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Contents News Arts Guide Hip Hop, Charts, Electronic Industry, Punk, Beat Eats Phill Jupitus Record Store Day 2019 Nine reasons to make the Bluesfest roadtrip Music Victoria Membership Drive, Little Quirks The Brave, Kim Churchill Goran Bregovic, Robert Forster PUP, Summer Dreaming: A FemaleLed Fest Lucy Rose, The Miser Ron Funches, Comedy Profiles Comedy Live Music Live Album of the Week, Singles Albums Gig Guide
Editor’s note With Tom Parker
Ahhhhh, Record Store Day. I’ve been warming every the limb of my lanky body for this grandiose occasion. Traversing Melbourne’s record store real estate is like tackling Manhattan in a single day – it’s so extensive but oh so glorious. The vinyl revival is well and truly here and you better embrace it because it’s the only facilitator of music’s most nostalgic and adored enterprise and the unmatched sound quality that comes with it. Beat’s throwing a huge print party to celebrate in the form of a Record Store Day special where we welcome the likes of Dutch Vinyl, Muscle Shoals Records, Quality Records, Rathdowne Records, Record Paradise and more into our hood. These legends break down all things wax and give us the rundown on all the big surprises they have in store for this epic occasion. There will be exclusive releases and instore performances aplenty – where the hell do I sign up? Melbourne International Comedy Festival is also running at top speed and beloved QI comedian Phill Jupitus adorns our cover as we tiptoe into the extravaganza’s third week. Don’t sleep friends – if you haven’t been to a show as yet you’re missing out. Giggle Fit architect Ron Funches also finds a spot in the mag alongside live MICF reviews from the likes of Joel Creasey, Stephen K Amos and Tash York and what fantastic shows they were. Outside of that, there’s more on Bluesfest and discoveries of Kim Churchill, The Brave, PUP and more. Have you packed your hiking shoes? You’re going to need them.
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Australian Music Vault is paying tribute to the history of hip hop with a display celebrating the past, present and future of the genre in Australia. The exhibition comprises samplers, posters, costumes, magazines, microphones and records from a host of artists such as Sampa The Great, Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, A.B Original and more. Australian Music Vault will also host a series of hip hop workshops and education programs alongside the exhibition, set to be run by the likes of Thando, Mantra, N’fa Jones and more. The display is open now.
Australian National Academy of Music presents a sonic spectacular with Surround Sound, a performance showcasing 20th century classic compositions through percussion and piano. Featuring Timothy Young, Peter Neville, Speak Percussion and ANAM Musicians, Surround Sound will journey through the works of Bartók, Stravinsky, Reich and Xenakis. Highlighting the contemporary visions of the compositions, which date back to the 1910s, this sonic exploration is set to mesmerise. It’s happening at South Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday April 13. For tickets and more information, head to the ANAM website.
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Announces new single and tour supports After dropping her latest single ‘Am I Doing This Right?’ from her upcoming album, Alex Lahey has just announced her Australian tour support acts, as well as adding a new under-18s show in Melbourne. Sydney pop-punk band Stand Atlantic join Lahey for the entirety of her nationwide tour, with singer Bec Goring joining the crew for one of the Melbourne shows. Alex Lahey will be performing at the Forum on Saturday June 22, and at the Northcote Social Club (U18 matinee) on Sunday June 23, tickets are available via Handsome Tours.
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To celebrate the release of their new single, Good Boy has embarked on their CRF Tour, scheduled to hit cities nationwide. The unstoppable crafters of political and punk-fueled tunes have just teased an extended release to come later this year, as well as unveiling their support acts. Nat Vazer and The Vacant Smiles are set to join Good Boy when they hit The Tote this coming Friday April 12, tickets are available through the venue website.
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2019 brings a weekend of art, ideas and cultural celebration
Guided through the forests of Tasmania, Dark Mofo invites attendees to consider perspectives outside of the norm and to question the values they hold. Kicking off the festival, ‘Dark + Dangerous Thoughts’ invites attendees to discuss ideas with local and international writers, speakers and commentators such as Stan Grant, Yumi Stynes, Nakkiah Liu, Luke McGregor, Jennifer Boylan and many more. Despite stating that his final performance would be last year, Australian artist Mike Parr returns to perform a lengthy, blindfolded performance at an undisclosed location via live stream prior to his talk the following day. Dark Mofo’s full program will be released Friday April 12 and tickets will be available to purchase Tuesday April 16 through their website. The festival goes down from Thursday June 6 to Sunday June 23.
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Fusing uplifting soft pads with classical melodic keys, Hot Chip have unveiled their latest single and music video ‘Hungry Child’ from the upcoming album A Bath Full of Ecstasy. The album itself is described as a breath of fresh air for the band, crystallizing the sound that they have become celebrated for while seeing them willing to collaborate with outside producers for the first time. ‘Hungry Child’ is out now and A Bath Full of Ecstasy drops on Friday June 21 via Domino.
From their upcoming album I Am Easy To Find, The National have released their latest single ‘Light Years’, accompanied by a video of scenes from their upcoming short film directed by Mike Mills. When describing the album and the film’s relationship, Mills stated that the movie was composed as a piece of music, and the music was cut together as a film, but aren’t completely dependent on each other. I Am Easy To Find is set for release on Friday May 17 via 4AD.
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Following the release of his sophomore album Free Spirit and accompanying short film, Khalid will be coming to Melbourne on his Australia and New Zealand tour this November. The album has a creative parallel to the film, with the visual elements adding to the stories told through song, mainly focused around Khalid’s childhood. Khalid will perform at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday November 28, head to Ticketek for tickets and more information.
After adding an additional five shows to his Australia and New Zealand tour, Post Malone stirs up more excitement amongst fans after confirming his special guests for the upcoming tour. Fashion icon, actor and musician, Jaden Smith, and up-and-coming rapper, Tyla Yaweh, join Post Malone on one of the biggest hip-hop tours of 2019. Post Malone and crew will be performing at Rod Laver Arena Tuesday April 30, Wednesday May 1 and Thursday May 2, final tickets are available via Live Nation’s website.
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Record Store Day Reveals special one-off releases for 2019
Celebrating the indie record store experience for the 12th consecutive year, Record Store Day is back on Saturday April 13 with its strongest line up of one-off Australian releases yet. The list of releases that have been announced so far includes Hockey Dad’s re-issue of their debut EP Dreamin on limited splatter vinyl, Midnight Oil’s Pleasure Island, Live recorded in 1998, Bob Evans’ very first vinyl version of the album Suburban Songbook, Hard Ons’ first single ‘Harder & Harder’ from their upcoming album, and many more. Along with one-off releases, there will be plenty of re-issues, first time pressings and special edition vinyls from local and international acts. To check which record stores are participating this year and view the full list of records available, go to the Record Store Day website.
ABBA
Ozzy Osbourne
A year following the announcement and delay of the ‘Virtual ABBA’ world tour, ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has confirmed that fans can expect the release of two new songs this coming September or October. Ulvaeus reported that the reason for the delays are mainly due to the difficulties they have encountered while trying to create their younger replicas – which they have dubbed ‘Abbatars’ – but has also hinted towards legal issues.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has announced all remaining tour dates for 2019 will be rescheduled for a later date. After suffering from a fall in his Los Angeles home, Osbourne was required to undergo surgery and is now in medical care. Forced to cancel his appearance at Download Australia, in addition to the UK and European dates for his ‘No More Tours 2’ circuit, the prince of darkness said punters should hold onto their tickets as the shows will be rescheduled.
The Rolling Stones
Midnight Oil
After Mick Jagger was instructed by his doctor that he required medical treatment, The Rolling Stones have postponed their upcoming No Filter US tour. Since that postponement, it has been revealed that Jagger will be undergoing a heart valve replacement surgery but has been advised that he is expected to make a complete recovery. For the meantime, The Rolling Stones have recently announced a brand new ‘best of ’ compilation titled Honk which is scheduled for release Friday April 19 via Polydor Records.
Bringing their tour to a close, Midnight Oil have announced added dates to select rural towns, as well as a performance in Canberra for Reconciliation Day on Monday May 27. Frontman Peter Garrett believes that taking “meaningful steps towards reconciliation are long overdue” and that it is “important to kick up a fuss and help get the issue back on track.” The band have also teased that they will begin to record new music in 2020, which marks their first new recordings since 2001. Tickets for the last few shows are available via Frontier Touring.
Are releasing new music this year
Postpone US tour
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Postpones all remaining 2019 tour dates
Reveal final 2019 show dates
THE PLACE TO SEE THE WHO’S WHO OF COMEDY LETTING LOOSE ON STAGE AND ON THE DANCEFLOOR! WED 10 APR
STAMPTOWN COMEDY NIGHT MCs Zach & Viggo (USA/NOR)
SAT 13 APR
COMEDY BONANZA MC Cal Wilson
THU 11 APR
10 COMEDIANS FOR 10 BUCKS MC Ben Kochan
FRI 12 APR
COMEDY BONANZA MC Becky Lucas and Cameron James
SUN 14 APR
HAUS PARTY! with Otto & Astrid
THE LATE, LATE ENTERTAINMENT AFTER THE COMEDY FROM 12.30AM
FRIDAY 12 APR
DJ BETTY GRUMBLE
SATURDAY 13 APR
LIP SYNC BATTLE with Michelle Brasier, Lessons with Luis and Demi Lardner DJ Felicity Ward
MAX WATT’S NIGHTLY ’TIL LATE
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FRIDAY 12 APRIL 8PM
Blackfella Whitefella
FRIDAY acoustic sessions sATURDAY 13 APRIL 8pM
Daemos Griffin and The Fringe Dwellers SUNDAY 14 APRIL 5PM
Hugh McGinlay
APRIL 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
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Arts Guide BEAT’S K TOP PIC
Tom Ballard Enough
Up Next
Melbourne’s freshest funnies Get ready for a lineup of laughs, Up Next is an hour of comedy’s latest, and soon to be greatest, handpicked from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns competition. The comedians on the lineup include Ethan Cavanagh as emcee alongside Kyle Bennett, Nina Cowley-Mousinho, Jett Bond, Carlin Carruth, Dusty Diddle and Nick Doring. Comics Patti Fawcett, Tiarnan Hunter and Tom Newton will also be there. All those appearing have received mentoring by a professional comedy legend so this will be a treat. Up Next is taking place inside The Channel at the Arts Centre Melbourne, from Thursday April 11 – Saturday April 13. Friday’s performance will be Auslan-interpreted. Tickets range from $16-$20 and can be purchased on the Art Centre Melbourne website.
No Apologies
Relaxed Morning
The debut book by journo and comedian Joanne Brookfield, No Apologies: Women in Comedy Claiming their Space, Finding their Voice and Telling their Stories, is taking over the Malthouse Theatre for a one-off show. No Apologies features interviews with over 50 female comedians including Judith Lucy, Urzila Carlson, The Kates, Felicity Ward, and many others. Hosted by Brookfield and many of her interviewees, this one-off show is not to be missed. No Apologies: The Chat Show is on in Merlyn Theatre, at the Malthouse Theatre, on Saturday April 13, 4pm. For tickets, head to the Malthouse Theatre website.
NGV’s Relaxed Morning program is an opportunity for visitors with autism, sensory sensitivities or disability to experience the gallery without the hustle and bustle of the usual crowds. The exhibition on show is Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor, with the Relaxed Morning session running on Saturday April 13 from 8.30am – 10am. There will be two ticketing options, one of which is a completely free, kidsonly workshop. The program is in conjunction with Amaze’s Hoodie Up for Autism campaign. For tickets, head to the NGV website. Bookings essential.
Chat show comes to MICF
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A quieter gallery experience
Known for his dry wit and political satire, Tom Ballard’s Enough revels in the mess that is the current political climate. Opening by targeting the ABC, who recently made him redundant by cancelling Tonightly with Tom Ballard, the comedian made it abundantly clear that sweating his way through hour-long stand-up sets wasn’t quite where he hoped to be at 29. Anyone not at least partially invested in Australian politics would have quickly found themselves lost as Ballard took aim at Barnaby Joyce, Justin Milne, Kevin Bailey and Scott Morrison. Recounting an incident in which a Tonightly guest called Bailey a cunt on live TV, eliciting an Australian Communications and Media Authority report which mentioned the cuss-word 54 times, was enough to render the audience hysterical. A particular sore spot surfaced when it came to Pauline Hanson, who Ballard noted has somehow managed to become more controversial since he wrote a joke about her mere months ago. However touchy the subject, most crowd members gave this bit the hearty laugh it was due. What began as a political rant soon became anticapitalism propaganda in which Ballard even blamed the economic system for why he isn’t getting laid. Not only did he raise some pretty agreeable points during this riff, Ballard even managed to marry anti-capitalism ideals with an anecdote about letting one rip in a stranger’s face in what may be the most intelligent – and lengthiest – fart joke ever told. The unyielding energy of his quick wit was enough to bolster the Wednesday late-night crowd so much so that the brief intervals where Ballard sipped from his bottle of water brought eerily silent breaks in the otherwise constant wall of laughter. A spokesman of sorts for the younger generation and left-wing idealists, the Baby Boomers were next on Ballard’s hit list, bringing everything from a painstakingly accurate My Chemical Romance impersonation to the not-so-subtle suggestion that the generation should hurry up and die out. Towards the tail end of the show, Ballard got somewhat serious for a brief moment, though still weaving jokes in at every opportunity. Though his, at times, ridiculous comedy had him admitting it would be a long hour, finding ourselves already saying goodnight felt all too sudden. Ballard may feel woeful kissing his $200K per annum job at the ABC goodbye in exchange for working an hour a day doing stand-up, but the audience certainly weren’t complaining about their end of the bargain. Tom Ballard’s Enough is running until Sunday April 21 as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Grab your tickets via the Melbourne International Comedy Festival website. BY KATE STREADER
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Hip Hop WITH SOSE FUAMOLI
Charts FROM BEAT HQ
Electronic WITH MICHAEL CUSACK
Nipsey Hussle
Hip hop mourns Nipsey Hussle – funeral to take place this week Last week, LA rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle was gunned down in front of his Marathon clothing store; shot six times by a man named Eric Holder. Since his death, the hip hop community the world over has been mourning him and his effect on the industry. The Grammy Award-nominated artist released his acclaimed Victory Lap album last year, and had been a shining example of providing unity between the Bloods and Crips gangs in Los Angeles. Following his murder, it was revealed that Nipsey Hussle was set to meet with LAPD chiefs to discuss ways of reducing violence amongst youth in the community. The rapper’s funeral is set to take place this Thursday April 11 at the Staples Center in LA, and is expected to be attended by thousands. Many hip hop artists, including friend and collaborator YG, have delayed music releases to mourn and honour Nipsey, while tributes and vigils continue to take place in LA and beyond.
Your Girl Pho
SYN Sweet 16 Local • Your Girl Pho – ‘Five Thirty PM’ • Demon Days – ‘Hands-Free’ • Arno Faraji – ‘Scalin’’ • Miss Blanks – ‘Tommy’ • Ali Barter – ‘You’re A Piece of Shit’ • Emerson Snowe – ‘Human’
A somewhat funny story came out last week via Resident Advisor regarding an outcry over Airbnb tours running in Berlin. The ‘experience’ tours involve taking tourists to a few of Berlin’s famous nightclubs for about AUD$120 (not including entry, drink or transport costs), and some club promoters are not happy, claiming their nights have become a stop on a ‘ridiculous human safari’. The tourists are briefed on how to behave and how to dress and given a rundown on what to expect at each club. Although it sounds funny to us, I don’t really see this ‘service’ as a bad thing. Say, if a young traveler comes to Berlin from a city without a clubbing culture and wants to experience it but feels nervous about approaching these notorious institutions on their own. Plus, if anything, I reckon briefing tourists on how to behave in these places would probably help to preserve the vibe they’re so afraid of losing.
• Love Deluxe – ‘Dance of The Lizard People’ International • Cherry Glazerr – ‘Wasted Nun’ • Teen Body – ‘Dreamo’ • Bryony Jarman-Pinto – ‘As I’ve Heard’ • Emotional Oranges – ‘Built That Way’ • Uranium Club – ‘Geodesic Son’ • Hot Chip – ‘Hungry Child’
Beyoncé
• The Kindling – ‘Low Low Low ‘ • White Denim – ‘Small Talk (Feeling Control)’
New music from Saba’s Pivot Gang coming through You Can’t Sit With Us One for the hip hop and the Mean Girls fans, it seems. Rapper Saba and his collective, Pivot Gang, are coming through with their debut album this month, titled You Can’t Sit With Us. It’s an album that has been in the works for the group for some time and in its final version, fans are being given 13 tracks. Pivot Gang have been teasing a full release over the last few months, dropping serious heat in singles ‘Studio Ground Rules’ and ‘Jason Statham, Pt. 2’ – records that have shown the collective at the top of their game. The first single taken from the album has come in the Smino-featuring tune, ‘Bad Boys’, while elsewhere on the album, there are guest spots courtesy of Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux, Kari Faux, Femdot, Benjamin Earl Thunder and Sylvan LaCue. Pretty, pretty stacked. You Can’t Sit With Us is out April 19th.
Netflix teases Beyonce’s Homecoming this month All it took was one word for Beyonce fans to start losing their minds, thanks to Netflix. ‘Homecoming’, posted on April 7th, has led the Beyhive to deduce that because of the yellow colour scheme and font used, something to do with Beyonce and in particular Beychella, is coming. Of course, Beyonce is no stranger to the surprise release. Her more recent albums have been built on the element of surprise, so it would be in line with her aesthetic to drop a Netflix special of some kind on the platform with no publicity surrounding it. Whether Homecoming could be a behind the scenes look at her mammoth Coachella production, or the performance itself, remains to be seen but as it’s the Queen Bee, we know all control will be in her tight, flawless grip.
SNTS
The Bunker techno crew have announced their sixth birthday celebrations with German masked anonymous producer SNTS taking the headline slot. If dark techno’s your bag, it doesn’t get much darker than SNTS. And what better place to host a dystopian techno prince than an until-recently abandoned power substation in Newport? Also making the trip to Melbourne for the evening is French producer Hydrangea, whose deep hypnotic techno has seen her profile rise dramatically over the last two years. Local support is set to come from Hyper Binary, Nat Salih and Edward Richards b2b Frederick Sexton. It goes down on Friday May 24, tickets are on sale now. Nina Kraviz
The Snakes
PBS Top Ten Feature album: The Snakes – The Snakes • Karl Hector & The Malcouns – ‘Asteroid’ • Altin Gün – ‘Süpürgesi Yoncadan’ • Charles Jenkins – ‘Fairfield In The Rain’ • The Blassics – ‘In a Sincere Way’ • David Marston – ‘Ragamuffin’ • Soft Rubbish – ‘Not In The Game’ • Jim Jarmusch/Lee Ranaldo/Marc Urselli/Balazs Pandi – ‘Andvari’ • The Twilight Sad – ‘Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting’ • Memphis LK – ‘Speak Honestly’
Whatever you think of their soft drink, it’s hard to argue against Red Bull’s significant contributions to the planet’s electronic music scene via the Red Bull Music Academy courses that helped many artists to the next levels of their career. Unfortunately this week, Red Bull announced the program will be ceasing in October 2019, after a 20-year run. One notable alumnus of RBMC, Nina Kraviz, wrote a heartfelt thank you via Instagram for her time at the Melbourne-based course run in 2006 (alongside a couple of other youngsters known as Flying Lotus and Marshmello). It’s unclear why they’ve decided to part ways with the consulting company Yadastar who co-ran the initiative, but Red Bull have stated their involvement with the music scene around the world will continue.
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Beat Eats WITH GENEVIEVE PHELAN
Punk
WITH MORGAN MANGAN
Industry
WITH CHRISTIE ELIEZER
Karen O
An expansive beer garden, worn leather couches, no tomfoolery and a strictly vegan menu – let’s get you acquainted with The Merri Clan, Preston’s new crown jewel. This mother-daughter run microcosm of social responsibility and good times is in the vanguard of Victorian pub reform. Think back to those hazy late nights spent slinging beers in your mate’s garage, surrounded by eclectic ephemera, loud voices and stained coffee tables. The Merri Clan kind of exists as an extension of those honest, universal nights spent amongst great company, sans the bag of chips you’d typically consume and instead replete with an obnoxiously moreish vegan menu. There’s even live music sessions, open mic nights and Sundays spent heralding slick, DJ-spun beats at a central set of decks. Their website hosts the whole lineup, so you can keep the calendar (and the crew) informed well in advance.
If the word ‘vegan’ instantly turns you off a menu, hold tight and hear us out on this one. Brekky ranges from 8am ‘til 3pm, meaning you can emerge from your duvet at a lazy hour on a Sunday morning and still snag a cone of fluffy Dutch pancakes. The Merri Clan’s poffertjes (don’t worry, we can’t pronounce that either) come fully loaded with hot chocolate fudge sauce, smothered in berry compote and topped with candied pecans. They’re mouth-sized morsels of pure ecstasy and go down delightfully with a tall iced latte. And if you think you’ve tried every acai bowl this side of Sydney, think again. The Merri Clan’s rendition is a truly wholesome interpretation of the Holy Grail bowl – expect a blend of organic acai, blueberries and other fruits topped with a homemade maple granola that’ll have you probing for the recipe.
If you’re Preston-bound for dinner or arvo drinks, expect a cavalry of vegan burgers to be the main attraction. Unlike its namesake, ‘The Big Moc’ comes stuffed with two no-beef patties, and the Pulled Mushroom Burger is stacked with BBQ’d mushies. There’s no holding back when it comes to the fries that you’ll tag-team with those buns – whether you’re in the market for a sweet potato iteration or a traditional, golden bucket of chips, the toppings selection here deserves a notable mention. Korean chilli mayo or chipotle lime aioli? We’ll leave you to ponder that one.
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On 15 March 2019, Karen O and Danger Mouse released the album Lux Prima, which didn’t fall short of what was to be expected from the two collaborating. Both talented musicians have been releasing music for two decades. ‘Woman’, the single out prior to the album, is arguably the most important and best song on the record and a reminder of Karen O’s history of being a punk. Fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs since the band’s beginning in 2000, Karen O became known for her bizarre and wild onstage antics. 2003’s Fever to Tell is what many bands wish for from a first record, gaining both critical and commercial success. You can guess the title of each track solely based on the one word that is repeated over and over throughout, channelling into the impact simplicity can have. O’s vocals in each song are powerful and honest, in more of a getting-it-off-your-chest way than overly repetitive. ‘Man’ “I got a man who makes me wanna kill” or ‘Tick’ “tick tick tick time tick tick tick tick tick tick…” Track after track is a forceful punk holler from a confident and inspiring Karen O. Any live performance from the band in this era is worth a watch.
We could hear more Australian music on commercial radio – and it won’t be cobwebbed oldie goldies stuck in the wee hours either – as well as on streaming services. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has, after months of talking to music, radio and tech folks, come up with 16 recommendations on how the federal government can strengthen the Australian music industry. These included ensuring that 25% of all songs on commercial radio between 6am and midnight be Australian – and a quarter of these recorded in the last 12 months. No more self-monitoring by the radio industry: the unsmiling Australian Communications and Media Authority should step into the role. The music industry threw cartwheels across the floor at the 16 suggestions. APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston said: “The report comes at a time when both major parties have released policy and funding commitments in support of the Australian music industry.” Commercial Radio Australia (CRA)’s chief executive Joan Warner pointed out that radio and the music biz have already been working together in the last 12 months to bring quotas up and monitor whether they were being upheld. This move came after Melbourne academic Chrissie Vincent did her masters thesis on quotas, and was aghast at how abysmal the support was. According to her research, Nova Melbourne played just 7% in a week in June 2017. As a result, the music industry met with radio. It is believed that stations did, as a result, pump up the jam to 20% – we say ‘believed’ because the figures are kept confidential.
Danger Mouse Dean Lewis
Yeah Yeah Yeahs went on to release Show you Bones in 2006, in similar vein to the last album but a bit more mature. The most notable track is ‘Fancy’ with heavy guitar and cut throat lyrics; “Check what’s in the trash bag/Well just another part of you.” Next up was It’s Blitz released ten years ago in what was a drastic change in the sound of the band. Introducing more electronic and dance undertones to the previous punk sound. The first two tracks, ‘Zero’ and ‘Heads Will Roll’ have successfully integrated the two different genres but the rest of the album falls short, mostly catering to a synthy dance sound and losing bits of the original excitement of the band. Though Karen O’s vocals still remain the focal point. Outside of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O has released her own solo records including music for the 2009 film, Where the Wild Things Are by Spike Jonez . Released under Karen O and The Kids, the soundtrack is a collection of songs intertwined with sound clips from the film and, when accompanied with the visuals, make the film what it is. Tracks like ‘Worried Shoes’ and ‘All is Love’ are heart-warming and calm but the album does have a few shimmers of the Karen O vocal intensity. ‘Animal’ sings “Hold me animal” followed by a wild shriek from Karen and ‘Capsize’ is both haunting and dramatic. 2014 saw the release of O’s debut solo record Crush Songs, an all acoustic and hushed sounding album. Although we may never again get the Karen O we got from 2003’s Fever To Tell, her attitude and conviction alone is enough to give her punk status.
Commercial radio still has serious clout on an artist’s career. Dean Lewis, Courtney Barnett and Amy Shark are just three whose support from Australian radio led to wider international success. But radio protests that formats such as classical, jazz and easy listening can’t reach quotas because there isn’t enough local material. CRA’s Warner responded: “The recommendations relate to complex issues and we do not accept them as a way forward. Especially in light of the fact that they will invariably result in more regulation of local radio stations while the internet and music streaming services remain, to all intents and purposes, regulation free.” Streaming quotas are the next battlefield. The music industry is pushing for 25% Australian tracks on all locally curated playlists. This is important as some tracks can be picked up by larger global playlists. The streaming services’ response to quotas is “No way, Jose!” Last week’s ARIA figures showed streaming now makes up 71.4%, or $304 million of the Aussie recorded biz’s $526 million value – which grew 12.3% from 2017, primarily from streaming. Last week when the global IFPI released its figures to an internationally linked press conference – at which Beat was represented – execs said they were watching what was happening here. Stu Bergen, CEO of International and Global Commercial Services for Warner Music Group, stated, “Australia continues to be a good place for creative expression and creative talent.”
COVER STORY
Phill Jupitus The QI comedy juggernaut spills the beans on his Melbourne return BY NICK MASON
Chances are you’re familiar with Phill Jupitus from smash-hit programs QI and Never Mind The Buzzcocks – panel shows that, according to the UK comic, have their own unique pitfalls. “The danger is that sometimes I’ll be on a show and I’ll realise that I’ve been watching it, rather than being on it,” laughs Jupitus. “I’m not joking – there’ll be times when I’m like, ‘Hang on, I’ve fucking not said anything for 20 minutes because I’ve been watching the other three fuckers’.” Truthfully, Jupitus is happy to play it cool and pick his moment. “Those shows are not about what you say, it’s about listening to what other people are saying, because something’s going to come off the back of that,” he explains. “That’s the joy of it, the stuff falling out of people’s heads. It’s terrific fun.” Similarly to his TV work, when it comes to stand-up, Jupitus lives in the moment, trusting his intuition first and foremost. “If I tried to write my show down on paper, it would kind of die in the printed word. It doesn’t make any sense to me in paragraphs with spaces and margins. I can’t work with that,” he explains. “But I can listen to people laughing and I can tell what works in front of a live audience, so I’ve always workshopped stuff through repetition and performance.” His new show, Sassy Knack, was born out of pure instinct. Jupitus casts his mind back to one particular gig in the small Scottish village of Birnam, in which he had the impulse to invent for as long as his audience would allow. “I thought, you know what? I’m just going to chat to them before I start the show about me and Scotland.” What followed was a bonus 45-minute comedic overture, the seeds for the new show sewn in the process. “[Sassy Knack] is about me moving to Scotland and living in Scotland now
as an Englishman,” Jupitus explains. “It’s about making a big change in your life.” The direction of Sassy Knack is true to form for Jupitus, who has honed his autobiographical storytelling style over decades. “I’m just telling true stories and I’m just putting my own life through an amp and through a wah-wah pedal,” he says of his approach to stand-up comedy. “That utter freedom to say what you want – it’s a weird responsibility in a way,” he says, reflecting on his profession. “If I thought about it too much, I’d be terrified at this job, but thankfully it’s all about switching off and letting yourself go and going into this weird sort of beta state that your brain’s in.” And naturally, it’s this sort of onstage metamorphosis that’s the stuff of stand-up comedy superstardom. “You can see it in another comedian when they’re really flying, particularly anyone who does anything that you know is slightly improvised,” Jupitus elaborates. “Eddie (Izzard), in the early days, you could see in his eyes when he’d thought of something for the first time because he kind of half-smiled at the thought of it and then his eyes would go different and he’d start playing with the idea seriously. Then he’d start moulding the clay that just fell out of his head. “I’ve been in rooms in the really early ‘90s when he did that at his club Raging Bull, I’ve watched that happen on stage. It’s like alchemy man, it’s weird to watch.” “That’s the thing with comedians – what
you’re watching on that stage, it’s somewhere between a skill and a dysfunction,” he laughs. “There’s a very thin line between those two sides of what we do. I think really there’s something kind of wrong with the comedic brain that’s doing that in those situations.” Naturally, this makes the revelation of his daughter’s interest in stand-up all the more intriguing. Jupitus recently watched her perform – a proud yet fraught experience all at once. “It made me anxious. I was in a kind of fight-or-flight mental state, like I wanted to attack someone,” he jokes. “I think that it’s partially because I know what it feels like to be up there and that vulnerability. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone I loved,” he laughs. And yet, for all the quirks that come with stand-up comedy, nothing can quell Jupitus’ enthusiasm. Having made his Australian debut in 2017 – a visit literally decades in the making – he’s thrilled to return for this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. “You forget that programs like Buzzcocks and QI travelled. I didn’t realise that they were so popular over there until quite late in the day,” he reveals. “I had such a great time [in Australia] and there was an element of kicking yourself for not being over there before.”
“What you’re watching on that stage, it’s somewhere between a skill and a dysfunction ... There’s a very thin line between those two sides of what we do.” Venue: Max Watt’s Dates: Wednesday April 17 – Friday April 19 Tickets: $46.90
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RECORD STORE DAY
Record Store Day is a triumphant celebration of music’s quintessential platform. Where would music be without the cunning creation of vinyl and its turntable accompaniment? Music’s digital metamorphosis mightn’t be the same nor the quality with which this splendorous avenue of expression is delivered. So it’s important that we celebrate these things and for 2019, Melbourne has prepared a doozy – with every corner of this fine city to be decorated with the vibrancy of wax. Get ready friends because Saturday April 13 will be special.
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Audio-Technica: Which turntable is right for you? BY JESSICA OVER
The turntable revolution is alive and well. Whether you’re a seasoned collector of every vintage vinyl you can get your hands on or a bright-eyed music enthusiast looking to expand your listening horizons, there’s a turntable out there to enable your newfound addiction. Chances are, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for in AudioTechnica’s newest range of premium turntables. It’s one of the company’s most significant rollouts in history and covers all the bases for vinyl aficionados. All you need to do is find your perfect match. LP60X ($249) RECOMMENDED FOR: Fans of the AT-LP60 looking towards the next generation.
Audio-Technica’s LP60 has become a resounding favourite amongst audiophiles for its superior sound quality and innovative features – and for good reason. Naturally, releasing such a well-received product meant ATH had lifted the bar once more. The challenge was set to launch a new product to appease the demand for greatness, and the LP60X more than answers the call. Features include a redesigned tonearm base and headshell for improved tracking and reduced resonance, a built-in switchable phono preamp and the option of playing both 33-1/3 and 45 RPM records.
LP60XUSB ($269) RECOMMENDED FOR: LP60 fans who can’t go without endless connectivity.
The age-old argument that everything sounds better on vinyl hasn’t lost any traction over the past few decades. There’s something about placing a record on the turntable and lowering the tonearm that adds another dimension to the music. The drawback, of course, is the lack of portability inherent in this process. Thankfully, the wonders of modern technology ensure even the most rare and valuable record can be digitised, and this is where the LP60XUSB truly excels. The AT-LP60XUSB is a fully automatic belt-drive turntable that offers the best of both worlds, granting listeners direct high-
fidelity audio or the option of converting your record collection to digital. It offers the same premium features as the LP60X, including the redesigned tonearm base and headshell for optimal performance, with the added bonus of USB connectivity.
LP60XBT ($299) RECOMMENDED FOR: Everyone who waited patiently for the ATH-M50xBT headphones; the turntable-Bluetooth equivalent has arrived.
Bluetooth connectivity is the way of the future. Now more than ever, consumers are seeking wireless options for all of their favourite devices and consoles, ensuring entertainment is as accessible as ever. AudioTechnica is particularly well-versed in this area, having revealed the Bluetooth version of the ever-popular ATH-M50x headphones to widespread acclaim. They’ve taken this approach and applied it to this next turntable in the new range, the LP60XBT. This turntable sees Audio-Technica offer the convenience of wireless operation, without compromising on sound quality. Features follow the same pattern as those included with the AT-LP60X and offer a CSR BT chipset to connect to devices that support the aptX codec. A true highlight is the endless versatility presented in the LP60XBT, namely the option to not only enjoy the wireless technology available but to also have the choice of operating the device as a conventional wired turntable. What more could you need?
LP2X ($399) RECOMMENDED FOR: Adding a talking point to your home stereo system.
If you’re in the process of setting up the ultimate home stereo system, there are a few considerations you’ll no doubt be keeping in mind – achieving the desired aesthetic, choosing complementary products, and generating high-quality audio, for instance. At the heart of your home stereo, you’ll generally find a centrepiece you’ve designed the whole system around. It’s the talking point you wanted and the piece of equipment you wouldn’t dream of leaving in the store. The LP2X is a worthy contender to be the glue that brings your home stereo together. This fully automatic belt-drive turntable features a new balanced straight tonearm, with hydraulically damped lift control and tone armrest, built-in switchable phono/ line preamp, an anti-resonance die-cast aluminium platter and felt mat, and a removable lightly-tinted dust cover. This could be the very sound system you’ve been waiting for.
LP120XUSB ($599) RECOMMENDED FOR: Anyone who appreciates a quality update.
The AT-LP120XUSB arrives as an update of the acclaimed AT-LP120-USB, kicking things up a notch with a host of new features and enhanced functionality. The new version offers a DC servo direct-drive motor, adjustable dynamic anti-skate control, a HS6
headshell, and selectable phono preamp. The construction is second-to-none, boasting a damped base for reduced low-frequency feedback colouration, plus an external power supply that will grant listeners the added bonus of reduced electrical noise. Versatile functions ensure this fully manual turntable is equipped to play 33-1/3, 45, and 78 RPM records. A USB output is also featured on the AT-LP120XUSB, allowing direct connection to your computer. Enjoying your vinyl collection has never been this easy.
LPW40WN ($649) RECOMMENDED FOR: Those who want their turntable to sound as sleek as its aesthetic.
Audio-Technica isn’t a company to rest on its laurels. When you’re constantly striving for innovation, excellence is sure to follow. This is exactly the case with the LPW40WN, a turntable that is unlike anything we’ve seen from ATH before. This fully manual, belt-driven turntable offers a plethora of enviable features, including a straight-line carbon-fibre tonearm with adjustable tracking force, VM95E cartridge and AT-HS4 headshell. The high-fidelity audio is supported by a speed-stabilised DC servo motor for accurate rotation speed, while vibration-absorbing feet ensure you can enjoy uninterrupted sound with ease.
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Muscle Shoals Records
“It sets up the mood for the rest of the year ... if you put in a good Record Store Day, you’re assured of a good year basically.”
Gather round music lovers as this Saturday April 13 is Record Store Day, and Muscle Shoals Records are celebrating in the perfect manner: by shining a light on local artists and giving them a platform to perform on.
For those not aware, Record Store Day is an annual day worldwide to celebrate independently-owned record stores, their culture and the significance they play in their local communities. Muscle Shoals Records will be embracing the day by hosting an epic celebration with bands and artists from the local area performing in store from 10am ‘til 7pm. Owner Marsden Williams explains that he uses the day as “something to reconnect with people who actually make the music”. “We’re having eight or so bands [performing] all day long,” he says. “They’re all local – within three kilometres of this area.” Punters should prepare their ears for power pop band The High Gears and the likes of Teresa Duffy-Richards, Julitha Ryan, Giant Moths and Clare Birchall & The Phantom Hitchhikers, plus more. Owner Williams will also be taking to the stage himself with the band 245T. The score of talent comes from across all genres guaranteeing that whatever your music taste is, there’ll be something for you. “We’ve got tonnes and tonnes of [vinyl] imports and tonnes of second-hand stuff and there’ll be DJs as well – local DJs. There’ll be a great mixture of rock bands but also local dance club DJs spinning the tunes between the bands,” Williams notes.
Having these local bands play is significant to Williams, as he believes people should know about local music in their area and be across the records they release. He also finds the day a good way to tap into what his customers are after when it comes to records. “I think Record Store Day should be community based; just being in touch with who’s in your area, who makes music and obviously releases records, is a good way of understanding what the punter wants,” he says. Record Store Day is also a great way for locals to discover the hidden gem that is Muscle Shoals. As Williams explains, “It’s great when we see people who live in the local area and they come in and say, ‘we didn’t even know you’re here, this is incredible’.” Not only will attendees be presented with live music but they will have an opportunity to get their hands on some quality vinyl. From second-hand local records to imported dance music, Muscle Shoals sells it all. Plus, as Williams notes, it’s not only music you’ll be buying but a piece of local history. “A good song is all important. I just think
that vinyl is an amazing resource and there’s also history in local stuff.” Williams recognises that records are a distinctive commodity and he’ll be the first to tell you why you should opt for vinyl over other forms of audio enjoyment. “I think the thing that people don’t realise is that the audio quality is just so far out of this world in terms of whatever you can get from a CD or any kind of digital reproduction,” he says. “It’s like going to a really nice restaurant and having a really nice meal as opposed to fast food.” Records play a key part in our cultural history and provide a second-to-none way to play audio. So, if you’re a music lover, Muscle Shoals is the place for you this Record Store Day. “Record Store Day is the one day of the year we kind of have a license to print money if done correctly. But more than that, it sets up the mood for the rest of the year. So, if you put in a good Record Store Day, you’re assured of a good year basically.” BY MARNIE VINALL
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Dutch Vinyl owner Mark Reuten still can’t wrap his head around the phenomenon that is Record Store Day. It’s the biggest day on his calendar year. “The day is all still a bit of a mystery,” he jokes. “I’m still not quite sure why people come in.” Conceptualised in the US, Record Store Day brings together fans and artists, while also celebrating thousands of independent record stores. The day has since spread and is now a highpoint for many record stores like Dutch Vinyl to showcase their newest – and oldest – collections. Initially a web-designer, Reuten opened the doors to Dutch Vinyl three years ago as a passion project. Since then, the store has grown beyond what he ever imagined. So much so, Reuten has had to open a new shopfront a few doors down to cater for his ever-expanding collection. “I kind of set up the store on a whim but amazingly, it has continued to grow,” he says. “We now have another property which is completely filled with records and bursting at the seams and gone from one full-time staffer to three.” In the age of digital streaming, it’s hard to imagine record stores like Dutch Vinyl thriving as much as they are. But for Reuten, he sees vinyl as an antidote to the drawbacks of digital age music. “I think as the world continues to turn digital, music becomes almost a bit of a commodity. It’s almost like a tap that you open and music just streams out – it’s a bit soulless,” Reuten says. “I think people find it a lot easier and nostalgic when they listen to an entire album [on vinyl].”
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Reuten also finds older generations purchasing records in an effort to reclaim their childhood collections. “There’s a lot of people in their 40’s saying, ‘I want to get my records back’. Whether that be Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin,” Reuten says. There’s the collection element of it too. “The ability to walk into someone’s house and over to their vinyl cabinet and explore what they are interested in is really cool.” Dutch Vinyl sets itself apart from other record stores with their focus largely on secondhand collections – many sourced from around the world. This, as Reuten highlights, creates a less “curated selection” allowing for a more dynamic assortment of records. The Holland-born owner believes this is appealing to his customers and caters to more budgets. “People who don’t have a lot of money can come in and spend 50 bucks and walk out with ten records, which is really cool,” Reuten says. On Record Store Day, Dutch Vinyl will be opening up an entirely new section of their store
Check out Muscle Shoals Records at 504 Lygon Street on Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day. They’ll be welcoming in-store performances from The High Gears, Teresa DuffyRichards, Julitha Ryan and more.
which will house “a few thousand” new records. Doors will also be open from 8am onwards this year to fit everyone in. “Last year we opened up at 9am and we had people beating down the door,” Reuten says. There will also be plenty of food alongside the opening of the store’s new section with the burger joint next door putting out some extra chairs and tables to keep punters satisfied. While the day is still a bit of a mystery to Reuten and his now two record shops, it’s the busiest day of the year. “People really come out... it’s just a great day. There’s a real buzz, lots of people and heaps of music on. It’s kinda like being in a bar, only, everyone is carrying piles of records,” he says. “I’m really grateful for the people who show up and support us because that allows us to keep growing and do what we are doing.” BY JESSE BURNS
“I think as the world continues to turn digital, music becomes almost a bit of a commodity. It’s almost like a tap that you open and music just streams out – it’s a bit soulless.” Find Dutch Vinyl at 269 Johnston Street, Abbotsford who will be open from 8am for Record Store Day on Saturday April 13. Head to their website for more info on the record store and for online sales.
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Quality Records +
“Our name says it all ... We believe that everyone who steps through our door is a person of quality who deserves rockstar treatment.”
Eastside Melbourne music alumni will know Quality Records + as one of those record stores that could have been the inspiration for the movie, High Fidelity. The eclectic shop at 269 Glenferrie Road in Armadale (just around the corner from High Street) is “racked to the gills” with LPs, CDs, books, posters, prints and other musical-related bric-a-brac which comes in and goes out like an ebbing tide of hot wax. A team of eccentrically studious staff chatter away to a casting couch of customers who come for the conversation just as much as the music. “That’s our brand identity,” says Quality’s gregarious manager Kelly Griffiths, a former musician who has an encyclopedic knowledge of everything music and anything retail. “Our name says it all,” she says. “We believe that everyone who steps through our door is a person of quality who deserves rock-star treatment.” So committed is Griffiths and her team of “musical tragics”, that the store runs a weekly post, ‘People of Quality’, which profiles any one of a number of regulars who grace the store’s doors. THOSE FEATURED ARE:
• Jimmy, a former recording artist who worked with some of Australia’s finest in the ‘70s and is one of the earliest masters of Sitar in this country. • The dazzling musician, Al Carr, who’s releasing records that are delighting audiences around
the globe. Carr will be performing instore at Quality for Record Store Day to premiere some of the songs from his upcoming album. • Impresario Nigel, one of Australia’s first punk movers and shakers from ‘70s bands, Jonestown Suicide, Nasty Nigel and the Teenage Hellcats, and The Young Homebuyers, whose records are now rare collectors’ items. • And one cannot not acknowledge Miriam who’s bought eight copies of Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman, once a week, because it such a “splendiferous gift”. • And there’s no show without Sparkles, another fave regular, who loves the big hits of the ‘80s as well as a bit of quality musical theatre, and a “good cassette” (which are on the way back).
“You’ll know who they are,” says Griffiths. “They’re the one’s who will greet you like a longlost aunt and offer you a glass of something and a kind word. It’s the quality approach.” Then there’s the QR+ crew, Nick, the next Keith Moon in-waiting, bassist, Matt, who keeps his cherry red Fender Jaguar under the counter, Les Paul guitar tragic Jim (whom QR+ would not exist without), DJ N-Tice, who will spinning disks all day, and Antoine who used to play pop songs for Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines in the ‘80s. It’s a smorgasbord of everything and everyone this Record Store Day. There’s little more to say really, other than to head on down and have a “quality” time.
Check out Quality Records at 269 Glenferrie Road, Malvern on Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day. Find out more about the record store via their website.
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For those who like nothing more than spinning a sacred piece of liquid wax, Record Store Day is a bit like Christmas. We spoke to Quality’s Manager and Head of Fun, Kelly Griffiths, about what customers can expect on the day. What can customers expect this Record Store Day? Honestly, where do I start? We’ll be opening at 8am-sharp to offer early-birds the best of RSD’s most exclusive releases. Like what? We’ve got some sublime and never-before released albums by Iggy Pop, John Lennon (raw studio mixes from Imagine), The Rolling Stones and Stereophonics – a double album, Live From Dakota. We’ve also got a stunning 2LP picture disc soundtrack of Bohemian Rhapsody – you better get in quick for that. Anything else? Tons! Jazz lovers will love Charlie Parker With Strings: The Alternate Takes, which I haven’t been able to take off the turntable, and at the other end of the spectrum, Nick Cave fans will love The Birthday Party’s Mutiny/Bad Seed. And I mustn’t forget REM’s spectacular, Bingo Hand Job, recorded live at the Borderline in 1991. What else have you got in store? A load of brilliant local acts from sparkling boy/girl duo, Jack and Ruby Dacy, to the electrifying Al Carr, who will have his latest LP on sale. Plus, the one and only DJ N-Tice will be the groove-meister through the day Anything else you’d like to add? Only that our name speaks for itself. We pride ourselves on quality products, there’s more than 10,000 titles, and we have quality staff. Our team are all ex-musicians who obviously have ears for everything, and love to have fun. Find Quality Records at 269 Glenferrie Road, Malvern or qualityrecords.com.au.
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Heartland Records
Rathdowne Records
How is your record store different from other record stores? Not sure from firsthand experience as I don’t get out to other shops much these days but would guess that after 25 years in business we have some kind of unique character about us. We don’t tend to take ourselves too seriously while, at the same time, trying to remain professional – a difficult balancing act at the best of times. What’s the best advice you can give to someone who is just starting to collect records and doesn’t know where to begin? Just buying good condition and not overpriced items, don’t panic you WILL see it again. Keep you records clean and store well. DO NOT lend them to friends! What will be your most popular record on Record Store Day? Always hard to say with such an extensive list as usual. We always do well with Bowie, Prince, U2 I think Midnight Oil should sell well along with CSN&Y, Mastodon, Motorhead, and Sunn, among others. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? It’s always such a great day with a nice vibe. After all the hard work leading up to the event it’s nice to be able to relax and just sell records and chat, plus drinks after of course. What do you have in store for Record Store Day 2019? Do you have any specials and will you have live music on the day? No live music due to annoying neighbours, but we will be putting out a large collection of quality secondhand vinyl for the day. Plus staff member Ruby will be making a playlist for the day so it won’t be just Hawkwind and Neil Young for a change!
How is your record store different from other record stores? Rathdowne Records is devoted to second hand crate digging, offering bargains, DJ 12”s, ex-archive and warehouse stock, Japanese imports and the rare and obscure. Of the over 15,000 records in stock, 10,000 are $10 and under. Are there any genres your store specialises in? The most jazz. Miles of hip hop. Tables of disco, house and techno. Rock and pop, funk and soul. Classical, soundtracks, space age and library and music from around the globe. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? This is the best opportunity for a record shop to showcase what we do on the other 364 days and hopefully win over new regulars. Every year has been bigger than the last. What do you have in store for Record Store Day? DJs all day in the store. Spend $50 and get a free can of Mountain Goat beer at Northcote Social Club. Buy 2 get 1 free deal on all $10 stock. To to cap it all off, from 7pm Funk-Noir All-Stars kicks off with special guests including Dave Graney and Adam Rudegeair. What record player do you have at home and which turntable do you find is best suited to your records? I have a JVC QL-Y 5F direct drive, fully automatic linear tracking player that is a dream to use. I sell record players too and am equally fond of manual audiophile decks.
Find Heartland Records at 420-422 Victoria St, North Melbourne this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at heartlandrecords.com.au.
Find Rathdowne Records at 230 High Street, Northcote this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or via their Facebook page. A bunch of DJs as well as the Funk-Noir All-Stars will perform instore for the occasion.
Record Paradise
Radical Records
Independently owned and run, Brunswick’s beloved Record Paradise is a homage to the local music scene, offering a huge selection of local indie labels and independent releases. With crates full of LPs from Milk! Records, Poison City Records, Chapter, HOMELESS, Mistletone, Aarght Records, Caroline, Inertia and Remote Control, there’s no better place to find Melbourne and Australian talent. This Record Store Day, Record Paradise are pulling out all the stops – rifling through their storage to bring the most obscure and collectable Australian releases to the shelves. Alongside the huge offering of homegrown artists and bands, you can expect to find a few rare Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen bootlegs hiding amongst the crates. Having grown up in the ‘80s as indie teens, owners Paul Allen and Renae Maxwell boast an eclectic taste in music and a record selection riddled with nostalgia and supplemented with the best contemporary acts. Boasting a Transcriptor Hydraulic Turntable at home to experience their wax – the iconic model featured in A Clockwork Orange – Allen and Maxwell are audiophiles through and through. Established in St Kilda in 1955, Record Paradise has weathered the storms of changing technologies, from CDs to mp3s, cementing itself as a Melbourne institution over the decades. Offering titles you won’t find anywhere else – on Record Store Day or otherwise – Record Paradise is truly a mecca for vinyl enthusiasts and music lovers. Find Record Paradise at 15 Union Street, Brunswick this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at recordparadise.com.au. The likes of Cookin’ on 3 Burners, Stella Angelico, Bob Evans, Rabbit Island, Jess Ribeiro, U-Bahn and more will perform instore for the occasion.
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How is your record store different from other record stores? Our store differs from some others due to how long we have been around – over 30 years now. This may surprise, shock or disturb some. We still have posters from 1990s adorning the roof ! Who remembers customer service? Yes, we still offer this, along with political incorrectness and really bad coffee. Are there any genres your store specialises in? We don’t specialise in any one genre, although for many years we sold huge amounts of heavy metal. We are still strong in this area but instead of selling a lot of one genre, we tend to sell a little bit of every genre. What’s the rarest record you have in stock? Does the ‘Young Talent Team’ fall into this category? How about The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s [Lonely Hearts Club Band] Mobile Fidelity UHQR from Japan. We have lots of other rare stuff here, so rare that nobody wants them! Actually we do have some very groovy Aussie stuff from years gone by. And some nice extreme metal. What will be your most popular record on Record Store Day? The one that sells for the most amount of money. 20% off all stock, new and second hand, you gotta be happy about that. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? It may be the only day to entice people to the wonders, charms and pure delights of Dandenong. Also, you get to see us! Yay. Special guest appearances galore, absolutely nobody of note. After all, it’s about the music! Find Radical Records at The Hub Arcade, 15-23 Langhorne St, Dandenong this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at radicalrecords.com.au.
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Wah Wah Records
How is your record store different from other record stores? It focuses largely on ‘60s and ‘70s rock’n’roll rhythm and blues, whilst heavily supporting Australian artists. With a massive array of limited-edition boxsets, too. What’s the best advice you can give to someone who is just starting to collect records and doesn’t know where to begin? Go and visit record stores, at Wah Wah you can listen to records with headphones on your own turntable also. And starting with the debut album or a ‘best of ’ collection. What’s the rarest record you have in stock? One would be The Kinks’ first US pressings. If you were DJing a house party, what’s the first record you would spin? Depends on the vibe of the party, you want to start big but not blow your load too soon, maybe The Who – My Generation. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? It is great for the collectors of vinyl, the dabblers and everyone in between. It’s great for the other owners to get people in to showcase their stock, live music and their space in general – all for the good of vinyl. Find Wah Wah Records at 196 Smith St, Collingwood this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day.
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Dixons
How is your record store different from other record stores? Probably the scope of what we stock, we sell every genre of music. Our Blackburn super store in particular is exceptionally large for a record store, we must have nearly 100,000 items out on the floor. That’s big! What’s the best advice you can give to someone who is just starting to collect records and doesn’t know where to begin? Pick the kind of music you like, research online for which titles you are most likely to enjoy, and then off you go. What a town to take up record collecting in, there has to be more records shops per capita here than anywhere else in the world. What’s the rarest record you have in stock? At the moment it would be Swordsmen’s self-titled record, which we have at our Blackburn shop. An ultra rare Melbourne garage band release from the ‘60s. It’s a private pressing, which means it didn’t come out on a proper record label. Record collectors call one as rare as this a ‘Holy Grail’ record – there was less than 200 ever made and it’s only ever come up for sale a handful of times. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? It highlights how important independent record stores are to the culture of Melbourne as a city. This is a city that loves music, there are so many indie record stores, indie record labels and local bands. When it’s so easy to buy things online, it’s so important to make a point of supporting businesses you love. What do you have in store for Record Store Day 2019? Do you have any specials and will you have live music on the day? We do a big sale have 20% off ALL STOCK (excluding new vinyl). It’s a really festive, fun atmosphere in the two stores (Fitzroy and Blackburn) on record store day, we have a great time and love seeing all our regulars and lots of new faces every year.
Discrepancy Records
How is your record store different from other record stores? We specialise in providing the widest range and best customer service. We have over 15,000 new vinyl LPs in our store in Mont Albert North and a further 65,000 titles on our website, dispatched within seven to ten days with fast and free delivery. Are there any genres your store specialises in? We tend to cover all genres including classic rock, ‘60s rock, hip hop, indie & alternative, audiophile, punk, jazz, blues & folk, synth pop, funk & soul, classical and pretty much anything you can think of. What will be your most popular record on Record Store Day? In advance of Record Store Day, we asked our customers to update their wish lists with what they were hoping to score. Top of those lists was the John Lennon Imagine: Raw Studio Mixes double LP, a close second was the South Park box set. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? This is a brilliant way of connecting with our customers, many of whom will travel from far and wide to come to our store to browse the huge range of RSD titles we will be stocking. We love talking to our customers about their love of vinyl and what they are looking for. What do you have in store for Record Store Day 2019? Do you have any specials and will you have live music on the day? As well as the huge range of Record Store Day exclusive titles we will be selling, we also have an instore appearance from Chelsea Wilson who will be performing songs from her new album Chasing Gold.
Find Dixons at 100 Railway Road, Blackburn or 414 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day. Check them out at dixons.com.au too.
Find Discrepancy Records at 2A Milne Rd, Mont Albert North this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at discrepancy-records.com.au. Meet Chelsea Wilson instore from 1pm to 2pm.
Melbourne Record Club
Nura x Spirit Level
How is your record store different from other record stores? We run BYO Vinyl Nights at bars around Melbourne, which give people who love vinyl the opportunity to play some of their collection at their local bar without the need of any DJ experience. What record player do you have at home and which turntable do you find is best suited to your records? For home listening we like Pro-Ject Audio’s offerings of minimal yet high quality hi-fi turntables. For DJ use we like Denon’s VL12 Prime DJ turntables. Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? Record Store Day is about getting people back to supporting the local High Street record store. While buying records online is certainly a big part of record collecting for most in Australia, we need to make sure we support the stores that are there for us to dig through their locally curated stock. What will be your most popular record on Record Store Day? We are looking forward to hearing the Nura x Spirit Level RSD release Mir/ Mythologies which is optimised for the Nuraphone headphones. We’ll be giving away a copy on the day along with a brand new pair of Nuraphones to one lucky passenger on the bus! What do you have in store for Record Store Day 2019? Do you have any specials and will you have live music on the day? Last year on RSD we ran our first free shuttle bus and this year we’ve doubled down and have two buses so you can drop in to a store for a quick 15 minute browse or have a thorough dig and jump back on the next bus an hour later.
Come this Record Store Day, the nura x Spirit Level collaboration will be released across select record stores in Melbourne. Nura are dedicated to delivering perfect sound, tailored specifically to each individual. The release of their Nuraphone, headphones that automatically learn and adapt to personalised hearing, marked a world first in such sound and technological innovation. Spirit Level is a Melbourne-based, artist-run music label founded by Tim Shiel and Wally de Backer. Spirit Level devote themselves to the development and amplification of independent music, exploring sound, full and deep frequency ranges, genre and style. The nura x Spirit Level collaboration marks the world’s first music release optimised for nura’s Nuraphone with music of artists from a local, independent label. The limited-edition record Mir/Mythologies features original music by Braille Face and Tim Shiel’s remix of Happy Axes’ ‘Mythologies’. The fusion of Face’s emotive single ‘Mir’ with the UK garage bass lines and piano driven melodies of ‘Mythologies’, captures the precision and expert detail that nura have created with the Nuraphone along with the different modes within the headphone, such as the over-ear drivers ‘Immersion’ mode. To ensure expert sound exactitude, sound engineer Becki Whitton mixed both tracks on the record using the Nuraphone. Also featuring in the product is Melbourne designer and musician Jack Vanzet, whose colourful abstract vinyl art seeks to act as a reflection of the collaboration results and exploration of sound.
For the Melbourne Record Club shuttle bus timetable, head to recordstoreday.com.au.
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Check out the club’s Facebook page for info on what’s in store for Record Store Day.
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The Basement Discs
Vinylrules Music
How is your record store different from other record stores? We are very fortunate to be in an amazing space which is spacious, welcoming and packed to the rafters with a great range of music on vinyl and CD, along with imported music posters, new and second hand music related books, and our very cool vintage and pre-loved clothing section – with great ambience, great staff and great service. But I honestly think every record store is special and unique in their own way. Are there any genres your store specialises in? We are very new release driven across almost all genres, but also strive to carry a really deep back-catalogue range, and of course a strong focus on Australian and independent artists. What will be your most popular record on Record Store Day? Most of the special RSD releases are generally the hot ticket items, particularly early in the day – and we are always very selective in terms of what we choose to order from these lists to ensure they really are ‘special’! Why is Record Store Day such an important day on the calendar? It truly is a day of celebration and recognition of just how much record stores add to the culture of this city. It’s so great to see so many smiling faces and music fans diggin’ through the racks and chatting to like-minded folk. What do you have in store for Record Store Day 2019? Do you have any specials and will you have live music on the day? As usual, ours is a fun-filled, live music packed day with prizes, give-aways, RSD releases, a light refreshments bar (with profits going to RSPCA) and more. It’s a blast. Find Basement Discs at 24 Block Place, CBD this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at basementdiscs.com.au. The likes of Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier, Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission and Tracy McNeil Band will perform instore for the occasion.
Sun Traitors
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If you’re a vinyl collector who enjoys hunting rare records and original pressings, Vinylrules Music is the place for you. The factory outlet store focusses on rare LPs from the US and UK, ranging from metal and classic rock to soul, funk and jazz. With prices already starting at $1, it’s difficult to imagine how Vinylrules Music could sweeten the deal this Record Store Day, but they’ve gone and done just that. Boasting thousands of new and used records, including special RSD exclusives and vault released titles, Vinylrules Music offers the ultimate crate digging experience. Along with a chance to nab titles you’ve been dreaming of and those beyond you r wildest imagination; this RSD will see DJs hitting the decks in store to keep your ear drums happy while you shop. If that’s not enough to have you salivating, Vinylrules Music will also be running an instore bar for the day, because music and alcohol are a match made in heaven and a couple of tinnies is sure to lessen the inevitable blow your wallet will be taking on this holiest of days. If you can’t make it to the shopfront, fear not – you can do your shopping online. However, if running your hands over the covers and getting that hit of endorphins when you spot something special tucked into a crate is more your style, a trip to Vinylrules Music is totally worth your while. Find Vinylrules Music at Factory 2/34 De Havilland Road, Mordialloc this Saturday April 13 for Record Store Day or at vinylrulesmusic.com.au.
Sledgehammer
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When did you guys first get together and how did it happen? In 2015, Iggy (drums) responded to Jimmy’s (vocals/guitars) ad for like-minded musos to create something fresh and loud. We jammed on and off until late 2017 then we started writing material for our first EP. Ed (bass) joined the band mid 2018. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? Our sound is always evolving but at the heart of it is a need for the riffs to be outrageous, the lyrics and content to be relevant and the melody to stay in your head for days. When we write everyone in the band suggests riffs and chord progressions, we vote and expand on the chosen idea. Writing can be tough – playing live is the reward. Do you guys have any new music on the horizon that Sun Traitors fans should be keeping an eye out for? We’ve been constantly writing new music since we released our debut EP last year and we plan to start production for our debut album very soon. For now you can find us on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and triple j Unearthed etc. What can we expect from your upcoming show at The Grace Darling? It will be our first headliner and we are super pumped to showcase a bunch of new tunes along with some covers you might not be expecting, you will also hear our entire debut EP and Jimmy bought a wah pedal the other week – so that will be on display. There are also two kickass bands supporting us: Flying Saucer Terror and Black Temple, doors at 8pm and it’s $10 entry.
How did Sledgehammer first come together? One night, Tom Cooper, Chris Jennings, Nick Robbins and myself (Sophia Lubczenko), were burning up the dancefloor to Peter Gabriel’s 1986 smash hit ‘Sledgehammer’. From that moment on there was an unbreakable bond. Tell us about your new single ‘Slow Decay’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Slow Decay’ is a classic love story; girl meets boy, they fall in love, things are dandy. One day they are walking on the beach talking books and star signs, when a huge tidal wave comes along and washes away any remnants of love the couple have for each other. Sad stuff really, so I guess it’s a break song. Definitely not autobiographical. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? We swing a pendulum of lo-fi garage pop/rock with a distinctive coastal swagger. Think The Shadows meets early PJ Harvey. What’s the benefit of being a band in the music-loving city of Melbourne? We feel pretty privileged to play music in Melbourne. It’s also really cool to be playing at a time where the industry is undergoing a gender shift in representation. There are heaps of badass women rocking out and supporting each other, which is very inspiring. Tell us about your upcoming single launch. What can punters expect from the show? We’re launching ‘Slow Decay’ on Thursday April 25 (Anzac Day) at a secret location in Collingwood. Punters can expect some delicious guitar tones courtesy of Girlatones, the latest Eastern European fashions on display from Kosmetika, and a touch of nature provided by The Bush. Oh and a bit of sledging from yours truly.
Sun Traitors come to The Grace Darling Hotel on Thursday April 11. Doors are at 8pm and tickets are $10.
Sledgehammer launch their new single ‘Slow Decay’ at a secret location in Collingwood on Thursday April 25. Head to the Facebook event for more info.
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Nine reasons to make the Bluesfest roadtrip BY LEXI HERBERT
We’re now in the second quarter of 2019 (time is a flat circle, it was January literally two hours ago), and you know what that means – it’s Bluesfest time. This year, Bluesfest is celebrating its 30th anniversary in style. This powerhouse of a festival has weathered the storms that shrouded the initial lineup announcements, and the management team’s amends have brought Australian blues and rock fans an exciting array of acts that will keep you on your toes for the entire 120 hours from Thursday April 18 to Monday April 22.
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1. Tash Sultana
2. Paul Kelly
3. Norah Jones
triple j prodigy Tash Sultana will be returning to the Bluesfest stage once again, this time with a full LP under her belt. In 2019, she took home an ARIA for Blues and Roots Album of the Year, thanks to the top tier production and lyricism of Flow State, which peaked at number two on the ARIA Charts. Sultana is one of the Aussie industry’s greatest outputs in recent years, with an enchanting stage presence and unbelievable looping skills to match – plan your festival around her set, taking over the Mojo stage on Friday April 19.
The cool uncle of Australian music, Paul Kelly is steamrolling his way back into Bluesfest like he owns the joint. A gentle poet on record, a charismatic shredlord on stage, Kelly’s been honing his skills since he was an emerging voice on the local Melbourne scene back in the ‘70s. His latest release, 2018’s Nature, will probably dominate the set, with his older classics (‘How To Make Gravy’ or nothing) no doubt sneaking their way in. He’ll be on the Mojo stage on Monday April 22.
Norah Jones is the soothsaying crooner behind those relaxing bangers your mum used to play on a Sunday morning (and that you’ve repurposed now that you realise your parents actually have good taste). Jones is bringing a brand-new album to Bluesfest –Begin Again will be released on April 12, ie. just in time for you to learn all the words for the most wholesome singalong of the festival. She’s on the Crossroads stage on Friday April 19.
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4. Hozier
5. Iggy Pop
6. Mavis Staples
Whether he’s singing on the subway or on a stage in front of thousands, I think we can all agree that Hozier’s deep and soulful voice will chill you, warm you, haunt you and move you no matter where it is he’s performing. His newest album, Wasteland, Baby!, topped the US and Irish charts with tunes that largely pay homage to the wonderful wordsmiths that came before him (Simone, Mitchell, Holiday). He’ll take over the Crossroads stage on Friday April 19.
Yes, he’s still going. Undeniably one of the biggest names of this year’s fest, the godfather of punk is heading Down Under to bring the high voltage, intense, shirts-not-mandatory performance back to the stage – this time with a series of new releases on the cards. With the early 2019 release of ‘Mobile’, Pop will (hopefully) have a series of new singles ready to go by the time he hits the Crossroads stage on Friday April 19.
A staple (forgive me) of the American soul and gospel (and civil rights) scene since starting her career at 11 years of age in 1950, Staples is coming back to Bluesfest as no stranger; this will be her seventh time appearing at the festival. With her newest album, If All I Was Was Black (2017) ready to go, this juggernaut of soul will be playing three separate sets on Thursday April 18, Saturday 20, and Sunday 21.
7. Kurt Vile & The Violators
8. Archie Roach
9. Mojo Juju
It’s going to be their first Bluesfest appearance (hopefully of many more to come), so Kurt Vile & The Violators are surely going to be bringing a swathe of energy to their two sets. 2018’s Bottle It In saw Vile bring us critically acclaimed tunes such as ‘Bassackwards’, while his previous two albums made similar waves – Lotta Sea Lice a collaboration with Australia’s own Courtney Barnett. Prepare for a wholesome and probably wholemeal set coming straight from the best indie rock America has to offer, as Kurt Vile & The Violators take play Bluesfest on Thursday April 18 and Saturday 20.
Archie Roach is one of Australia’s greatest musical treasures, having driven his career for three decades with successes on both a local and international scale. He’s returning to Bluesfest with songs that engage with his personal history as an Indigenous Australian, and the human condition in general; having shared the stage with the likes of Leonard Cohen and Tracey Chapman, you know his lyrics are as hardhitting as they come. Catch Roach playing on Saturday April 20 and Sunday 21.
I recently had a dream where Mojo Juju was stalking me through the desert and apologetically murdered me on the side of the road when I got too tired to keep running. Honestly, if this were to happen at Bluesfest, I’d say ‘thank you’. Mojo Juju is returning to Bluesfest for another go, armed with her indefinable brand as well as her funky and politically astute tunes that demand some serious headbanging and fist pumping (try to get through ‘Native Tongue’ without surrendering your body to the beat). She’ll be taking over Bluesfest on Saturday April 20 and Monday 22.
Bluesfest is happening at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay from Thursday April 18 – Monday April 22. Tickets are available via the Bluesfest website.
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Music Victoria Membership Drive The Victorian music scene is thriving, and Melbourne has the title of the live music capital of the world, but it’s a difficult industry to crack. With Music Victoria behind you – as a music industry professional or general music lover – the industry doesn’t seem like such a dark and scary place. “We try to remind people of the value of our input to the community, to remind them how we can help them – and how they can get involved,” Musician and Music Victoria Project/Marketing Manager, Laura Imbruglia tells us. Music Victoria has been around for almost ten years, and this year’s membership drive comes with a few shakeups – including the revamping of Music Victoria’s membership categories. “We’ve listened to members and opened up a bunch of new memberships that more accurately reflect the music industry,” Imbruglia says. There are brand spanking new memberships, one of which is an under 18s membership – which is completely free – and includes all the member benefits. “We’re just trying to get the youth involved in the music community and support them when they’re starting out,” Imbruglia says. “Speaking as a musician who works for Music Victoria, I think the value proposition is a really key reason to sign up … the discounts that are available to you can end up saving you several thousand dollars,” Imbruglia explains. There’s an abundance of discounts on offer
for Music Victoria members, making signing up seriously worthwhile, while there are other measures in place to make it more available. Notably, Music Vic have introduced ten per cent off Auslan services. “I had to get a grant to be able to do it,” Imbruglia admits. “It’ll be cool to be able to offer something to help people make their shows more accessible.” For all you musos in the western suburbs, Music Victoria is introducing more discounts to places like Kindred Studios, White Rabbit Record Bar, and Commercial Hotel in Yarraville. “There’s a huge music community in the western suburbs,” Imbruglia says. “We’re just listening to our members and trying to service them as best we can.” All memberships have access to free professional development workshops which range from pitching music for radio, running budgets and balancing books, writing grant applications, and everything in between. “For all of these workshops, we get experts from each of these fields – that work with this stuff everyday – coming in and sharing their knowledge and helping artists know how to move forward,” Imbruglia explains. “There’s a lot of DIY required in this modern
age of music and it’s really important that artists equip themselves with knowledge, and that’s one of the things we help people do.” There are several new projects in the works this year, including an all-female leadership program, Cultivate, and the Live Music Professionals coaching program through the State Government. As if these incentives weren’t enough, artists who sign up under the musician membership can get their songs put on Music Victoria’s Spotify playlist, which gets shared with international delegates looking for good local music. There are also prize packs to be won if you sign up or renew your membership during the drive. Each prize is appropriate for each member tier, for example, music lovers get a dinner and a double pass to a well-known music venue, musician members get access to press shoots and music videos, and venue members get a quarter page ad in Beat Magazine. “The Victorian music industry is world famous, we’re known for having a really thriving community, and part of that is to do with Music Victoria’s work.”
“Because we grew up in a very musical family we’ve always been exposed to The Beatles and Queen and Led Zeppelin, so we had a broad range of things to go off.”
Little Quirks are playing the National Folk Festival in Canberra over the Easter weekend.
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Music Victoria’s Membership Drive is open from Monday April 8 to Thursday April 18. Head to the Music Victoria website for instructions on how to sign up.
BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR
Little Quirks
The NSW trio have done a bunch of festival gigs of late including the Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Nannup Music Festival. “We love the festival gigs. They’re our favourite to do,” says guitarist/vocalist Abbey Toole. “The vibe there is awesome and there’s so many diverse acts and we do learn a lot every time we do a festival. The atmosphere of it is the best part.” The National Folk Festival’s lineup features folk acts from Scotland to Japan as well as Australian icons John Schumann and Shane Howard and genre outlaws like Freya Josephine Hollick. While folk-oriented, Little Quirks’ music incorporates influences from indie rock and pop in a similar manner to artists like First Aid Kit, Fleet Foxes and The Cranberries. “We definitely go with the folk, but we do a dash of a lot of genres,” Toole says. “It’s really interesting listening to the traditional folk stuff. It’s awesome and we do have some songs that are like that, but then we have some songs that are completely different. “That’s the cool thing about these kinds of festivals – there’s so many levels of folk and so many areas of folk.” Little Quirks is made up of Abbey, her sister Mia on drums and their cousin Jaymi Toole on mandolin. They’ve been playing together as Little Quirks for five years, but music has always been a part of the trio’s lives. “Because we grew up in a very musical family we’ve always been exposed to The Beatles and Queen and Led Zeppelin, so we had a broad range of things to go off,” Abbey says. “We listened to all
“There’s a lot of DIY required in this modern age of music and it’s really important that artists equip themselves with knowledge, and that’s one of the things we help people do.”
the old school stuff. Obviously we strayed from that, but we still take bits and pieces of those influences.” Little Quirks’ current sound is largely informed by a selection of big name contemporary artists. “Through our teenage years we got into Mumford & Sons and First Aid Kit and The Lumineers and they’re major influences now in the way we sound,” Abbey says. “We like a broad range of things. That’s the cool thing about being able to write – you do get to change it up all the time. “I try and write differently all the time. A lot of the time I do sit there and go, ‘Yeah I want this one to be a bit peppier’, and I’ll try and do that. But sometimes I’m completely off and I go into a completely different direction.” There have been a number of bands to feature siblings throughout music history, for better or for worse. Tegan and Sara is an example of a harmonious sibling relationship while Oasis is the polar opposite. Abbey sees the family connection as a creative asset. “There’s a different relationship that you can’t really replicate unless you are family,” she says.
“Having that kind of relationship with each other, it does make [Little Quirks] different. It’s great playing with family – it’s so easy and we have such a great time doing it.” In 2016, Little Quirks released their debut EP, Where We Hide, followed by Suzie Knows in 2017. 2018 brought the singles ‘Crumbled’ and ‘I Told You So’, the former gaining favourable triple j airplay and racking up the streaming numbers. There’s more to come in the second half of 2019. “We’re actually recording our brand new EP [this month] and we’re so excited to do that. We’ve learnt new things and it’ll be an accurate representation of what we’re doing now. When listening back to Suzie Knows and Where We Hide, there is such a big difference now. We’re so excited and we’ll be releasing that later in the year. “We’re playing most of the EP at the [National Folk Festival]. So they’re unreleased, but we’ll be playing it there.” BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Little Quirks come to the National Folk Festival from Thursday April 18 to Monday April 22 at Exhibition Park in Canberra. Head to the festival website for lineup information and for tickets.
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The Brave
It’s been three years since Brisbane’s five-piece The Brave released their debut album, and now they’re back with a brand new LP Aura. Frontman Nathan Toussaint says the band felt like it was time to start getting some material together and aim to write an album. They had a setback when guitarist Dave Mead stepped away from the band for personal reasons. They did start writing some material after that but it just wasn’t what they wanted and they didn’t want to release something unless they were happy with it. “We ended up getting introduced to Denham Lee, who’s our new guitarist, and he’s just this absolute machine who’s able to pump out song after song after song and was just really eager,” says Toussaint. After the band were satisfied with their new collection, they went into the studio and picked and chose their favourites, culling it down from around 20 tracks to about 11 tracks. Picking songs that they felt gave the album variation, not all songs sounding the same, with different bits of programming and different sorts of sounds. “It was a pretty collaborative effort, Denham wrote a lot of the music, but in saying that he would write the music and then send it to us and then we could choose the parts we liked and would ask to change things and … add things in,” Toussaint explains. Usually Toussaint is very protective over writing lyrics, however this time around he wanted it to be a lot more of a collaborative effort and loosened his grip when writing this album. It worked out a lot better because whenever he got stuck on a song, instead of just moving on, he could ask his band members for their input and
opinions that could spark a whole new train of thought for the song. Looking back on the band’s first album Epoch, Toussaint believes the band has come some way. On their debut LP, he felt they played it safe, knowing that there was interest from UNFD and they were also a lot younger. They wrote music based on what they thought people would like and wanted to listen to but with their new album, the band made sure every band member was happy with a song before ticking it off and moving on. The Brave have been on tour with In Hearts Wake and Windwaker and Toussaint says that the tour’s been going great so far, stopping in Melbourne, selling out in Sydney and finishing off in Brisbane. “Those have been really good, the In Hearts Wake shows, we’ve been mates with those guys for a long time, it’s always cool to be hanging out with them and playing shows,” he says. “They had Alpha Wolf on that tour as well, which was cool because we’d never seen those guys live. So we got to hang out with them and it was the same deal, they were really good dudes, a super tight band.”
The band’s single tour finishes in their hometown Brisbane which wasn’t actually the band’s original intention, nevertheless, Toussaint feels it was meant to be. “Brisbane, being our hometown, it’s always super fun and we get a really good response, so when we saw the dates we thought, ‘Well that works perfectly, the album gets released on the Friday, so we’ll use it to celebrate the album, have the show on the Saturday’.” After the album release, Toussaint will be taking some time away from the band to get married, but the band will be back later in the year with an album tour. At the moment the band are going through the motions of jumping on support tours, waiting for confirmation on a few that have been thrown their way. “We want the album to get its time circulating around … Then do our album tour two or three months after it’s been released and that way hopefully people rock up and know words to the songs.”
“We want the album to get its time circulating around … Then do our album tour two or three months after it’s been released and that way hopefully people rock up and know words to the songs.” The Brave’s sophomore album Aura is out now through UNFD.
BY ELLEN ROSIE
Kim Churchill Kim Churchill’s latest single ‘After The Sun’ is the musician’s most emotive work to date.
To the layman, musicianship and songwriting tend to be synonymous however the reality is that the ability to craft a decent tune is a rare ability that is generally honed over many years. Despite still being two birthdays outside of turning 30, for Australian folk-rock troubadour Kim Churchill raw talent and hard work saw him put out his first major label LP Silence/Win at age 23. Last month, Churchill released a new single, ‘After The Sun’, a song that while instilled with the effortless coastal charm of his previous work, also features a deeply emotive twist. For the song’s final refrain, the chorus of, “No need to run when the sun is coming” drops a key into, “No need to lie when your heart is hurting/Sometimes I try to hard to be something”. The gravitas of this mood shift demonstrates the evolution of Churchill’s songwriting. “That second line of the outro is straight from the heart, talking about a big life lesson of mine,” Churchill says. Churchill is now pushed to extrapolate on this life lesson. “The lesson is that I have been held back by trying too fucking hard - agonising over lyrics because I have this idea in my head as to what is good and I try way too hard to achieve this goal and in the process I stop enjoying myself.” In order to understand why Churchill was trying too hard we need to go back to his aforementioned 2014 debut that featured the single ‘Window to the Sky’. The song was a global hit that got a second life in 2015 when French producer The Avener reworked it into his dance track ‘You’re My Window to the Sky’.
“Everybody is using everybody’s shit, there is no way around it. At the core of it all, there’s eight notes.” Churchill discusses the downside of this song’s runaway success. “When I wrote ‘Window to the Sky’ it didn’t stand out to me, I mean, I nearly never released it because it was so poppy and came to me so easily, I never thought of it as the song that would be the most important for my career. “In hindsight if I could have told myself then how important the song was going to be I probably would have fucked it up. That is until now when finally I have lifted the pressure the success of that song laid on me.” This shark tank nature of the music industry not only manifests as personal pressure but, as Churchill explains, it can manifest as a ghetto mentality between artists. “Everybody is either getting inspired off each other and getting creative off the ways other people are using other people’s shit or they’re shitty and resentful about it.
“Everybody is using everybody’s shit, there is no way around it. At the core of it all, there’s eight notes.” This statement is punctuated by an exacerbated chuckle. “I have had every situation, I have had artists that I am trying to imitate me have a go at me; I have had artists imitate me that have had enormous success and conversely there are artists that openly nominate me as their inspiration and they suck so, only for a moment, I start to think I suck too.” Churchill now succinctly sums up the topic of imitation in music by concluding, “The only time it gets to a situation where it leaves a bad taste in your mouth is when someone jumps up and down and tries to pretend that they invented the genre.”
Kim Churchill’s new EP, I AM, is out Friday May 3. The songwriter takes to Howler on Saturday June 15. Head to Churchill’s website for tickets.
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Goran Bregović
Over the last five decades Goran Bregović has experienced major success as a band member, collaborator, film composer and solo performer. His breakthrough came as the guitarist and composer for Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme. Founded in Sarajevo in the early 1970s, the band achieved major success in Yugoslavia and internationally – a significant feat during the Communist era. “Bijelo Dugme was in Communist times in Yugoslavia and Bijelo Dugme was a rock’n’roll band,” Bregović says. “Rock’n’roll in communist countries was more religion than music. So I still think that rock’n’roll on the Communist side of the world was much more important than rock’n’roll in the West. Probably not as music, but as a social phenomenon, for sure.” After Bijelo Dugme split-up, Bregović moved into film soundtracks. He’s supplied the score for dozens of films including Emir Kusturica’s Time of the Gypsies and the Johnny Depp-starring, Arizona Dream. But despite forming a close bond with Kusturica, Bregović is reluctant to call himself a film composer. “I did my first movie, Time of Gypsies, for Kusturica for friendship. I was a big rock star at that time and rock stars, they don’t make music for the movies. There is not enough glory and not enough money for that. But then when the war started we were in Paris, luckily, working on Arizona Dream and I was exiled in France during the war in my country,” he says. “Because I had a gold record in ten countries in Europe, I had immediate proposals for the
movies. So my movie career is mainly during the war. But since a long time ago I’m not really in the movies. When you are young you think you have time to explore millions of possibilities. At a certain age you understand that if you are lucky, you’ll have time to explore just one.” Bregović’s latest album, Three Letters From Sarajevo, came out in 2017 and it’ll be the focus of his Australian tour in May. Also along for the ride are his Wedding & Funeral Band, a collection of vocalists, percussionists and horn players as well as a string section. “Three Letters From Sarajevo, I was commissioned in Paris to write a concerto for violin and symphonic orchestra. So I started from two metaphors,” Bregović says. “I’m from Sarajevo and my first metaphor is Sarajevo. What you saw in Sarajevo ’91, we [see] now all around the world – today we can be good neighbours and tomorrow shoot each other just because we are from different religions. “Another metaphor is violin, which was my first instrument. Violin is played in three main manners. Christian, how we play classical music; Jewish, how Jews play klezmer, which is a quite different technique; and Oriental, how Muslim plays in Orient, which is completely different technique. So I wrote one violin concerto for three violinists that come from those traditions.”
Bregović’s music contains a lot of traditional Balkan elements, itself a multilayered ethnic and cultural region, as well as Western European influences. He’s determined to not let his music be bound by arbitrary cultural differences. “In this music I put together the things that are unimaginable together for politics or religion, because just in music this is simple,” Bregović says. “So on the record there is Hebrew, Spanish, English, Arab, there are artists from Tunis, from Tivoli, from Serbia. “I put a message in a bottle and throw it in the ocean and probably someone will find it. I’m travelling the world and I’m presenting Three Letters From Sarajevo.” Even after so many years working in music, Bregović continues to find great joy in live performance. “You know how they said that musicians they never go to retire, they just stop when there is no more music in them? Still if you ask me eight o’clock in the evening, ‘Goran Bregović where would you like to be tonight?’ I will tell you I would like to be onstage with my musicians.”
Robert Forster’s been involved in music on a professional level for so long, he’d be forgiven for feeling a bit exhausted.
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Michael Muhlhaus and Forster’s wife Karin Bäumler on violin and backing vocals. “Technical ability has never been a great thing with me. I like to get on with people and that they can play well is basically all I need,” Forster says. “People like Scott, Earl and Michael are musician-musicians, but all of them have got a song sense. That’s what I need – I need someone who obviously can play really well and come up with good original ideas, but who’s songorientated.” The songs on Inferno are multi-faceted yet direct. Long time fans will know better than to expect any prog rock excursions. “I’ve never been one for 120 overdubs and I’m not a technical person,” Forster says. “I’m not like Kevin Parker or Paul Weller or someone from Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective – someone who wants to spend four months in the studio at least and has their hand on the desk tweaking things. That’s what they do, that’s what they specialise in, but it’s not my way.” Forster’s been releasing music for 40 years and has gained a detailed understanding of his strengths and limitations. He hasn’t lost the ability to surprise himself, however.
Goran Bregović comes to Hamer Hall with his Wedding & Funeral Band on Tuesday May 14. Tickets via the Arts Centre website.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Robert Forster
The Brisbane songwriter began releasing music with The Go-Betweens in 1978 and has since amassed nine band LPs and seven as a solo artist. From 2005 – 2013, Forster contributed music journalism to The Monthly and in 2016 published the book Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens. “Writing has become a focus over the last few years,” Forster says. “Which is really great that’s it just not always music.” Forster’s lyrics have always displayed a literary flourish, so the move into prose feels logical. He’s still intimately attached to his new album, Inferno, mind you. Released in early March, it follows Songs to Play, which wasn’t just one of the best records of 2015 but one of Forster’s strongest to date. Forster is aware of the significance of his back catalogue, which includes such canonical releases as The Go-Betweens’ Before Hollywood (1983) and 16 Lovers Lane (1988). He’s driven to expand it only when he finds something genuine to impart. “You don’t make them and then forget them. So I do [compare the albums to each other],” he says. “I used to do it perhaps a bit more intensely with The Go-Betweens because I could put out records faster because there was two songwriters working on them. But I’m still very much aware of quality control and comparisons. You tend to bounce off your last album a little bit. I did that this time.” Inferno came together in mid-2018 in Berlin where Forster travelled to work with producer Victor Van Vugt. The pair assembled a cracking ensemble including guitarist/bass player Scott Bromiley, drummer Earl Havin, keyboardist
“When you are young you think you have time to explore millions of possibilities. At a certain age you understand that if you are lucky, you’ll have time to explore just one.”
“I thought I’d write myself out by 40, 45 maybe, because I’m not a muso-muso. I can’t strut over to the piano and start to play Beatles songs, which a lot of people can do. I came from punk and particularly post punk, which prized commitment and ideas over old-fashioned virtuosity. That, as a musician, I’m still standing up and I’m still writing songs that I like is a real pleasure for me. That it’s gone on so long is a thing of wonder to me.” In terms of the feelings that surface upon the release of a new album, not much has changed for Forster since he started out in the late-’70s. “Obviously there’s a feeling you get when you record your first single. In those days, that was a hard thing to do – independent, living in Brisbane, having no idea how to do it. All of those first things you can never repeat, but the overall feeling is very similar. “When the single ‘Inferno (Brisbane in Summer)’ got its first plays, that got me enormously excited – what are people going to make of this record? What are the reviews going to be like?” BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
“That, as a musician, I’m still standing up and I’m still writing songs that I like is a real pleasure for me. That it’s gone on so long is a thing of wonder to me.”
Robert Forster hits The Espy on Saturday July 27. Inferno is out now via Tapete Records.
FEATURE
PUP
Sitting in a park in Edmondson, Alberta as the sun begins to sink, drummer and one quarter of PUP, Zack Mykula is taking a moment to himself before joining his bandmates for the second gig of their tour. The scrappy Canadian punks who spent their early tours crammed into a van and crashing on friends and fans’ floors are finally seeing the fruits of their labour. Not only has their success allowed them to swap their van for a tour bus, it has created an opportunity to give back which saw PUP announce a new initiative to raise money for local charities on each stop of their tour. “It was mostly about wanting to do something more tangible and trying to make an impact locally in the communities we visit,” says Mykula. “A lot of the time we visit a place, we take a portion of the culture and the people away from it and we never get to leave any kind of impact positively.” While their 2016 track ‘If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will’ offered an exaggerated look at the strain of incessant touring, Mykula assures the band have adopted strategies for coping with “extremely long periods of being on tour with people you’re basically married to”. PUP are currently on the road with their latest album, Morbid Stuff; a compilation of exactly that. Thematically the album is drenched in darkness, picking at the scabs of vocalist and songwriter Stefan Babcock’s depression, though it avoids self-pity through tongue-in-cheek quips and jabs at the ‘tortured artist’ trope that often sees the glamorisation of mental health issues in the music industry.
“I think the message by and large is not taking yourself too seriously but also take care of yourself.” “I think the message by and large is not taking yourself too seriously but also taking care of yourself, that’s such an important part,” says Mykula. “I’ll be sure to write it down/When I hit rock bottom/For all the people who love to fetishize problems,” shouts Babcock in ‘Full Blown Meltdown’, offering what Mykula describes as the band’s brazen perspective on mental illness. “I’ve had my own share of longstanding mental health issues and I’ve personally tried to always fight the stigma of that conversation, so it’s very gratifying that people who have these issues can have a voice and find a voice in this time. It feels good,” he says. Though Morbid Stuff features the band’s heaviest sound yet across a handful of tracks, the overall sonic direction of the record sees the subject matter juxtaposed by buoyant, pop-punk melodies that wouldn’t feel out of place at a party. “We kind of wanted to subvert the gloomy nature that most of the lyrics can tend to have by putting it against happier backdrops musically,” says Mykula. “But at the same time, it’s heavier
in a global sense that the subject matter is much heavier.” Morbid Stuff comes in the wake of 2016’s The Dream Is Over, whose title alludes to what was almost the end of the band just as they were straddling the precipice of commercial success. The words were uttered to Babcock by a particularly blunt doctor after a cyst on his vocal chords haemorrhaged. The diagnosis: he’d have to quit singing. “We were mostly just worried for his health and his mental health, because he puts a lot on himself,” says Mykula of that time. “Being unsure of the future, everybody has that anxiety, but for me that’s kind of moot when one of your best friends might have to quit doing what he loves doing.” After taking time out to recover, Babcock undertook vocal training to protect his voice from future damage and PUP reclaimed their dream. Despite the physical and mental obstacles they’ve faced, there’s still plenty of bite left in these PUPs. BY KATE STREADER
Summer Dreaming On Sunday April 14, Thornbury Bowls Club is being taken over from 12pm – 5pm by an ingenious female-led music and arts festival. Celebrating the unrivalled creative talents of female and gender diverse communities, Summer Dreaming: A Female-Led Fest is a project that has given event operations manager Lucinda Walravens plenty of joy and enthusiasm. “It’s basically the best passion project of all time,” Walravens says. “It’s going to be so jampacked and ridiculously cool.” Six months ago, Walravens received funding from Bendigo Bank and was tasked to put together a team of six like-minded women to make the dream come alive, telling them, “anyone can put together an event, all you need is a lot of passion and a lot of grit”. Over the last three months, the women have been hard at work putting their brains together to create the most inclusive event they can with the aim of bringing people together to form new connections within the community in a space safe. The first initiative to achieve this was to make the event alcohol free, which Walravens explains is to remove social pressures around the consumption of it. “Festivals are quite dependent on alcohol, drugs and smoking, and it’s quite commonplace that when that does occur, it can be quite isolating for people who don’t necessarily want to opt into those things.” Walravens notes that this is especially prevalent in Australia because of our binge-type culture and so she “wanted to create a space which
would be welcoming to people who otherwise might not necessarily feel like they’re welcome in those spaces.” The event is hoping to foster connections between members of the community without the aid of booze or substances, and in doing so, will have a much more lasting effect. “That’s the aim,” Walravens laughs. “That’s the hypothetical thesis we’re trying to write here.” However, you needn’t worry about any tummy rumbling on the day, as the Fitzroy Learning Network Catering Group will be taking charge on the food front and the Summer Dreaming team providing the booze-free beverages. “[There will be] heaps of nice finger food,” Walravens assures us. Then, confirming everyone’s thirst will be quenched too, “in terms of drinks, we’re doing a lot of mocktail type stuff. We’ll be having some nice jars of kind of punchy-vibes to get you through the day.” The event kicks off at 12:30pm with a Welcome to Country. “Recognising that we’re a predominately white Anglo team, I think it’s very important to recognise the land on which we’re using to gather on. We reached out to the Wurundjeri people and we’ve had it confirmed that our elder will be the beautiful Auntie Julieanne Axford welcoming us to country,”
Morbid Stuff is out now via Little Dipper/Cooking Vinyl Australia.
Walravens explains. After that, the event is non-stop good vibes with live music and workshops running throughout the whole day. Prime your eardrums for some soft-pop tunes by local artists, On Diamond, Chitra, and Nightlight, with DJ Shell Ley spinning tunes in between. Alongside the live music, there’ll also be arts and crafts for your hands to get busy with as the event is running a bunch of workshops including yoga, Zumba, Big Feminist Sing teaching you how to spin cool songs, zine making, meditation and painting. Plus, the best bit of all is that if you don’t have someone to go with, you don’t need to stress as the team have an initiative to tackle that problem too. “For people who don’t necessarily have anyone to go to an event with, or are interested in going but are like, ‘ah, I won’t know anyone there’, we’ve got a form that’s up for people to fill out and then we’ll match them with a friend for the day. I’m really proud of that initiative,” Walravens says. So for good tunes, community vibes, scrumptious food and friendship forming, Summer Dreaming is where you need to be this Sunday April 14th.
“For people who don’t necessarily have anyone to go to an event with … we’ve got a form that’s up for people to fill out and then we’ll match them with a friend for the day.”
Summer Dreaming: A Female-Led Fest goes down at Thornbury Bowls Club on Sunday April 14. Grab your tickets via Eventbrite.
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Lucy Rose
2019 has been a huge year for reflective and ruminative records around the globe. At the centre of this, there appears to be a trend in which these seminal albums – think Stella Donnelly’s Beware of the Dogs, Julia Jacklin’s Crushing, Solange’s When I Get Home – are hinged upon an overwhelming sense of displacement, isolation, or pure melancholy. Lucy Rose’s 2019 LP, No Words Left, rides a similar wave; this album is an exploration of what Rose has described as “the worst period of my life”, paired with unexpected and dreamy production that left many fans speechless. Ahead of a huge tour spanning the UK, US, Mexico, France, Canada, and Australia, Rose is finding solace in her solitude. When she answers the phone, she is sitting at home with a cup of tea while a dog intermittently barks from the backyard. This quiet respite is a stark contrast to the year ahead; she’s revelling in the calm before the storm. “I’m excited for the Australian tour, but I don’t want to spend too much time looking that far ahead,” says Rose. “I’ve been cutting it into sections, so I’ll think, ‘I’ll just crack on with this tour, and then I’ll think about the UK, and then Europe and Mexico and LA’… Sorry, that’s a crap answer.” These small self-deprecating ticks are littered throughout the conversation, which lends itself to the well-known discomfort felt by many musicians when placed in the spotlight. Rose is particularly self-conscious when it comes to so overtly addressing her own art, stating that she fears being “self-absorbed” when it comes to the record. Perhaps Rose’s introduction to No Words Left’s opener, ‘Conversation’, is a fitting explanation; “Conversation don’t come easy/But I’ve got a lot to say.”
“I feel like – as most people do, not just musicians or artists – I’ve always been misunderstood or read wrong.” ‘Conversation’ is a soft and mellow sounding track that, on first listen, primarily showcases the restrained vibrato and beautiful harmonies of Rose’s delicate vocals. However, it is a juggernaut of confessional lyricism that sets a tone of sombre beauty which carries seamlessly through the album. No Words Left is a sudden darkness for Rose, giving fans an unprecedented display of vulnerability hinged upon trauma and sorrow, as opposed to the previous vulnerability hinged upon hope and trust. Rose’s transformation, though a surprise to listeners, was a bomb waiting to go off for the artist. “I think I’ve always had it in me. There are certain things that I’ve wanted to say my whole life, but for various reasons I’ve never been able to say them,” she admits. “Now, I’m not embarrassed to say those things and harness those feelings all into one song.” Is No Words Left perhaps a union of vulnerability and the urge to control one’s own narrative, especially that peddled by the media? “I feel like – as most people do, not just musicians or artists – I’ve always been
misunderstood or read wrong. You know, taken the wrong way. I think eventually, instead of feeling embarrassed and thinking ‘that must be my fault’ or ‘maybe I’m just colder than I meant to be’, I turned it into more of an anger.” Though she loathes to dwell upon it, Rose has a vision for the upcoming Australian shows that she knows will be great – as soon as she gets over the anxiety that comes with such a huge line of performances. “Once I get going it’ll be fine, it’s just the nerves of, ‘oh what happens if I mess up’ or ‘what if I’m just terrible’. I don’t know, it’s a lot of new material and I haven’t played any of them live yet. “I’ve played the Northcote Social Club before, though, which is quite intimate. My music works well with that close atmosphere, so it’ll just be me and my songs, and it’s important for me to be able to see the crowd as well. I’m usually super creepy and stare straight back at you while I’m singing, so everyone has that to look forward to as well.” BY LEXI HERBERT
The Miser
Bell Shakespeare are preparing to bring the French farce The Miser down to Southbank this April, headlined by founder John Bell in the title role. Lead actress Elizabeth Nabben is excited to return to Melbourne to present Molière’s 17th century comedy alongside a stellar ensemble cast. Despite its age, the play is all the more relevant to our time. “The Miser talks to our time in terms of the world’s disparity across generations,” says Nabben. “Being part of a generation that is so dependent on parental wealth, all the characters have a selfishness and a pride. But the play is so much about love, which is why Molière’s comedies are so much fun; that’s what makes them so human.” Nabben plays “Marianne, who is the archetype of the ingénue. Harpagon ( John Bell) and his son have seen her walking in the street at different times and both decide that they want to marry her.” Despite this very traditional female stereotype seen in plays of its time, writer Justin Fleming wants to break away from orthodox tropes by giving Marianne “a bit of an edge to explore the sexuality and the kookiness of the character to play against the archetype. She’s like a nerve, she just feels everything strongly.” Fleming and the creative team sought to update the play “with fantastic Australian idioms; [but] there are allusions to the past in [the] costuming and slightly white face make-up. It’s not too much like a museum piece and not too contemporary that you lose the charm of that old
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world, aristocratic French vibe. It really bridges both worlds.” Nabben was giddy to work with the legendary John Bell, a dream for many Australian stage actors. “He’s a fantastic physical actor. He can transform his body into this frail old man and then suddenly become very powerful.” Most importantly, “he is such a gentleman to work with, so warm and encouraging to all of us.” The juxtaposition of 17th century France and contemporary Australia may be a strange one, but The Miser can still reap empathy from a modern viewer. “I find it quite relatable,” says Nabben. “I feel like when people are at their most comfortable they have incredibly high stakes. [The characters] have such goofy sides where they fight so hard for what they want. While in Australia we put a lid
Catch Lucy Rose at Northcote Social Club on Thursday June 6. Tickets are on sale now via the venue’s website.
on things and try to be cool and I just find this so delightfully uncool. I feel like I’ve gone into my true self.” Nabben sees the play as a fresh change from the reality of contemporary plays and a return to theatre’s more pompous roots. “We do so much stripped-back naturalism now and I think audiences will really enjoy the spectacle of the costumes and the set with the lavish, rich feel. But [it is] still coupled with a commentary on the greed of such a way of life.” BY JAMES ROBERTSON
“[The characters] have such goofy sides where they fight so hard for what they want. While in Australia we put a lid on things and try to be cool and I just find this so delightfully uncool.” The Miser comes to Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio from Thursday April 25 to Sunday May 12. Head to the Arts Centre Melbourne website for tickets.
MICF
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Ron Funches
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This year, Ron Funches released his comedy special Giggle Fit on Comedy Central to near universal acclaim. The special was the highest rated Comedy Central special in two years, prompting praise from the likes of The Rock, Busy Phillipps and Seth Meyers. 13 years into his comedy career, Giggle Fit is also the US comedian’s first full-length comedy special, a milestone that he doesn’t take lightly or for granted. “[Recording the special] gave me the confidence of knowing I’m more than just potential. That I could put out a full meal introducing people to my view on comedy and that it would be received well. More people are aware of me and I get told no by bigger executives now,” Funches says. After airing on Comedy Central, the special was released on iTunes, where it swiftly hit number one, something that Funches, 36, is encouraged by, considering it was released in a time where most people aren’t too keen to pay for much of their content. Though the norm these days is to see top-tier comedy on Netflix, Funches has been vocal about the reasoning behind his choice to turn down Netflix in favour of the Comedy Central spot. Simply put, the latter offered significantly more money, and the comedian is passionately in favour of artists being adequately compensated for their work. “I don’t believe in a monopoly of any kind and I’m not going to follow a trend just to run with the ‘cool crowd’,” Funches says of the decision. “I don’t allow executives to dictate to me what
comedy is and what my worth is. I believe in people who believe in me. Comedy Central has always supported me and it paid off, as my special was their highest rated hour in two years. No artist should settle for less than their dream and my dream was to make an excellent hour.” Settling is certainly not something Funches should need to concern himself with now. He’s increasingly in demand, with many headlining spots in tours across the US and Canada, frequent appearances on The Conan O’Brien Show, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and his reputation only continues to rise. With his demure mannerisms and low-key onstage presence, Funches is a stark contrast to the typically brash, loud, stand-up comedian many of us are used to, and a refreshing one at that. “It’s just me with practice. I think most comedians I enjoy are just trying to become their true self on stage and that’s what I try to do and
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as my life changes, my material changes. My older material was a little shy and less confident – my new material is a little more bouncy and joyful and I hope to continue to evolve.” Giggle Fit nurtured Funches rise however his other credits befit the reputation of a king. Appearing on Drunk History, Portlandia and Another Period, the US comic has also co-starred with Chris D’Elia in Undateable and wrote for The Eric Andre Show. Because of his low-key delivery, incisive punchlines and shrewd set-ups, the New York Times once said that Funches ‘purrs like a kitty cat, stings like a bee’. Live is set to be an absolute treat.
“[Recording the special] gave me the confidence of knowing I’m more than just potential. That I could put out a full meal introducing people to my view on comedy and that it would be received well.” Venue: Comic’s Lounge Dates: Tuesday April 16 – Saturday April 20 Prices: $36 – $49.90
BY CLAIRE MORLEY
The Festival Club Photo by Jim Lee
Delivering the ultimate comedy compilation packed with dynamic performances from five rising Australian stars, The Comedy Zone has kicked off to a running start. Dive in with the distinct stand-up, storytelling, improvisational comedy and sketch style of Bec Melrose. Fusing personal tales and socially conscious discussions, Melrose captivates audiences with her wit and anticipated punch line delivery, which attained her the Grand Prize of Raw Comedy 2018 and has seen her writing for ABC TV’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard. Joining her on the lineup is Ben Kochan. You may be familiar with his sharp and witty writing as a feature on Comedy Central’s show Little Nippers and ABC2’s Be Your Own Boss or from some of his national tours to boot. Charity Werk made her debut last year at RAW Comedy State Finals and has been charming us ever since with a side serving of sass. Charity Werk fuses stand-up with song to explore themes of pop-culture, love and life. David Woodhead entered the comedy sphere in 2015, after entering the Class Clowns Competition. Since then, the young comedian’s career has seen him write and act for ABC TV’s third season of Black Comedy and place as a national finalist in 2016’s RAW. Lastly, deadpan delight Emma Holland joins the list, with her dry, original talent that is instantly engaging. All in all, get ready for a killer night of Australian comedy.
It would appear that no Melbourne International Comedy Festival experience is complete without a venture to one of the many events The Festival Club has on offer. Covering (almost) every day of the week, The Festival Club presents a diverse variety of comedians who are eager and ready to flock to one of Swanston Street’s hidden live music gems: Max Watt’s. Get down to Political Tuesdays with the very best of political satire and comedy, with this week’s show being hosted by musical and satirist comedian, Sammy J. Wednesdays will provide a chaotic, non-stop event by the name of Stamptown Comedy Night and mark the return of talk show Late O’Clock with Rob Hunter. If you’re looking for value for money, look no further than 10 Comedians for 10 Bucks Thursdays, showcasing an array of hand-picked, emerging local and international comedians that are participating in MICF. This week expect to see Ben Kochan, Chris Parker, Luka Muller, Bec Melrose, Aliya Kanani, Dan Rath and more. Come Friday and Saturday, The Festival Club will let loose with the extravaganza event Comedy Bonanza. It’s unscripted, uncensored comedy followed by DJ sets playing ‘til late. Wrapping up the week is Haus Party! a night of musical comedy, circus and variety acts. Haus Party! is hosted by Otto and Astrid, members of German punk rock performance band Die Roten Punkte, and DJ Andrew McClelland. Put simply, The Festival Club is giving the ultimate taste of the eclectic, unpredictable, spontaneous and ingenious comedy that MICF has to offer. The Festival Club is going down now at Max Watt’s until Saturday April 20 (bar Mondays).
The Comedy Zone is on now and will be happening at Trades Hall in The Meeting Room until
Tickets are $10-20 from the MICF website. Tickets are $15-20 and are available via the MICF
Sunday April 21 (bar Wednesdays). Tickets are $22-26.50 from the MICF website.
website or at the door.
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Comedy Live Stephen K Amos
Stephen K Amos The Story So Far…
Looking back on the past decade of his career, Stephen K Amos and his new show The Story So Far… delighted Melbourne audiences with hilarious takes on family, politics, social movements and loss. Featuring a selection of some of his most loved jokes together with an abundance of new material, the show certainly is a look at the story of the British comedian’s life so far. The Friday night show was packed to the rafters with people of all ages, ready to start their weekend with a laugh from the huge international headliner. Looking cool and comfortable onstage, Amos jumped in with a few jokes about Australian politics and the 2011 banana shortage crisis, a throwback that got the crowd suitably loosened up and saw some audience interaction with the front row. Amos’ skills at improvisation are where he really shines. Bantering back and forth with a shy but up-for-a-laugh carpenter named Tyler – a profession that sent Amos into fits of laughter – produced the first of many rambunctious reactions for the evening. For the following hour Amos continued to come back to Tyler-the-carpenter, especially whenever a suggestive ‘wood’ joke appeared. It’s clear that Amos’ exceptional skill at improvisation and audience interaction are the result of his many years of experience. It’s the kind of top-notch creativeness you’d only get from a comedy superstar. Amos also includes a plethora of Australian-themed anecdotes, from arguing the harsh Australian heat with a true-blue bogan to visiting the tiny ‘village’ of Tasmania, another observation that received a mighty cheer from the mainland audience. Oddly enough, Amos is a master at replicating the ocker Australian accent, a stark contrast to his usual posh English enunciation. Masterfully switching from family life to discussing armed Americans, Trump and the #MeToo movement showed just how smooth Amos’ delivery is. The audience seemed to shuffle nervously whenever a particularly controversial issue appeared, until Amos expertly turned it on its head and released the tension. Nothing ever feels forced or out of place in the show, a testament to just how comfortable Amos is behind the mic. Nearing the end of the show Amos discusses the past few years of his life, especially the tragic losses of his beloved
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mother and twin sister. As sobering as the topic was, Amos approached it with his usual wit and finesse to avoid losing the energy he built through the past hour. Appearing at the end of the show to greet the crowd and collect donations for local palliative care charities, Amos not only gave the audience a righteous laugh but also the opportunity to help a cause that is close to his heart. BY ELIZA BOOTH
Joel Creasey Drink. Slay. Repeat
Joel Creasey is Australia’s golden boy of comedy and Drink. Slay. Repeat is a prime example why. He’s not afraid to get a bit cheeky, spill some tea and dive into personal anecdotes with humour and charm. He’s a rapid-fire storyteller with energy that captivates the audience and leaves no dull moment in his wake. Creasey starts his show by describing how some comedians take on worldly issues or have a clever political agenda, but not his. No, what he’s going to offer instead is just “to call celebrities moles for an hour”. The seasoned comedian commands the audience’s attention and offers waves of laughter in return. Through his fast-moving anecdotes, he takes the crowd through his beef with Meghan Markle, getting high at his nan’s wake, his boyfriend discovering his psychic abilities, being awarded an Order of Merlin by J.K Rowling, his interview with Kylie Minogue and having a hand in getting a police officer fired – all sprinkled with tidbits of juicy gossip and a sharp-wit that brings the audience to its knees. The crowd never goes silent as Creasey offers up a constant platter of clever and well-timed humour. He doesn’t take time setting up his jokes but delivers them fast and hot, inserting as many as possible into his hour set. His closing story comes before you know it, it seems time really does fly when Creasey is having his fun. Keeping the promise he made at the start of the show, he serves up gossip from behind the curtain of his life in the spotlight. Creasey has pop culture and celebrity references coming out of his ears. If you’re not down with all of them, don’t worry, he won’t leave you behind. In line with his nine previous shows over the years at the festival, Drink. Slay.
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Repeat is extremely personal. He might be talking about the world of celebrities and a level of fame us mere normies aren’t privy to, but he inserts himself in the very centre of each story. His likability and charm amplify his classic self-deprecating humour. Creasey doesn’t simply talk to this audience but truly performs for them. He’s here to give a show and that’s exactly what his audience are going to get. Right from the get-go he’ll make you feel like you’re in on an exclusive party where he’s in charge and your only job is to have a good time. He’s a master of his craft and a damn good performer. When you’re in the audience of a Joel Creasey show, you’re in safe, wellmanicured hands. Catch Drink. Slay. Repeat at The Forum – Upstairs until Sunday April 21 as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tickets are available via the festival website. BY MARNIE VINALL
Tash York Adulting
Wandering up the dark staircase of Trades Hall to the second floor music room, I find myself in an intimate space, seating only 80 or so audience members. The familiar sounds of ‘Dammit’ by Blink-182 serve as a great welcomer, helping set the playful tone for what’s to come. Joined by her faithful accompanist, Tash York takes to the stage, immediately bursting into a reworked rendition of ‘Survivor’ by Destiny’s Child, cleverly shifting the lyrics of the song to focus on the struggles of adult life and coming to terms with ‘adulting’. To say that York has a powerful voice would be a drastic understatement. From the first note, you know you’re in for something special, as you almost feel the walls of the music room shake with the songs she belts out. In addition to being a cabaret performer, York also works as a children’s entertainer. This side gig has given her a lot of time to think about adulting. She seamlessly transitions into another reworked cover, this time of Nick Lowe’s ‘Cruel To Be Kind’, before busting out an amazing series of modern nursery rhyme raps, bringing the harsh realities of modern life into the wellknown verses. Music is the true connector here, not just with the narrative of the show, but also
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with the audience. It’s clear her talents don’t just lie in her voice, as the construction of her hilarious lyrics grab hold of the audience and continually ellicit fits of laughter as she takes us on the eternal struggle of becoming an adult and accepting responsibilities. She’s not afraid to make the show personal, as she delves into stories of how she lost her virginity, racked up $24,000 in parking fines and her profound love for chicken nuggets and red wine. It’s these personal touches that really allow you to connect with her as a performer and understand where the humour stems from. York’s songs transcend mere cabaret covers, as she uses her reworked lyrics to tell the story of her life and transition to adulthood. Her Ace of Base cover highlights what society expects of women compared to the harsh truths, while her rendition of ‘What Is Love?’ is used to fill us in on the time she fell in love with her personal trainer. However, the transition to adulthood wouldn’t be complete without a few casualties, as York sets her sights on the purveyor of many of our youthful misguided expectations: Walt Disney. In an absolutely brilliant medley of classic Disney songs, she lays blame on the cartoon company for giving us all unreal expectations, ranging from ‘The Working Hard Life’ (‘Circle of Life’) to a wicked ‘Let It Go’ song about Tinder, all the while lamenting that there’s no Disney film about her real life. There’s a little audience interaction (including an improvised song), a little moment of tenderness as she reflects on her relationship with her mother, and an incredible amount of joy put into the show. York helps us all understand that adulting means you have to be comfortable with who you are and just be yourself. She’s incredibly playful on stage, with a confidence that makes her stand tall. Clearly having a lot of fun, she laughs and shrugs off some of her sillier jokes, while also taking jabs at the low production value and location of the show. Dressed almost as a modernday Rosie the Riveter, wearing giant hoop earrings that say “fuck off ”, she clearly doesn’t need your approval, just your laughs. It’s a wickedly clever show performed by a woman at the top of her game and, York’s incredible voice is matched by the humour of her lyrics and storytelling. Catch Adulting at Trades Hall until Sunday April 21 as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tickets are available via the festival website. BY CHRIS SWAN
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Music Live
Photo by David Harris
Ability Fest
Coburg Veldrome, Sunday April 7 “I’ve been in a wheelchair my whole life and the first time I ever felt included was at a music festival, and I wanted to give that to as many people as possible.” This statement, made from the main stage by Dylan Alcott, pretty much sums up the ethos behind Ability Fest – a music festival for everyone, run by volunteers, with 100 per cent of the proceeds helping young disabled Australians via the Dylan Alcott Foundation. Over a thousand people with disabilities attended the event, most of which had never been to a music festival before. All artists, organisers and the venue donated their time and resources to encourage everyone, regardless of age, gender, ability or race, to celebrate live music and have a good time. And have a good time they did. Melbourne’s own Eliza Hull was the perfect warm-up for the day, her powerful voice driving the band through her originals and a standout cover of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’. The energy was then knocked up a notch with E^ST, who kicked off the dance vibes that would be a staple for the rest of the day. “This next song is about giving a guy a gobby” she calmly stated before we all learned the sign language way to say “blow job”, which is exactly what you would expect it to be. E^ST dropped a fun cover of The All-American Rejects’ ‘Give You Hell’ before the Rugrats theme served as the introduction for her crowd favourite, ‘Life Goes On’. Rudely Interrupted chilled things out again in the middle of the day also adding a cover to their set, MGMT’s ‘Kids’ before Joyride brought the dance back in with his sexy auto-tuned electronic pop and a Kelly Clarkson cover.
Photo by Sally Townsend
One of the stand-out performances of the day came from Kilter. Backed by guitarist Tim Lockwood, the big electronic beats and lush instrumentation was a how-to for bedroom producers looking to translate their sounds to a live setting. Another stellar performance came from ARC (which stands for the Antipodean Rock Collective), a supergroup featuring Kram from Spiderbait, Mark Wilson from Jet, Davey Lane from You Am I and Darren Middleton from Powderfinger. Promoting their upcoming performances of Abbey Road in full, the set of covers kicked off with AC/DC’s ‘TNT’ and included some Paul Kelly, INXS, and a solo acoustic rendition of Powderfinger’s ‘My Happiness’ from Middleton. The set ended with a sample of The Beatles show with ‘Come Together’. The smaller, dusty dance stage built its momentum throughout the day. The crowd slowly grew to the point where Boogs had everyone moving in time to jungle beats as a good lead into the headliners The Presets, who reminded everyone just how many damn dance anthems they have in quick succession followed by the closer, Hot Dub Time Machine. Offering a shortened version of the usual in-depth musical timeline of the show, Hot Dub started in the ‘80s, spent some time in the ‘90s then quickly offered up some modern day hits culminating in a little What So Not. The ‘90s won, however, and Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’ is an alltime banger, not even ironically. It was the moment of the night. The second run of Ability Fest was a huge success and hopefully will continue to grow next year. Keep an eye out for it and head along to support a fantastic cause and have a bundle of fun while you’re doing it.
Highlight: The sign language interpreters on the side of stage who gave it their all and put on an attention-grabbing show of their own. Lowlight: The dust of the Velodrome. Crowd favourite: A quick run through the ages with Hot Dub Time Machine. BY LUKE CARLINO
Emperor
170 Russell, Friday April 5 Tasmanian black metal devils Ruins take the stage first, and they are absolutely steaming with rage, projecting waves of anarchy to the audience. The entire band is in a frenzy, with vocalist Alex Pope spitting out deep throated growls fueled by vengeance. He waves his hands about as if evoking an incantation, punches the air and even plays air guitar to join his brethren on their instruments. The entire band headbangs at the same time, showing a sense of rhythm along with their enthusiasm at being onstage. The audience, while captivated by the set, aren’t too rowdy – some join in with the headbanging but most are entranced and just enjoying the band’s exciting stage persona. We all wait for around forty-five minutes before Emperor jump onstage, seizing the venue like the Norwegian black metal kings they are. They kick off with ‘Alsarvtr (The Oath)’, which immediately revs up the audience. The band are on a plane that we can’t reach, delving into the darkness of their souls they inject passion into ‘Thus Spake The Nightspirit’, which has the crowd singing along. Vocalist Ishahn has a powerful voice which reverberates around the venue, while the rest of the band amp up the intensity of the set. Emperor have recurring orchestral rhythms intertwined with their music, which has
continually enhanced their stance in the black metal world. Their performance of ‘The Loss and Curse of Reverence’ displays a striking palette of orchestral metal, along with ‘The Majesty of The Nightsky’. Emperor have also had a colourful history, which really illuminates their journey as a band – they have endured conflicts with the law that have broken them up multiple times, but the power of their music always draws them back together again. Their bold stage persona and insane energy really show just how determined they are to overcome their adversities. They will not be swept under the rug – they are a force to be reckoned with, a tornado of fury and passion. ‘I Am The Black Wizards’ and ‘Inno A Santana’ entice the audience, further boosting the mystical energy that the band projects through their complex sound. It also feels like a nostalgic turn of the clock; a shout-out to their first album In The Nightside Eclipse, which was a catalyst to the rising platform of black metal in the ‘90s. The band conclude with ‘Towards The Pantheon’, earning a lot of cheering and enthusiastic shouts from their audience who don’t want the set to end. Emperor threw a mind-blowing performance, creating a sensory environment that seemed to transport their audience into a whole new world. In doing so, they proved that their position as masters of black metal is still iron clad. Highlight: The suspenseful beginning of Emperor’s set – the room was dark except for blue spotlights, and the orchestral kickoff of ‘Alsarvtr (The Oath)’ enhanced the mystical fantasy vibes. Lowlight: The wait before Emperor played felt like ages. Crowd favourite: ‘I Am The Black Wizards’. BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Album of the Week (Sub Pop)
Singles WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY
Fat White Family ft. Baxter Dury
Tastes Good With The Money
(Domino)
Fat White Family are a self-consciously disruptive alt-indie gang, but the UK band’s songwriting has gradually gained more focus. ‘Tastes Good With The Money’ isn’t a slick and cohesive MOR number, but it leans closer to Avalon than Damaged. The chorus hook burrows in and stays with you the rest of the day, even if the lyrical substance is somewhat obscure. The band finds a sympathetic match in louche mockney storyteller Baxter Dury, whose spoken verse provides relief from FWF’s reverb-drenched preference.
Drugdealer ft. Weyes Blood
Honey
(Mexican Summer/Rocket)
Songwriter/producers whose records are dominated by guest vocalists tend to operate in the realms of electronic music, hip hop or jazz. Drugdealer fits the former description, but his penchant is for ‘60s paisley pop and early ‘70s folk rock. Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering appeared on two standout cuts from 2016’s The End Of Comedy and the collaborative synergy continues with ‘Honey’, an elegant and somewhat wistful slice of psych-folk. The guitar solo nods to George Harrison while Mering’s gliding lead vocal injects gravitas.
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Not A Boys Name
Cut It Off
(Island)
Not A Boys Name returns with the bass-driven and confident indie pop song, ‘Cut It Off ’. The production preserves only the essential elements; the structure likewise isn’t engaged in trickery. There’s resemblance to Bowie’s early-‘80s chart aspirations and a clean funk jangle akin to Around the World in a Day-era Prince. Lyrically, Dave Jenkins Jr. dips his toes in some raw subject matter, but the immediacy of the chorus hook buffers any resounding sense of woe.
Peggy Gou
Starry Night
(Gudu Records)
Flirting with nostalgia is a fine line. Peggy Gou invokes ‘90s club sounds – dry bright piano and easy to get around drum programming – on the two-chord house number ‘Starry Night’. She mightn’t be eyeing off a slot on Top of the Pops, but that’s not to say it doesn’t sound like Spiller. Nonetheless, the South Korea-via-Berlin producer is skilled enough to make it feel like it’s just what we needed.
Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising Natalie Mering, better known as Weyes Blood, has made an impression on the indie scene with her releases The Outside Room (2011), The Innocents (2014) and Front Row Seat to Earth (2016).
On her fourth album and Sub Pop debut, Mering has an arsenal of harmonious strings, synths and piano to accompany this gloriously ponderous album of modernity which somehow doesn’t sink under its own ambition. It doesn’t take long for Titanic Rising to bathe you in its sumptuous baroque flourishes; Mering’s voice invites you to unwind in the sound of its soaring arrangements. Its culmination of nostalgic melodies and crystalline production makes this album sound like a wonderful piece of escapism, however this is juxtaposed with the subjects that Mering explores. The album opener ‘A Lot’s Gonna Change’ opens with ominous organs which give way to Mering’s smoky vocals over delicate piano – “A lot’s gonna change in your lifetime/Try to leave it all behind”. The third single ‘Movies’ exists in a haze of gradual and sustained vocal harmonies over stewing synth, while discussing the myths that films create and how they influence our perception and desires. Elsewhere, on ‘Something to Believe’, a gargantuan, if not exhausted ballad against the over-consuming nature of late capitalism, Mering searches for something, anything to believe in. As cold and desperate as it sounds, ‘Something to Believe’ and the album in general achieves a sense of profound wonder in the panic – it never verges over the line of desperation or despair. BY EOIN HANLON
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Albums
The Black Sorrows
Citizen John
On the cover of Citizen John, Joe Camilleri looks somewhat defeated hunched over his guitar. Or maybe he is just catching his breath for another salvo. The renowned songwriter has been delivering since the ‘70s in various guises and styles. Biblical themes are never too far away, ‘Brother Moses Sister Mae’, ‘Way Below The Heavens’ and ‘Messiah’ jumpstart the spiritual journey. He delivers his sermons with lugubrious style. Perceptive and poetic, he remains audaciously sensual with a forlorn baritone and some wry folky songs. ‘Storm The Bastille’ has imagery and symbolism of haunted souls seeking a degree of release. ‘Citizen John’ is a shadowy little jingle full of warmth and intimacy. His earlier bands had a more vigorous approach, yet as he is now in his autumn years he straddles the podium like Van Morrison with style and grace and allows his soulgroove voice to take songs into murkier territory. By and large, he can be minimal and yet absolutely charged with feeling. BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS
(RCA Records/Sony)
(Barely Dressed Records/ Remote Control)
(Bloodlines)
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Jess Ribeiro
LOVE HATE
If you want to be placed in a trance and massaged by hypnotic vocals, LOVE HATE is the expedition for you. Both melancholic and stimulating at the same time, the album sees Jess Ribeiro employ minimalistic lyricism to dictate her message, leaving the listener to further discern the meaning through the instrumental – an effervescent mélange of dream-pop and psych-rock. ‘Vignettes’ enables Ribeiro to express particular emotions without conventional constraints. Across the three instalments – none of which extend beyond two minutes – each track arrives and fleetingly departs without superfluity. ‘Chair Stare’ is a semi-erotic display of sexual tension – “Waiting for me, so unmoving honey”, “You know what I like to do” – tantalising lyrics as she describes staring at her lover. ‘Stranger’ is a love dedication with its nature revealed in the final verse, “I like you so much, one day maybe we’ll speak”. Ribeiro’s third album, LOVE HATE is one to listen to when you’re laid back and looking for something to fade into. It’s non-intrusive and makes for the perfect Sunday afternoon listen.
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Khalid
Free Spirit
Since 2017, Khalid has been able to keep himself afloat in the charts with multiple collaborations and his own solo music. His second solo album Free Spirit offers what you’ve come to expect of the young artist. A 17-track mammoth, his sophomore album is somewhat peculiar in its enormity, but Khalid brings the successful framework for his songs yet again on this release. His melancholic yet hopeful lyrics are ever-present on this album and remain as subjective as ever. From the apologetic ‘My Bad’ to the therapeutic ‘Talk’, Khalid retains the themes he’s been holding onto throughout his short career. ‘Hundred’, ‘Saturday Nights’ and ‘Alive’ are highlights that demonstrate Khalid’s stunning vocals, his pitches brilliantly wavering between dreamlike baritones and falsettos – he doesn’t let his guard down the whole album. It’s a settling album; it doesn’t ask for trouble and welcomes you with open arms. Khalid seems to know what his audience wants from him, so he delivers in a rather slick and catchy fashion. BY RHYS MCKENZIE
BY SCOTT HUDSON
(Aarght Records)
(ATO Records)
(Prolifica Inc.)
EDIT OR’ PICK S
8.5
Circa Waves
What’s It Like Over There?
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Nilüfer Yanya
Miss Universe
Alien Nosejob
Bullet of Love
Circa Waves are proving themselves to be the new chameleons of indie-rock. With their first album in 2015, the Liverpudlians introduced themselves with an upbeat, summery vibe, but only two years later they flipped to a darker, more aggressive sound. Now with the release of their third album, What’s It Like Over There?, they’ve transformed themselves again, combining their guitar-led pop with rock stompers of the piano-led persuasion. Like many British artists in the past, singer Kieran Shudall was influenced on their tours through America, which inspired many songs on the album. Tracks ‘Me, Myself and Hollywood’, self-described as a combination of an Arctic Monkeys-esque guitar riff and a Drake influenced chorus, and ‘Movies’, one of their most danceable tunes, both exude Americana, even namedropping cinema classic Rebel Without a Cause. Epic singalong, ‘Times Won’t Change Me’, contains one of the band’s best hooks yet in the form of a catchy-as-hell piano riff while there is a greater emphasis on steady beats across the LP, as opposed to their constant freneticism in the past. What’s It Like Over There? is a more contemplative ride than Different Creatures and Young Chasers and displays a growing variety in Circa Waves’ discography.
The UK is a hotbed of talented female singer-songwriters right now and none exude more promise than Nilüfer Yanya. The Londoner has been dropping top-shelf music for the past few years and her much-anticipated full-length debut, Miss Universe, delivers on all fronts. Deeply rooted in themes of love, depression, relationships and the difficulties of modern life, the songs on Miss Universe are interestingly structured around a number of skits promoting the fictional health system WWAY HEALTH. While this agency is presented as the solution to all our worldly problems, the further through the album you get the more you realise there’s something sinister about the service. Yanya uses her lyrics to suggest we should turn to those we love and trust when facing life’s harsh realities rather than look to institutions. Eschewing the R&B platform of her earlier work, Miss Universe finds Yanya genre-hopping on an album defined by her remarkable vocals and relatable lyrics. ‘In Your Head’ is a driving indie-rock number, ‘Tears’ an ‘80s synth-pop bubble of joy, ‘Paradise’ a saxophone-featuring pop triumph and ‘Baby Blu’ a soulful synth composition. Miss Universe is an inspiring and engaging listen exhibiting Yanya’s comprehensive songwriting palate and mercurial vocals and is sure to feature on many end of year lists.
Aren’t surprises an absolute treat? Trawling through the widest corners of Bandcamp can bring great discovery and treading upon artists that won’t receive the due recognition, at least initially, for their craft is customary. Across the last month, the world has been treated to two of the most paradoxically danceable releases of 2019 so far – Alien Nosejob’s Bullet of Love and Honey 2 Honey’s A Taste Of – both of which have flown under the radar. The former is a jittery new wave and disco-embellished expedition pioneered by Melbourne’s admired music chameleon, Jake Robertson. The latter is a sparse kraut, dub and R&B-infused EP that would excite the serotonin in even the glummest of individuals. For the purposes of this Editor’s Pick, Bullet of Love is at the fore with its celestial synthesisers which could quite easily find a home smeared over a trippy Black Mirror episode. Kicking off with the EP’s self-titled number, Robertson establishes his music neurosis fastened to a 4/4 beat that fashions a floodlit path straight to the dancefloor. As listeners lose their minds in Alien Nosejob’s intergalactic reconnoitring, Kraftwerk flashes before their eyes like rogue space junk. Such shrapnel is advisory not caustic however, cushioning much of the Bullet of Love blueprint.
BY JAMES ROBERTSON
BY TOBIAS HANDKE
BY TOM PARKER
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Gig Guide
FEATURED GIGS
Amie Grisold COMPASS PIZZA
Since beginning her career, Victoria-based Amie Grisold has performed at festivals alongside the likes of The Northern Folk and Sal Kimber and her music has taken her to Melbourne institutions The Evelyn and The Workers Club. Known for her original folk-style and poetic lyricism, Grisold’s show is one not to be missed. It’s happening from 8pm on Wednesday April 10 at Compass Pizza. Entry is free.
B R Dalton WESLEY ANNE
B R Dalton crafts heart-warming folk songs dosed with poignant lyrics and Irish influenced melodies. Born in Dublin Ireland, Dalton’s music dives into heartache, immigration and Irish/ Australian history. Catch his mesmeric performance from 8pm at Wesley Anne on Thursday April 11. Tickets are $15 a pop.
Wednesday 10 Apr
Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $34.70.
Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm.
OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bergy Seltzer, Brunswick.
Collingwood. 7pm. $10.
ORDINARY ELEPHANT + DAN PARSONS Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East.
NICHAUD FITZGIBBON + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET Water Rat Hotel,
RHIANNON SIMPSON Drunken Poet, West
NO REGRETS - THE EDITH PIAF STORY
THE GRUBBY URCHINS The Brothers Public
ONCE UPON A DREAM CELEBRATING DISNEY - FEAT: THE EMILIA QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,
1000MODS + KING OF THE NORTH + DEVIL ELECTRIC + PEELING SUN Tote DZ DEATHRAYS + MOANING LISA Sooki FOOL CHILD + RACH BRENNAN & THE PINES + TESS GUTHRIE Gasometer Hotel, GIRL GERMS + PARTY PEST Espy, St Kilda.
8pm.
ME CHANNEL + HOTS + LVIV Gasometer
Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5.
SCAB BABY + TRUCKS + CAKEFIGHT + DIRTY JUICE BOY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7pm. $10. SHAMESY + DAVID O'CONNOR + AUSTRALIANA? Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. SPRUNG BAD + CLEAN CUT SOCIETY + THREADS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS + BAD BANGS + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.
Theatre, St Kilda. 8pm. $79.90.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
The Montgomery Brothers, comprising Warrigo Tyrrell, Maru Elias Nitor-Zammataro and Ryo Montgomery, are set to light up Bar 303 with their rapturous vibe. Barely in their 20s, the fiercely talented trio possess a distinct sound with their take on Latinjazz, blues, soul and rock’n’roll. It’s happening on Thursday April 11 from 8pm. Free entry.
Rhyley McGrath CHARLES WESTON
Rhyley McGrath is returning to Melbourne this Thursday April 11 for a gig at Charles Weston. McGrath, a talented Bendigobased musician, has garnered praise while winning fans across Victoria with his sound. He will be playing a solo acoustic mix of blues, funk and soul. It all kicks off at 6.30pm, entry is free.
Rocky and the Two Bob Millionaires FAD GALLERY
The Rock himself Mr Rocky Dabscheck and The Two Bob Millionaires are hitting up Fad Gallery this Thursday April 11. The band are known for their damn fine tunes combining a mix of rock, folk and blues. So head on down to one of the city’s best bars from 7pm. Entry is free.
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8pm.
7pm. $20.
Melbourne. 8pm.
House, Fitzroy. 8pm.
WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury.
7pm.
Thursday 11 Apr
Brunswick. 8:30pm.
JAZZ BAZAAR - FEAT: AUDREY POWNE + MORE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd.
8pm.
JAZZ LATIN TRIO Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. JOE CHINDAMO TRIO The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $25.
SUITCASE - WORLD MUSIC SOIRÉE - FEAT: JULIAN SCHEFFER Open Studio,
Northcote. 8pm.
THE ANDY SUGG GROUP Bird's Basement,
Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29.
THE DAIMON BRUNTON QUINTET Paris
Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $20.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights 8:30pm. $5.
KASSETTE - FEAT: MZRIZK + SLIPPERY SLOPES + KAM + RUDI Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
NEW KIDS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
POSTAL - FEAT: POST PERCY + DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
Hip Hop & R&B
7pm. $15.30.
BIG MOIST & THE SMOKING DURRIES + MONA BAY + LE PINE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
8pm. $10.
CANDY + COOL SOUNDS + LVIV Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.
CREEPY FLAVOUR + FUZZ MEADOWS + DEZ Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. GOLDEN HARVEST - FEAT: HANNAH KATE + BONES & JONES + JULIAN TUSS + APOLLO HOUSE Bar Open, Fitzroy.
7:30pm. $13.30.
IN OAKLEIGH TONIGHT - FEAT: JON VON GOES + ROSS WILSON + MARITA DYSON + MORE Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7:30pm. $25.
IVY STREEP + EARL GREY'S BREAKFAST TEA + THE FLORETS + LAZY SIDEKICK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. LOST ARTS + THE STOKERS + DAY DREAMERS Young Street Supper Club, Frankston.
7pm.
MAGPIE + MOODY BEACHES + LOVEBONER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. MARTIKA + NIINE Toff In Town, Melbourne
Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.48.
MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.
MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
MUDSHAKER + BLOODY AZTEC + TEMPLE IN THE SKY + CRUST Bendigo RAI THISTLETHWAYTE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29.
9pm. $25.
ROCKY & THE TWO BOB MILLIONAIRES Fad Gallery, Melbourne Cbd.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk
SCAB BABY + FUZZSUCKER + BAD TASTE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North
AMIE GRISOLD Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm.
BLUES JAM - FEAT: JIMI COELLI + VARIOUS ARTISTS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm.
Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.
RAT CHILD + KONG SONG Penny Black,
Brunswick. 9pm.
RUBY PAGE & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO + NANE PAGE Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. 6:30pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
SAFE N' SEXY PARTY - FEAT: MORNING MAXWELL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.
South Melbourne. 7pm.
AQUILA YOUNG + LILY BUDIASA + ALEX MOSES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
$5.
ANTIPHON + NOODLECHILD + IKEY + HORATIO + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
Brunswick. 8:30pm.
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
$15.
GEOFF HUGHES TRIO Brunswick Green,
BOOGIE FUNK THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ RITA SCRATCH Pause Bar, Balaclava. 7pm. DE LYRIUM Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. EMMA GILMARTIN TRIO Brunswick Green,
AARON SCHEMBRI BAND + JIMI HOCKING Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. ANDRE WARHURST + MORE Labour In
Howler, Brunswick. 8pm.
Northcote. 7:30pm.
Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
ART OF FIGHTING + LEO MULLINS
ENTROPY QUARTET + MOTIV 303,
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO
TEKWANI + CLANDESTINO + MORE
Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
BAR 303
Williamstown. 8:30pm.
Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.
ADE ISHS TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
The Montgomery Brothers
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
MUDDY'S BLUES ROULETTE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $5. OPEN MIC NIGHT Customs House Hotel,
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – A TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON Palais
The Montgomery Brothers
MICHAEL CHARLES Pistol Pete's Food N Blues,
Geelong. 8:30pm.
9pm.
Melbourne. 8pm. $10.
SONS OF THE EAST + THE ZILZIES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $34.70.
SUN TRAITORS + BLACK TEMPLE + FLYING SAUCER TERROR Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
GEORGIA GORDON + DAVID COSMA DUO Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm. LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: THE OCELOTS + ENDA KENNY + DEAN & CARRUTHERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
SWIM TEAM + BABY BLUE Espy, St Kilda.
MANDY CONNELL Drunken Poet, West
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
MELBOURNE'S BIGGEST OPEN MIC NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm.
$30.
8pm.
THE EMPTY THREATS + THE OH BALTERS + MAC SPRINGS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5.
8pm.
THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS
Melbourne. 9pm.
TRENT BELL Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm.
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm.
THE JACK EARLE TRIO The Jazzlab, THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
CACARTU + DJ REALLYNICEDAD Retreat
Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
GUERNS - FEAT: PRESIDENT PRESS + BIG MAC + FOSTA + KIEREN BONANNO + STICKS + TERMINUS + POM New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. JUNGLE BOOGIE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. MATTER - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 7pm.
MELL HALL + WELSHY + JAVI MORELY + ANYO + BEN LAWRENCE + YANNI ARSENAKIS + MORE Onesixone, Prahran. 8pm. THE KAYROY LIVE EXPERIENCE + FABRIAN ARUNA + MOSES CARR + LORI Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10. THE VINYL FRONTIER - FEAT: GSM + COLETTE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
Hip Hop & R&B HOUSE PARTY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.
LAUNDRY THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10pm. LETS VIBE LIVE MUSIC - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS Little
Jax, Melbourne. 7pm.
LILAC SWINE + PETE SUMMIT + ZEPHYRR GREENE + ARK-A + YUGEN 9000 + BYRD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5. RENDEZVOUS - FEAT: YKM DJS + VARIOUS ARTISTS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd.
8pm.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS - FOREIGN BROTHERS TAKEOVER - FEAT: DANNY OSX + THE JUSTICE SISTERS + WALLA C + KROWN + ANYA Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
UMAMI - FEAT: DJ GORGEOUS + KÖDA + CACHE ONE + SAL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10pm. $10.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk ALANA JAGT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
9pm.
B R DALTON Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $15. BLUES ARCADIA Hume Blues Club (shake
Shack), Coburg. 7:30pm.
GEORGIA KNIGHT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.
GERRY HALE The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy.
8pm.
JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
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MIKE ELRINGTON Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8pm.
NANCY COLE + MARIAH MCCARTHY Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm.
NATASHA JOHANNA + AMARINA WATERS Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm. RHYLEY MCGRATH Charles Weston Hotel,
Brunswick. 6:30pm.
RHYTHM X REVIVAL Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 9pm.
RORY MCLEOD + CHARM OF FINCHES Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7pm. $25. ROWAN PATTISON Wesley Anne, Northcote.
6pm.
SHANTILY CLAD + RARE CHILD Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS 303, Northcote. 8pm.
Friday 12 Apr Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers A MAN CALLED SON + MOONLIGHT BROADCAST + THE CORNERSMITHS Red Betty, Brunswick. 8pm.
ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow,
Melbourne. 11pm.
AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. BITUMEN + SYNTHETICS + CRASH MATERIAL + HOSPITAL PASS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $8.
BLYOLK + MINORFAUNA + YOLLKS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10.
CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. CRASH The New Yorker (lilydale), Lilydale. 7pm. ELTON JOHN EXPERIENCE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $25.
FILTHY LUCRE + DEATHBEAT + TWO HEADED DOG Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 6pm. $12.
GIVE ME SPACE - FEAT: DOUZEY + CHEEKY VELVET + MADI LEEDS Last
Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10.
GOOD BOY + THE VACANT SMILES + NAT VAZER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $23.50. HEIST FEST 2019 - FEAT: SUPERHEIST + FROM CRISIS TO COLLAPSE + 36 CRAZYFISTS + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $45.
HIDEOUS SUN DEMON + CLAWS & ORGANS + SCAB BABY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $10.
HOUSEHATS + TRAM COPS + JUNGLE BREED + YES YES WHATEVER Old Bar,
Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15.
LIFE PILOT + ANTICLINE + THE ORPHAN + MUNT Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 7pm. $10.
LITHIUM - THE OZ NIRVANA SHOW + ZACHARY LEO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $25.
MATT CORBY + BLESSED + ELLIOTT Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $91.55.
MONTAGUE + MANTELL + PAT COYLE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $10.
MONTAIGNE + EILISH GILLIGAN + HANDSOME Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. MOTOR ACE + RYA PARK + EMILEE SOUTH 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. PATRICK JAMES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9pm.
$22.45.
POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town,
Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
RABBIT ISLAND + JAALA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 5pm.
RHYSICS + PERLINKI Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy
North. 8:30pm.
ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $32.
SHAMELESS DUO Quarry Hotel, Brunswick
East. 9:30pm.
SHIVOOSTOCK - FEAT: RVG + EMPAT LIMA + HACHIKU + AUSMUTEANTS + JUNE JONES + PORPOISE SPIT + RACERAGE + MORE Caringal Scout Camp, Caringal. 10:00am. $225.
SIGNAL CHAIN + THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + RACHAEL MCARTHUR Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 9pm. SPITFIRE LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT: RATHAMMOCK + THE BENNIES +
VARIOUS DJS + MORE Stay Gold, Brunswick.
Hip Hop & R&B
STARS Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7pm. $49. STEPHEN CUMMINGS + DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY Memo Music Hall, St
AFTER HOURS - FEAT: MELO FELO + DJ SPELL Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. FUCWORTH RECORDS - FEAT: CHROMEPALMS + SEVLASNOG + GINE + DADDY HOT SAUCE + BRODIE HAYWARD Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15. HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. KERSER Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8pm. LAUNDRY FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. MELODOWNZ + NOBLE NATIVEZ Penny
Rhythm X Revival
NEXT EPISODE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS
SWAMPLANDS
6pm.
Kilda. 7:30pm. $30.
STRINGS & SKINS - FEAT: RED SEA + NABERUS + BLACK ALPINE + EAT THE DAMN ORANGE + VACANT IMAGE + KILAMAINE + ANKL + STONETHROAT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15.
TEX PERKINS & THE FAT RUBBER BAND Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. $38. THE COLBY’S + IV DANTE 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $8.
THE DAGGAR Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,
North Melbourne. 4pm.
THE DROP BEARS + THE TARANTINOS Espy, St Kilda. 9pm.
THE GALAXY FOLK + THE BARBS Labour
In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.
THE MEAN TIMES + GONE SWIMMING + BIG LEAGUE + DENTAL PLAN + DJ DAN ATTARD Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 7pm. THE ONE TWOS + POSTMAN KILLED MY SCOOTER + WISHFUL CREATURES Young Street Supper Club, Frankston. 8pm. $5.
VACATIONS + DENISE LE MENICE + SINCLAIRE Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15. VIC PARK + SLOWCOACHING Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $12.
VICUNA COAT (DUO) Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights A SPACE DISCO ODYSSEY - FEAT: JIMBO JONES + D WORD + DJ CHERUB Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. AMBIE DEXTRUS Fox Hotel (collingwood), Collingwood. 8pm.
Black, Brunswick. 8pm.
Little Jax, Melbourne. 6pm.
RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music CHELSEA WILSON + DJ BLABERUNNER + EMILIA + AU DRE Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $25.
CHINA BEACH + THE MAMAS + ELLE SHIMADA BAND Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $10. DJ THE KNAVE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. DJ THE KNAVE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:30pm. FREE SPIRITS WITH BOB SEDERGREEN Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
IN OUR OWN WORDS - LEONARD COHEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.
JAM THE FUNK Rah Bar, South Yarra. 7pm. $23. JOYING Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. LOS CABRONES Bird's Basement, Melbourne.
7:45pm. $29.
MERINDA DIAS-JAYASINHA QUINTET
BLACK JOSH + FRAKSHA + PANG PRODUCTIONS + HI-TRAX + CONTEXT + MELODY MYLA + U-WISH + DECKTEKTIVE Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 8pm.
The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd.
Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 10pm.
$20.
4pm.
CLOSET - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Gasometer
Hotel, Collingwood. 10pm. $10.
DJ KEV FROM MELB Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm.
FABJAN ACID HEART + WILBER CABBAGE The B.east, Brunswick East. 8pm. FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
FRIDAYS - FEAT: AYNA + FALO + HARLEY JAMES + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + CITIZEN.COM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
LOSUMO Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. ORGANIC AUDIO - FEAT: MUSKA + LUKE VECCHIO + JYDN Brown Alley,
Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $10.
ORIGINS OF ENTROPY - FEAT: SOURONE + EGOMORPH + EARTHBOUND + GLACIAL & PAKMAN + FOLDINGTIME Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15.
POP TILL YOU DROP - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. PSILOSIN + PHENOMENAL + RU-BIX + BLUEBONES + SCAREKROW + MORE 24 Moons, Northcote. 9pm.
NORAH JONES Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7pm. OPA BATO + LINSEY POLLAK Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.
PASKALIA + SAFFRON CONNECTION REVERSE SWING Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30.
ROMANES CANES + HELLO TUT TUT Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $15.
SAFARI MOTEL Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm. TAMARA KULDIN'S DIRTY MARTINI Paris
Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.
THANDO Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. $19.40. THE ALMA ZYGIER QUARTET Classic Southside, Elsternwick. 8pm. $25.
THE JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
THE STEVE GRANT QUARTET Compass
Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
THE STRING CONTINGENT Melbourne
Recital Centre, Southbank. 8pm. $30.
Acoustic/country/blues/ folk AUBREY MAHER & FRIENDS Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
BLACKFELLA/WHITEFELLA - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Merri Clan, Preston.
7:30pm.
BLUES ARCADIA + MIKE ELRINGTON The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7pm. $23.50.
CLAUDE HAY Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 7:30pm. $15. CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS Cafe
REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: WHO + DAN BECK + MIKE CALLANDER + JPA + EDDIE EXAMPLE + MORE Revolver
Gummo, Thornbury. 8:30pm.
SPENCER BROWN Platform One, Melbourne.
LOS TREMELEROS + DJ LADY BLADES
TOKYO LOVE HOTEL - FEAT: LICAXXX + ALEX R + EL GREY + VAN AFRIKA + SWEETLAND + MORE New Guernica,
MICHAEL CHARLES Emerald Rsl, Emerald. 7pm. MICHELLE GARDINER + THE DALTON GANG + DAVE MOORE + TERRY DEAN
Upstairs, Prahran. 6pm. 10pm. $20.
Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15.
TOUCH OF LOFT - FEAT: NATHANIEL GARRY + JAKE SMALL + KOOSCHA + JASMINE SPEERS + DJ KITI Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.
TRIPLE VISION - FEAT: MOTION CONTRAST + STEEZY-E + BREEZY + JAKE HUGHES Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. ¿CLUB D'ÉRANGE? - FEAT: REPTANT + MERVE + DAVE FERNANDES + SIMON TK Yours & Mine, Carlton. 11pm. $10.
GROOVE YARD The Moldy Fig, 9pm. JO MEARES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.
Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:30pm.
Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8pm. $10.
SHAUNA TONY AND CO The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm.
THE LACHY DOLEY GROUP Pistol Pete's Food N Blues, Geelong. 7pm. $25.
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.
TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.
Z-STAR Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7pm. $28.89. ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101, Maidstone.
7pm.
LOMOND HOTEL
Known for their rocking country blues, Rhythm X Revival are set to light up the Lomond Hotel. Rhythm X Revival combine soulful harmonies, infectious melodies, hypnoticly electric guitar licks and an animated rhythm section. Be sure to get there by 9pm on Thursday Aprill 11. It’s free.
Signal Chain Come on down to Swamplands this Thursday April 11 and catch Signal Chain as they release their debut EP. Known for their distinct guitar licks and captivating harmonies, the duo is set to impress. Signal Chains will also be joined by The Great Emu War Casualties and Rachael McArthur. Music kicks off at 8.30pm with free entry.
A Man Called Son RED BETTY
A Man Called Son is the brainchild of Simon Pearlman. Conceived in Brisbane as a songwriting project, Pearlman set about creating his own sound. Several EPs and two albums later, AMCS is still going strong. Head on down to Brunswick’s Red Betty on Friday April 12 from 8pm to catch his set alongside support-acts Jo Moonlight Broadcast and The Corner Smiths. No cost for this one.
Blackfella Whitefella THE MERRI CLAN
Each week this month The Merri Clan will be presenting a different line up of culturally diverse guest artists performing soulful originals and covers. These nights are all about community, storytelling and good music. Plus, it’s family friendly. Music kicks off from 7.30pm on Friday April 12. Free entry.
Shameless Duo QUARRY HOTEL
Shameless’ Jo and Matt are giving fans something a little different when they hit Quarry Hotel, performing as a duo as they journey through their favourite tunes of the past five years. Expect a buffet of covers ranging from AC/ DC and Dolly Parton to George Ezra and Lady Gaga. It’s happening from 9:30pm on Friday April 12, free entry.
Hari Sivanesan
BOX HILL COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
Hari Sivanesan, the veena player who has toured with the likes of Ravi Shankar and George Harrison drops into Box Hill Community Arts Centre to explore the South Indian classical concept within the classical and nonclassical. Be taken on a journey through generations and time on Friday April 12 at 8pm. Tickets are $12-$27 via The Boite website.
Ciaran Boyle
THE DRUNKEN POET
Melbourne-based singer-songwriter harking from Galway, Ireland, Ciaran Boyle’s music combines his Irish heritage with love for Australia – a perfect match for Melbourne’s favourite Irish pub. Catch Boyle’s set at the Drunken Poet from 3pm on Saturday April 13. Entry is free.
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The Stu Thomas Paradox EDINBURGH CASTLE
Stu Thomas has rocked the Australian music scene since his first band appeared in Perth back in 1979. Since then, Thomas has performed thousands of gigs across the globe. The frontman of The Stu Thomas Paradox is back at The Edinburgh Castle for one evening only on Saturday April 13. Doors are at 5pm with free entry.
Saturday 13 Apr
THE BELTERS + VOIDHOOD + LAUREN STEWART & THE LA LA LAS + MORE
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.
THE EAGLES STORY Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $26.05.
A TRIBUTE TO ERIC CLAPTON - FEAT: A HISTORY OF BLUES Memo Music Hall, St
Kilda. 7:30pm. $30.
BATHHOUSE + PTING Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. BRING ME THE HORIZON + YOU ME AT SIX + FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES + TROPHY EYES Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 6:30pm. $99.90.
CONCRETE SURFERS Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8pm. $43.28.
THE UV RACE + J.MCFARLANE’S REALITY GUEST + THE FACULTY Toff In
CUB SPORT + WAFIA + TWO PEOPLE CULT LEADER + LO! + NO HAVEN + DIPLOID Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $34.70. EL TEE + MADAME SLEDGE + SHELBY DE FAZIO Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
Abbotsford. 8pm. $8.
FILTHY LUCRE + KAMIKAZE NIGHTS + H-ZED Young Street Supper Club, Frankston. 8pm. $12.
JOHN CURTIN HOTEL
South Sudanese icon and up-andcoming musician, Gordon Koang, will be lighting up John Curtin Hotel to launch his latest single and first since arriving in Australia. Koang is part of Music in Exile – a not-for-profit initiative aimed at showcasing the wealth of talent that exists in Australia’s refugee and migrant communities. Come along and show your support this Saturday April 13. Tickets are $12 with music kicking off at 8pm.
Surround Sound
SOUTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
Featuring Timothy Young, Peter Neville, Speak Percussion and ANAM Musicians, Surround Sound will journey through the works of Bartók, Stravinsky, Reich and Xenakis. Highlighting the contemporary visions of the compositions, this sonic exploration is set to mesmerise. It’s happening at South Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday April 13. For tickets and more information, head to the ANAM website.
Geoff Achison ROYAL OAK
Geoff Achison returns to the Royal Oak with his popular acoustic performance. Achison’s originals blend a variety of blues, soul and folk. His shows also include fascinating stories and anecdotes that have led him from shy country kid to international touring artist. Head down from 4pm on Sunday April 14. Entry won’t cost you a cent.
Sunday Sessions BENZINA CANTINA
Margaritas, Mexican fare and DJs – what more could you want from a Sunday sesh? Benzina Cantina have the lot, so you can have your tacos and tequila with a side of tunes. It all kicks off from 1pm on Sunday April 14, meaning you can have a sneaky afternoon drink or settle in for the night. Entry is free.
FRONTSIDE BACKSIDES + YOU LEGENDS + LITTLE ELIZABETH (DJ SET) Red Betty, Brunswick. 7pm. HEIST FEST 2019 - FEAT: SUPERHEIST + FROM CRISIS TO COLLAPSE + 36 CRAZYFISTS + MORE Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8pm. $50.
HOBSONS BAY COAST GUARD + PERLINKI + CULT OF THE PSYCHIC SUNFLOWER Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. HOLY SERPENT + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + THE BLACK HEART DEATH CULT Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.
HYPNO SEX RAY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm. JAY SANTILLI + GABRIEL VARGAS + TASHA AMOROSO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
7:30pm. $10.
LA LA LOCAL - FEAT: ARCHER + BOLER MANI + SAMIAM Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. LAGERSTEIN + BARBARION + GREAT LEAP SKYWARD Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $20. LOCO HOMBRES Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. LOS TREMOLEROS + THE SURF THANG Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm. $10.
LUCKY 13TH + DEMONHEAD + ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD + KATANA CARTEL + ION DRIVE + ENTER 6 + MORE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. $15. MAC SPRINGS + TIM WOODZ Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.
ONE TRICK PONY - THE SONGS OF PAUL SIMON Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East.
Castle, Brunswick. 5pm.
Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.
Melbourne Cbd. 11:30am.
ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9pm. $40.39.
SHAKERFAKER Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. SHIPS PIANO + LOU DAVIES + FLOODLIGHTS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.
SHIVOOSTOCK - FEAT: RVG + EMPAT LIMA + HACHIKU + AUSMUTEANTS + JUNE JONES + PORPOISE SPIT + RACERAGE + MORE Caringal Scout Camp, Caringal. 12:00am. $225.
SHORTLIST - FEAT: THE NEW DREGS + TAMARA & THE DREAMS + SQUID DOCTORS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $10. SLOW GRIND 80S - FEAT: JEREMY SPELLACEY + MZRISK + GENEVIEVE CALLAGHAN + SNEAKY SALLY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10pm. $13.30.
SORDID ORDEAL + DEAR THIEVES + THE PLEATS The B.east, Brunswick East. 7pm. TEAM LOVE + TERESA DUFFY RICHARDS + BOB HARROW BAND + ARCHER DEPTHLESS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
HORSE PLAY - FEAT: MR. MANIFOLD & THE RESOLUTION + B-SYDE + THE SUBSTANCE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10.
JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm.
Co., Southbank. 10pm. $20.
Studios, Footscray. 5pm. $15.
Rock, Brunswick. 7pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music AGOBLOCO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. AKSUNA + KAESIS The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 6pm. $25.
AUDREY POWNE & FRIENDS The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
BAD BOYS BATUCADA Night Cat, Fitzroy.
9pm. $5.
BLUES ARCADIA + CHARLIE BEDFORD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $19.40.
CANNONBALL (WITH FEM BELLING) - FEAT: CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.
CHIBCHA Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 10pm. COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS Greville Records, Prahran. 11:00am.
DAEMOS GRIFFIN & THE FRINGE DWELLERS The Merri Clan, Preston. 8pm. DJ JAY STRIDE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
9pm.
DR HERNANDEZ Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm.
EMMA PASK Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm.
$29.
GORDON KOANG + AMADOU SUSO + ALLYSHA JOY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm.
LADIDA BASEMENT - FEAT: JOEL FLETCHER + SHORT ROUND La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.
LASER HIGHWAY - FEAT: SHIV-R + LOBOTOMY + NEIL ORCHARD + ZEROTONINE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. MADDY MAC Fox Hotel (collingwood),
Collingwood. 8pm.
MORE FIRE 18TH BIRTHDAY BASH - FEAT: JESSE I + RAS CRUCIAL + GIANNI DI SPECIALIST + TROUBLEMEKKA + JOE DUBS + QUASHANI BAHD Woody's Attic Dive,
Collingwood. 10pm. $15.
MYTHOLOGY - FEAT: LOGIC1000 + COP ENVY + COMMON ROMANCE + DJ SARAH + POST PERCY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
PAWN SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 8pm. PROTECHNO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS 24 Moons, Northcote. 10pm. REV LOVER - FEAT: CALLUM PADGHAM + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5pm. $10.
SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. SKIN ON SKIN - FEAT: FI IN 3D + DJ WEIRD + SCDD DJS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. $10.
$12.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION - FEAT: CARLUA + HDSNJMSJR + HORATIO LUNA + SUPER JIM Z + SALVADOR DARLING + KUFATALI Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. SNACK ATTACK (WITH DJ 2P) Elephant &
Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: SPACEY SPACE + SOOKI SATURDAYS RESIDENT DJS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 5pm. $15. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: RANSOM + TEE DUBYA + LOTUS MOONCHILD + JIMMY LE MAC + MORE Revolver Upstairs,
HEADPHONES JONES + BELLY SAVALAS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. JACKIE BORNSTEIN + KATHLEEN HALLORAN Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $10. LILLIAN ALBAZI QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, MADISON JAMES SMITH ENSEMBLE Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 6pm.
5pm.
RECORD STORE DAY - FEAT: DEBORAH CONWAY & WILLY ZYGIER + MICK THOMAS' THE ROVING COMMISSION + TRACY MCNEIL & BAND + FOOT + MORE Basement Discs,
Collingwood. 3pm. $15.
WHOOPIE CAT + THE DESERT SEA + A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS + SWAMP MOTH + DJ SPEEDING BEAUTY Bombay
TEYMORI Night Cat, Fitzroy. 11:30pm. $5. THE COPE STREET PARADE Paris Cat Jazz
PREHISTORIC DOUCHE + SHIT TATTS + UDDER UBDUCTEES Tote Hotel, Collingwood.
10pm. $15.
GARDEN OF EDEN - FEAT: PELICAN VILLA + RED MOON + CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS + MELBOURNE DANCE MUSIC ACADEMY Gasometer Hotel,
JESSE JAMES + LACHIE LE GRAND + JACK PYPER + TRIKKI + KAYLA BRUNO
Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
PLOTZ + DARK FAIR + STEVE TYSSEN
DOC SCOTT + DLR + SAFIRE + INKA + SKIRMISH Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 7pm. $20. EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: FRANCESCO CASTELLI + ASCALOON + MATTEO FREYRIE + CHRISS MATTO + ANDREA GUADALUPI New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd.
VISIONER + EARTHBØUND + CHASING THE VOID + HOLLOW HAVEN Wrangler
SOUTHSIDE SOUL - FEAT: DJ LADY SOUL + GAIL & MICK SMITH + RONAN HAMILL + DJ HEATA Two Brothers Brewery,
8pm. $27.
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8pm.
THE STU THOMAS PARADOX Edinburgh
FALCONIO + MESS + DYADON Yarra Hotel,
Gordon Koang
Brunswick. 2:30pm. $22.
2:00am.
$10.
Gordon Koang
THE GURDIES + TUG + UNCLE BEN'S LAST WORDS Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. THE MELBOURNE HEAVY 10 - FEAT: DREADNAUGHT + FRANKENBOK + DELLACOMA + ENVENOMED + BLACK AGES + ESPIONAGE + MORE Stay Gold,
Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.
Moorabbin. 7:30pm. $10.
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.
THE COPE STREET PARADE + EAMON MCNELIS + GRANT ARTHUR Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.
THE JACKSON FOUR Jasper's Jazz Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. $20.
THE MELBOURNE LAWYERS' BIG BAND The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7pm. $28.60. THE ROOKIES The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11pm. THE SHUFFLE CLUB Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
THE STEVE BARRY TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
THE TONY GOULD QUARTET Classic
Southside, Elsternwick. 8pm. $25.
TOMBOLO + KEE'AHN + PIA NESAVARA Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10. TRIO AGOGO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. VAUDEVILLE SMASH + RUSSIA + THE RUN + SEX ON TOAST DJS Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $24.19.
VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD JAZZ - FEAT: CATHRINE SUMMERS Caulfield Rsl,
Elsternwick . 8:30pm. $39.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights BASEMENT JAXX & THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA Margaret
Court Arena, Melbourne. 8pm. $79.
CODE - FEAT: TRAVLOS + SHORT ROUND + RYAN HAYNES + MORE Royal
Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10pm.
Prahran. 7pm.
TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.
UNICORNS - FEAT: NIKKI DARLING + KOZO KOMATSUBARA + DJ MEGAN BONES + INDICIA + SHINOBI + DJ GAY DAD + MORE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8pm.
Hip Hop & R&B ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Co., Southbank. 9pm. HEAR FOOTSCRAY #2 - FEAT: MELODOWNZ + LANEOUS + RARE ZULU + GOOD LUCK OMEN + DJ LADY ERICA Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray. 8pm. $15.
KERSER (UNDER 17 SHOW) Prince
Bandroom, St Kilda. 12pm. $60.20.
KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.
LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. RECORD STORE DAY AFTER PARTY - FEAT: HEADLINES + GUT CUTTAZ + NEHI & BEN BINARY + ODDSOX + MONO + TOMMY CHONG + TEEPZ & DJ DEKTEKTIVE 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10. RINI + JSPA + R.L. KING + BAZ KAYBEE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.
YOUR GIRL PHO Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm.
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AL MATCOTT + ALI DUGUID Retreat Hotel,
THE RED BOIZ Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6pm. WAY SHIT + THE BELAFONTES + TENDER BUTTONS + NIWA Tote Hotel,
Brunswick. 3pm.
ANDREW SWANN Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
CHARLES JENKINS & DAVID ANDREW MILNE Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5pm. CHARLEY PRIDE + BEVAN GARDINER & GEORGIE DANIELL Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $96.80.
CIARAN BOYLE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3pm.
CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote. 3pm.
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
Collingwood. 5pm.
WHOOPIE CAT + THE DESERT SEA + MORE Young Street Supper Club, Frankston. 7pm. ZACH SCHNEIDER + SECRECT ACT Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
DUNCAN PHILLIPS & THE LONG STAND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. GEORGIA GORDON Charles Weston Hotel,
Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm.
MICK THOMAS + ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES + NICK BARKER'S HEARTACHE STATE Corner Hotel, Richmond.
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Brunswick. 6:30pm.
8pm. $30.
PAT MCKERNAN The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 9pm.
ROOTS COMBO + BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 3:30pm.
SEAN MCMAHON Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $18.
Sunday 14 Apr House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights A DAY AT THE YARRA - FEAT: MARKET MEMORIES + TIGERFUNK + NICK ROSS + SLINGSBY BROTHERS Yarra Hotel,
Abbotsford. 2pm. $23.
DAYDREAMS - FEAT: MARKFREE.DJ + MAXWELL S Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 12pm. DJ JESSE I Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. THE ISLAND - FEAT: KASE GWADA + DIDIER DOUCE + SE LEKTAH Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 4pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers ALLEN STONE + LOUIS BAKER Corner
Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $66.40.
CASCADE BLOOM + HANNAH WILSON + THE ELDOODS Workers Club,
Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.
CHECK YOUR MIRRORS + LLFALFA + PINKWOOL PRESS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. FANDANGO - ZZ TOP TRIBUTE BAND Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5pm.
FLOGGING MOLLY The Croxton, Thornbury.
8pm. $76.50.
HUGH MCGINLAY The Merri Clan, Preston. 5pm.
JESSICA MAUBOY + BILLY DAVIS & THE GOOD LORDS Espy, St Kilda. 7pm. $50. KOTA + EDIT THE EMPIRE + ZAK FLEISHER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. LEO SAYER Bunjil Place, Narre Warren. 8pm.
$83.45.
ANITA LEVY & NICK WATSON Wesley AUSECUMA BEATS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm.
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $35.
FORRÓ Open Studio, Northcote. 12pm. $8. NEW FLAMENCO PROJECT + NATALIE Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm.
PEPPERCORN JAZZ BAND Open Studio,
PHIL CEBERANO & BIGFOOT Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm.
PRECISION AUTO + AFFECTION + SHOPTALK Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. ROY & THE 60S & 70'S EXPERIENCE Musicland, Fawkner. 1:30pm. $10.
RUBY GILL + LISA CARUSO Some Velvet
RUBY PAGE QUINTET Royal Brighton Yacht Club, Middle Brighton . 1pm.
RUMBEROS Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. SPEAKEASY JAZZ JAM - FEAT: ADAM RUDEGEAIR & HIS HOUSE BAND Red
Betty, Brunswick. 6pm.
STEVE BARRY TRIO The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
SUNDAY JAM - FEAT: BARTON FINK HOUSE BAND Barton Fink, Thornbury. 5pm. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar,
Balaclava. 4:30pm.
THE CHRIS MAUNDERS TRIO Brunswick
Green, Brunswick. 7pm. $5.
THE LAIRD PROJECT & FRIENDS Classic
Southside, Elsternwick. 5pm. $15.
THE PARIS CAT BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.
THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA Spotted
Mallard, Brunswick. 4pm.
Hip Hop & R&B PAPITHBK Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2pm. $30. PAPITHBK Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $30.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk
Northcote. 8pm.
AMADOU SUSO Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 8pm. ANDREA KELLER’S SOLO/DUO + STEPHEN MAGNUSSON The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
DIVAS - PAST TO PRESENT - FEAT: ALINTA CHIDZEY & THE JAZZ EMPERORS Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne),
Southbank. 11:00am. $22.
DIVAS - PAST TO PRESENT - FEAT: ALINTA CHIDZEY & THE JAZZ EMPERORS Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), PIANO ATMOSFERIX Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.
6:30pm. $35.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights DRUM N BASS MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Radio Bar, Fitzroy. 6pm. STRUGGLE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky
Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
VARIOUS DJS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers LISA MILLER & SHANE O'MARA Retreat
Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: SPIKE VINCENT + PAINTED ANGELS + DENISE LE MENISE + RED HERRING Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm.
NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3.
FANTASTIC NEGRITO + SHAUN KIRK
Williamstown. 2pm.
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $60.
Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 5pm.
JOSH HOOKE + HANNAH MCKITTRICK Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $5. KEB’ MO’ Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm.
LATITUDE 37 Melbourne Recital Centre,
DYLAN GUY PINKERTON Charles Weston
East. 3pm.
Lounge, Belgrave. 2pm.
IAN COLLARD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4pm.
JULES BOULT & FRIENDS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4pm.
KIERON MCDONALD COMBO Gem Bar,
Collingwood. 7:30pm.
MELBOURNE COMPOSERS' LEAGUE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2pm. $10.
MICHAEL CHARLES Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29.
MISS DEE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm. PRESIDENT ROOTS Union Hotel (brunswick), Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 3pm.
Caringal. 12:00am. $225.
303 YARRA BANKS JAM NIGHT 303,
BRAYDEN SIBBALD + ZAPED + ASH KENNEDY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm. CHRIS PICKERING Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm. DAN PURDY & THE STORMY SEAS
Brunswick East. 7pm.
SLEEPEASER + BELL PARK + THE NINTH DIMENSION + A NEW WAY HOME Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $10. THE BAUDELAIRES + SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE + HOOPER CRESCENT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2pm. THE BLUE HOTEL + CASSEL + SMALL
Jazz, soul, funk, latin & world music
Acoustic/country/blues/ folk
Brunswick. 5pm.
SHIVOOSTOCK - FEAT: RVG + EMPAT LIMA + HACHIKU + AUSMUTEANTS + JUNE JONES + PORPOISE SPIT + RACERAGE + MORE Caringal Scout Camp,
Monday 15 Apr
ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel,
Morning, Clifton Hill. 5pm.
SCAB BABY + GIRL GERMS The B.east,
VAN WALKER Union Hotel (brunswick),
Brunswick. 3:30pm.
THE MUSIC OF THE INCREDIBLES - FEAT: YOUTH BAND (WITH TOSHI CLINCH) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
HIDDEN IN THE HILLS - OPEN MIC Sooki
Fawkner. 5pm.
Centre, Southbank. 5pm.
Northcote. 8pm. $10.
MOMOKO ROSE + RADIO88 + HABER MOTOR ACE + RYA PARK + EMILEE SOUTH 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $50.10. OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland,
Brunswick. 4pm.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital
Southbank. 1:30pm. $22.
FRANK BELL + STARMAN DIVES + SHERRI PARRY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.
TWILIGHT IN TULSA Edinburgh Castle,
Northcote. 5:30pm.
ROBBIE MANN & THE PARLOUR SOCIAL + THE SLIPDIXIES Open Studio,
MAJOR BUMMER + LOS DOMINADOS + CAKEFIGHT + EASTBOUND BUZZ Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. $10.
Roots Music Club, Newport. 2pm. $25.
RUSSELL MARTIN + NATHAN BRAILEY SEAN SULLY + GABBY PAYNE + DOE EYES + DEL BOCA VISTA 303, Northcote. 7pm.
SUNDAY SINGALONG - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Brothers Public House,
Fitzroy. 6:30pm.
THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Lomond
Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
THE BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.
THE JACKSON LITE DUO The Craft & Co
Farm, Bangholme. 1pm.
THE LACHY DOLEY GROUP Way Out West
7:30pm. $85.
Southbank. 6pm. $39.
MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: GAVIN CHATELIER Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave. 10:00am. $16.
Tuesday 16 Apr Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BAILEY JUDD + JESS DELUCA + CONNOR BLACK-HARRY + RACHEL CADDY Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10. HAPPY AXE + JULIA JOHNSON + MECHANICAL PTERODACTYL Some
Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm.
THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES + PAPER TAPIR + CRANES AGAINST CLOUDS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - GEORGE HARRISON - FEAT: ADRIAN WHITEHEAD & SHANE O'MARA Drunken
Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights DUMPLINGS 'N' MASSAGE - FEAT: DJ MZRIZK Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. $15. IVY TRIP + JAYDEN MCGRATH + ANGE
UPCOMING GIGS FEATURED GIGS
LUKAS NELSON & THE PROMISE OF THE REAL The Corner April 17 THE MARCUS KING BAND Northcote Social Club April 17 NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS The Croxton April 17, 18 THE SABOTEURS Regent Theatre April 18 TEX PERKINS The Gasometer Hotel April 18 I’M WITH HER Melbourne Recital Centre April 18 TREVOR HALL The Corner April 18 CONSTANT MONGREL The Tote April 18 BLUESFEST ft Jack Johnson, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, more April 18-22 BOOGIE FESTIVAL April 19-21 TOUCH SENSITIVE 170 Russell Friday 19 CABLE TIES The Tote April 19 DAVID GRAY Palais Theatre April 19, 20 THE BENNIES Laneway Studios, Abbotsford April 20 NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE 170 Russell April 21 LATE NITE TUFF GUY Trak Lounge April 21 SHOGUN AND THE SHEETS The Tote April 21 A. SWAYZE & THE GHOSTS Yah Yah’s April 21 IGGY POP Festival Hall April 21 KURT VILE The Forum April 22, The Croxton April 24 ARLO GUTHRIE Melbourne Recital Centre April 23 SHAKEY GRAVES The Corner April 23 COLIN HAY Melbourne Arts Centre, Playhouse April 23 SLEEP TALK The Gasometer April 24 LARKIN POE Howler April 24 THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS The Corner April 24 GARY CLARK JR. The Forum April 24 MONEY FOR ROPE The Gasometer April 24 MIDDLE KIDS 170 Russell April 24, 25 APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY The Gasometer April 25 MESA COSA The Espy April 25 HOZIER AND DIDIRRI Palais Theatre April 25, 26 GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC The Forum April 25 (photo only) VINTAGE TROUBLE The Corner April 25 SNARKY PUPPY The Forum April 26 VULGARGRAD The Corner April 26 JACK LADDER Northcote Social Club April 26 THORNHILL Northcote Social Club April 27 RAY LAMONTAGNE Palais Theatre April 27, 28 COUSIN TONY’S BRAND NEW FIREBIRD Corner Hotel April 27 JUNGLE The Forum April 28 POST MALONE Rod Laver Arena April 30 NICK MURPHY FKA CHET FAKER The Forum May 1 HUMAN NATURE Margaret BEAT.COM.AU 45
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