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At the helm of Australia's hip hop revolution

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Contents

Issue N o 1591

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News

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Industry

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Arts Guide

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Beat Eats Electronic Hip Hop

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All Ages Metal Punk

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Citizen Kay

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The Way Out

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The Temper Trap Riff Raiders

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The Temper Trap

Blind Man Death Stare Mark Olsen

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Melbourne’s Best Meat

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Album of the Week Singles

Mogwai

Riff Raiders

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Profiles

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Live

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Gig Guide

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Coming Soon

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Mogwai Crossword

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The state of local hip hop at the moment is thriving, and Citizen Kay is at the forefront of the next generation ready to redefine the Australian sound. We sit down with the lauded MC in light of his sophomore album to cover the make-or-break moments that have lead him this far, and the milestones he’s got coming ahead in this week’s cover story.

Elsewhere, we catch up with The Temper Trap ahead of their long-awaited homecoming tour, post-rock heavyweights Mogwai unpack the intricacies of their immersive sound, while Riff Raiders unveil the secrets to speaker-blowing rock and roll.

Last but not least – we’ve got a special. And not just any special. A meat special. Onethousand apologies to all the vegans and vegos of Melbourne, but this issue is all about fantastic meats and where to find them. Come with us on a chargrilled journey through the city’s finest purveyors of beef. We’ll see you on the other side.

Publisher: Furst Media Pty Ltd. Editor: James Di Fabrizio Music Editor: Gloria Brancatisano Editorial Assistants: Dominique McCusker, Tom Parker, Jacob Colliver, Kate Streader, Jessica Over Managing Director: Patrick Carr Graphic Designers: Michael Cusack, Lizzie Dynon, Ben Driscoll Cover Photo: Michelle Grace Hunder

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Gizzfest Returns For Biggest Year Yet

Fresh from dropping their surprise new album, Sketches of Brunswick East, King Gizz have revealed the lineup for their namesake festival.

As well as King Gizz performing themselves, there’ll also be Kikagaku Moyo heading over from Japan, La Luz and Mile High Club from the US, Aussie punks The Murlocs, psych force ORB, Leah Senior, and Parsnip. Further highlights include Clever Austin, HTMLflowers, Jaala vs Man, Superfeather, Vulture St Tape Gang, Suss Cunts, Hi-Tec Emotions, Pleather Purrs, Hexdebt, Loose Tooth, Lazer Tits, Stiff Richards, Closet Straights, Bitch Diesel, and Private Function, with more still to be added. It all goes down at Melbourne Showgrounds on Saturday December 2.

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Peven Everett (USA) — Saturday 02 Sept —

NZBZ — Tuesday 12 Sept —

Mew — Thursday 14 Sept —

Arcturus (NOR) & Blood Incantation (USA) — Saturday 16 Sept —

Make Them Suffer — Friday 22 Sept —

Ampon Lampoon — Saturday 23 Sept —

Teen Vibes Ft. In Stereo & Faydee — Saturday 30 Sept —

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Heartsounds

Things are heating up for the Sydney six-piece, they’ve dropped a new single, announced their debut album and a supporting tour. All in a day’s work. Their latest single Same Same, is a catchy jazz-infused tune that comes back off the back of a stellar 12 months. They’ve played Splendour In The Grass, had a hit at Like A Version, and even garnered some approval from the one and only Sir Elton John. Check them out at the Cornel Hotel on Friday November 17. Tickets via Eventbrite.

Melodic punk rockers Heartsounds are hitting Australian shores this spring. The tour comes in support their latest offering, Dualistic Nihilist, a unique one-song, 20-minute LP. that tells a dark tale of depression and turmoil. While it all might sound a tad depressing, the band stays true to their brand of roaring punk rock, which will no doubt be on show on their Aussie tour. Check them out with Nerdlinger at the Bendigo Hotel on Monday October 30.

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Announce Australian Tour

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Napalm Death — Friday 27 Oct —

Mammal (SOLD OUT) — Saturday 28 Oct —

The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience — Wednesday 08 Nov —

The Melvins (SOLD OUT) — Friday 10 Nov —

Mono — Saturday 18 Nov —

GZA - The Genius — Tuesday 21 Nov —

Perturbator — Friday 24 Nov —

Wild Honey

Release new single, announce tour Since releasing their debut self-titled EP last year, Wild Honey have been doing pretty well for themselves, receiving air time on triple j and playing a whopping 60 shows over twelve months.

Proving their success hasn’t impacted their hard work, the band have just released Messed Up, the second single from their forthcoming album. They’ll kick out the jams at Yah Yahs on Saturday September 23.

Hush: An Evening of Quiet Music Quiet, please.

Sick of turning up to see your favourite musician, only to have them drowned out by background noise? Then this might be the event for you. Hush is a concert series built out of these very frustrations, premised on the idea of a dead silent audience.

The event featuring Batts, Emma Russack, Archer and Davey Lane, among others, will provide a blank canvas allowing musical experimentation and patron interpretation not typically possible at your usual noisy gig. Check it out every Wednesday in October at The Toff in Town.

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Catch The National Under The Stars The National will return to Melbourne for the first time since 2014.

Coinciding with the critically acclaimed group’s seventh LP, Sleep Well Beast, it’ll be the first time Australian audiences hear the new tracks live. Sleep Well Beast was produced by member Aaron Dessner with coproduction by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. The album was mixed

by Peter Katis and recorded at Aaron Dessner’s Hudson Valley, New York studio, Long Pond. Catch The National at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday March 1. Tickets via Handsome Tours.

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Celebrating 50 years since the release of his first hit single, 1967’s (I Wanna) Testify, George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic have announced a surprise anniversary show before taking to The Caloundra Music Festival. From psych rock to fully fledged funk, George Clinton has released a huge amount of critically lauded material throughout his career, landing him in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside fellow legends James Brown and Sly Stone. It all goes down at The Palais on Wednesday September 27.

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Your local metal villains are back. King Parrot have announced a national tour in support of their upcoming release Ugly Produce.

In true King Parrot style, the tour and album promise a slightly unhinged escapade into all things metal. This one won’t be for the faint hearted. If you’re not impressed yet, they’re bringing a few mates along too. Brisbane death metal band Disentomb and label mates Pagan are joining in on the ruckus. Check them out at 170 Russell on Friday December 15. Tickets available via Moshtix.

Australia’s favourite folk punk festival HOBOFOPO is returning after its successful inaugural event last year with performances scattered across the city’s best venues to celebrate a genre full of storytelling, politics, and reality. Joining previously announced acts including AJJ, Paddy McHugh, The Dead Maggies, and This Is A Robbery is some of the nation’s best folk punk artists. Joshua Seymour of alt-country band Cherrywood has been busy touring solo, while Clowns bass player Hanny J joins the HOBOFOPO lineup with her solo folk punk set.

HOBOFOPO hits Hobart from Thursday October 5 - Sunday October 7.

Big Thief

Haiku House

Less than a year on from their last Australian tour, Big Thief have announced they will be heading back Down Under later this year to tour their most recent album, Capacity. Much like it’s predecessor Masterpiece, Capacity is brimming with stirring melodies and punchy riffs complemented by frontwoman Adrianne Lenker’s angelic vocals. In addition to their slot at Meredith Music Festival, Big Thief will play five shows across the country. Catch them at Howler on Friday December 8. Grab your tickets through Moshtix.

In a twist of East meets West, Haiku house is a new event that aims to celebrate both Japanese food, and Western electronic music. The event will feature gourmet style street food and feature electronic music producers Justin Martin, Shiba San, Amine Edge & Dance and up and comer Latnum. Promising to be an eclectic mix of music, sounds tastes and visuals, the event will be held at the historic Coopers Malthouse Brewery.

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Noname To Make Headline Debut In Melbourne While she’s in the country for this year’s stunning Meredith lineup, Noname will be dropping by Melbourne for a cheeky headline show. Breaking through to mass recognition after appearing on Chance The Rapper’s mixtapes including Acid Rap and Colouring Book, Noname’s debut release Telefone was released as a free download to widespread acclaim ± blurring the lines of spoken-word poetry and rap. Catch Noname at 170 Russell on Sunday December 10 with Billy Davis & The Good Lords.

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Queenscliff Music Festival Expands Lineup With Music And Comedy

Wed 30th August

WINE, WHISKEY, WOMEN:

Freya Hanly 9pm: Peny Bohan Thurs 31st August 8pm: Andy Minard 9pm: Kev Walsh 8pm:

Son Volt

Just in case the temptation to make your way to this year’s QMF wasn’t strong enough already, they’ve gone and added even more acts to the already knock-out lineup. Ivan Aristeguieta, Harley Breen, Demi Lardner and Nath Valvo will have laughs covered while the fourth announcement of music acts sees Andie Isalie, Black Rabbit George, Caiti Baker, Creek, Hussy Hicks, The Imprints, James Franklin, Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence, The Mae Trio, Miss Eileen & King Lear, Pat Tierney, Sex On Toast, and heaps more. Queenscliff Music Festival is happening from Friday November 24 to Sunday November 26.

Fri 1st September 6pm:

Traditional Irish Music Session 8.30pm:

Miss Whiskey

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Stephen Kennedy 9pm: Rifle Club Sun 3rd September 4pm: Gallic (duo) 6.30pm: Homesick Ray & The Mild Bunch 3pm:

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SONGTERS & SAINTS

Liam Gerner & Friends play Bobby Charles with Lucky Oceans

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Melbourne International Guitar Festival

Happy Wanderer Festival

The Melbourne International Guitar Festival is back for another year and the lineup has just been announced. Lorenzo Micheli will headline the festival this year, with over 800 concerts the Guitar Foundation of Australia’s International Concert Artist title under his belt, his performance is set to be one to remember. The lineup also includes Australian Flamenco guitarists Gerard Mapstone and Richard Tedesco, 2016 MIGF competition winner Andrew Blanch, and The Melbourne Guitar Quartet. The MIGF will take place at Melba Hall from Friday September 22 until Sunday September 24. For tickets and more information, head to the festival’s website.

Winter is almost over which means that festival season is just around the corner, and Happy Wanderer Festival has just announced its full lineup to get you ready for warmer days and an emptier wallet. The full lineup has dropped and whether you like folk, jazz, hip hop, funk, there’s something for you.

The lineup boasts the likes of Didirri, Emi Day, Grace Turner, Hot Wings, Little Bee, The Senegambian Jazz Band, This Way North, China Beach, Liv Cartledge, Hollie Joyce, Immigrant Union, Whiskey Dram, Echo Drama, Don’t Thank Me Spank Me, Tully Sumner, and loads more. Happy Wanderer Festival is happening from Friday November 3 until Sunday November 5.

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Kathy Griffin

Unveils debut world tour Remember when people got a tad upset about the time Kathy Griffin posed for a photo with what appeared to be the severed head of Donald Trump? Well, she’s gone and turned that whole ordeal into a brand new show, Laugh Your Head Off, which will be touring Australia on her debut world tour. “Who knew?” said Griffin. “One photo that sparked a conversation led to offers from around the world. So I look forward to making audiences laugh, telling them the whole sorted, ridiculous, but hilarious story.” Catch Kathy Griffin at The Comedy Theatre on Friday October 27. Tickets via Live Nation.

The Butterfly Club Open new pop-up venue

From the team behind The Butterfly Club comes the new pop-up event Howey Downstairs, bringing the weird and wonderful to the forefront for this year’s Fringe Festival.

Howey Downstairs will take place at Fort Delta Art Gallery to bring you eight eclectic performances across the three-week festival. The Howey Downstairs program includes a mix of thought provoking and comedic performances, including City of One, Death Boat!, Socially (un)acceptable, The Interpenetration of Opposites, Here.Live.Now Sketch Comedy, and The Lucinda Light Show. Howey Downstairs will take place from Thursday September 14 until Sunday October 1.

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Fatboy Slim is set to headline a beachside concert in St Kilda, when a little taste of Ibiza heads to Melbourne. Have a boogie underneath the palm and soak up the sun while the waves wash up beside you. Sounds alright, yeah? He’ll be joined by Gorgon City, who have been trotting the globe selling out shows with their brand of deep house. It all goes down on the St Kilda Foreshore on Saturday January 20.

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Charts

Industry

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Luis Fonti and Daddy Yankee

Record Paradise Top Ten 1. A Deeper Understanding, The War On Drugs 2. Villains, Queens of the Stone Age 3. Pleasure Maps, The Sand Pebbles 4. Drum, Gold Class 5. Beast Epic, Iron And Wine 6. In Time, Time For Dreams 7. Cigarettes After Sex, Cigarettes After Sex 8. Beauty Point, The Ocean Party 9. T F C F, Liars 10. Damn, Kendrick Lamar

Quick Nurse, The Streams

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Despacito isn’t content with just setting a new record for YouTube views with 3.2 billion. It’s now expected to break the record for most weeks on the American Billboard Streaming Songs chart. It’s already topped the charts for 15 weeks after selling a further 46.4 million in America that week, and left behind Desiigner’s Panda at 14 weeks. At 13 weeks each were Iggy Azalea’s Fancy and Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball.

At 12 weeks each were The Chainsmokers’ Closer and Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk.

Darebin Feast Calling For Songwriters

1. To The Bone LP/CD, Steven Wilson 2. Rust Never Sleeps LP, Neil Young 3. Villains LP, Queens of the Stone Age 4. Our Love To Admire LP, Interpol 5. Road Part 1 LP, Unkle 6. Fried Shallots LP, Ty Segall 7. Leftism LP, Leftfield 8. California Crossing 3LP, Fu Manchu 9. We’re All Alright LP, Cheap Trick 10. Dead Cross LP, Dead Cross

The Darebin Music Feast Songwriters’ Award is open for entries until Wednesday September 20 at musicfeast.com.au. Receiving around 100 entries a year, eligible songwriters have to live, work or study in the City of Darebin. Entries are open to all ages and can be in languages other than English. This year’s judges are Peter Farnan, Sophie Koh and Kutcha Edwards.

The awards ceremony takes place on Thursday October 19 at Northcote Town Hall. Prizes include $2000 from APRA, eight hours of recording time with an engineer at HeadGap, mastering

by Nao Anzai at Reel to Real Mix Master (thanks to Rolling Stock Recording Rooms), a $500 Implant Media voucher for CD duplication services, an hour’s songwriting workshop with Charles Jenkins (thanks to The Push), a $500 Echo Tone Guitars voucher, a Face The Music ticket and a $500 High Street Northcote Voucher (thanks to Northcote Business Association).

This year, 3KND Radio is also offering an Encouragement Award including $500 cash.

PBS FM Top Ten

St. Kilda’s Jazz Heritage Goes Digital

Heartland Records Top Ten

1. Otherland, Noah Slee 2. Rice is Nice Mixtape Vol. 4, Various Artists 3. Facades, Limp Wrist 4. Black Gold, Samory I 5. Trudi’s Songbook (Volume 1), Rudy Rushton 6. Rembo, Karen Gwyer 7. Holiday Destination, Nadine Shah 8. Kick The Moon, Central Rain 9. Passage to Agartha, Hotel Wrecking City Traders 10. Volca Galaxies, Kable54

SYN FM Top Ten 1. The Big Smoke, Boat Show 2. There Is No Help, Rat And Co 3. City, Seavera 4. Seasons, Sun 5. Watch Me Read You, Odette 6. Cold Peaches, Jay Alpha 7. Without Love, Alice Glass 8. Water Me, Lizzo 9. Plimsoll Punks, Alvvays 10. Czech One, King Krule

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Writer and filmmaker Kaye Blum has created The St Kilda Jazz Heritage Tour, a digital project which documents St Kilda’s jazz history through its venues from the 1920s to today. With an interactive map pinpointing key locations, users can take the walk themselves using a mobile which clicks 37 pins. The project covers three eras ± the dance halls and ballrooms of the ‘20s-‘50s, coffee lounges and clubs of the ‘30s-‘60s, and the pubs and bars from the ‘70s onward. There are 23 music video clips and insights from the likes of producers Bill Armstrong (who began recording jazz in the 1940s) and Horst Liepolt, drummer Ted Vining and saxplayer Nick Polites. The project was funded via the Victorian Government’s Rockin’ the Laneways program, and also supported by Auspicious Arts Projects. Check it out at stkildajazztour.com.au.

Coffin Carousel Sign Worldwide To Eclipse

Melbourne horror-punk rock band Coffin Carousel signed a worldwide deal with U.S. label Eclipse Records. The band was formed in 2014 by Howard Von Noise when Diamond Noir went on a hiatus. They’ve released four singles and two EPs, with an 18-track album Between Death & Dead due out on Friday October 13.

Gen-Z Dumping Facebook For Instagram & Snapchat

An eMarketer U.S. report looking at the social media habits of Gen Z (that’s those aged 12-17) found that Facebook is, like, passé, and will fall by 3.4% to 14.5 million people in that age group. Snapchat usage, however, is expected to hit 79.2 million monthly users this year, while for Instagram it will be 85.5 million.

The reason is both use visual images to communicate with peers.

Unified Grant Encouraging Innovative Ideas

Unified Music Group is bringing back the Unified Grant, which offers $5000 each to five people with innovative ideas wanting a behind-the-scenes role in the music industry. Entries open on Monday September 4 and close on Saturday September 30.

Check out theunifiedgrant.com for more.

Sony And Sample-Using Mixes

Sony Music has become the first major recording company to use Dubset’s MixBank Rights Management Platform. It helps identify which music is being sampled in remixes streamed on services like Spotify and Apple Music. A remix stream could use up to 100 samples, and this allows its acts to get paid.

Crowd-Funding For Kerryn Fields

Kerryn Fields is a NZ-born, Melbourne-based musician raising money for Stem Cell Therapy and other treatments to aid in the management of her lifelong chronic illness. It will not only improve pain management and functionality, but also potentially regrow her cartilage. A fundraising campaign to raise $50,000, rewards for donating include a chance to win a Fender Telecaster donated by GH Music and signed by long-time buddy Tash Sultana. For a great cause, head to gofundme.com/gofundkerryn.

Max Martin Makes $51 Million

Swedish hit maker Max Martin generated $51 million for his company in 2016. That year his successes included writing and producing Ariana Grande’s Side To Side, Pink’s Just Like Fire and Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling. Some revenue spilled over from 2015 when he came up with Adele’s Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do, The Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face and Demi Lovato’s Cool For The Summer.

Countdown’s Back On Sundays

Forty years ago, long before play-backs, multi-screens and mobile devices, entire families crammed into the living room on Sundays for Countdown to come on at 6pm. From Sunday September 17, ABC-TV will broadcast 13 weeks of Classic Countdown in that same slot. Each episode covers a year from 1974 to 1987, with John Paul Young, Kate Ceberano, Steve Kilbey and Richard Clapton as guest narrators. ABC Music will be releasing a 4-CD Classic Countdown album on Friday September 15.

Hydrofunk Turns 20, Announces New Projects

Australian hip hop label Hydrofunk celebrates its 20th anniversary with a series of projects that includes opening a shop in Japan. To coincide with the launch, Tigermoth and Uhnelly have collaborated on a limited edition Japanese release Snakecharmer and will follow with a July tour of Japan. Upcoming releases will include the likes of Calski, Bankrupt Billionaires, BreeChBoy, and Dave (Dog) Atkins ± as well as a potential, notso-secret album from the Resin Dogs. A national tour, featuring Hydrofunk artists from the past and present, is also looking like a possibility.

Vixen Group Looking For Female Musos

Founded by four Australian female musicians and creatives providing top artistic talent for corporate and private events, The Vixen Group is looking for female musicians who want to help create more playing opportunities. If you’re interested, head to their Facebook page (facebook.com/VKSNgroup) and complete their application form. The first meet-ups will be in Melbourne and Sydney this November.

Ne Obliviscaris Expands Patreon Scheme

In March 2016, Ne Obliviscaris started their ambitious fanfunded Patreon scheme ± where donations from their global following gave the members a minimum wage of $10,000 so they could concentrate on their music. With the Urn album due in October and another world tour to follow, the plan is to increase their minimum wage to $15,000 and, according to violinist and vocalist Tim Charles, “make the jump to finally do NeO fulltime”. It involves an extra $1 a month from fans, with offers of special deals. Full deets available at patreon.com/neobliviscaris.

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Beat’s Pick Exhibition

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Melbourne Writers Festival

The House of Dior:

Read between the lines

One Mna Show

Seventy Years of Haute Couture

Connecting readers, writers, thinkers and everyone who enjoys a good yarn, the Melbourne Writers Festival is back for 2017 bringing together hundreds of the best word-welders for a citywide celebration of language.

From conversation to debates and live music, you can check it out up until Sunday September 3 at various venues.

The NGV’s capstone fashion exhibition for this year is now open, commemorating 70 years of Dior. Exclusive to Melbourne, the exhibition pulls together more than 140 garments designed between 1947 and 2017 while exploring the brand’s history and creative process. Catch it at NGV International until Tuesday November 7.

Comedy George’s Bar It’s huge night of laughs at George’s this week with a slew of side-splitting comics taking to the stage.

Catch Alex Ward in the headlining slot alongside Sonia Di Iorio as MC, Glen Zen, Pat McCaffrie, Houston, Jaiden Jarvis and more. Plus, the next contestants in their ‘Are You Funnier Than George’ competition. Thursday August 31.

Dirty Secrets Comedy Melbourne’s cosiest comedy night nestled in the heart of Collingwood. Hilarious lineups every week, with regular surprise guests dropping in. Now an open mic night of comedy, come down from 7.30pm to sign up and perform.

Club Voltaire Comedy Close out your weekend with a lineup of Melbourne’s best up and coming comedians, located in North Melbourne’s finest hidden gems, Club Voltaire.

Plus, cheap drinks. Club Voltaire, 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne, 7.30pm.

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Howl’s Moving Castle

The Legend of Zelda

Crystal Grid

A Miyazaki classic screens in

Performed with a live

Closes this week

35mm

orchestra

Howl’s Moving Castle is considered a certified Studio Ghibli classic, telling the story of a young girl who works in a hat shop before being swept into a world of magic and intrigue by a mysterious wizard named Howl. Going down as part of the Celebrate! Studio Ghibli showcase, catch it at ACMI on Thursday September 7, Sunday September 10 and Monday September 25.

One of the world’s favourite video games come to life with a full symphony orchestra as 30 years of Zelda adventures unfurl, complete with immersive cinematic accompaniment. Experience the themes and soundtracks performed live. A must for any die-hard fan. Sunday September 3 at Hamer Hall.

From the mind of Andrew J Pearson comes a free and immersive experience, Crystal Grid. Incorporating digital portals you access through your phone, the psych-inspired visuals are some of the first of their kind to use augmented reality and digital code in such an evocative manner. Catch it up until Sunday September 3 at Gasworks.

Review:

Bigsby Bear Brigsby Bear tells the tale of a meek, underexposed young captive confronting an unadulterated society for the first time.

James, played by Saturday Night Live’s Kyle Mooney, is an avid admirer of the child adventure TV series Brigsby Bear and nothing else ± it’s undying, yet there’s a witch’s cauldron babbling away behind the door.

James’ life appears comfortable whilst primitive and his capturers are protective.

Yet, the satanic morale whereby friendliness is your greatest ally has James coiled up in a cul-de-sac. His superfluous exposure to Brigsby Bear has him brainwashed and under the guise of faux-parents, Ted and April, James remains weak and naïve barring radical intervention.

Nevertheless, law enforcement swoops in to James’ horror. Suddenly he’s been criminalised. But for what? Hours later, reality rears its head and James is forced to catch up. He’s unconscious to the freedom as the Brigsby Bear curse hugs tight, but he now has an opportunity.

For weeks following his release, James suffers under life’s constraints ± his biological parents, Louise and Greg, are loving but ignorant and his sister, Aubrey, doesn’t want anything to do with him. Speech is ill-timed, misdirected and predominantly derived from the gridlocked Brigsby belt around his waist.

Just when it seems Brigsby Bear is James’ greatest enemy, it becomes his closest companion. In the original series, Brigsby Bear is relentless in his pursuit to defeat the demonic Sun Snatcher, who threatens to destroy him and his friends.

James shares those traits of perseverance and resilience and suddenly people are clinging on.

But the Brigsby Bear thrust never ceases and with James escaping his imprisonment the production continues.

Nearly the entire cast is enlisted to finish off James’ dream and the first ever Brigsby Bear film comes together.

Culminating in a cushy ending where James’ fantasy comes to life, Brigsby

Bear is an undemanding comedy which challenges the malevolent reality of child abduction without loathing it. It edifies the profitability of embracing the future not bludgeoning the past, compelling viewers to forgive the diabolism of Ted and April and move on.

Brigsby Bear is a celebration of kindness and hospitality without being unpredictable or a test; a testament to the verse, ‘if he can do it, why can’t I’.

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Columns With Georgia Spanos

Beat Eats

I usually ramble on about all things food, but a sweet moment on the weekend ± while I watched my cocktail shake before my eyes ± had me thinking, ‘What about Melbourne drinks?’

I mean we do have the best bars in the world (don’t even try to fight me on this) and I’m yet to touch on even one. So spritz your colognes, charge your phones, and let’s head out for a drink.

On Saturday October 21, white spirits take over Federation Square for a day with their very own festival, The Gin and Vodka Festival put on by Eventceps and La Dolce Italia. Guests are welcomed to sip their way through an afternoon of indulging, socialising and learning all there is to know about these two tasty spirits. They’ll be loads of delicious food trucks like Just Like Nonna, Senor BBQ Truck, La Revolucion Latin Street Food, Dipd ± Gourmet Mini Donuts, Boss Burgers and Shakes and that’s just a handful. Chuck it in your calendars.

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Hip Hop

Run D.M.C. NO ZU

This Thursday August 31, celebrate the last night of Winter with the first of the Red Bull Sound Select Series at The Toff In Town. This month’s lineup is curated by Chapter Music and features my favourite Melbourne heat beat kings and queens NO ZU with support from Various Asses and Corin. It’s been a ripper year for NO ZU, having played Primavera Sound in Barcelona and then blown the roof off various venues around Europe. This is their first Melbourne show since then and they reckon it’ll be the last for a while (guessing it’s new album time?). It’s only $3 entry if you go and RSVP/sign-up at the Red Bull Sound Select website and $10 entry if you ceebs doing that. It all kicks off at 8pm ± get in early if you’re 100%, as the RSVP doesn’t actually guarantee you entry.

From the hardcore rap legends of the late ‘80s to the gangsta rap icons of the early ‘90s, the Golden Age Of Hip Hop brought us some of the most influential rappers in the genre’s history. Characterised by remarkable innovation, the era saw the rise of hip hop’s greatest artists, with Run D.M.C, Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest to name a few.

Despite recent attention on the emergence of new wave rap in Australia, many hip hop fans consider the Golden Age to be the greatest rap era of all time. Drawing inspiration from the lyrical masters of the time, Melbourne maestro Krown places his own contemporary spin on the iconic period’s style with his debut EP Wake Em Up. Reminiscent of old-school East Coast hip hop, his sound takes notes from KRS-One, Rakim and the early works of a young Jay-Z.

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Shouse

Just a few days later and the square offers a completely different vibe, a seven course beer and pizza degustation, on a Monday too. Tell me a day you feel more like this combo and I’ll label you a liar. Melbourne’s most celebrated chefs will be in attendance, including winner of the world’s best pizza and owner of 400 Gradi, Johnny Di Francesco and The Bella Ciao band have flown all the way from Italy for the occasion. Let’s show them some love.

On Friday producer duo Shouse are throwing their third Openshouse party, this time at the Gasometer Hotel. For the first time the party pair is exploring talent beyond our shores ± hailing all the way from Austria, Demuja will be bringing his crunchy, blissful, wistfully raw house to the Gaso. As always, Shouse will be performing live too, joined on stage by a weird, wonderful and powerful collection of artists and performers ± plus the most heavenly choir yet assembled. Support by masterful spinners of tunes Colette and Princess Donkey.

Kicks off at 8pm.

The EP begins with Rain N Pain, an emotional tale of the trials of war-torn victims and the difficulties that spawn from growing up in a bad environment. Clever rhymes are placed over skeletal beats and boom-bap drums, forcing you to pay attention to Krown’s sharp lyricism.

Wake Em Up is about making things happen and keeping it real. Krown talks about his determination, focus and the need to work hard to achieve your dreams. Military Mind is best described as Krown’s state of mind and his approach to the rap game, keeping ahead of time and staying afloat. Had A Talk is an intense conversation with a friend, encouraging them to change their life and become a better person. Krown is on a quest to conquer the rap game, while paying tribute to the kings of hip hop. This local kid hasn’t forgotten the genre’s greatest artists, and is on the path to becoming one.

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Magda Bytnerowicz

Lastly, I’d like to give a huge shout out to Starward Whisky, my new obsession when enjoying a glass and in my opinion one of Melbourne’s best spirits. The whisky is made with Australian barley and matured Australian apera barrels for years to achieve its compelling taste. It’s just as smooth as it is punchy. I enjoy the drink dry, perhaps with ice and sometimes with a splash of soda. Although, Beat held a party at their distillery just two weekends ago (for those who came, thank you) which opened my eyes to endless combinations I’m looking forward to re-creating.

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Also on Friday, Bunker is taking over Lounge and hosting two Sydney women who’ve become the shining jewels of the Sydney scene in recent times ± Trinity and Magda Bytnerowicz. Trinity’s relentless touring on the club and festival circuits throughout the various techno meccas in Europe has garnered her camaraderie with some the world’s techno elite, though her most recent breakout moment was performing with Richie Hawtin at Vivid Live earlier this year. 2017 has also seen her start working officially as A&R for the record label Nightime Drama, running various Nightime Drama events in Sydney. Bytnerowicz is no stranger to Melbourne ± a repeat performer at the Inner Varnika festival, she’s well versed in getting Melbourne’s rocks off. On support duties are locals Simona Castricum and DJ Kiti. Kicks off at 11pm.

As summer draws closer, there are plenty of events to mark on your calendar. Marksman Lloyd will be dropping his new EP Portals on Friday September 1, and he’ll be heading across the country to celebrate. Catch the Portals tour at The Penny Black on Saturday September 23, with special guests François and Boy Graduate.

Illy, Thundamentals, Spit Sydnicate and Birdz will perform at A Weekend In The Gardens. The three-day concert takes place in Melbourne’s iconic Royal Botanic Garden beginning Friday 17 November. Tickets are on sale now via the Festival’s website, so get in quick.

Finally, don’t forget about St Jerome’s Laneway Festival in January next year. Anderson .Paak is headlining the festival and the lineup includes Australian acts Sampa the Great, Baro and hip hop duo A.B Original. Laneway Presents have also announced that Chicago rapper Noname will head to Australia for the first time this summer, performing at 170 Russell on Sunday 10 December.

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Metal

Georgia Maq

New Slang is back at it again with a hot lineup for the September installment. This month, Georgia Maq from Camp Cope will deliver an intimate solo show. The alternative trio released their debut LP last year and it reached the Top 40 in the ARIA album chart. They have supported big acts like Against Me! and will be supporting Pup and Modern Baseball for their Australian tours later this year. Lastly, they’re also scheduled to play at St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival.

Big things are coming for them. Long story short, you should come to New Slang as this might be your only opportunity to experience a rare solo show from the amazing musician.

Waterfall Person and June Jones will be playing before Maq. It’s highly recommended to head to Waterfall Person’s website (leakywave.com) if you want to check out their catchy tunes.

The Push’s Social Media coordinator, Shaad D’Souza, even claimed that, “This is quite literally the best lineup I have ever seen.” Keen? Head to artscentremelbourne.com.au to purchase tickets; they’re only ten bucks. See you all there.

Quicksand

In huge news, reunited New York post-hardcore pioneers Quicksand have announced the upcoming release of a new studio album, their first since 1995’s Manic Compression.

Entitled Interiors, the album will be released Friday November 10 on Epitaph Records. Quicksand was a huge band for me growing up and continues to be, especially with their 1993 debut Slip. “It was all just about being ourselves and who we were, as well as who we are,” says frontman Walter Schreifels of the writing and recording of Interiors. “We did it for us completely.” Emerging from the New York hardcore scene, the band was formed and fronted by Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, CIV, Rival Schools, etc). Quicksand were one of the first to take the hardcore sound of the time in a brand new direction for the ‘90s. The band is about to embark on their largest North American tour since then, with dates down under rumoured for next year.

Stone Sour

Something really hit me while watching Corey Taylor’s Stone Sour at Festival Hall the other night ± the dude is one hell of a frontman. Yes, he’s a thoughtful lyricist and a very capable singer, but when you see him with Stone Sour ± out from behind the mask he wears in Slipknot ± you can really appreciate his skill in holding and directing the crowd through the emotional peaks and valleys of the show. I feel like this is a crucial aspect of live performance that a lot of vocalists could use some brushing up on. Taylor projects a lot of joy when he’s in front of Stone Sour, and that is infectious. He’s able to control the vibe of the room, bringing it down when it’s time for a song like Bother and back up again for Song 3.

Linkin Park Totally Mild

Trash Boat

This Thursday August 31, Trash Boat will be playing Wrangler Studios with Between You & Me. The British pop-punk band’s debut LP Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through has successfully prompted them to play Reading and Leeds Festival, while Melbourne’s very own Between You & Me just released a hot new track, Overthinking.

Check it out. Head over to destroyalllines.oztix.com.au to get tickets for only $25.50.

New Tassie hardcore crew Break Through have announced a national run of dates this month. Currently promoting their debut cassette out on Best Wishes records, the band is releasing a 7” EP later this year via Life.Lair.

Regret records. Catch them at Phoenix Youth Centre (AA) on Sunday October 15.

Good Luck, an inaugural fundraiser for Girls Rock!

Australia, has been announced for Sunday October 8 at The Curtin. Raising funds for not-for-profit camps around the country, Girls Rock! Australia provides musical mentoring and education for female, trans and gender-diverse youth aged 10-17. Featuring performances by Camp Cope, Totally Mild, June Jones, Kelso and more, all money made on the day will be donated directly to Girls Rock! Australia. Tickets are on sale now via The Curtin.

I asked Corey about this a few years ago, when Stone Sour was in Australia for Soundwave opening for Linkin Park. “I love the challenge of getting out there and fucking working that room into a frenzy,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a lot of introvert to me. I’m pretty much turned up all the way all the time.” I think there’s a little more to it than that, though.

The crowd reaction on Friday night was electric. One of the biggest, most sustained bursts of communal energy I’ve felt at a concert in years. We’re so starved for connection lately that when we do find it, we’re overwhelmed by it ± in a good way. Yes, the band kicked arse. Yes, Taylor is great at holding thousands of people in the palm of his hand. However, we have to be willing to go along with it ± we have to give ourselves over, put down our damn phones and submit to the moment.

That’s what a concert is all about, that’s what music is all about, and that’s why it’s so important to seek out these authentic, never-to-be-repeated experiences.

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Dex

Wrangler Studios is on fire right now with some hot all ages gigs. Dex will be having a special all ages show this Saturday September 2. Following the release of his incredible single 4AM with Allday, Dex is bringing Lara Andallo, Boy Graduate, Brandon Stone and Kid Cosmo on the 4AM tour.

If you’re into hip hop, you should definitely give Dex a try. He’s the real deal.

Did you check out Gang Of Youths’ new LP? Man, it’s hot. Go Farther in Lightness featured 16 bangers and they are bringing them on the road, next Wednesday September 6 at Festival Hall. This time around, Bendigo band Fountaineer and Gordi will be on support duties. She just released her gorgeous debut album Reservoir, even scoring triple j album of the week. You can get tickets via ticketmaster.

Los Angeles punks Downtown Boys have announced their own headline shows around their appearance at the Meredith Music Festival on Saturday December 9. In addition to Meredith, the band will play The Curtin with Terrible Truths and No Sister on Friday December 8. Tickets are on sale now.

Long-running English street punks GBH have announced the release of a new record. Entitled Momentum, the record is due out Friday November 17 on Hellcat Records.

The band have released the title track lead single, available for streaming now. GBH last toured Australia in 2016.

Bay Area melodic hardcore thrashers Heartsounds have announced their debut headline Australian tour, following up their appearance at the Hits and Pits Festival in 2014. Joined by tourmates Nerdlinger, the band is touring in support of this year’s release of Dualistic Nihilist. Heartsounds and Nerdlinger will play The Bendigo Hotel on Monday October 30. Tickets are on sale now from the venue.

Chris D’Elia

Besides music, one of the things I’m really into is standup comedy. In October, American comedian Chris D’Elia is coming to town. I’ve seen him at The Comedy Store in LA a bunch of times and I’ve watched all of his stand-up specials. As fun as the specials are, there’s something extra and undeniable when you see him in person. It’s in how he reads the crowd, how he takes that response and lets it direct where he goes. It’s a very similar skill to what Taylor brings with him to a Stone Sour concert ± creating a moment in real-time, in reaction to the specific people in the room at that moment, instead of going through the motions.

Then again, there have been great frontmen who perform in a kind of public solitude and they get the job done just as well. Joey Ramone pretty much hid behind his hair, glasses and mic stand, and nobody ever complained that The Ramones were low on energy.

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There’s a shift going on in hip hop today. Thrust to the forefront of popular music, the genre has found its sweet spot with both critics and consumers. Australian hip hop is also going through its own revolution – as long as the socially conscious funk-tinged grooves of Citizen Kay are on the airwaves, we’re all going to be okay.

Belly Of The Beast, the Canberra MC’s sophomore album, already looks like it’s going to be one of the finest Australian hip hop releases this year, and with plans to head on the road soon, 2017 is definitely shaping up to be Citizen Kay’s year.

Born Kojo Ansah, Citizen Kay is a musical wunderkind; however, hip hop was never a path he intended to go down. Growing up in Canberra, Kay played guitar in various high school bands, but it was an entry on triple j Unearthed back in 2013 that kicked the door down for his rap career. From there, it never really stopped. Within the span of four years, Kay has managed to pick up two ARIA nominations, make an appearance on triple j’s Like a Version, and just this year announced his signing to OneTwo - a joint record venture between Illy and Unified.

With all that under his belt, you’d expect him to take a break ± but that’s just not part of Citizen Kay’s nature. “I’m always going to write,” says Kay. “Almost immediately after we finished touring With The People, we started on some new material, and after seven songs I knew we had an album going. I actually wrote about 40 songs in the end, and then cut it down from there.”

While he’s a noted multi-instrumentalist, Citizen Kay took a backseat on the production of Belly Of The Beast, only contributing production to two tracks to focus on his lyrical ability. “On the album, there’s about three or four producers, including myself, but the majority of it comes from Pat Gabriel [guitarist for Australian rapper Dylan Joel’s band] who really managed to capture the vibe I wanted. There’s a lot of live guitar and bass. Growing up as a guitarist, I’ve always loved that live element in the hip hop world.”

This live element definitely makes Kay’s latest LP stand out from the crowd. One of the most notable observations from Belly Of The Beast is the diverse cocktail of genres scattered throughout the record, with Citizen Kay’s slippery wordplay pushing and pulling in cohesion with the music, and escaping the traditional constraints of hip hop. Static features a squelchy synth groove provided by Canberra electronic duo Mondecreen, while the electronic piano and liquid guitars of Who Are You sounds like Chance the Rapper covering Jimi Hendrix’s The Wind Cries Mary.

While the funk and soul vibes heard on Belly Of The Beast may sound reminiscent of recent records from Anderson. Paak and homegrown hip hop talent REMI., it’s nothing new for Kay. Instead, it’s more

of a natural expansion from the soulful textures explored on his previous albums. “I’m a massive fan of rock, jazz, and blues, so it makes sense for me personally to put it in my music. There’s something really organic about those genres. I think everyone’s jumping onto that vibe because they feel it ± not just because it’s a trend. It’s definitely going in a positive direction in Australia, for sure.”

Citizen Kay does note two major US rappers as being huge influences on the album ± Kanye West, who Kay says is “the absolute cornerstone of what it means to be a creative musician,” and Kendrick Lamar, particularly his 2015 magnum opus, To Pimp A Butterfly. “For me, To Pimp A Butterfly was like, ‘Holy crap, this is what you’ve always wanted to do, this is how you do it. It’s so flawlessly executed. It really set the bar for hip hop.”

Lamar’s influence absolutely oozes out on standout track Barred, with Kay’s jagged flow and seething lyrics about Indigenous inequality and subliminal racism within Australia fitting as a perfect centrepiece for the record. “Barred actually came about from a conversation I had with Briggs,” Kay says. “We were having a super-intense conversation about police brutality against the black community in the US, and Briggs chimed in and said, ‘Funny thing is, the same kind of thing is happening in Australia,’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ It was a huge glass shattering moment for me.

“I realised I was so infatuated with what was happening everywhere else that I was completely disregarding everything that was happening in our own country.” The socio-political sentiment on Barred is also reaffirmed by the rapper’s personal standpoint on the discussion surrounding Australia Day, which he says was also a huge inspiration on the track. “I don’t think we should celebrate a day that other people mourn, so for me, changing the date is a no-brainer.”

For anyone looking to hear the monster that is Belly Of The Beast live, you’ll be blessed twice over with Citizen Kay set to embark on two separate tours this year ± his own upcoming Belly Of The Beast headline tour, and an extensive 14-date run of regional shows with hip hop heavyweight Illy. “We had our first rehearsal for the Illy tour the other day, and I’m so keen to try these new songs out live ± just to see everyone’s reaction when they hear the album in a live setting. I can’t even explain how pumped I am.”

“I realised I was so infatuated with what was happening everywhere else that I was completely disregarding everything that was happening in our own country.”

Citizen Kay will perform at Northcote Social Club on Saturday October 7. Belly Of The Beast is out now via OneTwo.

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The Way Out

By Tianna Harris

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Developed under the Red Stitch Theatre’s INK program, The Way Out is here to get under your skin. It’s an allegorical tale that takes place in a future where Australia is nothing but a barren wasteland due to the aftermath of a civil war. For those who are left, it’s a lost cause. Nothing natural remains, supplies are rationed by an oppressive new government, and napalm-like toxins still linger in the air fourteen years on. But where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Enter our hero Helen, played by Brigid Gallacher who took a minute with us to shed some light on The Way Out’s dark tale.

“There’s no joy in the world, basically,” Gallacher explains. “When we meet Helen, she and her father secretly brew quality beer and whisky to make some money but also to give people a bit of relief and a bit of joy in their lives.”

The fragile society we find them in is really the only one Helen has ever known, but when she manages to spark life in the arid soil, it sows the seeds of a revolution.

“She’s this beacon of hope in a world that is controlled and pessimistic. She’s this tiny ray of optimism. And she’s managed, through her own curiosity and hard work, to grow this thing that no one else managed to do. And she sees that as the potential to inspire. Basically, it would eventually give people their freedom back.”

There’s much more to The Way Out than the tropes of sci-fi and western cinema. It’s a mix of old and new – of what is and what could be – and of a world in which a Cyborgian government official can step foot in your local watering hole that makes it such an exciting play.

Together with playwright Josephine Collins and directed by Penny Harpham, the pair create a leading character who doesn’t need superfluous bells and whistles to be a genuine heroine.

“She’s not born into anything exceptional and she doesn’t have anything exceptional about her,” says Gallacher. “She doesn’t have any superpowers.

She’s just a woman like you or me, who’s really smart and goes out and does it. She just doesn’t see a reason to not try.”

In Gallacher’s preparation for the role, she channeled protagonists like Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and Daisy Ridley from Star Wars: Rogue One – characters remarkable for one thing in particular: resilience.

“She starts out strong, and she finishes strong.

It’s a really good classic hero story. An action film narrative, but with a woman. And we don’t see that often enough, really.”

An against-all-odds story is a familiar one, but The Way Out promises an intriguing night at the theatre, with lighter moments of humanity and humour showing adding zest to the story.

“The style of the play is very naturalistic,” says Gallacher. “It’s got a really strong Australian sense of humour through it, where you can be totally in love with someone and still call them fuck face.”

Ultimately, The Way Out delivers a bold commentary on the path our generation has forged for itself, delving into themes of oppression, environmental disaster and the struggle to survive in a world that you did not choose.

“It’s a future that isn’t too far away from being possible, which is terrifying,” says Gallacher. Still need convincing? There’s whiskey and cyborgs, too.

“She’s this beacon of hope in a world that is controlled and pessimistic.”

The Way Out runs at Red Stitch Theatre until Sunday September 24. Tickets via redstich.net.

Interviews

The Temper Trap Perspective is a funny thing. It precedes relativism, and in turn, relativism results in normalisation.

You know what has empowered this generation with a profound sense of perspective? The internet.

We can constantly compare, contrast then normalise anything we seek to understand – whether it be scientific, celebrity or an art form. While empowering us, it can also result in a pathological cynicism where as a society we refuse to acknowledge the magic in our own backyard.

With this in mind, here is a truth-bomb that you may not have been aware of ± The Temper Trap are one of the biggest and most enduring bands of our lifetime. Since forming in Melbourne in 2005, they have released three incredible records, with the first ± 2009’s Conditions – featuring the single Sweet Disposition. That track was one of the most prominent songs across both the alternative and mainstream music scenes for a good couple of years.

The following two albums, 2012’s self-titled effort and last year’s Thick As Thieves, both debuted at number one on the ARIA charts off the back of stellar singles Need Your Love, Trembling Hands, Thick As Thieves, and Fall Together respectively.

“I moved from London a year ago and I’m calling you from Berlin today; this is my home,” says Temper Trap frontman Dougy Mandagi. So what is an average day like for Dougy from Temper Trap in his new hometown? “I drink about three flat whites a day, some things just never change ± thank

“Usually I’m with a mate or someone and they make a big deal out of it and then at that point I feel like turning around and walking out of the café.”

God the coffee scene here is thriving which is good, plenty of Aussies to make me awesome flat whites.

“I just go about my day, maybe a little bit of writing, catch-up with my friends and…” Mandagi pauses with a playful excruciation of thought. “I haven’t really dived into the clubbing scene, but every now and then I take part and that’s really fun as well.”

The aforementioned routine sounds like the life of career musician, Mandagi grapples with this assumption giggling as he sardonically concedes, “Thanks mate, I feel so old.”

The tour also coincides with the deluxe vinyl rerelease of Conditions. With this in mind, it seems appropriate to quiz Mandagi about his current relationship with those three minutes and 56 seconds of music that currently has over 151 million plays on Spotify. Mandagi discusses how he feels when he inadvertently hears the song during his day to day life. “I’ve been in a few cafes where I have heard [Sweet Disposition]t, and if it’s just me and no one else I know in the café it’s fine, but usually I’m with a mate or someone and they make a big deal out of it and then at that point I feel like turning

around and walking out of the café,” he says.

Mandagi now turns his gaze to a single from last year’s LP Thick As Thieves, Fall Together, a song that marries the best aspects of both Temper Trap’s past and future with subtly tweaked melody that plays over the top of a bubbling baseline ± giving way to a soaring chorus that sees Mandagi’s voice reaching melodic heights. The film clip that accompanies the song was directed by Australian director Kris Moyes and features the band shown in bold landscapes across America, essentially declaring their togetherness via ‘blood brother’ rituals or jumping from a cliff ± a visual paean, if you will, to Hunter S. Thompson’s hallucinogen-fuelled soul-searching in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.

Despite the profound artistic endeavor of the clip, Mandagi admits that there was no drug-taking during it’s making. “There was definitely no acid taking, a lot of feta cheese eating and homemade Greek wine drinking,” he says.

The Temper Trap will play The Croxton in Thursday November 23, Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday November 24 and Queenscliff Music Festival, taking place from Friday November 24 until Sunday November 26.

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Riff Raiders Bands that can transport their listeners to an earlier time period by paying homage to classic bands are admirable and deserving of attention. Riff Raiders prove their time travelling tendencies on the visceral and speaker-blowing single Live Like You Mean It. The track melds the sounds of many classic rock bands together into one fiery tune. With debut album A Million Miles Away coming later in the year, the band is set to deliver this furious-and-then-some sound across 11 tracks.

After the recent release of Live Like You Mean It, we talked to guitarist Marty Powell about the current classic rock scene and how this, among other things, influenced the band’s sound for the new album.

As the band’s predominant songwriter, Powell considered what the Riff Raiders’ simple yet diverse sound on their new single and album truly is. “I don’t mean this in a rude way, but some bands really want to stay in the one sound and what you hear is what you get. We’re called the Riff Raiders, so the idea is, the songs are all riff based, but as you can already hear, they are reasonably dynamic.

“There are other styles that we have done. There are some grunge songs and there’s a lot of highenergy Black Crowes groove, more progressive sort of stuff across the album. They are not all those AC/ DC-style, straight-ahead rockers, but there are no ballads on the record either. Just nice big riffs,” Powell says.

Reflecting on this sound and, perhaps, why it’s making such a comeback ± with musicians such as Wolfmother, Jack White and the Darkness continuing to fly the flag ± Powell believes that a no-bars-held approach is the best way to understand modern rock.

“It’s rock‘n’roll. It’s what I’ve grown up with and

“It’s rock‘n’roll.

It’s what I’ve grown up with and liked.” liked,” Powell says. “I thought, ‘Well, let’s just do it and don’t over think it’ in regards to the style, and I think that’s why you’re hearing a freshness to that classic sound.”

Led by the powerful Jenni James on demanding vocals, Powell suggests that being a female-led band diversifies the Riff Raiders’ sound and makes it more exciting.

“Having a female singer gives us a different angle, I really like that,” he says. “Doing this classic Aussie rock thing and having a female vocalist; it’s not so misogynistic, or the lyrics don’t fall into some of those traps that those styles have had in the past.

We find when we do gigs, we get a really nice crosssection of people as a result of that.”

From this important point of gender equality in performance and social awareness in lyrics, Riff Raiders made a conscious effort to ensure the lyrics of Live Like You Mean It stood out from similar sounding bands. “I was really conscious about that. I think some older bands can try and lecture at people.

I hate hearing from anyone that ‘Things were better in their day’ or ‘You’re not doing this right.’ That’s not the message, it’s just ‘Hey, we’re all here, we’re so lucky with what we’ve got, let’s have a ball with it.’”

With plenty of gigs already up their sleeves as a

cover band, Powell reflected on younger bands, like Sisters Doll, joining the scene and whether those years of experience make or break a band. “To me, it’s just the style. To be honest, that’s just what comes out.

It’s probably just where your starting point is coming from, and you do try to do things in a more modern way but you’re still ending up sounding like you are, if it’s coming from the heart then you can’t help that.”

Powell has a more sentimental approach to the scene, and music as whole for that matter. “If you like what you’re doing in music, I think people can tell what that is. It shines through.”

This sentiment is clear with fans as well, with their new single even connecting with fans as far away as Brazil. “It feels really good,” Powell says. “There’s certainly a bit of a buzz there. I don’t know if it’ll turn into anything, but they’re loving the video and the song.”

Riff Raiders will perform at Workers Club on Sunday September 17.

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Interviews

Blind Man Death Stare

“We’re not some stupid snotty punk rock band that’s like, ‘Fuck you all.’ We bring a punk rock show, but we’ve got some solid ideals and we’re nice people. I think.”

With a name like Blind Man Death Stare, Yo Yo Parker and his crew were never going to fall under the radar. It doesn’t hurt that their songs are some of the most earcatching punk tunes to hit the Aussie scene lately (or that they have such fun titles, like Spike My Drink But Don’t Take My Kidneys and I’ve Had Islamabad Day).

BMDS are also one of the hardest working bands on the road right now, with three months of intense international touring to go. We chat to Parker on a lonely stretch of road somewhere in South Australia.

“We’ve pulled over out in the middle of nowhere, and there are a million sheep staring at me,” Parker says. “Somewhere near … Hamilton? Some shit like that. See, a fucking rosella just flew into the car, and it was part of a pair, so we’re gutted. They pair for life.

So we said some quiet words. It sucks but you know, he’s the one that flew into us. Kamikaze. Hang on, let me light this joint.”

It’s not exactly a great omen to encounter before a gig, but that said, they are on the way to Adelaide, the city of churches; if we’re talking sacrifices to a higher power, it’s a fitting destination. There’s precious little time for bird prayers, though ± BMDS are a band on a mission.

“After [this] we go to New Zealand, and then we play with Teenage Bottlerocket, AJJ,” Parker says. “The following week we go to Asia. We’re announcing Japan now as well. Working hard. You always want to build it up. When you’re touring around for no special reason, there’s not as much electricity. Here, you’ve just worked your arse off on an album, you’re taking that fresh set of songs

around. It’s exciting for us, and exciting for people to hear it. It’s our first album tour, so it seems to be going down really well. It’s really humbling because we’ll get out there and see there’s people singing the words.”

I’ve never caught the Brisbane natives live before (they moved down to Melbourne at the start of 2015), but that’s set to change with their upcoming launch at Old Bar. Whenever I speak with punk and hardcore musos, it’s hard not to be struck by how chilled out they seem in comparison to their onstage persona, but for Parker, you get the impression that live energy isn’t far removed from his everyday life.

“I’m very full on,” he says. “We’re making new mates all around the country, and we want everyone to have a good time. The connectivity is a bit thing that’s lost in today’s society. Everyone is disconnected, and we want to change that. We’re not some stupid snotty punk rock band that’s like, ‘Fuck you all.’ We bring a punk rock show, but we’ve got some solid ideals and we’re nice people. I think.”

His mention of ideals isn’t some throwaway line.

BMDS happily wear their politics on their sleeve, and while they’ve courted controversy in the past

(mostly regarding poster design and cover art), they aren’t out to offend. A song like I’ve Had Islamabad Day, for instance, is more about unity than division.

“Punk rock has always been about pushing boundaries and making people think,” Parker says.

“That song isn’t at all a racist song. It’s basically a song that says I don’t care about whatever religion you believe in, just fucking live your life, believe what you want to believe. Don’t blow me up, just blow me. Like, fuck, settle down, your religion isn’t that important that you have to go around destroying other people’s lives. It definitely isn’t a racist song.

“I’m a stickler for good lyrics. We have funny songs where we want to make people laugh, and we have serious ones. We really do pay attention to what’s going on around us, to the political and social issues around the world. We always have an element of that, because we’re not stupid. I don’t want to be remembered as some dumb punk band. I want us to be remembered as smart musicians. Maybe even talented,” he says.

By Adam Norris

Mark Olson It’s mid-afternoon in the Californian desert when Mark Olson calls from his Joshua Tree home. He and his wife, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Ingunn Ringvold, have just turned off their ‘swamp cooler’ – a kind of moist air conditioner for dry climates – so it doesn’t drown out their voices.

It’s become a ritual for the couple, who’ve just recorded their second album, Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun, in the very same room.

Olson found fame in the ‘90s as a founder of altcountry pioneers The Jayhawks, but the industry never suited the free-spirited singer/songwriter. In 1995, he unexpectedly quit to live in the desert, forming the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers.

Now playing under their own names, the guitarist derives great contentment from living and working with his wife.

“It’s a wonderful thing working with your spouse,” he says. “The backbone of each town is having small businesses and most are run by a family.

I don’t want to live any other way.”

Part of the couple’s business model is being able to record independently, which, in the absence of the financial support Olson enjoyed as a Jayhawk, means using a field recorder.

“I love old studios,” Olson says. “I love all that stuff, I love really nice guitars, but I had to develop this whole thing of working on a Nagra.”

Luckily, Olson has a lot of experience making records on the cheap. “I’ve been working outside the music business almost my whole life,” he says. “I was out there in the late ‘90s, early 2000s. There was

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millions of grunge dollars in the business and I was making my Creekdipper records at home for three to four thousand dollars a record.”

Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun was made on a similar budget in two months using vintage ‘60s mics and preamps normally hired out as film props to movie studios. The title track ± a beautiful, uplifting folk-pop number ± features Ringvold playing the Armenian qanon (a kind of 77-string harp). An instrument she learned while the pair were doing charity work in Yerevan, Olson can’t help but be excited about its place on the album.

“We discovered this new sound and that’s on Spokeswoman,” he says. “We have the qanon and the delayed guitar playing off each other.” The song, like many in Olson’s catalogue, deals with the tragedy which defined his formative years. “We were living wild as children,” Olsen says. “We were out playing at night, we were out running through the swamp and rivers and the woods and all of a sudden, when I was 12 years old, my dad died.”

The eponymous spokeswoman is Olson’s grandmother, who took him in and moulded him.

“She liked music,” Olson says. “She had records around there ± she brought me into that place where I really wanted to play music.”

Blind Man Death Stare will launch their debut album It’ll Grow On Ya at The Old Bar on Friday September 1 with support from Kill Dirty Youth, Flour and Wet Pensioner. Their album is out now via Arrest Records.

Years later, after Olson’s grandmother had passed away, he had three nights of “crazy dreams” where she appeared to him speaking Gaelic. Olson didn’t know a word, but understood her message.

“She wanted to communicate to me that there was something I had to work for,” he says. “There was something I had to go through, there was some goal I had to try to accomplish.”

One morning, Olson sat under his favourite tree, penning songs for the new record. He looked up at the sun through the branches and realised his grandmother had been his representative of light and life. “She’s like a spokeswoman,” Olson says.

“My life story is my grandmother. She came in and she grabbed me and I think everyone should have someone like that. You need someone like that.”

Olson’s grandmother would no doubt be proud that it’s Ingunn, and the little business they’ve built together, that consumes him. “What keeps me going is getting up and finding something new to be excited about everyday with this group that Ingunn and I have,” Olson says. “This Ingunn, this wife of mine, is a supreme musical talent, and people are going to hear that.”

By Jakeb H. Smith

“My life story is my grandmother.

She came in and she grabbed me and I think everyone should have someone like that. You need someone like that.”

Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold play The Toff in Town on Saturday September 9.

Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun is out now through Red Eye Distribution.

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Melbourne’s Best Meat

The Gem

El Chivi

Tell us about El Chivi’s Uruguayan sandwiches. My family relocated from Uruguay in the ‘70s and I grew up eating chivito’s at family gatherings. We saw a huge gap in the market for Uruguayan food and wanted to represent my family’s culture by bringing the chivito ± the national sandwich of Uruguay ± to Melbourne to revolutionise the way people eat steak sandwiches.

Which sandwiches usually get ordered and which do you wish people would order more? They’re all popular in their own right, but I would say the crowd favourite is the El Suarez (it’s got a bit of bite) ± tenderised scotch fillet steak, shortcut bacon, ham, mozzarella cheese, egg, lettuce, tomato, Spanish onion, dill pickles, jalapenos, mayo and El Chivi hot sauce.

Where do you source your meat from? Using only the prime cut scotch fillet, our beef is exclusively sourced only from Black Angus cattle from central Victoria and Gippsland. The beef is free range, all the steaks are 100% grass fed for maximum flavour and are MSA-graded to ensure tenderness. They’re also GMO free and raised without unnecessary use of antibiotics.

What music can we expect while enjoying your Uruguayan sandwiches? Mostly you can enjoy some killer techno from amazing Australian producers and internationals. At the moment we are excited for Strawberry Fields so sets from Child, Muska, Harvey Southerland, Peggy Gou and other favourites like Petar Dundov, Adam Beyer, Yoko, Move D and Patrick Topping will get the party started.

A good sandwich must have lots of flavour and pickles.

Find El Chivi’s current location on their website.

Tell us about the Pit Master’s Plate. The Pit Master Plate showcases the best of our American style bbq and represents great value for punters by choosing four meats and three sides for only $45 per head. It’s perfect for large groups as it’s served on platters for a sharing-style banquet leaving everyone full, satisfied and very happy.

Which meats usually get picked for the plate? Most people usually choose the brisket, lamb shoulder, Texas chook and chopped pork as it gives you four different flavours of meat and is a good balance. The brisket is always chosen as it’s the king of bbq and every good bbq joint worth their weight should have good brisket. We would love people to have a go at the beef cheek and pork belly, as they’re both as delicious as all the other offerings.

Where do you source your meat from? We use local butchers in the Collingwood/Fitzroy area, which can vary from time to time, but is always of a great quality and high standard such as Black Angus, Sunpork, Berkshire Pork and Cape Grim to name a few.

What music can we expect while enjoying the Pit Master’s Plate? The Gem has a variety of music for your listening pleasure and on Fridays and Sundays we welcome Dj’s and live bands in the front bar. Friday nights you can expect surf bands or more garage style rock ensembles and on Sundays we showcase some of Melbourne’s best western swing, country and New Orleans style blues bands.

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JD’s Burgers

The Meatball & Wine Bar

When was JD’s Burgers born? Daniel came back from three years of travel in Asia and thought, ‘Why the hell aren’t there any awesome burger joints in Melbourne?’ Months later, JD’s Burgers became a reality, landing in the top five burgers in 2014 to 2017 consecutively by The Urban List, The World Loves Melbourne, Burgers of Melbourne, and other media and food guides.

Mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard or all? Neither. Secret fusion sauces are used at JD’s. Born through three years of research and development, our MSA-grade pure angus beef and JD’s secret fusion sauces make JD’s unique, with an explosion of flavour in your mouth.

What’s a JD’s Burgers moment you will always cherish? When the Herald Sun featured JD’s 1.5kg legendary Super Saiyan Burger Challenge. Seeing my burger featured in an Australia newspaper got me so stoked after so much passion and sweat was poured into the making of JD’s.

How do you tackle the challenge of competing in a food hub like Melbourne? In order to strive in a competitive market, you need a unique selling point. At JD’s we market as Asian fusion burgers and secret fusion sauces. We have our very own niche sub-culture.

Where do you source your meat from? JDs Burgers only sources from the best of the best suppliers, after going through countless trials. We have an exclusive supplier customise our patties, which are double grind, MSA-graded single-grind 100% pure Black Angus beef. You definitely pay for the high quality you get at JDs Burgers. jdsburgers.com.au

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JD’s Burgers is located at 17 Hamilton St, Mont Albert.

Tell us about The Meatball & Wine Bar. The Meatball & Wine Bar prides itself on serving amazing meatballs prepared using the very finest ingredients, paired with awesome Italian wines.

Opening in 2012, MBWB now has four amazing sites across Melbourne.

What are your stand out dishes and hidden secrets on the menu? Try any of the weekly specials. The specials are where the kitchen team experiment with different meats and cooking methods to create something unique. We also feature weekly slider specials incorporating slow cooked meats like brisket and pulled pork. A hidden gem to try is our Wagyu Bresaola made from pure bred Wagyu ± i t’s melt in your mouth delicious.

Where do you source your meat from? All our meat comes from our very own butcher shop located at 320 Bridge Road in Richmond called Mr Macellaio’s Meat Shop, where locally sourced, preservative-free and natural is the ethos of the butcher.

All our proteins are carefully selected to ensure we’re providing the absolute highest quality mince, perfect for making delicate, flavoursome and juicy meatballs.

What music can we expect while we enjoy your meatballs? Sometimes criticised for having our music up way too loud, the folk at MBWB love their music ± mixing up playlists between R&B and hip hop.

A good meatball to should…be jammed full of flavour, beautifully textured, succulent and juicy and perfect to be enjoyed with a big glass of Italian red. juniorspace.com.au

Find The Gem at 289 Wellington St, Collingwood.

The Meatball & Wine Bar have locations on Flinders Lane, Swan Street Richmond, Smith Street Collingwood and Chapel Street Windsor.

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Reviews

Album of the Week (Sony Music)

Singles With Lachlan Kanoniuk Can the Dogs go from winning it all from seventh last year to doing it again from 10th this year? Only time, and infallible logic to the contrary, will tell.

Single of the Week:

Tropical Fuck Storm

Chameleon Paint (TFS/Mistletone)

Guided by a demented slink, Chameleon Paint marks the first release from the new side project for Gareth and Fiona from The Drones. Feels like Drones-but-a-bit-different as Gaz spits out the opening verses, not blowing out his wildish id as the project’s title might indicate. It all falls into place with the first cry of “Oooooooh / why do I feel like I’m dying?” and the Tropical Fuck Storm vision comes into raw focus.

Yumi Zouma

Persophene (Cascine)

Yumi Zouma’s strength lies in their ability to foster levity, bottling the essence of a breezy summer in the form of soothing pop. Keep It Close To Me from their debut of last year had the benefit of being anchored by direct melody, with just the right amount of spaciousness. Persophene is pleasant, but blurs into a featherweight wash – with just a tinge of effervescence left to linger.

Taylor Swift

Look What You Made Me Do (Universal)

This isn’t fun, nor is it anywhere near as wicked as it sets out to be. A void, barren of metaphor and wit where words fail to be nurtured beyond a syllable. If the entirety of meaning is left to be ascribed to those invested in the context of tabloid drama, Look What You Made Me Do suffocates outside of that small, ephemeral bubble.

LCD Soundsystem

9.5

American Dream LCD Soundsystem’s first album in seven years kicks off with a filtered arpeggiating synth and heavy synth bass that immediately recalls their past. Oh Baby, sees bandleader James Murphy step further into ‘80s pop mode than ever before. With a massively reverberant snare and swirling keys, the song maintains a strong pulse, as Murphy leans crooning into the mike, his everimperfect voice having gained a delicate, emotive quality with age, capable of communicating both sorrow and the authority of his years.

Roadhouses

Drinkin’ (Independent)

A slow-burn of whiskey-soaked alt-country, Drinkin’ is down and out, but not defeated. Imbued with a touch of dusty Sunday morning sensuality, delivered all in the right measure.

Just as a band have all the time in the world to come up with their first album, when done correctly the reunion album also benefits from a long gestation period. Oh Baby serves as an indication of what is to come over American Dream’s carefully constructed 11 tracks, with each one embracing the sound and eccentric energy of LCD Soundsystem, and some even standing out as being among their best work.

Murphy singing more than ever before here – such as on The Smithsstyle track I Used To – and uncharacteristically embracing traditional pop structures while managing to remain original.

Although never really a dance band, the electronic element of LCD has always been pronounced, but this time around they have purposed it with restraint. Even during moments where a heavy beat is given prominence, such as on the nine-minute How Do You Sleep or single Tonite, the dance elements are apportioned as just one piece of their dynamic, and very human, sound.

Call The Police has the kind of perfect melody that feels instantly familiar – a rare currency in the world of pop music. The multi-layered guitars and keys show a rewarding attention to detail in the track’s construction, and the way that the slightly odder sounds of those instruments are used in a catchy, almost stadium rock song is a reminder of Murphy’s Bowie obsession.

The title track is a slow burning meditation on regret and wasted time, filled with space-y synths that serve as a juxtaposition to the lyrics by suggesting the enormity of the universe.

Closer Black Screen’s sparse beat gives way around the halfway mark, leaving Murphy’s effected vocal to disappear into a beautiful soundscape of synths and melodic piano for the remainder of the track’s 12 minutes. It’s a remarkable note to end on, and an indication of the amount of thought and originality that has gone into creating one of the year’s standout releases.

By Alex Watts

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Albums

Reviews

Still Striving

7.0

Still Striving is a testament to the intense hustle for which the Trap Lord earned his name. Trap and A Dream sets the tone, with a guest spot from mixtape magnate Meek Mill, as he and Ferg reflect on their origins and ambitions over a loop of ambient bells. A few tracks later, a pulsing bass line and the irrepressible Lil Yachty make Aww Yeah a siren song for swinging hips and mark it as a prime candidate for a floor-ready remix.

Coach Cartier, featuring the prolific Famous Dex, gets back to the mantra-like vocal layers that made 2013 single Shabba such a hit, while the guest-less Plain Jane sees Ferg in his perfectly-evolved form, spitting over a detuned piano melody, his steady flow growing in intensity over three made-for-radio minutes.

Even fan-favourite East Coast gets a remix, with an oversaturated bass and rap veterans Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and the ubiquitous Dogg all dropping bars, but somehow manages to lose its charm in the process. Haters gonna hate though and while the jury’s out on what constitutes a mixtape these days, Still Striving is proof that the Hood Pope remains as hungry and as hard-working as ever.

By Jakeb H. Smith

Birdz

Train Of Thought

9.0

On Train of Thought, Birdz’s rhymes are brash at times, but are more than backed up by substance; tackling heated topics such as racial inequality, profiling, self-realisation, and child abuse from the clergy. Not happy topics, and not easy subject matter, but this is no cursory nod in content. This album is one deep from the heart, and from such a fresh face on the scene, it makes it an even more impressive release.

The album is chock full of great collaborations, with fellow Bad Apples stable mate Nooky putting in a good shout on the harder edged Questions, and Caiti Baker providing fluid, melodic vocals on the oh-so catchy The Other Side. Perhaps the most powerful, however, is Testify featuring the soulful vocals of Fred Leone over sweet, melodic keys.

It all sounds pretty heavy, but don’t let that put you off.

If Train of Thought were a book, you wouldn’t be able to put it down. The fact that this is a debut is simply mind-boggling. My advice? Get onto it immediately, be blown away, and boast to people in 20 years time that you were a fan before it was cool.

By Eben Rojter

(Independant)

(Bad Apples Music)

(A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA Records)

A$AP Ferg

These New South Whales

7.0

You Work For Us

These New South Whales’ debut album You Work For Us, isn’t just another Australian punk album. It’s crass, has connotations of ‘sticking it to the man’ and is a barrel of raw energy from start to finish.

Ripping the album open is Cholesterol Heart, which jolts without preamble into overdriven guitar and raucous energy.

It’s a minute and a half long, and that’s all it needs to be before catapulting into Meat Hook, which comprises a bass hook dripping with attitude. There’s no pausing here; You Work For Us is a non-stop ride of short tracks that drill their point into your head with huge riffs.

There are tracks where the band could nearly be The Buzzcocks Australian cousin, and others where they don’t sound like anything, they’re just there to try and burst your eardrums.

Divided is a still punk, slow reprieve in the middle of the album, before unleashing the 20-second rager No Bridge Left To Burn – which is going to be an immense live track.

The album builds to unyielding guitars and immeasurable tension, before rounding out with a noise/spoken word track – letting you know that they’re finally done with you. Ouch.

By Margy Noble

Reservoir

8.5

(Hopeless Records)

(Spunk Records)

(Liberation Music)

Gordi

Emma Russack

Permanent Vacation

8.0

Sweaty palms and a racing heart beat is the feeling given off in Long Way, the opening track to Gordi’s debut album. Debut albums can make or break an artist’s career and on Reservoir, we see Sophie Payton AKA Gordi deliver 11 tracks, that are stunning and have an immense cinematic feel to them.

In Long Way, the rhythmic tick of a clock lingers in the background as the hardened pulse of an electronic beat takes place in the closing moments. Throughout the journey that this album whisks you away on, there are considerable aesthetics familiar in Bon Iver’s albums at play and you will hear multilayered vocals, big drum sounds and quirky subtle electronic breaks along the way. Heaven I Know, All The Lights We Can’t See and Aeon are definitely where these elements are most prevalent and stand out as album highlights.

For all its intuitive electronic sounds, this is an album that will tug at the heartstrings with its delicate acoustic guitar. The sweeping melodic drone of pump organ that weaves in and out of tracks sweetens the deal in an album that nails emotion, groove and songwriting.

Permanent Vacation is built around the guilt of not having a real job. Following on from some well paid gigs last year, Russack settled down at her parent’s house on the New South Wales south coast and began to pen the majority of this album. On opener Migration, soft melodic notes from her childhood piano ring out as your ears are greeted in the chorus with a web of lush vocal melodies. The album was recorded in just three days with minimal post production, and it’s this simplicity that will entrance your ears to listen deeper.

One of the main enticing elements here is that no matter how many times you listen to it, the music will transport you.

The title track whisks you away on a little jazzy interlude that’s complemented by a bossa-nova backing drumbeat. Sounding like you’re on holiday with a cocktail by the beach in Jamaica, it’s a definite highlight on what is Russack’s most expansive set of songs to date.

If you want an album to float away with and forget the pressures of everyday life, then this is it. In three words: Stunning blissful songwriting.

By Tex Miller

By Tex Miller

Neck Deep

The Peace & The Panic

9.5

The Peace & The Panic’s long-awaited release has been well worth the anticipation; this album showcases a new sound unlike anything Neck Deep have released before. Frontman Ben Barlow’s iconic voice beautifully conveys the meaning behind an abundance of deep and hard-hitting lyrics. If there’s one thing Neck Deep always deliver on, it’s their upbeat, fast-paced tunes, and The Peace & The Panic is no different. The massive contrast between the two sides of the album is what help it hit the hardest.

This album focuses on the topics of getting through hardtimes; this raw and real style of music is the reason why Neck Deep have be so well-loved for so long. This album is a true display of how significantly the band have grown in their five years together, and how much more they have left to show the world.

Whether you’re looking for that original sound delivered in the bands earlier albums, or something different and exciting, this album delivers in every way. Many bands are attempting to take their sound down a more pop-based route, but it’s safe to say Neck Deep stand out above the pack. It’s rare to see this kind of versatility within the genre.

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Profiles

Gretta Ziller

Who are we chatting to and what do you do in the band? I’m Gretta Ziller. I’m a singer/songwriter and guitar player.

What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Folks say I sound a little Emmylou Harris, a little Lucinda Williams, sometimes a little Catherine Britt or Gillian Welch.

What do you love about making music? I love songwriting. I love the challenge of creating a story in song, of saying what I need to say in three minutes and finding different ways to say ordinary things.

What do you hate about the music industry? I know this is a bit of a non-answer, but there isn’t anything I passionately dislike about the music industry. No industry is perfect, and there are a lot of things that could be better within our industry but I think we’re working towards that.

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? No time travelling needed. I would love to sing a song with or for Steve Earle.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Me. I write honest lyrics about honest topics and I’m honestly just as dorky off stage as I am on.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? I’ve got my Hell’s Half Acre EP and my album Queen of Boomtown is out Friday September 1.

Music

Gretta Ziller will launch Queen Of Boomtown at The Croxton on Thursday August 31.

What’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? We’re Love Games, I’m Matt and I sing.

What do you reckon people will say you sound like? People often compare us to Turnover. We fit into a weird spot between dream pop, indie and emo.

What do you love about making music? Being with friends and making something that can resonate with other people.

What do you hate about the music industry? The drama and bullshit that comes with being in a band and dealing with egotistic people.

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be? I think that’s probably a bit of a waste of time travel, shouldn’t I kill Hitler or something instead?

What can a punter expect from your live show? Lots of decorations but a distinct lack of interest from me...Sorry.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Absolutely nothing, just come enjoy us for now.

Anything else to add? Check us out. We really appreciate everyone that gives us a shot. We’ll be releasing our new single Raincoat off of our upcoming DIY album Nothing Ever Moves You. facebook.com/lovegamesau

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Who are we chatting to and what do you do in the band? I’m Nick Barker, lead singer and guitarist (the crappy one).

What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Who knows? We aren’t the most original band in the world. Something guitary.

What do you love about making music? With The Heartache State, it’s being in a proper guitar band again after years of solo acoustic stuff .

What do you hate about the music industry? 250 word maximum for this, right?

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Definitely a young Keith Richard. I’d show him the open G tuning and forever be known as the man who did just that.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Good old slab of dumb rock’n’roll.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our new album, Last of the Buffalo.

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The Heartache State will perform at Caravan Music Club on Sunday November 5 with Amarillo.

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Love Games will take over The Workers Club on Thursday August 31 with Flogs and Turn South.

Top five ways to pass time in a tour van with

The Tommyhawks

Gaffa renovations. Those van curtains were not made for drunk grown women. Nor was the fridge built for a door of tinnies. Nor was the broom made for limbo. Or the stove knobs for late night baked beans.

Playing hide and seek. Have you seen how big our van is? Anyone could be anywhere. It’s practically like IKEA in there. Just without the Swedish vibe.

Capitalising on finding foreign objects. For example finding a rogue hat can kill a good ten minutes while we decide a) does it have nits b) who is the owner and are they ever going to ever return c) was the owner a babe and do we want them to return d) who does it look the best on e) how many different ways can we model it while stuck in a seatbelt.

Rounding up rogue Bonds undies. And socks. And your bandmates’ (hopefully clean) undies. And socks. And trying to smuggle them into your own luggage without them seeing.

Because clean undies are like fucking gold on tour.

Trying to figure out what we can make for lunch. Using all the ‘ambitious’ green things we bought at the start of tour (“We’re gonna be so healthy this tour.”) which quickly becomes “Wtf were we thinking/where’s the beer gonna go/world’s least appealing foods when dying of hangover and facing an eight hour drive.”

Floppy carrot, anyone? Leaky hummus? Limp celery stick? This game quickly turns into “Who’s got reception and who can google the nearest place with hot chips the fastest?” thetommyhawks.com

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The Tommyhawks are preparing to take their new EP This Is Not A Desert Island around the country, hitting The Old Bar on Thursday September 14.

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Elsie And The Vibe

Elsie And The Vibe

Elsie And The Vibe - All Photos by BandAnna Photography

Kehlani

Elsie And The Vibe

Lowtide

On Sunday night I stumbled into a strange and foreign world ± a pop concert by the US singer Kehlani. We found The Forum completely packed upon arrival, with the 22-year-old Californian already on stage and the similarly youthful audience clearly enthralled. Not wishing to intrude, we aligned ourselves with the group of parents waiting patiently at the back of the room, a position that allowed a clear and watchful view over the proceedings.

Kehlani was assisted by a DJ, a keys player who also provided backing vocals, a drummer and two dancers, though the songs relied heavily on backing tracks. Though I will admit to knowing quite little about her, it was immediately clear that Kehlani possesses what is known as star power. She oozed confidence as she moved across the stage, sometimes stepping into choreographed unison with the dancers, sometimes doing her own thing. Her voice was impressively strong, relentlessly belting out what seemed like anthem after anthem, most of which were being sung back at her by the enthused crowd.

This particular style of modern American pop/R&B utilises dynamics to create big, adrenaline-inducing choruses with lyrics that are simple, catchy and earnest. The verses were often more stripped back and rhythmic, leaving plenty of space for the kind of extended note singing that goes with the genre, as well as a convincing rap verse included at one stage. Importantly, the songs were filled with an endless supply of hooks, helping to keep even a cynical rock critic on his toes and nodding along.

Like any pop star worth her weight in Insta followers, Kehlani’s brand is as much about her story as it is the music, and large amounts of stage time were dedicated to pre-prepared speeches. One of the subjects of a particularly long interlude was the current vote for marriage equality, during which Kehlani referred to herself as “gay as hell”, and invited two young women to the stage for a marriage proposal.

It was a genuinely touching moment and, as I stood shoulder to shoulder with some of their parents, I couldn’t help but be excited for the young audience who were clearly having the time of their lives. When each chorus section hit and the lights illuminated the floor, thousands of hands holding thousands of phones were revealed. When Kehlani sang about feeling powerful or vulnerable it meant something to these kids.

It was an impressively bombastic, entertaining and seamless show.

Support act Kye graced the stage first and kept her set short and sweet. She sang a series of catchy love songs, not letting the small crowd size stop her from giving it her best. Smiling and dancing throughout her performance, there was a line of people at the front of the stage dancing along with her.

Anthony Young and the Next Man Dead fused elements of soul, R&B, jazz, rock and hip hop together to create a strong performance. Their songs had long instrumental solos in which lead singer Anthony Young explained to the crowd, “Yeah we really like to jam.” Young delivered a mix of sultry, soulful and hip hop vocals over the top of relaxed melodies, but also could bring it up a notch with powerful choruses.

Elsie And The Vibe, built up anticipation as three backup singers in matching maroon dresses entered the stage first, singing soulful vocal melodies. Slowly the rest of the band came out, including a brass section adding to the song until finally Elsie herself walked on stage beaming with confidence and immediately showcasing her powerful voice.

Elsie played a series of groovy jazz tunes with her backup singers and band supporting her perfectly, never missing a beat ± especially in set highlight Stop. She contrasted her set, diving between fast, pumping songs and slower, sensual ballads with ease.

The full room was abuzz with energy and chatter, but there came a point during her set where Elsie slowed things down and told a story about her song Naked ± reflecting on feeling exposed as a singer, putting her personal feelings into songs and the authenticity that goes along with it. Her band had left the stage at this point, it was just Elsie alone with her piano player.

She silenced the room, pouring her heart and soul into the piece and the connection she made with the audience could be felt intensely around the room. As she finished, the silence lingered for a moment before the crowd broke into applause.

The last song of the night, her catchy hit Riverside, was the perfect finale. A choir had taken their position in front of the stage, adding another layer of beauty to an already beautiful song. The song ended after an acapella section and one last run from the band. She thanked the crowd, thanked her band, and bowed.

Melbourne indie-punks Great Outdoors kicked things off with a brace of songs from their latest full-length Fake News, with single Partways getting a good reaction from the early bird crowd.

However, it was Keep Your Focus which highlighted the set, with the song’s frenetic energy translating well to the live environment.

The trio’s onstage presence was like watching a loungeroom jam, as they effortlessly swapped instruments and had a dig at a latearriving mate (who they’d totally wasted a door spot on). After a few more cuts from the record, the band brought their set to a close and graciously introduced the next act.

“A little tip in support bands,” said Jez MacAllister in British comedy series Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rockstar. “Make sure they’re total crap.” Evidently, he was’t referring to No Sister.

The Melbourne-based post-punk quartet sounded like Dr. Doom angle-grinding a Rough Trade compilation. As they skewered their guitars with screwdrivers, drumsticks and God knows what else, the band chiselled out songs from their 2016 debut, as well as previewing three tracks from their forthcoming follow-up, which the band had just recorded that day. If No Sister continue on this trajectory, they’re going to make one almighty mark on Melbourne’s live scene.

Still, as the bandroom packed out in increasing anticipation, there was no doubt who everyone had turned up for. Lowtide got a glowing welcome as they took the stage and almost immediately, the crowd was rewarded with a beautiful rendition of the band’s Asylum Party cover, Julia. Through the dreamy haze of Gabriel Lewis’ billowing guitar squalls, guitarist Lucy Buckeridge and bassist Giles Simon pitched ephemeral harmonies that seemed to swell up from beneath the noise like a phantom lover emerging from blood-stained floorboards.

The band also used the evening as a chance to show off their latest single, Alibi, and it was there that drummer Anton Jakovljevic displayed just how much his understated rhythms drive the music forward and provide structure and ornamentation to the arrhythmic washes of celestial harmonics.

The band finished on 2015’s B-side-cum-single Spring, with its motoring rhythm and Sesame-Street-inspired refrain of “One of these days is just like the others,” closing the set with a heartbreaking finality that had their mesmerised fans missing them already.

By Alex Watts

performed Naked.

The Forum, Sunday August 28

Highlight: The marriage proposal. All love is equal.

Lowlight: All those speeches ate into the music time a bit much.

Crowd Favourite: Those songs that everyone knew.

The Toff In Town, Thursday August 24

By Ellen Rosie

Northcote Social Club, Friday August 25

By Jakeb H. Smith

Highlight: The beautiful moment that took place when Elsie Lowlight: Audience members talking loudly throughout each set.

Crowd Favourite: Naked.

Highlight: No Sister guitarist Mino Peric’s screeching microphone slide solo.

Lowlight: Giles Simon’s occasional ‘harmony hunting’ à la This is Spinal Tap. Crowd Favourite: Julia.

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Mild Manic

Cherry Bar After a month of slamming out tunes on stage every week, pop-punk outfit Mild Manic will be wrapping up their August residency. You can bet they’ll be going out kicking so be sure to catch Mild Manic when they hit Cherry Bar on Wednesday August 30 from 8pm. $5 entry.

Junior Danger

Last Chance Rock N Roll Bar Swamp rockers Junior Danger are bringing a taste of their debut album in the form of single Dirt and Grime to the Last Chance Rock N Roll Bar. Produced by Konstantin Kersting, who has worked on the Jungle Giants latest record, and with support from Black Bats and Piggie. Catch Junior Danger on Wednesday August 30 from 7.30pm, $10 entry.

Public Liability

The Bendigo Hotel What better way to celebrate hump day than with a night of live punk music and a couple of sneaky school night pints. Catch Public Liability, I Have A Goat, The Kat-O Army, and Supa Suplex at The Bendigo Hotel on Wednesday August 30 from 7.30pm. $5 entry.

Ogopogo

The Old Bar Join Ogopogo as they deliver a unique set featuring their blend of jazz, rock and just about every other type of noise there is.

They’ll be joined by Toothbrush and Crazy Comfort when they hit The Old Bar on Wednesday August 30. Catch them from 8pm, $8 entry.

Freya Hanley and Peny Bohan

The Drunken Poet As part of the weekly Wine, Whiskey and Women gig, Freya Hanley and Peny Bohan will take to the stage of the Drunken Poet on Wednesday August 30. Think jazzy acoustic folk that focuses on heartfelt songs.

Kicking off at 8pm with free entry.

Artist Proof

The Gasometer Sounding like a cross between Queen, Muse and Radiohead, Artist Proof create cinematic visually rich music that showcases the philosophy of the band which is all about the love of music. With support from Ruby Jones Junior and Under The Moon, this is set to be a big night of rock. It’s going down from 8pm on Wednesday August 30 at The Gasometer. $7 entry.

Peter Bibby

The B.East Ever the enigma, you can guarantee Peter Bibby’s solo show will be one to remember (no matter how many pints deep you are).

He’ll be playing some new tunes as well as all your old favourites. Get yourself to The B.East at 9pm on Thursday August 31 to catch him. Free entry.

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Gig Guide This Week Wednesday Aug 30 Hip Hop & R&B Mellowdíasthump - Feat: Geezy + Skomes + Cazeaux O.S.L.O Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Baby Grand Piano Open Mic Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Black Bats + Turf Wars + Junior Danger Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

7:30pm.

Client Liaison + Total Giovanni + Muki Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

Coloured Clocks + Lorikeet + The Faculty Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Contrive Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

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

Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird + Why We Run + Francesca Gonzales Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Junior Fiction + Swim Team + Spit Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Kassette Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Micheal Beach + Bitumen + New Band Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Mild Manic + Dj Josh Aubry Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Morning Morning + Low Talk + Home Ownership Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Open Mic Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

6:00pm.

Public Liability + Supa Suplex + The Kat-O Army + I Have A Goat Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Rubber Band House Records - Feat: Ogopogo + Toothbrush + Crazy Comfort Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Ruby Jones + Junior Under The Moon Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Salad Days + Lucida + The Faculty + Dag + Primo Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Tex Don & Charlie Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $49.50.

Ufo Go + The Meeseeks + Frayhound Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Zebulen Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Chicken Wishbone + On-Ly + Mon Shelford Band Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $8.00.

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

8:00pm. $10.00.

Dr Hernandez + Snack Thoughts Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Hailebury In Concert Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $12.00.

Helen Catanchin Quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00.

Horns Of Leroy’s Jukebox - Feat: Off The Leash Belleville, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

Paul Grabowsky Trio The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Sam Keevers Trio Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7:30pm. $20.00.

Wily 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Revolver Wednesdays - Feat: Matt Radovich Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Lomond Acoustica - Feat: Dan Hall + Marty Kelly + Naomi Campbell Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Muddy Blues Roulette - Feat: Jesse Valach Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Open Mic Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

The Rebetiko Trio Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Wine Whisky Women - Feat: Freya Hanly + Peny Bohan Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:00pm.

Thursday Aug 31 Hip Hop & R&B Jame Forbes Grosvenor Hotel, St Kilda East.

7:00pm.

Jan Ken Pon - Feat: Marty Holoubek + Nat Slade Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Kryptic + Minicoop + Apex + Matt Coburn Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

No Frills Thursdays Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Dig We Must Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Four To The Floor - Feat: Vinyl Vixens Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Kickin’ The B At 303 - Feat: The Putbacks 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Skyroku + Z E D S I X Open Studio, Northcote.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Soul In The Basement - Feat: Beautiful Beasts + Dj Vince Peach & Pierre Baroni Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Stephen Magnusson’s New Kinfolk The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Tango - Feat: James Crabb Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $50.00.

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

Torrio! Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $39.00.

Unspoken Rule Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Atticus Street + Flying Bison + Stav Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Bearfoot Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:30pm.

Black Alpine + Snakeskin Ally + Lizard Queen Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $5.00.

Client Liaison + Total Giovanni + Muki Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

Death Disco Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Easy Brown’s Truckstop Chicken Jam Band + The Deadpans + Gonzo Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00.

Fight The Sun + Green Mules + The Faqs + Stone In Motion Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Grand Pine + Fenn Wilson Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Gretta Ziller The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $17.85.

Harlem + Bleeding Knees Club + Colleen Green John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $28.00.

Hawthorne Heights + River Oaks + Sienna Skies + Spitalfield Corner Hotel, Richmond.

7:00pm. $42.43.

Hideous Sun Demon + Vacations + The Tiny Giants + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Jade Imagine Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

7:30pm. $17.74.

Junior Danger + Black Bats + Palmerslum Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Lazerlips + Fuzz Rays + Leuzzi & The Flowers + Bad Sleep Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $5.00.

Live Music With Tingy Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.

Love Games + Turn South + Flogs Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $9.00.

Nina Buchanan + Nina Buchanan + Necking Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

No Zu + Various Asses + Corin Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Peter Bibby The B.East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

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

Someday June + Zac Saber Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

Tex Don & Charlie + The Ahern Brothers Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $49.50.

The Angels - Feat: Brewster Brothers Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00.

The Hard Rockerz Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $10.00.

The Hello Morning + The Hello Morning + Angie Mcmahon Band + James Ellis + More Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

The Smokin’ Wingtips Musicland, Fawkner.

8:30pm. $10.00.

The Weary + Peach Noise + Cherry Pool Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Throwback Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Tim Crossey Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Tim Guy + Fleshed Out + Jms Harrison Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00.

Trash Boat + Between You & Me + Set The Score + Stranger Wrangler Studios, Footscray.

6:30pm. $25.50.

Twin Haus Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Voltaire Thursday Sessions Club Voltaire, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights 3183 Thursdays - Feat: Hans Dc + Imeasy + Dan Bentley + Luke Vecchio Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

Disco Volante Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

Double Trouble - Feat: Jank Facques Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Midnight Express - Feat: Dj 123 + Edd Fisher Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm.

Steady Dippin’ - Feat: Falo + Lafeuille Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

The Drop - Feat: Turtle Jones + Jps + Rintrah + Nam Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Thursgay Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Tuckshop Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Alex Pijpers Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.

6:30pm.

Benny James And The Blue Flames Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

Brooke Taylor Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Jess Parker & The Troubled Waters + White Lightning + Jullian James Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

Tuck Shop

Kev Walsh + Andy Minard Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

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

Matt Joe Gow Pistol Pete’s Food N Blues, Geelong. 8:30pm.

Philemon Longplay, Fitzroy North. 7:00pm. $12.00.

Sons Of Rico + Ferla + Gumboot Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

The Carlton Club Tuck Shop Thursdays bring you a wide variety of delicious flavours, ranging from disco classics to house bangers. Grab yourself a $12 cocktail and boogie down to DJ’s Ayna, Cliftonia, and Beth Grace at The Carlton Club on Thursday August 31 from 9pm. Free entry.

Friday Sep 1 Hip Hop & R&B

Love Games

The Workers Club Everyone loves a celebration right? Well come down the Workers Club on Thursday August 31 to help Love Games launch their brand new single Raincoat. Support on the night comes from Flogs and Turn South. Doors at 8pm with $9 entry.

The Casanovas

Cherry Bar The Casanovas have been rocking since 1999 and they’re not hanging up their hats any time soon. Catch them in full swing when they take over Cherry Bar on Friday September 1. It kicks off at 8pm, $13 entry.

BYP III

The Reverence Hotel Born Yesterday Music is bringing acts from across Australia to the stage for BYP III. Catch Oceans To Athena, The Brightside, Just About Done, Flipside and Terra for a night of good vibes and even better tunes.

It’s happening at The Reverence Hotel on Friday September 1 from 7.30pm. $10 entry.

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.

Off The Heazy Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

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

Tanha + 1/6 + Morganics + Vytal One + More Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Angela Davis Trio The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

9:00pm. $10.00.

Born To Be Blue (Celebrating The Musical Life Of Chet Baker) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.00.

Gian Slater Quartet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $20.00.

Lilly Tunley Sextet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $30.00.

Road To Rbma Weekender - Feat: Peven Everett Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 9:00pm. $49.00.

Santa Taranta + Entretango Duo Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Síncopa Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00.

Sleazy Listening - Feat: Winters + Hysteric + Arks + K Hoop Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Soul Cupcake Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7:30pm. $29.00.

St Catherine’s School Gala Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $24.90.

Stephen Magnusson Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

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

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights The Fckups

The Brunswick Hotel Prepare your eardrums for a night of blaring rock, punk and metal because The Brunny have put together a killer lineup of rocking acts. Join The Fckups, The Murderballs, 3/4 Beast, and Cyclone Diablo when they tear up The Brunswick Hotel on Friday September 1. It kicks off at 9pm, free entry.

Tempus Sun

The Evelyn Hotel Alternative pop-rock outfit Tempus Sun have been gaining some serious traction and they’re showing no sign of easing up any time soon. They’ll be playing tunes off their recently released debut self-titled EP at The Evelyn Hotel on Friday September 1 from 8.30pm. Tix are $10+bf via Oztix or $15 on the door.

Maja

Wesley Anne Folk singer/songwriter Maja will be unveiling her latest EP Still Bleeding, brimming with tracks detailing heartache and displaying a darker sound than what we’ve seen from her in the past. You don’t want to miss this intimate performance, get yourself to Wesley Anne on Friday September 1 from 8pm to catch Maja.

Tickets are $10+bf via Oztix or $10 on the door.

Action Sam Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda.

11:00pm.

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

District Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $12.98.

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

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

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.

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

Mdnght Club Vol. 1 - Feat: Amensister + Headstone + Kenta204 + More Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Openshouse #3 + Demuja + Shouse + Colette + Princess Donkey Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Pest Kontrol - Feat: Scotty Pesticide Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Poprocks - Feat: Dr Phil Smith + Dr Nick Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Reup - Feat: Henok.E + Mat Cant + Manic Pixie + More New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00.

The Disco Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

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

The Fox Soundtrack - Feat: Dj Gupstar Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

Thighs High - Feat: Grandpa Kano + Rosa Strega + Angela Baker + Syndicator Joey Smalls, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers The Cooks + Gavin Styles + Steph Mang + Jack Robson 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

1965 Masters Apprentices + Mike Rudd’s Spectrum Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $54.51.

A Duff Odyssey - From London To The Moon - Feat: Jeff Duff Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $29.00.

Allume + Take Your Time + Leafy Suburbs + Culte Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Anthem Sessions Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 8:00pm.

Batz + Heavy Lids Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Blind Man Death Stare + Blind Man Death Stare + Kill Dirty Youth + Flour + More Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Boat Show + Boat Show + Hideous Sun Demon Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Born Yesterday Music - Feat: Oceans To Athena + The Brightside + Just About Done + Flipside + Terra Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

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

Chasing Alice + Earl Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

9:00pm. $15.00.

City Calm Down + The Cactus Channel 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

Dan Sultan Wool Exchange, Geelong. 8:30pm. $51.00.

Devil Electric + Redro Redriguez & His Inner Demons + Lonefree + The Grogans Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Dj Dustin Mcclean Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Evan Klar + Retro Culture + Charlz Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00.

Fazerdaze + Jess Locke + Hachiku Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $17.74.

Fckups + Murderballs + 3/4 Beast + Cyclone Diablo Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Finishing School Bella Union Bar, Carlton.

9:30pm. $10.00.

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

Hello Bones + White Lightning + Everchanging + Bermuda Bloom Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

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

Horace Bones + Friendships Dj + Sugar Teeth + Latreenagers Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Indigo Children + Zockapilli + Tug Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Jacky Winter (2am Show) Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

12:45pm.

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

Malcura Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

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

Ngv Friday Nights - Feat: Lupa J + Dj Infinity Blade National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne. 6:00pm.

No Fixed Address Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

Prince Public Bar Fridays Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9:00pm.

Pure Blonde Rock Show + Ac2zz Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Revenge Of The Synth - Feat: Oolluu + Dear Plastic + Dxheaven Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $13.30.

Scott Darlow + Ridley Penny Black, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Sophisticated Dingo + Cakefight + Gymnastics In The Seventies + Pozer Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Supersonic Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. $14.30.

Tempus Sun + Köda + Birdhouse Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $11.25.

The Angels - John & Rick Brewster Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 8:00pm.

The Casanovas Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.

The Preatures + Polish Club Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

The Preatures + Polish Club + Hair Die Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $49.00.

The Ramshackle Army + Australian Kingswood Factory + Under The Cut Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

Time For Dreams + Dim + Golden Syrup + Middle-Aged In The Middle-East In The Middle-Ages + Venetian Blinds + Iv + Vatican Three-Jays Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $13.30.

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

Very Handsome Men Musicland, Fawkner.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Russell Morris & Band + Joshua Batten Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $33.00.

Acoustic Sessions Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 5:00pm.

Alex Lloyd Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8:00pm. $28.60.

Den Hanrahan + Sarah Carroll Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

King Arthur Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:30pm. $12.00.

Maja (EP Launch) + The Hip Streets + Nitida Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Squeak Lemaire Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

6:00pm.

Suzanne Kinsella Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

The Blues Club Revival Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $22.00.

The Boys Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

The Dusty Millers Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.

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

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

Saturday Sep 2 Hip Hop & R&B Big Dancing Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Dex + Lara Andallo + Boy Graduate + Brandon Støne + Kid Cosmo Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 2:00pm. $12.00.

Khokolat Koated Saturdays - Feat: Damion De Silva + K Dee + Durmy + Timos Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

Nzbz Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $99.07.

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

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Anyo New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Audioporn Saturdays Onesixone, Prahran.

9:00pm. $15.00.

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

Cosmic Gate + Emma Hewitt Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. $84.80.

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

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

Dj Lazer Ferrari Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Dragon Dreaming - Feat: Binary Distortion + Loose Cannon + Triforce + More Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $22.08.

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

Hard Time Pressure #7 - Feat: Verse@Ille + Dj Yuki Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

Hussey Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

In The Carriage - Feat: Dj Jnett + Andee Frost Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

It’s A Loft Party - Feat: Midnight Tenderness Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

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Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

Lupa J

Jank Facques Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 12:10am.

Loomer Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Moopie Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Omnia X Moonrise - Feat: Pelvis + Juicy Romance + The New Dregs 24 Moons, Northcote. 8:00pm. $11.58.

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

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

Progession Sessions (The Doof) - Feat: Zone Tempest + Moksha + Megapixel + Dtmx + Lunar + More Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. $15.00.

Reconnect Locals Day Party - Feat: Zac Depetro + Short Round + Duane Bartolo + More Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. $20.00.

Road To Rbma Weekender - Feat: Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $69.00.

Saturdays 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.

Sooki Saturday - Feat: 8Eyez Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

Stranger In Paradise - Feat: Simona + Post Percy + Infinity Blade + Null Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Textile Saturdays - Feat: Kodiak Kid + D’fro + Jens Beamin Lucky Coq, Windsor.

9:00pm.

The Emerson Club Saturdays The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm.

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

Warehouse 3000 - Our Journey Is Your Journey 229 Queensberry St, 9:00pm.

NGV NGV Friday Nights are back and the eclectic Lupa J will be kicking things off, playing her dream pop songs among The House Of Dior: Seventy Years Of Haute Couture exhibition. It’s happening from 6pm on Friday September 1 at the NGV. Tickets from $24 via the NGV website.

Miss Whiskey

The Drunken Poet Local swamp blues duo Miss Whiskey will be bringing their uniquely raw sound to the stage, featuring harmonica driven blues melodies accompanied by beautifully gravelly vocals. Catch Miss Whiskey at The Drunken Poet on Friday September 1 from 8.30pm. Free entry.

Hello Bones

Whole Lotta Love Sydney rockers Hello Bones are heading on tour to celebrate their latest single Temporary.

They’ll be joined by White Lightning, Everchanging, and Bermuda Bloom when they hit Whole Lotta Love on Friday September 1.

It kicks off at 8pm, free entry.

Blind Man Death Stare

The Old Bar Melbourne punk outfit Blind Man Death Stare are taking their new album It’ll Grow On Ya around Australia as part of their album launch tour and they’ll be stopping in for a hometown show at The Old Bar. Catch them on Friday September 1 from 8pm, $10 entry.

Evan Klar

The Workers Club Having recently supported Confidence Man as well as touring along the east coast, Evan Klar is about to sweep into town and you better be there. This man signed to EMI Music for the release of his debut album before even playing a live show. One not to miss. Catch him from 8.30pm on Friday September 1 at The Workers Club. Tix are $12+bf via Oztix.

Alanna and Alicia Egan

The Thornbury Theatre Together with their six-piece band, Alanna and Alicia Egan will bring their fourth album Songs I’m Singing with Me to the Thornbury Theatre. The new album is a tribute to acclaimed singer John Beavis and the live show features interpretations of his songs as well as their own originals. It’s happening on Saturday September 2 from 7pm, tickets are $20 via Oztix.

Wild Thing Presents: 5th Anniversary Party

The Workers Club Wild Thing Presents have been promoting Aussie rock and metal acts for half a decade, and to celebrate their fifth birthday they’re throwing a party which will feature some top notch local bands. Catch Circles, Orsome Wells and Dyssidia at Wild Thing Presents’ Fifth Anniversary Party at The Workers Club on Saturday September 2 from 8pm. Tix are $17+bf via Oztix.

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Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Alinta & The Jazz Emperors Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00.

Baldwins + Bonewoman Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Cam Butler & His Orchestra + Miles Brown Richmond Theatrette, Richmond. 7:30pm.

Chris Maunders Quartet + Atienne Bakker Group Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

Dr Sinha’s Jazz Lobotomy Belleville, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

Echo Drama Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Latin Jam Station 59, Richmond. 9:00pm.

Matt Darriau’s Yo Lateef The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Nichaud Fitzgibbon Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $30.00.

Noria & Les Parigos Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $25.00.

Paul Williamson Quintet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Rua Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

Sebiticas Station 59, Richmond. 7:00pm.

Soul-A-Go-Go - Feat: The Rebelles + Miss Goldie + Emma Peel + More Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Steve Boyds’ Rum Reverie Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

The Bittermen Bar Open, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

The Craig Schneider Trio Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:30pm.

The Fox Soundtrack - Feat: Richie 1250 + Lady Love Potion Fox Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm.

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

The Rookies The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11:00pm. $10.00.

The Songs Of Anita Baker - Feat: Nina Ferro Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers A Day Of Storms + Joshua Batten + Earl + Saffire Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

7:00pm. $10.00.

Au Dré + Köda + Dxheaven + Positively Positive DJs Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Bang - Feat: Trash Boat + Between You And Me + As Paradise Falls + More Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.

Baptism Of Uzi + Baptism Of Uzi + Spiral Perm Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Broken River Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Dan Sultan + William Crighton Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $59.38.

Deadwest Presents - Feat: White Bleaches + Hollie Joyce + Plastic + Teal Av + More Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $11.25.

Devil Electric + Lonefree + Super Saloon + Bleach Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Divide & Dissolve + Jdfr + Peak Twins + Smile + Sleep D + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $15.00.

El Moth + Bearfoot Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Georgia Smith + Georgia Smith + Joy Heng Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Going Swimming + Going Swimming + Dear Thieves + Melbourne Cans Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Hello Bones + Pseudo Mind Hive + Old Etiquettes + Bermuda Bloom Catfish, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

Jarface + The Deadlips + Warbirds + Leonard Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

King Social + Angus Legg + Poppy Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Loose End (EP Launch) + One More Weekend + Distracted By Pink + Beyond Royal Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

New Band + Liam Linley Band + Dogood Gin Lane, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

Off Tap Fest - Feat: Swamp + Barefoot Spacemen + Hugh Fuschen + More Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

2:00pm. $10.00.

On Diamond + Denim Owl + Warplane Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Party Girls Present Rock ‘N’ Roll Women Of The ’80s Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill.

8:00pm. $17.00.

Purple Revolution + Down For The Count Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $20.00.

Roxy Lavish & The Suicide Cult + The Happy Lonesome + Black Bats + Bush League Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

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

Show Me What You Got - Feat: Gecko Theory + Phoenix Day + Tell Amarosa + 4 Letter Sign Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $15.00.

Stationary Suns + V + Qwerty + Cunting Daughters + More Coburg Rsl, Coburg. 6:45pm. $5.00.

Steve Mackey Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $30.00.

Strangers Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Sunifest - Feat: Cable Ties + Hideous Sun Demon + Peter Bibby & His Dog Act + These New South Whales + Zombitches + Hi-Tec Emotions + Boat Show + Lazertits + Heavy Lids + Bench Press + Spacejunk Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $28.60.

Tenderloins + The Attention Seekers Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Tex Don & Charlie + The Ahern Brothers Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $49.50.

The Beatlez Tribute Commercial Hotel, Morang South. 8:00pm.

The Chantoozies Yarraville Club, Yarraville.

7:00pm. $27.00.

The Ripchords Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale.

7:30pm. $10.00.

Trophy Eyes + The Hard Aches + Trash Boat + Rumours Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8:00pm. $33.50.

Vetty Vials + Joe Guiton + Luke Seymoup + The Louds Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Wild Thing Presents - Feat: Circles + Orsome Welles + Dyssidia Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $17.00.

Wildlife Fundraiser - Feat: Japan For + Body Parts + Diploma + Where’s Grover + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $10.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Alanna & Alicia + Michael Waugh Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $20.00.

Alex Lloyd + Tommy Castles Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $28.24.

Ben J. Carter + Jess Parker Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

Black & Blue Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Brooke Russell & The Mean Reds Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Craig Woodward & Friends Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Dan Lethbridge Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6:00pm.

Duff-Odyssey - Feat: Jeff Duff Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Eddie Nuardo Trio Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

Fiona Boyes + Anna Scionti Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $22.00.

Flying Engine Stringband Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 9:00pm.

Grain Of Truth Wesley Anne, Northcote. 1:15pm.

Hanksaw Surabaya Johnnys, St Kilda. 7:30pm.

Herft Geri Roberts & Smith The Skylark Room, Upwey. 6:30pm. $15.00.

Moosejaw Rifle Club Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

Russell Morris Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm.

Sammy Own Blues Band Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

Shol Quintet + Slipper Open Studio, Northcote.

2:00pm.

Stephen Kennedy Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3:00pm.

The Dusty Millers + The Collingwood Casanovas + Lucky Oceans Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $18.00.

The Houndlings Union Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

Tim Wheatley + Backyard + More John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $12.00.

Warner Brothers Union Hotel, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Sunday Sep 3 Hip Hop & R&B Tory Lanez Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $90.57.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Beersoaked Sundays - Feat: Face Face + Jeffer’s Limit + Hots Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Bowie Unzipped - Feat: Jeff Duff Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 2:30pm. $30.00.

Cherry Blues - Feat: Three Kings Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00.

Clinkerfield + Blown Cones Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Dianas + Spit Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Frontwomxn - Feat: The Belafontes + Cracker La Touf S + Low Job + Erin Will Be Mad Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $7.00.

Jacker Seeds Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $5.00.

Matt Parlane + Dave O’connor + Elly Hewitt + Jack Kong + More Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $5.00.

Maxon + Ruby Gill Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 6:00pm.

Merk + Merk + Hachiku Old Bar, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Open Mic Jambo, Footscray. 6:00pm.

Open Mic Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 3:00pm.

Open/Mic Jam Nights - Feat: Jam At Musicland Sundays Musicland, Fawkner.

7:00pm.

Romeo Moon + Rahu + Special Guests Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Stella Donnelly + RVG (Solo) + Frances Fox Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $15.00.

Sunday Sessions Purple Emerald, Northcote.

3:00pm.

Tex Don & Charlie + The Ahern Brothers Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 6:00pm. $49.50.

Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

Brooke Russell And The Mean Reds

The Large No 12’S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm.

The Unbelievable Truth + Seasons Tomb + Shareef Blackstar Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

6:30pm. $10.00.

Trophy Eyes + The Hard Aches + Trash Boat + Rumours Corner Hotel, Richmond.

7:30pm. $33.50.

Trouble In Melbourne - Feat: Ausmuteants + Deaf Wish + Chook Race + The Shifters + Dag + Parsnip + Dj Alex Mcfarlane Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $16.35.

Trouble Peach Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

3:00pm.

Wax On Wax Off Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.

Charles Weston Brooke Russell And The Mean Reds will be bringing their dark country tunes to the stage, featuring storytelling lyrics detailing heartbreak and bad decisions, with influences ranging from Americana to jazz and blues. Catch Brooke Russell And The Mean Reds at Charles Weston on Saturday September 2 from 6.30pm. Free entry.

Loose End

The Reverence Hotel Homegrown pop-punk outfit Loose End have some new tunes to show off and they’ll be doing exactly that with their EP launch show. They’ll be joined by Beyond Royal, Distracted By Pink, and One More weekend for a night of cracking tunes at The Reverence Hotel on Saturday September 2 from 8pm. $10 entry.

Wildlife Fundraiser

The Bendigo Hotel The Hamilton Wildlife Shelter need your help to keep up their good work so they’re throwing the best kind of fundraiser there is ± one that involves lots of drinks and awesome tunes. The lineup boasts the likes of Japan For, Body Parts, Diploma, Where’s Glover, and loads more. It’s happening at The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday September 2 from 6pm. $10 entry, with all proceeds going to The Hamilton Wildlife Shelter.

Deadwest Presents

The Evelyn Hotel The Evelyn is putting on a show of some of Melbourne, Ballarat and Geelong’s best up and coming acts, featuring White Bleaches, Hollie Joyce, Plastic, Teal AV, Electric Mud, and Gymnastics In The Seventies. It’s happening at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday September 2 from 8.30pm. Tix are $10+bf via Oztix or $15 on the door.

Garrett Kato

The Grace Darling Hailing from Byron Bay, folk singer Garrett Kato will be venturing south as part of his Take It Slowly tour which will see him playing songs off his latest album, That Low And Lonesome Sound. Catch Garrett Kato at The Grace Darling on Saturday September 2 from 8.30pm. Tix are $23.50 via Oztix.

Eddie Nuardo Trio

Edinburgh Castle Alt-country singer/songwriter Eddie Nuardo will be joined by Pete Fidler on the Dobro and mandolin and Luke Richardson on double bass to help take his already spellbinding tunes to another level. Catch Eddie Nuardo Trio at Edinburgh Castle on Saturday September 2 from 5pm. Free entry.

Off Tap Fest

Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar The crew from Off Tap have thrown together a banging lineup for their biggest event yet and it’s set to be a blowout. Catch the likes of Swamp, Barefoot Spacemen, Hugh Fuchsen, Hotel Fifteen Love, and loads more for Off Tap Fest at Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar. It’s happening on Saturday September 3 from 2pm. $10 entry.

Broderick Smith

The Post Office Hotel Forgot to buy dad a Father’s Day present?

No worries, shout him a few beers at The Post Office Hotel and let Broderick Smith do the work as he delivers two sets of his classic Aussie country, folk and blues tunes.

It’s happening on Sunday September 3 from 4.30pm. Free entry.

Gig of the Week

Harlem, Bleeding Knees Club and Colleen Green

Just like the three layers that make Yo-Yo biscuits so damn delightful, this transcontinental triple-header lineup of garage acts will set your musical taste buds alight. The triple threat includes Harlem who are getting the band back together to give Aussie fans a glimpse at their scuzzrock sound which earned them their cult following, homegrown pop-punks Bleeding Knees Club and Californian stoner pop legend Colleen Green. Also getting in on the fun will be local punks Woo Who, because why not? Get amongst it at The Curtin on Thursday August 31 from 8pm.

Tix are $28+bf via the venue’s website.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Adam Simmons’ Origami Bar Open, Fitzroy.

5:00pm.

Bataola Station 59, Richmond. 3:00pm.

Bungarribee Duo + Stephen Magnusson + Ronny Ferella The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Funk Dancing For Self Defence + Creature Fear + Danitchy + Özergun Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Horns Of Leroy + Wylie J + Ross Irwin + Shannen Wick The B.East, Brunswick East.

2:00pm.

Off The Leash (Tower Of Power Tribute Band) Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. $10.00.

Punjabi Virsa Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 6:00pm. $50.00.

Samassin + Imogen Pemberton 303, Northcote. 7:00pm.

The Legend Of Zelda Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 3:30pm & 8:00pm. $86.70.

The Senegambian Jazz Band Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

The Slipdixies Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.

Towards Eternity - Feat: Genevieve Lacey Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 2:30pm. $30.00.

Urbanity Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $22.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights $10 + Rare Olives + Cancell Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Anyway - Feat: Various Artists Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Battle 8 - Feat: Positively Positive + Loophole Recordings Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

Condensed Milk Takeover - Feat: Jackson Miles + Amin Payne + Positively Positive Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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

Day Spa Present - Feat: Eli Escobar Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7:00am.

Down The Rabbit Hole - Feat: Nigel Last Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Fashion Fridays - Feat: Mark Hardy + Jvp + Sonic Vibes + More La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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

Resonant #3 - Feat: Hex Tape + Acm (Ambient Live) + Nat Grant + Lärm Machen Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Sunday - Feat: Khanh + Duchess Kay + More The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm.

The Sunday Set - Feat: Dj Andyblack + Mr Weir Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk A Special Fathers Day Gig - Feat: The Borderers + Peter Vadiveloo Spiel Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $17.00.

Belle Phoenix & The Subterranean Sea + Jasmin Bade Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Bill Barber Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Brent Parlane Band Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

Chris Harold Trio + Ajak Kwai + Teqsta Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Chris Wilson Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Elwood Blues Club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 5:00pm.

Freya Josephine Hollick Noisy Ritual, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Gallic Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.

Great Aunt Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

Homesick Ray & The Mild Bunch Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Life Is A Song Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

3:00pm.

Mr Alford Country Union Hotel, Brunswick.

3:30pm.

Nadira & Friends + Shimona & The Cat’s Pyjamas Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Robert Champion + Emily Chen Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

Sunday Jazz Session Wesley Anne, Northcote.

3:00pm.

Sunday Session - Feat: Brunsy Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.

The Blues Lizards + Amnesia Blues Band + L.V All Stars Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

3:00pm.

The Flaming Mongrels Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

The Original Cartridge Family Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

The Terry Mccarthy Special Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

You’re Lookin’ At Country - Feat: Laura Imbruglia & Band + Mightiest Of Guns + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $17.84.

Monday Sep 4 Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Cherry Jam Mondays Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.

Knitting - Feat: Sewing + Boozing Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Kooyong + Cosmos + Eaglemont + Cold Cloth Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

Mundane Mondays - Feat: Bakers Eddy + Social Skills + Black Alpine Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $5.00.

Wind It Up - Feat: Salad Boys + Swim Team + Maureen + Bloody Hell Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music 303 Yarra Banks Jam Night 303, Northcote.

8:00pm.

Andrea Keller The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Bird’s Basement Octet Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $22.00.

Jazz Party John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

Lake Minnetonka + Ogopogo + Skyroku Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Ravel’s Blues - Feat: Kristian Chong Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights 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.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Adam Dwyer + Jess Mcmahon + Mike Tilbrook Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Fat Cousin Skinny Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Piano Residency (Damon Smith) Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Tuesday Sep 5 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 Anti-Violet + Dom Kelly + Subshrub Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Little Brother + Between You And Me + The Playbook Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Make It Up Club - Feat: Lan Can + Gregor Siedly + Alice Bennett + Vincent Giles Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Now Here This - Feat: Approachable Members Of Your Local Community + Hekki Brekki Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Rachel Caddy + Dalli + Taylah Carroll Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Rya Park Band Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy.

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Stranger Suite Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $5.00.

The Fort Presents Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Anna’s Go-Go Academy Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 6:30pm. $10.00.

Molto Crescendo Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $35.00.

Monash Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Songs In The Key Of Al - Feat: The Five Bells The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Uncomfortable Science - Feat: Lachlan Mitchell Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

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The B. East The New Orleans street party to end them all will hit The B. East as the Horns of Leroy host the Special Guest sessions once again. This time around they will be joined

by Shannon Wick, Wylie J as well as Ross Irwin from The Cat Empire. Kicking off at 2pm on Sunday September 3, this is the way to finish off your weekend in style. Free entry.

Frontwomxn Fundraiser Pt. 3

The Worker’s Club Because our female musicians are too often shoved into the corner, The Workers has been celebrating local female-fronted acts with their Frontwomxn Fundraisers which aim to raise money to help the bands showcased across the events raise funds to record their tunes. The third and final installment brings you The Belafontes, Cracker La Touf S, Slow Job, and Erin Will Be Mad and kicks off at 7pm on Sunday September 3 at The Workers Club. $7 entry.

Gang Of Youths Festival Hall September 6 Sløtface Howler September 7

Jacuzzi Boys Karova Lounge September 7, The Tote September 8 Deaf Havana Ding Dong Lounge September 7 Placebo Margaret Court Arena September 8 Meg Mac The Forum September 8

Ali Barter Corner Hotel September 8 Jen Cloher Howler September 8

Direct Hit! Bendigo Hotel September 9

Ocean Party Major Toms September 9, Ballarat September 10, The Pinnacle October 4, The Birdhouse October 5 Alae Penny Black September 9, Grace Darling September 10 The Getaway Plan Corner Hotel September 9 -10 AFI The Forum September 10

Judah Kelly Bella Union September 10

Georgia Reed Grace Darling September 10 Mount Defiance The Gasometer September 12, 19 Jeff Rosenstock The Gasometer September 14, Wrangler Studios September 17 Mew Max Watt’s September 12

Dashboard Confessional The Forum September 13 Asha Jefferies Sooki Lounge September 13, The Grand September 14, 170 Russell September 15, The Westernport September 16 Mojo Juju Howler September 14

Wharves Grace Darling September 14

Gallie

The Drunken Poet Hailing from Dublin, Gallie’s songs weave tales of lost love and a life spent traveling the world. With a voice that will grab the attention of anyone within ears length, this performance is bound to be a special one.

Catch him at The Drunken Poet on Sunday September 4 from 4pm. Free entry.

The Blues Lizzards

Whole Lotta Love The Blues Lizzards will be pumping up your Sunday with an afternoon of their Texan/Chicago-inspired blues tunes. Catch The Blues Lizzards at Whole Lotta Love on Sunday September 3 from 3pm. Free entry.

Funk Dancing For Self Defense

The Brunswick Hotel Get ready for a night of rocking tunes with Funk Dancing For Self Defense at The Brunny. Plus, they’ll be bringing along fellow rockers Ozergun, Danitchy, and Creature Fear when they hit The Brunswick Hotel on Sunday September 3. It kicks off at 8pm, free entry.

Damon Smith

Compass Pizza Damon Smith will be gracing the stage on the grand piano to liven up your Monday with some old ragtime boogie and blues.

Come on down, grab a slice and get groovy on Monday September 4 from 7pm at Compass Pizza. Free entry.

Pierce Brothers 170 Russell September 15 The Creases Howler September 15 Billie Eilish The Toff September 15

Kite String Tangle The Forum September 15 Suds Old Bar September 15

The Brave Workers Club September 15 Benny Walker Basement Discs September 15, Memo Music Hall October 13 Pow! Negro The Gasometer September 16 Motez Corner Hotel September 16

PVT Northcote Social Club September 16, Spotted Mallard September 17 Steve Lane Golden Vine Hotel September 16 Luke Million Howler September 16

I Know Leopard Workers Club September 16 Pharoahe Monch 170 Russell September 18 London Grammar Margaret Court Arena September 19 Dream Theatre Palais Theatre September 20

Louis Baker Grace Darling Hotel September 20 Pond Corner Hotel September 20-22

Gravemind Workers Club September 21 The Cherry Dolls Northcote Social Club September 21 Young Lions The Evelyn September 22 Sundr The Old Bar September 22

Postmodern Jukebox The Palais Theatre September 22 Karl S Williams Northcote Social Club September 22, Barwon Club Geelong September 23 Shonen Knife Ngv September 22, Corner Hotel October 1 Ben Ely Grace Darling September 22, Karova Lounge September 23 Katchafire 170 Russell September 22

Angus & Julia Stone The Palais Theatre September 23

Max & Iggor Cavalera The Forum September 23

Born Lion The Reverence September 23 Wild Honey Yah Yahs September 23

Justice For The Damned Phoenix Youth Centre September 24 James Vincent Mcmorrow The Croxton September 25 Mac Miller 170 Russell September 26

Emily Barker Workers Club September 26 George Clinton & The Parliament Funkadelic Palais Theatre September 27

Stranger Suite

The Gasometer Hotel Stranger Suite are kicking off their September residency which will see them getting punters grooving along to their soul, funk and jazz infused hip hop sound.

Catch Stranger Suite at The Gasometer Hotel on Tuesday September 5 from 8pm. $5 entry.

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Mermaidens The Tote September 27, The

Lastlings Northcote Social Club September 30 Tijuana Cartel The Gasometer September 30

Live Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 11

September 30

Kyle Lionhairt Toff In Town November 11

Caiti Baker, Dubarray And More Wollombi Old Crow Medicine The Forum October 1

Sad Grrrls Reverence Hotel November 11 Morning Tv Yah Yahs November 11

Wafia Corner Hotel October 5

The Growlers 170 Russell November 12

Gooch Palms Northcote Social Club October 6

Icehouse Palais Theatre November 17

Teenage Bottlerocket Bendigo Hotel October 6

Lionel Richie & Chic Rod Laver Arena October 7 AJJ The Reverence October 7

Citizen Kay Northcote Social Club October 7 UV Boi The Gasometer October 7

Halcyon Drive Yah Yahs October 7 Liv Cartledge Some Velvet Morning October 7 Black Rheno Max Watt’s October 10

Alex Lahey Karova Lounge October 11, Workers Club Geelong October 12, Corner Hotel October 18

Ash Grunwald Sooki Lounge November 16 Paul Kelly Royal Botanic Gardens November 17 Winston Surfshirt Corner Hotel November 17

Strawberry Fields Feat Yothu Yindi & Treaty

Project, Cc:disco!, The Teskey Brothers

Tocumwal Nsw November 17 – November 19 Sea N Sound Feat Jebediah, Shihad, Dallas

Crane And More Frankston Park November 18 Peggy Gou Boney November 18

Acolyte Evelyn Hotel November 18

Glen Matlock Yarraville Club November 18,

San Holo Howler October 12

Barwon Club November 19

Lakyn Northcote Social Club October 13

Stevie Nicks & Pretenders Rochford Wines Yarra

October 14

Ariel Pink Recital Centre November 21

Mayday Parade 170 Russell October 13

GZA Max Watt’s November 18

Yeo Workers Club Geelong October 13, Howler

Valley November 18

Boney M The Palais October 14

Vance Joy The Forum November 22

Earle, Son Volt, Traveller And More Seaworks,

November 23

Out On The Weekend Feat Justin Townes Williamstown October 14

Saskwatch Barwon Club Geelong October 14, Corner Hotel October 21

Gabriel Garzón-Montano Gasometer Temper Trap Croxton November 23, Melbourne Recital Centre November 24 Miss May I Max Watt’s November 24

Migos Hisense Arena October 15

Something For Kate 170 Russell November 24

Justin Townes Earle Melbourne Recital Centre

Dean Lewis Corner Hotel November 24

6Lack 170 Russell October 16 October 16

Traveller Northcote Social Club October 17, Caravan Music Club October 18 The Double Melbourne Recital Centre October 18, The Tote October 20, Karova Lounge October 21

Marky Ramone The Croxton November 24

Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff,

Vic November 24 – November 26 Mike Portnoy The Croxton November 25 Peter Andre The Forum November 25

Spilt Milk Festival Feat Lorde, Vance Joy,

King Gizzard And More Commonwealth Park,

Dillinger Escape Plan Corner Hotel October 19

Canberra November 25

Mane Gasometer Hotel October 19

Lorde Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 26

And More Hisense Arena October 20

November 26

Joyride Northcote Social Club October 20

Clowns Pelly Bar November 28, Sooki Lounge

Less Than Jake Prince Bandroom October 19

Rnb Fridays Live Feat Craig David, Ne-Yo, Kelis Northlane 170 Russell October 20

Tinpan Orange Workers Club Geelong October 20, The Toff October 21

Blackbear Howler November 26

Jenny & The Scallywags Brunswick Hotel Cat Stevens Rod Laver Arena November 27 November 29 Sia Aami Park November 30

Swagger Music Festival Feat Kyle Lionhart,

Culture Club Rod Laver Arena November 30

Victoria October 20 – October 22

Wallis Bird Northcote Social Club November 30

Josh Cashman, Didirri And More Wandiligong, The Heartache State Caravan Club October 22 Havana Meets Kingston Corner Hotel October 22 Sarah Mcleod Pelly Bar October 25, Sooki Lounge October 26, Karova Lounge October 27

Harry Styles Forum Theatre November 30 Methyl Ethel The Croxton November 30

Hopkins Creek Music Festival The Kulkurt Crater December 1 – 3

Icehouse Palais Theatre December 1 Feist Forum Theatre December 1

Bernard Fanning The Croxton October 26 & 27

Fat Nick Corner Hotel December 3

Raave Tapes Penny Black October 27

J.Cole Margaret Court Arena December 6

The Scientists Corner Hotel October 28

Pissed Jeans Corner Hotel December 7

Pennywise Forum Theatre October 27

Paul Mccartney Aami Park December 5 & 6

The Angels The Palms October 27

Alt-J Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 7

Sebastian Bach The Forum October 28

The Living End The Croxton October 28

Endless Heights Workers Club October 28, Wrangler Studios October 29 Heartsounds Bendigo Hotel October 30

Boo Seeka Sooki Lounge November 2, Karova November 3, Workers Club Geelong November 4, 170 Russell November 5

Sleepmakeswaves Howler December 7

Downtown Boys John Curtin Hotel December 8 Big Thief Howler December 8 Kolsch Forum Theatre December 8

Japanese Breakfast John Curtin Hotel December 9 Noname 170 Russell December 10

KC And The Sunshine Band A Day On The Green

The Bear Hunt Old Bar November 2

At Rochford Wines December 10, Margaret Court

Lyall Moloney Workers Club November 3

Tash Sultana Margaret Court Arena December 14

The Peep Tempel Forum Theatre November 3

Arena December 12

The Tea Party The Forum November 4

Kllo Corner Hotel December 15

Lounge November 5

Muse Rod Laver Arena December 20

Supersuckers Evelyn Hotel November 4, Karova Midnight Oil Sidney Myer Music Bowl November 6&8 Melvins The Gasometer November 6, Max Watt’s

King Parrot 170 Russell December 15

Beyond The Valley Festival Ft Schoolboy Q,

The Presets, Matt Corby, Stormzy Lardner Park December 28 – January 1 2018

November 8 British India Karova Lounge November 9, 170 Russell November 10, The Wool Exchange

At The Drive‑In Festival Hall September 28

November 11

Yahtzel Howler September 28

November 10

Wollombi Music Festival Feat Lime Cordiale,

Gasometer October 1 Habits The Curtin September 28

Megan Washington Melbourne Recital Centre

Khalid Festival Hall November 9

Rumours 30 Seconds To Mars, Taylor Swift, Paramore

The Stems Croxton Bandroom November 10

Shady Bliss The Tote September 28

Tonight Alive Corner Hotel November 10

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Dune Rats Forum Theatre September 29

Kingswood Whalers November 10, Karova

Beat Presents

Haken 170 Russell September 29

Mono Max Watt’s November 10

Caligula’s Horse Max Watt’s September 30

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Backstage

Mogwai “Hello?” comes the instantly recognisable Scottish purr of Stuart Braithwaite, lead singer of post-rock band Mogwai. Then he says something else, but it’s lost – swallowed up in the static and distortion of a predictably bad phone line. In fact, so beset by peals of screeching white noise is Beat’s conversation with Braithwaite, that you could almost drop the chat into the middle of a Mogwai record and no-one would be any the wiser.

Where then in the world is Braithwaite? Given the aching ten-second delay on the phone line, one might expect the answer to be the Bermuda Triangle, or the surface of Mars. But no. Braithwaite was holed up in a hotel in Sydney, gearing up to play the band’s single date antipodean tour; an in-and-out trip that saw them wow the punters at Tasmania’s Dark Mofo festival. “I’m just getting used to being over here, so still feeling a little bit spaced out,” he says, cheerfully. “It’s okay though. We’re just happy to come and play.”

The band were in our part of the world to drum up advance publicity for Every Country’s Sun, their unforgiving, ninth record. And although Braithwaite would have you believe that he doesn’t get too stressed about playing shows anymore – “I’m kind of beyond that,” he says, “cause it’s just something that we’re lucky to be able to do” – he does admit that playing new material is a different experience altogether.

“To be honest, we’ve done a few shows recently playing the new stuff and that was quite nervewracking. That was a different experience. It just makes you feel slightly out of your comfort zone

“Music is a shared experience.

We’re definitely not cynical people, so we would never make music that we didn’t like. But at the same time it’s music for everyone.” when you start playing music that people haven’t necessarily heard before.”

Not that the band needed to have worried. Every Country’s Sun is the kind of bold work that critics fall over themselves to call things like assured, masterful and unfaltering. There’s not a dud song in the thing; not a track that doesn’t make your hands blossom up into fists and your jaw harden. It’s anthemic, it’s titanium strong, and it’s exactly as powerful and career-defining as the band’s best work.

Not that you can really tell Braithwaite that.

He’s in no mood to take that many steps back – mostly because he can’t; because he can never see the piece as part of a big picture until long, long after it is done and released into the world. “When you’re writing it, you’re so immersed in the project and immersed in the task at hand, a lot of these things don’t come into your consciousness.

“A lot of songs on the new record are things that we haven’t really tried before. But while we were making it, we were trying to make it as good as it could possibly be. We weren’t even taking a step back and looking at it in terms of how it fit in with our other stuff.”

For Braithwaite, writing music is a balancing

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act. He has the concerns of his band to think about – he has to think about the kind of unified front Mogwai project as a group of musicians who have been playing with one another for some time now – but he can never lose sight of the fans, either.

“Music is a shared experience. We’re definitely not cynical people, so we would never make music that we didn’t like. But at the same time it’s music for everyone. It’s not a selfish process. It’s totally at the back of your mind, but it’s certainly not the ultimate thing. The ultimate thing is just to do something that you’re proud of.”

Ultimately, for Braithwaite, music is a form of communication. It is a thing to be shared; something to be passed around; something that unites. He has something to say to that effect, but the screeching hiss of phone feedback mostly cuts him off. “You make music that has an effect on other people,” he says, his voice just audible through the barrage of noise. “It’s fun to play music and it’s fun to write music. But it doesn’t really exist until it’s out in other people’s lives as well.”

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