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News Arts Guide Beat Eats Industry Electronic Punk Metal Hip Hop Claws & Organs Thundamentals Oktoberfest Kenny Wayne Shepherd Wolf and Willow Bruce Dickinson Boston Manor Listener Three Phase Music Profiles Live Album of the Week Singles of the Week Album Reviews Gig Guide
Editor’s note With Gloria Brancatisano
One of my favourite things about Beat is the fact that one week we can have two of Australia’s biggest musicians on the cover, and the next week we get to give the opportunity to a fabulous up and comer. Welcome to Beat Magazine, Claws & Organs! We chat with OG member Dave Crowe to find out some more about the band, before the hit the road next month. While we’re introducing you to new favourites, we’d love for you to meet Melbourne folk sweethearts Wolf and Willow and Arkansas natives Listener – they’ll both be gracing our stages next month. On the complete opposite of the spectrum we also hear from absolute legends Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson. Thundamentals also dish on their forthcoming album, and Boston Manor prepare us for their first trip Down Under. Let’s have a beer, because it’s nearly Oktoberfest time. Not that we need an excuse.
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News Port Fairy Folk Festival Lift The Lid on 2019 Lineup
Gaby Moreno
Oktoberfest
Six weeks of Oktoberfest celebrations are set to descend on Melbourne Spanning live music, sausage-eating challenges, costume competitions and more, there’s set to be Oktoberfest celebrations galore at Munich Brauhaus Southwarf and The Bavarian’s Knox and Highpoint for the next six weeks. The opening weekend street party is geared to kick off this Saturday September 22, with limited edition Oktoberfest beer kegs flowing and a celebratory street parade from midday and an after-party to boot. An Oktoberfest bier tent will pop up at Munich Brauhaus on the day, featuring the restaurant’s signature communal dining tables, so that punters can eat, drink and prost to a traditional outdoor Oktoberfest. For more details on the full Oktoberfest program, head to The Bavarians’ website.
Kurt Vile
Unleashes new single and tour dates The War On Drugs expat and acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kurt Vile has revealed a single from his forthcoming record, and announced that he’ll be taking on a stack of Australian dates to show it all off. ‘Bassackwards’ comes before Bottle It In drops on Friday October 12 and sees gentle guitars loop and sway over a steady beat in prime fashion. While in town for Bluesfest 2019, Vile has revealed that he and his band The Violators will be taking on six headline dates across the country, with RVG in tow as support. Kurt Vile will hit The Forum on Monday April 22, 2019.
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The 43rd annual Port Fairy Folk Festival is set to roll in for another year in 2019, and they’ve lined up a teeming list of talent to ensure it’s an incredible time. A stack of international performers are set to play their debut sets Down Under, including Gaby Moreno (Guatemala), Daoiri Farrell (Ireland), Front Country (USA), and Skerryvore (Scotland), while Australian talent will come in the form of Mojo Juju, Liz Stringer, Tim Rogers, Daniel Champagne, STAV., Leanne Tenant, and more. In 2019 Port Fairy Folk will also pay homage to 50 years since Woodstock, with songs of artists from the original Woodstock lineup set to be re-imagined across the event. Port Fairy Folk Festival runs from Friday March 8 to Monday March 11.
Bec Sandridge
Reveals new music and Melbourne show Alternative singer-songwriter Bec Sandrige has released a fiery new single ‘Animal’, and has announced that she’ll be playing a Melbourne show to celebrate its release. The art-pop belter comes complete with punk sensibilities and follows a massive 2018 for the Melbourne artist, who has spent the year touring with the Smith Street Band and playing the inaugural CHANGES and Pool House Party festivals, while she’s also booked to play Shakafest in November. Produced in conjunction with Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy), ‘Animal’ proves a new level of honest songwriting for Sandridge, who will come into Melbourne’s Schoolhouse Studios on Friday October 19 to celebrate the track.
Grampians Music Festival
Announce return of Youth Mentorship Program and 2019 dates Grampians Music Festival have lifted the lid on the dates of their 2019 festival, and have also revealed that they’ll be returning their revered Youth Mentorship Program. The program will give six young people between 17 and 21 from across the Northern Grampians Shire the chance to gain invaluable experience on the process of running a music festival. From event, artist and volunteer management to site design, marketing and publicity and more, the program promises to take the mentees through every aspect of the festival from planning to execution. The third annual Grampians Music Festival will go down in the Grampians Mountain Ranges from Friday February 15 until Sunday February 17.
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John Butler Trio and Missy Higgins Team Up For Run of National Dates Australian music icons John Butler Trio and Missy Higgins are set to take on a run of co-headline national dates in February 2019. The pair have amassed an epic 50 ARIA nominations between them across their careers, and took out Best Male and Best Female artists in 2004 and 2005 respectively. Tracks such as ‘Zebra’, ‘Better Than’ and ‘Ocean’ have made John Butler the highest-selling independent artist of all time, while Missy Higgins has spawned such hits as ‘Scar’, ‘The Special Two’ and ‘Futon Couch’, while she also supported Ed Sheeran on his recent Australian tour. Rapidly up-and-coming singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly is slated to join as support, marking this as a mammoth offering of homegrown talent. John Butler Trio and Missy Higgins will play Sydney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday February 7.
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One-person powerhouse, Tash Sultana has locked in a longawaited run of Australian shows, as part of her album world tour. After garnering worldwide acclaim for her hits ‘Jungle’, ‘Notion’ and ‘Mystik’, the former Melbourne busker has been on a two-year jaunt around the world playing sell-out shows and festivals galore. Flow State, which dropped last month, marks her debut full-length release and has already charted in the Top 10 in 31 countries. Ocean Alley will join the Australian leg, which will hit the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday March 14 2019.
Leon Bridges will return to Australia for his fourth and biggest tour yet, fresh from releasing his critically acclaimed sophomore album, Good Thing. Good Thing is a tasting plate of R&B sounds – inspired by both the past and the future. From orchestrated ballads to dance-worthy soulfunk, it debuted at #3 on the US Billboard Chart and entered the ARIA Album Chart Top 10. Leon Bridges consistently tours the world over, selling out iconic rooms including Greek Theatre in LA to the Leeds’ O2 Academy and playing festivals like Glastonbury, Fuji Rock Festival, and our very own Falls Festival. Leon Bridges will hit The Palais on Monday January 14.
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Alex the Astronaut
Announces 2018 Australian tour Singer-songwriter Alex the Astronaut has announced that she’ll be taking on a run of headline dates in November. The four-stop run will come alongside her appearances at Yours & Owls Festival and Shakafest, capping off what has been a mammoth year for the Sydney artist. Alex the Astronaut has spent this year gallivanting around illustrious stages including The Great Escape, Primavera and Splendour In The Grass, playing a sold-out co-headline tour with young-gun Stella Donnelly, and releasing her single ‘Waste of Time’ in July to an outpouring of acclaim. Alex the Astronaut will play The Corner Hotel on Thursday November 22.
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Heavy & Hammered
PBS’ blistering heavy festival returns for its fourth year Heavy & Hammered first ascended onto the scene back in 2015 when the PBS announcers from the Hard and Heavy category felt the call to support the bands that support the station. Now set to return in 2018, the Heavy & Hammered team have crafted an almighty lineup to ensure that this is their biggest, best and sweatiest yet. This year’s bill features old school death-metal heads Black Jesus, as well as Bitch Diesel, Maniaxe, Ute Root, noisepunks Ambur, and grungy sludge duo La Bronco and more, who’ll take over The Tote on Saturday October 6. Full lineup details and tickets available via The Tote’s website.
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NYE On The Hill Add a Stack More Talent to Their 2019 Lineup
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Following a string of stellar single releases including ‘Happy Man’, ‘Heavy, California’ and ‘Beat 54 (All Good Now)’, acclaimed UK modern soul collective Jungle have unleashed their latest record, For Ever. It comes as a follow-up to their 2014 self-titled debut, which saw the bedroom studio-based duo turn into a bombastic seven-piece supergroup and garner worldwide acclaim. An adored live act, Jungle have also announced that they’ll be taking on a run of Australian dates in 2019 with their new album in tow, which will see them play The Forum on Sunday April 28.
The Ascot Lot – the newest bar and food truck venue on the Melbourne block – is set to transform itself into a Bavarian paradise for Oktoberfest next month. Aptly titled LOToberfest, punters will be able to lap up flowing German biers, pretzels, Brätwursts and a silent disco, with DJ Lloyd Jones and Fragile Future on tunes duty. The Lot is also proudly doggo friendly – so any Dachshunds, German Sheperds, Boxers and more are welcome. LOToberfest goes down on Saturday October 6.
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Kim Kelaart Benefit
A massive lineup of Melbourne performers are coming together for Kim Kelaart In the wake of his cancer diagnosis, a benefit concert is going down for renowned multi-instrumentalist Kim Kelaart next week. Some of Melbourne’s best in jazz, soul and blues will lend their talents to the cause, with Wilbur Wilde, The Mighty Melbournes, Jude Pearl, Jake Mason Trio, The Putbacks and more all set to perform. Across his career, Kelaart has toured and recorded with artists such as Kate Ceberano, Human Nature, Mr. Freedom X, Jet Girl, Cosmic Love Bus, as well as recorded a number of albums with his band KNAG. The Kim Kelaart benefit concert will go down from 2pm at Memo Music Hall on Sunday September 30.
Melbourne Music Tour Bus The music-lovers guided tour is back
After a previously sold-out run, the Arts Centre Melbourne and Australian Music Vault’s Melbourne Music Bus Tour is set to return next month. Twelve exclusive guided tours will run until March 2019, inviting punters to jump aboard and explore our city’s rich musical history along the way. The Melbourne Music Tour Bus will take music-lovers through prime music hotspots including Richmond, Collingwood, St Kilda and Port Melbourne, with the two-hour experience guided by Melbourne musicologist Bruce Milne and music journalist Mary Mihelakos.
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Anya Anastasia: Rogue Romantic
Catch a slice of cabaret at Melbourne Fringe Festival Add a dose of cabaret to your Fringe experience, with internationally acclaimed cabaret femme fatale Anya Anastasia and her new show, Rogue Romantic. Fresh from a stellar season at Edinbugh Fringe Festival, the feisty, witty and glamorous performance is set to play for two exclusive nights as part of the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival this week. Known for her bombastic vocals – which channel vocal greats such as Yma Sumac and Shirley Bassey and defy vocal range norm – Anastasia promises to deliver a seductive and exhilarating performance. Anya Anastasia: Rogue Romantic will play at Kelly Park Hall, Werribee on Friday September 21 and Saturday September 22 at 8pm and tickets are $30 via the MFF website.
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Catch this utterly profound play at La Mama this week
Set to return to the Yarra Valley for another year
Based on the true story of the Quispe sisters – who died by joint suicide amid harsh climactic and military conditions – Beasts is set to open at La Mama this week. In October 1974 the three Coya (indigenous Andean) sisters – all goat-herders from the desert region in the north of Chile – were found tied together at the waist and hung with their animals slain alongside. Their story was formed into the critically acclaimed 2013 film Las Niñas Quispe and will now feature for an intimate season on the La Mama stage. Beasts will play from Wednesdays to Sundays at La Mama Courthouse Theatre until Sunday September 30, with show times and tickets available via the venue website.
Spring has well and truly sprung, and with it, the Cherry Blossom Festival has returned to the Yarra Valley for another year. Set at CherryHill Orchard, the festival will see local live music on show, flowing cherry-inspired beer and cider, cherry ice cream, food trucks and giant lawn games set to the backdrop of the orchard in full bloom. Grab your mates, pack a picnic between Wednesday September 26 and Tuesday October 2 from 10am until 5pm daily. Tickets are an easy $10 and are available via the CherryHill Orchard website.
Head down to Federation Square’s Koorie Heritage Trust Gallery to catch Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-dedicated design exhibition, Blak Design Matters. Curated by architect Jefa Greenaway, the exhibition features Indigenous design projects across fashion, interiors, product design, landscape, architecture and more and aims to highlight the diversity and depth of indigenous design talent around the country. Key pieces include fashion from Arki The Label and Teagan Cowlishaw, textiles by Injalak Arts and Babbarra Design, and designs from Marcus Lee – best known for re-designing the 2013 all-Indigenous international AFL game jumper. Catch Blak Design Matters until Sunday September 30 at Koorie Heritage Trust from 10am daily. Entry is free.
An epic Star Wars exhibition is coming to Australia Jedis and padawans rejoice – a massive Star Wars enterprise exhibition is set to land Down Under in November. While the exhibition is only slated to stop by Sydney, it’s looking well worth the interstate trip will all kinds of exclusive memorabilia will be available for punters to lap up. Everything from costumes (including Darth Vader’s suit from Return of the Jedi), props, models, concept art and even the Millenium Falcon are set to be on show, totalling 200 pieces in all. Star Wars Identities: The Exhibition lands at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum from Friday November 16 until Monday June 10, 2019. Start booking those flights, folks.
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Prolific stand-up and radio talent Tommy Little is slated to headline Thursday Comedy Club this Thursday September 20. A slew of guests from across Melbourne’s comedy scene will also join when it all goes down at European Bier Cafe, 120 Exhibition Street, CBD from 8.30pm. Best of all, entry is just $13 on the door. Beauty.
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Lawson Grove Shop
Forget cafes that feel more like nightclubs than a place to reside – quiet and unassuming is where contentment’s found. Search behind roller doors, teeny tiny streets, and bushy pathways to find the best of Melbourne’s food scene. South Yarra is home to some of the finest our city has to offer, with heritage housing lining our Yarra River, the crispiest croissants in town (at Tivoli Road Bakery that is) and the Botanic Gardens as just a few establishments this pocket of Melbourne calls their own. Take a peek down their hidden pathways and you’ll just find discover Lawson Grove Shop. an almost treehouse-like café cosily nestled there. There are plenty of stools and tables to cosy in – where mornings turn to afternoons, and then to evenings – and as the setting sun peeks through the trees, bliss is certainly assured. Try their ‘Dippy Eggs’ of soft boiled eggs with Vegemite soldiers, or, their ‘Fly Rice’ of broccolini, kale, and cauliflower rice nestled within quinoa, mushroom and miso dressing. Add a poached egg if you feel so inclined.
Hardstyle festival Defqon1 happened in Sydney and unfortunately due to apparent drug overdoses, a young woman and man lost their lives. NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced, “I never want to see this event held in Sydney or New South Wales ever again – we will do everything we can to shut this down.” In response to people raising pill-testing as a potential for saving lives, Berejiklian claimed, “Anyone who advocates pill-testing is giving the green light to drugs. There is no such thing as a safe drug.” A hardly surprising reaction from a conservative government, but still incredibly disappointing. Anyone with half a brain can see that a zero tolerance approach doesn’t work, and while everyone is responsible for their own bodies and their own choices, the regressive policies of idiotic politicians are in no way helping to save lives. And that’s absolute bullshit.
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Roller Door Cafe Bicep
West Melbourne is always bursting with new ‘must-trys’ in their ever-growing scene, but Roller Door Cafe still sits at the top of my list. As you may have already assume the venue exists behind a roller door, and when they roll open their doors each day you’ll find plenty of neatly dressed and tired-eyed regulars kicking off their morning routines. It’s safe to say the cafe exists within most of north/west Melbourne’s daily schedules. Try their Portuguese sardines on organic sourdough with herbed salad or,their ‘Hot Rolls’ with offerings aplenty, my favourite being the meatball roll with Napoli sauce, or, the haloumi with basil pesto, tomato and dressed rocket. The Cola glazed leg ham with slaw and aioli is also great.
Manchester Press
If you’re heading city way, hit up Manchester Press. The venue is best known for their tasty bagels which sell incredibly quickly each day. I love the pickled pork with apple sauce and herbs, the chorizo and olive with olive tapenade, feta and cherry tomatoes is also great. If I’m wanting something meat-free, I’ll go for the avocado and feta smash (an everassured-enjoyment) with lemon, chilli, and confit tomatoes. Rankins Lane is a gorgeous part of Melbourne. 18
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Another incredible festival lineup has surfaced, this time for New Year’s Day festival Let Them Eat Cake, which goes down in the serene parklands surrounding Werribee mansion. The lineup includes Belfast duo Bicep, who’ve had an incredible run over the last couple of years – their debut self-titled album topped many best of the year lists in 2017 with its lead single ‘Glue’. Joining them is Peggy Gou, DJ Tennis, DJ Boring, Ama Lou, CC:DISCO!, Chaos In The CBD, DJ BORING, Esther Silex, Flava D, Joe Kay, Motor City Drum Ensemble and many more. The second artist announcement is still to come and in the past have been quite large. Tickets are on sale now, get in quick.
CC:DISCO!
This Friday September 21, CC:DISCO! will be jumping off a plane from Europe and heading to Hugs&Kisses for the finale of her “Club Coco” residency. To close it out she’s invited her favourite DJ from Sydney, Mike Who. “I am totally in awe of his knowledge and understanding across so many different genres and eras. His smile and positive energy is like no other and technically, he is a world class act.” Opening up the night will be Lori. Kicks off 10pm.
Figures released by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) last week for the first half of 2018 showed the Australian recording industry more than just in good shape. 2017 set a new record for best performance in 20 years, and 2018 has built on the achievement. Between January and end of June, the market grew a further 6% to $195.6 million. This was a stronger performance than in the first half of 2017, so we can assume that the full 12 months of 2018 will set another record. The Australian music consumer continues to move away from physical formats to digital, and beyond that, moving away from buying to streaming. The physical format (CD, vinyl, cassette) keeps declining, down 21.39% in the first six months to a dollar value of $33.19 million. In comparison, the dollar value of physical formats was $42.2 million in the first half of 2017. Vinyl albums continued their resurgence, up 22.91% in dollar value to $9.08 million, compared to $7.39 million in 2017’s first half. CD albums had a sharp drop of 30.13%, from $32.8 million to $22.9 million. Digital now represents 67% of the total Australian recorded music market, and is up 14.1% in dollar value to $162.4 million. Digital tracks were down 31.8% to $14.5 million, and digital albums down 36.02% to $13.4 million. Of streaming, ad supported models generated $12.68 million (up 31.8 million); subscription services up 35.1% to $104.99 million; and video streaming up 41.1% to $14.61 million. The adoption of streaming services has helped Australian musicians, songwriters and producers find a greater foothold in the market. According to ARIA, music exports have grown to almost 30% since 2015 to around $20 million. Similar data came from APRA AMCOS: the association isn’t releasing its figures for a few more weeks. But its CEO Dean Ormston revealed that foreign revenue had seen a huge jump for songwriters and publishers, reaching a record $43.7 million this year. ARIA chief Dan Rosen told the Australian Financial Review, “We’re seeing more and more Australian acts having global careers. That is a great opportunity for the Australian government to generate more export dollars. The US business alone is a $10 billion market that grew 16 per cent last year. Music is something we’re really good at, that’s something that’s embraced globally.” At the NSW parliamentary inquiry into the music sector, the industry made two points continually. It was one thing for the government to help the Australian industry be robust through radio quotas, crackdowns on piracy and protecting live music venues. But it was also important to fund musicians, songwriters and producers to find more opportunities overseas. The government was also sent the message that the music industry is not confined to just one portfolio, but a number of them, and that it was important they work together to give Australian music the right push.
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Sneaky Sound System
Metal
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AlithiA
Punk
WITH JOE HANSEN
PUNK ROCK COVER SONGS: WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN’T
Although the era of the punkified cover of a non-punk song reached its commercial zenith in the wallet-chained moshpits of the ‘90s, punk rock has a long history with bringing outside influences and songs into the punk realm. While this was most notably prevalent in the skate/pop-punk scene at that time, exemplified best by the covers-only band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the trend can be seen from the time of punk rock’s origins in the ‘70s to now. RAMONES
It’s been 11 years since the release of Kanye West’s third studio album, Graduation. Featuring tracks like ‘Stronger’, ‘Touch The Sky’ and ‘Flashing Lights’, it arguably sits as one of the most iconic Kanye albums of all time. An interesting fact fans can reminisce about is the story behind Graduation’s background vocals, provided by Connie Mitchell from Australian dance group, Sneaky Sound System. Mr. West asked Sneaky band member Angus McDonald for inspiration, which lead to an invitation, where Mitchell went into the studio and sang over a vocal track. She impressed Kanye with her vocal stylings, so much so, thatshe ended up on six tracks from the 2007 album. So next time you’re nestled in a music circa-2000 conversation, here’s a friendly fun fact you can bring up about one of our most beloved Australian bands.
Do you think about how the positioning of an album release date can really change the way the music press handles it? If a great record comes out in October or November, it’s probably far more likely to end up on someone’s ‘best of the year’ list than if it were to come out in February or March. If you released a record in the first half of the year, and an equally good record came out in the second half, but you had to cut one from your ‘top ten records of 2018’ list, you’d probably be more inclined to cut the earlier release, simply because the newer one is still new and exciting. If you release an album in December – forget about it, you’re later for your deadline than I am right now. These are the things that keep me up at night. Here are some words I wrote about a couple of records we still have to look forward to before 2018 is out that I expect will end up in a few of these lists.
The Contortionist
Brockhampton - Iridescence
Listen Out is just around the corner, and punters are getting ready for the likes of A$AP Rocky, Kira Puru, Noname and Skepta. But one act at this year’s festival will be performing straight off the back of a brand new album. Brockhampton are releasing their new album Iridescence – the first in a new trilogy called The Best Years Of Our Lives. Recorded in the UK at London’s Abbey Road Studios, the new record was first announced in August. Iridescence will serve as the follow-up to SATURATION III, which came out in December 2017. Expected to be released Friday September 21, their fourth studio album will feature the song ‘Tonya’, but not recently released tracks ‘1997 DIANA’, ‘1998 TRUMAN’ and ‘1999 WILDFIRE’.
AlithiA is a progressive rock/metal band from Melbourne that has been getting themselves on a lot of good gigs over the last couple of years. They’ve been on national tours in support of international leaders Leprous and The Contortionist, and have some solid European adventures under their belt. From purely a personal perspective, I never quite ‘got’ it – none of their earlier recordings really had ‘it’ for me. Years of hard work and experience (especially at such levels) can do wonders for a band, and I was actually a little surprised to find myself impressed by more than just the musicianship, however, and found myself genuinely liking their newest single ‘Empress’. The song feels like it has an identifiable point, and isn’t just a wander into progressive nothingness. I’m looking forward to seeing what the band serves up in completion on Friday October 26 with their new full-length The Moon Has Fallen.
– ‘CALIFORNIA SUN’
Perhaps one of the first punk rock reinterpretations of a pop standard to be released by a punk band, this stripped back and driving rendition of Joe Jones’ 1960 single was a clear example of the influence of classic pop on the Ramones’ sound, ultimately becoming one of their own signature songs. VERDICT: IT WORKED
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– ‘LOUIE LOUIE’
Countless bands have covered this garage-rock standard, however Black Flag’s abrasive 1980 cover drew new life and energy out of the three-chord classic. Marking the debut appearance of third vocalist Dez Cadena, this cover brought a sense of nihilism and grit to the track. While the non-melodic take on the song becomes a bit draining at times, the single fits in perfectly with the hardcore legends’ sense of humour and deconstruction of rock music. VERDICT: IT MOSTLY WORKED
BODYJAR – ‘HAZY SHADE OF WINTER’
Becoming one of their best known songs and a setlist staple, Bodyjar’s cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Hazy Shade Of Winter’ ticked all the boxes in what makes a successful cover. While the song had already taken on a more rock driven rendition previously by The Bangles, Bodyjar’s melodic and tight skate-punk brought even more life to the track. Absolute belter. VERDICT: IT WORKED
SAVE FERRIS
– ‘COME ON EILEEN’
Carmouflage Rose
One of Australia’s latest favourites is Brisbane-based songwriter Carmouflage Rose. His latest release, ‘Let Me Down’ is a tropical-flavoured hit that deals with the trials and tribulations of love, featuring LA-based artist George Maple. The duo most recently covered Kanye West’s ‘Heartless’. ‘Let Me Down’ is a taste of what to expect from his upcoming EP, called TASTE, which he’ll be touring in November with support from Sydney songwriter and producer, CXLOE. Just recently, the musician has been supporting the likes of Hayden James, Tkay Maizda, What So Not, and will be making an appearance at FOMO Festival in early 2019. With more support acts to be announced, Carmouflague Rose will be at Northcote Social Club on Friday November 2. 20 BEAT.COM.AU
Psycroptic
Psycroptic is the best band to have ever come out of Tasmania, and probably Australia’s best-ever (or at least most accomplished) death-metal band. Nearly 20 years into their career, they’re still finding ways to reinvent themselves, while still sounding like no other band. After several albums mixed by guitarist Joe Haley, As The Kingdom Drowns was mixed and mastered by Will Putney (Thy Art Is Murder, Northlane, Fit For An Autopsy), and the first single ‘We Were The Keepers’ sounds absolutely massive. I probably write about this band too much, but I love them, and always have. Check it out if you haven’t – album’s out on Friday November 9, and they’ve announced a massive national tour with Orpheus Omega around a pretty vast majority of the country.
Arguably one of the most iconic examples of the ‘90s trend of poppunk/ska bands covering pop songs, Save Ferris somehow made the Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ smash hit single even more upbeat, with the energy of countless Warped Tours and baggy shorts running through it. While this style and formula ultimately ran its course though oversaturation on teen movie soundtracks and “alternative radio”, it’s a simple reminder of where, for better or worse, punk rock has occasionally cracked through into the mainstream. VERDICT: IT WORKED BUT 99% SKA-PUNK IS DUMB SO I DON’T CARE
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Claws and Organs By Greta Brereton
Melbourne three-piece Claws and Organs have been lying low for a while. The post-punk, garage-rockers put out their first EP back in 2013 and followed up with I Am Scum and Nobody Should Love Me, before practically falling off the grid. Fast forward to 2018 and they’re back on scene, equipped with a new drummer and two new tracks. “We’ve ramped up a little bit as of late,” says singer and guitarist Dave Crowe. “We had a quiet patch for maybe 12 months, but we’ve reenergised and had a bit of a lineup change, which has been a real breath of fresh air.” Crowe, alongside Heather Thomas on bass/ vocals and Miranda Holt on drums, make up Claws and Organs as we now know them. However, the band has seen a lot of changes over the years. “Initially it was me and two other dudes, so since it started I’m the only one that’s stuck,” Crowe laughs. “Heather joined four or five years ago because I wanted to get more of a Pixies vocal. So, like the harsh male vocal, and then more of a sweet female vocal to contrast it.” Welcoming Thomas into the group helped push their sound in a new direction, forcing Crowe to approach their music in a different way. This allowed them to carve out their own style, setting themselves apart from other bands in the post-punk genre. “I think over time my songwriting has adapted to fit in with hers a lot more. It’s probably a bit more distinct rather than just run-of-the-mill garageypunk stuff we did to begin with.” Then, last year the trio had a shake up, with their former drummer deciding to give up the sticks and part ways with the group. Band break ups are often construed as messy or hostile, but Crowe insists that wasn’t the case. “It was one of those things where he wasn’t feeling it anymore,” he explains. “People vary in what they want to do and what they can commit to. We’re still friends so it’s not like it was bitter.”
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However, his departure did leave Thomas and Crowe feeling unsure about the future of Claws and Organs. They were forced to think about whether the band was something they wanted to continue with, and how much energy they could afford to invest in it. Thankfully, they were introduced to Holt by a mutual friend, and her inclusion sparked a fresh wave of inspiration for the rockers. “Once we got Miranda, our new drummer in, we went for it. It was a real reinvigorating experience, and it’s like starting a new band without having to start a new band. You’ve already got a set dynamic and it’s just finding out where that person sits within that dynamic, and that was fortunately a very easy process.” Riding that high allowed the trio to get stuck into recording new music, as well as make a triumphant return to the live circuit. Not only have they been playing gigs all over the city, but they also managed to win a spot on the VB Hard Yards lineup, and will be representing Victoria when the tour kicks off in October. “We didn’t really expect too much to come out of it to be perfectly honest,” Crowe says. “There were posters up on Facebook, online stuff everywhere, which I didn’t really notice for a while. Then we thought it actually looked like a pretty decent competition, so we thought ‘Why not give it a go? You’ve got to be in it to win it,’ and turns out we actually ended up winning.” They were one of 600 bands from Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales to enter the competition, and secured their place on the lineup through public votes. Having a tight-knit music community in Melbourne helped the three-piece
take out the win, but it also made the voting and promoting process somewhat tricky to navigate. “There are only so many opportunities that you can get so that competition element can come into it pretty easily,” explains Crowe. “When we were promoting it, someone jumped on and had a bit of a rant ‘Music’s not a competition and this, that and the other,’ which I kind of understand. “We were up against Going Swimming and Shiny Coin, who are both bands that we’ve played with in the past. So, it was almost bittersweet in a lot of ways, because when it’s such a good bunch of bands that you would love to see get this kind of attention, you wish it could go round.” The VB Hard Yards is designed to give up-andcoming bands the chance to mingle with headliners like Alex Lahey, Raave Tapes, Waax and Tired Lion, as well as gain exposure to an interstate audience. It’s undoubtedly a leg up for the group, as well as a pat on the back for what they do. “It’s a good acknowledgment for the amount of work that gets put in, for the lack of recognition a lot of the time,” Crowe says. “If you’re in a band you should be doing it because it’s fun, not because you want to become some huge megastar. Because, if we’re being honest, it’s probably not going to happen. “That’s not to say if we didn’t win we’d just be going ‘oh, this sucks’ but we’re stoked. It really helps you want to stay motivated and keep doing what you’re doing.”
“If you’re in a band you should be doing it because it’s fun, not because you want to become some huge megastar.” Catch Claws and Organs at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 13, for the Melbourne leg of VB Hard Yards. Register online for your chance to be there at the VB Hard Yards website.
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Thundamentals
“Showing vulnerability is a sign of strength…If you can show a stranger or an enemy… your weak spot, it shows you’re not paranoid about it anymore.”
Thundamentals are making hip hop hurt with I Love Songs, a bittersweet album that goes easy on the swagger. “When hip hop started, it was really inclusive,” says Brendan Tuckerman – better known as Tuka. “It’s been pretty misconstrued in mainstream media, what hip hop is. The perception that the masses might have, that it’s all about consumerism and violence and objectification of women, is a misconception.” ‘I Miss You’, the album’s first single, is a gospeltinged meditation on the loneliness of living adrift among thousands of online “friends”. Born in 1985, Tuka is part of the last generation who can recall life before social media – when new music arrived through word of mouth or late-night rage viewings. “The relationships you have online keep you in touch, but it’s not the healthiest way to keep up with someone,” Tuka says. “This phenomenon of everyone on their phones in public all the time – kids see that as normality, but, if I stop and think of myself 20 years ago, I barely used my phone at all, and I really had some serious, awesome connections with people that you didn’t have to go out of your way to maintain. These days, you can be cut off but still connected.” Though Tuka admits there’s plenty of bravado to be found in the Thundamentals back catalogue, on this album the band made an intentional decision to bare all. “Showing vulnerability is a sign of strength,” Tuka says. “If you can show a stranger or an enemy – not that I have enemies – your weak spot, it shows you’re not paranoid about it anymore. It helps community relate to one another rather than only showing your wins.” Tuka found his ideas echoed from an unlikely source: Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson, who writes, in his chart-dominating self-help book
12 Rules For Life, that standing up straight makes you seem stronger precisely because it exposes your belly, putting you in a vulnerable position. Tuka has imbibed about 50 hours of Peterson’s lectures, which run the gamut from Stalinism to Jungian readings of the Bible and deadly-earnest dissections of Pinocchio and Beauty and the Beast. Peterson drew some notice after criticising the free speech implications of a bill illegalising discrimination on the basis of “gender identity or expression” in Canada. However, he first went truly viral when videos appeared on YouTube of him calmly attempting to discuss the bill with groups of agitated protesters. Though Tuka doesn’t necessarily endorse all of Peterson’s views, he appreciates Peterson’s commitment to civilised conversation. “I don’t find Jordan Peterson going out there and starting fights,” Tuka says. “He’s trying to defuse things, but still have an opinion. I like the idea of free speech and everyone making a clear argument and not approaching it aggressively. The way [Peterson] is going about the argument, people might find offensive, but it’s not aggressive. These conversations need to happen.” Thundamentals aren’t the only musical group touched by Peterson’s influence – the lobster-loving clinician has even inspired his own nano-genre of
music: “JBPwave,” in which samples from Peterson’s lectures are set to lo-fi hip hop beats. Peterson’s message has resonated with a generation wearying of its addiction to outrage. “I’ve been so left and radical my whole life, and [Peterson] has brought me in a bit to appreciate elements of the system,” Tuka says. “The system can definitely be improved, but, let’s be real: in the last 20 years, we’ve pulled more people out of poverty than ever in history. Why is that not in the media? Why is everyone hating the world so much?” Although platforms like Twitter encourage ephemeral expressions of love or outrage that are gone and forgotten in hours, Tuka observes that formats like podcasting allow for deeper and more thoughtful discussion than legacy media. This can allow listeners to trade in easy gratification for something allowing more thoughtfulness and vulnerability. “I’ve found that the mistakes and the conflicts in my life are the things that have taught me how to win,” Tuka says. “Speaking on vulnerability is challenging hip hop and, if that’s doing something original – well, hip hop’s main theme is being original.”
Catch Thundamentals at the Forum on Saturday November 10. I Love Songs is out on Friday September 21, via High Depth/ Island/Universal.
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Oktoberfest in the West
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How did the idea for Oktoberfest in the West come about? Oktoberfest is a great celebration that’s gaining momentum in Melbourne. As an events team we had done great events at Seaworks – a massive refurbished warehouse right on the water – before, so we thought we’d turn it into the biggest Munich-style beer hall people have seen, plus add the carnival outside on the water looking out over the city. We Westies haven’t had an Oktoberfest nearby so we decided to bring it to the West. Tell us about the event? Although later in the night it’s more suited to adults, during the day is great for families. Guests will walk into the biggest beer hall they’ve seen outside of Munich, be presented with a free Stein and be engaged by all day interactive entertainment (headlined by Discovery: The Daft Punk Show). How do you create an authentic Oktoberfest experience in Melbourne? The beer hall will be amazing, the entertainment from the Schunkel Band Oompah Band and the Prahran Accordian band will set the scene. The games and audience participation will truly celebrate the Bavarian culture, while the authentic beer and food will make people feel they are right in Munich. How should we prepare for the day? Firstly don’t drive, Williamstown train station is five mins from the venue. Many people will dress up, in fact Court Jester Fancy Dress in Laverton is offering ticket holders 15% off their hire or buy. Oktoberfest in the West goes down on Saturday October 6 at Seaworks, Williamstown. Tickets via the Oktoberfest in the West website. WWW.OKTOBERFESTWEST.COM.AU
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LOToberfest One of Melbourne’s biggest permanent drinking halls is transforming itself into a German Bierhaus to celebrate Oktoberfest 2018. With authentic German cuisine, a silent disco and an offer of a free beer stein to all attendees, LOToberfest will bring a little Volkskultur to Victoria.
“Our main goal is always to create an atmosphere where guests can kick back for the day and spend time with good company.” wanting to party a little harder can chuck on a set of headphones and escape to a dance party straight out of Munich.” “Durst wird durch Bier erst schön,” goes the traditional German quip: “Through beer, thirst becomes beautiful.” LOToberfest will be putting this principle to the test with an array of beers on tap, including offerings from Rodenbach and König Pilsener. Rodenbach, a Belgian brewery specialising in Flemish red ale, is renowned for its Caractère Rouge double-matured beer, flavoured with raspberries and cherries. Also on tap will be König pilsener, a popular German brew noted for its malty flavour and subtly bitter herbal notes. For the less adventurous, a standard array of Australian beers will also be offered. LOToberfest will also be attended by a fleet of food trucks who will whet attendees’ thirst with pretzels, bratwurst, and other quintessential Deutsche delicacies. A Fritz’s Wieners truck will be on hand with their signature frankfurter served on a toasted baguette. An eclectic new addition to the Fritz’s menus is the “currywurst,” a sliced mild bratwurst topped with sauerkraut, tomato sauce and curry powder. Even Schopenhauer would have
admitted that, with a pilsener in one hand and a currywurst in the other, life is worth living. The Oktoberfest tradition has been celebrated since the marriage of the Bavarian Prince Ludwig in 1810. Since then, it has evolved into a celebration of Bavarian brewing culture and communal fraternity not at all alien to Australia. If this first LOToberfest meets expectations, it could become a recurring event. “Guests will experience authentic German Bier and food, with a uniquely Melbourne twist,” Bettio says. “At The Lot, we never take ourselves too seriously, so our main goal is always to create an atmosphere where guests can kick back for the day and spend time with good company.”
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Ascot Vale’s first silent disco will be led by DJs Lloyd Jones and Fragile Future. Special headphones will allow attendees to rock out without drawing noise complaints. DJ Lloyd Jones specialises in electro and house remixes, and has performed in clubs across Greece and the UK. Jones has appeared at the Big Reunion and the Naughty Reunion, two of the UK’s largest indoor winter festivals. He has also DJed in prominent venues including Pacha in Spain and Altromondo Studios in Remini, Italy.
A variety of Oktoberfest classic beers, including brews from Westphalia’s König Brewery. The original König pilsener is distinguished by its pale colour and ample, frothy head. Typical of Bavarian-style pilsener, König pilsener displays notes of lemon and honey, with a slight yeasty undertone. Also available will be beers from Rodenbach Brewery. Rodenbach’s classic ale is recognised for its unique fruity and slightly sour taste, reminiscent of a red wine. Rodenbach ales are aged in oak casks, and are known for their distinctive red hue. Traditional Bavarian-style beers are well matched to pretzels, bratwurst dishes, and other German Bierhaus cuisine.
The quintessentially bratty food truck seen in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Fritz’s Wiener’s specialises in German sausages served on toasted baguette bread. The standard Fritz’s frankfurter is non-spicy and can be served topped with sauerkraut, onion, tomato sauce or mustard. Other popular Fritz’s dishes include the spicy bratwurst and the mild bratwurst, both 150g beef-and-pork sausages, smoked over the wood of the manuka tree. Esoteric Fritz’s dishes include the double banger, which includes two frankfurters or bratwursts, and the currywurst, combining bratwurst and sauerkraut with tomato sauce and curry powder. Fritz’s Wieners has previous catered Australia Day celebrations at the Sydney Opera House, the Meatstock music and barbecue festival, and Sydney’s Chrome Fest auto show.
The Ascot Lot, boasting the area’s largest Biergarten, is one of Northside Melbourne’s street food icons. In typically Melburnian fashion, the Lot’s 150seat drinking hall is built entirely from recycled material and furnished with handcrafted seating and fixtures. This year, the Lot will be transformed into a miniature Munich that will aim to have Melburnians singing an ode to joy. “LOToberfest is the first Oktoberfest event to be held in Moonee Valley, with an emphasis on community and an intimate setting,” Ascot Lot owner Jacob Bettio says. “There’ll be food trucks galore, a unique Bavarian atmosphere, a silent disco along with cheap German Biers on tap. We wanted to put on an Oktoberfest event that is affordable, and accessible to all.” Another LOToberfest first will be the silent disco led by DJs Lloyd Jones and Fragile Future. Attendees will be able to pick up a pair of headphones and dive into a party atmosphere worthy of a Weimar-era cabaret without waking the neighbors. “We wanted to throw something a little different into the mix,” Bettio says. “Guests who are
LOToberfest will take place at the Ascot Lot on Saturday October 6 from 12pm. As a special offer to Beat readers, the Lot is offering 25 percent off LOToberfest tickets. To redeem this discount, enter the code “beat18” when purchasing tickets online.
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd By Zachary Snowdon Smith
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd met his true love in the showroom of the Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd. It was a ‘61 Fender Stratocaster, with a $7,000 price tag the 17-year-old couldn’t afford. “It was one of the defining moments of my life,” Shepherd recalls. “I picked up that guitar and it fit my hand like a glove. It pained me fiercely to have to walk away from that guitar when I first found it.” The next time Shepherd touched down in Hollywood, he hustled back to the Guitar Center’s vintage room to make sure the instrument was still there. “I still didn’t have the money to buy it, but I refused to leave without it,” he says. “I knew that, if I left it a second time, it wouldn’t be there again.” Shepherd managed to convince his attorney, an associate from his record label, and his father to split the cost of the guitar until he could pay them back. Over the years, Shepherd gathered a collection of unique Stratocasters, including a custom starsand-stripes model and a replica of the flowery Fender famously burned by Jimi Hendrix at Monterey, but the ‘61 Stratocaster from Sunset Blvd. remains “the one” for him. Although the instrument’s body has grown battered over the years, now displaying as much wood grain as finish, Shepherd dismisses the idea of cleaning it up. “Refurbishing it would kill it,” he says. “That’s like looking at a Picasso and going, ‘You ever thought about repainting that to make it look more realistic?’ You would just destroy everything that it is by doing that. “Every mark on that guitar is an honest scar. Those are battle scars. Every scratch, every nick and every ding on that thing has been earned. It’s like a well-seasoned cigar, a marinated steak, an aged wine. However you want to look at it, what has been accomplished in the playing of that instrument over the past 60 years is something that could never be duplicated by refurbishing it. You would be subtracting a quality that you wouldn’t be able to regain for another 60 years.”
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Shepherd’s Aussie tour – showcasing his 2017 album Lay It On Down – marks his first voyage Down Under since Bluesfest 2012. Shepherd is eager to return so he can reconnect with Australian crowds and his wife Hannah, an Adelaide native, can visit family. “I’ve always loved Australia, even before I married my wife,” Shepherd says. “The crowds have always been good to us there. Every year, I’ve been telling my agents, ‘Man, we need to be going to Australia more.’ I think I finally got the point across.” Shepherd says he keeps the Australian gold record for his 1997 release Trouble Is… on display in his living room. “The whole live experience is an exciting one, because you never really know what’s going to happen,” he explains. “I push my equipment to the limit, so sometimes things break. Things blow up. I’ve had my amp catch fire in the middle of a show before. You never know what might happen, so you just have to go out there and roll with it. “That’s the whole reason we make records: so we can bring the music to the people, in person. The band thrives off of the energy and the reaction of the fans. I don’t know if the audience realises how big an effect they can have on the show and the band’s performance just by their reaction. “We will rehearse certain structures and certain arrangements, but we always leave the opportunity open for something spontaneous to happen. It’s really about the human element in music, and playing off of one another.” Shepherd will be supported on his Australian tour by Ash Grunwald, the ARIA-nominated blues performer known for his brash, amp-warping guitar riffs and sun-faded dreadlocks. Grunwald’s music
reflects more nostalgia for the big sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s than does Shepherd’s. “He’s got a nice retro blues vibe to what he does, but it’s also very edgy,” Shepherd says of Grunwald. When Shepherd played his first headline gigs in 1992, he’d walk away after a night’s work with $200 to be split four or five ways amongst the band. Twenty-six years and three platinum records later, Shepherd is one of the highest-selling blues artists working. Streaming and online piracy, however, have bitten into album sales enough that he no longer weighs success in gold and platinum. “The old barometers for success in the music industry have been upended,” Shepherd says. “In today’s world, there’s nobody in this genre who’s going to be selling millions of records. With people streaming albums or downloading them without paying for them, it’s just not going to happen. It’s a completely different world, so you have to change how you measure success. “Today, success is not about platinum records for me. Success is about whether people are coming to see the music live, whether they’re sending me messages saying that the music touched them. That’s how you have to measure success in today’s world.” After spending the first half of 2018 away from the spotlight with his family, Shepherd has begun a series of tours that will reach into 2019. He’s also putting the finishing touches on his upcoming ninth studio album, which is “almost done”. “Good music is good music, doesn’t matter where you’re at,” Shepherd says. “The name of the game is to keep the ball rolling, release the next album, get the show on the road and then do it all over again.”
“Every mark on that guitar is an honest scar. Those are battle scars. Every scratch, every nick and every ding on that thing has been earned.” Kenny Wayne Shepherd will play the Forum with Ash Grunwald on Saturday October 6.
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Wolf and Willow By Zachary Snowdon Smith
Indie-folk duo Wolf and Willow are exploring new ground with their new single ‘Falling’ – a delicate, tremulous piece of balladry that could only have been recorded in Melbourne. ‘Falling’ will be making its formal debut at the Gasometer Hotel in October, where Wolf and Willow will be joined by indie music project the Hunter Express and folk artist Georgie Currie. “The song is intentionally choosing to look at the good in a situation as opposed to being absorbed by the bad,” vocalist Tim Richardson says. “It’s about finding the eye of the storm – wherever that may be for you – and waltzing inside of it. I’m hoping listeners can enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.” Wolf and Willow’s previous single, ‘Seaside’, climbed to number seven on Australia’s Viral Spotify charts after its release in 2016, quickly garnering over 800,000 plays. “‘Falling’ marks new territory for Wolf and Willow,” Richardson says. “From the ground up, a new writing style meant exploring our music in an unfamiliar way. Thankfully, it’s come about quite naturally – a progression and stepping stone towards what’s to come.” It’s to be the first installment in a trilogy of singles produced by Hayden Calnin – who has worked alongside fellow post-folk artists Didirri, Rieley Pierce, and Batts – and mastered by Studios 301’s Steve Smart, who has brought to life tracks from Tash Sultana, Midnight Oil and Cub Sport. The second and third installments of Wolf and Willow’s trilogy of singles are planned for release throughout 2018, each showcasing a different side of the band. “We’ve got three singles lined up and ready to go, in what will eventually lead into a further LP.” Richardson says. “Over the years of playing live together, we’ve expanded our world of sounds and the direction of our songwriting. ‘Falling’ is the
first taste of a string of tracks that really showcase everything this band is about.” Wolf and Willow’s creative history is eclectic, including a writing retreat spent in the US following shows in Nashville and across California. The duo used the time to refine their sound and craft new material for a forthcoming album. On another occasion, the duo moved into a less-than-traditional recording space to self-produce their debut EP Born to Be. “When we recorded our first EP in 2016, we built a makeshift studio in an abandoned church and recorded there,” says Richardson. “It was a chance to take control of our own music, bunker down and explore. “We’d recorded vocal takes in a backroom and sing harmonies from the back of the church – allowing this lush natural reverb to blossom up to the ceiling. It was a great way to get our music out into the world, and we’re so grateful for everyone it’s connected with. From here, it’s all about sharing our new music – which I feel is a major step up for us in terms of songwriting and production.” To celebrate the launch of ‘Falling’, Wolf and Willow will be hitting the road and taking on the Australian east coast on their most extensive tour yet, followed by a return to Melbourne for their hometown single launch show. The band have previously found a place on the lineups of grassroots festivals including Nimbin Roots Festival and Patchewollock Music Festival, and plan to do further extensive touring in 2019. “It’s always daunting going out and doing new things. But it’s important to just go out and do it. We’ve met so many new people, made new friends,
and played in situations we’d never thought we’d find ourselves in because of our DIY approach to touring. Just playing Nimbin alone gave us a lifetime of road stories that we still laugh about today.” Wolf and Willow’s single launch at the Gasometer offers a first for the band – the addition of a live string section. The band will recreate the strings that cover ‘Falling’, as well as re-arranging both old and new songs with strings too. Wolf and Willow’s musical forays take place in the context of a broader revival within the Australian folk scene that has allowed the appeal of folk to spread outside of its traditional niche. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s Gurrumul – an English and Yolngu language folk album – went triple platinum after its release in 2008, signifying the emergence of a new form of folk on the Australian scene. A diverse array of contemporary Australian folk artists have helped draw mainstream interest to the genre. It’s within this broader up swell of creative vitality and public interest in folk, that Wolf and Willow seek to make their mark. “It all centres around storytelling and music,” Richardson says. “The launch is going to be heaps of fun. Lots of storytelling, lots of laughs and, hopefully, some nice music.”
“It’s about finding the eye of the storm – wherever that may be for you – and waltzing inside of it.” Wolf and Willow will launch their new single, ‘Falling’, at the Gasometer on Tuesday October 25.
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Bruce Dickinson By Anna Rose
At the helm of a heavy metal monolith, Bruce Dickinson has seen and done it all – and then some. Frontman for Iron Maiden, an airline pilot, a beer brewer, motivational speaker, actor and international fencer, Dickinson is the epitome of a modern polymath. In his autobiography What Does This Button Do? he takes fans on a journey through the most colourful elements of his astonishing life. The book started life as a handwritten document compiled while Iron Maiden were on tour in support of The Book Of Souls. How Dickinson found the time to sleep as he took on the monumental task of relaying his more than 30 years in the industry is baffling. “I get the occasional day off,” he chuckles, “which turns out not to be a day off at all.” Seldom solitude is the Dickinson method for success. To the astonishment of his publishers, he submitted his manuscript completely handwritten. “One of the more amusing aspects of it, I had six or seven A4 pads, a hundred pages a piece and I said, ‘There you go, get someone to type it up.’” A natural storyteller, Dickinson is a delight to speak with. His delightful humour even made it to the cover of his book in a standout warning that says, ‘May contain flying heavy metal’. Such a statement, of course, triggers questions about what metal debris are contained within and what precautions people should take on approach. Laughing, Dickinson says, “The book is not one of these kiss and tell stories about sex and drugs and all the rest of it. “There are so many books like that and they’re kind of boring. They don’t have a great shelf life and I thought there’s enough going on in my life. Over the years I’ve been a professional airline pilot, I’ve gone into war zones and played shows in the middle of the war in Bosnia, I thought, well actually, there are probably some more interesting stories than just doing some, I-went-out-and-got-drunkand-couldn’t-remember-where-I-was: chapter one. Chapter two, I went and did it again, chapter three: I woke up and I didn’t know who she was.’ “I thought there had to be something more in terms of content and to try and write it with some degree of wry amusement at the world in which I’ve
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ended up working in these past umpteen years. The world of rock‘n’roll is actually quite funny – I talk about singing and the voice and how it works for me, but also there’s lots of funny stories about how we don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the music seriously.” Wry amusement is the perfect way to describe Dickinson’s brand of showmanship. When Iron Maiden performed in Australia as part of their recent world tour, Dickinson’s onstage wit was incredibly unabashed and so very typical of him; even if a publisher had told Dickinson to write about sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll, he wouldn’t have been able to do it, it’s not who he is. “There’s far more sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll going on in the average rugby club on a Saturday night than on the entire Iron Maiden tour put together. There are other ways to have fun,” Dickinson says. “We really enjoy what we do, which is play music, running around. I like to really squeeze life for all it’s worth. One chapter is about when I got diagnosed with throat cancer. It’s reasonably graphic I suppose.” In bringing up the subject of his battle with cancer, suddenly the confident, vibrant man from a few minutes ago struggles to find words – Dickinson’s former illness is evidently a difficult subject to discuss. “People tip toe around the whole topic of cancer – it’s one of those things that people are frightened of. “I do go over it in some detail [in the book]. Again, I view my disease with some quite black humoured moments, and I think people need to know that it is possible, first of all, to survive, and secondly, to view the whole process as something that you’re going through. “It’s not personal, it’s not the universe, it’s not karma, it’s not somebody’s revenge on you, it’s just shit that happens. And I think when you can accept
that, that goes a long way towards helping you to take a positive attitude towards the treatment. When I wrote the book I had to make a decision on what my mental approach was towards this disease which, actually, is a part of me. I thought, I’m going to treat it like an uninvited guest that’s walked into my body and go, ‘Thank you very much, you had your chance. You had your twopence worth, now,please kindly leave the building. Bye. See you later.’” There it is again, that wry wit and dry amusement. “I’m always a glass half full kind of guy,” he says. “I can nearly always figure out some way to put a positive on most things. There’s very little sense in taking a negative attitude on things, because where do you go after that? You have to do something. It’s living in the moment, which sounds easy to do but it’s actually very hard to do.” Touring his one-man spoken show throughout Australia in October in support of What Does This Button Do?, Dickinson won’t be putting a cap on the difficult questions. Instead, he’ll be an open book. “This is like guided stand-up,” he says. “The first half is me chatting about the book – it’s pretty animated, otherwise everybody would be half asleep – then we put out cue cards to people and say, write down questions. “Of course, I have no clue what the questions will be because that’s down to the audience. Then what I do is almost like improv, I riff on the questions as we go. It’s always surprised me, you get such fantastic questions. “Hopefully it’s uplifting, hopefully it’s funny, hopefully people can learn something different about music, about the weird world I live in. Hopefully they learn something about themselves, and hopefully I learn something about me and about them. It’s a proper two-way street.”
“There’s far more sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll going on in the average rugby club on a Saturday night than on the entire Iron Maiden tour.” Bruce Dickinson will bring his speaking tour to Melbourne, taking over Palais Theatre on Friday October 19.
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Boston Manor The age-old adage “good things come to those who wait” couldn’t be truer for Blackpool’s own Boston Manor. Off the back of their highly-anticipated second LP Welcome to the Neighbourhood, the five-piece will spend the rest of 2018 jumping from continent to continent, landing firmly on Aussie soil for the first time this summer. “We have a lot of friends in Australia and everyone talks about Melbourne’s coffee,” vocalist Henry Cox says. “So, we will have to have a cup while we’re hanging out. “Blackpool, where we live, is right next to the sea but I’m sure you have much nicer beaches in Australia.” Cox says some of the bleaker moments on Welcome to the Neighbourhood were inspired by their hometown. “It’s become really dilapidated in some parts of the city – there are drugs and the unemployment rate goes to 40 percent in winter. It can be pretty, but it’s still not a nice place in summer. It can be truly post-apocalyptic at times, but we’ve grown up around it so we’re kind of used to it.” The darker themes in the lyrics are beautifully complemented by the band’s ever-evolving influences. “In terms of musical inspiration for this record we were in a totally different place. We were listening to a lot of ‘90s alternative rock,” Cox says. “A lot of Deftones, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. “We also listened to a fair bit of blues and rockier stuff like Queens of the Stone Age, but when it comes to the electronic and industrial stuff we are all into Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy and Pitchshifter. We love the more obscure electronic and heavy bands from the early ‘90s and late ‘80s.”
“We thought if we’re going to do this let’s be fearless and throw caution to the wind.” Following on from the success of their debut album Be Nothing, Boston Manor found their voice on Welcome to the Neighbourhood. “Without sounding arrogant, we knew we were making something that we were really excited about and it was definitely a much bigger project than the last record. We basically wrote the album twice. We wrote the first incarnation of the record and it wasn’t really what we wanted, so we scrapped almost the whole thing a couple of months before we went into the studio,” he says. “We thought if we’re going to do this let’s be fearless and throw caution to the wind. We were dipping our toes in, but we wanted to take the plunge and go the whole hog with it. It was a really exciting time.” Despite the undeniable influence of all things British on this record, Welcome to the Neighbourhood was produced and recorded across the pond in New Jersey with Mike Sapone (Taking Back Suday, Mayday Parade, Public Enemy) at the helm. “We recorded it in this weird little town called Lake Hopatcong in northern New Jersey. “It’s a tiny place,” Cox explains. “There’s a deli across the street, one gas station and a bar, and that’s all
they have in the whole town. It’s very remote and we were there in January so literally two weeks out of the month we were snowed in and we couldn’t leave the studio, but it was great because there were definitely no distractions and it fit the bleak sound of the record pretty well. We went there because it’s a studio that Mike works out of a lot. It had all the things we needed, and they were really accommodating.” “We did post-production in October and it was still kind of sunny and warm, and we’d get up at six in the morning and go kayaking on the lake – but when we came back to finish the album the whole lake was frozen over. It was totally different – it was an experience for sure.” From the frozen lakes of the US to the sunny east coast of Australia, Boston Manor wrap up their world tour at Good Things Festival in December. “We are buzzing. None of us have ever been to Australia before. I’m not going to lie – there’s some definite touristy shit that we’re going to do like hold a Koala and shit,” Cox laughs. BY NATALIE ROGERS
Listener
“Putting things out into the world has consumed my whole life in its own way. It’s been just as much of a joy as it has been a job.”
Arkansas natives Listener have spent the 2010s carving their particular niche of so-called “talk music,” in which prolix spoken word is pitted against soundscapes ranging from bustling indierock to pensive ambience. It’s hard to believe Listener started as a solo project back in 2002, with no real connection to its current form. A left-of-centre hip-hop project for one Dan Smith, the aspiring MC had a unique perspective on the genre that would eventually blossom into 2003’s Whispermoon LP. “In the early days, I was just trying to make art that was interesting to me,” Smith says. “That’s still more or less the same now, even though it’s quite different musically. In those days, I was coming out of high school and into my college years. I wanted to make hip hop with a bit of an indie side to it – not avantgarde, but different enough from what was going on in hip hop at the time. I was happy to make that music, but the time came for me to move on from it and see what would happen if I tried writing and creating in different ways.” Over time, Listener would expand its ranks to include a full band and expand its collective horizons to deeper, more experimental sounds. Around 2013, Smith began playing in addition to his frontman duties. Having served primarily as a standalone vocalist up to that point, Smith knew it would be a challenge to take on a multi-tasking role within the project. “It was a bit tough when I first changed over,” he admits.
Catch Boston Manor when they play Good Things Festival at Melbourne Showgrounds, on Friday December 7, also featuring The Offspring, Babymetal, All Time Low, The Used, and more.
“I don’t think playing guitar or playing bass quite comes naturally to me. Growing up, I was always playing horns in the school jazz band, playing concert music and that sort of thing. Getting up there now and singing, playing bass and occasionally playing horn as well is a weird mix. If it was just me up there, it would sound terrible. Thankfully, I’m surrounded by a group of very talented guys – every night, we get to go up there and make noise together.” Said noise-making most recently culminated in Being Empty : Being Filled, the eighth Listener album, which hit shelves back in February. Rather than a scattershot look at the world around Smith and co., the album instead focuses in on the world of inventions. “When you make something or put something out into the world, you don’t exactly know how it will go or where it will take you,” explains Smith. “You don’t know how it will change you or how it will affect other people. It could be anything – making art, having children, the work you do, the things you say. I was looking at the idea of invention from that perspective, but on a larger scale as well. There’s a song about Levi Strauss – talking about work clothes, how that affected the way we dress. I was researching
different inventions, the people that made them and the ripples that they made in the world.” When queried about the inspiration to go down this particular rabbit hole, Smith simply lays down the facts: “I like a challenge,” he says, “and I like a good concept record. I wanted to share these stories, especially considering so many of these inventors would put their entire lives into the things that they made. It was their whole being – this beautiful, tragic thing. I saw myself in that – putting things out into the world has consumed my whole life in its own way. It’s been just as much of a joy as it has been a job.” For now, this job brings Listener to Australia for the very first time. Although the band have previously played in New Zealand, the land Down Under has remained elusive. “I’m sorry about that,” laughs Smith. “There’s been a few offers on the table in the past, but we had to say no due to one thing or another – we were either between album cycles or off doing other projects, things like that. When this one came up, we all agreed that we wanted to make it work. We’re all very excited to be coming down.””
Listener will take over the Reverence Hotel on Saturday October 6, with Treehouses.
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Three Phase Music
“The complex has been built in such a way that you only have to concern yourself with one thing and one thing only – your music.”
The phrase ‘rehearsal room’ usually strikes fear and reluctance into the hearts of many musicians. Chances are if you’ve ever been in one, those two words immediately bring to mind a labyrinth of rooms in a converted warehouse with carpets that smell of bongwater, a half working pedestal fan in the corner, a dodgy PA with most of the channels not working, broken mic stands held together with gaffa tape, leads that may or may not work, and microphones that a thousand other people have had their mouths on them. Hardly conducive to a creative environment. Sound familiar? If you’ve ever been in a band it probably will. Three Phase Music’s General Manager Liz Thomas knew Melbourne needed a new, clean working space for musicians both experienced and starting out. Thomas took many of these issues into account when building Three Phase Music – a brand new rehearsal complex from the ground up. Three Phase is conveniently located on Tinning Street in West Brunswick – directly off Sydney Road. What immediately impresses you is the loading dock at the front, and not one step (not counting the mezzanine level, more about that later) and the wide open, sunny, and airy space at the centre of the building. On the right is the office where to the delight of many is a full bar with local beers on tap and several red and white wines available. Looking past that is an espresso machine that would take pride of place in any cafe on Sydney Road or Brunswick Street. Thomas tells me all staff have their RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) certificates as well
as full barista training. So if the studio is open, you can get a drink or a coffee. Pretty damn civilised. There will also be food available with vegetarian and vegan options. Now of course we move on to the studios. The rooms are in three sizes – small, medium and large – which can accommodate any combination from a duo to a big band comfortably. All rooms either have polished floorboards (great for location or guerrilla recording) or new carpets with modern furnishings and independently controlled air conditioning – no more freezing winter days or purgatorial summer heat. All rooms are fitted with new PAs, the website boasting “you’ll never complain about not hearing vocals again.” Further details and rates can be found via their website. The complex is open seven days a week from midday until midnight (with the exception of Saturdays when it closes at 6pm.) There is a large kitchen area with free tea and coffee and a microwave. Past that is a back yard/beer garden which will be hosting events in the warmer months. The mezzanine level is exclusively for taking time out and relaxing, with comfy retro couches, a
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When did you first start making music and what led you there? BJL formed nearly five years ago. I guess we all had the same goals and dreams. We wanted to make music and have the best time doing it. What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned since starting out? Communication is a huge thing, you want to be able to have open lines while creating. And just having fun. If you’re not having fun and you don’t love it, there’s no point. What do you love about making music? There’s no better feeling than creating something that people enjoy. And music goes deeper than that. One day we received a message from a girl that told us our songs were getting her through hard times. That was a really inspiring message, it made the hard work worthwhile. Tell us about some of the hard yards you’ve had to put in to navigate the music industry? We have played countless shows, for little money. Sometimes to no one. Sometimes to a packed room. But no matter what the show is, it all added to our experience and how we work as a team. Also being spread from GC and Brisbane for so long we have spent hours driving back and forth for practice and for gigs. What’s can we expect from your debut album? We’ve spent a long time on this album and quite a bit of time writing a whole stack of new material. We’ll release the first single on Friday September 28. Catch Being Jane Lane at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 13, for the
stereo and a pool table. Thomas says plans at Three Phases are afoot to also hold social occasions and art exhibitions to expand what is already a thriving scene of music, art, dance, and drama. As with all good studios, Three Phase Music will be offering a comprehensive range of accessories including leads, straps, strings, picks, capos, drum sticks, skins and all the other essentials that seem to disappear into that strange place in the universe where all the odd socks, Bic lighters and pens end up. You can also rent guitar amps, bass amps, and drum kits for your rehearsal. Next time you’re looking for a place to rehearse, record or film, put Three Phase Music at the top of your list. The complex has been built in such a way that you only have to concern yourself with one thing and one thing only – your music.
Find Three Phase Music at 8 Tinning St, Brunswick. For booking information, head to their website.
BY MATT DWYER
Paper Thin
MUSIC
When did you first start making music and what led you there? I watched the full 11 minutes and 48 seconds of Green Day’s ‘Jesus Of Suburbia’ music video and that was pretty much it for me. I started going to shows when I was 14 at a place called The Loft Youth Venue, and it really inspired me to learn guitar and get up onstage myself. What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned since starting out? I think managing expectations has been a big lesson to learn, and one I’m still learning. From learning guitar, to writing songs, and booking tours; you’re never going to perfect something the first time, and you have to be prepared to roll with the punches. What do you love about making music? Everything. I feel extremely lucky that I get to make music with some of my best friends. Songwriting has also been a really positive outlet for me, and helps me manage my mental health. Tell us about some of the hard yards you’ve had to put in to navigate the music industry? The other two members of Paper Thin hold down some pretty serious day jobs; so one of our initial challenges was working out how to do as much as we can outside of the regular 9-5. Getting the balance down has been tricky; but I think we’re getting closer. What’s coming next in the world of Paper Thin? We have two live videos dropping any second. We recorded ‘When You Call’ and one new song with our friends at Woodriver Studios in Newcastle.
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Catch Paper Thin at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 13, for the Melbourne leg
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Live Jack River – Photo by Dylan Martin
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Photo by David Harris Photography
Unknown Mortal Orchestra The Forum, Wednesday September 12
Portland-Auckland group Unknown Mortal Orchestra were one of the last bands to rise to prominence in the now-antiquated blogosphere paradigm, pioneered by acts like Vampire Weekend. They were enigmatic outsiders with a genuinely original psychfunk hybrid. The band’s eponymous debut wielded a measly production budget as an aesthetic veil but the robust pop songwriting of bandleader Ruban Neilson and his virtuosic guitar playing was too potent for it to last. The shimmering success of 2015’s Multi Love was an inevitable turn, setting a new entrance point for UMO without cultish or low-fi affectations and was a new creative peak. At the Forum on UMO’s Sex and Food tour, the crowd was reminded Neilson had kept a firm finger on the underground pulse when neoclassical ambient doom duo Divide and Dissolve were announced as support. Neilson emerged scruffily bearded, with a dark robe over skin tight-leggings and dorky kicks, hauling a half drunk bottle of Tequila and his iconic red Fender Jaguar. The distinct brand of UMO psychedelia innate in Neilson’s guitar tone on ‘From the Sun’ opened the set to laidback singalong, his voice far clearer than the fuzzed up recording. The phaser shred of the track’s guitar solo led him to walk through the entire sold-out Forum crowd without missing a single whoozy note, as a very flustered stagehand followed him with a portable fluorescent light. The first chunk of the set was largely dedicated to running classics of UMO’s much loved first three records, carried with muted confidence. Neilson’s stage-attitude was initially mildly alienating – ‘Ffunny Ffriends’ was played at a languishing tempo while ‘Necessary Evil’ lacked its bright metallic horns – though his guitar playing was consistently transfixing. The future lounge-stylings of Sex and Food highlight ‘Ministry of Alienation’ heightened the chemical-pop contained within his playing and brought the set to
speed. ‘So Good at Being in Trouble’ followed and was another early peak, its lovelorn croons appealing to the widest cross section of the crowd. The few bangers of UMO’s repertoire aren’t his most popular tracks, however they proved to be a dazzlingly effective mid-set diversion, punching through ‘Nerve Damage!’, ‘Major League Chemicals’ and ‘American Guilt’. ‘Nerve Damage!’ remained one of Neilson’s best experiments – a flanger-fed punk-shred and absurdist rant (“We got pistachio riflemen, We got a leopard skin motorcade, We gotta wipe the wipers”) while ‘American Guilt’s craggy crunch was a hightempo political meditation. UMO’s live band is a transient one, as Australia hasn’t seen the same lineup return twice, however 2018’s cast was undeniably one of the best. Reliably able to grasp tempo after Neilson fumbled his frenetic noodling on ‘Multi Love’ and party to his showmanship (including a bold tequila-fueled breakdance splitz) the group comfortably kept out of the limelight. The encore somewhat signposted how Neilson writes now, and will likely continue to write; gone is low-fi blog-rock and in is lucid ruminations on 21st century love and personal politics. Both Sex and Food tracks ‘Everybody Acts Crazy These Days’ and ‘Hunnybee’ built off the manifesto of closer and Multi Love favourite ‘Can’t Keep Checking My Phone’ – disco-inflected and defiantly forward-thinking psychedelia. BY JOSHUA MARTIN HIGHLIGHT: ‘Can’t Keep Checking My Phone’ and ‘American Guilt’. LOWLIGHT: The moody renditions of early hits. CROWD FAVOURITE: Neilson’s guitar solo through the entire Forum crowd.
Jack River
The Corner Hotel, Wednesday September 12 The absolutely loveable Jack River proved herself to be anything but ‘Fool’s Gold’ when she took to The Corner stage. The 26-year-old is the real deal, and her talent was dazzling.
She had two supports along for the night, the first of which was the charming Annie Hamilton. River and Hamilton are actually housemates, so there was a lot of love between these two. Hamilton released her debut single ‘Fade’ earlier this year, which she sung live in her sweet, soft-spoken vocals. Considering it’s the only track she’s released, she held her own for the full-length set, and it’ll be exciting to see what comes next from the budding artist. Jess Kent was the second support, throwing a little bit of spice into the mix. The British-born, Australian musician is a bit of a genre-bender, mashing together elements of rap, hip hop and pop to create her sound. Tracks like ‘Get Down’ and ‘Bass Bumps’ delivered thumping beats, while others were more stripped back, showcasing her sugary voice. She played a mix of old and new tunes, including her latest release ‘Girl’, which was a treat given it hadn’t yet dropped by the date of the gig. It was a pretty impressive turn out for a Wednesday night, and the venue was packed by the time Jack River took to the stage. Her band appeared first, dressed in matching white silk shirts, before being joined by the singer herself. River was a vision in a glittery pink frock, which shone and shimmied around her as she made her way through opening track, ‘Ballroom’. She continued the set with some older tunes, ‘Palo Alto’ and ‘Talk Like That’, from her Highway Songs No.2 EP, before pausing to introduce her band (which included a reappearance from Annie Hamilton on guitar). River’s joy was palpable as she addressed the crowd, her broad smile and humble words making her even more endearing. Selling out a mid-week gig at The Corner Hotel is an exciting achievement for any musician, but particularly since she had played to a smaller audience at Howler earlier in the year, so this was an evident step up for the singer. She was clearly in awe of the number of people who had come to watch her perform, gushing her thankyous to the room. Next up was ‘Limo Song’, which kicked off a string of tracks from her debut album, Sugar Mountain. The record was a very personal project for River, and she took the time to introduce each song, explaining the stories behind them and her various inspirations. This kind of crowd interaction made it feel as though
she was inviting everyone into her mind for the night, fostering a connection between the artist and the audience beautifully. While she sung her way through tracks like ‘Constellation Ball’, ‘Stardust and Rust’ and ‘In Infinity’, orb shaped lights around the stage flickered and glowed, reminiscent of planets or stars in the solar system. This seemed like a pretty pointed display considering River’s infatuation with the cosmos is a recurring theme on Sugar Mountain, and it made the performance feel dreamy and otherworldly. Similarly, the use of coloured lighting, with neon pinks, blues and purples illuminating the singer as she moved around the stage, gave the same tones that feature on a lot of her cover art. After playing ‘Fields’, she and the band disappeared off the stage for what could have been the end of the show, but everyone knew there was more to come. Sure enough, they quickly reappeared, breaking into ‘She’s So High’, a track which River has covered before at her shows, and always draws a huge response from the crowd. Everyone started clapping along for the final chorus, and even the band stopped playing their instruments momentarily to join in. The night wrapped up with none other than ‘Fool’s Gold’, which River poured the last of her energy into. As she thanked everyone again for coming, there was nothing but genuine gratitude emanating from the singer. As well as being exceptionally talented, River is just a straight-up lovely human being, and that’s what will see her selling out many more shows to come. BY GRETA BRERETON
‘Constellation Ball’. Nothing. CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Fool’s Gold’. HIGHLIGHT: LOWLIGHT:
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Album of the Week (Chapter Music/Secretly Canadian/Inertia)
Singles With Augustus Welby
Julia Holter
Julia Holter
I Shall Love 2 (Domino) ‘I Shall Love 2’ is a leading example of how high and low art can be merged without forsaking potency. It’s difficult to imagine a more transporting piece of music, at least one that doesn’t necessitate clearing your schedule in order to listen. Holter begins the track in a quiet place with a curious if undecided air. By its conclusion she sounds unassailably free, unleashing a crescendo of strings, percussion and reverb-soaked vocals that wouldn’t sound out of place on the new Spiritualized album. It’s exactingly composed and breeds a feeling as plainly joyous as any pop song you’ll hear.
Joey Purp
Elastic (Independent) I shudder to think how much a Pharrell production costs. But Joey Purp has a knack for generating Neptunes-vibes without breaking the bank. ‘Elastic’, from Purp’s Quarterthing LP, isn’t the Chicago MC’s first track to interpolate Pharrell’s hyperorganic party squelch, but it’s not held down in mere homage. Purp’s natural flair behind the mic allows him to outstrip his influences, feigning a tone of disinterest as he contemplates potential sexual partners.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kizunami (Warner Music Japan) Kawaii your heart out. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is nothing if not consistent. ‘Kizunami’ is a bubbly, childlike pop song boasting synthesised production that’s glossy to the point of being artificial. Well, in essence it is artificial, but it’s also tastefully executed, which prevents it sounding insincere. It’s also blindingly catchy even if you haven’t a clue what Pamyu’s saying. And although lacking any distinct vocal power, the Japanese superstar makes a direct impression by virtue of her clean, unstrained delivery.
The Goon Sax
Bands holding honorary positions in the cardigandraped indie-pop pantheon often channel their romantic frustration into fictional whimsy, riddled with references to obscure English poets.
Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton
Being With You (Osborne Again) Goodness bursts at the seams of this simple song about the joy of being with someone. One assumes it’s Emma and Lachlan celebrating their creative and romantic partnership, but even so, there’s nothing schmaltzy about it. That’s partly thanks to the rollicking garage-pop arrangement, which instructs you to turn off the news, put down your goddamn phone and appreciate the good shit right in front of you. Find it on the Osborne Again compilation, Stay Inside.
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9.0
We’re Not Talking
Brisbane trio The Goon Sax are similarly romantically dispossessed, yet on their second LP We’re Not Talking they own their naked confessionals with unpretentious modern honesty. The Goon Sax’s low-fi faux-naivety on their debut Up to Anything allowed some to dismiss them as cutesy, but ‘Make Room for Love’ immediately establishes they no longer languish under the low-fi umbrella. A teeth chattering rhythm drenched in sugary melancholy is the record’s instrumental constant, manifesting in pattering percussion, rim hits and the jittery organ on the almost laughably gorgeous ‘Losing Myself ’. The record traverses the minutia of emotional breakdown from a panoramic array of angles. It should technically make for a mournful listen; each song despairs in an inability to communicate, repair or rebuild, yet The Goon Sax invariably manage to endear, each chorus unfurling into string-laden clarity and social catharsis. By the record’s conclusion ‘Til the End’, the band haven’t resolved relationship troubles, nor hit miraculous epiphany, rather accepting sometimes things just won’t work. ‘Sleep EZ’ is the record’s shimmering centrepiece, drummer Jones and bassist James Harrison get their share of the vocals on the record, their sweetly deadpan personalities synonymous with Forster’s words. Harrison sings the bitingly self deprecating ‘She Knows’ (“I wanna know what you think of me, because I don’t know what I think about me”) while James’ searching turn on ‘Strange Light’ ponders a vulnerable suburban love. The Goon Sax have crafted a consummate work of distinctly Australian indie-pop, and solifiied them as one of Australia’s best recording artists. BY JOSHUA MARTIN
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Albums
6.0
Let’s Go Sunshine
The Kooks are back with their first album in four years. The result meanders its way to being good enough, but never quite reaches the heights of their earlier work. Let’s Go Sunshine is 15 tracks of indie-rock that has all the ingredients of a great Kooks album – plenty of hooks and riffs and soaring choruses – but it lacks that special quality that made albums like Konk and Inside In/Inside Out the classics that they went on to become. Let’s Go Sunshine is like a cake without the icing. Lead single ‘All The Time’ comes across as overproduced, and while the track itself is very well written, it seems like it’s soul was removed by some overzealous folks behind a mixing board. The album does have its moments, with tracks like ‘Chicken Bone’ showing glimpses of what should have been possible, and ‘Honey Bee’ has some fun with a very Paul Simon-esque groove. After four years, perhaps expectations were just too high for the next The Kooks release, but with Let’s Go Sunshine, they haven’t quite delivered. Despite flirting with quality, the album never quite hits the high notes we all hoped it would. BY NATHAN QUATTRUCCI
Troye Sivan
(Dew Process/UMA)
(EMI Music Australia)
(Lonely Cat / AWAL Recordings)
The Kooks
Tkay Maidza
9.0
Bloom
Troye Sivan is one of the greatest Australian pop artists since Kylie Minogue. While Sivan’s 2016 Blue Neighbourhood was an ode to his adolescence, his latest Bloom is a celebration of his young adulthood as a gay man. And it is a masterpiece. Bloom’s singles are a mixture of pop anthems (‘Bloom’, ‘Dance to This’ feat. Ariana Grande) and ballads (‘The Good Side’, ‘Animal’), but the unsung heroes of this album are the unassuming album cuts like ‘Lucky Strike’, ‘Seventeen’ and ‘Plum’. ‘Postcard’ (feat. Gordi) laments a love gone south due to apathy, pairing Sivan’s naturally high vocals with Gordi’s broken rasp; “I sent you a postcard from Tokyo, baby…You didn’t give a fuck.” Closing track ‘Animal’ is the most heart-wrenching track on Bloom; Sivan is in a new relationship, and the pair are mutually infatuated. A soft piano tune weaves throughout while synths waver in and out Frank Ocean style. Sivan promises, “I’ll die to care for you…and as the days fly by, we’ll be more than getting through.” Troye Sivan should be as proud of this album as Australia should be of him – that is, extraordinarily so. One of the strongest pop releases of 2018, if not the strongest. BY LEXI HERBERT
7.5
Last Year Was Weird Vol. 1
Tkay Maidza has been a major contributor to the Australian hip hop scene ever since her foot-stomping anthem ‘Brontosaurus’ dropped in 2013. Her impressive debut album Tkay popped with joyous energy and created ripples of recognition for the young performer that skipped far beyond her hometown of Adelaide and saw her feature heavily on the festival circuit. Opening track ‘Big Things’ is a nod to the reggae music Maidza listened to growing up, and as an aside, its cruisy, laidback quality would have fit perfectly on the Cool Runnings soundtrack. Maidza’s rapping strength and skill in using interesting lyrical connections and hard-hitting rhymes is especially evident on snappy first single ‘Flexin’ (feat DUCKWRTH),’ while tracks ‘Lullabies’ and ‘Say It’ offer some lovely softer moments. Stand out ‘White Rose’ showcases Maidza’s beautiful warm tones and soulful energy while ‘Growing Up’ packs in fistfuls of personality and might just be the catchiest track on the album. With Last Year Was Weird Vol. 1, Maidza has noticeably grown, walking the walk and talking the talk of a self-assured woman, and with that she has created a record with greater lyrical presence that is full of sass, confidence and promise. BY MARY GLEEKO
(ABC Music/Universal)
Runaway
(Alt. Music Group)
(Black Crow Records)
Passenger
8.5
Kaiit
Live From Her Room
8.5
Passenger is prolific when it comes to producing music. The English singer-songwriter has released ten albums over the past eight years, growing a worldwide following with his poignant lyrics and soft vocals. His latest offering Runaway is much of the same but why change when you do it so well? The 20-track album is a mix of studio and live recordings, with the polished songs first, all well produced and composed with backing instruments, and then the stripped back versions he does so well. These are where Passenger’s talent really shines, as he plucks and strums his way through the tracks. There’s an Americana influence on this album, with folk and country roots. It’s particularly prevalent in tracks like ‘Hell or High Water’, ‘Why Can’t I Change’ and ‘Eagle Bear Buffalo’, peppered with that familiar Western twang. The latter is a kind of love song for the US itself, specifically Yellowstone national park, where he sings “I wanna go where the sun sinks low/Eagle, Bear, and Buffalo.” As well as being a talented vocalist and instrumentalist, Passenger is one hell of a songwriter. If he hadn’t made that clear enough already on his other albums, he definitely has with Runaway.
If you want to fall into a trance and be immersed into the mind and bedroom of a strong woman, Kaiti’s new E.P Live From Her Room is the hallucinogenic for you. Complete with reflections on friendships and relationships both past and present, Kaiit paints a picture of a woman who understands her worth, appreciating those who come into her life to improve it while carefully removing those who are toxic. It’s easy to be lost in Kaiit’s hypnotic vocals, yet underneath lies an array of musical elements including dynamic drumming, funky bass lines, complementary guitar and cameos from many more instruments and vocal effects. ‘Natural Women’ is an unsubtle nod to Aretha Franklin’s classic hit and a dedication to an attentive and benevolent lover. Contrastingly, ‘OG Luv Kush’ and ‘OG Luv Kush pt.2’ are an essay of reasons to leave a relationship and in spite of the listed problems, Kaiit shows her strength in character. Live From Her Room knows exactly what it is and doesn’t attempt to be anything else. Its sincerity radiates through the informal interludes placed within Kaiit’s purposeful ability to miss a rhyme to expand her message.
BY GRETA BRERETON
BY SCOTT HUDSON
Mojo Juju
Native Tongue
9.0
They say the mark of a true artist is their ability to express something real; something genuinely and unmistakably them. Mojo Juju couldn’t be more real on her third solo release Native Tongue, cementing her place amongst Australia’s truest, most authentic artists today. Juju has spent the past two decades as everything from a seasick troubadour to a greasedup heartbreaker, but here it feels as if she has finally managed to strip back the grand conceptualism of her past incarnations and just be the story. From the instant the hauntingly beautiful choral vocals begin to mesmerise the listener on the title track (courtesy of the Pasefika Vitoria Choir), you can feel it in your bones – this is vital. This is passion, protest, love and anger distilled and it hits like a ten tonne hammer. Through the boozy swagger of tracks like ‘Shut Your Mouth’, the future-funk banger ‘Far Too Late’ and the downright harrowing ‘1000 Years’, Juju exorcises an entire lifetime of displacement and systemic oppression, reaching deep down into the pit of her stomach and pulling up everything she can get her hands around. Native Tongue is an absolute master-class, so make a point to hear this album. BY JOSHUA TURK
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FEATURED GIGS
Gig Guide Wednesday 19 Sep INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
BEAR BLUE + HALF THE ANDES + TRUDIE POTTER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
ALINTA CHIDZEY + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat
BLEND + BLEACH + MEANDER + ANTIVIOLET Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $9.20. BYO VINYL NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Mr Wow's Emporium, Fitzroy.
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO
CARE FACTOR + THE DIZZY KIDS + MONKEY BUNZ Bendigo Hotel,
DANIEL WELTLINGER QUARTET Paris
Kerryn Fields
Kerryn Fields The Drunken Poet New Zealand folk singer Kerryn Fields is returning from her debut Canadian tour, and will be stopping by Australia before she heads home. Taking to The Drunken Poet on Wednesday September 19, Fields will be joined by local singer-songwriter Janine Marshall. Catch it all from 8pm and enjoy free entry, too.
Northies Swamplands Bar Affectionately touted the Northies, Northern Voices choir are set to take over Swamplands on Wednesday September 19. Slinging renditions from everyone from George Ezra to Bjork to Soundgarden, this is shaping up to be a real feel-good way to get over hump day. Counterfeit Milk will open with a set at 7pm, and entry is free.
Reel Tapes The Evelyn Indie alt-rock rock act Reel Tapes are set to take over The Evelyn on Thursday September 20. Taking influence from the likes of Wavves, Jack White, The Doors and Rory Gallagher, you’ll want to get around these guys. Kicks off at 8pm for an easy $7 at the door.
Aidan Rolfe Yarra Hotel After a decade of playing around in local bands, Aidan Rolfe has set out on a solo venture and will be taking to the Yarra Hotel to celebrate. You can catch his new folk-pop acoustic sound on Thursday September 20, with William Elm and Tess Guthrie on support duties. Doors swing open at 7.30 and entry is $10.
$8.
7pm.
Collingwood. 8pm. $12. FLOGS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. G FLIP + YERGURL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. SANDY DISH + MUDPUNCH + GUTTER GIRLS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $10. THE HUNTER EXPRESS + JAMES MCUFFIE + SPIRITUS Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 7pm. $10.
THE OVERHEADS + HOUSE DEPOSIT + BABEY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5. THOMY SLOANE & LUCY WALDRON + DARK FAIR Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ADE ISHS TRIO - FEAT: VINTAGE ROOTS (WITH MINTI) Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. CLAIRE CROSS The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20. HIGH BINDER + POCKET DEEP Open Studio, Northcote. 7:30pm. $8.
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $20.
SPRING SOULSTICE - FEAT: JOURDAIN + UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE + ISADORA Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.
7:30pm. $5.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
Thursday September 20 will see Melbourne bands Mylk and Mona Bay join forces for a belter at The B. East. It’ll come as Mylk’s last live show for the year, so make sure to head down to catch them before they go into hibernation. Music from 9.30pm and best of all, entry is free.
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8pm. $6.
Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25. FULTON STREET Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.
HEAVY PENALTY + CACARTUA + BLUE SHIVOO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. HETTY KATE Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.
JASON MARSALIS & THE 21ST CENTURY TRAD BAND Bird's Basement,
Melbourne. 8:15pm. $45.
PHOEBE DAY + JOEL SENA Toff In
Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $15.
RUBY PAGE & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne.
6:30pm.
SWEETHEARTS Workers Club (geelong),
Geelong. 8pm. $10.
THE HANDLE BARS Bar Open, Fitzroy.
7pm.
THE SIMONTOLOGISTS The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AARON SCHEMBRI BAND (WITH MICK HAMILTON) Musicland, Fawkner.
Melbourne. 8pm. $49.90.
Melbourne. 8:15pm. $45.
Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.
Mylk + Mona Bay The B. East
BUMPY + HANNAH MCKITTRICK + FRANCIS TAIT Open Studio, Northcote.
JULIEN WILSON QUARTET + FLORA CARBO TRIO + JONATHAN COOPER QUINTET 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. NARDIA ROSE BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club,
THE PLAIN BLACK T-SHIRTS Compass
The Kite Machine are amidst an east coast tour for their stomping new single ‘Sinister Sound’, which will see them come into The Gaso upstairs on Thursday September 20. Featuring special guests Twisted Willows and Zuma, this is gearing to be bombastic. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are $10 via the Facebook event.
Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
7:30pm. $15.
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.
The Kite Machine Gasometer Hotel
Hotel, South Melbourne. 7pm.
JASON MARSALIS & THE 21ST CENTURY TRAD BAND Bird's Basement,
THE CB3 + SILVERBACK Horse Bazaar,
The Kite Machine
Thursday 20 Sep
DANNIE BOURNE Transit, Melbourne
Cbd. 6pm. FOOLS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8pm. JANINE MARSHALL Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. KERRYN FIELDS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. KICKASS KARAOKE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9pm. LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: DAN HALL + BEN SMITH + SONIA SERIN + PAUL TEHOVNIK Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 8pm.
ANDREW MCMAHON + JACK R. REILLY + ZAC CLARK Max Watt's, BYO VINYL NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Mango Lounge Bar, Moonee
Ponds. 7pm.
BYO VINYL NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Little Hop, Fitzroy. 7pm. DAG Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8pm. ESSIE HOLT + CHARLZ + SANNIA
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $12.
FLAGPOLE VILLAINS + TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS + ACOUSTIC FOXX
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm.
FUNK DANCING FOR SELF DEFENCE + SALTY JACK + HONEST LIVES Tote
Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. G FLIP + YERGURL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. GRADUAL + RICK HART TRIO + ANGUS LEGG Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. INFRAGHOSTS + BOATS Post Office
Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. JACK LADDER Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. JACK LADDER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $20. MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.
MICHELLE CHANDLER 3 + TEACUP RHINO + MILLER Wesley Anne, Northcote.
8pm. $15.
MUDDY'S BLUES ROULETTE - FEAT: PAUL SLATTERY Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm. NORTHERN VOICES + COUNTERFEIT MILK Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 7pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black,
MYLK + MONA BAY The B.east,
OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black,
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $7.
Brunswick. 7:30pm. Brunswick. 7:30pm.
OPEN MIC NIGHT + VARIOUS ARTISTS
Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 5pm.
Brunswick East. 9pm.
PEAK TWINS + SARAH MARY CHADWICK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm. REEL TAPES + 6FOOT INCH + WATERBIRD + LOOSE MOOSE Evelyn SOFT RUBBISH + DARK WATER + BONO ONO Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. STOKA + ODD TASTES + TALL RELATIVES + QUADMOCH Revolver
Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. $5.
TERRIBLE SIGNAL + DADA ONO + DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE Tote
Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm.
THE BLEEDING FLARES + NOUGHTS + B!AND Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,
North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10.
THE KITE MACHINE + TWISTED WILLOWS + ZUMA Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. $12.50.
THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK AIDAN ROLFE + TESS GUTHRIE + WILLIAM ELM Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.
7:30pm. $10.
CITRUS JAM Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. GREG CHAMPION Caravan Music Club,
Bentleigh East. 7:30pm. $15.
HANNAH BLACKBURN + HUGH FUCHSEN Some Velvet Morning, Clifton
Hill. 7pm.
JAM NIGHT - FEAT: DARREN JACK BAND + VARIOUS ARTISTS Hume Blues
Club, Coburg. 7:15pm. JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. $5. OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 7pm.
RHYTHM X REVIVAL Wesley Anne,
Northcote. 6pm.
TAMMA + VIC PARK + NAT VAZER 303,
Northcote. 7:30pm. $5.
TOM & JERRY Charles Weston Hotel,
Brunswick. 6:30pm.
Friday 21 Sep JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BLUE SHIVOO + EMILIA + JAKAL 303,
Northcote. 8pm. $10.
CYCLO TIMIK + BRODIE & THE OXY CLINIC Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. DJ ANNALIESE REPLICA Transit,
Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
HARMANIAX Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. HOT CLUB SWING Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.
JASON MARSALIS & THE 21ST CENTURY TRAD BAND Bird's Basement,
Melbourne. 8:15pm. $45.
JUST FRIENDS BAND Platform 270,
Melbourne. 5:45pm.
MAYFIELD (UNPLUGGED) Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $35.
PRESSURE DROP + MELANCHOLY BABY Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye.
9:30pm. $10.
RACHEL BY THE STREAM Belleville,
Melbourne. 10pm.
SHANTY TOWN Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. SON OF A GUNZEL John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:30pm.
SOUL SESSIONS - FEAT: ASTROSOUL + MORE The Local Taphouse, St Kilda East.
9:30pm.
SOUTHSIDE SOUL - FEAT: SOUTHSIDE SOUL DJS + DJ SOOSIE WONG + MORE Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin.
8pm. $5.
SUGARFOOT RAMBLERS Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.
TAYLOR & SILK Arkibar, South Melbourne.
4:30pm.
FEATURED GIGS THE ALMA ZYGIER QUARTET Lido Jazz
Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
THE DEADLY APPLE-JOHNS
Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6pm. THE TED VINING TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. TONY GOULD DUO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $45. WILBUR WILDE The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS A NIGHT IN TEXAS + RESIST THE THOUGHT + ICONOCLAST + AME NOIRE + MUNT666 Workers Club,
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. $15.
THE DEMON PARADE + BLACK HEART DEATH CULT + MS.45 Yah Yah's, Fitzroy.
8pm.
THE IRON HORSES + EMPIRE PARK + THE SEQUELS Penny Black, Brunswick.
9pm.
THE VELVET ADDICTION + PORT ROYAL Workers Club (geelong), Geelong.
SIPPY, TOM THE FREAK + SIPPY + TOM THE FREAK + SKRYBE + MAGE + CRYOMASS Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd.
10pm. $23.47.
THE MEAN TEAM - FEAT: JELLYFISH + FLOAT + JESSE JAHMAL + DJ THANKS + SKIVVY Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK
8pm. $10.
UFO GO + FRANCO COZZO + FUZZRAYS + JESS JOANNOU Bar Open,
Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.
UTE ROOT + JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR DOLLS + BLACK BATS + CAKEFIGHT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. VANISHING POINT - FEAT: TIM KOREN + ZACH ROSE + THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH + OL GREG Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 11:45pm. WHAT’S ON PRESENTS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS
BENNSONG Dainton Family Brewery,
Carrum Downs. 7pm.
BENNY PETERS & THE MISTREATERS
Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. BETH WINTER & BAND Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. CATFISH GUMBO Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $10. ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 11pm. CLAP HANDS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. AM / PM - EMO NIGHT - FEAT: ENDLESS HEIGHTS + HINDSIGHT + DARYL ROBERTS The Moldy Fig, 7pm. CAGED EXISTENCE + CLOVE Brown Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9pm. GARRETT KATO Wesley Anne, Northcote. Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $15. 8pm. $20. WHISKEY RIVER Pirates Tavern, AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. Williamstown. 9pm. JACKIE MARSHALL Basement Discs, 9pm. Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. WINESHANK Bad Shepherd Brewing Co., Cheltenham. 8:30pm. BATPISS + HEXDEBT + FOURTEEN JACKIE MARSHALL Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9pm. $17.64. NIGHTS AT SEA + HOT TO ROT Tote ZELJKO SAMARDZIC + MINJA Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. SAMARDZIC Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. KIMBA GRIFFITH DUO Wesley Anne, $82.15. Northcote. 6pm. BONGAGON + SPEW BALLOON + SPASMOSLOP + CARCOSA + WELL
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.
BOOZE & GLORY + VICIOUS CIRCLE + WOLFPACK + STRAWBERRY FIST CAKE + VIOLENT DEMISE Bendigo
Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $44.90. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS
LOS TREMOLEROS + NICKY DEL REY’S SURF & TURF Gem Bar, Collingwood.
8:30pm.
PARKVILLE + HANNAH CAMPBELL Toff
BURIN + ATOM + EARTH 170 Russell,
In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $10.
CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne
7:30pm. $30.
Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. $92.03.
RUSSELL MORRIS + LOST RAGAS + JR REYNE Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.
CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. COUNTDOWN 80'S Musicland, Fawkner.
10pm.
TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION
DEPARTMENT + BRAD POT Post Office
Brunswick. 9pm.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Melbourne
7:30pm. $10.
Hotel, Coburg. 8pm.
DO YOU REMEMBER? THE HITS OF EARTH, WIND & FIRE Night Cat, Fitzroy.
10pm.
EDITH LANE + WAY SHIT + BLOOD MOON + YAKUMBABE Evelyn Hotel,
Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
EMMA RUSSACK & LACHLAN DENTON + NO LOCAL Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy
North. 7pm.
FICTITIOUS ME + THE WARBIRDS + LACE & WHISKEY Reverence Hotel,
Footscray. 8pm. $10.
FLICKER + GREYVIEW + VERMONT + FUTURE STATIC Reverence Hotel,
Footscray. 7:30pm. $10.
FRANJAPAN + THE BRUNGAS + THE ATTICS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
$8.
G FLIP + YERGURL + MARIBELLE
Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel (essendon), Essendon. 10pm. GYMNASTICS IN THE SEVENTIES + CAROUSEL CLUB The B.east, Brunswick
East. 9pm.
JACK LADDER Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. MAC SPRINGS Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm. PARTY ANIMALS Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6pm. $10.
POISON FISH + LITTLEFOOT + CLIP
Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 8pm. POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
PREMIUM CABLE + VICTORIANA FEEL + ANTONIA SUSAN Last Chance Rock
And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.
RAGNARÖK - FEAT: DJ JULZ + DONNA KATE + IBALLA CHANTELLE Loop,
Cbd. 4pm.
CLUB COCO - FEAT: CC DISCO + MIKE WHO + LORI Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. DJ BISCOTTI Edinburgh Castle, DO THE JOB - FEAT: RUBINI + MICKEY EDWARDS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd.
7pm.
ELENA COLOMBI + MILLU + PJENNÉ
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. EQUINOX - FEAT: BENNY CUZ + BUDGEY + FÜTWERK + MR EXCUSE ME + DJ POLO SALMON + MORE New
Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $20.
FORGOTTEN FREQUENCIES - FEAT: HYMNS + MERVE + NORACHI + MAGNETIC LOOPS Boney, Melbourne
Cbd. 11pm.
FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
FRIDAYS - FEAT: WARSAWYER + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + MORE Carlton
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
GAMER + PINK HARVEST + MOON ROONEY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
8:30pm.
HOT MESS - FEAT: CUPIDS CUT + CAMO + ED KEATING & BAX MARROWS Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd.
10pm. $10.
Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.
Collingwood. 9pm. $10.
PEST KONTROL - FEAT: SCOTTY PESTICIDE + ELLIOT OFMARCO + JMCEE + JULIAN CASTLES Boney,
Melbourne-based contemporary jazz outfit Entropy Quartet will take to The Moldy Fig on Friday September 21. They’ll play some new pieces while delving into those from across their studio and live EPs. It all kicks off at 9pm and entry is free.
Son of a Gunzel The Curtin Blues, jazz and all-round feel-good outfit Son of a Gunzel are slated to take over the front bar at The Curtin on Friday September 21. With members from across bands such as Saskwatch, Fulton Street and Dorsal Fins, you’ll want to catch the Sons live while you can. Entry is free and music will kick off at 9.30pm.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALL HOPE REMAINS + ALUMINIUM MONSTER + K-MART WARRIORS + FEROCIOUS CHODE Bombay Rock,
Brunswick. 8pm.
ANGST FEST - FEAT: MORGAN WRIGHT + BUZZ KULL + BURA BURA + SINGING LESSONS + PURIENT + UNDEFINED Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 4:30pm. $18.
APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY + RACHEL MARIA COX + CHARLZ Workers Club,
Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
BATTLESNAKE + GRASSHOLE + RATHEAD Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 8pm. $10.
BETWEEN YOU & ME + YOURS TRULY + TURN SOUTH + BELL PARK John Curtin
BUG FIGHT - MALARIA FUNDRAISER FESTIVAL - FEAT: CHINA BEACH + TOM WALKER & THE SICK INDIVIDUALS + CRACKER LA TOUF + PINCH POINTS + VELVET BLOOM & THE VITO COLLECTIVE + MORE Tote
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $20.
Entropy Quartet The Moldy Fig
Saturday 22 Sep
MEUKO! MEUKO! + CORIN + YUMGOD + TZECHAR & NIGHT DIVES Boney, NUESTRO PLANETA - FEAT: DJ GENERAL FEELINGS + DJ SEZZO + MAI + MYKI DECLINED Gasometer Hotel,
Vancouver-native Garrett Kato has a sound likened to Ryan Adams and Ray LaMontage and will be bringing it all to Wesley Anne on Friday September 21. Having supported the likes of Bernard Fanning and Kasey Chambers across his career, this is one seasoned performer that you’ll want to catch. Kicks off at 8pm and entry is $20.
Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.
Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $10.
Warehouse, Brunswick. 9pm. $12.
Garrett Kato Wesley Anne
Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.
I LOVE DANCEHALL - FEAT: SO FIRE + CHOICE SELECTA + DJ SMILEZ + SISTA SARA + DEKLACK + MORE Rubix
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. PETIT BISCUIT Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8pm. $49.90. ROCK N ROLL ORGY - FEAT: THE SONGS OF TOM SMITH + RICH GOHL RENEEDELAY Fox Hotel (collingwood), + SOPHIE D + EKRANOPLANS Red Betty, Collingwood. 8pm. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. SICK CYCLE + UNDEFINED + ANIMATE SHAKERFAKER + THE STONE ROZES Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 9pm. $15. Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
THE LITTLEST BIRDS + EZEKIEL SNEEZED + JOEL JENKINS Compass
Garrett Kato
BONGAGON + SPEW BALLOON + HOLY BONER + LSDOOM Last Chance
Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 2pm.
Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. $15.
CHEESIE + PAUL MCMANUS & THE MAYBLOOMS + ALEXANDER & THE DEEP STATE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm.
$8.
CHILD + JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 1pm. COLD HANDS WARM HEART + CYANIDE THORNTON + ALPHINGTON
Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $10.
END LIVE EXPORT BENEFIT - FEAT:
Sick Cycle
Sick Cycle Grumpy’s Green From their home base in Christchurch, drum and bass, jungle and dubstepinspired duo Sick Cycle are set to storm into Grumpy’s Green on Friday September 21. Slinging tracks from their 2018 studio album release Hammered, the duo will be supported by Animate and Undefined when it kicks off at 9pm. Grab your tickets for $15 via the Industry Bass website.
Slack Antics Sloth Bar Kick your weekend off with a bang with Sloth Bar’s Slack Antics offering. There’ll be a smattering of underground house music for you to lap up, coming from j-Bam, Friendly Pete and Galactus. Entry is free and it’sAces all set to go down from 7.30pm. Uptown
Negfest The Reverence Hotel Showcasing all things heavy and experimental, Negfest is coming into The Rev on Saturday September 22. The lineup features experimental death-metal outfit Convulsing, the brooding Omahara, black-metal band Bolt Gun and more. It’s all going down at The Rev on Saturday September 22 from 5pm and tickets are $25 via Eventbrite.
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Tommy Castles Edinburgh Castle Folk artist Tommy Castles has a heaving musical resume including four headline national tours and four sold out shows with indie-pop icon Amy Shark, and will be heading to Edinburgh Castle this weekend on top of it all. Catch him up-close-andpersonal on Saturday September 22 from 5pm, with free entry to boot.
Raised By Eagles The Post Office Hotel Melbourne four-piece Raised By Eagles have been slinging Americana, country, pop and rock-inspired tunes since their inception in 2013 and have marked themselves as a formidable live act. After a stellar winter run across four states, the band are set to roll into The Post Office Hotel on Saturday September 22 for a final show before they take a few months break. They’ll play two sets from 9pm with free entry, too.
Sam Linton-Smith The Lomond Hotel Melbourne-based and New Orleansinspired blues and soul musician Sam Linton-Smith will roll into The Lomond Hotel on Saturday September 22. Bringing his six-piece band along with him, it’ll all kick off at 9pm. Free entry.
Day Dreamers Whole Lotta Love Melbourne punk-rockers Day Dreamers are set to storm into Whole Lotta Love on Sunday September 23. Pop-punk band Silence to Break will open the night, with indie-rock act Split Pick and Post Pacific set to join also. Doors open at 3pm with free entry.
Distances The Bendigo Hotel Distances have been a little quiet in 2018, but are set to make their first live appearance at The Bendi on Sunday September 23. Alongside their pop-punk goodness, Snark, Stand Tall and Bell Park will also feature as support. It all starts at 2pm, and tickets are $10 at the door. Buck Edwards
Jared Plant Trio Charles Weston Queensland singer-songwriter Jared Plant made the move to Melbourne in early 2018, where he set up his trio and has been consistently performing locally since. The group’s next gig is set to take place at Charles Weston for a breezy afternoon show on Sunday September 23, kicking off from 4pm. Entry is free.
Marina Mitchell + more Bar 303
TROPICAL FUCK STORM + NO ZU + NEW WAR + TIME FOR DREAMS + ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING Howler,
Brunswick. 7:30pm.
G FLIP + YERGURL Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 1:30pm. $17.
HARRY HEART Wesley Anne, Northcote.
6pm.
HERE’S THE THING Two Monks Cafe,
Coburg. 6pm.
INTERVALS, POLYPHIA + INTERVALS + POLYPHIA + I BUILT THE SKY Corner
Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $48.
LIFE STRIKE + THE BLINDS Retreat
Kilda West. 12:00am. $140.
MEDIUM - FEAT: C. FRIM + DNGN MSTR + LUCKY PEREIRA + MOSES CARR Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. MYTHOLOGY - FEAT: WHISKY HOUSTON + LONER + ALEX HALL + SALVADOR DARLING Boney, Melbourne
Cbd. 9pm.
Collingwood. 2pm. $10. 8:30pm. $10.
RISE & SHINE - FEAT: SUNSHINE + VARIOUS ARTISTS Revolver Upstairs,
LUPINE + 808’S & GREATEST HITS + JUNGLE BREED Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. MENTAL AS ANYTHING + FIELD SEE & MASON Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $35. METAL UNITED DOWN UNDER - FEAT: LORD + VANISHING POINT + ALARUM
Max Watt's, Melbourne. 3:30pm. $35.20.
NEGFEST - FEAT: DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE + CONVULSING + OMAHARA + MERCHANT + BOLT GUN + MORE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 5pm.
$25.
OV PAIN + METERMEN + SYNTHETICS + FRAG Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. PORT ROYAL + WAXDRED + BIRDHOUSE + YEAH DON'T CARE
Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm. $10. RED SOAKING WET + MORE 303, Northcote. 7pm. $5.
ROCK N ROLL ORGY - FEAT: THE SONGS OF TOM SMITH + JO ZEALAND + POPE'S ASSASSINS + THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE Red Betty,
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
RON S. PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS + THE STU THOMAS PARADOX + DUET
Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $23. S.I.C - BENEFIT FOR LILY - FEAT: SCREAMING IN CHURCHES + PERSECUTION + TURRET + RANCOR + XXSEX + MORE Bendigo Hotel,
Collingwood. 6pm. $20.
SAVIOUR + DEADLIGHTS + PRIDELANDS + EARTHBØUND + STEADFAST Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 8pm. $15.
SLOWCOACHING + RO + LOOSE LEAF
Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm.
THE BEN SMITH BAND + MAX MCCAFFERTY Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar,
Rye. 8pm. $10.
THE CREDITS Cherry Bar, Melbourne
Cbd. 8pm. $10. USER Oh! Jean Records, Fitzroy. 4pm.
VINTAGE CROP + PTING + GUFFMAN
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm.
WINTERNATIONALE + CARLY + SCENIC + DFFDL Reverence Hotel,
Footscray. 8pm. $10.
HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE & CLUB NIGHTS ANALOGUE PROCESSES - FEAT: MICHAEL MILDREN + VICMOD ENSEMBLE + CLAN ANALOGUE + OBJECT_STATE Swamplands Bar,
Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. Prahran. 12:00am.
SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. SNACK ATTACK WITH DJ 2P Elephant
& Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10pm.
SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: T-REK + AARON SMILES + MONTANA Sooki
Lounge, Belgrave. 6pm. $10.
THE AFTER DINNER MINT - FEAT: TIM HEANEY + TOM'S TREAT + DJ RICK
Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: POCOCK + PLASTIC PALMS + PREQUEL + AWESOME WALES + WHO + MORE
Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm.
TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC
Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.
WILL SPARKS + COMBO! + YROR? + MADELEINE + ERIC SIDEY + ALI KH + MORE Platform One, Melbourne. 9:30pm.
$35.
WILL SPARKS Co., Southbank. 10pm. $30.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BOB SEDERGREEN & FRIENDS Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25. CARL PANNUZZO QUINTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30. DR HERNÁNDEZ Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10. ENTER THE JAGUAR + KARATE BOOGALOO + OBSCURA HAIL Toff In
Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $10. FLYING HOME Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm.
THE JULIA MESSENGER QUINTET
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $45. THE KING LOUIE COLLECTIVE + PPB LATE NIGHT DJS Prince Public Bar, St
Kilda . 8pm.
THE MOONHOPS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11pm. THE WIKIMEN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ANDREW SWANN Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. ARCHER Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm. BECCY COLE Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6pm. $40. BORODIN QUARTET Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $85. CIARAN BOYLE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3pm. CREEK Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. FOSSIL ROK Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. HEY GRINGO (DUO) Yarra Valley Grand Hotel, Yarra Glen. 7:30pm.
JACKIE MARSHALL + SARAH CARROLL + FENN WILSON Piping Hot
Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 7pm. $15. MIKE ELRINGTON Dainton Family Brewery, Carrum Downs. 3pm. RAISED BY EAGLES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Royal Hotel (mornington), Mornington. 8pm. SEAN LEE MCCOY Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5pm. SIMON IMREI Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm. THE DARREN JACK BAND Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm. TOMMY CASTLES Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5pm. WILL POVEY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4pm.
Sunday 23 Sep INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS APOLLO ON FIRE + TAYLAR PAIGE + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2pm. $10. BETWEEN YOU & ME + JUST ABOUT DONE Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 8pm.
JASON MARSALIS & THE 21ST CENTURY TRAD BAND Bird's Basement,
$13.30.
JAZZ NOTES (WITH RICK CORRENZA)
3pm. $10.
JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS
DAY DREAMERS + SPLIT PICK + POST PACIFIC + SILENCE TO BREAK Whole
Melbourne. 8:15pm. $45.
Dizzy's Jazz Club, Richmond. 7pm. $20. JUKEBOX RACKET Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 9pm. Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
KIMBA GRIFFITH'S SWING FLING Paris
Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. MARCIA HINES The Palms, Southbank. 7:30pm. $81.41.
CREPES + COOL SOUNDS + TERRIBLE SIGNAL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY The
Croxton, Thornbury. 4pm. $17.85.
Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3pm.
DISTANCES + SNARK + STAND TALL + BELL PARK Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
2pm. $10.
EXOGENE + BLUE PELICAN + UBOA + CORPSEPAINT X-PRESS Tote Hotel,
MEGAN & THE VEGANS + THE CONSTABLES Belleville, Melbourne.
Collingwood. 7pm. $5.
CHEATED HEARTS - QUEER DANCE PARTY - FEAT: INFINITY BLADE + DJ AIRHORN MAMI + JANE DOE + DJ GAY DAD Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
MIDNIGHT MASS - WEST COAST JAMS - FEAT: SUNSHINE + DISCO FAITH CHOIR Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND COMBO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.
Collingwood. 5pm.
CLAUDIA JONES Penny Black,
RACHEL ROSS QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz
Thornbury. 6pm. $12.
Johnny & Michael Compass Pizza
9pm. $10.
Brunswick. 8pm. CUPIDS CUT Fox Hotel (collingwood), Collingwood. 8pm. DJ ERNEY DEE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm.
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Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.
LOOSE BRICKS + PAMELA ST + FLOSS + BACK POCKET Gasometer Hotel,
Soak up your Sunday with the likes of Marina Mitchell, Quinton Trembath, Steph Mang and Frowny Dads at Bar 303 this week. Catch it all on Sunday September 23, with kick off set for 3pm. Best of all, it’ll only cost you a fiver to get in. Beaut.
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JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm.
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SAM LINTON-SMITH’S LOVERS & MADMEN Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
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TEZAT + PAUL CAREY & JULIAN SCHEFFER Compass Pizza, Brunswick
East. 8pm. $10.
THE BOWIE PROJECT Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30.
HORACE BONES + PRIVATE FUNCTION + UTE ROOT Tote Hotel, JOHNNY & MICHAEL + BEN MASON + VICUNA COAT + POPPONGENE
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3pm. KA-TYA + TAMMA Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. LIQUID FACE + MEAT + E4444E + 2 STROKE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm.
$10.
MARINA MITCHELL + QUINTON TREMBATH + STEPH MANG + FROWNY DADS 303, Northcote. 3pm. $5. MENTAL AS ANYTHING + JUDE PERL
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COMING SOON SKEPTA The Forum September 26 DESTROYER Howler September 27 RADIO BIRDMAN The Croxton September 27 SCOOTER The Forum September 27 BOYTOY The Tote September 27 EVEN Northcote Social Club September 27 RUEL Corner Hotel September 27, 28 POWER TRIP Bendigo Hotel September 28 HILLS CITY Corner Hotel September 28 WILLIAM RYAN KEY Northcote Social Club September 28 CHER Rod Laver Arena October 3, 5 THE THE Arts Centre October 4, 5 LAKYN Northcote Social Club October 4 JEN CLOHER Melba Spiegeltent October 4, 5 CLARE BOWEN Athenaeum Theatre October 5 WAFIA Howler October 5 PETER BIBBY The Curtin October 5 LISTENER Reverence Hotel October 6 LAST DINOSAURS Northcote Social Club October 6 CLOWNS Corner Hotel October 6 MATT JOE GOW The Curtin October 6 KESHA Margaret Court Arena October 7 LOST PICNIC ft Tash Sultana, Meg Mac, Marlon Williams + more Flemington Nursery October 7 MARGO PRICE Caravan Music Club October 10, Thornbury Theatre October 12 NILS FRAHM Hamer Hall October 12, 13 THESE NEW SOUTH WHALES Howler October 12 RUNNING TOUCH 170 Russell October 12 HANDS LIKE HOUSES Max Watt’s October 12 B WISE Northcote Social Club October 12 6LACK The Forum October 12 PANIC! AT THE DISCO Hisense Arena October 13 TIA GOSTELOW Northcote Social Club October 13 CHEAP TRICK Palais Theatre October 15 ANNE-MARIE Trak October 17 ELAINE PAIGE Hamer Hall October 18 DEEZ NUTS Workers Club October 18 TIM ROGERS Toff In Town October 19 BONEY M Palais Theatre October 20 TROPHY EYES The Forum October 20 DONNY BENÉT Corner Hotel October 20 KYGO Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 20 CERES Howler October 20 THE VANNS Northcote Social Club October 20 SKEGSS The Croxton October 21 ESKIMO DANCE The Forum October 24 TAYLOR SWIFT Etihad Stadium October 26 SHAPESHIFTER 170 Russell October 26 CARAVÃNA SUN Howler October 26 KYNETON MUSIC FESTIVAL ft Adalita, Sonny & The Sunsets, RVG, more October 26 -27 CALUM SCOTT Max Watt’s October 27 FOREIGNER Hamer Hall October 29, 30 SHAWN MENDES Rod Laver Arena October 29 THE BRONX The Croxton October 31 PATRIZIO BUANNE Hamer Hall November 1 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Max Watt’s November 1 PARKWAY DRIVE Margaret Court Arena November 2 KING PRINCESS The Forum November 2 THE LOST LANDS Werribee Park & Mansion November 3-4 DIONNE WARWICK Palais Theatre November 4 OPIUO SYZYGY ORCHESTRA The Forum November 5 THE AINTS! The Croxton November 5 SAM SMITH Rod Laver Arena November 6, 7 GANG OF YOUTHS The Forum November 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 DEF LEPPARD & SCORPION Rod Laver Arena November 8 FOZZY Max Watt’s November 9
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$15.
NEW AGE + DIRTY RATS + CYCLONE DIABLO Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
$10.
NIGHTSOUNDS - FEAT: FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS + SKYBELLY + TOM FARRER + RUBY LOU Retreat Hotel,
Brunswick. 7pm.
NOW SOUND - DOCUMENTARY SCREENING & LIVE SHOW - FEAT: EMMA RUSSACK + CHIARA KICKDRUM + DRMNGNOW Howler,
Brunswick. 5pm. $15.44.
OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland,
Fawkner. 7pm.
ROCK N ROLL ORGY - FEAT: THE SONGS OF TOM SMITH + JOHNNY SIEGEL + DUNCAN GRAHAM + FRANK MOYLAN Red Betty, Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
RUBY SALTBUSH Edinburgh Castle,
Brunswick. 4pm.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER + ABORTED Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm.
$65.80.
THE BLUE HOTEL + MAJA + AMBER ISLES Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.
8pm.
THE COOKS, NEWTOWN STORY + THE BERKELEY HUNTS + WAY SHIT + SOCIAL SKILLS Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 1:30pm. $10.
THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + DEAD EYED SERAPHIM + OH NORTH + ET SOUL SISTAR 303, Northcote.
8:30pm. $10.
THE MONDAYS + NINA Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7pm.
THE SEA BIRDS + DAVE ARDEN & THE KOKAMARA BAND + DJ RICHIE 1250
Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 2pm. $10. WINESHANK Roo Baa, East Bentleigh. 4pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AGUS BATARA QUARTET + LINE MATTER Post Office Hotel, Coburg.
4:30pm.
BALKAN BRASS - FEAT: OPA! BATO + OPA SEKO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury.
7:30pm. $10.
CANTO ALMA Open Studio, Northcote.
8pm.
CLEVERHORSE The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
DAVID JAANZ INTERNATIONAL SINGING SCHOOL Dizzy's Jazz Club,
Richmond. 3pm.
EMILIA + YONDERKID Open Studio,
Northcote. 5pm. $10.
ISADORA + EMILIA + YASIN LEFLEF
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. JARED PLANT TRIO Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm. JASON MARSALIS & THE 21ST CENTURY TRAD BAND Bird's
Basement, Melbourne. 8:15pm. $45. LA INFLUENCIA Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $10. MEGAN & THE VEGANS + THE CONSTABLES + RUSSIA Toff In Town,
Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $5. RUBY PAGE QUINTET Royal Brighton Yacht Club, Middle Brighton . 1pm. SPECTRUM St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 3pm. TAKEN BY FISH + AVA & MONTY Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. TAYLOR & SILK TRIO Central Club Hotel (north Melbourne), North Melbourne. 2pm. THE BON TON RHYTHMS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE
SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House
Hotel, Williamstown. 2pm. BACKYARD BREW Royal Hotel (mornington), Mornington. 3pm. BOADZ Dainton Family Brewery, Carrum Downs. 2pm. CARUS THOMPSON Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2pm. $20. ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 4pm. GREAT AUNT Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm. GREG STEPS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. GRUMPY'S SUNDAY SESH - FEAT: LOOSE CANNON + KAT-O + JUDE JOSEPH + MADDIE LEE + SIMON EXLEY Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 3pm. HARRY HEART + DAVID WESTERN
Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4pm. HEINOUS HOUND Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.
LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Assaggi Italiani,
7:30pm. $30.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BRIGHT STAR - FEAT: SIMON TEDESCHI & JOHN BELL Melbourne
Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $50. PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
9:30pm.
PENNY QUARTET Melbourne Recital
Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39.
THE ACLAND STREET EXPRESS
Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 8pm.
Tuesday 25 Sep JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AARON MCCOULLOUGH The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
Malvern. 12pm. LOST RAGAS Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5pm. MISS DEE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.
MERINDA DIAS-JAYASINHA & THEO CARBO Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm.
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm. RILEY CATHERALL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3pm. $10. ROZ GIRVAN Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm. RUSSELL MORRIS Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 2:30pm. $32.
UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE
PAUL MCMANUS & THE MAYBLOOMS + THE HALF TAILS
THE DRUNKEN POET’S BIRTHDAY FEAT: RED DIRT RADIO + PINA + VAN WALKER + CATFISH VOODOO + THE EXCELLENT SMITHERS Drunken Poet,
West Melbourne. 2pm.
THE HUNTER EXPRESS Clifton Hill
Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 9pm.
THE MELBOURNE BLUES COLLECTIVE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
4pm.
THE PHEASANTRY Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
$5.
PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND COMBO Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.
6pm.
Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALL THE COLOURS + FACE FACE
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.
BLOODY HELL + PARMITS + KAYO
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm.
BOYPARTS + THUG MILLS + CRASH
Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8pm.
JENNY MCKECHNIE + SAM AGOSTINO + KATE ALEXANDERR
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
MAJAK DOOR + FRANJAPAN + MONA BAY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm.
THE STETSONS + CHARLES JENKINS
$10.
THE TERRY MCCARTHY SPECIAL
Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8pm. $80.50. TRUE VULTURE + LA TANIKA Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. WOLF ALICE + WAAX Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $69.90.
Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 3pm. $23.77. Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5pm. WARREN GARDINER Dan O'connell Hotel, Carlton. 4pm.
Monday 24 Sep INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS JULITHA RYAN & BANDS + BRON HENDERSON + STU THOMAS + IDGE + MARILYN ROSE VEIL + MORE Retreat
Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney,
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: JAZZ + THE SNAKES + KARLI WHITE + INFRAGHOSTS Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 8pm.
NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3. PAINTED ANGELS + DAVE O'CONNOR + MYSTERY GUEST Old
Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANDREA KELLER'S FIVE BELOW The
Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
BAGGAGE + TIRIO Open Studio,
Northcote. 8pm. $5.
CZAREKTRIO + IMPERMANENCE 303,
Northcote. 8pm. $5. LIJUKA Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10. THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA (WITH HETTY KATE)
Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
THE DIRE STRAITS EXPERIENCE
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BORODIN QUARTET Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $85. GRAND PINE + KILNS + JESS DELUCA Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 7pm. $9.70.
IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 8pm.
LISA MILLER & SHANE O’MARA
Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.
MAKE IT UP CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + MORE Bar Open, Fitzroy.
8:30pm.
PLEXUS Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 6pm. $50.
REVOLVER RETURNS - OPEN MIC NIGHT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm.
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