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News Pallbearer Set Sights On Aussie Shores For ‘Heartless’ Tour In the wake of releasing their third full-length album, Heartless, American doom heavyweights Pallbearer are heading on a tour of Australia before their debut New Zealand tour. Heartless is a natural development of the band’s signature sound heard in previous releases – relentlessly heavy, gritty and heartfelt. Pallbearer will be bringing their sound all across Australia.

You can catch them Friday July 7 at the Northcote Social Club. Check the band’s website for more information.

Tim Moxam & Liz Stringer

Pierce Brothers

Fresh from a joint tour along the east coast of Canada, Roaring Girl Records label-mates Liz Stringer and Tim Moxam are uniting again for a run of shows on Aussie turf. Australia’s own Liz Stringer will be playing material from her 2016 LP, All The Bridges, while Toronto’s Tim Moxam will be drawing from his debut solo record, Soft Summer. Catch them at a secret house show on Friday May 12. Head to Tim Moxam’s website for more details.

Melbourne’s own funk dynamos are hitting the road in support of their new EP, The Records Were Ours. With an abundance of material to work with from their live shows and jam sessions, Pierce Brothers are releasing The Records Were Ours as the first in a trilogy of EPs. The EP is released Friday May 19 and available to pre-order Friday April 21 via the band’s website. You can see them live at The Croxton on Friday May 26. Head to the venue website for ticketing information.

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Announce ‘Fuck Yeah Ledge Yew!’ 2017 tour Brisbane stoners Dune Rats have made waves across the country with their catchy hooks, chill vibes and good looks. The latest Dune Rats tour will see the boys hit up regional areas across the country. It comes in the wake of their latest video for Braindead, which sees the fellas performing in a giant field of dank kush. They’ll hit the Pier Bandroom, Frankston on Friday June 16. Tickets via Oztix.

Thomas Oliver

Announce Australian tour dates to back upcoming album release Lauded Kiwi singer/songwriter Thomas Oliver has returned with a stunning live video for his watershed single, Losin. Taken from his forthcoming album, Floating In The Darkness, out Friday April 28, Oliver’s latest single is an ode to lost love – a soul-filled melancholy number that touches on the loneliness of heartbreak, while simultaneously creating a sense of warmth and security. Catch him at the Wesley Anne on Saturday June 10. Check the venue website for tickets.

Electric Lady

Set Up Huge Female-Fronted Band Night All-female movement Electric Lady is pulling together a certified collection of bad-arse women, featuring some leading names of the Australian music scene. Electric Lady is hosting a band night with Ali Barter, Alex Lahey, Gretta Ray and more.

They are set to back this up with a platform featuring interviews with prominent women in Australian culture. Ultimately, Electric Lady not only put on a good show but also amplifies the strength of women in our society, so get down to The Corner Hotel on Saturday July 1 to show your support. Tickets via the Eventbrite website.

The Pinheads

Double the goods with tour and record release Well on the way to becoming seasoned road hogs, The Pinheads have toured and shared the stage with King Gizzard, Fat White Family, Tumbleweed, Tomorrow’s Tulips, Hockey Dad, Drunk Mums and Skegss. Following on from their last EP, I Wanna Be A Girl, their next instalment is their self-titled LP which was written in the hinterlands of Northern NSW and a makeshift studio nestled in the bush. Their debut LP drops Friday May 12 and they’ll hit The Workers Club on Saturday July 1. Check the band website for more information.

Emma Donovan and Archie Roach Perform Back-To-Back In collaboration with the 2017 Yirramboi First Nations Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne presents two of the most crucial voices to represent our Aboriginal community. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks will pay tribute to pioneering singer/songwriter Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach brings his new album Let Love Rule to the stage a night later. Donovan is a soul and funk troubadour who cites Hunter as a strong musical influence and Roach has been labelled ‘the definitive voice of Indigenous Australia’. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks perform at the Arts Centre on Friday May 12 with Archie Roach arriving on Saturday May 13. Head to the Arts Centre website for more information.

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Things We Hear

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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Which musician streaked naked through his corner pub to celebrate his divorce?

These stories are still circulating as fact, so let’s clear these up. No, Coachella is not staging in Australia. No, Splendour In The Grass is not moving out of Byron Bay. No, they’re not building a statue in Cairns for Elton John. They were all April Fool’s jokes perpetrated by various music sites.

Vic Police has a secret hit list of 30 nightclubs it is watching for drug and alcohol breaches, the Sunday Herald Sun reported.

Violent Soho, who’ve challenged the other acts on Groovin’ The Moo to a cricket match, may win. Not only have they been in training, but we hear one of their players, from their road crew, is quite accomplished.

When Queens of the Stone Age hit Darwin in July, singer Josh Hommes has requested he get “close” to a croc. He’s using the visit as a holiday with his Australian musician wife Brody Dalle and their three children.

Patti Smith and her Horses set received a standing ovation from the 90,000+ crowd at Bluesfest Byron Bay. Later she spread more love by donating $10,000 to victims of the NSW flooding. Hawaiian shirts and plastic parrots were in vogue for Jimmy Buffet’s appearances before his Parrotheads fans. Stand out crowd member was the dude dressed up as Robin Hood, complete with bow and arrows, who arrived on a cycle.

A $500,000 statue of Tupac Shakur is to be erected in Georgia in September in honour of the 21st anniversary of his death.

Sydney DJ Dan Single of Bang Gang and founder of denim label Ksubi, took down his $250,000 crowdsourcing campaign to help him pay medical bills after he fell three floors from a Paris hotel balcony. He broke “every bone from [his] feet to [his] hips and pelvis”. He got dissed for asking for money when he and his wife celebrated their lavish jetset lifestyle on social media.

Only $500 was raised.

Lifelines Split: Jesy Nelson of Little Mix and Chris Clark of reality TV show TOWIE (The Only Way Is Essex) because she likes the international spotlight and he likes to remain in Essex with his mum.

Ill: Morrissey cut short a Tuscon, Arizona, concert after losing his voice midway through Everyday Is Like Sunday. He’d been struggling to sing from the beginning and told the crowd, “It seems I have left half my mouth in Guadalajara. But I will stand here and I will sing, and, if necessary, I will drop dead.”

Ill: The Exploited’s frontman Wattie Buchan hospitalized in Belgium after he “almost died” from a “very serious heart condition.”

Suing: Five Finger Death Punch want their label Prospect Park Records to release them from their contract in a $1 million suit, so their new label Rise can release their fifth record. They say they’re “held captive” in a “sinking ship” of a label.

In Court: A 28-year-old woman who headbutted and bit a security guard outside a Gold Coast club as he tried to break up a fight between her and another patron, got a three month jail sentence suspended for nine months.

He has scarring and needs on-going disease tests.

In Court: Ed Sheeran settled a $20 million lawsuit over Photograph before it went to court. Last year, two songwriters Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard sued, saying that the Sheeran track was a “verbatim, note-for-note copying” of their 2009 song Amazing .

Died: Toby Smith, original keyboardist with Jamiroquai, 46, cause unknown.

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British acts continue to use technology to provide better live experience for fans. Gorillaz launched a new Mixed Reality app for fans to enter their Gorillaz House blending the real world, AR, VR and 360-degree environments. To mark the release of Humanz on Friday April 28, fans can use the app to access the Humanz House Party. It’ll be the world’s largest ever geospecific listening event with 500 locations around the globe to hear the album in full for the first time.

A new video game from Alt-J lets you walk around in a 360-degree environment as their recent song 3WW plays.

The Relaxer game is named after their June-due album. On Monday April 17, in partnership with Amazon Music and game streaming Twitch for an online gaming and live concert experience, fans could watch Kasabian take part in a game of FIFA 17, a live Q&A and performance from London. On Wednesday April 19, they could catch a streamed show from the venue.

I Oh You Launches Management Arm

Label and concert promoter I OH YOU (DZ Deathrays, Violent Soho, Snakadaktal, Bleeding Knees Club, City Calm Down) has launched a management arm for bands, producers and songwriters. Converse Management is run by Johann Ponniah and Scott Armstrong and launched with four acts: Melbourne band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever who’re signed to Sub Pop and heading to Europe in September, Brisbane band The Belligerents, Brisbane-based producer, mixer and sound engineer, Konstantin Kersting and Brisbane songwriter, Lewis Stephenson of both The Belligerents and Confidence Man.

Ultra For Melbourne

Massive American EDM festival Ultra Music makes its first Australian stop in Melbourne. A single-day single-stage Road To Ultra will come to Melbourne in February 2018. A full Ultra experience, on multi-stages and multi-days, arrives in 2019, taking in Melbourne and Sydney. More deets to come.

I Manage My Music Workshop

The next instalment of Melbourne self-managed singer/ songwriter and Milk! Records co-founder Jen Cloher’s sixyear-old I Manage My Music workshops, is on Saturday June 3 at Music Victoria at 49 Tope St, South Melbourne. Cloher will talk about the importance of implementing business structure, planning and funding with a specific focus on your next release.

Blues rock singer Cash Savage will comment on the realities of recording and touring and how she manages to balance business with creative work. Gender equality activist (LISTEN) Chloe Turner will discuss the changes these overdue conversations have made within the music community and where we need to take them next. Music and events publicist Genna Alexopoulos (Super Duper Agency) will provide tips on the most cost effective way self managed artists can structure a DIY release, incorporating community and ABC radio, playlists and blogs. Digital strategist and Linktree app founder Alex Zaccaria of Bolster Group will provide insights to a wellexecuted marketing and promotion campaign and web tools available to musicians to strategically plan their own release.

Northlane’s Deiley Creates Signature Kemper Bundle

Northlane guitarist and songwriter Jon Deiley has partnered with STL Tones to create his own Signature Kemper Bundle, available on Friday April 21. A Kemper amp that digitally replicates pedals, amps and cabs, Deiley and STL Tones worked together using five of his go-to guitar amp/cab/pedal setups to create a signature collection that caters to all his playing styles in the studio and on the stage. The bundle contains 90 studio profiles and 68 direct profiles for a total of 158 profiles.

Management Change For Yung Warriors

After a lengthy stint as manager, promoter and mentor for hip hop act Yung Warriors, Rich Micallef is returning to Melbourne-based world music recording projects. They’ll manage themselves, with rapper and beats producer Danny Ramzan handling the manager role. The band recorded three albums Warrior For Life, Standing Strong and Turnt Up and won two Deadlys. Their music is used on ABC-TV’s series The Warriors and Standing Strong as the series’ theme music for NITV’s Colour Theory Underground which premiere’s in June.

New Signings

• Currently on a tour through Europe Tonight Alive, formerly with Sony, are now with UNFD for Australia and NZ, and Hopeless Records for the rest of the world.

• Pnau’s double platinum single Chameleon will be released in the UK and Europe through Universal, as well as Elektra Records in France.

• After releasing vinyl singles on Detonic and Moontown, Melbourne / Geelong “wobbly pop” outfit School Damage will go through Chapter Music to release their self-titled debut album in June.

• Avant-garde US jazz titan Kamasi Washington releases his latest music, Truth in Australia on Remote Control. It is from a deal Washington signed with London-based Young Turks (The xx, Sampha, FKA Twigs).

• UNIFIED signed Melbourne-based songwriter/producer Edwin White for world management. He worked on Vance Joy’s platinum album Dream Your Life Away and wrote Mowgli’s Bad Thing.

• Melbourne’s Void Of Vision joined What A Vibe Management, the third act after Storm The Sky and Introvert.

Australia’s For The Love Widens Global Presence

For The Love is a festival brand that mixes music, backdrops, “trending fashion and positive lifestyle,” put together by hospitality and tour identities Ben Tucker, Tom Caw and Michael Harris. The idea was to move away from the “outdated stereotypes” of EDM festivals and the larger ‘catch all’ event formats with targeted digital marketing to just the right audience.

Tucker says it balances the line “between keeping the event capacity at a size where guests and musicians can experience a more intimate setting, yet still being large and visually stunning enough to create those ‘wow’ moments.” After rooftop experiences in Melbourne (the most recent being the waterside Riva with Flight Facilities and the Nana Jody label throwing a pre-Coachella bash to draw sports and entertainment celebs) and Bali (with producer Hayden James), For The Love heads to Los Angeles in June to stage at Grant Smillie’s rooftop bar E.P & L.P. It’s a return to Bali in September and Melbourne in early 2018.

Sae Offers New Postgrad Program

The SAE Creative Media Institute has a new postgraduate program commencing this May. The Master of Creative Industries encompasses Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate qualifications. It is delivered online and includes a choice of six week-long elective courses across Audio, Film, Games and Design combined with non-discipline-specific subjects to further bolster students’ knowledge and experience with practical benefits and outcomes. Program head and SAE’s Dean, southern hemisphere, Dr Luke McMillan, said the program was “developed… to get people ready for tomorrow’s jobs. SAE’s Master’s lecturers consist of a team of creative industry thought-leaders and education professionals.”

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Nearing ten years since their last trip Down Under, Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn are perfectly contrasting characters. Kitson is an acclaimed comedian while Osborn has earned his fame behind an acoustic. They combine for a poignant tribute to the timeless glory of staying up all night. The dynamic duo believe more can be achieved in the wee hours and forth they go meandering through their nocturnal imagination. Arts Centre’s Playhouse on Thursday April 20 and Sunday April 23.

100 Days In Conversation Wow, has it already been 100 days since Donald Trump became America’s spiteful leader? It’s arguably the most crucial and indicative period of a president’s term, reflecting closely their intentions and abilities atop the highest throne. Broadcaster and anthropologist Sally Warhaft sits down with Don Watson – author of Enemy Within: American politics in the time of Trump to assess the state of the States. The Wheeler Centre, Wednesday April 26.

Comedy Thursday Comedy Thursday Comedy’s fourth dosing of special Melbourne International Comedy Festival fun is here, with a jaw-dropping lineup of international, interstate, TV and radio comics arriving as part of the night’s ‘Surprises’ instalment. Thursday April 20, 120 Exhibition St, CBD.

Rochester Comedy The next incarnation of comedy at The Rochester Hotel welcomes Chris Wainhouse, Corey White, Guy Montgomery, Jess Perkins and more. It’s like a Michelle Bridges/Commando boot camp every week at The Rochie as you fight off the abdomen strain. Thursday April 20, 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy.

Yianni in The Simpsons According to Yianni Agisilaou, The Simpsons taught him everything he knows. The gentleman behind The Un-Pinchable Pink Pen has one more surprise for us as he talks us through his obsession, lust and devotion for arguably the greatest animation to grace the television screen. Humour will reside within a thick Simpsons slant of tongue so make sure you’ve done your homework. Sunday April 23, Trades Hall, Carlton

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Fiona Hall has established herself as one of Australia’s most significant artists bringing a fresh-faced, youthful approach to her work which resonates with all people great and small. Her newest exhibition, Uneasy Seasons, has just landed at the NGV and looks to clash two fantastical and contrasting environments – a winterthemed treehouse, enveloped in a darkened space decorated with skeletons and barren trees, and a second summer-themed treehouse, brightly lit and nestled amongst a sunset of warm hues. Check it out up until Sunday October 8 at the NGV.

Emily Heller, Jak Knight, Liza Treyger and Ryan Hamilton had punters in stitches with their shrewd perspectives over the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s first week. Now Fortune Feimster, Janelle James, Joe DeRosa and Orlando Baxter are taking up the slack through the festival’s final stages. It’s forward, frank and sometimes fictitious but that’s Headliners greatest asset – you can sometimes bend the truth. Roaring into the Melbourne Town Hall from Wednesday April 19 until Sunday April 23.

Anne Edmonds is leaving stragglers behind at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival behind No Offence, None Taken. Already nominated for the Barry Award as one of this year’s most outstanding acts, her run is about to finish. She’s a homegrown favourite who shows no fear in recounting her awkward life encounters. She’s home to the Victoria Hotel from Wednesday April 19 until Sunday April 23.

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Impromtunes The Bachela-la-la Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took a first date skydiving?

Or considered how you might approach meeting someone’s parents only to discover one was a pirate? Well look no further.

The Bachela-la-la is the ramped up dating show that is devised for the audience by the audience. The contestants are yours to create and the best thing is that no two nights are ever the same in this hour-long, hilariously improvised musical.

Randomly selected from the suggestion sheets that the audience submit at the start of the show, tonight our single lady is called Morag. With a penchant for counting beans and making balloon shapes of food, she meets four singing suitors who are willing to do anything to win her heart, literally.

As the host selects more of our suggestions, we follow our colourful characters on their pursuit of love and

through a number of elimination rounds.

There is never a silence in this high energy show which leaves most of the audience in tears (yet be warned there is also an element of audience participation for three lucky viewers).

It is clear that the rotating cast of The Impromptunes are the cream of the crop in both improv and musical theatre, and their sell-out shows quickly prove that.

Not only is this a group of dynamic and fantastic singers, their ability to crack one another up and have fun with the performance is also refreshing. On top of this, the supporting live music is equally as improvised and the entire show is perfectly polished.

A particular highlight tonight was when a psychotic ex who’s into taxidermy yelled, “I’ll stuff you!” and as our winning bachelor, a ‘Penis Painter’ by occupation sings his way off with Morag, it’s

impossible not to laugh at the energetic and incredibly witty responses.

It doesn’t matter if dating shows are your guilty pleasure or not and it doesn’t even matter if you enjoy musical performances. This fantastic show is improv at it’s finest, The Bachelorette on laughing gas and certainly one of the comedy gems of this year’s festival.

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Hip Hop

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Metal

Orsome Welles

Aesop Rock

Record Paradise Top Ten 1. The Far Field, Future Islands 2. Six Song EP, Drug Sweat 3. Pure Comedy, Father John Misty 4. Expectations, Harvey Sutherland And Bermuda 5. More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me, The Smith Street Band 6. Hot Thoughts, Spoon 7. Silver Eye, Goldfrapp

Homeboy Sandman is making art again. The underground New York rapper released another album in early April. Veins is his seventh album since 2007 – and that doesn’t include the eight EPs he released during the same time either.

Homeboy is known for having sharp rhymes and his wacky flow is best described as more Aesop Rock than anything else. Before you put him in a box it could be argued that Homeboy doesn’t have any contemporaries that compare to his talent. Veins is ten tracks of sizzling perfection, with punchy lines timed to off-beats and pauses for hooks that never come. If you were trapped in a doomsday scenario where you had time to listen to one song from Veins, make it Bamboo. It has throwback lines to The Carpenter and the flow is just characteristically Homeboy. Veins is unique, peculiar, and all together a good time.

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North Carolina’s From Oceans To Autumn return after their last album A Perfect Dawn in 2013 and several digital EPs released in 2014/2015. Ether/Return To Earth is a stunning double album which veers from huge landscapes to walls of sound. Brandon Helms says “Writing and recording of this double album has been going on for two years off and on. Mainly in the fall months. We wanted something a little different, yet was still us at heart. The songs are more airy, with the guitars seemingly drifting in and out of consciousness.”

Melbourne’s heavy experimental creatives Orsome Welles will release their long awaited new EP titled Rise on Friday May 26, and they’ll be hitting the road nationally across June and July. Supports for all shows have now been confirmed. In Melbourne, catch them on Saturday, July 8 at The Evelyn with Qlaye Face, Transience and The Valley Ends.

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9. Orion, Orion 10. In The Same Room, Julia Holter

PBS FM Top Ten 1. Gas, feedtime 2. Yonder, Sophie Hutchings 3. Damn., Kendrick Lamar 4. Basic, Divide and Dissolve 5. Through the Looking Glass (reissue), Midori Takada 6. Do It For Nothing EP, Cactus Channel and Sam Cromack 7. AZD, Actress 8. Double Roses, Karen Elson 9. Unholy Rush, Mindsnare 10. Songs Of Love And Death, Me And That Man

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Pete Rock

The world is soon to be correcting a grave mistake in regards to Pete Rock. In 1996, Rock had finished Center of Attention and was waiting for it to be released. The single Fakin Jax was generating buzz, there was a tremendous amount of hype and it appeared that Center of Attention was going to be a defining album of the mid-‘90s. Instead, a common vexation that every hip hop fan knows surfaced – the album was shelved by some music executive and locked away in an underground vault. On Friday June 2, this will be rectified. Rock is releasing Center of Attention as a double black vinyl. Pre-orders are available now, and congratulations to Rock for finally getting this tour de force out there.

There’s another reason to be excited for June this year.

Indigenous contemporary arts program, Colour Theory is back for its fourth season. This season, titled Colour Theory Underground, takes a look at the Indigenous graffiti around Burn City and the rest of Australia. To help add a representation of what street art would sound like, Yung Warriors have lent Standing Strong to the show. Rumour has it, Yung Warriors are currently recording some tracks for their fourth studio album.

SikTh are back. The Watford mathcore sextet return with what will be one of the finest albums of 2017. The Future In Whose Eyes? will be released on Friday June 2 via Millennium Night, the newly created label imprint from Snapper Music, home of Peaceville Records and Kscope. Ahead of the release, the band have premiered the track Vivid. Frontman Mikee W Goodman explains the meaning behind the song: “Lyrically it is inspired by traumatic dreaming. The verses talk from perspective of being in the actual dream, where the chorus’ are in despair from an awoken perspective. The song itself has a lot of elements of both tradition and new SikTh.” Norwegian doom/death metallers Among Gods are streaming their new single Vinter via Echoes And Dust Alongside writing for the next release, the band has resurrected Vinter from their ‘doom vault.’ Recorded during the Monument album session, it’s been mixed in Consternation Studio and features Gunnhild Huser on vocals. The song features the Monument 2014 lineup of the band, but Among Gods have also just announced their newest additions: Andreas Johansen on drums and Jonis Forland on bass.

3. Spirit beat (Jonny Sender remix), NO ZU 4. Guillotine, Love Migrate 5. Brooke Shields, Ryland Rose 6. On The Level, Mac DeMarco 7. Time On Her Side, Future Islands 8. Interpassion, YELLE

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Beat’s Top Ten Songs about Money

Kudos

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To keep us satisfied until the fruits of June come about, there’s a show at Grumpy’s on Friday April 21. Kudos is launching his new EP Give. Born to the Sunshine Coast, but relocated to Melbourne, the rapper is taking the time to give props to those that got him where he is today. The six-track EP is a heartfelt masterpiece, and the writing was done during his transition from country to city. Don’t Love featuring Georgia Rose is a genuinely earnest piece of music. Bubbles featuring Scott Wings is likely an ode to Kudos’s time spent at Rainbow Serpent Festival. Plucker was the single, and for good reason.

Metal pioneers Accept just finished an extensive European tour and have immediately jumped back into the fray with a new studio album. The Rise Of Chaos will be unleashed on Friday August 4. It’s the band’s fourth studio release through Nuclear Blast, and they’ll celebrate the album with a live premiere the day before its release at Wacken Open Air Germany in a set consisting of three parts: classic Accept, tracks from Wolf Hoffmann’s solo album Headbangers Symphony performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and finally an intense Accept-plus-orchestra set with a complex multimedia show.

Sweden’s doom wizards Avatarium will deliver their third studio album, Hurricanes And Halos, on Friday May 26. If you hit the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel you can see a behind-the-scenes clip recorded at Gröndahl Studios while singer Jennie-Ann Smith and guitarist Marcus Jidell discuss the songwriting process and the arrangements of their eight new tracks.

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Bloodclot

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Friday sees the launch of another new night at New Guernica called Suite 909. Predictably with a name like that, it’s promising techno but with a guarantee to discover other influences that will spice up your experience. No word on DJs playing the launch yet.

Around at 24 Moons, Peter Van Hoesen is throwing down. Having just torn up Inner Varnika along with some chill out time, I reckon the Belgian techno veteran will be keen to give Melbourne one last hurrah. On support duties, local old mate Moopie – also fresh from Inner Varnika – is taking us on a three hour journey, and the Cool Room legends are taking over the side room. Solid tuna all round.

Through the twinkling windows that wrap the corner of Moore and Brunswick Streets lives an honest pub boasting 150 years of Melbourne history – The Labour In Vain. Born a confectioner and butcher for a life of 72 years, the corner hub now holds its ground as a laid-back wooden bar where time slows right down. Somewhere to take a seat, listen to live rock’n’roll and order dinner if you like from neighbouring Brunswick Street vendors. Now, the pub welcomes new life to its menu with Japanese inspired pop-up kitchen Tokyo Terrace on the open-air rooftop garden upstairs. Renkon chips (fried lotus root), eggplant katsu burger (the eggplant is panko-crumbed), and Sea Salted Edamame are a selection of what to expect.

The Dopamines

Au Dré

Saturday is Record Store Day, so get out and buy some records. My two picks for places to pick up some nice wax and enjoy some tunes is Skydiver on Johnston St and Wax Museum in Campbell Arcade under Flinders St. Skydiver are promising to be stocked up on second hand, new and reissue stock plus lots of local releases. Playing tunes throughout the day will be DJs Leo James, Sanpo Disco, Jennifer Loveless, Phillips Head, Ricci, Darcy Justice and Peppermint Darling. BYO beers. Wax Museum are opening up early at 10am and have a whole heap of DJs and live acts playing; Tigermoth, Skomes, Plutonic Lab (Beat Set), Cara Mia, Myles G, Silver Linings, Au Dré, Sedgwick, M5K and Wax Museum DJs plus a film screening of Crate Cartel. They will be dropping info on Record Store Day exclusive releases throughout the week so stay tuned to their social media.

Once you’ve done your shopping, head down to SoftPedal 7 at Joey Smalls featuring Moopie, Shedbug, Adrian Bell, Jess Sneddon and Stacey Holmes. Exploring the realms of music that’s not always suited for the club, expect the cruisey vibes perfect for a few beers and a burger.

Leave your assumptions of Indian food at home when visiting Hawthorn’s newest family member, Piquancy, meaning a pleasantly sharp and appetising flavour. Open for brunch, lunch and dinner, Piquancy focuses on hidden Indian street food they assure you’ve never tried before; like yoghurt kebabs, pani puri or cheese dosa. Piquancy work hard to break down the reputation of Indian food being heavy and of predominantly curries and rice. Prepare for your expectations to take twists and turns, and while they do, pick a glass from their sophisticated wine and beer list.

Avalon Emerson

Later that night, Machine brings the hugely influential Steve Bicknell to My Aeon. Bicknell’s history and notoriety is worth more than the word count I have here, but I think Resident Advisor sums up his 25 year career nicely: “There is a pure vision, a complete engagement and deep immersion in the fabric of the music that disregards shallow peripherals and vagaries such as celebrity, fashionability, and kowtowing to commercial interests.” Safe to say, it will be something special. On support duties is G3:D9 doing a new live set, David Mummery, Juan Tellez, Andrew Till and Simon Slieker.

Elsewhere, Cool Room have managed to snag one of the brightest sparks in dance music at the moment: Avalon Emerson. In her DJ sets and productions, she shows a passion for the sound design of new wave, the futurism of techno, the soul of American house and the exuberance of rave. With releases on Whities, Ghostly International, Shtum, Spring Theory, and Icee Hot, and her own incredible Cybernedits series, there is no slowing down for Emerson in 2017. Roza Terenzi and Hymns are backing her up in what should be an absolute banger of a night. Shame we have to choose between the two gigs really.

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Bloodclot, the new hardcore band featuring Cro-Mags’ vocalist John Joseph plus ex-Queens of the Stone Age members Nick Oliveri and Joey Castillo have announced the release date of their debut album. Up in Arms will be released on Friday July 14 via Metal Blade Records. “In this band we’re doing what each of us have always done: give it our all,” John Joseph explains. “We work hard, and we have a lot to say. Look around the planet – people are fed up with the corrupt ruling class. They destroy the planet and kill millions for profit, and the formula for our response is simple: Anger + applied knowledge = results. Don’t just bitch. Change it.”

Revelation Records has announced it will be releasing a coffee table book featuring the artwork and history of hardcore band t-shirts of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Featuring annotations and stories from the likes of Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits), Curt Canales (Chain of Strength) and Porcell (Youth of Today), the book will be available to order next month.

Pop-punks The Dopamines have announced the upcoming release of their new full-length album, plus two streaming tracks ahead of its release. Tales of Interest is due to be released this June on Rad Girlfriend records, following up their 2012 album Vices.

Teenage Bottlerocket have announced a new album of cover songs, to be released Friday July 14 on Fat Wreck Chords. “We sat with this project for a long time, like a decade. We thought it’d be rad to cover some smaller bands that never really got the attention they deserved. When it came time to bring the project to life, we had to sift through a tonne of songs to finally narrow it down to these. This record represents some of our favourite songs from bands we’ve played with over the years,” the band’s bassist Miguel Chen says.

Iggy Pop

You know that feeling of cutting your fork through a thick slice of cake as your English Breakfast steams in front of you?

Take this, while sitting in a classically quaint corner in North Melbourne watching owner Nat serve her cakes in an apron covered in flour and batter. It’s a perfect scene and one I hope you all experience immediately. I’m not quite sure how else to describe Beatrix cakes other than classic, perfect, heavenly and beautiful – even those don’t give them justice. She offers rarities like coconut shagg layered cake, carrot and toasted caramel cake, pistachio and lemon curd layer cake, vanilla sour cream cheesecake, citrus chiffon cake, and they’re just the regulars. There’s always something she has spontaneously whipped up – last time it was Yo-Yo’s. Enjoying a Beatrix cake is a luxury once tried, impossible to live without.

Iggy Pop has released a new solo acoustic single, Asshole Blues. The single comes as a flex-disc distributed in Rolling Stone magazine this month, released by Mag Mag Records, the label of garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys. The band’s 2015 EP Happy Damage was one of my favourite records of that year, definitely worth getting a copy of while they’re still around.

Long-running UK oi punks Cock Sparrer have released a single from their upcoming new album. One By One comes from their upcoming full-length Forever, due out later this month. The band last released Here We Stand in 2007.

Sydney’s Bare Bones have announced they will be releasing their debut album on Friday May 19. Entitled Bad Habits, the record will be released via Resist Records. The debut album will follow up their two EPs Villains and Cut Throat Living.

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The folk-rockers have been on and off the beaten track since the release of their third studio album, One of Us, in July last year – and it doesn’t seem like that momentum has dropped back even slightly into 2017.

“The year has gone so quickly,” says Savage (real name, no gimmicks), who first started performing with the band some eight years ago.

“The first gig that we played this year was at the Sydney Festival back in January, and that honestly feels like it was fucking years ago. We sold out the Spiegeltent in Hyde Park for that, and it was great to be playing for such a massive crowd.

“We also had the pleasure of getting to perform at Golden Plains this year, which was quite a different experience to the last time we were there [the Supernatural Ampitheatre]. We played Meredith years ago, and I remember shitting myself before we went on stage. This time, I had no idea how I’d feel until right up to showtime – I remember turning to Kat [Mear, fiddle] and saying, ‘We’re gonna smash this.’ We went out there, and we had so much fun.”

The band’s upcoming dates in May are in support of the final single to be lifted from One of Us, entitled Run with the Dogs. A stomping, rootsy number, it’s a perfect showcase of what The Last Drinks are all about and an excellent way to close the chapter of One of Us as the next cycle for the band begins. “Writing the last album was a really heavy experience for me,” says Savage.

“I deliberately gave myself some time and space away from songwriting. I wanted to allow myself to enjoy it a little bit. Now that I’ve had that, I’m getting back to writing – although I’m not in a rush. I plan to record again early next year, but at the moment, I’m just doodling away. I’m sure the moment will come where I suddenly decide that I am in a rush, though.

It happens every time.”

Listening to One of Us, it’s hard not to see why Savage describes the writing process as a heavy one. It’s a dark, emotionally-weighted LP in which Savage herself bares all. In that vulnerability, however, Savage finds comfort in knowing that others will get something out of what she’s doing. The specifics are irrelevant – it’s about making a connection, as far as Savage is concerned. “Once you start playing songs live, you’re giving them away to the audience,” she says.

“That’s nice, to give away everything that goes with a song that you’ve put into it – it doesn’t feel like it’s yours anymore. It belongs to the people you’re playing it to. It makes it easier to perform the darker and heavier songs – about things like suicide, in particular – when there’s an element of having already given that song to your audience. I think that’s why I’ve always been a bit wary of what a song I’ve written means to me, because once someone else hears it it’s entirely what they take out of it. Anyone’s interpretation of my songs is just as valid as mine.”

The upcoming national tour in support of Run with the Dogs culminates in Savage and her Last Drinks playing the biggest headlining show of their career. Yes, the little band that could have made it all the way to Richmond’s Corner Hotel – and if you don’t already have your tickets by the time you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance that you are out of luck. Savage is still in a quiet sense of awe when broaching the topic – to her, it still doesn’t entirely feel like it’s actually real. “Playing the Corner is one thing, but we’re going to sell it out,” she says incredulously.

“It looks like it’s going to sell out really soon.

There aren’t many musicians in Melbourne for whom that wouldn’t be a dream for. It feels pretty special to us – it’s really crazy that it’s actually happening. I guess it’s not something you really think about until it’s dawning on you. We’ve always been the type of band and the type of musos that just go from gig to gig.

“I honestly feel lucky – and if there was a better word than ‘lucky,’ I’d use it. You’d never expect for something like this to happen, really.”

“Once you start playing songs live, you’re giving them away to the audience.

That’s nice, to give away everything that goes with a song that you’ve put into it – it doesn’t feel like it’s yours anymore.

It belongs to the people you’re playing it to.”

Cash Savage and the Last Drinks will perform at Corner Hotel on Saturday May 6 with Jacky Winter and Jade Imagine.

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Interviews

NGV Fridays Art aficionados and novices alike cannot deny the brilliance of Vincent Van Gogh. Today the Dutch post-impressionist is known around the world for his exquisite landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, despite the fact he remained poor throughout his life and died virtually penniless, by his own hand, at the age of 37.

The troubled artist found solace in creative expression, as it helped him connect to the world around. It’s believed the changing of the seasons had an immense effect on Van Gogh as they represented the circle of life – birth, bloom, maturity and death or spring, summer, autumn and winter.

To highlight Van Gogh’s unquestionable affection for nature, the National Gallery of Victoria presents Van Gogh and the Seasons as part of their much-loved Friday Nights program and the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series in 2017.

“The exhibition will also be split up into the four seasons,” says NGV’s Senior Public Programmer, Jes Wawrzynski. “As you walk through the gallery you’ll experience each season and the related works, one season after the other. It’s very powerful.”

The exhibition is curated by Sjraar van Heugten, independent art historian and former Head of Collections at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

“Sjraar will be doing a keynote lecture for us on Saturday April 29 called Something On High,” Wawrzynski says. “It’s on the opening weekend and we’ve already sold over 100 tickets to that program so I think that will be really popular.”

Van Gogh and the Seasons features works borrowed from museums across the globe, including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the

“As you walk through the gallery you’ll experience each season and the related works, one season after the other. It’s very powerful.”

Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. In total, the exhibition will feature 50 of Van Gogh’s works, including works from his own art collection.

“It really is an amazing selection,” Wawrzynski says. “There will be talks and tours throughout the season including the opening weekend, and then each Friday night we will also have a guided tour of the exhibition and a floor talk in the space, to further explore the themes of Van Gogh and the exhibition.”

The good people of the NGV outdid themselves this time around when putting this event together.

Twelve hand-picked arts have come from all over to be part of this truly unique exhibition.

They include Australian singer/songwriter and former Youth Group front man Toby Martin, acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Emma Russack, Melbourne-based, via Arnhem Land singer/songwriter Gawurra, US ambient artist Grouper; Melbourne’s own emotion punk trio Two Steps on the Water, legendary rockers The Fauves, and many more.

“Every Friday night we will have a string quartet playing in the Great Hall, and that will be

beautifully linked to the works in the exhibition,” Wawrzynski says. “People can come along, have a drink, have a bite to eat, go through the exhibition and then catch the headline act that’s scheduled for the night.

“On Friday May 12 we will have a really special program featuring The Drones’ front man Garreth Liddiard. He has recently re-recorded Jonathan Richman’s Vincent Van Gogh song Van Gogh just for this event, and it is available online for people to listen to. Also on that night, ABC Radio’s Classic FM will be doing a live broadcast here between 6pm and 7pm and the Grigoryan Brothers will be playing as well. That one will be a really big night too.”

Wawrzynski says the NGV also has something special planned for the last night of the season and warns eager punters to get in quick as tickets are selling fast. “On Saturday the July 8 we will have The Panics here performing live, that’s going to be a lot of fun.”

NGV Friday Nights run at the National Gallery of Victoria from Friday April 28 until Saturday July 8, opening with a performance from Gemma Ray. Head to NGV’s website for the full lineup.

By Natalie Rogers

Dillon Francis Dillon Francis is an entertaining soul, not just musically with his pioneering Moombahton genre but he has a dopey sense of humour, unabashed and unapologetic.

Francis is a busy, busy man – between collaborations, positions in the charts, his stream counts, and ceaseless touring it’s amazing he finds the time to accomplish so much. Francis’ upcoming Australian tour won’t be his first visit here, he’s performed here countless times. “That’s because Australia is the best place in the world!” Francis cries.

“Hands down, I love Australia so much. I love Vegemite, I love Goon of Fortune, I love shoeys, I love every bogan that’s out there, I love people that listen to Aussie hip-hop.”

“I remember going to an Aussie hip-hop show,” “and I remember hearing one of the best quotes I’ve heard in my life – I don’t remember who this Australian artist was,” Francis adopts the best bogan Aussie accent known to man.

“You know what? There’s a lot of fucking racism out here. The next song is about racism.’ And then he kicks it off and I don’t think it had anything to do with racism.” Francis’ laughter is contagious and his love for all things Aussie earns him major kudos – it’s no wonder people are so enthusiastic to welcome him back here time and time again.

“I feel like I was misplaced at birth – I drink like Aussies do, I feel like there’s a lot of comradery.

It feels like home – whenever I’m there I don’t get that homesick.

“There’s so much joy in being with your friends when you’re in Australia,” he says, “I might have to get a second home, maybe next to Flume in Manly,” Francis chuckles. Perhaps it may be pertinent for

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“Hands down, I love Australia so much. I love Vegemite, I love Goon of Fortune, I love shoeys.”

Francis to see how his upcoming shows go down before committing to a beach side residence. With Groovin’ The Moo already sold out across the country and Francis’ own solo shows fast running out of tickets too, it’s not surprising that Francis feels good. “It’s awesome – it’s amazing to keep coming back, the shows getting crazier and crazier, bigger and bigger.”

“I remember playing Field Day and to be able to close out that show, it was just one of the best feelings ever. For me, that’s what’s happening at Coachella now, and I got to do that in Australia before that and it’s a really gratifying feeling to be noticed and welcomed and happy, especially as a headliner.”

With his new single Coming Over, Francis keeps his music as real as his personality – the song captures the ifs, whats and maybes that come with potentially ending a relationship, and with some strange motifs in the video, Francis hilariously collaborates with director Mitchell Whitemore to draw on his own experiences to an otherwise deep topic.

“He [Whitemore] wrote the idea of this guy who was thinking of getting out of this relationship and was gonna start dating around, going to test the

waters. That whole series that happens in the music video was all in his mind.” Indeed, the video portrays the alternative end of a relationship as a path to selfdestruction. “Oh yeah. Too much drinking and too much S&M,” laughs Francis.

“I’ve been there, oh yeah. I’ve definitely done that with a couple of girlfriends and after like a month of seeing what’s out there I’m like ‘I’m gonna go back.’”

“I remember I hooked up with this one girl, going back to her house and smoking weed and I remember she tried to choke me and I wasn’t really in to it – I remember she fell asleep and I was so creeped out, I tried to gather my things, got my pants and shirt on but I couldn’t find my shoes, so I left them. I called my friend saying, ‘You know, I’m hiding in a bush because I’m high and I don’t know if she’s gonna come looking for me but please come pick me up.’ He was laughing his arse off at me. It was horrifying.”

By Anna Rose

Dillon Francis will play at Groovin’ The Moo Bendigo on Saturday May 6, and his own sideshow at The Corner Hotel on Wednesday May 10.

Special Feature

Meatstock

The Music & Meat Festival In the southern states of America, barbecue is its own culture with a dedicated and passionate following. Brought to the States by Spanish conquistadors, the Caribbean style of cooking has spawned a diverse and innovative cuisine, which now has many Australians falling deeply in love with it.

Meatstock, a mecca of wood smoked, meaty goodness and musical delights is making its way to Melbourne for the first time after a sold out two-day Sydney event last year. A selection of homegrown musical talent and some of the country’s best purveyors of fine meats, are pairing for a marvellous, two-day sensory experience to sink your teeth into.

Eats Chrissy’s Cuts Sausages The only woman to ever place in the prestigious Sausage King competition, Chrissy Flanagan is a force to be reckoned with in the sausagefest of gourmet sausage making. The ex-vegetarian’s sausages are gluten free, filler free, and made only from ethically sourced, free range meats.

Boomtown Barbecue Serving up slow cooked barbecued meats straight from a trailer mounted smoker, this American-style cookery is aiming to please meat lovers everywhere. Praised not just for their meat, but their selection of sides, these Melburnians know how to smoke.

Rangers Texas BBQ After a trip to Texas sparked their love for low and slow style meats, the folks at Rangers Texas BBQ brought that passion back home to Sydney. After being named the headline stall at Meatstock Sydney 2016, they’re back and better than ever with their custom made Gator Pit. Red Gum BBQ Time and devotion, these are the two key factors that Red Gum BBQ attribute to fine, barbecued meat. Using native Australian

hardwoods to smoke their fares for 12-16 hours at a time sets these Mornington Peninsula natives apart from their peers – that and their homemade BBQ sauces.

Burgers By Josh BBJ’s, as the fans affectionately know Burgers

By Josh, is the passion project of formally trained chef Josh Arthurs, who spent ten years working in some of Sydney’s best restaurants before turning his attention to burgers. His signature is his patties, made from his own blend of Wagyu, ground daily to his exact specifications.

Big Smoke BBQ From pulled pork and pulled beef burgers, to short ribs and wings, and macaroni cheese, Big Smoke BBQ know how to do meat right.

They’ll be serving up the best of their huge meat platters for the Melbourne crowds.

Smokin’ Grill Barbecue These east coast barbecue specialists boast Australia’s largest off-set smoker, custom built for the meat makers. Sink your teeth into their beef short ribs, pulled pork or Angus brisket burgers, all with a fresh Aussie twist.

Jack The Ribber Paul Reitmier of Silver Creek Smokers has over ten years experience perfecting the art of Texan barbeque. Operating under the guise of Jack The Ribber, their fares are cooked mostly over a combination of ironbark and seasoned fruit woods, bringing Aussie flavour to the American style.

Parrilla Argenchino BBQ Look no further for the authentic taste of South America. Using only the best ingredients and traditional cooking techniques, the mobile cooking service serves up Argentinean style fresh meats, seafood and vegetables.

Limp Brisket He says, she says these 12-hour slow cooked meats with mouth watering cook sides are the shit. Using locally sourced, grass fed beef from Cape Grim, Limp Brisket serve up the true ‘cue experience.

Burn City Smokers Dedicated to representing the produce, culture and people of Melbourne, Burn City Smokers serve their fares with love for the city in which they reside. Treating their food as art, the meticulous dedication of Steve Kimonides and

Raphael Guthrie makes for a truly sensory, meaty experience.

Fancy Hank’s Labelling themselves as “all smoke, no mirrors” the sassy minds behind Fancy Hank’s are one of Melbourne’s most popular barbecue destinations. They boast a huge selection of house made and bottled sauces to compliment all your meaty desires.

The Real Jerk For nearly two decades, The Real Jerk have pushed the boundaries of Caribbean cuisine, fusing unique flavours and influences into their traditionally rooted dishes. Using recipes passed down between generations, and spices imported from Jamaica it’s easy to see why they’re mainstays on the Melbourne food scene.

Six String Brewing Company By the time you’ve got through all this saucy, salty meat, you’re going to need something to wash it all down. That’s where the Central Coast’s first homegrown craft brewery comes in. The full bodied flavour can be attributed to the unpasteurised, unfiltered, preservative free brews, so you know you’re drinking the good stuff.

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What is consuming a near toxic dose of animal flesh without great music to chew on while you’re at it? The Meatstock lineup is a deliciously rich pairing to the culinary experience, showcasing the best of the local fares. Melbourne rock outfit The Delta Riggs headline a mammoth list of exceptional artists. Also on the lineup is the insanely talented Davidson Brothers, folk rock troubadour Skyscraper Stan, and the loudest blues outfit in town, The Fumes. To put the cherry on your meat sundae, there will be further music from the likes of the fierce four-piece The Tommyhawks, one man funk machine Dusty Boots, the massive soul, jazz, hip hop and funk purveyors Bullhorn and indie grunge rockers, Royal Chant. With even more to be announced, the forecast is for one tasty spread of tunes.

Competition is fierce in the wild world of meat, and alongside the delights to consume, Meatstock is packed with events to prove the champions of the land. The best of Melbourne’s barbecue brethren battle it out for supremacy in the Melbourne Barbecue Wars. Ten barbecue heroes will attempt to out-smoke one another, with contestants including Badass Barbecue, Sons of Hickory, Pit’s Perfect, Full Metal Kettle, Secondhand Smoke Barbecue, Doc Yarrum Barbecue Team, Grilla Warfare, Booma’s BBQ – King of the Grill, Southern Boys Barbecue and Aussie Big Boy BBQ. Seeing as spicy BBQ and spicy style go hand-in-hand, the Cutthroat Barber Wars will test the razor sharp prowess of beard and hair trimmers from across the state. Then to cap off everything on the competition side, the Melbourne Butcher Wars will see the best of the butchers carve it up to the delight of the crowd and judges alike. Who will make the final cut? You’ll have to nip on down to find out for yourself.

Meatstock goes down this Saturday April 22 and Sunday April 23 at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

Devour further info and tickets from www.meatstock.com.au

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Interviews

MAYA

“A lot of my childhood I really tried to change myself...

But bullying, and all the aspects of that experience make for a stronger person.”

Maya’s rich vocals are instantaneously striking for their beauty and individuality. Her unique sound, a mix of electronic and acoustic elements, is largely a product of her background, a cultural cocktail of Australian, African American and Hungarian roots.

“I have so many different aspects to my culture, and it builds such a versatile sound. It’s really meant that I’ve never felt like I have to be stuck to one way. As I get older, as this world changes, it makes me happier.

The weirder, the better.”

Maya – real name, Maya Weiss – has not always been so content in herself, and is quick to admit she’s fallen victim to pressures to fit in and bullying over her 22 years on the planet. It’s only over the last three years, since leaving school, that she claims to have progressed beyond those feelings of self doubt.

“A lot of my childhood I really tried to change myself. I dyed my hair, I told people I was a freak. I never wanted to be in my own skin. But bullying, and all the aspects of that experience make for a stronger person.”

Her latest single What After Now is a anthem for living in the moment, something she felt compelled to write in response to the constant grind for more that underlines so much of the modern age.

“It means to live in the moment, to be free in who you are, to not stress so much. It’s a song to remind people that you can’t control our future but we can control our present.

“My dad was always saying that to me and my sisters, ‘What after now?’ It would always come into my head when so many of my friends were trying to control their futures and control their time. So much that when they got to their goal they didn’t feel it,

they’re not excited anymore. I had to create a song that made people feel whatever they were feeling right then.”

The accompanying video features Maya’s sisters as they glam up and sing in a dressing room, a deliberately chosen setting that illustrates so much of who she is.

“I dressed up when I was a child, and looked in mirrors and stared, and I wanted to capture something different, something that was still semi lyric, because I wanted people to concentrate on the lyrics, but also something that looked fun. I needed to capture my sisters at this age all together, so it’s a look into my life.”

That look into her life will continue on her extended EP, slated for release this year. “That’s my story, that’s everything. I use samples from albums that my father and I made as a child, and I can’t wait to release it.”

In the process of creating the record, she’s worked with some of Melbourne’s best producers, including Haxx and Jan Skubiszewski to refine what she wants to create.

“They’ve been amazing, they’ve taught me a lot.

My last song Sinners, was a sound that I took on in

production, and I didn’t feel like it was as much what I wanted to represent myself, and my EP, and my work with Haxx.

“He’s allowed me to be me. The music I’m making now may not be radio worthy, but it’s what I feel.”

Maya may be relatively new to Melbourne’s music scene, but melodies pulse in her blood. Her father is a musician, and she grew up being fed a diet of Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, strengthening what she’s always known, that music is her passion.

“For my whole life, since I was a baby, I’ve known.

The minute I could speak I was singing, it’s all I’ve ever loved.”

That love is never stronger than when on stage.

When talking about performing, she perks up and brims with palpable excitement.

“Performing is my everything. I would perform day and night if I could. That’s my dream. All the recording and writing is the build up to that moment on stage. I change things on stage. I get so swayed.

My songs feel more at home. I connect with the musicians, people vibrate off the sound, and it takes me to another place.”

By Claire Morley

Bad//Dreems

“We tend to stereotype, generalise and over simplify things, when in fact it’s very interesting to deliver those messages in the form of a garage rock’n’ roll song.”

With the dawning of social media and increased connectivity, the public’s voices have never been louder. As the political climate changes, and the everyday citizen becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the status quo, it’s sometimes hard to know how best to use your voice.

Affectionately labelled as pub rock, Bad//Dreems encompass so much of what makes quintessentially Australian rock music so identifiable, and with their new album Gutful, they hammer in a very political message.

Alex Cameron, the band’s guitarist, wants listeners to know, everyone’s opinions matter. “People may look at a band like us and assume that’s not what we’re about, and same thing with our fans. People may think that we may not believe in things like [social justice].

“That’s a real problem in the world right now, that we tend to stereotype, generalise and over simplify things, when in fact it’s very interesting to deliver those messages in the form of a garage rock’n’ roll song.”

The changes to the political climate over the past 18 months prompted the band to write about this heavy subject matter. From the Trump administration to the circus of Australian politics and the ongoing debates surrounding immigration, Cameron sighs as he admits, they’d had a gutful.

“The motivation for the title track is being fed up with the kind of round-a-bout, futile debates that take place in our world today, and of the bullshit being spouted by these people. Other songs are about more personal subject matter, and Mob Rule about the dangers of the mob mentality – it’s an album of the times.”

The aforementioned title track is considered a call to arms for those feeling underrepresented by public figures.

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MAYA will launch her single What After Now at The Toff In Town on Tuesday April 25 with Kwasi, Liotis and Darcy Justice.

political theory to be able to talk about these things.

Obviously they’re very complex issues, but they can also be very simple. It’s an interesting exercise to write about issues which are very prominent in Australia right now. What better way to explore those issues than within a presumption about the genre?”

Their sophomore album was never something the Adelaide rockers were terribly stressed about. “We didn’t want to change the type of songs or the type of music we were playing – it was about becoming better songwriters.”

The band’s subtle evolution since 2015’s highly praised Dogs at Bay has seen their recorded sound accurately reflect what they do on stage, where their sound reaches its full potential.

“We’re happy that it’s a reflection of our live show which, at the moment, is what we’re trying to do – straight out, guitar rock’n’roll, designed for a live setting. This album has a pretty good handle of what we want to do in the future, expanding those boundaries.”

The band becomes all the more impressive when you take into account the fact that none of the members have given up their day jobs, including Cameron, who is a surgical registrar in reconstructive surgery.

“For all of my adult life, I’ve been doing medicine and music. It took me until I was 30 to come to terms with how they fit together, because they’re so different to each other. If I was to do music away on tour I’d be feeling guilty that I wasn’t studying and doing the right thing by my medical career, and if I was in the hospital for days on end, which I often am, I’d think I was missing all these opportunities to do what I really love, which is music.

“I learned to stop worrying about it, and somehow those things do fit together, and what I’ve concluded is what they have in common is people.

“In medicine, you have the privilege to meet a great range of people who you might not otherwise meet as patients. For the last six months I worked up in Darwin, and I worked with people from Arnhem Land and other communities, which was life changing.

And music, it’s a form of communication, and a form of telling stories.

“In a practical sense it can be very challenging and stressful trying to combine the two, but that’s just the way it is.”

By Claire Morley

Bad//Dreems will perform at Corner Hotel on Saturday June 10 with The Creases.

Gutful is out Friday April 21 via Ivy League.

Interviews

Diet Cig The story behind Diet Cig goes like this: Noah Bowman was playing guitar in a band at a house show in New Paltz, a small college town two hours out of New York City. Alex Luciano was in the crowd and asked Bowman for a lighter. Bowman, who’d never met Luciano before, offered a bottle of wine instead.

As these things do, this chance interaction led to Luciano and Bowman forming a two-piece band, with Luciano who’d never played guitar before, on guitar and Bowman who knew how to play drums, but had never played drums in a band before, on drums. Diet Cig was born.

“We’d never met before then,” Bowman says. “In fact, if it hadn’t been for that moment I don’t think we would have ever met, and this band would never be a thing. It was all coincidence and super random.”

A short time later Luciano had written some songs. Bowman added rhythm and structure and a short live repertoire was born. The fledgling twopiece’s first show was at a house in New Paltz, an event that Luciano admits was terrifying.

“I swear I had an out of body experience that night,” Luciano laughs. “I kept looking at Noah and he was like ‘One more song, two more songs, we can do this.’ It was really scary. But doing that one show, I was like ‘I can do this.’ Noah was very reassuring but I was super nervous given that it was my first show.”

A friend of Luciano’s had a recording studio and offered to record the songs. “We wanted to record them for fun, just to show that we had written these songs,” Luciano says. “As we were recording, our friend and engineer Chris Staley said ‘These are good. You should send them around before you put it out.’ ”

“I didn’t really think I would ever be in a band. Now I really love it.”

The recordings became the Over Easy EP, released on Father/Daughter Records in 2015.

While Bowman was familiar with touring, for Luciano the realisation that this ad hoc music activity had become a ‘real’ band came as something of a surprise. “I was always really freaked out by the idea of playing music with other people, of communicating my ideas to them because I was never trained in playing guitar or any other instruments,” she says. “I didn’t really think I would ever be in a band. Now I really love it.”

Diet Cig hit the road, playing shows outside of the north-east region of the United States where the pair had grown up. “Our first cross-country road trip was a tour,” Luciano says. “It was a great way to see the US. I don’t think we’ll ever give up the touring aspect of it. It’s so cool. It’s probably our favourite part.” Bowman and Luciano also moved down to Brooklyn, a move that both acknowledge was valuable for the proximity it gave them to other artists – even if the expense and occasional stress of living in New York City was a shock to the system.

In 2017 Diet Cig released a debut album, Swear I’m Good at This. As with Over Easy, the lyrics were

largely inspired by Luciano’s personal experiences.

“The whole record is based on emotions that I’ve had, experiences that I’ve had. It comes from a really honest, vulnerable place in me,” Luciano says. “But I feel like the way that I write songs is really honest.

I don’t know how to write songs in any other way.”

Swear I’m Good at This also reflects a more collaborative and symbiotic musical relationship between Bowman and Luciano. “For this record we did a lot of it together, because we’d been playing together for two years and we knew each other’s strengths,” Bowman says.

“We learned to communicate in terms of music this year, which is really exciting,” Luciano says. “At first I was feeling very new to music and I wouldn’t know how to explain what sound I wanted. But by the time we wrote this record we were totally in sync, we could understand this weird language of music when you’re writing with someone. It’s really weird.

And I think we’ve finally figured out, it’s really cool.”

Diet Cig’s debut album Swear I’m Good At This is out now on French Kiss Records.

By Patrick Emery

The Anecdote Despite what the movies a might have told you about being a musician – particularly when you’re just starting out – it’s a cold, hard slog.

You never know how much money you’re going to have coming in; you’ve got to make your own way to gigs at far-flung locations around the country; and you work long, strange, mostly nocturnal hours.

But no matter how hard being a muso might be, Andrew Darling is aware that there are jobs out there much, much more difficult. In fact, he works one of them. Aside from being the lead singer and songwriter for The Anecdote, a genre-blending folk/ blues/world music/jazz group, he is also the father of four – an occupation that he argues is much more time-consuming.

For example, though his interview with Beat falls on Easter Sunday – a day of rest, relaxation and celebration – he isn’t exactly kicking back and having a quiet one. “I think I’m just about hanging in there,” Darling says as way of introduction. “I’ve got four kids, it’s Easter morning, but I got a call from this promoter I am doing a show for saying, ‘We’ve got the time wrong, you’ve got to come an hour early.’ So I’ve had to leave early. It’s been a pretty stressful morning.”

It’s not like his morning is even proving particularly atypical. Chaos is part and parcel with his lived experience these days, and he is constantly having to find room for both his art-making and his family. “I’m 44, and I’ve got twins who are seven and a little one who is two, plus an older stepson,” he says. “And all my life, I’ve lived in this very freewheeling way, never having to grow up. But then suddenly I got catapulted into this world where I’ve got to work to support my family. Juggling that and making music is intense. Music gets pushed to the backburner all the time.”

“There’s one song on Carved Upon The Air that I wrote for my children... but my song ended up being this intense warning about how the world might fuck you over.”

That’s not to say that family is some tyrannical force that always stops him from doing what he wants to do, of course. Although Darling might be realistic about the pressures of being a dad, he’s also well aware of its supremely positive impact– he knows that family isn’t just good for his art, it’s good for his life.

“Family has such a profound impact on my music. Because you’ve got so much time pressure, you’ve got all this focus. I had this conversation with Peter Knight, he’s an Australian jazz trumpet player and when I was studying at uni he was one of the lecturers there. He had kids, and I’d just found out that I was having twins, and was freaking out. I asked him, ‘How has family impacted on your music life and your music making?’ And he said, ‘You’ve definitely got less time, but everything that you do has a far greater depth.’

“I really think that’s true,” Darling continues.

“For me being a father has been an initiation into the deeper mysteries of life. It has had such a profound effect on everything I do, and everything that I do as a musician.”

You can certainly hear that greater depth in Darling’s music– that sense of profound mystery and wonder. His debut album as The Anecdote, Carved Upon The Air, is a beautifully complicated, freewheeling release. Every time you think Darling is going to do something, he does something else, and his music has a kind of spontaneity to it that is rare these days.

But fatherhood hasn’t just impacted Darling in thematic, hard to define ways: it has directly had a hand in his writing. “There’s one song on Carved Upon The Air that I wrote for my children,” Darling says. “I wanted it to be a little ballad that would get them to sleep, because a friend of mine did that a few years ago, and I was always really jealous that’d he’d written something for his kids that was also a really good song.

“So I wrote one, but my song ended up being this intense warning about how the world might fuck you over,” Darling laughs. “I don’t know that my wife is exactly happy that I’m using it as a night time ballad. But oh well.”

The Anecdote will launch Carved Upon The Air at Wesley Anne on Saturday April 29.

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Amyl And The Sniffers

“I always wanted to do something in a band, but I’m pretty shithouse at instruments so I guess it worked out well that the boys wanted me to sing.”

At face value, you might wonder if Amyl and the Sniffers are on a ‘70s rock culture trip. After all, lead singer Amy Taylor has a haircut that’s equal parts Bowie, Cherie Currie and Broadmeadows sharpie.

The band’s three-chord punk rock riffs would bring a tear to Kim Fowley’s eye. Then there’s Amyl and the Sniffers’ catchy track 70s Street Munchies, with its subliminal references to Eskimo Pies and Chico Rolls. And wasn’t sniffing amyl nitrate the cheap narcotic pleasure of many a ‘70s nocturnal gathering?

Amy Taylor laughs when I make the superficial observation. “I suppose it’s just what interests me and influences me,” she says. “Growing up around my parents, who grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney, that’s what I’ve been around – muscle cars, shit punk music, that kind of stuff.”

Amyl and the Sniffers started out as an impromptu bedroom recording project. “We all lived together, so we all got home from work and study,” Taylor says. “Callum, another guy who I lived with, had all this stuff set up in my room, ready to record.

So we sat down for four hours, we wrote and recorded and he mixed the EP and that day we put it out. ” When Taylor says the band ‘put it out’, it was uploaded to the band’s newly established Bandcamp site where it’s remained for the last few months.

Amy and the Sniffers did commit the songs to tape to sell at the band’s EP launch in early March. A vinyl and CD release is in the works – and another run of tapes. “Other than that it’s a free download on Bandcamp,” Taylor says. “Some people will chuck us a dollar or five dollars, but I’m just happy for people to hear it.”

But back to the genesis of Amyl and the Sniffers.

“I’ve always loved music and I’ve always loved the energy, and I love going to gigs,” Taylor says, when I ask about her musical pedigree. “I always wanted to do something in a band, but I’m pretty shithouse at instruments so I guess it worked out well that the boys wanted me to sing.”

When the tape rolled in the band’s first recording session, there wasn’t much of a strategic plan to shape Amyl and Sniffers’ sound. “We all have our different influences, Callum and Brian were more influenced by the garage-y sounds of Melbourne,” Taylor says. “But Declan our guitarist was more influenced by ‘70s Aussie pub rock, like Rose Tattoo and AC/DC. I’m between both of them, with a bit of Nancy Sinatra in there as well.”

Last year Amyl and the Sniffers had the honour of supporting Runaways singer Cherie Currie on her first Australian tour. Currie’s performance, spurred on by a negative review of a show earlier in the tour, in which Currie was criticised harshly, was “awesome”.

But Taylor’s own enthusiastic dancing in the crowd while Currie was playing earned her the ire of the venue bouncers, who threatened to kick her out. And then after the show Taylor put Motorhead on the jukebox, only for Currie to request that the music be turned down. “It was weird,” Taylor laughs. “Maybe she was tired.”

But Amyl and the Sniffers have had no such problems when they played in Hobart at the Brisbane Hotel, a venue Taylor says it’s one of the band’s favourites. “When bands visit, the local punters put in the effort and go and see them and they get down and appreciate it more,” Taylor says.

And Taylor was especially impressed with their accommodation at the Hobart. “We stayed upstairs,” Taylor says. “The bathroom was classic. There was this red light in there. You’d go in there, shut the door and it was like being in a pool with red ink in it. And there was no hot water, so you had this cold, red shower. ”

Amyl And The Sniffers will perform at Bendigo Hotel on Thursday April 20 and at CherryRock 017 taking over Cherry Bar on Sunday May 7 with Shihad, The Dwarves, Nashville Pussy and more.

By Patrick Emery

Coda Chroma Damien Charles is many things – an expat Kiwi, a multiinstrumentalist, a producer, an engineer and one half of Castlemaine duo Coda Chroma.

Right now, however, he’s a father of two – and he’s got to lay down the law in order to continue with the former. “I’ve got a four-yearold and a two-year-old,” he says breathlessly down the line from his home. He adds, laughing, “It can be pretty brutal – and I’m already busy enough.”

With the kids quiet, Charles is back to focusing on Coda Chroma, who released their debut selftitled album just two weeks ago. It’s a relatively new project for both Charles and for singer/songwriter Kate Lucas, who met only a matter of years prior while Lucas was playing bass in an Irish folk-punk band. “The band was called Wilderbeast, and I was recording them for a session,” says Charles.

“Everyone kept telling me to get Kate to sing on the track, and I thought she sounded really great. I went along to see her play at a pub to about five drunken Irish guys, and I couldn’t believe that there weren’t more people there. I thought her songs were amazing, and her sense of pitch with her vocals was perfect. It might have been the five pints of Guinness, but I knew then and there that I wanted to work with her. I envisioned everything – the sound, the production, the whole thing.”

Since that drunken evening, Charles and Lucas have always had the end goal of making a full-length album. Given the commitments of both individuals

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“Can you guys please play away from the telephone? I’m trying to do an interview, and I can’t hear what the man is asking.” to their other projects, however, it’s only now that Coda Chroma is finally seeing the light of day. For Charles – who has also worked with acts such as Gotye, Hiatus Kaiyote and The Red Eyes – it’s been an arduous process, but an entirely worthwhile one.

“It’s definitely been a labor of love,” he says.

“We’ve had to piece this record together for a good few years now – I’ve toured the world twice since we first started working on it. Even when I’ve been working on albums for other people, we’ve been chipping away at this the whole time. The fact that it’s finally out is pretty exciting to us.

“This originally started out as being a solo album for Kate. We ended up picking a band name for it and changing it to that – essentially, it went from being a project I was working on to a band that I joined, all because I liked the music so much.”

Charles and Lucas have since assembled a full band to go with their live shows. “The guys we’ve got playing with us are all absolutely brilliant,” says Charles. “They’re all guys that play in a band called

Human Face, and I used to play in a band with all of them years ago.

“They make up the core of the backing band that we’ve assembled – Luke Collins on drums, Rowan Sherlock on bass and Dan Marsh on keys and synthesizers. They’re absolutely incredible musicians – the kind of guys who you can show a song to once and they’ve immediately got it. For the launch, we’ve also beefed it up by adding a baritone sax player and two backing vocalists. We’re so excited to see how it sounds.”

By David James Young

Coda Chroma will launch their self-titled album at Northcote Social Club on Sunday April 23. The album is out now.

Northside Records

For vinyl collectors and music lovers, Record Store Day is even better than Christmas. With stores across the land coming together to celebrate independent purveyors of music, there’s stacks of fun to be had around Melbourne. On Saturday April 22 you’ll find everything from holographic J-Pop stars, to insane discounts and exclusive releases, to appearances from local legends like Alex Lahey and A.B. Originals’ Briggs – there really is something to quench each and every thirst. Beat has made it nice and easy for you, with our guide to the best spots to hit this Record Store Day. No need to worry about getting lost either, we’ve included the Diggin’ Melbourne Map to make hunting down your treasures a breeze.

What is happening for Record Store Day at Northside?

Although Record Store Day is actually every day, this is a special one – the ten year anniversary. So on Saturday April 22 - from 9am - 6pm there’s going to be a stack of live bands. Cookin’ On 3 Burners will be joined by Allysha Joy, Jazz Party and a bunch of DJs. Briggs of A.B. Original will also be in store to do a signing.There will also be giveaways and more surprises to come.

What about the releases? There is an exclusive 45 release from Allysha Joy and Jazz Party. Plus a stack of famous reissues at $20 a pop.

What’s so special about Northside Records? Northside has been the home of funk and soul since 2002. From hip hop to soul, reggae through to funk, Northside has got you covered.

Not to mention rare and new release 45’s, dubstep, dancehall, disco and more.

What’s the connection with Diggin’ Melbourne? Diggin’ Melbourne is the ultimate guide for the vinyl lover, with a thorough showcase of vinyl specialists in Melbourne and the surrounds. The latest edition was developed by Greg Foster (Rex/Blisterfinger) and Chris Gill (Northside Records), and printed with the assistance of Madman Printing. If it’s worth checking out, it’ll damn sure be listed in the Diggin’ map.

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Address: 236 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

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Dixon Recycled Records

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? To remind people of the importance of purchasing physical copies of music.

Will you have any new releases or special discounts on the day?

There will be a massive 20% off all stock in store (excluding new vinyl) on the day.

What is your all time favourite record? For Claire from the Fitzroy store, it’s an easy choice. The 1972 double album release by Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street.

When did you first become a record collector and what was your first purchase? Julie from the Blackburn store recounted her first record purchase for us: 1979 – purchased with my own money, the Blondie Heart of Glass 7”. Have loved 7”/45s ever since.

What sets your store apart or is a point of difference, in contrast to other stores? We stock a broad range of music (on vinyl and CD – even a few cassettes) – something for everyone aged from 8 to 80. dixons.com.au

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Address: 100 Railway Road, Blackburn & 414 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Goldmine Records

What have you got planned in store for Record Store Day 2017? Both stores are open from 8.30am to 5.50pm. There will be loads of RSD exclusive releases as always. Stacks of great used vinyl will be hitting the racks, and customers get a free Goldmine tote bag with all $100+ purchases. 25c from every record sold will be donated to Maneki Neko Cat Rescue. Plus we’ll be collecting further donations for Maneki Neko Cat Rescue – if we reach $500 Ben will cut his dreads off which he’s had for 20 years.

What is your all time favourite record? Very difficult question, maybe Pixies Doolittle or Neurosis A Sun That Never Sets or Skinny Puppy Last Rights or Fields Of The Nephilim Elizium.

What sets your store apart or is a point of difference, in contrast to other stores? People often say we’re too cheap, which I take as a compliment. We have an awesome store dog, who gives away free licks and crotch sniffs. We can flatten most warped records. We stock a wide range of music covering almost all genres. Plus we have friendly, helpful staff…well, most of the time, except when hungover or asked ridiculous questions like “Can you get this Metallica LP signed for me?”

Is there something you are looking forward to in particular this Record Store Day? Just the usual, having a fun day with great customers. I am particularly not looking forward to having my hair cut.

Store

Address: 355 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North and 369 Nicholson St, Carlton North

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Quality Records Plus

What have you got planned in store for Record Store Day 2017?

We’ve had the Beatles and Elvis in previous years, so what’s left?

Obviously a Japanese themed Record Store Day with men in their finest traditional Japanese robes. Along with groovy ‘60s Japanese pop, sushi, green tea and a hologram J-Pop girl performing on video.

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? RSD provides an opportunity for music fans, vinyl collectors and stores to get together and celebrate their shared passion.

Will you have any new releases or special discounts? We recently picked up a large quantity of high quality Japanese pressings hence our theme for the day. Plenty of the special Record Store Day releases and, as usual, we’ll have great discounts off all stock including new vinyl, a new vinyl sale and (for the first time ever), Audiophile Label Mobile Fidelity – vinyl and SACD’s heavily discounted on selected titles.

What is your all time favourite record? The Partridge Family.

Most of the Beatles’ catalogue, Trichotomy, E.S.T., Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and many others. Have always had commitment issues.

What sets your store apart in contrast to other stores? We’re a destination – a place for lovers of all music to come in, have a chat and a listen. We stock used vinyl, CDs and DVDs and a huge range of new LP titles, all at prices among the cheapest in town. qualityrecords.com.au

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Steeplejack

Address: 1/269 Glenferrie Road, Malvern.

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? A lot of record shopping is done online now, creating a disconnect with the local scene. Record Store Day does an excellent job of bringing people together and provides a great platform for local artists and labels.

Will you have any new releases available on the day? Our latest offering from local Industrial/EBM act Cutting Room will be available at most record stores around Melbourne. The red spot colour on the front of the sleeve makes it hard to miss.

Is there a rare record you have been hunting down, or keeping an eye out for? The Slits – Return Of The Giant Slits, CBS, 1981 with the bonus 7” and Garret List – Your Own Self, Opus One, 1972. Please message us if you have come into contact with either of these records.

Whats next for Steeplejack Records? Hopefully a few more 12”s and a couple of 7”s before the year is out and a new monthly party at the Sub Club. The party will be run in collaboration with another local label, Resistance Restraint and launches on Saturday April 29. steeplejackrecc.com

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Rathdowne Records As a child Joel Shortman accompanied his father to record stores, where his father would exchange his collection of vinyl records for the then new digital technology of compact discs.

25 years later, and Shortman flipped that transaction on its head. These days Shortman runs Rathdowne Records in Northcote, with a rich and diverse stock of vinyl records, just like the ones he witnessed his father hand over all those years ago.

“There’s something very Proustian about getting back all the old ones [my father] had, and more,” Shortman says. “CD shops were ace, but costly and not half as deep or as well curated as the record shops we’re now seeing emerge.”

Rathdowne Records started out as a couple of crates “for jazz-cats and crate diggers” at the back of Shortman’s video store in Carlton. “Jazz, hip hop and funky, sample-able records from all genres and countries have always been at the core of the collection,” Shortman says. “But these sit side by side with classic rock and pop albums and “nerdy” neglected gems in soundtracks, library records, folk, synth, classical, experimental and so forth.” More recently Shortman has met disco, house and techno collectors who have broadened his horizons into those genres.

When the bottom fell out of the video store market, Shortman closed his store, Small Screen, and focused on records. Small Screen morphed into Rathdowne Records. A couple of years ago Rathdowne Records moved to High Street. “Northcote and surrounds is home to more musicians, DJs and collectors and close to many live venues. Once the video business vanished it made sense,” Shortman says.

Shortman is understandably proud of the range of music on offer in the shop: 10,000 records in all shapes and sizes, including 4,000 jazz records and “miles of hip hop, tables of disco house and techno tropical and mondo, and rock.” There’s even “a room of nerd music.

“I also have a soft spot for vintage audio systems like Bang & Olufsen so there’s record players for sale too,” Shortman says.

Shortman says Rathdowne Records offers a link between vintage records and the 12” DJ demographic. “There are shops for 12” DJ singles, there are shops for vintage mid-century records, but there are few that seek to cater to and find the links between the two,” Shortman says.

Affordability is also critical to the store’s modus operandi. “Many stores have a great hand-selected range, but digging stores with a deep range of titles in every genre and two to 20 dollar bargains in every crate are vanishing.

I’d rather source a nice ‘70s Japanese press than a more expensive but less dynamic reissue of the same record and this is increasingly becoming my speciality,” Shortman says.

The most obscure record in the shop is a private pressing of an Australian folk band called Desiderata that is only mentioned in one online blog. “Someone should make me an offer on that,” Shortman laughs.

Every time Shortman sells a Ennio Morricone or Serge Gainsbourg record he feels a pang of regret.

And it is true that Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is the most regularly sold album in second-hand record stores – with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon a close second. But don’t forget Neil Diamond and Rod Stewart, ‘kings of the dollar bin.’

“I once had someone come into the store asking for Hot August Nights to settle a bet with a friend that I’d have it in the shop,” Shortman laughs.

For this weekend’s Record Store Day, Rathdowne Records will be foregoing the “marshmallow-scented Ed Sheeran 10” and whatever other tripe the majors are spruiking” in favour of the many thousands of fresh records Shortman has dug from across the world. There will be PBS and RRR DJs “selecting tunes for your delectation” as you dig, while in the evening the store will be showcasing Northcote’s “finest young purveyors of garage pop”: Cracker La Touf and Jungle Breed.

DJs and hardcore collectors kept vinyl alive in the ‘90s. But Neil Young is on record (no pun intended) claiming that the so-called vinyl revival is a fad. Shortman disagrees. “Pokemon Go was a fad. As long as there’s genuine passion about music, there’ll be records.”

Given the digital age we find ourselves mired in, there are more than a few dissenters out there who argue events like Record Store Day are pretty much pointless.

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And of course, you also get to talk to the record store clerks. They are famous for their knowledge.”

Of course, that knowledge will be on full display come Record Store Day. As Williams notes, it’s one of the busiest days of the year for his store, so you can be sure he’ll be manning the front counter, dispensing advice for all those who need it.

“The day itself is pretty busy, and behind the scenes leading up to the day is pretty busy too. It’s about the one day a year when people remember that there are actually record stores,” Williams laughs. “There’s people who come in yearly and they go, ‘Oh, thanks so much for doing this.’ ” Although Muscle Shoals won’t be stocked with the exclusives that some stores order in for Record Store Day – Williams has never got involved in that side of the celebration – that’s not to say he won’t have his own special incentives for punters to come on down. “I made up some T-shirts,” he says.

“They’re specials for Record Store Day – so I have manufactured my own rarities, you see.”

And even without the T-shirts, Williams is sure that he will have a lot of smiling faces milling

Rathdowne Records is located at 230 High St, Northcote.

By Patrick Emery

Muscle Shoals

Why own vinyl records given how bulky and expensive they are, when you could access the discography of your favourite artist by clicking a button on Spotify, or better still, bumming around on YouTube? And, just as pertinently, why shell up to $200 for Record Store Day exclusives when they’re mostly reissues of albums already available online?

For Marsden Williams, the owner of Muscle Shoals record store in Brunswick East, such questions are beside the point. Williams doesn’t just see collecting vinyl as a hobby, or some kind of extravagance: it’s a way of life. As he tells it, vinyl has a number of advantages over cheaper digital alternatives, and though records might sometimes come with a heftier price tag, the benefits far outweigh the costs.

Perhaps most importantly, Williams loves that record stores provide punters with the freedom to research and rummage. After all, stores like Muscle Shoals aren’t just good for snapping up the latest new releases – they are all about giving people the chance to stray into musical territory they might not ordinarily encounter.

“I don’t listen to the recommended albums from whatever software people listen to, so I have to do the research,” Williams says. “I’ll get a record and I’ll say, ‘Who is this musician?’ and I have to keep looking and find other things that they played on. You can do that online, I guess, but that’s not as much fun as actually doing the research yourself.

“Many stores have a great hand-selected range, but digging stores with a deep range of titles in every genre and two to 20 dollar bargains in every crate are vanishing. ”

around Muscle Shoals this Saturday. “People love to look around. It does bring people out who maybe have had it in the back of their minds that they’re looking for something.”

That, then, is the value of Record Store Day. It’s not just an excuse for hipsters to blow the money they should be squirreling away for a mortgage, or some frivolity. It is a chance for music lovers to share what makes them happy; to connect with friends and maybe, even, to make new ones. “You get a lot of satisfied customers on a day like that,” Williams says, pleased. “It’s the one day that most people will actually leave the house and look in the shop.”

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“I’ll get a record and I’ll say, ‘Who is this musician?’ and I have to keep looking and find other things that they played on. You can do that online, I guess, but that’s not as much fun as actually doing the research yourself.”

Muscle Shoals Records is located at 504 Lygon St, Melbourne.

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Rockit Record Players

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Heartland Records

Rockit Record Players are a Brisbane based online store specialising in retro-styled turntables, and stocking brands such as GPO, Crosley and Mbeat. Their business is built on the idea that the current resurgence in vinyl sales, is putting music fans back in touch with a ‘sensory experience’ that digital audio has failed to achieve. The retro aesthetic of their products is delivered with top quality components, ensuring that the listener will not only enjoy the best aural experience possible, but also a visual one.

Rockit are known for their turntable bundles – ready made sets of turntables that are combined with cases and speakers for the perfect portable analogue listening system. One such example is the GPO Ambassador, a portable belt drive turntable in a suitcase styled enclosure with built-in speakers, a rechargeable lithium battery that can run the system for up to 2.5 hours, Bluetooth connectivity for wireless connection to other speakers, vinyl-digital USB recording via the USB port and included flash drive, and a wonderfully vintage appearance.

Another popular option are the GPO Bermuda bundles, which package the record player in a portable 1960s-inspired case with a GPO Westwood speaker with removable stand legs and an automatic tone arm. This bundle also comes with a velvet lined attaché record case with a removable lid for easily storing and carrying your precious discs.

‘We noticed that vinyl changes how people interact with music in the most wonderful way,’ reads the company’s website. ‘So we decided to create a store that makes vinyl accessible to everyone, regardless of age or experience.

We’ve curated the largest range of record players in Australia and explained the basics for those keen to learn. We’ve also bundled up products based on their functionality and style so it’s easy to get set up instantly.’

What have you got planned in store for Record Store Day 2017? We have over 300 RSD exclusive items, sale stock marked down for the day and plenty of secondhand vinyl we’ve been saving. We will be giving away a cool Led Zeppelin framed double-sided poster and anyone purchasing an RSD item goes in the draw.

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? Apart from the retail aspect, record stores are a great meeting place for like-minded people. The social side of things is important for all levels of the music industry.

Is there a rare record you’ve been hunting down, or keeping an eye out for? Spinal Tap Live at The Electric Banana Club 1975 LP. It’s thought to exist but nobody knows for sure.

What sets your store apart in contrast to other stores? We carry an excellent range of new vinyl and try to cover most genres. Because of the size of the shop and our eye for order, it makes shopping a pleasant and easy experience. We pretty much have something for everyone.

Is there something you‘re looking forward to in particular this Record Store Day? Great on the day itself, love the overall vibe. The weeks leading up to RSD are stressful trying to get everything sorted for the day, so it’s nice to be able to just sell stuff and talk about the releases then go to a nice bar afterwards and talk some more.

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Vinyl Space

What have you got planned in store for Record Store Day 2017?

We will be open from 9am until 7pm. At 3pm there will be a performance by Dorian Vary’s exciting new project Blue Vapour.

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? It’s great to have one day a year that everyone gets together to celebrate their love of records.

Will you have any new releases or special discounts on the day?

We will have a bunch of RSD releases hitting the shelves in the morning, we will have a bunch of sale crates in store and a large selection of our store’s stock will be on sale.

What is your all time favourite record? I have very diverse taste, so always a tough question. My favourites change with my mood, however, one of my all time favourites is Surfer Rosa by the Pixies.

Is there a rare record you have been hunting down, or keeping an eye out for? Lots of records on my wish list. Would love to pick up a copy of Ryo Fukui – Scenery. Awesome Japanese jazz pianist.

Is there something you are looking forward to in particular this Record Store Day? Record Store Day is always a great day. I am looking forward to hearing Dorians new project Blue Vapour and am just looking forward to enjoying the day. vinylspace.com

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119A Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066

Thornbury Records

What have you got planned in store for Record Store Day 2017? This Record Store Day we will be serving up around 200 individual exclusive RSD releases from 10am, as well as giving away a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon turntable worth $549 and a couple of Idle Hands Jex Vinyl Stands worth $109 each.

Have you been involved with Record Store Day in the past?

This is our seventh Record Store Day, and we can say that each one has played a part in keeping our doors open. We really appreciate the efforts of the organisers and everyone who gets out there to show support.

Why do you think having a dedicated Record Store Day is important? All the stores benefit from the media exposure and we think it inspires a lot of people to go out of their comfort zone and discover a few new shops on the day.

Will you have any new releases or special discounts on the day? We will have a huge range of RSD releases available on the day, as well as discounted T-Recs T-Shirts and Slipmats at $10 each.

Is there something you are looking forward to in particular this Record Store Day? Getting our hands on the stock is always very exciting. We can’t wait to see the Toto - Africa 12” (die-cut into the shape of Africa). thornburyrecords.com

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Address: 420/422 Victoria St, North Melbourne

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Zenith Records While Record Store Day may send other parts of the vinyl industry into a frenzied overdrive in the lead up, it doesn’t have that effect on Zenith Records.

Through a mantra of reliability and consistency, the vinyl pressing plant has built a loyal following of repeat customers in the local and international community. The last few years has seen an increase in their business, and co-owner and director Paul Rigby has overseen this growth in the plant. “[Record Store Day] is always busy, [but] it’s just another set of deadlines we have to meet. With the way the whole process goes, even though we’re getting pretty good at turning things around pretty quickly, the nature of what we do means that there can be delays.

“We’ve been on top of the [extra] work, there’s a whole lot of stuff that’s for Record Store Day, and while we’re working right up to the end of next week, it’s only [for] a handful of indie bands that are taking [their records] around to shops themselves to get them in for Record Store Day. The majors had their stuff ordered before Christmas, so we got a lot of the bigger stuff out of the way three or four weeks ago, or at the end of March. Thankfully everything went smoothly, we didn’t have too many breakdowns, it’s been pretty smooth.”

Though the day can sometimes be seen as slightly contrived and manufactured by the large record labels, there have been local bands wanting to get records pressed in time for Saturday too. “We did find we had a rush of last-minute 7”, we’ve still got a couple to do [this] week. I think it’s interesting, because there was a lot of stuff in there that we got out of the way early, I don’t know if they were Record Store Day releases or not. Every day there’s new jobs in and there’s jobs going out the door,

“We’re proud of what we do, so we’re happy to show people that and have them involved at whatever level they want to.” certainly its been busy, but no busier than the lead up to Christmas. In some cases I’ve had to say ‘I hope this isn’t for Record Store Day,’ because we’ve missed that boat.”

Being based in Brunswick, Zenith has a unique opportunity for interaction and communication with Melbourne bands wanting records pressed.

“There’s a fair bit of engagement, obviously with test pressings we need to get in touch, bands might rock up and get those, and invariably they’ll want to have a look around. We’re always happy to show them our operation, and we’ll get people asking ‘Is it okay if I sit in on the cutting,’ and we’re happy to do that.”

Rigby sees this interaction as an important part of the process, so the artists can get an idea of how their vinyl records are actually made. “A lot of people don’t get what’s actually involved, and they’ll get a test pressing and say ‘It could be a bit louder,’ but if it were louder you’d have distortion. We set the peak level that we cut at for various reasons, and if we can get a really loud cut while keeping it true to your master then we’ll go for that.

“People come down and do media when we’re pressing, and that’s one of the things about being

local and having an open door policy. We’re proud of what we do, so we’re happy to show people that and have them involved at whatever level they want to. “[Recently] we turned a job around and it was a last minute thing. the customers had got the job done offshore, they weren’t happy with it, they were angry with the offshore supplier, they’d waited months to get a run of 7”, and they approached me and had a week and a half to turn around 300 records. I said ‘Yeah, we can do it’, and we did it. We’ve got that sort of flexibility.”

Apart from supporting a local business, there are some obvious advantages of going to Zenith with orders for vinyl, with the main one being the time factor. “Anyone who’s putting a vinyl order in isn’t counting down the days until it’s ready. People have done jobs offshore or have had friends do jobs offshore where it’s four or five months to get a job back, and we’re turning them around in five, six, or seven weeks.”

By Elijah Hawkins

Record Paradise

“For us, it’s a chance to showcase some of Australia’s finest independent labels who have supported us over the past years.”

Nestled in the Brunswick district, Record Paradise has long been regarded as a hotspot for new and pre-loved vinyl in Melbourne.

The oasis away from the hectic traffic of Sydney Road serves as a hidden nook made especially for music lovers and collectors.

Co-owner Renae Maxwell is not only involved in the music scene via Record Paradise, but also through involvement with community radio. “My partner and I both do community radio, and have so for 15 years,” Maxwell says.

“For us, it’s an important part of connecting.

Even though doing a graveyard shift, you’re isolated from other people, there is this connection to people who are into the same thing as you. I have always felt this isolation and connection at the same time, and use my love for music as a way to be able to break that down a little bit. It might sound weird because I’m in a room full of strangers, and somehow I’m feeling really connected.”

This feeling carried over to when Paul Allen and Maxwell took the reins in 2008, prior to which the store had been set up in St Kilda since 1955. “As accidental as the name was,” Maxwell explains, “it is this exotic space that we can go to where we are allowed to connect with art and literature through a different means.

“With the internet, it really relies on that. It relies on your writing things and expressing yourself in a certain way. I rely totally on people coming into the shop. I connect with people who drop records off.

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people like me, and this is why this place can exist.

It’s why I will dedicate my life to making sure spaces like this aren’t located only in a virtual realm.”

History aside, there are many exciting things in the pipeline for Record Paradise ahead of Record Store Day 2017. “We have been busy processing hundreds of recycled records to add to our vast collection, stocking tons of new local releases and ordering up big on limited record store day gems,” co-owner Allen says.

Echoing the importance of community, Allen says it a day where they can show their support of others. “For us, it’s a chance to showcase some of Australia’s finest independent labels who have supported us over the past years. Labels like Aarght, It, Chapter, Cool Death, Milk, Cobra Snake Neck Tie, Flightless, Poison City, Bedroom Suck, Barely Dressed, Listen.”

As with many record stores on the day, there’s even more happening at Record Paradise than stocking up on an array of impressive vinyl. “The doors and Paradise Bar open at 10am and there will be live instores from 3pm til 9pm,” says Allen, before rattling off an impressive list of artists set to make

an appearance, “Primitive Calculators, La Bastard, Rad Island, Glitter Veils, Alex Lahey, Dave Wright and the Midnight Electric and School Damage.”

Proving their connection to the local music scene is far more than hot air, Allen also mentions the designer for their poster this year. “Caz from School Damage drew the beautiful poster as well as the delightful cover of their latest 7” single Tall Poppies. I think this mix of art and music is what is making the local scene so vital and I hope that Record Paradise can provide a space where fans, music lovers, diggers and artists can engage with each other and the records they seek and that this contributes in a small way to keeping it all spinning.”

Record Paradise is located at 15 Union Street, Brunswick VIC. For more information visit recordparadise.com.au.

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Audio-Technica

AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive Turntable

Audio-Technica

Audio-Technica has managed to turn their turntables into something of a staple product for independent record stores to sell right across the country. They’ve done this by assessing the wants and needs of people that use turntables for a variety of purposes, and delivering a series of products that each matches a specific segment of the market. The LP-120-USB direct drive turntable is Audio-Technica’s more modestly priced DJ offering. It packs all the features you need from a DJ turntable into a classically designed and impressively built unit.

The AT LP120 takes on the classic DJ turntable layout made famous by the iconic Technics SL1200 turntable back in 1972. It has a host of features designed specifically with a practicing DJ in mind. For example, though the pitch adjustment is centre indented to make finding standard time simple, it also features a Quartz button which snaps it back into perfect time instantly, no matter how far removed from the centre the pitch adjustment is. There’s great scope for pitch adjustment with the LP120, enabling you to freely move between tracks with starkly different bpms.

A lot of people opt to have direct driven DJ turntables in their home instead of their belt driven audiophile cousins. For those people, the LP120 is a great option, as it’s layout is clear and intuitive, while the classic design isn’t nearly as jarring or overwhelming as many of it’s competitors. When put through the rigours of that it’s designed as a DJ turntable and it delivers in spades, with great pitch control, three selectable speeds, a high torque-motor and balanced tone arm. The added bonus of this is its built-in A/D converter, which allows you to send the audio direct from the unit to a computer via USB, making it easy to digitise you’re collection or session.

While the LP120 is designed for the DJ, the LP3 is put together with the record enthusiast in mind. This is a cleanly designed belt-driven turntable that forgoes the bells and whistles necessary for a DJ to accurately mix tracks in order to deliver consistent hum-free playback, so that you can enjoy your favourite records as clearly as possible. As far as audiophile turntables go, this is a fairly inexpensive one, aiming at bringing this type of product to a new market.

The fundamental difference between a DJ turntable and an audiophile turntable is the driving mechanism. DJ turntables are usually direct driven, meaning that the platter sits directly on top of the spinning motor. The strength of this is it generally offers more torque, more consistent speed and a faster start up time. The drawback of it is that it produces unwanted hum or noise.

An audiophile turntable is often a belt-driven turntable, whereby the platter is operated by a motor that’s housed to the side of the turntable, with a belt connecting it to the platter. Though their builds might not seem quite as sturdy, they produce a more pristine sound that’s favoured by audiophiles.

The belt driven platter on the LP3 is stable and smooth. The tone arm on this one is balanced and solid. The adjustable counter-weight is set to get the right tension on your stylus. Although the arm itself is straight, the head shell is mounted at an angle with an AT91R Dual Moving Magnet phono cartridge, to ensure the stylus sits comfortably in the record grooves, with the least amount of side pressure from the out regions right in to the centre of the record.

LP3 Belt Drive Turntable

The Audio-Technica LP-120-USB Direct Drive Turntable

The Audio-Technica LP3 Belt Drive Turntuable

retails for $599, head to audio-technica.com.au.

retails for $469, head to audio-technica.com.au.

Giveaway:

Audio-Technica LP3 This Record Store Day Audio-Technica have teamed up with Sydney artist Sindy Sinn (Young Henrys, Harley Davidson, The Rubens) to create a Limited Edition slip mat For Record Store Day. Only 200 have been printed and limited quantities are available at participating record stores nationwide. Contact your local store on Record Store Day to find out how to get one. For more info go to audio-technica.com.au.

On top of that, we have one of them to give away ourselves with this awesome AT-LP3 Turntable.

To celebrate Record Store Day 2017, the folks over at Audio-Technica Australia are giving a way an LP3 fully automatic belt-drive stereo turntable – to make sure you have the best listening experience possible when you bring home all your special Record Store Day releases. With a built-in switchable phono/line pre-amp and anti-resonance, die-cast aluminum platter with 4 mm thick rubber mat, this turntable makes the perfect companion for the dedicated record collector without breaking the bank.

For your chance to get your hands on this amazing prize, all you need to do is head to beat.com.au/free-shit and follow the prompts.

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Reviews

(TDE / Interscope)

Singles

Album of the Week

With Lachlan Kanoniuk Threw my shoulder out trying to imitate Future Islands’ dance moves during the Coachella livestream. See you in court, Herring.

Single of the Week:

Spike Fuck

Greatest Hits (Suicide Party) (Independent) It’s a match that makes brilliant sense. Extending the themes present on last year’s Smackwave EP, Spike Fuck throws her cowboy hat into the realm of straight-faced country on Greatest Hits (Suicide Party). It doesn’t just touch on the fundamentals of the genre, fully embracing honky tonk balladry. There’ll be more than a few tears in your whiskey before the blissful backing choir kicks in.

Cable Ties

Say What You Mean (Poison City) Cable Ties unleash another scorcher in Say What You Mean.

Velocity is cultivated, able to meditate on driving riffs, sounding perfectly in control while teetering on the precipice of sonic boom.

The spoken word breakdown is devastating in its pertinence.

Cable Ties cut through the horseshit. With a chainsaw.

Mere Women

Big Skies (Poison City) Big Skies clicks into a resonant groove garnished with an operatic-inclined melody at around its midpoint, a potent payoff setup by clattering, yet contained, strident instrumentation.

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

Han-Tyumi & The Murder Of The Universe (Flightless) Not exactly a song, but a chapter containing six tracks from Gizz’s upcoming Murder Of The Universe. Takes the band’s existing hallmarks, while employing ambitious, silly, conceptual scope present in the formative days of metal. It works, thanks in part to the Sabbath-invoking riffs. Extra points for Soy-Protein Munt Machine as a track title.

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Kendrick Lamar

9.5

DAMN.

DAMN. was kept in shrouded in mystery. The album name and track titles withheld, and suppressed until a convenient leak served to generate hype.

Days before the albums due date all songs were also leaked and downloaded by rabid fans.

Unscrupulous downloaders hidden behind VPNs rushed to forum boards to speak of Kendrick Lamar’s new album – each comment adding to a deafening echo chamber of hype and praise. Most reviews signed off with a proclamation that Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper alive today.

There aren’t any other rappers who can generate such crisp beats, technical flow, and poignant lyrics. Every bar, every track, is a testament to a prodigy showing his expertise. The production is an equal component to the record, treated with the same regard as the writing, or the flow.

Kendrick will certainly suffer some backlash from purists this time around. Anything that generates this level of hype is going to attract invitation for ire, or dismissal from fans. Add in features from U2 and Rhianna and haters are going to have some ammunition. But you would do well to listen to XXX (featuring U2) before passing judgement; the vocals have some serious heat to them. Feel free to diss LOYALTY though. It sounds exactly like a hip hop song featuring Rhianna.

Overall, with tracks like YAH, DNA, and ELEMENT, this is one heck of an album. Judge it for yourself, it’s straight fire.

By Jimmy Hall

Albums

Reviews

With their sophomore album, Bad//Dreems sound as dusty as ever but with a little more fire in their belly. Johnny Irony is an instant pub classic; hard and fast, with enough lyrics to shout along to when you’re half-cut. Mob Rule has been copping a fair beating on radio but the energy never fades. Blood Love is full of frustration, while title track Gutful will resonate with many – Bad//Dreems clearly don’t see the need to hide behind ambiguous messages, which is refreshing.

By My Side is a nice change of pace, showing the lads aren’t all about rock and rage. This is a song about love, dirtied up with a grungy guitar and percussion. Similarly, religious ballad Pagan Rage starts like a Paul Kelly track and 1000 Miles Away is popdriven in structure. The boys get back to their head-bangin’ best with Feeling Remains and Nice Guy. Make You Love Me is more traditional rock than punk but still good, while A Million Times Alone surprisingly utilises saxophone to tell a rather sad tale.

Overall this is a uniquely bold album from a uniquely bold Aussie band. Look forward to their album tour as well, because this will be brilliant to see on stage.

(Sony)

Gutful

9.0

(Ratbag Records)

(Ivy League)

Bad//Dreems

Skegss

Holiday Food

8.0

It’s no surprise the Skegss boys are consistently on tour because with the easy-breezy, catchy hooks in Holiday Food it’s the kind of release that caters for all palates and needs to be ceaselessly enjoyed.

The weather is cooling off but summer doesn’t stop. Amidst the autumn changes, Spring Has Sprung bounces around with upbeat vibes and promises of positivity throughout the album – Skegss begin as they intend to continue.

Throwing it back with an element of nostalgia, Got On My Skateboard reminisces youth, celebrates life and address the impending responsibilities of adulthood with floating carefree riffs. Tying in well with closer No Future For Me, Skegss display a note of maturity amidst their beach rock mantra, albeit a seemingly reluctant one.

It’s super easy to lose yourself in Skegss’ music and by playing the EP over and over, maybe, just maybe, the infectious positivity of Holiday Food might be enough to coax the sun back.

By Anna Rose

Depeche Mode

Spirit

1.0

There have been plenty of old school legends throwing out new music of late and they’ve been pulling it off, reviving genres of the glory days and touring with massively popular reception – but Depeche Mode are not one of these bands.

Trying to rehash the electronics of the ‘80s with opener Going Backwards, the track rings out with the lyrics of a disgruntled, middle-aged man, frontman Andy Fletcher, disenchanted with the world he lives in. It’s a stale story, one that’s been sung about in almost every new rock release this year, and yeah we could suffer to be preached at again and maybe even enjoy it. If only the sermon were better compiled.

The next two or three tracks run with production so coarse they may as well have been recorded in someone’s bedroom.

Gritty, empty and flat out poor, it was after Scum that Spirit was switched off. Not good listening.

Listen to Spirit if you must, but heed this warning – you should listen to it only because it’s Depeche Mode, not for any expectation of good music.

By Anna Rose

By Chris Bright

Trumpylvania

7.0

Destrends

Lousy Lover

9.0

Trumpylvania is an eerie collection of snippets from Donald Trump speeches to an experimental, sometimes dark hip hop backdrop.

The EP commences with the slightly underwhelming Short-Fingered Vulgarian that loops “Donald Trump is very, very special” with a monotonous synth and beat.

Trumpylvania picks up speed and credibility quickly, as reverberated crickets turn into a cut together Trump who bellows “When I first started, God looked down and he said…

Oh no.” Bristol beats push the song along, as simultaneous layers are added with a sprinkling of Trump’s phrases to form a catchy tapestry of disturbing noise.

Debney draws parallels from the current state of politics in the USA to a dark science fiction reality in Fear is the Mind Killer.

A sample is used from sci-fi classic, Dune, to reinforce the feeling that fear is an effective tool to manipulate and control society.

Brain Death marks the last snippet into Debney’s political commentary as a final Trump sample concludes his findings with “We have not used Intelligence.” This EP is best listened to while watching our own political leaders flail around to their own agenda, as a contextual reminder of how lucky we are to be in Australia right now.

Destrends have created a distinctive reputation for themselves, infusing their music with a creative mixture of new wave sounds from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, along with a trace of gothic hysteria.

Opener Jack is layered with thrashing drums and streaking guitar blended with Matt Savage’s deep, dramatic vocals. The lyrics overlay the song with a comical tone as the bluesy sound enhances the lively vibe of Destrends, reminding listeners how contagious their theatrical performances are.

Papa whips out choppy guitar riffs and rhythmic drum beats that are addictive to listen to. Title track Lousy Lover starts off with brooding vocals. The melody has a softer, more mysterious feel than the others, as though it’s about to break out but wants to keep the listener in suspense.

Waste Division lurches listeners out of their reverie with a scratchy guitar and drum combo that screams punk, urging you to headbang along. Slack Jaw Jim begins with a steady and bluesy sound, layered with intense guitar and raw vocals. Closer Blackout showcases Destrends’ knack for infusing manic energy into their music. The EP is raw, dark and enticing to listen to over and over.

By Jemma King

By Christine Tsimbis

(Independent)

(Independent)

(Independent)

Ites

Red Light Riot

The Remains

8.0

The Remains packs one hell of a punch. The EP begins with All That Remains, a loaded track bursting with a heavy drum beat, hard-edged melodies and a clunky bassline. Frontwoman Kris Killriot’s beautifully raw and raspy vocals are delivered with a cool approach, that manages to make even the screamed components seem marginally indifferent. This recurring theme makes the album very easy listening. We All Die Young is more fun – the dark undertones are delivered alongside a catchy, upbeat melody, earworm lyrics that get stuck in your head for days and a big dose of attitude.

Coming Up Roses, serves a much darker, heavier rock sound. It’s a blur of twangy guitar lines, smashing drum beats and masterfully abstract guitar solos. Don’t Go delivers a sense of nostalgia with a classic ‘90s punk rock sound. The track is thrashy, drum-heavy, fast-paced and chaotic, ending the album on a high note and leaving you wanting more.

The Remains is a succinct compilation of punk rock tracks with jagged melodies that are high-energy, in your face and catchy as hell. If your only real complaint about this album is that you wish it was longer, surely that’s a good thing.

By Kate Streader

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Profiles

Reika

What’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? I’m Robbie, I play guitar and (attempt to) sing in Reika What do you reckon people will say you sound like? A mixture between Kings of Leon, The Strokes and The Village People.

What do you love about making music? It’s a one way ticket to free beer...and it’s a little cathartic What do you hate about the music industry? It’s so bloody hard to crack.

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be? Any of the members of War... because Low Rider.

If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? I know it’s two but Zayn and Taylor Swift, only because of the joint effort on their latest song I Don’t Wanna Live Forever. I have no control of the radio at work, and hearing that song 50,000 times a day makes me feel like I’m being assassinated.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Shoeys.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’ve still got loads of copies of our last EP The Other Night. Please buy them.

Any parting words? If you can out-skull our lead guitarist Bish at this gig, he said he’d buy you a beer.

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Reika will perform at The Workers Club on Friday April 21 with The Deloraines and The Rollercanes.

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2. I hate crescent moons because they look like a toenail in the sky.

I also once used rice paper and foundation to see what I would look like without eyebrows. The conclusion was that everyone really needs eyebrows to look human.

Hana and JessieLee will perform at Old Bar on Saturday April 22 with Eaten by Dogs, Mightiest of Guns and Kate Al.

4. I once got pushed on stage at a Darryl Braithwaite gig in Adelaide and sang Horses with him. He also stole one of my beers (granted it was so I could hold the microphone).

5. Myself and Jessie-Lee both have Ukrainian heritage. We were in a bar one time and Jessie knocked our friend’s drink off the table accidentally, then looked up at him and smashed it under her cowboy boot. This is when I knew she was a true Ukrainian. hanajessielee.bandcamp.com

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1. Jessie-Lee’s third cousin is David Boon, the Australian cricketer most famous for downing 52 cans of beer on a flight to England in 1989. I really hope she beats this one day.

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3. When Jessie was ten years old, she was finally allowed to watch Jurassic Park, after being banned from seeing it. She then watched it every day for a year. Not an exaggeration.

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Episode 37A02 – Toadfish stacks his mountain bike while impressing the girls with a sick mono, Dr Karl helps bandage him up and writes him a prescription for narcotic painkillers; Toady never leaves the house again.

Episode 18A10 – Susan and Karl buy a Nintendo64 for the kids, but Karl is hogging it due to an unexpected addiction to Goldeneye.

He soon becomes national champion and is sent to South Korea to compete for the world title. In the semi finals Karl accidentally chooses Jaws instead of OddJob on the character screen, and is immediately imprisoned for two years. Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell makes a cameo appearance as the prison warden.

Episode 07C823 – Lou and Harold go halves on a caravan and head off to Lake Eildon to re-enact their favourite scenes from Houseboat Horror, but Harold accidentally eats too many psychoactive mushrooms and thinks he’s a real human, rather than an elaborate simulation created by the post-singularity hive consciousness to feed on his life essence.

Episode 22A20 – After a mishap with a chainsaw, Toadfish flees to Sydney until the heat dies down. Unfortunately he tries to hustle 50 bucks out of Senior Constable Sykes at the Manly pool hall, who fits him with concrete shoes and dumps him off the harbour bridge. As Toady’s life flashes before his eyes, and he realises that losing all that weight was futile in this cold unforgiving and unavoidably terminal existence, he suddenly wakes up at Lassiter’s Hotel bar where he’d been napping over a pint the whole time.

Five Facts About Hana and Jessie-Lee with Hana Brenecki

Music

Bear The Mammoth will launch their new single Decembering at The Worker’s Club on Saturday April 22nd.

Top Five Fabulous Outfits with Destrends

TV Heads – We went down to the local recycling centre and took a few old-school TVs. We smashed out the contents on the inside and put our heads inside them. We wore them for all shows on our national tour. The sharp bits hurt, but hey, fashion is pain.

God Save The Queen – Queen’s birthday long weekend, Billy and Nathan were kitted as the Queen’s guards and made a speech about the Queen. I burst out from backstage dressed to the nines as the Queen of England whilst smashing into ‘God Save The Queen’ by Sex Pistols.

I’m Just A Sweet Transvestite – We’ve been travelling around the country for the Horror Movie Campout Festival. It’s an immersive experience for horror nuts, so we get to be super weird. I’ve been making my way around the country as Frank-N-Furter with corsets, fishnets and pearls. It’s been fabulous.

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – Around Christmas, I remember I spent the whole day trying to make myself a bra out of two little table top Christmas trees à la Madonna. I nailed it but it fell apart and exposed my nipples in the first song.

Starve For Your Art – There was one gig we didn’t have enough money between us to buy anything decent to wear. We wrapped tin foil around our heads instead. It worked...kinda. destrends.bandcamp.com

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Destrends will launch Lousey Lover at The Gasometer Hotel on Friday April 28 with Horace Bones, Tom Prettys and Sofala.

Wed 19th April

WINE, WHISKEY, WOMEN:

Maja & Joyce Prescher Thurs 20th April Open Mic Night 8pm:

Fri 21st April 6pm:

Traditional Irish Music Session

8.30pm:

Mr Alford Country Sat 22nd April

Ceili All Stars 9pm: Jules Boult Trio 3pm:

Sun 23rd April

Cajun Chiefs 6.30pm: Michelle Chandler 4pm:

Tues 25th April

anzac day - closed The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street (directly opposite Queen Vic Market), Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au

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Photo by Ian Laidlaw

Big Swell

Ding Dong Lounge, Thursday April 13

Madness

Festival Hall, Thursday April 13 Festival Hall was packed with exactly the sort of crowd you would expect to turn out for a Madness gig in Melbourne – the overall age bracket was decidedly over-40, with the dress code consisting of flat tops and novelty hats.

Aided by a three-piece horn section – which was lucky because Lee ‘Kix’ Thompson’s saxophone was criminally low in the mix – and a percussionist, the core six-piece band were locked in from the first note. The stage sound itself was full, despite the acoustic limitations of the room, and Suggs’ vocals were improbably youthful and sweet sounding, matching the recorded versions closely.

While most of his bandmates, excepting the animated Thompson, dispensed with the ‘nutty boy’ theatrics in favour of concentrating on the performances, Suggs proved himself a charming and confident frontman, filling all of the banter and introductory spaces left vacant following the departure of second vocalist Chas Smash a few years ago.

In Australia, Madness’ audience predominantly consists of fans from their glory days, and the song selection barely wavered from the greatest hits, allowing for a few from the latest album, You Can’t Touch Us Now. The only real surprises were the amount of inclusions from the band’s late ‘80s downtempo pop era, such as Yesterday’s Men and Wings of the Dove. These songs were welcome variations from the more obvious crowd pleasers, but predictably dipped the energy in the room a touch, and thus were mostly relegated to the front half of the set.

Early highlights included the brilliant NW5, a latter day classic from 2009’s The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, which deserves to be regarded amongst their best songs. The balance of English melancholy and simple but memorable lyrics with a catchy, heartfelt chorus was a great example of what has always given Madness its depth beyond the quirky façade.

On the other hand, Baggy Trousers and House of Fun stood out as obvious fan favourites and were delivered with energy and humour. Hitting the home stretch of hits, the inevitable piano plonk of It Must Be Love had the couples in the room locking eyes and having a moment, while the band faithfully delivered the song for the ten billionth time.

Overall, Madness provided a classic set of well loved tunes without breaking a sweat. If it looked a little too easy, it’s because after so many years, and in front of such an adoring crowd, they had nothing to prove except that they could still play the hits in a reliable and tuneful manner. That they did it with aplomb, a small amount of cheeky, self-acknowledging swagger, and sounded, on the whole, surprisingly youthful and energetic, was added value.

By Alex Watts Highlight: Baggy Trousers, The Sun and the Rain.

Lowlight: Some of the loud lads triple parked with pints.

Crowd Favourite: It Must Be Love, Our House.

Strand of Oaks & Endless Boogie John Curtin Hotel, Thursday April 11

Downstairs at the Curtin the DJ was playing ‘80s classics such as Orange Juice’s Rip It Up and Start Again. A long line of people snaked past the bar on a slow moving journey to the Curtin bandroom.

Upstairs Endless Boogie were starting their set. Endless Boogie don’t play songs. They play grooves. Long, winding, elastic, rock riffs that hang out with John Lee Hooker in a smoke-filled Chicago club, gaze in acid-spiked wonder at Canned Heat at the Fillmore West, lie in the long grass watching Lobby Loyde at Sunbury and lock into the Krautrock discipline of Neu. These were serious rock dudes, just doing their thing. Paul Major, two foot of hair down to his waist, Jesper Eklow, the enigmatic band leader nodded his head in silent concert with the vibes, Matt Sweeney, Endless Boogie producer and special guest on this tour, had a Hunter S Thompson look and feel about him – without the guns and lucid behaviour. The rhythm section of Marc Razo and Harry Druzd was tighter than a fish’s sphincter. The set lasted just over an hour. Everyone was in the vibe, chillin’ and groovin’. A few years back Endless Boogie

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played three hour-plus sets at The Tote. That didn’t happen here, so fans took what they could get.

Strand of Oaks were on next. They had some songs and some tasty licks. But there was a continuity and order issue.

Something wasn’t quite right. Early on there was a sense of Buried Feather and Black Angels in the psychedelic riffage.

This could have been another journey. But then it changed. The band’s hirsute leader, Timothy Showalter, writes songs. Some of them were very tasty, a bit of Hi-Fi Way-era You Am I modrock pop sensibility. And some tracks dug out from the lost crates of sun-splashed Californian country-garage rock. But not quite enough. If this had been the first set of the night, Endless Boogie would have brought punters home on a wave of grooves. The crowd had thinned out. There was a solid encore but it didn’t quite get anyone on the bus. Maybe next time.

By Patrick Emery Highlight: Cosmic enlightenment Lowlight: The order of bands Crowd Favourite: Smoking figs in the yard

A host of influential young rap artists met at Ding Dong lounge for an exciting, adrenaline-fuelled celebration of hip hop. The WVS label showcase destroyed rivalries between cities, as emcees from all over the country bonded over their mutual love of music.

Kick starting the show was newcomer Poppy who dove into a seamless wave of rapid-fire raps, surprising the crowd with a sharp tongue and poetic lyricism. Melbourne artist Reiis erupted onto the stage with his crew, channelling a furious energy that turned the dancefloor into a moshpit. With high-energy and a rock star demeanour, his performance set the tone for the night ahead.

The quirky antics of rap duo Cult Shøtta proved to be an impressive colourful display of raw talent and charisma, seducing the crowd with a medley of trap and acid-rap.

Sophiegrophy slayed her set, dominating the room with her fierce flow and sassy raps. The audience went wild for Mike Wang and Phantom’s banger What a Time, reciting lyrics word-for-word. Cylo’s distinctive blend of hip-hop and neosoul was a welcome change to the lineup, and their stage presence proved live performance is just part of their nature.

The ‘Duke of Burn City’ Petero Thony bellowed No No (Hennessy) from within the wild moshpit. Juve took his place on stage and drummed up spur-of-the-moment beats that sounded polished and complete. Transporting the room with his trippy auto-tuned vocals was DJ and emcee Juñor, who astonished with a solid set of hip hop bangers, before bringing special guests Midas.Gold and Ivan Ooze onto the stage.

HVNCOQ’s mellow vibe was a refreshing twist to the night, with an intimate session that had the rapper in complete control of the room. It was time for the WVS roster to flex their skills. With charismatic delivery the masked I.E smashed his set, hypnotizing the crowd with down-tempo track OMW! Kwasi x HFNR lived up to their trash style, bringing the party up a notch during their single Trash Out (No Tradition).

Fans swarmed to the stage for their final song Bandito, which saw Kwasi stage-dive into the feverish crowd before hanging from the roof in the most thrilling moment of the night.

Travy P tore up the stage, belting out an array of fire tracks with unbelievable energy, before 360 made a surprise appearance during Sleepover. The veteran rapper roared unreleased tracks and blessed the new generation of rappers, encouraging the electric atmosphere and supportive environment.

The final act of the night was Lil Spacely, who turned the showcase into a party as rappers mingled with fans. Although exhausted, the room felt empowered as the fully charged night emitted a powerful shockwave through the community, celebrating the success of the hip hop movement in Australia.

By Vanessa Valenzuela Highlight: 360 jumping on stage with Travy P to spit unreleased tracks.

Lowlight: Overpowering vocal backing tracks for some artists.

Crowd Favourite: Kwasi rapping Bandito while hanging from the roof.

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Gig Guide This Week Wednesday 19 Apr Hip Hop & R&B

MDRN Love

The Workers Club Geelong rockers MDRN Love are hitting the stage to launch their new single Bring Me Down, the first taste from their upcoming debut EP. Catch them at The Workers Club on Wednesday April 19 from 8.30pm. Tickets $10 via Oztix.

The Hackketts

The Reverence Hotel With 20 years of experience up their sleeves, pop rock outfit The Hackketts sure know how to belt out a tune. Catch them on their home turf at The Reverence Hotel from 6.30pm on Wednesday April 19. $10 entry.

Crossfire Hurricane

The Evelyn Crossfire Hurricane will be bashing out their bluesy rock and delivering as much chaos as their name suggests when they hit The Evelyn. They’ll be kicking things off from 8pm on Wednesday April 19. Tickets are $7 via Oztix or $10 on the door.

Maja

The Drunken Poet Maja will have you hanging on her every word with her emotive song writing, stunning raw vocals and enchanting soulful blues rhythm. She’ll be playing from 8pm on Wednesday April 19 at The Drunken Poet. Free entry.

Running Touch

The Corner Hotel Running Touch will have you bouncing and swooning with his slick electronic soundscapes and soulful vocals when he hits The Corner Hotel. Catch him on Thursday April 20 from 7.30pm. Tickets $17.74 via the venue’s website.

The Stained Daisies

The Old Bar Delivering their classic rock’n’roll sound with their contagious, high-energy stage presence, The Stained Daisies will have you grooving from the get-go when they take on The Old Bar. They’ll be joined by Zockapilli and Dog Cuntz for a night of rambunctious rock, kicking off at 7.30pm on Thursday April 20. $8 entry.

Chris Pickering

The Retreat Hotel With a diverse sound that draws influence from pop, psychedelic rock, blues and country, Chris Pickering will keep you on your toes when he takes the stage at The Retreat. He’ll be joined by Rachel Caddy and you can them from 8.30pm on Thursday April 20. Free entry.

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Lotus Moonchild Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Mellowdíasthump - Feat: Geezy + Skomes + Cazeaux O.S.L.O Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Ablaze + Dangerous Curves + The Dead Amigos Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Coq Roq - Feat: Mr Moonshine + Agent 86 + More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm.

Corinne Bailey Rae + Buoy 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $66.00.

Face Face + Dead End + The Lovelies Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Ferla + Baptism Of Uzi + Plastic Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Ism + Nat Bartsch + Baggage Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Joan Osborne The Croxton, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $56.10.

Leonard + Dirty Rats + The Natural Culture Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Live Band Karaoke - Feat: The Relatives Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Lovers Of The Blackbird + Matthew Revert & Sarah Mary Chadwick Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Mdrn Love + Children Of The Sun + Luke Biscan Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Middle Kids + Fountaineer + Spirit Faces Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $17.74.

Mike Noga Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Nic Cester & The Milano Elettrica + Olympia Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $44.00.

Open Mic Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

6:00pm.

Sleep Decade + Tom Cooney + Jessie L. Warren Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

So Fresh - Feat: George Ikon + Change Le Disque Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

The Backs + Cracadile + Scruvylicious Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.00.

The Hacketts + Half/Cut Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Youthfire + Low Dive + Eilish Gilligan + Tetrahedra Djs Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Diggin’ Melbourne Launch Party Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Ben Carr Trio + Tripataka 303, Northcote.

8:00pm. $5.00.

Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Dizzy’s Big Band Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

8:00pm. $14.00.

Food For Funk Spqr Pizzeria, Melbourne.

7:00pm.

Night Dreamer Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

The Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.

Wednesday Jazz Night - Feat: The Rookies The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Will Guthrie + Noel Meek/Erin Taylor/ Chloë Smith + Kollaps + Sorcha Wilcox + Ari Sharp Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Muddy’s Blues Roulette Catfish, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Open Mic Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

Open Mic Night Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.

8:00pm.

Raelene Bruinsma + Christina Green + Soloman & Lacey Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Sam Lawrence Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Sweet Creeps And Outlaws - Feat: Henry Wagons + Jonny Fritz + Ruby Boots Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Wine Whiskey Women - Feat: Maja + Joyce Prescher Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:00pm.

Zac Brown Band + Pierce Brothers Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $99.90.

Thursday 20 Apr House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Disco Volante Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

Thursgay Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Treat Thursdays Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

We Are Your Friends Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Ah Mer Ah Su + Truth N Dare Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Ben Wright Smith Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

Captain Gino’s Jam Night - Feat: Julian Ross Clarke + More Gin Lane, Belgrave.

8:00pm.

Castilles + Backyard + China Beach Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Dj Crispi Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Dumb Punts + Amyl & The Sniffers + Synthetics Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Encore - Feat: Loops Live Vic Bar, Abbotsford. 4:00pm.

Fountaineer + Yule Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

Green Tin + Palm Springs + Jumpin’ Jack Williams Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Gretta Ray + Xavier Dunn Howler, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Hex + Chelsea Bleach + Pikelet & Is There A Hotline? Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Hits At The Ev Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Indie Thursdays Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale.

7:00pm.

Itchy Fingers Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Kid Dingo + Senivoda 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

New Venusians (Album Launch) + Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange + Allysha Joy Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Nic Cester & The Milano Elettrica + Olympia Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Patti Smith & Band + Courtney Barnett Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $114.80.

Pissfactory + Reallove + Weatherboards + International Velvet Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Planet 1964 + Nacropaloma + Wilder Genes + Yukumbabe Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

8:00pm. $5.00.

Resident Thursdays - Feat: Dj Shadow Pier Live, Frankston. 9:00pm.

Running Touch + Native Spirit + London Topaz Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $17.74.

Slow Turismo + Wallflower + Moaning Lisa + Press Club Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Sonny & The Sunsets + Loose Tooth + Swim Team John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Stranger Suite + Francesca Gonzalez Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Sweet Creeps & Outlaws - Feat: Henry Wagons + Jonny Fritz + Ruby Boots Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $33.00.

Throwback Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Twinpines + Hmh + Khasi Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $7.00.

Yeo (Dj Set) + Gemma Pike Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Zockapilli + Dog Cuntz + Guests Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Hip Hop & R&B Boney Thursdays - Feat: Kiti Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

No Frills Thursdays Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Anna’s Go-Go Academy Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 6:00pm. $15.00.

Black Caesar Presents - Feat: Mr Lob + Obliveus Spqr Pizzeria, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Daniel Weltlinger Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

Fulton Street + Dj Vince Peach + Dj Pierre Baroni Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Kimba Griffith + John Montesante + Mark Elton + More Phamish, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

Let Your Hair Down Girls Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

Lisa Moore (Our Evenings) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

Melbourne Improvisers Collective Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

St Paul & The Broken Bones 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $55.00.

The Academy Chamber Ensemble Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 11:00am. $55.00.

The Funk Hunters Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

The Vinyl Frontier - Feat: Millú + Gsm + Colette Belleville, Melbourne. 6:00pm.

Timbalero Thursday La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Unspoken Rule Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Bootleg Rascal Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm.

Chris Pickering + Rachel Caddy Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Matt Bradshaw Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda. 9:30pm.

Open Mic Night Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Shaky Stills Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Sime Nugent Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Soda Eaves Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.

6:30pm.

The Forgotten Ghost Wesley Anne, Northcote.

8:00pm. $10.00.

The Record Company + Little Georgia Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $49.26.

Trick Dog Syndicate + Lewis Coleman Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

Fulton Street

Friday 21 Apr

Cherry Bar Seven-piece soul outfit Fulton Street will get you shimmying and shaking as they take on Cherry Bar for Soul In The Basement.

Get funky with Fulton Street on Thursday April 20 from 8pm. $10 entry.

Trick Dog Syndicate

Edinburgh Castle Trick Dog Syndicate’s alternative take on soul and improvisational hip hop results in their unique sound and unparalleled live performances. Catch them at Edinburgh Castle on Thursday April 20 from 8.30pm where they’ll be joined by Lewis Coleman of The Cactus Channel. Free entry.

Ah Mer Ah Su

Post Office Hotel Triple threat Ah Mer Ah Su compiles her talents in music, acting, and dancing to create an imaginative and inspired live performance to accompany her indie poptronica sound. She’ll be joined by Truth N Dare when she performs at the Post Office Hotel on Thursday April 20. Free entry.

Reika

The Workers Club Melbourne rock outfit Reika love to party and they love to rock, if you do too then make sure you get yourself to The Workers Club on Friday April 21, where they’ll be playing from 8.30pm. $10 entry.

Kekoson

B.East Kekoson will be bringing the groove and amping up the energy as they deliver their Latin American sound that channels the vibe of the busy, colourful Cuban streets.

Catch them at B.East from 10pm on Friday April 21. Free entry.

Sentia

The Evelyn Hotel Melbourne based prog-rock outfit Sentia will be joined by Figures, The Deadlips, Terrestrials and Lanota as they launch the film clip for their new single Hydroflow live at The Evelyn Hotel. Catch them on Friday April 21 from 8pm. Tickets $12 via Oztix.

Great Aunt

Compass Pizza Americana/folk outfit Great Aunt will bring the stage to life with their blues and roots groove when they hit Compass Pizza.

You can catch them from 7pm on Friday April 21. Free entry.

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Hip Hop & R&B Bright Lights Big City - Feat: Dj Rcee + Kahlua + Dj Shook + Dj Angel Jay Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Cushion Fridays Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

Faktory Fridays - Feat: Damion De Silva + K Dee + Durmy Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

Kudos + Lickweed + Mr. Ruckman + Neeq Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.75.

Party & Bullshit Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Undrgrnd Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $30.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Boney Fridays - Feat: Scotty Pesticide Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Ciroq Fridays Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Do The Job! - Feat: Mickey Edwards Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Eat Your Greens Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Elephant In The Room Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Ember & A-Tonez Pawn & Co, South Yarra.

5:00pm. $16.67.

Fabulous Fridays - Feat: Various Djs Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.

Formation - Feat: Donny & Friends + One Puf + More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Friday - Feat: Mell Hall + Pete Keen + More Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

I Love Dancehall - Feat: So Fire + Dj Nukc + Sista Sara + More Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $7.00.

Luck Truck Friday Downstairs - Feat: 99 Prblmz + Congo Tardis #1 + Little League Bounce Club Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

One Day Late - Feat: Sleep D + Lobtram + Sarah Morgan + More Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Peter Van Hoesen + Moopie + Cool Room 24 Moons, Northcote. 10:00pm. $25.00.

Revolver Fridays & Thick As Thieves Feat: Gorge + Damon Walsh + Greg Sara Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $16.90.

Techno Mansion - Feat: Lucca Tan + Muska + D-Sens + More Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 11:00pm. $15.00.

The Disco Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

The Emerson Club Fridays The Emerson, South Yarra. 3:00pm.

Unity Festival – Raveolution Platform One, Melbourne. 10:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Annemarie Sharry Quartet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.

Booker T Presents The Stax Revue + Dj Chelsea Wilson Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $59.00.

Cam Giles & Band Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $16.00.

Carmina Burana - Feat: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8:00pm. $40.00.

Congo Square Upwey Belgrave Rsl, Upwey.

8:00pm.

Craig Smith Quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

Dj Ernie Dee Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Global Safari - Feat: Keito + Kyohei + Eddie Mac Belleville, Melbourne. 6:00pm.

Irie 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Kekoson The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Liana & The Perolas - Feat: Liana & The Pérolas Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Maverick + Elk & Mammoth + Mona Bay + Sinead Home Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Northside Records Present - Feat: Mike Gurrieri + Chris Gill + Dj Manchild + More Spqr Pizzeria, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Paul Williamson’s Hammond Combo Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20.00.

Sam Anning’s Stretchropolitans Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

The Fox Soundtrack - Feat: Ellie Young + Josie Smart Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

The Opiuo Band + Austero + Hypnotech + Chamberlain + Badge 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $45.00.

The Wikimen Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.

What The Funk Fridays Purple Emerald, Northcote. 9:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Deathside + Pisschrist + Sadist + Iron Hawk + Havittajat Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

A Celebration Of The Music And Life Of Prince - Feat: Nina Ferro &The Gold Standards Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:30pm. $25.00.

Animal Arcade + Jesters For Kings + Mark Howard Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

Aquila Young Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:00pm. $15.00.

Ben Wright Smith Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine.

7:00pm.

Boom Crash Opera Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Bootleg Rascal Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

Buried Feather + The Black Heart Death Cult + Honey Badgers Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Captain Spalding Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:30pm.

Creedence Clearwater Survival Windy Hill Fc, Essendon. 9:00pm.

Deathside Afterparty - Feat: Straightjacket Nation + Tactical Attack + Talc + Enzyme Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

11:00pm.

Dj Joey Elbows Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

8:00pm.

Dragon Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights.

8:00pm. $30.00.

Flame Trees - The Chisel/Barnes Experience Milano’s Tavern, Brighton. 8:30pm. $30.00.

Good Boy + Jarrow Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Hang Out - Feat: Donny & Friends Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Hex Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 2:00am.

Hey Hey It’s Friday - Feat: Astro Boys Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

Jerkbeast + Spencer Vine + Public High + The Sex Pills Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

9:00pm. $5.00.

Josh Cashman + River Blue + Jack The Fox Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $17.74.

Karate Boogaloo Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

La Danse Macabre + Brunswick Massive Resident Djs Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Lazarus Mode + Ragdoll + Sonic Circus Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.

Mannequin Death Squad + The Grogans + Roundhouse Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Metrik Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda.

11:00pm.

Mezz Live Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 5:30pm.

Protest The Hero + Closure In Moscow + Driven To The Verge Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8:00pm. $53.99.

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets + The Shabbab + The Tiny Giants + Fuzzsucker Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Pure Blonde - Rock Show Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Ragnarok Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Rebecca O’connor (As Tina Turner) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $28.00.

Reika + The Rollercanes + The Deloraines + Max Bishop Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Self Talk + Crusch + Slowly Slowly + The Belafontes Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $10.00.

The Groves + Greeves + The Jives Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $9.00.

The Tropes + Girlatones + Weatherboards Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Ute Root + Tankerville + Chillers Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Versus Party Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Watchtower + Merchant + Black Jesus + Spawn Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Watt’s On Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9:00pm.

Will Brown Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm.

Wolfpack + Australian Kingswood Factory + Udder Ubductees + More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Yollks + Elkkle + Ocdantar + Aphir John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Acoustic Sessions Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 5:00pm.

Chris Wilson Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:15pm.

Doug Bruce & The Tailgaters Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Great Aunt Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

7:00pm.

In Bed By 9 Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm.

Johnny Krowfoot Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.

8:00pm.

Max Teakle Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

5:30pm.

Mick Daley & Corporate Raiders Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

Mijo Biscan Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

6:00pm.

Morning Melodies - Feat: Tony Diamond: Neil Diamond And Friends Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 10:30am. $17.00.

Mr Alford Country Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.

Ron S Peno & Cam Butler Duo Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

The Dao Of Dylan - Feat: Monique Dimattina + Rebecca Barnard Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $40.00.

The Loco Hombres + Miss K Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Timothy James Bowen Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Traditional Irish Music Session Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

Zerafina Zara & Alleged Associates Smokehouse 101, Maidstone. 7:00pm.

Saturday 22 Apr Hip Hop & R&B 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.

Maga G + Young Maze + Lake Wasabi + Nostalgia Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Pez + Coin Banks + Tys Howler, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $25.00.

Raiza Biza - Feat: Keito + Kyohei + Eddie Mac + Mz Rizk + Sensible J + Diola Belleville, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

Rhythm Nation Saturdays - Feat: Dj Timos + Dj Kahlua + Dj Ange M & Andy Pala Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Aussie Rock Tribute Show Commercial Hotel, Morang South. 8:00pm.

Bang - Feat: Miss Fortune + Awaken I Am + Elusive + We Set Signals Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.

Bear The Mammoth (Single Launch) + Kodiak Empire + The Valley Ends + Murphy Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Ben Wright Smith Workers Club, Geelong.

7:30pm.

Bootleg Rascal Pelly Bar, Frankston. 7:00pm.

Bootleg Rascal Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Brad Pot + Planet Slayer + Chillers + Electric Mud Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm. $12.00.

Confidence Man + Broadway Sounds + Evan Klar Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

The Tropes

8:30pm. $17.74.

Cosmic Kahuna Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00Am. Dal Santo + Vanderlay + Sebastien Gresham + Art Vandelay Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Dave Warner Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $23.00.

Dj Stickman Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Eaten By Dogs + Hana & Jessie Lee + Mightiest Of Guns + Kate Alexander Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Erin Will Be Mad + Dear Plastic + Lovison + Julz Evans Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Fluff + Grim Rhythm + Redro Redriguez & His Inner Demons Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.

Good Boy + Jarrow Karova Lounge, Ballarat.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Griya + Elliot Friend Gin Lane, Belgrave.

9:30pm.

Hrdware + Caitlin D’souza + Reece Lawlor Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm.

Iv League (Single Launch) Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Magic Point + Bamtastic Chamber Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Nadia Reid Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $17.00.

No Sister, Bitumen + No Sister + Bitumen + Synthetics + Stationary Suns Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Peeping Tom + Witchskull + I Am Duckeye + A Basket Of Mammoths + Pegbucket Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Perfect Whip + Narcopaloma + Big Dumb Jerks Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Rebecca O’connor (Tina Turner) Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $28.00.

Record Store Day - Feat: Cooking On 3 Burners + Allysha Joy + Jazz Party + Lance Ferguson + Prequel + Miss Goldie + Emma Peel + Peril + Mz Rizk + Sensible J + Remi Northside Records, Fitzroy. 12:00pm.

Record Store Day - Feat: Dead + H.R Record Low, Castlemaine. 4:00pm.

Record Store Day - Feat: Leo James + Sanpo Disco + Jennifer Loveless + Phillips Head + Ricci + Darcy Justice + Peppermint Darling Skydiver Records, Collingwood. 10:00am.

Record Store Day - Feat: Tigermoth + Skomes + Plutonic Lab + Crate Cartel + Cara Mia + Myles G + Silver Linings + Au Dré + Sedgwick + M5k + Wax Museum Djs Wax Museum Records, Melbourne. 10:00Am. Record Store Day - Feat: Cracker La Touf + Jungle Breed Rathdowne Records, Northcote. 10:00am.

Record Store Day - Feat: Alex Lahey + La Bastard + School Damage + Rad Island + Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric + Primitive Calculators + The Glitter Veils Records Paradise, 10:00am.

Record Store Day - Feat: Jim Lawrie + Emilee South Rocksteady Records, Melbourne.

12:00pm.

Deathside + Pisschrist + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm.

Record Store Day - Feat: The Deja Vu’s + Farm + Saturn 3 Son Of Run Records, Belgrave. 9:00pm.

Return Of The Metal Gods - Feat: British Steel + Bengal Tigers + Turret + Holy Diver Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Root Rat + Lost Talk + B.C Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 11:00pm.

Royal Chant Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Running Touch + Sachi Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $17.74.

Saturdays Rock - Feat: Riffinery Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

Secret Tape + Zockapilli + The Fuse + The Burbs Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $8.00.

Super Rock And Roll Party + Astrohymn + Sky Roller + Chris Commerford Band Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

The Goon Sax + Suss Cunts + Rvg + Parsnip Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Post Office Hotel Following the success of their last gig at The Post Office Hotel, The Tropes are heading back to dish out a second serving of their turbulent garage rock. They’ll be joined by Girlatones and Weatherboards, catch them on Friday April 21 from 8.30pm. Free entry.

Bear The Mammoth

The Workers Club Progressive rock instrumental group Bear The Mammoth will take you for a ride with their moody melodies and dramatic beats.

Catch them on Saturday April 22 from 8pm at The Workers Club. Tickets $15 via Oztix.

Royal Chant

The Retreat Things are bound to get rowdy when garage rock outfit Royal Chant deliver their hard and fast rock at The Retreat. It kicks off at 9pm on Saturday April 22. Free entry.

Losumo

Charles Weston Losumo will put you under her spell as she delivers her eccentric, avant garde sounds at Charles Weston. You can catch her from 6.30pm on Saturday April 22. Free entry.

Erin Will Be Mad

The Reverence Hotel Catch a slew of great female and non-binary acts including Julz Evans, LoVisison, Dear Plastic and Erin Will Be Mad as they take to the stage for a night of eclectic indie/ grunge rock. It’s going down from 8pm on Saturday April 22 at The Reverence Hotel. $10 entry.

Hana & Jessie Lee

The Old Bar Get ready for a night of rock’n’roll meets classic American country as Hana & Jessie Lee, Eaten By Dogs, Mightiest of Guns and Kate Alexander take over The Old Bar. It’s going down from 8.30pm on Saturday April 22. $10 entry.

Maga G

Whole Lotta Love Showcasing some local hip hop talent, Whole Lotta Love have lined up South Australian and Melbourne artists Maga G, Young Maze and Nostalgia to deliver their own unique spins on the genre and get the crowd bouncing. The party starts at 7pm on Saturday April 22. $10 on the door.

Neil Murray & Lucie Thorne

The Spotted Mallard Neil Murray & Lucie Thorne will be taking the stage to deliver two amazing back to back performances when they team up for one hell of a show. They’ll be playing at The Spotted Mallard on Saturday April 22.

Tickets from $23.10 via Moshtix.

Jules Boult Trio

The Drunken Poet A performer through and through, Jules Boult will have you laughing, smiling and tearing up with his storytelling lyrics accompanied by the trio’s silky smooth jazzy blues sound. They’ll be playing at The Drunken Poet from 9pm on Saturday April 22. Free entry.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Audioporn Saturdays Onesixone, Prahran.

9:00pm. $15.00.

Avalon Emerson + Roza Terenzi + Hymns 24 Moons, Northcote. 10:00pm. $16.67.

Bad Habits Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Cq Saturdays Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Cushion Saturdays Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

Electric Dreams - Feat: Various Djs Co., Southbank. 9:00pm. $20.00.

Iv League Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00.

Jank Facques Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 12:05Am. Loomer Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Phase 7 + Squiddy Fiddler + Lonely Faces + Fate Æffect + More 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Pony Saturdays La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Ppb Late Night Saturdays Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 10:00pm.

Retiree (Dj Set) Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Saturdays - Feat: Jamie Vale + Dj Demize Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

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 Late Show - Feat: Dan San + Paz + Ransom + More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

10:00pm.

Tramp Saturdays Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Vinylence Mk Ii - Feat: Mark N + Buick + Wookie + More Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Wham Glam Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Annia Baron Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $25.00.

Bashka The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry + Dj Denise Hylands Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

8:00pm. $75.00.

Bossa Brunswick Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6:00pm.

Bullhorn + Mista Monk Bar Open, Fitzroy.

9:00pm. $20.95.

Carmina Burana - Feat: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8:00pm. $40.00.

Club Voltaire Comedy Club Voltaire, North Melbourne. 7:30pm.

Coast & Ocean + Jimmy Harwood Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

Djs Flotsam & Jetsam Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Grand Wazoo - Soul Funk Revue Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Janet Seidel Trio Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 3:00pm. $45.00.

Matt Hoyne Quartet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Michaela Jayde Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.

Monique Angele + Emilia & The Scarlettes Open Studio, Northcote. 2:00pm.

Records Store Day - Feat: Warrenc + Harry The Lip Profile Music, Prahran. 10:00am.

Reverse Swing Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

Ted Vining Trio + Bob Bertles Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Thando Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

The Fox Soundtrack - Feat: Ellie Young + Josie Smart + More Fox Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm.

The King Louie Collective Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.

The Moonhops Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm.

The Offtopics + The Immortal Horns Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Tosca (Bound In Blues, Soul And R&B) Pentridge Prison, Coburg. 3:30pm & 7:30pm. $10.00.

Wax Museum Presents - Feat: Aux One + Geezy + Benny Badge + More Spqr Pizzeria, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Amarillo + James Kenyon + Mick Daley Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:30pm. $15.00.

Ceili All Stars Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

3:00pm.

Chris Harold Trio Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

Ivan Zar Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Jules Boult Trio Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

9:00pm.

Kev Walsh + Alexander Francis Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Lady & The Tramps Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

Losumo Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.

6:30pm.

Luke Austen Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

Nahko & Medicine For The People + Tim & Chitty Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $30.00.

Nathan Brailey & The Big Southern + Monica & The Explosion + David Grimson Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3:00pm.

Neil Murray & Lucie Thorne Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Record Store Day - Feat: Cash Savage + Thin White Ukes + La Bastard + Wrong Turn + Baby Blue Greville Records, Prahran.

9:00Am. Record Store Day - Feat: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry + The Teskey Brothers + Fiona Ross + Sarah Carroll + The Thin White Ukes + Kylie Auldist + Charles Jenkins + Yolanda Ingley Ii & Band Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00am.

Rick Hart Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Sean Mcmahon & The Moonmen Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

The Cobra 45S Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

The Quarry Mountain Dead Rats Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm.

Wattle & Wood Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

7:00pm.

Sunday 23 Apr Hip Hop & R&B Pearly Shells Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

5:30pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Apodimi Compania Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. $23.00.

Babalú + Qvln + Dj Sunny Z Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry + Dj Denise Hylands Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

8:00pm. $75.00.

Clunk Orchestra 303, Northcote. 3:30pm.

Joey Marsh + Joy Heng Open Studio, Northcote. 2:00pm.

The Foxymorons Open Studio, Northcote.

5:00pm. $10.00.

Tosca (Bound In Blues, Soul And R&B) Pentridge Prison, Coburg. 4:00pm. $10.00.

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Nahko and Medicine For The People

Wesley Anne World music/folk fusion outift Nahko and Medicine For The People are popping down to Melbourne for a Bluesfest Sideshow and bringing their rhythmic, funk-fuelled sounds with them. Catch them at Wesley Anne on Saturday April 22 from 8pm in the band room. $30 entry.

Coda Chroma

Northcote Social Club Indie pop two-piece Coda Chroma are bringing their bubbly beats to town. They’ll be playing at Northcote Social Club on Sunday April 23 from 2pm. Tickets $17.74 via the venue’s website.

Flying Dutchman

The Bendigo Hotel It might be getting cold outside but things are going to get real sweaty when Supa Suplex, Thorntrooper, The Strangers In Town and Flying Dutchman tear up the stage with their rowdy punk rock. It’s going down at 7pm on Sunday April 23 at The Bendigo Hotel. $5 entry.

Unspoken Rule

Paris Cat Jazz Club Eight-piece jazz outfit Unspoken Rule will take you back in time with their classic jazz melodies as frontwoman Jennifer Salisbury seduces you with her honey vocals. They’ll be at Paris Cat Jazz Club from 8pm on Thursday April 23.

The Deadlips

Whole Lotta Love Melbourne heavy rock outfit, The Deadlips, will be showing their softer side with an acoustic set that will include a selection of songs from their upcoming EP. Catch this rare stripped back version of The Deadlips at Whole Lotta Love on Sunday April 23 from 8pm. Free entry.

Brian El Dorado & The Tuesday People

Cherry Bar Spend your Anzac Day Eve getting jiggy with the help of Brian El Dorado & The Tuesday People as they deliver their fusion of funk, soul and blues. They’ll be joined by Lake Minnetonka and The Hornstars when they hit Cherry Bar on Monday April 24 from 8pm. $15 entry.

The Resignators

The Bendigo Hotel Ska/punk group The Resignators are hitting the road to promote their upcoming release Party Dates and they’re bring their mates, Mexican punk group, Los Kung Fu Monkeys along for the ride. They’ll be playing at The Bendigo Hotel on Monday April 24 from 8pm. Tix $22.45 via Oztix.

Tommy Castles

The Evelyn Tommy Castles will whisk you away to another world with his moody melodies, raw lyrics and enchanting vocals. He’ll be hitting the stage at The Evelyn from 8.30pm on Monday April 24. $7 entry.

Maya

The Toff In Town Catch Maya as she launches her single What After Now with guests Kwasi, Liotis and Darcy Justice for what will undoubtedly be a compelling and dynamic performance. She’ll be at The Toff In Town on Tuesday April 25, from 8pm. Tickets $15 via Moshtix.

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House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Anyway - Feat: Various Artists Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Cushion Sundays Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

Jungle Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00.

Revolver Sundays - Feat: Boogs + Spacey Space + T-Rek + More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am.

Variations Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers A Blonde Moment Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

Black Stone Cherry + Chase The Sun Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $74.47.

Brentwood Temperance Hotel, South Yarra.

4:00pm.

Coda Chroma + Hannah Cameron Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $17.74.

Confidence Man + Broadway Sounds + Evan Klar Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

7:30pm.

Da-Bang Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $99.00.

David Knight + Lucky Moore + Davy Simony Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm.

Discotears + Hotel Fifteen Love + Niine Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Flying Dutchman + The Strangers In Town + Thorntrooper + Supa Suplex Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Gratisfaction - Feat: Sunbeam Sound Machine + Fira + Dan Fabris + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 3:30pm. $15.00.

Isla Ka 303, Northcote. 6:30pm.

Kill Brunswick + Vacant Image + Huntsman + Ingrid Elkner Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Kill Dirty Youth + Submarines + Rathead + Blind Man Death Stare Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Laura Jean + Sweet Whirl Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

Lucca Franco + Mama Julz Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $22.00.

Madder Lake Musicland, Fawkner. 3:00pm. $20.00.

Open/Mic Jam Nights - Feat: Jam At Musicland Sundays Musicland, Fawkner.

7:30pm.

Peking Duk + Ivan Ooze + Mallrat 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $44.00.

Roadie Night 2017 - Feat: The F#%K F#%Ks + James Mccann & The New Vindictive + More Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

4:00pm. $20.00.

Stephen Mcewan & The Yes Men Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Strand Of Oaks + Harry Howard & The Nde + Georgio Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Tall Shores + Cold Hands Warm Heart Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Tapestry Show - Feat: Gabrielle Parbo Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 4:00pm. $15.00.

The Skeleton Club Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

The Spaces + Only Aliens + Ghost In The Machine Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

The Tommyhawks + Seth Henderson + Press Club + Rat Child John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $13.30.

Troy Dean Duo Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

4:00pm.

Truly Holy + Caroline No Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $20.00.

Wax On Wax Off Lucky Coq, Windsor.

7:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Acoustic Artists Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale.

3:00pm.

Alex Pjipers + Soda Eaves Old Bar, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Ben David Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

Ben Mastwyk & The Millions Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

Cairo Club Orchestra Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Cajun Chiefs Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

4:00pm.

Danny Ross Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Dave Orr Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

Duncan Graham & His Co-Accused + Lincoln Le Fevre Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

7:00pm. $12.00.

Elwood Blues Club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda.

5:00pm.

Jersey Bob + Hugh Mcginlay Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 4:00pm.

Johnny Krowfoot + Firewire + Brunswick Delta Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3:00pm.

Jules Boult & Friends Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Kev Walsh Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Layla & Rhianna Fibbins Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.

Love Junkyard Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford.

2:00pm.

Marley Wynne + Gordon Holland + Pete Akhurst Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $10.00.

Marty Kelly & Co Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

Matt Borg Trio Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

4:00pm.

Melisande Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm.

Michelle Chandler Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Michelle Gardiner Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 3:00pm.

Mick Daley & The Corporate Raiders Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Nathan Brailey & The Big Southern + Andrew Swift + Nathan Seekts Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm.

Red Line 4 Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $10.00.

Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie + White Lightning Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Sunday Session - Feat: Brunsy Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.

Sunday Sessions - Feat: Various Artists Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.

The Big Southern + Andrew Swift + Nathan Seekts Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

4:00pm.

The Deadlips + Six Inch Foot + Leonard Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

The Wendy Stapleton Trio Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.

White Lightning Duo Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

5:00pm.

Monday 24 Apr House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Other People - Feat: Blond:ish + Spacey Space Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $22.00.

Struggle Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

The Breakfast Club Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

The Monday Bone Machine - Feat: T-Rek Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Brian El Dorado & The Tuesday People + Lake Minnetonka + The Hornstars Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Carmina Burana - Feat: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 6:30pm. $40.00.

Shayan Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Sounds Of The Ocean Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Airhorn + Smoke Machine Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

Australian Made Show - Feat: Inxsive + Gold Chisel + The Midnight Oil Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 7:30pm. $30.00.

Culte + Lalic + Boyparts Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Hex + Heat Wave + Cunting Daughters + Tight Knit Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Hollow Everdaze + Doona Waves + Palm Springs Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Kasun’s Party - Feat: Big Words + Orca Dj + Nali + Millu + Simon Tk Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6:45pm. $10.00.

Melbourne Polytechnic Music 303, Northcote.

7:00pm.

Plastic - Feat: Deez Nuts + Earth Caller + Dregg + Ocean Sleeper Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Rockabilly Rage - Feat: Itchy Fingers + The Detonators Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats + Baby Blue + Low Talk John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Swamp Donkey Upwey Belgrave Rsl, Upwey.

8:00pm.

The Prince Experience - Feat: Andrew De Silva & Purple Revolution Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $39.80.

The Resignators + Los Kung Fu Monkeys Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Tommy Castles Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00.

Vera Blue + Mammals + Plgrms Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $38.75.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Julian Williams &The Inner North + Robert Mcdougall + Ian Wadley Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Nelle Hopman Trio Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

8:30pm.

Tuesday 25 Apr House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Oasis Tuesdays Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Vecchio’s Summer Serve Up Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Andrew Keoghan + Lisa Crawley Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $22.99.

Crop Top + Shrimpwitch + Hexdebt + Sexistential Waterfall Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Face Face + Giant Clam Old Bar, Fitzroy.

7:00pm. $10.00.

Horris Green + The Black Alleys + Electric Mud Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Make It Up Club - Feat: The All Seeing Hand + Hexspawn + Intrinsic Light Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Mannequin Death Squad + Gods + Grasshole + Off Chops + More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Maya + Kwasi + Liotis + Darcy Justice Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Open Mic Nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

7:30pm.

Tom Tom Tuesday Howler, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

Vera Blue + Mammals + Plgrms Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Andrea Keller Transients Tuesdays Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Gallery - Feat: Soreti + Niasha + Mzrizk Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Uncomfortable Science - Feat: Lachlan Mitchell Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Duncan Graham & His Co-Accused Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

8:00pm.

Scarlett Cook + Shiver Canyon Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

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The Tommyhawks Bedroom, the latest track from Perth indie rockers The Tommyhawks, radiates an intriguing vibe, exploring the transition from childhood to adulthood and how identity is constantly evolving within those stages.

Vocalist Addison Axe discusses the expectations placed upon adolescents to have themselves all figured out by the time they finish high school.

“There’s this expectation that by the time you leave high school, you’re going to know who you are and what you want to do with your life,” she says.

“But in reality for most people, working out who you are is a lifelong journey.

“The song Bedroom is about that journey from childhood to adulthood and all the places in between, and the fact that you’re never really one thing or the other but always changing, and that’s okay.

“Accepting that you’re always going to change is where you actually find out who you are, rather than putting on all the pressure that we experience, whether it’s through society or our peers or our families, so you have your shit figured out.

"In some ways, I hope I never figure my shit out because that’s part of the exciting thing about life isn’t it?" she says.

Axe also details her songwriting process, contemplating the journey that she makes with each song she writes.

“Without sounding too pretentious, I’ve got no idea what the listener would think, because it’s like a diary entry,” she says. “In a way when you write, it’s not necessarily intended for anyone to hear.

“Then that journey as a musician is to bear your soul and put it out there to the world. What people think is what they’ll think.

“The cool thing about songs – and this is both as a music fan and as a writer – is when you experience someone else’s song, you experience it with your own approach,” she continues. “I might listen to a famous song and have a completely different picture or visual image or idea of what it’s about than you would. That’s what makes it so magical; it is per every single person, if you leave it open enough then it becomes personal to everyone who hears it.

Axe is excited about the upcoming national tour, and she’s mostly looking forward to being on the road with her band because they’re all best friends.

“We have a real sisterhood thing going on, it’s the best fun ever,” she says. “You go into this different bubble, where real life is not real and this weird alternative reality takes over and there’s nothing quite like it. That’s what I’m so excited about.

“Every show becomes a story, no matter whether it’s the best show ever, or the sort of gig that makes you never ever want to do another show; it’s all part of the rich tapestry of life.”

As for The Tommyhawks’ future goals, they’ve already scheduled their third EP to be coming out in July, and they’ve also started working on a full album.

“The aim is to start recording a full-length album by the end of the year, which is quite exciting because we haven’t done that before,” Axe says. “I’m hoping that everything that we’ve done so far to make the EP is going to pay off, because we really found ourselves through that process and got to know each other both as people and as musicians.

“I think the album will be like next level in terms of us as a band. The EPs have been the sketches and the album will be the full painting.”

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8 Heroine of a fairy tale or folk tale who is maltreated by a malevolent stepmother but achieves happiness and marries a prince through the benevolent intervention of a fairy godmother.

9 A man who practises witchcraft; a sorcerer.

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A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

10 Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

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“There’s this expectation that by the time you leave high school, you’re going to know who you are and what you want to do with your life. But in reality… working out who you are is a lifelong journey.”

The Tommyhawks will perform at Meatstock Fest, Melbourne Showgrounds on Saturday April 22 and John Curtin Hotel on Sunday April 23.

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