Wet Pensioner and Gladstone on Friday November 20. Tickets are available now. Clowns have also added some bands to their upcoming Never Enough national tour. They’ll join Mesa Cosa and label mates Batpiss on Monday November 2 (Cup Eve) at Ding Dong Lounge, and Hard-Ons, Ecca Vandal, Horrible People and Stone Valley for an all ages shindig on Cup Day, Tuesday November 3 at The Bendigo Hotel. In support of their next album, Songs Of Solitude, Dream On Dreamer have announced a headline run for next month. They’ll take on Max Watt’s on Saturday November 21. Tickets are available now from oztix.com.au. Arizona’s The Maine announced an east coast only Aussie run this week. It’ll be the first time they’ve been here since the release of their fifth album American Candy earlier this year. You can see them headline the Corner Hotel on Wednesday December 2. Tickets up for grabs now. Agent Orange have recently been revealed as Bendigo Hotel’s big New Year’s Eve headliner. Tickets are available now, but they’re moving fast so hurry up. Baltimore’s Turnstile are touring Australia for the first time this summer thanks to Resist. Melbourne’s Born Free will join when the band play Northcote Social Club on Wednesday January 20 and Arrow On Swanston on Thursday January 21. Tickets are up for grabs now. Confession have revealed their last ever Victorian shows will be at UNIFY Gathering. “We are stoked to be included on the lineup for Unify this year as our final Victorian show. The lineup includes bands we’ve shared the stage with for many years and a lot of close friends also working behind the scenes who make the festival happen. It’s also great to wind the band up on another Parkway Drive headlined lineup, the band
that’s helped Confession out more than anyone,” said vocalist Michael Crafter. Tickets are still available for the two day boutique camping festival on Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 17. After touring solo earlier this year in support of her new album, Katie Crutchfield – better known as Waxahatchee – is returning next year with a full band. There are just two shows planned and Howler will host the Melbourne performance on Thursday February 18. Tickets are available now and should move fast.
CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21:
• Lecherous Gaze, Flour, SMB, No Waves at The Old Bar
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22:
• Alpha Wolf, Dregg, Exposed at Next
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23:
• The Pretty LIttles, Ross de Chene, Hurricanes, The Shakes, Slim Jeffries at The Evelyn • Earthless, Elder, Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene at The Corner Hotel • Born Free, Thorns, Outsiders Code, Ill Natured, Hermatoma at Bendigo Hotel • Kit Convict + The Terrible Two, La Bastard, Department, Traumaboys at The Old Bar • Kaleidoscope, Walken, Summer Blood, Drifter at The Tote • Logic Defies Logic, Sealed Our Fate, Evolution of Self, Cyprus Band, Furious George, Jonestown at The Reverence
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24:
• Kisschasy, Luca Brasi at Pelly Bar, Frankston • Violent Soho, Palms at Corner Hotel • Coffin Wolf, The FckUps, Gladstone, Damn The Torpedoes at The Old Bar • Hands Of Hope, Rejuvenate, Avenues End at Bang • Bad//Dreems, Green Buzzard at Northcote Social Club • Drunk Mums at Howler • The Kill, Destruktor, Hordes of the Black Cross, Maniaxe and more at The Bendigo • Pikelet, Fear Like Us, Agatha, Diecut, Little Lamb and The Rosemarys at The Reverence Hotel • Agent 37, All We Need, The Shorts, Northwood, The Revengers, Infernal Bliss at The Eastern
SUNDAY OCTOBER 25:
• Straight Forward, World View, Sick Machine, Blinded and Bleach at The Bendigo
KILL TV AT THE BRUNSWICK
Kill TV are playing The Brunswick Hotel on Thursday October 22 at 8.45pm. And it’s free.
CRAZY COSMIC JAZZ
The David Bowie Is exhibition at ACMI is wrapping up very soon (and if you haven’t seen it yet, go, go, go), but if you still need your Bowie fix, Melbourne-based Adam Rudegeair is performing The Electric Bowie Project at Shadow Electric on Friday November 6. It’s a jazz fusion-influenced reinterpretation of Bowie classics. Earlier this year Rudegeair and his jazz quintet launched The Bowie Project album with a sold-out performance at Stonnington Jazz Festival. After then playing at the opening of the exhibition, Adam came back to ACMI with his quintet to perform The Bowie Project as part of the weekend Bowie symposium. Since then the project has continued to grow selling out nights at The Paris Cat and performing last month as part of Kew Courthouse’s latest season. Now, The Bowie Project is going electric for one very special night at Shadow Electric. Swapping the horn section for guitar and percussion, The Electric Bowie Project filters the compositions of David Bowie through the lens of ‘70s jazz-fusion, such as Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, Chick Corea Elektric Band, and Miles Davis’ tribute to Jack Johnson.
SEE GREAT BANDS, HELP LEIGH GET BACK ON HIS FEET
From The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood: “Our mate Leigh had a terrible head-on car accident with a Metro bus and busted his whole body. Now he needs a bit of cash to get him back on his feet. Come along, have a snag, watch some killer bands, and buy some awesome stuff at our cray-cray charity auction.” Not to mention the following awesome bands: The Kill, Destruktor, Hordes Of The Black Cross, Maniaxe, Agonhymn, The Ruiner and Contaminated. Saturday October 24 from 5pm onwards.
NEW SAXON
UK Metal legends Saxon released their 21st studio album on Friday October 16, Battering Ram. With a clinically heavy echo of their glorious NWOBHM sound, Saxon have never dealt in half-truths or incomplete missions and Battering Ram is no exception. Check out the video for the track Queen of Hearts on YouTube.
TWO FROM SKINPIN
SKINPIN are a reminder that Sydney used to be home to a lot of noisy three-piece punk bands. Formed out of the loveless and tiresome advertising and culling of musicians in the back of the free street press, they have been at it since 2011. They play fast, really fast. With their new album So Turn It Back On available on vinyl, CD and download, they’ve been touring around and trying to play as many shows as possible. Catch them at the Public Bar on Friday December 4 and the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday December 5.
GRAHAM BONNET TO TOUR
The most powerful voice in rock is coming to Australia and New Zealand next April. English vocalist Graham Bonnet is synonymous with classic hard rock and heavy metal. Best known for fronting Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group and Alcatrazz (the first place many fans heard Yngwie Malmsteen and his replacement, some guy named Steve Vai), Bonnet’s voice is known and cherished by many. Having last visited our shores as part of the Countdown Rock N Roll Arena Extravaganza he is ready to return with his all-star band featuring Mark Zonder from the legendary Fates Warning. Bonnet will be playing all his hits from Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz and many many more. A limited amount of VIP meet and greet tickets will be available, which will include a private acoustic performance. Catch him at The Prince on Friday April 8, tickets on sale now.
DAVE JERDEN ON LET THERE BE TALK
If you haven’t checked out comedian Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast yet, this week is a great time to start. Delray played music for 25 years before turning to comedy six years ago and he’s just smashing it. His guest this week is producer Dave Jerden, who worked on some of the greatest albums in heavy music history, including the first Jane’s Addition records and Alice In Chains’ Dirt as well as with Mick Jagger, Anthrax and many more. Follow Delray on Twitter at @deandelray and if you happen to be a comedy promoter, bring him to Australia damnit.
SEATTLE ANTHEMS FIVE RIFFS WE NEED TO HEAR AND WHY
Melbourne-based tribute/cover band Seattle Anthems focus on the muchloved work of grunge’s big four: Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and of course Nirvana. We asked them to name their favourite five riffs from this esteemed sub-cultural movement. Black Hole Sun SOUNDGARDEN A huge track from Superunknown that ended up becoming the most known of all. The riffs have a clear distinction between light and dark which makes it sound bigger and better, plus it also has one of the most recognisable video clips in grunge – creepy kids, grandpas and big gaping smiley faces. Junkhead ALICE IN CHAINS “What’s my drug of choice? Well what have you got?” The lyrics stand out amongst an album that was chockers with ripping songs full of personal themes such as depression and drug abuse. The riffs are slow, hard, and best played loud, especially with Layne Stanley chanting behind the mic in peak form.
Aneurysm NIRVANA The song chromatically builds with a wall of feedback then gets your heart pumpin’. It’s an allout easy song to rock along with beats the beat it out of you. Why Go PEARL JAM Ten deserves a 10/10. It’s a timeless album that has never ceased from airplay. With so many hits off this album, it could be difficult to decide a favourite, but amongst the likes of Alive, Jeremy and Black, Why Go has a more uplifting feel with chunky wah riffs and solos that keep you jumpin’ around and wanting to be anywhere but home. Hunger Strike TEMPLE OF THE DOG The result of what happens when you put Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) and Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) in a room together. The verse riff has a very relaxed feel and makes for a good Sunday recovery song, and a good time to steal bread after a tankfull of grog to help a hangover. SEATTLE ANTHEMS are playing at The Central Club Hotel, Richmond on Saturday October 24. See more at seattleanthems.com
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shores for a headline tour, locking in a show at Max Watt’s for this Thursday. Their quick promo visit last year resulted in a sell-out show at The Northcote Social Club, and the same is expected again as they arrive this time with their new album Give Up Your Dreams in tow. Catch the New Zealand stalwarts The Phoenix Foundation when they hit Max Watt’s this Thursday October 22. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $28.
to bring these tracks now into the public eye. Catch The Pinheads at The Workers Club this Thursday October 22. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.
MARICOPA WELLS T H E YA R R A H O T E L
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THE PURPLE DENTISTS
THE SPOT TED MALLARD
After holding court and playing a number of legendary shows at the Sydney Road venue, The Purple Dentists are back once again to take over the Spotted Mallard. The Dentists perform a series of tracks based on traditional Irish tunes, but also incorporate elements of Zydeco, country swing, free improvisation and contemporary compositions. Tooth be told, you won’t find a better Irish fusion night in town when The Purple Dentists play The Spotted Mallard this Thursday October 22. Doors open at 6pm, entry is free.
Two traditional eclectic folk talents are slinking down to The Yarra Hotel this week, with James Fahy and Joe Oppenheimer throwing some traditional tunes for your listening pleasure. Both have their heads in soundscape-y clouds, shaking off the tired tropes of a welltrod genre, resulting in a self-described “strange folk” vibe. Catch James Fahy and Joe Oppenheimer this Thursday October 22 at The Yarra Hotel. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is free.
M A X WAT T ’ S
New Zealand based The Phoenix Foundation are returning to Australian
Best known for their killer live shows, The Lazys are coming all the way from Sydney to play a big night of noise at Cherry Bar. Their latest single, Shake It Like You Mean It, was quoted by Rolling Stone as similar to an AC/DC ‘late career classic’. With support from Riff Raiders on the night, you’d be stupid to miss The Lazys at Cherry Bar this Friday October 23. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.
CHERRY GRIND
THE PINHEADS
THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION
THE LAZYS
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W H O L E L O T TA L O V E B A R
THE WORKERS CLUB
Playing their first show on Record Store Day in 2014, The Pinheads have set their stage afterwards by playing high energy live shows, finally bringing the chaos to The Workers Club this week. The six to seven-piece outfit from Wollongong have spent most of the year writing tunes in a shed and are revved and ready
Frida
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23
Hailing all the way from Adelaide, Cherry Grind are setting up for a big night of rock and or roll at Whole Lotta Love Bar before the weekend rolls in. Dragging along local champions Tragic Earth, Triumph Over Logic, ArchNME and Autumn Mary, Cherry Grind take the headline slot for a slew of interesting and curious rock bands, the likes of which have never been seen before. Pop on into Whole Lotta Love Bar on Friday October 23 and catch Cherry Grind in action. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.
Local rock band Maricopa Wells are hitting the Yarra Hotel this week. Featuring members from Strathmore, Initials, Tired Breeds and The Quiet Contender, they share a common love for honest, soulful rock'n'roll, drawing influences from their respective punk and country backgrounds. Catch Maricopa Wells when they hit The Yarra Hotel this Friday October 23. Doors open at 8.30pm and entry is free.
KIT CONVICT & THEE TERRIBLE TWO THE OLD BAR
After a whirlwind tour of the United States of America that took them to Gonerfest, Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two are back on our shores and are celebrating with a gig at The Old Bar this week. To help them celebrate, they’re getting mates in La Bastard, Department and Traumaboys to tag along and chuck a noise. Poke your head into The Old Bar this Friday October 23 when Kit Convict & Thee Terrible
What’s your name then? Oh, and the name of your band? My name is Eilish, and we’re called Frida. And what do you do? We write and play a bunch of thoughtful indie pop songs (we reckon). When did you start doing that? In 2013, when we won a competition to play at a festival in Singapore ± o ur second gig. No pressure. Why did you start doing that? Because we all had some feelings we needed to express. If you weren’t doing that, what would you be doing? I think you know that you’ve got a good thing going when you can’t really think of an answer to that question. I really loved horses when I was little. Maybe I’d be a cowboy. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Stock-standard answer, but performing. It’s such a rush, kind of like galloping on a horse. Maybe I should look into the whole cowboy thing. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Loading and unloading gear before and after gigs. A cruel and often unusual punishment. What’s you proudest moment of doing what you do? Any time we write something that we all love is a supremely proud moment. And your least proud? Hmm. Once we played a headline gig to about three people and when it finished I cried on the street outside in front of them. Thanks for making me bring that one up again. FRIDA play the Workers Club on Monday October 26.
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band to Howler this Friday October 23. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $20.
tracks for your delight. Alongside his six-stringed glory, Knappett is joined this week by the glorious talents of Georgia Maq. Catch Jerome Knappett at The Old Bar from Saturday October 24. Doors open from 3pm, entry is free.
THE UPSTANDING MEMBERS
MR BOOGIE MAN BAR
BRIGGS What have you been nominated for, and if you won, how would it help your career? Best independent hip hop album and best breakthrough independent artist. Acknowledgement for the hard work put in by my team and myself is what winning awards are about, and to show my mother that I wasn’t wasting time and to show my dad that those guitar lessons paid off, kind of. And I guess a couple of these notches in my generous belt would sound great for my next function small talk. Who are some of the other shortlisted artists you’re a little intimidated to go up against in the lead up to the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards? None. I’m only scared of missing out. What elements of your sound make you stand out? A brash and honest look into the world of an indigenous man from a rural city, Shepparton, Victoria. Actual rap music and an aloof attitude for authority. Why is it important for people to continue to support and encourage independent artists in 2015? Natural home grown talent is where the best and more interesting stories are grown. Nurture that and you will find the endearing stories and artists that truly represent themselves and their fans. Find out if BRIGGS wins best independent hip hop album and breakthrough independent artist of the year at the AIR Awards, Thursday October 22 at North Melbourne Meat Market.
The Upstanding Members are serving up a psychedelic soup of funk, soul and blues this Friday at Mr Boogie Man Bar, all seasoned with latin grooves and jazz excursions, of course. The Upstanding Members can play anything from AfroCuban beats right through to the odd heavy metal breakout, diving into the realms of jazz fusion and psych rock while staying true to the funk. The new live lineup of The Upstanding Members includes a monstrously funky seven members featuring two lead vocalists, a super tight rhythm section, a whole lot of percussion and a top notch horn section. Join in for a swinging time with The Upstanding Members, this Friday at Mr Boogie Man Bar. Entry is free.
RISING SOUND
R U B I X WA R E H O U S E
On paper, it might seem counter productive to host a bush-doof in the confines of a very un-bushlike warehouse, but Rising Sound’s slew of psytrance, deep house and techno will undoubtedly take visitors to the right place when they inhabit Rubix Warehouse this week. There’ll be an array of trippy visual art, a fully stocked bar, tranquil garden lounges, UV face painting, hula hoops and other things to cater for your average gackstronaut ± all in the confines of a smooth urban setting. With producers and DJs such as Positive Pete, Twisted Molecule and Formationz along with others taking the decks, get ready to lose your mind at Rising Sound this Friday October 23 at Rubix Warehouse. Doors open from 7.30pm, entry is $15.
BORN FREE
THE BENDIGO HOTEL
JIM LAWRIE What have you been nominated for, and if you won, how would it help your career? The band and I are up for Best Independent Country Album. I guess if we won, we’d quit this dead end town and head for the bright lights of Tamworth. Nah, a win like that is a career high-five for any indie artist and yields the ability to move onwards and upwards. It’s just rad to be nominated. Who are some of the other shortlisted artists you’re little intimidated to go up against in the lead up to the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards? All of the artists in our category are great. I’m a massive fan of Raised by Eagles and it’s sweet to be held in the same esteem as them. What elements of your sound make you stand out? People usually say I have a weird voice, then say its ‘good weird’. Then we smile politely and move on. So I guess we’ve got that. All of us come from different backgrounds, some punk, some old-school funk devotees. It all comes together in a grungy sort of mish mash that makes for a good live vibe. Why is it important for people to continue to support and encourage Independent artists in 2015? Indie artists are the lifeblood of music as an art form. Without them, all we would have is what big money thinks people want to buy. Diversity keeps the creative ball rolling. If everyone supports, the songs keep getting written and love stays alive. Find out if JIM LAWRIE wins Best Independent Country Album at the AIR Awards, on Thursday October 22 at North Melbourne Meat Market. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
Scoring a new record release on the legendary Resist Records are Born Free, who are celebrating with a night at The Bendigo Hotel this week. Tongues have been wagging about the delivery of these new hardcore tunes, and with a killer lineup of Thorns, Outsiders Code, Ill Natured and Hematoma, the gig is set to be an ear-punishing mess. Catch Born Free this Friday October 23 at The Bendigo Hotel. Doors open at 8pm, entry is free.
THE BLACK ALLEYS YA H YA H ’ S
The Black Alleys began rocking with garage blues inspired tunes at venues across Melbourne over three years ago, and are proving they’re not ready to stop any time soon with their show this Friday at Yah Yah’s. Dragging along a motley crew in the form of Above Kings, Mosey Jokers, Two Headed Dog and Chasing Alice, this one’s expected to be a frenzied spectacle of unrestrained abandon ± their words. Scoot on down to catch The Black Alleys at Yah Yah’s this Friday October 23. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $12.
LOGIC DEFIES LOGIC
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
The Reverence Hotel are hosting a large lineup of hardcore acts in the bandroom this upcoming Friday, so if you fancy a pre-weekend mosh ± you know where to be. This week’s lineup features loudlords from Logic Defies Logic, Sealed Our Fate, Cyprus Band, Furious George and Jonestown. Shoot on over for a heavy night with Logic Defies Logic at The Reverence Hotel this Friday Octobe 23. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $15. SATURDAY OCTOBER 24
HOWLER
Melbourne based melodist Ainslie Wills is coming off the high of releasing her new EP Oh The Gold, celebrating with a show at Howler. The second single Hawaii has given Wills plenty of traction for her recently released Constellations which highlights her talents for writing hook based soundscapes, full of bold arrangements and lush production. Catch Ainslie Wills when she takes her five-piece
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GREENTHIEF YA H YA H ’ S
Psych rock act Greenthief are taking over Yah Yahs for a double single launch alongside The Hunted Crows. Greenthief ’s new single, Beneath Blue Skies, explores new ground for the band as they begin fusing elements of electronica into their music. Despite being a departure from their roots, the new influence still stays true to the trademark bombastic drums and heavy riffs that earned Greenthief a dedicated fanbase across the country. Greenthief and The Hunted Crows will be stealing the stage when they take to Yah Yah’s this Saturday October 24. Doors open from 5pm, entry is free. PRINCE PUBLIC BAR
It’s another Saturday night at Prince Public Bar, and Champagne Internet is throwing out hip hop, boogey, disco, electronic and vibes once again much to your delight. Mashing up the tracks fans love with the exuberance of a moustache, Champagne Internet gives attendees the chance to enjoy a Saturday night without an $80 cover charge. Come down to Prince Public Bar and indulge your champagne tastes with Champagne Internet this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 10.30pm, entry is free.
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WONROWE VISION
MR BOOGIE MAN BAR
Wonrowe Vision and special guests Turret and Vintage Ruin are descending unto Mr Boogie Man Bar this Saturday October 24 for their massive 2 Headed Monster vinyl launch. The fest encompasses a vinyl and box set launch, and the 2 Headed Monster Fest exclusive package deal includes both releases and a t-shirt for just $35. Jump on board, Wonrowe Vision play Mr Boogie Man this Saturday night from 7.30pm. $15 entry.
The Spotted Mallard are hosting a night dedicated to the new generation of blues women this Saturday with their aptly themed night, New Generation Blues Woman. There’ll be the musical talents of Andrea Marr Band, Blue Eyes Cry and Miss Lizzy & The Night Owls when they shake the feathers off the Mallard in this special blues scenario. Come catch New Generation Blues Woman at The Spotted Mallard this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $15.
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RENELOPHUS Something secret has been going on for sure. Lead by Reasonable Renelophus Penson (Rients Johannes Huitema), live hip hop mash up outfit Renelophus have been sneaking around for some time now. Featuring Strawberry Shortcake (Shae Mourtzakis), the duo front a live rhythm section of Russel Murchie and Robert Saad, topped with keys, trumpet and guitar from Lauren Puttello and Alexandra Velasco. Flame up the fondue and line up the wizz fizz, the secret is out. Renelophus play Revolver this Saturday October 24, supported by Echo Drama and Royalty Noise. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $10+BF through Moshtix.
THE BENDIGO HOTEL
Leigh Ritson, pal of many a Bendigo Hotel band, recently copped a nasty head on car accident with a Metro bus which has left him busted worse than most snare drums, so The Bendigo Hotel is hosting a benefit gig to help get him back on his feet. There’ll be a barbecue, beers and above all ± killer bands as the likes of The Kill, Destruktor, Hordes of the Black Cross, Maniaxe, Agonhymn, The Ruiner and Contaminated join the bill. Help give something back to Leigh when the Leigh Ritson Benefit Gig kicks off at The Bendigo Hotel this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 5pm, entry is $15.
NEW GENERATION BLUES WOMAN
BELLA UNION
In the midst of recording their fourth studio album, three-piece rock act Kanvas Grey are taking some time off to perform a show at Bella Union this week. Since their inception in 2001, they’ve had multiple successes in the music industry while upholding an independent ethos ± performing alongside the likes of Thirsty Merc and earning radio play across the world. Despite staying busy with family commitments over the years, the band are keen as hell to get back into performing with their show at Bella Union this Friday October 23. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $10.
THE PUBLIC BAR
ANSLIE WILLS
ARIA award winning artist Joe Braithwaite has released his debut EP Bigger Than Me and is heading to The Workers Club to share his talents with the discerning public. In a year marked by new life and heartbreaking loss, Ripley has departed from his soul roots to pay homage to his formative years as a teenager in the 1990s ± a realm where grunge was king. Catch Ripley when he takes over The Workers Club this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $10.
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RED SKY BURIAL It’s a big night of riffage down at The Public Bar this week, as Red Sky Burial rain fire down upon the humble venue. They’re celebrating the warmer weather by taking a bunch of good mates along for the ride, the likes of El Colosso, The Soulenikoes and Drova grabbing their instruments and pitching in a few different noises here and there. Slip into Public Bar this Friday October 23 and catch Red Sky Burial. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $10.
RIPLEY
THE WORKERS CLUB
LEIGH RITSON BENEFIT GIG
THE BON SCOTTS
THE TOFF IN TOWN
Hardworking, but always on a quest for a good time, The Bon Scotts are right in the thick of an east coast tour which lands them at The Toff In Town this week. The folk/rock/pop band’s playful attitude towards instrumentation and song-writing has made them fan favourites wherever they travel, and hoo-boy they travel a lot. They’re taking their new single off their upcoming album Good Times out for a good time, and you’re invited to have one of them good times too. Hit The Toff In Town on Saturday October 24 and catch The Bon Scotts in action. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $18.
JEROME KNAPPETT THE OLD BAR
Every Sunday afternoon in October, Jerome Knappett from The Flying So High-Os is taking to The Old Bar for an afternoon of emotional acoustic rock
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DANNY MCDONALD BAND
T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
With a slew of new material in the works, the Danny McDonald Band is gearing up for a proper release before working on their follow-up single, to be released early next year, pre-emptively celebrating with a show at The Retreat Hotel. Supported by Ed Reed on the night, Danny McDonald and his band are taking some much needed time out from their hectic tour schedules to play a rare full band show, revisiting Danny’s extensive back catalogue. Catch Danny McDonald and the band at The Retreat Hotel this Saturday October 24. Doors open from 5pm, entry is free.
DRUNK MUMS HOWLER
Melbourne garage rockers Drunk Mums are hitting Howler in support of their sophomore album, Gone Troppo. Gone Troppo, marks the first full length from the band since their 2012 selftitled debut. To celebrate its release, they’re heading out on a huge 15-date tour that will see them hit five states
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For all the latest news check out beat.com.au over three months ± with their Howler show set to be an absolute hometown banger. Catch ‘em at Howler on Saturday October 24. Get your grubby paws on tickets from the venue’s website.
DAN PARSONS
THE SHADOW ELECTRIC
Dan Parsons has returned with his third album Valleywood and is heading to Shadow Electric as part of a two month release tour. Fans can expect to get their first taste of his most emotionally direct album to date, singing of friends in cults, friends with prescriptions and lovers that never were and never will be. Ride the emotional rainbow with Dan Parsons at Shadow Electric on Saturday October 24. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $12.
MICK DOG’S BONE YARD THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
Mick Dog’s Bone Yard are a stompin’ drums and guitar duo from the deep south of Victoria. Rocking a surprisingly big sound for just two blokes, Mick Dog’s Bone Yard can and have played anywhere and anytime, for good dollars or a good time. Both is preferred, so let the good times roll this Saturday October 24 at The Post Office Hotel. They take on the stage from 9.30pm, playing two free entry sets before scampering back to the bush. SUNDAY OCTOBER 25
THE HORNETS
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
The Hornets are quickly becoming a regular fixture on Australia’s blues and roots scene, having already released six studio albums to rave reviews and gained a regular following of devoted fans. And having given the albums a listen, it’s not hard to see why. The Age has named them the best blues band in Melbourne, what else are you waiting for? Catch The Hornets this Sunday October 25 at The Post Office Hotel. They play two free entry sets from 4.30pm.
some deliberation, the Elwood Blues Club invites you to catch a glimpse of Melbourne’s finest blues musicians in this intimate event. Head down to the bar for an evening of talent featuring artists not only from Australia, but all over the world as a special guest is dragged along each week, backed by the Elwood Blues Club All Stars. Catch the Elwood Blues Club at Prince Public Bar this Sunday October 25. Music begins from 5.30pm, entry is free.
STRAIGHT FORWARD THE BENDIGO HOTEL
Straight Forward have recently travelled across from Singapore to bring a high quality set to Collingwood’s home of everything heavy, The Bendigo Hotel. This marks the second show for the act, polishing off their Born Free/Ill Natured Weekender as Australian acts World View, Sick Machine, Blinded and Bleach jump on the bill to chuck a bit of noise around. Catch Straight Forward before they head home this Sunday October 25 at The Bendigo Hotel. Doors open at 5pm, entry is $15.
the Beat staff on this one - if we could be anywhere on Monday night other than work, we’d be at Old Bar sinking rum, smoking darts and watching some quality live music. On Monday October 26, the likes of Miss Miss and Ghost Dick will take over Old Bar’s stage. Go on. Get down there and get inebriated on all the good things in life while we live vicariously through you.
JMC ACADEMY SHOWCASE GIGS
THE GASOMETER HOTEL
It’s a special night of nights at The Gasometer Hotel this Monday October 26, as JMC Academy showcase the talented bunch at JMC who have devoted themselves to forging a career in the music industry. What you see is what you get with this show; diamonds in the rough, polished jewels, and those still trying to find their sound and their place in the pop or rock music spectrum. They give their all for their dreams. Tickets are a steal at $5 for adults and $2 for students. Doors open at 5.45pm.
FRIDA
THE WORKER’S CLUB
THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY THE PUBLIC BAR
After an epic tour that took the band across USA and Canada, The Ramshackle Army are celebrating their return to Melbourne with a gig at The Public Bar. Psyched from their hard efforts playing on the other side of the world, the band are eager to get back into playing across Melbourne again. They’ve enlisted the help of friends in Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable, Discharge, Wing Attack Plan R and The Dead Peasants to help them celebrate. Catch The Ramshackle Army when they take over The Public Bar this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $10.
A TRIBUTE TO VASSILIS TSITSANIS
NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL
As part of the 2015 Darebin Music Feast, a collection of some of Melbourne’s finest musicians are coming together at the Northcote Town Hall to pay tribute to the iconic Vassilis Tsitsanis, focusing on some of his most memorable and celebrated works from the 1940s and 1950s. Tsitsanis recorded many of his own compositions, creating stars of the singers that worked with him such as Sotiria Bellou, Marika Ninou and Prodromos Tsaousakis. He was mourned across Greece, where his music is still enjoyed to this day and he is regarded as a legend of rebetiko music. Pay homage to the hero with the Tribute to Vassilis Tsitsanis at Northcote Town Hall this Saturday October 24. The event begins at 8pm, entry is $20.
AGATHA
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
Washington based queer punk act Agatha are hitting The Reverence Hotel as they tour Australia for the first time, the tour coinciding with the release of a split 7” with Sydney’s Canine. On this night of nights, they’ll be celebrating women and queer people in the DIY scene with a bunch of local talent to keep the night rolling raw. Supporting are the likes of Pikelet, Fear Like Us, Diecut and Little Lamb & The Rosemarys. Catch Agatha when they plow through The Reverence Hotel this Saturday October 24. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $12.
LOVE STREET MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL HOWLER
This weekend Howler will lend itself to Love Street, an eclectic, boutique micro music and arts festival. The day itself features a huge indie lineup of musicians heavily influenced by folk, country and blues, interweaved with a varied arts program of dance, projection, puppetry, circus and spoken word. Headlining the festival is psychedelic folk rock outfit, Immigrant Union, joined by the likes of Saint Jude, The Darling Downs, Gena Rose Bruce, Domini Forster, David Craft, Broads and Josh Cashman. There is also a huge arts lineup - Yo! Lets Go dance troupe, puppeteer Jhess Knight, writer Telia Nevile reciting poetry and theatre artist Constanza Tangoblanca. Catch Immigrant Union down at the Love Street festival this Sunday October 25 at Howler. Event starts at 4pm, entry is $28.
BLACK & BLUE CHERRY BAR
Cherry Blues is once again hailing Cherry Bar this week, and the talents of Black & Blue along with Suitcase Full Of Blues are gracing the stage for a series of very un-red songs. There’ll be a swathe of dirty blues, coupled with some swingin’, jumpin’, bumpin’ and un-stumpin’ swing tracks as the afternoon rolls on. Catch Black & Blue down at Cherry Bar this Sunday October 25. Doors open at 3pm, entry is $5.
WAX‘O PARADISIO
THE SHADOW ELECTRIC
Wax’o Paradisio is turning two, and you’re invited to come down to The Shadow Electric to celebrate. Join your resident DJs Simon TK, Andy Hart and Edd Fisher as they head across the Nullarbor and beyond the black stump for an all out outback psychedelic disco throwdown. Come cut some shapes with Wax’o Paradisio at The Shadow Electric this Sunday October 25. Doors open at 3pm.
ELWOOD BLUES CLUB PRINCE PUBLIC BAR
Melbourne’s longest running blues jam is back at the Prince Public Bar. Now calling the venue home after
THE LONESOME HEROES THE DRUNKEN POET
Described as a cross-pollination of rock, folk, country, psych and indie pop, The Lonesome Heroes are taking their melting pot of genres to The Drunken Poet this weekend. They’ve been touring the western side of the United States all summer, and after 1000+ shows in 28 states, they’re undertaking their first international tour to Australia in October 2015. Catch The Lonesome Heroes at The Drunken Poet when they play on Sunday October 25. Doors open at 4pm, entry is free.
Tonight is the last night you can catch dreamy lo-fi pop band Frida as part of their October Worker’s Club residency. They just threw down a huge launch party to celebratetheir single Slowly / I Want It All, as well as the launch of their own Wyall Style label. Solid effort. Tonight, they’ll be joined by Wyall Style DJs along with Tetrahedra. Get down to The Worker’s Club from 6.30pm and sink some ultra cheap beer. The tunes are free.
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JOE GUITON
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
Taking on his next round of his month long residency at The Reverence Hotel, Joe Guiton is almost settling into the venue as well as he’s settled into Footscray. The local punk troubadour has taken over the front bar, dragging all sorts of friends along for a month of punk tunes and pals. Coming along for this week’s ride are Georgia Maq and Shadow League. See Joe Guiton in action at The Reverence Hotel this Sunday October 25. Doors open at 3pm, entry is free. MONDAY OCTOBER 26
MUNDANE MONDAYS OLD BAR
Are your Monday evenings anywhere near as fucking mundane as working a fifteen hour deadline, week in, week out, with zilcho alcohol on hand to drag you through to the other side? Trust
1. The First Record I Bought: Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits on cassette. It’s the one where he’s on the cover in a white suit, just being the epitome of cool. 2. The Last Record I Bought: I got an early copy of Beyond The Melting Dawn, the new album by James Teague. It’s kind of freakfolk but really defies categorisation. James is a very deliberate and clever craftsman and I expect his discography will be something people rediscover in 40 years. 3. The First Thing I Recorded: We did our first recording in a Masonic hall with a mad genius, Mr. Mark Duckworth. It was a guerrilla mission ± we had to get back out before an afternoon dance class, but we got four or five songs down in that session, including Marmalade which we released. 4. The Last Thing I Recorded: Our latest release is called Indro Chaudhuri after a great friend of the band and an infectiously enthusiastic character. We recorded it with Mr Dave Atkins in his hillside studio out the back of Mullumbimby in NSW. 5. The Record That Changed My Life: I think it must be Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. I’d heard Dark Side Of The Moon and formed a strange vision of a band of silver-surfer looking people who made this music. Something about the long instrumentals on Wish You Were Here really sucked my brain in deep and I have visions of a crystalline future every time I listen to it. TSUN play The Old Bar, with Brother James and Spiral Arm, on Thursday October 22; Kennedy’s Creek Music Festival, with Mangelwurzel, Immigrant Union and many more, on Saturday October 24; and The Workers Club, with The Fire Alive and White Bleaches, on Tuesday October 27.
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SCATTERED ORDER Scatted Order have been at the forefront of Australian industrial music since their inception in 1979, and they’re pumped and primed for a performance at The Public Bar this Sunday. Sometimes absurdly pleasant, sometimes scarily abrasive, Scattered Order can always guarantee a multi-layered and blissful performance in the venues they greet. Scattered Order will be heading the bill for Minimum Wage at The Public Bar on Sunday October 25. Doors open at 5pm, entry is free.
Tsun
TSUN
THE WORKERS CLUB
After some truly whimsical, mindaltering performances over the past 18 months, supporting the likes of Ariel Pink, How To Dress Well, The Growlers, POND and many more, three-piece Tsun are taking to The Workers Club to relive the glory. Their expansive psychedelia seamlessly converges elements of soul, pop and krautrock into an ageless and unavoidable sound that takes listeners on a cosmic journey through space and time. Catch Tsun play a dynamic set this Tuesday October 27 at The Workers Club. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.
TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE
PRINCE PUBLIC BAR
Taste of Indie Collective are once again taking over the Prince Public Bar, and this time it’s going to be a huge Duo Trio night. This week on stage features the powerful and emotive sounds of Temple Of Tunes, the layback ultra-cool Dylan inspired trio Oktober Sky and the dynamic rock trio Mr Greedy, belting out the soundtrack to your Tuesday night. Slip into Prince Public Bar this Tuesday October 27 and catch the Taste of Indie Collective in action once again. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is free.
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2 Inch Tape
Who am I speaking with and what’s your role in 2 Inch Tape? Simon Rigoni, guitarist, songwriter, producer. You’ve described your sound as a blend of rock, country, folk, blues and avant-garde. How did you come to create this unique sound? Lack of discipline in sticking to any one genre, I’m trying to create a new genre called eclectic. Why not? I don’t craft my songs in standard ways, I’m always looking to create tension either through structure, arrangement, dissonance. You’re launching your debut album, New Addiction, at the Thornbury Theatre on Friday October 23. Can you tell us a bit about it? The album owes its multi genre feel largely to the musicians who played on it. Each brought their own style and within some parameters were free to contribute what they felt. We were blessed with the vocal talents of Mark and Lauren, resulting in male leads, female leads and duets. Instruments as diverse as pedal steel guitar to cello enable the album to take you on a journey. If you had to compare the atmosphere of your live performances with any well-known band or artist, who’d it be? Wilco, even if I’m lying. Well let’s see, there are lots of us, we share banter between songs, but it is business when we start playing. What’s in the cards for you guys in the coming year? Expect a new 2 Inch Tape single called Sadist in Slippers during the summer, then a new album in autumn, and heaps of other exciting projects to follow. 2 INCH TAPE are playing the Thornbury Theatre on Friday October 23. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 39
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews FLIGHT FACILITIES & THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Saturday October 17 Photos by David Harris
In September 2010 Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell, AKA Flight Facilities, performed their very first show in Melbourne. The event marked the closing party of music being performed upstairs at The Mercat, following ongoing noise complaints from their North Melbourne neighbours. The selling point for this show was that their single Crave You had been played by Aeroplane earlier that year at Coachella, and they performed on the evening to no more than 300 people. How far they’ve come. Five years on and the duo have cemented their position as one of Australia’s most successful musical exports. They’ve traversed the globe on sold-out tours, played at some of the biggest festivals on the planet, and just last week their debut album Down to Earth was nominated
FUTURE CL ASSIC NIGHT Foxtel Festival Hub, Friday October 16 In a similar vein to Banoffee’s minimalist beats and vocal style, Wafia’s opening set was characterised by an element of spaciousness. Wafia’s strengths came from an emphasis on an ambient, calming noise as her voice coursed its way through the slow clicks and thumps of the production. There was a loose R&B feel to it, an obvious groove that drew the impressive crowd into a slow sway. If there was one criticism to be made of the set, it’s that the amount of energy being poured into it wasn’t matched by the amount of energy conveyed by the music. Charles Murdoch played a more involved, up tempo set. He managed to catalyse a sonic cascade, as glitchy percussion passing over shuffled sounds, fired with reckless abandon. The use of deep, wet synth hits characterised his warm and upbeat performance. Murdoch performance was backed with a more interesting visual display than his partners, taking glitch imagery and metal textures to back up his beats. Hassling the crowd to get the fuck up, his set concluded with a collaboration with Wafia, the finale outlining Murdoch’s knack for a beat and Wafia’s chilled vocal talents. Last to the stage was HWLS with a savage set in comparison to the previous acts. While the previous acts worked on subtleties and slower grooves, HWLS’ wrecking-ball performance was exactly the opposite. The bass being blasted from the speakers could only be described as crushing, having an impact similar to a thousand stampeding elephants. It wasn’t subtle, it wasn’t easy to digest – it was violent. The mood in the room shifted drastically. As HWLS’ set neared its finish, the hall was noticeably barer than before. The sheer volume of the bass had given everyone in the crowd more of a workout than they were expecting, resulting in a few stragglers either wobbling like wet noodles or flopping in front of other crowd members in a desperate attempt to snare a mate. This wasn’t due to a lack of talent, but rather he worked both speakers and crowd to breaking point and nobody had the energy to keep up. It was the most punishing house set of the festival – maybe even the year – in the best way possible. BY THOMAS BRAND LOVED: Caught the last train home. SMD Taxis. HATED: Rock melon. There was none there but that shit sucks all the time. DRANK: Bit too much ay. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 40
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for three ARIAs. There was no doubt, though, that tonight’s performance – a specially commissioned show for Melbourne Festival – would mark the highest peak the boys had ever reached. Flanked by a hand-picked band which included Surahn, Touch Sensitive, Kurt Kristen and Broadhurst, alongside vocalists Emma Louise, Owl Eyes and George Maple, the night saw a dramatic reimagining of the duo’s back catalogue rearranged for a 60-piece orchestra by Davide Rossi, who also led the evening’s proceedings as conductor. The show, which sold out all 12,000 tickets in two hours, also marked the first time that Gruzman and Lyell had played live themselves. No pressure. From the moment the two appeared on stage,
adorned in their signature pilot apparel, they incited a 90-minute non-wavering electric atmosphere throughout the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. With the duo and their band perched above the orchestra, and Rossi centre stage playing the ringmaster, fan favourites Crave You (sung by Owl Eyes) and With You (sung by Kurt Kirsten) were rinsed with striking power and precision by the MSO. The crowd turned rapturously euphoric when the untameable afro of Reggie Watts made a surprise appearance for a rendition of Sunshine, while the most classically accessible track Clair de Lune provided the pièce de résistance for the evening with Owl Eyes’ vocals soaring over the heavy strings of the orchestra. At the conclusion of the performance the two were
greeted with a round of applause more deafening than I’ve ever witnessed, with Owl Eyes and Lyell locking eyes and pointing to each other affectionately in a moment of triumph. A show 12 months in the making, it’s safe to say the audacious journey had landed safely, turbulence free. BY JUNIOR CO-CAPTAIN TYSON WRAY
LOVED: The in-flight entertainment. HATED: What’s the deal with airline food? DRANK: A complimentary beverage.
OUT ON THE WEEKEND Seaworks, Saturday October 17 Photos by Maclay Heriot
Out On The Weekend is Australia’s own Americana festival – a tribute to American culture and country and folk rock performers. After a sold out inaugural event last year, we were treated again with a stellar line up headed by American folk rock band Dawes. Just as Shelly Colvin finished her early set, there were suddenly hoards of people packing in to the second stage for Barna Howard. Howard played beautifully, but was a bit too mellow. The crowd were quiet and awaiting the arrival of Ruby Boots. When it was her time to take stage, she was as impressive as ever. After a number of margaritas and some sun, we packed into the main stage shed for Mustered Courage. The Melbourne band’s set really kicked things off as people danced and cheered and sang along. Powerlines was a highlight, as was an overly excited, violently dancing
man and the super fan who stood at the front of the stage with tears of joy streaming down her face. A special feature of Out on the Weekend is the dedication to food and drink. Margaritas were strong and flowing, mixed drinks and shots were available at the Pirate Bar, and the food was provided by highgrade restaurant and food truck partners, including smoky BBQ meats from Sydney’s Porteño and Bodega establishments, doughnut perfection from All Day Donuts and Mexican meals from Melbourne’s Mesa Verde. Dinner time called for a visit to the classic Taco Truck. Taking a break from the commotion, we took a stroll to the end of the pier where the sound of the bands was still crisp. Tex, Don & Charlie put on an impressive set, as did Lost Ragas in the Pirate Bar, where I may
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or may have not taken part in a hoedown. Closing up for the night was Dawes. As everyone piled into the shed and the lights came up, it was easy to see why Out on The Weekend is considered to be a really special festival. BY TEGAN LOUISE
LOVED: Not having to hide my love for country music. HATED: Nothing. DRANK: Jim Beam and margaritas.
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews PATTI SMITH’S HORSES Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday October 18 Photo by Ian Laidlaw
Photos by Tony Proudfoot
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine…” spoke Adalita with careful precision. This was after all, a cover of Patti Smith. The audience wanted her to take all the time she needed. Adalita was joined by Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher and The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard for a start to finish tribute to Patti Smith’s debut album Horses. After announcing a single evening show, ticket sales were so popular that an earlier afternoon show was added. Despite the nocturnal activities of your average Patti Smith fan, a line of black clothed individuals stretched out of Melbourne Town Hall all the way to Little Collins Street at a quarter to five. After a perfect rendition of Rowland S Howard’s Shivers at last year’s festival, Adalita’s Gloria/ In Excelsis Deo was a larger and more lavish performance. Thanks
in part to the natural theatrics of the Town Hall and some choice lighting work, the punk heart of Smith’s work was given a little AC/DC hard rock style. As the lights dipped darker between songs, Courtney Barnett emerged on stage almost undetected. The opening chords of Redondo Beach played just as the audience’s eyes adjusted to the dark, sending a collective spine tingle around the room. Known for her rambling performance style, Barnett’s earnestness helped with the pleading tone of the line “Are you gone, gone?” Gareth Liddiard’s Birdland broke the string of relatively straight Smith impressions, but re-interpreting Smith was all part of the celebration. Heartfelt lyrics aside, getting to sing a Patti Smith song made the performers nothing but ecstatic and there was no hiding it. Liddiard still kept some anger and danger to his performance,
and the respite was welcome. That is, until Jen Cloher emerged on stage. If doing your best Patti Smith impression was the mission objective suggested to the artists, Cloher took that a step further and became Smith. Snarling, mean, Cloher near hissed Free Money at the audience who lapped it up. HANNAH JOYNER
LOVED: Courtney playing with her flannel like a feather boa. HATED: The lack of instruments being destroyed. DRANK: Somebody’s sins, but not mine.
SCOTT & CHARLENE’S WEDDING + TWERPS John Curtin Bandroom, Saturday October 17 It was a bumper double headliner down at The Curtin on Saturday, with Scott & Charlene’s Wedding taking the stage alongside Twerps for the slacker-fest of the year. Of all the bars in town, The Curtin has to be one of the noisiest ± there’s more speakers at the front of the stage than any other similarly sized venue in town. Twerps’ tunes range from bouncy pop to bummer-indie, and there’s a real warm vibe to their music. Cute organ lines, carefully plucked guitar notes and outstandingly busy bass riffs bring on an upbeat comfort. But with a section of speakers violently forcing a calming noise on the crowd, a lot of the delicate intricacies got lost in translation. Regardless, Twerps are a damn fine band and the show still proved that. Recently nabbing a nomination for Best Band in The Age Music Victoria Awards, tonight was a good showcase of their music, which is calm, layered and airy, but still retains a semblance of focus. In the gap between Twerps and Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, the venue was bustling with people. Many clustered out front for cigarettes, periodically venturing back inside to check if the show was ready to continue. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding then took to the stage, sating the crowd’s anticipating gaze. Their set, riddled with high twangy riffs and speak-sung lyrics about their hometown of Melbourne (especially in tracks
such as Epping Line), was a perfect match to Twerps’, while also containing a lo-fi grunge based edge. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding played a very loose, fun set. Their music has an inherently Australian feel, be it from cadence, looseness or lyrics relating to huffin’ durries and hanging out in Melbourne suburbs. As far as technical ability goes, they didn’t come off nearly as focused or polished as Twerps, but the difference between the two bands made for a well-rounded show. BY THOMAS BRAND
LOVED: Catching up with old pals behind the bar. HATED: The massive sound check. DRANK: A bottle of red to myself. Got to get them antioxidants mate.
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1. Light Weight THE OCEAN PARTY 2. Lay Low LOU DOILLON 3. Son Little SON LITTLE 4. From The Violent Banks of the Kaaterskill SIMONE FELICE 5. Bourbon St to Brunswick St: Live at the Paris Cat BOB SEDERGREEN AND ADAM RUDEGEAIR 6. Many Moons MARTIN COURTNEY 7. Severe MY DISCO 8. Songs Of The People: A Tribute To Vassilis Tsitsanis THE MELBOURNE REBETIKO ENSEMBLE 9. Lucky Stars DON MCGLASHAN 10. Veri Live. Very Last VARIOUS ARTISTS
HEARTLAND RECORDS TOP TEN 1. Atomizer - LP BIG BLACK 2. Innocence & Decadence LP/CD GRAVEYARD 3. Berlin CD/LP KADAVAR 4. Self Titled LP SEXWITCH 5. Transience LP STEVEN WILSON 6. PXR5 LP HAWKWIND 7. Self Titled LP FLIGHT 8. Exhausting Fire LP KYLESA 9. Self Titled LP/CD WITH THE DEAD 10. Punk Oddities LP THE DAMNED
SPACE JUNK
Bite Your Tongue (High Kick Records)
When I learned that Spacejunk’s second full-length album Bite Your Tongue was mastered by Mikey Young (of Eddy Current Suppression Ring) and recorded by Graveyard Train’s Matt Duffy on top of a bar in North Melbourne, I knew we would be in for a treat. The Melbourne four-piece embody the heart and soul of old school Aussie rock – the sound, the edge, the talent and even the rock star pseudonyms. They established a loyal following in the local bar scene and made clear their intentions to deliver fuzzed out guitardriven rock with their self-titled debut album in 2014. However, with the release of Bite Your Tongue, it seems Spacejunk are determined to push the boundaries and discover new frontiers in their collective psyche. The fast and firm drumming in the opening bars of Raised By Snakes set the tempo before frontman Mark E. Moon’s seasoned vocals take the spotlight. Moon’s frantic pleas make track two, Something I Know I
Don’t Know, a haunting favourite, while the explosive rhythm guitar on When It Rains perfectly rounds off the first half of the ten track offering. Warning kicks off the record’s second half with a distinctly psychedelic vibe that leads into an all-out grunge assault. Moon and bass player Betty Righteous share vocals on Better Now, which features just the right amount of distortion. The essence of the album can be heard in the chorus of penultimate track, Time Of My Time. In this quintessential punk anthem Moon unleashes the beast, repeating the lines, “Sorry I got so wasted / Sorry I got so high / Sorry I crashed your party / I had the time of my life.” And so did I listening to Bite Your Tongue. BY NATALIE ROGERS
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BY LACHLAN
Fangin’ for that new Adele.
MARCUS MARR & CHET FAKER The Trouble With Us (Detail) Hitting a low-key prolific streak in the valley between album cycles, Chet Faker (real name Chesney Henry Faker Jr) teams up with DFA alumni Marcus Marr for The Trouble With Us – the funked up first taste of their collaborative EP. There are moments where I want to like it, either somewhere in the minimalism of the verse, or the energised hook. But all in all, it plays to neither party’s strengths, echoing like a distant remnant of the blog house era rather than dextrous electronica or solid acid bangers. THE CHILLS Warm Waveform (Fire) Lapping like a cool tide, Dunedin luminaries The Chills return with true character, singing charming poetics with an alluring sense of hush. There’s a great sense of comfort here, everything has its
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It packs a genuine emotion, never cheap nor derivative. The mood is communal, rather than insular catharsis. Violent Soho’s strongest showing yet. KIRIN J CALLINAN The Teacher (Siberia) Kirin J Callinan gravitates to demented school age (sometimes pre-school age) narratives, revelling in the perversion of the mundane, leaving allusion to nefariousness in the margins. The Teacher takes the schoolboy aggression of Embracism’s title track and transforms it into first person lust. The piano-led arrangement is flawless to the point of absurd, like a velvet-draped soundtrack to a naïve fantasy of what mature copulation entails. It’s arresting, compounded by an alien cameo from Connan Mockasin, weird in ways you wouldn’t expect, out of Callinan’s comfort zone away from his equator of guitar pedals. Good stuff.
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Hedonist (Soothsayer) There’s nothing overtly hedonistic about Hedonist, its measure never overindulgent, breezing through an eight-minute runtime. The track powers with a resounding versatility, each build and release carried with impeccable taste. We’re everywhere within Hedonist – late night, sun-drenched, deep sea, deep bunker, summer, winter – an omnipresence to behold.
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COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK TOP TEN
1. Music Complete 2LP NEW ORDER 2. Veri Last: Issues 22, 23 & 24 Triple 7”/zine VERI LIVE 3. Innocence And Decadence CD GRAVEYARD 4. Shogun Assassin soundtrack LP THE WONDERLAND PHILHARMONIC 5. Force The Zone LP CUNTZ 6. Fire Of Love LP GUN CLUB 7. Shark Attack LP WEHRMACHT 8. Freedom LP REFUSED 9. Spiral Vortex LP NIGHT TERRORS 10. High CD ROYAL HEADACHE
TOP TEN SONGS MY MUM DANCES TO DRUNK 1. Man! I Feel Like A Woman SHANIA TWAIN 2. Mustang Sally WILSON PICKETT 3. Khe Sanh COLD CHISEL 4. Eagle Rock DADDY COOL 5. Tubthumping CHUMBAWAMBA 6. Hotel California THE EAGLES 7. Dancing In The Dark BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 8. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun CYNDI LAUPER 9. Nutbush City Limits TINA TURNER 10. Dancing Queen ABBA
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ALL THE COLOURS
CHRIS ISAAK
Vol. 2
JEMMA & THE CLIFTON HILLBILLIES
First Comes the Night
(Independent)
(Universal)
All The Colours is the side project for Josh Moriarty from Miami Horror, and Vol. 2 follows last year’s debut effort (which, you guessed it, was called Vol. 1). Right from the beginning of Jonathan, the insatiably delightful sound of Californian groove rock makes itself known. This is no surprise given the album’s recording location ± Rancho De Le Luna in the Californian desert, which has previously seen the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters lay down killer albums. While out in the country for Soundwave 2014, Rancho De Le Luna chief operator Dave Catching met Moriarty through some mutual friends and the idea of recording a new album soon sprouted. As you would expect from a trip out into the desert, All The Colours indulged in many delicacies while piecing together the album, including tequila drinking, favourite album naming, spliff smoking and air rifle shooting. Sounds like nothing but a great time, right? Considering Miami Horror just recently released their brilliant second record All Possible Futures, how Moriarty splits his time is a definite mystery. Either way, there are many great tracks on Vol. 2. Downsizing to a three piece for this album, it is an incredibly enjoyable listen, especially for fans of vintage rock’n’roll mixed with blissful vocal harmonies. Essentially everything that summer stands for is in this record. By TEX MILLER
Chris Isaak is never going to reinvent the wheel, but he has made a solid career out of giving Roy Orbison’s Cadillac a new coat of paint. From earning David Lynch’s applause in the 1980s, to the bad boy throwback crooner of the ‘90s, Isaak’s consistency and integrity hasn’t waned in the face of ever changing fashions and trends. First Comes the Night is a full-length record of pure Isaak, centred on his charming wit, smooth vocals and traditional rock‘n’roll backing. Recorded primarily in Nashville, the record takes on a distinctive Southern flavour, with the ghosts of country legends resonating through all 12 tracks. After the classic rock‘n’roll warm-up of the title track, the record takes a darker turn with Please Don’t Call; a pleading ballad of vanquished romance. After showcasing his troubled sensitivity, the groove returns on Down in Flames, a toast to Isaak’s prediction he’ll spend eternity burning in damnation for his lifetime of sins. The country influence becomes fully realised on four to the floor stomper, Dry Your Eyes, a rocker full of twang and attitude. Isaak’s early focus on hit singles has fallen by the wayside in favour of solid sounds and well thought musical narratives.While the record doesn’t uncover any new ground, the fact that Isaak’s career has remained successful for longer than many of those he has been accused of imitating is perhaps his strongest suit. It’s refreshing to hear such a committed artist capably delivering a solid and enjoyable record 30 years after his debut. Equal parts Roy Orbison and the King, Isaak’s voice and energy are as fresh and convincing as ever.
Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies (Independent)
In 2013, Jemma Rowlands released an EP under the band name, Jemma and Her Wise Young Ambitious Men. Fast forward two years, and, following a name change, Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies’ self-titled debut album is upon us, and it was well worth the wait. Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies is a refreshing country album with plenty of highlights. It begins with the single April’s Fool, with its appealing melody and emotion-charged lyrics setting the tone for what’s to follow. The best track on the album is the catchy Crying Room, while other highlights include Song Itself, Fightin’ Mad and Killing Time. Fiddle, pedal steel and banjo feature prominently. Despite the album’s relatively short length, (just under half an hour) all songs flow seamlessly throughout. Whether you’re a long-time country music fan or a new convert, this album is thoroughly enjoyable, suggesting a bright future lies ahead for Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies. By ALI BIRNIE
By JOE HANSEN
MJ HALLORAN
THE DEAD WEATHER
Phantom
(Off the Hip)
JOHN GRANT
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure (Bella Union/PIAS)
Dodge and Burn (Third Man Records)
Before he re-ignited the music career he’d left dormant in the early 1990s and transplanted himself to the hipster haven of Brooklyn, New York, Michael Halloran was an academic at La Trobe University, specialising in social psychology. He may have moved on from academia, but you can still hear the social psychologist within on Halloran’s latest album, Phantom. There’s a sense of psycho-cultural detritus in the opening track, Unbearable Lightness of Being, alluding to drugs as a failed antidote to emotional despair, a search for identity in an existential fog. Forgotten Days searches through the scraps of a past life, trying in vain to find something worth keeping while always moving on; Oh Love is a lament for a love once seen but never genuinely embraced; Adam’s Curse looks through a distant Biblical lens, asking for forgiveness; and Don’t Cry is an admission of failure, when all apologies have fallen on deaf ears. But with the second side comes redemption and something approaching contentment. On Roses Red Violets Blue Halloran channels the country blues noir of Clinkerfield in his quest for emotional salvation; Straight and True is a protestation of character and assertion of self-belief; We Could Be Stars sounds threatening but the message is prophetic, if only the narrator can be heard; There or Eternity constructs the uncertainty of romance as a binary enquiry; and Hip to Hip he suggests the answer is given, even if it’s just for the moment, as beautiful as it is. As Phantom rolls to its climactic conclusion, the lightness of humanity remains flickering. Halloran knows just how to mine the good, the bad and the ugly of the human condition. By PATRICK EMERy
Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack White (The White Stripes), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence (The Greenhornes) are all accomplished musicians in their own right, responsible for their own brands of unadulterated rock. When they come together as The Dead Weather, they morph into a nightmarish blues-rock swamp creature. It could be described as voodoo rock, but to pigeonhole it would be silly as The Dead Weather are too wild to be tamed. Dodge and Burn awakens this creature for the third time to delve further into unknown territories. They all bring a unique aspect to the lineup. Mosshart’s haunting vocals range from high pitched shrieks to seductive melodramatic tones; White kicks arse on the cans, his playing implicit of an underlying jazz philosophy; Fertita whips out oscillating screeches from his Electro-Harmonix Generator pedal; and Lawrence adds his signature fat and fuzzy bass riffs. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) and Cop and Go are what you’d expect from the Dead Weather, soft-loud contradictions, comprising grinding industrial guitars. Actually, the majority of songs on Dodge and Burn are like that; the guitars resemble chainsaws and concrete drills on Buzzkill(er), and warp like alien spaceship control boards on Three Dollar Hat. There’s also a more playful side to The Dead Weather lurking just beneath the surface. Playful, but still terrifying, like Let Me Through with its pulsating bass, Rough Detective with its evil cheerleader chants, and Bond theme candidate Impossible Winner. Dodge and Burn is the cursed cohort doing their thing, proving they haven’t lost any momentum during their five year hiatus. They fuck around just enough to keep it surprising, but not enough to lose their satanic vibe.
The intro of the new John Grant album, an annoying voiceover in English and Icelandic that degenerates into a whirlpool of noise, accurately indicates this will be a continuation of Grant exploring his experimental side. The more accessible ‘70s-style folk pop of the title track that follows swiftly reassures the listener that these electronic elements have been successfully integrated into his wryly crooned balladry. This is a sad and strange collection of songs, but they’re often very funny too. Grant doesn’t wallow in his misfortune, whether its being jilted by dodgy exes (the sleazy electro-strut of Slug Snacks) or lamenting his HIV positive status (in Grey Tickles, Black Pressure), because “there are children who have cancer, and I can’t compete with that.” The offbeat album title is a fusion of two idioms: ‘grey tickles’ is an Icelandic reference to midlife crisis, while ‘black pressure’ is Turkish for nightmare. But if is this is Grant’s mid-life crisis, it doesn’t come off as nightmarish in the slightest. This is perhaps the cheeriest sounding record from Grant yet, even at its most riled or acerbic, which perhaps reflects him embracing his adopted home of Iceland and enjoying a happy, new relationship with a new fella. While there’s nothing here with the emotive pull of Pale Green Ghost’s closer Glacier or the opening two tracks from his debut, this is a sharper and funkier album that manages to be his most varied in style and most consistent in quality. By CHRIS GIRDLER
By LEE SPENCER-MICHAELSEN
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
• big easy soul sessions Carlton Club, Melbourne
• papa g & the starcats + hyjinx + nafasi Toff
• bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• 1000 acre woods Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.
Cbd. 8:00pm.
• dizzy’s big band with peter hearne Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• fly away peter Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $30.00. • french reactionaries Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.
• girls on key Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.00.
• 2015 carlton dry independent music
awards - feat: airling + bad//dreems + dead letter circus + frank yamma + harts Arts House, Meat Market, North Melbourne. 7:00pm.
• alex watts + nathan seeckts Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:00pm.
• jude perl Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• alpine + tiny little houses + darts Corner
• julien wilson quartet 303, Northcote. 8:30pm.
• band showcase - feat: red candy + cold
$20.00.
• tash sultana + anna o Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
GIG OF THE WEEK!
Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $25.00.
turkey + no stairway Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm.
THE FALL
This week, as part of Melbourne Festival, Mark E. Smith brings his most prolific project The Fall down the Foxtel Festival Hub. The Friday and Saturday shows sold out in a jiffy, so you better get moving if you want to see The Fall perform on Sunday October 25. Tickets are still available from the Melbourne Festival website, but they’re bound to sell out.
• caravana sun + raised by eagles Northcote
• woo who + fuzzsucker + jurassic nark +
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
• dragon corpse + george adam & nathan
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
• alannah weir & the half talls + brash the
• etk + the shifties + joe conroy Evelyn Hotel,
• jack pantazis group Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
• fandango (zz top tribute) Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.
• low down big band Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.
• first response + skim the rim + pewter
• melbourne improvisers collective Uptown
$15.00.
• the rookies The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
empire Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. • bigbang Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. • chelsea bleach + two steps on the water + lewis Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. • jamestown revival + raised by eagles Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $33.00.
• lecherous gaze + flour + smb + no waves Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• open mic Hidden Garden, Ascot Vale. 7:00pm.
• richie 1250 & the brides of christ + les
minijupes + golden syrup Public Bar, North
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.
• rufus + yuma x + cassian Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $49.18.
• tall shores + masco sound system + guy
parkman band Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. • the harlots Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
• the naysayers + dada ono + mayfair kytes
+ matt kelly Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• the passouts Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. • witchgrinder + atomic riot Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $5.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • aimee francis + zac slater Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
• cotton club + dream boogie + jimi hocking Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
• julz evans Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• liz stringer + invenio + skipping girl
vinegar + hailey calvert Toff In Town, Melbourne
Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
• melbourne ukulele kollective beginner’s
class Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. • open mic Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 9:00pm. • 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: jasmine beth +
melody moon Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.00.
rezuk 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.
9:00pm.
snake necklace + swiftboi Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
• flying bison + when we were small +
twinspeak + the football club Grace Darling
Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $7.00.
• jai wolf (indian summer) + airwolf Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00.
• mixed thursdays - feat: the deadlips + aura
+ bad uncle + brad pot + leonard Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
• next - feat: alpha wolf + dregg + exposed Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00.
• oolluu + the marquis + kill tv + cosmos
creature Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. • oscar galt & the eventual somethings + plebs + nun of the tongue Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
• raw humps + dufresne + cocoa noire + acid
slop Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
• robbie williams + lawson Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 6:45pm.
• rufus + yuma x + cassian Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• shaded grey + anti-violet + lazarus mode
+ sharrow + insygnia Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
• showcase nights Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm. • the electric guitars + loose tooth + jukai
forest + gareth ed lindsay Gasometer Hotel,
bad shades Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.00.
Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.
• day ravies (liminal zones launch) + the
• midnight express - feat: prequel + edd
fisher Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • rugcutters - feat: andy swann & friends Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $16.00.
• the good egg thursdays - feat: henry who
+ tigerfunk + lewis cancut Lucky Coq, Windsor.
7:00pm.
Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12.00.
toga rock Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.00.
• earthless & elder + fuck the fitzroy doom
scene Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $54.00.
• elvis trash + burnt sausages The Luwow, Fitzroy.
• the new impromptu quartet + simone gill
• felicity ward + sammy j + luke mcgregor +
Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.
• the vibraphonic orkestra + ultravibralux Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
• timbalero thursday La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • adrian slattery + luke brennan + christian
bizzarri Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $6.00. • backstage blues night - feat: don frankenstein + the shake shack boogie house band + dj barry maxwell Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm.
• ben salter Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
• desiree cameron + featya Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
8:30pm.
Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• john hunter combo + edward nass +
andrew newman + mark gardner + cameron holmes & the blues dudes Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. $5.00.
• viox d’or + mia wray Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
• open mic nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm.
Belgrave. 8:30pm.
• ruby rogers experience Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00.
• tailor birds + tom redwood Drunken Poet, West
Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00. 8:00pm.
harley breen Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 7:00pm. $28.00.
• forever son + troubador Public Bar, North Melbourne. 3:00pm.
• friday night live - feat: alex józsa Continental Hotel Sorrento, Sorrento. 7:30pm.
• greeves + humans as animals + barcellos +
boadz Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• hey hey it’s friday - feat: astro boys Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.
• into the mystic - feat: joe creighton Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00.
• jordan bailey Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• k-rocks the band heat two Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 7:00pm.
• kaleidoscope + walken + summer blood +
drifter Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• kisschasy (farewell tour) + luca brasi Pier Live, Frankston. 8:30pm. $34.00.
• kit convict & thee terrible two (usa
homecoming) + la bastard + department + traumaboys Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. • la danse macabre + brunswick massive resident djs Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. • logic defies logic + sealed our fate + evolution of self + cyprus + furious george + jonestown Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $15.00.
• magic truffle festival - feat: apart
• tara walsh trio + dub princess Open Studio,
from this + big seal & the slippery few + dreamcoat + fortazela + more 24 Moons,
• the purple dentists Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
• maricopa wells Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
Melbourne. 8:00pm.
Northcote. 8:30pm. 8:00pm.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • 2 inch tape (new addiction launch) + cold
irons bound + the imprints Thornbury Theatre,
Thornbury. 7:00pm.
• ainslie wills (oh the gold tour) + machine
age + coda chroma Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
$17.00.
• autumn mary + triumph over logic + tragic
earth + cherry grind Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• bear the mammoth + fritzwicky + tux +
beloved elk 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $5.00. • belove Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. • born free + thorns + outsiders code + ill natured + hematoma Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 44
Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
• dynamo + the legends of motorsport +
• the minton playboys house band The B.east,
• justin doncevic + bethany peele Sooki Lounge,
8:00pm.
stevens + bad family + possible humans Tote
• einsteins toyboys + sunset strip Musicland,
• tsun + brother james + spiral arm Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.
escapades Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. $10.00.
• the gumbo club - feat: the blues bash Ding
• james fahy + joe oppenheimer Yarra Hotel,
• the vanns + cherry dolls + the crookeds
$79.90.
Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $25.00. Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.
awesome tapes from africa + cleopold + otologic Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 6:00pm. • dallas crane + the rollercanes + the
• goatpiss gasoline Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
• the pinheads + wod + neighbourhood youth
Williamstown. 9:30pm.
• chet faker (built on live) + silicon +
8:00pm. $10.00.
Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• the phoenix foundation + all the colours
8:00pm.
• captain spalding Customs House Hotel,
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Northcote. 7:00pm. $15.00.
• nat allison (farewell bash) Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm.
• paradise preview party - feat: habits +
leisure suite + cc: disco + deer + more Boney,
Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $10.00.
• red sky burial + el colosso + soulenikoes +
drova Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• robbie williams + lawson Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 6:45pm. $162.10.
• rufus + yuma x + cassian Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• rufus (dj set afterparty) + cassian + yuma
x + acid clouds Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd.
11:00pm. $20.00.
• the cliches Carters Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm.
• the fall The Foxtel Festival Hub, Southbank. 9:00pm. $55.00.
• the lazys + riff raiders Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
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• the paper kites + patrick james 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.
• the pretty littles + ross de chene
hurricanes + the shakes + slim jeffries Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• the sacred prism fundraiser - feat: ginger
& the ghost + king puppy & the carnivore + sugarteeth + the mary goldsmiths + more
DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST
The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $15.00.
• thousand foot krutch Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $49.00.
• tourist dollars (end of times melting
minds launch) + hideous towns + robot fox + milk teddy Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • vision street + gunslingers + damn that river + eeo + cap a capo Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• watt’s on presents Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:30pm.
• wildeornes + agonhymn + olmeg The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• wired + mark spano Eddie’s Bandroom, 9:00pm. $10.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • cannonball Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
• dj candy shins - feat: leif van den dungen +
tom dear Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm. • donut Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • emma gilmartin quartet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $20.00.
• floyd thursby & elza (chansons
françaises et australiennes!) Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm.
• fly away peter Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $30.00. • louis king & the liars klub Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
• miss whiskey Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. • patrizia & the night katz Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
• paul williamson (hammond combo) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00.
• q&r - feat: merlyn quaife + sally-anne
russell Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm.
$28.00.
• rebetiko Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
• romajanco + joe ruberto Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.
• sleazy listening - feat: steele bonus + arks
+ richard kelly + hysteric + k hoop Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.
• speak easy swing hard - feat: echoes
of harlem + georgia & the sentimental gentlemen Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $35.00.
• tek tek ensemble Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.
• that gold street sound Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
• traditional irish music session Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
• what the funk fridays Purple Emerald, Northcote. 9:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • alexander biggs + jo kathleen marie +
daniel luhrs Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. • cargo cults + alice williams Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
• chris russell’s chicken walk Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.
• chris wilson Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:15pm.
• daveys fridays - feat: rob & tarquin +
superfly djs Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston.
9:00pm.
ELDER AND EARTHLESS
Elder and Earthless are two of the fucking best heavy psych bands America has to offer, and now, you don’t even need to travel too far to hear ‘em live. They’ve stacked the bill for a gargantuan show at The Corner Hotel this Friday October 23. Warning. Your ears will melt from the onslaught of sonic epicness you’ll experience at this show.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • 2 headed monster fest - feat:
wonrowevision + turret Mr Boogie Man Bar,
Abbottsford. 6:00pm.
• a process of (pre halloween party) +
wet pensioner + laser brains + as a rival Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• all or nothing Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm. • bad//dreems + green buzzard + west
thebarton brothel party Northcote Social Club,
9:00pm. $20.00.
• bricks + past and present + easy brown’s
truckstop chicken jam + jed + lost in sight Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm.
• brooklyn’s finest + hyjinx + bonnie disco The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• cabbages & kings + gorsha + teenage libido Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.
• coffin wolf + the fck ups + gladstone +
damn the torpedoes Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• connor tolson album fundraiser - feat:
sunbeam sound machine + iders of sin tribute band + local group + the citradels + bill tolson Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. • dan webb Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $18.00.
• deena Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.
jokers + two headed dog + chasing alice Yah
Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• the lonesome heroes + the sideshow
brides + dj mick stylianou Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
• the mystic tip rats Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye.
Kilda. 8:00pm. $18.00.
• fleetwoods back - feat: jim lawrie +
richard bradbeer Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm.
• gaud + brando’s island + subjects +
vacuum Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. • gl + harvey sutherland + cc disco Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12.00.
• goatpiss gasoline Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 2:00am. $7.00.
• hendrix & joplin show - feat: pearl + e.x.p Eddie’s Bandroom, 9:00pm. $10.00.
• i know leopard Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $15.30.
• into the mystic (the music of van
morrison) - feat: joe creighton Caravan Music
Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00.
Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm.
Northcote. 7:00pm. $15.00.
Ripponlea. 9:00pm.
• noire Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $5.00.
• palm springs + sarah mary chadwick +
sweet whirl Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. • pikelet + fear like us + agatha + diecut + little lamb & the rosemarys Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm. $12.00.
8:30pm. $10.00.
• queen tribute show + pure blonde Musicland,
Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.
• ramshackle army + admiral ackbar’s
• the upstanding members + paul kaspar Mr • zerafina zara & alleged associates Smokehouse 101, Maidstone. 7:00pm.
Yarraville. 7:00pm. $30.00.
+ young offenders Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.
superstar + free time + caroline no + zone out Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $15.00. • the paper kites + patrick james Workers Club, Geelong. 8:00pm.
• the riptide movement (australian tour) Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $49.50.
• tomb hanx + fuzzsucker + cowabunga
beach John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 3:00pm.
• violent soho + palms + postblue Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.
• wendy stapleton (dusty springfield
show) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:00pm. $25.00.
• zen robotic + louise love + rebekah davis Town Hall Hotel, South Melbourne. 7:00pm.
Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.00.
dishonourable discharge + wing attack plan r + the dead peasants Public Bar, North
Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.
Tim Hulsman Trio
You’ll be playing at the Catfish on Saturday October 24 in support of your 2014 release Dead Man’s Garden. What can we expect? Our sound palette includes dobro and Weissenborn slide guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, upright bass, drums and my earthy vocals. Musically you can expect a really dynamic show, ranging from beautiful sweet, delicate moments to raucous foot stomping, epic crescendos. In what ways have your live performances evolved since the addition of Karl Bentley on drums, and Craig Kelly on upright bass? Karl brings this beautiful sensitivity to the drumming, but when he unleashes it’s awesome. Craig helps to shape the new songs and improve the old ones. As a trio we are greater than the sum of our parts. You’re a raw and vulnerable lyricist who draws from real, and sometimes painful, experiences. How does your honest lyricism complement your musical style? I guess the lyrics define the musical style. I have always struggled with sticking to one style of music. People still have trouble pigeon holing me. My music is not traditional blues or country or folk or rock, but it lends from the best parts of all of them, and blends them in a way that makes the lyrics shine and tells the story in the most original way I can. What’s on the cards for The Tim Hulsman Trio in the near future? We are getting ready to hit the studio early next year and record our first album together as a trio. That’s pretty exciting. The new songs are awesome, you’ll hear a lot of them down at the Catfish on Saturday. TIM HULSMAN TRIO play the Catfish on Saturday October 24.
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JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • bourbon street to brunswick street Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
• fly away peter Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $30.00.
• me-graines + the interceptors Lyrebird Lounge,
• the black alleys + above kings + mosey
Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $13.00.
• tex perkins & charlie owen Yarraville Club,
jurassic nark Howler, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $12.00. • eugene hamilton & the money St Kilda Memo, St
• steve lucas Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 5:00pm.
Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 7:30pm.
blindmunkee + elusive + more Cherry Bar,
• drunk mums + magic bones + pow pow kids +
• rob snarski & shane o’mara + broads Flying
• kay and the blue dogs Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm.
303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00.
• ten thousand + dean williams +
• cuban jazz festival - feat: dj joel fletcher
destruktor + hordes of the black cross + more Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $15.00. • magic truffle festival - feat: apart from this + big seal & the slippery few + dreamcoat + fortazela + more 24 Moons,
Carlton. 8:00pm. $8.00.
Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.
• spoonbill + griff + kodiak kid + eastward
• the ocean party (light weight launch) +
• leigh ritson benefit gig - feat: the kill +
• kanvas grey + shane sewell Bella Union Bar,
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $111.13.
• saturdays r covered - feat: radio star Royal
avenues end Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd.
• bang - feat: hands of hope + rejuvenate +
• greg dodd & the hoodoo men Lomond Hotel, • hey gringo Pirates Tavern, Williamstown. 8:00pm.
Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• robbie williams + lawson Rod Laver Arena,
• the hunted crows + greenthief + from oslo
• john kendall & the shot glasses Inkerman
Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
• ripley + alex lahey + dan lethbridge Workers
Northcote. 8:30pm.
• frank sultana & the sinister kids Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
Don’t know what Darebin Music Feast is? Think it’s some small fry local festival? Try 100 events in more than 10 venues over 10 days. We don’t even know where to begin; Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Sophie Koh, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir with special guest Kylie Auldist, Scrimshaw Four and stacks of more acts are playing, plus a bevvy of industry panels, songwriting contests and more. A lot of them won’t cost you a thing either. Check out the full program at musicfeast.com.au. Grab that highlighter - there’s a mountain of shows on offer.
Rochford Wines, Coldstream. 11:00am. $73.50.
• hue blanes quartet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• jadida + zourouna Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $12.00.
• joe chindamo trio Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.
• on church street Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $20.00.
• phila para Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 6:00pm.
• pie in the sky Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:30pm. $10.00.
• royal consorts & the history of the
emotions - feat: latitude 37 Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 5:00pm.
• samassin Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm.
• sin frontera + huanchaco Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm.
• soul nation revue - feat: revomatix + the
funkadelic side + soul salvation Barwon Club
Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• steve sedergreen quartet + mal
sedergreen + dave palmer Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00.
• the horns of leroy Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. • ultrafox Belleville, Melbourne. 7:00pm.
• unit 6 Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • amarillo Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
• ben smith band Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.
• budweiser artist showcase - feat: pete
summit + santi Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• dan parsons (valleywood launch) + bell
st delay + matthew colin. The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $12.00.
• danny mcdonald + ed reed Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• glorious north Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
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McRobin
Define your genre in five words or less: Alt folk rock fancy folk. How long have you been gigging and writing? I’ve been in bands since I was about 15 but I only started the McRobin solo project 18 months ago. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? The music and movies that I’m exposed to influence my own music a lot. Most of my own songs are written somewhere in the euphoric period immediately following a great gig, the first listen of a new album or after watching an outstanding film. What’s you proudest moment of doing what you do? Getting to play gigs in incredible places around the countryside. And your least proud? Being that annoying musician playing in the corner of a pub while a bunch of blokes are trying to watch either the footy, a fight or a car race. When, and why did you start writing music? I started writing when I was about 15. My mates had a singer-less band so I started writing lyrics to their music and they eventually welcomed me to the group. Where would you like to be in five years? Bunkered down in my studio (yet to exist), located somewhere in the Alpine Valleys of northeast Victoria, writing what I hope will be my second or third album. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? I released my debut EP Fault Lines earlier this year. It’s on all the things: Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music etc. On Thursday October 29, MCROBIN and some very special guests are doing a tribute to Crowded House’s Woodface at Northcote Town Hall for Darebin Music Feast. You can also see them at the Workers Club on Tuesday November 10 with support from JP Klipspringer and Imogen Pemberton. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 45
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au • goatpiss gasoline Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
• greg walsh Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 5:00pm.
• jerome knappett + georgia maq Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.
2:30pm.
• the melbourne jazz co-op Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
• karaoke with zoe Customs House Hotel,
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
• michael meeking & the lost souls Retreat
• a dedication to chrissy amphlett Barwon Club
• mick dog’s bone yard Post Office Hotel, Coburg.
• airway lanes Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 4:00pm.
Williamstown. 9:00pm.
Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
9:30pm.
• new generation blues women + andrea
marr + blue eyes cry + miss lizzy & the night owls Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. • paul madigan Esu House, South Yarra. 8:00pm. • ry kemp + luke seymoup + mick porter + gordon holland + jo neugebauer Reverence
Hotel, Geelong. 5:00pm.
• bad//dreems + green buzzard + west
thebarton brothel party Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.00.
• birdhouse + milla + random subjects Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
• byo vinyl night Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 4:00pm. • city sharps + vendetta Mr Boogie Man Bar,
• the bon scotts (good times launch) +
alex nicole & the missing pieces Toff In Town,
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00.
• eternally fresh + golden girls Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.
• good faces for radio Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 7:00pm.
• high voltage rock school Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 3:00pm. $12.00.
• the killjoys Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
• jam at musicland sundays Musicland, Fawkner.
• the lonesome heroes Gem Bar, Collingwood.
• love street music festival - feat:
• the kraken Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3:00pm. 7:00pm.
• the three kings Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. • the waifs + mia dyson Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $59.08.
• tim hulsman trio Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 25
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • all day fritz Open Studio, Northcote. 3:00pm.
• bohemian nights Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. • bossa brunswick Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
• indivisible violin & piano - feat: ji won
kim + young kwon choi Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 5:00pm. $38.90.
• large number 12s Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
• mokranjac (serbian sacred choral music)
7:30pm.
immigrant union + saint jude + the darling downs + gena rose bruce + more Howler,
Brunswick. 4:00pm. $25.00.
• masses + whiz kids + bin kicker Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
• naked bodies + jimmy hawk + bj
morriszonkle Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. • national evening express + space riot + cosmos Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • scattered order + hospital pass + astral flight Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. • seb mont Big Mouth, St Kilda. 6:30pm. • speed orange + middle age weirdo + the interceptors Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. • straight forward + world view + sick machine + blinded + bleach Bendigo Hotel,
• tek tek ensemble Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. • the cairo club orchestra + nichaud
fitzgibbon Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $23.00.
• americana hayride - feat: bill chambers
+ justin bernasconi & cat canteri + dan waters & justin bernasconi + more Caravan
Music Club, Oakleigh. 2:30pm. $20.00.
• alice williams Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.
• black & blue + suitcase full of blues Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. $5.00.
• bohjass 303, Northcote. 7:00pm.
• brendan welch + rolling blackouts + mark
with the sea Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm.
$12.00.
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JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC • b3 breakout 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
• piano heaven - feat: flinders quartet +
hoang pham Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
7:00pm. $40.00.
• tchaikovsky’s serenade Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $49.00.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • career advice + allysha joy + the
lagerphones Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.
8:00pm. $10.00.
• cherry jam Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• devin townsend project + periphery 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $66.00.
• diecut + vacuum + stations + sow discord Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00. $3.00.
Collingwood. 5:45pm. $5.00.
• miss + ghost dick + girl fridas Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK • paul williamson’s hammond combo Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.00.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 27
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS • fresh industry showcases Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
• jmc academy showcase Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:45pm. $5.00.
• elwood blues club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .
• the shakes + the sand dollars + the teskey
• heidi everett 303, Northcote. 3:30pm.
• tsun + white bleaches + the fire alive
• joe guiton + georgia maq + shadow league
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• sister + hakea Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm.
8:00pm.
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launch) + humans as animals + greg fleet + brad oakes Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
• dd & the damanged gooods Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 5:00pm.
WANTED ACTS WANTED FOR SuNDAy ROCk SHOWS contact: mark@gunnmusic.com.au bANDS/DuOS/SOLO ACTS WANTED for Acoustic/Indie Fest - contact: mark@gunnmusic.com.au bASS PLAyER AND DRuMMER WANTED for one day recording session at Newmarket Studios in North Melbourne. The style of music is pop/rock. Must have pro gear. Will pay cash. Phn: 0434 300 959. MELbOuRNE-bASED PROG METAL bAND CIRCADIAN PULSE are looking for a vocalist. See circadianpulse.com or call 0401 826 787 for more details. ROCk/METAL ACTS WANTED for local rock shows - contact: mark@gunnmusic.com.au
• vic meehan (the girl in the red shoes
East. 7:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
9:00pm.
Hotel, South Melbourne. 5:00pm. $5.00.
• three kings Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm.
• jmc academy showcase Gasometer Hotel,
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 2:30pm. $30.00.
• sunday soul sessions Purple Emerald, Northcote.
• the travis winters blues band The Water Rat
Collingwood. 5:00pm. $15.00.
• vanderaa + blashki Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
• reflejos Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.
9:00pm.
• frida + tetrahedra Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 3:00pm. $50.00.
• piano heaven - feat: flinders quartet
East. 5:30pm.
Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
• erin will be mad Carters Bar, Northcote. 5:00pm.
hayhurst + alexander biggs Yarra Hotel,
• the roundhouse gang Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
• the t-bones Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
5:00pm.
Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
This weekend, Howler will play host to the exceptionally curated Love Street Music and Arts Festival, letting local talent shine with so much on offer in the world of arts. Poetry, puppetry, projection, other things that start with P, probably. And music, can’t forget the music. Immigrant Union, Saint Jude, The Darling Downs, Josh Cashman and bucket loads more will grace the stage. It all starts from 3.30pm this Sunday October 25 at Howler.
Abbottsford. 6:00pm.
• devin townsend project + periphery 170
• that’s all folks - feat: elise cabret + brent
LOVE STREET MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
• the steve martins Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00.
• shane diiorio band Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
WITH GRACE KINDELLAN
• the detonators Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston.
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.
• jules boult Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.
• luke austen Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.
$6.00.
brothers Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.
• when we were small + lunatics on
pogosticks + voxx_ Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
$6.00.
• michelle gardiner Customs House Hotel,
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
• mitchell a. power Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy.
• anna’s go-go academy Bella Union Bar, Carlton.
• open mic sunday Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.
• ears wide open 3 - feat: richard gill
smith adoption centre) - feat: andrew mccubbin & the hope addicts + jodie meehan + sarah childs + tatjana josevska + more Cherry Tree, Richmond. 4:00pm. $15.00. • rhys crimmin & the toms + chris watts + james caddy Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $15.00. • sunday session - feat: brunsy Ferntree Gully
• irish session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
Williamstown. 3:00pm. 3:30pm.
• paws for a cause (fundraiser for lort
6:30pm. $10.00.
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $40.00.
• piano forte Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm.
• quartet on collins #3 - feat: flinders
quartet Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 1:00pm. $28.00.
• richmond music academy + roger clark
quartet Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 6:30pm. $9.00.
Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.
• violin sonatas - feat: adam chalabi Melbourne
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
• sunday sessions - feat: various artists • the hornets Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
• the houndlings Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. • the lonesome heroes Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.
Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.
• alex hamilton Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
• dear thieves + the hunted crows + low fly
incline Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
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Some exciting new names have been added to the line-up for Face The Music 2015. The latest addition to the bill is a discussion of the influence that national airplay has for emerging artists and how decisions are made about playlisting and editorial segments behind the scenes. To acknowledge triple j’s 40th anniversary, the session will feature radio presenters Dave Ruby Howe (triple j Unearthed), Nicole Cheek (triple j), Dorothy Markek (Double J) and Jacinta Parsons (ABC Local Radio). After the discussion, Face the Music delegates will have the chance to sit down one-on-one to pitch their music and pick the brains of one of the station’s key decision makers at the triple j listening lounge. If this sounds like a golden opportunity to you then hit up www.facethemusic.com.au and apply by Wednesday October 28 to secure one of 20 places. JD Samson is set to deliver one hell of a keynote at this year’s Face The Music. An integral member of electronic feminist punk band Le Tigre and one of the world’s most visible, outspoken and inspiring gender queer performer/activists, Samson will discuss the tensions between creating experimental punk music and the realities of running a business, touring in support of a crew who sometimes earn more than the band. Samson will also appear on Hens in the Cock House: Shake a Tail Feather alongside Joanna Cameron (One of One), Cassandra Pace (Music Victoria) and producer Anna Laverty. Last year’s Hens in the Cock House session ruffled feathers with its follow up fully intending to do the same, delving deeper into the conversation about sexism in the music industry and recent initiatives aimed at promoting gender equality on stage, in the audience and behind the scenes. It’s an exciting time to be a musician or a fan in Melbourne with AWME, Melbourne Music Week, Melbourne Music Symposium, The Age Music Victoria Awards and the APRA Screen Music Awards happening all over town. Face the Music Takes place on Friday November 13 and Saturday November 14 at Arts Centre Melbourne with more information available at www. facethemusic.com.au. On showcase at this year’s Melbourne Festival will be outstanding new artists and collaborations from Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Visible Music Mentoring Program. This Sunday October 25, come see a special collaboration between Beatrice, Supina Bytol and Sinit Tsegay featuring trip hop vocals, Amharic rhythms and Ethiopian percussion. Also performing is Persian singer Saharnaz Kia and Reza Fareli whose music pays homage to Iranian and Afghani folklore. The show starts at 3pm at the Foxtel Festival Hub with more information available at www.festival.melbourne/events Girls on Film Festival is back for 2015 with a stellar program and the awesome Riot Grrrl themed Girl Germs session for feminists of all ages. Featuring Nailed It nail bar, zine workshops, roller derby demonstrations, a set from gangbusters garage band The Girl Fridas and finishing with a screening of Drew Barrymore’s Whip It!, it’s going to be a super rad Saturday afternoon. Girl Germs kicks off at 2pm on Saturday October 24 at Cretan House, 150 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick. For tickets and more info, head to www.girlsonfilmfest. yapsody.com/event/index/17594/whip-it. Got news you’d like to share with us? Send it to push@thepush.com.au
ALL AGES GIG GUIDE THuRSDAy OCTObER 22 • Mansfield Regional Produce Store Youth Film Festival w/ four short films with the theme ‘Heroes and Villains’ created by a group of local young people at Mansfield Armchair Cinema, 1 Chenery St, Mansfield, 5pm-7.30pm, Free, www. mansfield.vic.gov.au, AA FRiDAy OCTObER 23 • Neon Nightmates at EV’s, 212 Mt Dandenong Rd, 7pm-11pm, $12, www.maroondahyouthservices. com, U18, SuNDAy OCTObER 25 • Loddon Mallee Hume Skate Park Championship Series Final at Moama Skate Park, Blair St, Moama, 10am-5.30pm, Free, AA • flash company Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.
• neil diamond Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $112.00.
• taste of indie tuesday - feat: duo trio night Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.
Wed 21st October
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6pm: Traditional Irish Session
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MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
NEW SIGNINGS #1: IVY LEAGUE SNARES TINY LITTLE HOUSES
Ivy League Records’ latest signing is Melbourne band Tiny Little Houses. They came together in mid-2014 through a love of ‘90s folk/rock and got high rotation triple j airplay. The radio favourites Easy and new single Soon We Won’t Exist feature on their debut EP You Tore Out My Heart, due October 30, which they’ll follow up with national dates.
NEW SIGNINGS #2: UNFD TAKES HANDS LIKE HOUSES
UNFD signed Canberra’s Hands Like Houses, in partnership with their US label Rise Records, for Australia and NZ. HLH signed to Rise in 2012 and saw their 2013 album Unimagine debut at #37 on the Billboard US chart. Their next album Dissonants is due in January.
APRA AMCOS COLLECTS RECORD $300 MILLION
APRA AMCOS collected a record $300 million for their members in the 2014/15 year. Much of the rise was due to a 26% rise (representing $26 million) in foreign revenue, most of it from US radio and British TV playing music from songwriters and composers from Australia and New Zealand. APRA’s increase in domestic performing right revenue was up 5.6% to $195 million while that from reproduction right grew 2% to $68 million. Monies from downloads dropped by one third as Australian and NZ consumers switched to streaming, which is expected to rise in the next year. For the first time ever, APRA stand-alone net distributable revenue surpassed $200 million (which has doubled over the past decade). APRA has 85,987 members and AMCOS 15,148 members
SPEAKERS FOR DAREBIN FEAST’S SHOP TALK
Darebin Music Feast’s music industry conference Shop Talk has announced 32 speakers. Held Saturday October 31 and Sunday 1 November in various venues, the Listen conference has names including Evelyn Morris, Fjorn Butler, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Helen Marcou, Holly Pereira, Jen Cloher, Jenny Valentish, Kirsty Rivers, Katie Pearson, Luccrecia Quintanilla and Alterity Collective.
Q&A
A Process Of
Define your genre in five words or less: Heavy, heavy, heavy rock. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “Man, you’ve got to check this shit out.” How long have you been gigging and writing? Around 13 years. What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date? It’s hard to say. There have been so many cool shows. Any gig where the crowd gets a little crazy is a personal favourite of mine. Which band would you most like to have a battle/ showdown with? The Bronx. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Anything that’s rocking really. We all listen to different types of punk, rock, metal, hardcore et cetera. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? You’ve got to be motivated, fiercely promote your shows, make every gig an event and support other bands. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? We have a brand new self-titled album out now on iTunes. Why should everyone come and see your band? Beause you’ll hear some killer riffs, catchy tunes, have a blast and walk home with a smile on your face. A PROCESS OF are launching their latest single/video Black Rose at The Brunswick Hotel, with Wet Pensioner, Laser Brains and As A Rival, on Saturday October 24. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 50
On November 1, Jen Cloher’s I Manage My Music speaks to L-FRESH, Martha Brown and Zac Abroms on handling careers independently. On October 27 Country Music Association chairman Dobe Newton moderates a panel that points out how Northcote has the highest concentration of country music songwriters in Australia ± more than Tamworth. Other events include Step Jr (young people in music talking about practices in the industry), a debate on whether crowd-funding is the new grant writing, while David Bridie talks about his career with ABC Radio/ Triple R broadcaster Jacinta Parsons.
MELBOURNE GETS $1M WORTH OF GRANTS
75 individuals and organisations shared in $1 million worth of annual arts grants for projects to start in 2016. These were announced by the City of Melbourne which said it received so many applications (almost 350, a 72% increase from last year) that it raised the funding pool by an extra $200,000. Recipients included women in the industry group Listen for a conference, the book Radical Radio celebrating 40 years of 3CR, folk pop teen sister duo Charm of Finches to make their second album and drummer and composer Bart Willoughby for his Land and Landmark Recordings.
STUDY: WHY WE RESPOND TO SAD MUSIC
Your personality determines why you like sad songs. A US survey suggests those who enjoy it are empathic, and “high on agreeableness and openness.” It found listeners feel they are in the presence of a sad person and feel compassion. Sadness is the eighth most reported affective state induced by music, after happy, relaxed, calm, moved, nostalgic, pleasurable, and loving. The study at Ohio State University was by Prof. David Huron, recently a visiting academic at University of NSW.
THINGS WE HEAR
• Which festival almost had to cancel its first day due to a bee swarm? • Which music video director shouted his crew a tropical holiday after doing three projects back to back? • Boy & Bear debuted at #1 on the ARIA chart for the second time, with Limit Of Love. According to historian Gavin Ryan, it is the 393rd record to enter at #1 in Australia, the 14th with love in its title, the first with limit, and the 188th chart topper by an Aussie act. It is the ninth chart topper this year by an Australian act. • Much of Megadeth’s show in Beijing was instrumentals and jams ± but only because many of their lyrics speak of drug abuse, suicide and air pollution. • Sticky Fingers have recorded a version of The Specials’ Ghost Town as a statement on Sydney’s lockout laws. The original topped the charts in 1981 when the UK had civil riots caused by unemployment and social depression. • The Macquarie Radio Network will change its name to Macquarie Media after its AGM on November 10. • Blunt Magazine is moving from print to digital, claiming unique browsers on bluntmag.com.au increased by 500% in the past 12 months. • 946,000 metro viewers tuned in to ABC-TV’s Australian Story as singer Jenny Morris went public on being diagnosed ten years ago with spasmodic dysphonia. It causes “spasms” in the vocal chords causing her voice to break up or give it a “strangled” quality, and ended her singing career. • American Idol returns to Foxtel’s Fox8 for its farewell season express from the US in January. • With NWA back in the spotlight, old stories are surfacing. Former NWA manager Jerry Heller said on SMASHD he believed that Suge Knight put out a hit on Tupac. He said he’d never work with Ice Cube again who accused him of ripping him off in No Vaseline with lines like “You can’t be the N-- 4 Life crew with a white Jew telling you what to do/ Pulling wools with your scams/ Now I gotta play the Silence of the Lambs.” • Sydney band The Lazys’ Black Rebel hit #19 on Canada’s Active Rock charts ± their second Top 20 Canadian single. • * Tyler, The Creator calls Australia’s visa laws “racist” in new song Fuck It asking why he was banned for violent and homophobic lyrics but not Eminem. • * Health care workers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston calling themselves Flu Fighters have done a parody of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off encouraging people to wash their hands and stop spreading flu. • Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s video for See You Again has become the first hip hop video to score over one billion views on YouTube. Released in April it is a tribute to actor Paul Walker, who died in a single vehicle accident in 2013. • An online petition has launched for the Australian Government to dump Advance Australia Fair as national anthem in favour of Violent Soho’s Like Soda. Campaign organiser Matt Querzoli says that
Like Soda encapsulates all that is great about being an Aussie while AAF’s lyrics are out of date (“girt”?), people don’t know them (“look at Kate Ceberano’s stuff up at the 2015 AFL Grand Final” and, most important, “You can’t realistically headbang to the tune.”
MOSHTIX LAUNCHES STREETIX
Australian ticketing company Moshtix has launched a new ticketing portal, Streetix, which it designed with input from festival, venue and events promoters. Essentially it tries to solve the problem of manually administering “hard tickets” (the paper kind) and chasing cash. It is also a social ticketing portal, whereby super-fans sell tickets to mates and contacts and are paid commission in cash, points or prizes.
REPORT: CIA USED METAL MUSIC FOR TORTURE
Heavy metal and Westlife were used to torture and break abducted Tanzania fisherman Suleiman Abdullah in Afghanistan. In a disturbing report Out Of The Darkness, the American Civil Liberties Union said they’d play metal music in his pitch-black cell at earpiercing volume interspersed with syrupy Westlife’s 2000 single My Love to taunt the newly married man.
GABRIELLE RYAN EXITS SPUNK AND CAROLINE, JOINS INERTIA
After two and a half years, Gabrielle Ryan has left as Label & Publicity Manager at Spunk and Caroline. “I’m staying in music but moving over into a marketing role,” she said of future plans. She was later announced as Inertia’s new Marketing Manager.
TOUR UPDATES
Lanie Lane who in February said she was quitting the music biz after five years, is back to touring through NSW and Victoria. Her change of mind came after a trip through the outback with her dog Dingo alleviated her stress and opened up new stories and a new zest. Her shows will include examples of her visual art. David Bowie’s agent says he’s given up touring for good. The Drones tour Europe through October and November. New single Taman Shud is inspired by the unsolved 1948 death of a man found on Somerton Beach in South Australia. Just days before Brisbane band The Creases were to start a national tour, some scum broke into guitarist Jarrod Mahon‘s home and stole instruments.
NINA LAS VEGAS LEAVING TRIPLE J
With her international DJ and producer career in full swing, and with plans to launch her NLV Records this week, Nina Las Vegas will play her last show on triple j this Saturday. She’s been there for ten years, starting as a 19-year old doing work experience to presenting Saturday night House Party and host/producer of Mix Up Exclusives.
GLASTONBURY MAKES $180K PROFIT
Last year’s Glastonbury Festival made a profit of A$181,810 (£86,000) from a turnover of $78.3 million (£37 million), according to official details. It made charity donations of $1.47 million (£695,974), $3.17 million (£1.5 million) on payroll and $1.05 million (£500,000) for compensation and wear and tear on festival founder Michael Eavis’ farm on which it is held. Eavis and Live Nation’s Paul Latham, who run the company Glastonbury Festival 2015 Limited, each got close to $130,000 (£60,000). The 2016 event sold out in 30 minutes.
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LIFELINES Expecting: John Legend and model Chrissy Teigen, their first. Married: country singer Catherine Britt and James Beverley in Newcastle on the weekend. They met at the gym. She wore a wig as she’s lost her hair during cancer treatment. Hospitalised: Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, the lone survivor of the original 1964 lineup, had a heart attack. In Court: rap entrepreneur Suge Knight and comedian Katt Williams must stand trial on charges they robbed a celebrity photographer of her camera last year. He claims he was trying to protect his young son from being photographed. In Court: NT rapper Ezra Austral (Notorious Cornwallis) is behind bars after boasting in an online rap of his supposed criminal activities. The 17-year old raps about making $5000 a day selling crystal meth in Palmerstone and “always got a glock strapped down my jocks, motherfuckers talk shit, you’ll get shot.” He’s on remand until November 4 and faces a number of charges including car theft. Whether it was a personal rap or one in character will no doubt be discussed in the courtroom. Died: Texan blues guitarist Smokin’ Joe Kubek, 59, of a massive heart attack minutes before a North Carolina show. Died: Carey Lander, keyboardist and singer with Scottish band Camera Obscura, from the rare bone cancer osteosarcoma. Died: Stooges saxophonist Steve Mackay, 66 from sepsis, an infection that can lead to organ failure. Iggy Pop is the only surviving member of the lineup that recorded the 1970 album Fun House. Died: Australian drummer John Murphy, 56. He was involved in the art/new wave scenes in Australia (primarily with Ollie Olsen) and the UK, in SPK, The Associates and Death In June. He also recorded with The The, Gene Loves Jezebel and Nico.
KISS FM LOOKING FOR BREAKFAST CREW
Melbourne’s Kiss FM, which has kick started many radio careers, is looking for a new breakfast crew (solo or a team of up to three) to share the slot with Great Heads who present it on Monday and Tuesday. Email timmy@kissfm.com.au with a blurb about yourself and how you see yourself as part of the Kiss FM breaky brigade.
MARLON WILLIAMS LEADS NZ AWARDS NOMS
Melbourne-based NZ alt-country singer/songwriter Marlon Williams leads the nominations for the New Zealand Music Awards. He’s up for five wins, including Best Album, Best Single, Breakthrough Artist, Best Male Solo and Best Alternative Album. Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Six60 had four each, Shihad and Broods with three each.