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THE PRICE IS RIGHT ELECTRIC MARY In-your-face Electric Mary have just done and dusted Japan and still have France, Spain and the UK coming, BUT there is serious unfinished business in their own hometown. Nitro at The Trak Lounge Bar is proud to open their new night with Electric Mary playing their first gig in town since April. Big stage, even bigger sound, massive vibe, plus the first 300 through the door get a copy of Electric Mary’s latest two-track previously unreleased songs. We have Electric Mary t-shirt, two track CD and double pass to their gig on Friday August 31. Doors 9pm. Let the ear damage and sensory rehab begin.

HUNTING GROUNDS As part of their In Hindsight Tour, Ballarat-bred hypno-pop sextet Hunting Grounds will be hitting up The Toﬀ In Town, alongside Brisbane’s very own Gung Ho. For a night of eerie vocal, electric keyboard debauchery, jump on the Hunting Grounds bandwagon on Saturday August 25, doors 7.30pm. We have two double passes to give away. Access said free shit at beat.com.au/freeshit. Do it.

NAI PALM Nai Palm is lead singer and guitarist for Hiatus Kaiyote, known around town for their soulful polyrhythmic sounds and is playing a series of solo shows downstairs at Bar Open.This will be your last chance to catch Nai Palm before heading to New York and LA where she’ll be performing at prestigious CMJ music industry event as well as appearing on inﬂuential radio station KCRW. Nai Palm performs every Sunday this September at Bar Open, along with strictly vinyl DJ Percy Valentin. Doors 4pm, free entry.

CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS Brash, raucous and disconcerting, Chicks Who Love Guns are here to make the world a little louder and unbind the minds of the masses, announcing an East Coast tour and the release of their third EP, Moon Eater. Their ﬁrst single, from the EP, Shin-Okubo has already been a viral smash, with their Japanese inspired ﬁlm clip rampantly spreading throughout the blogosphere and national community radio. Chicks Who Love Guns are set to tell the world their story. If you don’t want to be told, frankly my dear – they don’t give a damn. Thursday September 27, at the Workers Club, tickets on the door.

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LAGWAGON Lagwagon, the foremost act of the Fat Wreck Chords vanguard, have announced their welcome return to Australia this November. Lagwagon have dipped in and out of hiatus in recent years, and tour announcements have become somewhat of a rarity. The Cali outﬁt have established themselves as punk legends over the course of quarter of a century. Joining them on the road will be Melbourne’s exponentially rising collective The Smith Street Band. Lagwagon perform at The Corner on Sunday December 9. Tickets through The Corner box oﬃce from Friday August 24.

65DAYSOFSTATIC One of the world’s most popular instrumental groups 65daysofstatic have announced their first ever visit to Australia. Formed in 2001 in Sheffield, 65daysofstatic quickly established themselves as one of the most influential post-rock exponents in the UK. It’s the band’s live show however, that has made them one of the most popular instrumental touring acts in the world. Where their records show their ornate instrumentation and experimental sound manipulations, their live show is a rock’n’roll rave that has seen them share stages with the likes of Metallica and play huge festivals as well as massive European dance parties. 65daysofstatic play the Corner Hotel on Friday January 4. Tickets on sale now on Monday August 20 through the Corner box office.

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St Jeromes – The Resurrection Bar in East Brunswick plays home to intimate acoustic gigs and fun-time DJ sets every Wednesday to Sundays. Set deep in the heart of the East Brunswick cafe/arts-inspired neighbourhood The Resurrection is the perfect place to kick back with friends in the heated undercover beer garden. Tonight sees the Mighty Sun Band performing an acoustic set at 7.30pm; Thursday August 23 will see Percy Valentine doing a DJ set from 9pm ‘til 1am; Friday August 24 is rad tunes from Business Hours DJ spinning platters from 9pm ‘til 1am; and Saturday August 25 will be Jimmy Hawk with Children doing an acoustic set from 7pm.

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Ethereal songstress Brous will be joining Patrick Wolf at his Australian shows this September. Based in Melbourne, Brous (pronounced ‘Bruce’) has gained huge support from the industry and public alike. She ﬁrst popped up on the radar with the wonderfully psychedelic track Streamers and from the ﬁrst few notes, it is apparent that the talented performer is inspired by the Europop of yesteryear. Don’t miss the chance to see both Brous and Patrick Wolf’s songs come alive when they perform at the Forum II on Tuesday September 11, get your tickets through Ticketmaster.

With a gargantuan first lineup announcement pretty much guaranteeing an instant sell-out, Soundwave have gone ahead and dropped their second lineup. The second lineup features Slayer, Cypress Hill, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Billy Talent, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Blackout, Fucked Up, Gallows, This Is Hell, Amity Affliction, Cerebral Ballzy, Crossfaith, Polar Bear Club, Early November, Dear Hunter, Blood On The Dance Floor, Versus The World, Sylosis and Confession. The second round of acts join the freaking huge roster of Metallica, Linkin Park, Blink-182, A Perfect Circle, The Offspring, Paramore, Garbage, Tomahawk, Stone Sour, Kyuss Lives, Anthrax, Sum 41, Dragonforce, All Time Low, Flogging Molly, Ghost, Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Motion City Soundtrack, Lawrence Arms, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Fozzy, Sleeping With Sirens, Cancer Bats, Madball, Vision of Disorder, Pierce The Veil, Periphery, Shai Halud, Of Mice & Men, Miss May I, Danko Jones, Woe Is Me,The Wonder Years, While She Sleeps,Such Gold, Lucero, Six Feet Under, Deaf Havana, Red Fang, Chunk! No Captain Chunk! and Memphis May Fire! General public tickets onsale 9am Thursday August 23 from the Sounwave website. Stay tuned for the third announcement! The Melbourne leg of Soundwave 2013 takes place Friday March 1.

MATCHBOX TWENTY After a four year wait, Australian Matchbox Twenty fans are in for a right royal treat with the band announcing a national tour. Rob Thomas and co. have sold tens of millions of records over the course of their illustrious career, and have amassed a huge Australian following in the process. Along for the ride this time will be our own icons INXS, who will no doubt be ﬁlling stadiums with their gilded back catalogue. Matchbox Twenty and INXS perform at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday October 20. Tickets through the Live Nation website.

BRITISH INDIA British India are back on the road, crossing our fair nation this spring to mark the release of their new single I Can Make You Love Me. The song has been a radio staple since its release and now the band has released the video behind the song, featuring a lovelorn minotaur. Yep, you read right. The tour reaches the Ferntree Gully Hotel on Thursday October 18, The Corner Hotel on Friday October 19 and the Pier Hotel in Frankston on Saturday October 20. Tickets are on sale now via Oztix.

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PENNYWISE It looks like Pennywise fans will have to hold out a little while longer to roar along to Bro Hymn, with the band postponing their dates. Due to hit Australia next week, it appears that the Pennywise tour suﬀered a setback due to a back injury. Rescheduled Pennywise dates are to be announced.

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DEEP SEA ARCADE Sydney collective Deep Sea Arcade have enjoyed a stellar 2012 thanks to their choice debut LP Outlands. Showing no signs of slowing down, the band are hitting the road to launch their new single. Deep Sea Arcade have been going from strength to strength, selling out their album launch tour across the country – as well as going on to gain international attention. Granite City has established itself as a live favourite, and is set to follow on from the success of the record’s ﬁrst two singles. Be sure to catch the lads live this time around before they return to the studio to craft their follow-up LP. Deep Sea Arcade perform at The Corner Hotel on Friday November 9. Tickets onsale now from The Corner box oﬃce.

Define your genre in five words or less: Old school. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A late night booty call. Describe the best gig you have ever played. Hellfest, France. Kiss, Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Slayer… do I need to go on? Tell us about the last song you wrote. Feel Your Pain. Like trying to smash the last nail in the coﬃn…from the inside. Tell us about your upcoming European tour.

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We go back to our second home, France, for some shows, followed by ten shows in 11 days in Spain. Then we ﬁnally get to play in the Motherland. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? A shot of white sambuca. I howl at the moon. I play paper-scissors-rock with Venom. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. How is it you are not the biggest band in the world? I thought we were…? If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? A white Kit-Kat. It’s a tasty treat full of shit.

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Following on from a ripper third announcement, Falls Music And Arts Festival have announced the roster for their opening night Boogie Nights spectacular. The Boogie Nights lineup features Anna Lumb & DJ Lazer Ferrari, Chris Gill & Mohair Slim (Lorne only), Dj Manchild & Russ Dewbury (Marion Bay only), Furnace & The Fundamentals (Lorne only), Legs Akimbo, Muscles (Lorne only), The Bamboos (Lorne Boogie Nights only, Marion Bay main lineup) and The Cuban Brothers. Tickets for Lorne are all sold out, but there are still tickets for Marion Bay available from the oﬃcial website. Falls Music And Arts Festival takes place from Friday December 28 until Tuesday January 1 at Lorne, and from Saturday December 29 until Tuesday January 1 at Marion Bay.

PARKWAY DRIVE Byron Bay’s Parkway Drive will embark on their most ambitious Australian tour this December to coincide with the release of their hugely anticipated fourth album, Atlas. Recorded in Los Angeles with esteemed producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, etc.), the soon-to-be-released Atlas is yet another leap forward for the charttopping Australian group, whose previous eﬀort, 2010’s Deep Blue, took out the ARIA award for Best Hard Rock and Metal release. December’s Atlas tour will boast an all Australian lineup, with support coming from three exciting local acts, I Killed The Prom Queen, Northlane and Survival. Parkway Drive hit Festival Hall on Saturday December 22. Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster on Wednesday August 22.

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Hear ye, hear ye. Ye ol’ faithful Aunty Meredith has descended upon us once more and delivered one heck of a lineup for the 2012 edition. After already sharing that 23-year-old songstress Grimes alongside Australian legends Sunnyboys would be taking to the stage, Aunty has upped the ante with Primal Scream, Spiritualized, Four Tet, Turbonegro, Omar Souleyman, Big Jay McNeely, Rahzel & DJ JS-1, Earthless, Hot Snakes and DJ Yamantaka Eye. Leading the Australian charge will be Meredith favourites Regurgitator alongside the likes of Toot Toot Toots, Royal Headache, Twerps, Saskwatch, Fraser A Gorman & Big Harvest, Brous, Bitter Sweet Kicks, Snakadaktal, Chet Faker, Otologic and Pond. And of course the City Of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band will soothe those early morning hangovers, The Town Bikes will get around, Angus Sampson will do something and Silence Wedge will provide their yearly life changing set. Oh, and J.B. Smoove is hosting Sundee’ and The Gift. Alrighty then. The Meredith Music Festival takes place on Friday December 7 - Sunday December 9 at that magical Supernatural Amphitheatre. If you missed out on the ﬁrst round of ballot tickets, second round is sent out on Thursday August 23. Tickets will also be available in select stores on Thursday August 30. All details at mmf.com.au.

San Diego’s hottest new band, the dirty blues force that is Little Hurricane is set to hit Australia this October. This perfect storm descends upon Melbourne on Friday October 5 at Ding Dong. With a forceful sound that has graced stages all across America, from dust-kicking festival crowds at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits to more intimate, buzz-stirring residencies in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, the band’s raw power truly kicks in when you’re in their sights and the vintage gear is cranked to overload. Come catch the band at their ﬁrst Melbourne show, tickets $40 on the door or $35+bf from Oztix.

EVAN DANDO AND JULIANA HATFIELD Long time friends and musical collaborators Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield will tour Australia together this December. Performing the entire set side by side, the duo will deliver acoustic versions of their expansive back catalogues, including The Lemonheads, Blake Babies, their own solo material and a selection of covers. Evan Dando formed The Lemonheads in 1986, and within a few short months they had released their debut EP which is now one of the most sought after recordings of the ‘80s. The Blake Babies also formed in 1986, with Juliana Hatfield sharing vocals and songwriting responsibilities with bandmate John Strohm. Both bands went on to notable success. Now, Dando and Juliana tour Australia together for the very first time, stopping into The Corner Hotel on Tuesday December 18, with support from Bambino Koresh. Tickets are on sale now from The Corner and Polyester Records.

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KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD As anticipation builds for 12 Bar Bruise, the debut full-length from the mighty King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, the populous bunch of miscreants have announced a national launch tour – including a two night stopover at The Tote. Expect to hear new tracks with sick titles such as Garage Liddiard and Footy Footy, as well as choice cuts from the shit-hot EP of last year, Willoughby’s Beach. 12 Bar Bruise is out Friday September 7 through Flightless. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard hit The Tote on Saturday October 6 and Sunday October 7.

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SLASH, ROSE TATTOO SUPPORTS

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Recent Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, Slash, returns to Australia this week. Supporting Slash in Melbourne and Sydney on this epic tour are the resilient Rose Tattoo. In the category of cult bands, Rose Tattoo has been at the top of the pile for years. The band can take a punch and are full of vitality; they put every kick in the face behind them and still have the energy to carry on and deliver both live and on record. Rose Tattoo will be bringing their balls-out live show to Melbourne, with Slash of course, on Sunday August 26 at Hisense Arena. Tickets available through Ticketek.

HARVEST FESTIVAL With headliners such as Beck, Sigur Rós and Grizzly Bear, it’s no surprise that the Melbourne leg of Harvest Festival has swiftly sold out. But for all of you who missed out, fear not, they’re doubling the Melbourne fun in the festival’s second year. As well as the sold-out Sunday incarnation, the festival will also now take place on the Saturday prior. That’s right, the same top-shelf lineup at two Melbourne Harvests! As well as announcing the second date, another batch of tasty artists have been added to the mix. Joining the already announced ripper ﬁrst lineup will be Silversun Pickups, Dexys Midnight Runners, Crazy P, Los Campisenos!, River City Extension, Dark Horses and Winter People. Harvest Festival takes place at Werribee Mansion on Saturday November 10 (tickets onsale 9am Wednesday August 22) and Sunday November 11 (sold out).

SUZIE STAPLETON Suzie Stapleton is launching Double A-Side My Cons Are Making a Cripple Out of Me/Bring Back The Night at The Old Bar, Friday August 24. Direct from a solo European tour, Stapleton shall reunite with her thunderous rhythm section – Craig Williamson (These Immortal Souls/Lydia Lunch) and Leif Van Den Dungen. Guest cellist Gareth Skinner (The Holy Sea/Wagons) will also be joining them. Also tearing things apart are Sun God Replica, My Left Boot, and Little Wing (new project from Bob Harrow of Immigrant Union). All this for only $10 plus ﬁrst 50 through the door will get a free copy of the double A-side.

FEELINGS

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS It’s been one hell of a ride for Melbourne’s bluessoaked garage rockers The Fearless Vampire Killers. Forming as a bi-product of high school friendships, the band are making a name for themselves with an unhinged live show that draws comparisons to the likes of Dick Dale through to The Libertines. With an explosive live set, it’s no surprise that The Fearless Vampire Killers have been hand-picked to play with the likes of The Mars Volta, Kasabian and The Hives. The Fearless Vampire Killers will be joined by Hart, Red Aces, Winter Moon, and Western Stars, making for a night of exciting local bands that shouldn’t be missed at The Espy Front Bar. Saturday August 25, free entry.

DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST The Darebin Music Feast is a festival dedicated to song writing and community music. It is an exciting, all-inclusive festival that includes hundreds of events and celebrates the musical diversity of one of Melbourne’s most thriving musical communities. Joining in on the massive music feast this year will be Zulya And The Children Of The Underground, The Vaudeville Smash, Peter Combe and plenty more artists, as well as a smorgasbord of special events. The Darebin Music Feast takes place Thursday September 20 until Sunday October 7. Check out www.musicfeast.com.au for full program details.

Though his band Philadelphia Grand Jury are now a thing of the past, Simon Berkfinger has moved out on his own, under the guise of Feelings, and is releasing his debut single One In A Million. After spending more than a year in Germany (412 days to be exact), Feelings is currently putting the final flourishes on his debut album. For his September tour, he will be joined by Dan W. Sweat from Art Vs Science and David Rennick from Dappled Cities, and playing Melbourne at The Workers Club on Saturday September 22. Tickets are $12 via The Workers Club website.

DAPPLED CITIES To celebrate the recent release of the very ace LP (and last week’s Beat album of the week) Lake Air, Sydney’s Dappled Cities are hitting the road for their first national headline tour in two years. Some have labelled Lake Air as the highpoint of Australian music in 2012, and rightfully so. The tour will see the band debut their all-new live show, which will no doubt include some of the band’s classic material, as well as lashings of Lake Air goodness. Support comes from Irish outfit Jape. Dappled Cities hit The Corner on Friday October 12. Ticket on sale now from The Corner box office.

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ALPINE Our recent cover stars Alpine topped the iTunes charts instantly with their ace record A Is For Alpine. As you could imagine, ticket sales for their launch tour are also running hot. With demand for their ﬁrst Corner Hotel show nearing critical mass, the band have announced a second Melbourne date to keep their ever-increasing fanbase happy. Alpine perform at The Corner Hotel on Saturday September 8 (selling fast) and Sunday September 9.

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It has been four years since Yah Yah’s ﬁrst ﬂung open its doors to Smith Street shenanigans ‘til 5am on weekends. We’ve all ended up here. Sunday September 2 sees them celebrate with a birthday party featuring a massive lineup of ten bands who have made themselves familiar with the venue over the years – Frowning Clouds, The Bowers, The Ronson Hang Up, Dave Larkin Band, Davey Lane, Sun God Replica, Richie 1250 & The Brides Of Christ, Bayou, Little Desert and The Delicates. The cream of Melbourne’s crop. Doors will be from 3pm for this all-day extravaganza and tickets are $15+bf from Oztix or $20 on the door if available. They have a 5am licence on Sundays and on this occasion they are planning to give it a little nudge.

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SASKWATCH 2012 has well and truly been the year of Saskwatch. The Melbourne-based soul sensations have been one of the most talked about acts in the country, from slaying it at Golden Plains, to supporting certified funk and soul legends, to blowing the roof off Cherry Bar countless times, to their current stint in Edinburgh. Thing is, it seems like it’s only just getting started for Saskwatch. Their debut album Leave It All Behind dropped last week and is set to consolidate the outfit’s remarkable rise. To celebrate the launch, Saskwatch will hit the road after returning from Europe. As the initiated are aware, the Saskwatch live show is an experience not to be missed. Later in the year, they’ll be pulling off the rare Golden Plains/Meredith double. Nice. Saskwatch perform at The Corner on Friday October 5.

RESIDENCY AFTERPARTY

HEALS AND HAWK

Both Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes and Hiatus Kaiyote have been hosting Tuesday residencies in August, and they will ﬁnish with one big free afterparty at Cherry Bar on Tuesday August 28. Expect onstage jamming with members from the two groups and some special guest vocalists and DJs.

If you’re looking for some California dreamin in September, you’ll do no better than getting along to Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday September 22 for a killer double bill as two Melbourne favourites – Dancing Heals and Jimmy Hawk & The Endless Party – bid their hometown a fond farewell before they each head to faraway shores. Still basking from glowing reviews for their debut LP Into The Night, Cali-inspired pop outﬁt Dancing Heals have been selected to perform at CMJ, and will be heading to NYC in October to play showcases before locking themselves away in a North Carolina studio to record their new EP. Meanwhile, Jimmy Hawk And The Endless Party will launch the indie pop delight, Morning Light – the second single from their recently released and highly praised third album, Liberty Sunset Blue, at what promises to be a splendid Ding Dong aﬀair, with Tone Deaf DJs adding to the festivities on the eve of Jimmy’s departure to the UK for a run of solo shows. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $12.25 pre-sale, or $13 at the door. Tickets can be purchased from Oztix.

MICK HARVEY Founding member of The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mick Harvey performs an intimate gig at The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine on Friday August 24 accompanied by his bandmate and bona ﬁde musical genius JP Shilo. Mick Harvey will perform tracks oﬀ his recently released Sketches From The Book Of The Dead. The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine is honoured to host one of only a couple of Australian shows Mick will be performing for the rest of the year in preparation for an extensive European tour. Do not miss what may well be Castlemaine’s gig of the year. $15 entry. Doors 8.30pm.

ANDREW LIM Q&A THE SCARLETS

Define your genre in five words or less. Pop/rock with country/blues. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? I’ve been told that if Keith Urban, John Mayer, Jason Mraz and Jim Adkins had a baby, I would be the result. I don’t know about physically though. What do you love about making music? I love how you can take a simple thought, event, or emotion and then it becomes a timeline in your life where you look back and go “Oh this song is about that time when I tripped on the treadmill and broke my headphones.” What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? I’ve just released my debut single Closer Now which is available on iTunes, and has been featured on radio nationally the last few weeks. How long have you been gigging and writing? I’ve been writing songs for the last ten years with previous bands, but as a solo artist I’ve been writing for the last five years.

What inspires or has influenced your music the most? For me it’s my own personal life experiences, every day and every moment brings me something new. It’s so weird, if something affects me deeply, a song will write itself and takes its own journey which can be scary but great at the same time. Why should everyone come and see your band? My female backing vocalist is ridiculously hot and we both dance like idiots. Best part about it, is that we’re sober. When are you playing live/releasing your album/ EP/single/etc.? We’re holding a single launch show for Closer Now on Wednesday August 29 at The Workers Club here in Melbourne, with my good friends Emmy Bryce and Lucy B so I’m super stoked! What part of making music excites you the most? I can easily say I get most excited when I’ve just written a song, we’re at the rehearsal room, guitar in hand and plugged in, and we’re jamming it out for the first time. I get absolutely high from it!

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TOURING

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INTERNATIONAL OBITS Northcote Social Club August 24, The Tote August 28 1927, THE REMBRANDTS The Palms At Crown August 24 BOB LOG III The Tote August 24 HAYES CARLL Northcote Social Club August 25 SLASH Hisense Arena August 26 PITBULL Rod Laver Arena August 27 THE ENGLISH BEAT The Corner Hotel August 30 JOSE FELICIANO Palais Theatre August 31 THE BEACH BOYS Rod Laver Arena August 31 ALL THE YOUNG, KING CANNONS The Corner September 1 APOCALYPTICA The Hi-Fi September 1 MARIA MINERVA The Toﬀ In Town September 1 AMERICA Hamer Hall September 6 SHIHAD The Hi-Fi September 6 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Trak Lounge Bar September 7 PATRICK WOLF Forum Theatre September 11 EARTH The Toﬀ In Town September 12, The Corner Hotel September 16 INGRID MICHAELSON The Corner Hotel September 13 JONATHAN WILSON The Corner Hotel September 14 HANSON The Palace September 14, 18 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Hamer Hall September 15 NEWTON FAULKNER The Corner Hotel September 18 FUTURE ISLANDS Northcote Social Club September 19 WHEATUS The Corner Hotel September 19 YELLOWCARD The Hi-Fi September 20, 21 GOOD CHARLOTTE Festival Hall September 20 FAR EAST MOVEMENT Trak Lounge Bar September 21 NADA SURF The Corner Hotel September 21 MACY GRAY Hamer Hall September 23 MARIANAS TRENCH Corner Hotel September 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM September 25, 26 EL GRAN COMBO The Palace Theatre September 26 JAMES MORRISON Forum Theatre September 26 MYSTERY JETS The Corner September 26 SCISSOR SISTERS Hamer Hall September 26 MARTIKA Trak Lounge September 28 FEAR FACTORY The Hi-Fi September 28 RUSSIAN CIRCLES, EAGLE TWIN The Corner Hotel September 28 TIM & ERIC The Forum September 29, 30 SNOW PATROL Regent Theatre September 30 KELLY CLARKSON Rod Laver Arena October 1 STEVE MALKMUS & THE JICKS The Corner Hotel October 3 CANNIBAL CORPSE Billboard October 5

LITTLE HURRICANE Ding Dong Lounge October 5 PARKLIFE Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 6 NICKI MINAJ, TYGA Rod Laver Arena December 5 STEEL PANTHER Festival Hall October 7 XIU XIU The Gasometer October 9 JOE BONAMASSA Palais Theatre October 11 MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Various Venues October 11 October 27 MAROON 5 Rod Laver Arena October 12 EVERCLEAR The Hi-Fi October 13 TORTOISE, GRAILS The Corner Hotel October 13 MATCHBOX TWENTY, INXS Rod Laver Arena October 20 GOMEZ The Corner Hotel October 21, 22 MUMFORD & SONS Rod Laver Arena October 25 SMASH MOUTH The Palace October 25 SUNN O))) AND PELICAN The Hi-Fi October 26, The Corner Hotel October 27 WEDNESDAY 13 The Espy October 27 THE BLACK KEYS Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 31, November 1 GREGORY PORTER The Toﬀ In Town November 3, Wangaratta Jazz Festival November 4 THE CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES The Corner Hotel November 5 TOUCHE AMORE The Reverence Hotel November 9, Phoenix Youth Centre November 10. BEN HARPER The Plenary November 10 HARVEST FESTIVAL Werribee Mansion November 10, 11 COLDPLAY Etihad Stadium November 13 AUSTRALASIAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 15 - 18 RON POPE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel November 15 RADIOHEAD Rod Laver Arena November 16, 17 GEORGE MICHAEL Rod Laver Arena November 21 VILLAGE PEOPLE The Palais November 24 NICKELBACK Rod Laver Arena November 27, 28 SIMPLE MINDS, DEVO Palais Theatre November 29, A Day On The Green - Rochford Wines December 1 RICK ASTLEY The Palace November 30, Chelsea Heights Hotel December 1 THE SELECTER The Corner Hotel November 30 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 7 - 9 LAGWAGON Corner Hotel December 9 JLO Rod Laver Arena December 11 ALEXISONFIRE Festival Hall December 12 REGINA SPEKTOR The Plenary December 14 EVAN DANDO AND JULIANA HATFIELD Corner Hotel December 18 FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28, Marion Bay December 29

65DAYDOFSTATIC Corner Hotel January 4 PEATS RIDGE Glenworth Valley December 28 - January 1 NIGHTWISH Palace Theatre January 14 WEEZER Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 26 ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES Westgate Entertainment Centre February 16, 17 SOUNDWAVE TBA March 1 ED SHEERAN Festival Hall March 5, 6

PROUDLY PRESENTS:

NATIONAL THE SMITH STREET BAND The Tote August 25, The Reverence Hotel August 26 DIE! DIE! DIE! Ding Dong Lounge August 25 HILLTOP HOODS Festival Hall August 25 HUNTING GROUNDS The Toﬀ In Town August 25 SEEKAE The Corner August 29, 31 LOON LAKE Ding Dong Lounge August 30, 31, Northcote Social Club September 1 JULIA STONE The Forum September 7 TIM HART The Workers Club September 7 BOY IN A BOX, KINGSWOOD Ding Dong Lounge September 7 CHET FAKER Revolt Artspace September 7, 8 ILLY The Corner Hotel September 7, 8 ALPINE The Corner Hotel September 8, 9 THE GANGSTERS’ BALL Forum Theatre September 8 THE SMART The Hi-Fi September 8 XAVIER RUDD The Palace September 13 TIM ROGERS The Regal Ballroom September 14 DONNY BENET The Workers Club September 14 THE MEDICS The Toﬀ In Town September 15 KIRIN J. CALLINAN Northcote Social Club September 15 THE RUBENS The Forum Theatre September 15 DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST Various venues September 20 - October 7 THE ANGELS Corner Hotel September 20 KATCHAFIRE Ferntree Gully Hotel September 20, The Forum Theatre September 21 FEELINGS Workers Club September 22 MIA DYSON The Corner Hotel September 22 POND The Corner Hotel September 23 CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS Workers Club September 27 SIX60 The Forum September 28 SETH SENTRY The Corner September 29 THE AMITY AFFLICTION Palace Theatre October 4, 5 SASKWATCH Corner Hotel October 5 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD The Tote October 6, 7 REGURGITATOR The Hi-Fi October 11, 12 DAPPLED CITIES Corner Hotel October 12 ROCKWIZ Festival Hall October 12, 13 BRITISH INDIA Corner Hotel October 19 CREEPSHOW The Espy October 20

PATRICK WOLF Forum Theatre September 11 OH MERCY The Hi-Fi October 25 (LAST DINOSAURS Ding Dong October 21 (U18), The Corner October 26 CLAIRE BOWDICH The Regal Ballroom October 26 KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON The Regent Theatre October 27 THE BEARDS The Hi-Fi November 3 TZU The Hi-Fi November 5 DEEP SEA ARCADE Corner Hotel November 9 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK Various Venues November 16 - 24 ANGUS STONE The Palace November 21 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliﬀ November 23-25 MISSY HIGGINS Palais Theatre December 4 GOTYE Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 8 THE LIVING END The Corner Hotel December 11 - 22 PARKWAY DRIVE Festival Hall December 22 PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL Phillip Island December 29 January 1

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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE TOUR DIARY - BY MIKELANGELO -

Currently taking place on the other side of the globe, Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival on the planet. Thousands of performers from all over the globe descend upon Scotland for this year’s festival, including a strong Australian contingent. Finding the time during his hectic festival schedule of more than 40 shows, Mikelangelo reports in for Beat with his tour diary. “Edinburgh is a beautiful city of winding cobbled streets and gorgeous old buildings with that amazing castle on the hill presiding over the whole city. Every August the sleepy capital of Scotland is transformed by the arrival of a massive month long festival, the biggest arts festival on the planet as a matter of fact. The festival draws artists from every corner of the globe like bees to a honeypot – music, theatre, comedy, literature, you name it, it is all here, from huge names to newcomers, and ‘mid-career’ artists like myself. It’s hard to convey the sheer magnitude of the scale of the festival. This is not a big field with a bunch of different sized stages, the whole city is pulsing with art and it is intoxicating. Every possible venue in the city is overflowing with culture, from the opera house to the streets, from rock venues to theatres, gardens and churches, you name it, someone is doing a show there. Shows start from midmorning and go through into the wee hours of every day, nonstop. Of course, it’s not all pretty. The swarms of people on the streets can drive you crazy, and the sheer volume of acts here means that there is plenty of crap as well as great stuff. That’s why I make my home in Edinburgh at the Famous Spiegeltent. The same tent that has been gracing the Arts Centre forecourt in Melbourne for so many years, has been coming to the Edinburgh Fringe almost every year since 1995. It is a home away from home for great Australian artists and international artists. Over the years at the festival, I’ve seen everyone from Meow Meow to Paul Kelly grace the Spiegeltent stage in this fair city, it's also where I first crossed paths with my buddy Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls back in 2006. Myself, I’ve been playing shows with the Spiegeltent in Edinburgh since 2003, so we have a long and loving relationship. Safe to say, I’ve played more gigs in the tent than in any other venue in the world. This year I am doing two shows a night, seven nights a week at the Spiegeltent for the whole month of August and it has been rammed with great audiences. The club that runs every night from ‘round midnight

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is a wild, free for all MCed by myself and piano player extraordinaire Dannie Bourne. Literally anything can happen at Club Spiegel and regularly does. We’ve had everything from spontaneous 8 piece Cuban bands turning up, to wild Kaperwera dancers, through to yours truly singing Venus surrounded by a bevy of dancing nymphettes from the audience - it's a tough life. Just last night I saw two great Melbourne bands at the Spiegeltent - Flap! and The Perch Creek Family Jug Band. Flap! are at the tail end of a seven week European tour and are sounding amazing, they had the crowd in the palm of their hands. I’d never seen The Perch Creek Family Jug Band, and they are a hoot! They really are a family, the gig is like a swingin’ , wisecrackin’ backwater rock’n’roll hillbilly shindig and the audience love it. Shout out goes to sister Eileen whose melodic buzzsaw voice reminded me of a young Wanda Jackson, and her manic tap dancing threw in some Ginger Rogers as well, doesn’t get much better than that. Melbourne funk/soul collective Saskwatch are due to arrive in town any day now for a run of dates at the Spiegeltent, something to look forward to. For me, this is the the way to tour. One night stand gigs are not as romantic as you may think. Endless tours where you end up in a new town or city every night quickly loses its appeal. You see more of airports and the tour bus than anything else, and there isn’t a whole lot of connection to the place where you are. Going to a festival for a whole month means you play a lot of music and you make a lot of friends. Through the years of coming to Edinburgh I have built a huge network of friends and contacts here that I only see every August, and that’s also true of many other artists who return here each year.”

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THE 13TH MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

It’s no secret that Richard Wolstencroft courts controversy. The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), his outspoken film festival and “labour of love” is the Australian film industry’s cinematic renegade; eschewing the politically correct and confronting the unconventional. It’s unsurprising, then, that the man behind it has been a regular fixture in the media, often for his outlandish personal opinions and publicised nightlife exaltations. As MUFF enters its 13th year, it’s showing no signs of watering itself down – and neither is its festival director. This is signaled, if anything, by its thematic direction. “The theme this year is Mavericks, which I’ve kind of used as an uber-theme, because that’s what we’ve [always] been about at MUFF. I was talking to my best friend John Hughes who is a famous filmmaker in Australia and we saw this picture of Kenneth Anger, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Donald Kramer, and we were like, ‘That’s what we’re like (big egos), but in Australia. We’re mavericks.’” Citing David Lynch and David Cronenberg as fellow big-screen delinquents, he says the theme extends more widely into a cultural idea – one that he embodies at all times. “[A maverick] is someone who has their own view of the world and doesn’t give a fuck about anybody else, and doesn’t give a shit if what they say is offensive. Because I’ve gotten into a lot of trouble for saying offensive things over the years and I like being provocative. A lot of what I say is just being provocative – I like to provoke thought and debate. Everyone’s gotta be politically correct, you can’t question this or that, but I’m totally against that. Breaking all the taboos.” As a working filmmaker, Wolstencroft’s heretic intentions are obvious in his own projects, which he’s been producing with more frequency of late. He recently took a trip to LA to film a documentary called The Last Days Of Joe Blow through the lens of pornographic star and friend Michael Tierney. And, in true character, he has no reservations about the subject matter he’s preparing to present. “I love [the porn industry]. It’s great. I think porn has a bad reputation for people being abused, but everyone’s having a great time. It’s a lot of fun as long as you don’t get carried away. “[Louis Theroux] went on about how it was all terrible. And that was wrong, ‘cause it’s not. We’ve tried to show the different sides. The positive and the negative – the fun part of it, and then feeling like a piece of meat that gets abused and exploited. So it’s a doubleedged sword and we’ve tried to show both. But it’s not a warning about porn.” For the 13th festival MUFF is growing up just a little bit. They’ve introduced some corporate sponsors and they’ve cleaned themselves up – but you can expect no less boundary-pushing cinema, jaw-dropping gore or cantankerous subject matter. “We’re really trying

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to take MUFF in a new direction, a little bit. Because, you know, I run this festival independently, without any government funding. It’s the only festival in Australia that runs that way. I run it as an entrepreneur and I manage to keep it afloat, make it worthwhile doing,” says Wolstencroft. Their two international guests are expectedly audacious. Underground writer Gene Gregoritz is “the closest thing we have now to a Charles Bukowski. He’s a hard drinkin’, hard partying guy and he’s done everything. He shoots heroin live on Facebook. He cuts himself with knives; he’s covered in scars. Serious guy.” Director of opening night film Charlie Casanova, Terry McMahon, will also be in attendance to discuss his film – “An Irish Fight Club, but with more swearing.“ So what then, can be expected this year from the almost predictably controversial film festival? Richard reels off past stunts with a ferocity that makes you wonder how he still wanders the streets. “We’ve done lots of controversial things. We played that necrophiliac zombie film, LA Zombie, that was banned and I nearly went to jail over that. That was kind of interesting, not gonna do anything like that again. And I played a speech by the holocaust denier David Irving about seven or eight years ago. “Every year we do something. So I like to do different things – we’ve done gay and lesbian films, which is just people having sex. We’ve defied the censor and played pornographic films. Luckily [A Serbian Film] was legal when I played it, but then it got banned. I have to be careful, because I played lots of banned films and they ignored me, but then they didn’t. They raided my house and were like, we’re going to fuck with you, basically, cause I’d just done it too often. But I didn’t get charged.“ Though he is defiant, he is also a legally-conscious man, and Wolstencroft certainly knows where the boundaries are. He would never play films, he says, of child pornography, or ‘snuff’ films, because of their illegality. Values he learnt in part, possibly, at the helm of BDSM nightspot The Hellfire Club for ten years, a lucrative venture for the entrepreneur. “People like Carl Williams would come into my nightclub all the time,” he says.” If you’re respectful to them they’re respectful to you, and they don’t kill everyone in your venue or something.”

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And the same goes for his programming ethos. “I have no problem with anything as long as it’s fake. As long as no-one’s actually getting hurt. I agree that child pornography and snuff films should be banned, ‘cause they’re illegal. That’s a criminal act. But anything where it’s consenting adults – I don’t believe that pornography should be banned. Even S&M pornography where someone’s getting whipped, or spanked – there’s nothing wrong with that. As long as they’re volunteering.” Part of this year’s program focuses on oftenunexplored territory, new Irish cinema, in a survey called Their Day Has Come. A place of literary tradition, voracious drinking and James Joyce’s heraldry – but also, evidently, a new movement is cinema. “Some of the best new films I’ve seen have come out of Ireland and I’m playing about four or five of them. There’s a film called Tin Can Men and it’s like a new Eraserhead. I think maybe it could be a parable on the troubles. The IRA thing, and the way the average Irish person might have felt terrorised by the IRA, or possibly the English. So I think it has some sort of [metaphorical] political elements, but it’s more just about, what would happen if you were in a horrible situation. It’s not full of gore and blood, it’s just the performance. The acting is so incredibly good.” Another film he mentions with particular fondness is a new documentary, Donkey Love. “These two Jewish filmmakers went to Columbia where the tradition is to have sex with donkeys. It’s culturally accepted and everyone does it, and they [even] show it in the distance. But these people are serious – it’s like a rite of passage. The documentary’s very misanthropic; it’s taking the piss out of these people. And that’s what’s controversial about it. ‘Cause it’s saying, ‘Aren’t these people a bunch of backwards idiots?’ And they are. They’re uneducated, they’re stupid.” Reflecting on the particularly superstitious, yet no less auspicious occasion of the Festival’s ‘Lucky 13th,’ Wolstencroft casts his mind back over the gains it’s made, beginning as a feat of artistic rebellion. “It’s gotten bigger. And I think it’s got the begrudging respect of the establishment in the sense that our festival has discovered an amazing body of work. My eventual ambition is to build the festival up in about three or four years to something like SXSW where we have a music component and video games, and multimedia as well. I mean, that’s an ambition. It’s always good to be ambitious.” But one thing that’s seen it stay afloat is the quality of cinema MUFF provides in an outlet cinemagoers would not otherwise have. Wolstencroft considers himself an expert in selecting the next crop of talented emerging filmmakers. “My selection criteria is that I look for talent,” he says. “I remember when I received James Huang’s first film Stygen, who made the Saw films – that was a little bit crap. It was a low budget horror film, didn’t have a great story, but it had this energy to it, and it was kind of nasty and had these weird torture machines in it. It was pretty full on and I thought there was something about it – they were the early ideas of the torture machines that ended up in Saw. It was something original, so that’s what I look for. Originality, talent. I consider MUFF a film movement.” THE 13TH MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL runs from Friday August 24 – Saturday September 1 at Revolt, Kensington. For tickets and full program details head to muff.com.au.

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OPENING NIGHT CHARLIE CASANOVA (2010) WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR :

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MUFF NEU : A SERIES OF INDIE FILMS A maverick selection of Indy treats from Oz and OS. Read on free spirits

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ZERO KILLED 30.08 / Thursday / 7pm/ Cinema 2

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GOD BLESS AMERICA 25.08 / Saturday / 9pm / Cinema 1

DONNA MCRAE

JOHNNY GHOST

Emmett Scanlan, Leigh Arnold, Damien Hannaway, Thomas Farrell

31.08 / Friday / 11pm / Cinema 2

24.08 / Friday / 8pm / Cinema 1

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TEEN TWINS CHAINSAW ROMP GASOLINE

BELLFLOWER 26.08 / Sunday / 9pm / Cinema 1 IVAN MALEKIN

By turns funny, sad, insulting, funny again, and ultimately downbeat and non-redemptive for it’s main protagonist no matter what he tries, CHARLIE CASANOVA is a powerful debut from Irishman Terry McMahon. While obviously conceived as an intellectual response to how the global financial crisis of 2008 affected Ireland politics CHARLIE CASANOVA speaks in a universal voice that should surprise and please all forms of film freakers.

DACE DECKLAN: PRIVATE EYE 29.08/ Wednesday/ 9pm/ Cinema 1 PENNY VOZNIAK

DESPITE THE GODS 25.08 / Saturday / 7pm / Cinema 1 ADRIAN GOODMAN

CLOSING NIGHT DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL (2012)

WAKEY WAKEY 25.08/ Saturday / 5pm/ Cinema 1

DARYL STONEAGE

DONKEY LOVE 26.08 / Sunday / 7pm / Cinema 1

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Chris Sun DAVID PALAMERO

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IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER

Billi Baker, Michael Thomson, Allira Jaques, Christian Radford

01.09 / Saturday / 8pm / Cinema 1

25.08/ Saturday/ 11pm/ Cinema 2 JAMES BICCKERT

DEAR GOD NO

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30.08 / Thursday/ 9pm / Cinema 1

Festival venue REVOLT 12 Elizabeth Street Kensington 3031 03 9376 2115

Chris Sun, the bad boy ﬁlmmaker from Queensland’s “Sunny” Coast, is back with what amounts to his best work yet. Although far removed from the technical primitivism of his debut COME & GET ME (MUFF #12), DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL does continue Sun’s obsession with personal violence and completely upgrades it’s presentation with extra eﬀort from his usual band of Buderim buddies along with a few new pals on both sides of the camera, and also most importantly, expert assistance from Australia’s pre-eminent make-up FX artist Steve Boyle (DAYBREAKERS, BAIT 3D).

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN So, the 13th Melbourne Underground Film Festival begins this Friday August 24, and amongst all the full-length indie films is the return of Mini MUFF; the festival’s short film series. Curated by festival co-producer David Leadbetter, Mini MUFF is “an eclectic selection of the best short films, both from here and abroad” created with little to no budget. This year’s festival is screening over 500 films from emerging film makers, sought out by MUFF and put together into a series of six sessions. For all MUFF and Mini MUFF information, head to muff.com.au.

ON STAGE A comedy, drama and musical about the greatest comic of all time! Groucho is the story of the life and people “that made up the greatest comic the world has seen”, the story goes from his days in Vaudeville right through to his long running quiz show You Bet Your Life. Written by awardwinning playwright Neil Cole and starring Dennis Manahan and Carla Kissane, Groucho is at Chapel Off Chapel until August 26. Tickets start at $32 and are available from the Chapel Off Chapel website, chapeloffchapel.com.au.

ON DISPLAY There is perhaps no better way of understanding other cultures than through art. Kindness/Udarta. Australia-India Cultural Exchange is an RMIT Gallery touring exhibition that celebrates 20 years of the Australia-India Council’s successful program of cultural exchanges between Indian and Australian visual artists, writers and musicians. Featuring more than 140 writers, visual artists and musicians from Australian and India, this exhibition is a lasting record that oﬀers a window into two decades of ongoing artistic and cultural connections. Running till Saturday August 25, Kindness/Udarta. Australia-India Cultural Exchange is at the RMIT University Gallery at 344 Swanston Street. Entry is free but bookings are encouraged so give them a call at 9925 1717.

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Based on the acclaimed play by William Luce, Barrymore stars Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer and is directed and adapted by Érik Canuel. Barrymore was captured live in high definition on stage at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre for this limited season screening event. Set in 1942, the play follows acclaimed American actor John Barrymore; a member of one of Hollywood’s most well known multi-generational theatrical dynasties. No longer a leading box office star, Barrymore reflects on his life of excess, hoping a comeback is just a single performance away. He has rented a grand old theatre to rehearse for a backer’s audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III, leading him to look back on the highs and lows of his stunning career and remarkable life. Barrymore is being screening at Cinema Nova from this Saturday August 25 for a limited time, so head to the Cinema Nova website for sessions and tickets, cinemanova.com.au.

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CHARLIE CASANOVA BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

When Terry McMahon’s low-budget, self made independent flick about a lawless sociopath challenging fate found its way into cinemas in Ireland and the UK, he barely could have predicted the public outcry. Charlie Casanova, an allegory for modern Ireland, provoked debate about the country’s churlish and insidious systemic corruption, but much of the vitriol was hurled at the filmmaker himself. “It’s caused such mayhem in Ireland,” he says. “It became a national talking point. Because I was such an arsehole, and there were so many people who wanted to point out that I was an arsehole; and then there were others that wanted to point out that it was a revolution, and that the film was a very important piece of cinema. Nothing like this has ever happened in Ireland before and it completely divided people – as a cultural phenomenon in itself, but also as a reflection of our times.” On the phone from Dublin, where he says the weather is “mostly fuckin’ shit”, the writer reflects equally bleakly on the country’s post-GFC state of affairs that led him to create the misanthropic epic that is Charlie Casanova, his first feature film. “On the simplest level it’s about a ruling class sociopath who marks down a working class girl in a hit and run, and then he uses a deck of playing cards to determine his fate,” he says. “It’s a very obvious metaphor for what’s happening in Ireland, where a small controlling elite are destroying the country. The working-class are being formally attacked through government policy and the most rabid dehumanising.” Through the sadistic lens of its lead character the 90-mintute exercise of power began, as most scripts often do, as a small seed, a frustration or an irritant, by incidents which McMahon saw were blatantly reinforcing the entrapment of the working-class Irish. “What inspired me were two incidents,” he says.

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“The first was a killing where a bunch of young men kicked another man to death. That can happen in any context, but what happened here, afterwards, is more interesting. All these guys’ daddies were connected and they walked free because of how powerful their fathers were. “There was another incident where a young man, a librarian, was beaten to within an inch of his life on the main street here, Grafton Street, and again, because the two guys were from a certain area, from a certain elite background, they walked as well. So when both of those happened it interested me a lot. They were a very obvious manifestation of how separate the system was, for how powerful it was for some and how powerless it was for others. “And then I spent a lot of time in different realms where you had this new breed of young man that was hyped up on coke and Viagra and they were so insecure that they would fuck a stranger, but wouldn’t make them feel manly enough, so they’d pick a fight with a stranger, and usually to do with their own sense of emasculation they would try and attack somebody from the working class. All of those combined made me want to write a firmly reprehensible central character.” Once written, the film was handed over to an English director and producer to be created, but after watching initial test shots McMahon pulled it. “They just didn’t get it,” he says. “Eventually, I knew

that nobody was going to make it because it’s a very difficult script. It’s a very difficult film. And I knew that a lot of people were going to hate it but I also thought that some people might understand it, might get it.” So McMahon reached out to legions on social media, asking for cast, crew, equipment “and a lot of balls” to shoot the picture. Overwhelmed with responses, they began three weeks later and the picture was shot in 11 days. It was then selected for its world premiere at SXSW – marking the beginning of McMahon’s ordeal with the fickle screening public. “We’ve had standing ovations and we’ve had walkouts. We’ve had applause and fistfights. We’ve had extraordinary reviews and absolutely awful.” It was the first Irish film that was selected for SXSW and it played at the Edinburgh Film Festival, but McMahon still notes that it is an abrasive piece. “In Ireland and the UK the critics just murdered it. It was fascinating, it’s almost a personal attack. But you’ve gotta take it on the chin, cause it’s an antiestablishment film and the establishment are going to become anti it, and anti the filmmakers. But it’s a divisive film. I knew from the outset it was going to be a divisive film.” McMahon picks his battles, evidently, and considers that the film has overcome most cinematic odds in even being made, let alone picked up for distribution and screened internationally. And it may be his proudest moment. Where once he used to “[Write] really shit television screenplays for other directors,” he’s emerged from his own shadow and can stand with a completed work that he’s proud of. “I wanted to, for just once in your fucking life, make something for the right reasons. Not money, not fame, not for any of that bullshit, but to make a film that was the kind of film you’d like to see.”

Charlie Casanova screens at the opening night of the 13th Melbourne Underground Film Festival at Revolt, Kensington on Friday August 24.

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The Australian Ballet is getting ready to celebrate its origins with a season of pivotal ballets from its formative years. Icons will showcase a triple bill of works commissioned over three decades: Robert Helpmann’s The Display, Glen Tetley’s Gemini and Graeme Murphy’s Beyond Twelve. Each of these works marked a turning point in The Australian Ballet’s history, and they’re now getting ready to be rediscovered by new audiences in the same light as the company celebrates its 50th anniversary season. Icons will head to the State Theatre from Thursday August 30 – Saturday September 8 for 11 performances and we have a few double passes to giveaway.

Join Australia’s sharpest siren, Libbi Gorr, at the Melbourne Writers Festival’s Lettermanesque late-night talk-show. Libbi’s guests include feminist and provocateur Germaine Greer, comedian and author Mark Watson and science-writer Margaret Wertheim; there’s also a special appearance of the remarkable gothic electro of Maria Minerva and comedian Lawrence Leung. With house band, TEK TEK ensemble, Libbi cracking her whipsmarts and the savviest and most thought-provoking guests, how could you miss it? Well luckily you don’t have to, we have a few double passes to giveaway. Visit beat.com.au/freeshit for your chance to win.

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MUSO Under 30 and love some classical tunes? Well, you’re not alone. The MSO are very excited about the prospect of their latest initiative Muso, and we can understand why. Designed to engage music-lovers aged 30 and under, it’s free to join, with members receiving $30 tickets to hear the world-class orchestra perform in concerts and venues like Hamer Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Town Hall. So if you’re between 18-30 and love some sweet classical tunes, sign up now at mso. com.au. And get in quick, ‘cause the ﬁrst of the concerts open to Muso members will be Grieg Concerto on Thursday August 30 at Hamer Hall.

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL Melbourne Fringe Festival celebrates thirty great years of independent arts in 2012. Since it was ﬁrst established following the closure of Carlton’s legendary Pram Factory in 1982, the Melbourne Fringe Festival has presented the work of over 50,000 independent artists to audiences in the millions across Melbourne and Victoria. Over 4,000 artists from Victoria’s diverse independent arts scene will showcase new works in over 120 venues across Melbourne and Victoria in this gigantic open-access event, oﬀering audiences the unique opportunity to connect with some of the smartest, newest and most inspirational work coming out of Victoria’s thriving artistic community. The 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival takes place Wednesday September 26 – Sunday October 14. Head to melbournefringe.com.au for more details.

SEVEN SAMURAI Nearly 60 years after its release, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai provides inspiration for Japan-born Melbourne street artist TwoOne’s first solo exhibition of 2012. Sharing the film’s name, each of the exhibition’s large works explores the psyche of one of the film’s seven protagonists. TwoOne aims to examine internal character conflict while drawing together elements of both Western and Eastern Philosophy. The exhibition will be held at Collingwood’s Backwoods Gallery from Friday September 14 - Sunday September 30.

HELLO MY NAME IS Bringing new meaning to “Community Theatre”, Nicola Gunn’s interactive production Hello My Name Is transforms its audience into volunteers. Set in a room called the “Community Centre”, the participatory performances will call on the audience to help build a community over the duration of the season. The show is directed and performed by Nicola Gunn, a Melbourne based performance artist who has toured nationally and internationally to critical acclaim. With no two performances the same, the show will run from Tuesday September 19 - Saturday September 29 at Theatre Works, St. Kilda. Bookings through theatreworks.org

ANGELA’S KITCHEN Having sold out two seasons in Sydney, Paul Capsis’ acclaimed Angela’s Kitchen is ﬁnally coming to Melbourne. The Malthouse Theatre will present the play for its next season at the Beckett Theatre. Directed by Julian Meyrick and portrayed by Malthouse favourite Paul Capsis (The Threepenny Opera), the play illustrates the story of Capsis’ grandmother as she immigrates to Australia from wartime Malta. Through a series of heartfelt stories, Capsis shows her adaption to the Australian culture while attempting to maintain her identity. Heralded positively by The Australian and The Sunday Telegraph, Angela’s Kitchen is a poignant portrayal of what is now becoming ‘The Australian Story’. Angela’s Kitchen opens Wednesday September 5 at the Beckett Theatre and tickets can be purchased from malthousetheatre.com.au.

VOICE + THIS THAT NOTHING How far will a drama student go to get their work seen? 1,701km and one very long car trip is the plan for Brisbane-based artists Nathan Sibthorpe and Blancanvas Productions! Making the long trek across to our side of the country, Nathan and co. will present their double-bill of provocative, original performance works Voice + This That Nothing as part of La Trobe University Student Theatre and Film’s Northcote Town Hall Season. Two enticing productions, this doubleheaded theatre monster will make its way to Northcote Town Hall from Tuesday August 21 – Saturday August 25. Support the trek and head to voicethisthatnothing. com for more details.

HALF EXHIBITION QV’s No Vacancy will host Half Exhibition this November, asking what would a piece of art look like at halfway through creation, and where is halfway really? Running from Tuesday November 13 – Sunday November 18, the exhibition will include the work of sixteen Melbourne artists. This proposition released all artistic restrictions and allowed the artists free creative reign over what ‘half’ could be interpreted as. Half Exhibition will showcase an array of various artists including fashion designer Lauren Besser of label MARIPOSSA, painter Michael Berry and Melbourne-based, Japanese artist Kubota Fumikazu. For more information about Half Exhibition head to no-vacancy.com.au.

THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL Established in 2004 as Australia’s only international disability film festival, The Other Film Festival is back for another year of challenging preconceived notions about people with disabilities. Through a selection of controversial films and theatre, the festival will educate and immerse festivalgoers in disability screen culture. North Melbourne Town and Arts House have teamed up with The Other Film Festival for the five-day festival. The festival will include forums and professional development events for aspiring or current film practitioners with a disability, as well as a series of films for people with disability, including the latest from the international Deaf cinema. Back to Back Theatre will premiere The Democratic Set on Wednesday September 22, a play exploring the notion that people are equal regardless of disabilities, and should be treated equally. The Other Film Festival is on from Wednesday September 19 – Sunday September 23. Tickets and more information about the festival can be found at otherfilmfestival.com.

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NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER National Works On Paper is one of the most prestigious acquisitive prize exhibitions of its type in Australia. The 2012 National Works On Paper showcases recent works by innovative artists working in the ﬁeld of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. This diverse and exciting exhibition provides a survey of what’s happening in contemporary art across Australia today. The winner of the $15,000 Beleura The House & Garden Acquisitive Award will be announced at the exhibition opening on Sunday August 19. There will also be works selected for the collection through the Mornington Peninsula Shire Acquisition Fund, for the purchase of works up to $20,000, and Friends of Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Acquisition Fund, for the purchase of works up to $10,000. National Works On Paper is showing at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery from Thursday August 23 – Sunday October 7.

JAPANESE ART SCENE COMES TO MELBOURNE Arts Centre Melbourne will host a weekend of cutting edge Japanese art, performance and events from Friday August 24 to Sunday August 26. It will include Seinendan Theatre Company’s Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre, featuring a life like humanoid robot at Fairfax Studio (Friday August 24 & Saturday August 25). Hamer Hall will be transformed by an all night dance party featuring world renowned DJs (Saturday August 25), while its upper terrace will hold a large scale sculpture garden by Hiroshi Fuji. Saké Restaurant and Bar will also open its doors for the ﬁrst time on Tuesday August 21. For bookings and further information visit artscentremelbourne.com.au

JOANNE’S REAL WORLD What do you get when you shove an idealistic single mother into the reality that is Centrelink? Joanne’s Real World - The Cabaret, that’s what. Joanne’s Real World is a hysterical cabaret written by Petra Glieson and Taylor Klas that satirises the life of single mother, Joanne, who aims to help every unemployed Australian through her menial Centrelink job. How? By getting them all employed of course! Though Joanne’s goal sounds altruistic, it’s unattainable, and Joanne remains ignorant of this. Coupled with her ignorance, Joanne must manage her crumbling personal life while maintaining what little amount of control she has to ensure she doesn’t end up in the Centrelink queue. The play earned Taylor Klas Best Actress and Best Script awards at the Short+Sweet Festivals in Sydney and Melbourne and will play at The Butterﬂy Club from Tuesday September 4 – Sunday September 9. Bookings can be made through thebutterﬂyclub.com.

DON JUAN ON TRIAL Spring is fast approaching and The Melbourne French Theatre Inc. is set to launch Don Juan On Trial (La Nuit De Valognes) to accommodate. Set in a dilapidated castle in remote Normandy, Don Juan On Trial (La Nuit De Valognes) illustrates a classic French tale of revenge, drama and suspense through a mysterious soiree held by an enigmatic Duchess. The women invited do not know each other, but one man links them together — Don Juan. Directed by Marco Romero and produced by Michael Bula, the production will be hosted at the Collingwood College Theatre. Don Juan On Trial (La Nuit De Valognes) will be performed in French accompanied by English subtitles for those lacking the French vernacular and runs from Tuesday September 4 – Saturday September 8. Bookings and further information can be found at their website mftinc.org.

THE TUXEDO AND THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS What do you get when you let Louis Nowra and Stewart D’Arrietta co-write a play? The Tuxedo And The Little Black Dress of course. Set to debut at Chapel off Chapel, Nowra (Cosi; libretto for Victorian Opera Company’s Midnight Son) and D’Arrietta (Looking Through A Glass Onion with John Waters, Echo Point) create the forced relationship of Jack Clayton and Anouk Bannister who are trapped in a palatial Edwardian hotel after an earthquake hits the ballroom. Forced into each other’s company circumstantially, the pair create a musical about the hardships of love and the strength of humans in the face of adversity. Rebecca Mendoza plays female protagonist Anouk and playwright Stewart D’Arrietta portrays Jack. Directed by Christopher Parker, The Tuxedo And The Little Black Dress opens at Chapel off Chapel Thursday September 27. Tickets can be booked via chapeloffchapel.com.au.

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This week The Variety Collective is set to go oﬀ with a bang! They’ve got a lineup bursting with some of Melbourne’s best variety talent including rising star of the Melbourne comedy scene Mark Conway, international award winning magician Lee Cohen, cabaret artiste and harp virtuoso Linda Beatty, king of the one-liner and master of the surreal Mark Pengilly - all held together by your host with the most Michael Connell. Tickets are just $10, and the show regularly sells out. Get in early for a seat, earlier for a meal. The fun kicks oﬀ at 8pm, Wednesday August 22 at The Brunswick Green. Be there!

FELIX BAR COMEDY Pete Helliar is one of the biggest names in comedy, after being in Rove, Before The Game and all over the radio, here’s your chance to see him for a cheapas-chips price on stage! Plus we’ve got Harley Breen, Geraldine Quinn, Karl Chandler, Steele Saunders and Mike Nayna! Come down and check out the biggest night of comedy in St Kilda, every Wednesday night! It’s happening this Wednesday August 22 at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY Charlie keeps delivering huge lineups! Tonight, room favourite Karl Woodberry will host proceedings as The Nelson Twins (Australia’s Got Talent), Dan Connell (Comedy Zone), Jason Chatﬁeld and a special surprise guest spit funnies into the business end of a loud stick! For just $5. You’re welcome. So come ﬁll yourself with cheap piss and put your continence to the ultimate test as some pretty damn rad comedians spit rock the stage under our disco ball constellation. Check in 8pm tonight, Wednesday August 22 at Eurotrash Bar. Get down early for a seat

WHITE COAT COMEDY White Coat Comedy is a new experimental comedy night that takes place the last Sunday of every month at Club Voltaire in North Melbourne. Comedians are invited down and encouraged to try new, weird and whacky stuﬀ they wouldn’t try elsewhere. Whether it be new styles or just brand new uncharted material it’s always unpredictable. Who knows what the hell will happen? The 3rd White Coat is on Sunday August 23 at 7pm, 14 Raglan Street North Melbourne. Entry is free and the lineup includes Tegan Higginbotham, Rob Hunter, Jason English, Charles Barrington, Andy Matthews, Fabian Lapham, Dave Warneke, Murphy Mclachlan and Martin Dunlop.

SOFTBELLY COMEDY This Thursday, we’ve got a big night with Pete Helliar (Rove, Before The Game) headlining Softbelly Comedy! Plus we’ve got Harley Breen, Daniel Connell, Karl Chandler, Jason English and Kate McLennan! It’s all happening at Softbelly, 367 Little Bourke Street in the city, this Thursday August 23, 8.30pm, for only $13! Get in early for a good seat!

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night! This week we’ve got the debut hosting from new fave Daniel Connell! Plus Karl Chandler, Jimmy James Eaton, Don Tran, Kate McLennan, Jack Druce, Charles Barrington, Matt Bulman, Roland Hoﬀman, Brenton McCollough and more! It’s this Monday August 27, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!

SUPER COMEDY CRAZY SHOW This Sunday gather everyone you’ve ever loved and bring them along to the Super Comedy Crazy Show, where mega host ‘Matt Burton’ and super sound lord ‘SILENTJAY’ will transport you to another realm where stand up comedy meets a Japanese Game Show, takes it to Unicorn Valley and ﬂy’s hand in hand, all the way to heaven. Featuring stand up from Xavier Michelides, , David Quirk, Neil Sinclair and Karl Woodberry, this show will also include Many Prizes, Special Guests and a Super Crazy Collision Course. The greatness will begin at 7:30pm on Sunday August 26 at 303 on High St, Northcote and costs $10. This show now runs fortnightly and promises to have less jam than the last show.

BLUE TILE COMEDY Blue Tile Comedy boasts some of Melbourne’s ﬁnest comedians trying out their new material. It’s a fun night where the audience can get involved and witness the birth of some truly great jokes. Alternatively you could also catch some absolute shockers. Either way you will have a laugh with some of Melbourne’s favourites. This week at Blue Tile Lounge will be MC Xavier Michelides, Bart Freebairn, Jonathan Schuster, Pete Sharkey and Karl Chandler. As always we will also have some last minute guest spots for those who decide to drop by at the last minute. With $10 jugs of beer and guaranteed assured laughs, it’s the perfect mid-week break. Catch some of Australia’s rising stars for only $5 every Tuesday at The Blue Tile Lounge, Fitzroy.

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL BY TYSON WRAY

Since its inception in 1986 the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has been a cornerstone in the celebration, progression and enrichment of this city’s incredibly wealthy literary culture. For the past 26 years MWF has invited novelists, playwrights, poets, songwriters, journalists, bloggers and all kinds of literary minds to descend upon our city and engage in discussions, debates, readings and workshops to further craft the collective creative mind of Melburnians and celebrate the influence and inspiration of the written word. “Thirty percent of our audience is now between the ages of 18 and 35,” says Festival Director Steve Grimwade,“[and] I believe for a writers festival and indeed an arts festival that’s a really significant number.” After first being appointed to the role in 2010, and in what will be his third and final festival as director this year, he details the fascinating developments within the culture and demographic of the festival during this time. “The opinion of the festival 10 years ago was that your average attendee would be a middle-aged woman from the eastern suburbs, and now we’d like to think that it’s her whole family,” he laughs. “That shift in the demographic equals a shift in focus. We had Joss Whedon for the keynote two years ago for his first visit to Australia and we sold 2,000 tickets in 48 hours – and the response he got was like a rock god. It wasn’t like your polite, typical golf-clap. I think that shows that we can really do that now. We brought a concert down from the Sydney Opera House to the Recital Centre last year, Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, which had a ten-piece band and lots of visuals. We were really interested in exploring the idea of how storytelling effects people and broadening the idea of how writing effects our lives.” Thumbing through the program for the 2012 festival, Grimwade doesn’t attempt to hide his excitement. “The keynotes will be highlights, all of them,” he shares jubilantly. “I think that The New Yorker is a highlight for a lot of people, it’s got a lot of people quite excited. What I love doing as a director is doing the unexpected. I’d rather Simon Callow and The New Yorker than necessarily a normal literary face in the keynote to shift people’s expectations.” “Speaking in the way that we work, one event that I’m really excited for is The Radio Hour. I’m a huge fan of This American Life and documentary radio, and recently I ran into a dear friend of mine who also used to work at 3RRR and was a spoken word performer, Jaye Kranz. We started talking about radio making and out of this conversation became the event The Radio Hour. It’s This American Life on stage – well, that’s not exactly true, but it’s the easiest way to explain it. We’re creating an hour of documentary radio live at the Fairfax Theatre. We’ve got three musos on stage, we’ve got radio producers on stage and the writers themselves – it’s a real experiment. It’ll be recorded live and broadcasted on Radio National, it’ll be extraordinary. It’s risky but it speaks to a breadth of writing. Radio is written, why wouldn’t you celebrate that? Why would you not feature it? Why would you try not to push it too?” Noting the depth and grandeur of scope for the 2012 festival, Grimwade divulges that it wouldn’t be feasible for one literary mind to refine a program to reflect and inspire all of the writers within the city. “I’ve got a lot of people [working for the festival] who I trust, who are really good at what they do and who each have their specialties,” he notes carefully. “We talk about what they know and what they recommend just as much as what I want to do. I try and draw in as much information from everywhere possible. It’s really about having a wide contact base and having lots of conversations. No one can bring together 450 writers [for a festival] and know absolutely everything about them. I can’t know the best spoken word performers, the best philosophers, the best historians, let alone the best historians in Australian history or then European history. It’s a matter of connecting yourself with people who want to create it with you.” With his time at the reigns nearing its end, Grimwade looks to the future of the festival under its new director Lisa Dempster and beyond, and what influence he hopes it can inspire in our city. “Melbourne is full of readers,” he says passionately. “There’s no doubt that Melburnians and Australians read, whether it’s from magazines, books, online or whatever. I still think that the Melbourne Writers Festival can bring more writers into the fold, into the experience of a community of readers. Reading is a solitary activity, so what the festival is about is breaking down those walls around the reader and introducing them to other readers and writers so that they can have conversations about the work. Through that interrogation of the work we get smarter and we feel more. We currently have 50,000 attendees at the festival but I strongly believe that we should have 100,000 or 150,000 in five or ten years. It does take support. We currently charge people to come which is unfortunate reality, for a small amount of money in comparison to the funding for other arts festivals you could have many hundreds of thousands engaging in what I believe is the central art form.”

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UZODINMA IWEALA BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

Prodigious US talent Uzodinma Iweala had his earliest literary inclinations as a child, fascinated by sheets of paper he collected “for no reason,” he says. By 23 he’d travelled to Nigeria, graduated from Harvard and written his first novel Beasts of No Nation, which delved into the brutal mechanics of child soldiery and which won him a John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and various critical acclaim. Seven years after his sudden arrival, Iweala’s recently faced the most challenging task of his authorial life – the difficult sophomore Our Kind Of People. “My first novel was written mostly as my senior thesis. The first one was nerve-wracking because of the external forces, because if I didn’t finish it I wouldn’t graduate, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I knew that I wanted to write something and people generally consider you a writer after you’ve written a novel, and I was like, let me just try and do this. “Writing the second book was maybe one of the most difficult things I’ve done to date, which will tell you how easy my life has been. There was a whole lot of pressure, it’s [my] second book and you feel like people are watching. Was the first one just a fluke? The anxieties are different and somewhat more pronounced.” His original impetus to write came after seeing a former child soldier speak in a Harvard talk, and while most 20-year-old students busy their summers with reckless hedonism, Iweala spent the season in Nigeria interviewing refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone. He drew from his own heritage as well, having had family involved in the Nigerian civil war in the ‘60s. “That happened a while ago,” he says, “but [my family] still had very much to say, and I did a fair amount of reading accounts and listening to people’s experiences of that kind of violence. “I’d written a short story about child soldiers the year before for a creative writing class and it was like, how do

you expand and grow this, this story that you’re really into, into something of a much larger nature? So it’s both a very deep interest in the topic itself, and then having an enabling environment to sit and write, and actually be forced to write.” Though Beasts Of No Nation was a largely fictional account, 2012 has been a watershed year for awareness of the issue brought about by the Kony 2012 campaign, focused in Northern Uganda. Despite his obvious expertise on the matter Iweala has avoided commenting on the situation. “I think I very studiously didn’t say anything in public [about Kony]. Their painting of the situation didn’t have any basis in reality anymore if you read and listened to comments from people of that area. It was so very old-school in terms of its understanding of Africa, and very myopic, and in that sense disappointing.” One of Iweala’s motivations as a writer is to be able to challenge these stereotypes he sees have been established about Africa, which Kony organisers harnessed. One of these is the AIDS issue, which he tackles in his new nonfiction book Our Kind Of People. “Our Kind Of People is about HIV AIDS and perception of the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in Nigeria. What I am interested in, in a lot of senses, is being

more speciﬁc about context because then you’re able to get away from the broad brushstrokes that people use to paint the continent of Africa which I don’t think are necessarily helpful. “It’s based oﬀ interviews that I did with a bunch of people in Nigeria, about their interactions with understandings of, and stories they told to each other about the epidemic, about the virus, about the disease. I interviewed people who were living with HIV, and I interviewed people who didn’t have HIV just to get a broader picture of what this disease, this epidemic means in Nigerian society. Just very ad-hock, impromptu speaking to people, trying to get ideas down, and then using these interviews to construct a larger, overarching narrative which you see in the book.” Part of his aim in writing the book was challenging the association between AIDS and Africa – which he sees as having a near word-association relationship. “I wanted to write a book that at once took a look at that situation that said look, this epidemic exists and it’s an important thing to discuss, it’s an incredibly impactful epidemic, and in a

lot of ways it is a very destructive thing, but at the same time it is not the only thing that defines the continent. And even speaking about the epidemic, it’s not the only thing that defines a person’s existence, so how do we at once speak out and contextualise it in such a way that indicates its importance but also doesn’t make it an absolute in terms of its relationship to Africa?” The solution he offers to attack or challenge these stereotypes in some way is to be mindful of the way we think about the issue. “I’m not saying people shouldn’t generalise, because that’s how we interact with the world in a lot of ways, but you need to be able to understand when you are generalising and check yourself on that, and that’s what a lot of my writing – if there is a motivation to my writing, [that’s it].”

is quite amazing when it comes to things like this. I’ve been overwhelmed, everyone just wants to be a part of it whether it’s performing or just helping backstage or ushering,” tells Lovett before pausing and laughing. “The show’s going to go until dawn in things continue the way they’re going.” “Adrian is one of those unassuming heroes who works his arse oﬀ behind the scenes to make us comedians look good,” shares Denise Scott. “One comedy festival, my entire lightening rig and set collapsed during my show and within seconds Adrian was there with a six man swat crisis tech team who set about quietly reconstructing the stage, working around me as I continued to perform. I was so grateful, it made my show so much funnier. The man is a champion!” This sentiment is echoed by Justin Hamilton, who details his appreciation for Adrian’s diligent work. “For a comedian to shine he needs the lights to be bright, the sound to be crisp, the stage to be clear, the seats to be set, the tickets to be sold, the ego to be massaged and the night to be perfect,” he notes. “The people who work behind the scenes are so important even if they don’t take

the bow at the end of the night and Adrian has helped us all shine just a little brighter with his tireless work at so many Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.” “Ten years ago in Whyalla, South Australia I was on tour with Adrian,” adds Tom Gleeson. “He told me I was good and was heading in the right direction. He’s seen all the best Australian stand ups from backstage. I lived oﬀ Adrian’s compliment for the rest of the year,” he beams. “The idea is to raise enough money to help with his rehabilitation and to help with his on-going life post the stroke,” notes Lovett as she ﬁnalises the plans for Yo, Adrian! “He’s a very kind, funny and generous person. Obviously his life will never be the same. So that’s what we want to do - to give him security through the funds raised.”

Uzodinma Iweala will appear at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Friday August 24, Saturday August 25 and Sunday August 26. For more information head to mwf.com.au.

YO, ADRIAN! BY TYSON WRAY

Adrian Cherubin is one of the most influential individuals in Australian comedy – not that you’d recognise him by name. As the long-serving Technical Director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adrian has pioneered the production team for 20 years and has been instrumental in helping out newcomers as well as production management, lighting design and stage management of countless shows and tours for Australia’s most popular comedians. And, following his life-changing stroke during this year’s festival, many of Australia’s best and funniest comedians are coming together for a gala fundraiser for this comedy superstar that you’ve probably never heard of. “Adrian is responsible for leading the production team and creating all of the venues and pop-up venues around town. People think that these places just land and that they just happen - they definitely don’t,” shares Virginia Lovett, General Manager of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and close friend of Adrian. “There’s a whole production team bumping in and bumping out, liaising with the suppliers, etc. Adrian has worked with Susan [Provan, Festival Director] for 20 years on the festival and has basically seen it go from a fairly nascent festival into the second biggest comedy festival in the world. He’s also a stalwart in the industry. He works here for six months as that’s the length of the contract, and then he goes off and tours people like Kitty Flanagan and Carl Barron, he’s been part of the Australian comedy scene for such a long time.” “What makes great festivals and arts organisations around

the country is this sort of workforce that travels from town to town, festival to festival. They’re not itinerant, but they’re transient,” notes Lovett carefully. “They’ve got contracts here and contracts there, I think what hit home was that Adrian’s only in his early 50s, and to have a massive stroke and to have his capabilities of working reduced so signiﬁcantly and most likely needing long-term care and help with his family - you’re not sort of in a usual nine-to-ﬁve job and putting away your nest egg. He’s on a very long journey to get back to independent living.” In support of Adrian and his eternal legacy towards Australian comedy, next month will see the community band together for Yo, Adrian!, a fund-raising gala extraordinaire featuring both the cream of Australian comedic talent and those whose lives have been enriched through Adrian’s tireless work. “The comedy community

Yo Adrian! takes place at The Regent Theatre on Wednesday September 26 with performances from Wil Anderson, Carl Barron, Kitty Flanagan, Greg Fleet, Tom Gleeson, Judith Lucy, Dave Hughes, Frank Woodley and many more. For bookings and to donate, visit comedyfestival.com.au

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ENERATE

BY ZOË RADAS

Sydney’s eclectic, acoustic pop group Enerate have just created their first clip to accompany single Unstoppable, and it’s a gorgeous little tale of a video. After rocking out on the beach with a bonfire, a flare and a few mates, the band take a running triple jump into the ocean and end up on an odyssey which involves some vexed sea creatures. It’s kind of amazing, and to celebrate the four-piece have decided to go on tour. The ebb and flow of unhurried beats, synths and straight-up cool bass lines folded into sweetly acoustic guitar and some bossa nova hip hop make Enerate an interesting (but not crowded) listen, without the usually frenetic pop pace, and with a categorical ability to bring a surprised smile to your kisser (just like their clip). Lead singer and primary songwriter Josh Graham talks stuff in the lead up to Enerate’s two dates in Melbourne. “[Beck’s] Odelay is pretty, pret-ty big,” Graham says when influences come up, as they’re bound to do when you have such varied sounds gently and successfully overlapping at one another. “I think of myself as a producer as well as a songwriter and I really like to build songs. And I think that’s where Gorillaz are an influence; the production behind that is just top-notch, I reckon.” Graham also considers himself more of a guitarist than a drummer, although he plays both instruments, and furthermore prefers acoustic guitar when playing with the group. “I think it’s a nice little take on things,” he explains. “There’s a big sort of scene at the moment with very clean Telecasters and you know, synth on top of that. I guess like Foals, which is amazing, I think it sounds great. But... there’s less going on with acoustics and synths.” Gorillaz selftitled 2001 debut brilliantly knotted acoustics with artificial

elements and Graham’s admiration for the man behind that project is explicit. “My love for Gorillaz goes back a bit further to my love for Blur. Just anything Damon Albarn does I’m pretty much in love with. Something about his songwriting and his ability to create these amazing, catchy hooks. But I guess that’s what we’re trying to do in our own way. You know, it’s all about trying to create that perfect thing that’s not too mainstream, but you’ve still got that really catchy hook that you can’t get away from.” Catchy hooks abound in the material Enerate have proffered on their site, and Unstoppable is actually just a mere taste of what these guys are capable of. British Embassy has definite Beck styles about its twangy guitar, Photograph features spoken verses which have very Kanye cadences (“I gotta say, everyone in the band’s into big

American rap,” Graham says), and Fever For You showcases the suave basslines of Matt Niciak, who is a dead ringer for Sid from Skins. “You wouldn’t be the first person to say that actually,” chuckles Graham. The other two band members are Therese Watson on keys and Ben Fitzpatrick on drums, and all four bring their personal dominions to the table when playing. “Ben’s from a jazz background, Matt’s from a funk background, Therese is from a classical opera background, and I guess I’m from more of a folk place,” says Graham, conjuring an image in my head of what a ‘folk place’ might look like (I’m thinking lots of batik, weeping willows and circular dancing). “It puts a nice little taint on the way we play pop.” The live line-up in terms of electronics is about quality over quantity. “We have a Korg synth, then we’re got an MPC sampler. And we love using the MPC, it just gives it that sort of old school touch I think. We were using a laptop for a while but everything about it just seems so, I don’t know... I think I just see too many laptops

on stage, DJs you know, hiding behind screens. It looks like they’re surfing the web or something.” Working with producer Wes Chuw from Sonar Music in Sydney, the band’s record Good Times Airlines is going to be finished off in September. Graham is stoked with the way things have evolved. “I love doing the band thing,” he says warmly. “Just the grooves you get on stage... it’s so much more fun to play, I think. The band’s just gone from strength to strength, as soon as it became a band instead of a solo project.” Enerate are sure to keep ascending, and will undoubtedly collect some solid fans during their short – but sweet – tour this week.

space and going to see bands a lot. It’s virtually just having conversations with people – we’ve made friends with a lot of Melbourne bands along the way – and that, combined with street press and social media, has built things up.” The stress has taken its toll along the way and Holland feels that it is the strength that they have as friends and band mates that has kept them going. “To consistently do something for so long and to not get the rewards for it can be really disheartening,” he says. “It does get you down and every now and then someone will come to rehearsal and not be switched on, you get tired of putting so much effort it and not getting anything back. But over the last few months we have just started getting that recognition and people in the industry are slowly taking notice and it gives you a whole new energy. Luckily the guys are good enough and we are really supportive when someone is a bit down about it all. We actually talk about things too, all the time. If someone’s pissing someone off or something we actually

talk about it so nothing builds up. I think we get over stuff a lot quicker than other bands might.” The band are planning a run of EP releases as opposed to a single album at this point which will be followed by a European tour. “It’s more content and we want to consistently put out more content,” he says of their decision of releasing EPs. “Things have changed so much in the past five years, even in the past year; people always need content in order to keep relevant. We were discussing the album idea versus the EPs and we think tying in a theme with each EP as well as streaming our music in a constant feed with different sounds to create one whole project will keep us relevant and more people interested.”

recorded it all, and it sounded pretty good. We thought ‘Shit, we could actually use these.’ It turned out really good. [Tim’s] good mate Jarrod mixed them. They did a really good job.” The band have landed consecutive shows in three of Melbourne’s best venues for sincere live rock: Cherry Bar, Vineyard and Lyrebird Lounge. Bassist Chris is originally from Melbourne and so had an idea of which places he wanted to target. “[He] said ‘They’re the best ones to go to, so we’re just going to try and play those.’ I looked them up, and they look amazing... we’re pretty pumped about that,” enthuses Mick. After seeing Fu Manchu in Brisbane and coming out highly impressed with the support act Matt Sonic And The High Times, Mick discovered the latter had just completed a residency at Cherry and became extra excited to be gracing the same stage. Chris is also responsible for the band’s vivid promo artwork, which boasts a fat Goodies style font smoked up against a shot of

Tasha at the mic. “He’s got the full psychedelia vibe; it’s cool because he’s put us onto bands we’d heard of, but [hadn’t listened to],” says Mick. “Jefferson Airplane, like this rad, ‘60s psychedelia kind of stuff.” Smoking Martha’s hearts are clearly with Melbourne’s on the live music venue issue – there’s a graphic posted on their site which says ‘Support Your Scene: Don’t Kill Live Music.’ This coupled with the fact that all three of the group’s shows will be free means that there’s an even greater reason, if you needed something beyond having a frenzied dance while channelling Cassandra (or you can be Garth if you want), to see this colourful five-piece do their thing.

ENERATE play The Espy (front room) tonight, Wednesday August 22, and The Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood on Thursday August 23. Their debut record Good Times Airlines is set to drop at the end of the year.

THEY

BY KRISSI WEISS

THEY, Melbourne’s latest hard rock band battling their way through the ranks, have waxed and waned in enthusiasm over the three years they’ve been together but things have ways of falling back into place from the inside and now looks set to come together on the outside. Vocalist Xavier Holland, admits that the road hasn’t been easy but that THEY are ready to take on every opportunity they’re given. A successful EP release for Unleashed has paved the way for the release of their first film clip for Climb It, Tarzan! and a host of EPs over the next few months. “You’ve got to branch into every avenue and give people what they want,” Holland says in relation to the importance of a film clip. “People want visual stimulus on top of the songs so we have to give them that. It also helps to develop the story and the message behind the song. It’s based on advertising and marketing and how we’re manipulated in such a way that we don’t even know it’s happening. We used a lot of stock footage from the ‘50s and used that era’s method of visual advertising to show that we haven’t really evolved much in our approach or our ideals since then.” So what is the story of the band’s origins? “We’ve been together for about three years,” he begins. “The band started with four of us, Paulo [Nicolas], Reece [Tyrell] and Rob [Bishop]. Reece is a friend of mine from school and he asked me to come in and audition for the vocalist spot for the band they had at the time, which I did. The bass player at the time didn’t like me so he said no and the band ended up breaking up a couple of months later so they asked me back. Our

bassist, Liam (Wagener), actually auditioned as a vocalist for the old band and then they asked him back to play bass for us. “We never really had a serious conversation about our direction but after we had ten or so songs we decided that we should make a go of it,” he continues. “We were really happy with what we had, we thought the music was good, and from there we pooled our resources and money and started to record the EP. It took us fucking ages to do it but now, after all of that, we have a whole new energy about us and plan on releasing another three EPs over the next nine months and then head over to Europe to play some shows.” With an ever-growing fanbase, Holland says THEY have utilised both traditional networking alongside paid advertisement. “We’ve utilised Facebook advertising,” he says. “I don’t know if a lot of bands pay for advertising via Facebook, but we’ve found that really works for us. Then, like a lot of other bands, we’ve been using friends and family, talking to other bands that use our rehearsal

THEY will perform with with Moroccan Kings, Dive Into Ruin and Vitruvian Man at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday August 25.

SMOKING MARTHA

BY ZOË RADAS

A red lace bodycon dress and matching arm things (what do you call elbow-length gloves which stop at the wrist?) might not be everyone’s idea of cultivated attire, but I think we can all agree that Cassandra in Wayne’s World proved to us Ballroom Blitz can be thrashed out by a lady, never mind what she’s wearing. The Sweet’s 1973 hit is kind of tough to sing: you’ve got to have humour, gravel, sauce and belt-range all up in your voice to get it right. And if you want to hear it done so right, check out Smoking Martha’s own nightingale Tasha absolutely killing it on the band’s Facebook page. It’s an apposite intro to what you can expect from Smoking Martha’s original wares, which mesh Tasha’s one-of-a-kind voice with dynamic rock ‘n’ roll riffs, electric lead breaks and one enormous metal- and jazz-fuelled drummer named Pablo. “I’ve known Tash for a fair long time,” says Mick, guitarist and founder of the outfit. “Five years or something. I’d just been playing in a punk band, [something like] NOFX. I just knew Tash through a couple of friends. I think she used to sing when she was at school, and then she sort of stopped. We were at a friend’s party and she was singing when she was real drunk, and I was like ‘Oh fuck. Let’s see if we can write some songs,’” he laughs. The two originated from the Gold Coast, and moved to Brisbane about six months ago to find some bandmates who could turn their acoustic set into a louder and bigger beast. “We couldn’t really find anyone on the Gold Coast that was sort of suiting it,” Mick explains. “There’s a fair bit of [punk rock] there but there’s probably three venues where any band that’s loud can really play. Kind of makes it a pretty tough break there: even just Beat Magazine Page 32

getting a show takes months.” Shortly after relocating, the duo scooped Aaron on rhythm guitar, Chris on bass, and the “big, big badass-looking” Pablo. “He’s like rock ‘n’ roll as all fuck; he’s huge. If people fuck with us we go ‘Hey, have you met my friend?’ and he’ll just bop ‘em on the head,” says Mick. “He holds a really solid beat, but it’s got a lot of swing to it as well. It gives it a little bit of a different sound, and makes it really cool.” The production sound on the two tracks available on SoundCloud is distinctive, very like No Doubt in their early days with clean, distinctive ribbons of lead guitar. “It was just going to be a demo: not to show anyone, just to sort of get the songs in order,” Mick says of their recent time in the studio. “We just went to my mate’s little studio: Tim at Crossfire Music. We tracked [the songs] there, and Tim

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ONTOUR THE PHARCYDE [USA] Thursday August 23, The Espy LIQUID STRANGER [SWE] Friday August 24, Brown Alley JODY WISTERNOFF [UK] Friday August 24, New Guernica GREG SLAIHER [FRA], WILL ADDICT [FRA] Friday August 24, Brown Alley JOCHEN MILLER [NED], RANK 1 [NED], LEON BOLIER [NED] Saturday August 25, Room680 AOKI TAKAMASA [JPN], KAZU KIMURA [JPN] Saturday August 25, Hamer Hall ALEXKID [FRA] Friday August 31, Revolver DAVE SEAMAN [UK] Friday August 31, Onesixone BASS AGENTS [MAS] Friday August 31, Inflation PHOTEK [UK], NITIN SAWHNEY [UK] Saturday September 1, Hamer Hall MARIA MINERVA [EST] Saturday September 1, The Liberty Social RICK ROSS [USA] Thursday September 6, Festival Hall RED RACK ‘EM [UK] Friday September 7, The Croft Institute JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] Friday September 7, Brown Alley STEFFI [GER] Friday September 7, Liberty Social TIEFSCHWARZ [GER] Friday September 7, New Guernica SASSE [GER] Friday September 7, Mercat Basement TODD TERRY [USA] Saturday September 8, New Guernica OCTAVE ONE [USA] Friday September 14, Mercat Basement SOLA ROSA [NZ] Friday September 14, Northcote Social Club LUKE FAIR [CAN] Friday September 14, Onesixone KENNY LARKIN [USA] Friday September 14, New Guernica ROGER SHAH [GER] Saturday September 15, Room680 ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD [UK] Saturday September 15, Prince Bandroom KENJI TAMAKI [JPN] Saturday September 15, Mercat Basement FERRY CORSTEN [NED] Friday September 21, Palace Theatre HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG], FRITZ KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday September 21, Brown Alley NARI AND MILANI [ITA] Friday September 21, Royal Melbourne Hotel ERIC CLOUTIER [USA] Friday September 21, Mercat Basement COMMIX [UK] Friday September 21, Roxanne Parlour DOCTOR P [UK], COOKIE MONSTA [UK] + FUNTCASE [UK] Saturday September 22, Roxanne Parlour SCISSOR SISTERS [USA] Wednesday September 26, Hamer Hall RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute DAS EFX [USA] Friday September 28, Prince Bandroom NICK SENTIENCE [UK] Friday September 28, Room680 TONY TOUCH [USA] Friday September 28, The Espy GIGAMESH [USA] Saturday September 29, Seven FUNKAGENDA [UK] Saturday September 29, Pretty Please TOMMIE SUNSHINE [USA] Saturday September 29, Prince Bandroom PAUL OAKENFOLD [UK] Friday October 5, Festival Hall FELIX DICKINSON [UK] Friday October 5, Mercat Basement PARKLIFE: JUSTICE [FRA], PASSION PIT [USA], PLAN B [UK] + MORE Saturday October 6, Sidney Myer Music Bowl PUNKS JUMP UP [UK] Saturday October 6, Prince Bandroom TOMMY FOUR SEVEN [GER] Friday October 12, Brown Alley AME [GER] Saturday October 13, Brown Alley MONKEY SAFARI [GER] Saturday October 13, Prince Bandroom BIG FREEDIA [USA], THEE SATISFACTION [USA] Thursday October 18, The Hi-Fi FUNK D’VOID [UK] Friday October 19, Brown Alley BIG FREEDIA [USA] Saturday October 20, The Tote SIDNEY SAMSON [NED] Monday October 31, Billboard MACEO PLEX [USA], MATTHIAS TANZMANN [GER], MARGARET DYGAS [UK] Saturday November 4, Brown Alley ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA MOULLINEX [POR] Saturday November 10, New Guernica ECLIPSE: PERFECT STRANGER, OLIVER LIEB, ADAM FREELAND + MORE Saturday November 12 – Friday November 16, TBA SUBB-AN [UK], MIGUEL CAMPBELL [UK] Sunday November 18, TBA STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [US] PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds NICK WARREN [UK] Friday December 7, Billboard TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, TBA FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne BIG DAY OUT: THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA], KASKADE [USA], CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] + MORE Saturday January 26, Flemington Racecourse

REAL TALK

Another year, another missed opportunity to experience the Gathering of the Juggalos. I mean, what’s the point of living, really. Next year I swear I’m venturing there to find my juggalette bride. Whoop whoop! Tyson Wray

Brooklyn native and pioneering force in house music Todd Terry is canonical within dance music. Blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop, Terry’s singular legacy began in the ‘80s DJing parties in New York whilst releasing the first of his production work, setting the stage for what was to be a thriving and lively progressive and modern deep house scene. Also the owner of InHouse and SoundDesign Records and a favoured remixer by the likes of our own Kylie, Bjork, Everything But The Girl and plenty more, Terry is also one of few underground artists to achieve mainstream success with hits Something Goin’ On and Keep On Jumpin’ making appearances in the UK’s Top 10 Hits charts. Todd The God is heading down soon - catch him at New Guernica on Saturday September 8.

Musica: Broadening Horizons

If, perchance, you were lucky enough to be present at the first edition of Musica/TUMBALONG out in Sydney’s Darling Harbour precinct, it’s likely you were gushing to all your mates about what was crowned the boutique festival of the year by plenty of Australian musical outlets - and with a lineup that boasted the likes of SBTRKT, Bon Chat, Bon Rat, Electric Wire Hustle, Ghostpoet, LUNICE, Mitzi and heaps more, how could you not? For those of us not fortunate enough to have made the trip out, you’ll be pleased to hear that Musica is making a return in 2013, and expanding its borders to all of Australia and New Zealand. With full event details and what will undoubtedly be a star-studded lineup coming soon, we highly recommend you keep an eye out for further details from the Musica camp.

Luke Fair: Restoring The Balance

Another Bedrock favourite, Canadian house stalwart Luke Fair is slated for a string of dates across Australia soon. A singular blend of groovy house and techno vibes with funky progressive and electro sensibilities, Luke Fair is a DJ and producer to suit anybody - from his roots playing System Sound bar in Toronto in his early days and catching the ear of John Digweed, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler which landed him front room duties, as well as a very special place on the Bedrock roster. Equally notorious for his mixing prowess as well as his skills in the studio, his is a name synonymous with the likes of institutions including Tushitoshi, SAW, System Recordings, Balance, EQ, and plenty more. Luke Fair plays Onesixone on Friday September 14.

Nick Warren: Shining Legacy

Nick Warren is back in town! No stranger to Australian crowds, he’s a surefire favourite on Melbourne dancefloors, with tried-and-tested talents that have proved successful at Future Music and a string of club shows over the past few years. The Bristol native has been fine-tuning his talents for over twenty years, steadily building up a reputation as one of the popular DJs in Bristol, performing regularly at the superclub Vision and DJing for Massive Attack. With a discography that boasts releases on Hope and Bedrock, and some of the finest mixes to be released via Global Underground, Back o Mine and Renaissance and distinctive collaborative works with Imogen Heap, Kirsty Hawkshaw and upcoming visitor Jody Wisternoff, it’s clear that Nick Warren’s legacy is a strong one. Catch him at Billboard on Friday December 7.

Strictly Vinyl: Hit The Decks

In an age where any dickhead can spend a couple of hundred bucks on a digital controller, download the Beatport Top 10 playlist and call themselves a DJ, the hallowed art of mixing on vinyl is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Well, not quite - luckily, Melbourne still plays host to some of DJing’s finest, original talents who insist on keeping the dream alive and round three of Strictly Vinyl is back to show us all how to work that turntable magic. Strictly vinyl, strictly rhythm, strictly business - with disco royalty J’Nett, Jimmy James and Ransom on the decks for this round, the holy trinity of local talent will be bringing their record crates stuffed full of soul, disco, boogie, hustle, house, hip hop, new jack swing, no wave, dancefloor jazz, latin, funk, electro and afrobeat. Sounds good to us. Get down to the Espy on Saturday August 25 for some old-school good times.

Kenji Tamaki: Magic Touch

Alexkid

Funk D’Void: Nose In Front

Vive la techno, indeed. One of dance music’s most enduring genres, how could you possibly say no to a lineup of the genre’s most enduring figures? Joining the party are the likes of Greg Slaiher, whose debut on Conditional was quickly followed up by a string of remarkable releases finding him a favoured artist by the likes of Colin Dale and Tyler Staduis. He’ll be joined by Will Addict, owner of Karnage and Addict Records and a notorious organiser of rave parties alongside releases on Nutempo, JJ Records and Warehouse Trax Records. Get ready for it - Vive La Techno hits Brown Alley on Friday August 24.

Based outta the cloudy, rainsoaked surrounds of Glasgow, house and techno genius Funk D’Void is the latest to join the list of esteemed DJs to helm the Balance mix series. We couldn’t think of anyone better to head the next mix in the much-loved series - the man who’s been at the forefront of the global electronic music scene since the nineties has already dropped some killer mixes via Soma and Coccoon, as well as being armed with his own arsenal of killer production work and is a favourite of dance music’s finest, including Nic Fanciulli, Danny Howells, Hernan Cattaneo and others. Join the celebrations when Balance 022 drops at Brown Alley on Friday October 19.

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Felix Dickinson’s induction into the world of dance music came at a young age - at the tender age of twenty, he threw his first four-day free festival out in Sussex, the result of a collaboration with his friends in the Tonka crew and friends. It was a resounding success: the police and the roadblocks did nothing to stop 4,000 people from dancing all weekend. Since then, Dickinson has established his own record label Ugly Music alongside friend and local record store owner Tony Lee, releasing tunes from Chicago’s K-Alexi, Da Posse and Underground Evolution as well as remixes by DJ Harvey and Britains’ unsung Mr. Fingers Jaime Read, along with his own astounding work. Known for his work under a multiplicity of aliases, it’s often that people claim to be unfamiliar with his work, whilst finding that at least one of his tunes is stashed in their box of records somewhere. Alongside the Animals Dancing regulars, Felix Dickinson plays the Mercat on Friday October 5.

Free Shit:

Japan is home to one of the most leftfield and thriving dance music scenes in the world, and one of the figures who most embodies the country’s creative spirit is producer and DJ Kenji Tamaki - a pioneer in leftfield disco and the dude behind cult label Crue-L. Since its inception in ‘91, Crue-L has played host to a stunning array of releases, including groundbreaking output from Cornelius and Buffalo Audger alongside his own eclectic and much-praised work, seeing him requested by the likes of Cut Copy, Dimitri from Paris and Sebastien Tellier for his magic remixing touch. He shows no signs of slowing down, with Tim Sweeney declaring his Beats in Space set as the show’s mix of 2010, and despite a successful career spanning 23 years, this will be his first trip out to Australia - finally! Catch Kenji Tamaki at the Mercat on Saturday September 15.

Vive La Techno: Conditional Love

Felix Dickinson: Out Of The Box

Here not too long ago and a firm favourite of Melbourne crowds for his ability to whip a dancefloor up into a frenzy (as evidenced by his appearance at last year’s KUBIK Melbourne), Alexkid is a truly masterful musician. With roots in the early nineties Paris rave scene alongside other French house luminaries including St Germain and Mr. Oizo, Alexkid has spent years being one of the most forwardthinking and exciting acts on the revered Laurent Garnier’s label F Communcations as well as on Radio Slave’s own imprint Rekids and Luciano’s Cadenza Split Composition project, defining good music for connoisseurs of French techno and electronica. He’ll be joining Melbourne favourites Safari and Mike Callander to DJ on multiple decks, just as they did last year at the closing party for KUBIK - and trust us, we can be certain Alexkid’s return will be nothing short of immense. Catch Alexkid at Revolver on Friday August 31, we’ve got some double passes to give away.

Suff Daddy Leading the newest wave of beatmakers emerging from Berlin at present, Suff Daddy is one to watch out for. Fuelled by crackling old records, controlled substances and sick MicroKORG licks, the man’s vibes have already been latched onto by the likes of Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat and Sola Rosa, whilst pushing himself to the forefront of cutting-edge music at Splash Festival, Beat BBQ, Hip-Hop Kemp and the Hi-Hat Club. He’s a surefire winner, and one that’s already been picked up for sponsorship deals by San Diego Padres, Tanqueray, Carhartt and Louis Vuitton – damn. And all in two short years. He hits the Prince Bandroom this Friday August 24 and we have a few double passes to give away.

Urthboy Urthboy is set to launch his new single Naïve Bravado. Teaming up with Daniel Merriweather, Urthboy sidesteps peers while exhibiting his trademark sharp flow, songwriting talents and that knack for wellcrafted hooks. The concept of Naïve Bravado is like a lamb with a lion’s heart; a broken down car needing a jump start. It’s not a false courage if it leads you out of the mess. Anchored in running bass lines, ominous horns and monstrous percussive drums—all concocted by the brilliant collaborative production of Count Bounce and Hermitude. Urthboy hits The Evelyn on Friday August 31 and we have some double passes to giveaway. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win

THE BIG MAG FOR CLUB CULTURE

JODY WISTERNOFF

“You do a little bit on the laptop while you’re travelling, go to the studio and work on it a bit there, then back to family life. It’s a nice kind of balance really, the two are good for each other.”

PUMPIN’ IT: MASTERCLASS IN EFFECT DJing, unlike pimpin’, ain’t that easy. With demand so high for name DJs, especially those that have been in the game for a long time, there is a lot to handle. Throw in family life, recording sessions, flights, interviews and you’ve got yourself a wild mix. The difference is that this mix can’t be faded out at the flick of a control, this after all is the reality for DJs looking to establish a successful career. Whether he’s flying off for a gig in Costa Rica or heading home to Bristol to take his son to the doctor, it’s all in a day’s work for Jody Wisternoff. The touring DJ and family man juggles these duties and more with the assurance of a music industry veteran, which is what he happens to be. “I had to take my son to the doctor, he has bronchitis again. Then I had to drop my daughter off at playgroup. Family life man, it’s going on, and I was up in the studio til late as well,” the affable Wisternoff says when asked about what he’s up to. “Trying to mix the two together is quite hardcore but it’s all good.” We have actually caught the Bristol beat-maker on an odd day off, where he is spending some quality time back home. Wisternoff enjoys his one sole day with the family before having to head back out on the road for a show in Mexico. “A day’s long enough to wash your underwear and see the kids and the wife,” he jokes. There’s a sitcom in there waiting to happen. While it’s only a fleeting opportunity he enjoys it as much as he can before heading back out on the road. “It kind of resets the batteries. It would be nice to stay a week but a day is better than nothing.” He explains that naturally as a dedicated family man his days of working on tracks in the studio until odd hours of the morning and waking up at midday are behind him now. “You have to grow up a little bit, wake up in the morning and try to make music during the day. It’s sort of like normal society,” he jokes. Normalcy isn’t necessarily very rock n roll but even so the DJ and producer enjoys the change of pace. “It’s kind of pleasant actually, you can’t be going through your whole life being a vampire,” a matured Wisternoff chuckles. “You wake up early in the morning and by the time it’s midday you get so much done it’s incredible.” While aspects of his life have changed the respected DJ has found little time to stop since first embarking

on his wild musical journey at age 13. The man who dropped out of college to pursue his music dream will soon be the parent having to handle rebellious kids. Clearly the move worked out well enough for Wisternoff. From his first break at the 1986 DMC World DJ Championship to becoming an important part of the rave scene and co-founder of Way Out West, he has followed his own path. That continuing path will soon lead him back to Australian shores as he headlines The Breakfast Club at New Guernica this Friday. Having come down under several times in his career this will mark Wisternoff’s second visit in two years. “Since the year 2000 I’ve been there about eight times I reckon.” On this occasion he’s looking forward to getting more time to enjoy the sights. “Normally I spend an off week in Sydney, this time I’ve got some off time in Melbourne. It’s a fantastic place, so it’ll be nice to stay slightly longer than one day. He’s also looking forward to breaking up his flight itinerary, as opposed to the whirlwind he typically experiences. “I’ll be flying into Perth actually, which is a really pleasant way to enter Australia, because it’s so quick from Singapore, it’s actually five hours down. Usually it’s like hit Singapore, go to the outdoor beer garden for a while then get on another eight hour flight after a 12 hour [flight]. It’s a killer. I mean it’s nice you can pop upstairs to the outdoor beer garden, you can get some serious humidity going on. Or you can fly via Bangkok and see all the dirty old men on their way home.” If the DJing thing doesn’t continue to work out maybe a career as a travel agent could be an option. As a travelling DJ he has the perk of heading to our shores once a year, if he can, along with all the other destinations he hits throughout the course of a year. “It’s usually a once a year thing. Most DJs if they’re lucky enough to do it, come down and do a two week tour once a year.” For Wisternoff, it doesn’t stop with international tours and Singaporean beer gardens as he spends his off time working on new remixes and tracks. It sounds sort of like punching the clock in an office except you don’t get to read out excerpts of your marketing report at a packed club. Jody is fresh from releasing his solo effort Trails We Blaze, which has been getting rave reviews since it came out COVER STORY

earlier this year. Even though he dropped his first single back in 1992, the X-Psych-Ting 12”, this marks his first full album. Building on his trademark progressive house sound, the album veers from loungy to contemplative, with the occasional rough edge. It seems to be an accurate representation of the man behind it. With the weight of the dreaded debut off his back he has had time to work on other material including a remix for Bristol band The Other Tribe and their song Skirts. Jody throws in a little funky curveball and turns their appropriately tribal stomp into a long extended groove. He has also hooked up with Trails We Blaze collaborator Pete Josef, who contributed to gems like Just One More, for a new track. For a veteran DJ this hectic schedule is par for the course and something he has gotten used to over his career. “Upwards and onwards really, I’ve got loads of stuff on the go,” Wisternoff affirms nonchalantly. “I think that’s how it is for people that make music, you’ve got about 30 tracks bubbling on and you just kind of finish them off. Some of them make the grade, some of them don’t but you always think ahead.” Music is his drug of choice so obviously there needs to be some moderation, and Wisternoff always tries to find ways to manage and break things up. “You do a little bit on the laptop while you’re travelling, go to the studio and work on it a bit there, then back to family life. It’s a nice kind of balance really, the two are good for each other.” Over the years Wisternoff has evolved with the dance scene and enjoys new technology but is still faithful to the old school. He always prefers to have that handson studio environment, rather than a portable digital set-up. “For me it’s a tricky one because most of my sound sources are from synthesizers in the studio and I use a lot of old hardware so I can’t carry that with me. You can do radio mixes and stuff while you’re on the run but I’m not one of those guys that could finish a whole track in a hotel room. It’s not gonna happen.” For his recording process he needs to have that classic analogue gear to help foster the vibe. “I actually seem to get more results from hardware synths at the moment. Using two-step sequencers and stuff like that.” As a DJ and producer he, like most his peers, has

found a process that works for him. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. “The flexibility of adjusting the sound while you’re playing it seems to bring out more magic than using a plug-in. I’m just an old school kind of guy really so I’m more into the hands-on style. That’s the way it seems to work for me.” It’s not only about the sound however, it’s also about creating a mood and an atmosphere that is conducive to his form of creativity. “It’s really fun as well, you don’t feel like you’re sitting behind a computer working you’re jamming with instruments. It reminds me of the old days when you went into the studio and used sequencers and there wasn’t even a computer going on.” The joy is very much in the process for Wisternoff when everything is clicking in the studio. “It’s fun programming drum machines like the 808 or the 909.” At the same time he appreciates what technology can offer. “I love Ableton man, it’s the coolest thing and I’m quite interested to check out Bitwig. Ultimately though yeah, a mix between analogue and digital.” There you have the ingredients of a master DJ who is still pumping it. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Jody Wisternoff [UK] plays at New Guernica on Friday August 24.

being spun by Marvin Roland, Mr. Pyz and Kitty Schmidt DJs. Libation, 302 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

JODY WISTERNOFF

WEDNESDAY22ND COQ ROQ Rocking Wednesdays at Lucky Coq are rotating DJs Lady Noir, Agent 86, Kiti, Mr Thom, Joybot and guests giving you nothing but the best new wave, punk, brit pop, bong rap and hair metal. Coq Roq takes place every Wednesday from 8pm with free pool downstairs from 9pm as well as drink specials. Roq out! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

HUMPDAY ANIMALS Enter the middle of the week; for some it’s the beginning of the weekend, for others it’s a break from study, for those of us who are travelling, it probably has no real significance (unless you’re wanting to party with the hot European girls from the hostel, because any day is simply another day when you’re travelling). Your midweek stomping ground, featuring DJs Danny Silver, Manchild & Mu-Gen. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

SOUL ARMY With more flavour than a chocolate pizza, the Wednesday Soul Army throws down raw, uncut funk next to smooth soul grooves and rare blue jams. Bring that special lady because when the boys lay down the love it could be the difference between ‘we’re just friends’ to ‘let’s get it on’. PBS stalwarts Vince Peach and Miss Goldie accompany Prequel and Black Diamond Kicks weekly. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

CQ FRIDAYS The weekend starts here! Get on down for after work drinks from 5pm with DJs Marcus Knight, Mark Pellegrini, Nick Van Wilder & DJ Anferny getting your weekend started right. 5pm til 3am. CQ, 113 Queen St, Melbourne

FIRST FLOOR FRIDAYS A journey of international music from all over the world; past, present and future rhythms incorporating afro, soul, funk, world and deep house elements! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

FREEDOM PASS Friday’s at Freedom with 2 premier clubs, 5 huge rooms, 10+ local and international DJs blending their unique sets across countless styles of tunes – vocal house, smooth R&B, electro and commercial top 40. Throw in a few sexy podium dancers, a world-class lights show and drink specials, the Freedom Pass is your personal ticket to a night you won’t soon forget! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

FRIDAY NIGHT LOFT PARTY Kitty Schmidt couldn’t find quality dance music in Fitzroy so she’s decided to open up her bedroom doors. Living above Melbourne’s stalwart lesbian/gay Libation Bar, she’s now throwing a monthly party in her boudoir. Come into her renovated upstairs loft, cocktail bar, dance floor and smoking terrace. With quirky house, deep disco and erotic electronica

After a list of recent guests including hot young things Danny Daze, Midland and Nic Fanciulli, The Breakfast Club have done a damn good job serving up the best in fresh dance music, with the next instalment set to impress with Jody Wisternoff at the helm. With a musical journey behind him that’s meandered into almost every corner of the art, beginning as 13 year old, reaching the finals of the DMC Hip Hop Championships, to pioneering the early UK rave sound as part of breakbeat outfit Sub Love, to his long standing partnership with Nick Warren, as Way Out West - Wisternoff has broken out on his own as a purveyor of sounds through his monthly radio shows, Frisky & Proton Radio, and his solo production work featuring on labels such as Ministry Of Sound, Anjunadeep and Distinctive, including his debut solo album Trails We Blaze - a kaleidoscopic mix of house, nu disco, progressive, techno and bass. New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

LIQUID STRANGER DJs and producers often get tagged with the term ‘international’, but it’s not often that they really, truly fulfil that definition. Liquid Stranger - alias of Martin Staaf, born and bred in Sweden, is someone who truly defines that term. A compelling mix of Latin, Asian, Eastern European and Jamaican dancehall, and with over fifty releases to his name that have been taken on by Ministry of Sound, Spirit Zone, Muti Music, and Interchill amongst others including four full-length albums, Liquid Stranger is certainly one of the industry’s most adventurous and well-established acts. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melbourne

PANORAMA Start your weekend on a good note with Panorama Fridays

at Lucky Coq. DJs Matt Rad, Mr George, Tom Meagher and Phato A Mano transform the upstairs area into one hell of a house party with Hip Hop, Funk, R&B, Disco and House. Meanwhile, downstairs gives you a secluded wind down atmosphere with cult films as background visuals and quality cocktails to sip on. Let the new coqtail list wash away a crappy week! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

RETRO SEXUAL FRIDAY DJ Grandmaster Vicious spins Fitzroy’s finest mix of ‘80s and ‘90s pop, rock, new wave, hip hop, disco classics and cheese to please plus dance floor anthems from then to now. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

SATURDAY25TH CLUB SODA Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, CBD

EDEN SATURDAYS Smashing it every week at Melbourne’s hottest looking venue! Top 40 dance, house and R&B 9-3am, then electro from 3am - 5am. DJ Ontime, DJ Ryza, Scotty Erdos and Azza M. $15/$20, free entry after 4am. Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne

WEDNESDAYS AT CO. Don’t have lectures tomorrow? Need a break from writing that last-minute assignment? Or simply just celebrating the end of hump day? Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night – Wednesdays @ Co.! With free entry and discounted drinks for students all night long! Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

THURSDAY23RD BIMBO THURSDAYS Tigerfunk brings with him his full band of travelling gypsies, hipsters and middle class executives, all of whom are prepared to deliver the most excitement you can have this side of the weekend. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

DUBSTEP THURSDAYS It’s Dubstep, it’s Eurotrash, it’s new, it’s the vibe, it’s Thursdays, it’s weekly and it’s free. So get down to Eurotrash and get your wobble on. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

FREE RANGE FUNK Funk up your Thursday nights with Free Range Funk at the Windsor favourite Lucky Coq. Grab a couch early and enjoy one (or more) of their famous $4 pizzas from 7-11pm. Meanwhile DJs Who, Agent 86, Lewis CanCut and special guests tempt you into the night with their eclectic bag of treats. Setting the mood early is delightful jazz, deep soul, and funk. Later it’s fruity disco, choice house, and hipster dance drops. Free entry every Thursday. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

FUN HOUSE Celebrate Thursday night at Co. with club classics and dance floor anthems. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

SLOW HOUSE THURSDAYS Slow House Thursdays is just what Brunswick has been missing. Get down to the latest Thursday spot at Noise Bar, find a space with your bros and get into the as DJs Same O, David Bass and James Hurt spin bass laced tunes ‘til the early hours of the morning. Noise Bar, 291 Albert Street, Brunswick

THE BLACK PANCAKE CLUB The Black Pancake Club is where disc-jockeys bring in their treasured record collections to share with yaw’ll. Expect undiscovered nuggets, lost gems, far out there covers, moog inspired themes, and a host of other eclectic delicacies and toppings for your black pancakes! Taste makers on rotation include Shags and Richie 1250.Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

WONDERLUST Fate, karma, the yin and the yang, the balance between chaos and order or divine intervention? A new spiritual high has emerged from the cosmic energies of the universe and it’s called Wonderlust! As luck would have it you can come and experience the effects of this strange new phenomena every Thursday night at The Carlton! Carlton Club, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne

FRIDAY24TH BUHLOONE MINDSTATE “It might blow up but it won’t go pop” is the philosophy at Buhloone Mindstate and features Melbourne’s finest bands and DJs playing every Friday night, late. That’s just how we roll. We’re all about the late night boogie. Expect all things funk, hip-hop, soul, reggae, disco, boogie and house. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

STAR BAR SUNDAYS EUROTRASH HOUSE PARTY Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including including Mu-Gen, Lace em’ Tight and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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EY:EM EY:EM at Lounge features residents Boogs & Who, who will host Melbourne’s top purveyors of club music, showcasing both local and international DJs playing the most upfront club music. With rotating DJs Dave Pham, Sleep D, Bryce Lawrence, Louis McCoy, Caine Sinclair, Glyn Hill & Toby Mackisack. Expect nothing but excellent house music all night long. And remember, clubbing happens in the EY:EM. $10 from 11pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Genetix, B-Two and Oohee rocking til the break of day. Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

HOMECOMING In the grand tradition of past Saturday nights at the Prince of Wales, it will regain it’s rightful place on the pantheon of Australian dance music playing host to the best and most exciting EDM locally, nationally and internationally. Local residents include Generik, Oskar, Swick, Tranter, M.A.F.I.A., Streetparty DJs and Clip Art, and scheduled guests The Aston Shuffle, Tonite Only, The Swiss, Luke Million, Parachute Youth, Louis La Roche, Alvin Risk and more. In addition, Homecoming has prepared a veritable roster of exciting drinks and cocktails to fuel the fun, including Fresh coconut cocktails, Dr. Pepper, Electric Lemonade, Tecate, Thai-style Buckets and Bubble Cup cocktails. Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

HOT STEP Google Hot Step and you’ll get a bunch of Vietnamese game reviews and Balkanese dances on YouTube. But that’s nothing like what you can expect to find within the confines of Bimbo on a Saturday night. Developing thick and heavy but altogether groovy, enjoy an eclectic mix of fairy floss funk, doom disco and monk movement minimal every week. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR DJ CKass will take you on a musical journey to the retro sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s, followed by Top 40. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

SOUND EMPIRE Get ready for the mega sounds at Sound Empire, Melbourne’s epic new Saturday club night with five places to party! Mega sounds from resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight,

The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

Many of you will have been perplexed and slightly excited by the construction work and loud noises from the arts precinct of Melbourne City of late, and finally the temporary fences have been pulled down and Hamer Hall’s officially back in action. Two weeks of celebratory shenanigans have been planned, including two all-night parties with bills equally suited to the highbrow surrounds of the Hamer Hall as Melbourne’s hottest clubs. First up are a Japanese double courtesy of ambient-IDM genius Aoki Takamasa, whose credentials include an extensive working history shared with the likes of Ryoichi Kurokawa, Fumiya Tanaka and Tujiko Noriko, alongside tech-house and minimal pioneer DJ Kazu Kimura and Melbourne’s own Qua – made up of electronica maestro Cornel Wilczek and Architecture in Helsinki’s James Cecil. Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

STAR SATURDAYS Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! Phil Ross, Scotty Erdos, DJ Ontime, LC, Nick James, Dane Gains, Ryan Hamill, Deja, Phil Isa, Nixon, Azza M, Scotty Nix, DJ Ryza, C Dubb, Alex-J, G-Funk, Dylisco, Achos, Az, Shaggz and guests. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy house, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

TEXTILE Saturdays at Lucky Coq tick all the boxes so start your night early and stay til close! Famous $4 pizzas from 7-9pm (that’s dinner sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing hip hop, funk, disco, house and electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

WEEKEND The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne

Our Signature serve. Each and every Sunday we play host to a self professed vinyl junkie caught between the golden years and boogie wonderland. A mouthful? Perhaps. Phato Amano perfectly sets the mood for an audio-adventure that redefines the dance floor weekly. Our Sunday aficionados Agent 86 and Tigerfunk stir up a full cream shake to the flavour of your liking. Forget everything you thought you knew about losing yourself to the grooves. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

MONDAY27TH IBIMBO Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

TUESDAY28TH BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

COSMIC PIZZA NHJ and friends host every Tuesday night upstairs at Lucky Coq. Playing uneasy listening, freaked out bass jams, romantic comedy disco, tropi-jazz, soundtracks and shit you won’t hear on the other nights. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

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STEFFI Dabbling in music, art and generalised counterculture for years now, it’s safe to say that German purveyor of all things house, techno and beyond Steffi is a revolutionary in dance music. Her manifold successes in all manner of realms have established her as a true goddess of the dancefloor. A regular resident at Berlin-based Panorama Bar as well as its in-house label Ostgut Ton, her credentials as a producer couldn’t be more well-established, not to mention her role in running successful labels Klakson and Dolly and a long-time party promoter. Friday September 7, The Liberty Social, 279 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

ALEXKID Here not too long ago and a firm favourite of Melbourne crowds for his ability to whip a dancefloor up into a frenzy (as evidenced by his appearance at last year’s KUBIK Melbourne), Alexkid is a truly masterful musician. With roots in the early nineties Paris rave scene alongside other French house luminaries including St Germain and Mr. Oizo, Alexkid has spent years being one of the most forward-thinking and exciting acts on the revered Laurent Garnier’s label F Communcations as well as on Radio Slave’s own imprint Rekids and Luciano’s Cadenza Split Composition project, defining good music for connoisseurs of French techno and electronica. He’ll be joining Melbourne favourites Safari and Mike Callander to DJ on multiple decks, just as they did last year at the closing party for KUBIK - and trust us, we can be certain Alexkid’s return will be nothing short of immense. Friday August 31, Revolver Upstairs, 229 Chapel Street, Prahran

FERRY CORSTEN One of the core acts that revolutionised trance, superstar Ferry Corsten, is many things to many people. To provide a bio for the man would take days, given his role as a producer, DJ, innovator, visionary, and whose fingerprints can be found all over the genre and all across the world. With a career that continues to go from highlight to highlight, with this year’s full-length effort WKND eagerly snapped up by thousands of believers and fans across the globe, there appears to be no stopping the legend. Fans of the man have been desperate to see the legendary Full On Ferry experience down under, with sneak peeks on YouTube looking mindblowing. Finally Australians will have the chance to catch it in action this year. Friday September 21, The Palace Theatre, 20-30 Bourke Street, Melbourne

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SUNDAY26TH SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They

Tiefschwarz, or deep black in German, have consistently chugged out an array of housey rhythms for more than ten years. Along the way, the duo have hooked up with Hot Natured starlet Jamie Jones, party boys Seth Troxler and Eric D. Clark, as well as Berlin deep house purist Cassy. The

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pairing have also remixed a major league of pop music sluggers including Madonna, Missy Elliot and Depeche Mode. Tiefschwarz’s much-lauded mixes for European clubbing institutions Fabric and Watergate sought a flurry of recognition from DJs and producers as far-flung as Ivan Smagghe and Danny Howells, to Touché and Sascha. Revel in Tiefschwarz’s deep and dark take on techno, electro and house. Friday September 7, New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

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PHOTEK POPPIN’ UP: SONIC HEROICS Rupert Parkes is a man who needs no introduction. The sonic superhero is surely responsible for some of the greatest, most refined, individualistic tunes from the jungle, drum and bass and now bass, era. Humble as ever, the champion is circumspect about his success, rather being more interested in pursuing new and more diverse sounds, rather than purely sticking to his knitting. Unquestionably, he is doing exactly that – and people are taking notice. “Right now, I’m living in the LA, so for the most part, my UK experience has been going over there and touring. In fact I got back from there just after the Olympics started and that was a pretty amazing experience. I was playing for Tony Coleman’s Hospital Records over there. Otherwise, I’ve been doing quite a bit of touring and am getting to the stage where I’m mixing my album, which should be done pretty soon, so that’s been keeping me busy also.” And in terms of the evolution of the series since the late 1990s/2000 LPs Solaris and Form & Function, Rupert reckons this new one will be a solid reflection of where he is right now. “The past three albums were more of a statement where I wanted to make things that were a bit more timeless. In the past, it was more of a conceptual ride; this one has a feeling of coming together track by track. When I stop to think about it, the new one has the feel of my first album in some ways, it has a bit more of a street feel to it so it will be interesting to see the reception for it.” Other than that, he has been in the studio doing other bits and pieces. “I’ve done a few remixes that I’ve been really happy with in the meantime – I’ve done some remixes for Daft Punk and Moby – so that was pretty exciting; another for Chairlift as well. So the last few months have been pretty busy, but for me right now, the deadline is about the album, that’s priority one and that’s basically what I’m working towards.”

He explains his approach with this: “for me, drum and bass took a few violent turns over time. By the mid 2000s, I wasn’t too thrilled with the way clubs were going and what leading music was sounding like. I didn’t have a problem with it per se, but I was getting the feeling that it wasn’t what I loved about the music at all anymore. So to be honest, I’ve grown apart from it bit by bit – that’s not to say I’m over it, I don’t play it, or I don’t listen to it, but I do enjoy other things too.” So while the lad has recently thought about taking a change of direction back to drum and bass, he still admits that he is feeling what he terms ‘bass music’. “It’s similar to drum and bass in a lot of ways,” he says. “It’s music that’s rugged and it’s always switching up. I’m all about ensuring music isn’t the same, it’s about switching things up and keeping things exciting. It’s also about energy and keeping the dancefloor moving.” Accepting that he has gone off on a different tangent, he acknowledges that the funny thing is, is that as an artist you are never sure how far you are from dropping back in. “It is humbling to think that I was a part of laying the foundations for the music originally; Andy C, Ed Rush, they’re all my boys and they’re a bunch of amazing artists that are still a part of the scene. For me though, it’s about doing something different to what the scene is doing; someone who sticks to a genre regardless of what it goes through might be considered pretty limited in outlook. Drum and bass has changed up a lot over the years and artists will almost certainly evolve with it. If you don’t, you sort of have to question the career path you’re on – regardless of what happens, music always evolves from one decade to the next and it has been a while, so I think it’s appropriate at least for me.” “I bet not every drum and bass producer loves every drum and bass track, you know? It’s important for the

DROP THE LIME ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: ON A ROLL One of the first things people ask Luca Venezia is where his moniker came from. The funny thing is, depending what you read, his answer to that question could be anything from his Sicilian grandmother’s medical remedy, a traditional Italian drink, a tribute to the dead or a reference to his Grandfather’s green motorcycle. It seems Venezia likes to mess with the media in order to retain his mystique, and also, admirably, to take the piss. I mean what’s in a name anyway? No one ever asks Red Hot Chili Peppers or The Smashing Pumpkins where their names come from these days. Posed with this question, Venezia slyly replies with a cryptic: “Embrace the mystery of mistakes, and magic of interpretation.” Currently touring Europe, he is heading to Ibiza from Edinburgh where he “had a rowdy one”. “[I] ended up getting matching fang tattoos with strange but lovely gals,” he says. “More and more rock’n’roll fans are coming to my gigs. It feels fantastic; I am meeting so many amazing people that weren’t going to my gigs

before the album dropped.” While some older fans of Drop The Lime might not fully appreciate his jump from electro beats and bass to jackin’ rockabilly infused songs with vocals, it’s been a gradual evolution for Venezia. “It’s definitely been gradual but also essential,” he says. “I’ve been wanting to create this sound for quite some time but the timing wasn’t right until now. I love bass music, I love electro but I also love blues and rockabilly. I missed playing guitar, and once I began to play again, songs poured out, as each glass of bourbon poured lovely.” Growing up in NYC, Venezia was exposed to many sounds and styles in the cultural hotpot that is the big apple, “NYC has so many colliding cultures,” he says. “Fashion, music, film, art... all collide and inspire. It will forever influence me musically. I started playing guitar at seven. Blame it on the Stray Cats, Johnny Cash and Elvis - once I started I couldn’t stop.” As well as being influenced by the greats, he’s also

artist to have more than one style, you keep the crowd guessing; I’ve been playing with Ableton recently and composing my set from stems and samples from different tunes. I throw things amongst other things to try to keep my DJ set current. And because I’m not playing records and dub plates anymore, I wasn’t sure about what I was going to do. So I’m glad I’ve found a way to get creative and do things that are fun.”

RK Photek [UK] performs alongside Nitin Sahwney [UK], Tabla [UK] and more at The Sound Lounge, Hamer Hall on Saturday September 1.

influenced by the likes of Aphex Twin, Underworld, and Prodigy. “There’s a lot of great new bands today as well Beach House, Trailer Trash Tracy’s, Twin Shadow. They’re all doing amazing things musically.” Venezia also still heads up the Trouble & Bass label, which started as a club night that fast became notorious in the NYC underground. “I’m lucky to have such a strong crew – we are like family. AC Slater, Star Eyes, and The Captain are the core members of T&B. The Captain holds down the fort while I spread the Trouble word in other lands. We’ve got our six year anniversary party in September. Madness will come rattling down.” While he still DJs, for now, Venezia’s main focus is the live band. “It’s a show, a death cabaret, a devil’s dance,” he says. “A more theatrical, romantic, dark and intimate experience. I don’t want to blast people with spaceship lights, smoke and mirrors. I want the music to matter, and bring the rock’n’roll energy in dance music, with a big subwoofer bass thud.” Alfred Gorman Enter The Night is out now through Ultra Music.

RICKI-LEE FREEDOM FIGHTER: MAKING IT RAIN Being under the intense media spotlight is a unique way to live. Life experiences become amplified and are put on display for the public to see. From divorce to battles with her previous record label, Ricki-Lee has been through a lot in the past few years. “I lost all of my desire to be an artist because I was completely drained and turned my back on music and walked away and did something else,” she says candidly. Even with the added scrutiny she doesn’t believe her pain is any more significant than that of a regular person. “Regardless of whether people know about my business or not we’re all human and you can’t flick off that switch and not feel emotion like everybody else.” The Ricki-Lee we found was upbeat and determined to move on from her tumultuous past. “For me all of that pain and all of those obstacles I had to overcome make these moments so much sweeter. I’m so happy to be back on track and in control of my career.” As the title would suggest her latest album Fear & Freedom, which came out this past Friday, is all about positivity as she sheds the troubles of the past. “There’s nothing down and out about this album and it’s very personal as well. It’s the most honest I’ve allowed myself to be when recording an album. I didn’t censor myself, there was no filter. I just thought ‘fuck it that’s it’. I made the album I wanted to make.” After having a couple of days off she will be hitting the road to promote the album and perform the new material live. “It’s like the calm before the storm,” the singer exclaims. Five years since releasing Brand New Day, the new album has a lot of hysteria attached to it. “I don’t think I’ll be able to get a breath. It’ll be crazy from now until the end of the year.” As part of the tour she will be performing at Billboard on September 5, a night she is pumped about. “It’s a big show, there’s a lot of people on stage and we all have such an amazing time. Our goal is to blow the roof off

every place that we play. My show is like a big party, I think by the time people leave they will be as exhausted as I am.” Despite her star status the Australian Idol alum is surprisingly candid when discussing her past. Releasing her debut album at 18, she admits to being unprepared. “When you’re 18 you don’t really know what kind of artist you are. There was a kind of naive quality to some of the lyrics I was writing.” During the recording of second album Brand New Day her then-recent marriage was starting to crack. Feeling trapped and too afraid to express her feelings her music took on an escapist quality. “None of it was reality, none of it was actually my life. I was almost painting this picture of what I wanted love to be like.” By the time of proposed third album Hear No, See No, Speak No she was divorced and at odds with her record label and management. With those elements combined the songwriting took on a darker tone. “That album was really raw. I was at the lowest of the lows that I’ve ever been at in my life. Those songs were quite dark and quite heavy.” Based on the final results and disappointing performance of the lead singles she made the choice to abandon the album. “There were a couple of singles that came out that didn’t do much because they weren’t the best songs on the record. I completely didn’t agree with the songs they chose to release.” The turmoil in her personal life at the time conflicted with her bubbly persona. “All of that creative energy and all my inspiration to write was sucked out of me.” Without the motivation to record she was able to parlay her pop star status into TV and stage roles. “I got to clear my head and I got to focus my energy on something else and it was great to get my head out of music for a little bit. Over that time that desire to write and perform came back.” A re-energised Ricki-Lee was then ready to get

back to what she loved, recording Fear & Freedom. “I went over to the States and spent five months over there writing and recording this album with a whole bunch of writers and producers. I just made the record I wanted to make and I think I made a killer fucking pop record,” she says emphatically. “This album is the most genuine reflection of me because it’s the first time I’ve known FEATURES

myself this much and this well.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Ricki-Lee [AUS] plays Billboard The Venue on Wednesday September 5. Fear & Freedom is out now on EMI Records.

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THURSDAY23RD MOTOWN THURSDAYS Kick start your weekend with Melbourne’s newest Thursday night! Motown Thursdays caters to all true music lovers. Join us on an eclectic musical journey of soul, funk and disco through to early R&B. A live Soul Band features some of Melbourne’s most talented musicians; Carmen Hendricks, Laurent Soupe, Duncan Kinell and Aaron Mendoza just to name a few. DJs keep the records spinning into the early hours; residents are Reg-e, Lee Davies, Kalepe, Dinesh, Suga, Rubz and Alwin Rafferty. Join us around a big, shiny disco ball or two, for free entry, soulful tunes, drink specials all night and a dance floor full of friends! Fashion Lounge, 121 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

THE PHARCYDE Los Angeles hip hop outfit The Pharcyde have been kicking it together for two decades, now. Doesn’t feel like it, given their enduring reputation for cutting-edge, forward-thinking beats and rhymes. Go on, have a listen to Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde again, 20 years on - its sense of timelessness is a rare thing, with classics such as Oh Shit, Otha Fish, Ya’ Mama, and hit single, Passing Me By guaranteeing the record its rightful place in best-of collections by everyone from Pitchfork to the Source. It isn’t often a group with their cheeky self-deprecating and incisive humour come along - and set to make a return to Australia soon, we can guarantee this is one gig you definitely don’t want to pass you by. The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

FRIDAY24TH FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

FORBIDDEN This week at Forbidden by popular demand is R&B and hip hop with special live performance from hip hop artist Maximillan, along with Melbourne finest R&B DJs DJ Stylz, Rufio, S.k.N.a and the Forbidden residents! Forbidden officially sponsored by Red Bull is the newest

club to join Melbourne’s night life, with a split level venue and excellent lighting and sound system Forbidden is set to make your night! Get down there this Friday to see what all the fuss is about! Level 2 The Club, 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote

LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up R&B and electro house across two rooms giving you a fun filled end to your week. DJs Dinesh, Dir-X, Sef, NYD, Shaun D, Shaggz, Broz and more. La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

LIGHT The buzz is Light at RedLove every Friday. Hitting out that R&B flavour of old, new and everything in between! RedLove Resident DJs Stel, Harvey Yeah, TMC and Ripz on the wheels of steel from 6.30pm. If you don’t know, now you know! Check it! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

THE LOOSE GOOSE The Loose Goose is focused on providing a wonderful array of cocktails and offers a great CBD location to lounge and relax in while overlooking busy Flinders Lane. A small plates menu is available to graze on whilst trying our delicious cocktails from the classics to contemporary, beer on tap and a wide range of beers, wines and spirits. Every Friday evening DJ Jumps of The Cat Empire will take to the decks at the bar spinning his rare afro Latin funk vinyl collected from around the world from 6.30pm until late. Papa Goose Cocktail Bar, 91-93 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

SUFF DADDY Leading the newest wave of beatmakers emerging from Berlin at present, Suff Daddy is one to watch out for. Fuelled by crackling old records, controlled substances and sick MicroKORG licks, the man’s vibes have already been latched onto by the likes of Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat and Sola Rosa, whilst pushing himself to the forefront of cutting-edge music at Splash Festival, Beat BBQ, HipHop Kemp and the Hi-Hat Club. He’s a surefire winner, and one that’s already been picked up for sponsorship deals by San Diego Padres, Tanqueray, Carhartt and Louis Vuitton – damn. And all in two short years. The Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS DJ Marcus Knight and DJ Xander James spin hip hop, R&B and house tunes all night from 8pm. Free entry and early drink specials. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

THE NICE UP Tom Showtime presents The Nice Up. All flavours of hip

hop, ghetto funk and reggae niceness provided. Sailor Jerry nice up the cocktails, Dos Blockos nice up the $5 beers. Fridays done proper. George Lane Bar, 1 George Lane, St Kilda

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Laying relatively low since absolutely smashing it last year with his sophomore LP The Chase, Illy has announced his return to the stage in preparation for his third LP. As well as showcasing his massive hits, none moreso than the ubiquitous It Can Wait, the tour will be the first chance for fans to hear material from the upcoming album. The first taste of the new record comes in the form of Heard It All, a single which is already gaining traction on national radio. Friday September 7, The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond

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KHOKOLAT KOATED All new experience, same great location with a fresh koat of Khokolat. Restless Entertainment reloads your favourite Saturday night party. Damion De Silva, K Dee, Jay Sin and weekly guests playing R&B & ol’ skool sounds strictly for the urban elite. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

REDLOVE SATURDAYS RedLove Saturdays is all about solid classics from the ‘80s, ‘90s and into the ‘00s! Dropping beats of retro pop, disco classics, old school funk, and certainly some of that old school r&b and house to kick! RedLove Resident DJs Phil, HB Bear and Da Gato bringing down the house every Saturday night. If you’re looking for quality service, music to rock, sumptuous drinks and just a cold hard good time; look no further! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

UPCOMING URTHBOY Urthboy is set to launch his new single Naïve Bravado. Teaming up with Daniel Merriweather, Urthboy sidesteps peers while exhibiting his trademark sharp flow, songwriting talents and that knack for well-crafted hooks. The concept of Naïve Bravado is like a lamb with a lion’s heart; a broken down car needing a jump start. It’s not a false courage if it leads you out of the mess. Anchored in running bass lines, ominous horns and monstrous percussive drums— all concocted by the brilliant collaborative production of Count Bounce and Hermitude. Friday August 31, The Evelyn, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

RICK ROSS After cancelling his planned visit for this year’s Supafest, Rick Ross is set to make do with an Australian tour this September. Rickay Rozay has established himself as one of the biggest titans in modern rap, guesting with the likes of Kanye West and Diddy and building the Maybach Music Group empire in the process. The tour comes after the long-awaited release of God Forgives, I Don’t. Thursday September 6, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne

Grammy Award winning hip hop legends Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are returning to their “second home” Australia, having already sold out over 20 Australian performances in the past. Having reformed for a upcoming performance at Rock The Bells in August this year, the group have created their fair share of interest regarding the possibilities of a new album, and have been introduced to a new generation of hip hop fans thanks to the likes of Drake and Wiz Khalifa expressing their admiration. Thursday September 20, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

DAS EFX Both originating from the super-real streets of Brooklyn in New York, Andre “Drayz” Weston and Willie “Skoob” Hines are the two minds behind hardcore rap outfit Das EFX was the result of a chance meeting in college, cemented into place by taking out the top spot in a talent contest judged by EPMD - resulting in them being signed to the well-respected label and their career making a stratospheric launch into the higher echelons of rap fame after their first album went platinum and was released to much critical acclaim. With more than 20 years, five albums and an endless number of singles to their names, we’re pretty pleased to announce the next Das EFX tour down under. Friday September 28, The Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

TONY TOUCH Tony Touch broke a lot of hearts when his most recent show at the Espy was cancelled a couple of months back – but the news you’ve all been waiting on with bated breath is finally here and a rescheduled date has been confirmed. The original b-boy has been kicking out jams since the early eighties, inspired by a love of artists like the Rock Steady Crew, Grandmaster Flash and Red Alert. His diverse range of titles also includes hip hop break dancer, rapper, DJ, producer and actor - a seriously multitalented approach to art that’s reflected in his impressive discography. Highlights include his legendary mixtapes, hugely successful record releases on labels like Tommy Boy, works with fellow kingpins Wu Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, and yet another upcoming release titled The Piece Maker 3. Count us excited. Friday September 28, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

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WHERE TO NEXT?

Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548

Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693

HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434

The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090

Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227

Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115

Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900

Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985

Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329

Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555

Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884

Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran

Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680

John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350

Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb

Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142

Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321

La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680

Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400

Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955

Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445

Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick

Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333

Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226

Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899

Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500

Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230

Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916

Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877

29th Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922

Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660

The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142

Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821

303 303 High Street, Northcote

Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198

Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837

Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222

Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda

Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288

Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793

Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459

CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738

The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447

Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054

Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999

Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399

Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998

Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797

Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666

Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871

Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199

Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444

Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899

Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575

Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855

Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198

Bar Oussou 653 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9384 3040

Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578

Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202

Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888

Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601

The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797

Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000

Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401

Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680

Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055

Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006

Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813

Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415

Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020

Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544

Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336

Bennetts Jazz Club 25 Bennetts Ln, Melb, 9663 2856

Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233

New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464

Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770

Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207

Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488

Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090

Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448

Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611

E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899

Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444

The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320

Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000

East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777

Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493

Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983

Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600

Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917

Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000

Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy

Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757

Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155

Tramp 20 King St, Melb

Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230

Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788

One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808

Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499

Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605

Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433

Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994

Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy

Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211

Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707

Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005

Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322

Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411

Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell

Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran

Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599

Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388

Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180

Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235

Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637

Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500

Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849

Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456

Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544

Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240

Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830

Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915

Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699

Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800

Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb

Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh

First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380

Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667

Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333

Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030

Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800

Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800

Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205

Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876

The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957

Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026

Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222

CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638

Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750

Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064

Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239

Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120

The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350

The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000

Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889

Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288

Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170

Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365

Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,

George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822

Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920

Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453

Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420

Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434

Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122

Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055

Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522

Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688

Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061

Purple Emerald Lounge Bar 349 High St, Northcote, 9482 7007

Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750

Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066

Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092

FOR MORE VENUES, VISIT:

Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599

Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville

Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689

Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522

Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944

RedLove Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722

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Do you want to be added to the menu? Advertising/editorial inquiries - adam@beat.com.au CACAO GREEN IS NOW OPEN AT CAMBERWELL!

GREEN TEA RESTAURANT Nestled in the heart of bustling Flemington, sits one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest treasures. Green Tea Restaurant is a particular favourite amongst locals as it serves its exquisite Vietnamese cuisine. The menu is proudly derived from the southern Vietnamese tradition that blends flavours of French cuisine using fresh local Australian produce infused by our chefs in a contemporary style. The service is at an exceptional standard, and the restaurant itself is a trendy, relaxing environment. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re after a truly delicious meal, at very competitive prices, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look past Green Tea Restaurant. 320 Racecourse Rd, Flemington. Open for lunch & dinner 7 Days a week. THE BRUNSWICK FLOUR MILL This unique cafĂŠ is nestled in a 100 year old heritage building along cosmopolitan Sydney Rd. Serving only certified organic rainforest alliance coffee by some of Melbournesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; premier baristas, this is an experience in cafĂŠ culture that is truly unique. The Brunswick Flour Mill offer all day breakfast, lunch, pastries, artisan bread and are fully licensed. Opening hours are 7.30am to 5.00pm 7 days a week, including public holidays. 341 Sydney Rd Brunswick.

THE CORNISH ARMS Something they take very seriously at The Cornish is their food. Self confessed lovers of great pub food the menu is full of traditional favorites with a few twists and influences from all over. The Bistro has banquette seating, communal tables, an outside courtyard and gorgeous mood lighting that reflects off the 24 metre tile design expanding the whole length of this very cool spot. Go check out The Cornish Arms for something to eat, 163A Sydney Road Brunswick Victoria 3056, 93808383

In addition to their three stores, Cacao Green has now brought their deliciousness to Camberwell! Located strategically at the corner of Burke Road and Prospect Hill Road, this cafĂŠ is quaint, warm and friendly. With small detailed touches like flowers on the table, hand-written messages on their blackboards, Cacao Green has created a homey atmosphere that is perfect for those who want to relax and treat themselves well. Expect a warm and friendly service when you walk in to any Cacao Green stores as their quirky staffs are always ready to help you when you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decide what to get. On a cold day you could try their Amma hot chocolate or their freshly made to order signature waffles that is crispy on the outside and just melts in your mouth moist on the inside. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also got breakfast and lunch covered with Bircher muesli, quinoa pudding and selection of bagels.

HOLGATE BREWHOUSE Holgate Brewhouse are kicking off a new restaurant menu this week. You just have to come in to try Chef Timboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s malt smoked eye fillet, black truffle ravioli, roast pork belly or beer marinated roo with one of Holgates fine ales! We still have our world famous Dark Ale beef pies, lots of shared platters and desserts to die for. The chefs make all the bread in house, so definitely try the beer bread! 79 High Street Woodend. Phone: 03 5427 2510

Of course, a visit to Cacao Green is never complete without trying their famous organic frozen yogurt. Gluten free, non-fat, all natural and low-calorieswhat else could you want from a dessert? For more flavors, add toppings on your yogurt and create your perfect combination!

THE B EAST If you need a burger and you are in Brunswick then you need look no further! The B.East is a great new burger bar/music venue.. If you need to cure that hangover and are ready to get into a food coma hit it up. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s located at 80 Lygon Street, Brunswick East.

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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

with Christie Eliezer * Stuﬀ for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm AUSSIE LIVE SECTOR WORTH $1.3 BILLION The Australian live performance sector turned over $1.3 billion last year and 17.5 million attended shows. This is according to the 8th Ticket Attendance & Revenue Survey, released this week by live entertainment and performing arts association Live Performance Australia. Attendance was up by 0.6%. Revenue dropped slightly to $1.3 billion from $1.32 billion in 2010, due to a 0.7% fall in average ticket prices ($86.43 to $85.86), and a slightly larger proportion of complementary, sponsor and zero-priced tickets. Last year, 17,345,720 tickets for Live Entertainment Industry events were issued. It’s up from 2008 and 2009 but down from attendance levels before the Global Financial Crisis in 2007. The introduction of a state/territory breakdown saw NSW’s industry revenue growing up by 5% and Victoria declining by 4.5%. NSW is the largest live market with 40.1% share of the revenue ($523.9 million) and 36.5% of ticket sales (6.3 million), It beat Victoria which has 29.5% of total revenue ($385.6 million) and 30.9% of ticket sales (5.3 million). Contemporary Music remains the largest sector, over ballet, classical, children’s, musical theatre, circus and comedy. It has 41.3% share of revenue (539.2 million) and 34.2% share of ticket sales (5.9 million). But Contemporary Music actually dropped by 18.2% simply because 2010 had been a bumper year with tours by U2, AC/DC, Bon Jovi and Metallica. But LPA points out, it was the second highest revenue for the sector in the past seven years. The biggest revenue growth were for Circus and Physical Theatre (464.3%), Children’s/Family (88.1%) and Comedy (33.2%) due to stand-out single events as Cirque de Soleil’s Saltimbanco and Walking With Dinosaurs.

GUDINSKI NAMED MELBURNIAN OF THE YEAR Michael Gudinski, who turns 60 this week, was named Melburnian Of The Year on the weekend for his major contribution to the city’s culture. Gudinski, whose Mushroom Records created an alternative to the Sydneycentric nature of the Australian recording music industry in the ‘70s, paid tribute to the small venues and community radio stations which allowed the music to flourish. “I’ve lived and breathed Melbourne my whole life – Melbourne is after all the Australian music capital,’’ he said. He reiterated his obsession with setting up a Music Hall Of Fame in the city.

VENUES #1: PRINCE PUBLIC BAR BRINGING BACK MUSIC A year after they bought the Prince Of Wales, new owners Melbourne Pub Group confirm that its Public Bar will showcase live music again seven nights a week. Lobby group the St Kilda Live Music Community (SKLMC) revealed that MPG’s Julian Gurner gave it a guided tour of its plans, which include a new sound system and soundproofed roof. It’s not known when music will reactivate. But this Sunday (August 26), the SKLMC and the Public Bar will hold a special event to celebrate the news. From 2pm to 5pm there’ll be a massive SLAM style photo shoot and music performances (acoustic, the sound system is still on its way from Sydney). The SKLMC’s Michelle Harrington says, “As always, everyone is welcome. The Prince has been a really positive part of a community that has, in recent times, felt they are losing their place in the local cultural scene…now it’s time for the next chapter in this venue’s history.”

VENUES #2: WHERE? HOUSE FOR MUSIC WEEK Between November 16 to 25, Marksthespot creative team of Kevin Karlberg and Starr Guzman will transform an iconic Melbourne space (to be announced mid-November) into the flagship pop-up venue for Melbourne Music Week. It will be called Where?House and each day will showcase electronic and independent music, interactive arts and technology, local and international artists, industry events, workshops and screenings, with a mix of free and ticketed events.. For more info where-house.com.au.

PBS SETS UP IN PRISON On Father’s Day (Sunday September 2), PBS 106.7FM will broadcast from the Visitor’s Centre at Port Phillip Correction centre in Laverton, PBS’ Claire Stuchbery will host, and Graveyard Train play a set for inmates and their families. It airs from 1 to 3pm on PBS 106.7FM, PBS Digital, and pbsfm.org.au. It will also broadcast on 3CR 855AM, and available Oz-wide on the Community Radio Network (CRN) for community stations across the country.

THINGS WE HEAR

HALE WINS JAZZ FELLOWSHIP

* While AC/DC’s record label Alberts confirms they’re touring behind a new album next year to mark their 40th anniversary, a movie called Bon Scott: The Legend Of AC/DC is being made by US company High Voltage Productions. It was written by Rob Liotti, frontman for UK AC/DC tribute band TNT. * Beck told triple j that his upcoming tour sees him reunite with his band from the late ‘90s, so they’re rehearsing a lot of his songs from that era. * Thieves plundered more than $12 million worth of goods from JB Hi-Fi in the past year – a 60 per cent jump in shoplifting. * Glenn Frey is visiting in early October to promote his After Hours album and announce a tour for next year. * Chris Brown denies online reports he and Drake will faceoff in a Las Vegas boxing bout at the MGM Grand Casino on September 22. * At the end of a Metallica show in Mexico City, singer James Hetfield had pies thrown at him by the band and road crew, to celebrate his 49th birthday. * Dixons Recycled Records in Dandenong has a 25% closing down sale, after 30 years. Three other Dixons stores are still in operation.

Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Christopher Hale won the inaugural MCA/Freedman Fellowship For Jazz. It is an initiative of the Music Council Of Australia and Freedman Foundation to help jazz performers under 35 develop their careers with $15,000 cash and support from the Council. The bassist with the Christopher Hale Ensemble, Hale played around the world and in 2009 became Brazilian percussion specialist for Channel 7’s Dancing With The Stars. He will use the Fellowship to work with masters Simon Barker (Australia) and Kim Ju-Hong (Korea) to develop new instrumental approaches for the bass based on traditional Korean drumming.

PARKER AND MR FRENCH: UNIVERSAL DEAL, MELBOURNE OFFICE

HEIRS BACK TO EUROPE

Todd Wagstaff and Jo Walker’s Sydney-based music management company have teamed with Universal Music Australia. The deal is a new multi-tiered distribution pipeline for their acts which include Gypsy And The Cat, Evermore, The Vines, Bluejuice and new projects Jagwar Ma and Danco. Each artist pays for their music, photos, videos and cover art and oversee their marketing. Evermore and Gypsy And The Cat are the first artists to opt into the pipeline, with albums due in October. Gypsy And The Cat have started their own imprint, Alsatian Music. The deal comes with internal changes for the company. The Sydney office moves to 156 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills (Tel: 02 9002 0500). They also have a new Melbourne office at 58 Tivoli Road, South Yarra (Tel: 03 9827 0303), under Walker who recently relocated south. Walker co-manages TV’s Danny Clayton and oversees the commercial side of the business, working with Penfolds, BlackBerry and L’Oreal on talent procurement.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS #1: OPENING FOR EVERCLEAR KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment is giving up and coming bands the chance to open for Everclear at his October shows in Coolangatta, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Go to facebook.com/krbde.touring and enter by Thursday August 23. Fifteen acts will be chosen for each city to be decided by public vote by September 7. Art Alexakis will choose the winner for each city.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS #2: MAKE A VIDEO FOR M83 French electro act M83 give you the chance to make the official video for the track Steve McQueen on Pod/Inertia. You can have your own take on the song but M83 advises, “It’s not about the actor!” Winner also gets A$4,483. Outstanding videos will also be nominated for the 2012 Genero Awards and in the running for $25,000 in prizes. See genero.tv/m83/, deadline is September 10.

THE SAPPHIRES A GEM AT BOX OFFICE

The Sapphires had the best opening for an Australian movie in the last 18 months, grossing $2.34 million on the first weekend. The movie about four indigenous singers who went to Vietnam to perform soul covers for troops in the ‘60s, was due to hit $3.4 million by the end of last week. Hopscotch/ One, its distributor, says it’s getting applause at the end of screenings and building momentum through word-of-mouth. Last week producers released a iPhone app which allows fans to have their faces inserted singing along to footage.

NEW SIGNINGS FOR NICHE PRODUCTIONS Niche Productions has expanded its agency roster with NZ’s Kora, Elefant Traks stalwart The Tongue, Tuka as a solo act (he’s already represented by them as part of Thundamentals) Kylie Auldist (Bamboos singer), Melbourne’s Tinpan Orange, Brisbane’s Bankrupt Billionaires and NZ blues rockers The Thomas Oliver Band.

Q&A DAVE WECKL Dave Weckl is an artist needing no introduction when it comes to his identity within the drumming community in Australia and worldwide. Returning this year to Australia’s Ultimate Drummers Weekend to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of this long standing event – Dave will also join fellow artists Dom Famularo and Thomas Lang for a national Drumscene Live tour – following AUDW. Can you talk about the structure of the shows and the material you’re performing on the current Oz Noy tour? Gigs with Oz, are always fun. This tour is a bit tough schedulewise, and we’re not carrying a sound man, so it’s a bit more work for me, as I help out with getting the PA (and US!) sounding the way we want. We’re playing music from Oz’s recordings, present and past. His music is a lot of fun, fairly groove oriented, but quirky and interesting to play. Darryl Jones (Miles Davis, Sting, Rolling Stones) is playing bass; so that’s fun too as it’s our first time really playing together. You’ve always been passionate about sound and music production – can you talk about Dave Weckl Production

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Services? How is that side of your business/career progressing and what’s the future/plans for this business as you see it? I love the ‘sound’ aspect and enjoy continually learning, experimenting and working on getting better at capturing and producing it. My production services, at this point, mostly consist of ‘drum tracks’ and ‘mixing’. I haven’t had time to get into long-term production projects, but hope to do more of that in the future. The ‘drum tracks’, overdubbing tracks, keeps me the busiest these days. I have clients from many parts of the world that I work for, and lots of random work as well. It’s all done via the Internet and works very well for all involved. I’m also hired to mix recordings from time to time, which I also enjoy. At this point there are no real solid plans to do much more than I am currently doing with the service, as my touring schedule just doesn’t allow it. I would like to eventually try and do more production work and less road work, but that probably won’t happen in the near future. You’ve never been one to rest on your laurels. What do you focus on these days when it comes to analysing your own playing and the path of consistent growth?

SPLITTING THE DOUGH The leader of one of the biggest bands to come out of Melbourne has been battling in court with his ex-wife on how to split their $12.7 million worth of assets, the Herald Sun reported. His name was not to be published because the matter was in Family Court but it’s easy to guess who it is! The musician wanted 85% of their wealth, she wanted 50:50. He had invested $6 million in property but lost over half of that during the global financial crisis. The judge ordered the man to receive $9.4 million, and the woman $3.3 million. Melbourne’s Heirs head for their third European tour in September and October, with French gothic rock/ cold-wave band Soror Dolorosa and Melbourne-based Auckland/London formed duo A Dead Forest Index. Since 2009, Heirs have played 100 festival and club gigs in Europe, where German label Denovali Records released their two albums and recent EP.

PENY BOHAN WINS ‘TELSTRA ROAD TO DISCOVERY’ HEAT Two original songs by folk, jazz and blues muso Peny Bohan won her the Melbourne heat of the Telstra Road to Discovery music development program. While studying Classical Horn at Melbourne University, she formed the Peny Bohan Trio. The grand final at Tamworth Country Music Festival in January. The performer and songwriter winners will each receive a 12-month mentorship including a return trip to Nashville, a showcase at the at the Americana Festival, gigs in Aust and NZ, face time with major names in music and a tailored music development fund. Local independent songwriters have until October 14 to enter the songwriting category, see telstra.com/trtd.

DIMMU BORGIR WORKSHOP Dariusz ‘Daray’ Brzozwski, formidable drummer for black metal band Dimmu Borgir is doing a drum master class on Saturday Sept 15 at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood. It is $15 general entry (through Moshtix), a $20 VIP ticket allows you to meet him and get merchandise signed. DS.E tells us later that night he’ll DJ at DV8 metal nightclub. The next day he does an in-store signing at High Voltage City (21 Elizabeth St, city) from 2pm – 5pm.

BOWIE, PISTOLS, STONES TURN DOWN OLYMPICS David Bowie turned down an invite to do Heroes, the unofficial song for the British team. The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Libertines and Kate Bush also turned down the chance to appear in the Olympic Games closing ceremony. The Who said no at first but changed their mind reckoning it’d be good PR for their US tour. Some of the Spice Girls were reluctant.

NCAT GUITAR OPEN DAY The Northern College Of The Arts And Technology is hosting a Community Open Day this Saturday August 25 from 10pm ‘til 3pm. A feature of the day is the handmade guitar exhibit, with over 34 handmade guitars and ukuleles on display. They will be showcasing work from four independent Luthiers – David Worthy , Ben Stewart, Jack Spira and the granddad of them all; Ian Noyce, as well as by Maton Guitars. Work by past students and current students in various stages will showcase the extensive skills addressed for the successful completion of a hand crafted instrument. You can also meet the NCAT trainers and talk about your future in guitar making. You can complete a Certificate III or IV in Instrument making and repair – the only Nationally recognised training in Australia. The Northern College Of The Arts And Technology is located at 62 Murray Rd, Preston. At this stage, just maintaining the level I try and perform at is enough to keep me off my laurels! [Laughs] These days I’m playing with many different bands on the road, so for self-analysation I like to record the gigs to see where things are sitting, feel-wise, and how I’m supporting the music. If it doesn’t turn me on, it’s not going to turn on anyone else either. So that’s really the focus – to try and play at a very high, musical level in all situations. Beyond that, staying healthy and physically fit enough to play like I want is also a focus, and becoming the most challenging as the years keep piling on! But, so far so good. You have a huge fan base in Australia and a long history. What will your approach be to this year’s event – Drumscene Live as well as the Drummers Weekend 20th Anniversary? I’m always happy to come back to Australia, with my friend and organiser Frank Corniola, and share and play for the fans there. It’s been a few years now, so I’m looking forward to it. With my schedule, I usually don’t think too much about an event until I’m close to it, because I’m involved and present with what I’m doing at any given moment. So, we’ll see what presents itself when the time comes. AUDW takes place at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre from Friday August 24 until Sunday August 26. Head to drumtek.com.au for more info.

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LIFELINES LIFELINES Born: daughter Jessie for Annmarie McMath (Homesurgery Management & I Hear Motion) and Mark Stewart (Jonesez), and sister for Andie Mae. Divorcing: Kenny G and Lyndie Benson-Gorelick after 20 years citing "irreconcilable differences". There was a pre-nup; G is worth $50 million. Injured: Nicki Minaj told to rest for two weeks due to a bruised vocal chord. Hospitalised: members of US rock band Baroness and their road crew after their tour bus plummeted nine metres) down an embankment during a UK tour. Hospitalised: Bobby Brown back in rehab, months after he claimed he was seven years sober. Jailed: Russian punk feminist trio Pussy Riot, for two years for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” – to wit, singing a song attacking the Russian head in a cathedral. The announcement caused protests and arrests, while the prosecutor is pushing for three years. Suing: Beastie Boys against Monster energy drink company for using their tracks in a promo video. In his will, Adam “MCA” Yauch was specific his music never be used in ads. Suing: Veteran producer Roy Thomas Baker wants $1 million from Sony Music for allegedly not paying him royalties from 21 Journey tracks he worked on. Baker worked with Queen, Guns N’Roses and Ozzy Osbourne. In Court: a disabled woman who used the pseudonym Jane Doe when suing Johnny Depp claiming his bodyguards assaulted her at an Iggy Pop concert – during which her trousers fell off – was told by a judge to file the lawsuit under her real name, or drop the suit. In Court: a 40-year-old Virginia man, who did a stage dive at a Colorado club has to pay $2,374 to a woman he landed on caused neck injuries. In Court: Rihanna’s ex-accountants, whom she’s suing for losing her millions while taking a whopping 22% commission, lashed back saying it was the fault of her business people and not them. Died: Elton John bassist Robert Wayne Birch, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.

SOUTHERN FM LAUNCHES ARTIST PODCAST 88.3 Southern FM has launched a live local artist podcast. It was produced by Purple Haze presenter-producer Mark Copolov in conjunction with Michael Matthews Media. The first featured Rubber Soul, Tricking Emma, Jaron Natoli, Inc3do, Radio Vertigo, Chris Doheny, Acoustica and Goofyfooter. Each performed three live acoustic tracks and were interviewed by Copolov. Two of these were premieres: Chris Doheny performed his upcoming single Here Comes The Sun Again and Peter Freebairn from Radio Vertigo performed their soon to be released single Lucky. The podcast is at southernfm.com.au/music/mark-copolovs-livein-the-studio-show-podcast-2-5-hours-purple-haze/. If the first podcast is downloaded at least 100 times, it will become a regular feature to assist local acts.

MUSICIAN’S GUIDE OFFERS DEAL On Saturday September 1, for 100 hours only, The Musician’s Guide offers artists a package containing $1,250 worth of tools and savings to promote their music for $69. Over 25 companies will support the offer by donating their services for free or at discounted price. Major partners include Ditto Music, Disc Makers, The International Songwriting Competition, Music X-ray and Jango Airplay. The offer includes access to thousands of music biz contacts, radio exposure, distribution to iTunes and Spotify, music contracts, and $950 savings on CD duplication and mastering. See themusiciansguide.co.uk/epic-deal/.

DONATO EXITS LPATM, SET TO UNVEIL NEW PROJECT Vincent Donato has sold all his shareholding in LPATM, the merger of music merchandisers Love Police and Australian Tour Merchandising. Donato was responsible for merging the two. Last August he sold his shareholding in Liberator Music, the international imprint of Liberation Music, which he set up seven years ago with Nick Dunshea and Michael Gudinski. He put together several Australian classics on DVD such as The Andy Durant Memorial Concert, The Mushroom Evolution Concert, Nightmoves and The Melbourne Music Show. Donato is currently putting the final touches on a new project, details will be announced shortly. He is at vinnievp@bigpond.net.au.

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LATIN SPECIAL

MELBOURNE HIGH TECH BURRITO’S FILMOTECA FLAMING GODZILLA CHALLENGE! Up for a fiery challenge? Conquer High Tech Burrito’s Flaming Godzilla, and win a t-shirt that will let everyone know you are not to be trifled with!

For over ten years, Melbourne Filmoteca has dedicated itself to showing local audiences the culture of faraway Latin America; a chance to bridge the gap between that continent and local audiences. Bar El Chino is a film, which does just that, by taking a cultural icon and making it relatable to Melbourne life. This is the first film for director Daniel Burak, who has had an interesting career starting out on Israeli television, through to a large number of short films. Here, he focuses on El Chino, a near-mythical bar in Buenos Aires which is considered the birthplace of the ever-popular tango. More than just a film, it is a loving tribute to a place which has remained unchanged over time, a vital part of the community which has been on the verge of disappearing more than once. It has ultimately survived, a link with the city’s past and its rich heritage. For anyone that misses Melbourne’s long-standing live music venue The Tote, this is a scenario which will seem all too familiar: a cultural icon so ingrained into the public that it becomes almost a part of them. That’s what El Chino is to Buenos Aires, and it’s well worth a visit.

From August 17 – September 6, come into High Tech Burrito and finish an entire Flaming Godzilla in ten minutes or less with no assistance to be declared a winner.

At over three-quarters of a kilo, the Flaming Godzilla is not for the faint of heart - steak and chicken, beans, Spanish rice, cheese, guacamole, lime sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and black olives in a grilled flour tortilla. Instead of using mild salsa, we add our own Habanero Nuclear Salsa, a massive amount of fresh cut jalapeños, and a dose of a secret (imported ) hot sauce containing Ghost Pepper/Naga Jolokia. The Naga Jolokia was previously recognized by Guinness World Records as the hottest pepper in the world. Beware, Godzilla’s flame is back! High Tech Burrito will be keeping track of your times: the three fastest times at the end of the contest will compete for the title of winner! The champion will win free burritos for a year and goodies from our contest partners, Emma & Toms Drinks, and USA Foods. Bring on the flames! High Tech Burrito make distinctive and delicious California-styled Mexican cuisine made using the freshest ingredients. A diverse menu guarantees that there will be a great choice for everyone. Watch, listen, and smell the flavours of fresh and authentic food being cooked. High Tech Burrito 838 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn VIC 3122 (03) 9818 1482 www.hightechburrito.com.au eat@hightechburrito.com.au

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At Alumbra BRINGING SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH TO THE DANCE SCENE.

26th of August FEATURING DJ’S PLAYING LATIN MUSIC TO DANCE ALL YOUR FAVORITE LATIN & STREET LATIN DANCES.

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EL GRAN COMBO DE PUERTO RICO

For the first time in their fifty-year history, Puerto Rico’s most internationally successful salsa orchestra, the legendary El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico visits Australia as part of their mammoth 50-concert global golden jubilee tour. With over 40 albums and 2 Latin Grammys under their belt, El Gran Combo have sold over 150 million records worldwide; hold the record for the most No.1 Latin hits across the Latin Music Charts; continue to play the world’s most prestigious venues in around 200 concerts in 45 countries yearly, from Madison Square Garden to stadiums holding 30,000 fans and, over the last decade, four of their albums went to No. 1 on the Billboard Tropical Album Chart. Formed in 1962 by Maestro Rafael Ithier, El Gran Combo adapted the traditional Puerto Rican bomba rhythms into a dance-band context, quickly becoming the pre-eminent salsa orchestra of Puerto Rico, and earning the moniker The University Of Salsa, due to the sheer number of famous salsa musicians and singers associated with the group including Andy Montañez, Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe and La India. Suffice to say that El Gran Combo is to salsa what The Rolling Stones are to rock. Although the band's personnel has changed over the years, the sound remains the same: a heavy rhythm section consisting of congas, timbales, bass, the bandleader on piano, a trio of vocalists offering rich chorus support, and a full brass section of trumpets, saxophones and trombone. Lyrics generally pertain to everyday life - the streets, food, love interest - and often possess a comical bent. Five decades in, Ithier says El Gran Combo continuously works to stay fresh without straying too far from its roots. “We have been lucky to pick songs that have proven very popular, and we haven’t changed so much as we have evolved within the style,” Ithier said. “Now we play a little slower, the arrangements are more harmonized and we know more.” The passage of time has been good to El Gran Combo, which has shown no sign of slowing down and the band continues to receive numerous awards throughout Latin America. In 2002, El Gran Combo celebrated their 40th anniversary with two sold-out concerts at the Ruben Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and a year later, they received a Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Album for 40 Anniversario en Vivo (40th Anniversary Live), for the recording of the event. In 2006, they released Arroz con Habichuela (Rice And Beans) which spawned three hit singles and won them their second Latin Grammy. In 2007, El Gran Combo performed two massive concerts at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum to celebrate their 45th anniversary, and in 2010, two tribute albums were released, one by former member Andy Montañez and another by the bank Banco Popular, as part of their annual music series. Their sparkling career and longevity is testament to a group that continues to raise the bar of salsa music around the world. For dancers around the globe, they are the ultimate dance band, not just delivering a show, but creating an authentic Latin dance experience, reminiscent of the heady heyday of packed salsa clubs in Puerto Rico or New York. El Gran Combo at the Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St tickets at www.ticketek.com.au

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PURA VIDA 2012 ROAD SHOW

GODZILLA'S FLAME! BURRITO EATING CONTEST - From August 17th-September 6th ( 3.00pm-6.00pm )

TAKE ON THE GODZILLA FLAME AND GET THE BEST TIME YOU CAN! Participants will be rewarded with a commemorative t-shirt with the three quickest times making it to the finals. The winner of the final eat off wins FREE BURRITOS FOR A YEAR as well as goods from USA Foods, Emma and Tom's Juices and Aztec Mexican Products.

“HEAD IN TO TAKE ON THE GODZILLA’S FLAME!”

Back for the second year with an equally incredible selection of outstanding artists, The Pura Vida 2012 Road Show is set to bring Australian audiences even closer to the heart of Latin America’s urban music scene. Featuring AfroPeruvian electronica superstars Novalima; Argentina’s multi-Grammy nominee Kevin Johansen And The Nada; Chilean pop princess FRANCISCA VALENZUELA; Colombia’s Tropical Acid Latin Trippers MALALMA; Brazilian DJ collective Sistema Criolina and Chile’s hottest beatmaster Dj Bitman. Presenting this lineup of the continent’s most groundbreaking music makers in the Latin scene, festival director and cultural stalwart Frank Madrid says “The festival is all about breaking down barriers for participation, ensuring that Australians get to know what the Latin American music scene is like today. The mix is incredible, eclectic, and very sophisticated, just like Latin America!” This year, the festival hits the ground running in a series of power-packed roadshows kicking off at the Prince Bandroom on the 26th of September 26 with Kevin Johansen and The Nada. Buenos Aires alternative folk-pop icon Kevin Johansen and his six-piece band The Nada are uncompromisingly nomadic, meshing styles as diverse as Argentine tango, modern folkpop, funk and rock, Johansen’s charming and intelligent music has become a by-word for multiculturalism. As he himself says, he does “cumbia tanguera, habaneras in English, reggae Porteño, little ballads a la Leonard Cohen and Barry White meets Nirvana... mixture is the future”. Johansen sings songs in Spanish and English, reflecting his unique upbringing in Fairbank’s Alaska (as a child), Buenos Aires (as a teenager) and Brooklyn (in his early twenties). He first made a name for himself in the Argentine alternative music scene, then in New York - playing downtown venues such as the Knitting Factory, Mercury Lounge and the legendary CBGB’s. His critically acclaimed album Sur o No Sur (2003) garnered three Latin Grammy nominations, earning Johansen + The Nada a massive following throughout Latin America, Spain and the US. Tickets avaliable at www.princebandroom. com.au or at (03) 9536 1168. Then on September 29 Novalima and Dj'Sistema Criolina hit The Hi-Fi with their Afro-Peruvian dub-tronic groove. Novalima’s ‘new world’ blend of traditional Afro-Peruvian rhythms and melodies with the cutting edge grooves of dub reggae, chilled-out electronica and funky Latin beats has mesmerised audiences all over the planet. Founded by four friends from Lima, Novalima’s passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and modern DJ culture has been credited as bringing the spirit and soul of Peruvian blues into the 21st century. Following the global success of their second studio album Afro (2006) and the Latin Grammy nominated Coba Coba (reaching #1 in the European World Music Charts), Novalima are now touring their acclaimed fourth album, titled Karimba on this, their first tour of

COCO JAMBO Coco Jambo Sundays are bringing something new and fresh to the dance scene. Hoping to be the first of many, Coco Jambo Premiere Night will feature DJs playing latin music to dance all your favourite Latin & Street Latin Dances. Coco Jambo Premiere Night will be held at Alumbra in the Docklands, on Sunday August 26. There will be a Latin Inspired cocktail menu offered throughout the night, featuring drinks such as Mojitos, Margaritas, Sangria, Tequila Sunrises and more. A Gourmet BBQ will also be available to purchase at the bar throughout the night, as well as wedges, chicken skewers, souvlakis and more. At 6.30pm there will be a free Basics Class to learn some simple latin moves such as Cha Cha,

Australia, Novalima will perform songs from all three groundbreaking albums. From São Paulo to Paris, DJs Oops, Pezao & Barata (A.K.A Criolina) have taken world dancefloors by storm with their infectious live Brazilian beats and spun grooves. Opening for some of biggest names in Latin music including: Gilberto Gil, Manu Chao and Seu Jorge, Criolina have carved out a reputation as one of Brazils hottest club music exports. Tickets avaliable at www.thehifi.com.au or at 1300THEHIFI(1300 843 4434). On October 4 Malalma, Dj Bitman and Francisca Valenzuela bring a night of funk/afro rythms to The Hi Fi.Malalma are known as the "space cowboys" of Bogotá. Tey describe their sound as Tropical Acid Latin Trip – a fusion of electronica with funk, salsa, hip hop and AfroColombian roots. Think George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic with a Latin vibe! The trio, made up of Mauricio Montenegro (drums), Ivan Ortega (synths) and Sergio Arias (vocals and drum machines), have been featured in Mexico’s Vive Latino, London’s Colombiage as well as Latin America’s biggest outdoor free festival, Rock al Parque. On the back of a European and US tour, Malalma finaly hits Australian shores, touring their new album Acidtropico. DJ Bitman (formerly known as Bitman & Roban) has graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and is fast becoming hot international property. His ingenious blend of instrumental hip-hop, dub reggae, electronica, 70’s-era jazz and funk, and groovy samba stylings has been making big waves on the global club scene. Beat master Bitman has collaborated and recorded with the best, including MC Anita Tijoux and Funk Attack and CFunk from the iconic Latin funk group, Los Tetas. In Australia, Bitman is joined at the turntables by Chilean singing sensation, Francisca Valenzuela. Francisca Valenzuela’s star has been on the rise in the Chilean music scene since age 13, when her first song played on its airwaves. The indie chanteuse’s sassy, pianodriven pop/rock is reminiscent of Tori Amos and her smoky voice echoes Fiona Apple and Mexico’s Julieta Venegas. Her songs gather elements of everything from jazz to rock and pop to classical music. Breaking onto the world stage with two outstanding studio albums – 2007’s Muerdete La Lengua (Bite Your Tongue) and 2011’s Buen Soldado (Good Soldier), she has performed at Shakira’s Popfest, Lolapalooza Chile and LAMC Festival in NYC. With her soulful sensibility and killer piano skills, she is considered one of the most glamorous artists in modern Latin Pop. With three huge names on the bill this will be a huge night to get your tickets early at www.thehifi.com.au or at 1300THEHIFI

Merengue and Salsa for those that haven't danced Latin before. There will be no structured routines, just a few basic moves so you can have a bit of fun on the dance floor. If you already know your stuff, you are welcome to skip the class and come at 7.30pm when the dance party begins. At 7.30pm, the Latin Party begins! The DJ will be playing some cool Latin tunes, where you can get up and dance what you have just learned in the basics class, or just boogie on the floor freestyle. If you just want to chill, socialise and have a few drinks on the night, there are plenty of lounge areas available as well. For the later part of the evening, the DJ will be playing R&B, hip hop and commercial latin grooves for you just get up and party, no dance skills necessary. The first 100 tickets are only $10. After that, $15 prepaid or $20 at the door. For more info or to purchase tickets visit facebook. com/cocojambosundays or tickets are available through Moshtix. 26th of August at Alumbra 9/161 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands

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El Chino Bar is an iconic place in Argentina for artist gatherings, tango gigs and the source of inspiration of Jorge, a documentarian that one day starts exploring this venue and its creator with his camera lens.

SPECIAL GUEST

There will be a Q&A session with the DIRECTOR of the film, Daniel Burak, who is coming all the way from Argentina!

“Adelante Amigo!"

A UNIQUE PLACE. [Year: 2003] [Country: Argentina] [Running Time: 100 mins] [Language: Spanish with English subtitles]

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HAUNTING AUGUST BY PATRICK EMERY

By the time her previous band, Kathematics, played its last show in 2010, singer, guitarist and songwriter Katalin Orr knew it was time to move on to a different project. “I’d been playing as Kathematics for quite a while, and we’d gone from a threepiece to a two-piece, with just me, and Danny on drums,” Orr says. Orr’s songwriting had already progressed from the pop-punk style that characterised Kathematics originally. “By then I’d already written a bunch of new songs in a different style, and I decided that Kathematics had had its day. I felt like my tastes had started to grow up.” It was Orr’s increasing interest in blues, and subsequently soul, combined with some tumultuous events in her personal life that laid the foundation for Haunting August. “I had a lot of personal stuff going on around that time, with sickness in my family, and other adult stuff,” Orr recalls. Orr’s new material provided her with an opportunity to explore her own emotional circumstances. “There was definitely a cathartic thing going on with the lyrics that I was writing,” Orr says. “I was writing about things that were going on in my life. The first EP was dedicated to my dad, and I was writing about what was going on, and acknowledging and facing up to it – it was really important to deal with it,” she says. The name for Orr’s new band derived from the darker themes and heavier musical style. “I chose ‘haunting’ because the songs were haunting and sad,” Orr says. “Originally I had Haunting Autumn in my mind, but Haunting August seemed to work. And then my dad, who’d been ill with dementia for a while, ended up dying in August a couple of years ago. So I took that as a bit of a sign,” she says. Going from a two-piece pop punk outfit to a four-piece band has had its occasional logistical challenges. “We were all good friends before we started the band, so there’s no egos, and we get along really well,” Orr says. “But I think probably the only thing that’s more difficult is availability. When it was just Danny and I in Kathematics, we were both really flexible, so it wasn’t hard to find time to play a gig. But now with four people, and everyone’s got other commitments, like family and jobs, finding a date when we’re all free to play can be difficult.” Orr remains the principal songwriter in the band, and feels her own songwriting has evolved significantly in recent years. “I would love to be making a living out of music, but unfortunately that’s not the case, as with so many other musicians,” Orr laughs. “But even when you’re not making a lot of money out of music, you can still evolve as a songwriter. You still go through a transitional phase, and you still grow up as a songwriter”. While Kate Orr admits her Kathematics material was constructed in an entirely different personal context, she can still listen to the music with affection. “I don’t listen to a lot of my old stuff, but I did put on Add It Up on the other day, and I loved it,” Orr says. “With some of the lyrics, like ‘Life is simple, like a pimple’, I was trying to be funny, though I don’t think that always worked,” she laughs.

“BUT EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT MAKING A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF MUSIC, YOU CAN STILL EVOLVE AS A SONGWRITER. YOU STILL GO THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL PHASE, AND YOU STILL GROW UP AS A SONGWRITER.” For Haunting August’s latest release, Oscar’s Song, Orr has turned for inspiration to a topic close to her heart: dog welfare. Oscar’s Song has as its narrative is centre support for the so-called Oscar’s Law, a law that would prohibit ‘puppy factories’. “It’s about banning puppy factories, and it’s been getting a lot of support recently,” Orr says. “The puppies there are living terrible conditions, and then they end up being sold to pet shops. The dogs look really cute, but you don’t get to see the mother and father, who tend to be treated really badly.” Orr hopes that the song will draw attention to the plight of maltreated dogs. “The song is about the conditions that these dogs live in – Oscar is the symbol, waiting for someone to help him,” she says. I put to Orr a theory propounded in my own house – that dogs are very rock’n’roll, and cats are not. Orr’s reply is diplomatic. “That’s probably true,” she laughs. “The best thing about cats is that they make you laugh, but dogs follow you around, and they get you out of the house.” Having endured the difficult events of the last few years, Orr is philosophical about what the future holds for Haunting August. “These days I tend to live more in the now, rather than dwelling on the past or the future,” Orr says. “I’m putting a lot of time and effort into this upcoming launch, and we’ve got an unplugged thing at Ding Dong later in the year. But I try not to fret about things too much.” HAUNTING AUGUST launch Oscar’s Song at Cherry Bar with help from Arcane Saints and Falconio on Friday August 24. DISCUSS WHAT? BEAT.COM.AU/DISCUSSION

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DELTA SPIRIT BY JOSHUA KLOKE

There is a distinguishable moment, almost three minutes into Empty House, the leadoff track from Delta Spirit’s recent self-titled full length when the sound of a driving, vibrating guitar kicks in. The sound immediately vaults the song into new territory, from a simple, building pop-rock track into the kind of long-distance track that manages to both become more invigorating and inspirational with each listen. Empty House is a song meant for highways, to accompany introspection of the heaviest order. It’s driving music. And that suits Jon Jameson, bassist and founding member of Delta Spirit just fine. “Being from California, as we all are, I’ve certainly digested more music in a car than anywhere else,” he says, reached on the phone walking through his hipster-mecca neighbourhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn after dinner. “A lot of it is being on tour and watching landscapes with new music.” And in the coming months, Delta Spirit will have the opportunity to ingest and in turn create a wealth of new music, as the band heads out on tour for yet another bout with the road. Upcoming tours will see them share stages with the likes of Dr. Dog and Jeff The Brotherhood before eventually gracing Australian shores for Big Day Out 2013. For Jameson, it’s an exciting proposal. It’s where the tracks on Delta Spirit will find their own wings. “We love live music and we love performing, maybe even more than recording. That’s where our songs really come to life. That’s the pinnacle for us. We’re going out on our second headline tour with Jeff The Brotherhood, who’s also playing Big Day Out, which is great,” he says. “We’re sorting out all the logistics of it right now. But it’s exciting, because that’s what this band is all about: going out and playing in front of people without a lot of support from the radio and whatnot. We love coming to cities, playing to small crowds and then maybe coming back a year later and playing to a few more people. We love it.” It hasn’t been hard for Jameson to embrace the idea of touring. After all, it’s one of the few immoveable aspects of his day job. “There’s only so many things that you really have control over when you’re in a band. You can’t count on the radio, for example. And it’s not like we’re above that, but the thing you can do is write a song and play it in front of people. That’s non-negotiable.” Though Jameson insists the band hasn’t received much support from modern rock radio, that may soon change. With Delta Spirit, members of the band openly admitted that they discovered the sound they’d been searching for throughout past releases. Gone is the twang, but in its place is a powerful and emotive brand of modern rock. One could easily assume that the band was simply hitting their stride; Jameson is quick to give credit where it’s due. For Delta Spirit, a fresh set of fingers and ears was what it took to propel the band to great new heights.

“WITH ALL FIVE OF US PLAYING TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO REDISCOVER HOW MUCH FUN IT CAN BE JUST TO PLAY MUSIC, LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST START A BAND.” “The biggest part [of the new sound] was bringing our new guitar player, Will McLaren on board. The last record was just the four of us. And while we all like it and we’re proud of what we accomplished, we’re the kind of band who likes to just get in a room, start jamming and see what happens. It always goes like that. There can be a spark to that. But in getting Will, we started to think a little bit more about our songs. Will has this certain understanding of how the guitar works and how it’s supposed to sound,” admits Jameson, shedding light on tracks like Empty House. “We’ve never had someone who’s so dedicated to the guitar. We’ve always been lyrically and melodydriven. We hadn’t spent a lot of time experimenting with guitar parts and understanding how they can add to a song. And Will understood how to capture a mood or a feeling with a guitar. It was a little bit cumbersome, but at the same time, very exciting.” Jameson’s admission shouldn’t be understated. Yet by integrating McLaren into Delta Spirit, Jameson and the band have emerged as a force in modern Americana. “We had to spend a lot of time together to understand how we wanted to share our ideas. And that was hard, because we all have very different perspectives on music. It took awhile, but with all five of us playing together, we were able to re-discover how much fun it can be just to play music, like when you first start a band. It definitely felt like a re-birth.” Jameson believes songs on Delta Spirit are ultimately reminiscent of that highway you’ve traveled a thousand times before. They will eventually lead you to the same place, unless you dig a little deeper and take a longer look around. “It’s a new record for us, but it still feels like a continuation,” he says. “It’s not a departure, but it is something fresh.” DELTA SPIRIT is part of the massive Big Day Out 2013 lineup, taking place at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday January 26, 2013. Delta Spirit is out now through Shock Records. Beat Magazine Page 52

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HUNTING GROUNDS BY JAMES NICOLI

Writing and recording may have been a long and occasionally arduous journey, but Hunting Grounds have come out the other side intact, and with their debut album In Hindsight in tow. From winning triple j Unearthed High in 2009, to changing their band name in 2011 (they had previous success under the name Howl), to criss-crossing the country on a string of high profile support slots, the boys from Ballarat have, after much delay and frustration, finally unleashed their record into the world. When I chat to guitarist and vocalist Michael Belsar just days before In Hindsight’s official release the relief in his voice is clearly evident. “It was really a huge relief when we finally finished [the album] because we spent so long on it. It got to a point where I just never thought that we were going to put it out,” he says. “But it’s going to be interesting to see where it takes us. I think that’s the thing we’re most excited about.” For such a young band, the weight of expectation must have surely begun to take its toll, with the album’s release date continuously pushed back. Yet Hunting Grounds have come out the other side all the better for it and when they did finally enter the studio with producer Paul ‘Woody’ Annison, the result was a record steeped in maturity that belies their years. “Everyone was really on the same wavelength. It was a really easy recording process which is unusual [for anyone], and it’s really unusual for us,” admits Belsar. “A few of the times before that, when we’ve recorded, it’s been a lot more difficult. Like, everyone had their own ideas but it was just a really easy process and we took a lot of Woody’s ideas on board. Everyone just seemed to be on the same page.” Annison has previously worked with the likes of Children Collide, Black Cab and Young Revelry, and he had a significant impact on taking the band’s initial ideas and concepts and turning them into polished songs. Lead single Flaws is a prime example of the way they worked together in the studio. “[Annison] always wants to take things to the next level, which is really important,” says Belsar. “Originally, Flaws was

this really sort of boring rock song – you know, with just guitar and bass and drums. It was really average, but he saw something in the melody. So he had this idea of making it this real tripped-out pop song and that’s pretty much the reason it sounds the way it does today.” With six members and three songwriters things could have very easily become very complicated when it came to the writing of the record. Yet the ability to meld each other’s song ideas and transform them into one distinct sound is one of Hunting Grounds’ strengths. “It’s actually a lot more simple than it seems to be. It seems like it wouldn’t work on paper,” muses Belsar on the band’s writing formula. “But when I write songs for instance, I’ll just write them and demo the whole thing at my house until I bring it to the band and each person plays their own part. At that point I guess it becomes a Hunting Grounds song. It just seems to work because everyone has their own unique way of doing things and I guess it’s those unique parts that make up our band’s sound.” Hunting Grounds are not afraid to share around the vocal duties either, with Belsar, Galen Strachan and main vocalist Lachlan Morrish all providing vocals on

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the record. “We didn’t stick to the idea that it had to be two vocalists and it had to go this way or that way,” says Belsar. “We sort of wanted it to sound the best. Whatever worked and whatever worked best for the album. It was strange but it really worked out well.” With the release of In Hindsight, Hunting Grounds are now busily preparing for their ﬁrst headlining tour and a chance to perform the new tracks to their evergrowing audience. “It’s going to be amazing,” says Belsar enthusiastically. “It’s going to be really exciting and new for us to headline our own shows Australiawide. It’s going to be really interesting to see how it all works out. It’s going to be fun being a headline band because we’ve done so many supports over the last two years it will be nice to be that band that people are coming to see.” If you’ve been anywhere near Hunting Grounds Facebook page recently then you would have no

doubt seen that Oprah photo where the talk show queen is holding a copy of In Hindsight in her hands. According to Belsar, the band’s little Photoshopped in-joke have had more than a few people fooled, journalists included. “I have had interviews today where people have asked me literally how Oprah got the album,” he laughs. “We put it up on Facebook and then one of our friends made one with Julian Assange of Wikileaks and we put that up and then fans starting making them and sending them in. So if you go onto Facebook there’s like 20 diﬀerent random pictures.”

tape, when I was 12 or 13. Up until then I guess I had subscribed to what my parents had said, which was ‘All pop music sounds the same’,” she states, impersonating her father. “It’s ironic that now I write pop music, but when I got this tape I thought, ‘they all sounded the same’, but I fell in love with them. It was the album with La Isla Bonita [True Blue], I listened to that tape over and over. A few weeks later I got a

radio for Christmas, I would listen to the radio, it had a tape player in it, so I could record songs, I would listen to the radio and my head exploded, “There is so much music out there.”

HUNTING GROUNDS launch their debut album In Hindsight (distributed through MGM) at Karova Lounge in Ballarat on Friday August 24, plus The Toﬀ In Town on Saturday August 25.

INGRID MICHAELSON BY JACK FRANKLIN

Ingrid Michaelson has grown up, or at the very least she is trying to grow. Grow into something else, a more complete artist. Her most recent album , Human Again, is a departure for her. Gone is the twee, cutesy, jangle pop, that I loved and which she was just so good at. Replacing it is a darker, fuller sounding record, less earworm pophooks to be found, but is it is a record that rewards multiple listens. “In life we change and we grow, we experience different things, big moments, things happen that shift us for the worst or the better,” Ingrid tells me down the phone as the start of her explanation of her very deliberate change of direction. “As a writer and an artist, something is either added to you or something is taken away from you, and it changes you. So I think you become a different person with each thing that happens. So I am not the same person I was last year, I am not the same person as when I wrote my first song. If you allow yourself to view things differently as you go along I think the rest is going to fall into place and you are not just regurgitating.” It was in this context she started work on new material. “I wanted to change my sound,” she says. “I have had a lot of success with TV commercials and things like that and I feel like that out of all my songs, I have probably written close to 50 or 60 songs that are out in the world, out of all of those there are four that get licenced over and over again. And people judge me on two of those four. I get put into this box – this is the kind of music you make, this jingly, happy stuff – and those are the tip of the iceberg, there is a lot more going on. But people don’t care to look any further, that’s fine. If they hear that one song and like it, fine, if they hate it that’s fine too. Life is what it is and I am very fortunate to be where I am. But on this record I wanted to dig deeper, I don’t want to be just seen as the girl that writes the cute, little songs. I know people love that still and want that, and that is why there is a back-catalogue, so they can enjoy that part of my music because it will always be there for them. But you can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again, well you can but it gets boring. So I wanted to embrace the idea of thinking bigger, not

being as contained.” The album is bigger, with far more orchestration, which can be credited to her working with producer David Kahne (Regina Spektor’s Begin To Hope, Paul McCartney, The Strokes and he was even the producer of the Goonies soundtrack).”At the beginning of the recording, which was ongoing for about nine months, David said, ‘I want to know why you don’t sing live, on your records you are very contained and safe. When I see you live you really go for it.” Ingrid explains. “I had never realised I was doing that, so I took it as a challenge and it sparked all these new ideas in me and I wrote the entire record in the span of four months. I was inspired to sing out. In singing out and allowing my voice to go to these places, I opened up my brain and lyrically put things in a different light too.” These new places are the also the changes that have taken place in her life, which gave the album its title. “I fell in love and married somebody, what makes you more human than that,” she challenges me. “Somebody that makes me feel alive and part of the human race. I think that when you find real love there is something really final about it that is also really frightening because “I am with this person and I am going to die with this person.” It squishes your life perspective. The record isn’t all I’m in love and I’m so happy, there is a lot of weight to it also because that is what life is also. For the daughter of a sculptor and a composer, Michaelson had a very musically sheltered upbringing. All she knew until she was a teen was her parents’ choice in music – classical, some Beatles and some hymns (thought not a religious family), and classic ‘50s musicals. “I didn’t know anything,” Ingrid laughs. “I remember my friend loaned me a Madonna

“I GET PUT INTO THIS BOX – THIS IS THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU MAKE, THIS JINGLY, HAPPY STUFF – AND THOSE ARE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THERE IS A LOT MORE GOING ON.”

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DIE! DIE! DIE! BY ALEXANDRA DUGUID

I first discovered Die! Die! Die! when I was 17-years-old. A boy I liked at the time was a big fan, and in my teenaged attempts to grab his attention, of course I had to follow suit. Little did I know I’d end up head-over-heels and still completely infatuated almost five years later. With the band, that is. Having just released their fourth full-length album Harmony and about to embark on another Australian tour, I spoke with Die! Die! Die! frontman Andrew Wilson about growing up, record label troubles, and doing things independently. Since the release of their debut album back in 2005, Die! Die! Die! are a band that have perpetually been on the road, slipping in the release of an album every two or three years between gruelling stints of world travel. No matter how lengthy the tour or amount of time spent away from home, Wilson insists that this how he likes it. “I like being busy. It’s better than not being busy,” he explained when I asked him about his band’s seemingly bottomless schedule. “If I’m not busy than I get into all sorts of trouble. I’m not a ‘chiller’, I don’t chill out. It just doesn’t suit my personality.” Wilson and Die! Die! Die! drummer Michael Prain’s desire to keep moving lead the band to recording Harmony at Blackbox Studios in France, where they employed the help of Australian producer Chris Townend after plans to tour the US and work with Steve Albini, who also produced their ﬁrst album, had fallen through. “Chris is absolutely amazing,” Wilson said enthusiastically of the unexpected Harmony producer. “I think he’s a fucking genius. I don’t really speak highly of many people, especially people in the music industry. They’re all pretty awful. He is one of the very few people whose hearts and minds are in the right place. He literally jumped on last minute and saved the day.” Despite almost ten years to the Die! Die! Die! name and an even longer musical relationship between Wilson and Prain, Wilson insists that Die! Die! Die! is still malleable and the roster of changing bassists is not something he is concerned with; “at the end of the day it’s always been me and Mikey [Prain.] We don’t have to really worry about being brutal with decisions.” Lachlan Anderson, the band’s longest standing bassist left after the recording of Harmony’s songs were still skeletal, Wilson explaining the album changed dramatically since then. “The album was a completely diﬀerent thing. [Lachlan leaving] put us back for about nine months, but everything worked out right.” As for new bassist Michael Logie, who has played stints with The Mint Chicks and currently Opossum, Wilson isn’t concerned whether he is here HELLO MORNING to stay or not; “I don’t really care. That may sound pretty weird but if Michael Logie is in the band then brilliant. Michael [Prain] and I have realised that we can kind of do Die! Die! Die! We can just kind of keep it going.”

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However Wilson’s current comfort in Die! Die! Die! has not always been so, with the band’s incredibly ﬁerce do-it-yourself ethics put under pressure in the past. “We went through a lot of hard times,” Wilson said, explaining that moments of disillusionment lead to some wrong decisions, such as “working with a lot of fuckwits. [That’s a laughing ‘fuckwit’ by the way!” Wilson ensures.] However with the release of Harmony, those days could be few and far between with the record being released in New Zealand and Australia through their own label Records Etcetera. “In New Zealand we’ve done so many albums and every label we’ve worked with in New Zealand hasn’t done the job. We haven’t met the right record label in Australia either, so maybe if the right record label came along we’d work with them.” Though only just over two years since the release of their last album Form, Harmony once again displays an evolution in Wilson and Prain’s musicianship; “I’ve grown up a lot. When Die! Die! Die! started, I had only been out of Dunedin a year. I had been living in this small south island town my whole life. I’ve had a lot more life experience and listened to a lot more music. There’s been a lot of living going on. It’s important for me as a musician, and to keep it interesting for me, that I don’t just sit there and play the ﬁrst Die! Die! Die! EP over and over again!” However according to Wilson not all agree; “I had this conversation with a guy in Hamilton [New Zealand] who was saying that he was expecting us to have evolved more!” When asked whether Die! Die! Die! had reached his idea of success, Wilson promptly replied that success is was exactly what they were doing now; “I’m making lots of music with my friends, and there’s no pressure and all my friends add to my life, everyone is very supportive. Die! Die! Die! up until a year ago I just felt drained and now I feel really invigorated. I don’t judge success by money, I just judge it by what you create.’

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Harmony is out now via Records Etcetera. DIE! DIE! DIE! are playing this Saturday August 25 at Ding Dong Lounge, supported by Damn Terran.

SARAH MARY CHADWICK BY ZOË RADAS There’s some very painterly, stark ink drawings on Sarah Mary Chadwick’s Bandcamp site which look almost like Joy Hester’s: free lines, deep wet shadows and a lot of feeling conveyed with (what looks like) relatively few flicks of the wrist. That’s the great thing about ink and watercolours: you’ve got to be simple and honest and spontaneous. If you make a mistake then you’ve got to just go with it, because attempting to cover it up will only smear things terribly and land you with a pile of mushed paper. Chadwick created these artworks herself, and they’re a beautiful accompaniment to the unabashed sound of the electric guitar-based solo tracks on her debut LP Eating For Two. You can hear the slightest movement, breath, or fingertip sliding along frets. After ten years with Batrider, Chadwick is releasing the collection of visceral, lonely, but gorgeously hopeful tunes, and touring our Eastern states. “It was awesome, I loved doing that band but it was definitely...” Chadwick pauses to ponder while “putting [her] face on” and I hear the click and crash of cosmetics on her dressing table over the phone. “If I do stuff by myself I don’t really have to worry. That band’s been some of the best times I’ve had but also some of the worst times I’ve had as well.” Batrider began when Chadwick was just 20-years-old, with three other friends. After honing her songwriting and guitar skills over these years, the wryly witty New Zealander has exhumed herself on the other side with this record that’s basically all her own. “I did record some tracks with a drummer and a bass player but I didn’t use any of them,” she explains. “On that record there’s ten songs; ‘cause it’s only coming out on vinyl it’s got to be only 20 minutes a side. If you look at Batrider it’s always ridiculous. They’ve always got, fuck I don’t know, 15 or 17 or 18 songs on them. [But] being on vinyl, I had to restrict it to that many. “I think it’s definitely time for me right now to do stuff by myself, because I’ve always done it but because of doing the other band it’s [never been] a priority,” she says solidly. “I’m quite happy travelling around by myself,” she responds when I ask who might be accompanying her on the tour. “It’s not too daunting. It’s cheaper, you don’t have to worry. You can eat what you want to eat.” Speaking of eating, the LP’s title is pretty sweetly cryptic. The first thought that comes to mind is pregnancy, which Chadwick laughs heartily at and assures me has nought to do with her personal state. But Just Like Holding Shards speaks of ‘eating up inside’, so there’s this division between eating as nourishment and eating away: that is, loss. “I kind of like the idea that it’s quite greedy; having what two people should have,” she says. “You’re having your own share but you’re stealing someone else’s, in a needy kind of way.” The need (even when it’s resigned) is palpable in the afore-mentioned track, in lines like “I can’t even look, ‘cause looking is loving” and “I’ve been looking everywhere but I can’t find God” on the stand-out beauty Here’s A Cup.

“I THINK IT’S DEFINITELY TIME FOR ME RIGHT NOW TO DO STUFF BY MYSELF, BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS DONE IT BUT BECAUSE OF DOING THE OTHER BAND IT’S NEVER BEEN A PRIORITY.” On Angel In The Snow, an Elliott Smith cover, Chadwick’s layered voices sound like they’re whispering from various places in your head, and something like a melodica brays hauntingly over the top. “That’s an accordion,” Chadwick says, adding that she plays “really badly.” “The only instrument I can actually play well is piano: I played piano for like 12 years when I was little. But I’m a pretty middling guitarist and pretty average at... most other things,” she says. “This accordion, I recorded it. And maybe a month later I was playing somewhere and I was like ‘Oh fuck, can I borrow that accordion and I’ll play the song tonight!’ I picked it up and [the lender was] like ‘Um... you’re actually playing it upside-down.’ I didn’t realise. ‘Yeah she’s just such a unique performer,’” she mimics, and guffaws at herself. You can’t always equate candour with seriousness, as Chadwick sincerely personifies. While some of the moments in her LP invoke that part in Romeo + Juliet when Juliet realises Romeo is dead, and does this honking bawl of grief (what does she care how she looks or sounds at that moment?), humour is never far away in Chadwick’s world. She’s pretty proud of her album cover: “It’s a painting of me in a sportsbra and pink trackpants on a couch,” she says with glee. “It was kind of supposed to be Titanic style.” While the cover art was created by her good friend Nick Wholton, Chadwick hopes to have a few more exhibitions of her own stuff and perhaps vend more than her one sale to date: “It was a life-sized, or just a little bit larger than life-sized, statue of Anna NicoleSmith.“ Hopefully she’ll find a viable studio space to make some more art that speaks in tandem with her frank and very moving LP.

SARAH MARY CHADWICK plays The Grace Darling on Friday August 31. Eating For Two is out on Friday August 24 through Bedroom Suck Records.

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THE SMITH STREET BAND

BY JOSHUA KLOKE

“I believe in everything/that don’t mean I’m not wrong” proclaims lead singer Wil Wagner early on Sunshine & Technology, the stirring opener on the album of the same name. “’Cause if I was right surely I’d be something/that I’m not,” he continues with the kind of passion few are brave enough to display permanently on record. Live shows, fleeting in by their very nature, offer performers an opportunity to speak their minds without much repercussion. But as Wagner has quickly discovered, when one sings with an open and honest enthusiasm, people take note. With Sunshine & Technology, The Smith Street Band’s follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2011 debut No One Gets Lost Anymore set for release, a lot of ears are beginning to perk up. Wagner and his band’s invigorating blend of ﬁst-pumping punk and emotionally-charged folk is complemented by lyrics which are as much of a call to arms as they are words to simply sing-a-long to. On Sunshine & Technology, Wagner comes face to face with his own idealism. So what exactly then, does the 23-year-old believe in? Turns out, Wagner doesn’t think his ideology is all that confronting to begin with. “I don’t write music thinking anyone’s going to hear it,” he admits from his Melbourne home. “When something bad or good happens, I’ll write as a reaction to that. It’s been interesting to play songs that are a bit opinionated and seeing how people take it. I don’t think what I’m saying is all that controversial. I just think people should concentrate more on having fun and less on trying to become an accountant. I’d say that about sums up my ideology.” Wagner’s penchant for enjoying and questioning life at the same time is heard in spades on Sunshine & Technology, all the while avoiding the trite clichés that many in his age group fall back in. Instead, Wagner’s lyrics cut deep and will likely push listeners to do a little soul searching of their own.

“I’m at that age where everyone around me is finishing their degrees, getting married, getting real jobs and becoming real parts of society,” he says. “And it all seems so fucking miserable.” Wagner’s developed a clear plan of how he’d like to spend his life. And it’s a plan that will suit fans of The Smith Street Band just fine. “There’s this weird pressure on you at this age, where you can’t get away with saying, ‘Oh, I’m a kid, I’m just fucking around, I’m just being a kid.’ But you’re still too young to be taken seriously, so you’re still a bit of a whipping boy, or girl. You’re just getting shit piled on you. People say things like, ‘Oh, isn’t this band thing something you did as a kid? Don’t you want to get a real job and a real life?’ And it’s frustrating, because this is exactly what I want to do. I’d be happy living in this fallen-down shit house just playing shows for people for the next 50 years. This is what I have to do.” There’s a determination within Wagner’s voice that beguiles his age. He takes compliments earnestly enough, but refuses to let them inflate his ego in the slightest. The Smith Street Band’s reputation as one of Melbourne’s most powerful live acts isn’t lost on him; he just wishes more bands would follow their lead. “I hate hearing bands turn down shows because they’ve got

a headline show in two months or something. I just wonder, ‘Why are you in a fucking band?’ Don’t you want to be in a band to play every night of the week and play in all kinds of places? I get frustrated when bands act cool up on stage. It loses the authenticity that’s always gotten me about music. I don’t know if we’re an especially hardworking band, I just wonder…shouldn’t this be the way every band is? We just want to keep on playing, regardless where we are on the scale of Australian music. We love what we do so much.” “I can’t really buy into the hype,” he continues. By believing the hype, Wagner might betray the person and songwriter he’s become. “I’m still on the dole, I still can barely aﬀord my rent. I’m still bouncing between band interviews and Centrelink interviews.” So why then, is the band beginning to ﬁnd success? Wagner gives details on their upcoming American tour, done without booking agents or managers. Throwing caution to the wind and booking a tour without professional help may seem like a death trap to many bands. For Wagner though, the worst-case scenario doesn’t sound all that bad. “We were talking about it at practice last night; even if all the shows suck, which is a worst-case scenario,

it’s still ﬁve of us, best friends, driving down the coast in America. We’re going to have a great time no matter what happens. ”And therein lies the secret to The Smith Street Band, and what Wagner truly believes in. The enthusiasm on Sunshine & Technology is contagious, and that may have been Wagner. “I guess people relate to [the lyrics] because the people who come to our shows are exactly the same as the people in the band. We’re the same dickheads as the dickheads who like our band. We’re not trying to be above ourselves. We know how lucky we are that people come to our shows. Even if people stop coming, we’ll still keep playing though. My greatest fear is to look back on this and say, ‘I wish we’d done more.’”

The Sky was not a result of the band’s new record label. Not totally, at least. “Regardless of whatever label we were going to be on, it was going to be the same record,” he says assuredly. “[Fearless Records] did help a lot with ﬁnding the right producer. They recommended Dan [Korneﬀ, producer], and they also provided us with a lot of time, which certainly helped the writing process. The owner of the label let us use his cabin in Big Bear, California for months at a time. We’d go up there and just write. I’d go up there alone and just write for hours. They put a lot of themselves as a label, into this record.” Collide With The Sky now out in the world, the band can continue on a search that, considering the

band’s relative youth, is quite a noble one. It may be a tiresome approach, but getting better is and will remain the name of the game for Pierce The Veil. “We’re always trying to improve our records and bring our work up to speed. This record is just an example of us as a band growing up and learning from our past stuﬀ. It’s a natural progression and we’re just trying to get better as a band.”

THE SMITH STREET BAND release Sunshine & Technology on Poison City Records on Friday August 24. They’ll debut the album live on Saturday August 25 at the Tote Hotel (soldout), then play a second show at The Reverence Hotel on Sunday August 26. They also play Poison City Weekender at The Reverence on Sunday September 16 (sold-out).

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“We got to close the very last show of Warped Tour 2012,” says Fuentes, after the band drew the lucky straw in Warped Tour’s longstanding tradition of deciding the festival line-up on the morning of reach respective tour stop. “It was an honour to play that slot,” he says. Still, Fuentes and the other three members of Pierce The Veil, including brother and co-founder Mike Fuentes won’t have much downtime before they hit the road again, spending nearly all of September, October and November touring North America and Europe. And come February, Pierce The Veil will return to Australia for Soundwave. While that kind of schedule may appear exhausting to some, Fuentes revels in the opportunity to stay on the road. It’s his belief that by touring and engaging in every opportunity, Fuentes and Pierce The Veil will become better people and ultimately, a better band. “Touring has a big influence on us; we’re able to pick up stuff from different bands we tour with. We’re always being influenced by different things around us,” he says. “One thing my Dad taught me was to always tour with a lot of different artists because you’re going to learn from these people and that’s the only way you’re going to get good. We’re also influenced by our fans; what they dig, how they react to songs. That influences our writing, big time.” The influence of Pierce The Veil’s fans on the band has never been more present than on the artwork for Collide With The Sky, their third

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and most recent full-length. Fuentes has been quoted as saying that “The theme to the album artwork is jumping off the ground that is breaking beneath you.” When pressed on this idea, Fuentes admits how powerful an effect their fans have had over the last few years. “The idea behind it was messages and letters that fans have sent us over the last few years. A lot of heartfelt letters about how music has saved their lives, or how in listening to our music, they don’t cut themselves anymore. That kind of stuff makes it very real; it becomes more than us just touring and making music. It’s about what people need. The artwork went along with that, we hope.” Pierce The Veil also made efforts to ensure the artwork was in tune with the sound of the record. Piercing and punishing choruses are held afloat by ultimately hooky choruses that constantly reach for higher ground. One might attribute this refreshed sound to switching labels. Pierce The Veil now resides on Fearless Records, who also house acts like Lostprophets and Tonight Alive. Still, Fuentes insists that Collide With

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PIERCE THE VEIL perform as part of the massive Soundwave Festival lineup, with the Melbourne leg taking place Friday March 1. Tickets on sale Thursday August 23. Collide With The Sky is out now on Fearless Records.

Describe your club in five words or less. As my mate Tyson would say: “Turbo-rad.” What makes Madhouse different from the other metal clubs out there? Our dedication to a truer brand of metal, and our support of the local live music scene. Many metal/alternative nightclubs go for the safe choices and the same old bands. We play a broader variety of heavy metal styles, and are the only metal club that regularly plays music by local talent. Also, we often cross-promote with local gigs to ensure punters can see and support local bands and then get cheaper entry to Madhouse later in the night. What do you hate about the music industry? The closemindedness that keeps metal from airwaves and the public eye. Classic example, in the ‘90s I could turn on Triple M at any time of the day and hear Metallica, AC/DC, Megadeth. Now they relegate metal to a one-hour timeslot on Saturday nights. Australia needs another dedicated hard rock and heavy metal radio station. And if they need a DJ, I know somebody. What can a punter expect from your DJ sets? Madhouse caters for varied tastes, with traditional metal, power/progressive, doom, thrash, death, black metal, and more. We all mix it up, but everyone has their leanings... with DJ Julz you will hear more doom and black metal, with DJ Evil Maiden you’ll hear more symphonic and power metal. I tend to play a lot of death and thrash metal. Always good to get a mosh going! What about giveaways and incentives? Aside from the usual drink cards, thanks to our affiliation with top promoters and record labels, we give away double passes to concerts and festivals, new release and promo CDs, rare vinyl, metal books and tour posters. This week we’ll be giving away double passes to the Nightwish/Sabaton gig in January as well as Nightwish and Black Majesty CDs, it’s all about timing – and headbanging. When are you doing your thing next? This Friday August 24 from 10pm ‘til midnight for our Black Majesty Stargazer release party, and next Friday August 31 from midnight ‘til late for our thrash metal special, A Good Thrashing. Anybody with a love of thrash and crossover should get to Decca Bar for that! Then I’ll be back in the booth a few weeks later for some very special afterparties.

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A couple people were announcing last weekend to mark the oﬃcial death of nu-metal as an interview with Fred Durst was published in which he said “In DESCENDENTS 2000 there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were a moment in time and its over.” It’s a shocking revelation on two fronts. Firstly that Durst’s monster ego has allowed him to admit that he is no longer relevant. Secondly, that Limp Bizkit of all shitty, expired bands, were the ﬁrst to make the grandest gesture of all and call it quits. Imagine if every other band that enjoyed success in the past could admit to themselves that they were ‘a moment in time’ and resign with their dignity in tact instead of peddling their past hits or re-entering the studio to try and capture said moment in time again. Well played, Durst.

Blue Murder have announced a national Lagwagon tour to see out 2012. They’ll bring The Smith Street Band with them on all ten shows around Australia. Lock in December 8 at The Bended Elbow in Geelong and December 9 at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel. Tickets are on sale this Friday.

At last Make Do And Mend and Touche Amore are returning. This time courtesy of Resist Records! Catch these two excellent live acts at Melbourne’s Reverence Hotel on November 9, or at their all ages show at Phoenix Youth Center on November 10. Tickets are available now.

Aussie prog heroes Twelve Foot Ninja will unleash their new album in twelve weekly installations. They’ll release a new digital track along with a digital comic every week in the lead up to the November 2 release of new album Silent Machine.

CRUNCH! SOUNDWAVE GETS SLAYER The mighty Slayer head up the second announcement for Soundwave. That’s three of the Big Four, alongside Metallica and Anthrax! The question everybody is asking on Facebook and Twitter is, will Megadeth be added too? Who knows? But that’d sure be huge. Other bands in announcement number two include Cypress Hill, Billy Talent, Gallows, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Amity Aﬄiction, Sick Of It All, The Blackout, Fucked Up, This Is Hell, The Early November, Cerebral Ballzy, Polar Bear Club, Sylosis, Blood On The Dance Floor, The Dear Hunter and Confession.

GRAVEYARD READY NEW ALBUM When you’re on a good thing …Sweden’s Graveyard have released a teaser video alerting fans that they’ll soon be revealing the cover artwork of their forthcoming album Lights Out. They’ve been building a bit of a reputation as purveyors of ﬁne album art (check out the cover of last year’s Hisingen Blues) and Lights Out will be eleased October 26, 2012 via Nuclear Blast. You can check out the teaser at http://youtu.be/8z49akP8Meg

Brilliant metal trio High On Fire will return to our shores once more this September, playing three headlining shows on the East Coast. I guess we assume vocalist Matt Pike had a successful stint in rehab then? Catch them at The Espy’s Gershwin room on September 28. Parkway Drive have announced an epic Australian tour to celebrate the release of their upcoming album Atlas. They’ll bring I Killed The Prom Queen, Northlane and Survival with them when they arrive at Festival Hall on Saturday December 22. Festive! Tickets are on sale now!

The Swellers have announced their return to Australia this year, courtesy of Destroy All Lines. Sydney’s Endless Heights will join them on the road. Check them out at Bang on October 13 or Ferntree Gully on October 14. Hawaiian Islands have organised quite the shindig to launch their second album Happy Endings. They’ve scheduled a show at The Reverence on Saturday September 1 that’ll feature Totally Unicorn, Gatherer, Stockades, The Union Paciﬁc and Valjean. Dress tropical and score a free cocktail on entry, and free pizza all night. Sick. Pour Habit have announced their complete run of shows for this coming November/December. Following the FestMas event at The Evelyn, you can catch Pour Habit, High Time and Totally Unicorn at The Tote on December 2. Pour Habit will play their album Suiticide in full. Tickets on sale now. Seven inches ahoy! If you want to get your hands on excellent new Aussie music Arrows/Empire have just announced preorders for their split via Hobbledehoy. Milhouse preorders are available via Midnight Funeral and Poison City are now accepting preorders for the new Luca Brasi 7” Tassie. Spend spend spend!

CORE GIG GUIDE THURSDAY AUGUST 23: The Broderick, Ghost Town, Thorns at The Bendigo Riot Co, All we Need, Too Soon at The Reverence Closure In Moscow, Ikarii, The Playbook at Next Dick Diver, The Stevens, The Slits at The Toﬀ FRIDAY AUGUST 24: Burning Love, Pity Scissor, Urns at Bendigo Hotel Obits at Northcote Social Club Bog Log III, Rattlin Bones Blackwood at The Tote SATURDAY AUGUST 25: The Smith Street Band, Hoodlum Shouts, The Bennies, Foxtrot at The Tote Die!Die!Die! , Damn Terran at Ding Dong Sensory Amusia, Brooklyn, The Seraphim Veil, Aspertiy Within at The Workers Club Bellusira, Emerson, Like Royalty at Bang Slick 46, Vicious Circle, The Worst, Footsoldier at The Bendigo SUNDAY AUGUST 26: The Smith Street Band, Jamie Hay, Maricopa Wells, Sweet Teens at The Reverence Slash, Rose Tattoo at Hisence Arena James Gowans, Alana Porter, Lauren Glezer, Jude Pearl at The Bendigo

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STEEL PANTHER STAGE GUEST IS JUST LIKE TIGER WOODS Steel Panther brought out a Tiger Woods lookalike to hang out on stage and wave the Shocker at fans while they performed Just Like Tiger Woods during a show on the weekend. The dude wasn’t the real Tiger, or course, but if you search for it on YouTube you’ll see a video posted by the dude’s roommate where he explains “I took my neighbour to his ﬁrst Steel Panther show. He bares a striking resemblance to a certain golfer who is the subject of a Steel Panther song and the band brought him on stage for the song.” Steel Panther are at Festival Hall on Sunday October 7.

SLASH SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED Slash will be here in a matter of mere days, and the support acts have just been announced: Rose Tattoo and I Am Giant. I wonder if Angry Anderson will jump up and sing Nice Boys Don’t Play Rock ‘n’ Roll with Slash again. Slash is touring in support of his killer new album Apocalyptic Love. He’ll be at Hisense Arena on Sunday August 26.

BARONESS IN BUS CRASH Baroness have been involved in a bus crash near Bath in England. A spokesperson for the band said: “The band members of Baroness and their crew are recovering from injuries sustained after their tour bus crashed outside of Bath, England early on Wednesday morning. John Baizley has broken his left arm and left leg. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae. All three remain in the hospital as of this writing. Pete Adams has been treated and released from the hospital. Three of the five crew members who were on the bus have also been treated and released. One member is still undergoing testing. The driver of the bus remains in critical condition. Please stay tuned for further updates. Thank you for all the support during this extremely difficult time.” Baroness’s new album, Yellow & Green, debuted at #30 on the Billboard charts in the USA.

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GIG ALERT: CHELSEA WOLFE Doom-folk proponent Chelsea Wolfe has announced an Australian tour, hitting Northcote Social Club this November. Garnering a slew of critical acclaim since the release of the debut record The Grime & The Glow in 2010, Wolfe has been selling out shows the world over. The tour will follow on from the October release of collected acoustic works, and will precede the 2013 release of Wolfe’s third studio album. Supporting Chelsea on her Australian dates will be local outﬁt Heirs. Chelsea Wolfe performs at Northcote Social Club on Friday November 12.

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STARBOARD CANNONS YOUR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL GUIDE

Many attempts have been made to describe Starboard Cannons‘ style of music. Alt folk, Australiana roots and Celtic colonial are just a few. The sound is distinctively Australian, laced with the classically evergreen overtones of traditional Gaelic music. Ash’s lyrics tell the stories of ordinary people, small towns, far away countries and glancing thoughts. His Oz-inﬂected, natural delivery and the honesty of his words puts a human element and shines an introspective light into every song. Starboard Cannons play The Retreat Hotel this Sunday August 19 with The Matty Green Band supporting from 7pm, and it's free.

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BATPISS Formed in Collingwood in the Summer of '78 Batpiss have been around the traps. Self described as punk/ sludge, the band, consisting of Billy Piss on drums, Paul Piss on guitar/vocals and Thomy Piss on bass/vocals, the rough-as-guts trio are hitting up The Old Bar with guests Nun Of The Tongue and Bodies tonight from 8.30pm, $5 entry.

CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN' RACKETTES Join Clairy Browne And The Bangin’ Rackettes for the very last show of their We Are Family Toﬀ In Town residency on Tuesday August 28. Known for their contemporary take on soul, R&B and doo-wop, see the gang in full swing as they reveal their culty ways by bringing new meaning to the term 'keeping it in the family'. Joining them on stage for their own sets and a perhaps a duet are Kira Puru & The Bruise plus Simone Page Jones and Miles O’Neil. Doors open 8pm, tickets $15 in advance or $20 on the door.

QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS Quarry Mountain Dead Rats return for their first Melbourne show after selling out the Northcote Social Club in June. Fresh from releasing their album Bloodhound Killed My Squeezebox, which received rave reviews nationally, they will play an afternoon show at The Workers Club this Sunday August 26, presented by Timber & Steel. Taking it back to a simpler time, where the pickin’ was fast and the banjo was king, this five-piece hailing from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula bring their raw and gritty version of bluegrass kicking and hollering into the modern day. They establish an 'old mate' affinity with their audiences while delivering a kick-you-in-the-face live show, setting the tone for a sing along, drink along, foot-stomping good time. Tickets available from Corner Box Office.

ENERATE

BRIGHT STAR

Enerate are an Inner-West Sydney-based acoustic synth pop group. The group have enjoyed, early success with their pre-release single Unstoppable getting airplay across FBi radio. Enerate have played alongside the likes of Bears With Guns, The Brow Horn Orchestra, Holland, Samuel Mason and Leroy Lee to name a few. Enerate have a total of four nominations in the 2012 MusicOz Awards and Unstoppable has just been licenced for an international TV tourism campaign. Catch them on their East Coast tour at their Unstoppable video clip launch party – Bar 303, Saturday August 25.

Bright Star are a new Melbourne-based band, who have spent the last 12 months ﬁnalising their line up and honing their live set before playing their ﬁrst live shows in June this year. Having played in many bands before, the members see this as a project that has culminated in a new creative peak for them. The result draws on the sounds of punk rock, shoegaze, dream pop, and post-rock. Bright Star will be bringing their powerful live set to The Tote on Thursday August 23, joined by post-rock connoisseurs Tender Bones and Drawing Arcs for what should be a great night of music. Doors at 8.30pm and entry is $5.

RIOT CO RAIN PARTY On a journey driven by a desire to make music, sisters Neige and O Koppes left Sydney and travelled to New York, London and Los Angeles before ﬁnally landing back in Melbourne's deep and thriving music scene in late 2010. It was here in the laneway capital that they met guitarist Aaron Ronaldson and Rain Party was formed. Fronted by the sweet-and-demonised vocals of Neige Koppes, the three blossomed quickly through jams, dragging all manner of sounds from their shared love of sparkling psychedelia and forbidden deeds. Eventually the talented trio stumbled upon Andrew Congues, giving new life to Rain Party from behind the kit. With his water tight rhythms and crashes, an added menacing hook grew out of their trademark sound; which rings in somewhere close to the glorious mess of bands like The Kills, Brian Jonestown Massacre and even the wails of PJ Harvey. Catch the launch of their new self-titled EP at Cherry Bar on Friday August 31 with guests Mary Of The Moon and Whipped Cream Chargers. 8pm.

They say it’s never too early in the week to enjoy some punk rock. So start your weekend oﬀ early with Riot Co, All We Need and Too Soon at The Reverence Hotel in Footscray on Thursday August 23. Only $5 entry. It might just be the most fun you can have on a Thursday night in Footscray without getting arrested. 8pm kick oﬀ.

THE MORRISONS The Morrisons play rock’n’roll. The Morrisons play rock’n’roll loud. The Morrisons play rock’n’roll loud and fast. The Morrisons are a Melbourne four-piece, punk, rock’n’roll orgasm, infamous for ﬁlling sticky dance ﬂoors with sweaty bootay. The Morrisons play The Retreat this Saturday August 25 with support from Clowns from 10pm onwards, free entry.

JONATHAN AND MARISSA SKOVRON Melbourne-based brother and sister singersongwriter duo Marissa and Jonathan Skovron will each release solo debut EPs in late September. The pair combine forces for a live act that features both Marissa’s catchy yet sophisticated piano-pop and Jonathan’s quirky but honest folk pop. Backed by Jonathan Zion (bass) and Haydn Meggitt (drums), the pair showcase their ﬂair for colourful tunes splashed with sweet vocal harmonies. In the lead-up to the twin launch of their EPs, Marissa and Jonathan Skovron play the Velvet Room at The Thornbury Theatre on Thursday August 23. The night will also feature the soulful, sultry Lauren Glezer, as well as Melbourne indie-roots outﬁt Huckleberry and Me. Doors open at 8pm.

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Music is integral to Ducale Coffee. An eclectic soundtrack of hip-hop, metal, power pop and rock classics blasts about their headquarters all day every day as they do their thing producing coffee for Melbourne’s thriving café scene. Celebrating this is DC Tunes, kicking off with a series of monthly gigs hosted by Grumpy's Green, a proud supporter of local music. For each gig two or three artists will strut their stuff for a full set. This Saturday August 25 features Dane Certificate and Danny Walsh Band at Grumpy's Green, free entry from 8pm.

FRANCES PLAGNE Francis Plagne (band), Matt Bailey, and The Ancients commingle their auras for a special showcase of fine, fine Melbourne song wrangling and crystal-clear art direction. Plagne is about to go on hiatus, back into the studio to cut the successor to 2011’s acclaimed and unique Tenth Volume Of Maps, so head down to the Toff In Town and get yourself some of this band’s sonically rich and ever-evolving live incarnation – in its most muscular format to date – while the option is still open to you. Both The Ancients and Matt Bailey are fresh from the studio, having each recorded follow ups due for release later this year. Come and get a sneak preview of Bailey’s post-Book Of Illumination jams and The Ancients’ newest, catchiest, most inimitable workouts. Tonight, tickets $8 on the door, 8pm.

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DREAD On Saturday August 25, The Reverence Hotel in Footscray will host a night of stoner grooves that will rock you so hard, you’ll be happy to leave your bong at the door. Dread, Master_Beta, Von Stich and Motherslug are together at last calving a new one down at the local rubbidy dub. So head along and show them the ﬁbre of your fabric. 8pm 'til midnight.

HUGGINS FOR YARRA Local record label guy Simon Huggins has decided to run in the Yarra Council Elections this October. So to celebrate this big step, and raise some funds for campaigning, Simon's decided to throw a party Featuring Oscar + Martin, The Harpoons and special guests, as well as comrades Two Bright Lakes DJs and Luke Pocock (RRR). Bella Union, Saturday August 25. Tickets are $25 at the door.

AS A RIVAL As A Rival return to Pony to unleash an arsenal of riffs and melodies that have seen them conquer Europe and Australia over the past few years. Inspired and recovered from an almost never-ending hangover, the band is geared up for an intense finish to 2012. The hard rock trio’s solid guitar driven melodies are delivered with powerful live performances that demand your attention and infectious hooks that’ll have you singing for days. They’re a perfect fit for a late show, so don’t miss As A Rival at 2am this Saturday August 25. Free.

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DOLLSQUAD Melbourne’s premier all girl band, DollSquad look as lethal as ever as they shimmy back into their catsuits in order to start strutting the stage and deliver their own very special brand of wig ﬂipping rock’n’roll. This is the run up for the ten year anniversary in 2013. This is DollSquad! A retrospective and retroactive collaboration of garage punk, hair and female fury. Past, present and future come together in a thunderous now. Frock up and rock up to Yah Yah’s on Saturday August 24. Support from Antoinettes and Sooky La La. Doors 5pm, bands from 9pm, and free entry.

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If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Roger Grierson, The Thought Criminals. Being such as quintessential figure in Australian Punk, I’d love to show him how far Aussie Punk has progressed. When’s the gig and with who? With CLOWNS at The Retreat on Saturday August 25. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? I grew up in the Sydney skate/punk scene. It’s never left me. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? One CD album, available online & a 7-inch you can pick up at gigs and in all good record stores. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Seeing people make out on the dance floor. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Seeing my girlfriend make out with people on the dancefloor. Tell us about the last song you wrote. It is short fast and loud and about being king of the couch. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. Q: Have you ever won Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show? A: Yes. Yes I have thanks for asking.

THE TESKY BROTHERS

MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS

Sam and Josh Teskey have been an integral part of the music and cultural scene for sometime now. They first started busking at the St Andrew’s market in their pre-teen years, and by the time they were teenagers, had become a regular fixture at the St Andrew's Pub. Their impressive musical prowess and knowledge, as well as a possessive energy and fresh live performance, has evolved to what you hear now on this snapshot of time. Josh has a voice capable of handling D’angelo to Stevie Wonder and anything in between. This, in turn, allows Sam to provide the ambient spread reminiscent of Gilmouresque atmospherics and soaring guitar solos. The boys will be performing at The Toff In Town on Monday August 27 with special guests Mouth Tooth. Tickets $8 through Moshtix or $10 door price.

In celebration of the release of his solo album Exit Keys, local indie/art-rock singer-songwriter Michael Plater will be bringing his crack team of sonic adventurers The Exit Keys to The Grace Darling Hotel tonight. They will be joined on the night by indie-pop geniuses The Coves and the feedback-laced brilliance of Claire Birchall (Paper Planes). Doors open at 9pm.

KERRYN FIELDS Kerryn Fields is bold and inviting, an old soul like the bush land of New Zealand from which she hails. A magniﬁcent storyteller with exquisite charm, and an almighty strength in her voice. Grab a chance to catch Kerryn in intimate surroundings at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel. Sunday August 26, 6pm and it’s a free one.

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SAVING CLEOPATRA With a seamless cross between rock, pop and soul, the excitement around Saving Cleopatra grows as each new song is written and recorded. Their debut single Running is a perfect example of whats to come from their upcoming EP, due out later this year. Saving Cleopatra have honed their live show over the past year playing at the Corner Hotel and other iconic venues while building a devoted local fan base. Saving Cleopatra play with excellent local bands Nikhail, Mani & The Rissoles, Cardinal and more to be announced. Revolver Upstairs, Friday August 24, doors open at 8pm. Tickets $12, available from Moshtix or $15 on the door.

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CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS Last time Cash Savage bundled her beloved band the Last Drinks east to Castlemaine, she took to the stage of the Theatre Royal and the crowd refused to let her go. As Cash prowled the stage, growling her signature blues, thick with country sentiment, a party ensued around her – drums, trumpet and ﬁddle ﬁlled the old theatre and when the music stopped, the crowd demanded more. Cash and her band, it turns out, were just as keen to kick on. After more than an hour of heartbreaking, foot-stomping and high energy show-stoppers, the Melbourne sensation that is Cash Savage found herself with a host of new fans and some very high expectations set for her. The time has come for her triumphant return to Castlemaine's Theatre Royal. Don't miss the Cash Savage bandwagon as it rolls into Gold Country, Friday August 31, because this time round, Cash has a lot to live up to.

The Broderick are all set to bust a killer show tomorrow night at The Bendigo. Free To Rot, Free Of Sin is their new release. The boys are stoked on it and want you to hear it. It was reordered at capital sound studios by Jimmy Balderston and Viva Hate Melbourne by Martin Kirby. It was mixed by Matt Ellard (Radiohead, Converge) in Boston and then to new jersey (Blacklisted, Every Time I Die) to be mastered by Alan Douches. Ghost Town from Queensland are about to release a new EP and have joined the show along with Thorns and Colossus. 8pm at The Bendigo Hotel on Thursday August 23.

COOPER COLLECTIVE DUOS The Cooper Collective will perform duos with Rod Cooper. Drum kits will be arranged in the rooms throughout the space. Cooper, having recently extended his noise work with two electric guitars with motorised strings added to his plant of handmade sound objects, will move between them instrumentally and with the odd blues song. There will also be a Gramophone duo with Clinton Green – Cooper's concept was to invite other artists along, mainly drummers, who had expressed interest in playing with him. Cooper's long fascination with the work of drummers, due to the denial of a drum kit as a child, is the main reason for this particular focus. $10 full or $5 concession. The Great Britain Hotel, Friday August 24, 4pm.

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DUNE

Mistress Mondays will be releasing Words Like Wire, the band's ﬁve track debut EP, this Friday on iTunes. Of course no EP can be released without a big party and Mistress Mondays will oﬃcially launch Words Like Wire at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday August 24 with special guests Lost Weekends and The Corsairs.

Dune is the new incarnation of Jade MacRae – former collaborator of The Sleepy Jackson and Pnau, graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, and featured vocalist on records by Phrase, Katalyst and Space Invadas. To celebrate the release of her debut single Shoestring (out now as a free download on Soundcloud), Dune will be playing a very special single launch at The Workers Club on Friday August 31.

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THE CITRADELS

LEEZ LIDO

The Citradels will be bringing a lot of reverb hum and kaleidoscopic projections to Pony this Thursday August 23 at 1am for a late night show of psychedelics. This neo-psychedelic shoegaze ﬁve-piece are heavily versed in drone and roll, reverb-fueled psychouts. Currently self-recording a debut album, The Citradels promise a night of ear-splitting gaze and wild projections. Free entry.

Leez Lido are more than their music. They represent the true meaning of artistry, by crafting music that engages the audience and evokes an emotive response. Formed in 2011 by uni mates Justin Steer and Andrew Ritter who shared a passion for music, Leez Lido quickly became well known around the Melbourne pub and live music scene. Shortly after meeting experienced drummer Danny Bergin, their sound was complete. Within one rehearsal the boys knew they were onto something special – all three bring something amazing and diﬀerent to the table and that's what makes Leez Lido one of the freshest rock bands going around. They’ll be stopping in at Pony this Saturday August 25 with good pals Lebelle and Timbre Terrorists. Doors open at 9pm.

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THE NIGHT TERRORS Melbourne instrumental heavyweights Night Terrors offer a mind-melting mix of dark synth magic, thunderous dreamscapes and other-worldly electronica. Featuring the haunting theremin melodies of Miles Brown (student of Russian theremin queen Lydia Kavina), the vintage horror synths of Laura Bradfield (Heirs) and Nedd Jones, and the powerhouse drumming of Damian Coward (Heirs, Love Like... Electrocution) The Night Terrors have earned a reputation as one of Australia's most unusual and original acts. July 2012 saw the release 12” double A-side 12” Monster / Lasers For Eyes on OSCL Records – the first glimpse of The Night Terrors new material – moving beyond the post-prog stylings of their earlier work to focus on a broader universe of warped psychedelic electronics and the darker corners of the dancefloor. Head down to the newly revamped Ding Dong Lounge to catch the Terrors' last Melbourne show until the end of the year. They will be showcasing songs from their forthcoming album Spiral Vortex. Joining them on the night will be the dark and wondrous sounds of fellow OSCL labelmates The Process, and the super awesome, super danceable super super-ness of Zanzibar Chanel. These guys have to be seen to be believed. Bring your dancing feet. Saturday September 1, 8pm start, $10 presale, $15 on the door if available.

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STARBOARD CANNONS Hailing from Byron Bay’s hinterland, acoustic duo Starboard Cannons combine unique and passionate songwriting with exciting, raw musicianship. Their debut album, Somebody’s Opus, draws upon the talents of some of Australia’s finest musicians and was co-produced by Jordan Power (Angus Stone, Powderfinger, The Vines). Somebody’s Opus ebbs and flows, using the dynamics inherent within each song to enhance the storytelling process. From the hauntingly sparse Bowen Station (featuring guest vocals from Sara Tindley) to the fully-charged folk symphony Mists Of Culloden, it’s more than a collection of songs but a living, breathing story. Starboard Cannons are launching this debut album on Sunday August 26 at The Retreat Hotel with special guest Matty Green Band. Entry is free and doors open at 7pm.

AGILITY

SWEET TEENS

Melbourne psychedelic grunge band Agility are screeching it out at The Evelyn Hotel every Wednesday in August. With support from some of Australia's best young bands Sid Air and The Latonas, August's Wednesdays are sure to be absolute bangers. $5 on the door.

Sweet Teens bring endless dangerous possibilities to The Tote for a month of Wednesdays this August. Tonight they play in the band room out back. Sweet Teens recently released a free download only album This Ain't England & The Ominous Horror.

THE SIMON WRIGHT BAND A few of you may remember the good ol' days of Monday nights at The Evelyn with Simon Wright and The Eclective. Well they're back! Only now its Tuesdays. Each week The Simon Wright Band will be joined by some of Melbourne's freshest funk, soul and hip hop acts as well DJ Huw Joseph. So pull your drinking hat out of the closet and dust oﬀ your dancing shoes. Tuesday nights just got awesome. Doors 8.30pm.

MILES BROWN - SCIENCE CLUB Miles Brown (The Night Terrors) is performing a solo residency at The Gasometer Hotel every Wednesday throughout August called Science Club. Each week will be themed on a branch of science and features some of the best artists and DJs Melbourne has to oﬀer, handpicked by Brown. Free CD featuring artists to ﬁrst payers through the door. Entry for each show is $8 and doors open at 7.30pm. Tonight's theme is 'biology', featuring Standish/Carlyon, Pearls, A Dead Forest Index and Heirs DJs.

THE OX AND THE FURY The Ox and The Fury have announced shows at the Laundry Bar on Thursday August 30 and Thursday September 13. They will be playing two sets a night, including the entire new album Peace Love And Music along with all the hits from their previous release Guitars Die In Hot Cars. Tickets are $10, available on the door, and support comes from the wonderfully dexterous Dom Italiano and The Upbeat Maﬁa (yes that Dom Italiano), and Zeke's Mum, is doing the door and merch, it's a family thing.

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After a few months in hibernation, Internal Rot are back in action now that drummer Max did his time behind the drum kit for Agents Of Abhorrence on their recent US tour. Now that he's back it's time for another set of fast as buggery, rough as guts old school grindcore with the help of some friends. Trench Sisters don't so much aim to please as they aim to disgrace, playing a thunderous hybrid of grind/ hardcore/ power-violence/ mosh as a backing to the top-shelf comedy stylings of everyone's favourite rowdy champ, Mr Susman. He occasionally insults the casual onlooker but usually just airs dirty band laundry to squeals of delight from the buﬀoonish rabble who will tolerate him. TÄX are punk with less focus on snotty idiocy than icy oppressive rhythmic power, driven by Sean and Simon (also of the equally icy Lakes) and the squalling guitar of Justin from Zond. Lastly, Ratsak are Melbourne's new punk heroes made up of a crew who've done time in bands True Radical Miracle, Kromosom, Circle Pit, Dead Boomers and Bloody Hammer. Ratsak sound like none of the others acts but are as good as any, playing their punk sound undiluted and right on point. Head down to Pony Bar on Friday August 24 for what’s sure to be a killer night. Doors 9pm.

SPERMAIDS Your good friends Spermaids headline The B.East on Friday August 23. They’ve been turning confused heads on the Melbourne circuit for just over a year now with their odd version of heavy experimentation, using an array of eﬀects and loops to compensate their small-band syndrome. 9pm start, free entry.

VICTORIA HOTEL The Victoria Hotel has heaps of shows coming up in mid-August that are sure to see you through to spring. Fox Road and guests take up the Saturday August 25 slot while George Hyde and Josh Seymour round out the weekend on Sunday August 26. The Brazillionaires ﬁnish oﬀ the packed month of August playing a set on the last Friday of the month, August 31.

CHERRY BAR It's another huge week at Melbourne's best rock venue, Cherry Bar with it all kicking oﬀ tonight with the Vice Grip Pussies continuing their August residency. The following night on Thursday August 23, Mr Goodnight, the band who have been branded a “neo soul revolution” will be pumping out a heap of funky tunes. Haunting August will be launching their new EP on Friday August 24 with Weened pumping out three sets to commemorate the music of Ween on Saturday August 25 from 8.30pm. Sunday August 26 sees Viking metal rockers Barbarion blasting out some bombastic tunes with open mic night on Monday August 26 heralding in the new week. On Tuesday August 28 Patron Saints will be continuing their residency at the venue.

Lake Palmer play music for daylight pints….and night time ones too for that matter. Born and raised in Perth, WA, Lee French moved to Melbourne with his rock’n’roll band mates, The Screwtop Detonators. Since their demise in 2010, he has slung his guitar in Harvest Smoke and Damn The Torpedoes as well. But Lake Palmer is different, this time around he asked a bunch of mates to play some lazy, lo-fi sounds to round out some songs he’d penned on his mandolin and acoustic guitar. Now, it’s a band complete with finger-pickin’, slide, harmonica, fiddle, drums and accordion. They play at The B.East on Thursday August 23, 9pm, free entry.

EL MOTH Melbourne's favourite party perpetrators, El Moth, have burst back onto the scene this year and are showing no signs of slowing down. Armed with their unique blend of funkin', punkin', drunkin' reggae, these hooligans are known for their high energy shows with slick, yet accessible musicianship that is topped oﬀ with a charismatic rock 'n' reggae attitude. The six-piece has been responsible for countless sleepless nights and angry neighbours around the underground Melbourne party scene over the years. Recently, El Moth has wowed audiences at the St Kilda and Apollo Bay music festivals and has been playing to capacity crowds at venues, always creating good vibes and a memorable experience that won’t be forgotten – at least until the hangover. From 10pm every Friday night in August at Bar Open, entry is free.

THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA The Vibraphonic Orkestra, bring their unique mix of afrofunktional sould and jazztec dub, to The Evelyn Hotel on Sunday August 26. They straddle the divide between electronic, organic, digital and live and have amazed audiences from the red desert of central Australia to the back ally bars of Melbourne. Support on the night comes from Kooyeh, an eight-piece reggae/soul/dub band based in Melbourne though originally from the Blue Mountains in NSW. They deliver high energy show, steeped in heavyweight rolling reggae riddims, majestic horns and sweetened with breathtaking yet funky harmonies. Doors at 8pm.

JAHMAKIN IT FUNKY Jahmakn It Funky was formed with the intention to liven up the reggae scene in Australia. A passion for original roots reggae and wanting to make it more modern and mainstream so it can be appreciated by anyone and everyone. They are playing at Iddy Biddy Bar this Saturday August 25 from 8pm.

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NATIONAL CAMPUS BAND COMPETITION Seven bands from various campuses in Victoria will be battling it out at Yah Yah's on Thursday August 23 for a spot on the ﬁnals of the National Campus Band Competition. NCBC is the largest live band competition in the southern hemisphere and has been running on Australian university and TAFE campuses across the country for 21 years providing audiences with some truly memorable moments and memorable bands. Each year up to 400 bands from over 40 institutions compete live, looking to be crowned national winners of this prestigious and highly respected competition. Doors 5pm, bands from 7pm, free entry.

TEENAGE MOTHERS Teenage Mothers’ music is about broken love and kicking against the pricks. They’ve recorded their debut album with Jim Sclavunos from The Bad Seeds/ Grinderman. The record features a duet between JK from Teenage Mothers and Jack Mannix from Circle Pit. UK pop outfit Mystery Jets recently invited Teenage Mothers on their national tour this September, but the promoter pre-emptively kicked Teenage Mothers off. It was revenge for the band writing a truthful blog about their tour with M83, the nasty French electro star who kicked Teenage Mothers off his own tour for merely inhaling nitrous oxide onstage. Teenage Mothers look forward to not being kicked off more tours. At the John Curtin Hotel this Saturday August 25, Teenage Mothers headline a great bill. There's Ritchie 1250 and The Brides Of Christ (feat. the inimitable Richie 1250 from PBSFM), lo-fi mavens See Saw, Flyying Colours, atmospheric twangers ScotDrakula and jagged outfit The Shards. Starts 7pm.

BOB LOG III Bob Log III is a one-man-band slide guitar party. A perverse product of the Arizona desert, Bob Log III has been diligently traversing the globe since 1996, showcasing his incomparable talents and developing a devoted following along the way. A whirlwind of dexterous limbs and digits, this super star sonic showman has to be seen to be believed. Clad in his cannonball man, extra tight jumpsuit and signature motorcycle helmet with telephone/microphone attached, Bob Log III unfailingly sweats up a river while kicking on a kick drum, stomping his homemade foot cymbal and playing slide on an old archtop guitar. His endless pursuit for musical mayhem and a downright party has seen his unique talents utilised for children’s birthday parties, obscure beer barns, mammoth music festivals and everything in between. Catch his crazy show at The Tote, Friday August 24, 8.30pm with guests Puta Madre Brothers and Rattlin’ Bones. Tickets available now at Oztix.

NIGEL WEARNE & THE CAST IRON PROMISES Nigel Wearne & The Cast Iron Promises hit The Retreat Hotel this SundayAugust 26. Born out of the Guitar Gallery Sessions, the band features Nigel Wearne playing finger-style guitar, Kat Mear on fiddle, Dan Watkins on mandolin and Andy Scott doublebass. Come along for some good ole' country twang and honky-tonk tunes, and get a sneak preview of their upcoming album. Music kicks off at 4pm, two sets and it’s free! You can also catch them at the Guitar Gallery Sessions at The Old Bar on Monday August 27. Last gig until they launch their album in November. Doors open at 8pm, all welcome.

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DEAF WISH Pony are stoked to announce that exciting Melbourne band Deaf Wish will be playing their first hometown show in several years with original band members Jensen, Twombs, Nick and Sarah. If you don’t know the band or are wondering about whether you should get off your bum and make it down, don’t bother because you’ll be fighting for a spot with a few hundred others who want it more than you and you’ll be left cold and lonely on the street, eating Hungry Jacks in the gutter before catching a cab home to watch Rage on the telly. Catch the wild and woolly Deaf Wish at Pony on Friday August 24 at 2am. Free entry. They’ll also be playing dancing tunes after their set until close.

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DAVE LARKIN BAND Dave Larkin Band and the very awesome Drunk Mums go head-to-head this Saturday August 25 at The Grace Darling Bandroom for one of the must see local rock’n’roll gigs of the year. Very special guest Aussie garage legend Spencer P. Jones will open the night. Pre-sale tickets are available at davelarkin.com.au for $12+bf or at the door (subject to availability). Doors open at 9pm.

DUNCAN GRAHAM & HIS CO-ACCUSED For seven years, Duncan Graham & His Co-Accused have been rocking town and country with their idiosyncratic country-soul epics. That's way before Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs or even Arctic Monkeys had dished out their ﬁrst albums – and even before Timberlake brought Sexy Back. This Thursday August 23, The Co-Accused bust out a rare inner-city show at Pony with more-than-able support from Johnny Gibson & The Hangovers and Rex Watts (both acts sitting on accomplished new alt country albums). Doors open at 8.30pm and entry is $6.

BURIED HORSES Ride out the end of winter every Saturday evening at The Tote with Buried Horses as they perform by the open ﬁre and warm surrounds of the front bar. At such close quarters, you will be able to count the whiskers on Mark Berry's chin and make yourself acquainted with the R.M Williams boot catalogue. This will be your last chance to catch the band before they ship out to Europe to promote the recent Beast Records release of their debut LP Tempest. See them oﬀ at The Tote, Saturday August 25 from 5pm.

This show features some of the best old schoolers around, like when punk and hardcore bands had something real to say. Geelong's finest Footsoldier are gonna kick the night off with their street punk/oi tunes. These lad's are the real deal, been doing this shit for years in Human Greed And Havoc before this band. The Worst are one of Melbourne's best live bands, always playing like it's their last show. Old school legends Vicious Circle are also on this bill. This will be their first home show after their launch of their new record (their 12th) and they'll be fresh of the plane from a New Zealand tour. Slick46 will be wrapping up the night. After 14 years as a three-piece band they are happy to have former member Owen back, now playing second guitar. The Bendigo Hotel Saturday August 25.

THE SEVEN UPS The Seven Ups take the undeniable inﬂuence of Fela Kuti’s sound and the music that came out of '70s Nigeria and blend it with deep-funk, rock and the occasional Ethio-jazz element. The eight-piece creates a sound that’s not quite Afrobeat, not quite funk, but something unlike anything else going around. Catch them doing their thing this Saturday August 25 at The Penny Black from 9pm. Free entry.

OBITS Obits are a Brooklyn-based mildly mannered, shaggy garage, punk-rock four-piece, heading south of the equator on their ﬁrst Australian tour. As a band, Obits are but wee infants yet as a ‘muso’ collective they have a smashing long pedigree. Fronted by singer/writer/guitarist Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Pitchfork), the band have two albums out on the suitably pedigreed SubPop label distributed by Inertia in Australia. With a stripped-down rock sound, incorporating elements of surf and garage, the band’s repertoire of three-minute yowlers sutures a sweet and sonic sound. The band is, by its members’ own admissions, a straightforward proposition. Drummer from cult '90s noise driven group Girls Vs Boys Alexis Fleisig joined the group last year and will be in Australia as a member of Obits. Obits are playing at The Tote, Tuesday August 28, 7pm with guests Kim Salmon, Ross De Chene Hurricanes and Bad Vision. Tickets are available at the door for $35.

Q&A HAYDEN CALNIN What do you hate about the music industry? Not much. It’s a tough industry to break into, but if you are committed to it, it’ll eventually fall into your lap… I’m hoping... If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Most definitely Pink Floyd. They were doing some interesting stuff in their day and it’d be interesting to hear their thoughts on my music. I mean, it’s Pink Floyd... If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Kanye West. Not for his music but for his arrogance... I really love his producing skills and talent but the guy needs to take a chill pill.

So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? The band name is my name, Hayden Calnin and I sing, write, play and produce. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? I’ve been told I’m the love child of Bon Iver and James Blake. But I like to think I sound like Hayden Calnin. What do you love about making music? I’m all about the production side. I’ve been recording since Windows Sound Recorder was available on Windows ‘95... Obviously I don’t use that anymore. I’m very much Pro Tools and Abelton oriented these days. And of course playing live is always a thrill.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Quote from a guy at a gig – “I love coming to Hayden’s shows to get lost in heartfelt vocals and beautiful melodies”. Pretty nice of him to say, I reckon, but from my point of view it’s just real storytelling and plenty of loops and weird noise. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? My EP City is out now and features my current single For My Help as well as my last single Summer on it. It’s my debut so that’s pretty much it at the moment. When’s the gig and with who? I’ll then be launching my new EP City at The Workers Club in Fitzroy on Friday August 24. Anything else to add? Keep the beat coming, Beat Mag. I read you every week. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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SPENCER P. JONES & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE Emerging from the primordial soup like some swampdwelling, Medusa-esque creation, Spencer P. Jones & The Escape Committee are setting up shop at The Retreat Hotel for the month of August. Spencer and his motley crew will performing every Thursday night, support acts on at 9pm, entry is free.

ALBARE iTD

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ALBARE iTD has just completed a six-date jazz club tour in Europe, playing in France, Italy, Germany, Holland and the UK. His recent Australian tour garnered critical praise. Albare returns to Australia in August for a string of performances at both jazz clubs and festivals, including Bennetts Lane on Sunday August 26 and Monday 27.

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GUITAR GALLERY SESSIONS MONEY FOR ROPE, THE DELTA RIGGS

Friday - 27-7 Closet - 10pm - 5am Saturday - 28-7 PomPoms @ 9 Vultures of Venus @ 10 Alley Hoopla @ 11 Dj’s til 5am Sunday - 29-7 Fahrenheit Burlesque 7pm-12am

Like morning glory, that feeling is coming ‘round again, with the announcement of dual Melbourne rockers The Delta Riggs hitting the road this August for the Double Vision Tour and stopping in at the Northcote Social Club this Thursday August 23. Kick-started by the release of Counter Revolution and the corresponding Pyramid Rock Unearthed win, The ‘Riggs have toured relentlessly, with appearances at numerous festivals and tours with The Jim Jones Review and Stoneﬁeld. Having taken some time oﬀ after releasing their latest EP and subsequent EP tour, The Riggs are set to take their erratic and high-intensity show back on the road, this time with rock'n'roll accomplices Money For Rope. Hot on the heels of touring with Kingswood and Damn Terran, Money For Rope are used to transforming crowds into an exuberant force on par with the band’s own rabid vigour, including those at Cherry Rock, Community Cup and Splendour In The Grass.

SPEAKEASY

THE NUDGELS

Wednesday night is the new Friday, so why not cruise over to Revolver Upstairs, grab a beer and kick back with an epic line-up of original artists? Speakeasy will be sure to loosen your lips and take away the tension with their eclectic and energetic mix of songs. They will be joined on stage by visceral and passionate alternative singer-songwriter Dan Krochmal, infectiously catchy pop/roots duo Sol and talented and poignant folk-pop songstress Fontaine, who will take you to another world with her vocal talent. Doors 8pm, tickets $10 or $7 pre-sale through Moshtix.

The Nudgels were chiseled together way back in 2002. Blending blues, country, zydeco and reggae to form a unique sound of mainly original material, with a blend of Australia's ﬁnest musicians for your listening pleasure. With a line-up too massive to mention, these chaps will send you the message of dance and fun, keeping the toes tapping and heads spinning. They're looking forward to seeing you at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel, 7pm, Sunday August 23 for two free and alluring sets.

HUNTING GROUNDS

Wednesday - 1-8 Swing Classes 6pm - 11:30pm Thursday - 2-8 Salsa Lessons - 7:30 - 9:30 Del Barrio - 10pm til late Friday - 3-8 Citrus Jam 10:30pm Saturday - 4-8 Natalie Tomkins @ 9 The echo point mystics @ 10 Kooyeh @ 11

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In true Hunting Grounds style, never wanting to do anything by half, the boys are straight out of the gate and on a 13 date national tour this month in support of their debut album release In Hindsight. The tour has already kicked off back on August 3 on the Gold Coast and will take in all major capital cities as well as a stack of regional stops including Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Wollongong, Bunbury, and of course, hometown Ballarat. Hunting Grounds are also super pumped to announce that good mates and all round nice guys Gung Ho will join them as main support for the tour. With the HG and GH powers combined there is one thing that can be assured – it’s gonna be one hell of a party. Saturday August 25 at The Toff, tickets $15 on sale from Moshtix or $18 on the door. Doors 7.30pm.

RMIT PHOTOIMAGING BAND NIGHT To help raise funds for RMIT's Photoimaging students graduation, AdamNotEve has put on a night of music and cheap booze at The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday August 23. Headlined by young local upstarts Seven Year Itch, the show shall contribute all proceeds towards the students. Joining Seven Year Itch are Evelyn favourites Animaux as well as The Kilniks. Glass Mirrors will be spinning tunes all night and you will be drinking all of the $2.50 pots. Doors at 8.30pm.

CLINT BOGE Clint Boge vocalist for The Butterﬂy Eﬀect and Thousand Needles In Red is an international recording artist with a reputation for amazing and heartfelt vocals and lyrics. With 30 years of singing experience Clint has one of the best voices in the business. His reputation is forged out of sheer grit, determination and has a work ethic that is second to none. There are no signs of slowing down or stopping for this musician and his dedication and passion for music is as strong today as it was 30 years ago. Catch Boge as he plays The Evelyn on Friday August 24, doors at 9pm.

KEITH! PARTY If you're acid-fried and lonesome then come to The Evelyn on Monday August 27 to connect deeply with other sexy trippers at Keith is Dead #4. Even the most bung-eyed and munged-out will be granted admittance. They wouldn't have it any other way. Live performances from Australia's newest and ﬁercest diva house duo Zanzibar Chanel and sensual/minimal mastermind Worng. DJ sets courtesy of the seriously phenomenal Butcher Blades/ and Vickshuﬃng wax-hunters Keith! Party rave crew. Doors 8pm, free entry. Drink specials and erotic door prizes. Boycott boredom and embrace ecstasy.

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RATTLIN BONES BLACKWOOD + DAN DINNEN Rattlin' Bones Blackwood doesn't sound like a one-manband. Defying the appearance of his set-up, and with the stamina of three men, he tears through raucous rhythm and blues, boogie, rockabilly and vintage rock'n'roll like his hair is on ﬁre. From humble acoustic beginnings in dank Tennessee bars and the occasional street corner, Rattlin' Bones Blackwood is in essence a live show that has grown into an electric monster, whether it be on an outdoor festival stage or jammed in the corner of a small bar. Catch him play two blistering sets at The Great Britain Hotel on Saturday August 25 from 9pm. There will be smoke and ﬁre and he'll be joined by extra special guest, Dan Dinnen.

BENT CABARET Kitty Rock's Bent Cabaret returns this Thursday August 23 at The LuWow introducing newcomer Melody to the fold supported by their ﬁnest. You can take a peek at the Oﬃcial Bad Ladies on the tiki-liscious stage from 8pm starring Miss Deviant, Blueberry, Bambi Lipschitz, Baby Cherry and Emcee Eevie La Volpe. I mean really who wants to wait 'til Friday? Put on your best Sunday dress and head on down to The LuWow so they can seduce you to pieces then rip out your heart. Doors at 7pm. Show at 8pm, $20 on the door.

ARTFUL DODGERS SHOWCASE

STUDIOS

This Friday night the Artful Dodgers Studio artists are showcasing their skills on the decks and mic with a friendly battle of the beats, feat. MisSsta, Casey Richardson, The Fro and Riak Riak. Hailing from The Artful Dodgers Studios, which are innovative and creative spaces for young people whose lives may have been affected by difficult circumstances, these young people have a passion for music and the talent to back it up. So head down to The Hammy, located in Westwood Place, off Bourke St this Friday August 24, to see Artful Dodgers Studio’s Showcase play some seriously good tunes, while sipping on Melbourne’s renowned syndicate coffee and sampling an array of decadent desserts. No cover charge, doors open from 8pm 'til late.

JACK ON FIRE Another Friday night at The Retreat in Brunswick – who’s in? Jack On Fire play their last gig until later on in the year. With a couple of new songs to play, get down to The Retreat Hotel and get ready to sink some beers and get amongst it. Joining Jack On Fire are super pals Bayou and afterward, kick-on with Ken Eavel from PBS’ Go For Broke spinning tunes behind the decks until close. It’s gonna be a big one. This Friday August 24, 10pm onwards, entry is free.

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BLUEGRASS

That's right folks! Every Monday night in every month bring your banjo, mandolin, washboard, fiddle, flatmate and join in the old time bluegrass jam session. Or just come down and watch as The Oldie gets transformed to a scene from an Appalachian mountainside. A band plays first then the jam starts. 8.30pm start and it's always free. Monday nights at The Old Bar. Cheap jugs all night.

THE HARLOTS The Harlots are playing every Sunday in August at The Old Bar, the 'Pryde of Fytzroy Towne', but they aren't doing it alone: On Sunday August 26, you get The Harlots and Saint Jude. They’ll be solving lockedroom murder mysteries, creating perpetual motion, stalking your dreams and entering the dragon. Every night, the bill will be opened by another of Melbourne's ﬁnest boutique handcrafted microbrewed short-batch artists, all for only six of your shiny dollars. Sundays in August at The Old Bar. Yeah!

VHS CLUB Barﬂy Trevor Block wanted to recreate an archetypal '80s shelf of VHS tapes. He’s been sharing his collection at a casual, weekly VHS night at Fitzroy’s Old Bar. There’ll be cult classics like Mad Max, fan favourite sequels like Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, and deﬁantly obscure movies like Syngenor. There's no big projection to watch it on, just sit at the bar and watch it on the big TV. Although Trev might not be there every Monday, they've decided to keep it going. Popcorn, booze and VHS. Every Monday from 6pm, free. Check the website for which movies will be shown. Monday nights at The Old Bar.

THE SMART The Smart are heading to the Melbourne Hi-Fi complete with 3D glasses, headsets and a key-tar as they support the upcoming single release Hands Of Shelter. Following the airplay success of City Lights, Electrical and Cold Dark Room, The Smart silent show puts the crowd front and centre, wherever they are, and gives the audience the chance to take control of their own destiny with volume control to create their own personal atmosphere. This visually enticing performance will be an assault on the senses across three dimensions. Supported by Sounds Of Troy, Inc3do, Pludo and Pretty Dulcie, whilst encompassing the next generation of visual and performance artistry, The Smart’s electrifying sound and visuals are a must. See and hear live music your way as The Hi-Fi goes sci-ﬁ for The Smart on Saturday September 8. Doors from 7.30pm.

JAMES GOWANS What could be better than an evening of indie rock and acoustic bands on a lovely Sunday evening at The Bendigo Hotel? Kicking off the night is the talented Jude Perl with her band, followed by the lovely Bek Doery. After that you will hear original tracks from the beautiful Alana Porter then to finish the night on a high is the talented James Gowans with his band. It won't be a late night for those folk having to work on Monday morning – just a cruisey evening to finish the weekend off with some talented Melbourne musicians (and a sneaky warm cider or two, and hot toasties). Doors open at 6pm, Sunday August 26.

THE SMITH STREET BAND With excitement building for the release of The Smith Street Band's second album Sunshine & Technology, the band have just announced that their hometown album launch on Saturday August 25 at The Tote with guests Hoodlum Shouts, The Bennies and Foxtrot has now sold out. The Smith Street Band will commence their national Sunshine & Technology Tour on Friday August 17 in Hobart and ﬁnish up back in Melbourne to play Poison City Weekender Fest on Sunday September 16 also now sold out. The Smith Street Band also play The Reverence Hotel on Sunday August 26.

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HAYDEN CALNIN Having spent the past few months knuckled down in his home studio recording his debut EP City, Hayden Calnin is set to launch its release at Melbourne’s much loved Workers Club in Fitzroy on Friday August 24 with special guests Lowlakes and Tom Milek. With music described as progressive folk, comparable to Bon Iver and James Blake, Calnin’s self-produced City is a musical documentation of his life experiences after leaving his hometown in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula to live in inner city Melbourne. Showcasing intricate layers of folktronic production, honest storytelling and vocals that swing between tip toeing falsettos and warm, husky tones, don't miss what's sure to be an unforgettable show.

HAUNTING AUGUST Inspired by sadness, grief, remorse and Quentin Tarantino soundtracks, Haunting August launch their debut EP Oscar’s Song on Friday August 24 at Cherry Bar with support from Arcane Saints and Falconio. Entry is $13 and includes a free EP. A hundred limited edition Oscar's Song singles will be on sale for $1 with all proceeds going to Oscar's Law. For more info on Oscar's Law go to oscarslaw.org.

NITRO NITRO Top Fuel Entertainment at Trak Lounge Bar is excited to provide Melbourne’s latest avenue for the best hard edged, rock’n’roll and alternative classics. Brought to you by Julie Marrington, past promoter of the very legendary and worldwide famous Outlaw Hard’N’Fast and her crew. On Friday August 31, opening this night will be Electric Mary who’ll be playing their first gig in five months after returning back from a highly successful Japan tour. DJs Diamond Deb (Hard’N’Fast, Goo and House Of Rock) and B On The Rocks (House Of Rock) will be spinning your very favourite top classic tracks from Nirvana to Beastie Boys to RHCP starting at 9pm 'til 3am. The first 300 people through the will receive Electric Mary’s latest CD containing two brand new tracks not yet released in Australia. For discounted entry, grab the ad in next week's Beat or grab a flyer from various record shops and you have a $20 entry pass. $25 on the door. If you want to make sure you get in, call 9826 9000 with flyer/ad in hand (also needs to be presented on night) and get yourself a prepaid $20 ticket.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS Monday Night Mass sees the Northcote Social Club band room door thrown open for a free three band extravaganza from the deepest caverns of Melbourne’s underground. Every week they’ll be bringing you some of Melbourne’s loudest, brashest and most brazen local oﬀerings. From 6pm smash a chicken parma or veggie burger for the bargain price of $15 and jugs of Draught all night for $12. If that’s not holy economic communion, we don’t know what is. This Monday August 27 features Max Crumbs, Kangaroo Skull and Legendary Hearts, free entry.

THE WELLINGTONS Gee whiz, it’s been a while since The Wellingtons have played a show! Yes, yes it has. They’ve been spending some long winter hours in the studio – the result is a new EP, Hey Hey which will be released on 10” vinyl in October. The power pop enthusiasts will be back on the road in October touring the release through USA and Europe but before they head oﬀ they’ll treat Melbourne to a free show at Yah Yah’s on Saturday August 25 with Stringfellow Hawke and Oh Deanna. Free entry, and late tunes by Richie 1250.

KELLY BREUER A few weeks ago the plans for Kelly Breuer’s debut EP Smile, It’s Free tour were revealed, where she will be heading out on the road to intimate music loving venues along the East Coast. Another Melbourne show has been added in October, so Kelly will now be playing Bar 303 on Saturday September 1 with Lauren Glezer and Little Wise, then returning to play the Great Britain Hotel on Thursday October 4 with Annie and Higgsy.

DIRTY CHAPTERS Dirty Chapters, the maniacal thrash rock kings of Melbourne, are set to shred at Bar Open on Thursday August 23. They’ll be joined by their ‘80s-hardcoreabsorbed pals, AIDS, who have free demos to give away; and White Veins, one man playing punk and metal that deﬁes description. The event will start at 9pm, and it’s free, but don’t forget your wallet or you will miss out on kickass drinks and merch. Prepare to get rad!

THEY Melbourne hard rock band THEY are coming to the Evelyn to launch their debut music video, entitled Climb It, Tarzan!. The track is taken from the bands recently released EP, Unleashed. With an energetic live show, and a full screening of the clip on the evening, its a show not to be missed. THEY will be bringing good friends the Moroccan Kings, Dive Into Ruin, and Vitruvian Man along to the party. Who are THEY? Come down and get acquainted on Saturday August 25, doors at 8.30pm.

AIRCRAFTE Aircrafte are a four-piece alternative/rock band from Melbourne. Despite the members of the band being relatively young, and the fact that they've only been playing together for less than a year, their music displays experience, a bit of experimentalism and a whole load of chops. They play The Evelyn Hotel on Sunday August 26 during the day, with support from Hollow Everdaze and Sandcastle. Bands start from 2pm and Aircrafte play at 4pm. Entry is a measly $4. Don't miss this.

DICK DIVER You get outta bed and get your toast to the perfect shade of brown. Security lights ﬂash and go. Dark already?! Boys, boys, boys. Dick Diver don't play much too much, but they do now, I mean, they will on this night. Not peace, but rest the doctor ordered. The Stevens and The Clits are supporting and they're real pistols. New songs aplenty. Believe it and get to The Toﬀ at 8pm this Thursday August 24. Tickets are $8 on sale from Moshtix or $10 on the door.

LOVE MIGRATE Love Migrate are pleased to release Making This Hard, the second installment from their debut record Plagued Are All My Thoughts, Like White Ants In The Fence. In August 2011, Love Migrate were the featured artist on triple j Unearthed on the strength of one song. In December, the band were busy supporting touring acts and preparing themselves for their debut appearance at Boogie Festival in Tallarook. The show was praised as being a mid afternoon highlight and in celebration of Making This Hard. Love Migrate play a special show at The Toﬀ In Town on Thursday August 30 with very special guests Emma Russack and Sam Cooper. Doors open 8pm, tickets through Moshtix are $10, or $15 on the door.

JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS With the recent resurgence in lover’s rock, you gotta come see Melbourne’s answer to it; Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions. A Bar Open staple for a long time now, these guys are shit hot, providing hit sessions for the for the people. Soaring high to ﬂy and reaching deep bottom ends, Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions are here to stay. Bringing you the digs from vintage Jamaican sounds of the ‘70s, rocking out dancehall, lover’s rock, reggae rockers hits with bonus live dubs and mad improvisations, these men are here to move you and groove you. Get out to your classic Fitzroy live music local, to get down with the Judge sound. Bar Open, Saturday August 25.

TRAPPIST AFTERLAND Trappist Afterland are the songs and music of Adam Cole. The debut, Burrowing To Light In The Land Of Nod is available now through Melbourne record label Spirits’ Tongues/The True Vine. This coincides with the split double album (TalesOof Lucifer Mosquito, Parts One And Two) with Happily Ever Afterland Band. Trappist Afterland make spirit music for the dispossessed. They explore psychedelia, ritualism and chanting amidst folk songs. Trappist Afterland play this Sunday August 26 at Yah Yah’s with Dust Revival Band. Doors from 5pm, music from 7pm and free entry. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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BITS OF SHIT

1. One Wrong Turn RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS 2. The Moment MIA DYSON 3. Breaking Hearts & Saving Souls ROLAND K SMITH & THE SINNERS 4. Might I Suggest THE SATIN CHAPS 5. The Salesman and the Shark SEAN ROWE 6. Kindred MIKE NOCK & LAURENZ PIKE 7. Signs & Signiﬁers JD MCPHERSON 8. Boogie: Australian Blues R&B and Heavy Rock from The 70’s VARIOUS ARTISTS 9. Danza de Andalucia ASGEIR & MO 10. Sunnyside SEAMAN DAN

Cut Sleeves (Homeless Records)

WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST RESIDENCY

AGILITY LES GARCONS LOURDES ENTRY $5, 9PM

THURSDAY 23 AUGUST RMIT PHOTOIMAGING BAND NIGHT

SEVEN YEAR ITCH ANIMAUX THE KILNIKS GLASS MIRRORS DJS ENTRY $10, 8.30PM $2.50 POTS, $5 VODKAS!

FRIDAY 24 AUGUST SINGLE LAUNCH

CLINT BOGE -

EX BUTTERFLY EFFECT DAN ENGLAND CYRSTAL (BELLUSIRA)

ENTRY $15 DOOR, $10 THRU MOSHTIX, 9PM

SATURDAY 25 AUGUST VIDEO CLIP LAUNCH

THEY

MOROCCAN KINGS DIVE INTO RUIN VUTRUVIAN MAN

While serving out his jail term in the mid-’70s, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer avoided aligning himself with the so-called punk scenes on either side of the Atlantic (in jail, the label of ‘punk’ was little more than a ticket to cruel and inhumane punishment from fellow inmates). Outside the walls of Kramer’s temporary penitentiary residence, artists, critics, scenesters and industry shysters strove unsuccessfully to nail the definition of the jelly-like concept of punk to the sociological wall. Like American Supreme Court judge Felix Frankfurter’s famous subjective assessment of pornography: punk is in the eye of the beholder. Thirty-five years later, and punk is no closer to precise definition. An ever-changing collage of attitude, confrontational rhetoric, musical style and visual aesthetic, punk is what it is, to anyone who gives a shit. And Bits Of Shit give a shit about punk rock. It’s there immediately in the band’s name: profane, juvenile and self-deprecating, it is a self-flagellating rhetorical statement that flips the bird at the efforts of other bands to fellate their way into punk rock credibility. And then there’s the music. Bits Of Shit’s debut album Cut Sleeves – released on Richie Ramone’s newly minted Homeless Records – is everything rock’n’roll should be, in its most abrasive guise. It starts in honourable fashion: F is built on a bullet-proof foundation of dirty rock riff and pulsing back beat, the track building gradually to a crescendo, dragging even the most sceptical observer along for a ride down the blood-and-speed-stained back streets of LA c1978. Rock Sing roars into aural consciousness like a kid thrashing his V8 on a suburban street. The vocals are laden with attitude and invective, the image of a ranting Jello Biafra just visible in the distance. On Ownership, Bits Of Shit are a bunch of geezers in the old country, rallying against the sludge and drudge of the mainstream world around them. Every lick hits like a one-inch punch from Bruce Lee, each lyric spat with Lydon-esque passion. The Wedding Song offers a brutal journey into threatening territory where the only matrimonial action is the manlove for Ian Rilen’s tattooed pop sensibility. Out Of Toon is a sneering misfit walking into town with a handful of Germs bootlegs, and confrontation on his mind. Patrol is borderline psychotic, resisting all efforts at constraint, waiting on the edge of Richard Hell’s peculiar concept of sanity for the signal to go ballistic. Red Blade is the closest thing to a linear rock

SYN SWEET 16 song on the album; like the somnambulant junkies of punk rock yore, there’s a level of catharsis bubbling below the lo-fi surface, and it’s best to keep your ear to the ground. On Traps, the extreme end of Greasy Pop rears its battered head. Reign marries the dumb and dirty attitude of The Ramones with the guitar heroics of its post-Birdman imitators. Tally’s Blind is as sophisticated as Depression kicking the shit out of a flaccid emo act. Flunkies shadow-boxes in the dimly lit corners of the Roxy – bleary-eyed but still keen to impress. On Intro, Kiss’s Makin’ Love slides into bed with Pissed Jeans and makes deep and passionate love. There’s a Celibate Rifles-style arid punk-rock sensibility in Orphan Age that’s just crying out to be embraced and covered with drunken displays of affection. This isn’t just a good punk-rock record, it’s what punk rock should always be. Bits Of Shit have seen the future of rock’n’roll, and it’s brash, arrogant, loud and provocative. And long may it reign. PATRICK EMERY

Best Track: F If You Like These, You’ll Like This: BLACK FLAG, PISSED JEANS, DEAD KENNEDYS In A Word: Punk

ENTRY $10, 8.30PM

SUNDAY 26 AUGUST MATINEE SHOW

AIRCRAFTE HOLLOW EVERDAZE SANDCASTLE ENTRY $4, 2PM

EVENING SHOW

VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA KOOYEH NATALIE TOMLINS & THE ECHO POINT MYSTICS JACE EXELL & THE SOUL SIX ENTRY $12, 8PM

MONDAY 27 AUGUST

RESIDENCY - FINAL NIGHT

KEITH! PARTY BUTCHER BLADES/ WORNG ZANZIBAR CHANEL DONATION ENTRY, 8PM $10 JUGS!

TUESDAY 28 AUGUST

RESIDENCY - FINAL NIGHT

SIMON WRIGHT BAND ANTHONY YOUNG BAND DJ HUW JOSEPH

DONATION ENTRY, 9PM $10 JUGS!

COMING UP TIX AVAILABLE THRU MOSHTIX:

AGILITY (WED IN AUG) MANSION, ALASKA (16 AUG) URTHBOY – SELLING FAST (31 AUG) ANIMAUX (1 AUG) RMIT VISUAL ARTS FUNDRAISER (6 SEPT) MY ECHO (7 SEPT WHITAKER (8 SEP) CARTEL (13 SEP) BLACKCHORDS – ALBUM LAUNCH (14 SEP)

SINGLES BY SIMONE Disclaimer: I’m not saying I’m a genius. I’m saying I’m like a genius, but I don’t know how to use a belt.

LAURA

CAT POWER

SECONDHAND HEART

BEN FOLDS FIVE

Trouble (Independent) Melbourne’s Secondhand Heart launch with this smooth blend indie rock number, underpinned with a Big- Scaryesque metronomic piano melody and topped with the dulcet, climbing wail of singers Jess Carroll and Lily Parker.

WILDCAT GENERAL STRIKE

Wrote You A Melody (Independent) Opening with a Triﬃds-style indie folk melody, Wrote You A Melody explodes into a chorus reminiscent of James before singer Paul Connor falls into an Ian Curtis-inspired gothic rock warble. In the hands of the right producer, this song could be a hit. Leaving aside all the things it sounds like, it has an easy-ﬂowing melody and an epic hook, but it needs a bit of studio sheen to realise its full potential.

LOVE MIGRATE

Making This Hard (Flightless) Melbourne’s Love Migrate have taken a slow path towards their debut album, and you can hear it in this single. Making This Hard is a beautifully reﬁned folk rock tune, a deceptively quiet song with a booming heartbeat that has a touch of the Mumford & Sons about it – with markedly less of their schmaltzy parochial heave-ho. Singer Eddie Alexander has an intoxicating stutter at the very outer edge of his voice that makes him seem lovely and vulnerable.

I Can Make You Love Me (Liberator) British India’s latest single is moody on a hormonal teenage scale. It opens, “If you’re reading this then that means that I am dead” and later mourns, “I can’t make you love me.” The chorus is an exercise in vindictive, self-ﬂagellating triumph, a storm of stadium rock guitars

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and snarky howling with about the same emotional eﬃcacy as Silverchair’s Freak. Which is to say, not much. But the kids will like it.

The Slow (Independent) Melbourne’s premier post-rock outﬁt waste no time with The Slow, crashing straight into a verse, pulling us down into a deep, dark sea, where lights strobe and unseen monsters scream. There is a horrible drift in this song, a sense of being carried forward in a hostile current while you’re closed in on all sides, your lungs ﬁlled with water. It has an epic scope, last heard on Radiohead’s OK Computer.

BRITISH INDIA

TOP TENS

Cherokee (Matador/Remote Control) Cherokee is the second single from Sun, a new Cat Power album due out at the end of the month. Like ﬁrst single Ruin, it showcases a “mature” sound from the brittle indie belle, full of warm vocal layers and pulsing beats. The Nicholas Jaar remix, painted in broad, shimmering, hypnotic brush strokes, is a lot more interesting than the single.

Do It Anyway (Sony) Ben Folds hits an insipid new low with this tinkling, preachy how-to-live-your-life indie piano nerd ballad. The refrain is such a weird and ﬂat anti-musical exercise that you have to wonder what level of irony is being employed here. He’s done some lovely, funny and aﬀecting things over the course of his career, but this irritating, over-cranked tune is none of those.

EUGENE McGUINNESS

Harliquinade (Domino/EMI) The opening track from McGuinness’ bolshy new album (The Invitation To The Voyage, out now) has elements of Fashion-era Bowie – a stripped down disco strut, an edge of hysteria in the vocals, an overwhelming sense of style. McGuinness has been brewing something complicated for a while and it’s just come to the boil – electric, suave and deeply satisfying.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK EMILY BARKER & RED CLAY HALO

Fields Of June (Walking Horse) This song is stunning. English folk punk artist Frank Turner joins Emily for a stormy country duet with all the makings of a classic – mythic lyrics, mournful voices and a slapping rhythm that pushes us forward against the tide of grim heartache. Frank’s voice is lean and plain and youthful, Emily sings with the gravity and worldly tremor of Emmy Lou Harris, and together they sound phenomenal.

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1. Double Natural BOOMGATES 2. Hypnotic Nights JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD 3. Live Once PLAN B 4. Birds POOR MOON 5. So Come The Rain TIM HART 6. Europa OH MERCY 7. Tee Pee THE MURLOCS 8. It’s Love MIDNIGHT WOOLF 9. Bom Bom SAM & THE WOMP 10. Howdy Moon PONY FACE

THORNBURY RECORDS 1. Rebel Girl 7” RIVER OF SNAKES 2. Medicine Man LP THE BAMBOOS 3. Hypnotic Nights LP JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD 4. Rebels 7” DAMN TERRAN 5. Van Lear Rose LP LORETTA LYNN 6. Bloom LP BEACH HOUSE 7. Longtime Companion LP SONNY AND THE SUNSETS 8. Beard, Wives, Denim LP POND 9. Pisces Iscariot (reissue) LP SMASHING PUMPKINS 10. Banga LP PATTI SMITH

WOOLY BULLY 1. Everything Goes Wrong LP CONSTANT MONGREL 2. Walk To The Fire 2xLP MONOSHOCK 3. First 7”/Demos 12” UV RACE 4. Big Time LP BITCH PREFECT 5. Odditties 2xLP THE CLEAN 6. Sleeping Dogs Lie LP THE VICTIMS 7. Commercial Music LP FABULOUS DIAMONDS 8. Heat LP WHITE HEX 9. Split 7” TERRIBLE TRUTHS/HISSY MIYAKE 10. The Aberrant Years 4LP Box FEEDTIME

AIRIT NOW 1. Your Love SASKWATCH 2. Go On Out, Get Back Home TIM ROGERS 3. Love Is A Devil LANEWAY 4. I Believe LEHMANN B. SMITH 5. Holy Balm Theme HOLY BALM 6. It’s Not Easy Being Mean GOOD HEAVENS 7. See You Again POLO CLUB 8. Born At The Right Time DAPPLED CITIES 9. Must Be Desire MOJO JUJU 10. Slume REGULAR JOHN

COLLECTOR’S CORNER MISSING LINK 1. Sleeping Dogs Lie CD/LP THE VICTIMS 2. Dopesmoker CD/LP SLEEP 3. Boogie! 2CD VARIOUS 4. Axemans Jazz CD BEASTS OF BOURBON 5. Now Here’s My Plan CD/LP BONNIE PRINCE BILLY 6. Reset EP 12” FLYING LOTUS 7. Violent Swing Discography 2CD WARSORE 8. Researching The Blues CD/LP REDD KROSS 9. Yellow & Green 2CD/2LP BARONESS 10. Stargazer CD BLACK MAJESTY

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT FILM 1. Saturday Night At The Movies THE DRIFTERS 2. Celluloid Heroes KINKS 3. 35 Millimeter Dreams GARLAND JEFFREYS 4. Girls On Film DURAN DURAN 5. Motion Pictures NEIL YOUNG 6. I’ve Seen That Movie Too ELTON JOHN 7. Breakfast At Tiﬀany’s DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 8. Movie Star ROISIN MURPHY 9. Thriller MICHAEL JACKSON 10. Take U To Da Movies BANGS

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DAN DEACON America (Domino) FOR MORE REVIEWS GO TO

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Four (Frenchkiss/Cooperative Music) When Kele Okereke isn’t disappearing for years at a time to hole up in America and release solo albums, he’s muttering cryptically about the band’s imminent break-up. This must make life pretty stressful for the rest of Bloc Party, and may well explain the sense of nervous tension that runs through the band’s new album. Four doesn’t sound like it was written and recorded – it sounds like Bloc Party chased it, cornered it and beat it into submission before it could escape. Opening song So He Begins To Lie is rough and raw, with Kele’s voice fighting to get out from behind a ferocious tangle of guitars. 3X3 gallops along at a frantic pace, with Kele howling “no one loves you as much as I do” and later moaning “YES! YES! YES! YES!” – if you were the object of his affection, you might actually be a little concerned. Day Four is a moment of real calm amid the squall, harking back to the quiet beauty of Silent Alarm’s Blue Light, although the peace and quiet is short-lived. Coliseum follows, with a guring, fuzzed-out riff that sounds like The Strokes’ Juicebox if it were way more pissed-off. V.A.L.I.S. and Team A sound positively ecstatic compared with what’s come before, the kind of track that inspires shoulderpopping dance moves, although We Are Not Good People closes things with a simultaneous inward and outward burst of anger. The songs on Four have a rough and raw quality that’s a lot closer to Bloc Party’s live Best Track: Day Four If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Silent Alarm BLOC show than anything the band have yet recorded. It’s PARTY, First Impressions Of Earth THE STROKES, doubtful this will really be their last, but if it is, they’re going out on a pretty powerful note. Decadence HEAD AUTOMATICA In A Word: Angsty

Dan Deacon is a lot of things. In the live setting – evangelist, therapist, pop star, goofball. However in the past year or so, Deacon has surprisingly evolved into a role as composer. Quite an adept one, at that. In between the release of 2009’s Bromst and this, his opus titled America, Deacon was enlisted by Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola to score the ambitious film project Twixt. Grand plans of an intertwined live tour and interactive screening were touted. However, much like the vast majority of Coppola’s post-Apocalypse Now output, the project failed to deliver. America is as much a contemporary classical album as it is a pop record, showcasing the compositional smarts that Deacon honed with Twixt and other orchestral pursuits. Marrying the intellectual reach of his newfound penchant for that which lies beyond pop and his frenetic electro signature sounds seems to be the primary goal of America. It’s a successful union, with America hitting its many apexes by thrusting skyward the incongruous mix of glitched out electronica and lush string arrangements. Percussion defines most of the record. Deacon explores every aspect of it, from EDM-like buildup present in Guilford Avenue Bridge to the thunderous cavalcade of organic drums that thread each of the opening five tracks. True Thrush is pure bliss, typifying Deacon’s shaman-like ability to conjure instant euphoria. The album soars to greater heights with the closing four-part USA, boldly proclaiming the self-contained movement with an abrupt display of strings. The four tracks present an aural dissection of Deacon’s America, sometimes scary, often beautiful. Stretching beyond pure fodder for his lauded live Best Track: USA I-IV If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Tarot Sport FUCK experience, America stands a bold assertion of Deacon’s pop mastery and lofty ambition. BUTTONS, Super æ BOREDOMS In A Word: Grandiose LACHLAN KANONIUK

ZAC BROWN BAND

ALASDAIR DUNCAN

Uncaged (Southern Ground/Warner)

RED SKY BURIAL

Chart-topping Georgian star Zac Brown owes the wizardry of his band’s latest smash to a chance meeting in a Los Angeles tattoo parlour. That’s where Brown had a cosmic collision with video director Mike Judge of King Of The Hill and Beavis And Butthead fame. Judge created the character Robo Redneck (aka The Million-Dollar Honky) in an animated video to promote the septet’s latest hit The Wind from its sixth album Uncaged. Brown’s band masters a ﬁery fusion of country, reggae, bluegrass, pop and Calypso on a disc that topped the Billboard Top 200 all-genre chart on its

Red Sky Burial (Independent) This is a local ‘supergroup’ of sorts, featuring former members of departed Melbourne bands such as .Hinge, Tailbone and others. From the two mentioned bands, Red Sky Burial is closer, stylistically, to Tailbone, being louder and gnarlier than .Hinge’s more ambient and alternative rock sounds. But it is still a very diﬀerent beast. In fact, beast is a very apt term to use when describing the new band’s sound. Melbourne has had a great history of producing great, tough-as-nails rock bands. Bands that knock on the door of metal, maybe stick a tentative toe in every now and then, but never really fully immerse themselves in the genre. Whatever the case, Red Sky Burial, like Tailbone before them, are about as heavy and brutal as rock music can get. Check out second track Time Heals Nothing, which is an adrenaline rush of a song with a massive chorus that hits you right between the eyes. But there’s plenty more going on here beyond balls-to-the-wall rock, such as Dark City Dead Man, which starts quietly and morphs into a fat, slow burning bluesy groove. This release is seven tracks, so it’s kind of too long to be an EP and too short to be a full album. But who cares when the content is this good? It turns out that it suits the band to a tee, it’s long enough for them to stretch out and show some of the aforementioned dynamics and variation, but it doesn’t outstay its welcome. Best Track: Time Heals Nothing This is nasty, vicious rock music that lovers of the If You Like These, You’ll Like This: MOTORHEAD, style can really sink their teeth into. DREADNAUGHT, KYUSS In A Word: Unpretty ROD WHITFIELD

debut and is still #2. They recorded it at diverse studios in Atlanta, Asheville, Key West and Nashville – something that is reflected in the furnace of the album that opens with Caribbean-flavoured Jump Right In. Co-written with Jason Mraz, it has a reggae-inspired groove revisited four tracks later with Island Song – the album’s only song not written by band members. Texan Nic Cowan’s Calypso capsule owes as much to Jimmy Buffett as Bob Marley, as the band toss idyllic rural and island themes into a bucolic blender and serve them au naturel. But this is not all rum and vittles. The ravaged road warriors in Lance’s Songs and Sweet Annie are credible characters fanning the fame flame fallout. In Sweet Annie the wounded road dog pleads for reconciliation with the belle who no longer rings for him at her home. It complements another ruptured romance requiem Goodbye In Her Eyes. New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty and his horn section guest on R&B tinged, hook-heavy Overnight, while the rollicking Natural Disaster enjoys wry word play about a preacher’s daughter who “never did what daddy taught her.” Amos Lee guests on Day That I Die: a fiercely Best Track: Lance’s Song If You Like These, You’ll Like This: KMAG YOYO & proud ode to musicians’ passion for their lifestyle that precedes the fitting finale Last But Not Least. Other American Stories HAYES CARLL In A Word: Narrative-nirvana

FRASER A GORMAN

Fraser A Gorman EP (Milk Records)

DAVID DAWSON

YEASAYER

It’s said that Diana Ross greeted Kiss drummer Peter Criss with the observation “You’re that white guy who sings black”. Criss, equal to the rhetorical task, retorted “And you’re that black singer who sings white”. Fraser A Gorman is a young guy from the surf coast of Victoria, a location as geographically and cultural distant from the American South as Paris is to Beijing. But to listen to Gorman’s debut eponymous EP, or if you’re really lucky to see him perform live, is to witness someone in spell-bounding empathy with the melodic and narrative style of the American country-blues and folk tradition. On Hold You Gorman is slick and soulful hipster from Nashville central casting, seducing the crowd with a wink and a tune; on Take Me To The Grave, Gorman is mature beyond his years, hanging out with Levon Helm in Arkansas pondering the collage of life, spirituality and mortality that secular beings can never truly comprehend. Hummingbird is a celebration of nature in its raw emotional state, a moment of pure joy with the light of the Grand Ol’ Opry shining through for all to see; My Old Friend channels the spirit of Elvis in his natural, bashful state. Four songs later, and it’s all over for the time being. The potential energy lingers in the air like a thunderstorm waiting to break. As sure as the sun will rise Best Track: Hold You tomorrow, there’ll be more Fraser A Gorman If You Like These, You’ll Like This: THE BAND, HANK goodness to come. WILLIAMS, MERLE HAGGARD In A Word: Impressive PATRICK EMERY

EVERY MONDAY

Fragrant World (Spunk/EMI) Yeasayer’s breakthrough album, 2009’s Odd Blood, had its fervent fans but, a handful of stunning singles aside, it’s a wildly uneven album. This follow-up addresses the flaws of their last two collections, melding the darkness and strangeness of their debut with the electro-pop fizz of their second album. Although it lacks a standout moment such as 2080 or O.N.E., the new album is perhaps their most consistent collection to date and marks another brave new step forward for the Brooklyn-based trio. The skittish, nervous qualities of the band are ever-present and Fragrant World finds them retreating into a darker, denser world that will be of cold comfort to many Odd Blood lovers. Guitars have been mostly disposed of or are disguised to blend in with the glitchy electronic trappings. The vocals are often heavily treated, adding to the alienating, distorted qualities of the music. At least the surreal rightwing zombie groove of Reagan’s Skeleton shows the band haven’t lost their sense of humour, even if it’s black as tar. Fragrant World is not an easy album to love and it’s unlikely to be greeted with the same adoration heaped on the band’s past work, but it makes for an enticingly difficult third album. Best Track: Henrietta If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Wixiw LIARS, CHRIS GIRDLER Future This THE BIG PINK In A Word: Anxious

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WED AUG 29TH

POP CULTURE TRIVIA TUES AUG 28TH SIME NUGENT

CARLY FERN SMILES.RIFLES + RONJA MOSS $5!!!

KUMAR SHOME & THE PUNKAWALLAHS

TUES SEPT 4TH

RYAN NICO & THE OVERLANDERS + HOY

THE VELOCETTES

RUN RABBIT RUN

(THE WILSON PICKERS/SWEET JEAN)

JIMMY STEWART (CLINKERFIELD) TUES SEPT 11TH

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 22 AUG ROCK/POP

AGILITY + LES GARCONS + LOURDES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5. COLLAGE - FEAT: LA BELLE + ENERATE + INCREDIBLE KICKS + RED X Espy, St Kilda. 4:45pm. DUETS NIGHT Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. EXPATRIATE (ALBUM LAUNCH) Workers Club, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. FRANCIS PLAGNE + MATT BAILEY + THE ANCIENTS Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8. KILL YA DARLINS + KYM CLARK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KING SALAMI & THE CUMBERLAND THREE + THE KNOCKOUTS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. LAKE PALMER The B East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. LINK MCLENNAN’S AMAZING JUKEBOX + EATEN BY DOGS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. LOST & FOUND - FEAT: SPEAKEASY + DAN KROCHMAL + FONTAINE + SOL Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $7. MICHAEL PLATER + CLAIRE BIRCHALL + THE COVES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $6. SCIENCE CLUB - FEAT: MILES BROWN + A DEAD FOREST INDEX + HEIRS DJS + PEARLS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8. SWEET TEENS + FOXTROT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE UNKIND + POISON FISH + SORDID ORDEAL Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. VICE GRIP PUSSIES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTICS ANONYMOUS The 86, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DAVEY LANE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. DEAD WATER CITY Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. LOUD N LIVE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10. MATT GLASS + HUDSON Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm.

THE MIGHTY SUN BAND The Resurrection, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. TOM FRANCIS + SECOND LOVE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:30pm. $5. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: KATE LUCAS + JAYNE WEST Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. JULIE ROGINSON Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. THE ADAM RUDEGEAIR TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. THE ROB BURKE QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

THURSDAY 23 AUG ROCK/POP 1AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: THE CITRADELS + DJ GEEK PIE Pony, Melbourne. 1:00am. ALL WE NEED + RIOT CO + TOO SOON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $51. BEARS WITH GUNS + ESTHER HOLT + KATE VIGO Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. BRIGHT STAR + DRAWING ARCS + TENDER BONES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5. CARLY FERN + RONJA MOSS + SMILES RIFLES John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. DICK DIVER + THE CLITS + THE STEVENS Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8. GRASS TAYLOR + CISCO ROSE + HOLY TRASH + JAM ROOTS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. JONATHON & MARISSA SKOVRON + HUCKLEBERRY & ME + LAUREN GLEZER Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $12. KINGS & QUEENS - FEAT: LONG HOLIDAY + MY FAVOURITE EPISODE + SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTRE The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. MIDNIGHT CALLER + MAD NANNA Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. MONEY FOR ROPE + FRASER A GORMAN + THE DELTA RIGGS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12. NAKED BODIES + YEO Birmingham Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

SLASH He was recently inducted into the Rock’N’Roll Hall Of Fame. He was in Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. He shreds sick. And this weekend, the human hurricane that is Slash reaks havoc across Melbourne. With his latest solo album Apolcalyptic Love in tow, Slash and his band are set to tear the roof of the Hisense Arena this Sunday August 26, with support from the legendary cult band Rose Tattoo. OWL EYES & STONEFIELD (WINTER ROAD TRIP TOUR) + OWL EYES + STONEFIELD Monash University Clayton, Clayton. 7:00pm. PIGEON (SINGLE LAUNCH) + LOST WEEKENDS + TIN LION Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. POUR PARLOUR + DANE CERTIFICATE + SUNK JUNK + TULLY ON TULLY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. RMITS PHOTOIMAGING BAND NIGHT - FEAT: SEVEN YEAR ITCH + ANIMAUX + GLASS MIRRORS DJS + THE KILNIKS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. RUBY’S SHOWCASE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. SANDCASTLE + BORED NOTHING + OWLS OF BURU Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. SMOKING MARTHA + DAVEY LANE The Vineyard, St Kilda. 10:00pm. $10. SPERMAIDS The B.East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. THE ELLIOTS + SUNDAY CHAIRS Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. THE INCREDIBLE KICKS Blue Tile Lounge, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE NUDGELS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. WE THE PEOPLE + SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $7. WITCH HATS + WHITE WALLS The Liberty Social, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTIC NIGHT - FEAT: TIM BRAUN 29th Apartment, St Kilda. 9:00pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. DUNCAN GRAHAM & HIS CO-ACCUSED + JOHNNY GIBSON & THE HANGOVERS + REX WATTS Pony, Melbourne. 8:30pm. JAMES MCCANN & THE NEW VINDICTIVES + SPENCER P JONES & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. JP & THE EDISONS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. KENNY ROGERS + TROY CASSAR-DALEY Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. NATIONAL CAMPUS BAND COMPETITION - FEAT: BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + DIRTY RATS + RUMOUR CONTROL + SEMI FICTION + THE CARLTONS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 7:00pm. SCOTT JENKINS, ADAM ROCHE & BUCK JUNIOR + ADAM ROCHE + BUCK JUNIOR Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre, North Ballarat. 8:00pm. TANGO ANGELITOS + ROWAN BLACKMORE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE PHIL PARA BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $10.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ALEISTER JAMES CAMPBELL’S EMBRACEABLE FEW Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. ANNE OF THE WOLVES + KEL DAY + LADIE D Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. CANNONBALL Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MOTOWN THURSDAYS Fashion Lounge, Melbourne. 5:00pm. MR GOODNIGHT Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. PRINCE ALBERT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. RBS LIVE (MELBOURNE UNCOVERED) Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $10. SALSA EXPLOSION - FEAT: DEL BARRIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. TATU REI Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $20. THE BEN GRAYSON TRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

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1927 (GENERATION-I TOUR) + THE DALE RYDER BAND The Palms, Southbank. 8:00pm. $70. 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: DEAF WISH Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. ANTARCTICA + THE STEINS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + MUSCLE MARY + SATURDAY KNIGHTS Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. BACK IN THE DAY - FEAT: THE PROPHETS OF ADDICTION + THE MERCY KILLS Portland Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. BURNING LOVE + PITY SCISSOR + URNS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $25. CLINT BOGE (SINGLE LAUNCH) + CRYSTAL + DAN ENGLAND Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. CRAVEN SOULS + GYPSY PHYSICS + RORY DWYER Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. DOLLSQUAD + ANTOINETTES + SOOKY LA LA Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. FAKER + MOUNTFIELD PLAINS + THE QUARTERS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. $22. HAUNTING AUGUST + ARCANE SAINTS + FALCONIO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. HOME TO KELLY + DEAR ALE + THE SUBMARINES + THE TARATINOS + THIRD EARTH Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. INTERNAL ROT + RATSAK + TAX + TRENCH SISTERS Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. JACK ON FIRE + BAYOU + DJ KEN EAVEL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. JAMIE LOCKHARDT + CRAIG FRASER + MARK GARDNER Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK MASSIVE DJ COLLECTIVE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MISTRESS MONDAYS (EP LAUNCH) + OST WEEKENDS + THE CORSAIRS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12. OBITS + BAD VISION + KIM SALMON + ROSS DE CHENE HURRICANES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $35. OH MERCY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. PASSENGER The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $30. PRETTY VILLAIN + ARTILAH + LOS AMIGOS + MIDNIGHT DRIVE + MOMENTS APART The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. QUARTER LIFE CRISIS + AJ STEEL + KING GEORGE + TIM SMYTH 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. ROCK THE NIGHT AWAY Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. SAVING CLEOPARTRA (RUNNING LAUNCH) + CARDINAL + MANI & THE RISSOLES + NIKHAIL Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $12. SMOKING MARTHA + THE UNDERHANDED Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 8:00pm. SUZIE STAPLETON + DJ CISCO ROSE + LITTLE WING + MY LEFT BOOT + SUN GOD REPLICA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TERRY OLDFIELD Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $20. THE BALLS + FIGHTING MONGOOSE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS + DJ RUDEKAT Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $35. THE BOX Brightspace, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $5. THE GO SET + ADAM HYNES + BETWEEN THE WARS + JIMMY WILSON + THE RAVINES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE MERCURY THEATRE + ALBURY GROVE + CAT OR PILLER + DEAR STALKER Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $5. THE VELOCETTES + HOY + RYAN NICO & THE OVERLANDERS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. TOEHIDER (SINGLE LAUNCH) + MANATARMS + THE INCREDIBLE KICKS: EP LAUNCH + VIRTUE Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. VERONA LIGHTS + MF JONES + MOONSHIFTER + NO STAIRWAY + THE SMOKING ACES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AINSLIE WILLS (STOP PULLING THE STRING TOUR) Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. BANJO JACKSON + KAURA CRONIN + NICK BASTIRAS + SASHA & THE DOOR HORSE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.

BIG BUG TRIO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. BLUEZ DELUXE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. BOB LOG III + PUTA MADRE BROTHERS + RATTLIN BONES BLACKWOOD Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. DAMON SMITH Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. HAYDEN CALNIN (CITY LAUNCH) + LOWLAKES + TOM MILEK Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JOHN LILLIS + JOSH MOORE Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. MICK HARVEY + JP SHILO Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $15. OPEN MIC Tonyk, Northcote. 7:00pm. THE ART OF SLEEPING + TIGERTOWN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $10. THE GREAT WESTERN + PERICO Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. THE MONDLARKS + GULLIVAN + SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre, North Ballarat. 8:00pm. THE SPEEDSTERS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8. THE TERRY MCCARTHY SPECIAL + THE IDLE HOES Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BABY ET LULU - FEAT: ABBY DOBSON + LARA GOODRIDGE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $30. LUCKY SEVEN + DJ BARBARA BLAZE + DJ GREAZY CHICKEN The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. SALTWATER RHYTHMS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $20. THE BLACK SWANS OF TRESPASS Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 8:30pm. THE BRIANA COWLISHAW QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. THE JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TRIO AGOGO 303, Northcote. 6:00pm. VIKINGO DE JEREZ Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

SATURDAY 25 AUG ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: AS A RIVAL + DJ MR SHARP Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. 3/4 BEAST (EP LAUNCH) + CALADONIA + HUSK + RIFF FIST Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. AITCHES + MAYWEATHER + SOME BAND TO WRITE HOME ABOUT + TAKE YOUR OWN Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. APACHE MEDICINE MAN + APSIS + INVOLUME + SHORTFALL + SONS OF ABRAHAM Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10. BANG - FEAT: BELLUSIRA + EMERSON + LIKE ROYALTY Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BITS OF SHIT + GHETTO GHETTO Godzilla Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. BROOKLYN + ASPERITY WITHIN + SENSORY AMUSIA + THE SERAPHIM VEIL Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BURIED HORSES + EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS SCHOOL + JOSH DAVIDSON Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. CAST IRON PIÃ±ATA + DJ RYAN JAMES + OCTANE OVERDRIVE + THE VAGRANTS The Bended Elbow, Geelong. 8:00pm. $5. CLAMPDOWN Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CLINT BOGE + DAN ENGLAND + IAN BANKS Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. DAVE LARKIN BAND + SPENCER P JONES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12. DIE DIE DIE! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. DREAD + MASTER_BETA + MOTHER SLUG + VON STITCH Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8. DUKE BATAVIA Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. ENERATE + BEARS WITH GUNS + BUSY KINGDOM + MAPPED BY WHAT SURROUNDS US 303, Northcote.

OBITS Obits are epic. Their members are accomplished musicians who once fronted Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Edsel and Pitchfork. Impressive. Their blend of garage rock and indie punk means they rock and you roll. They’re visiting Australia this August for the first time, playing the Northcote Social Club on Friday August 24 and The Tote on Tuesday August 28. 8:00pm. FAKER + FLUXX + OPTICAL SCREW Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $22. GRACE KNIGHT Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $28. HAYES CARLL + KIRSTY AKERS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $28. HUNTING GROUNDS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + GUNG HO Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15. JACKET OFF Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. LEEZ LIDO + LEBELLE + TIMBRE TERRORISTS Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. NEW CITY SOUND + LATEK DUB SET + SISTA B + STRYKA D & PHIL MACDOUGALL Night Owl, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $10. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - FEAT: INTERNAL NIGHTMARE + ICONIC VIVISECT + INVOLUNTARY CONVULSION + TORTURED Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12. NO REST FOR THE WICKED - FEAT: TEENAGE MOTHERS + CONSTANT LIGHT + FLYYING COLOURS + RITCHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + SCOTDRAKULA + SEE SAW + THE SHARDS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 6:00pm. $10. PROPHETS OF ADDICTION + SMOKING MARTHA + TEN THOUSAND Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. $7. QUIET STEPS + FRANCO COZZO + LUNAIRE + MAKE MORE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $10. ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:00pm. SLICK 46 + FOOTSOLDIER + THE WORST + VICIOUS CIRCLE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. SORDID ORDEAL + FEEL GOOD DRAG + STATE OF SILENCE + THE DIVINE FLUXES Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. SPECTRUM Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. SPINNING ROOMS + DJ OLD HANDS + PEEP TEMPEL + QUEENS HEAD Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TEENAGE MOTHERS + FLYING COLOURS + RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + SCOTDRAKULA + SEE SAW + SHARDS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS + DJ RUDEKAT Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $35. THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS + HARTS + RED ACES + WESTERN STARS + WINTER MOON Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE HELLO MORNING Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $12. THE INCREDIBLE KICKS + CERES + WELCOME TO THE NUMB Wheelers Hill Hotel, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. $15. THE LATONAS + JAY DEE + KIDS WITHOUT BIKES + SEESAW Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $8. THE MORRISONS + CLOWNS + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE SHAMBELLES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS After calling it quits in June, The Beautiful Girls have been announcing shows left, right and centre, as tickets for their farewell tour continue to sell out. With the sun setting on the QLD and WA legs, so too are your chances to join these laid-back surfer dudes as they ride their last wave. They’ve announced a third and ﬁnal show at The Corner on Sunday August 26, so whether you want to say goodbye, or just need some summery vibes in your life, you best get onto it and fast, because this is it. For reals.

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THE SMITH STREET BAND A lot of bands take themselves far too seriously these days. The Smith Street Band is not one of them. The selfdescribed lovers of “mock meat and alcohol” just love to play music. All the time. Everywhere. And so they do. The funpunks are taking their new album Sunshine and Technology on a national tour before hauling ass overseas for the ﬁrst time. The Tote show on Saturday August 25 is already sold out, but they’ve announced a second show at The Reverence Hotel in Footscray on Sunday August 2. Tickets are only available on the door, so get in early. THE SMITH STREET BAND + FOXTROT + HOODLUM SHOUTS + THE BENNIES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE WELLINGTONS + OH DEANNA + STRINGFELLOW HAWKE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THEY (CLIMB IT TARZAN LAUNCH) + DIVE INTO RUIN + MOROCCAN KINGS + VITRUVIAN MAN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TREAD + FENIAN + HARLEQUIN + HOWLING DOLLHOUSE Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 7:30pm. $10. VERY HANDSOME MEN + BLACK SMITH HOPKINS + THE VELVETS + TOMAS FITZGERALD The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. WEENED Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. WICKED ANNABEL + SEEDY JEEZUS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AYCC REPOWER HICKINBOTHAM OF DROMANA FEAT: TASH PARKER + ESTHER HOLT + KODO MOTIF + LUCKY + REBEKA ARNOTT Hickinbotham Winery, Dromona. 3:00pm. $30. BANJO JACKSON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. BEN PETERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CHERRYWOOD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. CHRIS CAVILL & LONG WEEKEND Lomond Hotel,

Brunswick East. 9:30pm. COOPER COLLECTIVE DUOS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 4:00pm. FOX ROAD + JEN KNIGHT & THE CAVALIERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE (LIVE EP RECORDING) Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. HORSE & WES Brightspace, St Kilda. 7:00pm. JIMMY HAWK The Resurrection, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. MARK SMITH St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 1:00pm. MATT GLASS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. MONNONE ALONE, EARL LEONARD & ANTHONY ATKINSON AND THE RUNNING MATES + ANTHONY ATKINSON & THE RUNNING MATES + EARL LEONARD Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre, North Ballarat. 8:00pm. $5. OLD TIMEY MUSIC JAM SESSION Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. PETER MAC CANCER CHARITY EVENT - FEAT: WOMBAT KEEP THE FAITH + BRODERICK SMITH + DOC WHITE + TABASCO TOM Coburg Rsl, Coburg. 7:00pm. RATTLIN BONES BLACKWOOD + DAN DINNEN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. RAW BRIT St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 9:00pm. SATURDAY ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: ELVINA + KURTIS GENTLE + SUSAN LILY Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. SATURDAY ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: ELVINA + DC

HUNTING GROUNDS Ballarat boys Hunting Grounds have been making a fairly big racket on the Australian music scene without even having to Howl. Currently riding the wave of their debut album In Hindsight, they also got announced for the 2013 national Big Day Out tour. Nice. They stop in at Karova Lounge in Ballarat on Friday August 24, plus The Toﬀ In Town on Saturday August 25 to show you how all of their hard work paid oﬀ. CARDWELL + KURTIS GENTLE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. THE BREADMAKERS + DJ BRUCE MILNE The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. THE CHRIS WILSON BAND Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE SLINGERS OF SENTIMENT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3:00pm. $12. THE STAFFORDS + SMOKE MACHINE & NO. 1 JONES Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 6:00pm. VERY HANDSOME MEN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

AMELIA MCCULLOCH’S BALLADS Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. BENNY & THE FLY BY NIGHTERS The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $18. GYPSY BROWN The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SOUL POWER Tony Starr’s Kitten Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $5. SUNNY KOLL & THE STEVE SEDERGREEN QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. THE DOUG DE VRIES TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. THE JULIEN WILSON QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE MELTDOWN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $28. THE SEVEN UPS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

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AIRCRAFTE + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + SANDCASTLES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $4. ALEX FORMOSA + DJ LIL ROSSCO + SIMON WRIGHT RESIDENCY Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:00pm. BLUEVEIN + DEAR PLASTIC + SAINT HILL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. DJ MAX BAY Bebida, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. HARLEQUIN CHAPTER Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. HARLOTS + DJ KEZBOT + SAINT JUDE + THE TEN IN ONE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. JAMES GOWANS + ALANA PORTER + BEK DOERY + JUDE PEARL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $6. MONSTRESSOR + LUNAIRE + VINCENT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. PENNYWISE + SHARKS + THE MENZINGERS Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SIMON HENRY BRUCE + SHARON MACK DUO Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00pm. SLUG’S 40TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: BARBARION + RED X + THE COUNCIL + UPTOWN ACES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. TEHACHAPI + MATT KELLY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5. THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS + DJ RUDEKAT Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $40. THE ESSTEE BIG BAND Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE FLYING SORCERERS + JEREMY P MARTIN + MUTHEORY Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. $10. THE SMITH STREET BAND + JAMIE HAY + MARICOPA WELLS + SWEET TEENS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. $10. THE VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA + JACE EXELL & THE SOUL SIX + NATALIE TOMLINS & THE ECHO POINT MYSTICS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12. TYME X TUJIKO + TUJIKO NORIKO + TYME Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AUSTIN FLOYD Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN - FEAT: CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DEAN MULLER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. DEBORAH CONWAY & WILLY ZYGIER The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. Beat Magazine Page 68

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60 SECONDS WITH… DANNY HARLEY from PIGEON Define your genre in five words or less: Electro-indie-pop-rock. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? I think people say that we sound like Art Vs Science because we make electronic music infused with pop and rock, we’re Australian, and we’re energetic. So I think it’s an obvious comparison to draw from a first impression. What do you love about making music? I love the studio aspect. Creating whack sounds in the studio is so rewarding and can be such a high. Then again, playing a gig is just as good a high. One of the most amazing feelings in the world is seeing people in an audience that are singing the lyrics to your song. It’s just amazing. Fuck it, I like every part of making music! So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “Oh man, I just saw this crazy band Pigeon. They were playing this electronic indie stuff and the sax player was so attractive! I ripped my clothes off and started dancing on stage and then everyone else did too! Apparently this happens at all of their gigs and that’s why EVERYONE should go to Pigeon gigs. ALWAYS!” Describe the best gig you have ever played. We were lucky enough to play Splendour In The Grass last year. It was our eighth gig ever and we were on the Mix-Up stage which is so huge! We were all absolutely shitting ourselves. Such a huge rush, such a huge stage, and we had so much fun. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? I think it’d be a Picnic in that it has random bits coming out all over the place and you never really know what you’re gonna get. Our music can be sporadic sometimes but I like to think that it’s held together by a layer of delicious metaphorical milk chocolate. We just hope that we get caught in your braces. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? I’m actually particularly bad for pre-gig jitters. I get really nervous and can’t stop over-thinking everything. It’s always fine once I get on stage but the lead up is often agony. I combat this in one of a few ways: get really drunk (although this can sometimes be counter-productive), stay in the green room so I can’t see the audience, or just practice like crazy to try and convince myself that I’m ready. When’s the gig and with who? We’ll be playing The Workers Club on Thursday August 23 with Tin Lion and Lost Weekends. It’ll be heaps of fun. We’ve never played at The Workers Club before so we’re all super excited!

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60 SECONDS WITH… DUNE Define your genre in five words or less: Abstract synth pop. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Bands have to do everything they can to succeed these days - there are so many people making music now and the technology exists so that pretty much anyone can record so the challenge is to make yourself heard amongst all the noise. That means not only making great music but also finding other ways to make yourself seen - personally I feel a lot a pressure to stay active on social media and bands now often find ourselves doing things like graphic design and promotion and publicity to keep things afloat. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? As indulgent as it may sound what makes me happiest about what I’m doing is the absolute freedom I have given myself to make whatever sound I want! I removed all boundaries and just went for whatever came into my head - the feeling of not being inhibited or restricted is awesome.

And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Having to work numerous jobs to fund my music is pretty tough. Finding the time to feel creative when you’re exhausted and drained from working and trying to pay the bills is hard. Some days I wish I had a clone to go and do all the crappy work so I could have the time to think and let my ideas come to the surface. When your mind is cluttered with menial things it can be hard to ﬁnd inspiration. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?

LCD Soundsystem! Get back together and take me with you! When are you doing your thing next? The next time I’m doing my thing is Thursday August 30 at The Workers Club. It’s also the ﬁrst time I’ll be doing my thing live and I am excited but also petriﬁed - it will be my debut playing keyboards live - up until now I’ve kept that behind closed doors where I can make mistakes in private. Eeeeek! Luckily I have two amazing musicians on stage with me to carry me forward. We are all pretty pumped for the gigs and hoping it will be a pretty dynamic show.

What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Work hard and do as much as you can. Don’t be afraid to travel. Take advice from everyone but act on what your heart tells you is right. Be an innovator. Never burn a bridge. Create your own luck. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? We were booked to do a show somewhere in Arizona miles from civilization and our instructions were “If its dark and your van breaks down on the way, don’t get out in case of getting attacked by wild animals.” We eventually get to the venue (late) and an old gentleman comes up with half his

teeth missing and says ‘if you hear a chainsaw start up, stop playing’. We luckily didn’t hear a chainsaw and actually had a really fun night. If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? We always compare ourselves to the characters oﬀ American Pie. I would be Jim (always in a mess), Ryan (bassist) would be Stiﬂer. He thinks he’s the biggest most hardcore at everything, Joe (drummer) would be Kevin because he says cheesy quotes and is short, Adrian (Keys) would be Jim’s Dad because he thinks he is full of wisdom, plus he’s the oldest.

60 SECONDS WITH… THE HIDING Define your genre in five words or less: Alt-folk Australiana roots. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Because of the way I sing, people immediately say we sound very Australian. The instrumentation is quite Celtic, though, so it’s somewhere in between. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’ve just released our debut album, Somebody’s Opus through Vitamin Records, this show is part of our national launch tour. It’s already had some great reviews, and there’s some fantastic players on the album. Luke Plumb on mandolin, Laura Targett on fiddle. Beth Kimber from Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel played some outstanding accordion, and Sal plays some banjo for a duet I do with Sara Tindley. It was an honour and great fun to work with those guys.

Define your genre in five words or less: Pop/dance/electro/melodic/rock. What do you love about making music? The freedom to express yourself, and making music with people you genuinely care about. Nothing is more satisfying than writing, refining and seeing a song take shape, before finishing the new track in the studio knowing everyone has poured everything into making a song as great as they can. What do you hate about the music industry? All the political stuff that stops hard working bands being heard or recognised, just because you’re not the “correct” style or you don’t look a certain way. When’s the gig and with who? We are off to New York to showcase at CMJ in October. We are very excited to get in front of some industry personnel and showcase what we have been working on. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? If there is one thing we have learned during our journey it’s that honesty is the best policy. Don’t try and be someone you’re not, and don’t write lyrics that aren’t genuine and meaningful to yourself.

What do you love about making music? My favorite thing is when someone gives me their interpretation of one of my songs and it’s nothing like how I meant it to be. I love how when it comes to music, no-one’s ever right or wrong. What can a punter expect from your live show? We always have heaps of fun when we play. It’s our main priority. The show travels through really simple acoustic ballads to full-on, high-energy bluegrass and sea shanty sing-alongs. The mood changes throughout the show, but there’s always a great energy and we don’t take ourselves too seriously. When’s the gig and with who? We play at The Retreat on Sunday August 26. We’re doing the whole album launch tour as a four-piece, so we have Jason Caspen on drums and Steve Cook from Nambour on fiddle and mandolin. We’ve got Matty Green Band supporting us too, which is going to make for a ripper of a night. He’s been a busy boy lately so we were stoked to be able to net him for this one. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? My biggest influences are the great songwriters like Paul Simon, Ryan Adams and Paul Kelly. Their lyrics are quite conversational and specific, as opposed to being really broad and accessible. You know they’ve had the experiences, and you get those little glimpses. I love great musicianship and I’m always striving to be a better player, but for me it’s the story which is most important.

BOB LOG III This is one of those ‘see it to believe it’ sort of things. A perverse product of the Arizona desert, Bob Log III has been diligently traversing the globe since 1996, showcasing his incomparable talents as a one-man-band and developing a devoted following along the way. A whirlwind of dextrous limbs and digits, this super star sonic showman, the man in the jumpsuit, will be launching into The Tote this Friday August 24 with support from Puta Madre Brother and Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood. SUBMIT YOUR GIGS TO GIGGUIDE@BEAT.COM.AU

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ESSAY EDWARDS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. GEORGE HYDE & JOSHUA SEYMOUR Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. IAN BLAND & LAMINGTON DRIVE ORCHESTRA + MARTY KELLY & AUBURY MAHER Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. KERRYN FIELDS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 6:00pm. LLOYD SPIEGEL Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS - FEAT: THE QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. SHAUN KIRK St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 3:00pm. SIME NUGENT + LILY & KING Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $8. STARBOARD CANNONS + THE MATTY GREEN BAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. SUNDAY SINGER-SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: MICHELLE MEEHAN + SARAH EIDA Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. THE KIERON MCDONALD COMBO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE ROYAL JELLY DIXIELAND BAND Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. THE STETSON FAMILY Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. TRAPPIST AFTERLAND + DUST REVIVAL BAND Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. UNDER THE ANNEXE - FEAT: LAUREN BRUCE + DUNCAN GRAHAM & HIS CO-ACCUSED Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $10.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 7:00pm. CURDS N GRAIN Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DAVE ADDIS & SCOTT TINKLER Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ENTROPY QUARTET Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. GRAND WAZOO KINGS OF SOUL The Palms, Southbank. 3:00pm. $100. NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA + BAD BOYS BATUCADA + THE DALE RYDER BAND Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ORACLE 303, Northcote. 3:00pm. RUMBEROS The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SLEEPING BAG Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. THE LIGHT SWITCH Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

TESKEY BROTHERS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + MOUTH TOOTH Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC MICHELLE MEEHAN Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MURPHY’S LAW + THE BRIAN COWLISHAW TRIO 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8. THE ALLAN BROWNE QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

COLLAGE - FEAT: BACKYARD FUNK + BABERAHAM LINCOLN + LEADLIGHT + THE ELLIOTS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. OBITS + MESA COSA + YIS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $22. PATRON SAINTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. STEPH BRETT + CHARLIE SMYLES + PETE REID + SUGAR FED LEOPARDS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: SPEAR BRITTANY + EVACUATE THE FALLEN + THEY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CHARLES JENKINS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. JACK JOHNSTONE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MAX SAVAGE + JOSHUA SEYMOUR Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. OPEN MIC Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. SIME NUGENT John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES + KIRA PURU & THE BRUISE + MILES O’NEIL + SIMON PAIGE JONES Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. MAKE IT UP CLUB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SOUTHERN STARS BIG BAND + DARREN WRIGHT Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE JACAM MANRICKS QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $18. THE JOKERS + OLIVIA CHINDAMO QUARTET + THE END Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. THE SIMON WRIGHT BAND + DJ HUW JOSEPH + THE ANTHONG YOUNG BAND Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

BLUEGRASS NIGHT & JAM SESSION - FEAT: NIGEL WEARNE & THE CAST IRON PROMISES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MIKE NOGA Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. SECRET MONDAY ACOUSTIC Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

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DIE! DIE! DIE! Us Aussies like to give our Kiwi mates from across the Tasman a hard time. We really do. But sometimes – just sometimes – they produce something great, and we must tuck our collective tail between our legs, and be thankful. Bungy jumping and Flight Of The Conchords are two examples. Die! Die! Die! is another. The Conchords have already visited us this year, and now it’s Die! Die! Die!’s turn, following the release of their new album Harmony. The DIY punk trio will be melting faces at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday August 25, with support from Melbourne’s own Damn Terran. BANDS & PROMOTERS WANTED. Any style for Collingwood venue. First gigs welcome, live CD recording available. Contact Jane after 12pm on 0425 796 828. BANDS WANTED for artist showcase in the Espy Gershwin Room. A great step towards bigger shows. Contact mark@ gunnmusic.com.au

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Friday is looking pretty epic right now, because no matter where you are there’s a fairly good chance that there’s a FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands going on near you. This week they’ll be happening in Hobsons Bay, Bayside, Dandenong, Horsham and Murrindindi. You’ll be able to catch some sweet headliners too, with bands like Masketta Fall, Red Ink and 8 Bit Love rounding out the competition.

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MONDAY 27 AUG CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. KEITH! PARTY - FEAT: WORNG + BUTCHER BLADES + ZANZIBAR CHANEL Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KING OF THE NORTH + APACHE MEDICINE MAN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: MAX CRUMBS + KANGAROO SKULL + LEGENDARY HEARTS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. PITBULL (PLANET PIT TOUR) + HAVANA BROWN + TAIO CRUZ + TIMOMATIC Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $79.

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So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? We’re Slick 46, I’m Paul, on the drums, we have Tim on guitar & vocals, Flea plays bass & vocals and just recently Owen has rejoined the band, he formerly played bass with us for our first 10 years, now he’s back playing second guitar. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? People have described our music as a cross between the British Street Punk / Oi sound of SHAM 69 & the American Punk Rock N’ Roll sound of the U.S BOMBS. What do you love about making music? Playing music with friends is great. Also over the years we’ve meet heaps of awesome people all around Australia & in the U.S.A when we’ve been on tour, resulting in lasting friendships. What do you hate about the music industry? The music industry!! All that bullshiting & the fake people, hey I work my arse off all week, so I can have fun hanging out on the weekend, playing some music and also checking out other great bands. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Why only one? How about starting with all the reality TV talent / singing shows on the telly at the moment! Completely nothing like what it’s like for real bands that are slogging it out in pubs all over the country every weekend. What can a punter expect from your live show? Honest punk rock‘n’roll that any working class bloke off the street can relate to and enjoy. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’ve got some vinyl for sale at the show, our current Hurry Up album, which is a gatefold 12’’on colored vinyl plus CD and the last few copies of our Young Love 10’’. Plus we have new hoodies & T-shirt for sale. The other bands on the lineup also will have records and t-shirts for sale, so bring down your piggy banks! When’s the gig and with who? It’s on Saturday August 25 ath The Bendigo Hotel, Johnson st. Collingwood. With Vicious Circle, The Worst, Footsoldier. Doors 8:30pm. Anything else to add? See you Saturday night! Cheers. experienced well known venue booker at a great venue in Melbourne’s music heartland then send us an email. Let us know a bit about yourself, what type of bands you’ve booked, where, contacts you have and how long you have been in the game and importantly what you may be able to bring. Be quick. Send email to: shimgapi@gmail.com. FLAUNT IT. Internationally acclaimed producer of profeminist erotica looking for confident, adult women to smash the stereotypes and earn good money ($500 and up). Don’t overlook this til you’ve found out more about it. Rebecca 9495 6555 or www.feck.com. PAID PROMOTERS wanted for new rock club. Contact mark@gunnmusic.com.au for more details.

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Then on Saturday you can catch Adelaide’s favourite MCs Hilltop Hoods at Festival Hall, and kick start next week with a bang by seeing Pitbull, Taio Cruz, Timomatic, and Havana Brown do their thing at Rod Laver Arena on Monday. Tonight PBS’s latest community radio project kicks off, called Access Airwaves. It’ll see about 20 young people undertake a three week course run by popular PBS announcers at the PBS studios in Collingwood. The course will run tonight from 6-7pm, August 29, and conclude on September 3. If that sounds like something you’d like to be involved in, head to pbsfm.org.au and drop them a line. Still not close enough to the action? Well if playing at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl as part of the Melbourne Festival line up on October 6 alongside acts like Plan B and The Presets sounds awesome to you, then get over to triple j’s Unearthed site and load up your best tracks by Sunday. This would be a great opportunity for a young Victorian band, thanks to triple j and Parklife. Keep your all ages news coming by sending it to whatson@thepush.com.au.

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Friday August 24 Hobsons Bay FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ Masketta Fall and competing bands, The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport, 5:30pm – 10pm, $10, Justin Tumilaar on 9932 4003, AA Bayside FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Final w/ competing local bands and Red Ink, Brighton Town Hall, corner Wilson and Carpenter Street, Brighton, 6:30pm – 11pm, $15 or $12 with pass, Kelly Edwards on 9599 4622, AA Dandenong FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ competing bands, 8 Bit Love, and Acid Western, The Castle, Hemmings Park, Princes Hwy, Dandenong, 7pm – 11pm, $10, Mim Grundy on 9793 2155 or greaterdandenong.com, AA Horsham FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ Affro Dizzy Yak, Brutal Assault, Hep O’Titis and the C’s, Personal Space Invaders, and more, Nexus Youth Centre, 14-16 Pynsent Street, Horsham, 7pm – 10pm, $5, Jodie Mathews on (03) 5362 1500, AA Murrindindi FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ Built On Secrets, 400 Watts, Treason, Shake Hands, Toby’s Marsh, and Sidewalk Predicament, Alexandra Secondary College, corner Nihil and Hall Street, Alexandra, 7pm – 11pm, $10, Stuart Coller on 5772 0333 or youthmirrindindi.com, AA Saturday August 25 Hilltop Hoods, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, 7:30pm, $53.20, ticketmaster. com.au or 136 100, AA Sunday August 26 Slash w/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, Hisense Arena, Olympic Boulevard (formerly Swan Street), Melbourne, 8pm, $90.40, ticketek. com.au or 132 849, AA Monday August 27 Pitbull w/ Taio Cruz, Timomatic, and Havana Brown, Rod Laver Arena, Olympic Boulevard (Formerly Swan Street), Melbourne, 7pm, $79-129, ticketek.com.au or 132 849, AA

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CONVERSE ACTS OF DISRUPTION Friday August 10

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Hisense Arena, Thursday August 2 A mammoth sphere hung above Billy Corgan and the modern reincarnation of The Smashing Pumpkins, projecting rotating images that I’m sure were meant to appear introspective, but reminded me of nothing more than those old shitty Windows Media Player screen savers. This is The Smashing Pumpkins of 2012, taking to stages much too large as they lay down Oceania, the new record, front to back. The immediacy and tension of the ‘90s Pumpkins is long gone. From my vantage point, Corgan stood in the centre of distracting stage, without even a spotlight on his pale face. Which is horribly ﬁtting, since Corgan and his Pumpkin b(r)and are nothing more than a shadow of former greatness. Though Corgan is the only remaining Pumpkin, that hasn’t stopped him from whoring out the name. This was evidenced by the $40 “Zero” t-shirts for sale, originally worn by Corgan in the Bullet With Butterfly Wings video. No longer are Corgan and the Pumpkins suited to play arenas, as the largely empty (or, mostly partitioned oﬀ) Hisense Arena proved. Violet Rays highlighted the subtle grace of Oceania, leading one to believe how much more suitable this sort of gig would’ve sounded and appeared at venues such as The Forum or Palace. Oceania isn’t a bad record per se, with tracks like My Love Is Winter and Panopticon translating well enough live. And to be fair, Corgan’s pipes sounded richer than their scratchy past. His band also kept time respectfully enough. By sticking to his vision and playing Oceania for half the show, Corgan drew a thick line in the sand, as if to say, “Are you with me or against me?” In asking fans to pay upwards of $100 a ticket, the answer was evident: over one hour into the set, and not a single shred of classic Pumpkins? It was a clear shun of the majority of the over-25 crowd, who originally fell in love with the band on the strength of those tracks.

The moment you agree to play arenas, you must also accept that giving fans your classics (or even some variety) is part of the deal. It begged another question: who was onstage at Hisense, The Smashing Pumpkins or Corgan’s inﬂated ego? Being both an artist and a performer is a delicate balance that Corgan doesn’t give a shit about. He implored the audience, half-heartedly, to take a “journey” through playing Oceania. This drew the odd cheer from the crowd, but coupled with the bored looks around me, it was clear that many weren’t aboard Corgan’s journey. You cannot fully move forward unless you admit and acknowledge where you’ve come from, Mr. Corgan. Finally, as the last notes of Wildflower faded out, Corgan dived into a plodding rendition of Bowie’s Space Oddity “The stars look very diﬀerent today,” sung Corgan. How very, very true. Disarm and Tonight, Tonight followed, but without the gusto these songs once maintained (and Jimmy Chamberlain’s skilled drumwork) it felt like little more than placating a crowd which Corgan had already lost. After Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Corgan announced that the band was about to play Soot And Stars: a track not played by the Pumpkins in 18 years, (which was a bold-faced lie, because it’s been played throughout this tour), followed by an awkward statement. “Not like you deserve it,” he said. Uh, alright William. I’d wager your fans have another idea about what’s truly deserved in a night of rock’n’roll. JOSHUA KLOKE LOVED: Seeing that fan vomit on the tram ride home. Feel your pain, my man. HATED: That lacklustre Bowie cover. Seriously Billy, you’re out of your league. DRANK: A few cheap pots beforehand.

DAN AND HANNAH ACFIELD The Empress Hotel, Saturday August 4 Dan and Hannah Acfield headlined an evening of chilled acoustic charm at The Empress on Saturday, supported by much-loved Sydney duo The Falls and locals Indigo And The Bear. Indigo And The Bear wooed the room with delicate tunes, layered melodies and soft, fluid vocals. Their choice of instruments worked well, especially the creative use of an e-bow paired against smooth, punctuating violin lines. They played personal songs without being self-indulgent, and had a good control of a subdued dynamic. Anyone who can pull off a Tom Waits cover is awesome, and The Falls were the highlight of the evening; their distinct blend of acoustic-blues-country-folk tickling the fancy of a captivated audience. The clear, sweet vocal tones of the duo were entrancing and the pair’s sparse, open acoustic sound worked well live (even without the added instruments present in their recordings). Simple instrumentation (stamp box, guitar, melodica, tambourine) drew attention to the duo’s songwriting, which is reminiscent of Beatles-style pop, combined with a storytelling, travelling-country vibe. Skilled guitar work pushed the boundaries of the typical singer-songwriter outfit, with rhythmic chord progressions and walking bass-lines that moved under sparkling arpeggios. The one flaw of The Falls performance was that they fell into the trap of over-harmonisation, which was at times overbearing: this combined with early sound level issues weakened the first few songs of an otherwise perfect set. Many acoustic musicians lean toward that annoying false bashfulness between songs, and lack simple assertive confidence. Dan and Hannah Acfield broke this cliché

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as naturally charismatic performers. Their acoustic pop sound was packed with catchy choruses and well-written vocal melodies, involving a doted audience who were suitably tipsy by the later hours of the evening. Additional musicians added colour: particularly the mellow crunch of an electric guitar and a properly played mandolin. Hannah’s clear tremolo voice really shone through the slightly typical chord progressions. The Acﬁeld’s songs were a bit inconsistent – some demanded attention by being amazingly full, convincing and complete, while others felt like café background music. However, their set as a whole was a pleasure to watch, and was complimented by a well-placed Crowded House cover that earned a healthy sing-along from an impromptu choir of audience members. A heartfelt number dedicated to the victims of Australian bushﬁres was genuinely moving, and the lyrics “we all share common ground” remain in this reviewer’s mind. In the age of laptops and pretentiousness, it’s great to see that a few people on acoustic instruments can hold the attention of a room with good songwriting and relaxed, natural interaction with an audience. JEREMY MILLAR LOVED: The genuinely relaxed atmosphere of the crowd and performers. HATED: That I needed to piss so often. What the fuck, right? DRANK: Pints of beer.

The idea behind Acts Of Disruption is to disrupt the usual mind set of the live format and put gigs on in places other than the usual circuit of pubs and clubs by giving the bands free reign to choose the venue, no matter how creative. Entry is free, although in order to get in you had to ‘like’ the Converse Facebook page and await an email telling you the location of the venue. The previous one in Sydney was in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Tonight’s show in Melbourne is at The Normandy Hotel in Clifton Hill. This might not seem as exciting as the prospect of partying in an old hospital, however, an element of danger makes it more interesting when you ﬁnd out that The Normandy is half way through being demolished! The choice of venue is inspired. I enter with a sense of trepidation as I go through the dark doorway and wind through an eerily quiet room full of artistically lit rubble. When I open the door at the far end I’m immediately hit by two things: heat and noise. The main room is packed full of people and Drunk Mums are already underway, whipping the young crowd into a frenzy. I ﬁght my way through the heaving mass of bodies and get to the bar. I order a beer and go to hand over a $10 note. “No, no,” says the bartender, “beer is free tonight”. Result. Converse know how to make cool kicks. Who knew they could also throw a killer party? It has the atmosphere of an

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old-school punk rock squat party. Graffiti covers the walls and there are shady nooks and crannies everywhere full of kids up to no good. There are people dancing on sofas and tables around the main room and the pit is going wild, all flailing limbs and spraying beer. It’s how a punk show should be; raucous, fun, energetic and always with that slight feeling that it could all go wrong at any minute. Bleeding Knees Club tap into this frenetic atmosphere perfectly. Their fast and catchy surf punk is perfect for the setting. It’s not music to stand back, watch and scratch your chin to. It’s music to get sweaty and soaked in beer to. You’ll forgive me for not paying much attention to setlist and technicality but hey, the beer was free and I doubt the crowd even cared what songs were being played. All that mattered was that drums were pounding and raw, punk rock riffs were being bashed out. ADAM ROBERTSHAW LOVED: The party atmosphere and the free beer. HATED: When the free beer ran out. DRANK: Budweiser beer. (Did I mention it was free?)

HOMEBREW The Espy, Friday August 10 Homebrew are the self-made anti-heroes of New Zealand hip hop. They’ve recently achieved mainstream success through independent means, without compromising their extreme lyrical content, absolute honesty and DIY values. Friday August 10 saw Homebrew headlining a packed show in the Gershwin Room at The Espy, as part of their Speakeasy tour. The Gershwin Room is great: it has a quality, professionally operated sound system, a tidy sidebar and a fantastic period-ceiling that astounds even the soberest of the bar’s clientele. Homebrew surpassed all of their supporting acts in both style and substance, but a particular standout was One Sixth. Their sound blended the dark smoothness of Roots Manuva with the lazy grooves of Apollo Brown. Slick flows were layered over heavy beats, offset with uplifting melodies and upbeat rhythms. Sky High bumped out aggressively impressive beats and bright, memorable vocal hooks. They didn’t quite fit Homebrew’s vibe but put on a good show as the main support act. Homebrew took the stage by storm, opening – as does their album – with the inspiring and hilarious Dedicated To. They followed the tracklist of their latest release for several songs before breaking things up with older numbers, including crowd favourite Underneath The Shade, NZ’s underground drinking anthem Bad Bad Whisky, and a few standout tracks from the Last Week EP. Their show as a whole leaned on the ‘light’ disc of their self-titled doublealbum, this tendency broken by appropriately sobering but not-too-intense tracks from the ‘dark’ disc to complete their set. The powerful and aggressive Good God as an encore satisfied the crowd’s demand for more. Bringing a live backing band on tour rocketed the

atmosphere of this performance to new heights. I don’t know where they found their rhythm section (possibly a South Auckland pub), but they were tight, versatile and innately groovy. The drummer’s dry tone and tight snare drove the performance, and his lazy shuﬄe on those hats was fucking incredible. Add to this a bassist who perfectly balanced full, simplistic bass-lines with well-placed, groovy runs. The man behind the keys/organs doubled his role by playing the horn-hooks staggered throughout Homebrew’s newer tracks, and some pre-recorded backing controlled by a DJ ensured that key details of the record’s sound were present. Esther Stephens (featured on the S/T album) made a mind-blowing appearance. Her alluring, smouldering vocal tone and demanding stage presence perfectly matched the sheer youthful energy of the boys, and gave a real depth and maturity to their live performance. Whoever was manning the desk deserves a pat on the back: for the headline act the speakers spat consistently crisp, clear, bass-heavy-but-not-muddy sounds. This was an impressive show. Homebrew truly elevated the potential of New Zealand hip hop with a ﬂawless performance, unrelenting energy and a set that, through its highs and lows, held the complete attention of a mental crowd. I’m not usually a patriotic person, but if I could do a haka, I would. Ka mau te wehi! JEREMY MILLAR LOVED: That bassist, damn. HATED: Massive lines at the bar. DRANK: Jugs and shots.

Z-TRIP Prince Bandroom, Thursday August 9 All shapes and sizes filled a reduced Prince Bandroom for a night of classic cuts and combinations from Zach Sciacca (better known as Z-Trip), American DJ and producer. His DJ skills, track selection and hip hop soul putting him up there with the best. Think Mix Master Mike meets Girl Talk meets Grandmaster Flash. DJ Flagrant wet the appetite early, his scratching finesse throughout Shake Your Rump a highlight. Missy Elliott’s Work It introducing Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You before Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered fed some crazy horn blasts. Flagrant didn’t stop there; toasting the crowd with Ring Ring Ring into The Seed (2.0), Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, Gorillaz’ Feel Good Inc, some Jungle Brothers and finally M.I.A’s Paper Planes. It was the perfect tourniquet for the fact that Z-Trip was now over 30 minutes late. After some sincere apologies, a computer system reboot and a little more local flavours from Flagrant, Z-Trip was ready to celebrate. Paying homage to the venue with Purple Rain, and a little soft love in Bill Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine before the audio assault began with one of the most sampled cuts in hip hop history, Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band Bongo Rock. The bar was completely aborted for the dance floor as Get Your Freak On beckoned and So What’cha Want bled into Back In Black’s surging riffs; a tribute to MCA

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screening in the background. Z-Trip tore through Dr Dre, Tupac, Gorillaz, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, A Tribe Called Quest, Daft Punk and Kanye West before releasing the opening riffs of Alice In Chains’ Man In The Box and Boston’s classic More Than A Feeling. Using his Mac for tracks and turntables to scratch, it was his 808 that cranked big bouncing bass and effects, demonstrating Z-Trip’s own musical abilities to do more than simply mix. The balance was skillful; opting for the Etta James original of Good Feeling instead of the over-killed Flo Rida. Fleetwood Mac’s original The Chain into Bone Thug’s N Harmony’s Wind Blow, rocking Dem Franchize Boys’ Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It for the real hip-hoppers before Santigold, Luniz’s I Got 5 On It and Sabotage. DJ Kool’s Let Me Clear My Throat hailed down on Eye Of The Tiger, as Mortal Kombat ‘finish him’ moments were projected behind. Certainly no novelty act, Z-Trip mixed a thoughtful and focused set that ended with Fleet Foxes and 360. It worked! JOHN DONALDSON LOVED: Seeing baggy jeans again. HATED: That it wasn’t the weekend. DRANK: James Boags. They were out of Cristal!