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Please Do Not Litter
March 7, 2018
FREE
Issue N o 1616
AT BRUNSWICK
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Pitch Music Festival Roadtrip/Anoushka Shankar/Camp Cope/Perfume Genius

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8pm $10 band
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EDINBURGH
room 8pm $6 bandroom
HOTEL
CASTLE
WESTON
HOTEL
$15 Jugs of Coburg Lager Mon - Fri before 6pm
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CHARLES
WESTON
MRS SMITH TRIVIA, 8PM
HOTEL
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CHARLES
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Pizza & Bar
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DJ SMOKE BELLOW
CHARLES
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HOTEL
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UNPAINTED
PROSPECTS
5PM FREE BEER GARDEN
DJ’S CHIPS & SALAD
9PM FREE BEER GARDEN
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SATURDAY 26 MARCH
TUESDAYS
DANIKA SMITH
MONDAYS
ROO & WINE $14.99
TUESDAYS
$12 BURGERS
5PM FREE FRONT BAR
CASTLE
TUESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS
$15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER MON - FRI MONDAYS BEFORE 6PM
$14.99 ROO & WINE
LIVE DJ’S
Saturday 1 April
Phia
5PM FREE BEER GARDEN
THURSDAYS
MONDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
ROO & WINE $14.99 6PM FREE $12 BEER PIE GARDEN NIGHT
MRS SMITH TRIVIA, 8PM
MONDAYS DJ’S $12 CHIPS PARMA & SALAD
9PM FREE BEER GARDEN
ROO & WINE $ 14 .99
THURSDAY
TUESDAYS
18 MAY
THURSDAYSS
$15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER
$12 BURGERS DJ ERNIE POT & PARMA DEE -$15
9PM FREE BEER GARDEN
EVERY DAY BEFORE 6PM $15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER MON - FRI BEFORE 6PM
MICK TURNERW/ ZÖJ
TUESDAYS
27 WESTON ST, BRUNSWICK
LIVE DJ’S SATURDAY WEEKLY 22 APRIL
FRI 9 MARCH SATURDAY 8.30PM 26 MARCH FREE FRONT BAR
MON-THU FRI-SUN CHARLES WESTON HOTEL@GMAIL.COM 681 SYDNEY RD. BRUNSWICK, (03)9386
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JOYCE PRESCHER
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19 MAY
Mondays
5PM FREE FRONT BAR
$12 PIE NIGHT ROO &WINE Pizza & Bar
6PM FREE
BEN $ 14 .99 DJS FLOTSAM & JETSAM
MASTWYK 9PM FREE BEER & GARDEN
TUESDAYS
THURSDAYS
MONDAYS LISA CRAWLEY
WEDNESDAYS
ROO & WINE $14.99 6PM FREE $12 BEER PIE GARDEN NIGHTSUNDAY Tuesdays
$12 PARMA
$12 BURGERS
Wednesday 23 APRIL 7 March
KEV WALSH
WEDNESDAYS
DJ ERNIE TUESDAYS DEE THURSDAYSS
$15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER
$12 BURGERS POT & PARMA -$15
9PM $12 FREE
DJ PIE DUSTIN NIGHT M C 5PM FREE FRONT BAR
CLEAN 7.00pm free
MONDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
EVERY DAY BEFORE 6PM $15 JUGS OF THURSDAYS
COBURG 9PM LAGER FREE MON BEER ROO - FRI & BEFORE GARDEN
WINE $14.99 6PM $12 PIE NIGHT
TUESDAYS
THURSDAYSS
LIVE $12 DJ’S PARMA SATURDAY WEEKLY
$12 20 BURGERS MAY
POT & PARMA -$15
WEDNESDAYS
$12 PIE NIGHT
$15 COBURG LAGER
THURSDAYSS
JUGS BEFORE 6PM
POT 27 WESTON & ST, PARMA BRUNSWICK -$15
WEEKLY
WWW.EDINBURGHCASTLE.NET.AU
$15 COBURG LAGER
SAT 10 MARCH
JUGS BEFORE 6PM
27 WESTON ST, BRUNSWICK
SUN 11 MARCH
WEDNESDAYS
$12 PIE NIGHT
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TUESDAYS
THURSDAYS
$15 JUGS $12 BURGERS
OF COBURG LAGER MON $15 POT - FRI BEFORE & PARMA 6PM
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27 WESTON ST, BRUNSWICK
681 SYDNEY RD. BRUNSWICK, (03)9386 7580
WWW.EDINBURGHCASTLE.NET.AU
Sunday 2 April
TWILIGHT IN TULSA
6PM FREELIVE DJ’S
Broadstone ‘Genesis’
Single Launch
2pm, Band room, $5
Tuesday 4 April
The Moulin Beige
7.30pm, Band Room
250 High st, Northcote Hill
94
6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free
250 High st, Northcote Hill
Wesley Anne
Bar,
9482 13
$15 ticket
Liv Cartledge
Bar,
$30
‘Timber’ EP Launch Danny Ross Restaurant,
meal & show
Etc.
250 High st, Northcote Hill 8pm, Band Room, $10 6pm, Front Bar, Free
9482 1
Thursday 250 High 23 March st, Northcote Friday Hill 24 March Saturday 25 March Sunday 26 March Tuesday 28
Thu 8 March Fri 9 March Sat 10 March Sun 11 Bar,
March
Refraction
Wesley $15 Jugs Frances of Coburg Gumm Lager Nick Murray Mon Davies - West
Fri Trio before Agogo
Anne
9482 13
Dom Italiano
Wattle PB Bar, & March
6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free
and Wood Jam Restaurant, Night
250 High st, Northcote Hill
6pm, Front Bar, FreeDevil 7pm,
Scott Robbie Mechanical
Etc. Front Bar, $5
9482 13
Etc.
Frontier
front bar 6pm free band room 2pm
Candlish
the Rooftop
Open front from bar 6pm 2pm free
$12 pre / $15 door
Mon
Wesley
Boyd Pterodactyl
- Thu, 12pm Fri - Sun
Anne
Thursday 23 March Friday 24 March Saturday 25 March Sunday 26 March Tuesday 28 Bar,
March
8pm, Band Room, 8pm, Band Refraction Room 8pm, Davies Band Room, West $10 Trio Agogo Wattle
front bar
PB
6pm
&
free
$10Thursday The Shifties 18 May $10 pre 6pm, / $15 Front Friday door Bar, Free 19 6pm, May Front Bar, Free 6pm, Saturday Front Bar, Free 20 and May Wood Jam Sunday Night 21 May
6pm, Front Bar, Free 7pm, Front Bar, $5
250 High st, Northcote Hill WEDNESDAYS /
band
wesleyanne.com.au
room 8pm Scott $10 Robbie Joyce Prescher Mechanical
Kyle Brew Secret Native
TRIVIA /9482 Don’t 1333 The Etc.
Candlish Boyd
front with bar 6pm SPARKS
Pterodactyl
Blue
6pm free front bar 8pm, Band 6pm Room, free front 8pm, Band bar Room 8pm, free Band Room, $10 7.30pm
$10Thursday 20 April $10 pre / $15 Friday door 21 April Thank Saturday Me 22 AprilTwo Sunday Few 23 April
Thursday 30 March Friday 31 March Saturday 1 April Sunday 2 April Tuesday 6pm 4 April free front bar
Jose Nieto WEDNESDAYS Shaky 2 Inch Stills Tape Liana & Spank Me Bossa Brunwsick Red line 4
Refraction
Davies West 6pm free front bar Phia TRIVIA with Broadstone SPARKS ‘Genesis’ 6pm free front The bar Moulin 7.30pm Beige 2pm $10 band room
WEDNESDAYS 6pm,
Farewell
Front Bar, FreeGig
6pm, Front Bar, 8pm Free $10
6pm,
band
Front
roomThe Bar, Free Perolas 6pm Single free Launch front bar 7.30pm, Band Room
Thursday 30 March Friday 31 March 6pm free front Saturday bar1 April Sunday 2 April Tuesday 4 April
THE
TRIVIA with SPARKS 2pm, Band room, $5
8pm $10 band room The Forgotten
Nahko and $15 Medicine 7.30pm
ticket Danny Ross
Refraction
Liv
Davies
Cartledge
West Phia
Broadstone ‘Genesis’ The Moulin Beige
6pm, Front Bar, Free 6pm, Front Bar, Free
For
6pm, Front Bar, Free Single
the
Launch
People $30 (US): meal 7.30pm, & show Band 6pm Room free front bar
Ghost
EDINBURGH
‘Timber’ EP Timothy Launch Danny Ross 2pm, Band room, $5
8pm $10 band room
$15 ticket
8pm, Band Room, James $10 Liv
Bowen
Cartledge Tim & Chitty
6pm, Front Bar, Free
‘Timber’ EP Launch 8pm Danny , Band Ross Room
$30 meal & show
Thu 15 March Fri16 March
Sat 17 8pm March $20 band room
8pm, Band Room, $10 $25 6pm, pre Front / Sun18 $30 Bar, door Free March
CASTLE
Frances Gumm Frontier Thursday Nick 25 Murray May$15 Jugs WEDNESDAYS Friday of Coburg 26 May Joyce Lager Prescher Mon - Saturday Fri before 276pm
$15 Jugs TRIVIA of Coburg Lager Mon with - Fri May before SPARKS Melbourne 6pm Sunday
7.30pm
28 May
front bar 6pm free YES QUEEN
front bar 6pm Open free from Secret 2pm Native
front Mon Open bar from - Thu, 6pm 2pm 12pm Mon free
Don’t - Thu, Fri Thank - 12pm Sun Me Fri Composer’s - Sun Melody
League
Thursday 27 April Friday 28 April Saturday 29 April Sunday Moon 30 April
+ Callum Gentleman
band room 2pm
Tom HOTEL
Dockray
Carus
250
Thompson
High st, Northcote 6pm free 250 front High Hill bar st,
Mary
/ Northcote wesleyanne.com.au Hill Spank / wesleyanne.com.au Me
Webb + Phia
/9482 1333 /9482 1333
Shaky Stills
Liana & The Perolas Bossa Brunswick
Elbow Room Concert
6pm free front bar 6pm free front bar 6pm free front 6pm bar free front 6pm bar free front bar EP Launch 2pm $10 band room
band room 8pm
band room 8pm ‘Winter’ Screening band room
THE
8pm $15
2pm Danny $8 band Ross room
$8 WEDNESDAYS
Pre / $10 door
Market
$20
Lane
pre / $25 door
w/ Winter York
THE EDINBURGH
6pm free band room
CHARLES
WESTON
HOTEL
THU 8 MARCH
RAMBLIN’ ASH & RUBY GILBERT
6:30PM
FRIDAYS
PUB BINGO WITH TREV & SPARKS7PM
BEER O’CLOCK
PAY THE TIME FOR PINTS BETWEEN 6PM-9.59PM
SAT 10 MARCH
BEN CARTER 6.30PM
FREE
FREE
MONDAYS
ROO &WINE $ 14 .99
TUESDAYS
$12 BURGERS
WEDNESDAYS
$12 PIE NIGHT
MON-THU
3PM TO LATE
$12 PARMA
FRI-SUN
NOON TO LATE
GREG STEPS
THURSDAY 23 MARCH
6.30PM
FRIDAY 24 MARCH
PUB BINGO WITH TREV & SPARKS6.30PM
BEER O’CLOCK
THU 18 MAY
FRI 19 MAY
CHARLES WESTON HOTEL@GMAIL.COM
OR GIVE US A BELL ON 9380 8777
TIARYN 6.30PM
SATURDAY 25 MARCH
PUB BINGO WITH TREV & SPARKS7PM
BEER O’CLOCK
PAY THE TIME FOR PINTS BETWEEN 6PM-9.59PM
DJ MARNI LA ROCCA
KHRISTIAN MIZZI
SAT 20 MAY
& MEGAN BERNARD
6.30PM
FREE
LACH LANEOUS & ZIGGY ZEITGEIST
6.30PM
PAY THE TIME FOR PINTS BETWEEN 6PM-9.59PM
FREE
LIVE
MUSIC
EVERY
WEEK
MON-THU
3PM TO LATE
FREE
FREE
SATURDAY 26 MARCH
$12 BURGERS UNPAINTED DANIKA SMITH
WEDNESDAYS
5PM FREE FRONT
PROSPECTS
FRIDAY BAR 21 APRIL
MRS $12 PIE NIGHT SMITH TRIVIA, 8PM
MONDAYS
ROO &WINE $ MAT 14 .99 BLACK
6PM FREE
$12 BURGERS
WEDNESDAYS
DJ LADY BLADES
$12 PIE NIGHT 9PM FREE
THURSDAYS
MONDAYS
ROO & WINE $14.99
$12 PARMA
MON-THU
3PM TO LATE
FRI-SUN
NOON TO LATE
FREE
FREE
FREE
FRI-SUN CHARLES WESTON HOTEL@GMAIL.COM
NOON TO LATE OR GIVE US A BELL ON 9380 8777
CHARLES WESTON HOTEL@GMAIL.COM
OR GIVE US A BELL ON 9380 8777
CASTLE
SATURDAY 25 MARCH
TUESDAYS
$12 BURGERS
681 SYDNEY RD. BRUNSWICK, (03)9386 7580
WWW.EDINBURGHCASTLE.NET.AU
TRICK DOG SYNDICATE
W/ LEWIS COLEMAN (CACTUS CHANNEL)
HOTEL
LOSUMO
681 SYDNEY RD. BRUNSWICK, (03)9386 7580
$15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER MON - FRI BEFORE 6PM
LIVE DJ’S WEEKLY
5PM FREE BEER GARDEN
THE KNAVE
9PM FREE BEER GARDEN
SATURDAY 21 MAY
GIBBIRISH
4PM FREE BEER GARDEN
THURSDAYSS
POT & PARMA -$15
$15 JUGS OF COBURG LAGER MON - FRI BEFORE 6PM
Pizza & Bar
2-4-1
Wednesday
Pizza
Restaurant,
WEDNESDAYS
TRIVIA with SPARKS 7.30pm
CHARLES
GREG STEPS
THURSDAY 23 MARCH
6.30PM
FRIDAY 24 MARCH
PUB BINGO WITH TREV & SPARKS6.30PM
BEER O’CLOCK
SODA EAVES6.30PM
THU 20 APRIL
SATURDAY 25 MARCH
LACH LANEOUS & ZIGGY ZEITGEIST
6.30PM
PAY THE TIME FOR PINTS BETWEEN 6PM-9.59PM
FRI 21 APRIL
PUB BINGO WITH TREV & SPARKS6.30PM
BEER O’CLOCK
PAY THE TIME FOR PINTS BETWEEN 6PM-9.59PM
LIVE
MUSIC
EVERY
WEEK
DJ MARNI LA ROCCA
LOSUMO
SAT 22 APRIL
6.30PM
MON-THU
3PM TO LATE
FRI-SUN
NOON TO LATE
FREE
FREE
FREE
WEDNESDAYS
FREE
FREE
FREE
CHARLES WESTON HOTEL@GMAIL.COM
OR GIVE US A BELL ON 9380 8777
CASTLE
8.30PM FREE FRONT BAR
MIJO BISCAN
‘Wings Out Open Wide’
The Blue Two Few
6pm free front bar
Trivia with Conor
Max Teakle’s Muso Jazz Tuesdays Revolution 7pm $5
Friday 21st April
Great Aunt 7pm $FREE
Wednesdays
$12 Vege Night Saturday
$12 Vege from 22nd
Night 5pm April
Wattle and Wood 7pm $FREE
Thursday 8 Thursdays March Sunday 23rd April
Jersey Bob + Hugh McGinlay 4pm $FREE
Trivia with Trivia Connor with Connor
319 Lygon st
Pizza & Wine 7.30pm $19.99 $FREE 9387 6779
East Brunswick
7.30pm freeFriday 19th May
Friday 9 March Joe Op w/ Erik Parker + Tom
M Eduardo Fowkes 7pm $10
7:00 PM free Saturday 20th May
Zac Saber + Charlee Gesser
Saturday 10
WEDNESDAYS + Heart
March
on Sleeve 7pm $9
$12 PIE NIGHT Chemtrails
7:00 PM free Sunday 21st May
Josh Kelly Trash Trio
Sunday 11 March 4pm free
Sporting Poets
WEEKLY 4:00 PM free
681 SYDNEY RD. BRUNSWICK, (03)9386 7580
WWW.EDINBURGHCASTLE.NET.AU
The Anecdote
Album Launch
8pm $15 band room
Tuesdays
2-4-1 Pizza
Monday 12 March
Two for One Pizza!
$12 Vege Night
Thursdays
Restaurant,
319 Lygon st
9387 6779
East Brunswick
Tuesday 13 March
Piano Karaoke with Lisa Crawley
319 Lygon st
East Brunswick 9387 6779
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International women’s day
at the Drunken poet
on Wednesday and Thursday this week
Wednesday 7th March
Wine, whiskey & Women
8pm: Theresa Duffy Richards
9pm: Candice McLeod
Thursday 8th March
8pm: Kelly Breuer
9pm: Georgie Currie
Friday 9th March
6pm: Traditional Irish Music Session
8.30pm: Clap Hands
Saturday 10th March
3pm: Say Nothing & Guests
9pm: The Jump Devils
Sunday 11th March
4pm: Gallie
6.30pm: Say Nothing & Guests
Tuesday 13th March
TUESDAY TRIBUTE
8pm: Black Velvet Play
Chaka Khan
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(directly opposite Queen Vic Market),
Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au
This Week:
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FRIDAY 9TH MARCH - 8:30PM $10
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SATURDAY 10TH MARCH - 8:30PM $10
DIPLOID
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JONO BARWICK
SUNDAY 11TH MARCH - 7:30PM $10
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Issue N o 1616
Contents
10
15
16
News
Arts Guide
Industry
Hip Hop
Punk
18
19
20
Jojo Abot
Pitch Music Festival Roadtrip
The Moldy Fig
Big Picture Film Festival
21
Anoushka Shankar
The Hills Are Alive
22
Live At Warrawee
Camp Cope
Page. 23
23
24
Kerryn Fields
Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Camp Cope
Gallery at Ferdyduke
Perfume Genius
25
Video Suitcase Performance
The Brungas
26
28
Live
Album of the Week
Singles
Jazz Party
Page. 22
Perfume Genius
Page. 24
29
31
Profiles
Gig Guide
Editor’s Note
Socials
With
Gloria Brancatisano
Wherever you’re reading this – on the train, at your kitchen table, at your desk, at the
pub – I want you to think about the incredible women in your lives. Think about all
they do and all they’ve had to carry.
To all the strong, incredible, intelligent, resilient women, non-binary and gnc
people kicking butt every day, please keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t be afraid
to celebrate your achievements, don’t be afraid to speak up and speak out, and never
ever be afraid to ask for more. Thank you for influencing and inspiring me, and those
around you, every single day. You can’t be what you can’t see, and every time you put
yourself out there, you’re sending a ripple into the universe.
If we leave behind one thing, let it be that all the women that come after us have
the easiest path to outdo us in every way possible – in that way, it’ll all be worth it.
And in the word’s of Rupi Kaur (who is so much better at words than I) “We all
move forward when we recognise how resilient and striking the women around us
are.” Because every day I’m realising it more and more.
Happy International Women’s Day.
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globally revered electronic act What So Not has announced a
home country leg for his world tour. What So Not’s Beautiful
Things world tour will bring him to Melbourne on Saturday
June 23, where he’ll hit up The Forum. Tickets are up for grabs
now via the Beautiful Things Tour website.
Boogie Festival Announce
Final Round of DJs and Bands
for Their Lineup
With a month to go until Boogie 12 gets underway, the festival
has unleashed the final stack of goodness that’ll feature on their
lineup. Justin & The Cosmics will be flying in for a boogie,
alongside Nashville husband and wife duo The Smoking Flowers,
indie-rockers The San Sebastian as well as Southern River Band.
DJs include David Smiley, Glenny G, Emma Peel, Faux Pas Noir
and Larry Kronick Jr. The extended lineup comes alongside the
already announced Didirri, Deer Tick, Tropical Fuck Storm, and
more. Boogie Festival will go down from Friday March 30 until
Sunday April 1 at Our Friend’s Farm, Tallarook.
Missy Higgins
Reveals ‘Solastalgia’ Australian tour dates
Beloved Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins will be
touring around the country in celebration of her long-awaited
fifth studio album Solastalgia. Set to go down throughout May,
Missy Higgins will play a hometown show at Melbourne’s
Palais Theatre on Sunday May 13. With special guest Gordi
joining, this is a gig not to be missed. Tickets are available now
via Ticketmaster.
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Featuring charismatic and revered punk-metal headliners High
Tension and Earth Rot, the heaving lineup also includes the
likes of The Horror, Hybrid Nightmares, SNAKES, Shatter
Brain and Dead Root. You can check out the lineup in full,
as well as grab your tickets via the official Blacken Open Air
website. Gear up, it’s all going down in Alice Springs from
Saturday March 31 until Monday April 2.
Flight Facilities
Release new single, announce Australian tour
Globally-acclaimed duo Flight Facilities have released an
impeccably polished and fluent new single in ‘Need You’
featuring NÏKA. To celebrate, they’ve announced a run of rare
and intimate shows across the country – a far cry from their
run of orchestral headline shows or international festival stages.
Stopping by Melbourne, Flight Facilities will play 170 Russell
on Tuesday May 1, with tickets available now via Secret Sounds.
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders Drop
Brand New Single and Accompanying Tour
Dates
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders have announced their return to the scene, with a new
brooding and beautiful ballad entitled ‘White Flag’. The single comes as the first taste of
their forthcoming album Blue Poles, set to be released on Friday May 4 via Barely Dressed
Records / Remote Control. Of the album, Ladder says, “Blue Poles is the most melodic
thing I’ve ever done. I really pushed myself into some uncomfortable places.” The band has
also announced a run of east coast launch shows to celebrate the record, popping by The
Corner Hotel on Friday May 18. Tickets via Eventbrite.
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Deep thinking and lyrically compelling DIY rock trio MOD
CON have announced a three-stop Australian tour alongside
the announcement of their debut album, Modern Convenience.
After dropping the record on Friday April 6 via Poison City
Records, the Melbourne natives will kick off the tour in their
hometown, performing on Friday April 20 at The Tote. Tickets
via Poison City Records’ website.
With their hotly anticipated second album Echoes In Blue due
for release Friday April 6 on I OH YOU, City Calm Down has
announced they’ll take it on their biggest Australian tour to date
in June to celebrate. April’s long-awaited release follows the
band’s 2015 debut album, In A Restless House. Before heading
out across Australia and New Zealand, City Calm Down
will tour the UK and Europe in May, including appearances
at festivals The Great Escape and Gold Sounds. A fierce live
act not to be missed, you can catch the Melbourne four-piece
at The Forum on Friday June 15 with tickets available via
Ticketmaster.
Alex Cameron
Locks in 2018 Melbourne show
Fresh from shredding it at Laneway and playing a stellar
headline show alongside it, Alex Cameron is wasting no
time by hitting the road again with a forthcoming national
tour. Bringing his full band along with him, and with support
from Body Type, it’s set to be a ripper. It all comes before the
captivating Cameron joins The Killers on their run of ANZ
stadium shows. Alex Cameron will play the Croxton Bandroom
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Best known for featuring on Drake’s ‘Hold On, We’re Going
Home,’ Toronto-based R&B outfit Majid Jordan have announced
that they’ll grace Australian stages later in the year. Majid Al
Maskati and Jordan Ulman formed the project in college and
have been on a steady climb since. They’ll come Down Under
armed with their latest retro-futuristic album The Space Between,
hitting up 170 Russell on Friday July 27. General tickets going on
sale through Live Nation from Tuesday March 13.
My Friend The Chocolate
Cake
Announce series of national concerts
Classic Australian pop-noir group My Friend The Chocolate
Cake are set to take to the road for a series of concerts this
June and July, performing songs from their highly-acclaimed
2017 album, The Revival Meeting, alongside old favourites
from their extensive back catalogue. The triple-ARIA winning
six-piece is songwriting genius David Bridie, combined with
glorious strings and a captivating stage presence. My Friend
The Chocolate Cake will stop by the Melbourne Recital
Centre on Saturday July 14. Tickets are available via the venue.
Section 8 Leukaemia Foundation
Fundraiser Next Week
Section 8 will hold a Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser on Thursday March 15, giving
even more reason to flock to the Tattersalls Lane venue. Helmed by Melbourne’s DJ
Melo, who lost her mother Angelita last month, the fundraiser will see up to two
metres of luscious locks shaved, with the help of Erick Ramos – whose grandmother
Gloria passed away from leukaemia before he was born – also taking part. JPS, Nam,
YO! MAFIA, Slick P, Rintrah and Melo will provide the soundtrack while barbers
from Creator’s Lounge will be doing cuts for a donation from 3pm. Erick and Melo
will donate their shaved hair to Hair With Heart, an organisation that collects hair
to make wigs for children whom have lost their hair due to illness. Check out the
Facebook event ‘To Mama, With Love’ to stay up to date.
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Everyone’s Favourite Hip Hop
Newcomer Baker Boy, Locks in a
2018 Headline Tour
Image Credit: Ian Laidlaw
Fresh from killing it throughout festival season and touring with the
likes of 50 Cent, powerhouse hip hop newcomer Baker Boy is set
to take his headline tour across Australia. Bringing his stellar tracks
‘Cloud 9,’ ‘Marryuna’ and more along with him, Baker Boy will also
have support acts KIAN and MC Dallas Woods along for the ride.
Melbourne can expect a show on Saturday May 19 and Sunday May 20
at Northcote Social Club, with all tour date tickets available via Oztix.
Stereophonics
Make long-awaited return to Australia in April
In what comes as their first shows on Australian soil since 2013,
Welsh indie-rock outfit Stereophonics will pop by in April. No
stranger to a number one album, the four-piece will come armed
with their latest acclaimed record, Scream Above the Sounds and
will play The Forum on Monday April 30. Tickets are on sale
now via Live Nation or the band’s website.
Halcyon Drive
Reveal new single and tour dates
Melbourne’s Halcyon Drive have lifted a single from their
forthcoming record due later in the year, titled ‘Silver Ray.’
Recorded and produced with Joel Quartermain (Meg Mac,
Dustin Tebbutt, ELKI), ‘Silver Ray’ is a sophisticated slice of
intricate indie-pop. To celebrate the release, Halcyon Drive will
take the single right up the east coast, leaving room for two
special shows in their hometown. Kicking it off comes a gig at
The Workers Club on Thursday March 22, before they play The
Penny Black on Friday April 20.
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Madeleine & Salomon
To play The Jazzlab
Madeleine & Saloman is the meeting of two established French
musicians in Clotilde (vocals, flute) and pianist Alexandre
Saada. Driven by minimalist music and powerful, poetic
lyricism, Madeleine & Salomon are a delicate duo who will
command your attention. They’ll play Brunswick’s The Jazzlab
on Wednesday March 14 from 8pm, with tickets available via
the venue.
Quinn XCII
Announces debut headline tour
Following over 60 consecutive sold-out shows across North
America in support of his debut album The Story Of Us, Detroit
singer-songwriter QUINN XCII is bringing his unique brand
of pop, electronic, hip-hop and soul to Australian stages.
He’ll take to stages in Auckland, Sydney, and Brisbane before
wrapping up his trip Down Under at The Corner on Sunday
July 1. Tickets are on sale now via Live Nation.
Casey Dellacqua
The 2018 winners of the Australian
LGBTI Awards have been revealed
Over 11,000 nominations were received across 16 categories for the 2018
Australian LGBTI Awards, with a slew of inspiring and high-achieving
LBGTI community members and allies being announced as award winners.
Orange Is the New Black won for Film, TV & Web Series, meanwhile
it was a who’s who of individual award winners. Tennis champion Casey
Dellacqua took out Sports Personality, Magda Szubanski won LGBTI
Celebrity, Beccy Cole was awarded the Music Artist category and
independent MP Alex Greenwich took home the Politician rank. Pioneer
activist Peter De Waal took out the prestigious Lifetime Achievement
Award. For a full list of winners, head to the Australian LGBTI Awards
website.
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Email Gloria Brancatisano
gloria@beat.com.au.
The Virtual Reality Cinema
Opens in Melbourne
One Mna Show
Melbourne’s first virtual reality cinema has launched in
Collingwood. The Virtual Reality Cinema is a unique approach
that has been developed for seamless viewing of VR Content
across headsets enabling all participants to experience VR
together. For tickets, head to virtualrealitycinema.com.au.
Nice Day To Go
To The Pub
Simon O’Carrigan has made a series of ink and
watercolour drawings of iconic live music venues and
pubs in the City of Yarra. It’s an exhibition inspired
by music, pubs, dingy bars and urban sketching. The
show takes its name from a Cosmic Psychos song.
It opens on Friday March 16 at Off The Kerb, 66B
Johnston St Collingwood and runs until Thursday
March 29. More info at simonocarrigan.com.au
A permanent Bon Scott
statue
National Indigenous Art
Gallery
Cafe Philosophique Des
Toilettes
Erected in AC/DC Lane
Plans revealed for an
Australian first
Bathroom-wall poetry
Comedy
A new and permanent tribute to AC/
DC legend Bon Scott has been erected
outside Cherry Bar. The collaborative
effort between the Victorian
Government’s ‘Rockin’ The Laneways’
Initiative, Cherry owner and booker
James Young and local street artist Mike
Makatron arrives as a large-scale ode
to the famed frontman. Check it out
outside of Cherry Bar on AC/DC Lane.
Plans have been revealed for Australia’s
first ever National Aboriginal Art
Gallery, which would be constructed in
Adelaide – with a build promised if the
South Australian Liberal Party wins the
forthcoming election. As well as being
Australia’s debut Indigenous art gallery,
the development would also feature a $60
million international culinary school and
a section dedicated to start-up business
initiatives.
Cafe Philosophique Des Toilettes is a new
show coming to the Alex Theatre, thanks
to The Little Theatre Company’s new
residence there. Inspired by the graffiti
poetry found around local Melbourne
haunts, curator Jess Fairfax has scoured
their colourful walls and selected some of
the most insightful conversation starters.
Melbourne’s finest spoken word artists
and storytellers will now write their own
odes to these delicate doodles. It’s going
down at the Alex Theatre weekly from
Wednesday March 7- 28.
George’s Bar
Dita Von Teese:
The Art of the Teese
Everyone’s favourite George Costanza-inspired bar
is back for another round of laughs with top notch
comedians alongside the next two contestants of
their ‘Are You Funnier Than George’ competition.
Thursday March 8.
Thursday Comedy Club
You know the drill. It’s the club where the big names
drop in. This week, expect guests from radio, TV and
more. Thursday March 8 on 120 Exhibition St.
Lido Comedy
Comedy at a Cinema? orrect. Every Tuesday, a
cavalcade of some of Melbourne and Australia’s
funniest drop some laughs at inner Melbourne’s
freshest independent cinema. Free entry from
7.30pm down at Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn.
In a time where toxic masculinity is under
attack, you’d think “peeling” would be
the last bastion for fellas wanting to ogle
without consequence. Not so with Dita
Von Teese’s latest ensemble extravaganza,
The Art of the Teese. This was squarely a
celebration of womanhood and queerness,
and pity the handful of cis dudes in the
audience dragged along for the ride,
because there wasn’t much in it for them
(which is fine, because, respectfully, cis
dudes have plenty of other spaces for a
lark). It’s safe to say that expert peeler and
vintage queen Von Teese revolutionised
burlesque. First, she revived what was an
almost arcane form of entertainment in
the ‘90s, spearheading the neo-burlesque
movement. Now, she’s done it again by
taking what she describes prosaically
as “stripping”, and morphing it into
something that has sweet FA to do with
the male gaze.
Singer and comedian Jonny
McGovern expertly whipped the audience
into a frenzy before Von Teese’s opening
act, ‘The Champagne Glass’, making it
clear from the outset that this was going to
be a high-glamour, albeit camp and kitsch,
spectacular. As you’d expect, Von Teese
is immaculate and her costumes and sets
take a page straight from the golden age
of Hollywood. After each act, McGovern
emerged with a fan, which he’d flick open
with a flourish to reveal a word apt for
the performance – Von Teese is “flawless”.
Von Teese’s acts ‘Lazy’ and ‘Rhinestone
Cowgirl’ in particular are the stuff of
Swarovski-crystal dreams.
As an inclusive celebration of
womanhood, all shapes and sizes get a run.
Take Gia Genevieve, a Rubenesque pinup
and Playboy model, who reprises one of Von
Teese’s own signature acts, getting sudsy in
a bejewelled bathtub. Mostly, the show is
almost family-rated, but Genevieve takes
a different tact, with a bold statement
about female desire (without giving too
much away, we all know what a detachable
shower head is really good for). Then
there’s Dirty Martini, the extra-extra
goddess and onetime Miss Exotic World.
Riding a carousel horse, Martini is already
a showstopper, but when McGovern calls
her back to the stage to demonstrate her
world-record tassel spinning tricks backed
by Dick Dale’s ‘Misirlou’, it gets crazy.
Twirling at fire-starting speeds in multiple
directions, she proved exactly why she’s
a leading interpreter of the original
burlesque performers of the ‘40s and ‘50s.
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With Vanessa Valenzuela
Hip Hop
With Christie Eliza
Industry
With Joe Hansen
Punk
Sampa the Great
Bikini Kill - 1991
This week we are reminded to recognise the social, political
and cultural achievements of women all across the globe. This
extends to the world of hip hop as well, where women are still
fighting to make their voices heard. In a musical genre where
sexism still exists, it’s vital to support the strong females making
waves and changing the game.
With her poetic lyrics and powerful raps Sampa the
Great has become one of the most well respected Australian
female emcees of this generation. The multi-talented artist first
rose to fame back in 2015 when she first released her debut
album The Great Mixtape. She went on to support rap icon
Kendrick Lamar the following year and teamed up with fellow
Aussie rapper Remi to travel the country on the unforgettable
Fire Sign Tour. Her projects tackle issues of feminism and
equality with her song ‘FEMALE’ a fierce anthem for women
everywhere. Her latest LP Birds and The BEE9 was hailed as
one of the best Australian hip hop albums of 2017 so if you
haven’t heard it yet, it’s time to add it to your playlist. Sampa
the Great will be headlining the sold-out Groovin the Moo
festival in Bendigo later this year but keep an eye out for future
headline tour dates also.
Nai Palm
Every neo-soul enthusiast across the globe is familiar with
the name Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield. She is the female
vocalist and guitarist for Melbourne band Hiatus Kaiyote,
the first ever Australian act to be nominated for an R&B
Performance Grammy back in 2013. Their music has reached
international acclaim with samples of their songs used by
the likes of Anderson.Paak, Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
Venturing out of her comfort zone, Saalfield released her
personal solo debut in Needle Paw. With her artistry and
creative lyrics, Saalfield is a positive role model and musical
icon that proves it’s important to love yourself and embrace
your weirdness. Hiatus Kaiyote are set to release a new album
later this year and we couldn’t be more excited.
Her Sound, Her Story
There are a number of beautiful hard-working women who
work behind-the-scenes of the local hip hop industry. They are
supporting young female artists in the competitive rap world
but are rarely acknowledged and they deserve a shout out. In
particular there are two women who have dedicated themselves
to helping the industry grow; hip hop photographer Michelle
Grace Hunder and music video director Claudia Sangiori.
Together, these two women make an unstoppable team. Their
most recent project Her Sound, Her Story follow intimate
stories of Australia women in the music industry including
Tina Arena, Montaigne and Vera Blue. They have built their
careers around a love for art and good music and have become
an inspiration to the next generation of young female artists.
The list of fierce females goes on and on. This
International W omen’s Day, support and appreciate the
strong female faces that help make the local music industry
bigger and better than ever before, because the scene cannot
flourish without them.
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The Australian live music sector is coming up with standards
of behaviour when it comes to workplace discrimination,
harassment, sexual harassment and bullying. Live
Performance Australia, the peak association of a sector
which on last count generated $1.43 billion revenue and
18.78 million in attendance, has released a draft Industry
Code of Practice for consultation with its members and the
broader Australian live performance industry.
LPA Chief Executive Evelyn Richardson says the draft
code would be particularly helpful for small to medium sized
companies which may need extra support in strengthening
or improving their in-house policies and capabilities. “A
best practice industry-wide approach is important given
the mobility of our workforce and the differences among
our members in respect of company resources and scale,”
Richardson says.
Many music and arts associations have introduced ways
to deal with complaints and incidents, but the LPA’s code
intends for long term change to the culture altogether. “Each
and every member of our industry must be aware of their
legal responsibilities and their duty of care to their employees
and have policies, procedures, education and training in place
to deal with these issues,” Richardson continues.
Coming up is a roadshow to ensure all members know
what their responsibilities (legal and moral) are, an industry
roundtable on dealing with challenges, and decisive ways for
music associations to better train their executives and staff.
Meanwhile, the Association of Artist Managers in
Australia has updated its Code of Conduct to include a
clause on sexual harassment. It tells its 220 members “to not
engage in any acts of sexual harassment including unwanted,
unwelcome or uninvited behaviour of a sexual nature, which
makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated.”
There have been examples of a booking agent sacked
from his company for inappropriate texts to a newcomer to
the industry, The ABC revealed a group of DJs and workers
in the Australian EDM scene who had a Facebook page
called Tracks & Snatch which shared mixes (tracks) and
sexually degrading photos of women (snatch).
In the past, the live performance and music industries
have been a free-for-all and largely unregulated, where its
admittedly sexual and egotistical nature has been allowed to
run free as an excuse for all kinds of behaviour. The music
industry in particular has always attracted people who lived
outside society’s norms and codes, which is why the music
has been so compelling.
There’s more that can be done. Last weekend, a large
group of high profile Hollywood actors, directors and
producers launched the #AskMoreOfHim. It asked other
men in the entertainment business to join the conversation,
become allies in the movement for equality, and “stand for
women’s rights and end sexual harassment and violence
against women” by making a pledge to hold themselves
and others accountable. In the wake of the activities of the
#MeToo movement and local #meNOmore open letter
for the industry on taking responsibility for its actions,
#AskMoreOfHim is certainly something that needs a home
in Australia.
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In celebration of International Women’s Day on Thursday
March 8, I’d like to share a roundup of some of my favourite
punk-rock records created by women. Like many styles of
music and industries, it’s an unfortunate reality that much
of the content and channels of creation and promotion are
created and controlled by men. That being said, women and
non-binary musicians and artists have had a clear, yet often
overlooked, place in the punk-rock (and to a larger extent
rock ‘n’ roll) history and legacy since the beginning. These are
just a select few of the records that I believe best represent
the contributions and talent of women in expanding and
progressing the genre.
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
While each of the band’s records pursues
a unique direction and purpose, 2002’s
One Beat found Sleater-Kinney focus all
of their energy and musicianship into a
cohesive whole. Written in the wake of
the 9/11 attacks and ensuing political
climate, the record was one of the first
in popular culture to deal with the realities of the situation,
with razor sharp attacks on the political ruling class, strongly
at odds with the popular political sentiment. Musically, the
band was at their peak, most notably thanks to guitarist
and vocalist Carrie Brownstein’s phenomenal guitar work,
melding classic rock and post-punk influences with flawless
execution. Other perfect albums of theirs include 1997’s
breakthrough Dig Me Out and 2005’s The Woods.
Bikini Kill - The CD Version of the First
Two Records
Synonymous with and arguably the
originators of the riot grrl movement,
the highly influential Bikini Kill were
one of the most overtly political and
outspoken bands in punk-rock. Moving
purely beyond purely playing music, the band was actively
involved in the production of zines, creating social and
support networks, and challenging the damaging effects of
the male-dominated status quo. Bikini Kill’s influence and
importance in developing all of the above can still be clearly
seen 25 years later in modern bands like War on Women and
Camp Cope.
Screaming Females - Ugly
Although not as overtly political as bands
like Bikini Kill, the Marissa Paternosterdriven
Screaming Females is at the
forefront of modern rock and punk. Her
guitar work is absolutely phenomenal,
with essentially no peers that compare to
her level of finesse. While self-indulgent at times, this double
album showcases the best the band has to offer. Their recently
released album All at Once is excellent as well.
Punch - Push/Pull
One of the fiercest, hardest and fastest
hardcore bands of the 2010s, the recently
broken-up Punch espoused radical
feminist politics with some of the most
aggressive music going around. One of
the most musically developed bands in
hardcore punk/power violence, Punch
was a refreshing contrast to the masculinity and maledominated
attitudes of modern hardcore.

The Little Theatre Company Presents
Cafe Philosophique
Des Toilettes
Spoken word poetry and philosophical
conversations inspired by public toilet wall graffiti
found in Melbourne’s pubs.
Wednesday March 7 8:00pm
THE UNFED MIND DEVOURS ITSELF
ft. Declan Furber-Gillick, Gabriela Georges and Amanda Anastasi
Wednesday March 14 8:00pm
DO SOULS EXIST?
Ft. Wani, John Englezos and Tariro Mavondo
Wednesday March 21 8:00pm
THERE IS MORE TO ME THAN I ONCE WAS TAUGHT
ft. Tenda McFly, Steve Smart and May Jasper
Wednesday March 28 8:00pm
WHEN THERE IS NO STRUGGLE, THERE IS NO STRENGTH
ft. Abdul Hammoud, Sharifa Tartoussi and Andy Jackson
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LIVE MUSIC BY THE YARRA
FREE
Event
MARCH
2018
SATURDAY
5.30PM ‘TIL 10PM
Come down to Sills Bend in
Heidelberg and as the sun sets
over the Yarra River, enjoy the
Indie Pop Sounds of...
Jojo Abot
By Claire Morley | Photo by Liz Maney
OH PEP!
TEMPUS SUN
TULALAH
NIGHTLIGHT
SILLS BEND
HEIDELBERG
FOOD
WINE
www.banyule.vic.gov.au/TwilightSounds
“I use my craft to empower everyone to tap into their divine
femininity, and to develop a sense of empathy, awareness,
accountability, in this life that we’ve been given.”
Though her ideas are broad and at times abstract, Jojo
Abot is nothing if not sincere. Talking of the spirituality
of her art, her commitment to empowering an audience,
and the power of femininity, not once does she come
across as saccharine.
Born in Ghana, the multidisciplinary artist expresses
herself across a wide range of platforms, using film,
photography, performance art, and music to articulate
herself as an artist and creator.
Her work in the world of music has been described
as a blend of everything from electronica and afrobeat
to house, but these are all terms that Abot refuses to
associate with her sound. The idea of a genre, or even
referring to her creation as art in the strictest sense, to
her, is limiting.
Abot’s music is particularly engaging, not only as a
result of the almost hypnotic sonic landscapes, but the
mixture of languages. As she sings, she combines English
and Ewe, with a constant natural flow, and no barrier
between the two tongues.
“It comes back to the idea of authenticity. There are
some things that can only be expressed in Ewe, so it’s
really about a commitment to the message, rather than
the language. And I believe that if the message is clear,
no matter what language it’s in, people will understand.”
Authenticity is a word that passes through Abot’s
lips often. Her art, at its most basic form, is the pursuit
of truth. Her own personal truth, and acknowledging the
truth of the world around her.
“I think I’m still finding my sound, but for me the
process of creation is about being authentic to what I
personally like and what I’m drawn to sonically and
spiritually, rather than trying to fit into any established
system or grid when it comes to what music should
sound like,” Abot says.
After co-producing her debut EP, Fyfya Woto, she
chose to go it alone in the producer role the second
time around. Taking a DIY approach, she produced and
recorded NGIWUNKULUNKULU in her own bedroom
using her own computer, a contrast to the studio
recording of her first release.
“As far as a producer, or how my productions go, I
never think in genres and styles, I’m more of a ‘discover’
type of person. Discover nuances and quirks. I just like
to exist, and create a space for absolute existence without
compromise. My songwriting, my expression through
music, is one that is still evolving. I record on my phone.
I’m really just trying to give myself a greater sense of trust
as far as my creation is concerned,” Abot says.
Abot constantly strives for her authenticity
to extend beyond her sound. She has described
NGIWUNKULUNKULU as an “expression of anger
towards the white man,” something that developed fresh
within her after her move to South Africa. Having spent
her time prior living between Ghana, Copengahen, and
the United States, the approach towards her black skin in
South Africa was a shock to her system.
“As a black body existing in different spaces of
provocation, coming to South Africa and having to deal
with blackness all over again within a different context
was overwhelming, but also frustrating. For me the
common denominator was this idea of whiteness, and
the privilege of whiteness, and gross inequality.
“In South Africa, I felt it was especially
disappointing. But I also found myself being in a space
of no tolerance, in a way that I don’t get to that extreme
in say, Ghana, or the US.
NGIWUNKULUNKULU was a direct expression
of those emotions. “People’s reaction to my existence
showed me there was something wrong with the world,”
Abot says.
“It makes you realise that a lot of these things
are taught. It’s based on dinner table conversations,
where parents reinforce these ideas of superiority,
inequality and injustice. It’s passed on from parent to
child, the child grows older and passes it on to their
child without a sense of accountability. That’s someone
being crazy enough to think that they’re better than
me, that they can treat me however they want. I have
no tolerance for that.”
Alongside having zero tolerance for inequality, Abot
is fearless in her passion for empowering all expressions
of gender. “I think that being a woman gives me a sense
of privilege and perspective to speak on women’s issues.
However, much like most things, I consider gender to
not be defined by our physical attributes,” Abot says.
“The very core of femininity is much deeper than
the physical expression of femininity. To me, the divine
feminine is fierce love, it’s protection, it’s birth, it’s life,
it’s community, it’s healing, it’s purity. And an expression
of that, it may come off as vulnerability, or an openness
to love that may not come across as being attributed to
men. So in that sense, femininity becomes more of an
expression or a way of life, or a spiritual awareness, or an
emotional awareness, and goes beyond the physical. You
realise it’s something that can actually be nurtured and
fostered in anyone.”
Though she acknowledges a certain level of
accessibility is necessary to reach an audience at all,
authenticity and encouraging growth for her audience
remain the primary driving forces behind her work.
“It’s not just music. Music sounds like something
that’s designed for entertainment, for your pleasure. We
don’t get enough music that yanks us out of our reality,
and challenges us to be more. My work is a lot more
invasive. It’s spirit, it’s frequency, it’s energy,” Abot says.
If this still feels abstract, then as far as Abot is
concerned, she’s doing her job right.
“To me,
the divine
feminine is
fierce love, it’s
protection,
it’s birth,
it’s life, it’s
community,
it’s healing, it’s
purity.”
Jojo Abot will perform at
Rubix Warehouse on Thursday
March 8, as part of Brunswick
Music Festival. The festival
takes place at various venues
until Sunday March 18. View
the full program on the
festival’s website.
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Special Feature
Pitch Music
For more on Beat’s travel
adventures head to
beat.com.au/travel
Festival Roadtrip
By Kate Streader
Victoria’s immersive visual arts and
electronic music event, Pitch Festival, is
upon us. Iif you’re planning on heading
along, it’s a safe bet that you’re up for an
adventure. Don’t let the festival be your
one and only stop on this trip though,
regional Victoria has too much to offer to
watch it fly by your car window in a blur.
Make the most of your time away from the
city by disconnecting from work, screens,
and reality in general by getting in touch
with all the wonders of the countryside.
Taste the food, explore the land and
find yourself in all the hidden spots you
didn’t even know existed. It’ll make for
a weekend to remember, and you’re
guaranteed to have some experiences you
won’t find in the city.
L’espresso Ballarat
With an awesome journey ahead of you, you’d best make a pit
stop for coffee at Ballarat’s top caffeine house, L’espresso. Not
only can you grab a premium cup of joe to help kickstart your
road trip enthusiasm, but the bustling café also offers something
special for music lovers with their huge vinyl collection. Rifle
through L’espresso’s records, grab some wax to take home with
you and you’ll be armed for the adventure ahead. The only
problem will be having to wait until you get home to give your
new albums a spin.
Royal Mail Hotel
No matter your budget or palate, Royal Mail Hotel has you
covered for lunch. With two restaurants onsite, each offering
a vastly different atmosphere, you can treat yourself to a fine
dining experience or relax with a more casual bite. Option one,
bring a big appetite and feast on a five or eight course meal at
Wickens. Each plate is created using fresh, seasonal ingredients
from the kitchen garden to reflect the surrounding environment.
Alternatively, if you’re after something more laidback, choose
option two. Parker Street Project offers delicious, locallysourced
and inventive meals that’ll have you licking the plate
once you’ve demolished your meal.
Seppelt Winery
With over 160 years of experience crafting wine, there’s a reason
Seppelt have so many awards under their belt. A visit to the
vineyard is a must. Seppelt have three vineyards across the
country, though it’s their Grampians winery which birthed their
iconic sparkling Shiraz – the rich soil and cool climate allowing
for perfect growing and ripening conditions to craft the drop.
Take a tour of the vineyard’s heritage listed web of underground
cellars, known as The Drives, excavated in 1968 and spread
along three kilometres, serving as the longest underground
cellars in the Southern Hemisphere. Tour the vines, stop in at
the cellar door and even dine within the depths of The Drives
during your visit, and of course, be sure to taste Seppelt’s famous
sparkling Shiraz while you’re there.
J Ward
Spice up your road trip with excitement of a different kind,
courtesy of a ghost tour around J Ward of the Aradale Asylum.
Explore the gallows, gravesites and grounds along your tour of
the facilities in search of signs of the spirits that linger. Even if
you’re a sceptic, the tour is rich in history of infamous crooks
who once resided within the asylum’s walls, such as Chopper
Read and William Wallace, and there’s no harm in looking to
be proven wrong. A tour of J Ward will certainly give you some
stories to tell.
Lake Bellfield
Make the most of the country air and unobstructed views of
this great land by taking in the sunset in all its glory at Lake
Bellfield. The picturesque lake offers a glorious vantage point for
watching the sun sink into the hills for another day. With pink
skies reflecting on the vast lake framed by mountainous peaks,
sunset at Lake Bellfield is a sight you won’t forget. Stretch your
legs with a walk around the area, have a paddle in the pristine
water of the lake, or simply enjoy the serenity of the secluded
spot, perfect for recharging.
Hiking the Grampians
Since you’re in the area, you’d best strap on your boots and head
on a hike. There are a few options to choose from depending on
your level of fitness and/or willingness to challenge yourself. The
Picaninny Walk will take you up a gradual incline, providing
uninterrupted views of Dunkeld and Mount Abrupt from its
summit, perfect for beginners or those wanting to take it easy.
You’ll get a bit more of a sweat on the Mt Sturgeon Walk, with
rock hopping and steep sections standing between you and
the panoramic views awaiting at the top. But we promise, it’ll
be worth it – and you’ll actually deserve a cold beer at Parker
Street after. If you came for the full experience, buckle up for
Mt Abrupt. Aptly named, the peak is steep and sudden, though
it’s most definitely rewarding, offering stunning views of the
national park from its highest point. Plus, you’ll have something
to brag about, right?
Pomonal Estate
What’s a trip to regional Victoria without a visit to one – or
two – of the district’s renowned wineries? Offering an array of
home-grown produce from locally-sourced cheeses to freshly
baked cakes, as well as the addition of a new onsite brewery
offering beer and cider, Pomonal Estate has it all. Set against the
backdrop of the Grampians, with accommodation options to
boot, Pomonal Estate is the perfect spot to wind down. Bunker
down for the night and taste your way through a selection of
drops from the winery and microbrewery. Temptations aside, a
reminder that someone’s got to drive home the next day. Start
pulling those straws.
Made in partnership with Visit Victoria.
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Interviews
The Moldy Fig
Some business owners might’ve
been discouraged from opening
a new restaurant in a venue that
used to house a brothel, but not
Dorelle Haviland and her daughter
Vivian. They’ve opened up a
vibrant, eclectic and authentic
New Orleans, Cajun-Creole eatery
in Brunswick East’s infamous old
Pickwood Lodge.
The Moldy Fig – so-called because of an old nickname
given to New Orleans jazz cats in the 1920s – is as
close to a New Orleans experience as Dorelle could
possibly make it. The windows are framed by wrought
iron curls and fairy lights to mimic the balconies
of Louisiana, the kitchen looks like a typical New
Orleans weatherboard house and a giant mural
covering an entire wall of the indoor seating area sets
the scene. It’s as if you’re looking out onto a sultry
New Orleans night, a lone saxophone player walking
past, as you sip a Hurricane – the quintessential New
Orleans drink.
“We’re just trying to be a little real. We decided
we’re not going to conform to the Melbourne scene
– we’re going to bring the music and food and culture
of New Orleans to Melbourne.
“People have told us we’ve got to make a decision
– we need to be a bar, or a restaurant or a live music
venue. Well no, everywhere you go in New Orleans
there’s live music while you eat.”
Dorelle, also Head Chef at the Fig, is certainly
not one to follow conventions. Her enthusiasm and
dedication to her business, now exactly one year in,
has certainly not waned. She has a lot of unusual
ideas, and she wants to make The Moldy Fig a
place where people can come and enjoy the hybrid
Spanish-French-Italian flavours that are so specific to
the Louisiana area.
She says people are often scared to try her cuisine
because when they hear “Cajun”, they think spicy.
“We’ve learnt to describe our food as ‘New
Orleans’ instead of Cajun. It’s not about being hot,
it’s about bringing the unique spice and flavour of a
gumbo, or a jambalaya and finishing it off with a bit
of a kick.”
Dorelle’s love for New Orleans-inspired cuisine
began with a copy of Cajun-Creole Cooking by Terry
Thompson: a Women’s Weekly-esque cookbook with
some classic ‘80s food styling on the front.
Gifted to her way back when she first learnt
cooking in Italian restaurants, the book is now
tattered and torn because the recipes inside are the
real treasure, continually inspiring Dorelle and the
Fig’s menu.
If you get Dorelle started on her love of New
Orleans, she just won’t stop. She’s bursting with ideas
and knowledge that she picked up on one of her
research trips to the city with her daughter Vivian,
Moldy Fig’s bar manager, about six months before
they opened.
“The people welcomed us into their homes –
Southern hospitality really is just that.
“Because I’m a chef, the women who cooked
this food at home would ask me to taste it, and say
‘Can you guess the secret ingredient?’ and I’d say ‘Oh,
oregano’ and they’d say ‘How did you guess? Don’t tell
Mabel next door, she’s been trying to figure it out for
years.’
“It was really special, and these women are how
I got my gumbo recipe and my jambalaya recipe that
we use on the menu.”
Dorelle doesn’t care how un-Melbourne
something is, if it’s done in New Orleans, it’s done at
the Fig. If there’s a bourbon festival happening in New
Orleans, there’s one at the Fig. If there’s a daiquiri
festival over there, then there’s one here at the Fig.
And in the true spirit of the city’s vibrant jazz
scene, there’s a small stage set up in the corner of the
Fig, and every single night a local, live act perform.
It’s soft jazz during dinner service, and something
a bit more lively and raucous once it hits 9pm.
Although probably not as raucous as it used to
get back in the Pickwood Lodge days.
“We still have men come in and ask if they can
go upstairs or they try to order something special at
the bar. But all you can really do is try and have fun
with it. It’s very New Orleans to be in an old brothel.”
And fun is definitely a good word to describe
Dorelle and the Fig. She’s even kept the original
hot-pink lettering from the brothel days on the wall,
rearranged to spell out “The Moldy Fig”. How’s that
for a throwback.
By Tarnay Sass
“We’ve learnt
to describe
our food as
‘New Orleans’
instead of
Cajun. It’s not
about being
hot, it’s about
bringing the
unique spice
and flavour of
a gumbo, or a
jambalaya and
finishing it off
with a bit of a
kick.”
The Moldy Fig is located at
120-122 Lygon St, Brunswick
East. They’re open Tuesday to
Saturday from 5pm.
Big Picture Fest
Joel van Moore’s work is huge in
scale, the kind of street art that
makes people stop and stare,
taking photos and passing along
word to their friends.
Storeys high, his geometric images and emotional
portraits are striking – not just for their sheer size,
but for the attention-demanding use of colour,
linework, and immaculate detail.
Moore – who’s better known by his artist
moniker Vans the Omega – has painted on streets
around the world since he first created a large scale
work in 1990. Though he paints in a wide range of
styles, his passion is letterwork and his love for art
started, as it does for many, while he was very young.
“I’ve always been into art, even as a toddler
spending time in my grandmother’s art studio and
drawing at home. Later, in the early ‘80s, graffiti
completely caught my eye and was the beginning of
a new chapter in my life, which has finally led me
to where I am today. Of course the range of what
I enjoy painting, and [my] taste evolves with age
but the core part of me still has love for large scale
letters. After painting for around 30 years non-stop I
need challenges on a personal level, so I paint a large
range of works to keep my creative side in check,”
Moore says.
The Adelaide-based artist, who has been
refining his art for three decades, has seen an
evolution of street art and mural painting over
this time. “Coming from my perspective, street art
wasn’t even a thing. It was writing or mural work
that [artists] identified with. That aside, what it has
become today is a beast in its own right with many
challenges,” Moore says.
He thinks these challenges stem from an
antiquated view of street art, wherein it is compared
to vandalism and a form of disrespect. “Wall space
and gaining trust is one of the hardest parts to get
around. Permission to paint is hard to come by,
unless it is driven by creative people and owners of
property,” Moore says. “Art is completely subjective
and you can’t satisfy everyone.”
While prejudice against street art may still exist,
a shift has most certainly taken place. These days
beautiful grafitti is encouraged and celebrated, not
just by artistic types, but by councils as well.
Having worked as artistic director of the Port
Adelaide and Wollongong Wonderwalls festival
of graffiti and mural art over the last three years,
Moore is fully equipped to take on Melbourne’s first
ever Big Picture Fest. Given Melbourne’s artistic
edge, it’s a challenge he relishes. “South Australia is
relatively small in comparison, but so full of talent,
with a desire to really be recognised on the world
scene. Victoria is the equivalent to Mecca as far
as Australia goes, and attracts the best across all
fields of the art spectrum. Cities like Melbourne
have really had the jump start and nurtured the
surrounding culture better than any other state so
far,” Moore says.
Set to transform Frankston’s city skyline, the
three day festival is a celebration of street art and
large scale artistry. Headlined by international artist
Smug from Glasgow, the likes of Loretta Lizzio,
DVATE, and Lucy Bonnin have been enlisted to
metamorphise Frankston’s structures and create
experiences of art in practice across a huge public
space. “Six large scale works, along with some
smaller local positions, will be painted across various
sites in Frankston. A block party celebration on the
opening Saturday night and a bunch of walking
and photographic tours which can engage the
public and enthusiasts alike. There will be some
projected material running over the weekend which
will update each day and be seen at the top of the
Frankston Arts Centre,” Moore says of the exciting
program.
The festival is family friendly, and free,
something that is important to Moore. “Once it’s
painted it’s really handed over to [the] public to
enjoy and critique, along with adding questions and
invoking a discussion,” Moore says. After all, street
art belongs to the street. “To me, there’s no point
unless the art can be accessed.”
By Claire Morley
“Wall space
and gaining
trust is one of
the hardest
parts to
get around.
Permission to
paint is hard to
come by.”
Big Picture Fest will take
place in Frankston from Friday
March 23 until Sunday March
25. The event will feature
artists including Smug, Loretta
Lizzio, and Lucy Bonnin.
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Interviews
Anoushka
Shankar
It’s a stretch to even imagine what
it’s like in Anoushka Shankar’s
super-stylish shoes. In her world
it’s been normal to call a Beatle
“Uncle George”, get props from
Ray Charles (he told her that she
touched his heart and had music
in her soul), her half sister is Norah
Jones, and her (now late) old man,
sitar-swami Ravi Shankar, is none
other than the “Father of World
Music”.
“The older I
got, the longer
I played, and
to be honest,
the better I
got – I was able
to play more,
say more and
express more.”
To top it off, Shankar’s been in serious sitar training
since she was eight under her dad’s formal tutelage,
she had her first record deal when she was 16, is
now acclaimed as an award-winning virtuoso in
her own right with six Grammy nominations under
her belt, and she’s only 36. Feeling like a radical
underachiever yet?
Today, however, Shankar is as mortal as the
rest of us. “I’m going to ask you to stop listening to
me for a second, so I can blow my nose in a really
obnoxious way,” she says. “I’m so sorry. Urgh. It’s a
mix of rotten luck having kids and being my own
damn fault, because I’ve had a massive weekend that
I didn’t want to give up, even though I knew I was
sick. A really good friend of mine was doing a show
in Paris, so I went to Paris for a night before racing
back for my seven year old’s massive birthday party.”
And back we go to the dream life.
It’s important to make it clear though that
Shankar hasn’t hit the big time as a matter of
nepotism. Even as a kid, she had an unholy focus
on an arcane classical instrument that’s notoriously
complicated to master. That said, there were
definitely times she bucked against it. “I always
had a dual relationship with the sitar in the sense
that I loved the music very deeply – it spoke to
me, it resonated with me – but I also had a normal,
ongoing, young-teenage response to the discipline
required in playing a classical music form,” Shankar
explains. “Also, it was my father’s instrument and
there were very obvious pressures associated with
learning from him.
“There was always this duality in the fact that
I loved it and was a little bit scared of it. So my
response would rove, depending where I was with
those things. There were periods where I’d be very
structured, disciplined and focused, and times where
as soon as I could let go, I would, because keep in
mind that I lived with my father and he was my
teacher. There was an imposed structure as well
and a discipline instilled, in that what you do is
practice and you play music. It wasn’t like it was my
choice to skip playing every day without there being
consequences.”
That said, as Shankar progressively nailed the
instrument her relationship with it became less
equivocal. “The older I got, the longer I played, and
to be honest, the better I got – I was able to play
more, say more and express more – that in itself
became more fulfilling,” Shankar muses. “I grew to
love the experience of playing more and more.”
All of which makes more sense of the
observation that playing the sitar is a lifetime’s work.
“I think any instrument or art form is a lifetime’s
work though,” Shankar counters. “Ideally, we’re
all here continually learning and evolving. But my
experience of playing the sitar in particular is that
it does keep changing. I keep finding new ways to
express myself or there are new things that I want
to say. As I grow and change, I have to find new
ways to express myself. It’s an ongoing process and
my experience of that is what makes it so beautiful.”
By Meg Crawford
Anoushka Shankar
will perform as part of
WOMADelaide, taking place
from Friday March 9 until
Monday March 12 at Botanic
Park, Adelaide. She’ll also
perform at Hamer Hall on
Tuesday March 13.
The Hills
Are Alive
Ten years on and The Hills
Are Alive has become one
of Australia’s most iconic
homegrown music and live
entertainment festivals.
Returning to Australia from three winters in Europe,
The Hills Are Alive co-founders Aidan and Rhett,
were eager to bring together some of their musically
gifted friends from home. Chatting in anticipation
of the festival, which takes place at the picturesque
farm in South Gippsland where the brothers grew
up, Aidan expressed how amazing the experience of
co-founding the event has been.
“Having lived in Europe, we’d been to a lot of
great boutique festivals that weren’t huge but had
this beautiful vibe. We thought, let’s start our own
festival and invite all our friends’ bands to play,”
Aidan says. “These guys were doing amazing things
musically, but weren’t getting any radio support.
None of the festivals would put them on.” And so,
The Hills Are Alive was born.
For year one, 12 bands came to play their tunes
for $100 each, all from diverse genres. The event,
a one-night private gig, closed to the public with
invites only to friends of friends, attracted 334
people. “Everyone was encouraged to meet each
other and share food, it was BYO, everyone was
relaxed, and it was so good we decided to keep doing
it,” Aidan explains.
Now bigger and open to the public, the event still
preserves those initial intimate and social vibes. “We
have a unique and friendly audience. Whether or not
the crowd knows the bands, everyone is receptive to
the music, which is great as programmers because
we can showcase some obscure and unknown acts,
knowing the crowd will respond well. And that’s a
joy to do,” Aidan says.
To mark year ten on the festival calendar, Aidan
and Rhett have invited 25 crowd favourites back
to the Hill as well as introducing eight new acts to
their musical lineup. The highlights include singersongwriter
Ali Barter and synth-soul duo Boo
Seeka, but Aidan is also looking forward to lesserknown
names. “Heaps Good Friends are amazing.
They’re doing what no-one else is doing. And it’s
the first time Remi is playing with his full live band
on the Hill – he’s got a seven-piece full live band, so
that will be special,” he says.
“Of the newer stuff, I think Batts is impressive.
And Cool Out Sun is an amazing act with hip
hop and soul elements. Because there are so many
acts that have been highlights in the past, plus all
these new acts, I’m looking forward to the whole
thing and can’t wait to share all these acts with our
audience.”
The Hills Are Alive has become renowned
for showcasing acts before they take off, almost
prophetically. Aidan and Rhett have previously
booked Courtney Barnett, Amy Shark and Vance
Joy before they rose to become inspiring successes.
“We pride ourselves on being the first ones onto
new acts before they do blow up,” Aidan says. “We
go to three or four gigs a week and it doesn’t matter
how many people are there. If we get that tingle in
the back of our neck, we try to book them. We often
book acts and by the time they have come around
to us, they’re much bigger. That happened last year
when we had Amy Shark. Historically, there’s always
been a couple each year.”
In addition to the awesome musical lineup,
punters can wind down with some laughs. This year
the festival boasts seven comedy acts, as well as the
Hill-arious competition to feature three hand-picked
winners performing their own unique stand-up set.
On top of that, the Hill will also feature a
karaoke tent, a dancing rave cave, table tennis and
field games, yoga classes and the famous annual
Gumboot Toss Competition that, Aidan confirms,
people do train for. The winner will receive a glass
gumboot trophy and tickets to next year’s event.
With all these bands playing on his family farm,
Aidan says it’s bizarre and wonderful. “It makes
me happy every time I think about it, and it’s so
satisfying to see people having a great time.”
By David Class
“Heaps Good
Friends are
amazing.
They’re doing
what no-one
else is doing.
And it’s the first
time Remi is
playing with his
full live band on
the Hill – he’s
got a sevenpiece
full live
band, so that
will be special.”
The Hills Are Alive will
celebrate their tenth birthday
at The Farm – located ten
minutes from Loch Village
and 95 minutes South-East
of Melbourne. The festival
runs from Friday March 23
until Sunday March 25 with
Alex The Astronaut, Alice Ivy,
Halcyon Drive, These New
South Whales, and more.
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Interviews
Live at
Warrawee
Jazz Party
“Warrawee” is an Indigenous word
meaning “stop here” – good advice
for any muso passing by Warrawee
Park in a few weeks. For the second
year, Live at Warrawee will delight
eyes, ears, and tastebuds with a
free event featuring pop, rock and
jazz acts from around Melbourne.
Hosted by Brian Nankervis, creator of the TV
show RocKwiz, the event will feature acts including
Mental as Anything, Dorsal Fins, The Scrims, and
Jazz Party. Live at Warrawee’s lineup is a result of
rigorous fine-tuning to make sure each act gels with
the community.
“Live at Warrawee is in its second year of
infancy – so a lot of community consultation and
planning goes on in the community to ensure that it
is the right fit for the right area,” the City of Monash
Arts and Cultural Development Team says.
Loretta Miller was part of Live at Warrawee
2017, performing with the Mass Community Choir,
and will feature this year with her band Jazz Party.
“People should be encouraged to feel free and
not be afraid to dance and drink and enjoy a general
upbeat party atmosphere,” Miller says. “Enjoy
yourself, take advantage of the fact you live in a
multicultural, musical city with so much to offer.”
Top billing goes to Mental as Anything, the band
that defined Aussie new wave throughout the ‘80s.
“All of the bands have been chosen because
they contribute to the overall program of the day.
But the one that holds the most nostalgia for most
people is Mental as Anything. Many of us would
remember dancing around the lounge room to ‘Live
It Up’ when Mental as Anything performed on
Countdown,” the City of Monash Arts and Cultural
Development Team says.
“Musically, their influence is far and wide and
set in concrete in Australian musical history. You’re
bound to get one of their songs stuck in your head,
in a good way.”
Warrawee Park lies on the periphery of Eaton
Mall, a gorgeous open space in a CBD area. To keep
you fuelled throughout the day, food trucks at the
event will include El Jefe, Crêpes for Change and
C’est Chick. The Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL will also
contribute to the event’s cultural diversity with St.
Patrick’s Day green beer.
This year, Miller looks forward to taking to the
stage at Warrawee Park with Jazz Party, a sprawling
collective act that ties together polished, Ellingtonesque
swing with soul and sizzling Guajira jazz.
“The way the festival was handled last year
was really perfect,” Miller says. “It was a really nice
afternoon. The park is lovely, Oakleigh has heaps
going on anyway with great food and vibes.”
Jazz Party are also promoting their debut album
Monday Night, an eclectic record including motown,
booming big band swing and rhythm and blues, as
well as the Latin-flavoured track ‘Mountain Goat’.
Miller says she was drawn to jazz by the
competitive edge of jazz musos and by the vitality of
the Melbourne scene, which has been the epicentre
of Australian jazz for decades.
“I have always loved jazz and all the music that
lives in the world,” Miller says. “I’ve always listened
to it. I think what people don’t realise is that there
are many different ways to play it. We don’t strictly
do the kind of jazz people might think of when they
hear the word. We do all kinds of stuff, but it’s all in
the world. It’s all related.”
By Zachary Snowdon Smith
“People should
be encouraged
to feel free
and not be
afraid to dance
and drink and
enjoy a general
upbeat party
atmosphere.”
Live at Warrawee will take
place at Warrawee Park in
Oakleigh on Saturday March
17, featuring Jazz Party, Mental
as Anything, Dorsal Fins, and
more. Jazz Party’s album
Monday Night is out now.
Kerryn Fields
Across two weeks, The Retreat is
going to be offering audiences
something rather special, and
better still, it’s all free. To celebrate
International Women’s Day, a
lineup of exclusively female artists,
musicians and DJs are bringing
every genre you could hope for
to the stage, to showcase and
encourage the remarkable wealth
of talent that is thriving in an
often male-dominated industry.
We talk with Kerryn Fields about
the momentum for equality, and
her excitement to be part of the
Women Up Front Series.
“There’s work to do,” Fields says thoughtfully. “It’s
rapidly coming to the front that it is a real issue, and
a collective of voices has really highlighted the need
to nurture our musicians equally, both male and
female. I want to be cautious about saying we should
just champion women, or just champion men. I just
think there’s been a recent influx of statistics and
information regarding the lack of equality. Currently,
it’s hidden in the fine print, where women musicians
wouldn’t expect to be paid as much as a male band,
or to play the bigger venues. We’ll play the smaller
ones, or opening for not-so well-known acts.
“It’s all the little things like that, which are being
addressed and confronted now. It’s highlighted a lot
of stuff that people have been saying for years, but
it’s also a really cool time to be an artist who is a part
of that community. You’re part of the change, you’re
part of the action. That’s really empowering.”
Fields is hardly alone in identifying this
imbalance; in fact, that’s why this conversation is
so encouraging. Many people are now standing up
for greater recognition and opportunities for female
artists, to level out the playing field. Support has
been coming from other artists and industry figures
– such as The Retreat Hotel itself – but also from a
vibrant local audience.
“The audiences [at events such as this] have
been varied. A lot of women who are seeking
support and a safe space where they can engage in
conversations, a lot of older women who are happy
to see this change, and then your regular Melbourne
cool crew. Guys, girls, in-betweens, outsiders and
insiders, there’s a great mix of folks coming together
to enjoy great music. That’s what it’s about. There’s
always that risk of making a statement about the
theme of the event, and that can detract from the
fact it’s also just fucking good music.”
While she is gladdened by the broader cultural
momentum underway, Fields is also conscious
of the work that needs to be done. She has
experienced first-hand how patriarchal attitudes can
be ingrained, and is a firm believer in change that
happens at home.
“There’s definitely momentum. I managed the
original Billy Hyde music store in Melbourne on
the guitar side, and I was the only female in the shop
for a couple of years. I struggled to even sell a Strat
to a father and son on a weekend. You could watch
them searching desperately for a man to sell them a
guitar. So it starts from the moment a young man
walks into a music store for the first time, and his
own father is fidgeting to find the right man to sell
them the guitar. And I could shred that guitar better
than half of the dudes,” Fields laughs.
From retail, all the way through to gigs and
conversations among music industry professionals
and lovers, Fields wants to see change across the
board. She says it’s key to empower young girls to
get them playing music right into their adulthood,
which is where they can often get lost in the noise.
“There’s so much going on now, and every time
someone discovers a pocket of inequality, Melbourne
is the kind of place to put a spotlight on it.It’s not
like one particular person or group is responsible for
the change,” Fields emphasises.
“It lies with everyone. It’s in those little
conversations. The big picture is there, but it’s what
you can do in the small picture. That talk around the
table, empowering your own nieces and nephews. I
firmly believe it happens in the community, in a few
kilometres around you and what you can do there
is just as powerful as trying to influence an entire
generation.”
By Adam Norris
“The big
picture is there,
but it’s what
you can do
in the small
picture. That
talk around
the table,
empowering
your own
nieces and
nephews.”
Kerryn Fields will feature as
part of The Retreat Hotel’s
Women Up Front Series
on International Women’s
Day this Thursday March 8
alongside Little Wise and
Maja. The Women Up Front
Series will continue its run until
Wednesday March 14.
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Interviews
Bad Cop/Bad
Cop
Cathartic, aggressive, vulnerable,
pensive – these are just a few
ways to describe Warriors, the
powerful second album from
California punk-rockers Bad Cop/
Bad Cop. After a rollercoaster
couple of years that saw the band
questioning everything they knew,
the new album has an immense
thematic input and even greater
emotive output.
“Do I want to
settle down
and be the
woman society
decides for
me, or am I
going to go
out and howl
at the fucking
moon?”
An album isn’t just about listening to notes, it’s about
the journey, the message. Not only are Bad Cop/
Bad Cop devoted to making an impact with their
political beliefs, but Warriors marks an adventure
for the foursome, personally and musically. It’s not
often you’ll hear an album that shares so much raw
humanity – creating such a soundtrack for so heavy
a heart is, as singer Stacey Dee says, the most natural
medicine in the world.
“When I pick up my guitar and start playing
something, I immediately hear a vocal melody that
then leads to what kind of lyrics need to be on it,”
she says. “I start to sing something, and the tone of it
dictates what it should be about.”
After the tumultuous experiences Bad Cop/Bad
Cop have gone through, writing Warriors has only
made them stronger. “We were on tour across the
United States and we decided to go for it as a band,
at a time the election was happening – but I had just
gotten sober off of prescription drugs.
“I wanted to check out, I didn’t want to be
around anymore but music was the one thing I still
wanted to do. I couldn’t work, I couldn’t go outside
or do anything other than that. It was in finding all
the lessons after getting sober, I came back to the
girls and said, ‘four women doing a project with each
other can get a little dicey sometimes if you don’t
check in with each other’ and it was like, ‘I don’t want
to be judgemental, weird or jealous toward you guys,
I want to hear your thoughts, I want us to be honest
with each other and connect with each other. I don’t
want to blame you for shitty stuff, I don’t want you
to blame me.’ I wanted to try do something different.
They jumped on board, and that’s how we’ve been
since. Self-discovery while we were writing that
record was a big part of our lives.”
For Bad Cop/Bad Cop, the music became about
personal accountability and support, questioning
their motives for a largely feminist activist start
to their career. “Writing the record was difficult
because it took us to some uncomfortable places.
And it’s like, do I want to stand up and make the
whole world feminist? Do I want to stand next to
that?” Dee says.
“I’m a woman who’s playing in a man’s world
but I don’t call myself a feminist – is that a big thing
for me to say? Is that gonna label me forever? There
are some big words in there you have to pull up your
big girl pants and stand next to. Do I want to settle
down and be the woman society decides for me, or
am I going to go out and howl at the fucking moon
and be somebody?”
Of course, listening to their music, there will
be those who want to stick with that one label –
feminist. “If that’s the one word you’re gonna stick
then I feel sorry for you,” Dee says. “There’s so much
in that record about taking accountability – ‘what
kind of life do I wanna have, what kind of person am
I gonna be, how can I help?’ We’ve been given a gift
to affect people’s lives and if we don’t use that the
right way, it’s falling into dangerous territory.
When Bad Cop/Bad Cop take to the stage
at Download Festival it will be a test for Dee to
convey all these emotive layers to their audience.
“The honesty comes through, the friendship comes
through,” she says. “People see us and say ‘That made
me feel good.’ Not one person is trying to rule the
roost up there, we’re just trying to get through it and
play as well as we can. Our vulnerability really shines
through.”
By Anna Rose
Bad Cop/Bad Cop will perform
at Download Festival, coming
to Flemington Racecourse
on Saturday March 24, also
featuring Korn, Limp Bizkit,
Good Charlotte, Neck Deep,
and more.
Camp Cope
Laying everything bare, Georgia
Maq offers a new kind of
frankness on Camp Cope’s
sophomore album, How To
Socialise & Make Friends. It’s the
same hard-hitting sound that
has seen the trio so passionately
received locally and abroad, but
the singer-songwriter says it’s
definitely an evolution from their
first record.
Piercingly raw, personal and powerful, How To
Socialise & Make Friends is sonically stripped back,
lyrically forthright and overall an absolute wonder.
Looking at aspects of Maq’s lived experience – both
personally and professionally – it’s also a call to arms
for us all to demand change.
“I feel like the second album is just an evolved
version of the first, but their essence is very similar,”
Maq says.
“It’s definitely more stripped back, I think it
sounds like if you were to watch us play live. We kept
a lot of the mistakes in because we’re not trying to
make a studio album that is ‘perfect,’ we wanted to
make something raw and real.”
From backyard beginnings in 2015 to becoming
one of the loudest voices across Australia’s music
scene, Camp Cope continue to prove that they’re
an unstoppable, unapologetic force. Incredibly
humble, Maq is almost uncertain of her abilities
as a songwriter, but she’s more than sure that the
dynamic of the band has strengthened ten-fold in
the time they’ve been together.
“I try not to push [songwriting] too much
because I don’t want to sound contrived, I really
want it to come to me, so sometimes it feels like I
have constant writer’s block,” she says.
“But I feel like the band has become more
collaborative, it’s easier to write with each other
because we’ve become more comfortable, we’re like
sisters, we’ve evolved into this really tight unit.”
Aside from their music, the trio are well known
for their formidable advocacy for gender equality
in the music industry. Spearheads of the campaign,
Maq explains that the band have all experienced
enough time in the arena to know, and be sick of,
its ‘boys club’ nature. Committed to demanding a
change with the platform they have, she says it all
came to a head when they released their ‘It Takes
One’ video in 2016.
Following it up last year in song form, the
band took the first cut from their second album and
released ‘The Opener.’ A true anthem, it’s become
one of the most talked about tracks of the last few
months for the way it blasts music industry higherups’
lack of effort towards gender equality. If the
trio hadn’t made their anger clear before, then ‘The
Opener’ set the bar for how passionately they feel.
The rest of their new record takes the discussion
even further, with How To Socialise & Make Friends
beckoning listeners to question the music industry
and demand change.
“The one song on the album that I have a very
big, dark, emotional attachment to is ‘The Face of
God’, because it’s a song about sexual assault by
someone in the music industry,” Maq reveals.
“I actually wrote it before #MeToo happened,
when there were all these men being outed and so
when it happened, instead of a sense of fear about
releasing the song, I had a sense of power, because
this song is powerful and I felt like everything was
going to be fine if I released it.”
“It’s cathartic to release something like this
because I write from a very honest place and it’s
always been that way. I’m a very frank person and
that comes off in my songwriting, I don’t dress
things up in metaphors, I tell it how it is.”
While their raw and revealing record is sure
to keep the conversation going, Maq says there’s
something every music-loving punter can do to drive
change as individuals. Although she says things are
quickly changing, it all starts at a grassroots level and
it’s up to everyone to keep up the momentum.
“At shows it’s about respecting people’s space, don’t
have fun at the expense of another person,” she says.
“And for younger people getting into music,
especially people that aren’t men, know that you’re
important, by default of not being a man in music.
You’re important in that way and you should stand
your ground and not let anyone make you feel small
or try to hold you back.”
By Anna Rose
“It’s cathartic
to release
something like
this because I
write from a very
honest place
and it’s always
been that way.
I’m a very frank
person and that
comes off in my
songwriting, I
don’t dress things
up in metaphors, I
tell it how it is.”
Camp Cope’s second album
How To Socialise & Make
Friends is available now via
Poison City Records. They’ll
perform at Fang It! live for
International Women’s Day at
PBS 106.7FM’s headquarters,
Resist the Stolenwealth Games
at Rubix Warehouse on Friday
March 9, and at The Thornbury
Theatre, with Chastity Belt, on
Thursday March 15 and Friday
March 16.
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Interviews
Gallery at
Ferdydurke
MzRizk is hands down one of
Melbourne’s most popular and
internationally successful DJs –
she’s stormed Glastonbury twice,
is the voice behind PBS’s beloved
show Boogie Beat Suite, and has
supported everyone from Hiatus
Kaiyote to Public Enemy.
Plus, MzRizk totally uses the force for good by
sharing the benefit of her 17-plus years of industry
experience with young women of colour in her DJ
and music-based workshops. In fact, it was while
nurturing newbies that she became aware of the
glaring need for a safe and encouraging environment
for new talent to cut their teeth.
“It came to my attention, and I don’t know why
it was so delayed, that there weren’t many spaces
for women to participate in public events,” MzRizk
says. “At that point, I’d been running workshops in
Footscray for a young women’s program and I saw
all this talent and thought, ‘There needs to be a space
for them to share this with the world.’”
With this in mind, MzRizk put a callout online,
Ferdydurke hit her back straight away green lighting
a new night for that purpose, and in July 2016
Gallery was born. Since then, MzRizk has overseen
a weekly roster of burgeoning talent, featuring
primarily young women of colour, trans folk and
queer men.
“Even though the main focus is women of
colour, queer women of colour and trans people of
colour, and even though I have this very specific way
that I curate things, there is space for everyone, I just
don’t really book cis white men often because they
already have a lot of spaces,” she explains. “It’s not
that I don’t want to, sometimes people will hit me up
and if I think the music is good enough and there’s
space available, I’ll consider it. I’m not anti-anybody,
but I think there’s a lot of space for them and a lack
of space for other people.”
The Gallery concept is that new artists have the
opportunity to hone their chops in a comfortable,
pared-back, small space with not much more than a
mixing desk, a speaker and a microphone.
“I make sure that I rotate them monthly or trimonthly,
if they’re available and haven’t blown up,”
MzRizk says. “Everyone becomes themselves and
develops their artistry in their own time, but you
really see them evolve by the third or fourth time
performing at Gallery.”
The point about blowing up is a valid one too,
because some of the Gallery talent has hit it big.
“Look at Kaiit, she started performing at
Gallery in the early days and now I can’t even book
her anymore,” MzRizk says. “She has interstate
shows, she’s on festivals. Kaiit is definitely one of the
best examples of women taking up the space, and
being able to practice their live performance, and
forge a really beautiful career.” MzRizk is predicting
similar success for Kalala, part of the International
Women’s Day lineup and one of her faves. “I feel like
she’s going to blow up soon too.”
For MzRizk, the fact that Gallery is a safe space
is key. She defines it thus, “A safe space is a place
that anyone and everyone can come to without
being judged, without being sleazed on or abused
in any way. Everyone should be able to go out
and have a good time without being made to feel
uncomfortable, especially not because society sees
them as different.” Fuck yes.
Moreover, she’s crystal-clear about what’s
required in order for that to come to pass, and in an
environment where #MeToo conversations are rife, the
broader community could take a leaf out of her book.
“One of the best things that anyone can do if
they want to run an event is to have an understanding
with management, the bar manager, the bar staff
and security prior to the event – you need to have
a conversation about safety,” MzRizk says. “What
happens at Ferdy is that I’m there the whole time,
and if I see anything I don’t like, like men annoying
women – and it’s happened a few times – there’s no
conversation about getting them removed, we just
remove them straight away, because it’s not a place
for them to stay and annoy people. There are no
second chances with me.”
By Meg Crawford
“Everyone
should be
able to go
out and have
a good time
without being
made to feel
uncomfortable,
especially
not because
society sees
them as
different.”
MzRizk hosts Gallery every week
at Ferdydurke, with a special
International Women’s Day
event taking place on Thursday
March 8 with Kalala, Liona
Tatafu, Cara Mia, and more.
Perfume Genius
Mike Hadreas – better known under
the moniker of Perfume Genius – is
reflecting on the year that was.
“I used to be really broke, so I used to make all my
Christmas gifts,” he says. “Now I can afford to buy
people gifts. I’ve been really making up for lost
time.” When chatting to Beat, he was winding down
from an extensive, months-long tour in support of
Perfume Genius’ fourth LP, No Shape. Looking back
at the run of dates, Hadreas senses that he’s come to
know the songs much more intimately – and it was
reflected in the shows themselves.
“I’m always interested to see how a tour unfolds
– a lot of the time, you find it goes all over the
place,” he says. “I definitely notice a shift in how I’m
performing between when a tour starts and when
a tour is ending – towards the back-end, I unlock
something. I become a bit wilder on stage; a bit more
free. The songs are easier for me to sing, and I know
how to perform them. It’s not exactly choreographed
or anything like that, but I certainly have an array of
moves that I can pull from – it makes the show a lot
easier for me.”
As dozens of music publications rolled out
their end-of-year lists for their favourite albums, No
Shape was one of the most prominently featured.
Critics and fans alike have been universally positive
towards the album, praising its honesty and Hadreas’
musical growth. The man himself is notably grateful
for the high praise that has come No Shape’s way
– especially as 2018 marks a full decade since the
project began.
“I’m always worried about losing people along
the way,” he says. “Every album I make as Perfume
Genius is very different, and I’m constantly pushing
myself in order to be able to do something I haven’t
done before. For people to follow along with me
while I do that, and be more supportive than ever – I
feel like that’s a really rare thing to have in music.”
Recorded in 2017’s first quarter, No Shape is an
album that thematically looks at life post-trauma –
about where one finds themselves having previously
been through the ringer. It’s as autobiographical
and introspective as Hadreas’ music has ever been
– meaning the looming anxiety concerning listener
response was bound to rear its ugly head. It’s
something countless musicians have gone through:
even though the music was made just for one
person, there’s something truly daunting about it
going public.
“The worst part about putting out a record is
the time between announcing it and it coming out,”
says Hadreas.“You get so nervous – really, you’re
just wondering if people are going to understand
it. You hope they do, of course. You’re trying to
get something across in a certain way. When you
make an album, it’s because you have something
to say. The way people have reacted to No Shape is
nothing short of incredible. I feel like people are
having the feelings that I wanted them to have. It’s
not necessarily a happy album, but I do see it as this
little pearl of hope.”
For his current national tour, Hadreas had to
come out of hibernation after taking some muchearned
time off at his home in Tecoma, Washington.
“Australia’s going to be my first thing I do for
the New Year,” he says. “I’ll be so rejuvenated by the
time I get to play for you. I’ll have just been in a
bathrobe for three months straight. I just bought it,
and it was very expensive – so I’m adamant about
using it as much as I possibly can.”
By David James Young
“I’m constantly
pushing myself
in order to
be able to do
something I
haven’t done
before.”
Perfume Genius will perform
at Melbourne Recital Centre
on Friday March 9 and at
Golden Plains, Meredith on
Saturday March 10.
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Interviews
The Video
Suitcase
Performance
Tell us about The Video Suitcase Performance. The
Video Suitcase is an urban/performance art project
designed and conceptualised by Melbourne-based
video artist Martha Ackroyd Curtis AKA MARTHS
t.m. The Artist creates a ‘moving screen’ that quite
literally is carried around, with The Stroll Collective.
The little ‘video capsules’ are to be shown on the front
of suitcases and walked in a chic and completely
original creative concept.
How did this performance come about? First came
the concept and the idea, next came the crew and
then gaining a much appreciated art grant from City
of Yarra, which really took the project to the public.
Where do you draw most of your inspiration from?
With video art, I’m inspired by everything from
what’s going on in the media, to the latest pop culture.
Ideas form when I’m looking through magazines,
or hearing trashy talk on the television or walking
through Melbourne exploring, overseas travel, or
going to events that interest me. The Video Suitcase
formed when I wanted to be able to be freer with
a form of art that I adore making. I also wanted to
merge performance with video. I have been working
with video since art school (Victorian College of
the Arts & RMIT) and was always encouraged and
fostered to ‘own what I was making’ and do it!
Could you share a moment you will always cherish
while performing? Probably standing and walking
with the crew on Gertrude and Brunswick streets
at 10pm at night and getting responses from the
public, being really lovely and supportive and feeling
the thrill of performing.
Could you share the reason as to why it’s performed
in a bar, rather than a gallery? The performance
environment idea came about from me wanting to
take video art out of the gallery context and into
the greater public domain, taking it to the streets,
nightclubs and nightlife of creative Melbourne.
Loop Bar is also a notable art space, and we are really
excited to be taking the project there. There is also a
great support base for filmmakers, artists and video
creators, which I really appreciate.
What do you hope viewers to walk out obtaining?
A different and expanded view on video and
performance, a sense of theatre and excitement and
even a bit of a party-type atmosphere.
Which three words best describe The Video
Suitcase Performance? Walking, Video, Theatre.
What challenges have you conquered throughout
this project? The beginnings, where I was trying to
work out how to get the project off the ground and
thinking about where to head to get exposure, but
hard work works. I pursued art grants and I designed
The Stroll Collective logo and made the project into
a package of art and entertainment.
What wisdom can you share from those challenges?
Keep going, try all avenues, do not lose the fun. Do
not be scared to step outside your comfort zone.
Fun fact about the show? Video art that will be full
sensory, and ‘walk around you.’
What’s one piece of advice you have for our
readers? I think if you have an idea write it down,
own it, and just get it out there. Ideas do not need
to come from following another artist’s work or
someone from decades ago, it can come from other
sources or from inside you. I do respond visually to
art that I see, I prefer to respond to art on a visual
scale and less in analysis through words and I feel
comfortable with that.
Some exciting news you would like to share with
us. The Video Suitcase will be taken to Victorian
regional cities this year, you can keep updated with
news on the website, and you can follow Stroll
Schedule: dates and times.
With Martha Ackroyd
“The
performance
environment
idea came
about from me
wanting to take
video art out
of the gallery
context…taking
it to the streets,
nightclubs
and nightlife
of creative
Melbourne.”
The Video Suitcase
Performance will take place
at Loop Project Space & Bar
on Thursday March 8.
The Brungas
The Brungas are determined to
change the face of Melbourne
music. Mingling coarse-grained
garage rock with shimmery new
wave, their five-track, ten-genre EP
defies listeners to slap a label on it.
But becoming musical innovators
sounds so serious – the Brungas
prefer to be thought of just as
good mates kicking back with their
instruments.
“The band’s not just about trying to break into the
music industry,” keyboardist Zac Bunston explains.
“It’s more about having a bit of fun. It’s about us, as
a group of mates, enjoying ourselves.”
After playing live around Melbourne for a year,
The Brungas took to Box Hill to give some of their
songs the studio treatment. The resulting tracks were
released for free listening online.
“We’re not going to charge for our music at this
stage,” bassist Alec Brunga says. “We’re just getting
our music out there. We’re hoping to play as cheap
gigs as possible and as cheap music as possible, to get
as many people around it as we can, and to share that
community vibe.”
In the weeks following its release, the band’s
single ‘Galves’ climbed to a respectable 19,000 plays
on Spotify. On triple j, the band became a sonic
Rorschach test. Some listeners praised their raw
intensity, others their dreaminess. Some compared
their sound to The Strokes, others to The Cure.
“The Brungas has its own genre,” Bunston says.
“If you want to hear a new type of music and a new
type of wave, listen to The Brungas, and there’s
plenty more coming.”
Despite featuring on the triple j Unearthed Best
New Music playlist, Brunga isn’t taking himself too
seriously just yet.
“One thing about this band is that none of us
are really that good individually,” he explains. “We’re
all airheads. We just fuck around a little bit. But,
when we get together, the sum is definitely greater
than the parts.”
The Brungas will bring songs from their selftitled
debut EP to Revolver Upstairs, supported
by Jungle Breed, Smash Bros and the Belair Lip
Bombs, where you can expect a lot of beers, a lot of
decibels and all round good times.
And, despite steadily growing exposure, the
band is already thinking of ways to mix things up
with their next project. Studio time was limited
during the production of their first EP, with some
tracks recorded in a single take. Bunston says the
group is looking forward to having more time to
critique, fine-tune and experiment with new styles,
meanwhile lead guitarist Ed Carlisle adds they’re
keen to continue to experiment with their diverse
sound.
“We’re not just sticking to one genre or one
sound,” he says. “We’re going to have a single that’s
high-volume, fast-paced. Get up, have a dance to it.
Then we’re going to balance it out with some really
slow, groovy tunes you can kick back to. We’ve been
doing some really hard stuff, but, at the same time,
we’re stripping back. We’re really expanding from
the clean, electric guitar rock we did in the last EP.”
Vocalist Ned Hawkins adds that the philosophy
of the band is very much DIY. “We all have our own
ideas and opinions. We’re a seven-piece, so you’ve
got to collaborate with everyone’s ideas. That can be
difficult, but, at the same time, great minds think
alike,” he explains.
Guitarist Charlie Howcroft reveals that the
group have two new singles and an EP in the works,
the first single set to be released in the next few
months.
As they continue to stake their claim in
Melbourne, The Brungas say that they don’t see other
local bands as competitors, but rather as potential
partners in crime. Brunga enjoys inviting new bands
to play at gigs, and says that this supportive approach
has helped build a booming scene in the Brunswick/
Collingwood area.
“I reckon the Melbourne music scene is a great
little community,” he says. “Live music’s definitely
back in a big way in Melbourne. There’s lots of little
gigs being run all the time. Some might criticise it
and say that the sound’s getting a bit bland, and that’s
why we try to cover as many styles and influences as
we can in our songs, so we’re not just doing the same
things as someone else out there.”
By Zachary Snowdon Smith
“The Brungas
has its own
genre. If you
want to hear
a new type of
music and a
new type of
wave, listen to
The Brungas,
and there’s
plenty more
coming.”
The Brungas will play Revolver
Upstairs on Thursday March
8, supported by Jungle Breed,
Smash Bros and the Belair Lip
Bombs. Their self-titled EP is
out now.
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Live
Fall Out Boy - Photo by BandAnna Photography
Hiatus Kaiyote - Photo by Rochelle Flack
Fall Out Boy
Margaret Court Arena,
Saturday March 3
Fall Out Boy’s crowd was a mixed bag. There
were the side fringes and smudged eyeliner
reminiscent of the mid-2000s emo days,
teenagers who’d come on board post-hiatus,
and even an 8-year-old boy (props to him for
throwing the bird for the entirety of ‘I Don’t
Care’) whose parents had been getting down
since their 2003 debut, Take This To Your Grave.
That’s the way of bands like Fall Out Boy –
those who were born creating music for outcasts,
but ended up becoming so huge that they’d sell
out Margaret Court Arena with ease.
Don’t underestimate it – no matter what
you think of Fall Out Boy’s music, this was
every part a rock’n’roll stadium show. Launching
straight into ‘The Phoenix’ through jets of flame,
it’s clear Fall Out Boy meant business; they
weren’t letting up, and they wouldn’t let the
crowd off easy either.
From there, the band flew through
‘Irresistible’, ‘Hum Hallelujah’ and their breakout
single ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’. Just like that,
fans were treated to a neat little summary of the
Fall Out Boy journey, with blasts of confetti,
streamers, and more flames for good measure.
Then, the intensity paused, as vocalist
Patrick Stump took to the piano for a gorgeous
performance of ‘Save Rock and Roll’ and a solo,
stripped-back rendition of ‘Young and Menace’.
Not to be outdone by the power of Stump’s
vocals, drummer Andy Hurley was given the
stage, where he busted out an incredible drum
solo above tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Lil Uzi
Vert, Post Malone, and Blur.
The opening moments of ‘Dance, Dance’
were enough to send the crowd into overdrive.
With Pete Wentz now standing on a small
stage at the end of the floor disguised as a
security guard, even those in the furthest seats
were treated.
Besides the sheer talent on display, one of
the biggest highlights of Fall Out Boy’s show
was the way they catered to every pocket of
their fan base. From the ultimate throwback in
‘Grand Theft Autumn’ to choice cuts from their
latest album, every record got a look in. While
the crowd seemed most thankful for the older
material, it was great to see the development of
their career squeezed into an hour and a half.
As far as encores go, this was a beauty.
‘Thriller’, ‘Uma Thurman’ and ‘My Songs Know
What You Did In The Dark’ led into ‘Saturday’,
one of their first singles, proving that nostalgia
wins after all.
The show was fantastic – even after 17 years
and seven studio albums, they still managed to
find a near perfect balance between promoting
their latest record and playing the older tracks.
But bloody hell, surely there’s a way to more subtly
highlight the fact that Pete Wentz is the “band
leader” without blacking out the stage and sticking
a spotlight on him between every single song.
I left the venue remembering all the times
I changed my msn messenger display name to a
line from a Fall Out Boy song whenever I was
feeling a little blue. I don’t think I’ll be leaving
my 2005 reverie any time soon.
By Gloria Brancatisano
Highlight: Inject nostalgia into my veins, I’m
forever living in 2005. Everything.
Lowlight: A ticket mix up which meant we
weren’t allowed in the venue during the support
act, but I heard Waax killed it.
Crowd Fave: ‘Grand Theft Autumn’ into ‘Thnks Fr
The Mmrs’ seemed to do it.
Hiatus Kaiyote
Melbourne Zoo Twilights,
Friday March 2
There’s no denying that Melburnians are serial
groove addicts; it just took a night of boogying
at the zoo with Hiatus Kaiyote and Harvey
Sutherland to prove it. With both acts reeling
from the success of their past toils, tours and
tribulations, a perfect cocktail of dirty disco
and off-kilter neo-soul awaited a sold out,
incredibly diverse crowd, with the ensuing
vibes resulting in one of the most memorable
gigs in recent years.
Although the crowd was predominantly
blanket-bound, it took little time for disco fever
to take over when Sutherland and his backing
band Bermuda took the stage at sundown.
Sutherland’s synth prowess was on full display,
with the symphonic boogie overlord cruising
through crowd favourites such as ‘Bermuda’ and
‘Clarity’ with soulful ease. Bermuda’s tightness
as a backing trio further proved the act to be an
early success, with the sweeping electric violin
swells and shuffling percussion on ‘Priestess’ and
‘Bamboo’ proving to be dancefloor highlights.
With the crowd wrapped around their fingers,
it would’ve been more apt to treat this gig as a
Harvey Sutherland / Hiatus Kaiyote double
headliner show: this dude seriously grooves hard.
Gracing the stage for their first Melbourne
performance in three years, the crowd treated
Hiatus Kaiyote like hometown heroes from
the get-go, and it was incredibly gratifying to
see how much the band enjoyed themselves.
Despite self-admittedly feeling under the
weather, Nai Palm’s stage presence and vocal
chops shined. She’s totally reminiscent of that
one cool indie aunty that feeds you vodka on the
sly at Christmas get-togethers. With ‘Laputa’
leading the charge early on to a mass of hoots
and hollers from punters, ‘Molasses’ had the
audience non-stop bopping soon thereafter,
followed by a pleasant throwback to 2013’s
Tawk Tomahawk with the lush ‘Mobius Streak.’
Later in the night, Hiatus indulged with a
taste of new material from their forthcoming
third LP, slightly losing some of the crowd
with the unfamiliar lucid instrumental textures.
Nevertheless, the one-two punch of ‘Building
A Ladder’ and ‘Breathing Underwater’
quickly reignited the audience, with the latter
highlighting the band’s time-signature-defying
grooves and the symbiotic backing vocalists,
comprised of the likes of neo-soul stalwarts
Silent Jay and Jace XL. Bassist Paul Bender
was a huge standout across the evening, with
his fluid instrumental mastery popping the eyes
of various punters through the likes of late set
contenders ‘Atari’ and ‘By Fire’ and affirming
him as one of Melbourne’s finest lords of low
end. Bowing out after a slinky 80-minute
set, Hiatus Kaiyote finished up on the acidjazz
singalong of ‘Nakamarra,’ with the tune’s
ecstatic refrain reverberating across the zoo in
a seemingly fitting end to a triumphant night
of soul.
By Will Brewster
Highlight: The group of toddlers seriously
boogying for both bands.
Lowlight: Slightly inconsistent sound issues that
persisted throughout the night.
Crowd Favourite: ‘Molasses’.
Jet
Melbourne Zoo Twilight,
Saturday March 3
Rock legends Jet were set to return to the stage
at the Melbourne Zoo as part of their twilight
series. This would be their big comeback. On a
warm Saturday evening, with support from The
Spazzys, the crowd of families and friends was
full of anticipation. Little did they know, their
lovely picnic in the garden was about to get a lot
more intense.
After a long wait, and with no Melbourne
headlines for seven years but for a small, soldout
show at The Gasometer last year, the familiar
drumbeat and bassline of ‘Get What You Need’
rang out and the crowd went wild. Entirely
seated, they were now succumbing to the pressure
to stand up. Although looking a little older,
frontman Nic Cester commanded the audience’s
attention as if no time had passed.
As ‘Rollover DJ’ began, more and more
people abandoned their picnics to get up and
dance. With the beginning of each song, the
crowd seemed to take a moment to remind
themselves which Jet favourite it was, as if they
hadn’t heard them in years. Yet without a doubt,
they could still sing them word for word. The
same punters would call out between songs “one
more album”, which the band playfully ignored.
Instead, they exclaimed, “we’re going to save
some fucking bandicoots.”
Drummer Chris Cester took advantage of
the break between songs to reflect how special
the show was for them, being their first big
hometown show for some time. Could the
repeated lyric “don’t feel so bad” of ‘Skin & Bones’
so soon after this sentiment allude to the band
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Live
Jet - Photo by Shaina Kaye
Queen - Photo by Andrew Friend
The Rubens - Photo by BandAnna Photography
playing more headline shows, and even new
music? Maybe a stretch, but one can dream.
Then, the opening keys to ‘Seventeen’ played, a
point of difference against the rest of the setlist. The
jazzy piano through the song gave the impression
of a more evolved Jet sound, which isn’t surprising,
as it came from their latest album pre-break up,
Shaka Rock. The crowd appointed themselves
as the backup vocalists for the tail end of the
chorus, paving the way for the peak of the crowd
participation in ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’. The
rattling tambourine lingered on past Nic’s vocal
cue, cheekily teasing punters as they started to join,
quickly realising they were singing alone.
Once the band left the stage after an
incredible set, the crowd seemed satisfied – at least
until the realization that they hadn’t yet heard
‘Cold Hard Bitch’. Not a single person moved
from their spot, repeatedly chanting “Cold Hard
Bitch, Cold Hard Bitch”. Finally they returned to
play another three songs, finishing off with – you
guessed it – ‘Cold Hard Bitch’.
Security guards ran through the crowd
feverishly, as clearly the excitement had gotten
too much for some. Jet took their formal
goodbyes, banding together, bowing and leaving
the stage. Still, the crowd hollered for one more
song. If there was a silver lining, perhaps it would
be that the band won’t leave it too long before
they come back to a Melbourne stage again.
By Matilda Elgood
Highlight: Nicholas tripping over his lead and
missing his cue, but strategically turning it into a
crowd sing-a-long
Crowd Favourite: ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’
Lowlight: Looking around and realising there
weren’t any children around. Hopefully they
weren’t drifting off into any animal enclosures.
Queen & Adam
Lambert
Rod Laver Arena, Friday March 2
“I know what some of you may be thinking,”
Adam Lambert proclaimed to the sold-out Rod
Laver Arena. “I’m just going to call it out: ‘He’s
no Freddie.’”
He’s right of course. Going into the show,
that was the murmur around the block. What is
Queen without Freddie?
“No shit,” retorted Lambert to his own
statement. “Because there will only be one rock
god named Freddie Mercury,” he followed up to
the applause of an adoring crowd, screaming t o
the high rock heavens, “Feel that Freddie?”
This exchange came seven songs into
the epic, two-and-a-half hour set. Lambert
addressed the crowd with his flamboyant
charisma, all flawless makeup and theatrical flair,
and won over the entire crowd, making way for
the best concert of the year thus far, and setting
the bar as high as a robot floating through space.
It came as such a relief, breaking down a
barrier between feeling more like a karaoke
session than a performance by one of the biggest
bands in the world.
Though Lambert is a star in his own right,
Brian May, 68, and Roger Taylor, 70, were
heroes on display to be adored. May’s guitar was
flawless, rivalling any younger rival, and Taylor’s
drumming and vocals were joyful.
The sprawling evening gave the originals
plenty of opportunity to demonstrate that they
well and truly still have it, and it ain’t going
anywhere anytime soon. Punctuated with guitar
solos, a drum battle, and frequent appearances
from their mascot robot Frank – who first
appeared on the cover of their 1977 album News
of the World – the set left nothing to be desired.
The guitar-shaped stage was lit up in
spectacular fashion, utilising all that Rod Laver
could possibly offer. The video imagery was
masterful, with emotional tributes to Freddie
Mercury dotted throughout the show, videos of
him singing alongside the band’s performance.
The touching tribute hit most beautifully during
the evening’s highlight, May’s beautiful acoustic
rendition of ‘Love of my Life’. With tears in my
eyes, it’s a musical moment I won’t soon forget.
Lambert’s voice is stunning. Truly flawless
in its strength, clarity, and emotional capacity. I
honestly couldn’t think of a vocalist other than
Freddie that I’d want fronting the band, worlds
away from my apprehension coming into it.
‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ and ‘Radio
Ga Ga’ were undoubted highlights rounding
out the end of the show before an encore of ‘We
Will Rock You’ and ‘We are the Champions’.
‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘A
Kind of Magic’ were among some of the best
songs I’ve seen performed: honestly to fully
explain how magically brilliant this show was
would require a thesis.
Queen without Freddie is different, of
course, but it’s in good hands with Lambert. I
never got to see the original Queen intact, but I
rest easy knowing I saw the next best thing.
The three walked away, arms around each
other, before taking a bow, kings of Queen,
worshipped by their people. In Lambert’s own
words, they’re literally rock’n’roll royalty.
By Claire Morley
Highlight: Leaving the show with one of my best
friends having just shared one of the best nights
of our lives.
Lowlight: Pretty shitty mass exodus during
Adam Lambert’s one solo moment singing ‘What
Do You Want from Me’. After sacrificing his
own musical identity for much of the show, he
deserved more.
Crowd favourite: Brian May was treated like a
god.
The Rubens
The Forum, Thursday March 1
The energy was sizzling as Kira Puru’s bold
stage presence showcased her fearless attitude
and raw talent. The entire crowd were enjoying
themselves, giddy with excitement as Joyride
amped up the fun with his charismatic nature
and catchy hip hop tunes. He created an
atmosphere that allowed The Rubens to jump
onstage and seize the crowd at its peak.
The Rubens decided to start off simple but
sweet; the stage was dark except for some dimly
glowing lights, capturing the dreamy reverie
of the acoustics and frontman Sam Margin’s
soulful vocals. As the momentum steadily built,
the stage became electrified with vibrant lights,
and the crowd roared with delight. ‘Cut Me
Loose’ threw everybody into a frenzy, as the band
projected wonderful indie-rock vibes, flavoured
with sultry grooves. Sam eagerly joined the
crowd, singing and dancing with everybody –
nobody could tear their eyes off him. The band
blasted through popular hit ‘Hallelujah’, their
guitars blazing as everybody sang along.
It was awesome to see the band show their
appreciation for their fans; Sam spoke fondly
about how he wanted everybody to break down
their barriers and have fun, because that’s what
the band is all about. This resonated brilliantly
with his audience; they all cheered him on and
waved their hands wildly in the air in an eager
attempt to draw his attention. His charming
persona complemented his passionate vocals,
and the rest of the band enhanced his stage
presence. They had everybody brooding over
‘Bitter End’, and then yanked them out of their
trances with their funky cover of Chance the
Rapper’s ‘Same Drugs’.
The Rubens invited Kira Puru back
onstage to sing a duet, their powerful vocals
coordinating together beautifully. The entire
venue was entranced, but they were once again
shaken up by Joyride also jumping onstage to
rock out with the band. It was infectious to view
The Rubens having fun with other people; Sam
and Joyride even invited an audience member
onstage to dance with them – she looked like
she was having the time of her life.
‘One Million’ was another hit of the night,
as Sam delivered his smooth vocals and the rest
of the band delivered a brilliant performance.
They concluded with ‘Hoops’, and the entire
venue echoed with people singing along to the
lyrics. The lively enthusiasm of the crowd made
the venue feel like it was heaving, and it was a
contagious energy that kept everyone dancing
for the entire set.
By Christine Tsimbis
Highlight: Sam and Puru singing their duet
together, it was sugary sweet.
Lowlight: More people should’ve come; they
missed out on a great performance.
Crowd Favourite: ‘Hoops’ and ‘Same Drugs’.
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Reviews
Singles
With Lachlan Kanoniuk
Still processing the fact that Father John Misty enthusiastically
told his Laneway crowd that he was reading Aldous Huxley
backstage while Aldous Harding was playing, like anyone on
god’s green earth would give a flying rat’s arse.
Album of the Week
(Cooking Vinyl Australia/Single Lock Records)
Single of the Week:
Heat Wave
Psychic Powers (Hysteria)
Big fat Big Black bass asserts dominance early, setting up a
tennis match duet that comes together for a contagious chorus.
Bounds along with a pace that shoots out a pop rivet or two
from the chassis, but still holding it together for a mollifying
dose of synth punk. Let the good times Roland. Taken from
the double A-side split with Piss Factory’s ‘377’: also a belter.
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders
White Flag (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)
Harnessing a dreary beauty, Jack Ladder crafts a Stockholm
syndrome dynamic on ‘White Flag’ that requires deft
navigation, and he duly does so in tempered measure. The
acerbic wit of previous material is slightly present, muted
in favour of throwing down arms (don’t be so reckless) to
embrace a loving sentiment which rings true.
Amaya Laucirica
Could This Be (Independent)
The scope of ‘Could This Be’ is immense. It’s a soundscape
you’d expect from post-rock giants, refined with a dreampop
sensibility. The very definition of heavenly.
Jarrow
Kelp (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)
Reminiscent of Darren Hanlon’s brilliant turns of phrase
(not as sharp as Darren here, but still sharper than most),
‘Kelp’ holds it together throughout its busy-ness. The strong
moments ask politely for a touch more breathing space,
receiving it in the stellar outro that I really could have
soaked in for another minute.
Mia Dyson
If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back
Acclaimed vocal powerhouse
and guitar-slinger Mia Dyson
has kicked another goal with
her sixth studio album If I Said
Only So Far I Take It Back. While
taking it down just a notch
from the anthemic peak of The
Moment (2012), If I Said Only
So Far I Take It Back forges new
territory, weaving dreamy twang
with a side serve of rock.
9.0
If you’re not already familiar with Dyson, the fact that she routinely
supports the likes of Stevie Nicks and Bonnie Raitt gives an insight into
the type of voice we’re talking about – it’s big and raw. That said, this album
showcases a lot of songs dealing with fear and vulnerability, and Dyson’s
pitched it as less of a belter. That If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back features
a more delicate vocal (albeit no less punchy when it comes to hitting all
of the feels), coincides with Dyson’s personal exploration of meditation,
philosophy, acceptance and surrender. The rock-tinged and jubilant
‘Diamond’ is a prime example – Dyson resists the urge to kick against the
pricks, only to discover that “my lifelong enemies become my messengers,
teaching me how to live and love the world”.
Recorded at Portside Sound with some of Muscle Shoals’ legends in
tow – including bassist David Hood, who played on The Staples Singers’
classic ‘I’ll Take You There’ – the album embraces the adage “start as you
mean to continue”, opening with the corker ‘Being Scared’. Delving into
the everyday agony of being at cross-purposes, the song is also a reminder
that it’s perfectly acceptable to expose a soft underbelly. With an orchestral
and choral swell, Dyson reminds us that “[t]here’s no end to being scared,”
which is as true as much as it sucks.
Other highlights include ‘Nothing’, which would be heartbreaking
except for the fact that it’s so darn guitar-fuzzingly sexy, ‘Fool’, with its
echoes of Springsteen, and ‘Bleeding Heart’, which throws back to Dyson’s
most rockin’, à la ‘When The Moment Comes’.
By Meg Crawford
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Profiles
Nique
Fashion
Southcombe Caravan Park
Adventures
Image Credit: Ed Dunens
From its stores across Prahran, Fitzroy and in between, fashion
label Nique has become a Melbourne favourite. Now the
iconic brand has stepped it up a notch in its customer offering,
transforming its St Kilda store into an outlet. Worth paying
a regular visit, the outlet will offer Nique lovers and Nique
newcomers the chance to get their hands on a weekly rotation of
discounted stock. The outlet will include everything from elevated
basics and wardrobe staples across a neutral palette, to some of the
brand’s more exclusive and unique items. With such a continual
flow of new marked down stock, this is the perfect place to pop
down to and pick up a quality bargain. Check it all out in beautiful
St Kilda. The store is open Monday-Saturday from 10am to 6pm,
and Sundays from 11am to 5pm. For more information, you can
contact the store on 9593 6124.
nique.com.au
181 Acland Street,
St Kilda 3182
Southcombe Caravan Park opened in the ‘50s and is located in the
centre of Port Fairy, next to South Beach.
It is a family-friendly park with a playground, two camp kitchens
and recently updated amenities. They are also dog friendly.
While visiting you can do one of many scenic walks, such as around
Griffiths Island or Tower Hill. Bring a rod as well, as there’s great
surf, river and rock fishing.
With a huge variety of restaurants and bars, Port Fairy is a yearround
destination. Come and visit the town’s soon-to-be-opened
Beat
seafood restaurant on the wharf
Ad
and enjoy a cold beer or a coffee.
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19 James St,
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Profiles
Leigh Marks
Music
Monkey Grip
Music
Image Credit: Emily Jensen
When did you start making music and what led you there?
Certain albums in the ‘90s made a big impact, for example with Ben
Harper’s The Will to Live and Live’s Throwing Copper, I realised how
powerful music could be. I was about 21 when I went from listening
to music to finding opportunities to create and sing.
Tell us about your self-titled album. The songs are located to people
and places that were part of my life and world at the time. Some are
written in struggle, some in celebration. Moving overseas, making
music and everything that surrounds that journey. Coming back to
what’s important as things change. A spanning of seasons.
How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? It
crosses genres like blues and folk, combining acoustic, slide and electric
to create an environment for each song. Olafur Arnalds and Robert
Plant’s Mighty ReArranger have shown that folk could be mixed with
minimalist electro sounds and world music-style rhythms, presenting
vocals as central and as another element or texture. That’s the direction.
What can we expect from a live performance and why is your next
stage of touring so important? There are moments of going all out
vocally, but my focus is on storytelling. The tour to Europe provides
a chance to personally offer it to an audience, to share the same space
and see what the songs are with them. They’ll hear some blue-eyed
soul and it’ll be fun.
Leigh Marks will
tour northern
Europe in July,
before he supports
Robert Carl Blank
across his tour of
Germany. You can
download Leigh
Marks’ latest single
‘Unknown’ via his
website before his
album is out at the
end of April.
Who are we chatting to and what do you do in Monkey Grip?
Kim Croxford and Luke Ward. We sing/play guitar and play bass
respectively.
Tell us about your new video. Our song ‘Sorry’ is about how
messages steeped in gender stereotypes, rape culture and heteronormativity
can harm and limit young people’s experience of sex.
It’s particularly about how women’s pleasure and autonomy is never
central to this kind of messaging. It’s inspired by Kim’s experiences
growing up. The video is very much about enthusiastic consent,
community and solidarity, and replacing these dominant narratives
with more nuanced versions of sexuality and intimacy.
What do you love about making music? Music is cathartic
personally (which is essential for us) but it’s also one of the most
powerful platforms to connect with others about shared experiences
and discuss collective or systemic issues. We’re activists in our
professional lives, and music both counterbalances and complements
this by providing us personal outlets, as well as another way to
communicate about the things we care about.
What’s your favourite thing about the Melbourne music scene?
Luke’s from a small town in rural UK and Kim’s from rural Victoria,
so coming to Melbourne we felt empowered by the conversations
around equality and social justice that are fostered by the incredible
people occupying the scene. Obviously things can still be improved,
but it’s a great place to learn and grow as people and as musicians,
and we feel welcome and comfortable in being able to do that.
Monkey Grip will
launch their ‘Sorry’
music video at
Woody’s Bar,
Collingwood on
Saturday March
17 with Face
Face, Slugbucket,
Protospasm and
Rusted Tongue
joining from 8pm.
leighmarks.com
monkeygripband.bandcamp.com/releases
Z-Star Delta’s Top Five
Reasons for Coming Back to Australia
Music
Modern Folk from Britain
@ The Thornbury Theatre
Music
We love the “People Magic” here. We’ve made so many amazing
friends and met music lovers, it’s like a big extended family. It
makes you want to get back to that big-hearted Aussie welcome,
sunshine-soaked good vibes, and second home feeling.
This continent, experienced by tour bus, is also a feast for
the visual mind. Every tour we expand our knowledge of this
incredible landscape, from deep red desert to lush green native
forests, epic coastlines, aqua beaches and some of the most vibrant
happening cities in the world. We’ve hit the road hard, driving for
thousands of miles from the Sunny Coast all the way to Margaret
River and back - loving every moment of it.
The glorious weather is definitely a big part of the decision in
escaping the -11 degree UK winter freeze and chasing the sun.
The music scene in Australia is touring heaven, with festivals all
year round filled with real music lovers who support and appreciate
independent music. It’s awesome and inspiring to be a part of.
We just love being here writing, performing, collaborating. We
have written so many tracks on the road here and Aussie radio
stations are playing our music. They get it! The music heads are
into our sound and it’s a great shared experience driven by mutual
energy, passion and heart.
Z-Star Delta will
play The Gasometer
Hotel on Tuesday
March 13 with
support from
Backyard Mafia,
and a stripped back
acoustic show on
Tuesday March 20
at The Wesley Anne
with Emma Wall
and Telos Teacup.
Their full Australian
tour runs from
Sunday March 11
until Saturday April
28. You can find full
details and tickets
via their website.
What does it mean to make folk music in 2018?
Blair Dunlop: Folk music’s literal meaning is “music of the
people.” Of course there are certain connotations, musical and
lyrical, attached to the word but I try not to concern myself
with the minutiae of who constitutes what is folk and what isn’t.
Folk music is in my DNA, and I love stories both modern and
historical. I write the music I want to write, and some songs fit the
“folk” pastiche better than others, but they’re all rooted in some
form of tradition.
Josienne Clarke: It’s difficult to say what is and isn’t folk music
in 2018. Obviously you can sing traditional folk songs and try
to do them with due reverence, while also attempting to bring
something of yourself to them. You can specifically choose
material that is in some way relatable to life today, which gets
harder as time goes on. But as far as writing songs goes, we can’t
know if we’re making folk music or not.
Ben Walker: I think the genre has always been a misnomer,
and I’ve never truly considered the music Josienne and I make
to be folk. You’re just as likely to find jazz influences, electronic
influences, ‘50s balladry and so on, in addition to any folk
references. Stick to making the music you like, the music you find
interesting, and the music you enjoy listening to, and don’t worry
about rules of any genre.
Blair Dunlop,
Josienne Clarke
and Ben Walker will
come together to
play Modern Folk
from Britain at The
Thornbury Theatre
on Wednesday
March 14. Doors
open from 7pm and
tickets are available
via the venue.
zstarmusic.com
thethornburytheatre.com
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Gig Guide
Gig Guide
Theresa Duffy Richards +
Candice McLeod
The Drunken Poet
Every week at The Drunken Poet, Wednesday
night is Wine, Whiskey & Women night
– showcasing the best in female singersongwriters.
This Wednesday March 7 is
no different, although coming as the eve
International Women’s Day, it’s set to hold
an even more special vibe. Taking the stage
at 8pm comes NSW-native Theresa Duffy
Richards, before the raw and powerful talent of
travelling folk-soul singer-songwriter Candice
McLeod brings her recently released debut
album, Travellin’ Shoes to the stage. Entry is
free.
Paper Tapir
The Old Bar
Paper Tapir are having a party to celebrate
their new EP at The Old Bar on Wednesday
March 7. Joined by friends Zingo Thing and
Atticus Street, you’re invited to hang out with
a trio of rock‘n’roll trios from 7.30pm. Entry
is $8.
Frances Gumm Frontier
Wesley Anne
Frances Gumm Frontier is the combined
effort of five established musicians, who
specialise in delivering a classic country sound
that’s peppered with loads of twang and heart
wrenching lyricism. See them on Thursday
March 8 at Wesley Anne starting at 6pm. Free
entry.
Ramblin’ Ash + Ruby Gilbert
Charles Weston Hotel
After a successful tour last year, folk troubadour
Ramblin’ Ash and Americana songstress
Ruby Gilbert are on the road again, joined by
bassist Phillbilly Jenkins. Catch them at the
Charles Weston Hotel on Thursday March 8
at 6.30pm. Free entry.
Sing Out Sister
The Lomond
Jazz-folk twins, Alanna and Alicia will host
‘Sing out Sister’ at The Lomond this Thursday
March 8, in a concert celebrating women’s
music on International Women’s Day. Alanna
and Alicia will sing songs from their four
album catalogue, accompanied by their allgirl
band, featuring the talented Jen Hawley
(guitar) and Sarah Busuttil (violin, snare
drum.) Their special guests are ‘Ukulele Queen
of the Bellarine,’ Sarah Carroll and sultry
singer-songwriter Brooke Russell. Free entry
from 8.30pm.
Hello Tut Tut
The Gasometer
Paying homage to the Eastern European roots
in their music, Hello Tut Tut will be playing
The Gaso on Friday March 9. Joining them
comes Turkish gypsy group Galata Express
and Ungus Ungus Ungus DJ. Doors open at
8pm. Tickets are $15.
This Week
Wednesday Mar 7
Dirty Pyro + Sovereign Stone + Smirks
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Eyesøres + Exhaust World + Eye
Seaweed Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm.
$5.00.
Fluff Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.
Marcia Rae Milano’s Tavern, Brighton.
10:00Am. $5.00.
Paper Tapir + Atticus Street + Zingo
Thing Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.00.
Sapphire Street + The Limerants + Ivy
Streep Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.00.
Sons Of Rico + Moonlover + Alex Elbery
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm.
The Lemonheads + Immigrant Union
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm.
The Sierras + Duckboard + Hui Workers
Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $5.00.
V + Glovv + Teva + Mildew Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.
Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.
7.30pm. $35.00.
Bataola Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.
5:40pm.
Bataola Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.
6:40pm.
Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
$15.00.
Chinese New Year Concert - Feat:
Various Artists + Chinese Orchestra
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7.30pm.
$49.00.
Dizzy’s Big Band Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.
8.00pm.
Hello Tut Tut Queen Victoria Market,
Melbourne. 8.00pm.
Hoi Palloi + Hannah Blackburn +
Moonspice Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
8.00pm. $10.00.
Julien Wilson ‘B For Chicken’ Quartet
303, Northcote. 8.00pm.
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm.
$30.00.
Michel Benebig Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne CBD. 8.30pm. $25.00.
Moreland City Soul Review Queen Victoria
Market, Melbourne. 7:40pm.
Rob Burke Sextet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8.00pm. $20.00.
Tank And The Bangas + Kaiit Howler,
Brunswick. 8.00pm.
The Manganiyar Seduction Arts Centre,
Melbourne. 8.00pm. $99.00.
Essential Misc. - Feat: Maxwell S + Slim
Vibrato + Jess Zammit Section 8, Melbourne
CBD. 6.00pm.
Kassette Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD.
8.00pm.
Revolver Wednesdays - Feat: Dj
Danielsan + Post Percy Revolver Upstairs,
Prahran. 7.00pm.
Candice Mcleod Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 9.00pm.
Chris While & Julie Matthews Spotted
Mallard, Brunswick. 6.00pm. $33.23.
Evergreen Ensemble Melbourne Recital
Centre, Southbank. 8.00pm. $39.00.
George Ezra + Ainslie Wills Forum Theatre,
Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm.
Lomond Acoustica - Feat: Mike Rudd +
Kimberly Wheeler + Chris Molnar + Brian
Fitzgerald Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
8.00pm.
Open Mic Night Whole Lotta Love,
Brunswick East. 6.30pm.
Open Mic Night Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
7.00pm.
Tago Mago Open Mic Tago Mago,
Thornbury. 6.30pm.
The New Hip - Feat: Steve Blackburn +
Bettina Vittali + Dan Grieg + More Open
Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.
The Tennessee Two Queen Victoria Market,
Melbourne. 5:30pm.
Theresa Duffy Richards Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 8.00pm.
Thursday 8 Mar
Andrea Keller Transients Trio Uptown Jazz
Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.
Avery*Sunshine Bird’S Basement, Melbourne.
7.30pm. $35.00.
Bedouine + Leah Senior + Emily Ulman
Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7.30pm. $33.00.
David Rex Quartet The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8.00pm. $20.00.
Discoconutz - Feat: Various Djs Carlton
Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.
Fulton Street Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD.
8.00pm. $10.00.
Jack Pantazis Group Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne CBD. 8:20Pm. $25.00.
Jackie Bornstein Quintet Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $25.00.
Sean Connolly Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 7.00pm. $35.00.
Sol É Alma Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.
7.30pm. $20.00.
Tank And The Bangas + More Howler,
Brunswick. 8.00pm. $45.00.
Thundercat + More Prince Bandroom, St
Kilda. 8.00pm. $69.90.
3181 Thursdays - Feat: Various Djs
Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6.00pm.
Club Lock - Feat: Plastic Dreams + Will
G.R. + Zjoso + More Boney, Melbourne CBD.
11.00pm.
Death Disco - Feat: Kiti + Antionio De
Marte Boney, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.
Dj Max Mannix Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
8.00pm.
International Women’s Day - Feat: Miss
Blanks + Rainbow Chan + Simona +
Magnets + More John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.
7.30pm. $15.00.
Jojo Abot + Allysha Joy + Lady Banton
Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $45.00.
Thursgay - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s,
Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Ying-Li Hooi, Francis Plagne + Ying-Li
Hooi + Francis Plagne Post Office Hotel,
Coburg. 9.00pm.
Backyard Mafia + The Featherheads +
Pug 303, Northcote. 8.00pm.
Double Trouble + Jank Facques Toff In
Town, Melbourne CBD. 11.00pm.
Ekko + The Constables + Foggy Notion
+ Montague Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm.
$5.00.
Foxblood + Windwaker + Red Lotus + ​
Spectral Fires Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
$15.00.
Good Option + Hot Springs + Essie
Williams Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
7.00pm. $5.00.
Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7.30pm.
International Women & Gender Diverse
Day - Feat: Shrimpwitch + Laura
Imbruglia & Band + Porpoise Spit + Shit
Bitch + More Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
7.00pm. $10.00.
International Women’s Day - Feat:
Broads + Hanna & Jessie Lee + Jess
Parker & The Troubled Waters Old Bar,
Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.00.
International Women’s Day - Feat:
Kill The Darling + Lizard Queen +
Yukumbabe + Barefoot Bowls Club Yarra
Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $7.00.
Jump & Jive Musicland, Fawkner. 7.00pm.
$10.00.
Matt Bradshaw Elephant & Wheelbarrow,
Melbourne. 9.30pm.
Mogwai + Rings Around Saturn Forum
Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $79.00.
Montague + Foreign Correspondent +
Will Coyote Catfish, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $5.00.
Nana Spam + Niine + Folia Bar Open,
Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $8.00.
Nice Biscuit + Gamjee + Street Hassle
+ Colossal Youth Tote Hotel, Collingwood.
8.00pm. $10.00.
Olive, Elk Bell + Olive + Elk Bell Open
Studio, Northcote. 7.30pm. $10.00.
The Blacktides + Leeden + Bree Lowden.
Colourvision Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 7.00pm. $12.00.
Tingy Celestino Customs House Hotel,
Williamstown. 8.00pm.
Zockapilli + Buzz & The Pickups + The
Hum Drums Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.
8.00pm. $5.00.
Amaru Pumac Kuntur + Dulai Yiyirr Sooki
Lounge, Belgrave. 8.00pm. $37.25.
Beergarden Sessions - Feat: Various
Artists Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 7.30pm.
$12.00.
Ben Waters + Derek Nash Pistol Pete’s Food
N Blues, Geelong. 8.00pm. $30.00.
Blair Dunlop Basement Discs, Melbourne CBD.
12:45pm.
Frances Gumm Frontier Wesley Anne,
Northcote. 6.00pm.
Georgie Currie Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 9.00pm.
Kelly Breuer Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
8.00pm.
Musicland Open Choir Rehearsals -
Feat: Various Artists Musicland, Fawkner.
7.00pm. $5.00.
Open Mic Sloth Bar, Footscray. 8.00pm.
Peter Daley + Jasper Hollis Tago Mago,
Thornbury. 8.00pm.
Ramblin’ Ash & Ruby Gilbert Charles
Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
Sing Out Sister - Feat: Alicia & Alannah
Egan + Sarah Carroll + Brooke Russell
Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9.00pm.
Steve Poltz Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
8.00pm. $41.41.
The Dream Of Gerontius - Feat: Stuart
Skelton + Catherine Wyn-Rogers +
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer
Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank.
7.30pm. $59.00.
The Eskies + Whiskey Dram The Skylark
Room, Upwey. 8.00pm. $20.00.
Friday 9 Mar
Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.
7.30pm. $35.00.
Charlotte Jane Quartet The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8.00pm. $25.00.
Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys
+ Duncan Phillips Trio Spotted Mallard,
Brunswick. 8.00pm. $28.12.
Hello Tut Tut + Galata Express + More
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.
Juliarna Clark Quartet Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne CBD. 6.30pm. $25.00.
Kamasi Washington Forum Theatre,
Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $79.90.
Kennedy Snow Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 7.00pm. $30.00.
M Eduardo Compass Pizza, Brunswick East.
7.00pm.
Maia & The Big Sky Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $30.00.
Max Teakle’s Jazz Revolution Compass
Pizza, Brunswick East. 7.00pm.
Mingus Thingus Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $25.00.
Rasta Unity + The Push Bar Open, Fitzroy.
9.30pm. $10.00.
Renee Delay Fox Hotel (Collingwood),
Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Taylor & Silk Arkibar, South Melbourne.
4:30pm.
The Constables + Just Breathe +
Megan And The Vegans + Angelo Migyi
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
The Pirateska Rebellion + Hasta La
Cumbia Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm.
$10.00.
The Stephen Magnusson Trio Uptown Jazz
Cafe, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
The Tash Weatherill Quartet Lido Jazz
Room, Hawthorn. 8.00pm. $25.00.
Monsteria + Brando Rising + Free Range
Jesus + More Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7.00pm.
Ac2zz Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8.30pm.
Action Sam Elephant & Wheelbarrow,
Melbourne. 11.00pm.
Angie Mcmahon + Hollie Joyce Howler,
Brunswick. 8.00pm.
Apocalypse - Feat: Various Djs Royal
Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.
Astro Boys Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon.
10.00pm.
Benefit For Warhead Tour - Feat: Priors
+ Muffler + Blockade + Abrasive Action
+ Caanz Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm.
$10.00.
Body Maintenance + Gene Pool Labour In
Vain, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Borneo + Sophisticated Dingo + The
Hum Drums Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm.
$10.00.
Captain Spalding Band Customs House
Hotel, Williamstown. 8.00pm.
Chapel Street Social Club - Feat:
Phatoamano + Namn + Matt Radovich +
And More Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9.00pm.
Cracker La Touf + Mouseatouille + Moon
Rooney Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm.
$5.00.
Die Gräfin + Bj Morriszonkle + Meat
Sweats Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm.
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Gig Guide
Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s
Daughter
The B.East
After over a year in gig drought, Dane
Blacklock & The Preacher’s Daughter are
returning to quench their thirst at The B.East
on Friday March 9. Be there for a healthy dose
of grimy blues and a chance listen to their new
songs first when it goes down from 8pm. Free
entry.
DJ Ernie Dee
Edinburgh Castle
Known for his reggae style hip hop, jungle and
dancehall selections paired with some future
jazz, trap and dirty south beats, DJ Ernie Dee
will have Edinburgh Castle jumping when he
takes over on Friday March 9 from 9pm.
No Broadcast
Reverence Hotel
New Zealand indie-drone rock band No
Broadcast are stopping by Melbourne, playing
The Rev on Friday March 9. A no-boundaries
mixture of Metz and Mars Volta, whipped
up with some Radiohead and Bardo Pond,
No Broadcast are set to put on a ripper show.
Supported by fresh local bands Wasted Sun
and Overtime, it’s all happening from 8pm
with tickets available for $10 on the door.
Late Nights
Whole Lotta Love
Late Nights are set to launch their brand new
single ‘Never Right’ in a gig at Whole Lotta
Love on Friday March 9. Supported by Social
Skills, Newtown Story and Fever, Late Nights
promise a heaving night of celebration and
debauchery. Doors from 8pm and entry is $10.
Kira Puru
The Workers Club
With an impressive portfolio of work including
performing, photography and visual art, Kira
Puru is bringing her talent and swagger to The
Workers Club on Saturday March 10. Doors
open at 8.30pm and tickets are $15 from Oztix.
Black Rheno
Bendigo Hotel
As part of their Final Cult Australian tour,
Black Rheno will headline a massive show at
the Bendigo Hotel on Saturday March 10.
The tour comes as some of the last shows from
the stoner-sludge metal outfit before they
bunker down to write and record their debut
LP. Joining them for the show comes Shatter
Brain, Neck Grip, HEADLESS and Blunt
Shovel, before Black Rheno take to the stage at
11.20pm. Get down from 4.30pm to start your
sesh though and make sure to grab your tickets
via Eventbrite for an easy $16 beforehand.
The Chemtrails
Compass Pizza
The Chemtrails are a groove-driven jazz group
who will play a captivating set at Compass
Pizza, East Brunswick on Saturday March 10.
It all starts at 7pm and entry is free.
Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins
Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.
Eve Gowen + Catholic Guilt + Bailey
Judd Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
Grizzly Bear + Jens Lekman Melbourne
Zoo, Parkville. 5:30Pm. $75.70.
Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.30pm.
Hollow World + Espionage +
Stonethroat + Triple Kill + Illa Turba Evelyn
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $12.00.
Hoon + Kill Dirty Youth + Jerkbeast
+ Plebs + Tony Dork Woody’s Attic Dive,
Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Incubus Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne.
7.00pm. $96.00.
Incubus + Ecca Vandal Hamer Hall (Arts
Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 7.30pm. $99.45.
Kretch + Shinplasters + The Caskets +
Ms Starla 303, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.
La Danse Macabre Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
9.00pm.
Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last
Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.
11:45Pm.
Late Nights + Social Skills + Newtown
Story + Fever Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 8.00pm. $10.00.
No Broadcast + Overtime + Wasted Sun
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Perfume Genius + Totally Mild Melbourne
Recital Centre, Southbank. 8.00pm. $59.00.
Pony Face + Lucie Thorne Sooki Lounge,
Belgrave. 8.00pm. $22.50.
Pop Will Eat Itself, Jim Bob + Pop Will
Eat Itself + Jim Bob + Caligula Max Watt’s,
Melbourne. 8.00pm. $79.90.
Poprocks + Dr Phil Toff In Town, Melbourne
CBD. 9.00pm.
Punk Rock Karaoke - Feat: Ubik & The
Skids Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $5.00.
Riversnake + Big Night Out Musicland,
Fawkner. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Smokin’ Joe Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6.00pm.
$20.00.
Stolenwealth Games - Feat: Camp Cope
+ Spike Fuck + Wahe + Dj Dee Luscious
+ More Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 6.00pm.
$20.00.
Strict Vincent + He Who Seeks
Vengeance + Beyond Contempt +
Escarion Rockstar Bar, Frankston. 8.00pm.
$10.00.
Swidgen + Saturn 3 Gin Lane, Belgrave.
9.00pm.
The Beatles Orchestrated Iii - Feat:
Beatle Boys + Australian Symphony
Orchestra + Doug Parkinson Hamer Hall
(Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 8.00pm.
$99.90.
The Church Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea
Heights. 8.00pm. $44.90.
The Great Emu War + Majak Door +
Honest Lives + The Pedestals Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.
The Smash ‘Em Ups + Dj Dave Gray Gem
Bar, Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Versus Party - Feat: Various Djs Yah Yah’s,
Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Veruca Salt + Bloods 170 Russell, Melbourne
CBD. 8.00pm. $69.00.
Walken + Foxtrot + White Blanks +
Mannequin Death Squad Old Bar, Fitzroy.
8.30pm. $10.00.
What’s On Presents - Feat: Various
Artists + Various Djs Prince Public Bar, St
Kilda . 9.00pm.
Yeah Don’t Care + Jackson Reid Briggs
& The Heaters + The Sex Pills + Russian
Hackers Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Chiladelphia Fridays - Feat: Various Djs
New Guernica, Melbourne CBD. 4:00Pm.
2008 Clubbing - 10 Year Reunion - Feat:
T-Rek + Spacey Space + Orkestrated
+ Heath Renata + More Brown Alley,
Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm. $15.00.
After Works Drinks - Feat: Various Djs
Boney, Melbourne CBD. 5:00Pm.
Canopy - Feat: Mira Boru + Sophie
Mcalister + Emelyne Ferdydurke, Melbourne
CBD. 7.00pm.
Dj Ernie Dee Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
9.00pm.
Elephant In The Room Carlton Club,
Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.
Formation - Feat: Donny + And More
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9.00pm.
Fridays - Feat: Warsawyer + Cliftonia +
Ben & Lil + More Carlton Club, Melbourne
CBD. 5:00Pm.
Hvob + Dj Planete + Mtlda-S Northcote
Social Club, Northcote. 8.30pm. $35.00.
Machine Age + Albert Salt Penny Black,
Brunswick. 8.00pm.
Pest Control - Feat: Scotty Pesticide
Boney, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.
Pitch Music & Arts 2018 - Feat: The
Black Madonna + Booka Shade + Call
Super + CC Disco! + More Mafeking,
Victoria, Mafekin. 12:00pm. $290.00.
Revolver Fridays - Feat: Who + Paul
Lynch + Mike Callander + Acid Safari +
More Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7.00pm.
The Cave - Feat: Cat House + Ivan Di
Gennaro + More New Guernica, Melbourne
CBD. 10.00pm.
Whiney Boney, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.
$15.00.
40 Thieves Musicland, Fawkner. 7.30pm.
$10.00.
Acoustic Sessions - Feat: Various Artists
Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 7.00pm.
Americana Express - Feat: Matt Joe
Gow + Gretta Ziller + The Weeping
Willows + Lachlan Bryan Toff In Town,
Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm. $25.00.
Chain Satellite Lounge, Mulgrave. 8.00pm.
$30.00.
Clap Hands Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
8.30pm.
Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s
Daughter + Traffic Jam Orangutan The
B.East, Brunswick East. 8.00pm.
Dean Ray + Kevin Walsh Workers Club
(Geelong), Geelong. 8.00pm. $23.00.
Enlight + Transience + Unlucky + Sentia
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Joyce Prescher Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
6.00pm.
Kerryn Fields, Little Wise, Maja + Kerryn
Fields + Little Wise + Maja Retreat Hotel,
Brunswick. 8.30pm.
Louis King & The Liars Club Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 9.30pm.
Nick Murray Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6.00pm.
Phil Nevin Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 8.00pm.
Pugsley Buzzard Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.30pm.
Rene Diaz & Avalon + Alan & Trace Pascoe
Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8.00pm. $10.00.
The Shifties Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8.00pm.
$10.00.
Traditional Irish Music Session Drunken
Poet, West Melbourne. 6.00pm.
Saturday 10 Mar
Arcane Saints Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD.
8.00pm. $10.00.
Bear Blue - Feat: The Limerants + Atticus
Street + Bear Blue Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
9.00pm.
Black Rheno + Blunt Shovel + Never +
Headless + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
4:30Pm. $15.00.
Borneo Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Chris Hawker Duo Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.
8.00pm.
Coffin Wolf + Gladstone + Hurricane
Youth + Rathead + More Brunswick Hotel,
Brunswick. 8.00pm.
Creature Fear + Rachel Caddy + Mane
Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm. $5.00.
Diploid + Snape + World Sick + Shop
Talk Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Dom Italiano Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00Pm.
$12.00.
Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins
Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.
Face Face + Giant Clam + Zyklus +
Beautiful Bedlam Cactus Room, Thornbury.
7.00pm. $10.00.
Foxy (Party Time) - Feat: Foxy (Party
Time) Royal Hotel (Mornington), Mornington.
8.00pm.
Harry Howard & The Nde Whole Lotta
Love, Brunswick East. 8.00pm. $15.00.
Hockey Dad + Dear Seattle + Boat Show
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 12:30Pm.
Jose Feliciano Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7.00pm.
$81.00.
Just The King - Elvis Show With Marcus
Jackson Musicland, Fawkner. 9.00pm. $20.00.
Kira Puru + Approachable Members Of
Your Local Community + Eleanor Jacks
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.
Labanoon Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 10:30Pm.
$85.70.
Late Nights - Feat: Various Djs Last
Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne.
11:45pm.
Levitating Churches + Fortress Of
Narzod Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9.00pm. $6.00.
Matt Dwyer Duo + Dj Miss K Gem Bar,
Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Merchant + Bøg + Lsdoom + Bloodofito
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Natalie Ambrose + Karen Moreno +
Jordan Jaarola Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00Pm.
$5.00.
No Soup 4 U Piping Hot Chicken & Burger
Grill, Ocean Grove. 7.30pm. $20.00.
Pin + Bree Lowden + Mareya Brunswick
Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00Pm.
Private Function + Pistol Peaches The
B.East, Brunswick East. 9.00pm.
Riffinery Royal Hotel (Essendon), Essendon.
10.00pm.
Say Nothing + More Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 3:00Pm.
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding + Deaf
Wish Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00Pm. $5.00.
Shake Ya Tree Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale.
6.00pm.
The Avenue + Ever Changing + Kat Eddy
Trio + Syns Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
$5.00.
The Berkeley Hunts + Luke Seymour
Band + Lukewarm Iced Tea + Mariana
Michelle Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood.
8.00pm.
The Braves + Rhonda + Victor Cripes + El
Vampiros Gin Lane, Belgrave. 8.00pm. $10.00.
The Butterfly Effect The Croxton, Thornbury.
8.00pm.
The Fiction + The Devours + Monsteria
Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8.00pm. $10.00.
The Hunter Express + Ariela Jacobs
+ Hannah Cameron Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 7.30pm. $8.00.
The Ruminaters + Crocodylus + Rosa
Maria Workers Club (Geelong), Geelong.
8.00pm. $15.00.
The Vibrajets + Los Tremoleros Town Hall
Hotel, South Melbourne. 9.00pm.
Tony Clay, Jono Barwick + Tony Clay +
Jono Barwick Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00Pm.
Turnover, Turnstile + Turnover + Turnstile
+ Neighbourhood Youth + Broken Corner
Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $46.50.
Void Of Vision + Pridelands + Apate +
Chasing The Void Royal Melbourne Hotel,
Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $20.00.
Waverom, Viral Eyes + Waverom + Viral
Eyes + Wasterr Post Office Hotel, Coburg.
9.00pm.
Alyson Murray Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
CBD. 6.30pm. $25.00.
Ann Vriend Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
CBD. 9.00pm. $30.00.
Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.
7.30pm. $35.00.
Cannonball Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
CBD. 8.30pm. $30.00.
Chris Harold Trio Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
East. 9.30pm.
Cupid’s Cut Fox Hotel (Collingwood),
Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Dj Lady Blades Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
9.00pm.
Dr Crask And His Swingin’ Elixir + Clancy
And Mark Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.
8.30pm. $20.00.
Johannes Luebbers Dectet The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8.00pm. $30.00.
Rebetiko Festival - Feat: Pliri Ntaxei +
Chrysoula K + Purpura Melbourne Recital
Centre, Southbank. 3:00Pm. $69.00.
Safari Motel Catfish, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
Sam Keevers Trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.
8.00pm.
Son Of A Gunzel Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.30pm.
Sonik Waves Penny Black, Brunswick. 8.00pm.
The Chemtrails Compass Pizza, Brunswick
East. 7.00pm.
The Coconut Club - Feat: Dj Palmtree
Paddy + Dj The Knave Open Studio,
Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.00.
The Connie Lansberg Quartet With
Mark Fitzgibbon Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn.
8.00pm. $25.00.
The King Louie Collective + Ppb Late
Night Djs Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8.00pm.
The Rookies The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11.00pm.
Spritz Saturdays + Various Djs The
Emerson, South Yarra. 1:00Pm. $40.00.
Audioporn - Feat: Dr. Zok + James Ware
+ Tom Evans + Jacob Malmo + More
Onesixone, Prahran. 9.00pm. $20.00.
Casa Tropica - Feat: Rev Lon + Sam
Cannon + Dj Rick + More Section 8,
Melbourne CBD. 3:00Pm.
Coming Soon + Gabe Agullo + Ali Kh
+ Paul De Silva + More Platform One,
Melbourne. 10.00pm. $30.00.
Coming Soon Co., Southbank. 9.30pm. $20.00.
Hardware - Feat: Hextape + Teledildonix
+ Miles Cosmo + Lysdexic + More 303,
Northcote. 6.00pm. $10.00.
Jank Facques Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD.
12:10Am.
Laser Highway - Feat: Various Djs +
Various Vjs Loop, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm.
Pony Saturdays - Feat: Various Djs La Di
Da, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.
Snack Attack With Dj 2P Elephant &
Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10.00pm.
Stolen Moments - Feat: Jmcee + Anyo
+ Isaac Fryar + Beth Grace + More
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00Pm.
Toff Club - Feat: Lord Hans Dc Toff In
Town, Melbourne CBD. 11.00pm. Barbod
Valadi Trio Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30Pm.
$10.00.
Beer And Whiskey Backyard Bonanza -
Feat: Dan Dinnen + Julian James + Jess
Parker Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 1:00Pm.
Ben J. Carter Charles Weston Hotel,
Brunswick. 6.30pm.
Chain Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8.00pm. $30.00.
Craig Woodward & Friends Victoria Hotel
(Brunswick), Brunswick. 4:00pm.
Great Aunt, Gareth Leach + Great Aunt +
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Jeremiah Rose Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy
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Joyce Prescher Wesley Anne, Northcote.
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Gig Guide
Harry Howard & The NDE
Whole Lotta Love
A super group of rock‘n’roll couples, Harry
Howard & The NDE is Harry Howard and
Edwina Preston, alongside Dave Graney and
Clare Moore. With four critically-acclaimed
LP’s under their belt and a smattering of shows
across the country, you’d not want to miss
a show by these guys. Catch it all at Whole
Lotta Love on Saturday March 10 from 8pm.
Tickets are $15 via Trybooking.
Franco Cozzo
Bendigo Hotel
Giving audiences their signature hit of
alternative tunes, complete with electric
clarinet and French horn elements, Franco
Cozzo will play the Bendigo Hotel on Sunday
March 11. They’ll be supported by The Belair
Lip Bombs and Mudshaker when it all goes
down from 3pm. Free entry.
Zourouna
The Post Office Hotel
Zourouna have a unique repertoire of modern
tunes from Middle Eastern and Eastern
Mediterranean roots. You can join them for a
show with no borders on Sunday March 11 at
4.30pm at The Post Office Hotel, Coburg.
Ben David
Reverence Hotel
Ben David will hold down the Reverence
Hotel on Sunday February 11 for a solo show
supported by a slew of his friends. Camp
Cope’s Georgia Maq will feature in a solo set
as well as Charlotte May, Hanny J and Tiger
Can Smile. Catch it all from 3pm. Free entry.
Gallie
The Drunken Poet
Irish singer-songwriter via Melbourne, Gallie,
will be playing his last show in Melbourne this
Sunday March 11, before he heads back to
tour his motherland and France. Playing with
double bassist Tristan Courtney, this show is
set to be a special one. Head to The Drunken
Poet, from 4pm to catch it all. Entry is free.
Equisitor for Mundane Mondays
The Old Bar
Equisitor, a three-piece Melbourne rock
band will hold down The Old Bar for their
Mundane Mondays session on March 12. The
Faculty and Relentless Natives will join, all
set to bring some incredible up-and-coming
indie-rock to your Labour Day. Kicks off from
8pm and entry is an easy $5.
130
Brunswick Hotel
Douse your Tuesday night in some heavy
grooves and ‘80s synth tones when 130 takes
over The Brunny on Tuesday March 13. Get
in from 8pm to catch supporting acts Heavy
Penalty and Rosetta Stone, and best of all,
entry is free.
Kim Salmon Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Liam Gerner + Luke Moller + Pete Fiddler
Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 9.00pm.
Mat Black Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
5:00pm.
One Night Only - The Blues Brothers
Review Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8.00pm.
$25.00.
Rodrigo Y Gabriela + Daniel Champagne
Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $89.00.
Ruby Gilbert, Ramblin’ Ash Constance +
Ruby Gilbert + Ramblin’ Ash Constance
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00Pm.
Sean Mcmahon & Luke Sinclair Union
Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00Pm.
Seren Spain Open Studio, Northcote. 2:30Pm.
$5.00.
The Bottlers + Ramshackle Army +
Catgut Mary Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
$10.00.
The Dream Of Gerontius - Feat: Stuart
Skelton + Catherine Wyn-Rogers +
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer
Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank.
2:00Pm. $59.00.
The Jump Devils Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 9.00pm.
Van Walker Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.
5:00pm.
Sunday 11 Mar
Alireza Ghorbani Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 7.00pm. $89.00.
Ann Vriend Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
CBD. 6.30pm. $30.00.
Avery*Sunshine Bird’s Basement, Melbourne.
7.30pm. $35.00.
Balkan Brass - Feat: Opa! Bato + Opa
Seko Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 7.30pm. $10.00.
Big Band Frequency Spotted Mallard,
Brunswick. 4:00Pm.
Come Down With Me - Feat: Various
Artists Ferdydurke, Melbourne CBD. 7.00pm.
Cope Street Parade Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy
North. 4:00Pm.
Devil On The Rooftop, Moonspice +
Devil On The Rooftop + Moonspice Open
Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Echoplex + Abbey Rose + Beetrap Bar
Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Heinous Hound Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD.
2:00Pm.
I Hold The Lion’s Paw The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8.00pm. $20.00.
Sunday Session - Feat: Ravi Ravs + Dj
Daily Fox Hotel (Collingwood), Collingwood.
5:30pm.
The Peppercorn Jazz Band Open Studio,
Northcote. 5:30Pm.
Uno Dos Tres Cuatro + Labjacd + Miss
Colombia + Amaru Tribe + The New
Monos Howler, Brunswick. 8.00pm. $34.49.
Was E. James Band Lomond Hotel,
Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
Zourouna Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
Labour Day Eve - Feat: Duchess Kay +
Lavida + Kris Kolzan + More The Emerson,
South Yarra. 12:00Pm.
Booka Shade Prince Bandroom, St Kilda.
9.00pm. $43.90.
Daydreams - Feat: Gino Pozzi + India
Grace + Mark Free + Bwise Gasometer
Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00Pm.
Dirty Days - Feat: T-Rek + Orkestrated +
Chardy + Zac Depetro + More Two Floors
Up, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm. $30.00.
Dirty Days - Feat: T-Rek + Orkestrated
+ Chardy + Zac Depetro + More Platform
One, Melbourne. 10.00pm. $30.00.
Djipe + Centaspike + Cradle + Qontent
+ Encrypter Horse Bazaar, Melbourne CBD.
7.00pm.
Edx The Emerson, South Yarra. 9.00pm. $20.00.
Hauswerk - Feat: Adam Trace + Anyo +
Harley James Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD.
9.00pm.
Labour Day Eve - Feat: Luke Vecchio +
Hans Dee Cee + Dave Juric + Beth Grace
+ More Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7.00pm.
Labour Day Eve - Feat: Swella + Jmcee +
Casey Leaver + Tom Williamson + More
Lucky Coq, Windsor. 5:00pm.
Labour Day Eve - Feat: Morning Maxwell
+ Mell Hall + Beth Grace + Luke Vecchio
Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Miguel Campbell Onesixone, Prahran.
10.00pm. $30.00.
Piknic Électronik - Feat: Luke Hess +
Dylan Griffin + Molly + More Sidney Myer
Music Bowl, Melbourne. 2:00pm. $20.00.
Teddy Cream + Phat Dusty + Andy
Gordon + Camby + Jimmy G + More
Brown Alley, Melbourne CBD. 10.00pm.
Thievery Corporation + Klue Forum Theatre,
Melbourne CBD. 7.30pm. $89.90.
United - Feat: Dj Damien Mack + Dj Kista
+ Dj Du Jour Carlton Club, Melbourne CBD.
9.00pm
Andre Warhurst & The Rare Byrds Labour
In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
Body Parts + Public High + Love Games
Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00Pm.
Caroline No + No Sister + Bloom-
Creation Northcote Social Club, Northcote.
8.30pm. $12.00.
Castilles + Moonlover Rochester Hotel,
Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
Cuk’s Bounty Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.
4:00pm.
Dream On Dreamer + Belle Haven +
Fever Speak + Steadfast Royal Melbourne
Hotel, Melbourne CBD. 9.00pm. $20.00.
Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins
Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.
Eyefear + Demonhead + Espionage
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.00.
Fight Ibis + The Knots + More Brunswick
Hotel, Brunswick. 7.00pm.
Finns + Seaweed On Sticks + Taper Valley
+ Le Pine Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00Pm. $10.00.
Franco Cozzo + Mudshaker + The Belair
Lip Bombs Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
3:00Pm.
Gallie Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00Pm.
Kota Woody’s Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8.00pm.
Ladie Dee, Sean Molloy + Ladie Dee +
Sean Molloy A Fan’s Notes, Carlton North .
2:00pm.
Madder Lake Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.
2:00Pm. $18.00.
Mental As Anything Grand Hotel
Mornington, Mornington. 8.00pm. $30.00.
Musicslam - Feat: Zeolite + Above The
Fallen + Arkeon + Spacegoat + Spaulding
+ More The Music Man Megastore, Bendigo.
12:30Pm. $15.00.
No Broadcast + Wasted Sun + The
Mother Gurus Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 8.00pm. $10.00.
Open/Mic Jam Nights Musicland, Fawkner.
7.00pm.
Petyr + Grim Rhythm Old Bar, Fitzroy.
7.30pm. $10.00.
Say Nothing + More Drunken Poet, West
Melbourne. 6.30pm.
Signals Midwest + Lincoln Le Fevre
& The Insiders + Suicide Tuesdays +
Opener Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8.00pm.
$28.60.
Stan, Giannis Kritikos + Stan + Giannis
Kritikos Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9.30pm.
$59.00.
Sunday Session - Feat: Stoned To Death
+ Reaper + Turret + Scars Of Sodom +
More Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 1:00Pm.
The Butterfly Effect The Croxton, Thornbury.
8.00pm.
The Shug Monkeys Union Hotel (Brunswick),
Brunswick. 5:00Pm.
Thursday, Quicksand + Thursday +
Quicksand + We Set Sail Corner Hotel,
Richmond. 8.00pm. $70.23.
Tom Cartoonist + Dan Purdey + Tim
Woodz 303, Northcote. 3:30Pm. $5.00.
Weird Weather + Momoko Rose + Oliver
Jach Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 6.00pm.
Whole Lotta Friends - Feat: Peter Collis
+ Steph Mang + Accidental Abstinence
+ More Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.
3:30pm.
Acoustic Sundays - Feat: Michelle
Gardiner + Paige Spiers + Paige Smith
Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 2:00pm.
Agent 37 + Shadow League + Jack
Lundie Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.
Blue Eyes Cry + Use Hingano + More
Royal Hotel (Mornington), Mornington. 3:00pm.
Devil On The Rooftop Wesley Anne,
Northcote. 6.00pm.
Elwood Blues Club Prince Public Bar, St Kilda
. 4:00pm.
Gavin Doniger Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
Jo Neugebauer + Marina Mitchell
Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30pm.
Jules Boult & Friends Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
4:00pm.
Kelly Auty Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford.
2:00pm.
Nick Murray + Simon Imrei Old Bar, Fitzroy.
4:00pm.
Paulie Bignell & The Thornbury Two + Dj
Miss K Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7.00pm.
Robert Bratetich & Mario Lattuada Bar
Open, Fitzroy. 6.00pm.
Roy “Soulman” Darby & Trashabilly Union
Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm.
Sammy Owen Blues Band Baha Tacos &
Tapas Bar, Rye. 8.30pm. $10.00.
The Ben Smith Band Royal Oak Hotel,
Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.
The F100s Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00Pm.
The Moosejaw Rifle Club Standard Hotel,
Fitzroy. 7.00pm.
Twilight In Tulsa Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
4:00pm.
Well Into Winter + Paul Dyason Open
Studio, Northcote. 2:00pm. $5.00.
Monday 12 Mar
Huxami + Hoi Palloi Open Studio, Northcote.
8.00pm. $5.00.
Jess Fairlie Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
$10.00.
Masta Ace The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8.00pm.
$40.00.
Schmiling - Feat: Various Djs Section 8,
Melbourne CBD. 6.00pm.
Dua Lipa Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7.00pm.
Ed Sheeran + Bliss N Eso + Missy Higgins
Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 6.00pm. $70.00.
Exquisitor Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $5.00.
Lama Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6.00pm.
Melbourne Period Project Fundraiser
- Feat: Plum Green + Lucin + Deader +
Uboa + More Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
3:00Pm.
Monday Bone Machine - Feat: T-Rek
Boney, Melbourne CBD. 8.00pm.
Monday Night Mass - Feat: Stranges
Wilde Salmon + Ostraaly + Mount Trout
+ Ov Pain Northcote Social Club, Northcote.
8.00pm.
Nieuw Mondays - Feat: Various Djs
Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7.00pm. $3.00.
The Black Angels + Flyying Colours
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $62.00.
Dj Marky + Cumbia Massive + Jps +
Maxx R + More Penny Black, Brunswick.
2:00Pm. $35.00.
Industry Hospo Night - Feat: Dj Sect6
Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7.00pm.
Labour Day Party - Feat: Halfcut + Dj
Ayna + Miss Beats + Ezra Harvey Lucky
Coq, Windsor. 11:30Am.
Pitch Music & Arts 2018 - Feat: The
Black Madonna + Booka Shade + Call
Super + Cc Disco! + More Mafeking,
Victoria, Mafekin. 12:00Pm. $290.00.
Struggle - Feat: Various Djs Lucky Coq,
Windsor. 9.00pm.
Backwood Creatures Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.
5:00Pm.
Chain Musicland, Fawkner. 2:00Pm. $25.00.
Jimmy Carroll N’ Rhia Simone, Lovers
Of The Black Bird + Jimmy Carroll N’
Rhia Simone + Lovers Of The Black Bird
Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:30Pm.
Lyn Bowtell Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
3:00Pm. $15.00.
The Complete Robert Johnson - Feat:
Boadz 303, Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Tuesday 13 Mar
Andrew Strong The Croxton, Thornbury.
7.30pm. $79.90.
Anoushka Shankar Hamer Hall (Arts Centre
Melbourne), Southbank. 8.00pm. $80.60.
Faith I Branko Northcote Social Club,
Northcote. 7.30pm. $20.00.
Mark Fitzgibbon & Friends Bird’s Basement,
Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.00.
Noura Mint Seymali Howler, Brunswick.
7.30pm. $50.45.
Orava Quartet Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 7.00pm. $50.00.
The Frank Burkitt Band + Van Walker
Open Studio, Northcote. 8.00pm. $15.00.
Uncomfortable Science - Feat: Lachlan
Mitchell + More Boney, Melbourne CBD.
9.00pm.
130 + Heavy Penalty + Rosetta Stone
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.00pm.
B!And + Human Rites + Dowser Evelyn
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Serwah Attafuah & Rukaya Sprinkle Art
Opening - Feat: Occult Blood + Axillism
+ Ari Sharp Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7.00pm. $7.00.
The Black Angels + Flyying Colours
Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.00pm. $62.00.
The Slingers + Democratic People’s
Republic Of Surf + The Hot Springs
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7.00pm. $10.00.
Young Henry’s Tryout Tuesdays -
Women Up Front Series - Feat: Various
Artists Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
Z-Star Delta + More Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 8.00pm. $15.00.
Industry Hospo Night - Feat: Dj Sect6
Sloth Bar, Footscray. 7.00pm.
Alexander Biggs + Mimi Gilbert Workers
Club, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.00.
Black Velvet Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
8.00pm.
Irish Session Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.
8.00pm.
Make It Up Club - Feat: Various Artists +
More Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.00.
Moonlover + Jessie L Warren Tramway
Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8.00pm.
Open Mic Nite Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.
7.30pm.
Piano Karaoke With Lisa Crawley Compass
Pizza, Brunswick East. 7.30pm.
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