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ISSUE 1677

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Asylum Sisters

Editor’s Note As the icicles surmount, the morning fog thickens, sleet becomes a thing and getting out of bed emerges as life’s most difficult task, Melbourne’s creative tempo remains strong. You can’t tie us down, our brains are wired; wired for fun, imagination and the party. Yes we’re wired for the party and with the party comes live music.

Winter’s first 30 days have flashed by like an Arctic tern making the first strides of their global migration which means it’s time for Melbourne music’s preeminent mid-year celebration, Leaps and Bounds Music Festival. As the City of Yarra comes alive with the very best music this city has to offer, venues as south as Richmond, to Collingwood, Carlton and as high as Alphington will host tightly curated showcases.

So who’s playing? Funny you should ask because this lineup is decorated top to bottom with inimitable talent. The likes of Moaning Lisa, The Dusty Millers, MOD CON and Poppongene will take to their respective stages – Grace Darling Hotel, The Corner, The Tramway are just three of the many venues being celebrated for their contribution to Melbourne’s music culture.

As part of our coverage of the occasion we spotlight the Winter Record Store Day going down and unpack the eight events you simply can’t miss. There’s also a chat with Asylum Sisters who are emerging from a three-year hiatus to play the festival. So that’s 1677, along with a bunch of other goodies. Hope you’ve got a puffer jacket, things ‘bout to get chilly.

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News Arts Guide Columns Leaps and Bounds Music Festival Indoor Activities Special Asylum Sisters, The Grogans Baroness, Beastwars Punch Brothers, Roger Eno Melbourne Guitar Show, The Saboteurs

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Two Door Cinema Club, The Nude Party Wunderage, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain The Ferg Neal Show, Profiles CHANGES Festival El Camino Cantina In the Pit Best New Album Album Reviews Gig Guide

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‘A Family’

Melbourne International Film Festival ADDS BIG NAMES TO THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM The Melbourne International Film Festival has shared details for this year’s event, the first year to have the support of its Premiere Fund. The fund, which assists Aussie filmmakers in producing new films, will aid seven national and international premieres taking place this year. Hugo Weaving and Courtney Barnett are some of the names to be featured in this year’s festival, following the announcement of the long-awaited documentary The Australian Dream, starring former AFL player Adam Goodes. Another film to keep an eye out for is A Family, the project of film wanderlusters Jayden Stevens and Tom Swinburn. Set in the Ukraine, this is a hilariously offbeat, deadpan film and will be making its world premiere as part of MIFF. The 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival takes place from Thursday August 1 until Sunday August 18. Grab your tickets via the MIFF website.

Baby Blue

Tones And I

ELLA

BIGSOUND

Human Confusion

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NEW LIVE MUSIC VENUE OPENS IN CITY PRECINCT

DROPS FIRST LINEUP FOR 2019 CONFERENCE

ANNOUNCE MELBOURNE SHOW FOR NEW SINGLE

TO LAUNCH NEW ALBUM WITH AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Located right in the heart of the city, live music venue ELLA is a new space combining stellar musical talent, unique art installations and delicious food. The venue’s upcoming music program has something from every genre, with acts including Loni Rae Thompson, Baby Blue and Georgia Fields. If the tunes aren’t enough, you can stop in for a bite at one of the precinct’s many eateries, including Korean fried-chicken favourite Sam Sam. ELLA is located on the corner of Elizabeth & La Trobe Street, and open seven days a week, more details can be found on the venue website.

Brisbane-based music conference BIGSOUND has released the first half of this year’s jam-packed lineup, featuring 150 acts across 18 stages and four days. With too many names to list here, some acts you can look forward to include Tones And I, EGOISM and P-UniQue. Speakers for the industry conference include representatives from Sub Pop, Live Nation UK, Paradigm Agency, Mom + Pop Records and many more. BIGSOUND takes place in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley from Tuesday September 3 until Friday September 6. For more information, head to the BIGSOUND website.

New Zealand power-duo Human Confusion have revealed their arrival to the Australian gig scene following the release of their new triple-single ‘Overwhelmed’. The triple-single features three versions of the lush track and combines soulful electronica with velvet smooth vocals to ensure you can’t resist a dance. Supporting acts include Dandelion Wine, Italianz and D’Rad MC. Arouse your senses with Human Confusion on Thursday June 27 at The Tote. Tickets are available on the door.

Singer-songwriter Skyscraper Stan has announced a national tour to accompany his new album Golden Boy. The album, which is also Stan’s first LP, is split into two volumes.

Both ‘Vol. 1’ & ‘Vol. 2’ explore powerful themes of privilege, masculinity, crime and ambition – the way only Skyscraper Stan can. The tour promises to deliver high-energy shows that aren’t to be missed. You can catch him in Melbourne on Saturday July 27 at the Northcote Social Club.

For full tour dates, tickets and more info, head to his Facebook page.

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Strawberry Fields REVEALS JUICY LINEUP Tocumwal festival Strawberry Fields has released its star-studded 2019 lineup featuring both big international names and home-grown favourites. Alfa Mist, Bob Moses, KMLN, Peach and Octo Octa are some of the few joining in on the fun alongside Aussie artists CC:DISCO!, Animals Dancing, Mildlife, DRMNGNOW and Merve, who will also be flocking to NSW to provide punters with the high-quality tunes they’ve come to expect from the festival. Check out the full lineup on the festival website. The second release of tickets are on sale from 9am on Thursday June 13.

Roza Terenzi

Taylar Paige

The National

Dan Vogl

Faxman

REVEALS DEBUT EP AND MELBOURNE LAUNCH SHOW

REVEAL NATIONWIDE TOUR FOR LATEST ALBUM

TEASES DEBUT EP WITH NEW SINGLE

RELEASE DEBUT EP

Australian singer-songwriter Taylar Paige has released her debut EP The Daydream following the recent success of the single ‘Transient’.

Working with Melbourne-based producer Beau McKee, The Daydream asks listeners to question everything and realise the power of self. The release show will be accompanied by BLKLST, with support from Catholic Guilt and Rosie Eve. Tickets are available via Moshtix or on the door, with 100 per cent of the profits from tickets sales donated to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). Catch the launch at The Toff in Town on Thursday July 25.

Indie-rockers The National have announced tour dates to accompany the release of their new album I Am Easy To Find. The album, released this May, was accompanied by a short film directed by Mike Mills. The last tour from the band was quick to sell out, so be sure to set a reminder for tickets – on sale from Friday June 28 9am via Handsome Tours. Joined by LA singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, the tour is set for mid-2020 with three shows in Melbourne at the Palais Theatre on Monday March 30, Tuesday March 31 and Wednesday April 1.

Melbourne-based performer Dan Vogl has released a new single in anticipation of his debut EP, set to drop later this month. The new single ‘Gifted in Gold’ is lifted from the forthcoming release and comes on the back of Vogl’s recently released single ‘If I Die’.

Produced and mixed by Joel Quatermain, the new track features endearing vocals from Vogl, infused with smooth rhythms and an infectious beat. The new EP will be available on Friday June 28. For more info and to listen to ‘Gifted in Gold’, head to the singer’s socials.

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Jim Lauderdale

New Melbourne band Faxman announced their arrival on the Australian music scene with the release of their first EP Unaltered Vol. 1. The promising release is inspired by a range of influences including blues legend Charley Patton, ‘90s band The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Italian composer Ennio Morricone. The first single released from the EP, ‘Pesos’, is a gritty and slow-burning blues track focused on dismantling the culture of late-stage capitalism. Unaltered Vol. 1 is available across streaming services, and you can keep up to date with the band on socials.

Jake Bowen

Drown this City

Steve Kilbey

Out On The Weekend

Melbourne Guitar Show

REVEAL NEW SINGLE AND TOUR

ANNOUNCED FOR WINE DOWN FRIDAY CONCERT SERIES

DROPS BOOT-SCOOTIN’ 2019 LINEUP

ANNOUNCES NEW IBANEZ MASTERCLASS

Singer-songwriter and The Church frontman, Steve Kilbey, has been announced as the first major act on the upcoming Wine Down Friday concert series by the Grampians’ Montara Wines vineyard. The singer has assured the set will include both pieces from Kilbey’s solo collection and hits from The Church catalogue. Woodfired pizzas & nibbles will also be on offer alongside samples from the winery’s newly released drops. The event takes place at Montara Wines on Friday August 2, tickets via Eventbrite.

Williamstown country music festival Out On The Weekend has released its lineup ahead of this year’s October event. Headlined by folk-rock four-piece The Felice Brothers, the festival continues its Americana influences.

Names such as Jim Lauderdale, Don Walker, Sierra Ferrel and the Suave Fucks are also featured for the event, alongside many more tasty acts. Plus, there are more names yet to be announced. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite, head to the Out On The Weekend website for more info.

The Melbourne Guitar Show has revealed Ibanez signature artist Jake Bowen will be presenting a masterclass for Ibanez Australia this year. Bowen, a guitarist from the Grammynominated progressive metal band Periphery, will present the masterclass featuring demonstrations and specific techniques from Bowen’s solo work and Periphery’s discography. The masterclass will be held on Saturday August 3, with tickets available on the Melbourne Guitar Show website.

After freshly signing to UNFD, Melbourne post-hardcore band Drown This City have resurged to release a new single ahead of their upcoming EP and launch tour. The band’s lead single ‘In Your Image’ reflects on their their time away spent refocusing their vision before returning stronger than ever.

Drown this City’s triumphant return comes in the form of the new six-track EP titled Alpha // Survivor, which is set for release on Friday July 5. They’ll launch it on Friday July 19 at Colonial Hotel, tickets via the band’s website.

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NEWS

Land of Plenty UNVEILS FULL LINEUP Victoria’s new music festival Land of Plenty will make its debut in Shepparton later this year and the lineup boasts more than a few recognisable names. Sydney up and comers Ocean Alley will be co-headlining alongside Shepparton local Briggs and ARIA superstar Illy. Along with some of Australia’s hottest names, the lineup is also brimming with new acts worth getting around. If that isn’t enough, the festival will also play host to an array of art displays, food trucks, market stalls and carnival rides. Land of Plenty is happening at Shepparton Showgrounds on Saturday November 2. Tickets are on sale now via the festival’s website.

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Victoria State Government

Tropical Fuck Storm

Brunswick Music Festival

The Temper Trap

REVEALS NEW MUSIC WORKS GRANT

DROPS FIRST SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR EVENT CO-PRODUCING

ANNOUNCE ‘CONDITIONS’ 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

The Andrews Labor Government has revealed a new ‘Music Works’ grant which looks to provide support for the Victorian music scene. Offering nearly $700,000 in funding, the grant will support over 60 music projects ranging from tours to album recordings and community development programs. The initiative was originally launched in 2016. Visit the Creative Victoria website to find out more.

Melbourne based art-punk band Tropical Fuck Storm have released the first taste of their upcoming album Braindrops. Much like their 2018 debut A Laughing Death in Meatspace, ‘Paradise’ suggests Braindrops will comprise the same air of anxious chaos that drew fans into the TFS world last year. Newly signed to Flightless Records, the new album Braindrops is set for release on Friday August 2.

The Moreland City council are now asking for expressions of interests from the public for potential event ideas for the 2020 Brunswick Music Festival. Applications can include, but are not strictly limited to, live music and performance, exhibitions, workshops, activations or “any other scheme you’ve been cooking up”. Curated event proposals are requested, featuring multiple artists, speakers or activities.

Applications close on Monday July 8 at 5pm.

Head to the BMF website for more information.

To celebrate the success of The Temper Trap’s debut album Conditions, the band have announced a 10th anniversary tour. The album, which featured the iconic single ‘Sweet Disposition’, launched the band’s career a decade ago this month. As a tribute, the band have planned a series of intimate concerts.

Melbourne will get to relive the album start to finish with the band first, on Wednesday December 4 at The Forum. Tickets go on sale on Friday June 28 via the band’s website.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Val Flynn

NEW LP ‘INFEST THE RATS’ NEST’ ANNOUNCED

Val Flynn is an emerging queer Aboriginal artist bringing a refreshing voice to Australian music. In 2018, Flynn supported Charli XCX at Snowtunes Festival off the back of releasing his debut single ‘Candy’ and has been on the up and up since. Inspired by the likes of Aayliah, Christina Aguilera and George Michael, Flynn’s music explores themes of love, sex and individuality. You can listen to Flynn’s latest single ‘Lover’ on Spotify now.

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Melbourne Prize for Music Hopkins Creek IS OFFERING OVER $100,000 FOR VICTORIAN MUSICIANS Since launching in 2004, the Melbourne Prize Trust has sought to recognise talent through its annual Melbourne Prize. Over the past 15 years, the Prize has provided over $1.5 million in prizes, artist residencies, equipment grants and annual public exhibitions to Victorian writers, sculptors and musicians. This year, a team of six judges will help determine the winners across four award categories offering over $100,000 for musicians, including the new $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Music award. Entries are open until July 22 via www. melbourneprize.org.

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REVEAL 2019 FESTIVAL LINEUP The Kulkurt volcanic crater in north-west Victoria will hold the fourth annual Hopkins Creek music festival later this year. Notable acts on the bill this year include festival veterans Millú & Pjenné, experimental jazz ensemble WVR BVBY and Japanese deephouse producer Kuniyuki. The festival will also feature art installations sure to excite the senses.The festival runs from Friday November 22 until Sunday November 24, with tickets available via Eventbrite. For more information, head to the Hopkins Creek website.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced their 15th album will be released on August 16. After dropping Fishing for Fishies mere months ago, King Gizz are back again with their latest offering, Infest the Rats’ Nest. The band revealed the news on social media, with the names of nine tracks including the recent single ‘Self-Immolate’. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will play The Forum on Thursday June 27 and Friday June 28 (sold out). Tickets via the venue website.

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ARTS GUIDE

Arts Guide BEAT’S K TOP PIC

Rebuild La Mama Campaign VIVA LA MAMA La Mama is in the final stages of its Rebuild fundraising campaign. The plans have gone public and the irrepressible little theatre is reaching out to the community to rebuild after fire destroyed the cultural icon in May 2018.

Artistic director Liz Jones says, “The desired end is in sight, but we are not quite there… So thank you so much if you have contributed, but if you haven’t quite yet then please think of us, dig deep and be part of our wonderful future.”

The rebuild offers La Mama exciting new opportunities, such as the chance to make La Mama universally accessible, to create a dedicated rehearsal space and to support the needs of future generations of artists. For more information, visit lamama.com.au/support-la-mama/.

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REVIEW

Storm Boy The Australian classic novel Storm Boy by Colin Thiele has always delighted readers of all ages with its homegrown tale of a boy befriending a pelican, with the 1976 movie of the same name becoming a staple of primary school viewing. The source material

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has received a revived interest in recent years, with a Geoffrey Rush starring feature film premiering this year alongside, surprisingly, a video game. But the Melbourne Theatre Company’s new production of Storm Boy deserves just as much of your attention as any of its previous iterations.

The young Storm Boy, played by 15-yearold Conor Lowe, lives a hermetic life with his father, played by John Batchelor, in the wild coast of South Australia amongst sand dunes and a plethora of birdlife. After he meets fellow local hermit, Fingerbone Bill played by

The Sapphires writer Tony Briggs, Storm Boy discovers a group of baby pelicans without a mother and takes it upon himself to nurse them back to health.

Lowe serves as a delightfully realistic Storm Boy and all of his interactions with his father and Fingerbone Bill come off as truly genuine. The relationship between these three male actors is lovely to watch, with their simple, heart-to-heart conversations and silly jokes serving to endear the trio to the audience almost effortlessly.

The set beautifully complements the wild setting the play conjures. The wind-battered dunes of Coorong, the area of coastal wilderness where the story is set, is recreated impressively with full sand banks complete with tufts of grass set alongside the father and son’s small hut. The breadth of the ocean is displayed with a wobbling dingy set in a sea of flat, reflecting mirrors. Projectors paint the back of the stage with images of the beaches’ landscapes and the musical accompaniment is poignant.

Though the stand-out feature of the production is, hands down, the rendering of

the animal characters within it. David Morton’s puppetry design for Storm Boy is impeccable, with everything from fairy penguins to pelicans of different varying sizes created out of wood. There is a decidedly skeletal style that exposes the puppet’s inner workings of pulleys and wheels. The fact that the designers weren’t even trying to hide these machinery parts didn’t affect the audience at all, as gasps of delight were expressed throughout the theatre when the baby pelicans first arrived on the scene with the adorable ability to squeak in the arms of Storm Boy. This play really exhibits the effort Melbourne Theatre Company can pump into their shows, with no expense spared to concoct a visually stunning and emotionally touching production. It’s perfect viewing for children of every age, even those who are older but still children at heart.

BY JAMES ROBERTSON Storm Boy runs until Saturday July 20 at the Southbank Theatre. Tickets via mtc.com.au.

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Open Studio

Suitcase: World Music Open Mic

This month’s showcase of music from around the world will be hosted by Sarita McHarg, scholar and classical Sitar player and folk singer from India.

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Timeless stories with a twist, seamlessly drawing on a rich tapestry of rhythms, instruments and cultures. Lyrical music, with sumptuous melodies that evoke the clarity and consideration of chamber music with the accents of jazz and world.

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Tribute to Piazzola

Contemporary arrangements of some of Piazzolla’s best known works and references to the classic tangos from which he departed to create his subversive nuevo tango style with the exceptional Trio Senda Florida.

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Box Hill Community Arts Centre

Melbourne Tango Orchestra

This 11 piece Orquesta Tipica plays tango from Argentina’s Golden Era, celebrating classic tangos by the greats, Anibal Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese and Carlo Di Sarli.

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ARTS GUIDE

EWF Zine Fair GET YOUR ARTS AND CRAFTS ON The Emerging Writers’ Festival wraps up on Saturday June 29, but not without showcasing the amazing talent of Australia’s zinemakers. The humble zine is a low-cost print publication teeming with creativity. Most zines are relatively cheap to buy, so you can bulk up your bookshelf with just a pocketful of gold coins. The zine fair is running from 11am to 3pm on Saturday June 29 at Brunswick Mechanics Institute. For more info, head to the Emerging Writers’ Festival website.

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Wake in Fright

Come From Away

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MAKES ITS WORLD PREMIERE ON THE STAGE

A GOTHIC AUSTRALIAN SHOW

TOUCHES DOWN IN AUSTRALIA

A MODERN TWIST ON A CLASSIC

Kenneth Cook’s novel Wake in Fright has captivated audiences for the last 50 years.

The novel was turned into a film in 2009 and a miniseries in 2017. Declan Greene’s adaptation for the Malthouse Theatre brings this gothic Australian story back to the stage.

Leading actor Zahra Newman starred as Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon and was a massive hit. Wake In Fright runs until Sunday July 14 at Malthouse Theatre. For tickets, head to the theatre website.

Award-winning musical Come From Away is making its Australian premiere in Melbourne in July. The musical tells the story of the 7,000 passengers who had their plane flights diverted following 9/11. Eventually landing in Gander, Newfoundland, the passengers are welcomed by the local community who invite the “come from aways” into their homes.

Previews for Come From Away commence Wednesday July 3 and the season opens Saturday July 20 at the Comedy Theatre. For tickets, head to comefromaway.com.au

Tchaikovsky’s renowned musical Swan Lake is getting a bit of a shakeup. Taking the ballet production we all know and love, choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot has focused far more on the human psyche with this interpretation. The show blends neoclassical ballet and modern dance to create something far more erotic and dramatic. The season runs between Thursday June 27 and Saturday July 6 at State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne. For tickets, head to Arts Centre Melbourne’s website.

On Vulnerability and Doubt

Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks

Sammy J

DEALING WITH INSECURITIES

A TATTOO EXHIBITION

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s winter exhibition brings together local and international artists to explore their own vulnerabilities. The artists engage with questions of intimacy and desire, shame, love and awkwardness. Sydney artist Cherine Fayd displays stark-white posters with people’s most intimate fears written in big black sans-serif font. Fayd’s work will be on display at ACCA. On Vulnerability and Doubt opens Saturday June 29 and runs until Sunday September 1.

Our Bodies,OurVoices,Our Marks is a collection of exhibitions and experiences exploring the art of tattoo. Each exhibition incorporates themes of cultural identity and community intersecting with the modern day. The three exhibitions being showcased are Documenting the Body, Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World and Tatau: Marks of Polynesia.

The exhibition runs until October 6 at the Immigration Museum. Head to the Museum’s website for tickets.

Malthouse Theatre is teaming up with Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Project to bring Stanislav Lem’s 1961 novel Solaris to life. Lem’s novel has been made into two films — in 1972 and 2002 — but this is the first time it’s been adapted for theatre. Australian actor Hugo Weaving will appear in this sci-fi thriller stage production. The season runs between Friday June 28 and Sunday July 21 at Malthouse Theatre. For tickets, head to the theatre website.

A Little Night Music A WHIRLWIND OF A WEEKEND Sondheim’s A Little Night Music has been called ‘the musical of musicals’ by Arts Centre Melbourne. The plot is based on Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night and unfolds over the course of a weekend where an entangled group of characters rekindle lost love, find new love and play with romantic possibilities. The opening night is Thursday June 27 with the last show on Saturday July 6. Tickets can be purchased from the Melbourne Arts Centre website.

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ADDS EXTRA SHOWS TO HIS NATIONAL TOUR Aussie comedian Sammy J has tacked on a couple of extra Melbourne shows to his Major Party national tour. All of Sammy J’s favourite characters will be making an appearance on stage, including Government Coach, Playground Politics host and National Yoga guru. No word yet on whether purple puppet sidekick Randy will be making an appearance, though. Sammy J will be at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre between Friday June 28 and Sunday June 30. Tickets are available via Ticketek.

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THINK YOU KNOW AUSTRALIAN HIP HOP? UNLOCK THE STORIES AT THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC VAULT.

Cosmic Psychos

Exploring Goner Records, Memphis’ revered punk label

The independent record label Goner was established in 1993 by Eric Friedl of The Oblivians, focusing on punk, garage and postpunk releases. Later, Zac Ives of The Solutions jumped on board as co-owner and in 2004 the two opened the Goner record store, quickly growing into a Memphis, Tennessee staple.

Since its start 25 years ago, the label has released music from The Reatards, Bad Times, Nots, Ty Segall, NoBunny, Ex-Cult and Australia’s Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ausmuteants, Hierophants and Cosmic Psychos.

To help promote a new release on the label from King Khan & BBQ Show in 2005, Friedl planned a record release show, but so many bands asked to play the gig and so many planned to attend that he ended making it a four-day event – dubbing it Gonerfest. This soon became a yearly occurrence each September across numerous venues in Memphis featuring local bands; those with releases on the label and others of a similar vein, over four days.

Estate of Tupac Shakur suing Universal Music Group

Back in 2008, a fire ripped throughout Universal Music Group’s archival vault, which resulted in the loss of an estimated 500,000 master recordings from artists including Snoop Dogg, Aretha Franklin, Eminem and more. Tupac Shakur was also an artist who had masters in the warehouse that was destroyed by the fire and now, his estate has joined a $100 million lawsuit against UMG. Universal have said that the report that detailed the sheer amount of music and material lost has been formed on ‘inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions, and fundamental misunderstandings’, however the plaintiffs involved in the lawsuit are alleging that UMG grossly failed in upholding their obligation to protect these master recordings.

With the lawsuit also alleging that none of the artists have received any compensation for the losses since, UMG is sitting in some pretty hot water.

Tyga addresses Chvrches’ criticism of him and Chris Brown in interview

Tyga has taken a measured approach when asked to comment on CHRVCHES’ comments about his and Chris Brown’s work with producer Marshmello. Back in April, the Scottish band wrote, “We are really upset, confused and disappointed by Marshmello’s choice to work with Tyga and Chris Brown. We like and respect Mello as a person but working with people who are predators and abusers enables, excuses and ultimately tacitly endorses that behaviour. That is not something we can or will stand behind.”

In an interview with Billboard – off the back of the release of his seventh album Legendary – Tyga addressed their claims.

“Well, people who aren’t in the culture of hip hop or rap only look at it as one way,” he said. “It’s all the same. I think they were more mad that Marshmello put out a new song right after they did one with him. But he’s a producer and a DJ, so he’s putting out new records with people every week. But you don’t hear us complaining.”

Chris Brown’s response to CHVRCHES, you might remember, was slightly more unhinged, with the R&B artist posting on social media that ‘These are the type of people I wish walked in front of a speeding bus full of mental patients.”

Trina returns with her first album in nine years, ‘The One’

After many behind the scenes setbacks, Miami rapper Trina has finally gifted fans with a brand-new album, The One. While we last heard from Trina last year on the Blue Magic EP, it’s been almost ten years since The Baddest Bitch has dropped a full collection of new music.

With The One, we hear her spitting on the track ‘BAPS’ with Nicki Minaj, while elsewhere on the record, we see Dave East, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Boosie Badazz, Tokyo Jets and DJ Common Khaled feature. The album is the first Trina has released under her own label imprint, Rockstarr Music Group.

Azealia Banks is quitting music You never really know when it comes to this one.

The latest in Azaelia Banks’ ongoing battle with the internet and the public eye has led the Harlem rapper to announce she is apparently quitting the game. Heading to Instagram with her news, Banks let her followers know what the situation was; in her opinion, people are more interested in the controversies surrounding Banks instead of her unrivalled talent.

“You guys will always be more concerned with bad news about me than any of the phenomenal music I make because it’s how you’ve been taught to relate to me,” she wrote. “It doesn’t matter how good my music is I know you guys don’t deserve it. ...You will never get another body of Azaelia Banks work again. Hear me!?!”

Taking things further, Banks made it clear that she is ‘entirely too good for ¾ of the public’. The last time we heard from Banks was last year with her single ‘Anna Wintour’ off the still unreleased Fantasea II: The Second Wave album.

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Eddy Current Suppression Ring

The first Australian bands to go over to play the festival were Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ooga Boogas and Digger & The Pussycats in 2007 for Gonerfest Four. Most years since have featured Australian acts such as Super Wild Horses, Total Control, UV Race, Royal Headache, Straight Arrows, Kitchen’s Floor, Deaf Wish, Native Cats, The Gooch Palms, The Stevens, The Pink Tiles and more. Playing Gonerfest gives many Australian bands the opportunity to play surrounding states and aids in the American scene getting a taste of what we’ve got on offer over here.

Recounts of the Gonerfest shows can be heard on a few compilation LPs and 7” records released post event. Gonerfest2 from 2006 includes a DVD with live footage of the event and the Gonerfest 5 compilation released in 2008 includes 17 live tracks mastered by Jay Reatard, well worth the listen. Other footage and audio of previous Gonerfests have been released

by Rocket Science Audio including Ty Segall’s full Ty Rex set from Gonerfest 10 and Ausmuteants’ set from Gonerfest 11.

Parsnip

As somewhat of a thanks in 2016, when Ives visited Melbourne, Aarght and Bedroom Suck records put together an ode to Goner called Electric Goner Boogie, held at The Tote and featuring Australian bands who had releases on the label, had played Gonerfest before or others which fit the Goner style. On June 17 this year, Gonerfest 16 revealed the nine acts to play the 2019 festival. Some announced so far are 1980s California rockers The Mummies, King Brothers of Japan, Simply Saucer out of Canada and Australia’s own upbeat, root veg four-piece Parsnip and exercisers out of Brisbane, Thigh Master. It’s looking like Gonerfest 16 could be well worth the 15,000km trip.

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LEAPS & BOUNDS

Winter Record Store Day

Head to leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for more info and show tickets.

Despite the leaves having turned well and truly brown, and the fact the sky is often a hazy shade of grey this time of year, the City of Yarra remains the undeniable hub of Melbourne’s bustling local music scene.

BY NATALIE ROGERS

Zach Powell, photo by Brittany Skinner

Thanks to the area’s many independent record stores and much-loved live venues, on the first Saturday in July it will also become home to the Yarra’s inaugural Winter Record Store Day as part of the city’s Leaps and Bounds Music Festival.

To celebrate, Beat caught up with a few characters crucial in bringing the sounds of winter to your ears; Chris Gill from Northside Records, Zach Powell from nearby Oh! Jean Records and Richie Ramone from Strangeworld.

“It’s a wonderful initiative of the council and we are always about supporting underrepresented artists, those who can’t afford publicists or even think about marketing budgets,” Ramone says. “Also, the opportunity to use our newly-minted performance room to highlight Indigenous, gender diverse and underage acts was particularly enticing.

“Small businesses are tough to sustain, so to be incorporated into such a respected event as Leaps and Bounds, helps let people know who we are and what we do, and will keep bringing people to our neighbourhood,” Powell adds.

So what can punters expect to see and hear on July 6? “We are launching a special record on that day,” Gill reveals. “Neil Morris,

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Richie Ramone

or DRMNGNOW, is a Yorta Yorta man and musician with a purpose. DRMNGNOW (pronounced Dreaming Now) is a project which is firmly focused on raising awareness around Indigenous justice in a post colonial society. This work is complex and is equal parts system challenging as it is celebratory.

“The single ‘Australia Does Not Exist’ has been re-visited featuring Kee’ahn, a proud Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Torres Strait Islander woman, exciting emerging artist, and integral part of the DRMNGNOW live experience,” Gill says. “This 7” release will re-released as part of NAIDOC Week and to give eternal life to important local songs.”

Over at Oh! Jean, the tunes will kick off in the afternoon. “We have three great bands playing from 3pm,” Powell says. “Firstly, Sledgehammer, a four-piece Melbournebased band, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sophia Lubczenko.

The band features members of Crepes, Sagamore and Dreamin’ Wild. Secondly, Bad Bangs, a raw, rigid and gritty garage trio from Melbourne. And lastly, Flight To Dubai, who indulge in the fervour and stoicism of late ‘70s post-punk, adopted and delivered with earnestness and vigour.”

As for Strangeworld Records, they’re

keeping with the local rock flavour and may even provide much-needed sustenance.

“We’ve locked in underage rockers Disco Junk, the post-punk chug of Plaster of Paris and the Velvets swagger of the Michael Beach. We’re a bit partial to a BBQ – especially on Record Store Day – so we’re likely to wheel it in again,” Ramone laughs.

Ramone says he has always had a passion for discovering new and unusual artists. “Our regulars swing by and know I can point ‘em in the right direction to something they’ve never heard of. You like Dylan, Van Zandt, Cohen or any of the heralded singer-songwriters?

Have you listened to Simon Joyner? In 1993, legendary BBC Radio One DJ John Peel played Joyner’s fourth album, The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll, in its entirety – he only ever did that for a Dylan album – such was the regard Peel had for Joyner’s music.

“Northside is a store that has been helping to support an incredible local music scene,” Gill adds. “Especially music focused on the GROOOOOOOVE tip. That scene has grown significantly lately and Northside will always let you know of a great gig to catch on this hot side of town … we love funk.”

Powell loves to showcase talent from across the ditch. “My Kiwi background has

allowed me to really shine a light on Aotearoa music, and I try and make sure I am the first stop for anything NZ. Also having another business, RRIOT House coffee, sharing the space, makes it a more pleasing experience for anyone who has come in with someone not as interested as they’re,” he jokes.

Oh! Jean Records has been a bricks and mortar store for over three years and, even in that short time, Powell says he has noticed a shift in the way we consume music. “For me, the trends in vinyl move and change constantly, although I see a wider range of ages purchasing it as time goes on. It’s definitely feeling like it’s the normal medium of choice for any music purchase now, regardless of age.”

Gill has seen many changes too in the nearly 20 years he has been at Northside. “[It’s been] 17 funky funky years … I have noticed the 12” single format has taken a bit of a battering.

I suppose that is really for DJs and maybe that means there are less DJs? I still sell lots of LPs.” So come down and enjoy some diverse music alongside an even more eclectic bunch of music lovers. “We love a record store party,” Gill says. “Whatever drags people to their local groove church.”

The Winter Record Store Day is just one feature of a jam-packed nine-day Leaps and Bounds program. Other events of particular note include Girls Rock! Melbourne – an all ages extravaganza raising funds for the next Girls Rock! camp to be held in September 2019.

Those playing include A+, House Deposit, Thibault, Carpet Burn, El Tee and more.

Outside of that, Moaning Lisa will be launching their new single as part of the festival and there will be shows from Mod Con, Poppongene, The Dusty Millers and so many more.

Yarra’s Winter Record Store Day goes down on Saturday July 6 as part of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival which takes over Melbourne from Friday July 5 to Sunday July 14.

LEAPS & BOUNDS

Eight events you can’t miss at Leaps and Bounds Music Festival

BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival takes over City of Yarra for nine event-filled days this July – it’s a bit of a Lion King ‘everything the light touches’ sorta vibe – and this year the light is touching down on some amazing venues, where killer shows will be going down. Here are a few of the best you can’t miss.

Photo by Kalindy Williams

A huge After Party going down

Piss Factory launch their new EP

After Party is a live music showcase highlighting some of Melbourne’s most exciting new talent. Where there might be a gap between performer and crowdmember, After Party seeks to bridge that separation with a fully inclusive event in an intimate setting.

There is a focus on creating relationships and fostering connections so attendees feel as though they are more connected to the music.

The event goes down at Abbotsford Convent on Saturday July 6 and features performances from Pookie, Ijale, Rara Zulu and Daniel Elia.

Melbourne DIY punks Piss Factory are launching their brand new four-track EP Simplify at The Burrow in Fitzroy. The arts space will reverberate with the chimes of underground punk and gothic-electro as the likes of V, Cystic Nightmare and Burger Chef assume the support slots. Piss Factory’s shows are wild and energetic – perfectly encapsulating the punk of short, fast, and loud. Catch their first show of the year at The Burrow on Friday July 5.

MzUki

A hip hop, neo-soul spectacular If you live and breathe everything hip hop, neo-soul, electronic and R&B, you can’t miss Oscillate at The Gaso. Let yourself oscillate to the music of MzUki (fka Serenity Uki), NIASHA, KYE, BBY.B (Nuestro Planeta) and SojuGang who will bringing the party on a school night. Headliner MzUki has quickly found her place on the hip hop scene and has curated a special set for the occasion.

Oscillate goes down on Wednesday July 10.

Mama Alto

A rockin’ fundraiser Girls Rock! Melbourne, in all their awesomeness, are hosting one hell of an all ages extravaganza at The Tote to raise funds for their next camp in September. Girls Rock! aims to empower female, trans, and gender diverse youths in the music industry through positive mentorship and music education. The stellar lineup performer includes A+, Carpet Burn, Kee’ahn, Ruby Gill, Thibault, and tonnes more. It’s going down on Sunday July 7.

Queering the Pitch: Second Outing Marking the show’s second year, Queering the Pitch is back. This year’s show has been curated by Melbourne’s very own gender transcendent diva and jazz aficionado, Mama Alto, and it promises to showcase the power of music. The artists ranges from soul singers to punk guitarists, and everything in between.

It’s on for two nights over the festival, and you can head along either Friday July 5 or Saturday July 6 at Hares & Hyenas.

Karen from Finance

Can you lip sync?

Yah Yah’s weekly Thursgays are well known for their trash-glam game Lip Sync for Your Pint, but thanks to Leaps and Bounds this game is about to get bigger and badder with one person – or team – having the opportunity to take home $1000. It started Thursgay June 13 and on Thursday July 11, Yah Yah’s will host the grand finale emceed by Karen from Finance.

Each team will be given a score out of ten by two guest judges while actor extraordinaire Ash Flanders will also give the contestants a score based on the crowd’s cheer response.

An African music experience

Dream-pop at The Tramway

Afro Hub and Abbotsford Convent present Melbourne African Traditional Ensemble – or M.A.T.E – supported by DJ Eva Lubulwa.

M.A.T.E is a quartet playing traditional instruments with a pan African sound established by PBS 106.7FM presenter Stani Goma. This will be the cheapest ticket to Africa you’ve ever bought. You can check out this amazing event on Saturday July 13.

The Byron Bay native and member of Melbourne outfit Sunbeam Sound Machine, Sophie Treloar presents her solo project, POPPONGENE. Her sound is devotional dream-pop, which she brings to you a few minutes at a time. POPPONGENE’s debut single ‘Do It Girl’ was well received, and her music has been described as “lush pop at its most tranquil”. POPPONGENE, with support from Ruby Whiting, plays The Tramway on Sunday July 14.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is happening from Thursday July 5 to Sunday July 14.

Head to leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for more info and tickets.

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INDOOR ACTIVITIES SPECIAL

Indoor Activities Special Gravity Worx

Northside Boulders

Tell us a bit about Gravity Worx. How did it start and when?

I desperately sought an indoor gym that would set new routes every week. This wasn’t available in the current gyms, so I decided to build a gym that would provide climbers with the challenge of new routes every week.

How does it stand out from other rock-climbing gyms?

We have 50 walls to climb on with 16 auto belays, this means you climb by yourself on tall walls with huge varieties of styles and grades. We’re the only gym with the Olympic speed route, so you can try a world class climb.

For someone who has never rock climbed before, why should they get involved?

Climbing is an amazing hobby as it not only works your whole body, but your mind as well!

As climbers, you get to solve new problems with every climb and get fit in the process.

The Gravity Worx Jump Free Fall Experience sounds great. What does this entail?

The free fall experience is climbing 13m, standing above this height, and jumping off. An auto belay drops you the first few meters then catches and lowers you to the ground. It’s great for any thrill seekers’ climbing experience.

Is there anything you’re trying to push this winter in particular?

We’re taking advantage of the early evening darkness and switching off all the lights and climbing in the dark! Using only a headtorch to guide your path, it adds new elements to your climbing experience normally only experienced outdoors!

Tell us a bit about the background of Northside Boulders. How did it begin and when?

The Northside Boulders ‘I-hate-my-day-job’ project began five years ago when five climbers bought a small gym in Abbotsford: the Lactic Factory. Then it started getting a little cramped, so we opened our second gym in Brunswick in 2015. Our newest gym in Northcote came in early 2018.

How does it stand out from other rock climbing or bouldering gyms?

The Northside Boulders are gyms run by climbers for climbers. We try to blend old-school hard training with new-school gymnastic movement in a relaxed and friendly setting. We provide weekly workshops on climbing techniques and etiquettes, as well as yoga sessions.

You guys have dedicated Women’s Nights and ladies-only bouldering sessions too. What do these entail?

Gyms can be intimidating places for many people. Our aim is to cultivate a diverse community of climbers that feel comfortable in our spaces. For women’s nights, there’s a female coach on hand to help get people off the ground (nice) along with free shoe and chalk hire. We also regularly host the Climbing QTs, an amazing community run project for the LGBTQI community (check their FB for details).

Is there anything you’re trying to push this winter in particular?

Our winter social competition, the Boulder Ladder starts July 5 and runs for eight weeks at all gyms. It’s our favourite way of staying warm.

Find Gravity Worx at 182-184 Sussex St, Pascoe Vale. Head to gravityworx.com.au for more info.

Find Northside Boulders at 109-113 Helen St, Northcote, 1 Studley St, Abbotsford and 329 Victoria St, Brunswick. For more info, head to northsideboulders.com.

Paint for Fun

Aussie Brewery Tours

Tell us a bit about Paint for Fun. How did it start and when?

Paint for Fun started three years ago. The idea was combining painting with alcohol and now it’s a creative hub for all levels, specialising in social painting classes in seven venues with a team of five amazing artists.

How does it stand out from other art classes around Melbourne?

Our moto is ‘Art Made Easy’; we’re inclusive and supportive. Your art isn’t being graded or labelled. We provide great equipment, and each class teaches new techniques or methods to try at home. The more you paint, the better you get!

For someone who has never painted or been into art, why should they get involved?

Magic happens outside of your comfort zone; the joy of creativity is achieved every time we teach a person who ‘isn’t artistic’. Painting is beneficial, it encourages creative thinking, develops communication skills, problem solving, and it’s FUN! You have heaps of events coming up. What should people keep an eye out for?

Our most fun and social classes are Paint your Dog and Painting Partners. We take you step by step to create a beautiful portrait of your loved ones while having some drinks, eats, and laughs.

Is there anything you’re trying to push this winter?

We started regular Saturday painting classes in a BYO drinks studio at Gasworks Art Park.

We also hold private painting events for 15+ people. It’s great and a different idea for parties or a team building event.

Find Paint for Fun at various locations around Melbourne. For more information, head to paintforfun.com.au.

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Tell us a bit about Aussie Brewery Tours. How did it start and when?

Aussie Brewery Tours started when the owner, Scott, wanted to go on a brewery tour and none existed. Seven years later and last week TripAdvisor ranked us as one of the Top 10 beer experiences in the world…And Scott still hasn’t been on that tour as a drinker!

What do the tours include?

Everything: transport, mega tastings – and we mean mega – complimentary drinks, food, expert guides and the best beer, cider and spirit venues in the state!

What are some of your more popular tours and why are they so popular?

The Yarra Valley is the most popular tour as it has the most variety in what you get to drink, eat and the types of venues. Our Melbourne Urban and Mornington aren’t far behind though and are both cracking tours!

For someone who has never been into brewery tours or tours in general, why should they get involved?

Expect quite a few laughs, karaoke on the bus, ample amounts of awesome booze, great food and stories about how German nuns, marijuana, smashed up chickens, Harry Potter and orgasms gave us one of the world’s most popular beer styles.

Are there any tours coming up this winter that you’re trying to push in particular?

I understand why everyone wants to tour in summer, but in winter there are better drinks, better food, the staff are generally more relaxed and there is just something about sitting next to a fire with a high-abv drink and a full belly that is wonderful!

For more info and a full list of the tours Aussie Brewery Tours offer, head to aussiebrewerytours.com.au

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FEATURES

Asylum Sisters New music is on the horizon from Melbourne’s favourite dark electronic outfit, Asylum Sisters.

BY ANNA ROSE

Breaking a three-year hiatus and finally able to line up busy schedules, vocalist Caitlin Cunningham says the band have been able to work on a brand new single, ‘Hear, Taste, Trust, Believe’.

“We’ve been together since 2013,” says Cunningham. “We’ve got two EPs out [Educate Consciousness and A Faith Called You], [and] as everyone gets busier and busier, it’s hard to lock down band members and keep up momentum, so we’ve been working on a new track and it’s finished now and we’re about to release it.

“I think that’s how we’ll keep releasing new music, just track by track instead of EPs.” Electronica, goth, new wave, ambient, synth, witch house, dance, and screamo; in this new release you’ll be able to hear all the experimental elements by which Asylum Sisters are known and have dabbled with in the past, but not without the introduction of a few new characteristics.

In particular, the music will be a representation of Cunningham’s continued personal evolution. Though the new track has been in the pipelines for over a year, Cunningham says it’s still a great representation of where Asylum Sisters are at today.

“It’s a more polished sound,” she says. “I wanted to write a song that was a more typical structure instead of journey music. A lot of our past songs switch and change, so I wanted to have something more radio friendly – it’s definitely a more mature sound for us, and definitely our least rushed song.”

The frantic energy, as heard in Asylum Sisters’ older material, isn’t something to be frowned on, it’s part of their identity – but ‘Hear, Taste, Trust, Believe’, Cunningham says, makes all that ferocious power a little neater.

When Cunningham writes with bandmate Martin Pike, she says the sounds ignite a feeling.

“I could pull from experiences, from something happening in the world, I don’t go into a song and decide to write a love song. It pops into my head, a mood, a feeling, and I go with what first happens.

“The song is about everyone who goes in and out of relationships and is left lingering once it’s done – it’s about moving in and out of different relationships and different people over the many years of your lifetime.”

Asylum Sisters will launch the new single in conjunction with Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, and have curated an evening

Photo by Naomi Lee Beveridge

that will simulate an underground club, with dance sets from DJs Nenagh and Gian, and sensational visual installations from Ehzi Av, aka Genre Spanner.

“Genre and I are tight friends, and I knew he was getting more involved in his creative artwork,” Cunningham says of how the visual collaboration came about. “I know Genre loves techno, and I wanted to create a space that had a club-like atmosphere but was a bit eerie, a bit creepy, and he was perfect to jump on board.”

Combining the two creative mediums was a no brainer for Cunningham. “We’re on the same page with a lot of the things we think are obscure or dark, but still visually effective.

“I think the sound we create and Genre’s approach to how he likes to warp and twist things with dark colours and light, it’ll really complement each other.”

Asylum Sisters, in this second coming, continue to expand, develop, and experiment

beyond its two original members, and that’s what’s giving them a greater power to break down traditional barriers.

“Over the last few years, two of my good friends have been playing live with us and they’ve added this really great depth, really tying everything nicely together,” says Cunningham. “It’s nice to have a bit of fresh new life and people excited to play the music, as well.”

Having finished an east coast tour for their 2018 album, Grogan Grove, and since embarking on a songwriting trip to Torquay, The Grogans have their sights set on putting on a great live show for the ‘How Would You Know’ tour, which kicks off in Melbourne on Friday July 5 at The Workers Club.

“We’ve got some more visual aspects coming to our shows, especially for the album launch,” Lewis says. “New songs as well. New songs are the best thing to play because it’s refreshing, there’s more energy.”

When asked about the places they’re looking forward to touring the most, it’s hard to keep track of all the names, and their obvious excitement is infectious.

“The Dungeon, Newcastle, cos that’s an all-ages show – and Melbourne, obviously

– that’s where we always play, it’s a more comfortable place to play and it’s always fun,” says Grunden.

Other stops on their ‘How Would You Know’ tour include Mildura, Adelaide, Canberra, Wollongong, Perth, Brisbane, and even Mt Hotham. The jaunt will take them through July and into August with an all-ages performace in-store at Oh! Jean Records concluding the journey.

Asylum Sisters launch their new single, ‘Hear, Taste, Trust, Believe’ at Bar Open on Friday July 5 as part of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival which takes over Melbourne from Friday July 5 to Sunday July 14. Head to leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for tickets to the show and for more info on the festival.

The Grogans Chatting to Gus Vasic, Quin Grunden and Jordan Lewis from The Grogans feels like chatting to a couple of mates from high school.

BY PRIYA FRANCIS

Ready to head out on their biggest tour to date next month, the Melbourne surf rock trio are keen to share some new music with their fans, starting with their latest single, ‘How Would You Know’. The track gives fans a glimpse at some of the chilled out, mellow music that’s coming on the next record – an ode to weekends away with friends, it’s the epitome of humble beginnings.

“We were just down at Ocean Grove this one weekend, bored, and we built this teepee, like a friggin huge teepee, and it was sick,” Vasic explains. “We spent all day doing it and we were just chilling that night and just wrote it inside the teepee. That was the basic process, we just wrote it there, then jammed it a bit at home and came up with some new bits to add to it.”

‘How Would You Know’ captures the sentiment perfectly, with an easy-going guitar riff setting the background for a chilled out, yet insanely catchy chorus. There’s also a hint of the blues influence that’s prevalent in so much of their catalogue. The new single is a step away from their heavier tunes, but provides an opportunity for the boys to test out some

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different music on fans, in preparation for their next album.

“There’s a lot of heavy stuff and a lot of chilled stuff, so we wanted to try a chilled one to start with and go from there,” Vasic says.

“We’ve got a lot of different stuff on the next release.”

With inspiration drawing from bands like A. Swayze & the Ghosts and The Growlers, the boys have promised a broad variety of new songs heading our way. ‘How Would You Know’ is a great indicator of just how genuine the band is, and their formation in 2016 highlights this.

“Quin and Gus have been mates for years,” Lewis tells us. “I moved to Sandy (Secondary College) in Year 11 and that’s when I met Quin. Quin and I were just jamming and he introduced me to Gus and it just clicked.”

The success The Grogans have found since then has possibly surprised the band more than anyone else – the project was pretty relaxed at one stage but that quickly changed.

“We never really thought that this would be a serious band or anything, we were justing doing it for a bit of fun,” Lewis continues.

The Grogans’ national ‘How Would You Know’ tour kicks off in Melbourne on Friday July 5 at The Workers Club. Grab your tickets at theworkersclub.com.au.

FEATURES

Baroness Hailing from America’s Deep South Savannah, Georgia, and in their 16th year, Baroness have become a globally respected and regarded metal band.

BY DAN WATT

On Friday June 14, Baroness released their fifth studio album, Gold & Grey, which has quickly been heralded as the band’s most adventurous release to date. But what does that actually mean? Beat caught up with the band’s founder, guitar player and vocalist John Baizley to discuss the approach to recording the new album as well as Baizley’s broader philosophy on writing metal.

So with all their accolades and success, where do Baroness believe they sit within the music landscape. “This is something we ask ourselves every so often, and to be honest, I think there are two ways of looking at it; an optimism versus pessimism thing/a glass half full or empty,” Baizley says.

“In some ways it feels like we are a difficult fit everywhere but in other ways, in a more important, more fundamental way, I would like to think that because we don’t self-identify, neither do we deny any of the associations we have.

“I think our view point on where we operate on the grid of the music world at large is that we like to think of ourselves as a very inclusive band,” explains Baizley.

While this response may ostensibly seem laden in contemporary buzz and cliché, Baizley has chosen his words carefully, and clarifies Baroness’ quest for sonic inclusivity.

“Part of [our approach] is a reaction to what I have become dissatisfied with through a lifetime of dealing with some of the realities of being a metal band.

“I believe there are acts and artists who become popular and gain celebrity [status] and then aren’t exactly sure how to operate moving forward ... As a result, [the audience] get jaded because it becomes like a cool kids club that is run, owned and operated by cool kids.”

Baizley now concludes this opinion with a personal revelation that pretty much every other individual who began following metal as a teenager can relate to. “I can say confidently that I didn’t get into heavy music because I was cool. I got into heavy music because I wasn’t cool.”

This inclusivity that Baizley speaks of can be expanded out as an allegory for what Gold & Grey possesses sonically, particularly on the first single from the album ‘Borderlines’ that

Photo by Pam Strohm

sees Baizley’s crusty vocals accompanied for most of the song by the much sweeter sound of lead guitarist and newest member Gina Gleason.

Gleason’s voice may present a point of appeal to listeners who may not have been previous fans of the band; Baizley reveals the construction of it takes greatly from some of the legends of hard rock and metal.

“I would say that song has the most references to heavy music on the album. It’s got that Thin Lizzy part or there is the Judas Priest part. It’s really held together by a few big guitar stings, like the solo that you would expect to find [anywhere] in heavy music.”

Baroness just capped off a quick Mexico

and South American tour with shows in Mexico City, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. They played four shows in the space of five days and will now jet back to America to embark on an extended jaunt throughout the country through July and August.

September, October and November will see them explore Europe on what can only be described as a worldwide adventure. With forthcoming shows covering all parts of the globe, surely an Australian tour is imminent.

Baroness’ fifth album Gold & Grey is out now via Abraxan Hymns/Cooking Vinyl Australia.

Beastwars

Beastwars have kickstarted a new chapter in their musical journey – having just released their new album IV and track, ‘Raise The Sword’.

BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS

Beastwars’ latest music was inspired by vocalist Matt Hyde’s battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2016. Now in remission, Hyde is excited to tour Australia and New Zealand, considering the band haven’t toured in a while and are keen to showcase their new music.

“It’s exciting, we’re going to be playing at The Espy Hotel and we’re looking forward to that,” Hyde says. “We sold out this show, so we’ve got a second show announced now, which is great.”

It’s amazing to reflect over the band’s musical progress, considering the health issues that Hyde has struggled with over the years.

“I suppose when you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic illness, you’ve got fucking plenty of time to think and your mind will go crazy,” Hyde explains. “It’s just mental, as a species we overthink everything. I lived by myself and I did the treatment; people could only visit me on weekends because of work.

“It was a very strange time, the days were so slow, there was so much time to think of regrets. For me, the worst time was when you get the diagnosis and then have to wait for

the treatment plan. In those three weeks, your mind goes crazy and of course you think of the worst.”

Hyde discusses how he hadn’t mentally prepared himself for the journey, but he knew he had to find a way to keep going.

“I was sick and exhausted – it’s really easy to fall down that negative hole, but you have to fight it, you’ve got no choice,” he says. “My daughter was only ten [during that stage] so that upset me. I couldn’t go because that’d upset her, so I needed to live much longer.

“I was very lucky I was only 46 years old, I got diagnosed and had treatment.

There’s been breakthroughs in medicine and treatments; anti-nausea drugs mean that you can do more chemotherapy than before. It took [the nausea] all away but you just have to ride that fucking wild horse.”

Along with fighting for his daughter, Hyde also focused on creating the IV album as therapy to help him push through the dark times.

“The thing is, you don’t get to the fourth album that often; we’ve been lucky we’ve managed to put one out every three years.

Photo by David James

It’s exciting and we appreciate it,” Hyde says.

“The album is full of loneliness and illness, but it’s also about fighting back – I suppose you should appreciate your time, how little it may be or how long you’ve got. Both are the elements of the song [‘Raise the Sword’].”

Hyde also shares his love for nature, which is another source of inspiration for his music. “The majority of the video is shot in Melbourne, it’s our live show at The Evelyn Hotel last November, and the other footage is all from New Zealand.

“My house was surrounded by bush, and this bird used to visit me outside my window – weird things like that would happen,” he says.

“Also sunsets, sunrises, when the storm would

come through, the rain – all those are great things to me.

“You just grab onto anything you can. I suppose it’s like being a lifeguard – you’ll get to the shore eventually, but at the moment you’re stuck in the sea. There’s no secret to it, apart from you just have to keep going. I should just be thankful, I had a lot going for me and now we get this piece of art to people and life continues.”

Beastwars come to The Espy on Friday July 12. Grab your tickets via the venue website. Their new album IV is out Friday June 28 via Destroy Records.

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Punch Brothers Recent Grammy award winners Punch Brothers have their sights set for Down Under as their Aussie tour looms in July.

BY MARNIE VINALL

The band have had a steady and loyal following since they first came onto the bluegrass and folk scene in 2006 but were thrust even further into the spotlight when they became Grammy winners in February this year.

The band’s banjoist Noam Pikelny admits that taking out the title for the Best Folk Album with All Ashore at the 2019 awards was an unexpected win.

“We were completely blindsighted by the victory; we were fairly certain that that was not going to happen,” says Pikelny. “We were completely honoured to be nominated and we were totally expecting that Joan Baez was going to win. It was first the feeling of shock and then joy to discover that we actually won the Grammy.”

It’s all too fitting the band would return to the place the title track of the album began to first take shape – during a soundcheck in Sydney on their 2016 tour.

“If we’ve been doing an album release tour for around a year and a half, as we get super comfortable with our material, the soundchecks almost become writing

sessions,” Pikelny notes.

During this particular soundcheck, Pikelny plucked the starting notes to ‘All Ashore’, and the rest of the band jumped on board to create a harmony.

“There’s something in the DNA of all of our material that it came to fruition with everyone in the room,” the banjoist explains. Such togetherness is getting harder as they evolve away from carefree mid 20 years olds towards time-poor parents with responsibilities. This evolution has translated in their music as well.

“I think on the instrumental side of things, how things have changed lyrically is that a lot of the songs back in the early days reflect the lifestyle and the experiences of young single people in their mid 20s: fancy free. Nowadays we’re grappling with things that are much heavier, being parents and also grappling with how the world has changed,” Pikelny explains.

No matter what comes their way, nothing will interrupt the band’s creative appetite and their desire to make new music.

“One of the reasons this band continues to pursue making music with each other is that we have this common background

Photo by Josh Goleman

coming out of the bluegrass and folk music world,” Pikelny says.

That interest in all walks of musical life means that the more Punch Brothers write and make music, the harder they are to put into a musical box.

“The idea of genre is kind of lost on us at this point,” Pikelny muses. ‘It would be unfair to say that one genre has influenced us more than any other genre. We’re just trying to make good music.”

Hitting selected Australian capital cities live next month, not only will the band be able to spend quality time with each other, but also enjoy the fruits of Australia – which Pikelny

tells us the band is pretty excited about.

“We have such fond memories from our last time in Australia,” he says.“The shows were so enjoyable, the audiences were great and we really made the most of the days before making it to the concert halls with really great food, coffee and wine. And so, everything about Australia is really kind of alluring to us.”

consists of images, most of which I took when I’m out on my bicycle – and he’ll make them kind of spooky. What you’re looking at is a very weird type of silent film.

“So I will accompany that, or this will accompany me, depending on what you’re looking at. I started doing this because a lot of the music I write now is getting almost homeopathic; trying to take as many notes out, leaving lots of gaps.”

For audience comfort, Eno says he wanted to give them the visuals to focus on – but subliminal prompts are in place for the audience to listen in a certain direction. “You can be struggling to listen for a melody that may be implied – it’s very sparse music that I do – and as soon as you put a visual element there, each person creates their own links between the music and the visuals.

“They’re nice pictures – but then it can be

poisoned by what you put under it in musical terms. It can make you question, ‘Well, what am I seeing? What impression am I getting from this? Why do I think this when I see, say, a Tudor house?’”

The combination of the two may spark, Eno hopes, an emotion the audience might not necessarily feel should these mediums be presented to them as separate entities. “[Theobald’s] work is really quite beautiful,” says Eno., “I’m by no means ashamed to use these things in earnest.

Since we’ve started working [together], he’s become a critical part of what I do.”

Punch Brothers come to Arts Centre Melbourne on Tuesday July 16.

Tickets and more information can be found at the venue website.

Roger Eno Rich, captivating, beguiling – the music of composer Roger Eno exudes an atmosphere that can transport the minds and spirits of his audience far away from where they settle their physical selves.

BY ANNA ROSE

That’s a sensation many can look forward to, for the English composer of ambient minimalism will perform at Melbourne Recital Centre later this month.

It’s amazing what sensations a sparse and minimalist canvas of music can illicit, more so when they undertake a reworking. Ahead of his Australian visit, Eno has been busy working on a reimagining of the 1983 album Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, which sees a return to work with original collaborators, brother Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. It’s the first time the group have worked together in over 30 years, this project coming just in time for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

“We’ve also done a second album,” Eno says of the project, “and it’s deliberately not harking back to the first one. It’s not exactly difficult to get the sound but the process is different; technology has moved on, so we decided to fully encompass that. We worked apart, working by MIDI files. We weren’t in the same place when we were working.”

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Eno’s interests lie in acoustic instruments and the psychology of a musician when they perform his works. “I’ll write music but I’ll write music with very few directions on how to play it,” he says. “Which allows the interpreter to have a very big say in it – but I often won’t even say how fast things are supposed to be, so they can make things up themselves.

“Now, when you get three people in a group doing that, you get these very interesting conversations going on about approach, space, so that’s what I’m interested in, human interaction, really.”

And what better way to experience human interactions and a stripped back acoustic setting than at Eno’s upcoming performance. Eno has set up this concert to be a feast for the senses, collaborating in recent years with visual artist Dom Theobald.

“He needs a big shout, this chap,” says Eno fervently. “His element has become critical to what I do.

“He takes still images and, with computer processes, makes a film about it – this one

Roger Eno performs at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on Saturday June 29 alongside Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick. Grab your tickets via melbournerecital.com.au.

FEATURES

Melbourne Guitar Show Tune that axe and hold onto your whammy bars because the Melbourne Guitar Show is back for another rocking year.

Dave Leslie

BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR

The Australian Music Association’s 2019 Melbourne Guitar Show is set to be the biggest yet, and their colossal program is promised to fill any guitar-lover’s heart with joy.

Sponsored by both Triple M and Australian Musician, there’s an impressive lineup of both international and homegrown musos. Along with the world-class performances and artists, Melbourne Guitar Show is also holding a gear expo with an amazing haul of goodies.

Within which, a gigantic variety of electric and acoustic guitars, effects pedals, amps and more state-of-the-art guitar technology, both homegrown and from around the world, await.

If all of that hasn’t struck a chord with you, there’s also information seminars and demonstrations for those looking to upskill.

“This year’s show is just building on the last four, and this year’s shaping to be one of the biggest,” Melbourne Guitar Show organiser, Rob Walker tells us. “The product always excites me the most, I think, just

seeing all the new guitars around and the new colours. Just being able to present the guitar in all of its glory to thousands of people is a really exciting thing.”

The first lineup announcement for the extravaganza features a star-studded bill including the likes of Keith Merrow and Dennis Jones (both from the USA) as well as local legends Sarah McLeod, Ash Grunwald, Minnie Marks, Lloyd Spiegel, Anna Scionti, and Dave Leslie, just to name a few.

“We’ve got such a great guitar community that it’s hard to select the people who do appear,” Walker says. “Lloyd Spiegel, probably one of the best acoustic blues players you’d ever see anywhere, I’ve seen him play in front of audiences in America and just lay them in the aisles. To have Lloyd Spiegel as one of our highlight performers is a great thrill.”

There are tonnes of events and special programs put on just for this show. There’s a loud stage on level two, an acoustic bar for

acoustic artists playing solo or in duos, a room for great players demonstrating the latest big guitars and tech and a ‘meet the musician’ series with some better-known players doing intimate seminars and chats.

Day one of the guitar show falls on International Blues Day and to celebrate the occasion, Melbourne Guitar Show will be putting together a big acoustic blues jam featuring Nick Charles, Shannon Bourne, Phil Manning and a host of other talent.

Even more excitingly, Periphery’s own Jake Bowen will be giving Melbourne an exclusive of his Ibanez masterclass. “It’ll be great for some Melbourne people to be able to learn some stuff from Jake in a really close ‘meet the musician’ type environment too. It’ll be a big thrill for some people who really are fans of his, so we’re looking forward to that,” Walker says.

If you’re worried about where your ticket proceeds go, the Australian Music Association is a not-for-profit organisation representing all

the people who deal in musical instruments in Australia. The proceeds from this event will go into next year’s Melbourne Guitar Show and will create employment for all the musicians.

The profits are then regenerated into other activities that promote music making.

“We just want more people to enjoy playing music, and we want to present our industry in the most positive way we can,” Walker explains. “That’s what the Guitar Show is all about. It’s all about getting your hands on instruments you want and seeing the people playing them who will inspire you to go and make some more music yourself.”

Melbourne Guitar Show comes to Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4.

Tickets and the full schedule can be found at australianmusician.com.au.

The Saboteurs When co-frontman of The Saboteurs, Brendan Benson, announced to a Melbourne crowd back in April that it felt good to finally play their first Australian show, it was a wink to one of the most amusing legal disputes in modern rock.

BY JOSHUA MARTIN

Back in 2005, the release of their debut record under the name The Raconteurs was delayed in Australia as a Queensland jazz group of the same name objected to its use. Instead of paying the exorbitant fee requested, notable other co-frontman Jack White decided to change their local name to The Saboteurs.

According to bassist “Little” Jack Lawrence, the band bears no bitterness toward the Queenslanders.

“I think we all just found it amusing,” Lawrence tells us. “We were thinking later we should have asked The Raconteurs to open for us.”

Their triumphant Australian debut this year also marked the band’s first show in eight years. In that time, the idea of the band as a Jack White-powered supergroup has softened, even internally. Their comeback album Help Us Stranger, recorded at White’s Third Man Studios in Nashville, is the first to credit the entire band with production duties.

The album title was changed from Help

Me Stranger to Help Us Stranger to better illustrate its collective nature.

“We were always pretty democratic, but this time all of us were there for everything,” Lawrence explains. “Mixing, recording, arranging. We’ve just all grown, and I think we all have better opinions on how things should be.”

It’s hard to boast about a traditional rock’n’roll record in 2019 without people understandably wincing, but Help Us Stranger manages to be the exception to the rule. It has White’s thunderous guitar and Benson’s pop instinct, with an emphasis on simple fun.

The songwriting largely does away with the gothic parables of 2010’s Consolers of the Lonely and puts personality on a pedestal.

The hi-fi production is the glue of the record, giving it a modern exterior. Ironically, the production can be at least partially credited to FM radio.

“I had read something about Motown using an FM transmitter when they were mixing and then they’d go out into the car to

Photo by David James Swanson

listen to it,” Lawrence explains. “If it sounded good in the car, then they knew they had something good going on. For Jack’s birthday, when he had first completed the [Third Man] studio, I bought him that FM transmitter. We used it at Vance [Powell’s] studio when we were mixing it.”

Analogue methods for digital ends is a common motif on the record; the beginning of ‘Help Me Stranger’ features Lawrence singing the chorus lyric behind dodgy mic levels, with an abrupt loop making it sound like a sample.

“The lyrics just seemed, as I’m looking at them, very traditional in that style. I just started singing like the old traditional way and they just hit record and I didn’t realise it,” Lawrence says.

The new LP asks less of music journalists too, with a more typical three pre-release singles and a tour as opposed to Consolers of the Lonely’s surprise release. It’s amusing

to look back at the latter record’s decadeold press cycle to see how much discussion a surprise release could cause before the streaming age.

Whether this newfound comfort means The Saboteurs are back to the routine of being a “band” is hard to say.

“We’ve always done it when it felt right at the time, and right now it feels great,” Lawrence says. “We’re all getting on and the shows have been great and I think we’re all really enjoying playing together again. For right now, it seems like it’s very much going to happen. I don’t know if there will be another record after this. We recorded a lot more songs, so...”

The Saboteurs’ Help Us Stranger is available now via Third Man Records.

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FEATURES

Two Door Cinema Club Two Door Cinema Club formed an integral part of many indie playlists at the beginning of the 2010s.

BY SOSE FUAMOLI

Almost ten years on from the release of their debut Tourist History, the band has made an exciting return with their fourth studio record, False Alarm. The result is a vibrant and confident new snapshot of a band operating at their creative best.

“I think it’s an awesome time to get new music out,” says bass player Kevin Baird. “I think it was a necessity for us to do something that’s exciting and different.”

Well aware of the popularity of Tourist History and the place the album still holds in the hearts of many, Baird is quick to reassure that the importance of their debut hasn’t been lost on the band. However, we’re almost a decade on from ‘I Can Talk’ and ‘Undercover Martyn’.

“Making music and putting out albums, it is a journey,” Baird says. “We’re very different people to who we were when we were writing the first couple of albums. We’re nine or ten years older. The way we write music and what we get excited about has changed.”

“It’s really nice that people have grown up with us. I guess we’ve managed to stay a little bit relevant to those people with that

first album, hopefully. It’s a really nice thing.

I think we came around at the perfect time when streaming was in its infancy; it started to really kick off around 2013 and 2014, when we started to take some time off. It’s allowed people to go back so much easier to our earlier music and it’s given us the platform to do whatever the fuck we want.”

With False Alarm, the band collaborated once more with Jacknife Lee (The Killers, Bloc Party), a figure who has had a large part in the development of Two Door Cinema Club’s sound since their sophomore effort, Beacon.

“He’s a very inspiring person,” Baird says. “It feels like he’s never negative about anything, especially to do with music. It’s so fun. We don’t just spend time working at the computer on little bits of the song, it’s all about the journey and discovery as well.

We’ll be discovering new music and records, constantly listening to new things and being inspired that way as well.”

“Initially it was hard for us,” he remembers.

“We were worried about working with a big producer in 2011 and we were reassured by

Photo by Katy Cummings

the fact he’s also from Ireland and he wasn’t a big time Hollywood producer who was going to change us. I think we’ve always really enjoyed his honesty and his humility, and his extremely amazing talent.”

Upon first listen of the record, False Alarm puts you at ease. A fun album jampacked with melody and, if you’ve seen Two Door Cinema Club live, the energy matches that of what you see on stage. The album’s release is timely too, as it comes just after the news of the band’s Australian return for Grapevine Gathering.

The concept of touring this album is one that Baird is particularly excited about.

Bringing False Alarm to life alongside their other three albums offers the band a chance to get stuck into four different phases of their creative journey.

“With this album, we’ve almost created a world that this album lives in,” he says. “We’ve

put ourselves into that world and that’s become the basis of the music videos and the live shows. It’s so much fun for us to go two feet in with it.”

“We’ve felt like it’s been important to have some level of escapism,” he adds. “It’s always been about pure hedonistic enjoyment. I think sometimes, obviously when the room gets bigger and more people are there, you lose the sweaty, walls are dripping experience, but I think we’re continually trying to replicate that just on a bigger stage with more slick production.”

“I’ve enjoyed every change along the way. I don’t miss how it was before because I really enjoy how it is now. We’re a lot better musically and a lot more aware of what we’re doing now, and I think we’re making a lot better music than we were making in the beginning, even though it was a lot of fun and people enjoyed it. I wouldn’t change today for yesterday.”

“When we first started playing, we couldn’t even get booked at the burrito shop in town,” laughs Magee.

It’s onwards and upwards for The Nude Party. Plans for the next album are already in the works following a similar process as their debut; live first, into the studio second.

“We’ve already got a bunch of songs and demos we’re writing that we’re going to put into the set list,” says Magee. “We probably won’t play them live as long as we did before but we’ll probably, in all of these upcoming tours, play a bunch of songs and get them all to where the reaction and the feeling of playing it together feels good enough that we know we’re ready to record.”

False Alarm is out on now via Prolifica Inc./PIAS. They’ll hit Grapevine Estate, Victoria on Saturday November 23 as part of Grapevine Gathering. Grab your tickets via the festival website.

The Nude Party North Carolina natives The Nude Party are making their live debut Down Under this July as part of the Splendour In The Grass entourage.

BY TAMMY WALTERS

They’ve announced sideshows in Melbourne at The Curtin on Thursday July 18 and The Lansdowne in Sydney a day later.

Frontman Patton Magee says the band are keen to rub shoulders with the Australian musical talent on the bill, particularly after seeing Tame Impala and The Murlocs on their touring circuit in the States.

“I think, musically, we feel like somehow a ridiculous amount of insanely good bands are coming out of Australia right now, so we’re just really excited to get plugged into it a little bit,” says Magee.

Since the release of their debut self-titled album last year, the ‘Chevrolet Van’ hit-makers have been touring non-stop across the US, including a showcase at SXSW, and there’s no sign of stopping. With a European tour to follow their Australian stop, the six-piece have also been added to the Lollapalooza and All Points West lineups.

“We are touring so much of the time and have been touring so much that we’ve gotten pretty good at making it as fun and comfortable and enjoyable as possible,” says Magee. “We bought this big airport shuttle bus and we’ve gutted it and built a cage for

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the gear and a table to play cards and some chairs and a bed and a luggage rack, so we’ve really put a lot of elbow grease into it. You know, we spend so much time touring that it’s worth it.”

Thankfully, the boys are no strangers to living on top of each other without anything to, uh, hide. The Nude Party name reflects the nature of the bands origins – playing in their birthday suit’s at house parties – and when they aren’t on the road, the boys are all housemates.

“We’ve all been living together since 2013, or even actually the summer of 2012, so I mean it’s kind of crazy to think about but it’s kind of been like seven years. There are obviously conflicts that arise with anybody, even with like close family. You know, conflicts happen, but we’ve gotten really good at dealing with them and we’ve gotten really good at remembering that we all have the same goal and we are all on the same team.”

Those goals are clear. Since suiting up, the boys have been focusing on forging a more professional image for the band, a move that has ultimately changed the dynamic of The Nude Party.

Catch The Nude Party at The Curtin on Thursday July 18 and Splendour In The Grass between Friday July 19 and Sunday July 21 at North Byron Parklands.

Grab your tickets to the sideshow via the venue website.

FEATURES

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain Acclaimed film wunderkind Alex Winter is about to unleash Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain in Melbourne for the first time as part of the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

BY CLAIRE MORLEY

Winter, who is best known for his starring role as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, a role he is currently reprising, is an outspoken advocate for internet privacy and technological rights.

In the ‘80s, alongside making the iconic film alongside internet darling Keanu Reeves, Winter became profoundly interested in the internet.

“The early days of the Information Age makes for very compelling stories.

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have enormous potential, as well as enormous hype. That in itself makes for a great story, a cultural moment worth capturing,” says Winter.

Winter created 2012’s Downloaded, on internet piracy, and 2015’s Deep Web, exploring Silk Road, a now defunct deep web black market used primarily for illegal drug sales. Trust Machine is his third documentary pertaining to internet and technology privacy, exploring blockchain.

“I’ve been making films for over 25 years now and have always been driven by characters and theme; compelling people driven by challenging and often contradictory motives. I’ve also been telling stories in the tech space for over a decade and this is arguably one of the most important stories about the birth of the information age,” Winter says of the film.

Alongside blockchain’s broader uses and implications, the film explores the story of Lauri Love, a British ‘hacktivist and blockchain expert’, who’s fighting extradition to the United States for hacking US Government agencies, including the US Army, Missile Defense Agency, and NASA-via-computer intrusion.

His alleged involvement in #OpLastResort, the series of online protests that followed the persecution and tragic death of fellow ‘hacktivist’ Aaron Swartz, has also got him in hot water.

“The idea and motives that drive cryptocurrencies and blockchain really originated in the ‘80s with the Cypherpunks, a group of computer scientists who were concerned about maintaining privacy and citizens’ rights in the information age,” Winter says.

“Lauri is a direct descendant of the original Cypherpunks and represents the lineage of these ideals at the heart of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement. There are many people who seek to strip away the political from these technologies and focus only on the financial and industrial aspect. That’s really not possible, so having a political story at the heart of this film was essential.”

Alongside a cast of high-profile individuals from all walks of life, the documentary features musician and producer Imogen Heap, discussing the relevance of blockchain to the music industry. Heap founded Mycelia, a nonprofit hub dedicated to researching and developing ways to harness blockchain technology in order to solve the issue of unfair payment in the music industry.

“I think there’s a lot of enthusiasm right now to use blockchain-based technology

to solve a lot of pressing problems. That’s generally a good thing, as problem solving by brilliant minds will lead to solutions, wherever they ultimately come from,” Winter says.

He’s quick to add that blockchain is not without its limitations and failings, and that technological advances are impossible to truly predict and plan for. If you’re still a bit confused about what a blockchain is, you should certainly rush to the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival to catch Trust Machine.

“Blockchain-based technology will serve many functions in the future; from banking to energy to basic processes that drive the information age,” Winter says. “My guess is it will end up like many things that get hyped in tech; being extremely important, totally unsexy, under the hood and not thought about at all by the average person. But I could be wildly mistaken.”

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain makes its Australian premiere at Cinema Nova for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on Sunday July 21. Tickets via the festival website.

Wunderage Circus Oz shows always include a range of daring physical feats executed by a troupe of multi-faceted performers unafraid to push themselves to the limit.

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

Wunderage – a collaboration with Brisbane independent circus operators, Company 2 – is no different. However, this time the audience can get involved in a very real way.

Taking place at Meat Market, North Melbourne from Thursday June 20 to Sunday June 30, Circus Oz have done away with seating in order to bring the audience into the action. It’s the final show for Circus Oz Artistic Director, Rob Tannion, before he moves on to Cirque du Soleil. Tannion details the layout and organisation of the interactive setup.

“The Meat Market’s in two halves, probably about 30 minutes long each side.

So, we’re using the entire cobble stone half of the space and we’ve taken out all the staging and everything on the theatre end of it,” Tannion says. “There’s four tight wires in the show – one at one metre, two at two metres and a four-and-a-half metre high one – and then some other apparatus platforms around the space.”

There is an element of choose-your-ownadventure to Wunderage, but the action is precisely conducted and there aren’t always multiple things happening at once. There are times when the audience is guided by

the music and times when they’re guided by direct interaction with the performers.

“All the test audiences and the dress rehearsal, you’ve got some people who are adventurous and want to see the bodies tremble or get up close and others that go, ‘No, actually I need to be five metres further back so I can get the whole picture’,” says Tannion.

Everything in the show is elevated above the audience. There are performers walking on a tight wire, people on pointe shoes on a tight wire, people jumping over people on tight wires and even someone riding a bicycle on the high wire. There’s also a handstand act on top of a three-metre high platform, a Chinese pole act, and a balance bike act on an elevated platform.

“There’s an acrobatic stacks-on routine,” says Tannion. “We’ve got a beautiful old Ford flatbed truck, which is acting as the band stage and that’s parked in the venue. And then we’ve got some general acrobatics that happen in the space and on the floor.”

Live music always figures prominently in Circus Oz productions. Bonnie Stewart and Grant Arthur are the nimble musicians

Photo by Rob Blackburn

handling Wunderage’s live soundtrack.

“Bonnie is vocals and drums/percussion, but also plays guitar. We’ve got Grant who plays everything – guitar to piano to slide guitar to trombone,” Tannion says. “We’ve ripped out the guts of the piano and we’ve mounted it on an old horse-and-cart, which they play percussively at one point in the show.”

The inclusion of the cart and the Ford truck is an indication of the show’s intentionally nostalgic edge. The costumes, designed by Harriet Oxley, are also very nostalgic.

“We did talk a lot about what was and what is,” says Tannion. “There’s a real look back at some old school nostalgic circus costumes.

There’s a real sense of nostalgia when you enter the space, which is exactly what we want to do. Obviously, the Meat Market is an old historical building.”

The production’s advertising tagline is “the tightrope between who we are and who we might become.” Tannion co-directed Wunderage with Company 2’s Chelsea McGuffin and the pair were unapologetic about embedding the production in a specific era.

“One of the points that we talked about was that, even now in 2019, circus is viewed as still a very nostalgic artform. Theatrically, Company 2 does look at very specific eras, so the fact that we went back into the 1950-60s costume-wise was really good, and it marries itself to this space.”

Wunderage runs from Friday June 21 until Sunday June 30 at North Melbourne’s Meat Market. Tickets and more information via the Circus Oz website.

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FEATURES & PROFILES

The Ferg Neal Show Fergus Neal is a stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker, and so is a natural fit to be a podcaster.

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

He grew up in Coburg before moving to Torquay and Geelong in his teenage years.

He’s now living back in Coburg and recently attained a Bachelor Degree in philosophy from the University of Melbourne.

Fergus Neal has amassed 73 episodes of his podcast, The Ferg Neal Show, over the last couple of years.

“Podcasts pre-dated getting into standup,” says Neal. “When I was 18 and I first moved to Melbourne, I was a comedy rat in that I would just go to shows and talk to these big name comedians and hang out with them and kind of annoy them. So I always wanted to do it.”

The podcast started out as a uni project.

Neal was writing for the Melbourne University publication, Farrago, and wanted to make the audio recordings available to the public.

“We just did four episodes with four comedian friends,” he says. “Those episodes did well and then it just lead into itself.”

The Ferg Neal Show began in earnest in mid-2017, but it was initially little more than a maladroit student radio show. However, Arj Barker’s appearance in October 2017 was galvanising for Neal and gave him thematic purpose.

“When I was 16 years old I’d seen Arj Barker do a Comedy Festival show because I was a big fan of him, and up until that point I thought that money and success would bring you happiness,” Neal says. “I come from a working class family, so I thought if I get money I’ll be happy. I remember onstage at the Town Hall in front of 2000 people Arj Barker said, ‘Success hasn’t made me any happier’. It kind of blew me away to hear that at that age.”

Neal and Barker discuss this topic on the podcast episode. “He’s quite an introverted guy but he really opened up,” Neal says. “It’s one of the best episodes we’ve done, talking to him about having depression and then going into comedy and realising it wasn’t going to fulfil him and really it was his connections with friends and family and kindness that would bring him happiness.”

Neal got thinking about society’s obsession with success and happiness and whether or not the two things are even that closely linked. Interviews with musicians Courtney Barnett, Jess Ribeiro and Kevin Morby, comedians Tom Ballard, Nazeem Hussain and Dilruk Jayasinha and various journalists, entrepreneurs, doctors

Faxman

and scientific professionals have followed.

Musings on the pursuit of happiness remain a key focus.

“I remember talking to Courtney Barnett and she said, ‘I was as happy pouring beers at the Northcote Social Club as I was sitting at the Grammy’s as a nominee next to Lady Gaga’. It doesn’t bring a deep happiness, that pursuit of success. I think people in artistic disciplines have that mindset of, you know, once you have that particular gig or that particular show, you can rest. But it doesn’t stop. I think people are looking for it in places where it’s not going to be found.”

Neal has learnt a lot about happiness from hosting the podcast and he’s applied these lessons to his own life and creative practice.

“When I interviewed Marc Randolph – he was one of the co-founders of Netflix – he had

a good juxtaposition. He’s worth $400 million but he said travelling through Southeast Asia and seeing people who didn’t have much, they weren’t in complete poverty, but they had family and they had that connection with friends that brought them more joy than some people he knows in Silicon Valley.

“So it’s affected my life in the sense that I’m pursuing what I want to pursue as opposed to letting external factors shape where I want to go.”

Subscribe to the The Ferg Neal Show on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Visit thefergnealshow.libsyn.com for more information.

Sarita McHarg MUSIC

MUSIC

When did you first start making music and what led you there?

I first started making music when I was in primary school. My guitar teacher was a cool old family friend who was a bit stuck in the ‘70s, but he focused his lessons on improvisation and that got me into writing music from fairly early on.

Tell us about your new EP, Unaltered Vol. 1. What is the story behind it? What inspired it?

I went on a road trip by myself for a few weeks to check out some of South Australia’s deserts and clear my mind a bit. Thanks to my largely unreliable Ford Falcon, and the array of weird situations I found myself in, I came back inspired with a bunch of songs to record.

Your music has a really rustic, yet contemporary blues feel to it. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it?

Sketchy psychedelic spaghetti-Western blues. When I was writing this first EP, I was watching a lot of ‘60s Westerns and listening to a lot of early Delta blues, as well as a few neo-psychedelic bands. That’d probably explain it.

Are there musicians or bands that have inspired your music in particular?

This first EP was mostly inspired by Delta bluesmen like Charley Patton and Skip James, mixed with influences from artists like Allah-las, Ennio Morricone, Link Wray and Bob Dylan.

What’s next for Faxman? Got any gigs coming up?

We don’t have any gigs planned at the moment. We’re currently getting a band together and preparing our next EP for release towards the end of the year. I have solo gigs occasionally and other visual art projects going on, so it’s worth keeping up to date on our Facebook and Instagram.

How did you get introduced to the sitar and when?

Coming from a family of professional musicians, I learned many forms of folk song and dance, especially in the Kabeer and Malwa traditions. There was a sitar at our home during my childhood but nobody played it. In 1990, at the age of thirteen, and after hearing a Ravi Shankar soundtrack, I decided to take up sitar and began my study of Indian classical music.

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?

Indian classical music has seven basic notes with five interspersed half notes, resulting in a 12-note scale. The notes are not simply stand-alone notes, they are connected by means of bending the strings through several positions, which makes the music flow.

For someone who has never played the sitar, why should they take the instrument up?

The sitar is a wonderfully expressive and challenging instrument. The most likely people to take it up would be those with a strong connection to Indian classical music, and a strong desire to master the instrument.

Describe your experience working with The Boîte. How has the organisation benefited you?

Through my connection with Boite, I have met so many wonderful artists and musicians, which has enriched my own musical experience. It gave me the opportunity to share my knowledge of Indian classical and Indian folk music through workshops and recitals.

What can we expect from your show at Open Studio on Wednesday July 10?

People can expect to hear a cross-cultural blend of Indian classical, Western classical and Greek traditional music – World Music.

For more from Faxman check out their socials @faxman_faxband. Listen to Unaltered Vol. 1 on Bandcamp or Spotify.

Catch Sarita McHarg at Open Studio on Wednesday July 10. Grab your tickets at The Boite website, boite.com.au.

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CHANGES FESTIVAL

Meet the CHANGES curators Jeremy Fox and Hamish Deeth (123 Agency)

Sweetie Zamora (Dot Dash)

What made you jump on board for CHANGES 2019?

We wanted the opportunity to help showcase amazing local talent that we are currently working with, infront of industry delegates that they may otherwise not have access to.

Tell us a bit about what you have put together for this year’s festival.

This year we have specifically curated a wonderful lineup of up and coming artists across a varied range of genres that demonstrate a taste of what 123 Agency has to offer.

What was the process you went through to prepare your showcase?

As a team we discussed the finer points of which local and diverse artists we felt would bring something to this year’s CHANGES showcase.

Are there any local labels or management agencies that are of particular influence to you?

We believe that there are so many amazing labels and management agencies that are bringing their own flavour to the local music scene right now, all of which influence us in some way, shape or form.

Why is it important that we have festivals such as CHANGES that promote conversation and push the envelope of a rapidly evolving industry?

Festivals such as CHANGES are important as they provide opportunities for not only local talent, but also the plethora of local labels and agencies that work tirelessly to make the Melbourne music scene the success that it is.

What made you jump on board for CHANGES 2019?

We absolutely loved attending CHANGES last year – it seemed like a natural progression to pull together as Dot Dash and curate a showcase!

What was the process you went through to prepare your showcase?

Our aim for the showcase was to highlight some of the artists on our Dot Dash roster but also open up the opportunity to other Melbourne artists we’re admiring at the moment.

Tell us a bit about what you have put together for this year’s festival.

We’re lucky enough to have Sunbeam Sound Machine & Gena Rose Bruce album releases via Dot Dash leading into Changes Festival. Friendships have been with us for a while now and we couldn’t think of a better duo to come and set the mood between sets. We’ve been loving Obscura Hail, Memphis LK and SaD, so it only seemed right to invite them to come and join our party. We’re so stoked they all said YES! Why is it important that we have festivals such as CHANGES that promote conversation and push the envelope of a rapidly evolving industry?

It’s so important as it gives the Melbourne industry the opportunity to share knowledge, make new connections and continue to grow!

What other showcases you are keen to see?

The lineup of showcase curators is absolutely wild! It’s impossible to just pick out a couple.

In a dream world, we’d go to every showcase!

Catch the 123 Agency Showcase at The Night Cat as part of CHANGES on Wednesday July 3.

Catch the Dot Dash Showcase on Thursday July 4 at Labour In Vain as part of CHANGES.

Tim Shiel (Spirit Level)

Carsten Bruhn (Roolette Records)

What made you jump on board for CHANGES 2019?

It was seeing the lineup of curators and feeling overwhelmed with pride we would even be considered in the same conversation as all of them. We’re proud to represent a small but important part of Melbourne’s music community at CHANGES. Tell us a bit about what you have put together for this year’s festival.

We have a few of our label faves including Braille Face, Hemm and new artist Sig Nu Gris.

We also invited friends Hobsons Bay Coast Guard, Luboku and Grace Ferguson. There’ll be a interstitial soundtrack and some motion-capture visuals on Laundry’s screen too.

Why are Melbourne’s record labels and management agencies so important to the city’s music scene?

Artists can do so much on their own these days. What Spirit Level focuses on is the things which are harder to get when you are on your own: moral support, creative support. As a community we try and help each other out.

Why is it important that we have festivals such as CHANGES that promote conversation and push the envelope of a rapidly evolving industry?

So much of what we do happens online. Events like CHANGES provide an opportunity to connect and remember why we got into all of this in the first place.

What other showcases you are keen to see?

If I could magically see them all I would – but particularly excited about Music in Exile, UXS, Soul Has No Tempo, Still Here, Roolette Records.

What made you jump on board for CHANGES 2019?

My partner Kahlia Parker and I jumped on the opportunity to curate a showcase for CHANGES 2019! We love the work of Emily Ulman last year, so when we started chatting with her via email, we knew this was something we needed to do!

What was the process you went through to prepare your showcase?

Like all Roolette Records events we put on, our priority is looking at gender diversity and inclusivity. We have chosen an eight-band lineup that has something for everyone and is sure to make everybody feel welcome!

Are there any local labels or management agencies of particular influence on you?

The LISTEN organisation and its offshoot record label, Listen Records have been very influential to Roolette Records. The way they push for engagement with marginalised communities and cultures within music is number one in the country.

What other showcases you are keen to see?

I can almost guarantee most of the ‘roo crew’ will be at the Future Popes showcase on Wednesday July 3 at Bar Open! We obviously adore Hexdebt and their debut album, plus Candy are our good friends.

Why is it important that we have festivals such as CHANGES that promote conversation and push the envelope of a rapidly evolving industry?

The Vic Government backing CHANGES shows there’s interest to invest and engage with the music industry. It could provide the music industry with a greater platform to have conversations about issues and positives within our music industry.

Spirit Level take over Laundry Bar as part of CHANGES on Wednesday July 3.

The Roolette Records Showcase goes down on Thursday July 4 at The Old Bar as part of CHANGES.

Grab tickets and check out CHANGES online at changes.melbourne

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BEAT EATS

Eight reasons you have to try El Camino Cantina’s margaritas A new Tex-Mex joint has popped up in Fitzroy and the vibe is good times, cheesy Tex-Mex dishes, and huge margaritas. The food is brilliant, sure, but how do you really get your Tex-Mex place to stand out? Special margaritas.

In fact, El Camino Cantina’s margaritas are so good, we’ve written a whole page on why you have to try them!

BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR

They’re so unique, they’re called ‘Ritas’ These aren’t your typical margaritas, El Camino Cantina’s ‘Ritas’ are fun, quirky and tasty – but most importantly, they’re served in a huge colourful glass. The secret inhouse recipe is what makes these Ritas super special – you can’t make these at home or find them anywhere else. What makes a good margarita? Tequila, triple sec and lime juice.

What makes a great Rita? That’s an El Camino Cantina secret.

The biggest margaritas in town A standard margarita glass at any other bar is about 9oz – which is around 266ml (i.e. a pretty standard serving). But El Camino Cantina’s smallest Rita is 15oz (about 445ml) and their largest one is 24oz (710ml). What might be Melbourne’s biggest margaritas, we’ll take two, please. You’ll need to fuel up on some of their wonderful Tex-Mex food while you’re there, with bottomless chips and salsa complimentary.

Half-priced Ritas at Happy Hour All 15oz Ritas – frozen or on the rocks – are only $7.50 between 4pm-6pm Monday to Friday. Hard day at uni? Rita. Want to chill with a cheap drink after work? Rita. There’s an almost-half-litre happy hour Rita for every occasion – and if you sign up to El Camino Cantina’s Amigos program online, you get an extra hour of joy until 7pm.

They offer two-litre Rita towers If you thought the regular Ritas were massive, make way for the Rita towers. These babies are built to share with friends. They’re two litres and chock full of tequila goodness. These huge two-litre Rita towers are available on the rocks in any flavour – so what are you waiting for? Grab your mates and get your drink on.

A new, limited-edition margarita each month On the first of each month, you can get your hands on a new limited-edition flavour.

It’s flavour of the month, Rita style. They’re available in either frozen or on the rocks and in both regular and huge sizes – and they’re $7.50 at happy hour. Every month holds a special Rita, and this month you can head into El Camino Cantina to try a Vanilla Rita garnished with sprinkles and cream on top.

Ten cent wings with your Rita What’s the best type of margarita? One that comes with ten cent wings. Every Wednesday when you buy any 24oz margarita, you’ll also score yourself ten cent wings – we know cheap wings are everyone’s weakness. Head down to El Camino Cantina and you can get up to 20 of these bad boys with any large drink.

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Four different delightful flavours Sweet, sour or with a kick? Whatever you want, they offer. You can get one of four super tasty staple flavours, which are available all year round – classic (lime), strawberry, mango, and Tropical Chilli Red Bull; a flavour for every mood or occasion. It’ll be a Rita flavour odyssey.

How about a Cadillac Rita?

What is a Cadillac Rita, you ask? It’s not a car but rather a very special upgrade from your regular Rita. How do you upgrade? Another excellent question. You pick your margarita and the lovely bartender adds a 15ml shot of Grand Marnier on top. It’s a zesty orange brandy liquor and it is the perfect addition to top your Rita.

El Camino Cantina is now open seven days a week at 222 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Check out elcaminocantina.com.au for more info.

REVIEWS

In the Pit Reclink Community Cup VICTORIA PARK – SUNDAY JUNE 23

Methyl Ethel, photo by Andrew Friend

Methyl Ethel THE FORUM – THURSDAY JUNE 20 After releasing their third album, Triage, back in February, Methyl Ethel have finally taken the record on a national tour, stopping over in Melbourne for a two-night stint at The Forum. Ada Lea and BRONCHO would fill the supports, easing the Thursday night crowd into the main attraction.

A dark stage and ominous lighting welcomed frontman, Jake Webb, who kicked off the set alone. As Webb’s vocals began, the rest of the band stormed the stage; they started with a slow number which was somewhat of a flat start. Perhaps they were simply setting the night up, easing into proceedings.

The stage with simple yet powerful visuals trumped a crowded set design. And powerful, almost morose visuals they had – like default screensavers on an old Windows computer.

Methyl Ethel took a lot of care in curating the night’s setlist. It was not as simple as playing a bunch of songs in no specific order; they had crafted a performance with each song bleeding into the next with extended intros and outros, making it difficult to decipher where the last song finished and the next began.

The room didn’t hear from lead singer Webb until halfway through the set, where the music finally stopped for a moment. The man of few words would stop sporadically to say a few words, “thanks Melbourne, you’re always so kind to us”, before continuing to own the stage with his fluid movements.

The Perth-based band reached fanfavourite, ‘Twilight Driving’ with the welcome of fans roaring at the familiar song. Although

‘Twilight Driving’ was played a little differently to recent live sets; the band gave it a Triage twist with a slower pace and more synths. All in all, it was less rocky than the track we have come to recognise.

The artistic endeavour to rework an older song to sound more cohesive with newer material can be respected, but I can’t help but wonder if the triple j fans who voted for it in the 2015 Hottest 100 enjoyed the alteration.

Tying up the set, Methyl Ethel saved the best until last with ‘Ubu’, ‘Ruiner’, ‘Scream Whole’ and lastly, ‘Drink Wine’. After a more subdued start, the hits finally picked things up. It may have been a work night, but the Thursday night crowd roared for the Perth band to perform an encore. Webb returned on stage, surprising punters as they turned to exit – just a quick wave and he’d left us again.

Before finishing off the night, Webb did confess that they will “be back soon, I promise”. What this entails? Who knows. A new album already perhaps? A big festival slot? Only time will tell.

“Victoria Park are you warm enough yet? Me neither! But things are about to heat up,” rang a voice over the loudspeakers, marking the moment we’d all been waiting for: the 25th Reclink Community Cup match.

Having just witnessed the funk-fuelled electronic sounds of Harvey Sutherland, punters hurried from the field to nab a vantage point among the crowded stands for the most important game of the year.

After a Welcome to Country and speeches touching on the Indigenous tradition of Marn Grook which paved the way for the game of AFL we know and love today, as well as a number of touching sentiments about the community spirit the game celebrates, all friendly feelings were put on hold in exchange for a quarter-century-strong rivalry between the Espy Rockdogs and the Megahertz.

The siren commencing the game had barely sounded before the Megahertz kicked their first goal. Their strong start was shortlived, however, as the Rockdogs swooped in to kick the next slate of goals, kicking to a 26 – 6 lead by quarter time.

Come half-time, Baker Boy offered a welcome reprieve – especially for the Megahertz who were now 19 points behind. Still, it was anyone’s game. Showing “more athleticism on stage than the whole of the Rockdogs and Megahertz combined”, as described by an MC, Baker Boy and his troupe of dancers delivered a well-choreographed performance so spritely it coaxed the sun from behind the clouds.

The shenanigans continued on into the second-half; from a sword fight between players, a mid-match on-field slip and slide to the traditional streakers bearing all despite the brisk eight-degree temperature, it was hard to know where to look.

It was clear that if the Megahertz wanted to take out the title, they’d have to play a little dirty and when an umpire peeled off his shirt

to reveal a Megahertz jersey before snatching the ball and making a run for it, there was no doubt the community radio team weren’t going down without a fight.

Players shoved, dove, leaped and scrounged with desperation as the clock ticked and, despite their slow start in the first half, the Megahertz were now creeping up on the Rockdogs. A goal from the Megahertz’s Levi Heeringa in the final moments of the game snatched the lead by just one point and with the siren sounding soon after, that was all she wrote.

After a nail-biting final quarter, the only way to cap off the day was with ripper sets from some of the country’s finest music acts. First up was Dan Sultan, who delivered a sprinkling of originals before inviting Paul Kelly out for duets of ‘Every Day My Mother’s Voice’ and ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’, the latter sparking an all-in singalong from the crowd.

By the time Magic Dirt hit the stage, the sun had disappeared and much of the crowd had peeled off to seek some warmth. Those who stuck around were rewarded with a smattering of hits including ‘Plastic Loveless Letter’, ‘All My Crushes’ and ‘Super Tear’, each drenched in droning reverb.

“Thanks for hanging out at the end here, I know you just want to go home and get in front of the heater,” remarked Adalita, before adding, “Nah, you’re pissed, you don’t care”.

With frosty clouds of breath hanging on the winter air and a carpet of crushed beer cans littering the Victoria Park oval, marking some would-be sore heads come Monday morning, the 25th Reclink Community Cup proved, once again, a staple of any Melburnian’s social calendar. Up the mighty Megahertz!

Highlight: The nail-biting finish to a bloody good game.

Lowlight: The freezing cold temperature once the sun set.

Crowd favourite: Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan’s duet of ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’.

BY KATE STREADER

Reclink Community Cup, photo by BandAnna Photography

Highlight: Jake being a bit cheeky and teasing the crowd for an encore.

Lowlight: Crowd talking through the quieter moments, never cool.

Crowd favourite: ‘Scream Whole’.

BY MATILDA ELGOOD

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NEW MUSIC

Albums & Singles BEST NEW ALBUM

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BARONESS

Gold & Grey

Adding new guitarist Gina Gleason to their everevolving lineup, Baroness have just served up their sixth LP, Gold & Grey.

At a mammoth 17 tracks, the adventurous heavy metal outfit deliver Gold & Grey in such a way that you forget it’s an hour long. It’s a bold step from their previous outing Purple, but it isn’t oversaturated with long tracks.

More so, they fill the LP with organic yet colourful songs and break up the album smartly with subtle intermissions that add texture rather than unnecessary time.

Their first single and lengthiest song off the LP, ‘Borderlines’, contains a complex riff that can be recalled on any Baroness song. Its chorus is made all the better with frontman John Baizley’s distinct vocal harmonies. But then again, this can be said for every song – his voice bringing satisfying new highs in songs, ‘I’m Already Gone’, ‘Front Toward Enemy’, ‘Seasons’ and ‘Cold-Blooded Angels’.

Drama is no stranger to Baroness’ lyrics as well. ‘I’d Do Anything’ can be seen as a prime example – it may be melodramatic, but it’s equally anthemic at the same time. Another one is ‘Tourniquet’, where Baizley sings, “I’ve got an artificial heart, it bleeds but I can’t feel a thing” against pulsing guitars and drums, advancing its emotive intent.

Sustaining, daring and a much better attempt at a lengthy LP, could this be Baroness’ magnum opus?

Label: Abraxan Hymns/Cooking Vinyl Australia

BY RHYS MCKENZIE

SINGLES – WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY

RÓISÍN MURPHY

NÉRIJA

GENA ROSE BRUCE

COOL SOUNDS

Incapable

Riverfest

Around and Down

Grinspoon’s upcoming ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour is named after a song from 2002. No one gave a shit about Darude’s Eurovision 2019 performance because he wasn’t playing ‘Sandstorm’. The internet went mad last month because Stardust’s 1998 single ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ is finally coming to streaming services. As one half of Moloko, Róisín Murphy was behind two of the turn of the century’s finest pop songs, but she’s never rested on nostalgia. The Irish singer just keeps getting better – the eight-minute ‘Incapable’ is a disco house number with a transfixing lead vocal.

Nérija didn’t aim low with their debut record, Blume, setting out to channel the inspired energy of Miles Davis’ latter day Colombia releases (Bitches Brew, The Man With The Horn). It seems useless to compare anything to Miles, but fuck it if ‘Riverfest’ doesn’t feel loose and brilliant. A four-piece horn section, including tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia, dances over afrobeat guitar playing and a slinky jazz rhythm section.

I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You

Label: Mickey Murphy’s Daughter

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Label: Domino

Gena Rose Bruce meditates on the difficult process of letting someone go, laser removing their inscription from your head and your heart. The arrangement is achingly restrained, with producer Tim Harvey adding keyboard tickles, boxy drums and twinging distorted guitar. These additions represent the pangs of a love that won’t easily fade away. For the listener, they embody the urge to dive back in again and remember what made the love great, consequences be damned.

Label: Dot Dash

Without suggesting there’s any forgery at play, Cool Sounds recall Vampire Weekend recalling Phish on ‘Around and Down’. It’s a bit funky, a bit goofy, and generally a good indie rock tune. It’s a daft comment, perhaps, but ‘Around and Down’ matches the claim of the band’s name – unruffled, in control, and aware this whole thing’s going to burn to the ground soon enough so we should just be nice, pleasant and enjoy ourselves.

Label: Hotel Motel

NEW MUSIC

8.5

KIRIN J CALLINAN

Return To Center

Kirin J Callinan has built his career on inimitability, so to deliver his third LP as a record of covers seems totally left of field. But the unexpectedness of Return To Center in itself is quintessential Kirin J Callinan.

Despite comprising a collection of ‘80s pop renderings, Return To Center is not a straightforward covers album. Callinan embarked on the album with an ambitious goal: spend his entire budget on instruments at Guitar Center and take full advantage of the store’s 14-day return policy by recording the album within that timeframe and taking the instruments back for a full refund. A literal Return To (Guitar) Center.

The album’s title track, ‘Return To Center’, serves as the record’s only original. It sits like a true centrepiece, juxtaposing understated, serene guitar licks with the manic laughter of Callinan, recorded while he was pinned down and tickled without mercy.

He then takes on Public Image Ltd.’s ‘Rise’, sprinkling it with news clips detailing his scandalous ARIA flashing incident.

“Apparently you are well known, but not to me.

You are not special,” reads a particular report, quoting the stern magistrate who determined Callinan’s punishment for the incident.

Flitting between anthemic pop and fuzzed out rock, Return To Center is a testament to Callinan’s sonic dexterity. For an album mostly made up of covers, it is unassumingly honest, personal and, well, a lot of fun.

6.5

PIPE-EYE

Inside/Outside

Cook Craig is Pipe-eye. A member of the bands King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and The Murlocs, Craig has now put out two albums and an EP under his alternative pseudonym.

Inside/Outside shares connective tissue with a King Gizzard album and feels related to 2017’s Mild High Club collaboration, Sketches of Brunswick East. There are whiffs of the same loose and sunny style and Alex Brettin’s influence is hard to miss on the LP. Craig is a bassist, so that instrument takes the spotlight on many songs. Like on the song ‘Best Friend’, an ode to the singer’s Boston Terrier, or the track ‘Best Party Ever’. The title track has this child-like vision of watching yourself from a third person perspective – like a fly on the wall, or a fish in its bowl. It’s a track that Syd Barrett would have written back in his post-Pink Floyd days.

Much like Barrett, however, Craig tends to wander in his sound. ‘Brown Bottle’ is a lifeless jam that has this plucky string melody that quickly gets old. ‘Fluorescent Wonder’ doesn’t do anything for me; it only slows down the momentum. Ultimately, many songs bleed into one another, creating a gooey soup of sound.

If Craig had more varied instrumentals and didn’t ride the coattails of Mild High Club, Inside/Outside would have been a more unique listen.

Label: Flightless Records

8.5

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

And Now for the Whatchamacallit As a follow up to their two-part High Visceral project, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have delivered a high quality display of musicianship and instrumentation with their first self-produced album, And Now for the Whatchamacallit.

ANFTW’s soundscape exudes a 1930s carnival, combining playful atmospherics with their already-developed psychedelia. With sophisticated variety and charm, the album dives in with two leading singles ‘Keen For Kick Ons?’ and ‘Bill’s Mandolin’. An effortless standout, the latter of the two tracks is laden with reminiscent Beatles sounds and plunges us into a creative dream world.

The album takes listeners through undulations of driving chaos, contrasted with moments of ambient calmness. This is seen through the sustaining reverb and melodic vocals of ‘Hymn For A Droid’ and shimmering ethereal track ‘Fields, Woods, Time’. The 55-second track eases the tempo before kaleidoscopic album highlight, ‘Native Tongue’, recalibrates the psych haste.

Jazz-leaning number, ‘Digital Hunger’ provides a new component to the band’s arsenal before album closer,‘Dezi’s Adventure’, closes things out with a pyshc onslaught. Put simply, ANFTW exemplifies Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ musical curiosity and cements them as a rapidly emerging Australian band.

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THE AINTS!

5-6-7-8-9

There has been a slight tremor in The Aints! camp – they have added an exclamation mark to their name. This unholy trinity of almost biblical proportions features a former Saint, a New Christ and a Sunnyboy. They want to take you to the garage for their brand of electrified redemption, toying with signposts of the Ed Kuepper history.

Let’s start with the title. 5-6-7-8-9 is five tracks which are a continuum of The Saints’ four track 1-2-3-4. Uncanny. There are songs titled ‘The Laughing Clowns’, ‘Hang Jean Lee’ and memories of various Kuepper moments flood in; of course there is reason for a song to be called ‘Memories Are Made Of This’.

‘Goodnight Ladies [I Hear A Sound Without]’ is a beguiling track that was originally conceived by a then childlike mind of Kuepper nearly half a century ago. It’s taken decades to fully form.

On 5-6-7-8-9, there is reimagining of songs which hark back to more carefree times.

Despite the years the various bandmembers have fought the good fight, they still sound potent and give your ears a rattling overhaul.

Brilliant stuff.

Label: ABC Music/Universal

BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO Label: EMI Music Australia

Label: What Reality? Records

BY KATE STREADER

BY GABRIELLA BEAUMONT

EDITOR’S PICK

SEVERINS

Reconnect During the ‘90s, Severins were members of a vociferous music community devout to their independence. After years in the abyss, the post-punk outfit have returned with their first full-length, Reconnect.

On the new album, the band play with the sonics of The Dandy Warhols, the grit of Joy Division and the gloom of The Cure to create an ominous statement that circles a yielding world in the wake of apocalypse. It’s honest, unflinching and mirrors an outfit that are not just here to reconnect, but reinvigorate.

By way of sound, Reconnect is intricate in its arrangements – it’s a restless record that will intimidate you at one turn and then fully engross you at the next. As frontman Geoff Berry’s foreboding vocals tiptoe across the deep bass palpitations and flailing guitars, the album leaps from its punk bedrock into kraut and psych rock territory.

‘Give It Some Mince’ is a highlight, an intensifying number that doesn’t channel any ordinary narrative but is confounding in its nonscience. ‘The Plug’ stands at the top of the B-side – a practical mistake becomes a metaphor for something more sordid.

Years of waiting has seen Severins deliver a debut album of epic proportions. This band aren’t here for any momentary parade, this is a revival and a committed one at that.

Label: Independent

BY TOM PARKER

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GIGS & EVENTS

Gig & Events Guide WEDNESDAY 26 JUN

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK LIAM & CO. Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm.

FREE. JEX SAARELAHT TRIO The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

LANEOUS PRESENTS, HA NA, GRIM TILLA, ABBEY HOWLET Evelyn Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. $10.

OGOPOGO Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. TÁMAR DAVIS, LAKE MINNETONKA Bird© s Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $31.

ZV3 JAZZ TRIO The Fitzroy Pinnacle.

Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE. DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL© S BEST FRIEND - MUSIC OF MOVIES FEAT: THE EMILIA QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

8pm. $25.

SAM ANNING SEXTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES DROP THE MIC - OPEN MIC NIGHT The Penny Black. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. RACHEL CLARK The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. TAMMA The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: MONIQUE KENNY, KATHRYN CLEMENTS, RUTH KATERELOS The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. OPEN GRAND PIANO NIGHT Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7.30pm. FREE. OPEN MIC FEAT: ANDREW GRANT Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm.

FREE. THE GRUBBY URCHINS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL THE DEVOURS, CLAIRE BIRCHALL, BIG LEAGUE The Tote Hotel. Collingwood.

7pm.

JESS PARKER & THE TROUBLED WATERS, FELICITY CRIPPS, SHANNON BOURNE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

THE LANCIAS, SAPPHIRE STREET, THE SPAGHETTI STAINS, VALLEY OF THE VULTURES, WILSON BLACKLEY Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. $15.

PACIFIC AVENUE, GOSH, NATHAN WONG, KILNS Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 7.30pm. $18.40.

CLASSICAL VADIM GLUZMAN - MASTER CLASS Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank.

6pm. $10.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP MISS DEMEANOUR, LOUELLA DEVILLE, TURBO THOT, C PASH, KAÏRA CUVÉE Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. DEVORAH Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 7pm. $5.

KASSETTE FEAT: RUDI, MZRIZK, KAM, SLIPPERY SLOPES The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. WEDNESDAY TWIST The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. MATT DOLL, THE BAMBI KILLS, BYRON ST JOHN The Tote Hotel. Collingwood.

6.45pm. FREE. ROBOTS IN LOVE, HUMAN CONFUSION, D© RAD MC Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL KASSETTE FEAT: RUDI, MZRIZK, KAM, SLIPPERY SLOPES The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

GIGS FOR THE STREETS FEAT: BRIBERY, PEPPER, KAIAR The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

6pm. $10.

THURSDAY 27 JUN

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK JULES BOULT Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. GREASY PALMS Bar 303. Northcote.

8pm. $10.

THE PEACOCKS Charles Weston Hotel.

Brunswick. 6.30pm.

JESS MAHLER TRIO Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 6pm. FREE. JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

BUTTERED LOAF Post Office Hotel.

Coburg. 9pm. FREE. BUTTERFUNKED, VELVET BLOOM, UFO GO, RUSSIA Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick.

8.30pm. $10.

BELLY SAVALAS, THE GRUBBY URCHINS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.

TÁMAR DAVIS, LAKE MINNETONKA Bird© s Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $31.

MINGUS THINGUS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.

ANNA GINTS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $25.

NICHAUD FITZGIBBON, JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE & HER 10 PIECE SOUL BAND FAD Gallery.

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES CRAZY ARMS – A FEW CENTURIES OF PIANO TINKERING Chapel Off Chapel.

Prahran. 7.30pm. $38.

CHRIS PICKERING EXPERIMENT Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 8.30pm.

RYAN OLIVER Wesley Anne. Northcote.

8pm. $12.

MICK DALEY The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. ANDREW SWANN Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE. THE CIGARILLOS, JONO BARWICK, JHELI EMMET Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. DAVID M. WESTERN, FOGGY NOTION, AL MATCOTT Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 7.30pm.

MITCHELL PAXTON WARD, LOU DAVIES The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8pm.

FREE. MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel.

Williamstown. 8pm. FREE. JACK BOTTS, PAT DEVLIN, STEVE COUSINS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy).

St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. TREAT FIRE The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. SARA STORER The Basement Discs.

Melbourne. 12.45pm. FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL ANTIPHON, BEATNIK COLLECTIVE The Penny Black. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. HUMAN CONFUSION, D© RAD MC, DANDELION WINE The Tote Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

SANCTUM FEAT: KŌTARE, BBY.B, DOM, SAL, C.FRIM Section 8. Melbourne. 6pm.

FREE. JUNGLE BOOGIE The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. GUERNS, BIGMAC, FOSTA, HANDLE SOUNDSYSTEM, JOHN OWEN BARCODE New Guernica. Melbourne.

10pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL PIN, WARDENS, THE POPES ASSASSINS Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 7pm.

FREE.

OGOPOGO

Human Confusion

Neon Soul

Peter Money Trio

BAR OPEN

THE TOTE

FAD GALLERY

SWAMPLANDS BAR

Every Wednesday night this month, OGOPOGO have taken over Bar Open with double sets bursting with fun, good vibes and even better tunes. There is one more chance to catch them before the month is out, so be sure to get down from 8pm on Wednesday June 26. Did we mention it’s free?

New Zealand electronica project from music producer Elenor Rayner and vocalist Miriam Leslie, Human Confusion, are hitting The Tote on Thursday June 27 with support from Melbourne-based electro-medieval outfit Dandelion Wine and hip hop artist D’Rad MC. You can catch this electrifying lineup from 8pm, entry is $10.

Thursday nights at FAD Gallery means local music, and Thursday June 27 is no exception.

Bringing a hefty dose of soul to the stage, head down to catch Neon Soul with Bernadette Novembre and her ten-piece soul band. It’s all happening from 9pm and entry won’t cost you a cent.

Uni nights are great, but they’re even better when they come with free music. On Thursday June 27, catch Perth indie-folk outfit Peter Money Trio at Swamplands Bar. There’s food and drink deals to accompany the tunes, which will be playing until late. It kicks off from 7pm, free entry.

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GIGS & EVENTS

GORILLA ORCHESTRA The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

NOTHINGE, NICK WILSON, REVERSE BUTCHER The Tote Hotel. Collingwood.

7.30pm.

CANDY, HANNAH BLACKBURN Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. MAGGOT BATH, MAMMON© S THRONE, RARE OLIVES Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

BORN OF OSIRIS + CHELSEA GRIN, DIAMOND CONSTRUCT, THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER Corner Hotel. Richmond.

7.30pm. $56.83.

ELIZA JOAN & THE RENEGADES, ALEX WAGSTAFF, JORDAN, HPK Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. $10.

HARRY PERMEZEL, IMOGEN CYGLER, MOUSEATOUILLE Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.75.

MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, MILDLIFE, BITCH DIESEL Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 7pm. $84.86.

POLISH CLUB, DULCIE, APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY 170 Russell. Melbourne.

8.30pm. $45.09.

BAD BANGS, EGGY, RHEA CALDWELL, CHOOK RACE DJS Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

SWAZI GOLD, BANANAGUN, GIRLATONES, THE BUSH The Curtin.

Carlton. 8pm. $8.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.

THE SUNDAY LEAGUE FEAT: HEART BEACH, GEORGIA KNIGHT Nighthawks.

VIC. 8pm. $10.

LEGAL ALIENS, THE DORKS, THE OUT OF TOWNERS, SWINE Mr Boogie Man BAR. Abbotsford. 8pm. $10.

THANK F**K IT© S FRIDAY FEAT: MAEGARON, VERONA LIGHTS, MISTRESS OF MISERY, HE WHO SEEKS VENGEANCE Young Street Supper Club.

Frankston. 8pm. $10.

REPENT REPEAT PARTY FEAT: ALL THE COLOURS, LUNAR TIDE, F & THE J© S, TAMSIN OTWAY, MEZ̈MER Cactus Room.

Thornbury. 7pm. $10.

SALTY BONES Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8.30pm.

THE PASS, ROGUES, WILL POVEY Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $5.

BOSS MELODY, THE REFUGEES, ADMIRAL AKBAR© S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE Red Betty. Brunswick. 7pm.

FREE. SYRUP, YFFER, WARPLANE, ZÖJ The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm.

ALEX MACFARLANE The Tote Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm.

HOBSONS BAY COAST GUARD, BIN, GAMJEE Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

FREE. YEAH DON© T CARE, UNDERCOVER CROPS, THE BURBS, TONY TAINT Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

SEVERINS, THE DEAD SALESMEN DUO, TELESCOPES Northcote Social Club.

Northcote. 8.30pm. $14.66.

DESPERATEENS Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 8pm. $20.

BATTS, ALEXANDER BIGGS, EAGLEMONT Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

ORION HAZE, IV DANTE, BEN TRILLADO Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $12.

THE BADLANDS, KING COASTER Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

BURIED FEATHER, SHROUD The B.East.

Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. PARMY DHILLON & THE NEW SCIENCE, RIOT AFTER MIDNIGHT, SARAH EIDA TRIO, THE VELVET COBRAS, DJ OBLIVEUS Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm.

FREE. MIDNIGHT WOOLF Gem Bar. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. TELESCREEN, FRANJAPAN, TAMARA & THE DREAMS Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 7.30pm. $12.75.

THE TROPES, SPIT The Fitzroy Pinnacle.

Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE. METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow.

Melbourne. 11pm. FREE. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. DRAUGHT DODGERS, DANGERESS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm.

FREE. X-GENZ, RE-DIRECTION Matthew Flinders Hotel. Chadstone. 9pm. $10.

(HED) P.E., NONPOINT Max Watt© s (Melbourne). . 8pm. $69.55.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, MILDLIFE, BITCH DIESEL Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 7pm.

HOODOO GURUS, DALLAS CRANE Chelsea Heights Hotel. Aspendale Gardens. 8pm. $55.10.

Hobsons Bay Coast Guard

Don Morrison

Boss Melody

Madi Leeds

THE RETREAT HOTEL

ROYAL OAK

RED BETTY

DOWNSTAIRS BISTRO

Young Henrys is back with the Best Served Loud gig series, hitting up Brunswick’s iconic music venue The Retreat Hotel. With a psychsurf sound, Hobsons Bay Coast Guard will have you boogying, alongside support slots from BIN and Gamjee. It’s happening on Friday June 28 from 7pm, free entry.

Veteran muso and guitar maker Don Morrison is hitting Royal Oak on Friday June 28. Not only has he worked with legends like Midnight Oil, Hunters and Collectors, and Billy Ray Cyrus, he was also nearly killed by Willie Nelson. To hear his tunes and some of his stories, head to this free gig from 8pm.

Do you want a bunch of musos with punkrock roots to fill your Friday night? Hell yeah you do. Reggae band Boss Melody and special guests The Refugees and Admiral Akbar’s Dishonourable Discharge are rocking out at Red Betty on Friday June 28. Entry is free and the music kicks off from 7pm.

Melbourne-based quirky indie-pop sweetheart Madi Leeds is heading to Downstairs Bistro for an intimate solo gig. Leeds is known for her high-energy shows, so you can guarantee it’ll be heaps of fun. You can catch her free show on Friday June 28 from 5pm.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP YOU KNOW ME Ferdydurke. Melbourne.

8pm.

TEKWANI Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE.

FRIDAY 28 JUN

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK DISCO FEVER FEAT: DJ LADY ERICA, LADY LANGERS, LADY LYNDELLE, LADY SOUL Loop Project Space & Bar. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. DJ AGENT 86 Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 7pm.

ADRIAN WHYTE Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 6pm. FREE. DEEP FRIDAYS FEAT: LANEOUS, HORATIO LUNA The Penny Black.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. THE FURBELOWS The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 9pm. $25.

MINA YU TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

7pm. $15.

DELA CAYE Bar Open. Fitzroy. 9.30pm. $12.

JACK JONES Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $31.

NIELS ROSENDAHL QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50.

DANILO ROJAS & AFRO-ANDEAN LATINOAMERICAN ENSEMBLE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $32.50.

RALEIGH WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101.

Maribyrnong. 7pm. FREE. CRAZY ARMS – A FEW CENTURIES OF PIANO TINKERING Chapel Off Chapel.

Prahran. 7.30pm. $38.

BRETT LEE The Merri Clan. Preston. 7pm.

DANNY ROSS Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 6pm.

ERNEST AINES Wesley Anne. Northcote.

8pm. $10.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm.

KIER STEVENS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8.30pm.

RUSSELL MORRIS & BAND, FENN WILSON Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $33.

MISSION BROWN Bar Open. Fitzroy.

6.30pm. FREE. SARA STORER, PETE DENAHY, GREG STORER The Fyrefly. St Kilda. 7pm. $39.80.

MICK DALEY© S CORPORATE RAIDERS The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

9.30pm. FREE. FOUR LIONS The Basement Discs.

Melbourne. 12.45pm. FREE. THE BLACK SORROWS Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 7pm. $43.46.

MARK GARDNER The Prince Patrick.

5.30pm. FREE. ANDREW WALLACE The Quiet Man Irish Pub. Flemington. 8pm. FREE. SHAUNA TONY AND CO Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL INTERZONA 5, CHIRON, LAZYBOYPROACTIVE, HUMAN CONFUSION, INFECTIOUS UNEASE, SISTERTHING, DISCO COMPUTER, PETER HAREN & THE WOLF Bar 303.

Northcote. 8pm. $8.

MARSHSTEPPER, STRAIGHTJACKET NATION, YING-LI HOOI, PERFUME, DJ SIMON J. KARIS, NERVE The Tote Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $16.35.

TACKLE, JESS SNEDDON Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm. FREE. FRIDAYS FEAT: AYNA, FALO, HARLEY JAMES, CLIFTONIA, BEN & LIL, CITIZEN. COM The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 5pm.

FREE. RED FEAT: AYSHA BUFFET, ENIGMA, ZELDA MOON, THE GAZE, SILHOUETTE D© AMOUR The Carlton Club. Melbourne.

9pm. FREE. STEVE WARD & THANKYOU CITY, THE FIELDS, KIRK CHETCUTI, STEVIE STRAFFORD, LUKE LAWRENCE, CASEY LEAVER New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $11.64 - 16.91.

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GIGS & EVENTS

BEERS FOR QUEERS FEAT: CUPIDS CUT, DAZZA & KEIF, SIMPLE THE DRAG QWEEN, AMAZON FOXY J The Fox Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP THANDI PHOENIX, UPSIDEDOWNHEAD The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 9pm. $17.35.

KIRA PURU, KINDER, FRANCESCA GONZALES Corner Hotel. Richmond.

8.30pm. $23.08.

POP TILL YOU DROP The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. RNB FRIDAYS Co.. Southbank. 9.30pm.

SEAN KINGSTON Empire Nightclub.

Narre Warren. 9pm. $25.

HAVANA FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. ROBB BANK$ Prince Bandroom. St Kilda.

8pm. $44.89.

(HED) P.E., NONPOINT Max Watt© s (Melbourne). . 8pm. $69.55.

CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS New Guernica.

Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

CLASSICAL HAUSCHKA, FIVE BELOW, ANDREW TUTTLE Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 8pm. $65.

SATURDAY 29 JUN

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL DJ ZANNA Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 9pm.

W3K - THIRD BIRTHDAY SECRET BUNKER SPECIAL EVENT, BROOKE POWELL, GABRI-L, MUSKA, STEVIE STAFFORD, PHILOSOPHIA Secret Location. VIC. 12pm. $18.35.

HOMEBASS, RUFFY, MRAS NITZI, GHOSTSOUL, GRIFF Bar 303. Northcote.

8.30pm. $10.

COMEBACK SEASON - GAME 1 FEAT: SHIMMY BARNES, LEANDRO VEIGA, COOKIE, XANDER BYNG Section 8.

Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.

Severins NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB Four-piece Melbourne psychedelic postpunk rockers Severins are launching their brand-new album Reconnect at Northcote Social Club on Friday June 28 where they’ll be joined by special guests The Dead Salesmen and Telescopes Duo. Doors open at 8:30pm.

Tickets are $15 via the venue website.

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DANCING IN OUTER SPACE FEAT: DJ MANCHILD, MIKE STEVA Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 11pm. $10.

THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY II - PARTY & PANEL FEAT: SUGAR N SPICE, TOUFIE, ELLIE WALSH Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $5.00 - 10.

DJ CLUB FEAT: BABY G, DJ SARAH Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 3pm.

FREE. BOUNCE WITH DJ 2P The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. SATURDAYS FEAT: KISTA, BETH GRACE, DEMIZE The Carlton Club. Melbourne.

8pm.

TYRON HAPI Co.. Southbank. 10pm. $25.

ELECTRIC DREAMS Co.. Southbank.

8pm. $25.

HIGH GROUND FEAT: CONSULATE, J.P SEBASTIAN, TOOKIE, MAX REBO, JAZZ Yours & Mine. Carlton. 10pm. $10.00 - 15.

KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. EAT THE BEAT FEAT: MARKANTONIO, RAMON TAPIA, CHRISS MATTÒ, MATTEO FREYRIE, ANDREA GUADALUPI New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $20.00 - 30.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK PEARLY’S HOT 4 Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 5pm.

DJ MURPH Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 9pm.

SAM O© HALLORAN Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 6pm. FREE. SUINGUE BRAZUCA The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

SLOW GRIND FEVER - SIXTH BIRTHDAY SPECTACULAR FEAT: DJ RICHIE1250, MOHAIR SLIM, PIERRE BARONI, SHIO OTANI, JANE DOE, GAE WEST, CYNTHIA SOBRATY, SIMONE PAGE JONES Bar Open. Fitzroy. 10pm. $12.

SONIDO NATURAL Bar Open. Fitzroy.

6.30pm. FREE. MISAGH & MARJAN ZAMANI Mark Street Hall. Fitzroy North. 7.30pm. $25.

SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF SANTANA Bird© s Basement. Melbourne.

7.45pm. $29.

DJ LADYSOUL The Fox Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.

DR HERNANDEZ The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. GIANNI MARINUCCI© S SWING TRAIN Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50.

FABULOUS DIVA - THE MUSIC OF DR NINA SIMONE FEAT: RUTH ROGERSWRIGHT Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

8pm. $32.50.

THE NOT-SO-BIG BAND - TV THEMES RE-IMAGINED Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 6.30pm. $35.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES ANDREW SWANN & STIX KERR Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. MCT OLD-TIME JAM SESSION The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 3pm. FREE. CRAZY ARMS – A FEW CENTURIES OF PIANO TINKERING Chapel Off Chapel.

Prahran. 7.30pm. $38.

PENY BOHAN Charles Weston Hotel.

Brunswick. 6.30pm.

TASHA ZAPPALA Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 5pm.

64 Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm. FREE. MATT BLACK BAND, KATIE BATES, DUNCAN PHILLIPS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm.

FREE. ELECTRIC BLUES COLLECTIVE The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm.

FREE. KRAKEN FOLK SESSION The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 3pm.

ANDREW HIGGS Gem Bar. Collingwood.

8.30pm. FREE. BENNY & THE FLYBYNITERS + HANK© S JALOPY DEMONS Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 8.30pm. $17.64.

THE WANDERER, ETIENNE MANTELLI, BANANAGUN Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. COLD IRONS BOUND The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 5pm. FREE. BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH FOR VARIETY FEAT: TIA, ALA NA ORZ The Emerson.

South Yarra. 12pm. $59.

THE BLACK SORROWS Matthew Flinders Hotel. Chadstone. 8pm. $39.80.

RUSSELL MORRIS, FENN WILSON The Thornbury Theatre. Thornbury. 8pm. $33.

BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL YAZMINDI Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8pm.

MEANDER, BLACK SNAKE WHIP, LEFTFIELD LUXURY, LE PINE Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 3pm. FREE. ALPHA HALL, NERVOUS PEDESTRIAN, GORDON HOLLAND The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 1pm. $10.

DEATH BY DENIM, VELVET BLOOM, FRANJAPAN Yah Yah© s. Fitzroy. 8pm. $11.58.

RINEHEARTS Yah Yah© s. Fitzroy. 2am. $11.58.

THE BLEEDING FLARES, WILD CITY, CLAMM, THE BRAVES The Yarra Hotel.

Abbotsford. 7pm. $10.

DRUNK MUMS, SABIRE, SMOOCH, GIRL GERMS The Tote Hotel. Collingwood.

6pm. $19.40.

DISCO JUNK, LVIV, LOVEBONER The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. WARPED, BODIES, SPAWN, GREEN BLANKET Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $20.

MY SECRET CIRCUS + TERAMAZE, KARLY JEWEL, FEAR OF FLYING Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. $17.82.

THE BOB DYLAN & TOM PETTY SHOW – TRUE CONFESSIONS REVISITED FEAT: DYLANESQUE Memo Music Hall. St Kilda.

7.30pm. $28.

RIFLEBIRDS Labour in Vain. Fitzroy.

7.30pm. FREE. FLYYING COLOURS + HORROR MY FRIEND, WORLD SICK The Curtin.

Carlton. 8pm. $16.

2019 AIR GUITAR AUSTRALIA The Curtin.

Carlton. 6pm. FREE. MERE WOMEN + HEXDEBT Globe Alley.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. TRAMFEST III FEAT: TRAM COPS, SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE, HOBSONS BAY COAST GUARD, MESSY MAMMALS, ZOË FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS, CHITRA Evelyn Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. $10.

ELECTRIC MARY, WELCOME TO THE NUMB, PEELING SUN Corner Hotel.

Richmond. 8.30pm. $20.

THE SMOKES Cherry Bar. Melbourne.

8pm. $13.68.

DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY, SEAN MACMAHON Caravan Music Club.

Bentleigh East. 8pm. $25.

Matt Glass and The Loose Olly and Scuzzi QUIET MAN IRISH PUB Cannons

My Secret Circus & Teramaze

CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB

NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB

Melbourne based alt-country, folk and roots trio Matt Glass and The Loose Cannons are hitting up Clifton Hill Brewpub on Friday June 29 with a free show. The three live music veterans promise to bring a stellar performance, best enjoyed with a pint or two.

It kicks off at 9pm.

Starting out as an acoustic duo, Melbournebased two-piece Olly and Scuzzi have evolved their sound to incorporate Olly’s backing tracks. The duo were once Hamish and Andy’s official entertainment for their Caravan of Courage show back in ’08 and they’re now hitting the Quiet Man Irish Pub. Catch them on Saturday June 29 from 9.30pm. It’s free.

Two of Melbourne’s finest melodic heavy acts team up to bring you a double launch at Northcote Social Club on Saturday June 29. My Secret Circus and Teramaze are set to tear the Social Club apart with their progressive sound.

You can catch them and their special guests on Saturday June 29. Tickets via the venue website.

GIGS & EVENTS

HEAVY AF 2019 FEAT: EARTH CALLER, NABERUS, THE DECEPTION, ANNIHILIST, EARTHBOUND, NOTHING Bendigo Hotel.

Collingwood. 3.30pm. $8.72.

WORLD TURTLE WORLD, THE JUICY FRUITS The B.East. Brunswick East.

9.30pm. FREE. THE FCKUPS, SWINE, LEGAL ALIENS, MURDERBALLS, DJ SPEEDING BEAUTY Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. RINEHEARTS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. DISCO INFERNO Royal Hotel (Mornington). Mornington. 8pm. FREE. GIRLSCHOOL, TANK, RAVEN The Croxton. Thornbury. 7.30pm. $76.45.

SWAZI GOLD, PURR USUAL, THE BUSH The Eastern. VIC. 8.30pm. $8.

OLLIE & SCUZZI The Quiet Man Irish Pub. Flemington. 9.30pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP DANIEL ELIA, SOLI TESEMA, DENG TEBIR The Penny Black. Brunswick. 7.30pm.

FREE. EILISH GILLIGAN, NAT VAZER, SHAHRAE The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $19.40.

VELVET BLOOM, JACK BOTTS, STEVE COUSINS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 3pm.

FREE. ALPINE Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $29.34.

BEYOND THE BEAT - HIP HOP CHARITY FUNDRAISER FEAT: JOE SNOW, ADAM KOOTS, 1/6, CONTEXT, MELODY MYLA, CHAD WALLZ, ENTRO, LEYVI, KASPAR KAOS, COLOMBIA PICTURES, KRDEO Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 7pm. $20.

FIELD MAPS FEAT: EL TEE Tramway Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. FILTH DIMENSION, CRIMINAL BLONDE, CHARLIE REBEL Whole Lotta Love.

Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE. JIMMY MADDON, FRUITY LEX, SPRUNG BAD Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East.

3pm. FREE. THE ARCHETYPES, THE CRIMSON JETS, ROCKIN© VOLTS The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 1pm. $5.

MICHAEL + DIRT FACTORY, DEADER, DFFDL, MUDDY LAWRENCE The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. $10.

TENTH COURT RECORDS RESIDENCY FEAT: THIGH MASTER, DAG The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 5pm.

MERE WOMEN, DARK FAIR, PRECISION AUTO Old Bar. Fitzroy. 1pm. $10.

RINEHARTS, CAKEFIGHT, THEE CAT BURGLARS, THEE CHA CHA CHAS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. $10.

THE PLAGIARISTS FEAT: SHANE O’MARA & SHANE REILLY Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 3pm. $20.

THE WHOLE STORY - BLUE - THE SONGS OF KATE BUSH & JONI MITCHELL FEAT: ATLANTA COOGAN Caravan Music Club.

Bentleigh East. 2.30pm. $23.

BRUISER, BAD TASTE, THE VEINS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $8.

HOT WATSON, BENZO BABY, HOLLY ARABELLA Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 2pm. $10.

THE BADLANDS, KING COASTER Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 3pm.

FREE. DON HILLMAN© S SECRET BEACH Royal Oak Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. FILTH DIMENSION FEAT: FILTH DIMENSION, CRIMINAL BLONDE, CHARLIE REBEL Whole Lotta Love.

Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE.

ANITA LEVY & NICK WATSON Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. ESSTEE BIG BAND Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 3pm. $10.

DISARIO/MAGNUSSON/FISHER The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

MALAWURR - MORNING STAR FUNDRAISER FEAT: SHAKA SQUILLA, NAI PALM The Curtin. Carlton. 7pm. $20.

MADISON LEVI, LOSUMO, AARTI JADU Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $10.75.

SARAH MACLAINE Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $26.

RHYTHMS OF LIFE Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 4pm. $32.50.

THE PARIS CAT BIG BAND, BRANDON MOORE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

6.30pm. $30.

THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES

THE EXCITING MCGILLYCUDDIES The Quiet Man Irish Pub. Flemington. 6pm.

FREE. COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON, JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE. BRAZILIAN MUSIC WITH ANITA LEVY & NICK WATSON FEAT: ANITA LEVY, NICK WATSON, ANITA LEVY & NICK WATSON Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP BOY CURSED, RDBCK, BURN CITY© S FINEST, FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS, DAYLIGHT AVENUE, HPK The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

MOTHERSHIP Co.. Southbank. 9.30pm. $15.

BRAZILIAN MUSIC WITH ANITA LEVY & NICK WATSON Wesley Anne. Northcote.

6pm. FREE.

JULES BOULT & STIX KERR Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. THE SHUFFLE CLUB Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. YAZMINDI FEAT: ON-LY, HORATIO LUNA Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7pm.

RAT CHILD Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 4pm.

MISS DEE Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. CAM & ANNA The Merri Clan. Preston.

1pm.

BOB HUTCHISON Charles Weston Hotel.

Brunswick. 4pm.

BAY STREET PREACHERS, THE PRAIRIE OYSTERS, TERESA DUFFY-RICHARDS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. HANNAH CAMERON, AMARINA WATERS, EMMA OVENDEN Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 2pm. FREE. THE WEIGHT WE CARRY BENEFIT GIG FEAT: THE SATURDAY KNIGHTS, JOE GUITON Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 1pm. $5.

THE HUMBUCKIN’ PICKUPS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6.30pm.

FREE. MARISSA QUIGLEY The Drunken Poet.

West Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. MAST GULLY FELLERS Bar Open. Fitzroy.

6pm. FREE. THE DETONATORS Gem Bar. Collingwood. 7pm. FREE. JACK DAVIES & THE BUSH CHOOKS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $10.

TRACEY & THE CYCLONES The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE. SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Royal Hotel (Mornington). Mornington. 3pm.

FREE.

The Humbuckin’ Pickups

Darvid Thor

Jazz Party

Resin Moon

THE DRUNKEN POET

GRACE DARLING HOTEL

GEDDES LANE BALLROOM

THE GASOMETER HOTEL

Country roots outfit The Humbuckin’ Pickups are heading to The Drunken Poet to perform songs straight from their soon-to-be-released second album The Well. Having played at many different festivals, these guys are known and loved all around Australia. You can catch them on Sunday June 30 from 6.30pm. Free entry.

As part of their winter warming Sunday Series, Grace Darling are hosting bedroom pop artist Darvid Thor (The Cactus Channel) and special guests Italian alt-pop outfit Plazza. It’s going down from 6pm on Sunday June 30.

Entry is free and there’s mulled wine and a hot fireplace, what more could you want?

Get ready to boogie because alt-R&B jazzy soul ensemble Jazz Party are taking over Mondays in July at Geddes Lane Ballroom.

The only rule? Strictly no jerks. The night will consist of Jazz Party, DJs, guests, and goooood times. Best of all, it’s free. It’s going down from 8pm every Monday all month, starting on Monday July 1.

Alice Springs producer and Northern Territory Song of the Year winner Resin Moon (aka Dave Crowe) is launching his debut album Oscillations in Melbourne at The Gasometer Hotel. If you want to catch him in action, head down on Wednesday July 3 from 7pm.

Tickets are $12.75 via Oztix.

CLASSICAL ROGER ENO + MARY LATTIMORE + JULIANNA BARWICK, DJ RINGS AROUND SATURN Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 8pm. $65.

SUNDAY 30 JUN

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL HOT MESS FEAT: JJ BETETA, AJ WALKER, MARK NELSON, JORDAN FROST Section 8. Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. CONSTANT LIGHT, EKRANOPLANS Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 4.30pm. FREE. DAY SPA & PRIMITIVE PEOPLE PRIMEVAL Pawn & Co.. Prahran. 8pm. $15.

SUNDAY WINTER SERIES FEAT: ANDY MURPHY Side Street Lounge. Mordialloc.

6pm. $10.

MONDAY 01 JUL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK 303 YARRA BANKS JAM NIGHT Bar 303.

Northcote. 8pm. FREE. ANDREA KELLER CURATES: SOLO/ DUO/TRIO, XANI KOLAC The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

STUDIO YOUTH BAND TWO, BRANDON

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GIGS & EVENTS

MOORE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

6.30pm. $35.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL NIEUW MONDAYS The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 12pm. $3.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES CHARLES JENKINS Retreat Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL MONDAY NIGHT MASS FEAT: VENETIAN BLINDS, 2 STROKE, SHOCK FRIENDLY Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm.

FREE.

CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE 642 Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39.

TUESDAY 02 JUL

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES KLUB MUK Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm.

FREE. BEN WHITING Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7.30pm.

RACHEL CADDY, JESS DELUCA, MARIAH JAYNE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm.

FREE. IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK EMMANUEL CANCINO, FOR MILES, THATKIDMAZ The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

8pm. $10.

JAZZLAB ORCHEZTRA The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

STUDIO YOUTH BAND TWO, BRANDON MOORE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

6.30pm. $35.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL LAFFERTY DANIEL, HANNAH KATE, ZAC E TEA Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

FREE. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - ELVIS COSTELLO FEAT: VICTOR STRANGES The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm.

CLASSICAL ANAM PRIZEWINNERS CONCERT Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank.

6pm. $39.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP LORREN, VEE Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 7pm. $7.65.

WEDNESDAY 03 JUL

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES DROP THE MIC - OPEN MIC NIGHT The Penny Black. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm. FREE. YZZY JADE, SINEAD B-C, EARL GREY© S BREAKFAST TEA The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.

JORJ The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. GEORGIA RODGERS The Drunken Poet.

West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER© S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club.

Bentleigh East. 7pm. $19.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: YOLANDA INGLEY II, DON HILLMAN, MICHELLE PARSONS The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE.

THE GRUBBY URCHINS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK LUKE HOWARD TRIO The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

WORLD MUSIC CAFÉ À L© ALLIANCE FEAT: SENDA FLORIDA TRIO Alliance Française de Melbourne. VIC. 7.30pm. $25.

ALLAN HARRIS Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35.

GRANT SIEDLE BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $20.

EMILY & JOSH WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $40.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL CHANGES 2019 - BARELY DRESSED RECORDS SHOWCASE FEAT: JESS RIBEIRO, RYAN DOWNEY, HUNTLY, DENISE LE MENICE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7pm.

CHANGES 2019 - STILL HERE SHOWCASE FEAT: WILLIAM ELM, ALLARA, BUMPY, KEE© AHN, ALICE SKYE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 5pm.

JACKY WINTER & EMILEE SOUTH Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. FREE. CHANGES 2019 LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE FEAT: FUTURE POPES, HEXDEBT, SIMONA CASTRICUM, CANDY, CRY CLUB, DIANAS, PATAPHYSICS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 5pm.

WARDENS, SAPPHIRE STREET, IVY STREEP Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood.

6pm.

CANARY Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood.

8pm. $14.80.

CHANGES 2019 - MUSIC IN EXILE SHOWCASE FEAT: AJAK KWAI, GORDON KOANG, MUSIC YARED, MUSIC IN EXILE DJS Labour in Vain.

Fitzroy. 5pm.

RESIN MOON, ORCHA Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 6.30pm. $12.75.

KASSETTE FEAT: RUDI, MZRIZK, KAM, SLIPPERY SLOPES The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP KASSETTE FEAT: RUDI, MZRIZK, KAM, SLIPPERY SLOPES The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. WEDNESDAY TWIST The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

THURSDAY 04 JUL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

JULES BOULT Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. BRENDAN KELLER-TUBERG TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

RUBIKS COLLECTIVE Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 7.30pm. $40.

CHANGES 2019 - FOREIGN BROTHERS + SOUL HAS NO TEMPO SHOWCASE FEAT: SO.CRATES, DANIKA SMITH, MALESH P & FLEX, TIANA KHASI, LANEOUS Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick.

7.30pm.

ALLAN HARRIS Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35.

MO© SCO The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. REBECCA & NOEL MENDOZA Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30.

ENTRETANGO QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS, BUTTERFUNKED, DEZ, VELVET BLOOM The Toff In Town. Melbourne. 7pm. $10.00 - 15.

HARRY COLLIER, JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.

CLASSICAL RUBIKS COLLECTIVE Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39.

GRAACE

Dan Dinnen and Shorty

Lydia Lunch

The Grogans

WESLEY ANNE

THE LOMOND

THE CURTIN

THE WORKERS CLUB

As part of her ‘Have Fun At Your Party’ single tour and first ever Aussie headline shows, Sydney electro indie-pop artist GRAACE is hitting Melbourne’s Wesley Anne. The Melbourne show will feature performances from special guests yet to be announced. You can catch GRAACE on Thursday July 4 from 7pm. Tickets are $14.95 via Eventbrite.

From 9pm on Thursday July 4, The Lomond will welcome Dan Dinnen and Shorty to the stage for a night of rootsy goodness. Dinnen has been lauded as one of the most authentic blues voices on the scene while Shorty is best known for his work with acclaimed blues group Collard Greens and Gravy. This one’s free.

American singer and poet Lydia Lunch will deliver an eclectic word-based performance comprising spoken word, visuals and soundscapes at The Curtin on Saturday July 6. Having worked with everyone from Nick Cave to Sonic Youth across her 40-year strong career, Lunch is a seasoned performer.

Catch her from 8pm, tickets are $30+BF via the venue website.

Melbourne based surf rock trio The Grogans are taking over The Workers Club for their ‘How Would You Know’ single launch tour.

Their first single of the year, ‘How Would You Know’ is a laid-back tune, giving off the feeling of being surrounded by mates. They hit the stage on Friday July 5 from 8.30pm, tickets are $16.35 via Oztix.

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GIGS & EVENTS

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES NICK KRYTSIS Charles Weston Hotel.

Brunswick. 6.30pm.

SEAN MCMAHON Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

NINA Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm.

FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHTS The Merri Clan.

Preston. 7pm. FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHT The Drunken Poet.

West Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. TAYLAH CARROLL, PABLO PACE, GEORGIA KNIGHT Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $12.80.

MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel.

Williamstown. 8pm. FREE. DAN DINNEN & SHORTE The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. FRANK RAYMOND & THE SILHOUETTES FAD Gallery. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. MORNING MELODIES FEAT: EDDIE JAMES Ferntree Gully Hotel. Ferntree Gully. 10.30am. $17.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS, BUTTERFUNKED, DEZ, VELVET BLOOM The Toff In Town. Melbourne. 7pm. $10 - 15.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL DANCE FLAWS FEAT: WARREN RAWW, GEORGIA BIRD, REV LON Section 8.

Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. SEX COP, ECSTASY LAGOON Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm. FREE. CHANGES 2019 - DOT DASH SHOWCASE FEAT: GENA ROSE BRUCE, SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE, MEMPHIS LK, DJ FRIENDSHIPS, OBSCURA HAIL, SAD Labour in Vain. Fitzroy. 5pm.

BAYNK Howler. Brunswick. 8.30pm. $35.93.

JUNGLE BOOGIE The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. GUERNS FEAT: SUKI, PHILOSOPHIA, MOST DAYS, HAMSLICE, KUFATALI, KIEREN BONANNO New Guernica.

Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. BAYNK Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $34.90.

MERZBOW FEAT: CAT HOPE The SUBSTATION. VIC. 8pm. $35.00 - 45.

CASCADE BLOOM, BEN STEINER, DAINA The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.

THE FLORETS, COPE & DRAG, FOGGY NOTION, TEAM LOVE Retreat Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. CHANGES 2019 - ROOLETTE RECORDS SHOWCASE FEAT: PINCH POINTS, GIRL GERMS, SPIKE VINCENT, CULTE, CLUB MED, THE TROPES, HEARTS & ROCKETS, LOVEBONER Old Bar. Fitzroy. 5.30pm.

KIMONO DRAG QUEENS, BLACK HEART DEATH CULT, LADY BLUE The Curtin.

Carlton. 8pm. $10.

CHANGES 2019 CHAPTER SHOWCASE FEAT: ALEX MACFARLANE, U-BAHN, SWEET WHIRL, THIBAULT Bar Open.

Fitzroy. 8pm.

THE CIGARRILLOS, COFFIN CAROUSEL, SARAH EIDA Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood.

6pm.

MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. ZUMA, FROOT LUIPS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

Tenderhooks

Faro Negro

THE CATFISH

ST. MARGARET’S HALL

Celebrating the release of their self-titled album, Tenderhooks are hitting The Catfish to launch the LP. The album is a ten-track account of love found and lost. The full-band show will feature the seven-piece lineup, hitting the stage on Friday July 5 from 8pm. $10 entry.

Faro Negro tells timeless stories with a twist, seamlessly drawing from a rich tapestry of rhythms, instruments and cultures. The music is lyrical, with sumptuous melodies that evoke the clarity and consideration of chamber music with the accents of jazz and world.

Catch them on Friday July 5 at St Margaret’s Hall in Eltham. Tickets via The Boite website, boite.com.au.

CHANGES 2019 - FOREIGN BROTHERS + SOUL HAS NO TEMPO SHOWCASE FEAT: SO.CRATES, DANIKA SMITH, MALESH P & FLEX, TIANA KHASI, LANEOUS Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick.

7.30pm.

TEKWANI Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE.

FRIDAY 05 JUL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK DJ AGENT 86 Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 7pm.

THE SKA VENDORS Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. QUADRIFID Wesley Anne. Northcote.

6pm. FREE. AUDREY POWNE The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

8pm. $30.

ULTRAFOX Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 8pm. $30.

FARO NEGRO St. Margaret© s Hall. VIC. 8pm. $27.

ALLAN HARRIS Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35.

RUVA, NEW FLOWER GARDEN Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $35.

PAUL WILLIAMSON© S HAMMOND COMBO Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

9pm. $30.

RACHEL ROSS QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES

JAMES, CLIFTONIA, BEN & LIL, CITIZEN. COM The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 5pm.

FREE. MELBOURNE TECHNO COLLECTIVE FEAT: JANI HO, CHIARA KICKDRUM, PAUL LYNCH, EDWARD RICHARDS, LEE ROID New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $6.34 – 11.58.

EVERYTHING 90© S - HOUSE & UK GARAGE Brown Alley. Melbourne. 10pm. $10.00 - 20.

JENNIFER LOVELESS, POINT GUARD, PMA, OILMIN, BABA MEZ Talk to Me Bar. South Yarra. 7pm. $15.

MERZBOW FEAT: CAT HOPE The SUBSTATION. VIC. 8pm. $35.00 - 45.

ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101.

Maribyrnong. 7pm. FREE. GRAEME JAMES Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 8pm. $15.00 - 20.

CARGO CULTS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8.30pm. FREE. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm.

THE CHESS SESSIONS FEAT: BRAM, JAMES BLACK, KELLY AUGHTY, ROBERT PRICE Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $33.

THE LOWRIDERS The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. JORDAN BAILEY Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 8pm. $15.

ROBERT FORSTER The Thornbury Theatre. Thornbury. 8.30pm. $44.90.

MARK GARDNER The Prince Patrick. .

5.30pm. FREE. SHAUNA TONY AND CO Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

DJ CHIPS & SALAD Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm.

KONGS - THE EXTRA EDITION FEAT: TUCKER TITSAWAY, ARCHIE ARSENIC, JUSTIN TELIQURE, JESSE DEAN, FEMBOYANT, MIG RANT Howler.

Brunswick. 8.30pm. $16.03 - 28.52.

ASYLUM SISTERS, DJ NENAGH, DJ GIAN Bar Open. Fitzroy. 10pm. $11.25.

THE BRINK - JUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. $18.41.

FRIDAYS FEAT: AYNA, FALO, HARLEY

JAMES GUIDA Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 6pm.

RICHIE1250© S HIP HOP HOUSE PARTY Red Betty. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. THE RASCAL COLLECTIVE, NINE2FIVES, THE RUCKUS, E.MAD, OINAHLISTEN Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 7.30pm. $12.55.

BOO SEEKA, TUKA, LAURA HYDE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm.

MR. MCCLELLAND© S FINISHING SCHOOL Spotted Mallard. Brunswick.

9pm. $10.

POP TILL YOU DROP The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. SHAMELESS - GRAND OPENING Co..

Southbank. 10pm.

RNB FRIDAYS Co.. Southbank. 9.30pm.

HAVANA FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.

DEMONHEAD Whole Lotta Love.

Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE. THE GROGANS, AUNTIE LEO & THE BACKSTABBERS, HANNAH KATE The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $16.35.

HORACE BONES, PORPOISE SPIT, UTE ROOT, DR SURE© S UNUSUAL PRACTICE The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $13.30.

LOS SCALLYWAGGS, FLOODLIGHTS, CLAMM The Tote Hotel. Collingwood.

8pm. $13.30.

THE GOOD MINUS, LONI RAE

3CR Radiothon Punk Fundraiser

Rhysics

BAR 303

Experimental band Rhysics are touring the east coast and hitting Melbourne to launch their new single ‘Missed My Train’. They’ll be joined by special guests Pistol Peaches, Kosmetika, Disco Junk Band and DJ OZ The Great & Powerful. They hit the stage on Saturday July 6 from 8pm. $10 entry.

A fundraiser gig for Greek Resistance Bulletin, a radio show on 3CR which brings you news from the social movements of Greece, the punk lineup for this radiothon includes Pest, Somatized, Pala, Punter, and Gun Laws. It’s happening at Bar 303 on Saturday July 6 from 8pm. Entry ranges from $8-$12, with free entry for First Nations peoples.

THE EVELYN HOTEL

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GIGS & EVENTS

THOMSON, BRIAN CAMPEAU Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. DJ D-TRAIN Post Office Hotel. Coburg.

7pm. FREE. GRIM RHYTHM, PSYCHOBABEL, TANKERVILLE, PISTOL PEACHES Old Bar. Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.

FORGE METAL NIGHT FEAT: LORD, ORPHEUS OMEGA, TRIPLE KILL, IRONSTONE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick.

7.30pm. $20.

LOGIC DEFIES LOGIC + KAOSIS, ANTY, THE BALLS, FOXTROT, FALLEN ENDS Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $7.15.

CLEAR TEARS, UNKNOWN MOTIVES, TREATS The B.East. Brunswick East. 5pm.

FREE. WET PENSIONER, THRASHBOARD, WOLFPACK, RADSNAKE, DJ RORY FANG IT Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm.

FREE. MOODY BEACHES, PARTY PEST Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE. METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow.

Melbourne. 11pm. FREE. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. VIERA MOTEL, KILNS, THE AVENUE Yah Yah© s. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

RACK-EM-UP TURNS 25 FEAT: SARMATIAN, DEMONIC COWBOYS, DEVILS KISS, DIDACTIC, STONECHAIN Rack-Em-Up Pool Hall & Bar. VIC. 8pm. $10.

NEW SLANG FEAT: PRESS CLUB Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 6pm. $10.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35.

JESS FAIRLIE Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. $35.

THE BEN MCGILL BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $35.

UNFORGETTABLE - A TRIBUTE TO THE NAT COLE TRIO FEAT: DORIAN MODE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $30.

CONKARAH & ROSIE DELMAH, IRIE Max Watt© s (Melbourne). . 8.30pm. $44.40.

GOODY© S HIFI IN SESSION FEAT: MISS FEE, COMRADE JOE DUBS Whitehart Bar. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. ANNA-LEE & THE DOUBLE LOVERS Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 10pm.

FREE. JAMES BOWERS & ANGUS MASON The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

THE SECOND HAND SPACE SUITS Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $20.

THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE. ALLAN HARRIS Bird© s Basement.

ANDRE WARHURST & THE RARE BYRDS Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 5pm.

3CR RADIOTHON PUNK FUNDRAISER FEAT: PEST, SOMATIZED, PALA, PUNTER, GUN LAWS, SCAB EATER Bar 303.

Northcote. 8pm. $8.00 - 12.

DJ THE KNAVE Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 9pm.

JOE TERROR Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

Brunswick. 5pm.

THOMAS KEATING Wesley Anne.

Northcote. 8pm. $15.

FLIGHT OF DUBAI Yah Yah© s. Fitzroy. 2am. $11.58.

THE DECLINE, FLANGIPANIS, THE ERADICATOR, BLIND MAN DEATH STARE, DIPLOMA The Tote Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $16.35.

GIRL GERMS, MILK CRATE, NOT QUITE WHITE The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 5pm.

FREE. JEALOUS CRAIG, LOS TROPICS Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 7pm. FREE. THE B-52© S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FEAT: SHRIMPWITCH, PLASTER OF PARIS, HEARTS & ROCKETS, LOVEBONER, DESTINATION MOON Old Bar. Fitzroy. 8pm. $12.

LYDIA LUNCH The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $30.

RHYSICS FEAT: PISTOL PEACHES, KOSMETIKA, DISCO JUNK Evelyn Hotel.

Brunswick. 7pm. $10.

BON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, STONETRIP Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. $33.50.

STRIKE ANYWHERE Bendigo Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $56.10.

BOMBAY ROCK BIRTHDAY BASH, I HAVE A GOAT, THE BALLS, DEVILMONKEY, D.I.C.K., FILTH DIMENSION, DICKLASER,

Body Type

After Party

THE GASOMETER HOTEL

ABBOTSFORD CONVENT

Celebrating the release of their second EP, EP2, Sydney-based alternative indie outfit Body Type are heading on tour. Hitting The Gaso for the Melbourne leg, they’ll be joined by six-piece girl band Elizabeth and quirky pop artist Waterfall Person. Catch Body Type on Saturday July 6 from 8pm. Tickets via the venue website.

A live music experience right in the heart of Abbotsford Convent, how could you go wrong? Showcasing some of Melbourne’s best up and coming musos, After Party will feature Daniel Elia, Rara Zulu, Pookie, and Ijale.

If you love good food, live music, hip hop, and soulful sounds then this is for you. It kicks off on Saturday June 6 from 4pm, tickets via the venue website.

SATURDAY 06 JUL

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK

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PSYCHO MOTO, AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY Bombay Rock.

Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. BODY TYPE, ELIZABETH, WATERFALL PERSON Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood.

8pm. $18.40.

STUMPS, GEORGIA JUNE, KITSCHEN BOY, TELESCREEN Gasometer Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $12.75.

PARALLEL LINES - AN EXHIBITION OF ART & MUSIC FEAT: MICK DALEY© S CORPORATE RAIDERS The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 3pm. FREE. MURPHY© S HARDWARE The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. COBURG RSL BAND NIGHT FEAT: THE HAPPY LONESOME, BLOWN CONES, DEVOURS, FUTURE TONGUES Coburg RSL. VIC. 7pm. $5.

GROOVE NATION Royal Hotel (Essendon). Essendon. 9pm. FREE. THE EAGLES STORY Kingston City Hall.

Moorabbin. 8pm. $27.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES ANDREW SWANN & STIX KERR Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. WOODY PITNEY, ANNABELLE EVE, LACHIE RANFORD The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $12.25.

BITCHES BREW The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. STEPHEN KENNEDY The Drunken Poet.

West Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. TAMMI SAVOY & THE CHRIS CASELLO COMBO Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $59.90.

BROOKE TAYLOR Gem Bar. Collingwood.

9pm. FREE. KING WOLF + OPELOUSAS Spotted Mallard. Brunswick. 7pm. $28.89.

CLAYMORE The Fyrefly. St Kilda. 7pm. $34.70.

BLUES BROTHERS AUSTRALASIAN 21ST CENTURY TRIBUTE SHOW Matthew Flinders Hotel. Chadstone. 8pm. $34.70.

THE CHESS SESSIONS FEAT: BRAM, JAMES BLACK, KELLY AUGHTY, ROBERT PRICE The Thornbury Theatre. Thornbury.

8pm. $36.75.

JIMI HOCKING© S BLUES MACHINE Micawber Tavern. Belgrave. 6.30pm. FREE. BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL SATCHUMO Charles Weston Hotel.

Brunswick. 6.30pm.

MOONSHAKE FEAT: PAPA D, MASON, TORRENTIUS, GARBARELLA Red Betty.

Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. IVY TRIP, FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS, LUKE LUICE The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm. $5.

BLUSH© KO, AKA LUI Yah Yah© s. Fitzroy.

8pm. $10.

DJ SPELL, SADIVA, DJ BANJO, CARLUA, NO NAME NATH, UGLY NEIGHBOURS, CASEAUX O.S.L.O., SKOMES Section 8.

Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. BOUNCE WITH DJ 2P The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. SATURDAYS FEAT: KISTA, BETH GRACE, DEMIZE The Carlton Club. Melbourne.

8pm.

KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. INFECTED MUSHROOM Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 10pm.

INFECTED MUSHROOM Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 5pm. $56.05.

EAT THE BEAT & THICK AS THIEVES, CHRISS MATTÒ, MATTEO FREYRIE, ANDREA GUADALUPI, ETWAS New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $15.

THE D.O.T FEAT: CHIMPO, DIGITAL, DJ GROOVERIDER, MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND, N-TYPE, THE UPBEATS, DJ YOUNGSTA The Croxton. Thornbury.

2pm. $71.40.

ETHEREAL, LORI, TEST PATTERN, DJ 906, JACK POPPER, FUNKY DIAMOND, VAIN Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP ELIOTT, MORGAN BAIN, SHANNEN JAMES Northcote Social Club. Northcote.

9pm. $17.82.

CASSIAN Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $26.46 - 32.12.

AFTERPARTY FEAT: DANIEL ELIA, RARA ZULU, IJALE, POOKIE Abbotsford Convent. Abbotsford. 4pm. $24.

RAVEN, DIALECTRIX, SINKS, PROSPA, DECKTECTIVE, MUMA DOESA Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. $15.

Girls Rock! Melbourne Fundraiser

Matt Murray and The Durry Busters

THE TOTE

THE EVELYN HOTEL

In association with Leaps and Bounds Festival, Girls Rock! Melbourne is hosting an all ages fundraiser for the next camp. Special guests on the lineup include Affection, All Cats Go To Heaven, Ruby Gill, Uboa and Yukambabe, and heaps more. Get amongst it on Sunday July 7 from 1pm. Tickets start at $16.35 via Oztix.

Kicking off their July residency at The Evelyn Hotel, Matt Murray and The Durry Busters will take the stage every Tuesday night from Tuesday July 9. The band’s style is a concoction of punk, jazz, rock, Coopers pale and half-smoked cigarettes. Doors are at 8.30pm, with $10 entry.

GIGS & EVENTS

CLASSICAL BENAUD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 6pm. $39.

BENAUD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 3pm. $39.

SUNDAY 07 JUL

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES TIANA & THE RUNAWAYS Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 5pm.

MISS DEE Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne.

3pm. FREE. VENDULKA Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. $10.00 - 15.

SUNDAY SIP & SING KARAOKE Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 4pm. FREE. ROSARIO DE MARCO Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm.

LUCY WISE Wesley Anne. Northcote.

3pm. $15.00 - 20.

THE RUBBER BAND, ST KILDA HOUSE BAND, T.K REEVES The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 1pm. $10.

BRODIE J BRÜMMER, YON Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm. FREE. WAZ E. JAMES The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE. THE JUMP DEVILS The Drunken Poet.

West Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON, JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE. HEINOUS HOUND Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 3.30pm. FREE. TAMMI SAVOY & THE CHRIS CASELLO COMBO The Thornbury Theatre.

Thornbury. 8.30pm. $59.90.

THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP VENDULKA Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. $10.00 - 15.

BOO SEEKA, TUKA, LAURA HYDE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 7.30pm. $33.61.

RAVEN FEAT: RAVEN, DIALECTRIX, SINKS, PROSPA, DECKTECTIVE, MUMA DOESA Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. $15.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK UNBROKEN TRIO SPARK, FLORA CARBO TRIO, TIRIO Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm.

JESS MAHLER TRIO Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm.

THE HANDLE BARS Bar Open. Fitzroy.

6pm. FREE. ALLAN HARRIS Bird© s Basement.

Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35.

STATE OF GRACE Spotted Mallard.

Brunswick. 5.30pm. $12.53.

PEARLY SHELLS The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE. DIG WE MUST Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 7pm. $25.

ALEXANDER NETTELBECK & GEORGA BYRNE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

6.30pm. $25.

HIGH TEA LIVE - EXPOSING EDITH Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 4pm. $89.

HIGH TEA LIVE - EXPOSING EDITH Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 12pm. $89.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL PAPER SUNSETS, EDIT THE EMPIRE, RUN RABBIT RUN Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8.30pm. FREE. BARELY CONSCIOUS, TRYPTOPHANNY, THE MOCHASINS, BOYWITHAGIRLSNAME The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

GIRLS ROCK! MELBOURNE FUNDRAISER FEAT: RUBY GILL, AFFECTION, ALL CATS GO TO HEAVEN, ALPHINGTON, DEADER The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 1pm. $19.40.

DAMN WILLIAMS, PRETTY IN PINK, SPARKLY BEAR Retreat Hotel. Brunswick.

3pm. FREE. LOOBS, AFFECTION, DENTAL PLAN Old Bar. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE. BLACK ACES, THE VENDETTAS Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8.30pm. $5.

ROBERT FORSTER & BAND Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 7pm. $36.

SCOPARIA, MISTRESS OF MISERY, LUMA, WEREWOLF Bendigo Hotel.

Collingwood. 6.30pm. $10.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL DE LA GROOVES FEAT: CHRIS NG, DJ KASE, DJ C-PASH, VERSE@ILLE Section 8. Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

MONDAY 08 JUL

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL NIEUW MONDAYS The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 12pm. $3.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL ECCENTRIC PRESENCE, GUS CAMPBELL, NEW WAVE INFINITY Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.45pm. FREE.

Touring I KNOW LEOPARD

CLASSICAL CONSORTIUM Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39.

TUESDAY 09 JUL

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES THE CARNIVAL OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. $7.

HPK, BLUESTONE, MADDIE ADAMS The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

ZIGGY & MILES JOHNSTON Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39.

IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

I KNOW LEOPARD NGV JULY 5 BOO SEEKA CORNER HOTEL JULY 5 & 7 ROBERT FORSTER THORNBURY THEATRE JULY 5 HORACE BONES THE TOTE JULY 5 THE GROGANS THE WORKERS CLUB JULY 5 INFECTED MUSHROOM PRINCE BANDROOM JULY 6 BODY TYPE THE GASOMETER

ROCK, PUNK, METAL LAFFERTY DANIEL, BIRTHDAY GIRL, PUSSY WILLOW Retreat Hotel. Brunswick.

8pm. FREE. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - THE 50S FEAT: THE TREBLETTES The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK CARL DEWHURST & MATT MCMAHON: TRAPEZE FOR TWO ATOMS The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

JULY 6 CASSIAN HOWLER JULY 6 BODY TYPE THE GASOMETER JULY 6 GIRLS ROCK! THE TOTE JULY 7 MOANING LISA GRACE DARLING JULY 11 THE BENNIES THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL JULY 11 EMERSON SNOWE THE TOTE JULY 11 SUI ZHEN NGV JULY 12 KAIIT THE CORNER JULY 12 BAD//DREEMS HOWLER JULY 12 REGURGITATOR THE CORNER JULY 12 MOD CON GRACE DARLING

CLASSICAL

JULY 12 SKEGSS THE FORUM JULY 13 THY ART IS MURDER THE

AURA GO Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 11am. $54.

CORNER JULY 13 SEEKER LOVER KEEPER NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB JULY 13 FOALS MARGARET COURT ARENA

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES CHARLES JENKINS Retreat Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE FEAT: STEVEN GATES, TAYLAH CARROL, JIMMY PHOENIX, XANI KOLAC Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $20.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK ANDREA KELLER LEADS THE COMPOSERS CIRCLE The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

JULY 15 PUNCH BROTHERS ARTS CENTRE JULY 16 CHILDISH GAMBINO ROD LAVER ARENA JULY 17 FIDLAR THE CROXTON JULY 17 JAMES BLAKE THE FORUM JULY 18 LANY MARGARET COURT ARENA JULY 19 DAN SULTAN THE MELBA SPIEGELTENT JULY 20 LOCAL NATIVES THE ESPY JULY 20 LITTLE SIMZ THE CORNER JULY 21 SZA MARGARET COURT ARENA JULY 23 CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN MARGARET COURT ARENA JULY 25 JESS RIBEIRO NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB JULY 26 ROBERT FORSTER THE ESPY JULY 27 THE GOOCH PALMS THE CURTIN AUGUST 2

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