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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS Unless you’ve been living under a rock or waiting through that frustrating period of no Internet in the first two weeks of moving into your new rental property, you’ve probably heard that the Byron based music festival is back for its 2015 incarnation. This year’s event will host a colossal amount of acts, including Blur (woo-hoo), Florence + The Machine, Mark Ronson, Of Monsters and Men, The Wombats, Tame Impala, Peking Duk, Ryan Adams, Catfish and the Bottlemen plus a bundle more bands you couldn’t possibly fit on one page. Head over to splendourinthegrass.com for more details.
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Get plastered at the Old Bar with this killer rock’n’roll poster exhibition. Plastered will give music fans the chance to view and purchase a wide selection of music posters. The posters, amassed by serial poster collector Nick Vukovic, span over 40 years and feature both Australian and international acts. The exhibition’s opening night, to be held on Tuesday April 28, will feature live music from Swamplands, Fingerbone Bill and Damon Smith. Plastered will run from Tuesday April 28 to Saturday May 9 at Old Bar. Visit the exhibition Facebook page for more information.
Taking a slice of the Gold Coast across the rest of the country, the popular Queensland based music festival Wallapalooza is scheduled to go national for the first time this year to celebrate it’s fifth year running. Every city the festival hits will host a lineup dictated by a certain theme, with Melbourne’s wing branded as Dragons. Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene, Hailmary, RedHook, These Four Walls, Smoking Martha and Flannelette are all set to play the show at the Espy, and best of all ± it’s free. Keep your eyes on the Espy when it goes down on Friday June 12.
EMAROSA American post hardcore outfit Emarosa are returning to Australian shores for a headline tour to support their new album Versus. Featuring new frontman Bradley Walden (ex Squid The Whale), the band has spent the past three years solidifying both their lineup and sound to make sure this tour will be one to remember. They’ll be playing a show at Wrangler on Monday June 8, tickets on sale from www.oztix.com.au.
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BEN LEE One of Australia’s most prolific songwriters Ben Lee has confirmed an intimate solo show this June. The show follows the announcement of Lee’s new album Love Is The Great Rebellion, due Friday May 29, his first album since 2005’s double platinum Awake Is The New Sleep. Ben Lee plays in Melbourne on Sunday June 7 at Northcote Social Club, with tickets on sale from 10am, Wednesday April 29 at northcotesocialclub.com.
THE AUDREYS Adelaide folk-rockers The Audreys are heading to town for a special one-off show at The Spotted Mallard. The duo, with Taasha on tiny guitars and Tristan on normal sized ones, already have four studio albums under their belts. They’ll be touring over May and June to celebrate the vinyl release of 2014’s 'Til My Tears Roll Away. The Audreys will be hitting up The Spotted Mallard on Friday June 19. Tickets available from theaudreys.com.au/shows. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 14
With the release of their new single Foolish and their new album Yuck scheduled to be released on Friday June 12, Alpine are gearing up to run their smooth indie pop around the country. The tour involves some killer support slots from dream-pop darling Pearls, plus Darts and Olympia, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for tickets for the show at the Forum to catch a blow-out night of some of Australia’s finest in altpop music. Head over to ticketmaster. com.au for tickets to their show on Saturday June 27.
CHRISTINE ANU To celebrate the 20th year anniversary since the release of her Aria award winning album, Stylin’ Up, Christine Anu will be hosting three shows at the Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club on May 13, 14 and 15. The original release of the album saw Anu earning platinum sales due to tracks such as Island Home, Party and Come On ± be sure to get your hands on tickets for a throwback to the days of 90s Australian pop. Tickets on sale from bennettslane.com.
COSMIC PSYCHOS & DUNE RATS An explosive double header featuring some gnarly old school punk with some new school garage sounds is heading down Melbourne’s way this June, as Cosmic Psychos announce their new LP Cum The Raw Prawn - with Dune Rats tagging along as the second headliner. Expect carnage. Expect rowdiness. Expect beer. They’ll be playing two shows, one at the Chelsea Heights Hotel and one at the recently rebranded Max Watts. Hunt your tickets down at moshtix.com.au or maxwatts.com.au and get ready to get loose.
HOZIER Fresh from his Australian debut to a 10,000 strong crowd at Bluesfest, Hozier will bring his brand of folk rock back to our shores this October. It has been a monumental few years for the Irish born singer, with his breakthrough single Take Me To Church becoming a number #1 hit in 12 countries, recieving a nomination for the Song Of The Year award and going three times platinum in Australia. Having just dropped his new single Someone New, Hozier is currently playing sell out shows across the US. Hozier will play the Palais Theatre on Friday October 30. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com.au.
FLOWER DRUMS & MILWAUKEE BANKS The Shadow Electric is hosting a five act bill at the end of April with Perth electropoppers Flower Drums headlining the show next to Melbourne’s future rap finest, Milwaukee Banks. Also joined by Melbourne pop starlet Nussy, beat king HTMLflowers and dreampop producer RKDA, the show will showcase the strength of the developing Australian electronic pop and rap scenes. The show at Shadow Electric is penned in for Thursday April 30, tickets available from shadowelectric.com.au.
MY DISCO Centred around their set at Tasmanian festival Dark Mofo, My Disco have announced they will play a small run of shows around Australia this June. The trio will be performing material off their soon to be released fourth record. The band began recording last December, with release set for mid to late 2015. Having only played one show in the last 18 months, My Disco are preparing to reveal a unique shift in their sound with their as yet unnamed album. My Disco will take over The Toff In Town on Sunday June 7.
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2015 RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP The annual AFL match where the supreme battle between radio and rock’n’rollers is back again. The 2015 Reclink Community Cup pits community broadcasters Triple R and PBS against a Melbourne fraternity of musos on the field at Elsternwick Park, with the proceeds going towards helping disadvantaged Australians. The day’s not all about footy though; there’ll be activities for the kids, food and drink stalls, plus live music kicking off at 12pm. The Community Cup goes down Sunday June 21, for more information check out communitycup.com.au.
JMC Academy is hosting an exclusive workshop with multi-platinum recording engineer Dave Aron. During his time in the music industry, Dave has worked with the likes of U2, Prince, Sublime, Jane’s Addiction, Dr.Dre and Snoop Dog ± who he still currently performs live and studio sound engineering for to this day. The workshops are exclusive to JMC ± be sure to head over to jmcacademy.com for tickets to catch one of the industry’s veterans in the flesh.
NATIONAL C E LT I C F E S T I VA L The nation’s leading Celtic musicians, artists and theatre-makers, along with high profile special guests from the international Celtic scene, are setting their sun dials south on a journey to Victoria’s exquisite Portarlington by the seaside. This year the festival has attracted some of the highest quality Celtic acts from across Australia and overseas, featuring world renowned Irish singer-songwriter Brain Kennedy, folk ensembles from Cherry Grove and Scottish highlands harp duo The Duplets. With an ocean of local talent to boot, find tickets and the full lineup at nationalcelticfestival.com.
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EDDIE PERFECT Actor and artist Eddie Perfect’s Songs from the Middle show is coming back to Melbourne. A truly unique performance from one of Australia’s most idiosyncratic lyricists, Songs from the Middle is a call back to Perfect’s origins of growing up in Mentone, featuring songs such as Frankston Line, Nepean Highway and My Sister Worked At Bunnings. Eddie Perfect plays Songs from the Middle on Friday June 26 at Melbourne Recital Centre. For tickets and more information, head to melbournerecital.com.au.
JIMMY BARNES Still pumping out shows for the Australian rock crowd at the ripe age of 58, it’s evident that there’s no stopping the Barnes train, nor is it almost gone. Jimmy Barnes is about to head out for a new tour, performing acoustic tracks from his album Flesh and Wood, accompanied by a nine-piece band sporting a luscious string section. He’ll be playing a show at The Palais Theatre, with tickets available from ticketmaster. com.au.
PEACE Indie rock darlings Peace have locked in a second sideshow due to popular demand. Recently releasing their Happy People album to critical acclaim, the four piece have been on the up and up ever since their debut EP was released back in 2012. Now Peace are making sideshow appearances all around the nation across April and May, and we have a double pass to give away for their second sideshow on Friday May 1 at Ding Dong Lounge. Peace fans, head to beat.com.au/freeshit.
SEETHER Multi-platinum alt-rock trio Seether are returning to Australia celebrate the release of their sixth album, Isolate And Medicate. After selling over 5 million albums, Seether are probably the biggest rock act to come from South Africa ever, taking their fervent rock rhythms to Melbourne for a single show in July. Head over to metropolistouring.com for tickets and more information.
BONJAH Things are really heating up in the Bonjah camp. Their fiery new single Burn is a real scorcher that’s sure to ignite the audience’s passion. Fire puns aside, Bonjah have well and truly established themselves, playing festivals worldwide while releasing three acclaimed albums over the past decade. They’ll be playing this Friday April 24 at Howler and we have two double passes to hand out. Give it a red hot go at beat. com.au/freeshit.
FLY YING COLOURS Flyying Colours will be swanning off in May to the UK and Europe to tour in support of the forthcoming EP ROYGBIV. They’ll be playing The Great Escape and Primavera Sound Festivals, supporting the exceptional Russian shoegaze band, Pinkshinyultrablast, as well as doing their own headline shows across Europe. Before heading across to the other side of the world, they’ll be playing a farewell show on Thursday April 30 at The Gasometer with a sneak peek from their upcoming EP which they’ll be releasing in June. Tickets available from gasometer.oztix.com.au. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 16
MOJO JUJU To support the release of her new album Seeing Red/Feeling Blue, Mojo Juju is painting Australia on a national tour. Get ready to catch her flip some jazz, colour some blues and sink her roots with her genre flipping, vibrant shows when she hits Melbourne in June. She'll hit up the Corner Hotel on Saturday June 27 and the Caravan Music Club on Saturday July 4.
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FLOWER DRUMS Shadow Electric April 30 FLYYING COLOURS The Gasometer April 30 ONE DAY Prince Bandroom May 1 SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR Arts Centre Melbourne May 2 EPICURE Northcote Social Club May 2 KAURNA CRONIN Workers Club May 2 SOCIETY OF BEGGARS The Toff May 2 THE BOMBAY ROYALE Gasometer Hotel May 2 GIZZFEST Corner Hotel May 2 (AA), May 3 FOREST FALLS Workers Club May 6, 13, 20, 27, Workers Club Geelong May 10 PARTY AGAINST PAM The Toff May 7 MONTGOMERY Shebeen May 8 CASUAL BAND BLOGGER PARTY Ding Dong Lounge May 8 LURCH & CHIEF Howler May 9 CHERRYROCK015 featuring Red Fang, Beastwars, Child and more, AC/DC Lane May 10 CHRISTINE ANU Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club May 13 - 15 THE FUNKOARS The Workers Club May 14, 15 JOHNNY CASH IN SOLITARY Flying Saucer Club May 14 MILES AWAY Northcote Social Club May 14 PETER BIBBY Northcote Social Club May 15 COURTNEY BARNETT The Forum May 13,14,15 THE CASANOVAS Ding Dong Lounge May 15 THE JUNGLE GIANTS Howler May 15 IVAN OOZE Can’t Say May 15 THE GOOD SHIP The Spotted Mallard May 16 KING PARROT Corner Hotel May 16, Wrangler Studios May 17 EMERGE IN THE WEST Nicholson Street, Footscray May 16 THE TWOKS Catani Gardens, St Kilda May 16 ROSS MCLENNAN Post Office Hotel May 17 CRAFT & CULT 2015 Grumpy’s Green May 20 DAN PARSONS AND STEVE GRADY The Workers Club May 21 SAN CISCO 170 Russell May 22, Hi-Fi Bar May 23 (U18) THE GETAWAY PLAN Corner Hotel May 22 RAISED BY EAGLES Howler May 22 GANGS OF YOUTH Northcote Social Club May 22 CLOWNS Bar 12 May 22, The Tote June 12, Karova Lounge June 13, The Barwon Club June 27 THE PEEP TEMPEL Howler May 23 SHELLEY SEGAL Caravan Music Club May 24, Nortcote Social Club May 30 NEIL FINN Melbourne Recital Centre May 27 SUPERSUCKERS & THE BELLRAYS Corner Hotel May 29 SHE WHO ROCKS TOUR Hi-Fi Bar May 29 COOPERS AFTER DARK Shadow Electric May 29 VOYAGER The Evelyn Hotel May 29 JOELISTICS AND ASTRONOMY CLASS Howler May 29 HOT DUB TIME MACHINE Hi-Fi Bar June 5 IN HEARTS WAKE 170 Russel June 5, Arrows June 6 (U18) BEN LEE Northcote Social Club June 7 MY DISCO The Toff June 7 COSMIC PSYCHOS & DUNE RATS Chelsea Heights Hotel June 12, Max Watts June 13 HENNESSEY’S BEETHOVEN Sacred Heart College Geelong June 12 Deakin Edge June 13, Melbourne Recital Centre June 14, West Gippsland Arts Centre June 16, Peninsula Community Theatre June 20 DAN CRIBB AND THE ISOLATED Public Bar June 12 WALLAPALOOZA The Espy June 12 DEEZ NUTS Arrows June 12, Corner Hotel June 13 OSCAR KEY SUNG Howler June 13
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PASSION PIT THE DEDICATION GAME By Adam Norris
Don’t let the press release fool you: despite its assertion that Passion Pit’s third album, Kindred, is a love letter from frontman Michael Angelakos to his wife, it’s not entirely the case. In fact, when this is mentioned to Angelakos, he sounds kind of pissed off it has somehow become part of the publicity wagon. You can’t blame the man, either. Given the energy and intimacy that comes with compiling an album, anyone would be pretty sore to be misconstrued straight out of the gate ± especially when reaching people with something truthful is the bedrock of your work.
“A love letter to my wife?” he says, looking unimpressed. It must be said that for the most part, Angelakos is a pleasant, funny guy, self-deprecating and considered. This issue has clearly struck a nerve, however, and as our conversation unfolds it starts to become apparent why that is. “I don’t know where that idea came from, because it’s not true. Some songs are about her, but there are a lot of songs that don’t have anything to do with her at all. There are a couple of songs there about my brother, songs about the other band members. Songs about dealing with and accepting love, which isn’t as easy as it sounds, it can be quite difficult, especially if you’re not used to it. It’s something I’ve never been truly comfortable with, trusting vulnerability.” As he talks, Angelakos moves around restlessly, pivoting on the spot or gesturing with his hands. This is not at all borne of nervousness or idle pontification. In fact, he is a strikingly confident speaker, direct and incisive. “All I really wanted to do was make a simple pop record, but it ended up being this multi-layered whatever. There’s not really a theme. When people talk about [debut EP] Chunk Of Change and it being dedicated to my girlfriend at the time, that was actually 100 per cent true. Gossamer was dedicated to my wife and my friends, and dealt with this thematic, manic episode. And now this record is for them too, sure. It’s for my wife, it’s for my friends, but it’s much more of a concert record. It’s me putting all of the things that I’d experienced growing up, all of the things going on in my life, through this filter of me as a 19-year old kid hanging out in the park. That’s the theme, really. I can’t think of anything else,” he laughs. “It’s certainly not a love letter.” If not a love letter, the lens of 19-year old Angelakos is still an affecting point of view. Most of us can vividly recall the frustrations and aspirations of our teenage years, and to confront that figure from the past with our future self ± in front of an audience, no less ± takes a level of bravery few could muster. When asked how he faces such public exposure, though, the Massachusetts vocalist and keyboardist doesn’t feel like he responds at all differently from anybody else. “Well, if you were in my position, would you feel freaked out? It can be totally scary, but that’s also the most therapeutic part. You’re up there and you have to own it. You can’t back down from it. The one thing I can say that I think is super, brutally honest about BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 20
Passion Pit, is that as nerve-racking as [performing] can be, there’s strength in sharing it with other people. But you know how lucky I am to be able to do this as a living? It’s an amazing opportunity. I’m so grateful, and I mean, this is what I know how to do. To be honest, and put that into making music.
“If PEOPlE WANT TO CONNECT WITH ME, I’D rATHEr CONNECT WITH THEM MUSICAlly THAN ON TWITTEr. If PEOPlE PAy MONEy fOr TICkETS TO SEE US lIvE, THEN I WANT THEM TO kNOW ME By HEArING GOOD MUSIC. THAT’S THE PErSON I WANT THEM TO SEE, BECAUSE THAT’S WHO I AM” “With this record I wanted to be more upfront, I wanted to be clearer and share more. I can’t think of anything better than that, can think of nothing more therapeutic, and that’s what it’s all about. If people want to connect with me, I’d rather connect with them musically than on Twitter. If people pay money for tickets to see us live, then I want them to know me by hearing good music. That’s the person I want them to see, because that’s who I am.” In truth, there is no finer stance then letting your art speak for your intentions. Any explanation or close scrutiny of the artist can easily overwhelm the purpose of the music, and yet most of us remain ravenous to glean more about the people behind the songs that impact us so sweetly. Just don’t expect to see Passion Pit start replying to your YouTube comments any time soon. “I used to,” Angelakos chuckles. “I can’t anymore. It
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doesn’t strike me as being particularly truthful. I don’t think people are often inclined to be honest when they post things online, so I don’t read it. I don’t know a lot of what people say, because it reached a point where I’d read certain things and I’d have this weird gut reaction. It felt unhealthy. It also takes too much time and focus. I work on a lot of other projects, which helps me to keep Passion Pit in line with what I’ve always wanted it to be. There will always be other things in my mind, other projects, and so I don’t get distracted and try to force [Passion Pit] somewhere else. “Like recording this new album, I really found Passion Pit to be what we’d always imagined it to be. Looking back to when it started in 2008 to where it sits now, I’m pretty happy with it. I think every record has been moving forward ± each song, the lyrics are all building on each other. It’s nice. This is exactly how I wanted it all to happen.” Given the legion of fans and the top-tier music festivals to which Passion Pit are invited around the world, it’s nice to know that Angelakos has reached these heights without losing sight of what made him want to release music in the first place. That said, there is a reverse side to ambition; after performing at celebrated gigs like Glastonbury Festival or featuring on Saturday Night Live, there exists the potential for disconnection. Is this the ceiling? Who are you once the applause dies down and the stage lights dim? “I think there’s a certain mindset that a lot of artists have to be aware of. I’m not hugely famous. I’m still able to put out records; I’m still able to talk to people about music. Quite honestly, I’ll do what I have to do, whatever it takes, to do what I love and be able to reach people. And I’m really not at that level [of fame]. You see some of them, and their lives are fucked up. Their lives. Are fucked. Up. I don’t think I’m ever going to have that. As long as I keep getting asked to play festivals, play gigs and reach more people, long as I get to keep doing what I want to be doing, I’m happy.”
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sense of accuracy to the film, although she is quick to establish Northern Soul as foremost a feature film, and not some strident historical charter. Similarly the casting of the film was of paramount importance, and her decision to lead with emerging actor Elliot James Langridge and newcomer Josh Whitehouse alongside recognisable names, like Steve Coogan, allowed “them to just be the characters without the baggage of being recognised as actors first.”
The Spanish Film Festival is back for another year. Opening with Spanish Affair and closing with Wild Tales, the 2015 festival will feature 38 films. Other highlights include Get Married If You Can, Instructions Not Included and Sorry If I Call You Love. The Melbourne edition of the festival will take place from Wednesday April 22 - Sunday May 10 at Palace Cinema Como, Kino Cinemas and Palace Westgarth. Head to spanishfilmfestival.com for more details. Big hair and shoulder pads will reign supreme when Purple Rain screens at ACMI. The 1984 cult classic features Prince as young rock musician The Kid, as he battles against an emerging all-girl group at a Minneapolis nightclub. Winner of a Grammy and Academy Award (and Razzie nominee), the film grossed more than $80 million at the box office. Purple Rain will screen at ACMI from Monday April 27 to Saturday May 2. Ruth Rogers-Wright is returning to Chapel off Chapel for a limited season of Nina Simone Black Diva Power. Nina Simone was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century; an icon of music who crossed the genres of jazz, blues and soul. She was the consummate musical storyteller and passionate civil rights activist. This compelling play focuses on the developing friendship with Lorraine Hansberry - playwright and black activist, played by Zuleika Khan, who persuades Nina to become active in the civil- rights movement. Although initially reluctant, Nina Simone ascended to greatness with her activity and songs of the movement she would perform, many of which she wrote. Accompanied by Steven Grant on piano, Nina and Lorraine are brought to life on stage, as their story, interspersed with the music of Nina Simone, unfolds. It will be performed from Friday April 24 - Sunday May 3.
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Bell Shakespeare will opens its 2015 season, and its 25th anniversary year, with one of Shakespeare’s most charming and beloved comedies, As You Like It. The play is a story about one of Shakespeare’s greatest heroines and a love so grand, the play’s heroine is willing to break all the rules of love to win the boy. This production sees Peter Evans and John Bell working together for the last time as Artistic Directors of Bell Shakespeare, with Peter directing and John performing the melancholy role of Jaques, reciting one of Shakespeare’s most famous passages; ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.’ With Set Designer Michael Hankin and Costume Designer Kate Aubrey they’ll be creating a forest wonderland that will include over 5,500 flowers with tailored, eclectic costuming inspired by the ‘30s, ‘50s and ‘60s. The mood of this production will be further enriched by Lighting Designer Paul Jackson, and Composer Kelly Ryall’s work. As You Like It will be performed Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio from Friday April 24 - Sunday May 10.
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Northern Soul By Adam Norris Elaine Constantine has one of the most chipper voices you’re likely to hear first thing in the morning (it doesn’t hurt that she has a particularly colourful Lancashire accent). Having established herself as a much-lauded photographer during the ‘90s – known for her rejection of supermodels in favour of everyday youth – she has now plunged into another kind of eidetic art altogether with her film Northern Soul, an ode to the arrival of soul music into ‘60s/’70s Britain. Though clearly a labour of love for Constantine, who was herself present for the genre’s dwindling heyday, there was also an element of rescue to her undertaking. Everywhere she turned Constantine found herself assailed by stories and representations of the era that had little in common with the scene she so fondly recalled. “This is going to sound really arrogant,” she laughs. “But there was a lot of crap out there. There was a lot of horrible commercialism tried out on this scene. Especially in the mid-’70s, where they were trying to create these groups which were not northern soul groups because they were actually British. So there was a lot of awful, shameless self-promotion going on with these horrible old men trying to sell these acts that they’d ‘discovered’. And all these compilations were coming out that were just shit, with all of this awful imagery. I used to think, God, I remember how wonderful it was, and how amazing all these youths were on the dance floor, and yet all I’m seeing is fat, bald old men with pictures of themselves everywhere telling everyone ‘I used to be a pop DJ.’ And every time you’d flick on the TV there’d be some documentary with one of these old horrors sitting there, and so the younger generation were left thinking, God, this northern soul is just an old fogey thing. So I wanted to look at what it really felt like.” Every musical genre has its unique quirks and mannerisms, but northern soul really is something
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special. Music that had to be imported in order to be legitimate, that encouraged searching record stores far and wide for American soul music unknown or forgotten. There is something of a quest to the genre, exploring a finite stream of sound and bringing it back to the dance floor. As a result compiling the soundtrack was of crucial importance, yet this paled in comparison to the years of effort that went into writing the film. “We had a riot with the soundtrack. It was like playing with all of your favourite toys. There are some absolute clear favourites that couldn’t be ignored, and they had to go in of course. We did struggle with the rights to two records that were owned by the James Brown estate, so we couldn’t pick those up in the end. I think the main difficulty for me was the scriptwriting, because obviously I’m not a writer. That took an awful long time and I had to get a lot of advice, get a lot of people to give me feedback, and that took years and years.” In a sense, Constantine has been slowly shaping this story for much longer still. Her love of the northern soul culture began early, with the first-time director cycling between gigs, growing more and more enamoured with the tail-end of this vibrant, fleeting scene. It most certainly played a significant role in the photographic career for which she is best known, capturing the fashion and habits of these mod-cutaway crowds. It also meant that Constantine could bring a strong
Arts House’s latest show will see some of the stages all-time greatest death scenes recreated and condensed into 70 short minutes. Created by Zoë Coombs Marr, Mish Grigor and Natalie Rose of post, Oedipus Schmoedipus “takes several hundred of the alltime greatest plays, picks out the death scenes, mixes them together and hands them back to the people”. The show will enlist the help of 25 new volunteers each night who will help the ladies perform their collective manifesto on death. Oedipus Schmoedipus will run from Wednesday May 6 to Sunday May 10 at Arts House in North Melbourne and we have a double pass to give away.
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Indeed, She treated herself in an equally aspirant manner. “I watched a lot of films, read a lot of scripts, and tried to appreciate how do you make something in a genre like this. How do you make it authentic, how do you stay genuine to a true story? How do you not shoehorn it into some perfect three-act structure with a single clear protagonist, you know? So once the script was where I wanted it, the directing side of things was more transporting the kids forty years back in time, behaving like they would have back in the day. I think the film turned out great. It’s exactly how I wanted it.”
“I think the main difficulty for me was the scriptwriting, because obviously I’m not a writer. That took an awful long time and I had to get a lot of advice, get a lot of people to give me feedback, and that took years and years.” Constantine should be proud; the film is not some nostalgic homage, but a compelling story set in a time and place that many audiences will be entirely unfamiliar with. It is a brief dive into another world, that just happens to be one that existed not so long ago. There is more on the horizon for Elaine Constantine in the film world – another exploration of the UK music scene – although she is reluctant to provide any details. As stands, then, Northern Soul is not only a testament to an enduring genre, but to a director whose talent is still ascending. And what’s more she’s still remarkably chipper even at the end.
Northern Soul’s release is exclusive to digital in Australia – own or rent it now on iTunes and other major platforms.
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Plastered Plastered will give music fans the chance to view and purchase a wide selection of music posters. The posters span over 40 years and feature both Australian and international acts. The exhibition’s opening night, to be held on Tuesday April 28, will feature live music from Swamplands, Fingerbone Bill and Damon Smith. Plastered will run from Tuesday April 28 to Saturday May 9 at Old Bar.
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Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes of Fame
The Jewish Museum of Australia will explore the life and fame of Andy Warhol through an exhibition and play reading. In conjunction with the Andy Warhol’s Jewish Geniuses exhibition, the museum will present a reading and performance of Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes of Fame. The play, written by Noel Anderson, was originally performed as part of the Midsumma Festival 2013. It explores Warhol’s struggle for success and his attempted assassination at the hands of Valerie Solanas. Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes of Fame will be performed at the Jewish Museum of Australia on Saturday May 2,9 and 16.
Emerging Writers’ Festival The Emerging Writers’ Festival have revealed the program for their 12th incarnation. This year’s festival will feature a range of workshops, master classes, discussions, performance events, readings, parties and ‘pitch-a-thons’ to bring together and inspire the Melbourne writing community. Thousand Pound Bend will act as the festival hub, with Slice Girls Pizza, The Workers Club, The Wheeler Centre and the Good Copy Reading Room and more also hosting writers and events throughout the festival. Highlights include Amazing Babes, where a range of women perform odes to the females in their lives; an opening night extravaganza at Federation Square’s Deakin Edge; and Inside the Publishing House, which offers a behindthe-scenes look at one of Australia’s biggest publishing houses. The Emerging Writers’ Festival 2015 will run from Tuesday May 26 to Friday June 5.
Adult Fairy Party
The National Gallery of Victoria will bring together some of the world’s most creative designers and publishers when it hosts the inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair next month. The event will showcase fine art, architecture and design publications as well as limited editions and small-run artist books. In addition to the stalls, the fair will also feature free public talks and discussions, book signings, performances and an international symposium on the future of book design and publishing. This year’s fair will be the first of a series of annual art book events developed by the NGV. 2015’s special guests include New York’s Printed Matter, a Melbourne artist book publisher, bookstore and and art space Perimeter Books, independent Melbourne publisher Surpllus, independent Castlemaine publisher 3ply, Rainoff Books and Dawn Press. A ticketed preview of the fair will take place on Friday May 1, ahead of the Saturday opening. Those who purchase tickets will have the chance to purchase limited edition publications and engage with publishers and artists while enjoying the event’s live music, food and bars. The Melbourne Art Book Fair will take place from Friday May 1 to Sunday May 3 in the NGV’s Great Hall.
Kelly Hawthorn Arts Centre has announced they will present Queensland Theatre Company’s Kelly this May. The play about Australia’s most famous bushranger Ned Kelly and his brother Dan Kelly, will travel right across the country as part of a 39-venue national tour. It was over a century ago that Ned and his three gang members made their famous last stand at Glenrowan. On June 26, 1880, the boys held up the town in a twoday gun battle with the Victorian Police; the showdown condemned Ned to the gallows, with Joe Byrne, Steve Hart and Dan Kelly all presumed dead. But for years and even decades later, Dan Kelly went on to be sighted more times than Elvis Presley. Newspapers reporting Dan Kelly sightings around South-East Queensland in the 1930s gave credence to the legend of his survival. Matthew Ryan’s Kelly suggests Ned’s brother Dan escaped the siege at Glenrowan, leaving Ned for dead, to start a a new life in Queensland. Kelly has travelled throughout regional Queensland and South Australia, and will show in 16 venues across Victoria, the home state of the famous outlaw, before going on to Tasmania and New South Wales. Kelly will come to Hawthorn Arts Centre on Saturday May 9. Bookings are available through the venue.
If going to a kids party, with no kids around where you can drink, sounds like your kind of night then Natasha York’s Adult Fairy Party is for you. After years of being a professional fairy, Natasha York doesn’t know who’s in control anymore – the fairy or her. Completing three degrees in business, drama and musical theatre, York never thought she’d see herself here and so has collected her talents to present Adult Fairy Party - an immersive cabaret experience. Through party games, balloon animals, her tales of life as a children’s entertainer and magic, York takes the audience on a fully interactive kids party – with a real live pass the parcel! The show will also deliver reworked pop tunes, the music of party favourites like Incy Wincy Spider, Ring Around The Rosy and of course Happy Birthday. Adult Fairy Party will come to The Butterfly Club every Sunday in May, starting Sunday May 3.
Eddie Perfect will launch and perform his new album Songs From The Middle later this year. Songs From The Middle is Eddie Perfect’s (Shane Warne The Musical, Offspring, Strictly Ballroom) most personal work to date; a contemporary song-cycle centred on Eddie’s childhood in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone, and features songs such as The Frankston Line, Nepean Highway and My Sister Worked At Bunnings. It happens at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday June 26.
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Dreamgirls
Mostly Mendelssohn
Dreamgirls will see its Australian premiere next month, when it begins its run at Chapel Off Chapel. Inspired by the career of Diana Ross and The Supremes, Dreamgirls tells the story of ‘The Dreams’ – an up-and-coming girl group in the ‘60s. The show will star Thando Sikwila as Effie, Anna Francesca Armenia as Deena, Zenya Carmellotti as Lorelle, Winston Hillyer as Curtis, Gareth Jacobs as Jimmy and Djon Alexander as CC. The show will also feature a seven-piece live band and more than 150 costumes. Dreamgirls will run from Friday May 29 to Sunday June 14 at Chapel Off Chapel.
American violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw will join the Australian Chamber Orchestra for their new concert series Mostly Mendelssohn. The program features Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 9, Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante for Double Bass and Violin, Wolf ’s Italian Serenade and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. The concert series will feature Satu Vänskä on lead violin and Maxime Bibeau on double bass, in addition to Stefan Jackiw on violin. Mostly Mendelssohn will be performed at Melbourne Recital Centre on Sunday May 24 and Monday May 25.
The Nite Art festival invites people to ‘curate their own night’ as they explore galleries and art spaces across the city. The night will feature a range of installations, mini events and exhibitions spread across three precincts – the University of Melbourne, central city and arts precinct, including Federation Square. This year’s event will see a number of new exhibitions and initiatives, including Light Speculation, an interactive light-based game at Carlton Connect; a late-night social hub at Ian Potter Museum of Art; and a sonic art installation at the new Melbourne School of Design. Nite Art takes place on Thursday July 23.
Lilly Singh has announced she will return to Australia this June. Better known to her 5.4 million YouTube subscribers as IISuperwomanII, Singh’s show A Trip To Unicorn Island is a jam-packed night filled with laughter, music, dance and plenty of surprises. Lilly will give you the inside scoop on how to navigate life’s turbulence by finding happiness and beauty in the world around you, and within yourself. She came to prominence in 2010 when her YouTube channel started to gather followers at a rapid rate now she has had more than 567 million combined views on her channel. Her comedic videos draw inspiration from her family, friends and everyday life. Also known as a rap artist and stand up comedian, Lilly’s videos reflect on her life as a young Canadian woman from Indian heritage and the comedic side to life’s most normal activities. A Trip To Unicorn Island will take over the Comedy Theatre on Friday June 5.
PORTLAND HOTEL COMEDY Nazeem Hussain headlines Portland Hotel Comedy this Thursday. After selling out all of his shows during MICF, here’s your chance to see the hottest ticket in the country. Plus Dilruk Jayasinha and some of the best acts from MICF. It’s all happening this Thursday April 24 at 8.30pm, at Portland Hotel Comedy, 127 Russell Street (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
Over the weekend the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for another year, here are your award winners: The Funny Tonne went to Sarah Trevarthen, who saw the most shows in the festival. The Piece of Wood award, awarded by comedians for comedians was given to Eddo herself - Anne Edmonds. The Director’s Choice award, given by festival director Susan Provan was handed to Matt Okine. The People’s Choice award, awarded to the show with the most tickets sold was received by Wil Anderson. The Golden Gibbo, awarded to the festival’s best independently produced show was won by Laura Davis. The Best Newcomer was awarded to Corey White. The Barry, awarded to the festival’s best overall show was won by Sam Simmons. Other award winners from this year include 14-year-old Will McKenna who won Class Clowns, Queensland’s Angus Gordon who won RAW Comedy, and Victoria’s Nina Kirby, who won Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedy competition Deadly Funny. Congratulations to all award nominees and winners.
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Oz Apocalypse By Liza Dezfouli Beat has a chat to Chess Allan, CEO of Horror Corp Entertainment, the company which, in partnership with Oz Apocalypse, is bringing zombie event experiences to Melbourne. The first thing we ask is whether Chess gets to fight zombies herself. “Well, hell yes. There’s no way I am going to let everyone else have all the fun. I jump in and play any chance I get. I want to hone my skills just in case I really do need to survive the zombie apocalypse.” Punters can play Lazarus on weekends and Battle Apocalypse during the week. What are the main differences between the two? “If you have ever played Call of Duty in zombie mode, Resident Evil, Dead Island or The Last of Us, then Lazarus, the zombie apocalypse survival game will appeal to you,” explains Allan. “It’s a game of survival against the ‘undead’ who have overrun our underground medical facility. The aim is to work with your team on your fully scored mission
to reach the other side with the most kills and the least zombie bites. If you are a Call of Duty fan, or you have a military or services background, or if you’re a gamer who just loves to shoot stuff, then Battle Apocalypse is your absolute destination that puts you into the game with our military simulation tactical laser weaponry on a fully scored network to survive. We open up the labyrinths of the arena within the facility, there are re-spawn points designated within the game, and two
teams fight head to head until the end.” Which game does Allan prefer? “The zombie apocalypse survival game appeals to me more because no game ever feels the same, no matter how many times you go through the gameplay. The experience morphs depending on which zombies you encounter at which points in the game; I love being taken out of my comfort zone and letting the mind plays tricks on me where I believe I really am in the apocalypse fighting off those brain hungry zombies. I had my first taste of the combat field in Wisconsin, USA, with the battle version, and it was hard not to reach out to the inner Lara Croft and stir up that superhero.” Chess is a woman of many parts who clearly loves her work. “I love the passion of our players, and it is their enthusiasm that makes the hard times worth it. Last weekend we had a huge group of beta tester players join us to ‘pressure test’ some of the components of the game, and they walked away with the biggest smiles on their faces after shooting with the laser simulation weapons on our firing range and playing in parts of the arena with ‘live test zombies’. As corny as this might sound, the absolute reward is in the excitement and smiles we see.” Does Allan expect to see this sort of event taking off in Australia? “Absolutely. A lot of people have ‘shot zombies’ before, so it’s not a new concept, but it’s never been done specifically like this in Australia. It takes a huge team of professionals to get this show on the road; the careful composite of the people and the technology (hardware and software) and haunted house techniques utilised in the design and build of the set makes this an experience worth having. We’ve built the whole set literally from the first stick of wood right up to our apocalypse arena, so we don’t intend to let this lie still for long.” Are there as many women into fighting zombies here in Australia as there are in the USA? “The States have huge numbers of women attending Apocalypse events – around the 43 to 48% mark depending which state you’re in. It’s a bit of a different shooting culture there, but the entertainment side offers the outlet with a fantasy factor without the actual dangers, just like any video game. A lot of the women are girlfriends on date
nights with their guys, but there are groups of girls who get out there in their posse and harness their adrenaline for a mega fight-off. I’m a mother of twin little bubs, so I find it’s a great way to fling off some of the frustration of the weekly routine then return home to domestic bliss with a ‘balanced’ inner headspace. Beats the heck out of any pilates class.” What does Allan reckon accounts for the zombie phenomenon? “All you have to do is look at the state of the world right now and it seems to makes perfect sense. Every year we go through the doomsday reckonings and face another ‘end of the world’ day somewhere. If it’s not a Nostradamus quatrain then its Harold Camping with his evangelistic predictions (though I think his predictions were actually for his own transition the next phase of life). The other side of the zombie phenomenon that fascinates me is its prevalence in nature itself. There are so many insects, for example, that are perfect hosts to other creatures, and therefore become zombified in the metamorphosis of the life (and death) cycle for a parasitic animal who takes over their body and then their brains. I’m fascinated when it’s featured in mags like National Geographic because of the perfect ‘host’ phenomenon which alters the actual behaviour and thought patterns of the brain of the poor innocent host creature. The zombie phenomenon is around us much more than we realise, and it may in fact be living inside that pretty little ladybird that just landed on the flower outside your window.” Does Allan enjoy zombie movies and TV shows? “My first fascination came after watching 28 Days Later. I’m not sure if I should admit that I actually felt all warm and gushy about the movie Warm Bodies? But my favourite zombie movie laugh has got to be Zombieland. It’s hard not to love Woody Harrelson, and Bill Murray’s guest appearance kills me every time.” Find your inner zombie slayer at the Melbourne Showgrounds until Sunday May 10. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays will be dedicated to Lazarus, while weekdays and weeknights will host the combat team vs team Battle Apocalypse.
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Mustaches and muscles: Back to the days when men were men and sex was carefree In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Tom’s Man. He tried out a blond named Vicky--a common male name in Finland--followed by a Tarzan-inspired Jack. Then in 1968 Tom settled on Kake, a darkhaired, mustached leatherman who often wore a tight white T-shirt bearing the motto “Fucker.” Kake lived up to this moniker, a sort of post-Stonewall, hyper-masculine Johnny Appleseed traveling the world on his motorcycle tospread the seeds of liberated, mutually satisfying, ecstatically explicit gay sex. Tom lived out many of his most personal fantasies through Kake, and Kake’s international fans made him the template for what came to be known as the gay clone look of the 1970s. Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake adventures, most as 20-page booklets. Tom of Finland - The Complete Kake Comics collects all of these stories in one volume. Return with Kake to the days when men were men, sex was carefree, and everyone wore a big thick mustache.
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In the first fully illustrated work of his illustrious career, David Thomson re-examines a series of moments which readers will experience in beautifully reproduced imagery from seventy-two carefully selected films across a hundred-year time span. His moments range from a set of Eadward Muybridges pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and The Red Shoes to the unexpected The Piano Teacher, Burn After Reading immersing the reader via a groundbreaking marriage of imagery and the authors accompanying narrative. David Thomsons evocative, unflinching prose and profound understanding of what makes film and art form identify him as one of the great film writers of our time, making it likely that Moments that Made the Movies will be widely viewed as an important classic on the subject of international cinema.
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Not a traditional autobiography composed of a chronological recounting of memories, Dance of Reality repaints events from Jodorowsky’s life from the perspective of an unleashed imagination. Like the psychomagic and metagenealogy therapies he created, this autobiography exposes the mythic models and family templates upon which the events of everyday life are founded. It reveals the development of Jodorowsky’s realization that all problems are rooted in the family tree and explains, through vivid examples from his own life, particularly interactions with his father and mother, how the individual’s road to true fulfilment means casting off the phantoms projected by parents on their children. Dance of Reality is autobiography as an act of healing. Through the retelling of his own life, the author shows we do not start off with our own personalities, they are given to us by one or more members of our family tree. To be born into a family, Jodorowsky says, is to be possessed. To peer back into our past is equivalent to digging into our own souls. If we can dig deep enough, beyond familial projections, we shall find
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Traditional psychotherapy seeks to unburden the unconscious mind purely through talk and discussion. Psychomagic recognizes that it is difficult to reach the unconscious with rational thought. We should instead speak directly to the unconscious in its own language, that of dreams, poetry, and symbolic acts. By interacting on this deeper level, we can initiate quicker and more enduring change to resolve repressed childhood trauma, express buried emotions, and overcome deep-seated intimacy issues. Through the lens of psychomagic, illness can be seen as the physical dream of the unconscious, revealing unresolved issues, some passed from generation to generation. In this workbook of psychomagical spells, legendary filmmaker and creator of psychomagic Alejandro Jodorowsky provides several hundred successful psychomagic solutions for a wide range of psychological, sexual, emotional, and physical problems from stuttering, eczema, and fear of failure to repressed rage, hereditary illnesses, and domineering parents. Each solution takes the same elements associated with a negative emotional charge and recasts them into a series of theatrical symbolic actions that enable one to pay the psychological debts hindering their lives. Jodorowsky explains how the surreal acts of psychomagic are intended to break apart the dysfunctional persona with whom the patient identifies in order to connect with a deeper, more authentic self. As he says in the book, “Health only finds itself in the authentic. There is no beauty without authenticity.”
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You’d have to be some sort of curmudgeon to not enjoy Absinthe – excellent circus married to scabrous and utterly politically unsound comedy, performed perfectly in an atmospherically evocative Spiegeltent. Absinthe comes from Spiegelworld, the same lot that brought us Empire in the Spiegeltent on the rooftop of Crown Casino, so you get slick, you get polished and you get world class acts. The show completely owns the pervy element of the circus meets cabaret meets vaudeville genre which makes for a lot of fun. Host Gazillionaire (who we presume is former Cirque du Soleil clown Voki Kalfayanand) and his side-kick Penny Pibbets (also presumably Anais Thomassian) make sure they offend pretty much everyone, and make good use of some good sorts from the audience. The circus acts include some stunning balancing on chairs, by Oleksandr Volohdin as an opening treat, Australian performer Karla Tonkich does a green fairy number singing about the aperitif itself, the Lost Souls quartet are stunning strong men from the Ukraine, also there’s another strong man duo featuring Polish
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acrobat Michal Tomasz Nowosadko, a man with a musculatory system so defined that to watch him is like looking at a page of Grey’s Anatomy. The night features a very funny piss-take of the wholesome earnestness of the sorts of acts you might see in a family friendly Cirque de Soleil show. Belarus strong men Aliaksandr Yurkaveats and Andrew Sizonenko are stunning, Maika Isogawa and Jacob Oberman perform a romantic aerial ballet in a duo straps routine, Swedish performer Angie Sylvia appears twice, once in a fire-eating act and the other with a giant balloon doing a turn to Moon River. We get a bit of girl on girl action with an aerial hoop routine, and the gob-smacking tightrope routine by a trio called the Frat Pack. The lineup varies as Absinthe tours so we can’t be sure of naming everybody but excellence is well-assured. B Y LIZ A D E Z FOU LI
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Queer happenings around town with Anna Whitelaw.
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Last week, the Andrews government took a step in the right direction when it announced it would at long last repeal an “anachronistic” law that criminalises the intentional transmission of HIV. The law - otherwise known as section 19A of the Victorian Crime’s Act - is a relic of the panicking policy making of the late 1980s and early ‘90s when the AIDS epidemic was at its height. HIV organisations have for years lobbied for the law to be scrapped, claiming that section 19A stigmatises people living with HIV. Section 19A is the last law of its kind in Australia that singles out HIV specifically, since nSW repealed their HIV-specific crime offence in 2007. More absurdly it has never been applied in the circumstances in which it was intended - for submitting HIV by injecting them with a bloodfilled syringe. Even more absurdly, the law makes the intentionally transmitting HIV punishable by up to 25 years in prison. By contrast, in Victoria, the maximum sentence for manslaughter is 20 years. While there are some within the gay community who argue that gay men need protection from HIV, the Labor government has sensibly seen that the law is unnecessary, since intentional transmission of an STI like HIV could already be prosecuted for causing a serious injury under existing criminal offences. What HIV-specific laws do accomplish is creating a deterrent for people to get tested for HIV. Contrary to what people think, the vast majority of new HIV transmissions are caused by people who don’t know
they have the disease. Only 1% of new cases are from people who knew they were HIV positive. As Attorney General Martin Pakula said the laws ensured people living with HIV were treated equally before the law. “This is about reducing the stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV, and in turn promoting equal protection by the law for all Victorians.” Up in Sydney, acting chief executive of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras revealed to The Star Observer that from next year, the route of the Mardi Gras parade which currently runs from Hyde Park along Oxford Street may be reversed so the parade runs to the CBD or even through the CBD. Over the years, the Mardi Gras parade has actually taken a number of different routes, and the first Mardi Gras actually started at Taylor’s Square and marched down to Hyde Park. This new route no doubt reflects how Sydney’s lockout laws are hitting gay venues along Oxford Street. Meanwhile, in a sign transgender people are making great leaps forward, a 27-year-old trans model named Aydian Dowling has been thrust into the spotlight after being poised to become the first ever trans cover model for Men’s Health in the US. After transitioning in 2009, Dowling has gone viral after recreating Adam Levine’s cheeky cover pose in his bid to grace the cover. So far, he’s receiving a whopping 28,000 votes in the magazine’s online competition. To add one more, you can vote for him at ultimateguy. menshealth.com/leaderboard.
This week, the Victorian AIDS Council will be hosting information sessions on PrEP for gay men interested in finding out about how PrEP can prevent HIV transmission, and how gay men can access it in Victoria. The next session will be held at PROnTO 175 Rose Street, Fitzroy on Sunday April 26 from 2pm-3pm. To RSVP, visit prepinfo@vac.org.au.
Two of the divas from Ru Paul’s Drag Race are heading down under for an Australian tour this weekend. In The Dark (the scene queens behind Swagger) will be bringing Violet Chachki and Max Malanaphy to Melbourne on Wednesday April 29 at the GH Hotel from 8pm. Tickets are $25 or $55 for VIP meet and greets if you want to rub shoulders with the gals. For
tickets, visit itdevents.yapsody.com. The homos behind POOF DOOF are teaming up with the boys from Leather Mob to once again throw a Leather Doof next Saturday May 2. DJs Scott Anderson and Kam Shafatti will be on hand along with residents Argonaut and Salvador Darling for a night of fetish, whips and tops off. For details, visit facebook. com/leathermob. Hippies, hipsters and homos are all welcome to The Good People Party next Friday May 1. Expect to end up with some glitter on your face, some flowers in your hair and a smile on your dial at the monthly gathering. The Good People Party will be held at the Railway Hotel in Brunswick from 9pm till late. $15 on the door.
News Bites. The takeaway only deli will be located at 111 Moor Street, Fitzroy, and is set to open at the end of this month.
The (New And Improved) Rochie Is Open Again Huxtaburger Coming To Hawthorn
As part of the Glenferraissance, another Huxtaburger will be opening up in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, in late May. The pioneers of Melbourne’s burger obsession, Huxtaburger The Fourth will be located at 681 Glenferrie Road, in the heart of the shopping strip, joining the likes of Fonda, The Kilburn and YoChi in the reinvigoration of the area.
Gelato Messina To Open In Richmond
Everyone’s favourite gelato is set to be opening a second location in Richmond in late May, at 164 Swan Street. Originating in Sydney and opening their first Melbourne store in Fitzroy in 2013, the gelato mavericks have built up a cult following with their 40 permanent flavours and the so-wrong-yetso-right weekly specials premiered on their Facebook and Instagram. They’ll be bringing with them all of their hand made specialities, including caramelised white chocolate, poached figs in marsala and salted coconut. Hallelujah!
Smith & Daughters To Open Vegan Deli
One of Melbourne’s most popular vegan eateries has a problem ± they’re just too damned busy to do lunch and dinner. To solve this “problem”, they plan to open Smith & Deli ± a Jewish American-style deli ± around the corner from the restaurant. It’ll focus on delivering pre-made meals to the masses, which could include lasagne, pizza, soup, bagels and “whatever we have on the day”, they told Good Food.
The famed Rochester Castle Hotel has reopened, but don’t think it’ll be anything like the one you (hazily) remember. Jon and Bridgette Costello (of The Vic, Aviary Hotel, and Dr Morse) have given the old girl a big spruce up: the sticky carpet is gone, it has a new paint job, and the equally famed Miss Katy has taken over the kitchen with her celebrated Crab Shack. There are ten, mostly craft, beers on tap, with a rotating cocktail list. But the Rochie of old is not completely gone, and with a stage and DJ platform, party times will definitely ensue on the weekends. 202 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, like we need to tell you where it is.
Hike Up To The Hyde For ANzAC Day
The Hyde St Hotel is having Anzac festivities all weekend. Starting Friday April 24 with after work drinks, $10 pizzas from 5.30pm, $5 basics all night and DJ Clint Hargreaves spinning tunes from 6pm. Saturday is all about footy with 5 games on the big screens, and it all kicks off with the Bombers vs Magpies. Just to top it all off, there will be an acoustic set in the Hyde St Front Bar from 5pm. 188 Hyde St, Yarraville, is your one stop shop this AnzAC day weekend. Got some gourmet gossip? Tasty twaddle? Let me know: tegan@beat.com.au
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Ever since John Safran’s Music Jamboree aired on SBS in 2002, the host’s background as an aspiring hip hop MC has been widely publicised. In spite of this, Safran’s the first to admit his rapping just wasn’t good enough. Fortunately, he’s proven to be an excellent satirical documentarian, interrogating music, religion, race and politics. However, Safran’s hip hop excursion was no mere lark; he’s been a mad fan of the genre since the mid-‘80s, which he’ll demonstrate during a Laundry Bar DJ set this ANZAC Day. “I’ve only really DJed because there were these guys in Perth who for years would contact me every six months saying ‘Can you DJ for us?’” Safran says. “Then I was doing my live show in Perth last year, Murder in Mississippi, and I thought I might as well. Then I thought I’ve got to have some routine or something – I just thought people would come along and expect something – so I decided that all I’ll do is play ‘80s hip hop and that’ll be the restriction. So if there’s something cool from 1990, it’s out.” While the title ‘hip hop DJ’ is only a recent addition to Safran’s CV, he’s been curious about the art-form since a young age. “When I first got into hip hop and I realised they were scratching back and forth, I tried it on my family record player,” he says. “It wasn’t equipped for that and I broke it and never told my dad. I told him just recently, about a month ago, and he was pretty cool with it. I had him on the radio show for an unrelated matter then I thought I’d bring it up, but it didn’t end up being this emotional scene that I expected.” Safran grew up in a Jewish family, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, and it’s fair to assume the hip hop persuasion
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“When I was absolutely obsessed with hip hop – and then also at university looking into different political things and being mega sympathetic to things like social justice – if there was a hip hop act that spoke all these political things that were right-on, but they were shit or I thought they were creatively dodgy, I never just became their slave. I was still like ‘This is someone who’s not that creative, forcing politics into something and it’s not artful enough for me.’ In retrospect, I’ve always had self-respect because I didn’t fall into a cult.”
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wasn’t handed down from his parents. Nevertheless, he found his family’s LP collection greatly fascinating. “It made me come up with this theory that people who aren’t obsessed by music, their record collections are more interesting than people who are obsessed,” he says. “My dad had rumba music and salsa music from the ‘50s; then they had The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s – that seemed to be the peak, like this really was their music; then suddenly Skyhooks’ Living in the 70s – it was like, why that record out of everything in the world? Then Hooked on Classics and then Deborah Harry – why those records?” With his interest sufficiently piqued, Safran soon looked beyond this motely bunch of records and started to accrue a music library of his own. However, he’s not proud of his chosen listening format: “On one side of the record shop were all the vinyl records and on the other side were all the cassettes,” he says. “At this crucial moment where I walked in with my record voucher, which I got for a birthday, I walked over and picked up a cassette and took it to the counter. [From there] I got everything on cassette. I consider that a monumental screw up, because I could right now have Public Enemy, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest – all of those albums.” Safran’s never discarded his tape stash, but in recent years he has amassed an extensive vinyl collection. In fact, the ANZAC Day set will exclusively revolve around vinyl, as Safran explores into the far reaches of ‘80s hip hop. “I’ve got this one, Street Beat, which is a compilation of all this real early ‘80s stuff, like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5,” he says. “I’ve got one that’s a Def Jam
compilation too, which has got Public Enemy and Beastie Boys, but it’s also got things that sound really similar to all that but just never took off. I like playing a bit of that because if I just play Public Enemy or whatever, smart arses might go ‘That’s a bit too easy Safran. Good on you jerk.’” Without question, hip hop is Safran’s number one music obsession, but he’s never turned his nose up at artists from other genres. “When I was bit younger I used to be interested in why someone was iconic and always talked about,” he says. “I’d go out and buy a record by The Smiths or by The Cure or whatever, just saying ‘What’s going on here? Why does everyone wear these t-shirts?’ When I was at uni I was pretty obsessed with the Sex Pistols. I loved them because of their lyrics. They were almost like parody songs. I liked their anger, but I thought they were intentionally funny.” This active inquisitiveness is evident in all of Safran’s work, both as a documentary-maker and radio host, and also his recent foray into true crime writing. Yet, despite his insatiable curiosity, Safran’s upheld some firm listening principles.
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Rabih Beaini (formerly known as Morphosis) is coming to Melbourne. With releases on the like of Delsin, Honest Jons and Dekmantel, alongside running his own label Morphine Records, Rabih Beaini is dead set techno royalty. His club performances see him juggle two Technics 1200s, CDJs, a Roland TR-808 and Space Echo Delay, blurring the lines between a DJ set and live performance. Catch him on Friday May 1 at The Mercat.
German DJ and producer Borrowed Identity is coming to town. One of the fastest-rising names in the game, the 23-year-old has already released on labels like Mistress Recordings, Quintessentials, Home Taping and the Berghain imprint Ostgut Ton, and has been receiving support from Mike Hucakby and Move D, Laurent Garnier, Delano Smith and Detroit Swindle. He’ll be swinging into town on Friday August 21 at Hugs & Kisses.
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The legendary R.A. The Rugged Man will return to our shores for a national tour this June. The influential MC will play six shows across the country when he heads out on his Shoot Me in the Head tour. R.A. is also widely regarded as a pioneer of the independent rap game, having pressed his own vinyl singles. Since starting out in 1992 he’s collaborated with the likes of Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, Biggie and Kool G. He’ll hit Laundry Bar on Sunday June 7.
polar inertia The illusive French artist Polar Inertia has locked in his debut Australian tour. A rising name in techno, since 2010 his releases on cult label Dement3d have seen him compared to contemporaries Rrose and Sandwell District. Catch him at My Aeon on Friday May 8.
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wednesday apr 22 MELLOW DIAS THUMP Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. thursday apr 23 3183 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + MATT RADOVICH + SAM GUDGE + EDDIE EXAMPLE + KIDS TABLE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. DANCE TECHNIQUE - FEAT: POST PERCY + GROOVE CONTROL + BEN RYAN New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. DONKEY PITCH TAKEOVER - FEAT: LOCKAH + GHOST MUTT + GRINEL + JPS + BEE AMPERSAND Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FLANAGANS THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ONTIME + COLONEL Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. HELLO? JAMBULANCE PLEASE - FEAT: AREAS + NORACHI + RAGHE + BARRY SUNSET & RAY BORNER + YOUNG SPICE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00. JUNGLETRONICA Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER + PAUL JAGER + SIMON TK Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. RUIN - FEAT: COMPLETE + CHAIRMAN MEOW + WHITESIDE Little & Olver, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00. TRUCKED UP LAUNCH PARTY La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: PAZ + MATT RAD + PYZ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. XS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. friday apr 24 #MASHTAG - FEAT: NUGEN + MALPRACTICE + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ALEX NIGGEMANN Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $15.00. CAN’T SAY Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CHEEKY TIKI FRIDAYS La
Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $20.00. CIROQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DOWNTOWN - FEAT: LA POCOCK + DR CONDIMENTS + ALEX HALL & RYAN WELLS + SPRINKLES New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FABULOUS FRIDAYS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. FAKE TITS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + SUNSHINE + SAMMY LA MARCA + BUTTERS + ADAM BARTAS + JUNGLE JIM Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. FRIDAY NIGHT DJS - FEAT: DJ KEZBOT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 11:30pm. FRIDAYS @ ONESIXONE - FEAT: JEN TUTTY + LUKE MCD + LEWIE DAY + PREQUEL + KATIE DROVER + MITCH KURZ + MIC NEWMAN + TOM EVANS + JOEL ALPHA + LIAM WALLER + AARON TROTTMAN + NICK JONES + JESSE YOUNG + ANDRAS FOX + JAC OSCAR WILKINS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. JULIO BASHMORE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $38.00. JUNGLISTIC RIDDEMZ FEAT: DIAL-M The Sub Club, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $10.00. MUSE FRIDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. POPROCKS AT THE TOFF FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + LEWIE DAY Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SPECTACLE - FEAT: MIDLIFE + LA POCOCK + RIVER YARRA + YOUNGS The Mercat, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $10.00. SUITE SELECTIONS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SUPER ENJOY - FEAT: WILLTRON VS CASPIAN + MO ICHI + CHRIS MCGINN + ADRIAN BELL + PWD + PYZ + MIKE HUNT Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
THE EMERSON CLUB FRIDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 3:00pm. TRIBAL THEORY 2.0 - FEAT: SUNTRIBE/ZOKU + HARRY BLOTTER + MISH’CHIEF + LANI G + GOLDEN RAE + JAYSON HOLDEN + ROBERT ANTHONY Little & Olver, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $15.00. saturday apr 25 ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: DR. ZOK + JAMES WARE + GREG SARA + JACOB MALMO + TOM EVANS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00. BIG DANCING - FEAT: GET BUSY + MAFIA + MAT CANT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. BONEY SATURDAYS - FEAT: TUC + BRODIE + BRIAN HENDIE + JAKE BLOOD + CHAI LO + NDL + LAMONT + METCALF Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $10.00. CQ SATURDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. ELECTRIC DREAMS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. $20.00. ENDLESS NIGHTS - FEAT: EDD FISHER Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. HOT STEP - FEAT: 99 PROBLEMS + TIGER FUNK + SILVER FOX + ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. MANIA - FEAT: SLEEP D + GRANT CAMOV + MOOPIE + MYLES MAC Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. PLATFORM ONE SATURDAY NIGHTS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. PONY SATURDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. PUSSY POWER - FEAT: BIG MAMA + PONY PRINCESS Little & Olver, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. $10.00. SATURDAY MORNING FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. SHENANIGANS - FEAT: RADIO CHOAS Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm.
TEXTILE SATURDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. THE CARDIGAN ST SESSIONS - FEAT: DECKSI + MIXSTRESS + HYBRYD + UNSOUNDBWOY + MC DANYELLSUN The Sub Club, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $5.00. THE HOUSE DEFROST FEAT: ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
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sunday apr 26 ENCORE - FEAT: DAN SLATER + ADAM LOVE The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. LOOSE JOINTS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX + T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: DANIELSAN + BOOSHANK + PAZ + LEWIS CANCUT + MOONSHINE + WH + RANSOM + GET BU$Y + NICK THAYER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. $7.00. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. WAX ON WAX OFF Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. monday apr 27 MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. tuesday apr 28 AO - FEAT: MOW + MIMICRY + SPECIAL GUESTS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $3.00. LOOPDELOOP Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TWERKSHOP Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $15.00.
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urban club guide wednesday apr 22
AFTER DINNER MINT - FEAT: DJ HOOKEY Big Mouth, St Kilda. 10:00pm.
thursday apr 23
AFTER DINNER MINT - FEAT: DJ JMCEE Big Mouth, St Kilda. 10:00pm. NO MONEY, NO PROBLEMS - FEAT: ARKS + DJ GET BUSY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TKAY MAIDZA + UV BOI قوف يجسفنب+ JOY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm.
friday apr 24
A$AP FERG Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $65.00. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY - FEAT: DJ RCEE + KAHLUA + DJ SHOOK + DJ ANGEL JAY Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DIVINYLS REWORKED ALBUM LAUNCH - FEAT: REMI + VAUDEVILLE SMASH + JADE MACRAE + TRE
SAMUELS + DJ SKOMES + DJ MIMI + HOLLABACK DANCERS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. GET LIT - FEAT: TWERKSHOP + JADE ZOE + MOONSHINE + GET BU$Y + BEN WELLS & THE MIDDLE NAMES Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MEET. EAT. BEATS. - FEAT: TOM SHOWTIME + DJ ANYA + ANDRE LE VOGUE The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. PARTY & BULLSHIT Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THUNDAMENTALS + BARO + ZAC SLATER Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. TKAY MAIDZA + UV BOI قوف يجسفنب+ JOY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.
saturday apr 25
DJ JOHN SAFRAN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
electronic - urban - club life
KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. MEET. EAT. BEATS. - FEAT: ANDRE LE VOGUE The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ TIMOS + DJ KAHLUA + DJ ANGE M & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. THUNDAMENTALS + BARO + MISTRESS OF CEREMONY Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.
sunday apr 26
BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00. EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + DJ MAARS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THUNDAMENTALS + BARO + IVAN OOZE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm.
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EDUCATION SPECIAL Are you looking to study midyear and beyond? Are you unsure about where to go and who to discuss your options with? Well, never fear as our midyear Education Special will help point you in the right direction and get your career off to a flying start. From short courses through to TAFE and bachelor degree courses, we take a look at some of the most trusted names in the industry and their arts, design, music, television and radio courses on offer. If you’re a recent high school graduate looking for that next step or if you’re simply thinking about a career change, we highly encourage you to visit one of the many upcoming 2015
information sessions and open days listed in this special. It’s all about gaining the best perspective that will help you make the important decision. So, make sure you book in a visit and get up close and personal with the facilities, staff and current students that will help take your skill-sets to the next level. All it takes is a visit or a phone call to learn more about your options and having a few questions answered - before you know it, you’ll feel more confident with your career choice and place for vocational study. Go on, hop to it, it’s time to get schooled!
JMC ACADEMY
With over 31 years of experience, JMC Academy is Australia’s leading creative industries institution. JMC offers degrees and diplomas in Music, Songwriting, Audio Engineering, Film and Television Production, Digital Design, Entertainment Business Management, 3D Animation and Game Design. JMC Academy’s ultimate focus is to deliver inspiring and technologically sophisticated programs, which cater to the global needs of the creative industries. By nurturing, supporting and mentoring students who share a true passion and dedication for these industries, they are able to guide them into rewarding careers. With state of the art campuses, ongoing technology upgrades, a dedicated team of academics and industry professionals, and a network of international master class lecturers, JMC Academy is committed to ensuring their graduates make an indelible mark on the
PIC - PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING COLLEGE
creative industry of their choosing. Go along to their campus Open Day on May 16 and learn how to build your future within the creative industries. You will be able to tour the campus, undertake a focused overview on your course of interest, and speak first-hand with the Heads of JMC Academy’s Music, Songwriting, Audio, Animation, Game Design, Film and Television, and Entertainment Business Management departments and find out about their Digital Design course that commences February 2016. OPEN DAy: May 16 ± r egister online. INTAkE DATES: June and September 2015 ADDrESS: 171 Bank Street, South Melbourne, 3205. PhONE: (03) 9624 2929 E-MAIL: melbourne@jmc.edu.au WEBSITE: jmcacademy.edu.au
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midyear and end of year exhibitions which showcase a variety of creative and contemporary student works. The PIC course reveals that photography is about so much more than just using hardware or software. It is about seeing, perceiving, communicating and being professional with technique, approach and creative ideas. INfOrMATION SESSION: August 18 from 6pm at NCAT, 62 Murray Rd Preston. Alternatively visit their stand at The AGE Careers Expo running from May 7-10 at Caulfield Racecourse. INTAkE DATES: At the beginning of each year (no midyear intake) ADDrESS: 62 Murray Rd, Preston Melbourne, 3072. PhONE: (03) 9478 5816 E-MAIL: admin@pic.org.au
RADIO TRAINING INSTITUTE (RTI)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (AIM)
Markus Walkom ± Lecturer at Australian Institute of Music Melbourne. What do you do? I am a lawyer specialising in music and entertainment and I also teach Introduction to Entertainment Law at the Australian Institute of Music in Melbourne. How did you get into the industry? I qualified to be a lawyer in 2008, but knew I wanted to get into music from 2002. When I finished my law degree I tried to get into music law with my current bosses now, but there were no jobs going so I headed over to London and worked in litigation. Eventually the job I wanted came up in Australia, so I grabbed it. What firm are you working for? I work for Media Arts Lawyers. We are the premier media and entertainment law firm in Australia so we do anything from up and coming emerging artists to established artists like Gotye, Kimbra, Tame Impala, Missy Higgins, Flume, and Chet Faker. We represent all of them and then we do stuff with small labels, publishers and other creatives. We deal with contracts, negotiations, drafting, reviewing artist agreements and also litigation if there are copyright issues.
PIC - Photographic Imaging College has been running as a highly regarded industry and educational institution since 1982. In 2014, the facilities and staff moved to NCAT campus, 62 Murray Rd, Preston (into a refurbished and purpose built space). Now with brand new state of the art photographic studios, analogue darkrooms and digital labs, PIC continues to be the place to comprehensively learn and experience all aspects of photo imaging. PIC provides a professional environment in which students can choose a variety of photographic medias centred around the creative image, using both analogue and digital technologies. Whether you are commercially focused or interested in the fine arts, PIC can help you map your career path. The staff are energetically involved in a wide range of creative and technical aspects of photography; both practical and theoretical. The course features
You have also set up a label ‘We Are Golden’ and now managing an act balled Banff, can you explain how that came about? In London prior to coming back here, say the last four to five months I was listening to a lot of Aussie music and came across a band called Little Casino from Brisbane. I helped them out for two years without formally managing them, and during that time formed a good relationship with front man Benjamin Forbes. After Little Casino finished I hooked Ben up to do some recording with Tom Lansek (Big Scary/ #1 Dad’s) which created the Banff project. How is it switching between the role of lawyer and manager? It complements each other, when you are dealing with artists you are primarily dealing with managers, so now I have a good understanding of both sides. INTAkE DATES: Trimester 2 starts May 18 2015 ADDrESS: 120 King Street Melbourne PhONE: (03) 8610 4222 E-MAIL: enquiries@aim.edu.au WEBSITE: aim.edu.au
Moored in the heart of South Melbourne, the Radio Training Institute is the only professional radio institute offered in Victoria that distinctly offers courses hand crafted by successful radio professionals. For example, radio-diversified Steve Ahern (AMT) is the developer and convenor of their Advanced Radio course, which guarantees that you’re in good hands. Their exceptional new Advanced Radio course, which resembles an advanced diploma, offers students the chance to experience in-house and vocational based learning whilst building professional rapports with their lecturers and the broader radio community. Throughout the Advanced Radio course it is common to see guest lecturers, such as Joan Warner (Commercial Radio Australia CEO), Keegan Bakker (Fox FM Keegs show) Danny O’Grady (Hamish & Andy show Fox FM) and Steve Ahern (AMT), waxing lyrical about announcing, radio content and industry professionalism. One of RTI’s key focuses is on up-to-the-minute radio knowledge and skills that are highly
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transferable to the industry. With industry placements being a core component of their Advanced Radio and Intro to Radio courses, you’ll leave RTI with more than foundational knowledge; you’ll have strong industry links and experience. As of March 2015, RTI will also be running podcast courses. Check their website and stay tuned on social media for live updates and news. To put it simply, there are no other courses like theirs within Victoria. Get in touch with RTI directly via email or social media for more information about course dates, lecturers, industry-placement and general inquiries. INfOrMATION SESSION: Contact for more information ADDrESS: Level 5, 20-22 Albert Rd, South Melbourne PhONE: (03) 9929 7000 E-MAIL: camille@radiotraininginstitute.com. au WEBSITE: radiotraininginstitute.com.au
EDUCATION SPECIAL WOMEN’S CIRCUS
Women’s Circus has been enriching the lives of women through social circus and performance for nearly 25 years. Women’s Circus offers classes year round in circus and performance at the Drill Hall in West Footscray. Women of all ages, backgrounds, experience and fitness levels can train, supported by their amazing team of trainers and teaching artists. If you’re new to circus try their New Women’s class, an introductory circus class in which participants test out a variety of circus skills and equipment. Get a taste of the variety of classes on offer including aerials, acrobalance, juggling, manipulation, handstands and tumbling. All of which are perfect for beginners and newcomers to the Women’s Circus. Or try your hands at Aerials and get airborne with their range of classes from beginner to advanced levels. Classes cater for those developing climbing technique and those interested in performance routines. Aerial equipment used in general classes includes tissu, trapeze, cloudswing, aerial ring, rope and more. Their term program runs in blocks of 9 weeks
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that coincide with the Victorian school terms and the holiday programs are 2-3 day intensives that are scheduled during the school holidays. Beginner and open classes are perfect for those beginning training or looking to try to out a new skill. Intermediate classes have pre-requisites and are suitable for those with some prior experience. Advanced level classes are great for those looking to extend and expand their skill base. At Women’s Circus, you train in a safe and inclusive space, where women can feel supported to connect and grow. Call or email to get in touch with any of their staff to chat about their programs and how you can be involved. INfOrMATION SESSION: Contact office to discuss INTAkE DATES: Term 2 ± A pril 27 to June 22 (9 weeks) ADDrESS: The Drill Hall, 395 Barkly St West Footscray, 3012. PhONE: (03) 9687 3665 E-MAIL: info@womenscircus.org.au WEBSITE: womenscircus.org.au
What courses do Collarts specialise in? Collarts offer Bachelor Degrees in Music Performance, Audio Production, and Entertainment Management. Our students are working towards careers as musicians, songwriters, music producers, audio engineers, live sound technicians, artist managers, publicists, festival and event managers. Tell us about the Collarts campus. The college’s warehouse campus is based in South Melbourne and is a dynamic and creative learning space full of energy, passion and opportunity. With top-notch facilities including a 120-seat auditorium, world-class recording studios, post-production rooms, two fully-equipped Mac Pro labs and multiple music rooms, it’s a space that inspires. Tell us about the calibre of your staff. We focus on small class sizes, taught by working industry professionals. Teaching staff are ingrained in Australia’s music and entertainment industries, which means you learn from teachers who are ARIA-Award winners, teachers who are touring the country, teachers who run their own recording studios and teachers who work with some of Australia’s best music talent as publicists and artist managers. In addition to these connections, our teaching style is hands-
SAE QANTM CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE
SAE Melbourne is in its final stage of a massive renovation, adding two new recording studios and two new edit suites, but most importantly they have constructed a brand new 285m2 sound stage. This allows students to record on a large scale, host live events and allows film students to produce large scale sets for filming. SAE will be opening the campus doors for the first look at this space on Saturday August 8 with a series of workshops on offer that will allow prospective students the chance to really see what it could be like to study a Diploma or Degree course at SAE Melbourne. SAE, with 53 campuses in 27 countries, has been setting the global benchmark for creative media education since 1976. In Australia they proudly offer government accredited degrees in Animation, Audio, Design, Film, Games, Web and Mobile. They also offer 7 month degrees in audio specialising in live sound, studio production and most recently electronic music
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on, collaborative and practical. Our music, audio, and management students work together on projects that simulate the working music industry. For example, you will record, produce and distribute EPs and run live music events as part of your course work. Do Collarts have any industry connections? We are proud of our vast network of industry connections. We partner with St Jerome’s Laneway Festival so that our students gain exclusive, backstage work experience. We also partner with Melbourne’s premier music industry panellist event, STEP (Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People), as well as the Association of Artist Managers (AAM). We hold exclusive workshops for our students with musicians like Nick Murphy (aka Chet Faker), Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote) and Graeme Park (Hacienda DJ) to name a few. OPEN DAy: Saturday May 16, 10am to 3pm INTAkE DATES: May 25 2015, September 7 2015, February 8 2016 ADDrESS: 55 Brady Street, South Melbourne 3205 PhONE: (03) 9281 8888 E-MAIL: info@collarts.edu.au WEBSITE: collarts.edu.au
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production. SAE has recently introduced internships to all their courses allowing students to transition comfortably into a professional working environment. The institute prides themselves on delivering exceptional programs in world-class facilities that really ensure their students receive an outstanding education, internationally recognised qualifications, and industry-relevant skills. If you would like to visit the campus for a private tour of the facility before Open Day please contact the campus directly. INfOrMATION SESSION: August 8, 11am - 3pm. INTAkE DATES: June 1 and September 21 ADDrESS: 235 Normanby Road, South Melbourne, 3205. PhONE: (03) 8632 3400 E-MAIL: melbourne@sae.edu WEBSITE: sae.edu.au
The world famous Abbey Road Studios have announced their foray into education with Abbey Road Institute, set to launch at Melbourne’s Southbank in August 2015. Australian students with a passion for audio, music production and the music business, will now have the opportunity to study under the world’s most recognised and prestigious recording studio banner with access to the tools, techniques and insights behind some of the greatest music productions in history. Spanning over 80 years, the globally recognised Abbey Road Studios have been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in recording technology, encompassing celebrated work by many of the world’s most famous recording artists including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kanye West, Elton John, Frank Ocean, Elbow, Lady Gaga, Adele and more recently M.I.A, Ed Sheeran and Iggy Azalea. The Melbourne campus will be the first to open in the Southern Hemisphere. With the London Music Institute housed in the legendary North London studio complex, additional locations including Sydney, Paris, Berlin and Munich are also planned to be opened.
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The full-time Music Production and Sound Engineering program will be taught over 46 weeks by recognised music industry experts including producers and label execs alongside qualified lecturers, including guest lectures from renowned Australian and international engineers and producers. The curriculum, designed to the standards of the world’s finest recording studios has been developed by audio educational specialists in conjunction with Abbey Road Studios engineers it offers a unique mix of theoretical and practical modules designed to equip students for their first step toward a music industry career in sound engineering, music production or electronic music. The course also covers other areas of the music industry, including music business administration, artist, studio and label management. INTAkE DATES: August 2015 ADDrESS: 1/135 Sturt Street, Southbank, 3006. PhONE: 1800 274 338 EMAIL: melbourne@abbeyroadinstitute.com WEBSITE: abbeyroadinstitute.com.au
LURCH & CHIEF
A NEW APPROACH AND A NEW SOUND By Dan Watt Last month, Melbourne’s own Lurch & Chief released the Breathe EP, heralding a dynamic shift for the six-piece. The five songs captured on the EP are like siblings ± boldly independent from one another, yet intrinsically bound on a fundamental level. This is in contrast with Lurch & Chief ’s debut EP Wiped Out. While featuring standout tracks like We Are The Same and Mother / Father, it represented a band with different sounds, trying to discover what it wanted to sound like (Mother / Father was released within six months of the band forming). “Wiped Out was a collection of songs that were written over an extended period and the recording sessions were spaced out [whereas] Breathe is the first time we got to record an EP where we banged out everything at once,” explains vocalist Hayden Somerville. In December last year, with the intention of writing an EP, Lurch & Chief ’s six members ± Josh Lane (bass), Alex Trevisan (guitar), Joel Rennison (drums), Brendan Anderson (guitar), Lilibeth Hall (vocals) and Somerville ± bunkered down in a house in Halls Gap, a remote town that sits on the edge of The Grampians National Park, to write the album. “Leading up to this EP we all said, ‘Alright, let’s take this seriously now’,” says Somerville. Hall, who up until this point has been sitting quietly beside Somerville for the interview, enters into the conversation. “We had released Keep It Together and we knew we had an EP
to write, so we decided to have a particular process in writing it,” she says. According to Hall and Somerville, prior to initiating the writing for Breathe, the band’s song construction was somewhat freeform. “Before Breathe [our songwriting] was very much jamming,” says Sommerville, with Hall adding, “Or we would build upon whatever ideas we bought individually to our little studio we had in Moorabbin.” One of the most noticeable differences on Breathe from the band’s previous work is Hall’s shift from main vocalist on the opening three tracks of the EP, Echo, Breathe Out and the single Fading Out. However, like everything about Lurch & Chief, this was a very organic process. “I don’t even think it was planned,” ponders Hall. “It just evolved when we were writing all the songs.” Somerville agrees. “When we did the earlier
tracks [from the previous EP] I think a lot of those tracks we wrote over time, and we had to write pieces when we were away from the bandroom, and then we would meet up and piece them together. But when we went away to Hall’s Gap we were all in the one room putting in an equal amount of effort.” For Somerville and Hall, the single Fading Out highlights how their new approach to songwriting at Hall’s Gap manifested. “Fading Out was the first song we started jamming out up there, and Lil just started singing the melody,” says Somerville. “Once we’d figured out the melodies, the lyrics would then evolve naturally from either Hayden or I,” adds Hall. “For Echo, Hayden wrote the melody and I wrote the lyrics, but then there are other tracks that I wrote pretty much the entirety of, in terms of melody and lyrics.”
The song Breathe Out, where the EP gets its title from, is a key example of a song where Hall drove the lyrics and melody. She admits the lyrics and theme of the song came from a deeply personal place. “That song is very close to my heart,” she says. “It was written about a friend who passed away during the writing process that was very all encompassing to my life. It was just a tragic accident. I couldn’t disguise the raw emotion and impact of this event in my writing ± it was beautiful because Hayden was very in-tune with my lyrics and the vibe of the song.”
been categorised as everything from psychedelic rock to ‘70s soul rockers, but Higgins prefers a different label. “I call it space country,” he laughs. “That to me evokes some of our influences that haven’t been referenced so much, like Neil Young and Ryan Adams, combined with more synth-based stuff like Brian Eno and Roxy Music.” The band’s influences stretch further than just the musical sphere, sharing a name with a certain fictional family from Winterfell. “Yeah the name comes from Game of Thrones,” laughs Higgins. “When we were finishing the record, we thought ‘oh we better get some photos done’. Terry’s wife made these awesome jackets ± they were these
wolf-like jackets, and we went out and took photos up at the Mount Dandenong lookout, overlooking the setting sun and the city. It was way too Game of Thrones ±co mpletely unintentional ± but we literally looked like we’d just come out of the northern winter.” The album was released, quite fittingly, on Monday April 13 ± the same day as the Game of Thrones season five premiere. “Again, completely unintentional,” laughs Higgins. “Hopefully we got mixed up in a few search terms.”
they all revolved around Mariani’s ultra-melodic songwriting and his preference for jangly guitar tones. It’s a sound he’s been attracted to since childhood. “I remember clearly hearing Go All the Way by The Raspberries on the radio and automatically loving that song,” he says. “It was the same with a song like [Badfinger’s] Day After Day, which was number one here, and I Saw The Light by Todd Rundgren. Those songs really stick in my memory. When I started to get to know about music, The Beatles had been broken up for a couple of years, but I do remember very well The Beatles and other bands that were releasing great singles, like the Bee Gees and The Kinks and T-Rex. “For me, melodies and well-written pop songs have always been something I’ve loved,” he adds, “so when I came around to forming a band it was always going to be in that style because that’s the stuff I like and the
stuff that I could write.” This weekend Mariani brings DM3 to town for a couple of rare Melbourne shows. His name mightn’t feature in most discussions about Oz rock legends, but his work continues to reach new listeners. “The genre of what they deem as ‘power pop’ has a cult-like following,” he says. “When new fans of that music come along they start to look for other bands and discover beyond Cheap Trick and Big Star and the obvious ones. There are other bands, and people will suggest bands to people and you get new fans that way.”
LURCH & CHIEF’s Breath EP is out now via Illusive. You can catch the band launch the EP at Howler on Saturday May 9. Tickets are available now via moshtix.
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LORDS OF THE DANDENONG By Kelsey Berry Making an album is a big commitment at the best of times, let alone when you’re trying to balance family and work, having two people playing the role of six and doing the whole project yourself in a garage studio. For Jerome Higgins and Terry Gardiner of The Starks, the road to release for their debut album The Earth and The Ego was no light effort. “We did it all at home,” explains Higgins. “We built a studio in Terry’s garage in Mount Dandenong. He was on drums and vocals, and I was playing guitar and keyboards. I had a lot of recording gear from being in other bands, so between us we had a whole studio’s worth of equipment.” “Before recording the album, we hadn’t really done much. We both had young families and had hit a stage in our lives where our music had been pushed to the background.We were both still writing a lot of songs, so the album was really just an avenue to get these piles of songs that we had out of our heads.” The process started back in 2011, with the pair initially intending to put together an EP. “It’s been a while coming,” explains Higgins. “We finished the record close to a year ago and started recording three years before that. We’d get together once a fortnight or once a month, whenever we could. We thought we’d put out an EP and had half a dozen songs mixed, but we ended up scrapping most of those.
From that, we decided that we’d knuckle down and try to record a whole album.” After a three-year recording process, Higgins and Gardiner were left with the task of putting together a live band. The duo were joined by fellow Mount Dandenong local Phil Moyes on drums, and two of Higgins’ former bandmates ± keyboardist/guitarist Paul Oswald and Tristan Querol on guitar. The recent addition of Hauke Ahrens on bass has seen the band jump in size to a six piece. “We’ve spent the last six to 12 months getting a band together, playing gigs, and working out how to best put the album out. I think the next few gigs will be really special ± we’ve been working really hard with the new members of the band. It feels like things are just taking off for us.” The album comes from a range of influences, from Britpop to classic rock. It even features guest vocals from Dallas Crane’s Dave Larkin, who lives around the corner from the founding members.The band have
THE STARKS will play an album launch show at The Workers Club on Saturday April 25. The Earth and The Ego is out now.
DM3
ONE TIME TWO TIMES THREE TIMES MORE By Augustus Welby Dom Mariani isn’t the biggest name in Australian rock music, but the Perth songwriter is responsible for a trio of very innovative underground acts. He started out in the early ‘80s, fronting garage-rockers The Stems. The band’s debut LP, At First Sight, Violets Are Blue gained stacks of great press and won over the likes of E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt. Though, perhaps Mariani’s tastes prevented The Stems from making an impact on the mainstream. “The Stems embraced a garage R&B sound,” he says. “[We had] influences like The Yardbirds, The Easybeats and the Nuggets sounds. Early on, we fused the ‘60s garage sound with influences from early ‘80s powerpop, but then we morphed into more of a garage image and sound, going for more of the fuzz tones. Then towards the end of that, we started to go back into that late-‘70s/ early-‘80s power pop thing. I was writing in that style; I was a big fan of The Raspberries and Badfinger and then lesser-known bands like The Plimsouls and The dB’s.” The Stems split up in 1987 and Mariani immediately transitioned into The Someloves, which also featured Darryl Mather of Lime Spiders. With The Someloves, Mariani fully embraced the jangly power-pop sound hinted at in The Stems. “[Mather and I] shared a house in Petersham,” he says, “and we were playing all these records and we had this BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 34
shared appreciation for those bands and that kind of music ± B ig Star and all that.” The Someloves weren’t fated to last and by 1992 Mariani had conceived DM3. Over the next seven years, DM3 released three records; One Time Two Times Three Red Light (1993), Road to Rome (1996) and Rippled Soul (1999). The band’s tight power-pop sound sat perfectly next to such contemporaneous groups such as R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub and The Breeders. But again, there was no commercial explosion to go with the critical praise. From an artistic point of view, Mariani had a clear idea of what distinguished this band from his previous projects: “The Someloves was a lot janglier than DM3,” he says. “DM3 was bringing that pop and jangle in with a more muscular guitar sound. I did make a point of trying to make it a little bit tougher and more rock’n’roll in DM3.” Despite the noted differences between the three bands,
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Catch DM3 at LuWOW on Thursday April 23 with The Solicitors and at The Tote on Friday April 24 with The Stoneage Hearts, Ashley Naylor and Little Murders.
PEACHES LONG PLAYER By David James Young How’s this for a lineup? Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Courtney Love, Amy Poehler and Tim Robbins, just to name a few. Oh, and Peaches, too, all in the name of the late, great Allen Ginsberg. This is the company in which Peaches found herself last week, performing alongside former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte as a part of a show celebrating the 60th anniversary of Ginsberg’s Howl. The two did a very strange version of the Ginsberg poem Bird Brain ± even stranger given the two had never met prior to the night in question. “It was fun for me because I did something out of my comfort zone,” says the woman born Merrill Nisker. “The song Will and I did is normally more of a punk rock song, but I made a hip hop beat the night before, and we just rambled over the top of it. It was done in a beat poetry style, which was really cool. We decided not to plan too much, just see how it went ± a nd it was awesome.” Peaches is about to embark on tour to promote something new, but it’s a different kind of tour to what she’s been best known for over the past fifteen years. This time, Nisker is heading out on a book tour ± it’s called What Else Is in the Teaches of Peaches, named after the famous line from her breakthrough single Fuck the Pain Away; and documents the last half-decade of her life via the photography of German Holger Talinski, who first met Peaches back in 2008. “We’ve been working so long on it, and I was very involved with the edits ± the edits themselves took a few years,” she says. “I wanted to have more funny and on stage pictures, and he wanted more pictures of me in the corner and me sleeping. The photographer is a skater kid that approached me six years ago to take photos at a show, and he ended up being this really lovely guy. I more or less brought him into my life. He began photographing private moments, live moments, family moments ± it was all there.” For someone best known for her public persona and her extravagance with her costuming and live performance, it’s interesting to note just how Talinski has brought Nisker’s guard down; allowing him to enter in on some of the quieter, more intimate moments in her life. According to Nisker, this is exactly what she wanted out of What Else... as a book experience.
“I THINK IT’S GREAT THIS BOOK SHOWS PEOPLE THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC OF MY LIFE. THERE’S HUMANITY. THERE’S UGLINESS.” “It was funny, I was showing the photos to another performer friend of mine, and more or less the first thing she noticed was the fact I didn’t have a lot of make up on in a lot of the shots,” she says. “I wasn’t sure what kind of response that was until she added ‘I love that, I could never do that’ I think it’s great this book shows people the private and the public of my life. There’s humanity. There’s ugliness.” Peaches returns to Australia in May for the first time in 4 years, and is particularly excited about catching up with UK megastar Charli XCX, who is at a very different stage of her career than she was when Peaches first encountered her. “I met Charli when she was maybe fifteen years old,” she recalls. “She opened for me about six years ago at the Royal Festival Hall. It was one of the first shows I ever did in support of my last album [2009’s I Feel Cream]. She was singing songs about Darth Vader and had all these cute costumes. Years later, I get this email from her ± she tells me she’s playing in Berlin, so I’m invited along. I couldn’t believe it was the same little girl. I was like, ‘Oooh! Somebody’s had sex and taken drugs’ She’s an incredible talent and a great songwriter. It’s been amazing to see her grow.” You can expect all sorts of craziness when Peaches plays at The Hi-Fi on May 1. As a live act, PEACHES is unparalleled as a high-energy, wildly-unpredictable performer who will give you every last drop of whatever she’s got. One thing not to anticipate, though, is new material ± not yet, at least. A few bits and pieces have dropped over the last few years, but the fact remains we’re now six years without a Peaches album. According to her, that will come to change. “I like the structure of the album,” she says. Maybe that’s just me being old school. I enjoy the process of albums and making videos for every song. I like to see it as an entire body of work ± it’s how I use it. I don’t know what the future holds, but maybe I’ll be the artist to step forward and give the album format one last try.” Well, if anyone could bring back the album, it’s her. “I’m gonna do it,” she drawls, projecting her own headline: “Peaches Brings The Album Back!”
You can catch PEACHES on Friday May 1 at Readings, St Kilda at 6.30pm for her book signing of What Else Is in the Teaches of Peaches, and then at 8pm at The Hi-Fi. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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OPETH
PUTTING THE PROGRESS IN P R O G R E S S I V E M E TA L
By Peter Hodgson Sweden’s Opeth have always pushed the boundaries of heavy music. Once upon a time nobody sounded like them, with their blend of virtuoso-level instrumental chops applied to progressive metal forms and capped off with death metal vocals. But by the time everyone started to catch on, Opeth changed their sound. Whether driven by a need to be one step ahead of their imitators or simply because that’s where their creative muse has taken them, the band’s most recent two albums (Heritage and Pale Communion) have been dramatic departures from their earlier sound. Some corners of the fanbase rejected the new style outright. Others found themselves loving Opeth even more, because the band took those progressive influences and brought them to the fore. Not the progressive metal sound but good old fashioned ’70s-style progressive rock a la Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rainbow and Yes. Australian fans will get to hear how Pale Communion fits in with the overall Opeth tour this May when the band visits for a handful of shows. There’s something very ‘Laurel Canyon Occultist’ about the sound of Opeth today, with jazzy drums, fusion-inspired guitar lines and lush vocal harmonies. As frontman, Mikael Akerfeldt explained upon Pale Communion’s release, “A lot of metal fans might be sad to hear I went into old man’s rock territory. I was listening to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and I was introduced to David Crosby by Steven Wilson, who played me his first solo record, and obviously he was in The Byrds and he’s a master of vocal harmonies. I picked up on that, and there was a time when I was writing this record when I figured I wanted to do harmony vocals all the way through. Like, only harmony vocals.” Aussie audiences have always been particularly receptive to Opeth, no matter where their sonic music takes them. “I believe this is my fifth tour with Opeth in Australia,” guitarist Fredrik Åkesson says. “I think we came down two times with each of the last two albums.” Fans of previous records needn’t fear: the lack of death vocals on the last two albums doesn’t mean the earlier tracks will now have lush vocal harmonies instead of growls. “Basically we stay very true to the originals for the older material,” Åkesson says. “And of course we want to do the same with the new stuff. One
thing we’ve started to do on the gear side of things is start using PRS guitars with piezo pickups that allow us to replicate the sound of acoustic guitars. That’s been a real big thing for our live sound because the older material often switches quite quickly between a full distorted sound and an acoustic guitar with fingerpicking. That’s been really good for the sound. It works great for the new stuff and the old stuff as well.
“BASICALLy WE STAy VERy TRUE TO THE ORIGINALS fOR THE OLDER MATERIAL AND Of COURSE WE WANT TO DO THE SAME WITH THE NEW STUff. ” It puts it into another dimension live because we’re not using a clean electric guitar sound for the acoustic parts. It’s much closer to the real deal.” As is often the case when chatting with a lead guitarist, Åkesson is quite gear-focused; he has a signature guitar model through Paul Reed Smith and likes to collect interesting gear. In the studio, he uses Marshall’s signature Yngwie Malmsteen amplifier - another Swedish guitar virtuoso who is touring Australia soon - and is always looking for unique new sounds. “I have
a few amps,” he understates with a wry smile. “I have the JVM Joe Satriani Marshall which works really good. I have quite a few guitars. I bought a Gibson Les Paul Junior from 1955 a while back. The latest guitar I picked up was a Japanese ’72 Fender Stratocaster reissue, and it’s fun to play that around the house, but I mainly play my PRSes. I also have a 1972 Gibson SG. I was born in 1972, and it sounds brilliant, that guitar!” Åkesson has an extensive musical education and can integrate complex music theory into his music without coming off sounding like a music school robot. “I started playing violin as a kid before I started playing guitar.” he says. “I wasn’t totally into it but it was probably good training for the guitar. I started that when I was six, seven years old or something. I bought my first guitar when I was about 10 and in the beginning it was just a few chords and a few riffs from AC/DC, mainly. Then after a while it was guys like Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Richie Blackmore, Tony Lommi, and Adrian Smith. That evoked my interest, and I started practicing a lot more. By the time I was
15, or 16, I was practicing eight hours a day. I’m still trying to come back to that state! Some days I can do it. But you have kids and you have more stuff to do and more responsibilities. But on the road I have more hours to kill so I try to play a lot more. You can always get better, you know? That’s why it’s so fun playing guitar. I try to maintain that hungry 16-year-old-boy kind of attitude.”
I could listen to Lana Del Ray, but both those artists move me. I think we create that kind of feeling on Desolation Sounds.” Straight after Bonfire Season is a gut-punching burst of New York hardcore called Leather Crown. This stark juxtaposition is a prime indication of the band’s noscruples approach to Desolation Sounds. “It wasn’t a sense of ‘If we’re going to water down our music in one place, we’re going to have to make it even heavier somewhere else’”, says Barnard. “If was just a case of, ‘We really love this track, let’s make it this way.’ If you listen to the whole album, while there’re different styles and a lot of different ideas crammed into that 30
minutes, there’s a real sense of atmosphere throughout. There’s big soaring guitar sounds and it’s got a real mood to it. Whether we’re playing hard or soft, it’s haunting and weird and it’s exciting. “From the start Gallows was a unique band,” he adds. “I don’t feel we’ve ever tried to fit in or align ourselves with a scene or a movement. We came on the scene and we’ve always done what we wanted. We haven’t tried to pander to anything mainstream.”
Don’t miss OPETH on Thursday May 7 at the Forum. Pale Communion is out now via Roadrunner/ Warner.
GALLOWS
D E S O L AT I O N U N K N OW N
By Augustus Welby Money talks and bullshit walks. Though, that’s not how it is for UK-via-Canada hard rock act Gallows. As far as this quartet’s concerned, both money and bullshit can go to hell. Earlier this month, Gallows launched their fourth LP Desolation Sounds. Unlike many high-profile rock bands, Gallows isn’t the four members’ primary source of income, which serves priceless creative benefits. “When you start a band, it’s all kind of fun, and you do the band because you enjoy it,” says guitarist Laurent ‘Lags’ Barnard. “Then you soon find yourself being on the road loads, and the band goes from a fun project to being work. Obviously being in a band’s not work, it’s fun, you get to tour the world and do all that kind of stuff. But sometimes it loses that creative spark that makes you want to do it. A lot of bands I know fall into traps of re-releasing the same record or not changing their sound because that’s what they think will keep them going. Whereas I feel like with Gallows, we’re the opposite.” By virtue of upholding the band’s hobby-like nature, the band members didn’t burn themselves out touring behind 2012’s self-titled LP. To be sure, following the album’s release, they did head out on a global tour, but things slowed down in mid-2013. As a result, by the time 2014 rolled around, everyone was enthusiastic to make a new record.“The only reason we did another album is because we didn’t have any pressure to go on tour,” says Barnard. “We were like, ‘How fun would it be to write a new album and just try a few different ideas we’ve always wanted to do?’ And that’s how Desolation Sounds started. As a result, I feel like it’s the most free we’ve all felt making music together. “It was a chance for us to try out different ideas, and it’s nice to know we’ve got an audience,” he adds. “Whether they’re going to accept what we’ve done, or these new directions we’ve taken our music in is a different question, but we know they’re going to listen, which is awesome.” Despite their rejection of the commercial imperative, it’s a long time since Gallows could be described as an underground act. Such was the success of their
2006 debut Orchestra of Wolves, the band signed with Warner Bros. ahead of 2009’s Grey Britain. This move inevitably brought about additional pressure, but it wasn’t all coming from the label. “When we signed to a major, I think a lot of people expected us to soften our sound and become a bit more mainstream,” says Barnard. “But we didn’t, we just went harder. When it came to Wade [MacNeil, vocals] joining the band, again we felt like we had to prove something so we wrote a record that’s really intense, really fast, really heavy [Gallows, 2012]. With this record, it’s almost like no one’s expecting anything from us. The first three albums have all been massive statements for the band. This fourth record is also a statement, but it’s a different kind of statement. It’s just us saying ‘We’re here, and we write our own rules.’” So how does Gallows’ extra-autonomy manifest itself on Desolation Sounds? For the most part, the band stay true to their heavy, aggressive trademark, but there are some notable departures. The most obvious is Bonfire Season ± an especially melodic, almost anthemic rock number, which also contains a rumbling darkness. “When I initially wrote the music for that song I was influenced by a lot of post-punk; bands like Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke and The Cure,” Barnard says. “At the same time, getting Wade to sing on it, there’s a real swampy sound. I can imagine it being used on the True Detective soundtrack or something like that. It’s got a certain kind of Americana, which I really like. “Bonfire Season has got a real attitude, and it’s a beautiful song and it’s a bit dark and mysterious at the same time. Those are qualities that I love in music. I can be listening to Tragedy, who are real hard crustpunk, or
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HITS
FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER
By Patrick Emery In 2012 HITS embarked on a gruelling tour of Europe. With gigs in 22 different cities over the course of just 24 days, it was a tour that pushed the Brisbane rock’n’roll band within an inch of its collective life. “It nearly killed us,” says lead singer ‘Evil’ Dick Richards. “And I’m not overplaying that ± it was really hard.” The irony was that HITS had been invited to play in Europe on the strength of local reaction to its first album, Living With You Is Killing Me ± a sentiment that may have occasionally resonated on the band’s tour van. “But we came back as tight as fuck,” Richards says. “And once you’ve got that as a band, I don’t think you ever lose it.” HITS formed 10 years ago in Brisbane as a trio, with Richards filling the role of both guitarist and lead singer. Guitarist Tamara Bell joined shortly after the band’s run of shows; when Richards broke his arm a couple of years later, The Butcher Birds’ Stacey Coleman was invited to join. Having started out playing songs Richards had taken with him from the Aampirellas ± the band from which Richards been kicked out of ± HITS gradually developed its set, eventually releasing Living With You Is Killing Me on Mere Noise Records in 2009. By the time HITS embarked on its European tour, they’d already written half of the songs that would appear on the band’s second album, the Rob Youngerproduced Hikikomori. Like the first HITS album, the songs on Hikikomori provided a disturbing insight into the psychological and chemical turmoil of the band’s lead singer. “A lot of it’s pretty close to home,” Richards says. “And a lot of it is extreme finger pointing at myself. Cathartic is probably the best way to describe it and getting rid of my frustrations with myself. I yell at people at the pub about how pissed off I am about stuff, and get it out of my system. I’d probably be in gaol if I didn’t get the opportunity to yell at people,” he laughs. Richards’ intense presence and self-flagellating lyrics form a critical element in both HITS’ live show and its recorded output. “All the lyrics mean something personal to me ± even the dumb ones have a secret twist to them that only I know,” Richards says. Even the title of HITS’ second album, Hikikomori ± which translates roughly as acute social withdrawal ± provides a clue to Richards’ preferred state of existence. “I spend a lot of time on my own, locked in the house,” Richards says. “And that’s why there’s the picture of the tank
underwater on the cover of the album ± that’s a bit like me.” Another critical ingredient in HITS’ potent rock’n’roll attack comes in the form of the group’s guitarists, Tamara Bell and Stacey Coleman. The fact the group has two female guitarists ± a statistical irregularity in the rock’n’roll world ± occasionally brings issues of sexism and gender politics in rock’n’roll to the surface. “To me, they’re just guitar players, and they’re doing a job as well as any bloke, and probably better,” Richards says. “I see other people treating them differently occasionally, like soundmen, but then they eat their own shit when they start playing. Or other bands, until Tamara eats their head off when she goes into a lead break. But the thing I like most is the backing vocals which, with [drummer] Gregor as well gives the vocals different layers. That takes the sting out of what I’m saying, or adds to it. And it gives the vocals a much wider range.” For Hikikomori, HITS employed the services of Radio Birdman and New Christs singer Rob Younger as producer. Younger, whose production credits include Died Pretty, Lime Spiders, Toys Went Beserk, HardOns and Screaming Tribesmen, had met the band while touring with the New Christs and asked to produce HITS’ new record. “Rob was great to work with,” Richards says. “He didn’t tell us what to do, but when he did have ideas about what we should do, he knew exactly what he wanted. He’s a real workaholic ± he’d be listening to the songs when he got up in the morning and last thing at night. He’s a real music nut as well ± he’d come back with an album after being to a record store and say ‘This is the fifth copy of this record that I’ve got’. I’d hate to see what his house is like”
Richards laughs. Rock’n’roll history is littered with examples of bands that have burnt bright and burnt out, coming to a premature and tragic end through chemical and alcoholic misadventure, warring egos or straight out fatigue. Given the intensity with which HITS approaches its music, Richards recognises the risks of HITS’ modus operandi. “I think we’ve hit the wall a few times, and we’ve bounced off it,” Richards says. “To stay friends with people and keep doing this is quite hard ± that’s why a lot of bands only survive for a couple of years, because the joy goes out of it. For Richards, maintaining a creative atmosphere is the best antidote to intra-band dramas. “When things aren’t going well with us ± and there have been times when substance abuse has been a problem, mental
health has been a problem, physical health has been a problem, people have babies, work has been too full on ± we don’t break up, we just stop doing it until people want to play again,” Richards says. “It’s got to be a creative process ± you just don’t want to play the same old shit all the time. So if you’re being creative, that’s where the joy is.”
steers the music towards some of those reference points. We kind of like those bands but we never have gone ‘We want to do a song that sounds like Motörhead.’ It’s just kind of what comes out of our collective approach to the jam. It’s an interesting thing.” During the next month, Mammoth Mammoth will stage a series of Hammered Again launch shows around Melbourne. They’ll kick things off at The Public Bar North Melbourne this Friday, before moving on to The Old Bar on May 8, The Retreat on May 15 and The Espy Basement on May 22. The decision to play a succession of small-scale shows was partly motivated by their European touring experience. “That was a real eye-opener to us,” Trobbiani says. “We were going ‘Holy shit we’re playing every night of the week to crowds of between 200 and 500 people.’ You cannot do that in Australia. So we decided to play smaller venues just to create a better atmosphere ± [it’s] four smallish shows in pretty quick succession, with good lineups.”
Mammoth Mammoth’s European visit certainly wasn’t a one-off. They’ll soon head over for the European summer festival season. If the barrage of positive reviews for Hammered Again is any sort of barometer, they’ll be met by even more punters than last time. “We’ve been very lucky,” Trobbiani says. “I think that there’s a lot of bands in Australia who are much better than us in this genre. I think our appeal in Europe is that there’s a clearly identifiable thing and uniqueness to Mammoth Mammoth. That makes it easy for the fans to understand and grab hold of. They liked the whole image and package of the band.”
HITS will smash the shit out of CherryRock015 on Sunday May 10, alongside Red Fang, Beastwars, Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene and more. For more info go to cherrybar.com.au.
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH
I N T E R N AT I O N A LLY H A M M E R E D
By Augustus Welby At the surface, Melbourne four-piece Mammoth Mammoth seem like nothing more than a bunch of good for nothing blokes, drinking piss and messing around with large amplifiers. Their new LP is called Volume IV: Hammered Again, and it features track titles like Life’s A Bitch and High As A Kite. Furthermore, the band’s official bio explains their name came about because “one mammoth ain’t enough for this massive orgy.” However, this image of unchecked hedonism belies the fact that Mammoth Mammoth have released four records in the space of seven years and also made serious inroads overseas. Following the release of 2012’s Volume III: Hell’s Likely, Mammoth Mammoth signed with Austrian hard rock label Napalm Records. Not only did the signing greatly expand their listenership, but it led to the band’s inaugural European tour in late 2013. Drummer Frank Trobbiani reflects on what was a blessed experience. “It was pretty amazing for our first international tour,” he says. “We had a proper tour bus, we had a tour manager, we had a full time merch guy and it was run incredibly professionally and smoothly. It was pretty amazing to go there and play to more people than we would play to here. Fans aren’t ashamed of being fans over there; they buy the merch, they wear the t-shirt, they want to meet the band. It’s just a great vibe.” Given the mountainous praise directed at Hell’s Likely, it makes sense that Napalm wanted something similar from Mammoth Mammoth’s follow up release. Rather than trying to rebel, the band were more than happy to oblige the label’s request. “They just loved [Hell’s Likely] and they loved that package,” says Trobbiani. “We had a really clear sense of what we wanted the band to appear like. What they liked about us was the album art, the film clip and everything tied together and made it an understandable product. They’ve been fantastic to work with, but all they said was ‘Don’t deviate from where you’re going because we really like that.’ We basically said ‘We have no intention of deviating because that’s exactly how we do things.’ If we’d gone ‘We want to develop more BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
into a prog-rock thing’ then there might’ve been some problems. But what they wanted from us is exactly what we wanted to do anyway.” The title Hammered Again could be seen as a metaphor for ‘more of the same’. Indeed, the album includes plenty of the hard-hitting stoner rock decadence the band are known for, but it’s not a mechanical re-run of its predecessor. For instance, tracks such as Fuel Injected and Looking Down the Barrel summon a fiercer energy, as vocalist Mikey Tucker delineates a stark worldview. “Naturally the style developed,” says Trobbiani. “I wanted it to be darker and more menacing and probably sludgier and doomier, but our writing style is very jammy and the songs kind of write themselves. You can only steer them so far. Sometimes you’ve just got to let the song take its natural course. “With each project you try to correct some things you may have been disappointed in before,” he adds. “With some of the previous work, we didn’t feel we’d written enough material. So we had 20 sketches of songs recorded, we tightened those down to about 15 and then we put a bunch of those aside. We didn’t want to have any filler on the album.” Reading through a stack of Hammered Again reviews, the band’s unbridled rollick frequently invites comparisons to Motörhead, Black Sabbath and Turbonegro. While these references are generally intended as compliments, Trobbiani says they weren’t trying to resemble anyone. “I think it’s more the physical energy that’s created that
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Check out MAMMOTH MAMMOTH at the Public Bar Friday April 24, the Old Bar on Friday May 8, the Retreat on Friday May 15 and the Espy Basement on Friday May 22. Volume IV- Hammered Again is out now via Napalm Records.
US Metal band Doom are dealing with some heavy shit (no pun intended) this week after at least three people were killed during a concert in Santiago Chile. News suggests the club was heavily oversold and when the crowd trying to enter the venue surged forward, an enclosure collapsed. Thankfully the club’s administrators have been taken into police custody and the band had little to no awareness of what happened. It does make you wonder about the relationship between bands and money-hungry promoters in countries where the dollar is speaking ever so much louder than sense. Is it okay to put blind faith in an international promoter to do their part, or are bands taking a deep breath, some time out and doing their due diligence in ensuring their promoter is trustworthy and not likely to put their fans at risk by overselling the shit outta their shows? Is it even possible for bands to have that much control over international performances in foreign markets? Ugh.
By at Howler in Melbourne on May 23 with YIS and Pselodux. Tickets are available now.
My Disco have scheduled some dates in Australia’s south this winter, including a spot at Hobart’s famed Dark MOFO Festival. The trio will return home to Australia (they currently live all over the world) to play The Toff In Town on June 7 in anticipation of the release of their fourth album.
CORE GIG GUIDE
Metal legends Thy Art Is Murder have signed with UNFD for the release of their new album Holy War in June. The band reportedly had a not so shiny experience with their previous album so joined forces with UNFD to prepare for the new effort, due for release on June 26. Seether will come and pay us a visit in June to promote their sixth album Isolate and Medicate which is available now. Seether play Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Saturday July 4 and VIP packages are available for uber fans out there. The Cosmic Psychos are releasing a new album in June which is reason enough for some serious celebrations, but they’ve also gone and announced some tour dates with Dune Rats. This is going to be quite the debaucherous tour methinks. See them play together at Max Watts in Melbourne on June 13, or over at the Chelsea Heights Hotel on June 12. The Peep Tempel will play some headlining shows after they won over some new fans supporting Mariachi El Bronx this month. See ‘em play Carol, Big Fish and the biggest belter of all time Gettin On
Dangers are no strangers to AU shores. They’ve played some awesome DIY shows in the past and they’ll return for another lap this July, playing the Bendigo on July 10. Newcastle band Staunch will join them on all dates. Tickets are on sale now. A massive Splendour In The Grass lineup dropped last week. There’s absolutely no shortage of reasons to book your tickets to Byron, but I can think of half a dozen must-sees in particular: Royal Blood, Death cab For Cutie, Dune Rats, The Smith Street Band, Bad//Dreems, Ecca Vandal and Earl Sweatshirt all seem to cement Splendour as the country’s biggest and best music festival.
WEDnEsDay apRIl 22
• Funeral For A Friend, Vices at The Corner Hotel
ThURsDay apRIl 23
• Columbus at The Workers Club • Autumn In Alaska, Arkive, Nemoya at Next • The Love Junkies, Skullcave at The John Curtin
FRIDay apRIl 24
• Chainsaw Hookers, Mammoth Mammoth, The Captives, The Hidden Venture at Public Bar
saTURDay apRIl 25
• Pitt The Elder, Foxtrot, The Union Pacific, Laura Palmer, Foley, Summer Blood, Stevie Williams at The Old Bar • Chainsaw Hookers, Hard-Ons, Batpiss, Flour at The Tote • Psycroptic, Shallow Grave, The Arbbiter, Sarspell at Bang
sUnDay FEbRUaRy 19:
• La Dispute, Infinite Void, White Walls at Corner Hotel (U18) • Darren Gibson, Ben David, Maricopa Wells, Luke Smith at The Bendigo Hotel
ROB CRAW, LITTLE MURDERS & JOHN DOWLER
Saturday May 2 sees a triple bill of Oz rock legends appearing at the Bridge Hotel Castlemaine. Starting proceedings will be Huxton Creepers front man Rob Craw, playing a bunch of new stuff with a few Creepers classics thrown in. Next up are legendary mod rockers Little Murders, still playing rocking gigs 25 years later. To finish the night is John Dowler’s Vanity Project. Dowler’s fronted classic bands such as Young Modern and the Zimmermen, penning the classic tune Don’t Go To Sydney. Dowler’s material has been recorded by artists such as Paul Kelly and Mick Thomas. It promises to be a great night of old school pub rock. Bands start at 8.30 sharp.
COFFIN CAROUSEL & DARKC3LL AT CHERRY
Coffin Carousel are releasing their Fiend EP with a big launch at Cherry Bar on Friday 24. It’s a dual EP launch with Brisbane’s Darkc3ll, who are unleashing their new DEVOLVE:DESTROY EP.
TEN THOUSAND ANNOUNCE LONG-AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM
It’s been a long time coming but frigging world-class Melbourne rockers Ten Thousand have announced the release of their debut full length album First Light, a 13 track extravaganza which will hit the streets and the interwebs (and on custom USBs from tenthousandofficial.com) on May 15. The self-produced and self-engineered First Light aims to drag you into Ten Thousand’s spacey world of retro-futuristic rock and tells a story that spans the whole album.
THY ART IS MURDER REVEAL COVER ART
Thy Art Is Murder have revealed the cover art and track listing to their upcoming third studio album entitled, Holy War, shot by band photographer Thomas Savage. Produced and mixed by Will Putney (Suicide Silence, Exhumed, The Acacia Strain), Holy War is the band’s second release for Nuclear Blast Entertainment. It will be available in various formats (digital; limited digi-pak + bonus track; assorted colour vinyl; exclusive mail-order picture disc) and unleashed in North America on June 30, in Europe and Australia on June 26. Guitarist Andrew Marsh says, “This is our war on racism, homophobia, child abuse, animal cruelty and all evil born of religious immunity, indoctrination, and ignorance. It is ultimately a push for secularism and humanism. Without it, we will be left in the hands of mad men.”
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WHAT’S ON AT THE BENDIGO?
On Friday April 24 at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood, Eye of the Enemy are set for their first Melbourne headline show for the year alongside thrash maniacs Harlott who are launching their second full length album. Joining them is Demonhead who will also be launching their album Bring On The Doom. Hidden Intent are heading over from Adelaide to party along with Espionage who are launching their self-titled EP. Then on Saturday April 25 catch Midnight, Cleveland’s hooded prophets of mayhemic destruction, returning to Australia for the first time since 2012. Hot off the release of their No Mercy for Mayhem album, Midnight are ready to rip, shit, and bust in New Zealand and Australia. Joining them on all dates are New Zealand’s Bulletbelt, fresh from their 2014 support slots with Sepultura, Ringworm, Primate, and The Seekers. Bulletbelt are hitting Australia for the second time in six months, touring behind their well-received Rise of the Banshee album. Sydney’s Black ’n’ Roll kings Bastardizer join the party for the Australian shows. The band’s debut LP, Enforcers of Evil, was released through Heavy Forces (Germany) and Hells Vomit (New Zealand) in early 2014, and Bastardizer are ready to unleash their hellish attack. Also on this killer line up is Black Jesus and Kromosom.
TRAGIC EARTH EP LAUNCH
Those who liked to party and hated their livers a few years back might remember classic Melbourne heavy funkers The Upperhand, with Dima Shafro on vocals. Oh and me on guitar for the last few years there. This Thursday April 30 at Brunswick’s Whole Lotta Love Bar you can catch the launch of the self-titled EP by Dima’s new band, Tragic Earth, with in your face support from Brockway Lights and Pegbucket. Since debuting on the live scene in October 2014, Tragic Earth have played regionally and interstate notching up 30+ shows, and will head overseas mid-year for their first taste of international stages. The band has also signed a distribution deal with Third Verse to release the EP and the band’s debut album, due out at the end of 2016. The band’s first two singles from the EP, Feels Good, Could Be Better and Obsessive Depressive received much airplay both locally and overseas, and are available now from iTunes, Google Play and more. Entry is an extraordinarily cheap price of FREE, doors open at 7pm, bands kick off at 8pm, come join Tragic Earth as a new chapter is set to be written.
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 22
Millar Jukes & The Bandits
Who are you and what do you do in Millar Jukes & The Bandits? I’m Millar Jukes from a wee town outside of Glasgow, Scotland and I’m the singer/songwriter for Millar Jukes & the Bandits. You’ve said you’re heavily inspired by folk musician Ray Lamontagne. Can you describe the impact he’s had on your music? When I first heard his music I wanted to be a musician. His song Stones Throw from Lonesome was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. He has so much emotion and rawness in his voice and songs that really hit you. Man he’s awesome. You released your self-titled EP late last year. Can you tell us a bit about it? We recorded it with Paul McKercher at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne last year. The EP tells a story of love, heartbreak and tries to capture that raw emotion. It was the first release that we put out and it was well received which I was so happy about. We recorded our second EP this year with Paul at Sing Sing again, so hopefully people will like the new one. MILLAR JUKES & THE BANDITS perform at The Workers Club on Friday April 24.
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with everyone, so come see them play with themselves, on Thursday April 23 at The Post Office Hotel. Doors open 8pm, free entry.
THE DO YO THANGS
THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL
MISS EILEEN AND KING LEAR CHERRY BAR
KRISTA POLVERE
T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
Polvere’s records combine both the femme fatale archetype pioneered by Bobbie Gentry and the gritty female troubadour of Lucinda Williams. She isn’t shy about using her persuasive female charms as a creative force, and strikes at the heart of good alt country rock/folk with a wonderfully understated, applemartini voice. Polvere’s first two records received critical acclaim and attracted invitations to tour with the likes of Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, Ron Sexsmith and Aqualung, and she’s set to record her third record this year. Catch her on Wednesday April 22 from 7.30pm onwards at the Retreat Hotel, free as always.
Word on the street is that Melbourne’s latest brother and sister act are stepping on down to Cherry Bar for a smooth wipe of Wednesdays, busting out some indie folk vibes to get you through the midweek’s wintry grasp. Doors open from 6pm and as an added bonus, you get a free Jager shot with your $5 entry fee.
BEYOND BLUE FUNDRAISER
BENDIGO HOTEL
Get down to the Bendigo Hotel for a slew of great bands ready to deliver you some feel good rock'n'roll hits to help shake off those hump day blues. All proceeds from the show will be going to beyondblue to help raise awareness, reduce stigma and facilitate the research of depression and anxiety. Come and catch Elk And Mammoth, Looks Like Rain, Hollow Hounds and Slim Jeffries from 8.00pm onwards for a $5 entry fee (donations are welcome)
The Do Yo Thangs will hit the Curtin front bar for the next instalment of inevitably special evenings this April as part of their mini residency, with this round taking place on Wednesday April 22. Oh so soulful, full of lush lady vocal harmonies, and comprising members of Saskwatch, The Cactus Channel and Sex on Toast, The Do Yo Thangs will undoubtedly appeal to lovers of Melbourne’s thriving soul scene. On the cusp of completing their virgin release, and with an exciting year ahead this is truly the time to see the band at their most raw, intimate and sensual. From 8.30pm, free entry. THURSDAY APRIL 23
THE HANDSOME BASTARDS
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
Rick Plant, Shane O’Mara, Dan Lethbridge and Ralk Rehak are some Handsome Bastards. Originally conceiving the band in a Yarraville lounge room in 2012, the band ventures out every once in a while to play their favourite dark and twisted country songs to anyone who will see. They’ve played
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DM3
LUWOW
Legendary power-pop trio DM3 are heading across Australia on a tour due to a surprising surge of interest of the band on iTunes. The Monsters of Jangle Tour will be a rare chance for fans to see the trio perform live in Melbourne and Sydney that will showcase their Best Of vinyl release. They’ll play the LuWow on Thursday April 23.
AZTX
THE BENDIGO HOTEL
Four fresh young Melbourne acts are taking the stage at The Bendigo Hotel this Thursday April 23. AZTX are headlining the show with an electrifying alternative rock set that fuses experimental, shoegaze, psychedelic genres with a booming sound sure to set your ears on fire. Featuring support from We Are But Citizens, Bailey Jones and Jeffry’s Cabbage, be sure to get to The Bendigo Hotel for a taste of what’s to come in Melbourne’s indie scene. Doors open from 8pm.
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Flight with their well regarded folk punk tunes, be sure to catch The Faculty at The Reverence when the doors open at 8pm. Entry is $5.
COLUMBUS
THE WORKERS CLUB
Hear My Eyes
How did the idea for Hear My Eyes come about? Combining a film with a live score isn’t an idea that’s exclusive to Hear My Eyes - what makes our performances unique is that the film is chosen with a specific band in mind and then that band writes and performs a completely original score to accompany the film. The idea was born from my obsession with cinema and music, and my desire to combine the two mediums in a live, performative context. How is the night going to play out? What can people expect? The musicians will combine analogue synthesis, guitars, bass, drums, saxophone, clarinet and tape loops to create a series of ambient and experimental soundscapes. The performance will also incorporate singing and live narration. The film’ll be The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga directed by Jessica Oreck, previously screened at the BFI London Film Festival. Can you tell us a bit about it? The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga is a fusion of documentary footage and hand drawn animated storyboard panels. The animation sections tell a traditional Slavic folktale about a young brother and sister who get lost in a forest and meet an evil witch named Baba Yaga - the tale is designed to make children fear the forest. But the director disagrees with the moral of this folktale. Her visual essay argues that we shouldn’t be afraid of nature but instead we should be wary of the evil that lurks within humankind. The score will be performed by the local dream pop/shoegaze band Sleep Decade. In what way will their sound will compliment the film? The film was shot on 16mm celluloid film stock and the band only use live instruments and analogue synths. The warm analogue textures of both aesthetics and sonics, in film and performance, complement each other perfectly. Also, Sleep Decade’s minimalist, ambient soundscapes pair extremely well with the films gorgeous imagery of dense Eastern European forests and luscious countryside’s.
KEGGIN’
THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL
ELENA STONE
SHADOW ELECTRIC
Sydney singer/songwriter Elena Stone has just droped the first part of her long awaited third studio album Kintsugi. Preceded by the Steely Dan single, the Kintsugi Part 1 release is supported by a slew of shows, seeing her go up along the east coast across April and May. Catch Elena Stone in Melbourne on Thursday April 23 at Shadow Electric. Look her up on Facebook for all the details.
Melbourne’s most boozed up band Keggin’ bring their songs about beer to Brunswick’s home of beer, the Brunny. And with the pub sporting $3 schooners all night, you can’t afford not to come. Joining Keggin’ on the night are D.I.C.K, Dead Set Ledger and High Finance. Free entry, Brunswick Hotel, Thursday April 23 from 8pm. We’ll see you there.
Brisbane punk rock trio Columbus are on the rise, recently announced as the winners of the triple j Unearthed Soundwave competition. Now they’re taking their Home Remedy EP launch tour along the east coast, with shows booked in Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Toowoomba and Brisbane. Their Melbourne appearance is locked in for this Thursday April 23 at The Workers Club, with Oh Pacific and Have/Hold supporting. Doors open 7.30pm, tickets are $10+BF from the venue.
MOTHERSLUG RESIDENCY YA H YA H S
More Sludge. More Slugs. More dudes. More tunes. Motherslug are shaking up Yah Yahs for round two of their April residency, dropping some stoner doom tunes for your repeated Thursday entertainment. Besides costing you your hearing, entry is free for each night. Doors are from 7pm, with this week's supporting acts Dukes Of Deliciousness and Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard.
AXE GIRL RESIDENCY T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
Axe Girl is testament to the great things that can grow from a combination of serendipity, dedication and good old-fashioned irresponsible life choices. Bassist Vanessa
SCOTT & CHARLENE’S WEDDING THE OLD BAR
Probably don’t wear anything white, expensive or stainable for this one. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding return for their first show in ages and will be playing heaps of new songs at The Old Bar on Thursday night, blasting out some slacker pop tunes for all you uni students or those sponsored by Centrelink. With supports coming from local pals EXEK and Moon Rituals, get down to The Old Bar on Thursday April 23 from 8pm for some old fun-timey action. Entry is $8.
Don’t miss this truly unique event of The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga with music by Sleep Decade, Thursday April 30 at Howler.
DRIVETIME COMMUTE THE PUBLIC BAR
Drivetime Commute are gearing up to play a tasty show to celebrate the release of their brand new single Genghis Khan’t at their fav hotspot The Public Bar. Support comes from Melbourne’s high octane riff lords Deadweight and Pageant Families. Turn your Genghis Khan’t into a Genghis Khan and go to their disco. Thursday April 23 at The Public Bar. Entry is $7, doors open from 7pm.
THE FACULTY
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
Born from a time that Footscray forgot, a time when the synthesizer was in vogue and dark moody post punk sounds were the rage, The Faculty are going against the trend and bringing some darkwave synth madness to throw some goth shaped clouds over The Reverence this Thursday April 23. Supported by Fundamentals of
CHELSEA WILSON CHERRY BAR
Soul in the Basement is back this Thursday April 23, playing host to Melbourne’s soul songstress Chelsea Wilson. Winning album of the week recommendations from several music bodies for her stirring fusion of soul and funk, be ready to be challenged by her smooth take on heartbreak as she takes the stage at Cherry Bar, playing from 10pm onwards. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $10. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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fund the album. Get yourself a sneak preview this Friday April 24 at one of the best bloody bars in town when the doors open at 8.30pm. Tickets are $10.
those industrial gears as they play a set this Friday April 24 at Cherry Bar. Often tagged as a modern day KISS, be sure to catch the wildfire in action as they rock the bar to pieces on their Devolve/Destroy EP release tour. Tickets are $13, doors open at 8pm.
SHANNON BOURNE PRESENTS JIMI HENDRIX
T H E F LY I N G S AU C E R C L U B
Keggin
Define your genre in five words or less. Beer, Goon and Rockin’ Rhythms. 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? There was this band that only sung about drinking booze and the fat frontman could shred. How long have you been gigging and writing? 6 years this March just been. What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date? Tossup between our single launch at the Tote and playing with Drunk Mum’s at Howler. Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with? Goon on the Rocks from Queensland. I dispute that we love goon more. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Alcohol and teenage drinking. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Success is only measured if you’re playing to make money. We succeed every show because we have fun. Do you have any record releases to date? What? Where can I get it? We’ve released two albums, two singles and a Live Album to date. You can find the latter Single and the Live Album over at keggin. bandcamp.com Why should everyone come and see your band? Because if you do, I’ll drink for every song of our set and hopefully one day spew on stage. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc? April 23 at the Brunswick Hotel with D.I.C.K, High Finance and Dead Set Ledger. Free entry and cheap schooners/spirits. What’s not to love?
A natural progression from last year’s stunning re-creation of Jimi Hendrix’s debut album at the Flying Saucer Club, Shannon Bourne returns with his band to showcase Hendrix’s second album Axis: Bold As Love. Bourne and the band will play this album in its entirety, whilst also re-imagining some of the better known tracks. Guitar enthusiasts take note of this one. It all starts at 3pm this Sunday April 26, general admission tickets are $18+BF from the venue.
THE SCREAMIN’ HONKIES
THE DRUNKEN POET
The Screamin’ Honkies are a blues/ garage rock'n'roll 4-piece hailing from Melbourne and Geelong. Comprised of Grant Emery, Matt Sampson, Tom Reeve and Niall Kennedy, these fellas cook up old school blues and rock'n'roll , dishing it out the way it was meant to be served: rough, nasty and with plenty of burnt bits. They play The Drunken Poet on Friday April 24 from 8.30pm.
FRIDAY APRIL 24
EYE OF THE ENEMY BENDIGO HOTEL
Pack your earbuds or go deaf as The Bendigo Hotel hosts a big night of hard noise. Melodic Death Metal proprietors Eye of the Enemy are set for their first Melbourne headline show for the year alongside thrash maniacs Harlott who are launching their second full-length album. Joining them are Demonhead who will also be launching their album Bring On The Doom. Doors open from 7.30.
DARKC3LL
CHERRY BAR
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Get down to Ding Dong Lounge on Friday April 24 for a night of R&B, soul, and rock'n'roll as Mojo Juju launches her new single, They Come & They Go. As the second single from the forthcoming album Seeing Red / Feeling Blue, due for release in April, fans are expected to be treated to a different style than her previous releases as she explores further into pop songwriting whilst still keeping her signature throwbacks to soul, R&B and funk. Tickets available from oztix. com.au for $19.40+BF, or get them at the door from 9pm onwards.
LOCAL TRAFFIC As we enter the colder season, Local Traffic begins their transition indoors. They must be doing something right as Local Traffic is back for it’s fourth installment. Good friend Hazim will be joining Loop for ANZAC Day Eve, along with some sweet sounds supplied by Josh P, Dan Fabris, Packpress, Billyflipper and UDMO. Free entry, from 8pm till late.
SLUMBERJACK CAN’T SAY
BONJAH HOWLER
Bonjah have gained a reputation over the nine years they’ve called Melbourne home as an explosive live band, playing sold out shows worldwide, smashing out festivals, topping indie charts, touring with The Who and even playing a few sneaky shows on public transport for unsuspecting commuters. They’ve recently released a new single, Burn which they’ll undoubtedly bang out at the show, so come down to Howler and see what all the fuss is about. Tickets are $25+BF from moshtix.com.au, doors open from 8pm.
PETS WITH PETS
THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL
Pets with Pets spawned out of Melbourne’s inner north almost a decade ago. The group has evolved consistently since, with an ever changing lineup contributing to their musical growth over the years. They’ll be launching Out Of The Acidic Drink (You’ll Get Hurt), their first single since 2011’s Saturday Acidic Pixie Acid, at The John Curtin Hotel this Friday April 24. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $10+BF from the venue’s website, or $12 on the door if available.
Everyone knows the famous Australian cult film Dogs In Space but what about the music Michael Hutchence sang in the film? Strangely enough, the songs were originally written and performed by Melbourne art punk band The Ears. The band broke up in the 80’s but have recently reformed, and are playing a show at The Reverence Hotel in Footscray on Saturday April 25. Come along and witness a rare musical treat when the doors open at 7pm. Entry is $10.
LIEUTENANT JAM CHERRY BAR
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH THE PUBLIC BAR
Melbourne’s own beer-drinkin’ bong-rippin’ face-melters Mammoth Mammoth are joining forces with Perth blood rockers Chainsaw Hookers for a double album launch of epic proportions with support from Tasmanian forest horror legends Captives and the unstoppably raucous The Hidden Venture. Get down to The Public Bar this Friday April 24 and shred your face off with some loud guitar driven sounds. Doors open from 8.30pm, $10 entry.
Party rock shouldn’t be dumbed down to an awful lyric from radio-pop bands, and Lieutenant Jam are here to prove that. Taking a cue from modern and classic punk and grunge acts such as NOFX, The Clash and Nirvana with the addition of British indie rock inspired vocals, get ready to shake your feet and drink a heap as Lieutenant Jam hit Cherry Bar on Saturday April 25. Tickets are $13 on the door, show begins at 11pm.
Empire Remedy
LOOP
Catch KEGGIN April 23 at the Brunswick Hotel. Shot Down (2012) is available for download from keggin.bandcamp.com Thornton and drummer Brett Mitchell (who have some time on their hands between Jebediah performances these days) are already firmly entrenched in the lineup. They amazed and delighted themselves – and were very humbled and grateful, once they stopped jumping around and had calmed down a bit - by raising over $10,000 via a Pozible campaign in June 2013 to fund completion of their full-length debut album. Jump aboard on Thursday April 22 and play whatever part you’d like in the next chapter of Axe Girl as it evolves, because the one thing we know for certain is, this tale is far from over. From 8.30pm, for free as always, with supports this week coming from Dear Thieves and Pete Broadway.
MOJO JUJU
DING DONG LOUNGE
THE EARS
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
After hitting #2 in the iTunes electronic chart with their debut self-titled EP, securing triple j rotation on two tracks from the EP with Horus and Felon, and clocking over one million Soundcloud streams on lead single Body Cry; Perth powerhouse production duo, Slumberjack have announced a tour across Australia in March and April, this time crossing the pond for their New Zealand and Bali debuts. Having played the likes of Stereosonic, EMC and packed dancefloors on their previous national tour, Slumberjack are fast proving themselves as one of the most exciting and daringly creative acts within Australia’s electronic music scene. Don’t miss them on their biggest tour yet, when they take over Can’t Say in Melbourne on Friday April 24. Doors open at 7pm, entry starts at $10.
KILL DIRTY YOUTH
THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL
Coming back fresh from the studio after recording their first studio album, Kill Dirty Youth will be returning to The Brunny for a free entry show this Friday April 24 to rock out with Third Earth, Submarines and Zombitches. This will definitely be the most fuzzed out, hard rocking show Melbourne has to offer. Get involved, The Brunswick Hotel from 9pm.
THE EIGHTY 88S THE OLD BAR
Come down to The Old Bar for an exclusive preview of The Eighty 88s new album on Friday April 14 with extra special guests The Gun Barrel Straights and The Red Motors. This gig will be a celebration for everyone who has helped
WHAT THE FUNK FRIDAYS PURPLE EMERALD
Every Friday, The Purple Emerald becomes all about the funk. Expect a groovy bass riff, too much dancing and a great night out. This week’s cool cat headliners are DJ Brain followed by funk outfit Empire Remedy. Come down to the Emerald from 9pm, entry is free and open till three. SATURDAY APRIL 25
ZOE K
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
In a musical climate dominated by manufactured talent, Zoe K is a welcomed dose of old school substance and style. A powerful vocal force on the Australian music scene, Zoe’s remarkable voice pays tribute to the bygone greats of jazz and soul. She won the ABC Female Vocalist of the Year award in 2009 and has since toured with many of her idols such as Renee Geyer, Imelda May and Vika and Linda Bull. Now she brings it back to the local scene with a two set performance at The Post Office Hotel on Saturday April 25. Free entry, things kick off at 9.30pm.
PUSSY POWER
L I T T L E & O LV E R
All my single ladies, all my single ladies, Little & Olver is yours every Saturday night. Pussy Power presents an all girl DJ line up featuring some of Australia’s finest DJ divas and tunes, ranging from the empowered Motown era right through to Beyonce. All class, all the way. Sip on some fine cocktails and shake what your mama gave you until the sun comes up. Girls get in free, for everyone else it’s $5 list or $10 on the door. Come down from 5pm this Saturday April 25.
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BLACK LUNG
THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL
Electro-industrial and dark ambient pioneer David Thrussell (SNOG, Soma, Black Lung) is set to give a rare Melbourne Black Lung performance this Saturday April 25, before setting off on an extensive European tour in support of new release Muzak From The Hive Mind. Joining David at the Curtin launch party are post-punkers Bat Nouveau, indie rockers The Dark Shadows, and darkwave newcomers Sounds Like Winter. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $12+BF from the venue or $15 on the door if available.
GEORGE MAPLE HOWLER
George Maple, the charismatic artist responsible for the undeniably seductive Talk Talk, has announced her debut Australian headline shows this April. Her live show - honed during appearances at CMJ, Future Classic’s Christmas Weekend, Annie Mac’s AMP Collected in London, and as a guest for Flume at last year’s Listen Out festival - has attracted excellent reviews and these intimate shows should not be missed. Catch her with supports from Moon Holiday at Howler Bar on Saturday April 25. Doors open from 8pm, $21 entry.
BRASS KNUCKLE BAND
TWO HEADED DOG
Probably more pleasant of a night than being popped in the jaw with a fistfull of metal, Brass Knuckle Band are debuting their aptly named album, Split Lip at Bar Open this Saturday April 25. There’ll be trombones, hard drumming, saxophones, plus some tasty support from local soul heavyweights The Cactus Channel and newcomers Nyash! Afrobeat Collective. Doors open from 9pm, entry is $12.
Two Headed Dog are your resident local hard blues psychedelic three piece. You like fuzz? They got it. You like loud drums? They got it. You like organ? They got that, too. Described as a combination of The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and Creedence Clearwater Revival, all you classic rock fanatics out there are sure to have a good time. Raw '60s and '70s style rock at its best, live and loud. Catch Two Headed Dog this Saturday April 25 at Yah Yah’s. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $13 with a free jager shot.
BAR OPEN
YA H YA H ’ S
NICOLA MILAN & THE STRAY CATS THE DRUNKEN POET
Glitz, glamour and the roaring twenties, Nicola Milan and the Stray Cat Club mix 1920’s swing, gypsy, celtic, latin and blues with modern groove wrapped up in Nicola's silky vocals. With songs about love, lust and passion, guests will be transported back to a time of hidden bars filled with mysterious millionaires, underworld gangsters and glamorous women. Nicola and her band play The Drunken Poet on Saturday April 25 from 9pm.
U.S, playing at SXSW and hitting 80 venues in just about as many days. While itinerant and swash-buckling, Dellacoma also managed to record their debut album. They’ll be proving they’re the hottest thing to hit the rock’n’roll scene, rippin’ the Pelly Bar in Frankston a new proverbial this Saturday April 25. With them comes support from Super Saloon, Smoke Stack Rhino and LoneFree. Doors open 8pm with $10 entry. SUNDAY APRIL 26
SHARROW
THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL
Straight from finishing their debut EP last year, Sharrow are coming to rock The Brunswick Hotel this Saturday April 25 with a massive four band lineup. Sharrow take the listener on a journey of layering timbre and shifting tonalities, while maintaining a hardhitting, fast-paced momentum of good heavy rock music. Supporting are Qlaye Face, who blow audiences away with their sophisticated yet raw prog stylings, Black Mayday, who promise a set of epic metal you won’t be able to not mosh to, and Dr. Moth, who bring jazz and pro rock elements together into a unique show you won’t wanna miss. Doors open 8pm, with free entry.
TULLY ON TULLY
THE TOFF IN TOWN
GAMER
DING DONG
Gamer will take you on a retro trip into a dark neon world for the minidisc release of their EP Old Money. 2015 has seen the group morph into a three synth line up complete with live projected visuals which blow your mind. Gamer will be supported by the inimitable Dear Plastic and beat maker extraordinaire, Odious. Get your presale tickets for $12, or on the door.
March and April has seen Tully On Tully tour up the east coast in support of the latest single All These Words. To round out the tour the band are thrilled to announce the addition of a hometown show at The Toff In Town on Saturday April 25. Joining them are friends and local legends Neighbourhood Youth and Big Winter. Tickets from www. thetoffintown.com
DELLACOMA P E L LY B A R
Four piece Dellacoma have just recently returned from their debut tour in the
EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR OLD BAR
Milk! Records are proudly presenting East Brunswick All Girls Choir’s Sunday residency at the Old Bar. Its week three and the special guests are The Pink Tiles and Palm Springs (solo). East Brunswick All Girls Choir will be playing songs from their critically acclaimed debut album Seven Drummers and previewing brand new tracks.
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Sharrow
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Sharrow, and I’m the keyboardist. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? I’ve heard ‘You’re like, prog… only fun!’ before, that was a good one. What do you love about making music? Finally seeing an audiences live reaction to something I conceived months beforehand, alone in my bedroom in my PJ’s. What do you hate about the music industry? Packing up gear… doesn’t everyone? If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Jeff Buckley, cause I reckon he’d kick ass singing over prog rock. What can a punter expect from your live show? An unlikely combo of technically demanding prog, and dirty as fuck hard rock riffage. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? You can buy our EP online. When’s the gig and with who? 25th April at the Brunswick Hotel with Qlaye Face, Black Mayday, and Dr. Moth. Anything else to add? It’ll be epic. You can download Emergence (2014) from sharrow.bandcamp.com/album/emergence and can see SHARROW live at The Brunswick Hotel this Saturday April 25.
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RUIN
c o m p l e t e (dj set), WHITESIDE, chairman meow
monday - saturday 6 pm
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members of Mid Youth Crisis, One Inch Punch, Mutiny, The Currency and Raised By Eagles, this marks the last weekend of the band’s Sunday residency. Catch them from 3pm onwards on Sunday April 26, free entry.
MONDAY APRIL 27
MUNDANE MONDAYS THE OLD BAR
Mosey on down to Mundane Mondays at The Old Bar to get up to some mischief and escape the miserable start of the week blues. This Monday sees a line up of Trans Sky, Bayou, and Summer Blokes. Bands are kicking off at 8pm and tickets are $5 on the door. TUESDAY APRIL 28
PLASTERED ROCK POSTER EXHIBITION OLD BAR
ALEX BOWEN
Diana Radar
Who are we speaking to and what do you ‘do’ in Diana Radar? Rory - I play guitar and do main vocals. I also take snaps and design for the band. Give us a brief history lesson in Diana Radar. We formed about a year ago at Bakehouse studios in Richmond. We jammed out a rough set list and started playing a couple of house parties. We tightened the screws on a few of the tracks and eventually wrote enough material for an album, but decided on recording a six track EP first - so yes, we’re looking for a label. We started playing live shows at local venues a couple of months ago, and aim to be touring nationally by the end of the year. Tell us a little about your debut EP. The EP contains six tracks with a recurring theme. A couple of them have a quick, punky feel, and others have a progressive, driving, untainted sound. The tracks contrast between slow progressive beachy melodies, and hard out, smack-in-theface Aussie rock'n'roll. We try to create an honest sound that gives the music a spark of spontaneity. What movie would best represent your sound? It’s a dead tie between Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Matrix Revolutions, Jumanji, Jaws 3D, Grease 2, How To Train Your Dragon and The Schapelle Corby Doco, but if you want to know what we sound and look like come to one of our gigs. Describe the atmosphere you guys generate in your live shows. Disorderly, turbulent, our live presence has been described as a condiment sandwich, heaps of stuff thrown together, that ends up creating something that tastes better then you expected. Some people have also described our live show as ‘a child birth at Frankston skate park.’ Hunt down DIANA RADAR on Facebook to get a taste of their brand new EP, or catch them at the Retreat Hotel on Friday May 15 with Mammoth Mammoth.
THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS CHERRY BAR
The four piece are only just reaching their second birthday, and have achieved lots in what they feel is a short amount of time. Within six months of forming, they had already returned from a three week tour of Brazil as part of the prestigious Psycho Carnival Festival, along with playing sideshows with Nekromantix, Mad Sin and Griswalds (UK). Get down to Cherry Bar on Sunday April 26 for a psychobilly freakout with The Workinghorse Irons. Doors open from 6pm, entry is free.
THE REVENANTS
THE REVERENCE HOTEL
Get ready to get spooky as The Revenants come back from the dead to terrorise The Reverence Hotel with their haunting and daunting blend of celtic folk, punk, new wave and bluegrass. A new group consisting of BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 44
THE WORKERS CLUB
Following his successful independent debut in early 2013, Alex Bowen bunkered away in the hills of Byron Bay for 12 months to write and record new single The Book of Life and an album to follow. For this special Book of Life single launch, Alex has got a hold of Eddie Boyd and The Phatapillars and Gena Rose Bruce for support. Alex Bowen performs this Sunday April 26 at The Workers Club. Doors open 1.30pm, tickets are $12+BF from the venue or $15 on the door.
Get plastered at the Old Bar with the launch of this killer rock’n’roll poster exhibition. Plastered will give music fans the chance to view and purchase a wide selection of music posters. The posters, amassed by serial poster collector Nick Vukovic, span over 40 years and feature both Australian and international acts. The exhibition’s opening night, to be held on Tuesday April 28, will feature live music from Swamplands, Fingerbone Bill and Damon Smith. Plastered will run from Tuesday April 28 to Saturday May 9 at Old Bar. Visit the exhibition Facebook page for more information.
FITZROYALTY
L I T T L E & O LV E R
Little & Olver are celebrating the best of the best in live and local bands with this week’s instalment of Fitzroyalty. Representing northside’s best this time around are Big Smoke, along with Luke Brennan. $2 pots from 8pm – 10pm, $2 ribs and a vegan carnivore grill, sounds like a party to me. Entry’s free, so come on down this Tuesday April 28 from 7pm.
SWAMPLANDS THE OLD BAR
CHARLIE MARSHALL T H E R E T R E AT H O T E L
Charlie Marshall is one of Australia’s preeminent singer/songwriter/guitarists. This intimate solo show will feature two sets of material from his upcoming album Sublime - Songs Of Metaphysics, Science And Ecology, as well as songs of his former band The Body Electric, with whom he released six albums along with a dream team of band members Jim White and Warren Ellis from The Dirty Three, and Brian Hooper from Beasts Of Bourbon. Doors open at 8.30pm for his show on Sunday April 26. Free as always.
MATT WALKER & LOST RAGAS
THE POST OFFICE HOTEL
If you’re looking for some original country, soul and roots tunes, then look no further as Matt Walker & Lost Ragas continue their residency at The Post Office Hotel on Sunday April 26. This weekend sees them playing two lazy Sunday arvo sets, kicking things off from 4.30pm onwards. Free entry at The Post Office, as always.
Cheap rum? An art opening? A three band bill? Sounds like an unlikely combination, so you better come see it to believe it. Sink your teeth into unique hillbilly bluegrass music whilst swigging down on some cheap rum and catching the art opening for Plastered, an exhibition that showcases a wide selection of posters spanning over 40 years. Come catch supports from Fingerbone Bill and Damon Smith at The Old Bar on Tuesday April 28. Doors open from 7pm, entry is $6.
WE ARE BUT CITIZENS THE PUBLIC BAR
True to their name, We Are But Citizens are a four piece indie pop/ rock band consisting of four upstanding Melbourne based citizens, keen to take an exciting and fresh sound to stages to create an energetic live show. This Tuesday April 28 will see the band playing at The Public Bar with supports from Chris Watts Band and Brendan Forward, all for a smooth $6 entry fee. Doors open at 7pm.
YA H YA H ’ S
NOAH EARP
THE WORKERS CLUB
Earp kicks off the start of a huge year with his 6-piece band this Tuesday April 28. Haunting songs about mundane suburbia and the eventual apocalypse are bathed in a breathtaking swirl of
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LOOKING FORWARD THE DO YO THANGS Wednesday April 29 The John Curtin
PEACE Thursday April 30, Friday May 1 Ding Dong Lounge
NORTHLANE Thursday April 30 The Commercial Hotel
THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB The Post Office Hotel Thursday April 30
PEACHES Friday May 1 The Hi-Fi
SOUL SACRIFICE Friday May 8 Flying Saucer Club
KING PARROT Saturday May 16 The Corner Hotel
THE GETAWAY PLAN Friday May 22 The Corner Hotel
SAN CISCO Sunday May 24 170 Russell
IMMIGRANT UNION Saturday June 13 Kelvin Club
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THE GATWICK HIGHLIFE As a band comprised of the most soughtafter dinner guests in the Melbourne music scene, The Gatwick Highlife are a dark, gritty blues enema that leaves you oddly satisfied. Joining them on stage all the way from France are Rhinosonics, as well as locals The Dead Heir. They’ll be hitting up the Yah Yah stage this Sunday April 26, doors open 7pm with free entry.
symphonic colour, brought to you by the only folk-rock band in town with a dedicated vibraphone player. Joining him are two of the best and brightest from Melbourne’s singer/songwriter scene, Robert Muinos and Gretta Ray.
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Elana Stone
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? I’m Elana Stone; singer, songwriter, accordionist, keyboard player, looping and other cool stuff. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Here’s what I hope they say: St Vincent, TuneYards, Dirty Projectors, Little Dragon, Rufus Wainwright. Here’s what they’ll actually say: Billy Joel, Kate Bush. What do you love about making music? Hearing people’s individual voices - their fingerprint in the music. I love the connection you can experience when you play music with people. I heard someone say that if you play a gig with someone it’s the equivalent of having five conversations with them. I think that’s a weird comparison but not completely inaccurate. It can also be the equivalent of standing behind them in the voting queue sometimes, but usually it’s more intimate than that. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? I would like to hang out with Billy Joel and ask him to brutally workshop my songs. I think they would come out like twinkly little diamonds of song after passing through the Billy Joel filter. I could handle heavy truths if they came from Billy. What can a punter expect from your live show? Leotards, tights, funny jokes, swearing, epic tunes, ‘80s nostalgia, my glasses fogging up. What’ve you got to sell CDwise? My new EP Kintsugi- not to be confused with Death Cab for Cutie’s new album of the same name - those thieving cuties! When’s the gig? Thursday April 23 at Shadow Electric (in the Abbotsford Covent - 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC).
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews JEFF MARTIN The Workers Club, Wednesday April 13
AUGIE MARCH Melbourne Recital Centre, Friday April 17
Photo by Craig Eriksson
Six months after the release of their fifth album Havens Dumb and a run of five sold-out shows at Howler, Augie March returned to Melbourne last Friday for a performance at Melbourne Recital Centre. Fraser A. Gorman was on opening duties this time round, helping brighten up the dreary night with his breezy folk tunes. From the youthful troubadour to the industry veterans, Augie March were next to take the stage, bringing with them a three-piece horn section and a guest violinist. Tracks spanned the breadth of the band’s near 20-year history, with Havens Dumb tracks Definitive History, Hobart Obit and A Dog Starved all making early appearances, alongside old favourites Here Comes The Night and The Good Gardener (On How He Fell). Villa Adriana was abandoned after the intro due to a technical issue, in what would become the night of the cursed guitars, with Fraser A. Gorman ultimately having to borrow a guitar from “Dono” – Augie March’s Adam Donovan – for the rest of his set. “He’s got about seven of them anyway,” joked Gorman as he called out to the stage manager. The technical issues continued to wreak havoc throughout the night and did start to become tiresome after a while as the setlist continued to be chopped and changed. While Gorman, impressively, was able to grab a guitar mid-song, tune it and start playing without missing a note, Augie March frontman Glenn Richards, ever the perfectionist, wasn’t quite as adaptable and you did find yourself willing them to move on with the set. With a largely sombre and ballad-heavy set, This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers was a welcome addition, but the pace quickly slowed back down with Bottle Baby and Owen’s Lament seeing out the main set. Luckily, Richards has the ability to transform these quieter tracks into something truly captivating. The same can’t be said for Hottest 100 topper One Crowded Hour unfortunately, which was arguably one of the lowlights of the set with Richards’ attempt to speed up the vocals through ska style verses (perhaps trying to rush through the track) falling very flat. LOVED: There Is No Such Place. The wavering set was saved by the haunting yet serene HATED: The lady sitting behind me who felt the There Is No Such Place, which was both the best and final need to whisper/sing pretty much the entire set song of the night. directly into my ear.
With this Wednesday night show coming just days after Canadian expat, now Perth resident, Jeff Martin had played to a packed Gershwin Room show at The Espy, the mood at The Workers Club was a bit flat. Support act, Melbourne local Tash Sultana began her set to only 12 people but through her rich voice, superior guitar picking and psychedelic vocal sampling, the room was half full by the time her set finished. However, the atmosphere wasn’t quite there. That is, until Jeff Martin came to the stage. The Tea Party frontman has been a professional musician since The Tea Party released their Eastern influenced major label debut, 1993’s Splendour Solis, so as Martin got stuck into the chords of his opening track, the audience was captured by the sheer ability of his playing. However, there was another layer of excitement being communicated from the stage. On his first major break between songs Martin revealed why: “On Monday, I had my first real day off from this tour and a lot of that day was spent on the phone to two guys in Canada that I started a band with a little while ago. You know, this year it has been 25 years since The Tea Party released Edges Of Twilight? Now, I know I can trust you guys not to tell anyone so I will let you know that next year, The Tea Party will be doing shows here with your symphony orchestra.” This very qualified cherry dangle by Martin lifted the mood of the audience exponentially, because for most of the people in attendance, during the ‘90s The Tea Party were a super cool and important band. To put in context for 2015, imagine The Tea Party as Canada’s Tame Impala back in the 1990s. Martin’s set was full of medleys where he combined his own songs with cover versions of rock’n’roll classics, from Led Zeppelin and Hendrix as well as Daniel Lanois Still Water – a song has been included in his solo sets for the last couple of tours. Martin’s mash-up of The Tea Party’s Requiem from Interzone Mantras (2001) with Nine Inch Nails Hurt was stirring, but when he rocked into The Tea Party’s instrumental Winter Solstice that meshed fluidly into Save Me Martin achieved something truly transcendental considering the stage set up was just him, a 12 string Maton, a microphone and an incense box. Martin’s final stanza included The Tea Party’s A Certain Slant Of Light and Coming Home, plus Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven and maybe a little bit of Doors’ The End. But just before he broke into that he confessed that LOVED: The announcement The Tea Party are he loved playing these small club shows, despite the fact doing shows next year. the demand for The Tea Party to do shows meant they HATED: The person filming on their Galaxy with could “name your own price”. a super bright light. DAN WATT
KELSEY BERRY
DRANK: Something fancy.
JEN CLOHER Shadow Electric, Saturday April 18 You know when you sink into a warm bath and your skin buzzes as you gradually submerge, and your muscles relax, you feel alive and peaceful and you kind of never want to leave? I felt a similar way at Jen Cloher’s gig at the Shadow Electric on Saturday night, only it was heaps better because I was plunging into deliciously rich vocals and hazy, vibrant gradients of coloured light, with a casually intense hum and country sass. Plus, there was a mirror ball, which is always a winning factor. She opened with Hold My Hand which made my heart and stomach feel floaty and the layers of harmony with Courtney Barnett were pretty bloody alright. The guitar twangs sounded like flickers of gold and the sounds drew together a lattice of beautiful energy. It was like being at a stadium show watching rock gods with lots of hair, but instead I was gathered at the Abbotsford Convent with my mates at an intimate show, listening to light hearted secrets that came from somewhere deeper. I don’t know if it was a coincidence that I noticed Cloher had a great pair of cheek bones during her track dedicated to everyone who loves Meryl Streep. I don’t want to use the word upbeat but it was, not in that cliché way though, in an honest way. The mirror ball threw consistent specks of dancing light onto the crowd’s faces and everyone was smiling all of the time. LOVED: Jen Cloher’s lazily ethereal and Do yourself a favour and go and see Jen Cloher at the very powerful vocals. next opportunity you get. One of the best shows I’ve seen HATED: That it was raining out. Winter is this year for sure. coming. DRANK: Fresh beers. ERIN McCONCHIE
DRANK: Coke.
THE OCEAN The Evelyn, Saturday April 18 I was a little more excited about the local supports than the headliner as I approached the Evelyn on Saturday night, but I walked away a converted fan of the German post-metal powerhouse, The Ocean. First thing’s first, Melbourne boys Orsome Welles have been around for a number of years now. I’ve watched their progression for the last couple of years, and they are really starting to come into their own. In fact, after having done some hard-arsed touring in recent times they have honed their act to a very fine point, and they have a serious aura and presence about their live show. Their quirky but digestible prog-rock is a delight, and these guys just get better every time I see them. The voice of frontman Michael Vincent Stowers is a unique feature of this band’s presentation, the band behind him is tight as a fist and their songs are iron-clad strong. The crowd built up very nicely across the course of their set, and their last two tunes were enormous and absolutely wowed the room. Brisbane’s Caligula’s Horse recently signed a deal with a major American booking agency, and their live set this night reminded all exactly why these guys are absolutely ready for the big time. The crowd was jam-packed by the time they came on, and they were nicely lubricated by beer and warmed up beautifully by Orsome Welles. This band put a different slant on the big progressive rock sound. They bring moods and dynamics that are rarely heard, and their very slick sound on record is masterfully re-produced and taken a level further in a live setting. They treated the crowd to an epic new tune called Rust, with vocalist Jim Grey’s dulcet vocal tones cutting through the soundscapes beautifully. Their closer, and probably their signature tune now, Dark Hair Down, is a melodic, anthemic powerhouse. America, and indeed the rest of the world, awaits for these guys. The Ocean. Wow, what an eye opener. Their hyper-aggressive post metal sound and frenzied delivery was almost overwhelming. Their music is complex, but they definitely know how to groove at the same time. They are a stunning live band, and they built the jam-packed Evelyn crowd to an absolute fever pitch and made them sweat bullets, even though the weather outside was pretty frightful. One thing that got me was the flesh searing nature of their guitar sound, it veritably tore the flesh from your bones. Frontman Loic Rossetti bellowed his lungs up over the top, his angst driven, raspy vocals cutting through very nicely, while he hung from the rafters (literally) and performed many a foray into the crowd. The band played their last album, Pelagial (2013), in full. It is a highly conceptual album, full of wildly contrasting moods and dynamics, but translated beautifully to the live setting. A guest vocal spot from Lochlan Watt, host of triple j’s The Racket, was a very nice touch and he did an admirable job. A number of encores, covering some of their other five albums, wound their set out to a value for money 90 minutes plus. This was one of those sweaty, small, packed venue shows where it feels likes the place is pumping, heaving and splitting at the seams, where it seems the sweat covered crowd is climbing the walls and the band responds to LOVED: All three bands and the fact that it was this with interest paid in return. Band, crowd, venue and completely sold out. bookers would have finished the night extremely satisfied HATED: Waiting in the rain to get in after a with proceedings. delay in soundcheck (first world problems). ROD WHITFIELD
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DRANK: Half price pints of Globe beers.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK BUILT TO SPILL
Untethered Moon (Warner)
Born out of the Seattle sound, in the neighbouring town of Boise, Idaho, Built To Spill are the alternative to the alternative. Their slacker style, layer upon layer of interweaving guitar, unorthodox compositions, Doug Martsch’s nasal whine topped with existential lyrics from his stream of consciousness, has always set them off-centre. After six years in the pavilion, they’re back, out on the middle of the pitch with some new players (bassist Jason Albertini and drummer Stephen Gere), and their eighth studio record Untethered Moon. There’s something untethered about Built to Spill, hence their namesake on this record. Their tightly woven celestial rock feels like if you pull a loose thread, it could all fall apart. It does at times, and that’s cool too, really cool. You don’t quite know where you’re going, like a misguided white water rafting adventure. It isn’t a smooth ride, it throws you around a bit, but who doesn’t want the highs, the lows and everything in between? Opening with All Our Songs, which sounds like all their songs put together, is a good introduction to those who have never heard of Built to Spill. Martsch explains we’re all lions in cages in the Living Zoo, the record’s first single. Listen out for the tiger snarling guitar lick. On The Way marks a sombre change in pace and tone, with more psychedelic traits. Some Other Song is the dark horse of the album. It crawls under your skin, lays its eggs and you’re infected. Never Be The Same is the
SINGLES
SLAYER
When The Stillness Comes (Nuclear Blast) We’re probably approaching the stage where old rock bastards will just release one track per year for Record Store Day. This offering from Slayer is pretty fucking rad, albeit a brooding beast that pays off majorly with a sick but too short outro riff.
HUDSON MOHAWKE
Ryderz (Warp) Hoooooly fucking shite this is good. HudMo’s work with Yeezus has rubbed both ways it seems, with a surprising crux of soul sample exploding with trademark bombast. I want to hear this in the club on the loudest PA imaginable and you should too.
SYN TOP TEN 1.
Seeing Red/Feeling Blue MOJO JUJU
2.
Sound & Color ALABAMA SHAKES
3.
Steely Dan ELANA STONE
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Trying BULLY
5.
Walk Away ELIZA HULL
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City On The Hill DESAPARECIDOS
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Mazes HORROR MY FRIEND
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Water Water EMPRESS OF
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Full Steam Ahead KING’S JUSTICE
10. Do What You Want GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH closest to a classic pop song, worthy of Young Talent Time. This is my pick of the record. I’m a sucker for catchy riffs. C.R.E.B and Another Day let the cat out of the bag again only to be juxtaposed by Horizon To Cliff and So. They finally come completely undone on When I’m Blind, finishing with arresting guitar solos. Built To Spill deliver the quality and depth you’d expect from them with Untethered Moon. The whole piece is as structurally sound as each individual song. In a word, (and a made up word), it’s unperfect perfection. There’s no Big Dipper or Car on this record, but it’s still a ripper. If you like your rock unravelling and hypnotic, this one’s for you. It’s the record to put on while having an existential crisis or smoking a doobie on a Saturday afternoon. The two go hand in hand for me. LEE SPENCER-MICHAELSEN
BY LACHLAN
PBS TOP TEN 1.
Peel Me Like A Egg HARD-ONS
2.
Self Titled MARLON WILLIAMS
3.
III FOLLAKZOID
4.
Seeing Red/Feeling Blue MOJO JUJU
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Listen To Formation, Look For The Signs
NADIA REID 6.
Look Closer SAUN & STARR
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Bring On The Doom DEMONHEAD
8.
Ten Sails LUKE HOWARD & NADJE
NOORHUIS 9.
I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside EARL
SWEATSHIRT 10. Praxis JOE O’CONNOR TRIO
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TOP TENS:
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
The River (Flightless/Remote Control) The geyser of Gizz has spouted forth this loungey and brilliant quarter of new LP Quarters, devoid of any signifiers ± both tonal and stylistic ± of modernity, a breezy throwback to a late ‘60s dinner party where everyone eventually starts go-going on the dining room table. Impossibly cool.
TIM ROGERS & THE BAMBOOS
Easy (Warner) Groovy and polished, but old mate Tim doesn’t quite have the vocal chops for R&B, and as such, Easy falls short, especially with the bland chorus. A few moments shine though, with Rogers’ vocal at times hitting the mark, like a broken watch being right twice a day.
TEETH & TONGUE
RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN 1.
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes
I Just Sit COURTNEY BARNETT 2.
10% Weird THE MEANIES
3.
Down Time TOTALLY MILD
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Pretend You’re Mine PEARLS
5.
Book Of Love FRASER A GORMAN
6.
Sandy OH MERCY
7.
Needle In The Hay/Swan Street Swagger
JEN CLOHER / COURTNEY BARNETT 8.
About Time CHOOK RACE
9.
Range Anxiety TWERPS
10. Melbourne,Florida DICK DIVER
Cupcake (Dot Dash/Remote Control) Cupcake bounds along like Cheap Trick’s Want You To Want Me, which isn’t a bad thing, far from it. It plays to Teeth & Tongue’s strengths, stretched out in a soaring landscape, flush with deft nuance in playful instrumentation. The vocal hook could get away with being a tad more earworm-y, but there’s plenty of rock ‘n’ roll swagger on offer to compensate.
BEAT’S TOP TEN PASSION SONGS 1.
Temptation THE TEA PARTY
2.
Love to Love You Baby DONNA
SUMMER 3.
OSCAR KEY SUNG
Skip (Warner) I don’t get what the point of a song like Skip is, falling through like fine grade sand with little to grab onto. I like bangers. Oscar Key Sung can do bangers, as exhibited on All I Can Do. And there’s little subtlety on Skip, because there’s little anything, the chorus can’t stand on its own, so why not just go all out with some filthy beats? There’s a little default iPhone notification, a tip of the hat to UV boi فففففف فففperhaps, and the invitation of comparison doesn’t work in Oscar Key Sung’s favour.
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SINGLE OF THE WEEK REMI
Ode To Ignorance (House Of Beige) It feels like I’m selling Ode To Ignorance short by talking on the production, but briefly, the cello is like a creeping, stripped back version of something you’d find on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It’s great, and lays a foundation for Remi’s excellent, complex lyricisms, spitting confronting bars, rising above the political impotence that besets so many Australian artists ± hip hop and otherwise ± with sharp, fearless wit. “Fear is a drug / Our dealer’s The Herald Sun”. A good reminder of the excellence of last year’s Raw x Infinity.
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I Will Release Myself Unto You DAN
KELLY AND THE ALPHA MALES 4.
I’ll Make Love To You BOYZ II MEN
5.
It’s Business Time FLIGHT OF THE
CONCHORDS 6.
When The Levee Breaks LED ZEPPELIN
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I Touch Myself THE DIVINYLS
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Lover I Don’t Have To Love BRIGHT EYES
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The Lemon Song LED ZEPPELIN
10. Summer Of ’69 BRYAN ADAMS
ALBUMS New music in review this week - For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews
GALLOWS
RUBY BOOTS
NEIGHBOURHOOD THREAT
Desolation Sounds
(Double Cross/Cooking Vinyl)
Solitude
(Lost Highway Records)
Neighbourhood Threat
(Cheap & Nasty Tapes & Records) Which side are you on, boys? A war of sorts has broken out among fans of English ne’er-do-wells Gallows over the last few years. Some adamantly stuck to the band’s original leader, Frank Carter, as the ‘real’ version of Gallows; others have accepted the changing of the guard in the form of Alexisonfire’s Wade MacNeil. Of course, those with a bit more logic to them are able to see merit in what both frontmen have brought to the band in separate contexts; but it’s hard to convey that in all-caps online arguments. Regardless, true to their nature, Gallows mach 2.0 have pressed on, regardless of outside opinion ± and it’s resulted in Desolation Sounds; their first LP in three years and perhaps their darkest, strangest record yet. Bonfire Season slithers through territory where the band has previously stomped; maintaining their imposing nature while still encapsulating new ideas. There’s also the furious Death Valley Blue and Mystic Death, which harkens back in their own way to how the band originally established their name. It’s beguiling ± and, at points, disconcerting ± but it always comes back to a matter of both perseverance and defiance. This is Gallows right now ± t ake it or leave it. DAVID JAMES YOUNG
Conversations about the ‘Australian sound’ tend to be fairly contentious, but that won’t prevent us from feeling an affinity with the emotional nuances of music made in this country. The debut EP from Adelaide four-piece Neighbourhood Threat carries a sound that’s indebted to several of Australia’s finest guitar bands, both past and present. Opener Clinical Precision recalls not The Birthday Party or Crime & the City Solution but Rowland S. Howard’s solo work. Not only is it a slow burning number infested with glaring distorted guitars, but it’s overseen by a lachrymose narrator, who deadpans “I want you under my skin, I want you in my hands.” That said, frontman David Wilke’s vocals bear closer semblance to the Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster. Track three This Is Not A Dream affirms this impression by invoking the romantically forlorn stoicism that The Go-Betweens mastered on 16 Lovers Lane. The EP’s most sprightly track is What I Want, which is a product of urban forces, lined with a layer of rustic longing. Watch What You Say has more than a touch of The Church’s spacey psychedelia, albeit with a distorted mean streak; and things wrap up with No Man’s Land, which sparks thoughts of Howard’s more het up work in These Immortal Souls. While Neighbourhood Threat is a decidedly lo-fi affair, the band doesn’t pile on the grub in order to disguise their shortcomings. The whole EP has an assured air, which prevents Neighbourhood Threat from seeming like imposters, squeezing the aforementioned references into their work.
Last year I caught the last ten minutes of Ruby Boots’ set at the Darebin Music Feast. I realised immediately that I should have gotten my act into gear and arrived right at the start, as her commanding stage presence and mastery of alt-country proved to be compelling. It’s great to hear that debut album Solitude captures the spark that was so evident in the live setting. For those of us who have never warmed to the slick and sanitised version of country music that often gives the genre a bad name, it’s reassuring to hear Boots injecting grit, authenticity and passion into each song. Far from the bloodless, big-hatted nonsense that seems to fill arenas, Boots brings a fiery street-level charm and swagger to everything she does. She is also fiendishly adept at filling the listener’s head with melodies that happily take residence in the memory banks. Cola and Wine, for instance, is a particularly catchy case in point and kickstarts the album with aplomb. Lovin’ in the Fall, a rollicking and visceral duet with the consistently entertaining Jordie Lane, sounds like it was a helluva lot of fun to record and is even more fun to listen to as it positively burns with melody and attitude. If you have lost faith in country music, check out this exciting album ± it may just reignite your passion for the genre. GRAHAM BLACKLEY
AUGUSTUS WELBY
MARK WITH THE SEA
ALABAMA SHAKES
GANG OF YOUTHS
Sound & Color
The Positions (Sony)
(Rough Trade Records/ Remote Control)
When The Blood Runs Dry (Heart Of The Rat Records)
Ballarat’s Mark With The Sea excel at the type of Australiana that Paul Kelly, Crowded House and The Gin Club churn out in their sleep. Songs are filled with plenty of space for deliberation, with it all rooted in a specific time and place that could only be the best friggin’ country in the world. Opener Bows and Arrows is an immediate classic with a tight, moody grip and menacing guitars suggesting a threat just below the surface. Type Bows and Arrows into YouTube if you’re tickled by the idea of a grown man dancing senselessly in his jocks and I’ll wait here. Adding members and filling the sound out more since 13 Years (2013) suits them well, as the group are at their best when they use the whole band and deviate towards the sinister, as the aforementioned Bows, Kind of Girl and Who Will Watch Over You will attest. At the other end of the spectrum, I’ll Be The Artist and Go To Sleep have a calming and sweet veneer. They could be lullabies, if your kids aren’t old enough to clock the existential dread contained within. LaLoveLosLost is another potential single; both an upbeat and unsettling excursion that concludes in Los Angeles, with the listener not certain if this is the idyllic place of palm trees and sunshine or the unseen and dark side of the American Dream described in Nick Tosches’ Dean Martin biography Dino. Great care has been put into this album, and like all your favourite stuff, it sounds way better on headphones. NICK HILTON
Alabama Shakes’ debut album, Boys & Girls, was one of the most promising releases of 2012. It earned them three Grammy nods and enough street cred’ to fill the very big shoes of The Black Keys as one of the headline acts at this year’s Bluesfest. Needless to say, this follow up album had a lot riding on it, and thankfully the band has more to offer than one of the best voices in the business. Their sound has matured a lot since then and this is a huge step forward in the right direction. They’re got a confidence about them that’s totally invigorating. You get the feeling they know exactly what kind of music they want to be making, and they’re damn good at it. The opening title track acts more as an extended intro, which is merely warming you up for what follows ± the album’s first single Don’t Wanna Fight. With a foot-tapping bass line and some gutsy vocals from Brittany Howard, this is one of the best tracks of the year. Dunes is a little more subdued, the way it slowly builds towards the climax is very reminiscent of Smith’s 1969 cover of Baby It’s You. Future People starts with that signature bass twang, and really hits stride for the tribalinspired, group-chant chorus. Gimme All Your Love continually chops and changes tempo, blending R&B, soul and blues before breaking into a country rock finish. This Feeling strips the instrumental backing to a simple acoustic guitar, percussion and keys. Guess Who is a funk-driven serenade, while The Greatest sounds more like grungy, garage punk. There’s really no genre stone left unturned, as Shoegaze and Miss You both go back to that sweeping blues vibe, while closing track Gemini is a Western-inspired, psychedelic space jam. BY CHRIS BRIGHT
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There’s an awful lot to like about this talented Sydney outfit. The lads have already garnered a reputation for constructing impressive live shows, they just scored triple j’s Feature Album, and they recently made the news when one member got himself mysteriously trapped between two doors. But hey, any press is good press. Their debut album, The Positions, confirms the band as one of Australia’s most exciting and talented new acts. It’s a powerful mix of drum-heavy rhythms, varied instrumentals and raw vocals from lead singer David Leaupepe. At over seven minutes, Vital Signs is a surprisingly lengthy opening track. It kicks things off with a pounding drum beat and slowly builds toward an uplifting tempo change. The inventive percussion and guitar work keeps things interesting. Poison Drum is reminiscent of early Kings of Leon and also catchy as hell. The Diving Bell is much slower in comparison, adding keys and new amp effects to keep it fresh. Restraint & Release commences with a heavier riff, complementing the darker vocals and broody lyrics. Magnolia is much more uplifting, with a melodic keyboard backing and trickling guitar. Kansas opens with a simple string backing behind Leaupepe’s vocals; it’s a fairly unexpected yet welcomed change of pace. They add classical piano to Knuckle White Dry, which makes for very easy listening. Radioface offers something completely different, and could have easily been used in the soundtrack to an uplifting ‘80s drama. The album finishes strong with Stamboska, a slow-building rock anthem, and The Overpass, which is more in line with what we heard at the start of the album. All in all, it’s a tight package from a band on the rise.
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WEDNESDAY APR 22 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••CHARGING STALLION + DIANA RADAR + BONNIE
DOOM Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. ••DIDIRRI + JORDAN CLAY AND THE SKELETON BAND + MARK JOSEPH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••ELIOT FRIEND + ARBES + DUOUX Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $7.00.
••FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND + VICES + OUTRIGHT +
SAMETZ + DANIKA SMITH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••MOTHERSLUG + DUKES OF DELICIOUSNESS +
ZOMBIE MOTORS WRECKING YARD + DJ MERMAID Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
••PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: HUNGRY &
FOOLISH + SPIRAL ARM + KIMBERLEY HEBERLEY Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $7.00.
••RJ WOLF DJS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••SCOTT & CHARLENE’S WEDDING + EXEK + MOON
RITUALS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00.
STRICKLAND Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $34.00.
••THE DELTA RIGGS + HARTS + THE PRETTY LITTLES
Collingwood. 8:30pm.
••THE FACULTY + FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT +
••GIRL CRAZY + LOOSE TOOTH + GONZO Tote Hotel, ••HUMAN FACE + OOLLUU Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
••MISS EILEEN & KING LEAR + LITTLE WING + DJ
MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $5.00. ••ROCK YOUR MIND - FEAT: ELK & MAMMOTH + LOOKS LIKE RAIN + HOLLOW HOUNDS + SLIM JEFFRIES Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ••RUSTY BROWN Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
••THE DO YO THANGS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••AIDAN CHU Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. ••BARNEY MCALL NON-COMPLIANCE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
••BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••DIZZY’S BIG BAND - FEAT: PETER HEARNE &
CELESTE POULSON Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm.
$14.00.
••GIORGIO ALBANESE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••HUGH STUCKEY Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••INFINITE VARIATIONS - FEAT: HOANG PHAM +
SONYA LIFSCHFITZ Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
6:00pm. $38.00.
••ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT- YOM
HAÁTZMAUT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTIST Melbourne
Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $38.00.
••JULIEN WILSON ‘B FOR CHICKEN’ QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••PAUL WILLIAMSON QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $20.00.
RENEGADE JOE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••THE HANDSOME BASTARDS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
••THE LALIBELAS The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.
••THE LOVE JUNKIES + SKULLCAVE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $12.00.
••WILD MEADOWS + VHS DREAM + JUKAI FOREST +
GLACIERS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ••NEW IMPROMPTU QUARTET WITH ALEXANDER
NETTELBECK Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. ••AUDREY POWNE & NICK PIETSCH Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.00.
••BARNEY MCALL Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
8:30pm. $15.00.
••THE ROOKIES The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 7:30pm.
••GEMMA TURVEY & KAREN HEATH DUO Melbourne
Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••JAZZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: JOHN MONTESANTE
••ALBERT SALT + SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE +
QUINTET FEAT. REBECCA MENDOZA The Commune,
East Melbourne. 6:00pm.
Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. 7:30pm. $25.00.
••SOUL IN THE BASEMENT - FEAT: CHELSEA WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••STEINWAY PIANO SERIES Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $17.50.
Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $7.00.
+ TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor.
7:00pm.
••THE GUMBO CLUB - FEAT: PUGSLEY BUZZARD Ding
••ALEX BOWEN + EDDIE BOYD & THE PHATAPILLARS
+ KORAL CHANDLER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
8:00pm.
THURSDAY APR 23
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••AZTX + WE ARE BUT CITIZENS + BAILEY JONES +
JEFFRY’S CABBAGE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ••BALTER VADA 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••BROADS + BIG SMOKE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. ••COLUMBUS + OH PACIFIC + HAVE/HOLD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
••DM3 + THE SOLICITORS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00.
••DRIVETIME COMMUTE + PAGEANT FAMILIES +
DEAD WEIGHT Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $7.00. ••EDDIE BOYD & THE PHATAPILLARS + ALEX BOWEN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
••ELANA STONE (EP LAUNCH) The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $15.00.
••JEMMA & THE CLIFTON HILLBILLIES + SAINT
JUDE + VAN WALKER Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••KEGGIN’ + D.I.C.K. + DEAD SET LEDGER + HIGH
FINANCE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. ••MONDESTANK PART 2 - FEAT: MONDEGREEN + BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 48
+ GENA ROSE BRUCE Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ••ANDREW RIGO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8:00pm.
••AXE GIRL + DEAR THIEVES + PETE BROADWAY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
••BACKSTAGE BLUES NIGHT - FEAT: LEIGH SLOGGET
+ DJ BARRY MAXWELL + THE SHAKE SHACK BOOGIE HOUSE BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. ••DARLING GARDENS + WAYFARERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
••EZEKIEL OX Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm.
••JUSTIN YAP BAND Carters Bar, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••LAUDA EP LAUNCH + THE KARMENS + SOOP Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $7.00.
••MAINSTAGE BAND WARS SERIES 2 HEAT 1 - FEAT:
STONE DJOSER + YOUNG GUNZ + KYRUM + DES CHIO + WRONGTOWN + KOPIUS Musicland, Fawkner.
6:00pm. $10.00.
••MARK FISHER + MARLENE SAMSON + MICHAEL
YULE Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC The Farmer’s Place, 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC Station 59, Richmond. 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC NITE Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm. ••SCRATCH #1 - FEAT: BONNIE MERCER + SARAH
SUBMARINES + THIRD EARTH Brunswick Hotel,
Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••LA BASTARD + THE PERECTIONS + DJ KNAVE
KNIXX Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
••LA DANSE MACABRE + BRUNSWICK MASSIVE DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
••LEGENDS SHOW - FEAT: MARK ANDREW Black Hatt, Geelong. 8:30pm.
••LONEFREE + SUPER SALOON + LEOPARD SLUGG +
RUBY POTTER Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm.
••MAMMOTH MAMMOTH + CHAINSAW HOOKERS +
CAPTIVES + THE HIDDEN VENTURES Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••MOJO PIN + RECKLESS JUNE + THE SWEETS
Brunswick East. 9:00pm.
••BLACK NIGHT CRASH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm.
••BORRACHERO + MASTER BETA + KING EVIL + ZAC
SLATER + BLOODHOUNS ON MY TRAIL Espy, St Kilda.
JUNCTION + BUCK JR Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••NANTES Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.00.
••NEXT - FEAT: AUTUMN IN ALASKA + ARKIVE +
NEMOYA Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.
8:00pm. $10.00.
••PETS WITH PETS + CUNTZ + EXEK + WHITE HEX
9:30pm.
••ROAR ROCK - FEAT: BORRACHERO + MASTER_
••CAPTAIN SPALDING Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. ••CHAMPAGNE ALLEY Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. ••CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ••CHRIS WILSON Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
9:00pm. $10.00.
••WINE, WHISKEY, WOMEN - FEAT: JAYNE WEST
8:30pm.
••KILLY DIRTY YOUTH + ZOMBITCHES + THE
••BIG SMOKE & GREAT OUTDOORS The B.east,
North Ballarat. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••DEMI LOVATO Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
HEADED DOG Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
••KAISHA (SINGLE LAUNCH) Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.
••MILLAR JUKES & THE BANDITS + LEFT AT MORAL
••DEAD SALESMEN + MARK WITH THE SEA Bridge
••TIMBALERO THURSDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd.
••JACKSON FIREBIRD + SMOKE STACK RHINO + TWO
SPORTSMEN Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.00. ••ANDRÉ + SODA EAVES + BLEACH BOYS The Eastern,
Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
••THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL’S OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
FRIDAY APR 24
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
Southbank. 7:00pm. $50.00.
••THE GOOD EGG THURSDAYS - FEAT: HENRY WHO
••OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
HEADED DOG + BRENDAN FORWARD Whole Lotta
Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
••AYLEEN O’HANLON + KRISTA POLVERE Retreat Hotel, ••MUDDY’S BLUES ROULETTE - FEAT: JULES BOULT
East. 7:30pm.
••GRIGORYAN BROTHERS Melbourne Recital Centre,
••STELLAFAUNA + GRIYA + LUNA DEVILLE Grace
••CAROLINE NO! Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
••THE SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: MARK
••DAVID BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM UNPLUGGED
8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK Brunswick. 7:30pm.
••THE HOUSEWRECKERS Mr Boogie Man Bar,
••WHOLE LOTTA BLUES - FEAT: COTANGENT + TWO
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
••SARAY ILUMINADO Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $17.50.
MCKENNA + GRACE ANDERSON Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 9:00pm.
••CARLTON/THOMAS QUINTET Open Studio, Northcote.
(arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8:00pm. $36.00.
••BRIANA COWLISHAW TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club,
& Entertainment Centre, Preston. 7:00pm. $23.00.
••THE LAGERPHONES Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
Off the back of their latest single Burn, indie rockers Bonjah are heading to Howler this week. No strangers to the live music scene, Bonjah have played everywhere from stadium tours with The Who, to Melbourne trams with the local crazies. With Timberwolf and Tash Sultana filling in the support slots, catch Bonjah this Friday April 24 at Howler before they kick off their Canadian tour, then bunker down in the studio for the rest of the year.
PHISHA FISHER + MARLENE SAMSON + MICHAEL YULE Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 8:00pm. ••THE WRITERS BLOCK #2 - FEAT: BRENT PARLANE + FRANK JONES + YOLANDA INGLEY + KATE CROWLEY & ROSIE HILDER Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
••BEETHOVEN’S NINTH (ANZAC TRIBUTE) Hamer Hall
••MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown
••RUBY & THE CRYSTAL SET Ruby’s Music Room,
BONJAH
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
••POETIC LICENSE - FEAT: VARIOUS ACTS Darebin Arts
GIG OF THE WEEK!
Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $12.00. $81.00.
••DJ DAVE GRAY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 11:15pm.
••DM3 - FEAT: BONNIE MERCER + SARAH MCKENNA
+ GRACE ANDERSON + THE STONEAGE HEARTS + ASHLEY NAYLOR + LITTLE MURDERS Tote Hotel,
DJS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.
BETA + KING EVIL Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $10.00.
••SANFILIPPO AWARENESS GIG - FEAT: ROYSTON
VASIE + CENTURY + 1891 + LIAM DALY + TUNES BY AARON QUICK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. ••SKYNET + MECHWARRIOR Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
••SLEAZY LISTENING - FEAT: ARKS + RICHARD KELLY
+ HYSTERIC + K.HOOP Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
••SMACKDOWN & LOCKSMITH Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $20.00.
Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.00.
••SONS OF SUN (THE SAM PHILLIPS STORY) Flying
Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8:00pm.
••THE BROKEN SWEETHEARTS + SIYÕR + 8 YEARS
••EDDIE BOYD & THE PHATAPILLARS + ALEX BOWEN ••EMPAT LIMA + THE BEEGLES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
••FADING HOUR + AMARONIX + HIGH SIDE DRIVER +
ENLIGHT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.00.
••FLARE - FEAT: OLYMPIA BUKKAKIS + ISIS AVIS
LOREN + TANZER + DANDROGYNY The Luwow, Fitzroy.
9:00pm. $5.00.
••FRANTICS Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
••FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE - FEAT: SINGLE INCOME &
EASTWOOD REVINE Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $5.00. ••GET SERIOUS Carters Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm. ••GUZZLER + SWAMP DONKEY + AGENTS OF ROCK Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
••HEART BEACH + ICY ST + TV + TANTRIC SAX Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.00.
••HOLLOW HOUNDS + ELK & MAMMOTH +
MALADAPTOR + D’FRO + HIJACK + NO NAME NATH Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••HOWLAROUND Station 59, Richmond. 8:00pm.
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Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23.00.
IN SCOTLAND + GRAVY TRAM + MISSION BROWN Newmarket Hotel, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $15.00.
••THE CROOKEDS + I AM MINE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.
••THE EIGHTY 88’S + GUN BARREL STRAIGHTS +
RED MOTOR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••THE EXPLODERS The Loft, Warrnambool. 8:00pm.
••THE MURLOCS + ZIG ZAG + TINY GIANTS Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. $20.00.
••TRIPLE LAUNCH - FEAT: DEMONHEAD + HIDDEN
INTENT + ESPIONAGE + EYE OF THE ENEMY + HARLOTT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. ••WATT’S ON Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:30pm. JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••BEETHOVEN’S NINTH (ANZAC TRIBUTE) Hamer Hall (arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8:00pm. $36.00.
••BEWARE! BLACK HOLES Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
••BONJAH + TIMBERWOLF + TASH SULTANA Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $25.00.
••CRAIG SCHNEIDER TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00.
••DANA CZARSKI & NICOLAI SANADZE Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
••DARKC3LL + ELECTRIK DYNAMITE AND COFFIN
CAROUSEL Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
••FELIPE CAMARA Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm.
••FEM BELLING QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
••FROM THE HOMELAND - FEAT: IVANA TOMASKOVA
+ TAMARA SMOLYAR Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $38.00.
••FUNK FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ BRAIN + EMPIRE
REMEDY Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••HETTY KATE QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
••LOS COJONES Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
••LQ REGGAETON SEDUCTION 3D LAUNCH PARTY Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00.
••MANDY MEADOWS FAREWELL SHOW Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
••MOJO JUJU (SINGLE LAUNCH) + THE
SUGARCANES Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $17.00.
••MOOGY PRESENTS AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH
JAZZ-POP Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
••PAUL VAN ROSS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
••SOUTHSIDE SOUL - FEAT: DJ LADY SOUL & BIG
DADDY WARBUCKS + THE SOUL TWINS Kingston
City Hall, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. ••THE OPIUO BAND 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $45.00.
••THE PUTBACKS WITH EMMA DONOVAN Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••THE SOUL SALVATION REVUE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm.
••TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT:
TKAY MAIDZA
At only 18 years of age, Tkay Maidza is already drawing comparisons to industry giants, with reviewers reeling over her conscious M.I.A-style lyrical content with Azealia Banks’ style delivery. And if that description doesn’t sell you on this show, nothing probably will and I don’t know what’s wrong with you. Catch the prodigy herself, Tkay Maidza at Northcote Social Club on Thursday April 23, and again on Friday April 24.
+ THE UNION PACIFIC + LAURA PALMER + FOLEY! + SUMMER BLOOD + STEVIE WILLIAMS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $10.00.
••ANZAC DAY AT THE SPOTTED MALLARD - FEAT:
CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + THREE KINGS + CHERRYWOOD + 100 ACRE WOODS + DJ EMMA PEEL Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 5:00pm. $25.00. ••AO LAUNCH NIGHT - FEAT: MOW + MIMICRY + HUNTLY + S.H.I.M.A + HOABIE JUAN + LOMAX + EPOCH + DYLAN YOUNG Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
••AXE GIRL + HORROR MY FRIEND +
BATTLEHOUNDS + SPOONFUL + PHIL PARA BAND Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
VARIOUS ACTS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. ••TRU GROOVES - FEAT: KARATE BOOGALOO 24
••BANG - FEAT: PSYCROPTIC + SHALLOW GRAVE
••WEST AFRICAN DRUM & DANCE PARTY - FEAT:
••BLACK LUNG + BAT NOUVEAU + DARK SHADOWS
Moons, Northcote. 9:00pm.
LOUIS MAJIWA & AZONTO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••BANDAOKE Pier Live, Frankston. 9:00pm.
••DELLACOMA + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD +
MEMPHIS BELLZ. Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.
••EINSTEINS TOYBOYS + CRANKED Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.
••EL COLOSSO + WILDEORNES + THE HIGH
DRIFTERS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••FLYING ENGINE TRIO Golden Vine Hotel, Bendigo. 9:30pm.
••HUMDINGER BLUES BAR - FEAT: WILSON & WHITE Humdinger, Frankston . 7:00pm.
••JODY & THE JOYRIDERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
+ THE ARBITER + SARSPELL Royal Melbourne Hotel,
Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $25.00.
+ SOUND LIKE WINTER John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $12.00.
••BRUNNY BLUES SATURDAYS - FEAT: SHANE
DIIORIO BAND + DJ HOOPS Brunswick Hotel,
Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••BUSH SOUNDS - FEAT: EVIL OIL MAN + MELT +
LOOSE OUTFIT + LEGOHEAD + SIMON MURPHY + AZRIN + MOSKALIN + NIKKI SIG + PAKMAN + WORLDS KALEID Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 10:00pm.
$15.00.
••CLOSURE IN MOSCOW + LEBELLE + GOING
SWIMMING Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. ••DELLACOMA Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $10.00. ••DJ STICKMAN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm. ••EDDIE BOYD & THE PHATAPILLARS + ALEX BOWEN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10.00.
East. 9:30pm.
••FIERCE MILD + VISTA POINT + LAZERTITS +
12:45pm.
••GAMER Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
••MARLON WILLIAMS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. ••REBETIKO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
••SCREAMIN HONKIES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm.
••STEPHEN CUMMINGS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.
SATURDAY APR 25
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••8FOOT FELIX The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••ANZAC DAY - FEAT: PITT THE ELDER + FOXTROT
SYDNEY ROWE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $12.00.
••GEORGE MAPLE Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $18.00. ••HANA MARU + AMARINA WATERS + THE HIGH
SUBURBAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $5.00.
••HARD-ONS + BATPISS + CHAINSAW HOOKERS +
FLOUR Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ••KARAOKE WITH ZOE Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:00pm.
••KING WOLF + ANIMAL SHAMAN BLUES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
••KLON RADIO (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
TRIBUTE) Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
••POWER & RAGE FEST - FEAT: BLACK MAJESTY
+ BELLIGERENT INTENT + PEGAZUS + INTERCRANIAL TREMORS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
$20.00.
••SHARROW + QLAYEFACE + BLACK MAYDAY + DR.
MOTH Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
••THE BRIDGE HOTEL FUNDRAISER - FEAT: OOGA
BOOGAS + DD DUMBO + YARD APES + LUNA DEVILLE + WHIPPER + STEINBECKS + ITCHY SCABS + CUNTZ + POMME FRITZ + RAILROAD REX + FIST VS FIRE Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. ••THE EARS + THE TRANSITIONS + TRAUMABOYS + KOLLAPS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm. $10.00. ••THE NATIVE PLANTS Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••THE STARKS + LORIKEET + LUPINE + MICHAEL
MAGEE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
••TULLY ON TULLY + NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH + BIG
WINTER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $7.00.
••TWO HEADED DOG + CONTANGENT + ELBRUS +
HAPPY BO BLUES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.
••WATCHTOWER + DEAD Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••ANZAC DAY SONG FEST - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS 24 Moons, Northcote. 1:00pm. $10.00.
••BLOW - FEAT: MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••BRASS KNUCKLES BRASS BAND + THE CACTUS
CHANNEL + NYASH! + AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
••DR HERNANDEZ Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
••GOOD MUSIC - FEAT: ETHAN MCLAREN Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.
••HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA FITZGERALD BY YVETTE
JOHANSSON Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
8:30pm. $40.00.
••JAZZ NOTES - FEAT: KEVIN BLAZE + ANN CRAIG Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.
••JOE CHINDAMO TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00.
••LEST WE FORGET - FEAT: CONSORT OF
MELBOURNE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
2:00pm. $45.00.
••MIDNIGHT RUN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm.
••MS SCARLET Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.
8:30pm. $10.00.
••PANORAMA BRASIL FEATURING JACQUELINE
••LIEUTENANT JAM + NAKED BODIES AND VISION
STREET + DJ MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $12.00.
••LOONEE TUNES Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm.
8:30pm. $22.50.
GAWLER Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
••SLOW GRIND FEVER 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm.
••MF JONES (CD LAUNCH) The Who Club, Warburton.
••TAMARA KULDIN (CD LAUNCH) Paris Cat Jazz Club,
••MIDNIGHT + BASTARDIZER Bendigo Hotel,
••THE FURBELOWS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
••MY EMPTY PHANTOM + KETTLESPIDER +
••THE WOODLAND HUNTERS Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
7:00pm.
Collingwood. 8:00pm.
BEAR THE MAMMOTH + TUX Grace Darling Hotel, Mojo Juju is heading down to Ding Dong Lounge this Friday April 24 to warm up audiences with her new single They Come And They Go. So get down there to check her out before the big album launch. Supporting the band will big the incredibly talented and good looking Melbourne five piece The Sugarcanes. It’s a lineup not to be missed.
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $16.00.
••PHEONIX 5 Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
$5.00.
••LA BASTARD + HOT WINGS The Eastern, North Ballarat.
MOJO JUJU
••OH MERCY + PEARLS + STEVE MILLER BAND
Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••NEON QUEEN + DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE +
SUNBORNE + B-TWO + HIJACK + MR LOB Penny
Black, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + KAGU + PINBALL
MACHINE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 12:30pm. $20.00.
••NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + KAGU + IO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
9:30pm. $25.00.
••YEAR OF TURKEY - FEAT: BABA ZULA + BASHKA +
DJ MURAT ERTEL + CASA LA MOIS DJ + MONDO LOCO Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 9:00pm. $30.00. ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••ALEX BOWEN The Loft, Warrnambool. 8:00pm.
••ANZAC DAY - FEAT: THE WELLINGTONS +
DOGSDAY + SLIM WILLY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au ••BACKWOOD CREATURES Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••JUMPBOX + THE TOMCATS + HADROS
KALEIDOSCOPES + JACI Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
••KRAKEN FOLK SESSION - FEAT: VARIOUS ACTS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 3:00pm.
••MICK THOMAS & THE ROVING COMMISSION
ANZAC DAY Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 4:30pm.
••MONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••NICOLA MILAN & THE STRAY CAT CLUB Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
••RICK HART + THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 3:00pm.
••ZOE K Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.
SUNDAY APR 26
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••ALEX BOWEN + EDDIE BOYD & THE PHATAPILLARS
+ GENA ROSE BRUCE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $12.00.
••BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: EAST BRUNSWICK
ALL GIRLS CHOICR + THE PINK TILES + PALM SPRINGS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ••BILLY & EDDIE MILLER Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 4:00pm.
••BREATHLESSNESS LABEL NIGHT - FEAT:
SPLENDID + YOSHIMITSU + SUN BAZEL + DPDP The
Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 6:00pm. $7.00.
LANG BAND + KAVISHA MAZZELLA + LES THOMAS BAND Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $25.00. ••WESTERN STARS + THE MEAN TIMES + THE GLORIOUS NORTH + MARK WITH THE SEA Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $8.00.
Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••ZEVON & THE WEREWOLVES OF MELBOURNE Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 3:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••ALINTA & THE JAZZ EMPERORS + STRING
QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.
••ALL DAY FRITZ Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.
••CARINO SON Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. ••ESTEE BIG BAND + DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE +
SUNBORNE + B-TWO + HIJACK + MR LOB Penny
Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA FITZGERALD BY YVETTE
JOHANSSON Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
7:30pm. $40.00.
••IMPRESSIONS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
••JANELLE HOPMAN & OAKLEY GRENELL Open
Williamstown. 3:00pm.
••PAT BRUCE AND THE BACCHANALIANS + CAM
LEE-BROWN + TOMAHAWK + RUEBEN DUFFY Whole
Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 4:00pm.
••PLURAL (SINGLE LAUNCH) + HOLYOAKE +
JURASSIC NARK + APOCOLIPSTICK Bar Open, Fitzroy.
6:30pm.
••ROCKABILLY SUNDAYS - FEAT: HEELS ON DECKS
DJ Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 4:00pm. ••SCORCHERFEST - FEAT: DREAM FATIGUE + SMASH BROS + POETIC KAOS + VON VODDY + DIP BLAVISH B + CLAY ADAMS + SHOOGAHS + RIKI GRAHAM + AARON POLLOCK + REBEKAH + SOUTH END + CASSEL Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. ••SHANNON BOURNE PRESENTS JIMI HENDRIX AXIS BOLD AS LOVE Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick.
••MUNDANE MONDAYS - FEAT: TRANS SKY + BAYOU
+ SUMMER BLOKES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
7:00pm.
••ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
••THE RE-LAUNCH - FEAT: MELALUKA + SONS OF
MAY + CHEEKY GOOSE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.
8:00pm. $8.00.
Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00.
7:00pm. $6.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
••B3 BREAKOUT 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••CHRISTOPHER GORDON, MUJI & ZOUPA Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.
••THE SENSATIONAL HURRICANES Catfish, Fitzroy.
••DANA CZARSKI & NICOLAI SANADZE Ruby’s Music
••THE STEVE MARTINS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
••DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA + NILUSHA
5:00pm.
9:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••AINTREE SWEET Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. ••AMARILLO Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm.
••BONAFIDE TRAVELLERS + THE OLD MARRIED
COUPLE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. ••CHARLIE MARSHALL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ••CHRIS WILSON BLUES BAND Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. $5.00.
••CLOUD COVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: CASIMIR +
DAMON + JAE & LIONA + JESS + MELODY + DANEIL & ANNALISSA Purple Emerald, Northcote. 3:00pm. $3.00.
••COAL TRAIN ROBBERIES Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm.
GOYA + VDL WITCHES Public Bar, North Melbourne.
••FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND The Mercat, Melbourne.
••SUNNY HAWKINGS - FEAT: CLICK + NATAS + TUSK
PALE HEADS + MOTEL LOVE Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 8:00pm.
Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $12.50.
••MUSICAL THEATRE OPEN MIC NIGHT Ruby’s Music
••ESTHER BERTRAM Victoria Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick.
4:00pm.
••MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: KIM SALMON +
••VULTURES OF VENUS Public Bar, North Melbourne.
3:00pm. $18.00.
••SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: FAD + UNDERWATER
Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
••MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE SESSIONS The B.east,
••JAM THE FUNK - FEAT: MAYFIELD +
Collingwood. 4:00pm.
Best known for his John Safran vs God show, and probably never known for the short-lived hip hop outfit Red Cordial, John Safran’s going back to his musical roots with a DJ set at Laundry Bar. If you wanna see Father Bob in an ADIDAS tracksuit pumping to some sick beatz, head down to Laundry Bar this Saturday April 25 from 9pm.
••PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow
••THE HERE HERE’S 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.
••MICHELLE GARDINER Customs House Hotel,
DJ JOHN SAFRAN
Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Standard Hotel, Fitzroy.
SUPERSOUNDS MIXTAPE Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm. ••MAN WITH A BAND - FEAT: SEMI-HARD + ELEPHANT EGO + BOBBY BRAVE Tote Hotel,
The release of Splendour In The Grass’s 2015 line-up has probably been exciting enough in itself to receive any other news this week, but we’re going to give you more anyway.
••WISHFUL + THE WINTER SUNS + SPORTSMEN
••CITY SHARPS + NEW AGE Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm.
WITH JESS ZANONI
5:00pm.
12:00pm.
••JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm.
Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.
DASSENIAKE The Apartment, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15.00.
••ISANG ENDERS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••THE MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
TUESDAY APR 28
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••AXE GIRL + BLIND MUNKEE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••CHEAP KRAKEN RUM NIGHT - FEAT:
SWAMPLANDS + FINGERBONE BILL + DAMON SMITH Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $6.00. ••DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: HOLLOW HOUNDS + KEN OATH BAND + BALTER VADA + RICKY B WELL Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
••FITZROYALTY - FEAT: BIG SMOKE + LUKE
BRENNAN DUO Little & Olver, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm.
••KATE WHO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.
••NOAH EARP + ROBERT MUINOS + GRETTA RAY
NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH + URSINE John Curtin
••MATT WALKER & LOST RAGAS Post Office Hotel,
••WE ARE BUT CITIZENS + CHRIS WATTS BAND +
••SWIM SEASON + BAD PONY + THE Hotel, Carlton. 5:00pm. $10.00.
••THE CHOPS + SOMEONE ELSE’S WEDDING BAND Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.
••THE GATWICK HIGHLIFE + RHINOSONICS + THE
DEAD HEIR Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. ••THE JONESYBOYZ + DAVID FULLER DUO Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $15.00.
••THESE MACHINES CUT RAZOR WIRE - FEAT: JEFF
••KIM SALMON Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. Coburg. 4:30pm.
••SEAN MCMAHON Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm.
••SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
••SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 2:00pm.
••SUNDAY SONGWRITERS - FEAT: MITCHELL
••BEBOP DUO Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $12.50.
••GRABOWSKY, GUERRINI & SCHAUBLE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
••SUZETTE HERFT & PATRICK EVANS Ascot Vale Hotel,
••ISANG ENDERS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
••THE BAND THAT KNEW TOO MUCH Union Hotel
••PETER VOGLIS Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.
(brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••THE REVENANTS + MARIGOLD + JAY WARS &
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••IRISH SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ACTS Lomond
Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.
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BRENDAN FORWARD Public Bar, North Melbourne.
7:00pm. $6.00.
A. POWER + NEEKO + NICK EVANGELOU + ACOUSTICKY SITUATION + BRETT FRANKE Carters Bar, Northcote. 5:00pm.
WANTED BANDS/ACTS WANTED for Espy Shows. Shoot an email through to mark@gunnmusic.com.au for more details
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $5.00.
HAYLEY Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. ••THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS + THE UGLY KINGS + TWO HEADED DOG Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. ••TOBIAS HENGEVELD + THE BITTER SWEETHEARTS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
MONDAY APR 27
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••CRIMSONETTES + LUNA GHOST + THE CITRADELS
Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
6:00pm. $38.00.
6:00pm.
••ST HELENA’S SECONDARY COLLEGE Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••MATT BRADFORD + ZAC SLATER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
••THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE + DUNCAN GRAHAM Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••VICTORIANA GAYE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
••WINTER MOON + SPIRAL ARM Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
+ TOYOTA WAR Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00. ••MADDAWG MONDAYS - FEAT: T-REK Boney, WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV
Arts Centre Melbourne’s free hip hop mentoring program Dig Deep kicks off this week, and they’re calling for young emcees, vocalists or beat-makers aged 14-24 to get involved! An incredibly diverse range of young artists will work with a team of established hip-hop practitioners to create and present new work, develop peer mentoring skills and collaborate with young artists from other creative disciplines. It will run on Tuesdays 5pm at The Channel community space. Register now at www.digdeep.org.au The Music Network is seeking an editorial and data entry intern with a strong background in writing and a serious interest in the music industry. TMN interns work a minimum of two full days per week and are responsible for researching and writing news stories and reviews, news aggregation, conducting interviews and pitching features. Sounds alright hey? To be considered for an unpaid internship, send across your resume, a cover letter and 2-4 music-related writing pieces (reviews and news stories) to poppy. reid@themusicnetwork.com by April 24. Our city’s very own favourite psych-rock outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have recently announced their own national festival Gizfest. And they’ve been kind enough to hold an under 18 show on May 2 at The Corner Hotel with Dreamin’ Wild, Love Migrate, Atolls and Sleep Decade. This one’s gonna sell out real fast so get your hands on those tickets asap because it’s definitely not one to miss. Volunteers are wanted for the Emerge in the West Festival, happening on May 16 in Nicholson Street Footscray. The day will celebrate art, music, fashion, dance, circus and spoken word inspired by the vibrant local African community; jam packed with two lively stages active from 1pm – 7pm, walking tours, a fashion hub, craft workshops and a youth-led forum. Volunteer opportunities include assisting with bump-in/bump out, assisting artists, assistant stage manager, information table hosting, assisting at craft and workshop tents, traffic control and roving volunteers. Apply by emailing your interest, availability and relevant work experience to youth@multiculturalarts.com.au by May 1. Love singing or playing the Blues? The Youth In Blues program kicks off again this May, where you can get free mentoring in the history of the Blues, beats and rhythms, Blues song writing, technical and performance skills. The sessions are presented by renowned Bluesman Wayne Jury with help from some of Australia’s best Blues musicians, and open to anyone under 25. Sessions will run fortnightly from May 2 in West Melbourne. Register at www.mbas.org.au
ALL AGES GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 22
• Poetic Licence, Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, 7pm, $23 for adult, $18 for concession, www.darebinartscentre. com.au, AA SATURDAY APRIL 25
• North East Skate Series - Mount Beauty, Mt Beauty Skate Park, Lakeside Ave, Mt Beauty, 2-4.30pm, Free, www.alpineshire. vic.gov.au, AA • Psycroptic w/ Athenas Wake and Villa Morta, Wrangler Studios, 8C Whiteley Parade, West Footscray, 3pm, $5, www. facebook.com/pages/Wrangler-Studios, AA
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With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
DIGITAL SALES MATCH CDs FOR FIRST TIME
Global revenues from digital music services match those from physical format sales for the first time, as consumers embrace digital services. The International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI)'s Digital Music Report said that in 2014 digital revenues rose 6.9% to US$6.9 billion. It now represents 46% of all global music sales, which totals $14.97 billion. Further good news for the industry is that a steep 39% rise in subscription consumers offset an 8% decline in downloads. The number of paying users of subscription services rose 46.4% to 41 million. These are becoming more vital to the biz, representing 23% of the digital market and generating $1.6 billion. This is set to rise in 2015 as three major players enter the market: YouTube’s Music Key, Jay Z’s TIDAL and Apple’s unnamed service due in June. The problem that still remains is the low returns artists get from the digital sphere.
MELBOURNE CLUBS SCORE IN GLOBAL LISTS
Two Melbourne venues were in America’s Pollstar magazine’s global list of ticket sales for the first quarter of 2015. The Palais ranked #35 of theatres after selling 44, 723 tickets. The Corner in Richmond was #33 of Top 50 clubs with 22, 666. Frontier was top Aussie promoter (#6 with 469, 425) then Nine Lives (#18 with 219, 460), Chugg Entertainment (#25 with 143, 540) and Adrian Bohm Presents (#39 with 81,008),
THINGS WE HEAR
• Which regional festival is having second thoughts about continuing after a series of brawls? • Which C-grade media person who conned himself into a conference, claiming to be doing a report on the event, got tossed out when organisers discovered he hadn’t written for the claimed publication for six months? • Brisbane’s The Cairos split with bassist Reuben Schafer due to “too many conflicting views and beliefs.” • Splendour In The Grass is the latest Australian festival to ban selfie sticks. • The Qld Govt. is doing a survey on whether to increase the four concerts a year allowed by law at the 52,000-capacity Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. • On a quiet trip back to Adelaide, Sia lunched at Central Market and happily posed for pics with the owner of a fruit and vegetable stand while buying figs. • Postcard from Coachella: Katy Perry’s tour van broke down ten minutes out, and she and her entourage had to walk down the road with other patrons … just before Justin Bieber was put in a headlock and thrown out by festival security for acting like a prat in the VIP lounge, he had a run-in with Aussie DJ Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald who was backstage for AC/DC. They accidentally bumped into each other, Bieber pushed him aside, Nova’s Fitzy shoved back, and was thrown against the fence by Bieb’s security goons … George Maple made a surprise feature during What So Not’s set providing vocals for single Gemini. • Brisbane EDM duo Mashd N Kutcher who posted some remixes and videos where they’re cavorting with a pizza delivery guy and 7/11 shop assistant, notched up 1 million views in four days.
• Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre launched last Friday, its 953-seat auditorium with a 14.5-metre stage, orchestra pit and fly tower. Its first performance, from May 22, is a Ned Kelly musical – apt, since the THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK: theatre is built on the old Sandhurst Gaol which RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP closed 2004. Bendigo Tourism wants to develop it BACK as an off-Broadway type place where productions The 2015 Reclink Community Cup clash between the try-out before Melbourne. Rockdogs and Triple R / PBS Megahertz will fight it out at Elsternwick Park on Sunday June 21. The event which • Latest renovations at OneSixOne on Chapel St began in 1994, raises over $100,000 for Reclink’s sport include a stage which is double the height of the old one. It will mean a better performance space for and arts programs for disadvantaged Aussies. live acts and guest DJs and double as a new booth SOLD! ARTIST VOICE TO area with couches.
AMERICA
The Artist Voice agency, set up by Matt Gudinski and Brett Murrihy as part of Mushroom Group, was bought over by America’s powerful WME (William Morris Endeavor). Now called WME Asia Pacific, Murrihy (with new title Head of Asia Pacific for Music) and six agents are retained to work the Australian, NZ and Asian markets. Gudinski and Mushroom are no longer involved.
• Plans to renovate The Forum Theatre may be kaput. Planning Minister at the time, Matthew Guy, approved for the Marriner Group to include a $70 million 107-metre high hotel and retail site behind the theatre on Flinders St. But Melbourne City Council took it to the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) which agreed only Council could have approved.
• A teen who turned up to a Queensland court in a Red Hot Chili Peppers T-shirt was called a “grub” Nine Entertainment’s concert and events division Nine by the judge and told to go home and change. Lives was sold to Asian private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners for $640 million. Nine wants to • Who will be third headliner at the UK’s concentrate on its TV, digital and subscription streaming Glastonbury festival alongside Foo Fighters businesses. Nine Lives, which toured One Direction this and Kanye West? Bookies are offering 3/1 on year, may have a name change but the new owners will Coldplay, Stone Roses at 4/1, Madonna and Blur maintain its projects, including the Ricky Martin tour. at 5/1, Oasis 8/1, One Direction at 25/1.
SOLD! NINE LIVE TO ASIA
SURVEY: WHY WE LISTEN TO COMMUNITY RADIO
The Community Broadcasting Association’s annual Community Radio National Listener Survey reveals listeners spent an average of 17 hours a week (23% for over 20 hours), with 53% streaming online. They number 4.7 million (5.2 million in 2013) and represent 26% of Australian radio listeners. 39% of music played is Australian (2000 hours a day). 33% of the 15 – 24 demographic tune in because of its support for Aussie indie music, 40% of metro listeners because of specialist music programs. NT had the highest amount of listeners. Of weekly listeners, 54% are males and 46% female. 26% of listeners are aged 25 to 39 and a third aged 55. Up to 7% (1.3 million) do not listen to commercial radio, and 11% (2.1 million) don’t listen to SBS or the ABC. A high proportion of listeners are Christian (55%) while 30% have no religious beliefs. 40% of listeners work full time, 8% are students.
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NEW CERTIFICATIONS: IMPALA HIT PLATINUM CITY
Tame Impala’s Lonerism is platinum, as is Nickelback’s No Fixed Address. Singles going platinum are Wiz Khalifa’s See You Again, Lazer’s Lean On and Omi’s Cheerleader. Going gold are Skrillex & Diplo’s Where Are U Now, Galantis’s Runaway, Jason Derulo’s Want To Want Me, Ed Sheeran’s Bloodstream, Zedd’s I Want You To Know and Big Sean’s I Don’t Fuck With You.
SPOTIFY SET FOR $400M CASH BOOST
Spotify has secured US$400 million in funding bringing its value to $8.4 billion. That makes the streaming company one of the highest valued private technology companies in the world. This comes at a time when Spotify nervously awaits
Apple’s rival service in June. Spotify has also bolstered its presence by hiring no less than four lobby groups in the U.S. and the UK. Last week Wiz Khalifa set a new record for most Spotify streams in 24 hours in the US. Fast & Furious 7 soundtrack single See You Again racked up 4.2 million streams, making it go to #1 in several countries including Australia. It also set a new record for most streamed in a week, with 21.9 million.
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY SLEEPS
Chet Faker is the Aussie who most puts us to sleep, and Ed Sheeran the overseas equivalent. The National Sleep Foundation says Ed’s soothing Thinking Out Loud was most-streamed song in Oz and globally across 2.8 million ‘sleep’ themed playlists on Spotify. Faker’s Talk Is Cheap was highest local cut at #6. “People tend to gravitate toward mellow, laid back vocals between the baritone and tenor range—similar to why lullabies are effective for helping people relax,” said Dr. Max Hirshkowitz of the US foundation. Music that is rhythmically stable, unlike TV or traffic noise, also helps. The remaining Top 5 tracks giving us the zzzz’s were Hozier’s Take Me To Church at #2, Sam Smith’s Stay With Me, Sheeran’s I See Fire and Passenger’s Let Her Go.
SARAH BELKNER JOINS 123
Sydney singer/songwriter, arranger and composer Sarah Belkner joined the artist roster of 123 Agency. She releases a new single and video Humans, following up the buzz-creating With You, and plays Shebeen (Wed April 29).
THY ART IS MURDER DECLARE WAR AT UNFD
Thy Art Is Murder signed with UNFD with third album Holy War due June 28. 2012’s Hate debuted at #35 on the ARIA chart, the highest for an Australian extreme metal act. It came out in the US on Nuclear Blast and TAIM sellsout 800-1000 capacity venues across the UK, US, Australia and Germany. Holy War, says guitarist Andy Marsh, “is our war on racism, homophobia, child abuse, animal cruelty and all evil born of religious immunity, indoctrination, and ignorance. It is ultimately a push for secularism and humanism. Without it, we will be left in the hands of mad men.” UNFD’s Luke Logemann says the label’s plan is to match TAIM’s live success with record sales.
LIFELINES Expecting: Billy Joel, 65, and girlfriend Alexis Roderick, 33. He has a daughter Alexa Ray, 29, with supermodel ex-wife Christie Brinkley. Engaged: Ronan Keating proposed to Aussie girlfriend Storm Uechtritz during a Thailand holiday. Injured: Florence Welch broke her foot jumping around onstage at Coachella. Ill: George Ezra forced to cancel US shows feeling “very ill and run down.” In Court: a US man is divorcing his wife claiming she had sex with every member of Wu-Tang Clan. Sued: Lil Wayne by his former tour bus driver who says that at a stop in Buffalo to fill up with petrol, the rapper became irate and threatened to pistol-whip him and kill him and “came at him with a gun, cocked it at close range.” In Court: Rebecca Hannibal, 19, changed her plea to guilty of supplying the E-tab which killed her bestie Georgina Bartter at Harbourlife Sydney. In Court: two WA homophobes who attacked and killed former Sydney club DJ Warren Gerard Batchelor, 48, after finding him having sex with another man in a Perth public toilet cubicle, were jailed for life in the WA Supreme Court with a minimum of 21 years. Arrested: Nelly in Tennessee on drug charges. When cops pulled over his tour bus for not displaying a sticker, they smelled pot and found handguns. Died: US soul singer Percy Sledge, best known for When A Man Loves A Woman, aged 71, from liver cancer. Died: 23-year old AC/DC fan, and University of Colorado student Jannik Andersen, was struck by a train on his way home after seeing them at Coachella. Died: Gary Nessel, co-founder of groundbreaking Australian tech firms, Strauss Sound Systems and Nova Sounds, 68, after a long illness. Died: Melbourne club DJ and model Sharky Jama 25, reportedly killed while fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria.
CREATIVE VICTORIA SETS UP TASKFORCE
Creative Victoria set up a 15-person taskforce under Melbourne University Press chief executive Louise Adler to come up with a new arts policy for the state’s creative industry by October. Performers Shaun Micallef and Eddie Perfect join filmmaker Tony Ayres, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) CEO Katrina Sedgwick, ARIA chief executive Dan Rosen, artist and academic Callum Morton and Bendigo Art Gallery director Karen Quinlan. Victoria’s creative industries contributed $22.7 billion to Victoria in 2013 – representing 8% of the state’s economy. It employed 220,000 and generated $1.4 billion in exports and attracted cultural tourism worth $1 billion.
LEGAL CHAT AT WHITE SKY HUB
Marcus Walkom and Peter Ryan from Media Arts Lawyers will have a legal discussion at White Sky Hub in Collingwood on April 28 at 8.30 pm. Walkom represents artists, managers, labels, publishers and producers from the UK, North America, Europe, India and Australia. He runs his own boutique label and management firm We Are Golden. Ryan is experienced in trademark practice, earlier working in copyright and management for Allans Publishing in Melbourne and Music Sales in Sydney. More info at whiteskyhub.com.au.
EMPIRE CLUB LAUNCHING REGULAR LIVE ACTS
After a year of operation, Empire Club of Narre Warren will showcase bands on a regular basis at its 850-capacity band room. Empire Live kicks off on Sunday May 3, filling a gap in the Southeast suburbs.
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NEW ACT FOR MILWAUKEE MUSIC
Milwaukee Music is now working with Millar Jukes & The Bandits, a Melbourne folk/Americana band who’re just back from the U.S. An EP is due this year, new single Chase The Sun is launched at Workers Club April 24.
MEG WILLIAMS AT INERTIA GROUP
Meg Williams is new Head of Promotions at Inertia Group. She will handle Inertia’s promo for its labels and distributions, and also launches its move into offering external PR services. She was co-director of Spark & Opus which ran marketing campaigns for major and indie acts and executive director at the Association of Artist Managers and MusicNSW project manager.
KIX GOES NATIONAL
Grant Broadcasters’ network of country music stations KIX, HOT and Top Country are re-branded as KIX The Hottest Country nationally. The network, which has 40 stations around the country, will not change the music mix.
NICK SAXON’S GOOD DEED
When Newcastle singer/songwriter, surfer and National Geographic adventurer, Nick Saxon, was on assignment in Kelantan, Malaysia, he met master musician Rozi who was born without eyes. After hearing Rozi’s house was destroyed in flooding last December, he set about to raise funds to help him re-build. He has a limited edition release For Rozi, A Pilgrim’s Journey with 10 songs, including three unreleased tracks and two unreleased videos. It is available on USB stick only at shows during his April 23 to May 29 tour.