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THE PRICE IS RIGHT PARKLIFE PRIZE PACK If the lineup alone wasn’t enough to get you pumped for Parklife, the kind folk at Fuzzy have oﬀered up even more goodness in the form of a Parklife prize pack giveaway. One lucky punter will win a double charity pass to the Melbourne leg of the festival, as well as a stack of CDs from featured acts such as Passion Pit, Nero, Robyn and Plan B, to name a few. Now in its 12th year, Parklife has grown considerably from a small party-in-the-park to Australia’s most anticipated spring music festival – all the while maintaining its sustainable approach and support for local charity initiatives. The festival takes place at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Kings Domain on Saturday October 6.

JONATHAN WILSON With warm, supple melodies and intricate instrumentation saturated in an earnest North Carolinian drawl, prepare to swoon when psychedelic singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson plays The Corner Hotel this Friday September 14. We have four double passes to give away. The Rubens

THE RUBENS You've no doubt had their single My Gun through your ears a bunch of times by now, so it's probably time to catch The Rubens in the ﬂesh when they play The Forum this Saturday September 15. We have a double pass to give away. The price is right at beat.com.au/freeshit.

LIOR After a hectic 2010-2011 touring schedule, troubadour Lior has enjoyed a relatively quiet 2012 with a singular Melbourne show under his belt so far. For his second and ﬁnal 2012 Melbourne date, Lior will return to Northcote Social Club in solo mode. This will be a special opportunity to catch the revered singersongwriter before he launches into 2013 with some yet-to-be-disclosed musical projects. Lior performs at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday October 31. Tickets through NSC box oﬃce.

ROLLER DERBY XTREME This November, the best roller derby girls on the planet will roll into Australia for the Roller Derby Xtreme event. Banked track roller derby hasn’t been seen on Australian soil for almost 30 years, but RDX will mark an explosive return for this incredible action sport, with queens of the banked track LA Derby Dolls taking on the world ﬂat track champs the New York Gotham Girls Roller Derby, bringing their ﬁerce rivalry to Australia. It all takes place at Hisense Arena on Friday November 23 with tickets on sale now from Ticketek.

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The Meredith sideshows keep rolling in, this time with American psych-rock trio Earthless. Based out of San Diego, Earthless’ members met through mutual friends and “discovered a mutual admiration for a lot of Japanese psychedelic hard rock bands, as well as primitive ‘60s garage music”. Don’t expect to hear faithful renditions of their albums’ songs when they play live. The band’s sets are renowned for turning into single, continuous jams and the band says they like keeping sets spontaneous, mixing up parts as they go. Earthless play the Northcote Social Club on Saturday December 15 and Sunday December 16 December. Tickets on sale now from the venue website.

Three years since her debut Wonder, songstress Lisa Mitchell has ﬁnally announced the release of her second album Bless This Mess. Mitchell's latest single is album title track Bless This Mess, however the album also features material taken from an EP released earlier in the year. To celebrate Bless This Mess' release, Mitchell will also be touring nationally this October. Lisa Mitchell will be performing material from Bless This Mess live in Melbourne at the Athenaeum Theatre on Wednesday October 31, supported by Alpine and Danco. Tickets are available from Ticketek. Bless This Mess is out Friday October 12 through Warner.

Californian rock outﬁt Linkin Park have added sideshows to their Soundwave Festival schedule in February next year. The band, who have been together for over ten years, just released their ﬁfth studio album, Living Things, back in June. The band last toured Australia back in 2010. Joining Linkin Park for the arena shows will be Stone Sour, who are hoping to have their twopart fourth album released by Friday October 12 and early 2013, in time for their Soundwave appearance. Linkin Park and Stone Sour will be playing Melbourne at Rod Laver Area on Tuesday February 26. Tickets are on sale from Friday September 14 via Ticketmaster.

THE BOUNCING SOULS FUNDRAISER At the start of August, New Jersey legendary punk band The Bouncing Souls had money, passports and equipment stolen from them while on tour, because you know, being on the road isn't hard enough. On Sunday September 23, the Melbourne punk scene are banding together to raise money and pay respects to their punk heroes at Melbourne's new home of punk rock upstairs at The Gasometer Hotel. Come in and catch Aitches who have been heavily involved in the Melbourne punk scene for years and are celebrating the release of their new album Stay In Bed, which draws comparisons to Body Jar and The Descendents, Cavalcade who have been dubbed as one of the country's ﬁnest live acts, will be playing tracks oﬀ their soon to be released split, Bloodwolves will open the pit with their heavy mix of hardcore and punk and Jay Stevens (Between The Wars) will open the night, just him and his guitar. Tickets $10 on the door from 8pm.

YUNG WARRIORS Oﬀ the back of their smash single Standing Strong, Australian emcees and Deadly Award Nominees, Tjimba & D Boy aka Yung Warriors are back on the road for their Hip Hop Corroboree National Tour, bringing the beats to First Floor on Friday November 16. Tickets are $12 pre-sale from Oztix or $15 on the door.

ELTON JOHN Forty years since Rocket Man, huh? How time ﬂies. In celebration of this auspicious anniversary of one of his most enduring hits, Sir Elton has announced he’ll play one date in Melbourne. The show will commemorate 40 years since the release of Rocket Man as well as a celebrating Elton’s extensive back-catalogue. Though it’s been four decades since the success of this breakout single he’s found himself back on the charts with Good Morning To The Night, a collaborative album with PNAU released this year. Catch Sir Elton and his band on Sunday November 18 at Rod Laver Arena. Tickets on sale Friday September 21 at 9am from Ticketek.

NORAH JONES Norah Jones has announced her ﬁrst Australian tour in seven years. The tour comes in support of Jones' latest critically acclaimed album Little Broken Hearts, produced by Danger Mouse. A now much more diversiﬁed songwriter than her 2005 tour, since then Jones has worked with the likes of Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Outkast, Herbie Hancock and Foo Fighters. Norah Jones plays The Plenary on Thursday February 21. Tickets on sale on Tuesday September 18 through Ticketmaster.

FRIENDY'S FRIDAY COCKTAILS David 'Friendy' Friend is a Melbourne icon. Famous for being an original partner and performer in Puppetry Of The Penis, Friendy has toured the world entertaining sold-out crowds twisting his old fella like a balloon animal for money and fame. But Friendy has other talents. His cocktails. And his snag rolls. True dinks. Come down to Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne this or any Friday from 5pm to see Friendy re-invent himself as a Mixologist like no other, as he prepares a unique array of cocktails and provides his very own home-made sausage rolls at Friendy's Friday Cocktails. Imagine yourself enjoying The Back In Black (espresso martini), The Sticky Fingers (lemon meringue), The Angus (apple martini), The Keef (margarita) and its constant companion, The Sir Mick (strawberry margarita). Then there's The Ace of Spades (lychee martini), the ACDC Lane (Singapore sling) or the Gun N' Roses (illusion). Friendy's Friday Cocktails at Cherry, it's the new way to start your weekend. Beat Magazine Page 18

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JEFF MARTIN Following a hugely successful Australian and Canadian tour with The Tea Party, Jeff Martin will top the year off by touring Australia solo at the end of this year. The Tea Party’s Australian tour in July had fans out in droves to recapture the magic of the band that once was, and still remains. After seven years apart, the resurrection of the band saw Jeff Martin completely in his element, with a fire in his belly, performing at his absolute finest alongside his fellow band mates. For those who missed the The Tea Party’s recent Australian tour, a live double album was recorded and will be released in September, with a live concert DVD to follow in November. Don’t miss Jeff Martin live at the following Victorian venues: Wednesday December 5 at Karova Lounge (Ballarat), Thursday December 6 at Ruby's Lounge (Belgrave), Friday December 7 at Cherry Bar and Saturday December 8 at The Northcote Social Club.

FAR EAST MOVEMENT Hip hop quartet Far East Movement have unfortunately had to cancel their Australian tour this September, citing working visa troubles as to why they are unable to make it, though explain they do plan to tour in the near future. For those of you who purchased tickets of the Far East Movement show in Melbourne on Friday September 21 at Trak Lounge Bar, head to your point of purchase for a refund.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Two-time Grammy award winning hip hop outﬁt, Arrested Development are returning to Australia once again to bring back the people’s music for their 20th Anniversary tour. To celebrate, the proliﬁc posse of eight will be playing headline shows in major cities across the country, including a stop in Melbourne to heat up the stage of the Prince Bandroom on Friday November 2. Tickets are available now from Moshtix.

JB SMOOVE AFL GRAND FINAL It's that one day in September we want to remember. But how could we forget ol' mate Meatloaf battling like a bat out of hell to belt out his classics at last year's Grand Final? After a massive backlash, the AFL have looked to some red-hot locals to entertain the masses at this year's big match. The Temper Trap will headline the half-time festivities, a fitting arena for the world-conquering Melbourne outfit. Also performing on the day will be certified legends Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly. The 2012 AFL Grand Final takes place at the MCG on Saturday September 29.

Did you blink and rub your eyes and do a double take when you reached his name on the Meredith lineup? Us too. In an announce almost too good to be true, JB Smoove aka Leon Black from HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm is not only presenting The Gift at Meredith this year, he is also doing a sideshow on Saturday December 15 at The Thornbury Theatre. One of the single funniest characters on television, Smoove is asking you to brace yourself for the ruckus as he brings his hilarious high energy live show to Australia. Tickets on sale now from Oztix.

PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Son of America's most-loved songwriter, and renowned performer in his own right, Arlo Guthrie has been announced as one of the headliners for the 2013 Port Fairy Folk Festival. With a gift for storytelling through song, Arlo Guthrie has crafted such classics as the sprawling Alice's Resturaunt and Motorcycle Song. The 37th Port Fairy Folk festival next year will present a huge line up of over 100 inspiring and wonderful international and national acts. More announcements coming soon. The 2013 Port Fairy Folk Festival runs Friday March 8 until Monday March 11. Tickets onsale now.

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DAMN TERRAN Without doubt, there are only a handful of Australian bands who can really nail the authentic, gritty and growling post-punk feel that so many groups attempt to create, and Melbourne’s Damn Terran are one of those outfits leading from the front. Born from the blood of brothers (and a sister from another mother and father) and forged in a pit of noise, the triumvirate of Damn Terran, Leigh Ewbank (drums), Lachlan Ewbank (guitar/vocals) and Ali Edmonds (bass/vocals) have created a musical synchronicity that belies their mere two year lifespan. Earlier this year Damn Terran released their very excellent 7” single Rebels through new Melbourne imprint Thornbury Records. Following Rebels is the new track Pills, which features guest vocals from Shane Parsons of DZ Deathrays. Damn Terran plan to finish recording their debut (and self-titled) album with Ben Ely (Regurgitator) this December. In celebration of Pills Damn Terran will play three special shows beginning in Melbourne on Friday October 5, at The Toff with support coming from The Peep Tempel, The Once Overs and Clavians.

The Exploders have returned for the release of their latest LP Orche.Stratos.Pheric, out now through Rubber Records. To celebrate the release the five-piece band, featuring major Australian talents Louis Macklin (Jet, 67 Special), Malcolm Clark (The Sleepy Jackson) and J Cortez (The Sleepy Jackson), are hitting the road for their first shows in just over three years. Supported by Luke Legs & The Midnight Specials and The Pretty Littles, see The Exploders playing tonight at the Workers Club, Fitzroy, offering their usual honest and aggressive live show for any and all to behold. Don’t wait another three years to see it.

SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY The Flying Saucer Club is very excited to announce this wonderful dinner dance event – Saturday Night Fish Fry: A Tribute To The Music Of Louis Jordan and Louis Prima. Two extraordinary Louis’ that are guaranteed to have you swing-dancing and jump-jiving the night away, that’s for sure. For the first time Melbourne’s hottest new music venue will offer patrons the chance to book for dinner and show. Expect delicious food and out-of-this-world entertainment in a beautifully appointed venue with art deco interiors, great sight-lines and a friendly atmosphere. Saturday Night Fish Fry will feature The Shuffle Club with Ashley Gaudion on sax and vocals, Rodney Gilbert on drums and vocals, Paul Griska on double bass and vocals and Dannie Bourne on keyboards and vocals. For extra swing-tertainment, they’ve invited special guest Peter Gaudion on trumpet, together with guitarist extraordinaire Sam Lemann (Flat Pickin’ Champion of Tamworth), and of course some mighty fine guest singers to join them. Interested? Saturday September 15, doors 8pm. Tickets for dinner and show are $72, show-only are $32 (reserved seating), $25 pre-sale general admission or $22 general admin on the door.

ELECTRIC MARY High proﬁle local rocking ﬁve-piece Electric Mary are set to rock The Espy this month. The future for these lads looks bright, with the band having already supported the likes of Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and Judas Priest. Catch Electric Mary with support from Virtue, Slow Chase, and Destroy She Said on Saturday September 22, free in the Espy Front Bar.

FED SQUARE TENTH BIRTHDAY Federation Square is turning the big one-oh this year, and they're putting on a week's worth of festivities to celebrate. With the actual tenth birthday occurring on Friday October 26, the last weekend in October is dedicated to the public, with a program of free events. Head down for a family-friendly concert on Saturday October 27 featuring Stoneﬁeld and Animaux, with more artists to be announced closer to the date; late night openings, movie marathons on the Big Screen and free behind-the-scenes tours during the weekend. Federation Square's tenth birthday celebrations take place between Thursday October 25 and Sunday October 28. More info at fedsquare.com.

ROLLER ONE Before embarking on another extensive European tour, Melbourne deep folk duo Roller One will be launching their new double A-Side My Friend, Complication/Someone Like You this month. After releasing their debut album Motorsports, touring overseas, supporting the likes of Okkervil River and playing Melbourne Festival in 2011, Roller One recently bunkered down to record the follow-up, due early 2013, with this double A-Side is a taste of what’s to come. You can catch Roller One and hear the new A-side before they shove off to Europe when the guitar-and-double bass duo play Melbourne for the My Friend, Complication/Someone Like You launch at the Toff In Town on Wednesday September 19, supported by Angel Eyes and BJ Morrizonkle. Tickets are $10 (or $15 with a purchase of the single) and available from The Toff website.

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS The Fearless Vampire Killers have announced their ﬁrst track from their sophomore LP (due out next year) titled Mexico. It has a signature sound rooted in ‘60s garage rock, textured with memorably sharp guitar riﬀs. They launch the single at The Workers Club on Saturday October 6, tickets are $10.

60 SECONDS WITH… COTANGENT SOMETHING FOR KATE After a string of low-key album preview shows in Ballarat, Melbourne and Sydney, revered outfit Something For Kate have announced a national headline tour – their first in five years. This has clearly lit a spark of excitement with their fans. With tickets for the band’s Melbourne shows selling out immediately a third Melbourne home-town show now on-sale for their Corner Hotel show on Monday October 8. Ticketing details are at somethingforkate.com. Something For Kate’s sixth studio album Leave Your Soul To Science is released on September 28 through EMI.

ESSENDON RECORD AND CD FAIR Melbourne’s record collectors and interstate stall holders will present a genuine 70,000 Records, 10,000 CDs and music memorabilia from the past ‘til present at the Essendon Record and CD Fair on Sunday September 16, at Ukrainian House, 3 Russell St, Essendon (opposite Essendon Station) between 9.30am and 5pm. This is Melbourne’s largest totally music related fair and the ﬁrst for a year and after such a hiatus, expectation levels are high. Stall holders will have an extensive range of pop, rock, grunge, blues, jazz, country, folk, punk, progressive, heavy metal, electronica, dance, alternative, funk, soul, disco, easy listening, and selections of most other styles. Vinyl forms 70 per cent of stock while music magazines, books, posters, sheet music, DVDs, and memorabilia will also be available. Interesting inclusions are a Jimi Hendrix vinyl collection and some memorabilia with worldwide LP pressings. All styles, all eras . Ample free parking at the Essendon station car park, and public transport to the front door every 30 minutes. Canteen facilities are available all day. All for a measly admission fee of $4.

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ANIMAUX

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Catchy pop creators Animaux (pronounced an-eemo for those of you who’ve struggled over saying it aloud) will launch their latest single Paradise, which incorporates tasty horn melodies, sultry backing vocals and a tight groove. They’ve been kicking goals about town, with a three month long residency at The Workers Club and The Evelyn, 3RRR and triple j Unearthed radio play, plus warming up the stage for Trombone Shorty, The Vaudeville Smash and Saskwatch. They launch their latest track at The Toﬀ In Town on Thursday October 4 with friends Francolin, Albert Salt and

Take a trip down memory lane to a time when Furbies and cassettes reigned. NMIT is proud to present the Victorian mini tour Nevermind The ‘90s, a celebration of a decade of alternative music and radical style. The event will be held across three consecutive Fridays – Revolver Upstairs on Friday October 19, The Noise Bar on Friday October 26 and The Nash in Geelong on Friday November 2. Bands The Kilnkis, Bad Taste, Pons and Copse will be covering classic songs from the ‘90s, and a DJ will be spinning ‘90s tunes all night long.

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If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Bono. What can a punter expect from your band? A rock’n’roll hangover. What do you love about making music? Freedom of expression, diversity. If you could go on tour with any musician who would it be? The Rolling Stones, 1972 tour – before they were sand blasted! Describe the best gig you’ve ever played. The next one. What do people say you sound like? Zeppelin, The Black Keys, Crooked Vultures and Cream. COTANGENT play The Brunswick Hotel this Sunday September 16 with Kashmere Club, Chief and Hungry Jesus.

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REGULAR JOHN Define your genre in five words or less: Alternative indie rock singer-songwriter. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? I get comparisons along the lines of Feist, Cat Power, Belle & Sebastian, Lisa Miller, Holly Throsby. What can a punter expect from your live show? I’ve stripped it back to bare essentials for solo shows. Most of my recent songs are piano-based with sparse instrumentation, as it’s the way the songs sound in my head. Though I play a couple on guitar also, as that’s my first instrument and feels a more natural way to perform Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? My new album It’s An Endless Desire just came out on Popboomerang Records and is available on iTunes, in stores and via mail order. I released a bunch of records with Sea Stories in the ‘90s, and then I had a band in LA called My Zuko that made an EP I’m really proud of. Then there’s my first solo album called ME which is more of a lo-fi guitar-based indie rock affair!

What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? That I’m doing it! I spent a lot of years not doing it so it feels really good to be back into it again. What part of making music excites you the most? I get excited mostly when I surprise myself. Whether that’s writing a song or in the studio, when things are ﬂowing and I create sounds and melodies that didn’t exist until I came along. What part of making music discourages you? That I can’t do it more often. It would be such a great fulltime gig if it was possible to create a solid income out of it. Tell us about the last song you wrote. The last song I wrote was sitting at my piano late at night and just feeling really like I was where I was meant to be in the world. I guess I’ve travelled some distance to arrive here. When are you playing live? This Sunday September 16 at Pure Pop Records (5pm) then next Thursday September 20 at the Wesley Anne (8-11pm) – with The Killjoys duo and Hamish Cowan (Cordrazine) solo.

Regular John are inviting you to take a trip when they bring their Strange Flowers to life this September. Strange Flowers is the second album from the Sydney-based four-piece. The follow up to 2009’s ARIA nominated The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb is due out Friday September 14. With the intoxicating sweetness of spring unfolding across Australia, the timing for a tour couldn’t be more perfect. First single, Slume, has been weaving its magic across the airwaves, being added to triple j, landing the number five most added alternative track to National Radio and hitting top ten in the AIRIT charts. The Strange Flowers Spring Tour reaches The Toff In Town on Saturday September 22, tickets $12 from Moshtix or The Toff’s website.

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On that very special Last Saturday in September The Tote is proud as punch to host the inaugural Tote Football Club Grand Final Day Breakfast. A champagne and chicken breakfast, doors will open at a punishing 9am for the ﬁrst ever fully catered, sit-down show in The Tote pit. A strict dress code will apply of jacket and tie for men and evening wear for women. Oh you fancy, huh? Hosted by 3RRR All Over The Shop’s Stew Farrell, your Grand Final Day Breakfast entertainment will be the turbo party machine Money For Rope, garage pop fourpiece The Bowers, Mississippi country blues pair Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk and the guest of honour, former Fitzroy and Richmond AFL champion and rock’n’roll devotee Michael ‘Butch’ Gale. Get in quick as it’s limited to 50 reserved seats only. There is a vegetarian option, full table service, complimentary champagne on arrival and it’s only $20 from trybooking.com.

Some of Australia’s best independent music artists including Clare Bowditch, Steve Kilbey, and Vika and Linda will converse and perform in events hosted by music journalists Lisa Palermo and Kate Welsman aka Systa bb, where the artist will discuss their artistic inﬂuences at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall Stalls Foyer and Playhouse Theatre across select dates until Saturday December 8 in a series titled Performance Enhancers. The next one is with one of Australia’s greatest Renaissance men, rocker and frontman of The Church, Steve Kilbey, on Saturday October 13 at 5pm at the Hamer Hall stalls foyer. Tickets are $20 from The Arts Centre website.

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For all the latest touring news check out beat.com.au GOMEZ The Corner Hotel October 21, 22 MUMFORD & SONS Rod Laver Arena October 25 SMASH MOUTH The Palace October 25 WEDNESDAY 13 The Espy October 27 THE BLACK KEYS Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 31, November 1 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Prince Bandroom November 2 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 REFUSED The Palace November 15, 16 AUSTRALASIAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 15 - 18 RON POPE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel November 15 RADIOHEAD Rod Laver Arena November 16, 17 ELTON JOHN November 18 Rod Laver Arena GEORGE MICHAEL Rod Laver Arena November 21 VILLAGE PEOPLE The Palais November 24 CHERRYFEST Cherry Bar November 25 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 NICKI MINAJ, TYGA Rod Laver Arena December 5 GRIMES The Corner Hotel December 5, 6 SPIRITUALIZED The Hi-Fi December 6 HOT SNAKES The Corner Hotel December 7 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 7 - 9 PRIMAL SCREAM The Palace December 7 TURBONEGRO The Hi-Fi December 7 LAGWAGON Corner Hotel December 9 JLO Rod Laver Arena December 11 ALEXISONFIRE Festival Hall December 12 REGINA SPEKTOR The Plenary December 14 JB SMOOVE The Thornbury Theatre December 15 EARTHLESS Northcote Social Club December 15, 16 EVAN DANDO AND JULIANA HATFIELD Corner Hotel December 18

INTERNATIONAL 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 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 GARY CLARK JR The Tote September 27 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 JOE BATAAN & THE DEL BARRIO ORCHESTRA The HiFi October 5 LITTLE HURRICANE Ding Dong Lounge October 5 PARKLIFE Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 6 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 ALT-J () Ding Dong Lounge October 20 MATCHBOX TWENTY, INXS Rod Laver Arena October 20, 21

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KING GIZZARD

& THE LIZARD WIZARD BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

The two young blokes sitting across from me by the fireplace at The Tote are as unassuming as they get. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard vocalist Stu Mackenzie and thereminist Eric Moore are enjoying a quiet pot or two on a lowly Wednesday arvo, a delightful contrast to when they will no doubt be annihilating the bandroom in around a month’s time. Contrast is what the seven-strong collective does well, they exude a slacker mentality yet are relentless with recording and touring, and delve into the depths of ockerism while professing brazen wit. All this is encapsulated within 12 Bar Bruise, a full-length debut that follows on from their EP of late last year, Willoughby’s Beach. On the eve of the LP’s release, Stu and Eric run us through the eventful journey between records. “I suppose the majority of songs are new, as in written in the month or so before recording. But a few had sprung up in between. It’s definitely different to Willoughby’s,” Stu states. “Willoughby’s was just us going into the studio and smashing it all out as quickly as possible. Which was perfect. But this was a bit more of us going into the studio for a little bit, then doing mostly heaps of stuff at home.” “The way we recorded and approached it was a lot different. Willoughby’s was a lot less thought out,” Eric adds. It wouldn’t have been too much of a stretch to label the EP an LP, with it feeling meaty enough to bear the status of longplayer. “I think we were a bit more hesitant [with the EP]. There were nine songs and we were really happy with how it turned out, we didn’t think it could be any better or the songs could be any better. But I guess we didn’t want to call it our first album. The songs were so short that it felt like an EP, even though there were nine tracks. If you called it an album on a ten-inch with nine songs lasting 20 minutes, you’d kind of feel like you’d been cut a bit fuckin’ short,” Eric laughs. With a fairly rapid turnaround between the EP and LP, plus a follow-up EP nearly completed, it’s safe to say Gizzard are a prolific bunch. “There have been times where we haven’t really done stuff for a while, but lately we’ve been doing heaps of stuff,” Stu reveals. “We want it to be our number one focus. Everyone obviously still works and that sort of thing. Stu lives in Angelsea and comes to Melbourne when he needs to, so he’s able to do a fair bit of writing at home which is good,” Eric adds. There’s a palpable movement happening around the Geelong region, with plenty of shit-hot garage outfits germinating from the area – many of which share members with King Gizzard. “It might have to do with being a little bit away from the city, and not having much to do breeds that need to play music. There’s not a lot of places outside of Geelong for a band like us to play music.” Stu ponders. “Geelong always works as a hub for all those little Beat Magazine Page 24

towns, like Torquay. Obviously we’re all really good mates with Frase,” Eric says referring to rising singersongwriter Fraser A. Gorman. “He played a few gigs with Gizzard real early on, Stu drums with him. There are a heap of others, Ambrose plays with The Murlocs, then there’s also Frowning Clouds and The Living Eyes on a similar vibe from the same area.” With a body of work containing track titles such as Dustbin Fletcher, Garage Liddiard and Footy Footy, there’s a discernable affection for wordplay and Australiana present in the Gizzard canon. “It’s definitely not super thought out. It is what it is,” Stu states frankly. “I think with Garage Liddiard we just needed a title and Joe was saying all this funny stuff then came up with that. It’s a garage-y song and we all love The Drones. But at the same time, it’s kind of what Gizzard is – that simple, Aussie fun,” Eric raises. “The players Joe was naming [on Footy Footy] are from our era when we all grew up – ’96, ’97. It’s when we were like ten and loving footy. It’s probably an album that will polarise people. So many people will be like ‘this is dumb, what is this shit’. Then there will be people that will get it straight away and it’ll just click with them. I guess we’ll see how it goes.” 12 Bar Bruise is released through Flightless Records, the band’s own imprint. Releasing in such a manner obviously means a lot more work is involved, but the band can see it paying off in the long run. “I guess that’s my thing in a way. It was always a goal of the band to be independent and release our own stuff. I’ve always wanted to be involved in working with labels,” Eric states. “So it made sense to do it ourselves. I think we’re gonna do stuff by lots of friends’ bands, like that coastal scene with a lot of mates’ bands. Just keeping it under the one roof is nice. I feel like we’re the younger kids playing music around town and hopefully by the time we’re a bit older it will be in a similar vein to like a Chapter or one of those local labels that are highly revered and well-respected. I guess you have to start from somewhere.”

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For a band that has only just released their debut album, King Gizzard have been kicking more than a few goals in the past year. “It just goes in levels. You’re like, ‘Oh my god, playing The Tote would be unbelievable.’ Then you play it, then you aim for [Northcote] Social Club, then it’s The Corner, and it just keeps going up. Then it gets to a point where you’ve played most of the venues around town,” Eric states. “I still get excited to play The Tote,” Stu adds. “Meredith is still the highlight.” “We’ll probably just keep saying it, Meredith was just the best thing we’ve done,” Eric beams. The Meredith stint was a corker, and it also paid oﬀ in other ways, with an incident of overindulgence resulting in events which inspired the track Uh Oh, I Called Mum. With a relatively populace lineup and a decentralised base, you would think the logistics of organising rehearsals and touring would be a bit of a nightmare. But the lads have got their shit together. “We’ve worked out a way where it’s not very hard, but it’s taken us a long time to get to that point,” Eric explains. “It’s not very hard at all,” Stu continues. “We make it as easy as possible, basically. We always get questions like that, ‘Oh it must be so hard to have seven people in the band,’ but it’s not at all. We all hang out every day anyway, pretty much.” “But as far as the songwriting process, Stu will come up with the idea and jam it as a three-piece and then we’ll build upon those parts. In the past, it’s been impossible to rehearse with all seven of us. It’s been frustrating, but we’ve just had to work it out over the years. It’s developed into what it is – and it’s working, which is good. There have been times at Bakehouse [Studios] and there’s seven of us there trying to write a song and it’s just the worst thing,” Eric laughs. Even on the week of their album’s release, King Gizzard are busy plugging away at recording a follow-up. “We’ve been recording all week. We’ve pretty much done our next record,” Stu reveals. “We’re three-quarters ﬁnished a spaghettiwestern-themed record, a lot like Sam Cherry’s Last Shot. A big kind of version of that. We’re doing that completely at home, we’ve worked out a good setup with our shitty home equipment.” “The idea was this sort of six-track EP of all instrumental but then we get Brod, Ambrose’s dad, to write this sort of short story,” Eric expands. The sense of being part of a new generation of Australian garage rock rings true, with titans Eddy Current Suppression Ring currently in an indeterminable hiatus. “We all absolutely love Eddy Current and all those bands, and they’ve obviously inspired a lot of young bands that are coming up now. There are a lot of bands our age who were all friends with that are all putting out really great music,” Eric smiles. 12 Bar Bruise is out now through Flightless. KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD perform at The Tote on Saturday October 6 and Sunday October 7.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Could a regional love of hummus be the recipe for peace in the Middle East? This was the question Trevor Graham asked when he set out to film Make Hummus Not War, a documentary about a Middle Eastern conflict of a different kind. One of the oldest-known foods in history, hummus is claimed by multiple Middle Eastern nationalities, and the doco began when Graham learned of a 2008 Lebanese plan to sue Israel for acting as if it had proprietary rights over the dish. Cinema Nova will put local taste buds to the test in celebration of the release of Make Hummus Not War, giving film-goers a chance to win a dinner by picking the ingredients used in the signature dishes of local hummus experts in an evening hosted by Graham himself. This is happening at Cinema Nova on Saturday September 15. For more info head to cinemanova.com.au.

ON STAGE In 1948 Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out, leaving poverty and war behind. Her destination was Australia. Told simply and truthfully, Angela’s Kitchen is a revealing and evocative piece of autobiographical theatre from Paul Capsis. Paul’s supporting cast is the wealth of experience that an enormous family gave him, its dozens of members as complex and flawed as any creation of literature. It’s drenched in Angela’s love, the grandmother whose strength and fragility resonate like the finest of arias, and whose journey came to echo the voyage of the twentieth century in miniature. Her live was lived in a kitchen but reaches far beyond. Angela’s Kitchen is on at the Malthouse Theatre until Sunday September 23 with tickets available from malthousetheatre.com.au.

ON DISPLAY Creature Feature is the third show illustrators Amz Kelso and Kitty Poduska have thrown after two years on the illustration circuit. These two 21-year-olds from Melbourne have based the show around the theme of ‘Monsters.’ In this show, artists get the chance to illustrate the urban legends, fairy tales and pop-culture monsters that we’ve been brought up being warned about; as well as darker, more personal monsters. The show holds a diverse range of creatives and work ranges from highly stylised digital pieces, semirealistic ink line-art and hand-painted recycled skate decks from a range of illustrators, sculptors, installation artists, comic artists, animators and ﬁne artists. This is happening at No Vacancy at QV until this Sunday September 16. Head to the No Vacancy website for more information, novacancy.com.au.

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Bill Bailey’s new show Qualmpeddler has all the trademark Bailey elements; musical mash-ups, twisted logic, some political ranting, brilliant visuals and animation, a clear-eyed yet surreal view of the modern world and explorations of language, all inspired by a holiday to China where Bill’s experiences turned out to be far more surreal than what he expected. Be sure to catch Bill Bailey tonight, Wednesday September 12 or tomorrow night, Thursday September 13 at Hamer Hall. Head to the Arts Centre website for ticketing, artscentremelbourne.com.au.

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HELLO MY NAME IS BY SAM WILSON

“So this is a community centre.” I’m in the same studio space I was in last October, playing table tennis and drinking wine, my thumb on a hand held buzzer that I was to press every time anyone either talked about anything personal or heavy, or made an inappropriate comment. “This is no longer [tapping the tennis table] over there, it’s over here.” Nicola Gunn is a dazzling theatre maker, relentlessly touring and developing her work here and overseas. Her current project Hello My Name Is is a partly solo work that takes place in a community centre and demands audience interaction on a very particular level. The latest incarnation of the piece happened with her season at the Blue Room in Perth last month. “I really used it as an experiment with audience participation and I really push it and push it to just really make sure that I don’t like it. I don’t want the audience to be left to their own devices. It’s not the kind of show I want to make.” Audience participation is a hard sell, which Gunn knows better than anyone. But rather than forcing the audience into the uncomfortable position of furthering the story, and ‘performing’ the work for her, in many ways they are there to keep her company. “I don’t like audience participation, but I also don’t like solo shows. And the great dilemma is that I am a solo performer. So it’s about using the audience to perform with me, and to acknowledge the fact that I need someone to talk to. And that, unfortunately, will have to be the audience.” Gunn included a slighter level of this audience interaction in her last show At the Sans Hotel, for

which she won The Stage’s best solo performer award at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Her shows in the past have included lonely characters in vacated buildings, desperate to reach out to a slightly bewildered, yet bewitched audience. These characters, she is slowly discovering, are part of a broader, more autobiographical work in progress. “I’m discovering this autobiographical thread, along with this sort of gothic sensibility. This is the first show where I’m actually being myself, Nicola Gunn, and not having a mask or a character or a funny accent. So I think every show leading up to this has been this gradual unmasking. And this is the final one where it is actually just me. It’s following this performance art tradition of making the artist the art. It sounds really self indulgent to say that well, I am what I’m making, but it is me.” This self-consciousness she is discovering in her own performance, then, might be a reflection of the self-consciousness the audience feels when asked to participate in her show. “In Perth it was really hard because people wanted to act, and pretend they were in a community centre, and I really hated this, the audience acting and breaking the magic, so I had to explain ‘It’s not really a community centre,’ and then we’d have to get into this

“I REALLY USED IT AS AN EXPERIMENT WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND I REALLY PUSH IT AND PUSH IT TO JUST REALLY MAKE SURE THAT I DON’T LIKE IT. I DON’T WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES. IT’S NOT THE KIND OF SHOW I WANT TO MAKE.”

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conversation. So this time there is this narrative of the audience arriving for a workshop called ‘How To Change The World Through Social Transformation,’ so I’m assuming that everyone wants to be here, it’s set up in this very bureaucratic way. Also out of an audience of 50, I only get maybe, 15 people up to do things, so there will always be people watching. So there is still the sense of a show and being watched.” Which at least means the terminally shy have the option of opting out. Although this may also trigger a feeling of regret, or even jealousy that their shyness has inhibited them truly taking part in the piece. “The idea is that if people opt out of doing activities, I want people to leave going, ‘Wow, I wish I did something, I wanted to but I stopped myself,’ and that’s what I want, that’s the feeling that I want.” At The Sans Hotel tagged itself as a psychological detective story. The feeling that runs through Nicola Gunn’s work, the feeling that makes it so unlike anything else going on in Melbourne is that her shows, like mysteries, don’t actually have a complete story in them. It’s more that each character has their own fragmentary back-story that the audience investigates. The fragments that are there have a greater resonance. “The show again is playing with that kind of form, because there is no narrative, and people really have to infer their own meaning. I had this eureka moment of actually realising what I was making was a retrospective of Nicola Gunn’s life and work, as if – not as if I was dead, but as if I was someone who was really important, because I’m interested in how we value things, and how we value and don’t value people. And that’s kind of when the show started coming together for me. Because I am personally going through a bit of a career crisis of actually just quitting. And so it’s about choices, and why am I doing this? And again, if I were to retire, this is the retrospective of my life and work at the age of 33.” Here’s hoping that that doesn’t happen, because even though Nicola Gunn’s work is never going to be easy to describe, or always participate in, it is always going to be work worth seeing. Hello My Name Is will be performed at Theatre Works from Thursday September 18 - Monday September 29.

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THE COMIC STRIP THE FACTY FACT GAME SHOW

With Tyson Wray. Got news, gossip, reviews, thoughts, tip-oﬀs, complaints, hate mail? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by ESP before Friday.

MELBOURNE FRINGE IINET PLAYLIST

HOMOGENY AND REFLECTED PERCEPTIONS

The Melbourne Fringe deliver an innovation for an interactive Fringe experience this year, the iiNet Playlist. The online tool will help attendees plan and share their Festival itineraries in a personalised mix tape, allowing users to add shows to a virtual lineup, purchase tickets and share their plans via social media and email. With over 300 events across the festival, this initiative will help audiences navigate the vast celebration and its extensive lineup. The system of referrals from social media and existing playlists means Fringe-goers can quickly source and plan the shows that will best suit their interests, including contemporary work across all artforms. As Victoria’s largest independent arts organisation, the iiNet playlist plans to make the Fringe more open-access than ever. Visit melbournefringe. com.au to ﬁnd out more and get started.

Graham Brindley’s Homogeny and Lousje Skala’s Reflected Perceptions will be exhibited at Fehily Contemporary this month until early October. Comprised of a series of works etched onto slate grids, Brindley explores the evolution and essence of human communication through provocative imagery, heralding the various forms of communication that make society what it is today. Lousje Skala’s Reflected Perceptions is a collection of elegantly simple contemporary jewellery. Using reflected surfaces as both a metaphor and material, Skala dabbles with the notions of attraction and obsession on an intimate scale. Homogeny by Graham Brindley and Reflected Perceptions will open on Saturday September 15.

BEHIND THE BOW Behind every hair bow there is a gripping story, director, performer and composer. Lucy O’Brien knew this and so Behind the Bow... A Cabaret was born. After a successful contribution to the Melbourne Comedy Festival hit Melbourne Model: The Musical, O’Brien makes her debut as the enigmatic Lucizzle O’Brizzle, a whimsical girl at odds with her alter-ego. Having directed Sweeney Todd, Grease and Little Shop of Horrors, O’Brien delivers a riveting play that explores the concept of identity and human interaction. Behind the Bow... A Cabaret will debut at Goodtime Studios on Thursday September 20 and runs til Friday September 28. Bookings can be made at trybooking.com.

BEFORE MY TIME In a collection featuring famous deceased musicians in collages of multimedia and ink, Jerome Rush’s Before My Time exhibition at EGG Gallery hosts a series of portrait works of artists that helped shape the Australian music industry. Including Michael Hutchence from INXS, drummer and television personality Paul Newell Hester (Split Enz, Crowded House), singer-songwriter Grant William McLennan (The Go-Betweens) and the much loved Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott of AC/DC, Rush deconstructs, rebuilds and explores the preconceived ideas about these deities that have graced our screens, papers and ears for years. Before my Time will be held at the EGG Gallery for a limited time from Friday September 14 to Monday September 24.

DREAMS OF A LIFE Showing for a limited session at ACMI is the award-winning filmmaker Carol Morley’s newest creation, Dreams Of A Life. Regarded as one of the year’s most captivating and unforgettable films, Dreams Of A Life is the story of a woman who was discovered in her London flat three years after she’d died. The most disturbing aspect is that no one noticed. Dreams Of A Life documents and questions how something so profound can go unnoticed in a society where surveillance is constant and seemingly everyone is aware of each other. Morley films the journey she undertakes to acquire this answer. Dreams Of A Life will be showing at ACMI from Thursday September 13 – Sunday October 7. Tickets can be purchased from acmi. net.au.

CONQUER ME - KACIE CUNNINGHAM ($24.95) Submissive women have needs just like anybody else. But how can a woman get her needs met when she’s relinquished her power to her dominant partner? With warmth, wisdom and a down-to-earth approach, experienced submissive Kacie Cunningham analyzes the realities of the dominant-submissive lifestyle and suggests ways in which both partners can experience the greatest possible growth and pleasure. At the heart of the book is an emotion Kacie has dubbed “Conquer Me” -- which she deﬁnes as the submissive’s internal demand for a show of strength.

TWO KNOTTY BOYS SHOWING YOU THE ROPES TWO KNOTTY BOYS ($26.95) When Two Knotty Boys, Dan and J. D., began teaching rope bondage together in 1999, they discovered that most people learn best when they’re shown -- close up, step by step, and repeatedly -- how to tie basic knots and combine them into bondage techniques. It is this learning process that they duplicate in this book. With the help of world-renowned photographer Larry Utley, they use over 750 photos and captions to explicate the soup-to-nuts techniques for turning great knots into great bondage that is safe, sensual, attractive, and effective.

CONSENSUAL SADOMASOCHISM - HENKIN & HOLIDAY ($27.95) There are a zillion books in the world on how to do SM, but this is easily one of the best, and it’s quite possibly the single best one of the bunch. Clearly written, well-organized, and extremely thorough, it’s aimed at people of all genders, sexual preferences, and kink experience levels. It covers almost any type of SM play you might be interested in, as well as providing general guidelines to everyone for playing safely and well. This second edition has been updated with new chapters.

AT HER FEET - TAMMYJO ECKHART, FOX ($24.95) Look beyond the fantasies of whip-cracking dominatrixes and cowering slaveboys, and you’ll ﬁnd real women and men in caring, consensual femaledominant relationships. Yet, given that social norms grant the majority of power to men, how do these relationships work? TammyJo and Fox have been building their female-dominant relationship for many years, and have gathered their most important discoveries and theories into this important manual. You’ll learn: how to take your roles beyond the bedroom - the role of rituals, contracts and protocols in day-to-day femdom life - how to achieve training and growth that complement the nature of the relationship - how to integrate fetish desires into the relationship - how to cope with the realities of life without losing touch with the relationship...and much more.

EROTIC SLAVEHOOD - CHRISTINA ABERNETHY ($29.95) In 1996, Christina Abernathy condensed her considerable wisdom and experience on the topic of consensual erotic owner/slave relationships into her ﬁrst slim, elegant little manual; Miss Abernathy’s Concise Slave Training Manual. In 1998, in response to consumer demand, she laid out a detailed program for training the erotic slave in various aspects of service, obedience and proper values, Training With Miss Abernathy. These two books have become essential guidebooks to practitioners of consensual dominance and submission. Replete with updated resources and references, Erotic Slavehood will take its place among the basic BDSM reference manuals.

THE NEW BOTTOMING BOOK - DOSSIE EASTON & JANET W HARDY ($24.95) Almost a decade ago, the first Bottoming Book taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - being a submissive, masochist, slave, ‘boy’ or ‘girl, ‘ or other BDSM recipient -- is as much an art as topping. Since then, the growing popularity of BDSM, and the Combine singingas aand change by supporting blossoming of the Internet sourcesocial of information and Project connection,Futures have created whole raise new universe of as athey awareness and money to possibilities for players. Now, the completely updated fightVignetting sex trafficking withLomography an evening ofExhibition cabaret. Project The Victoria uniquely revised New Bottoming Book gives even more insights and ideas, updated for a Futures work internationally The Somalysuburban Mam captures some Melbourne andwith Victoria’s urban, new millennium, aboutof how to be a successful, popular bottom!

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PAUL BLACKMORE One of Australia’s sought-after and collectable ﬁne art photographers Paul Blackmore is returning with his long awaited publication At Water’s Edge, a series of photographs themed around the connectivity between humans and water. Paul Blackmore is an acclaimed Australian photographer, essayist, and journalist known for capturing humanity’s place within the world with stark compassion. At Water’s Edge comprises of a series of black and white photographs spanning 11 years and 14 countries. The Edmund Pearce Gallery will host At Water’s Edge until Saturday September 22. Admission is free.

A BIRD DOES NOT SING BECAUSE IT HAS AN ANSWER, IT SINGS BECAUSE IT HAS A SONG Tess Hansen will be gracing the Butterfly Club later this September with her debut performance of A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has An Answer, It Sings Because It Has A Song, a collection of original numbers interspersed with revised pop melodies. Inspired by Hanson’s favourite Chinese proverb, the onewoman show explores the heartaches of being a young adult through the provocation of cabaret, mime, singing and a small amount of dance. The show is intended to encourage people to become more acute to their desires, inner restlessness and needs while encouraging introspection. A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has An Answer, It Sings Because It Has A Song will debut at the Butterfly Club in South Melbourne from Thursday September 13 – Friday September 14 at 9pm. Tickets can be purchased through thebutterflyclub.com.

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET 2013 SEASON Following a successful 50th anniversary of the Australian Ballet Company, they present an exciting array of performances for their 2013 lineup. Artistic Director David McAllister announced the 2013 program, saying his “vision for the company over the next five years is to make sure that ballet is accessible to all Australians,” and his vivid selection is reflective of this. Don Quixote will open the 2013 season with the charming liveliness that made it a Spanish family favourite, while a triple bill entitled Vanguard will showcase a series of works that redefined ballet. Graeme Murphy’s adaption of Swan Lake will return to the stage for a Melbourne-only season while Stephen Baynes’ production of the classic will wow Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide afterwards. The newest, and possibly most exciting, is the addition of Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella to the itinerary. For more information head to australianballet.com.au.

THE CYBEC READINGS 2012 The Melbourne Theatre company is calling on you to ‘play your part’ at The Cybec Readings 2012. It’s a chance to discover three new works in progress by Kate Mulvaney, Richard Flanagan and Daniel Keene. Their idiosyncratic and innovative plays The Rasputin Aﬀair, Ronnie Gospers and The Curtain respectively will be directed and read by professional artists in front of a live audience for development. The Cybec Readings have been funded by The Cybec Foundation since 2008, who emphasise their commitment to supporting and developing young Australian talent. The plays will be read successively over three nights from Friday September 27 to Sunday September 29 at the Southbank Theatre’s Lawler Studio. Bookings can be made through mtc.com.au.

MUSICA MADRE For a very special weekend this September ASTRA will present Musica Madre with acclaimed Italian composer Riccardo Vaglini. Musica Madre, Italian for ‘music mother,’ is a celebration of contemporary Italian music and includes pieces from pioneering Italian artist Giouseppe Chiari and an experimental choral work by Aldo Clementi. Vaglini has been a inﬂuential ﬁgure in contemporary Italian culture and this collaboration with the Astra Chamber Music Society also features a piece that Vaglini composed for the concerts entitled Inventario, a collision of fragments, sketches and ideas from Vaglini’s notebook. Hosted at the Eleventh Hour Theatre in Fitzroy for two 5pm sessions on Saturday September 15 and Sunday September 16, Musica Madre is sure to be something even your mother would enjoy. Tickets can be purchased at trybooking.com.

THE MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL After a tumultuous year of fear about an imminent shutdown and being saved from an abhorrent demise by millionaire cinema-lover Ralph Taranto, The Astor Theatre is returning to the limelight with The Manhattan Short Film Festival. Cinephiles are encouraged to attend the night to judge and vote for ten international ﬁnalists. Featuring entries from Norway, Romania, Spain, the USA and more, The Manhattan Short Film Festival is an annual event that runs over 250 countries, announced in New York City on Sunday October 7 at 10pm. This year featured 520 entries from 49 diﬀerent countries and the top 10 will play at The Astor Theatre on Wednesday October 3. For more information head to astortheatre.net.au.

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Do you like facts? Comedy? Panel quiz game shows? Well how about we combine all three at The Workers Club for you? The Facty Fact Game Show is a live panel comedy extravaganza that will see two teams of three comedians act out, caption, guess and bluﬀ their way through several rounds of fact based hilarity. Featuring an awesome lineup of properly established comedy guests including Lawrence Leung, Josh Earl, Geraldine Quinn, Andrew McClelland, Luke McGregor and Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall and hosted by Dave Warneke, it’s all on Wednesday September 12 at The Workers Club, 8.30pm.

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY Tonight, Charlie is throwing a birthday party and inviting all his favourite comics along. David Quirk, Spencer Hodges, Bart Freebairn, John Campbell, Jonathan Schuster, Brendan Maloney, Mark Conway and some special guests. All 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 funnies into the business end of a loud stick. Check in 8pm tonight at Eurotrash Bar. Get down early for a seat.

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night! This Monday, our host is the red-hot future superstar, Tommy Little! Plus Karl Chandler, David Tulk, Trav Nash and heaps more! It’s this Monday September 10, 41 Bourke St, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but we appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!

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 we have Pete Sharky MCing. On top of that we have Dan Connell, Micah Higbed, John Conway, Karl Woodberry and more. As always we will also have some last minute guest spots for those who decide to drop by at the last minute. Every Tuesday, 8.30pm.

HOTTEST HEADLINERS Hilarity will likely ensue as three of Australia’s funniest gentleman head to the Comic’s Lounge this Spring. Dave Hughes is up ﬁrst headlining shows from Wednesday October 17 to Sunday October 21. Adam Hills will follow, performing Thursday October 25 until Sunday October 28. Finally, if your ribs can take it, Wil Anderson will grace the stage from Wednesday October 31 to Sunday November 4. All shows commence at 7.30pm at The Comic’s Lounge, North Melbourne. Bookings can be made through The Comic’s Lounge website, comedy. com.au/comicslounge.

THE BRASS BEAR CABARET Badass Burlesque are returning to Melbourne with their elusive and sultry number The Brass Bear Cabaret. A combination of illusion, music, dance, circus artistry and partial nudity, The Brass Bear Cabaret headlined a successful spot at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival earlier this year. The Brass Bear Cabaret is a tale of gypsies, caravans and the chaos and magic that has been passed down from generation to generation. Book your tickets from redbennies.com for one, or both if you fancy, of their two performances on Saturday September 14 or Sunday September 15 at Red Bennies.

CROSSING ROPER BAR Bringing Indigenous Australian music culture and history to Monash University, Young Wagilak Group have teamed up with the Australian Art Orchestra to perform Crossing Roper Bar, a musical collaboration of jazz and traditional Indigenous paradigms. Featuring yidakis (didjeridus), bilmas (clapsticks) and a selection of traditional jazz instruments provided by the Australian Art Orchestra, Crossing Roper Bar aspires to bridge the cultural gap with music. YWG will perform outside the Performing Arts Faculty (in front of Sir Robert Blackwood Hall) on Wednesday September 12 at 12pm for free, and Crossing Roper Bar will be shown at the Alexander Theatre on Friday September 14. See more at aao.com.au.

SHORT+SWEET CABARET It’s that time of year again for applications to the Short+Sweet Cabaret. Having recently acquired a new director after founder David Read left, the Short+Sweet Cabaret is looking for entrants for their performance auditions later this September. New Director Joanne O’Callaghan will help select successful applicants who’ll be invited to audition on Friday September 21 and Saturday September 22. Auditions will give entrants a chance, and a professional platform, to perform a ten-minute piece that creates a quirky, energetic and evocative atmosphere. Successful auditions will perform in the Short+Sweet Cabaret Festival from Tuesday November 27 – Saturday December 8. Apply at shortandsweet.org.

TIM & ERIC BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

Over the course of five seasons, plus a multitude of peripheral offshoots, Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! has amassed a ridiculously fervent global fanbase with its absurdist, near-coded brand of hyper humour. While Awesome Show has run its course, masterminds Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have kept busy in 2012 with the release of their Billion Dollar Movie – as well as gearing up to mark the Australian debut of their live Awesome Tour experience. While still incredibly confounding to many, Tim and Eric’s niche brand of humour has managed to make some impact on broader culture. “Well I don’t know about the mainstream,” Heidecker muses. “We’re certainly not considered mainstream here in America at all. I’m sure we wouldn’t be considered mainstream in Australia either, but perhaps more successful than some other people. I think it’s because it’s a specific kind of humour, and if you’re into that kind of humour then you’re really going to cherish it. It’s not going to be some flash in the pan kind of thing, you’re going to like it for a long time and be supportive of it. I’m not really sure though.” That influence can be identified more frequently in the world of television commercials, which makes sense considering one of Tim and Eric’s breakthroughs came in the form of a three-part advertisement for vodka, co-starring a tempestuous Zach Galifinakis. “We’ve worked in the commercial world a little bit ourselves, and generally advertising people are all frustrated late-20s, early 30s people wanting to make their own TV show. A lot of them are fans of our show, and I’m sure they can be influenced by us occasionally. It’s only natural,” Heidecker reasons. “As long as it’s not anything that’s a literal rip-off, I’ll be flattered.” From their debut program Tom Goes To The Mayor onwards, Tim and Eric’s work has been imbued with a profound sense of creative freedom – which is something of a rarity these days. “It’s a great feeling. From the beginning we established that what’s best for us is to have as much autonomy as possible. We generally only sign up for things that offer that. So we’re very lucky in that sense. There isn’t that much coming in these days, but when stuff comes in you just have a gut reaction to it. You try not to sign on to anything that’s too gross, you try not to be in them unless it’s something you have total control over. It’s case by case.” While Awesome Show can be readily enjoyed with mindless abandon, there have been a few instances of discourse aiming to intellectualise the show’s motifs. “We don’t necessarily sit around and make literal layers to sketches, but there is some depth to it. It’s not just the surface level,” he explains. “There have been some people that have articulated that intelligently and taken it beyond a typical analysis of it being crass, bizarre and absurdist. There’s a lot going on in the show and what we do in general. I don’t have a problem with people analysing it. But of course it can go too far.” The five seasons of Awesome Show featured an impressive roster of guest stars – from comedy legends Bob Odernkirk and Fred Willard, to Flight Of The Conchords and Will Ferrell, to Jeff Goldblum and the Oscar-nominated John C. Rielly as the hapless Dr. Steve Brule (a role which resulted in two spinoff seasons). “They get a nice little piece of video for the reel,” Heidecker laughs as he explains the stars’ motivations for appearing on the show. “It’s a very fun, quick and easy experience for them. We make it as fun as possible. They like our work if they’re doing it, and they want to be a part of it. I think it benefits both of us in the same way. “Most of the time we approach people. We have a sort of picky taste. There are people that we like but never use because their style of comedy generally doesn’t fit in with ours. But somebody like Will Forte or Zach [Galifinakis] – these are people that we really have a close connection with and are friends with off camera. We trust and know that when we put them in front of the camera they’re going to be in our universe and contribute to the show in a valuable way,” he reasons. “I think like an A-level star would have been a lot of fun to have on the show – like a Dustin Hoffman, somebody just gigantic. It’s a case of the bigger the better most of the time because the bigger they are and the more absurd the situation [is what] makes it more exciting.” With Awesome Show finishing its run with season five, Tim and Eric are currently working on the next chapter of their television lives. “We’re developing another show for Adult Swim, and hopefully doing some more Check It Out [With Dr. Steve Brule]. All kinds of different stuff is coming up. It’s always changing. Television is kind of like the last bastion because there are still advertising dollars there to make stuff with,” Heidecker states. “It’s still a place where you can experiment and do weird things.” As well as a few select appearances by well-loved characters – which may or may not include the likes of Casey and his brother, Jan and Wayne Skylar, and the delightful Spagett – Australian audiences can expect plenty of new material when the Awesome Tour hits town. “We had no idea that the show was being played there. It’s kind of nice, kind of cool. We’ll personalise it a little bit. Not everything, but there will be certain nods to country. I’m sure we’re going to incorporate Crocodile Dundee in there somehow. We toured England last year and we felt it was funny to pander as much to the country as possible.”

Tim & Eric Awesome Australian Tour, Great Job! hits The Forum on Saturday September 29 and Sunday September 30. Tim Heidecker also performs a stand-up set at The Toﬀ on Monday October 8.

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REAL TALK Sometimes I still have nightmares about that scene in Signs when the alien walks out from behind the bush during the children’s birthday party. And by sometimes, I mean every second night. I’m also terrified of yabbies but let’s leave that for another week. Tyson Wray

Yousef: Broken Boundaries

The new decade sees Yousef consolidating his status as an international DJ, producer, club promoter and music aficionado with ever-greater impact, including the release of his second artist album Indigo Child, the follow-up to 2009’s impressive LP A Collection Of Scars And Situations. Harnessing his notoriety, he’ll head to Brown Alley to play his hugely expansive collection of creations. Having reworked Jamie T, Fourtet, Giles Peterson, Moby and Sven, Yousef continues to push further ground as a DJ, leaving a huge personal footprint on electronic music both behind the scenes and behind the decks of the world’s finest clubs. See him on Friday November 9 at Brown Alley.

The Mole: Under Cover

Rework and Lounge present an exclusive Australian first, The Mole. A prominent member of Cobblestone Jazz, Colin de Plante is detouring from his Asia Pacific tour for one show only in Melbourne. Deep house, techno and disco enthusiasts will relish the special performance by the dance music expert who emerged in the ‘90s. Going on to play sets at MUTEK 2004, create a collaboration with long time friend and band mate Mathew Jonson Dirt Road and a Boat From Soundwave all to critical acclaim, his new endeavours show he is still doing what he does best. With local support from Miza, Retza, Louk Syrylo, Matt Waters and Dave Pham, The Mole will take over Lounge in a blaze of techno glory on Thursday September 27.

Boyz II Men: 20th Anniversary

R&B originators Boyz II Men celebrate 20 years of soulful balladeering with another Australian tour. The most commercially successful R&B group of all time, no less, are known for their swelling acapella harmonies and hits such as I’ll Make Love to You and Mariah Carey collaboration One Sweet Day. They return to Australia for the third time to demonstrate their musical Midas touch. It’ll be one hot and sticky love-in fans will not want to miss out on. They hit Billboard on Sunday November 18.

Far East Movement: Cancellation

Far East Movement have rescheduled the Australian and New Zealand leg of their tour. In a statement by the band, responsible for hit song Like A G6, they said, “Australian/NZ fam: we are sad to announce that we have to postpone our upcoming tour of your countries. We had some last-minute issues with our working visas that are now preventing us from travelling over there to rock for y’all. We gotta shout out every single basshead that was gonna come out and party with us in New Zealand and Australia. We appreciate your support and are working hard so that we can come back and perform for y’all asap. Until then keep turning up the love and spreading that dirty bass. Much love, Far East Movement.” If you purchased your tickets online or over the phone through Ticketmaster you will receive an automatic refund to the credit card used to make the purchase. If you bought them from a retail outlet you will need to return to the point of purchase within five business days with photo ID for a cash refund.

London’s Mark Henning has risen up as one of the underground’s true players, recording for a volley of acclaimed international labels, and will appear at Revolver this October. Born in 1977 to English and German parents, he has spent most of his life in England, though has never forgotten his German roots and is now firmly settled in Berlin. Having released his debut album Jupiter Jive on legendary UK institution Soma Recordings in the summer of 2008 to great acclaim, followed up with eight EPs in 2009, his sound sits somewhere between house and techno with a healthy dose of funk, swing, darkness and weirdness. He continues to prove himself as a consistent producer of quality, quirky house music. He’ll play as part of Revolver’s Summer Series on Sunday October 7.

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Havana Brown: Crowned DJ Queen

Co. At Crown’s Saturday night party Sound Empire this week features some of our best Australian exports, including Havana Brown, The Potbelleez DJs, Jane Daffy and resident DJs Tate Strauss, Phil Ross, Matty G, Sarah Ross, Matty G, Joe Sofo, Finlo White, Dean T and Sarah Roberts. Havana Brown, the unquestionable star of the show, has had a stellar year with the release of hit single You’ll Be Mine, as well as having toured with Pitbull. Catch this lineup on Saturday September 15.

Mark Henning: Berlin via London

Having spent a decade at the top levels of International dance and club music, Nick Sentience is one of the most in demand DJs and Producers in the world. Starting his career producing dance floor hits as a house producer for the UK’s top selling label Nukleuz Records back in 2000, he formed a partnership there that defined an era of club music for the harder generation. With three critically acclaimed artist albums already under his belt; Universal Language, Dance Planet and Syncronized, Nick is now focusing on creating more dance floor monsters, which has seen him spend the past two years turning heads on the global trance charts. Nick Sentience plays Room 680 on Friday September 28 with Support from Nikki S, Paul Robertson , Danny Gilligan, local psy Favourite Imperfect Circle and upcoming producer Kade FX.

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Finely Tuned Entertainment have announced a line-up change to their Circoloco Halloween event, replacing Maceo Plex and Matthias Tanzmann with Crosstown Rebels labelmate Jamie Jones as headliner and DJ W!LD. Jones, well known for his long term stays at Ibiza and as one of London’s most in-demand DJ’s, his set at Future Music Festival earlier in the year left Australian crowds begging for more. France’s prince of everything deep, dark and sexy DJ W!LD has long served in the underground house scene. There has been no official announcement for fans seeking refunds, but Finely Tuned have posted their email on the Facebook event page for any complaints, queries or requests for refunds. Catch Circoloco at Brown Alley on Sunday November 4.

On the back of one of his most successful years in 2011, polled popularly by Resident Advisor, releasing Cocoon’s biggest selling 12” and his residency at Space Ibiza’s Kehakuma, Nick Curly makes his debut Australian appearance at Revolver. His debut artist album Between The Lines shows undoubted success in dancefloor cuts, and though the somewhat slower feel of the album surprised some, the artist himself has always been ready to show a different face to his musical expression. His huge remix of Zoo Brazil’s Slob has just been released on Sci+Tec, as well Still Not Sorry on 8 Bit. Nick Curly appears at Revolver on Sunday November 4.

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British born Berlin based DJ, producer and sound designer Tommy Four Seven is at the front of the new generation of techno artists creating trademark deep and uncompromising sounds. Tommy’s approach to music is unlike a musician. Instead, he prefers to sound design, recording and sculpting elements into deep, engaging atmospheres. An impressive example of this extraordinary production ethos is his debut artist album Primate, released on CLR in 2011. Catch him on Friday October 12 at Brown Alley.

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ILLY HOME GROWN: BRINGING IT BACK As hip hop in Australia continues to experience a growth in exposure and popularity it has attracted a young audience who identify closely with the artists. The fact that home grown hip hop has become more openly proud of being Aussie on a mainstream level has improved its ability to be relatable. The youth audience who flock to the live shows and show their support can see someone not much older than them, talking about every day issues in a voice they can recognise. There are several artists being held up as the poster boys for this new generation of Aussie hip hop, with the most obvious example being the now ubiquitous 360. Obese Records, Australia’s flagship hip hop label, has been a part of much of that growth and has been establishing its next wave of artists in the wake of earlier successes such as the Hilltop Hoods. Now the likes of Skryptcha, Spit Syndicate and our subject here, Illy, are carrying things into the future. The Melbourne bred emcee is gearing up to release his third studio album Bring It Back, which finds him looking back to his roots. The stripped back production and unfiltered lyrics mark a change from 2010’s The Chase and while it may appear an interesting if strategic move after having a commercial success, the choice was a natural one. We catch Illy, real name Al Murray, the day after his birthday and as he prepares for the Melbourne stop on his Bring It Back Tour. While his voice shows signs of exhaustion, the busy performer sounds energised about the album and what he has coming up. “When I started putting together the album it wasn’t intended to be an album,” Murray reveals. “I was just making some tracks with mates that were a bit different from what I normally do. Gradually we ended up getting about half a dozen tracks down and I thought these tracks were good enough to make an album out of. So the process of making the album only really began probably six tracks in.” Bring It Back finds him working with a range of artists, from veteran Reason, who appears on the appropriately titled The Bridge, to fellow new schooler Pez, who drops by on Where Ya Been. The collaborators also happen

“It’s been a process, it’s been a long one but it’s one I’ve taken because I know it needs to be done.” to be friends with Murray, which gives the album an authentic feel, rather than sounding like a group of people being forced to work together. As soon as the boom-bap heavy title track drops in you know you’re in for a different ride. “Told my label new plan I’ma take it to my roots with a new jam, after that resume programming,” he says on Bring It Back. Free of the pressure that would come with recording a traditional album, the process was refreshing for someone who has experienced such a boost in profile. “It took the pressure off, it was just making music for myself really. There was no intention of having a massively commercial album. I just wanted to make some music with my mates. People have been saying it’s a risky move but I don’t think it is. If you’re making music but not pushing yourself to try different stuff I think that’s a much more risky thing to do.” Murray took a similar risk when recording The Chase, as he focused more on hooks and production as opposed to trying to cater strictly to straight hip hop fans. As someone still looking to establish themselves he was relatively unknown on a national scale. “No one cared enough for there to be pressure. The Chase was the album that really made a lot of people aware of who I was and what I was doing.” Flash forward a couple of years and Illy is now one of the more prominent local acts. For those, however, who only know Murray for singles like the Gold selling It Can’t Wait and Cigarettes, new tracks like Say It To Me and Where Is My Mind Pt 2 showcase another side to the talented emcee. “It shows a different side and it’s a lot more in line with the local hip hop I was listening to coming up. I love the other stuff I’ve done. I write my own hooks so all the songs that have singers on them I’ve written. So obviously I’m fond of those songs but it’s been good to do something a bit different as well.” In some ways Bring It Back plays as a tribute to the Aussie hip hop he came up on and the artists that influenced him and he has enjoyed the chance to perform the new material to live audiences. “The shows have been really really good. COVER STORY

We’ve played some places that we haven’t played before which has been good and we’ve had some of our biggest shows. We had our biggest show in Sydney, our biggest show in Perth. I really can’t complain considering the tour was planned around an album release date that ended up getting pushed back. We’ve basically done this really great tour off the strength of the single [Heard It All], which is awesome and a massive relief as well.” Despite the differences between Bring It Back and his previous work he has found the reception and energy from the live crowds hasn’t been too different at his recent shows. “It’s been very similar, which is great because we didn’t really know how it would go. The love is very much still there and it’s reciprocated.” Now selling out shows nationally Murray has come a long way from the up and comer who dropped his debut mixtape in 2007. Before signing with Obese Records he used to hang out at their record store headquarters as a teen. “I was going there from about 17 to 21 and then I signed with Obese at 23. I wasn’t there religiously but the trips to the store were definitely something everyone used to do from time to time, go pick up CDs and hang out. It’s awesome to have a place like that.” Like most of his contemporaries he has had to work his way up and has put in the hard yards. “I had to build it up, I had to do a lot of shows, a lot of touring, a lot of work to get where I’m at. It’s inevitable that if you’re gonna stick with music and if you’re gonna make any headway that that there’s a lot of work involved. It’s been a process, it’s been a long one but it’s one I’ve taken because I know it needs to be done.” Even with his status now as one of the leaders of the new school the humble emcee tends to shy away from the plaudits and labels bestowed on him. “I just do my thing. People like my music, that’s good and that’s all I can really hope for.” Acknowledging that his style may be unique compared to others, he ultimately believes that he carries similar beliefs and principles throughout his work. “I guess I’m younger than a lot of the more prominent dudes and I guess my music does sound a bit

different but I’m mates with a lot of those dudes, like the [Hilltop] Hoods, Drapht, Bliss N Eso. So I wouldn’t say I’m too fundamentally different but my music might be. It’s up to other people to make that call. I don’t really care too much about it.” With Bring It Back ready to be released Murray is now focused on what he considers the official follow up to The Chase. “We were working on it before Bring It Back was put together. I was just recording tracks for the fun of it and at that time we were working on the follow up to The Chase, so we’re about to get stuck back into finishing that off.” The yet-to-be-titled album will be produced almost entirely by fellow ARIA chart topper and producer extraordinaire M-Phazes, who has been working with Murray dating back to his earliest work. He is clearly excited about how the project is coming along as well as his progression as an artist. “I really want to focus on this next album as soon as I can and push myself with that. I’m quite excited about the potential for that one. Some of the stuff we’ve put down is really really solid. There’s a bit of pressure with that but I don’t let it get to me too much. I’m able to take the pressure and work with it rather than let it freak me out.” The music industry can come with many trappings and excesses, however for Murray his sights are firmly set on developing his craft and continuing to remain a productive recording artist. “I don’t have too many goals beyond wanting to keep making music and keep touring and have people keep listening to my stuff.“ Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Illy’s [AUS] album Bring It Back is out on Friday September 21 through Obese Records. He plays at Pyramid Rock Festival which takes place at Phillip Island from Saturday December 29 - Tuesday January 1.

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WEDNESDAY12TH 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

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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

FRIDAY14TH 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

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

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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

Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

THURSDAY13TH 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 groove

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

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

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

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

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

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 Co. At Crown’s Saturday night party Sound Empire this week features some of our best Australian exports, including Havana Brown, The Potbelleez DJs, Jane Daffy and resident DJs Tate Strauss, Phil Ross, Matty G, Sarah Ross, Matty G, Joe Sofo, Finlo White, Dean T and Sarah Roberts. Havana Brown, the unquestionable star of the show, has had a stellar year with the release of hit single You’ll Be Mine, as well as having toured with Pitbull. Mega sounds from resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight, Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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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

SUNDAY16TH SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They 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 The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

SUNDAE SHAKE 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 A Mano 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

MONDAY17TH 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

TUESDAY18TH BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesdays 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 the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colourful 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

FRITZ KALKBRENNER SUOL MATES: BERLIN BROTHERHOOD Fritz Kalkbrenner has just gotten off the plane and is running low on time and options. “I’ve actually only walked in the door from the airport just now,” he says in a flurry, looking around his studio for a forgotten piece of gear for his live show. “I went to Ibiza in Spain yesterday to play a show, and I had to rush back to Berlin for a hometown show tonight. At the moment things are quite intense because my second album is coming out soon, but it’s a very interesting time for me too. I think that the intensity will be good for my music; at least I hope it will!” With the release of 2010’s debut album Here Today Gone Tomorrow, Kalkbrenner established himself as a rare commodity: an artist able to simultaneously weave his down-tempo and sustained crooning with crisp house beats. It was undeniably fresh work, marked by the influence of American contemporaries like J Rocc and Roy Ayers, while retaining its own individual style thanks to the richness and power of Kalkbrenner’s voice. The young German singer, musician and producer’s current run of European dates marks the live return of his distinctively soulful vocals and hooks to the dancefloors of the continent and beyond. He admits to the slightest of jitters about the release of his new mixed album Suol Mates on independent Berlin label Suol. “It’s definitely not as painful as last time I released

an album. I think this time around I’m just a bit more curious, as I’m waiting to see what [people] think of the choices I’ve made – the album features many more live instrumentations, with live guitar play and many more vocals than I’ve done before. I can honestly say I have no fear, but I am curious to see how people react.” In the past, Kalkbrenner has collaborated heavily with his brother Paul and childhood friend Sascha Funke; his first recorded appearance was on the single Forms & Shapes on the latter’s 2003 debut album, Bravo. At the moment, however, it seems necessary to keep it separated. “Right now we’re all doing similar projects, but we have agreed that we will not work together because we are all just relentless in our work ethic. We would send each other crazy!” Kalkbrenner says. They’ve still retained an element of collaboration, though. “We do meet in the evening to have a beer and show each other’s production off. But we only discuss the results of what we’ve made, because we made a conscious decision to craft our albums without the influence of the others in the group. “There is always room to argue when two producers come together,” he continues. “My brother will mean well, but then he’ll be asking, ‘What about extending this break a bit longer?’ or ‘What ESSENTIALS

about changing the kick-drum ratios at this point?’ It can get to be a little bit much, but both of us appreciate each other’s contribution. Ultimately we have been in the game long enough to know when to call the other one out on any bullshit, which is good.” And if he ever needs another opinion, there’s always a host of producer friends dotted throughout his city. “Most of my male friends are producers themselves; it seems everyone I meet in Berlin is fascinated by the process of music production, which is fine – but sometimes I just need to get away. Sometimes I

threaten to my friends that I’m going to move to the Belgian coast,” he laughs, “but this time I’ll just come to Australia instead!” Benjamin Cooper Fritz Kalkbrenner [GER] plays the Strawberry Fields Launch Party alongside Hernan Cattaneo [ARG] at Brown Alley on Friday September 21.

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HERNAN CATTANEO MASTER AT WORK: IN THE HOUSE Argentina’s Hernán Cattáneo has been in the DJ game for close to two decades, but even after all this time, nothing can touch the thrill he feels when he get behind the decks. “The best part no doubt is the set,” he tells me. “Arriving at the club or festival, feeling the anticipation, thinking what you are going to play and then delivering the music, watching the faces, the reactions...” He trails off. “Sometimes you wait for weeks thinking how some tracks will work at one specific event and when that happens, you are not thinking about the 14-hour flight, you just think, ‘This is why I do this.’ Travelling the world is great, but it’s all about music, really.” When Cattáneo first heard house music, it was via a stack of vinyl records a friend brought back from an American trip. In those days, a DJ was limited by a record case, but now it’s possible to carry thousands of tracks digitally on a device that fits into your pocket. When faced with this level of choice, I ask Cattáneo if he ever feels overwhelmed when planning his sets. “Well, you don’t get all those thousands overnight, so it’s all about organising properly in your mind – and in your folders!” he says. “In my opinion, the more options the better the time. You feel a bit overwhelmed when listening to thousands of new tracks every week to only find ten great ones, but that’s what DJs do.” International travel is a big part of Cattáneo’s job description as a DJ – in the weeks prior to his next Australian visit, he’ll be playing in Greece and the UK, then after that, it’s off to Bulgaria, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and then – why the hell not? – Japan. Playing to so many different crowds with so many divergent tastes, you might assume that Cattáneo tailors his sets to the country he’s in at the time, but he assures me that he stays true to himself no matter where in the world he ends up. “Some places are better to play than others,” he says, “but there’s no way I can change my style or my way of playing. Australia is one of the places where my

music works the best, so I can really play long sets the way I like and play as deep and melodic as I want.” Cattáneo has a new Renaissance Masters compilation coming out at the end of this month, and he tells me that a reasonable chunk of his set will be devoted to material from that. “There are a lot of our own productions, remixes from other artists, and of course new producers from around the world like I always include in my sets,” he says. “This compilation follows the path of my previous one, Parallel, where I did one slower CD and another more up-tempo one. Some club tracks work wonderfully when you pitch them down to 100bpm, so I’m very excited to show some of those off.” Cattáneo is known for talking at length about some of the great DJs who’ve inspired him over the years, like Sasha and Digweed – not to mention Oakenfold, who signed the DJ and producer to his Perfecto imprint when he was just a youngster. I’m curious to know, however, if there’s anybody in the present musical landscape that Cattáneo looks up to. “Of course,” he tells me. “The evolution and dynamics of music brings new people all the time. Guy Gerber, Guy J, Henry Saiz – these guys are all high in my list of favourites, and I would say they really understand the idea of melody like very few others.” Where club music is concerned, there’s no doubt that the dubstep sound remains in ascendancy. As someone who came of age before the dubstep era, Cattáneo tells me that he likes listening to certain tracks and producers, especially on the more subtle and hypnotic side of things, but that house remains his true love. “It’s always been about that groove for me,” he says. “When I first heard the Chicago house sound, I got locked into that rhythm, and I really never looked into anything else.” Travelling is such a big part of the life of a DJ that the time spent in hotels and taxis and airport lounges can really start to build up – I ask Cattáneo what he actually does to fill all this downtime, and he tells me, perhaps with

DOCTOR P DR. DUBSTEP: SOUND SURGERY Dubstep producer Doctor P has become a huge name on the scene over the past few years since the release of his massive single Sweet Shop. Chatting to the man himself ahead of his set at the Big Ape Showcase on Friday, September 21 at Roxanne Parlour, Doctor P has just finished up a massive run of dates in the U.S and he’s a little tuckered out. “It was pretty full on, I had one day off in three weeks,” says Doctor P, aka Shaun Brockhurst. Brockhurst explains that time off isn’t really an option at this stage in his career. Running Circus Records with label mates Flux Pavilion, DJ Swan-E and Earl Falconer, plus keeping the fans happy and touring like a madman doesn’t really allow for a lot of relaxing. “I always do shows at the weekend, but I spend most weekdays at home. My time at home is spent making music, doing interviews and running the label, so I don’t really have down time. If I did have down time I would probably spend it sleeping!” Brockhurst began his music career studying music production at university in the UK. He then worked under a number of different aliases and collaborations, starting

out in the drum and bass scene under the moniker DJ Picto before rapidly doing an about turn, realising that dubstep was the direction to head for. “I was never truly a part of the drum and bass scene. I had a few small releases and never really did any gigs. It was when I found dubstep that I felt my music became what I wanted it to be, and I think other people felt the same. My dubstep became way more popular than my drum and bass!” Some producers draw inspiration from others in the scene, some have routines they follow when creating music, but Brockhurst says that he leaves it all up to fate. “I just start making music and see where it takes me. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t! It’s difficult to find true inspiration, it always comes when you least expect it.” Dubstep has almost been flooding the non-mainstream market over the past 18 months or so, and more and more artists are turning to the genre. Brockhurst reckons it is simply a case of good timing. “The music industry has been due for a revolution for a while, I think dubstep is what everyone was looking for. Who knows where it will

tongue-in-cheek, that, “Apple make so many wonderful things, you never have to feel bored.” These days, Cattáneo is a family man, and by necessity, he spends less of his time on the road so he can spend more with his children. I’m curious to know what the future holds, and if he thinks there will come a point – in the next 10 or 15 years, say – when all the time in hotel bars and airport lounges will come to feel like a bit too much. “You can

never plan so much ahead,” he answers, “but you can [check] with me in five years time, for sure.” Alasdair Duncan Hernan Cattaneo [ARG] plays alongside Fritz Kalkbrenner [GER] at the Strawberry Fields Launch Party at Brown Alley on Friday September 21.

go, or what it will turn into. All I know is that it’s way more interesting than most chart music.” On that note, Doctor P’s leads 100% through his dubstep picks for the year. “Brown and Gammon is a favourite of mine. His music is so strange, but it works on lots of different levels. I’m also a fan of people like Koan Sound, and Feed Me, they are masters of what they do.” Doctor P is an extremely busy dude, and this year has undoubtedly been a hectic one. He’s heading to our shores later this month to headline the Big Ape Showcase, which will also feature fellow dubstep heavyweights Cookie Monsta, Funt Case and Slum Dogz collective, which Doctor P has been a part of since his DJ Picto days. But despite all the touring and collaborations, Doctor P has one simple idea in mind for 2013. “I would like to spend some time making music. It doesn’t sound like a big request, but it’s become almost impossible to find the time over the last year or so.” Chloe Papas Doctor P [UK] plays alongside Funtcase [UK], Cookie Monsta [UK] and more on Friday September 21 at Roxanne Parlour.

KENNY LARKIN DETROIT HOUSE: NATIVE NOISES Detroit’s Kenny Larkin only releases music rarely, but when he does, he makes it count – his early singles, tracks like We Shall Overcome and Integration are regarded as techno classics, and his remixes are some of the most sought-after in the business. Larkin was born and raised in Detroit, but missed out on that city’s first wave of techno – while Derrick May and Juan Atkins were releasing their first singles, he was serving in the military. On his return, he established himself as a producer, crafting tracks that used the hard-edged futurism of the Detroit sound as a basis for innovative and exciting tracks. Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva were among the first to spot Larkin’s talent, signing him to their Plus 8 label, and he has gone on to release tracks with imprints like Warp and Buzz. Like any successful DJ, touring is a big part of Kenny Larkin’s lifestyle. This month sees Larkin coming to Melbourne to play, fresh off shows in Berlin and Ibiza, and when he’s done working magic down under it’s off to shows in France and Switzerland. It’s a pretty hefty itinerary, and I’m curious to know just how much time Larkin actually spends on the road in order to make a viable career of playing records. “I travel all year,” he tells me, “but as I sit here right now, I have been on the road nonstop since May. All this travelling is nice, but also has drawbacks. I like to be home so I can work and take care of other things that are impossible on the road.” Over the last two decades, there have been a lot of changes in terms of technology and the way music is made and played – the shift from analogue to digital being a big part of this, allowing pretty much anyone with a laptop to drag and drop samples around on a screen and instantly share their creations online. From

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Larkin’s perspective as a DJ, the biggest change has been the demise of turntables. “People got rid of all those and started using computers and controllers as a substitution,” he says. He’s not exactly sad about this, but it definitely means embracing a whole new worldview and way of working. “I actually have given up turntables for a number of reasons,” he says, “so I am no longer a disc jockey. I prefer the term music jockey, since I am not using discs anymore.” Club music can be a fickle business – DJs and producers who were big stars a decade or even just five years ago can find themselves forgotten. Todd Terry, the superstar producer of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s recently acknowledged that youngsters on the scene are seldom familiar with his history, and whenever he plays shows he is always conscious of trying to win them over as new fans. Kenny Larkin has a similar attitude. “No one is exempt from this,” he tells me. “We all have to stay relevant by reintroducing and reinventing ourselves, over and over. Even all of the big artists are constantly staying relevant by releasing music all of the time. Fans forget easily – I go to gigs, and I’m sure that the kids don’t have a clue who I am. The idea is to make an impression on them with what you are doing now instead of relying on what you did in the past.” In recent times, house has mutated into the mainstream, and become almost synonymous with pop – as one of house music’s key innovators in the early ‘90s, I’m curious to know just how Larkin feels about the dominance of dance beats on the contemporary charts, and the various hip hop-house crossovers that have taken over the airwaves in recent times. “No comment!” he says with a laugh. “That’s my reply. Everything is pop music today, FEATURES

even hip hop. I call it pop hop.” With that in mind, I ask him what he actually does like – some of the stuff he listens to and enjoys at present, be it artists, labels, or just individual tracks. “I rarely listen to dance music at home,” he admits. “The music that I do listen to on a regular basis is mainly jazz, or world music. Basically, I like to listen to anything that’s not on the radio!” Larkin will be making his way to Melbourne soon to play a show at New Guernica, and I ask him the obligatory question of what we can expect from his show there. “Amazing music with soul!” he says, in cheerful yet circumspect fashion. Before the interview, I checked out Larkin’s rider on the Cadenza website and saw that it contains fruit juice and still water – nothing stronger than

that. I take it, therefore, that he likes to take a professional approach and not drink behind the decks? “I don’t drink at all, besides a glass of red wine every now and then,” he tells me. It’s safe to assume, then, that Larkin’s shows don’t end with him carried out on a stretcher – unlike a certain dubstep DJ who will remain nameless but whose name may or may not rhyme with Brusko – it’s less about hedonism than it is quality, old-school sounds. Alasdair Duncan Kenny Larkin [USA] plays at New Guernica on Friday September 14.

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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

FRIDAY14TH 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

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

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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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

SHAKA SATURDAY The newest R&B Superclub Shaka Saturdays grand opening is set to hit Melbourne over two massive weeks. The northern suburbs newest, freshest club playing all of your favourite R&B, hip hop, old skool and reggae. Shaka Saturdays is showcasing Australias newest and favourite R&B DJs, including DJ C-RAM bringing video mixing to Melbourne and special guest hip hop band Yellow Cake. Set at one of the most amazing venues Melbourne has to offer with two levels, good music, great ‘Shaka’ atmosphere and cheap drinks, we are hoping to pack it out and create a night for people to remember. Level 2 The Club, 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote

JERU THE DAMAJA HIP HOP MAGE: NEW YORK CITY Jeru The Damaja is a living embodiment of a time and place, that time being the mid-’90s and that place being New York. While many long-time hip hop fans get a warm fuzzy feeling when they pop on some anthems from ‘back in the day’ the man born Kendrick Jeru Davis has managed to both represent and transcend his origins. “That’s called skills bro, that’s what that is,” Jeru says with a chuckle. Discovered as a hungry young rapper by hip hop deities Gang Starr, debuting on their 1992 cut I’m The Man, he quickly developed a rep thanks to his intelligent no-nonsense lyricism and his unwavering commitment to the culture. “I was rapping for years at that point but Gang Starr, both [DJ] Premier and Guru, are definitely the ones that gave me my chance. I can’t forget that.” Now a hungry older rapper, he was known for openly calling out commercial forces like Diddy and his Bad Boy Records and others who he saw as watering down the culture. Since dropping the undisputed classic albums The Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math, along with anthems like the minimalist Come Clean, he has consistently dropped solid if overlooked independent projects and continues to tour prolifically. His hip hop journey now brings him back to Australia for the second time only in his 20 year career, including a stop at the Espy this Friday. Describing his last experience as both “crazy” and “beautiful” it’s clear that Australia made an impression on him. “The reception and the people were excellent, everything. Australia’s a great place for hip hop.” He tells his Aussie fans to expect an authentic hip hop experience. “It’s going to be just live energy, it’s gonna be incredible and we’re gonna have such a great time.” While relatively softly spoken in conversation, Jeru’s passion is still evident. As we endure a fuzzy connection he talks excitedly about his latest work. “I’ve got two projects at the moment. I’m working on a global project with a bunch of Polish MCs and producers. Then I’m also working on my own solo project,” he says from his home in Brooklyn. The process of working with his Polish brethren was an organic one, as their shared passion for music brought them together. “It’s not over the internet, I actually know them and I’ve been to Poland in the studio and we did the tracks.” A cultural union between Poland and Jeru’s native land, the unique project also features some of Jeru’s American counterparts, including fellow veterans O.C, Ju Ju of The Beatnuts and Lil Dap of Group Home. Interestingly he achieved some of his most recent success on the Polish charts, appearing alongside veteran group Slums Attack on the track Oddalbym. Even if your Polish is rusty or non-

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existent, the track is an instant head nodder and serves almost as a homage to his past work. Jeru is proud to serve as a global ambassador for hip hop, something that he takes seriously. “I like to show that hip hop is global and that’s what I’m doing. I’m showing that hip hop is everywhere in the world, it’s not just in America or English speaking countries, it’s also in some countries you’d never even think of.” As the expansion continues it has been five years since his last solo project, 2007’s Still Rising. “Man, I’ve just been doing a lot of touring and I’ve been working on my photography. I’m looking at becoming a great photographer.” This is yet another side to an artist who has been more known for creating imagery with his words. He is approaching it with the same dedication as he has his music career. “I’ve been working on the photography for some years now. It’s not just a hobby thing, I’m trying to do it in a more professional way and I actually have some exhibition stuff that I’m working on.” Ahead of his return down under The Damaja has been spreading the hip hop gospel in places as geographically and culturally spread apart as Russia and Akron, Ohio. “I’m pretty much all over the world spreading the hip hop,” he exclaims. “Russia is off the chain. They’re very receptive, they love hip hop music.” Despite the geographical divides Jeru is pretty confident in his MCing abilities and the support of his fans. “Any place that Jeru The Damaja rocks is pretty good. People like how I rock and they come to see real hip hop. So I think wherever I’m at I get the same reception.” The universal language of hip hop is enough to bridge any gaps there may be and ultimately it’s about the shared passion between artist and audience. “If you are into the music that is what is going to come across. It doesn’t matter where you’re at. It’s always said there’s only two types of music, good music and bad music. That’s what matters.” His travelling has allowed him to feel the appreciation fans outside of his home country feel for hip hop. “I think some people [in the US] totally overlook hip hop because they’re so used to it and they’re so used to having everything, so we just don’t appreciate it as much.” His Aussie audience will be more than ready to show that love back. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Jeru The Damaja [USA] plays The Espy on Friday September 14.

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

Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066

Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092

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

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POISON CITY WEEKENDER BY JOSHUA KLOKE

This weekend brings The Weekender, Melbourne’s esteemed punk rock fest, celebrating its fourth year. Founder Andrew Hayden, who also runs Fitzroy’s Poison City Records And Skate Shop, sits on a box of records in the shop on his day oﬀ. It’s a busy time of the year for Hayden, and when he’s asked if he’s considering taking the fest to greater heights in the coming years, he says without hesitation that he’s “happy with the size of it right now.”

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Though it’s not for lack of demand, or because Hayden can’t keep up with the popularity the now annual event has attained. It’s because, as Hayden insists, to sacrifice the intimacy of the festival would be to sacrifice everything the fest stands for. “People spend too much time at these big festivals standing so far removed from the actual music,” he says pointedly. “The intimacy is what’s most important to me. Creating an atmosphere where bands can hang out, fans can interact with bands and forcing that social experience is what The Weekender is all about. “I’m passionate about making the bands happy,” says the one-time bassist of local punk legends A Death In The Family, who will play their last show at The Weekender. “That’s often the first point of reference when discussing fests, is how the bands felt about it.” And while there will be many bands returning to play The Weekender, including Luca Brasi, the good intentions of the fest have seduced a number of newcomers, including Philadelphia’s Restorations. “It’s a huge honour to be included on something like this,” says Restorations guitarist and vocalist Jon Loudon. “Poison City is sort of extended family for us. The punk community as a whole have been very kind to us, and it’s really incredible to me that we’re able to do something like this tour at such a great distance from home.” Saxon Hall, drummer for Tasmania-based punk outfit Luca Brasi, agrees. “Nearly everyone at these shows are mates and the coming together of all these bands and friends at these venues makes for the most amazing atmosphere. It keeps the bond strong.” The bond that Hall mentions is not lost on Hayden. He continually uses words like community to describe the growth of Melbourne’s punk scene, without a trace of irony. Instead, Hayden believes the good-natured vibe that many of the bands at The Weekender emanate is a contagious one. After taking on The Fest, a seminal punk festival in Gainesville, Florida with A Death In The Family, Hayden returned to Melbourne to discover that the city could indeed support a festival with likeminded intentions. “I thought, ‘hang on, Melbourne has got a lot of great bands as well. This is something we could do,’” he says. “And Poison City has created a community of bands and fans here.” It’s a community that Jon Loudon understands all too well. “The Australian scene (around Melbourne, particularly) seems to mirror a lot of what we’re familiar with at home in Philadelphia. Everything seems to be very tight-knit, friendly, competitive in a positive sense, and very diverse. I think one of the most vital components of both of our cities is the open-mindedness towards different sounds and approaches.” Favouring the ‘less is more’ mentality, Hayden puts on a number of shows throughout the weekend. He insists great care was put into curating a line-up that would bring together Melbourne’s growing punk rock community. Each show would feature a similar theme, all the while exposing a diverse collection of acts. “Essentially the idea was to capture three really good shows over one weekend. All the bands play once; we sit down and try to set up three different shows, three different but equal lineups.” Equality may be one of the important themes of The Weekender, but the weekend of shows is not without particular highlights. One of the more anticipated shows will reunite A Death In The Family, who called it quits earlier in the year, for one last show. Jamie Hay, guitarist and vocalist for A Death In The Family, insists that it was a “no brainer” to play their last gig at The Weekender. “I think that any festival that supports and showcases local bands is important to the scene,” he says. “The Weekender is not only important to the Melbourne punk and hardcore scene, it’s important to the Australian punk and hardcore scene. There are nearly always a few bands from each state playing The Weekender with one or two International bands. That doesn’t happen much at all, it’s usually the other way around.” The lure of checking off a well-known headliner from their ‘to see’ list is a draw for many to large, outdoor festivals. While it’s a notion Hayden understands, it’s one he can’t condone, at least not at The Weekender. For him, adding larger, international acts is merely the icing on the proverbial cake. “Not setting the whole event up so that we have to have an overseas act, or so that it revolves around an international act is important. It’s merely a bonus.” What makes The Weekender such a vital festival is its ability to grow in terms of depth of talent and intimacy without increasing in scale. It’s a weekend that has become a mainstay on the calendar of music lovers across the country and often further. Quite simply, it’s become a weekend to celebrate. “If the goal of playing music is to get yourself as far away from the day-to-day crap as possible,” says Loudon, “I’d say this satisfies that.”

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LIFELINES

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH

Expecting: twins by Stone Roses bassist Mani and wife Imelda. Hospitalised: John Mayer banned from singing for six months after undergoing throat surgery. No more stupid interviews then. Hospitalised: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong before a show in Bologna, Italy suffering severe dehydration and influenza. In Court: Ipswich, QLD man Bonn Henry Munn Tamehana, 31, the son of a serviceman, pleaded guilty in Ipswich District Court to assault and sentenced to two years jail to be suspended after serving six months. He punched a drunk who mimicked the actions of the Village People’s YMCA and hurled homophobic slurs at a group of sailors, on Anzac Day last year. In Court: Byron Bay resident Allan Yarrington on charges he ran an unauthorised campground for 200 Splendour In The Grass attendees, on a road adjacent to the festival site. The matter is adjourned to September 20. The maximum penalty for development without consent is $110,000. Arrested: Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin after being expelled from a plane after getting upset when crew refused to serve him alcohol. Arrested: Slipknot bassist Paul Gray’s physician Daniel Baldi on charges of prescribing large amounts of narcotic painkillers to patients who later died of overdoses.” Gray who died two years ago from an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl was one of a handful of names listed on the list. Died: Mark Abrahamian, guitarist for US group Starship (We Built This City), 46, of a heart attack while on the phone to his fiancée after a show. Died: David Humphreys, 57, heart failure. He was GM of Sydney Superdome (now Allphones Arena) 2000 to 2011 when he left to become GM of Perth Arena which opens in November with a show by George Michael. Died: US songwriter Joe South, 72. He wrote Games People Play, Walk A Mile In My Shoe and Hush (the latter an early hit for Russell Morris) and played guitar on Aretha Franklin’s Chain Of Fools, Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde, and Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence.

MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

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AIR’S O’BYRNE TO PROGRAM BIG SOUND 2014

The Melbourne music scene lost one of its more enthusiastic proponents last Wednesday. Genevieve ‘Genny-B’ Blackmore – Triple R radio presenter and guitarist with bands as Your Wedding Night and The Bites – lost her battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family and close friends when she passed. Triple R posted, “Gen’s sense of fun and love of the absurd left an impression on all who crossed her path. A regular fill-in presenter on Best Of The Brat, in more recent years Gen was an integral part of the Livewire team on Saturday nights alongside Pauly P. and Nerida.” Friends set up a fund for her family to pay for her funeral, go to gennyb.com.

BIG DAY OUT GIVES YOU P.O.T.T.

In addition to his General Manager duties at Australian Independent Records Association (AIR), Nick O’Byrne will also be Executive Programmer of Brisbane’s Big Sound in 2014. He’s already working at the conference and showcase as Associate Programmer for the 2013 event alongside Graham Ashton whose role as Executive Programmer is extended for a fourth year. O’Byrne, and AIR, will continue to remain in Melbourne.

After requests from patrons, Big Day Out has introduced P.O.T.T. or Pay Over Time Ticketing. It’s begun already, and ends on Sunday September 23. The $170 GA and $270 Like A Boss tickets can be paid in four installments. The scheme works with a deposit ($50 for GA, $75 for Boss) and then three payments ($40 for GA, $65 for Boss). Go to bigdayout. com for full details.

PAUL DAINTY, VIV LEES, IN JOINT VENTURE

* Acts revealing upcoming tours to triple j were Amanda Palmer (Feb), Cat Power (Jan/Feb) and The xx (“early next year” said bassist Oliver Sim). Meantime, Morrissey fan site True To You revealed he’s here in December, with the Melbourne date to be announced as the 19th. * The It’s A Long Way To The Top tour will have a Billy Thorpe hologram while Ian Moss performs Thorpie classics. *As the US election campaign heats up, REM threatened Fox News with legal action if they continue to play Losin’ My Religion, with Michael Stipe saying, “We have little or no respect for their puff adder brand of reportage. Our music does not belong there.” Meantime, Thin Lizzy’s late leader Phil Lynott’s mum said her mum would not have approved of the use of The Boys Are Back In Town by the conservative Mitt Romney’s camp. * Angus Stone’s album Broken Brights has gone gold, for sales of 35,000 in less than two months while Parkway Drive’s DVD Home Is For The Heartless, filmed in 42 countries, was certified platinum with 15,000 sales. * Jessica Mauboy flew to London to sing at her Sapphires co-star Chris O’Dowd’s wedding. * The Australian government formally rebuked the jail sentences for three of Russian punk band Pussy Riot through the Australian embassy in Moscow. * Aerosmith admit that when singer Steve Tyler went AWOL to became a judge on American Idol two years ago, they spoke to Sammy Hagar about taking over. Hagar was keen but it didn’t happen. * Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils postponed their October tour, singer Dustin Payseur says, “We promise to be out there soon, we’ll make it up to you!” Far East Movement cancelled after “some last-minute issues with our working visas that are now preventing us from travelling over there to rock for y’all.” * Huff puff: Van Halen’s Dave Lee Roth is in Japan doing sword training with a Shungendo monk, Sueyoshi Akeshi. The singer’s obsession with martial arts training, began at the age of 12. Meantime, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson competed in the annual Grasmere Sport’s Guides Race in England. He completed in 26 minutes and 21 seconds, coming 161 of 181. * British scream-magnets One Direction won the legal battle to keep their name. In April a US band with that name sued for $1 million and a share of their royalties, saying they had the name since 2009. The Brits counter-sued, at which point the Yanks changed their moniker to Unchartered Shores.

Promoters Paul Dainty and Vivian Lees this week announced a joint venture called Two Worlds Touring. It will work on “select concert and entertainment-related projects” while running their own companies. It’s an interesting pairing, with Dainty Group tours normally big end names as the Rolling Stones, Prince and Paul McCartney, and Lees whose new post-Big Day Out company Viv Lees is touring Billy Bragg and Primal Scream. Lees said, “I am really looking forward to working with Paul as he is someone I have held in high esteem for many years. He has a great work ethic and is a great dealmaker.” Dainty added, “Viv’s fantastic track record with contemporary live entertainment in this country speaks for itself. I have hoped the opportunity to work with Viv would arise at some point.” Two Worlds Touring will be based at Dainty Group’s offices in Southbank, with Viv Lees set to move in shortly.

SPLENDOUR MANAGEMENT JOIN FALLS FESTIVAL Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco of Byron Bay’s Splendour In The Grass festival have gone into partnership with Simon Daly in The Falls Music And Arts Festival. Daly brought them in after Falls lost General Manager Naomi Daly and Event Manager Carmella Morgan, both leaving to have babies. Said Daly, “The Falls Festival goes from strength to strength every year and the contributions from Naomi and Carmella have been immeasurable. I couldn’t think of a better team to join us in Jess and Paul as we continue this tradition for many years to come.” Falls celebrates its 20th and tenth anniversaries in Lorne and Marion Bay in December. Lorne sold out in record time.

DR DRE: RICHEST HIP HOPPER IN THE WORLD Dr. Dre is the richest hip hopper in the world says Forbes’ Cash Kings 2012: Hip Hop list. His albums, productions and Beats By Dre headphones and speaker line, grossed US$110 million. Runner Diddy had to struggle on $45m. The rest of the list, were Jay-Z ($38m), Kanye West ($35m), Lil Wayne ($27m), Drake ($20.5m), Bryan “Birdman” Williams ($20m), Nicki Minaj ($15.5m), Eminem ($15m), Ludacris ($12m), Pitbull ($9.5m), Rick Ross and Wiz Khalifa (tied at $9m), Snoop Lion ($8.5m), 50 Cent ($7.5m), Swizz Beatz & Pharrell Williams & Young Jeezy (all ties at $7m), Mac Miller ($6.5million) with Akon, Timbaland and Tech N9ne a tie with $6m.

TEAM-UPS FOR INDIE AWARDS Live performances for the seventh Jagermeister Independent Music Awards in Melbourne on Thursday October 16 will be team-ups by Paul Kelly & Dan Kelly, and The Bamboos with Tim Rogers who guested on their Medicine Man album. Also performing are Hermitude, Lani Lane, Loon Lake and House Vs Hurricane.

THINGS WE HEAR

NEW SIGNINGS #1: CITY CALM DOWN AT I OH YOU I Oh You have signed City Calm Down, with a new EP Movements produced by Malcolm Besley (Snakadaktal, Gold Fields), out November 2. Label owner Johann Ponniah recounts when he was night manager at a nightclub three years ago, “one dreary winter’s night I saw an act take the stage like an icy wind and snap the audience out of their stupor. [That] was City Calm Down.”

NEW SIGNINGS #2: THE TIGER & ME AT FOUR | FOUR Melbourne’s The Tiger & Me are the latest to join ABC Music’s new progressive label FourlFour. They have already recorded their second album The Drifter’s Dawn with producer Steven Schram (Little Birdy, The Cat Empire, Little Red), due out October 19. It’s the third part of a series of releases, which included The Howling Fire and The Silent City EPs. The band preview the album at a one-off show The Workers Club on Sunday September 23.

NEW SIGNINGS #3: WHITE WALLS AT POISON CITY Melbourne doom-gaze trio White Walls have joined Poison City Records, an offshoot of the Melbourne skate and music store. Their debut album, recorded and mixed by Andrew ‘Idge’ Hehir at Soundpark Studios, is out in November. They play the sold-out Poison City Weekender fest on Friday September 14 at The Tote with Extortion, Luca Brasi, Chinese Burns Unit and others.

LITTLE RED, RED EYES, SPLIT After shedding original members through the year, Little Red have officially broken up. Guitarist/singers Dominic Byrne and Adrian Beltrame started the New Gods with bassist Richard Bradbeer (Eagle And The Worm), drummer Sam Raines and keysplayer Dale Packard (Ground Components). They join The Rubens on a national tour. After ten years, 38 members, 15 babies, five broken bones, three crashed vans and four releases, Melbourne dub reggae band The Red Eyes are splitting up. A final show, on Saturday November 10 at The Corner Hotel, sees the tenpiece joined by past members to do every one of their songs. They sold 12,000 copies here and overseas. Their Red Army album from 2010 was a finalist in the Blues & Roots category at the AIR awards and singer lead singer El Witeri was a finalist for APRA songwriter of the year in 2011.

MUSIC VICTORIA: REGIONAL TOUR, WORKSHOPS Music Victoria continues to shine the spotlight on music in regional Victoria. In its latest initiative Off The Beaten Track, it’s teamed with anti-binge drinking campaign Live Solution for a regional tour. Featuring Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission and Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel it will play unconventional venues including halls, RSLs, wineries, footy grounds and even a renovated substation. Thomas, Kimber and drummer/booking agent Cat Leahy will also hold workshops on how to get a show together. See musicvictoria.com.au

FEDERATION BELLS RING OUT Composer Daryl Wallis won $2,000 for his Purple Daze, the new tune for the City of Melbourne’s Federation Bells. Runner up was Anthony Barnao’s The Dreamer. “The Federation Bells are more than a public art piece – they are a public instrument,” said Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley. Judges were Yorta Yorta composer and soprano Deborah Cheetham, PBS Program Manager Owen McKern and City of Melbourne Curator of Musical Instruments Ariel Valent. See federationbells.com.au.

MANATARMS PAY TRIBUTE TO MELBOURNE Visiting Chilean band Manatarms, here to play shows and put finishing touches to an album, will highlight Melbourne in the video for their track Turn To Smoke. It was filmed by bassist Sanguinetti who wanted to show off the diversity of the city’s culture. Groaned guitarist JC, “I wouldn’t say the weather was an issue… but we did have to stop filming three times because the rain was coming in so strongly.” On Saturday September 15 they play a private show in the VIP lounge of DV8 when Dimmu Borgir drummer Daray does a guest DJ set while in Australia for his Master drum clinic tour.

IVORY ELEPHANT WIN VIC CAMPUS COMP The Ivory Elephant won the Vic state final of the National Campus Band Competition last week, held at the Espy. The band, featuring NMIT Bachelor of Music Industry student Trent Sterling, heads to the final on Friday September 28.

MEMORIAL SHOW #1: DARRYL COTTON Darryl Cotton’s first manager Jeff Joseph is behind Concert For Daz, held Tuesday October 23 at Palais Theatre. Tix are $69 through Ticketmaster. On the bill: Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Keays & Morris, Daryl Braithwaite, Debra Byrne, Ronnie Burns, Lisa Edwards, Paul Norton and Wendy Stapleton. Joseph said he was overwhelmed by how many acts wanted to be involved. “As it is, we have to start at 7.30pm to get them all in.” The show will be filmed, and proceeds go to Cotton’s family with a donation to the Cancer Council.

MEMORIAL SHOW #2: CHRIS DUFFY A tribute to the late Chris Duffy will be staged at Caravan Music (Oakleigh RSL, 95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh) on Sunday September 23 from 2.30pm. It is part-tribute to Duffy and part-launch of his album Banjo Time (australianbluegrass. com). Donal Baylor, Paul Wookey, John Kane, Coolgrass and Fat Chance are among those performing.

CHANGES FOR LIVE NATION TEAM Tour promoter Live Nation Australasia’s President and CEO Michael Coppel added three more staffers. Bec Sutherland joins as Director Of Comedy, after running her own production company Fox In The Snow which gave her an extensive contact network in the UK comedy scene. Ailie Freeland, also from Fox In The Snow, arrives as Tour Assistant in the Comedy division. Talitha Conway is appointed to the Marketing and Promotions division as Social Media and Online Content Coordinator. To cope with the expanded staff, Live Nation merged the Armadale and Carlton offices and moved into new larger premises at Level 2, 11 Newton Street, Richmond 3121. Ph is (03) 8632 2500.

AFL GRAND FINAL: SORRY, THE MEAT LOAF IS OFF After last year’s Meat Loaf fiasco, the Toyota AFL Grand Final takes a leaf out of London’s Olympics – half time entertainment is all Melbourne. The Temper Trap, Paul Kelly and Tim Rogers play at the game, while the first two also play new free fan event Premiership Party at the MCG afterwards.

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ELECTRIC JELLYFISH

BY PATRICK EMERY

Arriving in Austin, Texas for the legendary South By Southwest music festival, Melbourne-via-San Francisco psychedelic band Electric Jellyfish had an inkling of the intensity of the festival, its rich lineup and the clichéd commercial whims of the industry types and associated hangers on. “It was pretty overwhelming,” drummer Pete Warden says. “We’d been in Albuquerque the night before, and there’d been no-one on the road except for us. Then we pulled into Austin and it was like ‘woah’ – it was really full on!” For guitarist, singer and now repatriated American Michael Beach, playing the Aussie BBQ showcase event had its moments of irony. “I got to put on an Aussie accent and pretend I was Australian – though I did give a disclaimer and say there was an American member in the band, and they were cool with it,” Beach laughs.” Having been forced to leave Australia after his student visa ran out, Beach has spent the last couple of years living and performing in the United States. Now based in San Francisco, Beach has focused most of his creative energy on his solo career, releasing some new recordings on the Twin Lakes label, undertaking a few tours of the United States, and even heading across to France for a brief, two-week tour. “That was great going to Europe,” Beach remarks “I wished I’d spent more time over there – I definitely want to go back, including with Jellyfish.” Earlier this year, Warden and Camilleri flew to the United States to meet Beach for an Electric Jellyfish tour, including a spot at SXSW. With such an extensive lineup at the festival, Beach says it’s easy to be daunted by the entertainment on offer. “There’s definitely room for scepticism, because there’s so many bands. And it’s a real corporate event, and they make no bones about that – it’s like, ‘Come play the Doritos Stage’,” Beach says. “With the death of the record label, there’s been the rise of the brand as the

next business model,” Warden adds. The corporate involvement transcends the basic branding of yore – it appears that fashion gifts are the new six-figure advance. “People were giving away shoes – they’d even trade you shoes. You’d be sitting in a pub and someone would offer you shoes, but you’d have to give up your old ones – just in the vain hope that the people they give these shoes to will break through and become the next big thing!” Warden laughs. And it’s not just shoes. “Adam [Camilleri, Electric Jellyfish bass player] met this hip hop group who’d just been signed by Gucci – we weren’t sure if that had something to do with music, or jewellery,” Beach laughs. “Everyone celebrates the death of the evil music label, but it’s going to be much worse when these corporate brands are putting out records instead,” Warden smiles. Thankfully, it wasn’t all commodity fetishism. “The Aussie BBQ was really fun, and we also got to play this WFMU showcase, this New York independent record label,” Beach says. “We played with this band The Men, and The Wedding Present, who I hadn’t really known very well before then. It was great to play with them.” Unfortunately the cramped logistics of the official showcase meant that Electric Jellyfish had to wait on the street with their gear. “And there was no room on the street to park the car, because just about everywhere in town has been turned into a

SONS OF LEE MARVIN

BY ZOË RADAS

Much like The Masons or The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn, when a few chaps who share a deal of some type get together, they sometimes want to make that togetherness oﬃcial. This is what happened when Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits realised that they both resembled the American actor Lee Marvin, and they began a secret society, The Sons Of Lee Marvin (Jarmusch has admitted it’s caused beef with Marvin’s biological son). In 2004 a group of rockers decided to use their own monikers and love of gonzo garage sound and name their band after Jarmusch’s society to pay tribute and play it loud. Frontman Tedd Zeppelin has been preparing to take Sons Of Lee Marvin’s third album, Cutthroats And Conjurers, onto the road across Australia. “I reckon we’re fairly craggy lookin’ guys: we’re kind of old and mean,” laughs the gravel-voiced Zeppelin on the doppelgänger legacy of the Sons. “We’ve been [playing] for a while now, through various bands, because we all started when we were about 14. So after a certain 20 years of that we’ve learned a few things and found out a few things not to do, and had some really fun times.” Zeppelin heads the group, contributing bass, double bass, keys and great vocals which make some tracks sparky punk, and some as deep as a Johnny Cash lament. Stu Manchu supplies guitar and vocals, Coz el lobo Loco is on guitar and backing vocals, and Kidd Gloves is on drums and backing vocals. Then there’s the bounty of contributing instrumentalists, including the second drummer, a jaunty mandolin on Grey Street Bluegrass and a sweetly weeping violin aboard No Sad Goodbyes.

The artwork and aesthetic for the album makes me think of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, with a weird mix of magic and brutality. It’s the work of Manchu, who uses vintage and Western images in the band’s visuals which suggest rockabilly travels. “The two drummers are the cutthroats who lock people in pubs,” explains Zeppelin, referring to an incident in Tasmania in which the stickmen took the venue keys from the bouncer, claimed to be “standover men and leg-breakers” and worked the taps for a while, “and we’re the conjurers who pull songs out of our arse.” The aforementioned drummer Gloves is often joined by Knuckles O’Hara, who sits at the second drum stool. They don’t exactly play the same thing, but together they’re a force. “They play the same sort of root beat, I guess,” says Zeppelin. “But they play different fills and opposing stuff, and depending on which one of them’s drunker, sometimes

M.A.V.I.S. BY ADAM ROBERTSHAW

It’s often said that the future of the music industry lies in the live setting, due to the ease of access to free (yet illegal) music on the Internet making it so that ticket sales are the only way fledgling artists can make any money. While this may be the case, people often forget about the amount of talented individuals working behind the scenes that it takes to put on a successful show. Next week RMIT will showcase their students’ talents at The Corner Hotel as future producers, promoters and sound technicians while raising money for Music Victoria. “Basically it’s put on by the students at RMIT that do sound production and audiovisual, and it’s a culmination of their work,” says Music Victoria’s Bek Duke. “They’re putting into practice everything that they’ve learnt. [The students] do all the production, all the sound, they do the filming, all the liaison so it’s their event that they’re putting on.” To say the lineup the students have chosen is varied is an understatement, but it will surely showcase their full range of skills, as well as the diversity of Victorian music as a whole. Now in its fifth year, this year’s event will see Melbourne metal overlords Barbarion share a stage with the delicate and ethereal Wintercoats. It’s going to be interesting to say the least, and Duke agrees. “It seems like it might clash but I think it’s actually gonna work really well Beat Magazine Page 50

and I’m really keen to see the bands working together and I think it will be a nice touch. “We didn’t want it to just be a funk night or a jazz night or pop night. Why not celebrate the different genres of bands that we do have? But also it gives the students a great event to work on that’s got different bands and obviously they’ve all got their different challenges in terms of production as well.” This is the first year that Music Victoria has been involved in the project. Each year the students choose a beneficiary to donate all proceeds raised from the ticket sales to. Duke is certainly happy that her organisation has been chosen. “We’re chuffed that they’ve chosen Music Victoria this year and we’re really pleased to be involved,” she says. The students have chosen well, as it seems to be a very symbiotic

venue, so there’s no room,” Beach says. Such matters aside, the opportunity to see artists of the calibre of The Gories and Kid Congo Powers was cherished. “They were all still wearing their own shoes – though it was sponsored by Sailor Jerry,” Beach laughs. Later on, Electric Jellyfish headed across continental USA, including a couple of support slots in New York alongside legendary Australian band Feedtime. “When we played in San Francisco, I was under pressure to get a good San Francisco lineup, and we ended up playing with this psychedelic band Carlton Melton – they’re old dudes who’ve been playing around for ages, but playing this great psychedelia, that real SF thing. It’s real, genuine psych,” Beach says. With the members of the band now separated by thousands of kilometres of deep blue sea, Electric Jellyfish has had to take a lateral approach to writing new material. “It changes the process, definitely – we can’t just sit around and start jamming,” Beach says. “But we trust each other enough, so we don’t need to scrutinise each other’s ideas that much – except to make sure it’s the right genre, the right sound.” even out of time syncopation stuff, but that’s not really intentional,” he chuckles. “Having two drummers behind you in a live sense is just incredible. It’s like riding a wave of kick drum.” It’s also good for measuring your own skills. “If you’re out of time with one drummer you’re not that good but if you’re out of time with two, you should just stop playing.” The band members have traversed a dragway of personal ups and downs since the last album and Zeppelin says there’s a definite change to the scope of the songs’ meanings. “[The record] could almost have been called ‘Breakdowns, Breakups and Fuckups,’” he says. “We used to write about maybe being depressed, or angsty sort of stuff. But for the third album a lot of it’s about revenge, you know: it’s about solutions, not problems. I guess we’re kind of like dodgy meat in a butcher’s shop, we’re just getting older and tougher but we’re not dead yet.” (Selfdeprecation is part of the Sons’ starch.) “I guess this is a little more [of a] stripped-back and reflective album,” he continues. “We found our way back on to some old electric piano and I was playing some upright bass. I haven’t really played one before. My youngest brother who’s in a tonne of bands used to play it, so I used to muck around on his occasionally.” Once you have the theoretical knowledge of music in place, Zeppelin says it’s only about working out where the notes are on your new instrument and figuring out technique, although he admits he’s no bass king. “But it’s good fun,” he says. “It’s a real woody, resonant thing to have against your body, and it really fit the mood of the songs.” Adhering to Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo approach to writing, Zeppelin has created journals on the Sons’ experiences throughout their tours of Australia and Japan. “You write about what you know, but you want to write something interesting, so go and do something interesting,” he laughs. “Pretty much every song is coming from a real situation that’s relationship between the students, the musicians and the not-for-profit organisation. Duke explains what it is that they do. “We’ve got to ensure that there is a future for these music students. We hear about cuts to TAFE programs and all those sorts of things but these students, they’re the future of the music industry so we need to have all the people behind the scenes. A lot of people forget sometimes that there are people making it work behind the scenes with all the production and all the tech people. These students are the future for us and we want to ensure that there is a healthy music industry for them to work in when they graduate and look for work in the industry. “So what we’ve been doing is [running] workshops for professional development, skills training and all those sorts of different areas of music. [The money donated] will just go towards the general programs to continue with the workshops and the advocacy and everything else that we do. Often as a musician you’ve got to treat your band kind of like a small business so we help to arm people with information essentially.” As well as working with the students and musicians directly, Music Victoria also does a lot of work behind the scenes, representing the music industry at a government level, fighting for fair licensing laws. Duke talks proudly of the work that Music Victoria has done in this area. “Only a couple of years ago we had all the liquor licensing issues with venues, it’s a long complicated process but we have made some fantastic inroads and made some great achievements in terms of a live music plan and really getting those laws changed. We were

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The wonders of technology mean that a creative inspiration can be sent across the Pacific immediately. “We went in with this idea that if you have an idea, just send it – we have enough implicit trust in each other. And that approach has meant that the songs we’re doing over here are quite different,” Beach says. In a couple of weeks’– during which time Beach, Warden and Camilleri will put down whatever tracks they can at Paul Maybury’s A Secret Location studio – Beach will return to the United States. Beach pauses to think when I ask him what he misses most about Australia and, conversely, what aspects of American culture he can never find in Australia. “I think the community over here is stronger, and much more supportive,” Beach says. “As for what I miss about the States when I’m Australia, I’d have to say burritos. I went somewhere the other night – I won’t say where – and it was like ‘you call that a burrito?’,” he laughs. ELECTRIC JELLYFISH play The Gasometer Hotel on Saturday September 15 with High Tea, Spinning Rooms and Naked.

happened, but it’s just interpreted through our ﬁlters.” He’s got “about a novel’s worth” of tour diaries, which incorporate dreams, hallucinations and metaphors mixed in with the objectively real things. Zeppelin chuckles that he may have to get legal advice before anything in it is published, but considering the man’s ability to communicate both pathos and beer-fuelled rapture through his lyrics, I think his prose could be even better. SONS OF LEE MARVIN launch their album Cutthroats And Conjurers at The Retreat Hotel in Brunswick on Saturday September 15.

involved in the Premier’s Live Music Round Table and looking at all the various issues.” Within an ever-changing music industry that is constantly facing new challenges and struggles, from illegal downloading to restrictive liquor licensing laws, it’s good to know that up and coming musicians are in good hands, and all proceeds go to Music Victoria. “We’re having a raﬄe too,” Duke ﬁnishes by exclaiming, “so not only can you come see some great music, you might also be able to win some fantastic prizes!” M.A.V.I.S. will be held on Monday September 17 at The Corner Hotel, featuring Wintercoats, Barbarion, Wolfy And The Bat Cubs, Alfords Band Of Bullwinkles and Celeny.

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THE MEDICS

BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

The Medics formed in Cairns but, feeling frustrated by the confines of the small town, the young musos made the move south to Brisbane. The city’s music scene can be quite small and incestuous – if somebody is in one Brisbane band, they’re in three or four – and I ask drummer-slash-vocalist Jhindu Lawrie what their experiences have been like thus far in Brisvegas, and whether or not they’ve been welcomed. “We definitely have,” he says. “I mean, I’m not in half a dozen bands yet, but give it time!” Since their arrival, they’ve made friends with many in the local scene. “We know the Last Dinosaurs boys, for instance, and then there are a few other bands throughout Brisbane that we’ve gotten to know really well over the last two years. It’s really nice to be part of a community like that.” The Medics’ debut album, Foundations, was released a couple of months ago now, but they’re still giddy with excitement at getting it out there in the world. Earlier this month, for instance, it won the band three top titles in the National Indigenous Music Awards – for Album Of The Year, New Talent Of The Year and Song Of The Year. “The response has been pretty good,” Lawrie says. “Way more than I actually thought we would get, and I’m very happy with it. I know a

lot of people in different cities, and just to have them contacting me and telling me how they’re enjoying the album, and how many of their friends are liking it – It’s crazy to think about it, but the response has been really nice.” Foundations is already a triple j favourite, its songs familiar to many around the country, but it’s new fans Lawrie is most looking forward to getting in front of. “We’re about to go out on tour and I’m really looking forward to hitting a lot of the small towns, getting the album to people who haven’t heard it yet. That’s what I’m most excited about.” The songs on Foundations have a big and bold quality, indie rock bursting with energy and enthusiasm, but beneath the blustery arrangements there’s a real

sadness and reflective quality to the lyrics. As Lawrie tells it, this is not a conscious decision, or some kind of reflection of the band’s collective subconscious – it’s just how they like to do things. “Each song is quite personal for all of us,” he explains. “I guess I don’t think too much about it – we don’t go into it too deeply. But if there’s something big on our minds, an issue that’s really got us going, you can be sure it will end up in one of the songs.” The writing process in The Medics, he says, is very spur-of-themoment. “We all write songs individually, but we’ve started doing it in pairs, trying different ways. It’s becoming quite different now and I’m really excited at some of the new techniques that are coming in.” The Medics’ single Griffin, with its heartfelt lyrical cry of “he’s just a boy,” is a powerful song, and it has a

powerful video to match, telling the story of a young indigenous boy running afoul of the law. The clip was shot in Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Jail, and its themes resonate powerfully with the band. “We had a lot of pitches, but that was the one that most fit with the meaning of the song,” Lawrie explains. “A lot of Aboriginal youth these days are in bad situations – they end up going to jail and crashing cars and things like that – and the clip reflects that in a really interesting way. It means a lot to me personally, and to each one of us in the band, and honestly, I’m really glad now it’s out that it’s been meaningful to other people, too.”

the course of writing songs. “We definitely keep our minds open to debriefing, and we don’t try to confine ourselves to a genre,” he informs me. “We leave it open to allowing our songs to take their own direction. It allows our album and our shows to be more interesting because yes, we play a whole span of genres. “Now, I’m not sure if the next album will follow that diversity – it will probably be more refined – but yeah, I like the feeling of the process being really natural and what happens happens. It makes the songs true.” Word on the street is that Six60 might be releasing their sophomore album in April of next year. “Yeah, if all goes well, hopefully!” Walters exclaims. “We’ve got to make hay while the sun shines,” he laughs; a very easygoing laugh. “It’s kind of a whole weird new process now because we’ve got a whole live show off the first album and now with the second we’ve got all these new pressures working towards it. I guess now there’s these degrees of expectation and stuff like that, and we’ve got deadlines that we didn’t used to have; but pressure makes diamonds, I do believe.” Over the course of the last few years, Six60 have been touring like crazy – each cycle of their live show has seen

them playing larger venues and in front of larger audiences than the cycle before. Walters is psyched to be playing in Australia again, and especially so at the Forum. Touring, as he says, is part and parcel of his life, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. It surely helps that Six60 are made up of such good mates. “Certainly we get along really well because we were friends before this. So the touring and all the stuff like that is easy. We get off on touring and performing and entertaining,” he says, “and we definitely set the bar pretty high – to say we’re content with where we are right now would be a lie, because we’re really not.” So what does Six60 want out of life? He thinks for a second and takes a deep breath. “I guess we really want the main goal to be – just being a world-renowned band that has changed something. That would be the dream.” Judging by their success so far, I’d say they’re nearly there.

was great that it happened. It happened very innocently and mainly to have a good time, and that’s what we had.” The good times have extended far beyond Laurel Canyon in the last 18 months, seeing Wilson collaborate with the likes of Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead, and Jackson Browne. Wilson and his band also toured extensively – a year on the road that climaxed with a European jaunt with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. “How was that tour?” Wilson repeats – “Fucking amazing!” he bursts, before steadying himself a little. “It was like Christmas every day. Playing massive sports arenas and stadiums, and Tom is such a cool guy. It was just a lot of fun.” As of touring itself, Wilson is a fan. “Not in some weird ego way, but I do love the sensation of singing the songs.” When Wilson isn’t touring, he’s producing. From his East Los Angeles-based Five Star Studios, he has produced for the likes of Father John Misty, Dawes, and presently, folk legend Roy Harper (or “Mr Harper,” as he reverently corrects me). Recording with analogue equipment, Wilson

manages to capture all the nostalgia of the sun-soaked ‘60s without needing any of the LSD. When I dub him a jack of all trades, he deflects the compliment by redirecting the praise: “I’m also doing an album with a tremendous band called White Denim, one of the hottest bands there is,” he says. “I’ve got a new album coming too, around May – just in time for all the festivals and stuff.” As for Wilson’s Australian expectations, he says, “I would like for loads and loads of people to come to our show. That would be really nice, because to be honest we’re coming because we felt like it was really important to show up there for this album, with the goal being to come back again to build a base there. And the whole reason why is because the United States couldn’t give a fuck.” A travesty for America – and a triumph for the rest of us.

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SIX60

BY THOMAS BAILEY

It’s long been known that a town heavy with the culture of college proffers a healthy musical culture. Dunedin, the second largest city on New Zealand’s South Island, is such a city, and holds an impressive musical heritage. From the early ‘80s, it was a chief source of ‘the Dunedin Sound,’ an indie-rock sensibility that fuelled a good portion of the bands under the Flying Nun label, as well as a healthy chunk of many of New Zealand’s musical imports of the day: The Chills, The Clean, The Bats and Straitjacket Fits, amongst many other bands. And it was with the intention of studying music that brought Matiu Walters, lead guitarist and vocalist of ﬁve-piece genre-defying rock band Six60 down to Dunedin in the ﬁrst place. “It’s a pretty prestigious music college they’ve got down there,” Walters says matter-of-factly, “with reading, writing and composing and whatnot.” Sadly, he was informed by the powers-that-be that he wasn’t dedicated enough, so he and some musical mates ended up moving into a decrepit house at 660 Castle Street that ended up being the source of their name. “It’s kind of a ghetto area down there!” Walters says with a laugh. “And I don’t know what [660 Castle Street]’s like now, but when we were there it was a shithole. It was probably the worst house on the street and it was as cold as an icebox. It was cold even when it was warm outside. And it all kind of started from there. We had a studio in my room, we played parties at local pub, and then we ended up recording an EP [in 2008] and got a record deal.” Sporting a sound that deftly blends guitar-heavy rock‘n’roll, jazzed-up soul and deep, throbbing drum and bass, the

Six60 sound has since spread far and beyond the long white cloud’s shores. Their debut self-titled LP was released October of last year and has since gone triple platinum, with its singles Rise Up 2.0 and Don’t Forget Your Roots going double platinum. Ever the tireless performers, they’ve been touring nearly nonstop over the last few years, and this month sees Six60 making their fourth headlining trip to our shores. Not bad for a band that takes its name from such humble origins. So naturally I ask him what he thinks it is about their music that captures the public’s imagination. “I like to write music the way I listen to music,” he says earnestly. “Our music is just natural and our hearts are on our sleeves; we’re not trying to be anybody else but who we are, I suppose.” And who they are is a sum of their parts. The ﬁrst thing you might notice when you listen to Six60 is how it seamlessly blends jammy, phishy guitar play with sleek electronics and reggae-infused R&B. Walters mentions that it has a lot to do with the fact that he and his cohorts all come from diﬀerent backgrounds, and they let things happen naturally during

Rise up and catch SIX60 when they bring their expanded show to the Forum Theatre Friday September 28. They also play Homebake at The Domain in Sydney on Saturday December 8.

JONATHON WILSON

BY ERIN BROMHEAD

Talking to Jonathan Wilson over the phone with some 12 thousand kilometres between us doesn’t feel half as disconnecting as it sounds. Wilson has a way of making you feel like you’re hanging out in his lounge room in Los Angeles, hugging a handmade pottery mug steaming with herbal tea. No man is ego-less, but Wilson comes about as close to it as it gets. Soon, Wilson and his humility will cross the sweeping Pacific Ocean that stretches our phone line for his first Australian tour, and he is “really, really stoked” about it. Riding on the heels of the success of his 2011 release Gentle Spirit, Wilson says “it’s been a big year – one that has far surpassed anything anyone could have imagined.” After a long, at times frustrating gestation period, Wilson finally sensed that the planets were aligned for the album’s release, and since then it’s been a rocket ship of a ride. “[It’s a true blessing, to be honest. I’m really, really happy because it was difficult to get the album heard in the right way, and I knew the whole time that I could not put it out with the wrong people, it had to be the right vibe.” Gentle Spirit is overflowing with the right vibes. Like slowburning incense, it sparks and simmers, as smoky guitar rhythms swirl and loop through the air, swayed by a voice that ignites all your senses, leaving the room subtly fragranced with sandalwood. It’s almost relieving to know of Wilson’s existence; a true earth child connected to both nature and man through his undeniable gift and affinity with music. On the majestic track Desert Raven, Wilson dispenses wisdom like an ancient medicine man as he sings, “The raven who flies through the desert sky is wiser than you or me”, and he soars above the cavernous sands of time. His role, then, in what has been dubbed ‘The Laurel Canyon Revival Scene’ seems fitting. Hosting jam sessions at his house in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon – historic hippie base and old stomping grounds of such rock royalty as Joni Mitchell and Jim Morrison – musicians flocked to partake in these Beat Magazine Page 52

collaborative celebrations of improvisation and grade-A shredding; guests included members of The Black Crowes, Steve Miller Band, Wilco, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst. The now infamous jam sessions seem inescapable in any writeup about Wilson. Asked if he is tired of this marriage, Wilson resolves, “I’m not sick of it. I try to shed the truth about it, though. There was a scene there – but that scene was at my house. “The canyon became this journalistic sort of fantasyland,” he continues. “I sort of let it fly when people imagined it like that, and the fact that now it has turned into such a big deal is a trip.” The truth does little to dilute Wilson’s contribution to the magic fairy juice reportedly trickling down LA’s hills, though; it just means that the scene he was reviving didn’t spread past his dream-catcher donned front door. Media hype aside, Wilson reminisces fondly: “It was a time and place and it

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FUTURE ISLANDS BY KRISSI WEISS

When William Cashion, bassist and guitarist for Maryland postpunk new-wave band Future Islands talks about “the band” it’s hard to know exactly which incarnation he’s referring to. While the current lineup, releasing and recording as Future Islands, have been officially together since 2006, Cashion, vocalist Samuel T. Herring and keyboard and programmer Gerrit Welmers have been playing music since art school in 2003. When Cashion references “the band” you begin to realise that while different members and branding creates a stop-start feel in the mind of the audience, to Future Islands it has simply been one big journey. “For a band like us, we were a totally DIY band for such a long time,” Cashion says in response to any tags of overnight success. The units of measurement for success in music are so subtle that often only the band themselves pay attention to them. Outside help for booking and promotion, slightly bigger venues, a slightly bigger font on a festival poster – these are all tiny signs that show a musician they are on the right path. “I booked all of our shows up until about a year and a half ago. In that whole world of success you are describing, even in that world, we’re still babies and seem brand new. Yet we’ve been a band for about seven or eight years, making music for over nine. It feels unique that we’ve been working for that long and we’re only now starting to get into that sort of world.” It’s clear that Cashion, Welmers and Herring have a sort of glue that keeps them together. Projects and people have come and gone, some in a furious fashion, but the trio have found a place of comfort as friends and as purveyors of brooding yet shiny ‘80s inspired songs of love in all of its gory glory. “It’s a good thing that we keep pushing,” he says. “Sam is always on our case to keep writing new material even when we’re on the road. Over the years, some of us have gotten into fights and I think we’ve learned how to get along better and how not to push each other’s buttons. Just ‘cause we know how to push them doesn’t mean you have to, ‘cause we’re still gonna be stuck in a van all day and there’s no reason to be an asshole.” The allure of travelling the world and playing music is a devious one. It seems like a perfect life from the outside, particularly when spending two years to save up for a three month backpacking holiday in Europe, but when you’re playing virtually every day in a new city, there’s often not much time for anything else. “The last couple of years we’ve made it a point to take in our surroundings ‘cause it’s really easy to just see the inside of a bar and then a highway,” he says. “Let’s face it, those places look the same everywhere. We try to find out what’s cool to check out in the cities we’re in, even when we’re in the States.”

“OUTSIDE HELP FOR BOOKING AND PROMOTION, SLIGHTLY BIGGER VENUES, A SLIGHTLY BIGGER FONT ON A FESTIVAL POSTER – THESE ARE ALL TINY SIGNS THAT SHOW A MUSICIAN THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH. ”

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With daily gigs and a growing audience expectation for musicians to keep drip-feeding them new material, Future Islands are more than happy to embrace the new creative climate. “We spent the last few months off touring so we’ve spent most of that time focusing on writing the next record and having a lot of loose jams,” he explains. “There’s a few tracks that are creeping into the live set now. It’s so hard to write on tour; we’d rather be partying or sleeping,” he laughs. “There are definitely songs where we can all feel there’s something magical about it but there’s a lot of other songs that some of us like more. Oftentimes those songs are thrown to the wayside or they’ll end up as a B-side. The song mightn’t fit on a record but because we’re all about releasing stopover tracks in between albums that’s where they’ll appear. “There are very few songs we’ve written that haven’t seen the light of day. As a fan of music, I really love when bands release little things. Oftentimes there’s a band you like and it’ll be years after their last album and there’s been nothing. You think they could’ve released an EP or a 7” or something in that time. It’s equally a choice for the fans as it is for us. Not to mention it’s good for us, the 7” is a great way to test things out; there’s not as much pressure and you’re allowed to take some risks.” Towards the end of the conversation, Cashion hints that Future Islands might be returning to Australia as part of the summer festival circuit. “We’re all gonna take some time to ourselves,” he says. “We usually take a week or two at least, the tours are always so intense so we need some space before we jump back into it. November sees us tour in the States and that’s our last push for the album. We do know that the touring season in Australia is best in December and January so we’re hoping to be a part of something then but nothing is certain. If not, the US tour will be the last tour of this album.”

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NO ZU

BY KRISSI WEISS

Nicolaas Oogjes’ bedroom project of desert percussion, funked up bass lines and exotic melodies has grown into the rag-tag rotating collective No Zu, and Oogjes and co. have a debut album to introduce to audiences as they begin a small interstate trek. For the former member of TTT (and with No Zu membership including musicians from World’s End Press, Rat Vs. Possum, Tantrums and many others), Oogjes is treating the project as a pure expression of the joyful and the mundane with little in the way of conscious planning. Sounding like Parliament-Funkadelic on a journey through the outback via Kenya after a week of consuming peyote, No Zu is a genuine collision of sound and ideology. “The history of the band is that it’s been me doing selfrecordings and teaching myself to record along the way,” Oogjes explains. “When I was ﬁrst recording I was using Sound Recorder on Windows, the most basic thing you could imagine, so for this album there was a bit of me recording us. We also got a grant from Arts Victoria and were able to use a couple of studios to record the live elements of the band as well. I then spent nine months adding layers, timbales, percussion and a heap of other sounds. The idea was to capture not what we actually sound like live but what the songs sound like in my head and I think we achieved that.” The debut album, Life, is a sonic paradox with reviewers attaching themselves and their descriptors to either the exotic, universal elements or the Australiana feel. The album is both and the lyrics take the idea of dichotomy even further. “The more I’ve had to start talking about the album, the more I’ve realised how many contradictions there are in the intentions of the project,” he says. “I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. When I ﬁrst started, I was really into the Australian identity, especially in music, and the idea you have to have that Drones-style,

guitar-driven sound, even back to Midnight Oil and Hunters And Collectors and I was wondering why music can’t be about something else, given that even that music is steeped in Americana traditions. I was interested in the exotic and why that expression can be seen as Australian.” The exploration of who Oogjes is and what surrounds him is the hook upon which this album hangs. “That idea of life in a broader sense is still there but it’s really narrowed down to that sort of suburban idea and getting to the root of where your inspiration comes from and being honest,” he explains. “We’re a band from the suburbs, even though people like to think of themselves as cosmopolitan, the general public seems to like to think of themselves as that, but there’s just as much inspiring and weird and exotic things happening everywhere else.” After all, life is about all of the bits in between the stuﬀ of most art and is often simply spent waiting. Waiting for the next exciting, heartbreaking, terrifying or fulﬁlling thing to happen, waiting for something to arrive or another thing to pass and by ignoring the mundane, Oogjes feels that honesty is jeopardised.

NADA SURF

BY JOSHUA KLOKE

With his band having been together for 20 years now, Matthew Caws has heard it all. The guitarist and vocalist for New York trio Nada Surf fully understands the cyclical nature of the music industry, and can find the humour in the way the general public reacted when Nada Surf released their seventh full length, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. “I saw something funny on Twitter the other day; someone said, ‘Oh, I can’t believe Nada Surf got back together,’ which is just hilarious,” he says, laughing heartedly. “I think if you’ve been around as long as we have, people run out of things to say. They can only think of your band in career terms,” continues the 45-year-old, reached on the phone from his New York home after returning from a nine-day road trip along the East Coast of America with his son. If one were to frame Nada Surf simply in terms of their career, it’d be tough to argue with their list of accomplishments. After recovering from having the dreaded ‘one hit wonder’ with their 1996 summer classic Popular, Caws and co. battled restrictions from record labels and a shifting industry before finally emerging with the energetic The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. The palpable energy on the record is not one that came easily, according to Caws. “For no reason that I can pinpoint, we’ve been playing slower in the studio. But when we play live, we’re still the same band. When it comes to playing the guitar, I always end up coming back to how I felt when

I wrote the song, or how I played it in the practice space. “We wanted to preserve that feeling,” he continues. “I’m always surprised when I listen to our past records by how tame they sound. They’re tamer than how I actually felt at the time. We just thought, ‘Let’s make an album that sounds like us.’ And it worked! I feel more at home listening to our records now, especially the last one.” Having eclipsed the hurdles they faced in the past, the band are now able to write music with a freedom few of their peers can attain. The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy contains an urgency that underlines the influence the band has indeed had on their peers. Beyond Popular, the band’s legacy rests in that influence. Their infectious and unadulterated brand of melodic punk maintains a groove that can be heard in a wave of acts, from Okkervil River to Jesse Landen and Adam Kesek. And while many musicians in their mid-40s would be content to rest on their laurels, there’s an enthusiasm and drive within The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy that speaks to their continued effort. For Caws, it was all about capturing an energy. “With

MYSTERY JETS

BY TEGAN BUTLER

At the tail end of 2010, English band Mystery Jets had released their third album Serotonin to the world and were looking forward to travelling to the land down under for a run of shows and some quality time in the Australian sun. Now in the dwindling months of 2012, the modest lads from Eel Pie Isle are at it again, this time bringing a whole new bag of tricks thanks to their latest release, Radlands. In a bold move, Radlands marks the band’s ﬁrst concept album and is a far cry from the well-worn synth-driven pop sounds of their previous three releases. Stripped back and layered with lap steel, prior to their last visit co-lyricist William Rees had fantasised about heading abroad and in a completely new direction for their next recording endeavour. It was Austin, Texas that ﬁnally won them over in their desire to tear up the rulebook and get as far away from their pop legacy as possible. Back on the phone in anticipation of another Australian tour, Rees talks about how the group’s initial pipe dream of escaping England and pressing a restart button on their sound came to fruition ahead of Radlands in 2011. “Originally, half the band wanted to go to LA, and the other half wanted to go to New Orleans,” Rees recounts. “We thought because none of us could really agree on which place we wanted to go to we just settled on the place which was in the middle of the two, which was Austin. There’s a lot of local talent and a sense of music there – it’s like everyone draws from a musician, or some sort of country song. It feels like a language. Beat Magazine Page 54

“It was definitely our version of the American dream – we wanted to go there and find for ourselves what a lot of people go to America to find. To discover something new for themselves, change their lives, and explore their potential and possibilities. America has always been a land of hope and a land of dreams, and a lot of those dreams have gone wrong perhaps, but a lot of those dreams have gone right. We went there with that kind of attitude. There’s a lot of beliefs over there, there’s a lot people who believe in a lot of things, but what they do believe in, they believe strongly. That is something that I think defines America; you don’t really find that too much in other countries.” Settling into a house by the Colorado River, which they had soon dubbed Radlands (a cross between a Terrence Malik reference and the name of Keith Richards’ house Redlands from the ‘60s), William and his band mates Blaine Harrison (vocals, guitar), Kapil Travedi (drums) and now ex-member Kai Fish, set up a home studio, adorned their front gate with a sign and a lone star and proceeded to throw themselves into every aspect of culture Austin could offer them.

“The mundane can be overlooked in art in general and especially in the indie scene,” he says. “Everything is treated as all absolutes and there’s nothing in between. “A visual artist who is one of the most inspirational to me is Howard Arkley, he did that Nick Cave portrait and his claim to fame in the ‘80s and ‘90s was painting suburban houses with odd colours. I live in a house that looks very much like those houses. He was cosmopolitan and cultural but he lived out in Oakley for a good part of his life and he painted what was around him. People don’t seem to want to feel their area; I’m not embarrassed about being from the suburbs and you simply have to be as honest about who and where you are as you can be.” Expectation isn’t something Oogjes buys into. Having been in a number of different bands he seems to be seeking out purity in his art. Success may come and go but if success is at the price of dishonesty and artistic sacrifice then it hardly seems worth it. Musical projects can be like relationships in a way and when you have been through enough of them, this record, we’d finished demoing the songs on a Sunday afternoon. On Monday morning we were rolling our amps three blocks down the street and by noon, we were tracking. We were just so in it, and that helped. We got some tracks down in five days, which for us was ridiculously quick.” The band’s efforts to capture their energy and determination manifests itself in some of the more lighthearted material, sonically speaking, the band has released in years. Caws insists however that The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy is not the result of a carefree state of mind. “We got heavy in different ways. In rehearsing all [Nada Surf’s past records for upcoming tours] I discovered how much selfanalysis there was on those records. I don’t want to turn 80 and look at those records only to realise all I sung about was personal problems. I had to write about the outside world, what other people were doing. “No Snow On The Mountain is about ice caps melting and the fact that there won’t be a regular water supply around the world,” he says. “A lot of the record, without spelling it out, is about climate change. Aside from anything in my personal life, that’s what I’m most worried about.” It’s a valid worry, but for the time being, Caws and Nada Surf are excited about the prospects of an upcoming tour. And as the band hits the road yet again, Caws can’t help but reflect on what he once imagined for the band, and what Nada Surf has become. “My original dream was just to play in the clubs I went to see bands in. It’s great to see us come this far. We had a little struggle with record companies in the beginning, but that’s been written about for two or three albums now,” he admits with a sense of poise and clarity. “But the sound of this record reminds me of our first few records, and I like that. It’s nice to feel like we’ve come full circle. Those first few, there was a lot to prove. We were “A lot of what we did when we were out in Austin was spending time researching things in the area”, Rees explains. “We looked at cults and how they go wrong, and how they start. And there’s a lot of stuff that happened in Texas, one of which was the Waco cult. That turned into a complete bloodbath, but initially it started off as one man having a vision, and feeling like he was a prophet from God. Things like that we were looking into and writing about and putting into our lyrics. “We also tried to find out a lot about the local people and what local people did, so we went to Church one occasion. The way we went in, it was almost like we were anthropologists or something; we were on the ground meeting people and reading about the history and trying to find out about where we were, basically. Then we put that into our music.” It was also the creation of their own world within the gates of Radlands through an alter-ego by the name of Emmerson Lonestar that lead the Mystery Jets to explore and draw on a whole new range of emotion within their writing. The fictional protagonist that appears throughout the album allowed the band to open up. “He was a device,” Rees asserts. “The songs on Radlands are a combination of both real experiences and imagination; often you need a real experience to ignite it and then once it’s hot, you can take it where you want to take it. Which is where Emmerson Lonestar and the imagination of it comes in.” Rees adds, “That was a cool thing for us to write about because it’s different from writing about the girl two doors down, which is quite English, quite sweet. But in America we found lots of different things to inspire us.” Upon its release earlier this year, the finished product of Radlands drew divisive opinions from critics thanks to such a radical move away from the sounds recognised on albums 21 and Serotonin. Embodying more Eagles and less of The Cure, the Mystery Jets will finally be able to bring their mixture of old and new material to life on stage. “It has been quite

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like Oogjes has, you begin to reprioritise. He knows what he wants and is willing to allow music, opportunity and plans arrive as fluidly and organically as they choose. “We’ve really enjoyed doing this album and getting it out to people and after we’ll look to the next project,” he says philosophically. “If it’s a different set-up, it’s a different setup and if it takes five years, it takes five years or if it takes two months, you know? I couldn’t have gotten to the point of being so relaxed about things and letting things happen as they do without going through other bands. You learn a lot of lessons in all the bands you have. When you’re younger you think, ‘I’ll play this show even though we don’t want to for whatever reason,’ and as you get older you realise you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.” And usually, the music is all the better for it. NO ZU launch their debut album Life (out now through Sensory Projects) at The Liberty Social, Friday September 14 with special guests.

thrilled, but also terriﬁed on a certain level. We really wondered if we belonged. And now I just feel very at home in the studio and onstage. It’s a nice place to arrive at.” Check out NADA SURF at The Corner Hotel on Friday September 21.

hard to incorporate the two diﬀerent sounds together, but we’ve found that a handful of songs work really well alongside the new material,” Rees explains. “The songs that do work, we’ve updated them to the current sounds so some of them have got pedal steel on them. It’s been really nice to see that all this time we’ve had some of these songs that for some reason feel like they could have been on Radlands, but they were on other records.” And just how much signiﬁcance will the pedal steel have throughout their set? “We couldn’t do a show without it now!” MYSTERY JETS play The Corner, Wednesday September 26. Radlands is out now through Remote Control.

YELLOWCARD BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Ryan Key is lying in his bunk on his tour bus after an exhausting Warped Tour gig in Chicago. He’s watching The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and doing our interview at the same time. “Multitasking,” says the lead singer and guitarist of Los Angeles power punk five-piece Yellowcard. If there’s anyone who understands the importance of timing, it’s Key. After forming in 1997, Yellowcard released an incredible six records in a ten-year period, culminating with 2007’s Paper Walls. Then in 2008, the band’s respective members began undertaking different endeavours. Personal lives demanded attention; soon the band announced they were going on an indefinite hiatus, fuelling speculation that the band’s creative fire had dwindled. After six musicians having left the band between 1997 and 2006, many believed Yellowcard were finished. Ultimately however, the pull of Yellowcard was too weighty to ignore, and in November of 2010 the band returned. The aptly-titled When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes was released in 2011. Key admits that 2011 was indeed an “amazing year” for the band, and ever the master of timing, Key and Yellowcard capitalised by releasing Southern Air, their latest, just a year later. Running on said energy has allowed Yellowcard to find their groove once again after their nearly three-year hiatus. “We are better than ever,” says the 32-year-old. “Everyone is feeling so positive and motivated. It’s amazing. We got back in the groove pretty quickly with When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes last year. We toured over 30 countries and then went right back in the studio to produce what has become Southern Air. It has all been great.” When Key is pressed on what brought the band back together after the hiatus, he admits that, naturally, it came down to timing. “I think the timing was just right for everyone. We all started to get the itch to be back out on the road playing shows. We’d had the right amount of time for ourselves and came back to the band with a whole new focus and perspective.” That perspective was aided by longtime Yellowcard producer Neal Avron. Southern Air is Avron’s sixth stint with Yellowcard, including their sole live album Live from Las Vegas at the Palms. While many bands routinely choose new producers to maintain a fresh attentiveness to their work, Key remains committed to Avron as an integral member of Yellowcard’s output. “We just have such an amazing relationship

with him,” he admits in earnest. “We trust each other and I think that’s the most important thing. He is the one that brings the new ideas to the table most of time. He’s always pushing us to take our songwriting to new places.” The new places Yellowcard pushed towards on Southern Air weren’t without another influence. It’s been well documented that the band’s inner circle of family and friends had a tremendous influence on the writing of Southern Air. As the band have collectively entered their 30s, the influence of those close to the band has become unavoidable. Key notes that while writing about friends and family wasn’t a conscious decision for the band, they have certainly become more important in their lives. “During the hiatus I moved back to the East Coast and really had a chance to reconnect with my family. That connection was definitely a motivating factor for Southern Air.” Geography plays more of a role in the overall aesthetic of Yellowcard than one may believe. Originally hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, Yellowcard may have since relocated to Los Angeles but still maintain close ties with the city. And as the cover of Southern Air and a variety of tracks on the album (Always Summer, Rivertown Blues) illustrate, the band’s ethos is still deeply entrenched in the unique nature of the south-eastern United States in general. For Ryan Key, ignoring geography isn’t on his agenda. Maintaining ties with his home keeps him grounded. And as the tangibly intense vibe of Southern Air proves, taking advantage of timing and opportunities is also high up on the list. “Geographically, the Southern United States is an important place for me,” says Key. “It shaped me growing up in so many ways and I wanted to share some of that with everyone through the songs on this record.”

“ WE ARE BETTER THAN EVER. EVERYONE IS FEELING SO POSITIVE AND MOTIVATED. IT’S AMAZING. WE GOT BACK IN THE GROOVE PRETTY QUICKLY WITH WHEN YOU’RE THROUGH THINKING, SAY YES LAST YEAR. WE TOURED OVER 30 COUNTRIES AND THEN WENT RIGHT BACK IN THE STUDIO.”

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DEFEATER

BY ZOË RADAS

Defeater’s body of work – comprising two full-length albums, an EP and a single – has been heralded as something which doesn’t just employ concept to create mood, but uses this complicated narrative to comment on issues which affect all the onion skins of community. Their storyline orbits a New Jersey family living in the post World War II period, and chronicles the emotional upheavals of its characters and the societal commotions they endure over time. Defeater’s Australian fans will be treated with the live experience very shortly, with the Massachusetts hardcore five-piece arriving in Australia in a few weeks to tour their double record of 2011, Empty Days & Sleepless Nights. “Before the band was even set in stone there was just the first record written instrumentally, and then we talked about what the record should be about,” says vocalist Derek Archambault, over the telephone from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. “It was definitely planned. [Guitarist] Jay [Maas] and I both agreed that it should be a fictitious concept record loosely based on whatever I wanted.” From this beginning the discography began to unfold, and an alter-world was fleshed out. “Everything about Defeater is trapped within this storyline and timeline and these characters,” Archambault says. It doesn’t mean the band’s sound is limited, though, despite the expectations a listener might hold for this particular genre. Countless reviewers mark Defeater as being at the top of their game, and even out of reach to their musical peers because of their experimentation in mixing acoustic ballads and heavy metal. “I’m not really the best judge of hardcore bands because I don’t really listen to a lot of it

anymore, [but] I listen to ‘90s hardcore,” Archambault says. “There’s a lot of great bands doing a lot of great things. They’ve all coincidentally become our friends, so I might be a little biased.” The problem with a particular genre’s definition, and its stigmas or otherwise, is obviously something Archambault feels he has to address as it becomes clear he doesn’t like some of the language I’m using (even though it feels neutral to me). “I feel like stuff gets lumped in,” he explains. “The more metal leanings of hardcore and metalcore, I feel like that is really stagnant, but I don’t think that we really sit in that. I feel like with hardcore, there’s always something keeping it fresh, and [new]. There’s all these bands coming up that take something old and give it a new spin.” Disciples of the band are a particularly zealous species, with an impressive collection of truly gorgeous fan art up on Instagram and Twitter. Archambault says he doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media, but loves what he sees at shows.

“It’s incredibly flattering when, you know, some kids come up to us and say ‘Hey, I’ve got this Defeater-inspired tattoo,’ or ‘Your record’s influenced my life in this way,’ or just to sit and talk about how somehow our little shit band has been able to change them in some way,” he says pointedly. “I don’t pay attention to that stuff online but it means the fucking world to me when it happens in person.” Included in ‘that stuff online’ is Facebook, so Archambault can’t say which of his bandmates recently posted a status update quoting Chicago performer Wesley Willis. He does, however, explain a bit about the man and it seems to reflect his interest in those people who sit outside convention. “Wesley Willis was a schizophrenic man [who] recorded songs on a shitty little [Casio] keyboard and a tape recorder. He turned into this huge cult phenomenon and toured and then he passed away. I played a festival with him. He got a lot of shit. People kind of made fun of him, they kind of

weren’t really laughing with him a lot of the time. He wrote music about rock ‘n’ roll and McDonald’s.” Willis’ material was released on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label, and Archambault makes a point of saying that “The people putting out his records actually believed in him.” When the band get back from Australia the plan is to begin the writing process again, and then record in Maas’ new studio. In addition to playing guitar with the band, Maas is a highly respected producer and mixer. “We’ll record everything with Jay, and it’s going to take who knows how long? We get to work at our own pace, so that’s what’s nice. We don’t have to answer to anyone at a studio, we don’t have to like, practice or write for months and months and months and then just go try bang it all out.”

them but I don’t necessarily pay that much attention to it. I’ve always tried to not let bad press stop me, but then there’s the problem of beginning to believe your good press too much. There’s the risk of turning into an egomanic,” he laughs. “It seems that these days that the press is made up more so of audience members than professionals.” Currently making their way through their debut tour of Australia, Carson shares that many of his early musical inspirations are from down under. “We’ve wanted to go to Australia for quite a while. A lot of my favourite bands come from there. The whole reason I got into music was AC/DC, I’m a big Radio Birdman fan and I used to do a few covers of The Saints back in the day, The Dirty Three, etc.

“Unfortunately our previous tour was Lori [Goldston]’s last as she doesn’t want to tour anymore because of her child, and Karl [Blau] also just had a child so the touring lineup will be a little different to our album lineup. We’re coming over as the classic power-trio,” he divulges. “The songs from our last albums will be played with a lot of improvisation alongside some reworkings of our older stuff. We’re trying to focus more on the newer record but also taking songs that people haven’t heard in a while and try to renew them.”

DEFEATER play The Corner Hotel in Richmond on Thursday September 27, supported by Blacklisted.

EARTH

BY TYSON WRAY

Arguably one of the most esoteric genres, the haunting compositions and sluggish reverberation that embodies the work of drone artists are inherently complex. First established in the early ‘90s, the genre was formed through the inspiration of Melvins’ sludge metal and the minimalism of La Monte Young. And while contemporary popularity of the genre continues to be cultivated through the likes of Sunn O))), Boris and Burial Chamber Trio, there is no doubt to any purist that the pioneers for the framework of the drone movement were the legendary Seattle outfit Earth. Renowned for their minimalist metal and repetitive structure, Earth formed two decades ago, and throughout their career the group have forged sonic explorations of work spanning from experimental ambience to psychedelic metal and stoner post-rock. “Every album is always different because you’re different. It’s a different time.” Notes Dylan Carlson in a thick American accent. As the driving force behind Earth, Carson has been fundamental in the group’s constant evolution - and since their reformation seven years ago he’s the only remaining founding member alongside Adrienne Davies. “Even if it’s the same studio the situation is different. On our last pair of albums we worked a lot more on the stuff live before we hit the studio,” he notes of their most recent bodies of work, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I & II. “There’s a lot more improvising, especially in the second half of the album when we’d just roll the tape and play and

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LONG HOLIDAY

Define your genre in five words or less: Big, hairy, ballsy rock! Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? The lovechild of L7, Nirvana & Queens Of The Stone Age after a dirty one night stand. Think of the high-waist jeans and cardigans! What can a punter expect from your live show? Head-banging, swearing and big boobies. Everything needed for a good dose of ballsy rock. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? We would have a beer with Kurt Cobain and compare notes on the latest cardigans. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Beat Magazine Page 56

see what happens. “I’d say it still pretty much works in the same way it always has,” he shares of the group’s fundamental processes when penning an album. “I try not to do the same record over and over. I like to have the accidents that happen in the studio as opposed to being super control-freakish. I try and get people that I like to come into the studio and play with me because I know I don’t have to worry about how they’re going to play because I know that they’ll do something good,” he pauses and laughs. “I’ve got enough problems with my own stuff to worry about.” Viewed as one of the most respected and venerated drone outfits of contemporary day, Carson notes that the widespread reception of his work is ultimately welcome, but that outside perception doesn’t play a role in shaping Earth’s music. “It’s nice to get good reviews and I appreciate

We have our debut album Greetings From due for release in January/February 2013, but for now, you can pick up a four-track album sampler free at one of our shows. Tell us about the last song you wrote. It’s called Insane and it’s about being a douche bag and thinking you are great…but you suck. Where would you like to be in five years? Sleeping uncomfortably on a pile of ARIA awards. Ouch! If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? Snickers. It’s chunky and nuts but it’s got smooth liquid gold too. When’s the gig and with who? Thursday September 27 in the Espy Gershwin Room, with Full Code. It’ll be rockin’. Don’t be a puss and come and check us out!

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EARTH will release a wall of sound on The Toff In Town tonight and The Corner Hotel on Sunday September 16.

SLEEP DECADE

Define your genre in five words or less: Spacious dream-pop minimal rock.

Where would you like to be in five years? Making field recordings in the Peruvian Amazon.

What do you love about making music? It’s a process of constant discovery and is a constant challenge. I am always learning new things about sound, my instruments, the people I play with etc. It’s very spontaneous. When I’m playing it often feels like some kind of altered state. The people I make music with are my best friends, so it’s fun!

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? If I could travel back in time then showing someone my music would be towards the bottom of my priorities. Besides, Neil Young is still kicking. If he is interested he can check it out now in 2012.

What makes a good musician? Someone who tunes into what’s going on around them and the people they’re playing with. Someone with ideas. Someone who knows when not to play.

When are you launching your single? Sunday September 16 at Bar Open in Fitzroy. With Seagull and Staffan’s Songs (Francolin). Doors at 7:30pm.

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CORE

CORE GIG GUIDE

PUNK, SKA, HARDCORE

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13: Poison City PreKender Party feat Restoration, Gun Runners, Outsiders, Let Me Down Jungleman, Outright at The Gasometer Cartel, We Rob Banks, The Playbook, Sidelines at Evelyn Hotel Red Paintings at Ding Dong Clowns, Street Fangs, Master_ Beta at The Bendigo

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The annual Poison City Weekender Festival is THIS WEEK! Slowly, the interstate folk with exceptional taste will descend upon Australia’s home of live music to devour some excellent live music. It seems like almost everyone has committed themselves to every single show available to them this coming weekend, which should have some hilarious consequences come the final show of the festival on Sunday at The Reverence. PCRW seems to have become an increasingly important event for Melburnians. It feels as though it’s a real point of pride for those who support Australian music and who have found a home, a friend or a family in Melbourne’s live music community. Poison City has demonstrated an impressive knack of reaching ever so slightly beyond a simple label, and instead reflecting a lifestyle. That they’ve managed to apply their brand like this so successfully without employing the use of an energy drink sponsor and a couple of tuff turkeys modelling their wares is testament to their greatness. Viva La PCR.

CRUNCH!

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14: Poison City Weekender feat Extortion, Luca Brasi, I Exist, Grim Fandango, Between The Devil And The Deep, Chinese Burns Unit, White Walls at The Tote Road Ratz, Dirty Capters, The Out Of Towners, Street Fangs and more at The Espy Basement Alarum, The Levitation Hex, King Parrot, House Of Thumbs at The Bendigo

Dariusz ‘Daray’ Brzozwski, percussionist for Dimmu Borgir is in the country at the moment hosting drum clinics, one of which will arrive at The Bendigo this Saturday. Drop by at 1pm for a drumming ‘masterclass’ with guests. Tickets are $15. Pre-orders for the upcoming Home Is Where The Arty Is book will commence later this month on Monday September 24. Don’t forget the book will be launched at the Lithuanian Club in North Melbourne on November 23. Texas punks Lower Class Brats will tour Australia this November, starting in Melbourne before heading to some regional centres. Catch them at The Rev on Wednesday November 3, then the National in Geelong on Thursday November 4, before returning again to play at The Bendigo on Friday November 5. Melbourne psychobilly legends The Workinghorse Irons will release a self-titled EP this month via Airlock and then hit the road to celebrate. You can catch them with The Nekromantix at The Hi-Fi on October 6 or at Cherry Bar on Saturday September 29.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16: Poison City Weekender feat Wil Wagner, Lincoln Le Fever, Lucy Wilson, Dave Drayton at The Old Bar (2pm) Poison City Weekender feat Rival Schools, Restorations, A Death In The Family, Hoodlum Shouts, Toy Boats at The Corner Hotel The Toasters, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Ska Vendors, The Resignators and more at The Espy Subhumans, Bloody Hammer, Wolfpack, 12FU at Bendigo Hotel Cartel, We Rob Banks, Summerset Avenue, While The City Sleeps at Ferntree Gully Hotel Emperors, Royston Vasie, Super Bets Friends, Darts at The Workers Club Public Liability, Hailgun, Right Mind at The Reverence SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16: Poison City Weekender feat The Smith Street Band, Jamie Hay and Jen Buxton, Paper Arms, Let Me Down Jungleman, The Outsiders, Milhouse, Lincoln Le Fever, Run Squirrel at The Reverence Earth at Corner Hotel Cartel, We Rob Banks, A Sleepless Melody, Dylan Joel at Lilydale Showgrounds Summerset Avenue, Goodnight Midnight, Second Chance Exit at The Workers Club Earth, Bonnie Mercer, Margins at The Corner Hotel MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17: Subhumans, Vicious Circle, Spew N Guts, Dixon Cider at Northcote Social Club

METAL, HEAVY ROCK, CLASSIC ROCK

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GIG ALERT: ALARUM, THE LEVICATION HEX

Alarum, The Levitation Hex, King Parrot and House Of Thumbs will be at The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood on Friday September 14. It’ll be the last show for Alarum and The Levitation Hex before they head to Europe in October for their Hemispheres Collide European Tour, which includes both bands playing ProgPower Europe in Holland.

NEW ILL NIÑO

Ill Niño will release their sixth album of Latininﬂuenced, aggressive metal on Monday October 22. It’s called Epidema.

STEEL PANTHER SUPPORT ANNOUNCED

GIG ALERT: LINKIN PARK/STONE SOUR SIDEWAVE

Linkin Park and Stone Sour have announced their Sidewaves as part of the Soundwave 2013 megalith. They’ll be at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday February 27. Stone Sour have been hard at work on their fourth and ﬁfth albums, House Of Gold And Bones, which will be released in two parts, the ﬁrst next month and the second in early 2013. Linkin Park’s latest is Living Things.

GO TO SLEEP, YOU LITTLE PUNK It had to happen: Punk Rock Baby Lullaby Arrangements transforms 16 of the greatest punk rock songs into beautiful lullabies. Can you think of a more relaxing way to put your baby down to nap than singing along to Misfits’ Where Eagles Dare? I didn’t think so. Check out the track listing - and note that it’s real punk, not pop punk: Social Distortion Mommy’s Little Monster, The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl, Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop, Misfits - Where Eagles Dare, The Clash - London Calling, The Stooges - Search And Destroy, Black Flag - Tv Party, Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia, Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster, Ramones - Bye Bye Baby, T-Rex - Children Of The Revolution, Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK, Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated, Descendents - Silly Girl, Iggy Pop - The Passenger, The Vibrators - Turning Japanese.

GIG ALERT: CANNIBAL CORPSE

Cannibal Corpse are heading to Oz in October. I had a chat with guitarist Rob Barrett the other day (largely about guitar-nerd talk) and he’s super-stoked about the tour. He’s also working on a side project with a few metal luminaries, and he’s hoping to get that ﬁnished up soon. Cannibal Corpse will lay waste to Billboard The Venue on Friday October 5.

Sydney’s The Art have been named national support for Steel Panther’s October Australian tour. These lads have built quite the reputation locally, and they managed to catch the attention of LA booker and former Guns N’ Roses manager Vicky Hamilton. They’ve supported the likes of Them Crooked Vultures, Marilyn Manson and The Pixies. Their latest album is Here Comes The War. Steel Panther and The Art are at Festival Hall on Sunday October 7.

GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TESTAMENT

The mighty Testament have uploaded Part Two of their behind-the-scenes look at the making of their Native Blood music video to the YouTubes. The album recently debuted at - get this - #9 on the Billboard charts in the USA, with sales of around 58,500 copies in the ﬁrst week. This is an utterly huge result for the band and well deserved.

MEGADETH BEGIN ALBUM 14

Megadeth have begun work on album 14. They’re once again using producer Johnny K. Last week I interviewed Dave Mustaine for another publication, and he had a few classically Dave words for the current state of the music industry: “I’m a purist and I don’t want to seem like I don’t care about young people and creativity and doing cool things. I gotta tell you there are certain things that the digital world has made so that very inferior players can get away with sounding like they are good. The problem with that is not that the record doesn’t sound good and is enjoyable, it’s when you go to watch them live. They sound really fabulous on record because they are using Pro Tools, this whole digital world that cradles them, and the listener is thinking ‘wow these guys are really wonderful.’ The economy right now makes it hard to make ends meet and you go spend $40 or $50 for a ticket – if you’re taking a date then a hundred – and parking, gas, food, beverages, programs if they have them and any kind of merch or t-shirts. You’re looking at maybe $100 to $200, maybe even $300 if you’re taking somebody. We are fortunate because we can back it up live and we have super-loyal fans. We have been blessed with being able to write catchy songs and be able to innovate a guitar style – that helps a little bit too. We have always tried to keep the price down with the tickets.” CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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Two of Melbourne's best looking songwriters, Dan Lethbridge and Alex Watts, will take to the stage of The Old Bar on Tuesday September 18 to sing songs old and new in the style that they were written – raw, intimate and unadulterated. The pair will be joined on the night by a surprise mystery act of some repute, details of which will be revealed closer to the event – best of all, it's free!

PENNY HEWSON Having recently returned to Melbourne after ten years living and working in the US, Penny quickly set about recording the album she always wanted to make as a solo artist. That album is It's An Endless Desire and is out now through Popboomerang Records/MGM. Penny will play at The Wesley Anne on Thursday September 20 with The Killjoys duo and Hamish Cowan (Cordrazine). $10 from 8pm.

FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA TIM ROGERS Tim Rogers, the man with the tunes, chutzpah, style and stage ownership, the man we know, respect and love, is preparing to push off from the dock with a new record Rogers Sings Rogerstein and national tour to head for the high seas of all things good and worth living for. Tim embarks on the latest phase in a career that has had it all, almost won it all and almost lost it all but he is most definitely revered by all as one of Australia's great creative forces. Joining Tim as support on the Rogers Sings Rogerstein National Tour will be alt country and roots singer songwriter Catherine Britt who recently released her fifth studio album Always Never Enough. The Rogers Sings Rogerstein National Tour is stopping off at Spirit Bar & Lounge in Traralgon on Thursday September 13 and The Regal Theatre Ballroom in Northcote on Friday September 14, plus the Bended Elbow in Geelong on Friday October 5 and The Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on Saturday October 6.

MOROCCAN KINGS Moroccan Kings are launching their new EP, Battlefrogs at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday October 6. The band is putting together a very detailed and special show for the launch. Two singles have already been launched (Grizzly Bear and Superman) from the Battlefrogs EP so far, and the accompanying ﬁlm clip for the Grizzly Bear single has been getting a lot of attention on YouTube and Rage. The launch has two awesome support bands, two of Melbourne's favourites, King Of The North and Sheriﬀ. Pre-sale tickets are $7 presale or $10 on the door.

SONS OF LEE MARVIN Melbourne's gonzo'n'roll masters Sons Of Lee Marvin have notched up their third album, Cutthroats And Conjurers, out now through Bridge Sounds. They launch it at The Retreat in Brunswick on Saturday September 15 with guests The Yard Apes.

CENTRE & THE SOUTH Centre & The South are a cosmic reggae four-piece band from Melbourne, known for their high-energy live performances emanating an aura of peace, love and freedom for all to enjoy. They kick-oﬀ their Thursday night September residency tomorrow night from 9pm at The B.East. Entry is free and support comes from Slowjaxx and Mind Flowers.

ALARUM Local prog thrashers Alarum, The Levitation Hex, King Parrot and House Of Thumbs will be playing at The Bendigo Hotel on Friday September 14. This will be the last Australian show before Alarum and The Levitation Hex head to Europe in October for their Hemispheres Collide European Tour which includes both bands playing ProgPower Europe in Holland.

Fourteen Nights At Sea are getting out of the rehearsal room for one night prior to recording their next album in October. This will absolutely be their only show until 2013 and it will also be your only chance to hear these new songs until the album comes out. They will be playing with two very ﬁne bands The Nest Itself and Sandcastle. So get to The Old Bar on Thursday September 13 and get there early as FNAS are opening the night at 8.30pm.

FLOUNDER After recording at the famed Grove Studios with acclaimed producer Andy Mak (Silverchair, Boy & Bear), Flounder are now set to release their honed funk/rock sound upon the world, beginning with the launch of their first single, Big Bird. The single is overflowing with raw, unbridled funk energy, bursting at the seams with screaming saxophone, juicy hooks and a distinctive Flounder groove. This will be the band's first performance in six months, after having rehearsed for countless meticulous hours. Needless to say, the five-piece (already known for their energetic live performances) are itching to get on stage and unleash their new material, in a slicker, tighter, crazier and funkier set than they ever have. Supported by the fantastic Better Than The Wizards and Rosencrants, missing this gig will be a costly mistake. Thursday September 20 at The Toff In Town.

RUDE BOOKINGS BIRTHDAY SHOW London-born Deb Herbert founded Rude Bookings in Australia in 2011 and has established a reputable agency for independent musicians based in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, and Brisbane. Since its inception, Rude Bookings has delivered nationwide tours in Australia for Eran James (AUS), Kerryn Fields (NZ), Horse (UK) and Ruth Rogers Wright – Fabulous Diva (UK), secured major venues for album launches, and driven fundraising events for Cancer Research and JOY 94.9 Melbourne. To celebrate the ﬁrst year of Rude Bookings in Australia is a special event at The Empress Hotel on Sunday September 23 with some of Rude’s best talent, Allison Ferrier, Kerryn Fields, The Jed Rowe Band and Eran James.

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Define your genre in five words or less: Loud indie rock. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? We get likened to a lot of guitar rock from the 90’s… Weezer, Ash, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters. What do you love about making music? Everything. Playing, travelling, getting to hang out with my best friends and having an excuse to put off getting a real life. What do you hate about the music industry? Venue bookers and booking agents who don’t reply to emails.

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THE MINGIN’ CAJUNS The Mingin’ Cajuns (The Nudgels) are hitting The Great Britain Hotel for an evening of ﬁlthy frivolity and swampy sing-along. Fronted by the infectious Billy Abbot these rambling men are a breath of fresh air, never taking things seriously but remaining exceptional musicians. With a lineup of double bass, guitar, violin, accordion and clarinet, these gents are sure to get asses shaking. Catch them on Sunday September 16 at a respectable 7pm and it's free.

CARTEL Pop-punk trailblazers Cartel have been revered and praised for their refreshing take on the genre. In a storied career spanning two EPs and three full-length albums, Cartel has ﬁrmly cemented themselves atop of the rock world. Catch them this Thursday September 13 at The Evelyn from 7.30pm with support from We Rob Banks, The Playbook and Sidelines.

What can a punter expect from your live show? Sweat and tinnitus.

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Sex On Toast are back to The Evelyn in September for a month of vibrant and exciting gigs, each diﬀerent to the last. Tuesday nights will be your night to get on down and shake your nasty groove thang to the sounds of backbeats, brass-synth stabs, tasty bassoon and ﬂugelhorn blends, DX-7 rhodes, dry-ass stratocaster, falsetto licks and the occasional slapped bass note for a low, low price. Support comes from Mangelwurzel, Palz, DJ Mother Hubbard, from 8.30pm on Tuesday September 18.

If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why? I’m not going to name names, the cops would be all over me.

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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? I’ve actually met a couple of my music heroes and been too embarrassed to show them my stuﬀ… so it probably wouldn’t happen.

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After destroying The Tote for their album launch, Red Sky Burial are hitting the road and heading down to Geelong for a thumper of a show this Saturday September 15 at The Nash. Joining them on the night are The Dukes of Deliciousness and Toxic Soldiers.

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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? “Why doesn’t the ABC have a channel that just plays music videos all day long? That would be sweet.” What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our debut album Stay Frosty came out in April this year. When’s the gig and with who? Friday September 14 at Goodgod Small Club, Sydney, with Bloods, The Dreamboats & The Water Board. And Saturday September 15 at The Workers Club, Melbourne, with Royston Vasie, Super Best Friends & Darts.

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LOVE OF DIAGRAMS Since the Wild Flag tour in March, Love Of Diagrams have been busy writing album number four and will head into the studio later this year. On Saturday September 15 they play a rare show at The Tote to play the new songs live, many for the ﬁrst time. Exhaustion (featuring members of Ooga Boogas, Death Wish, Snawklor) and new indie sensations The Stevens will join them, plus Twerps DJs. Doors at 8.30pm, $12 entry.

BEN WILLIAM Singer-songwriter Ben William is on the cusp of releasing his self-titled debut EP, something of a decade-long personal process since falling in love with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and other '60s luminaries in his formative years. He launches his EP at The Wesley Anne on Friday September 14 with special guests The Tattered Sails. Doors at 8pm and entry includes a free EP.

LANEWAY Laneway's latest album oﬀering Turn Your Love Up, released in August through Crawler Records, has been pieced together through recording sessions in spaces inspired and as diverse as their eclectic musical appreciations. From their own home in the hills to beautiful studios in Queensland, Northern NSW and Melbourne the album is a collection of ten new wonderfully composed songs displaying the gorgeous vocal and guitar melding we’ve come to expect from Laneway. Laneway release Turn Your Love Up on Saturday September 15 at The Palais Theatre in Hepburn Springs and Sunday September 16 for a matinee show at The Workers Club.

BATPISS This September, The Tote Hotel sacrifice their front bar every Tuesday night for the sludge/punk trio Batpiss. Joining them on their slime wave before heading to tour New Zealand in October will be a heinous lineup of local legends Look At The Owl, Sun God Replica, Spermaids and Sheriff. Get on down for a cold frother and a bunch of shows that'll start your week off real nice. Kick off at 8pm and it's free. This Tuesday September 18 support is from Spermaids.

COLD HARBOUR Cold Harbour are thrilled to be appearing for their ﬁrst time at Pause Bar Balaclava on Friday September 14. The guys are playing two sets in acoustic and semiacoustic mode with their great mate Jim Richter helping out on percussion. Support on the night is the wonderful Crystal Thomas. Head down early for a great meal, or grab some drinks and snacks and be treated to some ﬁne free entertainment.

VOLTAIRE TWINS Perth indie-synth poppers Voltaire Twins are proud to announce the release of their third EP Apollo and an accompanying national tour therefore. Apollo follows on the back of what has already been a massive 2012 for the group, seeing them showcase at both South By South West (SXSW) and Canadian Music Week (CMW), a national tour with San Cisco, support slots for The Maccabees and Van She. The twins also recently took out the award for best Dance/ Electronic Act Of The Year at the 2012 West Australian Music Awards (WAMi’s). With half the year still to go it’s fair to say 2012 is shaping up well. Voltaire Twins play this Friday September 14 at The Grace Darling with Soccer Legends and Solaires, who will be launching his second EP of cinematic, dark electro sounds, Signals. Tickets are $10 on the door at 9pm.

TAKA HONDA

STRUM-A-RAMA

Taka Honda grew up in Japan, watching TV advertisements for Australian tourism about eternal sunshine on the beautiful sandy beaches. After completing his tertiary study, he moved to Melbourne in hope of surﬁng for the rest of his life. It wasn’t until then that he realised he came to the wrong part of Australia. So, instead of lying on the beach, getting tanned and chasing bikini girls, he learned to drink lattes, read books and play guitar. After eight years of living in Melbourne, Taka’s surﬁng skills never improved. Instead, he got a little bit more cultured and wrote many songs on his guitar. Come check out Taka’s dreamy surf folk music at The Resurrection every Wednesday in September starting tonight at 7.30pm. Oh, and entry's free.

Strum-a-rama is not a flash and wiz gig, it is hardcore music by some of Melbourne's most misunderstood, the media has destroyed the word schizophrenia lately. They need your help to balance the books on mental illness and stigma. Those living with schizophrenia, bipolar, depression – this is stuff that most wouldn't even understand how incredibly difficult it is to just smile when your brain is about to explode. But the music that comes out is often the stuff that pours tears out of your eyes. That smile is a well-known precious moment at Struma-rama gigs. Show your support by getting down to The Espy tonight with Chris Wilson and Heidi Everett generously playing alongside this season's songwriters.

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BAD VISION

WARMTH CRASHES IN

This September, Bad Vision are stoked to be playing The Tote front bar every Saturday afternoon (5-7pm), making a racket with their proto punk riﬀs and pop-trashtic melodies. Helping them with the beer spilling and noise making will be a host of special guests including Dan Trolley (Mass Cult) with his one man punk/ new wave experience, lo-ﬁ popsters Messed Up, party starters Clavians, two piece sensation Valley Girls and trouble makers Quince. This Saturday September 15 get down to The Tote and check out the sounds of Clacians, who support Bad Vision on the third week of their residency. Entry is free (all the more monies to spend on beers).

After their band The Priory Dolls imploded in a perfect rock'n’roll cliché whilst working on their second album in Berlin, Rory Lampitt and Erin Taylor swiftly formed Warmth Crashes In. A result of two rockers having minimal tech blasted at them for a year, the band’s sound is ethereal to intense but always rhythmic, smooth and shiny. This spring they take to The Tote every Wednesday in September for their ﬁrst shows in Australia, joining them will be Melbourne’s best new bands such as Lowtide, Naked Bodies, Mutations and Flyying Colours. Tonight, 8pm, $8.

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SHERIFF What’s that? Spring is in the air? It’s only fitting to spring yourself down to Cherry Bar on Saturday September 22 to check out the return of Melbourne’s favourite southern-psychedelic-horror-blues-rockers Sheriff and let them rip your ears off – in the best way possible. Along for the ride are rising country superstars The Re-Chords, whose drawl will have you moaning for more, and the dirty blues of Hounds Hounds Hounds. If your idea of a good night is dripping in the sweat that gushes from a bar room ceiling then there’s only one place for you – a little strip called AC/DC Lane. The Sheriff will be waiting.

THE DEATH RATTLES

JEFF LOOMIS GUITAR CLINIC

Eddie James & The Prowl take you back to a time when Sunday church wasn't good enough to wash away the guilty sweat marks off your best second hand. They strip it back to the bone – be warned. Hold onto your hearts, your heads, your fingers and your legs because Eddie James & The Prowl will leave you wanting and panting for so much more. The Death Rattles were born on the back roads of blues, country noir and bluegrass. Meandering into town on a lonely desert highway, the Melbourne five-piece present a bitter sweet sound – one of murder ballads, stories of lost souls and unrequited love. The Death Rattles is a collective project which sees the diverse musical tastes of the band collide, from a love of the delta blues and swamp rock through to metal and pop. It makes for some strange and unusual sounds. Following on from their debut EP Tales Of Dogs And Men and latest offering, 7" vinyl Born Wolf/ In The Morning, they play a free show at Yah Yah’s on Friday September 14 with good buddies Eddie James & The Prowl.

Jeﬀ Loomis’ complex shredding has been a central part of the progressive but powerful and thrashy edge often attributed to Nevermore’s trademark sound. Taking the classic techniques he learned from listening to legends like Jason Becker and Yngwie Malmsteen as a teen and applying his own ingenuity, Loomis has carved his own niche and created an instantly recognisable style. Don’t miss your chance to see Jeﬀ Loomis live and be in the audience for your chance to win a Schecter SGR C7 electric guitar. Proudly presented by Allans Billy Hyde and Schecter Guitar Research, the Melbourne dates are Thursday October 4 from 7pm at the Allans Billy Hyde Bourke St store and an in-store appearance from 1pm at the Blackburn store. For clinic bookings phone: 9654 8444 or visit allansbillyhydes.com.au for more information.

The Swell are a young rock-based instrumental trio established in Melbourne. Their music is inﬂuenced by the elements of the tempestuous ocean; serene, foreboding and thunderous, but most importantly their music is approachable. There is something for everybody to enjoy within The Swell sound. Support on the night is provided by the '60s psych-rock sounds of Riders Of Sin. Check this new and exciting ensemble at the Great Britain Hotel on Thursday September 13, 8.30pm kick-oﬀ and entry is free.

BASTARD CHILDREN Saturday September 15 will see The Bastard Children bring their multifarious twisted bastard-folk back to the Great Britain Hotel for another infamous and informal interlude of lewdness; a sordid springtime serenade with all the urgency of a thirsty drunkard. More questions will be asked than answered, more sentences begun than ﬁnished and pints will be raised in the sonorous cavorting fashion for which the patronage of the Great Britain Hotel is famous. Two sets from 9pm and it's free.

STRAW KING EYE The wait is over. Straw King Eye will be launching their debut long-player at The Tote this Thursday September 13, ably assisted by Ivy St (Melbourne via Tasmania), Mining Boom (Melbourne via Perth) and Casey Hartnett (of Sleep Decade). Recorded in a ﬁt of passion at Soundpark Studios, The Girls Of Paradise is a loosely conceptual discourse on the good, the bad and the ugly sides of youthful lusts, or a straight-up garage rock banger, depending on your mood. The show will be SKE’s last for the year, so if there was ever a time, that time is this time. $10. 8.30pm.

AMANITA Four-piece experimental band Amanita are hosting Monday nights in September at The Evelyn, playing alongside friends both new and old, including Hollow Everdaze, Grunge Safari, Esc, Sunk Junk, Vibraphonic Orchestra, Howard and Matt Kelly. Doors at 8pm and entry is free.

TEAL Teal from Sydney will be undertaking a quick east coast tour before heading back into the studio to finish recording their debut EP. Imagine Muse mixed with a darker Birds Of Tokyo and you get an idea of what Teal is about. With a voice as individual as Ian Kenny or Clint Boge, Joe Surgey’s soaring range and emotion laced vocal melodies provide the engaging final layer over a mix of groovy thumping rhythm lines and atmospheric guitar riffs laid down by guitarist Mitch Clews, drummer Andy Clews, and bass player Andrew Quizon. On Thursday September 13 they play a free gig at Yah Yah’s with the Soulenikoes, Club Crain and Artiliah.

RUM CLUB Every Wednesday evening The LuWow hosts a ﬁne opportunity to sample some of the greatest rums from around the world, and stocks an incredible everchanging range of rum. Usually over 50 varieties in stock and all discounted at 50%. Every Wednesday from 5pm 'til midnight.

KIDS OF ZOO Kids Of Zoo formed in Melbourne around three or four years ago, spawned out of the ashes of rock’n’roll stalwarts The Specimens. Inﬂuenced by Part Chimp, McLusky and Hot Snakes, this band worships the Tascam 4-track. Often described as unsettling, disjointed and powerful, the band are now touring throughout Europe this September in celebration of the international release of their debut LP. Live shows are short, not through choice. Lyrics are improvised and banter is kept to a minimum being in the punters best interests. They’re playing at The Old Bar on Saturday September 15 for their last Melbourne show of the year with support from Yis, Udays Tiger and Rayon Moon.

Q&A BEN WILLIAMS

Define your genre in five words or less: Stripped back rock’n’roll. What do you hate about the music industry? The fact that not enough people in a position to care or help performers actually do. The industry is being run by lawyers and pigs in bow ties from General Electric who not only don’t understand music, but don’t care. It’s all about dollars and cents. I also think it’s sad people don’t go to gigs as much – not helped by all the bullshit licensing laws and with downloading so viral that no-one buys records anymore. I like the buzz of waiting for a record to come out, making the journey to get it and actually holding it in my hands and looking at the art work. We have lost a lot of that. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? My ﬁrst EP (self-titled). Available at gigs and online. Beat Magazine Page 60

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When’s the gig and with who? My EP launch is at The Wesley Anne on Friday September 14, and I will be joined again by my musical better half Ben O’Brien, with support in the shape of my good friends The Tattered Sails. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? It’s a little clichéd, but mainly women. They always seem to work their way into your world, sometimes for the good sometimes bad, but either way it tends to come out in my tunes. What's your favourite song, and why? In My Life by The Beatles. It just blows my mind every time I hear it. It has one of the greatest intros ever and such a beautiful vocal delive

THAT GOLD STREET SOUND That Gold Street Sound is a Motown funk, rock and soul band from Melbourne who will make you shake your tail feather. It is devil’s music with heavenly vocals that will make you want to dance and put you in the mood for romance. This is funk, but not the type of funk where songs and choruses take a back seat. It is Motown with a modern twist. It is old fashioned soul with the inﬂuence of rock'n'roll. It is the most fun you can have with your pants on…until you dance your pants oﬀ. On Saturday September 22, That Gold Street Sound launch their debut single/video Get Up at The Evelyn. Special guests are Lyndal Barry, the Apollos and the Seven Ups.

NAI PALM Nai Palm is the 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 a prestigious CMJ music industry event as well as appearing on inﬂuential radio station KCRW. Pop in to see what the fuss is all about. Accompanied by strictly vinyl DJ Percy Valentin, every Sunday afternoon at Bar Open in September, free entry from 4pm.

CHERRY BAR Yet another huge week at Melbourne's home of rock music, Cherry Bar kicking off tonight with two-piece rock outfit King Of The North continuing their residency. Hiatus Kyote headline proceedings on Thursday September 13, doors at 8pm. Blues-rockers Lone Tyger kick off the weekend in style with the launch of their EP on Friday September 14 and it gets even bigger on Saturday September 15, where Bitter Sweet Kicks will be providing the masses with their dirty rock'n'roll tunes. Closing out the weekend on Sunday September 16 will be Chris Russell's Chicken Walk with two afternoon sets from 4.30pm while QLD natives Royal Artillery finish it off in the evening with their unique blend of heavyblues rock. Monday September 17 is open mic night and Patron Saints finish the week, continuing their September residency at the venue. Another massive seven days at Cherry Bar, get on down to experience a slice of it all.

BLACKCHORDS Following the release of Melbourne band Blackchords' brand new single, Dance Dance Dance, the band are proud to announce a string of dates that will see them hit The Evelyn this Friday September 14. With the band's sophomore album due for release in September this year, you can catch Blackchords showcasing songs from their forthcoming brand new album and a mix of favourites from the band's self- titled debut album released in 2009. Support from Mansion, Alaska, and Lyke Giants. Doors 8.30pm.

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MAD NANNA Mad Nanna come to The Tote to launch their latest single I'm Not Coming Here, which has just been released by South German label Unwucht. The launch comes with generous support from Lower Plenty and Moﬀarfarrah. Thursday September 20, tickets $9, doors 8pm.

JAMES CARTER James Carters’ quartet are about to perform a string of gigs across Melbourne to promote the release of their debut album, After All. The quartet features James Carter on saxophone, along with three really beautiful musicians whom James met whilst studying music at Monash University: Dan Sheehan on piano, Christian Meyer on guitar and James Gilligan on electric bass. You can catch them on Monday September 24 at Café 303 in Northcote as part of the Darebin Music Festival, and then on Wednesday October 31 and Wednesday November 7 at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club.

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.

CHARLIE MAYFAIR As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. Charlie Mayfair may have taken a little extra time to hit the touring trail following the release of their Fall In Time EP, but the band are now happy to announce they’ll be bringing their newly-evolved sound to the live arena with their most commanding shows to date. This tour will follow the rousing success of the band’s most recent single Waste Me – impeccably crafted and bolstered by a feverish delivery and one of the year’s most gloriously haunting videos. Kicking-off in Melbourne on Saturday September 15, Sydney-siders The Falls are set to join the touring trek for all five dates, fresh off the back of a recently sold-out hometown show and their splendid single, Home. Supports are Dirt Farmer and The Falls, head to The Grace Darling from 9pm, tickets $10.

ELECTRIC JELLYFISH

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San Francisco-based songwriter, and one-time Melbourne resident, Michael Beach will reunite with his Electric Jellyfish bandmates for the trio's first Australian shows since their US tour earlier this year, which included SXSW appearances and supports for Feedtime. Described as "The Birthday Party covering Black Flag" by a New York reviewer, Electric Jellyfish play at The Karova Lounge in Ballarat on Friday September 14 and upstairs at The Gasometer Hotel on Saturday September 15 (with High Tea, Spinning Rooms and Naked).

If you chucked AC/DC, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses and Van Halen into a blender you'd have one damn big blender, and the goop you'd be left with would put you in the ball park of Royal Ace. On the ﬂipside, four-piece indie group Hotel On Mayfair is kind of like a concoction of your favourite '70s pop songs with a late '90s Silverchair-ﬂavour thrown into the mix. You can catch both of these bands, as well as This Weather, Pigtails, and High Side Driver in The Espy’s Gershwin Room on Thursday October 11. Tickets are $12 and available on the door.

Thursday 20 Sept WESLEY ANNE with The Killjoys duo & Hamish Cowan (Cordrazine) solo $10, from 8pm

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THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY Sarah 'Shirley' Carroll, sister Suzannah 'Laurie' Espie and wayward son Rusty 'Danny' Rich are The Cartridge Family, named for their breezy, sunshinefilled hillbilly songs of death, and for their strong affiliation to public radio, firearms and printing. Their three-part harmonies and two-part jokes are worth the long wait between shows. They play a Saturday afternoon friendly front bar residency this month from 4pm 'til 6pm at The Retreat Hotel.

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THESE PATTERNS & PSALM BEACH With a mutual love for post-punk beats and screeching guitars, These Patterns and Psalm Beach come together for a double headliner at The Grace Darling Hotel on Thursday September 13. These Patterns have been heavily writing their debut album whilst Psalm Beach finishes off the final touches of their debut EP. With supports from lo-fi technicians, Pioneers Of Good Science and the shoegaze, electronics of The Ghost Of 29 Megacycles, this Thursday at The Grace Darling features some of Melbourne’s finest young bands. Doors 9pm, tickets $8.

AINSLIE WILLS Melbourne melodist and music maker, Ainslie Wills will be playing at The Toﬀ In Town on Thursday October 18. Fresh from her performance on RockWiz where she did a Johnny Cash duet with 360, Ainslie is treating Melbourne fans to a special one oﬀ show. Special guests Spender and Georgia Fields. Tickets $12+bf through Moshtix or $16 on the door (if available).

LONESOME Lonesome, one of Melbourne's ﬁnest country rock acts, will be playing at Yah Yah’s on Saturday September 12. Lonesome combine elements of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and the Gram Parsons, playing original music with some old western swagger. Their pedigree is rich and rewarding. Also on the bill is Jimmy Hawk, one of Melbourne’s well-regarded folk-pop treasures. An always shifting exploratory songwriter, his music often aims at romantic transcendence using melody, hazy-eyed choruses, dream ﬁlled lyrics and warm production values. Jimmy Hawk will be performing solo (without his band The Endless Party). Catch Lonesome, Jimmy Hawk and Lieutenant Jam at Yah Yah’s on Saturday September 15. Free entry.

SMOKE MACHINE Smoke Machine are the best kept secret in Australian music. They spearhead rock’n’roll and serve it up all spiced up and a little bit hairier and greasier than it should be. Don’t freak out when they play your favourite Stooges songs, just tell yourself that Iggy Pop would love this band, he might even pull his jeans down a little further in respect and give them some cheek. Smoke Machine are the most entertaining band to ever play the Big Day Out Lilypad stage and they won over the crowd at the Boogie festival last year in Tallarook over Easter. Yah Yah’s is thrilled to have Smoke Machine play two consecutive Sundays under their roof and to have pulled the group out from their regular place of practice, the Town Hall Hotel in North Melbourne. Head down to Yah Yah’s on Sunday September 16 to see Smoke Machine live in action. Entry is free and doors open at 5pm.

JEMMA & THE WISE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN For ﬁve Sundays in a row Jemma & The Wise Young Ambitious Men will be starring in I Forgot I Have A Job To Go To On Monday Morning: The Musical. Playing every Sunday in September at Old Bar from 8pm with so many new and old friends, it's sure to be emotional. Joined this Sunday September 16 by Van & Cal Walker and Gareth Eunson & The Big Small, it’s a good way to punch Monday in the face.

MORNING AFTER After a few months rest, Dirty Elvis will explode back onto the scene at Melbourne's favourite, Pony on Friday September 14. The band are a baritone guitar, bare bones of a drum kit, a modern day SM57 mic and a vintage Copperphone mic all rolled into a rock experience you won't forget. They resemble the White Stripes, Black Keys and Morphine, however, they harness influences such as Tom Waits, Guns N' Roses and Metallica. Loud and soft, black and white, in and out with a screaming "how do you fuckin' do?!", they will fix your X Factor blues. Dirty Elivs will be joined by the three-piece rockers The Die Casts, blues boys Catfish Voodoo, and the loud as shit Morning After. Doors at 9pm. Beat Magazine Page 62

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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.

HAILEY CRAMER She featured on the smash hit collaboration The Festival Song with rapper Pez, knocked audiences away performing with the likes of Michael Franti, 360, Mark Levine, Paul Groubowski and Blue King Brown, was in high demand as a backing vocalist for established artists including The Getaway Plan, Marcia Hines, Vanessa Amorosi, and toured worldwide with Blue King Brown performing alongside the likes of Santana, Silverchair, Powderfinger, Ben Harper and The Black Eyed Peas. Then in 2011, she decided that it was time to put her own music first. With the upcoming release of her debut EP, the time has now come for Aussie songstress Hailey Cramer to step out onto the ledge, spread her solo musical wings and fly. Get along to the official launch on Sunday September 16 at The Toff In Town with special guests: Kisshead, Luka Lesson, Remi, Kisshead and Mz Rizk.

Waywardbreed began in late 2008 as a solo project for Justin Avery (ex-The Spoils). After recording his debut album of sweet, gothic folk titled Rising Vicious in early 2010, he spent much of the next two years touring solo in Europe. Since returning to Melbourne, Waywardbreed has sprouted more members, performing live through the winter, and has nearly completed a second album, entitled Gathering For The Feast to be released later in 2012. Waywardbreed marks the beginning of Spring by returning to the front bar of The Retreat Hotel for a short series of gigs and has invited some friends along. Tonight, brilliant songwriter Adrian Stoyles (The Gin Club, The Spoils) will support: on the Wednesday September 19, sweet country songstress Alysia Manceau will warm up the room; and on the following Wednesday September 26, Waywardbreed will round out the month with two sets from 8.30pm. What's more? Entry is free.

THE MEDICS Music is at its best when it’s unpredictable. When it comes packed with surprises – the unexpected. Truly great music has always been about challenging convention, the ‘didn’t see that coming moment’. It’s a tradition that’s at the heart of The Medics – as both people and as artists. It’s a sound that is all over the band’s stunning debut album, Foundations, as featured on triple j. The Medics play The Toﬀ this Saturday September 15 with tickets available now through Moshtix. Doors at 8pm.

VIVA MEXICO Mexico is ﬁnally coming to Fitzroy! Viva Mexico will host an all-Mexican lineup at Fitzroy’s iconic Bar Open on Saturday September 15 to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Starting from 10pm, Los Mas Altos, Saca La Mois DJ and Nahuatl Jaguar will lead a free celebration of dance, music and drink, Mexican style. Moustaches and Sombreros are optional. Mexican rock band, Los Mas Altos, will open the night with a rockin' fast-paced rhythm that’ll have you dancing for their whole set, followed by Saca La Mois DJ who will provide the tropical-space cumbia vibes that The Cumbia Cosmonauts are known for, ﬁnishing with Nahuatl Jaguar who will push the boundaries with his electronic Aztek music in this urban celebration of Mexican Culture.

MAMMOTH MAMMOTH After a successful tour of every bar, hoochie dive and strip club in Melbourne Mammoth Mammoth are back bringing their own brand of patented murder fuzz to The Retreat every Thursday night during September. Quoted as sounding like, "Motorhead and AC/DC doing mushrooms with The Butthole Surfers, channeling the Birthday Party at a Black Sabbath concert", we strongly advise you grab a knife, rob your dealer and call your lawyer coz this will go oﬀ like pack of marauding vikings in an unsuspecting nunnery.

EARTH Heathen Skulls are proud to present the legendary Seattle drone doom ensemble Earth, for the very first time on New Zealand and Australian shores. When compared to the feedback drenched drone metal sounds of their early to mid '90s Sub Pop era releases, Earth's current sound, as depicted on their Southern Lord records releases from 2005 and beyond, is a completely different beast altogether. The future sounds of Earth these days is far slower paced progression of drone doom that’s structured around highly textured pieces of music that feature heavy elements of country, folk, and minimalist and ambient percussion. Earth are heartfelt, haunting, and deliver slow cinematic moving music that stretches into other worlds beyond the imagination of your average sonic sphere. This is one tour that’s not to be missed. Earth play The Toff tonight and The Corner Hotel on Sunday September 16.

RICHARD CLAPTON Richard Clapton has teamed up with guitarist and emerging song writer Danny Spencer to record his 13th Studio Album Harlequin Nights. After 40 years in the business, his music remains fresh and the lyrics are just as poetic and engaging as ever. Perhaps it is the sold out gigs from Hobart to Darwin with Australia’s ﬁnest young musicians in his band that keeps him on top of his craft. Harlequin Nights is music for the times we live in. Richard Clapton performs next in Melbourne at The Palms, Crown Casino on Friday October 5.

THE JANE AUSTEN ARGUMENT The Jane Austen Argument are unleashing their unique mix of high drama, ﬁerce wit and soaring harmonies this September, with a month-long residency every Monday at The Toﬀ In Town including a show on Monday September 17. The Jane Austen Argument are not exactly known for their predictability onstage, so expect the outrageously unexpected as they up the ante each week – culminating in their Under The Rainbow – Spectacular! Spectacular! Theatrical tour de force at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Q&A CITY RIOTS at Red Door Sounds with Woody Annison during April/ May this year. The ﬁrst day we entered the studio we couldn’t move from all the empty beer bottles. Shit was everywhere. Hunting Grounds had just wrapped up the mixing of their record and we were in the middle of what looked like a three-day party. We joined in. Needless to say, the ﬁrst few days of recording weren’t the most productive! We soon hit our stride though!

DIRT RIVER RADIO Dirt River Radio have released their anticipated follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed Beer Bottle Poetry. The new album, Rock’N’Roll Is My Girlfriend, was released in August and new single Blackhearted is already being played on triple j and PBSfm. The boys have had a big year with UK, European and Asian releases, their song Chase The Sun becoming the theme song for NatGeo’s The Aussie Way Up on cable TV, countless shows and airplay around the country with All My Friends, and an increasing amount of press in the UK and Europe. Join St Kilda’s favourite roots/ rock underdogs in rare duo form as a special treat for Melbourne fans with Al and Heath at their home-away-from-home Pure Pop Records in St Kilda, every Thursday in September. Doors open at 6pm and entry is free.

Describe the best gig you have ever played. Opening for The Smashing Pumpkins at Luna Park was something that I don’t think any of us will ever forget. Define your genre in five words or less: Dreamy, jangly indie-pop. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? The Horrors, Real Estate, Beach Fossils.

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What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Personally, when I see a great live show or performance I get really excited and inspired to go away and work out what it was about the show that made it so special. I also get just as excited about simple things like hearing a killer vocal melody, which makes me go “man, I wish I thought of that”. In terms of actual musicians or players, Johnny Marr from The Smiths has been a massive inspiration for me. His playing style and his use of chord voicings and his characteristic riﬀs really shaped my playing as a guitarist in a big way.

From 6-8pm every Monday at The Old Bar, you can come on down and knit up a storm. Learners, beginners, experts, whatever. Knitting, sewing, boozing. Entry is free.

When are you releasing your album? Our debut album Sea Of Bright Lights is out Friday October 26 through Inertia. It was recorded in Melbourne

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What's the strangest place you've ever played a gig? Playing a sports bar in Chicago, where everyone was watching American football. The moment we started playing, the room cleared out. What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Go and watch other bands and see what works and what doesn’t. Meet lots of other bands. If you can’t get a show, then throw your own party. Don’t put all your mates on the door list. $10 is not much to pay to go see a live band! How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? At the moment, very badly. I’m currently in Sydney. My part-time job is in Adelaide. I really need to call my boss and tell them I won’t be at work today. When’s the gig and with who? We’re playing the Subtle party at Liberty Social on Saturday September 15. It’s a rad underground venue in the city (297 Flinders Lane). You want in?

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Salad Days, a born and bred Melbourne-based rock outﬁt, are coming straight from the garages to you with their massive concussion of rock and roll. They bring to you an eclectic mix of personalities and musical backgrounds, prepare to rock out with your cock out and jam out with your clam out. The band are sweet enough for the girls to love and hard enough for the boys to like. Joining them at Pony on Thursday September 13 are Royal Ace and The Rant. It's sure to be a hefty night, come and get a taste. Doors 8.30pm.

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DEMIAN, CLEVER AUSTIN, KIRKIS Following up their triple debut at The Workers Club, Demian, Clever Austin and Kirkis will bring you their beats from screen and stave to stage once again every Wednesday in September at The Evelyn Hotel. Each band’s performance is a luscious, ornamental, uniquely interpreted illustration of the relationship between hiphop and jazz. The lineup consists of wildcats from Hiatus Kaiyote, The Bamboos and The Operatives, all groups who beat-ﬁends all over Melbourne must have jived to at some point in time. Each week kicks oﬀ at 8pm and costs peanuts to get into, so get on it.

POISON FISH Pony is going to be one hell of a place to be on Saturday September 15 with Poison Fish coming back to put on another show of chaos and madness. This three-piece grunge/punk band is quickly becoming known for their high-energy shows and their holdnothing-back attitude. As they rip out their tunes of loud guitars, feedback and screaming pop melodies, these guys will give you a night to remember. Also on the lineup are some of the most exciting local acts going around at the moment: grungers Pigtails, rockabilly/rock ’n’ rollers Push To Twist and stoner rock band Master Beta. With this lineup it is sure to be one of those nights that you won’t want to miss, doors at 9pm.

THE PERFECTIONS The Perfections are Melbourne’s finest garage soul outfit, delivering soul stompers that sound like Otis Redding and The Stooges had a fist fight. With a pocket rocket vocalist and a horn section hot enough to blow your top off, this is a gig not to be missed. Featuring aural pleasure and dirty funk from The Charlies and jumping soul and grittiest of blues from Children Overboard, it's all for free at The B.East this Friday September 14 from 9pm. They also play The Penny Back on Saturday September 15 from 10pm for two sets, also free.

RYAN HEMSWORTH From his debut EP Slow Hands to remixes for Grimes, Frank Ocean and Future, Ryan Hemsworth is moving up. He was also named one of Fact Magazines’s Producers To Watch in 2012. Set to release a brand new EP Last Words on the back of collaborations with Main Attractionz, Haleek Maul and Mishka NYC, this is his ﬁrst Australian tour and The B.East are more than excited to have him party with them. This Thursday September 13, from 9pm, free.

THE AFROBIOTICS Your personal Afro-beat doctors The Afrobiotics are playing Fridays in September at Bar Open. Each show over the month will feature a variety of other performers either supporting or collaborating with the band. Hypnotic bass lines and undulating guitars lay the foundations for ﬁery horn lines and vocalist Lamine Sonko's message of struggle, peace and sheer joy. The second week, Friday September 14, will be a double header with Melbourne's newest Afro-funk outﬁt The Seven Ups.

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 Breuer will now be returning to Melbourne to play The Great Britain Hotel on Thursday October 4 with Annie and Higgsy.

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HANNAH CROFTS & GEORGIA MOONEY Twosinger-songwriters, Melbourne's Hannah Crofts and Sydney's Georgia Mooney, join together and take to the road this September for a co-headline tour that will delight lovers of thoughtful storytelling and delicate folk songs. Between them they've supported or collaborated with artists such as Matt Corby, Passenger, Gossling, The Rescue Ships, Tinpan Orange and Katie Noonan. Hannah released her third EP in Perth earlier this year and Georgia Mooney's EP will be released in September 2012. They play The Edinburgh Castle this Friday September 14.

THE KEY OF THE SEA The Key Of Sea started out as a project to create a quintessentially Australian album and in 2010 the Key Of Sea Volume 1 was released with great success. Each track a beautiful collaboration between one of Australia’s ﬁnest established artists and an extraordinary musician who brought their cultural heritage from across the sea, escaping war, hardship or persecution. In 2012 the Key Of Sea Volume 2 will be released featuring the likes of Paul Kelly, Lanie Lane, Jinja Safari, The Tiger And Me and Sophia Brous. There is a fundraiser at The Toﬀ on Thursday September 13, tickets are through Moshtix. 50% of your ticket price goes directly to supporting the making of Key Of Sea Vol. 2. Includes drink on arrival, gourmet Thai canapés from Cookie kitchen and amazing music from all four corners of the globe.

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CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL 2012 Attention creatures of the night. Melbourne’s biggest Halloween party, Creepshow Halloween Festival, returns to The Espy on Saturday October 20. See the entire venue transformed into a haunted mansion, playing host to seductive burlesque dancers, creepy DJs and a horde of spine-tingling bands. Performing live will be Engine Three Seven, The Khyber Belt, Ten Thousand, Over-Reactor, Bronson, Anna Salen Vs Mario Bros, Sharaya, LeBelle, I Am Duckeye, Cloud City, Massive, Kettlespider, Arcane Saints and heaps more. Dress to kill and you may just win a prize for your eﬀorts. Be a part of Creepshow 2012, Tickets $21 available from The Espy website and all Oztix outlets.

COTANGENT Live at The Brunswick Hotel this Sunday September 16 at 9pm, an elusive night of rhythm and blues through to rock’n’roll. Introducing local comrades and musical exhibitionists Cotangent, Kashmere Club, Chief and Hungry Jesus. Head down for the choice reception of home grown music at one of Melbourne’s most loved live venues. Beverages and light snacks will be available at a nominal fee for the hungry and parched, to make this an enjoyable occasion for all involved. So head down and join the gang for the late weekend festivities and musical tangents.

LAMINE SONKO AND THE AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE African Intelligence is led by Senegalese singer/dancer Lamine Sonko, sharing with you a musical report from the roots of Afrobeat, reggae and salsa. From funky baselines and swift guitar riﬀs to the smooth groove of a message with meaning, this is a band that has it all. Lamine Sonko was born in Senegal West Africa into a family of griots known as culture keepers. Griots are the custodians of ancient lineages, functioning as the eyes and ears of the community, with the responsibility to practice and teach the stories of their culture through the embodied oral traditions of song, music and dance. Join in the sun at The B.East on Saturday September 15, 9pm, free entry.

REFLEJOS Reflejos is an incredible seven-piece band that create driving rhythms, enchanting melodies and haunting vocals. Through their compositions, Reflejos takes you into the unconscious mind, into the dream world and imagined landscapes. The music is inspired by ancient legends and spirits that are found in pre-Colombian societies and traditions in Latin America. With their charismatic improvisation and intense musicianship, Reflejos leave you with an unforgettable experience. With support from 8 Foot Felix and Tres Cuerdas, come down to The Evelyn and be entranced Sunday September 16. Doors are at 8.30pm.

Mexican punk rockers Los Amigos are back to lie, cheat, steal and rock. Cheech Dynamite, Mudhead Menedez, Fernando Fernandez (aka Big Fanny) and Sonny Ramirez junior will rock the stage fuelled with plenty of tequila. Playing all their hits such as Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa Dynamite, 7 Diﬀerent Babies (To 7 Diﬀerent Daddies) Latino Amigos and Loco Rock City. Hang on to your VCRs because your girlfriends are gonna get pregnant when Los Amigos get live and loco on Thursday September 13 at The Retreat along with the mighty Mammoth Mammoth.

OH PEP! After winning the songwriting award at Maldon Folk Fest for their track Fooling Around and supporting the likes of Liz Stringer and The Vaudeville Smash, Oh Pep! took to the studio with renowned engineer, Cam Trewin and have since taken the plunge and released their self-titled EP at The Toﬀ In Town. After a jampacked launch last week, Oh Pep! continue their spell of exciting gigs with a September residency at Pure Pop Records, St Kilda. Two sets from 6pm 'til 8pm on Saturdays September 22 and Saturday September 29.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK NO ZU

3RRR SOUNDSCAPE

Life (Sensory Projects)

WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER RESIDENCY

KIRKIS

DEMIAN CLEVER AUSTIN DJ JACKSON MILES ENTRY $7, 8:30PM

THURSDAY 13 SEPTEMBER AUSTRALIAN TOUR

CARTEL – SELLING FAST WE ROB BANKS THE PLAY BOOK SIDELINES

ENTRY $35 DOOR, $30 THRU MOSHTIX, 8:30PM $2.50 POTS, $5 VODKAS!

FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER ALBUM LAUNCH

BLACKCHORDS MANSION, ALASKA LYKE GIANTS

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

SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

LOVE, EVELYN MARKETS FREE ENTRY, 12PM COTTON SIDEWALK

Alarm bells ring when I see the garish mishmash of surrealist trash on the cover of the No Zu album. On paper, globalmusic genre-hopping that incorporates no-wave pop and tribal funk is a little worrisome, too – you’d have thought there was nothing more to be gained by filling a stage with multi-instrumentalists chanting in unison while banging on steel drums and cowbells. Yet this local outfit prove that there’s life in the old dog yet. Not only that, they manage to give it a fresh spin by way of their richly textured songs of gutter glamour. Nicolaas Oggjies, drummer from the sadly no-more TTT (Tik Tok Tokyo), has well and truly found his rhythm here. He’s been playing the long game since 2007, piecing together scraps from his bedroom and slowly gathering collaborators to eventually form a distinctive sound and a core band. The Graffiti and New Age EPs were promising indicators of a new direction, but debut long-player Life is a fully formed, glittering tapestry of futuristic nu-funk. The concrete jungle fever creeps in on opening track, Spiritual Heatwave. Next, the seven-minute-long Fa Famo Fi spins around a sampled “I don’t wanna”, but resistance is futile and the band start spitting out vowels and yelps to keep up with the pace. Oggjies’ vocal alone is weird enough to keep things interesting, so the mid-album triumphs Eternity and Loving You Overtime stick to a grounded, uncluttered rhythm and deliver tight, butt-shaking numbers that sit somewhere between Grace Jones and World’s End Press. Some of the shorter, more freeform numbers aren’t as effective, but work well enough as simmering bridges between the more accomplished songs. No Zu take the ordinary, the uncool and the bored, and make it all into something beautiful and extraordinary. This celebration of life via the mundane parts of it is a key

ENTRY $15 DOOR, $10 THRU MOSHTIX, 8.30PM

Though it turned out to be a bloody shocker of a season, I’ll still wear my Bulldogs beanie with pride. That, plus it also scores me mad pity points from strangers.

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

DEADMAU5 FEAT. GERARD WAY

DAVID O’CONNOR BRIGHTLY FOX ROAD TBC

ENTRY $7, 1:30PM

EVENING SHOW

REFLEJOS 8 FOOT FELIX TRES CUERDAS ENTRY $10, 8.30PM

MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER RESIDENCY

AMANITA

VIBRAPHONIC ORKESTRA SHUTTER STOP CREPES DONATION ENTRY, 8PM $10 JUGS!

TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER RESIDENCY

SEX ON TOAST MANGELWURZEL PALZ

ENTRY $2, 8,30PM $10 JUGS!

COMING UP

TIX AVAILABLE THRU MOSHTIX: AMANITA (MON IN SEP) SEX ON TOAST (TUE IN SEP CLEVER AUSTIN (WED IN SEP) CARTEL – SELLING FAST (13 SEP) THAT GOLD STREET SOUND – SINGLE/VIDEO LAUNCH (22 SEP) BIG WINTER – EP LAUNCH (27 SEP) KING PARROT (28 SEP) JERICCO - SINGLE LAUNCH (5 OCT) MOROCCAN KINGS – EP LAUNCH (OCT 6) GLASS TOWERS – SINGLE LAUNCH (OCT 12)

Professional Griefers (EMI) I’ll admit it, I’m a closet My Chemmy Ro fan. I’m also a little bit of a ﬁend when it comes to mainstream EDM. Therefore I was a little bit eager to cue up this team-up of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and outspoken producer Deadmau5. However the promise of the stabby, mechanical verses are let down by a fairly diluted chorus. A bit like a weak version of that track Bloody Beetroots did with the dude from Refused.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

Cry For Judas (Remote Control) On Cry For Judas, taken from The Mountain Goats’ upcoming LP Transcendental Youth, John Darnielle once again nails that melancholic balance between triumph and despair. He sounds almost angry when delivering lines such as “Mistreat your altar boys long enough and this is what you get”, like his vocals are intent on outpacing the rollicking beat. Also, the bassline is incredibly cheery.

PAUL BANKS

The Base (Matador/Remote Control) With his band in the midst of an extended hiatus, Interpol frontman Paul Banks has ditched the Julian Plenti alter-ego for Banks – his second solo album, due out this October. On The Base, Banks’ droll baritone and distinctive guitar tones remain present, but there’s also a reach into falsetto territory in the pristine chorus. He doesn’t exactly sound happier, but Banks deﬁnitely seems more assured.

OH MERCY

My Man (EMI) The smouldering My Man, one of the highlights from Oh Mercy’s stellar Deep Heat, is a lot of things Australian music usually isn’t. Taking cues from late ‘70s, early ‘80s heroes such as Roxy Music, the track is powered by an intoxicating bass groove with tasty lashings of horn action. Breezy, sexy and decidedly cool.

YOUNG CAIRO

Ghosts (Independent) Billed as a “one-man indie pop art making machine”, Young Cairo emerges with a track that isn’t quite as insuﬀerable as such a label like that would have you believe. Ghosts is an aﬀable take on the surf rock revival of a couple years back, with its sunny disposition helping overcome an adherence to expired trends. It’s a bit like what would happen if Wavves scored The Lion King. Beat Magazine Page 64

1.12 Bar Bruise KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD 2. Tempest BOB DYLAN 3. Hadean FOUNDS 4. Total Loss HOW TO DRESS WELL 5. Kin IAMAMIWHOAMI –(Cooperative/Universal) 6. I Bet On Sky DINOSAUR JR 7. Electric Love DONNY BENÉT 8. Infernal Cakewalk MESA COSA 9. For My Parents MONO 10. Playin’ In Time With The Deadbeat SLUG GUTS

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theme in the music and is also reﬂected outside of it; the clip for Emotion is like Gummo through the lens of Darren Sylvester, while promo stills show the group mixing junkshop glam with suburban shopping. Life focuses in on the less glamourous side of real life and transforms it into one big, sensual, all-consuming party.

1. Tomorrow FUTURE ISLANDS 2. Lemonade SPLASHH 3. The Vaccines NO HOPE 4. The Impulse THE GASLAMP KILLER 5. The Hill TY SEGALL 6. Dark Star POLICA 7. Cheap Beer FIDLAR 8. Dursley BEAK 9. Burden YEO 10. Carpet Club Rash (Ozone Mix) TOTAL CONTROL

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THORNBURY RECORDS

Best Track: Loving You Overtime If You Like These, You’ll Like This: God’s Money GANG GANG DANCE, Let Bodies & Music Unite RAT VS POSSUM In A Word: Outlandish

SINGLES BY LACHLAN

CLOCK TOWERS THE RUN RUN THE GLORIOUS

MATINEE SHOW

TOP TENS

CATHERINE TRAICOS

Waking Up Your House Again (An Ocean Awaits) Here Sydney singer-songwriter Catherine Traicos assembles a delightful collage of sounds, blending a pulsating, almost house-like beat with pristine acoustic guitar and pizzicato strings. The captivating arrangements are complemented by a gentle vocal delivery, feeling like a sun-blessed hangover. Splendidly aﬀecting.

ATOMS FOR PEACE

Default (XL Recordings/Remote Control) An extension of Thom Yorke’s solo record debut, the Atoms For Peace project picks up from where the Eraser tour left oﬀ, aiming to form a bridge between the live and studio setting. Default shares a lot sonically with the material found on Eraser, blending unnerving percussive loops and frantic electronica to great eﬀect. I wouldn’t go as far as to say ol’ mate Thom can do no wrong, but this is pretty bloody good.

KYLIE AULDIST

Counting On You (Tru Thoughts) Reaching beyond the nascent soul revival with a helping of disco-tinged strings, Bamboos affiliate Kylie Auldist soars effortlessly through the nearsaccharine soul of Counting On You. That voice is one powerhouse of a weapon, but it’s put to use on a fairly inoffensive track.

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It’s Gotta Be About Me (PIAS/Liberator) One of my last fleeting memories of 2011 was desperately holding on to any remnant of shade at Falls while The Jim Jones Revue rocked the fuck out in million-degree heat while wearing full three-piece suits. It made me want to cry. On It’s Gotta Be About Me, Jones spits like a madman over some Zeppelinsized guitar riffs. Definitely lives up to the exceedingly cocksure title.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK DAMN TERRAN

Pills (Independent) From the napalm wall of guitars to the ferocious battle cry of “Pills don’t make people, people make pills,” this corker doesn’t let up for a second. Melbourne triumvirate Damn Terran enlist Shane Parsons from tour mates DZ Deathrays for a guest verse, who then goes on to go toe-to-toe with Lachlan Ewbank in the vocal chord-shredding stakes. Razor sharp and bang on point, Pills is a party anthem with brains and one hell of a chorus. Shelve it in your earholes.

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AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA Theatre Is Evil (8ft. Records)

Written and recorded on the outskirts of Melbourne, Amanda Palmer’s latest project came together right under our noses. With that in mind, you’d be forgiven for thinking Theatre Is Evil is a humble, run-of-the-mill indie release. You’d be wrong: when prompted, Palmer’s die-hard supporters crowd-funded the project to the tune of almost $1.2 million. Flooded with donations – from instruments to studio-delivered dinners – Palmer posted a massive victory for independent creativity. Best of all, Theatre Is Evil actually ranks among her best releases, building upon 2008’s Who Killed Amanda Palmer. In an ironic twist, Palmer freely indulges in ﬂamboyant theatricality from the outset, the album aligned with her previous punk-cabaret patterns. Smile (Pictures Or It Didn’t Happen) escalates to epic proportions, Palmer’s self-styled cinematic grandeur igniting beautifully. Overall, the album boasts a healthy diversity between tracks, from the rambunctious stomper Do It With A Rockstar to the stunning pop-sensibilities of Want It Back. True to form, Theatre Is Evil is an eccentric album, but all the more thrilling for it. One has to believe the excess of funds did contribute to the sheer magnitude of Palmer’s project and, at over an hour long, it does begin to feel a tad exhausting. But Best Track: Grown Man Cry then, that’s the beauty of it all: Theatre Is Evil is a story If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Somewhere Under The of artistic license enabled and, in turn, artistic license Rainbow THE JANE AUSTEN ARGUMENT, Parasiticide run amok. TWO TON BOA In A Word: Exhilarating NICK MASON

Hypnotic Nights (Warner)

Yes, JEFF The Brotherhood’s debut full-length was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Yes, Auerbach deemed rather plainly that the band are “…the next big name in showbiz.” And finally, yes, brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall sound infectious enough and sing enough about smoking meat, drinking booze and general tomfoolery that it’s hard to slag on them, because few would pass up the opportunity to have a night out with these two. Yet the big name associations and longing to share in the spotlight should only serve as background noise. For at its heart, the originality of Hypnotic Nights is so lacking that the record cannot push itself above being just that: background noise. Tracks like Mystic Portal II and Hypnotic Mind bounce along casually and inoffensively enough, but there’s nothing on these tracks which can sustain themselves longer than any recent Weezer releases. There’s some token psychedelic guitar work on Region Of Fire, which does little more than pander to an audience which never would’ve paid the band attention otherwise. And the plodding sway of Leave Me Out is so faceless that it’ll likely have every person at the party wondering if it’s a different, equally mundane band. “Oh, this is…you know, that band?” “No, it isn’t.” “Sure it is. I’ve heard this a thousand times before. They were on the radio for awhile with that song, I can’t really remember how it goes…” Best Track: Wood Ox “No, it’s not. They’re called JEFF The Bro–” If You Like These, You’ll Like: A dusty, long forgotten mix “Ah, forget it. I need another beer.” CD your friend made in 2002 In A Word: Harmless JOSHUA KLOKE

LEHMANN B. SMITH Girlfriends (Sensory Projects)

Has Lehmann B. Smith ever had a girlfriend? Or does he have multiple girlfriends? Is he capturing the angst of loving everyone, not being in love, not being loved or being happy in love? You will find none of the answers to these questions on Girlfriends, but you’ll have a blast getting caught up in all the confusion and anxiety. Lehmann’s third album is a distinctive departure from his two recent albums on the Special Award label. The songs are longer but there’s less of them and they’re tighter and, well, better. Most notably, he has left his insular world to be joined by a choir, though it’s a complicated relationship. When following the more traditional modes of call and response or singing in unison, the saintly harem swoop in to support Lehmann for his more chipper singalongs, I Believe and Follow Me. But they’re also on tap to echo self-doubting lyrics like ‘It’s a wonder we can even fuck‘ from Killer Stone, Take Luck and get pulled along with the simmering self-hatred that runs through My Body, No Good. In Malice For The Bullshit, the backing singers form a berating chorus of disapproval against Lehmann’s bitter drunk. When there’s finally time for a sweet duet, Liz Mitchell promises “I’ll be good” but the best Lehmann can offer is “I’ll be good this time... or next time”, followed quickly by “I won’t be good, I won’t be good next time.” This friction between disconnect and union is what makes Lehmann’s work so appealing. Girlfriends successfully builds a few more layers on his self-made sound without losing Best Track: Malice For The Bullshit any of his bittersweet appeal. If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Avi Buffalo AVI BUFFALO, KES Band KES BAND CHRIS GIRDLER In A Word: Boyfriendable

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Hypnotised (Independent)

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When Beat last spoke to Passion Pit’s frontman Michael Angelakos, his insight into the turbulent period that made up the album’s writing period was painfully honest. “Most of these songs are about people, told by a person: me, who is seriously delusional,” he said, of the album. “I became obsessed with ensemble casts, theatreto-film adaptations, and developing several characters’ life stories in an hour and 45 minutes in one single room. I had gotten tangled up in many issues, many of them involving my fiancée, that I wanted to visualise in some way.” Dig a little deeper beneath the glossy, multicoloured veneer of Gossamer’s uptempo, sugar-sweet pop, the album’s material proves a razor-sharp and raw insight into the period of time that followed in the wake of Passion Pit’s well-received debut release Manners. Gossamer is all nerve-wracked manic highs and crashing lows, an overwhelming listen. Opening with soaring synths and a pulsing kick drum, Gossamer’s first track Take A Walk makes it explicit that there is more substance to Passion Pit’s work than their effortless, breezy take on electro-pop – “I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen/ And I sit and pray they never feel my strife,” Angelakos sings in falsetto, touching on the heartache of family life and financial woes. The rest of the album follows in similar manner – with its reference points everything from James Blake’s vocal experiments to Rustie’s hypercolour palette of synths providing a stark juxtaposition to the raw and still-painful sting of Angelakos’ raw lyrics, all focused inwards on his struggles with bipolar. The album’s production explores a wide terrain of pop-tinged territory – from slow-jam R&B on Constant Conversations, a testament to a lover watching on as its singer categorises his personal failings to the uplifting, anthemic pace of Mirrored Sea on which Angelakos sings “good men are scarce and few/But always passing through”. Best Track: Constant Conversations Gossamer is an exercise in exorcising ghosts, of which If You Like These, You’ll Like This: GROUPLOVE, THE there are many – but it’s urgency and fever-pitch pace is TEMPER TRAP, PURITY RING the album’s strength. In A Word: Urgent MIKI McLAY

Pony Face’s second album, masterfully produced by Casey Rice, starts with more than a whiff of Dinosaur Jnr. But then weird bursts of Yamaha break up the ‘90s altrock sound and everything goes a little off-kilter, triggering memories of the band’s debut, Stars Are Bright, but twisting it into something weirder and wilder. The first half of the album is killer, but it’s hard to go past the entrancing third track, Alabama, which sits a single chugging chord and gradually revs up like a rusty engine discovering krautrock. Despite its structural confinement, the song achieves a wonderful vastness, with the lyric “I’m so sorry, Alabama” speaking to a whole state as much as it speaks to a single girl. The dense layers of the music are peeled back for the album’s slower, quieter Side B, triggered by the drowsy instrumental, Lady Land. The hand-on-heart Hypnotised rolls into the droney, spaced-out Cicadas as if they were a single epic track, despite the contrast between Simon Bailey’s warm vocal and a bizarre spoken word cameo from Mark Ferrie. Kris Ermond’s drums make a triumphant return for the final track, Stripper. It’s still gentle compared to the album’s fiery beginnings but pulls us further into the seedy, swampy world the album conjures up. Best Track: Alabama If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Outside Love PINK Hypnotised cements Pony Face as one of those bands MOUNTAINTOPS, The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring you crave to hear in a live setting after a single listen to their recorded material. Night THE BESNARD LAKES, Havilah THE DRONES In A Word: Moody

CHRIS GIRDLER

TIM ROGERS

Rogers Sings Rogerstein (Four|Four/Universal) That Tim Rogers is an artist in the tortured and talented sense of the term is as obvious as the mesmerising brilliance of the riffs in Cool Hand Luke, Sound As Ever and Purple Sneakers. All hyperbole aside, Rogers is both of Australia’s finest contemporary songwriters, and a troubled rock’n’roll soul in the true Townshend/ Marriott/Gene Clark tradition. Rogers’ latest musical outing sees him collaborating with the mysterious figure Shel Rogerstein, apparently a collaborator Rogers met on the road in the United States. The enigmatic and mysterious Rogerstein has managed to release the inner folk poet in Rogers, allowing the latter to explore aspects of his psychological and sociological existence hitherto reserved for introverted contemplation. There’s deep, meaningful and orchestral introspection in All Or Nothing, heart-wrenching Beatles-esque self-reflection in Part Time Dads and wry nostalgia in The FJ Holden. On Walking Past The Bars Rogers is the hopeless romantic, seeing beauty in the most adolescent of human streetscapes; on I Love You Just As You Are, Now Change Rogers wrestles with identity against a funk-stained rock soundtrack that’s as powerful as the emotional tussles with which he’s faced. Didn’t Plan to Be Here Either, Baby is ruggedly unapologetic; Beefy Jock Guys and Modern Dance Music is vaudevillian social humour offered up in a waltzing package (and a special mention of the album’s best line “Do you remember when junkies looked like the J Geils Band?’). Augmenting his lyrical expositions is Rogers’ eclectic musical sensibility, from slick ‘70s West Coast rock (Driving At Night), to T-Rex boogie (One O The Girls) to Nashville country-rock (Go On Out, Get Back Home) to bar room booze, broads and The Band (If Yer Askin’, I’m Dancin’). Shel Rogerstein might be a figment of someone’s imagination, Best Track: Walking Past The Bars If You Like These, You’ll Like This: BOB DYLAN, THE but he’s still a powerful muse – and Tim Rogers is still a national legend. BYRDS, PAUL AND MARY AND TIM ROGERS. In A Word: Timmy

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 12 SEP ROCK/POP COLLAGE - FEAT: THE FEELGOODS + HUMAN AS ANIMALS + THE TWOKS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DRIVEN TO THE VERGE + CHANGING ATLANTIC + OEDIPUS REX + UNDER OCEANS Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5. EARTH + MARCO FUSINATO Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $35. K-LEE Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KING OF THE NORTH + THE ADVOCATES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. PILGRIMS + LO PAN + WE THE PEOPLE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $7. ROYAL ACE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STRE4M + GINGHAM + SHOVEL YOUR HOME Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SUNK JUNK + THE SHIFTIES Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. THE OUTSIDERS + DEL LAGO + INITIALS + MARICOPA WELLS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TOM TUENA - FEAT: TOM TUENA BAND Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. WARMTH CRASHES + CHILDREN + EUPHORIACS + NAKED BODIES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALLISON FERRIER + RUTH LINDSEY Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MANDY CONNELL & THOMAS VECERA Clifton Hill Hotel, Clifton Hill. 9:00pm. NEDD JONES + JAMES VAN CYLENBURG + JUSTIN MORRISSEY Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. 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. STRUMARAMA - FEAT: CHRIS WILSON + HEIDI EVERETT + MUSIC NETWORK SONGWRITER COLLECTIVE Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm.

WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: LISA MARMUR + JULIA TURNER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC DEMIAN, CLEVER AUSTIN, KIRKIS + CLEVER AUSTIN AND KIRKIS + DEMIAN + DJ JACKSON MILES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7. DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. MAKA KHAN Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE ANDY SUGG QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. THE JOE CHINDAMO TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE TOM FRYER QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

THURSDAY 13 SEP ROCK/POP

1AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: GOONBAG COLOSTOMY Pony, Melbourne. 1:00am. ALPINE + CLUBFEET + GEORGI KAY The Bended Elbow, Geelong. 8:00pm. $15. BELOVED ELK Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CARTEL + SIDELINES + THE PLAYBOOK + WE ROB BANKS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $30. CLOWNS + MASTER BETA + STREET FANGS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. COSMIC SESSIONS VOL 11 - FEAT: THE MIND FLOWERS + CENTRE & THE SOUTH + SLOWJAXX & HIS FLYING BONG BROTHERS The B East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. FIERCE MILD + LIEUTENANT JAM + PROLETARIAN RIOT + PSYCHO DAISIES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. FIREBIRD + DETONATORS + DJ JAMIE DINGO The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. HUG THERAPIST + FOXTROT + VALJEAN Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5. INGRID MICHAELSON + GREG LASWELL Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $49. LEEX LIDO Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. LIQUID HANDCUFFS The Liberty Social, Melbourne. 8:00pm. LOVE MIGRATE + EMMA RUSSACK + SAM COOPER Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.

POISON CITY WEEKENDER It’s here, guys! This weekend(er), a shit tonne of radical bands, including Rival Schools, The Smith Street Band and I Exist take over a bunch of Melbourne venues to give you the Best Time Ever. Kicking off with Pre-kender on Thursday September 13 at The Gasometer, it rolls on to The Tote on Friday September 14, The Old Bar and The Corner on Saturday September 15 and The reverence on Sunday September 16. Got your tickets? Hope so. Friday and Sunday are sold out, limited tickets for the others. Get on it. MAMMOTH MAMMOTH + LOS AMIGOS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. PAPERHOUSE (SINGLE LAUNCH) + CANARY + SQUAREHEAD + WE WOULD SLEEP John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. RESTORATIONS + A DEATH IN THE FAMILY + OUTSIDERS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. RUBY’S SHOWCASE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. SALAD DAYS + ROYAL ACE + THE RANT Pony, Melbourne. 8:30pm. SANDCASTLE + FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA + THE NEST ITSELF Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. SEX ST + ROYAL ACE + SCARCASM + STATE OF SILENCE The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. STRAW KING EYES + CASEY HARTNETT + IVY ST + MINING BOOM Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. SWEDISH DEATH INDEX + ANDY WEAR + BUCKET MEN + THE CHURCH OF HYSTERIA Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. TEAL + ARTILIAH + CLUB CRAIN + THE SOULENIKOES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE DIVINE FLUXES + CHARM + KIEREN P WEST + STRAYTHREAD Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE KEY OF THE SEA - FEAT: THE TIGER & ME + DJ ALESSIA + ONUR Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $60. THE OX & THE FURY + DOM ITALIANO & THE UPBEAT MAFIA Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. THE RED PAINTINGS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THESE PATTERNS & PSALM BEACH (DOUBLE HEADLINE) + PSALM BEACH + THESE PATTERNS + PIONEERS OF GOOD SCIENCE + THE GHOST OF 29 MEGACYCLES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BACKWOODS CREATURES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. BLOW The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 8:00pm. FUTURAS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. JULIA TURNER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. LEAH SENIOR Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LOUIS ROWE + AMY GANTER TRIO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. MIC CLUB Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. SIME NUGENT Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SIREN SONG + FEARLESS ESCAPE + LEWIS INGHAM

University Of Ballarat, Ballarat. 8:00pm. THE SWELL + RIDERS OF SIN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. THE TARRENTINOS + ALEX LASHLIE + YOKEY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. UNITED STRUGGLE PROJECT FUNDRAISER - FEAT: IZZY BROWN + MELODY MOON + PRIESTESSA + RACHEL BY THE STREAM Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $5. XAVIER RUDD Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ARACHNIDS + SOLEAD Q Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. BANDALUZIA Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $25. HIATUS KAIYOTE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. JAN PRESTON Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20. MOTOWN THURSDAYS Fashion Lounge, Melbourne. 5:00pm. PAUL GREENE & THE OTHER COLOURS + CARUS THOMPSON + STEVE LANE & THE AUTOCRATS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $17. ROSIE CATALANO + COLLECTOR + DANVERS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $7. SALSA EXPLOSION - FEAT: DEL BARRIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SYZYGY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. THE FIREMEN Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. THE SHANNON BARNETT QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE SONYA VERONICA QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

FRIDAY 14 SEP ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: THE INTERCEPTORS + DJ THROBULATOR Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. ALARUM + HOUSE OF THUMBS + KING PARROT + THE LEVITATION HEX Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. BLACKCHORDS (DANCE DANCE DANCE LAUNCH) + ALASKA + LYKE GIANTS + MANSIONS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COLD HARBOUR + CRYSTAL THOMAS Pause Bar, Balaclava. 8:00pm. DONNY BENÃ©T (ALBUM LAUNCH) + ALEKS & THE RAMPS + CLIENT LIASON Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

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EDDIE JAMES & THE PROWL + THE DEATH RATTLES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ELEPHANT EYES + PAPER SKY + THE SECOND LOVE Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. FLUXX + CHRIS O’NEILL + YOU & YOUR FRIENDS The Baroness, Brunswick. 8:00pm. FRANCOLIN & KIERAN RYAN + SPEED PAINTERS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. GARAGEE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HANSON (SHOUT IT OUT) Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 2:49pm. JONATHAN WILSON + SARAH MARY CHADWICK Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $32. KOOYEH COLLECTIVE + JACE EXELL & THE SOUL SIX + NATALIE TOMLINS & THE ECHO POINT MYSTICS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK MASSIVE DJ COLLECTIVE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. LONE TYGER (EP LAUNCH) + AIRCRAFTE + GOING SWIMMING Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. LURCH & CHIEF (SINGLE LAUNCH) + AGILITY + THE RED LIGHTS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. MEGAN BERNARD Willow Bar, Northcote. 8:00pm. MIDNIGHT DRIVE + MOTIONLESS ME + PIGTAILS + WARBIRDS + WINTERUN The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. PATAPHYSICS + AUDEGO + DJ ULTRAVIOLET + SKOMES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. POISON CITY WEEKENDER FEST - FEAT: EXTORTION + BETWEEN THE DEVIL & THE DEEP + CHINESE BURN UNIT + GRIMFANDANGO + I EXIST + LUCA BRASI + WHITE WALLS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. PONY FACE Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. ROAD RATS + DIRTY CHAPTERS + STREET FANGS + THE BIG FACE & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BOARD BOYS + THE OUT OF TOWNERS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. SOLA ROSA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $30. SPECIAL BREW + DJ DAN THE MAN + DJ JUMPIN JOSH The Luwow, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $5. STYX & STONZ + DECADENCE OF CAIN + SEVERED OATH Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. SYDONIA + ADAM HYNES + BREAKING ORBIT + LACONICA + MOROCCAN KINGS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE AFROBIOTICS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE JOHN DELORD PROJECT Iddy Biddy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE LITTLE MURDERS Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 8:00pm. THE MEDICS + I A MAN + THE DARCYS National Hotel, Geelong. 9:00pm. $12. THE MORNING AFTER + CATFISH VOODOO + DIRTY ELVIS + THE DIE CASTS Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. THE RUBENS + BERTIE BLACKMAN + NEW GODS The Bended Elbow, Geelong. 8:00pm. $15. THE SHELLS + IN THE RED Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE SMASH BANG SHOWCASE - FEAT: MIX METHOD

XAVIER RUDD Everyone’s favourite shaggy blonde muso is back, people! No, not Jon Bon Jovi. Who even are you!? We’re talking about Xavier Rudd: musical prodigy, activist, vegetarian, and all-round good guy. The king of Aussie roots music is never too far from our sights, but that doesn’t mean we don’t get excited every time he heads home to play for us. If you’ve ever seen Rudd perform live, you’ll know that his shows are a feast for the soul and senses. His instrumental prowess is truly a sight to behold, and his humble charm is nothing short of infectious. If you haven’t seen him before…well, here’s your chance! To celebrate the release of his latest album Spirit Bird, Rudd is embarking on his most extensive Australian tour to date, and he’ll be bringing his golden locks to the wonderous stage of the Palace Theatre this Thursday September 13. Get into the spirit and get amongst it.

THE RUBENS Mushroom head-dude-in-charge Michael Gudinski says The Rubens are his favourite Australian band. That’s a thing, isn’t it? The Rubens are one of the most talked about acts in the country right now, and with their debut album hitting shelves this Friday September 14, the band are playing The Forum on Saturday September 15 with Bertie Blackman and New Gods. Tickets are moving quickly, so don’t hesitate. + PLANET JUMPERS + DJ EHSAN GELSI + DJ FERGUS + DJ LUKE MCD + DJ TIMMUS + ODDPHONIC Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10. THE STU THOMAS PARADOX Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. THE TOASTERS Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $25. TIM ROGERS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. TOM CARTY Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. VOLTAIRE TWINS + SOCCER LEGENDS + SOLAIRES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. WHITE HEX (HEAT LAUNCH) + NUN + STANDISH/CARLYON + ZOND Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. ZUZU ANGEL + MELVA VS SALVADOR + THE CHEEKY FALCON BAND + THE FLYING SHARMANS & SILVERKANE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

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JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC FEM BELLING & THE HOWARD BELLING TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20. GIAN SLATER & THE JAMIE OEHLERS QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. I VAGABONDI + GRUPO BOMBEIRO Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. OZ KINK FESTIVAL - FEAT: DIVINA PROVIDENCIA The 86, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. STONEFLOWER Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. THE BEN CARR TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. THE CHRIS HALE ENSEMBLE Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE PERFECTIONS + CHILDREN OVERBOARD + THE CHARLIES The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

SATURDAY 15 SEP ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: NOIZEBUNNY Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. BAD VISION + CLAVIANS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. BANG - FEAT: ASSEMBLE THE EMPIRE + LEFT FOR WOLVES + THE ROSE LINE Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BITTER SWEET KICKS & VICE GRIP PUSSIES + BITTER SWEET KICKS + VICE GRIP PUSSIES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. BLACKCHORDS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. CARTEL + WE ROB BANKS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 7:30pm. $25. CHARLIE MAYFAIR + DIRT FARMER + THE FALLS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. CHARLOTTE NICDAO + FOX ROAD Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CITY RIOTS (WAIT FOR YOU LAUNCH) The Liberty Social, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10. CLAMPDOWN Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DARAY DRUM CLINIC Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 1:00pm. $20. DAVID GRIMSON + PAIGE DUGGAN + THE KITE MACHINE University Of Ballarat, Ballarat. 8:00pm. $5. EMPERORS + DARTS + ROYSTON VASIE + SUPER BEST FRIENDS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. FRITZWICKY + CHICO FLASH + VAYER The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. HOP OFF - FEAT: MICHAEL MCQUAD’S RED HOT RHYTHMAKERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. JAHMAKN IT FUNKY + DICKEN ST PREACHERS Iddy

Biddy, St Kilda. 4:00pm. KIDS IN CULTS + ARMANDO + BULLETS IN BERLIN + GEMMA BELFRAGE + MAYUMI + THE WALNUTS + VIC PLUME 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $10. KIDS OF ZOO + DJ COMMISSION FLATS + RAYON MOON + UDAYS TIGER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. KIRIN J CALLINAN + LOST ANIMAL + SCATTERED ORDER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. KISSTROYER + BLUNT TRIO Commercial Hotel, South Morang. 8:00pm. LANEWAY + THE PROMISES Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. LOCAL BAND NIGHT - FEAT: NOTHING HURTS ROBOT + STATE OF SILENCE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. LOVE OF DIAGRAMS + EXHAUSTION + THE STEVENS + TWERPS DJS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $12. MATT DWYER & THE DYNAMITES + DJ BAGALICIOUS + DJ BARBARA BLAZE The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. MOON SHIFTER + 4TRESS + BLACK FUEL + STIX & STONZ Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $10. MR WOO (EP LAUNCH) + THE ELECTRIC SUNKING + WALKING EDEN + WELCOME TO THE NUMB Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15. NOAH The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $31. POISON CITY WEEKENDER - FEAT: RIVAL SCHOOLS + A DEATH IN THE FAMILY + HOODLUM SHOUTS + RESTORATIONS + TOY BOATS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $39. POISON FISH + MASTER_BETA + PIGTAILS + PUSH TO TWIST Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT + KRYSTLE WARREN Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 9:00pm. $119. SKA NATION - FEAT: MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA + SKA VENDORS + THE RESIGNATORS + THE TOASTERS + ADMIRAL ACKBAR’S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE + JOBSTOPPER + KING CITY SEVEN + KINGSTON STOMPERS + MENAGE-A-SKA + SKA BANG + SON OF DAD + STEEL CITY ALLSTARS + STEPPIN RAZOR + STRANGELY ATTRAKTIVE + THE AUSKAS + THE FUNNADICTS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $43. SONS OF LEE MARVIN (ALBUM LAUNCH) + DJ DAVE THE SCOTT + THE YEARD APES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. SOUND OF SEASONS (MAKE BELIEVE TOUR) Fist2face, Ringwood. 4:00pm. SUBHUMANS + 12FU + BLOODY HAMMER + WOLFPACK Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $50. TAKE YOUR OWN + HAILGUN + PUBLIC LIABILITY + RIGHT MIND Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10. THE CORSAIRS (EP LAUNCH) Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE DIVINE FLUXUS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. THE DUB CAPTAINS + KESHIE + TOM TUENA Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

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TIM ROGERS Australian icon and dude with the tunes, swagger, chutzpah and style ownership Tim Rogers swaggers into town this weekend to play The Regal Theatre Ballroom this Friday September 14, pushing his album Rogers Sings Rogerstein off from the dock. It’s going to be a corker. THE LARGE NUMBER 12S Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE MEDICS + I A MAN + THE DARCYS Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. THE POTBELLEEZ Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. UNGUS UNGUS UNGUS + COCO VELUE + FULL CODE + VINCENT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. VIVA MEXICO - FEAT: NAHUATL JAGUAR + DJ SACA LA MOIS + LOS MAS ALTOS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. VOLTERA (EP LAUNCH) + BARREL OF MONKEYS + COLD DIVIDE + DIVE INTO RUIN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. WACO SOCIAL CLUB + PENNY IKINGER & THE EVOLUTION Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. WARREN WILLS & MARY MASS Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DAVE MASON & THE REEL BIG DOGS + WAYLON JOES Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $25. GRAM PARSONS TRIBUTE + ABBIE CARDWELL + SUZANNAH ESPIE + TRACY MCNEIL + VAN & VAN & CAL WALKER Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $22. JED ROWE Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm. JEREMY EDWARDS & DUST RADIO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. JULES BOULT DUO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. LONESOME + JIMMY HAWK + LIEUTENANT JAM Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. OLD TIMEY MUSIC JAM SESSION Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. RUSTY PICKERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. SAFFRON AVENUE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. SATURDAY ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: THE JOHN DOE CAMEO + JAMIE MACDOWELL + TWYCE DAILY Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. SPOONFUL Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. STRONG PUSH Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 10:00pm. SUNLARK Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. TESS MCKENNA & THE SHAPIROS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE BASTARD CHILDREN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. THE ORIGINAL SNAKESKINS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE PERFECTIONS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE RUBENS + NEW GODS Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. WIL WAGNER + DAVE DRAYTON + LINCOLN LE FEVRE + LUCY WILSON Old Bar, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $5. XAVIER RUDD Pier Live, Frankston. 2:19pm. $55.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC DIABLO BROTHERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. GIAN SLATER & THE JAMIE OEHLERS QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. LAMINE SONKO & THE AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE + DJ MANCHILD The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. MICHELLE MEEHAN World Restaurant Bar, Southbank. 1:00pm. PHOEBE & THE NIGHT CREATURES Tony Starr’s Kitten Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $5. SAM MENZIES Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY - FEAT: THE SHUFFLE CLUB The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. STEVE SEDERGREEN (POINTS IN TIME LAUNCH) Central Club Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25. THE FEM BELLING QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. THE PAUL WILLIAMSON QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. YURODIVYE + THE BEN DELVES GROUP Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm.

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RMIT’s Music Industry and Audio Visual Students present a night showcasing some of Melbourne’s best bands across two stages at the Corner Hotel on Monday September 17 – metal warlords Barbarion, master of ethereal delicacies Wintercoats, psychedelic rock’n’roll five piece Wolfy & The Bat Cubs, Alfords Band of Bullwinkles from the mean streets of Brunswick, and singer songwriter Celery (Violetta Delconte Race, daughter of Hugo). And it’s all for a good cause, raising money for Music Victoria. Like you needed a reason. 4TRESS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. BLASPHEMOUS SUNDAYS Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. COTANGENT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. EARTH + BONNIE MERCER + MARGINS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $35. EVIL TWIN Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. HAILEY CRAMER (EP LAUNCH) + KISSHEAD + REMI Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8. LANEWAY (ALBUM LAUNCH) + COOKIE BAKER + THE PROMISES + THE WILD RIPPING HAIL COLLECTIVE DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. NAI PALM + DJ PERCY VALENTINE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. NINTH LEGION + AVIRUS + COLD RED MUTE + UNDER SCARLET SKIES Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. REFLEJOS + 8 FOOT FELIX + TRES CUERDAS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. ROYAL ARTILLERY + SEISMIC TOSS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. S.U.S.S 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. SANGEETIK JATRA - FEAT: JEMS PRADHAN + NABIN K BHATTARAI + SANJEEV SINGH + AASHISH BANGDEL + AMIT PRADHAN + PRAKASH RASAILAY + PRATAP GURUNG + RAJESH LAMA + SARUN TAMRAKAR The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $25. SLEEP DECADE (SINGLE LAUNCH) + SEAGULL + STAFFAN SONGS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. SMOKE MACHINE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. SUMMERSET AVENUE + GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT + SECOND CHANCE EXIT Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. TANYA BATT + CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN + FRANKIE ANDREW + MEGAN KENT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE SMITH STREET BAND + JAMIE HAY & JEN BUXTON + LET ME DOWN JUNGLEMAN + LINCOLN LE FEVRE + MILHOUSE + OUTSIDERS + PAPER ARMS + RUN SQUIREL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. VAYER + MONTRESOR + SPIDER GOAT CANYON + XENOGRAFT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $6.

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60 SECONDS WITH… SOLA ROSA

Define your genre in five words or less: Funk/soul/heavy grooves. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? We’re notoriously hard to pin down on that one. The new album is a little more direct with a future soul/ funk vibe, however we’ve gone from dub to Latin and hip-hop to calypso so it’s a real gumbo of styles with Sola Rosa. I liken it to a good mix-tape or DJ mix. I like an album that takes you on a journey and doesn’t repeat itself. That’s the objective for us anyway. What do you love about making music? I love that moment you come up with something and you know you’ve come up with something good. A beat that makes you screw up your face and wanna

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 7:00pm. GRAND WAZOO Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 6:30pm. HEADSPACE + & BAD BOYS BATACUDA + THE DALE RYDER BAND Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm. HIGH NOON SECRET PARTY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. JESS YOUNG Lui Bar, Melbourne. 3:00pm. LOGIC Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. SAN LAZARO The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SANTIAGO SON + SON 3 Iddy Biddy, St Kilda. 3:00pm.

MONDAY 17 SEP ROCK/POP ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DREW Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. AMANITA + CREPES + SHUTTER STOP + VIBRAPHONIC ORCHESTRA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BARBARION + ALFORDS BAND OF BULLWINKLES + CELERY + WINTERCOATS + WOLFY & THE BAT CUBS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $15. CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. SUBHUMANS + DIXON CIDER + SPEW’N GUTS + VICIOUS CIRCLE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $45. THE JANE AUSTEN ARGUEMENT + DEARLY WISH Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BLUEGRASS NIGHT & JAM SESSION Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. JIMMY STEWART Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. SECRET MONDAY ACOUSTIC SHOW Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS + MAX SAVAGE Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC MARC HANNAHFORD, SAM PANKHURST & THE ALLAN BROWNE TRIO + MARC HANNAHFORD + SAM PANKHURST & THE ALLAN BROWNE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE MARTIN ROTOLO TRIO + UNDERCOAT 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8.

dance around the studio. Also those moments live where you’re in-sync with the band and the audience and it’s just a magical moment. Can’t beat it! If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Marvin Gaye. I’d try and persuade him to jump on a few tracks. For me he is the best singer of all time. His tone and layers of harmonies are incredible. His musicality is monumental. Omar is extremely gifted in all these areas too. What can a punter expect from your live show? There’s up to six of us on stage at a show. It’s all about having some fun and bringing some dirty, heavy grooves. We mix it up live in the genre department, but we always try to keep it heavy.

TUESDAY 18 SEP ROCK/POP ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: ZEVON HILTZ Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. BAT PISS + SPERMAIDS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: PROJECT.321 EXPLOSION Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. COLLAGE - FEAT: LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS + ANDY KENTLER + JAMIE LOCKHART + LEADLIGHTS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. HANSON (SHOUT IT OUT) Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. NEWTON FAULKNER Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $44. PATRON SAINTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SEX ON TOAST + DJ MOTHER HUBBARD + MANGELWURZEL + PALZ Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $2.

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MAKE IT UP CLUB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SALT LAKE CITY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. SCOTCH COLLEGE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE ANOMALIES + RARE CHILD Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE WOMEN’S FESTIVAL SEXTET - FEAT: MARC HANNAHFORD + SAM PANKHURST & THE ALLAN BROWNE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $18.

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SIDEWAYS NEEDS A DEDICATED DRUMMER. We need a dedicated, technically talented sticksman to start with us ASAP to ﬁnish oﬀ our 5 piece. We are currently working on vocal tracks and rehearsing our extensive setlist. Demos: www.sidewaysband.com Contact: info@sidewaysband. com with demos, videos or previous works. Splatty 0488 202 929

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Remixing Grimes and Frank Ocean? Tick. Named one of Fact Magazine’s Producers To Watch? Tick. First trip to Australia this week? Tick. A live/ DJ/AV show starring Ryan Hemsworth (Canada) takes place this Thursday September 13. It’s free. Awesome? Tick.

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ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday September 12th, 2012 With Ruth Mihelcic

This Friday check out Wodonga’s latest addition to its performing arts centre by heading down to The Cube, which was just recently opened by Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu on August 24. Friday will see local bands Mercury Owl, Lockdown, The Secret Sandwiches, Jovian, The Teriffs, Hugh Fuchsen, Lars and the Prussians, Hunter Gatherer, and I See The End take to the stage for the Push Start Battle of the Bands, starting from 6pm with entry for $5. Friday is also the last day to enter the poster design competition for St Kilda Festival 2013. Your artwork could become the identity of one of Australia’s best-known festivals. They’re looking for an image that captures the vibrancy of St Kilda and the spirit and atmosphere of the Festival. The winning entry will be incorporated into all promotional materials and the winner will also receive $2,500 cash! Anyone who lives, works or studies in the City of Port Phillip can enter at stkildafestival.com.au. If you play the blues, check out the MBAS Blues Performer of the Year Contest which closes on September 18. The aim is to find the best possible blues band or artist to represent the MBAS and Australia in Memphis Tennessee USA at the International Blues Challenge, happening at the end of January next year. First prize is return airfares to Memphis, accommodation, $1000 cash and admission to the event. Get an entry form from mbas.org.au asap! We’ve got some news for dancers, MCs, poets, and vocalists too. The Push’s Push It! Hip Hop Program invites you to be part of Street Movement, an exciting new project created to bring young people together through elements of Hip-Hop culture on the streets of Melbourne City. You won’t just be rocking mics in a live performance setting but you’ll also be learning new dance moves and techniques with a host of professional artists. On top of that you’ll have the opportunity to be part of organised busking spots in our own performance area; the streets of Melbourne will be your classroom! Applications for the program close September 28, go to our website thepush. com.au to enter.

ALL AGES TIMETABLE Friday September 14 Wellington FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ competing bands, Sale Memorial Hall, Kayte Tetley on (03) 5142 3340, AA Blackboard w/ Uprising, VCE Band, Shaun Black, and more local young artists, Sovereign House, Sovereign Court, Mansfield, 5:30pm – 11pm, gold coin donation, Jodie Bell on 0428 494 715 or mansfield.vic.gov.au, AA

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What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We have a total of nine releases: five studio albums, one remix album, three EPs and a bunch of vinyl releases. When are you playing live/releasing your album/ EP/single/etc? We’re touring Australia in September and October, playing Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and a few dates in WA to promote the new album Low And Behold, High And Beyond. We’ll be in Melbourne on Friday September 14, at the Northcote Social Club. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Music has been my passion since I was 11, so to do this full time and make a living off of it is dope! What part of making music excites you the most? That new beat, that moment when it all comes together. Travelling is a great part of the job too. What makes a good musician? An open mind, experience and patience. There’s a lot of time spent waiting around in this business. Also tolerance is crucial in any group. There’s times you are gonna wanna murder each other so you have to learn to be tolerant and know when to shut ya mouth. I’m still learning. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Would have loved to tour with Hermitude, The Roots, Little Dragon or the Gorillaz. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? I’m gonna quote Tom Waits here: “The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night”.

DIMMU BORGIR DRUMMER WORKSHOP Black metal fans are no doubt ecstatic about the Australian Drum clinic tour of Dariusz ‘Daray’ Brzozwski, percussionist for the iconic band Dimmu Borgir. He does a drum master class at The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday September 15 from 1pm til 4pm, then a guest DJ set that night at DV8. Then on Sunday he does an in-store signing at High Voltage city from 2pm ‘til 5pm.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCED BAND BOOKER WANTED. If you’re experienced in booking bands and want to work with an 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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Wodonga FReeZA Battle of the Bands w/ Mercury Owl, Lockdown, The Secret Sandwiches, Jovian, The Teriffs, Hugh Fuchsen, Lars and the Prussians, Hunter Gatherer, and I See The End, The Cube, 118 Hovell St, Wodonga, 6pm – 12midnight, $5, Adam Hollis on (02) 6022 9704, AA Mitchell DJ Mix w/ DJ Michael Worthy, Broadford Town Hall, 113 High Street, Broadford, 7:30pm – 11:30pm, gold coin donation, Buffy Leadbeater on 0409 429 770 or mitchellshire.vic.gov.au, AA Spotlight w/ DJ Gold, Serpentine Hall, 7:30pm – 11pm, Tony Bellenger on 5494 1232, U18 Saturday September 15 Dandenong Urban Talent Quest - Final w/ judge Mark Holden, The Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker Street, Dandenong, 1pm – 4pm, Free, Nick Karlas on 9793 2155 or missionaustralia.com.au, AA Mid Term Jump w/ DJ’s, Park Hall, Flinders Drive, Mornington, 6:30pm, $10, email hurleysmithsounds@ gmail.com or call 0415 211 262, U18

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LIVE BITCH PREFECT Friday August 17, Liberty Social Lineup pairings can be a tricky thing. When diﬀerent acts on one bill are spread out across genres, the hope is that a variety of fans will be in attendance. Yet these bills run the risk of drawing confused looks from patrons, as their allegiances can be quite staunch at times. Thankfully, Liberty Social’s readily-available supply of cheap alcohol assuaged any of these fears, and the whole evening turned into a memorable, if not memorably sloppy one. As perennial good-time bangers UV Race crowded onto the smallish Liberty Social stage, anticipation amongst the hipster faithful was at a high. Ebullient frontman Marcus Rechsteiner quickly disrobed to show oﬀ his fresh tattoo as he screamed and wiggled his way through cuts from the band’s two full-lengths (it’s a shame their upcoming split LP with Eddy Current Suppression Ring wasn’t yet available). Rechsteiner looked akin to Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham. Like Abraham and Fucked Up, Rechsteiner and UV Race adapt to every stage incredibly well. After recent gigs at Yah Yah’s and The Grace Darling, the band’s frantic punk still (and will likely always) maintain a contagious pull, as evidenced by the crowd almost falling over themselves to get that one last dance move in. Wherever UV Race goes, a maddening party ensues. Even though it was their night, as the band celebrated the release of their debut LP Big Time, Bitch Prefect

still had big shoes to fill. And they responded as only they could; their casual, heart-warming pop took on an efficient, streamlined approach. While it was the antithesis to the blitzkrieg approach of the openers, Bitch Prefect attempted to lure the hyped-up crowd with their subtleties. And it worked. Holiday In America, one of the band’s earlier hits, brought smiles to most of the crowd, but the band continued with little fanfare, instead relying on the strength of their wellwritten songs to keep the evening afloat. Lead singer Scott O’Hara’s honest tales of woe may not be the best kind of music to crush tins of lager to, but it gave this Friday night a much-needed introspective twist. Bad Decisions, the single from Big Time, finished the night. It’s all but a given that many in the crowd would be enjoying the song on record throughout the rest of the weekend. JOSHUA KLOKE LOVED: That the experiment worked. These two bands complimented each other rather well. HATED: Not being able to find Lachlan. Where were ya buddy? DRANK: My fair share.

PONY FACE Friday September 7, The Northcote Social Club You get the feeling that when Simon Bailey, Kris Emond and Anth Dymke come together to write music, minutes would quickly turn into hours that would soon turn into days and possibly weeks. Within their rich tapestry of sounds, there’s a permeation of ideas that slowly unravel to release an energy which helps develop an overwhelming contortion of the senses. Tonight’s launch of Hypnotised is the first of nine East Coast shows that celebrate their second full-length release. It’s an aptly named title; the hypnotic effect of their sound is certainly spell binding. Key opener Howdy Moon uses Emond’s steady toms-laden percussion with the eerie, slow burn of Bailey’s guitar and ringing synths. It’s a slow motion attack on the room that soon breaks open into cymbals, fuzz and sparks. A red hot Alabama builds pace. “Stuck down the bottom of an abandoned mine/Where the walls are cold and the sun doesn’t shine” is mumbled through somewhat gritted teeth; the deep drawl that signifies Bailey’s laconic vocal prowess. It’s an earthy and austere manner in which he delivers the echoing chorus that has energised community radio wires for months now – the audience is sold. Matty Vehl guests, to bring in exploding keys as the guitar rings out like a train careering through a tunnel. A three-piece by nature, Pony Face have tonight enlisted some friends for additional effect (vocal assistance by Jaye Kranz and Mila Shaw and the aforementioned Vehl). Yet the trio are incredibly capable of creating a big sound on

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their own with the use of programmed loops that at times allow Emond to put down the sticks and pick up the guitar. It swirls tremendously in tracks like Warning Bell and Hypnotised where notes climb up and down the fretboard. The stage is lit like a whore house for Stripper. The bass is constant and cathartic, all other elements projecting a cinematic feel too. Silver Tongue is truly infectious with its scratchy digital intro and rich groove throughout. The band look at home here; excitement and enthusiasm painted on their faces. Perhaps feeling the reward for all their eﬀorts. Dymke, who appears like a mix of Abba’s Benny Andersson and a young Obi Wan, demonstrates his churning bass on Disco Cops. Its punchy percussion has Emond popping and dropping more tom action and crashing cymbals. Stars Are Bright, Sheelong, Devil, Bermuda and Nebraska are all reminders of how strong Pony Face have been for over six years now and there’s no doubt that, matched by the release of Hypnotised and performances such as tonight, the love for these tight knit locals will continue to spread. JOHN DONALDSON LOVED: The laid back grooves of Holly Said. HATED: The incessant chatting in the crowd. DRANK: Me, lager. Finchy, lager. Gareth, lager sometimes cider.

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ALPINE

Saturday September 8, The Corner Hotel

Melbourne’s Alpine return home triumphantly tonight for the first of two sold-out shows launching A Is For Alpine, an album long-awaited by those following the band since 2009 and their incarnation as Swiss. Befitting Alpine’s keystones of voice, indie pop and danceable songs, the evening’s supports showcase selected elements of each. Perth’s young Georgi Kay – a two-time WAMi winner in her own right – presents a strong contrast at first, alone with a guitar singing striking songs like Right Next To You in the melancholy voice of someone much older. Clubfeet, on the other hand, magnify the slick, dance-friendly aspects that occasionally appear in Alpine’s pop by a factor of 1000. Apparently comprised entirely of baristas, the Melbourne synth-pop troupe are nonetheless excellent crafters of hooks and grooves. They create the kind of cool, anti-perspirant indie dance that Holy Ghost! do so well; music that makes you feel like you need to be wearing a suit to fully appreciate. Lifting heavily from 2010’s Gold On Gold, they glide through highlights like Edge Of Extremes, D.I.E. Yuppie Scum, Count Your Lovers and Teenage Suicide, their smooth, rhythmic pop perfect backing for an evening watching movies adapted from Bret Easton Ellis novels. A Mac failure means we don’t get to hear a new track, but the band are so tight and accomplished, new songs and shows are worth looking forward to. The word alpine conjures images of mountain climbers or mint flavoured cigarettes, but not necessarily the trilling, scalpel-etched pop of tonight’s thrilled-to-bits headliners. Fresh from the inking of a deal with US label Votiv, the sixpiece are fully charged and ready to entertain a hometown crowd. Alpine’s co-frontwomen Lou James and Phoebe Baker launch directly into A Is For Alpine openers Lovers 1 and 2, their twin vocals reaching above the minimal four-four backing pulse like bird calls. Sticking to the album order, the glittering, sexy Hands is next; the song’s

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thrilling melodic bursts enhanced by James and Baker’s interplay. As co-singers they have a chemistry that clearly runs deeper than any t.A.T.u. hair colour comparisons. The birdlike dance moves sometimes seem like reenactments of a nature documentary, but this only adds to their onstage charm – something that alleviates the occasional weaker number (the Zurich EP’s Too Safe and Heartlove don’t quite reach the emotional intensity they strive for). As the musical engine of Alpine, the remaining four boys provide taut support, but James and Baker are the stars of the show. And rightly so. Beginning with a few precise notes, the Foals-esque guitar and structural dynamics of All For One display the arty side of Alpine that sometimes hides under the pop halo. Both these sides are in full effect for Gasoline – easily one of their most accomplished tunes, and perhaps the most popular with tonight’s crowd. Seeing Red then leads into set closer Villages – a strong track and the one that perhaps most warrants the occasional Warpaint comparison (even though Alpine don’t evoke that band’s languid menace). An encore, apparently titled Icy Poles, is a cheerfully twee, cute and inoffensive indulgence, right down to Baker’s mild rocking out on a guitar. The gig’s lasting impression is of Alpine openly enjoying their hard-earned and certainly-notovernight success. Good fortune can be fleeting, but the talent they clearly have only promises even better things in the future. TOPHER HEALY LOVED: The avian courtship ritual dancing. HATED: Clubfeet’s Mac crash ruining a preview of new material. DRANK: Pint bottle of cider. Everyone else had one so I thought they were on special. (They weren’t).

Wednesday August 31, The Corner Hotel

It was a bit confusing, walking up to The Corner from under the bridge near Punt Road. Despite pleasant weather on the trek to Richmond, there appeared to be an isolated shower drizzling mist over Swan Street. But as the pounding techno beats denoted, it was just the seepage of smoke machine from Kangaroo Skull doing what they do best. The band room was a sea of mist and intense strobes, but disappointingly, the volume was at a level where you didn’t have to strain to make conversation. Even so, it’s a pretty damn impressive spectacle – despite the setting of an early Wednesday night. Seekae stepped up their visual game in a big way, decking out the stage with an elaborate lighting setup which escalated in its capacity throughout the set. Opening with a selection of cuts from the very excellent +Dome, the trio then introduced a run of vocal-adorned tracks. The newer material was somewhat more honed than what was debuted at Vivid LIVE a few months back, with vocal duties primarily being taken on by percussionist Alex Cameron, rather than shared between the trio. The

embracement of vocals has resulted in the band breaching strange new territories, from sick early ‘90s techno to something resembling post-dubstep. The band kicked off their encore with Yech, not before prefacing with the disclaimer, “It’s changed a bit since you last heard it.” Indeed, the rave characteristics of the track have been ramped up to great effect, plus Cameron sounds more assured in his vocal delivery. Seekae then closed off the night with a rendition of The Sound Of Trees Falling On People cut Void. The fervent reaction to each of the band’s established tracks, plus the positive reception to their new material, is a strange phenomenon, but most definitely a deserved one. LACHLAN KANONIUK LOVED: 3, and the crowd’s reaction to 3. HATED: Just needed to be that little bit louder. DRANK: Beer in a bottle.

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS Friday August 24, The Corner Hotel

Deﬁne your genre in ﬁve words or less: Nu soul, electro. What can a punter expect from your live show? A whole lotta harmonies hitting them in the face like a ton of pretty bricks.

her after you buy me a beer.”

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? My new EP! Whoop! Get one for your mum too.

What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? That I am able to do it as my job and we are lucky enough to have it as a career option (if you’re willing to put in the hard yards).

When’s the gig and with who? My EP Launch is Sunday September 16 at The Toﬀ In Town featuring Kisshead, Remi, MzRizk and hosted by Luka Lesson. 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? “Hey, have you heard Hailey Cramer? Wow wow wee wahh, she’s totes awesome dude fo’ shizzle, let’s go watch Beat Magazine Page 74

How long have you been gigging and writing? I had my ﬁrst performance when I was seven-years-old in a singing competition where I sang Hey Little Devil. (I won..oh yeah!)

What part of making music excites you the most? Creating something from scratch without any boundaries. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? The new Cadbury Marvelous Creations Jelly Popping Candy. Why? I think it’s all in the name!

It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since the sweet acoustic sound of The Beautiful Girls first graced our ears. Yet that was the beginning, and now this is the end. For all intensive purposes, this is the tour that marks the last time we will ever see Sydney’s Northern Beaches trio play together, allowing frontman and brainchild of the band, Mat McHugh, to focus on a solo career. An interesting move, considering it has pretty much been the Mat McHugh Show since TBG first began all those years ago. Sure, there have been some lineup changes – original members bassist Clay MacDonald and drummer Mitch Connelly left in 2005 and were replaced by Paulie Bromley and Bruce Braybrooke – but essentially it’s always been about McHugh. He has undergone a musical evolution in front of our very eyes, transforming from the beach-bum strums of Learn Yourself to the rock-reggae influence of the likes of The Police, and now even further into the reggae-dancehall genre. At the first of two last shows at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel, this served him well. It was hard to read how the sold-out Friday night gig was going to play out – it was almost impossible getting into the joint before the band started, with the line stretching around the corner. Inside, it was packed to the rim with punters already on their way to a good night out on the town and bouncers seemingly oblivious to their inebriation. The acoustic songs were decently received but there was

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a groundswell of energy just waiting to bust out. Thankfully, this is where McHugh and co. stepped it up, switching from favourites like Learn Yourself, Blackbird and Let’s Take the Long Way Home to more recent recordings Don’t Wait, 10:10 and Gratitude. The crowd responded accordingly. For anyone – fan or not – wanting that one last sing-a-long with McHugh, he made it pretty simple. An extended reggae mix of the band’s ﬁrst commercial hit, Music, another of the band’s hits I Thought About You, a partial cover of Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight in Rockers!, and a reggae-style cover of Tainted Love ticked all the boxes for the hungry crowd. At least that’s what it sounded like when the drunks behind me weren’t sending out deafening wolfwhistles. Notepad = reviewer – got it? The set came to a rocking ska conclusion with trumpets blazing and instruments stinging, McHugh keeping his trademark cool as the tempo lifted. La Mar (The Ocean) and a cover of Radiohead’s Creep wrapped the two-hour set up nicely and sent the crowd onto the streets buzzing. God knows what mischief they caused afterwards. JEN WILSON LOVED: Reliving the memories. HATED: The huge queue to get in. DRANK: Not as much as everyone else.