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Here we stand at the foothill of Melbourne’s creative behemoth. As bandrooms are being battered, theatres are being enriched and comedy clubs filled with jest. Entertainment stems from the art but spreads like wildfire into food and drink and the appetite to party and prolong the night. Beat Magazine’s lucky to be atop that juggernaut and tell the stories how musicians, artists and our loyal readers deserve them to be told. This, our first fortnightly edition, mightn’t be our most radical or triumphant but it’s sure to be one of our most expressive and wide-reaching. The magazine just got bigger and so did the freedom to look further and fossick deeper. And there you have it – a dedicated page for our ever-hungry son Beat Eats alongside more gig guide, more native editorial and a larger Arts Guide than ever before. This is just the beginning of the next chapter that will also coincide with the launch of a new website making our online platform more functional than ever before. For 1673, we are privileged to have Ceres on the cover who have just celebrated the release of their third album, We Are a Team, which they will be launching at The Corner Hotel on Friday May 17. Alongside that, we’ve dug into the archives and come up with some of the most memorable Beat Magazines from our history as well as some searching interviews with the likes of Stonnington Jazz Festival artistic director, Chelsea Wilson, Archie Roach, Nick Murphy and more. Let’s party.
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Low Light, Queenscliff RETURNS FOR 2019 Bringing together local arts, music, literature, film and culinary talents, Low Light, Queenscliff, is back for its second instalment as a twomonth celebration of the senses this May and June. The eclectic and immersive experience transforms the street and shop fronts of Queenscliff and Port Lonsdale with an array of lights, guiding locals and guests as they explore the night. Events listed on the program include whiskey and gin masterclasses, the Bellarine Lighthouse Film Festival, a conversation between cartoonists Michael Leuing and Jim Pavlidis, SacredEdge Festival (headlined by Mojo and Sailboat) and many more. Low Light will be running from Friday May 3 to Sunday June 30, for more information and details about the program, head to their website.
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Pete Lyrebird will make you fly away with his new EP Pair of Rogues. The EP explores the plight of individuals obsessed by sublime delusions. Pete Lyrebird will perform Pair of Rogues at Cafe Gummo and The Old Bar this month. Supported by special guests at all shows, his performances are sure to be engaging forays into experimental folk music. Did we mention The Old Bar show is free? Lyrebird will perform at Cafe Gummo on Friday May 3 and at The Old Bar on Sundays May 12 and 19. Tickets are available via trybooking.
Melbourne post-punks Bench Press have announced their upcoming album, Not The Past, Can’t Be The Future, out Friday June 28. They’ve also booked a chunky tour to celebrate its release. Refining their sound, but still maintaining some of their signature frantic aggression, the upcoming album explores negative attitudes that frontman Jack Stavrakis has observed within himself and the wider community. Bench Press will be performing at the Northcote Social Club on Friday August 9, tickets are available through the venue’s website.
Adelaide alternative outfit Sleep Talk have just dropped their epic new track ‘The Sun’ today before they unleash their debut album Everything In Colour on Friday. In what is one of their most profound narratives yet, ‘The Sun’ details the desperate feeling of clinging onto a relationship. The track perfectly sums up the intriguing emotional rollercoaster that looms with their debut LP. Having just wrapped up their headline tour, Sleep Talk support Hellions at Max Watt’s on Saturday May 11 (sold out) and Ocean Grove at Howler on Thursday May 23 (sold out).
Purveyors of techno, house, art and nightlife Arteq Productions are celebrating their fourth birthday with a 17-hour long party boasting a lineup of world class DJs. German deep house master Florian Kruse, UK techno and house mastermind Mark Broom and Egyptian born, Barcelona-based king of dance Raxon will transform Docklands’ Shed 9 into a dance extravaganza before moving things over to The Bottom End for an after-party that’ll be pumping until 6am. It’s happening on Saturday May 25. Tickets are available via Eventbrite and cover both parties.
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Cherry Bar ANNOUNCES REOPENING Following their month-long farewell party in March, Cherry Bar was set to relocate across the CBD and open at their new location four weeks later. However, some technical issues quickly got in the way, leading the bar to reopen at its original location at AC/DC Lane while they wait for those issues to be resolved. Cherry Bar stated that it’s “embarrassing to not let local bands play at Cherry when we’re paying rent and the bar is just sitting there waiting to be used.” It’s not known for how long Cherry will remain open at their AC/DC Lane location, but they’ll be throwing a reopening party on Friday May 3. More information is available through Cherry’s Facebook page.
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This August, fortified punk icons The Damned are heading to Australia for an east coast tour. The band was last in the country for Golden Plains 2017 and they’re making the trip back to play shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Emerging from the same scene as formative UK punk bands The Clash and Buzzcocks, The Damned have released 11 studio albums over the last 40-plus years. If you’re a fan of first wave punk rock, this is one show you won’t want to miss. Join them at the Croxton Bandroom on August 24. Tickets are available via Destroy All Lines.
Bec Sandridge has released a new single ‘Eyes Wide’, warping what pop music means in 2019 and making it into something more knotted and metallic, with a little jolt of defiance. The single revolves around Sandridge’s fear of abandonment, both on the dancefloor and in relationships, and as a result finds her striving to become independent. Bec Sandridge will be performing at the Northcote Social Club on Friday June 7, tickets are on sale now and available through the venue’s website.
The enigmatic and American producer Flying Lotus has announced the release of his long-awaited new album, Flamagra. Set for release on May 24, it comes five years since FlyLo’s last album, You’re Dead!. Flamagra features swathes of talented artists like Anderson .Paak, Denzel Curry, Thundercat, Solange, Little Dragon and more. It’s touted as an astral afro-futurist masterpiece of deep soul, cosmic dust and startling originality. Listen to Flamagra on May 24 via Inertia Music or pre order it now on the Flying Lotus website.
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Avant-garde pop/R&B artist serpentwithfeet will embark on his inaugural Australian tour in June, a year on from his stunning debut LP, soil. The artist born Josiah Wise started singing as a choirboy before training as a jazz vocalist. This background shines through in his eclectic compositions, covering a wide range of genres. Having recently appeared at Coachella 2019, Australian fans now get their own opportunity to experience serpentwithfeet’s experimental, genrebending talent. He plays The Workers Club in Melbourne on Sunday June 14. For tickets, head to Live Nation’s website.
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Melbourne Music Week LOOKING FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Guess who’s back? It’s Melbourne Music Week’s tenth anniversary this year and they’ve put the call out for expressions of interest from individuals and businesses who’d like to get involved in the 2019 programme. Melbourne Music Week organisers are on the hunt for hub co-presenters, record labels, live music venues, visual artists and other creative individuals and businesses. The selected venues will get to host events over the course of the week and possibly have a creative say in what goes down. Head to the City of Melbourne website to apply.
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The Boss has announced his first new studio album in five years, Western Stars. It’s a return to Springsteen’s solo recordings, stepping away from the E-Street Band to deliver a batch of character driven songs exploring a range of American-based themes, supported by cinematic orchestral arrangements. Taking inspiration from late ‘60s and early ‘70s SoCal pop music, the album discusses isolation, community and the permanence of home and hope for those living in country communities. Western Stars is out on Friday June 14.
A fusion of modern American classics is set to unfold at the South Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday May 9. Directed by Lisa Moore and accompanied by Timothy Young and a selection of the Australian National Academy of Music pianists, the spectacular two-hour program will include pieces arranged and composed by John Adams, Steve Reich, Ben Wallace and Modest Mussorgsky. Tickets and more information about Piano Pictures are available through the ANAM website.
To help put a stop to sexual assault and domestic violence, The Muses and Your Highness Presents are welcoming the likes of Scaphis, Crystal Ignite, Trigger, Flynn Effect, Atomic Death Squad and more to The Bendigo Hotel for an huge show. With all donations going to the Full Stop Foundation, this annual charity event has quickly become a regular fixture on the heavy calendar. It all goes down on Saturday May 11 from 4pm. Grab your tickets via Eventbrite.
Drawing on variations of garage, soul and rock’n’roll, ‘Heart of Mine’ is the latest single from romantic Melbourne band, Sweet Gold. It’s taken from their upcoming album, Here’s To Feeling Good All The Time, which is described as a showcase of the band’s signature short, hook-driven tunes while capturing as much of their live sound as possible. Fans rejoice as the group is preparing to embark on tour. Sweet Gold will be performing at the Grace Darling in Melbourne on Friday May 17.
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Arts Guide The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You
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PUBERTY SUCKS The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You focuses on Connor, a 16-year-old who is angry at the world but he doesn’t know why. He slams doors, flips desks, and is always fighting, then when it goes too far, his parents decide to leave him in the forest for a week – alone – to sort himself out. Apparently another set of parents had a similar idea and Connor meets the equally angry 16-yearold Lotte. Playwright Finegan Kruckmeyer is internationally renowned for his focus on theatre for young people, so this work is sure to hit home with anyone who has ever been an angsty teen. Tackling puberty and adolescence with light-hearted humour, this performance runs Thursday May 2 – Saturday May 18. Tickets and more info via the Melbourne Theatre Company website.
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The Miser After an incredible string of shows in Canberra and Sydney, the Bell Shakespeare Company’s flagship show of the year has finally hit Melbourne’s Arts Centre; and boy is it worth the wait.
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Deviating from the original 17th century play by French farcical writer Molière with an updated script by Justin Fleming, The Miser follows Harpagon (John Bell), the miser in question, whose tight-arse approach to finance would give Ebenezer Scrooge a run for his money. Things get heated when his own son (Damien Strouthos) intends to marry the very same young Marianne (Elizabeth Nabben) that Harpagon himself intends to wed. Writer Justin Fleming has updated the original 17th century language to mirror our
own lax Australian colloquialisms, chucking in a few homegrown sayings such as “a few strawberries short of a pav” for good measure. A delightful rhyming scheme is also often used in the dialogue, which lends a lovely poetic feeling to the modern phrases and words. Company founder John Bell shines in the title role, playing the equivalent of that grumpy old uncle of yours who is well-off and lives on a farm. His interactions with his secretly gay daughter – an inventive modern flip on the secret love formula – evoke his cruel, authoritarian side while his attempts at courting Marianne, while ensconced in a golden jacket and badly done wig, encapsulate the hilarity of his character. There was no doubt that Bell would gleam as the lead, so it is a delight to see the rest of the cast shine just as bright. Michelle Doake’s energetic portrayal of Frosine is rife with hilarity as she titters and leaps across the stage, whipping out some of the show’s best one-liners. Sean O’Shea’s performance of Signor Anselm is a dichotomous tourde-force, swapping between moments of farcical humour and a spontaneous, childlike delivery. The costuming is one of the greatest standouts of the show. Each actor is garbed in
some form of vibrant pigment, most notably Michelle Doake’s lavender suit and Harriet Gordon-Anderson’s exorbitant pink fur coat. Outrageous wigs are worn by most men – aside from Bell of course – which, coupled with the updated language, helps to create the bizarre theatrical world the audience finds themselves in. The brightness of the clothes isn’t the only thing on stage that dazzles visually; the set itself has a hand in that. The brilliant gold sheen of the stage, coupled with the glass dioramas of miniature gardens which hold all of Harpagon’s wealth, will keep audience’s eyes roaming with intrigue. But putting the esteemed actors and high-profile name of Bell Shakespeare aside, The Miser is one of the best plays you could see this year at Arts Centre. So put any preconceptions of an archaic 17th century play behind and laugh your lungs out to this delightfully absurd production. The Miser is on until Sunday May 12 at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio. Grab your tickets via the venue website. BY JAMES ROBERTSON
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Matriarch A ONE-WOMAN SHOW Playing at the Butterfly Club, Matriarch is Sandy Greenwood’s one woman show celebrating the strength and resilience of four Gumbaynggirr women across 100 years. Greenwood brings her own matriarchs to life through drama, dance, and music in an exploration of cultural identity, intergenerational trauma, and skin colour. Matriarch is part of the Yirramboi Festival and runs from Monday May 6 until Saturday May 11. For tickets and more information, head to the Butterfly Club website.
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Kurtjar dancer Jack Sheppard is stepping out for his first solo performance The Honouring, looking at themes of suicide and trauma inside Aboriginal communities. Exploring the transition of spirits after suicide, the performances asks you to consider; does the soul get stuck between two worlds when there is no ritual to guide them after a taboo death? The Honouring comes to La Mama Courthouse from Tuesday May 7 until Saturday May 11. Tickets and more info can be found via the La Mama website. If this performance brings up any issues for you, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Kicking off the first New Slang show for 2019, indie punk rockers Moaning Lisa are headlining a lineup featuring fellow punks Girl Germs and Spiral Perm. The New Slang crew comprises ten dedicated young people aged between 15-17, working with industry professionals to curate incredible gigs every month. Together with The Channel and Arts Centre Melbourne, this month’s gig is happening on Friday May 3. Head to the Arts Centre website for tickets, more info about New Slang can be found via The Channel website.
If you’ve always wanted to connect with art but never knew how, Time Out With Art is for you; a facilitated discussion which guides the audience through a piece of art crafted to inspire personal, sensory, and emotional responses. The artwork that you’ll discuss will be revealed on the night, as to not spoil the discussion. Your ticket includes a glass of wine and light refreshments as well as knowledge on a 19th century artwork. The talk is happening on Tuesday May 14 at NGV, tickets via the NGV website.
Award winning director Damon Gameau, the man behind That Sugar Film, has taken on a new project; looking at what the world will look like in 2040 if we embrace solutions to climate change available to us. The film is structured as a letter to his four-year-old daughter, with a blend of traditional documentary footage and dramatised scenes. Gameau and CEO of The Next Economy, Amanda Cahill, will also host a post-film Q&A. 2040 premiers at ACMI on Thursday May 9. For tickets and more info, head to the ACMI website.
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This May, Melbourne Museum’s Nocturnal has teamed up with WAT Artists to curate a mega lineup featuring acid/techno artist Merve, psychedelic rockers Krakatau, Millú, and Cut Copy frontman Dan Whitford. In addition to a killer night of tunes, Nocturnal guests have access to the museum’s Revolutions: Records and Rebels exhibition as well as expert talks from 7pm. Nocturnal is kicking off on Friday May 3, tickets and more info can be found on the Museums Victoria website.
Wiñaypacha, which translates to ‘eternity’, is the first Peruvian film to be shot in the Indigenous language Aymara. The film tells the story of Willka and Phaxsi, an elderly couple living in a remote part of the Peruvian Andes – more than 5000 metres above sea level. The melancholic tale touches on the couple as they face the passing of time, hoping that their only son will visit them. The film is only playing for one session on Tuesday May 7 at ACMI. For tickets and more information, visit the ACMI website.
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CELEBRATING THE WORKS OF CHRISTELLA DEMETRIOU In commemoration of the late artist Christella Demetriou, Darebin Arts Centre will be hosting a curated exhibition titled Run and Fly, Monster Tooth!. Demetriou’s work was abstract and often explored themes of longing and searching. The exhibition runs between Wednesday May 1 and Thursday May 30 at Darebin Arts Centre and will be opened by Esther Anatolitis, Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts. Guided tours are also available.
CELEBRATING INNOVATIVE FIRST NATIONS CREATIVES Australia’s premier First Peoples arts and cultural event, Yirramboi Festival, kicks off on Thursday May 2. Yirramboi means ‘tomorrow’ in the language of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples and the festival’s program truly reflects this. Its slate of events includes music, dance, theatre, film, markets and talks which span across more than 25 venues. Musicians featured on the bill include Dan Sultan, Alice Skye and Kalaji. The festival runs between Thursday May 2 and Sunday May 12. For more information and tickets, head to the Yirramboi Festival website.
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Is a Destiny’s Child musical on the way? Apparently so, if Beyoncé’s dad, Mathew Knowles, has anything to do with it. Fans have been reminded of Destiny’s Child’s popularity most recently via Beyoncé’s Homecoming Netflix film and accompanying live album, which chronicles her 2018 Coachella performance. Now it looks like the iconic R&B group’s story is coming to the stage. Mathew Knowles, also the group’s manager, has indicated the musical will premiere sometime in 2020 in the group’s hometown of Houston, Texas. According to Broadway World, the musical will address “the layers of evolution – good and bad – that Knowles faced during his pioneering climb into the music industry,” as well as the development and rise to fame of Destiny’s Child. Meanwhile, there’s more Netflix-related content to come from Beyoncé, after she reportedly signed a three-project, US$60m deal with the streaming platform.
Childish Gambino makes new single ‘Algorythm’ available on Pharos AR app
Podcast popularity overtakes music streaming playlists
Now the dust has settled on his Coachella headline appearances, Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) is eyeing off more touring, an Adidas shoe line and, of course, his return to Australia for Splendour in the Grass. Continuing to build hype around his apparent final shows, Glover has made a new single, ‘Algorythm’, available for fans to check out on his own app, Pharos AR. Currently only available on Android, the app takes the user on a “trip to Pharos,” where the song meets them at the end of a visual trip. Many Gambino fans will already be familiar with ‘Algorythm’, but while it previously leaked online, the single is yet to see official release. So its debut on the app makes the augmented reality experience even more enticing. Childish Gambino returns to Melbourne for his Splendour in the Grass sideshow at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday July 17.
Australians are listening more to podcasts than to streaming playlists, confirms a new report. UK-based MIDIA Research’s State of the Streaming Nation used Australian data as well as that from the US, UK, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Japan and Sweden. 18% of music streamers listen to podcasts, while only 15% use curated playlists. As the report points out, “In fact, of all the key streaming feature activities, curated playlists come lowest. Curated playlists are clearly not to streaming music what binge watching is to streaming video. Instead streaming activity is fragmented across multiple features and just 10% of streaming consumers regularly do all (main) four activities.” It says podcast penetration is 19% overall, but rises to 28% among users of streaming services. That Australians are exchanging playlists for podcasts is not surprising. Podcasts are our fastest growing audio medium. The first Podcasting Intelligence Report in mid2018, by Nova Entertainment, Acast & Ipsos stated 3.5 million Australian podcast listeners (aged 16-64) and PwC’s Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook forecasts the number of monthly listeners to hit 8.9 million by 2022. An ABC report estimated listening time at 6.1 hours over a weekly average of six podcast episodes and five series. Other studies showed Aussie podcast fans are loyal, educated and wealthy. Among reasons for future growth in Australia are that six months ago all the major radio broadcasters set up a committee on how to grow that market, and by 2020, 98% of all cars will be podcast-connected. You may be wondering why the MIDA figures make sense given the amount of streams generated from playlists, and earlier surveys that being included in one of the top playlists could boost a song’s income to US$160,000. MIDIA explains: “The key factor here is the difference between the number of playlist users and the number of playlist streams. Playlists over index in terms of contribution to streams. With dozens of tracks per list, lean-back playlist listening can easily generate more streams per user than lean-forward listening. Thus, we have one of the great emerging paradoxes of streaming: passive audiences can generate more streams, and thus rights holder pay outs, than engaged, aficionados. However, a word of caution, should casual playlist listening become large enough, then the net result will be a dilution of the royalty pool and thus diminishing per stream rates.” No wonder Spotify has gone into podcasting by buying out Gimlet, Anchor and Parcast this year alone. In a recent interview, CEO Daniel Ek named podcasts as one of the streamer’s biggest priorities. MIDIA notes, “It is not entirely inconceivable to think that five years from now, podcasts could be a bigger business for Spotify than music.”
Kevin Abstract finally unveils ‘ARIZONA BABY’ project
Rico Nasty drops anticipated mixtape ‘Anger Management’ She’s definitely an up and comer in the hip hop scene and with the release of Anger Management, rapper Rico Nasty is making her mark. Anger Management is a step up for Nasty, delivering the same relentless fury fans saw on her 2018 mixtape, Nasty. The new tape is nine tracks long and marks another collaborative project between Rico Nasty and producer Kenny Beats. Anger Management also features guest spots from Bauuer, Texan teenager Splurge and duo EarthGang. Nasty had a huge 2018 and after being picked up by a major label (Atlantic), she’s going from strength to strength.
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After weeks of teasing new music and drip feeding singles, BROCKHAMPTON’s Kevin Abstract has finally unveiled his new solo album, ARIZONA BABY. Produced by Jack Antonoff and fellow BROCKHAMPTON member Romil Hermani, the album is Abstract’s first solo release since 2016’s American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story. A new video for the album track ‘Peach’ is out now with Abstract recruiting fellow BROCKHAMPTON members Bearface and Joba, as well as Dominic Fike, for the final result. It’s been a great time for BROCKHAMPTON fans, riding high off the release and success of their 2018 album, Iridescence.
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Ceres BY NATALIE ROGERS
If the classic chorus written by Degrassi Junior High’s foremost musical act The Zit Remedy (later known as The Zits) told us one thing – it’s that everybody wants something. Aussie rockers The Vines wanted to ‘Get Free’, 50 Cent had plans to ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’’ and Joseph Edgar Foreman, aka Afroman, just wanted to get high.
But as for Tom Lanyon, frontman of Melbourne five-piece Ceres, he simply wanted to get happy and despite some dark days along the way, that’s exactly what he’s done. Thanks in part, to a new love, loyal band mates and some irreplaceable artwork. “After the release of ‘Stretch Ur Skin’ I was struggling to see the worth or point of the band,” he says. “You see, my songwriting is somewhat autobiographical and my ex-partner read into that song quite badly. “So that made me realise I was a selfish arsehole to have written that song and that I really needed to understand the place the band has in the world and that what I write can affect people. “After that, I went into a funk,” Lanyon adds. “If my songwriting was causing harm to people, there’s no way I wanted to do it anymore. So I didn’t write anything for more than a year. We called it ‘writer’s block’ but that’s not what it was. I was actively swallowing these songs that came bubbling up because I felt unworthy and like a bit of a dickhead about the whole thing. I thought it was the end of the band and I’d quietly ride off into the sunset.
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Then Lanyon fell in love. “Suddenly I was in a new relationship and we had fallen in love. It was a new chapter in my life, and I was happy. Then one day Dana showed me all the scribbled images in notebooks. Her late father was a part-time artist and had drawn most of them in the ‘80s and I fucking loved these things. “I knew we had to get them framed and hang them around the house. So I got them framed nicely and when I went to pick them up, I put them in the front seat of the car, and suddenly the chorus of ‘Viv in the Front Seat’ came like a lightning bolt to my brain, so I jumped in the car and ran home to write. That’s how the whole thing kicked off and I knew I could write again.” Fast forward twelve months or so to the release of Ceres’ third studio album We Are a Team (out now via Cooking Vinyl Australia), by far the band’s most thoughtful work yet. “Everything around this album has meaning. Even where we recorded it, which was at Dana’s family’s farmhouse in Apollo Bay. So I really went all in on my poor partner,” he laughs. “I don’t know how she feels about it. Maybe she’s like ‘Oh man, stay out of my life’.
“A lot of the house or the feeling of the house actually ended up on the record,” Lanyon continues. “On the last song, ‘Something Good’, you can hear birds in the background. I was so honoured to have that on the album because the place means so much to Dana and her family, and used to mean so much to Viv. “Then as I went deeper into the rabbit hole of this album, I realised the catalyst for this album was his (Viv’s) artwork. So with permission from the family we used Viv’s artwork for the singles and the cover of the album.” Lanyon also recruited some very talented friends to be part of We Are a Team. “We invited [Grammy-nominated engineer] Andrei Eremin to the house and he is a wonder kid and a brainiac. I don’t know how he does it, I stay out of that. He’s amazing; he engineered the album, mixed it and mastered it.” “We chose him because we wanted to get out of the muck and mire of the punk scene – that’s a bit of a negative term – but we just wanted to elevate our sound,” he says. “So I really wanted to get an engineer and a producer who aren’t from that scene
and Andrei is definitely not, he’s Grammynominated too. “He’s worked with Chet Faker, Flume and Japanese Wallpaper. He’s such a nice guy, and we got him down in Apollo Bay with no phone or internet. “We also asked Tom Bromley from Los Campesinos! to help, which is an absolute treat to have him on the record. He helped us with the last record, and he wanted to come back, so he must have had a good time,” Lanyon jokes. “He’s a very British man, and bit of a sad sack. “He’s honestly like another member of the band. He wrote some massive hooks for this album that we love. I’m such a fan.” Ceres’ new album We Are a Team is out now via Cooking Vinyl Australia. They’ll be launching it at The Corner on Friday May 17. Grab your tickets via the venue website.
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The Beat Magazine evolution BY TOM PARKER
How 33 years of ambition frames the publication’s next step
The gridlock of critique has rendered media a belligerent battlefield. Irritation bleeds and as anger clambers one slither of perceived editorial inaccuracy, the arsonist has already gone to work – suddenly, a newspaper’s sport section is coloured with algae while the precision of political discernment is always the first to be abhorred. So when Beat Magazine was born in 1986, lying within a music media landscape populated by the likes of Juke, RAM and Rolling Stone, the ground rules were set. In order to fashion a reputation, you would need to be fast, accurate, to the point and most importantly, be able to roll with the punches – repute is not easily maintained. When Rob Furst, former member of late‘70s punk band La Femme, started the motor it was a rebellious mentality that drove the bus. “I wanted to be the James Bond of rock publishing,” Furst told former Beat contributor Patrick Emery in 2015. “But instead I’ve just gone slowly insane.” For Furst, it’s been a long journey that’s given rise to three extrinsic publications, Mixdown, Fashion Journal and Forte – all of which have endured their own odysseys and their own battles.
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Mixdown has become Australia’s most respected magnifying glass into the realm of music equipment, running the narrowest eye over the sort; bringing musicians and audiophiles face-to-face with the best gear and the fastest shortcuts to obtain it. Fashion Journal, instituted by Linda Curtis under the Furst Media umbrella in 1991, has solidified a reputation as one of Australia’s leading fashion and lifestyle titles and stands as more than a publication, instead a community for lovers of style, music, travel and beauty. Then there’s Forte, regional Victoria’s premier music and entertainment magazine giving a voice to the widest expanses of the state. This fortnightly title bridges locations as far as Warrnambool, Bendigo and Castlemaine whilst also draping the nearer cultural hotspots of Geelong, Ballarat and much of the Surf Coast. Across 33 years, Furst Media has witnessed a proliferation of creativity across its four publications, empowering visionaries from all walks of life. Now it enters its latest chapter. Through 1672 issues, Beat Magazine has told the Melbourne story week by week, gig by gig, beer by beer. It has accommodated
the likes of Patti Smith, Daft Punk, Pearl Jam and Crowded House on its cover, the latter coincidentally fronting both the first and 50th editions of the publication. Once the last remaining weekly music and arts street press in Australia, for its 1673rd edition, Beat Magazine turns to a fortnightly cycle with renewed optimism. Reputations will continue to be fostered, stories will continue to be told and the smallest crevices of Melbourne’s cultural being will continue to be excavated. Yet the Beat Magazine you have come to know and love will be covering such ingenuity on a larger, grander scale. Changing the frequency will allow more time for interviews, features and other native editorial to reside and prosper. Voices will reach further and for longer and content will jump higher. Our gig guide has doubled so, planning your evening forays has never been easier, while the magazine’s thicker paper stock and altered design has catered for a more contemporary identity. Never stress readers, Beat Magazine will continue to live by the rock’n’roll aesthetic that makes it unique, however it will continue to do it within a new mansion.
Coinciding with the magazine’s new design and frequency, beat.com.au is also set to see an alteration and become more functional than ever. Such a revamp will roll out across the next few weeks. So there you have it – a window into the legacy of Beat Magazine and how such a storied chronicle fashions the publication’s next steps. As Furst said in 2015, “We are not in the serious business … we’re in the fun business. What people want and the industry promotes, we reflect.” Furst Media Managing Director, Patrick Carr, adds in 2019, “The best thing about Beat Magazine, for me, is working with kindred spirits towards a common goal of promoting music, arts and culture in our beautiful city of Melbourne.” While former Beat Digital Editor and social media guru, James Di Fabrizio, gave his two cents in saying, “So here’s to the future, Beat. Stay curious, trust your judgement, embrace all the things you are.” Seems like a fitting way to end. What a journey it’s been and what a journey we have before us. I hope you’re ready readers.
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Stonnington Jazz Festival The Stonnington Jazz Festival takes place over 11 days in May. The programme consists entirely of Australian jazz musicians representing a range of variants and subgenres. The festival hub is Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran, which houses the main concert venue as well as an intimate loft venue. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
“The Chapel is a gorgeous raked theatre venue and is a stunning room to host our concert series,” says artistic director, Chelsea Wilson. “Often jazz artists play in intimate clubs and most of our jazz venues around Melbourne have pretty tight stages, so it’s a great feeling for our artists to be able to stretch out and play with the space. The loft at the Chapel is transformed this year into an intimate club with cabaret seating and the Melbourne Bowls Club returns as our club session venue where dancing is encouraged.” Presented by the City of Stonnington, the festival is now in its 14th year. It’s become a fixed feature on the Melbourne music calendar and the organisers remain passionate about promoting local and original music. “I’m really excited by the diversity within our music industry and wanted to showcase the range of styles and sounds our artists are making,” Wilson says. “Across the programme you can hear spiritual jazz, straight ahead, big band, swing, trad jazz, Afrobeat, gospel, funk, blues, soul, spoken word, hip hop, art music, experimental jazz and more.” Performers include pianist Barney McAll, Lance Ferguson’s Menagerie, stage performer Rhonda Burchmore, contemporary partyoriented acts WVR BVBY and The Seven-Ups, and two commissioned ensemble shows, War Cry and Queens of The Jazz Age. “Stonnington Jazz has always been a space where artists can present new projects and during my time as artistic director, I’ve been honoured to build on the festival legacy and include more new commissions and projects and present emerging acts alongside established and premier artists,” says Wilson. “I’m excited by the fusion of future jazz, neo soul and hip hop that is happening in Melbourne now and really loving new tracks by acts such as WVR BVBY, so I’m looking forward to their club show at the festival. “I highly recommend checking out our new commission War Cry. This show
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intersects politics with jazz and showcases an incredible lineup of artists including Fem Belling, Racerage, Sahida Apsara, Odette Mercy, Michelle Nicolle and Rita Satch who all interpret the theme with their own style. Expect emotional ballads, funky jams and thought provoking spoken word, all with a hard-hitting jazz sensibility.” Along with the live performance roster, there are variety of interactive workshops, activities and family friendly events. There’s Big Jazz Sing (a jazz choir class), Ms Rizk’s Jazz DJ seminar, a jazz-soundtracked sketch class, a lyric writing workshop hosted by jazz pianist and composer Monique DiMattina, and a wine tasting event presented by Scotchmans Hill. “Jazz has always championed improvisation, experimentation, creativity and playfulness,” says Wilson. “So these initiatives are a way for everyone – regardless of how musically inclined they are – to get into the spirit. I’m really looking forward to meeting people at these events. It’s always a great atmosphere, super welcoming and friendly.” Jazz is generally thought to have arisen in the African American communities of New Orleans towards the end of the 19th century. Jazz culture has undergone immense evolution and transfiguration since its origin. Australians have been making jazz for over 100 years. “We had some huge successes early on with acts such as Graeme Bell, The Red Onions and the Australian Jazz Quartet who took the world by storm in the ’40s and ’50s. This legacy has continued with artists such as James Morrison, Linda Oh and Shannon Barnett, to name a few, making waves abroad currently. “I highly recommend getting out and seeing shows. The magic happens in the live arena and there is jazz being made in venues all across town, not just the jazz clubs.”
Photos by Nicole Cleary
To buy tickets, head to stonningtonjazz.com.au Stonnington Jazz takes place from Thursday May 9 until Sunday May 19. The festival hub is Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran with events also taking place at Malvern Town Hall and Melbourne Bowls Club. See the festival website for full info.
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Thomas Lorenzo: Flamenco Jazz
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Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Moonlight: Poetry, Shakuhachi and Koto
Japanese music, poetry and painting inspired by the light of the moon with Anne Norman, Brandon Lee and special guests. 8:00pm Wed, May
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Young Henrys Rock & Roll Circus Indie rock legends combine for an epic show BY ANNA ROSE
“It is something that’s really fun as a muso, just to jump on stage and play music. It’s a good opportunity to start appreciating what a good song can do. It’d be good to play other people’s songs. Like some of the guests’ songs.”
The relationship between The Delta Riggs’ Michael ‘Monte’ Tramonte and The Preatures’ Jack Moffitt is… well, you could say they’re the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of the Aussie indie music scene. The banter between the two musicians is quick, witty, and hard to penetrate if you’re not on the same wavelength as they are. Of course, such a quickness of comedy makes for a wonderful working relationship, and the duo will be combining their electric characters on stage for Young Henry’s Rock & Roll Circus in May, under the moniker Monte and Jack. The pair are very eloquent, which is the nice way of saying very chatty. The nonsensical banter is endearing, but when you can manage to rein them both in to talk business, they surprise in their insight and excitement for the upcoming show. It’s pretty appropriate that the event be called a “circus” because the duo are exactly that. “It is kind of a circus,” says Tramonte. “It’s always going to be a circus,” adds Moffitt. “The age-old adage of herding cats being about rock‘n’roll is exactly true … You should see us try and rehearse.”
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Young Henrys asked Tramonte to put together a group especially for this event, which they’ve already showcased in Sydney, with Tramonte not hesitating to add Moffitt to the lineup. “He’s quite easily one of the best guitarists in rock‘n’roll,” Tramonte says of his friend. “Did you like that?” Tramonte asks Moffitt. “I just gave you a nice nod.” “I thought that was very warming,” Moffitt returns. He takes the reins, saying, “Elliott [Hammond], the singer in my band, he’s one of the greatest drummers I know, so the three of us with Adam Delagrotto, it was pretty organic to put together the band. “We put a bunch of fun songs we want to play together, and we’ll just see what happens.” Monte and Jack will mostly perform covers.“The last one we did had a bass theme,” says Moffitt. “And it was a vague theme and basically expanded. When you get guests involved and you put a song list together and they grab at things and make suggestions, often it ends up being better because they’ll rock up with a song that’s better for them than the one you suggested.” “It’s more of an alternative bangers vibe,”
interjects Tramonte. “This time we’re just throwing it to the guests to decide what they want to do, it’s coming together.” The Young Henrys Rock & Roll Circus is an excellent representation of the strength and talent in Aussie music culture – and the event is totally free. A free event does, of course, have benefits for both the musicians and the people who are able to go along and experience such great live music for the high price of nothing. The Rock & Roll Circus comes as the third instalment in Young Henrys’ Best Served Loud series that featured performances from Jade Imagine and Gena Rose Bruce in March. Chasing Ghosts’ very own Jimmy Kyle then performed at The Standard Hotel alongside Hanny J and Luke Yeoward in April. “I think it should happen more,” says Tramonte. “It’s just a fun fucking night out. “Young Henrys are also really good at supporting live music and that’s really their shit. They genuinely do care and support a lot of venues and groups. “I guess it’s an adage of when you hear of the ‘70s and you hear of the Travelling Wilburys and Tom Petty,” says Moffitt. “All
these people coming together that are mates playing their own music. It’s getting together out of the usual stuff you’re doing. “The vibe translates as a punter – it is something that’s really fun as a muso, just to jump on stage and play music. It’s a good opportunity to start appreciating what a good song can do. It’d be good to play other people’s songs. Like some of the guests’ songs.” “We should do something like that,” says Tramonte. “We should,” Moffitt returns. “You bring a song, one of yours and we’ll do a cover.” “Yeah, you too. Then we could do a Baddies song.” “We could.” “We should.” “Let’s do it.” “Yeah, let’s just do that now.” Young Henrys’ Rock & Roll Circus comes to the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday May 15. It’s all free.
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Archie Roach Archie Roach is one of the standout performers on board for Low Light, Queenscliff, an eclectic arts programme happening across May and June. Ahead of his visit to the Bellarine Peninsula, Roach will release The Concert Collection 2012-2018. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Roach’s most expansive release to date, the three-disc set features live concert recordings of his last three LPs: 2012’s Into the Bloodstream, 2016’s Let Love Rule and last year’s Dancing With My Spirit. “I’ve been around for 30 years or so and we haven’t released any live recordings as yet,” Roach says. “All of the shows were recorded and they’re special shows, starting with Into the Bloodstream. It was a big production with an orchestra and a ten-piece choir, which grew to about a 20-piece choir. The others weren’t quite as big, but it was good that we had a chance to record those live shows and release them.” Dancing With My Spirit was recorded in the 1990s, but not released until 2018. The tone differs from Roach’s 1990 debut, Charcoal Lane, which takes a sobering look at the experiences of Indigenous people from the stolen generations. Dancing With My Spirit is a comparatively lighter journey of self-discovery, boosted by vocal harmonies from Tiddas.
“They just started out as preproduction demos for another album called Looking For Butter Boy,” Roach says. “So it was great to be able to get those songs off the shelf and sing them live. It was a different production, different interpretation of the songs that made it on other albums, but it was great.” Into the Bloodstream was recorded in the wake of some weighty experiences in Roach’s personal life. He lost his wife, songwriter, performer and activist Ruby Hunter, to a heart attack in 2010. Later that year he suffered a stroke, and in 2011 Roach underwent major surgery for his lung cancer. But despite the preceding events, Roach describes Into the Bloodstream as an uplifting album. “I remember when we recorded it at Craig Pilkington’s studio, I’d just recovered from a lobectomy where they removed half my lung for lung cancer,” he says. “I had a few breathing problems, so I had this oxygen tank in the recording booth when I was singing. After each take I’d have a whack of oxygen. We had the band in the studio and I just sang
to the band. By the time we’d finished it, I felt myself getting stronger and getting better just through that process.” Let Love Rule is one of the strongest albums in Roach’s catalogue. It examines the nature of love and promotes showing love for every individual and the natural world. It’s a principle Roach tries to live by. “Love encompasses so many things,” he says. “Inclusiveness is an aspect of love. It’s something I’ve always felt since I was a kid. It can be hard at times, but most of the time it’s OK. If you show love and a bit of consideration and respect towards others, you should receive that back.” Indigenous performer Jessica Hitchcock features on the live recording of the title track, along with the amazing Dunghala Children’s Choir. “That was amazing to be able to get the Dunghala Children’s Choir involved,” Roach says. “As soon as they started singing, it just felt right.”
A number of other guest performers appear on The Concert Collection, including Emma Donovan, Vika and Linda Bull, Dan Sultan, Uncle Jack Charles and Roach’s old mate Paul Kelly. “Paul’s been a friend for a long time, since Charcoal Lane. I’ve known Emma since she was a little girl and seen her grow into a beautiful woman and this amazing, amazing singer. What can you say about Vika and Linda that hasn’t already been said? It’s like a sixth sense they have when they sing together. It’s so good that they’re all ready and willing to sing these songs with me.”
as a bunch of mates mucking around inside his family living room. “Things change, music changes and people change,” he says. “There’s literally no negative sentiment with anything, it’s just how the project has evolved.” The band’s tough decision to restructure speaks volumes to their maturity as a group, and this is palpable in their latest single release. “With our songwriting now, we are spending a considerable amount of time going through things. Maybe sometimes overthinking elements of it as well,” Korman says. “But I think our music has streamlined into a cleaner and more wholesome sound.” The band hooked up with some of their industry pals to bring ‘One I Need’ to life. The song features Adelaide trio Heaps Good Friends and production from Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy) and Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper). ‘One I Need’ is one of their biggest endeavours to date, putting several months into the single’s production. It’s a sign of their mellowed approach to creating music.
“I think, on one level, taking more time is absolutely part of our new outlook to developing songs,” Korman says. “But on the other level, [‘One I Need’] was still full of organic ideas.” As for the live show, fans can expect a newly-styled sound peppered with their wildly popular tracks like ‘Millennium Queen’ and ‘Semiotic Vision’. While they are fewer in number, AMOYLC are as enterprising, charismatic, and approachable as ever before. “The main aim of the project is, and continues to be, making everyone feel as though they are a part of it. And it’s not just us, on stage, playing instruments,” Korman says. “In all of our solo shows, we love the energy that the crowd brings. So, we’re excited to have that again and stoked to have people come out and see what we have to play.”
Archie Roach performs at Queenscliff Town Hall on Saturday June 22 as part of Low Light, Queenscliff. Low Light goes down from Friday May 3 – Sunday June 30 bringing arts, music, literature, film and culinary events to various venues in Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale.
Approachable Members of Your Local Community There’s nothing archetypal about Approachable Members of Your Local Community. BY JESSE BURNS
AMOYLC are hard to miss, sporting luminous tracksuits everywhere they go. “Josh [Blashki, lead vocals] ordered a bunch of identical tracksuits when we first started performing,” says keyboard player, Max Korman. “He just said ‘we’re all wearing matching outfits,’ and that was that.” Their appearance, while unique, is not just for show. “We were definitely keen to have some kind of harmony from the start as far as our music goes,” Korman says. “We always wanted to not just push things in the visual element for the sake of it, but be something different and get people to talk about it and think, you know, there’s something a bit different about this band.” Since ordering their first lot of Adidas attire, the band have worked closely with photographer Giulia McGauran, a driving force behind their image.
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“We’ve kind of continued with the flow, but Giulia has been a big part of our image as well making it colourful and making it bright and what we think of as pretty approachable,” Korman says. Off the back of their latest single release, ‘One I Need’ (feat. Heaps Good Friends), AMOYLC are jumping on tour with Polish Club. The band’s personnel recently had a shake-up, ditching the horn section and scaling back from seven band members to four. “In a really general way, bands change,” Korman says. “Especially, like, two years in, I don’t think any of us thought it would have gone the way it’s gone and still [be] something that we feel is growing.” There’s been talk of the band selling out by forgoing its horns and searching for a more mainstream sound. But, as Korman points out, it’s simply part of their journey, which began
Approachable Members of Your Local Community hit 170 Russell alongside Polish Club on Friday June 28. The band’s new single, ‘One I Need’ ft. Heaps Good Friends, is available now.
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Andrea Robertson Andrea Robertson releases her double album, Live At New Hall, this May. The Ocean Grove artist is set to take it on the road around regional Victoria, sharing strong songwriting and nostalgic blends of folk, country and blues. BY PRIYA FRANCIS
Robertson’s latest project is the culmination of two years of songwriting. It wouldn’t have been possible without support from her local community and the blessings of the Queenscliff Music Festival, who awarded Robertson the Emerging Artist Grant in 2017. Driven to create a live album, Live At New Hall was recorded over two sessions with an enthralled audience in Point Lonsdale’s New Hall. “From a creative point of view, it felt like it was the next thing I wanted to do, having released two studio albums. I think I probably would have made it happen some way, but the fact that they threw that money behind me really made it all possible within a relatively short space of time” says Robertson. Robertson’s passion and love for this project is evident in the way she speaks about it. It’s not hard to believe this album would have been created one way or another. Like some of the great Americana artists that inspire her, Live At New Hall crosses a range of topics, from the first meeting with her husband, to conversations with her daughter,
and social commentary on the current state of the world. The album nods to inspirations such as Ben Harper and Fleetwood Mac – musicians Robertson looks up to not just for their songwriting, but also for releasing highly acclaimed live albums. Musically, each song has something that pulls you in. You might be hanging onto every word Robertson sings or else in awe of the contributing musicians. Robertson’s backing band is made up of family and close friends, while the record was produced by “hidden gem” Nick Huggins. “I’m well aware of the great deal of talent in our area flying under the radar and at the same time we have a lot of people moving down here, wanting to make that sea change or get away from the big smoke,” Robertson says. “So there’s a really strong and supportive music community here in Grove. For me it was really important to not only be working with great musicians or creatives, but I wanted, on a personal level, to really connect with them. We really needed to gel, almost like family.”
Robertson’s certainly not averse to working with her actual family members. Her husband plays drums on the album and both her son and daughter also feature, contributing guitar and vocals respectively. She’s not hesitant to gush about the beauty of playing with family and sharing a love of music with her children. “There’s probably nothing that quite compares to making music with your kids, because you kind of connect on a different level,” she says. “We can really fly by the seat of our pants but know that they’re going to be there with us.” Live At New Hall will officially be launched at Bouchon at Bellarine on Friday May 17. Robertson will then set her sights set on regional Victoria and all it has to offer. She has a
busy few months ahead of her, travelling from Drysdale to Fyansford, Bellarine to Coburg. She’s keen to share her music, new and old with fresh audiences. Although the thought may be daunting, Robertson is rising to the challenge, promising to deliver audiences a raw, real, “no frills” live show. “That’s always a bit scary, you’re going into the unknown and trusting you’re going to get music lovers that will appreciate what you’re doing, but there’s no other way to do it.”
seeking, ‘I’m off social media,’ kind of way, but just taking some time out and stopping for a while, standing still while the world continues around you.” Imrei has chosen one of his favourite northside venues, the Merri Creek Tavern, to launch the single on Saturday May 18. “I’ve seen some great intimate shows at that venue”, he says. “I’ve got good friends of mine, Louie and The Pride, along to support on the night. That’s a band I also play in at times, so it’s a real privilege to have them supporting on the night.” Punters on the night will be treated to the best of the musician’s catalogue to date as
well as getting a chunkier taste of the new EP, including ‘Stand Still’, of course. It’s set to be a big night for the singer/songwriter who’ll also be playing shows in Mornington, Moorabbin, Highett, Carnegie and Ormond over the coming months. “So it’s the start of big things”, Imrei says.
Andrea Robertson launches Live At New Hall at Bouchon at Bellarine on Friday May 17. She comes to the Post Office Hotel, Coburg for an afternoon gig on Sunday May 19.
Simon Imrei It was only last year that Simon Imrei released his two-part album, The Sum of Scenes. But after winning a day of free studio time at Head Gap Studios in Preston, the musician got his creative brain straight back into action and produced the brand new single, ‘Stand Still’, set to be released this May. BY MARNIE VINALL
Imrei is a long time supporter of community radio, Triple R in particular, so it’s fitting that community radio funding accelerated the creation of his new single. Winning the 2018 Band Prize as part of the Triple R Radiothon meant the musician could work with audio engineer, producer and musician, Rohan Sforcina, and put together ‘Stand Still’ quicker than originally anticipated. “It was a song that was always going to be on the EP,” Imrei says, referring to his forthcoming EP which is set to be released later this year.“But when I won the studio time, it was a chance to go into a studio I’d never been before and do it all over a couple of days and it all came together pretty quickly.” Imrei describes his music as falling in between storyteller folk and blues guitar. ‘Stand Still’ definitely fits this description with its melancholy Americana sound, folk-pop melody, and storytelling lyrics. “I came from a position where I was
doing more blues pop years ago, but over the last couple of years artists like Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, Amos Lee – and also through local guys like Jordan Lane and Cam Parsons – I really got into that acoustic folk Americana storyteller sort of music.” The narrative covered in ‘Stand Still’ is highly relatable. “It tells the story of heading down the coast, heading down the road with all your stuff packed in the back of the car, or in an old suitcase, and just detaching for a while from day-to-day life.” Imrei admits that his life is “full of bits and pieces and pretty full on.” After registering that a lot of people around him feel the same way, he wanted to craft a song about taking a step back and he hopes others can relate and escape with him through the single. “A lot of people around me nowadays are sort of juggling so much in their life and it’s really a song that comes from wanting to take a bit of time away,” he says.“Not in an attention
Simon Imrei launches his new single ‘Stand Still’ at the Merri Creek Tavern on Saturday May 18. His album The Sum of Scenes is available now.
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Exposure 003 Exposure 003 is an inclusive celebration of local electronic musicians and DJs, teaming up for a night of good times and partying. For its third outing at Red Betty, a diverse lineup of emerging talents is set to impress. BY LELAND TAN
If you’ve ever wanted the experience of a house party in the confines of a bar, Exposure 003 should be marked on your calendar for May. Presenting its third showcase of local DJs and electronic musicians at one of Brunswick’s newest live venues, the gathering has intensified since its inception. It’s essentially an extended house party for anyone who’s up for a good night out. The brainchild of founders Madeleine Harris and Marina Vujic, both DJs themselves, Exposure is a local collective of techno and electronic dance music up-and-comers. Its primary aim is shining a light on the bedroom DJs who have a voice, but lack the platform. The collective seeks to provide opportunities not only for those who haven’t had the chance to step up to live turntables, but also to Melburnians who haven’t had the confidence to present their productions anywhere. “A lot of our friends and the DJs we know started out in bedrooms or at house
parties, just experimenting with equipment and different sounds. We loved it, and we all started getting progressively better. We then thought, hey, this could actually be a progression to something we could do,” say Vujic and Harris. In providing this avenue for musicians, Exposure promises to enrapture crowds with sounds and sets they haven’t heard anywhere else. For the upcoming shindig, they’ve got some specials up their sleeves. “We’ve got a debut live performance from duo Pressure Systems, who’ve been practicing for almost a year, crafting their set meticulously. They’ve been honing their skills and trying to get to a level they finally feel is worthy,” say Vujic and Harris. “We’ve also got Miss Mami, a resident of Melbourne collective Craig Mates, who we’re friends with. She’s been around many places, done sets at The Sub Club too. She was extremely happy to jump on board after we approached her at a party.”
Solidifying their home at Red Betty was an easy decision, to make. “We’re Brunswick girls, and we’ve just loved the space it provides us. They have a really great set-up with the staging and the spotlights, which naturally brings out the artists that’re performing. “Tasty Freak and Attachi Cardiacchi have a really great party vibe to them and they’ve always performed B2B at the numerous house parties they’ve held,” Vujic and Harris say. “A crowd favourite, Hot ‘N’ Heavy are also very established within the house party scene. And it’s not only techno, but a wide range of beats sure to get you moving.” While Vujic and Harris enjoyed doing their own sets at Exposure 002, they insist the collective is meant to be concentrated on artists and friends that are emerging, and less on their own talents.
“We pride ourselves on inclusiveness, diversity, being welcoming and accepting of emerging DJs that want to showcase their talents, especially female ones who we’ve found have a harder time breaking into the scene. “All in all, we’re just a really friendly and accepting bunch who want to have a good time partying with anyone out there, and Red Betty has been our special place to do that. We welcome anyone who’s willing to try it out anytime.”
filled with symbolism and, in some cases, elaborate FX (‘Seven Hours’ features a whale swimming in the sky), the video for the single features the two simply rocking along to a bright colour palette. “When we started out with the first EP, we were still really green and I didn’t like to get involved with the video clip side of things because I felt like I didn’t know what was cool or what would work. It was – ‘how about we try get deep’. “I think that’s really cool and does have a place [but] because this album is quite personal and there is a bit of heaviness there, I think Liz and I were like ‘let’s have a little bit of fun’ and balance out if there is any darkness in the song.”
The band are back and ready to stretch their legs with new music, new sounds and maybe some new dance moves, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait long for the next Little May instalment. “I love making albums and I love bodies of work but after that, I’m like – it’d be good to just release a single.”
Exposure 003 goes down at Red Betty on Saturday May 11. Entry is free. For more information, head to their Facebook page.
Little May Little May have returned from a three-year hiatus – if touring with The National and The Rubens in between releases doesn’t waver from the term. BY SCOTT HUDSON
The folk act made a name for themselves in 2014 with their track ‘Boardwalks’ off their self-titled debut EP and followed up with their debut album For The Company in 2015 before returning in October last year with the single ‘Lover’. “We’ve definitely changed as a band, we’re now a two-piece,” Hannah Field explains. Field and Liz Drummond are the ‘two-piece’ in question. “We were in our very early twenties when we first started writing music and now we feel like we’re a bit more mature and can write about those experiences in a more appealing way to ourselves.” But the outfit’s roster isn’t the only thing that has changed with time; Little May’s forthcoming album, Blame My Body, produces a diverse mix of sounds that divert from the moody folk sound of their earlier releases. In particular, Blame My Body’s singles, ‘Apples’ and ‘Lover’, have demonstrated the new sound strewn with more pop sensibilities than ever before. “I think we just gave ourselves permission to create music we actually listen to,” Field says. “We started as a folk band because we only had an acoustic guitar – that’s how we
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started writing. As much as I like folk music, Little May is two people, so we kind of had to find something that we both loved. The first album and the EP is very mellow and I think we just felt like a bit of a change.” Other motives came to mind, Field recollects. Most of them dance related. “I think, subconsciously, we thought ‘okay, if we’re going to be playing these songs for a year, we want to be able to dance a little bit’. On For the Company we have ‘Remind Me’ and in our live set, it was the only one we could dance to. I could kick my leg out and do a full Elaine Benes leg dance. It was the only opportunity we had because the rest was very emo-ish (emotional).” For some artists, three years is a long time between releases but for Field and Drummond, that time wasn’t wasted. “We wrote about 30 songs all up,” Field recollects. “We just really wanted to take our time because the first album was done so quickly. We went the complete opposite end of the spectrum with this one.” Little May’s music video for ‘Apple’ has revealed another change from the duo. Having established themselves with clips
Little May’s sophomore album, Blame My Body, is out Friday May 3 via Dew Process/Universal Music Australia.
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Laurel Dogviolet, the debut LP from London musician Laurel Arnell-Cullen, came out in August 2018. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
The project’s debut single, ‘Fire Breather’, surfaced in early 2014. Three EPs and close to a dozen singles followed in the lead-up to the album, all of which were written, recorded and produced in Arnell-Cullen’s East London home studio. Dogviolet was also recorded at home, with the 24-year-old Londoner relishing the freedom to explore a variety of stylistic avenues. “I really wanted to do it that way and I felt it was quite hard to be in a studio on another person’s time because it meant there was real pressure on me to write and get it right,” says Arnell-Cullen. “I knew it wasn’t going to work well for my first album because it took me a lot of time to figure out what I wanted to do, and the whole album I’d be figuring it out.” The songs on Dogviolet provide an intimate look into Arnell-Cullen’s emotional life. The lyrics centre on romantic relationships and the power struggles and differing desires within. Arnell-Cullen says she felt no reluctance to broadcast such personal feelings. “You think I would, but not really ever. I think they’re quite general. It’s very much about my emotions. I think that’s why I don’t mind sharing it. They’re quite universal
feelings. I actually really love expressing it and letting it out.” Dogviolet was inspired by specific events, but the songwriting isn’t overwhelmingly insular. That said, nothing ignites ArnellCullen’s creative fire like an acutely affecting life experience. “I think a lot of the lyrics I’ve got in there are very specific,” she says. “If you listen to something like ‘Sun King’, the lyrics in the verses are so specific as to what is actually going on in my life and specific moments that I’ve had. I love that. It’s what makes them special to me.” Despite the intimate nature of the songs, the arrangements are often robust and animated. Frequent comparisons have been made to Florence and the Machine, but Arnell-Cullen’s not too dogmatic about the stylistic framework of her music. “It’s really difficult. I think when you write the music, you have absolutely no perspective on that as well. I didn’t really try to make a type of music. It just happened.” Arnell-Cullen’s done an awful lot of touring over the last five years, backed by her three-piece band. She’s bringing the Laurel touring machine Down Under next month for a three-stop tour that includes a show at The Corner Hotel.
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“It’s quite therapeutic, every time, to play [the songs live] because I’m always just expressing emotion, which is pretty nice,” she says. “I think because the feelings and the emotions are quite general feelings, in a lot of them I can relate them to an emotion I’m feeling about something else. It doesn’t have to be the same events as the actual song. While the project continues to reach new listeners, Arnell-Cullen isn’t running an elaborate production just yet. As a result, touring applies its fair share of physical and psychological pressures. “A lot of the time we’re just not getting good food. Not because we don’t want it, it’s just for convenience or everything’s shut. The gig’s finished, everything’s shut, there’s only a kebab shop down the road. “So I’ve just learnt that when I do get the chance I take myself out for a really nice meal.
I think you have to make sure you give yourself these treats because life on the road is pretty unglamorous.” One distinct benefit of touring, however, is how it’s allowed Arnell-Cullen to gauge audience response to Dogviolet. Eight months on from its release, she’s satisfied with her debut full-length. “I’m really happy. It’s done everything I wanted it to do and I’m still really proud of the piece of work that I’ve put out and what I’ve made – which is, for me, the end goal. I’m also very excited to move onto another chapter.” Check out Laurel’s debut album, Dogviolet, via streaming services. She’ll play The Corner Hotel on Wednesday May 22. Grab your tickets via the venue website.
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It’s been five years since Nick Murphy’s debut album, Built on Glass (released as Chet Faker), was gifted to ears across the globe. Then, after a couple of collaborative EPs, Murphy released the Missing Link EP in 2017 – the Melbourne songwriter’s first release credited to his birth name. BY MARNIE VINALL
Fans have now finally received the album they’ve been longing. Murphy reveals his growth and rawest self in his new album, Run Fast Sleep Naked. In contrast to artists who pump albums out quicker than the turn around of reality TV relationships, Murphy took his time creating Run Fast Sleep Naked. “You need to live a certain amount to make the music,” he says.“I basically toured for five years and there just wasn’t enough time. It’s been such a long time coming because I really had to figure out what it was I wanted to be doing.” Built On Glass achieved mammoth success, debuting at number one on the ARIA Charts and landing three songs in the triple j Hottest 100 top ten. The record’s lead single, ‘Talk Is Cheap’, took out the number one spot, but Murphy isn’t intimidated by his past success. “I think that’s what Missing Link was about. It was kind of expelling that pressure,”
he says. “That’s just not how music works. It’s about being honest and following a journey and the listeners going on that journey and trying to understand what the artist is doing.” For Murphy, music became an outlet to express his most honest self. He’s also been grappling with what making music means to him on a more personal level. “I became kind of obsessed with that question of ‘what do I believe in?’ I had had this success and everyone said it was supposed to be great, but I was still feeling kind of empty. It felt kind of shallow. I didn’t really get a kick out of popularity or people telling me how good I was. What I really wanted to do was express myself and learn about myself through music.” Murphy spent a year traveling the globe in search of answers. Along the way he recorded the vocals for Run Fast Sleep Naked; the tracks had already been crafted with co-producer, Dave Harrington, and engineer, Phil Weinberg.
“I did the vocals last on this record,” Murphy says. “I went and travelled solo for basically an entire year with my microphone in my suitcase and recorded the vocals for each track in different locations. The songs were kind of snapshots of that experience or that path.” Although many of us don’t get the chance to travel to the Northern Sahara Desert or search the streets of Tokyo to discover ourselves, Murphy hopes others can learn from the things he discovered along the way. “I want to share this with people. I want to show people that’s it’s OK to feel stuff. I’m not trying to be cool for anyone, I’m not trying to impress anyone. My role and my purpose, as far as I’m concerned, is to feel and to show people the expressions of that. To help them express themselves. To help them feel free.”
It’s clear that in his new album, Murphy isn’t shy about his sensitive side or showing his vulnerabilities. He’s significantly evolved both as an artist and a person since Built on Glass and wants fans to connect with that growth, too. “The music says what I want to say. I just hope people can gain some kind of selfgrowth out of it. For me, it’s a chapter of really important self-discovery. I really hope that people can get something similar out of it, and if not, can enjoy a song or two.” Nick Murphy’s new album, Run Fast Sleep Naked, is out now via Future Classic. See Murphy at Groovin the Moo at the Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo on Saturday May 4.
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The Murderballs Melbourne’s own The Murderballs have finally, in their words, grown up enough that they were able to sit still long enough to bring us Gross Encounters. BY ANNA ROSE
It’s only taken ten years to release their debut album; the band, bassist Kenny Agis, drummer Lenny Young, and vocalist and guitarist Jesse Wise, were having too much fun causing a riot with their own spin on punk and funk. With their eccentric melodies and rabid rhythms, not to mention their awesome cartoon album artwork, it’s been an LP well worth waiting for. The album artwork is particularly noteworthy in all its zaniness – a specially curated piece that reflects the narrative heard in Gross Encounters. “Our songs are wacky and a bit bizarre,” says Young. “The subject matter and the way [the album cover] is drawn, has a weirdness of it all that goes nicely with the imagery of UFOs. “I feel like the strange really works with our music.” When Young says “weird and wacky”, it’s not just the perfect way to describe their music, but the perfect way to describe the antics and characters of the band – a fact which brings out raucous laughter from the trio at its mention. “I like to think of myself as cartoon character.”
Of course, none of The Murderballs are able to say which cartoon character they’d be best mates with if they could, because they’d simply be mates with the drawn out versions of each other – their unique sense of humour yet another endearing and fun quality. Together, laughing and playing for ten years, a stream of EPs and singles under their belts and yet now is the time they felt ready to focus on an album. “We’ve played together since we were kids and all lived in Belgrave,” says Young. “It started pretty innocently back then and then it was just a situation of each of us not being on the same wavelength.” “I think it also comes down to the fact that The Murderballs are a live band, probably always will be,” adds Wise. “It’s the thing we get the most enjoyment out of. Recording is something we decided to do later on but for us, the best part of the band is being in shows and playing for people.” “And that was even why our early recordings, we didn’t tend to get into multitrack stuff,” says Young, “because even other people’s feedback was that it didn’t have the same feel when we played it live.
“I think it got to a point where I honestly think we grew up a bit, got a bit more mature, more organised, and enjoyed the sound we were making at the time and decided to make an album.” With their album launch show around the corner, The Murderballs are keen as ever to have some fun when they hit the stage alongside DevilMonkey, Steakfaced, Protospasm and I am Duckeye. Making sure to not only add long-time friends to the bill, the three-piece have also tracked down bands equally as fun and raucous as them for the big occasion. “I feel like all the bands we’ve got on are similar enough but also quite different,” says Agis. “There’s a definite party vibe with all the
bands – they all play with a lot of groove but also do the punk stuff.” “It’s also a thing, I guess, where The Murderballs at gigs are the black sheep of the night,” says Wise. “So I guess in some ways, a lot of the bands we’re playing with at the launch, they think outside the box, and we like that.”
Ox is honest and blunt – he actively condemns individuals such as Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton and Pauline Hanson for their racist and anti-Islamic rhetoric. “These people are fascists; what they do is they divide so they can rule,” he states. “We’ve lost sight of how you deal with these people, like fucking egg ‘em, yes, but if a fascist or some racist person gets punched in the face, I’m happy to just laugh and move on. Ox wants to change the world through his music, uniting people in a socially conscious yet fun atmosphere where they can embrace their individuality and freedom. “My main mission is to get people up and moving and energised,” he says. “[I want] to teach them that it’s okay to fight back, and it’s okay to form something and to stuff up. What’s unforgivable is using racism, homophobia and sexism to meet your political goals. “What I’m trying to do with my activism is to change the world; with my music I’m trying
to say to people ‘you know what’s more fun than Peter Dutton? This. Do you know what’s smarter, funnier and a better dancer than Pauline Hanson? This.’ “I’m trying to say to people that the path of social justice is also the path of the party, because what the fascists want is to destroy the planet and everything in their path. “What I want is freedom; move your body, shake your bum, have a beer, scream along, get sweaty – do something you wouldn’t do in the office Monday to Friday. Dance, love, enjoy your time with your fellow humans moving to the music.”
The Murderballs come to The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar on Friday May 10, the same day their debut album, Gross Encounters, is released. Head to the venue website for tickets.
Ezekiel Ox Rock’n’roll troubadour Ezekiel Ox has been on a captivating musical journey – he is best known as the frontman of Australian bands Mammal, Superheist and Over-Reactor, among many others. BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS
A few years ago, Ox bravely embarked on a solo route in order to establish his own personal mark on the world. His new politically-charged punk rock EP, Cheering Bombs From Deckchairs is the second extended play from such venture. The story behind the release is quite confronting, but highlights Ox’s musical ingenuity and unique perspective on global events. “I saw some video footage of Israeli people sitting up on a hill in Israel, looking over the wall in deckchairs with drinks and eskies,” Ox says. “They were cheering as Palestinian people were bombed. That’s actual footage I saw, and I was obviously appalled. “I’m sure there are people in Israel that are fighting for what’s right – I’m not saying Israelis are the problem, Zionism as a political concept is a problem. From my perspective, it was something I just couldn’t get out of my head.” Ox’s urge to instigate social justice combines well with his love for creating music. “I wrote this second track called ‘Nature’,
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that’s really about this urge I feel daily to make music, to perform. It’s a visceral thing, I will continue to perform and sing ‘til the day I die.” Cheering Bombs From Deckchairs certainly represents the songwriter’s political stance – he wants to deconstruct socially ingrained acts of prejudice and violence. “In 30 years of deeply embedded systematic racism around Aboriginal people, we’ve got serious issues here with white supremacy. These people want power, control, and they want to round up anyone who doesn’t agree with them and put them in a camp. “They don’t want gay people getting married, they don’t want Muslim people moving in down the street and having a mosque, they don’t want multiculturalism, they want a white ethnostate. “That’s what we had in this country for a long time with the White Australia policy and the invasion in 1788, but now what we see is multicultural Australia. The [supremacist] people are losing the battle, because they are losers and always will be.”
Ezekiel Ox’s new EP, Cheering Bombs From Deckchairs, is out now. He’ll be launching the release at Belgrave’s Sooki Lounge on Thursday May 30 and the Northcote Social Club on Friday June 14. Grab your ticks via Ox’s website.
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Live Music Professionals Music Victoria’s Live Music Professionals programme is a completely free business coaching initiative aiming to build stronger live music businesses throughout Victoria. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Now in its third year, project manager Sarah Deborre tells us the backstory and primary aims of Live Music Professionals. “It came about as part of this Music Works package that Creative Victoria announced a few years ago,” she says. “So the funding comes via the Victorian state government. Music Works was put in place to fund a number of different music based programmes and projects, one of them being Live Music Professionals.” Applications close at 5pm on Monday May 13, after which a panel of industry experts will select the 20 participants for this year’s programme. The successful applicants will then be coached in key areas to boost their business needs. The programme aims to bring together people who are isolated, and not just geographically. “We’ve got participants that are in metro Melbourne that are feeling isolated because
they just might not know any other people doing that job,” Deborre says. “They might not have a support network of other band bookers that they know they can chat to or bounce ideas off. So the programme is really all about connecting people as well as fulfilling their skills gap.” There are two streams from which people can apply – the venue stream, open to those involved in a venue that supports live original music; and the independent promoter stream, which pertains to those putting on regular events without exclusive ties to a venue. “We’re looking at someone that kind of knows what they’re doing,” Deborre says. “Whether that’s having booked at least a certain number of gigs as an independent promoter – so promoters could be putting on different gigs in venues across multiple areas or they could be running a festival every year – or in regards to band booking, that they’ve
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been doing it for at least 12 months in an establishment.” Live Music Professionals isn’t specifically aimed at bookers and venue managers in regional Victoria, but there is a strong push to maintain live music in regional areas. “We do that by providing the people that are responsible for those venues or festivals with business skills that they might not have,” says Deborre. “I think there’s more and more support for music in regional areas. I think it’s really important for our music community in general, especially for bands and artists who are wanting to play shows outside of Melbourne. Without venues or festivals in those areas, there’s going to be nowhere to play.” Successful applicants will participate in one-on-one coaching sessions with established industry professionals, attend a specially tailored two-day conference, partake in group workshops, and network with dozens of industry allies. “Each participant will have three different coaches throughout the programme that they get to spend an hour with. We will select our participants and then find out what they need and their needs will determine what kind of coaches we have.
“Then we have this two day regional conference. I organise a trip away for everyone and we do two days of intensive workshops and masterclasses around different topics. We have keynotes and different inspiring speeches from people. Then we have lots of great group dinners and lunches and lots of opportunities to network.” The majority of Live Music Professionals participants over the past two years have seen their fortunes prosper, says Deborre. “The main thing that always comes out of this programme and similar programmes is the networking and the teams that come out of it. Then there’s also the aspects of people’s businesses improving too. We’ve had quite a number of people reporting on increasing ticket sales and so forth because of the skills they’re learning and then putting into place within their business.” Applications for Live Music Professionals are open until 5pm on Monday May 13. It’s free to apply for independent promoters, venue owners, band bookers and venue managers operating in Victoria. Head to musicvictoria.com.au/lmp for more info.
Photo by Tim Moore
A spectacular and unusual programme is expected from students of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) this May, as its piano department come together to form a “band of grands”. BY ANNA ROSE
That’s six grand pianos playing specially arranged sextet repertoire in a circle together as part of their Piano Pictures event. With six grand pianos set up on the floor and the audience in the round, this performance will be quite a staggering feat with an impressive soundscape. “It’s fun working with other pianists because you don’t usually get the opportunity to do so,” says visiting performer and concert pianist, Lisa Moore. “You work alone or with other instrumentalists – you get six pianos in a room with six piano opinions, it’s fun, but it’s a challenge. “The piano attack is very precise so you’ve got to sound together and that takes some rehearsing – but I’m totally confident the pianists at ANAM will be able to cope.” The student pianists Moore has been working with have been selected by department head, Timothy Young.“I think that’s his whole class, but everybody is everything, all the pieces are written for six pianos. The four works in the concert’s repertoire have been arranged particularly for six pianos.
A combination of well-known works and specially curated pieces, the programme includes the likes of John Adams, Steve Reich, Mussorgsky, and the Australian premiere of an original work by Benjamin Wallace. Moore breaks down the intricacies of reworking these arrangements. “Pictures at an Exhibition was arranged especially for Grand Band by one of our members, Paul Kerekes. “Steve Reich’s Six Pianos was written some years ago for his ensemble which was originally two pianists and four percussionists – a cult work at this point, very well-known in our little field. “The other piece written especially for Grand Band was written by Ben Wallace, a composer of game music and a bit of a gamer. He’s an amazing composer who mimics a lot of styles. It’s a throwdown of [Frédéric] Chopin and made into a jazz piece, funny and brilliant, virtuosic.” Much more than six people merely playing what they see on a piece of paper, this is a very special take on ensemble work. Such a far cry from traditional chamber
music means there’s a hefty challenge in the work, particularly because the piano is largely a solo instrument. “I think the biggest problem is that many pianists are leaders in ensembles,” says Moore. “So in Grand Band, I would say we have four leaders and that’s tricky sometimes, negotiating. “Pianists tend to be rather confident, sort of control freaks – so that’s been interesting to trying to get people to, as always in chamber music, agree and to be flexible and compromising. “I think pianists have a very good sense of rhythm and fortunately in Grand Band, we all have a great sense of rhythm – that’s why we’re together.” Apart from a little conflict of ego, the problems are, Moore says, similar to chamber music. Who will cue? What tempo will they take? There’s also the dexterity and size of the instrument to consider.
“The piano is a hammer hitting a string, a very precise attack,” says Moore. “In violin and piano quartet, it’s not nearly as apparent when people aren’t together within a margin of error – there’s no margin of error for us.” For the ANAM student performers, there is a new level of control to be learnt and applied to their craft in performing repertoire of this ilk. “I think, as with any project, you have to learn,” says Moore.“That’s a wonderful thing about music and life – if you stop learning, you may as well stop doing it. “Every ensemble, every orchestra, you learn things from the music and you learn things from each other. That’s one thing that has happened; we have a really open exchange of ideas in this group.” Piano Pictures will be performed at South Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday May 9. Head to the Australian National Academy of Music’s website for tickets.
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Georgie Currie Georgie Currie grew up in Albury in southern New South Wales. She’s been a member of the ten-piece folk collective, The Northern Folk, for six years and together with the band, made the move to Melbourne in early 2017. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
She’s now ready to launch her debut solo EP, Flowers For Your Worst Days, which lands on Friday May 3. Two singles have been lifted from the release so far – ‘Daytime TV’ and ‘Norma Jean’ – both of which feature piano and strings along with acoustic guitar and Currie’s lead vocals. Currie will celebrate the EP’s physical release with a gig at The Toff in Town on Thursday May 23, supported by a small ensemble. “Live there’s usually four of us, which is myself accompanied by acoustic guitar, keys, cello and violin,” she says. The quality of the production is quite striking for a debut release. Flowers For Your Worst Days doesn’t sound lo-fi or hastily thrown together. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in South Yarra with engineer Adam Rhodes. “I’d worked with him before with The Northern Folk so I was really lucky that I already had that relationship with him and
that he said yes to working on this project with me,” Currie says. “We were actually in the studio for three days. A lot of the other songs on the EP are quite sparse, so some of them took half a day or so.” There is a melancholic, downcast tint to Currie’s first couple of singles and she’s not afraid to admit her songwriting generally carries an element of sadness. It’s less an aesthetic choice, however, than a result of the emotions that stimulate productivity. “I’d love to write more happy songs if I could,” she says. “I think most songwriters would agree that it’s much easier to write sad songs. Everyone’s really afraid of writing happy songs because they think they’ll sound too cheesy or clichéd. But there is a happy song on the EP and I’m probably most proud of that one.” With creating music that can be perceived as sad comes the risk of taking it too far and sounding self-indulgent. Currie uses lyrical tools – like establishing relatable
narratives and including lots of identifiable imagery and metaphors – to give people something to connect to. “It also helps to make sure that even if your content comes out being a bit more melancholic, the vocal lines or the melodies provide a bit of contrast and they have a bit more of an arc instead of it all being a bit melodically monotonous,” she says. The lyrics in ‘Norma Jean’ are cleverly layered. Initially it seems like a love letter to the woman Norma Jean, who you could interpret as Marilyn Monroe or a metaphor for a mediaapproved beautiful woman. But the second line of the chorus is a watershed moment, as Currie sings: “Norma Jean, she’s so much easier to love than me.” “I think I used the story of Marilyn Monroe as a bit more of a channel of how I was feeling at the time, which was not feeling like you ever really measure up compared to what you perceive to be all these beautiful people around you.”
There were a bunch of significant artists that Currie took inspiration from during the writing of Flowers For Your Worst Days. “There’s a song on the EP called ‘Sugar and Salt’ and I think it’s pretty reminiscent of Norah Jones. I was listening to a lot of her at the time that I wrote it. I think you can definitely see where I’ve pulled a bit of inspiration. I was listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell at the time as well. “I’m not really sure if it sounds tonally or sonically like her, but she’s pretty wonderful. And then throughout my whole childhood I listened to every Missy Higgins album that was ever put out. So she’s a bit of a subconscious inspiration.”
guests are introduced to a new way of living. “We’re a social enterprise, making a difference in how people live. Hosts are inviting people of different cultures, values and ideas into their homes. It enriches their lives and, at the same time, provides a solution for affordable housing. It also gives guests access to networks of people. When you get access to the network, you’re living like a local. It opens up this whole new world. It’s a winwin on both sides.” Dautovic is passionate about The Room Xchange being equitable and safe for guests and hosts. The two hours of help a day is calculated from the average of $350 a week often spent on rent, food and utilities and divided up into $25 per hour segments. This allows guests to fairly contribute their time, skills and abilities in return for housing from their host, leaving both parties feeling valued. Applications for this platform are all facilitated through their website, and Dautovic assures The Room Xchange is secure.
“We ask our users to jump through a couple of hoops. The first is SMS verification, then Digital iD. It’s important to us that our users feel like everyone’s on the same playing field in terms of being vetted and verified. That step just makes hosts and guests feel safe knowing that everyone on the platform’s done that. You’ve got to have a 100% complete profile to be able to connect and message with other users.” Xchanging is not only for locals but travellers too. Anyone staying a month or more qualifies for The Room Xchange in Australia. The platform is available to users nationwide, wherever hosts and guests coincide. Its presence is continuing to grow in cities such as Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as well as rural areas.
Georgie Currie’s debut solo EP, Flowers For Your Worst Days is out Friday May 3. She’ll be launching it at The Toff on Thursday May 23. Grab your ticks via Moshtix.
The Room Xchange The Room Xchange connects guests with free accommodation, paying with time rather than money. BY HOLLY EMMA DENISON
Entrepreneur Ludwina Dautovic is the founder and CEO of The Room Xchange, a platform that puts busy homeowners (aka hosts) in contact with guests who provide a couple of hours of help a day in return for a place to stay. The Xchange allows guests to pay by providing a certain kind of household contribution, and otherwise save extra money for their own interests. “There’s a massive difference in cost of living. That’s a challenge we face,” says Dautovic. “In terms of our guests, for the time of fourteen hours a week they help out the hosts around the home. This depends on what the host needs help with, and they list that on their profile. It could be cooking, cleaning, childcare, drop offs, pickups or grocery shopping. The guest lists what they’re willing to help with and if that matches, that gives them the opportunity to live for free.” SBS reports that in the last 12 months almost 11,000 university students have been recorded as homeless. That could mean either couch surfing, living in cars or roughing it on the streets. The Room Xchange offers an attainable living option.
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“When you look at what’s available in terms of affordable housing for people on low incomes, it’s just not there,” Dautovic says. “We need to be coming up with solutions for the younger generation. Someone Xchanging can save $18,200 based on $350 a week over a 12-month period. They might want to buy a car or save for a deposit on a house.” For those wanting to move out while staying close to work, university or family, The Room Xchange opens up the market. According to finder.com.au, there are seven million unused spare bedrooms in Australia. “People are interested in alternative ways to live,” says Dautovic. “So they may be able to afford [renting] but they might not want to use their own money or cash for environmental reasons. They like the idea of using existing housing. There’s these spare bedrooms in houses where hosts are stressed, time poor, mortgages are high, they’re working long hours to cover their cost of living – busy professionals, building their careers or building a business for themselves.” The Room Xchange is a beneficial experience for everyone involved. Hosts receive assistance with necessary tasks, while
Head to theroomxchange.com for more information and to register as a host or a guest.
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Eating for autumn
Kombucha Mocktails RECIPE
WITH AUNT MAGGIE’S BY GENEVIEVE PHELAN
Kombucha is a fermented tea, described as tasting similar to sour apple cider, originating from north-east China. The drink had been a hipster favourite for years, but has recently burst into the mainstream and on supermarket shelves everywhere. It is said to contain beneficial probiotics, antioxidants that help fight off diseases, antibacterial properties that suppress the growth of undesirable bacteria and yeast, and is even said to reduce the risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
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CRISPY APPLE INGREDIENTS
Place the ice and toppings into your jug. Pour in the kombucha and sparkling water and give it a good stir. It’s best to put the liquid and fruit together an hour before the party so the flavours infuse. Enjoy!
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1 litre Remedy Hibiscus Kiss Kombucha 500 millilitres sparkling water 1 punnet strawberries, halved (250 grams) Handful fresh mint leaves
1 litre Remedy Apple Crisp Kombucha 500 millilitres sparkling water Fresh pomegranate seeds Green apple, thinly sliced Enough ice to fill your jug
Tip: Gin or vodka make good additions if you’re after a cocktail for a party. All ingredients at available at Aunt Maggie’s
Milkboy on Fordhams CAFE
She’s the ‘cool’ aunty, adhering to trends and spoiling you with the very best.Aunt Maggie’s is a stalwart supporter of celebrating food in all its seasonal glory, ensuring our insides (and outsides) stay nourished as we hibernate for the colder months. All Melburnians know that chips doused in chicken salt, Bunnings sausage sizzles, and copious footy pies are the hallmarks of a city-centric autumnal diet. We trade crisp, garden-plucked salads and fresh smoothies for hearty, soul-warming foods and pinot that make us feel like pigs in blankets. We consciously acknowledge that as the seasons change, our appetites and proclivities for craving the bad stuff increase. Luckily, soul-nourishing, sustaining foods are being lovingly propelled from Aunt Maggie’s doors this autumn. Touted as an organic and health foods store with a holistic approach to gastronomy year-round, this emporium is where you can find us putting the shopping trolley dance move into legitimate action and bypassing the magnetic pull of golden arches and other drive throughs. Some of the bites in the spotlight this month are their plump, vivid heirloom tomato varieties, fresh from the farm and born to star in your next pasta sauce or Sunday
morning omelette. Ridding us of unwanted office colds and dreaded chest coughs, Aunt Maggie’s proliferates their website and socials with sensational at-home recipes using their prized produce for that week or month. The turmeric-spiced pumpkin and apple soup sees a medley of harvested jewels and rich spices meeting in the melting pot, and the lurid green smoothie is packed with vitamin C rich kiwi fruits (with the skin left on). For when insatiable desire for steaming, golden, carborific goods kick in, Aunt Maggie’s is there with easy how-to’s and all the ingredients you need to whip up a noguilt batch of polenta chips with smoky aioli. Before your event calendar fills, be sure to save the date for one of Aunt Maggie’s iconic monthly vegan high teas, decorated with everything from kombucha mocktails to vegan sandwich slices and steaming pots. Resist the autumn menu temptresses and schedule in your next grocery shop or Sunday morning schmoozing in the aisles of Aunt Maggie’s. Check out Aunt Maggie’s at 188 Gertrude Street Fitzroy, 380 Lygon Street Carlton and 72 Glenferrie Road in Malvern. You can find more information about Aunt Maggie’s at www.auntmaggiesorganics.com.au.
One of Melbourne’s oldest milk bars has become a buzzing breakfast hot spot. How did such a radical change come about? We wanted to keep the nostalgic milk bar as it was originally established in 1915. Having created a cafe space within the milk bar has added to the ambience and vibe, as now the venue has become a community hub. You’ve just brought on a new kitchen team and head chef. How will this affect the look of the menu moving forward? Having brought on a new head chef and kitchen staff, the next menu to drop in June will be your classic dishes with a tasty twist. Not to mention, we will soon be doing our own sweets and pastries to compliment the nostalgic milk bar. So it doubles as a grocery store, is that right? What groceries can one purchase at Milkboy on Fordhams? The freshly baked bread is a crowd favourite, we also sell goods like chutneys and jams, children’s toys and, of course, the best part is our lolly section. The end goal for Milkboy on Fordhams is to have the venue set up as a corner shop, where customers can enjoy the vibe of the cafe, but also buy your luxury style commodities like pasta, sauces, olive oils and take home meals. What do you want your guests and diners to get out of their experience at Milkboy on Fordhams? Whether people are coming to enjoy a solid feed or a dope coffee, or even the milk bar itself, we want people to leave loving the overall vibe we have created. We want people to enjoy the community feeling that we’ve worked hard to create. Find Milkboy on Fordhams at 116 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell open seven days a week. Find out more about the café via their Facebook page.
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Profiles Sonia Serin
Sean Frayne MUSIC
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Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriting visionary, Sonia Serin, bottles up emotions from many tributaries with her new single ‘London You’re A Thief’. It’s just as reflective of an ex-partner of two years as it is an exploration into the oft-frequented travel pitstop and home, London itself. As much as the name might portray, the single isn’t about the current imposition of Brexit in the UK and how it may resonate with the rest of the world, but a carrier of heartache and anguish that comes with losing a loved one. As Sonia explains, “Little did I know from our first date when my ex-partner stated that [it] would be on their cards to live overseas, it was an actual significant ‘alarm bell’ which I had missed. I was far too caught up with the excitement of falling in love, and starting the relationship, not registering the risk of pain, grief and loss that would follow two years later.” The song also explores the process of moving forward and how that may look different for the two individuals concerned. Melodically, the song comes alongside an eloquent acoustic guitar and trickling piano that bolsters the emotions coating the narrative – Serin’s vocals are soft and vulnerable, shadowing the instrumentals in poignant yet resounding fashion. It’s a touching work from the singer-songwriter paving the way for plenty of intrigue to surround the artist.
When did you first start making music and what led you there? I think I was seven or eight. My neighbour who was a drummer, and much older (and cooler), gave me a half size classical guitar. My dad played guitar, so I asked him to teach me. Tell us about your new single, ‘Treading Water’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? It’s about a specific moment that recurs every other Friday night. When, as a single dad, my two kids pack up and leave for their mum’s. I was trying to capture the sudden quiet that fills the house once they’ve gone and the feelings that crop up even after years of doing this. The track rings of a soulful folk-pop sound. Would this be an accurate way of describing your music? Yep, couldn’t have put it better myself. Probably explains why you guys are writing music magazines. Can I use that? What can we expect from your upcoming single launch at the Northcote Social Club? A soulful folk-pop infused afternoon (see what I did there?). Think Hozier’s Irish lilt with a mash-up of the Mumford guys and The Lumineers backing him up, all in the comfort of your favourite laidback local. I’ve gotten a few friends together to play with me as a band and have Davy Simony and Paige Black as special guests, so it’ll be an awesome afternoon. Do you have any new music or tour news on the horizon that Sean Frayne fans should keep an eye out for? Yes; ‘Treading Water’ is out May 3 on digital with a YouTube vid too, so check that out. After that, new singles in June and July and then recording new songs.
Sonia Serin’s new single ‘London You’re A Thief’ is the fourth track from the album U N R E S O L V E D to be released in August 2019. The single’s film clip is out now on YouTube.
See Sean Frayne and his band at Northcote Social Club on Saturday May 11. Doors at 1pm. Tickets are $15+BF via the venue’s website.
Rich Webb
Man Deep MUSIC
You’ve established quite the reputation within Melbourne’s buzzing music scene. Tell us a bit about how you got into music. It was through a common rite of passage around these parts – an ad for a band singer on the wall of the Swoppie in Fitzroy. They knew what they didn’t want — specifically an Elvis Costello wannabe — and some of them didn’t like the Doc Marten boots I was wearing. But when I got in a room with these beautiful people, magic happened and they let me stay. The Stiff Kittens became the band and we had a blast and a half there for a while. Your new album, Le Rayon Vert, is as textured instrumentally as it is lyrically. What drove you to create something so deep and multifaceted? That’s a lovely question. I don’t know really, but I’m pleased you find it so. I do think there’s no time anymore to deliver something average – there’s plenty of that everywhere in everything. It’s got to be about something you believe in. What has the response been from the album? Quite super, although some have been a little strange. “Like John Mellencamp on drugs” was an interesting take from a German magazine. What can we expect from your upcoming show at The Old Bar alongside The Dufranes? Some fine, convivial alt-country madness, sweet tunes and a bit of fun. It’s a free show in a ripper of a venue, and I don’t reckon you’ll do better on a Saturday afternoon anywhere in Melbourne. Just saying. Catch Rich Webb at The Old Bar on Saturday May 11. Free entry.
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Growing up in India, what led you to rap music initially? I have always loved challenges. I heard an Indian rap song on the radio once and I felt like this is something tough and worth a try but there was no meaning to the lyrics. I needed something raw and straight up to the face. Then I heard Eminem’s ‘Till I Collapse’ – every line is something, with a power to wake the dead from the grave. That is something that I can proudly relate myself to. Tell us about your new single,‘Plain Man’. When I moved to Melbourne almost two years ago, I experienced a real hip hop culture – almost everybody had tattoos, they drink booze and smoke pot before vocal sessions. Then I looked at myself and I found not even a single dot of ink on my skin. All these different variations I came across, forced me to write something. Decorated with heavily distorted sounds, what have you been trying to achieve with your sound? Every sound has a special texture, that may trigger a memory, or an emotion or a vibe and every song demands a set of sounds which, when combined with the lyrics, emphasise similar emotions. That is when the magic happens and that is how people can relate to the music or to the artist. Is there any new music or tour news on the horizon that Man Deep fans should keep an eye out for? Yes. I have just finished mixing my second single which will be out Friday June 7 and then a few more singles in the following months. ‘Plain Man’ is available on streaming services now. Check out Man Deep via his website mandeepmusic.com.
LIVE
Live
Photo by Joshua Braybrook
The Balls
I OH YOU Presents Cable Ties
Party For Stu
THE TOTE, FRIDAY APRIL 19
BOMBAY ROCK, WEDNESDAY APRIL 24
Headlined by modern-punk band Cable Ties, I OH YOU’s Good Friday event at The Tote was not one to be missed. Starting at 7pm and going until 3am, it was an eight-hour musical bender of diverse and gifted artists. If you survived the long haul, then you’re probably some kind of gig wizard. With such an impressive lineup, it would have definitely been worth sticking it out through the exhaustion to see artists like Jesswar, Elizabeth, No Sister, Quivers, Porpoise Spit, Candy, Spike Vincent, Tram Cops and, of course, Cable Ties. The event was like a degustation menu where everyone got a taste of the nine different artists. Though, unlike a degustation menu, it wasn’t expensive and no one had to pretend to enjoy themselves. Unfortunately, I had to skip the first few courses and get right to the dessert and it did not disappoint. If you haven’t already heard the angelic voice that is Elizabeth, you need to go check her out now. There is a beautiful poetry to her music and it’s easy to get lost in her emotional melodies and saintly voice. Performing with a new band, Elizabeth Mitchell – who is used to playing solo – has a wonderful chemistry with her all-female band. They have the same ethereal vibe as Australian all-female band Stonefield. Elizabeth had the audience captivated with their stage presence and musical prowess. Jesswar followed Elizabeth and brought a whole new vibe to the night. The 22-yearold hip hop artist is making big waves in the hip hop and alternative music communites. She brings an attitude that can’t be mimicked, not even by the audience she brought up on stage for the final song. Jesswar was definitely the only one who appeared effortlessly cool on stage, the rest were like watching my mum trying to dab. It was like Miley Cyrus’s twerking moment at the 2013 VMA’s. Let’s just say, you might agree that my description sounds about white.
Cable Ties, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jenny McKechnie, bassist Nick Brown, and drummer Shauna Boyle, were the last act to hit the stage. Luckily, because they’d definitely be a hard act to follow. Cable Ties and The Tote are a match made in heaven. The Tote’s decaying walls and sticky floor coalesced with McKechnie’s raspy and indignant voice. As for their performance, they brought the house down. Their punk roots and feminist mantra gave their music genuine attitude and defiance. The heavy bass in ‘Tell Them Where to Go’ had everyone head banging and this felt right compared with the audience’s previous attempt at Drake dancing. The last song of the night was ‘The Producer’, which provided some hard-hitting irony, as the song is about the toxic gender imbalance in the music industry, and how women are often left to “make it on [their] own”. The irony was that Cable Ties have made it on their own and are now headlining gigs at The Tote over their male-lead counterparts. Cable Ties had the audience tied around their little finger and they loved every moment. Their punk sound and poignant lyrics are unparalleled by any other band at the moment. They will no doubt go down in The Tote’s history books, along with all the other legendary musicians it’s had between its walls. Highlight: The way that Jenny McKechnie snarls behind the microphone, showing the passion behind the music. Lowlight: Watching the train wreck of hipsters attempting to dance during Jesswar’s final song. Crowd Favourite: My lowlight of the crowd dancing also happened to be their favourite part of the night. BY SASKIA MORRISON-THIAGU
This reviewer wasn’t aware of how much love was in the air on the night of Wednesday April 24. Every year, punk rock veterans Australian Kingswood Factory host a party for their former bandmate Stu Bullas, who sadly passed away in 2011. With the help of fellow label mates, Bombay Rock was packed for a night of fast-paced music. One of the openers, The Daggar, powered through their nine-track set to start off the night. It’s clear The Daggar like to keep things fast and appropriately Aussie – why Aussie you may ask? After the first song was finished, frontman Muzz requested “a coupla VBs” and the crowd was immediately sold. One gentleman also started his own moshpit, despite the fact his pants were unable to remain on his waist. The five-piece continued on, throwing their dynamic songs at the crowd – their new track, ‘Sexy Beast’, was a highlight. An enjoyable set with killer vocals and lightning fast solos, The Daggar were on point. Three-piece The Balls (and their beards) then took to the stage. It became apparent the band were a good fit for the lineup with their brand of punk/stoner rock. Punishing their Fenders (a black Telecaster and Jazz Bass), The Balls busted out their song ‘Fallout’, showing off their sheer power to the crowd. Despite someone in the crowd begging for a Slayer cover, The Balls kept the ball rolling and produced a focused set. What was most impressive was their swansong which was well performed and showed off their skill. The track itself felt like their most progressive track, swaying between the tempos of old fashioned UK punk and a slow, almost Pink Floyd pace, with the drums eventually thundering the song back into punk again. The Balls were solid. Finally came the headliners, Australian Kingswood Factory. During the sound check,
it was clear the enlarged crowd were busting to see these guys. Frontman Lindsey Bush started the set with a soft and short guitar piece. It was the calm before the storm, with his two bandmates blasting into their hourlong set with their signature head-banging punk rock shortly after. Energetic and powerful, AKF showed no signs of wear or tear, keeping true to their social media tagline: “DIRTY, FAST and BUILT TO LAST”. Respectful of their venue, AKF dedicated their song ‘Raise Your Glasses’ to Bombay Rock. Pleasurable to a fault, they demonstrated their prowess like pros and ended the first section of their set with their thunderous track ‘Rock and Roll MF’. They then revealed a surprise: the trio became a quartet with the frontman’s younger brother taking on lead guitar duties and Bush playing his late bandmate’s guitar. The set was explosive and really a step up, with their first song having a bluesier feel and clever vocal harmonies. Claiming they only had a few songs left, the band kept on flying, extending by more than four songs before they finished to raucous applause from the crowd. The roaring lineup made the night a heartfelt tribute to a beloved musician and a solid celebration of punk rock lovers. Highlight: Australian Kingswood Factory’s riotous set. Lowlight: It had it all. Crowd favourite: When AKF brought up Lindsey Bush’s younger brother to make a four-piece. BY RHYS MCKENZIE
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NEW MUSIC
Albums & Singles BEST NEW ALBUM
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LITTLE MAY
Blame My Body
Hastening to lock Little May down to a genre, but this blend of alt-rock and electronic-folk arrests your attention track to track. Blame My Body is a great example of an album; a body of work with different textures and no unnecessary tracks. Across the album, Hannah Field and Liz Drummond find a unity Little May weren’t able to conjure as a three-piece – there’s a substance to the lyricism that leaves enough room for personal interpretation and each track has its own flavour, with no two too similar. “You are not our friend/you are just looking for someone to bail you out/don’t bring us down” – ‘Lover’ holds a message of self-empowerment in the face of destructive friendships. ‘Blue Highway’ holds you in sombre silence in its minimalist production: “Something seems right/I’m no longer alive in the night”, “Blue eyes stringing in from the sky/so happy, you held on” – The words cut through the music like a razor-sharp knife. ‘Be My Man, Be My Woman’ drags you through its evanescent minimalist production, building until you think it’s reached its peak, before slamming you with an anthemic series of harmonies. Some of Blame My Body has you up dancing, other sections belong in a moody indie film. It’s an oscillating ride from start to end with little elements of personality that make it the Little May sound. A warm body of work to get you through the winter, Blame My Body is sure ignite the band’s next wave of anticipation. Label: Dew Process/Universal Music Australia BY SCOTT HUDSON
SINGLES – WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY
TAYLOR SWIFT
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
EMMA RUSSACK
FKA TWIGS
Me! feat. Brendon Urie
Hello Sunshine
Winter Blues
Cellophane
I always approach Taylor Swift’s work with a willingness to enjoy it. It’s obviously preferable for ubiquitous music to be quality music. Anyway, teaming up with Panic! At The Disco’s Brandon Urie and Lorde producer Joel Little, ‘Me!’ manages to be both bland and grating. It lacks any spark or personality. Surely none of the contributors signed off on this thinking, “shit yeah, we’re making pop history”. The kids deserve better.
The Boss. Bruce. Springy. He feels so familiar, but what has he done for you lately? ‘Hello Sunshine’ demonstrates the Boss ain’t purely a legacy act. It’s familiar – bluesy chord changes, wizened middle-aged vocal – but somehow unlike anything he’s done before. He starts off singing over a shuffling beat and country bass groove. Piano, guitar and strings enter as the vocal becomes more plaintive. It could be McCartney, it could be Dylan, it could be Cohen, but it’s Bruce showing there’s some greatness in him yet.
Emma Russack’s back with a foretelling of what’s ahead for us all. That cold wind is a killer. The grey skies quickly degrade your vitamin D levels. Everything gets a bit harder, usual pleasures lose their allure. Russack’s established a distinct stylistic personality over the last handful of years. Her lyrics are more conversational than refined, but she’s a pithy writer. Her vocal style is unguarded, which contributes to the emotional impact of her songwriting.
In the years since her masterful M3LL155X EP, FKA twigs has collaborated with outré producer Oneohtrix Point Never and appeared on A$AP Rocky’s Testing LP. ‘Cellophane’ shows shades of both ventures. It’s accessibly open but also adventurous. The piano chords steadily warp and degrade as twigs’ lead vocal becomes more urgent and capacious. Her talents as a producer and sound manipulator can draw attention away from her voice. But ‘Cellophane’ reveals its skin-piercing agility and emotional acuity.
Label: Republic Records
Label: Spunk Label: Columbia
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Label: Young Turks
NEW MUSIC
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BAND OF SKULLS
Love Is All You Love
Over their past four albums, Southampton’s Band of Skulls have barely put a foot wrong. Their fifth album Love Is All You Love prolongs the momentum – another rip-roaring affair with plenty of catchy hooks, singalong moments and heavy drums to appease their loyal fans. Yet there are a few songs that fail to fire. Opening song ‘Carnivorous’ is one of the songs that has potential but doesn’t quite deliver. Whereas ‘That’s My Trouble’ sees Band of Skulls at their absolute best – fastpaced, vocalists Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson share the vocals to wonderful effect. Title track, ‘Love Is All You Love’, is a little slower and less frantic, yet it’s catchy and Richardson’s backing vocals in the chorus are almost ethereal. ‘Not The Kind Of Nothing I Know’ would be a good choice of song to play for someone getting their first taste of the rockers. Using both singers to great effect, it’s an earworm that conjures raucous riffs that won’t leave your head. ‘Cool Your Battles’ is much slower but one of the best tracks on the album – Marsden and Richardson harmonise with tremendous success. Forgiving a couple of songs that miss the mark, Love Is All You Love is another release from a band who, at this point of their career, know how to write quality album after quality album.
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CERES
We Are A Team
There was a point in time when Ceres frontman Tom Lanyon was ready to give up on music. The Melbourne band who have won the hearts of many music fans around the country had struck such a chord with the release of their sophomore album, Drag It Down On You, it would make sense that the momentum would spur its successor on. This wasn’t the case. However, through periods of reflection and eventual inspiration, Lanyon began to write, specifically the single ‘Viv in the Front Seat’, and from there We Are A Team was born. The album is one about relationships, love and confidence; a sense of optimism shining through the darkness stands out as Ceres enter a triumphant new phase. “I’m gonna get happy,” Lanyon sings on album opener ‘Marriage’. It’s a fitting gauntlet for the rest of the album to run as Ceres continue to operate at their heartstringtugging best. ‘Me & You’ and ‘Something Good’ remain strong album highlights, yet We Are A Team is an album best digested whole. Longtime fans of the band will note the rich evolution of the Ceres sound here, while newcomers are being introduced to a band brought back from the brink and attacking their craft with renewed vigor and sincerity. Label: Cooking Vinyl Australia BY SOSE FUAMOLI
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TOTALLY UNICORN
Sorry
In what will likely be one of the biggest ‘what?’ takes of 2019, Totally Unicorn’s Sorry might just be the best Australian hardcore album of the year. For a band famous for turning venues into half-naked moshfests, Sorry is an unexpectedly well-dressed record full of contemplation and self-reflection that gazes into the face of human misery – all the while churning out some of the tightest instrumentals the band has had to date. Each track batters the listener with new forms of experimentation – incredibly intelligent and often subtle polyrhythms backed by loathing lyrics delivered both loud and fucking clearly. Tracks like ‘A Song For The Dead Shits’ burn with instrumental and emotional intensity, to a point where the bursting drumming and grisly depiction of life in nu-suburban hell could earn themselves a national day of mourning. While the cynically delivered mantra of ‘Grub’ could only become more authentic if the vocalist was spitting blood into your ear. This is the album that the Australian hardcore scene has been needing. It’s daring, experimental and technically sound with enough flaw and fracture to allow the humanity of its subject manner to permeate. Have Totally Unicorn just produced their magnum opus? There’s a very real chance Sorry is exactly that.
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VULGARGRAD
The Odessa Job
If you want a mixed bag of horns, drums, guitar, piano accordion and contrabass balalaika (guitar with a comically large triangle body), then maybe The Odessa Job is for you. The ability to speak Russian would also greatly enhance the experience. The vocals throughout the album are spoken with a brash, raspy voice which carries a spectrum of emotion, setting the tone of the songs. Opening track, ‘I Remember’, carries the mood of upbeat Romani-folk with jovial vocals before transitioning into a jazzinfluenced instrument break midway. One of the few English-spoken sections enters soon after – a short anecdotal monologue – before we quickly rejoin the Romani-folk energy. ‘Murka’, the album’s two pure instrumental tracks played in both bass and trombone form, create a sombre environment between the high energy and vocally-led songs, audibly painting a picture of melancholy. VulgarGrad has so much going on musically within the seven-piece, that aside from ‘The Guy She Used To Be with’ – a very vocally driven track – the language barrier is simply the listener’s transparent wall to see beyond. Through The Odessa Job, VulgarGrad produce a great mix of Romanifolk, jazz and funk with a lot of character. Label: Independent BY SCOTT HUDSON
Label: Farmer & The Owl
Label: SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records
BY TOM BRAND
BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN
EDITOR’S PICK
MATT CHURCH AND THE GOLDEN APPLES
The Valley The Starlight In The Stream Matt Church takes rock’n’roll and shovels it into a Pink Floyd psychedelic time warp. His guitars are stretched and skewed to the outer edges of their capability, creating an immersive experience that takes you on a journey through space.
Commencing the expedition with the minimalist instrumental 12-minute track, ‘Approaching the River’, the scene is set for a crusade akin to something as ominous and intrepid as The Lord of the Rings. Shooting through The Milky Way on the stripped back number ‘The Universe is a Garden’, the cosmic dust thickens for the album’s title track which brings Church’s David Gilmour-like guitar solos to the fore and sees the songwriter pervade the far reaches of his hallucinogenic state. In what is largely an album of wild instrumental reconnoitring, drums act only as a
steadier to the warped guitars atop the throne. ‘The Story of Diego Gelmirez’ is evidence of this, while ‘Spiritless’ sees Church adorn a baritone as he tells a story of hopelessness. For Matt Church and The Golden Apples, The Valley The Starlight In The Stream is a project of try once, fail, and try again. Patiently crafted, there’s meticulousness to every note and musical shift – a diligence that wouldn’t have been foreign to Roger Waters. Label: EEO Records BY TOM PARKER
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GIGS & EVENTS
Gig & Events Guide WEDNESDAY 1 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers CHILLERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. HUMAN NATURE + DAMI IM Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. KANDALINI + TINA GROWLS + KAZ GARAZ + TEAM VOM Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. KYLE LIONHART + FEELDS + KARUAH Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $25. LAROSE + MIDDLE MANAGEMENT + MORE Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $10. MUDSHAKER + LEMON DAZE + WARDENS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5. RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP 25TH ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH - FEAT: DJ ALBO + DJ GED Espy, St Kilda. 7pm. $2. ZEBRAHEAD, DEATH BY STEREO Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $56.10.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
Fitzroy. 9pm. THE GIANNI MARINUCCI TRIO Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights GUNK - FEAT: JUAN + ELISE TALI + BATHSHEBA + ANNABELLA MOZZARELLA + DJ LIFE ADMIN Globe Alley, Melbourne. 7pm. KASSETTE - FEAT: MZRIZK + SLIPPERY SLOPES + KAM + RUDI Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. NEW KIDS - FEAT: ELAPIDAE + LUI LIGHT Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. NICK MURPHY Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $76.81. PANGEAN NIGHTS - FEAT: TOMMY GROVES + OLIVER FRANCIS Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. POSTAL - FEAT: POST PERCY + DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
Hip Hop & R&B POST MALONE + JADEN SMITH + TYLA YAWEH Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7pm. $147.50. REJJIE SNOW + JIMOTHY 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
- FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $5. NELSON RUFFATT Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT + VARIOUS ARTISTS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 5pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick. 7pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bergy Seltzer, Brunswick. 8pm. REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER'S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. $20. SONGMAKERS AUSTRALIA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. THE GRUBBY URCHINS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 7pm.
THURSDAY 2 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. LAMBROS + TESS GUTHRIE + OLIVER NORTHAM & THE ELSEWHERES Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7pm. $7. LISA MILLER ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIO Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. $18. MARC DEAZ + BELLA QUINLAN Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm. MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm. MICHAEL BEACH + CRASH MATERIAL + OSTRAALY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm. MØ + DUCKWRTH 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $67.50. PLOVERS + ASHBEL + UBOA + THE WORLD AT A GLANCE + STONED TO DEATH Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10. POLASH LARSEN Red Betty, Brunswick. 8pm. RACH BRENNAN & THE PINES + LIBBY STEELE + IMMY OWUSU Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. RHYECE O'NEILL & THE NARODNIKS + FOGGY NOTION + S.P TWIN + LIAM WILKERSON Nighthawks, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. WILLIAM CRIGHTON + BEANS ON TOAST Espy, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $30.80. WILLIAM'S CAVE + RUBY VIDOR + HOLLAN MORRELL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.
ASH SUMPTER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. JACKSON PHELAN + PAIGE BLACK + BRENDAN LLOYD Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm. JORJA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: PETER BAYLOR + PAULA STANDING + MARTY KELLY Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm. MELBOURNE'S BIGGEST OPEN MIC NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: MARION FAY Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 10am. $15. MUDDY'S BLUES ROULETTE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS
ALMOND SOY + FULL DENIM Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $10. BORIS THE BLADE + A NIGHT IN TEXAS + GRAVEMIND + WHORETOPSY + AME NOIRE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $24.95. DJ D-TRAIN Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 7pm. DON BERZERK + FORKLIFT ASSASSINS + DEVILMONKEY Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10. FEROCIOUS X + SISTEMA EN DECADENCIA + HAVITTAJAT + EXTINCT EXIST + EXECUTION + SOMATIZE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $20. FLOSS + PAMELA STREET + DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. GREWSUM TEWSUM + REIGNER Globe Alley, Melbourne. 8pm. GUN LAWS + TENDERLOINS + RQBTL Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. HOT SLUDGE FUNDAE + SLIM JEFFRIES Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. HUMAN NATURE + DAMI IM Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $64.90. JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN + LUCIE THORNE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. KONNIE + JOJU + PAIGE BLACK Evelyn
Wine, Whiskey, Women
Emily Grant
Open Mic Night
Eddy & The Exciters
THE DRUNKEN POET
CHARLES WESTON HOTEL
THE MERRI CLAN
LOMOND HOTEL
Melbourne locals Jorja and Ash Sumpter are on the lineup for this week’s Wine, Whiskey, Women at The Drunken Poet. While they each have different sounds, they’ll both leave you begging for more. They hit the stage on Wednesday May 1 from 8pm with a free performance.
Emily Grant are playing a live, intimate, and free show at Charles Weston on Thursday May 2 from 6:30pm. The classical-pop duo has Emily playing piano and Grant on guitar, creating an atmospheric sound that fills the room.
Whether you want to share your talent in an intimate setting or you’re looking for low-key live music, The Merri Clan’s Open Mic Night is where to go. It’s happening from 7pm on Thursday May 2, free entry. Register at the bar on the night to perform.
Lending a contemporary air to a classic Chicago swing sound, Eddy & The Exciters will have you jumping and grooving with their blues harp infused set of original tunes. Catch them at The Lomond Hotel from 9pm on Thursday May 2, it’s free.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. COFI + EMMA VOLARD + CLAPS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10. CRY BABY + BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + THEM HIGH SPIRITS + CHE STEER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. GODOGGO + M.A.N.E.A.C. (WITH GPSAXY) + MS DOS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. JULIEN WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. LOUISE GOH Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25. NO REGRETS - THE EDITH PIAF STORY Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm. $35. QUIANA LYNELL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $32. SHOL QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $20. SONG APPETIT - FEAT: ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA Casa Cultura, Brunswick East. 6:30pm. $30. SOULVILLE - FEAT: SUGAR D + VINCE PEACH + DJ PIERRE BARONI Night Cat,
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Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. JACKIE BORNSTEIN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25. JULIE O HARA + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET Water Rat Hotel, South Melbourne. 7pm. MZRIZK + IVA LAMKUM + LAY THE MYSTIC Penny Black, Brunswick. 9pm. PSI-PHI 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10. QUIANA LYNELL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $32. SON OF A GUNZEL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. THE NEW MONOS + CHIBCHA Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE PUTBACKS Edinburgh Castle,
GIGS & EVENTS
Brunswick. 8pm. THE SINGER’S SONG - FEAT: SUSIE GOBLE + JACINTA CARUANA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights GOLD HAUS - FEAT: MISTRAL MEN + WILLEM + STEFAN MAC + JACKSON RAMUS Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. GUERNS - FEAT: STEFAN MAC + KOVAC + ZJOSO + QUANTUM MECHANICS + KIERAN BONANNO + STICKS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. JUNGLE BOOGIE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. RACERAGE + SLIPPY MANE + SIMO SOO + MINORFAUNA + DJ SPACEGIRL GEMMY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $12.
Hip Hop & R&B LAUNDRY THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10pm. LETS VIBE LIVE MUSIC - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS Little Jax, Melbourne. 7pm. POST MALONE + JADEN SMITH + TYLA YAWEH Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7pm. $147.50.
Comedy POLITICAL CAPITAL - FEAT: MC ALANTA COLLEY + KIRSTY WEBECK + TOBY HALLIGAN + MAT KENNEALLY + PAM RANA + IZZY ALI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $15.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk AARON POLLOCK Hume Blues Club (Shake Shack), Coburg. 7:30pm. ÁINE TYRRELL, CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR + FENN WILSON Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $20. ANNA MCMICHAEL Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. BRETT ELDREDGE + JON PARDI + BRAD COX Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $99. DAN PURDEY & THE STORMY SEAS + ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm. DAVE ALLEN Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 10:30am. $17. EDDY BOYLE BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm. EMILY GRANT Charles Weston Hotel,
Brunswick. 6:30pm. GERRY HALE The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. KINGS OF SWAY Fad Gallery, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. LARA TRAVIS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $15. METROPOLIS NIGHT ONE - FEAT: BARRY CONYNGHAM + MISSY MAZZOLI + GRAEME KOEHNE + JULIA WOLFE + LOUIS ANDRIESSEN Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $35. OPEN MIC NIGHT The Merri Clan, Preston. 7pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7pm. SIMON PHILLIPS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. TINY RUINS + RYAN DOWNEY Howler, Brunswick. 7:30pm. $24.19.
FRIDAY 3 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers 808S & GREATEST HITS + LAUREN & DANNIKA Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm. ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 11pm. AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. BENEDICT + CODA CHROMA + PEARATAO Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $15. BILLIE EILISH + FINNEAS Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. BORIS THE BLADE + A NIGHT IN TEXAS + BLKLST + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. CONSTANT MONGREL + THE SHIFTERS + DRUG SWEAT + ASL John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $12. DANDECAT + LADY BLUE + MYLK Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. FEROCIOUS X + SISTEMA EN DECADENCIA + ENZYME + NO FUTURE + LÀI + BLOCKADE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $20. GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:30pm. GLORY DAYS - THE BOSS EXPERIENCE Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 8pm. $29.60. HARA KIRI + COLD ERA + SOME HEARD TROUBLE + BELIEVERS IN FICTION Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 6pm. $15. JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN + LUCIE THORNE Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh
East. 8pm. KYLE LIONHART + FEELDS + KARUAH Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. LIGHT MAGENTIC + UNDER THE SEA Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm. LINK WRAY'S BIRTHDAY BASH - FEAT: THE WRAYLETTES + PLASTIC SECTION Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8pm. MEG MAC Wool Exchange, Geelong. 8pm. MUSCLE CAR + DEAD ALREADY + PROTOSPASM + SHAPES LIKE RAPIDS + RAD SNAKE + RUSTED TONGUE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7pm. $7. NEW SLANG - FEAT: MOANING LISA + GIRL GERMS + SPIRAL PERM Arts Centre, Melbourne. 6pm. $10. POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. RAMBLE TAMBLE - THE AUSTRALIAN CREEDENCE SHOW Rah Bar, South Yarra. 8:40pm. $25. STEPHEN CUMMINGS + DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $30. TAMARA & THE DREAMS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. THE BERKELEY HUNTS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 4pm. THE CREDITS + THE BLOODY RASCALS Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. THE DULL JOYS + THE TROPICALS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. THE SLEEPYHEADS + SELF TALK + UNCLE BEN'S LAST WORDS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $12. UVA URSI + TINA GROWLS + BLOOD MOON Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $5. ZEBRAHEAD + DEATH BY STEREO Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $56.10.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights ANOTHER WORLD - FEAT: TAHL + FACE INVADA + LE BRUH + NEVERVIEW + MOE ALOHA + HEAVY FOOTER + MORE 24 Moons, Northcote. 11pm. $15. AURORA Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $64.90. CHEATED HEARTS - FEAT: JANE DOE + DEEJAY BRIGIDA + BREAD & BUTTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 10pm. $10. DEEP FRIDAYS - FEAT: ALON ILSAR + SIMON MAVIN + PAUL BENDER + NULL HYPOTHESIS + RUFFLES Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm. DOM DOLLA Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 10pm. DOWN 2 FUNK - FEAT: DJ SPELL + AMIN PAYNE + MELO FELO + ZANNA + RINTRAH + DJ BANJO + CARLUA Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. FRICTION + LINGUISTICS + FLOWIDUS
Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $35. FRIDAYS - FEAT: AYNA + FALO + HARLEY JAMES + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + CITIZEN. COM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. MELT - FEAT: UDMO + MTLDA + RYAN MICHAEL Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. MICKEY KOJAK + ADULT.FILMS + DAWS Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15. POP TILL YOU DROP - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. SOFI TUKKER + GOLDEN VESSEL + CLOSE COUNTERS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $52.87. SUPERLOVER + NHAN SOLO + TOM EVANS + ROB ANTHONY + JAY RAMON + BOYBLEWE + MORE Onesixone, Prahran. 9pm. $20. TOKYO LOVE HOTEL - FEAT: SUDO + BOBSEIJI + EL GREY + KAZUMA ONISHI + DELTAZIA + SUSERI + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10. ZENKER BROTHERS + CHIARA KICKDRUM + PERCY MIRACLES + KUFATALI + MORE Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10pm. $25.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music DJ LUCKY DAY Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm. HOOK TURN ORCHESTRA Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston. 10:30am. $21. HOOK TURN ORCHESTRA Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston. 1:30pm. $21. JESS FAIRLIE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $32.50. JESS MAHLER TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. LUODA + DOM ITALIANO Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $20. MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. $40.30. MILAN RING + AGUNG MANGO + SAVAGE THE GIRL Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. NORIA ET LES PARIGOTS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. QUIANA LYNELL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $32. ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. ROMANES CANES + THE SEDUCEAPHONES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $15. THE HABIBIS + FEMMES SARAY ILUMINADO Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. THE RICHARD PAVLIDIS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30. THE STEPHEN MAGNUSSON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THOMAS LORENZO TRIO St. Margaret's Anglican Church, Eltham. 8pm. $27. ZEITGEIST FREEDOM ENERGY EXCHANGE + LOURE + DARCY JUSTICE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. $15.
Blown Cones
Thomas Lorenzo ELTHAM WORLD MUSIC CAFÉ Multicultural music organisation The Boite brings world renowned guitarist and composer Thomas Lorenzo to the stage where he is set to dazzle with his jazz, blues and Flamenco flair. Catch him at Eltham World Music Café on Friday May 3 from 8pm. Tickets start from $12 via The Boite’s website.
The Last Hotel + The Blue Benedict BONEY Hotel + Blown Cones
Hip Hop House Party
SWAMPLANDS
PBS DJ Richie 1250 is back spinning three hours of hip hop and RnB classics from 1988-2003, so you can dance to some bangers and still be in bed at a reasonable time. Hip Hop House Party hits Red Betty on Friday May 3 at 6pm. Free entry.
Country, jazz and folk band The Last Hotel, alt-rock outfit The Blue Hotel, and stoner folk rockers Blown Cones are all hitting Swamplands for a night of topnotch free music. It all kicks off on Friday May 3 from 9pm.
Melbourne psychedelic singer, multiinstrumentalist, and songwriter Benedict is hitting Boney with special guests Coda Chroma duo and Pear & The Awkward Orchestra. Benedict has a ‘70s inspired sound, that promises to make her all-female show raw and electric. It goes down Friday May 3, tickets via moshtix.
RED BETTY
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GIGS & EVENTS
Hip Hop & R&B ERIC BELLINGER + SHAGGZ + CRUNK + J FRESH + COLLINS + MATT CROSS + RIDGE B + ROBIE NYLE + SHADOWZ Empire, Narre Warren. 9pm. $25. HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. LAUNDRY FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. NEXT EPISODE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Little Jax, Melbourne. 6pm. RICHIE1250'S HIP HOP HOUSE PARTY FEAT: DJ RICHIE 1250 Red Betty, Brunswick. 6pm. RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.
Comedy TRAMWAY COMEDY NIGHT - FEAT: DANIELLE WALKER + VARIOUS COMEDIANS Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk BRODERICK SMITH + LOST RAGAS Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $22. DANIEL CHAMPAGNE The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7pm. $23.50. DECIBEL NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. EMILY SOON + GRAND BAXTER The Bergy Seltzer, Brunswick. 8pm. FREE MUSIC IN THE SALON - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 12pm. HAMISH MACLEOD Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. LAMBROS + BRIDGET ALLAN + SAM O'CONNELL 303, Northcote. 7pm. $10. LESLIE D. KING Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $10. MATT MALONE Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm. RALPH VAN RAAT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8pm. $39. ROUGH CUT Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8pm. $10. SHAUNA TONY AND CO The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. SIMON WRIGHT The B.east, Brunswick East. 8pm. T.K. REEVE + DAN HOWLS + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + JESS PARKER & THE TROUBLED WATERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.
TEAM LOVE Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. THE COLLINGWOOD CASANOVAS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. THE LAST HOTEL + THE BLUE HOTEL + BLOWN CONES Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm. TOM FISHER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm. ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101, Maidstone. 7pm.
SATURDAY 4 MAY
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights ACID SLICE - FEAT: COMPOSITE CONE + BLK KVR + DYLAB + JESS SNEDDON + MODAL + C:1 Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. CLUB WARS - FEAT: YROR? + SHORT ROUND + MADELEINE + LOCKDOWN + KURT COLEMAN + MORE La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10. DOM DOLLA Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 10pm. EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: MATTEO FREYRIE + ANDREA GUADALUPI + SEQUENCE + ETWAS + CHRISS MATTO + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15. ETHEREAL - FEAT: TEYMORI + LIUCY + FROU FROU + CARBE NOLA + HAMISH WILLIAMS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm. KUYA ALWAYS - FEAT: DEXTER + SAFARI + MATT RADOVICH + THANKS + RINTRAH + KARLBERG + MORE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 3pm. MUSIC FOR MANY - FEAT: CADRON HOLLIDER + LEON WHOMP + OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOUR + OOZIE + R_DUB 24 Moons, Northcote. 10pm. REFLEX - FEAT: DJ KITI + MTLDA + IIX + PEST CONTROL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $10. SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. SNACK ATTACK (WITH DJ 2P) Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10pm. TIJUANA CARTEL + STEVE COUSINS + JAMILLA Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $29.34. TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. WAX'O PARADISO - THE MET GALAH FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Espy, St Kilda. 7pm. $43.50.
Shoelace Sessions
The Large No 12’s
COMPASS PIZZA
ROYAL OAK
An all-female lineup is seeing out the last Shoelace Sessions at Compass Pizza. Laura Eloise, Georgie Currie, and Alana Wilkinson are all indie artists with a knack for pulling at your heartstrings and making you laugh, all in the same set. It’s happening on Saturday May 4 from 8pm. Tickets are $10 via Eventbrite.
Old school rockers The Large No 12’s play music to drink beer to. These music veterans have played over 4000 gigs and they’re showing no signs of stopping soon. Catch them at Royal Oak on Sunday May 5 from 4pm. It’s absolutely free.
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Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers ARCHER Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm. BEERWOLF + MENTAL CAVITY + VON STACHE Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7pm. $10. BIFF + FUZZRAYS + GREY MANTIS + MATT BOURKE & THE DELUSIONAL DRUNKS + CREEPY FLAVOUR Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. DAN HOWLS Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 2pm. $13.30. DEN + ELA STILES + SEX DRIVE + EXHAUST WORLD Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15. FAIR MAIDEN + PRIMO + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. FILTHFEST 2019 - FEAT: RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE + CORDELL + KLONNS + SUNDR + DEAD + BODIES + MORE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3pm. $15. FINN ANDREWS + JACOB DIAMOND + MORETON Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $35. GABRIELLA COHEN + LANEOUS + NATASHA JOHANNA Globe Alley, Melbourne. 8pm. GARETH SKINNER, LAURA MACFARLANE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. GASPAR SANZ Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 2am. GO!! SHOW GOLD - FEAT: NORMIE ROWE + JOHNNY YOUNG + RONNIE BURNS + COLLEEN HEWETT + MORE Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $90.68. HARDWATERS + HIGH FINANCE + SINCE WE KISSED Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. HONEY 2 HONEY + SIMONA + WATERFALL PERSON John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $10. JOHNNY HUNTER + DARK WATER + DR. SURE’S UNUSUAL PRACTICE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. JUNGLE LAMB + OSCAR MORRIS + GREAT DIVIDES Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. KESMAR Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9pm. $20. LOST WOODS + MANORISM + PARIS PLAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $5. LOVE IS LOST - A BOWIE CELEBRATION - FEAT: KYLIE AULDIST + MANTRA + CHRISSIE AUBRY + SEAN M WHELAN + EMILIE ZOEY BAKER + BEN MASTWYK + JULES SHELDON + MORE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $15. MEG MAC Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. MOODY BEACHES + PRECISION AUTO Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 7pm. MUSTANG JERX + SEVEN MARGARITAS + AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + DEVILMONKEY The B.east, Brunswick East. 9pm. NAT ALLISON BAND Royal Hotel
(mornington), Mornington. 8pm. NIINE + GEORGIA NIGHT + MID/WEST + FIFTH FRIEND + DJ KELLIN IN THE NAME OF Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 7pm. PEARL BAY + DAMN WILLIAMS + SUDDEN DEBT The Night Heron, Footscray. 8pm. $10. ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER + SUSS CUNTS + GREGOR The Croxton, Thornbury. 8pm. SCARECROW – THE MELLENCAMP SHOW Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $27. SEIMS + LAEDJ + GIANT CLAM + LACK THE LOW Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. SHOELACE SESSIONS PRESENTS - FEAT: LAURA ELOISE + GEORGIE CURRIE + ALANA WILKINSON Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. SPIRAL PERM + BAD BANGS Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm. THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $23. THE HARD ROCK SHOW - FEAT: WARBIRDS + AUDIO REIGN Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6pm. $10. THE JETSONS Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:30pm. THE SHADOWS + PUSHPAN PRADHAN & TRAVELLING BAND + KALI PRASAD BASKOTA Max Watt's, Melbourne. 7pm. $29.10. WRESTLEROCK - FEAT: ATOMIC RIOT + YARD DUTY Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $25. YOTHU YINDI & THE TREATY PROJECT + SHANE HOWARD + EMMA DONOVAN Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8pm. $65. ZOE FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS + KAIPORA + GRACE CUMMINGS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music BABY NA YOKA NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS 303, Northcote. 8pm. $20. BOB SEDERGREEN & FRIENDS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $32.50. DJ KZ THE BOOGIEMAN Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm. FESTA DO MEXE MEXE - BRAZILIAN FORRÓ REGGAE BAND - FEAT: CANGAIO Conga Room Melbourne, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. JACKIE BORNSTEIN + CRAIG FERMANIS Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30pm. $10. JO MEARES + DAVID COSMA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $15. LA BUSCA TRIO St Paul's Anglican Church, Clunes. 6pm. $30. PHOEBE DAY Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50. QUIANA LYNELL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $32.
Amarina Waters + Jess DeLuca
Yarra Banks Jam Night
COMPASS PIZZA
Bar 303’s bi-monthly Yarra Banks Jam Party is on again to spice up your Monday night. If you just feel like hanging out, cool. If you want to bring an instrument and get up on stage with the house band, that’s cool too. It’s happening on Monday May 6, free entry.
Melbourne based indie-folk artists Amarina Waters and Jess DeLuca are set to play a one-off intimate show at Compass Pizza. Poignant and melodic, their sounds are the perfect accompaniment to any evening. They’re playing from 6:30pm on Sunday May 5 and it’s free.
BAR 303
GIGS & EVENTS
SINATRA'S - SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LOVERS - FEAT: BEN MCGILL + TOSHI CLINCH + MORE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30. SONIDO NATURAL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. SOUL A GO-GO - FEAT: EMMA PEEL + VINCE PEACH + MISS GOLDIE + DJ PIERRE BARONI + DJ RICHIE1250 + DJ LADYSOUL Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $15. TAMARA KULDIN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $35. YUSUPHA NGUM & THE AFFIA BAND Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 10pm.
Hip Hop & R&B ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Co., Southbank. 9pm. KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. TRICKY MAC & BENNY T + FT.ORSI + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk BEN CARTER Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5pm. CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote. 3pm. EDDIE NUARDO Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm. ETHAN FREEMANTLE + PHOEBE BENOUGH + OLIVIA MCLEAN Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 2pm. FLYING ENGINE TRIO Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 8pm. FLYYING COLOURS + PLOTZ + CONTRAST The Bergy Seltzer, Brunswick. 8pm. GENERATIONS - FEAT: SIX DEGREES ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 3pm. $39. JAN PRESTON’S BOOGIE WOOGIE CIRCUS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. LISA MOORE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. LITTLE GEORGIA + CHARM OF FINCHES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1pm. $15. LOS BORRACHOS Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 9pm. LOUIS ANDRIESSEN Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 9:30pm. METROPOLIS NIGHT TWO - FEAT: LOUIS ANDRIESSEN + CLARK RUNDELL + ADE VINCENT + LIOR ATTAR + MARK HOLDSWORTH Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $35.
NATHAN BERETTA BAND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. PAT MCKERNAN The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 9pm. RHYTHM X REVIVAL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. ROB SNARSKI + REBECCA BARNARD Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7pm. $28.89. ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm. ROOTS COMBO + BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 3:30pm. STEPHEN KENNEDY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3pm. VICTOR STRANGES Cafe Cibo Bar, Cranbourne West. 6pm.
SUNDAY 5 MAY
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music AUSECUMA BEATS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. EMMA VOLARD + NO LESS + GRIT’N’GALA + GOOD GRACIOUS + AKA ZEB Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm. $12. HARMANIAX Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6pm. JO MEARES Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4pm. MAYITO RIVERA Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $40. PEARLY SHELLS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. QUIANA LYNELL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $32. SUNDAY JAM - FEAT: BARTON FINK HOUSE BAND Barton Fink, Thornbury. 5pm. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar, Balaclava. 4:30pm. THE LOWDOWN BIG BAND Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 3pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers ADORE + BOYPARTS + ROGUE WAVS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. BAT ROCK 2 - FEAT: KEGGIN + MONKEY BUTLER + THE KAT O ARMY + COMMISSIONER BOURBON + BRONZE + NOSFEROTICA + 16BY9 + STINKY GRRL + DJ RORY FANG IT Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 6pm. BOOM BOOM KID + UMBILICAL TENTACLE + CREEP DIETS + COMMONS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 2pm. CLEAR TEARS + DOILY + THE MEESEEKS
Moulin Beige
Piano Pictures
WESLEY ANNE
SOUTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
The first Tuesday of every month at Wesley Anne is taken over by Moulin Beige, a comedy cabaret featuring local and international acts. This month’s instalment is hosted by drag brat Scout Boxall. It kicks off Tuesday May 7. Tickets via the Wesley Anne website.
Piano Pictures sees six grand pianos placed in a circle, performing numbers such as John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction and a psychedelic take on a Chopin classic. This performance is sure to be a treat for the ears. It’s happening on Thursday May 9, tickets via the ANAM website.
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2pm. COLD SLEEP + MANHATTAN LEAVES EARTH + CRIMINAL BLONDE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7pm. DAN LETHBRIDGE & SHANE O'MARA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. FILTH DIMENSION + COSA NOSTRA + THE DAGGAR + PRINCESS FIST Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $10. GRAVIS + RELAPSE + BABYCCINO + TEDDY THE BEAR Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. HOT WATSON + THE PANORAMAS + THE WANDERER Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. HPK + BLUESTONE + FELICITY DART Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. HYPOCRISY + KATAKLYSM 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $84.87. LIVE BAND SHOW - THE PATH - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $12. MOGERLAINE + THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. OLIVER CLARK Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 5pm. OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland, Fawkner. 5pm. SHIPS PIANO + CANS + OLD EL PARSO Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. SPACE PANIC + JAC MCCONNACHIE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3pm. TYPICAL + WAY SHIT + VARSITY CHEERLEADER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights BEATNIK COLLECTIVE + TEYMORI + UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. DAY SPA - FEAT: KASEY TAYLOR + MORE Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 12am. $15.
Hip Hop & R&B
GRAND BAXTER + DKOU Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6pm. HIDDEN IN THE HILLS - OPEN MIC Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 2pm. MATT WARD Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7pm. ROZ GIRVAN Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4pm. SARAH MARY CHADWICK BAND + FAIR MAIDEN Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm. STEPHEN MCCULLOCH Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. SUNDAY SINGALONG - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. THE 'JOHNNY CAN'T DANCE' CAJUN BAND Catfish, Fitzroy. 5pm. THE KNOTT FAMILY BAND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm. THREE KINGS Espy, St Kilda. 3:30pm. TSAR GREEN Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm.
MONDAY 6 MAY
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music 303 YARRA BANKS JAM NIGHT 303, Northcote. 8pm. JAMES MORRISON & KURT ELLING Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7:30pm. $59. PIANO ATMOSFERIX Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
REBEL DIAZ + SORETI KADIR + MORE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5pm. $24.
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.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 2pm. AMARINA WATERS + JESS DELUCA Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 6:30pm. BACKYARD BREW Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm. CATE TAYLOR TRIO + NINA ROSE 303, Northcote. 7pm.
HAPPY MONDAYS - FEAT: WURLI + JUGO Globe Alley, Melbourne. 6pm. JMC ACADEMY MELBOURNE GRADUATING SHOWCASE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $10. MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
Rocky & The Two Bob Millionaires
Glory B
FAD GALLERY
Glory B is a funk train of explosive groove, a cabaret built on jazz and blues and makes for an exciting night through and through. They’ll be hitting Wesley Anne’s front bar to play a free set on Friday May 10. It kicks off at 6pm.
Mr Rocky Dabscheck – The Rock – and the Two Bob Millionaires are on at the FAD Gallery every second Thursday of the month. A mish-mash of rock, folk, blues and everything in between these boys guarantee an entertaining night. They’re playing Thursday May 9, and it’s free.
WESLEY ANNE
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GIGS & EVENTS
MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: FIA FIELL + JANNAH QUILL + NINA BUCHANAN + EXOTIC SNAKE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3. PERLINKI + ARMITAGE SHANKS + COWBOY TUESDAY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/Folk ANNA CORDELL + MORE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. BRODSKY QUARTET Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $62. ENSEMBLE GOMBERT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. FUNNY NEAR THE BRUNNY COMEDY SHOW - FEAT: VARIOUS COMEDIANS The Bergy Seltzer, Brunswick. 8pm.
TUESDAY 7 MAY
Comedy CATFISH COMEDY - FEAT: VARIOUS COMEDIANS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. $12. THE MOULIN BEIGE - FEAT: SCOUT BOXALL + ARCHIE ARSENIC + PICKUP + TRASHLEIGH + ELIZABETH DAVIE + KIRSTY WEBECK Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:30pm. $30.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers DALLIANCE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. JMC ACADEMY MELBOURNE GRADUATING SHOWCASE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Espy, St Kilda. 5pm. $5. LACHLAN DENTON & STUDIO MAGIC + RIALTO + LIAM PARSONS + EMMA SHIELDS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10. MELBOURNE CITY MISSION & SLEEP AT THE G FUNDRAISER - FEAT: BATZ + SHIT TATTS + BAD BANGS + CLAIRE BIRCHALL Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7pm. $10. PETULA CLARK Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8pm. $98.90. THE SUNKEN SEA + JANADA + GOODSPORT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - HALL & OATES - FEAT: SLATS & JED PICKETT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music I HOLD THE LION'S PAW Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. JARRAH MA Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. NOW. HERE. THIS - FEAT: ALL THE CATS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10. UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights SONIC TEXTURES - FEAT: LOUSKYLAR + JADE ALICE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm. KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. MOZART & MENDELSSOHN - FEAT: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 11am. $49. OPEN MIC Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6pm. THE IRONBARK BROTHERS + SEAN LEE MCCOY + KATIE BATES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. ZOFO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $58.
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY
Hip Hop & R&B DENNIS LLOYD Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8pm. $43.90. KWAME + ARNO FARAJI Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm.
BRAZJAZ ENSEMBLE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25. GEOFF HUGHES TRIO Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. GODOGGO + VELVET BLOOM + NIINE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. JULIEN WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8pm. KAUMAKAIWA KANAKA’OLE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $45. SOULVILLE - FEAT: SUGAR D + VINCE PEACH + DJ PIERRE BARONI Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. SUITCASE - WORLD MUSIC SOIRÉE - FEAT: DAVID VON ALMENDRA Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. TULLY INGAMELLS Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers EDIT THE EMPIRE + SUN TRAITORS + WEIRD WEATHER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. EYESØRES + NOUGHTS + LVIV Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. G FLIP Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. HEADSPACE LIVE - FEAT: FEELDS + NATHAN WONG + ARCHER Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. KAYO + ASTRAL SKULLS + ROLES + SISSYSOCKS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:15pm. $8. MISTRESS OF MISERY + CHUD + ALGAROTH + MAMMON'S THRONE + THE CREPTTER CHILDREN Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. RAI THISTLETHWAYTE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29. RUEL Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:15pm. $54.90. THE CHAIN SMOKE + SECOND HARD SMOKE + TSAR GREEN + GEORGIA DODDS + JIMMY MADDON Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7pm. $10. YELLOWBIRD + ANGRY SEAS + COUNCIL OF ELDERS Espy, St Kilda. 8pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk BLUES JAM - FEAT: JIMI COELLI + VARIOUS ARTISTS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm. ERIC BIBB Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:15pm. FLATS & SHARPS Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. $30. GEORGIA GORDON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: ROSE BYGRAVES + ORIEL GLENNON + DARREN JACK Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm. MELBOURNE'S BIGGEST OPEN MIC NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. 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, Williamstown. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Penny Black, Brunswick. 7pm. TERESA DIXON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. THE BLACK SHE OAKS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $30. THE GRUBBY URCHINS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 7pm.
THURSDAY 9 MAY
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. BARNEY MCALL Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29. FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS + BLUE SHIVOO + Y A R A Stay Gold, Brunswick. 7pm. $10. MAX RIEBL & ADAM COOK Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. NATHAN SLATER QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25. SYN-CHRO-NI-CI-TY Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $30. TAMSIN WEST + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET Water Rat Hotel, South Melbourne. 7pm. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
EX PERILOUS - FEAT: SULO + CARLY FERN + OVERSTAYER Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. KASSETTE - FEAT: MZRIZK + SLIPPERY SLOPES + KAM + RUDI Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. NIK NAVY + AZURA + SANDY HSU Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10. POSTAL - FEAT: POST PERCY + DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
Let It Rain Tour
Spacey Jane
Rich Webb
James Mark
NEWMARKET HOTEL
JOHN CURTIN HOTEL
THE OLD BAR
ROYAL OAK
Three bands have come together for an Australia and NZ tour to raise funds towards Aussie Helpers, a foundation providing aid to drought affected farmers. The Let It Rain Tour includes performances from Michael Burrows, Peter Seniors, and the Phil Edwards Band. Catch them at Newmarket Hotel on Friday May 10 from 7pm, tickets via Oztix.
WA garage pop outfit Spacey Jane are taking their single ‘Good Grief’ on the road for a national launch tour. They’ll take the stage at The Curtin on Friday May 10 from 8pm, tickets via the venue’s website.
Cowboy-punk and Melbourne local Rich Webb takes inspiration from the American country sound and mixed his new album Le Rayon Vert in France. In other words, he’s a mixed bag that evades definition. Catch him at The Old Bar on Saturday May 11. It’s free.
Melbourne based folk singer-songwriter James Mark is hitting Royal Oak for a couple of hours of tunes to tap your feet to. Playing covers, originals, and stuff from his new EP, Mark will give you what you need. His set kicks off at 6pm on Saturday May 11, free entry.
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GIGS & EVENTS
SCOTT DARLOW Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm. SHARDS + CLUB MED + AHM + BLOOD MOON + OBSB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. SHE Rah Bar, South Yarra. 8:40pm. $20. SLEEPER & SNAKE + ALEX MACFARLANE + THE OPALS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. SPACEY JANE + HOI PALLOI + FRANJAPAN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $15. THE MURDERBALLS + DEVIL MONKEY + I AM DUCKEYE + STEAKFACED + PROTOSPASM Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $10. TOP ACTS 2019 - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $35. WINTER MOON + HONEY BONE + ECHO DEL TUSKER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. WITCH FIGHT + WICKED CITY + ASTRODEATH + SOMATIZED The B.east, Brunswick East. 8pm.
ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 11pm. AMYL & THE SNIFFERS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $28.60. ANATOMY + CHRIST DISMEMBERED + SCARS OF SODOM + OBSIDIAN MONOLITH + TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE Bendigo Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. $20. AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. BABY ANIMALS + KILLING HEIDI The Croxton, Thornbury. 8pm. BACKBEAT Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:30pm. BLACK HEART DEATH CULT + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + JACK HARLAN & THE DEAD CROWS + FUZZ MEADOWS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. DJ SIMON LAXTON Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm. DYLAN REVISITED - FEAT: JOHN WATERS + GLENN SHORROCK + WENDY MATHEWS + DOUG PARKINSON + WES CARR Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8pm. $93.64. FIELD MAPS + KATHLEEN MARY LEE Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. FINNS + DANITCHY + FOGGY GOGGLES Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. GENA ROSE BRUCE + RUBY GILL + LOU DAVIES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.75. GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:30pm. GIRLATONES + THIBAULT Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm. HUGH CORNWELL + MORE Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. $79.90. JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN + LUCIE THORNE + AVIVA ENDEAN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. MILES RECOMMENDS + IMMY OWUSU + EXQUISITOR + JIMMY MADDON Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7pm. $10. MISHA BEAR BAND Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8pm. MOLER + MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. NE OBLIVISCARIS + CALIGULA'S HORSE + BEYOND CREATION + ALLEGAEON + RIVERS OF NIHIL 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $64.90. OCEAN SLEEPER Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8pm. $10. OK MOON + ASHA JEFFERIES Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. PALE LADY + BLU FISH Woody's Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. POST PUNK APOCALYPSE - FEAT: TRANSITIONS + PIGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE + SARAH EIDA + DON BERZERK Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. RECOVERY ROOM + CLOVE + WORLD SICK + BITTER LAKES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15. RUEL Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:15pm. $54.90.
DJ Lady Love Potion
Goose Island Block Party
Sean Frayne
Sunday Sessions
EDINBURGH CASTLE
GEDDES LANE
NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB
BENZINA CANTINA
DJ Lady Love Potion is bringing ‘60s girl groups, from soul to rock’n’roll, out to play and giving you music to get down to. She’ll be hitting the decks at Edinburgh Castle on Saturday May 11 from 9pm, free entry.
Geddes laneway in Melbourne’s CBD is set to host Chicago brewery Goose Island’s block party with a lineup of mega acts including The Hard Aches, Ecca Vandal, DZ Deathrays, The Bennies and many more. It’ll be jam-packed with music, food and, of course, beer. It’s going down on Saturday May 11 from 4pm, tickets are $25 via the Good Beer Week website.
After hiding away for the last 18 months working in his home studio, Sean Frayne is finally ready to share his latest single ‘Treading Water’. The Dublin-born indie-folk musician will be joined by special guest Davy Simony when he hits Northcote Social Club on Saturday May 11 from 1pm. Tickets are $17.82 via Eventbrite.
Motorcycles? Yep. Margaritas? Got ‘em. Mexican food? Plenty, want anything else? Salsa, funk and samba? Well, you’re in luck! This Sunday May 12, Benzina Cantina is playing nothing but salsa, funk and samba music while you enjoy their Mexican delights. Entry is free.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers AMYL & THE SNIFFERS + LÀI + ASL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. BANANAGUN + TRAM COPS Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. CATHOUSE CANARY + LAKE MOUNTAIN + TUK TUK MAFIA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. G FLIP Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. HANNY J + MIKEY ERG Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $10. HUNTLY + DJ KYAANZ + MEMPHIS LK Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. $12. LAURA IMBRUGLIA + KAHLUA BREEZE + CHITRA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $15. LOUDNESS + ESPIONAGE + ENVENOMED Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. $76. MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm. MICHAEL BEACH + LACHLAN DENTON & STUDIO MAGIC + THIBAULT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm. MILDLIFE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8pm. $25. POLARIZE + THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS + DEAD EYES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. PURR USUAL + LOOSE MOOSE + JADE TALBOT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE + MAGGOT BATH + TRUE DEFECTIVE + LARA SOULIO Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $5. RHYSICS + SWIM TEAM Globe Alley, Melbourne. 8pm. ROCKY & THE TWO BOB MILLIONAIRES Fad Gallery, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. THE VEINS + THE BACKS + NOT BADD Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights COSMO’S MIDNIGHT + ARNO FARAJI + BANOFFEE Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $49.90. GOLD HAUS - FEAT: OTOLOGIC + PLANET NERO + MARLEY SWAIN + RUBES Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. GUERNS - FEAT: SPORTS + KATIA + BIGMAC + RYAN BERKLEY + INGRID + POM + JAMES GANT + FOSTA New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. HORATIO LUNA + PROTO MORO + MALLA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. JUNGLE BOOGIE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
KIRKLANDD + ZELLOW + DANIEL ELIA Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8. STEAM VENT + LISA LERKENFELDT Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.
Hip Hop & R&B GENESIS OWUSU + 3K Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. LAUNDRY THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10pm. LETS VIBE LIVE MUSIC - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS Little Jax, Melbourne. 7pm. NOBLE NATIVEZ + PREZ & THE LITTY COMMITTEE Penny Black, Brunswick. 9pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk AMIE GRISOLD + LOTTIE LIAMS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm. ARCHER Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:30pm. DANIEL J TOWNSEND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. DARREN JACK Hume Blues Club (Shake Shack), Coburg. 7:30pm. FRASER ROSS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. GERRY HALE The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. OPELOUSAS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm. THE DRUNKEN PIANO - FEAT: GRETTA ZILLER + BROOKE RUSSELL + DAN PARSONS + PAT WILSON + MITCH POWER + BEN MASTWYK + MORE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $20. THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS 303, Northcote. 8pm. TRACEY BARNETT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. ZEB VESCIO TRIO Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.
FRIDAY 10 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights CAPTAIN PALETTE - FEAT: MZ LOPEZ + NIK DIDGE + PETER PIRD + GOBBI + AD NAUSEAM + MORE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $15. DOM DOLLA Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 10pm. DUSTYKID + DAVE JURIC + J-SLYDE + MHA IRI + TREVOR ROSE + JAMIE COYLE + MORE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $25. FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. FRIDAYS - FEAT: AYNA + FALO + HARLEY JAMES + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + CITIZEN. COM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. HI HAT HEAVEN - FEAT: ALICE CAMPBELL + PG + CHRIS HALL + SEAN GRIMES + JEDIDIAH + MATT GUY + B-THAM 24 Moons, Northcote. 11pm. NIKO MAXEN + MR. TONTA + JACK BOMBACK + JJ BETETA + MATT KELLY Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10pm. $15. PEKING DUK Melbourne Arena, Melbourne. 7pm. $79.95. POP TILL YOU DROP - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. Λ / Π + DJ KITI + DJ-RMR + KRITICAL + CTSD + DRUG VICAR + CAZGEN New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.
Hip Hop & R&B CHILLINIT + WOMBAT + LGEEZ Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.
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LAUNDRY FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. NEXT EPISODE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Little Jax, Melbourne. 6pm. RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music EL MOTH + SONIDO NATURAL Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 10pm. GLORY B Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. GROOVE CITY Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. $15. KRISTIN BERARDI Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29. LA BUSCA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. LACHY HAMILTON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $30. MOONLIGHT - FEAT: BRANDON LEE + ANNE NORMAN Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill. 8pm. $27. PICKPOCKET 303, Northcote. 8pm. SIMMER DOWN Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. THE MARK FITZGIBBON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. VINTAGE ROOTS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50. WAX POETS - FEAT: SAM STACKA + MAJOR DELAY + HAWK I + LEGO Red Betty, Brunswick. 7pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk BACKWOOD CREATURES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. CHRIS CAIN + PHIL PARA Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7pm. $44.90. HAMISH MACLEOD Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. KEVIN BENNETT & THE FLOOD Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. KEVIN BENNETT & THE FLOOD Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $25. MANGO RETREAT + BEAUTIFUL BEASTS + STEVE COUSINS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. MICHAEL BURROWS & GREAT LOVE + PHIL EDWARDS BAND + PETER SENIOR The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7pm. $17.35. MICK PEALING & NICK CHARLES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. SHAUNA TONY AND CO The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 8pm. TANYA-LEE DAVIES Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm. $20. THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8pm. $10. THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. THE LACHY DOLEY GROUP Spotted Mallard,
Brunswick. 8:30pm. $20. THE LONG JOHNS + WHISKEY DRAM Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $10. THE RECHORDS Catfish, Fitzroy. 9pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm. VICTOR STRANGES Cafe Cibo Bar, Cranbourne West. 6pm. VICUNA COAT (DUO) Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm. YIRUMA Plenary Hall, South Wharf. 7:30pm. $89.
SATURDAY 11 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers A BOWIE CELEBRATION Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8pm. $96.80. AMY SHARK + SLOWLY SLOWLY + ERTHLINGS Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:15pm. BJORN AGAIN + FLASHBACK Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $44.90. BOOGZ FOR BOOBZ - FEAT: AKA ZEB + RICEWINE + PRETTY GIRL + GUS + MORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 5pm. $10. CREATURE FEAR + WESLEY FULLER + EASTBOUND BUZZ Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. DJ LADY LOVE POTION Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm. FICTITIOUS ME + VACANT IMAGE + TO AN END Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. FULL STOP FEST - FEAT: SCAPHIS + TRIGGER + CRYSTAL IGNITE + FLYNN EFFECT + ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD + MORE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3:30pm. $20. GOOSE ISLAND BLOCK PARTY - FEAT: THE HARD ACHES + ECCA VANDAL + MOANING LISA + BENCH PRESS + THE BENNIES (DJ SET) + DZ DEATHRAYS (DJ SET) Geddes Lane Ballroom, Melbourne. 4pm. $25. HELLIONS + BETWEEN YOU & ME + YOURS TRULY + DREGG Max Watt's, Melbourne. 8pm. HOUSE OF LIGHT + DUET Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. JACKY WINTER + BITCH DIESEL + SWIM TEAM + DON ROFF Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MILDLIFE The Croxton, Thornbury. 8pm. MOLER + THE MERCY KILLS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12. NEVER ENDING 80'S Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights. 8pm. NIGHT FEVER - THE BEE GEES REVIVAL SHOW Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave. 6:30pm. $34.70. PILGRIM AGE + THE JIVES + STAMP Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8.20. QUEEN FOREVER Wool Exchange, Geelong. 8pm. $44.90.
RICH WEBB BAND + THE DUFRANES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 2pm. SATURDAY SHOEGAZE - FEAT: WORLD SICK + THREE MONTH SUNSET + THE ASTRAL PLANE PARADE + VALE OF LIGHTS Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 2pm. SHIFTING SANDS + MORE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $15. SMOKING FIGS 303, Northcote. 8pm. SPECTRUM TO ARIEL RETROSPECTIVE – MIKE RUDD’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY + MADDER LAKE + CHRIS STOCKLEY & BAND Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7pm. $39.80. THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER + ADVOCATES + 23/19 + ANTICLINE + VATIC Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $10. THE INTERCEPTORS + THE FICTION + HIGH GEARS Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm. THE PELLY BROTHERS Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8pm. THE SUBSTITUTES East Malvern Rsl, Malvern East. 8pm. $20. TOM CARTOONIST + THE YEAR BEARS + NATALIE HAYDEN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - THE MUSIC OF LOU REED & THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - FEAT: JEFF DUFF Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $30. WARPLANE + NO SISTER The B.east, Brunswick East. 9pm. XANI Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights BACK TO THE 80S - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $35. BLACK CAB + SAD + ARA KOUFAX Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20. CORMAC + ANNABELLE GASPAR + DJ KITI + MICKEY EDWARDS Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10pm. EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: ESTEBAN + ETWAS + CHRISS MATTO + ANDREA GUADALUPI + GAV WHITEHOUSE + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15. EMPIRE'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Empire, Narre Warren. 9pm. ESPACE NOIR - FEAT: ANDY GARVEY + PROJECT 95 + 6AM AT THE GARAGE + INTERSTELLAR FUGITIVES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. $18. EXPOSURE - FEAT: PRESSURE SYSTEM + MISS MAMI + TASTY FREAK + ATTACHI CARDIACCHI + HOT 'N' HEAVY Red Betty, Brunswick. 6pm. JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm. LUKE MILLION + REIJA LEE + JUNO DISCO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. MORE FIRE - FEAT: CHANT DOWN SOUND + SISTA SARA + STALLION SELEKTAH + RUS TUFFA + PRECISE RIFF Woody's Attic Dive, Collingwood. 10pm. $15.
NEEL + VOHKINNE + PUSHCA + LARA KILLS 24 Moons, Northcote. 9pm. $20. ORKESTRATED + YROR? + LOCKDOWN La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. $10. SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. SNACK ATTACK (WITH DJ 2P) Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10pm. TOAST TURNS TWO - FEAT: FRANCK ROGER + MORE Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10pm. $10. TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. VANITY - FEAT: FEI PAO + OSCAR TYNAN + VAIN Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE + THE TARANTINOS Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm. FRANCIS TAIT & HANNAH MCKITTRICK + ZAC E TEA + BUMPY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm. GRAND WAZOO Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $30. HANNAH ACFIELD Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $15. JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS + MIRKO GUERRINI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $30. LEILANI & BUD Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. MICHELLE NICOLLE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50. MO' SCO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF SANTANA Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29. THE MAMAS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $30.
Hip Hop & R&B ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Co., Southbank. 9pm. KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk ANNA FISZMAN Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. 8pm. $35. CHRIS CAIN + PHIL PARA The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7pm. $35.70. COLD IRONS BOUND Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5pm. CORNFLAKE SUNSET Abbotsford Convent,
Yasin Leflef
The Bean Project
Hey Mammoth
Tuesday Tribute
CHARLES WESTON HOTEL
WESLEY ANNE
COMPASS PIZZA
THE DRUNKEN POET
Performing a perfect blend of soulful originals, up-beat bangers, and slick guitar loops, roots and folk artist Yasin Leflef will help you get through your Sunday when he hits Charles Weston. He takes the stage on Sunday May 12 from 6:30pm and it’s free.
French horned, acoustic five-piece outfit The Bean Project blend folk and jazz in a way that has been described as an odd marriage between James Taylor and The Cat Empire. Intrigued? They’re playing a free show in Wesley Anne’s front bar on Sunday May 12 from 6pm.
All-female-trio Hey Mammoth is on a bit of a tour around Victoria to celebrate the release of their debut EP Ice Age. Their light-hearted folk sounds will make you laugh while their edgy harmonies will keep you wanting more. Catch them at Compass Pizza for a free show on Sunday May 12. It’s happening from 8:15pm.
For this week’s Tuesday Tribute, folk muso and terrific guitarist Bob Hutchinson is playing the songs of Roy Orbison from his albums Only The Lonely, Crying, and In Dreams. It’s happening on Tuesday May 14 from 8pm, free entry.
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GIGS & EVENTS
Abbotsford. 2:30pm. FEATHERHEAD Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. HANA & JESSIE-LEE Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8pm. MATT GLASS & THE LOOSE CANNONS Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 9pm. NITE FRUIT + CRAIG DERMODY Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm. PAT MCKERNAN The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 9pm. ROOTS COMBO, BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 3:30pm. SEÁN FRAYNE + DAVY SIMONY + PAIGE BLACK Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1pm. $15. SHANAKEE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3pm. THE HUM DRUMS + HANNAH KATE + DARK TEMPLE + DEAD EYES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE INFERNOS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm. THE TESKEY BROTHERS + BLACK ROCK BAND Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. YASIN LEFLEF Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm. ZOFO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $58.
SUNDAY 12 MAY
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music AUSECUMA BEATS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. B. PHILLIP + NIINE + PRICKLY PEAR Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. EMMA VOLARD + UND LIZARD + MALLA + DANDECAT + DJ HOOKAWAY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm. $12. HOODOO MAYHEM Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. LORD ECHO + HORATIO LUNA + ADRIANA + TEYMORI + MORE Howler, Brunswick. 7pm. $45.50. LOST CLOG + PAMESTA KLUMPĖ + VESERIS 303, Northcote. 7pm. MOTHER’S DAY JAZZ HIGH TEA FEAT: THE SYNCOPATORS + YVETTE JOHANSSON Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 12:30pm. $79. NARDIA ROSE BAND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4pm. SOUTH SIDE SOUL Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm. SUNDAY JAM - FEAT: BARTON FINK HOUSE BAND Barton Fink, Thornbury. 5pm. THE BEAN PROJECT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar, Balaclava. 4:30pm. THE CHRIS MAUNDERS TRIO Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 7pm. $5. THE JAZZ SINGER - VOL. #1 - FEAT: DAWN HO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $28. THE PARIS CAT BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $30.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BLIND MAN DEATH STARE + TROPHY KNIVES + DISCO JUNK Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 5pm. $10. BONGPISS + FUZZMEADOWS + NATION WILD Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $5. DAVID CHESWORTH + J. MCFARLANE'S REALITY GUEST John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 3:30pm. $12. DEE WIRE & THE MODERN AGE + DL VOYAGER + ZAC & CHAR Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 4pm. GEORGIA DODDS + JOSHUA HICKS + TINA BARTLE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:15pm. HANK'S JALOPY DEMONS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8pm. OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland, Fawkner. 5pm.
PETE HAYDON + CAT SIETKIEWICZ Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2pm. $12.75. PETE LYREBIRD + DAN HAWKINS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. REVULSED + HEADLESS + AS FLESH DECAYS + ODIUSEMBOWEL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10. SELF HARM + INTERNAL ROT + HAVITAJATT + REAPER + CARCINOID Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $15. SHIPS PIANO + FLOODLIGHTS + FOCUS GROUP Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4pm. SIX-FOUR Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3pm. $15. THE BADLOVES Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 7:45pm. $29. THE SUN GODS + A NEW WAY HOME + THE NINTH DIMENSION Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $10. TUSC + MORE Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 4pm. TWIN CYLINDER ATTACK! - FEAT: THE ROYAL ARTILLERY + WITCH FIGHT + SMOKE WITCH + LONG HOLIDAY + MARVILLE + DEAR THIEVES + ALL OF THE DIRT ALL AT ONCE + MORE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 1:30pm. $20.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 2pm. BOADZ Clifton Hill Brew Pub, Clifton Hill. 5pm. CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR + ÁINE TYRRELL Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. $20. DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $24. ED HAWKE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. GREG CHAMPION & THE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. HEY MAMMOTH Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. HIDDEN IN THE HILLS - OPEN MIC Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 2pm. RED DIRT RADIO Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm. SUNDAY SINGALONG - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Brothers Public House, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. TERRY + OV PAIN Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm. THE GLORIOUS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm. TWILIGHT IN TULSA Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5pm.
MONDAY 13 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: CIVIL UNION + BITUMEN + DARK WATER + CRASH MATERIAL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3. THE OMNIFIC Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $65.
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.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music PIANO ATMOSFERIX Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.
THE MUSIC OF COUNT BASIE - FEAT: STUDIO YOUTH BAND TWO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $35. WIRECUTTERS 303, Northcote. 8pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk
Touring
ANNA CORDELL + MORE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. THE TESKEY BROTHERS + THE SEVEN UPS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $46.95.
TUESDAY 14 MAY
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers AVANTASIA Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $98. POISE + PROTO MORO + GLOS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. THE SUNKEN SEA + FOREVER RENTER + BALCON Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - ROY ORBISON - FEAT: BOB HUTCHISON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. WAY DYNAMIC + MIO + SNOWY + FRANCES FOX Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10.
Comedy CATFISH COMEDY - FEAT: VARIOUS COMEDIANS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8pm. $12. COMEDY ON HIGH - FEAT: VARIOUS COMEDIANS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:30pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music GORAN BREGOVIC & HIS WEDDING & FUNERAL BAND Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8:30pm. $99. JAZZ NIGHT - FEAT: JOHN BADGERY / MATT O'BRIEN / ROBBIE FINCH Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. MARTIN PANG SEXTET + MORE 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. NOW. HERE. THIS - FEAT: ALL THE CATS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10. OSSICLE DUO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6pm. $39. SCOTT MCCONNACHIE + VARIOUS ARTISTS Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. THE MUSIC OF COUNT BASIE - FEAT: STUDIO YOUTH BAND TWO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $35. UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
Acoustic, Country, Blues & Folk IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm. KACEY MUSGRAVES Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8pm. $79. OPEN MIC Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 9pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm. PIERS LANE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $50. THE IRONBARK BROTHERS + THEA LANG + MATT PARLANE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. THE TESKEY BROTHERS Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8pm. $42.
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT The Forum May 9 AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS The Tote May 9 GENESIS OWUSU The Workers Club May 9 LAURA IMBRUGLIA The Gasometer Hotel May 9 HUNTLY Northcote Social Club May 9 BABY ANIMALS The Croxton Bandroom May 10 JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN Nothcote Social Club May 10 PEKING DUK Melbourne Arena May 10 DOM DOLLA Prince Bandroom May 10 AMY SHARK Margaret Court May 11 THE TESKEY BROTHERS Howler May 11 MILDLIFE The Croxton Bandroom May 11 LUKE MILLION Northcote Social Club May 11 A BOWIE CELEBRATION Palais Theatre May 11 A DAY ON THE CANS ft British India, Ali Barter + more Moon Dog Craft Brewery May 11 KASEY MUSGRAVES Palais Theatre May 14 GORAN BREGOVIC Hamer Hall May 14 THE PREATURES Northcote Social Club May 15 DEAN LEWIS Forum Melbourne May 17 BABE RAINBOW The Croxton Bandroom May 17 HATCHIE Northcote Social Club May 17 CERES Corner Hotel May 17 LANEOUS John Curtin Hotel May 17 SARAH BLASKO Hamer Hall May 18 SET MO Corner Hotel May 18 CITY CALM DOWN Howler May 18 THRICE 170 Russell May 19 SUN KIL MOON Thornbury Theatre May 19 FUNK DANCING FOR SELF DEFENCE Bendigo Hotel May 20 BROODS The Forum May 21 MAGGIE ROGERS May 23 HIDEOUS SUN DEMON The Espy May 23 FERLA The Tote May 24 DEAR SEATTLE Corner Hotel May 24 CROOKED COLOURS The Forum May 25 THE PROCLAIMERS Hamer Hall May 25 HEXDEBT Northcote Social Club May 25 MESA COSA The Tote May 25 RUBY FIELDS The Espy May 28 AMBERLIN The Forum May 29 HIATUS KAIYOTE Max Watt’s May 30 ALICE IVY Northcote Social Club May 31 MANSIONAIR Corner Hotel May 30 THE MURLOCS Corner Hotel June 1 JACK RIVER The Forum June 1 KARNIVOOL The Croxton Bandroom June 5 SWEATER CURSE The Grace Darling Hotel June 8 HERBIE HANCOCK Hamer Hall June 8-9 CAUSTIC GRIP The Tote June 9 RUDIMENTAL Margaret Court Arena June 9 SHARON VAN ETTEN Hamer Hall June 11 WINSTON SURFSHIRT The Forum June 14 THE MONKEES Palais Theatre June 15 METHYL ETHEL The Forum June 20-21 THE WHITLAMS Corner Hotel June 20 ALEX LAHEY The Forum June 22 THE CLOUDS Corner Hotel June 22
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