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on Monday 9th August somewhere between 7 and 8pm I'll be popping in to chat about New Waver with 3RRR's Lime Champions
Root are playing their last show ever at YaYas on Friday 20th August
on Sunday 22nd August from 330pm at Melbourne's Heide Museum of Modern Art, the Hi God People perform as part of Dylan Martorell's exhibition 'Musique Povera'. HGP will present an interpretation of Kurt Schwitters' 'Ursonate', with music by Dylan and Justin K. Fuller. Join us for this free-admission, family-friendly daylight show in the beautiful grounds of Heide.
on Sunday 22nd August on 3CR from 11pm my guest on Two to the Valley will be Australian music icon Dave Graney. We'll talk about his new album 'Super Modified', which is a remix of sorts of previous releases, and following the themes of TttV, talk about how/when/where Dave has recorded and released music during his three-decade career. As lead vocalist for the Moodists, the Coral Snakes, the Lurid Yellow Mist and other bands, Dave's CV includes everything from independent to major-label releases, regular tours and TV appearances and an Aria award. These day he operates a studio at home in suburban Melbourne, where he records for his own and other bands.
rarely does the word "lossless" spring to mind in the context of New Waver, but now that the new album Bohemian Suburb Rhapsody is on BandCamp, very high quality versions of the songs can be downloaded via a great user interface
already happened in 2010 ...
Jul
on Thursday 22 July at Sunshine&Grease .. ROB LOWE (LICHENS, OM) & IAN WADLEY duo .. A. WALLACE .. ACTUAL HOLES (new duo featuring Duncan and Alison) .. $7 .. 9 Queens Parade Clifton Hill
fans of 90s Australian indie might enjoy the 555 label's Truth Against the World ep, featuring Crabstick, Long Weekend, New Waver, Driving Past, Sleepy Township, Pip Proud, and the Frustrations
on Sunday 11th July at the Empress .. Perth's Tracey Read with Guy Blackman and New Estate
on Saturday 3rd July at the Birmy .. Hobart's Native Cats return to Melbourne, with UV Race and Super Wild Horses
between 1st and 17th July, Liquid Architecture hits Melbourne with a series of events
Jun
Glenn Norman has been working through his large archive of sounds and texts to assemble Radio Harjala. The first episode is online now at the above web page.
there are two videos on YouTube from the recent Hi God People performance at Hybrids and Folklore, staged in the NGV sculpture garden for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival .. playing the wobble-boards .. moving with Snawklor
on Sat 26 June at the Edinburgh Castle .. the Turner/Wegener/Wadley trio supported by Ev+Shags and Jon Michell
on Friday 25th June at the Workers Club .. Beaches launch their new 7" .. with The Twerps and School of Radiant Living
on Wed 16th June at the Grace Darling hotel, Smith st .. the launch of UN magazine features Always and The French
WestSpace gallery has a new outpost at Melbourne Central called West Wing .. on the 2nd floor under Hoyts .. coming up is One day the rain will come by Eamon Sprod and Camilla Hannan, a site specific installation created from the sounds of Melbourne Central ... Open: 12-5pm each day, Dates: Wednesday June 2nd - Tuesday June 15th, Performance: Sunday June 13th 7.30pm.
on Sunday 13th at the Birmy on Smith st .. Craft Cartel and Earthsharing present the Anti-Gentrification Festival .. featuring free sticky Tote carpet relics for all, Lagerphone making workshop with Alicia Bee, Economics for activists info, Fetid fashion by Kathryn Jamieson Cuba Is Japan, Jimmy Hawk & The Endless Party Grizzly Jim Lawrie, Mount Disappointment, Agent Cleave (hirsute pole dancer), I Wanna Live Here Film Comp winners screening, Green Renters survival tips, Launch of Craft Cartel theme song by Simon Johnston, Zero Miles an Hour, DJ Chestwig
on Sunday 13th at the Retreat .. Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist + the Sand Pebbles
the Clan Analogue electro collective is releasing a new compilation cd, and launching it at an in-store gig at Missing Link on Friday 11th June from 5 to 7pm .. live sets by Winduptoys and Apell .. 405 Bourke St
on Sunday 6th June at ACMI .. launch of cd of soundtracks by Australian experimental film-maker Arthur Cantrill .. released by Clinton Green on the Shame File label .. launch is next weekend at ACMI featuring some prominent contemporary musicians playing along to some of the films .. listen to my interview with Arthur on 3CR
on Saturday 4th June at the Curtin hotel in Carlton .. a 3CR 'Two to the Valley' benefit featuring bands Beaches, New War, Rubbish Throwers, Interzone
at Stutter (Horse Bazaar) on Wed 2nd June .. Bruce Russell, Robin Fox, Jon Hunter, Francis Plagne, dj Thembi Soddell
May
on Wed 19th May at the 3RRR performance space .. Kim Salmon and the Surrealists (during Incoming show)
Bob Brown is opening the Greens' new campaign office on Monday May 17 at 6.30pm .. 284 Brunswick St Fitzroy .. photographs by wilderness photographers David Tatnall and Ern Mainka and paintings by artists Julia Bilecki and Riza Manalo. Finger food and drinks provided.
on Fri 14th and Sat 15th May at the Butterfly Club .. Dave Graney presents MC BITS - SONGS THAT DESTROYED .. Singing the songs that destroy. Muddy Waters, Hoagy Carmichael,Kevin Ayers, Peter Milton Walsh,Robyn Hitchcock, Bert Jansch,Nat King Cole and many others
on Sat 8th May at Sunshine and Grease .. the launch of Albert's Basement label's compilation 'Your colla the colour of mounds'
on Saturday 1st May, a free outdoor daylight concert in the NGV sculpture garden, from noon to 2pm .. the DeadNotes, Joel Stern, Snawklor, Hi God People, Kim Myhr (Norway), Cor Fuhler (Holland), Dale Gorefinkel, Clocked Out Duo with David Chesworth, Terra Asstralis perform Hybrids and Folkore, a free outdoor show, part of the 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Apr
I've added a new page on the Spill website for storing podcasts from Two to the Valley
I'll be talking about the new New Waver album on 3CR's Let Your Freak Flag Fly on Saturday 24th from about 530pm
on Fri 23rd April at Pony .. the Sticky store's Romalang17 stapler fundraiser featuring Ouch My Face, Go Genre Everything, The Church of Hysteria + Sticky Zine Stall
on Thurs 22 April at The Empress .. STU THOMAS PARADOX solo at 9pm, followed by JANE DUST with full band at 10pm, followed by THE DAMES (Clare Moore-drums, Rosie Westbrook-bass, Kaye-Louise Patterson-keys)
on Wed 21st April at the Horse Bazaar bar in the city .. Stutter features the impressive lineup of Lars Graugaard + Makers of the Dead Travel Fast + Scattered Order + dj Rob Mayson
from 6pm on Thursday 15th April at Sunshine & Grease, 9 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill .. (opening of) Victor Meertens and Sunshine & Grease present: The Charles Ives Singer and his world * Sound Art, Please .. Joseph Beuys, Terry Fox, Eugene Carchesio, Alexis Ensor, David Palliser, Josephine Rosier-Meertens, Olivier Messiaen, Subreal, Dan Mihaltianu, Calin Dan, Iosif Kiraly, John Nixon, Lingua Franca, Isang Yun, Stockhausen, Sol Le Witt, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, A.O.
on Sunday 11th April on 3CR .. Alison returns to Two to the Valley with a swag of new records to play, after her tour of the USA with Beaches
on Sat April 10th at the Northcote Social Club .. Pikelet launches her new album 'Stem' with the Twerps, Parking Lot Experiments and DJ Jens Lekman
Mar
on Wed 31st March at Stutter .. Melbourne street drummer Victor Lancaster does four collaborations with Bum Creek, Sean Baxter, Marco Cher-Gibard, and Earle Stuart
During March I'm hosting Two To The Valley, Sunday nights at 11pm on 3CR, while Alison is o/s with Beaches. Each night I have a guest who'll play and talk about music they were involved in .. First up on Sunday 7th March will be Melbourne musician and producer Simon Grounds, who's been involved in all aspects of indie music from singing in Shower Scene From Psycho to recording some classic Australian bands. We'll focus on "indie recording", who/where/what and how it's changed over the decades. Simon has been recording since the days of the first portable 4-track machines and currently works with a combination of two-inch 24-track analog tape and computer technology. [Simon podcast] .. Next on 14th March is Pete Benda, guitarist in several 90s Toronto hardcore/punk bands, now a researcher in Melbourne. He'll clue us in on Canadian culture old and new and may well have something to say about his research topic, the Internet. [Pete podcast] .. On the 21st its Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne musician, zinester and radio-artist Glenn Norman, whose outfits Pork, Volvox and Devotion would probably today be categorized 'experimental', though that word hardly does them justice. Glenn will play/discuss these older outfits as well as his newer stuff. [Glenn podcast] .. On the 28th my brother, abstract solo guitarist and member of many bands Ian Wadley will play tracks by bands he's played in, and bands he hasn't, and so on [Ian podcast]
on Sat 27th March at the Builders Arms .. the premiere performance of Harry Howard's new band featuring Dave Graney on bass and Clare Moore on drums, supported by Stu Thomas, and Chris Smith's Bad Orchestra
on Sat 27th at the Empress .. New Estate, Paper Planes, Jane Dust
on Fri 26th March .. a street party at 3CR, Smith st, to launch their new mural
on Wed 10th at the East Brunswick Club .. Wooden Shjips, Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, Breathing Shrine
on Fri 5th, Sat 6th and Sun 7th March .. Julian Williams' new play 'Bei Shen' 7pm at the Oki-Do centre, 3 Waterloo St Carlton
the Sunshine and Grease store+gallery has moved from the city to 9 Queens Parade Clifton Hill .. and from now until 4th March is hosting a group show "Backyard Works" featuring artists Simon Taylor and Chris Hill, Thomas Morison, Sara Jean Brimfield, Dylan Martorell, Kym and Noah Maxwell, and Eamon Sprod
on Wed 3rd March at the Corner .. Deerhoof, Tenniscoats, and Minimum Chips
Feb
Hi God Person Dylan Martorel is in a group show In Order Out, at Anna Pappas Gallery, 2-4 Carlton Street Prahran, from 4 to 27 Feb
on Sunday 28th Feb the NGV presents Last Day of Summer a free indie pop concert featuring Crayon Fields, Beaches, Henry Wagons and Ned Collette, with RRR live-to-air broadcast
on Sunday 28th Feb from noon .. the Brunswick Music Festival
on Saturday 27th at NSC .. Kim Salmon and the Surrealists play their 1987 album 'hit me with the surreal feel'
on Wed 17th Feb at Stutter (the Horse Bazaar bar in Little Lonsdale st) .. Julian Williams launches his new album 'Zhu Zi Dan Ge' .. support by Justin K. Fuller and Wet Patch (featuring Jon Dale) .. check JW's new magazine and new video
on Sat 13th Feb .. Sticky Institute presents the Festival of the Photocopier .. lots of other zine-related activities during Feb also
on Fri 12th at the John Curtin Hotel .. Beaches last show before US tour .. with Zond, Das Butcher and Breaking the Law
on Sunday 7th Feb at the Empress Hotel .. Inevitable Orbit and Free Choice
Jan
two nights of experimental music from Argentina .. Mon 25th at the Empress and Wed 27th at Stutter
on Sat 23rd Jan at the John Curtin .. St Helens, Panel Of Judges, Snawklor, Dirtbag
on Fri 22nd Jan at the East .. the Laughing Clowns and New War
on Saturday 16 January at the Corner .. Tiny Tones features Beaches, Kelley Stoltz (USA), Dent May & his Magnificent Ukulele (USA), royalchord and Vampillia (Japan) .. tickets $20
on Sunday 10th from 11pm on 3CR, my guest will be Clinton Green, sound-artist under the name Undecisive God, and operator of the Shame File label, whose releases since 1995 include highlights such as the 'Artefacts of Australian Experimental Music: 1930 - 1973' .. Clinton will talk about these, and his research into the history of experimental music in Melbourne, discussing pioneers such as *Val Stephen - first Australian to have electronic music released on an overseas label, a anaesthesist who worked on musique concrete and synthesisers in his spare time; *Arthur Cantrill - noted experimental film maker who's sound tracks are the subject of an upcoming Shame File release; *and the upcoming Artefacts of Experimental Music volume II: 1974-1983 compilation CD. .. tune in on 855AM or via http://www.3cr.org.au .. download podcast/mp3
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