Beat 1598

October 18, 2017

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Issue N o 1598

Aussie Rock's Most Dynamic Duo Take Us on a Date Like Running Water/Psychic Hysteria/Nite Jewel/The Pleasure Garden

★★★★

“An enchanting night with one of pop’s greatest oddballs.” ~ THE TELEGRAPH

50 SONG MEMOIR

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS SAT 21 OCTOBER // PART 1, SONGS 1—25 SUN 22 OCTOBER // PART 2, SONGS 26—50 Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

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Candlish

Pterodactyl

8pm, Band Room $10 pre / $15 door

8pm, Band Room, $10

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8pm, Band Room, $10

TRIVIA with SPARKS Bar, 7.30pm Bar,

Wesley Anne Wesley Anne

250 High st, Northcote Hill WEDNESDAYS 9482 13

Thursday 30 March

Friday 31 March

Saturday 1 April

Restaurant, Tuesday 4 April Etc.Restaurant,

Sunday 2 April

Refraction Davies WestHill Phia 250 High st, Northcote 9482 1 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Thursday Free250 High st, Northcote Hill Friday 24 March 236pm, March Front Bar, Free

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Broadstone ‘Genesis’ The Moulin Beige Saturday 25 March Tuesday 28 MarchRoom Sunday 26 March 7.30pm, Single Launch Band 9482 13 Bar, 2pm, Band room, Bar, ticket Refraction Agogo Wattle$5 $15PB &22 Davies West Trio Thu 19 October 20 October Sat 21 October Sun October LivFri Cartledge 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free Restaurant, Restaurant, and Wood $30Jam mealNight & show Etc. High st, Northcote Hill Front Bar, $5 Danny ‘Timber’ EP Launch Mechanical Danny Ross Scott250 Hutchinson Zoe Ross Fox 6pm, Front Bar, Free 7pm, Fake Sibling Etc. 9482 13 Bob Robbie 6pm, Front Bar, Free 8pm, Band Room, Saturday 25 March Friday 24Front March Tuesday 28 2pm March $10 Thursday 23 $10 March Pterodactyl Sunday 26 March Front bar 6pm free Front bar 6pm free bar 6pm free Band room Boyd Candlish

Wesley Anne Wesley Anne Pete Lyrebird

Wesley Anne

8pm, Band Room 8pm, Band Room, 8pm, Band Room, Refraction Davies West $10Trio Agogo Front Bar, Free 19 Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm,Saturday Friday May $10 pre 6pm, / $15 door $10Thursday 18 May

Wattle

20 andMay Wood

PB &Bar, Sunday 21 May Restaurant, Jam Night

Lisa Crawley Copperhead Alister Turrill Bar, $5 Scott Mechanical 6pm, Front Bar, Free 7pm, Front Robbie Etc. Kyle Brew Secret Native Don’t The Blue Band room 8pm WEDNESDAYS Band room 8pm Front bar 6pm free BoydBrass Band Pterodactyl Candlish 8pm, Band Room 6pm free front bar 6pm free front bar 8pm, Band Room, $10 8pm, Band Room, $10 pre / $15 door $15 Full /$10 Conc Thank Saturday Me 22 AprilTwo Few Sunday 23 April 21 April $10 pre / $15Friday door $10Thursday 20 April

$15 Jugs of Coburg Lager Mon - Fri before 6pm TRIVIA with SPARKS 7.30pm Thursday 30 March Friday 31 March Saturday+1 April Sunday 2 April Tuesday 6pm 4 April free front bar Jam Jar Open from 2pm Mon - WEDNESDAYS Thu, 12pm Fri Sun Shaky Stills Liana & Bossa Brunwsick Red Spank Me Jose Nieto 2 Inch Tape Refraction Davies West Broadstone ‘Genesis’ The Moulin Beige TRIVIA with SPARKS 7.30pm line 4 Phia Band room 8pmfree $10 6pm front bar 8pm $10 band room The Perolas 6pm, Front Bar, FreeGig 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free Single Launch 7.30pm, Band Room Farewell 250 High st, Northcote Hill / wesleyanne.com.au /9482 1333 2pm, Band room, $5and$15 Nahko Medicine ticket The Forgotten Danny Ross 8pm $10 band room 6pm free front bar

Thursday 30 March

WEDNESDAYS

6pm free front bar

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Sunday 2 April

2pm $10 band room

Tuesday 4 April

TRIVIA with SPARKS 7.30pm TRIVIA with SPARKS 7.30pm Refraction 6pm, Front Bar, Free

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Ghost

WEDNESDAYS

‘Timber’ EP Launch

Danny Ross

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Contents

Issue N o 1598

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News

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Arts Guide

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Beat Eats Electronic Hip Hop

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Polish Club

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Germinal Like Running Water

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The Pleasure Garden Damien Cowell’s Disco Machine

Like Running Water

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Ashley Davies Echo City Music

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Psychic Hysteria

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Album of the Week Singles

Echo City

The Pleasure Garden

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Gig Guide

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Nite Jewel Crossword

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Would you look at this glorious** weather! Hope you’ve all be soaking up the sunshine, in the most sun-smart way, of course. I’m talking sunscreen, hat, sunnies ± the works.

You can thank me later for that little lesson.

But enough about the weather, because what we’re really here for is the stories, and boy-oh-boy do we have some rippers. Right up the front, in all their crazy-splendour we’ve got the fabulous Polish Club ± surprise, they’ve just dropped their new EP and we’ve got the scoop. Melbourne Festival is about to wrap up, but not before we tell you how Germinal build the entire universe in a matter of hours and Ella Thompson & Clio Renner take us through the collaborative Like Running Water.

Take a look inside The Pleasure Garden, hear from Damien Cowell as he prepares to bring his Disco Machine to Darebin Music Feast and let Psychic Hysteria tell you why the DIY scene is so damn important. What a damn good time!

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Melbourne Music Week Reveal Sprawling Full Program After revealing the historic St. Paul’s Cathedral as its 2017 hub, as well as showcases from Chapter Music, Aarght Records, Wondercore Island and more, Melbourne Music Week has taken another adventurous step with its full lineup. The adjoining carpark to the neo-gothic home will be transformed into an afternoon residence of live performances with the likes of Kutcha Edwards, Miss Blanks, Jack River, I Know Leopard and Eilish Gilligan set to perform. The creative space will also play host to Baro and Big Words while Kirin J Callinan will also take to the carpark alongside Body Type, Press Club, The Operatives and more. Melbourne Music Week goes down from Friday November 17 until Saturday November 25. Check it all out via the MMW website.

Echo Drama

Mona Foma

Sounds Of Africa Festival

Awash with world premieres, art installations and Australian exclusives, Mona Foma’s highlights include a set from legendary act Godspeed You! Black Emperor providing the live score for The Holy Body Dance Tattoo’s Monumental while Gotye will join forces with the Ondioline Orchestra in paying tribute to the late French electronic composer, Jean-Jacques Perrey. Other standouts include a partnership between Violent Femmes and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Brian Jackson coming together with the Southern Gospel Choir. Mona Foma 2018 goes down in Launceston, Tasmania from Friday January 12 ± Sunday January 14 and Hobart from Monday January 15 ± Monday January 22. Head to the festival website for more info.

The interactive, family, and community festival will celebrate a combination of quality African cultural elements by bringing together music, African dance, West African rhythmic drumming, and performance. Mohamed Kamara & Jarabi Band, Echo Drama, Ras Jahknow Band, and more will perform, while free activities include drumming workshops, African board games, African storytelling and African rock painting.

Topping it all off Tasty Soya, Tastes of Senegal, and New Somali Kitchen are among vendors providing the goods to keep you going throughout the day. Sounds Of Africa Festival will take place Saturday December 16 at Ceres Environment Park, East Brunswick.

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Beaches

Brewer’s Feast

Sugar Mountain

Boutique beer and food festival coming to

Unleashes super sweet lineup Melbourne’s most effervescent music and arts festival, Sugar Mountain, has just dropped a juicy lineup for 2018, with a whole heap of international and local acts decorating the bill. Big names like Cut Copy, Joey Bada$$, Jamilla Woods, J Hus and Actress are among the mix with local acts Beaches, Body Type and Stella Donnelly joining in for the party. Along with killer tunes, the festival will also host a range of arts performances such as VIA Alice, an audio dance performance, along with other immersive performance and visual art pieces. The festival will take place on Saturday January 20 at Victorian College of the Arts. Tickets available via Moshtix.

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Abbotsford Over 80 beers from acclaimed breweries will be on offer including Stockade Brew Co, Prickly Moses, Stone & Wood, Pirate Life, and Mornington Peninsula Brewery. The curated list of food stalls includes smoked meats from Fancy Hanks, gourmet Mac n Cheese, arancini balls, wood fired pizza, speciality doughnuts, and more. Capping it off Shiva and the Hazards, Neighbourhood Youth, Ben Whiting and Mango Retreat will soundtrack the event. Brewers Feast Craft Beer & Food Festival runs Saturday December 2 and Sunday December 3 at Abbotsford Convent.

WOMAD Uncaps Mighty Fine 2018 Lineup WOMAD has well and truly outdone itself with a groundbreaking 2018 lineup welcoming the top tier of jazz, blues, electronic, rock and more. You’ll be getting down with ‘Queen of the Sita’ Anoushka Shankar, the Australian premiere of Havana Meets Kingston featuring legendary reggae duo Sly & Robbie; fiery guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela and inspired saxophonist Kamasi Washington.

Elsewhere, Aussie electronic kingpins The Avalanches will take to the stage, as well as Dan Sultan, Tinariwen and more. Other highlights include performances from Adrian Sherwood, Bixiga 70, Chico Trujillo, Le Vent du Nord, Yirrmal & the Miliyawutj Band, Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band, Daymé Arocena and more. WOMADelaide goes down from Friday March 9 ± Sunday March 12 at Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia. Ticks via the festival website.

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Uncomfortable Science Take On Amy Winehouse for Melbourne Music Week FROM 7PM

W E D N E S DAY

Improvisational mavens Uncomfortable Science are set to conduct a night of jazz-infused groove when they interpret the catalogue of Amy Winehouse as part of Melbourne Music Week. Supplying his band with the chords alone, musical director Lachlan Mitchell ( Jazz Party) will conduct a trio of musicians as they move through an unidentified Winehouse song. Songs will be revealed at the end, unless guessed first by savvy audience members and fans. To host the night, Melbourne-based pop culture podcasters Angus Leslie and Jean Lizza from Quality Time with Jean & Angus will provide hilarious insight into the world of improvised music. It’s taking place at The Toff In Town on Wednesday November 22, and tickets also include entry to the Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait exhibition at the Jewish Museum.

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The Bombay Royale

Soundvision

Nocturnal

La Trobe University is turning 50 this year, and to celebrate, the beautiful natural grass amphitheatre and moat of their Bundoora campus is set for a huge party. Soundvision is a music and art extravaganza boasting the likes of Remi, The Bombay Royale, Yeo, MzRizk, GL, Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Bey Dance & The Listies. The event will also feature food trucks, bars and a specially-commissioned world premiere art film ± featuring a live musical performance from the Australian Youth Orchestra. Don’t miss Soundvision on Saturday November 18 at La Trobe University.

After an October instalment that included powerhouse duos Slum Sociable and Fortunes, Nocturnal will once again return to Melbourne Museum for an evening of unheard sounds, unparalleled collection items and wondrous questioning. Roland Tings will introduce his three-piece band ± expect communal arm-raising on the dancefloor. Annie Bass will also be along to woo the crowd with her heartfelt electronica and swoon-worthy lyrics, while Triple RRR’s Andras will provide the soundtrack between sets. Head along to Melbourne Museum on Friday November 3, tickets are on sale through the venue.

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Age Music Victoria Awards 2017 nominations are here

Face The Music

Lift your laptop lid, open a browser and uncap your think tank because the Age Music Victoria Awards’ 2017 nominations are here. Off the top, the likes of Cable Ties and RVG have been recognised among competitors for Best Album, Best Band, Best Song and Best Emerging Act. King Gizzard & the Lizard will also revert your gaze behind their shortlistings for Best Band, Best Song (‘Rattlesnake’) and Best Live Act while A.B. Original will also demand some focus with four nominations.

Heading into their 12th year, the Age Music Victoria Awards is one of Australia’s most publicly voted music awards and also one of its most important ± shining a light on the plethora of music talent that makes up this cultured state. Voting closes Friday November 10 with the awards to be revealed on Wednesday November 22. Check it out via the Music Victoria website.

Joining the already chock-full lineup of guests is writer Giselle Au-Nhien Ngyen, Herald Sun’s weekly music columnist Mikey Cahill, while filmmaker Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore and photographer Michelle Grace Hunter have collaborated to create Her Sound, Her Story documenting creative women spanning through four decades of music history. They’ll be joined by Beyond the Valley owner and director Nick Greco, The Gasometer’s Alex Gleeson, and Double J’s music programmer Jacinta Parsons. Yeo, Kirin J Callinan, Stella Donnelly and The Ocean Party will also be along. Free music will appear around Melbourne’s CBD on both nights. Face The Music hits the MMW Hub at St Paul’s Cathedral from Thursday November 23 ± Friday November 24. Tickets available via Moshtix.

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Docklands Blues Music Festival Returns for Sixth Year

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A free all-day event packed with nonstop all-Aussie music, indoor and outdoor stages, food trucks and licensed bars, The Blues Music Festival has easily become a huge Melbourne staple. From this year’s Wonderland Spiegeltent, you’ll see The Johnny Reynolds Band, Sweet Felicia & the Tradies, Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie, Bonnie Kay & The Bonafides, Paulie Bignell & The Thornbury Two, Dreamboogie, The Three Kings and Catfish Voodoo. An all-star Blues Garden Stage will feature Steph Fischer-Ivancy, Bill Barber, Jarrod Shaw, John McNamara, Anna Sconti and Nick Charles. The Blues Music Festival hits Docklands on Sunday October 22, at its new pop-up location of 699 Latrobe Street.

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The Pleasure Garden Drop Huge Second Lineup Having already locked in Montaigne, Fat Freddy’s Drop, L-Fresh The Lion and Stickybuds ± to name but a few ± and expanding with two new additional music arenas on St Kilda’s foreshore, Pleasure Garden 2017 have doubled-down by unveiling a second round of amazing hip hop, reggae, soul and electronic acts. Perth trio Crooked Colours, British producer/DJ Ed Solo, Arnhem Land rapper Baker Boy, Sunshine, Heartical Hi-Powa feat. Stryka D & Macky Banton, Griff, Mike Callander, Otologic, Jesse I, Trickbox, Mickey Space, Jamima Jonez, Chelsea Brown and Nam will all join the fun on Saturday December 9 at St Kilda’s Catani Gardens. Tickets are available via the festival website.

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The tender, finger-picked ballads of Jose Gonzalez have been loved and heard by many since he first broke through with his cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’, landing on the mixtapes of countless teenage love interests across Australia. Of course, in the time since ‘Heartbeats’, Gonzalez proved himself as a master of his craft, with airy vocals intertwining with bossainfluenced guitar parts. Now, he’ll make his mark in Melbourne with his debut appearance at one of the city’s finest venues, the Melbourne Recital Centre. Catch Jose Gonzalez on Monday April 2 and Tuesday April 3, 2018.

Australian kings of prog Ne Obliviscaris will tour the country in support of their soon to be released album Urn. The tour includes their debut New Zealand shows, and marks their first time playing to Australian fans since December 2016, when they closed the door on their Citadel album campaign, which saw them take over stages in Asia, the Middle East, Australia, North America and Europe. Urn is due out Friday October 27, with Melbourne fans finally getting the chance to see Ne Obliviscaris when they storm through Max Watt’s on Saturday February 10. Tickets through wildthingpresents.com.

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Australia’s wildest, maddest and most notorious Indy film event will return in 2018, and this year’s theme The Golden Age of Censorship is set to get tongues wagging ± especially with secret screenings of The Red Pill and Vaxxed. The MUFF Neu section includes new work from Lisa Enos, Jeremy De Ceglie, Steve Williams, and Dia Taylor. Seamus Ryan and Amy Antcliffe have produced a wild selection of shorts at MINI MUFF across six sessions, and special guest Alex Proyas director of The Crow, Dark City, I Robot and Gods of Egypt will give a masterclass on his views on contemporary cinema. MUFF will run from Saturday October 28 until Friday November 3.

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Will return to Australia in 2018 Goth-rock queen Chelsea Wolfe will bring her face melting show to Australia, for her first full headline tour since 2012.

Since the release of her debut record The Grime & The Glow in 2010, Wolfe’s blend of gothic-rock, folk, and doom metal has seen her melting stages the world over. This time around, she’ll be touring Down Under in support of her latest album Hiss Spun – a record that’s been lauded as her best and heaviest to date. She’ll be storming through Max Watt’s on Friday March 16. Tickets through Life Is Noise.

Bluesfest Reveals First 2018 Sideshows The gush of Bluesfest sideshows has begun with a slew of the arriving artists locking in special slots. To kick it off, First Aid Kit drop into the Croxton on Thursday April 5 with cuts from their forthcoming album in tow. Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant arrives alongside his live band, the Sensational Space Shifters, for performances at the Palais on Sunday April 1 and Monday April 2. Celebrating the life of eclectic pop superstar, Prince, the New Power Generation come to 170 Russell on Monday April 26 and Tuesday April 27 while Morcheeba sound their first Australian shows in four years with a slot at the same venue on Friday March 30. Capping it off, Gov’t Mule will be joined by special guests Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real for a show at the Corner on Tuesday March 27. Grab your tickets via the venue websites.

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Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait

Tree of Codes One Mna Show

The untold story of a legend

The life, music, and heritage of world-renowned performer Amy Winehouse will be explored in a Melbourne-exclusive exhibition. Featuring unprecedented access to Winehouse’s belongings including her guitar, family photos, record collection, and outfit, it also dives deep into her family’s Jewish immigration experience. It opens October 22 and runs until March 25 at the Jewish Museum.

The capstone event from Melbourne Festival’s stunning 2018 program is here. A mesmerising combination of contemporary ballet, art and music from some of the world’s brightest minds ± including lauded musician Jamie xx ± the show rolls into the Arts Centre on Wednesday October 19, Friday October 20 and Saturday October 21.

Comedy George’s Bar It’s huge night of laughs at George’s this week as some of the best and brightest laughmakers take to the stage. Plus, the next contestants in their ‘Are You Funnier Than George’ competition. Friday October 20.

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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Louis Theroux

Like Running Water

The master documentarian returns

Brilliant visuals, brilliant music

For the first time in cinemas, Louis Theroux’s latest documentary Heroin Town will take to the big screen in an exclusive premiere event. The film explores communities trapped in the depths of addiction, and the flow-on effect millions of Americans are now facing since a crackdown on prescription painkillers Watch Louis Theroux: Heroin Town at Cinema Nova on Friday November 17, Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19.

Ella Thompson of GL and Dorsal Fins has teamed up with Victorian based artists, Clio Renner, Sui Zhen, Prue Stent and Sydney-based Honey Long, to create the ultimate super-group on Thompson’s newest performance piece, Like Running Water. An un-missable event featuring some of the best talent this state has produced in years. Friday October 20 at Melbourne Recital Centre.

Wallace and Gromit and Friends Season extended at ACMI Exclusive to ACMI, the exhibition features more than 350 objects, taking audiences behind the scenes on an Aardman production showing original artworks, sketchbooks, concept drawings, storyboards, puppets and sets, as well as offering a look at Aardman’s forthcoming 2018 film, Early Man. Due to popular demand, the season has been extended at ACMI until Monday January 29.

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An Unorthodox Flow of Images What is it that connects us as humans to photography? Is it the beauty of the image?

The significance of the moment? Our experience with the subject? It might be all of those things, and none of them.

An Unorthodox Flow Of Images, an exhibition curated by Naomi Cass and Pippa Milne for the Melbourne Festival doesn’t try to answer this, nor does it try to address a single theme or idea. Instead the exhibition elegantly presents 150 still and moving images with vague connections and invites the viewer to come to their own conclusions. Cass and Milne advise in the field guide: “At the core of this exhibition is an attempt to lay bare the way that images inform and seep into everyday life, underpinning the way we see, interpret and understand the world.”

The exhibition begins with an image widely understood to be the first Australian press photograph; Body of Joe Byrne, member of the Kelly Gang. The image sits alongside Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca and a photograph of 2014’s Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney, highlighting the variations in how public displays of

suffering and trauma are captured.

An Unorthodox Flow of Images also offers opportunities for reflection on the ways an image can be interpreted. The Eunuch, Maree, South Australia has been displayed under several titles throughout its history, all of which convey a different meaning. Whilst a selection of ASIO surveillance images take on a more ominous sub context as a result of the annotations identifying persons of interest.

The context is key to why certain images in the exhibition are so compellingMorning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, Tasmania is credited with playing a part in the Labour victory in the 1983 federal election and became an iconic embodiment of what might have disappeared. And viewing Masayoshi Sukia’s portrait of David Bowie (which became the cover of his iconic Heroes album) feels even more significant with his recent passing.

A true highlight of the exhibition is Andy Guérifs captivating Maestà, The Passion of Christ, a 60 minute video in which the twenty six scenes from Christ’s Passion are restaged. It is impossible to look away-

perhaps due to the fresh approach to such a familiar narrative, or because there are numerous acts taking place simultaneously across the tableau, or maybe because watching actors move furniture from frame to frame setting up for the following scene makes us feel that we have an exclusive, behind the scenes look.

Ultimately it is these kind of questions that the exhibition successfully encourages the audience to ask. Showing us that we don’t need to have the answers about what makes imagery compelling to enjoy it, and in fact sometimes it is this mystery that can be its greatest strength.

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Jennifer Loveless

Am I the last person on this earth to hear about Diawli? India’s Hindu festival of lights that celebrates the triumph of good over evil, where loved ones gather to cleanse for new beginnings, renewed hope and joy? Bear with me I’m not going full hippy on you, but the festival is actually really amazing, and along with chill thoughts, yoga and ridding sins, there’s also dance, music, arts, and – drum roll please – spicy, spicy Indian food.

It’s all going down on October 22 and in light of the festival, here are my ultimate Indian eats.

First on the list is Mukka; a sweet and humble restaurant originally opening as a stall at the Vic Market some years ago.

Their honest service and tasteful North Indian flavour grew so popular within the market that a restaurant to come next was only essential. And a smart move that was, as they now hold their ground as one of Melbourne’s most delicious and true experiences. Mukka was actually the reason I became aware of Diawli as on October 22 they serve their finest treats at the Diwali Yoga & Special Veggie Thali Festival at Edinburgh Gardens. The festival offers cleansing Yoga followed by a special vegetarian Thali lunch at Mukka for just $35. Just bring a mat, towel, and some unwanted baggage to set free.

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This Thursday October 19, long-running Thursday night party Dance Technique at New Guernica is hosting the local talent that is Jennifer Loveless. Having played the likes of Camp Nong, Daydreams, Gaytimes, Strawberry Fields, Rose Quartz Festival in Tassie, World Pride in Toronto and The Great Wall of China Music Festival in Beijing, the globetrotting Jennifer Loveless can be found most weekends bringing her finest aural delights to your favourite Melbourne clubs. She also presents the weekly radio show Weatherall on 87.6 KISS FM. Kicks off at 10pm.

Friendships

After something with a little fancier? Then Piquancy is for you. Hawthorn’s much celebrated Indian restaurant explores a variety of Indian flavours and breaks down the reputation of Indian food being heavy and predominately curries and rice. Piquancy – meaning a pleasantly sharp and appetising flavour – amply succeed in doing so with dishes such as yoghurt kebabs, pani puri or cheese dosa. When I dined at Piquancy I loved the Tulsi Seap; basil and lemon marinated scallops with green pea suave and capsicum salsa.

I really, really suggest trying this.

Kudos

On Friday, Club Derange are hosting the second annual Halloween Masquérave Ball (very clever guys) at Hugs&Kisses. On board for the debauchery are the ‘hard as steel cap boots, soft as dust kisses’ beat-makers Friendships doing a live set, alongside selectors Hysteric, Simon TK and old mate Harold. If Friendships’ recent Facebook photo updates are anything to go by, goth-theremin master Miles Brown could possibly be joining them. Or it could just be an old photo Halloween photo they posted because it’s cool.

Not sure and I’m not an actual journalist so probably not gonna find out. Either way, you’re in for a pretty good time I reckon. Kicks off at 11pm and you’ll probably want to get there early-ish.

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And then there’s something that’s a little less Indian I’ll admit, but a lot more special to me particularly. It’s my local Indian and Nepalese restaurant, The Kathmandu Cottage down in North Melbourne. Firstly I’d like to point out that Nepalese food and Indian food are similar – but not the same.

Nepalese cuisine is heavily meat based, where as Indian Food offers a wider range of vegetarian dishes with more curries and spices. However at The Kathmandu Cottage, you can be treated to both. I would try the Goat Curry (the chef ’s favourite) or the Raita made from carrot and cucumber in home-made natural yoghurt. I also wouldn’t go past the Gulab Jamun for dessert – home-made milk dumplings dipped in sugar syrup.

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Perth rapper Evanda has dropped new visuals for his sensual single ‘Move’. This one is for the ladies out there, with the empowering female-driven music video destroying the idea that women are only seen as mere sex objects in the rap industry.

Evanda released the track last week on the International Day of the Girl, to celebrate female strength and unity. The song is taken from the 6k emcee’s upcoming EP Through My Eyes, following the success of In My Sight released with record label WVS. Produced by fellow Home Baked member Luchii, the hazy track will sweep you off your feet with its sexy, sunsoaked synths and undeniably, raw lyrics.

It’s been over two years since we last heard from Burn City local Dylan Joel but the talented singer/songwriter has gifted us with a groovy new track titled ‘Hola, Hola’. The infectious single combines Joel’s signature flow and vulnerable lyricism with a captivating hook and flawless melodic acoustics. The hip hop artist has toured across the country supporting international artists Pharoahe Monch and Hopsin, as well as opening for a number of iconic Aussie acts including Illy and Bliss N Eso. Dylan Joel released Authentic Lemonade back in 2015, and despite his recent social media absence, it’s clear he’s been keeping busy, promising new material on the way.

On Saturday night, techno institution Machine is back at My Aeon, this time featuring Machine’s most prolific in-house label signee The Black Moy from France. The Black Moy is known for his tight, high-production values and enormous sound. With a foundation laid upon solid beat structures, mesmerising atmospherics and unexpected change-ups, The Black Moy’s compositions are characterised by an enormity of space and a density of sound. Joining him is fellow Machine label signee Composite Cone with new collaborator Klaps, residents Simon Slieker and Andrew Till, Syme Tollens and DJ Elscorcho. Projections vibing on the geometric Machine design aesthetic will be provided by VDMO. Kicks off at 10pm.

Noosa-bred, Melbourne-based rapper Kudos has delivered his latest catchy single ‘The Rhythm’. Taken from his eagerly-awaited second EP Stop Trying, the new track melds smooth ‘90s hip hop beats with fast-paced narrative lyricism. Produced by Kleenbeats, the track also features cuts

by DJ Lickweed and was mastered by Benjamin Kramp at Earthshake Audio. Kudos’ five-track EP Stop Trying is due for release early 2018. The emcee will celebrate the launch of his new single with a party at Grumpy’s this Saturday October 21 alongside support acts Context and Ninah Nicole.

Four-time Grammy-Award winner Macklemore returns to Australia for his headline tour this summer. The American rapper performed at this year’s NRL Grand Final, performing his equality anthem ‘Same Love’ and will head Down Under for loyal fans early next year. The tour comes off the back of his most recent album GEMINI which features tracks ‘Glorious’ and ‘Good Old Days.’ It’s his first solo effort in 12 years with no assistance from producer Ryan Lewis. You can see Macklemore when he performs in Melbourne on Tuesday February 6 and Wednesday February 7, 2018 at Festival Hall.

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Witness an incredible lineup of local talent this month at The Get Down #5. Dancer and R&B singer Jorja will take to the stage and there will be performances by hip hop duo Verbal Tactics, Avii, TruSoulE, Emerald, Mistress of Ceremony and young Melbourne rapper Krown. This will be the final performance by DJ Jimmy Flipshyt before he moves from Melbourne to Queensland so come on down and make this a night to remember. The Get Down will take place at Horse Bazaar on Saturday October 21.

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Polish Club

By Adam Norris

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Marty Kelly 9pm: The Nathan Beretta Band Sun 22nd October 4pm: Duncan Phillips & the Long Stand 6.30pm: Eddie Nuardo 3pm:

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Kings Cross is awash with characters; punters line the street looking for a place to eat, somewhere to party, a way to keep their night going into the morning. It’s a level of rowdiness you wouldn’t expect in the middle of the week.

But then you walk a hundred metres and this all falls away. The mythical line of Potts Point has been crossed and the difference is striking. Suits and expensive wines, fine food and day spas. It is here, in East Asian eatery Paper Bird that I meet David Novak and John-Henry Pajack of Polish Club.

Why here, I wonder? An area now notorious for the birth of lock-out laws and decline of Sydney’s live music landscape. It’s a pocket of extremes, which could sum up the band quite well; they’re hardly ones to do things by halves.

“If you don’t want to do music,” Novak says, “If you think it’s hard … Like how someone like Lanie Lane looked around and said this isn’t for me, and quit. I have respect for that. You can complain as much as you want, because you’ve pursued something else. But the people who are like, ‘Oh, it’s so fucking tough, but I’m still doing it. You should know what I’m doing for you guys is fucking hard.’ No, no. The people who are spending money on your concert tickets and spending money working at some shitty restaurant, that’s hard, and you should be thanking them. It shits me.”

“I’ve been working and in bands for ten years now,” Pajack adds. “You do what you have to to make it work. From when we started to now, that feels the same. Even though it’s more successful now, and we get to hang out with cool people. They’re all regular people who just happen to be in good bands. People are really chill.”

“We haven’t met any artists who are really douchebags,” Novak says.

“We’re probably the biggest bags of douche we know,” Pajack nods, and they laugh.

If true, they must be putting on one hell of a positive media face since the pair are both gregarious and very, very funny. Given I’m essentially a stranger to them, it’s nice to see the ease of their camaraderie, the comfort of their banter. As a band with no immediate plans to expand the lineup (five albums in, maybe expect a horn section), they clearly know what they’re trying to achieve with their music. Best part is, that doesn’t necessarily need to match what listeners take away from their songs.

“I think this EP is pretty clear what things are about,” Pajack says, thinking across the scope of their releases. “I have a folder on my computer of a couple of hundred iPhone recordings. We have heaps of little ideas. The EP, three of the songs are old ideas that we went with, we had something there and flipped it. And the other three are brand new.”

“But meaning is never set in stone, for me,” Novak insists. “There’s a meaning I can latch onto when I write it, and again when we record. But I hate when it’s like, ‘It means this, there are no arguments, you should be thinking only this as a listener’. Fuck that. As long as they’re hearing what the words are, they can think whatever the hell they want. That’s what I like to do when I listen to songs. I’d never put that on someone else.”

The food is served, the beers drained and replaced. It’s interesting to note how when one steps away to use the bathroom, the other immediately falls into singing their praises. When together, they talk of the band, of their favourite video games, of the stresses they’ve encountered cracking into the US market. Get them alone, and more personal praise starts to emerge. It’s a brotherly affection that has laid clear foundations for one of the most discussed Aussie rock acts in recent history.

“I think the thing is, we try not to overcook songs,” Pajack says as talk turns to their latest surprise EP, Okie Dokie. “We try and keep it sounding pretty much how it sounds the first time it comes out. If we spend too much time on it, it usually doesn’t sound right. When you try and force things, you get something else. You listen to the Iphone recordings of when we first came up with something, it’s going to sound pretty similar to the recording later on.

Tempos might get faster and faster but that’s it.”

“We record as soon as we write a song,” Novak elaborates. “I’ll make up sounds that work with that melody, or one line that I like. But I’m not sitting at home with a Bible of lyrics. Songs like [‘Hard in the City’], the serious, slow, moody ones, I like to keep vague. I like to be really specific with the aggressive ones, with specific lines that people can really latch onto. It’s not really a conscious thing. I think if I get really specific with the emotional ones, it starts to get a little sacrosanct and cheesy. I don’t buy it as much.

Whereas if I let the vibe of the song as a whole take control, with simple lyrics that complement that, it’s a lot easier to digest.”

“And you’re not a super sappy emotional dude writing sappy emotional lyrics,” Pajack points out.

“I’m not a 21-year-old mess trying to figure out life,” Novak agrees. “I’m just a fucking lazy prick that’s writing a song, and I’m completely comfortable with that. There will come a point in the day where I’ll feel meh, and hey, there’s a song. It’s therapeutic.”

“As long as they’re hearing what the words are, they can think whatever the hell they want. That’s what I like to do when I listen to songs. I’d never put that on someone else.”

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Germinal If you’re an evolutionist, then you believe things took time. We’re talking millions of years. If you’re a creationist, then you believe the old robed dude upstairs knocked the whole lot out in a week. But what if you only had 80-minutes to create an entire new world?

The question appealed to French artists Halory Goerger and Antoine Defoort, who wanted to create a world from scratch. “Basically there would be nothing on stage at the beginning of the piece.

Literally nothing – an empty space, black, no light.

The basic rule was that we would, the characters of the piece, would have to discover or invent every item, every element, every feature, that is necessary to make the play,” Defoort says.

This means the basics of a theatre show – like the space, the lights, even language – would all have to evolve. Words don’t come at first, they find other ways to express themselves before discovering they can also do this with their mouth; and when they do speak, it’s in French, although there are English subtitles. “We start from nothing and we end up building a small scale civilisation that allows us to make the play happen,” he says.

The result is the international cult hit Germinal, an “ontological vaudeville” according to the New York Times in a glowing review, which described the show as being “delightful” and “a whole lot of fun and deeply affecting”. First performed in France in 2012, it’s been touring the world ever since and is making its Australian premiere as part of the Melbourne Festival.

Germinal is not an overtly political work, says Defoort, but is akin to science fiction, in that they are using a new universe to comment on our existing, familiar one, in a playful but meaningful way. “We wanted to recreate history of humankind but with a

“We wanted to recreate history of humankind but with a space of ten metres wide by eight metres” space of ten metres wide by eight metres and a time scale of 80 minutes and the entire population would be four people. So what would have happened if we had been living this story?”

They use this microcosm to examine human interaction, especially after the characters discover a computer. “Togetherness and how we deal with things together; and how we initiate, how we try to listen and fail, fail to listen to each other. In Germinal there’s quite a lot of those issues: where we discover a new tool, we imagine a new protocol and then we have to agree with each other as to how to use it, and do we use it or not, and what are the consequences,” says Defoort.

“I think in the Middle Ages they had the same issues but they had the one king who gets to decide for everyone, but how do we decide things collectively?

How do we listen to each other? Obviously there’s a lot of work to do right now in our real world,” he says.

Defoort and Goerger are from L’Amicale De Production, a project co-operative combining visual art, music and interactive performance to create

constantly shifting visions of theatre. They worked together, as both co-writers and co-directors of Germinal, and their creative process reflected the negotiations they depict onstage. “We decided to do everything together,” he says.

“We spent a lot of time talking to each other about how it’s going to develop, so it was kind of like going to the shrink – one lying down and speaking and the other one taking notes and saying ‘uh-huh, go on...’” he says.

“It’s a mirror of what’s happening in the piece because we had to find tools and protocols and to settle and to imagine how to negotiate between both of us. In a way it fuelled the piece itself to be confronted with the same kind of issues.”

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Like Running Water Like Running Water, as its name suggests, is an immersive performance incorporating music and visuals to create a sensory experience surrounding the theme of water. The performance combines the musical strengths of Ella Thompson, Clio Renner and Sui Zhen with video imagery by visual artists Honey Long and Prue Stent.

Thompson, frontwoman of GL and Dorsal Fins, had long wanted to collaborate with an all-female cast, so when the opportunity to perform as part of Melbourne Festival arose she reached out to Renner, Zhen, Honey and Stent to see if they would be interested in working together. From there, Thompson developed a concept she felt everyone could relate to and interpret in their own way.

“We wanted to have a theme that tied it all together that we could all individually respond to, and it’s a broad enough theme where everyone can find their own meaning, so it’s not so directly about this one thing,” says Thompson. “There are elements of chaos and calm, fluidity and the meditative nature of water.

“It’s something that can take many forms through life, and water takes the structure of whatever the vessel you give it, [it’s about] thinking of the structures that we live within and how we adapt to them. Femininity is a big part of the performance, not that it’s about being a woman but being fluid, I identify that with female strengths.”

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“I wanted to do something that celebrated female talent and a chance where we can actually make and direct work together on our own.” and pop songwriting, all accompanied by a woodwind section, the group’s sound is varied to say the least.

Though a mutual admiration for each other’s music allowed for a strong collaborative approach.

“It was so surprising to hear how it all came together, it worked like magic and there’s enough continuity in the sound that it’s not random, it’s very complementary,” says Renner.

“I really wanted to explore minimalism and stripping it back and letting the voice be heard in that big space and focusing it on the intricacies of more minimal sound,” adds Thompson. “We wanted to do something that celebrated the talent that we have here and emerging artists that are really pushing the boundaries in their work. We all have that willingness to explore in common. I wanted to do something that celebrated female talent and a chance where we can actually make and direct work together on our own.”

“This is actually the first time I’ve ever worked in an all-female group and it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do because in my experience most of my bands have been predominately made up of males,” says Renner. “I didn’t expect the energy to be quite so different – in the best way possible – and it was something that was slower paced and empathetic. Not to say that men don’t have these

qualities, but it was quite surprising to experience the difference of working with an only female cast.”

“I think it’s not displayed enough in terms of all aspects of a performance piece portrayed by females,” continues Renner. “It’s always like if there’s a female singer there’s meant to be a male producer or quite often an all-male band, so it’s important to show that a full production can be displayed by women and be as good and hopefully inspire. I hope people come, and women as well, come and be inspired by what we do.”

Like Running Water will be a one night only performance at Melbourne Recital Centre as part of Melbourne Festival but Thompson and Renner are both certain that this won’t be the last time we see the group working together.

“We’ve put a lot of work into making the music and it’s all new music that hasn’t been performed or heard before so we’re going to record this music for my next solo record, but hopefully we’ll get to perform it at other festivals like Melbourne Festival in the future,” says Thompson.

“We’re very interested in what each other does, we’re very excited to explore that,” adds Renner. “More jamming, more writing – it’s definitely not the end of our collaboration.”

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The Pleasure Garden The Pleasure Garden festival may just be the ideal way to kickstart your summer. This vibrant event boasts a dazzling program overflowing with music, theatrical performances and art installations.

The eclectic lineup of musical acts manages to embrace everything from the gypsy folk of 8 Foot Felix, to hip hop superstar Remi, and genre-splicing dubbased sonic goodness like Fat Freddy’s Drop.

In a world that seems to be rife with unnecessary division and a staggering degree of social and political tumultuousness, festivals such as The Pleasure Garden provide an opportunity for escapism, connection and rejuvenation.

“I think the festival provides an anaesthetic in the fact that you can go and separate yourself from the world,” says Festival Director Goose McGrath.

“A valuable role of any proper creative art space is that you can, on one level, anesthetise yourself and go ‘Ok, I’m going to go to another world. I am going to go into an imaginary wonderland; a place that I know is full of happiness and joy. I’m going to ignore, just for a day, what’s going on out there.’ That can help recharge your batteries.”

It is true that this process can have widereaching benefits. “The festival can act like a real antidote,” McGrath says. “The biggest problem we have in society – not just in Australia but globally – is a disconnection of community.

“If we can create these environments that encourage people to connect with each other on

“They mix genres and styles. They have got something that can transcend age, denomination and gender.” almost a child-like level, on a pure level of joy and fun, then that emotional memory is something that they will take back to their own community. If you can take something that inspires you and brings joy and happiness to your life and then take that back and spread that joy, happiness and openness, I think that creates a better connectivity for everyone.”

The musical lineup certainly seems destined to ignite this contagious sense of joy, and it’s clear that a great deal of thought has gone into the selection of musical acts.

“We try to make sure we have a good reggae, dub and bass component as well as hip hop and electronic music,” McGrath says. “We try to make sure that we have good cultural and gender diversity.

We have about 45% females on the lineup.”

Fat Freddy’s Drop are the perfect fit for a festival that fosters connection and inclusivity rather than division and fragmentation.

“Essentially, they are a dub act but they translate through all the different genres,” McGrath says.

“People who listen almost exclusively to techno get Fat Freddy’s Drop. People who listen to dub like Fat Freddy’s Drop. There are people who are 45 years old and are from the Alpine regions of Victoria who love Fat Freddy’s Drop.

“They mix genres and styles. They have got something that can transcend age, denomination and gender. When we first started the festival they

were on the top of our list of acts we wanted because we thought they best represented the environment and the vibe we are trying to create, so we are super excited to have them on this year.”

Complementing all this exciting music is a colourful selection of art and theatre. “Immersive, colour, movement and joy. That’s probably the easiest way to sum [The Pleasure Garden] up. There will be loads of roving theatrical performances,” McGrath says. “We also have participation aspects as well. The dress-up theme this year is Birds of Paradise. We have a dress-up and dance-off competition. There will also be loads of installation art. We curate that from people from all around Australia.”

Contemplating the festival’s future, McGrath says, “We are happy with our position as one of the first parties of the summer. We are going to continue to develop and curate a more immersive and creative experience for patrons over the years to come and to connect more and more with developing artists. We want to continue to develop and nurture creativity in multiple streams of art forms as the years progress.”

The future certainly looks bright in The Pleasure Garden.

By Graham Blackley

Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine Not many can claim the wit and charisma of Damian Cowell. A force to be reckoned with, Cowell has long kept the entertainment industry on its toes as the frontman for anarchic alt-rockers TISM, Root! and the DC3 – but at this year’s Darebin Music Feast, his powerhouse mega-project Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine will be channelling their trademark energy into the Feast’s grand finale: The Reservoir Stomp.

“I think it’s where I feel like I fit in best,” Cowell says. “I certainly don’t fit in the inner city – the alarm bells usually go off when I walk into a ‘cool’ venue.

Not saying that the Resi Bowls Club isn’t cool, but I feel that I’m communicating on a level that people understand when I’m out in the ‘burbs.

“I’m actually looking forward to seeing The Fauves,” he continues. “I’d spent some quality time on buses with them in the ‘90s, and they’re a very edified and innate group of individuals. Despite their deliberately shambolic image, they’re all extremely well-read gentlemen and I think they remain underrated to this day. It’s going to be one of the highlights for me.”

A day of comedy, music, food and barefoot bowls, The Reservoir Stomp promises to electrify – something Cowell relishes. On top of a high-octane live show, the Disco Machine’s latest album, Get Yer Dag On, continued their blend of cheeky social

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“I get hugged by blokes in supermarkets who say that I changed their lives, which is pretty weird, y’know.” commentary and boppy beats with a choc-a-block lineup of guests (including Judith Lucy, Shaun Micallef, Adalita, The Bennies and Kate MillerHeidke, to name a few). Never one to disappoint, Cowell promises a great time.

“Given the fact that I’m sort of plain-looking, I’ve surrounded myself with beautiful people,” Cowell says. “There’s a video-screen going the whole time, because everyone these days is able to fragment their consciousness, and I’m up with the zeitgeist on that. Everything’s happening – it’s a wide-screen experience. You know that none of it is particularly high-brow, and that makes you feel – hopefully – reasonably comfortable. This is not Kafka. This is ‘Jessie’s Girl’.”

Cowell’s uniquely dystopian disco has long struck a chord. It’s fun, but unashamedly honest. “I just sort of throw in a few little parts,” he explains. “It’s like when you have a beautiful Indian curry which you’ve made yourself, and you chomp on a bit of cardamom in there.” Constantly traversing the worlds of comedy and music, Cowell’s razor-sharp satire has developed a generation-spanning following.

“If I was going to be true to myself, I have to say I’d rather there not be so much material to write about,” Cowell admits. “It would be a nicer thing if the world wasn’t threatened by people with bad haircuts and we weren’t about to vote on something that I

reckon in about 50 years time, they’ll be looking back and going, ‘They actually had a vote on that?’

“I can’t explain the yield that my stuff ’s had, but it does seem to have – that’s why I’m still around, I suppose,” Cowell continues. “I get hugged by blokes in supermarkets who say that I changed their lives, which is pretty weird, y’know. I’m totally beholden to these people. It’s wonderful that somewhere along the line I seem to have touched a nerve.”

His trademark self-deprecation aside – “Most of my songs position me as a character who has chosen an incredibly boring life and yet still complains about it,” he half-jokes – Cowell’s keen to welcome new friends to their “happy little family” at this year’s Resi Stomp. Among an incredible lineup, Disco Machine’s ready to party and show why the neighbourhood shindig is so important.

“At the risk of sounding incredibly old and ‘my-day’, when I was a teenager, bands who had records out – who were on the radio, or on TV – would be playing in the suburbs, in all those horrendous beer-bars,” Cowell says.

“Rock was in the suburbs, and for so long it hasn’t been. I really reckon this kind of thing is, I believe, the way of the future. Maybe things will turn around.

Who knows? We might have a new Billy Thorpe.”

By Jacob Colliver

Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine will perform at Reservoir Stomp, taking place at Preston Reservoir Bowls Club on Sunday October 22 as part of Darebin Music Feast.

The event will also feature The Fauves, Emma Donovan And The Putbacks, Quarter Street, Pugsley Buzzard, and more.

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Ashley Davies Ashley Davies is no stranger to the Australian music scene. After three decades manning the drum kit his resume is looking mighty full. He’s opened for Bob Dylan, played live with the likes of Jeff Lang and Chris Wilson, won an ARIA with Matt Walker, and he’s just released his sixth solo album. Not to mention the colossal stack of album credits as a session drummer, and a couple of film and television soundtracks for good measure.

While he’s been a lifeblood of the scene, providing a heartbeat of sweet, sweet drumming for near on 30 years, he’s never been afraid to look beyond the veil, to try something new. This seems to stem from an admiration for those who push boundaries, irrespective of their field. “Film, theatre, books, art; I do enjoy it when I see or hear somebody doing something that I haven’t seen before, when I see individuals pushing it a bit that does inspire me,” Davies says.

“I know it sounds crazy, but even in sport, if people are really going to do something major, you have to [push it, especially] if you’re trying to bust into new territory, unexplored territory.”

Ashley’s latest solo album Pulse-Transit echoes these sentiments; it’s a non-stop 32-minute instrumental epic that not only bends genres, but time and rhythm itself. The album’s conception came after Davies attended a modern dance show which had a profound impact on him. “My favourite form of dance was ‘50s and ‘60s lindy hoppers, where it was always on the beat, so when I went to this modern dance I was like ‘What the fuck’s going on here? Where’s their beat? Where’s anything?’”

Rather than following a set beat, the dancers

“I do enjoy it when I see or hear somebody doing something that I haven’t seen before.” seemed to have their own sense of time and rhythm, he notes that a friend remarked, “Maybe with this form of dance, if they feel like they’re getting in time they’ll get back out of it again straight away.”

Enamoured with the performance, it inspired his own exploration. “I was taken with it, I actually loved that sonically and in a visual sort of way, I just didn’t know what was going to happen next, I really like that, hence the album has that about it.”

That album certainly has that feel about it – Davies has carefully constructed an aural experience of twists and turns. You’re never quite sure what’s going to happen next. Ever mindful of the listeners journey, after the first four tracks he notes, “I need to bring it back, we’ll go to a forest, hence strings and acoustics guitars, you’re walking through a nice forest with big trees.”

The visual cues are themed throughout the album. ‘179 on the Hume’ sends you hurdling up the Hume Highway in Davies’ ’65 HD Holden, while ‘Decoke’ has a different story. “[It comes from years] living across the road from a freight train track.

When they’re coming up the hill they do this thing call decoking, letting off carbon,” he says, and so the wailing, distorted harmonicas mimic the process,

sending the listener to another place.

The album is carefully balanced, between exploration and tradition, between organic guitars and metallic synths, between hurdling Holden’s and beautiful forests. Davies speaks of a similar balance when approaching the many collaborations on the album “Sometimes you have to be a bit tight with it, but I always want to give the musicians freedom, you’ll get so much more if you’re like, ‘Hey what’s your thing?’ so they can expand.”

You get a sense of Davies’ love of musical exploration when he speaks of his collaborations on the album. When probed as to whether he has a favourite he exclaims, “I love all the musicians on the album.” Speaking specifically of Amy Valent Curlis’ contribution on Fremantle Doctor, he notes, “I had written that track on guitar so how Amy interpreted that [on marimba and xylophone] was magnificent.

I really enjoyed that collaboration because I hadn’t really done anything on those instruments before.”

Ashley Davies’ album Pulse-Transit is out now.

By Tom J Fisher

Echo City Distance is no problem for Echo City. With vocalist and songwriter Jade Goodge based in Melbourne, and producer Carter Carlton over in Los Angeles, it is their instant creative chemistry and a speedy internet connection that has helped bring the duo together.

Goodge describes Echo City as a city that doesn’t have cars, where it’s always the weekend, art and music are the currency and there is complete creative freedom. “I’d always be going to sleep when Carter would be waking up, so we started pretending that it was a secret city that we could meet in, we’d say ‘See you in Echo City,’ when we’d sign out. So we decided, ‘Let’s just use that for our band name,’” she says.

Countless hours spend writing via Skype and email saw Echo City create what would have been a whole album. That was until Goodge flew to the US. There the pair decided to scrap the whole project, writing a new album in just three days.

“We had such a better energy in real life, we didn’t even have expectations and the music was so good when we were in person,” Carlton says. “We were cranking them [songs] out, and by that time we’d figured out what we really liked about our sound and were making things with an actual sound in mind. It was really fun.”

Echo City likes to keep things light hearted and fun, with their only rule being not to take themselves too seriously. When asked if they had a name for their debut EP, Goodge laughs. “I was thinking we should call it Will Send Nudes, because I feel like in the music industry, it’s really hard to break in.

“I was saying to Carter at one point, ‘I reckon we would have way more in-roads if I just ended every email with, “Will send nudes for cooperation”’ and I was like, ‘We should call our EP Will Send Nudes.’”

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“If you have the tools and the patience to learn how to do it yourself, there’s really no obstacles for you as a creator” On what fans can expect to hear on their debut EP, Goodge says, “The second single’s got a lot more dance elements to it. It’s got a similar kind of urban, gritty, edgy, dark pop feel to it with electronics and singer/songwriter type vocals.”

“Yeah, I guess we’ll call it dark pop really, that’s the best description for it,” Carlton adds.

With Goodge predominantly doing all of the songwriting and vocals, and Carlton doing the programming from the other side of the world, Echo City isn’t a band that could have existed ten years ago.

“This is a great time to be alive as a musician because you as a musician or creator of any type of art, don’t have to be in a huge studio or you don’t have to have somebody shoving you a lot of money to hire a bunch of people to work with. If you have the tools and the patience to learn how to do it yourself, there are really no obstacles for you as a creator,” Carlton says.

Trying to turn the tables around on a common

belief of electronic music, Echo City decided to make their slogan ‘Digitise your soul’. “People have this idea that electronic music has got less soul than real instruments. We put a lot of thought into our lyrics and everything’s quite introspective in terms of our lyrical content. We felt there’s a bit more soul in there and electronic music can have singer/songwriter type lyrics as well. It’s more of a digitising,” Goodge says.

Keeping things colourful, Echo City posts a lot of photos of street art on their social media pages.

When asked about it, both Goodge and Carlton say that they feel like street art is a visual representation of what they’re doing and what they want their music to sound like. “I think it also matches the music. I feel like sometimes the electronic elements are like a splash of graffiti on certain lyrics,” Goodge says.

By Ellen Rosie

Echo City release their debut single ‘Burn Me’ on Friday October 27.

Interviews

Psychic Hysteria Despite 13 releases in just over two years, Kurt Eckardt still feels as though his label Psychic Hysteria is still just getting started. What initially began as an avenue for Eckardt to self-release, has expanded into a community of music and zine makers that champions, above all, a sense of autonomy and a DIY ethos.

Speaking with Eckardt and his partner Kalindy Williams in their spiritual home of The Old Bar, it’s clear the understanding between them translates well with other creatives. The pair are the forces behind Heat Wave and Astral Skulls, two bands who have released music through Psychic Hysteria. The label is also home to local luminaries Piss Factory, Gnohms, Plaster of Paris and WARS, with more bands on the horizon in 2018.

“Psychic Hysteria is basically made up of bands I love,” explains Eckardt. “We both go to so many shows and we play with so many bands we love. A lot of them want to self-release but don’t know where to start.

We’re a support for that more than anything.”

While Williams’ contribution to the label is more creative than admin, it’s clear her investment is just as pronounced. “I want more people to hear these bands that I also really like. I think what Psychic Hysteria gives them is a platform when they might not have one, and ultimately the label helps them to reach a wider audience than they would be able to on their own.”

Fundamental to the label is a shared ideology among its artists, with Eckardt quick to articulate that this is just as important as their creative output.

“We work with bands we have a real personal affinity with. It’s not just the music, I have to really respect the

“You don’t need to be rich to do this stuff but it’s good to have a community around you that can help.” people. That’s what makes it all so much more special.

Every time I get an email seeing something of another band’s sold, I get so excited.

“It’s incredible that someone else is sitting at home listening to the music I love. The other day Gnohms told me before they started working with us that they always struggled to figure out where they fit in the music scene. That definitely means a lot.”

Unlike most other record labels, Psychic Hysteria have placed a particular focus on putting out zines, with Eckardt explaining that the idea to release written work was initially spearheaded by his Sydney counterpart Hon Boey. “Hon’s super into zine culture and as a result he got me pretty interested in it as well.

Before he was involved with the label he wanted to put a book out through us. I’d just done my album and I’d never really thought about doing something other than records. He was like, ‘If you’ve got a website and you’re paying for that hosting, why not broaden it?’ It was his idea but I was really excited by it because it meant that it wasn’t just me talking about myself.”

Eckardt is also clear that he never wants to steer creatives on the label in a specific direction, instead prioritising their right to be in control of their art. “We both do photos for a lot of the bands and Kalindy also does a lot of artwork too. We bounce a lot of ideas off bands but we would never make a decision on their behalf. That just seems totally logical to me.”

At the heart of Psychic Hysteria is a DIY spirit that makes everything that comes out of the label possible. “I think that for a lot of places in the world, DIY is a necessity because of a lack of money, or due to cultural or community influences,” muses Eckardt.

Williams continues, “I think a lot of people just feel like they can’t do things creatively if they don’t have money. I think that DIY culture really opens things up and allows people to help each other to make things happen. You don’t need to be rich to do this stuff but it’s good to have a community around you that can help.”

Psychic Hysteria will take over Grace Darling on Saturday October 21 with Piss Factory, Plaster of Paris, Pearl Bay, Wars, and more.

By Holly Pereira

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Album of the Week (Loma Vista Recordings / Caroline Australia)

Singles With Lachlan Kanoniuk Blade Runner 2049 marks the first time a sequel has without a doubt been better than the previous 2048 instalments.

Bec Sandridge

I’ll Never Want A BF (Independent)

On synth-pop belter ‘I’ll Never Want A BF’, Bec Sandridge nails the fundamentals in terms of conventional song construction to set up an understated podium for striking, operatic vocal flourish. Daring idiosyncrasies never divert from the directness of the song’s message. A singalong anthem that dares you to have a crack at the high notes.

St. Vincent

9.5

MASSEDUCTION

Julien Baker

Turn Out The Lights (Matador/Remote Control)

Julien Baker provides a clear window of introspection on ‘Turn Out The Lights’, crafting a sparseness which serves as a countdown to a spectacular eruption. Even as it expands into fanfare, Baker retains masterful, singular control – parlaying inner conflict into a monumental display.

Evangelical empress Annie Clark, AKA St. Vincent, makes her long-awaited return to form with her wildly anticipated fifth album MASSEDUCTION.

Baker Boy ft Yirrmal

Marryuna (Independent)

Bursting through with a bombastic mix of bass and didge, Baker Boy goes large and doesn’t let up throughout ‘Marryuna’, pulling off festival-ready Australian hip hop with a hook from Yirrmal. He continues the promising trajectory of previous cut ‘Cloud 9’, scaling up in terms of scope and energy.

Totally Mild

Today Tonight (Chapter)

A swirl of resonant schmaltz and underlying hints of unease paint the picture on ‘Today Tonight’, the first salvo from Totally Mild’s upcoming Her. The crescendo of “Today I got it right for the first time in a while / Saw some friends and went outside,” finds celebration, followed by a disorientating, yet comforting, release of searing disarray.

This time around, Clark has teamed up with renowned producer Jack Antonoff to create her most pop-infused record to date. While the album contains flourishes of Clark’s fearsome guitar licks for which she’s renowned, it’s predominately cast to the side to make way for St. Vincent’s new brand of glossy electro-pop and heartwrenching, soul-crushing balladry.

Dress it up however you want, the lyrical content on MASSEDUCTION is undeniably sad, no two ways about it. Sure, her lyrics may be concealed behind uberkink and electro-pop pulses, drenched in abrasive synth freak-outs and hypnotic vocals, but the record is a glaringly confessional affair, containing whiffs of despair, trickles of longing and a profound sense of insecurity, wrapped up in hyper-coloured Pantone plastic and served to listeners on a glistening art-pop platter.

Here, synth-soaked dancefloor anthems, robotic beats and mechanical vocals collide with strikingly candid piano ballads and sweeping strings, tied together with Clark’s breathtaking vocal arrangements. Album opener ‘Hang On Me’ exposes a vulnerability and sense of forlorn that seeps through the entire album. The opener is followed up by a whimsical jaunt into the pharmaceutically-laden paradise of ‘Pills’ – an art-pop jingle that’ll get caught in your head for days.

Title track ‘Masseduction’ along with ‘Sugarboy’ showcase the pop-infused selections on the record, featuring throbbing electro beats and robo-guitar chops, while ‘New York’ is a stark piano ballad that features nothing more than Clark’s floaty vocals and the tinkling of piano keys. But its tracks like ‘Happy Birthday, Johnny’ that underscore the devastating fragility that permeates through the album, as Clark speaks directly to the character she’s addressed on her previous releases in a shattering song that highlights the intrinsic loneliness and sense of abandon that comes hand in hand with celebrity and fame.

Overall, MASSEDUCTION is an enthralling, intimate record that features constant twists, turns and nuances, leading audiences toward a sharp descent into the deepest and most foreboding cavities in the fortress of St Vincent’s imagination.

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Reviews

Liam Gallagher

As You Were

9.0

In her Miss You EP, listeners were given a different taste of Gabrielle Aplin. Using elements of upbeat pop/electronica, tangled between angelic vocals and heart-wrenching lyricism, it seemed to be a new direction for the songs.

Ten months later and Aplin has continued to earmark herself as a pop force to be reckoned with in her short, sharp gem of an EP, Avalon. The EP has a pulsing beginning with opener ‘Waking up Slow’. A far cry from the slow, melodic Aplin of a few years ago, at first it feels a little jarring, but it really is a downright banger.

‘Say Nothing’ follows and is another upbeat, anthem-style piece of pop that will tug at the heart-strings of anyone that’s wanted someone they love to fight for them. ‘Used To Do’ feels the most closely aligned to the Aplin sound that many are familiar with. Offering a sparkling intro, the track is driven by light, acoustic guitar and pounding drums, while the singer’s vocals shine.

Overall, the new direction that Aplin takes on this release is well executed and deserves high praise. While some listeners might feel the loss of Aplin’s older sound, there’s certainly a lot to gain.

The hot and cold relationship between the Gallagher brothers has always been an interesting one. Yes, it’s been entertaining to watch and ever since Oasis split in 2009, there have been several talks about rekindling the band. Now we finally get Liam’s debut solo studio album, As You Were.

Opening with ‘Wall Of Glass’, the sound of the guitars is massive. It has a real Brit-pop flavour, and throughout the heavily distorted harmonica riff shines. Sure, for the foreseeable future there will be considerable comparisons to the Oasis discography, however this is Liam flying on his own.

The pulsating rhythms in the bass and acoustic guitar of ‘You Better Run’ is a highlight and after Liam name checks The Beatles ‘Helter Skelter,’ the guitars delve into a distorted lick that sounds very QOTSA. ‘For What It’s Worth’ is the heart-sweeping ballad of the album, and sorrowful string arrangements complement Gallagher. It sounds sincere and holds a comparison to ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’.

As You Were holds many great moments that’ll have you repeatedly reaching for this magnum opus. His upcoming appearance in Australia will be a definite highlight for the summer. In a word As You Were is remarkable.

By Abbey Lew-Kee

By Tex Miller

As one of the originators of trap music, it seems appropriate that Gucci Mane’s extraordinary comeback and entry into pop stardom coincides with rap’s ongoing glow up. However, Mr. Davis does little to assert Guwop’s natural talent or authority over his own genre, resulting in a muddled album that seemingly lacks the quality control and musical substance demonstrated by his contemporaries.

While Gucci still delivers the odd razor-sharp stanza here and there, his rags-to-riches lyrical narrative now seems lacklustre and lacks the edge of his previous releases. It also doesn’t help that only six of Mr. Davis’ 17 tracks host no feature artists, resulting in Gucci Mane being heavily outshone by feature artists such as Migos and ScHoolboy Q on ‘I Get The Bag’ and ‘Lil Story.’

On the bright side, Mr Davis does feature a strong assortment of icy, bass heavy beats from frequent collaborators Zaytoven and Southside, but overall, the album pales in contrast to his May collaborative mixtape with Metro Boomin on Droptop Wop. While Mr. Davis does have the potential to be a big chart success, unfortunately, it’s going to be Gucci Mane’s fans that are going to miss the most this time around.

By Will Brewster

True View

Lime Cordiale

Permanent Vacation

9.0

Lime Cordiale’s debut full-length, Permanent Vacation, is a colourful and catchy bob. This is a splendidly genre-fluid record that does well to not appear jarring. Each track melts beautifully into the next, with hints of soul, funk, pop and rock throughout.

Permanent Vacation offers moments of sass and spunk yet also does a splendid job at paring things back and telling stories of love, yearning and growing up. ‘Can I Be Your Lover’ is a tune that feels like it embodies all of the wonderful elements of Lime Cordiale at once. Show this to someone wanting to get a full-bodied idea of what this band can do. It mixes catchy rock guitars, a soulful voice and dance-vibe keys with ease, making for a truly fun track.

‘What Is Growing Up’ feels like an anthem for 20-somethings going through the motions of burgeoning adulthood. It grooves along to some bloody relatable lyrics such as, “What is growing up, is it fighting for a car spot?” that will make you think, ‘Shit, that’s genius.’

Overall, there’s a signature Lime Cordiale groove to be felt in this record. Permanent Vacation is engaging and eclectic and is certainly a record not to be missed.

By Abbey Lew-Kee

6.5

True View, the sixth studio album by California outfit Stick To Your Guns, is a pleasant change of direction from the band’s last album Disobedient. Jesse Barnett’s lyrics have matured as well as his vocal range and style, which is put to use quite well in the diverse range of songs on this album.

The lyrics have been written with an emotional and introspective eye not frequently seen on a STYG record. This is also mirrored by a conscious change in musical direction, with a lot more melodies and well-executed, though sometimes a bit excessive, singing choruses. The album still retains a trademark hardcore feel and you can find some old-school heavy breakdowns and two-stepping riffs nestled in among the melodies and sometimes-haunting, catchy, clean vocals.

Highlights include ‘Cave Canem,’ with its hard-hitting riffs, anthemic chorus and ending with a booming breakdown.

Overall, True View is a pleasant journey and shows that Stick To Your Guns are starting to explore new sounds which suit them. Whether you enjoy breakdowns, melodic-hardcore riffs or clean choruses, consider picking it up and giving it a listen.

By Max Carluccio

(Cascine)

Mr. Davis

6.0

Stick To Your Guns

(Chugg)

(Atlantic US)

Gucci Mane

(Pure Noise)

Avalon

8.0

(Warner Bros)

(Independent)

Gabrielle Aplin

Yumi Zouma

Willowbank

9.0

Willowbank is one of the more pleasant journeys in modern music. Yumi Zouma’s glimmering indie-pop flows by like a dream, as each song melts into the next and proves that the hype surrounding them has not been for nothing.

The record opens with a slick bass slide as ‘Depths (Pt. I)’ launches into the twinkling guitars, bouncing bass and Italo disco backbeat that pervades much of the record. ‘December’ has a wistful piano melody and choruses that swell like a river of faded Polaroids as ghostly voices harmonise with Christie Simpson’s heartbreakingly fragile croon. Indeed her parts are at their most intimate here, with every breathy nuance loftily articulated in the mix.

This is nowhere more evident than on ‘Carnation’, where the ample use of silence in the verses gives each vocal cord room to resonate. When the band do finally push the negative space away, it’s an intrusion measured for a delicate contrast.

What’s most impressive, however, is simply that the production has finally lived up to the promise of the band’s songwriting.

In their transition from sharing files on the internet, to capturing moments on tour and finally getting into the studio, Christchurch’s favourite children have lost none of their yearning worldliness.

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Profiles

A Night Of Respect & Wonder

Tell us about AViiDA. AViiDA is a husband and wife soul duo from Perth, Western Australia. They have spent the last ten years working across music and theatre, carving out a successful career and name for themselves. Genre and performance style can be described as smooth motown sounds from Clay Darius teamed with powerhouse vocals from Paula.

Why did you choose to celebrate Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin in particular? Stevie and Aretha are our greatest living vocal influences. We wanted to stretch ourselves vocally and really push our limits.

Is there any fear or worry in interpreting such classic and well known songs? Absolutely. Both Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder are the ones at top in terms of soul musicians/idols and up until now we’ve steered pretty clear from interpreting their music. We didn’t want to disrespect their songs or their creativity.

If you’re going to perform these songs, you need to understand the music, where it has come from and treat the music with love and respect.

What is your ultimate Stevie Wonder track? Right now a show favourite would be ‘Isn’t She Lovely’. It’s a moment in the show where I dedicate this song to my beautiful grand-daughter AuroraJade. It’s so special and I love how my voice sits in this song.

What is your ultimate Aretha Franklin track? Right now my ultimate Aretha Franklin song would have to be ‘Never Loved A Man’, it pushes me to my absolute limits vocally. Power, passion and then softness all in one massive song.

Music

When was Radical Yes launched? In Spring 2013. We have just celebrated four years since our first delivery.

What was the initial inspiration behind Radical Yes? To create a range of flat shoes that were both comfortable and stylish, that you could wear with your yoga gear.

What inspires your designs now? A combination of modernity and athleticism. Our customers are also a huge inspiration. They are creative, intelligent and active wonder-women and they give us the purpose we need to push on.

What is the message behind Radical Yes? Creativity will set you free.

What trends should we be looking out for this summer?

Slingbacks. Slingbacks. Did we mention slingbacks?

Describe Radical Yes in five words. Creative. Intelligent. Joyful.

Active. Authentic.

What does your ideal shoe look and feel like? Flat-soled and functional first, followed closely by beautiful materials and textured handles with absolutely perfect proportions. radicalyes.com.au

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AViiDA will perform A Night Of Respect & Wonder at Chapel Off Chapel on Tuesday November 17.

Who are we chatting to and what do you do in the band? We are the collective groove of Sullo on lead vocals and bass, JC on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Pete on drums.

What do you reckon people will say you sound like? We’re getting comparisons to Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Queens of the Stone Age, and Faith No More in parts. None of that’s a leap. It’s big and groovy. There’s guitars.

What do you hope listeners will take away from the album? An intense journey through space and time, the excitement of the heavy and the reprieve, the chaos and the long-winding rabbit hole. The anticipation of flipping the vinyl.

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be? We need not go back in time.

There are musical heroes out there now entertaining their ten friends down the local pub or pumping up ten thousand in some paddock. We want to impress them as they impress us.

What can we expect from a Planet of the 8s show? A hazy recollection of awe, wonder and that nagging riff from that song you can’t remember the name of but it goes duh duh duh dah...to Shazam. Shit where’s my phone?

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Radical Yes

Planet of the 8s

Planet of the 8s will launch their selftitled debut album at The Retreat Hotel on Friday October 27.

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Simon Imrei

Who are we chatting to? My name’s Simon and I’m a Mornington Peninsula born, southside dwelling singer/songwriter. I feel like I’m writing my tinder profile.

What do you reckon people will say you sound like? I like to think it’s somewhere between bluesy guitar playing, funky grooves and folk storytelling. Kinda like if John Mayer was hanging out at a dive bar with Amos Lee, Neil Finn and Shane Nicholson.

What inspires your music most? I’m a guitar player now, but originally a drummer. For me, playing music is all about rhythm.

Whether it’s the feel of a great group of musicians onstage or the movement of a piano part or subtly of a double bassist, there’s an underlying groove in everything I try and do. Pair that with the good, old-fashioned, brutally honest storytelling of a Jason Isbell or Ray LaMontagne and I’m set.

What’s one thing you love about making music? The recording studio in general. It’s a crazy, stressful, unpredictable environment, but there’s nothing like the feeling of walking out at the end of a night with a song that’s just come together that day, materialised out of nothing.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Most of the time, you’ll find me around town playing solo/duo acoustic gigs in front bars or little showcase nights. Every now and then I’ll be joined by my five-piece band where everything gets a little dirtier, a little louder and a whole lot more bluesy. simonimrei.com

Music

Simon Imrei will launch his single ‘Let Go’ at Bar Open on Sunday October 29, with special guests Delsinki Records & Brooke Taylor and Millington.

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Pseudo Hive Mind

The Old Bar Pseudo Hive Mind have decided to throw a little midweek psychedelic shindig. Coming along to the party are experimental desert turned surf rock ensemble TomGirl, and the manic and weird Easy Browns Truckstop Chicken Jam Band. Weird grooves do soothe the soul. This trip takes place Wednesday October 18 at the Old Bar. Doors at 7.30pm. $8 entry.

This Week Wednesday Oct 18 House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights

Jemma Nicole

The Drunken Poet Every Wednesday the Drunken Poet hosts Wine, Whiskey and Women. This week features the dark Americana stylings of Jemma Nicole, and the swampy bluesinspired duo Jess Park & the Troubled Waters. There’ll be whiskey and wine. Get down for some midweek blues, Wednesday October 18. Kicks off at 8pm.

Mile Twelve Bluegrass Band

Spotted Mallard Mile Twelve Bluegrass Band play old time-y tunes that will be like stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia. Since forming in 2014, the band have already toured Ireland, Canada and the US and will light up the stages of Australia throughout October and November. Catch them Wednesday October 18 at the Spotted Mallard.

Gibberish

Charles Weston Gibberish are two talented buskers’ who decided it was time to ditch the streets for the shiny lights of stage and screen. Well, maybe not the screen quite yet. These guys have a wild, live sound that’ll you leave at peace. This one takes place Thursday October 19 at 6.30pm.

Run Rabbit Run

The Gasometer Folk-rock quartet Run Rabbit Run are releasing their highly anticipated EP Bloodline at the Gasometer. Support comes from indie-pop stars Dada Ono and alternative psych pop-folk band Dreamcoat. This is set to be a sweet night of independent music. It all takes place Thursday October 19 at the Gaso. Doors are at 8pm, and tickets are available at the door for $12.

Saffire

Whole Lotta Love Bar Start your weekend early and trek down to Whole Lotta Love to support a bunch of up and coming musicians. Indie-rock trio Barefoot Bowls Club are kicking off the night, followed by post-rock shoegaze quartet Middle Management and followed by singer/songwriter Saffire. Thursday October 19 at 7pm. This one has free entry, all they need is your love.

Laneous & Zeitgeist

Edinburgh Castle Two of Melbourne’s most innovative and progressive musicians are uniting for a run of free shows at Brunswick’s longest standing pub. Their collaboration taps into jazz, improv, soul and hip hop vibes, cemented in their own unique style.

Thursday October 19 at Edinburgh Castle.

Starts at 8.30pm.

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Lambchop Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

8:00pm. $59.00.

Revolver Wednesdays - Feat: Jake Judd + Roberto Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Alex Lahey + Sloan Peterson + Angie McMahon Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

Body Parts + Miss Miss & Moody Beaches Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Democratic People’s Republic Of Surf Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

DJ Borris B Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Foreign Correspondent + Kill The Darling + Regular Spread Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

Hush (An Evening Of Quiet Music) - Feat: Archer + Braille Face + Emily Ulman + Milwaukee Banks Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Lappland + Hollywood Real Thoughts + Del Boca Vista + Hannah Kate Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Latreenagers + Fuzzsucker + International Velvets + Pool Boy Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Open Mic Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm.

Pseudo Hive Mind + Tom Girl + Easy Brown’s Truckstop Chicken Jam Band Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Rin Mcardle + Bec Stevens + Max Quinn Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Sorbet & Sailor Take Warning + Wroclaw + This Day Last Year Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

8:00pm. $5.00.

The World At A Glance + Uboa + World Sick + Cassel Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Alexander Nettelbeck Trio Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.

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

8:00pm. $10.00.

Jonathan Skovron Trio Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

Julien Wilson Arc Quartet 303, Northcote.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Mark Fitzgibbon & Friends Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Phil Carroll’s Honky Stomp Caulfield Rsl, Elsternwick . 5:30pm.

Torrio The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

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

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

Darebin Music Feast (Shipwrecked) - Feat: Fiona Claire + James Bellew + Tracey Bell Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Open Mic Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.

Lomond Acoustica - Feat: Craig Woodward & Jeremy Marcotte + Oriel Glennen + Lydia Phillips Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Mile Twelve + The Beekeepers Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $16.90.

Muddy’s Blues Roulette + Nathan Brett Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Northern Singout - Feat: Jenny Taylor Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $18.00.

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

Skyscraper Stan’s Jukebox + Emilee South Band + James Fahy Belleville, Melbourne.

8:00pm.

The Northern Folk + Ben Whiting Band + Joyce Prescher Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $8.00.

Traveller + The Deslondes Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $38.50.

Thursday Oct 19 Hip Hop & R&B No Frills Thursday - Feat: Soju Gang + Crystal Cartier Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Scatter Quick - Feat: Yung Selb + Kyso + Raaz + Sleep Runners + Covert Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Ciao Bella! - Feat: Pony Face + La Bastard + Buried Feather + Howl At The Moon Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

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

Great Duets - Feat: Raleigh Williams & Garth Ploog Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

II:S:II+A The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Kickin The B At 303 - Feat: Cookin’ On 3 Burners 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Laneous & Zeitgeist + Matt Kelly Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Mazenod College School Showcase Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:00pm. $14.00.

Michelle Nicolle Quartet Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $21.00.

Miss Colombia + La Descarga + The Electropical Orchestra Open Studio, Northcote.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Moonlover + China Beach The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Syn-Chro-Ni-Ci-Ty Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.

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

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights 3181 Thursdays Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

6:00pm.

Assad & Sow Discord Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

8:00pm.

Crossover + Katie Underwood + Sim-1 + Willow Wilson Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $21.12.

Disco Volante Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

DJ Max Mannix Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

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

Likkle Sessions - Feat: A13 + Kamo + T-Bone + Baddums Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

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

The Drop - Feat: Og + Jimmy Neptune + Jps + Nam + Rintrah Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

The Gallery - Feat: Claddy + General Feelings + Mzrizk + And Special Guest Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Thursgay Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Murphy + Batz + Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows + The Attention Seekers Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Amplified - Feat: Young Lions + Chasing Ghosts + Earth Caller Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $23.68.

Aztx + Dandecat + Jackie Sannia Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Big Kahuna Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Coloured Clocks + Mad Mellow + Khasi Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00.

Dalli + Feelds + Qualia Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Froot Luips + Pseudo Mind Hive + Hollywood Real Thoughts Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Itchy Fingers Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Jamnesty - A Music Night For Human Right - Feat: Headphones Jones + Barefoot Spaceman + Zoe & The Milkmen + Ethan Smaling Howler, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Josh Kelly Trio Think Thornbury, 8:30pm.

Less Than Jake + Bodyjar + Foxtrot Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $69.40.

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

Paul Kidney Experience + Intrinsic Light + Daniel Tucceri Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Rackett - Feat: Undefined Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

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

Sadults + Box Crunch + Dave O’Connor Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Saffire + Barefoot Bowls Club + Middle Management Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

7:00pm.

Second Annual Law Rocks Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $29.10.

Shock Octopus + All Truism Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 9:00pm.

The Cairo Gang & Jess Ribeiro Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

The Citradels DJs Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

The Dillinger Escape Plan + Closure In Moscow Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

Throwback Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Round Midnight (Emanuele Arciuli) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $59.00.

Alastair Matcott + James Pasinis Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8:00pm.

Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

Checkerboard Lounge Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Danny Ross Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Darebin Music Feast (Soundtracks For Imaginary Films) - Feat: Ladie Dee + Claire Birchall + Michael Plater + Ill-Gotten Booty Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

Decibels Indie Acoustic Session Reservoir Community And Learning Centre, Reservoir. 4:00pm.

Foghorn Stringband + The Appalachian Heacven String Band Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00.

Gibberish Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.

6:30pm.

Justin Townes Earle + Joshua Hedley + Lillie Mae Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $48.21.

Mane Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

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Charging Stallion

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

Open Mic Sloth Bar, Footscray. 8:00pm.

Pete Lyrebird Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Run Rabbit Run + Dada Ono + Dreamcoat Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.

The Happiness Train Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 6:30pm. $10.00.

Writers Block #32 - Feat: Tonchi Mcintosh + Bec Goring + Ciaran Boyle + Yolanda Ingley II + Cathy Dobson + Frank Jones + Jeff Burstin Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

8:00pm.

The Old Bar Comedy act turned garage rock outfit Charging Stallion didn’t quite follow the conventional genesis story of a band.

They’re continuing their unique, yet epic run with the release of their EP The Closest We’ll Ever Get To A Full Length Album and a launch show at the Old Bar. It takes place Friday October 20 with doors at 7.30pm. $10 entry.

Friday Oct 20 Chasing Ghosts

The Bendigo Hotel Don’t waste your Friday night at home, kick off the weekend with this epic double bill. Much-loved punks Chasing Ghosts, will once again wow audiences with their epic live shows, and newcomers Hollow will be launching their debut release Bail on Everything. Whatever you do, don’t bail on this one. Make your way down to the Bendigo Hotel, Friday October 20 at 8pm. $15+bf via Eventbrite.

Greytomb

The Reverence A dark yet epic Thursday looms as atmospheric black metal band Greytomb prepare to hit up the Rev in support of their latest EP Monumental Microcosm.

Featuring performances from Funeral Tomb, SUNDR, bog and Suldusk, this isn’t one to be missed, particularly if you’re of the legion of metalheads out there. This one takes place Friday October 20 at 8pm. $13 entry.

Mondo Bizzaro

The Brunswick Hotel The Brunny is hosting a Friday night packed full of up and comin’ rockers. Featuring the experimental garage stylings of The Sins, ‘90s alt-rock inspired Slug Bucket, grunge revivalists MisSstA, and headliners Mondo Bizzaro; this one will appeal to the rocker in all of us. Friday October 20, starts at 8pm.

Devil on the Rooftop

Compass Pizza Devil on the Rooftop seamlessly combine medieval roots, driving bluegrass, and Eastern European gypsy violin to create their own unique brand of suspenseful mind altering rhythms. If this hasn’t got you intrigued we’re not sure what will.

Come see what we’re on about, Friday October 20 at 7pm.

Bob Hutchison

Wesley Anne Settle in to your Friday with a free evening of folk and American courtesy of Bob Hutchison. Hutchison tells tales of modernity though a tradition of days gone by. He will be playing at the front bar of the Wesley Anne Friday October 20 at 6pm.

El Colosso

The Reverence Metal titans El Colosso are kicking off one hell of a party at the Reverence this Saturday. They’re bringing along their mates, Siltman and My Old Dutch, to help kick it all off. Saturday October 21, doors at 8.30pm. It will only cost you a measly $10 to join in on the ruckus.

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House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Charades + Methodix + Acm + Louis Mccoy + U-Khan Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 12:00am.

Chiladelphia - Feat: Various DJs New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

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

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

Exit99 Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 12:00am.

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

Formation - Feat: Donny & Friends + One Puf + Blendcorp + Congo Tardis + Dingo Squad + More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Frequency’s First Birthday - Feat: Max Chapman + James Winter + Gav Whitehouse + Mike Carter Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7:00pm.

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

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

Revolver Fridays - Feat: Dave Aju + Who + Dan Beck + Mike Callander + Luke Stein Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15.00.

Saturn’s A Hot Mess + DJ Kiti + DJ Cunningants + DJ Trixie Darko + DJ Ruby Slippers + La Drama + DJ Crystal + Out Black + Danceteria Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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

T-Rek + Retz + Spacey Space + Hyper Binary + Stevie Strafford + Luke Lawrence + Lask + David Engel + Julian Clyne + Samuel Jay New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $11.58.

The Disco Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

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

Theme Team & Jamatar + Theme Team + Jamatar Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Those Were The Days - Feat: Heath Renata + Jdg + Kalus + Nick Kennedy + Orkestrated + Spacey Space Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

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

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

Faktory Fridays - Ladies Night - Feat: Damion De Silva + Salvy + Kiks + Fmr + Durmy & Jay Mastro + Nathaniel Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

Lil Wayne & Ymcmb Family Tribute - Feat: Mikey Kay + Mitsu Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Northlane + Thornhill + Sworn In + Erra 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $59.30.

Party & Bullshit Fridays - Feat: Brandon Støne + Mikey Kay + Mitsu + Sofie Roze + Sonic Vibes Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Alárìíyá + Papa Chango Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.00.

Brenton Foster 6Tet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

7:00pm. $25.00.

Brunswick St To Bourbon St Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $25.00.

Devil On The Rooftop Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:00pm.

Goodman-Holiday Sessions - Feat: Andy Firth & Rebecca Mendoza Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $35.00.

Jack Earle Trio The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $25.00.

La Danse Macabre - Feat: Brunswick Massive Resident DJ’s Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

Los Dominados + The Beat Taboo + Monarchos Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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

Sansonus + Karate Boogaloo + Uncomfortable Science 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

The Sarah Maclaine Quartet Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00.

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

Yarra Banks Band The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11:45pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Mojo Pin + Sonic Moon + Verona Lights + Grasshole Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

7:30pm. $10.00.

Action Sam Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda.

11:00pm.

Alice Cooper + Ace Frehley Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

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

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

Catnip Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Charging Stallion + Scraggers + Fuzzsucker Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Chasing Ghosts + Hollow + Grave Street Blues + Turn South Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $15.00.

China Beach & Hello Tut Tut Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.

Cool Change - The Little Rver Band Story Milano’s Tavern, Brighton. 6:30pm. $34.70.

Creo + The Spitting Swallows + Empire Park Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Dag + Ciggie Witch Gin Lane, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10.00.

DJ Mermaid Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

DJ Nita Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Ekko + Jane Stacey + Little Elizabeth Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Face Shredding Torture - Feat: Headless Death + Reaper + Spew Balloon + Pregnancy + Defenestration + Dust Dust Dust Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm.

Flowertruck + Babey + Longterm Romance Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Frame 313 + Ubik + Hextape + Umbilical Tentacle + Hang Overdose Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Greytomb + Funeral Moon + Sundr + Bog + Suldusk Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $13.00.

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

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

John Williams Doubleshot Of Blues Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Johnnie & The Johnnie Johnnies Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.

Joyride + Haiku Hands + Francois Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $22.99.

Killing Heidi Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 7:00pm.

Like Running Water Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $29.00.

Linda Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $17.00.

Ms D’meanour & The Offenders Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm.

Ngv Friday Nights - Feat: Nite Jewel + DJ Planete National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne.

6:00pm.

Nick Stratford & The Yeah Nahs Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $18.00.

Phil Wolfendale + Tv Dinners + Valarie Avenue + The Palpatines Workers Club, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $10.00.

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

Purple Revolution (A Tribute To Prince) Feat: Andrew De Silva Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Radiosuccessi (Italian Divas) Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $25.00.

Ragnarök - Feat: Undefined Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Reika Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $9.35.

Riley Pearce Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8:30pm. $11.44.

Rrrattle The Rrrafters - Feat: Fee B Squared + Sarah Smith Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 10:00am. $10.00.

Rvg Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $18.45.

Seth Henderson + Winter York + Dark Matter Of Storytelling The B.East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

The Chainsmokers Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

The Dillinger Escape Plan + Closure In Moscow Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

The Double + Ausmuteants + Taipan Tiger Girls Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $19.40.

The Fox Soundtrack - Feat: DJ Shio Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

The Fox’s 10th Birthday Party - Feat: DJ Ladysoul + DJ Sean Whelan Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 12:00pm.

The Pseu-Dangers + Lynn Wallis Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

The Sins + Slug Bucket + Mis$Sta + Mondo Bizarro Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Tiaryn Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

Totally 80’s Musicland, Fawkner. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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

Wireheads + Bitch Prefect + Summer Flake + Bloody Hell John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.

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

Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

Bob Hutchison Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Chris Wilson & Shane O’Mara Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm.

Galata Express Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

7:00pm. $16.87.

Jim & Andys’ Western Stars Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

Julia Messenger Quintet Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $45.00.

Justin Yap + Matty T Wall Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Lawnton Bowls Club Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8:00pm.

Lisa Crawley Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Max Teakles’ Honkytonk Piano - Feat: Kate Oliver + Gleny Rae Virus + Rob Luckey And The Lucky Bastards Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

Now That’s What I Call Noughties Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Port Fairy Spotlight Sessions - Feat: Mick Thomas + Declan O’Rourke + Barb Waters + Kerri Simpson Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

7:30pm. $35.00.

The Soul Movers Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.

The Terry Mccarthy Special Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

Tinpan Orange Workers Club, Geelong. 8:00pm. $20.95.

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

Saturday Oct 21 Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Belleville Late Nights - Feat: Oliver Francis + Mira Boru + Sophie + Alariiya Belleville, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

Featured Gigs

Gig Guide

Witchgrinder

Bob Sedergreen & Friends Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Cameron Giles-Webb Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20.00.

Cannonball - Feat: Fem Belling Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $30.00.

Dia De Los Muertos - Feat: Madre Monte + Chibcha + La Descarga + DJ Mario Gordon + DJ Gomez Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. $16.35.

Georgia Brooks Swingtet Open Studio, Northcote. 2:00pm. $5.00.

Hello Tut Tut & Devil On The Rooftop + Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Moonspice Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm. $10.00.

Old Hat Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $25.00.

Ras Jahknow Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Sam Keevers Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Soul Cupcake Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $14.80.

Steve Sedergreen (Points In Time) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00.

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

The Meltdown - Feat: Emma Donovan + Mark Pearl The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $30.00.

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

The Workers Club For all you ghouls out there wanting to kick off Halloween early, look no further. Dark metal outfit Witchgrinder have decided to host a Halloween monster mash. Joining in on the horror are Sydney industrial metallers Our Last Enemy, The Creppter Children, Death of Art and Coffin Carousel. Get out your creepiest costume and hit up the Workers Club, Saturday October 21. Doors at 8pm, tickets $18+bf via Oztix.

Chicken Wishbone

Revolver Bandroom If your looking for a night of diverse entertainment that includes acrobatic acoustic guitar playing, be sure to head down to Revolver to catch Chicken Wishbone in action. There are a stack of other bands on the bill including Renelophus which features Claudia Alexis Sim on vocals.

Renelophus is a mash-up of alternative music and all things ‘90s hip hop. Steph and Winnick complete the bill in what is going to be an intriguing night of music. Saturday October 21 with doors opening at 7.30pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers

Saskwatch

Corner Hotel They dropped their fourth studio album earlier this year and are smashing it at the moment. Making the choice to release the album independently as well as stepping into the producer chair, Saskwatch present one hell of a highly energy show.

Be sure to get down to the Corner on Saturday October 21. You surely won’t be disappointed. Doors are at 8:30pm with tickets $23 from Eventbrite.

WVR BABY & Bloom

The B.East Intergalactic groovers WVR BABY are preparing their live extravaganza of triphop, jazz, and prog for the upcoming Strawberry Fields festival. Why not come and have a geez before everyone else does?

Bloom, an ensemble that isn’t quite rock, or jazz, or electro but somewhere in-between will also be making an appearance. This little siesta takes place Saturday October 21 at 8pm.

Ironhawk

Bendigo Hotel Demonic metal kings, Ironhawk have made the pilgrimage from Van Diemen’s Land to tear up the mainland for an apocalyptic gig at the Bendigo Hotel. They’ve been refining their sound since their 2014 demo, resulting in the raw and brutal Cemetery of Steel. With a bunch of great supports this is sure to be an epic night. Saturday October 21 at The Bendigo Hotel. Kicks off at 7.30pm.

The Soul Movers

The Retreat Hotel Head down to The Retreat as poppy funk groovers The Soul Movers launch their new album Testify. The Hot Tamales will be in tow, there’ll be a saxophone, a magic violin ± oh and did we mention everyone’s favourite Wiggle Murray? To top it all off Dan Warner and Marcel Borack will be warming up the stage. What more could you want?

It’s going down at The Retreat on Saturday October 21 from 8pm.

Cosmic Kahuna + Spacejunk + Ute Root + Hoon + Body Parts Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Anti-Violet + Cracker La Touf + Tina Growls Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Black Aces + Flickertail + The Jacksonville Trial Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Christcrusher + Meter Men + Sickmachine + The Enforced + No Cash Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Covercrew Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm.

Direblaze + Trigger + Headless + Armata Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

DJ Dave Gray Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

DJ Miss K Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

El Colosso + Siltman + My Old Dutch Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Emergenza Festival Semifinal #1 Feat: Nine + Legacy + Syd The Lost + Cornerstone The Band + Shinbone Star + Nerv.Band + Guerilla Funk + Trickgypsy + Wild Eyed Like Fireflies Howler, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Fenn Wilson + Matt Thomas Grand Pine Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.

Funeral Moon + Frame 313 + Wrøng Gin Lane, Belgrave. 9:00pm.

Get Lit - The Jen Drane Exhibition + Jen Drane + Bench Press + Ferla + Jacky Winter + Golden Helmet + Local Coward Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Gold Chisel + No Exit + Lewis Ciavarella Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $20.00.

Halloween Monster Mash - Feat: Witchgrinder + Our Last Enemy + The Creptter Children + Death Of Art + Coffin Carousel + Nosferotica Workers Club, Fitzroy.

7:00pm. $18.00.

Hotel 15-Love + Tony Dork + Public High + Slim Jefferies Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

Hybrid Nightmares + Myridian + Catacombs + Primitive Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $20.00.

Indie500 - Feat: Tranter + Shelley + Manic Pixie + Slick Slazenger + Leni + Tobi Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Intoxica + Midnight Woolf + Claire Birchall & The Phantom Hitchhikers Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Inxsive Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $22.00.

Ironhawk + Masses + Geld + Sistema En Decadencia + Steed Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00.

Jess Parker + Josh Armistead Old Bar, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Jessipalooza - Feat: Point 9 + Frank & Brooke + Owen Thomas + more Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Joeyboy + Gancore Club Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 10:30pm. $95.90.

Jukebox Racket Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

Killing Heidi Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave.

7:00pm.

Larsen + The Deadlips + Loose End + Blaire Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Loving Cup - Feat: Casey Bennetto + Monique Brumby + Shannon Bourne + Sarah Carroll + Steven Gates + Virginia Gay + Simon Hall Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 7:30pm. $30.00.

Murphy’s Hardware Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Phantom Panda + Mandek Penha + Peachnoise Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Polaris + Belle Haven + Deadlights + Daybreak Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

8:00pm.

Psychic Hysteria Showcase - Feat: Plaster Of Paris + Piss Factory + Pearl Bay + Wars + Gnohms + Astral Skulls Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.

Raw Brit Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23.00.

Renée Geyer Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $39.00.

Saskwatch + Hachiku + Moonlover Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $22.99.

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

The Curtin’s Infinityth Birthday - Feat: Pearls + Dan Kelly’s Dream Band John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

The Good Minus + Mijo Biscan + Joel Checkley 303, Northcote. 7:00pm.

Traffic Light Party / Blink-182 Covered Live - Feat: The City + Stand Tall + Beyond Royal + Ish K + Diversus + Revere Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Wat Kohsanga Benefit - Feat: Rawhead + Counterattack + Shitwreck + Rust Proof + Christcrusher + Reaper Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 1:00pm. $10.00.

Wvr Bvby & Bloom + Wvr Bvby + Bloom The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Yoshitake Expe + Xibe8 + Virgin X Red Betty, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Zoë Fox And The Rocket Clocks Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Adrenaline - Feat: Various DJs New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00.

Audioporn Saturdays Onesixone, Prahran.

9:00pm. $15.00.

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

Ccr (Bohemian Masquerade) 24 Moons, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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

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

DJ Sports & Central + DJ Sports + Central Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $16.84.

Electric Dreams Co., Southbank. 9:00pm. $20.00.

In The Carriage - Feat: Jnett + Kaya Kalpa Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Inna Groove - Feat: C:1 + Gus E Boi + Flip 3000 + 2Fuddha Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Jank Facques Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 12:10Am. Kudos + Lickweed + Context + Ninah Nicole Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $14.80.

Loomer Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Oscillate - Feat: Cliftonia + Christopher Christopher + Levi Love + Bitjax Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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

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

Roska + Ransom + Mat Cant + Binofski + Noise In My Head + Plastic Palms + Yooree + Kovac + Who Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. $15.00.

Seven Saturday Discotheque Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00.

Snack Attack - Feat: DJ 2P Elephant & Wheelbarrow, St Kilda. 10:00pm.

Sooki Saturday’s - Feat: Sunshine + Luke Vecchio + Alex Thompson Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

Textile Saturdays - Feat: Mz Rizk + D’fro + Jens Beamin + B Two + Grayskull + Pakatak + More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

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

Tiny Rebel Tap Takeover - Feat: DJ Moussa Forester’s Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 4:00pm.

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

Wallace + Godriguez + Tiaryn Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.53.

Hip Hop & R&B Big Dancing Saturdays - Feat: Smilez + Dezzy D + Köda + Thom La Leaf + Larrie Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Ivan Ooze Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $24.09.

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

Renelophus + Chicken Wishbone + Steph + Winnick Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:30pm. $13.94.

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

The Get Down 5 - Feat: DJ Jimmy Flipshyt + Jorja + Verbal Tactics + Avii + Trusoule + Emerald + Krown + Mistress Of Ceremony Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

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

Brooke Russell And The Mean Reds + Xani + Cookie Baker Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

8:30pm. $13.90.

Copperhead Brass Band + Jam Jar Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

Dave Wright Gang Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Decibels Artist Showcase Reservoir Community And Learning Centre, Reservoir. 7:00pm.

James Hickey Trio Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Jeff Lang Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Juke Joint Jump - Feat: Benny And The Flybynighters Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $23.00.

Louie & The Pride Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Matt Glass & The Loose Cannons Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Melbourne Cans Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.

5:00pm.

Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 3:00Pm & 8:00pm. $30.00.

Opa! Bato Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Ruby Rogers Experience Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

Sound Text Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $39.00.

Tenebrae (Path Of Miracles) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $59.00.

The F100s + Cold Heart + D Train Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm.

The T-Bones Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Tim Pledger Quartet Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury.

5:00pm. $10.00.

Tinpan Orange + Jess Ribeiro Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $21.12.

Sunday 22 Oct Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Havana Meets Kingston + Mista Savona + Randy Valentine + Solis + Amaru Tribe + Jesse I Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $38.75.

Jex Saarelaht Trio The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $20.00.

Josh Johnstone + Wally Howlett + Brewsky 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. $10.00.

Mayfield + Tanya George Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Monash University Ensemble Recitals The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 1:00pm. $15.00.

Myo Brass Section State Library Of Victoria, 12:00pm.

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Gig Guide

Larsen

Peppercorn Jazz Band Open Studio, Northcote.

7:00pm.

Robert Bratetich & Mario LattuadaBar Open, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

The Hip Streets + Miles Henry Trio 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. $10.00.

The Royal High Jinx (Gypsy Balkan Final Feast Fiesta) Open Studio, Northcote. 1:00pm.

The Senegambian Jazz Band John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Whole Lotta Love Bar Alt-rock band Larsen are set to embark on their first ever national tour in support of their debut LP Weightless Again. Following a sweet year ± having supported the likes of Dune Rats and The Bennies ± the lads are no doubt keen to keep up the momentum.

With support from The Deadlips, poppunks Loose End, and singer/songwriter Blaire, this gig is surely the perfect start.

Saturday October 21, at 8pm. $5 entry.

Check The Rhyme

Section 8 Across nine hours, Check The Rhyme will showcase an array of emerging artists from diverse cultures, communities and backgrounds. Silent Jay and Amin Payne lead the pack which includes Nico Ghost, Sky White and Noble Nativez. Artists Digable Goods, Aki Yaguchi, Doc.G, Noah Ichi and Surrealartist will take over canvases on the day, with visual artist Isiah Morris showcasing projections into the night.

It’s going down at Section 8 on Sunday October 22 from 1pm. Free entry.

Katie Visser and the Peripheral Figures

The Brunswick Hotel Rock trio Katie Visser and The Peripheral Figures are keen to liven up your Sunday.

With two late arvo sets, kicked off by a set from Kat O (of punk band Kat O Army), the Brunny has your Sunday sorted. This one starts at 4pm, Sunday October 22 at the Brunswick Hotel. Free entry. How can you say no?

Coda Chroma

The Post Office Hotel Local alt-pop duo Coda Chroma have returned from their European/UK tour and are set to play a reverb soaked set of unique alt-pop tunes at the Post Office Hotel. Not caught up in genres, each song is a new experience that’ll leave you dazed in an aural realm you didn’t know existed. It’s going down Sunday October 22 at 4.30pm.

Ariela Jacobs

The Workers Club Make your way down to The Workers Club and let Ariela Jacobs take you on a soul-filled spiritual journey as she releases her newest EP Dare you to Run. With an endearing stage presence, Jacobs connects with the audience in a way many artist wish they could. Jack The Fox and Feelds will be supporting. This one takes place on Tuesday October 24, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets are $12+bf via Oztix.

Sean Simmons plays Lou Reed

The Drunken Poet Sean Simmons is paying tribute to the late great Lou Reed. He’ll be playing a bunch Velvet Underground era songs, and other solo Lou epics. This is a must for any Lou Reed fan, which frankly, should be everyone.

This one takes place Tuesday October 24 at the Drunken Poet from 8pm.

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Hip Hop & R&B Bahdoesa Tote Takeover + Bahdoesa + DJ Sista Sara + DJ Muma Doesa + DJ Lion S Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $8.00.

Check The Rhyme - Feat: Silent Jay + Amin Payne + Nico Ghost + Sky White + Noble Nativez + The Chef + Puppy + Zk King + More Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm.

Killer Hertz Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00.

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

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

Day Spa World Tour (Hell’s Kitchen - New York) - Feat: The Sound Project Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 1:00pm.

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

Evangeline Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 2:00am. $10.00.

Hip Hop Unites For Puerto Rico Fundraiser - Feat: Tiney Ted + Echs + Wouldz + Jp + Del + Chapps + Shookz + Strike Won + Dimmi + Rawlab + Barbone The Bandit + Scotty B + Pyrex + Pqm + Chapps + DJ Dopeman Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

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

Revolver Sundays - Feat: More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am.

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.

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

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Áine Tyrrell + Yirrmal Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $15.00.

Bearsoaked Sundays - Feat: Green Blanket + Seasloth + De Porsal Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Bornstein Ultimatum Goathouse Café Roastery, Elsternwick. 4:00pm.

Capital Gains + Latreenagers + Curves Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $5.00.

Catholic Guilt + Joe Guiton + Sean Marsh Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

Chris Pickering Experiment Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

Darebin Music Feast - Feat: Rifle Birds + Cold Irons Bound + Ruth Hazelton Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00pm.

Dirty Rascal Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

3:00pm. $18.00.

Eush + Michael S Galloway + Soda Eaves Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Fake Sibling + Connor Black-Harry + Once Were Wild Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $10.00.

Fenn Wilson + Ebony Dilema + George Wilson Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $8.00.

Gabrielle Parbo - The Tapestry Show Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 2:30pm. $18.00.

Great Outdoors + Lost Animal Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Ivan Ooze Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 2:00pm. $18.40.

Le Pine + Schmega + Dez + Nipple Chaffes Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $8.00.

Maureen + Harrison Carey Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 5:30pm.

Open/Mic Jam Nights Musicland, Fawkner.

7:00pm.

Peripheral Figures + Kat O Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Sectape + Shiva + David Seedsman Trio Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.

Slim Rhythm Gem Bar, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Smoking Figs + X-Genz + Sarah English Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Sunday Jams - Feat: Bronze + Littlefoot + The Onetimes Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Sunday Sessions Purple Emerald, Northcote.

3:00pm.

The Orbweavers + Biddy Connor + Dave Williams Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm.

Wasterr + Edamame + Subshrub + The Kuek Family Reunion Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $7.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/Folk A Night Of Music - Feat: Teresa Sangeeta Mai + Van Anh Nguyen + Le Hoang Minh + Nam Khanh Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

5:00pm. $65.00.

Acoustic Sundays - Feat: Paige Spiers + Michelle Gardiner + Paige Smith Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 2:00pm.

Alister Turrill Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Allysha Joy Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

Boadz Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Coda Chroma Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

David Hobson + Victoria Welsh Choir Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 2:30pm. $45.00.

Dino Jag + Steve Williams + Nicola MaciaCollie Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $18.10.

Elwood Blues Club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .

5:00pm.

Jack Pellow Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford.

2:00pm.

Jules Boult & Friends Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Liam Gerner & The Sunset Pushers Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Mark Hughes & The Temple Of Blues + Anthony Rea & The Charm Offensive Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 4:00pm.

Roy Payne’s Hillbilly Bop Safari Gem Bar, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Shania Choir + Köda The B.East, Brunswick East.

8:00pm.

Sime Nugent & The Capes Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

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

Tess Mckenna Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm.

The Four Scoops Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.

4:00pm.

The Honkytonk Merry-Go-Round Tour Feat: Kate Oliver + Gleny Rae Virus + Rob Luckey &The Lucky Bastards Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

Tim Pledger Quarte Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury.

5:00pm. $10.00.

Monday Oct 23 Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Andrea Keller + Stephen Magnusson The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $15.00.

Bird’s Basement Octet Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Luke Byrnes + Clancy Staunton + Brassica Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. $8.00.

Melbourne Polytechnic Bands 303, Northcote.

7:30pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/Folk 75 Years (A Portrait Of Meredith Monk) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

Beautiful Things (A Really Good Looking Musical) Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35.00.

Ears Wide Open (Schumann) - Feat: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $49.00.

Tuesday Oct 24 Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Jef Neve The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $30.00.

Monash Jazz & Popular Studies Program Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.

Shae Bird + Julz Evans + Marcus Matthews Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Torrio The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

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

Vca - Spring Jazz Next Generation Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:00pm. $22.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Ariela Jacobs + Jack The Fox + Feelds Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12.00.

Eye Seaweed + Primm + Dead Dingo + Seasloth Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Jess Ribeiro Band + Primo + Dirt Hands Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

Kandalini + Stand Tall + Mama Golem Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

Make It Up Club Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Now. Here. This - Feat: Ysk Light Speed Chamber + Sound Forgery Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Ro + Ben Whiting + Peter Sonic Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Tom Tom Tuesday - Feat: Hot To Rot + Wet Kiss + Black Bats + Mondo Flockard Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

Tom Walker & The Sick Individuals + James Maloney & The Mad Dog Harrisons + Dec Mckinnon + Kittyscratch Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights

Oasis Tuesdays Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

Sxc Pseudonym + Ang Schilling + Small Fry + Guy Of Gisbourne Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. Kaz Garaz + Middlemarch Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

7:00pm.

Mundane Mondays - Feat: Piggie + Tam Acoustic/Country/Blues/Folk Vantage + Shiva Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

The Lovely Days + Tom Girl Evelyn Hotel, From My Life - Feat: Quartz Melbourne Recital Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

The Stetson Family Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

8:00pm.

8:00pm.

Wind It Up - Feat: Primitive Calculators + Jemma Rowlands + Davey Lane Tramway Crop Top + And Mystery Guest Northcote Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

The End Of Time - Feat: Ensemble Liaison Wolfpack + Rusted Tongue + Road Rash + Melbourne Recital Centre Melbourne Recital Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm. $50.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Dnb Mondays Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

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.

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Interviews

Nite Jewel Los Angeles-resident Ramona Gonzalez, AKA Nite Jewel, has a synthpop project that oozes with dreamy synths and blissful washed-out vocals.

Entering the scene in 2009 with her debut release Good Evening, Gonzalez has released multiple projects including 2012’s One Second Of Love, and 2016’s Liquid Cool under the Nite Jewel moniker, even landing a spot on Grand Theft Auto V’s soundtrack.

And now, eight years later, Gonzalez has released yet another chillingly blissful full-length, Real High, with another full-length’s worth of b-sides to-boot.

The personal process of writing this album was cathartic for Gonzalez as she found herself evolving musically from her debut release. “I think I was really embarrassed to really say these things that I found really personal outright. I was younger and I was kind of self-conscious in many ways,” she says.

“My songs also have this sense of more universal messages whether it’s the concept of a real high and a real low. The society that we live in, we’re constantly being thrust into instances in which we feel really good and really bad all the time; the dopamine effect of social media or whatever, just coffee or drugs or sex.

“As a musician, that is constantly being thrust at you. We’re talking right now, yesterday I jumped into a fjord in Norway but the day before that I was hungover and doing airline transfers all day.

Everything is constantly going up and down and I think that is personal, but also that isn’t unique to me. The album is my version of those events which could be felt by anyone, musician or not.”

This concept dictates most of her LP, but was an idea that didn’t come to Gonzalez recently, taking her a long time to conceptualise.

“I started ‘Real High’, the song, in 2011 or

“It’s more up to the musician to adjust their mood or their demeanour and their sound to whatever environment and really play off the environment.” maybe 2010. I wrote that song back then, all in one piece, and it really didn’t change that much. It was a song that I really felt was a strong piece and I knew that it would be the centrepiece of an album somehow.”

This process of building an album from this original idea had its fair share of setbacks for Gonzalez. “I did actually finish the Real High album in its previous form in 2013. It was differently produced and I decided not to put it out then because I felt like it wasn’t exactly right, so to finally have it out after that much time is unbelievably liberating.”

Gonzalez isn’t alone in the recording process.

Her husband Cole M. Greif-Neill assists her in studio to flesh out her tracks and may make a live appearance in her upcoming Australian shows.

“I start all the recordings by myself and make the drums, and make the arrangements and sing it and then if needed, I try to get Cole to finalise it, to polish it off with me,” she says.

“In some cases, the songs don’t need his touch but in a lot of cases I like to have his touch on there because we’ve been working together for so long, all

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the way since my first album. The Nite Jewel sound is partially this collaborative spirit that we have, that’s existed for so long.”

Getting her start as Nite Jewel by experimenting with sound installations in art galleries in Echo Park, Gonzalez is no stranger to shows like the NGV Friday Nights.

“Whether I’m going to play at a nightclub, or a church, it’s more up to the musician to adjust their mood or their demeanour and their sound to whatever environment and really play off the environment. The cool thing about music is that it can be consumed anywhere.”

Excitedly awaiting the NGV’s Dior exhibition, Gonzalez reflected on the similarities between fashion and music and how her fashion sense has changed since she started the project.

“I don’t have very many clothes aside from the ones I perform in. I have a see-through onesie with weird stones on it. I feel more like Nite Jewel in my daily life because of it influencing my style.”

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