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ISSUE NO 1629

Contents 10

News

14

Arts Guide

15

Beat Eats Electronic Punk

16

Chris Dave

17

Savers: Crate Diggers

18

Sonos One

20

Trivia Special

23

The Others Kllo

24

Brian Jonestown Massace PVRIS

25

Parkway Drive TT

26

Album of the Week Singles of the Week

23

Kllo

Interview

27

Album Reviews

28

Profiles

29

Live

30

Gig Guide

Editor’s note With Gloria Brancatisano

I’m all about being open and honest here, so I’ll admit that the world of jazz is an entirely new one for me. I’ve shied away from it, mostly because I felt so out of my depth. Lately, I’m finding I appreciate it more and more. It’s a truly incredible medium, so far removed from the closed off idea I had sadly built in my mind. This leads me to the incredible Chris Dave – you probably know him from working with every artist you love (seriously, who can name drop Robert Glasper, Dolly Parton, AND Angus & Julia Stone?). But he’s also a legend in his own right, and before he takes to the MIJF stage we had a lovely chat with him.

Speaking of MIJF, we also chat with Kram and Paul Grabowsky, currently of The Others. Kllo will prepare you for their Melbourne return, Brian Jonestown Massacre chat their storied history, PVRIS are celebrating their incredible recent album and our next Crate Diggers instalment is a ready-made banger.

I’m going to continue delving into the newly opened world of jazz. Maybe this week we should all delve a little deeper into unchartered, personal music territory and chat about it next week.

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News Apollo Bay’s Winter Festival WinterWild Announce Their Opening Weekend Headliners

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Kevin Lyttle

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Miss Burlesque Victoria — Fri 15 June —

WinterWild festival is coming into Apollo Bay for another year. The weekends will be themed “Death” and “Birth” – a gesture to the 2015 Christmas Day fires that ripped through the Otways and the consequential re-birth of the region. Each weekend will feature a heaving roster of musical talent, kicking off with Tropical Fuck Storm, Adalita and RVG at The Mech. There’ll also be curated cocktail and food offerings, dance and burlesque performances and art installations. WinterWild will take place across Apollo Bay on the weekends of Friday August 10 – Sunday August 12 and Friday August 24 – Sunday August 26. For more details head to the WinterWild website.

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Starman

The critically-acclaimed cabaret is coming to Melbourne Sven Ratzke’s Starman has scored rave reviews everywhere from New York to Berlin for its enthralling stage depiction of the life of David Bowie, and now it’s set to stop by Melbourne. Bowie himself was nothing short of a wonder and the performance delves deep into the universe of the acclaimed Starman, including renditions of Bowie classics including ‘Heroes’ and ‘Rebel Rebel’. Starman is on at the Playhouse, Arts Centre on Thursday June 14.

Kylie Auldist

Announces two Melbourne shows Australia’s funk, soul and disco queen Kylie Auldist has announced a couple of Melbourne shows to warm up winter. The Melbourne dates will be Auldist’s first shows for the year ahead of a massive international tour with The Bamboos. The set will be split in two halves featuring songs from her back catalogue, some covers and some new hits. Auldist will play Caravan Music Club on Saturday June 9, as well as Spotted Mallard on Friday July 20.

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Movements

Luca Brasi

Post-hardcore foursome Movements are coming to Australia this August, playing a heap of shows in what marks their first time in the country. The band have chosen Newcastle rockers Eat Your Heart Out to tag along with them for the tour as they hit up all major cities, as well as Wollongong and Newcastle. Melbourne will get two shows, at the Evelyn Hotel on Saturday August 25 and Wrangler Studios on Sunday August 26.

Luca Brasi’s eagerly-awaited fourth studio album Stay is due out in a matter of weeks, but to keep fans at bay before it drops, the Tassie four-piece have let loose a brand new single called ‘Clothes I Slept In’. Alongside the pounding release comes the announcement that the band will be hitting the road in August, tackling six dates across the country. They’ve enlisted Tiny Moving Parts and Eliza & The Delusionals as support, and they’ll hit The Croxton on Friday August 24. Stay is out on Friday June 22 on Cooking Vinyl Australia.

Are making their maiden voyage Down Under

Offer up new single, announce national tour

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Melbourne International Film Festival Reveal Their 2018 Program Opener The Melbourne International Film Festival is back again for another year, and, ahead of the full program dropping, MIFF has lifted the lid on what visionary film will be opening this year’s festivities. The 67th outing will open with the Australian premiere screening of Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife – which stars Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal and Australia’s Ed Oxenbould. Based on the 1990 Richard Ford novel of the same name, the film tells a tender and empathetic story about a teen dealing with his family falling apart in 1960s Montana. The 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival runs from Thursday August 2 until Sunday August 19.

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Announces debut Australian tour

Unveils run of Splendour sideshows

Destroyer – the critically acclaimed project of Canadian musician Dan Bejar – is set to head to Australia for the first time. What’s more, Bejar will be appearing solo for a series of up-close-andpersonal performances that’ll see him strip his latest record ken (produced by Josh Wells of Black Mountain) back to its roots. As part of Destroyer’s seven-stop maiden run across Australia, he’ll hit Howler on Thursday September 27. More details via Handsome Tours.

Contemporary R&B hero Miguel will be stopping by Melbourne for a headline show while in the country for this year’s Splendour in the Grass. Marking his first Australian appearance since 2014, Miguel will be working through a career-spanning set, performing cuts from all four of his critically-acclaimed albums. His latest, War and Leisure, features collaborators including producers Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Jay Z) and Dave Sitek (Santigold, Kelis) as well as vocal contributions from J. Cole, Travi$ Scott and Rick Ross. Miguel will play The Forum on Wednesday July 18.

Andrea Robertson

Flight Facilities

Lock in 2018 Australian tour Four years on from their debut album Down To Earth, Flight Facilities have done nothing but go from strength to strength, smashing out a tirade of quality tunes along the way. Still flying high off the back of their well-loved single ‘Need You’, Flight Facilities have also announced a new tour – this time in support of their freshly dropped track ‘All Your Love’ which features the lush vocals of Dustin Tebbutt. To celebrate the single Flight Facilities will head out on tour, and will hit up The Forum on Thursday September 13 along the way.

Queenscliff Music Festival

Applications for this year’s QMF Emerging Artist Grants are now open Up-and-coming artists from Victoria’s Barwon South West Region now have the opportunity to apply for a grant, as part of the Queenscliff Music Festival’s annual Emerging Artist Grant program.

It’s the eighth year that QMF will offer the funding, which comes in at $10,000 and can be granted to groups or individuals from varying styles. Previous recipients of the grant include The Murlocs, Yirrmal, Aine Tyrrell and Hollie Joyce who have gone on to record, promote and tour new music, and purchase new equipment to assist with their career development. To apply, head to the QMF website and click the ‘Apply’ tab. Queenscliff Music Festival will run from Friday November 23 until Sunday November 25.

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Kimbra Returns To Australia With Brand New Album ‘Primal Heart’ Two-time Grammy award-winning, New Zealand songstress Kimbra, has finally announced her return to Australia with a run of headline shows across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, in support of her critically-acclaimed new album Primal Heart. Since becoming a household name with her feature in Goyte’s 2012 hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, Kimbra has risen to new heights and is making her way to Australia with this album that’s been two years in the making. Kimbra will play The Corner Hotel on Thursday July 19.

Jack River

Unveils new single, announces Australian tour dates With just weeks to go until the release of her debut full-length record, Sugar Mountain, indie-pop wonder Jack River has unveiled a special cut entitled ‘Limo Song’. The single is a woozy, shimmering bop that follows on incredibly from the singer-songwriter’s adored 2016 EP, Highway Songs No. 2. In celebration of the album, River has also announced she’ll be taking the band on the road for a run of national dates, which will see her swing by The Corner Hotel on Friday September 14. Sugar Mountain is set for release on Friday June 22 on I OH YOU.

Primal Fear

Announce Australian shows Following their visit in 2016, Primal Fear are returning Down Under to tear stages in Melbourne and Sydney apart. With their new album, Apocalypse set for release on Friday August 10 via Frontier Records, Primal Fear will be performing tracks off their latest offering along with fan favourites. Joining them, and for the very first time in Australia, will be Sinner. Primal Fear will take over Max Watt’s on Friday November 16.

ALTA

The Rubens + ALTA

Will headline first Mushroom After Hours party A mammoth collab between heavyweight music publishing and touring company, Mushroom, and Colonial Brewing Co comes a new showcase series titled Mushroom After Hours. Headlining the first instalment will be Sydney five-piece The Rubens whose track ‘Hoops’ took out the coveted triple j Hottest 100 in 2016, as well as rapidly skyrocketing Melbourne electronic duo, ALTA. The first instalment – which will be one of four boutique showcases put on over the next 12 months – is geared to take place at Colonial Brewery, Port Melbourne on Wednesday June 27 with entry only available via an exclusively won pass. Prospective punters (18+) can enter to win by signing up at mushroom.com/afterhours.

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The B.East

Announce sixth birthday celebrations Your favourite Melbourne food and live music institution The B.East is turning six – where has the time gone? To celebrate they’re putting on what they’re describing as a loud boozey, bandy, burgery, stomping, splooshey, guitar party dance mess, hosted by our favourite drag queens. Providing entertainment will be the helmet-wielding Bob Log III, The Stiffys, Pam Salmon, and the fabulous Beastie Girls. Cheap booze and free sliders are also on offer all night – isn’t it nice when you get presents for other people’s birthdays? The B.East will be celebrating on Saturday June 16.

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Melbourne International Film Festival Set for another huge year

The Melbourne International Film Festival is back again for another year. Ahead of the full program dropping, we’ve got the lowdown on what’ll be opening your MIFF experience. The 67th outing will open with the Australian premiere gala screening of Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife – starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal and Australia’s Ed Oxenbould. The 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival runs 2-19 August in venues across Melbourne.

Comedy Westside Comedy

Wild Ordinary Joe one day – America’s Most Wanted the next. That’s what happens when you leak top-secret government intelligence.

Now Andrew is on the run, holed up in a Russian hotel room – a political pawn with a target on his back, and no idea who to trust. Catch this thrilling play at Southbank Theatre in its closing week, wrapping up Saturday June 9.

The Creators Lounge, Footscray is coming alive every Tuesday night with food and drink specials capped off alongside a huge lineup of quality comedians. Pop on down on Tuesday June 12 to lap it all up, while enjoying free entry and $5 tinnies – what more could you want?

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Starman

The Southbank arts precinct is set for a major transformation, with plans to house the biggest contemporary art gallery in Australia. The Victorian Government announced that the new gallery will be built on the Carlton and United Breweries site behind the current Arts Centre and National Gallery of Victoria. Dubbed the NGV Contemporary, the new space will specifically showcase contemporary art and design, with premier Daniel Andrews saying it will be Australia’s “biggest and best”.

Bill Bailey is returning to Australian shores with his brand new show, Earl of Whimsy. Earl of Whimsy features Bailey’s trademark blend of satire and surrealism, stories and dismantled jokes, crowd sing-alongs, weird instruments and musical showstoppers.

However, there’s a distinctly historical feel to this show. Boasting tales of Britain’s fortunes past and present, of ancient Viking battles, of Shakespeare’s contribution to comedy, and Bill’s own ancestry, this is both a mockery and a celebration of national identity. Friday November 2 at Hamer Hall, Melbourne.

Starring cult cabaret star Sven Ratzke, Starman is inspired by the life, music and iconoclastic creative output of David Bowie.

Taking on otherworldly personas inspired by the androgynous and bold looks Bowie created throughout his career, the performance is a deep dive into his universe Bowie created. A mix of rock and cabaret, Ratzke will make his way through wellloved tracks including ‘Starman’, ‘Heroes’, ‘Rebel Rebel’, ‘Fame’, ‘Ashes to Ashes’ and more. Thursday June 14 at the Playhouse, Arts Centre.

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Punk rock is arguably the style of music most aligned with maintaining personal ethics and taking a stand against oppression and control from the powers that be. It’s no surprise that when artists decide to compromise their ideals and engage themselves in mainstream business they are criticised for “selling out”. While fan reaction can range from completely negligible to full-blown controversy, let’s take a look at some of the genre’s best.

GREEN DAY RELEASES

DOOKIE ON A MAJOR LABEL

In 1994, Green Day was a wellrespected and established punk band that recorded for the iconic independent label Lookout.

Coming from the Berkeley CA scene based around the 924 Gilman venue, the band and venue were synonymous with the punk rock scene in California at the time. In the wake of Nirvana becoming huge, almost any band was given a major label deal.

With the band already experiencing a strong following after the release of their second album Kerplunk in 1992, the change came as a shock to the scene that had fostered and supported them to that point. Still to this day the band is not allowed to play at 924 Gilman because they’d signed a major label deal. Yet clearly for the band this decision worked out well for them, with Dookie selling over ten million copies, and a stadium-filling career that continues to this day.

Powder

New festival alert. The Animals Dancing team (DJs Otologic and Andee Frost) are no strangers to throwing parties – but they’re stepping things up a notch with a three-day festival called Bears Gone Bush this September. The festival site has been locked in at Tallarook, the stomping ground of rock’n’roll festivals Boogie and New Years Evie, about an hour north of Melbourne’s CBD. So far the crew have only dropped three names on the lineup; Powder, Interstellar Funk and Tolouse Low Trax, but have promised eight more internationals to come. It goes down over Grand Final weekend – Friday September 28 to Sunday September 30.

For those freelance Beat readers out there, I’m sure you’re no stranger to scoping out WiFi spots around town. But it must be at a place that also serves quality coffee, who have great taste in music, at a suitable volume level, with comfortable seats, and friendly staff – the list goes on. So I’ve done the hard yards to help you get some serious work done, and also have a swell time doing it.

I spend plenty of time at Mile End Bagels on Johnston Street writing articles; partly as their bagels are the best in town and partly as it’s quite spacious, meaning there’s no laptop clashing going on (which I often experience on communal tables). I order the brisket pastrami with plain crème cheese, pickles and hot ‘n’ seed mustard on a rye bagel.

Or, the smoked beef with chive crème cheese, sauerkraut, swiss cheese and horseradish mustard on the everything bagel. Paired with a strong black coffee, it’s a very enjoyable spot to get work done.

ANTI-FLAG SIGNS TO RCA

One of the most popular and politically outspoken punk rock bands of the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Pittsburgh’s AntiFlag shockingly announced that they’d be signing to RCA Records. While the idea of punk bands being on major labels was nothing new at this point, the fact that the band’s strongly anti-corporate ideology and lyrics completely contradicted what the band was doing and left the whole situation incredibly confusing. While the band tried to play it off as wanting to spread their message to the masses, any cred the band once had was now lost to the multinational corporation they’d just signed to. Their music sure as hell didn’t get better either.

JAWBREAKER CHANGES

SOUND AND SIGNS TO DGC

While the band’s lyrics were never specifically anti-corporate, the scene and culture the band had come from was extremely DIY-focused and against anything resembling mainstream culture or business. Either way, the band’s raw, unpolished sound wouldn’t have been marketable anyway. This all changed in 1995 when the band signed with Warner subsidiary DGC. Fan backlash was immense. Not only had one of the most popular cult favourite bands of the time signed with a major label, they’d completely polished their sound for 1995’s Dear You. While the legacy of the band has largely forgiven them for the now critically-acclaimed Dear You album, the change wasn’t received well by either the band’s fans or the greater buying public, with the band breaking up less than a year later.

Nils Frahm Alimentari

If you were excited by news of German composer Nils Frahm’s return to Australia for Melbourne Festival in October, no doubt you’ll be pleased to hear that Frahm just dropped a new five-track EP called Encores 1. As you might have guessed from its title, the EP consists of tracks originally written for his last album All Melody, which he reportedly wrote 60 songs for. While All Melody clashed elements of techno and classical into a textural sonic synergy, Encores 1 is a strictly acoustic piano and harmonium affair. Cop a listen to the blissed out tracks on all major platforms.

Alimentari host two fine establishments on arguably the busiest streets north of the river: Brunswick Street and Smith Street. Both venues are sweet and quaint, and their food offerings have established many a regular visitor. I’m into their meatball wraps with gruyere cheese, mayonnaise and spinach. It’s incredibly rich but also fresh and light. Or I’ll order a combination of salads. Coffees, of course, are a must – although I do enjoy their cocktails, which certainly lubricate my creative mind.

IGGY POP AND JOHN LYDON SELLING BUTTER AND INSURANCE

The early 2000s were an interesting time with advertising. While both Iggy Pop and Sex Pistols/Public Image Limited frontman John Lydon had recorded for major labels and occasionally crossing over into the mainstream, both still maintained a level of credibility in the punk world. This all came into question around the time Iggy Pop appeared in a series of car insurance ads, while Lydon appeared on TV and billboards advertising butter. Perhaps the most “uncool” and “sell-out” of these cash-ins was the shortlived Sex Pistols decorated Virgin credit card, because nothing says anarchy and punk rock like crippling debt and exorbitant interest rates. By this time this kind of behaviour was normalised and no one really cares anymore.

Long live punk rock.

Willow Beats

In other news, it looks like Melbourne electronica act Willow Beats are calling it a day. The uncle-neice duo have been going at it for seven years (since singer Kalyani Mumtaz was 14 years old), which culminated in the album Be Kind To Yourself at the tail-end of 2017. One of the year’s best releases, Willow Beats found an incredibly unique sound – blending Mumtaz’s folk-influenced emotive and strong singing style with producer Narayana Johnson’s intricately layered and melodic productions. Admittedly I only got round to listening to the album in the last few months and I’ve never managed to catch them live. Fortunately, I get one more chance to remedy that – they’ve announced a final show on Friday July 13 at Howler. Hopefully we’ll see the pair exploring music individually in the future.

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Everyday Coffee is probably where you’ll find me most days banging away at my keyboard. I find their space the most light-filled and inspiring to work in. Rather than savoury lunch options, they’re more pastry and coffee heavy, but the staff are great and so is the music. Yesterday they played The Stone Roses and Brian Jonestown Massacre which are two of my absolute favourites.

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His is a discography that extends back to the early ‘90s with Mint Condition, while the last decade has seen him work on records with little known artists including Robert Glasper, Adele, D’Angelo, Anderson .Paak and Justin Bieber. He, of course, is drummer Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave – instrumentalist, composer, bandleader.

This week, Dave returns to Melbourne with his band The Drumhedz, for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. A revered name across not only jazz, but hip hop and gospel music, Dave’s status within the contemporary music scene is unshakeable and undeniable.

The Drumhedz’s debut LP was only released in January, but for Dave the wheels hadn’t stopped turning since their fervent mixtape – Chris Dave Presents The Drumhedz Radio Show – was released last year.

“There’s been more work, definitely,” Dave says of last year’s schedule. “More work with new artists that I’ve gotten to meet, and I’ve been able to play with people I’ve never played with – I’m never complaining about it. I was able to reconnect with a few people [too] that I hadn’t had a chance to record with and write with.

“We’re getting to play more this year, so that’ll be fun. We’re already working on the next record too. We’ve got a lot of different projects that we did last year and earlier this year, that will be out later this year. There’s a lot of music coming out, finally.

We’ll be able to get it out a little quicker. We won’t have to wait as long. Of course, I’m still writing and producing some surprises that I want to keep quiet.”

On their return to Melbourne, Dave expresses an interest in experiencing local music spots – meeting and connecting with like-minded people has always been a large part of what makes this music community (particularly on a global level) so energising. Especially when it comes to potentially forging new creative relationships.

“This will be our second time coming back,” Dave says. “We had so much fun the first time. We wanted to do it every year, but I guess there’s been some kind of stipulation that meant we couldn’t do it every year. They can’t have artists back to back, but it’s worked out that we were able to come back now, with the album having come out this year too.

“Each artist is different,” he says, detailing the diversifying roster of artists he works with. “I’m pretty cool with everybody, so I’m easy to work with.

I already know the artist before I work with them, so it’s a little easier, when you’re working in different genres. I know personality-wise who they are and

what they’re looking for in their music. My job is just to make sure that we get that across and that they’re happy. That’s the job at the end of the day.

If you don’t make everyone happy, they’re definitely not going to call you back.”

As conversation turns to the way jazz has entered the mainstream thanks to artists including Kamasi Washington, Thundercat and even the Pulitzer Prize winning Kendrick Lamar, Dave remains unsurprised about the genre’s wider exposure.

“It’s interesting. For us, it’s been this way for the last five or six years; now, it’s getting more exposed to the world. It’s good that it’s gotten out and it’s a little more popular and more people appreciate it; appreciate all the other musicians from across the world doing it. We all knew about each other from a while back, so this isn’t necessarily new. It’s a progression of whatever sprouted back then.

“I met Kamasi many years ago and I think the first time Thundercat went to Japan was with The Drumhedz,” Dave remembers. “We all connected way back. We are all fans and friends of each other, so we always try to make sure we support and help each other. We were able to write something together on Kamasi’s new album, I was excited about that.”

Music and its expression, its core evocative energy, is at the root of what drives Dave as a creative; even talking about it in the context of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, there’s a feeling that while he’s happy to be conversing about his music and last few years on the road, he’s much more in his element when he’s creating and playing.

“I normally don’t even like doing it,” he says of technical masterclasses. “[But] I’m doing it for this festival. I usually just like to play and not explain anything; it gets too confusing. Your expression is in what you’re playing. When they’re like, ‘give me that in words,’ I’m just here like, ‘I can’t give that to you in words, that’s why I play music.’

“We don’t label music in my circles,” he says, which makes collaboration all the more organic. “It all started with who you were playing for. That’s how people formed the opinion of how you played. It depended on how good you were at different genres, and then it expanded from that. It’s more about the experience, how you feel, that emotional energy.”

“I usually just like to play and not explain anything; it gets too confusing.

Your expression is in what you’re playing.”

Chris Dave and The Drumhedz perform at 170 Russell on Friday June 8 as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. He will also appear at The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne on Thursday June 7 as part of the festival’s free Close Encounter series.

Since their beginnings 16 years ago, Sonos have been at the forefront of pushing audio technology into the future. Their latest creation – the Sonos One – is a smart speaker for music lovers, pairing a hands-free, voice-controlled speaker with Sonos’ renowned standard of sound quality. Here’s a rundown of exactly what the Sonos One can do.

SOUND

Sonos are known for their cutting-edge technology within the audio industry and the Sonos One is a testament to that.

Proving that size doesn’t matter, the speaker boasts an immersive sound courtesy of two D-Class amplifiers and finely crafted acoustic architecture. The speaker’s tweeter ensures that high notes are crisp and clean while the mid-woofer captures those bellowing bass sounds. Plus, there’s an option to adjust bass and treble levels using the Sonos app, so you can fine tune the sound of your speaker specifically to your space.

SOUNDS GOOD, LOOKS EVEN BETTER

The Sonos One was designed to fit into your music listening rituals and around your life.

The speaker is compact and sleek in stature, meaning it will fit almost anywhere you want to put it. You can mount it onto a wall or ceiling or slot it neatly into nooks. Weighing under 2kgs and measuring at approximately 6.4” in height and 4.7” in both width and depth, without lots of messy cords, it is easy to

move around the house, wherever you need.

There are two colour options: a stylish black with a matte black grille or a clean white body and grille. Careful consideration has been taken to ensure the speaker looks modern and stylish so that it can sit on your bookshelf without being an eyesore.

A SPEAKER AS SMART AS YOU

Sonos One is a smart speaker, with Amazon Alexa inbuilt so that playing music is as simple as saying a few words. The speaker contains six microphones to ensure your requests are heard, and has clever voice detection technology which lowers the volume of your music when you’re making a request, as well as being able to decipher between your voice and the music playing, to ensure you never have to shout to be heard. In fact, the speaker has gone through rigorous testing and technological design to not only ensure it can hear you in a crowded room or noisy environment, but that it is able to understand different accents and ways of speaking so you aren’t constantly repeating

yourself or reverting to that robotic, frustrated phonetic speech you often find yourself having to adopt when dealing with clunkier voice recognition software.

TECHNOLOGY

Sonos know that there’s a sea of music out there and they’ve made sure to cater to your music listening habits, whatever they may be.

The Sonos One connects to over 80 streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and internet radio, plus you can download the Sonos app to save all your tunes in one place. And just because it was designed for music lovers, doesn’t mean you can’t do anything else. You can listen to the news, traffic and weather and control other home devices that allow you to adjust things like temperature and lights – just ask Alexa.

CONNECTIVITY

Though the Sonos One certainly isn’t lacking in the sound department, Sonos know that sometimes you just want to drown out the world with a big wall of sound, so they’ve

allowed for multiple speakers to sync up to create a home sound system. Whether you already have a few different Sonos products at home or you decide to start building your sound system now with a handful of Sonos Ones, as long as they are Sonos they’ll connect wirelessly. You can scatter your speakers throughout the house or build a surround sound effect in one room. And, when you’re not listening to music, you can connect the speakers to the TV to create a cinematic experience. Better still, they’ll be adding Apple’s AirPlay 2 and Google this year.

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TRIVIA SPECIAL FEATURE

Metropolitan Hotel

Trivia Special The pub is a place for spinning yarns, knocking back some beers with mates, and proving your knowledge in extremely niche and useless information, which is in fact very useful. Luckily for us, a solid trivia or quiz night offers a chance to do all three. From nights based on fun and breezy questions that anyone can get around, to high-tech trivia showdowns with all the modern bells and whistles you could ask for – we’ve compiled a who’s-who of the best places to bust out some facts and take home the glory. Now all you’ve got to do is get a team together. Happy quizzing, Melbourne.

Tell us about your trivia night and what makes it tick. We offer traditional pen and paper pub trivia, no screens, no special gadgets and mixed rounds of questions with no set theme to each round. Our trivia nights are always a great success.

Who’s the host? Our trivia night is hosted by Melbourne-based comedian, writer and entertainer Nick Caddaye who graced the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his show He Didn’t Make It. He also hosted Late Night Letters and Numbers, adding a hysterical spin to the favourite SBS game show.

What prizes are on offer? We offer food and beverage vouchers for first, second and third place on top of chances to win cocktails, jugs of beer and bottles of wine throughout the night.

What drinks specials can I get on the night? Our happy hour is from 5-7pm and we offer $8 selected craft beer pints as well as $6 spirits. Our $12 espresso martinis also run all night.

What food is dished up on trivia night? Our menu sprawls wood-fired pizza, pasta, char grilled steaks, salads as well as a classic chicken parma and burger options.

The Metropolitan Hotel is located at 263 William Street, CBD and you can check out their pub trivia night on Thursday nights from 6.30pm.

Lulie Street Tavern

SoundStorm Trivia

Tell us about your trivia night and what makes it tick. Lulie Street Tavern’s pub trivia is for people that spend their time trawling through their news feeds half reading ostensibly interesting articles and intermittently switching their Spotify playlist between trap music, ambient electro and (mostly) ‘90s rock.

Who’s the host? Dan Watt and Brendan Esmore.

What prizes are on offer? $100 voucher.

What drinks specials can I get on the night? Lulie’s ridiculous happy hour has extended from 8pm until 9pm, and we offer $7 pints and $10 house cocktails. Plus, there’s booze give-aways throughout the rounds.

What food is dished up on trivia night? Your choice of Rita’s Pizza and Kelso’s Sandwich Shoppe.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever seen at one of your trivia nights? I reckon it was the ostensibly off-putting situation when a team requested a “How well do you know: Placebo” round for the following week, then that team proceeded not to rock up. The plus side was that all the other teams remembered Placebo were actually a pretty good band and Dan realised he could now go to BANG! and pick up a goth.

Why did you first start SoundStorm and how was the idea born? We began as a weekly trivia night at the Mitre Tavern in 2003. I was doing a course in radio and doing some work at 3AW when the pub rang the radio school to see if anyone wanted to host their night – and the rest is history.

What sets your trivia nights apart from the pack? The three things that come to mind are format, professionalism and trust. Our format is a more traditional night without the use of TV screens or DVD questions. Our nights are professionally run and wellchoreographed with a more corporate feel rather than a uni night, and regarding trust, we have a “no swear” policy so companies know what they are getting and don’t need to be on edge wondering what the host is going to say next.

What companies have you worked with in the past? We work regularly with major banks as well as financial institutions and law firms, wecan cater for companies from any background, from tradies to retirement homes. United Airlines use us each year and we provide The Spirit of Tasmania with the trivia entertainment for passengers onboard their day sails.

What’s the hardest trivia question you’ve got to challenge us with? We don’t generally ask questions that are “too hard” or “too easy”. Our questions are written to evoke conversation amongst teams. One of my favourites is: “The three heaviest living land animals in order are the elephant, the rhino and the hippo. What’s the fourth heaviest living land animal?” A: Giraffe.

Lulie St Tavern is located at 225 Johnston Street, Abbotsford. They’ll be throwing their Four

SoundStorm Trivia run hundreds pub trivia nights and are available for corporate

Decades of Music trivia night on Wednesday July 11 and you can make a booking now by

entertainment bookings also. You can find out more about their services and where

calling 0437 626 885 or emailing hello@lulietavern.com.

SoundStorm Trivia are hosting next by visiting their website.

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TRIVIA SPECIAL

By Joanne Brookfield

Who’s going to win the race? Will it be Ducky Howser MD? Maybe it’ll be the more equine Quack Caviar?

Or will James Van Der Beak take out first place honours of the Duck Derby? The competitors are mini rubber ducks, the size of a duckling who all “look like their names” and are being propelled down the Darebin Creek by the current, while a hundred people cheer on the winner.

“It’s one of our cult games at the moment,” says Pete Curry, one of the founders of Quiz Meisters Trivia. The Duck Derby is a pre-recorded segment, which they play at the end of the night, with each team choosing a duck to back. Filmed segments such as this one, animations and other audio-visual clips are all part of the multi-media experience at a Quiz Meisters Trivia night.

Curry started Quiz Meisters along with Steffan van Lint back when they were in university, and he had been hosting a trivia night for another company. “We used to get lots of people to our shows, including friends, however a lot of our mates who came along couldn’t really answer a lot of the questions, a lot of them were suited for Baby Boomers,” Curry recalls.

“So he and I decided to create a show that our friends could go and see and we thought the best way to do it was to put things on the screen. So we think we were the first in the world to create audio-visual trivia. Essentially what we wanted was to create a show where it wasn’t just about Q&A,” Curry, who after hosting thousands of shows across his career has now retired to work behind the scenes, says.

Quiz Meisters have over 60 individually produced games that they rotate through, such as ‘Porn Star or My Little Pony’, where players have to decide if the name given is one of a kids toy or an actual porn star; ‘Can They Eat It’, which involves teams predicting how the person on the screen goes in an eating competition and ‘Name

These Films’, where “three films are re-enacted by three of Melbourne’s worst actors.”

To keep trivia purists satisfied, they also have the standard questions as well, which require both bookknowledge and life experience. “Our trivia really is a mix of traditional questions, like ‘name the nine countries that border Germany’, which will satisfy those people who love those types of questions, but not everyone is that way inclined,” Curry explains.

“What we like to do is celebrate life and nostalgia in each quiz, so for instance, we play a game called The ALDI Game, where we put up three ALDI products and you have to name the original product or the product they are trying to emulate. So you don’t read that in a book, you learn about that by walking into ALDI and doing your everyday shopping, so we like to quiz people about everyday things.”

With hosts often being actors or stand up comedians hosting trivia nights to hone their time on the mic, the result is an interactive, entertaining show that feels “like a TV game show experience,” Curry says. “It’s like a combination of three game shows: Spicks and Specks, Talkin’ About Your Generation and Are You Paying Attention?”

Since starting Quiz Meisters in Melbourne in 2004, the brand has grown to be a national one, presenting weekly trivia nights in dozens of venues in every state. In Victoria, there’s almost forty shows happening each week,

spreading across outer-suburban areas like Diamond Creek, Ringwood and Frankston, with dozens held at inner-city pubs like The Empress, The Swan, The Dick Whittington Tavern and Welcome to Thornbury, plus venues right in the CBD, such as Campari House and The Mint.

A creative team of Gen Y writers and videographers based in their Collingwood headquarters keeps things topical. “We want the content to be relevant and in order to do that it needs to be produced week by week and that’s something we’ve managed to do,” Curry says.

“We’ve had teams that have played for over 12 years but we also have kids straight out of high school loving it as well, so we really feel like we’ve got the 18 – 40 age group. We’ve really got the balance between traditional trivia and things that are happening today.”

“What we like to do is celebrate life and nostalgia in each quiz.”

Find out more about where Quiz Meisters are hosting trivia near you, by heading to their website, quizmeisters. com.au.

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TRIVIA SPECIAL

Funky Bunch Trivia

By Abbey Lew-Kee

The age-old mid-week tradition of trekking to your local pub for a night of trivia is now stronger than ever, and that is largely due to Mark Doble’s brainchild — Funky Bunch Trivia. In 2005, Doble was pouring beers at South Melbourne’s Limerick Arms Hotel and began putting on a weekly trivia night, which quickly evolved into his full time gig as more venues vied to get on board.

Hotly in demand from the get-go, Funky Bunch has now been lapping up the world of trivia rockstar style for 13 years. As well as pub trivia, Funky Bunch also do corporate events.

“I did a tour around Australia in our early days with an events coordinator and we travelled interstate doing big events for Telstra,” Doble says.

“It was a rock trivia theme, so I got to dress up and wear leather pants and I had a big crazy wig on.

It was as close as I could get to my dream of being a rock star without being able to sing or play guitar very well. I kept worrying at the start that it might drop off, I wondered, ‘How long will trivia nights be this popular for?’”

But Doble needn’t have worried, with Funky Bunch proving to be a truly booming business. The company now has up to 40 trivia emcees on the ground, as well as full time staff members taking care of the daily organisational duties and the creative direction back-of-house. They’ve taken the plunge overseas too, and have headed to the UK and New Zealand and have delved deeper into the corporate world, taking trivia to new heights along the way.

“We’re really branching out, so say if a corporate client wants a specific themed night, we can do that. We did a launch night for Talkin’ Bout Your Generation which has come back on TV recently.

Channel 9 got in touch and asked us to make a show up for that, so we put together a custom show for them and by all accounts they loved it.”

Funky Bunch are no doubt leaders in their trade, and the company’s director puts it all down to the group’s commitment to providing a cracking atmosphere for people to feel comfortable letting loose in.

“Our offering is certainly a lot more lighthearted, and we like to be responsible for the tone of the night being a bit looser than a traditional trivia night, we really try to create a bit of a party atmosphere,” Doble says.

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“When we first started, trivia nights seemed like a giant game of genius-version Trivial Pursuit, it was full of people that were really serious, they might have had one glass of wine or sat on the waters all night because they didn’t want to lower their chances of winning.

“But then we saw an opportunity to get some of the younger crowd in there and get them pumped up, singing karaoke for bonus points and doing crazy challenges and stuff, and making it have more of a sense that actually anyone could win it – you don’t have to be a genius – and more so, that winning isn’t the main part of it, you’re there to have fun.”

Doble admits that sometimes it can take a while for people to warm up to trivia and really let their guard down. But the main deal for Funky Bunch is making sure that all their punters are relaxed and having a belter of a time with their mates.

Most importantly, he says, anyone and everyone is encouraged to get on board.

“The audience varies through from 18 year olds to anywhere up to 50 and 60 year olds and they can be playing at the same pub,” Doble says.

“When we’re training new hosts or pitching to a new pub we always say we want everyone to have fun and we want to create a fun energy in the bar.

We think that really helps with people letting their guard down.”

So what’s next on the cards for Funky Bunch, fine purveyors of all your trivia needs? Well, Beat readers rejoice, Doble explains that there’s some music X trivia action in the works.

“I’ve got a bit of a side project going with some bona fide musos,” Doble lets loose. “We’re coming up with a new form of music trivia entertainment.”

Sounds ripper to us.

“We like to be responsible for the tone of the night being a bit looser than a traditional trivia night, we really try to create a bit of a party atmosphere.”

Funky Bunch run pub trivia nights across the city and you can keep up to date with their whereabouts via their website, funkybunch.com.au. If you’re interested in becoming a trivia host with Funky Bunch, you can fill out the form on their website, too.

INTERVIEWS

Kllo

“We’re both very sensitive to our surroundings, so depending on how we are feeling, we guide each other in the direction we’re gravitating to.”

The search for the sweet spot between sterile and organic is a feat which plagues many electronic artists.

It’s a difficult part of the creative process, and few manage to evoke the vivid sonic warmth of Simon Lam and Chloe Kaul – better known as Kllo. The Melbourne duo’s recent single, ‘Potential’, has continued their streak as one of Australia’s finest upand-coming electronic sensations.

Although it’s been released a mere six months since debut LP Backwater, ‘Potential’ is by no means an album throwaway. The duo regard the single as a product of sheer inspiration. “‘Potential’ came to us naturally,” they say. “We’ve found that in the past we’ve started songs and taken forever to finish them because they just haven’t felt right. It was a different story with ‘Potential’ – it was a style we were very inspired by at the time, but hadn’t really attempted yet. It was fun and not forced, so it all fell into place. You get lucky sometimes.”

Fusing Lam’s crisp electronic beats with Kaul’s lush R&B-inspired melodies, ‘Potential’ exemplifies the duo’s creative chemistry, forged through years spent fleshing out tracks together in the studio as opposed to the online collaborative methods favoured by many.

“We’ve always worked together from the same room. It gives us the chance to be on the same wavelength when we’re creating,”they say, highlighting the organic nature of their songwriting process.

“We’re both very sensitive to our surroundings, so depending on how we are feeling, we guide each other in the direction we’re gravitating to.”

While ‘Potential’ hints at uncharted musical territories for Kllo, much of their previous work draws

from the scatterbrain two-step rhythms of UK garage, a genre which producer Lam explored extensively throughout his previous band, I’lls.

“I studied drums for years throughout school, so I naturally developed an ear for more complex rhythms and grooves,” Lam says, highlighting the genre as one that allows him to constantly challenge his creative and technical chops. “UK garage was the first dance music I heard that had a heavy swing, and I loved the subtleties of the drum production and the challenging rhythms those artists got away with. I felt like it was the first time I could make dance music and utilise what I’ve learnt over the years.”

For their upcoming performance at Melbourne Recital Centre, Kllo are making their triumphant homecoming a rather special one, expanding for the first time ever to perform with a full live band. This was a task they found rather demanding, but with great reward.

“To be honest, it was pretty daunting getting a live band together,” the duo says, noting that while adapting to live drums and backing vocals was a challenge at first, the imperfections and hiccups of performing with a live ensemble took their sound to

new heights. “It’s a bit of a dream come true, having the music come to life so much.

“You can expect to see six people on stage. We have our good friend and member of I’lls Hamish on keyboards, Kiarra and Fran from my old singing school on beautiful backing vocals, and our new friend Jim on drums, who’s an absolute beast on the kit.”

In addition to their performance at the Recital Centre, Kllo have recently been announced on the lineup for September’s Listen Out Festival, where they’ll perform alongside the likes of A$AP Rocky, Skepta and Skrillex before heading off on their own European tour. While the release of ‘Potential’ hints at more material in the pipeline, Kllo shoot down the possibility of any more new songs being unveiled – for now.

“We won’t be playing any new songs at the Recital Centre, but we will be extending and revamping old songs so they will certainly sound different to the recorded versions. You can expect unreleased music at Listen Out, though.”

BY WILL BREWSTER

The Others Casting my mind back to the 2017 Wangaratta Jazz Festival, I remember the reaction to the debut performance by The Others – an unlikely trio featuring Paul Grabowsky, James Morrison, and Kram of Spiderbait fame.

The trio received acclaim following the performance, despite some confusion surrounding the general concept of these three musicians – from quite different backgrounds – improvising together.

This month’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival will give The Others another opportunity to explore the bounds of their music. Speaking with both Kram and Grabowsky about their approach to this group, they remain incredibly enthusiastic about the continually flourishing dynamic between the three.

“There’s a great sense of quality in the group,” Kram says. “I always think of that when we’re playing together. I’ve been in a trio for so many years and Spiderbait is a similar energy; the great thing about trios is that there’s all these different connections.

There’s this real interconnectivity, which I think works great for improvisation.

I really noticed, playing with them, just how different my playing is. If I’m playing with Paul and James, how I play my instrument is very different to how I play with Janet and Whit [in Spiderbait].”

On their critics and the idea of presenting this type of music at festivals like the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Grabowsky ponders on the idea of purism.

“Jazz is one of those art forms that attracts what

I call ‘the trainspotters’, the people who know every recording and every take on every recording. They exchange information on a very micro-level. That is attached to, I think, a very specific way of looking at what jazz is. These people have got a very fixed view, sometimes, about that. I’ve never really subscribed to that idea,” he says.

“I started playing jazz as a more-or-less conventional jazz pianist, attempting to convey that tradition. I came to understand over the years that jazz is, for me at least, a word that describes a process. The process is about improvising and it’s about drawing on different traditions, whatever the traditions are, that are authentic to your method of expression. A project like The Others enables three of us to come from our respective places. Even within the jazz world, James and I represent quite different points of view and styles.

James is generally known for being what most people would regard as ‘the mainstream’. A lot of what I do sits quite outside that. Under this umbrella of jazz, we’re able to bring what we do with a will to making music together as a band.”

After recording together a number of years ago, being able to bring this music into the live sphere was an accomplishment of its own.

“It was a breakthrough for us to finally play a gig,” Grabowsky says. “We’d done the recording several

Kllo will be joined by a full live band when they take over the Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday June 8.

Backwater is out now via Good Manners/Caroline Australia.

years ago, but to play it live really subjected the whole concept; it was the testing of the hypothesis. Will this work, or will they go, ‘Who do these jokers think they are?’”

“I didn’t think of that until after. It could’ve been a bit shit if we fucked it up,” Kram laughs. “I wasn’t sure if the audience would dig it, but I knew I would. I was surprised at how I naturally gravitated towards the audience. I thought I’d be a lot more introspective, but as soon as you’re on stage in front of a thousand people it’s like, ‘Alright – let’s fucking do this.’

“It’s taking me happily to another zone,” Kram says, comparing this experience to his rock background.

“I wouldn’t say the word ‘comfort’, because I like the risk and reward of this group. You literally walk out of a full house of people and you have no idea what’s going to happen. I always feel there’s a sense of responsibility as well; the best way to make this magic is to look deep into myself and start playing something, but also to listen to what the other guys are doing and communicate. Through that, just like a conversation or any interaction, just let it happen. It starts to work by itself.”

“The process is about improvising and it’s about drawing on different traditions, whatever the traditions are, that are authentic to your method of expression.”

The Others will perform at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday June 9, as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

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Brian Jonestown Massacre If you’re a Brian Jonestown Massacre fan, withstanding loyalty comes easy. You’ve stuck through their joys, disappointments, ridiculed outbreaks and antics – their complete 18 albums – yet still, no other band gets to you quite like they do.

Loyalty is layered in its offerings, and it’s true that to grasp it proves complex. Brian Jonestown Massacre make it easy. By growing fearless with time, and continuing to unveil teachings from their younger selves, Brian Jonestown Massacre will forever make music to get lost, and found in again.

“Sometimes I’m desperate to not forget the things that I knew – that I understood – and those things I learnt as a younger person,” Anton Newcombe, frontman and maverick of Brian Jonestown Massacre says, “The world is certainly changing, and I knew a lot of this stuff would happen, and that I had to behave the way that I did in my life.”

Brian Jonestown Massacre captured souls and the music-world in the early ’90s. Their revealing sound – described as “so retro and so the future” – completely exploded and became the topic of much conversation, particularly within the press. Their notoriety, whether deserved or not, is a topic worth exploring.

They went on to create 18 albums, five

“Sometimes I’m desperate to not forget the things that I knew – that I understood – and those things I learnt as a younger person.” compilation albums, five live albums, 13 EPs, 16 singles and two various-artist compilation albums.

Each creation, although widespread over decades, remains true to Brian Jonestown Massacre. From a young age, Newcombe recognised the need for connection.

“I realised about time travelling. I realised quickly that if I went to where my grandfather was laying concrete – a driveway in the backyard – put my hand in the concrete, and remembered that when I’m an adult, if I walk back and put my hand over that, I’ll be communicating with the adult me right now.” Newcombe says. “I knew I was going to do that, so I started treating a lot of things like that.

There is a trueness in that. To a certain extent I want to retrain the form I’ve always had. At the same time, I’m very interested in being old if I can be, I don’t have a problem with it.”

Still today, Brian Jonestown Massacre readily sell-out shows without respite, and ignite a dedicated following – both old and new. And not once have Brian Jonestown Massacre steered too far from their core. Newcombe finds that honing back to the purity – and morality – of lessons first learnt

often brings him back to that core.

“The young-young me, with the first lessons I learnt, I had to ask myself these questions ‘Why are adults unhappy?’ Because they are not doing what they want to do – that is the only reason. I don’t want to be that guy, I have to be me. I only want to do what I want do in life.”

As the band continue to release new music – their newest album Something Else was released in May – they take time to cherish their successes, but also to look forward and appreciate the everlasting.

Because if there’s one thing Brian Jonestown Massacre will always be appreciated for, it’s the ageless qualities that permeate their music.

“The things that are eternal are the songs that I wrote the first practice. We play them live, they are a part of our set, and there is no difference in the sound.” Newcombe explains. “It’s seamless with something that I have written. We have our own thing, this rolling motion, our own sound is just a natural sound, it’s not really a trick. I like the timeless quality – and it will serve me.”

Brian Jonestown Massacre will perform at The Forum on Thursday June 14. Their album Something Else is out now via ‘a’ Records Newcombe’s own record label.

BY GEORGIA SPANOS

PVRIS We’re halfway through 2018 and PVRIS have spent more time on the road than off it, continuing a world tour in support of last year’s All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell release.

They were even part of the massive Coachella festival, performing to – from the band’s perspective – unexpectedly massive crowds. “We had no clue what to expect – we had no idea whether anyone at Coachella would care about us,” confesses the band’s frontwoman, Lynn Gunn. `”Both weekends were absolutely amazing, though, we had such great crowds. I was really taken aback – it was a really fun experience for us all.”

Unfortunately, tour commitments meant that the band couldn’t stick around long enough to see Beyonce’s now-legendary set. “We literally had to leave as soon as we were finished,” Gunn sighs. “I did get to see St. Vincent, The Weeknd and The Neighborhood, though. My mind was blown by them.”

Not long before Coachella, PVRIS were on the road with Muse, alongside fellow countrymen 30 Seconds to Mars. Indeed, PVRIS may be the only band in the Venn diagram of having toured with Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, Circa Survive and The Amity Affliction. “It’s funny, we can transcend a lot of genres as a band, but really confuse people at the same time,” Gunn says.

“Humans naturally want to compartmentalise and label things, so no one really knows where to put us. That also means that we get sent a lot of incredible offers, and these amazing bands reach

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“Humans naturally want to compartmentalise and label things, so no-one really knows where to put us.” out to us. When we were starting out, Muse and 30 Seconds to Mars were two bands that we dreamed of playing shows with. The fact we got to do a tour with both at the same time was unbelievable.”

All We Know of Heaven was easily the most ambitious project the band have ever undertaken, coming together with almost two years’ worth of work going into it. Even when the final track listing was whittled down from the 45 songs written for it, the album’s finishing touches were the equivalent of doing your homework on the morning bus. “We were emailing mixes and masters back and forth while we were out on tour,” Gunn recalls. “I truly didn’t feel ready for the record to come out.

“The day it did, it felt like it had leaked or something. Even the themes of the record, the things I was writing about, it felt like I hadn’t healed properly from them. I was still in recovery.

Touring in support of the record really was me processing everything as it was happening. It’s been very therapeutic – there’s been a lot of work that I’ve done on myself since the tour started.”

Also of note since the album’s release is ‘Disappear’, a single from Sydney’s Tonight Alive featuring guest vocals from Gunn. As it turns out, Gunn was also a

co-writer – and the idea of making a song with them had been entertained since as early as 2015. “All of us immediately clicked on tour,” Gunn says. “Jenna [McDougall, Tonight Alive vocalist] and I had talked a lot about collaborating. We were in Nashville last year, rehearsing before the Muse tour, and Tonight Alive happened to be there at the same time writing new material. When we had a day off, I went in to hang out with them and see what they were all up to.

Within that day, we’d written the song.”

This month sees PVRIS returning to Australia for a string of capital-city headline dates, rolling on their world tour and bringing their new songs Down Under for the first time since their official release. “It’s been cool to see the growth the band has had over there since we first started coming over,” Gunn says.

“It’s so interesting – not just from a band perspective, but from a life perspective. It’ll be almost exactly a year between our last tour there and this one by the time we get over there, and even then we’ve already seen a change in how many people are responding and reacting. We’re so excited to come play for you all, just to see what’s going on over there.”

BY DAVID JAMES YOUNG

PVRIS will take over 170 Russell on Sunday June 17. All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell is out now via Rise Records.

INTERVIEWS

Parkway Drive For anyone that’s even remotely switched on to the metal/hardcore scene around the world, the name “Parkway Drive” carries a significant amount of weight.

The band has garnered a reputation as one of Australia’s most well-known exports. They’ve thundered through four albums, countless world tours and, like all good bands, evolved their sound with every new experience.

This change and evolution is embodied by the release of their fifth record, Reverence, which dropped in May. Winston McCall, the man behind the vocals, offers a peek behind the veil of the release, shedding some insight on what sets this album apart, the gears that had to grind in order to make it something special, and his own personal feelings on the entire experience.

“I’m excited for it to come out, simply because I like sharing what we do,” McCall said pre-release.

“I’ve yet to experience it any other way, but you’re stoked with what you’ve made. I’m psyched on that aspect.”

But the release of the album also came with a lot of waiting. “This time I couldn’t believe that the thing we imagined, we got to see come to a complete creation, and then you’ve got to sit on it while all the back end happens. You’re like ‘Just get it out there.’”

At the time of writing, before the album’s release, it was a mystery whether Parkway Drive fans would take to the band’s newer sound – it’s true there’s been a bit of a schism in the fan base about Parkway Drive’s sonic evolution – but McCall

remains positively confident regardless.

“This is the record where we committed to the idea of doing anything. It meant not falling back on the idea of something being safe because it’s something we’ve done in the past,” he explains.

“Whatever elements we used [for the album] were the elements that we felt were necessary to get the character across. That led to heaps of moments that I think people will hear and go ‘Whoa, never heard Parkway like that before.’ This is just the representation of a modern Parkway.”

Another interesting element of Reverence would have to be the way the album was made. “Everything up until Atlas was written with the concept of ‘Parkway Drive can only be this one thing.’ By the time we got to Atlas, we found ourselves just driving around in circles, and everything just started sounding like it was watered down.

“This time we were going to write music and not listen to any other bands, not use anything as a reference point other than the spark of inspiration we’ll just build on until it’s created something that’s interesting for us. The way we write, it’s a really long distillation process. We build on things, leave it and come back to it. A lot of these concepts were bigger

than anything we tried before.”

As McCall revealed, the hardest song to write and get onto the album was the closing track, ‘The Colour of Leaving’.

“That song was written during a period when the band had friends or family diagnosed with cancer. And we had to deal with that the whole way through being on tour, dealing with treatment, and dealing with the loss. I couldn’t even demo that track, it was so hard to sing, just saying the words.”

Despite the heartache throughout the writing process, Parkway’s album is now doing the rounds.

In fact, they’re off on a blistering tour of the US showcasing it, and are heading on a mammoth run of dates across Europe in June.

Someone will probably throw a cake at someone on stage or one of those things, he says, pre-empting album release rowdiness As long as no one’s yelling ‘Shoey’ I’ll be stoked. It’s gonna be pretty mental.”

The debut solo album from Warpaint guitarist Theresa Wayman has it all – LoveLaws is sexy, sensual, thought-provoking, but it’s also very vulnerable.

am more there for my son – not that I wasn’t before, but I do feel even more present with him – I can give him the time he needs and I’ve given myself what I need too by just being in my art, which helps facilitate me in a therapeutic way.

“I also think with my child, I have this unconditional love that I sometimes wonder if it’s even possible to have with someone who isn’t your kid. It’s set the bar really high and now I don’t really want to have anything in my life unless it feels as natural as that.”

TT wanted to ensure that her unique experiences were heard in a way that was her own, so she took her voice to another level and did something different to anything she’s done previously with Warpaint by pretty much playing every instrument heard on the album herself.

“I think just through the mere fact of really being able to hone in on what I was doing, and I had no time constraints, no studio worries or money worries, some kind of release date that doesn’t make sense because the album isn’t done yet – I got to hone in on doing things the way I wanted to and explore,” TT explains.

“That’s definitely going to lend itself to me

Parkway Drive’s fifth studio album, Reverence is out now via Epitaph Records.

Catch them live on Friday November 2 at Margaret Court Arena.

BY LOCHIE BOURKE

TT

From a very personal perspective, Wayman, branding herself as TT, has begun to explore different ideas that would otherwise be difficult in a band. It’s a reflection of her musical growth over her 14-year career, and of her fragility with people around her.

Talking with TT about LoveLaws, the musician is as vulnerable and as pensive as her work.

“I didn’t realise that was [all] happening so much but I did want to be clear,” she says, “Saying what I meant and not to shroud in metaphor, so that definitely left me more vulnerable.”

TT’s album is heavily focused on the nature of relationships, the forms they take when you’re a travelling musician and the tumultuous pleasures that can be found in the rare ones that stick. One relationship that has been pivotal through TT’s career with Warpaint and indeed, surfaces on this album in several ways, is that which she shares with her son.

“I guess I found myself in a position where I did have to really think about how to be there for my son and do my work, my job that takes me away from him all the time. With those two things while trying to have a relationship, I had to come to terms with the fact that those three things don’t go together so well,” she says.

“In a way, I felt it was necessary to write about all this so I could kind of understand it and I feel like I’ve let go about some of the confusion I had.

Now I’ve written about it in an album, I feel like I

“This is the record where we committed to the idea of doing anything.

It meant not falling back on the idea of something being safe because it’s something we’ve done in the past.”

finding new places in my voice, my musicality and my musicianship, and that was really fun and liberating.

“Nerve-wracking at times too,” she continues, “I usually can rely on my talented friends to chip in and this time I had to take it all for myself and I feel it was important to do so I cold grow as a musician.”

TT talks about growth as a musician but her experiences with Warpaint, grateful as she is for her journey with the band, only went to serve her thirst for wanting to create more, play more, and share more.

“I started realising that I wanted to make all kinds of music in 2009, to make music on my own so I could explore any style I want,” TT says. “I think even back then, those early days, I was feeling like I couldn’t do as much as I wanted to do in Warpaint because we are a collaboration, so I’ve been slowly building to making [my] own album for many years.

“It’s hard being a mom and also having a career, to then try and interject another career. It took me a while.”

“I usually can rely on my talented friends to chip in and this time I had to take it all for myself and I feel it was important to do so I cold grow as a musician.”

TT’s debut solo record LoveLaws is out now via LoveLeaks / Caroline International.

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Album of the Week (EMI Music Australia)

Singles With Augustus Welby

Ross From Friends

Westerman

Edison: Ross From Friends remix (Blue Flowers) More overhaul than remix, Ross From Friends’ dance-psych production is a lateral deconstruction of Westerman’s polite bedroom pop original. Creating a spacey atmosphere with treated vocal samples and groggy synths, Westerman’s vocal melodies crop up only fleetingly. The five-note bass motif becomes the hook, recurring after each of the track’s scenic detours and wielding opiate-like power.

Perfume Genius

Slip Away: Mura Masa remix (Matador/Remote Control)

Having previously taken on Foals and Haim, Mura Masa continues his indie remix hot streak on ‘Slip Away’. The song’s magnetic lead vocal stays in tact, but the bizarro-E Street Band instrumental is removed in favour of a springy dance groove.

Built on handclaps, analogue synths and festive percussion sounds, the pool party vibe pairs well with the song’s message of nonconformity. And there’s a nice bit of irony hearing PG’s Mike Hadreas sing, “Don’t ever break the shape you take,” atop an entirely new arrangement.

A$AP Rocky ft T.I. and Kid Cudi

A$AP Forever Remix (Sony) Rocky extends his Moby-sampling “I’m the best” single to accommodate features from T.I. and Kid Cudi. The result? It feels about 90 seconds too long. Sampling ‘Porcelain’ is a good move in theory, but it sounds a bit jarring next to Rocky’s clunky flow. T.I. introduces the track; his appearance is nothing special but at least it’s not ‘Ye vs. the People’. Cudi is a better fit for the ambient groove, but not talented enough to rescue things.

The Presets

8.5

Hi Viz

With every release, the wait for new The Presets music has gotten longer.

Their fourth studio album, Hi Viz lands almost five and half years after 2012’s Pacifica.

Sufjan Stevens/Moses Sumney

Make Out In My Car (Jagjaguwar/Inertia) Moses Sumney and Sufjan Stevens have a lot in common. Both are sentimental souls who make avowedly intimate music that still seems somewhat distant. Here Sufjan takes on one of Moses’ blunter statements, flipping the song into an up-close acoustic ballad with fully fleshed out verses (Moses’ original contains just two lines). It’s a mini-triumph that instantly nominates itself for the Call Me By Your Name sequel soundtrack. Next can we hear Moses doing ‘Should Have Known Better’?

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With a wait that long comes added pressure – although you wouldn’t know it from the quality of record the Sydney duo have dished up. The pressure has well and truly manufactured a diamond.

Frontman Justin Hamilton said recently that he was sick of writing songs in the traditional verse/chorus/verse/chorus fashion and went about writing in a way that made sense to him and bandmate Kim Moyes. The result is a heady album, with peaks and troughs throughout; complete with bangers to rival any previous Presets hit while also offering downbeat numbers.

It sounds something like a night out; it’s not all up, every now and then the record becomes subdued, but there’s always another huge track around the corner. Lead single ‘Downtown Shutdown’ is infectious and has a real community feel about it, due to the multiple voices in many parts.

There’s a myriad of featuring artists on this release including DZ Deathrays, Touch Sensitive and Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters. Two of the strongest contributions come from arguably Australia’s biggest exports right now, Alison Wonderland and DMA’s. Wonderland is more confident in using her vocals lately and it shows well on ‘Out of Your Mind’. DMA’s vocalist Tommy O’Dell croons on ‘Are You Here?’ to a backdrop of spotted unpredictable beats. It’s a juxtaposition of sound no one probably ever expected to hear.

Hi Viz is a triumphant album that pushes the envelope of what electronic dance music can be in a way only The Presets could achieve. Turns out good things really do come to those who wait.

BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN

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Albums

8.5

Wide Awake!

(Liberator Music/Goodbye Records)

(Matador/Remote Control)

(Rough Trade/emote Control)

Parquet Courts

Wide Awake! is a declaration of being aware of what’s going on around you and understanding its implications – whether it’s modern socio-political unrest, or personal family struggles.

Take ‘Freebird II’, a title that’s good for a laugh but once you examine its contents you’ll quickly bite your tongue. Closer ‘Tenderness’ learns from the mistakes of the past and present and is the album’s small piece of hope.

The album is beautifully layered with often haunting instrumentation. The watery ‘Mardi Gras Beads’ is dark and gothic. ‘Death Will Bring Change’ skips along with marching drums and an eerie children’s choir. The band’s punk roots are featured on opener ‘Total Football’, ‘NYC Observation’, and ‘Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience’. The funkiest moment has to be the title track. The Caribbean island percussion, jumpy guitar licks, and punchy drums are straight out of an LCD Soundsystem or Talking Heads album.

Being “woke” in the age of Trump is no longer an interesting statement, because far too many have claimed that title. Parquet Courts have organized their thoughts expertly on Wide Awake!

The end result is a near-perfect album that swallows the tensions we hold and tries to unravel them.

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

Sparkle Hard

7.0

Irreverence is a delicate position in a time when it’s never been easier not to care. Stephen Malkmus, formerly of ‘90s indie-rockcum-irreverent visionaries Pavement, carries this burden on his seventh record with the Jicks, Sparkle Hard.

Malkmus’ voice retains the dewy-eyed croak that has curled melodies around absurdist rock for the last three decades, yet a wisening tone has crept in. The record streamlines Malkmus’ often nonsensical lyricism to resemble a surprising political lucidity.

‘Middle America’ is the centrepiece of Malkmus’ new dogma against inactivity, as he muses “Blame stops when you do...Do your major duty, and crawl right back again,” over a delirious twang.

Prairie fiddle haunts the record’s frustrated discourse, pairing Americana with broken American ideals.

Malkmus shoehorns auto-tune into several tracks here in a weak attempt to offset his now middle-aged brand, something he needn’t have tried. The Jicks’ instrumentals are a highly refined mix of psych-Americana, and are a reminder Malkmus is the forefather of Mac DeMarco’s surf-slacker creed.

Sparkle Hard is a record built on Malkmus’ consummate poptimism and effortless hooks, yet it carries an unexpected modern poignancy. The silky instrumental mould of ‘Gold Soundz’ hasn’t changed, but the sentiment sure has.

Chvrches

8.0

Love is Dead

After bursting onto the scene in 2013, Scottish outfit Chvrches managed to pull off the difficult follow up. Open Every Eye was well received by critics and fans alike. Fast forward and we find out if the trio can extend their unbeaten run. Love Is Dead proves that answer to be a resounding yes.

The term pop-rock sometimes gets a bad rap because it’s often associated with overly manufactured and easily digestible music devoid of anything to say. Chvrches prove that a band can deliver multiple albums of really good pop-rock music while still pushing the envelope. Love Is Dead’s 13 tracks are a cohesive unit, with most feeling familiar and infectious from the very first listen. There’s a cherry pop type of sheen on most songs, such is the quality of production combined with Lauren Mayberry’s sugar-sweet voice.

‘Get Out’ is an example of the perfectly manufactured synth beats that underpin so much of the album. ‘Miracle’ would be an album highlight if for no other reason than it showcases Mayberry’s vocals so prominently. But combined with barnstorming backing instrumentation, it makes for the best track on Love Is Dead. And with the quality of songs here, that’s no easy feat.

BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN

BY JOSHUA MARTIN

7.0

Adelaide’s gritty seven-piece West Thebarton have released a strong homage to Australian pub rock with debut album Different Beings Being Different.

What immediately stands out in this LP is frontman Reverend Ray’s sprawling and guttural vocal style. His presence throughout the album is strong and inescapable. Adding to the gutter tones of his vocals is some very beefy rhythm guitars, and guitar hooks breaking up with amps so overdriven you could imagine the speakers catching on fire.

Produced by Dylan Adams (Skeggs/DMA’s) who flew to Adelaide to record West Thebarton at Twin Earth Studios, the entire album brims with big sounds and in-your-guts low-end. There’s a sonic unity to the album even when we shift from party anthems like ‘Stuck On You’ to the sinister, slow, and bleak ‘Reasons’.

‘Ivan’ is another standout track and enjoys a hint of relief from the mono vocal idea that doesn’t let up throughout the album. The final track ‘Set It Straight’ is a puzzling one as it seems without doubt a cover song, but you scratch your head as to what it actually is.

People who love Eddy Current Suppression Ring may love this album, but punters who are curious about the future of rock’n’roll could be underwhelmed.

Five Finger Death Punch

And Justice For None

(Independent)

Different Beings Being Different

(Eleven Seven/Sony Music Australia)

(Domestic La La)

West Thebarton

8.5

Five Finger Death Punch are on fire. And Justice For None is ruthless in the way it demands the listener’s full attention. It’s raw and honest, radiating with rage and an insatiable frenzy.

Opener ‘Trouble’ is blissfully heavy with rhythmic hooks, as vocalist Moody sings in the chorus: “Cause there’s no excuses, this is who I’m meant to be, there’s no regrets, I don’t care if you believe.” The wrath of ‘Fake’ is extremely addictive to rock out to, calling out somebody who isn’t being their authentic self, the sharp lyrics are fiery and humorous, depicting how the band can be both aggressive and witty at the same time.

‘Blue on Black’ showcases the band’s softer side, beginning with an acoustic tune and soulful vocals that truly showcase the band’s diverse experimentation with sounds. ‘I Refuse’ is another touching track, reverberating with pain and a burning need to escape reality. It’s striking how Five Finger Death Punch can delve into their vulnerable selves and then jump straight back into a vicious fury whenever they feel like it – such as the merciless ‘Rock Bottom’. Closing song ‘Save Your Breath’ sums up the band’s stance on anybody who dares mess with them – that they will get served hard.

Cooper Lower

Mysteries of Midnight

8.5

What can one guy do with nothing but an acoustic guitar, a stomp pedal and some reverb? A lot apparently. He can make an EP – and a bloody good one to boot.

Mysteries of Midnight is a five-track release that manages to not only provide a great listening experience, but does so with an incredulous amount of ease. From the titular starting track to the chilled energy of closer ‘The Poison Queen’, Lower proves that less is indeed more with the resources he used. The guitar work throughout is nuanced and shows genuine talent, with folksy vocals providing both a beautiful match to the music and a unique spin on the release as a whole. Add this to the fact that all of these elements manage to grab and hold your attention for the entire run time of the EP itself, and you’re onto something quite special.

There are two qualities of the EP that never waver; finesse and simplicity. No matter where you hear this, be it on a shuffled playlist, a dedicated listen or if you’re lucky enough, live and right in front of you, I genuinely hope you find yourself enjoying it as much as I did.

BY LOCHIE BOURKE

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PROFILES

Katana Cartel

MUSIC

Jade Alice

MUSIC

When did you first start making music and what led you there? When I was around 15/16. I’ve always loved music, played guitar, practiced and eventually started wanting to be in my own band. Just looking up to other bands and wanting to write my own stuff helped me want to be in this field.

What have you been up to since you last hit the road? So, we recently returned from Adelaide and Bendigo and we have just been working on a few new songs which we’re almost ready to release live soon which is very exciting. On a personal level, I have just been practising my craft and trying to improve.

What do you love about making music? Writing songs that people enjoy and relate to, and also that I enjoy playing too. We tend to write songs that we would want to hear as fans.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? We categorise ourselves as a metal band, our songs are very versatile and fun. We’re around the traditional heavy metal, hard rock area. We got that sound by just playing and writing songs we as fans want to hear and just thought we’d share it.

What can we expect from your live shows? It’s energetic, loud and very interactive. We like to put on a show, we like to use synchronised movements and props sometimes.

We’ve been described as refreshing, head-banging and exciting.

When did you first start making music and what led you there? My parents are both musicians, they met when they started up the ABBA tribute band BABBA, so I was very lucky to grow up with a lot of music around me and began writing songs at a young age.

Tell us about your new single ‘Heartbreak Club’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? There are clubs for stamp collecting and Harry Potter out there, I felt like we needed a club for us overly emotional people. I wanted to write a song that embraces the softness and sensitivity in people and empowers vulnerability.

What do you love about making music? With songwriting, it’s like this third dimension of someone’s personality. You can hear and feel that person through their writing and their sound on such a unique level. When people tell you that they love a song you have created, it’s so rewarding to know that they relate to you in your truest form.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? I’ve been influenced by such a wide variety of genres. Folk artists like Joni Mitchell have impacted my melody writing, then there’s this pop sensibility from ABBA and vocal layering style from artists like Kimbra and Lana Del Rey. What can we expect from your live shows? You can come hang out with my three-piece band and I for a night of grooving and visuals. There’ll also be a premiere screening of the ‘Heartbreak Club’ video clip at my upcoming launch show.

Katana Cartel will play Musicland on Saturday June 30 with Panik, K**tsquad and Turret

Jade Alice will be launching ‘Heartbreak Club’ at The Toff on Sunday June 24 from 6.30pm,

with $10 entry on the door.

with Tommy Castles and Velvet Bloom as support. Grab your tickets via Moshtix.

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Rachel Costanzo

MUSIC

When did you first start making music and what led you there? I first started writing when I was six years old, I started off learning the guitar and piano and then I fell in love with singing and writing. My Nonno always told me I had a gift and he pushed me to practice every single day, so he was the one who inspired me to chase my music dream.

Tell us about your new single ‘Comfortable’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Comfortable’ is about two people that are in a relationship, but they aren’t in love anymore. They stay together because they are scared to be alone, and they are comfortable. No matter how toxic and violent the relationship gets, they still stay because they are scared of change. It was inspired by a past toxic relationship of mine.

What do you love about making music? I love that I get to express how I feel and also help people get through situations that they may be going through too.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? I would describe my sound as being very pop. I have always loved pop music and anything that is catchy, so I started getting the hang of writing commercial pop music!

What can we expect from your live shows? You can expect dancing and I play all the singles I’ve ever released, and even a few un-released ones. And there are stories in between songs that explain the story behind each of them.

The Dollar Bill Murrays

MUSIC

When did you first start making music and what led you there? Rachit Mohit (drums): I posted on Reddit way back in 2015 to find some like-minded musicians that wanted to create something new together, and towards 2016 we made the project a real thing and released an EP later that year.

Tell us about your new single ‘The Shape You Take’. What is the story behind it?

What inspired it? Felix Lindergren (vocals & guitar): The song is about connection and intimacy, and it came about from a living room argument I had. How we were moving, the energy we were expressing and the shape we were taking was important and captured the true motives of both of us at the time.

What do you love about making music? R: My favourite part of making music is that it allows people to invite you into their lives. If they like your music then it’s the soundtrack to their day. And also, seeing people in different cities dance and sing along to your music is a totally unmatched feeling.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? R: It’s evolving, we’re really not afraid to move around within our sound. Originally we were geared towards alternative and desert-rock vibes, but over the last year or so we’ve incorporated a few different influences and we’re getting a little more dance-y but still heavy and fun.

What can we expect from your live shows? F: We definitely put a lot of energy into our live shows and often end up having a lot of crowd interaction. The immediacy and unpredictability of the live experience is something that lends itself to natural variation in what we do.

The Dollar Bill Murrays will launch ‘The Shape You Take’ at The Gasometer Hotel on Saturday

Rachel Costanzo’s latest single ‘Comfortable’ is out now on all platforms. Keep an eye on her

June 16, with The Vacant Smiles, KÖDA and Franjapan coming in as support. Tickets are

social media for the release of the music video in the coming weeks.

available via Oztix.

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LIVE Raekwon - Sally Townsend

Slick Rick - Sally Townsend

Tired Lion - Harry Rae

Maceo Parker - Kevin Peterson

Raekwon + Slick Rick

170 Russell, Sunday June 3 Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and hip-hop forefather Slick Rick gave a no-frills nostalgia set to a full-house at 170 Russell, betraying their exuberant and lauded storytelling skills.

Slick Rick’s first ever appearance in Melbourne was preceded by a crudely animated compilation of newspaper clippings to get us up to date on the rapper’s innumerable hardships since his late 80’s heyday – incarceration for attempted murder, industry rejection and a constant threat of deportation over his BritishAmerican citizenships. Rick’s once-singular brand of hip hop storytelling honed on his classic 1989 LP The Great Adventures of Slick Rick has made him revered beyond reproach, and his lack of material over the last 20 years has solidified its mystique.

The need to sustain this mystique became quickly apparent when the show began.

Despite Rick’s wonderfully outlandish gilded blue costume, his bashful performance was of an extreme disparity to his spritely younger self splayed on screens behind him. The overwhelming low frequencies drowned out Rick’s clearly enunciated rap narratives and relegated his distinct voice to a mumble. Large portions of the crowd stood bemused as the mercurial rapper slunk through his late ‘90s tracks ‘Da Art of Storytellin’ and ‘Street Talkin’.

‘La Di Da Di,’ the hugely influential 1985 single with Doug E. Fresh that began Rick’s career, lifted the crowd’s mood. Rick interpolated the lyrics to omit its original misogyny while his golden grin immediately charged into a shocking freestyle over DJ KAOS’s beatboxing, in a moment of rare dynamism. Because of Rick’s short and relatively unexamined back catalogue, the set was fleshed out by necessity with some of his features over the years, including the excellent but fleeting verse on Mos Def ’s ‘Auditorium’.

Sadly, the rest of his set fell short of the brazen excitement captured in these tracks.

Rick used the hyper-graphic screens behind him as a bizarre crutch while remaining static on stage. The closing track and stonecold classic ‘Children’s Story’ was reduced to squelchy boom-bap only discernible halfway through its grind.

When Raekwon emerged, his Wu-Tang honed energy was an immediate contrast; brash rhymes and surgically precise movement made the mere five-year age gap between

Raekwon and Rick appear far greater. Raekwon is a storyteller – just like his predecessor – yet his rhymes are far more vitriolic and sinister, chronicling grim urban epics without a cartoonish turn in sight.

Raekwon comfortably tore through a few tracks from his latest record, The Wild, before forgetting his extensive seven-album solo catalogue to focus on his epochal debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…and a slap-dash medley of the Wu-Tang Clan’s unbeatable Enter the 36 Chambers. Raekwon delivered a single verse off some of the Clan’s biggest hits; ‘Da Mysteries of Chessboxin’, ‘Protect Ya Neck’ and ‘Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthin Ta F’ Wit’ to momentarily drive the crowd rabid before bringing them down again with ponderous ad libs on the early days of New York rap. A tribute to Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s memory resulted in a riotous rendition of ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya’, the crowd’s almost scary zeal making up for ODB’s demented spirit.

“25 years and so many great records...tryna’ condense it into 58 minutes for y’all,” Raekwon mused. Since 2000, the Wu-Tang Clan has continually tried to recapture the collective energy of the ‘90s, when they seemed near unstoppable. The death of Ol’ Dirty Bastard and strained relations between members has made shows like these a contrived restaging, rather than an insatiable drive under the anarchic yellow ‘W’.

BY JOSHUA MARTIN HIGHLIGHT: ‘Shimmy

Shimmy Ya’.

LOWLIGHT: Lengthy and dull DJ interludes.

CROWD FAVOURITE: Raekwon’s 36 Chambers medley.

Tired Lion

Mandurah nuisances Good Doogs came out in fine form, jangling their way through a power set of neo-grunge and stoner-pop that packed out the dancefloor within minutes.

Falling somewhere between Nirvana and the Lemonheads, those dastardly Doogs tore up the stage like the rebellious young rascals they dang well are, and the crowd ate up every last minute of it with gleeful abandon. Definitely a band to catch next time they come through town.

As if that wasn’t enough bang for your buck, the final cherry on top, Tired Lion came out all guns blazing, proving without a doubt why they’re currently one of the hottest tickets in town. Tearing through a setlist of pure crowd pleasers, and drawing heavily from their debut album Dumb Days, the band had the entire audience outright gagging with their heady brand of jangly, anthemic grungepop. Older cuts like ‘Agoraphobia’ and ‘Not My Friends’ had die-hard fans howling with delight, but it was later cuts like ‘Where Were You?’ and ‘Camp’ that had the whole audience singing along with every word. The band even managed to pull in a set of very earnest crowd-surfers. Finishing up with the album’s lead single, power-pop anthem ‘Cinderella Dracula’, the band gave their final goodbyes and disappeared into the darkness, leaving the crowd to pick themselves back up, pull themselves together and brave that brutal Melbourne cold once more. Worth it.

BY JOSHUA TURK HIGHLIGHT: ‘Fresh’.

Leaving the venue and facing the cold again.

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Cinderella Dracula’.

LOWLIGHT:

Max Watt’s, Friday June 1

Maceo Parker

Not even the crummy weather managed to stop Perth darlings Tired Lion from selling out their biggest Melbourne show to date. Zoe Fox and the Rocket Clocks hit the stage like a ‘50s sci-fi wet dream – everything about this set was giving off space-cadet realness. Zoe Fox is a surprisingly commanding presence for somebody that plays it so aloof – her dreamy vocals captivating the audience and drawing them in with each track. But it was Fox’s knock-kneed dance skills and top-notch banter that had everybody eating out of the palm of their hands, and by the end of their set they’d definitely won a few new hearts.

Each year, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival manages to secure an undisputed legend for it’s immaculately curated program.

But this year comes with a twist. Jazz and funk heavyweight Maceo Parker would be paying tribute to another legend himself – the celebrated genius Ray Charles.

If anyone is entitled to step into the shoes – or in this case, sunglasses – of Ray Charles, it would be someone the ilk of Parker. As well as honouring Charles’ legacy with the undying sincerity of a true fan, the acclaimed saxophonist has spent his career playing with

Hamer Hall , Sunday June 3

James Brown, Prince, and George Clinton, while boasting a revered solo discography of his own.

However, this show wasn’t necessarily about Parker’s saxophone prowess. Although he picked his horn up for a few select numbers, he spent most of the evening singing – backed

by Melbourne big band The Meltdown. It was a powerful pairing, with the Melbourne group a shining example of our homegrown jazz talent.

Under the guidance of musical director Steve Sigmund, Parker and co. offered a sprawling celebration of Ray Charles’ life, music and vision.

Parker is clearly influenced by Charles’ idiosyncratic, expressive style. While he never quite matches the sheer musicality of Charles’ vocals, he has soul in spades. After all, that’s really what this music is about. It’s easy to forget in the lavish confines of Hamer Hall that much of Charles’ oeuvre was born in juke joints and clubs, but Parker and The Meltdown gave it their best shot to make you remember that – particularly with searing renditions of ‘What’d I Say’ and more cuts from the early Atlantic era.

While the Meltdown swing with ease throughout, they shine brightest on ballads.

‘Georgia on My Mind’ is nothing but bliss, with Sigmund bringing out the best in an already stellar group.

In a huge bonus, the performance featured vocal performances from The Raelettes – an underrated yet vital part of Charles’ sound. ‘Hit The Road Jack’ and ‘What’d I Say’ are nothing without their harmonies, and the fact they’re now being given the reverence they wholeheartedly deserve has been a long time coming.

If there is one criticism of this tribute, it’s that most of the arrangements err on the safer side. But this isn’t about reinventing the wheel – this is a show that’s about celebrating its beauty, simplicity, and influence. And if there’s anyone who can afford to do what he pleases at this stage in his career, it’s Maceo Parker. From one genius to another, Parker manages to offer a glimpse of why Ray Charles was a force to be reckoned with live. Backed by a Melbourne group worth the cost of admission alone, this is a show that exemplified why the Melbourne International Jazz Festival is one of the most unique of its kind.

BY JAMES DI FABRIZIO HIGHLIGHT: ‘Georgia

LOWLIGHT: Would’ve

playing from Maceo.

On My Mind’. liked more saxophone

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Hallelujah, I

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Gig Guide Wednesday June 6 HIP HOP & R&B MELLOWDÌAS THUMP - FEAT: GSM + SKOMES + COLETTE + DARCY JUSTICE + MELO FELO + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

One More Weekend The Bendigo Hotel Alt-rock four-piece One More Weekend will be taking to The Bendigo Hotel on Wednesday June 6, promising a wild night of sonic goodness while talking maccas runs, HECS debt and more. Barefoot Bowls Club, Clean Cut Society and Day Dreamers will be coming in as support and it’s all kicking off at 7.30pm. Tickets are $5 on the door.

Oliver Proudfoot + David Western + Thommy Taranto The Old Bar Sydney’s Oliver Proudfoot will be performing his lulling, captivating style of indie-blues at The Old Bar on Wednesday June 6, with his full band in tow. Support will come in the form of old soul indie-rock artist David Western as well as Thommy Taranto, who promises to inject a young Lou Reed/Bob Dylan feel to the night.

Head down from 7.30pm and entry is an easy $8.

Effie’s Fighting Pillow The Post Office Hotel Local synth-pop act Effie’s Fighting Pillow are geared to play a massive two-hour set The Post Office Hotel this Thursday June 7.

Their style is infused with jazz and is sure to give you all the good vibes on your Thursday evening. It’s all happening from 9pm until 11pm and entry is free.

Great Aunt Charles Weston Great Aunt are an Americana, roots and bluegrass duo from Melbourne who write about grief and joy, whiskey and wine, disappointment and love. The group consists of mandolin player, guitarist and singer Megan Bird, and bassist, drummer and singer Chelsea Allen. You can catch them when they play Charles Weston on Thursday June 7 from 6.30pm. Free entry.

Honeybone + Gavin Bowles + The Reveries Whole Lotta Love Boasting just $5 entry for a night of ripper live music is Whole Lotta Love on Thursday June 7. There’ll be garage-rock trio Honeybone, singer-songwriter and guitarist Gavin Bowles and The Reveries who are a new blues trio kicking off the night. It’s all happening from 7pm, get on it.

Jade Kerber + Michael Yule The Moldy Fig Composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jade Kerber will be taking to The Moldy Fig on Thursday June 7 as part of his fortnightly residency. Playing keys and synths alongside his band, you can expect a ripper set of jazz, funk and soul from 9pm. Meanwhile, Michael Yule will open things up at 7pm. Best of all, entry is free.

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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BRIAN MULDOON Milano's Tavern, Brighton. 10:00am. $5.

DAN BRODIE + JOE DWYER + TIM EVANS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5.

EXTREME + MR. BIG Forum Theatre,

Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $110.35.

LEMON DAZE + SAPPHIRE STREET + MAD MIKE & THE IRRATIONAL DUCKS

Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

NOAH KAHAN + LOVA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. $40.82.

ONE MORE WEEKEND + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB + CLEAN CUT SOCIETY + DAY DREAMERS Bendigo Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.

RANCID EDDIE + MAJAK DOOR + BLEND + POSTCODE PRESIDENT

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

SLIKNITA + AMBUR + THE NIGHT COLLECTORS + CECIL TURBINE Yarra

Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $5.

TANYA GEORGE + CHEEKY CHALK + ROJO + G MARKO Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7pm. $11.

THE FACULTY + BITCH DIESEL + PISS FACTORY + SUE THOMSON Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 7pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK AMBER MIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS - FEAT: LIV ROFFEY + RHODES + BEN EMMS + SIORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

7:30pm. $10.

DAVID WESTERN + OLIVER PROUDFOOT + THOMMY TARANTO Old

Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.

GEORGIA RODGERS Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 8pm.

HENRY J. SAWYER Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 8pm.

KICKASS KARAOKE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9pm.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: JOE MATERA + MINDY SORTINI + BERNARDO SOLER LAUGHING TRIO

Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.

MEL TAYLOR Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm.

MUDDY'S BLUES ROULETTE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick.

7:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT

8:30pm. $15.

BUTTERED LOAF Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm.

DIZZY'S BIG BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club,

Richmond. 7pm. $30.

DONALD HARRISON Bird's Basement,

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $32.

FOURPLAY Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $30.

HARRY MITCHELL QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.

JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

JUSTIN YAP Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm.

MAX TEAKLE'S JAZZ REVOLUTION

Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 6pm.

MINGUS THINGUS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.

NOVELA The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6:30pm. $45.

STEVE SEDERGREEN'S POINTS IN TIME

The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 9pm. $39.

SUN RA ARKESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $64.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm.

TIM MITCHELL Murmur Piano Bar, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

WINE CHEESE AND ALL THAT JAZZ FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Moldy Fig,

7pm.

YEMEN BLUES + ADRIANA 170 Russell,

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $54.19

Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6pm. $10.

SAINTHILL + THE SECRET HISTORY + AVALON BEACH Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

8pm. $5.

SOUNDTRACKS FOR IMAGINARY FILMS - FEAT: HENRY HUGO TRIO + BELLE PHOENIX + GOLD GULL DUO Swamplands

Bar, Thornbury. 7pm.

THE CREDITS + THE CIGARRILLOS + MR STITCHER + PRINCESS FIST Bendigo

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

THE GLORIOUS SONS Spotted Mallard,

Brunswick. 8pm.

THE SMOKIN' WINGTIPS Musicland,

Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.

THE TERRIFYING LOWS + GIRLATONES + FRANCESCA GONZALES Workers Club,

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.

TOM FRYER BAND + BOHJASS + KEWTI

303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

Thursday 7 June HIP HOP & R&B CLUB PALISADES Carlton Club, Melbourne

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

REBEL WITHOUT A PAWS FUNDRAISER - FEAT: RHONDA + STONETHROAT + KARL KAISER-SCHMIDT & THE UNDESIRABLES + SATURN3 + MORE

East. 7pm.

WESLEY FULLER'S KICKS + ZOË FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS Cherry Bar,

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

Heron, Footscray. 7:30pm.

Fitzroy. 8pm. $12.50.

REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER'S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh

Cbd. 8pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

PIGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE + THE HIGH DRIFTERS + NOUGHTS The Night

Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6pm.

THOMAS WALLIS + THE SUNKEN SEA + MOSES CARR Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.

MICHAEL YULE The Moldy Fig, 7pm.

GALLERY - HOUSE OF BEIGE TAKEOVER - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Ferdydurke, NEXT CROP HIP-HOP SHOWCASE FEAT: LUNCHMAN + LEEZE + YABBY + MORE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.

NO FRILLS THURSDAYS Laundry Bar,

Fitzroy. 10pm.

REJJIE SNOW Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8pm.

THE DROP - FEAT: WALLA C + JPS + MONTELL2099 + JORDAN DENNIS + JPS + NAM Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.

BEN CHARNLEY QUARTET Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:30pm. $35.

BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE Open Studio, Northcote. 7pm. $10.

CHRIS DAVE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 2pm.

DONALD HARRISON Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $32.

FABULOUS DIVA - THE MUSIC OF DR NINA SIMONE Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.

FITZROY SOUL PARTY - FEAT: SON OF A GUNZEL + VARIOUS DJS Bar Open,

Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

FUNK RABBIT + THE MAMAS Penny Black,

Brunswick. 8pm.

JADE KERBER The Moldy Fig, 9pm.

JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

LEA DELARIA Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 8pm. $73.50.

MATT GANIM Murmur Piano Bar, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

AZTX + ODD SOULS + FRANJAPAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $5.

NUBYA GARCIA QUARTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 9pm. $48.

CLOGGED + SPEW BALLOON + ESP MAYHEM + EMPTY GESTURE Last SIMON HALL Melbourne Recital Centre, Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. Southbank. 7pm. $45.

7:30pm. $5.

SYN-CHRO-NI-CI-TY Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.

DON'T THANK ME SPANK ME Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

THANDO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

DOUBLE TROUBLE - FEAT: JANK FACQUES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm.

11pm.

DREAM ON DREAMER + OCEAN YEMEN BLUES Arts Centre, Melbourne.

4pm.

SLEEPER + FOXBLOOD + ADVOCATES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ EASTBOUND BUZZ + FLOSS + THE VELVET CLUB Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

8pm.

HONEYBONE + GAVIN BOWLES + THE REVERIES Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick

BLUES/FOLK

BELLE HARVEY & HELEN TOWNSEND

East. 7pm. $5.

Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm.

GREAT AUNT Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

JACOB DIAMOND + SCRATCH MATCH + SHANNEN JAMES + MORE Gasometer

INTERNATIONAL VELVET + REAL LOVE + CAROLINE NO + POPPONGENE + DJ MILO EASTWOOD Tote Hotel, MAJAK DOOR + HOTEL FIFTEEN LOVE + KITSCHEN BOY Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

HAWKER-ELLIOT HAMMOND TRIO 303,

Northcote. 8pm. $10.

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

KHRISTIAN MIZZI + JOYCE PRESCHER

Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $10.

FEATURED GIGS MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS

Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. $5.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Sloth Bar, Footscray.

8pm.

THE ATTENTION SEEKERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.

THOMAS HAMPSON Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $59.

Friday 8 June JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE + ALARIIYA

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $12.

BRIAN EL DORADO & THE TUESDAY PEOPLE + SONS OF RICO + WEREWOLVES OF MELBOURNE + DADA ONO + MORE Spotted Mallard,

Brunswick. 7:30pm. $15.08.

BRUNSWICK STOMPERS Paris Cat Jazz

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30.

CALLE LUNA Belleville, Melbourne. 9pm.

CASTLEMAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL - FEAT: NUBYA GARCIA BAND + GOLDFIELDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA + LOW DOWN BIG BAND + SHOL + MORE Old Castlemaine

Gaol, 7:30pm. $95.

CHRIS DAVE & THE DRUMHEDZ + MIKE GURRIERI 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

$68.51.

DONALD HARRISON Bird's Basement,

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $32.

DR SINHA'S JAZZ LOBOTOMY + YOUTHFIRE + SPIRITUS Penny Black,

Brunswick. 8:30pm.

FLOYD THURSBY The Moldy Fig, 7pm.

FRANCESCO CAFISO The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 6:30pm + 9pm. $48.

JACKIE BORNSTEIN QUARTET Lido Jazz

Room, Hawthorn. 7:30pm. $35.

JAMES MUSTAFA QUARTET Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:30pm. $30.

JULIAN SCHEFFER Platform 270, Melbourne. 5:30pm.

JULIE O'HARA Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.

9pm.

LOGAN FIVE Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

LOONEE TUNES + ACE TONES + THE BITTERMEN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm.

$10.

MARIA MOLES & ADAM HALIWELL

Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm.

MARIOS PAPADEAS SANTOURISTAS

Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $25.

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

OSCAR & THE GROOVE SAINTS + LAURIE VEAL Woody's Attic Dive,

Collingwood. 8:30pm.

QUARTER STREET Open Studio, Northcote.

9pm. $12.

SASSY - A TRIBUTE TO SARAH VAUGHAN - FEAT: ALYSON MURRAY

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

SIMON HALL Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $45.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm. $15.

THE SLIPDIXIES The Moldy Fig, 9pm.

THE STEPHEN MAGNUSSON TRIO

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

WINTER BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL - FEAT: RUA + LU CARVALHO & SAMBA BAND + MAXX R. + MORE Royal Melbourne Hotel,

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow,

Melbourne. 11pm.

ANTAGONIST A.D. + IMPRISONED + DREGG + CAST DOWN + CAGED

EXISTENCE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

8pm. $10.

APOCALYPSE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

BAD BANGS + SLEDGEHAMMER Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

BAKERS EDDY + MORE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

BENCH PRESS + LAZERTITS + SHADY NASTY + HEARTS & ROCKETS ​Workers

Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

BRITISH INDIA + MORE Sooki Lounge,

Belgrave. 8pm.

BRITISH STEEL + METAL FETISH + TEASE

24 Moons, Northcote. 7pm.

CAPITAL GAINS + MIDDLE MANAGEMENT + FIELD MAPS Reverence

Hotel, Footscray. 8pm. $10.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs

House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.

HIP HOP & R&B AFTER HOURS Horse Bazaar, Melbourne

Cbd. 8pm.

HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + AGEE ORTIZ + ESG + MARZ + MORE

Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

KEVIN LYTTLE + DJ DEMIZE + DJ CARLOS + DJ SAM + DJ PRINCE + DJ PERES Max Watt's, Melbourne. 9pm. $35.20.

PARTY & BULLSHIT FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.

RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.

THE BIG DELICIOUS MIXTAPE LAUNCH + EAT PANT + CORDUROY BOY + WATERBIRD Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

DJ LEARNTABLES Edinburgh Castle,

BELLE HARVEY & HELEN TOWNSEND

DMA'S + HATCHIE Forum Theatre,

Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.

Brunswick. 9pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

DR. COLOSSUS + TWO HEADED DOG + CRACKED TAPES + SMOKE WITCH + KASHMERE CLUB + MORE Barwon Club

Hotel, Geelong. 6pm.

DREAM ON DREAMER + OCEAN SLEEPER + FOXBLOOD + ADVOCATES

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm.

JON STEVENS + ABBEY STONE

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.

BEN CAMDEN Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:30pm.

BENNY PETERS & THE MISTREATERS DAN WARNER & DAVE EVANS Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

DEBORAH CONWAY & WILLY ZYGIER

Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8pm. $23.50.

DOUG BRUCE & THE TAILGATERS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8pm. $10.

IAN COLLARD The Local Taphouse, St Kilda East. 9:30pm.

JOHN WILLIAMS DOUBLESHOT OF BLUES Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.

KIMBA GRIFFITH DUO Wesley Anne,

Commercial Hote, South Morang. 8pm. $39.80.

LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm.

Northcote. 6pm.

6pm. $10.

MALCURA Amazing Grace, Cranbourne. 8pm.

PUGSLEY BUZZARD Bar Open, Fitzroy.

LISTEN LISTS LAUNCH & FUNDRAISER - FEAT: ELIZA STAFFORD + SIMONA CASTRICUM + KATIE PEARSON + SHAAD D'SOUZA Corner Hotel, Richmond.

LEE KERNAGHAN + THE WOLFE BROTHERS Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster.

8pm. $64.30.

MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD + PLOVERS + RATHEAD 303, Northcote. 8pm.

6:30pm.

MOJO PIN - FEAT: CAPITAL GAINS + THE SWEETS + NOTHING REALLY + LESS FOX MORE WHALE Reverence Hotel,

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

$10.

Footscray. 8pm. $10.

NQR + MOD VIGIL + CRASSSH + TIM EVANS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + PSYCHOBABEL + FERLA! John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm.

$20.

RAZZMATAZZ INDIE DISCO Gasometer

Hotel, Collingwood. 11pm. $5.

RIVERSNAKE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.

ROCKY & THE TWO BOB MILLIONAIRES

Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6pm.

ROSE AVENUE + THE NINTH DIMENSION + ONE MORE WEEKEND

Workers Club, Geelong. 8pm. $7.15.

SACRED HEART MISSION FUNDRAISER - FEAT: ISABELLE SKYE + JORDAN CLAY + KING PUPPY & THE CARNIVORE + SUN + SELKI The B.east, Brunswick East. 9pm.

SECRET FLEETS + FAKE SIBLING + BIG SEAL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

STERLING + TAPER VALLEY + THE NEW DREGS Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm.

SUSS CUNTS + SUMMER FLAKE + DIANAS + EAT-MAN + DJ AIRHORN MAMI Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $12.

THE CHERRY DOLLS + EMILEE SOUTH + DEARTH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

$12.

THE RESIGNATORS + THE KUJO KINGS + ADMIRAL ACKBAR'S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE + THE MÉNAGE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

ROSE ZITA FALKO + BROOKE RUSSELL

Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $12.

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.

WAZ E JAMES Swamplands Bar, Thornbury.

8pm. $5.

Saturday 9 June HIP HOP & R&B BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.

ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.

KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd.

9:30pm.

MARIO Co., Southbank. 10pm. $25.

SUPER DUPER BEST FRIENDS 2 - FEAT: DOGMATIC + WINNICK + KAT EDDY TRIO + NEW$HOES + MORE Spotted

Mallard, Brunswick. 7pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS A WHALE CALLED PHOENIX Oh! Jean

Records, Fitzroy. 3:30pm.

ACID ANTS + PAPER TAPIR + CREEPY FLAVOUR Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

North Melbourne. 8pm.

ANDRE WARHURST TRIO Union Hotel

(brunswick), Brunswick. 5pm.

CLUB YORKE + EMPIRE PARK + MORE

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

DISTURBING THE PEACE – A SALUTE TO VANDA & YOUNG AND ALBERTS PRODUCTIONS Satellite Lounge, Mulgrave.

North Melbourne. 8:30pm.

8pm. $23.

St Kilda . 9pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 12pm. $20.

THE VACANT SMILES + TELESCREEN + GHYTI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.

WHAT’S ON PRESENTS Prince Public Bar,

DIVEFEST 2018 - FEAT: HAILGUN + FIELD + DIPLOID + MERCHANT + HOLY SERPENT + BØG + CORDELL Cherry Bar,

Capital Gains Reverence Hotel

On Friday June 8, pop and post-punk outfit Capital Gains are doing their second last show at The Rev before chief singersongwriter Seb Cunningham embarks on a long journey overseas. Middle Management and Field Maps will offer support, and doors open at 8pm. Entry is $10.

Maria Moles & Adam Halliwel Edinburgh Castle Maria Moles & Adam Halliwell are stalwarts of the Melbourne music scene,having worked extensively as individual artists or across projects of the likes of Jaala, Francis Plagne, Lucas Abela, Hyperborea, Mildlife, James Rushford, First Baboon Civilization and more. They’ll be playing their spontaneous, improvised style across guitar and drums, coupled with auxiliary percussion, woodwinds and electronic processing at Edinburgh Castle on Friday June 8, and they’ll be doing it all from 6pm. Entry is free.

Mojo Pin Reverence Hotel Emerging from the western suburbs of Melbourne, Mojo Pin started out as just two guys jamming Guns N’ Roses tracks at home. They’ve since graduated from the garage and are playing a show at The Rev on Friday June 8, supported by The Sweets, Nothing Really (FKA Blaire) and Less Fox More Whale. Head down from 8pm, entry is free.

Sacred Heart Mission Fundraiser The B.East Supporting people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage, The Sacred Heart Mission are holding their fundraiser at The B.East on Friday June 8. Providing music on the night will be Isabelle Skye, Jordan Clay, King Puppy & The Carnivore, SUN, and SELKI. A great gig for a great cause, entry is free, but donations are welcome. Kicks off at 9pm.

Logan Five Compass Pizza Formed this year by Melbourne bassist Matthew Hayes, Logan Five explore ‘70s funk, soul and R&B and they’ll be taking their sounds to Compass Pizza on Friday June 8.

Doors open at 8pm and entry is just $10.

Jayden Dunne The Evelyn Hotel Jayden Dunne is set to play his first solo headline show of the year at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday June 9. He’ll be bringing his heartfelt songwriting and his soft bluesy, jazz and traditional folk sound to the stage, while Pat Ward and the Aruba Girls will be offering support. Kicks off at 2pm and entry is $5.

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Featured Gigs DMA'S + HATCHIE Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

FRIDAY NIGHT IN WEST EALING ZINE LAUNCH - FEAT: LUKE YOU (WITH CITY OF COOL) + TINA GROWLS + MADE AUSTRIA + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 12pm.

GAVIN BOWLES Edinburgh Castle,

Brunswick. 5pm.

HEADBANGERS BALL - FEAT: SYSTEM OF A DOWN TRIBUTE BAND + CAPITAL ENEMY + OUR ANCHORED HEARTS + ATLVS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne

While rooted in rock, Ciaran Boyle’s music has transcended into a more folk-based style with an indie edge. He’ll be playing his unique mix of originals and classic covers at The Drunken Poet on Saturday June 9, kicking off at 3pm. Entry is free.

The Peacocks Wesley Anne Presenting their take on classic jazz, fivepiece The Peacocks are playing at Wesley Anne on Saturday June 9. Expect influences of folk, indie-rock, and funk blended with traditional jazz when they play their set from 6pm to 8pm. Entry is free.

A Celebration of Women in Rock & Metal Whole Lotta Love Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Nita Strauss – women in metal kick ass. So this event seems the perfect place to be if you have an appreciation for, or want to strengthen your appreciation for, women kicking it in the all-too male-dominated world of rock and metal. There’ll be live music from Tash & Brendan (Eat The Damn Orange) as well as Sunset Drive and The Deadlips to celebrate, while from 7.30pm there’ll also be a Q&A session with The Hard Rock Show. Head down to Whole Lotta Love on Saturday June 9 to bask in all this goodness. Best of all, entry is only $10.

Unfuck The World Day Dancing Dog Café Unfuck The World Day is coming into Dancing Dog Café on Saturday June 9, bringing with it a smattering of music and art offerings. Unfuck The World Day was started in 2013 by LA-based organisation Unfuck The World as a means to connect people who wish to make change, with this year’s stint calling to raise funds for local non-profit Helping Hands. Meanwhile, there’ll be music from Augustine Ang, Bad Bangs, Maja, Miriam Falloon, Trees for Ruru and Ativandal as well as spoken word performances, a mini art and craft market showcasing local photography, jewellery, sculpture and visual art as well as baked treats. It’s all going down from 3pm to 8pm with a donation upon entry encouraged.

All proceeds will go to the Helping Hands Mission.

28 Days The Bendigo Hotel Boasting a career over two decades long, 28 Days are known for their distinctive punk and hip hop infused sound. Their second album Upstyledown debuted at number one on the ARIA charts and went platinum in 2000, and they’ve since enjoyed playing a steady roster of festivals and shows across the country and abroad. Catch them at The Bendigo Hotel on Sunday June 10, it’s all kicking off from 7pm. Tickets are $20 via Oztix.

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Gaol, 7:30pm. $95.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE'S NEW JAWN The

Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6:30pm + 9pm.

COOL OUT SUN Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8:30pm.

DJ DEGROOVY Edinburgh Castle,

Brunswick. 9pm.

Cbd. 9pm.

DONALD HARRISON Bird's Basement,

Collingwood. 9pm.

EL MOTH + KING RIVER RISING The

HELTER SKELTER Woody's Attic Dive,

Ciaran Boyle The Drunken Poet

Hawthorn. 7:30pm.

CASTLEMAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL - FEAT: NUBYA GARCIA BAND + GOLDFIELDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA + LOW DOWN BIG BAND + SHOL + MORE Old Castlemaine

HOBBLEDAY 2 - FEAT: DONNIE DUREAU + JAMIE HAY + BEC STEVENS + FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA + MORE

Old Bar, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. $15.

JIMMY BARNES - AN EVENING OF STORIES AND SONGS Palais Theatre, St

Kilda. 8pm. $101.79.

JON STEVENS + THE HEARTACHE STATE (WITH NICK BARKER) + JR REYNE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $32.

B.east, Brunswick East. 10pm.

EMILIA Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.

8pm. $10.

GEORGE TELEK BENEFIT SHOW - FEAT: NOT DROWNING WAVING + THE UNDERGROUND LOVERS + TAIPAN TIGER GIRLS + PIUS WASI + EMMANUEL HAKALITZ + MORE Memo Music Hall, St

Kilda. 6pm. $35.

RACH + CALYPSO + THERAPY DOG

GEORGIA BROOKS SWINGTET Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 6:30pm. $30.

HOT CLUB SWING Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:30pm. $30.

KATERINA MYSKOVA The Moldy Fig, 7pm.

KYLIE AULDIST Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $25.

MANDACARU Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm. $10.

NADIRA & FRIENDS Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.

ONE SPIRIT AFRICA Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm.

PUGSLEY BUZZARD Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

SIMON HALL Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 4pm & 7pm. $45.

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

TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Bar Open, Fitzroy.

9:30pm. $12.

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

SHADY NASTY + BEHIND YOU + KAZU FRANCOIS + BODY LANGUAGE Tote

8:30pm.

$36.07.

MELBOURNE CANS + THE TROPES Post

Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

MOSES CARR VS. WOY Belleville, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

MYRIDIAN + PRIMITIVE + THE ASCENDED + RITUALS Evelyn Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

NICOLE MILLAR + SOPHIEGROPHY + OH BOY Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

8pm. $20.

NO FUN ON THE BEACHES - FEAT: ORB + POWER + STIFF RICHARDS + JESS RIBEIRO + LIVING EYES + MORE Baha

Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 12pm.

PRIVATE FUNCTION + HORACE BONES + THE SPINNING ROOMS + BITCH DIESEL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

RAAVE TAPES + CANDY + MONA BAY + TAMARA & THE DREAMS Yah Yah's,

Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $5.

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

SHAKERFAKER Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

SHEPPARTON AIRPLANE + UTE ROOT + NOUGHTS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm.

THE BALLS + I AM DUCKEYE + PSYCHO MOTO + THE DAGGAR + JEMMA NICOLE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm.

THE BEAT TABOO + JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR-DOLLS + THEE CAT BURGLARS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.

THE HARD ROCK SHOW - FEAT: EAT THE DAMN ORANGE + SUNSET DRIVE + THE DEADLIPS Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 6pm. $10.

THE MOTHER GURUS + BAD BANGS + GHYTI + LIP SYNC CHICKS Yarra Hotel,

Abbotsford. 8pm. $10.

THE ROYAL VARIETY COMMAND PERFORMANCE - FEAT: BOBBY MILLER + AUSTRALIAN BON JOVI SHOW + DREAMBOOGIE + CARLOUA ZEP + MUSICLAND CHOIR + MORE Musicland,

Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.

WHERE’S RINGO? Chirnside Park Country

Club, Chirnside Park. 7pm.

WINTER MOON + KODAH + BACK POCKET Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.

7:30pm. $10.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ACETONES, DJ STEVIE MONTGOMERY + ACETONES + DJ STEVIE MONTGOMERY Transit, Melbourne Cbd.

9pm.

AFRICA ARISING - FEAT: ADRIANA + ALEX SHANNON + QUAIL Ferdydurke,

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

ANDREA KELLER TRIO Lido Jazz Room,

THE ANTON DELECCA STANDARDS QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

THE CONNIE LANSBERG QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 9pm. $35.

THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

6:30pm. $12.

THE KING LOUIE COLLECTIVE + PPB LATE NIGHT DJS Prince Public Bar, St

Kilda . 8pm.

THE OTHERS - FEAT: SIMON HALL + APPIAN WAY Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 7:30pm. $61.

THE PEACOCKS Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6pm.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm. $15.

THE SOUL EXPERIENCE Royal Hotel,

Mornington. 8pm.

VICTORIA NEWTON QUINTET Paris Cat

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BEIJA FLOR & BYRON TRIANDAFYLLIDIS Open Studio,

Northcote. 2:30pm. $8.

CIARAN BOYLE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3pm.

D.G. GREY & CO. Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

5pm.

ELLI SCHOEN + ASHA JEFFERIES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $12.

EZRA LEE TRIO Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

8pm.

GRAND BAXTER Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

JAYDEN DUNN + PAT WARD + ARUBA GIRLS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2pm. $5.

JOHN KENNEDYS’ 68 COMEBACK SPECIAL Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

9:30pm.

LEE KERNAGHAN + THE WOLFE BROTHERS Mac's Hotel, Melton. 8pm.

$64.30.

SAMMY OWN BLUES BAND Rainbow

Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

THE CHRIS COMMERFORD BAND

Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 4pm.

THE JUMP CATS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm.

Sunday 10 June INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AMBLESIDE + PRIDELANDS + THE COMFORT + STEADFAST Royal

Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $20.

DJ BAD PARAMETER Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 11:30pm.

DREAM ON DREAMER + THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT + OCEAN SLEEPER + FOXBLOOD + BAD JUJU

Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7pm. $20.

ELVY SWAN Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 6pm. $6.

ESSIE WILLIAMS The Moldy Fig, 9pm.

FLY BY NIGHT BAT CLINIC FUNDRAISER - FEAT: SLUG BUCKET + PALMERSLUM + THE KAT O ARMY Last Chance Rock And

Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $10.

JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMORDOLLS + THE YARD APES + THE GO FUCK YOURSELVES Last Chance Rock

And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 3pm.

KATE BUSH - 'THE KICK INSIDE’ 40TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE - FEAT: ROUTINES + CYNTHIA GALLIE + LACK THE LOW + LUCY DWYER + GIRL FRIDAY + MORE Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8:30pm. $22.

LACE AND WHISKY + PARMY DHILLON + ​JOE JACOBSON + ZEN ROBOTIC

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $5.

NICOLE MILLAR + SOPHIEGROPHY + OH BOY Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 1pm.

$23.50.

OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland,

Fawkner. 7pm.

PASS THE BREAK - FEAT: THE GIFTHORSE + LUCA BRASI + A DEATH IN THE FAMILY + LIKE... ALASKA + PAGAN + MORE Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 1pm.

SERF + LINCOLN LE FEVRE Old Bar,

Fitzroy. 3pm.

SHARDS + SHERAZ + TENDERHOOKS + OBSB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm.

SHIT SEX + DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS + CLAWS & ORGANS + EAT MAN + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. $10.

SIMPLE DAY PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

1pm. $25.

SLIM JEFFRIES + PUBLIC HIGH + DADA ONO + SOPHISTICATED DINGO Workers

Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

SPOONBILL + KODIAK KID + EASTWARD + AMILLIONTHINGS Howler,

Brunswick. 8:30pm. $34.49.

TERRY + STEPH & AL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:30pm.

THE BRAVES + RIVER OF SNAKES + BLACK BATS Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8pm. $10.

THE DOWNSTAIRS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

8pm.

WEST THEBARTON + PIST IDIOTS + SELF TALK Northcote Social Club,

Northcote. 8:30pm.

HIP HOP & R&B 28 DAYS + TOP NOVIL + BREAK THE GALLOWS + SNOW FLAKE Bendigo

Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $20.40.

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Featured Gigs DJS Co., Southbank. 9pm.

HOT FUDGE SUNDAYS - FEAT: D'FRO + ILRESPONCE + MORE Lucky Coq,

Windsor. 3pm.

Lincoln Le Fevre + Serf The Old Bar Serf and Lincoln Le Fevre & The Insiders will be coming into The Old Bar on Sunday June 10 to ensure your long weekend musical needs are met. Lincoln Le Fevre has toured extensively both with his band and as a solo artist, while Serf is known for wielding dense baselines and distorted drum machines to create his own unique style. It’s a long weekend, so there’s no reason not to take your Sunday sesh well into the night. Kicks off at 2pm and entry is free.

Bat Rock!

Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar A spectacular lineup of local bands are coming together to raise funds for Fly By Night Bat Rescue Clinic at Last Chance on Sunday June 10. Acoustic pop-punk band Kat O Army, grunge three-piece Palmerslum and Slug Bucket will be offering all the entertainment, and there’ll also be a raffle going to raise as much as possible to support the bat rescue clinic.

Entry is $10 and $8 of it goes to the bats.

You can catch it all from 8pm.

The Senegambian Jazz Band Belleville Adored West African and jazz act The Senegambian Jazz Band have played the likes of Meredith and Rainbow Serpent festivals and rounded out their 2017 with a nomination for Jazz Album of the Year at The Age Music Awards. Now, the fivepiece are gearing to give you a belter of a long weekend by playing a two-hour set at Belleville on Sunday June 10. Festivities kick off at 9pm, with DJs Lachlan Stuckey and Ryan Berkeley playing before TSJB takes the reins at 11pm. Best of all, it’s bloody free.

Anarchy in the Monarchy The Gasometer Hotel The Gaso are gearing to host a massive Queen’s Birthday bash on Monday June 11, which will see the likes of Brooke Powers, Merve, Interstellar Fugitives, Jess Zammit and more providing the tunes. Doors for this massive event open at midday and entry is free before 5pm. Get around it.

Four In The Moring The Gasometer Hotel Four In The Morning are taking over The Gasometer Hotel every Tuesday in June.

The three-piece will be debuting some new stuff, all the while giving The Gaso a heaving boost with their indie sound.

Tickets are $10 at the door, and doors open at 7.30pm.

Van Walker plays Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks The Drunken Poet For The Drunken Poet’s popular Tuesday Tribute event, Tasmanian musician Van Walker will be performing a tribute show to his earliest musical influence: Bob Dylan.

Walker will play Dylan’s acclaimed 15th studio album Blood on the Tracks from 8pm and best of all, entry is free.

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OKENYO + REBECCA HATCH + PRICE J Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15.

QUEEN'S B'DAY EVE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

QUEEN'S BDAY EVE - FEAT: 007BADASS + LARRIE + SIRPREME + MORE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.

SAD DANCE CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne

Cbd. 9pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANDY SULLIVAN + LOUIS + JAMIE MACDOWELL Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 8pm.

ARANDÚ QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.

BALKAN BRASS - FEAT: OPA! BATO + OPA SEKO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury.

7:30pm. $10.

Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 5pm. $10.

CATFISH GUMBO Catfish, Fitzroy. 5pm.

ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 4pm.

HEINOUS HOUND Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.

JOHN KENNEDY'S 68 COMEBACK SPECIAL Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5pm.

KATIE BATES + ALEXANDER & Open

Studio, Northcote. 2pm. $10.

LEE KERNAGHAN + THE WOLFE BROTHERS Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea

Heights. 8pm. $64.30.

LEHMANN B. SMITH + THE FINKS Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm.

MAYUMI MULLINS + ERICA BRAMHAM + PERU Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

3pm.

MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4pm.

PENY BOHAN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4pm.

PETER BAYLOR & THE ROADHOUSE ROMEOS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

SOPHIE'S VOICE Wesley Anne, Northcote.

BIG BAND THROUGH THE AGES - A NEW TAKE ON DISNEY Paris Cat Jazz

3pm. $20.

CASTLEMAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL - FEAT: NUBYA GARCIA BAND + GOLDFIELDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA + LOW DOWN BIG BAND + SHOL + MORE Old Castlemaine

TEX PERKINS & THE FAT RUBBER BAND (WITH MATT WALKER) + BILLY MILLER

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $30.

Gaol, 7:30pm. $95.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE Arts Centre,

Melbourne. 3pm.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE'S NEW JAWN

The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6:30pm + 9pm. $89.

DAMIEN ELLIS QUARTET Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6pm.

DJ THE KNAVE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8pm.

DONALD HARRISON Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $32.

DR HERNANDEZ + MORE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 5pm.

GOD SHAVE THE QUEEN - FEAT: DESTRENDS + SUNNYSIDE + OGOPOGO + ZOE FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8pm. $10.

HOT SOCKS BIG BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club,

Richmond. 3pm. $30.

MADELEINE PEYROUX Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $89.

PRICKLY PEAR Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:30pm. $30.

QUEEN AS MUSTARD - FEAT: KRAKATAU + CLAUDIA JONES + MISS MODULAR + MORE Toff In Town,

Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY EVE - FEAT: B.TWO + OBLIVEUS + JOYBOT + MATT RADOVICH Penny Black, Brunswick. 12pm.

SOUNDTRACK SESSIONS - SONGS OF THE BIG CHILL - FEAT: COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS + STELLA ANGELICO + CLAIRY BROWNE + ANDREW DE SILVA

Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington.

7:30pm. $44.90.

THE MYKAELA JAY TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 4pm.

THE PEPPERCORN JAZZ BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm. $15.

THE SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND

Belleville, Melbourne. 9pm.

THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA + THE TROPES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

WILBUR WILDE & THE TROUBLE MAKERS Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel,

Williamstown. 2pm.

BENNY PETERS & THE MISTREATERS

STEPHEN HOY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm. $33.50.

THE 'JOHNNY CAN'T DANCE' CAJUN BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $10.

THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS

Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 5pm.

THE RECHORDS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

11:00am.

TIM GUY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4pm.

TRACEY MILLER'S 45 PACKIN’ MAMA

Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

VAN WALKER Union Hotel, Brunswick.

3:30pm.

Monday 11 June HIP HOP & R&B KILLER HERTZ + MORE Evelyn Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS JET Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

MII CHANNEL + TRAGIC CARPET + WASTERR + TOOL TIME HOUSE BAND

Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $6.

MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney,

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: COOL SOUNDS + MORE Northcote Social Club,

Northcote. 8pm.

NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3.

SKEGSS + DUMB PUNTS + LOS SCALLYWAGGS Corner Hotel, Richmond.

1pm + 8:30pm.

WEST THEBARTON + MORE Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 7pm. $16.35.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANDREA KELLER CURATES THE COMPOSER'S CIRCLE The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

ANDREW JAMES & PALOMA BICA Open

Studio, Northcote. 6pm.

BACK TO BASIE Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:30pm. $20.

CASTLEMAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL - FEAT: NUBYA GARCIA BAND + GOLDFIELDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA + LOW DOWN BIG BAND + SHOL + MORE Old Castlemaine

Gaol, 7:30pm. $95.

MOHANLAL STAR NITE 2018Palais

Theatre, St Kilda. 6pm. $80.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BOADZ 303, Northcote. 8pm.

JONATHAN DAVID SHAW Open

Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $10.

Tuesday 12 June JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC HARRIETT ALLCROFT The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

JOSEPH TAWADROS Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $39.

MONASH JAZZ & POPULAR STUDIES RECITAL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Cbd. 7pm. $15.

SILICON VALLEY + ISADORA + JESS TYLER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $8.

SWINBURNE SENIOR SECONDARY COLLEGE Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond.

6pm. $10.

UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS DASE & VICTORY ART SHOW - FEAT: THE WORLD AT A GLANCE + OLDER MEN + MUDDY LAWRENCE Old Bar,

Fitzroy. 7pm.

FLOGS + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB + THE VELVET CLUB + GOLDSOCKS

Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

FOUR IN THE MORNING + SLOWCOACHING + COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION Gasometer

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8.

JET Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd.

7:30pm. $81.29.

LAURA IMBRUGLIA + TV HAZE Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

TELESCREEN + RATHAMMOCK

Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

THE COWBOYS + NEIL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

TOM TOM TUESDAY - FEAT: THIBAULT + SUPINA + SOFA KING + SECRET STAINS + DJ SPUNKGUNK

Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ALTAN Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury.

7:00pm. $66.30.

IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm.

PIANO KARAOKE WITH LISA CRAWLEY Compass Pizza, Brunswick

East. 7:30pm.

REVOLVER RETURNS - OPEN MIC NIGHT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

RILEY CATHERALL + THE PASSAGE NORTH + SINCERELY US Open Studio,

Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

VAN WALKER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

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