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Editor’s Note The Melbourne International Arts Festival brings with it 18 days of enigmatic theatre, unrivalled music, virtuosic dance and enough perplexity to flip your brain inside out. This is Melbourne’s premier cross-genre extravaganza and you’d be daft not to fill up your schedule with its events. The Flaming Lips and Kamasi Washington lead the bill off the top, bringing their equally idiosyncratic crafts to their contrasting music genres. Both acts are equally uncanny in their own right which is what makes them the quintessential MIAF performers. Equally intriguing, The Nico Project sits atop the cover for this week’s issue. Another fixture of MIAF, this captivating theatre show celebrates the life of one of pop culture’s most elusive female artists. From her early career as an actor and muse for filmmakers such as Fellini and Warhol, to her music career that spawned that record alongside The Velvet Underground. Yep, this is Nico as played by the incredible Maxine Peake. A must see. As you slide through the pages, you’ll also find chats with cross-genre metal conspirators Apocalyptica, as well as Didirri, Fraser A. Gorman and a bunch of festivals because ‘tis the season, or almost the season. Like ceasing the final cookie in the cookie jar, you can also rejoice in the fact that we have a Fleetwood Mac review inside also. Grab a beer from the bar, perch up in a booth and get down to the Beat business. We’re reading. TOM PARKER, EDITOR
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Darebin Music Feast LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR 2019 The 23rd Darebin Music Feast will see 20 local venues host 85 events from Sunday October 20 to Sunday October 27. This year, the Feast will include a range of interactive events, as well as its Songwriter Awards Grand Final and much more. The opening day party will include 15 performances from Alice Skye, Cool Sounds, Culte and others at three Darebin venues from 1pm onwards. AMPLIFY, an event producer mentorship program which hopes to project diverse voices, have created Green Noise. The event sees a group of budding locals conduct an event surrounding sustainability with the likes of jade imagine, Elizabeth and Empat Lima performing to close out the festival with a bang. Most of the events are accessible to all-ages and are free of charge. Check out the full program via the Feast website.
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ENTRIES FOR NEW MUSIC STAGE ARE OPEN
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The St Kilda Festival has just opened up submissions for its New Music Stage which will see ten emerging acts take to the February event. As part of the initiative, one of the acts will win $5000 and have the opportunity to perform on the festival’s Main Stage the following year. In the past, the competition has seen the likes of Baker Boy, Missy Higgins, Client Liaison and Husky win and go on to become the stars they are today. Budding artists can express their interest via the St Kilda Festival website. Applications close Monday September 30.
With a huge first announcement of megatalented acts, attendants of the Let Them Eat Cake are sure to kickstart their 2020 very well. This iteration will be headlined by UK’s Jon Hopkins (DJ set) with the US’ Honey Dijon and TOKiMONSTA also performing. So far the lineup also includes Adi Toohey, Wax’o Paradiso, S.A.M as well as Tom Trago – with the full lineup on the Let Them Eat Cake website. Tickets go on sale Thursday September 19 and are sure to move quickly.
Acclaimed folk rockers The Middle East will reform to play a one-off show at The Forum on Friday January 10. As part of the performance, six extra members, including a string quartet, will play a mix of hits drawing from their past. The release of their 2011 LP I Want That You Are Always Happy threw them into the international limelight and saw them perform festivals such as Coachella and Glastonbury before the band suddenly called it off. Tickets are now on sale via the venue website.
Melbourne’s maniacal punk rockers Private Function have just sold out The Tote launch of their latest LP St. Anger, so have gone ahead and locked in a second show at The Evelyn on Friday October 25. Brimming with raucous punk numbers and classic powerpop melodies, St. Anger is a quintessential Melbourne pub-punk record. Joining the mayhem will be Anti Fade natives Vintage Crop, plus Zombeaches and Cakefight. Tickets on sale now via Oztix.
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RAT!Hammock REVEAL JOINT TOUR WITH HORROR MY FRIEND Melbourne rockers RAT!Hammock have announced four shows across Australia this November alongside Adelaide’s Horror My Friend. Both bands will release singles before the tour, RAT!Hammock’s ‘Pick Up’ on Friday September 27 and Horror My Friend’s ‘Dopamine Waster’ on Wednesday October 9. The band will then appear at Spilt Milk in November and NYE On The Hill in early 2020. RAT!Hammock and Horror My Friend come to Northcote Social Club on Friday November 1. Tickets for the show can be found at the venue’s website.
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Melbourne duo ALTA have released their new single ‘Push’ to accompany the announcement of their debut album, Reasons. Additionally, songs from the LP will be played for the first time at Northcote Social Club on Saturday October 5. Recorded over ten months in their Brunswick home, the 11-track release contains heavy synth and themes of complacency. Chris Gehringer, a Grammywinning engineer, who has also worked with Rihanna, CHVRCHES and Janelle Monae, mastered the album. Tickets are on sale now via the Northcote Social Club website.
Red Betty will reinstate DJ night More Bass on Sunday September 22, with regulars CuznMatt and Peacey Pee to perform. Newcomers SDF-1, Dave Pham and C:1 will also be dropping in, with visuals by BRKNFXIE and VCV to be displayed throughout. The event formerly took place from 2005-2009 across seven Brunswick venues and had a short return again in 2012. Featuring a wide range of bass-heavy artists, the event will return just a short walk from where it began. Tickets available for $5 at the door.
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TEAMS UP WITH KIINGS FOR NEW TRACK
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is set to perform a live score of the ‘80s cult classic The Evil Dead in concert just in time for Halloween this year, featuring a special guest appearance by original score composer Joe LoDuca. The Evil Dead follows five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in the woods where they unwittingly release absolute evil into the world. The Evil Dead in Concert will be held at the Palais Theatre on Thursday October 31, be sure not to miss this once-ina-lifetime event. Tickets via Ticketmaster.
Melbourne’s TAMMA has teamed up with American producers Kiings to release ‘We Know Better’. With her upcoming EP almost done and dusted, TAMMA has graced audiences with a small taste of what’s to come in this latest track. Gaining attention for her smash debut single ‘Beat You Down’ on Spotify, Kiings reached out to the Melbournebased musician to write the song, which is about leaving your worries at the door and enjoying the simple things in life. Check out the track via streaming services.
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Australian Women in Music Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2019 The finalists for this year’s Australian Women in Music Awards have just been announced, with Christine Anu, NGAIIRE, Alice Skye, Mojo Juju and Thelma Plum all nominated. This year’s awards ceremony will include three new categories including excellence in Classical Music, Image Making and Music Journalism with a total of 15 awards up for grabs. The ceremony will be held at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Wednesday October 9. More information via the website.
UNIFY Gathering REVEAL MAMMOTH 2020 LINEUP The UNIFY Gathering lineup is in and it’s no surprise that they’ve prepared another epic bill. Two Australian exclusives come courtesy of Brit metalcore outfit Architects and LA’s The Ghost Inside while the likes of Northlane, Polaris, Make Them Suffer and Tonight Alive will also perform. Canadian band Silverstein will also be dropping Down Under to celebrate their 20th anniversary. That’s just the beginning too. UNIFY Gathering comes to Tarwin Meadows in Gippsland from Thursday January 9 to Sunday January 12. Tix on sale now via Moshtix.
Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
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ANNOUNCE 15TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
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It’s been 15 years since Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males joined forces to produce their critically acclaimed album Sing the Tabloid Blues. To celebrate the album’s anniversary the band will be reuniting for one very special night at The Gasometer. Audiences can expect to hear some fan favourites such as ‘Drunk on Election Night’. Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males will be playing at the Gasometer Saturday December 7. Tickets are now available via Oztix.
After a hugely successful inaugural August incarnation, Wham Bam Thank You Fam is back again with a huge Rocktober edition. An event perfect for music-loving, creative families, it will see everything from kids DJ lessons, pizza making classes, Fortnite dance contests and delectable music selections take over Footscray’s The Line. DJ Annaliese Replica of RRR’s Neon Sunset will be the special guest on the day. It all goes down on Sunday October 6. Grab your tickets via Moshtix.
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Popular rockers The Delta Riggs are about to hit the road to celebrate their new album, Modern Pressure. Frontman Elliott Hammond says of the album, “We feel Modern Pressure is a release that Riggs followers have always wanted … The essence of the album is both heartfelt and volatile. We pushed ourselves to the edge. We really hope you enjoy it.” The record demonstrates a coming of age for the band through its poignant and personal songwriting. The Delta Riggs come to Stay Gold on Friday December 6. Tix via Eventbrite.
Irish pop purveyor Cate Le Bon released one of the best albums of 2019, in Reward, and now she is coming to Melbourne for a Meredith sideshow. It was on the mountainside of England’s Cumbria that the seeds of Le Bon’s stunning fifth album were laid. Speaking of the experience leading into the record, Le Bon says, “There’s a strange romanticism to going a little bit crazy and playing the piano to yourself and singing into the night.” Le Bon comes to The Croxton on Sunday December 15. Tix via the venue website.
ANNOUNCES RETURN TO MELBOURNE
Melbourne’s beloved Irish haunt The Drunken Poet is about to celebrate their 13th birthday and they’ve prepared a huge party on Sunday September 22. Bringing the likes of Scotlandborn songwriter Duncan Phillips and other renowned artists such as Jules Boult, Steve Hoy, Dan and Van Walker, and Dave Evans to the stage, this is event not to be missed. The Drunken Poet is an institution of Melbourne’s music scene, becoming one of the city’s most popular folk cauldrons. It kicks off from 3pm, more info via the website.
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ROUND OUT 2019 LINEUP
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The ever-popular Heart of St Kilda Concert, organised and run by the Sacred Heart Mission, have just finalised their 2019 lineup with appearances from The Teskey Brothers and Carl Barron. The unique concert, will also see the likes of Dan Sultan, Pierce Brothers,Joe Camilleri, Steph Tisdell and The Chantoozies take to the stage. The concert comes to the Palais Theatre on Wednesday October 23. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.
Beloved Melbourne jangle rockers Cool Sounds are set to reveal their third album More To Enjoy on Friday September 20 and they’ve just announced a bunch of tour dates. On top of all that they’ve just dropped ‘Hula Hoop Group’, the next single off the LP. Consolidating quite the reputation off the back of their stunning 2018 LP, Cactus Country, More To Enjoy sees the band take a small sidestep into prog rock and krautrock territory. They’ll take to The Gasometer on Friday November 22. Tix via the venue website.
Songs in The Key of Springfield
EPIC PSYTRANCE FESTIVAL RETURNS
Award-winning Simpsons tribute show, Songs in the Key of Springfield, is returning to Melbourne later this month. Performed by BOADZ, hardcore Simpsons fans will be whisked away to the cartoon wonderland of Springfield. The bar with be stocked full of Duff Beer and Flaming Moes, and some sweet prizes will be up for grabs. The festivities take over The Toff in Town on Saturday September 28. Tix available via Moshtix.
One of the biggest psytrance music and grassroots festivals in the scene, Return to the Source promises four days of non-stop sets. The first and second lineups have revealed a slab of acts, including Pollyfonika, Effective, Jilax, Audiosonic, and The Psy-entists, with more to be announced. Second-round tickets for the festival are currently open, with firstround and early bird tickets completely sold out. The festival goes down in the Northern Victorian bushland between Friday November 22 and Monday November 25. Tickets and more info via the festival website.
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Taking place in November, Richmond’s Burnley Park will once again play host to hundreds of four-legged friends and their owners. Punters will be treated to live music, food and beer vendors, as they surround themselves with the innocent, untainted joy that only dogs can provide. All proceeds raised by the event will go directly to a bunch of animal organisations, Dogapalooza will be held on Sunday November 10 from 11am to 5pm. Early dog tickets are available now via Oztix.
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KAWS COMPANIONSHIP IN THE AGE OF LONELINESS Companionship in the Age of Loneliness will showcase cult pop artist KAWS’ one of a kind creations from the past 25 years. Spanning more than 100 works, the collection includes paintings, re-appropriated pop culture figures, large-scale abstract works and sculptures. The exhibition will also feature a newly commissioned seven-metre bronze sculpture, the largest bronze sculpture KAWS has created to date. KAWS’ artistic career began in New York in the early ’90s. Deeply inspired by graffiti and street art culture, he started making limited edition collectible toys which quickly became cult objects. KAWS’ use of bold colour and larger-thanlife creations tend to evoke a sense of hope, humour and humanity among audiences. The exhibition will run between Friday September 20 and Monday April 13. For more info, head to the NGV website.
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FRINGE REVIEW
YUMMY DELUXE Melbourne Fringe kicked into gear on Thursday September 12, bringing with it creative comedies, dynamic dances, and chaotic cabarets. Across two-and-a-half weeks, the city is enveloped by a marriage of artistic liberation and contemporary conscience —
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but not always delivered as such. In the Trades Hall’s ETU Ballroom on opening night, the award-winning YUMMY DELUXE was performed. A feast for the senses, it was those who unbuttoned their collar and emptied their mind that gained the most from this frenzied cabaret. YUMMY is the wondrous sextet of Benjamin Hancock, Zelia Rose, Valerie Hex, Hannie Helsden, Joni in the Moon and Jandruze. DELUXE is a lavish delivery of the preceding word; across dance, singing,
acrobatics and comedy, there are no shortcuts here and it’s sheer hyperbole that takes centre stage. As the pulsing bass of the opening sequence tapered, the stage was Valerie Hex’s to introduce us to the spectacular we were about to witness. Shrewd and infectious, she cosied the crowd in with the lure of a Bureau of Meteorology forecast: Enticing but unpredictable at the same time. Our seatbelts were fastened but we had no idea where this road was taking us. From a dazzling dance courtesy of the world’s most influential burlesque figure of 2018, Zelia Rose, to Jandruze’s equally perplexing and entertaining sandwichmaking exercise, the audience were quickly acquainted with the reality of what cabaret is, and how YUMMY DELUXE would ensue. It was all guns blazing from the start and when Hannie Helsden arrived to mesmerise with her genius hula hooping routine, the occasion bordered on pandemonium. At one point, she was spinning at least 15 hula hoops – an acrobatic masterclass that transcended regular human limits.
After a mask-wearing faux baby crawled on stage in easily the most perplexing moment of the night, it was time for Valerie Hex to take us on an illusory expedition. From swallowing a knife to a ‘When Doves Cry’ tribute, it was a cliched yet enchanting deception that kept the audience on the edge of their seats. For much of the evening, the spectacle sat above the surface. However, when YUMMY’s main vocalist, Joni in the Moon, came out to perform an a capella of sorts, it was apparent DELUXE more than just a glitzy spectacular. Singing of female optimism and strength, there was more to this cabaret than just the performance medley that looked us in the face. YUMMY DELUXE is an award-winner and it’s hard to argue such an accolade given the intricacy of its production and choreography. With a full Fringe season to come, if you were artistically curious, you’d already have a ticket. BY TOM PARKER YUMMY DELUXE is on at Trades Hall until Sunday September 29 (bar Mondays). Grab your tix via the Fringe website.
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Great Ocean Road: I Am 100 THE ICONIC ROUTE HAS HIT THE HUNDY Most of us have taken a road trip down the iconic Great Ocean Road at least once in our lives, but many of us have no idea about the 243km stretch’s humble beginnings. To celebrate 100 years since the start of construction, a diverse story trail experience has been developed which celebrates the milestone. The events and pop-ups include film screenings, art installations, augmented reality and design. For more information, head to visitgreatoceanroad.org.au/iam100.
Image by Alan Parkinson
Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou A LIFE IN PHOTOS The late Aussie photographer Polixeni Papapetrou is being celebrated with Olympia: Photographs by Papapetrou. The NGV exhibit showcases 20 years of Papapetrou’s work, including artworks that have never been displayed. Influenced by author Lewis Carroll, her vibrant and colourful work explores how children are represented in historical and contemporary settings. Olympia runs at NGV Australia between Friday September 27 and Sunday March 15. Free entry.
Laser Beak Man KALEIDOSCOPIC COLOUR AND IMAGINATION COME TOGETHER Arts Centre Melbourne is bringing a puppet show pop concert to the stage with the Helpmann Award-nominated Laser Beak Man. Filled to the brim with a colourful cast of characters, punters will be immersed in fullstage animations and bear witness to more than 35 original puppet creations by Dead Puppet Society. What’s more, the show will be accompanied by a live soundtrack by Ball Park Music frontman, Sam Cromack. The show runs from Thursday September 19 to Saturday September 21. Tickets via the venue website.
Albert Tucker: Mobile Home AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY
Katena Luminarium THE ULTIMATE HIDE AND SEEK LOCATION
Heide Museum of Modern Art will be exhibiting the curious works of Aussie modernist artist Albert Tucker. In 1952, Tucker constructed a caravan from raw materials and lived in it for several months. With the caravan in tow, Tucker continued to paint, inspired by a shifting perspective of Australia. The Heide exhibition tracks the themes in Tucker’s work over time. The exhibition will run between Saturday September 21 and Sunday February 23. For more info, head to Heide’s website.
Nottingham artist collective Architects of Air are returning to Australia with their latest aweinspiring installation, Katena Luminarium. All up, the maze contains more than 100 curves that weave and connect to each other and form a massive labyrinth. Don’t feel pressured to escape quickly, though; punters are invited to find a spot to sit down, chill out and take it all in. Katena Luminarium takes up residence at Bunjil Place Plaza from Friday September 27 until Sunday October 6. Tickets range between $10-$15.
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JOLT Sonic Festival
Facing Medea
Plexus
Circus Oz: Aurora
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Melbourne-based pre-production house JOLT Arts has announced a new auditory festival, Copy That, Copy Cat – JOLT Sonic Festival 2019, set to land in Footscray this month. The three-day event showcases innovative soundsmiths of varying disciplines. Having made a mark abroad with festivals in Asia and Europe, JOLT is now looking to its own backyard where it will showcase homegrown talent through an all-Aussie program. It’s all happening at Footscray Community Arts Centre from Friday September 20 until Sunday September 22. Tickets via joltarts.org.
La Mama Theatre will be home to the Australian premiere of Francois Cervantes’ Facing Medea. The play tells the story of three young women who come across a terrifying tragedy, only to realise much later they witnessed the plot of the ancient Greek tragedy Medea unfold. The play is directed by Jenny Kemp and translated from the French original by Marissa O’Reilly. Facing Medea is running at La Mama Courthouse between Wednesday September 25 and Sunday October 6. Tickets available via lamama.com.au.
The latest exhibition coming to BLINDSIDE Gallery, Plexus showcases the work of eight Aussie artists. Curated by Kate Vassallo, the highly geometric art is a product of years and years of artistic development and training. The work on display comes from artists Will Cooke, Ham Darroch, Annelies Jahn, Lieutenant + Vassallo, Katy Mutton, Nadia Odlum and Britt Salt. Plexus is exhibited at BLINDSIDE Gallery between Wednesday September 18 and Saturday October 5. More info via the gallery website.
Circus Oz is returning to the Royal Botanic Gardens this month for its brandnew production, Aurora. The 70-minute spectacular will see a huge display of acrobatics, visual projections and deathdefying aerial stunts. Supported by a live band, the show will have you keeping your head tilted up at all times. Aurora kicks off Wednesday September 18 and runs until Sunday October 6. Tickets available through circusoz.com.au.
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Fucked Up
The future of dance clubs, according to a renowned music collective
Fucked Up are ready to take on Australia
Finding Australia’s billion dollar riff
In a city that welcomes 7,000 new residents per year, securing a place to call home in Melbourne is increasingly difficult. And that doesn’t just go for houses – it goes for dance floors and electronic music hubs, too. The electronic scenes in both Melbourne and Sydney have been monumentally challenged in the last few years. We don’t need to be reminded about how Sydney’s nightlife has been completely brutalised by the outlandish and tyrannical lock-out laws. However, a slight shift of the rules in Sydney as of late may start to shine a bit of light in the night. In Melbourne, the grave closure of Mercat, Hugs&Kisses and Lounge (despite its surprise reopening under different management) put a dampener on the optimism of the city’s electronic music lovers.
It’s been nearly four years since Fucked Up last visited Australia. Talking to Mike Haliechuk, lead guitarist and main driver behind the band’s most recent album Dose Your Dreams, he expresses his keen interest to come to Australia and visit places like Tassie, Uluru, The Great Barrier Reef or “just drive down the highway and see what the gas stations look like.” Haliechuk hasn’t had the pleasure of experiencing these quintessentially ‘Australian’ activities yet, as the tours here involve going straight from one place to another and gigs are often based in metropolitans. This tour will mark the fifth time Fucked Up have been in the country, in 2011 opening for Foo Fighters on their Australian tour and playing several times at Soundwave Festival, including the last one held in 2015. Traditionally a hardcore band, 2018’s Dose Your Dreams shows a new side. Stepping out of the traditional hardcore punk sound, this being their fifth studio album, the record taps into some new sounds including disco inspired tracks. Listen to ‘Normal People’, ‘House of Keys’ and ‘Torch to Light’ to get you moving, but maybe not in the thrash style that accompanied earlier records such as as 2008’s The Chemistry of Common Life. The new album, although different in composition, can still be recognised for those distinct vocals of Damian Abraham. Many may recognise the band through Abraham and his on-stage antics. For reference, watch the 2008 MTV Live video where Fucked Up perform ‘Twice Born’ and destroy a MTV studio bathroom. Though Dose Your Dreams is the vision of Haliechuk more than Abraham, Abraham’s vocals are still prominently heard while lending growth to the band in a way not evident on past albums. Hailing from Toronto, Haliechuk discusses the music scene which exists there and how it changes and evolves with the limited space there seems to be for music culture, as well as issues like finding music venues. Haliechuk sees the stakes are small in Toronto in a global sense and the bands formed there tend to mainly play locally. He notes the diversity of music that comes from Toronto; once the dance scene was at the forefront and currently the scene seems weird, sporadic and fun, but mostly difficult to describe. For the past seven years Haliechuk has been booking music for Long Winter, a DIY space for all ages, pay-whatyou-can events featuring different art forms, including music, theatre and dance. Being involved in something so essential to Toronto and booking around 80 acts a year, Haliechuk doesn’t venture too much outside the immediate realm. When asked about any Australian bands of interest, he suggests that Canada is so far removed, it’s like “knowing what bands are like on the moon.” Luckily, the distance doesn’t stop a tour and Fucked Up will be playing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane alongside Melbourne locals Loser. Haliechuk mentions the fact Fucked Up have never played a tour like this in Australia, it’s not like opening for the Foo Fighters at a stadium gig. This will be more intimate, but that doesn’t mean less energy - “Fucked Up is adventurous on record, live we’re just trying to be a big fat mess,” he says. You can expect to hear music off the new album with the usual backing track and synth accompaniment and some old favourites, including those hard and fast songs. Fucked Up hit The Corner on Wednesday October 9. Tix via the venue website.
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has set a target — that the local music industry and the government work together so Australia will represent 5 per cent of the global music business by the year 2030. By then, it will be worth US$41 billion (or A$59.8 million at current rates) according to an estimate by financial analysts Goldman Sachs. That’s just recorded music. The firm reckons that with publishing and live touring revenue, we’re talking US$100 billion, or A$146 billion in current rates. That would mean an A$7.3 billion music export market. Currently, music exports (covering artists, publishers and record labels) are $195 million a year, according to The Australia Council of the Arts’ Born Global: Australian Music Exports report. To put it in perspective, that is similar to that of the coal and beef industries, but less than the $2.5 billion generated annually by the wine sector. At his keynote speech at BIGSOUND in Brisbane this month, ARIA chief executive Dan Rosen pointed out that $195 million “is 20 per cent of the Australian music industry’s revenue. So we need to switch it around by 2030, where exports are 80 per cent.” He talked about the importance of Australian musicians not content with just reaching the 25 million people in Australia. “We have to get the two billion people who watch YouTube, or the four billion walking around listening to iTunes.”
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According to renowned music collective 6AM AT THE GARAGE’s Benny Rausa, urbanisation and development throughout Australia’s major cities are attempting to push the underground culture out. “It may not look or feel like it, but those venues put in a lot of hard work and take a lot of risk behind the scenes to make sure the doors open week in, week out,” says Rausa. “With the closure of these cornerstone venues, we’ve lost some life on the scene.” With increasing pressure on venue owners and promoters to pay up as prices rise, music culture can’t afford to meet the demands of rent imposed by development projects. But Rausa and the other half of 6AM, Liam Alexander, see oppression as an opportunity for more creativity and resourcefulness. “People will fight back. The culture is too strong. With so many amazing promoters putting on world class shows, it doesn’t mean all is doomed,” Rausa says. “People start thinking outside the box on where to place their shows, how to start new venues and where to play. Melbourne relies too heavily on music for it to sit dormant, so it rears its head in different formats.” For the last two months, 6AM AT THE GARAGE have been working away at reinventing and renovating a multilevel 24-hour venue in Carlton called Colour. With a vision to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity in Melbourne’s music culture, Colour aims to “create a space where people can feel comfortable, welcome, and simply have a great time,” according to Rausa. Live music will be mixed with traditional dance music, with a band room upstairs and night club downstairs – creating a space unlike any other, especially in a 24-hour capacity. Colour: The Opening (Thursday October 3) will feature some of the best well-known and emerging local artists in the scene, including Sui Zhen, Andras, Interstellar Fugitives, NiMH, Proto Moro, Lori, Double Bounce and more. Check it out to witness a vibrant community keeping a culture strong.
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Tones and I
Rosen pointed out how streaming has made global success quicker and cited Tones And I’s rocket rise in the past 12 months. She’s gone from busking in Byron Bay and living in her van to selling out parts of her European tour and topping overseas charts. In Australia she’s playing the AFL Grand Final this month and chasing Kylie Minogue’s longtime female milestone of longest run at #1 (seven weeks with ‘The Loco-Motion’). The good news is that currently four in ten music creatives report some sort of foreign income or expense. But the bad news, and you new there’d be a ‘but’, according to Born Global just 10 per cent of artists account for 97 per cent of foreign earnings. Three things need to be fixed says Born Global. Maybe government grants need to be about spreading the joy rather than focussing purely on “export ready” talent. Our biggest overseas music markets are the US, UK and Germany. We need to be working on more markets, as Sounds Australia is already doing with trade missions to Asia and South America, and APRA AMCOS is holding its songwriting collaborations SongsHub in more global cities. France, South Korea and Britain see contemporary music exports as part of a wider branding of their countries and as part of their tourism draw. Nordic countries emphasise how music education in schools lead to more musicians and demanding music lovers, and a culture where corporate businesses play their part in spreading music abroad. It is also worth emphasising that the industry contributes $10.5 billion to the Australian economy and employs 92,370 people, as per 2016, according to a PWC study for the Australian Copyright Council.
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The Nico Project BY TAMMY WALTERS | IMAGE BY JOSEPH LYNN
Christa Päffgen wasn’t just a triple threat in the world of art and creation; she was the full package.
Better known by her stage name, Nico, the German-born creator etched her name as a top model, an actress, a Factory Girl for Andy Warhol, and a boundary-pushing musician with The Velvet Underground in her own right. Her colourful life, from escaping the bombardment of Cologne in World War II and her all-consuming dive into the tumultuous world of fame and addiction, all the way to her untimely passing, has left Nico with a strong identity and legacy in creative arts and music. She’s been cited as inspiration for The Cure, Morrissey, Elliott Smith and Björk. Now her work serves as the framework for performance art piece, The Nico Project. Developed by an all-female production and performance team, The Nico Project delves into the creative process and artistic identity of Nico, as portrayed by Maxine Peake (Black Mirror, Shameless). The piece is soundtracked by Nico’s second solo masterpiece, The Marble Index (1968), as arranged and reimagined by GRAMMY award nominated composer, Anna Clyne, and brought to life with a 15-piece orchestra consisting of The Manchester Chamber Orchestra and local musicians. “The concept emerged of the summoning of the spirit of Nico, so through the process of the piece, which is little under an hour, we witness Maxine transform into
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Nico and then transform back. “It’s a real collaboration between words and music, with Emma’s script and my arrangements and reimagining of some of the tracks from The Marble Index which frames the work. Actually, the music follows the same order of the original album,” explains Clyne. While Clyne’s previous work centres on more traditional compositions for Chamber Orchestras, contemporary dance backdrops and live performance, she was drawn to The Nico Project from the moment she heard The Marble Index. “Before this project, I really only knew [Nico] through the context of The Velvet Underground and The Marble Index was new to me, so this was a really wonderful way to get introduced to her music… As soon as I was invited to work on this project, I listened to The Marble Index and immediately felt this connection to the music and felt it was very well suited to this concept of translating it into the Chamber Orchestra. It’s quite interesting to discover her music as part of the process of creating this work.” “Something that was interesting about The Nico Project was delving into her psyche and her creative process,” Clyne says. “I definitely did a lot of reading to get the context of her work. It was a very definitive era in the New York pop culture and avant-garde scene
and no doubt being in that circle of creative thinkers, which was people of all creative fields – musicians, artists – it absolutely must have influenced her music. “But I always wanted to, whilst knowing the context of her creative life, I really want to also focus in on The Marble Index and not let too much of that sway the way I approached the arrangements of the music.” The Marble Index is an eccentric, haunting and unconventional collection of work which transcends traditional methods of composition. Clyne’s task was transcribing and recreating each sound, with instrumentation across vocals, piano, percussion, harmonium, a complete woodwind section, the recreation of John Cale’s haunting strings, and a bit of improvisation. She further delved into distortion, looping and reverb to elevate the sound in a live setting. “The organic quality of the songs lends themselves very naturally to the soundboard of the Chamber Orchestra. The process of her creation of The Marble Index is very interesting; there’s a lot of layering and different instruments; you’ve got the vocals, the harmonium, and a lot of processed sounds like harpsichord and the percussive sounds of the piano. So I would transcribe those and imagine how I could translate those sounds into the
soundboard of the Chamber Orchestra and also just trying to find elements that are very specific to The Marble Index and how they can translate. One of the strong characteristics of the album is that it is very fluid and very free in terms of the rhythm and the sense of time,” she says. “I tried to be really strict in the transcription of those melodic ideas that would absolutely maintain her unique voice within the orchestrations. [The Nico Project] maintains the central elements of The Marble Index but it also gave me freedom to reimagine the context of that.” While The Marble Index works as the framework for the performance, the musicians are an integral part of the performance piece and story. Clyne and choreographer, Imogen Knight, worked closely together to prepare the arrangement to match movement. “I needed to make some of the music possible for them to memorise so they could move with their instruments through the space,” Clyne explains.
Catch The Nico Project at Melbourne International Arts Festival from Friday October 11 until Saturday October 19 at Arts Centre Melbourne. For tickets and more info, head to the Melbourne International Arts Festival website.
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WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
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FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
IRON MAMMOTH + PIPSY
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Scott Silven While traditional magicians and illusionists focus on tricks and elaborate props, Scott Silven’s work is driven by the power of story, memory and the mind. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
The Scottish mentalist and performance artist will make his Australian debut with two shows at this year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival: the intimate dinner event, At The Illusionist’s Table, and the larger-scale Wonders, which takes place in The Famous Spiegeltent. “I often call it theatre for the mind,” says Silven. “For me, mentalism is the purest form of magic. It happens inside the audiences’ own heads, and as it directly involves their memories and emotions, it can affect them in the most remarkable of ways.” Silven’s job frequently takes him around the world, focusing in particular on North America and Europe. Given the nature of his practice, he has to maintain a high level of mental agility. “I just completed a seven-month run in NYC in April and headed straight into my second world tour, which will be running until next summer. So it’s definitely an intense but fulfilling schedule,” he says. “To be asked to make my Australian premiere at the Melbourne Festival with two of my shows is an honour.” The audience is always the driving force
of one of Silven’s shows and he relies on their participation. So, although he’s one of the leading practitioners in the field, he’s not able to dial it in or have an off night, as each experience is so personal to that particular audience. “I believe that being a mentalist grants you one of the closest connections possible between performer and audience,” he says. “I want them to leave knowing that they have not only experienced, but were a direct part of something remarkable. I also open both shows with effects that involve the entire room to immediately immerse both them and myself into the experience.” Silven’s act is rooted in being able to intuit or predict what people are thinking. It’s done in such a way that people aren’t so inclined to interrogate his mysterious powers, because the outcomes are far more compelling. “My goal is to get the audience to move away from how it’s done. It’s often the least interesting part of any illusion,” Silven says. “I think that’s true of most art – you often won’t look at a painting and consider what paintbrush was used or the canvas that displays it, but how it makes you feel, the
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emotions that are expressed in the work, and what the artist is trying to say.” At its best, Silven’s work creates a sense of unity between audience members and illustrates the manifold connections we all share. One of his driving aims is to transcend the medium of a magic show. “There’s real power in using illusion as a metaphor for something greater,” he says. “I think magic and mentalism has existed for as long as it has because it has consistently found a way to resonate with the times. Whether we realise it or not, in a time of unrest or fragmentation, I think we all instinctively seek out experiences that project positivity and allow us to feel true wonder – surely one of the most profound emotional responses.” Silven’s understanding of prevailing thought patterns continues to grow the longer he exercises his mentalism, but that doesn’t mean the mystery of consciousness has faded.
“I’ve been surprised by the illusion of individuality and freewill and discovering actually how alike we all are, but there is a definite mystery to both the definition and existence of consciousness that I constantly find fascinating. “I think there is an inherent beauty in the mystery of life that should be embraced. It’s always important to be present in the moment and appreciate just how miraculous it is that you exist. Wonder exists all around you and that should inspire you to be open to opportunities and discover experiences that allow you to grow as a person.” Catch Wonders at The Famous Spiegeltent on Saturdays and Sundays from October 5 – 20 as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival. At The Illusionist’s Table (sold out) is happening at Alpha60 Chapter House from Tuesday October 3 – Sunday October 20 (excluding Mondays).
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“I found it incredibly natural,” says Camille Barr on her transition from poetry to songwriting. BY JAMES ROBERTSON
Born and raised in Byron Bay, Barr has made a name for herself as an environmentally and politically minded poet, publishing work in Green Left Weekly and issuing a first book of poetry. With a second edition on the way, she is now excited to make the shift from writer to singer. Having only recently taught herself to play the piano, Barr’s first single, ‘A Little Gypsy Song’, was picked up by producer Sefi Carmel, with who she is now collaborating on a full album. This was never Barr’s intention, however. “It wasn’t like I was going down this music avenue, it was just from the poetry. Poetry really gives you a good grounding to tell a story, because in poetry you’ve already got to establish that rhythm so that it transitions quite easily into lyrics.” Still, it isn’t the easiest of creative changes. “The music part I’m still teaching myself a lot of, that’s harder for me,” she says. Barr may be finding it to be a challenge, however exciting it may be, but she is not doing it alone. “There’s a lot of musicians willing to share their knowledge. The music community is really about sharing, which makes it easy in encouraging people.”
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Taking her influence from political writer and critical thinker Noam Chomsky, Barr has sought to take a global view of our place in the world and attempt to imbue that in her lyrics. “The perspective I take is to understand myself within the context of the wider world. We all are influenced by our environment and that’s what helps to create an individual. I’m not just looking at it through my perspective, I like reading about other people’s perspectives and how the wider world works.” Going by the stage name ‘The Last Folk Singer’, Barr says the pseudonym came about when she tried to recategorise folk; a genre which wasn’t listed on a music app she had been using. It’s her attempt to return the limelight back to the beloved genre. “When I was writing that song, I was listening to classical music”, she says, though influences came from every direction. She settled on the idea of folk music “because that was a traditional way of passing down stories.” It made her realize “how powerful music is in telling a story and that peoples’ lived experience is important and valid. Academics aren’t the ones with all the answers. The general population are just as intelligent and have just as much to say as well.”
The release of her debut single coincides with her second book of poetry, a compilation “about exploring the concept of happiness; what makes humans happy,” according to Barr. “One of the things I was looking at was the connection between freedom and happiness, which led into politics and the economy.” Within both her song lyrics and written poetry, Barr discusses how freedom interlinks with human happiness. “We are born free and construct a society which either nurtures freedom or doesn’t.” Barr is looking at “how much happiness was linked to that desire which never actually
goes away. I was looking at it through capitalism because of the effects of how social-economic position has in our lives. Opportunity is bought and paid for. “Is this why so many people are unhappy? Because we’re so constrained by something that was just developed as a trading tool? Once we realize that, we all play a part in designing the society in which we live, then we have the power to make it a better place.” Camille Barr’s debut single as The Last Folk Singer, ‘A Little Gypsy Song’, is out now alongside her new book Rise (Demoratise). Head to thelastfolksinger. com to find out more.
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Didirri chats Born In Geelong Geelong’s most iconic venue is set to host 4,000 music fans over a massive ten-hour program. BY FERGUS NEAL
In addition to music, the festival will showcase some of the region’s best food, drink and entertainment as a means of giving back and saying thanks to Geelong. “We want to pay tribute to the Furphy brand, which was born in Geelong, while jointly celebrating the best of our local community and culture,” say fellow brewers, Little Creatures. “Geelong has embraced both the brewery and the Furphy brand wholeheartedly; this is our chance to thank the region.” Off the back of a sold-out Tea Stains tour, Didirri is excited to return to the area for the Born In Geelong festival. “I spent a lot of time in Geelong, my grandparents are from there, I haven’t played a festival in those parts yet,” says Didirri. Geelong is just down the coast from where the young musician grew up. “I started in Warrnambool back in the day, I used to just play in cafes and pubs. The kind of venues where the footy wouldn’t be turned off,” he laughs.
The B.I.G festival is about saying thanks and, from humble beginnings, Didirri is eager to take part in giving back to music fans. “I got my chops busking,” he says. As is often the case, it was the fans who kept Didirri on his musical pursuit. “It’s often the single person appraisal that makes a big difference. You meet someone after a gig. They say something that makes you realise you’re having a direct effect on people,” Didirri says. Not only does B.I.G look to give back to the local community, it hopes to be a launching pad for new artists to emerge from the region “As part of the festival, we’ll be partnering with K rock to present the K rock B.I.G Sessions stage, we are on the hunt for the next big band to take on Geelong,” say the festival organisers. The winning act will perform at the festival alongside the likes of Ball Park Music, Allday, Alex Lahey, and British India. In fact, it was another festival that helped
mould Didirri’s own musical career. “I grew up right near the Port Fairy Folk Festival,” he says. He attended the festival as an audience member, then as a participant in a song-writing workshop, and finally as a performer. The festival certainly lent a hand to the young performer in shaping his songs, as well as his quintessential learned banter in between tracks. “Growing up in a very folk-themed environment, I grew to love a kind of folk that is derivative of telling stories and engaging in not just the songs themselves,” Didirri says. The seemingly well-crafted banter relies heavily on authenticity and years of experience, as Didirri likens it to a stand-up comedian honing their craft. “Stage banter feels a lot like stand-up comedy; often throwing stuff under the bus. With a new idea, if it bombs, it bombs.” “But I get a lot of drive out of something bombing and being like ‘Okay, how do I say that in a more engaging way?’” Didirri laughs.
Excited by the challenge of moving from a headline-setting to a festival performance, Didirri relishes the chance to exhibit his folkflair in front of a bigger audience. “It’s a fun challenge to realise the new songs on a bigger stage,” he says. When asked if he finds it harder emotionally connecting to larger audiences, he muses, “There’s more unspoken communication at a festival, than a headline show.” “I talk to the audience like an individual friend, rather than like a giant crowd,” he adds. This philosophy has seen Didirri grow from a terrific presence in smaller venues to an astonishing performer in larger settings in just a short amount of time. “Moving people, and making people move,” is what Didirri hopes for music and brewery fans alike come festival day.
more relaxed, I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed within myself in general these days. I don’t really feel pressure anymore, I just feel like whatever I do is up to me and if I like it then that’s all that matters. It took me a while to come round to that place but it feels nice to be there,” Gorman says. “One thing I do know is that I’d like to make my next record in a different space other than a recording studio, I find recording studios stifling and bland. I would like to make a record in a house or a barn or something a bit more homely. “I’m turning 29 in March and I want to have a third record on the shelves by the time I’m 30, so I better get cracking on that.” Along with making people around the globe happy with his own music, Gorman also has his own label, Brown Truck Records. The indie’s roster bears the noisy garage sounds
of White Bleaches, cosmic country band Lost Ragas, as well as Gorman’s Best Served Loud support The Fillmore Brothers. LA outfits Moorea Sunshine and The Blank Tapes fill out the label’s bill. As the label grows and his career flourishes, it’s clear the music world has been a great benefactor from the influence of Fraser A. Gorman and his former bandmates. “I haven’t made a scratch compared to the impact that some of my friends have made on the musical landscape. That said, I feel very fortunate to be able to play a small part in what goes on.”
Born In Geelong Festival takes over the Little Creatures Brewery on Saturday October 26 from 12 pm - 10pm. Tickets and information available via bigfestival. com.au.
Fraser A. Gorman Free entry, flowing frothies and freakin’ great talent; Young Henry’s Best Served Loud live music series returns with a silver platter of Australian music delicacies. BY TAMMY WALTERS
Taking over Brunswick’s The Spotted Mallard on Friday September 27 are three incredible talents that bring their own variations to the blues, Fraser A. Gorman, Madeline Leman and the Desert Swells and The Fillmore Brothers. While he has been likened to Bob Dylan as a songwriter and blues connoisseur, Gorman cut his teeth in Geelong at The Nash (in its former trashy glory) and the Piping Hot Chicken Shop in Ocean Grove fronting a Beatles-inspired original band, Revolver & Sun, alongside King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s Stu Mackenzie and Cook Craig, who’s also in The Murlocs. That’s right; Fraser A. Gorman was a key player in creating two of the world’s hardest working bands. “It does sort of feel like a lifetime ago; I reflect on that period like an apprenticeship of sorts, as though myself and my friends got to have a kind of ‘test run’ at being in bands before we started playing in Melbourne (and later around the world and wherever),” Gorman says. “I look back at that time fondly, we had
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a great kind of musical upbringing and I feel like a lot of my musician friends cut their teeth at The Nash. It was our home for those late teenage years.” As King Gizz and The Murlocs ventured more into the psychedelic chaos of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Gorman stuck with the sleepy rock‘n’roll sounds of the era on his first two solo albums Slow Gum (2015) and Easy Dazy (2018). “It’s the golden era of many genres of music, particularly rock’n’roll, folk, country etc. I still listen to a lot of contemporary records too, but a lot of that is very inspired by the ‘60s and ‘70s,” he explains. Like his former band mates, Gorman has been taking his music to audiences around the world, and along with the Young Henrys Best Served Loud show, he is currently in the midst of an Australian regional tour. With the endless touring, what does that mean for album number three? Well Gorman is taking a more ‘we’ll see what happens’ approach to the process. “I feel like my next record will be even
The next instalment of Young Henrys’ Best Served Loud series hits The Spotted Mallard on Friday September 27. Tix are free. Find out more about Young Henrys via their website, younghenrys.com.
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Akosia
‘Don’t Say’, the first single from Melbourne-based singer-songwriter, Akosia, is a restrained pop/R&B number with a melancholic, wistful air. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
It might be Akosia’s first single, but the songwriting, production, music video and visual presentation are all representative of a thorough commitment to her craft. Akosia’s upbringing laid the foundations for this assertive first step. “My father and my mother were very influential in my music development,” she says. “My dad loved and was obsessed with B.B. King, so I grew up around a lot of blues and soul music. My mum was very passionate about music and she would always get lost in music. “I grew up going to church very frequently, so that was a weekly dose of being around certain chord progressions and the whole experience of immersing yourself. They sing songs and you get washed into this emotional state of music and I try to carry that through with my music now.” An extremely arresting and colourful music video accompanies ‘Don’t Say’, featuring a raft of scene changes and wardrobe variations. The video was directed and styled by Ntombi Moyo, who also worked as the stylist on Sampa The Great’s ‘OMG’ and ‘Final Form’ videos.
“It’s nice to see the kind of work that she does and also taking into consideration my style,” says Akosia. “I like to be graceful and with this project it was definitely something where I was trying to share the emotions that one person feels during a break-up. Sometimes you feel empowered, sometimes you feel vulnerable, and she was really able to capture that with all of the different wardrobe changes.” Akosia lists her among her influences Sade, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Amy Winehouse, Moses Sumney, Hans Zimmer and Beethoven, among others. Her appreciation for the artists she admires goes well beneath the surface. “I really like a full body experience,” she says. “I like to strip back the layers and truly understand how I feel emotionally about a song. So the first time I hear a song I might be like, ‘Ok this is a good song, it makes me feel happy or sad’, but I will listen to that song repetitively. When Moses Sumney released his single ‘Doomed’ [in 2017] I spent literally the whole day listening to that song and trying to understand everything. “When you write music, you’ve got the
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lyrics on the top, then there’s the way the music itself, and the chords and the rhythm, is presented to you. It’s telling you a story that sometimes is in opposition to what the lyrics are saying and it gives you a deeper understanding of what the artist is trying to say or what the artist is hiding.” ‘Don’t Say’ is a tasteful and well executed production. Working with 22-year-old Melbourne producer, Julian Steel, a lot of effort went into restricting the arrangement to just the necessary parts – it’s not over the top, which suits the substance of the song. The lyrics centre on the dying days of a relationship. On the one hand, the vocalist displays strength, acknowledging she’s been mistreated and committing to making her exit. On the other hand, Akosia admits to feeling
heartbroken and still loving the person she’s leaving behind. “Nothing is as simple and one sided as we often present it,” she says. “When I wrote that song I felt like I was helping myself realise, yeah I was hurt, but I now have a responsibility to myself to be my own ticket to the place where I want to go. “I don’t need to wait for someone to say it’s over or to say goodbye to me because I have my own choice and I’m going. I have a destination and I’m going to help myself get there. Life throws things at you and you just have to know that you’ve got your back and you’ll be ok.”
Schmidli played her Maton to perfection all night – the beauty of ‘Ellanore’ was laid bare for all to hear. It’s the type of song that stays with you all night, and in the car ride home. A brilliant, and now award-winning, songwriter, Schmidli has drawn most of her inspiration for writing from highschool. “It’s kinda cheesy to say,” Schmidli says. “I just poured my lyrics into the experiences – which I thought were a big deal at the time, and probably were a big deal at the time. It’s grown since then and I’m writing a bit more out of the box, a lot of storytelling and I’m delving into the protest songs a bit, just trying to branch out more.” Sure, you could say high school is a juvenile inspiration – her song ‘Wireman’ is about her “pain in the arse art teacher”.
Nevertheless, her songwriting is anything but juvenile, it’s rather sophisticated and emotive. Although Mustoe won’t be hitting the Maldon Folk Festival this year, Schmidli will be returning again alongside her Maton guitar with her latest EP, Modern Martyr. “Festivals are getting harder to get into these days,” Schmidli said. “That’s one of the reasons I love Maldon. Maldon and Pam have always been there for me, and I’m really grateful.”
Akosia’s stunning debut single ‘Don’t Say’ is out now. Check it out via streaming services.
Hannah Schmidli
Before she arrives on stage, Hannah Schmidli is unassuming, a seemingly young, bubbly artist getting ready for her gig – but the second she gets on stage her whole mood changes. BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR
I was invited along to the Paris Cat Jazz Club by Pam Lyons, the director of Maldon Folk Festival, to see Schmidli in action. To say she’s impressive is an understatement. Schmidli wasn’t alone on stage in the upstairs room of the venue. Along with her band of seasoned musicians – including her father on drums – Schmidli also had emerging songwriter in her own right Sadie Mustoe, aka Girl on the Hill, along with her. Mustoe and Schmidli have known each other since primary school, and the two harmonised like they’d been doing this forever. “I honestly can’t remember when I started writing, but it was with Hannah – we basically grew up doing it together,” Mustoe says. Mustoe is a wonderful performer and a joy to watch on stage. It is all the more impressive that she is only 15 years old. Bearing her musical prowess, Schmidli knows how to work a crowd. She kicked off her first song ‘Manual’ by letting us know it’s “a brag that I drive a manual car”. She was funny and clever with the audience, while showing maturity in her songwriting and musicianship
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– no wonder Maldon Folk Festival welcomes her back year after year. “The festival is very dear to me. I grew up there and it’s where I started performing,” Schmidli says. “Pam Lyons kind of picked me up off the street with my little band, me and Sadie as well. She picked us up and she gave us a stage to perform and we kept coming back every year.” Maldon Folk Festival has a few very special and unique drawcards, one of which is the Roddy Read Memorial Songwriting competition. The competition is open to songwriters of all levels and professions and is sponsored by Maton Guitars, which means the grand prize is a SRS60C Maton Guitar with a pick up and a hardcase. On top of the guitar, there’s also a guaranteed spot on the Maldon Folk Festival lineup the following year. Schmidli had been a finalist in the Roddy Read competition in 2016 and 2017 before finally taking home the prize in 2018 with her song ‘Ellanore’. “It was very emotional,” Schmidli says. “I named the guitar after the song that won me it.”
Hannah Schmidli performs at Maldon Folk Festival when it comes to the country Victoria town from Friday November 1 to Monday November 4. Grab your tickets via the festival website, maldonfolkfestival.com.
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Apocalyptica
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A double dose of Metallica is on its way, so get ready! BY TAMMY WALTERS
With what is arguably the biggest tour of the year, the metal monsters will be taking over stadiums with Slipknot on their WorldWired Tour across October. In the final week of September, however, fans will be able to hear their classic songs recreated as haunting instrumental pieces, where heavy metal and classical music collide, at some of the most prestigious venues our country has to offer. Playing the brand new Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the iconic Sydney Opera House, and Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, Finnish ‘cello metal’ group Apocalyptica, will be celebrating 20 years of the album that brought them global success, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos. “I just saw Metallica two weeks ago in Helsinki, in Finland, and our show is very different from that,” laughs founding member Eicca Toppinen. “We play the whole first album, the full version of it as the first half of the show – exactly the same way it was recorded back then with the four cellos – and then on the second half of the show our drummer, Mikko [Sirén], joins us and we play more Metallica tunes, so it is a whole night of songs from Metallica this time. “The first half is more theatrical. It’s more
built into the fact that people can really sit down and concentrate and listen and see everything well…The second half is more like a rock show.” After playing over 170 Plays Metallica by Four Cellos concerts to 40 countries on their debut tour cycle, plus the past two years undertaking this birthday extravaganza, Apocalyptica are well and truly ready to retire the concert series to make way for a new project. “Originally I thought ‘let’s do 20 to 30 shows to just celebrate the 20 years of the first album’, it’s gotten a little bit out of hand,” laughs Toppinen. “We’ve been doing a lot of those shows over the last two years and we’re already moving into the next album cycle, but we wanted to bring this concert to Australia as well.” While Apocalyptica are known for their endearing covers and larger-than-life collaborations with prominent metal figures including Ville Valo, Corey Taylor, Adam Gontier and Dave Lombardo, album nine sees the classically trained cellists go back to basics with a self-produced collection of all original instrumental pieces, due for release in January 2020.
“We thought, ‘okay, let’s make this album be artistically one full piece and at the same time, we can work on individual songs with different artists’, and that’s that plan that we are going to have now. We kept it instrumental because it creates a completely, total new world,” Toppinen explains. “It was like, ‘okay, now let’s do an Apocalyptica album the only way we know how to do an Apocalyptica album’ ... It’s really special, it’s an album that I can’t compare to any other album because I don’t think that type of music exists except for on this new album, so it’s very exciting.” Without the restraints of outside dictators, the four-piece were open to freedom within
the creative process, going into the studio without any overarching vision in mind. “We really didn’t know what was going to happen. We had the music, but we had no proper demos, we have not practiced them together so we went into the studio to work on them together. It was a very different approach. We wanted to go back to the origins of our music and get it to completely the next level and I think we’ve succeeded on that as well.”
consciousness to admit it. That’s the reason for the name ‘Hologram’, not really knowing what’s quite there and about someone trying to show you what’s going on internally.” Though dark in its subject matter, Tan’s experience overseas is not the only influence informing the band’s sound. With several elements that usually distinguish the origins of a successful band – a shared understanding of the music, a friendly rapport between members and (hopefully) talent, The Window in Floyd possessed only two of the three. While musically the couple exceeded, their personal relationship faltered. The intensity between the two no doubt translated over into their music. With Rowland’s time in the band ultimately coming to an end at the release of ‘Hologram’ in mid-2018, Tan believes that the additions of vivacious and free-spirited backing vocalist Manu Dor, Radiohead’s Ed
O’Brien-esque guitarist Dave Edebohls and talented drummer Andy Rawson will change both the overall sound of the band and their performance in live shows. “They bring a new attitude and a different kind of atmosphere. Rowland and I were very focused on building the sound, now it’s more about having fun.” With their upcoming EP launch planned for Saturday October 12 at Boney, Tan continues to look further into the future with unrelenting optimism. The Window in Floyd are currently working on a follow up EP, one that is aimed at projecting a lighter, more cinematic sound, which reflects the band’s continual evolution.
See Apocalyptica revisit their origins when Plays Metallica by Four Cellos hits Hamer Hall on Saturday September 28. Tickets via mjrpresents.com/ apocalyptica.
The Window in Floyd Though the old colloquialism ‘opposites attract’ may not be completely accurate in this scenario, the meeting of Ron Tan and Richard Rowland in early 2018 saw two gifted artists with very different synergetic talents form the alternative rock band The Window in Floyd. BY JULIE FENWICK
Aided by their shared love of music and named belovingly after the band’s favourite rehearsal space in Bakehouse Studios, the two set out to create a sound that met somewhere between their two personalities. “Richard and I would just jam with two guitars and for a good six months just try and work out the sound that we had or wanted to have. He was influenced by more unconventional guitar playing, stuff like St. Vincent and Sleater-Kinney, he was interested in a lot of math rock,” says Tan. “Whereas I was more about melody and structure, so it was a really good blend of skill sets.” Initially intrigued by Rowland’s nonconformist style and inventive guitar lines, the duo’s musical compatibility led to the birth of their upcoming EP Recency – five tracks of intense, alternative rock with pronounced
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influences from bands such as Bloc Party, Depeche Mode and The National. Inspired by his time overseas, which saw him forced to push through adversity and find stability in oneself and one’s character, they found the material for the EP. “It’s inspired by a life where you’re away from your family and exploring the world, quite starry eyed but working through a number of tough personal issues ... That is the theme of Recency.” With each track its own interpretation of this theme, the band’s first recorded ‘Hologram’, the second song from the extended play stands as an outstanding ode to this intense and perhaps tumultuous period. “It’s about knowing something’s not quite right inside but having neither the courage nor
The Window in Floyd launch their new EP Recency at Boney on Saturday October 12. Grab your tickets via Moshtix. Recency is out Monday October 7.
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Sick of forking out tonnes of cash for music festivals, only to spend the weekend surrounded wasted people while running between stages and descending into a pit of isolation? BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
If so, The Lost Lands is the festival for you – a relaxed alternative that allows punters to sidestep these concerns and enjoy a weekend with family and friends. “It’s an impressively mellow environment,” says co-founder Simon Daly. “There’s great bands, a really great contemporary program and an older program that combines together and you’re in a setting where the barrier between main stage and the audience doesn’t exist.” The Lost Lands is loosely modelled on the UK festival, Camp Bestival, which is the little sister of Bestival, a 50-thousand capacity, four-day event. Camp Bestival also runs for four days, but is specifically aimed at families with small children. “My family went to Camp Bestival and it was just a completely unique experience, much like what Lost Lands is now,” Daly says. “It was a real vindication that little ones and big ones can thrive in one environment.” Daly coordinates with artistic director Ian Pidd to make sure The Lost Lands is an interactive and experiential event for all ages. “One of the things we love about The Lost Lands is that as people leave the festival,
it’s highly likely their weekend highlight will be something they were in,” Pidd says. “Perhaps the Big Lost Band, perhaps dancing on main stage as part of a Bec Reid workshop, perhaps singing ‘Roar’ on our karaoke stage, or maybe collecting insects with the Werribee River Keepers.” The Lost Lands’ arts and wonder program includes Circus Oz: NEON, Regurgitator’s kidfriendly Pogogo Show, multi-instrumentalist Adam Page improvising on a range of instruments and toys, as well as things like kids karaoke, family yoga, face painting by children, and the bedsheet ghost party. The music lineup will appeal to people whose music taste blossomed in the ’90s, with acts like Gomez and Regurgitator, as well as Vika and Linda Bull and Shonen Knife who’ve been around for even longer. There’s a stack of contemporary talents, too, including Haiku Hands, Sampa the Great, Baker Boy, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and I Know Leopard. “The festival is always thinking about having breaking acts, contemporary acts, but mixed with acts that are tailored to what the parental generation enjoyed in the ’90s and
early 2000s,” Daly says. “It gels together, the old and the new. There’s a feel to the program.” Performing at The Lost Lands gives contemporary and breaking artists an opportunity to garner an underage crowd. “That stuff’s [what is] really exciting about Lost Lands – five and half thousand kids that are exposed to all of this different programming in the comedy, in the circus, in the music and it’s not the commercialised programming. These kids are getting an appreciation for art at a really young age.” The Lost Lands takes place at the Werribee Mansion, just 40 minutes from the CBD. The Mansion has hosted many festivals of different genres and sizes over the years and it’s a perfect fit for The Lost Lands. “I was always mesmerised by the first Harvest Festival at the Mansion and just thought, what an amazing place,” Daly says. “To have camping right around it and be so
close to the city, yet in a very rural setting. We don’t have castles in Australia, but the Mansion’s pretty close.” The organisers want The Lost Lands to remain a boutique event. This year’s capacity will peak at around five thousand adults and five thousand kids, which is right on target. “I want to keep it where you do wander around the festival grounds and you see groups of kids who are literally walking around in a group with four or five of their friends and they’ve got their festival guide, they’ve got ten bucks – a budget their parents have given them – and they’re lining up for the food vendors and then off they go to the next show,” Daly says. The Lost Lands is happening at Werribee Mansion from November 1 – 3. For tickets and more information, head to thelostlands. com.au.
Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Folk Festival launched in 1977 in the historic town of Port Fairy on Victoria’s southwest coast, just past Warrnambool. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
The festival has grown considerably over the last 40-odd years, not least in terms of its reputation, which is established around the world. The festival is a not-for-profit event and is run largely by a committee of volunteers. Caroline Moore joined as Program Director in 2017, taking over from founder Jamie McKew. Moore paints a picture of what the festival was like at its outset. “The history is quite incredible,” she says. “Jamie is actually a Geelong local and he was a member of the Geelong folk club and they decided, ‘wouldn’t it be a great idea to have a festival’. Jamie had family connections down in Port Fairy and it’s as simple as that – that’s how this gorgeous event began.” Folkie started on the back of a truck in the Port Fairy botanic gardens with something like 300 people in attendance. The presentday Port Fairy Folk Festival fits 12,000 people within the arena and there are a bunch of free activities that happen throughout the village of Port Fairy over the festival weekend. “Tourism estimates say we get about 20,000 people a day within the township,” says Moore.
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The festival’s initial area of interest was Australian and Irish traditional music. It later shifted to encompass world roots and acoustic music and has since opened up to embrace folk music of all cultures, whether it’s from South Africa, Italy, Romania or beyond. “Of course we celebrate the Celtic and Irish roots of the region – Port Fairy was a very strong Irish community – and of course our local Indigenous people, the Peek Whurrong,” says Moore. Everyone has their own personal definition of folk music, but there are some key characteristics Moore looks for when assembling the program. “It’s music and storytelling that reflects the culture of the person who’s composing and or performing it,” she says. “Blues music is really folk music, bluegrass is folk music. It’s something that resonates with a rich history that actually displays and gives you the opportunity to learn about that culture. “In Australia and in certain communities [folk music is] very much defined as acoustic guitar or Celtic music, but it’s not; it goes beyond that. It is music that’s got a rich, rich history that spans decades or centuries.”
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Moore’s definition is backed up by next year’s festival lineup. The first artist announcement included American acts The Blind Boys of Alabama, John McCutcheon and Patty Griffin, Britain’s YolanDa Brown, Ireland’s Eleanor McEvoy, and local artists C.W. Stoneking and The Maes. “The Blind Boys of Alabama, to have them in Port Fairy for the first time will just be extraordinary. They’re amazing voices,” Moore says. “Similarly Patty Griffin is incredible. She’s one of the most amazing songwriters. “C.W. Stoneking is an incredible Australian artist who takes you back to the 1920s the way he performs and plays. It’s amazing.” The second announcement underlined Port Fairy’s commitment to celebrating the music of First Nations people from modern day Australia, Canada, Timor Leste and New Zealand. Among the participating First Nations Australian artists are Archie Roach (who’ll be joined by Paul Grabowsky and
Sally Dastey), Dan Sultan, Benny Walker, Emily Wurramara, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse. “I’m so thrilled to be presenting [the First Nations program],” Moore says. “Last year I had the privilege of going to Halifax, Nova Scotia and I met Hubert Francis who’s an Indigenous Elder and he did the welcome to territory and it was just beautiful.” Moore has convinced Francis – an Elsipogtog First Nation Elder of New Brunswick, Canada – to come down for next year’s festival, as well as Maori artist Mihirangi Fleming with Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura and Timor Leste’s Ego Lemos. “They’re all wonderful artists in their own right and they’re going to be doing incredible concerts,” says Moore. Port Fairy Folk Festival comes to the Victorian beachside town from Friday March 6 to Monday March 9, 2020. Check out the lineup and grab your tickets via the festival website.
Kyneton Music Festival The 2019 Kyneton Music Festival takes place on Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Friday night proceedings will be held in the Bluestone Theatre just off the historic Piper St and Saturday’s jam-packed lineup of performers will grace the main stage in St Paul’s Park. “It’s good to take in the whole weekend,” says organiser Rob Jones. “It’s quite a picturesque little town, so it’s the perfect weekend away if you love music. There’s plenty of other things to do in this town – a lot of art galleries and nice restaurants and cafes and whatnot.” Punters are welcome to come and go freely throughout the event, allowing people to visit the local shops, restaurants and galleries in between bands. “The beauty about having it in Kyneton,” Jones says, “the main Saturday’s outside and it’s on Piper St, so we don’t necessarily lock people in to staying for the whole duration of the event. It’s a pretty relaxed kind of vibe. It’s for young and old.” This is reflected in the music programming. Friday night places Black Cab and Ross McLennan, seasoned pros of the Australian indie and alternative music scene, side by side with Glitoris and Cry Club, two strong, expressive contemporary artists.
“The Bluestone Theatre is just this beautiful space that hardly gets used,” Jones says. “Friday night we go for a party. It’s only a small venue – about 250 capacity – beautiful stage and we just really want four bands that are very different from each [other] but all works together in quite a fun environment. It’s always been a really fun way to start the festival.” Triple j favourite Ali Barter, Flightlesssignees Stonefield, and recent Triple R album of the week honourees jade imagine lead the Saturday lineup. Joining them is a stack of leading lights from contemporary Melbourne including Martin Frawley, Hobsons Bay Coast Guard, Ryan Downey and Cool Sounds. “Things that we’re excited about is probably the first thing that organically happens when choosing bands. We try to have a good mix as well, nothing too same same, and artists that will suit a big stage. It’s a nice outdoor festival, but it’s still quite boutique as well. So it’s finding that balance and keeping it interesting.” Consideration is given not just to stylistic variety but also to things like equal gender representation. “I like to go to a festival that has a good balance, so certainly previous years and this
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year that gender balance is something we do want to have,” Jones says. “Our three headliners are all women this year. It’s really easy, too, because there’s so many great female artists out there, so it’s not really a challenge.” Kyneton Music Festival is officially presented by Melbourne’s hallowed community radio station, Triple R, an arrangement that’s been in place for the last handful of years. “A lot of the bands will have been played on Triple R and a lot of the presenters, it’s bands that they support. So it’s always just been a good fit for us in terms of what music we like and what we think’s going to work at the event,” Jones says. “Triple R are great supporters of Australian music, so it just makes sense.” There will be ample food and drink options
available on site, while the nearby Kyneton town centre offers a surfeit of choices. “We’ve got Young Henrys on board this year and that’s another great fit,” Jones says. “They’re very supportive of live music and local artists and they’re fine purveyors of great beer, so we’re pretty excited to have them on board. We have a few food vans. We don’t want to do too much because we’re in a food area so we encourage people to check out the bakeries and cafes and restaurants as well.” All up, it’s a pretty easy festival. “We like to keep it affordable,” says Jones. “It’s a boutique festival and we like the size of it.”
nights. We’ve been pretty lucky over the years and we’ve worked very hard to get fabulous bills.” The goodwill in the room encourages acts to return for repeat Heart of St Kilda appearances. “Dan Sultan has done a couple for us,” says Nankervis. “We’ve got him again this year, which is really exciting. The first year we had Paul Kelly, Kate Ceberano, Renee Geyer, Tex Perkins and Dan Sultan. “I know a lot of performers who strangely enjoy doing benefits more than normal gigs. You’re not being paid, but there’s something about the atmosphere at a benefit gig that makes it very special. It’s a beautiful room, the Palais, an incredible theatre to play. So there is a great sense of occasion.” A selection of comedians will also appear at this year’s event, including Nankervis’s work pal, Libbi Gorr. “She’s a great woman and a great comedian,” he says. “I work with her at the ABC so we see each other in there. The other day I leaned over to her desk and said, ‘Would you be up for [The Heart of St Kilda Concert]?’ So that’ll be great.
“I’m really excited because there’s a comedian I’ve been chasing I reckon every year and I finally got him. It’s Carl Barron. He’s a master, incredible. So that’s exciting.” Over the last 12 years, Nankervis has seen the concert grow and take on greater significance for the local community. “Just in the last few years it feels like people outside of what I would consider to be a normal gig-going demographic [have started coming]. My pilates teacher, for example. The Mission is such a loved part of St Kilda, and the kitchen. “People realise these days that there’s a lot of people out there that are doing it really tough. This concert is giving people the chance to spend some money and know that the money is going to the meals kitchen at the Sacred Heart Mission.”
Kyneton Music Festival is happening on Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26 at Bluestone Theatre and St Paul’s Park. For tickets, the full lineup and more info, head to the kynetonmusicfestival.com.au
Heart of St Kilda Concert The Heart of St Kilda Concert returns to the Palais Theatre in late October. BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Now in its 12th year, the concert raises money to support the Sacred Heart Mission, which works with people who are experiencing homelessness, social isolation and extreme disadvantage in the community. “We don’t say ‘homeless people’, we say ‘a person experiencing homelessness,’” says Sacred Heart representative, Andy Grant. “We say that because this experience of homelessness does not define the person.” As the Mission’s fundraising manager, Grant is responsible for bringing in over $3m of donated income each year. The Heart of St Kilda Concert plays a huge part in reaching this target. “Everyone who comes through our doors is welcomed and made to feel part of a community,” says Grant. “We build trust, we build relationships and we do that through our meals program, which is predominantly a dining hall on Grey St.” The concert raises somewhere around $70,000, all of which goes straight to the dining hall where $4 is spent per meal and up
to 400 meals are served every day. “So when you talk about someone coming into the dining hall and building that trust, it basically costs us $4 to begin a journey or a pathway for one person to eventually exit the homelessness system,” Grant says. St Kilda locals are able to see first-hand the great work the Mission does, either through volunteering or through events like the Heart of St Kilda. “We do have a series of fundraising events, but [the concert] is more accessible because of the pricing,” says Grant, “but also more accessible because of the varied talent on show.” The varied talent lined up for the 2019 event includes Motown worshippers The Teskey Brothers, busking folkies Pierce Brothers and scene stalwarts Joe Camilleri, Rhonda Burchmore and Rob Snarski. “There’s a degree of pressure, because each year you want it to be better or you want it to be as big or as good,” says MC and event producer, Brian Nankervis. “They’re always great
The Heart of St Kilda Concert is happening at Palais Theatre on Wednesday October 23. For tickets and more information, head to sacredheartmission.org.
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Hans: Like a German Matt Gilbertson, better known as Hans, is preparing for his first national tour of Australia with his cabaret show Hans: Like a German kicking off at Wonderland Spiegeltent in Melbourne’s Fed Square. BY ANNIE-MEI FORSTER
He’s a self-described accordionist, sex symbol and international superstar who is ready to unleash his Berlin boy wonder charms across Australia. Calling Adelaide home, Gilbertson has been performing at the Adelaide Fringe for over a decade and his character Hans has been a crowd favourite. Through Adelaide Fringe’s Honey Pot program, talent scouts and festival directors come to Fringe each year to meet with local performers. This allowed Gilbertson to take Hans to an international audience last year when he landed a spot on America’s Got Talent and made it through to the quarter finals. Performing in front of the likes of Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell, Hans was able to wow the audience donning hot pants and ample amounts of glitter. While he says there were mixed reactions to his show, there was plenty of praise for Hans on social media with his promise to “make America glitter again”. Although Gilbertson didn’t win America’s Got Talent, he was able to perform Spice Girls’ ‘Spice Up Your Life’ in front of former
Spice Girl, Mel B, which he said was a dream come true. After his stint in the US, he’s ready to bring his cabaret show to an Australian audience and says he’s excited to explore this great southern land. While the show isn’t an intellectual night out, Gilbertson promises the audience will be thoroughly entertained, with help from his seven-piece backing band The Ungrateful Bastards. Not to mention the surprises he has hiding up his sleeve. “It’s a Kylie Minogue show on a Danii Minogue budget,” and you can be sure that Hans will be getting the accordion out. According to Gilbertson, inspiration for the show came through realising that the world isn’t a great place right now and while it’s good to acknowledge what’s happening, it’s also good to switch off for the night. Without giving too much away, he assures there’ll be plenty of dancing, singing and sparkles to keep everybody entertained. While the show is advertised as going for about an hour, Hans says it comes down to who is in the crowd that night as he likes
to keep his shows spontaneous. When Hans appeared on Channel 7’s Sunrise in August he said his show was “part therapy session, part cabaret show”. Hans will perform at the pop-up Wonderland Spiegeltent; a 1930s travelling European circus tent decorated with mirrors and stained glass. There’ll be acrobats, burlesque, cabaret, family-friendly shows, plus comedians and musicians. When asked if he would be seeing any other shows while in town, Gilbertson said he’s keen to catch Rouge, an adult circus show that’s also happening at the Wonderland Spiegeltent in October. Rouge is a blend of acrobatics, operatic cabaret and tongue-in-
cheek burlesque. It’s outrageous, shocking, exciting and definitely not one for children. Another show to catch if you’ve got time is Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club. Also set in Germany, it follows the story of Bernie and her dysfunctional family of misfits and freaks. Expect dark comedy, satirical cabaret, gender-bending circus and inappropriate but hilarious burlesque. Catch Hans: Like a German at Wonderland Spiegeltent on Friday October 11 and Saturday October 12. For more info and tickets, head to hansofficial.com. For info on other shows happening at Wonderland Spiegeltent, visit wonderlandspiegeltent. com.au.
Live Hard Rock Karaoke Blue Moon Karaoke Bar lives in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Every Wednesday to Sunday, Blue Moon welcomes punters in for open-bar karaoke. AC/DC
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It’s an inclusive, convivial environment with a wide range of drinks on offer to help pedal the liquid courage. This October, Blue Moon will introduce Live Hard Rock Karaoke to its weekly schedule, courtesy of Envy Entertainment. Every Sunday from 8pm, Live Hard Rock Karaoke will pair gutsy punters with a live band of touring professionals who’ve familiarised themselves with over 200 songs. Founder Envy Marshall borrowed the concept from Sydney dive bar, Frankie’s Pizza. “We were lucky enough to work with Dave Eastgate. He came over [from Frankie’s] and loaned us the idea and went back to Sydney and said, ‘you guys can run with it’,” says Marshall. “We started off about five months ago. It’s been pretty successful and it’s growing, so we’re really excited. It’s pretty bad arse.” Envy Entertainment have been trialling the concept around town and are looking forward to settling in at Blue Moon. To
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prove they mean business, they’ve enlisted comedian Dave Callan as the host of Sunday night karaoke. “It’s like the usual karaoke paradigm where you get amazing singers doing incredible work and then you get bucketlisters, people who’ve never done it before and just really fancy a go,” Callan says. “They get to live out their rock star fantasy for a night with a live band. My job is to set the scene, make everyone comfortable and get everyone into their rockstar posturing, because at the end of the day vocal ability is secondary to selling it and posturing and owning the stage.” The format is simple enough. “We put song lists out, we get the crowd a bit juiced beforehand, people sign up and then on the night people get up and they have a bit of a yell,” Marshall says. “It’s really collaborative, it’s really inclusive and it’s just a bunch of fun.” Callan was immediately impressed by the energy at Live Hard Rock Karaoke. “It was
just undeniable and huge,” he says. “It sweeps everyone up and it felt like a night unlike any other. So my role is to keep it cranking, keep it moving and help people who need help and then get out of the way.” “And also to absolutely smash out Rammstein,” Marshall says. “That’s my go to,” says Callan. “I spent a little bit too long learning the actual German words. That was a good seven hours I spent.” Callan’s long shaggy hair and beard suggest he’s a gruff metal head, but in recent years his comedy shows have showcased choreographed dance routines. So if the room really starts popping, look out. “There’s a few songs on the list that I have actual choreography for,” he says. “I spent an afternoon, or several, learning the Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’. If anybody sings that I tend to join in and add a bit of back-up dancing. And I’ve been studying the moves of misters Freddie Mercury and Axl Rose, so I tend to incorporate
that and add a bit of colour and movement.” As Callan indicates, the song list isn’t confined to Slayer and Megadeth, Judas Priest and Korn. The band can also support singers on songs by ‘90s favourites Blur and Alanis Morissette as well as classics from Bowie, Blondie, Dragon and The Clash. “The band is a hard rock band, the hosts are rock karaoke hosts, we’re all rockpigs, but we do throw a couple of fun ones in there,” Marshall says. “For example, on my birthday they made me sing ‘MMMBop’. We have a few outliers, which are the crazy ones people want to hear and have fun to. “It’s a 90 per cent rock’n’roll evening – classic rock, hard rock, metal – but then we have those few fun ones that we throw in there for good measure.” Live Hard Rock Karaoke hits Blue Moon Karaoke Bar in Melbourne’s CBD every Sunday from October 6. Hit up the venue website for more info.
Hawker 88 Night Market Sad to see the end of this year’s Winter Night Markets at Queen Vic? Well fret not! Returning for a second year, the Hawker 88 Night Markets have taken residency on Wednesday nights from September 18 to October 23. The markets are full of authentic street food, with more than 20 food stalls for you to sample cuisine from Thailand to India, Vietnam to Korea and Malaysia to Japan. The lineup of food and beverage stalls include a mix of returning favourites as well as brand new street food vendors. The old favs include Korean twisted potato skewers from Twistto Potato, baos and bao burgers from the Chinese/Vietnamese WonderBao, and Son in Law who are bringing Thai fried chicken ribs, fairy floss, and cartoon mantou skewers. A few newbies hitting the market include Melbourne favourite Lui Boss, serving up Korean fried chicken and kimchi fries. If you’re after a Japanese grill, Kobe Jones won’t disappoint, while Durasia serve the infamously stinky fruit durian and durian ice-cream for those willing to brave the smell. And if just thinking about all that food has you craving a beverage, you can hit up Brick Lane Brewing Co. for a seasonal brew – there’s one with fresh raspberries – or grab a Flaming
Mai Tai from the Cocktails & Mocktails Bar. To complete the experience, enjoy live music and entertainment with a traditional Chinese lion dance, martial arts and K-Pop, which will coincide with each week’s theme. That’s right, there are weekly themes. Each week will see a different culture come alive under the Market’s iconic sheds. Themes may be dedicated to a region or a country, and there’ll be a matching program of live music and entertainment. The first theme to kick off the market is the Mooncake Festival – feel free to head on down and stuff your face with the delicate red bean or lotus seed paste stuffed cakes. Don’t miss the traditional Chinese and Indonesian bands, along with lion dancing and a mooncake eating competition. The second theme is a celebration of the ‘Malaysia Durian Festival’ featuring Malay and Dayak dancing, Malaysian music and a durian eating competition – which is not for the faint hearted or those sensitive to pungent scents. Other themes include Korea and Japan Festival, Bali and Boracay Island Night, Diwali Bollywood and Sri Lankan Night, and the South East Asia Festival.
Any week’s festivities would be worth the visit to the iconic Queen Vic Markets, so pick a week and enjoy the fun – but we dare you to go try the Durian festival.
Check out the Hawker 88 Night Market every Wednesday night until October 23 at Queen Victoria Market. Head to the QVM website for more info.
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Beat’s Guide to Oktoberfest 2019 Oktoberfest West
Goatoberfest
Tell us a bit about the inspiration behind Oktoberfest West. The first motivation was to bring big events to Melbourne’s west. Secondly, the venue we have at Seaworks lends itself to the event with an inside space that we transform into the beer hall and holds up to 3,000 people. A tribute to INXS’ Kick will be going down as part of the festivities. What can punters expect from this? Quite honestly, it’s one of the best live shows I’ve seen. It has sold out around the country and audiences can expect all their INXS faves, plus the Chocolate Starfish hits and a few surprises. Oktoberfest West 2019 will end with a bang with this incredible show! What other surprises do you have in store? Beware, the day is run by the internationally successful Bogan Bingo crew. They’ll be doing it ‘German Style’ for Oktoberfest and will have audiences on their toes with their games and antics. It’s all about getting people to sing along, dance and just let their hair down overall. What about the bratwurst and bier? What food and drink can we expect? We have five imported German Beers on tap. The award-winning Two Birds Brewery have also created a German Style beer exclusively for Oktoberfest West. Plus there’s schnapps, cider, champagne, wine and more. Food wise, the German Club bring their Germanlicious Food Truck with pork knuckle and more. There’s also Bavarian bangers, Bretzel biz, vegan trucks, pizza, souvas, plus others European delights!
Why is The Fat Goat getting involved with Oktoberfest in 2019? We run Goatoberfest, our annual Oktoberfest celebration, every year. Fat Goat is all about drinking incredible craft beer, listening to awesome live music and having a great time with your crew. Goatoberfest encapsulates all of this into one, fantastic Sunday. What events do you have in store for the big day? Goatoberfest will have four live bands with The Rattlers, Shirazz Jazz, Duncan Phillips and Forever Son playing alongside a roving magician. How is it different to other Oktoberfest celebrations? This year we have brewed our own, special Goatoberfest beer with Bad Shepherd. The New World Hefeweizen will be released and available on tap during the day and also in 440ml cans to take home. What advice would you give to someone preparing for their first Oktoberfest this year? The biergarten fills up fast, so if you want to secure your spot with your mates plan to arrive early. Then get comfy, pace yourself and enjoy the show! What about the bratwurst and bier? What food and drink can we expect? There will be an external tap bar by Bad Shepherd Brewery, seven fresh taps of Germaninfluenced craft beer and a cider tap inside the pub, an external cocktail bar, a hog roast and Thuringia wurst made to a special, recipe from Bills of Belgrave.
Oktoberfest West goes down on Saturday October 5 from 2pm at Seaworks, Williamstown. Grab your tickets at their website.
Goatoberfest hits The Fat Goat at 2 Morris Road, Upwey in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges from 11am on Sunday October 13. Find out more about The Fat Goat via their website.
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Hofbräuhaus
Yarra Valley Oktoberfest
Tell us a bit about Hofbräuhaus’ connection to Oktoberfest. As true Bavarians, our philosophy at Hofbräuhaus Melbourne is to bring a little piece of Bavaria to Melbourne and give our friends a true Bavarian experience with authentic food, imported Bavarian bier and of course real Bavarian hospitality. Oktoberfest, and bier fests in general, are a big part of our Bavarian culture. Why should punters hit up Hofbräuhaus for Oktoberfest this year? Besides a true Oktoberfest experience with authentic food, big steins and a lot of Oktoberfest entertainment with live music and competitions we have some BIERNORMOUS specials this year. What advice would you give to someone celebrating Oktoberfest for the first time this year? Bavarian Bier is stronger than Aussie beer so be careful. Have fun! What are some of the events you’ve got in store? Our Oktoberfest Opening Party on Saturday September 21 is a must for every true Oktoberfest fan as well as our legendary Closing Party on the last Saturday in October. There are also some epic prizes on offer. Tell us more about these. The winners of the stein carrying competition and the winners of our Oktoberfest competitions on the weekends will get free beer for a whole year. And this year we are also giving away a BIERNORMOUS trip to Oktoberfest 2020 including two return tickets to Munich, a private tour at our partner brewery in Bavaria and a hot air balloon tour over the fields of Bavaria.
Where did the inspiration behind Yarra Valley Oktoberfest come from? I was in my late twenties and my partner and I would often want to go out in Lilydale but had nowhere to go locally. I started to explore a few festival concepts until I remembered the phenomenal experience I had at the Munich Oktoberfest several years earlier. I then decided it would be brilliant to bring it to Lilydale. How is it different to other Oktoberfest celebrations? It’s got heart. From donating the booking fee to providing meals for disadvantaged Aussie school kids, incorporating the only stein washing system (that we know about in Oz) to significantly reduce single use plastics, and taking time to make sure every single decision is either better for our festival-goers or better for the planet. What advice would you give to someone preparing for their first Oktoberfest this year? Don’t just book tickets the night before and rock up on the day. Treat it like a holiday. Start by getting your favourite people involved, reserve a table for the entire day, and get dressed up in your finest dirndl or lederhosen. What events do you have in store for the big day? The day kicks off with a pretzel eating competition, followed by a stein holding contest and fashions in the beer hall. What about the bratwurst and bier? What food and drink can we expect? Festival-goers can enjoy German bier from the Munich beer halls topped up with some local fest beers, brewed just for the event. Start the food adventure with a large salty pretzel, and choose between bratwurst, weisswurst and a frankfurt for lunch.
Oktoberfest comes to Hofbräuhaus, located in Chinatown, from Saturday September 21 until Saturday October 26. Head to their website to find out more.
Yarra Valley Oktoberfest goes down at Lilydale Showgrounds on Saturday October 26. Grab your tickets via Melbourne Presents.
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Southern Bay Brewery is located at 80 Point Henry Road, Moolap in Geelong and their beers are stocked in bars and pubs Melbourne-wide. Find out more about the brewery via their website.
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Southern Bay Brewery is one of Australia’s most trusted and knowledgeable breweries. How has it earned this reputation? With 30 years of Geelong heritage, Southern Bay Brewery is one of the oldest working breweries in Australia. Positioned on the edge of the old port of Geelong, Southern Bay is proud to have deep roots in the history of the local area. How does Southern Bay stand out from the rest of the competition? At SBB we focus on an old fashioned, hands on approach to creating quality craft beer. We brew using reliable vintage equipment and our brewers are dedicated, passionate beer lovers true to their craft. We also offer contract brewing across beer, RTDs, juice and soft drink. Tell us a bit about the beers you have on offer at the moment? We have a diverse range of craft beers in our range and continue to experiment with innovative seasonal varieties. Recently our XPA won silver at the Independent Beer Awards in the category of American style pale ale. Also, our Black IPA is winning fans with its smooth roast malt character. Describe your most popular beer in under five words. XPA – A refreshing and hoppy banger. What’s next for Southern Bay? What have you got in store for summer? We have exciting news with a can line just installed and due to be commissioned this month. We will move all our range across to can format to meet consumer demand. This will line up perfectly for our launch of an exciting new seasonal beer in late October – the trial batch has the brewers excited!
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Profiles Shakerfaker: An Oasis tribute
The Sunday League MUSIC
MUSIC
Tell us a bit about the Shakerfaker project. How did it come together in the first place? Shakerfaker was only ever supposed to be a one off. I put the band together for an Oasis album release party in 2005, called up some mates with guitars and suitable haircuts and we were off and running. People must’ve enjoyed it ‘cause here we are, almost 15 years later and still reaching new people. Who makes up Shakerfaker and how is the band presented on stage? A Shakerfaker gig is fun, first and foremost – you’ve got the brothers bickering onstage, Liam swaggering and staggering about with his bottle of vodka, playing up the crowd. It’s kind of a caricature of everything Oasis. But none of that is any use if we don’t do these classic songs justice... And we really do. Why is it important that Oasis’ music is celebrated in the first place? Oasis’ songs are etched in history and act as a direct portal to one of the most glorious eras in pop/rock music. With the real life Liam and Noel seemingly more focused on constantly one upping each other in the tabloids, we can’t risk this music being overshadowed and left behind. What can we expect from your upcoming Definitely Maybe tribute show? Shakerfaker’s Prince Bandroom show is our biggest yet and not to be missed. We’re paying tribute to Definitely Maybe playing the album live in its entirety followed by an extended encore of Oasis classics and iconic B-sides. It’s Liam’s dream come true. Bring your mates and brace yourselves for an epic night full of sweaty singalongs!
When did The Sunday League first come together and how did it happen? Back in 2016, James (Woodberry) was writing songs in Hobart and looking for a likeminded musician to play jangly guitar with. Hamish (Cruickshank) joined and bass player, Ian (Stolp) was looking to one up fill in drummer at the time Sam, so he joined. Alex (Raw) then joined soon after on drums. Tell us about your new single, ‘Mother’s Son’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Mother’s Son’ was written by Ian and tells a story of a boy and his experience of divorce and the legacy it holds. He brought the song to practice one day and Hamish wrote the main guitar line. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? I would say we fit into the vastness of early ‘90s America and the quintessential aesthetic of mid to late ‘80s Australia. Are there any bands or musicians that stand out as particular influences for the band? Our first, self-titled album was written off the back of James listening to a lot of Johnny Marr and The Smiths in sleepy old Hobart. Other influences include R.E.M, The Mountain Goats, Jackson Browne, Phoebe Bridgers and Wilco, to name a few. Any upcoming shows or new music on the horizon that Sunday League fans should keep an eye out for? Yes! We are releasing our brand new album Make It What You Want in late October so stay tuned for that.
Shakerfaker commemorate the 25th anniversary of Oasis’ iconic debut album Definitely Maybe at the Prince Bandroom on Saturday October 12. Grab your tickets via Oztix.
Check out The Sunday League’s new single, ‘Mother’s Son’, via streaming services. They’ll be playing The Night Heron in Footscray with Juan Nathan and Tinks on Thursday September 26 (Grand Final Public Holiday Eve). It’s all free.
Al Carr
The five best ‘Simpsons’ singalongs
MUSIC
with BOADZ Image by Will Hung
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When did you first start making music and what led you there? I first started making music during my high school years, mostly driven and influenced by my old man’s record collection and a particularly eye-opening viewing of The Who’s The Kids Are Alright documentary around the age of 14. Tell us about your new single, ‘Good Endings’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? The new single is a track written from the perspective of seeing a friend’s relationship breakdown but being really impressed with their positivity and recognition of looking for what the best outcome could be in a difficult situation. I wrote the song just after Tom Petty passed away. I was heavily influenced by Petty and the Heartbreakers and the joy of listening back to some of those amazing records. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? The band’s sound has a grounding in rock and roots music but all of the band members have very diverse music tastes and there are elements of everyone’s influences in the final product. It makes it very interesting for me as the songwriter to hear how a song develops and the end result. What can we expect from your upcoming single launch at The Evelyn Hotel? The single launch should be a great night with three acts on the bill. Opening the night will be St Augustine playing a solo set, followed by Teresa Duffy-Richards with her amazing band, and then we will play most of the forthcoming album. The band are really excited to get these songs out of the studio into a live setting!
1. ‘Monorail’ The first time I performed this for a big audience, I sang “I hear those things are awfully loud” and the whole room shouted back “It glides as softly as a cloud!”, and it’s been my favourite Simpsons singalong ever since. It’s also got the best ending of any song ever – “Mono… D’oh!” 2. ‘See My Vest’ This is my opening song and it never fails. Everyone knows the words, it’s up tempo and full of energy, and you can’t help but smile at the memory of Mr Burns showing off his ridiculous wardrobe. I really like the vest. 3. ‘Can I Borrow A Feeling’ Kirk Van Houten’s sad attempt at winning back his estranged bride Luann gave us a love song for the ages, and that sax melody is as catchy as it gets. 4. ‘Union Strike Folk Song’ This is just a standalone nice song, but even better is when the crowd starts it off with a nice “dental plan! Lisa needs braces, dental plan! Lisa needs braces” to set the scene. And, of course, I’ve always got ‘Classical Gas’ up my sleeve for the ending. 5. ‘Dr. Zaius’ This song has a tasty groove, a banger of a chorus and a call and response with the audience (Q: “What’s wrong with me?” A: “I think you’re crazy.” Q “Want a second opinion!” A: “You’re also lazy!”) Above all, it’s everyone shouting “I love you Dr. Zaius!” at the end that makes the song.
Al Carr will launch his new single, ‘Good Endings’, at The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday September 19. Tix are $12 on the door.
BOADZ will be performing all the best Simpsons songs at The Toff in Town on Saturday September 28. Grab your tickets via the venue website.
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REVIEWS & PROFILES
In the Pit Fleetwood Mac ROD LAVER ARENA – MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Neil Finn stepped to the microphone, acoustic guitar in hand, and began strumming the opening chords of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’. Though I have seen him do exactly that many times and in various bands before, what struck me at this moment, illuminated by the glow of thousands of phones being swayed above heads throughout the packed stadium, was how unexpectedly fitting this all was. Truth be told, it was actually when Stevie Nicks appeared from the darkness, all flowing layers of dark lace and platform heels, looking exactly like herself, to sing the third verse and harmonise the final chorus that it really hit me. What if Neil Finn had always been in this band? In a strictly musical way, it suddenly made so much sense. Finn’s addition to Fleetwood Mac made headlines and raised eyebrows worldwide when it was announced last year that both he and The Heartbreaker’s guitarist Mike Campbell would be replacing an ousted Lindsey Buckingham, one of the central singers and songwriters from the band’s commercial high point of the mid-‘70s. For any other group this would have been a death knell, but even a cursory examination of the highly unusual, zigzagging history of Fleetwood Mac and their 18 prior lineups, each built upon the foundation of the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, would reveal that this is simply the next chapter. As soon as Fleetwood’s kick drum counted in the first song and Finn bounded to the microphone, all fears were allayed. What we were watching was so obviously a band in control of their present and comfortable with their past, ‘The Chain’ was ferociously visceral and sonically huge. The three-part vocal harmonies are an important part of the Rumours-era sound and, importantly, Finn sounded right at home sandwiched between the distinctive voices of Nicks and Christine McVie. To give the new guy the lead vocal on the first song in the set also seemed to be a very purposeful statement. I have never seen Fleetwood Mac live before, but I would hazard a guess that the obvious delight and determination that was evident from all on stage was resulting in a more energised performance than can reasonably be expected from a group founded in 1967. Rounded out by an additional guitarist, keys player, percussionist and two backing vocalists, everything sounded suitably large without ever getting messy and, with some notable exceptions, the arrangements stayed more or less true to the original recordings. Ever since integrating the existing duo of Buckingham & Nicks in 1975, Fleetwood Mac has been a multi-headed pop behemoth, with three separate lead singers and songwriters, each with distinctive yet complementary styles – a pop-rock precursor to the Wu-Tang, if you will. Armed with such a formidable catalogue, the setlist was an intimidating parade of hits, the first five songs of which alone — ‘The Chain’, ‘Little Lies’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Second Hand News’ and ‘Say You Love Me’ — would have been more than enough to sustain a career for most of their contemporaries. As part of the current world tour, the first with the new lineup, Nicks explained
Fleetwood Mac, image by David Harris
that the band have taken the opportunity to evaluate their extensive back catalogue and revisit material from the pre-‘75 lineup. These diversions into the past resulted in some of the night’s most interesting left turns, particularly thanks to some brand-new interpretations of material from the 1960s Peter Green-led era. ‘Black Magic Woman’ (1968) had its gender perspectives swapped, with Nicks taking the lead vocal, while Finn clearly revelled in putting his own tender spin on 1969’s ‘Man of the World’. Campbell, an eternal show pony on stage, fronted an amped-up take on ‘Oh Well’ (1969), which proved to be as much of a showcase for the rhythm section as guitar, with Fleetwood and John McVie proving their dexterity and dynamism. Not in any danger of being shown up, Nicks has arguably always been the band’s biggest star for a reason. Following the reverential treatment given to ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, including a speech telling Finn that “songs like that only come along once in a lifetime”, to which he replied “you’ve got several once in a lifetime songs”, she proved it with a flawless rendition of ‘Landslide’. Delivered as a companion to the Crowded House hit, Finn and Nicks proved themselves a surprisingly natural and beautifully complementary duo. Christine McVie has probably the least distinctive voice in the band, still, and unfortunately she was a little low in the mix, but her songs have some of the biggest choruses, including a triumphantly frenzied rendition of ‘Don’t Stop’ that closed the show. Everyone sang, Nicks danced like her shoes were on fire, Fleetwood pulled bug-eyed grimaces and Finn grinned like the kid who got all the surprise birthday presents. Rest assured Fleetwood Mac are not in danger of tarnishing their legacy, they are owning it, letting it breathe and revelling in watching it grow. BY ALEX WATTS
LOUGHIE
A talented visual artist, when did you first start making music and what led you there? I started making soundtracks to my video art around this time last year. I didn’t know anything about producing, so I am un-trained and self-taught. I decided to start writing and producing songs as an extension to my visual work to reach a wider audience. Are there any particular musicians or bands that inspired you to get into music? M.I.A. is a huge inspiration for me. The fact she created her first song on a MC-505 and then became a sensation overnight is so amazing to me. She started off as a visual artist and still creates all the visuals for her albums too. I really look up to that. Tell us about your new single, ‘Torment’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it? ‘Torment’ is a hard-hitting experimental dance song. It started with yelling nonsense over a beat. I really liked the sound, so I started incorporating lyrics about self-censorship, trauma and restriction. All things I experience as a rural queer artist. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? My sound is very beat-driven, minimal and harsh with an obvious reference to ‘80s industrial music. I fell into making this sound due to the visuals I created for my upcoming EP. Any shows or new music on the horizon that LOUGHIE fans should keep an eye out for? My self-titled EP will be out late October, and a very frightful video for ‘Torment’ will be out very soon – directed and edited myself. It’s going to be wild. LOUGHIE’s new single, ‘Torment’, is out Wednesday September 25 on all streaming platforms. Head to their website, loughie.com, to keep up to date with any new music.
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NEW MUSIC
Albums & Singles BEST NEW ALBUM
8.5
ALEX CAMERON
Miami Memory
‘Honest’ isn’t a word you’d usually associate with Alex Cameron’s work. ‘Clever’? Absolutely. ‘Brilliant’ even. But his music has always been sheathed by layers of caricature and satire – Alex Cameron himself is a persona, and that’s his shtick. Miami Memory, however, feels like the realest glimpse we’ve gotten of the singer yet. Full of sly asides and melodies as slick as his hair, Miami Memory doesn’t sound all too different from Cameron’s previous albums – until you dig beneath the surface, that is. You need only glance the tracklist to see the shift in attitude: ‘Gaslight’, ‘Bad For The Boys’ and ‘PC With Me’ offer a swift turn from the narrations of macho blokes and sexual deviants frequently employed by Cameron in the past. Where Cameron previously embodied the perspectives of his toxic characters, Miami Memory points the finger. “It ain’t your goddamn business/If she does it for pay/Far from born again/She’s doing porn again” he sings against a duet of smooth sax and sultry synth on ‘Far From Born Again’, championing self-sufficient women and sex workers. The delivery of his message may have changed, but the sharpness of his wit hasn’t dulled a bit. Fragments of Cameron’s personal life are sprinkled throughout Miami Memory, too. A gift to his partner and muse Jemima Kirke, the album explores the most intimate and candid moments of love and relationships – from ass-eating to being a stepdad. Culminating with a spoken word verse in closer ‘Too Far’, singing Kirke’s praises as a mother, artist, actor and “a motherfucking powerhouse”, Miami Memory is the most unconventional extended love ballad you’re likely to hear. But what’s more Alex Cameron than that? Label: Secretly Canadian BY KATE STREADER
SINGLES – WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY
PATRICK WATSON
DANNY BROWN
KIM GORDON
ALI BARTER
Dream For Dreaming
Dirty Laundry
Air BnB
January
Humans are reckless, impulsive and selfcentred and these traits can torch a relationship at any moment. For the sake of a relationship’s strength, however, you don’t want to spend too much time preparing for its ending. As such, breakups tend to precipitate a loss of meaning – you’ve still got that job, that car, that haircut, but it all adds up to nothing. Québécois singer Patrick Watson distils this sense of less into ‘Dream For Dreaming’, deploying a spacious arrangement marked by reverberating piano and pleading falsetto.
In The Guardian’s countdown of this century’s top 100 albums, hip hop is sorely underrepresented. Two glaring omissions are A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got it From Here and Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition. An update might be necessary when Brown’s new record uknowhatimsayin¿ drops in October. The first single,‘Dirty Laundry’, shows off Brown’s agility over warped and prickly beats from Tribe’s big cheese, Q-Tip. The lyrics are reliably sordid with Brown rattling off a history sexual deviance that’s symptomatic of a lifestyle malformation.
Kim Gordon has been making noisy, febrile rock music since the early 1980s. She’s departed from full band work in recent years, but her upcoming solo debut promises to capture Gordon at her musical meanest. The record’s second single isn’t too impressed by the clichés of the average AirBnB listing, where homes are airbrushed to take on all the sterility of a hotel room. Agree or disagree, you’ll find it hard not to be moved by Gordon’s nettled vocal and disgruntled guitar sounds.
“Remember when triple j was good?” I’m sure you’ve heard this rhetoric before, which often invokes memories of a time when much of the station’s playlist sounded like Ali Barter’s ‘January’. Unlike many of her contemporaries, however, Barter’s post-grunge pop rock seems borne of a fuck-it attitude rather an attempt to comply with the station’s specifications. Her lyrics bemoan the perversion of our priorities as we settle into adulthood against the backdrop of consumerist manipulation.
Label: Matador / Remote Control
Label: Inertia Music / [PIAS]
Label: Domino Label: Warp Records
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NEW MUSIC
8.5
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Days Of The Bagnold Summer
The bookish, introverted, The Smiths torchbearers Belle and Sebastian reignite the winter doldrums with a generous new release of their tear soaked twee meanderings. There is raw excitement to be found here, if you like offbeat humour and affecting pathos. This may be a soundtrack, but with reinterpretations of ‘Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying’ and ‘I Know Where The Summer Goes’ you would hardly ever know. A consistent collection of 13 tracks, it all sounds elegant and crisp. Bordering on the edge of The Divine Comedy, like all great music it is hard to comprehend that this album could be overplayed; the entire album hangs together almost perfectly. The string arrangements work wonders on the instrumentals ‘Sister Buddha (Intro)’ and ‘Jill Pole’. ‘I’ll Keep It Inside’ is the most ghastly love song, but somehow Belle and Sebastian manage to pull it off. The band are well attuned to soundtracks, having previously released the unconventional Storytelling. ‘Sister Buddha’ is beautifully visceral and exhibits brute power without the vein-bulging bravado. Manna for aficionados, Belle and Sebastian continue their demented bubblegum pop journey towards emotional aridity to be rejuvenated with tears.
6.5
THE DELTA RIGGS
Modern Pressure
The Delta Riggs’ fourth album Modern Pressure is so upbeat, the opening track ‘Bright As The Sun’ could replace your morning alarm – although you probably shouldn’t do that if you still want to enjoy listening to it in a month’s time. Listening to Modern Pressure for the first time during the early hours of the morning, before sunrise, the lively tracks worked like a strong cup of joe, with some memorable tracks including ‘Out Of Place’, ‘Push and Pull’ and ‘Settle Down’. Elliott Hammond’s distinctive vocals stand out on ‘Out Of Place’ while the brass creates a funky, big band sound and the feeling of being out of place resonates with any listener. Listening to the album is like experiencing a whole day in the life of The Delta Riggs in 40 minutes and 57 seconds, with themes of isolation and city life struggles apparent throughout the album. One gripe is that the album should have finished with ‘Sunshine Dancing’, as the album’s outro ‘Fast As The Day’ is almost identical to the first track, just with more distortion, and adds nothing to the Modern Pressure.
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SOMETHING LIKE A WAR
Kindness
New, industry-free, and experimental players are changing the pop music game. Kindness (Adam Bainbridge) is one artist at the helm of this — you’ve probably heard their touch on Solange or Blood Orange records — and while their third album, Something Like A War, proves that their thoughtful production and brand of light jazz, house mishmash can still be exciting, Kindness struggles to reach their potential as a pop artist. In between the soft R&B grooves that cover most of the album, flashes of crystal clear piano, moody cello, and electronic whirrs pull you out of the occasional daze. ‘Sibambaneni’, ‘Raise Up’, and ‘Samthing’s Interlude’ stand out because of this, showcasing Bainbridge’s ability to control a beat (they are a DJ, after all). These are powerful songs that evoke the same “everybody-now” spirit every dance track tries to achieve. But nothing comes close to that feeling on the rest of the album; the polished and graceful production is disappointed by the sometimes underwhelming melodies. With more adventurous and concise songwriting, Something Like A War could’ve been Kindness’ big break. Instead, it seems they’ll be stuck with the “collaborator” label for a little longer.
Label: Inertia / PIAS ANNIE-MEI FORSTER
Label: Pod / Inertia Music BY JENNIFER PARK
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THE LUMINEERS
III
It’s been three years since The Lumineers released Cleopatra, and their latest well-kept secret III was released this month as a threepart narrative album. The album depicts the life and struggle of those suffering with addiction through the fictional Sparks family, which paves the way for an authentically raw and harrowingly beautiful collection of tracks. ‘Donna’, the first track of Part I, starts piecing together a family that’s been torn apart by addiction. A simple piano is paired with Wesley Schultz’s emotive vocals to paint a picture that perfectly sets up the rest of the album. It creates an entire world within the album, a movie within the music, and a story that allows fans to immerse themselves in the world of The Lumineers entirely. Part II finds a building, budding standout track in ‘Leader of the Landslide’, from the perspective of Gloria’s son, Junior. The gentle plucking of a guitar crescendos into an energetic chorus of rhythmic strums, tambourines and piano, reminiscent of the early Lumineers. Jimmy Sparks, the husband of Gloria, gets his story told in a self-titled song nestled within Part III and the melancholy that ensues foreshadows the helplessness and acceptance that the band seem to find by the end of the album. The record doesn’t strive for a happy ending, rather depicting the real nature of addiction and all that it encompasses.
Label: Matador/Remote Control BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS
Label: Universal Music Australia BY PRIYA FRANCIS
EDITOR’S PICK
DRAGOONS
Dragoons Are a Band! As a non-musician, I often think how I’d approach starting a band if I was to ever pick up an instrument.
I’d do away with any form of convention – there’d be a hell of a lot of wobbly synthesisers and plenty of extended tracks. Listening to the new record from Melbourne post-garage band Dragoons, I get a feeling that they approach their music with a similar mindset. It’s not in the synths but in a “yeah why not, fuck it” mentality. Two tracks on Dragoons Are a Band! extend beyond six minutes while another doesn’t even breach 60 seconds. There’s sampled spoken word on the album’s premier track ‘Shut It Down’, while sixminute final track ‘Oh No, Not Dragoons Again’ is a wandering parade that doesn’t follow any
regular standard – as each bandmember is verbally introduced, the bassline doesn’t waver; there’s also whacky solos, whistles and tinny bongos. This record is like spooning yourself a bowl of Neapolitan ice cream with your eyes shut – you don’t know what you’re gonna get, but that’s the beauty of it. Musicians can often be bound by conformity such is the trustiness of a blueprint, but obedience can often be an artist’s first blunder. Thank you, Dragoons. Label: Independent BY TOM PARKER
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GIGS & EVENTS
Gig & Events Guide WEDNESDAY 18 SEP
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES NORTHERN VOICES CHOIR, JONATHAN SHAW Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 7pm. FREE. WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE. OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm. FREE. LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: KHRISTIAN MIZZI, MARTY KELLY, SOPHIE OFFICER The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. ANABELLE KAY The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. LITTLE GREEN The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. COQ ROQ: UNPLUGGED Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. ELIZABETH TANTER + DODDA RIVKA The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 7.30pm. FREE. JULIAN JAMES + EZRA LEE The Catfish. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. THE GRUBBY URCHINS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
EMILY WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $40. BEATNIK COLLECTIVE, JK GROUP, EMMA VOLARD Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $10. THE STORY OF THE ROAD UNCOVERING THE UNTOLD STORIES FEAT: SUGARFOOT RAMBLERS Lorne Theatre. VIC. 6pm. $35. ESKE - EAST ST KILDA KLEZMER ENSEMBLE Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $10 - 15.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL DRONGO Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8. BABYCCINO, BIGOTS, NOAH COLEMAN Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. THOMAS WALLIS, PUP TENTACLE, THE DULL JOYS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $12. KILNS, FOGGY NOTION, LONI RAE THOMSON Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. TWELVIS FEAT: JAMES MARPLES Trades Hall. Carlton. 7.15pm. $25.
PLEBS, HANKY PANKY SOCIAL CLUB Globe Alley. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. AL CARR, ST AUGUSTINE, TERESA DUFFY-RICHARDS Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $12. MUDSHAKER, HOOK TURN, KING CIG Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $5. SIX FEET UNDER FEAT: LARRY LEADFOOT, UMLAUT, MISTRESS OF MISERY, KINESTHESIS Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $10. SKINK TANK, GROVE, JOCK STRAP-ON Red Betty. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. JIN JELLIC, JE BAHL, MAN VS SYNTH Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. GRAND PINE, CHITRA, EAGLEMONT Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7.30pm. $10. BLACK ACES, RAMBLIN' GOLD, MUSCLE CAR The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $10. THE KIDS NEXT DOOR FAD Gallery. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm. SWERVEDRIVER, HORROR MY FRIEND, FLYYING COLOURS The Croxton. Thornbury. 8pm. $61.20. LOVISION, NOTHINGE, CLEAR TEARS Nighthawks. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. PRETTY IN PINK, DAZZLE SHIPS, EDWARD FAME The Night Heron. Footscray. 8pm. FREE. TWELVIS FEAT: JAMES MARPLES Trades Hall. Carlton. 7.15pm. $25. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
HOODOO MAYHEM, CISCO CAESAR, SIM ALIE The B.East. Brunswick East. 8.30pm. FREE. LACH MARSHALL Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7.30pm. $8. OPEN MIC The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE. DEVORAH, MORNING BEAR, DAN CHAPMAN Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. AN OTHERWISE QUIET ROOM FEAT: TERESA DIXON The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 7.30pm. $16.50. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & THE STRANGERS Palais Theatre. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $121.37. MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK
CAM GILMOUR Wesley Anne. Northcote. 8.30pm. $20. THURSGAY IDOL Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHT The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. LUKE EVANS Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE.
BLUE ROSE Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. STRATHMORE SECONDARY COLLEGE BIG BAND NIGHT Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 7pm. FREE. BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. SAS+1 Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm. SOFT POWER The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. THE LOSTON HARRIS TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39. EMMA GILMARTIN TRIO Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE. OWEN KEALY BURNING B3 TRIO Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 7.30pm. $10. TAMARA KULDIN, JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. BLUE NOTE ‘58 Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30. CLAIRE PATTI TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30.
Skink Tank
Joshua Batten
The Kids Next Door
THE CROXTON BANDROOM
RED BETTY
DAVID WILLIAMSON THEATRE
FAD GALLERY
Making a name for themselves in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s supporting bands such as Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins, Swervedriver are back in Australia with brand new material. They’ll be playing at The Croxton Bandroom on Thursday September 19 with doors at 8pm. Tickets are available via Oztix.
Kickstart your weekend a day early and join Melbourne’s Skink Tank for a night of good music at Red Betty. Performing alongside the city’s most skink-positive band are Jock Strap-On and Grove, two fellow up and comers ready to hit the stage. It’s happening on Thursday September 19 from 7pm and it’s completely free.
Joshua Batten is headed to the David Williamson Theatre for the official launch of his new single ‘Hollywood Blues’, taken from his upcoming second album The City Within. Batten will be performing songs from his new album, as well as reworked cuts from his debut project. It’s going down on Thursday September 19 from 6pm. Tickets are available via Joshua Batten’s website.
Northern New South Wales four piece The Kids Next Door are returning to FAD Gallery for a night filled with indie/pop/classic rock. The iconic laneway art gallery venue allows you to enjoy a good time with good tunes and good people. Come through and check it out on Thursday September 19 from 9pm. There’s no dreaded entry fee either.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK
THURSDAY 19 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
KIMA, THE BRIDGE, MARTIN PANG BAND Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. WIND IT UP FEAT: ANTIPHON, DON GLORI, WAARI Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. FREE. FUNK RABBIT Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $10. EXTASY MORRICONE The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. THE LOSTON HARRIS TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39. THE PETROPOULOS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30.
THURSTY THURSDAYS UNI NIGHT FEAT: ECCENTRIC PRESENCE Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 7pm. FREE. DIDACTIC, LANDMARKS, KURU LUMA, PETRICORE Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 7.30pm. $10. IRON MAMMOTH, THE COLBY'S, EXILE Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. BENZO BABY, SP TWIN, MOUSEATOUILLE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8. SIENNA WILD, THE MEAN TIMES, CASTILLES The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.
Swervedriver
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ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
GIGS & EVENTS
THE STORY OF THE ROAD UNCOVERING THE UNTOLD STORIES FEAT: SUGARFOOT RAMBLERS Mechanics Institute Hall. VIC. 6.30pm. $35.
MARK GARDNER The Prince Patrick. 5.30pm. FREE. SHAUNA TONY AND CO Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
POST PUNK APOCALYPSE FEAT: PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS, TRANSITIONS, PIGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, DYADON Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. KITSCHEN BOY Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 11pm. $10. GREEN BUZZARD, CANDY, NAT VAZER Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. LAFFERTY DANIEL, POLLY & THE POCKETS, JUNGLE BREED Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. EASTBOUND BUZZ, DON'T TEXT YOUR EX, STELLA FARNAN Old Bar. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15. SIENNA SKIES FEAT: ABURDEN Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 7.30pm. $33.61. JURASSIC, THE MOTHER GURUS, THE GRIMWOODS The Penny Black. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. CLUB MED, CHOOK RACE DJS, AFFECTION, SPIKE VINCENT The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $12.25. GOOD MORNING, PRIMO!, SNOWY Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $15.44. DJ KELLIN Globe Alley. Melbourne. 8pm. LEISURE, LUBOKU, DVNA Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. $28.34. REACTIONS, STARVE & RUN, THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER, WHATEVER, FOREVER Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $14.30. DENIM GORGEOUS The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. PAPER SUNSETS, ZOE & THE MILKMEN, BLOODY AZTEC, GOOD GRIEF Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8.30pm. $10. RYA PARK, EAGLEMONT Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. MURPHY’S HARDWARE Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE. PLOTZ, FEVER LAND, BABY & THE KICKS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $13.25. BOSS MELODY, DENTAL PLAN, YOU LEGENDS, ANALOGUE HOPE Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7.30pm. FREE. THE WITCHING HOUR, EMPIRICAL PREY Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8.30pm. FREE. LAZERLIPS, FLAURA, EARL GREY'S BREAKFAST TEA The Catfish. Fitzroy. 7pm. $10. BABY BLUE, MERES, DOE EYES The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $9.70. DENIM GORGEOUS The Last Chance
Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. KARAOKE FRIDAYS: QUEEN The Emerson. South Yarra. 8pm. $10. MAMMA JAM Royal Hotel (Essendon). Essendon. 10pm. FREE. THE 1975, NO ROME Margaret Court Arena. Melbourne. 8pm. $74.90. THE SUPERJESUS, VIOLETINE Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm. $45.40. BIRDS OF TOKYO Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 7pm. MORNING MELODIES FEAT: JOE PIASTRINO Ferntree Gully Hotel. Ferntree Gully. 10.30am. $17. TWELVIS FEAT: JAMES MARPLES Trades Hall. Carlton. 7.15pm. $25. CHOCOLATE & CHEESE - 25TH ANNIVERSARY FEAT: WEENED Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $15. METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 11pm. FREE. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
LEISURE
Mark Howard
Robert Patton/Acoustic Foxx Good Morning
CORNER HOTEL
DOWNSTAIRS BISTRO AND LOUNGE
THE THORNBURY LOCAL
HOWLER
Auckland-based soul band LEISURE are touring Australia with their muchanticipated sophomore album TWISTER. The five-piece met through working as producers and songwriters on other projects, including Kids of 88 and Goodnight Nurse, and they’ve created music with the perfect amount of groove, melody and vibe. Catch LEISURE at Corner Hotel on Friday September 20 with doors at 8:30pm. Tickets available via the venue website.
Melbourne’s Mark Howard is set to shake up Downstairs Bistro and Lounge with his slick fusion of high energy rock, smooth soul and swampy blues. Grab some drinks and dinner from the Southbank restaurant and catch Howard on Friday September 20. Free entry.
Local songwriters Robert Patton and Acoustic Foxx are set to take over The Thornbury Local for an evening of acoustic folk-grunge and country/blues. With both artists releasing projects earlier in the year, there’s no doubt they’ll be looking to showcase their new material. There’s no cost for entry either, so head down on Friday September 20 from 8.30pm and treat yourself to a drink and good tunes.
Before heading off on their first ever North American tour, local legends Good Morning are playing a farewell show at Howler. The band is also expected to release their second album Basketball Breakups on Friday October 4, so you can look forward to hearing a preview of what’s to come. Their last Australian show of the decade goes down on Friday September 20 from 8pm. Tickets are available now via Moshtix.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP MELLOWDÍAS THUMP FEAT: GSM, MELO FELO, RARA ZULU Section 8. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. THROWBACK FEAT: MATT RADOVICH, EZRA HARVEY, ILRESPONCE, B-TWO, AYNA, NAM Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. THE RHYTHM ROLLERS 2019 SIDESHOW FEAT: FOOTSIE NEWHAM, SIR SPYRO, JAMAKABI Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. $28.60. LAUNDRY THURSDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 10pm. FREE. SOUL SUPPLY FEAT: RAINER & TITI, KEN & DOM, GIAN & JULES, JAY & AJAY Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL SOUP FEAT: SAM BENNETT, ASHLEY SHERARD, GARTH Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. TONES & I, ADRIAN EAGLE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8pm. STOMPING GROUNDS - OPEN DECKS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. GUERNS FEAT: CASSETTES FOR KIDS, COMMON ROMANCE, BIGMAC, LOTUS MOONCHILD, WISER, EL GREY New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. CATCH THE BEAT THURSDAYS FEAT: DJ PERIL, MIKE GURRIERI The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
FRIDAY 20 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL MAGGOT CAVE + BASS TRAITOR, SANCTIONED, UMBILICAL TENTACLE, SPEW BALLOON, CREEP DIETS Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 7.30pm. $10. IRON MAMMOTH, PIPSY Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. $10.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES HOLLIE COL Wesley Anne. Northcote. 8pm. BLACKBIRDS FC, EDIE MCASEY, ARCHIE SHANNON Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $15. CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8.30pm. FREE. THE CHRIS PICKERING EXPERIMENT The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8.30pm. FREE. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. MAJA + JESS DELUCA Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE. GRACE CUMMINGS, DARVID THOR The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8.30pm. FREE. ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101. Maribyrnong. 7pm. FREE. LITTLE WISE The Basement Discs. Melbourne. 12.45pm. FREE. DYLANESQUE Old Cheese Factory. Berwick. 7.30pm. $16.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK THE PEACOCKS Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. BUTTERED LOAF Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm. FREE. EXPLORATIONS WITH THE SEDERGREENS Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 8pm. $30. DJ CRISPI Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. TUMBAO SOCIAL Bar Open. Fitzroy. 9.30pm. $11.25. THE MAMAS, BUMPY The B.East. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. THANDO PRESENTS THE JILL SCOTT PROJECT The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30. THE LOSTON HARRIS TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39. THE MARK FITZGIBBON TRIO, NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $25. PHOEBE DAY Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50. A CELEBRATION OF BB KING & ETTA JAMES, JESSE VALACH, NARDIA BRANCATISANO Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $35. IN OUR OWN WORDS: LEONARD COHEN FEAT: ERICA BRAMHAM Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50. LISA ONO Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 7.30pm. $69 - 229. LEISURE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. $28.34.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL THE EXPERIMENT 2019 FEAT: EDDY GORDO, ADRIANA, DON GLORI, DR CONDIMENTS, WINDTUNNEL O'BRIEN, MORE Section 8. Melbourne. 12pm. FREE. DO THE JOB! FEAT: MICKEY EDWARDS, ANDRE, ASHWIN.S Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. SATCHUMO Edinburgh Castle Hotel.
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GIGS & EVENTS
Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. EXPOSURE 005, ULY, VOLCANO RELIEF FUND, KIT, SÉAN Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB FEAT: PHATO A MANO, NAMN, MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. FORMATION FEAT: DONNY Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. CIRCULATE FEAT: MAGNUS, MEVSME, DJ SWELLA Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. SYNAESTHESIA FEAT: SUMIRUNA, AMBLER, FUNGOPHAGO, TEKDIFFEYE, WIGHT, BIOMASS, SKNOW, QUIEN SABE? 24 Moons. Northcote. 9pm. $15.87. BLABERUNNER The Fox Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. HAUSWERK The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. TOKYO LOVE HOTEL, MAC, MOMO, KANARY New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $16.91. GALAXY FEAT: BUTTERS, DUANE BARTOLO, ESG, HANDSDOWN, ELIZA BRAYSHAW, LEIGH BOY, JESSE JAMES, LAURA KING, MORE Brown Alley. Melbourne. 9pm. $11.64 - 27.46.
AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 7pm. $92. THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25.
SATURDAY 21 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
GRADUAL Inkerman Hotel. St Kilda East. 8pm. FREE. ROCK FOR LIFELINE FEAT: MUSCLE CAR, POCKET ELVIS, FORKLIFT ASSASINS, MONGREL, IN THE ESKY, BOOB IN A TEST TUBE Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. THE GOBLIN BALL 24 Moons. Northcote. 8pm. $42.54. RAMDIGITAL The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 9pm. FREE. KING CIG, THE DARRANS, GREY MANTIS The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $10. FROM THE JAM, THE INTERCEPTORS Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm. NEVER ENDING 80'S Chelsea Heights Hotel. Aspendale Gardens. 8pm. $34.70. THESE THINGS, THE HYBERNATORS Tramway Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE.
THE INGELSTAM/FERMANIS QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $30. KATE CEBERANO & PAUL GRABOWSKY Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30 - 79. BROOKLYN '86 The Moldy Fig. 8.30pm. FREE.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL
CLASSICAL
MOOGY & THE AVANT-GUARDIANS, CASQUEDEROS DUO, NOU VOODOUH Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 8.30pm. FREE. DAVID TAYLOR, MELANI, SEB MONT Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. MAGGOT CAVE + BASS TRAITOR, UNCLE GEEZER, PISSRASH, DEADER Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS, NATHAN WONG, WOLFJAY, THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. THE SPAGHETTI STAINS, BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB, FOREVER RENTER Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. MELBOURNE CANS, MAJOR BUMMER Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 8pm. FREE. TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS, FLOYD THURSBY Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm. FREE. JACK R. REILLY, LUKE SEYMOUP, AMENDS, UNCLE BEN'S LAST WORDS, WORLD SICK Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10. BACKYARD MAFIA, ON TILL MORNING, KID OUTTA WATER The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $9.85. BUNNY RACKET, HAYLEY HOOPLA Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 1pm. $17.98. THE DETONATORS The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. FANDANGO - ZZ TOP TRIBUTE BAND Globe Alley. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. AWAKEN I AM, I THE MIGHTY, HOMEFRON Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. STELLA DONNELLY, JADE IMAGINE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. DJ TARDISCO Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. THRASHFEST FEAT: DARK ORDER, PURENVY, INCRYPT, TEMPEST RISING, SITHLORD, ARMATA, THRAXAS!, PLAGUE 9, WEREWOLF, HARLOTT Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 4pm. $25.
Olly & Scuzzi
The Boite pres. Nina Rose
Jukebox Racket
The Detonators
QUIET MAN IRISH PUB
MARK STREET HALL
CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB
THE LOMOND HOTEL
Melbourne-based duo Olly and Scuzzi are taking over the Quiet Man Irish Pub for a night that’s absolutely packed with entertainment. You can expect to hear all your favourites as the lads look to perform a wide variety of covers that spans across all genres. It’s happening on Saturday September 21 from 9.30pm and it won’t cost you a cent.
In celebration of her new EP, Patterns, rising singer-songwriter Nina Rose comes to Mark Street Hall for an evening of crosscultural storytelling. Weaving her Chinese, Malaysian, Austrian and Australian cultures into her songwriting, this performance will be a folky acoustic carpet ride of velvety vocals and mellow guitar rhythms. She plays Saturday September 21. Tix start at $10 from The Boite website, boite.com.au.
Jukebox Racket are heading back to Clifton Hill Brewpub and they’ll be bringing their high energy fifties and sixties rock‘n’roll with them. Expect plenty of three-part harmonies and loads of singalongs. Jukebox Racket will be playing on Saturday September 21 and it’s completely free. Doors at 9pm.
Prepare for an explosive performance as Melbourne-based rock band, The Detonators take to the stage. Since forming back in August 1997, the band has racked up more than 3,000 gigs. Catch the rock‘n’roll veterans on Saturday September 21 from 9pm onwards at The Lomond Hotel. It won’t cost you a cent.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP THOMASTON, KEELAN MAK The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 9pm. $17.35. COLOUR ME PRETTY - FIORUCCI ANGELS FEAT: SOFIE ROZE, SHELLEY, SADGAL69, HON3Y, KAÏRA CUVÉE Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 10.30pm. $15. LAUNDRY FRIDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE. AFTER HOURS FEAT: DJ SPELL, GHOSTNOTES VS OBLIVIOUS, LASHLASH, DJ TAKURO Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. MR. MCCLELLAND'S FINISHING SCHOOL, DJ ANDREW MCCLELLAND Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 10pm. $10. PHRESH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE. RNB FRIDAYS Co. Southbank. 9.30pm. $25. CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS New Guernica. Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. SIENTE EL BOOM 170 Russell. Melbourne. 9pm. $23.11 - 28.73.
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MATT O'BRIEN QUARTET Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. ONE SPIRIT AFRICA The Penny Black. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. JAZZ PARTY, DJ EMMA PEEL, DJ GINGER LIGHT Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $24.71. CHINA BEACH FEAT: JUM Bar Open. Fitzroy. 5pm. $10. COPPERHEAD BRASS BAND The B.East. Brunswick East. 8.30pm. FREE. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODIES FEAT: JOE CHINDAMO, ZOË BLACK Tempo Rubato. Brunswick. 8pm. $22. KENNEDY SNOW The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30. NASTY MARS & THE MARTIANS, BLUSH'KO, R.L. KING Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $18.31. THE LOSTON HARRIS TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39. ALMA ZYGIER The Fyrefly. St Kilda. 7pm. $30 - 35. LILLIAN ALBAZI QUINTET, KADE BROWN Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $25. GROCER GREEN, JOTHI, NYRE Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. SUGARFOOT RAMBLERS Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $35.
PRIME TIME DAY NIGHT SERIES FEAT: CB, SALLY INGRAM, FLOSS DOGG, FREDDY GARDENS, GAZWALD THE GREAT Section 8. Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. COLLARBONES, DARCY BAYLIS, SPUNKGUNK The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $17.75. MARMALADE FEAT: SALVADOR RICARDO, CHARLIE LAMP, KAYROY Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. DJ ELECTRIC JIM Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. VISCERAL FEAT: KAIT SEN, TWITCH, PATCHNOTE/ERRORLOG, DRAGONFLY, BORNVIBE Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. $11.64. SLOW MOTION PICTURES Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 6pm. $12.50 - 15. ENOLA GAY, IS THERE A HOTLINE?, CUT WIRE, SUPER X Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. THE GOBLIN BALL 24 Moons. Northcote. 8pm. $42.54. GAVAN PURDY The Fox Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. PAWN SATURDAYS Pawn & Co. Prahran. 8pm. FREE. JOOF FEAT: JOHN 00 FLEMING, MONO, TRANCENDENT, EQUILIBRIUM, COMRADENATHAN La Di Da. Melbourne. 10pm. $20.15 - 36.98. ELECTRIC DREAMS Co. Southbank. 9pm. $25. EAT THE BEAT FEAT: MATTEO FREYRIE, ETWAS, CHRISS MATTÒ, ANDREA GUADALUPI, BRIAN FANTANA, JACOB MALMO, DAMON WALSH New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $15. TEDDY CREAM'S R-RATED PARTY Brown Alley. Melbourne. 10pm. $10 - 15. BOUNCE WITH DJ 2P The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK
GIGS & EVENTS
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES MUSIC FOR JULIA, SHEILA KUMAR, JOHNNY COSTIN, MARZ COOPER, JACK, ROSE COHR, RACHAEL LIA, JOTHI The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. MEMO MUSIC HALL GALA FEAT: MICHAEL CRANE, REBECCA BARNARD & LISA MILLER, RUSTY BERTHER, SUZANNAH ESPIE, GREG FIELD, GEORGE WILSON, ALISON FERRIER, FENN WILSON, SHANE O'MARA, SARAH CARROLL, THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $28. T.K REEVE The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. MARTY KELLY The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. BEN CARTER Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. Y.C. LIU, THE LADY IN THE RADIATOR, PETE LYREBIRD Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. AMIE GRISOLD Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE. FOLK PSYCHOLOGY FEAT: JUM Bar Open. Fitzroy. 5pm. $12. THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE. THE BOITE PRESENTS NINA ROSE Mark Street Hall. Fitzroy North. 7.30pm. $25. THE HUNTER EXPRESS, FEELDS Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. JESS PARKER & THE TROUBLED WATERS + RUM FOR LEGBA Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE. THE NARCOLEPTOR The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 11pm. FREE. BACKYARD BREW Royal Hotel. Mornington. 8pm. FREE.
SLUM SOCIABLE, SAINT LANE Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8.30pm. $34.90. KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS, DAMION DE SILVA, DURMY Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm.
CLASSICAL NEXT GENERATION BAROQUE, CHRISTIAN LI, MADISON NONOA, ANNIE GARD Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 7pm. $89. SWAN LAKE FEAT: IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET Palais Theatre. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $89. THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25. MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL: NETSUKE & INRŌ FEAT: SCOTT A. ASCHAUER Alex Theatre. St Kilda. 6.30pm. $34.
SUNDAY 22 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
SPRING EQUINOX FEAT: K-MART WARRIORS, SHAPES LIKE RAPIDS, SEVEN MARGARITAS, SARAH EIDA, FILTH DIMENSION, DJ RORY FANG IT, LINDSEY KINGSWOOD The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 5pm. $7. SCOTT & CHARLENE'S WEDDING, XI The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 4.30pm. FREE. FROM THE JAM, DUMB WHALES The Croxton. Thornbury. 7.30pm. $50. THE MAINE, MOBS, TERRA 170 Russell. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $57.46.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK SILVERGLO, NAAM Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. $10. THE MYSTIC CHARMERS Bar 303. Northcote. 3.30pm. $8 - 10. PROTO MORO, FRANCESCA GONZALES, MOSES CARR Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 3pm. FREE. JADE MACRAE, THE PUTBACKS Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 6pm. $20. KELLY AUTY BAND The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE. HHS TRIO Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE. AGUS BATARA QUARTET Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. THE SAM BOON TRIO Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6pm. FREE. MJC PRESENTS: ASRC BENEFIT INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 7pm. $25. REES LUCIA, TESS GUTHRIE Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. FREE. THE LOSTON HARRIS TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39. SCOTT BRADLEE'S POSTMODERN JUKEBOX Palais Theatre. St Kilda. 8pm. $79.90. MEETING POINTS SERIES: LEAF & SHADOW, HYELIM KIM Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 5pm. $29. AFRICAN FESTIVAL MELBOURNE Queen Vic Market. Melbourne. 9am. FREE. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.
KIM YANG Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. THE ACUPUNTURELIEF PROJECT Wesley Anne. Northcote. 3pm. $25. THE ANTHEA JEWELS BAND, AL'S GARAGE Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 4pm. FREE. NATASHA JOHANNA, MAPLE GLIDER, AMARINA WATERS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. PATRICK WILSON Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 4pm. FREE. CYNTHIA LIN Howler. Brunswick. 12pm. $24. THE DRUNKEN POET’S 13TH BIRTHDAY BASH FEAT: DUNCAN PHILLIPS BAND, JULES BOULT, STEVE HOY, KINNON, VAN WALKER, DAN WALKER, DAVE EVANS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 3pm. FREE. SCOTTY BAKER Gem Bar. Collingwood. 7pm. FREE. THREE KINGS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 3pm. FREE. THE WISECRACKS The Catfish. Fitzroy. 5pm. FREE. SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Royal Hotel. Mornington. 3pm. FREE. KATE ALEXANDER & HANA BRENECKI Tramway Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON, JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.
BRUNO MAJOR, GEORGIE CLIFFORD, DJ ANNIE Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm. TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE. YIBBY, YKM TOPBOYZ, CEEZ Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $13.25.
LUKE RICHARDSON Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 4pm. FREE. DENISE LE MENICE, POPPONGENE, ELSIE LANGE, RIN MCARDLE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. $10. ADORE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm. FREE. JAD JAGUAR, LIADEN, WILL DOUGLAS, STEPHSTRINGS Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $10. JESS DELUCA Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. STELLA DONNELLY, JADE IMAGINE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 7.30pm. FIXATION SUNDAYS FEAT: MAMMON'S THRONE, ELDRITCH RITES Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 3pm. FREE. THE BLUE HOTEL, TELESCREEN, SMALL VOICES, The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. LAZY GHOST, THE GROGANS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $18.35. DARLING JAMES, NAT VAZER, JACKSON FUMBERGER Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $11.73. BUNNY RACKET Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 11am. FREE.
David Taylor
Slum Sociable
The Poet’s 13th Birthday!
Iron Mammoth
BAR 303
THE ESPY
THE DRUNKEN POET
THE THORNBURY LOCAL
Sydney’s David Taylor is touching down in Melbourne for the final show of his Chapter Two Tour. Bringing his excitingly deep, melodic and original catalogue to Bar 303, the indie/pop singer-songwriter offers an early taste of new music that’s expected for release later this year. Catch Taylor’s performance on Saturday September 21 from 6pm. Tickets are on sale now via Oztix.
Melbourne’s much loved Slum Sociable have headed off on a national tour to officially launch their grand new EP L.I.F. – Life Is Free. The duo is set to play a hometown show on Saturday September 21 at The Espy, with doors from 7.30pm. Opening the night will be Gold Coast’s rising hip hop artist Saint Lane along with special guests. Tickets are available via Slum Sociable’s website.
Celebrate The Drunken Poet becoming a teenager with a day of live music, drink specials and plenty of shenanigans. The music kicks off at 2pm and features veteran artists, such as Duncan Phillips and the Long Stand, Jules Boult and many more. Say Happy Birthday to The Poet on Sunday September 22. There’s no cost involved.
Catch Dunedin’s laziest band Iron Mammoth for a laidback Sunday afternoon of rock as they team up with Pipsy, who’ll be bringing an acoustic set. After finishing off their single release mini tour, Iron Mammoth are performing a matinee show at the Thornbury Local. You can see both bands on Sunday September 22 from 4pm. No entry fee.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL SHAKE YOUR BOOTIES FEAT: RHAPSODISE Section 8. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. SLOWFADE, LAS MAR, EMMA OVENDED The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10. ORKESTRATED, SUNSHINE, JOHN BAPTISTE, TRAVLOS, LOCHIE ARTHUR, MVCE, TYCE, BLKOUT, REPO MAN The Penny Black. Brunswick. 2pm. $25. LOST SAMPLES FEAT: CAMAX, CTSD, DJ FURLONG Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. MORE BASS FEAT: CUZNMATT, PCP, BRKNFIXIE, SDF-1, DAVE PHAM, VCV, C:1 Red Betty. Brunswick. 5pm. $5. DJ SWELLA, JOEY COCO, MIDNIGHT TENDERNESS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 4pm. FREE.
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GIGS & EVENTS
DAY SPA Pawn & Co. Prahran. 7am. $15 - 20.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP BRUNO MAJOR, GEORGIE CLIFFORD Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. PURR FEAT: CENSEI CEEZ, TUMI, PHRE RHYTER, CREY, KAÏRA CUVÉE Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. MOTHERSHIP Co. Southbank. 9.30pm. $15.
CLASSICAL NEXT GENERATION BAROQUE, CHRISTIAN LI, MADISON NONOA, ANNIE GARD Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 5pm. $89. THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25.
MONDAY 23 SEP
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK THE JAIMZ PROJECT Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm. $10. ANDREA KELLER CURATES: SOLO/ DUO/TRIO, MARK FITZGIBBON The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 7pm. $20. THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ BELL AWARDS 2019 Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 6pm.
OPEN MIC Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 6pm. FREE. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - LEADBELLY FEAT: DAN DINNEN The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.
ESKE - EAST ST KILDA KLEZMER ENSEMBLE Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $10 - 15.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm. FREE. JESS HITCHCOCK Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 7pm. $30. AARON SCHEMBRI BAND Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7pm. $45. LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: ROBBIE GRIEG, THE ANDY SCOTT EXPERIENCE, JAMES GRIFFIN The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. GEORGIA RODGERS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. RACHAEL LIA The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. GRAND PIANO OPEN MIC Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 6.30pm. FREE. LEO RONDEAU, JAMES ELLIS Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $18. RACHEL ROSE & THE DEVIL HIMSELF, BELINDA WICKENS, JENNIFER LILY Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. FREE. COQ ROQ: UNPLUGGED Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. CLIO RENNER - SONGS & PEOPLE I LIKE, HANNAH CROFTS The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 8pm. FREE. THE GRUBBY URCHINS Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
NIGHTBREAKER, RED PERIL, ASH ARCHER & BAND, CROOKED FINGERS The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $5. SWEET CELL, PUSH PORTAL, TUSI Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $10. DREAMCOAT, DOMINI FORSTER, IVY TRIP Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 7.30pm. $10. KINGS KALEIDOSCOPE Max Watt's. 7pm. $45.40. HEIR TRAFFIC, LUNAR LAGOON Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK THE JESS MAHLER QUINTET Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7.30pm. FREE. DAVID JONES CURATES: DRUMS, OUD, CELLO The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30. ANTH SCHULZ & NICK TSIAVOS Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE.
WEDNESDAY 25 SEP
$98.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL MONDAY NIGHT MASS FEAT: LIFE STRIKE, SLOMO, EAT MAN, HYPE Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. FREE. ORANGE OCEAN, MAYONNAISE Corner Hotel. Richmond. 7.30pm. $64.74.
TUESDAY 24 SEP
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK KIMA, EMOTION BAND, THE BRIDGE Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. FMCO. The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. DANDECAT, MOMOKO ROSE, FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. THE LEO GENOVESE TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35. SON OF OSCAR Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $25. UNITED VOICES Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35. BEATNIK COLLECTIVE, POOKIE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $10.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
THURSDAY 26 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE, FUZZ MEADOWS Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 7pm. FREE. EL COLOSSO, COSA NOSTRA, BLUE STRATOS Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. FLOODLIGHTS, FRIENDS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. JESS RIBEIRO + BABY BLUE Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm. FREE. THE VELVET CLUB, TELESCREEN, KILNS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $12. DEMONHEAD, TRIPLE KILL, KATANA CARTEL, DARKER HALF The Workers
Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $12.25. EVEN, RINEHEARTS, LAURA IMBRUGLIA Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $40.15. JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS, SLEEPING GIANT, A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS, MOJO PIN Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 6.30pm. $10. THE TARANTINOS The B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. THE MAD DOG HARRISONS, SHIPS PIANO, TIME ROBB & THE STEALING HOURS, SLOMO Nighthawks. Collingwood. 6pm. $10. COSMIC PSYCHOS, MR. TEENAGE, BATPISS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $44.86. THE BALLS, AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY, MONARCHUS Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. RICK HOEY BELL'S CHUCK BERRY REVUE Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 9pm. $20. YIDCORE, ANTY, INTELLECTUALS, FEROCIOUS CHODE The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 7.30pm. $15. WAYLAYD, FILTHY HABITS, JOHNNY BIPOLAR Grand Hotel Mornington. Melbourne. 8pm. $17.85. ROCK CITY - SPORTS & SHORTS AFL PARTY, SAMANTHA JADE, DJ KIDD MADONNY Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 9.30pm. $40.80. BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm. GYPSY - THE RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC SHOW Matthew Flinders Hotel. Chadstone. 8pm. FREE. BIRDS OF TOKYO Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 7pm. $60.89. THE SUNDAY LEAGUE, JUAN NATHAN, TINKS The Night Heron. Footscray. 8.30pm. FREE. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK JAKE MASON TRIO Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm. $10. KING RIVER RISING, YARA ALKURD, THORNE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $15. THE OFFCUTS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE. BARNEY MCALL: NON COMPLIANCE
Lazy Ghost & The Grogans Daniel Shaw
Paul Kidney Experience
Birds of Tokyo
THE GASOMETER HOTEL
NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB
SWAMPLANDS
THE FORUM
Psychedelic surf rockers Lazy Ghost are making their way down under in support of their 2019 EP Green Out. Joining them as support are Melbourne’s very own surf rock band The Grogans, a talented trio who are gearing up to release their highlyanticipated debut album. From 7pm on Sunday September 22, The Gasometer Hotel is the place to be. Secure your tickets now via the venue’s website.
You may have caught Daniel Shaw in his stellar runner-up performance on The Voice. As a child he went to a Billy Joel concert which inspired him to one day become the next ‘Piano Man’. Shaw will be performing hit songs from his EP Cross The Line as well as new material from his forthcoming debut album. Head to the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday September 25 from 8pm. Grab tickets on the venue’s website.
If noise doesn’t worry you, make sure to catch Australia psych-noise rockers Paul Kidney Experience as they celebrate their entire back catalogue going digital. Supported by Fuzz Meadows and Creepy Flavour, there’ll be heads banging for sure. It’s happening on Thursday September 25 with doors from 7pm and, best of all, it’s totally free.
It’s been nearly three years since Perth band Birds of Tokyo did a national tour, but with their new track ‘Good Lord’ making it to number one on iTunes, it seems like the perfect time to do another one. Be quick to get tickets for Thursday September 26 as their first Melbourne show has already sold out. Doors open at 7pm and tickets are available via The Forum’s website.
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GIGS & EVENTS
TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $25. THE LEO GENOVESE TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35. THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE. MALCOLM HILL & LIVE FLESH, TWINKLEDIGITZ The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 8pm. $10. CHARLOTTE JANE, JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE. JACKIE BORNSTEIN Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30. WILLIAMS DOES WINEHOUSE FEAT: RALEIGH WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.
FREE. PUBLIC HOLIDAY EVE PARTY FEAT: MACKWOP, DJ TONEE, SMILEZ, MITSU, JC KING, KODA, JERRY C, CHRISTIAN DEAN Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. $15. LAUNDRY THURSDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 10pm. FREE. ROCK CITY - SPORTS & SHORTS AFL PARTY, SAMANTHA JADE, DJ KIDD MADONNY Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 9.30pm. $40.80. LLOYD BANKS & TONY YAYO OF G-UNIT, MLBRN, LITTLE JASE, R-CUE, DJ SEF, JUNOR Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm. $68.84. TONY CETINSKI The Croxton. Thornbury. 8pm. $85.70.
Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE. RITON Brown Alley. Melbourne. 10pm. $16.58 - 32.08. DIRTY DAYS FEAT: ORKESTRATED, SLICE N DICE, TRAVLOS, T-REK, HOLMES JOHN, ZAC DEPETRO, DUANE BARTOLO, MORE Brown Alley. Melbourne. 9pm. $25 - 30. CATCH THE BEAT THURSDAYS FEAT: DJ PERIL, MIKE GURRIERI The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
CLASSICAL
PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE FEAT: NOIR, POPE'S ASSASSINS, POLITE SKELETONS, DIRTY BLOODS, PLASTIC SECTION Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 5pm. $10. BONEZ - ALTERNATIVE QUEER PARTY FEAT: ERIN WILL BE MAD, CRY BABY Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10 - 15. FRANJAPAN, TRAMPOLINE DEATH MACHINE, BIRDSNAKE Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. MONTY & THE PYTHONS Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 11pm. $10. RHYSICS, DEPARTMENT, HOUSE DEPOSIT, GO GET MUM Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. PICKET PALACE, MT DEFIANCE, PORPOISE SPIT Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm. $23.29. THE MARNGROOK ROCK N ROLL GRAND FINAL EVE FOOTY SHOW, GRANT HANSEN, LEILA GURRUWIWI, GILBERT MCADAM, WARWICK CAPPER, DOUG HAWKINS, KEVIN KROPINYERI, BIG CITY COMBO Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $15. SHINING BIRD, SPIKE VINCENT, CULTE The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $17.75. TIA GOSTELOW, GENA ROSE BRUCE, SLOWCOACHING Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $24.71. GET YA ROCKS OFF - A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY FEAT: MIDNIGHT ALIBI, JORDAN ADAM Globe Alley. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. THE CHERRY DOLLS, UNDERCOVER CROPS, BIG MOIST & THE SMOKING DURRIES, CLAMM Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 7.30pm. $10 - 15. YLVA, BURN THE HOSTAGES,
GORDON HOLLAND, JOHNNY & MICHAEL Wesley Anne. Northcote. 8pm. $10. THURSGAY IDOL Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. RATTLINCANE The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. DEAN HAITANI The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. STEPHEN GRADY Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. IN OAKLEIGH TONIGHT - GRAND FINAL SPECIAL EDITION, JAMES ELLIS Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $28. CRUWYS Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE. PIGEON PRESENTS, KOI KINGDOM Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10. OPEN MIC NIGHT Ascot Vale Hotel. Ascot Vale. 7pm. FREE. MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP MELLOWDÍAS THUMP FEAT: SKOMES, L’AMBIANCEUR, CAZEAUX O.S.L.O Section 8. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. KUAMI EUGENE Red Betty. Brunswick. 9.30pm. $15 - 25. THROWBACK FEAT: MATT RADOVICH, EZRA HARVEY, ILRESPONCE, B-TWO, AYNA, NAM Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm.
DALE BARLTROP & RAY CHEN: MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $99. SYZYGY ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39. THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25. THE MUSE FEAT: SHANON WHITELOCK Chapel Off Chapel. Prahran. 9pm. $35.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL SOUP FEAT: SAM BENNETT, ASHLEY SHERARD, GARTH Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. SALMONELLA DUB, THE MIGHTY ASTERIX, LAUGHTON KORA Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8pm. $53.60. MEN IMITATING MACHINES, THE SUBSTANCE, SKY EATER Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15. MELT VOL. 6 FEAT: JUICY VELOUR, FELINE FINE, GOO DJ, RBÌ, COMMON ROMANCE, KAYROY, SONOFLO Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 9pm. $7 - 10. ROCK CITY - SPORTS & SHORTS AFL PARTY, SAMANTHA JADE, DJ KIDD MADONNY Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 9.30pm. $40.80. GUERNS FEAT: LOURE, TONI YOTZI, QUANTUM MECHANICS, NATHAN CLARK, JOMA, MR. TONTA New
FRIDAY 27 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
GRIEF, WORLD SICK Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8.30pm. $15. BAG O'NAILS Inkerman Hotel. St Kilda East. 8pm. FREE. THE FLORETS, BADGER, MORNING MORNING, JO VERTIGO Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $12.74. CHEEKY VELVET, WAY SHIT, YOUTHFIRE Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. WISHFUL CREATURES, THE FIOR, DUMB WHALES The Catfish. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10. INXSIVE Royal Hotel (Essendon). Essendon. 10pm. FREE. DARK ANGEL, KING PARROT, HARLOTT Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm. $71.85. BLACK ACES, BLOODY RASCALS, RIFF RAIDERS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. BAD BANGS, JUNGLE BREED Tramway Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 11pm. FREE. MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL INTERZONA 6 FEAT: LAZYBOYPROACTIVE, REPLIKATOR, INFECTIOUS UNEASE, CAUSTIC GRIP, MORE Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. $10. MOOPIE Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 5pm. FREE. BADSVILLE: FITZROY'S WORST DANCE PARTY, DJ GOTH WHITLAM & GUESTS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $8. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB FEAT: PHATO A MANO, NAMN, MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. FORMATION FEAT: DONNY Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. LOCAL SPIRIT FEAT: OZZY, HARRY BLOTTER, ALIEN-FREQUENCIES, DEVOID, MILKMAN, KALASH MOOLA 24 Moons. Northcote. 10pm. $15. BEERS FOR QUEERS FEAT: CUPIDS CUT, DAZZA & KEIF, BUTCH LE BUTCH, WHEAT, WEIRD ALICE, CHI BANGAH, SIMPLE THE DRAG QWEEN, NEFERTITI LA NEGRA, ARCHIE ARSENIC The Fox Hotel. Collingwood. 3pm. FREE. DIEGO KRAUSE, BEX, DJ MITCHELL GEE,
IGOYA
Cosmic Psychos
G-Man
Interzona 6 Industrial Bands The Florets
THE GASOMETER HOTEL
DOWNSTAIRS BISTRO AND LOUNGE
BAR 303
GRACE DARLING HOTEL
Get your Grand Final Eve started with punk rock band Cosmic Psychos. Listing ‘beer’ as their only influence and known for their hard-drinking behaviour and vulgar lyrics, it’s sure to be a testosterone-filled affair. They play at The Gasometer Hotel on Thursday September 26, with doors at 8pm. Tickets via the venue website but be quick, they’re going fast.
Head into the long weekend with Melbourne’s G-Man as he looks to complement Downstairs Bistro and Lounge with his engaging personality and incredible soul, funk and rock sonics. Enjoy a meal with some drinks and catch G-man take the stage on Thursday September 26. Free entry.
Catch a bunch of local electronic and punk artists at Interzona 6. In 2009, Melbournebased electronica act Lazyboyproactive locked himself in a beach house on a remote island for ten months to shape his sound. He’ll be headlining the night joined by Replikator, Infectious Unease, Caustic Grip and many more. It’s happening on Friday September 27 from 7pm until late. Tickets are only $10.
Get down to Grace Darling Hotel as The Florets bring you a night of fist banging. The Melbourne band emerged last year with their second single ‘Best Coast’ receiving a lot of plays on Spotify. The Florets are celebrating the release of their debut EP Friction Made Fiction and you can catch their gig on Friday September 27 with doors from 8pm. Tickets available via the venue’s website.
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GIGS & EVENTS
JOSH WAIN, PRIMITIVE NEEDS Revolver Upstairs. Prahran. 10pm. $20. HAUSWERK The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. SADDLE CLUB FEAT: LAURA KING, SAMMY LA MARCA, RON WAHA, JESSE BLIGH New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $15.
RNB FRIDAYS FEAT: HORIZON Co. Southbank. 9.30pm. $25. CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS New Guernica. Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. GRAND FINAL SPRING SENSATION FEAT: WILSON, MALESH P, LOWKEY, QUASHANI Brown Alley. Melbourne. 10pm. $22.19.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
BROOKLYN '86 Transit Rooftop Bar. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. ALI ZANDE VAKILI Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 8.45pm. $79.90. DJ LUCKY DAY Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. ORGANIX Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. SUGAR FED LEOPARDS The B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. ROSS MCHENRY TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30. THE LEO GENOVESE TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35. CHINA BEACH, PURR USUAL The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE. TED NETTELBECK TRIO Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $20 - 25. SONGS OF CHET BAKER FEAT: NADIRA Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50. ELLA & LOUIS - CHEEK TO CHEEK FEAT: TAMARA KULDIN & PAUL COYLE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $32.50. JESS FAIRLIE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50. SONS OF ZION Chelsea Heights Hotel. Aspendale Gardens. 8pm. $44.90.
JESSE VALACH & THE TESTAMENT The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. FM THREAD Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. OK MOON, N.Y.C.K, ALANA WILKINSON Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. $33.61. THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE. JOHNNY CASH KARAOKE Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE. ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES TRIO Smokehouse 101. Maribyrnong. 7pm. FREE. THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND, THE SEDUCEAPHONES, DICK WILLOUGHBY & THE DIRTY STOPOUTS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $21.50. BENNY WALKER, MAYA ROSE The Bridge Hotel. Richmond. 8pm. $17.35. MARK GARDNER The Prince Patrick. 5.30pm. FREE. SHAUNA TONY AND CO Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP SAN MEI, PRETTYTHING, TRACE DECAY The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $14.30. KUAMI EUGENE Red Betty. Brunswick. 9.30pm. $15 - 25. LISTEN OUT CONT'D Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 10pm. $10. LAUNDRY FRIDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE. LEIKELI47 Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. $39.95. PHRESH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
CLASSICAL THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25. THE MUSE FEAT: SHANON WHITELOCK Chapel Off Chapel. Prahran. 7pm. $35.
SATURDAY 28 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL PETER HAREN & THE WOLVES,
BEAUTIFUL SAVAGES Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 9pm. FREE. VERTICOLI, SIGNAL CHAIN, SINCE WE KISSED Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10. PRIVATE FUNCTION AFTERPARTY, MESA COSA Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 11pm. $10. GABRIELLA COHEN, SUNFRUITS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. ERIN WILL BE MAD, TILLEY Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 8pm. FREE. DENTAL PLAN, YEAH DON'T CARE, SLOMO, SHEPPARTON AIRPLANE, FUNK DANCING FOR SELF DEFENCE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $12. RUMOURS, DAYS LIKE THESE, TO OCTAVIA, INERTIA, VATIC The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $14.30. EAT YOUR HEART OUT, RESIDE, ALEX MOSES, TOWNS Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm. $17.98. JOHN FLOREANI, NANCIE SHIPPER, JACK BOTTS Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $29.90. LIVE BAND KARAOKE THURSDAYS Globe Alley. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. RHYECE O’NEILL The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8.30pm. FREE. WARPED, PEEPING TOM, CEMENT PIG Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $15. THE CAP GUN KILLS, STAMP, CIRCLE PERSON Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8.30pm. $10. FANDANGO - ZZ TOP TRIBUTE BAND Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE. THE FCKUPS, THEE CHA CHA CHAS, SPACE JUNK, DIRTY HARRIET & THE HANGMEN, RISE OF THE RAT, UDDER UBDUCTEES Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. CASH, CONVERTIBLE, DOVER ISLAND Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE. THE MOONSHINE JAM BAND The Catfish. Fitzroy. 8pm. WILD SPEARS, WOT ROT, SZKLO The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 11am. FREE. THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS, THE GURDIES, FOREVER RENTER, HEIR TRAFFIC The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $9.20. SHANE & THE DOG C*NTS The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 2pm. FREE. APOCALYPTICA Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 8pm. $143.60 165.50.
PRIVATE FUNCTION The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $13.30.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBASS FEAT: KODIAK KID, NON ENTITY, REDAMON, SAWCE Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm. $10. FUNKSION Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. DJ A-MAN Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. DJ KOMBUCHI BOI Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. AFL GRAND FINAL 2019 FEAT: MZRIZK, YALATEEF, DJ MANCHILD Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 1pm. FREE. CODEC: NERFOMANCER FEAT: JOSH ROMBOUT, ACIDTRIXX, SCUD, MS AERYN, DJ DEATH ADDER, ANTENIM Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE. TR!P 10 FEAT: ANDY GOLDEN, M-EXPERIENCE, KELSTA, MISS MEL, DARK SIN, MORE 24 Moons. Northcote. 9pm. $32.74. BLUESTAR The Fox Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. FREE. PAWN SATURDAYS Pawn & Co. Prahran. 8pm. FREE. WILL SPARKS Co. Southbank. 10pm. $30. ELECTRIC DREAMS Co. Southbank. 9pm. $25. AN ORCHESTRAL RENDITION OF DAFT PUNK: GREATEST HITS Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm. $61.75. 56K RECORDS X REVERSE SHADOW RECORDS: LIVE TO TAPE FEAT: AUTO LAPSE, TAMLA, HOLLYWOOD REAL THOUGHTS, LUCKY DIP Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $7. BOUNCE WITH DJ 2P The Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK STELLA ANNING TRIO Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. SOUL KICKOFF FEAT: EMILIA, CHINA BEACH, EMILY WILLIAMS The Penny Black. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. FUNKSION Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.
SWAMP Garage FEST 2
Kuami Eugene
Julian James n Ezra Lee
Oliver Clark
SWAMPLANDS
RED BETTY
THE LOMOND HOTEL
CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB
Celebrate Grand Final Eve and kick off your weekend with a killer lineup of local bands shredding Thornbury’s Swamplands Bar. Hitting the stage are Melbourne’s Plastic Section, psychedelic rockers Noir, Polite Skeletons, Dirty Bloods, and many more. It’s going down on Friday September 27 with doors at 5pm. Save your money, entry is free.
Making his way down to Red Betty for three nights is the Ghanaian singer-songwriter and producer, Kuami Eugene. After taking home ‘Highlife Artiste of the Year’ and ‘Best New Artiste of the Year’ at the 2018 Ghana Music Awards, you’d be crazy to miss Kuami while he’s in town. Catch him performing live between Wednesday September 25 and Friday September 27. Tickets are available via the venue’s website.
Two of Melbourne’s finest blues musicians Julian James and Ezra Lee are bringing their high-energy piano/guitar combo to The Lomond Hotel. The night is bound to be jammed packed with silky sonics and outstanding performances you don’t want to miss. Catch all the action from 9pm on Saturday September 28 with free entry.
Oliver Clark makes his joyous return to the Clifton Hill Brewpub for a night of non-stop entertainment. The multitalented performer is a musician, actor, stand-up comedian, host and voice over artist that’s sure to keep you on your toes. Catch Oliver Clark’s performance on Saturday September 28 from 9pm. Entry is free.
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GIGS & EVENTS
LANEOUS Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. ROSARIO DE MARCO Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. SLOW GRIND FEVER #75 FEAT: DJ RICHIE1250, MOHAIR SLIM, PIERRE BARONI, DJ FAIRBANKS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 10pm. $12. RICO ALMA The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30. THE LEO GENOVESE TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35. THE ALMA ZYGIER QUARTET Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $20 - 25. JACQUELINE GAWLER'S AMÉRICA DO SUL Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50. GEORGIA BROOKS SWINGTET Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50. THE NOT-SO-BIG BAND - 00'S TO NOW FEAT: TOSHI CLINCH Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $35. DISCO INFERNO Royal Hotel. Mornington. 8pm. FREE.
HEATHER JOAN, RICKY BUTLER, LOVEBONER Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8. STRANGE RIVER, HPK & THE NIGHT OWLS, IMOGEN PRICE The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10. LUCKY OCEANS, PAUL KELLY, KASEY CHAMBERS, VIKA & LINDA BULL, BILL CHAMBERS, JEFF LANG, KUTCHA EDWARDS & MATT WALKER Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 3pm. $35. NIR TSFATY, DENIM GORGEOUS Miss Moses. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. FLETCHER GULL, KEY HOO Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. FREE. ROOF RAISER! FEAT: JARROW, CANDY, IMOGEN CYGLER, HEMM, MORE Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 4.30pm. $10. SIMPLE DREAMS - THE LINDA RONSTADT TRIBUTE Ascot Vale Hotel. Ascot Vale. 4pm. FREE. TIM HAMPSHIRE, GUILHEM, JOE GUITON, TWO LAST NAMES The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 2pm. FREE.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK
JULIAN JAMES TRIO The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9.30pm. FREE. STREAMS OF WHISKEY Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $16 - 20. HAMISH MACLEOD Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE. THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.
UNBROKEN TRIO Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. FREE. AYZIA & VIA, ISADORA, MONTANA SHARP Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8.30pm. $12.50 - 15. NARDIA ROSE BAND The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 4pm. FREE. JOANNA KERR Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE. XIN TRIO, ROWAN PATTISON Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. MJC PRESENTS: TUCKERBOX The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. THE LEO GENOVESE TRIO Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $35. HOME GROWN SEPTEMBER Chapel Off Chapel. Prahran. 7pm. $30. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE. CASALOCA FUEGO LONG WEEKEND FEAT: DJ ALBERTO, DJ MARZ, DJ ANDREW AVI La Di Da. Melbourne. 8.30pm. $20. KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS, DAMION DE SILVA, DURMY Khokolat Bar. Melbourne. 9.30pm.
CLASSICAL THE UNRAVELLING FEAT: CHRISTINA HIGHAM, VICTORIA COTTA Storyville. Melbourne. 8.15pm. $25.
SUNDAY 29 SEP
ROCK, PUNK, METAL SIRENS & SONGS FEAT: TRACEY JANE & THE POWER DRESSERS, AARON ALLEN, MORE Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 4pm. FREE. BLACKBIRD GREEN, SECOND HAND SMOKE, JAMES PEDEN Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 4pm. FREE. TOBIAS HENGEVELD, LEAH EDMUND, AFFECTION Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 3pm. FREE. JUNIOR FICTION, LVIV Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 4pm. FREE. HEARING... AID? FUNDRAISER, CLOVE, FIZ EUSTACE, NOTHING REALLY, QUINTON TREMBATH Old Bar. Fitzroy. 2pm. $10.
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL
Touring
NUFF RESPECT FEAT: SHOTTAZ, STALLION SELEKTAH, TROUBLEMEKKA, SISTA SARA, MISS FEE, JOE DUBS, QUASHANI BAHD Section 8. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. SKY EATER, RACHEL BY THE STREAM The B.East. Brunswick East. 4pm. FREE.
MONDAY 30 SEP
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES MELBOURNE AMPLIFIED STRINGS Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. $15. CHARLES JENKINS Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. SOLSTICE PIANO TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $39.
ANGIE MCMAHON ANGIE MCMAHON MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE OCTOBER 2 THE FLAMING LIPS HAMER HALL OCTOBER 3 & 4 THE BETHS THE GASOMETER OCTOBER 3 & 4 NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE THE FORUM OCTOBER 4
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
OLYMPIA THE CORNER OCTOBER 5 KAMASI WASHINGTON HAMER HALL OCTOBER 8
FOX, HAPPY AXE, OLIVER SHAW, RHYS YOUNG Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7pm. $5. MONDAY NIGHT MASS FEAT: GENERACION SUICIDA, PARANOIAS, LAI, HAVITTAJAT Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. FREE. I'M NOT EVEN MAD ABOUT IT FEAT: LUKE BELLE The Butterfly Club. 7pm. $35.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ FUNK ANDREA KELLER'S FIVE BELOW The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20. THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MICHELLE NICOLLE Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30.
THE CAT EMPIRE THE FORUM OCTOBER 11 & 12 COUSIN TONY’S BRAND NEW FIREBIRD THE ESPY OCTOBER 11 A. SWAYZE & THE GHOSTS NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB OCTOBER 12 CASH SAVAGE AND THE LAST DRINKS THE CORNER OCTOBER 12 JIMMY BARNES ROD LAVER ARENA OCTOBER 12 GRINSPOON THE FORUM OCTOBER 15 & 16 NORTHLANE 170 RUSSELL OCTOBER 17 SEEKER LOVER KEEPER THE CORNER OCTOBER 18 SURFBORT THE CROXTON
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES ALICE ANDERSEN, SEAN SULLY & THE SLEEP-INS, HEATHER FIONA Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. LILY JONES The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. HOMESICK RAY’S HOT SHOTS The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE. LOIS ROSE Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. JAMES TEAGUE Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. THE THREE KINGS Gem Bar. Collingwood. 7pm. FREE. THE FOUR SCOOPS The Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 4pm. FREE. HEINOUS HOUNDS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 3.30pm. FREE. ASHBURY MEDICINE SHOW The Catfish. Fitzroy. 4.30pm. FREE. BACKYARD BREW Royal Hotel (Mornington). Mornington. 3pm. FREE. COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON, JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar. Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.
TUESDAY 01 OCT
OCTOBER 18 & 19 BEC SANDRIDGE HOWLER OCTOBER 19
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ FOLK, BLUES OPEN MIC Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 6pm. FREE. TUESDAY TRIBUTE - SUN & THE MOON FEAT: TRACEY MILLER The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. KLUB MUK Bar 303. Northcote. 7pm. FREE. IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.
CLIENT LIAISON THE FORUM OCTOBER 19 BAKER BOY 170 RUSSELL OCTOBER 20 METALLICA MARVEL STADIUM OCTOBER 22 & 24 SASKWATCH THE CURTIN OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25 HATCHIE HOWLER OCTOBER 25 DZ DEATHRAYS THE FORUM OCTOBER 25 DONY BENET THE CROXTON OCTOBER 25
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
JAPANESE WALLPAPER THE CORNER OCTOBER 25 TYGA MARGARET COURT ARENA
MUMMA GANOUSH, BAD BANGS, TALI MAHONEY Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. I'M NOT EVEN MAD ABOUT IT FEAT: LUKE BELLE The Butterfly Club. 7pm. $35.
OCTOBER 25 CITY CALM DOWN THE CROXTON OCTOBER 26 SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM THE FORUM OCTOBER 26 POLISH CLUB THE EVELYN
ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL JUNCTION, NEGOMI, WETCAKE, MAGIC IAN, DONO Old Bar. Fitzroy. 6pm. $5.
OCTOBER 26 SHAWN MENDES ROD LAVER ARENA OCTOBER 30 & 31 LIME CORDIALE THE CORNER OCTOBER 30 & NOVEMBER 1 BAD//DREEMS THE CROXTON NOVEMBER 1
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