Beat 1616

Please Do Not Litter March 7, 2018

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Issue N o 1616

AT BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Contents

Issue N o 1616

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News

15

Arts Guide

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Industry Hip Hop Punk

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Jojo Abot

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Pitch Music Festival Roadtrip

20

The Moldy Fig Big Picture Film Festival

21

Anoushka Shankar The Hills Are Alive

22

Live At Warrawee Kerryn Fields

Camp Cope

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Page. 23

Bad Cop/Bad Cop Camp Cope

24

Gallery at Ferdyduke Perfume Genius

25

Video Suitcase Performance The Brungas

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Live

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Album of the Week Singles

Perfume Genius

Jazz Party

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Page. 22

Editor’s Note

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Wherever you’re reading this – on the train, at your kitchen table, at your desk, at the pub – I want you to think about the incredible women in your lives. Think about all they do and all they’ve had to carry.

To all the strong, incredible, intelligent, resilient women, non-binary and gnc people kicking butt every day, please keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t be afraid to celebrate your achievements, don’t be afraid to speak up and speak out, and never ever be afraid to ask for more. Thank you for influencing and inspiring me, and those around you, every single day. You can’t be what you can’t see, and every time you put yourself out there, you’re sending a ripple into the universe.

If we leave behind one thing, let it be that all the women that come after us have the easiest path to outdo us in every way possible – in that way, it’ll all be worth it.

And in the word’s of Rupi Kaur (who is so much better at words than I) “We all move forward when we recognise how resilient and striking the women around us are.” Because every day I’m realising it more and more.

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Boogie Festival Announce Final Round of DJs and Bands for Their Lineup

Wednesday 7th @ 8.00pm

LOMOND ACOUSTICA

With a month to go until Boogie 12 gets underway, the festival has unleashed the final stack of goodness that’ll feature on their lineup. Justin & The Cosmics will be flying in for a boogie, alongside Nashville husband and wife duo The Smoking Flowers, indie-rockers The San Sebastian as well as Southern River Band.

DJs include David Smiley, Glenny G, Emma Peel, Faux Pas Noir and Larry Kronick Jr. The extended lineup comes alongside the already announced Didirri, Deer Tick, Tropical Fuck Storm, and more. Boogie Festival will go down from Friday March 30 until Sunday April 1 at Our Friend’s Farm, Tallarook.

Mike Rudd, Kimberly Wheeler, Chris Molnar & Brian Fitzgerald

Thursday 8th @ 9.00pm

’SING OUT SISTER’

with Alicia & Alannah Egan,

Justin & The Cosmics

Sarah Carroll, Brooke Russell (International Womens Day)

Friday 9th @ 9.30pm

LOUIS KINGS’ LIARS CLUB (Wop-bop-a-lua)

Saturday 10th @9.30pm

CHRIS HAROLD TRIO (Rhapsody in funk)

Sunday 11th @5.30pm

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With his long-awaited debut album Not All The Beautiful Things ready to be unleashed on the world, Australian-born and globally revered electronic act What So Not has announced a home country leg for his world tour. What So Not’s Beautiful Things world tour will bring him to Melbourne on Saturday June 23, where he’ll hit up The Forum. Tickets are up for grabs now via the Beautiful Things Tour website.

Beloved Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins will be touring around the country in celebration of her long-awaited fifth studio album Solastalgia. Set to go down throughout May, Missy Higgins will play a hometown show at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Sunday May 13. With special guest Gordi joining, this is a gig not to be missed. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.

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Blacken Open Air returns to Alice Springs this Easter for the sixth instalment of the NT’s annual heavy music festival.

Featuring charismatic and revered punk-metal headliners High Tension and Earth Rot, the heaving lineup also includes the likes of The Horror, Hybrid Nightmares, SNAKES, Shatter Brain and Dead Root. You can check out the lineup in full, as well as grab your tickets via the official Blacken Open Air website. Gear up, it’s all going down in Alice Springs from Saturday March 31 until Monday April 2.

Release new single, announce Australian tour Globally-acclaimed duo Flight Facilities have released an impeccably polished and fluent new single in ‘Need You’ featuring NÏKA. To celebrate, they’ve announced a run of rare and intimate shows across the country – a far cry from their run of orchestral headline shows or international festival stages.

Stopping by Melbourne, Flight Facilities will play 170 Russell on Tuesday May 1, with tickets available now via Secret Sounds.

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders Drop Brand New Single and Accompanying Tour Dates Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders have announced their return to the scene, with a new brooding and beautiful ballad entitled ‘White Flag’. The single comes as the first taste of their forthcoming album Blue Poles, set to be released on Friday May 4 via Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control. Of the album, Ladder says, “Blue Poles is the most melodic thing I’ve ever done. I really pushed myself into some uncomfortable places.” The band has also announced a run of east coast launch shows to celebrate the record, popping by The Corner Hotel on Friday May 18. Tickets via Eventbrite.

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Announce debut album and tour details Deep thinking and lyrically compelling DIY rock trio MOD CON have announced a three-stop Australian tour alongside the announcement of their debut album, Modern Convenience.

After dropping the record on Friday April 6 via Poison City Records, the Melbourne natives will kick off the tour in their hometown, performing on Friday April 20 at The Tote. Tickets via Poison City Records’ website.

Fresh from shredding it at Laneway and playing a stellar headline show alongside it, Alex Cameron is wasting no time by hitting the road again with a forthcoming national tour. Bringing his full band along with him, and with support from Body Type, it’s set to be a ripper. It all comes before the captivating Cameron joins The Killers on their run of ANZ stadium shows. Alex Cameron will play the Croxton Bandroom on Thursday May 3 with tickets available via Oztix.

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Melbourne Best known for featuring on Drake’s ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home,’Toronto-based R&B outfit Majid Jordan have announced that they’ll grace Australian stages later in the year. Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ulman formed the project in college and have been on a steady climb since. They’ll come Down Under armed with their latest retro-futuristic album The Space Between, hitting up 170 Russell on Friday July 27. General tickets going on sale through Live Nation from Tuesday March 13.

Classic Australian pop-noir group My Friend The Chocolate Cake are set to take to the road for a series of concerts this June and July, performing songs from their highly-acclaimed 2017 album, The Revival Meeting, alongside old favourites from their extensive back catalogue. The triple-ARIA winning six-piece is songwriting genius David Bridie, combined with glorious strings and a captivating stage presence. My Friend The Chocolate Cake will stop by the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday July 14. Tickets are available via the venue.

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Section 8 Leukaemia Foundation Fundraiser Next Week Section 8 will hold a Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser on Thursday March 15, giving even more reason to flock to the Tattersalls Lane venue. Helmed by Melbourne’s DJ Melo, who lost her mother Angelita last month, the fundraiser will see up to two metres of luscious locks shaved, with the help of Erick Ramos – whose grandmother Gloria passed away from leukaemia before he was born – also taking part. JPS, Nam, YO! MAFIA, Slick P, Rintrah and Melo will provide the soundtrack while barbers from Creator’s Lounge will be doing cuts for a donation from 3pm. Erick and Melo will donate their shaved hair to Hair With Heart, an organisation that collects hair to make wigs for children whom have lost their hair due to illness. Check out the Facebook event ‘To Mama, With Love’ to stay up to date.

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Everyone’s Favourite Hip Hop Newcomer Baker Boy, Locks in a 2018 Headline Tour

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Fresh from killing it throughout festival season and touring with the likes of 50 Cent, powerhouse hip hop newcomer Baker Boy is set to take his headline tour across Australia. Bringing his stellar tracks ‘Cloud 9,’ ‘Marryuna’ and more along with him, Baker Boy will also have support acts KIAN and MC Dallas Woods along for the ride.

Melbourne can expect a show on Saturday May 19 and Sunday May 20 at Northcote Social Club, with all tour date tickets available via Oztix.

Halcyon Drive Stereophonics

Make long-awaited return to Australia in April In what comes as their first shows on Australian soil since 2013, Welsh indie-rock outfit Stereophonics will pop by in April. No stranger to a number one album, the four-piece will come armed with their latest acclaimed record, Scream Above the Sounds and will play The Forum on Monday April 30. Tickets are on sale now via Live Nation or the band’s website.

Reveal new single and tour dates Melbourne’s Halcyon Drive have lifted a single from their forthcoming record due later in the year, titled ‘Silver Ray.’ Recorded and produced with Joel Quartermain (Meg Mac, Dustin Tebbutt, ELKI), ‘Silver Ray’ is a sophisticated slice of intricate indie-pop. To celebrate the release, Halcyon Drive will take the single right up the east coast, leaving room for two special shows in their hometown. Kicking it off comes a gig at The Workers Club on Thursday March 22, before they play The Penny Black on Friday April 20.

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Madeleine & Saloman is the meeting of two established French musicians in Clotilde (vocals, flute) and pianist Alexandre Saada. Driven by minimalist music and powerful, poetic lyricism, Madeleine & Salomon are a delicate duo who will command your attention. They’ll play Brunswick’s The Jazzlab on Wednesday March 14 from 8pm, with tickets available via the venue.

Following over 60 consecutive sold-out shows across North America in support of his debut album The Story Of Us, Detroit singer-songwriter QUINN XCII is bringing his unique brand of pop, electronic, hip-hop and soul to Australian stages.

He’ll take to stages in Auckland, Sydney, and Brisbane before wrapping up his trip Down Under at The Corner on Sunday July 1. Tickets are on sale now via Live Nation.

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The 2018 winners of the Australian LGBTI Awards have been revealed Over 11,000 nominations were received across 16 categories for the 2018 Australian LGBTI Awards, with a slew of inspiring and high-achieving LBGTI community members and allies being announced as award winners.

Orange Is the New Black won for Film, TV & Web Series, meanwhile it was a who’s who of individual award winners. Tennis champion Casey Dellacqua took out Sports Personality, Magda Szubanski won LGBTI Celebrity, Beccy Cole was awarded the Music Artist category and independent MP Alex Greenwich took home the Politician rank. Pioneer activist Peter De Waal took out the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. For a full list of winners, head to the Australian LGBTI Awards website.

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The Virtual Reality Cinema Opens in Melbourne One Mna Show

Melbourne’s first virtual reality cinema has launched in Collingwood. The Virtual Reality Cinema is a unique approach that has been developed for seamless viewing of VR Content across headsets enabling all participants to experience VR together. For tickets, head to virtualrealitycinema.com.au.

Nice Day To Go To The Pub Simon O’Carrigan has made a series of ink and watercolour drawings of iconic live music venues and pubs in the City of Yarra. It’s an exhibition inspired by music, pubs, dingy bars and urban sketching. The show takes its name from a Cosmic Psychos song.

It opens on Friday March 16 at Off The Kerb, 66B Johnston St Collingwood and runs until Thursday March 29. More info at simonocarrigan.com.au

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A new and permanent tribute to AC/ DC legend Bon Scott has been erected outside Cherry Bar. The collaborative effort between the Victorian Government’s ‘Rockin’ The Laneways’ Initiative, Cherry owner and booker James Young and local street artist Mike Makatron arrives as a large-scale ode to the famed frontman. Check it out outside of Cherry Bar on AC/DC Lane.

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George’s Bar Everyone’s favourite George Costanza-inspired bar is back for another round of laughs with top notch comedians alongside the next two contestants of their ‘Are You Funnier Than George’ competition.

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Thursday Comedy Club You know the drill. It’s the club where the big names drop in. This week, expect guests from radio, TV and more. Thursday March 8 on 120 Exhibition St.

Lido Comedy Comedy at a Cinema? orrect. Every Tuesday, a cavalcade of some of Melbourne and Australia’s funniest drop some laughs at inner Melbourne’s freshest independent cinema. Free entry from 7.30pm down at Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn.

Australian first Plans have been revealed for Australia’s first ever National Aboriginal Art Gallery, which would be constructed in Adelaide – with a build promised if the South Australian Liberal Party wins the forthcoming election. As well as being Australia’s debut Indigenous art gallery, the development would also feature a $60 million international culinary school and a section dedicated to start-up business initiatives.

Cafe Philosophique Des Toilettes is a new show coming to the Alex Theatre, thanks to The Little Theatre Company’s new residence there. Inspired by the graffiti poetry found around local Melbourne haunts, curator Jess Fairfax has scoured their colourful walls and selected some of the most insightful conversation starters.

Melbourne’s finest spoken word artists and storytellers will now write their own odes to these delicate doodles. It’s going down at the Alex Theatre weekly from Wednesday March 7- 28.

Dita Von Teese: The Art of the Teese In a time where toxic masculinity is under attack, you’d think “peeling” would be the last bastion for fellas wanting to ogle without consequence. Not so with Dita Von Teese’s latest ensemble extravaganza, The Art of the Teese. This was squarely a celebration of womanhood and queerness, and pity the handful of cis dudes in the audience dragged along for the ride, because there wasn’t much in it for them (which is fine, because, respectfully, cis dudes have plenty of other spaces for a lark). It’s safe to say that expert peeler and vintage queen Von Teese revolutionised burlesque. First, she revived what was an almost arcane form of entertainment in the ‘90s, spearheading the neo-burlesque movement. Now, she’s done it again by taking what she describes prosaically as “stripping”, and morphing it into something that has sweet FA to do with the male gaze.

Singer and comedian Jonny McGovern expertly whipped the audience into a frenzy before Von Teese’s opening

act, ‘The Champagne Glass’, making it clear from the outset that this was going to be a high-glamour, albeit camp and kitsch, spectacular. As you’d expect, Von Teese is immaculate and her costumes and sets take a page straight from the golden age of Hollywood. After each act, McGovern emerged with a fan, which he’d flick open with a flourish to reveal a word apt for the performance – Von Teese is “flawless”.

Von Teese’s acts ‘Lazy’ and ‘Rhinestone Cowgirl’ in particular are the stuff of Swarovski-crystal dreams.

As an inclusive celebration of womanhood, all shapes and sizes get a run.

Take Gia Genevieve, a Rubenesque pinup and Playboy model, who reprises one of Von Teese’s own signature acts, getting sudsy in a bejewelled bathtub. Mostly, the show is

almost family-rated, but Genevieve takes a different tact, with a bold statement about female desire (without giving too much away, we all know what a detachable shower head is really good for). Then there’s Dirty Martini, the extra-extra goddess and onetime Miss Exotic World.

Riding a carousel horse, Martini is already a showstopper, but when McGovern calls her back to the stage to demonstrate her world-record tassel spinning tricks backed

by Dick Dale’s ‘Misirlou’, it gets crazy.

Twirling at fire-starting speeds in multiple directions, she proved exactly why she’s a leading interpreter of the original burlesque performers of the ‘40s and ‘50s.

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Hip Hop

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The Australian live music sector is coming up with standards of behaviour when it comes to workplace discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and bullying. Live Performance Australia, the peak association of a sector which on last count generated $1.43 billion revenue and 18.78 million in attendance, has released a draft Industry Code of Practice for consultation with its members and the broader Australian live performance industry.

LPA Chief Executive Evelyn Richardson says the draft code would be particularly helpful for small to medium sized companies which may need extra support in strengthening or improving their in-house policies and capabilities. “A best practice industry-wide approach is important given the mobility of our workforce and the differences among our members in respect of company resources and scale,” Richardson says.

Nai Palm

Every neo-soul enthusiast across the globe is familiar with the name Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield. She is the female vocalist and guitarist for Melbourne band Hiatus Kaiyote, the first ever Australian act to be nominated for an R&B Performance Grammy back in 2013. Their music has reached international acclaim with samples of their songs used by the likes of Anderson.Paak, Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

Venturing out of her comfort zone, Saalfield released her personal solo debut in Needle Paw. With her artistry and creative lyrics, Saalfield is a positive role model and musical icon that proves it’s important to love yourself and embrace your weirdness. Hiatus Kaiyote are set to release a new album later this year and we couldn’t be more excited.

Her Sound, Her Story

There are a number of beautiful hard-working women who work behind-the-scenes of the local hip hop industry. They are supporting young female artists in the competitive rap world but are rarely acknowledged and they deserve a shout out. In particular there are two women who have dedicated themselves to helping the industry grow; hip hop photographer Michelle Grace Hunder and music video director Claudia Sangiori.

Together, these two women make an unstoppable team. Their most recent project Her Sound, Her Story follow intimate stories of Australia women in the music industry including Tina Arena, Montaigne and Vera Blue. They have built their careers around a love for art and good music and have become an inspiration to the next generation of young female artists.

The list of fierce females goes on and on. This International Women’s Day, support and appreciate the strong female faces that help make the local music industry bigger and better than ever before, because the scene cannot flourish without them.

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This week we are reminded to recognise the social, political and cultural achievements of women all across the globe. This extends to the world of hip hop as well, where women are still fighting to make their voices heard. In a musical genre where sexism still exists, it’s vital to support the strong females making waves and changing the game.

With her poetic lyrics and powerful raps Sampa the Great has become one of the most well respected Australian female emcees of this generation. The multi-talented artist first rose to fame back in 2015 when she first released her debut album The Great Mixtape. She went on to support rap icon Kendrick Lamar the following year and teamed up with fellow Aussie rapper Remi to travel the country on the unforgettable Fire Sign Tour. Her projects tackle issues of feminism and equality with her song ‘FEMALE’ a fierce anthem for women everywhere. Her latest LP Birds and The BEE9 was hailed as one of the best Australian hip hop albums of 2017 so if you haven’t heard it yet, it’s time to add it to your playlist. Sampa the Great will be headlining the sold-out Groovin the Moo festival in Bendigo later this year but keep an eye out for future headline tour dates also.

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Many music and arts associations have introduced ways to deal with complaints and incidents, but the LPA’s code intends for long term change to the culture altogether. “Each and every member of our industry must be aware of their legal responsibilities and their duty of care to their employees and have policies, procedures, education and training in place to deal with these issues,” Richardson continues.

Coming up is a roadshow to ensure all members know what their responsibilities (legal and moral) are, an industry roundtable on dealing with challenges, and decisive ways for music associations to better train their executives and staff.

Meanwhile, the Association of Artist Managers in Australia has updated its Code of Conduct to include a clause on sexual harassment. It tells its 220 members “to not engage in any acts of sexual harassment including unwanted, unwelcome or uninvited behaviour of a sexual nature, which makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated.”

There have been examples of a booking agent sacked from his company for inappropriate texts to a newcomer to the industry, The ABC revealed a group of DJs and workers in the Australian EDM scene who had a Facebook page called Tracks & Snatch which shared mixes (tracks) and sexually degrading photos of women (snatch).

In the past, the live performance and music industries have been a free-for-all and largely unregulated, where its admittedly sexual and egotistical nature has been allowed to run free as an excuse for all kinds of behaviour. The music industry in particular has always attracted people who lived outside society’s norms and codes, which is why the music has been so compelling.

There’s more that can be done. Last weekend, a large group of high profile Hollywood actors, directors and producers launched the #AskMoreOfHim. It asked other men in the entertainment business to join the conversation, become allies in the movement for equality, and “stand for women’s rights and end sexual harassment and violence against women” by making a pledge to hold themselves and others accountable. In the wake of the activities of the #MeToo movement and local #meNOmore open letter for the industry on taking responsibility for its actions, #AskMoreOfHim is certainly something that needs a home in Australia. .

In celebration of International Women’s Day on Thursday March 8, I’d like to share a roundup of some of my favourite punk-rock records created by women. Like many styles of music and industries, it’s an unfortunate reality that much of the content and channels of creation and promotion are created and controlled by men. That being said, women and non-binary musicians and artists have had a clear, yet often overlooked, place in the punk-rock (and to a larger extent rock ‘n’ roll) history and legacy since the beginning. These are just a select few of the records that I believe best represent the contributions and talent of women in expanding and progressing the genre.

Sleater-Kinney - One Beat While each of the band’s records pursues a unique direction and purpose, 2002’s One Beat found Sleater-Kinney focus all of their energy and musicianship into a cohesive whole. Written in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and ensuing political climate, the record was one of the first in popular culture to deal with the realities of the situation, with razor sharp attacks on the political ruling class, strongly at odds with the popular political sentiment. Musically, the band was at their peak, most notably thanks to guitarist and vocalist Carrie Brownstein’s phenomenal guitar work, melding classic rock and post-punk influences with flawless execution. Other perfect albums of theirs include 1997’s breakthrough Dig Me Out and 2005’s The Woods.

Bikini Kill - The CD Version of the First Two Records Synonymous with and arguably the originators of the riot grrl movement, the highly influential Bikini Kill were one of the most overtly political and outspoken bands in punk-rock. Moving purely beyond purely playing music, the band was actively involved in the production of zines, creating social and support networks, and challenging the damaging effects of the male-dominated status quo. Bikini Kill’s influence and importance in developing all of the above can still be clearly seen 25 years later in modern bands like War on Women and Camp Cope.

Screaming Females - Ugly Although not as overtly political as bands like Bikini Kill, the Marissa Paternosterdriven Screaming Females is at the forefront of modern rock and punk. Her guitar work is absolutely phenomenal, with essentially no peers that compare to her level of finesse. While self-indulgent at times, this double album showcases the best the band has to offer. Their recently released album All at Once is excellent as well.

Punch - Push/Pull One of the fiercest, hardest and fastest hardcore bands of the 2010s, the recently broken-up Punch espoused radical feminist politics with some of the most aggressive music going around. One of the most musically developed bands in hardcore punk/power violence, Punch was a refreshing contrast to the masculinity and maledominated attitudes of modern hardcore.

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Though her ideas are broad and at times abstract, Jojo Abot is nothing if not sincere. Talking of the spirituality of her art, her commitment to empowering an audience, and the power of femininity, not once does she come across as saccharine.

Born in Ghana, the multidisciplinary artist expresses herself across a wide range of platforms, using film, photography, performance art, and music to articulate herself as an artist and creator.

Her work in the world of music has been described as a blend of everything from electronica and afrobeat to house, but these are all terms that Abot refuses to associate with her sound. The idea of a genre, or even referring to her creation as art in the strictest sense, to her, is limiting.

Abot’s music is particularly engaging, not only as a result of the almost hypnotic sonic landscapes, but the mixture of languages. As she sings, she combines English and Ewe, with a constant natural flow, and no barrier between the two tongues.

“It comes back to the idea of authenticity. There are some things that can only be expressed in Ewe, so it’s really about a commitment to the message, rather than the language. And I believe that if the message is clear, no matter what language it’s in, people will understand.”

Authenticity is a word that passes through Abot’s lips often. Her art, at its most basic form, is the pursuit of truth. Her own personal truth, and acknowledging the truth of the world around her.

“I think I’m still finding my sound, but for me the process of creation is about being authentic to what I personally like and what I’m drawn to sonically and spiritually, rather than trying to fit into any established system or grid when it comes to what music should sound like,” Abot says.

After co-producing her debut EP, Fyfya Woto, she chose to go it alone in the producer role the second time around. Taking a DIY approach, she produced and recorded NGIWUNKULUNKULU in her own bedroom using her own computer, a contrast to the studio recording of her first release.

“As far as a producer, or how my productions go, I never think in genres and styles, I’m more of a ‘discover’ type of person. Discover nuances and quirks. I just like to exist, and create a space for absolute existence without compromise. My songwriting, my expression through music, is one that is still evolving. I record on my phone.

I’m really just trying to give myself a greater sense of trust as far as my creation is concerned,” Abot says.

Abot constantly strives for her authenticity to extend beyond her sound. She has described NGIWUNKULUNKULU as an “expression of anger towards the white man,” something that developed fresh within her after her move to South Africa. Having spent her time prior living between Ghana, Copengahen, and

the United States, the approach towards her black skin in South Africa was a shock to her system.

“As a black body existing in different spaces of provocation, coming to South Africa and having to deal with blackness all over again within a different context was overwhelming, but also frustrating. For me the common denominator was this idea of whiteness, and the privilege of whiteness, and gross inequality.

“In South Africa, I felt it was especially disappointing. But I also found myself being in a space of no tolerance, in a way that I don’t get to that extreme in say, Ghana, or the US. NGIWUNKULUNKULU was a direct expression of those emotions. “People’s reaction to my existence showed me there was something wrong with the world,” Abot says.

“It makes you realise that a lot of these things are taught. It’s based on dinner table conversations, where parents reinforce these ideas of superiority, inequality and injustice. It’s passed on from parent to child, the child grows older and passes it on to their child without a sense of accountability. That’s someone being crazy enough to think that they’re better than me, that they can treat me however they want. I have no tolerance for that.”

Alongside having zero tolerance for inequality, Abot is fearless in her passion for empowering all expressions of gender. “I think that being a woman gives me a sense of privilege and perspective to speak on women’s issues.

However, much like most things, I consider gender to not be defined by our physical attributes,” Abot says.

“The very core of femininity is much deeper than the physical expression of femininity. To me, the divine feminine is fierce love, it’s protection, it’s birth, it’s life, it’s community, it’s healing, it’s purity. And an expression of that, it may come off as vulnerability, or an openness to love that may not come across as being attributed to men. So in that sense, femininity becomes more of an expression or a way of life, or a spiritual awareness, or an emotional awareness, and goes beyond the physical. You realise it’s something that can actually be nurtured and fostered in anyone.”

Though she acknowledges a certain level of accessibility is necessary to reach an audience at all, authenticity and encouraging growth for her audience remain the primary driving forces behind her work.

“It’s not just music. Music sounds like something that’s designed for entertainment, for your pleasure. We don’t get enough music that yanks us out of our reality, and challenges us to be more. My work is a lot more invasive. It’s spirit, it’s frequency, it’s energy,” Abot says.

If this still feels abstract, then as far as Abot is concerned, she’s doing her job right.

“To me, the divine feminine is fierce love, it’s protection, it’s birth, it’s life, it’s community, it’s healing, it’s purity.”

Jojo Abot will perform at Rubix Warehouse on Thursday March 8, as part of Brunswick Music Festival. The festival takes place at various venues until Sunday March 18. View the full program on the festival’s website.

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Pitch Music Festival Roadtrip

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By Kate Streader

Victoria’s immersive visual arts and electronic music event, Pitch Festival, is upon us. Iif you’re planning on heading along, it’s a safe bet that you’re up for an adventure. Don’t let the festival be your one and only stop on this trip though, regional Victoria has too much to offer to watch it fly by your car window in a blur.

Make the most of your time away from the city by disconnecting from work, screens, and reality in general by getting in touch with all the wonders of the countryside.

Taste the food, explore the land and find yourself in all the hidden spots you didn’t even know existed. It’ll make for a weekend to remember, and you’re guaranteed to have some experiences you won’t find in the city.

L’espresso Ballarat With an awesome journey ahead of you, you’d best make a pit stop for coffee at Ballarat’s top caffeine house, L’espresso. Not only can you grab a premium cup of joe to help kickstart your road trip enthusiasm, but the bustling café also offers something special for music lovers with their huge vinyl collection. Rifle through L’espresso’s records, grab some wax to take home with you and you’ll be armed for the adventure ahead. The only problem will be having to wait until you get home to give your new albums a spin.

Royal Mail Hotel

No matter your budget or palate, Royal Mail Hotel has you covered for lunch. With two restaurants onsite, each offering a vastly different atmosphere, you can treat yourself to a fine dining experience or relax with a more casual bite. Option one, bring a big appetite and feast on a five or eight course meal at Wickens. Each plate is created using fresh, seasonal ingredients from the kitchen garden to reflect the surrounding environment.

Alternatively, if you’re after something more laidback, choose option two. Parker Street Project offers delicious, locallysourced and inventive meals that’ll have you licking the plate once you’ve demolished your meal.

Seppelt Winery

With over 160 years of experience crafting wine, there’s a reason Seppelt have so many awards under their belt. A visit to the vineyard is a must. Seppelt have three vineyards across the country, though it’s their Grampians winery which birthed their iconic sparkling Shiraz – the rich soil and cool climate allowing for perfect growing and ripening conditions to craft the drop.

Take a tour of the vineyard’s heritage listed web of underground cellars, known as The Drives, excavated in 1968 and spread along three kilometres, serving as the longest underground cellars in the Southern Hemisphere. Tour the vines, stop in at the cellar door and even dine within the depths of The Drives during your visit, and of course, be sure to taste Seppelt’s famous sparkling Shiraz while you’re there.

J Ward

Spice up your road trip with excitement of a different kind, courtesy of a ghost tour around J Ward of the Aradale Asylum.

Explore the gallows, gravesites and grounds along your tour of the facilities in search of signs of the spirits that linger. Even if you’re a sceptic, the tour is rich in history of infamous crooks who once resided within the asylum’s walls, such as Chopper Read and William Wallace, and there’s no harm in looking to be proven wrong. A tour of J Ward will certainly give you some stories to tell.

Lake Bellfield

Make the most of the country air and unobstructed views of this great land by taking in the sunset in all its glory at Lake Bellfield. The picturesque lake offers a glorious vantage point for watching the sun sink into the hills for another day. With pink skies reflecting on the vast lake framed by mountainous peaks, sunset at Lake Bellfield is a sight you won’t forget. Stretch your legs with a walk around the area, have a paddle in the pristine water of the lake, or simply enjoy the serenity of the secluded spot, perfect for recharging.

Pomonal Estate

What’s a trip to regional Victoria without a visit to one – or two – of the district’s renowned wineries? Offering an array of home-grown produce from locally-sourced cheeses to freshly baked cakes, as well as the addition of a new onsite brewery offering beer and cider, Pomonal Estate has it all. Set against the backdrop of the Grampians, with accommodation options to boot, Pomonal Estate is the perfect spot to wind down. Bunker down for the night and taste your way through a selection of drops from the winery and microbrewery. Temptations aside, a reminder that someone’s got to drive home the next day. Start pulling those straws.

Made in partnership with Visit Victoria.

Hiking the Grampians

Since you’re in the area, you’d best strap on your boots and head on a hike. There are a few options to choose from depending on your level of fitness and/or willingness to challenge yourself. The Picaninny Walk will take you up a gradual incline, providing uninterrupted views of Dunkeld and Mount Abrupt from its summit, perfect for beginners or those wanting to take it easy.

You’ll get a bit more of a sweat on the Mt Sturgeon Walk, with rock hopping and steep sections standing between you and the panoramic views awaiting at the top. But we promise, it’ll be worth it – and you’ll actually deserve a cold beer at Parker Street after. If you came for the full experience, buckle up for Mt Abrupt. Aptly named, the peak is steep and sudden, though it’s most definitely rewarding, offering stunning views of the national park from its highest point. Plus, you’ll have something to brag about, right?

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The Moldy Fig Some business owners might’ve been discouraged from opening a new restaurant in a venue that used to house a brothel, but not Dorelle Haviland and her daughter Vivian. They’ve opened up a vibrant, eclectic and authentic New Orleans, Cajun-Creole eatery in Brunswick East’s infamous old Pickwood Lodge.

The Moldy Fig – so-called because of an old nickname given to New Orleans jazz cats in the 1920s – is as close to a New Orleans experience as Dorelle could possibly make it. The windows are framed by wrought iron curls and fairy lights to mimic the balconies of Louisiana, the kitchen looks like a typical New Orleans weatherboard house and a giant mural covering an entire wall of the indoor seating area sets the scene. It’s as if you’re looking out onto a sultry New Orleans night, a lone saxophone player walking past, as you sip a Hurricane – the quintessential New Orleans drink.

“We’re just trying to be a little real. We decided we’re not going to conform to the Melbourne scene – we’re going to bring the music and food and culture of New Orleans to Melbourne.

“People have told us we’ve got to make a decision – we need to be a bar, or a restaurant or a live music venue. Well no, everywhere you go in New Orleans there’s live music while you eat.”

Dorelle, also Head Chef at the Fig, is certainly not one to follow conventions. Her enthusiasm and dedication to her business, now exactly one year in, has certainly not waned. She has a lot of unusual ideas, and she wants to make The Moldy Fig a place where people can come and enjoy the hybrid Spanish-French-Italian flavours that are so specific to the Louisiana area.

She says people are often scared to try her cuisine because when they hear “Cajun”, they think spicy.

“We’ve learnt to describe our food as ‘New Orleans’ instead of Cajun. It’s not about being hot, it’s about bringing the unique spice and flavour of a gumbo, or a jambalaya and finishing it off with a bit of a kick.”

Dorelle’s love for New Orleans-inspired cuisine began with a copy of Cajun-Creole Cooking by Terry Thompson: a Women’s Weekly-esque cookbook with some classic ‘80s food styling on the front.

Gifted to her way back when she first learnt cooking in Italian restaurants, the book is now tattered and torn because the recipes inside are the real treasure, continually inspiring Dorelle and the Fig’s menu.

If you get Dorelle started on her love of New Orleans, she just won’t stop. She’s bursting with ideas and knowledge that she picked up on one of her research trips to the city with her daughter Vivian, Moldy Fig’s bar manager, about six months before they opened.

“The people welcomed us into their homes – Southern hospitality really is just that.

“Because I’m a chef, the women who cooked this food at home would ask me to taste it, and say ‘Can you guess the secret ingredient?’ and I’d say ‘Oh, oregano’ and they’d say ‘How did you guess? Don’t tell

Mabel next door, she’s been trying to figure it out for years.’

“It was really special, and these women are how I got my gumbo recipe and my jambalaya recipe that we use on the menu.”

Dorelle doesn’t care how un-Melbourne something is, if it’s done in New Orleans, it’s done at the Fig. If there’s a bourbon festival happening in New Orleans, there’s one at the Fig. If there’s a daiquiri festival over there, then there’s one here at the Fig. And in the true spirit of the city’s vibrant jazz scene, there’s a small stage set up in the corner of the Fig, and every single night a local, live act perform.

It’s soft jazz during dinner service, and something a bit more lively and raucous once it hits 9pm.

Although probably not as raucous as it used to get back in the Pickwood Lodge days.

“We still have men come in and ask if they can go upstairs or they try to order something special at the bar. But all you can really do is try and have fun with it. It’s very New Orleans to be in an old brothel.”

And fun is definitely a good word to describe Dorelle and the Fig. She’s even kept the original hot-pink lettering from the brothel days on the wall, rearranged to spell out “The Moldy Fig”. How’s that for a throwback.

“We’ve learnt to describe our food as ‘New Orleans’ instead of Cajun. It’s not about being hot, it’s about bringing the unique spice and flavour of a gumbo, or a jambalaya and finishing it off with a bit of a kick.”

The Moldy Fig is located at 120-122 Lygon St, Brunswick East. They’re open Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm.

By Tarnay Sass

Big Picture Fest Joel van Moore’s work is huge in scale, the kind of street art that makes people stop and stare, taking photos and passing along word to their friends.

Storeys high, his geometric images and emotional portraits are striking – not just for their sheer size, but for the attention-demanding use of colour, linework, and immaculate detail.

Moore – who’s better known by his artist moniker Vans the Omega – has painted on streets around the world since he first created a large scale work in 1990. Though he paints in a wide range of styles, his passion is letterwork and his love for art started, as it does for many, while he was very young.

“I’ve always been into art, even as a toddler spending time in my grandmother’s art studio and drawing at home. Later, in the early ‘80s, graffiti completely caught my eye and was the beginning of a new chapter in my life, which has finally led me to where I am today. Of course the range of what I enjoy painting, and [my] taste evolves with age but the core part of me still has love for large scale letters. After painting for around 30 years non-stop I need challenges on a personal level, so I paint a large range of works to keep my creative side in check,” Moore says.

The Adelaide-based artist, who has been refining his art for three decades, has seen an evolution of street art and mural painting over this time. “Coming from my perspective, street art wasn’t even a thing. It was writing or mural work that [artists] identified with. That aside, what it has become today is a beast in its own right with many challenges,” Moore says.

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“Wall space and gaining trust is one of the hardest parts to get around.

Permission to paint is hard to come by.” and gaining trust is one of the hardest parts to get around. Permission to paint is hard to come by, unless it is driven by creative people and owners of property,” Moore says. “Art is completely subjective and you can’t satisfy everyone.”

While prejudice against street art may still exist, a shift has most certainly taken place. These days beautiful grafitti is encouraged and celebrated, not just by artistic types, but by councils as well.

Having worked as artistic director of the Port Adelaide and Wollongong Wonderwalls festival of graffiti and mural art over the last three years, Moore is fully equipped to take on Melbourne’s first ever Big Picture Fest. Given Melbourne’s artistic edge, it’s a challenge he relishes. “South Australia is relatively small in comparison, but so full of talent, with a desire to really be recognised on the world scene. Victoria is the equivalent to Mecca as far as Australia goes, and attracts the best across all fields of the art spectrum. Cities like Melbourne have really had the jump start and nurtured the surrounding culture better than any other state so far,” Moore says.

Set to transform Frankston’s city skyline, the three day festival is a celebration of street art and

large scale artistry. Headlined by international artist Smug from Glasgow, the likes of Loretta Lizzio, DVATE, and Lucy Bonnin have been enlisted to metamorphise Frankston’s structures and create experiences of art in practice across a huge public space. “Six large scale works, along with some smaller local positions, will be painted across various sites in Frankston. A block party celebration on the opening Saturday night and a bunch of walking and photographic tours which can engage the public and enthusiasts alike. There will be some projected material running over the weekend which will update each day and be seen at the top of the Frankston Arts Centre,” Moore says of the exciting program.

The festival is family friendly, and free, something that is important to Moore. “Once it’s painted it’s really handed over to [the] public to enjoy and critique, along with adding questions and invoking a discussion,” Moore says. After all, street art belongs to the street. “To me, there’s no point unless the art can be accessed.”

By Claire Morley

Big Picture Fest will take place in Frankston from Friday March 23 until Sunday March 25. The event will feature artists including Smug, Loretta Lizzio, and Lucy Bonnin.

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Anoushka Shankar It’s a stretch to even imagine what it’s like in Anoushka Shankar’s super-stylish shoes. In her world it’s been normal to call a Beatle “Uncle George”, get props from Ray Charles (he told her that she touched his heart and had music in her soul), her half sister is Norah Jones, and her (now late) old man, sitar-swami Ravi Shankar, is none other than the “Father of World Music”.

To top it off, Shankar’s been in serious sitar training since she was eight under her dad’s formal tutelage, she had her first record deal when she was 16, is now acclaimed as an award-winning virtuoso in her own right with six Grammy nominations under her belt, and she’s only 36. Feeling like a radical underachiever yet?

Today, however, Shankar is as mortal as the rest of us. “I’m going to ask you to stop listening to me for a second, so I can blow my nose in a really obnoxious way,” she says. “I’m so sorry. Urgh. It’s a mix of rotten luck having kids and being my own damn fault, because I’ve had a massive weekend that I didn’t want to give up, even though I knew I was sick. A really good friend of mine was doing a show in Paris, so I went to Paris for a night before racing back for my seven year old’s massive birthday party.”

And back we go to the dream life.

It’s important to make it clear though that Shankar hasn’t hit the big time as a matter of nepotism. Even as a kid, she had an unholy focus on an arcane classical instrument that’s notoriously complicated to master. That said, there were

“The older I got, the longer I played, and to be honest, the better I got – I was able to play more, say more and express more.” definitely times she bucked against it. “I always had a dual relationship with the sitar in the sense that I loved the music very deeply – it spoke to me, it resonated with me – but I also had a normal, ongoing, young-teenage response to the discipline required in playing a classical music form,” Shankar explains. “Also, it was my father’s instrument and there were very obvious pressures associated with learning from him.

“There was always this duality in the fact that I loved it and was a little bit scared of it. So my response would rove, depending where I was with those things. There were periods where I’d be very structured, disciplined and focused, and times where as soon as I could let go, I would, because keep in mind that I lived with my father and he was my teacher. There was an imposed structure as well and a discipline instilled, in that what you do is practice and you play music. It wasn’t like it was my choice to skip playing every day without there being consequences.”

That said, as Shankar progressively nailed the instrument her relationship with it became less

equivocal. “The older I got, the longer I played, and to be honest, the better I got – I was able to play more, say more and express more – that in itself became more fulfilling,” Shankar muses. “I grew to love the experience of playing more and more.”

All of which makes more sense of the observation that playing the sitar is a lifetime’s work.

“I think any instrument or art form is a lifetime’s work though,” Shankar counters. “Ideally, we’re all here continually learning and evolving. But my experience of playing the sitar in particular is that it does keep changing. I keep finding new ways to express myself or there are new things that I want to say. As I grow and change, I have to find new ways to express myself. It’s an ongoing process and my experience of that is what makes it so beautiful.”

By Meg Crawford

The Hills Are Alive Ten years on and The Hills Are Alive has become one of Australia’s most iconic homegrown music and live entertainment festivals.

Returning to Australia from three winters in Europe, The Hills Are Alive co-founders Aidan and Rhett, were eager to bring together some of their musically gifted friends from home. Chatting in anticipation of the festival, which takes place at the picturesque farm in South Gippsland where the brothers grew up, Aidan expressed how amazing the experience of co-founding the event has been.

“Having lived in Europe, we’d been to a lot of great boutique festivals that weren’t huge but had this beautiful vibe. We thought, let’s start our own festival and invite all our friends’ bands to play,” Aidan says. “These guys were doing amazing things musically, but weren’t getting any radio support.

None of the festivals would put them on.” And so, The Hills Are Alive was born.

For year one, 12 bands came to play their tunes for $100 each, all from diverse genres. The event, a one-night private gig, closed to the public with invites only to friends of friends, attracted 334 people. “Everyone was encouraged to meet each other and share food, it was BYO, everyone was relaxed, and it was so good we decided to keep doing it,” Aidan explains.

Now bigger and open to the public, the event still preserves those initial intimate and social vibes. “We have a unique and friendly audience. Whether or not the crowd knows the bands, everyone is receptive to the music, which is great as programmers because we can showcase some obscure and unknown acts, knowing the crowd will respond well. And that’s a

joy to do,” Aidan says.

To mark year ten on the festival calendar, Aidan and Rhett have invited 25 crowd favourites back to the Hill as well as introducing eight new acts to their musical lineup. The highlights include singersongwriter Ali Barter and synth-soul duo Boo Seeka, but Aidan is also looking forward to lesserknown names. “Heaps Good Friends are amazing.

They’re doing what no-one else is doing. And it’s the first time Remi is playing with his full live band on the Hill – he’s got a seven-piece full live band, so that will be special,” he says.

“Of the newer stuff, I think Batts is impressive.

And Cool Out Sun is an amazing act with hip hop and soul elements. Because there are so many acts that have been highlights in the past, plus all these new acts, I’m looking forward to the whole thing and can’t wait to share all these acts with our audience.”

The Hills Are Alive has become renowned for showcasing acts before they take off, almost prophetically. Aidan and Rhett have previously booked Courtney Barnett, Amy Shark and Vance Joy before they rose to become inspiring successes.

“We pride ourselves on being the first ones onto new acts before they do blow up,” Aidan says. “We go to three or four gigs a week and it doesn’t matter

Anoushka Shankar will perform as part of WOMADelaide, taking place from Friday March 9 until Monday March 12 at Botanic Park, Adelaide. She’ll also perform at Hamer Hall on Tuesday March 13.

how many people are there. If we get that tingle in the back of our neck, we try to book them. We often book acts and by the time they have come around to us, they’re much bigger. That happened last year when we had Amy Shark. Historically, there’s always been a couple each year.”

In addition to the awesome musical lineup, punters can wind down with some laughs. This year the festival boasts seven comedy acts, as well as the Hill-arious competition to feature three hand-picked winners performing their own unique stand-up set.

On top of that, the Hill will also feature a karaoke tent, a dancing rave cave, table tennis and field games, yoga classes and the famous annual Gumboot Toss Competition that, Aidan confirms, people do train for. The winner will receive a glass gumboot trophy and tickets to next year’s event.

With all these bands playing on his family farm, Aidan says it’s bizarre and wonderful. “It makes me happy every time I think about it, and it’s so satisfying to see people having a great time.”

“Heaps Good Friends are amazing.

They’re doing what no-one else is doing.

And it’s the first time Remi is playing with his full live band on the Hill – he’s got a sevenpiece full live band, so that will be special.”

The Hills Are Alive will celebrate their tenth birthday at The Farm – located ten minutes from Loch Village and 95 minutes South-East of Melbourne. The festival runs from Friday March 23 until Sunday March 25 with Alex The Astronaut, Alice Ivy, Halcyon Drive, These New South Whales, and more.

By David Class

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Live at Warrawee

Jazz Party

“Warrawee” is an Indigenous word meaning “stop here” – good advice for any muso passing by Warrawee Park in a few weeks. For the second year, Live at Warrawee will delight eyes, ears, and tastebuds with a free event featuring pop, rock and jazz acts from around Melbourne.

Hosted by Brian Nankervis, creator of the TV show RocKwiz, the event will feature acts including Mental as Anything, Dorsal Fins, The Scrims, and Jazz Party. Live at Warrawee’s lineup is a result of rigorous fine-tuning to make sure each act gels with the community.

“Live at Warrawee is in its second year of infancy – so a lot of community consultation and planning goes on in the community to ensure that it is the right fit for the right area,” the City of Monash Arts and Cultural Development Team says.

Loretta Miller was part of Live at Warrawee 2017, performing with the Mass Community Choir, and will feature this year with her band Jazz Party.

“People should be encouraged to feel free and not be afraid to dance and drink and enjoy a general upbeat party atmosphere,” Miller says. “Enjoy yourself, take advantage of the fact you live in a multicultural, musical city with so much to offer.”

Top billing goes to Mental as Anything, the band that defined Aussie new wave throughout the ‘80s.

“All of the bands have been chosen because they contribute to the overall program of the day.

But the one that holds the most nostalgia for most people is Mental as Anything. Many of us would remember dancing around the lounge room to ‘Live It Up’ when Mental as Anything performed on Countdown,” the City of Monash Arts and Cultural

“People should be encouraged to feel free and not be afraid to dance and drink and enjoy a general upbeat party atmosphere.”

Development Team says.

“Musically, their influence is far and wide and set in concrete in Australian musical history. You’re bound to get one of their songs stuck in your head, in a good way.”

Warrawee Park lies on the periphery of Eaton Mall, a gorgeous open space in a CBD area. To keep you fuelled throughout the day, food trucks at the event will include El Jefe, Crêpes for Change and C’est Chick. The Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL will also contribute to the event’s cultural diversity with St. Patrick’s Day green beer.

This year, Miller looks forward to taking to the stage at Warrawee Park with Jazz Party, a sprawling collective act that ties together polished, Ellingtonesque swing with soul and sizzling Guajira jazz.

“The way the festival was handled last year was really perfect,” Miller says. “It was a really nice afternoon. The park is lovely, Oakleigh has heaps going on anyway with great food and vibes.”

Jazz Party are also promoting their debut album Monday Night, an eclectic record including motown, booming big band swing and rhythm and blues, as well as the Latin-flavoured track ‘Mountain Goat’.

Miller says she was drawn to jazz by the competitive edge of jazz musos and by the vitality of the Melbourne scene, which has been the epicentre of Australian jazz for decades.

“I have always loved jazz and all the music that lives in the world,” Miller says. “I’ve always listened to it. I think what people don’t realise is that there are many different ways to play it. We don’t strictly do the kind of jazz people might think of when they hear the word. We do all kinds of stuff, but it’s all in the world. It’s all related.”

By Zachary Snowdon Smith

Kerryn Fields Across two weeks, The Retreat is going to be offering audiences something rather special, and better still, it’s all free. To celebrate International Women’s Day, a lineup of exclusively female artists, musicians and DJs are bringing every genre you could hope for to the stage, to showcase and encourage the remarkable wealth of talent that is thriving in an often male-dominated industry.

We talk with Kerryn Fields about the momentum for equality, and her excitement to be part of the Women Up Front Series.

“There’s work to do,” Fields says thoughtfully. “It’s rapidly coming to the front that it is a real issue, and a collective of voices has really highlighted the need to nurture our musicians equally, both male and female. I want to be cautious about saying we should just champion women, or just champion men. I just think there’s been a recent influx of statistics and information regarding the lack of equality. Currently, it’s hidden in the fine print, where women musicians wouldn’t expect to be paid as much as a male band, or to play the bigger venues. We’ll play the smaller ones, or opening for not-so well-known acts.

“It’s all the little things like that, which are being addressed and confronted now. It’s highlighted a lot of stuff that people have been saying for years, but it’s also a really cool time to be an artist who is a part of that community. You’re part of the change, you’re part of the action. That’s really empowering.”

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imbalance; in fact, that’s why this conversation is so encouraging. Many people are now standing up for greater recognition and opportunities for female artists, to level out the playing field. Support has been coming from other artists and industry figures – such as The Retreat Hotel itself – but also from a vibrant local audience.

“The audiences [at events such as this] have been varied. A lot of women who are seeking support and a safe space where they can engage in conversations, a lot of older women who are happy to see this change, and then your regular Melbourne cool crew. Guys, girls, in-betweens, outsiders and insiders, there’s a great mix of folks coming together to enjoy great music. That’s what it’s about. There’s always that risk of making a statement about the theme of the event, and that can detract from the fact it’s also just fucking good music.”

While she is gladdened by the broader cultural momentum underway, Fields is also conscious of the work that needs to be done. She has experienced first-hand how patriarchal attitudes can be ingrained, and is a firm believer in change that happens at home.

“There’s definitely momentum. I managed the original Billy Hyde music store in Melbourne on the guitar side, and I was the only female in the shop for a couple of years. I struggled to even sell a Strat

Live at Warrawee will take place at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh on Saturday March 17, featuring Jazz Party, Mental as Anything, Dorsal Fins, and more. Jazz Party’s album Monday Night is out now.

to a father and son on a weekend. You could watch them searching desperately for a man to sell them a guitar. So it starts from the moment a young man walks into a music store for the first time, and his own father is fidgeting to find the right man to sell them the guitar. And I could shred that guitar better than half of the dudes,” Fields laughs.

From retail, all the way through to gigs and conversations among music industry professionals and lovers, Fields wants to see change across the board. She says it’s key to empower young girls to get them playing music right into their adulthood, which is where they can often get lost in the noise.

“There’s so much going on now, and every time someone discovers a pocket of inequality, Melbourne is the kind of place to put a spotlight on it.It’s not like one particular person or group is responsible for the change,” Fields emphasises.

“It lies with everyone. It’s in those little conversations. The big picture is there, but it’s what you can do in the small picture. That talk around the table, empowering your own nieces and nephews. I firmly believe it happens in the community, in a few kilometres around you and what you can do there is just as powerful as trying to influence an entire generation.”

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“The big picture is there, but it’s what you can do in the small picture. That talk around the table, empowering your own nieces and nephews.”

Kerryn Fields will feature as part of The Retreat Hotel’s Women Up Front Series on International Women’s Day this Thursday March 8 alongside Little Wise and Maja. The Women Up Front Series will continue its run until Wednesday March 14.

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Bad Cop/Bad Cop

“Do I want to settle down and be the woman society decides for me, or am I going to go out and howl at the fucking moon?”

Cathartic, aggressive, vulnerable, pensive – these are just a few ways to describe Warriors, the powerful second album from California punk-rockers Bad Cop/ Bad Cop. After a rollercoaster couple of years that saw the band questioning everything they knew, the new album has an immense thematic input and even greater emotive output.

An album isn’t just about listening to notes, it’s about the journey, the message. Not only are Bad Cop/ Bad Cop devoted to making an impact with their political beliefs, but Warriors marks an adventure for the foursome, personally and musically. It’s not often you’ll hear an album that shares so much raw humanity – creating such a soundtrack for so heavy a heart is, as singer Stacey Dee says, the most natural medicine in the world.

“When I pick up my guitar and start playing something, I immediately hear a vocal melody that then leads to what kind of lyrics need to be on it,” she says. “I start to sing something, and the tone of it dictates what it should be about.”

After the tumultuous experiences Bad Cop/Bad Cop have gone through, writing Warriors has only made them stronger. “We were on tour across the United States and we decided to go for it as a band, at a time the election was happening – but I had just gotten sober off of prescription drugs.

“I wanted to check out, I didn’t want to be around anymore but music was the one thing I still wanted to do. I couldn’t work, I couldn’t go outside or do anything other than that. It was in finding all

the lessons after getting sober, I came back to the girls and said, ‘four women doing a project with each other can get a little dicey sometimes if you don’t check in with each other’ and it was like, ‘I don’t want to be judgemental, weird or jealous toward you guys, I want to hear your thoughts, I want us to be honest with each other and connect with each other. I don’t want to blame you for shitty stuff, I don’t want you to blame me.’ I wanted to try do something different.

They jumped on board, and that’s how we’ve been since. Self-discovery while we were writing that record was a big part of our lives.”

For Bad Cop/Bad Cop, the music became about personal accountability and support, questioning their motives for a largely feminist activist start to their career. “Writing the record was difficult because it took us to some uncomfortable places.

And it’s like, do I want to stand up and make the whole world feminist? Do I want to stand next to that?” Dee says.

“I’m a woman who’s playing in a man’s world but I don’t call myself a feminist – is that a big thing for me to say? Is that gonna label me forever? There are some big words in there you have to pull up your

big girl pants and stand next to. Do I want to settle down and be the woman society decides for me, or am I going to go out and howl at the fucking moon and be somebody?”

Of course, listening to their music, there will be those who want to stick with that one label – feminist. “If that’s the one word you’re gonna stick then I feel sorry for you,” Dee says. “There’s so much in that record about taking accountability – ‘what kind of life do I wanna have, what kind of person am I gonna be, how can I help?’ We’ve been given a gift to affect people’s lives and if we don’t use that the right way, it’s falling into dangerous territory.

When Bad Cop/Bad Cop take to the stage at Download Festival it will be a test for Dee to convey all these emotive layers to their audience.

“The honesty comes through, the friendship comes through,” she says. “People see us and say ‘That made me feel good.’ Not one person is trying to rule the roost up there, we’re just trying to get through it and play as well as we can. Our vulnerability really shines through.”

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Camp Cope Laying everything bare, Georgia Maq offers a new kind of frankness on Camp Cope’s sophomore album, How To Socialise & Make Friends. It’s the same hard-hitting sound that has seen the trio so passionately received locally and abroad, but the singer-songwriter says it’s definitely an evolution from their first record.

Piercingly raw, personal and powerful, How To Socialise & Make Friends is sonically stripped back, lyrically forthright and overall an absolute wonder.

Looking at aspects of Maq’s lived experience – both personally and professionally – it’s also a call to arms for us all to demand change.

“I feel like the second album is just an evolved version of the first, but their essence is very similar,” Maq says.

“It’s definitely more stripped back, I think it sounds like if you were to watch us play live. We kept a lot of the mistakes in because we’re not trying to make a studio album that is ‘perfect,’ we wanted to make something raw and real.”

From backyard beginnings in 2015 to becoming one of the loudest voices across Australia’s music scene, Camp Cope continue to prove that they’re an unstoppable, unapologetic force. Incredibly humble, Maq is almost uncertain of her abilities as a songwriter, but she’s more than sure that the dynamic of the band has strengthened ten-fold in the time they’ve been together.

“I try not to push [songwriting] too much because I don’t want to sound contrived, I really want it to come to me, so sometimes it feels like I have constant writer’s block,” she says.

“But I feel like the band has become more collaborative, it’s easier to write with each other because we’ve become more comfortable, we’re like sisters, we’ve evolved into this really tight unit.”

Aside from their music, the trio are well known for their formidable advocacy for gender equality in the music industry. Spearheads of the campaign, Maq explains that the band have all experienced enough time in the arena to know, and be sick of, its ‘boys club’ nature. Committed to demanding a change with the platform they have, she says it all came to a head when they released their ‘It Takes One’ video in 2016.

Following it up last year in song form, the band took the first cut from their second album and released ‘The Opener.’ A true anthem, it’s become one of the most talked about tracks of the last few months for the way it blasts music industry higherups’ lack of effort towards gender equality. If the trio hadn’t made their anger clear before, then ‘The Opener’ set the bar for how passionately they feel.

The rest of their new record takes the discussion even further, with How To Socialise & Make Friends beckoning listeners to question the music industry and demand change.

“The one song on the album that I have a very big, dark, emotional attachment to is ‘The Face of God’, because it’s a song about sexual assault by

Bad Cop/Bad Cop will perform at Download Festival, coming to Flemington Racecourse on Saturday March 24, also featuring Korn, Limp Bizkit, Good Charlotte, Neck Deep, and more.

someone in the music industry,” Maq reveals.

“I actually wrote it before #MeToo happened, when there were all these men being outed and so when it happened, instead of a sense of fear about releasing the song, I had a sense of power, because this song is powerful and I felt like everything was going to be fine if I released it.”

“It’s cathartic to release something like this because I write from a very honest place and it’s always been that way. I’m a very frank person and that comes off in my songwriting, I don’t dress things up in metaphors, I tell it how it is.”

While their raw and revealing record is sure to keep the conversation going, Maq says there’s something every music-loving punter can do to drive change as individuals. Although she says things are quickly changing, it all starts at a grassroots level and it’s up to everyone to keep up the momentum.

“At shows it’s about respecting people’s space, don’t have fun at the expense of another person,” she says.

“And for younger people getting into music, especially people that aren’t men, know that you’re important, by default of not being a man in music.

You’re important in that way and you should stand your ground and not let anyone make you feel small or try to hold you back.”

“It’s cathartic to release something like this because I write from a very honest place and it’s always been that way.

I’m a very frank person and that comes off in my songwriting, I don’t dress things up in metaphors, I tell it how it is.”

Camp Cope’s second album How To Socialise & Make Friends is available now via Poison City Records. They’ll perform at Fang It! live for International Women’s Day at PBS 106.7FM’s headquarters, Resist the Stolenwealth Games at Rubix Warehouse on Friday March 9, and at The Thornbury Theatre, with Chastity Belt, on Thursday March 15 and Friday March 16.

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Gallery at Ferdydurke MzRizk is hands down one of Melbourne’s most popular and internationally successful DJs – she’s stormed Glastonbury twice, is the voice behind PBS’s beloved show Boogie Beat Suite, and has supported everyone from Hiatus Kaiyote to Public Enemy.

Plus, MzRizk totally uses the force for good by sharing the benefit of her 17-plus years of industry experience with young women of colour in her DJ and music-based workshops. In fact, it was while nurturing newbies that she became aware of the glaring need for a safe and encouraging environment for new talent to cut their teeth.

“It came to my attention, and I don’t know why it was so delayed, that there weren’t many spaces for women to participate in public events,” MzRizk says. “At that point, I’d been running workshops in Footscray for a young women’s program and I saw all this talent and thought, ‘There needs to be a space for them to share this with the world.’”

With this in mind, MzRizk put a callout online, Ferdydurke hit her back straight away green lighting a new night for that purpose, and in July 2016 Gallery was born. Since then, MzRizk has overseen a weekly roster of burgeoning talent, featuring primarily young women of colour, trans folk and queer men.

“Even though the main focus is women of colour, queer women of colour and trans people of colour, and even though I have this very specific way that I curate things, there is space for everyone, I just don’t really book cis white men often because they already have a lot of spaces,” she explains. “It’s not that I don’t want to, sometimes people will hit me up

and if I think the music is good enough and there’s space available, I’ll consider it. I’m not anti-anybody, but I think there’s a lot of space for them and a lack of space for other people.”

The Gallery concept is that new artists have the opportunity to hone their chops in a comfortable, pared-back, small space with not much more than a mixing desk, a speaker and a microphone.

“I make sure that I rotate them monthly or trimonthly, if they’re available and haven’t blown up,” MzRizk says. “Everyone becomes themselves and develops their artistry in their own time, but you really see them evolve by the third or fourth time performing at Gallery.”

The point about blowing up is a valid one too, because some of the Gallery talent has hit it big.

“Look at Kaiit, she started performing at Gallery in the early days and now I can’t even book her anymore,” MzRizk says. “She has interstate shows, she’s on festivals. Kaiit is definitely one of the best examples of women taking up the space, and being able to practice their live performance, and forge a really beautiful career.” MzRizk is predicting similar success for Kalala, part of the International Women’s Day lineup and one of her faves. “I feel like she’s going to blow up soon too.”

For MzRizk, the fact that Gallery is a safe space is key. She defines it thus, “A safe space is a place that anyone and everyone can come to without being judged, without being sleazed on or abused in any way. Everyone should be able to go out and have a good time without being made to feel uncomfortable, especially not because society sees them as different.” Fuck yes.

Moreover, she’s crystal-clear about what’s required in order for that to come to pass, and in an environment where #MeToo conversations are rife, the broader community could take a leaf out of her book.

“One of the best things that anyone can do if they want to run an event is to have an understanding with management, the bar manager, the bar staff and security prior to the event – you need to have a conversation about safety,” MzRizk says. “What happens at Ferdy is that I’m there the whole time, and if I see anything I don’t like, like men annoying women – and it’s happened a few times – there’s no conversation about getting them removed, we just remove them straight away, because it’s not a place for them to stay and annoy people. There are no second chances with me.”

“Everyone should be able to go out and have a good time without being made to feel uncomfortable, especially not because society sees them as different.”

MzRizk hosts Gallery every week at Ferdydurke, with a special International Women’s Day event taking place on Thursday March 8 with Kalala, Liona Tatafu, Cara Mia, and more.

By Meg Crawford

Perfume Genius Mike Hadreas – better known under the moniker of Perfume Genius – is reflecting on the year that was.

“I used to be really broke, so I used to make all my Christmas gifts,” he says. “Now I can afford to buy people gifts. I’ve been really making up for lost time.” When chatting to Beat, he was winding down from an extensive, months-long tour in support of Perfume Genius’ fourth LP, No Shape. Looking back at the run of dates, Hadreas senses that he’s come to know the songs much more intimately – and it was reflected in the shows themselves.

“I’m always interested to see how a tour unfolds – a lot of the time, you find it goes all over the place,” he says. “I definitely notice a shift in how I’m performing between when a tour starts and when a tour is ending – towards the back-end, I unlock something. I become a bit wilder on stage; a bit more free. The songs are easier for me to sing, and I know how to perform them. It’s not exactly choreographed or anything like that, but I certainly have an array of moves that I can pull from – it makes the show a lot easier for me.”

As dozens of music publications rolled out their end-of-year lists for their favourite albums, No Shape was one of the most prominently featured.

Critics and fans alike have been universally positive towards the album, praising its honesty and Hadreas’ musical growth. The man himself is notably grateful for the high praise that has come No Shape’s way – especially as 2018 marks a full decade since the project began.

“I’m always worried about losing people along the way,” he says. “Every album I make as Perfume Genius is very different, and I’m constantly pushing myself in order to be able to do something I haven’t done before. For people to follow along with me while I do that, and be more supportive than ever – I

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“I’m constantly pushing myself in order to be able to do something I haven’t done before.” feel like that’s a really rare thing to have in music.”

Recorded in 2017’s first quarter, No Shape is an album that thematically looks at life post-trauma – about where one finds themselves having previously been through the ringer. It’s as autobiographical and introspective as Hadreas’ music has ever been – meaning the looming anxiety concerning listener response was bound to rear its ugly head. It’s something countless musicians have gone through: even though the music was made just for one person, there’s something truly daunting about it going public.

“The worst part about putting out a record is the time between announcing it and it coming out,” says Hadreas.“You get so nervous – really, you’re just wondering if people are going to understand it. You hope they do, of course. You’re trying to get something across in a certain way. When you

make an album, it’s because you have something to say. The way people have reacted to No Shape is nothing short of incredible. I feel like people are having the feelings that I wanted them to have. It’s not necessarily a happy album, but I do see it as this little pearl of hope.”

For his current national tour, Hadreas had to come out of hibernation after taking some muchearned time off at his home in Tecoma, Washington.

“Australia’s going to be my first thing I do for the New Year,” he says. “I’ll be so rejuvenated by the time I get to play for you. I’ll have just been in a bathrobe for three months straight. I just bought it, and it was very expensive – so I’m adamant about using it as much as I possibly can.”

By David James Young

Perfume Genius will perform at Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday March 9 and at Golden Plains, Meredith on Saturday March 10.

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The Video Suitcase Performance Tell us about The Video Suitcase Performance. The Video Suitcase is an urban/performance art project designed and conceptualised by Melbourne-based video artist Martha Ackroyd Curtis AKA MARTHS t.m. The Artist creates a ‘moving screen’ that quite literally is carried around, with The Stroll Collective.

The little ‘video capsules’ are to be shown on the front of suitcases and walked in a chic and completely original creative concept.

How did this performance come about? First came the concept and the idea, next came the crew and then gaining a much appreciated art grant from City of Yarra, which really took the project to the public.

Where do you draw most of your inspiration from?

With video art, I’m inspired by everything from what’s going on in the media, to the latest pop culture.

Ideas form when I’m looking through magazines, or hearing trashy talk on the television or walking through Melbourne exploring, overseas travel, or going to events that interest me. The Video Suitcase formed when I wanted to be able to be freer with a form of art that I adore making. I also wanted to merge performance with video. I have been working with video since art school (Victorian College of the Arts & RMIT) and was always encouraged and fostered to ‘own what I was making’ and do it!

Could you share a moment you will always cherish while performing? Probably standing and walking with the crew on Gertrude and Brunswick streets at 10pm at night and getting responses from the public, being really lovely and supportive and feeling the thrill of performing.

Could you share the reason as to why it’s performed in a bar, rather than a gallery? The performance environment idea came about from me wanting to take video art out of the gallery context and into

“The performance environment idea came about from me wanting to take video art out of the gallery context…taking it to the streets, nightclubs and nightlife of creative Melbourne.” the greater public domain, taking it to the streets, nightclubs and nightlife of creative Melbourne.

Loop Bar is also a notable art space, and we are really excited to be taking the project there. There is also a great support base for filmmakers, artists and video creators, which I really appreciate.

What do you hope viewers to walk out obtaining?

A different and expanded view on video and performance, a sense of theatre and excitement and even a bit of a party-type atmosphere.

Which three words best describe The Video Suitcase Performance? Walking, Video, Theatre.

What challenges have you conquered throughout this project? The beginnings, where I was trying to work out how to get the project off the ground and thinking about where to head to get exposure, but hard work works. I pursued art grants and I designed The Stroll Collective logo and made the project into a package of art and entertainment.

What wisdom can you share from those challenges?

Keep going, try all avenues, do not lose the fun. Do not be scared to step outside your comfort zone.

Fun fact about the show? Video art that will be full sensory, and ‘walk around you.’

What’s one piece of advice you have for our readers? I think if you have an idea write it down, own it, and just get it out there. Ideas do not need to come from following another artist’s work or someone from decades ago, it can come from other sources or from inside you. I do respond visually to art that I see, I prefer to respond to art on a visual scale and less in analysis through words and I feel comfortable with that.

Some exciting news you would like to share with us. The Video Suitcase will be taken to Victorian regional cities this year, you can keep updated with news on the website, and you can follow Stroll Schedule: dates and times.

With Martha Ackroyd

The Brungas The Brungas are determined to change the face of Melbourne music. Mingling coarse-grained garage rock with shimmery new wave, their five-track, ten-genre EP defies listeners to slap a label on it.

But becoming musical innovators sounds so serious – the Brungas prefer to be thought of just as good mates kicking back with their instruments.

“The band’s not just about trying to break into the music industry,” keyboardist Zac Bunston explains.

“It’s more about having a bit of fun. It’s about us, as a group of mates, enjoying ourselves.”

After playing live around Melbourne for a year, The Brungas took to Box Hill to give some of their songs the studio treatment. The resulting tracks were released for free listening online.

“We’re not going to charge for our music at this stage,” bassist Alec Brunga says. “We’re just getting our music out there. We’re hoping to play as cheap gigs as possible and as cheap music as possible, to get as many people around it as we can, and to share that community vibe.”

In the weeks following its release, the band’s single ‘Galves’ climbed to a respectable 19,000 plays on Spotify. On triple j, the band became a sonic Rorschach test. Some listeners praised their raw intensity, others their dreaminess. Some compared their sound to The Strokes, others to The Cure.

“The Brungas has its own genre,” Bunston says.

“If you want to hear a new type of music and a new type of wave, listen to The Brungas, and there’s plenty more coming.”

Despite featuring on the triple j Unearthed Best New Music playlist, Brunga isn’t taking himself too

seriously just yet.

“One thing about this band is that none of us are really that good individually,” he explains. “We’re all airheads. We just fuck around a little bit. But, when we get together, the sum is definitely greater than the parts.”

The Brungas will bring songs from their selftitled debut EP to Revolver Upstairs, supported

by Jungle Breed, Smash Bros and the Belair Lip Bombs, where you can expect a lot of beers, a lot of decibels and all round good times.

And, despite steadily growing exposure, the band is already thinking of ways to mix things up with their next project. Studio time was limited during the production of their first EP, with some tracks recorded in a single take. Bunston says the group is looking forward to having more time to critique, fine-tune and experiment with new styles, meanwhile lead guitarist Ed Carlisle adds they’re keen to continue to experiment with their diverse sound.

“We’re not just sticking to one genre or one sound,” he says. “We’re going to have a single that’s high-volume, fast-paced. Get up, have a dance to it.

Then we’re going to balance it out with some really slow, groovy tunes you can kick back to. We’ve been doing some really hard stuff, but, at the same time, we’re stripping back. We’re really expanding from

The Video Suitcase Performance will take place at Loop Project Space & Bar on Thursday March 8.

the clean, electric guitar rock we did in the last EP.” Vocalist Ned Hawkins adds that the philosophy of the band is very much DIY. “We all have our own ideas and opinions. We’re a seven-piece, so you’ve got to collaborate with everyone’s ideas. That can be difficult, but, at the same time, great minds think alike,” he explains.

Guitarist Charlie Howcroft reveals that the group have two new singles and an EP in the works, the first single set to be released in the next few months.

As they continue to stake their claim in Melbourne, The Brungas say that they don’t see other local bands as competitors, but rather as potential partners in crime. Brunga enjoys inviting new bands to play at gigs, and says that this supportive approach has helped build a booming scene in the Brunswick/ Collingwood area.

“I reckon the Melbourne music scene is a great little community,” he says. “Live music’s definitely back in a big way in Melbourne. There’s lots of little gigs being run all the time. Some might criticise it and say that the sound’s getting a bit bland, and that’s why we try to cover as many styles and influences as we can in our songs, so we’re not just doing the same things as someone else out there.”

“The Brungas has its own genre. If you want to hear a new type of music and a new type of wave, listen to The Brungas, and there’s plenty more coming.”

The Brungas will play Revolver Upstairs on Thursday March 8, supported by Jungle Breed, Smash Bros and the Belair Lip Bombs. Their self-titled EP is out now.

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Live Fall Out Boy - Photo by BandAnna Photography

Fall Out Boy

Margaret Court Arena, Saturday March 3 Fall Out Boy’s crowd was a mixed bag. There were the side fringes and smudged eyeliner reminiscent of the mid-2000s emo days, teenagers who’d come on board post-hiatus, and even an 8-year-old boy (props to him for throwing the bird for the entirety of ‘I Don’t Care’) whose parents had been getting down since their 2003 debut, Take This To Your Grave.

That’s the way of bands like Fall Out Boy – those who were born creating music for outcasts, but ended up becoming so huge that they’d sell out Margaret Court Arena with ease.

Don’t underestimate it – no matter what you think of Fall Out Boy’s music, this was every part a rock’n’roll stadium show. Launching straight into ‘The Phoenix’ through jets of flame, it’s clear Fall Out Boy meant business; they weren’t letting up, and they wouldn’t let the crowd off easy either.

From there, the band flew through ‘Irresistible’, ‘Hum Hallelujah’ and their breakout single ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’. Just like that, fans were treated to a neat little summary of the Fall Out Boy journey, with blasts of confetti, streamers, and more flames for good measure.

Then, the intensity paused, as vocalist Patrick Stump took to the piano for a gorgeous performance of ‘Save Rock and Roll’ and a solo, stripped-back rendition of ‘Young and Menace’.

Not to be outdone by the power of Stump’s vocals, drummer Andy Hurley was given the stage, where he busted out an incredible drum solo above tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Lil Uzi Vert, Post Malone, and Blur.

The opening moments of ‘Dance, Dance’ were enough to send the crowd into overdrive.

With Pete Wentz now standing on a small stage at the end of the floor disguised as a security guard, even those in the furthest seats were treated.

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‘Grand Theft Autumn’ to choice cuts from their latest album, every record got a look in. While the crowd seemed most thankful for the older material, it was great to see the development of their career squeezed into an hour and a half.

As far as encores go, this was a beauty.

‘Thriller’, ‘Uma Thurman’ and ‘My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark’ led into ‘Saturday’, one of their first singles, proving that nostalgia wins after all.

The show was fantastic – even after 17 years and seven studio albums, they still managed to find a near perfect balance between promoting their latest record and playing the older tracks.

But bloody hell, surely there’s a way to more subtly highlight the fact that Pete Wentz is the “band leader” without blacking out the stage and sticking a spotlight on him between every single song.

I left the venue remembering all the times I changed my msn messenger display name to a line from a Fall Out Boy song whenever I was feeling a little blue. I don’t think I’ll be leaving my 2005 reverie any time soon.

By Gloria Brancatisano Highlight: Inject nostalgia into my veins, I’m forever living in 2005. Everything.

Lowlight: A ticket mix up which meant we weren’t allowed in the venue during the support act, but I heard Waax killed it.

Crowd Fave: ‘Grand Theft Autumn’ into ‘Thnks Fr The Mmrs’ seemed to do it.

Hiatus Kaiyote Melbourne Zoo Twilights, Friday March 2

There’s no denying that Melburnians are serial groove addicts; it just took a night of boogying at the zoo with Hiatus Kaiyote and Harvey Sutherland to prove it. With both acts reeling from the success of their past toils, tours and tribulations, a perfect cocktail of dirty disco and off-kilter neo-soul awaited a sold out, incredibly diverse crowd, with the ensuing vibes resulting in one of the most memorable gigs in recent years.

Although the crowd was predominantly

blanket-bound, it took little time for disco fever to take over when Sutherland and his backing band Bermuda took the stage at sundown.

Sutherland’s synth prowess was on full display, with the symphonic boogie overlord cruising through crowd favourites such as ‘Bermuda’ and ‘Clarity’ with soulful ease. Bermuda’s tightness as a backing trio further proved the act to be an early success, with the sweeping electric violin swells and shuffling percussion on ‘Priestess’ and ‘Bamboo’ proving to be dancefloor highlights.

With the crowd wrapped around their fingers, it would’ve been more apt to treat this gig as a Harvey Sutherland / Hiatus Kaiyote double headliner show: this dude seriously grooves hard.

Gracing the stage for their first Melbourne performance in three years, the crowd treated Hiatus Kaiyote like hometown heroes from the get-go, and it was incredibly gratifying to see how much the band enjoyed themselves.

Despite self-admittedly feeling under the weather, Nai Palm’s stage presence and vocal chops shined. She’s totally reminiscent of that one cool indie aunty that feeds you vodka on the sly at Christmas get-togethers. With ‘Laputa’ leading the charge early on to a mass of hoots and hollers from punters, ‘Molasses’ had the audience non-stop bopping soon thereafter, followed by a pleasant throwback to 2013’s Tawk Tomahawk with the lush ‘Mobius Streak.’

Later in the night, Hiatus indulged with a taste of new material from their forthcoming third LP, slightly losing some of the crowd with the unfamiliar lucid instrumental textures.

Nevertheless, the one-two punch of ‘Building A Ladder’ and ‘Breathing Underwater’ quickly reignited the audience, with the latter highlighting the band’s time-signature-defying grooves and the symbiotic backing vocalists, comprised of the likes of neo-soul stalwarts Silent Jay and Jace XL. Bassist Paul Bender was a huge standout across the evening, with his fluid instrumental mastery popping the eyes of various punters through the likes of late set contenders ‘Atari’ and ‘By Fire’ and affirming him as one of Melbourne’s finest lords of low end. Bowing out after a slinky 80-minute set, Hiatus Kaiyote finished up on the acidjazz singalong of ‘Nakamarra,’ with the tune’s ecstatic refrain reverberating across the zoo in

a seemingly fitting end to a triumphant night of soul.

By Will Brewster Highlight: The group of toddlers seriously boogying for both bands.

Lowlight: Slightly inconsistent sound issues that persisted throughout the night.

Crowd Favourite: ‘Molasses’.

Jet

Melbourne Zoo Twilight, Saturday March 3 Rock legends Jet were set to return to the stage at the Melbourne Zoo as part of their twilight series. This would be their big comeback. On a warm Saturday evening, with support from The Spazzys, the crowd of families and friends was full of anticipation. Little did they know, their lovely picnic in the garden was about to get a lot more intense.

After a long wait, and with no Melbourne headlines for seven years but for a small, soldout show at The Gasometer last year, the familiar drumbeat and bassline of ‘Get What You Need’ rang out and the crowd went wild. Entirely seated, they were now succumbing to the pressure to stand up. Although looking a little older, frontman Nic Cester commanded the audience’s attention as if no time had passed.

As ‘Rollover DJ’ began, more and more people abandoned their picnics to get up and dance. With the beginning of each song, the crowd seemed to take a moment to remind themselves which Jet favourite it was, as if they hadn’t heard them in years. Yet without a doubt, they could still sing them word for word. The same punters would call out between songs “one more album”, which the band playfully ignored.

Instead, they exclaimed, “we’re going to save some fucking bandicoots.”

Drummer Chris Cester took advantage of the break between songs to reflect how special the show was for them, being their first big hometown show for some time. Could the repeated lyric “don’t feel so bad” of ‘Skin & Bones’ so soon after this sentiment allude to the band

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Queen - Photo by Andrew Friend

The Rubens - Photo by BandAnna Photography

playing more headline shows, and even new music? Maybe a stretch, but one can dream.

Then, the opening keys to ‘Seventeen’ played, a point of difference against the rest of the setlist. The jazzy piano through the song gave the impression of a more evolved Jet sound, which isn’t surprising, as it came from their latest album pre-break up, Shaka Rock. The crowd appointed themselves as the backup vocalists for the tail end of the chorus, paving the way for the peak of the crowd participation in ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’. The rattling tambourine lingered on past Nic’s vocal cue, cheekily teasing punters as they started to join, quickly realising they were singing alone.

Once the band left the stage after an incredible set, the crowd seemed satisfied – at least until the realization that they hadn’t yet heard ‘Cold Hard Bitch’. Not a single person moved from their spot, repeatedly chanting “Cold Hard Bitch, Cold Hard Bitch”. Finally they returned to play another three songs, finishing off with – you guessed it – ‘Cold Hard Bitch’.

Security guards ran through the crowd feverishly, as clearly the excitement had gotten too much for some. Jet took their formal goodbyes, banding together, bowing and leaving the stage. Still, the crowd hollered for one more song. If there was a silver lining, perhaps it would be that the band won’t leave it too long before they come back to a Melbourne stage again.

By Matilda Elgood Highlight: Nicholas tripping over his lead and missing his cue, but strategically turning it into a crowd sing-a-long Crowd Favourite: ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’ Lowlight: Looking around and realising there weren’t any children around. Hopefully they weren’t drifting off into any animal enclosures.

Queen & Adam Lambert

Rod Laver Arena, Friday March 2 “I know what some of you may be thinking,” Adam Lambert proclaimed to the sold-out Rod Laver Arena. “I’m just going to call it out: ‘He’s no Freddie.’”

He’s right of course. Going into the show,

that was the murmur around the block. What is Queen without Freddie?

“No shit,” retorted Lambert to his own statement. “Because there will only be one rock god named Freddie Mercury,” he followed up to the applause of an adoring crowd, screaming t o the high rock heavens, “Feel that Freddie?”

This exchange came seven songs into the epic, two-and-a-half hour set. Lambert addressed the crowd with his flamboyant charisma, all flawless makeup and theatrical flair, and won over the entire crowd, making way for the best concert of the year thus far, and setting the bar as high as a robot floating through space.

It came as such a relief, breaking down a barrier between feeling more like a karaoke session than a performance by one of the biggest bands in the world.

Though Lambert is a star in his own right, Brian May, 68, and Roger Taylor, 70, were heroes on display to be adored. May’s guitar was flawless, rivalling any younger rival, and Taylor’s drumming and vocals were joyful.

The sprawling evening gave the originals plenty of opportunity to demonstrate that they well and truly still have it, and it ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. Punctuated with guitar solos, a drum battle, and frequent appearances from their mascot robot Frank – who first appeared on the cover of their 1977 album News of the World – the set left nothing to be desired.

The guitar-shaped stage was lit up in spectacular fashion, utilising all that Rod Laver could possibly offer. The video imagery was masterful, with emotional tributes to Freddie Mercury dotted throughout the show, videos of him singing alongside the band’s performance.

The touching tribute hit most beautifully during the evening’s highlight, May’s beautiful acoustic rendition of ‘Love of my Life’. With tears in my eyes, it’s a musical moment I won’t soon forget.

Lambert’s voice is stunning. Truly flawless in its strength, clarity, and emotional capacity. I honestly couldn’t think of a vocalist other than Freddie that I’d want fronting the band, worlds away from my apprehension coming into it.

‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ and ‘Radio Ga Ga’ were undoubted highlights rounding out the end of the show before an encore of ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We are the Champions’.

‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘A Kind of Magic’ were among some of the best songs I’ve seen performed: honestly to fully explain how magically brilliant this show was would require a thesis.

Queen without Freddie is different, of course, but it’s in good hands with Lambert. I never got to see the original Queen intact, but I rest easy knowing I saw the next best thing.

The three walked away, arms around each other, before taking a bow, kings of Queen, worshipped by their people. In Lambert’s own words, they’re literally rock’n’roll royalty.

By Claire Morley Highlight: Leaving the show with one of my best friends having just shared one of the best nights of our lives.

Lowlight: Pretty shitty mass exodus during Adam Lambert’s one solo moment singing ‘What Do You Want from Me’. After sacrificing his own musical identity for much of the show, he deserved more.

Crowd favourite: Brian May was treated like a god.

The Rubens

The Forum, Thursday March 1 The energy was sizzling as Kira Puru’s bold stage presence showcased her fearless attitude and raw talent. The entire crowd were enjoying themselves, giddy with excitement as Joyride amped up the fun with his charismatic nature and catchy hip hop tunes. He created an atmosphere that allowed The Rubens to jump onstage and seize the crowd at its peak.

The Rubens decided to start off simple but sweet; the stage was dark except for some dimly glowing lights, capturing the dreamy reverie of the acoustics and frontman Sam Margin’s soulful vocals. As the momentum steadily built, the stage became electrified with vibrant lights, and the crowd roared with delight. ‘Cut Me Loose’ threw everybody into a frenzy, as the band projected wonderful indie-rock vibes, flavoured with sultry grooves. Sam eagerly joined the crowd, singing and dancing with everybody – nobody could tear their eyes off him. The band

blasted through popular hit ‘Hallelujah’, their guitars blazing as everybody sang along.

It was awesome to see the band show their appreciation for their fans; Sam spoke fondly about how he wanted everybody to break down their barriers and have fun, because that’s what the band is all about. This resonated brilliantly with his audience; they all cheered him on and waved their hands wildly in the air in an eager attempt to draw his attention. His charming persona complemented his passionate vocals, and the rest of the band enhanced his stage presence. They had everybody brooding over ‘Bitter End’, and then yanked them out of their trances with their funky cover of Chance the Rapper’s ‘Same Drugs’.

The Rubens invited Kira Puru back onstage to sing a duet, their powerful vocals coordinating together beautifully. The entire venue was entranced, but they were once again shaken up by Joyride also jumping onstage to rock out with the band. It was infectious to view The Rubens having fun with other people; Sam and Joyride even invited an audience member onstage to dance with them – she looked like she was having the time of her life.

‘One Million’ was another hit of the night, as Sam delivered his smooth vocals and the rest of the band delivered a brilliant performance.

They concluded with ‘Hoops’, and the entire venue echoed with people singing along to the lyrics. The lively enthusiasm of the crowd made the venue feel like it was heaving, and it was a contagious energy that kept everyone dancing for the entire set.

By Christine Tsimbis Highlight: Sam and Puru singing their duet together, it was sugary sweet.

Lowlight: More people should’ve come; they missed out on a great performance.

Crowd Favourite: ‘Hoops’ and ‘Same Drugs’.

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Reviews

Album of the Week (Cooking Vinyl Australia/Single Lock Records)

Singles With Lachlan Kanoniuk Still processing the fact that Father John Misty enthusiastically told his Laneway crowd that he was reading Aldous Huxley backstage while Aldous Harding was playing, like anyone on god’s green earth would give a flying rat’s arse.

Single of the Week:

Heat Wave

Psychic Powers (Hysteria)

Big fat Big Black bass asserts dominance early, setting up a tennis match duet that comes together for a contagious chorus.

Bounds along with a pace that shoots out a pop rivet or two from the chassis, but still holding it together for a mollifying dose of synth punk. Let the good times Roland. Taken from the double A-side split with Piss Factory’s ‘377’: also a belter.

Mia Dyson

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders

White Flag (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)

Harnessing a dreary beauty, Jack Ladder crafts a Stockholm syndrome dynamic on ‘White Flag’ that requires deft navigation, and he duly does so in tempered measure. The acerbic wit of previous material is slightly present, muted in favour of throwing down arms (don’t be so reckless) to embrace a loving sentiment which rings true.

Amaya Laucirica

Could This Be (Independent)

Acclaimed vocal powerhouse and guitar-slinger Mia Dyson has kicked another goal with her sixth studio album If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back. While taking it down just a notch from the anthemic peak of The Moment (2012), If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back forges new territory, weaving dreamy twang with a side serve of rock.

The scope of ‘Could This Be’ is immense. It’s a soundscape you’d expect from post-rock giants, refined with a dreampop sensibility. The very definition of heavenly.

Jarrow

Kelp (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)

Reminiscent of Darren Hanlon’s brilliant turns of phrase (not as sharp as Darren here, but still sharper than most), ‘Kelp’ holds it together throughout its busy-ness. The strong moments ask politely for a touch more breathing space, receiving it in the stellar outro that I really could have soaked in for another minute.

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If you’re not already familiar with Dyson, the fact that she routinely supports the likes of Stevie Nicks and Bonnie Raitt gives an insight into the type of voice we’re talking about – it’s big and raw. That said, this album showcases a lot of songs dealing with fear and vulnerability, and Dyson’s pitched it as less of a belter. That If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back features a more delicate vocal (albeit no less punchy when it comes to hitting all of the feels), coincides with Dyson’s personal exploration of meditation, philosophy, acceptance and surrender. The rock-tinged and jubilant ‘Diamond’ is a prime example – Dyson resists the urge to kick against the pricks, only to discover that “my lifelong enemies become my messengers, teaching me how to live and love the world”.

Recorded at Portside Sound with some of Muscle Shoals’ legends in tow – including bassist David Hood, who played on The Staples Singers’ classic ‘I’ll Take You There’ – the album embraces the adage “start as you mean to continue”, opening with the corker ‘Being Scared’. Delving into the everyday agony of being at cross-purposes, the song is also a reminder that it’s perfectly acceptable to expose a soft underbelly. With an orchestral and choral swell, Dyson reminds us that “[t]here’s no end to being scared,” which is as true as much as it sucks.

Other highlights include ‘Nothing’, which would be heartbreaking except for the fact that it’s so darn guitar-fuzzingly sexy, ‘Fool’, with its echoes of Springsteen, and ‘Bleeding Heart’, which throws back to Dyson’s most rockin’, à la ‘When The Moment Comes’.

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Profiles

Nique

Fashion

Southcombe Caravan Park

Adventures

Image Credit: Ed Dunens

From its stores across Prahran, Fitzroy and in between, fashion label Nique has become a Melbourne favourite. Now the iconic brand has stepped it up a notch in its customer offering, transforming its St Kilda store into an outlet. Worth paying a regular visit, the outlet will offer Nique lovers and Nique newcomers the chance to get their hands on a weekly rotation of discounted stock. The outlet will include everything from elevated basics and wardrobe staples across a neutral palette, to some of the brand’s more exclusive and unique items. With such a continual flow of new marked down stock, this is the perfect place to pop down to and pick up a quality bargain. Check it all out in beautiful St Kilda. The store is open Monday-Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm. For more information, you can contact the store on 9593 6124. nique.com.au

181 Acland Street, St Kilda 3182

Southcombe Caravan Park opened in the ‘50s and is located in the centre of Port Fairy, next to South Beach.

It is a family-friendly park with a playground, two camp kitchens and recently updated amenities. They are also dog friendly.

While visiting you can do one of many scenic walks, such as around Griffiths Island or Tower Hill. Bring a rod as well, as there’s great surf, river and rock fishing.

With a huge variety of restaurants and bars, Port Fairy is a yearround destination. Come and visit the town’s soon-to-be-opened seafood restaurant on the wharf and enjoy a cold beer or a coffee.

19 James St, Port Fairy

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Profiles

Leigh Marks

When did you start making music and what led you there?

Certain albums in the ‘90s made a big impact, for example with Ben Harper’s The Will to Live and Live’s Throwing Copper, I realised how powerful music could be. I was about 21 when I went from listening to music to finding opportunities to create and sing.

Tell us about your self-titled album. The songs are located to people and places that were part of my life and world at the time. Some are written in struggle, some in celebration. Moving overseas, making music and everything that surrounds that journey. Coming back to what’s important as things change. A spanning of seasons.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? It crosses genres like blues and folk, combining acoustic, slide and electric to create an environment for each song. Olafur Arnalds and Robert Plant’s Mighty ReArranger have shown that folk could be mixed with minimalist electro sounds and world music-style rhythms, presenting vocals as central and as another element or texture. That’s the direction.

What can we expect from a live performance and why is your next stage of touring so important? There are moments of going all out vocally, but my focus is on storytelling. The tour to Europe provides a chance to personally offer it to an audience, to share the same space and see what the songs are with them. They’ll hear some blue-eyed soul and it’ll be fun.

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Reasons for Coming Back to Australia

We love the “People Magic” here. We’ve made so many amazing friends and met music lovers, it’s like a big extended family. It makes you want to get back to that big-hearted Aussie welcome, sunshine-soaked good vibes, and second home feeling.

This continent, experienced by tour bus, is also a feast for the visual mind. Every tour we expand our knowledge of this incredible landscape, from deep red desert to lush green native forests, epic coastlines, aqua beaches and some of the most vibrant happening cities in the world. We’ve hit the road hard, driving for thousands of miles from the Sunny Coast all the way to Margaret River and back - loving every moment of it.

The glorious weather is definitely a big part of the decision in escaping the -11 degree UK winter freeze and chasing the sun.

The music scene in Australia is touring heaven, with festivals all year round filled with real music lovers who support and appreciate independent music. It’s awesome and inspiring to be a part of.

We just love being here writing, performing, collaborating. We have written so many tracks on the road here and Aussie radio stations are playing our music. They get it! The music heads are into our sound and it’s a great shared experience driven by mutual energy, passion and heart. zstarmusic.com

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Leigh Marks will tour northern Europe in July, before he supports Robert Carl Blank across his tour of Germany. You can download Leigh Marks’ latest single ‘Unknown’ via his website before his album is out at the end of April.

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Z-Star Delta’s Top Five

Monkey Grip

Who are we chatting to and what do you do in Monkey Grip?

Kim Croxford and Luke Ward. We sing/play guitar and play bass respectively.

Tell us about your new video. Our song ‘Sorry’ is about how messages steeped in gender stereotypes, rape culture and heteronormativity can harm and limit young people’s experience of sex.

It’s particularly about how women’s pleasure and autonomy is never central to this kind of messaging. It’s inspired by Kim’s experiences growing up. The video is very much about enthusiastic consent, community and solidarity, and replacing these dominant narratives with more nuanced versions of sexuality and intimacy.

What do you love about making music? Music is cathartic personally (which is essential for us) but it’s also one of the most powerful platforms to connect with others about shared experiences and discuss collective or systemic issues. We’re activists in our professional lives, and music both counterbalances and complements this by providing us personal outlets, as well as another way to communicate about the things we care about.

What’s your favourite thing about the Melbourne music scene?

Luke’s from a small town in rural UK and Kim’s from rural Victoria, so coming to Melbourne we felt empowered by the conversations around equality and social justice that are fostered by the incredible people occupying the scene. Obviously things can still be improved, but it’s a great place to learn and grow as people and as musicians, and we feel welcome and comfortable in being able to do that.

Monkey Grip will launch their ‘Sorry’ music video at Woody’s Bar, Collingwood on Saturday March 17 with Face Face, Slugbucket, Protospasm and Rusted Tongue joining from 8pm.

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Z-Star Delta will play The Gasometer Hotel on Tuesday March 13 with support from Backyard Mafia, and a stripped back acoustic show on Tuesday March 20 at The Wesley Anne with Emma Wall and Telos Teacup.

Their full Australian tour runs from Sunday March 11 until Saturday April 28. You can find full details and tickets via their website.

Modern Folk from Britain @ The Thornbury Theatre

What does it mean to make folk music in 2018?

Blair Dunlop: Folk music’s literal meaning is “music of the people.” Of course there are certain connotations, musical and lyrical, attached to the word but I try not to concern myself with the minutiae of who constitutes what is folk and what isn’t.

Folk music is in my DNA, and I love stories both modern and historical. I write the music I want to write, and some songs fit the “folk” pastiche better than others, but they’re all rooted in some form of tradition.

Josienne Clarke: It’s difficult to say what is and isn’t folk music in 2018. Obviously you can sing traditional folk songs and try to do them with due reverence, while also attempting to bring something of yourself to them. You can specifically choose material that is in some way relatable to life today, which gets harder as time goes on. But as far as writing songs goes, we can’t know if we’re making folk music or not.

Ben Walker: I think the genre has always been a misnomer, and I’ve never truly considered the music Josienne and I make to be folk. You’re just as likely to find jazz influences, electronic influences, ‘50s balladry and so on, in addition to any folk references. Stick to making the music you like, the music you find interesting, and the music you enjoy listening to, and don’t worry about rules of any genre. thethornburytheatre.com

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Blair Dunlop, Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker will come together to play Modern Folk from Britain at The Thornbury Theatre on Wednesday March 14. Doors open from 7pm and tickets are available via the venue.

Gig Guide

Theresa Duffy Richards + Candice McLeod

The Drunken Poet Every week at The Drunken Poet, Wednesday night is Wine, Whiskey & Women night – showcasing the best in female singersongwriters. This Wednesday March 7 is no different, although coming as the eve International Women’s Day, it’s set to hold an even more special vibe. Taking the stage at 8pm comes NSW-native Theresa Duffy Richards, before the raw and powerful talent of travelling folk-soul singer-songwriter Candice McLeod brings her recently released debut album, Travellin’ Shoes to the stage. Entry is free.

Paper Tapir

The Old Bar Paper Tapir are having a party to celebrate their new EP at The Old Bar on Wednesday March 7. Joined by friends Zingo Thing and Atticus Street, you’re invited to hang out with a trio of rock‘n’roll trios from 7.30pm. Entry is $8.

Frances Gumm Frontier

Wesley Anne Frances Gumm Frontier is the combined effort of five established musicians, who specialise in delivering a classic country sound that’s peppered with loads of twang and heart wrenching lyricism. See them on Thursday March 8 at Wesley Anne starting at 6pm. Free entry.

Ramblin’ Ash + Ruby Gilbert

Charles Weston Hotel After a successful tour last year, folk troubadour Ramblin’ Ash and Americana songstress Ruby Gilbert are on the road again, joined by bassist Phillbilly Jenkins. Catch them at the Charles Weston Hotel on Thursday March 8 at 6.30pm. Free entry.

Sing Out Sister

The Lomond Jazz-folk twins, Alanna and Alicia will host ‘Sing out Sister’ at The Lomond this Thursday March 8, in a concert celebrating women’s music on International Women’s Day. Alanna and Alicia will sing songs from their four album catalogue, accompanied by their allgirl band, featuring the talented Jen Hawley (guitar) and Sarah Busuttil (violin, snare drum.) Their special guests are ‘Ukulele Queen of the Bellarine,’ Sarah Carroll and sultry singer-songwriter Brooke Russell. Free entry from 8.30pm.

Hello Tut Tut

The Gasometer Paying homage to the Eastern European roots in their music, Hello Tut Tut will be playing The Gaso on Friday March 9. Joining them comes Turkish gypsy group Galata Express and Ungus Ungus Ungus DJ. Doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $15.

Gig Guide This Week Wednesday Mar 7 Dirty Pyro + Sovereign Stone + Smirks Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Eyesøres + Exhaust World + Eye Seaweed Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $5.00.

Fluff Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Marcia Rae Milano’s Tavern, Brighton.

10:00Am. $5.00.

Paper Tapir + Atticus Street + Zingo Thing Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.00.

Sapphire Street + The Limerants + Ivy Streep Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.00.

Sons Of Rico + Moonlover + Alex Elbery Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm.

The Lemonheads + Immigrant Union Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm.

The Sierras + Duckboard + Hui Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.00.

V + Glovv + Teva + Mildew Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7.30pm. $35.00.

Bataola Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.

5:40pm.

Bataola Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.

6:40pm.

Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.

Chinese New Year Concert - Feat: Various Artists + Chinese Orchestra Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.30pm. $49.00.

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

8.00pm.

Hello Tut Tut Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 8.00pm.

Hoi Palloi + Hannah Blackburn + Moonspice Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8.00pm. $10.00.

Julien Wilson ‘B For Chicken’ Quartet 303, Northcote. 8.00pm.

Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm. $30.00.

Michel Benebig Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.30pm. $25.00.

Moreland City Soul Review Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 7:40pm.

Rob Burke Sextet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8.00pm. $20.00.

Tank And The Bangas + Kaiit Howler, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

The Manganiyar Seduction Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8.00pm. $99.00.

Essential Misc. - Feat: Maxwell S + Slim Vibrato + Jess Zammit Section 8, Melbourne CBD. 6.00pm.

Kassette Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Revolver Wednesdays - Feat: Dj Danielsan + Post Percy Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7.00pm.

Candice Mcleod Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9.00pm.

Chris While & Julie Matthews Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6.00pm. $33.23.

Evergreen Ensemble Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8.00pm. $39.00.

George Ezra + Ainslie Wills Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm.

Lomond Acoustica - Feat: Mike Rudd + Kimberly Wheeler + Chris Molnar + Brian Fitzgerald Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

8.00pm.

Open Mic Night Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6.30pm.

Open Mic Night Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

7.00pm.

Tago Mago Open Mic Tago Mago, Thornbury. 6.30pm.

The New Hip - Feat: Steve Blackburn + Bettina Vittali + Dan Grieg + More Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Tennessee Two Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 5:30pm.

Theresa Duffy Richards Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8.00pm.

Thursday 8 Mar Andrea Keller Transients Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.

Avery*Sunshine Bird’S Basement, Melbourne.

7.30pm. $35.00.

Bedouine + Leah Senior + Emily Ulman

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7.30pm. $33.00.

David Rex Quartet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8.00pm. $20.00.

Discoconutz - Feat: Various Djs Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Fulton Street Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Jack Pantazis Group Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8:20Pm. $25.00.

Jackie Bornstein Quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $25.00.

Sean Connolly Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.00pm. $35.00.

Sol É Alma Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

7.30pm. $20.00.

Tank And The Bangas + More Howler, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $45.00.

Thundercat + More Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8.00pm. $69.90.

3181 Thursdays - Feat: Various Djs Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6.00pm.

Club Lock - Feat: Plastic Dreams + Will G.R. + Zjoso + More Boney, Melbourne CBD. 11.00pm.

Death Disco - Feat: Kiti + Antionio De Marte Boney, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.

Dj Max Mannix Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

8.00pm.

International Women’s Day - Feat: Miss Blanks + Rainbow Chan + Simona + Magnets + More John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

7.30pm. $15.00.

Jojo Abot + Allysha Joy + Lady Banton Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $45.00.

Thursgay - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Ying-Li Hooi, Francis Plagne + Ying-Li Hooi + Francis Plagne Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9.00pm.

Backyard Mafia + The Featherheads + Pug 303, Northcote. 8.00pm.

Double Trouble + Jank Facques Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 11.00pm.

Ekko + The Constables + Foggy Notion + Montague Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm. $5.00.

Foxblood + Windwaker + Red Lotus + ​ Spectral Fires Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Good Option + Hot Springs + Essie Williams Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7.00pm. $5.00.

Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7.30pm.

International Women & Gender Diverse Day - Feat: Shrimpwitch + Laura Imbruglia & Band + Porpoise Spit + Shit Bitch + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7.00pm. $10.00.

International Women’s Day - Feat: Broads + Hanna & Jessie Lee + Jess Parker & The Troubled Waters Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.00.

International Women’s Day - Feat: Kill The Darling + Lizard Queen + Yukumbabe + Barefoot Bowls Club Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $7.00.

Jump & Jive Musicland, Fawkner. 7.00pm. $10.00.

Matt Bradshaw Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9.30pm.

Mogwai + Rings Around Saturn Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $79.00.

Montague + Foreign Correspondent + Will Coyote Catfish, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $5.00.

Nana Spam + Niine + Folia Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $8.00.

Nice Biscuit + Gamjee + Street Hassle + Colossal Youth Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8.00pm. $10.00.

Olive, Elk Bell + Olive + Elk Bell Open Studio, Northcote. 7.30pm. $10.00.

The Blacktides + Leeden + Bree Lowden.

Colourvision Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7.00pm. $12.00.

Tingy Celestino Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8.00pm.

Zockapilli + Buzz & The Pickups + The Hum Drums Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8.00pm. $5.00.

Amaru Pumac Kuntur + Dulai Yiyirr Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8.00pm. $37.25.

Beergarden Sessions - Feat: Various Artists Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 7.30pm. $12.00.

Ben Waters + Derek Nash Pistol Pete’s Food N Blues, Geelong. 8.00pm. $30.00.

Blair Dunlop Basement Discs, Melbourne CBD. 12:45pm.

Frances Gumm Frontier Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6.00pm.

Georgie Currie Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9.00pm.

Kelly Breuer Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8.00pm.

Musicland Open Choir Rehearsals Feat: Various Artists Musicland, Fawkner.

7.00pm. $5.00.

Open Mic Sloth Bar, Footscray. 8.00pm.

Peter Daley + Jasper Hollis Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8.00pm.

Ramblin’ Ash & Ruby Gilbert Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

Sing Out Sister - Feat: Alicia & Alannah Egan + Sarah Carroll + Brooke Russell Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9.00pm.

Steve Poltz Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

8.00pm. $41.41.

The Dream Of Gerontius - Feat: Stuart Skelton + Catherine Wyn-Rogers + Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank.

7.30pm. $59.00.

The Eskies + Whiskey Dram The Skylark Room, Upwey. 8.00pm. $20.00.

Friday 9 Mar Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7.30pm. $35.00.

Charlotte Jane Quartet The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $25.00.

Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys + Duncan Phillips Trio Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $28.12.

Hello Tut Tut + Galata Express + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Juliarna Clark Quartet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm. $25.00.

Kamasi Washington Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $79.90.

Kennedy Snow Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.00pm. $30.00.

M Eduardo Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

7.00pm.

Maia & The Big Sky Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $30.00.

Max Teakle’s Jazz Revolution Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7.00pm.

Mingus Thingus Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $25.00.

Rasta Unity + The Push Bar Open, Fitzroy.

9.30pm. $10.00.

Renee Delay Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Taylor & Silk Arkibar, South Melbourne.

4:30pm.

The Constables + Just Breathe + Megan And The Vegans + Angelo Migyi Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

The Pirateska Rebellion + Hasta La Cumbia Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Stephen Magnusson Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.

The Tash Weatherill Quartet Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8.00pm. $25.00.

Monsteria + Brando Rising + Free Range Jesus + More Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7.00pm.

Ac2zz Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8.30pm.

Action Sam Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 11.00pm.

Angie Mcmahon + Hollie Joyce Howler, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

Apocalypse - Feat: Various Djs Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Astro Boys Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon.

10.00pm.

Benefit For Warhead Tour - Feat: Priors + Muffler + Blockade + Abrasive Action + Caanz Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Body Maintenance + Gene Pool Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Borneo + Sophisticated Dingo + The Hum Drums Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Captain Spalding Band Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8.00pm.

Chapel Street Social Club - Feat: Phatoamano + Namn + Matt Radovich + And More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9.00pm.

Cracker La Touf + Mouseatouille + Moon Rooney Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $5.00.

Die Gräfin + Bj Morriszonkle + Meat Sweats Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm.

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Gig Guide

Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s Daughter

The B.East After over a year in gig drought, Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s Daughter are returning to quench their thirst at The B.East on Friday March 9. Be there for a healthy dose of grimy blues and a chance listen to their new songs first when it goes down from 8pm. Free entry.

DJ Ernie Dee

Edinburgh Castle Known for his reggae style hip hop, jungle and dancehall selections paired with some future jazz, trap and dirty south beats, DJ Ernie Dee will have Edinburgh Castle jumping when he takes over on Friday March 9 from 9pm.

No Broadcast

Reverence Hotel New Zealand indie-drone rock band No Broadcast are stopping by Melbourne, playing The Rev on Friday March 9. A no-boundaries mixture of Metz and Mars Volta, whipped up with some Radiohead and Bardo Pond, No Broadcast are set to put on a ripper show.

Supported by fresh local bands Wasted Sun and Overtime, it’s all happening from 8pm with tickets available for $10 on the door.

Late Nights

Whole Lotta Love Late Nights are set to launch their brand new single ‘Never Right’ in a gig at Whole Lotta Love on Friday March 9. Supported by Social Skills, Newtown Story and Fever, Late Nights promise a heaving night of celebration and debauchery. Doors from 8pm and entry is $10.

Kira Puru

The Workers Club With an impressive portfolio of work including performing, photography and visual art, Kira Puru is bringing her talent and swagger to The Workers Club on Saturday March 10. Doors open at 8.30pm and tickets are $15 from Oztix.

Black Rheno

Bendigo Hotel As part of their Final Cult Australian tour, Black Rheno will headline a massive show at the Bendigo Hotel on Saturday March 10.

The tour comes as some of the last shows from the stoner-sludge metal outfit before they bunker down to write and record their debut LP. Joining them for the show comes Shatter Brain, Neck Grip, HEADLESS and Blunt Shovel, before Black Rheno take to the stage at 11.20pm. Get down from 4.30pm to start your sesh though and make sure to grab your tickets via Eventbrite for an easy $16 beforehand.

The Chemtrails

Compass Pizza The Chemtrails are a groove-driven jazz group who will play a captivating set at Compass Pizza, East Brunswick on Saturday March 10.

It all starts at 7pm and entry is free.

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Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.

Eve Gowen + Catholic Guilt + Bailey Judd Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

Grizzly Bear + Jens Lekman Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30Pm. $75.70.

Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.30pm.

Hollow World + Espionage + Stonethroat + Triple Kill + Illa Turba Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $12.00.

Hoon + Kill Dirty Youth + Jerkbeast + Plebs + Tony Dork Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Incubus Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne.

7.00pm. $96.00.

Incubus + Ecca Vandal Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7.30pm. $99.45.

Kretch + Shinplasters + The Caskets + Ms Starla 303, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.

La Danse Macabre Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9.00pm.

Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

11:45Pm. Late Nights + Social Skills + Newtown Story + Fever Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8.00pm. $10.00.

No Broadcast + Overtime + Wasted Sun Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Perfume Genius + Totally Mild Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8.00pm. $59.00.

Pony Face + Lucie Thorne Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8.00pm. $22.50.

Pop Will Eat Itself, Jim Bob + Pop Will Eat Itself + Jim Bob + Caligula Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8.00pm. $79.90.

Poprocks + Dr Phil Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.

Punk Rock Karaoke - Feat: Ubik & The Skids Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $5.00.

Riversnake + Big Night Out Musicland, Fawkner. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Smokin’ Joe Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6.00pm. $20.00.

Stolenwealth Games - Feat: Camp Cope + Spike Fuck + Wahe + Dj Dee Luscious + More Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 6.00pm. $20.00.

Strict Vincent + He Who Seeks Vengeance + Beyond Contempt + Escarion Rockstar Bar, Frankston. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Swidgen + Saturn 3 Gin Lane, Belgrave.

9.00pm.

The Beatles Orchestrated Iii - Feat: Beatle Boys + Australian Symphony Orchestra + Doug Parkinson Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8.00pm. $99.90.

The Church Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 8.00pm. $44.90.

The Great Emu War + Majak Door + Honest Lives + The Pedestals Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Smash ‘Em Ups + Dj Dave Gray Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Versus Party - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Veruca Salt + Bloods 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $69.00.

Walken + Foxtrot + White Blanks + Mannequin Death Squad Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8.30pm. $10.00.

What’s On Presents - Feat: Various Artists + Various Djs Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9.00pm.

Yeah Don’t Care + Jackson Reid Briggs & The Heaters + The Sex Pills + Russian Hackers Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Chiladelphia Fridays - Feat: Various Djs New Guernica, Melbourne CBD. 4:00Pm. 2008 Clubbing - 10 Year Reunion - Feat: T-Rek + Spacey Space + Orkestrated + Heath Renata + More Brown Alley, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm. $15.00.

After Works Drinks - Feat: Various Djs Boney, Melbourne CBD. 5:00Pm. Canopy - Feat: Mira Boru + Sophie Mcalister + Emelyne Ferdydurke, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm.

Dj Ernie Dee Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9.00pm.

Elephant In The Room Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.

Formation - Feat: Donny + And More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9.00pm.

Fridays - Feat: Warsawyer + Cliftonia + Ben & Lil + More Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 5:00Pm. Hvob + Dj Planete + Mtlda-S Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8.30pm. $35.00.

Machine Age + Albert Salt Penny Black, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

Pest Control - Feat: Scotty Pesticide Boney, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Pitch Music & Arts 2018 - Feat: The Black Madonna + Booka Shade + Call Super + CC Disco! + More Mafeking, Victoria, Mafekin. 12:00pm. $290.00.

Revolver Fridays - Feat: Who + Paul Lynch + Mike Callander + Acid Safari + More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7.00pm.

The Cave - Feat: Cat House + Ivan Di Gennaro + More New Guernica, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.

Whiney Boney, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm. $15.00.

40 Thieves Musicland, Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.00.

Acoustic Sessions - Feat: Various Artists Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7.00pm.

Americana Express - Feat: Matt Joe Gow + Gretta Ziller + The Weeping Willows + Lachlan Bryan Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $25.00.

Chain Satellite Lounge, Mulgrave. 8.00pm. $30.00.

Clap Hands Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8.30pm.

Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s Daughter + Traffic Jam Orangutan The B.East, Brunswick East. 8.00pm.

Dean Ray + Kevin Walsh Workers Club (Geelong), Geelong. 8.00pm. $23.00.

Enlight + Transience + Unlucky + Sentia Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Joyce Prescher Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

6.00pm.

Kerryn Fields, Little Wise, Maja + Kerryn Fields + Little Wise + Maja Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

Louis King & The Liars Club Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9.30pm.

Nick Murray Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6.00pm.

Phil Nevin Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8.00pm.

Pugsley Buzzard Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

Rene Diaz & Avalon + Alan & Trace Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Shifties Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Traditional Irish Music Session Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6.00pm.

Saturday 10 Mar Arcane Saints Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Bear Blue - Feat: The Limerants + Atticus Street + Bear Blue Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9.00pm.

Black Rheno + Blunt Shovel + Never + Headless + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

4:30Pm. $15.00.

Borneo Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Chris Hawker Duo Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

8.00pm.

Coffin Wolf + Gladstone + Hurricane Youth + Rathead + More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

Creature Fear + Rachel Caddy + Mane Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm. $5.00.

Diploid + Snape + World Sick + Shop Talk Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Dom Italiano Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00Pm. $12.00.

Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.

Face Face + Giant Clam + Zyklus + Beautiful Bedlam Cactus Room, Thornbury.

7.00pm. $10.00.

Foxy (Party Time) - Feat: Foxy (Party Time) Royal Hotel (Mornington), Mornington.

8.00pm.

Harry Howard & The Nde Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show Corner Hotel, Richmond. 12:30Pm. Jose Feliciano Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7.00pm. $81.00.

Just The King - Elvis Show With Marcus Jackson Musicland, Fawkner. 9.00pm. $20.00.

Kira Puru + Approachable Members Of Your Local Community + Eleanor Jacks Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.

Labanoon Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 10:30Pm. $85.70.

Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

11:45pm.

Levitating Churches + Fortress Of Narzod Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9.00pm. $6.00.

Matt Dwyer Duo + Dj Miss K Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Merchant + Bøg + Lsdoom + Bloodofito Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Natalie Ambrose + Karen Moreno + Jordan Jaarola Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00Pm. $5.00.

No Soup 4 U Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 7.30pm. $20.00.

Pin + Bree Lowden + Mareya Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00Pm. Private Function + Pistol Peaches The B.East, Brunswick East. 9.00pm.

Riffinery Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon.

10.00pm.

Say Nothing + More Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3:00Pm. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding + Deaf Wish Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00Pm. $5.00.

Shake Ya Tree Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale.

6.00pm.

The Avenue + Ever Changing + Kat Eddy

Trio + Syns Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.00.

The Berkeley Hunts + Luke Seymour Band + Lukewarm Iced Tea + Mariana Michelle Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8.00pm.

The Braves + Rhonda + Victor Cripes + El Vampiros Gin Lane, Belgrave. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Butterfly Effect The Croxton, Thornbury.

8.00pm.

The Fiction + The Devours + Monsteria Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $10.00.

The Hunter Express + Ariela Jacobs + Hannah Cameron Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7.30pm. $8.00.

The Ruminaters + Crocodylus + Rosa Maria Workers Club (Geelong), Geelong.

8.00pm. $15.00.

The Vibrajets + Los Tremoleros Town Hall Hotel, South Melbourne. 9.00pm.

Tony Clay, Jono Barwick + Tony Clay + Jono Barwick Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00Pm. Turnover, Turnstile + Turnover + Turnstile + Neighbourhood Youth + Broken Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $46.50.

Void Of Vision + Pridelands + Apate + Chasing The Void Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $20.00.

Waverom, Viral Eyes + Waverom + Viral Eyes + Wasterr Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

9.00pm.

Alyson Murray Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm. $25.00.

Ann Vriend Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $30.00.

Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7.30pm. $35.00.

Cannonball Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.30pm. $30.00.

Chris Harold Trio Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9.30pm.

Cupid’s Cut Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Dj Lady Blades Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9.00pm.

Dr Crask And His Swingin’ Elixir + Clancy And Mark Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

8.30pm. $20.00.

Johannes Luebbers Dectet The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $30.00.

Rebetiko Festival - Feat: Pliri Ntaxei + Chrysoula K + Purpura Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 3:00Pm. $69.00.

Safari Motel Catfish, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.

Sam Keevers Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8.00pm.

Son Of A Gunzel Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

Sonik Waves Penny Black, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

The Chemtrails Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7.00pm.

The Coconut Club - Feat: Dj Palmtree Paddy + Dj The Knave Open Studio, Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.00.

The Connie Lansberg Quartet With Mark Fitzgibbon Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.

8.00pm. $25.00.

The King Louie Collective + Ppb Late Night Djs Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8.00pm.

The Rookies The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11.00pm.

Spritz Saturdays + Various Djs The Emerson, South Yarra. 1:00Pm. $40.00.

Audioporn - Feat: Dr. Zok + James Ware + Tom Evans + Jacob Malmo + More Onesixone, Prahran. 9.00pm. $20.00.

Casa Tropica - Feat: Rev Lon + Sam Cannon + Dj Rick + More Section 8, Melbourne CBD. 3:00Pm. Coming Soon + Gabe Agullo + Ali Kh + Paul De Silva + More Platform One, Melbourne. 10.00pm. $30.00.

Coming Soon Co., Southbank. 9.30pm. $20.00.

Hardware - Feat: Hextape + Teledildonix + Miles Cosmo + Lysdexic + More 303, Northcote. 6.00pm. $10.00.

Jank Facques Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 12:10Am. Laser Highway - Feat: Various Djs + Various Vjs Loop, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.

Pony Saturdays - Feat: Various Djs La Di Da, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.

Snack Attack With Dj 2P Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10.00pm.

Stolen Moments - Feat: Jmcee + Anyo + Isaac Fryar + Beth Grace + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00Pm. Toff Club - Feat: Lord Hans Dc Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 11.00pm. Barbod Valadi Trio Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30Pm. $10.00.

Beer And Whiskey Backyard Bonanza Feat: Dan Dinnen + Julian James + Jess Parker Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 1:00Pm. Ben J. Carter Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6.30pm.

Chain Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8.00pm. $30.00.

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

Great Aunt, Gareth Leach + Great Aunt + Gareth Leach Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy.

Jeremiah Rose Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm.

Joyce Prescher Wesley Anne, Northcote.

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Gig Guide

Harry Howard & The NDE

Whole Lotta Love A super group of rock‘n’roll couples, Harry Howard & The NDE is Harry Howard and Edwina Preston, alongside Dave Graney and Clare Moore. With four critically-acclaimed LP’s under their belt and a smattering of shows across the country, you’d not want to miss a show by these guys. Catch it all at Whole Lotta Love on Saturday March 10 from 8pm.

Tickets are $15 via Trybooking.

Franco Cozzo

Bendigo Hotel Giving audiences their signature hit of alternative tunes, complete with electric clarinet and French horn elements, Franco Cozzo will play the Bendigo Hotel on Sunday March 11. They’ll be supported by The Belair Lip Bombs and Mudshaker when it all goes down from 3pm. Free entry.

Zourouna

The Post Office Hotel Zourouna have a unique repertoire of modern tunes from Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean roots. You can join them for a show with no borders on Sunday March 11 at 4.30pm at The Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

Ben David

Reverence Hotel Ben David will hold down the Reverence Hotel on Sunday February 11 for a solo show supported by a slew of his friends. Camp Cope’s Georgia Maq will feature in a solo set as well as Charlotte May, Hanny J and Tiger Can Smile. Catch it all from 3pm. Free entry.

Gallie

The Drunken Poet Irish singer-songwriter via Melbourne, Gallie, will be playing his last show in Melbourne this Sunday March 11, before he heads back to tour his motherland and France. Playing with double bassist Tristan Courtney, this show is set to be a special one. Head to The Drunken Poet, from 4pm to catch it all. Entry is free.

Equisitor for Mundane Mondays

The Old Bar Equisitor, a three-piece Melbourne rock band will hold down The Old Bar for their Mundane Mondays session on March 12. The Faculty and Relentless Natives will join, all set to bring some incredible up-and-coming indie-rock to your Labour Day. Kicks off from 8pm and entry is an easy $5.

130

Brunswick Hotel Douse your Tuesday night in some heavy grooves and ‘80s synth tones when 130 takes over The Brunny on Tuesday March 13. Get in from 8pm to catch supporting acts Heavy Penalty and Rosetta Stone, and best of all, entry is free.

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Kim Salmon Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Liam Gerner + Luke Moller + Pete Fiddler Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 9.00pm.

Mat Black Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

One Night Only - The Blues Brothers Review Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $25.00.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela + Daniel Champagne Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $89.00.

Ruby Gilbert, Ramblin’ Ash Constance + Ruby Gilbert + Ramblin’ Ash Constance Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00Pm. Sean Mcmahon & Luke Sinclair Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00Pm. Seren Spain Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30Pm. $5.00.

The Bottlers + Ramshackle Army + Catgut Mary Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

The Dream Of Gerontius - Feat: Stuart Skelton + Catherine Wyn-Rogers + Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank.

2:00Pm. $59.00.

The Jump Devils Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9.00pm.

Van Walker Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.

5:00pm.

Sunday 11 Mar Alireza Ghorbani Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.00pm. $89.00.

Ann Vriend Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm. $30.00.

Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

7.30pm. $35.00.

Balkan Brass - Feat: Opa! Bato + Opa Seko Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 7.30pm. $10.00.

Big Band Frequency Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00Pm. Come Down With Me - Feat: Various Artists Ferdydurke, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm.

Cope Street Parade Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 4:00Pm. Devil On The Rooftop, Moonspice + Devil On The Rooftop + Moonspice Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Echoplex + Abbey Rose + Beetrap Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Heinous Hound Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 2:00Pm. I Hold The Lion’s Paw The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8.00pm. $20.00.

Sunday Session - Feat: Ravi Ravs + Dj Daily Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood.

5:30pm.

The Peppercorn Jazz Band Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30Pm. Uno Dos Tres Cuatro + Labjacd + Miss Colombia + Amaru Tribe + The New Monos Howler, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $34.49.

Was E. James Band Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

Zourouna Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

Labour Day Eve - Feat: Duchess Kay + Lavida + Kris Kolzan + More The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00Pm. Booka Shade Prince Bandroom, St Kilda.

9.00pm. $43.90.

Daydreams - Feat: Gino Pozzi + India Grace + Mark Free + Bwise Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00Pm. Dirty Days - Feat: T-Rek + Orkestrated + Chardy + Zac Depetro + More Two Floors Up, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm. $30.00.

Dirty Days - Feat: T-Rek + Orkestrated + Chardy + Zac Depetro + More Platform One, Melbourne. 10.00pm. $30.00.

Djipe + Centaspike + Cradle + Qontent + Encrypter Horse Bazaar, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm.

Edx The Emerson, South Yarra. 9.00pm. $20.00.

Hauswerk - Feat: Adam Trace + Anyo + Harley James Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.

Labour Day Eve - Feat: Luke Vecchio + Hans Dee Cee + Dave Juric + Beth Grace + More Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7.00pm.

Labour Day Eve - Feat: Swella + Jmcee + Casey Leaver + Tom Williamson + More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 5:00pm.

Labour Day Eve - Feat: Morning Maxwell + Mell Hall + Beth Grace + Luke Vecchio Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Miguel Campbell Onesixone, Prahran.

10.00pm. $30.00.

Piknic Électronik - Feat: Luke Hess + Dylan Griffin + Molly + More Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 2:00pm. $20.00.

Teddy Cream + Phat Dusty + Andy Gordon + Camby + Jimmy G + More Brown Alley, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.

Thievery Corporation + Klue Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $89.90.

United - Feat: Dj Damien Mack + Dj Kista + Dj Du Jour Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm Andre Warhurst & The Rare Byrds Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Body Parts + Public High + Love Games Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00Pm. Caroline No + No Sister + BloomCreation Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

8.30pm. $12.00.

Castilles + Moonlover Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Cuk’s Bounty Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

4:00pm.

Dream On Dreamer + Belle Haven + Fever Speak + Steadfast Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $20.00.

Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.

Eyefear + Demonhead + Espionage Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.

Fight Ibis + The Knots + More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7.00pm.

Finns + Seaweed On Sticks + Taper Valley + Le Pine Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00Pm. $10.00.

Franco Cozzo + Mudshaker + The Belair Lip Bombs Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

3:00Pm. Gallie Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00Pm. Kota Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8.00pm.

Ladie Dee, Sean Molloy + Ladie Dee + Sean Molloy A Fan’s Notes, Carlton North .

2:00pm.

Madder Lake Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

2:00Pm. $18.00.

Mental As Anything Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8.00pm. $30.00.

Musicslam - Feat: Zeolite + Above The Fallen + Arkeon + Spacegoat + Spaulding + More The Music Man Megastore, Bendigo.

12:30Pm. $15.00.

No Broadcast + Wasted Sun + The Mother Gurus Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8.00pm. $10.00.

Open/Mic Jam Nights Musicland, Fawkner.

7.00pm.

Petyr + Grim Rhythm Old Bar, Fitzroy.

7.30pm. $10.00.

Say Nothing + More Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6.30pm.

Signals Midwest + Lincoln Le Fevre & The Insiders + Suicide Tuesdays + Opener Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm. $28.60.

Stan, Giannis Kritikos + Stan + Giannis Kritikos Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9.30pm. $59.00.

Sunday Session - Feat: Stoned To Death + Reaper + Turret + Scars Of Sodom + More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 1:00Pm. The Butterfly Effect The Croxton, Thornbury.

8.00pm.

The Shug Monkeys Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00Pm. Thursday, Quicksand + Thursday + Quicksand + We Set Sail Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $70.23.

Tom Cartoonist + Dan Purdey + Tim Woodz 303, Northcote. 3:30Pm. $5.00.

Weird Weather + Momoko Rose + Oliver Jach Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6.00pm.

Whole Lotta Friends - Feat: Peter Collis + Steph Mang + Accidental Abstinence + More Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

3:30pm.

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

Agent 37 + Shadow League + Jack Lundie Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

Blue Eyes Cry + Use Hingano + More Royal Hotel (Mornington), Mornington. 3:00pm.

Devil On The Rooftop Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6.00pm.

Elwood Blues Club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 4:00pm.

Gavin Doniger Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Jo Neugebauer + Marina Mitchell Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

Jules Boult & Friends Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Kelly Auty Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford.

2:00pm.

Nick Murray + Simon Imrei Old Bar, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Paulie Bignell & The Thornbury Two + Dj Miss K Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7.00pm.

Robert Bratetich & Mario Lattuada Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.00pm.

Roy “Soulman” Darby & Trashabilly Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm.

Sammy Owen Blues Band Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8.30pm. $10.00.

The Ben Smith Band Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.

The F100s Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00Pm. The Moosejaw Rifle Club Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7.00pm.

Twilight In Tulsa Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

4:00pm.

Well Into Winter + Paul Dyason Open Studio, Northcote. 2:00pm. $5.00.

Monday 12 Mar Huxami + Hoi Palloi Open Studio, Northcote.

8.00pm. $5.00.

Jess Fairlie Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Masta Ace The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $40.00.

Schmiling - Feat: Various Djs Section 8, Melbourne CBD. 6.00pm.

Dua Lipa Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7.00pm.

Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.

Exquisitor Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $5.00.

Lama Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.00pm.

Melbourne Period Project Fundraiser - Feat: Plum Green + Lucin + Deader + Uboa + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

3:00Pm. Monday Bone Machine - Feat: T-Rek Boney, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.

Monday Night Mass - Feat: Stranges Wilde Salmon + Ostraaly + Mount Trout + Ov Pain Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

8.00pm.

Nieuw Mondays - Feat: Various Djs Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7.00pm. $3.00.

The Black Angels + Flyying Colours Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $62.00.

Dj Marky + Cumbia Massive + Jps + Maxx R + More Penny Black, Brunswick.

2:00Pm. $35.00.

Industry Hospo Night - Feat: Dj Sect6 Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7.00pm.

Labour Day Party - Feat: Halfcut + Dj Ayna + Miss Beats + Ezra Harvey Lucky Coq, Windsor. 11:30Am. Pitch Music & Arts 2018 - Feat: The Black Madonna + Booka Shade + Call Super + Cc Disco! + More Mafeking, Victoria, Mafekin. 12:00Pm. $290.00.

Struggle - Feat: Various Djs Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9.00pm.

Backwood Creatures Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

5:00Pm. Chain Musicland, Fawkner. 2:00Pm. $25.00.

Jimmy Carroll N’ Rhia Simone, Lovers Of The Black Bird + Jimmy Carroll N’ Rhia Simone + Lovers Of The Black Bird Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30Pm. Lyn Bowtell Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

3:00Pm. $15.00.

The Complete Robert Johnson - Feat: Boadz 303, Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Tuesday 13 Mar Andrew Strong The Croxton, Thornbury.

7.30pm. $79.90.

Anoushka Shankar Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8.00pm. $80.60.

Faith I Branko Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7.30pm. $20.00.

Mark Fitzgibbon & Friends Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.00.

Noura Mint Seymali Howler, Brunswick.

7.30pm. $50.45.

Orava Quartet Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.00pm. $50.00.

The Frank Burkitt Band + Van Walker Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Uncomfortable Science - Feat: Lachlan Mitchell + More Boney, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.

130 + Heavy Penalty + Rosetta Stone Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.00pm.

B!And + Human Rites + Dowser Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Serwah Attafuah & Rukaya Sprinkle Art Opening - Feat: Occult Blood + Axillism + Ari Sharp Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.00pm. $7.00.

The Black Angels + Flyying Colours Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $62.00.

The Slingers + Democratic People’s Republic Of Surf + The Hot Springs Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm. $10.00.

Young Henry’s Tryout Tuesdays Women Up Front Series - Feat: Various Artists Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

Z-Star Delta + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.

Industry Hospo Night - Feat: Dj Sect6 Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7.00pm.

Alexander Biggs + Mimi Gilbert Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.00.

Black Velvet Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8.00pm.

Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

8.00pm.

Make It Up Club - Feat: Various Artists + More Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.

Moonlover + Jessie L Warren Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8.00pm.

Open Mic Nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

7.30pm.

Piano Karaoke With Lisa Crawley Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7.30pm.

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