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News Arts Guide Beat Eats Industry Electronic Punk Hip Hop Metal Melbourne International Film Festival Ela at Amarillo Junction Arts Festival Odette Eilish Gilligan Niine Glow Winter Arts Festival Harmony Caligula’s Horse SG Lewis IDLES Live Album of the Week Singles of the Week Album Reviews Gig Guide

Editor’s note With Gloria Brancatisano

I’ll admit, for the most part my film knowledge doesn’t stretch much further than The Notebook and Mean Girls. And while those films are surely classed as classics of their time, being able to quote them word for word by no means makes me a film aficionado.

But that’s why I adore Melbourne International Film Festival so much. Their program is chock-full of incredible films, ready for the picking – even for someone with as little cinema knowledge as me. From fashion to music, and action-packed thriller to deep-diving documentaries, there really is a world of cinema to uncover.

Up front we’ve got the hilariously, heart-warming The Merger and we chat to both composer David Bridie and writer Damian Callinan to find out more.

Elsewhere we deep dive into Greek cuisine with Ella Mittas, plan a trip to Tassie for Junction Arts Festival, get to know superstars Odette, Niine, and Eilish Gilligan, and take a look at Between the Trees for Glow Winter Arts Festival. Film, music, food – we’re pretty spoiled for choice down here in Melbourne.

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News Leon Vynehall Revealed as First Act for 2018 Melbourne Music Week Since his 2014 debut EP Music For The Uninvited catapulted him onto the world stage, Vynehall has continued to mark himself as one of the most in-demand DJs across the UK. His debut album Nothing Is Still came this year to critical acclaim, with his 2018 Melbourne Music Week appearance sure to see choice cuts from this release including ‘Envelopes (Chapter VI)’, ‘Movements (Chapter III)’ and more.

Leon Vynehall will play the Melbourne Recital Centre on Monday November 19 for his MMW appearance, joined by The Impossible Orchestra. Melbourne Music Week runs from Friday November 16 to Saturday November 24.

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Bluesfest is set to mark its 30th year next year, and to celebrate they’ve assembled a mammoth roster of artists to see that this is their biggest offering yet. Coming exclusively for the festival will be acclaimed singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, as well as blues, folk, reggae and rockinfused legend Ben Harper and his band The Innocent Criminals.

Also featuring on the lineup comes the likes of Ray LaMontagne, Snarky Puppy, Kasey Chambers, and Kurt Vile & The Violators, while George Clinton and his funk collective Parliament Funkadelic will play some of their final shows as part of the festivities. Bluesfest goes down in Byron Bay over 2019 Easter weekend.

Powerhouse singer-songwriter Richard Marx is set to make his way to Australia in November for a select run of capital city theatre shows.

Boasting a staggering three decade-long career encompassing 11 albums and five Grammy nominations, Richard Marx has spawned such classics as ‘Don’t Mean Nothing’, ‘Should’ve Known Better’, ‘Endless Summer’, and ‘Hold On To The Nights’. Alongside his appearance at A Day on the Green, Richard Marx will visit The Palais Theatre on Friday December 7.

Ruel

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Rapidly up-and-coming singer Ruel is set to tour across the country next month, armed with his debut EP Ready. Released in June, the EP comes after a mammoth rise to fame for the 15-yearold – whose voice has been touted by Sir Elton John as the best he’s heard for a boy his age – and features his standout soul-infused pop numbers ‘Dazed and Confused’, ‘Younger’ and ‘Don’t Tell Me’.

The British-born, Sydney-raised singer will play an underage show at The Corner Hotel on Thursday September 27, as well as an 18+ show on Friday September 28.

Certified Australian alt-rock lords The Delta Riggs are gearing up to play a special one-off night in Melbourne next month, which will see them kick off Young Henrys’ Live Music series in fine form.

For their series, brewing company Young Henrys will be bringing a handpicked selection of some of the country’s best to Max Watt’s’ Sydney and Melbourne venues for one-off shows. The Delta Riggs take to Max Watt’s Melbourne on Friday September 7, with The Moving Stills and Batz as support.

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Garage-punkers Skegss are set to continue their massive wave of success, with the announcement that they’ll be jumping on tour in support of their debut album My Own Mess. The 15-track release features lead singles ‘Up In The Clouds’ and ‘Smogged Out’ and will see the Bryon Bay trio hit up nine shows in support. Joining Skegss will be Chicago-native indie-rockers Twin Peaks, as they take to The Croxton on Saturday October 20, and Sunday October 21 for an under 18’s show. My Own Mess is out on Friday September 7 on Ratbag Records.

Longstanding Australian indie-rock heroes Even have announced that they’ll be hitting the road in September, off the back off their highly anticipated seventh studio album release Satin Returns.

Dropping in May, the album came after 2011’s In Another Time and was recorded across many studio sessions in the years between.

Playing across the release – including standout single ‘The Opener’ – as well as some choice cuts from their two decade-long catalogue, Even will burst into Northcote Social Club on Thursday September 27.

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Australian-born, US-based singer-songwriter and actor Clare Bowen has revealed that she’ll be making her way back home next month, for a string of shows celebrating her debut album. Bowen is best known for her six-season stint in American musical drama Nashville, which wrapped up in July. Now focussing on her music, Bowen will play a string of theatre shows around the country to support her debut self-titled release, including the Athenaeum Theatre on Friday October 5. The album is scheduled for release on Friday September 21.

Australian hip hop heroes Thundamentals have revealed details of their new album I Love Songs and a slew of national headline shows that they’ll undertake to support it. Following the release of lead single ‘I Miss You’ and follow up ‘All I See Is Music’, the album promises to take in notes of electronica, gospel and R&B. With support from Joyride, Ziggy Ramo, Billy Davis & The Good Lords and Jesswar, the heavyweights will kick off their tour in Melbourne, playing The Forum on Saturday November 10, before they take in Spilt Milk and a stack more dates. I Love Songs is set for release on Friday September 21.

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Off the back of her cool electronic pop banger ‘Molotov’, Kira Puru has announced that she’ll be embarking on a headline tour throughout November. Taking in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, the tour comes after Puru has blistered up festival stages of late including Curve Ball and Groovin The Moo, as well as supporting the likes of The Rubens and Vera Blue. She’s also set to raid the sold out stages of Listen Out and Spilt Milk before taking on her headline run, which will come into Northcote Social Club on Friday November 30.

Dionne Warwick will return to Australia for an intimate tour, taking to venues across the country. Over the course of her years in entertainment, Warwick has established herself as an internationally renowned performer for her incredible blend of pop, R&B, gospel and soul. A regular fixture on the charts with 75 hit singles and having sold over 100 million records, Warwick’s remarkable vocals and catchy melodies resonate with audiences across the globe.

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Boutique New Year’s Eve festival NYE On The Hill is returning to the hills of South Gippsland for another year, and with them they’re bringing a whopping headliner – The Smith Street Band.

The Smithies’ 2018 has been nothing short of extraordinary, with their inaugural Pool House Party going down in March, before they embarked on over 30 dates around the country celebrating their fourth record More Scared of You Than You Are Of Me. They’ll come into The Farm, South Gippsland to ring in 2019 at NYE On The Hill, from Sunday December 30 until Tuesday January 1. Keep an eye out for the full lineup announcement coming soon.

Texan rock ‘n’ rollers Trouble Boys are set to make their way Down Under to play a blistering show in Melbourne this month.

Following their debut EP release in 2017, the trio released their five-track follow-up Trouble Boys 2 EP earlier this year featuring tracks ‘Rock & Roll Is Dead’ and ‘Cold Studded Stunner (The Lost 7”)’. Promising noise, sweat and a rollicking good time, the threepiece will play The B. East on Friday August 31.

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The smash-hit play at The Alex Theatre closes this week If you haven’t yet made it to see the Alex Theatre’s triumphant rendition of PUFFS, now’s your last chance friends as it’s closing this week. Following the “Puffs” at a certain wizarding school that shall not be named for copyright reasons, this play offers a new take on the familiar story we all know and love.

You can catch PUFFS at the Alex Theatre until Sunday August 12, with show times and tickets available via the venue website.

Comedy From the MTC: A Doll’s House, Part 2 opens this week

US playwright Lucas Hnath continues the story of Nora Helmer – from Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play A Doll’s House – with his stunning sequel-of-sorts, A Doll’s House, Part 2. Whether familiar with the original play or not, this is a Broadway smash-hit that’s sure to excite, for its brilliant humour, tension and clever execution from The Melbourne Theatre Company. A Doll’s House, Part 2 will play at The Sumner, Southbank Theatre from Saturday August 11 until Saturday September 15. Head to the MTC website for details on performance times and tickets.

Basement Comedy Club From TV comedies Jimeoin and Please Like Me, to performing shows across the comedy festival circuit, Bob Franklin is a comedy legend. You can catch him in all his stand up glory at the Basement Comedy Club at European Bier Café on Saturday August 11, kicking off at 8pm. $20 entry.

Shoplifters

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Melbourne International Film Festival

The celebration of film continues this week Offering a deeply moving slice of Japanese life, Shoplifters look out this year’s Palme D’or at Cannes, and will play as part of MIFF at The Comedy Theatre on Friday August 10. Following the Shibatas – a family surviving as small-time thieves – this film explores heartbreak, secrets and surprises in brilliant fashion. Meanwhile, Rafiki – which made history at Cannes this year for becoming the first Kenyan effort to screen at the elite festival – will play on Tuesday August 14 at ACMI. Following the blossoming bond between two young Nairobi women in the face of backlash from their conservative community, this is a tender, must-see MIFF addition.

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For their season three program, The Wheeler Centre has offered up an absolute smattering of quality speakers. From blockbuster authors Veronica Roth and Amie Kaufman in conversation, to ABC journalist and true crime podcaster, Rachel Brown, together with retired homicide detective Ron Iddles – this program is teeming with talent. The lineup also features Asylum Seeker Resource Centre founder Kon Karapanagiotidis, journalist and author Anne Summers, local authors Gerald Murnane and Chloe Hooper, and former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. For the full Season Three program, head to The Wheeler Centre’s website.

The West Projections Festival has dropped by Melbourne’s inner-west for its fifth year, lighting up Footscray and Seddon with large-scale projections, animation, performance, VR and sound installations. A total of 36 locations are set to be lit up across the event, including laneways, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, art spaces and train stations, with the theme for this year encompassing “non/Fiction”. There’ll be an official launch on Friday August 17 to celebrate the festivities, which will run until Sunday August 26. Head to the West Projections Festival website for full details on the program.

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Beat Eats WITH GEORGIA SPANOS

Industry WITH CHRISTIE ELIEZER

Electronic WITH MICHAEL CUSACK

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY FIGHTS FOR RADIO QUOTAS Le Bon Ton

WHERE TO BARBECUE.

Vegetarians look away, this week we’re talking barbecue meats. Cold nights call for scrumptious food – something spicy and hearty that will warm your insides and punch your tastebuds into a state of well-fed contentment. Here’s where to head when you’re feeling like a full barbecue feed.

Le Bon Ton – situated down the historically industrial streets of Collingwood – sits near the top of my Favourite Melbourne Venues list. The never-empty pub ticks every single box for a fantastic time but it’s their late night relaxed vibe that most flock here for. And of course their incredible meats. You can float on in at any odd hour – three, four, even five AM – and indulge in cocktails and power-food aplenty.

Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Celine Dion, Arcade Fire…these names were bandied about last week at the senate committee inquiry into Australian content for broadcasting and streaming services. Reason: since the ‘70s, Canadian radio has had to playlist 35% local content, and the government has followed up with heavy investment in the music industry. Result: Canada has been steadily churning out major global names for decades.

The Australian music industry has long been pushing for a similar quota. But the reality is that it’s no longer possible.

When Australia signed a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, part of the deal was that all current protective quotas from all industries cannot be increased. Nevertheless, commercial radio has been doing its darndest to get rid of these pesky quotas. One argument is that genres including jazz, classical, and easy listening rock haven’t got enough decently produced Australian music to play.

Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin’s guerrilla marketing team are up to their old tricks again, trippy signs featuring his immediately recognisable logo blending in with the surrounding environment have popped up in the London underground, Turin in northern Italy, on the side of Amoeba Music in Hollywood and on a billboard in New York City. Fans might remember his last album Syro was first alluded to via a blimp floating over London, emblazoned with his classic logo back in 2014 – arguably one of the greatest marketing campaigns in the history of modern music. Whether this campaign is for a new album is anyone’s guess. It could possibly be for a world tour, as he has been announced as headliner for Club To Club Festival in Turin. Time will tell.

APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston

Le Bon Ton

My order always tends to follow the same path.

Southern-style buttermilk-soaked chicken tenders with cracked white gravy, or a pit smoked brisket sandwich with dill pickles, cheddar cheese, onions and BBQ sauce. For sides, I’ll never turn away mac and cheese, and at Le Bon Ton, the dish works with three cheeses: American, Swiss and Cheddar.

The tangy coleslaw is a refreshing side-order, and the potato salad is also worth trying. Yes, this all sounds incredible, but the truth is I’m only just touching the sides of what’s on offer.

Le Bon Ton have plenty of menus depending on the time and manner you dine, all inspired by multiple regions of the American South, and each is as delectably delicious as the last. Oh, and their espresso martini with Whiskey should be your go-to cocktail order.

At the senate inquiry, ARIA and APRA AMCOS described any moves to drop quotas as “detrimental” (given that commercial radio has 10.5 million listeners a week) as more Aussies were finding a foothold on the global stage.

APRA AMCOS chief executive Dean Ormston said, “Given the talent we see, [quotas] should be easily achieved.” ARIA’s general manager Lynne Small pointed out to the inquiry that community radio well exceeds its 25% obligations, triple j hits its self-imposed target of 40% and ABC Country achieves 57.4%.

The two associations independently made recommendations for the Federal government to adopt including: * Introduce a new body made up of radio and music execs to ensure that quotas were maintained. * Stop commercial radio from being able to self-categorise its formats. Currently a station can decide if it’s playing easy listening (with a 10% quota), gold (15%) or classic rock (20%). * Hit all formats with 25%.

Cale Sexton

More details have been released about Frankston label Butter Sessions’ first LP from long-time friend to the label Cale Sexton. The result of a relatively low-key 12 months spent writing music rather than out playing, the album will be called Melondrama and the first taste ‘Speak Into It’ is online now. The slow-burner track’s probably a lot different to what most would expect from Sexton, funk-laden bass lines have given way to delay-drenched guitars noodling around the odd dub synth-stab. In fact, if the percussion wasn’t drummachine based, it could easily be a ‘70s psych jam. The ninetrack album will be available on vinyl and digitally on Friday August 24.

The Que Club

The Que Club is the newest kid on the block, and also the topic of many conversations. The venues stands tall as the first Australian barbecue super store, where the answer to any barbecue-related query you may have is sure to be a resounding “We’ve got it”. Not only is the venue a restaurant that serves delicious meats and treats, but they’re also a butcher, a supply store – yes you can buy an actual barbecue here to start smokin’ for yourself – a bar, and even a cooking school. Located right in the heart of Fitzroy North, The Que Club is our new local barbecue headquarters. When talking food on offer, their menu hosts the usual suspects – brisket croquettes, brisket samosas, pork with slaw, and salt and vinegar chicken to name a few – with sides to pair such as slaw and pickles, potato tots and Texas beans. The team are known for starting their days with creative flare, offering dishes of the day and other dreamy meat creations. Recent specials have included lamb cutlets rubbed with treebark, beef cheeks with parsnip, and homemade beef sausages.

So, welcome to the block The Que Club – we very much appreciate what you’ve brought to the area.

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* Introduce quotas for digital radio stations. Initially they argued that quotas would inhibit the government’s intention that digital stations offer more niche content. But the music industry argued that many digital stations like Hit 100 are quite mainstream. * No quotas for streaming services, but benchmarking locally-curated playlists to expose Australian music. They must employ more Australian playlist curators, and promote more Australian acts in their promotional material, both internally to users and externally via marketing channels.

In healthy conversations with streaming services, ARIA has put forward a condition that they will maintain a strong support of Australian music even if organisational policies change. APRA AMCOS wants their definition of “local” music to extend from just recording artists to songs written

by Australian songwriters as well.

Turtle Jones

On Sunday August 12, Melbourne beat-maker collectives Hazy Sundays and Uncomfortable Beats are throwing down for the launch of Turtle Jones’ remix EP Turtle Recall. Jones reached out to studio alchemists both local and abroad for the remix EP, featuring Hooves, Dusty Ohms (UK), RaptorHandz, Saltfeend (USA) and NonEntity, as well as a bonus new track from himself. For the launch party, Jones will be rocking a live set alongside a huge lineup of selectors and producers exploring experimental hip hop, half-time drum’n’bass, and dub including RaptorHandz b2b with Nonentity, Melody Myla, Hooves, Aoi, Third Culture, Arbee, Baddums and Jordan b2b with Gezfire. Kicks off at 5pm at 303 in Northcote.

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Punk

Hip Hop WITH JULIA SANSONE

WITH JOE HANSEN

Metal

WITH LOCHLAN WATT

TOP PUNK ROCK LIVE ALBUMS NOMEANSNO - LIVE AND CUDDLY (1991)

Undoubtedly one of the most musically proficient and original bands in punk rock, Canada’s NoMeansNo’s raw sound works even more powerfully and direct in the live setting. Recorded at the band’s peak following the release of their 1989 masterpiece Wrong, the album is a manic yet perfectly controlled explosion of driving energy. Although not sounding radically different to the band’s albums – mostly due to their straightforward sound and outstanding musicianship – the live setting brings an element of danger and energy that enhances the band’s sound ever more. Essential listening.

RAMONES - IT’S ALIVE (1979)

One of the most famous live albums in punk rock by one of the most famous bands in punk rock, 1979’s It’s Alive captures the band at their most iconic leather jacket-wearing peak.

Before experimenting with their sound (by Ramones standards at least) on 1980’s End of The Century, the band capped off their defining early era with this live scorcher.

With all songs somehow being even faster and higher energy than the originals, the no-frills approach of the Ramones simply goes from one song to the next, with only Joey saying the title and Dee Dee yelling “1-2-3-4” before each two minute burst of pop-punk energy to come.

NOFX - I HEARD THEY SUCK LIVE (1995)

With studio albums varying from solid to terrible, long-running poppunks NOFX have always sounded most at home on the stage. Although their stage banter dynamic ended up being completely ripped off by more successful bands (cough*blink-182*), NOFX were an important punk band to bring a strong element of humour into their sound. This record captures the band at the beginning of their commercial breakthrough following the release of fan favourite Punk In Drublic. While the band has had lowpoints in their live performances in later years, due in part to frontman Fat Mike’s well-publicised drug and alcohol issues (as documented well in their autobiography The Hepatitis Bathtub), I Heard They Suck Live is the sound of a confident and tight band on the cusp of success.

Noname

Fans of Chicago artist Noname are anticipating the drop of her new album after a chain of cryptic tweets posted by the artist. It’s been over two years since Fatimah Nyeema Warner released her debut mixtape Telefone in July 2016, which was received with worldwide critical acclaim. Since then, Noname has made plenty of guest appearances alongside the likes of Joseph Chilliams and Saba, but with no indication of new music in the works. In mid-July, she revealed on Twitter that a new album, titled Room 25, was soon to come. With a spot at this year’s Listen Out festival secured, Noname has now revealed two sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney along with a photo on social media. “This is the last picture I’m posting,” the artist said. “Next one will be the album cover.”

Will Noname drop her album before her visit to Australia in September? The odds seem likely, but only time will tell.

Hello there, fine reader. What’s that I hear? You’re absolutely, desperately fanging for some fresh heavy metal upon which to feast your ears? Well your eyes have fallen upon the correct page. Here’s some cool newer stuff from all walks of the heavy path that I shall pass from my radar to yours.

PLINI – ‘SUNHEAD’

“We heard you like feeling good all the time, and that even if your life isn’t amazing, you at least want to believe it is.

Regardless of your present emotional disposition, every day you continue to be able to breath, think, feel, walk, talk and most importantly listen is a blessing, so we put it into a bunch of riffs that totally sing, for you to chuck into your headphones and have your brain blasted by luminous metallic sunshine,” - Plini, Sydney-based guitarist-come-full-band-kinda-fromthe-bedroom-to-the-world-stage.

For Fans Of: Periphery (sans vocals), Animals As Leaders, Joe Satriani.

Tkay Maizda

‘Flexin’ is the latest track from Adelaide-born artist Tkay Maizda, who’s powered into the music industry with anthems like ‘Brontosaurus’, ‘U-Huh’ and ‘M.O.B’, as well as her 2016 album, TKAY. The track is an ode to being herself and being unapologetic for it. Having written the song off the back of an all-nighter rave, the trap-fuelled track was given a new life by American rapper and songwriter Duckwrth, who collaborated with Tkay on it during his time in Australia. Tkay Maidza will be premiering her new sound on a special run of intimate club shows, including Melbourne on Friday September 14. Alongside her will be an all-star lineup of supports, including genre-bending newcomer Arno Faraji, as well as Sydney rapper and songwriter Kwame, who opened this year’s Splendour In The Grass Festival and has sky-rocketed to fame thanks to tracks like ‘WOW’, ‘Friends’, and ‘Feel Good’.

FRONTIERER – ‘UNLOVED’

This is some super gnarly noise out of the UK. ‘Unloved’ sounds like the microscopic interactions of the mechanics inside the vehicles involved in a massive highway pileup crunching into eachother underneath the hoods of their doomed vessels – but at the same time it’s like an action movie car crash, where all the explosions rock your seat, you know the carnage is going to keep coming for a minute (but in a way where there’s still enough surprise to keep you throttled), and no one is actually harmed. The bad news is though, the universe is cold, and you’re still going to die alone.

For Fans Of: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Ion Dissonance, The Chariot.

THE CRAMPS - SMELL OF FEMALE (1983)

Originators of the psychobilly sound, The Cramps were among the first punk bands to draw heavily from the weirdest aspects of the 1960s garage-rock scene. While their studio albums often suffered from lacklustre and dated production quality, the raw energy of the band came through best on their first live album in 1983. Recorded live in a small venue in their hometown of New York City, Smell Of Female is considered by many to the be the band at the peak of their recorded output.

Nardean

This week’s local spotlight shines brightly on Nardean, an Egyptian-Australian hip hop artist, poet and singersongwriter from Sydney’s West. Her work skilfully crafts trap beats and combines them with brutally honest, sometimes political and highly descriptive lyrics. She has recently released her debut EP, Creatress, which addresses stories of survival, women’s strength and abuse. Throughout it, Nardean’s sound combines a meaningful mixture of stripped back neo-soul, spoken poetry and lyricism, exploring deeply personal and evocative imagery, all carried effortlessly by extraordinary vocals and rhymes. Collaborating with fellow female artists ALPHAMAMA, Alice Night and Georgia Frew, Nardean’s music is a modern-day perspective of the female experience. A truly talented and diverse artist, Nardean’s work ranges from using Arabic modes and Western Art music to refreshing and remixing tracks like J.Cole’s ‘A Tale Of 2 Citiez’ from his 2014 album, Forest Hill Drive.

ANCST - GHOSTS OF THE TIMELESS VOID

This is a relatively small band from Germany that keeps it relatively DIY – but if it weren’t for the corporate beast that is Spotify and its wondrous radio feature, I wouldn’t have discovered them. On first glance, they appear to be relatively prolific, and have released a lot of material since 2011, including three albums this year. However Ghosts of The Timeless Void is the only one that is all that exciting, unless full-length albums of ambient noise is your thing, in which case that might be reversed and you should check out Anomaly and Celestial. I’m recommending their metal material however – it’s crust-meets-black-metal done super well.

For Fans Of: Dissection if they were a hardcore band, Schifosi (for any old people reading this), Young And In The Way (for any young people reading this).

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The Merger

By Anna Rose

Brace yourself for a spotlight on real-world issues that’ll elicit heartfelt laughter and move you to tears.

The Merger is the story of a small town Aussie rules footy team that recruits refugees to survive – a decision met with discrimination and misunderstanding, but ultimately sheds a light on hardship and reveals more similarities than meets the eye.

In the township of Bodgy Creek, jobs are scarce, the population is dwindling and the footy club is on the verge of extinction. Locals recruit refugees to ensure the survival of the team, but the idea isn’t welcomed by all. Based on the one-man stage play written and performed by comedian Damian Callinan, The Merger is a hilarious and heart-warming tale of a community attempting to embrace change.

ON THE SOUNDTRACK, WITH COMPOSER DAVID BRIDIE

You might assume that creating the soundtrack for The Merger – a witty combination of comedy and real-life socio-political issues – might prove a challenge, but for composer David Bridie that wasn’t the case.

“At the beginning it was always a project that was effortless,” says Bridie. “You’ve got the comedy and the country town setting and the characters who are big in the film, so we wanted to make it a little bit more characterful.

“I really like the soundtrack in Hunt For The Wilderpeople [2016], and I thought that was a good way of going about comedy. It’s kind of edgy and forces analogue keyboard textures as quirky songs.

We needed a lot of that kind of music for the football scenes.”

When penning the score for The Merger, Bridie had the opportunity to work with refugee musicians who contributed elements of their home country’s traditional sounds. “We were working with [Kurdish asylum seeker and musician] Farhad Bandesh who’s [detained] on Manus Island at the moment.

“We released a song and film clip he made by him sending material through his phone. The Sayyid character in the film is Kurdish, and I asked Farhad if he wanted to compose a cue for the moment the character meets his family from the bus.

“It meant the world to Farhad to be involved.

Him and his mates on Manus were able to sit and watch the whole film for some entertainment – it had them laughing and crying at the same time.”

In a similar method, Bridie worked with musicians heralding from New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea whose music, he says, worked well in some of those tracks. “Damian does these great community radio announcements [in the film],

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pretty comical, so we came up with music to go under that. That was a lot of fun.”

Inclusivity is perhaps The Merger’s biggest theme, and in collaborating with these musicians inclusivity stretches beyond the screen. Bridie and Damian Callinan are indicating a new direction in Australian film and film music.

“These stories are fascinating,” says Bridie. “So people who are here, the paradigm in Australia, it makes that story a lot more interesting to include these stories.

“There’s so much to recommend that approach, as well as the fact that in this day and age, in this situation, the stories that are going on at Manus Island, it’s like us turning our back on that region.

“I made an enquiry in Brisbane about a poor soul in Manus who had a massive infection and was left on the tarmac for six hours in the boiling sun – if that was an Australian citizen, the minister would have to resign.”

Bridie says change isn’t a challenge to what is the right or wrong way, but times do change. “These are the things that become part of our music, part of our cooking, part of the way we build houses, part of the way we deal with the landscape.

“All the musicians I’ve worked with have been fantastic, and it’s been cool to work on a film that would allow for that approach.”

ON THE FILM, WITH WRITER DAMIAN CALLINAN

Beginning as a one-man stage play, Damian Callinan portrayed nine characters, two of whom were sock puppets, in a performance that perfectly balanced comedy and drama to send a message. “I was very clear in my mind I wanted it to be a very entertaining show,” he says. “Kind of like a Trojan horse – get [the audience] in, get them to love the footy club, love the characters, and then introduce the idea of the refugees about half way through the show, then things change.

“The film is similar, people will recognise the characters and the town. Towns have got their own problems – populations are dwindling, businesses close, central characters are experiencing grief. In the second half, we start to see the full tragedy of the refugees play out, but still with a bit of comedy.”

As society has evolved, so too Callinan has evolved to tell these stories through a different

medium. Going from performing these characters solo to working with other people presented a few challenges. “Learning the medium of film and the structure was the hardest part – writing the characters and their dialogue came fairly easily.

“Then you get these incredible actors who take on these roles you’ve written and they take on a whole new direction. The heart and soul they put into it make life easier for us.”

In having actors from different ethnic backgrounds and writing for characters of different origins, it was an education for Callinan and the crew – both on and off screen – to work with people who aren’t stereotypically Aussie and learn about different cultures and different struggles. In Wagga Wagga, where the film was shot, the Yazidi refugees made a particular impression. “There’s a heap of them who landed in Wagga and a few ended up becoming featured extras. One in particular became almost the mascot of the film, and we got to know his story. One of his siblings is trapped in Germany and can’t get a visa to be reunited with his family.

“These stories happen right the way through the film, imitating life. It’s been a life-changing experience for me and a lot of people [working] on the film.”

Though he has a background in comedy, it wasn’t a difficult transition for Callinan to retain serious sentiment when it was needed. “Having done the live show and playing all the characters, I have an understanding, certainly of the Sayyad character and the Bull character, who play on your emotions. I have an understanding of when comedy should come back in and when it shouldn’t.

“Mark [Grentell, director] has an understanding too of when it should work and doesn’t undercut the drama. It makes it a bit more real.”

Naturally, there’s a lot to be felt from The Merger and in what is essentially an education in acceptance. If there’s a particular sentiment Callinan wants people to take away, to understand that this is based on things happening in our country now, it would be inclusivity.

“I knew that trying to lecture people and tell them what to think wouldn’t work, so what I’ve tried to achieve is a story that people get involved in and learn about the plight of the individuals rather than a racial group, and then, it’s all about empathy.”

“These stories happen right the way through the film, imitating life. It’s been a life-changing experience for me and a lot of people [working] on the film.”

The Merger will screen at ACMI on Sunday August 12 as part of Melbourne International Film Festival. Melbourne International Film Festival will run at various venues around Melbourne until Sunday August 19.

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Ela at Amarillo When Ella Mittas took up cooking, she cut out the middleman.

After a year working in traditional and contemporary restaurants in Istanbul, three summers in Greece, one in Portugal, a stint in London with bestselling culinary scribe Yotam Ottolenghi, and a stop-off in the kitchens of Tel Aviv, Mittas knows more about her chosen field of cooking than any book could’ve taught her.

“There’s only so much you can get from reading cookbooks,” Mittas says. “I really wanted to speak to people about why they cook food the way they do, to learn about ingredients and to have a more immersive education than just reading a book on Greek food and claiming that I know everything about it. It’s more of a research project for me.”

Mittas, an Australian of Greek descent, discovered an admiration for the traditional Greek approach to food: simple, produce-based and low on wastage. Her favourite dishes are characteristically uncomplicated; warm cabbage rolls and braised lamb with lemon potatoes.

“You’ll never eat something that’s out of season there, because everyone grows what they’re cooking in their backyards,” Mittas says. “I really admire the way that they cook because there isn’t any waste. They don’t often eat meat, but if they do, they’ll use absolutely every part of the animal. It’s how I strive to cook.”

Between her expeditions to the kitchens of Europe and Asia, Mittas has run the successful Greek food pop-up event Ela, named not just after Mittas’s own forename, but for the Greek word meaning “come” as in, “come here”. With the Ela event, Mittas has tried to bring Melbourne not just Greek recipes, but the traditional Greek attitude to dining. At Ela, diners enjoy Mittas’s cooking accompanied by Mediterranean wines and rebetiko music.

“It’s a very traditional Greek style of serving food,” Mittas says. “Everything’s sharing, everything’s small dishes, it’s very boozy, there’s music – it’s very fun, very communal.”

Of course, in a traditional setting there would be a whole community helping out in the kitchen, but for Ela, Mittas shoulders almost all of the work. She’s currently drawing up plans for the next Ela event, to be held at Amarillo, a Fitzroy bar that somehow manages to be both snug and airy. Each event features an entirely revamped menu, and the next menu will include red mullet with pickled apricots and salad, as well as a new dish: deep fried Brussels sprouts with roast almond purée.

On occasion, Mittas is adventurous enough to try out an experimental dish at a pop-up event. At one 70-person Greek barbecue event, she tried preparing a traditional Easter dish of lamb offal: kidneys, liver, brain, and lungs, marinated, threaded onto a spit and wrapped in caul and intestines to be cooked over charcoal. It was the first time Mittas had tried the difficult dish.

“If I get excited, sometimes I try to challenge myself a little bit too much,” she laughs. “I didn’t know how it was going to go. It went well, but it was pretty terrifying.

I didn’t know how long it was going to take to cook, or how long we needed to rest it for, or if the intestines were going to hold everything together, or if they were just going to burst apart. But it went well. It was a success.”

Mittas’s butcher got the organs for free, since they normally would’ve been thrown out. Aussies are missing out by rejecting organ meat, Mittas says.

“The description on the menu wasn’t as explicit as it could have been,” she admits. “But people really loved it. If people had seen me making the whole thing, I’m sure they’d have been a bit grossed out. But people really loved the taste of it, and it’s something that usually gets thrown out. In Australia, I think people think that meat being more expensive means it’s better, which is wrong.”

All the same, Aussies shouldn’t be intimidated by the menu at Ela. Most of the dishes should be recognisable to Australians, and Mittas will be on hand to take questions.

“I hope people get a different idea of what Greek food is and appreciate the way Greek people eat: by celebrating spending time with one another.”

But before Dark Mofo and Mona Foma, there was Junction Arts and it’s back again in September with a new lineup of ground-breaking performances.

Now in its eighth year, Junction features art, food and wine, architecture and music events and sometimes a combination of any or all of those. Two of its points of difference are that it looks to host performances in lesser used venues in Launceston, but also favours events that include an element of audience participation.

About half of the events are free and very few of the tickets are over $25 each. The festival hub is in the heart of Launceston, in Prince’s Square, and it’s one of the highlights for Junction Arts Festival creative director Greg Clarke, who is also the artistic director of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and former CEO of Adelaide Fringe.

“It’s this beautiful 19th century English Square and it’s got that festival feeling to it. So much free music and bars and food, and you can taste Tassie produce, you can drink the local wine and there are these amazing bands playing for nothing in the square,” he says.

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Ella Mittas is serving traditional Greek cuisine at the Amarillo bar on Sunday August 12.

BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH

Junction Arts Festival Every year there’s more and more reason to head to the Apple Isle for a good time, with music and performance festivals pushing the boundaries with arts experiences for both locals and tourists.

“It’s a very traditional Greek style of serving food…

Everything’s sharing, everything’s small dishes, it’s very boozy, there’s music – it’s very fun, very communal.”

“If you want to go to a festival and discover the best in Tasmanian music, food, wine, theatre performance, we’re the festival to go to.” have an event called Acoustic Picnic presented by Music Tasmania and it’s all acoustic singer-songwriters performing, so you can chill out in the park and listen to all this amazing local music.”

The majority of the performers are local Tasmanian acts, with just a handful of mainlanders jetting in for shows. One of the performances Clarke is most looking forward to features local Indigenous artists who set out to create their own version of a Black Arm Band concert, an Aboriginal musical art collective which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year.

“Journey of the Free Words was written by a great First Nations artist from Tasmania, Nathan Maynard, who wrote the play The Season that recently toured Australia,” Clarke says.

“He’s working with Tasmanian Aboriginal musicians and they’re putting on a music concert with a really interesting and historical look at the history of the genocide of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. I think this is going to be quite a remarkable work.”

Another performance Clarke is particularly looking forward to is called Breathless. Staged inside Launceston’s oldest church, three very different Tasmanian singers will perform a work designed to “take your breath away”.

Medhanit Barratt is a contemporary singersongwriter from Launceston, Adhi (comprising of vocalist Sakthi Ravitharan accompanied by Santhana Gopala Krishnan Vaidhyanathan on mridangam) perform South Indian classical carnatic music, and EWAH & The Vision of Paradise describe their music as “tough-noir-rock-meets-shimmering-new-wave”.

Overall the program is exceptionally broad, with theatre, dance, music, performance, installations, storytelling, cabaret, architecture, communal feasts, and even roller-skating. The Tweed Run is an annual bike ride around Launceston’s historic centre and landmarks.

It’s a sense of pride in Tasmania that drives the festival and its creative process and programming for Greg Clarke and despite an increasingly hectic festival schedule, Clarke has no doubts as to where Junction fits into the landscape.

“If you want to go to a festival and discover the best in Tasmanian music, food, wine, theatre performance, we’re the festival to go to,” he says proudly.

“I think that’s really where we’re differentiating ourselves. 97% of this year’s program is all Tasmanian artists.”

BY ISABELLE ODERBERG

Junction Arts Festival will take place in venues and locations throughout Launceston from Wednesday September 5 until Sunday September 9.

INTERVIEWS

Odette

“I see this album as me learning how to communicate.

I was figuring out ways to convey my experiences and what I was feeling.”

Beat has tracked Odette down in Coles. Not literally – that’d be a little strange.

Rather, the singer – born Georgia Odette Sallybanks – is taking phone interviews about halfway up aisle three, stocking up on supplies before a road trip.

“Getting some bread...just the essentials,” she says. It’s an entirely ordinary day for a musician who is quickly revealing herself to a wider audience to be anything but.

Last month saw the English-born performer release her debut LP, To a Stranger. Although she’s only 20 years old, Odette sees To a Stranger as an album that’s been a long time coming.

“Some of these songs were written when I was 15,” she explains. “It’s funny, listening back to those tracks.

I honestly forgot how angsty I was. Some people can’t work with anything they wrote when they were that age, and I totally get it. In this case, it was about reinventing the songs. I wanted to take what I was feeling then and give it a bit of a modern touch.” Odette describes To a Stranger as “a bit like a time capsule,” in which she filters her own personal experiences across her comingof-age years and funnels it into music that traverses the nu-soul movement, touching on deep moments of R&B and indie-pop along the way.

“I see this album as me learning how to communicate,” she says. “I was figuring out ways to convey my experiences and what I was feeling. I had to do that in order for me to start creating. There are a lot of songs on this record that are really, deeply personal.

Looking back, I don’t really feel connected to them.”

She pauses, questioning her choice of words. “Maybe ‘not connected’ isn’t right,” she continues. “It’s almost as if I don’t relate anymore, because I’ve changed so much over the period of making this record. Performing these songs, even though I lived them, feels like telling a story to me now.”

Work on To a Stranger was completed in the backhalf of 2017, with Odette working alongside the likes of chamber-pop mastermind Owen Pallett, electronica sensation Lanks, and veteran producer Damian Taylor.

Given the explicitly introspective nature of Odette’s songwriting, she admits there was a degree of reticence that lingered when presenting these songs to outsiders for the first time. “It can be quite confrontational,” she says. “You’re presenting something really open and honest to someone, just one-on-one.

“Essentially, they’re listening to your whole life. Their job is to figure out how to tell the story with you. We’re going into it with no preconception of genre or style. It’s all about getting an idea of what musical environment is the best for conveying what I’m trying to say.”

Talk moves to viewing To a Stranger as a learning curve, as the ideas for the album began to form their natural shape at an incremental pace. Odette notes

that being patient with the process was quite the obstacle to overcome. “I had a huge issue with it,” she confesses.

“Damian worked that out of me. He’d play me a particular sound when we were starting out to see what I thought of it, and my immediate response was to freak out and say that I hated it. He took me aside, got me to relax and explained to me that this was just as much of a learning curve for him as it was for me. He was figuring out how I work. I was panicking that we were going to make this horrible record, and Damian talked me down from that ledge.”

The immediate future for Odette sees her launching the album with a string of sold-out headlining shows alongside her live band. According to the woman herself, it’s the best environment to experience the songs from the album. “It’s a beautiful, powerful thing to play these songs to an audience. Whether you know the songs or the lyrics or not, everyone gets something different out of it. Every night, you’re telling a story to a stranger.” She stops, having a clearly-unintentional ‘see what I did there’ moment.

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Eilish Gilligan

“My theory is that everything you’ve ever felt, good or bad, has been felt by somebody before a million times over, and will be felt a million times again.”

Frida frontwoman Eilish Gilligan is striking out on her own, with a string of solo tour dates and a popyet-pensive new single.

“I really love the collaborative nature of playing in a band,” Gilligan says. “I find it intensely satisfying. But I feel like the universe is telling me to do my own thing at the moment, and I think I should listen.”

Recorded with the help of Gab Strum of Japanese Wallpaper and Max Dowling of Tetrahedra, ‘Patterns’ paints a mood of uncomfortable introspection with smooth, full-toned synths.

“My theory is that everything you’ve ever felt, good or bad, has been felt by somebody before a million times over, and will be felt a million times again,” Gilligan says.

“It’s important for us to be humble and to be reminded of that. That’s what I’m always working towards.”

Gilligan spent June touring Australia with Mallrat and will now join electronic artist Woodes and hip hop vocalist Poppy Rose onstage for Live N Local. The event is organised by FReeZA, a youth development initiative by the state government.

“I’ve always said that playing live is the thing that I love the most, besides actually writing the songs,” Gilligan says. “There’s something so intensely gratifying in the moment with playing live, especially now that I can look out and see people singing the words to my songs. That’s an unbelievable feeling, I’ll never forget the first time that happened.

“Something that I really try to foster is that real connection between the artist and the audience. You have to be vulnerable to make genuine connections to people. I hope people take away a willingness to be vulnerable, and connect with that vulnerability.”

Gilligan currently divides time between Frida, her

To A Stranger is out now via EMI Music Australia.

Odette will play a string of shows at Northcote Social Club on Saturday August 11, Sunday August 12, Tuesday August 14, and Wednesday August 15.

solo projects, and her day jobs as a music publicist and a primary school piano teacher.

“Time’s a very precious thing at the moment,” Gilligan says. “When I get to have a day in the studio, it feels like such a luxury. I love the studio. I love the tranquility of it. I love the intensity of it.”

Gilligan’s interest in musicianship started not at a rock concert, but at her high school’s production of Les Misérables. She recalls watching Jordan White – who would go on to create electronic music project Braille Face – perform the climactic song ‘Empty Chairs at Empty Tables’.

“I will never, ever forget it,” Gilligan says. “I can still see it so clearly in my head now. It was like the penny dropped. I knew I wanted it so bad. I wanted to be there on the stage. I want to be there, sitting in that chair, singing that song, doing exactly what he was doing and doing just as good a job.”

Moving from Les Mis to Jesus Christ Superstar and other musicals, Gilligan soon realised she was more of a single threat than a triple threat. “I was very set on the idea that I was going to be a musical theatre ingénue, but seeing as I can’t dance or act to save myself, that was a very short-lived dream,” she laughs.

Gilligan’s theatre experiences helped her acquire a flair for the dramatic, but she’s no prima donna. She recalls playing the 2018 Changes festival while suffering from a throat infection and conjunctivitis in both eyes.

“I never, ever get sick, but, somehow, that week just hit me,” she says. “I looked absolutely insane – comically unwell. I’ve never seen my eyes so bloodshot in my entire life.”

After Live N Local, Gilligan will be heading back to the studio to record yet another single, slated to drop in November, followed by an EP around the start of 2019.

Whether Gilligan’s flock of singles will go into an album remains an open question. Working independently gives her the chance to experiment and improvise, producing carefully balanced singles like ‘Patterns’ after extensive in-studio trial and error.

“Because I’m self-managed and independent, there’s no one breathing down my neck, being like, ‘Eilish, you’ve got to deliver an EP by this time,’” she says. “I find that very liberating and exciting.”

Eilish Gilligan will perform as part of the FReeZA Live N Local concert with Woodes and Poppy Rose at Memo Music Hall on Sunday August 26. Live N Local takes over various venues throughout the City of Port Phillip from Saturday August 25 until Saturday September 1.

BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH

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Niine

“It’s not strictly blues, or strictly folk, or strictly anything. I orchestrate the song depending on what kind of song I want to create.”

Starting piano lessons at the tender age of nine, the now 27-year-old singersongwriter known only as Niine (say it “Nina”) has always shown a keen interest in music.

“I started playing in bands when I was about 17,” explains the Melbourne-based musician. “I learned guitar in high school after studying piano for years, and then I started this trashy punk-rock band with two friends of mine. I started seriously composing music when I was 19, which lead to a duo I was in for awhile with this guy.”

Niine points to this stage in her musical discovery where she realised that the solo path was the right one for her. “They were mostly my songs, and I had a very specific vision for the direction I wanted them to go in,” she says. “I wanted to have full control over displaying them the way I thought they should be, because I write cathartically and there was always an uncertainty about how they would turn out with someone else involved.”

With this, the Niine project took off in earnest towards the tail-end of 2016. Niine herself describes the music made under the moniker as “avant-garde” and “heavy pop.” To her, it’s not about following a sound with her music – it’s about following the emotion. “I don’t see myself as being restricted by genre,” she says. “I suppose the vocals are quite poppy, but I like the idea of the avant-garde in my music. It’s not strictly blues, or strictly folk, or strictly anything. I orchestrate the song depending on what kind of song I want to create and what kind of feeling it has.”

It’s this that has led Niine to releasing two new singles so far in 2018, entitled ‘Call Me Your Boo’ and ‘Only He Knows’. The former is described as being thematically tied to emotional conflict in relationships. “It can be very confusing,” Niine says.

“You’re torn between falling in love and having your heartbroken all at once. Little things bring you down, but falling in love brings you back up.

It’s about falling in love with someone else but still dealing with heartbreak at the same time.”

The latter, meanwhile, was initially inspired by the films of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.“Some of the lyrics are envisioning myself in that world,” she says. “I linked it to these thoughts I was having about people not taking responsibility for their own emotions. You can love someone and want to take care of them and still want them to get their shit together. It’s a song that really switches between its moods.”

Both songs have been given music videos, made by video artist Rhys Newling and Goat Records’ Andrew Dobrowolski respectively. Niine notes the disparity between the two video-making experiences, which were direct collaborations with

both Newling and Dobrowolski: “‘Call Me Your Boo’ literally only took a couple of hours to shoot,” she explains. “For ‘Only He Knows,’ though, it was shot in sessions over a few months – if you watch the video, you’ll see I went through three different hairstyles in the time it took to make it.

“Thankfully, that ended up working thematically with what we wanted the video to be. It ended up feeling a lot like a short film, which was awesome.”

BY DAVID JAMES YOUNG

Glow Winter Arts Festival Melinda Hetzel, Artistic Director of her eponymous collective, is determined to marry technology back to the natural realm with her ethereal new work Between the Trees at Stonnington’s annual Glow Winter Arts Festival.

In an entertainment-saturated world, provoking wonder from an audience is no mean feat.

Stonnington’s Glow Winter Arts Festival sticks out on the national arts and lights circuit as more than just a luminous spectacle, by fostering truly high concept art from Melbourne’s most cutting-edge creatives.

Melinda Hetzel is a rule breaker by default.

Her multimedia practice has evolved through the wordless dimensions of visual theatre to hybridised performance visual art set in public spaces. Hetzel’s contribution to this year’s Glow Festival, Between the Trees is inspired by mycelium: the network of fungal threads (known individually as hypha) associated with tree roots. The filamentous hyphae communicate with plants in complex and continually mystifying ways.

“We describe it as the internet of the forest: the beautiful idea of connectivity that you can’t see,” Hetzel explains.

Between the Trees is otherworldly, melding live plant material with touch technology to form a collaborative musical instrument. It repurposes

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Niine will celebrate ‘Call Me Your Boo’ and ‘Only He Knows’ at The Gasometer Hotel on Thursday August 16, with support from Bastard Amber and Electric Toothbrush.

“I’m fascinated by how we continue to evolve and exist in the quite unnatural environment that we create, particularly in an urban context.” hanging glowing lights from parts of a previous work, the augmented reality of Urban Cocoon, as touch sensitive nodes. Inside these spherical nodes are two meticulously designed halves, representing an inverted mycelial node, magnified many times from what would be seen under the ground.

Intricate subterranean structures lie below, while on top, small circular cut-outs of different forest floor ecosystems manifest the visible elements of the mycelium organism.

“When you touch the ecospheres it triggers the light and sound and thus forms the collaborative musical instrument. The tiny little patches are connected by people playing the installation.

They all play different parts and you can play with everyone there,” Hetzel explains.

Context is as much part of Hetzel’s work as any of its functioning parts, and so Glow Festival hosts Mycelium’s first iteration for more than just convenient timing – the idyllic Malvern public gardens site was carefully scouted to find a certain tree. “This particular tree we found is a holly-oak, one that has a symbiotic relationship with truffles, which are connected by mycelium. The relationship

between it and the other type of trees [on-site] then become the context of the work,” Hetzel says.

“We’ve got this beautiful canopy over the big old tree – it’s almost like entering a child-like cubby world underneath, then engaging in this artwork from our perspective. I’m interested in the conversation that’s broader than those who are likely to go to a traditional theatre or gallery. It’s not the same people all the time.”

Though her collective is possessed by new technologies, they’re invariably intertwined with the natural world; something they believe helps to incrementally overcome the trappings of isolation and ironically, disconnectedness.

“I’m fascinated by how we continue to evolve and exist in the quite unnatural environment that we create, particularly in an urban context. I try not to condemn change and technology as evil – I strive to see the creative potential in that.”

BY JOSHUA MARTIN

Glow Winter Arts Festival will transform Stonnington into a techno-naturalist wonderland from Thursday August 16 to Sunday August 19.

INTERVIEWS

Harmony

“It’s pretty corny but I got sick of singing miserable music, it’s too easy… I wanted to try to write positively which was so hard to do.”

“There’s a unique sound to an empty room.” It’s an elegant way to describe one of his many Tuesday night front-bar solo shows, and one of many elegant or cutting statements Tom Lyngcoln makes when asked about music.

“I was terrified at solo shows at first. They turned into this battle to stay in tune with a guitar. The turning point was this support slot I did for Don Walker. I got over the fear at that point, it flipped a switch and I stopped caring.”

Double Negative is Harmony’s third album, and the first song is rather boldly called ‘I Love You’.

It’s the perennially ubiquitous and maligned lyrical concept that stacks the odds toweringly high against the singer, taking on three words that are inherently “corny”, to quote Lyngcoln directly.

“That particular statement is probably the most confronting thing I’ve ever written. I’m probably nearly 15 records deep by this point, and I’m older now, but that’s probably the most terrifying thing I’ve written. When we play it live people get really uncomfortable, I see people shuffling their feet. I’ve got a theory that you hear ‘I hate you’ more than you hear ‘I love you’”.

Despite the fact that a lot of bands steer clear of difficult territory, he doesn’t agree with the suggestion that Harmony make ambitious music. “I think Harmony is pretty conservative. There’s a blueprint drawn up. Like, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, screaming

away, but there’s more melodic parts to those compositions. It’s a simple dichotomy.”

The band is particularly striking because of the presence of three-part choir, the Harmonettes. It’s a lot to coordinate, logistically and musically, and the recording process was gruelling. Lyngcoln would be exhausted by the end of the day and fall asleep during takes. He admits that the eight weeks of mixing Double Negative were “painful” and that he broke down and quit the band for a while. In an album, dealing with matters of the heart, his words show his labour. And to write optimistically is not one simple, dignified gesture; it’s a fraught journey.

“It’s pretty corny but I got sick of singing miserable music, it’s too easy. I have a vocab that is long established and easy to cherry pick. I wanted to try to write positively which was so hard to do. I had an idea to use negative words to describe positive things. I wanted to try to use things with negative connotations in a positive way.”

Lyngcoln grew up in Tasmania, playing in punk bands such as The Nation Blue, before moving to the mainland around the turn of the millennium. “There were a lot of rock bands when we first got here, who would speak with American accents in between

songs. We would’ve sounded like provincial bogans, ocker idiots. But the actual mechanics of singing are so much easier if you do change the timbres in your voice to let go of the Australian accent. You can sing in tune a lot better, but fucked if I ever want to do it, I have no interest.”

In some ways Lyngcoln’s resoluteness – it’s got to be this way, no question – shapes the creative processes that follow. They’re stoic and hard-worn, the result of doing things the only way that feels natural to him. A lot of work, repetition, and the meditation of repetitive work, is fundamental to the way Lyngcoln makes music. These themes come up repeatedly and bleed into his trade as a carpenter.

“The lyrics take forever. But it’s in the repetition – get on a machine at work, listen to the same demo of a new song for a day, two days, then in the lunch break put it down to paper in another shed. You just push through all the obvious shit until you come up with something you haven’t done before.”

Harmony’s third album Double Negative is out now via Poison City Records.

They’ll take over The Tote on Saturday August 11 with Fungus Brains, Michael Beach Band,and Venetian Blinds.

BY LEE PARKER

Caligula’s Horse Born in Brisbane almost a decade ago, Caligula’s Horse is the brainchild of frontman Jim Grey and lead guitarist Sam Vallen.

Determined to change the face of progressive rock in Australia, Grey and Vallen set themselves the monumental task of recording and releasing their debut album Moments from Ephemeral City as a duo, with Grey on vocals and Vallen taking charge of the songwriting, guitars, production, audio engineering, mixing and mastering. “I’ve always taken on many roles within the band,” Vallen says.

Now a five-piece and with four studio albums under their belt, Caligula’s Horse are critically-acclaimed and have become nationally and internationally known.

They’ve shared the stage with luminaries of the rock world including Opeth, Mastodon, Twelve Foot Ninja, Protest the Hero, and The Dillinger Escape Plan.

To celebrate, they’re currently on a tour of the east coast before heading over to Europe for the end of summer festival season. If you think Caligula’s Horse ever do anything by halves – think again. For their final Australian show of the year, Vallen and their handpicked guest, James Norbert Ivanyi, have something special planned. “Myself and Ivanyi will be doing some guitar master classes.”

Classes will run for 70 minutes and offer a rare insight into their respective creative processes, ending with a no-holds-barred Q&A session. “It ties in with the different show we’ve planned,” he says.

“As part of the tour we’ll be playing our latest album In Contact in its entirety as well as a mostrequested setlist from fans. We thought, ‘Why not make it into something as novel as we possibly can?’

We wanted to make these shows a little more special.

“We’ve never really explored the idea of doing a setlist that catered to an experience like this prior to the release of this album,” Vallen says. “But the idea behind In Contact was about creating an overriding narrative that you can sit down and listen to from start to finish, and take yourself on a little bit of a journey with us.

“Also the fact that we’ve been touring non-stop for the last five years, I think we’ve built enough goodwill to get away with doing something like this. It’s an incredibly physically demanding album to play through. It’s 65 minutes long and has some highly-involved and complicated tracks. We are super pumped to have this experience because the setlist is crazy,” he laughs.

As well as having multi-instrumentalist James Norbert Ivanyi along for the ride, good mates OPUS OF A MACHINE will make an appearance. “We’re forever linked to this band,” Vallen says. “Their guitarist, Zac Greensill was our second guitarist for the first three-quarters of our career. He joined us earlier on and most of the band are friends with him as well.

“They’re about to release an incredible album [Stray Fire, out now] which I had the pleasure of being

the mixing engineer on,” Vallen says. “It’s a fantastic release and it’s a step-up from their last record which was pretty damn good in its own right,” he says. “It made perfect sense for us to say, ‘Hey, if you guys want the platform we’d love to take you on the road.’ They make great music and of course while on tour you’re in very close quarters so with them it’ll be a lot more cordial and relaxed. It’s an absolute pleasure to have them with us.”

Finally, to coincide with their last Australian show for 2018, Caligula’s Horse will release 2011’s Moments from Ephemeral City and The Tide, the Thief & River’s End (2013) on vinyl. “I have to admit, being an audio engineer I’m not hugely sentimental of the vinyl format except to say that there’s something very special about holding a record in your hand with the full-scale artwork and taking the time to put a piece of music on a turntable. It creates a very special connection to the music and that’s what we love. It doesn’t feel like we’ve come full circle but I like the thought that we’ve gone back to where it all started for us.”

“In Contact was about creating an overriding narrative that you can sit down and listen to from start to finish.”

Caligula’s Horse will take over Howler on Thursday August 16.

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SG Lewis

“Some of the best moments in my life have been at festivals, or during nights out, where a collective of people are unified by music in a room.”

After dusk, comes the dark – which is fitting for electronic producer, SG Lewis, who is set to release phase two of his three-part debut album, accordingly titled Dusk, Dark, Dawn.

Inspired by the several phases of a night out, Dark comes some months after the release of Dusk. “I came up with this idea of doing an album which mapped the three stages of a night out, which is essentially my interpretation of the music that might accompany those three different stages,” Lewis says.

“I really wanted to do it as a three-part album because as much as I wanted it to be considered as one project, I wanted each part to be considered on its own as well. They each have different purposes, and different settings in which they would be listened to and enjoyed.”

As dusk falls rapidly into the dark of night, it is commonly accepted that there’s a shift in the attached imagery and mood, so it makes sense that in mirroring these phases musically, a stylistic shift will be experienced when moving from Dusk to Dark.

“The tempo is a little bit higher [on Dark] and the atmosphere is generally a bit moodier,” Lewis explains. “There’s a larger level of intensity to it and the imagery it evokes is more, not aggressive, but just darker in nature – as in the name.”

Sourcing the concepts from his own experiences of club culture, Lewis found musical inspiration in several genres, which are reflected in each phase of the album. While the pre-party grooves on Dusk are

a nod to old-school disco and West Coast hip hop, the moody tunes on Dark have been bitten by the techno bug.

“Aside from my own experiences of the culture and musical influences, what really inspired the concept is, I think it’s easy to write off nightlife as something people do – they want to go out and get fucked up, or whatever,” he says. “But on the flipside, some of the best moments in my life have been at festivals, or during nights out, where a collective of people are unified by music in a room.”

Having just wrapped up his first Australian tour, the rising producer and songwriter found himself in a moment of blissful realisation during his Sydney performance, prompting him to take to social media to say, “I never expected the music to travel this far.”

“I had this moment onstage where I was like, this is actually insane,” Lewis says. “It’s nice to be present and to have those moments of realisation, because it’s so often that people realise these things after the fact, which is a shame.

“I was looking out at the crowd and I was like, ‘Oh my God, we’re literally on the other side of the world and the music has reached these people

and they’ve connected with it enough that they’ve wanted to learn the lyrics, buy a ticket and buy merch,’ which is really just an incredible feeling.”

The tour also marked Lewis’ first time on Australian soil – an achievement he holds in high regard.

“I’ve always wanted to come to Australia, because it seems to be such an awesome place,” he says. “I’ve played quite a few shows now and I always think that I’ve got it figured out and I’ve seen it all, but the Australian crowds have been some of the best crowds I’ve played to.

“Everyone in Australia seems to have amazing banter, everyone’s so funny and everyone seems like they’re up for a good time over here,” he says. “Also, you guys love your coffee, especially in Melbourne – and I’m a massive coffee snob – I drink so much coffee, especially on tour, so I’m loving the abundance of coffee shops over here.”

Part two of SG Lewis’ threepart debut album, Dark, will be available for listening this August. Part one, Dusk, is out now via PMR/Caroline Australia.

BY HELENA METZKE

IDLES IDLES are a band who pride themselves on honesty and loving yourself, and they spread this message through their music.

Their forthcoming album Joy as an Act of Resistance comes a year after their debut, and frontman Joe Talbot says the band started writing the second album right away, over the course of a year. However, when they weren’t happy with what they were producing, they started again – coming to the table with new ideas that were important to them personally rather than important outwardly.

“We realised that we weren’t enjoying ourselves and that we were over thinking it. We lost the essence of why we enjoyed the first album so much, which was because we stopped caring about what other people thought and wrote music for ourselves,” Talbot explains.

“I found the phrase ‘Joy As An Act of Resistance’ online. I thought it was a beautiful concept and I wanted to use it for the album, so we did. It became an artistic and philosophical endeavour where the album came pretty quick and my life became very turbulent and awful and I had to use joy as an act of resistance in real time.”

The album features political themes about life in a post-Brexit world, and Talbot believes that by writing about these issues they can resist against the division of fear and reactionary behaviour by illustrating how important it is to love yourself. “When you find the confidence within, you’re more open to new ideas, new cultures and new people,” he says. “It became a way of life for us as opposed to an album and we hope that it will encourage other people to be vulnerable to new things.”

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“When you find the confidence within, you’re more open to new ideas, new cultures and new people.”

Talbot declares that the band have a bigger stage now than they used to and want to use that to create a safe space for their audience. He says that they’ve always been a political band and they want to encourage people to explore themselves and feel comfortable in their own skin.

“We’re just trying to change the narrative a bit on politics, because obviously a lot of people have little trust in the realms of politics. But all politics is really is the infrastructure of human welfare and how to feel safe.

We wanted to remind people of the humane aspect of politics and take it down to the smaller more important part which is the individual, and celebrate that.”

The first single to be released from the album ‘Danny Nedelko’ is a pro-immigration track inspired by and named after the band’s Ukrainian-born friend. “If you write about something you love, there’s often a role that plays within society that is greater than yourself,” he says. “He is a British citizen but Ukrainian-born which means that he’s a great example of why I think this country is a better place with immigrants in it. Like any allegory, I wanted to use him as a great example of how if you open your mind and heart slightly you will see the beauty of compassion and I think compassion

is what helps countries progress. I would like to execute that as much as possible, just reminding people of the human individual behind all the political debates.”

Imagine this album as a parade. That’s how Talbot sees it. The album is a congregation of minds celebrating the beauty of the flawed nature of who they are and celebrating imperfection. The album is a resistance against the pressures of success and more just a celebratory piece that encourages people to love themselves for who they are and not who they should be.

Now that there’s been a taste of the album with ‘Danny Nedelko’ and ‘Colossus’, Talbot says that if listeners are familiar with the band’s first album, as a comparison, it’s more dynamic and there’s more room to breathe this time around. “There’s more of a narrative arc. It takes you on more of a journey. There’s more sadness in it and there’s more joy. There’s more reflection on our own lives as an example of the wider problems in our society. I think it’s a more concise album, writing wise. I think it is loud and I think it is fun and dark.”

BY ELLEN PRITCHARD

IDLES will release their sophomore album Joy as an Act of Resistance on Friday August 31 via Partisan Records and Pod / Inertia Music.

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Rod Laver Arena, Thursday August 2 Whether she floats your boat musically or not, Katy Perry is undeniably talented. Especially when stripped-back during less elaborate ballads like ‘Into Me You See’, Perry’s got a belter of a voice and she’s a solid songwriter.

However, when you’re going to one of her stadium gigs, you’re strapped in for a full extravaganza where every song is a production number of epic proportions – there were even fireworks and confetti canons two songs in during ‘Roulette’, her ode to cutting loose.

It’s tempting to be cynical about the exercise, especially during certain moments, such as where Perry assures us that Melbourne is her favourite city in the country (she likes our food and we’re “chill”). The only people who don’t know that this is BS banter are probably pre-teen fans. But really, who cares?

There was something for everyone with a pulse to enjoy in this show, starting with the ‘80s homage, which is the visual through-line for the evening. It’s clever, because although most of her fans weren’t born yet, their guardians were, and the spot-the-reference exercise is a fun eye-spy to keep grownups occupied, starting with Perry’s Grace Jonesesque newly cropped locks and hooded ensemble, through to her Talking Heads-style oversized suit a costume change, and Pacman visuals later in the show.

Set-wise, there’s everything spanning giant flamingos operated by puppeteers to a universe about which Perry revolves on her own planet with rings. It’s surreal, but anytime it verges on too much, something happens to make it transcend – worlds move, a colossal hand closes, a construction-site beam transports pink vinyl-clad dancers and Perry skyward, and it’s magical.

Perry’s also got a sense of humour. For instance, during ‘Bon Appetite’, when she reclines on a giant leaf and is seasoned with glitter from oversized salt and pepper shakers by her back-up dancers, she’s all but saying, “eat me”.

With a giant eye staring at us from the stage Big-Brother style, coupled with thousands of phones borne aloft during the show, we’re in the modern equivalent of a panopticon – we watch her, she watches us, and collectively we’re witness to a spectacle.

BY MEG CRAWFORD

Seeing thousands of (primarily) girls and women singing their guts out during ‘Roar’ was enough to soften the heart of a dedicated rock dog.

LOWLIGHT: The concert could have used a pruning, which may have made for fewer HIGHLIGHT:

Snow Patrol - David Harris Photography

kids chucking themselves on the ground for full-bodied tantrums on the way out. Also, ‘I Kissed A Girl’ is uncomfortable listening these days – it trivialises queer experience and embodies shame.

CROWD FAVOURITE: Perry confessing to being called a “bogan”, and, predictably, her ecstatic pop anthem ‘Firework’.

Snow Patrol

Palais Theatre, Thursday August 2 Extremely talented duo Husky was on support duty, and they delivered a stunning performance. Their harmonies soared throughout the heritage-listed venue, the only downside to their performance was their lack of engagement with the audience. They really didn’t speak much, and it made the set feel a little distant when it should’ve felt intimate.

Most had found their seats by the time the lights dimmed right on schedule as Snow Patrol walked out onstage to a hero’s welcome. Before the band even launched into ‘Chocolate’, it became abundantly clear that Snow Patrol fans are as passionate as they come.

Charismatic frontman Gary Lightbody invited everyone to stand, which really made it feel like more of a two-way experience than if everyone had sat for the whole affair. ‘Take Back the City’ was an early set highlight, the crowd responding positively to it getting played despite it not being sighted on their setlists much lately.

From the very first song, the sound was first class. With more instruments and less acoustic energy, it could’ve gone either way, but here the mixing was spot on, allowing the music itself to really take centre stage.

Lightbody’s voice is really extraordinary. It’s great on the records, but it had never seemed like one of those voices you write home about.

All that changed when seeing Snow Patrol live. His voice resonated throughout the venue, touching each and every one of the three thousand people in attendance.

What was in some ways unexpected was just how funny Lightbody’s onstage conversations and banter were. He engaged with the audience and told stories like he was simply “down the pub”. From detailing how he’d accidentally shrunk the shirt he’d brought to the venue to wear and having to wear a rather unimpressive plain brown T-shirt to genuinely thanking everyone for coming on numerous occasions, it was all thoroughly enjoyable. Several times he was laugh-out-loud funny, other times he was passionately serious, yet it didn’t once detract from the honest and emotional tone of the music.

2006’s landmark album Eyes Open got a good run, with five songs lifted from it.

‘Open Your Eyes’ was reworked to make it

feel even more epic than it does in recorded form, transforming the venue into a cathedral of voices. If that didn’t make you think ‘How good is live music?’ then the singalong of smash cross-over hit ‘Chasing Cars’ certainly would’ve. It was everything you’d want hearing it live to be. It felt like everyone there was part of a choir, lifting the song to another echelon.

When it finished, it felt like we’d collectively ticked something off of our bucket lists.

The song has been used in TV shows and films and played on the radio countless times, and everyone expects it to be a staple of their set. At one point in the show, Lightbody addressed this point after looking genuinely gobsmacked at the rousing reception the band were receiving after one particular song. “I get asked in interviews all the time ‘Don’t you get sick of playing the same songs all the time?’ No, fuck that. This is amazing.” He couldn’t have summed up the evening any better if he tried.

Finishing the regular set with ‘You’re All I Have’ before briefly exiting the stage, just two band members returned to play new album single ‘What If This Is All the Love You Ever Get?’, prompting Lightbody to say, “Encores are bullshit aren’t they? You have to do them because if you don’t everyone asks why you didn’t do one, but we just go stand over there for 30 seconds.”

The stripped-back number showcased his vocals in an awe-inspiring way. It felt intimate and powerful, and the audience even joined in the various “Woah-oh’s” of the song. All of the new album songs were strongly received.

Finishing with the energetic ‘Just Say Yes’ from their first greatest hits album Up to Now; this was a performance to savour and remember.

BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN HIGHLIGHT: The energy and enthusiasm of the

band and how passionate the fans were. hard to think of one.

CROWD FAVOURITE: Being in the choir for ‘Chasing Cars’.

LOWLIGHT: Too

The Bamboos

Corner Hotel, Saturday August 4 There’s no doubt about it, The Bamboos aren’t simply ‘a band’. They’re a force. The packed out bandroom at The Corner Hotel was testament to the love Melbourne has for the nine-piece, and through the course of their stomping headline set, The Bamboos reciprocated brilliantly.

With their eighth studio album, The Bamboos haven’t lost any of their rich funk rhythms or knack for permeating an otherwise ‘mainstream’ pop environment. Their music comes drenched in quality, and as a live act The Bamboos are only getting stronger. Led

The Bamboos - David Harris Photography

confidently as ever by Lance Ferguson, the crowd was encouraged to let loose early on. His Gretsch shining as brightly as his sequined blazer, Ferguson ensured that each Bamboo had their time in the spotlight, which the crowd eagerly lapped up.

The Bamboos experience is nothing without the mega-presence of vocalist Kylie Auldist. Easily one of the best voices in the country, Auldist was on form for their hometown show. Whether it was the deep grooves of ‘I Don’t Wanna Stop’, the surging emotional punches of ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ or the heaving disco vibes of ‘Night Time People’; Auldist had everyone’s attention centred squarely on her no matter what facet of her powerful vocal range she engaged in.

Graeme Pogson, Phil Binotto, Yuri Pavlinov and Dan Mougerman to the right produced excellent rhythm and percussion throughout, Pogson in particular a highlight to watch. A small handful of opportunities were granted for the drummer to take more than two breaths and wipe sweat from his forehead, but for the most part his drumming pace remained relentless and tight. On the other side of the stage, Ross Irwin, Phil Noy and Damon Grant held it down on horns, their sounds captivating the crowd, matching Auldist’s bombastic vocals note for note.

Swapping the trumpet for microphone, Irwin’s rendition of The Easybeats’ ‘I’ll Make You Happy’ (originally covered by Montaigne) was a surprise; doubling down on the chorus with Auldist, Irwin’s moment of unleashed chaos earned some of the biggest cheers of the night.

Night Time People was delivered with great airs of fun and vibrancy, showcasing the band’s tight dynamic and ability to switch between musical moods. ‘Stranded’ and ‘Lit Up’ proved particular highlights, while ‘Salvage Rites’ harked back to the earlier Bamboos material that first got my attention around the Rawville era in 2007.

By the end of The Bamboos’ set, the diverse crowd was primed for kick-ons and the bill accommodated, with funk DJs spinning vinyl post-set. As the first night of their national tour, Melbourne set the bar for the shows to come. As Ferguson mentioned on stage, The Bamboos have been performing for 18 years – it feels like the band is enjoying perhaps one of their best career chapters yet.

BY SOSE FUAMOLI

The band’s dynamic in full flight during their performance of ‘Lit Up’.

LOWLIGHT: A rare gig without many lowlights.

CROWD FAVOURITE: Ross Irwin’s turn on the mic for the band’s cover of ‘I’ll Make You Happy’.

HIGHLIGHT:

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Album of the Week (Chapter Music)

Singles With Augustus Welby

Sleaford Mods

Sleaford Mods

Stick In a Five and Go (Rough Trade/Remote Control)

It’s hard not to be amused by Sleaford Mods even if what they’re describing isn’t exactly a joke. The UK duo’s signature minimalism is scaled back even further here, with just a drumbeat and simple bassline supporting Jason Williamson’s East Midlands brogue. This leaves space for a somewhat comic but all-too-familiar narrative of someone seeking violent revenge after being riled by a Twitter exchange. It raises questions about the illusion of invincibility facilitated by social media and the sickened imaginations of so many regular citizens. It’s also a heck of a lot of fun.

Robyn

Missing U (POD/Inertia) After ‘Dancing On My Own’, Robyn stepped away from solo material to make a couple of dance music EPs with Röyksopp and La Bagatelle Magique. But her return single picks up where ‘Dancing…’ left off, fixating on another’s absence. Boasting an uplifting, near-radiant chorus, ‘Missing U’ feels like an act of conscious progression rather than a maudlin sob-fest. The Swedish singer lays down her sorrows but in doing so looks to gain strength.

23 years on from her debut, Robyn sounds as vital as ever.

IDLES

Samaritans (Partisan Records) IDLES’ new single could just as easily be referencing the secular UK charity, Samaritans, as the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan. Both are concerned with giving support to those in distress, but the charity focuses specifically on mental health. In another subversion of blokey rock music, the Bristol quintet unsheathes the mask of masculinity to implicitly advocate vulnerability, exploration and self-love. The highly appealing sentiment is somewhat weighed down by a trudging post-punk arrangement that hangs like a plate of sheet metal.

Xani

Sun White (Independent) Who says you can’t make pop music using just a violin and loop station? Xani Kolac has long been one of Australian indie music’s finest instrumentalists and her entirely improvised 3 EP zeroes in on her wily talents. ‘Sun White’ delivers on the promise of its title – a continual crescendo that offers more light and joyful melody as it progresses.

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Little Ugly Girls

9.0

Little Ugly Girls Tasmanian punk quartet Little Ugly Girls’ self-titled debut stands as a long time coming.

The group, which formed nearly 30 years ago, emerged from the riot grrrl movement, an early ‘90s wave of feminist punk music.

Little Ugly Girls may be Australia’s earliest example of the riot grrrl movement, and until their split in the early ‘00s were a staple in Australia’s subterranean punk sectors.

Aside from some obscure cassette tapes, this is the group’s first official release.

The album is a tight collection of recordings from their career and new sessions of old tracks. Vocalist Linda Johnston is abrasive and foaming at the mouth. Her scratchy voice coupled with confrontational lyrics addressing the likes of abuse, stress, and violence create tracks more akin to pipe bombs on the verge of combustion.

Opener ‘Tractor’ and ‘Dead C’ stand as favourites, with Johnston rip roaring under rolling drums from “Sloth” Punshon, and episodic guitar bursts from Dannie Johnston and Mindy Mapp. ‘Jimmeh’, another highlight, could easily find itself on a Japanese noise rock record.

Among the chaos, Little Ugly Girls does feature quieter moments with the hushed and minimal ‘Storm After Storm’ as well as the closing a cappella ‘Boxen-HoodaHayda’.

Little Ugly Girls is a must listen for punk devotees and lovers of belligerency. An exciting release and the culmination of a cult career.

BY DAVID CLASS

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Albums

Phantastic Ferniture

8.0

Year Of The Snitch

8.0

Phantastic Ferniture

Death Grips’ new album reinforces the group as one of the decade’s most inventive acts. Since 2011, they’ve consistently released music that transcends genre and continues to evolve.

Year of the Snitch stands as a notable addition to their growing catalogue, and may be the trio’s most experimental album.

While other Death Grips releases tend to have their own identifiable characteristic, Year of the Snitch basks in its complete variation of sounds. The album follows no clear path sonically; it’s a mixed bag of lo-fi electro sounds, jazz fusion, punk, and hip hop. Songs, and often sections within songs, stand in complete contrast to each other. MC Ride is ice cool under electro tracks like ‘Linda’s in Custody’ and the more hip hop centric ‘Streaky’, and then in complete hysteria in the frenetic ‘ShitShow’. What remains a constant is Death Grips’ cryptic lyrical style which never fails to intrigue and disturb.

The most rock-orientated track ‘Black Paint’ hits hard with distorted guitars and aggressive lyrics. The urgent and chaotic closing track ‘Disappointed’ also packs a punch and leaves the listener feeling quite the opposite.

BY DAVID CLASS

(Ivy League Records)

(Makeout Records/Caroline Australia)

(Death Grips)

Death Grips

Born from an impulsive desire to create more spontaneous music than their respective solo endeavours, Phantastic Ferniture have certainly achieved this with their debut album.

The trio – consisting of Julia Jacklin, Liz Hughes, and Ryan K Brennan – are drawing in fans with their unique version of garage alt-pop meets ‘70s rock with high doses of affability.

The heavy bassline of first single ‘Fuckin ‘n’ Rollin’ lures in Jacklin’s sultry vocals before its classic drum beat provides structure and direction to this gem of a pop-rock song. The track builds to a cracking ‘90s garage chorus with the kind of strong harmonies that made The Posies stand out in the grungeinfused Seattle of the ‘90s.

‘Take It Off ’ and ‘I Need It’ ooze moody, steamy energy, while ‘Uncomfortable Teenager’ combines the breezy lightheartedness of youth with the restlessness of growing up. Then there’s ‘Dark Corner Dance Floor’ which could almost be a Black Kids dance club stomper.

The beauty of this album comes from the simplicity of Jacklin’s stirring vocals and the way she manages to inject an emotional weight into songs like ‘Bad Timing’ and ‘Gap Year’ without dragging them down into dark and obscure recesses.

The Rubens

8.0

LO LA RU

The Rubens’ sophomore LP Hoops showcased their inherent knack for experimenting. It saw them delve into unexplored R&B and hip hop territory on tracks like ‘Hoops’ and ‘Bitter End’. Hoops set them up for mainstream consciousness, helped them tick off a few bucket list items, and here we are. Their latest jaunt LO LA RU has seen them enlist Wilder Zoby and Little Shalimar (of Run the Jewels) to create a potentially huge album.

‘Million Man’ was the first taste of the record. At first listen, it feels like you’re not listening to The Rubens. It sounds like any pop-ish middle of the road track. That changes the more you listen. It’s an uplifting banger, a major vibe.

Tracks like ‘Go On’ and ‘I Know’ see The Rubens challenge themselves, especially style wise as they delve further into those R&B and hip hop soundscapes.

‘Freakout’ is a point where the band have particularly succeeded. It’s sad, but beautiful. Margin’s vocals tell a story of heartbreak, and passion, which they’ve done so well on this record.

The Rubens have made a conscious effort to create something unique, beautiful, and different to what they’re used to. The result?

A well-constructed album, proving they truly can do anything.

BY NATHAN GUNN

BY MARY GLEEKO

8.0

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do is a reflectional late night conversation, that The Milk Carton Kids tell surrounded by the soft addition of instrumentation. The tracklist will embrace you and allow you to fall into vulnerability as you absorb the elements the music hands you.

The vocals welcome you as they weave poetic language over a purposeful cocktail of stringed instruments, with the delicate rhythm of a drum behind. ‘Younger Years’ is an echo of the past, ‘‘My younger years were wasted on my youth” – a list of observations and regrets. The duo’s vocals harmonise so perfectly it’s hard to believe it’s a duo.

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do is a testament to storytelling through music. The finale ‘All the Things…’ summarises the experiences of the men singing it, projecting images of the past. Once it reaches its timely end, reciting the album title over a declining set of guitar strums, it grants you closure as you hear the final exhale and the fading sounds of the guitar strings.

BY SCOTT HUDSON

(RCA Records/Sony)

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

(Transgressive/[PIAS])

(ANTI –)

The Milk Carton Kids

Let’s Eat Grandma

I’m All Ears

8.0

Christina Aguilera

Liberation

6.0

Let’s Eat Grandma return with a beautifully arranged sophomore album. The pair take greater risks here, plummeting into post-industrial club music and prog-rock gems all under the gaze of neon lights. Along with some help – notably UK producer SOPHIE and The Horrors’ frontman Faris Badwan – the duo created an album that looks ahead while borrowing sounds from today.

Immediately, I’m All Ears grabs your attention. ‘Whitewater’, the album’s opening track, begins like an ‘80s horror movie. The grim synth leads and frightening horn blasts set the stage for war. Then the album throws you into ‘Hot Pink’, the SOPHIEproduced futuristic club banger. ‘Falling Into Me’ is another highlight, beaming the group into Carly Rae Jepsen Emotionstyle dance pop.

‘Snakes & Ladders’ is a chilling track. ‘I’ll Be Waiting For You’ is a masterful love song that explodes into the chorus atop of pianos and new wave drums. There are two long-form tracks, ‘Cool & Collected’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ at nine and eleven minutes long respectively. The first of the two begins as a ‘90s-era grunge hit. Slowly, a piano takes over and guides the song into a sultry jam sesh. ‘Donnie Darko’, on the other hand, is a warm synth-pop dream that’d fit snugly inside Lorde’s Melodrama.

Christina Aguilera is back with a new, hip sound for 2018.

Listening to her past couple of albums, one can pick out which artists and trends Aguilera was borrowing from at the time.

Liberation does the same.

Aguilera’s voice has never been the problem with her music, in fact, it’s instantly recognisable. Across Liberation, Aguilera’s iconic soprano grabs your attention, like on the piano-driven ‘Twice’.

The chorus of the song is a beautiful moment on the album when her voice soars into the heavens. ‘Fall In Line’ is another highlight.

It’s an epic female empowerment song thematically similar to that of Aguilera’s 2003 hit ‘Can’t Hold Us Down’.

However, it’s clear when the popstar needs to pad her album with songs to fill in the runtime. Ironically, the best song is followed by the album’s worst. ‘Right Moves’ charges in with an awkward reggae-fusion beat. Of course, current charttopping trends from trap beats, to moody R&B, to power-pop anthems are injected throughout every track but are at risk of sounding stale by Aguilera’s next album.

The intent here is to prove that Christina Aguilera has broken out of the chains of oppression and will not follow orders anymore. She’s certainly close to it until she gets comfortable with sounding relevant.

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO

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FEATURED GIGS

Gig Guide WEDNESDAY 8 AUG INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Ben Alter The Evelyn Hotel Indie pop-rock troubadour Ben Alter continues his residency at The Evelyn Hotel on Wednesday August 8. Slinging his profoundly honest lyricism and stories of struggle and victory, Alter and his band will take to the stage from 8.30pm. Entry is an easy $15 on the door.

Malcura The Bendigo Hotel From busking on Bourke Street to playing The Bendigo Hotel, certified heavy flamenco shredders Malcura are geared to showcase material from their forthcoming second album on Wednesday August 8.

Joining them as support comes fuzzy groove rock outfit Bronze when it all kicks off from 8.30pm. Free entry.

Hannah Campbell The Moldy Fig Melbourne indie-folk singer-songwriter Hannah Campbell will take to The Moldy Fig on Thursday August 9, bringing along her warm, discerning and real storytelling with her. Tackling topics on all of life’s sticky bits, she’ll play from 9pm with free entry.

Geo Reverence Hotel Leave your expectations of genre at the door, as prog, metal, pop and rock infused act Geo roll into The Rev on Thursday August 9. Up-and-coming heavy rock outfit The Lesser Giants will open things up, before newly-formed heavy funk and rock fusion act Unamus come in too. Doors open from 8pm and entry is a breezy $10.

Joe Jacobson + Fenn Wilson The Drunken Poet Earthy, charming and undeniably gifted singer Joe Jacobson will come into The Drunken Poet on Thursday August 9, kicking the night off from 8pm. Bellarineborn singer-songwriter Fenn Wilson will takeover at 9pm, bringing with him a slew of ballads from his 2014 debut album Tales Of The Black Dog and more. Entry is free.

BEN ALTER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

$15.00.

CELINE DION Rod Laver Arena,

Melbourne. 7:30pm.

MARCELLA WRIGHT + SILENT INCOME + FRANCES FOX Gasometer

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $5.00.

SLEDGEHAMMER + SPIRAL PERM + GAMJEE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

THE MOTHER GURUS Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. ƒ

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANCIENT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA + MON SHELFORD Open Studio, Northcote.

8:00pm. $10.00.

BOHJASS + GLORY B + SLIPPER 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.00.

CHARLIE SEPULVEDA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.00.

DIZZY'S BIG BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $15.00.

EMILY WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $35.00.

GOULD/BURKE QUARTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

MOJO JUJU Arts Centre, Melbourne.

8:00pm. $35.00.

MYSTIC MOMENTS - FEAT: DJ JOHN BAILEY + DJ MIKE GURRIERI Section 8,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

THE ALASTAIR KERR QUARTET Paris

Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

THE HANDLE BARS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

7:00pm.

WINE CHEESE AND ALL THAT JAZZ - FEAT: PR PROJECT The Moldy Fig,

7:00pm.

WORLD MUSIC OPEN MIC Compass

Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ANAM PRIZEWINNERS - FEAT: ELIZA SHEPHARD + TIFFANY CHENG + BERTA BROZGUL Melbourne Recital

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

ARCHER DEPTHLESS + MARATHON + CAMALAN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

$5.00.

DION HIRINI + DANNY SPENCER Memo

Music Hall, St Kilda. 6:00pm.

KICKASS KARAOKESooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: DON HILLMAN'S SECRET BEACH + HUMBUCKIN’ PICKUPS + BRIAN FITZGERALD & CHRIS MOLNAR

Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

MALCURA + BRONZE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

MONTHLY BLUES JAM - FEAT: JIMI COELLI + VARIOUS ARTISTS Whole

Destrends The B.East Melbourne post-punkers Destrends are set to burst into The B.East on Friday August 10. Get your lips around some of the venue’s famed burgers and blistering bev selection, while Destrends blister your ears. Yes Yes Whatever will offer support when it all happens from 9pm. Best of all, entry is free.

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Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

MUDDY'S BLUES ROULETTE Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

SEAN LEE MCCOY Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

TERESA DIXON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

TERI YOUNG Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THE FOOTSCRAY GYPSIES Queen

7:30pm. $20.00.

THE NEW DREGS + TINA GROWLS + LOVE BONER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

Victoria Market, Melbourne. 7:50pm.

XANI Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.

5:40pm.

XANI Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.

6:30pm.

8:00pm.

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THE WORLD AT A GLANCE + PREMIUM CABLE + THE RIVER OF HEAVEN Yarra

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

THE ONE & ONLY ADELE TRIBUTE

Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $24.08.

Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $10.00.

THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.

BRIAN EL DORADO & THE TUESDAY PEOPLE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

CHARLIE SEPULVEDA Bird's Basement,

$10.00.

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.00.

DIAMONDS & THE BLUES Dizzy's Jazz

UNAMUS - FEAT: ANNA’S GO GO DANCING + THE LESSER GIANTS + GEO Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm.

UVA URSI + GENUINE FAKE + GIRL GERMS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

Club, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25.00.

GIANNI MARINUCCI NONET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

$8.00.

Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

8:00pm.

HEMINGWAY + CHINA BEACH + STOKA Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

HORNS OF LEROY Cherry Bar, Melbourne JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO (WITH HETTY KATE) The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

$20.00.

JAMIE OEHLERS & TAL COHEN Paris

Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $35.00.

MOJO JUJU Arts Centre, Melbourne.

8:00pm. $35.00.

REFLEJOS + KIRSTY MORPHETT Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10.00.

THE SLIPDIXIES Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6:00pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALBERT LEE + THE GRAPES Thornbury

Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $69.90.

BODY CORPORATE + KRUL + HAPPY MORBID Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BROADS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

DALE BARLTROP Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $39.00.

ENSEMBLE GOMBERT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

EZRA LEE’S BLUES REVUE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

FENN WILSON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

HANNAH CAMERON + LUKE BRENNAN + LEAH SENIOR Northcote

Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12.00.

HANNAH CAMPBELL The Moldy Fig, 9:00pm.

JOE JACOBSON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JOE TERROR + ROSIE BURGESS + GOYDERS LINE Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy

North. 7:30pm.

JOSH CASHMAN Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00.

LIAM WRIGHT Wesley Anne, Northcote.

North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $5.00.

BOYPARTS + FLESHED OUT Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

7:00pm. $5.00.

DARLING JAMES + DARK FAIR + MORE DEATH BY CARROT + JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS + THE MEAN TIMES + SLEEPER SERVICE Bendigo

Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

EGGY + BIN + WE TIGERS Gasometer

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

JIMMY WEBB & FRIENDS Hamer Hall,

Southbank. 8:00pm. $110.80.

KILNS + CHITRA + ED TRIPODI Old Bar,

Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

KING GROAKER + THE CONSTABLES + BRAD BREWER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS Musicland, Fawkner.

ROB PATTON Swamplands Bar, Thornbury.

8:00pm.

SONIA SERIN Charles Weston Hotel,

Brunswick. 6:30pm.

FRIDAY 10 AUG HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS

8:00pm. $10.00.

AU UNDERGROUND - FEAT: JPA + DYLAN GRIFFIN + THAD LESTER + DAVE JURIC + CB & CASH Revolver

$10.00.

CLUB COCO - FEAT: CC DISCO + RHAPSODISE + MISS GOLDIE + DJ JNETT + DJ JIMMY JAMES Hugs &

LARA PROKOP + TAMARA & THE DREAMS + BACK POCKET + PURR USUAL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

MICHAEL YULE The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm.

MISS ROSIE & THE TOP CATS Musicland,

Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.

PIN + MINUS US + MAREYA 303,

Northcote. 7:00pm. $5.00.

PRICELESS + CONVERTIBLE + THE FIX UPS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

7:00pm. $7.00.

REGURGITATOR + DAMIAN COWELL'S DISCO MACHINE (WITH TONY MARTIN) + DICKLORD Wool Exchange,

Geelong. 8:00pm. $39.80.

Upstairs, Prahran. 11:45am.

Kisses, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $17.00.

CRYOGENIC UPRISING - FEAT: NIKKI SIG + MISS BEHAVIOUR + SHIFTEQ + CITIZEN.COM + MORE 24 Moons,

Northcote. 9:00pm. $15.00.

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club,

Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

FRIDAYS - FEAT: WARSAWYER + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + MORE Carlton

STEVE BALBI + NICK BARKER + JUSTIN GARNER The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 6:30pm.

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

THE BABE RAINBOW + BANANAGUN + PARSNIP Corner Hotel, Richmond.

7:00pm.

$25.00.

GAS - FEAT: HAWK I + BADDUMS + VIXEN + MORE Red Betty, Brunswick.

HONEY + DJ LOGAN GIBSON + MORE

FEATURED GIGS

Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00.

JOYRIDE + NOCTURNAL TAPES + TETRAHEDRA Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00.

LOVISION + GERYON + HEXTAPE + DJ SASHA VOSS Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MOOPIE + ANDOS ROBE + ANDY MCCONNELL + BOB JUNGLES + HYPERSLEEP Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy.

6:00pm.

OLIVER HUNTEMANN Brown Alley,

Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $49.50.

RALEIGH WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Mornington. 8:00pm. $23.50.

THE MICHELLE NICOLLE STRING BAND Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm.

THE BABE RAINBOW + TRAFFIC ISLAND + GIRLATONES Corner Hotel,

THE SLIPDIXIES The Moldy Fig, 9:00pm.

THE DEAD AMIGOS + SILTMAN Sound

Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.

SOFT POWER Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. $25.00.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

POUNCE - FEAT: MILLÚ + STRING THEOREM + MICK BOWL + LOW-KEY + STEVIE H + MORE New Guernica,

9:00pm.

REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: WHO + KITI + MIKE CALLANDER + SHANNON BRIGGS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

BLOODY HELL + ASSETSTRIPPER + ORANGE + MORE Yarra Hotel,

Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00.

7:00pm.

SEASONS - WINTER - FEAT: TWO PEOPLE + PLANÈTE + ADI TOOHEY + LONELYSPECK + JUICY ROMANCE + GOOD MANNERS DJS + JOHN FISH

Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $20.00.

TRESILLO - FEAT: DJ JERRY C + PROJECT + DJ SMILEZ + KÖDA + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

$10.00.

TRIPLE VISION - FEAT: STEEZY-E + BREEZY + JAKE HUGHES + DJ FETTUCCINE + MOONDOG Ferdydurke,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

HIP HOP & R&B 2018 VICTORIAN DMC DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + DJ SPELL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

7:00pm. $15.00.

AFTER HOURS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd.

BLACK JESUS + CASCADES + POST TRUTH + BOUNDLESS + DEADER

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10.00.

TEDDY THE BEAR + HARRY PERMEZEL + MOUSEATOUILLE Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 8:00pm.

Richmond. 8:30pm.

Bar, Capel Sound. 8:30pm.

THE DEAD LOVE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12.00.

THIS FIRE BURNS + WEDIVIDE + CHASING THE VOID + HOLLOW HAVEN Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick

East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

UDDER UBDUCTEES + FREAKSHOW NIGHTMARE + THE POLYGAMISTS + DEAD ALREADY Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.

UNLOCKING THE DOORS Sooki Lounge,

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs

Belgrave. 8:00pm. $29.60.

CAROUSEL CLUB + AUNTIE LEO & THE BACKSTABBERS + ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Rye. 9:00pm. $10.00.

House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.

$10.00.

YEAH BAD + WINTER MOON + THE ENGAGEMENT Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar,

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

CLEAN CUT SOCIETY + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB + TELESCREEN + VENICE QUEENS Last Chance Rock And

8:00pm. $15.00.

DANA GEHRMAN + AYLEEN O'HANLON Caravan Music Club,

Thornbury. 8:00pm. $6.00.

Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $8.00.

Bentleigh East. 8:00pm. $15.00.

DAY6 Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $163.06.

DESTRENDS + YES YES WHATEVER The

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

DJ LADY LOVE POTION Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

8:00pm.

FLYYING COLOURS + TV HAZE + DOWSER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.

GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel,

9:30pm.

GOOD MORNING + GORDON KOANG + DANNIKA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

ANNA SCIONTI Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 8:30pm.

BETH WINTER Wesley Anne, Northcote.

CHEAP TOBACCO + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Swamplands Bar, LOUIS KING & THE LIARS KLUB Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

MASCO SOUNDS SYSTEM + COPPERHEAD BRASS BAND + CREPES + JUMPIN' JACK WILLIAM Northcote

Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.

MELBOURNE LAWYERS’ ORCHESTRA

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

8:00pm. $10.00.

HIATUS KAIYOTE + SO.CRATES + LORI

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:00pm. $42.00.

MI-SEX + PLASTIC FINGERS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $29.70.

QUARRY ROAD Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:30pm.

THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

6:30pm.

RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.

HOT WINGS + THE WRAYLETTES Post

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd.

9:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC 45 SHOOT OUT - FEAT: RICK HOWE + MISS FEE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd.

5:00pm.

ANDREW SWANN JAZZ TRIO Paris Cat

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $35.00.

ANNEMARIE SHARRY QUARTET Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill.

8:00pm. $25.00.

Essendon. 10:00pm.

The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

LEEDEN + GOOD FOR WEDNESDAY + NAKED MEADOW Workers Club,

Geelong. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MADDER LAKE + SPECTRUM Kingston

City Hall, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $22.00.

MANIAXE + CEMETERY URN + MONOLIYTH + REAPER Bendigo Hotel,

BONES & JONES + BIN + SLEDGEHAMMER John Curtin Hotel,

MARIBELLE + FRANÇOISTUNES + MINORFAUNA Workers Club, Fitzroy.

CITY AT MIDNIGHT + IMMY OWUSU'S MAGIC BUTTER MACHINE + MILES RECOMMENDS Workers Club, Geelong.

Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

CHARLIE SEPULVEDA Bird's Basement,

Collingwood. 9:00pm.

HASTA LA CUMBIA + THE PIRATESKA REBELLION Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm. $10.00.

HOME COOKIN' 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

JAZZ NOTES (WITH RICK CORRENZA)

Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 7:00pm.

MILDLIFE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

MOJO JUJU Arts Centre, Melbourne.

8:00pm. $35.00.

NARDIA ROSE The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm.

NOT MY CIRCUS! + SKYROKU Belleville, Melbourne. 11:00pm.

PEPPERCORN JAZZ BAND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BITCHSLAP + VALENTINE Post Office

$40.80.

8:30pm. $12.00.

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.00.

COMBINADO Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

DJ LADY SOUL Fox Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

ELLY HOYT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $32.50.

EVAN HARRIS The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $25.00.

SATURDAY 11 AUG

MAMMAL + OSAKA PUNCH + FRESH VIOLET Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8:00pm.

CENTRE & THE SOUTH + KING RIVER RISING + JACK THE FOX Bar Open,

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.

Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MIDNIGHT WOOLF Gem Bar,

8:00pm.

PALMERSLUM + KEGGIN + GRASSHOLE + SLUG BUCKET Bombay

9:30pm.

Rock, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

PARTY ANIMALS Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm. $10.00.

PARTY ROCK Musicland, Fawkner.

7:30pm. $10.00.

PONY FACE + DJ DADDY MAC + BABY BLUE + BLAKE SCOTT Howler,

Brunswick. 8:00pm. $26.25.

POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

REGURGITATOR + GLITORIS + THE STRESS OF LEISURE 170 Russell,

Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $43.97.

RIDE FOR RAIN + FLOGS + GOLDSOCKS Penny Black, Brunswick.

6:00pm.

ROCKY & THE TWO BOB MILLIONAIRES Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 6:00pm.

SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF SANTANA Grand Hotel Mornington,

COLBYS + THE CONSTABLES + JIMMY HARWOOD Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

Soft Power Edinburgh Castle Post-rock jazz trio Soft Power will be taking to Edinburgh Castle on Friday August 10, armed with new tunes from their latest album Easy Listening as well as other favourites from their catalogue. Kicks off at 6pm with free entry.

Peppercorn Jazz Band Wesley Anne Serving up traditional slices of New Orleans-inspired jazz comes Melbournebased sextet, Peppercorn Jazz Band.

Promising a lively way to help you slide into your weekend, they’ll be taking to Wesley Anne on Friday August 10. Catch them from 6pm with free entry to boot.

Combinado Compass Pizza Brazilian and contemporary jazz infused act Combinado are geared to take to Compass Pizza on Friday August 10. Warming up the night will be the ever souful and rhythmic Sol é Alma from 8.30pm and you can snag your entry to it all for an easy $10 on the door.

Cyrogenic Uprising 24 Moons Party experience company The Brink will take over 24 Moons Bar on Friday August 10 to bring punters their latest realitybending party – Cyrogenic Uprising. Come riot with some of Melbourne’s best in techno, bass and house including Nikki Sig, Miss Behaviour, ShifteQ, Cadron Hollider and more in this sensory bonanza. Kicks off at 9pm and entry is free.

Pantera Tribute Show Whole Lotta Love Whole Lotta Love is set to pay tribute to Texan heavy metal lords Pantera this Saturday August 11. Fellow heavy metallers FRANKENBOK will come in for the festivities, while dedicated Pantera cover band Stronger Than All will round things out in fine Pantera form. Kicks off at 6pm and tickets are $10 via Eventbrite.

DJ A-MAN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9:00pm.

EXEK + PRIMO + CIVIC Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $10.00.

FOR OUR HERO + THE CITY + THE VALLEY ENDS Royal Melbourne Hotel,

Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00.

FUNHOUSE - A TRIBUTE TO PINK

Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm.

GROOVE NATION Royal Hotel, Essendon.

9:00pm.

HARMONY + FUNGUS BRAINS + MICHAEL BEACH BAND + VENETIAN BLIND Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

$19.40.

ION DRIVE + BUTTERFLY + APPARITION Last Chance Rock And Roll

Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $12.00.

JOE LAF Royal Hotel, Mornington.

8:00pm.

KING OF THE WORLD - THE ELVIS

Jemma Nicole Charles Weston

Jemma Nicole will bring her haunting, gritty and downright beautiful brand of Americana come country-noir to Charles Weston on Saturday August 11. There’ll be plenty of sad songs, but definitely no sad vibes. Head down from 6.30pm and enjoy free entry, too.

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FEATURED GIGS MEGA CONCERT - FEAT: JACK GATTO

Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $100.87.

LYING WEASELS + THE FLORETS + THE SECRET HISTORY + BELLA QUINLAN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

8:00pm. $8.00.

MALAHDO + CREATURE FEAR + ODD TASTE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

Shadowqueen

Reverence Rocks Reverence Hotel A massive night of rock is set to come into The Rev on Saturday August 11, with locals Shadowqueen slated to headline. They’ll be joined by Moonshifter off the back of their recently released record Love, Lust, Fire, Dust as well as Lace and Whiskey who’ll open with their brand of ‘70s and ‘80s influenced metal. Head down from 8pm to catch it all unfold. Free entry.

Bitchslap The Post Office Hotel Sydney-native grunge-punk outfit Bitchslap are marking their return from a ten year hiatus in almighty fashion, by taking to The Post Office Hotel on Saturday August 11.

For the special reunion show the trio will be joined by fellow heavy act Valentine and the noise will kick off from 9pm. Entry is free.

7:00pm. $8.00.

MAMMAL + OSAKA PUNCH + FRESH VIOLENT The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

$45.20.

MATTY WHITTLE & MELWAYHOLICS ANONYMOUS + MONARCHUS + NQR + SPACEJUNK Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm.

MEANDER + THE IANS + NIPPLE CHAFFES + HAPPY MORBID Evelyn

Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00.

MI-SEX + COUNTDOWN 80'S

Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $35.00.

MOONSHIFTER + SHADOWQUEEN + LACE AND WHISKEY Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8:30pm. $10.00.

NEO RELIC + JIMMY MADDON + EXP

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $10.00.

ODETTE + THANDO + WILLIAM BLOOM Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

8:30pm.

PADDY MCHUGH + JIM MONGREL + NATHAN SEECKTS + MITCH POWER

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $10.00.

PATRIZIA & THE GROOVE Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:30pm.

PERVERTS AGAIN + PARSNIP + VINTAGE CROP Barwon Club Hotel,

Geelong. 8:00pm. $10.00.

SEASIDE Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

SHARDS + DENIM OWL Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 4:00pm.

New Age + more Whole Lotta Love Local hard rock act New Age promise a blistering time when they take to Whole Lotta Love on Sunday August 12. They’ll be joined by fellow hard-rock five-piece Dirty Rats, and psych, jazz, metal and punk infused powerhouses Cyclone Diablo. It’s all going down from 7.30pm with free entry. Get on it.

Turtle Jones Bar 303 Turtle Jones will come into Bar 303 on Sunday August 12 to launch his Turtle Recall EP. The EP sees tracks from his previous Turtle Eclipse release get the remix treatment from the likes of Hooves, Dusty Ohms, RaptorHandz, Saltfeend and NonEntity. Hooves and NonEntity will go B2B with Raptorhandz and Melody Myla for the affair, all happening from 5pm.

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Mix For Tricks The Gasometer Hotel The likes of SAATSUMA, Interstellar Fugitives, Concealed, DJ Mum and Hank Youngman are set to roll into The Gaso on Sunday August 12. All funds raised will go towards SkatePAL – a nonprofit providing vital support through the medium of skateboarding to young people in Palestinian communities. It’s all happening from 4pm with tickets available for $15 on the door.

SMASHFEST 2018 - FEAT: AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + THE BALLS + STRAWBERRY FIST CAKE + FREAKSHOW NIGHTMARE + MORE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

6:00pm.

SMASHFEST AFTERPARTY - FEAT: DJ RORY (PBS' FANG IT) Bombay Rock,

Brunswick. 11:30pm.

SMOKING FIGS + OSCAR MIKE + X-GENZ + MORE Rubix Warehouse,

Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00.

SO THIS IS - A DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE PARTY - FEAT: LAUREN PERKINS + EMMA HEENEY + JP KLIPSPRINGER + J M S HARRISON + MORE Corner Hotel,

Richmond. 8:30pm. $22.00.

SPAWN + TTTDC + CRACKED TAPES

Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

SUPEREGO + ABBEY HOWLETT + KUZICH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

$15.00.

TEENAGE DADS + VENICE QUEENS + THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS + COLOURED CLOCKS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.

7:00pm. $10.25.

THE DELVENES + RIFLEBIRDS

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $10.00.

THE HARD ROCK SHOW - TRIBUTE TO PANTERA - FEAT: STRONGER THAN ALL + FRANKENBOK Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 6:00pm. $10.00.

THE PRETTY LITTLES + PRESS CLUB + NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

THE SCREAMING JETS + BOOM CRASH OPERA Village Green Hotel,

Mulgrave. 8:00pm. $50.00.

TRILOGY OF ROCK - FEAT: WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE + GOLD CHISEL + LIVE & DANGEROUS Max Watt's, Melbourne.

8:00pm. $29.10.

TROUBLE JUICE PARTY - FEAT: CHINA BEACH + HOBSON'S BAY COAST GUARD + CRACKER LA TOUF + TRAM COPS + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

$12.00.

WRONG TURN Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

YLVA + MENTAL CAVITY + MASSES + POST TRUTH Bendigo Hotel,

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Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AFRICA ARISING - FEAT: CLAIRE DICKSON + QUAIL + DURKIN

Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

BENAUD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 3:00pm/6:00pm $39.00.

CHARLIE SEPULVEDA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.00.

FLOYD THURSBY The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm.

GEORGIE AUÉ - FEAT: GEORGIE AUE

Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $27.50.

HORNS OF LEROY The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

I HOLD THE LION'S PAW Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

ISADORA + OLIVIA CHAMOUN Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.00.

LA BUSCA TANGO SEXTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $27.50.

MANDACARU Open Studio, Northcote.

8:30pm. $10.00.

MIDNIGHT MASS - SOUL REJOICE - FEAT: SUNSHINE + DISCO FAITH CHOIR Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

$10.00.

MOJO JUJU Arts Centre, Melbourne.

4:00pm / 8:00pm $35.00.

NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $35.00.

OGOPOGO + EASY BROWNS Belleville, Melbourne. 10:00pm.

PARIS PLAN Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

PETER BAYLOR'S ULTRAFOX Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00.

SHIRAZZ Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.

4:00pm.

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

SUNNYSIDE + LFALFA Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.

TAL COHEN QUARTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00.

THE PEACOCKS Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6:00pm.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11:00pm.

WILLOW JAM The Moldy Fig, 9:00pm.

HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS AXED - FEAT: SPLINTER CELL + SHOWBOAT + JAWCEP + ENCRYPTER + DEP AFFECT + MORE Grumpy's Green,

BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd.

8:00pm.

SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: MORNINGMAXWELL + MORE Sooki

Lounge, Belgrave. 6:00pm. $10.00.

THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: RANSOM + FLIP3K + LAILA SAKINI + MORE

Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC

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

TRACKS & SOUND VOLUMES - CLUB NIGHT - FEAT: CORIN + ASHTREJINKINS + VOLTA + NESS + HAMISHI + MORE 24 Moons, Northcote.

9:00pm. $5.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS

Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

DAN BRODIE Gem Bar, Collingwood.

9:00pm.

DUNCAN PHILLIPS & THE LAST STAND

Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

ETHAN DEL CARMMEN Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

HEY GRINGO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

JASON LOWE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

JEMMA NICOLE Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

JIM MONGREL + PADDY MCHUGH + LINCOLN LE FEVRE Old Bar, Fitzroy.

3:00pm.

MEZZ COLEMAN + GRACEJEAN Some

Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 4:00pm.

MISSION BROWN Bar Open, Fitzroy.

6:30pm.

SHANAKEE Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 3:00pm.

THE BEEKEPERS Union Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS 303,

Northcote. 8:00pm.

TIM WOODZ + JOHNNY & MICHEAL

Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm.

SUNDAY 12 AUG INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BLUE HOWL + EASTBOUND BUZZ + JARROD SHAW Workers Club, Fitzroy.

Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

1:00pm. $10.00.

CANDY Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 2:00am.

8:00pm.

HOLY MOSES HEARTACHE Dan

BODIES + NERVE + HEXTAPE + SEX COP Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

CUPIDS CUT Fox Hotel, Collingwood.

EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: MATTEOFREYRIE + LUKE VECCHIO + GAV WHITEHOUSE + CAINE SINCLAIR + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd.

10:00pm. $10.00.

FACTOID - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS

Red Betty, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $10.00.

FINDING FRIENDS - FEAT: BARRY SUNSET + COLETTE + FINDING FIGARO + HOF Boney, Melbourne Cbd.

11:30pm.

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TESTA DI CAZZO + PLEBS + SILENT INCOME Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00.

THE BOOMBABIES Musicland, Fawkner.

WINTERNATIONALE + PISS FACTORY + MT. TROUT + OSTRAALY Gasometer

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $10.00.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BALKAN BRASS - FEAT: OPA! BATO + OPA SEKO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury.

7:30pm. $10.00.

CHARLIE SEPULVEDA Bird's Basement,

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.00.

DAVID JAANZ INTERNATIONAL SINGING SCHOOL Dizzy's Jazz Club,

Richmond. 5:00pm.

DEBRA LA VELLE + YOLANDA INGLEY II Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $10.00.

HEMINGWAY + DEEP IN THE GULLY + JIMMY HARWOOD Sooki Lounge,

Belgrave. 7:00pm. $14.30.

JULIAN BANKS TRIO The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00.

LA INFLUENCIA Night Cat, Fitzroy.

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$15.00.

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ROB DEMASI Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 5:00pm.

THE FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND + THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE’ CAJUN TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

$10.00.

VELVET BLOOM & THE VITO COLLECTIVE Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

4:30pm.

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BLAME SMARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury.

7:00pm.

EZRA LEE TRIO Union Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

HEINOUS HOUND Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm.

HONK Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

JESS PARKER & THE TROUBLED WATERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

6:30pm.

JULES BOULT Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 4:00pm.

KATE MADDEN & THE MAINSTAY

Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

KELLY AUTY BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

THE TEACAKES + PENNY MOSES + YEAH BAD? Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

2:00pm. $10.00.

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

VAN WALKER Union Hotel, Brunswick.

3:30pm.

WILDCRAFT + EAGLEMONT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

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ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BOB DYLAN Margaret Court Arena,

Melbourne. 7:00pm.

CHARLES JENKINS Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 8:00pm.

KAKI KING + DEREK GRIPPER

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:30pm. $49.00.

RUBIKS COLLECTIVE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00.

SELKI Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

THE ACLAND STREET EXPRESS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

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DAVID COSMA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH + BLOOD MOON + ACID ANT Old Bar, Fitzroy.

MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre,

7:30pm. $10.00.

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Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

Southbank. 2:30pm. $64.00.

: KATE & NAT (CODA CHROMA) + BRIAN CAMPEAU Gasometer Hotel, MONKEY BISCUIT + FOOL CHILD

MR BLACK & BLUES Catfish, Fitzroy.

Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

ODETTE + THANDO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

RACHEL CADDY Wesley Anne,

Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

$20.00.

5:00pm.

Northcote. 6:00pm.

ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS

Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Royal

Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm.

THE BON TON RHYTHMS Gem Bar,

Collingwood. 7:00pm.

THE BURNING BRIDGES Edinburgh

Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

THE COLLINGWOOD CASANOVAS

Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

THE EXCELLENT SMITHERS Labour In

Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

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PUP TENTACLE + 808S & GREATEST HITS + JUICE WEBSTER + DJ TONY CHOCOLONEY Workers Club, Fitzroy.

7:45pm. $5.00.

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Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $5.00.

TOM TOM TUESDAY - FEAT: WAHE + ELIZABETH + HYPERFOCUS + MOSSY 333 + DUST Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN

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FIRETAIL + EL REY MIEL Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.

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PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND COMBO Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

8:00pm.

PINK PURSE The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

8:00pm. $30.00.

THE FOXYMORONS Evelyn Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

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Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 6:00pm. $10.00.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BOB DYLAN Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

BROWN & BREEN PIANO DUO + ROSS EDWARDS + SERGEI RACHMANINOV + CLAUDE DEBUSSY + NIKOLAI RIMSKYKORSAKOV Beleura House & Garden,

Mornington. 1:30pm.

IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel,

Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

MAKE IT UP CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + MORE Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 6:30pm.

PIANO KARAOKE WITH LISA CRAWLEY Compass Pizza, Brunswick

East. 7:30pm.

RAY CHEN (WITH JULIEN QUENTIN)

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:00pm. $53.00.

REVOLVER RETURNS - OPEN MIC NIGHT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

7:00pm.