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The Show of the Year 2018 Line up your partridges and your pear trees! 2018’s almost done with us. The Wheeler Centre’s Show of the Year is here to help you reﬂect – and revel in the year that was. Remember the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics? Meghan Markle at the alter? The Thai soccer team cave rescue? Yet another Prime Ministerial sacking? However you feel about 2018, let’s send it off together in style – with host Casey Bennetto and a cast of writers, comedians and musicians. Including: singer and storyteller Mama Alto, writer and actor Candy Bowers, astrophysicist and science educator Alan Duffy, journalist and TV presenter Jan Fran, playwright and theatre-maker Michele Lee, poet wāni Le Frère, comedian Steph Tisdell, and TV personality and comedian Shaun Micallef.

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Contents 8

Contents

News

Arts Guide

Punk, Electronic, Metal

Donavon Frankenreiter

Live Music Safari

Pierce Brothers

National Folk Festival

Fraser A. Gorman, Forever Sun

Xavier Rudd, Northeast Party House

Melbourne Synth Festival, Defron

Imogen Price, Skunkhour

Oz International Film Festival, Mukka

Fraser A. Gorman

Q&A, Live

Album of the Week, Singles

Interview

Albums

Gig Guide

Editor’s note With Tom Parker

The opening weekend of Melbourne Music Week enveloped this fine city with a vibrancy and magic seldom explored. Kicking things off, the Heaps Gay Reverie filled the previously musically-bereft expanse of the ACMI Hub with absorbing pop and electronic music alongside kaleidoscopic theatre. Saturday welcomed techno don Jeff Mills to the house, whose expressionist performance The Trip twisted brains without abolishing the dancefloor fervour. You Am I combated Melbourne Town Hall’s Grand Organ on Sunday and came out a more brazen unit; if that was ever possible for Tim Rogers and his merry men. Monday gave us Ainslie Wills, Gretta Ray and Angie McMahon live in the one establishment and that’s just the first scoop of the MMW creme brulee. Tomorrow night, the town is decorated by the Live Music Safari, one of Australia’s foremost music discovery extravaganzas. It’s all free so get the hell out there Beat couch potato. As Melbourne Music Week winds down this weekend, the adored Queenscliff Music Festival winds up. The historic celebration of music from home and abroad is welcoming the likes of Courtney Barnett, Donavon Frankenreiter and Japan’s Osaka Monaurail to its beachside residence. We chat to Frankenreiter, Fraser A. Gorman and Forever Son ahead of the fest. That’s Beat 1653 friends, tuck in.

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News Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce headline Australian tour

It’s been a long time since Californian mischief-makers The Red Hot Chili Peppers have played shows Down Under. Their last stint on an Aussie stage was Big Day Out in 2013, but they haven’t done a headline tour here in 12 years. Well, that’s about to change. Next year the four-piece are returning, with a seven-stop run around the country. They’ll even be heading to Hobart for the first time, which means Tassie fans won’t be missing out. If you’re in Melbourne, you can catch them on Thursday February 28 at Rod Laver Arena, and at Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong on Saturday March 2. It wouldn’t be surprising if these shows sell out, so make sure you nab a ticket on Monday November 26 through Live Nation.

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Melbourne Music Week

The In The Out

For the first time in MMW history, the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel is playing host to an event. On Friday November 23, ten of the 21 cabins will accomodate an array of local musicians, and an audience of up to 15 people. It’s a lucky dip kind of affair, where you buy a ticket, rock up and get allocated a pod, without knowing who you’re actually going to see. But with artists like Blasko, Maya, DRMNGNOW and Amadou Suso on the bill, there’s no room for disappointment. Grab a ticket from the MMW website.

Melbourne-based psych rockers The In The Out have announced their debut album launch, set to deliver a night of big guitars, organ music and pumping vocals. Two years on from their last release, the four-piece have put together a full-length record and are excited to share it with the world. Psychadelic roots band the Woodland Hunters and rock’n’roll track spinner DJ Doggler are joining them for the launch, filling the support slots for the night. Catch the gig at Thornbury’s Swamplands Bar on Saturday November 24. The night kicks off at 8pm, and there’s no charge for this one.

Miss Moses

Cat Power

Melbourne’s new music venue Miss Moses announced last month it would be hosting three nights of music a week, promising a veritable list of live shows was to come. The bar has now delivered, finally releasing its full December program. Artists like Mick Turner from the Dirty Three, folk-pop foursome Felicity Cripps and Zoe Fox from Zoe Fox and The Rocket Clocks are just a few names from the list of gigs, all of which are free to attend. Pop into 581 Sydney Road, Brunswick, on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night, and catch one of the shows yourself.

Much-loved singer-songwriter, Cat Power, has added a second show to her Zoo Twilights appearance, after rapidly selling out her first one. Performing back-to-back gigs, Cat Power will hypnotise listeners with songs from her 11-track-album Wanderer, released earlier this year. She’s also unveiled that songstress Jen Cloher will be joining her for the Melbourne and Sydney shows, but unfortunately won’t be making the trip up to Perth. Catch her second Zoo Twilights show on Sunday February 10. Tickets via the Zoo Twilights website.

First Melbourne Star Music Menagerie kicks off this week

Set to launch debut album

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MJC PRESENTS: SCHMOE AND CO

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KATHLEEN HALLORAN TRIO $15/$10 TUESDAY NOV 27

THE JACK EARLE BIG BAND

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Announces second Zoo Twilights show

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After two years of blood sweat & beers, Melbourne’s pop-psych-ish 4 piece THE IN THE OUT are extremely excited to release their latest masterpiece to the world. Featuring a slew of guitar and organ music, and laden with big vocals and pumping low end tubs, make sure your at this very special gig which may be our last one for quite a few months. THE IN THE OUT recently supported Kim Salmon & The Surrealists for their last for 2018 at Swamplands to a highly favourable audience response. With support from THE WOODLAND HUNTERS 60’s guitar wig outs to swamp rock, 70’s jam bands to raw and dusty Americana. DJ DOGGLER will be spinning rock’n’roll tunes into the night after until late!

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Download Festival 2019 Unveils second lineup announcement

The massive punk, rock and metal music festival has gotten even bigger, adding more acts to an already killer lineup. There’s already been some impressive names announced for the event, with icons like Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Judas Priest and Alice In Chains set to take the stage when Download kicks off next year. Joining them will be Canadian rockers Sum 41, AKA the brains behind classic noughties track ‘Fat Lip’, for their only Australian appearance. California’s Pennywise are also going to be tagging along, as well as Polaris and Thy Art Is Murder out of Sydney, and Melbourne outfit Twelve Foot Ninja. Catch the heavy music fest at Flemington Racecourse on Monday March 11 – metal shirt and long hair for headbanging optional.

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Wine Whiskey Women: Rhiannon Simpson + Tess Guthrie

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4pm: The Hornets + Book Launch 6:30pm: The Great Unknown Tuesday 27th November 8pm:

Tuesday Tribute:

The Tuckshop Ladies (Sam Lohs + Rosie Burgess) pay tribute to the 80’s

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The Show of the Year 2018

Luca Brasi

With 2018 coming to a close, it’s a time to reflect and relive the glorious – and not so glorious – moments of the year that was. From the Commonwealth Games and the Royal Wedding, to sewing needles in strawberries and the Liberal leadership spill, it’s been an undeniably wild ride. On Saturday December 1, Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre will be reflecting on all this and more for their Show of The Year 2018. Comedians, writers and musicians like Shaun Micallef, Jan Fran and Alan Duffy will join host Casey ‘Tasty’ Bennetto for the event, which takes place at the Athenaeum Theatre. Grab a ticket through the Wheeler Centre website.

Tassie punk band Luca Brasi are set to head off on their regional Australian tour early next year. The Clothes I Slept In tour celebrates the release of their 11-track studio album Stay, that they dropped earlier this year, and will feature appearances at Download festival, as well as Party in the Paddock, in their home state. Alongside this exciting tour announcement, the boys have also unveiled a new film clip for their latest single ‘Reeling’. Catch the guys when they play Bendigo’s Tap House on Thursday January 31, Pelly Bar in Frankston on Friday February 1, or the Geelong Worker’s Club on Saturday February 2.

Takes a look at the year that was

Announce regional tour, new video clip

Harvey Sutherland

The Pleasure Garden

Bryan Adams

Pleasure Garden is set to takeover St Kilda’s Catani Gardens next month, transforming the parkland into an inner-city beach club oasis. This year for the first time they’ll have a specific beach club space, which will play host to DJs and producers Harvey Sutherland, Andee Frost, Casey Leaver and Nora En Pure. They’ve also unveiled set times for the event, so you can start planning how you’re going to spend your day. Head to the Pleasure Garden website to check it all out, and be ready for party paradise on Saturday December 8.

Long-time Australian touring favourite Bryan Adams will make a return in 2019 for his Shine A Light Tour. Presenting timeless, feel good rock’n’roll classics alongside new music from his upcoming album, Adams will perform for audiences in Melbourne, Wollongong and Sydney, as well as two shows at A Day On The Green. Supporting Adams with her soulful voice is none other than Mahalia Barnes, daughter of Aussie icon Jimmy Barnes. Those of us in Melbourne can catch Bryan Adams at Rod Laver Arena, on Thursday March 21.

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NGV Friday Nights Returns with blockbuster summer lineup

As long days and warm nights return, so does the start of Friday Nights at the NGV. Patrons will be able to experience this year’s exhibit Escher X Nendo | Between Two Worlds well into the evening, accompanied by a plethora of musicians playing in the NGV grounds. This year’s program is a diverse mix, featuring Andy Bull, Harvey Sutherland, San Cisco and KLP, to name a few. Local collaborative outfit anon. will also be putting something special together each week, inviting Australian composers and visual artists to interpret the music of Bach, whom Escher’s art was inspired by. The series kicks off on Friday December 7, and wraps up on Saturday April 6 next year. Check out the NGV website for tickets and the full program.

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Butterfingers

Dermot Kennedy

Aussie genre-bending outfit Butterfingers are hitting the road early next year, performing tracks from their revolutionary album Breakfast at Fatboys. It’s been 14 years since the four-piece released the record and their jam-packed, 20-date tour will see the boys pay homage to the album that started it all. They’ll be hitting up capital cities and regional centres around the country, showcasing their eclectic mix of sounds to the delight of their live crowds. Victorian fans can catch them at Pelly Bar on Friday March 22, The Geelong Hotel on Saturday March 23 or Belgrave’s Sooki Lounge on Sunday March 24. Head to their website for more details and ticketing info.

Irish expat Dermot Kennedy has been making waves in the music world over the past twelve months. The young musician has been busy touring the US and Europe, and previously announced he’d be making a return to Australia over the summer. His two headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney sold out in rapid time, so the artist has added an extra date in each city, much to the delight of fans. He’ll be playing the Croxton Bandroom on Tuesday January 8, joined by English singer-songwriter Sam Fender. If you missed out the first time then you better get in quick and snag a ticket through the Secret Sounds website.

Present 15 Years of Fatboys national tour

Adds another Falls Festival sideshow

Didirri

Greta Van Fleet

Announces second Melbourne show Hot new rock band Greta Van Fleet have exploded onto the scene and are making their first trip Down Under. They built up a following after the release of their EP From The Fires and the drop of their debut album March of the Peaceful Arms in October this year, putting the band high on the one-to-watch radar. Quick to sell out The Forum Theatre, with their Led Zeppelin-esque sounds, Greta Van Fleet have announced a second show to be performed at Festival Hall. They will be playing on Wednesday February 6, with tickets on sale now,

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Torquay Hotel Summer Series Australian music at an iconic regional music venue

Torquay is famed for its pristine, beaches, but there’s another reason to make the trip down the coast this summer. The Torquay Hotel are introducing their first Summer Series, nights of live music at the local watering hole, featuring some great Australian acts. You’ll be able to catch artists like San Cisco, Confidence Man, Slowly Slowly, Didirri, Kim Churchill and Ziggy Alberts at the venue, as well as pub rockers The Chats kicking things off on Friday December 14. The shows run until the end of January, so head to the Torquay Hotel website for tickets and the full list of gigs.

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School of Rock, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Factory of the Sun

The immersive video installation debuts in Australia

German-born visual artist and filmmaker Hito Steyerl’s landmark immersive experience, Factory of the Sun, has taken over the third floor of NGV and will remain until late March 2019. Steyerl’s work uses digital image to explore ethics, politics, economics and aesthetics of our time, doing so with cutting criticism and razing humour. Steyerl’s piece is dense, and – as any great work of art should – holds up a mirror to contemporary society. Discover Factory of the Sun for yourself at NGV’s Level 3 cinema space.

Kate Bush

Astroman

The ultimate ode to the ‘80s Melbourne Theatre Company’s Astroman is a love letter to Australia in the ‘80s; back when mobile phones were a distant dream, laptops didn’t keep us inside all summer, and the place to be was inarguably the arcade. But while young talent, Jimmy Djalu spends his days lazily doing just that, his friends and family know that he isn’t quite reaching his potential. With opportunity staring him in the face, Jimmy leans on his loved ones in this feel-good and poignant comedy. Catch Astroman at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio until Saturday December 8.

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Gothic

Explore gothic music from medieval times through to the ‘90s

After garnering critical and audience acclaim with its premiere at Vivid NSW in 2015, multidisciplinary performance Gothic is now set to roll into Melbourne this month. Motion graphics from Michael French will fuse with performances of songs from the likes of The Cure and Kate Bush, from founding composer Andrée Greenwell joined by Jessica O’Donoghue, David Trumpmanis and Melbournebased string quartet Ad Hoc Collective. Explore the genre for yourself when Gothic rolls into Arts Centre Melbourne on Sunday November 25.

In a move some may find surprising, Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber has returned to his rock roots, creating the music for the musical adaptation of School of Rock. Along with lyricist Glenn Slater and playwright Julian Fellowes, Lloyd Webber has taken what, to be honest is a fairly simplistic plot, and managed to shift its focus. In the original film, Jack Black’s performance was what got the audience hooked. Here, it’s the songs. Starting with a bang, the rock-heavy music rarely lets up, keeping audiences engaged with the story while they tap their toes along to the rocking tunes. And when the kids finally pick up their instruments, the roof is blown off Her Majesty’s Theatre, as the repressed school kids are transformed into fullyfledged rock gods. The story revolves around slacker musician Dewey Finn (Brent Hill) who finds himself kicked out of his band, without a job and behind on the rent. Opportunity presents itself when a call meant for his substitute teacher roommate, Ned ( John O’Hara), finds Dewey working as a teacher at upper-class prep school Horace Green. While trying to earn a quick buck, Dewey finds himself connecting with the kids and exploiting their musical prowess in an attempt to earn his spot at the top of mount rock by winning the Battle of the Bands. The show begins with an announcement, from Lloyd Webber himself, informing the audience that it is indeed each of the kids playing their own instruments, live on stage. While most adults in the audience will connect with Dewey trying to win over uptight principal Ms Mullins (Amy Lehpamer), the true heart of the musical is the kids, who are put front and centre showcasing not only their acting talents but incredible musical abilities. The local cast all bring their A-game, with Hill channelling the manic nature of Black’s original performance and manipulating it into his own captivating beast – making his transition from oafish slacker to caring role model both hilarious and heartwarming. It’s Amy Lehpamer however, who delivers the show-stopping performance as the uptight principal with a hidden rock past. Her stirring rendition of ‘Where Did The Rock Go?’ not only marks the best song of the show, but a performance peak that is rarely surpassed. The musical’s simple story doesn’t hamper the production, but instead allows the music and performances to shine. While some of the songs may be a little repetitive (and you may notice a familiar lick or two being repurposed), it still provides a rocking good time. School of Rock may not be the most emotional or original theatre experience, it’s definitely one of the most fun, and one that’s sure to entertain audiences of all ages. BY CHRIS SWAN

School of Rock the Musical is on now at Her Majesty’s Theatre from Wednesday to Sunday until February 3. Tickets available via schoolofrockthemusical.com.au.

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Philip H. Anselmo and the illegals Rick White

TOP PUNK ROCK SONGS ABOUT FOOD

While the relationship between food and punk rock music may not be celebrated and recognised to any large degree, the human element of dealing with the feelings of hunger and pleasure often shine through. With punk rock largely sticking to basic primal feelings and emotions, it’s no surprise that good food is a hot commodity, particularly amongst bands spending months on the road living in a van and eating from truck stops. Especially in my experience in touring bands, it can definitely be a challenge to find not only adequate sustenance, but to find delicious soul-warming snacks to brighten up the mood on what can sometimes be a gruelling slog.

A team of promoters responsible for the likes of Inner Varnika, Strawberry Fields, Common Ground and Lucid have come together to launch a new mid-scale party at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre called Something Unlimited, and they’ve assembled a cracking lineup for the inaugural event. Leading the charge will be Detroit house and techno don Rick Wilhite, with the first lady of deep house Lady Blacktronika, American celestial house producer Urulu and Japanese crate-digger Mori Ra backing him up. Local support comes from Adriana, Allysha Joy, Blume, Darcy Justice, DJ JNETT, Gregor, Loure, Mildlife, Sunnyside, Sui Zhen and Wax’o Paradiso. The maze of side rooms will be decked out with installations courtesy of Confetti Studio, who’ve been brought on to art-direct the event. It goes down on Saturday February 16, tickets are on sale now.

DESCENDENTS - ‘I LIKE FOOD’

With multiple songs including references to the joys of junk food, pop-punk icons Descendents summed it up on their Fat EP with the repeated refrain of “I like food, food tastes good”. One of the first bands associated with the American hardcore scene to bring a sense of humour and fun into their lyrics, bringing the subject matter down from the clichéd socio-political ramblings to basic human desires ended up being far more relatable and enjoyable.

Philip H. Anselmo’s bands covering Pantera tracks is nothing new. The often contentious and inflammatory vocalist has covered his former and certainly eternally legendary band in many of his lesser known acts over the years, all the way from Down to his current main focus, Philip H. Anselmo and The Illegals. Usually it’s done as an encore, or a special treat at the end, like his blackened death metal band Scour, who have included ‘Strength Beyond Strength’ as the finishing blow in every set they’ve ever played. However last week something happened that was a first, when The Illegals took to the stage in LA to play an entire set that consisted of 11 of Pantera’s hardest hitting songs. It’s something the band has been warming up to, having only been playing five tracks from their catalogue of originals (taken from 2018’s Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue and 2013’s Walk Through Exits Only albums) throughout most of the tour, before launching into the covers component. While a packed club of 300 people certainly doesn’t hold the same glory of Pantera’s stadium days, where songs like ‘Mouth For War’ and ‘A New Level’ were first performed, the footage currently all over YouTube definitely has a compelling charm and worthy execution.

Honey Dijon

DEAD KENNEDYS - ‘SOUP IS GOOD FOOD’

Although they have a large amount of humour in their music like Descendents, Dead Kennedys’ political awareness and scathing social critiques couldn’t be further away. Lamenting the rise of machine automation and the mass lay-offs of factory workers increasing at an alarming rate, eventually resulting in homelessness, starvation and suicide, Jello Biafra offers the consolation that hey, even if you’re eating from a soup kitchen, soup can be pretty good.

It’s a busy week in Melbourne this week, here’s my two highlights. Thursday November 22 sees Common Ground hosting Honey Dijon at Xe54 in South Melbourne for their Summer Romance series. After an incredible Boiler Room set at Sugar Mountain earlier this year, the Chicago house music queen is back. She went all out at Strawberry Fields this weekend and is ready for a more intimate club celebration of music and love. Whiskey Houston and Interstellar Fugitives will provide local support. Kicks off at 9pm.

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HARD-ONS - ‘WOG FOOD’

With the multicultural background of Sydney punk legends Hard-Ons, it was only inevitable that the emergence of new food styles and flavours hitting white suburban Australia would impact the band’s lyrics and experiences, particularly in the culinarily unadventurous Australian 1980s. A break-up song about an ex-lovers disdain for “wog food”, the short and simple song from their album Hot For Your Love, Baby, speaks volumes about the importance and cultural value of food, whether it’s affecting personal relationships or inspiring punk rock songs. ALL - ‘ALFREDO’S’

A banger of a track by Descendents spin-off ALL, ‘Alfredo’s’ is probably the only punk rock song I’ve heard that’s completely dedicated to a single restaurant. Praising their local cheap Mexican joint, cockroaches and all, the earnest praise of rice, beans and beef tacos can put a smile on anyone’s dial. 1733 Pacific Coast Highway, in Lomita, California 534-9924 - give ‘em a call.

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On Sunday November 25, the Norwegian man behind the mysterious labels Sex Tags Mania, Sex Tags UFO, Sex Tags Amfibia and Mongo Fett, DJ Fett Burger, will be lighting up the roof of the Evelyn Hotel in Fitzroy. Fett Burger and his brother Sotofett are famed for some of the wildest dance floors the worlds even seen, add in our Butter Session label bois Sleep D and Lori and you’ve got an incredible afternoon/evening of tunes. Hopefully the weather holds out for it. The final allocation is still on sale, highly recommend you grab a ticket while they’re still out there. It kicks off at 2pm.

Pantera

Anselmo opened the set with a small speech that included the words “let’s make this clear - I am doing this in honour of Vince, and Dime”, referring to the deceased Abbott brothers, and his former Pantera bandmates. Given that Vinnie Paul only passed away in June of this year, and how well publicised Paul’s bad blood towards him has been over the years, it’s certainly an understandable reaction to draw cynical conclusions with regard to the timing here, as many have done. It’s not as though The Illegals have had any platinum selling records or completely sold out tours, either. Yet I look at this with excited, nostalgic eyes, that see the true sorrow and honour in Anselmo. Another intersecting factor here might also be physical health – after decades of drug and alcohol abuse, recent years have seen his once incredible pipes become weighed down by his bloated and aging frame, causing many to tout the idea that he wasn’t even capable of singing the quite physically demanding hits anymore. However, after his infamous outburst of drunken racism at the Dimebash in January 2016, it would seem that Phil focused on getting clean and sober to help not only his mental health, but physical too, and the proof is right there – he’s still got it, and he’s executing the most demanding songs that Pantera ever wrote with full justice. At the end of the day, the most musically important half of Pantera is dead, and the true Pantera experience is never coming back. Yet it’s undeniable that a band’s vocalist is the most irreplaceable member. While Phil is still kicking on and in good shape, I’m on board with this turn of events, because hopefully one day soon it’ll be the closest thing I ever get for someone that was born just a little too late to witness the real deal.

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Beat’s Top Picks For Queenscliff Music Festival

Donavon Frankenreiter BY ANNA ROSE

Courtney Barnett Courtney Barnett is one of those musicians we just can’t get enough of. Her deadpan vocals and witty, rambling lyrics have earned her a reputation that extends far beyond Australian shores. With Tell Me How You Really Feel the latest loveable addition to her growing discography, it’s kind of a no-brainer that she made it onto our top picks list. Catch her play the Lighthouse Stage at 4:15pm on Sunday, and witness the charmer for yourself.

Gurrumul’s ‘Djarimirri’ Live Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of Australia’s most influential Indigenous musicians, whose talent and humility was a sad loss for the entire community. While he is no longer around to enjoy the fruits of his labour, and the body of work that is Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), fans will still have the chance to experience it live. With a 16-piece orchestra from the Australian National Academy of Music playing the album in full, it’s likely to be both a joyous and touching performance. 12:45pm at the Lighthouse Stage on Sunday.

Al Parkinson Melbourne musician Al Parkinson is a bit of a hidden gem. You won’t find many songs on her Spotify or Bandcamp, but that’s not to say she doesn’t have music worth sharing. Accompanied by her trusty backup singers “The Three Babes”, Parkinson produces a soft brand of acoustic folk – a soundtrack ideal for the afternoon sun. Head along to one of her sets on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and experience the Parkinson magic.

Fraser A. Gorman A young Fraser A. Gorman grew up in Torquay, but you won’t find any rolling, raucous surf rock in his songs. The musician was drawn to the swaying sounds of Bob Dylan and early ‘60s rock’n’roll, which pepper his laid-back tunes, rich with folk, acoustic and twangs of Americana. Check him out on the Saturday and Sunday.

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Three years since the release of his easy breezy album The Heart, US singersongwriter Donavon Frankenreiter has, you might say, been living the good life. Touring the album all this time, visiting every country twice, he’s definitely due for some new music – but before he hits up the studio, Frankenreiter returns to Australia and New Zealand to indulge in his two true passions; surfing and music. Surfing is, of course, as of equal importance in Frankenreiter’s life as music, so when he travels the world touring his clear and unashamedly open brand of acoustic surf rock, it’s only natural he would take the opportunity to test the waters. “Whenever we get a chance to get to the beach and surf we will – when it comes together they’re sort of like the dream days.” To say Frankenreiter is family orientated doesn’t quite do him justice – Frankenreiter is as close to his family as any man can be and then some, going so far as to take his family out on tour with him at every opportunity. The Heart is an incredibly personal album that addresses everything from love, life and loss – so while his music is not necessarily something Frankenreiter believes people should relate to, he certainly believes there’s something about it to be understood. “I think you can’t really tell people what songs are about,” he says. “They make a song what it is and make it their own. “I’ve always had this sort of thing since day one, I really just try to make what I feel, the best record I can make at the time. I think it’s a bad formula if you try and second guess yourself like, ‘Oh I wonder what the fans want to listen to?’ If you’re doing that then I think you’re losing the battle.” Using the final track on The Heart ‘California Lights’ as an example, it carries a particularly heavy weight for Frankenreiter. Written as his father was dying from leukaemia, Frankenreiter describes the record as being emotion-filled and a heavy one to make. “A lot of love and happiness and a lot of loss,” he says. “It was the first time I ever went through something like that. “I don’t know what people make of it when they listen to it but I got to escape for a moment, at least a couple of weeks, while making the record and just be in the music. It was a hard time, the whole process.” The discussion then turns to the format of acquiring music and streaming services. “It’s interesting because we’re in a day and age when you put out a record and they’re not hearing the whole thing, they’re just streaming whatever happens to be playing, they’re not buying an entire album,” says Frankenreiter. With the advent of streaming services it’s likely that without

experiencing Frankenreiter’s albums in full, much of the sentiment and story could be lost to those who pick and choose from the collection. “I think that’s gone at this point,” Frankenreiter says of the traditional formats of releasing new music. “If I’m gonna make a record I’m gonna release one song a month for a year, have every song have a story, have a video clip to it, stuff that surrounds that song. “I feel like if I put up 12 songs… I don’t remember the last time I heard [of ] someone downloading a whole album. People are becoming virtually their own radio station.” A child of the era of vinyl records, cassette tapes and radio, Frankenreiter continues his musings on just how different the times are. “People nowadays aren’t really doing that, especially the kids. They get bored in about 45 seconds, it’s an interesting thing we’re going through, I think you have to adapt to it and make it work – I don’t know, I think it’s all about a song now, put out a song, and then another song.” There is something to be said, particularly for Frankenreiter’s style of music, for taking a step back, relaxing and enjoying the music and having a good time – an opportunity that fans will be afforded when he performs at this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival. “It used to be one of those past times where, it wasn’t too many years ago, you’d go to a record store, you’d buy the album, bring it home and listen to it. People aren’t buying music, no one owns your music, they’re just streaming. That’s another interesting concept – it’s not necessarily a lack of interest, there are people who dig in and dissect the music, but people aren’t consciously thinking that they’re buying something. It’s not just the music industry – anybody that does anything, photos, movies, books, all that shit’s gone away, it’s just monetised on the internet. It’s an interesting thing. “I would love to finish the whole record at one time, I just thought it’d be an interesting concept to release a song at a time. With the way the industry is, I think 90% of people will miss the entire album – I almost have to think of every song as a record, so just treat it as that.”

“It wasn’t too many years ago, you’d go to a record store, you’d by the album, bring it home and listen to it. People aren’t buying music, no one owns your music, they’re just streaming.” Catch Donavon Frankenreiter at Queenscliff Music Festival, from Friday November 23 until Sunday November 25. Check the QMF website for playing times.

MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK

Live Music Safari BY LEXI HERBERT

Melbourne’s biggest and best live music venues are gearing up for yet another wild night of free music at the 41st annual Live Music Safari [LMS]. 13 venues will be tossing their entry fees and cover charges as they swing open their doors to all music lovers alike. The lineup of events across Melbourne is a chooseyour-own-adventure that aims to celebrate the powerhouse local talent that soundtrack our city all year long, with names such as Chiara Kickdrum, Jazz Party and HABITS leading the charge.

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Warped

Krakatau + Pjenné (DJ set) at Geddes Lane

Warped + LAZERTITS at The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar

There’s nothing like baptising a new live music venue with a hectic LMS lineup. Geddes Lane Ballroom has teamed up with WAT Artists to showcase some of Melbourne’s most weird, wonderful and progressive acts. Located on King Street, is hidden inside a 170-year-old bluestone building that was most recently a strip club. Krakatau and Fabulous Diamonds will be taking to the stage from 6pm onwards alongside local tastemaker Pjenné, who will be performing a special DJ set. Time to party.

If you don’t know Warped, now’s the time to become acquainted; the Geelong-based four-piece have been banging out tunes for 21 years, and there are no signs of stopping soon. Their incendiary rock’n’roll has forever left a dent in the Melbourne music scene, and they continue to lead the pack today. As such, Warped will be playing liveto-air on PBS’ Fang It! at Last Chance. There’ll be other talent on show as well – including LAZERTITS, Horace Bones and Hideous Sun Demon – with the music kicking off from 4pm.

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SILENTJAY + Blasko (Live) at Section 8 Melbourne-based music collective-turned-record-label The Operatives are taking over Section 8 for a night dedicated to the ever-growing Aussie beat scene. The collective, headed by Jerry Poon and Rebecca Florence, has been spearheading the exploration of Australia’s previously unheralded gems of the music scene for 13 years. Though they usually specialise in secret Espionage gigs, this time round they’ll be welcoming the likes of SILENTJAY, Blasko (Live), Jordan Dennis, and many more for a huge night of bass. It’s all going down from 5pm onwards.

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Mesa Cosa + Moody Beaches at Max Watt’s

Chiara Kickdrum + Citizen Maze at New Guernica

When it comes to Max Watt’s, you should “expect a colossal heap of fun with great tunes, live bands and a pool table, when their leg of the Safari goes down. Is there anything else to say? If you’re not yet sold, the sound of the night will range from indie to post-punkm to rock to original punk, to straight up garage. Bands include HoT To RoT, Moody Beaches, and none other than the party maestros themselves Mesa Cosa. It’s all going down from 8pm onwards.

Arguably Italy’s greatest export since parmesan cheese, Chiara Kickdrum is leading a stacked lineup of DJs at New Guernica for LMS. Running in a replica fashion to Guerns’ traditional Thursday night DJ offering, Kickdrum will utilise a collection of old and new technologies to push boundaries and explore different ways to control and excite a social space. She’ll be sharing the night with the likes of Citizen Maze, Late Night Date, Touchwood, and many more, all going down from 10pm onwards.

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Huntly at Loop Project Space & Bar If you’re on the hunt for something a bit more immersive this Safari, look no further than Loop Project Space & Bar. Loop will be hosting a night dedicated to “pushing the envelope of pop,” with names such as Huntly, Blyolk, Tobacco Rat and many more tacked on to this lineup. Melbourne-based warped-pop staple Blyolk will be taking advantage of Loop’s multi-room performance space, including the cinema screens and modular stage setup. It’s all going down from 7pm onwards at Loop, just off Bourke Street. Françoistunes

HEXDEBT + Dianas at The Toff In Town

Godtet + Horatio Luna at Boney

Françoistunes + MzRizk at Ferdydurke

It’s no secret that The Toff is home to an eclectic mix of various genres, spanning from local indie to international techno, and everything in between. For this year’s LMS, The Toff is teaming up with DJs and all-round party starters I OH YOU to bring Melbourne’s music aficionados a night of intense enjoyment. Leading the night is HEXDEBT alongside Dianas and DJ Baby Bonus. This shindig will kick off at 7pm so gear up for something extra special.

This one is a shift from the rest; the record label La Sape, founded in 2017, was originally focused on grooved-up jazz, while also crossing over into dance music. Since Godtet and Horatio Luna’s releases, La Sape has found its sweet spot, nestling in between ‘70s soul and modern digital fidelity. Godtet will take to the stage, sharing the lineup with Horatio Luna, James Wright Trio, Mike Gurrieri and many more. La Sape will take over Boney from 8pm to 3am.

For the hip hop heads among us, Ferdydurke is hosting a lineup featuring the best of Australia’s next gen of neo-soul and hip hop artists. The night is headed by Françoistunes, who is set on bending your mind with his genre-crossing sounds, mixing pop and electronic synths with his love for rap. Reverred local DJ and radio broadcaster MzRizk will also be powering through a set. This one kicks off at 8pm down Tattersalls Lane.

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FEATURE

Pierce Brothers: fighting the social stigma of busking

View the second episode of our documentary series Unseen: The Story of Melbourne’s Busking Heritage on the Beat Facebook page.

BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH

Freddie Mercury and Brian May met in college; Lennon and McCartney during high school. Melbourne roots duo Pierce Brothers met in utero. Before they began their touring career in Europe and North America, twins Pat and Jack Pierce were airing their big sound in a St Kilda restaurant for small paychecks – $100 per night, or perhaps just a six-pack. It was New Zealand alternative group Bonjah, who found their first real success busking the streets of Melbourne, who recommended the fraternal duo take their playing offstage. “Melbourne’s the best on Earth we’ve seen busking,” says Pat Pierce. “I can’t believe we hadn’t been doing it before then. Once we figured it out, it was like we’d stumbled onto a gold mine … It was like our music was tailor-made for busking, because it was loud, it was bombastic and it got people’s attention.” Taking up busking was a commercial decision, says Jack Pierce. The two created a setup with minimal overhead: a black-and-white A0 poster printed at Officeworks for 30 cents, plus a stack of CDs. In Bourke Street Mall, the brothers drew in passersby with flips and handstands, didgeridoo solos and covers of familiar folk tunes like Mumford & Sons’ ‘I Will Wait’. At the end of their first day in the mall, the brothers were shocked to find that they’d moved 66 CDs. Days spent busking meant that evening concerts were better-attended and, soon, Pierce Brothers were financing their first EP; 2014’s The Night Tree. 20 BEAT.COM.AU

Trying to catch the attention of busy Bourke Steet pedestrians influenced the band toward a boisterous, performative style that served them well during their first overseas tours. Jack recalls an early gig at the Netherlands’ Lowlands Festival. “We were really nervous,” he says. “We’d never played in Europe before. It was about 5,000 people in this tent – it was just packed. We were like, ‘What are we going to do?’, and Pat looked at me: ‘It’s just busking. This is just busking, except that we’re not interrupting their lunch this time.’” Melbourne has slowly built itself a reputation as Australia’s creative capital, which the brothers attribute in part to the city’s liberal policies toward buskers. The city’s busking community is relatively well-organised, with weekly meetings to parcel out the sidewalk, as opposed to the laissezfaire approach seen in other cities. Jack Pierce remembers the hour-long queues to busk in Galway, Ireland, where buskers get space on a first come, first served basis. However there is always a fight and point of resistance. F or Melbourne to keep its crown, the brothers say city lawmakers must keep a supportive attitude toward the busking community. “Getting rid of busking – while we’re at it, let’s just paint over Hosier Lane,” says Pat Pierce. “It’s culture. It’s music. It’s the beat of the city. It’s

such an important part of what makes Melbourne this cool, culturally rich, beautiful tapestry of a city … No matter what, there’s going to be something interesting there to watch. The creativity of how [buskers] can get a big sound to come out of a little battery and a tiny speaker – that’s, in its purest form, what music is.” Pat Pierce takes a dim view of people who regard buskers as a nuisance. “For a music city, I don’t know why people aren’t embracing that more,” he says. “It’s the same reason people move in next to the world’s most famous music venue, the Sydney Opera House, and then complain about the noise.” Open mic nights can’t be the only way for musicians starting out to get their foot in the door, say the Pierce Brothers: busking has to be recognised as an effective way to take the first step into a career. “If you’re a young muso, just get out there,” says Pat Pierce. “There’s nothing to lose. At its very worst, it’s rehearsal for a day. There’s all sorts of things that can come out of it.”

“Getting rid of busking – while we’re at it, let’s just paint over Hosier Lane... It’s culture. It’s music. It’s the beat of the city.” This article is proudly sponsored by City of Melbourne in partnership with Beat Magazine.

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National Folk Festival BY GABBY BEAUMONT

Photo by: Adam Purcell

Photo by: Ben Appleton

Preparing for its 53rd birthday, the National Folk Festival is set to plunge fans into a dazzling realm, offering a diverse series of concerts and immersive entertainment. ‘‘It’s an experience beyond a concert,’’ director Pam Merrigan explains. ‘‘There’s a vibrant streetscape roving with performers, participatory activities, themed bars and music.’’ Sprawling across Exhibition Park in Canberra, the National Folk Festival will transform the space into a purpose-built village, with the stages and campground pulsating with wonderment. ‘‘We call it five days in a perfect world.’’ The National Folk Festival is the longest running festival of its type, and it sure knows how to put on a show. ‘‘It started in 1967, and used to travel from state to state, before permanently moving to its current home.’’ As a fully established festival, it has built up a momentum of core followers that annually add it to their calendars. ‘‘If I can get people to experience the festival just once – they’ll come back. It gets under peoples skin.’’ What makes the National Folk Festival a stand out event is its ability to submerge and involve those who attend. ‘‘The nature of the festival is inclusion. It’s one of the few events where patrons can find a way to interact with the artists,’’ Merrigan says. ‘‘A lot of performers jam into the night … and patrons can join in either as spectators or play musical instruments. This doesn’t happen at other events around the world, and is something other festivals are trying to emulate.’’ Folk embodies the inclusive attitude the festival successfully creates, fusing styles together and expanding how music and culture is understood. ‘‘Folk embraces a lot of different genres,” Merrigan explains. “It’s not specific and I try and open up the great diversity of [the genre]. It is

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influenced by traditions, which are part of what it does, but it is also an expression of contemporary society. People want to hear the bands and experience that, but also have the opportunity to make their own music.’’ Across the festival’s 20 venues, attendees can get involved in an array of activities ranging from community arts workshops to daily Zumba classes, and poetry slams, all within the close proximity of the bustling village. Integrating over 750 concerts into its program, the National Folk Festival offers a scope like no other, causing a contagious hype that spreads throughout the site. ‘‘A lot of the acts we book are big overseas, but because they don’t get to tour here you get some that aren’t as well known,” Merrigan says. “In the six years I have been running the program, you notice a buzz spreads through the festival … ‘Have you seen this act?’ ‘Did you hear that?’ As artists grab the attention of audiences, their next performance becoming bigger than their last.’’ With more acts still to be announced, the current lineup gives a glimpse of the festival’s calibre. ‘‘Every artist has a quirk that sets them apart.’’ Pam describes some acts she is personally looking forward to, which fans should not miss. ‘‘Irish Mythen is an artist I have been desperately trying to get for years. Her stage presence is fantastic as she sets up a wonderful rapport with the audience and expresses themes of our contemporary society. She is a real folk troubadour.’’ Other acts causing anticipation to bubble are festival favourites Nancy Kerr and James Fagan as well as Freya Josephine Hollick. ‘‘Freya Hollick

is an emerging artist that came onto my radar,” Merrigan says. “I think she is going to be a real drawcard for the festival, and one of those artists who will cause a [real] buzz.’’ Hollick has been busy year in 2018, releasing her new album Feral Fusion and explains the oftoverlooked importance of the folk genre. “Folk music sometimes gets a bad rap, but none of what I do, or any other artist regardless of genre does, would be possible without the folk music of countries across the world,” Hollick explains. “Without American, Celtic, French and African folk music we would have no Bob Dylan or Dolly Parton, and without them so much of contemporary pop music wouldn’t exist.” Hollick will share the stage with other names such as The Exciting! McGillicuddies, Candice McLeod, The Dorsal Fins and The Praashekh Quartet, just to name a few.

‘‘We call it five days in a perfect world.’’ The National Folk Festival is on over the Easter long weekend from Thursday April 18 to Monday April 22 at Canberra’s Exhibition Park. Tickets are on sale now from the festival’s website.

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QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL

Fraser A. Gorman

This year will mark folk-rock artist Fraser A. Gorman’s third time appearing on the Queenscliff Music Festival lineup. However, having grown up just a bit further down the coast, the artist has a much deeper relationship with the festival than that. “It’s close enough to Torquay that it makes me feel like a hometown gig in a weird way. I was 11 when I first went to Queenscliff Music Festival. I would have gone with mum to see my friends Casey and Monty Hartnett who, at the time, were in The Periscopes,” Gorman reveals. But that Gorman is set to appear on the QMF lineup for the third time isn’t entirely true, as the artist reveals that he has, in fact, played the festival many times prior with other local bands. “When I was 16, I played in Queenscliff with a band called Revolving Sun,” Gorman explains. “That was me, Stu [Mackenzie] and Cookie [Cook Craig] from King Gizzard and Monty Hartnett from Sleep Decade.” Gorman now contends that despite the Surf Coast being spread over an aggregate distance of hundreds of kilometres, those involved in the music sphere tend to band together. Gorman credits this scene with allowing he and his contemporaries the ability to develop to a level that would see them impact the entire Australian music scene. “Me, Stu, Craig and Ambrose [KennySmith] from The Murlocs and Sam Cooper from Sagamore, Zak Olsen from Orb and The Frowning Clouds and Hollie Joyce as well, we all grew up together playing little gigs in Geelong and on the surf coast,” Gorman says. “It’s something I think was weirdly special as

well because we all write, perform and play music on a pretty consistent basis as well.” Having just returned from the States, Gorman is speaking from his home in Melbourne and admits that he’s enjoying a rare week at home after the release of his third album Easy Dazy in July. Easy Dazy is Gorman’s second album and the first to be released on his newly founded Brown Truck Records. His debut Slow Gum was released in 2015 on Milk! Records, co-run by fellow Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett who is also set to appear at Queenscliff Music Festival this year. Whilst discussing Barnett, Gorman makes it very clear that his split from Milk! was totally amicable. “We’re still really good friends. We have been through a lot together. We actually went bowling in Oakland [California] about three weeks ago,” Gorman says. A major feature on Easy Dazy is the number of female vocalists that Gorman enlists, including album opener ‘My Own Sunshine’ which features an almost gospel vocal refrain. “I got this little vocal group called The Dusty

Millers to sing on that song,” Gorman explains. “They’re a Melbourne crew: Lisa Miller, her niece Loretta who used to play in the Bangin’ Rackettes and is now in Jazz Party, and Loretta’s mum and Lisa’s sister Tracey who has been in lots of country bands.” Another guest vocalist on the album is Melbourne singer-songwriter Leah Senior, whose rich voice is highly impactful especially in the minor key. She contributes on ‘Wait For My Love’ and ‘Silence’, was a result of Gorman’s strong ties to the members of King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard who run Senior’s label, Flightless. “None of the collaborations were that premeditated. It just kinda came about naturally.”

“I think the best albums are the ones where I can put a set of headphones on and listen, silent and completely immersed for the entire length.”

There’s much talk of how home recording has levelled the field – of how, with a Macbook and a copy of Pro Tools, anyone can turn out the next Divide, at least in theory.

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Fraser A. Gorman plays Queenscliff Music Festival when it goes down from Friday November 23 until Sunday November 25. Check the website for playing times.

BY DAN WATT

Forever Son

However, few homemade albums emerge as fully realised as Forever Son’s debut album Ten Months. Reminiscent of Avi Buffalo’s At Best Cuckold, Ten Months was masterminded by frontman Jack Robbins, who recorded and mixed the album in his lounge room and bedroom. While producing Ten Months, Robbins’s work/life balance was nonexistent. “It was an interesting experience, recording it and living in the same space,” Robbins says. “It’s exciting. You get hyped up about it, and it’s good because you can just throw yourself in there nine to ten hours per day, and you get to the end maybe a little exhausted. Though, I suppose, if you’re working with someone else, they can remind you to eat.” With help from his two bandmates and the Melbourne music community – on everything from songwriting to software glitches – Robbins was able to turn out an album free of the amateurish foibles that so often mark home-produced recordings. Some tracks – particularly 2015 single ‘Rambling Knot’ – have tested Robbins’s ability to achieve the sound he wants without professional facilities. However, his recordings having earned him gigs at Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival and elsewhere, Robbins isn’t overly anxious to move into a studio. “If the opportunity came along, and I was really comfortable working with the engineer and producer, I would love to work in a studio

“When I was 16, I played in Queenscliff with a band called Revolving Sun. That was me, Stu [Mackenzie] and Cookie [Cook Craig] from King Gizzard and Monty Hartnett from Sleep Decade.”

environment,” he says. “I suppose it’s about finding people on the same wavelength.” Robbins names Fleet Foxes’ 2011 album Helplessness Blues as the biggest influence on Ten Months. What makes Helplessness Blues such an admirable piece of art, he says, is that it’s as immersive as a movie. “I remember when it came out, just so deep and rich, and I was able to dive straight in,” Robbins explains. “I was trying to get that richness, I suppose… I wanted [Ten Months] to be an immersive experience. I wanted it to be interesting and deep, but also simple. Sometimes, I think the best albums are the ones where I can put a set of headphones on and listen, silent and completely immersed for the entire length. I want it to be relaxing.” Robbins lists among his biggest influences Wilco, Born Ruffians, Leah Senior and one unexpected name: Lou Reed. Music blog Happy’s description of Forever Son as “optimistic, heartwarming and steeped in pleasant expectation” could rarely, if ever, have been applied to Reed. But Robbins’s esteem for Reed is more about philosophy than genre.

“It sounds so effortless,” rhapsodises Robbins. “It sounds like he got out of bed, put a couple of chords together, then the band’s laid it and called it a day, and the songs sound so incredible. The way he treads that line between rock ‘n’ roll and storytelling – it’s like soft rock. It’s relaxed.t Forever Son’s new single, ‘Kevin’s Street’, is a bittersweet rumination on the youthful creativity so often discarded during maturation. As a child, Robbins says, he would privately name streets after the people he knew who lived on them. “As a child, you use your imagination,” he says. “Instead of going by what things are named, by the rules, you are creating your own universe… Now, as I get older, it’s not always easy. When you’re a child, you create unwillingly, all the time, and your imagination runs wild. I wanted it to be a song that highlighted things that were real, created unknowingly. It’s important, as you grow up, to keep creating and keep playing. Once you lose that, I don’t know what there is.” BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH

Ten Months is out now from Dark Barn. Forever Son plays Queenscliff Music Festival when it goes down from Friday November 23 until Sunday November 25. Check the website for playing times.

THE PLEASURE GARDEN

Xavier Rudd

“As the tide came in and the tide went out, different things happened. That’s how we were documenting it: by low tide we had this done, and by high tide we had that done.”

It’s been six years since folk singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd released Spirit Bird, his fifth solo album to go gold or higher. His newly minted follow-up, Storm Boy, might follow Spirit Bird up the ARIA charts – or it might not. Either way, Rudd isn’t fussed. “I don’t even know what a sales figure is,” Rudd says. “Critical reviews I don’t read that much. I’m just not that interested. If you’re someone who’s too fixated on that stuff, it could definitely influence your creative process. “My music is what it is, and I always stay true to what it is. I have a rule where I don’t involve my mind or my ego in it. I just stay neutral and let the music be what it is. It’s a reflection of how I feel. If people find a connection with that on their journey, then I’m stoked. The biggest compliment I can receive is when someone uses the music during a significant moment in their lives, like a funeral, a marriage or a birth – that’s really touching.” Storm Boy was recorded at Rudd’s riverside house, where he worked with Devon-based producer Chris Bond, whose recent credits include singles for Eliza Shaddad and Roo Panes’ Quiet Man. Proximity to nature and good chemistry with Bond helped keep things running smoothly, Rudd says. “It was beautiful,” he says. “I was watching the tide the whole time – as the tide came in and the tide went out, different things happened. That’s how we were documenting it: by low tide we had this done, and by high tide we had that done.” Aside from ‘True Love’ – a track that demanded the use of a difficult-to-mic Indian slide guitar called the chaturangui – recording Storm Boy was a straightforward process. “Any kind of music that I make, I don’t like

it to be challenging,” Rudd says. “I don’t so much keep it simple as keep it easy. If something’s not flowing, then I’ll move on and come back to it later. I don’t battle.” World music artist Nahko, who toured the US with Rudd during the fledgling years of his career, recalls Rudd’s energy and wholehearted dedication both to art and to activism. “He’s fantastic – a dear brother of mine, and he taught me quite a bit in those beginning years,” Nahko explains. “I was real green at that time, so it was an experience with lots of important lessons which I’ve brought into my own version of touring now. Xav is one of the hardest working guys I’ve ever met. He walks his talk – an outstanding musician and activist, and he is the best trip, for sure.” Rudd’s activism is well known even to casual listeners, and his music and profile have been used by groups like the United Nations to drive awareness of environmentalist and anti-racist causes. The Australian environment is presently at the front of Rudd’s mind, he says, including

issues such as the deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef and the possibility of the Kimberly region in Western Australia being opened for fracking. Rudd is also working on a program to fundraise for children’s dormitories in Zimbabwe, tentatively named Zimbabwe Love More. Although Rudd’s politics are intimately entwined with his artwork, he doesn’t believe that good politics are necessary to make good art. Rudd’s fans don’t necessarily share the specific environmental concerns expressed in his lyrics, but do have a certain like-mindedness, he says. “I’ve met different people around the world, in different countries that don’t speak English, and they say they wish they could understand what I was singing about,” says Rudd. “They don’t know what the lyrics are, but they seem to be similar in their energy, so the energy communicates as well. It still seems to penetrate, even without lyrical communication. BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH

Northeast Party House

“We worked out like the only band that we all agree on is U2 ... So yeah, maybe the [next] album will sound like U2.”

There’s no doubt that Northeast Party House know how to make bangers. The Melbourne outfit have been releasing party-starters for years now, upbeat tracks comprised of dance music, indie rock, catchy lyrics and splashes of synth. Their sound is pretty distinctive, but it’s a formula that’s taken a long time to perfect. What started out as three mates from a Steiner school in Warrandyte jamming together, eventually turned into the six-piece we now know and love. Vocalist Zach Hamilton-Reeves, guitarist Jack Shoe and synth player Sean Kenihan were the founding members of the group, with drummer Malcolm Besley, bassist Oliver Packard and guitarist Mitch Ansell, jumping on board at later dates. “I think the band had been together for maybe a year or so and then I joined,” Ansell recalls. “I remember like, hearing about this band, it woulda been like [sic] 2009 or 2010, and I saw the name and I was like ‘what’s this all about?’ “I rocked up [to a gig] and they had all their friends there in like this packed room, and I just didn’t get it. It was like loose and wild and there were strobes and streamers and I was just like ‘man, I dunno,’” he cuts off with a laugh. But something must have grabbed the young guitarist’s attention, as when he and Shoe ended up studying music together a few months later, he was brought into the fold. Since then, the group have made two albums and a bunch of singles, all of which emit that particular blend of sound we recognise as the NEPH vibe. Creating that hasn’t always been an easy process though, and it’s taken a lot of

Storm Boy is out now from Salt. X Records Ltd. Rudd plays The Pleasure Garden on Saturday December 8. Head to the festival’s website for tickets and the full lineup.

compromising, genre-blending and a mutual love of U2 to get there. “I think that’s contributed to like, quite a tough writing process,” says Ansell of the boy’s differing music tastes. “Mal’s a bit older than us, and he grew up like listening to rave, and a lot of metal, Metallica, and like Megadeath and that kind of late ‘80s, early ‘90s stuff. I listen to a lot of like hard rock, classic rock and then indie rock, and then Zac’s into a lot of hip hop and Sean’s into a lot of techno, so there’s heaps of things in the pot. “We worked out like the only band that we all agree on is U2,” he laughs. “So yeah, maybe the [next] album will sound like U2.” This hinting at a new album will come as great news for fans, who’ve been waiting with bated breath for new Northeast Party House material since their 2016 release Dare. Over that time, the boys have kind of grown up, and their interest in the party scene their music sprung from has dwindled. “We don’t party enough anymore, we have to live through tales from friends, like ‘gosh you went out on the weekend? What’d you do?’,” Ansell jokes.

“The next album, there’s gonna be elements in it of the sound we’ve kind of brought to the last albums, but it’ll be different because we are getting older.” Spending the better half of the year penning stuff for their upcoming record has meant they’ve all had a bit of much-needed downtime. Dare saw them tour Australia and Europe, as well as play showcases in the US, so it’s been a nice change of pace for the bunch. “We’ve just been really lazy,” says Ansell with a laugh. “Nah, we did quite a few tours off that last album, and then I think we just each took a little break and hung out with our partners or our buddies.” They’ll be making a Melbourne return for the Pleasure Garden festival in December, but aside from that, the rest of the year is looking relatively lowkey. Ansell says it’s likely they’ll even have New Year’s Eve off – a first for the group in their nine years as a band. “Even though they’ve all been fun, it’ll be kind of nice to be able to go to like a house party in Melbourne or something.”

You can catch Northeast Party House on Saturday December 8 at The Pleasure Garden in St Kilda. Head to the festival’s website for tickets and the full lineup.

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Melbourne Synth Festival

As part of Melbourne Music Week, lovers of synth and electronic music will have the chance to completely immerse themselves in the layers of technology and production, with the start of the Melbourne Synth Festival. Part live music series, part convention, the Melbourne Synth Festival is the ultimate destination for gear heads, musicians, music fans and those wanting to learn more about equipment. For producer and beatmaker Honeysmack, being part of the Melbourne Synth Festival’s lineup provides him a great opportunity to branch out and make new connections, while also giving the audience an insight into his own creative process. “This is what I do all the time,” he says. “It is always cool to experience new music from people I haven’t met. To see their approach, what they make and how they do it.” On the uniqueness and exclusivity of this festival, he notes that this type and scale of event, is a rare thing for the Australian customer and music fan. “There’s not that many events like this in Australia,” he says. “There’s a few, but they tend to happen more overseas … This kind of thing is abundant in Europe and North America [but] Australia is now catching on, which is a good thing.” Honeysmack recalls the importance laid on electronic music during his youth, which in itself shows how different the climate is now.

Honeysmack

“The synth-pop stuff and the krautrock stuff of the ‘70s and the ‘80s; I was a teenager then,” he remembers. “Really, it was punk music [we were growing up with]. No one could afford synthesisers, it was unheard of. Synthesised and electronic music was the domain of the rich or the privileged.” It’s a fair point. The global market for electronic music and the equipment needed to build its foundations is largely being cultivated – at least on a mainstream level – through communities in Europe and the United States. Still, Australians are continuing to push the envelope in their own way – the Melbourne Synth Festival lineup proving the point. Whether it’s the dark and eclectic styles of Amelia Arsenic, or the club bangers of Luke Million, our electro community is proving to be diverse. Now, the goalposts have shifted; with young producers like Petit Biscuit making waves in the international sphere while at home, one need only to look to SoundCloud or triple j Unearthed to discover their new favourite beatmaker. Should events like the Melbourne Synth Festival continue, there’s likely to be an even richer musical community nurtured for an eager generation of musicians to come.

Melbourne Synth Festival will launch on Friday November 23 with performances from Luke Million, Emah Fox, Beatrice and Honeysmack. Across Saturday and Sunday, there will be an exhibition, pop up shop for gearheads while special seminars and workshops will be taking place for those eager to bolster their understanding. Just some of workshops going down on Saturday include The Fundamentals of Signal Flow with Simon Moro, The Emergence of Electronic Music in Melbourne with Byron Scullin and a Waldorf Quantum tutorial presented by Christopher Stellar. On the Sunday, Scullin will host MESS – the History of Synthesis & the MESS Philosophy while there will also be a Yamaha Synthesiser Session as well as an introductory workshop into modular synthesis. The likes of Chiara Kickdrum, ACM, Emah Fox, Amelia Arsenic, The Oddness and Sadiva will also perform over a weekend set to boast gear from 1010 Music, Arturia, Novation, Nord, Roland, Waldorf, Yamaha and many more brands.

“A way I like to maintain my productivity is going from one thing to another, that’s my way of resting. When I need a break from music, I’ll go to writing.”

Plagued by an excess of ill health and surgeries, Melbourne-based hip hop artist Defron, otherwise known as Kieron Byatt, has had more than his fair share of obstacles to overcome.

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BY SOSEFINA FUAMOLI

Defron

Battling onward through surgeries for a rare hearing condition, Byatt dabbles in creative writing, teaching English, debating and poetry, as well as running the hip hop and electronic department at Victorian non-profit youth music organisation, The Push. Aside from that, his music occupies him and in November he released his first mixtape, Maybe You’ll Be Famous When You’re Dead. Speaking with Beat, Defron is recovering from yet another surgery. “It wasn’t as debilitating as my last surgery, my pain is pretty much gone but I’m still recovering energy-wise.” To listen to Defron’s music, inspired by artists like Chance the Rapper, Ty Dolla $ign and Freddie Gibbs, how he manages to maintain his commitments to his craft is impeccably admirable. To create something so cohesive and professionally produced, it’s easy to be blown away by Defron. At the start of 2017, Defron’s mental health came to a head – a big thing for him was to sort out his health physically and mentally; encouragement from his partner to shake up his nutrition allowed Defron a rejuvenated clarity. “Fortunately I have a lifestyle now where I have a natural balancing act in jobs,” he says, “I had a reinvigorated sense of purpose in terms of what I wanted to do artistically, creatively. It was a marathon, not a sprint, the way I approached the [mixtape] project. “It was all therapeutic writing in the way I

“Really, it was punk music [we were growing up with]. No one could afford synthesisers, it was unheard of. Synthesised and electronic music was the domain of the rich or the privileged.”

would work through my demons – I think I wrote 25 to 30 songs.” Thinking his change to nutrition and health was a cure-all for his mental health, when he went into the studio Defron found it to be a coping mechanism. Going in to record, all his anxiety and depression was resurfacing, and Defron found it fitting that the project he wrote to fight his mental health was in fact aiding his mental health. “It’s a bit poetic in a way,” he says. “One thing with my history with illness is I’ve always had an incredible drive. I try to make every day count as much as possible – not only do I work but I make time for play as well. I’m always reading comics, watching films – I often get told, people don’t know where I get the energy from.” All or nothing is the only way Defron knows how to do things, illnesses be damned. It’s go, go, go, for him, with a relentless effort and determination. “To the max,” Byatt says. “Zero to 100 as quickly as possible. “A way I like to maintain my productivity is going from one thing to another, that’s my way of

resting. When I need a break from music, I’ll go to writing – it’s the same way I work on a day-to-day basis, take a break by doing something completely different.” The motivations and branding can alter on a mixtape compared to an album and Defron has found reason to hold off on his debut album. “The reason for the mixtape, in my career, I feel I’m still building my audience – I want to reward my audience when it gets to a certain size, with giving them my debut album. “Going into making Maybe You’ll Be Famous When You’re Dead, I didn’t know how to make an album but the idea of making a mixtape was not as much pressure on myself. Approaching it as a mixtape gave me the freedom to mentally get a full-length project done.” For Defron, Maybe You’ll Be Famous When You’re Dead is not just an exercise in branding, it’s the short story before the novel. BY ANNA ROSE

Defron’s new mixtape Maybe You’ll Be Famous When You’re Dead is out now. He’ll be launching the release at Horse Bazaar on Saturday January 12.

FEATURE

Imogen Price Seventeen-year-old singersongwriter Imogen Price has been working hard.

Her single ‘Life Boat’ has just been released, and she’s been busy in the studio adding the finishing touches to her EP, set for release early next year. Price also has a jam-packed summer ahead, with a bunch of gigs booked throughout December and January. “I started singing ever since I could walk or talk I guess, I was singing and always getting into talent shows,” Price says. “Mum then put me in piano lessons at age four, so I was straight in with the music.” Price explains that as much as she enjoyed playing the piano, she always wanted to learn the guitar too: “All I wanted to do was pick up a guitar and start learning, so I could be like all those girls out there that sing and play their guitar. “Mum said, ‘No, you can learn piano until you get to Year 7, and then you can pick up your guitar’. So that’s how it all happened.” Price has developed her musical style throughout the years, characterising it as ‘folk-pop’. She draws inspiration from a range of different music artists. “I absolutely love Keaton Henson, his music is so great. He does a lot of instrumental stuff. I really love listening to his music at any time,” Price says enthusiastically. “I also love Joni Mitchell, ever since I was little, mum used to always play her, she’s an amazing songwriter. I would love to have the knowledge that she has when it comes to writing songs. Also the locals, Missy Higgins, all those kind of people, just great songwriters.” Along with being able to skillfully sing, play piano and guitar, Price has also developed her songwriting, which frequently touches upon different areas of her life. “The first song I wrote is called ‘No End’, which

is about navigating friendships. I didn’t have a great time through primary school and all that, so the song is about trying to turn your page and not get so clubbed down really. “From then on,it was about friendships still,getting through life, dealing with friends that were really close and then just having to still live around them, but not know them. I’ve had a lot of friends and people just come and go, and I think it’s been a bit detrimental. I find it a bit hard now to open up to someone as like a friend would, so I put a lot of that into my music now and that’s where I can find my comfort and stuff.” Music has been a cathartic release for Price to express her emotions, as she figures out how to navigate the obstacles in her everyday life. “When I’m stressed or I’m just not feeling myself, I’ll always go to my music and I’ll always have a song for the mood,” she explains. “I’m not so open with how I play the piano to the world; I don’t actually take piano to my gigs even though I’ve been playing piano for most of my life. I guess when I get on piano, I’ll play a song that I love,

not necessarily [one] that I sing to.” Price is wise beyond her years, explaining the need to always have a backup plan while trying to break into the music industry. She aspires to study Veterinary Science at Melbourne University after finishing school. “Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to write music and try and break out, but I never thought it would happen, because you’re always told, ‘It’s one in a million, you know it’s really rare that you’ll ever break out, there’s so many people kind of thing’,” she says. As Price’s career begins its upward trend, there has never been a shortage of encouragement around her, nevertheless, it’s the confidence she has in herself and in her music that’s her strongest asset. “I’ve been supported so much along the way from venues and just everyone, but really it comes down to if you’re getting yourself out there enough and I just think you got to have real confidence to get out there and have a crack.”

“I started singing ever since I could walk or talk I guess, I was singing and always getting into talent shows … Mum then put me in piano lessons at age four, so I was straight in with the music.” Imogen Price’s debut single ‘Life Boat’ is out now. She’ll be performing at Ocean Sounds Festival on Saturday January 19 alongside the likes of Jen Cloher, Oh Pep! and Dan Sultan. Head to the festival website for ticket info.

BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS

Skunkhour

The story of Sydney rock and jazz fusion act Skunkhour is so intense, it quite literally makes you laugh and cry. The band’s ten-year career spanned four acclaimed albums and spawned three hit songs that time-stamped their phases: ‘Up To Our Necks In It’ (1995) marked hip hop fusion, ‘Weightlessness’ (1997) funk, and 1999’s ‘Home’ stamped the rock phase. Yet there was one everpresent aspect of Skunkhour’s music, and that was tension. So it seems appropriate that a battle between two warring sets of brothers sparked the formation of the band in 1992. “I knew Michael [Sutherland] from knocking around Mossman, we were chasing the same girl,” says Aya Larkin, one-half of the Larkin brothers whom would eventually join forces with the Sutherlands. “I had even jammed with him in our late teens that lead to me organising for him to drum for me at a gig I had organised. He had failed to turn up which turned me against him. “A couple of years later I bumped into him and he said ‘I’m about to launch this band called Skunk with my brother who is the best bass player in Australia.’ I was still pissed about the noshow, so sceptically I turn up to this gig basically to not like it, but then they started playing immediately I was like ‘fuck me, these guys are insanely good’.” After that gig Skunk, which consisted of Warwick Scott (lead guitar), Dean Sutherland (bass) and Michael Sutherland (drums), was joined by two vocalists in brothers Aya and Del Larkin. Thus, Skunkhour was born. “Del was such a point of difference for us,” Aya says. “But it also put us in a niche and a lot of people that back then didn’t ‘get rap’.”

“Del was such a point of difference for us but it also put us in a niche and a lot of people that back then didn’t ‘get rap’.” With the omnipresence of rap and hip hop across the alternative and mainstream in 2018, it’s difficult to imagine having a rapper being a point of ostracisation for a band. But to put it in perspective, when Skunkhour formed in 1991 it was less than a decade since Grand Master Flash has released The Message (1982). Whilst this sound intrigued the more adventurous music fans, it wasn’t the hook that saw the band signed to Sony Records’ subsidiary Mercury in 1994. The hook was Aya’s rich yet mellow vocals that appealed to fans of all different tastes, the rigid square of what was accepted as popular music. But it was when preparing to record their second album that Del made a choice that would push the band into the realm of music pioneering. “Del had an Americanisation in his lyrics for that first album and then in Melbourne we were exposed to a band called IQ that was two MCs, Jason and Mika. They had the full Aussie, the ‘strayan’, in their rapping and after hearing it a light seemed to switch on in Del’s head.”

This revelation for the young Sydney rapper resulted in the song ‘Up To Our Necks In It’, the lead single from the band’s major label debut Feed (1995), which saw the Australian music scene quickly cast their attention to Skunkhour. However, a year later Del left Skunkhour, and the result was a more dancefloor-orientated sound for the band and led to the recording of their certified banger ‘Weightlessness’. But that wasn’t enough for Sony, who parted ways with Skunkhour after the label insipidly released the album Chin Chin in 1996. “It was just not a priority, we had people screaming for it to be released in Europe but the label had other priorities.” Having toughed it out for this long Skunkhour were not going to end their career on someone else’s terms, so the band kept writing and when they took the song ‘Home’ to Universal in 1999, by 2001 they had released their fourth and final album, The Go.

Skunkhour will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their debut album at The Prince Bandroom on Friday November 23. Tickets via Oztix.

BY DAN WATT

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Oz International Film Festival

Each year, Melbourne’s cinemas play host to everything from the Russian Resurrection Film Festival to the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. It’s hard to imagine that there could be much cinematic territory left unexplored – but there is. When filmmaker Frank Howson began curating the program for the inaugural Oz International Film Festival, he quickly found hundreds of remarkable films passed over by established festivals. Howson doesn’t intend to compete with behemoths like the Melbourne International Film Festival, but rather to find films that have fallen outside of traditional festival theming. “I wanted to create an outlet for filmmakers that the current film festivals in this town don’t cater to,” Howson says. “You may have some very good films that fall through the cracks because they don’t fit into a certain genre or style or subject matter.” Breaking into filmmaking was difficult for Howson, and his relationship with Hollywood has sometimes been contentious. He’s often received pushback for his creative decisions – such as giving a central role in his 1990 film Heaven Tonight to a little-known soap actor named Guy Pearce. “The industry, when I got into it, was basically a closed shop,” Howson explains. “You had a lot of fat-cat producers who were doing very well for themselves, and they didn’t want any new blood in the industry… We’re paying for that now. I often

wonder how many young filmmakers who had a dream and the talent to back it up just gave up in frustration and walked away. Headlining the festival’s opening night is Landfall, an indie disaster thriller starring Kristen Condon, Quigley Down Under’s Tony Bonner and Vernon Wells, whom cinephiles will recognise as the mohawked barbarian from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Landfall follows a young couple trapped in a Far North Queensland beach house with a trio of dangerous fugitives as a tropical cyclone approaches. “It’s a treat for the eyes and a treat for the mind,” Howson says. “It has suspense, and it makes a statement about the human condition.” While curating the Oz International Film Festival program, Howson says he chose not to let his own ego intrude. Nevertheless, it’s clear that Howson has an affinity for the stories of outsiders and innovators who, like him, have experienced an uneasy relationship with institutions. Bill Evans, Time Remembered – a documentary about the iconic jazz pianist – has won acclaim in the United States and Europe, but has previously gone overlooked in Australia. “I like the people who chart their own course through the forest, regardless of what the experts told them when they started out, and, with Bill Evans, you have that,” Howson says. “As Coppola

once said, if you’re going to be original, you’re going to be eulogised and praised after your death, but it’s going to make your life quite a hard struggle.” Other films on the program include Operation Wedding, a documentary about a group of Soviet Jews who, denied exit visas, attempted to escape the Soviet Union by hijacking a plane. Operation Wedding has produced positive word-of-mouth internationally, including in Russia, where films on the Soviet past easily run afoul of censors. More polarising is Leaf, an Australian-produced documentary on medical marijuana. A live Q&A with Don Percy, director of the acclaimed short film Makeup, and a talk by Howson outlining the challenges of breaking into the film industry, should make the festival instructive as well as entertaining, says Howson. At a festival that accepts effects-laden disaster movies as readily as sober documentaries, the only real requirements for inclusion are that films be both high-quality and under-exposed. “I want this to be a festival without an agenda,” says Howson. “I don’t care if a film is very left-ring, very right-wing or very whatever. My only criterion is quality and whether your film is about something.”

“When we moved to Australia, we were really surprised that people called Indian food mostly curry. And we were like, ‘what is a curry?’”

A good restaurant will do the basics well: tasty food, solid ingredients and a coherent menu.

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Mukka

And that’s cool. But the great ones, they’ll switch gears. It’s more than just an Aloo baingain or Dosa, it’s a story. And at Mukka, it’s a rich one, made up of countless meticulous details spun together into one tasty yarn. And Prateek Dhawan, who co-founded Mukka alongside his brother Adiyah, says they hold no reservations about bringing authenticity to the Indian restaurant. “The story we want to give is real Indian food, based on concrete flavours. We don’t want to be something else,” Dhawan says. “We’re not trying to be fusion. We’re trying to bring different dishes from India that are popular in India, things that are eaten at get-togethers and special occasions. We want to bring Indian flavours, but not to a fixed box. The whole thing isn’t limited to a premade template.” And it’s an unashamed approach that sees all aspects of Mukka, from the cocktails to the décor sing in harmony. Most flourishes, like etchings in the table of the mandala flower done by the brother’s father, or the bar that was built by them with the help of their friend, have a personal, rustic touch. “We just wanted to be us. We just wanted to bring our own culture and style to the restaurant. And in the end we just ended up giving a more modern and creative look to it,” Dhawan says. “And that’s what we felt like, everything we thought about and brought our own perspective too. So we were like for example, ‘what are common Indian colours? Okay, turquoise, orange and white – okay that looks cool, so that’s our colour combination.” Mukka’s early days were modest, a nightly

“I like the people who chart their own course through the forest, regardless of what the experts told them when they started out.”

food stall at the Victoria Markets. It’s a place where the pair cut their teeth. Their blend of down to earth, quality Indian cuisine with a fresh approach quickly caught traction. “With food stalls, as a customer generally you go to the night market once, and then that’s it, that’s it for the season,” Dhawan explains. “And what we found really interesting was that people were actually coming back for our stall at the market. And we were like: ‘okay, that seems really cool.’ And that’s the moment where we found that this idea we had was actually making some sense, so we were like ‘alright, then let’s give this a try’.” They seized the opportunity to address a glaring chasm in Melbourne’s foodie culture at the time, of not giving Indian cuisine the credit it deserved. “If you wanted to search for quality Indian, it was such a big struggle,” Dhawan says. “We were like, ‘oh let’s do something special, a celebration you know, where do we go?’ There weren’t many places in Melbourne. At the time they were more focused on cheap take-away style stuff, and we were like, ‘well that’s not really giving a great impression of Indian food.’

“There was so much Indian cuisine that was still unexplored. We didn’t want to go fusion, we didn’t plan on it. We wanted to just bring quality Indian food that you might find at a house party in India.” Dhawan says that there are still plenty of misconceptions about Indian food. Example: it’s not all spicy curries. “When we moved to Australia, we were really surprised that people called Indian food mostly curry. And we were like, ‘what is a curry?’ For example, if you go for an Aloo Baingan, which is a potato and eggplant dish, it’s not really a gravy curry like dish. It’s dry. And it’s a very common at-home sort of dish.” But perhaps the most endearing part of Indian food, is its communal approach to eating. “Sharing is key, it’s a community thing, you eat together,” Dhawan explains. “Dosas take this to the next level, as you’re eating from the same plate. But, if you go for any curries they’re all mostly made for sharing.” BY MATTHEW TOOHEY

Help Mukka celebrate their third anniversary by checking out their weeksworth of celebrations from Monday December 10. Find them at 365 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.

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PIPSY

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When did you first start making music and what led you there? I grew up in a small forest-ensconced town close to the beach in New Zealand, and good music was always around. I learned to write songs listening to Split Enz’s True Colours and Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Then I obsessed over every drum fill from Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘Songs for the Deaf ’ to learn drums. Tell us about your new single ‘Strung Out’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Strung Out’ is kind of the flipside to my song ‘I Miss My Friends’. It’s about being abandoned or let down, then dusting yourself off, and thinking ‘that’s ok, I can do this on my own’ – even if you don’t believe it at first. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? I would describe it as early Foo Fighters meets the Beach Boys. Jangly beach rock with a gooey bubblegum-pop centre. I just want people to feel happy when they hear it, and if they’re out for a run or something it might fizz them up and help them tap into that Usain Bolt level. Being from the music cauldron of Dunedin, has Flying Nun Records had any influence on your music? Yes for sure. I was in the band Males which some people have compared to 1980s Christchurch/ Dunedin poppers The Bats, and the producer of my first single was Tex Houston (The Clean, The 3Ds, Trick Mammoth), so Dunedin is in my bones. Have you got any new music or tour news on the horizon that PIPSY fans should be keeping an eye out for? I’m releasing a new album next year in March, so this is the first single of three leading up to the release. The record is going to be as much sherbet sugar-pop as I can cram into 35 minutes of beach rock, so look out for it late March 2019. Thanks for reading and Kia Ora. Check out PIPSY’s new single ‘Strung Out’ when it’s unveiled to the world on Friday November 30.

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You Am I - Photo by David Harris

MMW: You Am I

Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday November 18 Even just the idea of Melbourne Town Hall’s Grand Organ is exhausting to get around – but it is one that has intrigued me for a long time. Featuring drums, bells and almost 10,000 pipes that stretch across four Town Hall stories, it truly is a sight to behold. To see it actually played live is a thing of true awe and beauty. Before the main event, Melbourne Music Week served up the goods on the support act front. Openers New War filled the vast spaces between crowd members with their ambient, atmospheric sounds. The large, open room created a strange echo chamber for the band – at times their sound howled perfectly throughout, at others it all became too much, transforming into an indiscernible wall of noise. By now, Gareth Liddiard has surpassed cult figure status in Melbourne, but when he sheepishly walked out on stage with nothing more than his electric guitar and plopped into a chair at centre stage, you’d hardly know it. When you’re so used to seeing someone fronting raucous rock bands, seeing them stripped back like this is strangely beautiful. Rolling through a set filled mostly with choice cuts from The Drones’ back catalogue – like opener ‘Cold and Sober’ or mid-set belter ‘I Don’t Ever Want To Change’– with solo material and Tropical Fuck Storm singles (‘You Let My Tires Down’ is an absolute treat stripped-back), he could’ve easily capped off the night here. His mid-song storytime – from his hatred of Australian politics to his hatred of wearing underwear – had the crowd in fits of laughter. But it was set closers ‘Shark Fin Blues’ and ‘Taman Shud’ that really had their attention. It’s a strange concept, having a punk band like Clowns play in a room like Melbourne Town Hall. But the band seemed rapt for the opportunity, and while the crowd were way too cordial, Clowns threw down everything they had from the get go. Mixing

older tracks with material from their forthcoming album, it was very loud and very sweaty. Which allin-all is very Clowns. It was finally time to see the Grand Organ come to life, and in a twinkling of bells, something akin to what you’d imagine stars might sound like, the main event began. Then those twinkling bells grew into deep, howling drones and finally You Am I took the stage, ‘Minor Byrd’ finding new life with the organ’s backing. Their outfits were perfect for the over-the-top grandeur of the room – Tim Rogers in a red-onred ensemble paired with fabulous gold platforms, Davey Lane in a green velvet suit, and James Fleming sporting the sort of cape you have to wear if you’re attempting to master the grandest of Grand Organs. You Am I have been filling stages for so long that they made putting on a show in a room like this look easy. Right from the get-go, Rogers urged the crowd to loosen up, “You’re a polite lot, try being less polite,” he laughed, before launching into ‘Rumble’, but not even the perfect-for-dancing ‘Trike’ could really get them moving. For a moment, somewhere in the middle of the night, I removed my earplugs to really hear the full scale of sound, and truly if you weren’t wearing earplugs I feel sorry for the state of your ears. At this point, thanks to a nasty battle with heatstroke (seriously kids, this summer please wears hats, stay in the shade, and drink lots of water) my night had to come to an abrupt end. But damn was it good while it lasted. Highlight: Finally getting to see the Grand Organ in action. Lowlight: Copping some mad heatstroke and having to leave right when things were getting crazy. Crowd Favourite: The banter – every act was on their between-song A-game. BY GLORIA BRANCATISANO

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Album of the Week (Independent)

Singles WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY

Chitra

(Our Golden Friend)

Better Than Before

There’s no shortage of songs signalling frustration or regret at unwanted emotional intervention. On ‘Better Than Before’, Melbourne’s Chitra approaches the subject with off-hand resignation – “Not caring must not be my thing”. The arrangement pairs the tropes of classic singersongwriter balladry with a sort of casual lethargy. Chitra is a gifted vocalist, resembling Angel Olsen or Julia Jacklin in how easily she shifts into her high register. As a result ‘Better Than Before’ has a calming quality despite the emotional complexity at its core.

Fontaines D.C.

Too Real

(Partisan)

This is shaggy, loose and dead serious. There’s an art punk quality to Dublin’s Fontaines D.C., which is on full display in ‘Too Real’. Although capable of making a loud and direct impact, the band strays from conventional structure in verses with an improvised quality. But while improvisation may have played a role in its initial construction, the finished product seems custom built to instil a feeling of challenging uncertainty. It’s a song that asks you to rise to its level – high octane, questioning and unpredictable.

Little Simz

Boss

Kirkis

At 24, Little Simz is only just leaning into the prime of her young career. The London MC doesn’t lack for confidence so rather than rolling out empty boasts, she sublimates her self-belief into a tantalising brand of 21st century hip hop. Despite her origins, Simz isn’t inclined towards grime, road rap or trap. With its big distorted drum beat and propulsive, squash-court bass groove, there’s a classic flavour to ‘Boss’ – the lyrics even include a nod to Kanye’s ‘Touch the Sky’ to further contextualise Simz’s creative coordinates. Forget ‘Ye though; Little Simz is one 2018’s most exciting voices.

Arno Faraji

Things Change

(Age 101)

The album cover of Kirkis’ sophomore release – which depicts the multiinstrumentalist as a cyborg – is fair warning of the nature of the music within.

(Independent)

R&B and rap combine on a song that’s far closer to Drake than Biggie. The lead vocal is fit for mainstream consumption and starts to grate after a few listens. The real drawcard here is Faraji’s budding prowess as an MC. The Perth-based teenager lays out intimate details of declining personal relationships, manoeuvring around the laidback production with feline agility.

Dystopian, disconcerting and unpleasant are three descriptions that could be applied to 2. His debut MODED bore a similar warning with the image of a child lying on a bed of nails playing Monopoly. I’m not sure what was more terrifying: the nails, or the idea of playing that monotonous celebration of capitalism. Listeners are not going to enjoy this record, but of course, you are not meant to. Instead, Matthew Kirkis challenges the divide between industrial noise and music. Opening track ‘Victrola the Britain’, enters on a high pitch before tumbling through the gates of hell, upon deep fractured tones and eerie female vocals. Contrastingly, following song ‘Dead Nightclub’ is Kirkis’ most conventional output to date, with his vocals in the spoken style of Sprechgesang that was made popular in the late 1970s by Gary Numan, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis and Fred Schneider from the B52’s. In line with the post-punk sonic aesthetic, this song contains a rich synth line and fast-but-slow drums. Ultimately Kirkis lives up to the hype on 2. BY DAN WATT

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Albums

Urban Cowboy

On their third LP, Urban Cowboy, Melbourne garage rock band Drunk Mums establish themselves as the contemporary benchmark of what was once known as garage rock. Rather than mimic Australia’s seminal rock bands, like the way Airbourne have built a career in essentially imitating AC/DC, The ‘Drunkies’ elicit the actual environment that one associates with Aussie rock, a pub. When listening to ‘Urban Cowboy’ the image of a bloke in a flannel shirt sitting in the beer garden of The Tote trying, and failing to express their love surfaces: “I need a woman that can set me right / unless I’m wrong it’s you.” A feature of Drunk Mums’ sound that sets them apart is their three songwriters – Dean Whitby, Adam Ritchie, Jake Doyle – who in turn take lead vocals on their respective songs. However, unlike Big Titty Trippin (2012) and Gone Troppo (2015) it’s much harder to pick who wrote each song as the band’s songwriting chemistry has refined. BY DAN WATT

(Sub Pop)

Drunk Mums

(Warner Bros.)

(Pissfart Recods)

Muse

Simulation Theory

Ah, Muse. Electro-prog-rock hybrids have never sounded as good as when manipulated by the cunning ears of the UK trio. Once again Matt Bellamy’s hypnotic croon washes over in the band’s usual global rock biography approach, but this time Muse lack the usual totalitarianism of their music domination. Muse attempt to step up their game in their eighth studio album, Simulation Theory, but their crown as last true rock band is wobbling on the edge. Like a fine wine, Bellamy gets better with age. His voice sprawls out like a shadow over land as the album progresses – only he’s developed some weird rom-com-esque style to penning lyrics that is, at times, pretty odd. Traditional pulsating electronica is present in Simulation Theory – Muse’s fascination with creative electronics is a guaranteed element to prompt investigation in each release, even if releases like Simulation Theory contain often ridiculously strange lyrics and questionable melodic progressions. Familiar elements are certainly present here as Muse throwback to earlier albums, but what keeps this fresh is the ever-changing landscape of socio-political hazards. Fuel for the creative fires, it seems. BY ANNA ROSE

J Mascis

Elastic Days

J Mascis has released a laid back and inviting gem of a solo album. Steeped in his unmistakable style, these stripped back acoustic numbers represent the melodic and pop-based songwriter J Mascis has always been. Elastic Days is J Mascis’ first solo effort in four years and comes two years after his most recent Dinosaur Jr album, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not. Guest appearances come in the form of Massachusetts composer Ken Maiuri on the keys, however the vast majority of the work is masterminded by Mascis. Intimate songs are made more intimate by vocals usually buried behind Dinosaur Jr’s wall of sound; on Elastic Days, Mascis’ voice has nowhere to hide. Fans may also be surprised at the melodicism of Mascis’ croon – perhaps the result of recent singing lessons and vocal warm-ups he now does to protect his voice. Opening track ‘See You At The Movies’ stands tall amongst the crop. Cutting and despairing, the couplet “I don’t peak too early / I don’t peak at all” may give the young and overly-positive something to ruminate as they frame another Instagram selfie. Fans of J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr will be rewarded for maintaining their ‘conversation’ with this doyen of the indie world. Decades on and Mascis is still putting out his best work. BY IAN MESSENGER

The In The Out

Dear travellers, whether you’re traversing the world, or stuck on a crowded and smelly bus (poor ole you); The In The Out’s debut album is a diversion to consider. As a whole, there’s admiration for the arrangement of this album, approaching bravely with the mysterious but driving ‘Do You Wanna’ as a first track. Hungry to serve, the band decides to build from here. Around their rocking centrepiece’s ‘Sunny’ and ‘Heat’, the four-piece fill the album with coloured atmosphere and simple melody. Tracks such as ‘Honey Baby’ and ‘Birds’ really do encapsulate the band’s ability and versatility for sweetness, creating notable highlights on the release. As they move back into first gear towards the end of the album with ‘Heaven & Hell’ and ‘Hid In The Beat’, the aforementioned admiration kicks in as you begin to realise something: that this band actually cares about the picture they paint, and the journey they take their listeners on. And that does score points for a debut, even though they are a little too reminiscent of familiar styles. A rather warm and cosy outing, full of texture and fluidity, The In The Out have produced something solid. BY RHYS MCKENZIE

Mumford & Sons

Delta

Hit after hit after hit – that’s one way to describe Mumford & Sons. The British quartet are almost celebrating ten years since the release of their debut effort Sigh No More. Three fulllength albums later, they introduce us to Delta – an intimate and expansive array of colour and depth. A multi-track, initially vocal and synth piece ‘42’ sets the mood for the rest of the record, with Marcus Mumford’s raspy soothing voice providing a backbone for the rest of the band. The track builds into an epic and beautiful belter, with Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane entering in the last minute or so. The bands distinct brand of explosive songwriting is still there, especially on tracks like ‘Guiding Light’, thanks to the presence of long-time producer Paul Epworth. Sticking to their folk-rock roots appears to be a priority on this record, highlighted by ‘Beloved’ while country can also be heard throughout Delta, with ‘Rose of Sharon’ at the fore. It’s another admirable outfit from Mumford & Sons who have well and truly solidified themselves within the folk-rock frame. But how can they evolve? How can they push the limits? Only time will tell for the revered quartet. BY NATHAN GUNN

(Stomp Records)

The In The Out

(Dew Process via Universal Music Australia)

(Independent)

Gutter Demons

No God, No Ghosts, No Saints

Canadian psychobilly trio Gutter Demons have been kicking up a real storm for the last two decades, touring the world and blasting good old punk-infused rock’n’roll. They are currently wreaking havoc in North America and are also touring internationally in 2019. Gutter Demons have just released their fifth album No God, No Ghosts, No Saints, which demands listener’s full attention with its manic energy and cutthroat lyrics. Opener ‘Psychotrons’ has marching riffs that fire up frontman Johnny Toxik’s growly vocals, increasing the momentum for the next track ‘Ravenous’, which revels in the inevitability of death. These guys deliver it straight, constantly hitting their bullseye and making a hard statement while they’re at it. ‘Devil’s Hand’ encapsulates rock’n’roll with its catchy riffs and pounding drums, while Toxik’s playful lyrics showcase the band’s fun spirit despite their dark exterior. Gutter Demons certainly do revel in the thrill in the chase, despite their emphasis on the finality of death. Closing track ‘Hell for Leather’ culminates in a helter skelter bookend; the track is just under seven minutes, but it never loses its gusto – ultimately showcasing the wild energy that makes the Gutter Demons such a fiery trio. BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS

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Gig Guide Wednesday 21 Nov THE DRUNKEN POET

Tess Guthrie

Surf Coast-born and now Melbourne-based musician Tess Guthrie will take to The Drunken Poet on Wednesday November 21. Bringing her disarmingly honest and relatable brand of songwriting along with her, she’ll hit the stage from 8pm. Free entry. THE MERRI CREEK TAVERN

PJ Michael

Haunting country and blues musician PJ Michael will share his latest EP All Night Long at The Merri Creek Tavern on Thursday November 22. Fellow country artist Mitch Power will join as support from 8pm and you can grab a ticket for an easy $5 on the door. THE JAZZLAB

Pink Purse

Slinging sultry vocals, dazzling tones and experimental rock guitar, Pink Purse are set to roll into The Jazzlab on Friday November 23. Grab a ticket for $30 via the venue website and get down from 9pm to catch it all go down. BOMBAY ROCK

Cactus Dill-Dos + more

Queensland’s Cactus Dill-Dos will make the trek down to Bombay Rock on Friday November 23, for a free entry show alongside a killer lineup of mates. Stinky Snatch, Tumble Turn, I Have A Goat and Brodown will all provide music from 7.45pm, meanwhile the venue will be slinging $5 tinnies to keep you going. Need any more convincing? We think not.

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

The Straight-Jacket Tailors + more

Adelaide garage-punk two-piece The Straight-Jacket Tailors will hit up Whole Lotta Love on Friday November 23. The Blacktides, Palmerslum and Long Holiday will join as support from 8pm, and entry is an easy tenner on the door. Get on it. RED BETTY

System/:32

Red Betty’s celebration on techno, System/:32 rolls into the venue this Saturday November 24 for their final party of the year. This intimate night of techno will feature a heaving lineup of choice DJs including Juan Tellez (Machine Label) and Quale, alongside residents Dale Lord and Dorke. Kicks off at 6pm with free entry. 30 BEAT.COM.AU

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers

AXE GIRL + CREATURE FEAR + CATHOLIC GUILt Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. CAROUSEL CLUB + MAJAK DOOR + RHIA TARANTO Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00. LIVE IN THE BANDROOM, REVOLVER UPSTAIRS, Prahran. 7:00pm. MAJAK DOOR, VELVET BLOOM + BLACK SNAKE WHIP Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. MICK FLANNERY + THE MAES + HANNAH BLACKBURN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $30.00. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - LIVE SCORE - FEAT: TROPICAL FUCK STORM Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $45.00. PLAZA-TRG + HOT GLUE + FINN INKSTER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. SHOWFIT MUSIC THEATRE JAUNT 2018, Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm. SING SESSION - FEAT: JEN CLOHER + MELBOURNE INDIE VOICES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $14.00. SLOWLY SLOWLY + PRESS CLUB Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE WHITLAMS + TAINUI RICHMOND Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8:00pm. $55.00. ZOMBITCHES + LIZARD QUEEN + ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music

BOHJASS + EDELPLASTIK + THE BIRD CONFERENCE 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00. GILLES PETERSON + SWOOPING DUCK + MANDARIN DREAMS ALL STARS + CROWN RULER SOUND SYSTEM + LORI Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $48.00. JACKIE BORNSTEIN BIRD'S BASEMENT, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $25.00. JAZZ BAZAAR - FEAT: AUDREY POWNE + MORE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. JULIARNA CLARK QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00. LOUISE GOH Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00. OSAKA MONAURAIL Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $49.90. RAT CHILD + CLAUDIA JONES + TARIRO MAVONDO + BLUME Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00. THE TANGO SUR QUARTET + AUSSIE ROB Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. TIM WILSON QUARTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00. WANDERERS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

Thursday 22 Nov

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights

3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JB JACKSON + LUKE VECCHIO + BROWNBEAR + SANCTUM Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. CHIARA KICKDRUM + CITIZEN MAZE + SWEET KEYS + LATE NIGHT DATE

+ TOUCHWOOD + MOOPIE + MORE NEW GUERNICA, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. D.A.N.C.E, Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. FLAMINGBROS DJS CATFISH, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. GODTET - FEAT: VARIOUS COMEDIANS + HORATIO LUNA + JAMES WRIGHT TRIO + HAYES & ZEITGEIST + MORE BONEY, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GROOVE ON - FEAT: BETH GRACE + JORAM FLYN + ETWAS + JPA + ELLIE WALSH + MORE BROWN ALLEY, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. HABITS + V + POLISH + PAPAPHILIA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. KRAKATAU + FABULOUS DIAMONDS + PJENNÉ GEDDES Lane Ballroom, Melbourne. 6:00pm. POP REACT - FEAT: HUNTLY + BLYOLK + TOBACCO RAT + JUNO DISCO + AEORA + MESSY MAMMALS + MORE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. SILENTJAY + BLASKO + JORDAN DENNIS + ZAYLER & GIALLO + LOTUS MOONCHILD + MORE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT + HACHIKU + EMILY SOON Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. AMELIA ARSENIC + SHIV-R + DEATH OF ART Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $18.00. CANARY + LONI RAE THOMPSON + BATTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $14.80. CASH + THE FIX UPS + BRONZE + SATURN3 Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $10.00. COOL EXPLOSIONS + FRANCESCA GONZALES + YELDERBERT + ASTERISM Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. CUNTSHIT + FLOGS + RED SOAKING WET + VOX EXSUL + SOAP TOTE HOTEL, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. DAN WALKER & THE GLASS HALF FULL + MORGAN KING Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8:00pm. FIGUREHEAD + POPPONGENE + THE GREAT DEPRESSION Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. HEXDEBT + DIANAS + DJ BABY BONUS + I OH YOU DJS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. HONEST LIVES + SNARK + LEMON DAZE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. $10.00. IN MUSICLAND TONIGHT - FEAT: THE JOEY AMENTA BAND + MORE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. JOE TERROR + JACUZZI + LAEDJ + ACHLAN X. MORRIS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $10.00. KIMBRA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $35.60. KIMBRA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:45pm. $35.60. LOS BORRACHOS CARAVAN MUSIC CLUB, Bentleigh East. 7:00pm. $18.00. MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm. MESA COSA + MOODY BEACHES + THE QUARTERS + HOT TO ROT Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8:00pm. MIGHTY MOVEMBER - FEAT: LOOSE BRICKS + STOKA + LONGBOYS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. MOON CUP + RUBY JONES + MADELINE LEMAN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

MS.45 + POPPONGENE + GUN CONTROL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - LIVE SCORE - FEAT: TROPICAL FUCK STORM Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $45.00. PHIL STONE + JUNK + UNIVERSAL OUTCAST Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $5.00. PIN + ÖZERGUN + REDWORM 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. RICE IS NICE RECORDS’ TENTH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: STRAIGHT ARROWS + RICHARD IN YOUR MIND + REBEL YELL + SARAH MARY CHADWICK + SPOD + SUMMER FLAKE + MORE Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. SHIT BITCH + SLUSH Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. SHOWFIT MUSIC THEATRE JAUNT 2018, Howler, Brunswick. 6:30pm. $34.49. SHOWFIT MUSIC THEATRE JAUNT 2018, Howler, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $34.49. SHRIMPWITCH + PLASTER OF PARIS + MARES + PISS FACTORY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00. SOFT POWER + GIRLATONES Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. THE CORONAS + RYAN MCMULLAN Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $66.30. THE FADED OUT + CREEK The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. THE GROGANS + FOOLISH BOYS + FLIMSEY LOHAN Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. THE WHITLAMS Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7:30pm. $55.10. THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm. WARPED + LAZERTITS + HORACE BONES + HIDEOUS SUN DEMON Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music

ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00. BARNEY MCALL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $29.00. EMILIA Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:00pm. FITZROY SOUL PARTY - FEAT: BOOGALICIOUS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. FULTON STREET + DJ MISS GOLDIE + DJ SAM BOON + HIGH BINDER Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $23.77. GARY PINTO + RITA SATCH Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $20.00. GEORGIA BROOKS SWINGTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.00. JAZZ PARTY Belleville, Melbourne. 9:00pm. LORD ECHO + STRICTLY VINYL + WVR BVBY + MAN MADE MOUNTAIN + ALLYSHA JOY + MORE Whitehart, Melbourne. 3:00pm. MAXON & THE LEADING LIGHTS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00. MEL SEARLE + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel, South Melbourne. 7:00pm. MIKE LOVE + FUTURE ROOTS SOUNDS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $30.00. MIKRI KOMPANIA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00. OSAKA MONAURAIL Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $49.98. SARAY ILUMINADO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00. SARAY ILUMINADO Melbourne Recital

GIG GUIDE

Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $39.00. THE CACTUS CHANNEL + VINCE PEACH + LOGAN + SOUL MOVERS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. ZULYA & THE CHILDREN OF THE UNDERGROUND The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm. WINTER MOON + THE NICOTEENAGERS The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.

Friday 23 Nov Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers 2 STROKE + BITCH DIESEL + DEARTH + FLOODLIGHTS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 11:00pm. ARROYO Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00. AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. BUKOWSKI + BAKERS EDDY + OAKS + MADURA GREEN + TRIGGERLIP Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $10.00. CACTUS DILL-DOS + BRODOWN + I HAVE A GOAT + STINKY SNATCH + DJ BAD PARAMETER Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 8:00pm. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm. CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS + CABLE TIES The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. CRASH Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm. DIRT HAND + ZUMA The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. DJ LADY LOVE POTION Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm. EUROGLIDERS + RICHIE LANGFORD Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $28.00. FED SQUARE LIVE - FEAT: CLAUDIA JONES + RUDLEY INTERRUPTED + BEN HAZELWOOD Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. FURIOUS GEORGE + VISIONER + HIRAETH + ABOVE THE FALLEN + HARA KIRI Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 7:00pm. $15.00. GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm. GRAND SALVO - FEAT: OLIVER MANN + SARAH MARY CHADWICK + GRAND SALVO Assembly Hall, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $25.00. GROOVECULT RECORDS PRESENTS - FEAT: IVY STREEP + HAPPY MORBID + THE VEINS + THE LIMERANTS 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $10.00. GUPSTAR FOX HOTEL, Collingwood. 8:00pm. HYPNOTISED – A NIGHT OF DREAMFOLK PSYCHEDELIA - FEAT: HUSKY + LEAH SENIOR + SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $32.15. IRON STEEL + THE REFLEX Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00. JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + BORRACHERO + PHLO + ELECTRIC LIGHT BRIGADE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. JORDAN RUDESS Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $79.90. JUNIOR FICTION + WORLD TURTLE WORLD + LIZARD QUEEN Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LOOBS + TERRIBLE SIGNAL + PRECISION AUTO + BRODIE J.

BRUMMER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12.00. LOW TEMPERATURE CIVICS + SWAMP Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00. MIDNIGHT WOOLF + DJ LADY BLADES Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9:30pm. MOANING LISA + CRACKER LA TOUF + SLUSH Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $13.30. MOLER + GLOMESH + DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $20.00. MR. MCCLELLAND'S FINISHING SCHOOL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. $10.00. NOT FEST 666 - FEAT: RADIATOR HOSPITAL + ANTONIA & THE LAZY SUSANS + MOUNT DEFIANCE + SELF TALK + EAGLEMONT Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $64.37. PENNY IKINGER + OLLIE OLSEN State Library Of Victoria, 8:00pm. PERFECT WHIP + DEXY OSCILLATOR + UVA URSI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. PHIL JAMIESON Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8:00pm. $29.60. POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. POWERXCHUCK + METH LEPPARD + CLOGGED + DEFENESTRATION + DEADER + CARCINOID Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $10.00. PUSH THE ENVELOPE - FEAT: ALL THE COLOURS + BATZ + WARFLAGS + LOGIC DEFIES LOGIC + UNLUCKY + DANSY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. QUEEN FOREVER Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8:00pm. $35.00. QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 - FEAT: COURTNEY BARNETT + KASEY CHAMBERS + THE BLACK SORROWS WITH VIKA & LINDA BULL + THE WHITLAMS + SARAH BLASKO + THE HERD + FRASER A. GORMAN + MORE Princess Park, Queenscliff. ROCKWIZ REVUE - FEAT: JULIA ZEMIRO / BRIAN NANKERVIS & THE ROCKWIZ ORKESTRA Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $99.00. SODA SQUID + IDUNNO Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00. STEADFAST + LETTERS TO AMARA + OCEANS INSIDE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00. THE STRAIGHT-JACKET TAILORS + THE BLACKTIDES + PALMERSLUM + LONG HOLIDAY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00. TIMBERWOLF + ADULT FILMS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $24.00. WAY DYNAMIC + THE STROPPIES + EMMA RUSSACK Cactus Room, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $10.00. WHAT’S ON PRESENTS, + VARIOUS DJS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 9:00pm. X-GENZ London 11, Bayswater. 8:00pm. $12.00.

House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights 24/7 - FEAT: DJ SPRINKLES + ORPHEU THE WIZARD + WILLOW + D. TIFFANY + SLEEP D + MOSAM HOWIESON + NORACHI + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10:00pm. $50.00. ARTBAT + THE JOURNEY + BEC GRENFELL + COOPER DODGE + DAN BENTLEY + JYDN + HARLEY JAMES + MORE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $22.00. BELLA SARRIS + DAYLE & LAWLESS + ROB ANTHONY + JAY RAMON + BOYBLEWE + FUNKY COL + MORE Onesixone, Prahran. 10:00pm. BODY LANGUAGE + CHROME CELL

+ ENOLA GAY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. $10.00. CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. COMMON GROUND - FEAT: PETER VAN HOESEN + DJ NOBU 24 Moons, Northcote. 10:00pm. $50.00. DJ SEINFELD + ANDY GARVEY + ANDRAS + ROZA TERENZI + FANTASTIC MAN Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $48.00. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. FRIDAYS - FEAT: WARSAWYER + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + MORE Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. GOLDEN VESSEL + HVNCOQ + ABRAHAM TILBURY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00. HAPPY PLACE - FEAT: JAYA JAHNEE + TRIPOVICH + MIMI + KEV FROM MELB Forester's Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. I LOVE DANCEHALL - FEAT: OPERATOR ANDY + LARRIE + SO FIRE + DJ E-MAN + MORE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 10:00pm. JAH PRAYZAH 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $71.58. JEROME ISMA-AE Platform One, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. JUNO REACTOR + TSUYOSHI SUZUKI + ANDREW TILL + SUSERI Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $38.00. KNEE DEEP IN MELBOURNE - FEAT: HOT SINCE 82 + KERRI CHANDLER + DJ JNETT Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $79.00. MELBOURNE SYNTH FESTIVAL LAUNCH - FEAT: LUKE MILLION + EMAH FOX + BEATRICE + HONEYSMACK Meat Market, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $25.00. MITSUKI Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 11:00pm. $18.00. PEST KONTROL - FEAT: SCOTTY PESTICIDE + ELLIOT OFMARCO + CHRISTIAN DE OLIVEIRA + TODD GAVAN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. POUNCE SECOND BIRTHDAY - FEAT: PROJECT 95 + JESS ZAMMIT + SEDGWICK + JIM PARADISE + DAN BENTLEY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. SOLID STATE II - FEAT: OLIVER GUALANO + SERGIO CATANNI + CADENCE CURRENT + MISTER ED Red Betty, Brunswick. 7:00pm. SURGE - THE FUNDRAISER TO FIGHT MND - FEAT: LIHAN + THE PRINCIPAL VS UFORIA + WRECK IT MIKE + THE SURGE DECK ALL STARS + MORE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. YOUNG FRANCO + MARIBELLE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music AMARU TRIBE Belleville, Melbourne. 10:00pm. ARACADIA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $39.00. AUSECUMA BEATS + DJ VERSE@ILLE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $10.00. BABAGANOUSH Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00. BALKAN BEATS II - FEAT: BYZANTINE BLUE + ŽELJCI BEBECI Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.00. CLAIRE PATTI & ANDREW ALLARDICE Platform 270, Melbourne. 5:30pm. DJ THE KNAVE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. ENTROPY QUARTET Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

EXQUISITE CORPSE - FEAT: LITTLE SONGS OF THE MUTILATED Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. FEM BELLING QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $32.50. FRIDAY KNOCK OFF SESSIONS FEAT: THE HANDLE BARS Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 5:00pm. GREG SHEEHAN + VINOD PRASANNA + PERRIN MOSS Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. KARATE BOOGALOO Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MELBOURNE STAR’S MUSICAL MENAGERIE - FEAT: MORE + TATAFU + AMADOU SUSO + KALALA + LAMINE SONKO + NEIL MORRIS + SIONESS Melbourne Star Observation Wheel, Docklands. 6:00pm. $34.00. MIKE LOVE + TIM SNIDER Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $29.60. NOSTALGIQUE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. PHOEBE DAY Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $32.50. PINK PURSE The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. RINKYDINK - FEAT: THE LOVE FISH + MISSION BROWN + HOT SLUDGE FUNDAE Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $10.00. ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. SCOTT DUNBABIN LIDO Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00. SKUNKHOUR Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $56.32. SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF SANTANA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $25.00. THE DANIEL MOUGERMAN QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THE PEACOCKS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. THE PUTBACKS Northside Records, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. ZEDSIX The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11:00pm. $10.00.

Saturday 24 Nov House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights A NICE WARM BATH - FEAT: ANATOLE + HYMNS + SARA RETALLICK + WATERHOUSE + ORCHA + JU CA + JESS SNEDDON Mission To Seafarers, Docklands. 5:00pm. $43.00. ACID SLICE - FEAT: ACM + TANGENT + LANI G + C|1 + DYLAB Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. AFRIK FUTURISM Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ALISON WONDERLAND + HI LIFE + MANU CROOKS Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $65.00. CLIFFORD MOSS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. DADDY DAY CARE - FEAT: SPACEY SPACE + BUTTERS + THE MILKMAN + ROB LEWIS + MORE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 1:00pm. $25.00. DJ DOGGLER Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 11:00pm. DJ HALFPRICE HANCOCK Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm. DRK_RM - FEAT: PTWIGGS + GRASPS + TZECHAR + NIGHT DIVES + GINA Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $15.00. EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: ETWAS + MATTEO FREYRIE + CHRISS MATTO + NINE TWO FIVE + NICK REVERSE + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00. EMPIRE XL - SPRING BREAK - FEAT: SAMMY LA MARCA + COURTNEY MILLS + MORE Empire, Narre Warren. BEAT.COM.AU

FEATURED GIGS

THE VINEYARD

The Mercy Kills

Blistering rock four-piece The Mercy Kills are geared to take over St. Kilda’s The Vineyard on Saturday November 24. Playing alongside the Melbourne band will be The Bambi Kills, whose lineup features Vanessa from Valentine and Elly from Mannequin Death Squad. Entry is free with bands on from 9pm. THE CURTIN

Bitumen

Post-punk industrial unit Bitumen will celebrate the launch of their debut LP Reaction at The Curtin this Saturday November 24. Having supported the likes of Lydia Lunch and the UK’s The Chameleons this year in Melbourne and at Dark Mofo, you can expect a mesmerising show from these rapid up-and-comers. Doors are from 7pm with tickets available online for $10. SWAMPLANDS

The In The Out Melbourne alt-rock and psychinfused outfit The In The Out will launch their debut album this Saturday November 24 at Swamplands. Support will come in the form of Woodland Hunters and DJ Doggler, who’ll kick things of from 8pm. Best of all, entry is free. WESLEY ANNE

Estee Big Band

Melbourne 18-piece jazz ensemble Estee Big Band are set to take over Wesley Anne this Sunday November 25. Catch them from 3-6pm as they sling covers of the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, alongside a smattering of their own original compositions. Entry is $10 on the door.

BAR 303

Entropy Quartet

Entropy Quartet will take to the Bar 303 stage for the first time this Sunday November 25. They’ll bring their groove, pop, rock and electronic-layered sound to the stage, with support from Paul Carter’s Playground. Entry is by donation from 7pm.

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9:00pm. GLOBAL BASS - FEAT: TAHNIOCA CUMBIERA + DJ SACA LA MOIS + SONIDERO ESPERANZA + MORE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. JANK FACQUES CARLTON CLUB, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm. MANDARIN DREAMS RESIDENCY - FEAT: ALIEN + CLEVER AUSTIN + DUFRESNE + FOSSE + HORATIO LUNA + KUZICH + RAW HUMPS + THHOMAS Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8:00pm. MARC KINCHEN Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $39.80. MELBOURNE SYNTH FESTIVAL - FEAT: SADIVA + EMMA FOX + ACM + SERGIO SELIM + THE ODDNESS Meat Market, North Melbourne. 10:00am. $25.00. MYTHOLOGY - FEAT: CAMOV + DESIGNER THERAPY + POST PERCY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PAWN SATURDAYS, Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $20.00. PONY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. POOL – MUSIC AND ARTS LAUNCH - FEAT: ELLA THOMPSON + HYPERFOCUS + SAM LAWRENCE + MAELSTROM + DJ COLETTE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00. RETIREE + CALE SEXTON + DJ JESS ZAMMIT Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00. RISE & SHINE - FEAT: SUNSHINE + VARIOUS ARTISTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 12:00am. SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SELFLESS SUMMER SERIES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. SNACK ATTACK WITH DJ 2P Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10:00pm. SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: ANYO + BEN LAWRENCE + CASEY LEAVER + MEL MARA + YANNI ARSENAKIS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6:00pm. $10.00. SOUL TOGETHER - FEAT: JACKSON MILES + GIO GARCIA + VIVA L'AMOUR + DAN DARE + MORE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 12:00pm. SYSTEM 32 - <HYPER_REAL> - FEAT: QUALE + JUAN TELLEZ + DALE LORD + DORKE Red Betty, Brunswick. 6:00pm. THE AFTER DINNER MINT - FEAT: TOM'S TREAT + DJ RICK + Adriana Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: LEWIS CANCUT + TOM MOORE + NICK MURRAY + WHO + RANSOM + BINOFSKI + ALEX VIRR Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. TOVCH BASS - FEAT: LIXXXTRADO + DJ VERSE@ILLE + MAX R + OPERATOR ANDY + LEGEEO Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. YOKOO + RETZA + JYDN + SCOTT FREEDMAN + THE FIELDS Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10:00pm. $20.00.

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ALANNA & OLD HAT JAZZ Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. ALEX HAHN & THE BLUE RIDERS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00. ARETHA - QUEEN OF SOUL - FEAT: MICHAELA JAYDE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00. BEN DELVES TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $5.00. BOB SEDERGREEN & FRIENDS Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00. BOMBINO + BASHKA Howler, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $50.00.

BRIAN EL DORADO & THE TUESDAY PEOPLE + SARAH MCDONALD Open Studio, Northcote. 11:00am. $5.00. CHARLOTTE JANE QUARTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. CUPCAKE + THE SOUL MOVERS The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $15.00. DANCING IN OUTER SPACE - FEAT: DJ MANCHILD + MORE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 11:00pm. $10.00. DERTY BERD + RENELOPHUS + THE VINYL GROUND Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $5.00. GRAND WAZOO Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $35.00. JOSH KYLE THE Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6:00pm. $30.00. JULIE BAILEY & STEVE SEDERGREEN TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $30.00. MANDACARU Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.00. POLAR FORCE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00. SHIRAZZ Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. SLOW GRIND FEVER - FEAT: RICHIE1250 + MOHAIR SLIM + PIERRE BARONI + DJ SIMON LAXTON + CELIA BOW Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $12.00. SOPHIE RAINBOW + RILEY CATHERALL Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $10.00. THE BOWIE PROJECT Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.00. THE KING LOUIE COLLECTIVE + PPB LATE NIGHT DJS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. THE MAGICAL MARMALADE MACHINE Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8:00pm. THE MOONHOPS Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. THE RONNY FERELLA STANDARDS QUARTET (WITH EUGENE BALL) Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.00. THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11:00pm. VAN MORRISON’S MASTERPIECES - FEAT: VINCE JONES & THE ASTRAL ORCHESTRA Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $75.00. VIPERS DREAM SWING TEAM Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BIG & HORNY Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $25.00. BILL DIREEN Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. BITUMEN + SYNTHETICS + PREMIUM FANTASY + OV PAIN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00. BLACK LODGE WHITE LODGE VOLUME 3 - FEAT: DAVE SHAW + MARK DORSET + CAITLIN KAVANAGH Spleen Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. BLOWERS + PLASTIC SECTION Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CAPTAIN SPALDING Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6:00pm. $20.00. CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS + CABLE TIES + MORE The Croxton, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $30.00. CEMETERY URN + TYRANNIC + BELLIGERENT INTENT + HELLSPIT + SCARS OF SODOM + PLEURISY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. COFFIN WOLF + AGENT 37 + THE OUT OF TOWNERS + PROTOSPASM + DJ RORY FANG IT Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 8:00pm. COLUMBUS + JUST ABOUT DONE + SLOW TALK Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00. DAVID BYRNE + KIMBRA Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm. DEAD CITY RUINS + TRUE BELIEVER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE TRIBUTE

NIGHT, Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00. DIPLOMA + ONE MORE WEEKEND + MADAM WONG + DISTRACTED BY PINK + TRIGGERLIP + SLACK ATTACK Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. $10.00. FANDANGO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9:00pm. FIELD MAPS + 808S & GREATEST HITS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. GLADES + LA WOMEN + BALU BRIGADA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25.00. GREEVES + ALPHONSO The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. HAVITTAJAT + ENZYME + PRIORS + LÀI + HEDGEHOG Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. HOMEBASS - FEAT: MONKEY MARC + SAFIRE + AURAMECHANIC + KODIAK KID 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. JAMES REYNE + MORE Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $66.21. JOHNNY HUNTER + GO GET MUM + CLOTHESLINE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. KING OF THE NORTH + THE MIDWAYERS Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm. $15.00. NANCY SINATRA/LEE HAZLEWOOD EXPERIENCE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:45pm. $28.89. NOT FEST 666 - FEAT: HIGHTIME + THE BROTHERS GOON + CLOVE + CUTAWAYS + LIONIZER + NERDLINGER + RACHEL MARIA COX + CRY CLUB + FACE FACE + FREYA + NAT VAZER + MORE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 1:00pm. $64.37. ORGANECTOMY + REVULSED + CRYPTIC ABYSS + ABUGHRAIB Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15.00. PARTICLES + PRETTY CITY + HONEYBONE + PACING THE CAGE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $12.00. POLARIZE + DEXY OSCILLATOR + MAJAK DOOR + FLOODLIGHTS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. POSSESSED MUM + RHYSICS + FITTING Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 3:00pm. PUSH OVER – THE PUSH’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY - FEAT: ALLDAY + ALI BARTER + RUBY FIELDS + KIAN + MORE Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 - FEAT: 19-TWENTY + AL PARKINSON + ALANA WILKINSON + ALI BARTER + ALICE SKYE + AMISTAT + ANNE EDMONDS + BEN OTTEWELL + BOMBINO + MORE Princess Park, Queenscliff. 12:00am. SHIPS PIANO + JAMES MOLONEY & THE MAD DOG HARRISONS + FRONTSIDE BACKSIDES Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. SILENCE THE UNKNOWN + THE NUREMBERG CODE + SVCRED + SEDDON Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 5:00pm. $13.30. SWEET GOLD + KEGGIN + CRUM Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. THE GOON SAX + J. MCFARLANE'S REALITY GUEST + PERMITS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE IN THE OUT + THE WOODLAND HUNTERS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 9:00pm. THE NAYSAYERS + BAD BANGS + THE OVERHEADS + DJ MANCHILD Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $5.00. WHITE SUMMER + HONEY DREAMS + THE MOTHER GURUS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00. WRECKLESS ERIC + JOHN DOWLER'S VANITY PROJECT TRIO Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8:00pm. $49.90. WRECKLESS ERIC + GIRLATONES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $49.90.

UPCOMING GIGS

Hip Hop & R&B

BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CHAISE LOUNGE'S 20TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. NADIA ROSE + EPROM + MARK PRITCHARD + RAPTORHANDZ + JADE ZOE + LADY BANTON + NIKI + MORE Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $48.00. SCHEMEVILLE - FEAT: BUDDY RYAN + YUNG BADDIE + TEBIR + PANIA + DJ SIRPREME Belleville, Melbourne. 10:00pm. YO MAFIA Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00.

Sunday 25 Nov Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music BALKAN BRASS - FEAT: OPA! BATO + OPA SEKO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $10.00. CARLITO'S WAY Alumbra, Docklands. 4:00pm. ENTROPY QUARTET 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. ESSTEE BIG BAND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3:00pm. $10.00. FAT DUCK FUNK Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. GATSBY'S VINTAGE JAZZ BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 3:30pm. $10.00. GOSPEL SUNDAYS, Howler, Brunswick. 2:00pm. MELBOURNE LAWYERS’ BIG BAND MEMO Music Hall, St Kilda. 2:00pm. $25.00. MORELAND CITY SOUL REVUE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm. POLAR FORCE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00. SANTO SONIDO - FEAT: DJ SACA LA MOIS + MORE Georges Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. SARAH C Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $30.00. SOL É ALMA Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4:00pm. STONNINGTON CITY BRASS Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 2:00pm. $15.00. SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH SARAH MCLAINE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 2:00pm. $25.00. SUNDAY JAM - FEAT: BARTON FINK HOUSE BAND Barton Fink, Thornbury. 5:00pm. TED NETTELBECK The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00. THAT GOLD STREET SOUND Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar, Balaclava. 4:30pm. THE MAMAS + AU DRE + OGOPOGO John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 7:00pm. $10.00. THE OZ BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $25.00. THE PHILHELLENES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. THE SOUL MOVERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. TRANSATLANTICO + MORE Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. $8.00. YOLANDA INGLEY & BAND Fireflies Wine Bar, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BJÖRN AGAIN - FEAT: BJORN AGAIN CHASERS, South Yarra. 8:00pm. BONEZ - FEAT: AIVY + THE NINTH DIMENSION + COLD SLEEP Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. COBRA SNAKE NECKTIE RECORDS DJS Catfish, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. DAVE LESLIE (GUITAR WORKSHOP) Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $60.20.

DR. SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE + NOUGHTS + COSMETIKA Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. GIRL GERMS + THE BURBS + LOVEBONER + FRONTSIDE BACKSIDES + BLACK SNAKE WHIP + NIPPLE CHAFFES + GREYJACKS + BLUE DREAM Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 1:30pm. $15.00. GOTHIC - FEAT: ANDRÉE GREENWELL + JESSICA O’DONOGHUE + DAVID TRUMPMANIS + AD HOC COLLECTIVE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 5:00pm. $45.00. HOT WAX BYO VINYL NIGHT, Heartbreaker, Melbourne. 6:00pm. NAT ALLISON BAND Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. NOT FEST 666 - FEAT: GEORGIA MAQ + BEN DAVID + HAMMOCK DISTRICT + LUKE SEYMOUP + MARINA MITCHELL + MAX QUINN + RADIATOR HOSPITAL + MORE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 1:00pm. $64.37. ONE ELECTRIC DAY - FEAT: JIMMY BARNES + THE ANGELS + IAN MOSS + JON STEVENS + MORE Werribee Park & Mansion, Werribee. 11:00am. OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. PHIL JAMIESON Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6:00pm. $29.60. PRICKLE + WROCŁAW + JAC BETH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 - FEAT: 19-TWENTY + AL PARKINSON + ALANA WILKINSON + ALI BARTER + ALICE SKYE + AMISTAT + ANNE EDMONDS + BEN OTTEWELL + BOMBINO + MORE Princess Park, Queenscliff. 12:00am. RUBY GILL + DAVID WESTERN & HIS BAND + ZOE FOX Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00. SAGA CITY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3:00pm. SIESTA SESSIONS - FEAT: CATHOLIC GUILT + WILDCRAFT + JESS PORTER + SAM REES Penny Black, Brunswick. 2:00pm. $15.00. THE CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL PREDESTINATION + KIM VOLKMAN & THE WHISKEY PRIESTS + THE SPOILS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm. THE GOOD MINUS + HARRY PERMEZEL + SUSY BLUE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE VELVET CLUB + DANITCHY + MADELEINE'S CASTLE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10.00. TOMBOLO, CHITRA + TOMBOLO + CHITRA Carlton Baths, Carlton. 1:00pm. WELCOME TO THE NUMB + OUT OF CHARACTER Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. WINTERNATIONALE + UNDER THE SEA + LUKE RICHARDSON + DYADON Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.00. YOWO MUSIC SHOWCASE - FEAT: ELLE SHIMADA + ABBEY HOWLETT + RARA ZULU + YOWO STUDENTS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $10.00.

Monday 26 Nov Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music BELLY SAVALAS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. KATHLEEN HALLORAN TRIO The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00. POLAR FORCE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00. THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA (WITH DAINA JOWSEY) - FEAT: THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA (WITH DAINA JOWSEY) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.00.

Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers JESS CORAM + VANESSA VEE 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. LOW KEY CRUSH + EAGLEMONT + THE FAINTERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.00. MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: LAURA IMBRUGLIA + FERLA + HANS PUCKET + SCRATCH MATCH Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $3.00

Tuesday 27 Nov Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BABY BLUE + AFFECTION Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. BIG MOIST & THE SMOKING DURRIES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. BLOC PARTY + HAIKU HANDS Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $89.50. GUS + FRANCO COZZO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. LACHIE MCKAY + MADI LEEDS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00. MUSIC UNDER WINGS 2018 GRAD AFTER PARTY - FEAT: APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY + HANNAH BLACKBURN + PTING Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE BASICS PRESENT - THE SONGROOM - FEAT: WILLIAM CRIGHTON + SIRAK ABU + MELANIE HORSNELL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00. THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + FLEETING PERSUASIONS + TINA GROWLS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00

Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music JACK EARLE BIG BAND The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $20.00. NOW. HERE. This, Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. OMELETTE Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND COMBO Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 6:00pm. POLAR FORCE Arts Centre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $35.00. UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DEMON DAYS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. DJ CHRIS XYNOS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. EAT PANT + BUZZ & THE PICKUPS + BENG Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5.00. FABULOUS DIVA - THE MUSIC OF DR NINA SIMONE - FEAT: RUTH RODGERS-WRIGHT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00. STEVE SEDERGREEN (WITH MAL SEDERGREEN) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $30.00. TAMARA KULDIN QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8:00pm. $25.00. THE AFRO SAMBAS (WITH ALDA REZENDE) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.00. THE JAMES MORRISON QUARTET Bird’s Basement, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $55.00. THE PRINCE EXPERIENCE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $43.90. THE SLIPDIXIES + TONY J KING The Moldy Fig, 7:00pm. THE WIKIMEN Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.00.

HARTS Corner Hotel November 29 SABA Howler November 29 ODDISEE The Prince November 29 LET THERE BE ROCK – ORCHESTRATED Palais Theatre November 30 KIRA PURU Northcote Social Club November 30 SHIHAD 170 Russell November 30 THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS Corner Hotel November 30 BON JOVI MCG December 1 THE CHURCH Palais Theatre December 1 ÓLAFUR ARNALDS Melbourne Recital Centre December 1, 3 NECK DEEP 170 Russell December 4 YAEJI The Night Cat December 5 ELIOTT Worker’s Club December 6 RICHARD MARX Palais Theatre December 7 GOOD THINGS ft The Offspring, All Time Low, Babymetal, and more Melbourne Showgrounds December 7 THE GRATES Corner Hotel December 7 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL ft The Breeders, The Pharcyde, Sampa The Great THE PLEASURE GARDEN ft Northeast Party House, Sampa The Great, more Catani Gardens December 8 JOHN FARNHAM w/ Daryl Braithwaite, Richard Marx, more Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley December 8 THE RUBENS The Forum December 8 THE BREEDERS Corner Hotel December 8 MINISTRY OF SOUND’S ORCHESTRATED Margaret Court Arena December 9 SHANIA TWAIN Rod Laver Arena December 11, 12 TWENTY ØNE PILØTS Rod Laver Arena December 13 PANDA BEAR Melbourne Recital Centre December 13 SLOWLY SLOWLY 170 Russell December 14 RANDY HOUSER Corner Hotel December 14 ALPHA WOLF/JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED Stay Gold December 14 JAKUBI Howler December 14 POLISH CLUB The Gasometer December 15 BRITISH INDIA The Corner December 21 DEAD LETTER CIRCUS 170 Russell December 21 THE SCREAMING JETS Corner Hotel December 22 BEYOND THE VALLEY ft The Kooks, Tash Sultana, more Lardner Park December 28-January 1 FALLS FESTIVAL ft Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Catfish and the Bottlemen, more Lorne December 28-31 LOST PARADISE ft The Kooks, Tash Sultana, M.I.A, more Glenworth Valley December 28-January 1 NYE ON THE HILL ft Smith Street Band, The Kite String Tangle, Sampa The Great, more The Farm December 30- January 1 LET THEM EAT CAKE FESTIVAL Werribee Park January 1 DVSN 170 Russell January 2 THE VACCINES The Croxton January 3 BRENT FAIYAZ Howler January 4 TOTO Festival Hall January 4 INTERPOL Palais Theatre January 4 HOBO JOHNSON & THE LOVEMAKERS Corner Hotel January 5 SOCCER MOMMY Howler January 7 BISHOP BRIGGS The Corner January 8 DERMOT KENNEDY The Croxton January 9 BEAT.COM.AU 33

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