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on Fri 12th at the John Curtin Hotel .. Beaches last show before US tour .. with Zond, Das Butcher and Breaking the Law
on Sat 13th Feb in Federation Square .. Sticky Institute presents the Festival of the Photocopier .. "60 plus zinemakers, 40 tables x 1.8metres of zine real estate, 140 or so chairs, market umbrellas, street exposure, nearby cafes and bars and ZINES, thousands of precious precious zines from all over the country. At the institute we know how to hold a zine fair and we take it VERY seriously. Don't expect to find any vegan cupcakes or craft felt toys here."
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) .. JW's new magazine can be read at http://spill-label.org/jw/ftsm36.pdf
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 Wed 3rd March at the Corner .. Deerhoof, Tenniscoats, and Minimum Chips
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
HGP are booked to play at the 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
already happened in 2009 ...
Feb
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
Dec
this Sunday 27th from 11pm on 3CR, my guest will be Melbourne indie maestro Julian Williams, who will preview songs from an album he's about to release, and one he's still working on, and play tracks from recently acquired vinyl by other artists .. Julian is currently strongly influenced by a recent stint in China, and intends to return in 2010 .. He does not like iPods - I will ask him to explain why .. tune in on 855AM or via http://www.3cr.org.au
Merry Xmas from Boyracer .. http://boyracer.bandcamp.com
on 23rd Dec at the Corner .. the Low transit Industries Christmas party features Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Warped, Midget, New Estate, Legends of Motorsport, We All Want To, No Through Road, Fonda 500
on Sunday 20th December from 11pm my guest on Two to the Valley on 3CR will be Melbourne music identity now resident in London, Andrew Bulhak. He will play and talk about interesting new music from the UK and Europe focusing on the indie-pop, electro and shoegazer scenes.
What Is Music 2009 will run in Melb/Syd/Perth during December, including 50 bands in 50 minutes on the final night, Saturday 19th Dec
on 12th Dec Walk Against Warming is a mass protest in the CBD leading up to the Copenhagen talks .. leaves the State Library at noon
on Thurs 10th Dec at the refurbished Builders Arms .. benefit for Jason and Lu .. featuring Sleepy Township, Beaches, the French, Peace Out
during December I'll be doing most of Alison's Sunday night shows on 3cr (except the 13th) .. My guest on Sunday 6th will be Bec Moore, singer of legendary early-90s Australian band Clag, who are to be reissued next year by the Chapter label .. Bec will talk about Clag, indie, the 90s etc and play her favourite tracks
Nov
the current issue of Art Monthly Australia is about Aust sound-art
bands who want a free web presence but are sick of the MySpace design-hell might want to try Band Camp. Watch the explanatory video on the front page. They have excellent music-storage facilities, even allowing you to charge money for high-quality downloads, and good facilities for band information and cover-art. They lack (at this stage) the advertising, bad visual design, and social networking (friends list etc) of MySpace. I'd be interested to hear what musicians make of this site and any comparisons with SoundCloud and other new competitors in this space.
my latest blog essay is on the 90s revival (and previous revivals, and what causes them)
on Sat 28th Nov at Ceres .. the Sacred Kingfisher Festival .. celebrating environmental hope, small birds, singing and signing .. 3pm to 10pm
on Sat 28th at YaYas .. a fundraiser for the Applecore festival features Panel of Judges, Woollen Kits, Pageants and Deadbeat Club
on Sat 28th at the Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St Nth Melbourne, $40 .. Lightning Bolt, Grey Daturas, Naked on the Vague, Robotosaurus, Justice Yeldham, Rebeiro / Andrews, Other films, Embers Big Band, Primitive Calculators, Ivans, Abject Leader, The Whulge
on Fri afternoon, 27th Nov, starting at the State Library .. join Critical Mass for their 14th anniversary bike ride
on Fri 27th Nov at the Old Colonial Inn, 127 Brunswick St .. UNUSUAL WORK No 8, by collective effort press edited by Pi0 .. an evening of EXPERIMENTAL POETRY PERFORMANCES, POWERPOINTS and other forms of verbal art beginning with abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .. FEATURING Anna Fern and The Crystal Set (performing Syd Clayton's The Man on the Left, He's Joe Bigger of Topeka), James Earthenware, Pi0, Sean O'Callaghan and The Postfactualists, Sharne Vate, Maurice McNamara, & Garth Madsen .. FREE ENTRY / $10 a copy
on wed 25th at Stutter .. JUSTIN K FULLER + ABSOLUTEN CALFEUTRAIL + FORTH IMPACT! .. final in series of shows curated by Marco Fusinato
on Sun 22 from 11pm .. I am hosting 'Two to the Valley' on 3CR .. discussing new and imminent releases including new Julian Williams and Inevitable Orbit albums, Clag re-issue, 'Your Colla the Colour of Mounds' and Hobart 'Community' compilations and stax of other goodies .. 850 on the AM dial or the Internet
on Sunday 15th Nov at the Toff in Town, Royal Chord launch their new album .. with guest musicians including, I believe, Peter Jetnikoff (ex Gatekeepers, New Waver and other bands)
Oct
on Friday, October 30 at Westspace Gallery, level 1, 15-19 anthony street, Melbourne .. Julian Williams and co put on a JW-esque show, as part of Tomorrow the World festival. "juliian and craig have been practicing a movement duet which is based on julians experiences in china, and is the first part of a trilogy of duos with three difereent partners for julian. this first part is based on nanjing and its horrible past, mixed with its modern now. what is it to feel nostalgia for a place now lost in time. rosalind and marco hav invited us to collaborate and expect video and sound manipulation mixed with various movement strategies weve been planning. there will be another showing in late november, but it will be radically different to this one, so come on down."
Crayon Fields launch their new album this month with some strong support lineups in Melbourne: on Friday October 23rd at Trades Hall with Panel Of Judges, The Twerps and DJ Jens Lekman and Saturday October 24th at Trades Hall with Robin Fox Laser Show and Minimum Chips
on Thursday 15th at 8pm at Craft Victoria , 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne .. free performances by The French and Free Choice Duo, for Attack Decay Sustain Release, the current show by Nathan Gray
on Sunday 11th October @ Bar Open @ 9pm .. Guitarelay features 19 guitarists creating an instant composition performance for one night only. Includes Barnaby Oliver (infinite decimals), Ben Yardley (Laura/Retail Fireworks), Bonnie Mercer (Grey Daturas), Carl Scullin (Kes/Mum Smokes), Chris Smith (Bad Orchestra), Clinton Green (Undecisive God), Dimitra Stankovic (Scratchplate), Gill Tucker (Beaches/Spider Vomit/Dirtbag), Harry Howard (Pink Stainless Tail/ex-These Immortal Souls etc), Ian Wadley (St Helens/ex-Bird Blobs), JP Shilo (Rowland S Howard band etc/ex-Hungry Ghosts), Justin Fuller (Zond), Keith Mason (White Woods), Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie (Popolice/New Estate), Michael Munson (Second Vienese School), Rene Schaefer (Action Unit/ex- Hand Hell/The Bites), Richard Walsh (The Electric Guitars/ex-Instellar Villains), Rob Wrigley (East Brunswick All Girls Choir/Drumheller), Seth Rees (This Is Your Captain Speaking/The Spheres)
on Saturday 10th October at at the Cobra Bar .. New Estate, the Inevitable Orbit and Sun of Clark, $7 9pm.
Sep
on 19th Sept at the Tote .. CHAPTERFEST features Tenniscoats (Japan), Primitive Calculators, Pikelet Hit The Jackpot, Minimum Chips, The Twerps, Dick Diver, Bum Creek, Jeremy Dower, Crayon Fields DJs .. Tickets $15.00 on the door
on Sat 5th Sep at the Corner hotel .. the Flip Out Festival & Record Fair 2009 .. Pink Reason (Usa), Goodnight Loving (Usa), James Arthur's Manhunt (Usa), Ooga Boogas, Naked On The Vague, Super Wild Horses, Slug Guts, The Disbelievers The Native Cats, Dick Diver, The Twerps, Teen Archer, Repairs
on Friday 4th Sep at Bar Open: the premiere screening of a new documentary 'Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On' (screening at 7pm), followed by a panel discussion on electronic music in Australia with producer Josh Abrahams and RRR’s Owen McKern, then live performances by Winduptoys and Apell, DJ sets from Toupee, Reductionist and Wand live visuals by Object_State .. "the first time, the story of Clan Analogue has been told in Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On. The documentary examines the original formation of the Clan Analogue collective, moving through the late 90s when it gained a reputation as one of Australia’s leading underground electronic music labels to where the collective is today. Plug In & Switch On explores the appeal of electronic music and issues faced by electronic music artists in Australia. Interviewed are founding members Brendan Palmer and Toby Grime, artists such as B(if)tek and Deepchild, past and present Label Managers Gordon Finlayson and Nick Wilson, and a new generation of artists including Winduptoys, Koshowko and Bleepin’ J Squawkins." Plug In & Switch On also includes excerpts from filmclips, live gigs and rare archival footage.
Aug
on Sat 29th at 303 High St .. New Estate, Deadbeat Club, The Love Bites .. doors 8:30PM $7.
from 14 to 28 August .. the 3RRR radiothon seeks your support
on Sat 22 Aug at the the Arts Centre Fairfax Studio .. Kes Band launch their new album .. Kes Band players will include Kes, Laura Jean, Lehmann Smith and Julian Patterson plus a specially assembled lineup of guests from Melbourne’s fertile music scene .. supports by Anthony Pateras & Robbie Avenaim plus Free Choice Duo .. doors open 8.30pm, tickets $17
on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th .. Free Play, the independent games developer festival
Pimmon plays two nights in Melbourne .. on Thurs 13th Aug at Bar Open with The Coralinas and The Frightening Lights .. on Sat 15th Aug at Pony with Francis Plagne and Chris Smith
Dave Graney and band are launching his new solo album KNOCK YOURSELF OUT at the Fairfax Studio in the Arts Centre on Friday August 14th at 8pm.
Jul
on Fri 31st July .. free instore at Missing Link ..James Earthenware and Cigarettes For Ping Pong .. 5pm start
on 31st July at Craft Victoria .. Snawklor (with Greg on electronic drums) play at the opening of the Perspective Festival .. free entry but rsvp essential
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
the latest issue of Un Magazine has text and photos of Hi God People and Jason Hood .. get a pdf from the website or a paper copy via outlets listed there
on Sunday night 26th July, from 11pm on 3CR "Two to the Valley" show, I will preview songs from the new compilation of Hobart bands "Community", which is being produced by Julian Teakle for release in September .. listen via 855am or on the web at http://www.3cr.org.au
on Sunday 26th July at the Tote .. the Chapter Music, Lost & Lonesome, Mistletone, Remote Control/Dot Dash, Sensory Projects, Two Bright Lakes, and Unstable Ape labels present Hold Hands, a day-long celebration of the Melbourne music community .. 16 bands on two stages from 2.30pm until 11.00pm .. Beaches, Black Cab, Children of the Wave, Dick Diver, Guy Blackman, Jessica Says, Kes Band, Kid Sam, Lee Memorial, Mick Turner, Ned Collette, Spider Vomit, St Helens, The Sand Pebbles, The Smallgoods (Duo), The Sun Blindness, and DJ Faux Pas .. $20, proceeds to radio stations RRR, PBS, FBi and 2SER
on Wed July 22 at the Toff In Town .. My Pal Foot Foot (Japan) supported by Kes Band and Fabulous Diamonds, $15
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 Tuesday 14th July at 10am at the CERES visitors center .. the Green Precincts Grant Launch by Minister for Environment, Heritage, and the Arts, Peter Garret
from 9 to 12 July Australia's Liquid Architecture festival hits Melbourne
on Wed 8th July at 630 pm .. Beaches play live-to-air from 3RRR
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
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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