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St Kilda Festival has become part of Melbourne’s furniture. Bringing a stage by the beach is tantalising enough as it is. Add a worldclass music lineup and a price tag that has a tidy zero next to it and you might just have the perfect recipe for the avid music-lover. As of 2020, the legacy stands 40 years and for this instalment they’re encouraging everyone to fly ‘80s style.

Dust off your mother’s oversized blazer or strap on a leather jacket. There’s room for a colourful one-piece if you wanna feel uniform, top to toe. How about a power suit or some shoulder pads, well why the hell not! This is your time, to bask in your magnificent fashion sense and celebrate music that’s gloriously free.

And judging by this year’s lineup, it’s almost criminal that it you can just stroll on in. From the top, you’ve got Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Kylie Auldist, Busby Marou, Stonefield, The Kite String Tangle, DRMNGNOW, Tia Gostelow, Remi and Gordon Koang.

That’s just the bloody start. Get amongst 40 years of St Kilda Festival when it all goes down by the beach on Sunday February 9.

Outside of that, Beat #1692 features chats with Dave Matthews Band, The 1975, Allah-Las and the venerable Nick Lowe. We also went along to the recent Orville Peck show and what a time that was. Bring some H2O, this one’s a trip.

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Meadow RENAMED FESTIVAL REVEALS BIG 2020 LINEUP Having already revealed a few of the acts set to hit the stage at Bambra for this year’s festival, Meadow has revealed the full spread of acts on board for its seventh instalment. Joining the previously announced Frankie Cosmos, Elizabeth, and Surprise Chef comes a huge offering of homegrown and international acts, with Angie McMahon and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever leading the bill. Philadelphia hard-rockers Sheer Mag will also perform along with legendary songwriting trio Dyson Stringer Cloher and returning noughties favourites, Youth Group. Outside of that, the likes of Close Counters, Loure, Cool Sounds, Sweet Whirl, First Beige, Swazi Gold and more will be taking to the Bambra Bowl. Meadow goes down from Friday March 27 to Sunday March 29 in Bambra, just under two hours from Melbourne. Find out more and grab tix via meadowmf.com.

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After tweeting a hardly subtle teaser last week, Tame Impala have announced their biggest tour of Australia and New Zealand to date. Kicking off in April, the tour will see Tame Impala stopping off in Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Acclaimed for their studio albums and live performances alike, Tame Impala graced stages at Coachella, Glastonbury, Primavera and Splendour in the Grass in 2019 alone.

They’ll hit Rod Laver Arena on Thursday April 23 with tix now on sale via Ticketek.

New Zealand indie legends The Naked and Famous have just revealed they’ve got a new album in the works. Having just revealed that they’ll be returning to Australia for Wine Machine Festival in March and April, the band detail the forthcoming record, titled Recover, as an autobiographical piece that’s persistent and hopeful in its narrative. The album is out in May via Universal Music Australia and they’ll play Wine Machine on Saturday March 28 in the Yarra Valley. Grab your tix via winemachine.com.

The Immigration Museum has just announced Summer of Dance, a new program stepping things up a notch. Exploring the lineup, Dance Reel is a daily expression of contemporary dance on a large scale featuring footage of acclaimed works from around the world.

There’s also a performance from revolutionary South Korean composer Park Jiha, huge closing night Leaps + Beats with local dance luminaries Deep Soulful Sweats on deck, and heaps more. It all goes down from now until Saturday February 29. Find out more and grab tix via museumsvictoria.com.au.

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Following on from last year’s singles ‘Say You Remember’ and ‘You Make It So Easy’, Melbourne rockers Kingswood have announced they’ve got a new album on the way. Titled Juveniles, the album will serve as the band’s third LP and their first since 2017’s After Hours, Close To Dawn. With the album dropping on Friday March 13, the band will celebrate it with a Melbourne show at The Corner on the same day, as part of a huge nationwide tour. Tix are now on sale for the show via livenation.com.au.

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Three years on from 2017’s acclaimed The Ooz, King Krule is set to return with new music.

Due for release in late February, Man Alive! will mark Archy Marshall’s third studio album under his King Krule guise. “A collection of snapshots and stories”, Man Alive! reflects on Marshall’s life pre-fatherhood. Partly recorded in South London, with Marshall performing most of the album’s instrumentation, Man Alive! encapsulates the singer’s penchant for the moody and cinematic. Man Alive! is due for release on February 21 via XL Recordings/ Remote Control Records.

Patti Smith and Her Band have revealed even more headline shows as part of their upcoming 2020 tour. Returning to Australia for the first time since they last hit Bluesfest in 2017, along with a tour that earned Patti Smith and Her Band a Helpmann Award for Best International Contemporary Concert, it’s no wonder tickets have been a hot commodity.

Already playing shows at The Forum on Tuesday April 21 and Wednesday April 22 (sold out), Smith’s additional show will go down on Thursday April 23. Tix available via bluesfesttouring.com.au.

It’s been a decade since Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers played in Melbourne, and they’re being welcomed back with open arms. Comprised of musical legends Neko Case, A.C. Newman, Kathryn Calder, Todd Fancey, Blaine Thurier, John Collins, Joe Seiders and Simi Stone, the impressive eight-person outfit are touring off the back of their 2019 release, In The Morse Code of Brake Lights. They’ll play two shows at The Melbourne Recital Centre, on Thursday February 20 and Friday February 21. Grab your tickets through the venue website.

After 35 years, Roger King OAM will step down from his role as Managing Director of The Boite. King rolled out numerous projects during his time at Victoria’s iconic multicultural music organisation, such as The Boite World Music Café, and The Boite Singers’ Festival. It’ll be sad to see him go, but recent team addition Eyal Chipkiewicz is more than qualified to fill his shoes. With more than ten years of experience under his belt, Chipkiewicz expressed his gratitude at being offered the position, and excitement for the future.

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DROPS NEW SINGLE, ‘SAY ANYTHING’

Following on from the announcements of The Blind Boys of Alabama, Kevin Morby, Hand Habits and Alex Cameron, Brunswick Music Festival has revealed a huge bill for this March. Additional names include Sheer Mag, Seeker Lover Keeper, Mama Kin Spender, C.W. Stoneking, Sui Zhen, Xylouris White and the Brunswick Music Feastival featuring tasty names such as Crepes, Eggy, Sunfruits, Baked Beans and more. And that’s just the start. It all goes down from Monday March 9 until Sunday March 22. Tix and the full lineup available via brunswickmusicfestival.com.au.

Rising singer-songwriter Abbey Stone has just revealed a new single. ‘Say Anything’ follows on from December’s ‘#BADLADY’ which garnered her nationwide attention. “The song is very much about letting your anxiety fight for you,” Stone speaks of ‘Say Anything’, “taking a back seat and knowing you’re about to blurt things out that you don’t mean.” The single is out now; check it out via streaming services.

She’s also play two shows at Bird’s Basement, with Renee Geyer on Saturday February 8, and Russell Morris on Saturday February 22. Grab tix via birdsbasement.com.

‘90s icon Alanis Morissette will perform her seminal 1995 debut album Jagged Little Pill in its entirety at Bluesfest this year. From there, Morissette has gone on to release a further nine albums and won seven Grammys. She’ll be joining a lineup already stacked with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Lenny Kravitz, Kool & The Gang, and loads more. Bluesfest 2020 is happening at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm from Thursday April 9 until Monday April 13. For tickets, the full program and more information, visit bluesfest.com.au.

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Situated an hour out of Melbourne at Lancemore Macedon Ranges, Festival No. 23 is taking the bush doof experience to a whole new level. Taking place on the hotel’s lush 300-acre site, the festival looks to connect punters with the natural surrounds of The Macedon Ranges while offering a spiritual and literal retreat. The lineup will feature the likes of electronic titans Stacey Pullen, Osunlade, Trus’me, Oceanvs Orientalis, RSS Disco, Freq Nasty, Mimi Love and heaps more. It’s all going down from Friday February 7 to Sunday February 9. Head to festival23.com.au for tix.

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Planetarium Nights AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD MOVIE NIGHT Scienceworks’ after-hours series of adults-only film screenings returns, treating star-gazers and film-lovers alike to special viewings projected onto the Planetarium’s 16-metre domed ceiling. For the rest of January, experience Pink Floyd’s epic album The Wall like never before, through the Planetarium’s incredible surround sound system, accompanied by graphics inspired by the rock opera. Other screenings include Starlight, Particle/Wave, Capturing the Cosmos, and What’s in the Sky Tonight. It’s happening every Friday night at Scienceworks until February 28, find out more via the Museums Victoria website.

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Beat’s Netflix Picks for February February is almost here, which means we’re about to get another month’s worth of new Netflix titles. Studio Ghibli fans in particular are in for a treat, but there’s also a wide variety of old films, original shows and series returns in the mix. Here’s just a few of the titles you should put on your watchlist next month.

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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO In some of the most exciting Netflix news of the year so far, it’s been announced that 21 films from animation legend Hayao Miyazaki will be coming to the viewing platform. The Japanese filmmaker is the master behind iconic movies like My Neighbour Totoro, with the furry rabbit-like creature becoming the global mascot of the Studio Ghibli brand.

This title and six other films will hit Netflix on Saturday February 1, with more to come over the following months.

HOT FUZZ Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End make up Edgar Wright’s hilarious Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, brandishing a dark sense of British humour. As of Friday February 14, you’ll be able to catch the middle title on Netflix, starring comedic duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as police officers solving a series of small-village murders. The first and third films aren’t available yet, but you don’t need to have seen them to get a kick out of this.

LOCKE & KEY If you’re after something spooky to sink your teeth into, this Netflix newcomer might just be for you. Based on a comic book series of the same name, Locke & Key follows three siblings who move into their ancestral estate after the gruesome murder of their father. Created by Joe Hill with a cast of new faces, it’s too soon to say whether this will be the new Haunting of Hill House or another horror flop, but you can give it a go from Friday February 7.

NARCOS: MEXICO (Season Two) Netflix’s 2015 original show Narcos was a hit with viewers, prompting another two seasons, plus its own spin-off in the form of Narcos: Mexico. While producers Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro had intended for the Mexican edition to be the series’ fourth instalment, it quickly took on a life of its own and was launched as a companion show.

Season Two will be available for streaming from Thursday February 13, so now’s a good time to get on board.

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS Another graphic novel turned TV show, I Am Not Okay With This follows the story of 15-year-old Syd, as she deals with highschool, family drama, her budding sexuality and some awakening superpowers. Jonathon Entwistle from Stranger Things and The End of the F***ing World is taking the reigns again on this one, which definitely feels like a hybrid of the two. Check it out for yourself from Wednesday February 26.

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Better Off Said EULOGIES FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD An ode to closure and all the things we wish we’d said, Better Off Said is an airing of grievances, thoughts and words that deserve to be voiced. With talks and performances from Robert Dessaix, Celia Pacquola, Clare Bowditch, Jess Ribeiro, Paul Kelly and more, it’s bound to be a cathartic experience for all involved. It might even inspire you to get a few things off your chest. It takes place at Melba Spiegeltent on Sunday February 2.

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Opera for the People WITH DAME EDNA If you’ve always dreamt of an elegant night out at the opera, this is your chance. Opera for the People is a free event presented by Opera Australia and Anthony Pratt, ensuring the lavish tradition is accessible to all. Hosted by Dame Edna, Opera for the People is set to be a memorable affair. It’s happening at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday February 1. Find out more at the Opera Australia website.

Midsumma Extravaganza AN LGBTQIA+ PARTY FOR THE AGES Midsumma Extravaganza brings Bob Downe, Kirsty Webeck, Pangina Heals, Tom Ballard, Yana Alana, Dolly Diamond, Nath Valvo and more to the stage for a night of laughs, music, cabaret and drag. It’s going to be an extravagant affair, with a red-carpet entrance and post-show DJ to keep the party pumping.

It goes down at Arts Centre Melbourne on Saturday February 1. Tickets and more info via the Midsumma website.

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Author, TV writer and journalist Benjamin Law presents Torch the Place, a comedy about finding clarity amongst the chaos of modern life. Teresa’s (Fiona Choi) mum (Diana Lin) is a bonafide hoarder, so when it comes time for the family to return home for her 60th birthday, they take the opportunity to give her the Marie Kondo treatment. It comes to Arts Centre Melbourne from Saturday February 8 until Saturday March 21. Tickets via the Melbourne Theatre Company website.

The Boy, George is a comedic solo play encompassing one of the most famous families in the world. Starring Joel Creasey, The Boy, George casts a cynical eye on the politics and drama surrounding the monarchy.

Created by Patrick Livesey and coming to Chapel Off Chapel as part of Midsumma Festival, The Boy, George is as insightful as it is hilarious. Catch it from Wednesday January 29 until Friday January 31, tickets via the Midsumma website.

After a successful debut run at last year’s Melbourne Fringe, Selina Jenkins brings her award-winning cabaret Boobs back to the stage for Midsumma Festival. Following one woman as she stumbles, tits-first, through a series of life changing events, Boobs is a tale of mammary proportions. Boobs comes to Arts Centre Melbourne from Wednesday January 29 until Saturday February 1. Grab your tickets via the venue or Midsumma website.

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As part of its beloved Nocturnal series, Melbourne Museum welcomes Midsumma Festival through its doors with Lunar New Year Disco. Featuring a queer dance battle hosted by drag queen Pangina Heals and dancer Chrissy Chou, the disco harkens ‘70s Los Angeles queer clubs and the culture they inspired. It’s happening at Melbourne Museum from 7pm on Friday February 7. For tickets and more info, head to the museum’s website.

For over 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have looked to the skies to predict weather and harvest cycles, plan ceremonies and navigate long journeys. Presented by Kamilaroi astrophysics student Krystal De Napoli, 65,000+ Years of Indigenous Astronomy explores the ways in which First Nations communities have preserved and shared knowledge across thousands of years. It’s happening at MPavillion on Saturday February 8. Find out more via the venue’s Facebook page.

To celebrate the Australian Open, Supernormal have teamed up with ACMI to create the ultimate PONG experience. Transforming their basement into a Japanese-inspired underground arcade, the eatery’s temporary game room will be fitted out with consoles for eager players to battle it out. Upstairs, the restaurant will project footage of an original 1972 PONG duel on the walls. It’s on now at Supernormal’s CBD outlet until Sunday February 2. Find out more by visiting the venue website.

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Hopkins Creek Festival

BIRDZ

Billie Eilish

Punters can do more with festival sustainability

Aussie hip hop unites for bushfire relief

Is the era of the ‘new superstar’ over?

Summer music festivals are undoubtedly the highlight on the calendar for electronic music fans. You can see a bunch of your favourite acts live while learning about killer ones you’ve never heard of, plus create a load of memories you won’t forget.

But one part of festivals that is easily forgotten is the sobering issue of campsite waste. Leaving a festival witnessing flapping tents and pop-up chairs where bums once were is a sight we’re all familiar with.

Yet it seems bailing at the end is a logical decision to many after a multi-day bender, and this mindset is wreaking havoc on the environment.

Each year, thousands upon thousands of tents, camping chairs, gazebos, sleeping bags and other non-degradable items are being dashed behind. According to Coastal Waste Australia, only 30% of festival waste is recycled – the rest has nowhere to go but landfill. A report by Green Music Australia revealed that more than 50% of punters believed it wasn’t their responsibility to clean up after themselves. This statistic should be much closer to 0%.

Hazel Lee is a part of Good In-tent-ions – a collective who recycles leftover equipment at festivals and rehires them at the next festival on the cheap – fuelling the recycling ecosystem.

“The thing is, a lot of the stuff left behind is still usable, so we find what can be used again, or we repair what we can,” she says. But they barely leave a dint in what’s left behind.

Todd O’Brien is the managing director of Hopkins Creek Festival and says that while the huge shift from events trying to tackle waste problems has improved, ultimately education for attendees plays a vital role.

“It’s simply not viable for most multi-day events to tackle the problem internally. The pressure needs to be on the punter to do the right thing and a big part of that is building a community where attendees respect each other and the land they are partying on,” he says.

There are simple solutions to campsite wastage. Don’t buy shitty tents – they will break, and are usually constructed under harsh, slave-labour conditions. Think twice about what you bring – the blow-up donut might seem fun, but will you use it again?

Bring a reusable cup and cutlery, and a container to take your rubbish home with you. And make a good impression – it takes one messy campsite neighbour for others to follow suit.

Want to do more? Get creative with it.

We all need to play our part in this. Check out Good In-tent-ions on Instagram at @ goodintentionscamping for some inspiration and remember that no waste is the best solution of all.

January has seen the entire music industry rallying for those who have been affected by the bushfires that have ravaged much of this country. Within our local hip hop circle too, the community has really come together to raise money for those doing it tough and for the volunteer firefighters and wildlife organisations working overtime.

Not a few weeks ago, The Corner hosted a stellar lineup, led by Illy and featuring Seth Sentry, Alice Ivy, Nerve, Kuren and Francois, and raised over $25,000 for bushfire relief efforts. Now, as we look ahead to the last weeks of January and into February, there are two major hip hop events that Melbourne heads must get along to. Celebrate music, show support, and help a worthy cause.

Streaming has not democratised the music industry as first hoped.

In fact, it seems to have created a steeper pyramid where older superstars are not allowing newer ones into the circle.

A music consumption report by BuzzAngle Music on the US music market – the biggest in the world and one which shapes the other markets, including Australia’s – showed that it was in a glowing healthy state in 2019.

On-demand music streams (the hits through streaming platforms) hit 1 trillion for the first time, with audio streams up 32% to almost 706 billion and video streams rising 10.6% to just over 304 billion. On-demand streaming now represents 85% of all music consumption in the US, up from 77% in 2018.

The most audio-streamed artist in the US last year was Post Malone (6.7 billion), followed

by Drake (6.3bn) and Billie Eilish (5bn).

However Music Business Worldwide (MBW) pointed out an interesting titbit. In 2018, the most streamed artist was Drake with 7.74 billion while in 2017 it was Drake again, with 5.53 billion.

MBW said, “So, despite a 32% YoY (year on year) rise in overall audio streaming activity, the biggest streaming star in the States actually attracted fewer plays than the equivalent artist in the prior year.”

They concluded, “The top 15 artists … collectively lost over 2% market share in the past two years alone.”

The same scenario plays out in the live sector. In 2017, Princeton University economist Alan Krueger said in his book Rockonomics that in the US concert industry, 1% of performers – including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber – made 60% of all concert ticket revenues. The top five artists grabbed 85% of the revenue.

“The middle has dropped out of music, as more consumers gravitate to a smaller number of superstars,” Krueger wrote after analysing 10,808 touring acts.

He added that acts benefitting most from finding new audiences from streaming and social media were those starting out.

The ones in the middle were caught between declining record sales and discerning streaming – he stated rock acts were affected most negatively, compared to hip hop who are strongest on streaming services.

It hadn’t changed in the following two years. Pollstar reported that in 2019, that only four of the top 20 live grossing acts could be considered “young”. They were South Korean boy band BTS, Ariana Grande, Post Malone and Shawn Mendes.

The others were long time superstars, with the top five positions fiercely guarded

by Pink, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Metallica and The Rolling Stones.

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ONE LAND Sensible Antixx and The Get Down Events are putting this one together in the inner north, bringing together some fine as hell talent for a night of excellence. Hosted by 1200 Techniques legend N’fa Jones and headlined

by BIRDZ, One Land is raising money for the Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities as well as Wildlife Victoria.

The lineup is a boss one too, featuring P-UniQue, Niasha, Dialectrix, Mantra, along with DJ J-RED and Henry Skillz. Some of the city’s best lyricists are coming together on this one, not to mention the stage will be shining with emerging and established talents alike.

It’s a perfect look at the Melbourne scene and a good opportunity to see who is lined up for some great things as 2020 rolls out.

Wednesday February 5 at Northcote Social Club A CARRY 4 COINS Now this one, this one is huge. A celebration of boss females of colour out here putting the work in, this bushfire relief effort – like One Land – is expected to sell fast.

Led by Sampa The Great and featuring Kaiit, Ecca Vandal, Kira Puru, Jesswar and Miss Blanks, this incredible bill is completed with excellent DJs Babymama, SojuGang and C.FRIM. Taking place at Max Watt’s, first release tickets are now on sale through Oztix, while all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander punters are urged to get in touch with David (david@ pointblank.group) to organise free entry.

Opportunities to see these artists in 2019 were plentiful but man, they sold out very quickly. So, if you missed out on seeing Sampa The Great at Red Bull Music Festival, or Ecca Vandal touring with Hilltop Hoods recently, then this is an unmissable event.

Wednesday February 26 at Max Watt’s

Goldfinger

How Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater inspired a generation of punks Last August, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater turned 20. While the game can be credited for turning millions of kids on to the world of skating, its musical influence has been just as significant. Fortifying the link between skate culture and alternative music, the game’s soundtrack served as a gateway into punk rock for many young gamers, while simultaneously bolstering the careers of many of the bands featured. Tracks from the likes of Dead Kennedys, Primus and Suicidal Tendencies all appeared in the game, ringing in our ears whenever we think about kickflips or 360-shoves.

Over the years, the influence of THPS’s soundtrack has been undeniable - even just a few weeks ago in Melbourne, a swarm of local punks took over The Croxton to recreate some of the anthems heard across the game.

So, where did it all start?

According to Joel Jewett, former head of Neversoft (the company behind the Pro Skater series), the initial idea came as an opportunity to break the mould. “Video games at the time all had orchestral music, and we were like, ‘Fuck, man, we can pick awesome rock ‘n’ roll. This is cool shit.”

The Neversoft team then approached Tony Hawk to have him curate a soundtrack that would match the game’s authenticity.

“The soundtracks are very much in line with my music tastes and my history of growing up skating,” Hawk says. “Punk music was really closely associated with skating at the time and a lot of the songs on the soundtracks were songs that I heard growing up at skate parks. I was just trying to make a soundtrack that I thought represented skate culture and the skate lifestyle.”

Until then, the concept that a video game’s soundtrack could be a promotional tool for musicians was non-existent, but the effects were noticeable almost instantly.

John Feldmann of Goldfinger, whose song ‘Superman’ featured on the opening level, has credited the game for his band’s rise on numerous occasions. As he recalls, “‘Superman’ was kind of just a song that we had lying around. Obviously now it’s the biggest song we’ve written, but I didn’t have any idea what that song would become.”

Bands like Bad Religion and Primus have also expressed similar gratitude, and even legendary names like Motörhead have acknowledged how the game introduced them to a new wave of fans. The soundtrack was able to capture a moment in time, which we can still reflect on 20 years later. Visual artist Luke Pelletier perfectly encapsulates this, saying “The songs created a hyper-teenage world. A place with no parents, no rules, no limits, just fun. That game created a paradise.”

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ST KILDA FESTIVAL

40 Years of

St Kilda Festival WORDS BY TAMMY WALTERS PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK CLIFFORD

In 2020, Australia’s largest community festival reaches a historic milestone.

The excitement of entering into a new decade comes with a period of reflection, celebration and outlook. For St Kilda Festival, diving into the renewed Roaring Twenties comes twofold as the largest community festival in Australia turns 40, and that excitement has well and truly set in.

Since their humble beginnings in 1980, St Kilda Festival has seen the stunning foreshore come alive year after year with music, arts, entertainment and community spirit. A total of 1,524 different bands have graced the stage, for a combined total of 1,995 performances.

There’s been appearances from everyone from Archie Roach to The Cat Empire, St Kilda icon Ruby Carter and Shaun Kirk. An estimated 9,550,000 eager punters have joined in the fun.

During that 40 years, St Kilda Festival has become a local resident and neighbour that you can rely on – it’s part of the Melbourne and St Kilda community; run by the community, for the community.

“One of the things we stick to with St Kilda Festival is we say, ‘To properly be a community festival, the programming has

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to come from the community’,” Festival Producer Adele Denison says.

“So it should hopefully be a reflection of the community at any given year and I think that has enabled it to grow and stay relevant and authentic which is nice.

“Then there’s the diversity of music as well, making sure there is something for everyone and ensuring we’re getting new bands in – the festival sounds so different now to what it would have sounded like in 1980.

For 2020, that electricity is buzzing. On the music front, Stonefield make their return while the likes of Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Hot Dub Time Machine, The Kite String Tangle, Kylie Auldist, DRMNGNOW, Press Club, Remi and Tia Gostelow will also perform.

To celebrate the huge milestone, this year’s festival will throw punters into a time machine and back to where it all began. As part of the proceedings, punters are invited to wear their best ‘80s getups.

“We want to see as much of the ‘80s as we can and the more vulgar the better,” Denison laughs. “We’ve got a couple of things going on around the 40th theme … There is

going to be a couple of outdoor exhibitions onsite showing some of the old photos, advertisements and old programs from past years, so people can really get a sense of what the festival looked like and felt like over the past four decades.

“Hopefully they’ve been part of the festivals as well and it will be quite nostalgic, or for people coming for the first time, they can learn what the festival is all about and what it has meant to people.

“We have a DJ playing songs from all of the bands that have played throughout the last 40 years – there have been 1500 of them so eight hours is probably not enough – but that is to capture what the festival has sounded like over the past 40 years.

“He’ll be taking requests so if there is a band that you saw at the festival in 1987 and you’ve still got that band in your head, let’s see if we can find them and play them at the festival again.”

But this time of celebration does call for a time of reflection, and the one moment that stands out to Denison and really encapsulates the spirit of the festival, is from St Kilda Festival in 2009.

“In 2009, the festival fell on the day after Black Saturday so we were in a bit of a bubble,” Denison explains. “We knew there had been bushfires, we had no idea how bad it had been and on the day of the festival, within 24 hours of those fires, we were responding.

“We rallied and raised funds for those bushfire-affected areas, but seeing the way the community responded to that and how the community came together that year was something really special. You’ll never want those circumstances to be repeated but I’ll never forget what that day felt like, it was part of the healing.

“That’s really been in my head now with the bushfire crisis we’ve been facing now as well. The role that festivals like this can play for communities who are affected has been at the forefront.”

Celebrate 40 years of St Kilda Festival, in all its free and magnificent glory, when it takes over the beachside suburb on Sunday February 9. Check out the full festival program at stkildafestival.com.au.

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Eight Unmissable Acts at St Kilda Festival For four decades, St Kilda Festival has had people marching in from all over the city to celebrate a music takeover of the storied suburb. The best part? Punters don’t have to pay a cent to come down and experience the whole thing.

Here’s a quick cheat guide on some of the festival’s must-sees.

BY DAVID JAMES YOUNG

Cash Savage & The Last Drinks If you’re a Melbourne gig regular, there’s a strong chance you’re well across the artful pub-rock that Cash Savage and her band provide. Across four studio albums – the most recent being 2018’s excellent Good Citizens – the band has provided a steely, steadfast and strong selection of songs that stand their ground and fearlessly delve into the inner psyche. Fresh from a national tour in support of Bad//Dreems, this will be one of your last chances to see the band in action before they begin work on album number five. They’ll be on the Main Stage from 2:30pm.

RAT!hammock

Press Club

DRMNGNOW

2019 was a huge year for Melbourne indie darlings RAT!hammock. They picked up radio rotation for their singles ‘Ghost’ and ‘Pick Up’, sold out shows around Australia and racked up a slew of festival appearances in the interim. It’s incredibly easy to see why people are so drawn to the band – theirs is a brand of melodic and immediately-accessible indie rock that also carries a sting in the tail and a flair for both the unusual and unconventional.

The New Music Stage at 8:20pm.

Since hitting the ground running circa 2017, Press Club have spent far more time on the road than off it. Whether it’s leaving their hearts out in the suburbs of Australian venues across the country, or bringing their driving post punk to bars and clubs across Europe, audiences cannot get enough of this irrepressible and urgent band. Press Club have easily become one of the country’s hardest working and most engaging live bands. If you haven’t yet experienced them, now is the time to do so.

Punk rock hits the O’Donnell Gardens Stage at 7:15pm.

You’ve seen his name around the internet in the past few weeks, on account of his herculean efforts to fund-raise for Indigenous communities and families affected by the bushfires. What many don’t know, however, is that outside of his activism, DRMNGNOW – aka Neil Morris – is an accomplished hip hop artist. Needless to say, his outspoken and articulate political views and his connection to his Yorta Yorta heritage are transitioned seamlessly into his music. It’s pertinent, powerful and worth going out of your way for. Morris hits the O’Donnell Gardens Stage at 1pm.

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Dallas Woods

Stonefield

Alice Skye

You might recognise Dallas’ name from his multiple collaborations with Baker Boy, but Woods is a force to be reckoned with in his own right. Largely inspired by his life in East Kimberley in Western Australia, the Wyndham native has dropped a string of exceptional singles over the last 18 months, delivering conscious and evocative hip hop. There’s plenty more where that came from, of course, and St Kilda Festival punters will no doubt see Woods trialling new material. He hits the Fitzroy Street Stage at 8:20pm.

It’s been ten years since the Findlay sisters first burst onto the scene with the retrorock banger ‘Through the Clover’ and its accompanying EP. Since then, the family band have continued to forge their own niche sound within the realm of psychedelia and garage rock, maturing their sound over the course of several LPs and exhaustive touring.

If you’ve not kept up with the Findlays since their high school days, now’s as good a time as ever to formally reacquaint yourself. They’re on the Main Stage from 5pm.

Originally from Horsham in country Victoria, singer-songwriter Alice Skye has left quite an impression on her captive audience at a relatively young age. 2019 saw her touring with the veteran Clare Bowditch and releasing a tender new single, ‘I Feel Better But I Don’t Feel Good’. Her confessional, intimate take on folk-rock carries a substantial weight in its words and its emotive delivery – resulting in a breathtaking, beautiful live show with her excellent live band in tow. She takes to the Push Stage from 6:55pm.

St Kilda Festival celebrates 40 years when it takes over the beachside suburb on Sunday February 9.

Check out the full festival program at stkildafestival.com.au.

Very Special Anniversary Guest Here’s one we know literally nothing about.

This could be anyone – perhaps a Melbourne native, or an interstate visitor. Maybe even international? Nothing is out of the question at this stage. Of course, the festival organisers themselves are staying completely silent on the matter. What does that mean? Simple: You’re gonna have to come along and find out for yourself, folks. Who knows what excitement awaits?

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BEAT’S GUIDE TO

Brewers Feast, a beer-lovers paradise Local favourite Brewers Feast is not just another Oktoberfest knock-off. There’s no singing in lederhosen to start with, eating certainly isn’t cheating, and there isn’t a watered-down lager in sight. In fact, you’d be hardpressed to find a more refined celebration of plentiful beer, rich food, and loud music, all set in the beautiful grounds of Abbotsford Convent. Here’s eight reasons you can’t miss it.

BY JAKEB SMITH

Nearly 100 different beers

Get in the thick of it

More than just beer

Pair beer with music

With 24 brewers offering close to 100 different beers there’ll be something for everyone, from milk stout-lovers to those looking for a triple fruited gose. In fact, 25 session beers have been made especially for the festival. Not least of these is the English Festival Beer by Docklands’ own Urban Alley Brewery. This easy-drinking ale draws its character from traditional bitter ales using honey and heritage malts from the UK.

There’s a series of masterclasses and guided beer tastings running over the weekend. Get there by noon Saturday for Deeds Brewing’s masterclass on hazy beers and stay for Wrong Side Brewing’s Dark Ale Tales for a rich pairing of dark ale and dark mud cake. Sunday sees Byron Bay’s Stone & Wood give a talk on the anatomy of an independent brewery, and there’s a great pairing by Urban Alley of English bitter ale and English cheese.

If you’re looking to venture beyond the forest of beery delights, then Here’s Looking At You, Kid gin (HLAYK) have you covered. They’re revealing an Abbotsford Convent-inspired gin which uses botanicals found within the convent’s grounds. HLAYK master distiller and founder, Liz Beech, will also be holding private gin-making classes, where you’ll be able to distil and take home a bottle of the festival exclusive Yam Daisy gin.

Another masterful mix of flavours will come in the form of beer and music pairings. That’s right, Brewers Feast invites you to match your hops with the music drops. Urban Alley’s English Festival Beer works swimmingly with the musical slings and arrows of indie-folksters Velvet Archers, while indie-rockers Kilns go well with a Brick Lane’s IPA. For something more seasonal, grab a summer lager from St Andrews Beach Brewery and catch a set from Bleach.

Polly & The Pockets

The new kids in town

Wine time

Who’s playing?

What’s more?

One tent to explore is the Bar Barrons new brewers marquee. It’s hosting three new breweries, all of which are less than 12 months old. BoJaK Brewing are a husband and wife team whose traditional brews hold exotic secrets. Braeside Brewing Co maintain the highest standards to ensure their beer is always at its freshest, and Future Mountain Brewing and Blending conjure up yeasty farmhouse beers and American-style sours.

The wine-minded will be tempted by the selection of wines from Ranahan’s Vineyard.

Those seeking a bold and boisterous red wine should look no further than their Chapter 16 shiraz. On the light side of things sits The Pair, a fresh and zesty light pink rosé with a fine texture. For bubbles, The Pearl is a sparkling shiraz that dazzles, while the WRV sauvignon blanc is a crisp and refreshing drop that’s perfect for grabbing a spot of shade in the Convent garden.

Get on down from around 11am each day to see the likes of Polly & The Pockets, Bleach, Vote Party, Team Love and T.K. Reeve knock your socks off, spanning more than six hours of live music per day. There will also be performances from Jessie Maz, Louis Valentine & The Golden Age, Little Elizabeth and more. There will be food and beer pairings aplenty so this really is bliss. Who’s ready to jive?

The festival will also be raising money for the Salvation Army to help relieve those affected by the recent bushfires. A community minded event, the independent beer community will be able to come together to support families and businesses in need. Part of the effort will be a raffle in which caring punters can have the satisfaction of helping a fire-ravaged area and also potentially get a free case of beer.

They’ll also be taking cash donations at the collection point.

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Brewers Feast hits Abbotsford Convent across two days from Saturday February 1 to Sunday February 2.

Find out more and grab tix via brewersfeast.com.au.

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The 1975 The 1975 aren’t in the business of making records to be digested and thrown away with ease.

BY SOSEFINA FUAMOLI

Come April 2020, their new album, Notes on a Conditional Form, will be released.

An album that has already spawned four distinctive tracks (‘People’, ‘Frail State of Mind’, ‘Me and You Together Song’ and the Greta Thunberg-featuring ‘The 1975’), Notes is not simply album number four for the British group. It’s a sign of the band’s continued drive to complete a chapter of their career that is more flourished and intriguing than what came before.

“It’s not an environmental record,” Matty Healy is quick to assert of The 1975’s next venture.

“I’ve led with the Greta song into ‘People’, so now a lot of people are like, ‘Oh, it’s the environmental record’, but it’s not.

A Brief Enquiry… had the title of Into Online Relationships [and] that set the tone. It’s a record about being a person: fear, love, the human experience. There’s a cloak of that idea and this [album] has the same thing.

The main thing I’m scared of on this record is bigger environmental concerns, but it’s not an environmental record.”

When it comes to The 1975’s presence in a music culture far different from the one

they entered in 2002, Healy is open about how they’ve weathered a cultural storm of streaming and chart-data led success.

“The artists whose single streams are in the billions, people don’t buy their albums, necessarily.” he says. Using pop music as an example, Healy describes his perception of the singles vs. albums debate.

“Ellie Goulding [for example],” he says.

“People will listen to her music at the gym and they will listen to it on playlists. They’ll put the Pop playlist on and it will get out there. When it comes to her putting out a record, which is someone saying, ‘Will you invest in my lifestyle?’ or, ‘Do you want to invest in me, as an idea?’... I have a lot of ‘Yes, I want to invest in you as an idea’, and less, ‘I’ll pop this on when I’m doing whatever’.

“I’ve said this before, but the Drakes of the world, they’re professionals at keeping people’s attention for three minutes,” Healy adds.

“They can do that again and again. I’m not that good at that. A single will happen accidentally throughout the myriad of writing songs. The way that we express ourselves is like longform. I can do it and I do it occasionally,

I’d love it if we can make it work where I get a big idea down in three minutes. We’ve always been an albums band.”

Reflecting on almost two decades of making music with The 1975, Healy is frank about how he has matured as a musician and what looking down the barrel of a new decade is like for him. In short: it’s exciting.

“When I was a teenager, culture and everything said, ‘To be an alternative artist, you get a deal with a small indie and that’s how you do it’,” he explains.

“By the time I’d put out my first record, I was already ... I didn’t have people from record labels [calling], I didn’t have any of that, there was already a freedom to it. I suppose I am in a privileged position, but the most privileged thing is that I created that privileged position.

I can kind of be proud of it.

“We’ve proven that, with luck and with the zeitgeist, and with it being the right time, you can do what you want. The coolest thing about The 1975 is that this past ten years has seen the dissolution of genre, especially with us. I see artists like Billie Eilish, these artists who are fearless now. I love that. We’ve definitely been part of that new sense of freedom with young kids.”

The 1975’s new album Notes on a Conditional Form is out Friday April 24 through Sony Music Australia.

They’ll play St Jerome’s Laneway Festival on Saturday February 8.

Grab your tickets via the festival website, lanewayfestival.com.

These New South Whales The mockumentary is one of those niche genres that has the potential to be either hilariously funny, or hideously cringey.

BY GRETA BRERETON

There’s a fair amount of comedic fodder in the music industry, and productions like Flight of the Conchords and This Is Spinal Tap manage to deliver just the right amount of satire, tongue-in-cheek humour and embarrassingly realistic characters to earn themselves cult status in the small scene.

Carving out a top spot among these international mocko’s wasn’t something Aussie band These New South Whales really intended to do, but turns out they’re pretty funny dudes.

“I personally thought the humour might be too niche or something,” says frontman Jamie Timony. “I really wasn’t sure if it would translate. To this day, I’m always so stoked and amazed when people tell me their favourite bits.”

The Sydney four-piece have been kicking around since 2011, originally forming from the ashes of other bands. They’d spent six months or so joking about starting up a trashy punk

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outfit before finally following through, playing piss-take shows for a bit of a laugh.

“We played shows to nobody and loved it,” Timony explains. “It was an incredibly freeing experience, to not give a fuck.

“Perhaps it was fuelled with a little selfsabotage too. We were just so sick of playing in bands and taking it seriously.”

It wasn’t until 2015 that they launched their self-titled web series, which really put the boys on the map. It was the music mockumentary we didn’t know we needed, and the response from audiences and artists alike was huge.

For those who haven’t seen it, the show basically follows the guys as they jump through music industry hoops. From unproductive band rehearsals and filming video clips with an overly intense director, to hitting the road in a double-decker touring bus and being bad mouthed by fellow musos, These New South Whales have covered it all.

Photo by Imogen Thomas

“We are poking fun at the whole thing, but not because we are trying to make any point in particular,” Timony assures. “We love being in a band, and most of our friends are musicians or artists of some sort.

“It’s definitely based off experiences we’ve had and things we’ve seen and heard, but mostly we’re laughing at ourselves.

There’s just something both really cool and uncool about being in a band.”

Luckily most people get the joke, and they’ve had a pretty impressive roster of guest appearances. The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell is just one of many cameos, who also happens to be the show’s executive producer.

“We shot an interview with him in his hotel when The Cure were here for Splendour,” Timony explains. “After the interview we realised the sound file was corrupted.

“He was kind enough to have us back the next day for a re-shoot. We had a good laugh about it with him, and ended up becoming friends.”

With all the satire flying about, it can be easy to forget that These New South Whales are actually a real band. The show is their foray

into comedy, but their music is something they’ve been taking more seriously over the past few years.

“If someone asked me what I do, I would probably say I’m a musician first,” says Timony.

“Someone referred to me as a comedian once; I was flattered and insulted simultaneously. I’d never thought of myself as that before.”

To clear up the confusion, the band ensured their 2017 debut You Work For Us was a testament to their musical capabilities, following it up with this year’s I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do. Both releases showcase their musical cred, but they’re aware that some people out there still don’t get it.

“I don’t really give a fuck now,” Timony laughs. “We make the things we enjoy making, and you can only control so much of how you’re perceived”.

Catch These New South Whales at Grampians Music Festival, from Friday February 28 to Saturday February 29.

Check out grampiansmusicfestival.com for tickets and the full lineup.

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Upstream Festival Albury and Wodonga join forces in a celebration of art and culture spanning the two cities.

BY MARNIE VINALL

Many find state borders as an excuse to argue over sports teams and claim the superiority of homegrown beers. But two cities going against that grain are Wodonga Council and AlburyCity, who are hosting a joint-council festival of art and culture this March.

“Born under the banner of Two Cities One Community, the festival embodies the theme of partnership which makes Albury-Wodonga unique. Government and community, commerce and cultural institutions, creators and audiences – this is art made by cocreation; an active cultural exchange”, Albury Mayor Kevin Mack explains.

“Albury-Wodonga has always been a welcoming place that celebrates diversity.

Now, this festival continues that tradition through immersive experiences where people can connect with each other.”

“The festival is a celebration,” Wodonga Mayor Anna Speedie adds. “We’re inspiring partnerships, stimulating our visitor economy, and reminding ourselves of the diverse and talented cultural community we live among throughout the year.”

Upstream is inspired by the Murray River, which represents the border between the cities and states.

“The festival is inspired by the unique properties of its location – two cities and two states connected by the Murray River,” Mack says. “The program embraces this geography with events in multiple locations, and with an emphasis on outdoor art.”

Mack further notes that the location of the festival also shapes a lot of the work within it. “A sense of place also defines the festival content. We are telling our own stories, with enthusiasm and pride. We’re also shining a spotlight on the people and organisations which make this such a creative community, and we’re leaving a legacy of public art, a lasting reminder of the artistic spirit of this place.”

As well as the Murray River being a significant location of the festival, many hot spots across both cities will be on show over the four days, with their doors open to visitors and local festival-goers.

“Upstream will be staged in significant public spaces across the two cities. From our gala opening event on the Murray River foreshore at Noreuil Park in Albury, to Junction Square in Wodonga’s city centre, to Gateway Village in Wodonga which is an arts and cultural hub,” Speedie says.

Festival-goers can also explore the region on the Monday by following the culture trail, which weaves its way through the many workshops and exhibitions opened by local creatives.

The festival has a major emphasis on inclusivity and on cultivating the unique,

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unusual and unexpected. Mack believes spontaneity is important.

“An element of surprise runs through the festival, bringing spark and an undefinable X-factor. While we have a time-honoured creative tradition in our community, our festival wears its contemporary approach on its sleeve.

“We’re for the new, the inspired and the challenging – while also being fun, family friendly and accessible. Opening eyes and opening minds, we want to create experiences people can share across generations, and leave taking a sense of wonder with them.”

From young families to couples and solo wanderers, the festival is making sure everyone who attends will be catered to.

“Upstream has more than 100 activities across the four days as well as the week leading up to the long weekend, so I think it’s safe to say we have something for everyone,” Speedie explains.

But it’s just as much about the artists and community endeavours, as the visitor experience. As Mack continues, the festival has the ambition to bring together multiple concepts, communities and cultural organisations to achieve a variety of outcomes.

“Through this festival, local artists can connect with local audiences; the region can connect with a wider audience through tourism; creatives can connect with new skills through workshops; individuals and families can connect with each other through immersive events and quality time shared; and two cities can connect in a festive atmosphere across multiple sites.”

A few top program picks of the Albury Mayor’s include the gala opening in Albury on the Friday night, the street party in Wodonga on the Saturday night, The Dogs Breakfast on the Saturday morning (for the pooches) and the Messy Arty Party where children will have a ball with lots of colour, creativity and a little bit of crazy.

With so much to do and see, those who attend will be privy to a diverse and wonderful range of art and culture from both states.

“This is a great way to showcase some of our local creativity and that these experiences can be enjoyed outside a metropolitan city,” Speedie concludes. “It’s a way of fostering connection among our creative industries and we hope to build on Upstream and have it known as not only a regionally significant event but perhaps something noteworthy on the national stage as well.”

Upstream Festival takes over AlburyWodonga from Friday March 6 to Monday March 9. Find out more via the festival website, upstream.org.au.

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CHAPEL SUMMER SESSIONS

Jess & Matt Chapel Off Chapel is bringing some of Australia’s most impressive music talent to the stage as part of its Chapel Summer Sessions series.

BY MARNIE VINALL

Two who are no strangers to the Chapel Off Chapel spotlight are husband and wife pop duo, Jess & Matt, consisting of Jess Dunbar and Matt Price. In fact, the pair claims that venue is one of their favourites to return home to.

“We love Chapel Off Chapel, we think it’s probably our favourite venue in Australia”, claims Price.

“We can create those really intimate moments. It’s one of those amazing rooms where you can see everyone’s face and really share the stories. We played there February last year and it was just incredible, so we can’t wait to come back with the full band. It’s going to be really exciting.”

This time around, the duo will be taking the stage on Valentine’s Day, which seems like a perfect fit given their time in the public eye as a couple. They’re not afraid of a good love song or two either, something sure to characterise their Summer Sessions performance.

“We’ve got a few messages for a few special love song dedications, so we’re

working a couple into the show to surprise a couple of people in the audience,” Price says.

“We wanted to make it a nice intimate moment – for people to share Valentine’s Day with us, that’s a big responsibility. So, we’ve got to make sure love is in the air.”

Along with the love song dedications, the pair will also be showcasing their new single, ‘Know About You’. Despite most of their previous work being about the two’s relationship, Dunbar explains that this song is written from a time before the two met.

As the song lets on, the pair made visual acquaintances before they’d even first laid eyes on each other.

“We worked out that I actually knew everything about Matt before we met, as I did a bit of social media stalking about ten years ago. Then he fessed up that he knew everything about me,” Dunbar tells.

“Yeah, it was kind of an awkward conversation that we had,” Price admits.

“We’d been dating for a few years when we both fessed up to a bit of Facebook stalking.

“It’s very prevalent in modern day

relationships but no one talks about it. So, after we had out little awkward conversation about that we decided to write a song about it,” laughs Price.

Alongside some love song dedications and new single, ‘Know About You’, the duo will also perform some originals from their time spent in Nashville earlier in the year.

The pair have spent a few months each year for the last few years in the Tennessean city writing and recording, and let on that this round, they’ve really explored deeper subject matter.

“The new body of work that we’ve been working on, it definitely has more of an organic feel to a lot of the songs,” says Price.

“It’s like couple therapy when we’re writing songs at times as well. We’ve dug pretty deep.”

While across the Pacific, the couple also worked with some of their idols, including

Chris Isaak, who they met through their time on X-Factor.

“He just took us under his wing and just to be sitting on his couch writing songs, all that stuff is just amazing,” explains Price. “It gave us time to completely engulf ourselves in the songwriting.”

With a slew of new material and some love song dedications in tow, Jess & Matt’s Valentine’s Day performance at Chapel Summer Sessions is set to be a special one.

What’s more, $5 from every ticket will be going to Red Cross to aid in the bushfire relief.

tell but the beautiful part of this show are the songs that are quite innocent and I’m going to do a song for my grandparents that is an old Irish song, called ‘Fields of Athenry’.

“It’s one of my favourite songs but a hard song because of the story behind it. Even some of the personal stuff – I don’t mind telling the stories of my past relationships … At the end of the day, the set is just a collection of the last nine years of music and it does go up and down. But it does end on a bit of laughter so people don’t go home sobbing into their hands.”

Following on from the show, Mastin will certainly be living his biggest and best year

yet. He has plans to release an EP, has a hectic schedule of shows booked in waiting to be announced and will be looking to split his touring time between Australia and the UK. Keep your eyes peeled.

Jess & Matt return to Chapel Summer Sessions on Friday February 14.

Find out more about the rest of the program and grab tickets via chapeloffchapel.com.au.

Reece Mastin After taking a well-deserved ten-day break over Christmas, Reece Mastin is firing up the band for what he promises to be the biggest and best year yet.

BY TAMMY WALTERS

It’s the longest holiday break since his time on the X-Factor nine years ago – during the downtime, he’s been back at the pub living out his rockstar lifestyle on the stage with beer in hand.

“With the boys that I have in my band now,” Mastin begins, “we’ve been playing together now – well me and my drummer have been playing together for at least six years. They’re my best mates as well which makes it a lot easier on stage because they’re great musicians and great singers.

“I don’t care as much when I’m on stage and I don’t feel embarrassed or guilty or happy or sad, I just feel in the moment. I love it. It’s one thing over the last two or three years that has kind of saved me a little bit because I went through a lull about three years ago.

“I didn’t play many live shows and I wasn’t at my best, I wasn’t looking after myself either which probably wasn’t helping but being up there the last couple of years and being with this band has reiterated where I want to be.”

Mastin will be stepping out of the pub setting for a more heavenly one as he takes

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part in Chapel Off Chapel’s Summer Sessions series on Saturday February 1, showcasing a different side to the rock‘n’roller. The show promises an in-depth dive into Mastin’s world with storytelling, laughter and even some tears.

“I love playing the pubs and the clubs but a lot of the time I don’t get to play the other half of my music which is the ballad side of things or the darker side of things that you don’t get to play in pubs.

“People don’t want to hear me pour my heart out at two o’clock in the morning. That’s the cool thing about this Chapel set, is there are those fun songs that I will reimagine. I have a double bass player and a grand piano at this gig so it’s going to be pretty cool and pretty different from everything else. It will be a challenge for me but I think it will be fun to get into another head space for one night,” he explains.

For Mastin, the intimacy of Chapel Summer Sessions will allow him to express another side of his music.

“Getting to speak and tell the stories of the songs. There are some funny stories I can

Reece Mastin hits Chapel Summer Sessions on Saturday February 1.

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Nick Lowe 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of what may be Nick Lowe’s signature song, ‘Cruel to Be Kind’.

BY DAVID JAMES YOUNG

The evergreen pop song was an international success, and its legacy has survived through several covers and a seemingly evergreen position on Lowe’s tour setlist. Much like any of his hits however – be they written for himself or for others – the man himself had no idea what he was getting himself into at the time.

“It was a song I wrestled with for about two weeks when I was writing it,” Lowe recalls from his London home. “I never thought it would have the kind of impact that it did – not least because I had to be talked into recording it properly in the first place.

“I was in a band called Brinsley Schwarz that recorded it, but we broke up before it was released. When I signed to Colombia a few years later, their A&R man – a wonderful man called Gregg Geller – heard the demo and told me it was going to be a hit song. I didn’t want anything to do with it – I could see punk coming over the hill, and that song was squaresville.”

Lowe, now 70, laughs to himself as he reflects on his twenty-something self. “No matter what other songs I was writing and trying to push, Gregg would put his foot

down and insist on ‘Cruel to Be Kind’,” he continues. “I was with a new band, Rockpile, at the time. I came into the studio one day, basically apologising that we had to record it. Still, we did – and that’s the version that became the hit.

“It’s not my favourite song I’ve ever written, but it turns people on. They get such a kick out of it. It’s sort of fascinating. Whenever it’s time to rehearse with the band, we have to go through all of the tunes just the once. I always groan a little when it comes up in the cold light of the rehearsal room or an empty hall. When there’s people there, though, they just go ape. I never get tired of that.”

The band Lowe alludes to is Los Straitjackets, the mysterious instrumental Nashville outfit who don luchador masks and have forged a career in their own right across some 25 years and over a dozen albums.

Lowe first came across the members of the band back in the ‘80s, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that the two camps began to collaborate in earnest.

“I had put out a Christmas album (2013’s Quality Street), and it was suggested that we do a Christmas show together,” Lowe recalls.

“I thought it was a good idea, and they were amenable enough. It was a lot of fun, and we returned the next year and even expanded out to Europe the year after that. We thought that was enough, but soon we started getting offers for what can only be described as outof-season work. That’s when it really started to get in gear.

“What’s great about them is that they’re not a backing band – we threw that idea out the window in an afternoon. I said, ‘Forget about learning my records – play these songs as if you were performing them yourselves instrumentally’. Once they did, things really started to sound good.”

Lowe will return to Australia for the first time since 2012, with Straitjackets in tow – who themselves haven’t been here since

2013. The veteran songwriter promises a different feel and a distinct energy to these shows, which will carry much more of a rockgig vibe than his usual solo acoustic affairs.

“I think you’ll like this show,” he says.

“When we toured in the States, we were playing to a much younger audience than you might think. It’s really great to see them connecting with what we’re doing.”

Nick Lowe performs at The Forum on Tuesday February 18. Grab your tickets via pottsentertainment.com.au.

Funkfest

for Bushfire Relief It was only a few weeks ago that fires threatened the Alpine Valleys and surrounding regions, including the grounds where Funkfest is being held, Feathertop Winery.

BY MARNIE VINALL

However, the organisers are pushing ahead, deciding to stay put and support their local community.

When asked whether there was doubt the festival would have to be cancelled, organiser Paul “Blue” Hughes responded, “Yeah, we did consider that. I was near Mount Hotham and was evacuated on the first of January.

Then a few days after that, the area where the festival is being held near Bright was also put on evacuation, which meant around 12,000 tourists had to leave.

“So, it was touch and go,” Hughes admits.

“We looked at options; we looked at relocating or cancelling but ultimately we thought, ‘Well the community has supported us up to this point and they need the help now’.

“So we decided to stay put and push ahead.”

Thankfully, none of the area actually got burnt. It was the speed and unpredictable nature of the winds that threatened the fire to reach the area, which made it an extremely

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dangerous situation a few weeks prior.

The region surrounding, however, was hit hard economically. The local area is normally packed out just after Christmas due to the school holidays, with eight to ten caravan parks completely booked out. However, with the evacuations, everyone had to leave.

“Most of that area gets six months of their income from that two months of the year,” Hughes explains.

So, with this in mind, Hughes decided to go ahead with Funkfest and bring people back to the area.

“It’s not just us and the winery but also the accommodation services, food and beverage operators that are coming to the festival and the hirer company is a local company.

“We wanted to stay and try and bring some income back into those people’s pockets.”

On top of this, the festival will also have buckets going around for the local CFA and any CFA volunteer can attend the event for free. “We want the fundraising to go to the

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local area. We want to make sure the money gets directly to the people who saved our town basically,” Hughes says.

Not only will the festival provide places for people to put their cash towards helping those affected by the fires, but it’s also going to put on an incredible time.

“We’re got some amazing bands lined up,” Hughes says with excitement.“Headlining on the Friday is a Sydney band called The Goods, a sort of urban slow-style funk. On Saturday night, we have double headliners, Vaudeville Smash and The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. They both put on incredible live shows.

“Then on Sunday, we’ve got our soul Sunday that’s headlined by Alice Skye and Thando. We’re also supporting local artists, so we’ve got Liv Cartledge who’s a local muso up here, and we’ve got Mark Hogg performing.”

Plus, there’ll be plenty of great food and

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beverage vendors to keep your lips wet and belly full. The beer will be especially crisp, as local brewery Bright Brewery are supporting the event.

And if you want to go a little bit fancier, there’s VIP packages available that include a full weekend ticket, glamping accommodation, all your meals, a drinks card, a merch pack and access to VIP areas and exclusive events, such as VIP musical breakfast and special after-parties.

Finally, if you’ve got little ones and are worried about keeping them entertained while you groove, there’s no need to stress as there’ll be a kids section both at the festival and the winery. What’s more, kids under 16 get a free ticket to the event.

Funkfest hits Feathertop Winery, Porepunkah in the Alpine Valleys from Friday February 14 to Sunday February 16. Find out more and grab tix via funkfest.com.au.

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Scarlet Chaser After more than a decade off, punkro ers Scarlet Chaser are marking their return with a ballsy new single.

BY DARBY-PERRIN LARNER

The indefinite hiatus stretched from some time in 2005 until now. With an album, Vision Vision 2020, due later this year, the lead single ‘...Until Daylight’ promises to be something of a cage-rattler.

“It’s titled ‘dot dot dot Until Daylight’ but the song’s actually called ‘Fuck Until Daylight’, it’s very dirty,” Scarlet Chaser lead vocalist Tim Shaw admits. “It’s the type of song you don’t play around your kids basically. When recording the demos for that at home, I had to actually do that when my son wasn’t around.”

The rest of the album is a lot more subdued according to Shaw. “It’s very garage, roots sort of rock. For the first track we figured we may as well throw something out there that gets people’s attention, whether it be good or bad sort of thing.”

Shaw is suffering from a horrendous chest infection when we talk on the phone and does well to soldier on during the interview. “I thought I was going to be good, I actually thought to myself last week ‘I haven’t been sick in a while’ and next minute ‘Oh no’. I jinxed myself.”

So why the break? “We started the band in 2005, so that was the year after we

graduated high school. Then you know, as kids do, you either grow up and go to uni or stuff like that and you kind of put everything else on hold. We’ve all just done our own things, different bands and that, and coming into 2020 we’re like ‘Hey, let’s do it again’. So that’s what we’ve done”.

In the time since, Andrew Medancic (guitar/vocals) and Gavin Shanks (drums), once neighbours, played together in a band called Binder, while Shaw found some success in the group Our Best Laid Plans, who supported Tonight Alive and 28 Days on tours.

The lineup changed too, from what was a five-piece band complete with a keyboard player, to a more refined three-piece.

Their tastes have alas changed since then. Of course, Shaw has been listening to the heady days of Aussie rock, with the likes of Jet, The Vines and the Hoodoo Gurus – sounds largely absent on contemporary airwaves.

“I kind of miss that to be honest. Lately these days there just seems to be a lot of, and don’t get me wrong, much respect for them, there just seems to be a lot of hip hop artists in Australia. I think there’s just a bit of hole at

the moment that kinds of need to be filled and shaken up a bit,” he says.

The new record is a departure from their early sounds when Shaw, as a teenager, listened to a lot of Blink-182 and punk.

“There was a band called CKY back in the Jackass days. It was very sort of low vocals – it was almost kind of emo if you can say, like emo vocals on a hard rock sort of grungey sound. And nowadays we’ve gone for a more Brit-pop, Aussie rock sound. More radiofriendly I guess you can say.”

This, he admits, comes with maturing.

The trio are all in their early thirties now, and

Shaw’s son is about to turn ten in March. The shows, likewise, will reflect the confidence that comes with being a more seasoned performer, and a bit older. Though Shaw is quick to add, “I wouldn’t say the wisdom, but the age, yeah”.

Scarlet Chaser return with their first single in over a decade ‘...Until Daylight’ on Sunday February 2. Keep your eyes peeled for the new album, Vision Vision 2020, set to drop later this year.

Melodic Rock Fest Melodic Rock Fest comes to Australia for the second time with an even bigger and more dynamic lineup than its first instalment.

BY FERGUS NEAL

The music of the 1980s and 1990s will go down in history for its unbridled love of rock and its unashamed glam rock that still echoes in today’s music. It’s a period that, despite initial scepticism, flourished and turned into a worldwide phenomenon with new fashion cultures spreading as rapidly as the music itself. Melodic Rock Fest looks to tap into and reinvigorate this culture, with Creative Director Peter Hoffman spearheading the project.

“Our mission is to bring acts to Australia that have never been here before,” says Hoffman. “Out of the thirteen acts coming from overseas, only one has been here before.

“All the acts we’re bringing out are worldclass and unbelievable musicians. Kip Winger writes for the movies, Tony Harnell has one of the most amazing voices you can hear live, XYZ are just a straight-out good-time band – everyone has their speciality.”

Melodic Rock Fest 2020 promises to turn the clock back to the final two decades of the 20th century, rolling out the best bands and artists of that period and unleashing them back into a musical climate

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that’s vastly different from when they played their first chords.

Headlining Melodic Rock Fest will be FireHouse, while the likes of FM, Eclipse, Crazy Lixx, Janet Gardner, Enuff Z’Nuff, Paul Laine, Ron Keel, XYZ, Tony Harnell (TNT) and Kip Winger round out the international contingent. Melodic rock has been heralded for its ability to bring people together and uplift a crowd, which is exactly what Hoffman expects the acts to cultivate in their audience.

“At the end of the day, all of the bands are about having a good time,” Hoffman says.

“Especially after what we’ve gone through in Australia with the bushfires – we want the festival to be about people being able to take a deep breath and say, ‘Let’s go and have some fun’.

“We just did Gumbuya Sounds of Nature, sitting out and watching 5,000 people smiling and clapping and having a great time – for me that’s what music is about. That culture of the melodic – it’s all about relaxing and enjoying yourself.”

Held from Friday March 6 to Sunday March 8 at The National Theatre in St Kilda,

Enuff Z’Nuff

this year’s Melodic Rock Fest features many of the bands who dominated that period of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and are still touring and performing today – a testament to the enduring nature of rock.

The festival is unique in this sense, and its focus on international acts is supplemented by local talent such as White Widdow, BB Steal, Serpentine Sky, The Radio Sun, among many others. The lineup promises an event shaping up to be one of Australia’s great pure rock events; Hoffman hopes it’s just the start of a trend.

“We want class acts coming to Australia for a good price. All I ask is that if you’re into

melodic rock, get out and support it because the more you support it the more we’ll bring.

“We already have 12 acts signed up for 2021 and they’re going to blow people away just as much as 2020’s event. At the end of the day, it’s the public who decides.”

Melodic Rock Fest will take place at The National Theatre from Friday March 6 to Sunday March 8. Visit nationaltheatre.org.au/melodic-rockfest for more information and tickets.

Debut album from

The State System OUT NOW

Available on all download & streaming services. www.thestatesystem.com Cover art: Old Seas, by Rick Amor. Š The artist.

Image courtesy of the artist and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne.

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KAIJU! Beer In the fine words of beloved dad to us all, Homer Simpson, “A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good and you’d step over your own mother just to get one”.

BY TAMMY WALTERS

Dandenong South sibling brewers, Callum and Nat Reeves took this notion very seriously when developing their self-proclaimed ‘unashamedly intense, devastatingly good’ range of craft beers and ciders.

Established in the infancy of the Australian craft beer takeover in 2013, the Reeves brothers quickly made a bold mark on the industry with their fresh approach to design and branding. Their brightly coloured world of monsters designed by New York artist, Mikey Burton, stand out on shelves amongst the masses of over 700 craft brewer selections in Australia.

“Colour was never really a part of [Burton’s] designs, neither were monsters before his work working with us,” Callum Reeves explains. “We came up with the name Monster Mash to start off with and had this monster that Mikey had designed. When we had to change the name, we came up with the name KAIJU! because that was the name that we were referring to for the monster.

“That opened the floodgates for creativity for all of us in terms of what we can do for the

brand and really encapsulated in the word itself our brand – it’s bold, it’s fun, it’s colourful, it’s creative.

“With the name KAIJU!, it’s a big world and it’s almost a limitless world with elements that inform what will work as the brand which has been really helpful with how we’ve progressed.”

Their approach to beer making was just as adventurous, creating a high alcohol content, uniquely hoppy style of beer that was unseen in the Australian market.

“It was risky to make the kind of beer we were making at the time because hops were expensive and the level of expertise in making the hoppy style wasn’t quite there in Australia, but we just pushed through. It was hard work and we lost a lot of beer just through hop absorption in the tank, but over the course of a couple of years we were known as one of the hop-driven brewers of Australia,” Reeves says.

The duo also experimented with flavour fusions to create their flagship pale ale, KAIJU! Krush. The tropical blend is the brand’s most popular brew and a recommended

introduction into the beer world for the novice drinker.

“When we first came out with Krush, a few elements fed into that success. First of all, it was our first pale ale, even though we call it a tropical pale, it was under 5% of alcohol which made sense for a wider audience of beer drinkers and it was in a can, so we had all of this extra real estate for putting our amazing designs on.

“I think it just really hit the mark well of where beer was for a while – of people wanting to have a lot of flavour but realising that drinking beer upwards of 6% of alcohol one after another isn’t the best thing for your health or for the next day,” Reeves laughs.

As it turns out people are stepping over their own mother to get their hands on the cans. Across 2019, over 3.5 million cans of

their flagship brew were sold, signalling an impressive 35% growth. The boys are also on track to produce a whopping 1 million litres of beer this current financial period.

In 2018, KAIJU! Krush was ranked number eight in the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer poll, and with a nomination in the current rounds, the boys are hoping to smash that slot.

Expansion is also in clear view for the brand, as they set their sights on opening a brewpub in Melbourne this year. Watch out mothers of Melbourne for when the announcement comes through.

Check out everything KAIJU! Beer are up to at their website, kaijubeer.com.au.

Double Delicious There’s a lot to be said about how food carries meaning in our lives. It brings us together, comforts us, and is passed down from generation to generation, often carrying a sense of connection and belonging.

BY MARNIE VINALL

One who was interested in this concept was Annette Shun Wah, who took the notion and created the culinary theatrical performative show, Double Delicious.

“I’ve discovered food is a really great way of getting immediately to the heart of very personal stories,” Shun Wah says.

Back in 2014, Shun Wah was part of the critically acclaimed show, The Serpent’s Table, which featured five storytellers each delivering a story inspired by a dish that was significant in their lives. As she explains, “Double Delicious is like the next evolution of that show with brand new storytellers and brand new stories.”

With food as the vehicle of deeper subject matter, it’s no surprise Shun Wah wanted to go further with the concept.

“I think food is mostly very strongly related to memory, and also often to family,” Shun Wah explains. “And so, that’s why it gets so easily to the heart of something. And certainly in the stories for this show that’s the case.

“They connect, not just to the personal story of each storyteller, but also to some really big themes. Things like forgiveness, love,

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sense of family, resilience, legacy; some really quite big themes are explored in the course of the show.”

The storytellers delivering these thoughtprovoking works are Chinese cooking icon Elizabeth Chong, writer and media personality Benjamin Law, pre-eminent Korean cooking instructor Heather Jeong, performing artist Valerie Berry, and performer and choreographer Raghav Handa.

Picking these great storytellers was no easy feat. “We wanted to make sure we had a diversity of storytellers from different cultural backgrounds with different kinds of stories and with different tones,” Shun Wah continues. “So, happy or sad, or historical or political, we were trying to get really great diversity within the show so that each story was a different experience.”

The cast ended up being from all walks of life, with some cooking extraordinaires, some experienced performers, and the wonderful 88-year-old Chong, who’s making her theatrical debut.

Each one of these storytellers has crafted a deeply personal story from the show that

Photo by Ashley de Prazer

surrounds a particular dish. That dish is then presented to the audience at the end of the show for them to try.

Although it would be quite impressive for each storyteller to cook for, in some cases, a 100-member audience, the show does have a professional catering team to help deliver the goods. They work off a recipe given to them by the storyteller and have the food ready to taste in the show.

“As soon as each story finishes, the food is delivered – it’s just a taste of the dish”, Shun Wah explains.

“It’s still part of the story in many ways.

It’s the way they finish their experience with the story.”

The multisensory experience is to further deepen the connection the audience will have will each story. As Shun Wah tells, each narrative isn’t just an antidote, but really digs

deep on personal, and at times, political subject matter.

While alluding to the secrecy surrounding Double Delicious, she does let on about one performer’s show.

“Ben’s skill is making wontons, so those little Chinese dumplings,” she says. “So, it’s a real comfort food for Chinese people and he’s really clever at making them.

“And his piece includes talking about his own story but also the notion of authenticity, and he also relates it to the current situation in Hong Kong. So, it’s quite a complex piece.

“It’s the stories that really touch you,” Shun Wah explains. “So, I hope people will come just to experience that.”

Double Delicious comes to the Abbotsford Convent as part of AsiaTOPA from Thursday February 27 to Sunday March 1. Grab tix via abbotsfordconvent.com.au.

14-15 MARCH 2020

AUSTRALIA'S HOTTEST WEEKEND

Live Music and Entertainment: :Australia’s

premier roots Zydeco act; Psycho Zydeco

Traditional Andean melodies act; Inka Marka Blues Jazz act; Gary Marr & John Peruvian Folkloric Dancers

Mexican Wrestling troupe and more Wre

Foodie Frolicking: Chilli’s & Herbs

Chutneys, Sauces & Relishes World’s Hottest Dim Sims

International Food Court Cooking Stage and more

buy tickets at herbchillifestival.com.au

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Flatmates Since it started in 1990, Flatmates has become a necessary institution for people who are considering making a leap into the share-house game.

BY FERGUS NEAL

Finding a new room or roommate can be stressful business. Questions of convenience and safety almost always come to the forefront of young people’s minds when considering how to go about it most effectively.

Flatmates.com.au is a full-time service that looks to make the inevitability of living in a share-house simple and easy. Flatmates Community Manager Claudia Conley points to the service as giving customers assurance.

“For young people in Australia, share accommodation is a rite of passage,” says Conley. “We have a vision to create the best shared-living experiences and we want to provide and be there for our community and help them along their shared accommodation journey. Whether you move out of home to start uni, or you’ve finished your degree and you now want to find your independence, living in a share-house is something every Australian does.

“Over the years, we have seen more and more people who are staying in share accommodation, our audience is getting older as people continue to live in share-houses well into their mid-thirties and sometimes into their forties.”

When asked why someone might move into a share-house, Conley highlights the way in which a share-house can allow you to live a desired lifestyle at a more affordable price.

“It definitely is an affordability issue and that can be for a number of reasons. You might want to live in your favourite suburb of Fitzroy or Brunswick and you can’t afford the rent by yourself to live that lifestyle. Living in a share-house allows for you to live in your favourite suburb, next to your favourite café or your favourite pub.”

Flatmates.com.au is Australia’s No.1 share accommodation website – every 70 seconds someone finds a new flatmate using the service. Recently, Flatmates conducted a massive National Share Accommodation Survey where they received over 10,000 responses. Perhaps, a surprising outcome was that 47% of people surveyed believe strangers make the best roommates.

“That statistic was interesting for us because obviously we’re a website that brings together strangers to live in a share-house,” Conley says. “Sometimes for people who haven’t lived in a share-house, the thought of living with a stranger can be quite daunting.

But when we got the results back from our national share accommodation survey, almost half of them said they preferred to live with strangers.

“We think it’s because sometimes living with a friend can cause issues. You might let cleanliness or little teething issues slip to the wayside because you don’t want to create conflict with your friend and then, in the end, it can potentially ruin a friendship.

“I think we’ve found with our community that they prefer to live with a stranger because you can move in, set everything up from the beginning, and have a clear agreement.”

The two big perks of the Flatmates service is their dedication to the safety of their members and the filter tools available when looking for a house or roommate.

“The main difference with Flatmates compared to other share service providers is that we have a full-time moderation service

and moderation team to ensure the safety of our members. All of our listings go through a set of automated security checks and then flagged accounts are manually verified by our moderation team so we’re on full time – checking accounts, listening to feedback from our community, and responding to their inquiries directly.

“Another big difference is that we have a dedicated search tool so people can put in their filters for what they are looking for in a share-house. Whether it’s a private room, they want to live with a pet, they want a house that is LGBTQIA+ friendly, we have all those search filters available.”

Looking for a new housemate or ready to change things up and move someplace else? Head to Flatmates.com.au to get your accommodation sorted.

Allah-Las Los Angeles lads Allah-Las have Australia marked on their touring map in 2020, for a long overdue five-stop tour.

BY TAMMY WALTERS

They made their debut Down Under back in 2017, playing sold-out shows to rave reviews, and adding additional dates to meet demand.

Now, having just wrapped up their West Coast tour leg, the boys are enjoying a quick spell at home before making the long flight across the Pacific Ocean.

“We had such a good time last time. Really excited to get back and all looking forward to it,” says drummer and accompanying vocalist Matthew Correia.

Since their last Australian adventure, Allah-Las have not only toured the globe, but also released their acclaimed fourth LP in early October. Out via Mexican Summer, Lahs – a play on their own name – was rehearsed and recorded in the boys’ own studio. They set themselves up in their LA. hometown over the space of a few months, attempting to bring the whole recording process in-house.

“This last one we recorded in our studio, well, in this space that we have in downtown Los Angeles. We recorded some of it on our own, and we brought in a friend Jarvis [Taveniere from the band Woods] to help engineer, and he also produced and mixed. It

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was a great experience,” Correia explains.

“We tried to get that first spark of influence, record that and get it out instead of having multiple layers of ‘Oh, we recorded the first demo here and then went to the studio’ – you always lose something in the second studio recording. It was just a different process and we had a little more time and space and it was comfortable, which worked for this record. I don’t know that we’ll do that again, but I think it worked for this one.”

Despite a change in the recording process, Allah-Las did not have a change in their group dynamic. The boys have maintained their collaborative nature inside the band, from their humble beginnings as casual colleagues at Amoeba Records, all the way through to their fourth LP. “I think that having four people writing together and trying to make something unified is a really hard thing. I think we did that really well on this record, maybe more so than others,” says Correia.

“It’s always been a collaborative record experience [and] I think that everybody has strong ideas of what they want. For everyone to get that across is really important to

Image by Tony Accosta

us – that makes for a stronger project and stronger albums.”

Another element the boys have also maintained is their strong lyrical and sonic connection to their environment and the LA surrounds. Like Quentin Tarantino and his love letter to LA this year with Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Allah-Las too depict a romanticised illustration of the cityscape.

“Most of his films based in LA are little love letters to Los Angeles for the people that really know that area. He puts little details in that only Angelinos would know. There are things that we consider classically LA, and these are places that influence us.

“I think that we have an honest idea of what we think makes Los Angeles a special

place compared to other cities and I think he illustrates that really well in his films, and music is for someone else to say that. It’s hard to talk about that ourselves, but we hope that it’s conveyed,” Correia says.

“I think we’re a product of our environment and what’s going on in our life and what we’re listening to and where we’re travelling to, and I think this record is a real honest interpretation of how we’re feeling right now.”

Hopefully that feeling is well rested and energised for their shows Down Under.

Allah-Las will play the Croxton Bandroom on Saturday February 22. Tickets available through the venue website.

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BLUESFEST

Dave Matthews Band With a career spanning 28 years, Dave Matthews Band are one of the most influential bands in rock history.

BY FERGUS NEAL

Now the band are returning to Australia, where they hope to see some of Byron Bay’s bush turkeys between headlining Bluesfest.

In 1991, vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape and sought the assistance of drummer Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who were both accomplished jazz musicians in the local Charlottesville music scene. A sixteen-year-old bassist, Stefan Lessard, came on board shortly thereafter.

“When we started, we had four songs. I’d written three songs, and we had one cover,” says Matthews.

“Our first show was on Earth Day and I was still a bartender. We didn’t notice it when we were jamming in Carter’s basement, which is where we started, but when we played our first show, right away, every person there was dancing.

“Something happened that none of us expected, which was telling for all of us. I couldn’t have imagined where we are now,

but I certainly could imagine that maybe we might last a couple of years.

DMB have an infectious and distinctive sound, which quickly attracted lots of early attention and a die-hard loyal fan base, catapulting the band into one of the most successful touring acts of the past three decades.

“We were making a noise that was unusual; it feels good to be part of something that is fresh. We had jazz players and I have no idea what kind of music I was into – something between Cat Stevens and Motörhead, and lots of different music from around the world.

“Everyone in the band has a different but pretty eclectic collection of music, which is why I think when we got into a room together and we said, ‘What kind of music do we play?’, we all agreed, ‘Well let’s find out’. So we just played music and what happened, happened.

It’s still kind of how we approach things now by saying, ‘What the hell’s going to happen now?’. We don’t plan to be something.

“The fact that I have a gig tomorrow with this band where a couple of us have been together for more than 20 years, and we’re still super psyched to play with each other, that’s a real measure of success for me. We might get tired on the road, but all of us are as psyched as we’ve ever been to play together, which is a remarkable thing to be part of.”

As well as spine-tingling performances, the band are known for their philanthropic efforts and, in 1999, founded The Bama Works Fund. When asked what inspires the band to pursue an artistic route while concurrently being activists, Matthews replies with the learned wisdom of going from nothing to something.

“We all came from different backgrounds but all of our backgrounds certainly made us grateful for whatever we got. We’ve also been so lucky that the people around us agree with this philosophy, which helps a lot.

“For instance, this is the first time in history that I – meaning someone who’s overpaid –

will pay less tax than someone with a medium income. We love playing music, but we also know we won’t slow down our environmental and philanthropic work until the governments of the world raise my taxes and start using it for the right things.”

DMB are headlining Bluesfest 2020, and although Matthews is excited to play the main stage, he’s also excited to run into the little creatures that will be pecking away backstage.

“I’m excited to see those strange bush turkeys that you’ve got down there, I’ve heard a lot about them, and I’m a big fan.”

The wisdom in Yola’s eyes, the windows to the soul as the saying goes, is transported in a particular way to materialise as music and confidence.

“Part of it is, I get stopped on the street a lot. People saying, ‘Wow, thank you so much.’ I ask them what they’re thanking me for.

“They’re thanking me because I’m a darkskinned, black woman, not a fair-skinned black woman – I’m on the darker end. I have a tight hair texture, wearing a tight afro or a blown-out hair dried afro. Essentially, I’m just existing as a black woman, and that’s absolute rebellion.

“I’ve decided not to do back-up [singing], but to be the artist. We’re getting artists coming to the foreground now with dark skin, which is amazing, but it’s also still too rare.

“If anyone wants to tell you dark-skinned black women maybe just don’t like music, or

aren’t good at music, you go, ‘That doesn’t feel right in the very core of my being’.”

Yola makes a point. The thanks she receives for being in the front isn’t undeserved.

“It takes a long time to get a compliment for being in the front unapologetically.

“I’ve definitely been in the front apologetically, for a long time, but to be in a basic acceptance of yourself and of people, I’m on that road. It’s the thing that gives me the confidence to pursue the music I want to do, and that comes forward in the music.”

Dave Matthews Band headline Bluesfest 2020 from Thursday April 9 – Monday April 13, tickets via bluesfest.com.au. They’ll also hit Margaret Court Arena on Friday April 17.

Grab your tickets to that show via livenation.com.au.

Yola Most of us can only dream of living a life so carefree that we can be nomads, much like Yola. “I was looking at my diary and it dawned on me – I’ve got nowhere to be,” she says.

BY ANNA ROSE

The British singer-songwriter could have been in Nashville, she could have been in Bristol, but she realised that right now, she lives nowhere.

Eventually, however, she’ll make tracks to Australia for Bluesfest.

It’s pretty cool that the gypsy lifestyle is thrilling for Yola right now, especially when you compare it to the tumultuous nature of her upbringing and young adulthood, much of which was spent in limbo and living in poverty.

“You need to feel afraid to do that,” she says of her wandering ways. “If you can imagine like, when you’re going travelling for the first time in your young adulthood, the thing that allows you to feel safe to go far abroad is that you can come home, somewhere that’s a base for you. Or a strong network of friends and family. To live in a bedroom that hasn’t been turned into an office – that sense doesn’t really leave you.

“You still need to feel you have a base of some kind, be it geographically or emotionally, you need a support network. Humans need friends, family – some form, regardless of what form it comes in, of care and love.

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“Having all of that in my life made me feel comfortable to say, ‘I don’t need my apartment’.”

The confidence with which Yola speaks is refreshing, though by her own admission, is late to arrive. The trials and tribulations the 36-year-old has experienced in her life, the stories she gathers from her seemingly ceaseless travels, have cultivated in her magnificent music, music that oozes sentimentality, soul, and is perhaps the epitome of what it means to feel the blues.

Yola sings of experience similarly to the greatest female voices – Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Amy Winehouse – and arguably, at the ripe young age of 36, Yola’s sharing is justified, when you consider her life.

“I think my mum said I was born older – she was like, ‘Yeah, you’re a white kind of baby; born at 26’, and then it’s age catching up with me.

“I think there’s something that’s maybe changed behind my eyes – I might not be as wrinkly as many of my friends, but there’s something behind the eyes that changes.

Maybe a little more self-love. Maybe self-love can be explained away as experience.”

Yola will support Brandi Carlile at Hamer Hall on Monday April 6. Tickets via Bluesfest Touring. She also plays Bluesfest from Thursday April 9 - Monday April 13.

Q&AS

60 Seconds With...

Benny Walker

Mijo Biscan

How would you describe Benny Walker in under 40 words?

I’d say my music is blues influenced, but not confined by it. From a lyrical and melodic standpoint, I take my lead from some of history’s great singer/songwriters. My guitar playing ranges from delicate right through to fuzzed-out electric guitar solos.

Yaluk-ut Weelem Ngargee has become an integral celebration of Australia’s very best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent. Tell us a bit about your connection to the festival?

I love this festival! I think it’s the third time I’ve played it. As you alluded to, it’s a beautiful way to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent – I get really excited to not only catch up with friends on the bill, but to see them perform as well.

Why is it important that First Nations artists have platforms to perform?

I think that giving First Nations artists this platform is a great way to draw people in and show them how our diversity in music styles relates to how diverse we are as people. Yes we’re all First Nations artists, but we all come from different places, mobs, beliefs and upbringings.

What’s in store for Benny Walker in 2020?

I’ll be releasing another two tracks and a full-length album entitled Chosen Line. After that, I’ll be touring Australia throughout the year and we’re currently in the planning of my fourth tour of Canada. I’ve also got a great Bluesfest sideshow I’m excited about but more on that later.

How would you describe Mijo Biscan in under 40 words?

Existential alternative rock? My music is not so much about ‘me’ and my story, it’s more of an exploration of ideas and concepts of experiences I’m having. Songwriting is my way of trying to understand the world and sharing that musically with others.

Tell us about your new album, Golden Moment.

Many life changing events inspired the songs on Golden Moment. A month-long solo songwriting journey to Iceland, the death of a close friend, the finding of new love, the rebirth of a prolific creative life. It’s about taking life’s events and extracting the gold.

How would you describe your sound?

Alive. The live performance of musicians, together on live instruments, is an important part of making music for me. I love the magic that comes from the interaction, interplay, input of other musical beings in real time.

What can we expect from your upcoming album launch at Northcote Social Club?

The full band with several special cameos are going to make for a theatrical and enlivening show. Georgia Fields will be kicking things off in her uniquely powerful and lush way too.

What’s next for Mijo Biscan?

I’ll be touring the album throughout Australia and all over Europe. I’d like to take the positive message of the album to more people who want to take a deeper look at life, expand and evolve. Now more than ever, the world needs that.

Benny Walker will perform at Yaluk-ut Weelem Ngargee when it comes to O’Donnell Gardens, St Kilda on Saturday February 1. The event is free – for more info and set times, check out ywnf.com.au.

Zinnia Blue

Mijo Biscan will launch his new album Golden Moment at Northcote Social Club on Sunday February 9. Grab your tickets via northcotesocialclub.com/gigs/.

Cosmic Coffin

Album cover art by Beeple (Mike Winkelmann)

How would you describe Zinnia Blue in under 40 words?

We write songs centred around telling stories and singing close harmonies to delicate instrumentation. A collaboration between two people with a shared love of alt-country, Americana and folk, which evolved into a singing-songwriting married couple.

Tell us about your new album, The Garden.

Four years in the making, The Garden documents our personal and creative journey together, and is inspired by the place where we met and began playing music.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it?

By writing and arranging our music together, we’ve organically created a sound that is earthy, rich and harmonious. There’s a large crossover of alt-country and folk influences, but our intimate sound is our own because of our close personal journey.

What can we expect from your upcoming album launch at the Wesley Anne?

The launch will feature a cast of thousands, including guest instrumentalists from the album, and even a small choir! It’s a family-friendly Americana feast in a beautiful folk venue, with amazing support acts from Tim Woodz and Phoebe & Schina.

What’s next for Zinnia Blue?

We can’t wait to return to our roots of connecting and creating together, writing songs and killer two-part harmonies. Immortalising ten years of songwriting in a record has a way of freeing up creative bandwidth, and we’re excited to explore new sounds and stories!

Zinnia Blue perform at the Wesley Anne on Sunday February 9.

Grab tix via wesleyanne.com.au.

Frank Kruse is the founder of independent label Cosmic Coffin that is set to deliver its firstever compilation album. Made up of 16 original songs, mostly unreleased gems, Cosmic Coffin Compilation Album Vol 1 brings together artists with their foot in the door and musicians that are just starting to make some noise.

Tunes by the likes of Melbourne jangle-rockers Cool Sounds, Tasmania’s Starklane (from All The Weathers), and Brisbane’s Jim’s Panache unite with relatively still-unknown artists like Jazz Ciggie, Samskara Radio, and Thetamychos. The album also includes guest contributors from the US like Seattle’s post-punk Beret, Max Davies & Toni Oswald (The Diary Of Ic Explura) and Gunk TV Records founder Zak Mering, aka Raw Thrills.

This first Cosmic Coffin project is both a vessel for unheralded artists as it is a product of music investigation and exploration. Kruse plays on his curiosity for early ‘80s records – a time where compilations were omnipresent and a common way to absorb new music. This channels a 65-minute deep dive that celebrates genres from across the spectrum. There’s everything from psychedelia to darkwave, alt-rock to post punk.

The record is a result of determination and persistence – more than 25 artists were initially approached in September 2019; and in three months the embryo went from fledgling to finished product.

If this is a sign of things to come from Cosmic Coffin, prepare for a treasure chest of surprises. Kruse knows his music and he’s about to show it to the world.

Beat will be premiering Cosmic Coffin Compilation Album Vol 1 before it’s officially out on Sunday February 2. Keep your eyes peeled at beat.com.au for the early drop and find out more about the project at cosmiccoffin.bandcamp.com.

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Q&A + LIVE

Future Suck

RACKETT

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For those who aren’t across your music, how would you describe RACKETT in under 40 words?

Music for the underdog chewing on a lollipop, flamboyant and over the top. It sounds like a rave.

Your new single ‘Oxytoxic’ is RACKETT more energetic and powerful than ever before. Tell us a bit about the track.

The track was co-written with Dave Hammer (Lime Cordiale, JEFFE) and mastered by Chris Behringer (Rihanna, St.Vincent). The theme of the song is inspired by the love chemical oxytocin, and my obsession with love is toxic, hence ‘Oxytoxic’. It’s got a soft trap beat and a thick bassline made for thrusting, and lyrics that describe the extent of my obsession.

Your live shows are known for being visceral and compelling. What role does the live show play in connecting with your fans?

The most important role of all; real-time memory-making experiences. Creating an irresistible vibe in a room that empowers and connects people is my goal.

What can we expect from your upcoming single launch at Yah Yah’s?

I’ve curated a lineup of diverse artists, I’ve got drag performances, rap artists, experimental punk and my new electronic set that fuses technology with live instrumentation. Expect to be entertained and transported to my RACKETT world.

What’s next for RACKETT? Whilst I’m in Melbourne I’m shooting a film clip, and I’m calling out to any performers that can dance – particularly non-binary underdogs – to be featured in the video. We’re shooting at Pride of our Footscray Community Bar at 12pm on Saturday February 8. In March, I’m releasing a love song for my original bass player and six new tracks throughout 2020.

Future Suck are just starting to make waves on the local punk scene. Describe the band?

Music to charge your electric motors to. Rousing call to arms for cut-off jeans and naughty attitudes. A finger to the system and a thumbs up to having a sick one, furious rock’n’roll for furious people. It’s about filthy fury, baby!

Why punk?

The bands we like play punk music, and we just started a band so we could play with them.

It’s fast. It’s fun. You don’t have to be that trained or talented and you only have to write oneminute songs.

You released your debut tape, Demo, last year. How’s it been received?

It’s nearly sold out actually. Working with Christina from Blow Blood has been awesome, and we’re stoked on how it’s been received. People seem to like it, which is cool because we like it.

Tell us a bit about the current Melbourne punk scene. Who have you got your eye on?

There are so many good bands in Melbourne at the moment. The Faculty are absolutely killing it, just coming off their massive set at Meredith. We love Alien Nosejob’s new record, the new Punter tape and rock’n’roll madness like Smooch, Shove and Rot TV. What’s next for Future Suck?

We’re playing heaps of shows over the next couple of months and doing lots of writing.

There’s another release in the works but we can’t say too much right now. Stay tuned!

Catch RACKETT at Yah Yah’s on Saturday February 8 for her ‘Oxytoxic’ single launch.

Tickets from $10 through Eventbrite.

Demo from Future Suck is out now. They’ll hit The Old Bar on Saturday February 1. Head to their Facebook page to keep up to date with the band.

In the Pit Orville Peck THURSDAY JANUARY 16 THE CORNER There’s something about Orville Peck that calls to mind comparisons to strange, unknown angels. Indeed, his debut album Pony galloped into 2019, riding right into the hearts of fans the world over. A masked singer with charisma and a knack for penning songs that are eerie and piercing at once, Peck announced himself to the world: the cowboy musician dreams are made of.

With his first tour of Australia, those vivid dreams blended into reality.

Each show of this Australian tour sold out with what felt like the click of the fingers. The Corner, where the show was relocated from Howler due to sheer demand, was filled wall to wall with devotees, eager and awe-filled.

Backlit by gentle red lights, Peck opened the set with an especially haunting rendition of ‘Big Sky’.

Immediately, he grasped the room with a booming voice even more spectacularly commanding live than one could have imagined – the kind that reaches from a stage, rattling and reverberating until it reaches a soul. It wasn’t until the end of the song that the room got a proper look at the masked cowboy on stage. His presence was glorious and captivating in his sky blue suit, adorned with sequins in formations of florals and flames, clouds and cacti.

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The gold fringing of Peck’s mask glistened spectacularly beneath the stage lights as he swung into ‘Winds Change’. The trio of ‘Queen of the Rodeo’, ‘Roses Are Falling’ and ‘Kansas (Remembers Me Now)’ were hot, emotional and mesmerising in a particularly cinematic manner.

Covering two classic country duets, George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s ‘Something To Brag About’ and Gram Parsons’ ‘Ooh Las Vegas’, showcased the ridiculous talent of the person Peck described as his right-hand woman, the incredible multiinstrumentalist Brea Salvede. Their voices played off one another in such a natural and affectionate manner that seems to only happen when two people truly fit together as performers and as friends.

‘Nothing Fades Like The Light’ appeared at the tail end of the set, poetic and powerful.

An especially affecting rendition, it was followed by ‘Dead of Night’, a swaying singalong enrobed by the echo of Peck’s guitar. Closing out the main set with a friendly contest between bandmates (seeing who could whistle the longest) throughout ‘Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call)’, Peck was as playful, cheeky and charming as his voice would suggest. With echoes of “yeehaws” and deep, rolling bass dives, it was a rumbling, revelatory exit. As Peck finished out the song, he slunk from the stage having spoken of solidarity in an almost tongue in

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cheek fashion. But one couldn’t help but read into the words a little.

This performance and indeed Peck’s bright, rising star delves into darkness, strangeness, togetherness, beauty, queerness and romance in an all-encompassing, enveloping way. This is the power of Orville Peck: he commands a room with natural ease, he speaks with affection for the people he is performing with and he moves seamlessly from wrenching ballad with swaying audiences, to raucous breakdowns that set the room alight with movement.

With one final “yeehaw” (which was echoed back by the crowd), it’s over.

Highlight: Orville Peck saying he was moving to Australia to work at a koala sanctuary.

Lowlight: That there was only one Melbourne show.

Crowd favourite: A fan being invited up on stage for a hug and a selfie.

BY RUBY PIVET

BEAT’S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO

Valentine’s Day European Bier Cafe

What have you got in store for Valentine’s Day 2020?

The perfect night, that’s what! Start off with some rooftop cocktails, then treat yourself to tapas or a pizza. Then head down to Basement Comedy for a good ol’ fashion laugh. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day. Will you be dropping any surprises for Valentine’s Day 2020?

Basement Comedy will be headlined by local funnyman Luke McGregor, who has forged quite the reputation not only in the stand-up space but also behind the camera, earning exploits for his role in Utopia and Rosehaven. On top of that, show your ticket at the bar and you’ll receive a bottle of Chandon for just $40 to treat you and your loved one.

How is your Valentine’s Day event unique?

We are trying to mix up the norm – not everyone wants a romantic dinner with champagne and roses. Some people love a laugh, and that’s where we come in.

For someone who has only just found love, how should they approach Valentine’s Day? Keep it casual and fun.

What’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?

A ticket to Basement Comedy at the European Bier Café… duh!

Newmarket Hotel

Tell us a bit about the history of your Valentine’s Day event.

Pal-entine’s Day kicked off in 2019, when we wanted to encourage our customers to bring their dogs to the venue. It was a huge success – people flocked to Newmarket with their pooch pals instead of dates! It was one of the highlights of our year and we just had to make it an annual event.

How is your Valentine’s Day event unique?

It’s a date with the most faithful being in your life! We figured dogs deserve some recognition for their loyalty, and we’re giving people the opportunity to spoil them.

What’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?

For your pooch? A Puppy Parma of course! We’ll be serving them up for just $5 on the day.

But if you’re looking for the perfect gift for someone special, I think something personal and relevant to them – maybe it’s tickets to see that band they can’t stop talking about or a travel guide for that country they’ve been dreaming of travelling to. Flowers and chocolates are too easy! Show them that you care and know them well.

What’s the worst Valentine’s Day gift you’ve bought or received?

A teddy bear. Come on, dude, how old do you think I am?

What’s the ideal Valentine’s Day in your eyes?

A relaxed day with no pressure around gifts or dates. Maybe it’s spent with friends, a loved one, or at Newmarket with your dog. It’s not stressful and you actually have a good time!

Be there when European Bier Café comes alive for Valentine’s Day on Friday February 14.

Find out more and grab tickets via the venue website.

Pal-entine’s Day takes over the Newmarket Hotel in St Kilda on Friday February 14. Find out more and make a booking via the venue website.

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Kedis capsule 001

The Eternity Rose

When it comes to the perfect Valentine’s Day pair, nobody has nailed it quite like Kedis with their capsule 001. We’re not talking earrings, or even wine and cheese. No, this is the ultimate romantic bundle – wine and candles.

A collaboration with Australia’s leading winemaker Rob Dolan, the Kedis capsule 001 is a multi-sensory treat designed to please the palate through taste and smell. Working closely with Dolan and his winemakers to concoct fruit-driven, deep-bodied scents, the candle connoisseurs at Kedis have created a fragrant blend which complements and balances the characteristics of its liquid counterpart.

Having played a pivotal role in the Yarra Valley’s wine region, Dolan has been a leading winemaker for over two decades. So, even if you don’t know the first thing about selecting a quality drop, you can rest assured that your loved one will be satisfied at first sip.

With notes of smoky incense, soft vanilla and sandalwood, the Obsidian candle is certain to set the mood. Hand-blended and poured in Melbourne, made from natural soy wax and an Australian cotton wick, each 400g candle will burn for over 80 hours. Packaged in a sleek gift box, you’re guaranteed to win some brownie points with this one.

The perfect balance of thoughtfulness, practicality and luxury, this special Valentine’s Day gift pack has done all the legwork for you.

Many lovers think of a nice dinner date, beauty items, or a new dressing gown when it comes to the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. There can be so much more creativity at play, however.

That’s where The Eternity Rose come in – specialising in gold-dipped and glazed roses, this brand is redefining what makes a heartfelt and adventurous Valentine’s present.

For all of human history, the rose has been a symbol of love, emotion and beauty.

Combined with gold, you have immortalised the very essence of luxury and sentiment – The Eternity Rose are already five steps ahead. Across their range, there’s options for all budgets.

With gorgeous pendants on offer, made from real rose petals, which have been glazed and gold-trimmed. You can mix and match colours to your heart’s content.

Try combining a gold-dipped rose with a pendant and earrings and you have something really special. All items can be isolated however, and if you’re not into a rose gold-dipped, have it glazed in colours red, purple, pink or blue. And that’s just the start.

The Eternity Rose believe in the beauty of timelessness. A rose is an expression of love and lust, however it’s also a keepsake that you can display for years to come as your relationship continues to blossom.

What’s more, the gifts are made from real roses grown in The Eternity Rose’s nursery.

Employing trained horticulturalists, they grow the very best roses out there – there are no expenses spared.

Get your hands on a limited edition Rob Dolan + Kedis giftbox via the Kedis website.

Spoil your loved one for Valentine’s Day with The Eternity Rose. Check out their range and find out more via their website.

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VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL

Luna Love

Mukka

Tell us a bit about your connection with Valentine’s Day. Luna Park has been the place ‘just for love’ since 1912, when a special jingle was created for the park’s opening: “A balmy night, A merry lark.

A pretty girl, And Luna Park.”

Today the park still celebrates romance with its Luna Love event on Valentine’s Day every year.

What have you got in store for Valentine’s Day 2020?

Couples will enjoy unlimited rides in a romantic carnival setting, including a fairy floss to share, chocolate love hearts from Chocolatier, a souvenir photo of their Scenic Railway ride and a carnival game prize – all for $80 per couple (over $125 value).

Will you be dropping any surprises for Valentine’s Day 2020?

Yes! This year couples can cuddle up with a glass of bubbles and extra decadent chocolate treats, all made with love in Australia by Chocolatier. Swing by the Chocolatier Bubbles Bar inside Luna Park’s grounds to check out what’s on offer.

For someone who has only just found love, how should they approach Valentine’s Day? Luna Park recommends an equal mix of fun and love surrounded by the 6,000 bright lights of its heritage carousel. Ride side by side on two of the 68 beautifully restored horses or snuggle up in one of the two chariots on this working museum piece.

Why is it important that Valentine’s Day is celebrated?

Life can get so serious, and with all that’s going on in our busy and stressful lives, it’s important to celebrate the love you have in your life. We need to create these memories and moments – Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to remember the romance!

What have you got in store for Valentine’s Day 2020?

We will be doing a special two-for-one cocktail – a beautiful lychee rose spritz. Only available on the day, to give a refreshing start to the evening.

How is your event/involvement with Valentine’s Day unique?

We want to set the scene and provide amazing food and drinks to give couples a reason to come out and celebrate. Hence our two-for-one cocktail special. It’s about sharing the love!

For someone who has just only found love, how should they approach Valentine’s Day? With an open heart and a bit of fun. If it’s your first Valentine’s Day, make it one to remember.

Most of all, approach it with an attitude to celebrate this special person that has made your heart go giddy-up!

What’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?

Flowers, a handwritten letter to your love, chocolates and a Valentine’s feast at Mukka. They say that the stomach is the way to the heart – we have you covered!

Luna Love takes over Luna Park on Friday February 14 from 6pm. Find out more and grab your tix via the park website.

Check out Mukka on Valentine’s Day for two-for-one cocktails and Indian fare. Located at 365 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.

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Provincial Hotel

N E WMA R K E T H OTE L PAL-ENTINE'S DAY FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY

This Valentine's Day, set a date with your pooch.

2-4-1 small bites & pizzas $20 spritz jugs $5 Puppy Parmas Free Dog Treats

Book online at newmarketstkilda.com.au or on (03) 9810 0087

Tell us a bit about the history of your Valentine’s Day event.

Thought we’d try something different this year! We’ve recently revamped level one so a Valentine’s Day event seemed like a great time to kick off the fun.

What have you got in store for Valentine’s Day 2020?

We’re running an Analogue Speed Dating night! Why Analogue Speed Dating? Well, Tinder/Bumble/Hinge/Grindr/whatever else is on the go is killin’ our mobile data. We’re here for anyone with sucky Wi-Fi looking for their next boo. Plus, happy hour is running from 4pm – 7pm for those that need some liquid courage. There’s two-for-one spritz, $7 beers and house wines.

How is your event unique?

A fun speed dating event is hard to find – it’s either super uncomfortable or a solid 45-minute out of the city at a stranger’s house (there’s a story here, we promise). So, we thought we’d mix it up and just have fun with it.

For someone who has only just found love, how should they approach Valentine’s Day? Go all out – do you really want to start looking again?

What’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?

A Provincial voucher!

Find love at The Provincial Hotel this Valentine’s Day on Friday February 14. Head to the venue website for more info.

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VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL

Cheap Valentine’s dates without looking like a cheapskate

BY D’ARCY MCGREGOR

Valentine’s Day is expensive as all hell. Not only do you have to pay for flowers, a stuffed teddy and other crap with hearts all over it, but then there’s the indulgent dinner. So, instead of searching for the perfect place to have a romantic meal, think outside the box. Here’s a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

PICNIC

There’s nothing more romantic than a picnic.

Go get that dirty old picnic set from your nanna’s place, give it a good clean, and fill it with delicious snacks. You can go to a cute deli and get away with heaps of great quality cheeses, meats and breads for around $100, or if you want to go even cheaper, ditch the $75-a-kilo cheese and grab everything from your local supermarket. They’ll still have a great selection of relatively inexpensive cheeses, fresh breads, and have you covered with chicken loaf and mortadella. Ditch the Haigh’s heart-shaped chocolates and grab a pack of Freddo Frogs for $3 instead. When it comes to wine, make sure to keep your eyes out for deals in the week or so leading up to Valentine’s Day. Often liquor stores will have specials on bottles of bubbly or other nice wines to top off your picnic.

COOK YOUR OWN DINNER

Image by Arun Clarke

Show off your skills – they’re sure to impress.

Easy and cheap meals to make can sometimes be the best way to show you care. It might be

more time consuming, but hand-made pasta is always a great thing to do – and the only expensive part is the pasta flour. Get away with showing off how finely you can julienne a carrot, make a pasta sauce from scratch, fold your own dumplings – I guarantee it’s not too hard to find a good recipe that tastes amazing and is easy to make. Otherwise pick your favourite takeaway joint, order a couple of dishes, stick them in the appropriate cooking pot/wok, and pretend you made it. You might not get away with it, but it’s good a idea for those of us who can’t cook.

FISH AND CHIPS ON THE BEACH

Get in your car, hop on public transport – whatever works best. Bring a blanket or some towels, find the best fish and chips in the area and sit on the beach watching the sun go down. It’s super romantic and will only cost you some transport and $20 for dinner. But don’t forget it’s illegal to have open bottles of alcohol in public areas – that includes public beaches – so maybe save the drink for a night cap.

Given flowers many times?

Give the gift of a gold-dipped natural rose

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NEW MUSIC

Albums & Singles BEST NEW ALBUM

8.5

MAC MILLER

Circles

“Well, this is what it look like right before you fall”, are the chilling, opening lyrics of Mac Miller’s final project, Circles. The posthumous record is evidence of Miller’s evolution past his hip hop foundations.

“Good news/that’s all they want to hear/they don’t like it when I’m down”, Miller sings on ‘Good News’. A commentary on the pressures and expectations Miller felt from the public, the charged track has a surprisingly relaxed delivery, paired with soothing instrumentals.

Melbourne artist Baro lends his vocals to the album too, appearing on the song ‘Hand Me Downs’. His soulful voice blends Miller’s verses together, embracing one another like a warm hug.

‘Blue World’, Miller’s collaboration with electronic duo Disclosure, offers their particular flavour to Miller’s album, bringing a more upbeat energy to Circles.

‘Once a Day’ closes out the album. “Don’t keep it all in your head/ the only place that you know nobody ever can see”, sings Miller, his lyrics drawing attention to mental health with sharp-shooting vocals.

Circles offers a rare insight into the mind of someone on the cusp of their own demise. Mac Miller, despite his passing, has posthumously released an album that pays little mind to pop trends, with tracks sitting over five-minutes in length, alternating song structures, and instrumental breaks.

With melancholic lyrics, a diverse range of styles and basslines so lively they almost hold sentience, Circles is a refreshing addition from an established artist that feels untouched by peer pressure or label standards.

Label: Warner Records

BY SCOTT HUDSON

SINGLES – WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY

Image by Pooneh Ghana

Image by Spike Vincent

WESTERMAN

THE CHATS

KHRUANGBIN AND LEON BRIDGES

CABLE TIES

Blue Comanche

The Clap

C-Side

Sandcastles

At this stage it’s hard to tell whether Westerman’s Arthur Russell worship is so intense that he can’t help but sound like him, or if he’s just a diligent replicator of the late experimental icon’s work. While at first I had scruples, by now I couldn’t care less either way. It’s like being reticent to love your new dog for fear of insulting its predecessor. I’m at the stage of looking at Westerman and saying, “Oh come here you big idiot,” and letting his music slobber all over my face.

There’s a difference between cultural cringe and being wary of shallow Australiana. I’ve kept my distance from The Chats so far chiefly because I sensed it wasn’t for me. Out of stubbornness I still haven’t heard the ‘Smoko’ song, but I figured I’d give ‘The Clap’ a go. No surprise to hear the song begin with the line, “Last week/Pulled a root/In the back/Of my ute.” It’s precise, tight garage rock; all Aussie brogue, STD references and nifty melodies.

Look, I don’t hate it.

‘Texas Sun’ – the first single from Khruangbin and Leon Bridges’ EP of the same name – was sweet and smooth. However, like so many super-band projects, its main achievement was inciting longing for each party’s individual work. ‘C-Side’, however, proves the virtue of this heavenly collaboration. There’s a bit of dub, a bit of lysergic psych, and a whole lot of soul courtesy of Bridges’ lead vocals. This pairing is doing wonderful things to dismantle the clichéd image of Texan music.

Cable Ties return with an uncompromising rock song that comes at you like a tumbling child into a sandcastle. It nominates its target and surgically tears them down. The song’s fury is directed at charlatans whose entire purpose seems to be criticising and alienating anyone who doesn’t comply with their arbitrarily appointed principles. More specifically, the band rails against tendency for people to be “cancelled” as a result of semantic disagreement, rather than engaging in an adult discussion.

Label: PIAS

Label: Bargain Bin Records

Label: Dead Oceans Label: Poison City Records

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BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

Returning from an indefinite hiatus, Bombay Bicycle Club were welcomed back with open arms when they made their live reunion in July 2019. The announcement of Everything Else Has Gone Wrong received the same warm embrace but the delivery may have given fans the cold shoulder.

2019 single, ‘Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)’, offered the nostalgia that we desperately longed for, and a grain of hope for unchanged direction for the album to come.

The title track, ‘I Can Hardly Speak’, and ‘Is It Real’ all stand strong beside the timeless BBC capsules that came before. Flakes of doubt appear with the anticlimactic, monotonous trod that is ‘Racing Stripes’ and concerns are affirmed as the rest of the record ensues like a derailed Polar Express.

Everything Else Has Gone Wrong could benefit from some Marie Kondo wisdom to declutter and make sense of the curious ideas and elements the band have crammed into the tracks. ‘People People’ and ‘Let You Go’ are suffocated by deafening synths that reduce the lyrics of unrequited love to emotionless puddles.

There are, however, fleeting moments of sheer exquisite delight, in the shimmering ‘Get Up’ and ‘Good Day’ but as a BBC fan, Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is perhaps most frustrating in that it leaves a sense of uncertainty moving forward.

Label: Caroline Australia

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DAN DEACON

Mystic Familiar

The extensive, obsessive scale of electropop mastermind Dan Deacon’s latest record Mystic Familiar is awe-inspiring and at times, overwhelming. The Baltimore-based musician employs waves of modular synths to shape programmed drums, create vast textures and mould otherworldly effects into dreamscapes that are undoubtedly beautiful, but eventually become tiresome.

The paradox of this album is Deacon’s production and composition contrast heavily with the album’s pacing. From the start it feels like the listener has been thrust into a hyper, 8-bit recital of ‘Canon in D’. It’s at times unclear what Deacon is trying to express, writing what sounds like beautiful, cathartic songs that express themes of loss and life, only to bury them with a dense production.

The vocals are barely there throughout Mystic Familiar, channeling the vocal style of early Animal Collective that doesn’t work in his favour. It feels as if at 38, Deacon is still anxious about his voice and lyricism. Which is a shame, because his lyrics are beautiful… after you Google them.

The most impressive parts of the record are when real instruments work in tandem with Deacon’s use of modular instruments and there’s a little more breathing room. This is where Mystic Familiar soars – where moments of surreal beauty can be found scattered around Deacon’s neurotic production.

Otherwise, it feels like a claustrophobic affair.

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PET SHOP BOYS

Hotspot

London’s synth-pop duo have sold 100 million albums in their almost 40-year career.

Hotspot is unlikely to make too much of a dent in that number, however.

All the elements are still there. ‘You are the One’ is a yearning love song with dreamy synth swells and a slow ‘80s backbeat. Neil Tennant’s vocals have their same distinctive strain as they melt into layers of reverb and delay. And yet, it feels a little hollow.

‘Will-o-the-Wisp’ reaches for big-time club appeal but winds up sounding like a bad night out in Ibiza. ‘Hoping for a Miracle’ is full of that uplifting ‘80s ballad magic, and ‘I Don’t Wanna’ is a decent new wave disco number with noodling synths and a serviceable break down.

‘Monkey Business’ takes the disco into angular, post punk territory, and seems a very thinly-veiled attempt at imitating Talking Heads’ Naked. It sounds great on paper, but is essentially a song about rich, middleaged white men wanting to drink too much champagne. It kind of sums up the record.

Fans will find plenty of curated nostalgia to hold onto, but it seems as though there is little that the multi-award-winning pair have left to say.

Label: x2/Kobalt Label Services

BY JAKEB SMITH

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POPPY

I Disagree

YouTube personality Moriah Rose Pereira, known as Poppy, dives into the world of heavy metal and sugary pop to create an unsettling listening experience.

Poppy’s early videos are a trip. A tenminute video of her merely saying her stage name, for instance, has racked up 23 million views. Her music injects that post-modernist humour too, and now she’s added heavy metal into the mix.

I Disagree is Poppy’s latest venture.

Across the album, there’s this balance of disgusting guitar licks, and quick spurs of cutesy singing that are lighter than a feather.

Take the opening track ‘Concrete’, where listeners are instantly punched in the throat with lightning-fast guitar riffs only to be cushioned by taps of what sounds like a harpsichord and Poppy’s angelic singing.

Standout track ‘Bite Your Teeth’ disorients the listener with manic heavy metal riffs and pretty, shiny vocals. It reminds me of BABYMETAL or the recent work from Kero Kero Bonito.

Yet, what’s confusing about this album is that it cannot stay on track with what it wants to be. Aside from her fans and the YouTube community at large, this project dips its feet into different music crevices but doesn’t occupy any of them long enough. You need to really know Poppy’s style and humour to appreciate I Disagree, a top-heavy album with some exciting highs but a number of forgettable ideas.

Label: Domino Recording Co.

Label: Sumerian Records

BY MICHAEL VINCE MOIN

BY JONATHAN REYNOSO

BY TAMMY WALTERS

EDITOR’S PICK

CASSETTES FOR KIDS

Antipodeans Relief

A house music inquisitor of the finest calibre, Melburnian Cassettes For Kids has been previously reserved for summer soirees and disco dancefloors.

His beats bounce across the clouds like a love-filled Cupid chasing his next target.

On Antipodeans Relief, however, the local DJ and producer tightens his jaw to compile a garage-heavy release beaming with emotions and subliminal messages. If the aerial smokescape that is his EP cover is to say anything, Cassettes, aka Zak Degenhardt, has a few things to share.

The serene ‘Couldn’t See’ implements glitchy breakbeat and sampled mutters to present a moment that’s both melancholic and intense. ‘Change’ is a more tranquil journey that sees garage crunches take a backseat as a vocalist comes to the fore detailing an indeterminate narrative that holds

more weight under the song’s suggestive title. What is Degenhardt suggesting here, if anything? As far as I’m concerned, there’s elements of gruff in the track’s conception.

‘Deeper Love’ closes out the EP, a 5am bruiser fit for hazy dancefloors. The smoke machine occupies the airspace and dancers are reminded of hazardous air qualities – maybe the club smog is a sign of alarm, not just an ambient facilitator.

Label: Independent

BY TOM PARKER

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GIGS & EVENTS

Gig & Events Guide WEDNESDAY 29 JAN

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES TWO TALE , CARL KARST, TASHA ZAPPALA The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

OPEN MIC

Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm.

FREE.

EMILY BARKER , LUKAS DRINKWATER, BROOKE RUSSELL The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

8.30pm. $22.45.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: KIMBERLY WHEELER, KEN MAHER, ROBBIE GRIEG TRIO The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE. JORJA The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm.

FREE.

GEORGIA RODGERS

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

The Drunken Poet. West

ANNA SCIONTI The Catfish. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. COQ ROQ: UNPLUGGED Lucky Coq. Windsor.

9pm. FREE.

OPEN MIC

Customs House Hotel. Williamstown.

8pm. FREE.

THE GRUBBY URCHINS

Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

Brothers Public House.

JAMES BROOK , PROPOLIS, DJ JEKA Cafe

Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

KATANAK

The Triffid. VIC. 6pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK BOHJASS , GLORY B, BIRD CONFERENCE Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm.

ENNIO STYLES + MIKE GURRIERI

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

Ferdydurke.

THE BRANDON ALLEN ALLSTAR SEXTET The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $25.

DIRTY LAUNDRY 8.30pm. FREE.

Brunswick Green. Brunswick.

MONEY FOR THE FRONT LINE - BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER FEAT: DEAR THIEVES, DEATHBEAT, SOPHISTICATED DINGO, LOCUS Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $10.

ROGERSTEIN LOUNGE Hotel Esplanade (aka

The Espy). St Kilda. 5pm. FREE.

SEBADOH Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm.

JAMES BROOK , PROPOLIS, DJ JEKA Cafe

Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

KATANAK

The Triffid. VIC. 6pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP BBNO$ FEAT: ARNO FARAJI Howler.

Brunswick. 7.30pm. $50.

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

The Carlton Club.

SHAGGY & SEAN PAUL , JOSH WAWA WHITE Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 7pm.

$99 - 119.

BOOBS , SELINA JENKINS Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.

Club. 7pm. $35.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL TERRIBLE SIGNAL , JACUZZI, AM RERUNS, BAYMAREE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

BURJON , LARA PROKOP, THE DELIRIOUS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

THE LOVE FISH , MUDSHAKER Globe Alley.

DANNY BAEFFEL , GORDON HOLLAND The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

WEREWOLVES OF MELBOURNE

Bar 303.

Northcote. 8pm. $10.

GODDESS GROOVES FEAT: MICHELLE PARSONS, ANNA TIROTTA, AIMEE FRANCIS Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. $28.

CATE TAYLOR Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm.

FREE.

APLEGATE , PATRICK RYAN, MUMA GANOUSH Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. ALASKA STRING BAND Melbourne Recital BRENDAN MCMAHON , ROSE ZITA FALKO, JASON VORHERR & GEOFF WELLS BUSHFIRE BENEFIT CONCERT FEAT: RUBY GILL, GABRIELLA COHEN, FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK, HUNTLY, DIRT HAND, NATASHA JOHANNA, HANNAH CAMERON, MATTHEW COLIN, MAPLE GLIDER The Curtin. Carlton. 7.30pm. $20.

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS , JAY FRASER The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

TRIO GRANDE

Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick.

MICHAEL SITA

Customs House Hotel.

6.30pm. FREE.

Club. 7pm. $35.

MEL SEARLE + JAMES MORRISON , JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel.

South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL THE OPERATIVES , CPASH, DJ BANJO, JADE ZOE, NAM Section 8. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE. COL3TRANE , GENESIS OWUSU Howler.

Brunswick. 7.30pm. $48.

SOUP THURSDAYS FEAT: MUTUAL ATTRACTION Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. GUERNS FEAT: DJ KITI, WISER, PHILOSOPHIA, KOVAC, BABY G, TALEENA

SEABASS , LOW WAVES Hotel Esplanade (aka

Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE.

BOWIE UNZIPPED FEAT: JEFF DUFF Bird's

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $11.25.

Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $30.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES

DAHLIN! IT'S THE JEANNE LITTLE SHOW FEAT: CAROLINE FERGUSON The Butterfly

PJ THE DJ Globe Alley. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. THE MINIMALS , MATT PARLANE, WETCAKE Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.

TRACES , THE MOTION BELOW, FURIOUS GEORGE, ELEMENTS The Last Chance Rock &

The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE.

THURSDAY 30 JAN

Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $20.

DAHLIN! IT'S THE JEANNE LITTLE SHOW FEAT: CAROLINE FERGUSON The Butterfly

HEARTBREAKER , KONNIE, OLYMPIC WHITE Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

HALF/CUT , ONCE A RUNNER, DANIEL TRAKELL The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

CHAKRA EFENDI , JARROW, PRETTYTHING Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm.

BUSHFIRE BENEFIT FEAT: SOPHOMORE, YEAH DON'T CARE, NO MUD NO LOTUS

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

Richmond. 8pm. $44.90.

Balaclava. 8pm. FREE.

THE SPINDRIFT SAGA , THE TREPIDS, THE COLBY'S, ZENITH MOON Grace Darling Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

WEDNESDAY TWIST

EMILY WILLIAMS & ANGELIA

Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $40.

FREE.

Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm.

OMAR APOLLO , STEVAN Corner Hotel.

Centre. Southbank. 7pm. $31.

Paris Cat Jazz

GERRY HALE

Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF SANTANA Bird's Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $29.

PROTO MORO Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE. MONTY SHNIER QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 8pm. $25.

ALL STARS LIVE JAM FEAT: MAYA Pause Bar.

Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.

THE SPINDRIFT SAGA , THE TREPIDS, THE COLBY'S, ZENITH MOON Grace Darling Hotel.

Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK LIVE MUSIC THURSDAY FEAT: MR CLIFF, PERON Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 5pm. FREE. BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER FEAT: THE SEVEN UPS, THANDO, FULTON STREET Evelyn Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. $15.

CRUMHORN

7pm. FREE.

Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick.

SOUL AID – FUNDRAISER SHOW , BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE, EMILIA, THE TARANTINOS, DJ WOLFIE Cherry Bar.

Melbourne. 8pm. $10.

KABOOBIE Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE. BARNEY MCALL NON COMPLIANCE TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $25.

THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND

Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE.

PSYCHOACOUSTIC

9pm. FREE.

Brunswick

Bar Oussou. Brunswick.

F* THE GOVERNMENT: THE FIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISING SHOW FEAT: MISS JANE DOE, FERRI MAYA 24 Moons. Northcote. 7pm.

$16.97.

BLUE NOTE ‘58

8pm. $30.

Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

AMELIA EVANS QUARTET Melbourne. 7.30pm. $27.50.

Paris Cat Jazz Club.

New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.

THE MASH UP FEAT: AMY LOTUS Bimbo.

COL3TRANE , GENESIS OWUSU Howler.

Brunswick. 7.30pm. $48.

BASTILLE

Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne.

7.30pm. $59.90 - 99.90.

BOOBS , SELINA JENKINS Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.

THROWBACK FEAT: MATT RADOVICH, EZRA HARVEY, ILRESPONCE, B-TWO, AYNA, NAM Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE.

FRIDAY 31 JAN

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES THE BERGY SELTZER PRESENTS - A NIGHT OF SINGER SONGWRITERS FEAT: NICK PANA, JAMES PARRY, ZARA NICHOLLS, TROY CHARLES The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 8pm.

FREE.

MAJA Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. OBLAKO LODKA , MUMA GANOUSH, SKINK TANK Red Betty. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE. RATTLINCANE The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

9.30pm. FREE.

ANNUAL LEAF , THE FLYING SORCERERS, MAGIC IAN Labour in Vain. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE. NEAL MORSE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

$66.30.

LIVE MUSIC. FRESH BEER. PROPER SOUND. IN FEBRUARY

THE ADAM

WALDRON TRIO

0 2 . 0 2 CHILL EVANS 0 9 . 0 2 C C T V 1 6 . 0 2 JOHN HENDERSON

ALL DAY L ATIN BBQ - BEERS BREWED ON SITE 245 JOHNSTON ST. ABBOTSFORD 3067

46

GIGS & EVENTS

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.

DAN DINNEN & SHORTY

West Melbourne. 8.30pm. FREE.

THE FOUR SCOOPS

FREE.

The

The Drunken Poet.

Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

A CELEBRATION OF DOUG SAHM Collingwood. 9pm. FREE.

DANNY STAIN BAND 8pm. FREE.

Gem Bar.

Coburg RSL Club. Coburg.

HOME FREE , BLAKE O'CONNOR 170 Russell.

Melbourne. 8pm. $50.

KIDS AGAINST THE RIGHT WING BRAINWASH FEAT: THE MALTESE WELL MONSTER, PASKALIA, KITTY SAN PEDRO Cafe Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

RYAN STERLING

6.30pm. FREE.

Swamplands Bar. Thornbury.

SHAUNA TONY & CO. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

Brothers Public House.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK OPA! Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm.

BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

KEKOSON Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE. PHOEBE DAY Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $30.

8pm. $32.50.

Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

NOSTALGIQUE , TAMARA KULDIN Paris Cat

Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.

THE GOLDEN KITE SHOW FEAT: CHROMEPALMS, DOWSE & PANTSMAN, GINE, KWAZAR Brown Alley.

Melbourne. 10pm. $20.

KIDS AGAINST THE RIGHT WING BRAINWASH FEAT: THE MALTESE WELL MONSTER, PASKALIA, KITTY SAN PEDRO Cafe Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

DAHLIN! IT'S THE JEANNE LITTLE SHOW FEAT: CAROLINE FERGUSON The Butterfly

Club. 7pm. $35.

AMAZING GRACE, NEW YORK NEW YORK The National Theatre. VIC. 8pm. $45 - 85.

DJ SIMON LAXTON

Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.

FORMATION FEAT: DONNY Lucky Coq.

AUNTIE LEO & THE BACKSTABBERS , PSEUDO MIND HIVE, VELVET BLOOM The

KIDS AGAINST THE RIGHT WING BRAINWASH FEAT: THE MALTESE WELL MONSTER, PASKALIA, KITTY SAN PEDRO

Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $17.75.

HARD ROCK LIVE BAND KARAOKE Alley. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

WOLFMOTHER

$39.22.

Globe

Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8pm.

THE DEADLIPS , NOVA, RED PERIL, FLYING DUTCHMAN Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

PUNK RAWK PARTY TIMES VOL 1 FEAT: BOB LOG III, ANTY, DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS, THE BURNT SAUSAGES, DR EL SUAVO, THE BIRDCAGE, THE DAGGER Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $20.

FUZZ MEADOWS

The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

BAG O’ NAILS Inkerman Hotel. St Kilda East. 8pm.

MAJOR PLAINS , CULTE The Fitzroy Pinnacle.

Fitzroy North. 8.30pm. FREE.

HOT GLUE , BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB, UVA URSI Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8.30pm.

FREE. The B.East.

THE PEARLY SHELLS SWING ORCHESTRA

CANNONBALL

ZIG ZAG, SHRIMPWITCH, LOVEBONER Old

Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL THE BLUE HOTEL , GYPSYROAD, RUSE Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 7pm. $7.

CIRRUS CROWN , ARCANE SAINTS, TERRESTRIALS, FORMILES The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 8pm. $14.30.

GARAGE SALE Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 11pm. FREE. GANGZ , THE FLORETS Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $11.34.

CATCHER BLOCK & THE SEXY BUREAUCRATS , MILES RECOMMENDS, EXQUISITOR Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. SEABASS , LO WAVES Post Office Hotel. Coburg.

9pm.

BOWIE UNZIPPED FEAT: JEFF DUFF Bird's

Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $30.

REGULAR BOYS Royal Hotel. Essendon. 9pm.

DANNY STAIN BAND Coburg RSL Club. Coburg.

8pm. FREE.

SIENNA WILD , KEY HOO, MEGAN SIDWELL, SUNDAY LEMONADE The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. $9.20.

CHOP SUEY & DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS Max Watt's. Melbourne. 8pm. $45.90.

UNWRITTEN LAW , SILENT X Chelsea Heights

Hotel. Aspendale Gardens. 8pm. $55.10.

CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND

Hotel. Williamstown. 9.30pm. FREE.

DRAGON - 45.

Windsor. 9pm. FREE.

Cafe Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

MR. CHAN'S CHINESE NEW YEAR Co.. Prahran. 10pm. $15 - 20.

Pawn &

ADRIAN EAGLE , PHILLY, P-UNIQUE Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm.

LEATHER LUNGS: SON OF A PREACHER Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 7pm. $31.

SELKI Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE. POP TILL YOU DROP The Carlton Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

RNB FRIDAYS Co.. Southbank. 9.30pm. $22.19.

PEACH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne.

9.30pm. FREE.

Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

New Guernica.

BOOBS , SELINA JENKINS Arts Centre

Melbourne. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.

NF Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 8pm. $71.10.

THE GOLDEN KITE SHOW FEAT: CHROMEPALMS, DOWSE & PANTSMAN, GINE, KWAZAR Brown Alley.

Melbourne. 10pm. $20.

KIDS AGAINST THE RIGHT WING BRAINWASH FEAT: THE MALTESE WELL MONSTER, PASKALIA, KITTY SAN PEDRO Cafe Gummo. Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

Customs House

Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $35

Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm. $24.50.

DERN RUTLIDGE , DR COLOSSUS, LEVITATING CHURCHES, DUNEEATER Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $25.

MOTHERSLUG , CARCINOID, GIANT The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8pm. $11.25.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS

WHOOPIE CAT Cherry Bar. Melbourne. 8pm. $15.

BILLY & THE FOUR BOYS: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL SHOW Caravan

SATURDAY 01 FEB

TRASH & THE TREASURES , MONSTERIA, FRANK BELL BAND The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 2pm. FREE.

ORANGE ORANGE , ARBES, MASETA Grace

Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8.30pm. $14.82.

GOOD LEKKER , LONGBOYS, BABY MULLET Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm.

$12.74.

THE CROOKEDS Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy).

St Kilda. 8.30pm. FREE. BOWIE UNZIPPED FEAT: JEFF DUFF Bird's

Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $30.

ELYSIUM 24 Moons. Northcote. 10pm. $12 - 15.

SCORCHING TONES Ascot Vale Hotel. Ascot Vale. 8.30pm.

GEOFF TATE , BLACK MAJESTY, ESPIONAGE The Croxton. Thornbury. 8pm. $69.30.

KRMF - KILMORE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL FEAT: RIFF RAIDERS, THE VENDETTAS, THE BLACKTIDES, WACO SOCIAL CLUB, ROCKIN' VOLTS, MORE The Old Kilmore Gaol.

VIC. 6pm. $60.

TRASH & THE TREASURES , MONSTERIA, FRANK BELL BAND The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK BOB MARLEY TRIBUTE 2020 Northcote. 8pm.

Bar 303.

TREAT FIRE Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 9pm. FREE. DJ SIMON LAXTON Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

SIGNAL CHAIN , FREEDOM CLUB, CYCLONE MAVIS The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick.

East. 9.30pm. FREE.

8pm. FREE.

FORRO , ETTORE SANFELICE, RE NO Bar

COSMIC WRANGLER , THE PHAROAHS, SCHWARZER AMOR The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

HALLOWED HORNS

THE SEA GYPSIES Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $17.48.

GIRLATONES , HOLLIE JOYCE Retreat Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.

TEMPERANCE FRIDAYS FEAT: ADAM TRACE, NICK VAN WILDER, DJ T.P.C Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 8pm. FREE.

JZ & FRIENDS , HANS DC, JADE ZOE, DJ SAL, SHELLEY, SMALL FRY, 2ON, TEK2 Section 8. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE.

JOYRYDE Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $40.15 - 50.96.

DOSS BLOCKOS X MERRY JANE MANGO KUSH LAUNCH PARTY FEAT: AMIN PAYNE, DJ SPELL Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 4.20pm. FREE. HAUSWERK The Carlton Club. Melbourne. 5pm.

FREE.

TIM FUCHS + GREG SARA , ROB ANTHONY, JAY RAMON, FUNKY COL, BOYBLEWE, MELL HALL, NICK TAPLIN, ADAM TRACE OneSixOne. Prahran. 9pm. FREE. TOKYO LOVE HOTEL FEAT: YUTA UDA, AUDIO BITS, KAZUMA ONISHI, GENKI TANAKA, CELL, MOMO, PARALLEL 38, JORDAN GILL New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm.

1pm. $10.

Brunswick. 3.30pm. FREE.

808'S AND GREATEST HITS , THE TWISTEES Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 9pm.

NICHOLAS EDWARD WILLIAMS , DAN CHALLIS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm. FREE. BUSHFIRE BENEFIT FEAT: WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS, BUFF CLUB, BUG HUNT, FUTURE SUCK Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

BONES + JONES , FOGGY NOTION, MR. TEENAGE The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $10.

TRAVALLEY , DANITCHY, LEFTFIELD LUXURY Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. $10 - 15.

HORSEHEAD , ROW JERRY CROW Corner

THE OCELOTS $15 - 20.

Wesley Anne. Northcote. 8pm.

BRIDGE Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. KELLY AUTY BAND The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick Open. Fitzroy. 9.30pm. $10.

FREE.

Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

BARNEY MCALL: 3 IS ONE

The Jazzlab.

VIPERS DREAM SWING TEAM Green. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.

Brunswick

YUSUPHA NGUM & THE AFFIA BAND Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE.

GEORGIA BROOKS SWINGTET

Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50.

Bar

Paris Cat Jazz

THE MELBOURNE TANGO ORCHESTRA Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $40.

PANORAMA BRASIL , DANY MAIA, JACQUELINE GAWLER Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.

NICKY BOMBA’S BUSTAMENTO Music Hall. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $18 - 35.

Memo

VENETIAN BLINDS Cherry Bar. Melbourne. 2am.

DEVIL ELECTRIC BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER ,

JAZZ IN THE PARK FEAT: STEVE SEDERGREEN St James Park. Hawthorn. 6pm. FREE. YALUK-UT WEELAM NGARGEE FESTIVAL FEAT: EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS, KEE'AHN, COLOURED STONE, KEY HOO, JOHN WAYNE PARSONS, THE

Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm.

BUSHFIRE BENEFIT FEAT: PORPOISE SPIT,

$15.

Goodsport

Frank Raymond & The Silhouettes

Ryan Sterling

Siesta Cartel

SWAMPLANDS

OLIVA SOCIAL

FAD GALLERY

Enjoy a soulful night of acoustic guitar and raw vocals as Ryan Sterling plays two jam-packed sets at Swamplands on Friday January 31. From 6:30pm, Sterling will be going deeper into his record Fuel For The Fire than ever before, and it’s absolutely free.

In a nod to their Italian heritage and history, Melbourne group Siesta Cartel play a mix of upbeat, traditional Italian-inspired music that’s bound to make you boogie. They’ve just started up a Friday night residency at Oliva Social, so head along on Friday January 31 to get in on the action. It’s $10 entry, music from 9pm.

BODRIGGY BREWING CO. Feel-good indie-jazz outfit Goodsport have been playing Bodriggy every Thursday of this past month, so come along for their last residency-show. With support from Adriana, Jess Zammit, Carl OS, Shio and DJ Friday, it’s bound to be a cracker send-off.

Kicks off Thursday January 30 at 5pm.

If you’re a FAD regular then you’ll know these guys, as they’ve been playing Thursday nights at the Chinatown venue for a while now. Bar host Johnny Halleday transforms into his musical alias, Frank Raymond, joined by local musicians moonlighting from other bands. It’s free from 9pm on Thursday January 30.

47

GIGS & EVENTS

STRUGGLING KINGS, BENNY WALKER, MONICA KARO, PIRRITU O'Donnell Gardens.

VIC. 11am. FREE.

DAHLIN! IT'S THE JEANNE LITTLE SHOW FEAT: CAROLINE FERGUSON The Butterfly

Club. 7pm. $35.

AMAZING GRACE, NEW YORK NEW YORK

STEPHEN KENNEDY

The Drunken Poet. West

GEORGIA RODGERS

Charles Weston Hotel.

Melbourne. 3pm. FREE.

Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE.

REECE MASTIN 7.30pm. $30.

Chapel Off Chapel. Prahran.

BLUES N GROOVES FOR THE BUSH Catfish. Fitzroy. 1pm. FREE.

The

The National Theatre. VIC. 8pm. $45 - 85.

TOM REDWOOD , GRACEJEAN The Merri

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

TRASH & THE TREASURES , MONSTERIA, FRANK BELL BAND The Last Chance Rock & Roll

Creek Tavern. Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.

Bar. North Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.

LET THA RHYTHM HIT 'EM FEAT: SHORTY MIC, KAYCENT, ZEUS THE PROPHET, YOUNG BWIZZI, DREADLOCK, YOBBI K Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.

BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS

Public House. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.

PAT MCKERNAN

9pm. FREE.

Brothers

KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS , DURMY, DAMION DE SILVA Khokolat Bar. Melbourne.

THE CLASSICS: OPERA - PUCCINI’S TOSCA Victoria Gardens. Prahran. 7.30pm. FREE.

9.30pm.

Melbourne. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.

THE FUTURE IS AWESOME FEAT: R.EM.EDY, MONO, CONTEXT, KANANI, MAADSTORK, GOLDEN TURTLE, COROLLA BOYS, BAD HABBIT, RUBY LOU Cafe Gummo. Thornbury. 7.30pm. FREE.

NF Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 8pm.

TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq.

Windsor. 9pm. FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL #LETSHOUSE SATURDAYS FEAT: ADAM TRACE, MARCUS KNIGHT, GARRY SHEBA Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 5pm. FREE.

NATTY X MANTRA COLLECTIVE , PEPPERPOT Section 8. Melbourne. 2pm. FREE. DISCO SYSTEMS #2 FEAT: CTRIX, STEEB SDF, MIDGET FIDGET Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm.

FREE.

PAWN SATURDAYS Pawn & Co.. Prahran. 8pm.

GAMER , LUNAKROME The B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

ALL NIGHT FEAT: CITIZEN.COM, MORE The

Thornbury Local. Thornbury. 10pm. FREE.

ELECTRIC DREAMS Co.. Southbank. 9pm. $22.19.

DJ SHADOW Royal Hotel. Essendon. 9pm.

PERTURBATOR Max Watt's. Melbourne). 8pm.

$62.25.

HOUSE PARTY 2.0 FEAT: BETH GRACE, VARIOUS DJS Bimbo. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES GRACE CUMMINGS , COOL SOUNDS, FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm. $17.98.

AMISTAT Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $24.71.

BEN CARTER Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick.

5pm.

THE HUMBUCKING PICKUPS

TOMBOY: PRIDE MARCH AFTER PARTY FEAT: WHISKEY HOUSTON, GAY ROBERTO, DJ GAVIN CAMPBELL, POST PERCY, JAKE JUDD, BEN RAVI Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 4pm. $10.

SUNDAY REVIVAL FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 4pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

SUNDAY SERVICE FEAT: KK, 10YRWAR, DJ R3DBIRD, MG BLAKK Morris Jones. Windsor.

4pm. FREE.

AYDAN Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 4pm. $39.90.

PURR FEAT: PIATAŌ Ferdydurke. Melbourne.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES DAREBIN SONGWRITERS GUILD

SHAHRAE , IVORIS, WOLFJAY The Workers

Bar 303.

GAYLE CAVANAGH & THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS , HONEYBOY DES Whole Lotta

Love. Brunswick East. 3pm.

SUNDAY SESSION , LUKE JOSEPH, JACK & JORDAN, TOMMY RANDO Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 2pm. FREE.

GREG CHAMPION & THE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE.

NICK CHARLES & MICK PEALING The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE. THE GROOOVETONES

Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

HEINOUS HOUND

FREE.

MORNING BEAR

Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.

The Drunken Poet. West

Cherry Bar. Melbourne. 5pm.

Charles Weston Hotel.

THE TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm.

JENNY BIDDLE Wesley Anne. Northcote. 3pm. $15.

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 Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.

SUNDAY SINGALONG Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.

Pause Bar.

Brothers Public House.

TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. ROSARIO DE MARCO The Thornbury Local.

Thornbury. 5pm.

Curtin. Carlton. 4pm. FREE.

JOYING FREE.

The

Compass Pizza. Brunswick East. 7.30pm.

THE SEDUCEAPHONES Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm.

TONY GOULD'S 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 7pm. $30.

WILDLIFE RELIEF AT THE JAZZLAB The Green. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.

MOTHERSHIP Co.. Southbank. 10pm. $15.

TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. AFRO-CARIBBEAN FUNDRAISER FEAT: AFROBEAT DJS The Third Day. North Melbourne.

Northcote. 3.30pm. FREE.

3pm. $10.

THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS

Jazzlab. Brunswick. 1.30pm. $35.

8pm. FREE.

SUNDAY 02 FEB

ZOUROUNA Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 4.30pm.

THE MELTDOWN Memo Music Hall. St Kilda.

JON DELANEY GYPSY JAZZ TRIO

Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 7.30pm. FREE.

2pm. $10.

Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL GAYLE CAVANAGH & THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS , HONEYBOY DES Whole Lotta

Love. Brunswick East. 3pm.

FORTRESS RISING , HOLLOW DECEMBER, THE ONE TWOS The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm.

$12.25.

RON S. PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS , KIERAN CARROLL Northcote Social Club.

Northcote. 2.30pm. $23.29.

TINY MOVING PARTS , SQUID FISHING, MORE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 7pm. $44.

THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS Edinburgh Castle

Brunswick

SHIMONA SINGS SONGS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

7pm. $25.

THIRD WORLD Max Watt's. Melbourne . 8pm. $59.

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

AFRO-CARIBBEAN FUNDRAISER FEAT: AFROBEAT DJS The Third Day. North Melbourne.

2pm. $10.

AMAZING GRACE, NEW YORK NEW YORK The National Theatre. VIC. 8pm. $45 - 85.

THE PARIS CAT BIG BAND Melbourne. 6.30pm. $35.

Paris Cat Jazz Club.

MONDAY 03 FEB

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL DJS TIL LATE Morris Jones. Windsor. 8pm. FREE. NIEUW MONDAYS The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

8pm. $10.

DJS TILL LATE

Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES TONY LUKAV FREE.

Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6.30pm.

THE BOITE PRESENTS JOIN VOICES UNBOUND FEAT: XIMENA ABARCA

Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm.

Foundation For Young Australians. VIC. 6.30pm. FREE.

SUPERSTAR - THE CARPENTERS' SONGBOOK Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East.

OPEN MIC NITE 7.30pm. FREE.

SKYSCRAPER STAN

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

2.30pm. $23.50.

4pm. FREE.

The B.East. Brunswick East.

POCKET MONEY , COMMON DOGS, FROWNY DADS The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar.

North Melbourne. 3pm. FREE.

UNWRITTEN LAW , SILENT X The Croxton.

Thornbury. 8pm. $58.15.

HAVE/HOLD - FEBRUARY RESIDENCY & BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER , ROLAND P. JONES & THE SENSITIVE SOULS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 2pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

LALIDA Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. BAILEY JUDD , CLAP FOR ALASKA, MALLA

E.T. , LARA TRAVIS Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm.

Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.

The Drunken

Poet. West Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

3pm. FREE.

EAMONN CONOR , LOGAN PAUL, CHRISTOPHER ENGEL, SPEAKEASY Whole

CLASSICAL

BOOBS , SELINA JENKINS Arts Centre

CASA DEL DONALDO FEAT: DONALD'S HOUSE, CA$HMINUS Section 8. Melbourne.

Brothers Public House. Fitzroy.

NOAH SLEE The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 9pm. $22.45.

LIGHT - OLD SCHOOL RNB NIGHT Co..

Southbank. 10pm. $22.19.

$10.

Inkerman Hotel. St Kilda East.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS FEAT: JUNIOR FICTION, PORPOISE SPIT, STOP THAT MAMMOTH, HANNAH KATE Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK ANDREA KELLER CURATES: THE COMPOSERS CIRCLE The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

8pm. $20.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP LIFTING THE VIBRATION BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 5.30pm.

$40.

Dear Matilda

The Humbuckin’ Pickups

Funk Rabbit

Dear Matilda

Signal Chain

THE DRUNKEN POET

CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB

THORNBURY LOCAL

THE BERGY SELTZER

Country Roots outfit The Humbuckin’ Pickups are flying into The Drunken Poet to tease their upcoming album The Well, in a night of wild, good ol’ country jams. These guys will win you over with their worldly storytelling at this free gig, on Saturday February 1 from 9pm.

If you fancy a night of free, funky tunes, then head down to The Clifton Hill Brewpub and dance your troubles away. Funk Rabbit will be blessing punters’ ears on Saturday February 1 from 9pm, with their unique blend of funk, rock and soul.

Punchy singer/songwriter Dear Matilda and the lovely Peny Bohan are set to takeover Thornbury Local on Saturday February 1.

Enjoy a night of honest lyrics, folky vibes and catchy pop as these two girls light up the stage. Entry is free, with music from 9pm.

For one night only, Signal Chain are bringing their kaleidoscope of sounds to The Bergy Seltzer to launch their debut EP on 10’’ vinyl. Join Holly, Sam, Lynn and Drew for their exciting, new release on Saturday February 1 from 8pm. It’s free.

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GIGS & EVENTS

YES RAVE X MUNDANE MONDAYS FUNDRAISER FEAT: RACERAGE, SIMO SOO, FCK Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7pm. $8.

REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER'S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East.

7pm. $20.

COQ ROQ: UNPLUGGED

9pm. FREE.

TUESDAY 04 FEB

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Customs House Hotel.

Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.

THE GRUBBY URCHINS

PROVIDENCE FEAT: PROVIDENCE Paris Cat

Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $20.

FREYA J HOLLICK , GRACE CUMMINGS

THE SELTZER SESSIONS - OPEN STAGE , HAMISH MCNAB, MORE The Bergy Seltzer.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

9pm. FREE.

Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 7.30pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK

The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

KLUB MUK Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm. FREE. TUESDAY TRIBUTE: MIKE SCOTT FEAT: RORY NEWMAN, The Drunken Poet. West

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

THE ESPY OPEN MIC NIGHT

(aka The Espy). St Kilda. 7pm. FREE.

OPEN MIC

Hotel Esplanade

Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.

TUESDAY TRIBUTE: MIKE SCOTT FEAT: RORY NEWMAN, The Drunken Poet. West

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK JAZZ NIGHT - JOHN BADGERY, MATT O'BRIEN, ROBBIE FINCH Compass Pizza.

Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE.

DAVID JONES CURATES: BROTHERS

Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE.

JOE CHINDAMO

The

Brunswick Green.

Bird's Basement. Melbourne.

7.45pm. $29.

JOE CHINDAMO 7.45pm. $29.

PROVIDENCE 8pm. $20.

Bird's Basement. Melbourne.

Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.

FREE.

PATRICK LEFERVE QUARTET

8pm. $20.

MAHALIA FEAT: ADRIAN EAGLE 170 Russell.

Melbourne. 7.30pm.

WEDNESDAY 05 FEB

Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Melbourne. 7.30pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL THE BUTLERS , CHINA BEACH, THANKS The

Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $12.25.

FRANCIS GLASS BAND , MOONLOVER, GEORGIA KNIGHT Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

WEDDING KNIVES , 10 DOLLARS, THE FADED OUT Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 7.30pm. $10.

GARAGE SALE , PTING, ROB CASINO Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm.

ROGERSTEIN LOUNGE

Espy). St Kilda. 5pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES 8pm. FREE.

The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick.

LOMOND ACOUSTICA FEAT: MONICA WEIGHTMAN, MARTY HORSTEAD, MARTY KELLY, FLOYD THURSBY The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE.

OPEN MIC

Whole Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 5pm.

WOLF-ARROW RAIN

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

JJ BAILEY FREE.

The Drunken Poet. West

The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm.

HONEYBOY DES 7.30pm. FREE.

Compass Pizza. Brunswick East.

Hotel Esplanade (aka The

HIP HOP, R&B, POP SENSIBLE ANTIXX BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER FEAT: BIRDZ, P-UNIQUE, DJ HENRY SKILLS, MANTRA, DIALECTRIX, DJ J-RED, NIASHA, N'FA JONES Northcote Social Club. Northcote.

7.30pm. $23.29.

WEDNESDAY TWIST

JOE JACOBSON

Paris Cat Jazz

AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE MSO

MAJOR PLAINS , BLUEY, MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRYS , LACHLAN WATSON, WATERFRONT The Workers Club.

Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.

FREAK FANDANGO , MYSTERY GUEST, LEWIS COLEMAN Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.

FREE.

DANE CERTIFICATE , DANIELLE WALKER, ZOË FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS, DJ UNCLE JESSE Red Betty. Brunswick. 8pm. $10.

WILD MEADOWS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.

DICK VALENTINE , FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm.

$33.92.

TOM FRYER BAND , PROFESSOR PEEL, SHOL Bar 303. Northcote. 7.30pm.

LUKE HOWARD TRIO The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

NORTHSIDE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

FREE.

Brothers Public House.

Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES

IRISH SESSION

Lucky Coq. Windsor.

LOVE PRESENT: BERGY THURSDAYS , DAN CASA, GJ TINGLES, PURPLEK, HOGES The

Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

J.I.D

The Carlton Club.

170 Russell. Melbourne. 8pm. $113.51.

CLASSICAL LAURA VAUGHAN & DANNY YEADON Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank. 6pm. $40.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE MSO Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Melbourne. 7.30pm. FREE.

THURSDAY 06 FEB

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

WILDLIFE VICTORIA / CFA FUNDRAISER FEAT: BITUMEN, BIG YAWN, SYNTHETICS, PREMIUM FANTASY The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm.

$12.25.

INTEGRITY , INTERNAL ROT, GELD, DIPLOID Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 7pm. $55.

LIGHTHOUSER , IMOGEN CYGLER, SAULT Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8.30pm. $10.

DUDI SHAUL , STAV Grace Darling Hotel.

GERRY HALE

FREE.

Brothers Public House. Fitzroy. 8pm.

ROSARIO DE MARCO North. 6pm.

Royal Oak Hotel. Fitzroy

MORNING MELODIES FEAT: GAVIN CHATELIER Ferntree Gully Hotel. Ferntree Gully.

10.30am. $17.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK LIVE MUSIC THURSDAY FEAT: MR CLIFF, PERON Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 5pm. FREE. ATTICHE/NEYLAND/LACKMANN - JAZZ TRIO Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6pm. FREE. CALEB WILSON TRIO Post Office Hotel. Coburg.

9pm.

LADIES WHO SING LEONARD FEAT: DEVORAH, RITA SATCH, SHKOLINK, LAUREN GLEZER, GABRIELLA COHEN, MORE Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 7pm. $30.

ADAM SIMMONS TRIO Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm.

FREE.

KATIE NOONAN

$40.

The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 7pm.

THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND

Brunswick

Collingwood. 8pm. $12.74.

Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE.

KING RIVER RISING FEAT: JOTHI, AZTX

DËRTY BËRD Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE. THE JAZZ HARBINGERS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm. FREE.

TEX PERKINS & MATT WALKER Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39.

Bird's

PENNYWISE , STRUNG OUT, NO FUN AT ALL Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 6pm. $79.90.

EVERCLEAR The Croxton. Thornbury. 8pm. $73.65.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL GROOVECULT RECORDS AND MUCH LOVE PRESENT: BERGY THURSDAYS , DAN CASA, GJ TINGLES, PURPLEK, HOGES The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

WAITANGI DAY FEAT: UGLY NEIGHBOURS, DELLA, GUILTY BYSTANDER, FLOAT Ferdydurke. Melbourne.

5pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES THE ROYAL BLUE TRIO 8pm. $10.

Melbourne. 5pm. FREE.

6.30pm. FREE.

PARADISE EXPRESS - NEO RADIO Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $35.

Paris Cat

ALL STARS LIVE JAM FEAT: MAYA Pause Bar. Balaclava. 8pm. FREE.

EMMA GILMARTIN + ANGELA DAVIS , JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP SKŸE , Y A R A, LHĒON Wesley Anne. Northcote.

8pm. $10.

WAITANGI DAY FEAT: UGLY NEIGHBOURS, DELLA, GUILTY BYSTANDER, FLOAT Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 5pm. FREE.

THROWBACK FEAT: MATT RADOVICH, EZRA HARVEY, ILRESPONCE, B-TWO, AYNA, NAM Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE.

FRIDAY 07 FEB

Bar 303. Northcote.

DANE CERTIFICATE , DANIELLE WALKER, ZOË FOX & THE ROCKET CLOCKS, DJ UNCLE JESSE Red Betty. Brunswick. 8pm. $10.

IZY Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE. OPEN MIC NIGHT The Drunken Poet. West GREG STEPS

Melbourne. 8pm. $25.

Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick.

THE FEATHERHEADS , DR ASPARAGUS & THE PIED PIED PIPER The B.East.

Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

FRANK RAYMOND & THE SILHOUETTES FAD Gallery. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL BERGY BUSHFIRE BENEFIT FEAT: CASTILLES, NO/TRAUMA, PAM SALMON, WURST NURSE, SHEOAK, GEMMA O'CONNOR, JESS LUDLOW, DJ MR SHARP The Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 7.30pm. $10.

SARAHJ , BRIXTON ALLEY, SIR JUDE The

Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $12.25.

JUMP ROPE Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

SOPHISTICATED DINGO - KARAOKE FOR BUSHFIRE RELIEF The Penny Black. Brunswick.

8pm. FREE.

MICHAEL SITA

THIGH MASTER , SCHOOL DAMAGE,

Greg Champion & The Useful Members of Society

Emily Thiel

LOMOND HOTEL

American musician Emily Thiel will be landing at Bar 303 on Sunday February 2, with her self-described brand of “freakfolk-jazz” music. She’ll be joined by local Melbourne musician Lara Travis, who tells lyrical stories whilst plucking her guitar.

Kicks off at 7.30pm, entry $10 on the door.

Customs House Hotel.

Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.

GROOVECULT RECORDS AND MUCH

Sallee

The Grooovetones

STAY GOLD

THE DRUNKEN POET

Dark pop wizard Sallee is gearing up for her highly anticipated EP launch, hosted

by Stay Gold. On Sunday February 2, Sallee will take you on a musical journey, joined by special guests Millie Tizzard, Baz KayBee and nightlight. Doors are at 7pm and tix start from $18 via Eventbrite.

The Grooovetones are set to takeover The Drunken Poet with their jumping blues and jazz, guaranteed to get you on your feet.

The five-piece band will blow you away with their bold honking horns, honky tonk piano and slappin’ double bass. The free show goes down on Sunday February 2 from 4pm.

Four-piece band Greg Champion & The Useful Members of Society will be taking the stage at Lomond Hotel on Sunday February 2. Formerly a solo musician, Champion is known for his descriptive lyrical pictures of Australian life and culture.

Free from 5.30pm.

BAR 303

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GIGS & EVENTS

THIBAULT Northcote Social Club. Northcote.

8.30pm. $14.79.

RAZZMATAZZ Globe Alley. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE. A WONDERFUL SPLASH: BRIGHT EYES 'I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING' 15 YEAR PARTY Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm. $23.29.

BURIED FEATHER , MOTE, SHROUD Cherry

Bar. Melbourne. 8pm. $11.34.

THE MAGGIE PILLS , BACKYARD MAFIA, CYCLONE MAVIS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm.

BASTARDIZER , REAPER, GALAXY, EVOKER Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $15.

DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE , GONZO The B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS - A FUNDRAISER SHOW FOR BUSHFIRE RELIEF FEAT: LINCOLN LE FEVRE & THE INSIDERS, JESS LOCKE, THE FLYING SO HIGH-OS, HANNY J The Last Chance Rock &

Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 7pm. $16.35.

PAST PRESENT

The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.

TEX PERKINS & MATT WALKER Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $39.

GOOD MORNING

Thornbury. 8pm. $18.40.

EVERCLEAR

$69.60.

Bird's

The Thornbury Theatre.

Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 8pm.

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

Melbourne. 8pm. $68.35.

Max Watt's.

THE STRANGLERS

Forum Melbourne. Melbourne.

X AMBASSADORS

The Croxton. Thornbury. 8pm.

7.30pm. $89.90. $64.90.

PENNYWISE Chelsea Heights Hotel. Aspendale Gardens. 6pm. $79.90 CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND

Customs House

Hotel. Williamstown. 9.30pm. FREE.

OTA , DAN SOLOMON The Thornbury Local.

Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK SOUL BLUE

9pm. FREE.

The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

OPA! Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm.

RICHARD PAVLIDIS Melbourne Recital Centre.

Southbank. 8pm. $31.

JOHN MONTESANTE DECTET: FROM BLUE NOTE TO BEBOP The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

8pm. $35.

MOUNT KUJO + MONSIEUR DIOP

Bar

Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE.

PARADISE EXPRESS - NEO RADIO

Paris Cat

Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $35.

A NIGHT OF JAZZ: FEATURING THE PETROPOULOS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. $35.

RALEIGH WILLIAMS SINGS DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.

6.30pm. $35.

JOHN MONTESANTE DECTET , CRAIG SCHNEIDER, TAMARA KULDIN The Jazzlab.

Brunswick. 8pm. $30 - 35.

THE MAMAS FEAT: THE MAMAS, TBC The

FREE.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

RNB FRIDAYS Co.. Southbank. 9.30pm. $22.19.

PEACH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar. Melbourne.

Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

PSEUDO ECHO Plaza Tavern. VIC. 8pm. $34.70.

TEMPERANCE FRIDAYS FEAT: ADAM TRACE, NICK VAN WILDER, DJ T.P.C

The Carlton Club.

9.30pm. FREE.

CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.

New Guernica.

BULLHORN , ELECTRIK LEMONADE, CAPTAIN DREAMBOAT The Zoo. VIC. 11pm. $24.50.

Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 8pm. FREE.

MEDIUM FIRE RELIEF FEAT: PRETTYTHING, GUS, TUCKSHOP, GRAM, ALPHA BLONDIE, CIAO BELLA Evelyn Hotel.

Brunswick. 8pm. $5 - 15.

DJ A-MAN FREE.

Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm.

KINGS OF OZ Royal Hotel. Essendon. 9pm. FREE. FESTIVAL NO.23 FEAT: STACEY PULLEN, OSUNLADE, TRAUMER, FREQ NASTY, MIMI LOVE, OCEANVS ORIENTALIS, TRUS'ME, IDA DAUGAARD, DAVE DINGER, KIKO, WAREIKA, MORE Lancemore Macedon Ranges.

VIC. 12pm. $224.13 - 265.01.

FORMATION FEAT: DONNY, ONE PUF, BLEND CORP, CONGO TARDIS, DINGO SQUAD Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm. FREE. G.O.D. & SMILE POLICE PRESENT REGENERATION - VIC BUSHFIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER 24 Moons. Northcote. 8pm. $26.

OTA , DAN SOLOMON The Thornbury Local.

Thornbury. 8pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES SCOTT CANDLISH

$10.

THE BLUE TWO FEW 6pm. FREE.

ANNALIESE ROSE

9pm.

Wesley Anne. Northcote.

Post Office Hotel. Coburg.

GEOFF ACHISON

The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8.30pm. FREE.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.

SATURDAY 08 FEB

The

Bergy Seltzer. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.

DEE WIRE & THE MODERN AGE , RACHEL ROSE Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm. $10.

DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE , TREATS, CHARLIE MCCOSH The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

8.30pm. $9.85.

LIVEWIRE , WARPED, K5, PERSECUTION BLUES The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 1pm. $12.25.

CURFEW GULL , MOUSEATOUILLE, IMOGEN CYGLER Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 3pm.

FREE.

THIRD EYE STIMULI & THE CRITICAL SLIDE SOCIETY: STRANGE NEWS FEAT: BANANAGUN, EMPAT LIMA, JOE GHATT, THE JIM MITCHELLS, FOGGY NOTION, SUN FRUITS Old Bar. Fitzroy. 5.30pm. $15 - 20.

FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE , DRAUGHT DODGERS, EL COLOSSO THE BADLOVES , JACOBS RUN Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 2.30pm. $28.50.

CC GOONS , HANNY J, TONY TAINT The Last

Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 2pm. FREE.

BLONDIE HAS MORE FUN 2020 St Kilda. 8pm. $23.50.

8.30pm. FREE.

SUNNYBOYS , PAINTERS & DOCKERS Forum Melbourne. Melbourne. 7.30pm.

Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.

PLAYING THE FLAME FEAT: LAURA LAZZARA & HAYLEY AUSTEN, BRIDGET ALLAN, MADI LEEDS, LOUISE GAUL, OH DAISY Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood.

8pm. $10.

DOLLY DIAMOND & THE JACK EARLE BIG BAND Hawthorn Arts Centre. Hawthorn. 8pm.

BOBBY ALU

9pm. FREE.

$35.

Gem Bar. Collingwood.

Chapel Off Chapel. Prahran. 7.30pm.

SHAUNA TONY & CO.

Brothers Public House.

Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.

The Fyrefly.

RACH BRENNAN & THE PINES , JESS DELUCA Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda.

Bentleigh East. 8pm. $28.50.

Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

CREEK , NIINE, ZENITH MOON Globe Alley.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES JOHN KENNEDY'S 68 COMEBACK SPECIAL The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

9.30pm. FREE.

HANNAH ACFIELD 6pm. FREE.

TEAM LOVE

5pm. FREE.

Wesley Anne. Northcote.

Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Brunswick.

THE HOODOO MEN Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.

THE TIPPLERS

3pm. FREE.

The Drunken Poet. West

The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne.

The Royal Blue Trio

Mr Cliff & Peron

Adam Waldron Trio

BAR 303

TEMPERANCE HOTEL

BODRIGGY BREWING CO.

Catch a true rarity at Bar 303, as The Royal Blue Trio play the venue’s famous Hammond Night on Thursday February 6.

From 8pm, Louis King, Jake Mason and Tim Burnham will showcase some of the band’s finest roots music. Entry is $10.

On Thursday February 6, acoustic duo Mr Cliff & Peron are playing a live set of R&B and soul at Temperance Hotel. These well-rounded lads will be playing all your favourites while you enjoy $10 cocktails and $1 wings from 5pm. Don’t miss this night of free music and great food.

Where one door closes another opens, and so it goes with artist residencies at Bodriggy. The Adam Waldron Trio are taking over the Thursday slot in February, swapping the indie-jazz of January’s band Goodsport for rock and blues. Catch their first free show on Thursday February 6.

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SUNDOWN AT MCCLELLAND: A FIRE RELIEF BENEFIT FEAT: KUTCHA EDWARDS, GENA ROSE BRUCE McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery. VIC. 3.30pm. $45.

PAT MCKERNAN

9pm. FREE.

Brothers Public House. Fitzroy.

BROTHERS BLUEGRASS ALL STARS

$34.70.

THE SAFETY WORD FEAT: RUMPUS The

$72.63.

THE FOUR SCOOPS

Gem Bar. Collingwood. 9pm. FREE.

PSEUDO ECHO

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

ALL THE KING'S MEN - A TRIBUTE TO BB, ALBERT, FREDDIE & EARL Caravan Music Club.

FREE.

JESS PARKER & THE TROUBLED WATERS

Brothers

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8.30pm. $17.98.

Wesley Anne. Northcote. 8pm.

Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

Public House. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.

MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER (WITH YOU) Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $40.

Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick.

MISSION BROWN

POP TILL YOU DROP

ANDY MCGARVIE TRIO

$32 - 38.

6.30pm. FREE.

Workers Club Geelong. Geelong. 8pm. $10.

SOUTHBANK DAWN RAGA SERIES

Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 7.30am. FREE.

KYLE BREW

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

Commercial Hotel. VIC. 8pm.

#LETSHOUSE SATURDAYS FEAT: ADAM TRACE, MARCUS KNIGHT, GARRY SHEBA Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 5pm. FREE.

RACKETT , TEE ELISHHA, V, COPPER FEEL, NVSTY MILITIA Yah Yah's. Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.82.

OFF LICENSE FEAT: SADIVA, KAÏRA CUVÉE, MRS. WALLACE, MATKA, BINOFSKI, RAMSEY, LOTUS MOONCHILD, MINCY Section 8. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE. POSITIVE EDUCATION FEAT: DR HEFNA, JIM WESTLAKE, JBAM, OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOUR, MBUG Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm.

FREE.

PAWN SATURDAYS Pawn & Co.. Prahran. 8pm.

EOSM BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER , DJ DAN FULHAM, ROGER RAMJET, DJ NEE, MORE Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. $11.25.

DJ FRANKIE TEARDROP Hotel. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.

Edinburgh Castle

DISGRACEMENT FEAT: GOLDEN SYRUP, LOVISION, QUELL, CAUSTIC GRIP, CRISIS CORP Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10.

ALL NIGHT FEAT: CITIZEN.COM, MORE The

Thornbury Local. Thornbury. 10pm. FREE.

ELECTRIC DREAMS Co.. Southbank. 9pm. $22.19.

EAT THE BEAT FEAT: DARIUS SYROSSIAN, ETWAS, MATTEO FREYRIE, ANDREA GUADALUPI, GAV WHITEHOUSE, CHRISS MATTÒ, MORE New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm.

$25 - 30.

DJ STEFF Royal Hotel. Essendon. 9pm.

FESTIVAL NO.23 FEAT: STACEY PULLEN, OSUNLADE, TRAUMER, FREQ NASTY, MIMI LOVE, OCEANVS ORIENTALIS, TRUS'ME, IDA DAUGAARD, DAVE DINGER, KIKO, WAREIKA, MORE Lancemore Macedon

Ranges. VIC. 12pm. $224.13 - 265.01.

WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL

Watt's. Melbourne . 8pm. $52.05.

Max

LEVELS Brown Alley. Melbourne. 9pm.

HOUSE PARTY 2.0 FEAT: BETH GRACE, VARIOUS DJS Bimbo. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE. TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq.

Windsor. 9pm. FREE.

G.O.D. & SMILE POLICE PRESENT REGENERATION - VIC BUSHFIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER 24 Moons. Northcote. 8pm. $26.

The Pope’s Assassins SWAMPLANDS

On Saturday February 8 Swamplands is hosting a night of loud and absurdist rock.

Come down and blow off some steam as The Pope’s Assassin, Dirty Bloods, Rabbotica and Emperor Moth rock the night away. The free show kicks off at 7.30pm.

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GIGS & EVENTS

CLASSICAL

Southbank. 7pm. $64.50.

Bowl. Melbourne. 7.30pm. FREE.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

MJC PRESENTS: STEPHEN MAGNUSSON'S KINFOLK The Jazzlab.

SUNDAY SERVICE FEAT: KK, 10YRWAR, DJ R3DBIRD, MG BLAKK Morris Jones. Windsor.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS

SNAJ Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 4pm. FREE. GODDESSES OF JAZZ FEAT: MAUDE DAVEY, RUTH KATERELOS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

PURR FEAT: PIATAŌ Ferdydurke. Melbourne. 8pm.

CLASSICAL

MOTHERSHIP Co.. Southbank. 10pm. $15.

TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER Red Betty. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE.

PENNY QUARTET

FREE.

STUDIO GHIBLI - CHOPIN STYLE FEAT: NATALYA PLAYS Melbourne Recital Centre.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

ZOUROUNA Post Office Hotel. Coburg. 4.30pm.

THE JAIMZ PROJECT Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.

Sidney Myer Music

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

Melbourne. 6.30pm. $35.

HANNAH SCHMIDLI , SADIE MUSTOE Paris

HORNS OF LEROY , DJ VINCE PEACH, DIVE TEAM 5, JULES BOULT Howler. Brunswick.

Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7pm. $25.

BOB MARLEY BIRTHDAY BASH

THE MELTDOWN

8pm. $24.71.

Richmond. 8pm. $23.29.

DJ LADY LOVE POTION

Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.

Corner Hotel.

Charles Weston Hotel.

CALIENTE! HOT LATIN DANCE MUSIC '55-'75 FEAT: KEKOSON, DJ EMMA PEEL, DJ POCO JUGO, DJ RICHIE1250 Bar Open.

Fitzroy. 10pm. $12.

BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE & THE RUN

B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.

ALMA ZYGIER BAND 8pm. $30.

THE SLIPDIXIES

FREE.

RENEE GEYER

7.45pm. $35.

The

The Jazzlab. Brunswick.

Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 4pm.

Bird's Basement. Melbourne.

IRIE BAND Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE. BILLY JOEL: IN A JAZZ STATE OF MIND , CRAIG SMITH QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club.

Melbourne. 9pm. $32.50.

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

Memo Music Hall. St Kilda. 3pm.

TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER Red Betty. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. CATS & THE CANARY The Toff In Town.

Melbourne. 7.30pm. $17.43.

THE MAMAS

$22.

Macedon Railway Hotel. VIC. 3pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES

Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 8pm. $119.90 - 229.90.

SEI SETTE - AMORE E MORTE FEAT: NIKKI ELLI SOUVERTJIS The Butterfly Club. 5.30pm. $26 - 35.

THE MAMAS

The Eastern. VIC. 8pm. $10.

HIP HOP, R&B, POP

9.30pm.

Temperance Hotel. South Yarra. 2pm. FREE.

ZINNIA BLUE

- 15.

Wesley Anne. Northcote. 3pm. $10

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK YOLANDA INGLEY II BAND

The Lomond Hotel.

Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE.

OKKA

BLUES ARCADIA , EZRA LEE The Workers Club.

Poet. West Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE.

The Drunken

THE TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne.

4pm. FREE.

PHIL PARA & BAND

Cherry Bar. Melbourne. 5pm.

JOYCE PRESCHER

Charles Weston Hotel.

FREE.

Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.

WARNER CORNER - SONGS FROM 1000 SUNDAYS Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East.

CHRISTOPHER ENGEL , MORNING BEAR, SEB SZABO Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood.

7.30pm. $10.66.

THE EZRA LEE SHOW 7.30pm. FREE.

Gem Bar. Collingwood.

THE SHADY RIVER STRAYS 5pm. FREE.

The Catfish. Fitzroy.

COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON, JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs House Hotel. Williamstown.

SUNDAY 09 FEB

Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm. FREE.

Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm.

Edinburgh Castle

A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS , BELLIGERENT GOAT, JHELI EMMETT, SCARES The Last TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER Red Betty. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE. HAVE/HOLD - FEBRUARY RESIDENCY & BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER Old Bar. Fitzroy. 2pm.

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

2.30pm. $18.50.

RO Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 7.30pm. $13.30.

LIGHT - OLD SCHOOL RNB NIGHT FEAT: DJ JVP Co.. Southbank. 9pm. $22.19.

KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS , DURMY, DAMION DE SILVA Khokolat Bar. Melbourne.

Social Club. Northcote. 1pm. $23.29.

SUNDAY SESSION , LUKE JOSEPH, JACK & JORDAN, TOMMY RANDO

HOMESICK RAY’S HOTSHOTS

GLADYS KNIGHT

GECKO The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.

MIJO BISCAN , GEORGIA FIELDS Northcote THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS

2pm. FREE.

THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.

SUNDAY SINGALONG

Pause Bar.

Brothers Public House.

DEBBIE DOES ST KILDA FEST

Bandroom. St Kilda. 3pm. $34.70.

Southbank. 6pm. $40.

Northcote Social Club.

Melbourne Recital Centre.

PHILIP QUAST , ANNE-MAREE MCDONALD Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne).

Melbourne. 11am. $25.

FREE.

Lotta Love. Brunswick East. 3pm. FREE.

Melbourne. 8pm. $35.

Paris Cat Jazz

ROCK, PUNK, METAL

JAMES HARVEY , TWO TALE, RACH Whole

Fitzroy. 1pm. $19.40.

Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.

FREE.

Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 7pm.

GODDESSES OF JAZZ FEAT: MAUDE DAVEY, RUTH KATERELOS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET

Pause Bar.

4pm. FREE.

Northcote. 4pm. FREE.

Prince

FESTIVAL NO.23 FEAT: STACEY PULLEN, OSUNLADE, TRAUMER, FREQ NASTY, MIMI LOVE, OCEANVS ORIENTALIS, TRUS'ME, IDA DAUGAARD, DAVE DINGER, KIKO, WAREIKA, MORE Lancemore Macedon

Ranges. VIC. 12pm. $224.13 - 265.01.

SUNDAY REVIVAL FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq. Windsor. 4pm. FREE.

MONDAY 10 FEB

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK ANDREA KELLER'S FIVE BELOW

Brunswick. 8pm. $20.

The Jazzlab.

TUESDAY 11 FEB

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES THE SELTZER SESSIONS - OPEN STAGE , HAMISH MCNAB, MORE The Bergy Seltzer.

Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

IRISH SESSION

9pm. FREE.

The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick East.

TUESDAY TRIBUTE: EMMYLOU HARRIS FEAT: SUZETTE HERFT, The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.

THE ESPY OPEN MIC NIGHT

(aka The Espy). St Kilda. 7pm. FREE.

OPEN MIC

Hotel Esplanade

Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/FUNK THE JAIMZ PROJECT Bar 303. Northcote. 8pm.

BRIDGE PLAY BLUE NOTE Compass Pizza.

Brunswick East. 7.30pm. FREE.

DAVID JONES CURATES: DRUMSCAPES

ELECTRONIC, EXPERIMENTAL

The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $30.

DJS TIL LATE Morris Jones. Windsor. 8pm. FREE. NIEUW MONDAYS The Workers Club. Fitzroy.

IT HAD TO BE YOU , GARTH PLOOG, RALEIGH WILLIAMS Paris Cat Jazz Club.

8pm. $10.

DJS TILL LATE

Evelyn Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/FOLK, BLUES TONY LUKAV FREE.

Wesley Anne. Northcote. 6.30pm.

OPEN MIC NITE 7.30pm. FREE.

Inkerman Hotel. St Kilda East.

JOE CHINDAMO 7.45pm. $29.

Bird's Basement. Melbourne.

Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30.

ROCK, PUNK, METAL NO HARD FEELINGS , FREDDIE JONES, LOUISE SOL The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8pm. $9.85.

MAJOR PLAINS , DARVID THOR, IN-SHAPE Retreat Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.

MOON DUO

Melbourne Recital Centre. Southbank.

7.30pm. $45 - 65.

Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.

TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND , THE LONE CLAPPER Red Betty. Brunswick. 5pm. FREE.

Live Music Sessions

The Safety Word

The McGillycuddies

Sunday Sessions

QUIET MAN IRISH PUB

THE BERGY SELTZER

QUIET MAN IRISH PUB

TEMPERANCE HOTEL

The Quiet Man Irish Pub is hosting a night of contemporary Irish music on Saturday February 8 from 9:30pm. Delight in a great mix of young Irish artists playing music from all around the world. The event is free and happens every week, so you can add it to your Friday-night knockoff roster.

On Saturday February 8, The Bergy Seltzer is hosting an epic evening of lo-fi hip hop, electro-soul and indie grooves. You won’t want to miss out on this evening of quality electro-orchestral synth jams and rollicking good times, featuring The Safety Word and Rumpus. The music will kick off at 9pm and entry is free.

On Sunday February 9, Celtic punk outfit The McGillycuddies are stepping into the Quiet Man Irish Pub for a night of mandolin, tin whistle, accordion and power chords.

Experience sounds you have never heard before with The McGillycuddies’ truly unique set from 6pm, free.

Kick back, relax and enjoy Temperance Hotel’s Sunday Sessions, with sets from 2pm to help you recover from your Saturday night shenanigans. Tommy Rando, Luke Joseph and duo Jack & Jordan will be playing laid back tunes on Sunday February 9, free of charge.

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