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PJ HARVEY ANNOUNCES AN OPEN-AIR 2017 SHOW Two time winner of the prestigious Mercury Prize PJ Harvey is heading back to Australia. Joined by a whopping ten-piece band, the tour comes in the wake of her acclaimed ninth studio album, The Hope Six Demolition Project. The album was recorded during a month-long residency at iconic Somerset House, during which audiences were given the opportunity to watch Harvey work with her band and producers. If that wasn’t enough, it might also interest you to know that Harvey also paints, draws, sculpts, and writes poetry. Her attention-commanding and profoundly artistic show will happen on Saturday January 21 at Sidney Myer Music
Sydney sweeties Lime Cordiale have announced a series of east coast headline shows for October ahead of their new single Waking Up Easy which will be out on Friday September 30. Inspired by artists as diverse as Charles Bradley, Daft Punk and The Roots, they’ve got a mighty fine concoction worth tasting. Also celebrating a recent release are main supports Hey Geronimo, who have just finished touring for the release of their debut album, Crashing Into The Sun. Check them out at Northcote Social Club on Thursday October 13. Tickets available via their website.
REBEKAH IS BACK Birmingham babe and techno DJ Rebekah is heading back to Melbourne, celebrating 20 years since she first stood behind the turntables. Influenced by DJs like Dave Clarke, Derrick Carter, Richie Hawtin and Billy Nasty, Rebekah will with spinning a harder and more ferocious sound than ever, having recently finished her debut album. Get down to the Railway Hotel on Friday September 23 to witness her return.
MELBOURNE RECORD CLUB ANNOUNCES STRING OF BYO VINYL NIGHTS DURING SEPTEMBER
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Conceptualised in 2014 by the fine folk at Melbourne Record Club, BYO Vinyl Night encourages record enthusiasts to let loose their favourite records from the captivity of their loungeroom and share their love of music with others at their favourite watering hole. Now, Melbourne Record Club’s BYO Vinyl Nights have expanded into a series of regular events that take place at various venues across Melbourne. Free your records from their dusty shelves and head on over to one of the many events happening throughout September. BYO Vinyl Night will go down on Saturday September 10 at Hard Rubbish Bar in Preston (‘80s only night), on Thursday September 15 at The B.East in Brunswick, on Sunday September 18 at The Elwood Lounge in Elwood, on Thursday September 22 at Some Velvet Morning in Clifton Hill, and on Sunday September 25 at Littlefoot Bar in Footscray. Head to byovinyl.com.au for all the details.
THE DOCKLANDS BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BACK The Docklands Blues Music Festival is back for 2016 and is set to welcome some of the most exciting local and international blues acts for its next instalment. The familyfriendly event will welcome the likes of Canadian blues maestro Mark Green, Key Grip, Sugar Bowl Hokum, Andrea Marr and The Funky Hitmen and Isiah B Brunt. Split up across three different stages, the festival will also feature performances from Dream Boogie, Geoff Achison, Lazy Eye, Doggone South featuring Eddie Boyle, Mick Kid & Dave Blight, Dan Dinnen, John McNamara, the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society and Youth In Blues. Limelight, Charlie Bedford, Hurricane Hearn, Sweet Felicia & The Tradies and the Elwood Blues Club All-Stars cap off a lineup set to welcome Australian soul songstress Toni Swain as a special guest. Carnival rides and attractions will be operating throughout the day while a popup Wonderland Sweet Treats café and Blues Food truck will be on site to satisfy appetites for soulful southern cuisine. The Docklands Blues Music Festival is free and gets underway on Sunday October 16 from 10am at the Wonderland Spiegeltent under the Melbourne Star.
UNWRITTEN LAW DECREE ELVA ANNIVERSARY TOUR San Diego punk rock stalwarts Unwritten Law are heading to Australia in December to celebrate the 15th anniversary since the release of their 2002 album Elva. Their fourth album captures a range of styles, formulating a brilliant balance of rhythm, soft vocals, hard guitar and gripping lyrics. Unwritten Law will land in Australia to play Elva in full on Sunday December 11 at the Corner Hotel. Tickets via the Kill Rock Star Entertainment website.
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EVERCLEAR’S ART ALEXAKIS ANNOUNCES ACOUSTIC TOUR Singer, composer, and guitarist of rock band Everclear, Art Alexakis will combine songs with stories in an intimate acoustic performance when he tours Australia in October. In 2015 the band released their ninth studio album Black is the New Black, an album which is their darkest to date. Honesty about the past, and experiences of loss will be revealed by Alexakis at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday October 14. Tickets available via the Kill Rock Star Entertainment website.
BABY ANIMALS TO CALF IT UP WITH NEW SINGLE AND MELBOURNE SHOW Australian rock puppies (or dogs, whatever floats your boat) Baby Animals have announced a tour for early 2017 to celebrate both a milestone and an odd twist of fate. The band’s first single One Word was released 25 years ago, in spite of lead singer Suze Demarchi requesting that her label not to include it in the album release. The band will play The Corner on Friday February 24 in 2017 with Dallas Crane. HOT TALK
THE CULT WILL TOUR OUR EAST COAST IN NOVEMBER Currently digging their heels into a US tour, The Cult will return to Australia in November for headline shows along the east coast in support of their tenth studio album, Hidden City. The album is the last in the band’s trilogy of releases which began with 2007’s Born Into This, followed by 2012’s Choice of Weapon. “Hidden City is a metaphor for our spiritual lives, our intimate interior lives,” explains lead singer Ian Astbury. “There is no higher authority than the heart.” The Cult will land at Festival Hall on Saturday November 26. Don’t miss it. Tickets via the Live Nation website.
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ELECTRIC GONER BOOGIE Memphis label Goner Records have helped out a smattering of Australian bands in recent years, getting them on the lineup of legendary American festival Gonerfest. To thank label head Zac, who’s in town for the weekend, Aarght and Bedroom Suck are putting on two massive days of music at The Tote. See Bitch Prefect, Chook Race, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, Terrible Truths, The UV Race, Whipper and more. Electric Goner Boogie runs Saturday September 10 and Sunday September 11, with one day tickets $20 and two day tickets $35. It’ll be money extremely well spent.
COLUMBUS The Workers Club November 5 BURIED IN VERONA Max Watt’s November 5 THE DANDY WARHOLS Palais Theatre November 5 TECH N9NE The Prince Bandroom November 7, 8 BOY & BEAR Regent Theatre, Ballarat November 9, Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo November 10, Costa Hall, Geelong November 11 SCHOOLBOY Q Festival Hall November 9 DEFTONES Festival Hall November 11 DESTROYER 666 Max Watt’s November 11 STICKY FINGERS Festival Hall November 12 CITIZEN Corner Hotel November 12, Arrow on Swanston November 13 DIONNE WARWICK Palais Theatre November 13 A DAY ON THE GREEN Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong November 12, Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley November 13 ZOLA JESUS Melbourne Recital Centre November 14 MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS AFTER PARTY feat. Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Camp Cope, Tash Sultana and more 170 Russell November 16 STRAWBERRY FIELDS feat. George Fitzgerald, Henry Saiz, Petar Dundov and more Tocumwal, New South Wales November 17 – 20 NORTHLANE Corner Hotel November 17 SUPERHEIST Max Watt’s November 18 THE MONKEYWRENCH The Tote November 18 COMMONGROUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL feat. Dallas Frasca, The Deans, Sugar Fed Lepards and more November 18 – 20 DISTURBED Margaret Court Arena November 18 DOPE LEMON 170 Russell November 18 DYLAN JOEL Prince Bandroom November 18 THE PEEP TEMPEL Corner Hotel November 19 CARL COX, ERIC POWELL & DE LA SOUL’S MOBILE DISCO Albert Park Golf Course November 19 TLC Palais Theatre November 23 EARTHCORE Pyalong November 24 – 28 ABBE MAY Northcote Social Club November 24 GARBAGE Regent Theatre November 24 PARADISE MUSIC FESTIVAL feat. Gold Class, Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda, Baro, Pearls and more Lake Mountain Alpine Resort November 25 –27 NE OBLIVISCARIS 170 Russell November 25 JOSH RENNIE-HYNES The Spotted Mallard November 25 NELLY, TLC, 112, MYA & MORE Hisense Arena November 25 RODRIGUEZ The Plenary November 25 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL feat. Killing Heidi, Liz Stringer, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen and more Queenscliff November 25 – 27 EZEKIEL OX Northcote Social Club November 26 THE TROGGS The Palms at Crown November 26 THE CULT Festival Hall November 26 MISSY HIGGINS The Plenary November 27 BASSHUNTER 170 Russell November 27, 28 JEREMY LOOPS Howler November 27 JIMMY BARNES Werribee Park November 27 ANGEL OLSEN The Corner Hotel November 28 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH Melbourne Recital Centre November 30, December 1 GOLD MEMBER The Workers Club December 1 BELL X1 Prince Bandroom December 2 RAISED FIST Max Watt’s December 3 THE USED 170 Russell December 5, 6 JAPANDROIDS The Tote December 6 SHEILA E 170 Russell December 7
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THE MONKEES Palais Theatre December 7 CASS McCOMBS Melbourne Recital Centre December 8 TORTOISE The Croxton December 8 DUNGEN Corner Hotel December 8 BARONESS Prince Bandroom December 9 BADBADNOTGOOD Corner Hotel December 9 COLDPLAY Etihad Stadium December 9 FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES The Reverence Hotel December 9 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL feat. Peaches, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, BADBADNOTGOOD and more The Sup’ December 9 –11 PEACHES 170 Russell December 11 UNWRITTEN LAW The Corner Hotel December 11 A DAY TO REMEMBER Festival Hall December 14 FLUME Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 15 REMI Howler December 17 SOUTHBOUND MUSIC FESTIVAL Sir Stewart Bovell Park Busselton, WA December 27 – 29 FALLS FESTIVAL feat. Childish Gambino and more Various venues December 28 – January 8 BEYOND THE VALLEY FESTIVAL Lardner Park, Warragul December 28 – January 1 NYE ON THE HILL South Gippsland December 30 – January 1 EVERYTIME I DIE 170 Russell January 11, Arrow on Swanston (AA) January 12 HALF MOON RUN Corner Hotel January 12 MOOSE BLOOD The Evelyn January 12, 13 ALEXISONFIRE Festival Hall January 17 DINOSAUR JR The Croxton January 20 AIRBOURNE Trak Lounge Friday January 20 PJ HARVEY Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 21 REFUSED & SICK OF IT ALL Prince Bandroom January 24 BABY ANIMALS The Corner February 24 PASSENGER Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 25 RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL feat. Astrix, Andhim, Guy J and more Lexton, Victoria January 27 – 30 PANIC! AT THE DISCO Festival Hall January 28 PERIPHERY 170 Russell February 5 THE B-52’S & SIMPLE MINDS Margaret Court Arena February 7 GUNS N’ ROSES MCG February 14 YELLOWCARD Max Watt’s February 23 PIXIES Margaret Court Arena March 4 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 170 Russell March 7 MESHUGGAH 170 Russell March 15 BLUESFEST Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm April 13 - April 17
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DMA’S STEPPING IT UP BY PHOEBE ROBERTSON
To say that 2016 has been a busy year for DMA’S would be an understatement. The Sydneybased and currently UK-placed trio have been non-stop since the release of their impressive debut album, Hills End. Between selling out shows in four separate continents and playing at some of the world’s most notorious festivals, the local lads have proved themselves to be an internationally adored live act. Now, they’re headed home to play their biggest rooms to date. With more than 60 shows over the past three months under their belts, DMA’S are bound to remind excited crowds exactly what all the fuss is about. While DMA’S are known for being constantly cool, calm and collected both onstage and off, their crowds tell a completely different story. Currently touring the UK, guitarist Johnny Took starts his post-show morning in typical Australian fashion. “I’m pretty hungover, I woke up five minutes ago,” says Took. “If some ridiculous shit comes out of my mouth, you’ll know why. Yesterday was bloody beautiful here; Sheffield is like an old steel town. We played a gig last night it was crazy. The Brits get into it pretty hectic, they get real rowdy at shows. Most of the time when we’re touring it’s a Tuesday night or something, we play a really good show and by the time we’ve finished and packed everything up there isn’t much to do. But last night was good.” Straight from the streets of Sydney, Took, along with Tommy O’Dell (vocals) and Matt Mason (guitarist) have clearly attained a committed European following. “We don’t fucking hide it – we love that ‘90s Britpop era and all of the bands that came out of it,” he says. “The crowds here in the UK don’t give a fuck that we’re from Australian or from a long way away; they just like the tunes and the kickarse nights. It’s cool to be so far BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 20
away from home and get that response. To be honest, when it comes to building a career I think the UK has been one of our strongest audiences, it’s been amazing to us.” In the past two years, DMA’S and their six-piece live setup have seen audiences across the globe. Such exposure has led to them appearing on various 2016 festival bills including Splendour In The Grass, Fuji Rock, Pukkelpop and most recently, Reading and Leeds. Nevertheless, such relentless touring has the local group looking forward to returning to home soil and focusing on their next release. “In February, I was so keen,” says Took. “I was so up for it, but recently, to be honest, I’ve just been looking forward to getting home. I miss not having a home; I miss not having a bedroom, somewhere to dump my shit. Little stuff like that, organised pandemonium. I’m also looking forward to not having to see the five other heads I have to see every day. That’s going to be a real privilege. “But in all seriousness, I think we’re going to get a studio somewhere. I got evicted from my house where we recorded the album so I haven’t had a studio for about a year. I got evicted on the night of the King Street Crawl, which happened the weekend we came back. I forgot about late night trading; we had a DMA’S rehearsal in my bedroom and it was so loud. There’s a hairdresser underneath us and he was a proper real bad dude.” In addition to relocating to a new recording space, the joint songwriters B E AT.C O M . A U
are eager to continue their production exploration. Took talks us through their intrigue with fusing electronic elements and their much-admired acoustic melodies. “We’ve got so many old songs that are probably in a similar vein to what we are doing now but could be changed production wise,” he says. “We’ve got so many new ideas but we just need to be home for long enough to have the time to experiment with it. We’ve been experimenting with beats, bringing electronic vibes into some of the tunes and doing something a little bit different within the whole field. With Tommy, he can bring any melody you wanted him to. He’s the kind of person that you could play a beat and he could bring a straight-up boom, huge melody on top of it without even thinking. It’s that kind of vibe that I think we will bring to the next album, or maybe the third, depends on how we go. “With Hills End, all the songs were quite instant to make. I think we’ll probably make the next album more of an experience. We were really happy with Hills End and the vibe it’s got; it’s a bit vulnerable, recording an LP in your bedroom means that it sounds a bit shit but that’s kind of cool. But I think we’ll have to step it up for the next album.” Before settling into their follow-up record, DMA’S are set to take Hills End to the Australian stage. A consistently great live show, the band proves that practice makes perfect. “There are these little increments that band’s improve by that you can’t get from being in a rehearsal studio for nine hours, you can only do it by playing 60 gigs in two or three months,” says Took. “Now we’re at that point with our one hour set, I’m looking forward to getting home and adding a few different songs to it. We’re going to play Step Up The Morphine, we were considering doing it acoustically but we decided to hold it off for the October tour. I’ve wanted to play it for ages, it’s one of our favourites and we get a lot of requests for it.” Supporting the Sydney unit on their tour next month are none other than Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems. The two bands were brought together after a chance musical meeting in New York.
“It was about a year and a half ago during the CMJ Music Marathon,” says Took. “We were doing an industry thing in Midtown. We played our acoustic set and Bad//Dreems got up and hadn’t brought enough acoustics so they asked if they could borrow my guitar. They were playing and all of a sudden Mason just walks onto the stage. There was a grand piano there and he had learnt My Only Friend a week before by chance, so he rocked up and just started playing it with them.” After smashing their set earlier this year at Splendour In The Grass, it’s no surprise that DMA’S will also be heading to Falls Music & Arts Festival this New Years. Took shares his experience with the close knit community tied to the Australian festival circuit. “Normally when we play festivals in Australia we’ll have mates playing it too,” he says. “Splendour was almost weird, we were hanging out at the VIP behind the main stage and I felt like I was just hanging out at the local pub back in Sydney. We had heaps of mates there and my little brother was up there too. We all play in different bands so there were the guys from The Creases, The Preatures and the Sticky lads.” Regardless of their expanding influence on the Australian and international music scene, Took assures loyal listeners that when looking to the future, the band’s sound and songwriting will remain true to the heart of DMA’S. “When you think of the songs that have gone well for you as a band, a majority of them were written before the band did well. That’s one thing we are going to remember when we are finishing up the second or third album, that there is certain candour to those early songs that I think people found endearing. I think artists can lose the plot a little bit when they stop writing for themselves and start writing for an audience, or what they think the audience wants.” DMA’S will play The Croxton Bandroom on Thursday October 6 and Friday October 7. They’re also performing at the Falls Music And Arts Festival over New Years. Hills End is out now via I Oh You.
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This Week: OUR land people stories is Bangarra’s new contemporary dance work showcasing the endless choreographic talents of the company and the infinite stories of Australia’s cultural heritage, coming to the Arts Centre this week. Artistic Director Stephen Page tells the story of internationally acclaimed visual artist Nyapanyapa Yunupingu from North East Arnhem Land. This piece draws inspiration from her incredible life story and paintings. Jasmin Sheppard’s Macq (first performed in 2013 during Dance Clan 3) is brought to the main stage, exploring the 1816 March of Macquarie ± a historical chapter that decimated Sydney’s Aboriginal community. Daniel Riley and Beau Dean Riley Smith create Miyagan, a poignant dance story mapping their cultural heritage in a discovery of their family background on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales. Catch the fearless artistry and contemporary storytelling from Wednesday August 7 and up until Saturday September 10.
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The 17th Melbourne Underground Film Festival BY JAcOB cOLLIVER
Vaslav Nijinsky changed dance forever with his explosive leap and his shockingly sensual choreography, before a dark descent into madness ended his career. John Neumeier charts his rise and fall through the vivid memories unfolding in the dancer’s mind during his last performance in a Swiss hotel, coming to life in Nijinsky. He recalls his troubled family, his ill-starred romances and the transcendent performances that brought him fame. The ballet is a tour de force for the whole company, but especially the male dancers, who are given the opportunity to evoke Nijinsky’s distinctive style amid sets and costumes inspired by the exotic glamour of the Ballets Russes. Enter the tortured genius of Nijinsky at the State Theatre from Wednesday September 7. It’s your last week to catch The Nightingale and the Rose at ACMI ± a unique exhibition tracing the remarkable adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 19th century classic into a beautiful animated film. Audiences have the opportunity to view the 14-minute animation inspired by Oscar Wilde’s iconic tale, voiced by some of Australia’s most celebrated actors including Mia Wasikowska and Geoffrey Rush, layered with a score from Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko. While doing so, punters can make their way through a rich display of objects that explore the workings behind the production, as well as viewing a rare 1913 edition of Wilde’s anthology. Catch it at ACMI up until Sunday September 11.
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The most significant showcase of Indian arts and culture to ever take place in Australia is currently underway, with Confluence taking over Melbourne in fine form. From the classical to the contemporary, Confluence is a showcase of the stunning and vibrant variety of India’s artistic cultures and traditions. The six-city festival is the most significant exhibition of Indian arts and culture ever to be staged in Australia, involving world-class performers well beyond Bollywood alone. One of the festival’s key components is fostering bilateral ties, with joint performances and collaborations between Indian and Australian artists and thinkers throughout. Program highlights include an exhibition of vintage Indian instruments, a puppet procession, cartoonist Ajit Ninan in conversation with Mark Knight and more. The festival runs throughout the week and up until Sunday October 30 at venues throughout Melbourne. Head to their website for more details.
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he often confronting and ever-exciting Melbourne Underground Film Festival celebrates a whopping 17 years of shock and awe in 2016. For filmmaker, founder and festival director Richard Wolstencroft, the independent spirit of the experimental and highoctane genre features that populate its bounds rage stronger than ever. Wolstencroft worked at Beat Magazine around 1991, and ran Melbourne kink nightclub The Hellfire Club until 2002, but film had always been his big love. When his 1999 feature Pearls Before Swine was rejected by the Melbourne International Film Festival, Wolstencroft decided that there needed to be an alternative event to showcase films that dealt with more extreme content, free from pressure to censor the purity of artistic vision. The rest is, evidently, history. “I think The Melbourne Underground Film Festival has become the fostering ground, or a kind of leaping board, for a lot of the newer Australian talent,” Wolstencroft says. MUFF has had the honour of being first in the world to premiere work from the likes of James Wan (Saw), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), Abe Forsythe (Down Under) and Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3). “It’s because we’re aggressive, and we accept people,” Wolstencroft explains. “We accept people that make interesting work that’s not politically correct. This attitude of acceptance means that we are changing the entire attitude of filmmaking in this country, which is fantastic.” Wolstencroft himself happily embodies the very ethos of the festival ± he’s potentially controversial and outspoken, but unapologeticaly passionate about his craft. He loves the creative freedom that film affords, and is in staunch opposition to anything that would hinder the process. He’s not shy about his distaste for what he perceives to be a stuffy, stubborn pabulum that has set into the arts, and he considers himself a colourful creative catalyst. “My whole ethos was that I would critique the
industry,” Wolstencroft explains. “I was immediately told that if I critiqued the industry that I’d never get funding ± which has been quite true ± but I thought someone had to actually say the truth about the Australian film industry.” Wolstencroft himself has a varied filmography. In 2010, he released a modern adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful & The Damned. In 2013, he released the documentary The Last Days Of Joe Blow, a true tale about his friend and fellow filmmaker Michael Tierney who abruptly decided to become a porn star around the age of 40. He’ll be shooting his latest feature The Debt Collector in October, and as expected, it sounds to be a gloriously thrilling affair. Chock-a-block full of murder, mayhem, and sordid vigilante justice, it’s a gleeful nod to the raw grit of classic Ozsploitation cinema like Turkey Shoot. “People love controversy,” Wolstencroft says. “That what I don’t think Australian filmmakers realise and I think that’s the problem often with the government-funded movies. Often, if something’s a bit too controversial, they try to remove it. You should encourage it. Whatever the controversial thing is, play it up, because that’s what people want to see. They don’t want to see safe things. “There needs to be more rebels in the film industry,” Wolstencroft continues. “Our local film industry is pathetic. We just make the same kind of politically correct nonsense that we’ve been making for years.” Wolstencroft likes to shake things up. He’s had his house raided for illegally showing banned films like Bruce LaBruce’s LA Zombie, embedding low-budget exploitation filmmaking with philosophical theory and even won over sworn enemies with his stance
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on the industry at large ± something he wears with a cheeky sense of pride. “I love walkouts,” Wolstencroft smiles. “I think the underground screening we did on Bruce LaBruce’s LA Zombie was a highlight. It was just a public disobedience thing. We got very rebellious, kind of punk spirit. I have a kind of punk sensibility, a do-ityourself attitude. It’s great to do that. Everyone loved it, of course. No one walked out of that.” Wolstencroft laments that directors like James Wan have been turned down by Australian funding bodies despite their eagerness to work here, finding freedom and unfathomable success overseas. MUFF boasts no shortage of excitement, however, with the likes of Melbourne-filmed psychological-horror Shotgun, action-packed vengeance flick Revenge of the Gweilo, and dark Dostoyevkyen thriller Crime & Punishment. Genre-filmmaking is back, and from the Sydney Underground Film Festival to Melbourne’s own horror showcase Monster Fest, it seems that the world is only going to pay more attention. “There are a whole group of us that need to be involved in the future of Australian cinema, even if it’s only 20 percent of the time,” Wolstencroft asserts. “Even ten percent. It’s all we need. Ten percent of things to go our way, and this whole industry will be transformed. Give it three years, and it could become the most dynamic film industry in the world, I’ll tell you right now. The vision for the Australian film industry is quite epic ± we’re just never going to fully realise it ± but it’s amazing to see the talent that we are seeing. All this talent needs is some funding. It doesn’t need multi-millions of dollars; it just needs about a hundred grand, two hundred grand, with each independent filmmaker, and you do ten films like that a year. The whole industry will transform.”
THE 17TH MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL will run from Friday September 9 - Saturday September 17 at the Alex Theatre, St Kilda and Backlot Cinema, Southbank. Tickets via www.muff.com.au.
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DIRTY SECRETS COMEDY
The Testament of Mary
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Melbourne Fringe Festival
Thursday September 15 - Sunday October 2 Various Venues
It’s another huge one for Dirty Secrets, with a great selection of comedians to get you through hump-day. Firdi Billimoria as MC, Demi Lardner, Karl Chandler, Danielle Walker and more are getting in on the action. It’s all happening Wednesday September 7. Get down from 8.30pm at 80 Smith St, Collingwood.
COMEDY AT GEORGE’S The city’s favourite George Costanza-inspired bar continues to bring the laughs as we draw closer to The Summer of George. On Thursday September 8 they’ll see Ryan Coffey as MC alongside Angus Brown, Nick O’Connel, Simon Carter, Perri Cassie and more. Plus, the next two competitors will be battling it out for the ‘Are You Funnier Than George?’ competition. 20 Johnston St, Fitzroy.
THURSDAY COMEDY There’s going to be a massive surprise lineup at the European Bier Café this Thursday night, consisting of a slew of surprise guests from TV, radio and the internet. It’s all happening this Thursday September 8 at 8.30pm at the European Bier Café, 120 Exhibition Street, CBD, all for only $12.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Comedy at Spleen are always chockers. It’s simply never not full. The only place to be on Mondays will be packed full of laughs with guests and it’s the place where big names drop in. This Monday, they’ve got Ryan Coffey hosting, plus Harley Breen, Josh Earl, Tommy Little, Ryan Belleville and more. It’s this Monday September 12 at 41 Bourke Street in the city at 8.30pm. It’s free to get in, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
CLUB VOLTAIRE It’s another special lineup Sunday September 11 for Club Voltaire with Luka Muller as MC, James Masters, Clara Cupcakes, Danielle Walker, Kirsty Webeck, and more. 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne. Mamma Mia, that’s a spicy meatball.
Coming Up John Olsen: The You Beaut Country
Friday September 16 - Sunday February 26 2017 Ian Potter Centre
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Thursday October 6 - Sunday October 23 Various Venues
Malthouse Theatre Unveils 2017 Season
Malthouse Theatre has unveiled a stunning season for 2017, capped off with five new Australian plays, eight world premieres and international guests. Opening the 2017 season comes The Encounter, fresh from critically acclaimed performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, The Barbican and on Broadway. Little Emperors will make its world premiere, exploring the children, struggles and stories of those born during China’s One Child Policy. The Homosexuals, Or Faggots comes from one half of queer theatre outlaws Sisters Grimm, with playwright Declan Greene (I Am A Miracle, Calpurnia Descending) delving into the absurdity of bi-partisan hypocrisy and the boundaries of political correctness. Elsewhere, Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster asks if conflict really does change things for the better, seminal Australian production Away returns under the guidance of Matthew Lutton, Wild Bore dives into hilarious political comedy and Revolt. she Said. Revolt Again. makes its Australian premiere. Rounding it all out comes Heart Is A Wasteland alongside the darkly comic You’re Not Alone, an adaptation of The Elephant Man, and The Black Rider. Closing the season comes The Testament of Mary, as one of Australia’s most popular screen and theatre actors, Pamela Rabe, returns to the Malthouse to give voice to one of the world’s great silenced icons. 2017 Season Pass subscription packages are on sale now through www.matlhousetheatre.com.au. The season runs from Thursday February 2 - Sunday November 26.
Melbourne Fringe Presents First Ever Kids Club, Offers Queerfriendly Family Events Forget taking your little brother to the movies this school holidays. Melbourne Fringe Festival’s first ever kids club has got you covered. With something for both the young ones and the young at heart, get down to experience Comic Chaos ± bringing drawings to life in an epic storybook ride ± Dance The Pacific bringing a slice of Tropicana heaven to Melbourne, Rainbow Cactus offering a chance to celebrate diversity in a queer-friendly event plus a whole lot more. The 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival runs from Thursday September 15 - Sunday October 2.
Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert Friday November 4 ± S aturday November 5 Hamer Hall
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Ensemble Offspring Lift the Veil on Secret Music Coming from creative pioneers Ensemble Offspring is The Secret Noise - exploring the sounds behind the glossy production most people listen to. From the sacred forms of ceremonial music and legally extinguished compositions to ‘backmasking’ (playing an LP backwards to reveal a subliminal, satanic message), private love songs and the proliferation of personal music players, the production explores the no man’s land that exists between public and private music consumption. Coming to Melbourne for an intimate string of shows, the performance will guide audiences through a series of surreal scenes that hover between music, dance and live installation. The Secret Noise runs from October 15 - 16 at Arts House.
New Melbourne Production Emulates Life Without Sound and Sight Featuring deafblind artists Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens, Imagined Touch is a unique and immersive shared experience ± a tactile and visceral step into each other’s worlds through live art, theatre and sensory performance. Touch is the main way that deafblind people navigate, communicate and connect with others. Yet, in a society where touch is not encouraged, deafblind people also grapple with universal questions of isolation, access and human connection. Experiencing the artists’ stories and performance in a profoundly different sensory environment, participants literally meet Lawson and Stevens through an imagined touch of the senses ± and leave with a new awareness of the other and themselves. Imagined Touch runs at Arts House from Wednesday September 7 - Sunday September 11.
The Wheeler Centre Unveils Season Four Programme The Wheeler Centre has revealed a fascinating lineup of talks, keynote sessions and Q&As for its Season Four selection. Expect to witness some of Australia’s most influential personalities in conversation with the likes of Jad Abumrad, Anthony Albanese, Alan Brough and many more set to grace the stage. The Di Gribble Argument returns for a third year, taking on one of the more intractable conversations in Australian public life: stopping the boats. YAS KWEEN: Girls on Screen sees Judith Lucy lead an all female panel to tackle gender representations in celebrated television shows, BroadCity, Freaks and Geeks, The Katering Show, Puberty Blues and Mean Girls. Dual premiership coach of the Geelong Cats, Mark Thompson, will be in conversation to discuss his 34 years in football, while Robert Lepage will be chatting to Richard Watts about his most imminent responsibility, 887 as part of Melbourne Festival’s 2016 program. HEY GIRL is a week-long festival of events celebrating girlhood, for and about girls. For full program details and bookings, head to www. wheelercentre.com.
You Got Older BY JOANNE BROOkfIELd
“God, her writing!” Brett Cousins is on the phone enthusing about 29-year-old writer Clare Barron, likening her to the theatre equivalent of Lena Dunham. “She’s of that generation of women writing amazing stuff and she has such a fresh voice and absolutely incredible play,” the theatre director says. Just like New Yorker Dunham, the creator, writer and star of the HBO series Girls, Barron has been holding her own when it comes to collecting accolades. Last year, her play You Got Older won her an Obie Award, which recognises work Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, and placed the work smack bang in the centre of Red Stitch’s radar. “It was the hottest play off Broadway,” says Cousins of how it came to their attention. It was also the finalist for the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and a Drama Desk for multiple awards including Best Play. For close to 15 years now, Melbourne’s Red Stitch has been presenting the best contemporary writing from around the world, racking up hundreds of productions in that time. Cousins, a founding member of the Red Stitch ensemble, says they enjoy good relationships
with agents in the US, UK and Europe and they watch closely other companies who “have put out good work in the past and have good writers in their stable” and then sift through the scripts deciding what to present here. “Some of the ensemble members are charged with going through scripts and pushing it to the broader ensemble what works, you know what they think could be in the ballpark, they’re careful to put out a broad range, and then we fight basically. We fight,” he says with a laugh. “They’re great fights because they’re all about artistic direction and what works in plays and literary merit and what our audiences will like and what turns us on as actors and all that sort of stuff,” he elaborates. While Barron’s play was subject to the same process, Cousins, who is an actor and writer as well as being a director,
says choosing You Got Older was “a bit of a no brainer” given the quality of the writing. You Got Older, billed as a black comedy, tells the story of Mae, who must return to her family home when her father falls ill after being dumped, unemployed and ± adding to the misery ± covered in a rash. “We meet her at her lowest ebb. What happens when you’re a strong, independent lawyer and everything has gone to shit?” says Cousins, who directs Emily Goddard as the protagonist. The rest of the cast for this Australian premiere includes Lee Beckhurst, Francis Greenslade, Penny Harpham, Eva Seymour and Mark Yeates.
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“It’s all about when the life that you had planned for yourself goes completely belly up. When do you consider yourself an adult? When do you go from being a child, girl or boy, to a man or woman? And those rites of passage moments in life that really define that. So it’s not so much a mid-life crisis as what happens when [but] what happens when the path you’re on drops you off a cliff ?” YOU GOT OLDER runs until Sunday October 2 at Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Tickets through www. redstitch.net. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 23
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Malthouse Theatre’s 2017 Season BY GEM DOOw
Not meaning to be salacious, but it’s all sexy and disruptive over at Malthouse. Malthouse’s 2017 program picks up the 2016 trend of theatre as provocateur and bolts with it. The fact that the company’s program is the antithesis of staid theatre is, in no small degree, due to Malthouse’s artistic director Matthew Lutton’s deft and bold leadership. Lutton is stupidly talented. For instance, while the rest of us were struggling to pick subjects, Lutton was starting his first theatre company, ThinIce. ThinIce folded only when Lutton became Malthouse’s associate director in 2011, thereby becoming the youngest cat to head up one of Australia’s major theatre companies. On top of that, he is a well-loved, hands-on director who’s renowned for teasing out the best in his
company. He plays the piano and double bass. He’s equally adept at directing opera, and he’s lovely to boot. Bloody hell. Since Lutton took the reins at Malthouse his imperative has been for audiences to revolt against the status quo and challenge established views. “I think there’s a tendency to avoid the hard conversations,” Lutton says, by way of explanation for programming which prods. “There’s a
tendency to avoid conflict when we’re discussing the country and where we are going and what’s happening in the psyche. One of the best and most productive ways to start a conversation is to be loud and to set up a provocation and get the debate started.” Suffice to say, the 2017 program is provocative, but it’s also diverse ± works range from The Encounter, a 3D work which
immerses the audience in the Amazon, The Black Rider: the Casting of the Magic Bullets, an opera written by Tom Waits and infamous literary junkie William S. Burroughs, which will be performed by cabaret queen Meow Meow and Opera Australia, through to a punk-feminist riot by UK playwright Alice Birch called Revolt She said. Revolt Again. “There’s a lot of different stories and tones in there, but hopefully along the way there’s a few core ideas,” Lutton muses. “We are trying to spark some debate, but do it in a really entertaining way. I think there’s a strand all the way through the season.” Indeed, the works in the 2017 program pose one curly question after another. For instance, Nicola Gunn’s work Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster explores the ethics of intervention ± how far do you go in a situation where there’s conflict to save someone? Inspired by an event from Gunn’s own life, the work examines what happens when a woman comes across a bloke hurling rocks at a duck. At first blush, it’s a no brainer: obviously, you tell him to stop ± but what if you’re alone? Do you place yourself in a position of risk? “It’s the issue of when we should step up and say something and when should we just mutter to ourselves,” Lutton reflects. “Should I have acted this way? How much outrage should be expressed? How much is appropriate; how much do you humiliate someone or not? When you think about it, you start to go down a massive spiral. It also asks us to reflect on ourselves. It’s not just about asking others to be better people ± how do you be a better person yourself ?” In fact, many of the works urge us to consider that question. Take The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, which makes a compelling case for compassion. “It’s a really strong narrative outlining what grace and empathy we can offer to others,” Luttons reflects. “It’s also
a question about how we become selfish. In Australia and worldwide there is almost a reduced empathy for others because the interest in self is so strong. This version of the Elephant Man is about how to be compassionate. The Elephant Man is a fairy tale about a figure who is considered monstrous and a world that can’t imagine a place for him. It’s very difficult to imagine how he could live. It’s very problematic when we fail to imagine a place for someone in the world. “It also looks at how Florence Nightingale pioneered nursing and the way in which we care for the body and others. How can that be extended? It’s also about the figure of the Elephant Man ± that’s why it’s called the Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, because it is looking at his imaginative world and ideas about beauty and the body. He had incredible optimism and hope in his outlook ± it’s incredibly beautiful in that way, even when the world perceived him as ugly.” So, is the audience rising to Malthouse’s call? “Statistically, we’re having great attendances and there’s great engagement with the work,” Lutton observes. “Even when our work sparks debate or controversy, it attracts more conversation. If we continue to be fearless and not afraid of the risks, while being entertaining, it continues to attract more people. We’ve noticed that this year it’s not just loyal Malthouse fans coming, there are new audiences coming to the company. We want to keep the subversion, entertainment and anarchy high. We want to make sure that we’re asking big questions, but in a very entertaining way.” THE MALTHOUSE THEATRE 2017 season runs from Thursday February 2 Sunday November 26, 2017 Season Pass subscription packages are on sale now through www.malthousetheatre.com.au.
OPENING NIGHT THE PERFECT NONSENSE 2016 @Backlot cinema Friday 09 8:00 and 9:30 pm
Director/co-writer: Addison Heath Notes by Michael Helms - Cast: Kristen Condon, Kenji Shimada, Tim Jason Wicks, Glenn Maynard, Skye Korvin, Cris Cochrane, Kieran Cochrane, Noah Cochrane. Simondo Harcourt, Andrew Leovold and Hussein Khoder
After writing Stuart Simpson’s killer CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA Addison Heath has been busy. He’ll have at least two features out this year (THE PERFECT NONSENSE & MONDO YAKUZA), has another in the can (BUBBLEGUM: A DETECTIVE STORY) and will probably finish shooting two more by the end of the year while having another in an advanced stage of preparation. In short this guy is super-prolific. Like UNDER THE KALEIDOSCOPE, THE PERFECT NONSENSE was co-written and directed by Heath. He also brings many collaborators along with him from previous works including Jasmine Jakupi (co-writer, co-cinematographer with Hussein Khoder and executive producer of PREFECT NONSENSE who also worked in a variety of different capacities on UNDER THE KALEIDOSCOPE), actor Glenn Maynard from CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA who here plays cult leader from Narre Warren Famous Dave, and of course the two leads of Kristen Condon and Kenji Shimada who spent a lot of time talking to each other through a hole in the wall in UNDER THE KALEIDOSCOPE. And I won’t even mention who you can expect to see wander through an ocean of cameos.
MAKE THE AUSTRALIAN FILM INDUSTRY GREAT AGAIN SEPT 9 TO 17, 2016 ALEX THEATRE 1/135 Fitzroy st , St Kilda
In THE PERFECT NONSENSE Condon plays the pink ghetto-blaster toting girl from the street Bethany ‘G-Code’ Jones who takes Shimada as Jaythan Rubin on a journey of self-discovery to of all places Kryal Castle. Shimada is an unsuccessful office drone in an office that uses bananas & corncobs for telephone handsets when we meet him in the first of three chapters that make up THE PERFECT NONSENSE. In between having office co-workers talk about how they jizzed on a real mermaid’s face on the weekend, and after a trip to the office of the boss, Jaythan soon finds himself slacking off around home watching the hilarious Channel Fuck You and Cammie’s Cooking Time. Out on the street or rather under the bridge that G-Code seems to call home the pair bond. G-Code likes to kill pimps but takes a detour for Jaythan’s sake. “If you don’t own your life, someone will own you,” she observes before embarking on a long journey on foot that seems to begin in the old Coburg velodrome in a chapter entitled Gangstas-4-Life. Suffice to say the meetings get stranger as they attempt to make it to Fairy Land and a chance encounter with a cowboy who only punches cows to death for food. Luna Park becomes the place that really brings it all together.
BACKLOT CINEMA 65 Haig st , Southbank
As it describes itself in its end credits THE PERFECT NONSENSE is a, “weird fucking movie.” Yet it is highly accessible, funny and violent with a sense of self that makes it positively unique in the swelling morass that is no-budget film making. You need this NONSENSE. Michael Helms / fatalmic@optusnet.com.au
Plus one short: A Thin Life by Frank Howson - Starring Tommy Dysart
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“A Thin Life” is considered by some to be the lost Frank Howson masterpiece. it was shot on 35mm 20 years ago during the time of fall of Howson’s company Boulevard Films and the uncut negative remained in film cans until a few months ago when, at the urging of Richard Wolstencroft, Howson and editor Gary Robertson assembled all the elements and completed it. The film starts legendary Australian actor Tommy Dysart in the performance of his life. MUFF is proud to have saved this gem and that our patrons will be the first to see it in the world.
EVERYTHING MELBOURNE
O f f Th e Record The south London producer/artist/composer/selector/ percussionist/vibist/cook and barber Al Dobson Jr. is coming our way. First things first: cut down your fucking bio, guy. That shit makes you sound like a straight-up dickhead. Otherwise, dude knows good tunes! He’s released on the likes of 22a, Izwid and Sey Music, and anyone who has Theo Parrish in their fan base gets an automatic tick of approval from me, let alone also featuring Andrew Ashong and Mo Kolours. Catch him in Sydney on Saturday September 10 at The Gasometer. One of the most in-demand DJs in the game, Prosumer has locked in a Sydney return. Best known as a former resident of the legendary Panorama Bar, in recent years he relocated to Edinburgh and over the course of his career he’s released records on labels such as Potion, OstGut Ton, Playhouse and Running Back and collaborated with the likes of Murat Tepeli and Tama Sumo. Catch him on Saturday October 1, venue TBA. In other news that makes me want to set fire to the once holy institution of music journalism: NME are now touting that 3D from Massive Attack is actually the illusive street artist Banksy. First up: Banksy is god-awful and hasn’t been relevant in a decade. Second of all: shut the fuck up NME and stop writing trash to try and desperately spike your dwindling circulation numbers. Thoughts: last week the undisputed greatest club in the world, Berghain, got hit by lightning. This completely fucked the air conditioning and basically turned the place into a sauna, while also meaning the lights came back on fullblare showcasing how fucked everyone around each other looked. According to DJ T, who was playing at Panorama Bar, this meant basically everyone got naked and continued in the hedonism. That’s great, but for fuck’s sake, that also means that every single fucking wannabe electronic music outlet that jumps at the piece to write anything about the fucking place if it comes up so they can get hit$ went loco. Hot tip kids just out of journalism school: if you missed the scoop first-up, you missed it. No one wants to read the same story a billion times and by pushing it up three hours later than someone else you’re just proving to everyone else that you’re not on the ball. Fucking hell. Tour rumours: one of the main components behind Deep Dish, Ali Shirazinia AKA Dubfire is coming back our way in December. Lock it in. I’ve also got a feeling that we’ll be seeing Helena Hauff sooner rather than later. Best releases this week: oh my god if you haven’t already
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WITH T YSON WRAY scored Acronym’s Entangled In Vines (on Semantica) then put down my rubbish words and get to this record now. Otherwise I suggest spending some time with DJ Bone & Deetron’s The Storytellers (Subject Detroit), Marco Zenker’s Phony Pictures (Ilian Tape) and VHVL’s evn (Leaving Records).
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RECOMMENDED: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Giorgio Gigli The Mercat
MONDAY OCTOBER 31 Green Velvet Prince Bandroom
Dopplereffekt, Xosar Hugs&Kisses
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17 MK, Stephan Bodzin Brown Alley
Chez Damier The Nightcat SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Detroit Techno Militia Railway Hotel Al Dobson Jr. The Gasometer SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Larry Heard AKA Mr. Fingers Melbourne Town Hall FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 Rebekah Railway Hotel THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 Bicep Brown Alley
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 Marcel Dettmann TBA DJ EZ Platform One FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25 Jackmaster Brown Alley
Khokolat Koated
SATURDAY DECEMBER 3 Tell No Tales: Ricardo Villalobos, Pan-Pot, Audion + more Flemington Racecourse Seth Troxler, Ben UFO Brown Alley
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 Honey Soundsystem The Toff in Town Got any tip-offs, hate mail, praise or cat photos? Email hey@tysonwray.com or contact me via carrier pigeon. Hit me on Twitter via @tysonwray.
CLUB GUIDE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 • COQ ROQ WEDNESDAY - FEAT: JENS
BEAMIN + AGENT 86 + MR THOM + JOYBOT + BLABERUNNER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm.
• CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO +
TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. • REVOLVER WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: DANIELSAN + ARKS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8 • 3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH VS DAN FABRIS + BEENAK + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. • DISCO VOLANTE Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. • GOOD LOVIN’ - FEAT: AROUND TOWN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. • LIT - FEAT: J-RED + HEPTUNE + SENSI + BILLY HOYLE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. • VARSITY - FEAT: PAZ + MATT RAD + PYZ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. • WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 • #MASHTAG - FEAT: NU-GEN + MALPRACTICE
+ FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. • ALY & FILA Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $68.45. • APERITIVO - FEAT: LEN LEISE + SALVADOR + MORE Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • BLACK SUN EMPIRE + STATE OF MIND + CONCORD DAWN Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $30.00. • BRAZILIAN TECHNO VS BUSH TECHNO Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $11.44. • CIROQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. • JOHN OO FLEMING Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
URBAN GUIDE • LUCK TRUCK FRIDAY DOWNSTAIRS - FEAT:
99 PRBLMZ + CONGO TARDIS #1 + LITTLE LEAGUE BOUNCE CLUB Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. • PANIC CLUB Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. • PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. • POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. • REVOLVER FRIDAYS & MAMA SAID - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + ACID SAFARI + SAM ARELLANO + LE BRUH + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10:00pm. • SHANGRI LA - FEAT: GROUNCH + PSPIRALIFE + DUB PRINCESS BAND + MORE 24 Moons, Northcote. 7:00pm. $20.00. • THE DISCO Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. • THE EMERSON CLUB FRIDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 3:00pm. • TRANSFORMA Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $11.44.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 • AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS Onesixone, Prahran.
9:00pm. $15.00. • BUSTIN OUT - FEAT: ANDY PADULA + KITI + OZZI LA Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. • CHIARA KICKDRUM + MOMENTARY DJS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. • CQ SATURDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. • DEADBEAT DISCOTEK - FEAT: MAX MACLEAN + AYEM + CULT OF JEF + MORE Korova Milk Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:00pm. $20.00. • HOT STEP - FEAT: 99 PROBLEMS + TIGER FUNK + SILVER FOX + ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. • IN THE CARRIAGE - FEAT: DJ JNETT + NEIL STAFFORD Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 12:05am.
• LOST WEEKEND - FEAT: M5K + MYLES MAC
+ BLACKSN + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • MELBOURNE TECHNO COLLECTIVE’S 14TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: DETROIT TECHNO MILITIA + T.LINDER + DJ SEOUL + MORE Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 12:00pm. $21.00. • OFFWORLD - FEAT: FREQUENCY FLYER + JIGSAW + SUNCODER + DODEVSKI Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $11.44. • PLATFORM ONE SATURDAY NIGHTS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. • PONY SATURDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. • PPB LATE NIGHT SATURDAYS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 10:30pm. • PSY – CO - FEAT: RYANOSAURUS + MAXI BASSHEAD + SKWID + MORE 24 Moons, Northcote. 10:00pm. • SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. • SNACK ATTACK - FEAT: DJ 2P Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda. 10:00pm. • TEXTILE SATURDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. • THE EMERSON CLUB SATURDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. • THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. • THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: BOK BOK + RANSOM + REX + HYSTERIC + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10:00pm. $16.90. • TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 • ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
• AUTOSEA - FEAT: LYNCH + ESKAPET +
MITCHELL GEE + RYAN-S Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. • BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII + WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. • CUSHION SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
electronic - urban - club life
• DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - FEAT: DJ NIGEL
LAST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • GOOD TIMES - FEAT: MATT RADOVICH Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm. • JOESKI Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 8:00pm. • JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. • REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. • ROOFTOP SUNDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm. • THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK + MR WEIR Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. • WAX ON WAX OFF Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12 • MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.
• THE MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 • OASIS TUESDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
• SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 • MELLOWDÍASTHUMP - FEAT: DAN AIKIDO + GEEZY + CAZEAUX O.S.L.O. + SKOMES Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9
• BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY - FEAT: DJ RCEE + KAHLUA + DJ SHOOK + DJ ANGEL JAY Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. • FABULOUS FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00. • FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. • HIT UP FRIDAY - FEAT: HUF CREW DJS Stone Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. • KILO KISH + FORTUNES + SQUIDGENINI Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00. • PARTY & BULLSHIT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. • PLAY FRIDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10
• BIG DANCING - FEAT: LARRIE + MITSU + SOFIE ROZE + PAIGE PLAY Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. • BIG DANCING - FEAT: LARRIE + MITSU + SOFIE ROZE + PAIGE PLAY Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. • KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. • PLUTONIC LAB + JULIEN DYNE + SILENTJAY + MELO FELO Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00. • RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ TIMOS + DJ KAHLUA + DJ ANGE M & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11
• MOMENTUM (FOREIGN BROTHERS) + THE CORE-TET Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
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THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW H O N O U R I N G
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Five years on from the tragic death of Amy Winehouse, her legacy is still honoured by fans. Her smooth emotive voice is as distinctive as her bardot beehive and black liquid eyeliner. For some, remembering isn’t enough, and there is a great need to honour this icon. In a stunning tribute to the late singer, Atlanta Coogan breathes life into Amy Winehouse’s music.
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Most bands – though it should be noted, not all – possess something unique. Some idiosyncratic flair, a gift for strange instrumentation, a voice that strips paint or raises folk from the dead; something that separates them from the herd. When it comes to Postmodern Jukebox however, it’s really nothing but idiosyncrasies. With a revolving lineup of talent and songs plucked from every genre imaginable, Scott Bradlee’s ragtime jazz swing ensemble has amassed hundreds of millions of YouTube views and a community of devout fans. Little wonder he sounds so amazed at their success. “It’s the craziest thing,” Bradlee says. “I had an idea for a project. I wanted to have a lot of singers and musicians involved creating this alternate universe. There are two things that I really love. I love working with talent, bringing out the best that you can. And I also love being creative and changing songs around, rearranging them into a genre of music that I enjoy. “A big part of PMJ is that whole idea of identifying talent that might not be known around the world. At this point we’ve introduced a lot of new artists. You look at the recent videos, we just released one with Morgan James, who I remember meeting and being amazed by her voice, this phenomenal talent. Back then I think she had maybe three or four thousand Facebook fans, and to look now she’s well over 200 thousand and that’s the result of doing videos and touring with us. Now she can launch her own tours with her own music, and it’s a cool thing to see. By identifying talent and giving them this platform, they’re able to go on and build careers as well.” One of the most impressive aspects of PMJ’s evolution – and certainly one that gets a lot of attention – is the strength of their online presence. 500 million views, 2 million subscribers. It does make you ponder the nature of music consumption these days. It’s an intriguing dichotomy – maintaining the character of a speakeasy, even while most people are actually enjoying their videos alone in front of a computer screen. As Bradlee explains though, this engagement culminates in their live performances, when fans get to meet other fans often for the first time. “When we started playing live, I remember thinking ‘God, are we even going to have an audience?’” he says. “You see numbers online and you see comments, but you don’t actually see people face to face. It’s a completely different ballgame. I remember when the first show went up in Toronto, we had a full house, everyone was dressed up in vintage clothing, they all knew every song that we’d done. PMJ concerts have become these events that are also networking opportunities, not just professionally, but for finding friends. That’s a pretty wild thing. In a way it’s transcended the whole Internet, and doing BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26
live shows is a way of connecting all these people together.” With an all-the-trimmings tour stretching from coast to coast, there’s no finer time to dust off your flapper dress and tails, to polish your monocle and prepare to Charleston. Yet his work on projects outside the usual musical pathways, including his remarkable additions to the soundtrack of Bioshock: Infinite, are just as fascinating. “I think that my generation was the first one to grow up with video games, which are in a lot of ways the first really immersive entertainment. I worked on Bioshock: Infinite, and worked on Sleep No More, the New York show that is more of a theatre piece. In that sense, I’m sure those things informed my judgements on PMJ, and the idea of crafting that universe. “There’s something that makes it really special. I think all entertainment is escapism, and I think that there’s something really special to be able to go to a show and feel like you’re being transported to another time. That’s exactly the vibe I want for a PMJ show. I want people to feel like they’re in the ‘40s; they’re in Hollywood hanging out with The Rat Pack. Going to a really cool music party, that’s what I want.” Catching PMJ in the flesh is almost guaranteed to find its place in your gigs of the year list, and as impressive as their video performances may be, dancing a storm in the dark to a battery of weird and wild covers can’t be beat. Even for Bradlee the experience is strange, though he tries not to spend too much time fretting about his unlikely road to success. “I don’t take too much time to reflect on it, but when I do I’m very awed by this whole crazy story. Sometimes I’ll go out on stage and see all these people, and think back to five or six years ago when I was playing alone in a restaurant. It’s crazy how things change. When I do think about it, I really think of it as a great gift. For anyone that’s creative, it’s one of the best things. We all just want to find an audience.” POSTMODERN JUKEBOX will play Palais Theatre on Sunday September 11.
To mark the tenth anniversary of the release of Amy Winehouse’s second, and final, album Back to Black, Atlanta Coogan and The Little Big Band will embark on an epic tour of Australia’s east coast. The band has played together for four years, starting when Coogan and Stephen Hadley wanted to honour the first year after Winehouse’s passing. After booking Bennett’s Lane on a Monday night, they sold out the venue. “We were quite amazed at how many people honour and respect her, and want to remember her with dignity,” says Coogan. “I remember the night she died very clearly. I was on tour and heavily pregnant with my first child, and I’d got home from the hospital after a small scare. 3am, I was eating kebabs with my ex-partner, and there it was, she’d died. I was gutted.” What started as a one-off tribute has transformed into a sought after act, thanks largely to the respectful, dedicated fanbase who don’t want to forget the incredible musician and her tragic death. “Her art was so strong, and she was such a true jazz performer and songwriter, the link is generations long,” says Coogan. “Everyone from a Baby Boomer crooner to a Gen Y all recognise her incredible talent, her street -wise apathy, and her incredible depth as a singer and an artist. It was such a tragic demise. A lot of people relate to her. It’s a
sadness but it’s also a true, godsent talent. “From Valerie to Rehab to Tears Dry On Their Own. She has such a wonderful catalogue of music even though she only has two albums. Take the Box is my favourite.” The tour comes hot off the back of a sellout show at Adelaide’s Fringe Festival, and it’s no question that for a show to be this successful, it requires a talented woman to fill Amy Winehouse’s huge shoes, and wig. Coogan doesn’t disappoint. Listening to her perform Winehouse’s music you can hardly notice the switch between Coogan and
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On the day Beat chatted to Yirrmal Marika, he was feeling a little homesick. Understandable given he’s living in Geelong, about 4,000km from his traditional Yolgnu lands in Yirrkala, Arnhem Land. “I was missing home last night, but I messaged my sisters on Facebook, reaching out to them. “Every time I come back I feel really lonely and I’m really missing ya mob up there. Family, grandparents, uncles, mums, brothers, aunts, [they’re] very far but they are very proud too,” he says. And proud they should be. The talented 22-year-old musician has been living in Geelong for the past five years, part of a leadership program helping young Indigenous men live in two worlds. He’s obtained his VCAL certificate after completing Years 11 and 12, he then completed a gap program of intensive English and Maths, as well as graduating with a certificate in Business at Oxygen Music College. With his rich voice and focus on storytelling, Yirrmal’s music runs strong and deep, but it also conveys a sense of sadness. “I feel beyond when I sing. I lost my brother B E AT.C O M . A U
a year ago, my uncle, my auntie (we don’t say auntie, we just say mother) and missing those people, it’s so special. People who have been there for you since you were a baby. They have made you wiser. Every time I sing, I picture them in my mind and it fills me with sorrow, but I want to picture them and how much I love them. They are very proud and they miss me and I miss them too,” he says. Yirrmal comes from exceptional musical stock. He’s related to Geoffery Gurrumul Yunupingu on his mother’s side and his father Witiyana Marika was a singer and dancer in Yothu Yindi. While his music features some of the traditional sounds and elements of Yolngu music, he is out to make his own mark on Australia’s music landscape and doesn’t feel intimidated by any long shadows. “My voice and my personality is way different from theirs,” he says. “Every time I play big shows, everyone experiences how
the real deal performing at Glastonbury in 2007. A great deal of care and respect clearly goes into each of Coogan’s performances. “Her wig, I do the eye makeup, I step into her skin. I put on her iconic look and try to feel the way the song goes through the way she sings them. She’s such a strong character, how could you not want to pay tribute as correctly and truly as possible? “A lot of capturing her is emotional. When I learned the material, I was going through a lot in my own life, a lot of loss and hardship.” The Little Big Band is a huge part of what makes the show great, with Coogan claiming the chemistry on stage and off is a huge part of the act’s success. “Steve and I got back a way. We became engaged at one point about 12 years ago, and we remain very good friends. He’s been a ray of sunshine in my musical life. I’ve also got James Black on my team, which I’m incredibly proud of. He wants to make it into the biggest theatre production you’ve ever seen. I have a great bunch of musicians behind me, and it’s very special,” Coogan says. THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW will captivate audiences at the Satellite Lounge on Friday September 9, Shoppingtown Hotel on Saturday September 10, and MEMO Music Hall on Friday November 4.
I entertain those people. I don’t feel like them, I feel like me.” True to Yolgnu traditions, Yirrmal is a gifted storyteller. “I am embracing my culture to tell deeper stories about the lore and about how Yolgnu people see the land, nature and how First Nations people see things from a different perspective,” he explains. “They see and feel it with their hearts. I’m a storyteller. I tell stories about our culture, about love and unity. That’s what my music is about.” But Yirrmal also embraces contemporary sounds and music to bring about a new generation of Yolngu music. He particularly likes rock and indie rock and currently has The 1975 on high rotation on his phone, but has even recently turned to studying classical jazz. He’s collaborated with mentors Archie Roach, Shane Howard (Goanna) and Neil Murray (Warumpi Band) and aspires to work with the likes of Paul Kelly and Peter Garrett. But for now, his primary inspiration is his father. “My dad is a really strong, positive role model in Yolgnu culture,” he says. “He’s my absolute inspiration and when I see him I am empowered by his power. And my grandfather, he did that same thing for his people and that legacy is building through me. My grandfather fought for land rights in Arnhem Land. He brought the petition to the parliament.” Yirrmal doesn’t plan to be in Geelong forever. Eventually he’ll return to his Yolgnu homeland to be a community leader, following in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather. “I’m still in Australia. I still feel a connection. But I don’t get that much time to actually be there [on country] have a yarn, sit by the campfire under the stars, grab a guitar and sing a song in our language, and tell stories. I miss those beautiful moments.” YIRRMAL will play Kew Court House on Friday September 9 with his group Yirrmal & The Yolngu Boys, as he plans the release of his debut EP in November.
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE C O M I N G
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For fans of Northeast Party House, the wait for their sophomore album has been epic. Now, following on from their 2014 debut, Any Given Weekend, we’re only a few days away from the release of their latest record, Dare. Lead single For You isn’t all the boys have up their sleeves. They’ll be hitting the road for a massive album tour, with so many stops lined up there’s no excuse for missing them, which is nice, as it’s been a year since we saw them grace an Australian stage. Beat caught up with Mitch Ansell, Northeast Party House’s guitarist, and our guide to the ins and outs of all things Dare. “The writing of Dare was spanned over a pretty long time. We kicked it off when we finished Any Given Weekend. We don’t write too much together initially, we’ll all go off into our bedrooms, turn the lights off and not eat for a year while we get it done. We’ll write our own little things then email them to each other and get feedback. It wasn’t until January this year that we all finally got the demos together and put them into a playlist,” Ansell says. “We culled a lot, then started working at a friend’s studio in Brunswick, where we had all our gear set up in this little office space. It was pretty funny, but it worked. It was all business, we got a lot done and the songs really started to develop. This time we wanted to do a smarter album, in terms of songwriting, and something a little more melodic; songs that told a story, but were really fun, and that we’d like to play live.” Dare was written and recorded internationally, as the band traversed back and forth between Melbourne and London. The result is an album that was written largely as it was recorded, with Northeast Party House taking on all the production in-house, and their drummer, Malcolm Besley, doing all the mixing and mastering himself. “We were in London, and we were at a point where we realised we were running out of time. We booked a few sessions at Hackney Road Studios and got a heap done. Then we went straight into the studio when we got back, and we were writing and recording at the same time. Say I wanted to write this riff, we’d get that tone, the final peddles, amps, etc., and whatever we recorded was the final take. Mal was there recording and mixing, and then we all individually produced bits,” Ansell says. “It was a full band production in a lot of ways. We trusted Mal as a sound engineer. He just keeps getting better as the years go by. I think because we were still writing at the same time, it would’ve been too weird to have someone else come in from the outside.” The writing of Dare was a two month process, and along with all the jetsetting and hardcore hermit time spent in dark bedrooms, Ansell is emphatic on one point, these songs were written to be performed. After a year overseas, Northeast Party House are ready to bring their show back to Australia, complete with some new tunes straight for the studio. “We always think of the live show. It’s our favourite part of this whole band-life thing, so we always try to curate to the live show. When you have an album tour, you’re going to play a lot of new songs,” he says. “The album actually comes out on the 9th, which is the same night as our second show. Seeing as how a lot of the people who come to our shows won’t really have absorbed the album yet, we won’t drench them in too much new stuff, but there’ll definitely be a few new songs in there. It’s going to be a bit of a mix. “It was interesting playing overseas the last couple of times. They’ve been quite calculated shows, because we’ve been playing these showcase type festivals, like CMJ in New York, where you have 500 bands from around the world all meeting up in the same place. It’s general public, but the focus is on bringing in the different labels and managers and such. We’re psyched to get back to Australia. There’s a different culture with music in Australia. We have a pretty passionate fanbase here. Overseas, people kind of sit back and appreciate it, whereas in Melbourne, where it all began with our mates being super young and super loose, you know what you’re gonna get. You can go nuts.” NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE will play 170 Russell on Friday September 9 and Wrangler Studio on Saturday October 8. Dare is out on Friday September 9 via Stop Start/Inertia.
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Born out of years of work from Jesse Delaney - who claims he simply needed an outlet for his material - Atsu the debut album from Crying Sirens, was a surprise to the band more than anyone else. With the album launch at Cherry Bar just around the corner, the band are more excited about the prospect of bringing the album to life live that listening to it.
PRAY TV
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Aidan Halloran was sitting in a friend’s car in 1987 when the driver put a tape of some recently recorded demos into the car stereo. Halloran was initially bemused at the music he heard. “I said it sounded like The Go Betweens on acid,” he laughs. Though I suppose that actually isn’t such a bad thing.” But when he was told that something might come of these demo recordings, Halloran registered his interest. “I said that it was so bad that I could do something with it. I think we got slightly better after that, but that’s how it started,” he says. What evolved from that chance event was Melbourne indie shoegaze band Pray TV, which Halloran subsequently joined as lead singer. It was an odd time in Australian music history, with the division between mainstream and independent music as tangible as the ideological divide that defined the Cold War. But within a few years the success of Nirvana’s Nevermind would be the catalyst for a thawing of relations; or, in reality, a mad race by major labels seeking to plunder the independent music scene for the next crossover cash cow. Like many other bands, Pray TV found themselves swept up in the frenzy. “It was definitely interesting times,” Halloran says. “When we started out if you weren’t trying to be Icehouse then you were pretty well ignored by the mainstream, which wasn’t a bad arrangement. Everyone did their own thing and that was fine. “Then Nirvana exploded and every mainstream label decided they had to find the next Nirvana or something in that vein. There was a lot of bands suddenly finding themselves on what was once a label they’d never have gone near, and with mixed results. Not many of them came away unscathed by the experience.” While major labels cast their eye across Pray TV, the band was very much an independent band, releasing its early singles on Bruce Milne and Greta Moon’s Au Go Go label, and three of its four albums on Shock Records. In the days before the Internet provided the foundation for self-managed promotional campaigns, the support of a record label, even an independent one, was critical. “A label like AuGoGo had a very good reputation in Australia and internationally,” Halloran says. “Just being on that label all of a sudden made you a serious proposition, not a joke. Today I think it’s different, but then it was probably crucial. We were lucky to get on those labels, even though we didn’t realise it at the time.” It was at the suggestion of Shock Records co-owner Dave Williams that Pray TV found itself on a unique compilation record in 1992. Titled Dress Ups, the album featured Pray TV, The Glory Box and The Fauves, each playing one of their own songs, and covering songs by each of the other bands. While Halloran can’t say how successful the concept was as a promotional vehicle, it did reflect the camaraderie within the local scene. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 28
“There were a bunch of bands that we ended up playing with a lot and generally getting along. There’s always competitive tension, but that’s a good thing. That pushes you. You’d hear someone’s song and think ‘That’s good, we’ve got to get better.’ And that was a healthy thing,” Halloran says. By 1997 Pray TV was starting to wane. Then the band’s driving force and principal songwriter, guitarist Martin Kennedy, declared he wanted to move on from Pray TV. While Halloran had hoped the band could continue, the news that Kennedy wanted to cease working as Pray TV didn’t come as a surprise. “It was a long time coming, in that you could feel it, like the end of a relationship. You feel like there’s something missing, and when it actually happened it was a bit of a relief,” he says. Following Pray TV’s demise, Kennedy embarked on his All India Radio project, as well as a series of collaborations with Steve Kilbey from seminal Australian band The Church. Halloran concedes music was never an obsession in his life, and after Pray TV broke he steered clear of any new musical projects. A Pray TV reunion remained an unlikely prospect until a benefit gig was organised for a friend of the band to raise money for cardiac treatment. Sadly, the friend passed away before the gig took place, but the band members’ enthusiasm to play another gig remained. Within a year Pray TV had reformed for a one-off reunion gig at the Yarra Hotel in January 2015. Kennedy then surprised Halloran by saying he had some songs that would fit on a new Pray TV album. And so it was that Pray TV entered the studio to record Horizontal Life, the band’s first album in 20 years. “The interesting thing [about the new album] is that nothing much has changed,” Halloran says. “We really enjoyed it, and I think the results sound unforced and unpressured, which is what we were after. It’s because we said ‘Let’s just do it,’ one or two rehearsals, then recorded. We did whatever came naturally, which is what we used to do. It sounds like an album we could have made after the last album.” PRAY TV will play The Grace Darling on Saturday September 10. Horizontal Life is out now.
The heavy rock band with a prog rock tinge formed in 2010 to fulfil Delaney’s aforementioned need for an outlet for his written material, bringing together exmembers of other bands, including Fourth Floor Collapse, The Go Set, Nitidius and Revolution Street. “I bring in the skeletons of the songs and we put them together in the rehearsal,” vocalist and guitarist Jesse Delaney says. “I don’t know if this is normal, but when I’m playing a chord progression or a riff and have an idea for a melody, I can hear the finished product, I can hear what it sounds like as a band. So I’ll suggest my ideas, and a lot of the time the guys come up with something different that works better. The desire to play live music led Crying Sirens to the Espy Hotel stage, where the sound engineer suggested they record their music. “I was shocked. I hadn’t really thought about [recording our music], I just wanted to play as many live shows as possible,” Delaney says. The process progressed naturally, and Atsu was born. Mixed by Haydn Buxton (Twelve Foot Ninja, Trial Kennedy), “Live shows will always be our passion, but it’s a good addition to what we do on stage,” Delaney says. “[The band and album] came from some
songs that I had floating around over the last few years while I was playing and touring with other bands that I didn’t think it suited.” Delaney drew on his Japanese born wife for the album title’s inspiration. “Japanese have this knack, all languages do I guess, words that English doesn’t quite cover. Atsu is a word that can be translated to pressure, or what happens when you put things under pressure, put people into situations, and people going through experiences, and what the end result is. And that’s something I really related to at that time. I don’t mean pressure like negative stress. Things that happen where you have to push yourself harder.
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Grant-Lee Phillips has seen a lot come and go in his time as a singer, songwriter, band leader, guitarist and avid multi-instrumentalist. He’s remained active long after dropping off the mainstream radar – which, by his own admission, was something he never had a complete grasp of to begin with – and has seen the rise, fall, evolution and decline of the music industry from a unique perspective. When it comes to how his records are received these days – which includes his most recent LP, last March’s The Narrows – it’s something that he handles with honesty but also a hint of optimism. “It’s a whole different world now when it comes to putting out records and measuring their levels of success,” says Phillips. “This new record has garnered some decent airplay in the US and seems to have done well in Europe, but it’s nowhere on the level of what indie records used to do back in the ‘90s. I’ve remained on the job all these years, and the industry has changed a lot. It’s been dismantled all around me, but I don’t have that much time to think about that. My compulsion to make records is far stronger than the harsher realities of B E AT.C O M . A U
the music business. I try not to let it get to me – although I might think about it if I’m ever lying awake in bed at night.” As well as being noted for his work at the helm of bands like Shiva Burlesque and Grant Lee Buffalo, Phillips has also been a keen collaborator throughout his career. He’s worked with the likes of Donovan Frankenreiter, The Jayhawks’ Gary Louris, Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett and Robyn Hitchcock, but perhaps his most intriguing collaboration came when he teamed up with Asian-American comedian
“I wanted to capture that idea, and represent that with the crushed light bulb [on the album’s cover],” Delaney says. The debut single from the album, Descend, encapsulates the sound of the album, with all its gritty, alternative rock. “Descend captures the mixture of rhythm and power and melody and progression. As we get heavier and more aggressive, but still have the melodies going on.” The band’s excellent year continues with the very recent nomination as a finalist in the MusicOz Australian Independent Music Awards. Accolades don’t seem to be something that Delaney expected when he began unleashing his music through Crying Sirens. “Anything that gets the music out there, and spreads the word is a good thing,” he says. Delaney moved from Newcastle, largely because of Melbourne’s music scene, in particular its live scene. “I don’t think you can go past Melbourne, at least in Australia, for quality and variety,” he says. “We’re very passionate on stage, we want to put in as much as we can. We’re loud, we’re not the band who plays in the corner, you’ll know we’re on when we’re on. We enjoy it, and that raw energy that tends, I don’t want to say it’s missing, but there are some bands that just snap on when they play live, and I want to be one of those bands.” CRYING SIRENS will play Cherry Bar on Saturday September 10. Atsu is out now.
extraordinaire Margaret Cho for a song on her debut album of original music, Cho Dependent. “I’ve known Margaret for many years – I’ve been a fan almost as long as I’ve been a friend,” says Phillips of his work with Cho. “One day, she called me up and told me that she wanted to make a record. She’d been learning how to play guitar and wanted to make a record, which I thought was mighty courageous of her. She sent over some lyrics for me to look at, and I knew there was nothing that I could change there – the work was very much complete – so I began writing music to them. The process moved very quickly – she’s a person who performs her own work, so she’s a great writer to begin with. It was only a slight adjustment to writing great lyrics that were clever and funny. When I’ve sat down with other songwriters, it’s not always been as easy. Margaret was a really unique one to work with – she’s so heroic and I’m thankful she’s out there.” Phillips was born in Stockton, some 542 kilometres from the city he relocated to in order to pursue music, Los Angeles; and some 3625 kilometres from the city he now calls home, Nashville. The capital of country music has been kind to Phillips, who immediately set to work gathering musicians from the area to work with on The Narrows and has not looked back. “Nashville’s a nice change of pace,” he says. “It’s nice to find a place where there’s still a whole lot of music, but there’s a whole lot of trees too. It’s a place that’s down to earth, and I can’t say enough good things about it.” Phillips is set to return to Australia this October for the first time in over a decade. “A lot has changed since those days, and many years have lapsed – I feel as though my credentials have run out as far as Australia is concerned. I’m hoping to win at least some of them back.” GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS will play The Toff In Town, as part of Melbourne Festival, on Thursday October 20 and Saturday October 22. The Narrows is out now.
CORE
PUNK, HARDCORE NEWS, REVIEWS & GOSSIP with GLENN STEWART thedrunkpromoter@gmail.com
Our regular Core columnist Joe Hansen has decided to piss off to the States for the next little while. So Glenn Stewart, AKA The Drunk Promoter, has picked up the pieces in his absence. Onya champ. Check out the extremely underrated and talented Brisbane punk Hanny J open The Old Bar in Fitzroy this Saturday September 10. She’ll be supporting Two Steps on the Water, Worm (formally Apart From This) and The Wilderness Years. Entry is cheap, so don’t be an arsehole and ask for a guest spot.
CRUNCH
Hardcore act Sick Of It All will be releasing When The Smoke Clears this November to celebrate their 30 years of existence. The NYC legends will be including five new tracks and some very rare photos compiled in a very limited coffee table book. One of Australia’s favourite events of the year, Poison City Weekender, will hit Melbourne this week. Homegrown acts including The Bennies, Camp Cope and Batpiss will join an impressive list of internationals and locals taking over Melbourne from Thursday. Be quick you get your tickets because they normally sell quicker than homemade Bennies brownies. Australia’s best toad punk band 6ftHick are tearing The Tote a new arsehole this Friday September 9. A strong set of supports will be opening the night including Bad Vision, The Braves and Ghost Dick. My advice is to get in early because the show will almost definitely sell out.
SAMBORA & ORIANTHI TOUR
RSO - former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and Adelaide guitar superstar Orianthi will tour Australia this month, hitting Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday METAL, HEAVY ROCK. CLASSIC ROCK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL September 27. The setlist will include Sambora and Orianthi solo tracks, new GOOD SHIT material, Bon Jovi classics and songs by with PETER HODGSON artists they’ve played with in the past, crunchcolumn@gmail.com including Ori’s former bosses Michael Jackson and Alice Cooper. “I can’t wait to DENOUNCEMENT PYRE AT perform the classic songs fans know and THE BENDIGO love, as well as share a preview of what you Catch the official launch for the new can expect to hear on our upcoming debut Denouncement Pyre album Black Sun album,” Richie says. Unbound this Friday September 9 at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood SUICIDE SILENCE THIS WEEK with special guests Tasmania's metal Catch Suicide Silence this Wednesday force Ruins, Melbourne bestial death September 7 as they tear apart 170 Russell. metal explosion Eskhaton, black thrash Joining them on their Australian tour are assaulters Hordes of the Black Cross, and Boris The Blade, Disentromb and Graves. RuiNation, who perform a punishing mix Suicide Silence floored festival fans here in of dark and threatening power electronics. 2014 with punters picking their collective jaws up of the floor at the sheer intensity MESHUGGAH RETURN of their set as the quintet - newly led by The Swedish metal juggernaut that is Hernan “Eddie” Hermida following the Meshuggah will return to Australia in 2017 tragic death of Mitch Lucker - laid waste in support of their eighth studio album, The to the crowd. Violent Sleep of Reason, which will be released through Nuclear Blast Records and takes the WINTERFYLLETH PRESENT band back to their heavy, technical roots. The THE DARK HEREAFTER March 2017 tour is being presented by MJR Two years after the release of their presents and goes on sale to general public seminal album The Divination of Antiquity, this Thursday 8th September. pioneers of contemporary UK Black Metal,
Over to the right side of the tracks, Bar 303 will host The Shorts EP launch this Friday September 9, supported by the extremely talented folk punk legend Joe Guiton & The Suicide Tuesdays. Late Nights, Shadow League and The Sleepless round out a great night out if you can manage to get through High Street’s shitty traffic in time. The biggest dorks in punk rock, Motion City Soundtrack, will drop by St Kilda on Friday September 9. Joining them at Prince Bandroom will be Sydney’s emo/ pop-punk act With Confidence. The aptly titled support band has been practicing their American accents in front of the mirror all week. Rumours are running hot that Toe to Toe are working on a new studio album just in time for their 25th anniversary next year. Expect to see a tour announced sometime in 2017.
Winterfylleth return with their highly anticipated new release, The Dark Hereafter on Spinefarm/Candlelight Records/ Caroline Australia. Musically we find the band progressing with their ideas and moving into uncharted territories; exploring longer, more expansive songs and building on their signature sound with style and intent. It’s released on Friday September 30.
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ARE BACK
Iconic metal giants Killswitch Engage will return to Australia in March 2017, in support of their seventh album Incarnate. The Massachusetts powerhouse will be bringing along the atmospheric, boundary pushing metallers Fallujah for their first ever Australian tour. This is going to be one of the must attend heavy tours of 2017. See them at 170 Russell on Sunday March 5 and Tuesday March 7.
If you feel like a mid-week road trip, check out Sooki Lounge in Belgrave this Wednesday September 7 where The Bennies start their tour with Rozwell Kids. Recently parts of Footscray have been vandalised by locals affiliated with the notorious “Cute Boys” gang in an attempt to keep yuppies away from the west. Rumours are circulating that notorious rock‘n’roll outfit Grim Rhythm were spotted near new developments in Footscray yelling at possible new buyers in the area. The notorious threepiece will be playing this Thursday September 8 at John Curtin Hotel supporting Michigan’s Pity Sex, Lincoln Le Ferve and plenty more. In tour news; expect to see DRI coming back to Australia following their successful run back in early 2014. Other rumours circulating including FLAG, Subhumans, Teenage Bottlerocket, Dwarves and Get Dead might be gracing our shores sometime in 2017. vinyl version which will also include the Blu-Ray and 2CDs (limited to 1500 copies).
NUCLEUST AT THE REVERENCE
Perth’s cerebral metallers Nucleust have released their new EP Resistivity via Rockpit Records. Their first ever interstate tour is underway now and they hit Melbourne on Friday September 9 at the Reverence Hotel with Toxicon, Flaming Wrekage, Naberus and Annihilist.
R.I.P. RICHARD NEVILLE
GIGS
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Saad Jaamb, Monday Crowd, TV Dinners at The Bendigo Hotel The Bennies, Rozwell Kid at Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Misguided, Brittle Bones, Perseverer The Bendigo Hotel Pity Sex, Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders, Cayetana, Infinite Void, Grim Rhythm, Creative Adult at John Curtin Hotel, Carlton
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 The Bennies + High Tension + Rozwell Kid + Ceres + Batpiss + Flour @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne Motion City Soundtrack + With Confidence @ Prince Bandroom, St Kilda Toxicon, Flaming Wrekage, Nucleust, Annihilist at The Reverence Hotel, Footscray For All Eternity, Of Divinity at The Workers Club, Fitzroy DriveTime Commute at Wick Studios, Brunswick The Shorts, Joe Guiton & The Suicide Tuesday’s, Late Nights at Bar 303, Northcote SIXFTHICK (QLD), Bad Vision, The Braves, Ghost Dick at The Tote, Collingwood
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Richard Neville died on the weekend aged 74. Neville co-founded the countercultural magazine Oz in the ‘60s and his influence on publishing and, ironically, pop culture can never be understated. Oz fucked with the establishment, pissed off the law and gave a voice to the rising youth culture, and Neville was an intellectual, an innovator, a futurist, and a cool guy.
Glen & The Peanut Butter Men, Muscle Car, Cosmic Kahuna,180 Proof, Terminal Wally Two Steps On The Water, Worm, The Wilderness Years, Hanny J at The Old Bar Pity Sex (USA), The Nation Blue, Cayetana (USA), Camp Cope, Creative Adult, Horror My Friend at The Corner, Richmond
British NWOBHM legends Saxon will unleash Let Me Feel Your Power, their tenth live album, on October 7th via UDR Music. The 16-track album was recorded in Munich during November 2015 and Brighton in January 2016, with bonus materials from Chicago in September 2015. Let Me Feel Your Power will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, BluRay/2CDs, digital download and a deluxe
NEW DEVIN TOWNSEND THIS WEEK
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11
Friday sees the release of Transcendence, the latest album from the Devin Townsend Project. It continues in the musical vein of albums like Addicted!, Epicloud and Sky Blue but Devy seems to be in much more of a guitar solo mood at the moment, and the sound of the album is incredible thanks to the mixing talents of Periphery’s Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood. Undoubtedly one of the
that flows through Shepparton Airplane. Though all of the band members have played regularly over the years, there’s no sense of career trajectory, record sales and world domination. “We’re just a bunch of mates who wanted to play together, rather than being a serious band and trying to get the right people together for the job,” Chow says. It wasn’t too long after forming that Shepparton Airplane had enough songs for a de facto recording session in a rehearsal room above a bar in West Melbourne. Chow, a recording engineer by day, supplied the recording gear and committed the band’s repertoire to record. Upon hearing the finished product, Shepparton Airplane realised it had an album ready in the can. “We set up to record the songs so we could see what they sounded like, and they came out so well that we decided to put it out as an album,” Chow says. “It’s just one of those
spaces we feel really comfortable in, and it’s a good sounding room. It was just the four of us, we slapped it down and did the vocals separately. It sounded exactly the way we sounded live. People tend to like that, rather than something polished and slick sounding.” Chow concedes that an attitude focused on having fun and not trying to change the world has its benefits. “That’s really liberating,” he says. “Like any band, we think what we’ve put out is good and we want people to hear it. But we don’t have any of the constraints of having to do things to appease the label or fans. It’s literally doing whatever we feel like.” This week sees the beginning of Shepparton Airplane’s four-week residency at the newly re-opened top floor of the Gasometer Hotel. “The timing has worked out really well because we’re taking a break for a couple of months from October because The Peep Tempel’s new
record is coming out, and they have a big tour planned,” Chow says. “It’ll give us a chance to test out some new material we’ve been working on.” In a profile earlier this year, Shepparton Airplane suggested its music could be the soundtrack to Animal House directed by Stanley Kubrick. This is intriguing “I don’t think a lot of thought went into that,” Chow says. “I suppose we are going for that off-kilter post-punk thing, but at the same time a lot of the songs are almost party anthems, so that’s where the Animal House-Kubrick thing came in.” Malcolm McDowell playing Bluto, now there’s an idea.
NEW SAXON LIVE ALBUM
Lincoln Le Ferve at Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy Rifle Birds at The Old Bar, Fitzroy The Sugarcanes, Fear Like Us, Loose Tooth, The Hard Aches, Totally Unicorn + HEAPS MORE at Reverence Hotel, Footscray The Bennies and Rozwell Kids at Corner Hotel, Richmond (All Ages 12 - 5pm)
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BY PATRICK EMERY
Sometime after their upcoming run of shows at the Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood, Shepparton Airplane plan to record the band’s new album, the follow-up to this year’s self-titled debut. Guitarist Matt Chow says the band is heading to a property in the country where the members will set up and bang out a set of songs. “We won’t be going anywhere near Shepparton. I’ve been there, and I’ve got no desire to play there,” he says.
In fact, Shepparton isn’t relevant at all to Shepparton Airplane, other than as part of a memorable geographical rock’n’roll pun. “A bandmate of mine from another band was bored one night and was coming up with all these mash up names of famous bands and really shitty Victorian towns, and Shepparton Airplane stood out as one of the better ones,” Chow says. “When we were doing the usual thing of coming up with a band name, I just called him up and asked if we could use it, and he was happy for us to. Names often say a lot about bands, but with this name you don’t know what to expect from the band.” This much is true. Shepparton Airplane deliberately channels the English postpunk sound of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, augmented with rollicking rock’n’roll sensibility. “It initially started out with me wanting to do something art rocky. I’d been listening to bands like Wire, Gang of Four and The Fall, and I wanted
to do something like that,” Chow says. “But when we got together and started writing, they just became more rocking party songs, but still with that off kilter feel going on.” The genesis of Shepparton Airplane had come when Chow, a veteran of multiple bands over the past 20 years, approached fellow guitarist and long time friend Ezra Dowling with the idea of forming a band. “We’d known each other for 20 years but we’d never actually done anything, so we decided to get something going,” Chow says. “About a month after that we needed a drummer and bass player, so we got Steve [Striker] and Stew [Raynor], who’re both good mates of mine and I’ve played in bands with them. It’s a pretty boring story, but that’s how it all started.” The story of Shepparton Airplane’s coming together may be devoid of salacious detail and intrigue, but it does reflect a laissez-faire, mature attitude
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RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN FRANK OCEAN Blond(e) (Apple Music)
Towards the beginning of J.G. Ballard’s Crash, the book’s narrator finds himself in a horrendous car crash. But the experience isn’t a traumatic one; rather, it’s liberating. “After being bombarded endlessly by road safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident,” he says. That sense of ecstatic pain – of trauma being transcendent – is peppered all throughout Frank Ocean’s long-awaited Blond(e), as too is the ever present spectre of the American automobile glimpsed throughout Crash. A track like Nike is all plush leather interiors and sleek, edge-less textures, and the record has all the sheen of a Royce. But though it’s tempting to assume the work’s soulful
surface and its darker suggestions are somehow distinct from each other, for Ocean, pain and beauty work in the same way. “In hell, in hell there’s heaven,” he croons on Solo, his voice all suggestion and smoke. Even a song like Ivy, a coiled loop of a melody readymade for the radio, has a bitterness soaked through it. It is both of these things at once then – dark and danceable, pathetic and poppy. But more than anything, it’s sincere. It’s rare to encounter a record so unashamed; so open in its invitation. Ultimately, Blond(e) has things to offer you. And Blond(e) asks nothing in return but that you listen. BY JOSEPH EARP
SINGLE REVIEWS WITH LACHLAN Go well, Dogs. Go well.
BLACK EYED PEAS (FEAT. THE WORLD) #WHERESTHELOVE (Apple) Ensemble cast charity singles are always going to be naff as shit, and Black Eyed Peas reviving a decadeplus old hit is always going to be naff as shit. The naff–ness doesn’t exceed the naff-ness of its naff parts. But there are some truly terrible moments, especially the pointless and instantly dated DJ Khaled cameo (no disrespect to Khaled, but his catchphrases don’t make a good fit here). For all its inherent shitness, the production is actually pretty tight. This is trash, but you know what? The original holds up. TKAY MAIDZA FEAT. KILLER MIKE Carry On (Dew Process) Flashes of golden era Pharrel-style production shine through on Carry On, snare breaks and grindin’ bass providing some tasty flair. Tkay is on point with her bars, as always, and the Killer Mike guest appearance isn’t groundbreaking, especially with the ‘fuck the haters’ pathos (who’s actually hating on Tkay?). The hook feels a bit flat, overcooked to the
point of losing impact. Debut album Tkay is due this October, and while Carry On might feel more at home in the context of an LP, let’s hope the record packs a stronger hit than this – Tkay has proven to be one of the most exciting Australian talents in recent memory, let’s hope it can be consolidated with a monster single (which I guess, comes down to a worthy hook). TINY LITTLE HOUSES Song Despite Apathy (Ivy League) Can a band use blown out acoustic guitars and not be a magnet for Mangum comparisons? Maybe. But Tiny Little Houses go all in on channelling Neutral Milk Hotel into modern times (Neutral Milk AirbnB?), nailing the sonic makeup, but falling short with a crutch of lyrical clichés that fail to fire in the climax. It sounds good, but falls short of feeling dangerous. HOW TO DRESS WELL What’s Up (Domino) When Tom Krell hits the mark, there’s a sense of timeless magic. When he misses the mark, as
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Memphis four-piece NOTS continue to make off-kilter music with a frenetic energy that moves from unrelenting to unsettling on Cosmetic, their second full-length album. The title track feels reminiscent of Clockcleaner or Pissed Jeans, as it lurches along; deranged, wide-eyed and perched at the ready to move from the shadows to attack with feline-like precision. No Novelty is more straight forward punk, adhering to expected chord progressions, but the cascading array of weird synth bleeps keeps NOTS sound firmly at the fringes. There is still plenty of melody within the noise on Cosmetic. Inherently Low has all the makings of a new wave number, but a sped up tempo, paired with gang vocals and the whole affair being swathed in a mass of sinister sound effects keeps it pointedly un-pop, ensuring that NOTS maintain their bleak and antagonistic outlook. Fluorescent Sunset winds the intensity down a notch; reverb soaked and dripping in goth gloom that echoes off into the menace of the night. Closer Entertain Me starts off as a slow moody burn but quickly escalates into a writhing beast. Natalie Hoffman sneers with contempt as the synth swirls, the guitars rip and reel in a psychedelic fashion and the bass and drums keep the epic number from completely catapulting off into the ether. On their second offering NOTS have continued to solidify their characteristic sound whilst suitably extending on their brand of weirdo anxiety-driven punk. BY KRYSTAL MAYNARD
Like so many surf films, Paul Witzig’s 1969 film Evolution barely had a plot: a group of surfers, travelling around the world catching waves and indulging the secular spiritualism of surfing. The soundtrack to Evolution was provided by Australian psychedelic prog band Tamam Shud. Finally re-released, Evolution captures the zeitgeist of the era: wandering psychedelic melodies, pseudo-mystical lyrics, indulgent tempo explorations. Opening track Music Train starts, fittingly, with the sound of a level crossing before the listener is enticed into psych-jazz territory somewhere between Sgt Pepper’s-era Beatles and The Grateful Dead’s Anthem of the Sun. Then there’s the sparse, emotional awareness of I’m No One – we’re all insignificant in dazzling world of nature - the Tommy-like power of Mr Strange and the McCartneyish whimsy of Lady Strange. Falling Up is an acid song - when else would you fall up a hill and Feel Free is a slick collage of smokin’ prog and lysergic blues. Jesus Guide Me foretells the Christian rock opera era that would soon give the world Jesus Christ Superstar and the waltzing Rock On Top is Count Five conducted by Count Basie. The Slow One and the Fast One is a sevenminute acid rock track from central casting: early on it’s a glistening folk track; blink your eyes and it’s a dirty R&N track. Too Many Life takes you out on a cascading wave, replete with lyrics that’d unravel the secrets of the world. There’s screams at the end of the record, and the dream is over. Tamam Shud fizzled out, just as the misty-eyed idealism of the late ‘60s was snuffed out by the narcissistic obsessions of the ‘70s. But for a brief moment, Tamam Shud showed a glimpse of a better world.
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Twin Atlantic’s GLA is the band’s first album back after taking almost a year off from music. It’s a slightly heavier album than usual from the Glasgow lads, drifting ever so slightly from the more poppier rock that they’ve presented in the past. No Sleep is the greatest example of this, with a pop punk lite verse structure, but a chorus that’s begging to be expanded into a full blown rock track. The same thing happens on Et Al but in reverse order, with verses that would be at home in any stadium rock group giving way to a chorus that almost feels like it’s been dropped into the wrong song. That doesn’t mean that this album is bad, it’s just a little confused. All the best parts come when Twin Atlantic let loose and start to rock out. While their poppier style isn’t terrible to listen to, other bands are out there doing the same thing better. Lyrically, the album is as up and down as its composition. For every song with depth and substance there’s one about drinking and partying. Like above, it’s not necessarily bad, it’s just confusing. It’s hard to make an album about themes like loss and heartbreak as well as getting hammered on the town; it doesn’t quite mix. Individually, most of the songs on this album are decent, but together in album format the sudden changes can be jarring, Twin Atlantic’s next album should be used to pick a side; pop punk partiers or flat out rockers. GLA is not a flowing album which is cohesive in theme or composition, instead they’ve presented a collection of decent songs. BY NATHAN QUATTRUCCI
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REBEL YELL
CASS MCCOMBS
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MOTHER OF MILLIONS (Rice Is Nice)
MANGY LOVE (Anti)
RESTLESS (Spunk Records)
Rebel Yell is the brainchild of industrial noise artist Grace Stevenson. The Brisbane musician also plays in 100%, an underground electronic act from Queensland’s capital. Things are less accessible under her solo guise, but certainly no less interesting. Mother Of Millions is an EP that clocks in around 25 minutes of alienating electronica; the dissonant sounds produced here can be jarring initially, though the rhythmic thump of drum samples quickly gives clarity to what’s going on. The imagery is bleak, a dystopian future with no end, each track contains similar themes. In fact, for those unfamiliar to dark techno, it’s very difficult to differentiate between any of the tracks on this album. It is consistent in its abrasiveness and after one gets past the initial shock of the unrelenting bleakness on Mother Of Millions, there are plenty of rewards to be found. To get caught up in the swirl of these soundscapes is a treat in itself, these harsh tones can provide the perfect soundtrack for those with a curious disposition. It’s a cerebral experience for the majority of its duration, there are the occasional muffled vocals, sifting their way through the background layers though still too distorted to make any sense of. Even the use of samples isn’t too varied; it seems that as far as Stevenson is concerned, minimalism is key. This is the power of Rebel Yell, it’s not an act as much as an exploration of noise, a challenging experience that some will find difficult to swallow. But this won’t trouble Stevenson, she’s not making music for the masses, Mother Of Millions is a reflection of her own artistic vision, grand in scope, and rich in theme with a minimal presentation.
Like a trickster god of American song, Cass McCombs seems to appear every couple of years with a skewed take on a different vein of popular music. On Mangy Love, McCombs brings his protean gifts to the worlds of white boy soul and West Coast psychedelia, scratching your dad’s Steely Dan itch while showcasing some of his best songwriting to date. Though some may find its scrappy eccentricity off putting, Mangy Love is an oddball gem from one of the most interesting singer/songwriters around. Opening track Bum Bum Bum is one of the best songs McCombs has ever written. Layering apocalyptic imagery on a conga backed slow jam, the song evokes a gentle descent into hell for a society too compassion fatigued to notice. It’s the closest he’s come to political commentary but he approaches it in the same wry, enigmatic way he approaches all his subjects, with references to ‘rivers of bloods’ set against mention of writing letters to the Klu Klux Klan. The album immediately pivots to the psychedelic stomp of Rancid Girl, a throwaway garage track that wears its crudeness on its denim sleeve. Placed against the genius of the previous track, Rancid Girl reads like a gleeful act of self sabotage; a middle finger from the class clown that might achieve something if he applied himself. From there the album continues to cycle through genres with mostly positive results. Highlights include the West Coast cool of Laughter is the Best Medicine and the Prince inflected pop/funk of Cry. McCombs’ attempt at reggae and David Byrne style talk singing on Run Sister Run is lacking, and later tracks It and Switch are undercooked, but there’s a childish joy in even his less successful experiments that prevents these weaker moments from bringing things down. Mangy Love is a challenging and brilliant album from a singular artist.
The Ocean Party have been cutting their teeth for years now, the prolific flow of albums from these deep-pop thinkers knows no bounds as they embark upon their sixth studio release, Restless. The album continues on from where Light Weight left off last year, the crisp, jangly guitar chords remain, as do the introspective views of modern Australia. It’s a formula that works for them, its tried and trusted and difficult to argue against, seeing as it’s just too damn hard to fault a band that sounds as sharp as this. Few acts in Australia have been able to marry guitar music with such an eclectic use of brass instruments as The Ocean Party. When the saxophone arrives on title track Restless, it oozes in such melodic refrain, what could have been a cheap trick is performed expertly. The Ocean Party have so much class in their approach to songwriting whether it’s the lush synths on Teachers, the summer jive that is Back Bar or the chorus bass heavy, ‘80s vibe of Pressure, there’s something in every track that you can sink your teeth into. It’s also an album that richly rewards repeated listening. The first time through can be overwhelming depending on what instrument you’re keeping your ears on but after the fourth or fifth time through, the album gains much more strength in clarity. It’s highlights a plenty on Restless, the only criticism one could have is that it’s not that dissimilar to their previous effort. But it’s not a critique I’m willing to explore too thoroughly because the album is near perfect. The Ocean Party’s latest effort is a solid collection of songs, each unique with their own compelling ideas, rich in instrumentation and performed with unerring conviction.
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Spending all day at The Tote presents itself as something of a challenge. What’s the best approach to pacing your alcohol intake? Will walking from the bandroom to the front bar and then upstairs count as exercise for the day? While it may appear to be the ultimate test of endurance, Sunifest promises early on to be the greatest day of music you could
possibly imagine at Melbourne’s undisputed home of rock. Danny Kransky kicks things off with his hybrid of rock, ska and reggae, singing more songs about drugs than one probably should during an afternoon timeslot. You’re not entirely sure if he’s serious but it certainly makes for an interesting set. RVG play to a smaller crowd upstairs but have everyone in the room completely transfixed. Vocalist Romy Vager’s vocals are some of the most powerful you’ll hear and bring the band’s heart wrenching songs to life. Baked Beans serve up a healthy dose of psych rock and do an impressive job of
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FRENZAL RHOMB MAX WATTS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Frenzal Rhomb celebrated 25 years of inanity by playing a short tour of request shows, where fans could vote for their ten favourite/most hated songs via “the cheapest voting website [we] could find. Anyone could have hacked it.” The predictably popular tunes got a big response: You Are Not My Friend, Never Had So Much Fun and Mum Changed The Locks sounded just like 1999. Having been a teenage fan myself, I was particularly pleased to have two of my more obscure votes accounted for: the cover of the Home and Away theme, replete with two-part
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Between violently shaking on stage and beckoning the crowd to do the same, Bad Vision were a mind blowing choice of support. Giving a stellar and extremely energetic performance in the dimly lit bandroom, they received huge admiration from punters for a unique take on traditional punk rock, complete with augmented guitar chords that are normally against the grain. This band has the potential to grab the Melbourne music scene by the throat and shake it harder than the stage light the frontman picked up towards the end of the set, blinding the crowd with shades of blue. Next up were Wet Lips, who delivered swift power chords cut through groovy and rolling bass lines. With a treble soaked guitar thats tone was filthier than a trip to a BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 32
harmonies (or could it even be three-part? surely not), and My Pants Keep Falling Down, one of the best songs to appear on the 101-track Fat Wreck Chords compilation, Short Music For Short People. As a fan ran for a stagedive during Who’d Be A Cop? a Frenzal crew member calmly dissuaded a security guard from chasing the fan down. Topical, and sensible. On a lighter note, another guard was seen jubilantly singing along to Home and Away. The set spanned the band’s entire history, the oldest song being from 1994’s Dick Sandwich EP (which featured front cover artwork that got them banned from venues and criticised by triple j) and the newest song being from 2011’s Smoko at the Pet Food Factory. Hearing the whole range in nightclub bathroom, it’s always refreshing to see a band relying on raw emotion rather than overworked stage presence. Wet Lips launched into their track When You See Me and managed to turn heads with unhinged vocals screaming loudly and showcasing the ferocity of a trio that made a bold statement. Gooch Palms are a testament to that old saying ‘You should never judge a book by its cover.’ While the duo travel light as a two piece, drummer Kat Friend and guitarist Leroy Macqueen were lapping up the attention of a packed out Curtin. Between giving short spiels about how weird the USA is, it quickly became evident why the Newcastle locals have gained so much praise in such little time. Thumping drum beats accompanied every song, and even crowd favourite You turned the most seasoned of out of time dancers into synchronised swayers, with a standard crowd surf to top it off. As Macqueen’s falsetto crooned into the night, things became very hectic very quickly, and Gooch Palms swiftly proved
playing despite being in almost complete darkness. New Zealand’s Fazerdaze are utterly charming and nail a cover of Gwen Stefani’s Cool while Japanese two-piece Tadzio have the energy that no Rockdog in Melbourne could ever muster. Crepes and Redspencer bring the chilled out vibes well suited to the day’s midpoint and as per usual Gabriella Cohen and her band deliver a tight set. While she sneaks in songs off her spectacular debut album, it’s the newer songs that are most exciting, serving as a perfect teaser of what’s to come from one of this year’s biggest rising stars.
Mesa Cosa are in full blown party mode which means equipment gets unplugged and most of the band are wearing just underwear by the end of the set. The rowdiness doesn’t end there with Peter Bibby and his new band The Dog Act performing an equally as raucous set. Bibby spends the majority of the set shrieking into the mic with his hair completely obscuring his face while his band drive each song to their earth shattering conclusion. The very worthy headliners of the night The Peep Tempel get straight into things during their thundering grand finale. Carol gets the night’s biggest response and leads to its fair
share of bodies being hurled all over the bandroom floor. By the end you’re exhausted, someone’s kicked you in the face as they’ve crowdsurfed and you’ve discovered glass where glass shouldn’t be – but it’s all worth it, days like this don’t come by that often.
one night led to the conclusion that their songwriting peak was 2003’s Sans Souci. Russell Crowe’s Band, Bucket Bong and I Went Out With A Hippy and Now I Love Everyone Except For Her have all of the trademark Frenzal elements, executed to (their level of ) perfection. Frenzal were back in their usual playing form, after last year’s imposed break due to drummer Gordy Forman breaking his arm mid-set during a stage diving demonstration. He has recovered his speed and agility but seemed to play with some restraint, understandably. Guitarist Lindsay McDougall can really wail, hilariously combining his love of Angus and Malcolm with melodic pop punk. Early-2000’s recruit Tom Crease is now, as singer Jay Whalley put it, “The longest serving bass player in Frenzal Rhomb,” a slightly harrowing reminder of how quickly the last 15 years have passed. He and Lindsay perform back-up harmonies amusingly well for such irreverent music, kind of like a suburban skater version of Ween. Jay looks and sounds exactly the same as you’d can remember. Actually, they all do.
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Blue backed her band on the synth and slowed the tempo right back for the soulful rendition. The acoustic guitar came back out and the band left for Red, but returned for a new track called First Week. It’s definitely got that Florence Welch vibe to it, with the keyboard backing and constantly changing tempos. The second new track we heard, titled Private, was again very upbeat with thundering percussion – so expect big sounds from her follow-up album. The room sang along word for word for Settle until Blue’s powerful vocals had everyone standing silently in awe. As expected, Blue finished the set with Hold, which received a huge cheer as people threw up their arms to dance. Just when everyone thought the show was over, Blue returned to the stage with her guitarist to perform a soulful duet, which had everyone feeling warm and fuzzzy before heading out into the cold Melbourne night.
BY LEE PARKER LOVED: Their angelic voices. HATED: That Ben Is A Cunt and Human Excreta didn’t get more votes. DRANK: A single scotch and soda.
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There are many types of crowds out there, but perhaps the most intimidating of all are the rooms packed with screaming teenage girls who have found their spiritual soulmate in a singer like Vera Blue. There were deafening screams, drunken woos, bursts of tears and plenty of booze. This was Blue’s third consecutive sold out show at Howler, and she seemed to fully embrace her fans and the touring life she’s set out on. Blue opened the set with Fingertips, the title track from her new EP, setting the intimate mood and transfixing the entire room from the very first line. She followed with two more from the EP, Turn and Patterns; in the latter grabbing her acoustic guitar and sharing some incredible vocal harmonies. At only 22 years of age the talented young singer is incredibly humble. She took every chance to thank everyone involved with her tour, especially the fans that came and supported her. She followed with a cover, opting against Jack Garret’s Breath Life that she performed on triple j’s Like A Version for the Gorillaz’ 2005 hit Feel Good Inc.
why their live performance can still punch you in the face harder than ever. Gooch Palms paid tribute to homegrown legends Silverchair with a cover of one of Frogstomp’s biggest tracks, Tomorrow that was the tipping point for the mosh, becoming even more aggressive when lead single Ask Me Why was met with roars from an intense and extremely supportive audience. To celebrate the Gooch Palms incredible night Macqueen dropped his dacks and went naked crowdsurfing, the audience not hesitating to encourage and applaud the wild antics of a band that has stayed true to form despite spending the better part of a year overseas. BY BENJAMIN POTTER LOVED: The awesome audience. HATED: Absolutely nothing. DRANK: Fireball Dry and Lime.
IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU ARE TOO CLOSE
BY HOLLY PEREIRA LOVED: Crowdsurfing for the very first time. HATED: A tie between my sore neck the next day from head banging and burning the roof of my mouth on a veggie burger. DRANK: All the sparkling ale.
BY CHRIS BRIGHT LOVED: The vocals. HATED: How hard it was to get out of the room for a drink. DRANK: 4 Pines.
GIG GUIDE
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL (THE PIANO CONCERTOS) - FEAT: MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:00pm. $60.00.
DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond.
WEDNESDAY 7 SEP DEAD PLANET 1964 + DEAD END + MISS MISS + MAMMA LADE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8.00. DZIA Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 9:30pm. MAGNUS + SMOKE STACK RHINO + KHAN Cherry Bar,
THURSDAY 8 SEP ATLAS + POPPY + WE ARE CITIZENS + DIRTY SMOKY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
MANDY CONNELL
WESL EY AN N E Mandy Connell will yet again bring her charming folk performance and charm to the Wesley Anne on Thursday September 8. Picking up awards left, right and centre for her brand of songwriting and delivery, Connell is the real deal. No money, no problems. Connell plays the Front Bar from 6pm.
JULIEN WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. LOWTHER HALL ANGLICAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL ANNUAL CONCERT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
CAM BUTLER + ATOM + SEAN SIMMONS© EXPLODING WHEEL Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00. GENERAL MEN + ONLY BOYS + SHRIMPWITCH + THUGG MILLS + PINK HARVEST Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.
OH YAY! THURSDAY Greenwood Loft, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. PAUL DEMPSEY Workers Club (geelong), Geelong.
7:30pm. $5.00.
8:00pm.
7:00pm. $25.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $7.00.
8:00pm. $10.00.
JACKIE BORNSTEIN QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
RUBIX RADIO ON KISSFM Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick.
THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Bird's Basement,
PEACH HAPPENING + LATREENAGERS + HONEYCOMB NIPPY© S VARIETY HOUR Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. PENTATONIX Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. POISON CITY PREKENDER - FEAT: PITY SEX + LINCOLN LE FEVRE + CREATIVE ADULT + MORE John Curtin Hotel,
8:30pm.
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $44.00.
Carlton. 7:00pm. $28.00.
Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.00.
OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm.
SAINT HENRY + SNARKS + SATELLITES & STEREOS + ONCE WERE LOST Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,
SHIRAZZ + TWO MANY CHIEFS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $18.00.
WEDNESDAY JAZZ NIGHT - FEAT: THE ROOKIES The
North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $5.00.
ANNE OF THE WOLVES + HOSIES + MANDY CONNELL Bar
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.
DUNCAN PHILLIPS &THE LONG STAND Rainbow Hotel,
$50.00.
GIRLS ON KEY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. JESS PARKER + MYVANWY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
SHEPPARTON AIRPLANE + BENCH PRESS + POWERLINES SUICIDE SILENCE + BORIS THE BLADE + GRAVES + DISENTOMB 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. THE BENNIES + ROZWELL KID Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.
THE CROOKEDS + THE DEFECTS + INN HOUSE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $7.00.
WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.00.
SAAD JAAMB
B EN DIGO HOTEL Emerging from Melbourne’s underground student scene, Saad Jaamb are a five-piece that delve into pop, punk and ska. Consisting of members Gemma, Ryan, Jad, Sam and Larni, on Wednesday September 7 Saad Jamb will get together with local mates Monday Crowd and TV Dinners to play some rad tunes for willing punters. Doors at 7.30 and entry is only $5. Bargain.
GODS + RATHAMMOCK + GREEVES Toff In Town,
Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
Fitzroy. 4:00pm.
8:30pm.
MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: BOBBY JAMES: MAGIC MOMENTS IN MUSIC Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 10:30am. $15.00.
OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm. TESTKEY BROS + GIRL FRIDAY + TAYLOR PROJECT Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: KERRYN FIELDS + LEISHA JUNGALWALLA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
PRO-TOOLS + ME-GRAINES + RED MOTORS Bar Open,
KILTER
H OWLE R If you like electronic music, then it’s hard to look past Sydney beat maker Kilter. He supported bigarse acts like Little Dragon, Rufus and Hermitude in 2015 and now he’s bringing playing a sold-out show at Howler on Thursday September 8, supported by GXNXVS and Polographia. Doors at 8pm and given the show’s status, we’d say Gumtree has never looked better.
HIGH BODY + JESS HEISER + DAMIEN VAN DER GEER + RAYNARD CREEGAN Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.
JUSTIN YAP BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
9:00pm.
MASCO SOUND SYSTEM + TEAM LOVE WOMBAT STATE RECORDS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MISGUIDED + BRITTLE BONES + PERSEVERER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + POLISH CLUB + TWINSY Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. $34.70.
A L S O O N L I N E AT B E AT.C O M . A U / G I G - G U I D E
RESIDENT THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ SHADOW Pier Live,
Frankston. 9:00pm.
SMOKE RINGS + ELECTRIC EXILES + SUGAR TEETH + HEADCLOUDS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.
8:00pm. $10.00.
STRATHMORE SECONDARY COLLEGE BAND NIGHT Post
Office Hotel, Coburg. 7:30pm.
THE MONOTREMES + DUB PRINCESS + CTRIX 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.
WATER BEAR + FLOYD COX + TOOTH AND TUSK Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.00.
MOUNT DEFIANCE
THE WORKERS CLUB Mount Defiance pride themselves on their ability to spin musical yarns and have a buttload of fun. The band of four are launching their debut EP Learning Derby after having a filled the past year with constant career ascention. Songs will be sung, and beers are slung. Make sure you’re a part of it on Thursday September 8 at The Workers Club. Doors at 8pm, for a neat $8. Support comes from Tom Prettys and Ruby Markwell.
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Q&A
GIG GUIDE FRIDAY 9 SEP
60 SECONDS WITH…
GYMNASTICS IN THE SEVENTIES So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? My name’s Dan and I lay down the groove by playing bass. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? We could be compared to bands like Bombay Bicycle Club, The Wombats and Gang of Youths. What do you love about making music? Making music is an excellent creative outlet, playing live shows is one of our favorite things to do. What do you hate about the music industry? Definitely don’t like the way upcoming bands are treated by big record labels. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Travelling back in time and hanging out with Prince would be super fly. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Assassinating Kanye would be so satisfying, no one can be that arrogant without being able to play like Jimi Hendrix. What can a punter expect from your live show? An entertaining show with lots of crowd banter, expect to get down and dirty on the dancefloor. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Currently our EP Daylessness is for sale at all shows we play, for a mere $10. GYMNASTICS IN THE SEVENTIES will play Workers Club on Sunday September 11 with Eddy Dillon and Maverick.
ALL OF THE DIRT ALL AT ONCE
TH E TOT E All Of The Dirt All At Once is a heavy minimal duo from Melbourne featuring Davd Lees and Joe Forrester. The boys are releasing their new album Rock Friends, the follow up to their 2015 self titled debut album. They play The Tote on Thursday September 8 with indie noisemakers Ohms and Pageant Families. Doors at 8pm and tickets are $10.
$10.00.
Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
B EN DI G O HOTE L Death metal favourites Denouncement Pyre are heading down to the Bendigo Hotel on Friday September 9 to release their new album Black Sun Unbound. Joining them for support and to increase the sense of metalmania are special guests Ruins, Eskhaton, Hordes of the Black Cross and Ruination. Doors from 7pm.
THE ISHS/ALLEN PROJECT Paris Cat Jazz Club, THE TWOKS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
ASHTRAY BOY + ELIZABAND Post Office Hotel, Coburg. BREAKING KEBABS + MOONSHIFTER + SHEWOLF + MICK RINALDI Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
8:00pm. $18.00.
$12.00.
CAPTAIN SPALDING Customs House Hotel,
MISGUIDED
B E N D IG O H OT E L Brisbane metalcore band Misguided just nailed their tour of north QLD tour, so their piling back into the tour van to start a tour of the east coast, fittingly titled the ‘East Coast Expansion Tour’. The band will be joined by Brittle Bones and Perseverer. Misguided touch down in Melbourne at the Bendigo Hotel on Thursday September 8 and tickets are $10 on the door.
7:30pm. $10.00.
West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
ERIC ISAACSON + SHELLEY SHORT Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.00.
MANDY CONNELL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda.
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END OF FASHION + STILLWATER GIANTS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $28.60.
Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $33.00.
ON DIAMOND + MICK TURNER TRIO + LUCY ROLEFF Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.
ONE 2 MANY Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.
PAUL DEMPSEY + OLYMPIA Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8:00pm. $50.00.
RHYSICS + SCOUT + PLURAL + EASY BROWNS TRUCKSTOP CHICKEN JAM BAND Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $7.00.
HEY HEY IT© S FRIDAY - FEAT: ASTRO BOYS Royal Hotel
SWIM SEASON + THE JIVES + BLOOM Penny Black,
(essendon), Essendon. 10:00pm.
Brunswick. 8:00pm.
HOT PISS + OLSEN TWINS + HUMAN PESTICIDE + SECRET STAINS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North
THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $22.00.
KEGGIN’ Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00am. KILL DIRTY YOUTH + THE COUNCIL + RICK & THE DIPPERS + SYLAS PALMS Tote Hotel, Collingwood.
THE POST + THE CONTROLLERS + THE BEAUFORDS + GO VAN GO Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE SHORTS + SHADOW LEAGUE + JOE GUITON & THE SUICIDE TUESDAYS + MORE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE SLEEPERS Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE TARANTINOS + DJ MERMAID Gem Bar,
8:00pm. $10.00.
Collingwood. 8:00pm.
Melbourne. 8:00pm. $5.00.
KING PARROT The Loft, Warrnambool. 8:00pm. $23.50.
THE WIGGLES The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm. TOMMY© S BANDROOM - FEAT: WOW CITY MOVEMENT + DJ SHADOW Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 9:00pm. $9.00.
TOXICON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. VICUNA COAT + DUVATEEN + SENIOR QUINN + POLYKITE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm.
WATTS ON PRESENTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .
6:30pm.
SAM REIHER + LIAM LINLEY Tramway Hotel, North
Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.
NAT ALLISON Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. NINETY NINE + COLD HEART WARM HANDS + GREY MACHINE + MARES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + POLISH CLUB + TWINSY 170
$10.00.
MR ALFORD Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.
STEVE SMART Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $5.00. SUBURBAN PROPHETS + DUSTY STARR + MARK STUCAS
DENOUNCEMENT PYRE
6:00pm. $12.00.
MEG NIGHTJAR + KESTRAL Wesley Anne, Northcote.
SARAH EIDA + SOPHIE OFFICER Highlander, Melbourne
8:00pm. $15.00.
SUNNYSIDE + BLACK MOLASSES + THE HYPNOTIC + MORE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
8:00pm. $17.85.
TH E E V E LYN Masco Sound System brings together members of Immigrant Union, Perch Creek, Freedom, The Resignators and Merri Creek, and the band takes their name from a 1947 tube amplifier. This mixed but highly talented musical bunch will continue their month long residency with handpicked support from Team Love Wombat State Records. Add to the mix $2.50 pots of house beer, $5 vodkas all night, and free entry and you’ve got your night sorted. Doors at 8pm.
Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $54.10.
MY SECRET CIRCUS + ACOLYTE + DEGREES OF SEPARATION + AUDIO REIGN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
FRIDAY NIGHTS AT DEGAS A NEW VISION - FEAT: PIERCE BROTHERS National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne.
MASCO SOUND SYSTEM
Cbd. 8:00pm.
& Restaurant, Frankston. 10:00am. $17.00.
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
KATY STEELE Workers Club (geelong), Geelong.
Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
SWINBURNE MUSIC NIGHT Dizzy's Jazz Club,
EL COLOSSO + CICADASTONE + CLOUD CITY + COPSE
9:30pm.
Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
Richmond. 8:30pm. $37.00.
9:00pm. $10.00.
Southbank. 7:30pm. $25.00.
MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: SUE CORRELL Daveys Bar
Collingwood. 7:30pm.
DIESEL + IMOGEN CLARK + MIA WRAY Corner Hotel, EINSTEINS TOYBOYS + THE LOR Musicland, Fawkner.
8:00pm. $10.00.
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER Toff
Williamstown. 9:30pm.
CAT CANTERI The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. DENOUNCEMENT PYRE + RUINS + ESKHATON + HORDES OF THE BLACK CROSS + RUINATION Bendigo Hotel,
TIMBALERO THURSDAY La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd.
LOONEE TUNES Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. LORETO MANDEVILLE HALL TOORAK (SHOWCASE CONCERT) - FEAT: LORETO MANDEVILLE HALL TOORAK: SHOWCASE CONCERT Melbourne Recital Centre, MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown Jazz
5:30pm.
7:00pm.
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00.
BEN MITCHELL Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:30pm. CHRIS STOCKLEY + MICHAEL BRIGHT Drunken Poet,
DARIUS MENDOZA & CARLO BARBARO + JMQ JAZZ ENSEMBLE Leroy Espresso, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $10.00. DEEP STREET SOUL + DJ VINCE PEACH + DJ PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
POISON CITY RECORD’S WEEKENDER FEST
METRIK Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda. 11:00pm. MEZZ LIVE Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights.
ALITHIA + PHOENIX DAY + TUX Cherry Bar, Melbourne
THE DO YO THANGS + WILSN + DX HEAVEN + DJ BIG RIG
7:00pm.
$32.00.
Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $11.25.
THE GOOD EGG THURSDAYS - FEAT: HENRY WHO + TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor.
THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $44.00.
BACKSTAGE - FEAT: ELECTRIC BLUES COLLECTIVE + THE SHAKE SHACK BOOGIE BAND Musicland, Fawkner.
WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
LILY & KING + THE SCRIMS + HELLO TUT TUT Bar Open,
MILES DE CARTERET Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. MODELS St Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $35.00. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK + WITH CONFIDENCE Prince
Newport. 7:00pm.
RET R EAT HOTEL Sun God Replica have quietened on the touring front, devoting their time to adding finishing touches to their forthcoming new record Grandular Fever, due out in October. But on Thursday September 8 they return to the Retreat Hotel to commence a month long residency showcasing new songs. Support will come from mates Child, and you can bow down to this god from 8.30pm. Entry is free.
HOWL ER Oh Pep! are duo Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerich and by god, they’re cute as a bug’s ear. If you haven’t seen a bug’s ear, then just take our word for it. They recently released their debut album Stadium Cake, and it solidified their unique and moving brand of folk music. Oh Pep! play Howler on Friday September 9 and tickets are $15 via Moshtix. It would be an exercise in verifying aforementioned bug-ear comment.
J O H N C U R T I N H OT E L Time flies when you’re having fun, right? It should come as no surprise then that Poison City Records Weekender Festival is now in its eighth year, and is going down over three days at the John Curtin Hotel. Featuring acts like The Bennies, Pity Sex, Camp Cope, Loose Tooth, Ceres and Ouch My Face, it all kicks off on Friday September 9. Prepare to be blown away. Tickets are $28 and are available now from the John Curtin Hotel’s website. Doors from 7pm.
ALLEGED ASSOCIATES Newport Bowling Club,
SUN GOD REPLICA & CHILD
OH PEP!
8:30pm.
HIDEOUS SUN DEMON
T H E G A S O M E T E R H OT E L We’ve previously described a Hideous Sun Demon show as “a set of elasticised freak out events that fry your brain into a perfect cognitive state”. If that sounds like something you’re interested in, which you certainly should be, then get down to The Gasometer Hotel on Friday September 9 to see the Perth band scuzz out, for real. They’ll launch their new single Bad Girl and have support from The Dead Heir and Jurassic Nark. Doors from 8pm and tickets are $10 presale or $15 on the door. Get one. Don’t make us tell you again.
MELBOURNE’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE GIG GUIDE
WEEKENDER FEST © 16 - FEAT: THE BENNIES + HIGH TENSION + ROZWELL KID + MORE Max Watt's, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $43.90.
WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.00.
WOMBAT STATE DJS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. AN OCEAN BEYOND EARTH - FEAT: ELISION Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $29.00.
DJ SIMON LAXTON Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
GIG GUIDE SIXFTHICK
TH E TOTE Queensland’s swamp rock band Sixfthick will be playing a monster set at famed Collingwood establishment The Tote with support from Bad Vision, The Braves and Ghost Dick. Roll up on Friday September 9 for what is sure to be a massive night of heavy rock and ear splitting guitars. Tickets are $20 from Oztix and will also be available on the night. Doors from 8pm. Party on.
FOR ALL ETERNITY
THE WO RKERS CLUB For the first time in three years, For All Eternity will bring their signature sound to venues across Australia. The band return to touring with a renewed approach and some exciting wins, including their well received album of 2015, Metanoia. To give the album the run it truly deserves, For All Eternity will take over The Workers Club on Friday September 9 from 8pm. Support comes from Ocean Sleeper, Of Divinity, Advocates and Bury The Kings. Get a ticket for $12 on the venue’s website, or $15 on the door. Otherwise you might live to regret it...for all eternity.
DORIAN MODE’S UNFORGETTABLE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $25.00.
FABULOUS DIVA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00.
GAPPY RANKS + JESSE I + SANDRO + ED G + MORE
PIERCE BROTHERS
8:00pm. $79.00.
NG V From humble origins busking on the streets of Melbourne come Pierce Brothers, who are now no strangers to the world stage. The multi-instrumentalist bros Jack and Pat Pierce have sold over 50,000 EPs independently, and sold out shows across the Australia, the UK, Europe, Canada, and the USA. Busy men they are, but they’ve taken the time to mix art with music on Friday September 9 at the NGV to showcase their irresistible energy and world class live show. Tickets via the NGV website for $30, or on the door if available for $35. It all kicks off at 6pm.
RORY CLARK TRIO Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond.
ANDREW ROBERTS Tuxedo Cat, Melbourne Cbd.
9:00pm. $16.00.
7:00pm. $10.00.
8:00pm.
Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.
PINK MARTINI Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
SCOTT TINKLER QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.
SLEAZY LISTENING - FEAT: ARKS + RICHARD KELLY + HYSTERIC + K HOOP Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.
5:00pm.
STEVE SEDERGREEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $44.00.
THE DO YO THANGS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd.
12:45pm.
CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:15pm. ELLIOT WESTON Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:30pm.
FLYING ENGINE TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. FOUR LIONS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. JEAN CLAUDE SAM-DAN Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.
JOE OP + AYA-ROSA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.
Malvern. 7:10pm.
MONIQUE DIMATTINA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
VARIOUS DJS Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. WHAT THE FUNK FRIDAYS Purple Emerald, Northcote.
JUKEBOX RACKET The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LAKES + PERFUME Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - JOE COCKER TRIBUTE Flying
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
9:00pm.
LEE FORSTER BAND Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale.
Belleville, Melbourne. 10:00pm.
LIVE JAZZ - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Green Goose,
CAT CANTERI
THE B.EA ST Late At Night is the latest offering from local artist Cat Canteri, and it’s an EP that captures the energy of her live performance and shows off her passion, bundled alongside the emotion conveyed in her songs. There are echoes of The Pretenders, Bonnie Raitt, Eleanor Friedberger, Ryan Adams and The Faces in her work, which make for a striking performance. $8 pints of Beast Lager and $5 Tecate cans to boot.
TONY GOULD QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
BENOIT + KHRISTIAN MIZZI + MARTIN HEMINGWAY
FLYING ENGINE TRIO
WE SL E Y A NNE Local purveyors of southern American genres Flying Engine Trio social music will waltz into the Wesley Anne on Friday September 9 to play a show filled with ingenious experimentation. Featuring Craig Woodward, Liam Wratten and Susan Shaw on a range of instruments, you’ll be blown away by old time Appalachian string band music, mountain blues, ballads and traditional creole. Ain’t gonna cost you a thing. Doors at 6pm in the front bar.
Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 2:30pm. $28.00.
8:00pm. $10.00.
PENNY IKINGER & CHARLIE OWEN
T H E G R A NDV I E W H OT E L Having rarely graced the stage together, singer/ songwriter Penny Ikinger and Australian guitar legend Charlie Owen will perform an exclusive show together, supported by Dave Wright. The duo have performed extensively with national and international artists, including Tex Perkins, Beasts of Bourbon and The Dark Horses. Doors at 8pm and entry is one of the blue guys. You know, $10.
A L S O O N L I N E AT B E AT.C O M . A U / G I G - G U I D E
Q&A
MICKEY COOPER You’ve just released your debut solo album, Hit The Ceiling, recorded in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. How important is environment to the recording process? My girlfriend and I walked all over NYC, absorbing as much as we could of its manic energy. It excited me and rattled me equally. Our apartment was this beautiful old shoebox. We had neighbours on both walls, so I had to sing quietly. The shower was in the living room and the living room was in the kitchen. That room is really present in the songs - you can hear the kitchen taps and the hum of the fridge. You recorded the entire album with a single microphone. What atmosphere do you find this minimalistic setup generates? It makes you forget about the sound and forces you to focus on the song. No cabinet of microphones or racks of compressors or different spaces to play with. Your guitar and your voice are going to sound how they sound. My aim was to make something which was hopefully captivating in the subtlety and honesty of the performances, and in the intention of the words. The songs on Hit The Ceiling come from a deeply personal space. How do you explore such powerful themes and share those intimate moments with the world? It’s not a deliberate decision. I’m always writing songs, and whatever I’m going through I just end up writing about. Like anxiety, a lot of these songs are just trying to figure out why the fuck I’m always anxious. And that’s a really common, relatable thing. A lot of these songs are about specific events, but I try and write about them in an impressionistic rather than journalistic way, to let the listener put themselves into the song. MICKEY COOPER will play The Wesley Anne on Sunday September 11 to launch his album Hit The Celing.
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GIG GUIDE SUNNYSIDE
T HE GRACE DARL ING H OTE L It’s time to get down guys and gals. Shimmy over to The Grace Darling Hotel on Friday September 9 and celebrate the release of Sunnyside’s brand spanking new EP. These boys are ready to be out in the universe and in your ears. Support comes from the cracking lineup of The Hypnotic, The Stranger Suite and DJ Kinnear spinning the funkiest of tunes between bands. Doors from 8pm and entry is a bright $10.
MAX TEAKLE & FRIENDS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
MONIQUE BRUMBY BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
PUBLIC NUISANCE Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm. THE BOY NEXT DOOR Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
THE DUST OF URUZGAN - STORIES & MUSIC - FEAT: FRED SMITH Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
U Tuxedo Cat, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. YIRRMAL Kew Court House, Kew. 8:00pm. $25.00. ZEVON HILTZ & HIS MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Forester's Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 11:00pm.
BEASTS OF NO NATION
TH E E V E LYN If there was a legacy worth celebrating, it’s that of Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of Afrobeat and human rights activist Fela Kuti. With guests Remi and collaborator Sensible J, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Cazeaux O.S.L.O, Olugbade Okunade and DJ Manchild, this is an homage not to miss. PBS is presenting Beasts Of No Nation. A Tribute To Fela Kuti, and it’s going down at The Evelyn on Saturday September 10. Tickets are available via Oztix and are $15 for PBS members, $20 for non-members. Doors from 8.30pm, man.
SATURDAYS ROCK - FEAT: RIFFINERY Royal Hotel (essendon), Essendon. 10:00pm.
SOUNDWORKS MUSIC STUDIO SHOWCASE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm.
SATURDAY 10 SEP
A BLONDE MOMENT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. BANG - FEAT: CHASING GHOSTS + PEACHY Royal
SYNTHETICS + BONNIE MERCER + OVERTIME + BOX CRUNCH Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $8.00. THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW Shoppingtown Hotel,
Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00.
Doncaster. 8:00pm. $29.00.
BYO VINYL 80S Hard Rubbish Bar, Preston. 7:00pm. CAPTAIN MOONLITE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.
9:00pm. $5.00.
CITY AT MIDNIGHT + THE CROOKEDS Workers Club
(geelong), Geelong. 8:00pm. $12.25.
CRYING SIRENS + PLANET OF THE 8S + LAZURUS MODE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
DAISY CHAIN + LORIKEET + TEAM LOVE + SCOUT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
DAVE POODLE© S 40TH - FEAT: TERMINAL WALLY + 180 PROOF + COSMIC KAHUNA + MORE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
DEAD LOVE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:45pm. FROM THE JAM Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8:00pm. I WANNA BE ADORED - FEAT: KIDS AT MIDNIGHT Stone Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
THE BEGGARS WAY + AUSTRALIAN KINGWOOD FACTORY + ALL WE NEED + NORTHWOOD 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $7.00.
THE TINY GIANTS + GONZO + FLOYD COX Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
KATY STEELE Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 7:00pm.
TOMAS FORD© S CRAP MUSIC RAVE PARTY Bella Union
$18.40.
Bar, Carlton. 9:00pm. $15.00.
KINGS OF OZ Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15.00. MASTER_BETA Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. METHOD MAN + REDMAN Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak.
7:00pm.
NICK LARKINS & THE BONES + SATELLITES & STEREOS + MISLED Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. PACES Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 9:00pm. $10.00. PALACE OF THE KING + DEVIL ELECTRIC + SMOKE STACK RHINO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00. POISON CITY WEEKENDER - FEAT: TWO STEPS ON THE WATER + WORM + THE WILDERNESS YEARS + HANNY J Old Bar, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.
POISON CITY WEEKENDER FEST - FEAT: HORROR MY FRIEND + CAYETANA + CREATIVE ADULT + MORE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $42.00.
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BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL (THE PIANO CONCERTOS) - FEAT: MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:00pm. $60.00.
PAPA CHANGO + KATTIMONI + DJ MANCHILD Night Cat, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15.00.
PHILA PARA Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 6:00pm. SATO & THE ROMANTICS + AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
7:00pm. $33.00.
SUZANNE PETERSON BAND Open Studio, Northcote.
5:00pm. $10.00.
THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Bird's Basement,
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $44.00.
THE KIMBA GRIFFITH SEPTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,
BRAZILIAN NIGHT (SAMBA & FORRO) - FEAT: WOMBATUQUE + MANDACARU Bar Open, Fitzroy.
Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
8:30pm.
Northcote. 8:30pm.
THE PUTBACKS + YIRRMAL MARIKA Open Studio,
GEA SEAS & THE DORKS & HIGHSCHOOL RIVALS
PRAY TV
G R AC E DA R LI NG H OT E L Melbourne cult indie band Pray TV have dusted off their old guitars and recorded a new album entitled Horizontal Life. Wicked right? Individually, lives have changed. Collectively, everything is the same. Musically, they’ve threaded their shoegaze meets Husker Du strands of melancholic regret rock into the best album from 1996 but recorded in 2015 which is now due to be released in 2016. The band will be launching the album on Saturday September 10 at The Grace Darling Hotel with support from The Glorybox. $10 entry, doors at 8.30pm.
DJ BORRIS B Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm. GEORGE JONES TRIBUTE Gem Bar, Collingwood. HARRIOT ALLCROFT QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe,
JOHN CURTI N HOTE L Striking a delicate balance of constant struggle against deadlines, shitty colleagues, undependable public transport and unpredictable weather in Melbourne can, on occasion, leave you on the bitter side of things. But the John Curtin Hotel offer you the opportunity to cast away the bitterness and chill out to some brilliant music. Check out Gea Seas, The Dorks and Highschool Rivals on Saturday September 10 from 3pm, and we assure you it’s free.
ANDY MCGARVIE BAND Forester's Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 11:00pm.
BLACK & BLUE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. CHARLIE A© COURT + LLOYD SPEIGEL Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23.00.
CISCO CAESAR Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. COBRA 45S Idavue Estate, Heathcote. 5:00pm. $10.00. GARY GRAY & THE 6TH CIRCLE + RIPLEY HOOD© S LOOSE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $10.00.
GAYLE CAVANAGH & THE MIXED COMPANY BAND Mr
TOMMY RANDO Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. TRAUMA BOYS + THE OPPOSITION + THE TRUTH + THE RUFFNECK SCOUTS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
Fitzroy. 6:00pm.
GEORGE - FEAT: JONES TRIBUTE The Luwow, Fitzroy.
East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
8:00pm.
GEORGIA STATE LINE DUO Charles Weston Hotel,
VARIOUS DJS Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
HETTY KATE QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. JAM THE FUNK Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill.
Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm. 8:00pm.
Brunswick. 6:30pm.
8:00pm.
WRONG TURN + PRO TOOLS + PREHISTORIC DOUCHE + THEE CHA CHA CHAS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,
JAMES MORRISON & THE JMA ORCHESTRA Bennetts
HORNETS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. HPKNS + HELOISE + JESS WYBORN Workers Club,
Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $55.00.
Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.
North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10.00.
Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $55.00.
$32.00.
YUMI ZOUMA Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. AL DOBSON JR + 30/70 + SILENT JAY & JACE XL + MAN MADE MOUNTAIN + MORE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
JAMES MORRISON & THE JMA ORCHESTRA Bennetts LA NUIT BLANCHE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
MAX FOTHERINGHAM Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
LOOP LOUNGE SATURDAYS - FEAT: MIKE GURRIERI Loop, MIKE WILLIAMS’ EQUINOX Dizzy's Jazz Club,
Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $25.00.
TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD
M E M O M U S I C H A LL Tequila Mockingbyrd are relocating to the UK indefinitely, but saw fit to put on one hell-of-a show before departing. They’ve enlisted The Mercy Kills, The Dark Horses featuring Dellacoma Rio, Sisters Doll, Busy Kingdom, Ablaze and The Dead Amigos to make it a night to remember at Memo Music Hall. Doors are from 5.30pm, and a Pulitzer Prize worthy $15.
Melbourne. 3:00pm.
KRISTA POLVERE + ALISON FERRIER Grandview Hotel,
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 4:00pm.
ALL THE STORIES - FEAT: THE LETTER STRING QUARTET
JIM CUOMO TRIO Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 3:30pm. JULES BOULT TRIO + THE TIPPLERS Drunken Poet, West
8:30pm. $25.00.
ALL THE STORIES - FEAT: THE LETTER STRING QUARTET $25.00.
$9 KNOCK OFF NEGRONIS
H OWLE R Fresh off the back of their national tour with Australian disco duo Client Liason, dreamy synth pop two-piece GL are bringing their debut album Touch to Howler. An album dedicated to love in all its forms, it encourages freedom of movement and a downright good boogie. It’s a real treat to watch Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson create their sound live, so get down to the Brunswick venue on Saturday September 10 to be privy to it. Support comes from Venus II and Totally Mild and doors are at 8pm. It’s sold out, but if you can snag a ticket their worth a touching $12.
ELECTRIC GONER BOOGIE
TH E TOT E Memphis based Goner Records have helped out many Australian bands in recent years, hosting them at legendary American festival Gonerfest. Zac from Goner Records is in Melbourne for one weekend so Aarght and Bedroom Suck are putting on two massive days of music at The Tote to celebrate. Get down to the venue to partake in Electric Goner Boogie, featuring Bitch Prefect, Chook Race, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, Terrible Truths, The UV Race, Whipper and more. The event runs from Saturday September 10 through Sunday 11, with one day tickets $20 and two day tickets just $35. You’ll be a goner without one.
Level 1/402 Chapel St, South Yarra
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OLIVIA CHINDAMO QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
MAX FOTHERINGHAM
WE S LE Y A NNE Amber Isles is the moniker chosen by Max Fotheringham for his six-piece band who Dave Ruby Howe simply calls “very humble and lovely”. To ensure this impression is widely felt, Fotheringham will be performing new material from the group to be released in the coming months, as well as stripped back versions of the band’s older material. He’ll be at the Wesley Anne on Saturday September 10 in the Front Bar from 6pm. This gig is absolutely, 100 per cent free.
MELBOURNE’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE GIG GUIDE
Fairfield. 8:30pm. $15.00.
BARROW BOYS BREWING LAUNCH featuring MICHAEL MEEKING & THE LOST SOULS
THE B.E AST The B.East and Barrow Boys Brewing have joined for the noblest of reasons, that is, to launch the brewers’ tasty new drop, Good Times Ale. The celebrations start at 6pm with Dj Fairbanks Robinson, then at 9.30pm Michael Meeking and The Lost Souls will play to keep the good times flowing. In 2015 Meeking wowed crowds at Tamworth and Whittlesea Country music festivals and was nominated for an Australian Songwriting Award. With a new album about to be released, Michael Meeking and The Lost Souls are well worth a look.
RUNNING TOUCH
THE WO RKERS CLUB An artist more than just a producer alone, Running Touch not only curates his own tracks, but acts as a one-man band ± playing guitar, drums, piano, launch pad, curating lyrics, singing and even rapping on his own productions and live show. He’s heading down to The Workers Club on Saturday September 10 to launch his latest single, Levitate. Described by the artist as “what I’d consider the most passive approach to talking about obsession,” you should be running for a ticket. Supported by Lucille Croft and Herzeloyde, doors are at 8.30pm.
RON S PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
STEVE BOYD’S RUM REVERIE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. THE BIG SOUTHERN CAJUN DANCE PARTY + ROSS WILSON + ANDY BAYLOR & HIS CAJUN COMBO + THE DUSTY MILLERS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.
8:00pm. $25.00.
DAVE POODLE
THE BEN DIGO HOTEL It’s Dave Poodle’s 40th birthday and to celebrate, he’s hosting a night of killer punk rock at The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday September 10. You can expect bands like Terminal Wally, 180 Proof, Cosmic Kahuna, Glen and the Peanut Butter Men and Muscle Car as well as a few birthday surprises. Get down from 8pm onwards and free entry for old mate Davo’s shindig.
GIG GUIDE THE HOUNDLINGS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
SUNDAY 11 SEP BLACK AND BLUE
TH E B RU N S WI C K H OT E L Black and Blue is a five-piece of band that have been playing rocking and blues around the town for almost ten years. The band play both covers and originals and they’ve appeared on the Channel 7’s Sunrise and performed Live on 774 ABC with Libbi Gore, which totes means they’re famous. It might rub off, so head down to The Brunswick Hotel on Saturday September 10 and have a geez. Doors at 5pm.
ADRIAN WHYTE QUARTET Tago Mago, Thornbury. 4:00pm.
BIG BAND FREQUENCY Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
GEOFF KLUKE QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
HOT POCKETS Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 4:00pm. KASHI TRATHEN TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. RAISE YOUR HOPEFUL VOICE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK WOMEN’S CHOIR Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 2:30pm. $15.00.
RAISE YOUR HOPEFUL VOICE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK WOMEN’S CHOIR Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 5:30pm.
$15.00.
SATO & THE ROMANTICS + AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
5:00pm. $33.00.
289 WELLINGTON STREET COLLINGWOOD - (03) 9419 5170
$13.00.
CASH BONANZA Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
CREATIVE ADULT + MASSES + WHITE WALLS + CHELSEA BLEACH Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00.
CREATURE FEAR + JORDAN CLAY & THE SKELETON BAND + DADA ONO Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.00. ELECTRIC GONER BOOGIE - FEAT: BITCH PREFECT + CHOOK RACE + DAG + DEAF WISH Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. $19.40.
FELIX RIEBL Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $35.00.
FORMIDABLE VEGETABLE SOUND SYSTEM + MAL WEBB + KYLIE MORRIGAN Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:00pm. FROZEN PIZZA + MICK + EQUITY Bendigo Hotel,
Collingwood. 6:30pm.
GYMNASTICS IN THE SEVENTIES + EDDY DILLION + MAVERICK Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $5.00. JAM AT MUSICLAND SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm.
JEMMA & THE CLIFTON HILLBILLIES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
LARGE NUMBER 12S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm.
LINCOLN LE FEVRE Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
SENIVODA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. SOUL GOOD MAN + BRAND NEW BAG + STRONG DOSE
MOSEY JOKERS + TWO HEADED DOG + THE DEAD AMIGOS
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $15.00.
MUSCAT + ABBEY STONE + DJ JASON SERINI Northcote
THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Bird's Basement, COOKING AMERICAN STYLE BBQ LOW & SLOW SINCE 2012
ATTICUS BASTOW + STEVEN SOCHA + MIRIS + TOBIAS BRODEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.
Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm.
Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.00.
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $44.00.
THE MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP PRESENTS Uptown Jazz
POISON CITY WEEKENDER - FEAT: THE SUGARCANES + FEAR LIKE US + THE HARD ACHES + MORE Reverence
Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
Hotel, Footscray. 1:00pm.
A L S O O N L I N E AT B E AT.C O M . A U / G I G - G U I D E
FOREIGN BROTHERS
THE E VE LYN Community-based Melbourne collective Foreign Brothers will continue their latest creative offering to Melbourne, the Momentum project on Sunday September 11 at The Evelyn. In short, it’s a jam session and a series of sonic experiments in the everexpanding musical universe where every style and every instrument finds its place in the COREtet. The possibilities are endless. Doors are at 8.30pm and entry is $10.
POISON CITY WEEKENDER FEST (U18) - FEAT: HORROR MY FRIEND + CAYETANA + CREATIVE ADULT + MORE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 12:30pm. $25.00.
POST MODERN JUKEBOX Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $83.19.
RIFLE BIRDS + TEN GALLON HEAD Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.
ROCK© N ROBIN + SHARON DAVIES Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.
SPARE NO WORDS + SIGOURNEY BEAVER + CUT THE KITE STRING + PEARL BAY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
JOSH KELLY TRASH TRIO
WESL EY AN N E Are you a fan of Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington or Jelly Roll Morton? Yes we hear you say? You’ll be relieved to know then that The Josh Kelly Trash Trio will perform stripped back jazz encompassing clarinet, bass and guitar to form something truly special, while staying true to that traditional New Orleans style. If you’re the nostalgic type, be sure to get down to the Wesley Anne on Sunday September 11. The swingin’ starts at 6pm, and it’s free.
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GIG GUIDE DR CRASK AND HIS SWINGIN ELIXIR
R E T R E AT H O T E L For the sedentary among us, Dr Crask and his Swingin’ Elixir are the perfect antidote, guaranteed to get you on your feet. Playing swing tunes from the ‘30s and ‘40s, they’ve got a lush horn section and sweet guitar that draws on early rock’n’roll forms. The vocals of Jennifer Salisbury are very much the icing on this musical cake. Swing down on Sunday September 11 to hear the songs of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Prima, to name just a few. Doors from 7.30pm, and entry costs absolutely nothing.
STEPSON + DREGG + EAT YOUR HEART OUT + FLYING OBJECTS 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. $15.00. THE FAQ + ULYSSES WULF + THE GREAT EMU WAR Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
THE NEW SAVAGES Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.00.
ANNE OF THE WOLVES + ALEX BURNS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.
MICKEY COOPER
WESLE Y ANNE Mickey Cooper’s is a seasoned musician, having spent many all-nighters wheeling across the country in indie rock bands. His debut solo album Hit The Ceiling was recorded in the tiniest of apartments in Manhattan, and is a collection of songs dissecting anxiety and the breakup of a family. The album will be launched at the Wesley Anne on Sunday September 11 with support from Alexander Biggs and Hollie Joyce. Tickets are $10 and doors are at 8pm.
BENNY & THE FLY BY NIGHTERS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
ELLA LANZA + CHERRY ROSE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
WHOSE EYELINER IS IT ANYGAY? MACEO BLACK H OWL E R On Monday September 12 at Howler, David Butler Studio is putting on an improvised comedy event taking inspiration from renowned comedy show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Performers will be completing a series of sketches inspired by homophobia in society. The night is sure to be a stunning combination of hilarity, poignancy and revelation. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix and are $49 for VIP and $28 for general admission. Profits from ticket sales go directly to the Victorian AIDS Council. Doors at 7pm.
FOY VANCE + KYLE LIONHART Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $40.00.
GILLIGAN SMILES + GODS + DOZEYS + SPLENDIDID DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
JOSH KELLY TRASH TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote.
RE TRE AT H OT E L Vena Klymo is the young singer/songwriter living out of her 97’ Ford Econovan and playing music up and down Australia’s east coast. She’s supported acts like Joan Armatrading, Ian Moss, Diesel and James Reyne. She’s also performed at Festival of the Sun, Wingham Akoostik Festival and Bellingen Winter Music Festival. She’ll arrive in said car at the Retreat Hotel on Monday September 12 to deliver an honest performance full of stories just busting to get out. Entry is free, with doors at 8.30pm.
WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.00.
ATM15 BIG BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.
BIRD’S BIG BAND + TROY MCMILLIN Bird's Basement,
3:00pm.
SUNDAY SESSION - FEAT: BRUNSY Ferntree Gully
Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.
SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
THE DRUNKEN POACHERS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
YUKUMBABE + LUSH + TROLLET Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3:00pm.
MONDAY 12 SEP
MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: HI-TEC EMOTIONS + THUG MILLS + THE LOVELESS + POLO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.
BIDDLEWOOD + DEMI LOUISE + WATER BEAR Evelyn
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.
CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.
WIT Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $32.00.
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS IV + SAM ANNING + JULIEN WILSON Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $18.00.
ANNA© S GO-GO ACADEMY Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 6:30pm. $10.00.
EPIC GALA CONCERT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $15.90.
$10.00.
MILONGA Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00. ALLYSHA JOY + LEWIS COLEMAN + KARATE BOOGALOO
DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: ARIANE CAMPBELL + SHANNEN + BROOKE TAYLOR + BURNT LETTERS CITRUS JAM Open
Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
Studio, Northcote. 7:30pm.
9:30pm.
VENA KLYMO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
HARRY COULSON© S RAIN DOGS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm
CAROLINE NO + LIZ MITCHELL Tramway Hotel, North CONTRAST + BLOODHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL Evelyn
DRUM LESSONS with ASH DAVIES "A lot more full and textured than your average drum clinic" - ROLLING STONE
The Push PRESENT
Access All Ages WITH DECLAN BURGESS As the shiver of winter withers this week you should get outside and shake the sleet off your shoulders at three cool as heck festivals. On Sunday September 11at Macleod Park, the City of Banyule will host Youthfest 2016. If you haven’t heard about it before, YouthFest is a super spirited annual festival designed and organised by energetic youth for energetic youth and they’ve really outdone themselves this year, bringing just about everything you could want in a Sunday afternoon. Running from 12pm to 5pm, there are amazing live performances headlined by German neo thrash powerhouse Centralia and so, so, so many others. As well as live music, there’s a whole area devoted to vibrant Henna body art, a skate park, sport and art competitions and a whole lot more. You might think that such a colossal event comes with a hefty ticket price, but guess what; all activities including entry at YouthFest are completely free. If you need more information you can find a full list of activities and performing artists at: banyuleyouth.com/festival. This weekend the aptly named Weekender Fest 16 returns to decimate its venues for its 8th year. Unleashed on the public by Poison City Records, the feared and revered three-day mini-festival is a celebration of Australia’s underground and DIY music community. Gritty growling local acts can be caught with national and international behemoths. The lineup of talent is so huge that it had to be squeezed and diluted into various killer shows across a few days. Some shows with incredible lineups that are sure to grab your ear include the immense under 18s show at The Corner featuring The Bennies, Pity Sex and High Tension and the allin show at the Reverence Hotel on Sunday September 11 with Fourteen Nights at Sea, Totally Unicorn and Ouch My Face. Tickets for every show are selling fast, so there’s no time to waste, tell your friends and drag them to poisoncityweekender.com right now. Also this weekend the Snake or Die 16 tour hits Melbourne for two sweltering nights. Co-presented by killyourstereo.com, Snake or Die is a cool national tour headlined by Hardcore Punks Stepson featuring a bunch of their diehard mates in Eat Your Heart Out and DREGG. That’s a seriously stellar lineup already, and if that wasn’t enough the touring friends are also supported by local smaller acts in stopover cities such as Fear of Flying Objects and The Motion Below in Melbourne. The tour crashes into Wrangler Studios this Saturday September 10 for a crushing All Ages show for only $15, that’s less than a family dinner box and 100% more delicious, so sate your appetite and head to thefailsafecollection.bandcamp.com/ for tickets.
All Ages Gig Guide
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
F R I DAY S E P T E M B E R 9T H
Acoustic Night, w/ Flaxxon, Dale McKenzie and Ian Squire, Broadford Hall, 18 Murchison St, Broadford, 4.30pm - 8pm, Free! Shaanie Meyer / 03 5734 6200, AA Readers and Writers, w/ The Movement, Visy Cares Hub Sunshine, 80B Harvester Rd, Sunshine, 4pm 6pm, Free! Fofo Nshimirimana / 0437 066 119, AA
"The consummate drummer" - BLUE REVIEW MAGAZINE, U.S.A.
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Tequila Mockingbyrd Flocking Off, w/ The Mercy Kills, The Dark Horses (feat. Dellacoma Rio), Sisters Doll, Busy Kingdom, Ablaze and The Dead Amigos, Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland st, St Kilda, 6pm ± 11:30pm, $15, www.trybooking.com, AA
20 years of teaching experience from novice to professional. Lessons tailored to your needs. 30 and 60 minute lessons available...first lesson free.
Located above Greville Records, Greville St Prahran, ph: 0415 118 390 asho179@optusnet.com.au
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ACTS WANTED FOR SUNDAY ROCK SHOWS - contact: mark@gunnmusic.com.au
BASS PLAYER AVAILABLE: Mature age, western suburbs/Melton. Contact Steve: 0430 274 728 ***
BANDS/DUOS/SOLO ACTS WANTED FOR ACOUSTIC/INDIE FEST - contact: mark@ gunnmusic.com.au
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BASS PLAYER AND DRUMMER WANTED for one day of recording at Newmarket Studios in North Melbourne. Will pay cash. Must have pro gear and transport. The style of music is pop/rock. 0434 300 959 or email: laysongs_inc@yahoo.com.au BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
Southbank. 6:00pm. $29.00.
Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
OLD TIME SWEETHEARTS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.
UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL
MENTONE GIRLS’ SCHOOL & KOONUNG SECONDARY COLLEGE Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 6:00pm.
Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.
Williamstown. 3:00pm.
Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $7.00.
Melbourne. 7:30pm. $18.00.
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LOT56 Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm. MICHELLE GARDINER Customs House Hotel,
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6:00pm.
KLARA ZUBONJA + SELKI + GRETA STANLEY Brunswick
$7.00.
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6:00pm. $10.00.
Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
NOW. HERE. THIS. - FEAT: TIARYN + SENIVODA + MIKE GURRIERI Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
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JODY & LUCYS FAMILY BAND Lomond Hotel,
MURRUMBEENA PRIMARY SCHOOL Palais Theatre, St
Kilda. 6:30pm. $29.43.
OPEN MIC NITE Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm. SIMPLE PLAN + FOREVER ENDS HERE Prince Bandroom,
SCOTCH COLLEGE Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond.
Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00.
LOVEJOY + DEAD END LUCY + VENTIMIGLIA Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.
LA DANSE MACABRE + BRUNSWICK MASSIVE RESIDENT DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . GREG DODD & THE HOODOO MEN Cherry Bar,
T H E B R U NS WI C K H OT E L Get down to The Brunswick Hotel and blow away for good the cobwebs of the weekend by checking out Maceo Black, Squid Nebula, Mutton Goat and Junki on Tuesday September 13. Everything kicks off at 8pm, get down and dig in.
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BACKSTAGE COUCHFEST 2016
W I T H T O M B R A N D - T O M B R A N D @B E AT.C O M .AU
BY PHOEBE ROBERTSON
FOOD & CHOONS
Marshmallow Honey Joys W I T H
THE DEAD HEIR For this edition of Food and Choons we thought we’d mix things up a bit. Chris from Melbourne psych-rock outfit The Dead Heir shared his culinary expertise, with a twist on an old favourite. The Dead Heir recently released a bee themed Double B-side, so of course this recipe is all about that sweet, sweet honey. Take it away, Chris.
Ingredients: • • • •
4 X Cups Corn Flakes 2 x Tablespoons Honey 1 x 280g Bag Marshmallows 90g Butter
Step 1. Have a few beers at The Retreat, and then pop over to to the Aldi next door. Buy your various ingredients, which will include generic brand cornflakes, butter, a bag of marshmallows and honey. Grab some Aldi brand chocolate malt balls to eat while you’re cooking. They’re surprisingly malty. Step 2. Put a pot on the cooker. Chuck about the butter in the pot to melt. Watch it melt. Soothing, isn’t it? Step 3. Drizzle some honey in there. Don’t spoon it in. Don’t dollop it. Drizzle. Drizzle it real good. Imagine Nigella Lawson whispering “drizzle it” in your ear. Step 4. Chuck some marshmallows in there. The whole bag. Some people might tell you that honey joys don’t need marshmallows, that marshmallows only belong in rice crispy squares. Those people are no fun. Melt all that sweet stuff together in that pot until it’s pink and gooey. Stir it with a wooden spoon. If it looks like food so far, you’ve fucked up.
Step 5. Pour your pink slime into a bowl with your cornflakes - this is not to be confused with the “pink slime” used in pet foods and McDonald’s hamburgers that Jamie Oliver gets upset about - then stir until it’s all sticky. Step 6. Chuck it into some patty pans. Put them in the fridge to cool for half an hour or so. If your fridge is already full of beer and out-ofdate spinach dip, cool your honey joys on the balcony. It’s pretty cold outside. Our just eat them immediately. I’m not your mum. Step 7. Enjoy your culinary creation. Take them to a party and share them about, or lay in bed and eat them all yourself like the beautiful mess you are. While you’re doing it, have a listen to The Dead Heir’s new singles featured on the B-side, Nubanga and Forget About It on Facebook or Band Camp. THE DEAD HEIR supports Hideous Sun Demon on their Melbourne leg of their tour, playing at The Gasometer on Friday September 9.
Barrow Boys Bring The Good Times To The B.east, Lucky Coq With Spring in full swing, Barrow Boys have just announced a celebration of good times and even better beer at the B.East and the Lucky Coq as they unveil their Good Times Ale to the good city of Melbourne. Flavoursome, yet still an easy drop for drinking sessions, Good Times Ale combines wheat and light crystal malts to create a light coloured golden ale – full bodied and subtly sweet. American grown Citra and Chinook hops give the beer an aroma of citrus and pine, rounding the drink off with a balanced, bitter finish. Now that the lid’s off the bottle, head down to either The B.East on Saturday September 10 from 6pm to grab a drop and catch Michael Meeking & The Lost Souls with DJ Fairbanks Robinson – or get to the Lucky Coq on Sunday September 11 from 2pm for a Sunday sesh.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Currently in the final preparation stages, Northern College Of The Arts & Technology (NCAT) is set to showcase their incredible in-house talent at the annual Couchfest. In its second year, the music and arts festival celebrates the various creative endeavours of the students involved. With 40 bands appearing over four different stages, the Saturday September 10 event promises a little something for everyone. “Every year, we put on performances for our music students,” explains Assistant Head Of Music, Shelley Scown. “We always do them at pubs, clubs and town halls, I said to them last year, ‘Where would you like to do them?’ they said they wanted to do them here at college. I thought ‘You’ve got to me kidding me, how daggy is that.’ But one of the guys said ‘I just want to get a couch and a mate and have a backyard jam.’ The couch became this running theme. It started off silly but it ended up being a really lovely idea. “We’ve got the Garage Inc stage, which is your traditional heavy metal, hardcore, rock area. There’s The Lounge that has its walls covered in red velvet; we’re running it almost like a salon with cabaret, solos and duos it’s like a small theatre. Tiny House is a large cubby house on wheels that’s dressed like a mid-century lounge room that’s semiacoustic and the main stage is Backyard Jam - it’s a lovely big space and will have pop, rock, and world music.” This year’s instalment of Couchfest will feature NCAT performers exclusively due to the array of artists involved in the production. Promising to make some serious sound is local unit, Furious George. “Last year we had a few guests come in, this year we just don’t have room,” says Scown. “Furious George is an amazing metalcore band. They are one of the best bands in the genre that I’ve ever seen, there are two students from NCAT and the rest are external. Rebecca Barnard will also be performing with her students, a couple of girls are doing an ABBA singalong set and she just couldn’t keep herself out of it, she just loves it.” Along with their musical offerings, the NCAT students and faculty will be serving up a selection of market stalls, food trucks, pop up shops, singing in the shower karaoke, a fashion parade, an art exhibition, guitar
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maker’s display and play and even a flash mob. “We’ve managed to utilise every part of the school,” says Scown. “It started off as a requirement but it’s now bigger than BenHur. The students are incredibly motivated to do whatever they are passionate about and the staff are incredibly collaborative. “It’s not just a music and semi-arts festival, we’ve got students showing the furniture they’ve made, we’ve got the sports guys putting on a three-on-three basketball competition, we’ve got a disco going on, our photography students will be documenting the day and drama students are doing performances for their VCE practice.“ Through every stage of their planning for Couchfest 2016, NCAT have aimed to create an event that encourages environmentally friendly practices and that celebrates their student’s cultural and social differences. All the proceeds from the festival will be used to purchase recycling bins for their campus. “The two focuses of the day are diversity and sustainability,” says Scown. “So we’ve done a number of things. Our Gyros is halal because we’ve got a number of Islamic students here and in the wider community and we’ve got a unisex toilet because some of our students are transgender. But sustainability is the big one. Everything we’ve purchased or ordered is either recycled, biodegradable, fair trade, you name it – we’ve considered all of those elements.” The NCAT community has combined music, visual and performing arts, sports and technology and in turn, built the ultimate experience for local ticketholders. Kicking off this Saturday at midday, Couchfest 2016 is not one to be missed. COUCHFEST 2016 will take over NCAT’s Campus in Preston on Saturday September 10.
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WHAT NOW FOR CMJ MARATHON? Will CMJ Music Marathon, the 36-yearold new music showcase and industrywide conference in New York, attended by Aussie execs and acts, happen this year? It normally stages mid-October but so far, no acts are announced and its website hasn’t been updated since June. Word is, it hasn’t got the funds. Adam Klein, who bought it two years ago, told Billboard that “A little patience and a whole lot less wild and unsubstantiated speculation is what we need right now,” and that he’d “Share more about our 2016 and 2017 program soon.”
BOLSTER CREATES BIGSOUND BUZZ In the run up to BIGSOUND, the place for the global industry to find the latest new talent, Melbourne digital agency Bolster has created an online tool BIGSOUND Buzz to provide real-time data on which artists are creating the most buzz at the Brisbane event. Buzz gives a leaderboard, bar graph and pie chart view of who’s hot, based on Facebook & Twitter mentions and a proprietary algorithm that takes into account volume, engagement and influence. Options to view leaderboards over 5 different time periods from 6 hours to 7 days, allows you to see who’s most talked about at different stages of the summit.
THINGS WE HEAR Which major Australian company is the target of rumours that it’s stopping CD production in the next year and will close some of its entertainment divisions? BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 42
Is legendary (and anonymous) Brit street artist Banksy really Robert Del Naja, aka 3D of Massive Attack? A Glasgow journalism student claims that Banksy’s artwork seems to coincide with live dates by the band. In an attempt to appeal to younger car buyers, Holden got Flume to make the music for its latest campaign, with the track Trust, featuring The Preatures’ Isabella Manfredi. Flume himself wasn’t in attendance when Holden unveiled the campaign at a gala event in Melbourne: he was playing two sell-out shows in Washington DC that night. Flume has also launched an online store with a fresh range of apparel, music, and accessories (http:// shop.flumemusic.com/) and announced that Friday November 25 is the release date, through Future Classic of the vinyl-only Skin Companion EP, of four tracks recorded during the Skin sessions. The reunited Guns N’Roses sold 1 million tickets for their 25-date North American leg of the Not In This Lifetime tour. Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners’ This Girl has made it 14 weeks in a row at the top of the European Border Breakers Chart. Some arsewipe nicked Melbourne live audio engineer Andrew Crosbie’s 1992 Nissan Pulsar (registration NLN 820) from outside his home in Elwood – and with it, thousands of dollars of tools of his trade including mics, leads, drum condenser and box preamp. Paul Grabowsky, Barney McAll, Bob Sedergreen, Andrea Keller, Julien Wilson and Sam Anning are among those playing the Athenaeum Theatre on Friday September 23 as a memorial for jazz great Allan Browne OAM who passed last June, and to also raise funds for his family. Director and producer Nadja Kostich begins in October as Artistic Director and co-CEO of St Martins Youth Arts Centre for the next three years. She replaces current AD Clare Watson who moves to Perth to take on that role as the Black Swan State Theatre Company. In an attempt to readdress the wage gap between men and women, Melbourne publicist and feminist Karen Conrad is again offering SHE rates for female artists and artisans. It’s 20% off from now until Monday January 30 for new femaledriven arts, fashion, theatre and music PR campaigns. Conrad says the first time she offered the deal, for four months last year, it went down so well she wants to do it again. She can be contacted at karen@ karenconradpublicity.com. Falls Festival in Lorne sold out in 45 minutes, followed a few days later by its Byron Bay sister event. Expression of interest for White Night Ballarat 2017 are extended to September 11. See www.whitenightballarat.com.au. Hawthorn nightclub Room 680 was raided for drugs by police, with a man charged with possessing and trafficking E tabs. 11 others were also caught with stuff. In late July, four people were taken to hospital from the club after allegedly taking drugs.
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Melbourne indie folk trio Tinpan Orange release their album Love Is A Dog in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and possibly the Netherlands on Friday October 28 via Pop Up Records. The label, who has worked with Bright Eyes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! and Lou Rhodes, flipped over the album when they sent him a copy. To promote it, Tinpan Orange jump in a Winnibego with their families including small children for a 17-date tour across Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France and Belgium from Thursday October 27 to Saturday November 19, supporting The Cat Empire. They’ve toured Europe and North America a number of times already. The Tinpans, booked and managed by Hear Them Holler, are currently negotiating with booking agents in Europe and the US. They intend to get to Folk Alliance International next year with a tour in US/Canada following that.
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As the summer festival season looms, the issues of pill-testing and sniffer dogs raise their heads again. The Greens passed a motion through Senate on International Overdose Awareness Day to call on the Turnbull Government to start pill-testing, have more supervised injecting rooms and cease the use of sniffer dogs at festivals. This is the latest in a dialogue, which began last week with Will Tregoning, the founder of harm reduction agency Unharm, declaring to triple j’s Hack he and his team would be testing pills at either Groovin the Moo or Spilt Milk in Canberra. It’s not known if Unharm will work with Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation president Alex Wodak and Canberra doctor David Caldicott, who will hold tests outside NSW after the state government got snarly.
Which festival is quietly trying to poach a rival’s booker?
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Oh dear, rapper Tiga and celeb girlfriend Kylie Jenner were out buying a new Bentley, when his Ferrari was repossessed as he hadn’t kept up with payments. Regurgitator’s upcoming tour sees them donating a few dollars per ticket from all shows to the Melbourne based Asylum Seekers Resource Centre. When legendary Berlin nightclub Berghain was struck by lightning, what did the ravers do? Continued dancing and even stripped off en masse after the air conditioning shut down completely.
NEW CEO FOR ABBOTSFORD CONVENT PRECINCT The Abbotsford Convent Foundation arts precinct in Melbourne announced former Australia Council exec and Circa executive director Collette Brennan as its new CEO, effective late September. The position became vacant after founding CEO Maggie Maguire left after 11 years, after setting the precinct up with a million visitors a year, 1000 events onsite and 120 tenancies. Brennan has a strong background in performing arts, youth arts, festivals, arts education and public programming. She joins as the Convent begins a program of restoration of buildings and widens its reputation nationally and internationally.
PRETTY LITTLES SET UP THIRD ALBUM Melbourne band The Pretty Littles are setting up the release of their third album Soft Rock For The Anxious, out this week on Caroline Australia and a vinyl version on Side Stare Music. It follows Mash and Gospel, which they followed up with national touring. With the latest record, they’ll do a ten-date east coast regional and metro run beginning at Kennedys Creek Music Festival on Saturday October 22.
UK’S MUSIC GLUE APPOINTS AUSTRALIAN A&R HEAD… UK-based Music Glue has appointed Neil Robertson as Head of A&R, Australia. He was International Label Manager for Mushroom, V2 and Cooperative Music, and managed Scotland’s Belle & Sebastian for ten years. Music Glue, set up in 2007 by Australian-born Mark Meharry, is used by artists, labels, merchandisers and venues worldwide to sell music, merchandise, tickets and experiences to fans from one customisable website. By cutting out middlemen, indie acts in particular make more money and have more control of their careers.
…WHILE AUDIO NETWORK LAUNCHES AUSSIE A&R Global music licensing company Audio Network has set up A&R activities in Australia and NZ. It has widened the duties of its Head of Branded Content, Jordan Smith, to include A&R Manager, Australia & New Zealand. Audio Network makes it easier for songwriters and composers to clear tracks and works with producers and writers to create new tracks. Smith’s role is to sign up local composers to its roster of 700 international ones, and get more sync deals for local songwriters from corporate and ad agencies. Audio Network has licensed music to brands as Samsung, Volkswagen, Nike, Qantas, BMW and Bonds. Sydney band Tenderfoot, which this year signed with Audio Network after being discovered through its Undiscovered series, had its album funded to record at London’s Abbey Road with UK talent and released its EP Beginnings last month.
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TAKE 40 AUSTRALIA FINISHES RUN The longest running hits countdown radio show Take 40 Australia ended last weekend after 32 years, after being dropped from radio network Southern Cross Austereo’s schedule. Launched in 1984 with Barry Bissell hosting, it had a huge following. After Bissell left in 2009, hosts over the years were Andrew G, Kyle & Jackie O, Angus O’Loughlin, Ash London and Emma Freedman.
NICHE SIGNS SAMPOLOGY Niche Agency has signed Brisbane audiovisual producer Sampology (AKA Sam Poggioi) to its artist roster, and put him on a national tour from Friday October 21. In the past four years, Samplogy has been working around the world on his own tracks as well as for others. Six-track EP Natural Selections is out on Friday September 23 on Brisbane label Soul Has No Tempo.
BEATS DRE, IOVINE, WIN ‘FRAUD’ LAWSUIT Dr Dre and music executive Jimmy Iovine won a lawsuit filed by their former partner Noel Lee in headphone maker Beats Electronics. Lee says his company Monster created the technology for Beats. A few years ago, he was “fraudulently” edged out of the picture, first when Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC acquired a 51% stake in Beats and later told to give up his 5% share. The two then sold Beats to Apple in 2012 for US$3.2 billion. Lee says he would have made $100 million if he retained his stake. A judge said that the deal he signed with Dre and Iovine allowed them to do what they did.
SYDNEY LOCKOUT REVIEW DELAYED The findings of the Callinan Review, which has been poking about to find out how effective the Sydney lockout laws have been, is delayed until Tuesday September 13. It was due on Wednesday August 31 but, as we reported then, the Supreme Court threw a wrench in the works when it found on technical grounds that the Secretary of the Justice Dept. which initiated the lockouts had no legal authority to do so. Ian Callinan, the former High Court judge, received over 1,800 public submissions and input from three roundtable meetings on the city’s night time economy.
UK STUDY: VINYL FOR LONELY MIDDLE AGED While much of the rise in vinyl sales in Australia and the US is due to under-25s, a UK study suggests otherwise. Research by YouGov claims that the majority of vinyl-buyers are 45 to 54, “lonely, middleaged introverts.” Vinyl buyers tend to be more passionate about music: 66% said they couldn’t get through the day without listening to music, compared to 49% of UK adults in general.
PRODUCER MIRACLE LAUNCHES HIP HO WVS LABEL Ghana-born Sydney-based producer and musician Miracle (Samuel Joe Andah) has set up new hip hop label WVS (pronounced Waves) to tap into Australia’s multicultural hip hop scene. First signings are Brisbane’s Travy P and Moroccan-born Anfa Rose whose April 2016 mixtape Debauched with Sydney producer Dopamine already boasts 1 million streams.
Lifelines MARRIED: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Sofia Levander in Lake Como, Italy, with Bruno Mars as the wedding singer and comic Chris Rock on minister duties. ILL: Irish singer/songwriter Brian Kennedy, 49, a constant visitor to Australia, confirms he is fighting rectal cancer. ARRESTED: Mariah Carey’s sister for prostitution after quoting singer’s lyrics in an online advert. IN COURT: John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman denied parole for a ninth time because of the “premeditated and celebrity seeking nature of the crime.” ARRESTED: The husband of Heart singer Ann Wilson, for punching two male relatives. After a show, they asked to look inside her tour bus. He agreed but told them to keep the door shut because her two dogs were inside. They forgot. CHARGED: An 18-year-old Perth DJ after an illegal rave in a vacant property, with “stealing” electricity from the next door property to generate his gear. CHARGED: A 30-year-old man following the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at Selena Gomez’s Melbourne show last month, as well as five more counts of sexual assaults at concerts between September 2015 and August this year. IN COURT: Hobart nightclub bouncer Curtis Patrick Robert Clay of The Toledo pleaded not guilty to allegedly restraining a nightclub patron in a chokehold before dumping him face first onto the footpath. Clay said he was forced to do it because a mob was forming around him. IN COURT: Lindsay Lohan lost her lawsuit against game maker TakeTwo Interactive. She said Grand Theft Auto V’s character “Lacey Jonas” was based on her, including her starring in Mean Girls and the Hollywood hotel she lived in. DIED: NWA manager Jerry Heller, 75, heart attack. He helped the growth of gangsta rap through setting up Ruthless Records with NWA’s Eazy E and releasing their records. DIED: Legendary Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, 66, heart attack. He sold 100 million albums, and had hits like Amor Eterno. DIED: British songwriter and producer John Trickett, who worked with Sting, Fleetwood Mac, Norah Jones, Queen, Gary Moore and Usher.