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ISSUE NO 1650

Contents

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News

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Arts Guide

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Electronic Beat Eats Industry

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Kaiit

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Abbotsford Convent Open Sounds

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Don Letts Healesville Music Festival

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Pseudo Echo Wreckless Eric

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Nadia Rose Channel Tres

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Saint Sister Bill Ryder-Jones

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Red Betty Live

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Singles Album of the Week

Bill Ryder-Jones Interview

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Albums

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Gig Guide

Editor’s note With Tom Parker It is today, All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Eve, the day of Halloween, the end of Spooktober and the start of Nopevember [horrid gag]. It’s the day we give candy and eat candy, it’s the day that we get a little bit goofy and a little bit spooky. Spend the night out, rather than in because it’s not often you get free reign to terrify your peers.

For this horrific issue, we chat to a rising star of Australian hip hop, Kaiit, who’s set for an epic show at Strawberry Fields. She explains how creativity is not always seamless, how there are roadblocks in imagination and design. But that hasn’t stopped her releasing her debut EP, Live From Her Room, to widespread praise.

British rapping queen Nadia Rose drops into the mag this week as well as more hip hop/producing talent in Detroit house-inspired Channel Tres. Then there’s Don Letts and a new festival taking over Abbotsford Convent. Aside from that, we chat to local legends Pseudo Echo, renowned songwriter Wreckless Eric and invite you to a new Melbourne bar Red Betty. Isn’t art and music something special? We certainly think so.

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News Zoo Twilights Announce Huge Lineup for 2019 Break out your picnic blanket, because Melbourne’s Zoo Twilights series is back for another year. The 2019 lineup is impressive as always, including names like Vera Blue, Rufus Wainwright, The Internet, The Cat Empire and heaps more.

The series kicks off on Friday January 25 with dynamic Melbourne duo Client Liaison, and finishes up on Friday March 8 with Marlon Williams, supported

by Laura Jean. All ticket proceeds go to helping protect the Eastern Barred Bandicoot from extinction, so it’s a worthy cause. Head to the Zoo Twilights website for tickets and the full program.

The Internet

Rufus Wainwright

Drops headline dates for All These Poses Australian tour Rufus Wainwright is about to start celebrating twenty years since the release of his debut album, and what better way than to plan a quick whiz through the land Down Under? Wainwright will be tapping into a vast back-catalogue of material for his tour, from his self-titled 1998 record, and the 2001 follow-up, Poses. He’ll be playing a headline show at Melbourne Recital Centre on Monday February 25, as well as an appearance at Melbourne Zoo for the Twilight shows on Saturday February 23. Tickets available via the Zoo Twilights and Melbourne Recital Centre websites.

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Announces east coast Aussie tour Byron Bay musician Bradley Stone has just released a new single, and will be doing a run of east coast shows to celebrate. ‘I Choose You’ is Stone’s first release in a year, a sweet acoustic tune featuring little more than his smooth vocals and skilfull guitar. The young artist has drawn comparisons to Matt Corby and Jeff Buckley, taking inspiration from his personal experiences and the natural world around him. He’ll be playing an intimate show at Bar 303 on Friday November 2, with tickets available through Ticketek.

The Wombats

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It’s not long until Liverpool natives The Wombats hit our shores for their 2018 tour, and they’ll be bringing ‘Damn Loyal’ singer Eves Karydas along for the ride. Karydas will be warming up for the boys on every stop of their tour, but fans in Perth and Brisbane get an extra special treat, with Cloud Control tagging along for these shows. For those of us in Melbourne, you can catch The Wombats and Eve Karydas at The Palais Theatre on Monday November 19.

Tickets available via the Secret Sounds website.

To celebrate the release of his new album Rainbow Valley, Matt Corby will be embarking on his first headline tour in twoyears.

The 12-stop stint will see Corby play stages from Perth to Hobart, stopping in Rockhampton, Townsville and Geelong in between. A far cry from his days on Australian Idol, Corby has since made a name for himself in the indie-folk scene with his debut album, Telluric, and now, Rainbow Valley. Catch him at Margaret Court Arena on Friday April 12. Tickets via the Live Nation website.

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The Prodigy Announce 2019 No Tourists Tour British electronic legends The Prodigy haven’t been to Australia since 2015, but next year they’ll finally be making a long-awaited return. Celebrating the release of their latest record No Tourists, the ‘Firestarter’s will be hitting Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne when they arrive next February.

Known for their aggressive form of big beat electronica, these shows are bound to be more like mass-raves than anything else - but you’d expect nothing less from The Prodigy. Catch them as they take over Melbourne Arena on Friday February 1.

Head to Ticketek to secure yourself a spot.

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Deep Sea Arcade

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Indie-rockers Deep Sea Arcade will be hitting the road next year, taking their latest album Blacklight around the country. The guys will be doing all the usual major city stops on their nine-show tour, as well as popping into Fremantle, Newcastle and Byron Bay. Their third studio album, Blacklight is a slightly different musical direction for the group; less psychadelic and more rythm and groove – think elements of soul, electronic and disco. You can catch the band play The Corner Hotel on Friday January 18. Tickets via the Niche Productions website.

Kimbra spent July taking her music around the country, but she isn’t finished yet, with a special one-off show in store for Melbourne audiences. Taking to Collingwood’s Gasometer Hotel on Thursday November 22, the songstress will be playing an intimate, reimagined version of her electronic pop music, swapping synths and theatrics for guitar, upright bass and piano. It’s a formula she first tested out in New York’s Red Bull studios, and has been tapping into during her US tour. Head to the Live Nation website to snag a ticket to this special show.

Julia Holter

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Los Angeles composer Julia Holter has just released her new album Aviary into the world, and has announced she’ll be taking it around Australia in January. Her first studio record in three years, Aviary is a cacophany of instrumental arrangements and explorations of sound, drawing on the concept of birds singing in an aviary. She’ll be playing these tracks down in Launceston for Mona Foma, as well as headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.

Experience the expansive album live at Melbourne Recital Centre on Monday January 21. Tickets available via the Melbourne Recital Centre website.

Christmas has come early for Ivan Ooze fans. The Melbourne emcee spent August on the road in regional Australia with his single ‘Deserve’, and now it’s time for city-based fans to get their fix. Ooze will be embarking on a headline tour this December, playing his last run of shows in Brisbane, Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne, before the year wraps up. At only 26, Ooze has already had an impressive career, having toured with Ice Cube and Wu-Tang Clan, plus recording a track with Ghostface Killah.

Catch Ivan Ooze at Geddes Lane Ballroom on Saturday December 15. Tickets via his website.

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The Grampians Music Festival Release 2019 Lineup Wednesday 31th @ 8.00pm

The Grampians will come alive with the sound of music this February, with a lineup of local gems taking to the regional hotspot. Sampa the Great, Angie McMahon, Slum Sociable and Wafia are fronting the Grampians Music Festival bill for 2019, as well as Jade Imagine, Body Type and Alice Skye. There’s also the chance for a young, regional music producer to snag a spot on the lineup, thanks to this year’s DJ and producer competition. The three-day-festival runs from Friday February 15 until Sunday 17, at The Valley Floor in Grampians National Park. Head to the Grampians Music Festival website for tickets, the full lineup and competition details.

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Cup Day is just around the corner, which means a glorious public holiday – and public holiday eve – is almost here. If you’ve found yourself without plans, then this is one to put on the calendar.

Section 8 will be hosting Brisbane DJ Sampology on Monday November 5 as he kicks off his national tour. The producer will be spinning tracks from his latest release Mt Glorious, as well as Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol 1, a collaboration with fellow Brisbane DJs Megan Christensen and Sam Stosuur. With support from Darcy Justice, Poncho Roberts, Rev Lon and more, this is a free gig worth going to. Check out the Section 8 Facebook page for more details.

Kicking off in February 2019, RnB Vine Days will be landing in wineries from the Hunter Valley to McLaren Vale, as well as Perth for the first time. This year’s lineup includes American rap legend Nelly, ‘90s girl group All Saints, DJ YO!MAFIA!, ‘1 thing’ singer Amerie, and English artist Craig David. There’ll be food and plenty of wine on offer, so all you really need to bring are some friends and a picnic rug. RnB Vine Days takes over Geelong’s Mt Duneed Estate on Saturday February 9. Head to the festival website for tickets.

Ophelia Thinks Harder

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Shakespeare’s classics have been countlessly reimagined, sometimes successfully, and sometimes not. Luckily, this feminism-driven version of Hamlet falls into the former. A play by West Melbourne theatre company, Wit Incorporated, Ophelia Thinks Harder takes the characters from Shakespeare’s original play and completely remodels them. In this version Ophelia is the star, exploring themes of spirituality, sexuality and philosophy. Directed by Belinda Campbell, Ophelia Thinks Harder runs from Thursday November 8 until Saturday November 24 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space in Footscray. Visit the Wit Incorporated website for tickets and session times.

Miss Moses opened its doors earlier this year, and is gearing up for a big summer. The Brunswick venue has plans to host three free gigs a week in its live music space, with a program announcement set to drop soon. In the meantime, you can head to the 1960’s inspired bar for craft beers, sandwiches and bar snacks, check out the new space, and soak up some sun in the beer garden. The place is run by James Knox, a lover of American blues and folk and a bartender of 15 years who delivers a comprehensive roster of IPAs, sours, pilsners and stouts. Find Miss Moses at 581 Sydney Road, Brunswick.

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The Painting of Life - Mirka Mora

Mirka Mora: Pas de Deux – Drawings and Dolls

Celebrating the life and career of the acclaimed artist Luminous French-born and Melbourne-based artist Mirka Mora’s life and career is now being celebrated at Heide Museum of Modern Art. While bringing her celebrated oeuvre together – focusing on her drawings and soft-sculpture dolls – the exhibition also tracks Mora’s incredible impact on her beloved city of Melbourne and Australian art as a whole, as well as offering insight into her personal life and enigmatic character.

Visit Mirka Mora: Pas de Deux – Drawings and Dolls at Heide Museum of Modern Art until March 2019.

The Happy Prince

The 2018 British Film Festival Has Kicked Off And It Looks Bloody Brilliant Comedy The 2018 British Film Festival has landed in Melbourne for its sixth instalment this year, bringing with it a crop of acclaimed new releases alongside a hefty batch of retrospective ‘60s classics. From Sidney Poitier in To Sir, With Love (1967) and a dedicated series of films celebrating the career of Michael Caine, British all-stars including Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Emily Watson will also depict the life of Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince (2018), while Bill Nighy, Sam Riley and Alice Lowe deliver stellar performances in Sometimes, Always, Never. The 2018 British Film Festival will run at Palace Cinemas across Melbourne until Wednesday November 14, and you can find the full program via the festival website.

Is there anything better than some spit-fire improv comedy? We think not. If you’re hankering for your next fix, look no further than Melbourne’s longest running improv comedy night, which goes down each Friday at The Butterfly Club. The two teams will battle it out from 8pm and tickets are $28/$22 concession via the venue’s website.

Waiting On You

Zanny Begg: The Beehive

The Rug

Experimental documentary Zanny Begg: The Beehive is in its final days at ACMI, so you’d best get in quick to catch this masterpiece while you can. The non-linear film offers different perspectives on the unsolved murder of Sydney newspaper publisher, style icon, and activist Juanita Neilsen, who disappeared in July 1975.

While exploring themes of gentrification, corruption, sex-work, feminism and non-conformist styles, the film promises that no viewing experience will be the same, as scenes are assembled at random by a computer software with each screening in a new order every time. Zanny Begg: The Beehive screens for free at ACMI until Tuesday November 6.

The Rug is an unforgettable slice of electro-opera set to come into La Mama this week. Presented by award-winning performer, writer and composer Ben Grant, The Rug focuses on middle class male privilege through a musical lens, ultimately ending in the dramatic spilling of blood. Portraying hair loss, job loss and life loss, this is a short and sharp 45-minute body of work that will surely leave its mark. The Rug plays from Wednesday October 31 until Sunday November 11 and you can find more details on show times and tickets via the La Mama theatre website.

Hospo workers gather round – this one’s for you Taking audiences on a deep-dive into the often overlooked experiences of working in hospitality comes the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Waiting On You. Following young and naive Georgi as she is swept into the currents of fast-paced inner city living, the play unravels the chaos and power dynamics often unseen behind the front of house façade. Though a story of a young woman’s plunge into chaos, this performance is ultimately a tale of love, friendship and finding one’s way. Waiting On You plays at The Lawler, Southbank Theatre from Thursday November 1 to Saturday November 3 and tickets are available via the Melbourne Theatre Company website.

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Industry WITH CHRISTIE ELIEZER

Bluebonnet Barbeque Sven Vath - Image from Only Techno

Arguably the biggest house, techno and everything-inbetween festival on the Australian calendar, Pitch Festival, released the lineup for their 2019 instalment last week and it’s a doozy. Highlights include German techno pioneer Sven Väth, affectionately known as Papa Sven or the Grandaddy of techno. The 54-year old party monster has a reputation for creating some of the loosest dance floors of all time over his 35-year career. Also on the bill is Glasgow duo Optimo, the enigmatic Four Tet, Ross From Friends, DJ Harvey, Dr Rubinstein, Mall Grab, Avalon Emerson and a six hour back to back set from the incredibly popular Dixon and Ame. It goes down from Friday March 8 to Monday March 11, 2019, in Mafeking, Victoria. Tickets go on sale today.

Bluebonnet Barbecue has landed permanent residency amongst the thriving strip of stores that make Brunswick East its own. Bluebonnet is absolutely owning its presence with a blast of flavours, a refreshing new space, and a lengthy cocktail list to catch any mood you may be floating in. First off, I have to say it’s near-impossible to create such cosiness in spaces this large. I always find the comfiest eats are in smaller snug spots. Bluebonnet Barbecue’s new venue is particularly large, in keeping with American barbeque house tradition (those who’ve been to Texas understand). Upon walking into this vast space, a comfort satisfies all; delicate lighting, whitewashed walls, and a softly curved arch marking two sections of the eatery craft an inviting room to reside within for hours on end.

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Harvey Sutherland

Local synth-funk producer Harvey Sutherland is back with gorgeous new single ‘Amethyst’, recorded with a new band featuring London jazz connoisseurs saxophonist Nubya Garcia and drummer Kahlil Memphis. Part acidjazz, part funk, part disco, it’s a euphoric celebration of clever musicianship and I am here for it. He’ll be bringing it to the stage for the first time at the newly renovated Geddes Ballroom off King Street in the CBD on Friday November 30 with an all new band. The full Amethyst EP will be on the airwaves on Wednesday November 7.

The restaurant’s main flame is still undeniably its fantastic food offerings. I can assure a grand feed, and one to remember beyond completion. The menu is wide, yet stays close to the restaraunt’s southern American barbecuing tradition, as does everything from the decor to the enormous smoker that required an entire wall to be removed for its installation. If this sacrifice for flavour doesn’t depict the Bluebonnet Barbecue family’s dedication to barbecuing, I’m not sure what will. The menu boasts barbecue meats, American themed sweets and a woodfire grill for flavour diversity. Don’t overlook the accompanying side plates – these are just as important. Here’s what I would order: a selection of smoked black Angus brisket, country style pork ribs and daily housemade snag, accompanied by their apple and kohlrabi slaw with sherry mustard vinaigrette, chargrilled sweetcorn with chipotle aioli and riccotta, and the potato

DJ Sprinkles

Back in April, the Melbourne-born, London-based global music-media institution that is Resident Advisor announced Melbourne would be part of their 24/7 series of events on Friday November 23, consisting of 24-hour parties also in New York, Milan, Tbilisi, London, Bogota and Berlin. The lineup has surfaced now and they certainly haven’t held back. The American-born, Japan-based DJ Sprinkles (AKA Terre Thaemlitz, AKA K-She) will be the guest of honour, as well as internationals D.Tiffany, Willow and Red Light Radio cofounder Orpheu The Wizard. Local guests are Sleep D throwing down a live-set with label mates Mosam Howieson and Norachi plus Claire Morgan, Wax’o Paradiso, Jennifer Loveless, Anuraag, Emily Roseman, Mike Callander, DJ Jnett, Rambl, Interstellar Fugitives and Toni Yotzi. Bloody massive. Kicks off at 10pm and powers through ‘til 10pm the next day.

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As you can read, there’s an abundance of meats, vegetables and fruits with punchy flavours that can’t be forgotten. Collectively they work together with wonder, and you can’t leave this restaurant without feeling completely full and decidedly taken-out. This is the result of well-thought dishes, made carefully and properly. Above all, their brisket has to be awarded an honourable mention. It was soft at touch, smoked just enough to not lose natural flavour, and held pockets of moisture noticed moments after chewing, as if you’d ignited another part to the dish all together. This was really quite spectacular.Oh, and as for drinks, this perhaps needs another column in of itself. For now I’ll say their A Death In Fitzroy, the namesake of the previous venue which sadly burnt down to the ground, was remarkably beautiful in taste and aesthetic. It works with Campari, absinthe, prosecco, and a sweet flower on top to beautify.

Victoria has overtaken NSW for the first time in the live performance stakes in both revenue and attendance, according to Live Performance Australia (LPA)’s 2017 Ticket Attendance and Revenue Report released last week.

LPA chief executive Evelyn Richardson says, “For the first time, Victoria takes the mantle of having the largest industry share for ticket sales revenue and attendance. Record revenue of $639 million (up 45%) and attendances of 7.4 million (up 35%) were driven by growth in major contemporary music concerts, musicals, circus and physical theatre and theatre”.

Contemporary music experienced an increase of 97.3% in revenue to $255.87 million and 60.6% in attendance to 2.48 million. According to the LPA, the growth in this sector was due to international blockbuster tours by Adele, Paul McCartney, Guns N’ Roses, Bruce Springsteen and Justin Bieber. Ticket prices in this sector rose 23.9%.

Musical theatre revenue increased by 59.2% to $205 million and attendance by 56.3% to 1.92 million due to major musicals as The Book of Mormon, My Fair Lady and Aladdin.

Comedy’s revenue was $27.31 million with total attendance of 585,000. Circus and physical theatre experienced an increase of 351.4% in revenue to $41.25 million and 158% in attendance to 419,000. Theatre revenue increased by 19.3% to $26.8 million and attendance by 42.5% to 535,000.

Ballet and dance generated $20 million from ticket sales of 242,000 and children and family shows $14.47 million from 365,000 tickets.

Victoria’s growth can be directly attributed to a supportive state government which invests in the right places. Its funding of the restoration of theatres and venues, especially in regional areas, has attracted productions and crowds. Independent promoters work closer with interstate colleagues to snare productions. As acts’ fees escalate, festival promoters have been smart enough to pull back on the number of headliners, and focus their budget spend on “experience” with more emerging acts as part of the punter’s desire for music discovery. Promoters however say new acts draw new fans who have their own behaviour. Some buy tickets but don’t turn up, affecting the mood of the show.

Others come once, and don’t return, which make it difficult to build up an event’s fanbase.

To place Victoria’s achievement in the larger picture, the entire Australian live performance scene had a record year for revenue and attendance. It was the highest since LPA began releasing its annual report in 2004. LPA’s Richardson said, “Over 23 million Australians attended live events with over $1.88 billion generated through ticket sales. This represents a 23% growth in attendance and 32% growth in revenue nationally between 2016 and 2017.

“While contemporary music recorded its highest levels of ticket sales and revenue ($826 million) and attendance (8.5 million), circus and physical theatre and contemporary music festivals also recorded strong growth. Not only do the overall numbers show double-digit growth, it’s great to see revenue and attendance growth in all Australian states and territories”.

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Kaiit

Beat’s Sweetest Sets for Strawberry Fields

By Matthew Toohey

30/70

30/70

Connoisseurs of rhythm, 30/70 are hypnotic in their musical unity and groove. The resident Strawberry Fields performers have had a huge year since the release of their debut album Elevate in late 2017 spending the middle of 2018 in Europe where they ventured through the UK, Hungary, Czech Republic and Germany, to name a few. An archetype of Melbourne’s fervent soul scene and reinvigorated after a short period away from the stage, this is one performance not to be missed.

Honey Dijon

Honey Dijon

Honey Dijon has captivated every corner of the globe with her crate-digging, waxspinning prowess and now she touches down in Australia for an extremely special Strawberry Fields set. Never confined to a single genre, Honey Dijon captivates with a melange of house, techno and disco but she never stops there, drawing energy from the crowd to bend her shows every which way. Having recently performed at Sugar Mountain earlier in the year, Honey Dijon knows the fertility of Australia’s sunburnt soils and will be preparing a set for the ages.

DJ Seinfeld

DJ Seinfeld

Wittily, almost comically named, DJ Seinfeld is no nuffy behind the decks. One of the world’s most prominent figures in the lo-fi house scene, the Swedish producer is renowned for preparing adventurous dives into jungle and deep breaks before lighting up the dancefloor with moments of vibrancy and effervescence.

He oscillates and that’s his greatest charm – a set can only receive as much admiration as its crowd reaction and in this case, DJ Seinfeld is in a paddock of his own.

Hiatus Kaiyote

Hiatus Kaiyote

Hiatus Kaiyote are Grammy nominees and the torchbearers of Australian future soul.

Led by infectious frontwoman Nai Palm, this four-piece are arguably one of Melbourne’s finest music exports of the past decade.

Recently absent from the stage, Hiatus Kaiyote return to Tocumwal for a truly special set. Expect all the classic hits from their stellar debut, Tawk Tomahawk, and its inimitable follow-up, Choose Your Weapon.

Hiatus Kaiyote are worldwide heavyweights, get ready Strawberry Fields.

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Given her obvious talents, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was all so effortless. But Kaiit admits, creativity is not something at her infinite disposal. “It’s a strange, strange thing. Sometimes something will come to me so easily. And other times I feel like I’m really struggling, like I’ve lost it. Which is how I’ve been feeling for quite some time,” she explains.

“Even while the EP was being created. Because all these tracks were written a little while ago. And I was trying to write, while trying to record the rest of the EP. And I just couldn’t do it. I don’t know what it was, I just couldn’t write.”

It’s a feeling Kaiit admits didn’t really subside until her EP, Live From Her Room, hit the airwaves.

“Now that it’s finally out, maybe that’s why all this new stuff is able to come in. But yeah, my creativity, she’s not with me all the time. Or maybe I just think that she’s not.”

Today though, Kaiit is on a high. “I’m super hyped right now because I’m writing something, it’s because I feel like I haven’t written in quite some time,” she says. “And this track, how I’m writing about it is that it’s kind of like my creativity. But writing my creativity as if it’s a person. And asking whether it will come back around soon. Like Nona, you know she’s got some mad food up her sleeve, some mad recipes. Like come over boo.”

Her debut effort, Live From Her Room, is a confession of sorts. And when listening to the tracks, it’s clear Kaiit has a lot to say. ‘OG Luv Kush’ touches on love like it’s a narcotic, with its addiction, the ons and offs at cupid’s whim. While songs like ‘Girl in the Picture’, reflect on special kinds of friendships. “It’s about those real-life friends that you have. That tell you how it is, whether you like it or not,” says Kaiit.

This realness, this candor, is what keeps her message buoyant along the neo soul beats throughout – each bar carrying an emotional potency that hits home. Punctuated with sincere gestures like in ‘Girl in Picture’, where Kaiit enlisted the help of the friend she was writing about. “It’s actually got her talking on it. I recorded her, that’s her talking at the end. I’m so glad I did it. I mean I had to force it a little, because she’s not one for getting out there. But I’m glad I was able to get her on it, because it finished it off.”

Her honest and skilful approach to music, and image as a young, strong-willed woman, has brought on “feminist” labels. Kaiit prefers however to keep her philosophy grounded, her views firmly humble. “I think, in the music I create, I’m just trying to be myself.

And these songs are the reflections of what I believe or what I’ve learnt, and things that I’m learning. And if people can appreciate, or they can learn, or even just by listening to it that it can help them, that’s my job done.

“There’s all kinds of beautiful people out there that I may not be able to speak for. Because I may not have gone through what they’ve gone through.

But if people can relate to the things that I sing about, then yeah, I’m happy with that.”

As the hype starts to mount, and things heat up around her, you can see why such a mental state will be necessary to slice through it all. Currently, Kaiit is halfway through her headline tour, with a Strawberry Fields slot on the horizon in midNovember. She’s also hot off the heels of supporting hip hop soul outfit The Internet on their Australian tour. An experience she says, taught her a lot about the touring life.

“I don’t think it was so much what they said, just how they approached things. You know they didn’t go and party after. It was all just very chill and inhouse. And that’s something I’ve had to learn the hard way. But yeah, definitely taking care of your vessel and your body.”

The icing on the cake though, was the co-sign from US R&B soul queen, Jill Scott. Not to be underestimated, the shout-out – where Scott posted a video of Kaiit’s ‘OG Luv Kush Part 2’ saying that she was her and Erykah Badu’s love child – was immense.

It was middle of the night, while Kaiit was having a sleep-over with her little sister, when the notifications piled through. “I remember waking up and hopping on my phone, as you do, and there was just like thousands of notifications,” says Kaiit. “And I’m like: ‘I mean that selfie was cute’, but you know it wasn’t that cute.

“And people just kept saying, ‘thank you Jilly’ and ‘Jilly sent me here’. And I’m like who the hell is Jilly? And then soon realised what happened. And everyone was asleep, I just wanted to scream, but I had to calm down. And then I woke up and was like: ‘aw, what a crazy dream’.”

True to her values though, Kaiit sifts through the noise to stay grounded. She finds family critical, to the process of orienting her. “They’ll pull me out really quick you know, if I say something,” she says.

“They’ll be like ‘um … go clean the toilet’.”

“I’m very blessed to have people that, I don’t know, they’ll let me know when I’m doing good, but they’re not going to make me feel it too much.”

“If people can appreciate, or they can learn, or even just by listening to it that it can help them, that’s my job done.”

Kaiit will round out her national EP tour with an appearance at Strawberry Fields Festival on Saturday November 17. Live From Her Room is out now via Alt. Music Group.

OPHELIA THINKS HARDER So you think you know Hamlet?

by Jean Betts

9 to 25 November 2018 Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray www.witinc.com.au

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INTERVIEWS

Open Sounds

By Augustus Welby

Cool Out Sun

BenFugee+Aleesha Jasmine

Joel Ma

MzRizk

Returning to Abbotsford Convent this November, Open Spaces is a two-day festival spanning arts, design, markets, tours, food, well-being and live music. At the centre of this celebration of cultural and creative diversity is the Open Sounds Music Program, programmed by musician Joel Ma. Ma has participated in stacks of festivals around Australia and overseas both as a member of hip hop group TZU and via his solo outlet, Joelistics.

Having forged a career through artistic and cultural subversion, he was suitably placed to put together the Open Sounds program.

“I had a few key rules when programming Open Sounds,” says Ma. “Pay people for their time, be culturally diverse and gender equal, nurture new talent, take chances and give the audience music they might not usually hear.”

A number of Ma’s selections will be a revelation to audience members, including Sudanese songwriter Gordon Koang, indie duo BenFugee and Aleesha Jasmine, Chinese-Australian composer Mindy Meng Wang and global experimentalists Indolombia.

“An artist like Gordon Koang is a big deal back in South Sudan and all over Africa,” says Ma. “He’s a verified legend over there and yet he’s living in Dandenong as a refugee waiting for his visa and not many people know about him in Australia.

“Mindy Meng Wang is a master of the guzheng [Chinese zither] and comes from the world of Chinese classical music, but in Melbourne she plays with experimental electronic artists and jazz bands.

She’s really stretching the limits and boundaries of her instrument and updating it to exist in a contemporary world.”

The lineup includes bigger names like Cool Out Sun – the Afro-funk super group featuring N’fa Jones and Sensible J – and the Senegambian Jazz Band.

Japanese hip hop duo Aaron Choulai and Daichi Yamamoto will make an exclusive appearance.

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“Aaron is a world-class jazz pianist who also makes hip hop beats and he’s teamed up with a halfJamaican, half-Japanese MC and they’re flying over from Tokyo for the gig,” Ma says.

The breadth of the program is indicative of Ma’s thirst for making new discoveries and gathering inspiration from unconventional genres and creative endeavours. Ideally, the Open Sounds program will deliver this sort of stimulation to those who come along over the weekend.

“I’m naturally curious about music, life and travel,” Ma says. “Whatever I think I know about anything, I’m aware there is always more to learn.

And in the world of music, even more so. I have just been in Spain, in Seville, and heard some really exciting flamenco music mixed with Japanese instrumentation and throat singing. I love that, when disparate elements are brought together and interact in completely new ways.

“I would love to see that happen more in the local music scene: an indie-rock band playing with a South Sudanese thom player, a hip hop band jamming with a Indian classical orchestra. Just creative people freaking the program.”

Ma’s program reflects the Abbotsford Convent’s vision for Open Spaces by being impressively diverse not just in terms of the ethnicities represented, but also the genres of music and identities of the individual performers. This is in sharp contrast to a large chunk of the local festival market, which tends to be quite limited in scope.

“I used to work at Multicultural Arts Victoria and came face to face with the limited awareness that lots of festival promoters have in regards to

music,” Ma says. “So many of the major Melbourne music festivals are so predictably safe, predominantly Western, triple j driven and inevitably linked to drinking culture. Why? Probably because the bottom line is money and festival directors feel they can’t take chances.

“But there is so much incredible music from around the world and so much of it represented in Melbourne, much of it cutting edge and hip. I programmed a diverse lineup not because it’s the woke thing to do, but because the music is outrageously good.”

Ma is originally a Sydneysider, but his music career only kicked off once he made the move south.

The city’s ongoing embrace of forward-thinking music and other creative activities has kept him here for the better part of two decades.

“I always thought living in Sydney was great.

The beaches are some of the best in the world, but that’s what makes it a difficult city to make art in.

Why sit in a dark studio mulling over your song or painting or latest experimental video art when you can go to the beach?

“At a festival like Open Spaces where food, music, art, conversation and good people come together, regardless of Melbourne’s turbulent weather, people can enjoy an outdoor/indoor event set in beautiful surroundings.”

“I’m naturally curious about music, life and travel. Whatever I think I know about anything, I’m aware there is always more to learn.”

Open Sounds goes down as part of Open Spaces on Saturday November 17 from 12-9pm and Sunday November 18 from 12-6pm at Abbotsford Convent.

Tickets are $5 on entry.

INTERVIEWS

Don Letts

“So basically my white mates set about creating a soundtrack that was of the people, for the people, by the people. And that was punk rock.”

Ahead of an onstage Q&A at the Thornbury Theatre next week, Beat catches up with UK film director, DJ and musician Don Letts.

Letts came to prominence in the London punk scene during the late-1970s. While managing the clothing store Acme Attractions, he met a number of local and touring musicians who were won over not just by the store’s electric-blue zoot suits but also Letts’ dub reggae soundtrack.

This led to Letts DJing at the seminal punk rock club The Roxy in central London. His real distinction, however, came as a documentary filmmaker. In 1978, he released The Punk Rock Movie, which captured the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, The Slits and more at the height of the punk boom.

The rise of UK punk rock is often noted for triggering cultural upheaval and facilitating social and individual liberation. Letts remembers why its emergence was so important.

“In the mid-to-late-‘70s the social, political and economic climate here was shit,” he says. “Or as my friend Johnny Rotten so eloquently put it, it felt like we all had no future. It was grim. Lucky for me I had a bit of a soundtrack to ease my pain, which was reggae.

“My white mates were not so lucky because the popular music in those days was this kind of prog rock thing that had no bearing on the mood of the street. So basically my white mates set about creating a soundtrack that was of the people, for the people, by the people. And that was punk rock.”

Letts has made documentaries about everyone from The Clash, The Jam and Gil Scott Heron to

Sun Ra, Franz Ferdinand and Paul McCartney. His 2005 film Punk: Attitude – which framed punk as an ongoing counter culture – won Best Documentary at that year’s Melbourne Film Festival.

His film work also includes music videos for The Clash, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and Eddy Grant and the feature films Dancehall Queen and One Love. In 1984 he co-founded Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones, remaining a member for six years.

These days, Letts hosts the Culture Clash radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music as well as continuing to work as a documentarian and DJ. Technology has obviously come a long way since Letts started DJing, but his general intention is the same.

“It keeps me in touch with people,” he says.

“That’s how I became friends with [the punk rockers], through exchanging culture; turning them on with my bass lines, them turning me on with the whole DIY thing. Ultimately, it’s about cultural exchange. I think that’s what’s going to make the world a better place – embracing our differences.”

The Clash and The Slits are two acts that conspicuously embraced the influence of Jamaican

music. But while Letts is often credited with introducing the punk scene to reggae, he’s hesitant to take too much credit.

“I think all the people I turned onto reggae in the late-‘70s when I was DJing at the Roxy were all the white folks who didn’t have any interaction with black people at that time. But, to be quite honest with you, there were other steps towards that whole punky-reggae thing.

“Trojan Records, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, they had a big part in sowing the seeds for the UK’s love of Jamaican music. People of my age like Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon and John Lydon, they all would’ve known that Trojan stuff and they liked it.

“It’s a testimony to the power of culture.

Because, while the politicians are trying to drive people apart, at ground level music and culture are actually uniting people, black and white. That’s where shit starts.”

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

Healesville Music Festival

“Somehow the tunes are sweeter and the wine is perfect when you’re looking out across the vines to the mountains.”

“Our phone reception is average. Our festivals are ace,” Nadine Cloonan says of her Healesville, the famously beautiful town that she and 6,500 others call home.

Less-than-ideal phone reception aside, Cloonan is not wrong. With an impressive lineup from local and beyond, and a picturesque location, Healesville Music Festival is a stunning event on the music festival calendar.

Though the festival is a unique opportunity for the Healesville music community to come together, it’s a unique chance for music lovers from across the state to discover a new chapter of Victoria’s vibrant music community.

“We have some incredible musicians that make the Yarra Valley their home and we have some great venues that are supporting them. There’s a real trend towards taking advantage of our beautiful surroundings and it’s the relaxed vibe at local wineries and distilleries that people really gravitate to,” Cloonan, one of the festival’s organisers, says. “Somehow the tunes are sweeter and the wine is perfect when you’re looking out across the vines to the mountains.”

The festival was dreamed up nearly ten years ago by a group of Healesvillian musicians, fuelled admittedly by some of that aforementioned wine. Due to a lack of gig opportunities in their hometown, these local artists were playing festivals in similar smaller towns, such as Yackandandah, Maldon and Newstead, and they loved it.

“We loved how these small towns supported their festivals, the sense of community, the amazing music and that somehow just being out of the burbs made

Don Letts will be In Conversation at the Thornbury Theatre on Tuesday November 6.

Head the venue website for tickets.

everything a bit more magical, and we decided that we could do it here in Healesville,” Cloonan says.

It began humbly, with a free one-day event in a local part, featuring a few local bands, before blossoming into a multi-venue camping festival. Though the festival still values and features local acts, the lineup now features a range of bands from around Australia, and even overseas.

Now in its ninth iteration, the festival’s focus is on community involvement, an angle that highlights its roots. “It comes back to the initial festival dream and what we loved about the festivals in other small towns. There’s such an incredible community spirit in those towns and we wanted to bring that to Healesville,” Cloonan says.

“When a whole town’s behind an event it is completely energising and is felt by anyone that comes to the town. It’s about people being excited to live where they do and wanting to be part of an event that showcases their town.”

The festival bars will serve a range of locally produced beer and wine, encouraging patrons to explore the township, and visit Healesville breweries, distilleries, such as festival supporters Watts River Brewery and Innocent Bystander.

Alongside the live music, Healesville Music Festival runs a range of workshops and programs, featuring a range of other musicians and industry professionals.

“It’s about being more than a listener, it’s taking away an experience that’s personal and maybe picking up a few handy tricks along the way,” Cloonan says.

Not just for the young-at-heart, there’s a huge program for the young-of-body. Impressively, all patrons aged 13 years and younger are welcome at all ticketed festival events, and even to camp, free of charge, in an effort to keep the festival family friendly.

“If we can get people along to experience the joy of live music then this will have enormous benefits, not just for them but for every venue that supports live music.

And if our festival can help foster the love of live music in our kids then we’re winning,” Cloonan says.

Cloonan’s love for the Healesville music community is evident in her every word, and it’s a love that clearly permeates the entire community. The festival is completely run by volunteers, and funded by sponsorship.

Its mere existence is proof of the passion for music that runs through Healesville.

“It’s diverse in its genres, and incredibly supportive.

There’s a great culture of looking out for each other, supporting community events and sharing the gigs. We all try to get out to each other’s shows and we love giving our younger performers a chance to shine,” Cloonan says.

Healesville Music Festival comes to Healesville from Friday November 16 – Sunday November 18. Head to the festival website for the lineup and ticket information.

BY CLAIRE MORLEY

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INTERVIEWS

Pseudo Echo What do you know about Australian band Pseudo Echo? For the unaware, and even some that were, the four-piece is often reduced down to a few phrases like “super camp hairstyles”, “ridiculously bold clothing” and “that song – you know, the cover of ‘Funky Town’”.

However, as the frontman Brian Canham explains, that was no gimmick.

“I definitely always stood out from my peers. I always dressed differently and was often ridiculed for it but you know what? I didn’t mind because the more people that commented on the style of my hair or what sort of shoes I was wearing I knew that I had achieved what I had set out to – to be unique,” quips the singer, guitarist and keyboardist.

Growing up in the ‘70s in Melbourne’s outer Northern suburb of Bundoora, it took this proclivity for otherness as well as support from his father for Canham to pursue a style of popular music no one else in Australia was doing at that time.

“I was a guitarist at school, that’s what everyone knew me as, but I was infatuated with synthesisers. It was the band Styx’s use of a synthesiser that spiked my interest in forming a band based around synths, but then in 1979 through my father I discovered Jean-Michel Jarre, then I knew how I wanted my band to sound.”

With a bold musical direction to go with his bold style, along with high school friend Pierre Gigliotti,

Psudeo Echo formed in 1982, but they found themselves well and truly in no-man’s land.

Canham explains, “We were breaking through when the new wave thing was just on the tail-end, so that’s bands like The Cure pushing the boundaries away from punk into a ‘pop-punk’ thing.” That last explanation sticks in his throat a bit, Canham knowing ‘pop-punk’ these days is something very different from The Cure.

“I think that’s where that new-romantic electronica thing came out but we hadn’t heard any of those bands,” Canham’s trails off awkwardly, knowing in a modern context this explanation doesn’t make sense. He now makes a pertinent point regarding the tyranny of distance Australian bands suffered from prior to the world wide web.

“You have to remember then it was hard to hear of new bands, you couldn’t just google it. We’d hear about bands like Japan or Simple Minds or Kraftwerk obviously but there was no one in Australia for us that sounded like that.”

By 1983 the band were signed to EMI records and went on to release their highly charting albums – 1984’s Autumnal Park which peaked at #11 and 1985’s Love an Adventure which reached #14. However, neither of these albums made an impact internationally, meaning that Pseudo Echo’s music was just enthralling local

audiences. That was until Pseudo Echo decided that for the US release of their sophomore album, they would include a version of 1979 disco track ‘Funky Town’, originally by Lipps Inc. “It was the very end of 1985 and I just started jamming that song with the band. It was literally just a muck around so we just played it from memory and there are quite a few changes melodically and rhythmically from the original that were not on purpose.” Pseudo Echo’s interpretation is vastly different from the original, featuring a driving rock guitar and striking synth melody, that resulted in the single spending seven weeks at number one and being included in the 1987 comedy blockbuster Revenge of the Nerds.

Pseudo Echo recorded their bold third studio fulllength Race in 1988, but the album flopped and lead the band breaking up in 1990. But due to fan demand the band is back performing live around the country, with new material under their belts including a banging new cover – this time of Tina Turner’s ‘Nutbush City Limits’.

Surprisingly, however, he’s not quite au fait with interview structures – truth be told, he seems genuinely incredulous about the fact people want to speak to him at all. Still, speak he does – Goulden holds court for over half an hour during this interview, regaling stories from his early days right up to his most recent tour.

“It’s just what I do,” he reasons. “I was always ‘just touring,’ no matter what time of the year people ask me. That’s the small-talk ‘round where I live.

‘So Eric, you’ve been away on tour?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Must be good to be back.’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘And you’re going out on tour again soon?’ ‘Yeah’,” Goulden laughs. “Time seems to slip away through a crack in the universe.

Amy [Rigby, Goulden’s wife] had an album out that I played on, so we toured that, then I made an album [April’s Construction Time & Demolition] so I’ve been touring that.”

Goulden, at 64 years of age, does not shy away for a solitary moment when it comes to the realities of touring in 2018. The man is simply trying to make an honest living the same way he was when he first emerged as Wreckless Eric in the mid-’70s – and in order to maintain that, it means taking the show on the road, without any guarantee that there’ll be 24 BEAT.COM.AU

an audience to meet you there. “It’s great fun when you’re doing the gigs,” he says.

“It’s another thing entirely when you get to the hotel – it’s some horrible room, somewhere out on the perimeter. You’re sitting there on the bed, watching something on the TV you’d never normally watch. You venture out the next morning for a coffee and there’s no hope in hell for anything that’s not Starbucks. On and off, you’re doing this for about 40 days. It gets to the point where you’re checking into another terrible hotel with an air conditioner that won’t shut up, sleeping in your clothes out of fear you might catch something from the bed. You think to yourself, ‘This is my life’.”

Goulden likens extensive touring to being a comedian telling the same joke over and over. “It’s up to you to make it work,” he says. To borrow a phrase from the Bee Gees, Goulden started a joke all the way back in 1974 and the world has been laughing ever since – the two-chord wonder, ‘Whole Wide World’ has survived as Wreckless Eric’s signature song, having been covered by everybody from The Monkees to Will Ferrell. Rather than shy away from his sole hit, Goulden is glad the song has assisted in his name still having some sort of impact.

“Of course, you spend time being unsatisfied,” he

Psuedo Echo will play The Toff on Friday November 9. Grab your tickets via Moshtix.

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Wreckless Eric “So, how does this work?

Do you have a set of questions?” asks Eric Goulden – better known under the moniker of Wreckless Eric – who has been doing the rounds as a punk troubadour for nearly 45 years at this point.

“The more people that commented on the style of my hair or what sort of shoes I was wearing I knew that I had achieved what I had set out to – to be unique.”

says. “You resent it. You go around telling everyone you’re much more than that song, and these other songs are so much better. After a time, you come to peace with it. You look at the way you used to act towards it, and you think ‘Fuck that – this is a hit!’ That’s what you want, isn’t it? I never wanted to be a star, but I always thought a hit record would be something. I never cared about leaving behind a legacy – all I wanted to leave was an indelible stain.

That’s what ‘Whole Wide World’ is.”

We could go on for another hour, but Goulden’s phone gets a call-waiting notification. He signs off with hopes people will come out to see him play on his first Australian tour in 38 years. “I almost can’t imagine what it looks like now,” he says. “It was so long ago, and it’s so far away. I don’t know why I never came back. People kept offering, but it was always in these punk-rock packages and shit like that. Not for me, I don’t think.” And with that, he’s gone. Off to explore the whole wide world again.

BY DAVID JAMES YOUNG

“It gets to the point where you’re checking into another terrible hotel ... sleeping in your clothes out of fear you might catch something from the bed.

You think to yourself, ‘This is my life’.”

Wreckless Eric will tour Australia throughout November, hitting The Tote on Sunday November 11, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine on Friday November 23, Northcote Social Club on Saturday November 24 (matinee) and Caravan Music Club that night.

More details and tickets via the DRW website.

Nadia Rose With her debut EP Highly Flammable, Nadia Rose executed a powerful statement of intent. The 25-year-old Londoner had been making waves throughout 2017 with an intoxicating flow and biting lyricism; singles including ‘Skwod’ and ‘Breathe Slow’ indicating that she was only just getting started.

Even over the phone, Rose is deliberate and thoughtful with each word she speaks. A young artist with an enviable work ethic, Rose knows the path she is on and how she wants to tread it.

“When I was growing up, all the artists I was listening to, I really appreciated how raw and uncut they were,” she says. “This is what you were getting, and I could relate to that. I definitely want to continue to use that energy. I think there are a lot of people who are that way inclined. There might also be people who feel like they want to be more that way inclined, but they don’t have the confidence to.

I want to be that voice who is like, ‘You know what?

Say what you’ve got to say, do what you want to do and be’.”

November sees Rose bring the EP out to Australia for a tour that includes dates at Melbourne Music Week and Meredith Music Festival. She already introduced herself to Aussie audiences

last year, but the rapper admits she’s stoked to be returning for another bite of the cherry.

“I can’t wait to come and show you what we’ve been working on. Since last year, there’s been a lot of improvements and it’s in a better place. It was great last year but it’s always good [to level up].”

The release of Highly Flammable has certainly positioned Nadia Rose as a name to watch. The BBC cottoned on quick, naming her on their ‘Sound of 2017’ shortlist, but Rose will also be the first one to tell you that she doesn’t let such nods pause her hustle.

“I feel like, just with anything, there are peaks and troughs.” she says. “There have been moments that have exceeded my expectations and there have been moments where I’ve thought, ‘I want to be doing more’, in a particular area. There’s been a bit of both in both recording and just normal life.”

Taking the end of this year, for example, though she’s got a long overdue holiday booked, Rose is seeking out creative opportunities to be thrown in the mix. The momentum just does not stop.

“I’m really about my business and about my work, so sometimes it’s quite hard for me,” she admits. “I might want a break but then there’s this opportunity or there’s this other thing I want to do.

I have had a flight booked to Jamaica for quite awhile now, though. We’ll see what happens.

“For inspiration, I’ve always wanted to expand everything about my knowledge; I want to keep exploring different things. I will catch that break at some point soon.”

For now though, Nadia Rose is going to continue riding the wave of success Highly Flammable has built up. All eyes are on London for some of the most exciting new names in rap, R&B and grime at the minute. With the wins artists like Ella Mai, Octavian, Flohio, Skepta and of course, her cousin Stormzy, have been having across the board internationally, Nadia Rose is in great company pushing the genres forward.

As with her music, Rose keeps it open when it comes to the pressures that come with pushing herself to excel with each new release. The accolades are one thing, but evolution and striking while the iron is hot is crucial.

“There’s definitely been moments where I’ve had self doubt,” she says. “I’m my biggest critic. I always want to do better, and sometimes I [over] push myself. I feel like those moments are completely normal. The beauty is in how you deal with it.”

“For inspiration, I’ve always wanted to expand everything about my knowledge; I want to keep exploring different things.

I will catch that break at some point soon.”

Nadia Rose plays at ACMI as part of Melbourne Music Week on Saturday November 24, and will take to Meredith Music Festival when it goes down from Friday December 7 until Sunday December 9.

BY SOSEFINA FUAMOLI

Channel Tres About six months ago, a slinky dance-floor filler made its way onto our airwaves, from an American music producer called Channel Tres.

The funky, jungle drum jam titled ‘Controller’ was a taste of what was to come from the emerging artist, who released his five-track EP just a few months later.

A mixture of rap, soul, funk and Detroit house, Tres has tapped into an eclectic mix of sounds to produce the self-titled debut, inspired by the smorgasbord of influences he listened to growing up.

“I grew up listening to rap music, pretty much everything,” he says, in his West Coast drawl. “DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre … I grew up on West Coast music, and gospel music. Motown, jazz, smooth jazz. And I mean, the house music, that part, well, I just like dance music. I like on-the-floor shit.”

Tres grew up in Los Angeles, in the city of Compton, a place made famous for its musical exports and big names in rap, such as Kendrick Lamar, Dr Dre and N.W.A. Growing up there was “a mixture of crazy and fun,” for the young producer, “I mean, it was all I knew at the time so, it was cool.”

His hometown’s strong rap and hip hop history meant that music was a large part of Tres’ life since childhood, but there’s more behind his passion for the medium.

“I was surrounded by it [music] at church growing up,” he says. “Then my grandma got me a drum set when I was like five or seven, something like that, and then I started playing drums, for school and choir, and I got good at it, so I decided I liked it.”

“I had sung with my youth pastor in my church, and he invited me to his house and he had musical

“Sometimes, the music is the voice of people you won’t ever really hear from.” equipment set up and then I just started [producing].

I made my first beat, then I stopped for a bit and then another friend had musical equipment, and then, when I was 18, I met a dude and it just came natural. Then, I just wanted to study more.”

Tres went on to study music at university, eventually being discovered by LA label Godmode and marking the start of his musical career. But for Tres, music isn’t just about pumping out records and selling hit singles. Music is something inextricably linked to his culture, his community and making a difference; a powerful tool through which to tell stories that might not otherwise be told.

“I’m black, and black people, we dance when we get together. Barbecues, family outings, whatever, it’s all music and dancing around me,” he explains.

“People didn’t know a lot of the gang violence that took place in Compton until they discovered Easy E or N.W.A or Dr Dre, or Snoop Dogg, you didn’t know what was going on, cause sometimes the media don’t show everything, but sometimes the music is the voice of people you won’t ever really hear from.”

In terms of his own music, he tries to articulate the struggles he’s faced in his life and offer up some

hope for those who may be going through the same.

“I struggle like a lot of [people], with low selfesteem, and with a lot of different mental struggles.

Or, maybe being lonely or not growing up with a father and shit like that, you know? I try to show people that, even though that shit happened to you, you can fucking make it out.”

“Making it out” for Tres doesn’t necessarily mean making a name for himself in the music industry, and ‘fame’ doesn’t really seem to be something he’s particularly concerned with. Rather, the downto-earth producer is just going with the flow, and enjoying all the doors music is opening for him.

“Music is my vehicle to a lot of things I want to do,” he says. “It’s about going somewhere with it, it’s about giving shit back to the community, it’s about me pushing myself creatively in certain areas, it’s about dancing ‘cause I love to dance, it’s a way for me to travel for free and make money. It’s a lot of things, you know? It’s really a lot.”

Catch Channel Tres play City Loop festival at RMIT City Campus on Saturday November 10, or his headline show at Howler on Sunday November 11. Head to the Frontier Touring website to snag yourself a ticket.

BY GRETA BRERETON

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Saint Sister In September, Irish folk band Saint Sister embarked on a massive world tour in support of their debut album Shape of Silence, which would see them take in three previously untouched continents.

One of these continents is Australia, a place where one half of the duo, Gemma Doherty, says they never thought they’d be coming to this early in their career.

“It’s not somewhere that either of us have been before and it’s certainly not somewhere that we expected to be on our first album, if at all. It wasn’t really on the radar as somewhere we thought this album would bring us so soon,” she says. “We’re very grateful and it’s really exciting to be able to come over there”.

One of the best parts of performing live and touring is being able to connect with fans in person rather than via technology. Doherty says that when releasing their music online they can see the far and wide places that it’s reached, but going and meeting the people that like their music is what makes it feel real.

“When you actually go and meet these people, you talk to them and you see them react in a very real way,” she explains. “That’s been really special and it brings the whole thing to life.”

In terms of performing live, Saint Sister practice two different kinds of shows – a full band version with themselves plus a drummer and bassist, and the stripped back version where it’s just the pair of them. Saint Sister pull out the different versions

depending on the gig, for exmaple when playing at home in Ireland they’ll use the full band, who they also bring to some of the larger gigs in Europe, but when touring in North America and Australia, it’s just Doherty and her bandmate Morgan MacIntyre performing. Doherty says the full band version is more dynamic, but the stripped back version is more intimate.

“We try to give everything the same amount of energy and the same amount of emotion and sometimes you actually get more out of a song when you’re hearing it with less elements,” Doherty says. “It’s been really nice playing both set ups in tandem with each other and it gives that extra bit of a challenge as well because you can’t get too comfortable either way because you’re going to have to change it up again real soon, so it’s been nice reacting off that.”

Having recently released their debut LP, Shape of Silence, Doherty says that the album is a culmination of the past four years of playing together with MacIntyre, writing together and learning about each other. It also says a lot about them growing up and spending their 20s in Dublin, after they both moved from Northern Ireland. It took them some time to figure themselves and each other out, but they are

both really happy with how it’s turned out and are glad it’s finally out there.

“It came about quite sporadically over the course of the years because we were playing a lot live. We were recording it around this time last year, it was only really towards the end of that time we could sit down and really get our heads around what this album would be and what we were trying to say,” Doherty says.

After finding the energy to write on the road, the band is looking forward to getting back into the studio and doing more recording during the New Year, after getting caught up in the rhythm of touring, performing and heading to the States and Canada again over New Year’s.

“Recording and playing live are two very different parts of the brain and they require something very different, but this is the first time that I’ve felt them both come together and they’re both making sense so that’s really exciting. I’d say getting back into the studio is what I’m most excited for after this run.”

“This album is much more subtle than the others. I wanted to make it more challenging than the last record, with louder guitar noises and some longer songs.”

Hailing from Cheshire in the northwest of England, Bill Ryder-Jones is a singersongwriter with power beyond his words.

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Saint Sister will play Northcote Social Club on Sunday November 11 as part of their Australian run.

Shape of Silence is out now.

BY ELLEN ROSIE

Bill RyderJones

Having already released so many albums and being so well-versed in both contemporary and classical music, Ryder-Jones could easily choose to recycle his old sound and settle in for royalties. Thankfully, this is not the case; the new album is dense and dark, with a sharp guitar sound that lends itself to the harder rock-like inclinations of Ryder-Jones’ new era.

“This album is much more subtle than the others. I wanted to make the record quite dense and quite unpalatable. I wanted to make it more challenging than the last record, with louder guitar noises and some longer songs.

“I spent time with the melody and lyrics to make sure they weren’t too immediate, because I don’t like those melodies that just slap you in the face. You’ve heard them a million times already. I wanted to write in a way that was a bit more subversive, and hopefully a bit harder to ‘get’, you know?”

Subversiveness is a dense concept that is hard to grasp, and even harder to put into practice.

“You’ve really got to just sit down with a pen and paper, knowing what you want to achieve, and set out to achieve it,” says Ryder-Jones. “Then you mull around, you edit, you change syllables and you change little bits of the melody until it’s vague enough to convey the message you want to convey.

“For me, the only thing that matters is the melody. I just need to make sure the lyrics are staying out of the way of the melody, so I spend way more

“We try to give everything the same amount of energy and the same amount of emotion and sometimes you actually get more out of a song when you’re hearing it with less elements.”

time on the melody than anything else.”

Having previously played in the band The Coral, this is Ryder-Jones’s fifth studio album for his solo career. Becoming a solo artist seems hard enough, but Ryder-Jones also produced the whole album with his own two hands.

“I just like to be in control, I think. I like to do everything, I know how I want it to sound – I think most musicians know how they want their [albums] to sound and would rather do it themselves. I’m in a privileged position where I can do that because I work as a record producer – 90% of my time is spent producing other artists. So it doesn’t really make sense to have anyone else do that for me.”

That being said, the new techniques and innovative choices were strictly limited to the music.

“The rule of production is if it sounds good in the room, then it’s easy to record and you just put a microphone in front of whatever it is. Making it sound good is the hard bit, so we work in an old fashioned way; I don’t like fussing about, so I prefer to have the song sounding good before the pressure of recording,” Ryder-Jones says.

Ryder-Jones brings a craftsmanship to his music; his love for the technical understanding of

production and his intense conceptual application of melody makes his work engaging and complex.

This complexity lends itself to Ryder-Jones’ live performances, where fans can witness his instrumental versatility – along with guitar and vocals, he also plays piano, bass, drums, violin, trumpet, ukulele, glockenspiel and harmonica. Though he takes pride in his live shows, Ryder-Jones is under no illusion that he hasn’t mastered that craft yet. “‘And Then There Was You’ is too high for me to sing, so I don’t know why I fucking bothered with that. It was a terrible idea. But playing the rest of the songs is great, my band is really good now. There are always challenges, like it can be quite hard for my voice to cut through in live performances.

“That being said, lyrically this record is quite sparse. So with Yawn and in my shows, I guess I create a world that people can step into without shooting the message up their arses.”

BY LEXI HERBERT

Bill Ryder-Jones’ fifth studio album, Yawn, will be released through Domino Recording on Friday November 2. Find more info at www.billryderjones.co.uk.

Red Betty “I think we might be the only bar with 3D wallpaper in it,” says Sal, one of the four friends who got together to transform Red Betty into what it is in April last year.

The statement perfectly describes the uniqueness and wackiness of the hidden laneway bar in Brunswick.

What used to be a theatre for magic shows is now a place where people can go to enjoy music in a small, intimate setting.

“You don’t actually know what to expect when you walk in on any one night. One night you’re going to walk in and there’s a post-punk band and then the next night it might be DJs or acoustic,” Sal says. “We have a really huge variety of bands, anything from indie-pop to post-punk and rock and anything in between them. Then with DJs, it could be anything from hip hop to soul, funk and reggae through to house and techno, it’s super varied.”

Knowing that they wanted to open a bar in Brunswick, where the four friends live, Sal describes the timing of finding the bar as “serendipity”. The group wanted the bar to be in an area between Sydney Road and the Upfield railway line in Brunswick, as that area is semi-industrial with not a lot of houses around, so they would be less likely to get noise complaints. Two weeks after the group got together and decided they were going to buy and open a bar, the magic theatre in Houdini Lane that they were familiar with was up for sale, and it all just worked out perfectly.

“I think our location is a blessing and a curse, the curse is that people do find it hard to find and don’t

Photo by John Carney

really just stumble across it, sometimes they do, but not very often,” says Sal. “But it’s great as well because I think when people find it they feel a bit special.

“It’s just a kooky little venue, I guess it’s a good thing, people’s reaction to it is quite lovely as well which I’m quite pleased about.”

Opening the bar itself was a big achievement because the quartet of friends had to renovate the space. Their goal when opening was to make a really multi-use venue space that people would want to come and see music in, while also being somewhere that performers would want to play in.

“Maybe that’s why people relax here,” Sal ponders. “Because it’s not this huge overwhelming space, it’s very manageable. It has a really intimate feel to it.”

When performing in the small room licenced to hold 40 people, it usually brings out the best in the performers because they feel relaxed and can let go without feeling any pressure. Sal says she always saw the bar as a place where people might perform if they want to try out new material or launch something, but they don’t want the pressure of filling 150 people in a room.

Red Betty has a snug and cosy vibe but when there’s a band playing and you fill it with a room full

of people, it feels like a really good house party, but with a bar in it, which is what the team was going for. With a “No Dickheads” policy, they also strive to create a safe space for performers and crowd members to enjoy their night safely and comfortably.

“We have a really mixed crowd which I really love, everyone feels free to do their thing there and that’s super important to us. Three of us that run the venue all work behind the bar so it’s got a very homely and welcoming atmosphere.”

In the future, the owners would like Red Betty to be open later until 3am and also see it open more nights of the week. They want to see it grow it with more music, as well as comedy and take part in festivals. But for now people should go and check out Red Betty for the variety of music being played and because you’re always bound to get a good drink that won’t break the bank.

“I feel like we’re really just starting to get to know what we’re about and things are starting to grow with having gigs every weekend,” Sal says. “I’m just really excited about what’s going to happen in the next few years. I’d love us to become an enduring little music venue.”

“Our location is a blessing and a curse, the curse is that people do find it hard to find ... but it’s great as well because I think when people find it they feel a bit special.”

Enter Red Betty via Houdini Lane, behind 859a Sydney Rd, Brunswick.

Find more details on their upcoming gigs via their website, www.redbetty. com.au.

BY ELLEN ROSIE

Live

Gang of Youths The Forum Sunday October 28

Gang of Youths’ first of eight sold out shows at The Forum was, in a word, triumphant.

It’s hard to deny that they’re one of Australia’s biggest rock acts, and right from the opening moments of ‘Fear and Trembling’ it wasn’t hard to see why. Instead of the piano-led opening to the song – which also opens their latest album Go Farther In Lightness – frontman Dave Le’aupepe took to the stage with an acoustic guitar, settling the crowd into a false sense of comfort.

And as soon as the song opened up, it was clear the night was going to be one to remember.

Continuing with the album’s tracklist, the band ripped through ‘What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out?’ and ‘Atlas Drowned’. You’d be forgiven if you were already wondering if the crowd and the band would be able to sustain this energy for the next two hours.

When the haphazardly-hung curtain backdrop finally fell to welcome ‘Keep Me In The Open’ the night really opened up. Not even a lyric stumble could stop Le’aupepe, though he did have a laugh about it, acknowledging how nervous he was – a fact that’s hard to believe when looking at the stages they’ve been rocking all over the world.

But the last time they’d played this stage was five years ago, supporting Cloud Control, and the reviews were less than favourable. “Jarring”, “occasional signs of promise” and “over-the-top stage antics” were all descriptors of that set, so here witnessing how far Gang of Youths have come was truly awe-inspiring.

While Le’aupepe remains the focal point of the performance – whether he’s shredding on his guitar, strutting around the stage, or stood still showcasing his incredible vocals – it would be a disservice to the

rest of the band not to mention just how tight they are.

Every moment is on point, every peak perfectly timed, and every lull filled with enough room to breathe.

Taking the stage solo, with nothing more than his piano accompanying him, the trio of ‘Go Farther In Lightness’, ‘Persevere’, and ‘Kansas’ provided the perfect mid-set breather, while showcasing the sheer strength of Le’aupepe’s vocals and musicianship and ensuring all the emotions were flowing around the room.

It was the final two songs of the set though – clearly the biggest, and most favoured moments of each of the band’s albums – ‘Magnolia’ and ‘The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows’ that had the crowd using up every last ounce of energy, voice, and emotion they still had left in them.

After such a euphoric close, it was strange that the band came back with ‘Still Unbeaten Life’ and ‘Vital Signs’. It seemed to pull the energy down and continued the case for arguing about the need for encores in the first place.

But that was soon to be forgotten, and with the final shouts of “Say yes to life!” the night closed in the way a Gang of Youths’ show always does – with euphoria, emotion, and a sense of knowing that no matter how shit everything might feel, maybe we can all feel it together.

Gang of Youths are truly world-class, there’s no doubt about it.

HIGHLIGHT: My heart is warm and my cheeks are wet.

Realising more and more that encores are overrated.

CROWD FAVOURITE: ‘Magnolia’.

LOWLIGHT:

BY GLORIA BRANCATISANO

Gang of Youths - Photo by Anna Madden

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Album of the Week (ATO Records)

Singles With Augustus Welby

Ferla

Ferla

Voodoo (Independent)

Structured around one chord, ‘Voodoo’ is an exercise in mounting tension. Chord changes tend to provide a sense of release and resolve, but by forgoing these functions Ferla bring us into contact with the heat propelling their songwriting.

Freud viewed art as a manifestation of redirected sexual instincts – popular music provides limitless support for this notion, but rarely do songs manage to feel so palpably libidinal while also avoiding vulgarity.

Jessica Pratt

This Time Around (City Slang/Inertia) Jessica Pratt’s music is like an apparition; her songwriting is equal parts familiar and inscrutable. The Californian’s releases give the impression of being left over from a bygone era.

But while folk recordings from 50-odd years ago possessed a lo-fi haze out of necessity, Pratt employs this production technique as an emotive tool. There’s a temptation to describe Pratt’s songwriting as fragile, but bolstered by jazz-folk chord changes, ‘This Time Around’ is another example of her deft compositional attributes.

Cool Out Sun

Yelelle Skins (House of Beige) N’fa Jones grows in vitality with every passing year. The personality out front of ‘Yelelle Skins’ shows no indication of being a 20-year veteran of the Aussie hip hop scene. Jones’ electric performance is boosted by the afro beat backing provided by producer Sensible J and percussionists Nui Moon and Lamine Sonko. But the MC leads the way, manipulating his voice into another layer of percussion while making a positive declaration of racial equality.

Boygenius

Souvenir (Matador Records / Remote Control Records) American indie musicians Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus combine as Boygenius. ‘Souvenir’ is a magnetic highlight from the trio’s self-titled EP – an acoustic-led ballad that’s as elegantly presented as it is genuinely heart-stirring.

Supergroups have a tendency to favour their own amusement over enduring song craft, but here the three songwriters merge their respective gifts in a way that avoids clutter or showboating.

‘Souvenir’ foreshadows a prosperous future for Boygenius.

Oh Pep!

Oh Pep! hold you in a trance as they relay their stories in I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You… With a natural arc throughout the album, it flows between soothing folk and energetic rock before concluding on a earnest note. The record opens strongly with ‘25’, as strings are tied together with a progressive guitar strum, before calming into melodic storytelling.

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I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You...

“On the eve of my 25th birthday you coming knocking on my door at night” are the lyrics which begin the album, setting up the immersive storytelling which only continues to push your emotions throughout the project. It’s hard not to feel something when ‘Hurt Nobody’ plays; lyrics are broken in between the mantra of “coming undone” before stripping the instrumental to its skeleton, leaking vulnerability as singer-guitarist Olivia Hally utters “I don’t want to hurt nobody”.

The use of falsetto throughout the album exudes passion, adding extra meaning to lyrics on ‘Truth’ (“you can stay up in your bed thinking of things you sh-sh-sh should’ve said”). ‘Bleeding Hearts’ and ‘Your Nail and Your Hammer’ push energy into you with their inspired drumming.

Hally’s vocals create a warm and homely atmosphere for you to soak up amongst the narratives. Goosebumps spread as you hear her voice over a solo guitar uttering “I guess I could just stay here and whistle away my fears” on ‘Asking For’.

Your incentive to listen to I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You… in full, is to reach the album’s final track ‘There Would be a Riot’. Concluding with the solemn but meaningful sentence “there were times where you were denying, afraid that if you braked, afraid there would be a riot” the band sit in silence, leaving you in a state of reflection to soak in the poetry. If your focus isn’t the topline, there are countless instrumental elements, ranging from bare bones arrangements, string integration, dynamic drum lines to atmospheric tones.

Oh Pep!’s I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You… is filled with captivating harmonies as Hally and singer-violinst Pepita Emmerichs sync their voices hypnotically, using beautiful imagery to place the environment over your eyes.

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In Cahoots

BY GABRIELLA BEAUMONT

It is almost impossible to contextualise Dead Can Dance (DCD) in a short form.

The new record Dionysus is almost a theatre production, separated into two acts/tracks entitled ‘Act I’ and ‘Act II’. Both however are the simple titles of prolonged sequences containing distinct parts. ‘Act I’ progresses through ‘Sea Borne’ to ‘Dance Of The Bacchantes’. ‘Act II’ similarly features the same approach but is longer, comprised of four movements.

A lifetime has passed since the core of DCD, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, slinked around the Ballroom and Champion Hotel.

In the years since DCD shuffled off from the Fitzroy Street bleak scene, they have become something of flag bearers of “world music”. Auditoriums now replace beer soaked carpets as they utilise all sorts of novel instruments to create genre defying sounds. Based on the trance-like in both sound and movement, DCD blend everything together in a celebration of European pagan rituals.

Ironically, one can easily imagine Dionysus being received equally favourably in the farms of Eastern Europe as well as the concert halls of world renown.

This is really a recording where it is improper to isolate separate pieces from the whole. That would be akin to asking a toothless person to bite an apple. Listen to the whole and allow Dionysus to explode into your conscience.

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BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS

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8.5

Dionysus

Avant-pop composer Julia Holter isn’t afraid to take risks. Her fifth album, Aviary, is an expansive masterpiece that blends traditional orchestral instruments with synth and pop elements to create unique compositions that are both challenging and captivating. She plays with form, rhythm and tonality, a little like Björk at her most experimental.

There is no chance of becoming bored during this album.

The opening track, ‘Turn the Light On’ introduces an improvised orchestral cacophony that weaves its way through the album.

The second track drops the listener into a more structured Stereolab-like synth-pop arrangement, before leaping into the third track with a baroque fugue that gradually distorts and fades. And on it goes, ever turning, shimmering, and surprising.

Holter describes the album as a reflection of feeling the “internal and external babble we experience daily… and how one responds to it as a person – how one behaves, how one looks for love, for solace”. This love is found in the album’s centrepiece, ‘I Shall Love 2’. Beginning with the quiet lyric, “that is all, that is all, there is nothing else,” the song builds to a dazzling pop crescendo with “I shall love” sung triumphantly over a brilliant and uplifting orchestral arrangement.

Aviary is a carefully crafted and recorded work, sublimely uninhibited and full of creative genius.

(Universal)

Backlight

Dead Can Dance

8.5

Aviary

Crepes are back with an experimental edge to their previous ‘70s studio style on their sophomore album In Cahoots. Momentous in energy and buoyant in melody, the 10-track album oozes a range of wondrous stories. Kicking off with lead single ‘As You Go’, Crepes set the tone for what is to come, introducing driving rhythms combined with synth, twinkling keys and piercing guitar that simmers to a melting end.

Coming off the back of the gentle swirls of Channel Four, In Cahoots is demonstrative of how the Ballarat-Melbourne five-piece are moving toward a more collaborative direction, with a greater focus on instrumentation.

Stand out tracks ‘Dark Demons’ and ‘High Time’ prove Crepes are not just another indie-rock band, but are ready to make their mark constructing their own sound. Second single ‘Bicycle Man’ is another track with punch that builds and culminates in a resonating end.

The last three songs of the album retreat in pace but maintain glistening melodies, combining dreamlike elements with new wave and Kinks-styled British pop. Ending on ‘Grey Sea’, Crepes dive into deep, sombre tones, bringing to a close a very impressive follow up album that is full of spark.

Deep Sea Arcade

(PIAS Recordings)

(Domino Recording Co.)

(Spunk Records)

Crepes

Robyn

Honey

7.5

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

IC-01 Hanoi

8.0

Quite some time has passed since Deep Sea Arcade (DSA) released their debut, Outlands. However, Backlight hops to their previous desires easily. The passage of time could mean that this is DSA Mark II. All songs share a skilful shot of psychedelia, yet rather than succumbing fully to the avant-rock path, they possess an admirable common touch. ‘Ready’ presents a sumptuous autumnal track, smooth, sleek and defiantly commercial. ‘Don’t Look Back’ has a delightful late night swoon that is warm and spirited displaying heart in abundance.

‘Downtown Star’ is a synth-pop gem with hints to gleeful bubble gum glam pop. ‘Learning To Fly’ features chipper lyrics and veers close to City Calm Down territory, charming and fresh but with a splash of melancholia informed by age. ‘Outlaw’ is a pleasant juxtaposition to ‘Some Of Us’, the latter peaking with a sunshinesoaked psychedelia wig-out worthy of. ‘Some of us make our own way’ rings out as keyboards swirl around and drums crash. It could have descended into the murkiness of paranoia, but rather turns into a triumph of quite some standing.

Backlight grasps at some good concepts and should lead to some communal jubilation with hummable choruses and tough ambition, abstract poetry gluing everything into a satisfying whole. It appears that DSA have a willingness to push the envelope which should lead to a far greater profile. Deservedly so.

It has been a long eight years since Robyn’s last solo album, but with the release of Honey, two things are very clear. The first is that Robyn’s influence as a pop icon is ever enduring. The second is, the wait was worth it.

The first hint at the new album came by the way of emotional musical love letter, ‘Missing U’ – a glittering, urgent ode to the weird sensation of missing the ghost of a relationship. It was everything we have come to expect from the Swedish singer, but without a hint of predictability.

As Honey progresses, the urgency mellows, softening to an undulating flow. It becomes the pulse underlying everything rather than the rattling slam of a pounding heart. ‘Baby Forgive Me’ is a haunting whisper which slips into the soft, hypnotic demands of ‘Send To Robin Immediately’ seamlessly. The title track, ‘Honey’ drips; dulcet and dreamy as Robyn takes you “right where the hurt is.” There is catharsis and strength here. ‘Ever Again’ takes us home and it feels like a celebration of letting go. In true Robyn fashion, it is an anthem, a stand out track if ever there was one, with a perfect bassline to see Honey out (before hitting repeat).

It is tempting to give Honey the title of a comeback album, but the truth is that, Robyn never actually departed. What it is, however, is Robyn renewed; an amber jewel in a disco ball crown.

Those who have been following Ruban Nielson’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra have been keeping an eye out for his yearly SB mixes.

These releases house Nielson’s most cerebral moments that shake off the blues of modern album cycles. One can assume UMO’s latest album IC-01 Hanoi is taking the place of SB-06.

‘Hanoi 1’ pays direct tribute to Miles Davis taking on an almost identical fashion to ‘Right Off ’, but with a higher BPM. ‘Hanoi 2’, is a deeply entrancing song marked by talking guitar. The artist channels a bit of Eddie Hazel for good measure.

As the title suggests, these sessions were recorded in the capital city of Vietnam. ‘Hanoi 3’ beams the listener to Vietnam with a sáo trúc flute. ‘Hanoi 4’ is the dud in the track list, with only a strumming guitar to define itself with. Meanwhile, ‘Hanoi 5’ features a very prominent flugelhorn popularised by Miles Davis. It is distracting how much UMO was okay with copying and pasting the jazz player’s signature style.

The album’s centrepiece ‘Hanoi 06’ is an almost 10-minute fall into the rabbit hole. ‘Hanoi 7’ winds down the album into oblivion.

UMO have always grasped for new sounds. Their original ‘60s psychedelic-pop inspired sound remains present even while it wrestles with the album’s more lucid moments. Here’s to creativity opening new doors to the fading popularity of jazz.

BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS

BY RUBY PIVET

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO

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FEATURED GIGS

Gig Guide

HOTS + Perfect Whip + Nipple Chaffes Yarra Hotel

There’ll be punk, surf and rock aplenty as the likes of HOTS, Perfect Whip and Nipple Chaffes all come in for a massive night at the Yarra Hotel this week. Catch the triple bill on Wednesday October 31 from 7.30pm and grab your tickets for a breezy $6 on the door.

These Guy The Evelyn Hotel Brisbane’s These Guy have spent the better part of the last two years in Canada, and are now celebrating their homecoming with a string of east coast dates. With new single ‘Cleaning Up The Streets’ in tow, These Guy will hit The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday November 1. First Beige, The Person and Go Get Mum will support when it goes down from 8.30pm and entry is $10 on the door.

Nancy Cole Charles Weston Melbourne indie folk-pop duo Nancy Cole are set to come into Charles Weston on Thursday November 1. Folk, country and gospel influenced singer-songwriter Alice Cotton will open things up from 6.30pm, before Nancy Cole take over for two delicious sets. Entry is free.

Bradley Stone Bar 303 Byron Bay-bred singer-songwriter Bradley Stone is set to come into Bar 303 on Friday November 2 as part of his east coast single tour. ‘I Choose You’ is a taste of what’s to come on the young-gun’s EP, so this is sure to be a magical gig. Grab your tickets for $23 via Stone’s website and head down from 7pm to catch it all go down.

Archivist The Sub Club All the way from the US of A comes Seattlebased DJ Archivist to The Sub Club this Friday November 2. Slinging his dense, brooding sound in a lengthy set, Archivist will also have support from local up-and-comer Varro. Kicks off at 10pm and tickets are $10 via Eventbrite.

Agus Batara Quartet Edinburgh Castle Though only forming in 2017, Agus Batara Quartet have already taken to such festivals as Castlemaine Jazz Festival and Halls Gap Jazz Festival and have continued to gig extensively around Melbourne. They’re now slated to take to the Edinburgh Castle beer garden on Friday November 2 from 6pm, with blissfully free entry to boot.

Wednesday 31 Oct JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $15.

ERIK PARKER + FIRETAIL Open Studio,

Northcote. 7:30pm. $5.

HALLOWEEN EARTHQUAKE FUNDRAISER - FEAT: DJ LOVE YOU + EMPAT LIMA + MASCO SOUND SYSTEM + SUN + TOMGIRL + HOT SLUDGE FUNDAE Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 6pm. $15.

HISHAKAKU QUARTET The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

JULIEN WILSON QUARTET + JOSH KELLY TRIO + HARRY TINNEY TRIO

303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

RALPHE ARMSTRONG’S FUSION REUNION Bird's Basement, Melbourne.

8:15pm. $35.

SHOL Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

TENOR SONIC Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.

THE HANDLE BARS Bar Open, Fitzroy.

7pm.

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

Melbourne Cbd. 7:15pm. $15.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BABEY + MOLE Some Velvet Morning,

Clifton Hill. 8pm.

CHERRYWEEN - FEAT: JESSE FROM KILLSWITCH ENAGAGE (DJ) + THE JOSH + BATZ Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd.

8pm. $10.

DARLING JAMES Cherry Bar, Melbourne

Cbd. 9pm.

GANG OF YOUTHS Forum Theatre,

Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm.

HALLOWEEN - FEAT: INFRAGHOSTS + EMBEDDED FIGURES + ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING Last Chance Rock And Roll

Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm.

HALLOWEEN - FEAT: HEARTS & ROCKETS + DARK WATER + VENETIAN BLINDS + DOUBLE VANITY + MORE

Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

HALLOWEEN PARTY - FEAT: THE COWBOYS + RUBY JONES + NEIL Old

Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

HOTS + PERFECT WHIP + NIPPLE CHAFFES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

7:30pm. $6.

HOUSE DEPOSIT + EGGY + JUNGLE BREED Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

8pm. $6.

I HEAR DEAD PEOPLE - RADIO HALLOWEEN NIGHT PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Radio, Fitzroy. 6pm.

LIVE IN THE BANDROOM - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Revolver Upstairs,

Prahran. 7pm.

T he Hum Drums

The Hum Drums The Post Office Hotel After hiding away recording their upcoming third release Vol. III, local psych-rock duo The Hum Drums are celebrating the end of the recording process with a show at The Post Office Hotel on Friday November 2.

Covering material from their other releases as well as showcasing a crop of newies, the night will also feature support from fellow experimental psych-rock outfit AXTX. Kicks off at 8pm and entry is free.

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NAUTICAL MILE + A NEW WAY HOME + SNARK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

ODD TASTES + UVA URSI + ISAAC LIEW + THE DEADLIPS + DAL SANTO Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5.

PINCH POINTS + RACERAGE + SOFT APPROACH + GO GET MUM Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 7pm.

SPACEJUNK + SHIT TATTS + SILVERLIGHT SHADOWS Bendigo Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm.

THE BRONX + HIGH TENSION + PRIVATE FUNCTION The Croxton,

Thornbury. 7:30pm. $67.95.

THE MANTIS & THE PRAYER + ASYLUM SISTERS + THE HEDONISTIC PLEASURES

Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $8.

WILDERGLOW + THE VELVET CLUB + REEL TAPES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

$8.50.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK AMIE GRISOLD Drunken Poet, West

Melbourne. 8pm.

ANDREW SWANN Transit, Melbourne

Cbd. 6pm.

HALLOWE’EN HOE DOWN - FEAT: HENRY J SAWYER + KATIE BATES + ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY (WITH TRACEY HOGUE) Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.

JENNY MITCHELL + GRETTA ZILLER + ANDREW SWIFT Spotted Mallard,

Brunswick. 8pm.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: TOM FORSELLS’ LUAU COWBOYS + DAN DINNEN + KIMBERLY WHEELER Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.

MADEMOISELLE Melbourne Recital

Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39.

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

OPEN GRAND PIANO NIGHT Compass

Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick.

7:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT - HALLOWEEN PARTY + VARIOUS ARTISTS Whole Lotta

Prahran. 8pm. $5.

HI NEW LOW + JOE OPPENHEIMER

Open Studio, Northcote. 7:30pm.

HONEY HAYZE + GREEN BLANKET + IBIS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North

Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.

IN MUSICLAND TONIGHT - FEAT: RON MARTINI + DANGEROUS CURVES + MORE Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm.

INIGO + PHIA + CLIO Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE + OCEAN SLEEPER Max Watt's, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

MATT BRADSHAW Elephant &

Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.

METHYL ETHEL + RABBIT ISLAND

Howler, Brunswick. 8pm.

MS. 45 + ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING + DARK WATER Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

7pm.

RAVEN RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT: THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + THE MONKEY BUNZ + STEVEN MORRIS + SORCHA + DJ SHIVERS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $7.

SOUNDTRACKS FOR IMAGINARY FILMS - FEAT: MORIARTY Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 8pm.

SOUTHBOUND SNAKE CHARMERS + PELORUS + SARAH EIDA TRIO Bendigo

Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.

THE TWISTEES + AUTO LAPSE Post Office

Love, Brunswick East. 6pm.

SOPHIE OFFICER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm.

Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm.

Thursday 1 Nov

THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

THESE GUY + FIRST BEIGE + THE PERSON + GO GET MUM Evelyn Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.

TIDAL RAVE + CAKEFIGHT + DARK WATER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. $10.

TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel,

Williamstown. 8pm.

A TRIBUTE TO THE KING OF SOUL - SAM COOKE - FEAT: JOHN MCNAMARA Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

TOTAL GIOVANNI The Croxton, Thornbury.

ANDREA KELLER (WITH SANDY EVANS)Melbourne Recital Centre,

ZINE BABY + ELLIOT FRIEND + PACKAGED GOODS + NOTHINGE Bar

8:30pm. $20.71.

Southbank. 6:30pm. $30.

ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO

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

EMMA GILMARTIN BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

8pm. $29.10.

VIM + PEARL BAY + TAM VANTAGE Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5.

Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

FITZROY SOUL PARTY - FEAT: BOOGALICIOUS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm.

GREASY PALMS 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10.

HIGH BINDER + DANDECAT Penny Black,

ANNALIESE ROSE + WROCLAW + JUICE WEBSTER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

JENNIFER SALISBURY Paris Cat Jazz

BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS

Brunswick. 8:45pm.

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.

PRICKLE + CITIZEN MAZE + BAILEY JUDD + BLUE SHIVOO Toff In Town,

Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $7.

RALPHE ARMSTRONG’S FUSION REUNION Bird's Basement, Melbourne.

8:15pm. $35.

SHUFFLE DEMONS The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

THANDO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Cbd. 8pm. $35.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BRIAN CAMPEAU Grace Darling Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $15.

8pm.

ASH GRUNWALD Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

8pm. $34.70.

Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8pm.

ELSKI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

FRANK SULTANA BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm.

GRAND BAXTER + EMILY SOON + JAYDEN MICHAEL DUNNE! Some Velvet

Morning, Clifton Hill. 7pm. $5.

JENNY MITCHELL + NIGEL WEARNE

Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. $15.

JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALSMusicland, Fawkner.

7pm. $5.

NANCY COLE + ALICE COTTON Charles

Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West Brunswick East. 7pm.

Melbourne. 7pm.

CASH + TINA GROWLS + THE KAT O PEPPER JANE Wesley Anne, Northcote.

ARMY Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7pm. $10. 8pm. $10.

BYO VINYL NIGHTThe B.east,

GRAVEYARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: ANDY PHILLIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK + I DUNNO + THE ROMEO KNIGHTS The

SARAH MARY CHADWICK + PADDY MANN Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm.

SERAPHIM TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre,

HAPPY MORBID + KING STAG + DEAD ALREADY + THUDD Revolver Upstairs,

TRAMWRECK + VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vineyard, St Kilda. 10pm.

Southbank. 6:30pm. $39.

Hume Blues Club, Coburg. 7:15pm.

FEATURED GIGS

Friday 2 Nov INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow,

Melbourne. 11pm.

AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel,

Fitzroy. 9pm.

AYDAN Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston.

7pm. $35.95.

BAKERS EDDY Penny Black, Brunswick.

8pm.

BARON VON WEASEL MUSIC - THE SINGING BIRD SESSIONS - FEAT: AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + SORDID ORDEAL + DEVILMONKEY + THE BALLS The B.east, Brunswick East.

8pm.

BELLA QUINLAN + TINKS Some Velvet

Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:30pm.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs

House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.

CASTILES + RUBY SOHO + THE BACKS

Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.

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

COUNTDOWN 80'S Musicland, Fawkner.

7:30pm. $10.

DALLI + TOM TOM + FOOL CHILD

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

DAVE DOBBYN + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $50.

DRACULA + MANIAXE + EVOKER

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

DUSTY STYLUS Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

FIRST BEIGE Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 11:45pm.

GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10pm.

HALF/TIME - FEAT: HALF/CUT + DELORIS + REQUIN + COLD HANDS WARM HEART + SLEEPING LESSONS

Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

8pm. $10.

IN THE MOOD Palais Theatre, St Kilda.

2pm/7:30pm $69.90.

KING PRINCESS Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $75.69.

MACHINE TRANSLATIONS + STEPHEN GRADY + PERCH CREEK Howler,

Brunswick. 8pm. $12.

MADDER LAKE + SPECTRUM Spotted

Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $28.89.

MAGGOT FEST 9 - FEAT: HARAM + GELD + DEN + ILL GLOBO + U-BAHN + TALC + EXECUTION + MORE Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 6pm. $34.70.

MANE + PINKISH BLU + BILLY BARKER

Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm.

MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD + THE DEAD LIPS + THE MIYAGIS + VANESSA VEE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

MINORFAUNA + DJ HOMMUS + NYUON Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

MR. MCCLELLAND'S FINISHING SCHOOL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10pm.

$10.

NEVER ENDING 80'S Chelsea Heights

Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 8pm. $29.60.

PARALLAX + UFO-GO + SILENCE TO BREAK Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm.

SHADOW LEAGUE + SHAPES LIKE RAPIDS + PSYCHO MOTO + GUN LAWS + DJ RORY FANG IT Bombay Rock,

Brunswick. 7pm.

STARVING MILLIONS - FEAT: SQUID FISHING + DRIVETIME COMMUTE + DEAD ALREADY + HAND OF FEAR + THE ORPHAN Last Chance Rock And Roll

Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $10.

TANYA-LEE DAVIES & HER GENTLEMEN FRIENDS Kastoria Music

Club, Coburg North. 8:30pm. $20.

THE AINTS Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $55.

THE FONDUE SET Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

THE HARD ACHES + BUGS + FACE FACE + BAD BATCH Corner Hotel,

Richmond. 8pm. $25.

THE HUM DRUMS + AZTX Post Office

Hotel, Coburg. 8pm.

THE MONSTER MASH MASSACRE - FEAT: THE STRAYS + THE RESIGNATORS + MURDER RATS + SARGE & THE NUKED + MISS JUNIPER PEACH + MISS LANA LUNACY

PETER MAC CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER - FEAT: THE DAMNED HUMANS + LOOSE CANNON + NOSFEROTICA + TRAUMABOYS + DJ KELLIN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7pm. $10.

POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

SCARECROW - THE MELLENCAMP SHOW Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6pm.

$29.50.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.

Saturday 3 Nov

Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $15.

TOTAL GIOVANNI The Croxton, Thornbury. 8pm.

ABADDON INCARNATE + WOUNDED PIG + HEADLESS DEATH + PISSBOLT + UMBILICAL TENTACLE + SOMATIZED

UNIVERSAL - FEAT: ONYX + LAILIC & SLIPPY MANE + CLAUDY KNIGHT + HOI POLLOI + MORE John Curtin Hotel,

Carlton. 7pm. $10.

WHAT’S ON PRESENTS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTSPrince Public Bar,

St Kilda . 9pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AGUS BATARA QUARTET Edinburgh

Castle, Brunswick. 6pm.

BACK TO BASIE (WITH ANGELA LIBRANDI) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.

DJ MURPH Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9pm.

FARO NEGRO + JULIAN SCHEFFER + STEPHEN CUTTRISS Platform 270,

Melbourne. 5:30pm.

FEM / MON / TAM / ANG / CHELS Paris

Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.

FRIDAY KNOCK OFF SESSIONS - FEAT: THE HANDLE BARS Brunswick Green,

Brunswick. 5pm.

GIAN SLATER Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $30.

HOODOO MAYHEM Bar Open, Fitzroy.

8:30pm.

JULIAN BANKS GROUP The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $35.

ONE SPIRIT AFRICA Night Cat, Fitzroy.

10pm. $5.

PANORAMA BRASIL (WITH JACQUELINE GAWLER)Paris Cat Jazz

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.

RALPHE ARMSTRONG’S FUSION REUNION Bird's Basement, Melbourne.

8:15pm. $35.

THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

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

THE LIAM WERRETT QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.

THE PEARLY SHELLS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $20.

THE SEDUCEAPHONES + BELLY SAVALAS Belleville, Melbourne. 10:30pm.

ZEDSIX The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

Shirazz Compass Pizza

Melbourne outfit Shirazz are geared to bring their brand of traditional jazz to Compass Pizza on Friday November 2. Fellow jazz purveyors The Slipdixies will be in tow as support, and it’s all kicking off at 7.30pm.

Tickets are $10 on the door.

Onyx + more The Curtin

Party throwers Universal thrive off showcasing music and talent from the margins, and they’re bringing in a massive crop to The Curtin on Friday November 2.

From folk-rock to avant-pop, neo soul and trap, there’ll be something for everyone in this smorgasbord offering as the likes of Onyx, Willing, Hoi Palloi, Anita Lester, Claudy Knightand more take to the stage.

Catch it from 7pm and grab your tickets for $15 on the door.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS 4TRESS + TO A POINTLESS END + A DAY OF STORMS + MR STITCHER Whole

RASTA UNITY + THE PUSH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.

PARKWAY DRIVE + KILLSWITCH SEX ON TOAST Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

ENGAGE + THY ART IS MURDER 8pm. $24.50.

Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 6:30pm.

SHIRAZZ + THE SLIPDIXIES Compass PENNY IKINGER + BOB FOX + DRONGO Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8:30pm.

Collingwood. 7pm.

CONTINENTAL ROBERTS Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.

EXCELSIS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $35.

FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote. 7pm. $13.

HUGH MCGINLAY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

IMOGEN CLARK Wesley Anne, Northcote.

8pm. $15.

JULIAN JAMES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE ALAN LADDS Gem Bar, Collingwood.

9pm.

THE GH COWBOYS Boronia Rsl, Boronia.

6:30pm.

24 Moons, Northcote. 7pm. $20.

THE PLAYBOOK + FIVEASH + VERMONT + POST PACIFIC Reverence

$5.

PERSPECTIVES + SPLIT FEED + BLUE VELVET + GREYVIEW Gasometer Hotel,

BRADLEY STONE + MAJA 303, Northcote.

8pm. $20.

Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. $10.

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $15.

AIME MENTORING SHOW - FEAT: WIL WAGNER + VARIOUS ARTISTS Corner

Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20.

ALL HOPE REMAINS + POSTSCRIPT + THE BEGGARS WAY + COMISSIONER BOURBON Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

8pm. $10.

ARCHER DEPTHLESS Old Bar, Fitzroy.

4pm.

BEASTWARS + CHILD + HOLY SERPENT + HONEYBONE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $32.50.

COSMIC PSYCHOS + PIST IDIOTS + UTE ROOT Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8pm. $39.80.

CRAIG DERMODY + SWEET WHIRL

Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4pm.

DEAD CITY RUINS + BLACK ACES

Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 1pm.

DEAD KENNEDYS The Croxton, Thornbury.

8pm.

FAIR MAIDEN + PEAK TWINS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.

FREE THE GENIE + THYLACINE Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $5.

HELL & BACK - MEAT LOAF TRIBUTE + HARD ROCKERZ Musicland, Fawkner.

7:30pm. $25.

INTO THE MYSTIC – THE MUSIC OF VAN MORRISON - FEAT: JOE CREIGHTON Yarraville Club, Yarraville.

8pm. $25.

IVEY + BIRDHOUSE + HARLEY MAVIS

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10.

MAGGOT FEST 9 - FEAT: THE CHOSEN FEW + CIVIC + THE SNAKES + VOICE IMITATOR + THE STROPPIES + VAMPIRE + MORE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm.

$34.70.

MARIACHI LOS ROMANTICOS Gem Bar,

Collingwood. 9pm.

MINIBIKES Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote.

8pm.

MOJO PIN + DEATH BEAT + WAX JAX & THE MIDNIGHT SNAX + WET LOVE + RUSE + POUNCE DJS Bombay Rock,

Brunswick. 7pm.

MOONLOVER + HOBSON'S BAY COAST GUARD + YUKUMBABE Old Bar, Fitzroy.

7:30pm. $12.

NEW AGE + ONE MORE WEEKEND + ALUMINIUM MONSTER + GEN2 Revolver

Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm. $10.

SAHARA BECK Grace Darling Hotel,

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

SKY ROLLER + THE ATTENTION SEEKERS + DUMB WHALES 303,

Northcote. 8pm. $10.

SQUID FISHING + NEWTOWN STORY

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Brunswick Techno Appreciation Society Red Betty The Brunswick Techno Appreciation Society (BTAS) are inviting techno lovers from across the city to join them for a glorious night of techno celebration at Red Betty this weekend. Two of Melbourne’s best techno DJs, Simon Slieker and Pixelton will be leading the proceedings, promising an intimate house party-style affair. It’s all happening from 6pm on Saturday November 3 and you can grab your tickets via Red Betty’s website.

Jen Salisbury Trio The Moldy Fig Alongside her band of guitar and double bass, jazz songstress Jen Salisbury effortlessly wraps her smoky vocals around classics from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. You can catch the trio in action at The Moldy Fig on Saturday November 3, where they’ll play two sets from 7pm. Free entry.

Tamerlan Empire Reverence Hotel Sydney’s Tamerlan Empire will grace The Rev on Saturday November 3 to celebrate the release of their hotly-anticipated debut album The Age of Ascendancy. A symphonic blast of black metal with Middle Eastern rhythms peppered underneath, this is sure to be a treat to catch live. Suldusk, Hexreign, Omnipresence and Adamus Exul will support from 6pm, and entry is $15 on the door.

Celebrating Live Electronic Musicians of Melbourne Swamplands Swamplands are set to mark three years since the launch of the Facebook group ‘Live Electronic Musicians of Melbourne’, with a slew of the city’s best in the business set to come in for a celebratory show. The likes of Men Imitating Machines, RepliKator, The Safety Word, Automatic Terro Machine, Monastere and Disco Computer will come in for the event, as well as VJ Brkn Fixie. It’s all going down on Saturday November 3 from 6pm and tickets are $10 on the door.

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Local hard rock act Mojo Pin are geared to launch their brand new EP Changa Sanga at Bombay Rock this Saturday November 3.

With Deathbeat, Wax Jax and the Midnight Snax, Wet Love, Ruse / Ruse / Ruse and Pounce coming along as support, this is shaping to be a mighty fine gig. It’s all set to kick off at 6pm and entry is free.

TAMERLAN EMPIRE + ADAMUS EXUL + OMNIPRESENCE + HEXREIGN + SULDUSK Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 6pm.

Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 2pm.

$15.

Reischman & West is the project of prolific mandolinist John Reischman and multiinstrumentalist Eli West. They’ll be stepping into Wesley Anne on Sunday November 4 for an intimate gig from 8pm, and you can snag your tickets for $15 on the door.

Starving Millions Whole Lotta Love New Zealand hardcore punk outfit Starving Millions are slated to take over Whole Lotta Love this week as part of their Australian east coast run. With a fresh batch of songs from their sixth album and support from Stoned to Death and All Hope Remains in two, this is looking to be an absolute belter of a Sunday sesh. Best of all, entry is free.

Druid Fluids The Bendigo Hotel Adelaide psych act Druid Fluids are currently in the midst of a national singe tour for their new track ‘Out of Phase’ and they’re set to step into The Bendigo Hotel this week to show it off. Fellow psychers Pseudo Mind Hive will come in as support when it goes down on Sunday November 4 from 7pm.

Tickets on the door.

The Alan Ladds The Drunken Poet Slide into your public holiday as Melbourne honkytonkers The Alan Ladds are set to take over The Drunken Poet on Monday November 5. It’s all kicking off at 7pm and entry is free. Beauty.

Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $23.

Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm.

Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $66.

TIDAL RAVE + OVERTIME + LOST TALK + ALPHINGTON Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

9pm. $10.

WITHER + ADVOCATES + ANTICLINE + ABOVE BELOW Workers Club, Fitzroy.

8pm. $10.

YAH YAH'S BANDSTAND PARTY FEAT: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS + DRUID FLUIDS Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ANITA WARDELL Paris Cat Jazz Club,

Adored Melbourne soul and funk brass band Horns of Leroy will take over The B.East for a delicious Cup Day Eve affair on Monday November 5. The seven-piece will kick things off from 9pm, while you can enjoy free entry to this one too. Booyah.

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Northcote. 8:30pm. $30.

CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS

Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 2pm.

HONEYMOON BRIDGE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.

JACOB DIAMOND + HANNAH BLACKBURN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

4pm.

NATHAN BERETTA BAND Drunken Poet,

West Melbourne. 9pm.

BENEDETTI ELSCHENBROICH GRYNYUK Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 7pm. $85.

SLEEPY WEST + PARKVILLE + JARROD SHAW Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $9.20.

STEPHEN KENNEDY Drunken Poet, West

3pm.

SUNDAYS AT SWAMPLANDS - FEAT: SALTY JACK + LACHIE MCKAY + MADI LEEDS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 5pm.

$5.

THE BRUNNY BUNCH + DJ CHEEKYBONES The B.east, Brunswick

East. 2pm.

THE LATE SHIFT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:30pm. $5.

TOM LYNGCOLN + RHIA SIMONE

Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4pm.

WEST THEBARTON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $15.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ALEX STUART QUINTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

AVENIDA SOL Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 4pm.

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

7:30pm. $10.

BIG BAND FREQUENCY Spotted Mallard,

Brunswick. 4pm.

STEVE BOYD’S RUM REVERIE Lomond

9:15pm.

TEAM LOVE Charles Weston Hotel,

CONTINENTAL ROBERT Gem Bar,

Melbourne. 3pm.

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

$24.50.

CHARLOTTE JANE QUARTET The

Brunswick. 6:30pm.

Collingwood. 7:30pm.

CLAUDIA JONES + EMILIA Toff In Town,

Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

YUNDI Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 6:30pm. $79.

Green, Brunswick. 4pm.

Sunday 4 Nov

GOOD MORNING KAOS + BEAUTIFUL BEASTS + REBECA JANNZ Workers Club,

Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.

DEL BARRIO + DJ MARIO GORDON + MORE Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $12.

DJ CRISPI Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

9pm.

FELIX MEREDITH The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

6pm. $30.

GAWAIN DAVEY + CLAIRE HEALY + CLODAGH & THE MONOLOGUE

Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $5.

JESS FAIRLIE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.

JOE CHINDAMO & ZOË BLACK Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $25.

KINGS & ASSOCIATES Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8pm.

KRISTIN BERARDI & SAM ANNING

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

LILLIAN ALBAZI QUINTET (WITH ALEX SPICER) Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.

8pm. $25.

MO' SCO – THE MUSIC OF JOHN SCOFIELD Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm.

NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Paris Cat Jazz

PAT POWELL & THE SKA VENDORS

Horns of Leroy The B.East

BOB EVANS + EMMA RUSSACK + ANNA CORDELL Northcote Social Club,

Abbotsford. 4pm. $5.

STARVING MILLIONS + STONED TO DEATH Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.

AUSECUMA BEATS Belleville, Melbourne.

9pm. $14.57.

Local alt-country purveyors Shaky Stills will be taking over the Merri Creek Tavern for a raucous Cup Day Eve double-setter. Catch it go down on Monday November 5 from 8pm and enjoy free entry to boot.

ANNE MCCUE + SARAH CARROLL

SAINTHILL + SERENE DREAMS + GRACE CUMMINGS Yarra Hotel,

BOOTLEG RASCAL + THE MOVING STILLS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7pm.

Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $35.

Shaky Stills Merri Creek Tavern

AARON POLLOCK + CATFISH VOODOO + ALISTER TURRILL Workers

THE GROGANS, WELCOME BACK + LONGBOYS + MIDNIGHT COUNTRY

OGOPOGO + BELLY SAVALAS + 8 FOOT FELIX Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.

Shaky Stills

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $10.

ANDREW SWANN Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.

THE LIVING END + WEST THEBARTON

Reischman & West Wesley Anne

Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7pm. $28.70.

THE FIX UPS + EMAH FOX + QUASHANI BAHD Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + A RIOTING MIND + VOYEUR Rainbow

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

THE HEARTACHE STATE Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8pm. $10.

Reischman & West

YOLANDA INGLEY II BAND + MORE

Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

QUARTER STREET The B.east, Brunswick East. 8pm.

RALPHE ARMSTRONG’S FUSION REUNION Bird's Basement, Melbourne.

8:15pm. $35.

RAT CHILD Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE Bar Open,

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALPHA HALL + SUMMON THE BIRDS + ROD BEGBIE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm.

$10.

AN INTIMATE AFTERNOON WITH CEBERANO + CO - FEAT: KATE CEBERANO + ALMA ZYGIER Memo

Music Hall, St Kilda. 2pm. $33.

Kilda . 8pm.

Collingwood. 6pm. $13.30.

CORDELL + BONE CHURCH + MVNT + BLOOD ON MY HANDS Last Chance

RALPHE ARMSTRONG’S FUSION REUNION Bird's Basement, Melbourne.

THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar,

Balaclava. 4:30pm.

Fitzroy. 6pm.

THE SLIPDIXIES Open Studio, Northcote.

5:30pm.

YOLANDA INGLEY & BAND Fireflies

Wine Bar, Fitzroy North. 4pm.

Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm.

ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel,

DARK DAZE + UNIVERSAL OUTCAST + NEO RELIC Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

DRUID FLUIDS + PSUEDO MIND HIVE EDGE TRIM - FEAT: TAYLAH CARROLL + SANDY HSU + HANNAH KATE

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.

Williamstown. 2pm.

$10.

BOADZ Catfish, Fitzroy. 5pm.

DIDIRRI Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2pm. $20.

DJ JESSE I Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.

ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar,

FREE THE GENIE + THE PALPATINES + PALM SUGAR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

FUTURE STATIC + FIVEASH + BELL PARK + SOUTHBOUND Whole Lotta GREY MANTIS + STIFF RICHARDS + BLEACH Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:30pm. $10.

Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.

MAC SPRINGS Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 5pm.

OCELOT + GEO + BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.

2:30pm. $12.

THE SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND Penny

Fawkner. 7pm.

Black, Brunswick. 8pm.

THE SLIPDIXIES Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm.

Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm.

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

QUARTER STREET Night Cat, Fitzroy.

9pm. $10.

Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.

7:30pm. $10.

THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

11pm.

LISA FAITHFULL SOUL EXPERIENCE

THE COPE STREET PARADE Bar Open,

LUCY'S LOCKETT + KAT EDDY Retreat

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

Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

LA BUSCA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $27.50.

CODA CHROMA + HANA BRUNECKI BAND + ALPHINGTON Tote Hotel,

12:30pm. $35.

Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.

Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.

Theatre, St Kilda. 7pm. $169.90.

8:15pm. $35.

Love, Brunswick East. 8pm.

THE EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET

DIONNE WARWICK + MORE Palais

BOOM CRASH OPERA + THE CHANTOOZIES Corner Hotel, Richmond.

5pm.

ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA, HERMETO MAGNÉTICO + ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA + HERMETO MAGNÉTICO Open Studio,

DAZ HAMMOND COMBO Brunswick

OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland, PREHISTORIC DOUCHE + SHIT SEX + PISS FACTORY + KRUL + GIRL GERMS + SHEEP Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm. $10.

BETH WINTER + CAT MIGLIORE Open

Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $20.

St Kilda . 4pm.

GALLIE Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 2:30pm. $23.

HENRY J. SAWYER + EZRA LEE

Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3pm.

HEY GRINGO Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4pm.

JAI CROFT + SAMPLETEXT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.

JASON LOWE Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm.

JIMI HOCKING'S BLUES MACHINE

Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4pm.

JOHN NOBLE’S STRING QUARTET PROGRAM + FLINDERS QUARTET

COMING SOON

Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

4pm. $30.

JOHN REISCHMAN + ELI WEST Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $15.

LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Assaggi Italiani,

Malvern. 12pm.

LIZ FRENCHAM & ROBBIE MELVILLE

Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

LOUISE SOL + ETHAN POS Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $10.

+ SOFALA + TOMBOLO + DADA ONO + ALPHINGTON Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

Butterfly Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $34.

FREE THE HORSES - FEAT: SUNNYSIDE + TURNER STREET SOUND + MIRIS + DREAMIN' WILD + BANANAGUN Toff In

Tuesday 6 Nov

6pm.

Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

HARAM + CONSTANT MONGREL + THE UV RACE + EXHAUST WORLD Bombay

Rock, Brunswick. 7pm. $15.

LYRICAL WOMEN SONGWRITER'S SHOWCASE - FEAT: RAT CHILD 303,

HEXFEST - FEAT: HEXDEBT + MZRIZK + HARAM + SIMONA + MOD CON + SUSS CUNTS + LO VISION + MORE Gasometer

MAX RIEBL & ADAM COOK Post Office

HOLY MOSES HEARTACHE Fitzroy

Northcote. 3:30pm. $10.

Hotel, Coburg. 4pm.

MISS DEE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.

PIPE DREAMS - FEAT: MELBOURNE YOUTH ORCHESTRAS Melbourne Recital

Centre, Southbank. 2:30pm. $29.

RAISED BY EAGLES (DUO)Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote. 4:30pm.

STEVE BALBI + STUART FRASER The Skylark Room, Upwey. 7:30pm. $25.

SUNDAY SIP & SING KARAOKE - FEAT: MRS SMITH + SPARX Wesley Anne,

Northcote. 3pm.

THE 'JOHNNY CAN'T DANCE' CAJUN BAND Dan O'connell Hotel, Carlton. 4pm.

THE CANYON CALLERS Drunken Poet,

West Melbourne. 4pm.

THE RAILWAY GANG Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

THREE KINGS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.

TOM MCGOWAN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4pm.

Monday 5 Nov JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC 303 YARRA BANKS JAM NIGHT 303,

Northcote. 8pm.

ANDREA KELLER LEADS THE COMPOSER'S CIRCLE The Jazzlab,

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

BELLEVILLE SOUND EXCHANGE FEAT: JAMIE STROUD + THANDO + VARIOUS ARTISTS + DJ FAIRBANKS ROBINSON Belleville, Melbourne. 6pm.

BOOTLEG RASCAL + THE MOVING STILLS + ZAC SLATER Howler, Brunswick.

8pm.

DON'T THANK ME SPANK ME + KARATE BOOGALOO Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 8pm.

HORNS OF LEROY The B.east, Brunswick

East. 9pm.

JAZZ PARTY + DJ CHINA BONE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm.

JOURDAIN Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $5.

MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9pm. $10.

THE SKELLINGTONS + JAM JAR Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BATTS + RAT!HAMMOCK + GENA ROSE BRUCE Northcote Social Club,

Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $20.

Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm.

JAMES REYNE + LISA MILLER & SHANE O'MARA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

MAGPIE + GIRL GERMS + SHIT SEX + MOON CUP Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.

8:30pm. $10.

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

Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.

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

NO FUN AT ALL + PRIVATE FUNCTION + WOLFPACK + SWEET GOLD Bendigo

Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.

DEAD KENNEDYS Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. $69.90.

DROP LEGS + ANTY Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7pm. $10.

EARTHQUAKE FUNDRAISER PARTY - FEAT: CHINA BEACH + THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA + BISCOTTI

Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

NOW. HERE. THIS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.

8pm. $10.

PHOEBE & THE NIGHT CREATURES

Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.

UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney,

Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

8pm. $15.

SHAKERFAKER Yah Yah's, Fitzroy.

7pm. $10.

SHEPPARTON AIRPLANE + HOT TO ROT + PINCH POINTS John Curtin Hotel,

Carlton. 8pm. $15.

STARVING MILLIONS + DENTAL PLAN + PROTOSPASM + THE OUT OF TOWNERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

THE AINTS + THE BREADMAKERS + PARSNIP The Croxton, Thornbury. 8pm.

$61.20.

THE BITTERMEN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA + GIDEON + DEADLIGHTS + MIRRORS Royal

Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.

THE DEVOURS + BOLLARD + TRUE VULTURE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8.

THE LIVING END + WEST THEBARTON

Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8pm. $66.20.

THE MUSIC OF STEVIE WONDER FEAT: PETER CUPPLES Central Club

Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $27.

THE ROLLING STONES - KOOYONG CONCERT 45TH ANNIVERSARY - FEAT: THE MONKEY MEN + MADDER LAKE

Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8:30pm. $45.

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

Richmond. 1pm. $35.

EASY BROWNS + ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH + SPLENDIDID + BAYMAREE Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 3:30pm. $10.

GANG OF YOUTHS Forum Theatre,

Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $89.90.

MELBOURNE MUSICIANS AGAINST MELBOURNE CUP - FEAT: A+ + COOL SOUNDS + CRAIG DERMODY + DEADER + CRACKER LA TOUF + GLOVV + MORE Tote Hotel,

Collingwood. 2pm. $15.

MISSING LINK II - A LINK WRAY MINIFEST - FEAT: THE TARANTINOS + THE WRAYLETTES + THE VIBRAJETS + THE EXOTICS + BEWARE! BLACK HOLES + MORE Swamplands Bar,

Thornbury. 1pm. $15.

RUBY SOHO + OSCAR A MORRIS

Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4pm.

SAM SMITH + PALOMA FAITH Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7pm.

THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + KING CAPTURE + GORDON HOLLAND BAND Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

THE ROSÉ CUP - FEAT: PORPOISE SPIT

8:30pm. $7.

VASILIS MPATIS + DJ JORDAN Trak

5:30pm.

Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8pm.

Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9pm. $49.

WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE + LIVE & DANGEROUS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK BENNY & THE FLYBYNITERS + COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Kingston

City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $22.

ENSEMBLE GOMBERT Melbourne Recital

Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39.

Hotel, Chadstone. 8pm. $50.

DAVID BOWIE VS PRINCE - CUP EVE PARTY - FEAT: CHERRY DJS Cherry Bar,

7:45pm. $30.

I HOLD THE LION'S PAW Brunswick

COSMIC PSYCHOS + PIST IDIOTS + CIVIC + UTE ROOT Corner Hotel,

Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.

LITTLE BROTHER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $15.

$39.80.

BLUE NOTE RECORDS - GIDEON PREISS TRIO Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.

BABY BLUE + JESSE WILLIAMS Tote

ENSEMBLE LIAISON + MORE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $50.

COSMIC PSYCHOS + PIST IDIOTS + UTE ROOT Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm.

ATM15 BIG BAND The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $25.

Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.

PAGAN + IN TRENCHES + YEAR OF THE RAT Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.

BRUNO & BEYONCE - BIG BAND SHOW - FEAT: UPTOWN FUNK + THE BEYONCE TRIBUTE Matthew Flinders

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

FRANK SULTANA BLUES MACHINE

ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS

Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $33.

SHAKY STILLS Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote. 8pm.

STEVE BALBI + STUART FRASER + KIM VOLKMAN & THE WHISKEY PRIESTS

The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 6:30pm. $25.

SYZYGY ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 12pm.

THE ALAN LADDS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7pm.

WHEN I WAS A GIRL - FEAT: TIM CLARK

THE JETSONS Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

THE RETREAT'S BIRTHDAY - FEAT: DUMB PUNTS + LOOBS + PISTOL PEACHES + CHOOK RACE + NAT VAZER + PTING Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 2pm.

THEME TEAM The B.east, Brunswick

East. 7pm.

UP YOURS CUP - FEAT: THE GALAXY FOLK + MONNONE ALONE + TRUFFLE PIGS + ZACHARY SCHNEIDER

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 4pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/ BLUES/FOLK IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel,

Brunswick East. 8pm.

KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

MAKE IT UP CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTSBar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Open Studio,

Northcote. 8pm.

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Melbourne Showgrounds December 7

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