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Contents 10

News

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Arts Guide

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The Amity Affliction

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Little Wise Alexander Biggs

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Gretta Ray Fraser A Gorman

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William Ryan Key Interpol

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Profiles

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Live

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Album of the Week Singles of the Week

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Gretta Ray Interview

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Album Reviews

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Gig Guide

Editor’s note With Gloria Brancatisano

I’ve gotten to put a lot of acts on the cover of this magazine that I love, but it isn’t very often that you get to put a band that means the world to you up there. 15-year-old Gloria, who travelled all around Victoria to see The Amity Affliction play on every stage they graced, is pretty stoked this week – but so is current day Gloria.

Despite what people are going to say about the change in sound (and let’s be real, someone will always find something they aren’t happy with), just have a read through our chat with frontman Joel Birch to see the good place the band are finally in with this record. That should be celebrated.

Elsewhere in the mag we chat with Little Wise about how she crowdfunded her first album, Gretta Ray about her brilliant EP, William Ryan Key about life after Yellowcard, and Alexander Biggs about making music in a blanket fort.

Sounds pretty good to me. While I’ve got you – clear this Saturday in your diary and I’ll see you at the Middle Park Bowlo, it’s gonna be a good one.

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News Stand By Your Woman; the AllStar Concert Championing Gender Equality

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An all-star cast of performers are set to take to Arts Centre Melbourne this September to celebrate gender equality in the music industry. Fourteen- strong female-ensemble SPIRE will front the night, joined by an array of other fierce female artists including Kate Cebrano, Clare Bowditch, Mojo Juju, Rebecca Barnard, rappers Mantra and Thando, Wiradjuri Soprano Shauntai Batzke, and Nkechi Anele – best known for fronting soul outfit Saskwatch. Musical comedy group Tripod and Powderfinger’s Darren Middleton are also slated to appear, showing their support for the cause. Stand

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After a sell-out debut run last year which took in over 12,000 punters, Paul Kelly’s festival Making Gravy, is set to return again this year. Taking in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, the 2018 concert series will see a Kelly-picked bunch of favourites performing, including Angus & Julia Stone, Alex Lahey, Mojo Juju, D.D Dumbo, and Angie McMahon, as well as Paul Kelly himself.

The Melbourne leg of Making Gravy will go down at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Friday December 14.

Regarded as one of the best live experiences in the world, New Zealand-bred soul shakers Fat Freddy’s Drop are set to return to Australia early next year. This comes hot off the back of their new single ‘Trickle Down’, a reaction to global economic theory and a voice of hope for those “waitin’ for the rain to fall”. Joining them for their Australian tour is Ladi6 – the Australasian Queen of hip hop and neo-soul. Catch Fat Freddy’s Drop when they take to the stage at The Forum on both Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16.

Press Club

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Melbourne indie punk-rock act Press Club have been racking up rapid acclaim in 2018, and have announced that they’ll be taking on another tour around the country in November to boot. Since the release of their stellar debut Late Teens in March, Press Club aced a subsequent sold-out national tour and recently performed a downright killer cover of The Killers’ ‘When You Were Young’ for Like a Version – cementing their status as homegrown heroes. Press Club’s national tour will take in a mammoth thirteen gigs across November, including the inaugural Loch Hart Music Festival along the Great Ocean Road. Their Melbourne show will go down at The Tote on Friday November 9.

Off the back off their new single ‘Social Candy’ – which has enjoyed a particularly mammoth run across the UK radio circuit – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have announced that they’ll be celebrating the track by embarking on an Australian tour. Teeming with driving percussion, swirling guitars and an unforgettable melody, ‘Social Candy’ is Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at their bombastic best. As part of their Australian tour, the four-piece will take on 11 regional and metro hotspots throughout September and October, with the help of The Southern River Band as support. The tour will hit The Corner Hotel on Friday October 12.

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Lock in another tour around the country

Drop new single, announce headline tour

NEWS

Good Things is the Newest Music Festival to Join the Summer Season Good Things is the newest festival to be added to Australia’s summer festival roster, and it’s set to hit the east coast in December. So far the festival has given away a few acts marking the Good Things’ debut, Blackpool-native pop-punk outfit Boston Manor leading the announces, marking the group’s first tour Down Under. They’ll feature alongside acts such as Make Them Suffer and Palaye Royale. Melbourne can look forward to Good Things rolling into to Melbourne Showgrounds on Friday December 7, and you can check out the Good Things Facebook page for more details on the lineup dropping in the coming days.

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Being Jane Lane

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VB Hard Yards

Heart of St Kilda

After an arduous search through over 600 bands, the winners of the 2018 VB Hard Yards competition have been announced. The fresh crop of talent includes Being Jane Lane, Paper Thin, and Claws & Organs, who have earned their spot travelling along the east coast supporting four massive shows. In Melbourne, the winners will support Alex Lahey, while in Brisbane they’ll play alongside WAAX, RAAVE TAPES in Newcastle and Tired Lion in Sydney.

The VB Hard Yards winners will take to the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 3, with free tickets available via a ballot system through the VB Hard Yards website.

Sacred Heart Mission’s annual fundraiser, Heart of St Kilda, is back for another year of music and comedy in a gorgeous daytime setting. Raising funds for the Sacred Heart Mission – which serves up over 160,000 meals per year to those experiencing homelessness, social isolation, and disadvantage – this year’s run will be hosted by comedian Brian Nankervis, and feature Archie Roach, Kate Ceberano, Loose Tooth, Thando, The Meltdown and more providing the tunes. Lighting up The Palais, Heart of St Kilda will go down on Tuesday October 23.

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Singer-songwriter and producer heavyweight Alison Wonderland has revealed that she’ll be hitting the road with her electric live show this November. Since releasing her sophomore album Awake in April to critical acclaim, Wonderland has continued to stake her claim as one of the most in demand party-starters going around, including taking out the slot for the highest billed female DJ in Coachella history when she played earlier this year. As part of her national run, Alison Wonderland will take to The Forum on Saturday November 24.

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Unify Gathering Adds a Slew of New Acts to Their 2019 Lineup Unify Gathering is geared to return in January 2019, and they’ve announced a bunch of lineup additions in the lead up.

Following the removal of I Killed the Prom Queen from the bill, American metalcore act Every Time I Die will be heading our way for a special, festivalexclusive set. They’ll be joined by Unify veterans Hellions, Perth’s Saviour, and Adelaide band Falcifer. The bill now boasts a whopping 32 bands across two nights, with massive headliners including Underøath, Karnivool, In Hearts Wake, Taking Back Sunday, and Trophy Eyes slated to tear up the stage. Unify Gathering takes place in South Gippsland on Friday January 11 and Saturday January 12.

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In March this year, nearly 30,000 heavy music fanatics took to Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse for the inaugural Download Festival, and the dates for the follow up stint have now been revealed. Download 2019 is slated to go down over the Labour Day long weekend – on Monday March 11 – while it’s also been announced that the festival will also debut in Sydney, too. Pencil in the Melbourne date, happening at Flemington Racecourse once more, and keep your eyes peeled for a sweaty, mosh-inducing lineup announcement soon.

Art-pop act Olympia has unleashed a new single ‘Star City’ ahead of her upcoming sophomore album, and has revealed a stack of tour dates set to support it. Following her critically-acclaimed debut offering Self Talk – which garnered project-brains Olivia Bartley an ARIA award nomination for Breakthrough Artist in 2016 and a shortlisted nomination in the Australian Music Prize – fans have been waiting with baited breath for more music from Olympia. To celebrate the track Olympia will embark on a six-stop run of shows throughout October, taking in Northcote Social Club on Friday October 19.

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Dogapolooza – also affectionately known as Melbourne’s very own Coachella for dogs – is back after a sell out run last year, and have announced a teeming bill of musical offerings. Bec Sandridge, Saatsuma, and Hayden Calnin will perform, while there’s also set to be a heavenly offering of food trucks on the day too, including Vegan Shawarma, Jerry’s Vegi Burgers, Bondi’s Funky Pies and Waffle & Shake Icecream, while beer purveyors Moon Dog Brewery will sling the froths. What’s more, all proceeds will directly benefit Oscar’s Law, Puppy Tails, Melbourne Animal Rescue, Greyhound Rescue Victoria and Stafford Rescue, when Dogapolooza 2018 goes down at Burnley Park, Richmond on Sunday November 11.

New Zealand rock heroes Shihad have announced that they’ll be undertaking a 30th anniversary tour, which will see them hit up Melbourne in November. Boasting a career spanning three decades, nine albums and countless headline tours, the band was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in 2010. They’ll celebrate their 30 years with a killer run of dates across Australia – affectionately known as their adoptive home of sorts – while they’ll also release their classic EP The General Electric (1999) on vinyl for the first time. Shihad will bring their 30th anniversary tour to 170 Russell on Friday November 30.

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ARTS

Arts Guide BEAT’S ICK TOP P

Disgust

Lands at La Mama this week From Melbourne-based playwright Kat Moritz comes her latest work Disgust, which takes a deep dive into Billy and Em’s simmering long-term relationship. Looking at the sights, sounds and tastes of boring, everyday love, Disgust promises to hit home with its relatability. Starring Monty Burgess as Billy and Michelle Robertson as Em, Disgust will play at Trades Hall, Meeting Room 1, from Thursday August 23 until Sunday September 2. Head to the venue website for details on show times and tickets.

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Melbourne Writer’s Festival Is Kicking Off This Week

The 2018 Melbourne Writer’s Festival will launch this week, off the back of their spectacular Opening Night Gala on Friday August 24. Featuring a key-note address from heralded singer-songwriter Andrew W.K., the gala will also feature the likes of children’s literary wizard Andy Griffiths (The Day My Bum Went Psycho, anyone?), soul heavyweight Mojo Juju, spoken word artist Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, shOUT – Australia’s first LGBT youth chorus – and more. The 2018 MWF Opening Night Gala goes down at Melbourne Museum from 7pm, followed by a late-night party. Find tickets and more details on the full program via the festival website.

Comedy

Adored Australian stand-up comic, radio and TV personality and author Judith Lucy is set to headline the Thursday Comedy Club at European Bier Café this Thursday August 23. Joined by a smattering of other local talents, this looks like a ripper way to ring in your weekend early. $13 entry and it’ll kick off from 8.30pm.

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The off-Broadway smash has landed in Melbourne In a New York kitchen, Hannah Mae and Maude chat humorously about their erring husbands and pesky neighbours in A Couple White Chicks Sitting Around Talking. A long-running off-Broadway smash, Melbourne’s Glamm Productions has now brought the play to life and will be performing it at Thornbury’s DCF Studios for eight exclusive shows. Directed by Gary Wall and starring Christina McLachlan and Ana Della Rocca, this roaring comedy will play from Thursday August 30 until Saturday August 8.

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Rigoletto and the Rockin Cowboys A classic opera is reimagined

From Emotionworks Cut Opera comes a reinvented version of Giuseppe Verdi’s 120 year-old opera, Rigoletto, entitled Rigoletto and the Rockin Cowboys. Following a cast of cowboys slinging opera-infused versions of classic country-rock anthems from the likes of Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, The Dixie Chicks, Elvis and more – the play will be set at Lorbek Luxury Cars showroom, Port Melbourne, to further instil a modern twist.

Catch Rigoletto and the Rockin Cowboys on Saturday September 8 and Sunday September 9, with tickets via Trybooking.

Wes Anderson Retrospective

The Astor celebrates the acclaimed director The Astor Theatre continues to celebrate the filmography of acclaimed director Wes Anderson this week with their Wes Anderson Retrospective offering. Throughout his two-decade long career Anderson has crafted a barrage of feature films and other works, using his signature, whimsical style along the way to earmark himself as one of the greatest directors of recent times. On Wednesday August 22 The Astor will screen his 2014 feature The Grand Budapest Hotel, before his latest, Isle Of Dogs gets a run on Wednesday August 29. Check out The Astor’s website for show times and tickets.

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The Amity Affliction Words by Anna Rose

They say misery loves company, but it’s music lovers that are going to love Misery, the sixth studio album from The Amity Affliction.

“What do you think?” asks vocalist Joel Birch. Well, that’s the million dollar question. Misery pulls back from more consistent harsh vocals, only interjecting the soaring vocals when it’s right to rage. Amity round out the edges with electric-pop breakdowns, an unlikely accompaniment to the traditional heavy metal sound – and Birch is doing things with his vocals he’s never done before, revealing a man whose direction is opening his band up to new, amazing things.

“We went into the album knowing I would do the tonal screaming,” Birch says. “Then we were doing ‘Beltsville Blues’ – the only way it was working was either too low and sounded like a metal man voice, or too high and it sounded like a really bad AC/DC voice. I was in there and they were talking through the microphone, as you do in the studio, and said ‘Just have a go at singing.’ I did, I came out waiting to be laughed at, but they didn’t. It was sick.”

A happy accident Birch agrees. Naturally the themes running through Misery are what The Amity Affliction have always been known for and expressing through their music, but it feels like the band are teetering on the edge of some kind of peace. “I said to Ahren [Stringer, bass] we really, fully nailed it this time as far as getting across what we’ve written. He’s done the best emotional expression of the lyrics this time around, I feel like the delivery has been much better and it feels more effective for me – it’s nice it’s translated.”

There’s no way to offer the next observation without sounding totally emo, an interjection Birch finds hilarious, but Misery does sit very well with the macabre end of the emotions spectrum. The Amity Affliction have always nailed it with expressing mental health issues in their music, but this album is one of those releases that work for a particular state of being.

Birch agrees that there’s a sense of immediacy to be found in music that does that. “I have the soundtrack to writing lyrics that I follow fairly

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constantly with each album, and that’s listening to Elliot Smith and Ryan Adams.

“When I listen to those other musicians I’m tapping back into how I’m feeling and it all flows from there. I definitely feel those emotions from other artists and that’s always what has spurred me on to write lyrics people can connect with in that way.

“As a quote/unquote sad person, it’s nice to listen to sad music because you don’t feel like you’re languishing alone. You feel connected to someone else who’s been through something and that’s a nice feeling, that someone’s out there going through the same thing you are.”

Paying it forward, Birch listens to other artists who make him feel a certain way, he goes to write and then his music makes his listeners feel a certain way. But it’s hard to overlook the considerably minimal presence of screams in Misery, the absence of which may surprise many when it comes to Birch’s traditional method for getting his message across.

There has been backlash over The Amity Affliction’s direction for this album, particularly after they dropped the more mellow ‘Feels Like I’m Dying’, but on the whole, Birch doesn’t know much about it. “I deleted any social media apps that I was spending my hours on tour with, so I haven’t been connected to any feedback.

“I read a bit about ‘Feels Like I’m Dying’ before, and I wasn’t surprised by the negative feedback. That song is by far the craziest on the new album so it was always going to be polarising. I feel like when people have heard the full album it’ll make more sense. The song doesn’t stand out as bad on the album as it does on it’s own.”

Nevertheless, ‘Feels Like I’m Dying’ isn’t instantly recognisable as an Amity song – but who’s to say they band aren’t allowed to branch out and experiment? “That song is definitely Ahren and Dan [Brown, guitar] stamping their love of pop music onto our band. For me, I was like, ‘Woah this is

pretty crazy. I don’t know if it fits with who we are.’

But I liked it; we’re growing as a band so I figured, why fight it? It turned out really cool.

“It’s probably the first album I can honestly say I enjoy start to finish. Front to back it’s the first album I’d be comfortable with playing every song.”

There’s an overriding sense of liberation on this album – is there something going on here that doesn’t meet the eye? “Maybe,” Birch says pensively.

“It’s the first album where we’ve really been cohesive and an absolute proper team.

“It’s to do with me, basically. Being an active alcoholic. I recently got diagnosed with bipolar, which makes sense with a lot of things, and just having it and not knowing it and being so manic, so up and down.

Ahren remarked on Warped [Tour], because I’m on new medication, that it was so nice to know who was going to be there in the morning,” Birch says.

“Instead of waking up and not knowing like, if they were going to get easily offended Joel or super angry Joel, whatever the case may be. I think I was going through a really bad spot mentally for the album, but we were also working together, really, really well. I think that’s shone through. That’s what you’re hearing, a proper team effort.”

Resolution. Having Birch’s diagnosis and a cohesive sense of teamwork among them, The Amity Affliction have more stability in all areas going forward. “Warped Tour is the worst tour for me, it’s traumatic. I was dealing with separation anxiety from my son, he started to shut off, he’s only twoand-a-half so doesn’t understand why I’m gone for so long – all these things that were happening that were super negative that I was managing to keep it together, make it home in one piece, I think that was a sign of good things to come.”

“It’s nice to listen to sad music because you don’t feel like you’re languishing alone. You feel connected to someone else who’s been through something and that’s a nice feeling.”

The Amity Affliction will release Misery on Friday August 24 via Warner Music / Roadrunner Records.

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Little Wise What’s an artist with big dreams but a limited budget to do? Indie-rocker Sophie Klein – known onstage as Little Wise – turned to crowdfunding to produce her first album, raising $8,000 for studio space, mixing, mastering, advertising, music videos, and album artwork.

“I was nervous but hopeful,” Klein says. “It was pretty amazing to see fans come to the table and get behind the work.”

After the success of her 2016 debut Silver Birch, supported by fans on crowdfunding website Pozible and dollar-for-dollar donation matching from Creative Partnerships Australia, Klein is raising her sights.

‘Want It All’, a single from her second album, is launching at Starward Whisky Distillery during Live N Local festival.

“We wanted to put on this show as a treat to our audience,” Klein says. “People can expect a really fun night. Everything there is Melbourne-made, so it’s pretty cool. You’re drinking Melbourne-made whisky and gin to Melbourne-made music. People can expect a really fun night, with lots of flavours and sounds.”

‘Want It All’ was recorded at Aviary Studios in one day and then overdubbed and mixed on the next – the quickest Klein says she’s ever worked in the studio. The song’s refrain, “I want it all, but I don’t want it all,” is a straightforward expression of the

self-conflicted mindset of a young person uncertain whether to trade in freedom for responsibility.

“It’s about the sort of existential crisis that’s not uncommon for people in their mid-to-late 20s, when we’re deciding whether we want to settle down or to be free and travel the world,” Klein says. “This song is about that: the indecision. The song is self-aware as well, in that I know I already have it all, in so many ways. I’m so fortunate, and it’s sort of a first-world problem to worry about these things.”

Recording at a fast clip has helped Klein resist the urge to second-guess herself. She describes questioning her own decisions as the biggest challenge of recording, aside from getting the music right on a technical level.

“This record, we’re spending way less time recording than I ever have,” she says. “I think it really brought a cool immediacy to the work, and forced us not to question our decision-making too much.

With recording, if you start something and too much time passes before you finish, your creative process has evolved too much from the time you began that song. You feel like you’ve moved beyond it, but you still have to work on finishing it. If you do it in a more condensed time span, there’s no time to get over it.”

Klein is planning a “farewell for now” show for October, to bid audiences goodbye while she works on the album. Due out in early 2019, the album will include singles ‘Want It All’ and ‘100 Degrees’, and will be more cheerful than the sometimes intensely introspective Silver Birch.

“I just hope people are moved in some way,” Klein says. “Music, for me, is all about emotion.

When we’re moved by something emotionally,we can connect to others more genuinely. For me, it’s about emotional affect and emotional intent and bringing light to the human experience and making us feel more human.”

Bringing a little humanity to a sometimes Darwinian business is one of Klein’s bigger goals.

The #MeToo movement will hopefully make it easier for women in the music industry to cooperate and support one another, she says.

“The very nature of the business is competitive, whether we like it or not,” she explains. “I think, because of the way people have engineered things to pit artists against each other and compete for airtime and performing space and space on festival bills, I used to compare myself more to other people and be envious when other people got more opportunities than me.

“When I started waking up, especially to the sexism that women face in the industry, I changed my perspective. We can make each other stronger and prop each other up, and I can celebrate in my peers’ successes just as they would celebrate mine.”

“It’s still all completely authentic and honest because it’s a feeling and sometimes being an artist is about catching the feeling out of the air.”

After a strong start to the year, Melbourne artist Alexander Biggs is ready to release his sophomore EP, Whatever Helps You Sleep.

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The EP is by no means a concept album, instead each of its seven tracks has its own little personality – together, a collection of feelings and emotions.

The record has been written over the last couple of years, with recording starting in spring of last year in Yarraville. For Biggs, he found inspiration for the songs in a lot of different places, such as his own personal experiences.

“Generally it’s all things that have happened to me or things that I’ve felt,” he says. “Sometimes it’s things that I’ve felt in a very honest and literal sense, and other times they’re just things I’ve felt in a dream or things that are metaphorical to how I’ve felt or things that are like a simile.

“Songs come in a bunch of different ways. I think it’s still all completely authentic and honest because it’s a feeling and sometimes being an artist is about catching the feeling out of the air.”

Biggs says he’s happy with how the record has turned out. After gaining a lot more confidence since his last EP, Whatever Helps You Sleep is a massive improvement – especially in that Biggs had a lot more time to focus on the quality and creation of the record this time around.

“I’m making music that I think is good work and I’m more conscious and aware of how I like to work and what I’m comfortable with and what sounds I like. It feels like I’ve stepped into the whole process a lot more confident and really wanting to make the record that I’ve made.”

To write the third single off the EP, ‘Dog Boy’,

“For me, it’s about emotional affect and emotional intent and bringing light to the human experience and making us feel more human.”

Biggs hunkered down in a blanket fort in a Melbourne ground floor apartment. This same location is where most of the songs on the EP were written and demoed – with the exception of a few taking place in the kitchen thanks to the room’s acoustics.

“Songs don’t just come to me or anyone in one particular spot,” he says. “People have their work desk or their office or studio or whatever. A lot of the songs were demoed in a blanket fort and there are a couple of songs written in my kitchen. Anywhere you can channel the creative spirit I guess.”

Later this month, Biggs will be embarking on an almost completely sold out Australian tour with Amy Shark. When Biggs performs live, he finds it best not to focus on people in the room talking and instead plays for the ones who want to hear. “It’ll be really exciting to play to these bigger rooms of people and hopefully someone gives a fuck and enjoys it,” he says.

“I’m playing to them, I’m not playing to anyone that doesn’t care. That’s fine, we’ll go our separate ways.”

Translating his studio music into a live experience isn’t something Biggs usually struggles with, for him it’s all just a bunch of emotion, words, and guitar.

“I’m still trying to work that out I guess, because I used to think what I do is pretty authentic and honest so the best I can do is just play on acoustic and play the songs stripped back – play them how I wrote them.

“But more and more, I’m thinking about how I can change things up and give people something new that’s not what the record sounds like.”

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Alexander Biggs will release his sophomore EP Whatever Helps You Sleep on Friday August 24 via Sony Music Australia.

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Gretta Ray Back in 2016, a then 18-year-old Gretta Ray got Australia’s attention as the winner of triple j’s Unearthed High. Her hit single ‘Drive’ made it to number 27 on the Hottest 100 that same year, and sparked a whirlwind music career.

Present day, Ray has a new EP titled Here and Now. It’s been received with staggering support, which has blown the young songstress away. “I had no expectation that it would get the exposure it has.

“I was sitting in my kitchen at like 5pm or something and I was like ‘Aw man it’s all over the internet, I might have a little look at the iTunes chart, oh it’s number two, that’s great,’” she laughs.

“I’m so overjoyed and I’m really glad that people are connecting with it.”

The past 12 months have been huge for Ray. She’s supported Paul Kelly and The Rubens, played Splendour in The Grass and Falls Festival, as well as toured alongside British musician James Bay, which helped her get back into the swing of playing solo.

“I hadn’t played a solo show for a long time, so the concept of playing just by myself was daunting at first. I was practising a lot, trying to be as best prepared for the shows as I could,” she reminisces.

“James himself is such a legend, I’d met him a couple of times beforehand and we got to hang out, that was good.”

Here and Now sees Ray at her lyrical finest, a composition of songs both intimate and uplifting.

“It’s very rare you have a moment where you sit down, and you go ‘Wow I’m doing this thing and I’m really proud of myself.”

A perfectionist at heart, it took the singer a while to fine-tune the tracks, learning to write in a new way and present something to her fans she could be proud of.

“I was fortunate to have this audience that was waiting to hear new music, so that put more pressure on myself. I was like, ‘They’re tuning into the lyrics, they’re analysing the concepts, I need to do my best work here.’ Some of the songs are quite happy, narrative wise, and I hadn’t written like that until I wrote ‘Drive’, which inspired all these other songs. I learnt to be able to write from that place and to discover the concept of joy lyrically in songs.”

Music has been a massive part of Ray’s life since she was a child. She got her first keyboard at seven, before upgrading to a piano, then other instruments such as guitar. A lover of literature, writing came naturally to her, and she became increasingly fixated with penning lyrics and recording songs.

“I set up my laptop on a high stool in the loungeroom, and I would get big headphones and record into garage band like it was a demo track because it felt like I was in the studio,” Ray laughs with embarrassment. “I’d watched videos of Taylor Swift recording with big headphones and was like ‘I’m going to make my own version of that.’”

Going from writing songs as a hobby to music being her full-blown career is something Ray still marvels at. She recalls a meeting late last year where she had one of her biggest ‘pinch me’ moments, sitting in a room with publishers who deal with artists she loves, all commending her for how hard she’s worked, and how fruitful it’s been.

“Because things move so quickly in this industry and it’s like onto the next thing, it’s very rare you have a moment where you sit down, and you go ‘Wow I’m doing this thing and I’m really proud of myself and I’m so stoked and grateful that this is happening,’ and that was one of those moments for me.

“You can see those moments in the face of a performer when you go to a gig, and they’re getting these incredible responses, and to me watching that happen to other people is the coolest thing. I feel very lucky to have had moments like that, those ‘pinch me’ moments. It’s really special.”

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Fraser A. Gorman For most of the early stages of his career, the name Fraser A. Gorman was synonymous with Melbourne’s Milk! Records, an independent label founded by Courtney Barnett back in 2012.

For years,Gorman was one of the label’s stars,appearing on their compilations and touring alongside the rest of the roster on the 2015 Good for You tour. With the announcement of his second album, however, news officially broke that Gorman had parted ways with the label. “It wasn’t with any malice or sour grapes,” he clarifies from his Melbourne home, which he is soon to depart in favour of new surrounds in Los Angeles.

“We’re all still really good friends – we’re really close. I think it’s a good thing, though. You’ve got to change it up from time to time, after all.”

Instead, the album – entitled Eazy Dazy – was released last month via Brown Truck Records in the US and Australian indie label Caroline Records. The transition delayed the album a little, but Gorman figures it was worth it so that Eazy Dazy was released on his terms. “It all came together pretty naturally,” he notes.

“Obviously, Caroline worked on [debut album, 2015’s] Slow Gum, and Brown Truck is my new thing that my partner Moorea [Allen] and I are working on together in the US. I was excited to step out and do my own thing. It’s definitely influenced by coming up at a time when there were labels like Milk!, Flightless and

Bedroom Suck all making it happen. I feel like people are drawn to that a bit more, the idea of the homemade artist-run label. There’s something very direct and very human about it.”

Eazy Dazy picks up where Slow Gum left off, expanding on the album’s slick charms and adding a few more bells and whistles. Despite the expansion of Gorman’s sonic palette, the Torquay-born singersongwriter insists that he wasn’t specifically targeting a sound that differed from that of Slow Gum. “I didn’t even go into the making of this record with that much of a plan, really,” he says. “I was really just trying to make some songs that I thought would work, and the ones I ended up with came out that way. It was just a matter of going through the songs I’d written over this period of time and seeing which ones had hung around after the others had fallen away.”

Eazy Dazy is littered with guest appearances from a lot of the bigger names in Gorman’s rolodex, including You Am I’s Davey Lane, The Drones’ Dan Luscombe, and fellow Torquay native in King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Stu Mackenzie.

All are mentioned in passing, but the one Gorman wants to emphasise the most is his current touring guitarist Anika Ostendorf, who also makes her own music under the moniker of Hachiku. “She had quite a musical impact on this record,” says Gorman.

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“I’d say she does about 90% of the lead guitar, and she does a heap of vocals too. I’d never made music with her before I was writing this album, and most of the instruments were recorded before she came in at the end to do her parts. It was like she was throwing magic dust over every song – she totally transformed a lot of them. I’m really grateful for that – she made the songs come to life. She’s such an amazing musician. She’s so unassuming as a person, but when you’re playing in a band with her you realise just how unique she is.”

With Eazy Dazy finally out in the world, Gorman has one last tour of Australia planned before he relocates to the States to focus on building his career over there. Following on from his headlining dates in September, Gorman openly wonders about the next chapter. “I’m kind of going to be splitting between playing solo in America and playing with the band here in Australia,” he says. “I would love to bring everyone over, but they make it so fucking difficult for that to happen.” Ever the optimist, Fraser concludes, “I dunno. See what happens. I’m sure we’ll make something work.”

“I feel like people are drawn to… the idea of the homemade artist-run label. There’s something very direct and very human about it.”

Fraser A. Gorman’s Eazy Dazy is out now via Caroline Records Australia. He’ll take over Howler on Friday August 31.

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Interpol Interpol celebrated two decades as a band last year and are now on the cusp of releasing their sixth album.

Entitled Marauder, the album – their second as a three-piece after the departure of founding bassist Carlos Dengler – continues the strong form displayed on 2014’s El Pintor. A strong sense of urgency is littered across Marauder. Speaking to lead guitarist Daniel Kessler from a hotel room in Rome, he says it’s due to the fact that being a three-piece is still quite a new state for the band.

“It still feels very fresh and new, so I think that contributed to the urgency and vibe of this record. I think we’re evolving on our own and my bandmates are pushing themselves individually to take a more experienced approach to their instruments and collective songwriting,” Kessler explains.

Kessler feels that this new album encapsulates the band’s approach of being true to themselves, and worrying less about external noise and opinions.

“First you want to feel what you want to feel and say what you want to say and be honest with yourself.

It’s for you. I don’t think first about how other people are going to react at all.”

That sentiment prompts the question of whether he still gets nervous before an album is released six albums in. He’s pretty quick to answer no.

“Once we decide we’re comfortable collectively that this is what we wanted to say, then after that I get a little bit of calm. The rest is out of my hands.

After the second record, I realised ‘What can I do?’

“What I can do is basically make it and feel good about it and know that this is what we want to say and be excited about sharing it with the world.”

Whether people like it or not is down to personal preference and tastes. “You can go see a film with a friend of yours and you could walk out of that theatre being like, ‘I loved that thing, that was great’ and your friend could say ‘You’re crazy, I hated that,” Kessler says.

“After that it becomes subjective. We started this by doing it for ourselves. We wanted to express something, how people react to it is sort of unpredictable.”

It was the change of scenery after wrapping up touring for El Pintor that triggered the inspiration and ideas for the new songs on Marauder.

“Suddenly it’s not about performance, it’s all about creativity,” Kessler says. “You don’t always know if [creativity] is going to be there. For me, these songs started to reveal themselves as little ideas.

“All of a sudden they revealed this energy, the songs have an urgency to them,” Kessler elaborates.

“We were writing a very lively record as we played together in our rehearsal space. We’re the kind of band that still really plays together to know if we’re ready to enter the studio. The tracks have to be sort of ‘live-ready’.

“The songs started having this attitude to them, this rawness. It’s us trying to get to a very honest moment, and this is what we felt like saying,” Kessler says. “I think rawness and urgency is definitely something I was feeling, and strong emotional direction and not being passive.”

For Interpol, Marauder isn’t an easy-listening album, in fact, Kessler says it jumps off your stereo, demanding attention.

While Kessler and the band might not give too much thought on how the album is received, he is thankful for the support the band continues to receive. “I’m pretty aware that it’s something to appreciate and not overlook,” he says.

“I never got further than wanting to make a first record, so the fact that we’re still doing this and the fact that people are still interested in what we’re doing and come to our shows is a really humbling place to be.”

That band was Yellowcard, and the album in question – Ocean Avenue – would go on to platinum sales and a legacy as one of the most beloved albums of the genre that decade. Fifteen years on, Yellowcard are no more – and their former frontman, William Ryan Key, still has no idea how it all happened.

“We had absolutely no idea,” the singersongwriter confesses when queried on the album’s success on the eve of its 15th anniversary.

“Even while we were making the album, we were blown away by what was happening to our band. We had this huge budget, making an album at this amazing studio in Hollywood, getting it mixed by this guy [Tom Lord-Alge] who’d worked on all these records that we loved. It was the big time for us. We weren’t thinking about hit songs or anything like that, or being at the VMAs. Everything that happened after the album is a dream come true – that album is the reason I still get to do what I do.”

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“There’s a lot of freedom that comes with doing this,” Key says. “This doesn’t have to sound like Yellowcard, or anything like people expect it to. I think genre limits artists – there’s always an expectation there when you’re associated with one.

I don’t care about it. I’m trying to develop a sound that’s my own, and if I’m going to keep creating music, then that’s something I have to do.”

The move into solo work was initially sparked thanks to Key’s work with old friends and fellow poppunk cohorts New Found Glory. Key was asked to join the band as a touring guitarist and keyboardist for a run of shows across North America – and, at the same time, was also asked to serve double duty by opening the show each night playing solo.

“When I was asked to do that, I knew I didn’t want to just get up and play all the nostalgic hits every night,” Key says.

“That’s not to do with any ill will towards Yellowcard – I’m never going to get away with playing a show with ‘Ocean Avenue’ not on the

Interpol’s sixth album Marauder will be released on Friday August 24 via Matador Records/Remote Control Records.

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William Ryan Key Cast your mind back to the summer of 2003.

Arnold Schwarzenegger had entered the world of politics. Pauline Hanson had entered the world of prison.

Over in sunny Jacksonville, an aspiring pop-punk band was set to release their major-label debut after a few years of trying to make a name for themselves.

“First you want to feel what you want to feel and say what you want to say and be honest with yourself. It’s for you.”

setlist. The fact of the matter though, is that I’m not in Yellowcard anymore. Getting up every night and just playing old songs felt redundant to me. It was more exciting to me to use this opportunity to jump off that ledge and do something new.”

On the back of Thirteen, Key is now stepping out as a headlining act. This includes a visit to Australia next month, where he’ll play songs old and new for one of his most dedicated international audiences.

He’s notably excited for his maiden voyage Down Under as a solo artist. “Australia has always been one of my strongholds,” he says.

“I’m really looking forward to building a new career there, even though I know it’s going to be a bit of a transition. Yellowcard shows were always big rock shows – you get together with your friends, get a few beers, have a conversation, yell out, have fun, all that sort of thing. It’s obviously an incredibly different environment when you’re going to a singersongwriter show. A lot of Yellowcard fans won’t be used to that, and I totally get it. I just hope they can all make the crossover with me, and still be able to enjoy themselves.”

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“Genre limits artists – there’s always an expectation there when you’re associated with one. I don’t care about it. I’m trying to develop a sound that’s my own.”

William Ryan Key’s debut solo EP Thirteen is out now via The Lone Tree Recordings. He’ll play Northcote Social Club on Friday September 28.

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Lander

MUSIC

When did you first start making music? I started making music in my late teens in various bands with friends, the social aspect was a big part of it. As I continue to play music I’ve realised the importance of not only having good musicians but having good hangs in the band.

Tell us about your new EP. I’ve been writing these tunes on and off over the last couple of years, being a bassist I think it’s easy to continue to jump on everyone else’s projects and never really push your own. Late last year I roped in keys and drums and we started jamming the tunes. They came together pretty quickly.

What do you love about making music? Making original music is easily one of the most rewarding and stressful activities you can do if you own an instrument. Having an end product to show for your work is always a great feeling.

How would you describe your sound? I grew up skateboarding and with every video/ computer game came an education in hip hop. The BPM of the tracks suited the flow of skating at the time, plus the cultures of both would continually crossover. Lander is an instrumental hip hop project, the main idea to catch the vibe of sampled music into a live configuration.

What can we expect from Lander after the release? Being our first release, our next step is to get out there and play live shows, continuing to work with other musicians and keep creating new music.

The Dizzy Kids

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When did you first start making music? The Dizzy Kids formed six months ago and got straight into the studio. With only a few live shows under our belts, it felt right to make an album together as the connection and strengths of the songs and members felt right.

Tell us about your new album 21. The album title 21 was the age when our brother Dee sadly passed from cancer. As we featured a few tracks from his works on the album we thought it was a fitting tribute to name the album at the age he passed. Kid and Dizzy had been working for quite some time trying to find the right sound and look for the band, after a few trials of different lineups and production, we decided to self-produce and keep it as raw and minimal as possible.

What do you love about creating music? It’s what we’ve done our whole lives; it’s all we want to do forever. We love to entertain, we give it our all and it’s a buzz to be a part of live performances with The Dizzy Kids. We enjoy reaching fans through our music and lyrics and we also love songwriting and producing our own music.

How would you describe your sound? It’s an indie, rock, pop sound full of raw energy of lyrics and up-tempo beats. Pulling influences from our love of ‘60s rhythms and ‘50s chords along with some modern day influences from bands like The Strokes, The Killers and, of course, The Beatles.

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Watch this space to find out more about Lander’s debut record, coming soon.

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Marcel Heah

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When did you first start making music? I started composing when I was 16. There are different hobbies your parents force you to get into when you’re younger, and playing the piano was one of them. I hated it. But then I went to high school. I didn’t fit in and so there was all this repression I needed to unburden somehow.

Tell us about your track ‘Versailles’. ‘Versailles’ was the first song I wrote for my second album, before I even knew that there was going to be a second album. What I want the audience to recognize is that this song is about being in the past, because I’ve found it difficult to stay in the present most days.

What do you love about making music? Playing the piano is like entering a zone of meditation for me, where it’s cathartic and it requires no internal monologue. It’s also nice to direct your mood and attention to the music, things become simpler at that level.

How would you describe your sound? I’m really aware that the genre I play cannot simply be called classical. It’s neoclassical, or minimalistic classical. I always add, “it’s an Erik Satie” kinda sound, or that I hope people can connect elements of my music to a similar style that Yann Tiersen uses. But then again, indie bands influence the mood of everything I write. It’s a weird mix; I can’t ever call myself traditional.

Marcel Heah will release his new single ‘Versailles’ on Thursday August 23. It’ll be available on Spotify, iTunes, and other music platforms.

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and have a growing international fan base. A combination between humble, talented, and charming, backed by a collection of mindblowing songs – there’s no wonder the tour has been the huge success it is.

Pop/rock four-piece Five Seconds of Summer embody the teenage vision of a boyband – oozing with talent and with that boyish charm, the band have quickly become household names.

They began their career as a high school band posting covers and originals on YouTube, before sky rocketing to fame and selling out venues around the world since 2011.

Before even entering the venue, the merch-clad crowd was already buzzing. The moment opening act Muki started her set, fans began to scream with excitement. The audience was glued to Muki’s infectious stage presence and were completely hypnotised by her hit ‘Sassaparilla’ and Spice Girls cover of ‘Wannabe’. Muki’s dancing was casually choreographed as she dropped to the floor and swayed her hips. Muki, with her Charlie XCX/ Bebe Rexha vibes certainly set the tone for the rest of the concert.

The atmosphere of Festival Hall became a glittering pool of excitement and anticipation as fans finally got a glimpse of Five Seconds of Summer (or 5SOS as they’re so affectionately referred).

With an attitude of cool and collectedness – the kind that comes with years of having packed-out venues screaming your name – 5SOS took their spots and opened the concert with new album closer ‘Babylon’.

Out of the 18 songs played during their set, classics like ‘Girls Talk’, ‘You Look So Perfect’ and ‘YoungBlood’ were definite crowd favourites. The audience swayed their hands in unison while echoing the lyrics back to frontman Luke Hemmings.

The boys had the crowd wrapped around their fingers with every interaction. They were down to earth and engaging, which would explain the audience’s diehard attitude towards the band. At one stage guitarist Michael Clifford gave fans the ultimate thrill, jumping from the stage into the mosh pit to dance along, have a chat, and take pictures.

The only criticism of the show would be the lack of older, more popular 5SOS songs from previous albums. Fans seemed to jump to their feet when older songs were played, the audience feeling more like a community during these moments.

This particular tour revealed a new maturity to the boys that hasn’t been shown before. It featured new music with stronger lyrics that have a deeper meaning. The stage had a simplistic set up, which highlighted the band’s singing abilities and stage presence.

They were thrilling to watch and even more endearing when interacting with each other.

Five Seconds of Summer have proven they’re a well-established band in Australia

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Festival Hall, Monday August 13

The boys had audience members wrapped around their fingers.

LOWLIGHT: Lack of older, more popular 5SOS songs from previous albums.

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Girls Talk’, ‘You Look So Perfect’ and ‘YoungBlood’.

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Gretta Ray

The Corner Hotel, Thursday August 16 Gretta Ray has come a long way since winning triple j’s Unearthed High back in 2016. The Melbourne musician has played at Splendour In The Grass and Falls Festival, toured with James Bay, and supported artists like The Rubens, Vance Joy, and Paul Kelly. With so much experience on stage it was surprising to hear the singer admit to feeling nervous, as she played her first show for the Here and Now EP tour.

The night started with Nancie Schipper, another triple j Unearthed gem who won ‘Live At The Steps’ last year. A Victorian local herself, Schipper held her own onstage with no accompaniment. She had the early comers mesmerised with her acoustic strumming and sweet vocals, playing songs like ‘Corner Store’ and ‘Long Fall’.

Next up was singer-songwriter Al Parkinson. She started off with a solo a capella track which brought a hush over the crowd, everyone listening intently to her vocals and the rhythmic clicking of her fingers. She was then joined by backing vocalists, who she fondly referred to as “the three babes” who sung along harmoniously. At one point she even swapped out her acoustic guitar for ‘duke the uke’, playing ‘The One That Got Away’. Parkinson was incredibly talented and utterly hilarious, bantering with the crowd and cracking selfdeprecating jokes. She set a light and relaxed tone for the night, a perfect warm-up for the headline act.

Finally, the lights dimmed, and Gretta Ray’s band took to the stage, shortly followed by the singer. She opened with ‘When We’re In Fitzroy’, the first track from her new EP which everyone already knew the chorus for, and sang along enthusiastically. The song finished, and she looked out across the sea of people, remarking on how grateful she was to be playing a sold-out show, but quite nervous as well.

Ray did appear to be slightly uneasy as she broke into second track, ‘Towers’, but it quickly

dissipated as she became more comfortable onstage. By third song, ‘A View Like This’, she had well and truly warmed up, creating drama with her facial expressions and moving around more freely.

As well as playing the entire Here and Now EP, Ray also threw in two unreleased tracks, the first of which she’d only played earlier that day at sound check. It was an ode to a recent Europe trip she did with her friends, and during the track her poetic lyricism really shone through. If you were to strip away the melodies behind Ray’s songs she would still be a beautifully crafted writer, an impressive feat for any musician, let alone one so young.

Her instrumental talents were also on display, as she switched from the acoustic guitar and took to the piano for ‘Blue Minded’ and ‘Radio Silence’; her most personal and intimate song. She finished the set with the ever popular ‘Drive’, which really got the crowd hyped, taking us all back to her big moment in 2016. After a brief disappearance and some pestering from the audience, she returned for ‘Unexpected Feeling’, her final song of the night.

Ray has retained a gracious and humble demeanour throughout her blossoming career, which made her all the more charming to watch. You couldn’t help but be in awe of her bold, strong, and full-bodied voice, proving herself to be a truly gifted vocalist.

BY GRETA BRERETON HIGHLIGHT: ‘Time’, where Ray got the audience to sing the harmony and wave their arms in the air.

LOWLIGHT: The transitions between songs were lengthy at times, but understandable considering she was switching from guitar, to piano, to no instrument at all.

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Drive’.

Bob Dylan

Margaret Court Arena, Tuesday August 14 Let’s get this straight. When it comes to music: Bob Dylan can do what he wants. That’s just a fact. Not only has the living legend been steadily chipping away on the ‘Never Ending Tour’ since 1988, he’s responsible for some of the most significant music of the 20th century.

The fact that 1965’s ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ burnt the blueprint of what pop music should be and dared to dream about what it could be allows him this freedom alone.

But – and there is always a ‘but’ when you’re talking about the Bob Dylan of 2018 – that’s not to say he doesn’t have numerous aspects of his live show that aggravate zealots to no end. It’s important to note then, that Dylan doesn’t sing like he used to. Currently,

Al Parkinson – Photo by Dylan Martin

his vocals sound like a cross between a blender, a handful of gravel, and a generous smattering of honey. That’s not to say Dylan can’t sing anymore. He just can’t sing like he used to.

However, Dylan has never been an artist that rested on his laurels. He wasn’t about what he ‘used’ to be when he garnered heckles of ‘Judas’ for daring to plug in an electric guitar 50 years ago, and he certainly hasn’t changed his capacity for reinvention since. That’s why, when Dylan turns his classic tune ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ into a smooth, jazz chord inflected jam two songs into his Melbourne show – you just had to go with it.

Throughout a two-hour set, Dylan weaves through his long-reaching discography – admittedly, to varying degrees of success. But I’d happily sit through several confusing Frank Sinatra covers (tonight brings us a grizzly interpretation of ‘Melancholy Mood’) just to hear Dylan play his harmonica over the still haunting ‘Simple Twist of Fate’. Judging by the applause he receives for it, the audience feels the same.

As the night rolls on, so too do the hits and misses. But when it hits, it hits like a cannonball. ‘Tryin’ to Get To Heaven’ is made infinitely more heartbreaking the older Dylan gets, particularly in times where we’re losing more icons as each month goes by. ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ shows Dylan is still an adept bluesman, and ‘Don’t Think Twice’ remains acerbic as ever.

What really illustrates why Dylan is worth seeing in 2018 is his performance of ‘Make You Feel My Love’. The track has enjoyed a recent resurgence thanks to a chart-climbing cover from powerhouse vocalist Adele. Dylan’s interpretation though, remains electric and heartbreaking all at once. In fact, it puts Adele’s to shame. Not because Dylan is a better singer.

In actuality he is far, far worse. But it’s because Dylan is raw. Off-key. Fallible, just like the rest of us. And therein lies the power of his music.

It’s never been about sounding perfect. The music of Bob Dylan is about sounding human, and articulating what that means through the power of song.

For that, he can reinterpret his music any way he likes. I – and countless others like me – will still be turning up.

BY JAMES DI FABRIZIO HIGHLIGHT:

Every time Bob Dylan played the

LOWLIGHT:

A lack of Blonde On Blonde era-

harmonica. material.

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Make You Feel My Love’.

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Album of the Week (Sony Music Entertainment)

Singles With Augustus Welby Peter Bibby

Peter Bibby

Work For Arseholes (Spinning Top Records)

Peter Bibby reckons he’ll never work for arseholes. Slinging mud at bosses and company CEOs isn’t especially radical, and if this song stayed at the level of adolescent protest it’d be an amusing if forgettable bit of folk rock. But Bibby’s a cannier songwriter than that and what unravels is a mini-epic that quickly inverts the initial complaint to focus on his own shortcomings. The psychological shifts are matched by a series of key changes that move us from straight-up folksy territory to something approaching sardonic singer-songwriters Randy Newman and Harry Nilsson.

Kurt Vile

Loading Zones

(Matador Records/Remote Control)

Kurt Vile resembles the likes of Springsteen, Dylan, and Dinosaur Jr. in that, through all of his modulations, he sounds unapologetically and inimitably like himself. This particularly applies to his comeback singles: they’re invariably upbeat, teem with good vibes and boast an orchestrated jangle of acoustic and electric guitars. These reintroductions also tend to emphasise Vile’s status as a philosophical clown. ‘Loading Zones’ firmly delivers on this front, nominating a vigilant evasion of parking fees as the backbone of an overall outlook on life.

Ohmme

Peach (Joyful Noise Recordings) Chicago two-piece Ohmme deal in noisy-yet-polished indie rock. Handled with less precision, ‘Peach’ could’ve turned into a mess of distorted bass and crackling guitars, but Ohmme shrewdly merge structural and instrumental spontaneity with pop song smarts. The result is a bewitching and very danceable song that flits from a gargle of noise one moment to a scene of luscious harmony the next.

Alexander Biggs

A collection of reflective tales; love, jobs, and the pain associated with the loss of both are stories you may find on Alexander Biggs’ latest body of work – a seven-track EP entitled Whatever Helps You Sleep.

Troye Sivan

Animal (EMI) We’ve now received half an album’s worth of singles from Troye Sivan’s sophomore LP, Bloom. The latest, ‘Animal’, is another explicit statement of love and affection – or as the lyrics explain, it’s an “ode to the boy I love.” Centred on a half-time beat and gradual dynamic climb, it’s fated to set arenas alight. It mightn’t be Sivan’s most immediate work, but it’s an auspicious sign of the upcoming album’s range.

The synth and guitar-laden ‘Car Ride’ is the first taste provided to the lucky listener. Biggs sings of a life covered in smoke, and one’s night spent drinking themselves sick. Metaphors are a key player here, with references to landslides and crushing buildings putting one almost directly in the song.

‘Dog Boy’ talks of a life falling to pieces, a continuous cycle of depression.

It speaks of desire to escape. It uses lyrics like “I’m doing okay” to juxtapose the idea of one’s recovery, while musically, the song evolves into a massive cluster of emotions and heartbreak.

On ‘The Worst We’ve Ever Been’, Biggs tells a lover of his feelings towards what they’ve got going on. Depression, struggles to keep jobs, lack of effort, and illness are mentioned as reasons for a then impending end to a relationship.

Biggs uses this EP to reflect on what could certainly be perceived as a tumultuous series of events. While unwieldly at points, Whatever Helps You Sleep is therapeutic and beautiful.

BY NATHAN GUNN

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Albums

6.0

Thank You for Today

Indie darlings Death Cab for Cutie are known for their contemplative lyrics and sombre melodies. Their new album is a sort of return to form for the band with some new surprises. A lot of the melodies and arrangements echo that of their 2003 hit record Transatlanticism. Especially on songs like ‘Autumn Love’ with its descending guitar chords and odd drumming pattern, and ‘Your Hurricane’ which sounds very similar to ‘Death Of An Interior Decorator’.

Gibbard also tries to cash in on the recent ‘80s nostalgia bug. ‘When We Drive’ is a misty-eyed ballad drenched in neon lights. Think ‘I’m On Fire’ by Springsteen but for the millennial generation. ‘You Moved Away’ exists somewhere in the same decade, but actually sounds exciting. The growing synth completely chokes Gibbard as he sings about friendships ending.

‘I Dreamt We Spoke Again’ isn’t a bad single either. The bulbous guitar hook is pleasant, and the sequenced tom-tom drum loop played during the song’s chorus adds colour to the mix. ‘Gold Rush’ samples a 1972 Yoko Ono song ‘Mind Train’.

The bustling sample makes for an interesting foundation but the song ends up sounding claustrophobic.

Overall, Thank You for Today has some genuinely beautiful moments that recapture Death Cab’s original magic. But with a handful of middle-of-the-road songs, it ends up sounding uneven.

The Beths

Future Me Hates Me

(Atlantic Records)

(Dew Process)

(Atlantic Records)

Death Cab for Cutie

7.5

The Beths first LP, Future Me Hates Me, is packed with super catchy songs, each so distinctive and hook-driven that by the second listen they feel as familiar as old friends.

The Beths are an energetic guitar-pop/punk band. Each member of the New Zealand four-piece studied jazz at university, yet this is only evident in their precision playing, not their style. There’s a strong undercurrent of the ‘90s in their music, but at times their sound could be likened to current indie bands such as Alvvays.

The album kicks off with the energy dialled to 11 and keeps up the pace throughout. There are no slow songs, although some of the nicest moments are the sparse intros that provide a brief reprieve from the frenzy of non-stop guitar and rapid-fire drums. That said, when it all kicks off, it’s exuberant. Elizabeth Stokes’ no-frills vocals cut through the guitar fuzz, accompanied by playful ‘60s-style pop harmonies sung by male voices.

The album’s cover features a painting of a woman who can’t bear to look at herself in the mirror – the perfect image to accompany an album focused on love and self-doubt. Yet despite the angst, the songs are brilliant, bright and joyful.

BY BEC BLAKENEY

Dan Owen

7.0

Stay Awake With Me

The rich tones and relatable lyrics of Dan Owen’s debut album are drawn from a decade of experience gigging and traveling. The 25-year-old doesn’t shy away from personal topics, as the title track ‘Stay Awake With Me’, which is about his grandfather’s passing, and ‘Made to Love You’ – about domestic abuse – show.

The listener will immediately be drawn in by the eager and energetic orchestral first track, ‘What is a Man’, which touches on themes of male sensitivity and vulnerability. But Owen comes into his strengths with the catchy ‘Icarus’ and shows his range in the harder, harsher, foot-stomping ‘Hideaway’.

Although the themes are deep and personal, the album betrays a lack of commitment to a particular tone or genre. A deep South flavoured, hand-clapping, harmonica-fuelled blues current runs through a few of the tracks, while others rely on brass, a violin, crooning backup singers, and hint at a less substantial and more poppy tone. Finally, other tracks are stripped back, with a melancholic piano the main accompaniment to Owen’s well-honed voice.

This youthful artist is undoubtedly one to watch despite the album’s slightly confused delivery, so gather your best mates ‘round and pour a few strong glasses of something-or-other.

This one’s for sharing.

BY CHELSEA SMITH

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO

7.0

With their third album Nearer My God, Foxing have shirked the expectations of their existing fanbase and followed their own creative inclinations to create a record that is musically diverse, exciting and unusual in equal measure.

‘Grand Paradise’ leads with funky hip hop percussive goodness before unexpectedly raising the indie-rock stakes with an amplification that heightens the heart rate. It’s followed by the cruisy electronic beat of first single ‘Slapstick’ before giving way to an accessible rock stomp.

Where the frenetic ‘Gameshark’ channels the theatrics and intricate production of any Muse track, the more subdued ‘Crown Candy’ momentarily conjures early Coldplay. There’s a definite sense of urgency and dark panic that seems to pervade this album but even that’s dulled by moments of exuberance and beauty in tracks like ‘Lich Prince’ and ‘Lambert.’

The elasticity and eccentricity of this album makes categorising it almost impossible. With Foxing delving deeper than ever before into the post-rock experimentalism of electrifying guitar solos, classical style inclusions, morse code electronica, and bagpipes, the result is complicated, but in a good way.

Foxing have experimented with their sound, vocals and song structure on this album and as divisive as that might be, it makes for a powerful listen.

BY MARY GLEEKO

(Independent)

Nearer My God

(Atlantic Records)

(Triple Crown Records)

Foxing

Halestorm

Vicious

8.5

Halestorm’s new album Vicious, is just as explosive and hardhitting as you’d expect. ‘Black Vultures’ is fiery and untempered, with sizzling and powerful vocals. ‘Skulls’ has a playful rhythm, yet it portrays the empty darkness that can overwhelm people who give into it.

‘Uncomfortable’ is self-explanatory, as Hale sings about deliberately attempting to provoke someone. The track itself berates the listener with its pummelling hard rock strikes, showcasing just how feisty Halestorm can be.

‘Do Not Disturb’ is provocative, teasing the notion of a one-night stand while projecting addictive hooks that rope the listener in, while ‘Killing Ourselves To Live’ echoes like a survival anthem. Halestorm’s sense of unity is heart-warming, depicting their strong bond as a band and their determination to overcome any obstacles thrown their way.

‘Heart of Novocaine’ is a burning flame, illustrating how a painful journey can harden the soul and strengthen the spirit.

Hale’s vocals are raw and brimming with emotion, plucking at the heartstrings of her listeners.

Closing song ‘The Silence’ is softer than its predecessors, Hale’s sugary sweet vocals reminiscing over a love story that echoes with promise. Halestorm have produced an absolute gem with Vicious, showcasing their brilliant talent, lively energy and boisterous enthusiasm.

BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS

RL Grime

Nova

8.0

In the middle of this decade West Coast trap was EDM’s new online counterpart. Bauer’s ‘Harlem Shake’ was the most played track from this fleet of brain bruising trap ditties, but producer Henry Steinway’s – better known as artist RL Grime – album VOID seemed to transcend the gimmick.

Five years later, and with a bucket load of kudos, RL Grime releases a faultless follow-up in Nova. This 15-track EDM record can be neatly separated into collaborations and pure West Coast trap.

The collaboration ‘Shrine’ that features emerging British vocal talent Freya Ridings is boldly tasteful. However, when the collaborations are placed beside RL Grime’s uncompromised trap bangers they sound like Taylor Swift.

Case in point is opening song ‘Feel Free’. Literally, as in literally not figuratively, if an outsider to this world of music asked you to define what a bangers is, this is the song you’d play.

‘Feel Free’ is informed by the same exhilarating fluctuations in both tempo and tone as RL Grime’s previous hits ‘Syclla’ and ‘Core’ but this time the sound is nuanced, initially placing listeners in the afternoon sun of a sonic a sawatari garden before a cataclysmic drop warps the prior serenity into a weapon of mass destruction.

BY DAN WATT

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Gig Guide Wednesday 22 Aug INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

China Beach

China Beach + more The Evelyn Hotel Seven-piece jazz, funk and garage-disco darlings China Beach are geared to take over The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday August 23. The night will also feature the likes of Cracker La Touf, Jackie Got Lemons and Moon Rooney, with an easy tenner your ticket to entry. Doors from 8pm.

Ben Delves Wesley Anne Guitarist, composer, musical director and teacher Ben Delves will take to Wesley Anne on Thursday August 23, with his trio and special guest saxophonist Liam Werrett in tow. Expect all things jazz and swing when it happens from 6pm, and best of all, entry is free.

The JaimZ Project The Moldy Fig Local five-piece The JaimZ Project will take to The Moldy Fig on Thursday August 23, crafting their groove, fusion and Latinlayered brand of jazz along the way. Playing well-known contemporaries and a barrage of originals, this is set to be a winner. Head down from 8.30pm and enjoy free entry, too.

Brendan Lloyd The Drunken Poet Melbourne folk-rock singer-songwriter Brendan Lloyd will be slinging some new tunes at The Drunken Poet this Thursday August 23. Mosey on down to catch his set from 8pm and enjoy free entry, too.

Vicious Addiction Whole Lotta Love Four-piece heavy metal/rock outfit Vicious Addiction burst onto the local scene late last year and have been on a steady climb ever since, releasing their debut single ‘One Track Mind’ in April. With the help of Necro Riot and Diamond Foxx, Vicious Addiction will take to Whole Lotta Love on Friday August 24, with $10 entry on the door. Music from 9pm.

Ben Wright Smith The B.East Singer-songwriter Ben Wright Smith will grace The B.East on Friday August 24, for a send-off show before he heads to the US. Armed with his full band and his new track ‘Storm Boy’, the show will see Wright Smith play from across his catalogue as well as some newies from his upcoming recordt.

The Outdoor Type will support when it kicks off from 7pm. Free entry.

Tiny Moving Parts Reverence Hotel While Down Under supporting Luca Brasi on their national tour, Tiny Moving Parts have made time to play a one-off Melbourne headliner. The Minnesotan emo-rock outfit will take to The Rev on Saturday August 25, with Bitter Lakes and Way Shit coming in as support. Kicks off at 8pm and you can grab a ticket for $35 via Oztix. Get on it.

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

$15.

KAZ GARAZ + SOAP + MDMARMY Yarra

Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $5.

KEGGIN + TUMBLE TURN + ETERNAL SMOKO Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,

North Melbourne. 8pm. $7.

SLEDGEHAMMER + GIRLATONES + THE VACANT SMILES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

$8.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY + BROADS + HOWLITE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

$14.

THE MOTHER GURUS Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

ZOE & THE MILKMEN + KILNS + LACH MARSHALL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm. $7.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BEAUTIFUL BEASTS + NEON QUEEN + WINTER MOON Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.

BOHJASS + DAMIEN EVANS BAND + KOI KINGDOM 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.

DANNIE BOURNE Transit, Melbourne Cbd.

6pm.

DIZZY'S BIG BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club,

Richmond. 8pm. $15.

GOULD/BURKE QUARTET The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

GROCER GREEN + ELLE SHIMADA + ​ LEISURE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

JOE CHINDAMO & ZOË BLACK VIOLIN

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

SAMMY FIGUEROA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.

THE HANDLE BARS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm.

THE ROSE BASSETT QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $20.

THE TAXITHI PROJECT Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $16.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC & CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 7:30pm. $75.

DION HIRINI + DANNY SPENCER Memo

Music Hall, St Kilda. 6pm.

GENEVIEVE LACEY /JANE GOWER / LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN Melbourne

Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39.

JULIAN JAMES Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm.

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

LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: TOM BOLTON + TUESDAY ISLAND + SOLOMAN & LACEY + ROBBIE GRIEG

Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.

MAJA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick.

7:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Sloth Bar, Footscray. 8pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 5pm.

PINA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm.

Thursday 23 Aug HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS

3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAVI MORLEY + LUKE VECCHIO + ROBERTO + JB JACKSON Revolver

$10.

NIK NAVY + GEORGIA SMITH + SAULT

Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $5.

In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.

NO REALITY PRESENTS - FEAT: CHINA BEACH + JACKIE GOT LEMONS + CRACKER LA TOUF + MOON ROONY

7pm.

TALI MAHONEY + PORPOISE SPIT + TRAM COPS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

THE MIGHTY KINGS Musicland, Fawkner.

Upstairs, Prahran. 6pm.

D.A.N.C.E - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Toff ENJOYMENT DIVISION - FEAT: DJ SARAH + INGRID + RYAN BERKELEY + DAWN AGAIN Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. FRESH DE LA FRESH - FEAT: BADDUMS + CTRLANNADEL + MORE Grumpy's Green,

Fitzroy. 6pm.

GUERNS - FEAT: DJ KITI + EDGEWORK + FOSTA + BIG MAC + MORE New Guernica,

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.

LANKS + TYNE-JAMES ORGAN + ESSIE HOLT Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:30pm. $20.

VENETIAN BLINDS + PURE MOODS + TRAFFIK ISLAND Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

7pm.

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

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

BEN DELVES TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote.

6pm.

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

CATFISH VOODOO Lomond Hotel,

Brunswick East. 9pm.

HELLO TUT TUT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.

HORNS OF LEROY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO (WITH HETTY KATE) The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

KALIOPI & THE MUSES Wesley Anne,

Northcote. 8pm. $20.

KARATE BOOGALOO Penny Black,

Brunswick. 9pm.

KYOSHI + THE STRANGER SUITE + NEXT MAN DEAD + SQUID NEBULA Gasometer

Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10.

SAMMY FIGUEROA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.

SOUTHERN STARS STAGE BAND Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 8pm. $20.

THE NEW IMPROMPTU QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.

VENTO-PIPA + GILBERTO GIL & DJAVAN + RASTEIRO Open Studio, Northcote.

Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

8:30pm. $10.

THE MOTHER GURUS + DEATHBEAT + LESS FOX MORE WHALE + KITTYSCRATCH Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

8pm. $5.

THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

TIMESHARE + THOMAS (MILK TEDDY) + THE LONE UNEMPLOYED TRADESMAN

Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $5.

TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.

WARPLANE + GENA ROSE BRUCE + BALLADS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ANDY SWANN Transit, Melbourne Cbd.

6pm.

ANDY WHITE Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7:30pm. $20.

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $12.

BRENDAN LLOYD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.

FELICITY CRIPPS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8pm.

GEOFF ACHISON The Skylark Room, Upwey. 6pm. $20.

GEOFFREY SABA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $50.

JAM NIGHT - FEAT: DAVE DIPROSE + MORE Hume Blues Club, Coburg. 8pm.

MATTHEW WINSTANLEY Charles Weston

Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

MITCH BULLEN Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 9pm.

MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS

Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. $5.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Sloth Bar, Footscray. 8pm.

7:30pm. $10.

POPE'S ASSASSINS + THE LONGHAIR FAMILY DREAM BAND + TRAPPIST AFTERLAND Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

Melbourne. 7pm.

Friday 24 Aug

WILBUR WILDE + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel, South

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AMBUR + OLDER MEN + UBOA Last

Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

7:30pm. $7.

BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE + SEDDON + CENTRALIA + PERFECT DAY Whole Lotta

Love, Brunswick East. 7pm. $10.

CARLA RUSSO + THE ANXIOUS TYPE + JIMMY HARDWOOD Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 8pm.

CHARGING STALLION + MEAT + FSBS + MORE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

CYANIDE THORNTON + ABI & CAM Post

Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

DEADLY EVENTS PRESENTS - A NIGHT FOR AUTUM / WILL / JIDAH & FAMILY FEAT: KUTCHA EDWARDS + BRETT LEE + MAYLENE SLATER-BURNS Northcote

Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.

EGGY + NOTHINGE + FIELDMAPS 303,

Northcote. 7:30pm.

FLOSS + GO DOG GO + KITSCHEN BOY

HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS BROKEN ACID EXPERIMENT + MUTANT DANCE + STOCKHOLM SYNDROME + GLITCH + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

10pm. $20.

CARL'S OPERATING SYSTEM - FEAT: CARL OS + JAMES BALL + JETHRO CURTIN + ERICA TUCCERI + MORE

Belleville, Melbourne. 9pm.

DOUBLE O - FEAT: DEREK MARTIN + NELO + MR JUDWICK Loop, Melbourne

Cbd. 10pm.

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club,

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.

FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

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

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.

HONEY Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. $5.

HOUSE PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7pm.

JEREMY OLANDER Brown Alley, Melbourne FLYING DUTCHMAN + LSDOOM + GIANT Cbd. 10pm. $30. + MONARCHUS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. MAFIKIZOLO Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. $76.50.

Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $5.

FEATURED GIGS PEST KONTROL - FEAT: SCOTTY PESTICIDE + ELLIOT OFMARCO + MICKEY EDWARDS + KAYA KALPA Boney,

6pm. $10.

ROB ANTHONY + JAY RAMON + BOYBLEWE + FUNKY COLIN + MORE

Collingwood. 8pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.

Onesixone, Prahran. 10pm.

SAMANTHA JADE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8pm. $55.

STEAM UP - FEAT: MICKEY SPACE + PETRA ELLIOTT + MAX MANNEQUIN & VANITY VOGUE + BELLA DE JAC + MORE

24 Moons, Northcote. 8:30pm. $30.

SYRUP - FEAT: MAGDA BYTNEROWICZ + WILL G-R + DASHIELL Boney, Melbourne

Cbd. 10pm.

TOKYO LOVE HOTEL - FEAT: HUGOE + SAMMY D + KAZUMA ONISHI + SWEETLAND + MORE New Guernica,

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.

WAXFOX Fox Hotel (collingwood), Collingwood. 8pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

PHANTASTIC FERNITURE + SWEATER CURSE + MORE Gasometer Hotel, PIST IDIOTS + TONY DORK + BAD BATCH

Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

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

REWIND 80'S Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15.

TALL RELATIVES + THE MIYAGIS + THE TREPIDS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

THE ARGOTIERS + GOLDALINE Red Betty,

Brunswick. 8pm.

THE GROGANS + TEENAGE DADS + STIFF RICHARDS Toff In Town, Melbourne

Cbd. 8pm. $12.92.

THE LIVING EYES + PARSNIP + U - BAHN + TRAFFIK ISLAND Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE + EASTBOUND BUZZ + DAMN WILLIAMS Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8pm. $10.

THE TROPES + SUSS CUNTS + LOOBS + LEAH SENIOR John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

360 + PEZ + MORE Wool Exchange,

8pm. $13.

A BENEFIT FOR CHRIS WILSON - FEAT: STEVE LUCAS + KERRI SIMPSON + JEROME SMITH + BARB WATERS + TIM ROGERS + MORE Corner Hotel, Richmond.

Workers Club (geelong), Geelong. 8pm. $10.

Geelong. 8pm. $39.80.

8:30pm.

AC2ZZ Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:30pm.

APOLLO ON FIRE + BODY CORPORATE + KODIAK GALAXY Last Chance Rock And

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

AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9pm.

THE VELVET ADDICTION + BOBBYROCK VICIOUS ADDICTION + DIAMOND FOXX + NECRO RIOT Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ALEX HAHN & THE BLUE RIDERS Paris Cat

$15.

Richmond. 7:30pm. $20.

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

JULIAN ROTIN Platform 270, Melbourne.

5:30pm.

ELVIS TO THE T - FEAT: PETER TRIANTIS + ISSI DYE Marquee Lounge Bar, Toorak.

8:30pm. $20.

JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Transit,

LONNIE LISTON SMITH + THE MANDARIN DREAMS ALL-STARS

FRENCHY & THE TALENT Wrangler Studios, Northside Records, Fitzroy. 7pm.

Footscray. 6pm. $23.50.

SAMMY FIGUEROA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.

GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel (essendon), Essendon. 10pm.

THE ALMA ZYGIER QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.

HACHIKU + ON DIAMOND Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8pm.

THE CHANTOOZIES Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $37.70.

HE IS WE + TERRA + CATHOLIC GUILT + PHIL WOLFENDALE Northcote Social Club, THE FURBELOWS The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

Northcote. 8:30pm. $39.

HUMAN RITES + MOTE + DENNIS + TWISTEES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 9pm. $8.

INNOCENT WORLD & VOLCOM PARTY - FEAT: MESA COSA + PISTOL PEACHES + UTE ROOT + HORACE BONES DJS Old

Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

LIFE STRIKE + ETERNAL SMOKO + LIZARD QUEEN Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy

North. 5pm.

LONEFREE + WHOOPIE CAT + LA BRONCO Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8pm.

8pm. $25.

PAGAN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $13.30.

PALACE OF THE KING Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

GARETH LEACH & NATHAN SEECKTS

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.

JESS LOH + SARAH BUFFALO + JOYCE PRESCHER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm.

$10.

LUKE VELU + SASSAFRAS + TEACUP RHINO Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. $10.

PATRICK WILSON Compass Pizza,

Brunswick East. 8pm.

SOUTHBOUND SNAKE CHARMERS + BORRACHERO + PLANET OF THE 8S + TEN CENT PISTOLS Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

6:30pm.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.

TWILIGHT IN TULSA Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

XAVIER RUDD Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

Saturday 25 Aug HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS BABA'S HOUSE - FEAT: BABA NOIR + WAEL-X Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

CUPIDS CUT Fox Hotel (collingwood),

Collingwood. 8pm.

EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: CHRIS MATTÒ + JACOB MALMO + SPEZ + MATT RADOVICH + MORE New Guernica,

Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.

FULL MOON PARTY - FEAT: BLUNDERBUSS + FRIENDLY PETE + JIM WESTLAKE + GREY MANTIS + LEUNAR

24 Moons, Northcote. 8:30pm. $25.

Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.

THE STEPHEN BYTH QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

TUCKSHOP Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.

HIP HOP & R&B Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

9:30pm.

OLD LAUNDRY - 5 YEAR REUNION FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.

10pm.

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

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

SOLILOQUY + JULIAN STEELE + NIGHTLIGHT + SANNIA Penny Black,

Brunswick. 8pm.

Brooke Taylor

Brooke Taylor Edinburgh Castle Melbourne singer-songwriter Brooke Taylor will roll into Edinburgh Castle this Friday August 24. Rooted in alt-rock, roots and country-infused-pop, Taylor will serve up her raw brand of storytelling doused in honeyed vocals from 6pm. Free entry.

Nathan Seeckts + Gareth Leach The Drunken Poet Americana singer-songwriters Nathan Seeckts and Gareth Leach are set to step into The Drunken Poet on Friday August 24 for a glorious night of singing, storytelling and song swapping. Both musicians will share songs from their respective debut albums, and you can expect stories fcovers and duets to boot. 8pm start and entry is free.

Boris The Blade The Evelyn Hotel Melbourne hardcore/metal act Boris The Blade will be stopping by The Ev on Friday August 24 to play a hometown show as part of their national tour. They’re taking their blistering new album Infernum on the road and have fellow Melbourne heavy act I, Valiance in tow as support. Doors from 8pm and tickets are $19 via Oztix.

GOLDEN FEATURES + NYXEN + BIG WILD Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

HALLWAY SPIRIT - FEAT: JIM Z + ROY MILLS + KUFATALI Loop, Melbourne Cbd.

10pm.

HOCUS POCUS - FEAT: SKIN ON SKIN + DJ WEIRD + GINO POZZI + JUICY ROMANCE Boney, Melbourne Cbd.

11:30pm.

HOUSE PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

8:30pm.

THE SEDUCEAPHONES + BLUNDERBUSS

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

NICK CARVER & THE MEAN STREET BUTCHERS Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm.

NIKKI NICHOLLS PRESENTS THE RITUAL OF ROCK Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin.

Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8pm. $10.

FLYING ENGINE TRIO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury. 8pm. $10.

FRASER A. GORMAN Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.

Thornbury. 8pm.

303, Northcote. 7pm. $10.

DALTON GANG (WITH DAVE MOORE)

8pm. $30.

THE RUGCUTTERS JASS BAND (WITH TAMARA KULDIN) Paris Cat Jazz Club,

AFTER HOURS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS

MY ELEPHANT RIDE + MS.45 + SILVERIA

Brunswick. 6pm.

Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7pm.

HYPNOTECH 303, Northcote. 9pm. $10.

JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm.

$10.

LUCA BRASI + TINY MOVING PARTS + ELIZA & THE DELUSIONALS The Croxton,

BRONI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

BROOKE TAYLOR Edinburgh Castle,

Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $27.50.

ALL IN PRESENTS - FEAT: LOUISA RANKIN QUARTET + FLORA CARBO TRIO

BEN WRIGHT SMITH & BAND + THE OUTDOOR TYPE The B.east, Brunswick East. The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6pm. $15.

7pm.

BARNEY MCALL Melbourne Recital Centre, BORIS THE BLADE + I VALIANCE + MORE Southbank. 7pm. $30.

Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.

DANY MAIA QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.

DJ PIERRE BARONI Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT DJ THE KNAVE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm.

RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

DEEP SEA ARCADE Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. HERMETO MAGNÉTICO Dizzy's Jazz Club, DR. COLOSSUS + DEVIL ELECTRIC + PEEPING TOM + FILTH DIMENSION

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

PARTY ANIMALS Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale.

LANKS + TYNE-JAMES ORGAN + ESSIE HOLT Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

MANDRAGORA + HEATH RENATA + JIGGERS + SHORT ROUND + ALI KH + MORE Platform One, Melbourne. 10pm.

MUTO Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.

MYTHOLOGY - FEAT: OLIVER FRANCIS + SNEDDEN + JIVE + POST PERCY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

PONY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.

SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

SECOND SIGHT + HEX TAPE + SOW DISCORD Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8pm.

$5.

SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: SUNSHINE + MORE Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6pm. $10.

THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: DAN SAN + PLASTIC PALMS + STATUE + HYSTERIC + WHO + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

7pm.

TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC

Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.

Lijuka

Lijuka The Post Office Hotel Melbourne-based trio Lijuka are set to take to The Post Office Hotel on Saturday August 25. They’ll bring a mix of ambient drone, live looping and jazz-infused grooves to the table, while jazz quartet Prickly Pear will also be in tow as support. Music will kick off from 9pm with free entry.

Psycho Circus Festival The Bendigo Hotel Helmed by Brisbane industrial metal band Darkcell, the Psycho Circus Tour is set to burst into The Bendi this weekend.

Celebrating all things horror and freakish, the festival will feature a teeming lineup including London, KidCrusher, Nerve, FlatLiner, Coffin Carousel, Darkcell and more, as well as circus performers and spooky side-show attractions. Head to The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday August 25 to catch it all from 4pm, and grab your tickets for $25 via the Psycho Circus Festival website.

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FEATURED GIGS

HIP HOP & R&B 360 + PEZ + MORE Pier Bandroom,

Frankston. 8pm. $39.80.

BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.

ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: CALI SWAG DISTRICT + MORE Co., Southbank. 9pm.

$20.

KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE

Catholic Guilt

Catholic Guilt The Bendigo Hotel

Head to The Bendigo Hotel on Sunday August 26 to catch Catholic Guilt round out their Skippin’ Mass residency series.

Coming as the last Sunday for punters to lap up the Melbourne duo’s brand of punk, Phil Wolfendale and Zena (Squid Fishing) will offer support. Entry is free and it’ll go down from 3pm.

Evil Twin Whole Lotta Love

Evil Twin are fresh out of the studio and ready to drop their third album, but before they do they’ll be taking to Whole Lotta Love for a mammoth night with friends. They’ve recruited Cosa Nostra and Palmerslum to help with the festivities, which are set to kick off at 9pm. $10 entry on the door.

Brunswick Record Fair Charles Weston Not so much a gig, but an almighty celebration of records, you’ll want to be at Charles Weston on Sunday August 26 for the Brunswick Record Fair. A select group of local DJs and record nerds will be opening up their personal collections for the public to dig though when it goes down from midday until 5pm. Entry is free.

Arnab Sengupta Compass Pizza An export of the illustrious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Arnab Sengupta has been slinging his contemporary brand of prog-rock, pop, funk, jazz and R&B for over 15 years. Now a recording, performing and teaching musician, Sengupta has landed in Melbourne and is set to play Compass Pizza on Sunday August 26. Catch him for free from 5pm.

Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE - FEAT: KALI + BLACK SHADES & ARROGANCE + JORJA + FUNGAI + MORE Horse Bazaar,

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

TIMOMATIC Co., Southbank. 10pm. $20.

TYS + CLUE + MARTIAN + VELVET SAND + ODDSOX Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.

$9.23.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ABSOLUTELY LIVE – THE DOORS SHOW

Rah Bar, South Yarra. 8:40pm. $25.

ANDRE WARHURST & THE RARE BYRDS

Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.

ANDREW W.K. + THE BENNIES + BARE BONES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

$55.

BELLA PAIGE Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran.

7:30pm. $39.50.

BLEACH + STIFF RICHARDS + THE GROGANS + OFF CHOPS + MORE

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 1pm. $8.

CAPTIVES + THE SKATE GOATS + STAND TALL Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.

DJ TARDISCO Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9pm.

DJ THE KNAVE Transit, Melbourne Cbd.

11:45pm.

EVIL TWIN + COSA NOSTRA + PALMERSLUM Whole Lotta Love,

Brunswick East. 9pm. $10.

FANDANGO + DEAR THIEVES Cherry Bar,

Melbourne Cbd. 1pm.

FRENCHY & THE TALENT + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7pm. $15.

GOODNIGHT JAPAN Oh! Jean Records,

Fitzroy. 2pm.

GOODNIGHT JAPAN + THE BELAFONTES + J M S HARRISON Catfish,

Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

HIGH DRIFTERS + INFECTED TRANSISTOR + TRUE DEFECTIVE + I HAVE A GOAT Last Chance Rock And Roll

Bar, North Melbourne. 12pm.

INSYGNIA + CHASING LANA + WARBIRDS Workers Club, Geelong. 8pm.

INXSIVE Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6pm.

KISSTROYER + DANGEROUS CURVES

Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $25.

LIVE FOR LOMBOK - FEAT: BROTHERHOOD + PIE IN THE SKY + MATTY JONES + SUGARTREE + MORE

Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 7:30pm. $15.

LOOSE TOOTH + ELIZABETH + THE OCEAN PARTY + DJ ANNALIESE Howler,

Trouble Peach Reverence Hotel Trouble Peach will play the last leg of their solo, acoustic residency at The Rev this Sunday August 26. Since bursting onto the scene with their re-imagined, Spanishsung version of Neutral Milk Hotel’s iconic 1998 album In An Aeroplane Over The Sea, Trouble Peach have continued to mark themselves as ones to watch. Soak your Sunday arvo in a full set of originals plus a full set of NMH tributes. Free entry with music from 2pm.

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ROB SNARSKI + SHANE O'MARA Caravan

Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $20.

ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS

Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8pm. $33.

SOFALARAMA + SOFALA + SUNNYSIDE + CHINA BEACH + MASCO SOUND SYSTEM + OGOPOGO + MORE Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. $15.

SPAWN + WICKED CITY + SMOKE WITCH Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm.

THE LUWOW - TIKI PARTY - FEAT: KING CORNELIUS & THE SILVERBACKS + THE CAT BURGLARS + BARBARA BLAZE + JUMPIN JOSH + MORE Rubix Warehouse,

Brunswick. 8:30pm. $20.

THE VELVET ADDICTION John Curtin

Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $15.

THEE WYLDE OSCARS + HENRY HUGO & THE KINDRED SOULS Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 9pm.

TINY MOVING PARTS + BITTER LAKES + WAY SHIT Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8pm.

$30.

UNLUCKY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

$10.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AARON HEDENSTROM QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6pm.

ALYSON MURRAY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

BLUE ROSE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

BLUE SHIVOO Wesley Anne, Northcote.

8pm.

CIAO BELLA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $27.50.

CITIZENS OF SOULCO Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

DANCING IN OUTER SPACE - FEAT: THE ROLLERCANES + DJ MANCHILD + COCO BROWN Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 11pm. $5.

EMMA PASK Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.

7:30pm. $25.

EUGENE HAMILTON & THE MONEY

Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

FORRO DE LAMPIAO - FEAT: MANDACARU Copacabana, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

$15.

GEORGIA BROOKS SWINGTET Open

Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $10.

HARMANIAX Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

HEADPHONES JONES The B.east,

Brunswick East. 9pm.

KATE FULLER & THE BOYS CLUB The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

LIJUKA + PRICKLY PEAR Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

LONNIE LISTON SMITH + MANDARIN DREAMS + BARNEY MCALL + LORI + SHIO Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8pm. $49.

SALSA PARTY - FEAT: DJ JOLIE DE VOGUE TROPICAL + PURO BILONGO

Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.

SAMMY FIGUEROA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.

Brunswick. 8pm. $24.19.

SLOW GRIND FEVER - FEAT: RICHIE1250 + MOHAIR SLIM + PIERRE BARONI + MATT TWISTIN FEVER Bar Open, Fitzroy.

Footscray. 8pm. $10.

SOUL CHIC Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

MALEFICIUM + ARMATA + HEADLESS + AS FLESH DECAYS Reverence Hotel, Trouble Peach

Collingwood. 12pm. $10.

MOVEMENTS + EAT YOUR HEART OUT + AMBLESIDE + BETTER HALF Evelyn Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8pm. $35.

PHANTASTIC FERNITURE + SWEATER CURSE + MORE Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm.

PRODUCT + OTHER PLACES + SOUNDTRACK MUSIC + BODIES Yarra

Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $10.

10pm. $12.

Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.

TAMARA KULDIN Melbourne Recital

Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $30.

THE JACKSON DUO The Craft & Co Farm, Bangholme. 1pm.

THE JACKSON FOUR + JON WADE

Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 9pm.

THE JOSH KYLE & EMMA GILMARTIN QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

PSYCHO CIRCUS 2018 - FEAT: DARKCELL + SPAULDING + COFFIN CAROUSEL + MASS REJECTION + LONDON + MORE Bendigo Hotel,

Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.

PUNK / HARDCORE MINI-FEST FEAT: I AM DUCKEYE + FCKUPS + MURDERBALLS + COSMIC KAHUNA + TSUGNARLY + MORE Tote Hotel,

Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11pm.

THE RUGCUTTERS Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.

Collingwood. 4pm. $25.

THE MAGICAL MARMALADE MACHINE

Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8pm.

THE RONNY FERELLA STANDARDS QUARTET (WITH PHIL NOY) Uptown Jazz

YOLANDA INGLEY II BAND Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ANDREW P STREET’S LITERARY SINGALONG + ANDREW P STREET + DAVE GRANEY + CHRISTOPHER HOLLOW + JENNY VALENTISH The

Mission To Seafarers Victoria, Docklands.

5pm.

ANDY SWANN Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.

BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE + CREEK + DJ POEKS Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm.

CHARM OF FINCHES + KHRISTIAN MIZZI The Skylark Room, Upwey. 6pm. $15.

CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS Charles

Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 2pm.

DAMON LANGLEY Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

GEOFF ACHISON Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6pm. $23.77.

GOOD DOOGS + THE GROGANS + ​ LOOSE BRICKS Workers Club, Fitzroy.

8:30pm.

GORDON HOLLAND + KARL KAISERSCHMIDT & THE UNDESIRABLES + GAVIN BOWLES Workers Club, Fitzroy.

1pm. $5.

HONK Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 5pm.

KRAKEN FOLK SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 3pm.

OPELOUSAS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.

RAY CHEN (WITH JULIEN QUENTIN)

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $53.

SHAKY STILLS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.

9:30pm.

SPAGHETTI WESTERN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm.

TERESA DUFFY RICHARDS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5pm.

THE BURNING BRIDGES Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.

TONY CLAY + NEIL WILKINSON Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4pm.

VAN WALKER & FRIENDS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

Sunday 26 Aug HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS DAY SPA - FIRST BIRTHDAY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Pawn & Co, South Yarra.

12:00am.

FREEZA LIVE N LOCAL - FEAT: WOODES + EILISH GILLIGAN + POPPY ROSE Memo

Music Hall, St Kilda. 2pm. $10.

GOLDEN FEATURES + NYXEN + BIG WILD Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

$79.90.

HAZY SUNDAZE - FEAT: BADDUMS + KUNDALINI PROJECT + SCATTERBRAIN + PUBLIC HOUSING + MORE Red Betty,

Brunswick. 6pm.

LANKS + TYNE-JAMES ORGAN + ESSIE HOLT Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

7:30pm. $20.

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SAMMY FIGUEROA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $29.

STEPHEN BYTH QUINTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

VICTORIAN YOUTH BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

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JMC ACADEMY MUSIC DEPARTMENT LIVE SHOWCASE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

BOB SEDERGREEN'S NEW ORLEANS QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.

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Richmond. 7:30pm.

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Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.

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PIANO KARAOKE WITH LISA JAYNE - FEAT: PIANO KARAOKE WITH LISA CRAWLEY Compass Pizza, Brunswick

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