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on 3rd July at The Tote .. the Melbourne launch of Love of Diagrams' new limited edition 7" .. with The Twerps and Chris Smith's Bad Orchestra
on Friday 3rd July at the Empress .. NAKED ON THE VAGUE 7"INCH LAUNCH W/ Chrome Dome, Wasted Truth & Bum Creek
on Friday 3rd July, Mum Smokes and Fab Diamonds play at the Curtin Bandroom
on Sat 4th July at the Edinborough Castle hotel in Albion st Brunswick .. Zond, The If, The Inevitable Orbit
on Wed 8th July at 630 pm .. Beaches play live-to-air from 3RRR
from 9 to 12 July Australia's Liquid Architecture festival hits Melbourne
on 17th July at ABC Iwaki Auditorium .. Lucky Number - the Music of Syd Clayton featuring Adam Simmons (saxophone), Mark Cauvin (double bass), The Crystal Set (vocals and percussion), Barnaby Oliver (piano), Clinton Green (pitched percussion), Hugh McSpedden (lighting and projections)
on Friday 24th July at The cobra bar .. The new estate, Sun of Clark, Inevitable orbit
Paul Perry of Frostwave Effects fame has started a new secondhand book shop .. ALLSORTS BOOKS, 275 HIGH ST, NORTHCOTE, Ph: 94827930, Open 7 Days a week (12 - 6pm) .. includes books on electronics, synthesizers etc
on Fri 31st July .. free instore at Missing Link ..James Earthenward and Cigarettes For Ping Pong .. 5pm start
already happened in 2009 ...
Jul
Jun
notable New Jersey radio station WFMU has opened a new project, the Free Music Archive, containing selections from their great playlist for download .. some Australian artists are represented via the Dual Plover label's membership
on Tues 30th June from 8:30pm at Bar Open .. Ahmad/Thomas/Talia & Wadley/Dorrian
on 27th June at the Builders Arms .. the launch of Un Magazine 3.1, which includes an article by Anna Daly on performance (featuring some stuff about HGP) .. live music by Snawklor in full electronic drum kit mode, Rod Cooper and Pissypaw
on Friday June 26th at the Curtin Bandroom .. Mum Smokes play their first show in two years to launch their new cd .. with Fabulous Diamonds and White Woods
on Wed 24th at/on RRR from 630pm .. St Helens, live (to air)
Dylan Martorell has an exhibition from May 29 to Jun 20 .. new works / musique povera / sonic arcologies .. at Lamington Drive, 89 George St, Fitzroy
Dave Graney has a new solo album, the r'n'b-influenced "Knock yourself out" .. and is doing a 19 June lunchtime instore at Basement Discs, 24 Block Place
Hobart music fans will want to see Beaches and Mum Smokes with All Fires The Fire + Our Sails at the Brisbane Hotel on Friday 19th June
on Friday 19th at Tape Projects / Bouverie Studios, 1/81 Bouverie st Carlton .. launch of new Tarab cd featuring live shows from Ernie Althoff, Camilla Hannan, Jim McKay, Glenn Norman, Geoff Robinson, Eamon Sprod .. early! 7pm to 9pm
on Wed 17th @ Stutter .. ABRE OJOS' 'ELEMENTS' DVD LAUNCH featuring .. ABRE OJOS, JK FULLER, WITNESS GIRL, dj sets by CAT GRRL
on 14th June .. the Clear Spacemen launch their new cd 'Outerlude' at Pure Pop Records, 221 Barkly st, St Kilda
on 13th June at the Birmingham .. Albert's Basement launch their new compilation 'Warm Cupboard' (afternoon and evening gig) .. look out for the compilation which includes tracks by: the frightening lights, hi god people, kes band, francis plagne, aux assembly, star, free choice, seth rees, aleks and the ramps, christina tester, fabulous diamonds, woollen kits, baseball, bleak infinity .. launch play times are: doors 2.30pm $10 donation suggested, 3.20pm Mad Nanna, 4.10pm Woollen Kits, 5.00pm Chrome Dome, 5.50pm Seth Rees, 6.40pm Inevitable Orbit, 7.30pm Free Choice, 8.20pm Francis Plagne, 9.10pm Aux Assembly, 10.00pm The Frightening Lights, 10.50pm Super Star, 11.40pm Kes Band
on Sat 13th June at the Wesley Anne .. Children Of The Wave, Great Earthquake and Jason Heller .. early show, Jason starts at 8:45
on Thursday 11th June at Bar Open .. Vlady Vivaldi (Penelope Skliros solo) album launch on Alberts Basement label .. this is a free show with an almost-too-good-to-be-true lineup: 7pm-8pm DJ michael zulicki, 8.15pm-8.45pm Yama Boy, 9pm-9.30pm Snawklor, 9.45pm-10.15pm Mark Barrage, 10.30-11.30 Vlady Vivaldi
Wagons return to Melbourne with a show at the Corner on 7th June
on Tuesday 2nd June at Bar Open .. Ian Wadley & Justin Fuller are part of the MakeItUpClub
May
on Sat 30th May at NSC .. St Helens album launch, with Panel of Judges and Circle Pit
from May 1st to 22nd .. Alex Vivian and Nathan Gray have a show at Rear View Gallery, rear 244 Smith St Collingwood (Discount Chemist Wharehouse), enter from Stanley st, open wed - sun 12-6pm
on Sunday 17th May my guest on Two To The Valley (3cr, 11pm) is indie electronicist and circuit-bender James Earthenware, who will play and discuss music from his old and new releases, and music that has influenced him
on Wed 13th at Stutter .. Jack the Rapper (Qld), Das Butcher, Robin Rox / Lloyd Honeybrook
on 10th May my guest on Two To The Valley (on radio 3cr from 11pm) is Nathan Gray, Melbourne visual artist and one half of sound-art duo Snawklor. He'll play music and talk about his life and times. .. If you're overseas or interstate, you can listen via the 3CR web site
on Saturday May 9th at the Old Bar .. the new-look New Estate featuring Toby (ex Flywheel) on bass guitar .. with Ashtray Boy and other bands
Brisbane's OtherFilm collective puts on regular events featuring avant garde film and music. These are world-class and I highly recommend them. They have two events coming up in Melbourne. On 7th May at ACMI, 6.30pm (Free entry), and 8th May at Tape Space, 1/81 Bouverie St Carlton at 8pm sharp, $6/$8 .. follow the link for the excellent lineups for these shows
on Sunday 3rd May my guest on Two To The Valley will be Sean Bailey, speaking about his bands Lakes and Wasted Truth, and other releases on his label Inverted Crux ( http://www.myspace.com/invertedcrux ) .. from 11pm on 3CR 855am .. interstate and overseas listeners via web http://3cr.org.au/
on Fri 1st May at the Forum .. the Laughing Clowns supported by Nels Cline (USA) .. $35/$42
Apr
Pat O'Brien of the Sunshine and Grease store has done some great radio filling in on Dance Cadaverous .. now he has his own show on RRR, Tuesdays from midnight to 2am, starting 7th April.
Marney Macleod of Melbourne rock band Zond is curating Saturday nights at Horse Bazaar .. a dj night called Stump .. on Sat 11th members of The Witchhats and The Stabs .. following week is members of Eddy Current Surpression Ring
on Sunday 26th from 11pm on 3CR my guest on Two To The Valley is Mia Schoen (New Estate, Sleepy Township, Above Ground Pool, Driving Past, Long Weekend, Huon, etc
from 12th March to 24th April .. Craft Victoria (31 Flinders Lane) presents Chicks on Speed's "Viva La Craft!" .. "traditional techniques of millinery, silk screen printing, ceramics, patchwork, tapestry and fashion tailoring will be combined with new research in technical innovation."
on Fri 24th April at the Tote ..Go Genre Everything are launching their EP 'Disciple of Waste' with The Losers, Zond and the Assassination Collective
on 18/19 April at Ceres environmental park .. the Melbourne Social Forum festival of art, music, culture, changing the world
during much of April and May, Alison the host of 3CR's Two To The Valley show on Sunday nights will be overseas .. filling in will be David Nichols and I .. for my first show on 19th April my guest will be Michael of the Albert's Basement label, who will play and talk about his latest and forthcoming releases
Adelaide's Hit The Jackpot are playing two shows soon in Melbourne .. Friday April 17 at The Old Bar with Lindsay Lowhand, Talons and Late Arvo Sons .. Saturday April 18 at Cobra Bar with Spider Vomit and Scott & Charlene's Wedding
on 5th April from noon .. the Brunswick Bowls Club presents a fund-raiser to buy a new water tank .. features barefoot bowling games, raffles, games and live music including Shane Edmunds, Bohjass, Paul McArthy, Fee Brown, Zhang Lingdi, Matt Sharp, Anthony Rea, Dale Garfinkle and Rod Cooper, DJ Xonk
on Sat 4th April at Antey & Ashton, at rear of 209 Albion st enter via laneway next to UGG Boot factory .. 11:00am - 8:00pm .. FABULOUS DIAMONDS, JUSTIN K FULLER, PAECES, HEXAGON COMMIT, MOFFARFARRAH, MATTHEW BROWN & SIMON TAYLOR, FAECES, I-SUFFERAZ (KRUMP PERFORMANCE) .. free entry .. part of west Brunswick Sculpture Trienniale
on Thursday 2nd April at the Birmingham .. Panel of Judges, Dick Diver, Ships Piano .. it's the last PoJ show for several months
on Wed 1st April @ Stutter .. SUPER STAR, REPAIRS, 8008, DJ FREE CHOICE @ Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale Street
Mar
Melbourne duo Snawklor have released a new album direct to the web .. download it from http://www.snawklor.blogspot.com
from 26th to 28th March at the Butterfly Club, South Melbourne .. Dave Graney's new cabaret "live in hell"
on 28th March at 830pm it's Earth Hour
on Fri 27th at the Tote .. Beaches, the Ancients, the Twerps
on Fri 20th March, 7-8pm, at Craft Victoria .. FOR THE LOVE OF THE OBJEKT INSTRUMENT features HGP's Dylan Martorell and Chicks on Speed .. Cost $10 Craft Victoria Members; $20 Non-Members
on Wed 18th March at the Empress .. Das Butcher and Julian Williams' Inevitable Orbit
at Stutter on Wed 18th .. Gauntlet (Alex Vivian, Simon Taylor and Christopher L G Hill), Clickjaw, Pig&Machine, Bum Creek
on Wed 11th March @ Stutter .. MIKE COOPER (UK), BONNIE MERCER & MARNEY MACLEOD, LAKES, DJ SHAGS
on Wed 4th March @ Stutter .. SUPER SMASH MONEY .. DALE NASON, TROY INNOCENT, CHRISTINE MEYER AND JON PAK .. This evening at Stutter presents a trio + 1 exploring themes: money, metal, micro, nation and animal, via video, object process, music and information. The current sees what currency can't see. In order of commencement: * 1950's Europe including Kabul and the Suez Canal. The home movies of a pilot and his wife. Film transferred to dvd. * The Micronation of Ludea. Live AV object exchange action. * $0 Zerodollars. Live 'molten metal' object cast & media action. * Oxide. Micro video, metal oxide, max msp and bunched fibres.
on Sunday 1st March the Sydney Road Street Festival shuts the cars out and offers free music and events all day
as part of Sunday's Sydney Road Festival, Round & Round Records (513 Sydney Rd (near the corner of Blyth St)) is hosting these acts: 1:00 Jason Heller, 1:50 Mad Nanna, 2:40 Peter Joseph Head, 3:30 Inevitable Orbit, 4:20 Popolice, 5:10 Das Butcher
Feb
on 28th Feb 2009, the Summer Tones party at the Espy features Dan Deacon, High Places, Pivot, Lawrence Arabia, The Ruby Suns, The Stabs, Beaches, Qua, The Smallgoods, Mountains in the Sky, Kes Band, Ned Collette Band, Fabulous Diamonds, Mark Barrage, Panel of Judges, Ships Piano, The Twerps
from 20-22 Feb at Fed Square .. the Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities.
on Sat 21st Feb in a back yard in Pender st Thornbury .. Applecore 09 featurs a long list of acts including PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS, SLEEPY TOWNSHIP, LAURA JEAN and HAND HELL
on Sat 21 Feb at the Curtain Bandroom 22 Lygon st .. LOVE OF DIAGRAMS, PANEL OF JUDGES, ST HELENS, ZOND, SPIDER VOMIT, BEACHES DJS
on Thurs 19th Feb at the Toff .. Japan's Tenniscoats, with Kes Band and The Twerps .. $15
on Sun 15th Feb at the bat colony .. TETRAHEDRUM features snawklor, donkeys tale, julian williams, mark barrage, super star
live rock events are usually earth-unfriendly consumption-fests whose proceeds go to the alcohol industry, so it's good to see a festival that is both non-polluting and donating money to conservation .. hats off to the Thin Green Line on 14th Feb
on Fri 13th Feb at the Old Bar ($10) .. Battery Cover Missing (casio theme) zine presents the CD Launches of Cigarettes for Ping Pong's debut EP and James Earthenware's "Perception Management" CD .. features Ninetynine and Casionova along with those two artists
on Fri 6th Feb at the NSC .. Root
on Wed 4th Feb at Horse Bazaar .. Skin and Bones (Bus Gallery), Stutter and Sunshine & Grease present Circle Pit, Animal Prophets, Cocks Arquette, Dj Shits + Giggles .. (part of the Skin and Bones, Bus Gallery costume and Fashion show)
the third Skin & Bones "fashion" show opens at Bus Gallery on the 3rd of Feb .. features designs by Oliver Hextall, Alex Vivian, Fjorn Butler, Alexander Ouchtomsky, Sean Bailey, Kiki Ando (Japan), Harriett Morgan, Evergreen Terrace, Sally Blenheim, Hyper colour castle, Thomas Bernard (France), Circle Pit (Sydney), Dell Stewart, Tin and Ed, Jarrah de Kuijer.
on Tues 3rd Feb .. Stereolab, Crayon Fields and Guy Blackman at Billboard the Venue
on Tuesday 3rd Feb at Wesley Ann .. Justin K.Fuller, Ian Wadley, Keith Mason, Simon Evans and Kate Skinner (draw mountains There)
Jan
JULIAN WILLIAM's solo album "Liquidamber" is co-released by the Synaesthesia and Spill labels and available at Missing Link and Sunshine and Grease .. after the Melbourne launch with Snawklor, Justin K. Fuller and video art by Jason Heller, JW takes this show on the road with dates in Brisbane and Sydney during Jan/Feb .. hear preview tracks at JW's Myspace page .. see reviews by Bob Baker Fish and Mark Gomes
on Sat 31 Jan at the Old Bar .. Panel of Judges launch the vinyl version of 'Bad Vibrations' .. with ZOND and Scott and Charlene's Wedding
on Sat Jan 31st at Horse Bazaar .. the Ox Party Sessions featuring Dylan Martorell (Snawklor, Hi-god People), Capiche Mode .. This will be the second installment of a month's Saturday night DJ residency as programmed by Saigon Sausage & Albino Dwarf. Expect to hear cosmic mantras, sublime frequencies, DIY gutter rave, subterranean black metal, ghettotech, happy hardcore, blah blah.
on Sat 31 Jan in Clifton Park, Albert st, Brunswick, the Summer Winds festival includes Circle Pit (Syd), No News(Syd), Marl Karx (Bris), Kitchens Floor(Bris), Chrome Dome, Free Choice, Bum Creek, Pathetic Human, Splitfoot, 8008, Super Star, Acid Casualty, This Party Sucks, Absoluten Calfevtrail, Wasted Truth, Matthew Brown, Gugg, Breaker Morant, Art & Craft
on Fri 30 Jan at the Thornbury Theatre .. the Lurid Yellow Mist featuring Dave Graney and Clare Moore + The Sand Pebbles, Barrage, MC Dave Graney
after being caught up all year in other writing projects I have posted a new essay, about indie economics and the recession, on the Spill blog
on Wed 28th Jan at the Globe Theatre, Brisbane .. Julian Williams launches his new alhum, Qld style .. with the Lost Domain
on Wed 28 Jan at The Tote .. New Estate play their first show with new member Toby on bass (ex Flywheel)
local acts at this year's Melbourne Big Day Out include Beaches, My Disco, and the Hi God People .. 26th Jan at the racecourse
on Fri 23rd Jan at Tote upstairs, North Atlantic Audio launch their new cd "Heavy Wings" and Ian Wadley launches his new cd "Attempts To Forget"
on Sun 18th Jan at the Toff .. the notable double of EUGENE CHADBOURNE (USA) & SCHNEIDER TM (Germany)
on Sat 17th at 3pm at Sunshine & Grease .. Mani Neumeier in-store (free entry)
on Friday 9th Jan from 6.30 to 730 .. Julian Williams is playing an instore at the Sunshine and Grease record and book emporium (Bus Gallery, 117 Little Lonsdale st, free entry)
on Wed 7th Jan between 10pm and midnight on RRR .. Julian Williams will be a guest on DJ DownPat's show
on Sunday 4th Jan 2009 at the Tote .. CHAPTER MUSIC TURNS 18 .. Tote stage: 3.30pm Karl Smith 4.30pm Hit The Jackpot 5.30pm Sleepy Township 6.30pm Mystery Guests 8.00pm Pikelet 9.00pm The Crayon Fields .. Cobra Bar stage 4.00pm Clare Moore 5.00pm Lakes 6.00pm Henry Wagons 7.30pm Minimum Chips 8.30pm Panel Of Judges
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