Beat 1622

Please Do Not Litter April 18, 2018

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Record Store Day/Doctor Octagon/The Harpoons/Jazz Party/Johnny Cash: Forever Words

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Contents

Issue N o 1622

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News

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Arts Guide Review: Gerard McGowan

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Electronic Hip Hop Beat Eats

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Metal Industry Punk

Dr Octagon Page. 28

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Portugal. The Man

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The Harpoons

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Record Store Day 2018

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Jazz Party Johnny Cash: Forever Words

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A Perfect Circle Dr Octagon

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Charts Album of the Week

Johnny Cash: Forever Words Page. 27

The Harpoons Page 19

Editor’s Note

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It’s good to be back – after spending a week soaking up the sun up north and watching more sport than is usual for me, it feels nice to surround myself with all the incredible and exciting happenings of our wonderful city.

We chatted to our cover stars, Alaskan juggernaut Portugal. The Man about the song that’s put the band on everyone’s lips ahead of their Australian run of shows, John Carter Cash about continuing his father’s legacy, and Doctor Octagon about their first “real” album in more than two decades.

It doesn’t stop there though, because this Saturday April 21 Record Store Day is back, and we’ve dug through everything there is on offer to hand select the best of the best – it can get a little overwhelming with all that choice, so we thought we’d make it simple.

The rest is for you to find out yourself. As a wise woman once said, “Go forth, spin wax, see all the live bands, and tell me about it next week.” Yes, that wise woman is me.

Publisher: Furst Media Pty Ltd. Editor: Gloria Brancatisano Digital Editor/Social Media Manager: James Di Fabrizio Sub Editor: Abbey Lew-Kee Editorial Assistants: Holly Denison, Dean Morganti, Claire Garrett, Tom Parker, Jacob Colliver, Kate Streader, Anthony Furci, Will Brewster

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Alexander Crowden, Adam Norris, Dan Watt, Augustus Welby, Alex Watts, David James Young, Bronius Zumeris, Natalie Rogers, Isabelle Oderberg, Holly Pereira, Nathan Quattruci, Julia Sansone, Claire Morley, Lee Parker, Benjamin Potter, Lizzie Dynon, Abbey Lew-Kee, Tom Parker, David Ohaion, Luke Fussell, Jacob Colliver, Anna Rose, Kate Streader, Paul Waxman, Anthony Furci, Zachary Snowden Smith

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EILEEN JEWEL & BAND

LONDON’S FIRST LADY OF SOUL/ THE IKETTES BACKED BY TIM ROGERS, ANDY KENT, RUSTY HOPKINSON (YOU AM I), JAMES BLACK AND TALEI WOLFGRAMM PLUS DJ PIERRE BARONI

(GRANT LEE BUFFALO 90S FRONTMAN)

AMERICANA SINGER SONGWRITER PRESENTED BY LOVE POLICE

~ Thurs, May 24th ~

FUGAZI INSTRUMENT (FILM SCREENING)

PLUS Q&A WITH GUITARIST/VOCALIST

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MARK WILKINSON ACOUSTIC SINGER SONGWRITER WHO RECENTLY RELEASED ACCLAIM ALBUM

‘WASTED HOURS’

~ Fri, June 15th ~

ERIC BOGLE

ALIVE ‘N’ PICKIN TOUR WITH GUEST

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News DJ Budamunk

Horse Bazaar are Throwing a Massive Birthday Bash Premier Melbourne underground Japanese venue, Horse Bazaar is celebrating five years under the hands of husband and wife owner team Takako and Fumi Tamura with a massive birthday bash next month. Horse Bazaar is renowned for its food, music and special event offerings and for bridging the gap between Japan and Melbourne.

Coming in from Japan exclusively for the event is DJ Budamunk and Aaron Choulai ( Jazzy Sport), alongside local beat makers from music collective Lab Co and producer DJ Snuc. The Horse Bazaar birthday bash will go down on Saturday May 19 at 397 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, with doors open from 7pm. Tickets include a drink and Japanese tapas upon entry.

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‘70s rock will collide with an 18-piece orchestra when Foreigner tour Australia this year. The English-American rock band are responsible for such straight-up bangers as ‘Cold As Ice’, ‘Juke Box Hero’, ‘Hot Blooded’ and of course, ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’. Marking their first Australian tour since 2015, they’ll be playing through all of their greatest hits. Melbourne can look forward to a show at Hamer Hall on Tuesday October 30 and tickets are available via Chugg Entertainment.

‘90s UK electro wizards, Autechre are heading on an Australian tour for the first time in almost a decade. The electronic duo – made up of Rob Brown and Sean Booth – boast a 12-album discography that spans their 31-year career, meanwhile Autechre are also planning to release NTS Sessions 1-4 later this year. A spectacle unto its own, Melbourne can catch the masters of experimentation when Autechre take over the Croxton on Thursday June 21. Grab your tickets now via Handsome Tours.

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In a dual-first, Briggs and Trials of A.B. Original made history by becoming the first hip hop artists and the first Indigenous artists to receive the APRA Music Award for Songwriter of the Year. The awards also saw a slew of high profile winners across other categories. The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music was awarded to Midnight Oil, Peking Duk ft. Eliphant’s banger ‘Stranger’ was named Most Played Australian Work, while the illustrious Song of the Year award went to Paul Kelly’s ‘Firewood and Candles’.

To celebrate the release of their third studio album Far From Earth, homegrown four-piece Stonefield are set to tour it around the country. Fresh from touring with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and currently in the midst of a residency in LA, the band will touch down on our shores again in May to embark on the ten-date tour. Victoria can look forward to shows in Belgrave on Friday May 18 at Sooki Lounge, Saturday May 19 at Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel and The Tote on Saturday June 16.

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Kendrick Lamar Leads the Charge at this Year’s Splendour In The Grass After much speculation, the 2018 Splendour in the Grass lineup has finally dropped and boy, is it a biggie. With kingpin rapper Kendrick Lamar at the helm, you’d think it couldn’t get any bigger – but it sure does. Joining the festivities in Byron Bay comes the likes of indie favourites Vampire Weekend and The Wombats, alongside Lorde, Khalid, Franz Ferdinand and MGMT. Closer to home comes local legends Methyl Ethyl, DMA’s, SAFIA, Cub Sport, Alex The Astronaut, Baker Boy and literal stacks more. Splendour in the Grass 2018 goes down from Friday July 20 until Sunday July 22 at North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay and you can check out full lineup via their official website.

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Freedom Time’s 2018 Wintertime Lineup is Something to Behold

Wax’o Dystopio

Coming in for their second wintertime festival celebrating the wonder of music and art, Freedom Time has dropped a stellar sophomore lineup. There’ll be three undercover stages, each with a lineup curated by three different musical collectives. Wax’o Dystopio are handling the first stage, hosting electro artists including Dopplereffekt, Veronica Vasicka, and Millu. Butter Sessions have chosen the second stage’s artists, including Sleep D, Joe Claussell, Kuniyuki, and Turner Street Sound. Meanwhile the third stage has been curated by Amsterdam label Music From Memory, and will be hosting performances by Dip in The Pool, Michael Turtle, Izabel, Sui Zehn and Noise In My Head. There’ll be food by La Palermo, coffee by Alley Tunes, and more food trucks and beverage stalls to be announced. Freedom Time Winter 2018 festival is happening on Saturday June 30 at the Coburg Velodrome.

Joshua Hedley

Justin Townes Earle

Reveals Australian tour dates

Locks in a solo acoustic tour

Armed with a heaving catalogue including his acclaimed 2017 release Kids In The Street, Nashville alt-country wonder Justin Townes Earle is coming to Australia. Playing intimate venues as well as Bello Winter Music Festival in NSW, punters can look forward to a totally stripped-bare, acoustic version of JTE’s live act. Justin Townes Earle will play Spotted Mallard on Wednesday July 4, Caravan Music Club on Thursday July 5 and Skylark Room on Friday July 6.

With his debut album Mr Jukebox on the brink of release, Nashville crooner Joshua Hedley has announced he’ll be bringing it to Australia. With his five-piece band in tow, Hedley has also revealed that Lillie Mae will be coming along.

The tour is set to hit up multiple dates around the country, as well as Groundwater Festival on the Gold Coast. Castlemaine’s show will go down at Bridge Hotel on Saturday July 21, with Melbourne able to look forward to shows at Northcote Social Club on Sunday July 22 and at Caravan Music Club on Thursday July 26.

Wednesday 18th April

Dream On Dreamer

Private Function

To celebrate the release of their fourth studio album It Comes and Goes on Friday May 25, Dream On Dreamer are set to jump on tour. With latest singles ‘Stay’, Don’t Lose Your Heart’ and most recently, ‘Let It In’ garnering well over 12 million streams on Spotify and Youtube collectively, the record is looking to be an absolute treat. Dream On Dreamer will play Northcote Social Club on Friday June 8, Sooki Lounge on Friday June 10, Elliots Bar on Friday June 22 and Pelican Bar on Saturday June 23.

Melbourne locals Private Function are set to tear it up along the east coast throughout May and June, hot off the back of their 2017 release, Rock In Roll. It comes after a mammoth round of local dates with the likes of Frenzal Rhomb, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, as well as a destructive performance at Gizzfest, proving there is truly no stopping Private Function.

They’ll hit up two dates in Victoria including Ballarat’s The Eastern on Saturday May 19 and The Tote on Saturday June 9.

Will kick off their national tour next month

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PBS Announce their 2018 Membership Drive: Feast Your Ears Next month comes the time of year for beloved radio station PBS 106.7FM’s annual membership drive to help keep them doing what they do best: championing emerging, independent and underrepresented artists. As part of the drive they’ve got a smattering of prizes on offer – from brand new motorcycles to turntables, and Maton guitars to a Golden Plains festival luxury package. And, while there are different levels of membership to choose from, every PBS member to sign up will also receive an official discount card to over 100 local business and services, copies of the bi-annual PBS Easy Magazine and a compilation live CD featuring performances from the likes of Camp Cope, Freya Josephine Hollick, The Senegambian Jazz Band and Clowns. The 2018 PBS Feast Your Ears Radio Festival will run from Monday May 14 until Sunday May 27 and you can find more via their website.

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Queenscliff Low Light Festival Drops Inaugural Program Covering Food, Film, Music and Art

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Union Of The North

A month-long celebration of all the senses, Queenscliff Low Light Festival will celebrate all things music, food and film in a picturesque seaside setting. The music leg of the event will see alt-rock kingpin Dan Sultan, folk-pop outfit All Our Exes Live In Texas and American crooner Justin Townes Earle taking to the stage, while local galleries will also be holding a range of exhibitions and workshops. In food and drink comes various events including the Bordeaux vs Bellarine wine and food matching experience, a high tea, and a unique dining experience on The Q Train rail service. Low Light will also exclusively screen three new Icelandic films including Union of the North and ÖRÆVI or Life in the Undergrowth featuring original music composed by Sigur Ros. The inaugural Queenscliff Low Light Festival will run from Friday June 22 until Saturday July 14 at various locations around Queenscliff. For the full program of events and times, visit the official

Hippie Sabotage

Columbus

Sacramento brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer are electronic duo Hippie Sabotage, and the pair are headed Down Under for the first time in August. Playing an exclusive three dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the duo will bring their high energy, bass-heavy, hip hop and EMD-infused goodness to our shores. Hippie Sabotage will grace Howler on Friday August 17, with full details and tickets available via Live Nation.

Before the release of their second album A Hot Take on Heartbreak, Columbus have offered up a tasty new single to keep us all at bay, ‘Care At All’. The album is a change of sound from the Brisbane trio, who opted to take their influence from late ‘90s and early ‘00s alt-rockers such as Weezer and All-American Rejects. Columbus will take the new album along the east coast, including a show at Northcote Social Club on Saturday June 16.

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Twenty-one-year-old breakout songwriter Noah Kahan has been on a whirlwind rise to fame of late, and is now set to bring his extraordinary talent to Australia with his first run of headline shows. From breakout singles ‘Young Blood’ and ‘Hold It Down’ and his debut EP Hurt Somebody racking up incredibly high esteem, to support slots with the likes of George Ezra, Milky Chance and Anderson East, Noah Kahan has shown he is a gifted songwriter. He’ll play an intimate show at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday June 6.

Continuing the support for their critically-acclaimed third studio LP Big Skies, Mere Women are set to play a run of headline dates next month. Racking up an Album of the Year nomination at the FBi Radio SMAC Awards and playing alongside the likes of Jen Cloher, Tropical Fuck Storm and Protomartyr, Mere Women aren’t slowing down and will bring their astounding post-punk sound to The Tote on Thursday May 19. Dianas and Golden Syrup will be supporting.

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The Boy Downstairs

The third American Essentials Film Festival is set to touch down in Melbourne from Thursday May 8, bringing 22 of the best contemporary American Independent films along with it. Boasting a genre-expansive program, the festival opens with Sophie Brooks’ directorial debut The Boy Downstairs, alongside American-style bites and live music. In drama comes 55 Steps featuring Hilary Swank and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as Outside In which tells the story of an ex-con readjusting to life in a small town. A documentary offering comes in RBG, a revealing look at the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, alongside others. The American Essentials Film Festival will run in Melbourne from Thursday May 10 until Sunday May 20 with screenings at The Astor Theatre and Kino Cinemas. For a full look at the program and to purchase tickets, head to the AEFF website.

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Bec Melrose

Becky Lucas

Crowned winner of RAW Comedy One Mna Show

The next big thing in Australian comedy has been announced. Meet your 2018 RAW Comedy winner, Bec Melrose. Melrose won over this year’s judges with her jokes on footy-lads and VR sex – a winning combination if you ask us. RAW Comedy has kick-started careers for comedians such as Tom Ballard, Hannah Gadsby, Josh Thomas, Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor.

Upfront Some hilarious comics (who all happen to be female) take charge in Upfront, delivering a night of big laughs. Hosted by Geraldine Quinn and Spandex Ballet, get down for acts including Becky Lucas, Geraldine Hickey, Rose Matafeo, Laura Davis, and heaps more. Wednesday April 18 at the Melbourne Town Hall.

Graham Linehan

Comedy 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 April 19 at 120 Exhibition St, Melbourne.

Announces comedy

Spoken Word and Poetry Festival

masterclass

Headed to Melbourne

Five time BAFTA-winning comedy writer Graham Linehan is premiering his one-day comedy workshop in Melbourne. Titled Insights into the Art of TV Comedy Writing, it opens at the Wheeler Centre on Sunday June 17 and Monday June 18. Each workshop is a rare opportunity to learn from Linehan, a true comedy maestro.

Melbourne will host the inaugural Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, running across 18 days and featuring 74 poets across 36 events. The festival includes nationally and internationally recognised poets, including Maxine Beneba Clarke performing on opening night, and US internationally touring poet Moody Black headlining the closing night. It’s all going down from Thursday May 17 until Sunday June 3.

HORROR Theatre that will thrill you Genre-defying HORROR, the mastermind work of acclaimed physical theatre maker Jakop Ahlbom, will see audiences dragged into a surreal world of fright – using the type of cinematic horror effects rarely seen onstage. This will be bloody terrifying, and it’s coming to Arts Centre Melbourne from Tuesday September 18 until Sunday September 22.

Gerard McGowan Only Getting Funnier

Lido Comedy Comedy at a Cinema? Yep, correct. 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.

10 for 10 at MICF Ten comedians for ten bucks? Why the hell not? I’ve spent more on fancy sandwiches to be honest. Get down to Boney to enjoy big laughs that are light on the hip pocket. Every Monday throughout April.

Little Dum Dum Club Get down for four live podcasts on Sunday afternoons throughout April with the Little Dum Dum Club. They’ve filled the Opera House, and now they’re bringing their shtick to the European Bier Cafe. Get around it.

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Gerard McGowan is a true surprise.

His 2018 Comedy Festival show, Only Getting Funnier is his last comedy foray for the foreseeable future, and boy, he goes out with a bang. Or at least, with a slow burning, self-deprecating hilarity that will make you feel equal warmth and disgust for him by the final bow.

McGowan has spent eight years dividing his time between a “proper job” – civil construction – and his late night, comedic alter ego. His day work makes excellent fodder for his writing, although if anecdotal humour from a work culture that is a little bit crass and crude doesn’t quite hit the mark for you, it’ll still be worth staying in your seat because McGowan has some treats hidden up his sleeve.

This is McGowan’s first and last year at the Melbourne Comedy Festival: he says he doesn’t like doing intimate, small

venue stand-up routines. It’s a little hard to buy this though, because he works with the heckling crowd so well. He may call comedy “soul destroying” but McGowan can ad lib with the best of them.

A joke about a pizza-swindling Tinder date is the true pinnacle of Only Getting Funnier, and although there’ll be no spoilers here, the story ends with some pretty impressive multimedia and lightening theatrics, and use of McGowan’s favourite comedy trope: the callback.

There’s also a horrifying anecdote about a computer camera hacking, which is just as educational as it is humorous.

McGowan proves that he is leaving comedy just before he reaches his peak.

This final show is full of ups and downs – from jokes that produce a content half smirk, to those that warrant a full on belly laugh – in a routine that truly does crescendo and only get funnier as the hour wears on.

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Hip Hop

6am At The Garage

Beat Eats: Migos

The Moldy Fig

The Hurricane

This Friday Melbourne’s favourite Saturday night curators, 6am At The Garage, are escaping the confines of their Lounge residency to throw a big bash for their fourth birthday at Hugs&Kisses. On board for the night are a whole bunch of mates that have become regulars at their night Lucid over the last few years; Andras, Darcy Justice b2b Josh Keys, Rev Lon b2b Seb Marcu and Ryan Berkeley b2b with Ingrid. The boys have also noted this will be their last appearance at Hugs&Kisses – perhaps implying that a closing date for the venue has been decided but not made public yet. Hanging for that closing party announcement.

Kicks off at 10pm.

Whether you love it or hate it, trap music is everywhere. It has become a staple of the hip hop world, constantly topping the charts thanks to rappers like Future, 2 Chainz and Migos.

Trap beats have even entered the mainstream pop music world, where elements of trap can be heard in Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ or Miley Cyrus’ fourth studio album Bangerz.

Despite its recent popularity, the hiphop subgenre isn’t anything new, emerging from the Southern rap scene in the late ‘90s. Trap music is characterised by the predominate use of long 808 bass drums, rapid-fire hi-hats, crisp snares and layered synths. The term trap was coined in Atlanta and comes straight from the streets, with trap literally meaning a drug house where dealers buy, sell, produce and use illegal narcotics. During this time, rappers who spoke about drug dealing where known as trap rappers, including UGK, 8Ball and Three 6 Mafia.

A mother-daughter duo have recently brought their love and expertise for all things New Orleans to Melbourne, and it feels like one hell of a celebration we’re dying to be a part of. The Moldy Fig – run by chef/owner Dorelle and her daughter Vivian – is everything a diner seeks in a night out; delicious food, cherished culture, and of course, smooth jazz. You can’t miss their venue, as a huge mural wraps the venue entirely. It screams classic music and old souls, which is exactly what’s to be found at this Melbourne-first institution.

Everything from gypsy jazz, swing jazz, traditional jazz and blues is available every night of the week. And their food?

I assure you’ll be talking about it long after completion. So here are my top picks on how to enjoy an evening at The Moldy Fig.

Gucci Mane

Pugilist

Also this Friday over at The Sub Club, local label Modern Hypnosis are set to give the bass bins a solid shake with a showcase event featuring one of my favourite local producers of the moment: Pugilist (and it’s not just because I have two pugs). I stumbled onto his music via Bandcamp’s ‘Best New Half-Time Drum & Bass’ article they put up about a year ago – Pugilist had just released an EP on J:Kenzo’s legendary UK label Artikal Music. Since then his output has blurred into something that sits between dub-techno, dubstep, footwork and jungle. Some really wild sounds and rhythms going on.

Backing him up will be Stormn Norm, Mosam Howieson, Pickleman (AKA Rings Around Saturn) and Woz. Kicks off at 11pm.

Lately the origins of trap music have been disputed, with hiphop legends T.I and Gucci Mane claiming they are the rightful inventors of trap. Earlier this month, Gucci Mane posted a throwback Instagram post claiming he invented trap music with his 2005 album, Trap House. T.I was bound to set the record straight and shut down Gucci Mane’s proposal. The 37-year-old rapper posted a message to ‘the slow ones in the back’; stating he was the pioneer of trap rap, launching the subgenre with his second album Trap Muzik in 2003. If we look even further into the past, the first song to mention “trap” was in fact Goodie Mob’s 1995 track ‘Thought Process’. The term was also used in Outkast’s 1998 song ‘SpottieOttieDopaliscious’, And of course, before trap, there was crunk. Crunk emerged in the early ‘90s and gained mainstream success during the mid 2000s. Who remembers Three 6 Mafia’s Tear Da Club Up? Or Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Get Crunk: Who U Wit: Da Album? The growing interest in crunk outside the southern hip hop scene eventually led to the development in trap music.

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Nosaj Thing

Skipping ahead to Tuesday April 24, US producer Nosaj Thing is dropping into Howler for his Parallels album launch tour. Parallels represents the underground Los Angeles-based producer’s most diverse work yet. The album’s compelling, un-categorisable sonic soundscapes developed out of what he terms a personal and musical ‘identity crisis’. Having worked with Kendrick Lamar, Chance The Rapper, Kid Cudi and many more big names in the past, it’s clear Mr.Thing is well recognised amongst the industry as someone with skills.

Support on the night from Cleopold. It’s a school night so remember to get down there early, doors open at 7pm.

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Although the origins of trap rap are still being debated, there is no doubt it will continue to inspire the next generations of young rappers. Modern day artists such as Fetty Wap, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Uzi Vert and Cardi B are keeping trap rap in the charts. Looking a little closer to home, elements of trap have made their way into the Australian hip hop scene, with artists such as Manu Crook$ and Cult Shotta drawing influence from the subgenre. More recently, Melbourne rapper SophieGrophy dropped her high-energy trap track ‘Bag’, which is definitely worth a listen. Many hip hop artists and fans believe trap will never die while others insist trap rap is on it’s way out. In any case, the subgenre has dominated the decade. Who knows how long trap music will last? Enjoy it while you can.

Cajun Pork Belly

To start, do order The Hurricane cocktail. The drink uses passionfruit and pomegranate as their staple flavours and is presented in a tall, colourful hurricane glass. Worked with dark rum, orange, and of course fresh passionfruit and pomegranate, the drink marries together wonderfully.

The Cajuan pork belly is my next pick, being traditionally a Mardi Gras dish and is vastly different from other pork belly you’ll find around town.This pork belly is not crispy as expected, but soft and juicy. That’s due to the meat being marinated, then slow cooked, for an entire eight hours before thoughts of cooking have even erupted. Served with a southern sour cream and beetroot salad, this dish should always be on order.

Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo

Of course, you can’t possibly dine Southern without a gumbo to comfort in. Dorelle teaches us that cooking styles of gumbo are very controversial, and the way you choose to cook yours may ruffle some feathers at a dinner sitting, although The Moldy Fig’s flavour is certainly the tastiest I’ve tried in this city. This dish is double-cooked, meaning Dorelle first reduces the vegetables into a thick soup, and then adds more for optimal flavour.

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“Oh yeah, I was into them back when I used to listen to music.”

“That band is still together?”

“They were the soundtrack to my teenage years.”

I’m a music journalist and a dad in my late ‘30s. The ‘dad’ bit means I run into a lot of fellow parents and the sentences quoted above are something I hear a lot when I chat with them. Eventually the question of “What do you do for a living?” comes up and after explaining my job, I inevitably hear those statements, or others like “I used to listen to heavier bands but I grew out of it” or “I have no time to listen to music now”. I know I’m lucky because my job forces me to listen to new music. It’s the same as any profession: you can’t really do it if you’re relying on information that’s 20 years old. Still, it makes me sad that there are people out there who are my age and who would have been raised on the same diet of ‘90s alternative, industrial, metal, grunge and other now-retro-but-then-nowtro stuff, who think of music as something in their past rather than something that grows with them. There’s no reason you can’t continue to bring new music into your life to serve as the soundtrack to where you are now.

There’s an ancient music biz adage; if you want to land a record contract, move to Sydney. If you want to make great music, head to Melbourne.

Statistics released by Music Victoria last week showed that in 2017, Greater Melbourne hosted 73,605 advertised gigs compared to 62,000 in 2012, representing a 19% increase. Gigs drew 17.5 million visits and accounted for more than $1.42 billion spent in small venues and at concerts and festivals in 2017, a 16% increase on the $1.22 billion spent in 2012.

Music Victoria stated “Melbourne has one live music venue per 9,503 residents, making Melbourne the live music capital of the world. By comparison London has 245 venues (one per 34,350 residents), New York has 453 venues (one per 18,554 residents) and Los Angeles 510 venues (one per 19,607 residents).”

Other figures from the second Live Music Census, taken on Saturday November 25, 2017, showed that on a Saturday night, 112,000 punters are going to gigs around the city – about the crowd size at an AFL Grand Final. Over 12 months, live music attracted more than the AFL, Spring Racing Carnival, A-League, Basketball, Netball, NRL, Cricket and the Australian Grand Prix combined.

There are a number of reasons. The live music industry sector, spearheaded by Music Victoria, has worked with the state government to implement initiatives as the agent of change, matched grants for soundproofing and updating facilities and mentoring younger venue operators.

The census’ project officer Dobe Newton says that 55% of venues reported their audience had increased in the past 12 months with only 16% recording a decrease. He remarks that venues are marketing themselves better through social media, and many have initiated policies for hearing protection, sexual harassment and sustainability, and have kept prices low. “People want to go to venues and feel safe and know that the venue is concerned for their physical and mental health,” he says.

Periphery

I always hear people saying “There are no great bands any more”. There are fuck-tonnes of them out there. But to hear them, you have to own the fact that maybe the music you loved as a teenager wasn’t any more special than the music today’s teenagers are listening to: it’s just that you heard those songs at a time that was special to you, and you’ve associated the excitement of “first kiss, first beer, first party” with those bands as part of one whole package of nostalgia. That’s totally cool, but see it for what it is and let yourself feel the same way about new music that can accompany new moments. Music is vast and beautiful and alive and you don’t need to stop listening to new music the moment you turn 18.

Punk Top Five ‘90s Australian Punk Albums Since the establishment of punk-rock as a defined musical style in the mid-‘70s, Australia has had no shortage of worldclass bands in a sound more typically dominated by the UK and the US. With the explosion of punk-rock and alternative music into the mainstream in the ‘90s, the Australian scene remained strong with old bands continuing their craft as strong as ever, and newcomers bringing new blood into the scene. Here’s five records that are not only some of my personal favourites, but records that helped define the shape and path of Australian punk-rock in a crucial time of its development and popularity.

Ministry - 1992

Something I’ve been doing a lot of lately is going back and listening to things I never really had the access to check out back in the day, when in order to listen to a band you had to either buy the record, hear someone else’s copy or catch it on TV or radio. For example now I’m digging further and deeper back into The Cure’s catalogue as well as more recent records, and while many of these tracks are over 30 years old and totally new to me, they’re finding a place in my heart that’s every bit as important as Dirt or Passion And Warfare or Fair Warning. So now I’m catching up on bands like The Replacements, or filling in the gaps in my knowledge of The Cure, or getting into Crowded House’s non-album tracks.

But I’m also checking out newer artists like Between The Buried And Me, Rival Sons, St. Vincent and Northlane, and this music, all of which is new to me whether it’s ‘new’ or not, has its own emotional resonance for my present-day life.

I can still always put on Living Colour’s Stain or Ministry’s Psalm 69 to remember how I felt at 16, but I can also put on Ryan Adams’ Prisoner or Periphery’s The Price Is Wrong to capture how I feel today at 38.

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This week, Melbourne is again at the centre of the global live industry, as it hosts the two-day Music Cities Convention. Delegates from 40 countries – academics, town planners, government policy makers, artists and music industry – will learn from Melbourne’s success as a music city while we learn from their solutions.

For Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan, one aspect is that many Australian government policy makers and academics are also attending, and listening to fresh ideas.

They have money and can make changes. “If Melbourne can adopt three or four of the best ideas brought up, it’s been worth it. It’ll make it easier for us [in the music industry] to work with them in the future to bring advantages to music”.

One initiative that Melbourne could see is a Night Mayor to generate ideas for the night economy. Music Victoria is also going back to the state government with two others: revive the under-age gigs circuit and do more music tourism studies on festivals (especially the 350 regional ones) and see how to help them.

Hard-Ons - Yummy! (1990) One of the longest running and ever-evolving punk bands in Australia, Sydney’s Hard-Ons have explored everything from pop-punk to death metal. Already established as front-runners of Australian punk in the ‘80s with seminal albums like Dickcheese and Love Is A Battlefield of Wounded Hearts, 1990’s Yummy! saw the band consolidate their sound into a full-length of hook-filled power pop-punk. While the band never quite crossed over into the commercial success of later bands like Bodyjar or Frenzal Rhomb, the band’s underground following remains strong in Australia and around the world.

Frenzal Rhomb - Meet The Family (1997) With several singles and the excellent debut full-length of 1996’s Not So Tough Now, Sydney’s Frenzal Rhomb brought their signature sound and style together on 1997’s Meet The Family. Combining pop and skate punk with a heavy Meanies influence and sharp wit and humour, Frenzal marked themselves as one of the defining punk bands of the Howard years. Filled with fan favourites and setlist staples, Meet The Family still sounds fresh after 20 years.

Cosmic Psychos - Blokes You Can Trust (1991) Representing a side of Australian punk-rock that is arguably more popular now than the prevailing skate-punk sound of the ‘90s, the stripped-back, beer-soaked, straight-to-the-point pub punk created a uniquely Australian style. Taking influence primarily from the band members’ rural farming background and pub culture, their sound has come full circle with almost every current Melbourne punk band taking cues from the Psychos’ style, sound and image.

Powder Monkeys - Smashed on a Knee (1993) If there was one band that summed up the dark and dangerous side of the Australian pub punk scene, it would no doubt be Melbourne’s Powder Monkeys. Dirty, raw and loose, Australia has produced few other truly dangerous rock‘n’roll bands of this calibre.

Unfortunately ended by frontman Tim Hemensley’s death from a heroin overdose in 2001, the band are rightfully remembered as Melbourne legends.

TISM - Machiavelli and the Four Seasons (1996) While the musical style of TISM may not be punk in the conventional guitar/bass/drums sense, the band’s lyrics and antagonistic attitude towards all things corporate and traditional in the music world is arguably leagues ahead of any of their contemporaries.

While the band had been a cult favourite for years before, Machiavelli launched them into a much larger, triple j backed spotlight, cementing them as an iconic Australian band.

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Portugal. The Man

By Will Brewster

For many musicians, writing a hit song is a big deal. For Portugal. The Man, it must be a bit confusing.

Eight albums into their career, the band’s psychedelic earworm ‘Feel It Still’ managed to crack the top ten charts in 18 countries around the world, racked up close to half a billion streams globally, and even nabbed a Grammy for Best Pop Performance. So how does the band feel about achieving overnight success nearly 15 years into their career?

“It’s definitely pretty cool – I agree, my mum agrees – but it’s pretty crazy,” admits Zachary Carothers, founding member and bassist of the group. “The song blew up, and now the whole thing’s gotten way out of hand.”

Clocking in at a slight two minutes and forty seconds, with an infectious groove and an interpolated hook from The Marvelette’s 1961 doo-wop hit ‘Please Mr. Postman,’ it’s simply impossible to deny the universal appeal of ‘Feel It Still’. However, the single is certainly a far cry from Portugal. The Man’s prior work, with the band previously dabbling in everything from bluesy-prog to the dreamy psychedelia of 2011’s In the Mountain in the Cloud.

“Every time we do an album, we kind of change the style up,” Carothers says,. “We’re already working on new stuff, and it’s already sounding wildly different to Woodstock. We all like so much different music, and we want to explore it all within reason. You never want to make the same album twice.”

Although the commercial success of 2017's Woodstock certainly shocked the group, Carothers seems relatively unfazed about all the extra attention, acknowledging the power of perfect timing as a huge factor to the band's newfound fame.

“I think, honestly, we just hit at a good time. We hadn’t really done a lot of songs that you can dance to, and that was one of the things we wanted to try.

Apparently people like that,” says Carothers, admitting his mild frustration with how easily the smash hit came together for the band. “A lot of our songs we’ve spent sitting there banging our head against a wall for a year. This one, we wrote in 45 minutes, and we won a Grammy for it. It’s so annoying.”

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While the lyricism of ‘Feel It Still’ oozes a deft societal cry of rebellion that seems to have struck a chord with many, Portugal. The Man initially had no plans to stir up the American political pot. In fact, the group had actually recorded another album, tentatively titled Doomin’ and Gloomin’ and recorded with Beastie Boy’s Mike D before they scrapped the album to write something that would hold up as a sign of the times.

“We had a record done, and we were about to put it out, and then all of a sudden the US primary elections are happening, and we were like ‘Holy shit, Donald Trump? What the fuck?’ And our songs mentioned none of that,” Carothers explains, affirming the importance of messages in music.

“I think it’s hugely important. If you’re not saying anything, what are you doing?

“That’s why rock’s had such a hard time recently, because the world moves really fast,” says Carothers.

“When we released the album, we had to make a ‘Non-Vinyl Edition’ without a record inside, because we couldn’t wait four months until the records were pressed. You’ve got to be quick, and that’s why hip hop is so good right now – because if something big happens, there’ll be a song about it right away, and that’s so important, especially with social media.”

Despite not prominently featuring in their sound, Carothers establishes a connection between the attitude of underground rap and the ethos of Portugal. The Man, with the group recently linking up with New York trio Flatbush Zombies.

“I would love to work on more hip hop songs.

We’ve done a couple of things with rappers, and we’ve got a few things coming up that are pretty cool,

but I would love to go and produce or write hip hop tracks,” says Carothers.

If he did head down that track, there is only one person he dreams of collaborating with; the everpolarizing Kanye West. “That dude’s fucking crazy.

When Yeezus came out, I listened to it every day in its entirety for like a year. That album blew my mind.”

With a visit to Australia to play Groovin The Moo and a run of headline dates looming, Carothers expresses his excitement at the prospect of returning to Australia, although the bassist reveals slight anxieties at the thought of making a setlist that’ll please an entire crowd of fans.

“We haven’t been digging too deep into the back catalogue recently, but we want to a little bit more,” says Carothers. “We’ve been trying things like medleys and reworks, but it’s so hard to choose a set that’s going to please everyone – we’ve got so many songs now, it’s insane.”

“When Yeezus came out, I listened to it every day in its entirety for like a year. That album blew my mind.”

Portugal. The Man will headline The Forum on Thursday May 3, with special guest Sloan Peterson. They’ll also perform at Groovin The Moo, stopping by Bendigo on Saturday May 5.

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The Harpoons

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“Our main focus for the last little while has just been getting this thing out and making sure people respond to the tracks, and it seems like they are starting to.”

The Harpoons’ sophomore album, Amaro, has been a long time coming. With almost three years since the release of their last single ‘Ready For Your Love’ and just shy of four years since their debut album Falling For You, Martin King, who plays the drum machine for the band, says The Harpoons are really happy to finally have their second album out.

Named after an Italian liqueur, King says this is representative of the theme of the album – a bit bitter and a bit sweet. He believes that this bittersweet theme is due to the inclusion of some love songs, some songs of heartbreak and some that are a mix of both.

“Jack [Madin] will tell you that it’s a concept album and that the order of the tracks trace the development of a relationship, but I think that was almost a bit of re-writing history after the fact,” he states. “I think it’s track for track, some songs are straight from the heart, explaining exactly how you’re feeling in the moment, and other songs are more reflective and you can write about experiences that you’ve had in the past.”

The best part of creating the album, for King, was when someone in the band would bring a new song to the table and seeing its rawness, he felt excited because of the possible potential of what could be done with the song. “Bec [Rigby] sings a lot of them and hearing her sing and nut them out can be really amazing because she’s got such a totally amazing voice,” says King. “Probably the best thing, for me, would be hearing the songs pretty fresh.”

Bands can have disagreements, but one thing The Harpoons all agree on is that ‘Pressure’ is their

favourite song on the LP. King says that this is because the collaborative effort is unassuming and beautiful. It’s also been a part of their repertoire for a bit longer than some of the other songs.

“It’s one of the older tracks on the album, so it’s sat with us for the longest,” King explains. “We’ve had the chance to love it and hate it and then love it again then hate it then finally come back to being happy with it. I think they’re a few of the reasons why we feel that way about the song.”

Spending a lot of time on the road over the last year, the band has learned a lot about how to adapt. King says that in New York, the venues that the band played cycled through bands quickly, so they found it stressful because they didn’t have a lot of time to sort themselves out. However, they had a fantastic time performing in London and Tokyo which had completely different vibes.

“The cute little places that we played in Tokyo were really nice and we’d have people coming back to three or four shows and just sitting really quietly and attentively. They would chat to us afterwards,” he says. “It’s a fun way to travel because instead of

being a weird tourist, you’re engaging in more of a relationship with people.”

After an exciting start to the year, The Harpoons are looking forward to doing a lot of touring around Australia and getting people to hear their new music. King says that they’re super happy about the support they’ve already received towards their new album and are hoping more people can get behind it.

“Our main focus for the last little while has been getting this thing out and making sure people respond to the tracks, and it seems like they are starting to,” he says. “I think ‘Pressure’ has got a lot of local radio stations really behind it, hopefully they’ll get behind the rest of the album as well.”

The Harpoons’ sophomore album, Amaro is out now via Caroline Australia.

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Picture Search Video

Why should record collectors visit your store? This is our first year as a record store but we’ve been building up the collection for a launch though we haven’t put a sign out yet. Although we’re mostly new, some of our 5,000+ titles are now no longer available/deleted.

Do you specialise in any particular genres? We have the sort of titles you’d expect and some more obscure in a large range of genres. Some of the more unusual genres might be the ambient/industrial/avant garde sections.

What’s your best advice for record collectors? Don’t ruin your life obsessing over not getting that title that you must have. Let it go – there’s plenty of fantastic, obscure music out there that you might never have heard of that might be a joy to dig up.

What’s the best record find you ever made? The special finds are the surprise ones and then you remember where you were and how much you paid. $4 US Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out in New Orleans; $8 AUD Neil Young’s On The Beach at Chapel St. Bazaar; Blow Monkeys’ Limping For A Generation 100Yen(that’s $1) in Sapporo; Ultimate Spinach in Dusseldorf, etc.

How many records do you have in your personal collection? Only 400 I think, I’ve hung on to my favourites. When broke but really wanting a particular record from AuGoGo now defunct store in Melbourne’s CBD (in the ‘old days’) I traded in some OK titles instead.

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Zenith Records Over the past five years, Paul Rigby and his team have resurrected Australia’s only record pressing plant, Zenith Records, and turned it into an important addition to the record market in the Southern Hemisphere.

“We’ve done two-and-a-half-thousand titles since we’ve been here,” Rigby says. “A lot of what we do is [runs of ] 200s, 150s, which a lot of other plants around the world won’t. We run two shifts a day with plating, because 150 7” is two days’ work; there’s a bit of work in preparing plates and polishing them, punching them.”

The business has worked hard to address production issues, while hoping to change misconceptions about the standard of Australian vinyl.

“In the ‘90s and early 2000s, quality wasn’t a big concern,” Rigby says. “The product back then was hit and miss from everyone. We had to make sure the records were clean, cuts were good, pressings were good, plates were good. It’s a known quantity, you need to develop techniques to ensure that you get consistent quality and you learn from your mistakes.”

The plant resembles a factory floor, with various figures over industrial machinery, workers attuned to the calculations and steps necessary to achieve the desired final product. The walls are lined with discs with titles from smaller local bands to some of this country’s most celebrated artists. As a reflection of this demand, Zenith will undergo a major upgrade that will enable it to pump out greater quantities.

“We’re running three presses at the moment, we’ve got six additional presses waiting at the docks,” Rigby explains. “We need an extra 7” press and we need two extra 12” presses, with that means we’ve got the capability to do picture discs and 10” as well.

If we’ve got extra capacity, one machine goes down,

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we’ve got an extra one to back it up. The instillation of this new gear is massive.”

Examining the recent titles sitting in boxes and on shelves, it’s obvious many local labels have taken advantage of the fact that they can speak to someone in Brunswick rather than await an email from the other side of the world. For Rigby, this convenience and level of customer service are an essential part of their business. “[Here], They can attend the session, talk to the cutting engineer, he can do some test cuts, evaluate options and do it quickly,” he says. “If they’re going overseas it might be two weeks before they hear back.

There’s often jobs that really need to get out quick, so that was driving the need to have a plant here. There was one last week, we had to hand glue 100 covers just to get the first lot out. An offshore plant is going to finish the job and then send it, they’re not going to send you dribs and drabs. And it’s good because people can come down and pick their stuff up.”

Over his time with Zenith, Rigby has seen trends emerge. Last year, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizzard released Polygondwanaland, making it not only free to download but giving fans the vinyl master files with their permission to reproduce the record however they liked.

“They’re a very vinyl-centric band, everyone had a race to put their own spin on the King Gizzard thing,” Rigby says. “We had five customers all have their own custom labels, custom jackets ordering anywhere between 200-300 units. I think there was a couple of days where we just had the plates on, changed the labels, ‘It’s this guy, he wants the blue and red with the white splatter, the next guy wants the fluorescent green with the black splatter’. And that stuff is going for like $250 on Discogs. No other band would do that, I think it was a fantastic initiative.”

Besides the Australian market, Zenith have established connections amongst the global manufacturing community. They service a lot of Asia, but are able to work with existing plants around the world.

“We do stuff for a plant in America who don’t do 7”, we probably do five titles for them a week,” Rigby says. “We were doing a lot of 12” for a plant that’s setting up in Chile, stuff for India, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Zealand. We take up the slack for the internationals and they’re really happy with it.”

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Zenith Records is located at 5/153155 Donald St, East Brunswick. You can find more information about their products and services via their website.

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Dixons

What sets your store apart from other record stores? Our range. We sell everything at Dixons, from classical to country to jazz to punk. It’s a very broad spectrum.

What’s your best advice for record collectors? Buy what you like, don’t get too excited just because something is hard to find, buy the stuff you love. Buy it when you see it, if you really want something and you know it’s hard to find, grab it, it might not be there when you come back. Support your local record stores, I know you can sometimes find records a bit cheaper online, some records are much easier to get overseas, and we all know how much it costs to send records over here.

How do you source your records? All our stock comes from our customers; we’ve got new stock walking in the door everyday. Our customers love to bring in their old records (and CDs and DVDs) and trade them in for some new stuff.

What can people expect if they visit you on Record Store Day? Record Store Day is a fun day at our stores, all the staff are excited about it and we hope all our customers will have a fun time, pick up a few bargains, or maybe grab a big ticket title they have been eyeing while it’s discounted.

Are you holding any special events for Record Store Day? We are having 20% off all stock (excluding new vinyl).

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What sets your store apart from other record stores? I think it’s all in the atmosphere, the stock, the staff, the service and the good vibes that we offer.

What can people expect if they visit you on Record Store Day? There will be lots of new stock on racks and RSD limited releases, as well as a full day of live music, giveaways and seriously good vibes. It’ll be a total “feel good” day!

What do you love about vinyl records? That they are bringing more people back into real record stores. I think the look, sound and beauty of vinyl is encouraging a whole lot of folk to truly engage with music again.

What’s the first record you remember purchasing? Nina Simone’s Here Comes The Sun. It’s still an all-time fave.

Tell us a highlight of your past Record Store Day events. The past ten have all been great, in particular having both Billy Bragg and Joe Henry as part of our live music lineup last year was pretty damn special.

What do you love most about Record Store Day? Getting to see so many smiling faces in our store.

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Record Paradise

What sets your store apart from other record stores? We have a great warehouse space in Brunswick which allows us to host artists in our local hub and support vinyl releases, we also have a huge archive of recycled records from all genres.

What’s the first record you remember purchasing? Paul’s is the Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown and Renae’s was Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me 7”.

What Record Store Day releases are you most looking forward to? Tumbleweed Daddy Long Legs 7”, Tom Waits - Orphans coloured, Cure picture discs and Courtney Barnett 12”.

Which record do you think will be the most popular on Record Store Day? Mod Con, Camp Cope, Amyl and the Sniffers, we think people will buy local this year.

What’s your best advice for record collectors? Records are for life - not just for Record Store Day.

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Goldmine Records

Check out Record Paradise at 15 Union Street, Brunswick.

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If you could add one rare record to your collection, which would it be? Nirvana’s fourth album What’s your best advice for record collectors? Don’t believe the hype. Buy records because you love the music, not because it’s some fancy 300g Chai Latte coloured vinyl, limited to 23-anda-half copies and comes with a free beard comb. Get diggin’, it’s amazing what you can find from a time before ‘limited edition’ became a means for selling music.

What can people expect if they visit you on Record Store Day? Loads of RSD exclusives and over 2000 fresh secondhand records hitting the racks including rock, hip hop, metal, jazz, blues, soul, disco, oz, indie, soundtracks and more. There’s so many goodies, and even a brightly coloured dog.

What do you love about vinyl records? Their roundness! Hmm, I just love them circles. So smoooth and curvy. MP3s don’t even have a shape, never mind any circles.

Why should record collectors visit your store? Because we have an awesome, ever-changing range of new and used vinyl that covers almost all genres. We’re friendly, we don’t judge, we’re willing to try anything and we here to help you find that special bit of music goodness. And we have a dog. And we sell plants too.

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Heartland Records

What sets your store apart from other record stores? Our massive range of titles, user-friendliness and our 25 years of experience set us apart from other record stores in a big way.

What Record Store Day releases are you most looking forward to? The Cure’s Torn Down, David Bowie’s Now, Mac Demarco with Old Dog Demos, Mastodon’s Emperor of Sand (picture disc) as well as The National’s Boxer (live), Neil Young’s Roxy (1973 live version), Pink Floyd’s Piper At The Gates (mono), Prince’s 1999, Soundgarden with A-sides, Madonna’s self titled picture disc offering and How Big The Space by Steven Wilson.

What can people expect if they visit you on Record Store Day? A friendly atmosphere with lots of like-minded people, all looking to find some great music to take home.

Are you holding any special events for Record Store Day? Besides opening our doors early at 9am, we are hosting plenty of giveaways and sale specials. This year we are also putting out lots of secondhand stock on the day, and there are some really exciting and unique items going out.

How many records do you generally stock? We usually stock between 7000 - 8000 new records in store, along with secondhand and sale items.

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Head to Heartland Records at 420-422 Victoria Street, North Melbourne.

What sets your store apart from other record stores? Our broad range of analogue audio equipment. We’re turntable/amp/speaker specialists – that’s our schtick. Other stores may have stronger knowledge for certain genres, but our expertise lies in drawing the best possible sound from your vinyl records.

What Record Store Day releases are you most looking forward to? Zeppelin’s first ever RSD title, a yellow 7” release. Also stoked for Florence + The Machine’s last minute 7” RSD release, it’s the first single from their forthcoming album High As Hope. Cool to see RSD recognised as a platform to launch new major titles.

What’s your best advice for record collectors? Get some audio gear worthy of your collection. I know people who have beautiful record recollections but really average record players, amps or speakers. You’re missing a lot of the beauty cut into those LPs. What can people expect if they visit you on Record Store Day? A shitload of limited edition RSD titles, storewide discounts, clearance records, equipment specials and good tunes played on sticky black wax – very loudly – all day long. Plus, our Brunswick store has a number of established Melbourne DJs doing sets at our stunning new DJ booth throughout the day.

What do you love about vinyl records? Everything. The way some collections stare at you from the shelves with the same prestige and history of great leather-bound libraries. The conversations they inspire. The respect they garner. The sounds they create. It’s their lustre, their weight, their purchase in your hand. It’s everything.

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Like Butter

Rathdowne Records

Who came up with the idea for your crates? The crates were originally made as Christmas presents for my family. I think I made 15 from plywood scraps lying around the workshop. I recently found number 14 at my sister’s place. It looks so rough compared to how we make them now.

We’ve seen them everywhere, are they your most sold product?

Yes, the crates are our most popular item. We’ve made over 8000 of the original large size and about another 4000 of the various other sizes. Many of the Butters have made them over the years but for the last three or four years Tom has made every one himself. He does a brilliant job.

How many different ways can you use them? They get used for everything but one of my highlights was a crate where the client had cut slots in the front, screwed it to the wall and used it as a bike rack, then stored his helmet and gear in the remaining space.

What accessories look great with crates? Plants. The ply looks great with some foliage. Sonia Rentsch styled the first product shoot for the crates and we traipsed around the neighbourhood borrowing leaves and small branches to style the shoot with. Still one of my favourite photo series I’ve done for Butter. Sonia is the best.

What are your top five favourite records? I don’t like playing favourites but my top five albums in no particular order are Department of Eagles – In Ear Park, Joan as Police Woman – The Deep Field, Sharon Van Etten – Are We There, Leftfield – Leftism and The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs. likebutter.com.au

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Like Butter is located at 6 Elizabeth Street, Kensington. You can check out their full range and purchase products via their website.

What sets your store apart from other record stores? Deep crates.

I’ve tried to strike a balance for collectors, bargain hunters and DJs and I spend literally all my time playing, grading and pricing new arrivals and I try to source the best value press for the best price.

Do you specialise in any particular genres? There’s half a room for jazz and another half a room of hip hop. There’s tables of soul, funk, disco, house and techno. One wall is dominated by tropical, anime, library, Japanese and Euro grooves. Our collection of rock, metal, indie and punk is two tables full, not to forget soundtracks and classical.

What’s been the best record find you’ve ever made? Signed records from people as varied as Jeff Buckley, Wayne Shorter and Gene Krupa.

How do you source your records? A trade secret, but I look out for original US presses in hip hop and jazz and ‘70s Japanese pressings across the board, not to neglect local vintage pressings too.

Are you holding any special events for Record Store Day? We’ve got all day DJs to soundtrack your digging, including PBS’ DJ Coco Brown and Joshua Hodson-Smith. We’ve even spread to Bar 303 across the road where Lake Minnetonka are performing a Rathdowne Wrecka Stow Day from 4pm so you can party on into the evening.

How many records do you generally stock? There’s around 10,000 records and a backlog of over 7,000 records. facebook.com/rathdownerecords

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Jazz Party Coming off a summer tour to promote their debut LP Monday Night, Jazz Party are taking over The Tote in May for one last celebratory hurrah.

Singer Loretta Miller says that the band feels good about the great shows they’ve played over the hot, summer months but are relieved now that they’re at the tail end of the tour. “It’s time to rest up,” she says.

“I’m looking forward to getting to do some more writing and creating because we’ve been so busy we haven’t had time to do that.”

The idea to hold a Tote Takeover came about because Jazz Party were planning on taking a bit of a break from gigging to re-focus. They thought before they did that, they needed to throw a massive party and have one last night of fun. “We’ve been crazy busy. A lot of us are in a million bands and we find that we can definitely lose time to be creative and it’s really important to us to just have space and time to allow that to happen,” Miller says.

“There are a few bands around that we really love to play with, it’s almost like throwing a house party with a bunch of bands playing that you love and are your mates. It’s going to be a curated night of good times.

“My hope is that people won’t see it as just another Jazz Party show, but rather as a night of music that you can come and experience,” she says.

“There will be all kinds of different things going on and different styles so I hope people come and see the whole thing and not just look at it like it’s just another Jazz Party gig.”

The band has stated that they feel most comfortable playing in a dive bar venue where everything is dark, loud and spontaneous and everyone’s there to have a good time. Miller believes that The Tote will suit them perfectly for this because the venue is a grungy rock’n’roll hall. Although it doesn’t seem like a natural place for a jazz band to

“The aim is to always keep creating, I think that’s the most important thing.” play, she has always looked at Jazz Party as more of crazy, loose, rock’n’roll vibe approach to jazz anyway.

“I think it’ll be fun, it’ll be loose,” she says. “We haven’t played a Melbourne bandroom gig in ages so I’m looking forward to doing that again, getting off the festival stage and being a little bit freer. It’s our own show so we can do whatever we want. Just be loose, be spontaneous, hopefully everyone will go there with us.”

The Tote Takeover will also be another chance to celebrate the release of ‘Magic Man’ as a new single from the LP. Miller says that the band never planned to release it as a single originally but it got such a great reception that it seemed natural to give it a go and push it out as a single. “It’s a great one to perform,” Miller says. “It’s very powerful and intense. It’s a fun song, one of my favourites to do at the moment.”

Once this is all over, Miller says Jazz Party is ready to lay low for a while and keep creating new

music and see where it takes them as a band. “The aim is to always keep creating, I think that’s the most important thing,” she says. “I think we’ve done a great job at playing the same songs for a very long time and keeping them feeling alive. People have seen our gigs over and over and we play a lot of the same material and they keep coming back and we all still enjoy it. Obviously for us, we would like to just have new material. We’re going to see where it grows and where it goes and I think the audience would love that. We’ll just see where it takes us.”

By Ellen Rosie

Johnny Cash: Forever Words It’s been nigh on 15 years since JR joined a heavenly host of country greats, but his words are getting a fresh lease on life as muso mates morph a treasure trove of his material into new songs on Johnny Cash: Forever Words. Coming to us courtesy of singer, songwriter, producer and author John Carter Cash Jnr – June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash’s only child – the album takes a swag of Cash Snr’s previously unpublished poems and gives them a loving workout in the hands of artists spanning Wille Nelson and Kris Kristofferson through to Elvis Costello, T. Bone Burnett and Alison Krauss.

In the year’s since Cash Snr’s passing, Carter Cash Jnr has tended the family legacy with respect and love, being careful only to release material of which he’s certain his old man would approve. Thus far, the Carter-Cash clan has released material including Out Amongst The Stars, which explored Cash Snr’s oft ignored ‘80s output, and now Forever Words and its companion reader Forever Words: The Unknown Poems.

Carter Cash Jnr has some unwritten rules about the things to which he’ll loan his old man’s name. The approach is intuitive. “Follow the heart,” Carter Cash Jnr explains of his guiding principle. “For every one that was kept, two were set aside in consideration for this project. It had to be something I felt firmly he

Jazz Party will be taking over the Tote on Friday May 4.

Monday Night is out now.

“It’s a continuance of my father’s voice. Someone else is singing the words, but it’s his words extended beyond his own personal mortal frame.” would have wanted to be released.

“But then, also, my father took chances. He always took chances in this life. He said, ‘Follow your heart, do what you believe is right.’ That’s sort of what this is about. It’s about being able to say that in the spirit of my father’s own creativity, here is a song being interpreted in a genre of music that might not be expected. But my father did many unexpected things over the years, like recording songs by hard rock and electronic artists. He would champion someone like Bob Dylan in the early ‘70s when no one was appreciating Mr Dylan for his artistry.”

That said, sifting through the belongings of someone who’s beloved and now deceased can be a bitter sweet experience, but for Carter Cash Jnr it’s a labour of love. “It was a matter of the heart,” he says. “So many thousands of pieces of paper. The years went by and I started to preserve those. I found 200 previously unpublished poems and works there, and out of those, there were 60 or 70 that were astoundingly and undeniably beautiful: strong, diverse. Everything from whimsical to steadfast to spiritual to love letters to gut-wrenching, life-pain experience. There was so much there. I felt my father’s voice and the strength of his character in those words.”

Not that his legion of devoted fans required convincing, but part of the inspiration for the project was

to establish Cash Snr’s chops as a literary figure, all of which led Carter Cash Jnr to hooking up with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon to edit the collection for the purposes of the book. As it turned out, they were just warming up. “It was a sounding board for the project in the beginning – it was a foundation,” Carter Cash Jnr explains. “But then I heard music, melody.”

The album starts with Kris Kristofferson reciting the poem, ‘Forever’ while Willie plays the guitar in the background. Take a listen, but brace yourself – it’s a poignant moment. Carter Cash Jnr notes that his dad wrote the words in the last days of his life, and while they kickstart the album, they also sum up its ethos perfectly.

“It’s a continuance of my father’s voice,” Carter Cash Jnr muses. “Someone else is singing the words, but it’s his words extended beyond his own personal mortal frame and a new song being sung.” Then, in the rumbling timbre he shares with his old man, Carter Cash Jnr recites the verse, and we’re almost undone.

“You tell me that I must perish, as the flowers that I cherish, nothing remaining of my name, nothing remembered of my fame, but the trees I planted are still young, the songs that I sang will still be sung.”

Johnny Cash: Forever Words is out now via Sony.

By Meg Crawford

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Interviews

A Perfect Circle A Perfect Circle’s new album is their first since the Myspace era.

Much has been made of the altmetal supergroup’s reassembly after 14 years spent mostly on other projects. But this isn’t a comeback, says founding member Billy Howerdel.

“The mechanism of time is going to do something to you, inevitably, but this isn’t a record that took 14 years to make,” says Howerdel of the band’s new album, Eat the Elephant. “We wanted to get out there and remember what it was to be A Perfect Circle onstage, and to translate that into the studio recording. That concentrated effort has very much been stamped onto this last year, not some sort of ongoing struggle.”

Howerdel began work on Eat the Elephant in January 2017 with Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. In contrast to the churning and at times bombastic sound of APC, Howerdel takes a meticulous approach to composition.

“Letting growth happen, not falling into comfortable routines – I think that’s the most challenging part,” says Howerdel. “Self-governance is like trying to get off coffee. You can do it, but it kind of sucks for a while. I think we struck a good balance with this record. There are a lot of things from the past that we could have leaned comfortably on, but we tried to stay anchored to who we are while also moving forward. That’s part of the struggle of making a great record, especially after all this time.”

While Howerdel and Keenan shared a lead vocals credit on 2004’s eMOTIVe, the only voice on Eat the Elephant is Keenan’s. The decision emerged while the two worked separately, Howerdel at his

“Selfgovernance is like trying to get off coffee.

You can do it, but it kind of sucks for a while.” home in Arizona and Keenan in LA with Mat Mitchell of Puscifer. As Howerdel assembled the instrumental tracks, Keenan sent him completed vocal tracks displaying a striking range. It’s difficult to believe that the voices at the centre of the ethereal ‘Disillusioned’ and of the ragged, outraged ‘The Doomed’ belong to the same person.

“It wasn’t really talked about – it was just the way it evolved,” says Howerdel. “With Maynard working away from me, I got to hear the vocals blasted all at once instead of it just trickling in. It was an interesting perspective to hear it like that, and to add the final touches. Maynard has so many different colours to his voice on this record.”

In 2017, Howerdel made his first foray into movie scoring, writing the score for D-love, an archetypal quirky indie-drama that went on to top the Kansas International Film Festival. Working on the film gave Howerdel a new perspective on collaborative composing, he says.

“You’re writing in service to the film, not to satisfy your own ego,” says Howerdel. “It gave me a lot of different ways to look at orchestration and colours in music, and working with a director to try to communicate her vision. I was trying to do the same sort of thing with Maynard – writing in service

of getting Maynard’s best vocal performance.”

A Perfect Circle is currently preparing Eat the Elephant for a three-month tour of the US and Europe. Although the band won’t be hitting Australia, Howerdel intends to tour Down Under again in the future, he says.

“In the States, I particularly like playing Texas, and I think Australia is similar in that people are genuinely psyched to be there,” says Howerdel.

“They’re not sitting there with their arms crossed.

You feel a lot coming back at you.”

After the album tour, Howerdel intends to turn his focus to Ashes Divide, his cult solo project that has lain more or less dormant since 2013.

“I can’t talk about every little detail, but I will certainly be cranking the Ashes Divide engine back up when the time is right,” says Howerdel. “Actually, some of the songs that I thought were going to be on the next Ashes record have ended up on Eat the Elephant.”

In the meantime, Howerdel is focusing on retooling Eat the Elephant for live performance, in collaboration with Keenan.

“The record is done, but the process is still underway,” he says. “That’s the part I enjoy.”

By Zachary Snowdon Smith

Dr. Octagon

“I think as you grow to understand music, the greatest music is the music that’s not played, meaning the space you leave for the intent.”

The year was 1996 and hip hop was in a transitional phase. Having found popularity among an increasingly diverse fan base, the genre was encompassing a broader range of sounds and reflecting the varied tastes of its listeners.

In the same year that Tupac and Dr. Dre rode the charts with ‘California Love’, The Fugees dropped The Score, and DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing….. showed what was possible with samples and an MPC60.

Among such an atmosphere, another landmark album, Dr. Octagonecologyst, added its voice – again taking hip hop in a new direction thanks to the abstract, character-driven lyrics of Kool Keith, the turntable skills of DJ QBert, and the moody production of Dan the Automator.

The record, credited to Dr. Octagon, established Kool Keith outside of his group, the Ultramagnetic MCs, and led to the Automator becoming an in-demand producer. Twenty-two years later comes Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation, an unlikely reunion that promises to revisit and update the Octagon vision with all three members returning to the fold.

“The reason we never did another record had to do with Keith. He’s a free spirit kind of guy,” laughs the Automator, AKA Daniel Nakamura. “Basically, when he was ready to do it, he called to let me know he was serious. I started putting together some sketches, he came and stayed with me, and we worked on it. He did his lyric stuff in maybe a week or so and then I went and did the rest.”

One would imagine that Dr. Octagonecologyst would be an intimidating act to follow, with its liberal use of live instrumentation, horror-film-style sound effects, and the occasional bit of rock guitar and drum’n’bass beats making it both a product of its time and completely out of step with the world around it.

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“The difference between that record and this was when I did the first record it was fresh, I’d never done anything like that,” says Nakamura. “I’d never done distortion guitars for example. But now Dr. Octagon has an established style, so when I did the second record I was trying to figure out what I could [make] that was the re-do of what already happened but was still true to the Dr. Octagon nature. It has more to do with judgement and feeling, I don’t know what is or what isn’t, I just know when I hear it.”

Prior to Dr. Octagon, audiences had only heard Kool Keith’s fast paced vocals set against the boom-bap beats and James Brown samples of the Ultramagnetic MCs, whereas the woozy synths of tracks like ‘Halfsharkalligatorhalfman’ allowed him the space to truly stretch out vocally – a characteristic that continues on Moosebumps.

“I think I’m more aware of trying to leave space, so when I do a record now I do my best to leave what I can to the imagination,” says Nakamura. “I think as you grow to understand music, the greatest music is the music that’s not played, meaning the space you leave for the intent.”

The road to Moosebumps has had some unusual

twists, with the record being labelled as ‘the true sequel’ , as Kool Keith has put his name to two separate Octagon sequels in 2004 and 2006. Both albums seemed to be pieced together from half finished ideas and were met with muted critical reactions, and more importantly, were made without input from QBert or Nakamura.

“I don’t really care about that stuff, Keith is Keith,” says Nakamura. “Even the fake second record where some label gave him money, I’m not gonna stop a guy from making a few bucks. I never heard it but the guy called me up and asked me to mix it, and I said ‘No, this is not how an Octagon record gets made.’”

The new album has also resulted in Dr. Octagon becoming a live act for the first time, with all three members currently performing a string of dates across the US. “It’ll be interesting to see how it is after the record comes out, because the new songs, people don’t know ‘em so it’s always a little more complicated. And because they never got to see the first record toured – there’s a lot of classics on that first record as far as I’m concerned. If I was going to the show I’d want to hear ‘em.”

By Alex Watts

Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation is out now via Bulk Recordings/Caroline Australia.

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On what became his final statement, Gurrumul has pushed his artistic vision further than anybody could have ever expected, and in his untimely passing has left behind an incredible gift for the country that he strived so hard to represent; a perfect musical representation of an artist whose music has traversed the globe and represented the best of Australia. Each piece is a full orchestral re-imagining of a traditional Indigenous arrangement sung entirely in Yolngu Matha dialects, bringing together Indigenous and canonically western music to create an absolutely breathtaking listening experience.

The emotional range present throughout is astounding; Gurrumul’s transcendent voice soaring above the arrangements and taking the listener on an emotional rollercoaster that doesn’t let you rest until the very last note.

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Albums

Reviews

Elephant Room

8.0

Melbourne indie-rockers Fan Girl have crafted a sound reminiscent of Led Zeppelin on Elephant Room, through psychedelic guitars and angst-ridden vocals.

The album proves they’re a force to be reckoned with, through powerful songs like ‘Disappear’, ‘Posca Veins’ and ‘Talk’.

The ten-track work encapsulates the pure passion everyone feels at some point in their lives, with songs about the turmoil of relationships, acceptance, and just all-round rock’n’roll (in the most hotel-smashing way).

“You know it hurts real bad/And it’s really hard to picture/ When you talk like that/It’s really hard to kiss you” from single ‘Small Town’ sheds light on the obscurities of relationships accompanied with a concoction of psychedelic garage vibes and incredibly catchy lyrics.

Although they’re young, Elephant Room shows the sixpiece firing on all cylinders. Keep an eye on them.

By Roxanne Mezher

George Ezra

staying at tamara’s

8.0

Lying on a deck chair with an endless supply of mojitos in the Caribbean is what listening to staying at tamara’s sounds like.

From the crunch of George Ezra’s Gretsch guitar to his signature dulcet baritone vocal, there is a lot to love about his sophomore album. While there doesn’t seem to be a big ‘Budapest’-esque hit immediately present, the songwriting feels mature and succinct.

The summery laidback vibes roll out through tracks ‘Paradise’, ‘Shotgun’, and ‘Don’t Matter Now’, which all have a sexy swagger to them provided by the bass line. Flourishes of horn arrangements sweep in and out of these tracks, adding to the relaxed nature in the instrumentation. staying at tamara’s is built in two halves. The first is calypso sunshine vibes, with tracks glimmering on the surface like a wave riding into shore. The second half, driven by Ezra’s lovestruck lyricism, draws you in to listen to the singer-songwriter.

Through the halves, Ezra shows he has the ability to craft tracks to both make you kick out the jams on the dance floor and grab your partner for a slow waltz.

Powerful, groovy songwriting.

By Tex Miller

(Spunk! Records)

(Sony Music)

(Caroline Australia)

Fan Girl

Big White

Street Talk

6.5

Longing for a time when The Associates, Au Pairs or the likes meant something? New South Wales travellers Big White take us on a journey through an ‘80s obsessed scene. ‘Right Before Everything Dies’ lets loose a little synthy frivolity, ‘How Did You Find Out’ leaves more questions than answers, although ‘She Belongs To No One’, is rather fab. Think The Go Betweens and The Cure as unlikely bedfellows. The tumbling enthusiasm displayed is hard to resist and clocking in at just on 35 minutes is just right.

The ten songs are all rather palatable, although everything would take a great leap forward if the songs were more than just a fading Xerox of an earlier time spent stumbling out of dodgy nightclubs. ‘Do You Really Wanna Dance’ is hardly convincing but Big White plough through a furrow that should not be commercially thankless. ‘Pleasure’ freewheels though disparate elements that are brought together under the Big White banner, as most band members are also keen pursuers of side projects.

The little “woah” at the end of ‘I Know What You Mean’ hints that they can craft songs that are built to last and lean on the right side of cool. Yet there is the nagging thought that too many songs hold the semblance of a band spreading itself thin.

By Bronius Zumeris

I Am Human

8.5

I Am Human is raw and riveting, taking the listener through the twists and turns of a dark and immersive journey. Opener ‘Beautifully Tragic’ resonates with pure metalcore bliss and enticing guitar streaks, as vocalist Craig Mabbitt creates a sensory experience for the listener. Love, friendship, pain, heartbreak, longing – all these themes ring true throughout this album, depicting the depth of emotion Escape the Fate have been experimenting with.

The title track is enlightening and liberating, encouraging the listener to seek authenticity and embrace their identities and quirks. The chorus is majestic, as Mabbitt sings ‘I am strong, I am weak, I am everything in between. I am proud to be me, I am human’.

This line alone shows Escape the Fate spreading their wings and embracing their journey as a band. It’s awesome to witness them evolve, as they dig deep into their vulnerable selves to project a cathartic work of art that presents their emotional maturity.

Another firecracker is ‘Empire’, with heavy guitars and drums that make the listener want to throw themselves into a moshpit. Closer ‘Let Me Be’ is an ignition of hope, a sweet ode to potential and everlasting love.

I Am Human is a wonderful, heartfelt listen.

Frankie Cosmos

Vessel

8.0

What seems like indie music’s next big sound has actually been recording since 2009. After experimenting with a batch of different monikers, New York City’s Greta Kline released the 2014 album Zentropy under her current name, Frankie Cosmos.

The new album is Vessel, her third under the Cosmos name and her first with the legendary Sub Pop label. Naturally, the music sounds tighter, brighter, and slicker than ever before but still encapsulates her charm. Kline’s songs are usually compact poems that rarely go over the three-minute mark. She has a talent for dropping subtle confessions.

On ‘Duet’, Kline writes a list of those she’s kissed, “The list is a million yous long,” she sings, “just yous all the way down.” There’s a sense of purity in her voice, under the strum of unassuming guitars.

‘As Often As I Can’ is only 36 words long at just a hair over a minute – she repeats the phrase “I love you so/I let you know/As often as I can” twice. It’s another sweet moment on the album. ‘Being Alive’ reminds her listeners that pain comes with existence, “Being alive/Matters quite a bit/Even when you/ Feel like shit.”

It’s ok to feel blue, just as long as you leave time for love – that’s the mantra of Vessel.

(Columbia Records)

(Sub Pop/Inertia)

(Better Noise Records/Sony)

Escape The Fate

The Vaccines

Combat Sports

9.0

UK rock doesn’t get as much airplay here as it did a few years back, but that certainly doesn’t mean the quality of music from up there isn’t still brilliant.

Never has that been more clearly shown than in The Vaccines’ fourth record, Combat Sports. Since their 2011 debut What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, the West London band hasn’t put a foot wrong.

This album is wall-to-wall highlights. From the wailing guitars and downtrodden beat of album opener ‘Put It On A T-Shirt’ to infectious woo-woohing lead single ‘I Can’t Quit’, this is the record you should hand to the friend that wants to get into Britpop all over again.

You’ll struggle to find a song as catchy as ‘Your Love Is My Favourite Band’. ‘Maybe (Luck of the Draw)’ is a slower midalbum jaunt, but it feels heartfelt while still being a toe-tapper.

Second single ‘Nightclub’ is a heady rock juggernaut that gets better with every listen. The end of the album is so solid that the songs here could’ve been at the start, and the album would feel just as incredible.

Combat Sports showcases why The Vaccines are one of the UK’s best rock bands.

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Profiles

Ani-K

What is your first memory of music? My first memory of music is sort of strange, my mum and I were in the car one day and an Enya song came on and I had no idea how but I knew the melody. It was so strange, but I found out later that mum played the song regularly when I was a baby.

When did you realise you loved to perform? I think I’ve always loved performing - I’ve always been quite dramatic. I was a big culprit of the ‘mum, dad, watch this’ trope as a kid, but I’m glad that it became more productive as I got older.

Who are your biggest influences and how do they inspire you? My biggest influences would be the divas, I would love to have Beyonce’s voice. I also love more alternative artists like Frank Ocean, and I love the stories he tells with his music.

What were your experiences like touring the U.S? I love travelling and performing, so really it was two of my favourite things combined.

I met some amazing artists and creators, and I was so inspired by the creativity around me. There was also great food so all round, it was a fantastic experience.

Where do you see your career in ten years time? I would love to be touring the world in ten years with a great catalogue of work. I really want to help people, so to be involved in charity and activism work on a larger scale than what I’m doing today would be fantastic.

Music

Ani-K’s new single ‘Reckless’ is available now on all major platforms.

You can keep up to date with her announcements via her Facebook page.

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Fatty Boomba

When did you start making music and what led you there? I started writing music a long time ago, I was originally in a rock band and wanted something a little different where I could express myself musically without the ‘genre’ specific label. I feel my music has developed a lot over the years and I really like not being bound to a particular niche.

What do you love about making music? Hearing people say they were inspired by my music or that listening to a song of mine motivated them is a truly awesome feeling.

Tell us about your new track, ‘Mean Machine’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Mean Machine’ is a motivational song, it’s written with the aim to get you off your seat and achieve goals but most importantly I really want people to take out of it what they want, so it’s got a wide appeal.

What is the best thing you learned through being involved in the International Songwriting Competition? I honestly don’t know if I learned anything from that experience but reviewing the songs next to mine was very inspiring.

What secrets can you tell us about your next release?

All I can say for the time being about the next release is that it’s written about girls. facebook.com/fattyboombamusic

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HONK

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

We are school mates who used to make music together in the late 1980s. HONK officially came together two years ago to honour the closing of a friend’s pub in Abbotsford. That was so much fun we started writing songs and hit the studio last year.

What do you love about making music? Collaborating is the best bit.

Writing and recording our own songs was ridiculous fun, and watching people dance when playing them in pubs is the cherry on top.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it?

We are all outlaw country tragics, so there’s a lot of common love of the rough diamonds of the 1970s. We write songs about the underdog, about losing in love, falling asleep on trains, and perhaps overindulging.

It’s not just country though - we also blend in rock, blues, boogie, jazz and soul. It’s music that is meant to be fun, and meant to be played live.

Tell us about your forthcoming album. What is the story behind it?

What inspired it? The debut EP Never Planned is a six track effort which will be followed by a full length LP in September. The title track is a story of lost love, misguided revenge, and unrepentant retrospection.

Some of the story in the song is true, but not much. The other feature song ‘She Picks Me Up’ is about the shortest of all relationships.

What can we expect from the live show? The music is pretty diverse and there are enough show-offs in the band to keep people interested. Just don’t stand too close to the bass player.

Music

HONK will launch their debut release Never Planned at The Standard Hotel, Fitzroy on Sunday April 29.

Head down at 5pm, entry is free.

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Fatty Boomba’s single ‘Mean Machine’ is out now, and you can keep up to date on their Facebook page ahead of their upcoming release.

Nathan Power

How would people describe your sound? And what led you in this particular direction? My music borrows inspiration from both the country and blues scenes, but mostly comes from a love of ‘60s folk singer-songwriters. I discovered Laura Marling’s music and followed its roots back to Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Jackson C. Frank.

Of all the live shows you’ve played, what is your fondest memory?

My EP launch in March was pretty magic. I had a full band backing me up and a great crowd to perform for. There were crowd singalongs, a little bit of dancing and my first ever public guitar solo.

How do you keep things feeling fresh with each new performance?

I change things up a lot, I’ve got a couple of songs where I often forget lyrics so I use it as an opportunity to improvise verses. I mash songs together live, add sections and extend bits.

Out of all the songs you have under your belt, which would you recommend as a starting point for new fans and why? ‘Growing Thin’. I released a music video for it earlier this year and it really sets the tone for the live show. It’s about finding someone warm to love in the winter and then leaving them when the weather changes.

What do you love about the Melbourne music scene? The sheer number of gigs on offer. It’s great to be able to go out any night of the week and catch amazing friends playing. nathanpowermusic.com

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Catch Nathan Power playing the Wesley Anne Front Bar on Thursday April 19 and Thursday April 26 from 6 – 8pm, as well as South East Feast in Berwick on Saturday April 21.

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Nath Keith Valvo Sykes

How​ ​did​ ​you​ ​first​ ​get​ ​into​ ​music? My​ ​interest​ ​in​ ​music​ ​piqued​​ when​​I​​heard​​The​​Beatles on​​the​​wireless. I discovered​the​​pirate​​ radio​ ​stations​ soon after​ and spent a lot of time listening to them at night. Bands like​ ​The​ ​W ho​ and Jimi​ ​Hendrix​ entered my consciousness, but it was Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo​ ​Child (​Slight​​ Tell us about your show. Show Pony has a lot of jokes in it. I Return)’​ that totally ​convinced​ ​me​ ​that guitar​ ​would​ b ​ e​ ​fun​ ​to​​ think? I hope. I’m covering the extreme taboo issues lurking in play. Imagine being able to make an instrument scream like that. our society – like night markets, acai bowls and WhatsApp group Tell​ ​us​ ​about​ ​your​ ​influences. When​ ​Pink​ ​F loyd​ ​came​ ​on​ ​the​​ chat game play. scene​​​their​​song​​‘Arnold​​Layne’​​took​​me​​into another​​dimension.​​ The idea for the show was born when… Something rather big After​ ​Syd​ ​left​ ​and​ ​Gilmour​ ​joined,​ ​his sounds and techniques​​ happened not long after Australia voted yes to marriage equality. had​​a​​massive​​impact​​on​​me.​​I think that I’ve encapsulated some No spoilers. of those early influences in the music I write.

Can you describe the journey of creating a show? A fuck Tell​​us​​about​​your​​new​​EP. Thoughts Around is an EP comprising tonne of notes in my phone. Sometimes I’ll stop someone mid four songs and two instrumentals. As with everything I write, sentence to write an idea down for a bit – what an absolute the songs and instrumentals are born from life experience. Pretty wanker I am. Phone notes turn into little bits to test at clubs much everyone can relate to those emotions. The listener can – then the bits that work slowly stay to build your hour. Once I take from the songs what they will, there’s no right or wrong figure out the hook for my show it seems to fall in place – I love conclusion. The tracks were written over about 18 months at jumping up at Adelaide Fringe to get the show tight for MICF.​ home. They were recorded at Ad Audio Studios in Melbourne.

What inspires you about MICF? It is the best month of What​ ​do​ ​you​ ​love​ ​about​ ​making​ ​music? The only person who the year. I see as many shows as I can – seeing my friends can decide what happens is you. It’s very cathartic locking myself work their sets up over a few months to come to full flight away, trying ideas, looking for sounds and tinkering around with is great. The bar just keeps rising and it’s an awesome guitars. I also like to use ‘field sounds’ in my music. It helps give kick in the arse to make your show as good as it can be.​ some context or even another dimension to songs.

Describe your show in three words. Fast. Jokes. Erratic. facebook.com/keithdavidmusic comedyfestival.com.au

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Keith Sykes’ EP Thoughts Around is out now, and available on CD Baby, Spotify, Nath Valvo will perform his show Show Pony until Sunday April 22 across various times at the Melbourne Town Hall Supper Room and ACMI Cube as part of the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Check out the MICF website for times and tickets.

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The The Stranger Charlies Suite

Who are we chatting to? You’re chatting to Rachael and I’m the guitarist (who also sings, but we all sing).

Who are we chatting to and what do you do in the band? My How did The Charlies get together? The three of us are really name is Patrick Ryan and I’m the guitarist for The Stranger Suite. close friends who met while studying Jazz at Monash Uni. We’ve What do you reckon people will say you sound like? While trying been friends for years and were all writing our own music and to avoid associating ourselves with specific artists, we hope it’s running our own bands, when Jess suggested we do a gig together apparent that we draw influence from 20th century American hip and sing harmonies on each other’s tunes. After that gig, we hop groups and artists, funk, modern beats and elements of jazz. looked at each other and thought, this was too fun, we need to What inspires your music most? For this ensemble, I think we use start a band together. our admiration and the teachings of other past and current live hip Tell us about your sound and what influences it? Our sound is hop derived groups to create our own fusion of modern hip hop that still evolving because we’re not a year old yet. I think the cohesive still relates and remains true to the old-school ways of the earlier element is the three-part vocal arrangements. We love singing in defining artists. harmonies and spend a lot of time arranging our songs so that If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical they have interesting vocal lines. heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? I have to be careful What is your favourite cover to play live and why? ‘Distance’ by here to represent the whole group and not just myself, but, I think Emily King. It’s a super groovy tune with killer harmonies. we’d all be quite curious to see how J Dilla would respond to our What’s your favourite part of making music? I love the way that work seeing as he had a great appreciation for jazz musicians and a music brings people together; to play together or to listen to a fantastic ear for how to manipulate time, groove and instrumentation band with your friends. For me personally, I love making music to create beats that are insanely unique. because it allows me to process what’s going on in my life and What can a punter expect from your live show? As a nine-piece creatively present what I’m learning about being a human, and band, we’re quite a spectacle. With three MCs matched with a hopefully that resonates with people. three-piece horn section and a well-fitted rhythm section, we aim What can we expect from a The Charlies performance? Tasty to put on a high-energy yet dynamic show that’s full of good times harmonies and funny banter. and grooves. facebook.com/thecharliesmelbourne facebook.com/thestrangersuite

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The Charlies will perform at Coburg The Stranger Suite will launch their two new singles ‘Selfish’ and ‘With You’ at The Evelyn Hotel on Friday May 4. Hoi Palloi and hip hop duo Jazz Infuser x Levasa will join as support. Grab tickets for $10 on the door.

Night Market on Friday December 8 with Mandy Connell Trio, Fem Belling, Quarter Street Orchestra, and Jungle City

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Gig Guide This Week Wednesday 18 April

Pink Harvest

The Workers Club Psychedelic rock outfit Pink Harvest will be ripping up The Workers Club for a good cause on Wednesday April 18. Supported by Majak Door and Kill The Darling, all proceeds from the gig will go towards supporting the Asylum Seeker’s Resource Centre in what is sure to be a killer night. Doors open at 8.30pm and entry is a fiver.

Carcosa

The Bendigo Hotel Explosive rock outfit Carcosa will be holding down The Bendigo Hotel on Wednesday April 18, with Mental Tremors and La Bronco joining them. Get down from 7.30pm to catch it all and entry is $10 on the door.

Gob Iron String Band

Charles Weston Born from a shared love of Cajun/Texan honkytonk tunes, the Gob Iron String Band are a fourpiece who are known for getting their crowds up and stomping. They’ll play Brunswick’s Charles Weston on Thursday April 19 and it’s all happening from 6.30pm. Free entry.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Alex Lahey + Eilish Gilligan + Bloods 170

Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $31.70.

Carcosa + Mental Tremors + La Bronco

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Elephant Hive + Creek Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Holiday Park + Sheraz + Which Old Witch

Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Nightclub + Sarah M. Chadwick + Bloody Hell Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Pink Harvest + Majak Door + Kill The Darling Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

Polaris + The Plot In You + Ambleside + Tapestry Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.

The Jungle Giants + Alice Ivy + Evan Klar

The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.00.

Dela Cáye Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm.

Elision Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:30pm. $50.00.

Julien Wilson Band + Flora Carbo Trio 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

Letters To You Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Lightly Toasted The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $20.00.

Qualia + Twelve Past Midnight + Sleeping Lessons Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

Unavantaluna + Charlie & Jensen Spotted

Winter Moon + The Nicoteenagers

The B. EAST Blues, soul and psych-rock inspired outfit Winter Moon are geared to play The B. EAST on Thursday April 19, joined by hometown up-andcomers The Nicoteenagers. It’s set to be a massive night of bands, while getting down early to enjoy some burgers and bevs is heavily encouraged. It’s all going down from 8pm and best of all, entry is free.

Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Wine Cheese And All That Jazz - Feat: The Fig Jazz Band (With Shimona) The

Moldy Fig, 12:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Cat Sanzaro Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:00pm.

Grand Piano Open Mic Compass Pizza,

Brunswick East. 7:30pm.

Jimi Hocking Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Lomond Acoustica - Feat: Buddy Knox + Paul Wookey + Aubrey Maher Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Open Mic Night Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:30pm.

Pablo Rivas & The Blue Diamond Band + Lu Carvalho Open Studio, Northcote.

King Cnut & The Waves

The Old Bar Melbourne five-piece King Cnut & The Waves will launch their brand new single ‘Find Yourself !’ at The Old Bar on Thursday April 19, with Gamjee and Porpoise Spit in tow as support.

Doors open from 7.30pm and entry is an easy $8.

Under The Southern Cross Metalfest

The Evelyn Hotel Returning for its tenth run, the metal festival dedicated to all facets of the genre, Under The Southern Cross, is heading to The Evelyn Hotel on Friday April 20. With a lineup headed

by Annihilist and featuring NECKGRIP, Decimated King, Fenrir and Afterburner, this one’s set to be an absolute belter. The doors open at 8.30pm and tickets are available for $15 via Oztix or $20 on the door.

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8:00pm. $5.00.

The Astruds Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

9:00pm.

The Collingwood Casinovas Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

Yukumbabe + Genuine Fake + Moon Rooney + Blue Vanity Yarra Hotel,

Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Thursday 19 April Hip Hop & R&B Gallery - Feat: Mzrizk + More Ferdydurke,

Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

It’s A Rap - Feat: Verocky + Manny Lado + Requiem + Velvet Sand + More Laundry

Bar, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

No Frills Thursdays Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

10:00pm. $5.00.

Tempo Thursdays - Feat: Various Djs Co.,

Southbank. 9:30pm.

The Drop - Feat: Lady Banton + Sean Deans + Nam + Rintrah Section 8,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music 30/70 + Cool Out Sun + Mzrizk Corner

Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Ad Lib Collective Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

Andrea Keller Transients Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

Syn Radio’s The Hoist Presents Tunes Of Fortune - Feat: Empire Park + Bad Bangs + Squid Nebula Workers Club, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $7.00.

The Beggars’ Way - Feat: The Southbound Snake Charmers + I Have A Goat + Hand Of Fear + Undamaged Whole

Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Throwback Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Tingy Celestino Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.

Winter Moon + The Nicoteenagers The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights

Asylum Sis†Ers + Giant Clam + Fritzwicky.

Good Grief 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Barney Mcall Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.

3181 Thursdays - Feat: Various Djs Revolver

Discoconutz - Feat: Various Djs Carlton

Match Fixer + Correct Line Post Office

7:30pm. $29.00.

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Echo Mono + Mihra + Steve Cousins

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $12.50.

Georgia Brooks Swingtet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.

James Franklin Band Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Lani Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Peter Cupples The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $30.00.

Rebecca Barnard + John Montesante Quintet The Water Rat Hotel, South

Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Ruby Page & The Joe Ruberto Trio Rising

Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Shangara Jive Open Studio, Northcote.

8:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Animal Hands + Saturn3 + Misssta Sooki

Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm.

Discotears + Fuzzsucker + Rogue Wavs

Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8.00.

Double Trouble - Feat: Jank Facques Toff

In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Gluten Priest + The Vacant Smiles + Little Elizabeth Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00.

Joe Sewer + Stoka + The Ians + The Trepids Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm.

$5.00.

John Garcia Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong.

8:00pm. $56.75.

Jump & Jive Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

King Cnut & The Waves + Gamjee + Porpoise Spit Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

La Tooze + Lou Davies + Castilles + The Velvet Club + Gumboot Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Letters To Lions + Jack The Fox + Terra Lightfoot + Slowcoaching Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Matt Bradshaw Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.

Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Thursgay - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s,

Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Chris Pickering Experiment + The Good Minus Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Gob Iron String Band Charles Weston

Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Hannah Campbell + Tess Guthrie The

Moldy Fig, 9:00pm.

In Oakleigh Tonight - Feat: Backsliders

Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:30pm. $18.00.

Musicland Open Choir Rehearsals - Feat: Various Artists Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm.

$5.00.

Nathan Power Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6:00pm.

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

Open Mic Night Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 7:00pm.

Friday 20 April Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Demon Days Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

$10.00.

Dj Chris Xynos Wesley Anne, Northcote.

9:00pm.

Eat Pant + Buzz & The Pickups + Beng

Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00.

Fabulous Diva - The Music Of Dr Nina Simone - Feat: Ruth Rodgers-Wright

Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00.

Steve Sedergreen (With Mal Sedergreen)

Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00.

Tamara Kuldin Quartet Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00.

The Afro Sambas (With Alda Rezende)

Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

8:00pm. $6.00.

Soft Power + Girlatones + Liam & Co. Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.00.

The James Morrison Quartet Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $55.00.

The Prince Experience Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $43.90.

The Slipdixies + Tony J King The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm.

The Wikimen Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm. $12.00.

$10.00.

$35.00.

Tlj Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood.

8:00pm.

Nocturnal - Music Cities Edition - Feat: Ecca Vandal + Birdz + Joey Lightbulb

Melbourne Museum, Carlton. 7:00pm. $25.00.

Sacred Order Of Magnitude + Justin Ashworth + Die Like A God + Kutuk Last

Sweet Charity O’ Mine - Feat: Various Artists Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

Sweetcheeks + The Daggar + The Piss Ciggys Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Tim Ries (With The Monash University Big Band) The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Featured Gigs

Buddy Knox

The Drunken Poet With festival notches such as Bluesfest, Woodford Folk Festival, Gympie Muster and Kiama Jazz n Blues festival on their belt, you’d best head down to The Drunken Poet this week to catch Buddy Knox doing their thing. The blues, soul, jazz and folk inspired act will play on Friday April 20 from 8.30pm and best of all, it’s all bloody free.

The Slipdixies

The Moldy Fig Blending vintage New Orleans jazz and blues of the ‘20s and ‘30s, The Slipdixies are a fivepiece from Melbourne formed in 2015. Their repertoire ranges from pulsing rhythms to laid back ballads and they’ll be bringing it all to The Moldy Fig on Friday April 20 with Tony J. King coming in as support from 6pm. Entry is free.

Waves And Lines - Feat: Rubiks Collective

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $39.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Adore Delano Chasers, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

$45.00.

After Works Drinks - Feat: Various Djs

Formation - Feat: Donny + And More

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

Fridays - Feat: Warsawyer + Cliftonia + Ben & Lil + More Carlton Club, Melbourne

One And Only - Adele Tribute Matthew

Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7:30pm. $15.00.

Polaris + The Plot In You + Ambleside

Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00.

Arrow On Swanston, Carlton. 6:00pm.

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

Riff Raiders + Miles Recommends + Jimmy Maddon Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Rocket Science + The Tiny Giants + Ms. 45 John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

$22.00.

Ruby Gill Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Acoustic Sessions - Feat: Various Artists

Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7:00pm.

Backsliders Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $25.00.

Buddy Knox Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:30pm.

Dan Sultan Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

7:30pm. $40.00.

Liam Flenady Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $39.00.

Pugsley Buzzard Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

Rhythm X Revival Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Rough Cut Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale.

8:00pm. $10.00.

The ‘Johnny Can’t Dance’ Cajun Trio

Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $5.00.

The Drunken Poachers + The Big Southern + Whiskey Dram Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar,

Rye. 8:00pm.

The Travis Winters Band Musicland,

Fawkner. 8:00pm.

Traditional Irish Music Session Drunken

Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

Saturday 21 Apr Hip Hop & R&B

Russia + The Night + Mylk + Lunar Tide

Big Dancing Saturdays Laundry Bar,

Mr. Mcclelland’s Finishing School

Shed Seven + The Demon Parade + White Summer Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

Chicken Wishbone Compass Pizza,

Pest Control - Feat: Scotty Pesticide

Silver Jubilee Rock Dogs Jumper Fundraiser - Feat: Vicuna Coat Duo + Rudely Interrupted Last Chance Rock And

Prahran. 9:00pm.

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. $15.00.

Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Revolver Fridays - Feat: Who + Acid Safari + Isaac Fryar + Mike Callander + More

Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

Suite 909 - Feat: Various Djs New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Action Sam Elephant & Wheelbarrow,

Melbourne. 11:00pm.

Alex Lahey + Eilish Gilligan + Bloods 170

Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

Astro Boys Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon. 10:00pm.

Bitch Diesel + Michael Beach + Easy Brown’s Truck Stop Chicken Jam Band + The Burbs Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm.

Cakefight + Tragic Carpet + Black Bats + Minus Us Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

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.

Countdown 80’S Musicland, Fawkner.

9:00pm.

Whole Lotta Love Since their debut album Live Like You Mean It dropped in November 2017, Melbourne rockers Riff Raiders have racked up a steady stack of gigs, earning themselves a reputation as electrifying live performers. They’ll play Whole Lotta Love on Friday April 20 with Miles Recommends and Jimmy Maddon as support. Kicks off at 9pm and entry is $10.

$24.19.

9:00pm.

Heath Renata Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

Jimpster + Hoops + Rob Anthony + Jay Ramon + Mel Hall + More Onesixone,

Riff Raiders

8:00pm. $14.30.

Pagan + Ferla + Loobs + Lost Talk + Bad Batch + Ecca Vandal (Dj Set) Northcote

6:00pm. $132.37.

Reverence Hotel Melbourne outfit Russia will be holding down The Rev on Friday April 20, bringing their infectious indie pop and funk-rock infused sound. In a heaving night of bands, the likes of The Night, Mylk and Lunar Tide are also set to join as support, when music kicks off from 8.30pm. Or, you can get down early for some of The Rev’s famous Mexican inspired fare first and really make a night of it. Entry is just $10.

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00.

Maja Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

Cbd. 5:00pm.

Istoria 2018 - Feat: Armin Van Buuren + Ørjan Nilsen + Will Atkinson + Ruben De Ronde Festival Hall, West Melbourne.

Russia

Maddy Jane + Clews + Stumps Gasometer

Moon Rooney + Jordan Oakley Band + Did Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Oh Mercy Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

11:00pm. $5.00.

The Old Bar Promising a stellar new band lineup and a slew of fresh tracks, Jackson Reid Briggs & The Heaters will be taking over The Old Bar on Friday April 20. With Ute Root, Mod Vigil and Dearth rounding out the night as support, this one has $10 entry and kicks off at 8.30pm. Get on it.

Northcote. 8:00pm.

New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

Dj Lion Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $20.00.

Chiladelphia Fridays - Feat: Various Djs

I’m Listening - Feat: Hip & Shoulder + Miranda Warning & Olly D + Matt Sab & Stalks Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

Jackson Reid Briggs & The Heaters

Lou Reed Party - Feat: Mama Golem + Kamikaze Nights + Noir + More 303,

Mod Con + Parsnip + The Stroppies + Sweet Whirl Band Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $7.00.

Compass Pizza South African-born songwriter Ruby Gill is on the verge of blowing up into a superstar, with her debut album Older highlighting her knack for intricate and poignant lyricism. She’ll be playing Compass Pizza on Friday April 20 from 8pm and entry is an easy $10.

Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

11:45pm.

Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

I Love Dancehall - Feat: Rebel Bass + So Fire + Sista Sara + Deklack + More Brown

Ruby Gill

Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last Chance

Cryptic Abyss + Greytomb + Solum + Headless + Fornicatador Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Delinski Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Dj Bana Lama Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

Edith Lane + Monkey Grip + Face Face + Erin Will Be Mad Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

$10.00.

Frenzal Rhomb + More Sooki Lounge,

Belgrave. 8:00pm. $34.70.

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00. $79.00.

Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm.

The Blackeyed Susans + Hungry Ghosts

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:30pm. $45.00.

The Fondue Set Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

The Racoons + Dj Matt Mcfetridge Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

Uncanny X-Men, Kids In The Kitchen + Dj Les Toth Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea

Heights. 8:00pm. $55.10.

Under The Southern Cross - Feat: Annihilist + Neckgrip + Decimated King + Fenrir + Afterburner Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.00.

Versus Party - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s,

Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Warhead + Enzyme + Blockade + Sistema En Decadencia + Pest Bendigo Hotel,

Electric Dreams - Feat: Various Djs Co.,

Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.

Khokolat Koated Saturdays - Feat: Damion De Silva + Durmy + More Khokolat

Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

Rhythm Nation Saturdays - Feat: Dj Timos + Dj Kahlua + More Chaise Lounge,

Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00.

Sampa The Great Night Cat, Fitzroy.

8:30pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Andrea Keller Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 2:00pm. $39.00.

Cannonball The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $25.00.

Cupid’s Cut Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Deans Of Soul Union Hotel (Brunswick),

B.East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

Whole Lotta Rosie + Live & Dangerous

Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington.

8:00pm. $28.60.

Hip Hop & R&B A Year In Rap - 2008 - Feat: 007Badass + Dezzy D + Larrie Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

After Hours - Feat: Kalala + Eneti + Earth + More Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. Faktory Fridays - Feat: Durmy + Salvy + Nova + Yaths + More Khokolat Bar,

9:00pm. $15.00.

Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

John Garcia Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $50.60.

La Danse Macabre Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9:00pm.

Belleville, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

White Bleaches + Carousel Club The

9:00pm.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Jake Bugg + Tyne-James Organ The

Curse Ov Dialect + Impossible Monsters

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

Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Jackson Reid Briggs & The Heaters + Ute Root + Mod Vigil + Dearth Old Bar, Fitzroy.

Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Daemos Griffin And The Fringe Dwellers + Destination Moon The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm.

Dancing In The Street – A Tribute To Motown Satellite Lounge, Mulgrave. 8:00pm.

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

Paris Plan Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

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

Halcyon Drive + Soft Corporate + Big Creature + The Brungas + 158 Show Dj’s

Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Retayner + Fatty Phew + Lumes + Mic Math + More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

Rnb Fridays Club - Feat: Various Djs Co.,

Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.

Thando + Zii + Zillanova​Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $20.00.

$22.00.

Brunswick. 9:00pm.

Emma Gilmartin Quartet Lido Jazz Room,

Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Hayley Stone + Carli James Open Studio,

Northcote. 5:30pm.

Kelsey James Quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Oscar Neyland Quartet Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Prince - A Tribute - Feat: Late Nite Tuff Guy Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm.

$50.83.

Renee Geyer Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $33.00.

Shanty Town Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm. $10.00.

The Afro Sambas (With Alda Rezende) - Feat: The Afro Sambas (With Alda Rezende) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.00.

The Jackson Duo Dainton Family Brewery, Carrum Downs. 7:00pm.

The James Morrison Quartet Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $55.00.

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

8:00pm.

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Featured Gigs The Mother Gurus + Yes Yes Whatever + Wasted Sun + Poison Peril Yarra Hotel,

Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

The Rookies The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11:00pm.

Unforgettable - A Tribute To Natalie Cole - Feat: Mel Searle Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Valentiine

Northcote Social Club They’ve been away for a little while, but being on hiatus can get super boring, so local trio Valentiine are back and ready to bring their tunes to your ears and the Northcote Social Club walls. To make things extra special, there will be a heap of new tunes on show as the group are getting ready to head into the studio and record album number two. It’s going down on Saturday April 21 from 8.30pm.

Warhead

Reverence Hotel Blazing Japanese hardcore metal band Warhead are down in Australia touring for the first time and will be hitting up Footscray’s Reverence Hotel on Saturday April 21. Brutal and blistering, this is not a band to be missed live.

Straight Jacket Nation, Blockade, Talc and Red Red Krovvy will be supporting, and it’s all set to go down from 8pm. Tickets are $20 on the door.

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $44.00.

Deja Vu Sundays - Feat: Various Djs Co.,

Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

9:30pm.

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 3:00pm.

Killer Hertz + More Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Sampa The Great Night Cat, Fitzroy.

2:00pm. $30.00.

Baba’s House - Feat: Baba Noir + Dj Goodfellow Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. Cult Locker - Feat: Miles Brown + Λ / Π + Bitumen + Kate Fox + More John Curtin Discovery - Daft Punk Tribute Co.,

Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00.

Double Date - Feat: Whiskey Houston & Mark Free + Milky Why & Ricci Section 8,

Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

Fluir Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Hardata + Wet Kiss Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

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

Kiss Nocturnal - Feat: Matt Darey Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Levels - Feat: Various Djs Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

Pony Saturdays - Feat: Various Djs La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Pure 2018 - Feat: Carl Cox + Eric Powell + Richie Mcneill + Paco Osuna + More

Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. $79.95.

Save The Forests - Feat: Sensient + Eartheogen + Scionnaugh + More Rubix

Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $25.00.

Snack Attack With Dj 2P Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10:00pm.

Sunshine + Finn Od + Javi Morley + More

Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6:00pm.

The Late Show - Feat: Cassawarrior + Dan San + Plastic Palms + Nick Murray + More Tilt Shift - Feat: T-Rek + Stockholm Syndrome + Mutant Dance + Glitch + Sam Mcniece + Robbie Ryan Music Expedition Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

5:00pm.

Cherry Bar Sydney fuzz-rock outfit The Lockhearts will play Cherry Bar on Saturday April 21, as part of their national tour in support of their debut album Americana Doom Fuzz. It comes before The Lockhearts head over to tour Europe in May, so now’s your last chance to catch them in action on home soil for a while. Darcee Fox, Atomic Riot and Uptown Ace will be supporting and it all kicks off at 8pm. Tickets are $10 via Eventbrite or $12 on the door.

Blue Rose

Wesley Anne Helmed by double bassist Oscar Neyland, and joined by Cheryl Durongpisitkul on alto/clarinet, Ellie Lamb on trombone and Caleb Garfinkel on guitar, the Blue Rose project is inspired by early jazz and down-tempo blues. They’ll be playing at Wesley Anne on Saturday April 21 and promise a beautifully stripped back sonic affair when it goes down from 6pm. Entry is free.

Matt Walker + Sarah Carroll

The Drunken Poet Matt Walker – a musical juggernaut who’s toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Nick Cave – is set to take to The Drunken Poet stage on Sunday April 22 from 4pm. Singersongwriter Sarah Carroll will also be bringing her unique blend of country and blues with hints of bossa nova to the venue, jumping on at 6.30pm. Get on this one, entry is free.

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University Of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall (Arts Centre

10:00pm.

Audioporn - Feat: Dr. Zok + James Ware + Tom Evans + Jacob Malmo + More

Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

The Lockhearts

Ill Natured, Unravel + Ill Natured + Unravel + Broken + No Haven + Bone Church Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

Melbourne. 3:00pm.

Tk Reeve Duo Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

Tom & Jerry Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $20.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights

The Moldy Fig Daemos Griffin and The Fringe Dwellers combine intoxicating gypsy jazz with darker shades of blues and alternative New Orleans swamp boogie. They’re geared up for a night at local New Orleans-inspired institution, The Moldy Fig in Brunswick East on Saturday April 21, with Swing trio Destination Moon in support. It’s all kicking off at 7pm. Entry is free.

Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

The Tipplers Drunken Poet, West

North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $15.30.

La Beatles Boheme Flagstaff Car Park, Melbourne. 4:00pm. $40.00.

Lake Minnetonka + Fosse 303, Northcote.

10:00am.

Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 11:45pm.

Loco Hombres Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00.

Daemos Griffin and The Fringe Dwellers

Hammock District + Face Face + Mount Seldom + Oh Kamikaze Reverence Hotel,

Toff Club - Feat: Lord Hans Dc Toff In

Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Anita Monk & Steve Hearn Musicland,

Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Australian Kingswood Factory + The Balls + Strawberry Fist Cake + Sketch Method + More Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

Bbq Haque - Feat: The Jvg Guitar Method + Annual Leaf Labour In Vain,

Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Ben Smith Band Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9:30pm.

Bloody Rascals + Smash Bros + Fifth Friend Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

North Melbourne. 3:00pm.

Bodies + Eyesores Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Cheetstreet + David Ritchie & The Neighbours + Seńor Quinn 303, Northcote.

8:00pm.

Dj Ernie Dee Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

Martin Phillipps + Amaya Laucirica

Masil & Lasnet Fundraiser - Feat: Various Artists Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

Mystic Tip Rats + Flimsey Lohan + Guerilla Funk Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Neon Queen Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00.

Plan B Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Polaris + The Plot In You + Ambleside + Tapestry Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.

Punkfest - Feat: Keggin’ + Commissioner Bourbon + Tumble Turn + The Kat O Army + More Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

Rage 2 Screening - Feat: Dumb Punts + Wash + White Bleaches + Skreech Tote

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

Riffinery Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon.

10:00pm.

Rin Mccardle Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

Sunnyside + Squid Nebula Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

The Belafontes + Yes Yes Whatever + Blaire + Apprehensive Anchor On Anchor,

Prahran. 9:00pm.

The Eagles Story Musicland, Fawkner.

Southbank. 9:00pm.

Hot Fudge Sundays - Feat: Epoch + D’fro + Ilresponce + Dion Jackson + And More

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights Day Spa - Feat: David Penn Pawn & Co,

South Yarra. 12:00am. $20.00.

Drip - Feat: Hvncoq + Jalé + Mojo Juju (Dj Set) + -Mzrizk + More Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:00pm. $18.40.

Mat.Joe + Boogs + Spacey Space + T-Rek + More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 12:00am.

$20.00.

Shayman + Shadowfx + Staunch + Chamberlain + More Penny Black,

Brunswick. 1:00pm. $30.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Aubrey Maher & Friends Lomond Hotel,

Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

B.East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain Royal

The Ivory Elephant + Baptism Of Uzi The The Lockhearts + Darcee Fox + Atomic Riot + Uptown Ace Cherry Bar, Melbourne

Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Tim & The Boys + Spotting + Vertigo Tote

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

Ungus Ungus Ungus + Hello Tut Tut + Cyclo Timik + Blunderbuss Bar Open,

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00.

Valentine + More Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Warhead + Straight Jacket Nation + Blockade + Red Red Krovvy + Talc

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $20.00.

Wetfest - Feat: Wet Lips + Brooke Powers. Jesswar + Corin + Suss Cunts + More Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $29.34.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Beija Flor Guitar Duo (With Zoe Taylor Mitchell) + Maximillian Open Studio,

Northcote. 2:00pm. $8.00.

Buddy Knox Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

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

Dan Brodie + Chris Brodie + Dj Joey Elbows Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

Dan Sultan Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

7:30pm.

Frankenbok + Abreact + Massic + More

Jess Parker & The Troubled Waters

Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:00pm. $10.00.

Frenzal Rhomb + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $34.70.

Geld + Execution + Dove + Soakie Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Halsey + Kehlani + More Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 5:30pm.

Hip Hop & R&B

Balkan Brass - Feat: Opa! Bato + Opa Seko Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 7:30pm.

Ed Hawke + Lloyd Everett + Brigette & Agustin Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm.

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

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7:30pm. $25.00.

Fan Girl + Arbes + Feelds Workers Club,

9:00pm.

Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm.

Wilson & White Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

$10.00.

Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Roz Girvan Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.

Sammy Owen Blues Band Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8:00pm.

Sean Nicholas Mcmahon + Deep Cedar

Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

$10.00.

Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm.

John Dahli 303, Northcote. 5:00pm.

John Mcall’s Black Money Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $27.00.

Son Of A Gunzel Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

Stephen Magnusson’s New Kinfolk The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Sunday Session - Feat: Tom Toast + Chris B Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 5:30pm.

Terra Lightfoot Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

7:00pm.

The Seduceaphones Spotted Mallard,

Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Arsenic & Old Lace + Mick Daley’s Corporate Raiders Northcote Social Club,

Northcote. 1:30pm. $15.00.

Brodown + Baronaqua + Lindsey Kingswood Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

7:00pm.

Chester Brix + Fool Child + The Pedestals + Cloud Castles Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

Dave Graney And The Mistly The Croxton,

Thornbury. 4:00pm. $15.00.

Des + The Wrong Man Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Essie Holt + Aurelia + Hui Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Frenzal Rhomb + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $34.70.

Fuzzrays + Meander + Big Moist + The Smoking Durries Workers Club, Fitzroy.

7:30pm. $5.00.

High Side + Pseudo Hive Mind + Forever Renter + Unholy Trip Yarra Hotel,

Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $10.00.

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Featured Gigs

Mariah McCarthy

Edinburgh Castle Bendigo-based folk singer-songwriter Mariah McCarthy had a massive 2017, with appearances at the likes of Kilmore Celtic Festival, Surrey Hills Music Festival, Bendigo Blues and Roots and Uranquinty Folk Festival, while preparing to release her debut EP in mid-2018. She’s now set to play at Brunswick’s Edinburgh Castle on Sunday April 22 from 4pm and entry is blissfully free.

Ben Salter

The Post Office Hotel Veteran Australian musician Ben Salter will play Coburg’s Post Office Hotel on Sunday April 22, for two sets of choice picks from his extensive catalogue. It comes before a further run of dates around the country with his latest record The End of Days throughout May before a six month stint in Europe from July, so you’d best head down to catch Salter while you can. He’ll be on from 4pm and entry is free.

Ill Natured, Unravel + Ill Natured + Unravel + Caged Existence + Excarnate + Blood On My Hands Wrangler Studios,

The Knott Family Band + The Burr Daisy Stringband Open Studio, Northcote.

Jaywell Sound Collective + Tess Guthrie + Dav.J + ​A A Ron & Friends Workers

Croydon. 3:00pm.

The Rechords Gem Bar, Collingwood.

7:00pm.

Footscray. 2:00pm. $15.30.

Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $7.00.

La Beatles Boheme Flagstaff Car Park, Melbourne. 4:00pm. $40.00.

Leah Edmond Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

Man With A Band - Feat: Closet Straights + Sunnyside + Huge If True + Longterm Romance + More Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 4:00pm.

Open/Mic Jam Nights Musicland,

Fawkner. 7:00pm.

Poppongene + Way Dynamic + Girlatones Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

5:00pm. $10.00.

Red Red Krovvy + More Woody’s Attic

Dive, Collingwood. 4:00pm.

Rose Tattoo + Dallas Crane Corner Hotel,

Richmond. 1:00pm. $36.19.

Sleep Decade + Fia Fiell + Maria Moles & Adam Halliwell + Norachi + Sphinx Nose

Howler, Brunswick. 5:00pm. $15.00.

Sleeping With Sirens + Chase Atlantic + Lower Than Atlantis + The Faim Festival

Hall, West Melbourne. 5:45pm. $83.85.

Snark + One More Weekend + Words Of Elizabeth + Arkeon + More Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 4:00pm. $10.00.

The Creeks + Pigs Of The Roman Empire + Birds Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

The Devours + Claire Birchall & The Phantom Hitch Hikers + Dead End Old

Frenzal Rhomb

The Bendigo Hotel Continuing the party surrounding their ninth studio record Hi-Vis High Tea, punk-rockers Frenzal Rhomb will be playing The Bendigo Hotel on Sunday April 22. Clocking in at 20 songs and just over 30 minutes long, Hi-Vis High Tea is the unique Frenzal Rhomb affair that keeps the masses coming back for more every time. Catch them from 7pm and tickets are $34+bf via Oztix.

Southbound Snake Charmers

Whole Lotta Love Melbourne trio Southbound Snake Charmers will drop by Brunswick East’s Whole Lotta Love at the weekend, bringing their unique brand of dirty and raw blues-rock goodness with them.

DR Malone and the soulful Steph FisherIvancsy will open up the afternoon when it all kicks off at 3pm on Sunday April 22. Free entry.

The CB3

The Evelyn Hotel Promising to be an absolute groove, Melbourneborn project The CB3 will be taking to The Ev on Monday April 23. Led by Melbourne guitarist Cristian Barbieri – who is also the lead guitarist for Billy Davis & The Good Lords – The CB3 is a glorious concoction of hip hop, jazz and R&B. They’ll be supported by The Twoks and Nik Hannani, when doors open from 8pm. Tickets are $10.

Zockapilli

The Gasometer Hotel Local alt-rock four-piece Zockapilli will round out their Gaso residency on Tuesday April 24, with The Rollercanes and Buzz And The Pickups coming in as support. It’s all going down at the Upstairs Bandroom from 7pm and entry is an easy $5 on the door. Get on it.

Tim Ries

Cherry Bar Long-time touring musician with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and The Four Tops, Tim Ries is set to play a solo show at Cherry Bar on Tuesday April 24. The saxophonist, composer and band member will play a soulful, serenading set with The Putbacks, Talei Wolfgramm and Bernadette Novembre supporting. It all starts at 8pm and tickets are $20 via Eventbrite or $25 on the door.

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Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

The Night + Mylk + The Avenue Woody’s

Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Acoustic Sundays - Feat: Michelle Gardiner + Paige Spiers + Paige Smith

Customs House Hotel, Williamstown.

2:00pm.

Anna Scionti Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

Ben Salter Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

4:00pm.

Buddy Knox Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine.

3:00pm.

Chris Wilson Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

4:00pm.

Dan Sultan Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

2:00pm. $40.00.

Eddie Nuardo The Rooks Return, Fitzroy.

5:00pm.

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

Field See And Mason - Feat: The Large Number 12S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy

North. 4:00pm.

Grace Jean + Rachel Comte Old Bar,

Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Heinous Hound Blues Band Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm.

Kevin Welch Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $28.00.

Key Hoo + Jordan Bakker Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

Little Georgia + Nancie Schipper Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

Mariah Mccarthy Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Matt Walker Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.

Mimi Gilbert Open Studio, Northcote.

5:30pm.

Nicole Car Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 2:30pm. $55.00.

Rachel Caddy + Salty Jack Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

Sarah Carroll Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Sean Mcmahon Union Hotel, Brunswick.

3:30pm.

The Burning Bridges + Follow The Bird

Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $5.00.

8:00pm. $10.00.

The New Savages The Public Brewery,

The Southbound Snake Charmers + Dr Malone + Steph Fisher-Ivancsy Whole

Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3:30pm.

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

Tom Mcgowan Wesley Anne, Northcote.

4:00pm.

Yffer 303, Northcote. 7:00pm.

Monday 23 April Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Kitschen Boy + Majak Door + Good Grief

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

Kristie Mccracken + Merpire Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. $8.00.

Monday Bone Machine - Feat: T-Rek

Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

Monday Night Mass - Feat: Oooo Oooo Oooo + Mares + Synthetics + Cold Hands Warm Heart Northcote Social Club,

Northcote. 8:00pm.

Nieuw Mondays - Feat: Various Djs

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $3.00.

Pollen + Crasssh + This Day Last Year Old

Harbl Mgmt Launch Party - Feat: The Cherry Dolls + The Demon Parade + Househats + Batz Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $15.00.

Howlite + Have/Hold Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Jumbo Mavis + Royal East + ​Dal Santo

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Kasun’s Party - Feat: Fortunes + Liluzu + Whiskey Houston + Noise In My Head + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:00pm. $10.00.

Porpoise Spit + Go Get Mum Post Office

Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

She Is You Art & Music Fest - Feat: Dada Ono + Face Face + The Mamas + More Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00.

Simple Plan + Stateside + Eat Your Heart Out Forum Theatre, Melbourne

Cbd. 7:00pm.

The Creepshow + The Resignators + The Ramshackle Army + Udder Ubductees Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

$30.00.

The Trembling Wilburys Satellite Lounge,

Mulgrave. 8:00pm. $24.00.

Thunderstruck + Get That Jive - A Tribute To Dragon Musicland, Fawkner.

8:30pm. $20.00.

Zockapilli + Buzz & The Pickup + The Rollercanes Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5.00.

Hip Hop & R&B

Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.00.

100% Phat Rnb Takeover - Feat: Deejayhijack + Rui. Dj Mrs. Wallace The

$79.00.

Drake Vs. Kanye - Anzac Day Eve Feat: Various Djs Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

Simple Plan + Stateside + Eat Your Heart Out Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music Andrea Keller Curates Masters & Apprentices The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $15.00.

Jazz Feast - Feat: Buckley Park College + Plan B Big Band Spotted Mallard,

Emerson, South Yarra. 5:00pm.

9:00pm.

So In2 U - Feat: Various Artists

Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music

Brunswick. 6:30pm. $10.00.

An Evening Of Jazz Vocal Artistry Feat: Chris Mcnulty + Gian Slater + Joshua Kyle The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

Northcote. 7:00pm.

Avi Avital & Giocoso String Quartet

Melbourne Polytechnic Music 303, Schmiling - Feat: Various Djs Section 8,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

The CB3 + The Twoks + Nik Hannani

Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk Matt Walker Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Tuesday 24 April Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers Chitra Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

8:00pm. $25.00.

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:00pm. $79.00.

Cracker La Touf + Candy + Pting

Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Hello Tut Tut + König Duo Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

Sarah Maclaine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $25.00.

Soul Serenade (With Tim Ries) + The Putbacks + Talei Wolfgramm + Bernadette Novembre Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20.00.

Uncomfortable Science - Feat: Lachlan Mitchell + More Boney, Melbourne Cbd.

9:00pm.

Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk

Chocolate Starfish Grand Hotel

Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick

Electric Mary + Rival Fire + Rifleman

Make It Up Club - Feat: Various Artists + More Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

Phil Para Matthew Flinders Hotel,

Mornington, Mornington. 8:00pm. $34.70.

Destruction Max Watt’s, Melbourne.

8:00pm. $61.10.

Dino Merlin Festival Hall, West Melbourne.

8:00pm. $104.90.

Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20.00.

Floss + More Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

Free Range Jesus + Seedy Reed + Marsden Williams Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm. $4.00.

Grave Street + Tim Smyth & Holy Trash + Hollow + The Palpatines + Jamo! Bendigo

Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $9.00.

Gud Vibrations - Feat: Nghtmre + Slander + Valentino Khan + Yehme2 + More 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

$84.90.

East. 8:00pm.

Little Wise Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

Chadstone. 6:30pm.

Piano Karaoke With Lisa Crawley

Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.

Rhyley Mcgrath + Kevin Okabe The Moldy Fig, 9:00pm.

The Wilson Pickers Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23.00.

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F O OT BAL L

ROUND 1 / SAT 28 APRIL

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F I X T U R E S

ROUND 2 / SAT 5 MAY

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ROUND 3 / SAT 26 MAY

1:00 - OLD BAR UNICORNS V CRAZY ARMS BATS

1:00 - THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS V OLD BAR UNICORNS

1:00 - THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS V THE TOTE

2:30 - THE TOTE V WORKERS CLUB LIONS

2:30 - THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS V THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS

2:00 - SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS V LABOUR IN VAIN

4:00 - THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS V LABOUR IN VAIN

4:00 - SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS V WORKERS CLUB LIONS

4:00 - CRAZY ARMS BATS V THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

BYE - SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

BYE - LABOUR IN VAIN THE TOTE CRAZY ARMS BATS

BYE - WORKERS CLUB LIONS OLD BAR UNICORNS THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS

ROUND 4 / SAT 16 JUNE

ROUND 5 / SAT 14 JULY

ROUND 6 / SAT 28 JULY

1:00 - WORKERS CLUB LIONS V THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS

1:00 - THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS V THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

1:00 - LABOUR IN VAIN V THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS

2:30 - LABOUR IN VAIN V OLD BAR UNICORNS

2:30 - WORKERS CLUB LIONS V THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS

2:30 - CRAZY ARMS BATS V SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS

4:00 - THE TOTE V CRAZY ARMS BATS

4:00 - OLD BAR UNICORNS V SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS

4:00 - THE TOTE V THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

BYE - THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS

BYE - THE TOTE CRAZY ARMS BATS LABOUR IN VAIN

BYE - OLD BAR UNICORNS WORKERS CLUB LIONS THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS

ROUND 7 / SAT 1 SEPTEMBER

ROUND 8 / SAT 15 SEPTEMBER

ROUND 9 / FRI 28 SEPTEMBER

1:00 - LABOUR IN VAIN V WORKERS CLUB LIONS

1:00 - THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS V SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS

1:00 - SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS V THE TOTE

2:30 - CRAZY ARMS BATS V THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS

2:30 - WORKERS CLUB LIONS V CRAZY ARMS BATS

2:30 - LABOUR IN VAIN V THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

4:00 - THE TOTE V OLD BAR UNICORNS

4:00 - THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS V THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

4:00 - THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS V CRAZY ARMS BATS

BYE - THE RAILWAY EYE GOUGERS SOME VELVET MORNING EASYBEATS THE LOMOND BARRACUDAS

BYE - THE TOTE LABOUR IN VAIN OLD BAR UNICORNS

5.30 - OLD BAR UNICORNS V WORKERS CLUB LIONS 7:00 - THE VIC HOTEL GALAHS V ALLSTARS RENEGADE TEAM

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