Blank Realm in Melbourne this weekend

This is the flyer for the show at Sunshine & Grease tonight.

- Friday 2/07 Sunshine and Grease w/ Lakes, Super Star and Interzone. 8pm.

        - Saturday 3/07 Yah Yahs w/ Bum Creek, No Zu and Table Mountain (SA). 9pm.

       - Sunday 4/07 Empress w/ Space Cactus, Table Mountain (SA) and Loamlines. 3pm.

                       I'd like to make it down, hoping i make it to at least one of these shows anyway.

The Forty Thieves 3 - GORKER GALLERY

THE FORTY THIEVES 3- it's a great show, just look at that line-up... Ha-Ha, Makatron, Ben Frost, Drewfunk.. good theme too. I went to the show last night and bought the Ha-Ha piece. If you're killing time before the Birmy opens for your first frothy, stop by as it's just around the corner.

GORKER GALLERY

No winter blues.

Hmm, after last week's blowout, pickings are kinda slim this week. But not to worry.
Hobart's Native Cats are at the Birmy, with their buddies the always-excellent Super Wild Horses and the always-unpredictable UV Race.

Not sure what that costs, but it'd be worth a look. And you can pick up a copy of the Cats new album at the show, too.
Otherwise, you can catch up on your Tim Burton big screen experiences, at ACMI.They are having a retrospective of all his movies in conjunction with that exhibition that's on there right now. I actually saw "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" at a cinema once, for some unknown reason.

A couple of things.

Well, that Community Cup was fun.

That's me telling off a photographer, for snapping me while I was asking that homeless guy for a cigarette. And I got to see my old mate Phil Bryant (of the Corpsegrinders) dressed as a woman. And the right team won, too- the RRR/PBS Megahertz got up by one point.
Also- I have recently been asked to get involved with a new blog hub thing, you gonna get it. So (most) of what goes up here will also be found there, alongside a bunch of other folks' stuff. Mostly music based, mostly Australian. It's a cool idea, and there are no ads or fine print. If you have a blog, drop them a line.

the crew has signed in.

that is all.

So, we're off are we?

Good good.
I don't like the layout colour, though.

Stay tuned.

Dual pLOVER's Happy New Financial Year P.A.R.T.Y!! 2moro!!.!!

Fuck mannn, Sydney's really pulled a rabbit outta their hat with this one.
DUAL PLOVER's got you covered for a sweet new financial year party.
Running from 9pm to 6am, the line-up (subject to change) goes:


BAAAADDDDD – 21:00 21:20


MURDER OF CROW – 21:20 21:50


WIZARD BONG – 21:50 22:10


RICE CORPSE – 22:10 22:30


CRAB SMASHER – 22:30 23:00


DRUNK ELK – 23:00 23:30


YONG ROMANTIX – 23:30 0:00


KUSUM – 0:00 0:10


LOUIS BURDETT & PATRICK KAVANAGH – 0:10 0:40


AXXONN – 0:40 1:10


HORSE MACGYVER – 1:10 1:40


TEEN AX – 1:40 2:10


BED WETTIN BAD BOYS – 2:10 2:30


NEVADA STRANGE – 2:30 3:00


WHORES – 3:00 3:20


GAY MARRIAGE – 3:20 3:40


GODSWOUNDS – 3:40 4:10


WARM FEELINGS – 4:10 4:30


TWISTED SUBTERRANEAN DEATHTRAP – 4:30 5:00


NHOMEA – 5:00 5:30
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is on at Wednesday 30th June at
Home Nightclub, 101 Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour.
9pm til 6am.
Tickets on the door are $25. You best be there.

dual pLOVER.com
 

No Future For You, Significant Other

Marketing is a relentless practice these days, fuelled by the explosion of new media channels, but the appearance of a dating site for punks is a minor surprise. If there's no future, why do you want to hang out with a partner? Maybe nihilists do need love and if punkmatch.com had existed back when Sid was around, he wouldn't have ended up with Nancy.

Community Cup 2010, this Sunday!

http://www.communitycup.org.au/

Bits Of Shit 7"

Hey sports fans, I got a hot tip for you.

There's a band you may or may not know about called the BITS OF SHIT. B.O.S has members of The Ooga Boogas and The Sailors. They've just put out a 7 inch called 'Dirty Bomb', it's a real gem of a record too. Check out what Missing Link have said about it:

'The Debut from this raucous local ratbag quartet comprised of folk from the OOGA BOOGAS / THE SAILORS /THE UP SYNDROME Etc.. Title cut plus 'Prime' , 'Tim Hemensley' / 'Gailforce'. Recorded by Mikey From EDDY CURRENT and a hand numbered edish of 300 copies with insert ! WE THINK THIS IS THE SHIT !'

ALSO, I did an interview with Andy (-Guitars) and Stacky (-Bass) over the weekend at The Napier Hotel. It's going to be in an upcoming issue of Negative Guest List.

I'm trying to find a picture of the cover but you see i'm at work and I can't use Myspace. Deal with it.

Down And Out Down Under Episode 6

It's been a ridiculously long time between drinks but the latest episode of the all-Aussie podcast from the I-94 Bar is here.

The Ding Dongs - Mark Sultan & Bloodshot Bill

The Ding-Dongs

I just heard the album and it looks like it'll be my winter record this year 

I particularly like the track "Crazy Dreams"

Buy this sucker over at NORTON Records or go to Le Noise for the download

DEVO - JERKIN' BACK N FORTH

Don't call it a festival, don't call it half-cocked.

But it's not just about the Tote here in Melbourne.
Look at this- the Birmingham's second birthday, a bunch of strange noisy Brisbane stuff at the Gertrude Contemporary Art Space under the "Psycho Subtropics" banner, and the Community Cup have all aligned.this week.
This means that there are thirty five bands playing, over two days, at three unrelated events, for a grand total of $5.00- which is what it will cost you to get into the Cup. With a game of football thrown in, too.
Here, I've put them in alphabetical order to make it easy for you, with a note of who's on where:

Abject Leader GCAS
Alex Cuffe GCAS
Baptism Of Uzi Birmy
Big Smoke Birmy
Chaos Kids Birmy
Chloe Cogle GCAS
Cured Pink GCAS
Danni Zuvela GCAS
Dead Farmers Birmy
Dick Diver Birmy
Dozers Birmy
Gerald Keaney GCAS
Greasers Birmy
Grizzly Jim Lawrie Band Birmy
In Tongues Birmy
Joel Stern GCAS
Keggin Birmy
Little Freddie & the Pops Community Cup
Madonna Birmy
Nick Barker & the Reptiles Community Cup
Ross Manning GCAS
Sarah Byrne GCAS
Scale Free Network GCAS
Scraps GCAS
Ship's Piano Birmy
Sky Needle GCAS
Swamplords GCAS
Teen Archer Birmy
The Black Hill Five Birmy
The Blackeyed Susans Community Cup
The Living End Community Cup
The Priory Dolls Birmy
The Stabs Birmy
This War Birmy
Wil Wagner & the Smith St. Orchestra Birmy

And here are the relevant artworks/handbills/scrawl for each one, too:



I've gotta say, things like this make combing the fine print of street press listings kinda redundant.

TWO X TWO - Tonight

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Not sure how i missed this one til just now. Thanks to the tipoff from Trevor Block!

It's totally worth doing and i have strong conviction you will also be presented with free wine. Also because it's at the Abbotsford Convent you can enjoy a good (vego) donation buffet meal. Starts at 6 and you leave when you're done.

So to recap, do this tonight if you're looking for free wine and good art.

Art double.

Lauren Bamford and Karl Scullin are both pretty well known around town as photographers, appearing in and on media ranging from street press to album covers. It's good to see them together in a formal, themed exhibition, opening tonight (Wednesday 23 June) at the C3 Artspace :

The gallery is a bit hidden, being round the back and underneath the main building- come along and spot your friends.

I got in

before Bruce Milne handed over the door stamp to the new management:

So, yes, it was a good night. Pretty much everyone I expected/hoped to see there was there, the sightlines in the revamped bandroom are much better, and the beers were free. The new carpet and lack of stuff on the walls was the only noticeable difference, really.
I don't know if this is the official end of an era, or the official start of a new one. But it's the Tote, and it has bands on again.

Thanks to Carbie for the pic.

The Birmingham 2nd Birthday Show

The Birmy's having their second birthday show this Saturday. It's gonna be pretty rad, check out the poster:

New band room

11.15 – 11.45 GREASERS

10.15 – 10.45 DICK DIVER

9.15 – 9.45 IN TONGUES

8.15 – 8.45 THE PRIORY DOLLS

7.15 – 7.45 BAPTISM OF UZI

6.15 – 6.45 BIG SMOKE

5.15 – 5.45 WIL WAGNER & THE SMIH STREET BAND

4.15 – 4.45 THE BLACK HILL FIVE

3.15 – 3.45 GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE BAND

Existing band room

11.45 – 12.30 THE STABS

10.45 – 11.15 DEAD FARMERS

9.45 – 10.15 TEEN ARCHER

8.45 – 9.15 SHIPS PIANO

7.45 – 8.15 DOZERS

6.45 – 7.15 THIS WAR

5.45 – 6.15 MADONNA

4.45 – 5.15 KEGGIN

3.45 – 4.15 CHAOS KIDS

The night kicks off from 12 midday with a BBQ for both lunch and dinner, bands start at 3pm

and.... its FREE ENTRY!

Brisbane Secrets

My old pal Georg from Brisbane is putting the word out for a secret show he's in.

If you're a local or going to be in town in early July, check it out.

http://georgart.blogspot.com/

Love Of Diagrams, Miniature Subs, Dick Diver. Tonight uh huh!

-TONIGHT-

Northcote Social Club
$10+bf
http://northcotesocialclub.com/

Love of Diagrams have returned home from yet another successful US tour, where they played coast to coast, with a few days at the Austin Texas SXSW festival in between. This is their first show back and with new songs, and perhaps a couple of rarely played old faves and the band play with new pop sensations, Dick Diver plus Miniature Submarines.

Citadel hits "The Spot"

Citadel Mailorder has a blog (called The Spot) and you should check there for news about the Live In Texas album from Radio Birdman.

CBGB RIP

Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the brand owners? Not much value in a brand without some substance.

Sydney Opera House bans King Khan and BBQ. WTF?

The main reason I didn't opt-in for the recent Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson-curated Vivid Festival shows by King Khan & BBQ and Boris at the Sydney Opera House was the venue. Low art does not belong in gilded cages run by high-brow turds, so why does this not surprise?

SHOW OFF - Friday 18th

I'm dj'ing this as Cowboy Leather with Jack Petty. It's gonna be a good show so make it down if you can.

Friday 18th June

6PM

8 Rankins Lane - near Little Bourke and Elizabeth st's.

I figure i'll do this then head to Yah-Yah's for Constant Mongrel and UV Race.

SHOW OFF - Friday 18th

I'm dj'ing this as Cowboy Leather with Jack Petty. It's gonna be a good show so make it down if you can.

Friday 18th June

6PM

8 Rankins Lane - near Little Bourke and Elizabeth st's.

I figure i'll do this then head to Yah-Yah's for Constant Mongrel and UV Race.

I Like Your Small Opening - Hell Gallery

http://hellgallery.blogspot.com/

This reminds me of Australian Idol

The Tote, Redux!

When the The Tote closed in January i was really curious to see what other venues would step up to the plate. I saw myself going to the The Birmy, Old Bar, Yah-Yah's and The Empress alot more. Having it closed made many people see just how good it was. If i was asked what i missed the most it'd have to be sitting in the front bar eating pizza during Total Doughstruction. Or maybe walking in from the rain to see Black Flag on the shitty little tv and hearing Deaf Wish on the jukebox. I've been going to the place since 2004 when i was just 14 or 15 for the Ska-B-Q shows. 

So to show your love, go in for a drink tomorrow as it's the first day it'll be open for the public.

This is what it looks like under the stairs now, looks good to me.

These are the current lease holders: Sam Crupi, Jon Perring and Andrew Portokallis.

These guys also run Yah-Yah's, Bar Open and Pony.

Here's a statement written today from Bruce Milne:

"When I announced the Tote was shutting the doors in January, I was certain it was the end of an era, certainly the end of the Tote. I didn’t count on the overwhelming community reaction to the news.

That the Tote is reopening is a result of that reaction and the efforts of so many thousands of people that demonstrated, signed petitions, wrote letters and let their feelings be known. It’s the result of a lot of hard, behind-the-scenes, work by FG4LM and SLAM that has affected some real change in the way Liquor Licensing and the government treats live music in this state. There’s still a lot to be done but the future for live music looks a lot brighter than it did a few months ago.

I’m very happy that Jon, Sam and Andy have taken over The Tote. They went out on a limb and took over the licence without any firm guarantee that the high risk license conditions would be reversed. Their accountant must have told them they were crazy.
The Tote will be different but in lots of good ways. As it has under previous owners, The Tote will evolve. Just like Melbourne music. It will continue to be run by music lovers. Many of the old staff can kiss the dole office goodbye as they have been re-employed. It will continue to be a second home for music lovers.

It’s a simple formula – have a beer, watch a band, chat with friends, moan about what should be on the jukebox. As Wally Meanie said, “It’s not rocket surgery!”

7 Evils in ONE

No Vacancy presents:

7 Evils in One!

A group exhibition of illustrations by James Blagden, Mark Silipo, Joanna Anderson, Patrick Kyle, Cougar Flashy, Kelie Bowman and Michael Fikaris.

Don't miss the opening night performance by Melbourne band Love Connection and many thanks to Androniki Douramakos for her mountain installation.

Opening Thursday 10th June 6-9pm. 

34-40 Jane Bell lane, QV 

Melbourne, VIC 3000

Exhibition 11- 24 June

7 Evils in ONE

No Vacancy presents:

7 Evils in One!

A group exhibition of illustrations by James Blagden, Mark Silipo, Joanna Anderson, Patrick Kyle, Cougar Flashy, Kelie Bowman and Michael Fikaris.

Don't miss the opening night performance by Melbourne band Love Connection and many thanks to Androniki Douramakos for her mountain installation.

Opening Thursday 10th June 6-9pm. 

34-40 Jane Bell lane, QV 

Melbourne, VIC 3000

Exhibition 11- 24 June

Royal Headache at Carriageworks

I'm such a drunken fool!
I was fiddling with my camera while R.H were on and managed to delete all the photos i'd taken during my time in Sydney. I bought a bunch of records, saw some bands and drank big with my main man Nathan.

I saw King Khan & BBQ Show do their second last ever performance- at the Sydney Opera House no less. It was a strange show compared to the night previous at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Melbourne was a pretty regular show- get drunk and dance for a few hours. The crowd at the Sydney show was dead, they refused to boogie. Then, KK&BBQ didn't play as good. After the show a bunch of hung around Opera House with King Khan drinking and smoking. Then he kind of freaked out and BBQ was telling me he wasn't interested in playing with KK anymore and that he was acting like a rockstar, "As if he's in Kiss or something". Then we drank at Bar Broadway till 4. If you're interested in reading some tall tales by KK, read this. It's an account of his time at the Opera House.

Here's some photos of Royal Headache playing at Carriageworks.

Royal Headache at Carriageworks

I'm such a drunken fool!
I was fiddling with my camera while R.H were on and managed to delete all the photos i'd taken during my time in Sydney. I bought a bunch of records, saw some bands and drank big with my main man Nathan.

I saw King Khan & BBQ Show do their second last ever performance- at the Sydney Opera House no less. It was a strange show compared to the night previous at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Melbourne was a pretty regular show- get drunk and dance for a few hours. The crowd at the Sydney show was dead, they refused to boogie. Then, KK&BBQ didn't play as good. After the show a bunch of hung around Opera House with King Khan drinking and smoking. Then he kind of freaked out and BBQ was telling me he wasn't interested in playing with KK anymore and that he was acting like a rockstar, "As if he's in Kiss or something". Then we drank at Bar Broadway till 4. If you're interested in reading some tall tales by KK, read this. It's an account of his time at the Opera House.

Here's some photos of Royal Headache playing at Carriageworks.

Super secret special show.

One of the "perks" of this blogging lark is that occassionally it gets you in the door to good stuff. That was the case this week- I've scored an invite to some kinda VIP/media preview of a new venue. So new it doesn't even have a name yet.
I can't tell (yet) how widely the invites were spread, but in any event, no one seems to be talking about it- which is odd considering the recent fuss made over the place in question.
For now, though, I'll just say that I won't be at home if anyone needs me on Thursday night.
More details to follow.

Records For Sale

Hey, just passing on a list of records Brendon from Negative Guestlist Zine is selling.

If you want to buy any of these, send an email through to him to:

dirtyalley@msn.com

Pass this onto anyone who might be interested in any of these also.

-Zac


7"

Black Lips – Not A Problem b/w Dirty Hands Single (Vice Records debut)

Black Lips – O Katrina EP (Aus Tour Single #66/400)

Black Lips/Demons Claw – split EP (Single Series Ed. on Norton Records. Two of the biggest/best.)

Black Orphan – Transmission EP (Hozac Reg. Cover /400)

Black Orphan – s/t (Glow in the Dark cover /100 http://www.myspace.com/gucciquattro)

Blank Dogs – Yellow mice sleep (Proflic baby HoZac /200 copies)

Blank Dogs – The Doorbell Fire (Sweet Rot Records /400 copies)

Blank Dogs – In A Web EP (Daggerman /400 copies)

Bold Ones – Open Your Mouth EP (OG HoZac garage/party punk, pre-vagina wave)

Coco-Coma – 6 ¼ – 125 b/w Take my Time Single (Goner Records)

Contaminators – s/t (First EP from killer neo-KBD band http://www.myspace.com/contaminators)

Crossed Eyes – Rattled Eyes (HC dudes doing killer Irish influenced powerpop)

Dead Ghosts – What to Do b/w God Only Knows (Sick Black Lips/60s style basement spook)

Dead Wife – s/t EP (Female froned party thrash from Canada)

Electric Shadows – Break the Rules b/w Shes All You Got (Douchemaster Records stoner glam)

The Fluid – Tin Top Toy b/w Tomorrow (Sub Pop)

Ganglians – Album Bonus EP (Havent listened /500)

Ghetto Ways – Party Bag EP (limited to 400/White vinyl packed in plastic bag. Party garage punk)

Girls of the Gravitron – s/t EP (Limited Tour Ed. #16/100 Homemade pop)

Heart Beatz – Secret Girls EP (White vinyl /100 copies. Druggy powerpop/svb-Screamers pisstake)

Hunx and his Punx – You Dont Like Rock N Roll (Rare debut EP w/ Dick sticker scratched off)

The Hunt – One Thousand Nights (NY Cold-wave/art punk. Pre-Sacred Bones)

Imaginary Icons – Eye-Cons Single (NY art punk http://www.myspace.com/imaginaryicons)

LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (Get laid)

Love Battery – Between the Eyes b/w Easter (90s, Sub Pop)

Mark McCoy – The Chzech Is in the Mail EP (spoken word madness, like Armand Schaubroek)

Melt Banana – 666 6 inch EP (rare colored spazz core/freakout slut nosie)

Menthols – 848 EP (Marble Blue Vinyl /100. Clangy, dissonant street rock on Floridas Dying)

Nice Face – Thing in my Head EP (Debut of wasted bedroom-wave punk. Special Edition Sleeve /100)

The Observers – Lead Pill (Canada punk http://www.myspace.com/swallowaleadpilldown)

Poster Children – Thinner, Stronger b/w Pointed Stick (90s, Sub Pop)

Rodent Plague – Blue Wave EP (Ex-A Frames member doing solo Kraut-influenced shit. Creepy and tense.)

Sabouters – s/t EP (Drug fucked Cali. KBD)

Scaphists – s/t EP (raw garage/shitgaze crossover http://www.myspace.com/scaphists)

Sharp End – Crack Trap EP (Canadian Ian Curtis/Warsaw worship. Heavy)

The Shemps – To Hell and Back EP (Fleshies/Sick Fits style garage http://www.myspace.com/theshemps)

Shit Eagle – Girls at School EP (blown out weird-punk w/ limited /100 spray painted/stickered cover)

Sick Es – s/t EP (Cali synth KBD)

Sick Es – Mankind EP (Better EP of Cali Synth KBD)

Sonic Chicken 4 – Don't Let Me Down b/w Sonic Night Single (Black Lips/Hasil Adkins garage from France)

Sonic Chicken 4 – Toe Man b/w Midnight Girl Single (Blue Vinyl http://www.myspace.com/sonicchicken4)

SPIDER – Back to the Wall b/w Down and Out Single (Powerpop/Punk Reissue)

SYZ – Complicated EP (Sick early HoZac release)

Tuff Bananas – Dance to Rock N Roll EP (modern bubblegum shit, sick. http://www.myspace.com/bananashalalalala)

Vivian Girls – I Cant Stay Single (First release on In the Red, pre-Pitchfork fingering)

Volt – s/t EP (Green Edition /200) http://www.myspace.com/voltklub

Wax Museums – Claw You Like a Cat EP (Red Vinyl /200 HoZac)

Wax Museums – Magnet EP (Fashionable Idiots/Mike Sniper BLANK DAWGS artwork)

Wicked Awesomes- Information Entropy (Gypsy punk/weird pop shit on Almost Ready)

Young Offenders – Situations EP (Irish powerpop on Parts unknown, like Wipers/Wedding Present)

CASSETTE

Blank Dogs – On Two Sides (Rare Fuck It Tapes pressing of first LP. Sounds better on tape)

Blank Dogs – untitled (Bonus cassette that came w/ limited version of first LP. 100 copies)

Car Commercials -

Vivian Girls – s/t (Rare Fuck It Tapes pressing of first LP. Sounds better on tape)

Records For Sale

Hey, just passing on a list of records Brendon from Negative Guestlist Zine is selling.

If you want to buy any of these, send an email through to him to:

dirtyalley@msn.com

Pass this onto anyone who might be interested in any of these also.

-Zac


7"

Black Lips – Not A Problem b/w Dirty Hands Single (Vice Records debut)

Black Lips – O Katrina EP (Aus Tour Single #66/400)

Black Lips/Demons Claw – split EP (Single Series Ed. on Norton Records. Two of the biggest/best.)

Black Orphan – Transmission EP (Hozac Reg. Cover /400)

Black Orphan – s/t (Glow in the Dark cover /100 http://www.myspace.com/gucciquattro)

Blank Dogs – Yellow mice sleep (Proflic baby HoZac /200 copies)

Blank Dogs – The Doorbell Fire (Sweet Rot Records /400 copies)

Blank Dogs – In A Web EP (Daggerman /400 copies)

Bold Ones – Open Your Mouth EP (OG HoZac garage/party punk, pre-vagina wave)

Coco-Coma – 6 ¼ – 125 b/w Take my Time Single (Goner Records)

Contaminators – s/t (First EP from killer neo-KBD band http://www.myspace.com/contaminators)

Crossed Eyes – Rattled Eyes (HC dudes doing killer Irish influenced powerpop)

Dead Ghosts – What to Do b/w God Only Knows (Sick Black Lips/60s style basement spook)

Dead Wife – s/t EP (Female froned party thrash from Canada)

Electric Shadows – Break the Rules b/w Shes All You Got (Douchemaster Records stoner glam)

The Fluid – Tin Top Toy b/w Tomorrow (Sub Pop)

Ganglians – Album Bonus EP (Havent listened /500)

Ghetto Ways – Party Bag EP (limited to 400/White vinyl packed in plastic bag. Party garage punk)

Girls of the Gravitron – s/t EP (Limited Tour Ed. #16/100 Homemade pop)

Heart Beatz – Secret Girls EP (White vinyl /100 copies. Druggy powerpop/svb-Screamers pisstake)

Hunx and his Punx – You Dont Like Rock N Roll (Rare debut EP w/ Dick sticker scratched off)

The Hunt – One Thousand Nights (NY Cold-wave/art punk. Pre-Sacred Bones)

Imaginary Icons – Eye-Cons Single (NY art punk http://www.myspace.com/imaginaryicons)

LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (Get laid)

Love Battery – Between the Eyes b/w Easter (90s, Sub Pop)

Mark McCoy – The Chzech Is in the Mail EP (spoken word madness, like Armand Schaubroek)

Melt Banana – 666 6 inch EP (rare colored spazz core/freakout slut nosie)

Menthols – 848 EP (Marble Blue Vinyl /100. Clangy, dissonant street rock on Floridas Dying)

Nice Face – Thing in my Head EP (Debut of wasted bedroom-wave punk. Special Edition Sleeve /100)

The Observers – Lead Pill (Canada punk http://www.myspace.com/swallowaleadpilldown)

Poster Children – Thinner, Stronger b/w Pointed Stick (90s, Sub Pop)

Rodent Plague – Blue Wave EP (Ex-A Frames member doing solo Kraut-influenced shit. Creepy and tense.)

Sabouters – s/t EP (Drug fucked Cali. KBD)

Scaphists – s/t EP (raw garage/shitgaze crossover http://www.myspace.com/scaphists)

Sharp End – Crack Trap EP (Canadian Ian Curtis/Warsaw worship. Heavy)

The Shemps – To Hell and Back EP (Fleshies/Sick Fits style garage http://www.myspace.com/theshemps)

Shit Eagle – Girls at School EP (blown out weird-punk w/ limited /100 spray painted/stickered cover)

Sick Es – s/t EP (Cali synth KBD)

Sick Es – Mankind EP (Better EP of Cali Synth KBD)

Sonic Chicken 4 – Don't Let Me Down b/w Sonic Night Single (Black Lips/Hasil Adkins garage from France)

Sonic Chicken 4 – Toe Man b/w Midnight Girl Single (Blue Vinyl http://www.myspace.com/sonicchicken4)

SPIDER – Back to the Wall b/w Down and Out Single (Powerpop/Punk Reissue)

SYZ – Complicated EP (Sick early HoZac release)

Tuff Bananas – Dance to Rock N Roll EP (modern bubblegum shit, sick. http://www.myspace.com/bananashalalalala)

Vivian Girls – I Cant Stay Single (First release on In the Red, pre-Pitchfork fingering)

Volt – s/t EP (Green Edition /200) http://www.myspace.com/voltklub

Wax Museums – Claw You Like a Cat EP (Red Vinyl /200 HoZac)

Wax Museums – Magnet EP (Fashionable Idiots/Mike Sniper BLANK DAWGS artwork)

Wicked Awesomes- Information Entropy (Gypsy punk/weird pop shit on Almost Ready)

Young Offenders – Situations EP (Irish powerpop on Parts unknown, like Wipers/Wedding Present)

CASSETTE

Blank Dogs – On Two Sides (Rare Fuck It Tapes pressing of first LP. Sounds better on tape)

Blank Dogs – untitled (Bonus cassette that came w/ limited version of first LP. 100 copies)

Car Commercials -

Vivian Girls – s/t (Rare Fuck It Tapes pressing of first LP. Sounds better on tape)

Adam D Mills.

Music journalist Adam D Mills died last week.
There is a very good tribute here, which was put together by Anwyn Crawford and Shaun Prescott. They were friends (and admirers) of Adam's, and it shows. It will tell you all you need to know about the way he affected people he knew and worked with.
I never met him- our contacts were confined to various electronic formats, including a recent massive email exchange that seems to have already entered Australian music folklore.
But it seems pretty clear to me, in these times of digital downloads, fragmented markets and increasing industry dependence on manufactured "stars", that we cannot afford to lose anyone with Adam's degree of passion and commitment.
The man sent himself broke, and stayed on the breadline far beyond any reasonable measure, in his determination to keep putting out the music he loved and wanted to be heard by others.

RIP ADM.

DENNIS HOPPER 1936-2010

Dennis Lee Hopper. May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010

DENNIS HOPPER 1936-2010

Dennis Lee Hopper. May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010

Found it.

Thanks to Rene Schaefer for bringing this to my attention.

Boy, I hope Nick really does get that tattooed on his face.

Sydney next weekend!

Hey so i'm gonna be in Sydney from Thursday to Tuesday next week, it's been way too long.
I'm going to be around town and would be totally keen for people to let me know about whats on.
I'll be staying around Newtown/Marrickville and Surry Hills.
Send your anythings to: zac.oblivian@gmail.com

Carving out a bit of an itinerary with King Khan & BBQ Show at the Opera House and i've also just noticed this:

Royal Headache

"Raw can mean unprepared, rough, makeshift or crude. It can also mean painfully open or brutally harsh. Then there’s raw as in uncooked –we’re talking salmonella here. The music of Sydney’s Royal Headache ticks all these boxes. The four-piece play the kind of poppy punk that gets down on its knees, grasps its hands together and just begs you to dance rather than stand there with your arms all crossed." Mess and Noise

Rev Kriss Hades
Reverend Kriss Hades (Sadistik Exekution) one man black metal show is a feast for the wayward soul, the revered literally attacking customised guitars with furiously improvised black metal debauchery accompanied by a multimedia display highlighting how evil flowing water, raging flames and moving clouds can be.

Rice Corpse
After 8 years glass munching his way across 40+ countries Auraltered State curator Lucas Abela, has taken his infamous glass instrument in a totally new direction with his new band Rice Corpse. A free noise trio featuring Abela’s ‘don’t try this at home’ improvisations juxtaposed with a rhythm section of Drums (Peter Kostic - Regurgitator/ Hard-ons) and Piano (Stu Olsen – Garbage & the Flowers/ Rand and Holland). After forming late last year and with only a few shows under their belt the band have already established themselves with a reputation as one of the cities most extraordinary outfits securing shows at the biennale of Sydney and now Lou Reed's curated Vivid festival.

BOTH PERFORMANCES

PERFORMANCE SPACE CLUBHOUSE

CARRIAGEWORKS BAY #12 245 WILSON STREET EVELEIGH

DOORS 7:30PM MUSIC 8PM SHARP – 11PM

FREE ENTRY *LIMITED CAPACITY*

ALL AGES (BAR SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR 18+ IN CARRIGEWORKS FOYER STRICTLY NO BYO)

Sydney next weekend!

Hey so i'm gonna be in Sydney from Thursday to Tuesday next week, it's been way too long.
I'm going to be around town and would be totally keen for people to let me know about whats on.
I'll be staying around Newtown/Marrickville and Surry Hills.
Send your anythings to: zac.oblivian@gmail.com

Carving out a bit of an itinerary with King Khan & BBQ Show at the Opera House and i've also just noticed this:

Royal Headache

"Raw can mean unprepared, rough, makeshift or crude. It can also mean painfully open or brutally harsh. Then there’s raw as in uncooked –we’re talking salmonella here. The music of Sydney’s Royal Headache ticks all these boxes. The four-piece play the kind of poppy punk that gets down on its knees, grasps its hands together and just begs you to dance rather than stand there with your arms all crossed." Mess and Noise

Rev Kriss Hades
Reverend Kriss Hades (Sadistik Exekution) one man black metal show is a feast for the wayward soul, the revered literally attacking customised guitars with furiously improvised black metal debauchery accompanied by a multimedia display highlighting how evil flowing water, raging flames and moving clouds can be.

Rice Corpse
After 8 years glass munching his way across 40+ countries Auraltered State curator Lucas Abela, has taken his infamous glass instrument in a totally new direction with his new band Rice Corpse. A free noise trio featuring Abela’s ‘don’t try this at home’ improvisations juxtaposed with a rhythm section of Drums (Peter Kostic - Regurgitator/ Hard-ons) and Piano (Stu Olsen – Garbage & the Flowers/ Rand and Holland). After forming late last year and with only a few shows under their belt the band have already established themselves with a reputation as one of the cities most extraordinary outfits securing shows at the biennale of Sydney and now Lou Reed's curated Vivid festival.

BOTH PERFORMANCES

PERFORMANCE SPACE CLUBHOUSE

CARRIAGEWORKS BAY #12 245 WILSON STREET EVELEIGH

DOORS 7:30PM MUSIC 8PM SHARP – 11PM

FREE ENTRY *LIMITED CAPACITY*

ALL AGES (BAR SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR 18+ IN CARRIGEWORKS FOYER STRICTLY NO BYO)

Excited for King Khan & BBQ Show!

Lucky me is all i can say. I've managed to not get fired and get tickets for both Melbourne and Sydney King Khan and BBQ. Corner Hotel this Wednesday with Woollen Kits and Royal Headache and then the next night at the fucken Opera House! Can't wait to boogie...



And as per usual, Unbelievably Bad has come through with the goods...

Super recent interview with Mark Sultan aka BBQ!!

Excited for King Khan & BBQ Show!

Lucky me is all i can say. I've managed to not get fired and get tickets for both Melbourne and Sydney King Khan and BBQ. Corner Hotel this Wednesday with Woollen Kits and Royal Headache and then the next night at the fucken Opera House! Can't wait to boogie...



And as per usual, Unbelievably Bad has come through with the goods...

Super recent interview with Mark Sultan aka BBQ!!

Deaf Wish last show, Yah-Yah's Sat 29th

Deaf Wish are calling it a day this Saturday as Nick Pratt aka Soul Boy is moving further west to Perth. He's opening up a cafe with his woman i hear. Good luck Nick! Also playing is Teen Archer and The Stabs (They have some killer new tracks). Really going to miss seeing Nick and Jensen out-heckle each other.

I've heard they have a lot of new recordings that will hopefully see the light of day in the near future.

If you don't go to this show, you should move to another city.

Read about it in more detail by some other guy

Deaf Wish last show, Yah-Yah's Sat 29th

Deaf Wish are calling it a day this Saturday as Nick Pratt aka Soul Boy is moving further west to Perth. He's opening up a cafe with his woman i hear. Good luck Nick! Also playing is Teen Archer and The Stabs (They have some killer new tracks). Really going to miss seeing Nick and Jensen out-heckle each other.

I've heard they have a lot of new recordings that will hopefully see the light of day in the near future.

If you don't go to this show, you should move to another city.

Read about it in more detail by some other guy

Choose choice.

A bit more on offer this week.
On Friday, you may want to take a chance on the Thod, playing the last night of their May residency at the Royal Derby in Brunswick St. with a couple of others. Entry is free, and beers are cheap. Did you know I almost got bitten on the neck by a pet snake upstairs at the Derby, many years ago? It's true.

On Saturday, eternal sideman and all round nice guy Stu Thomas is playing at Pure Pop in St. Kilda, in support of his new album, "Escape From Algebra". I haven't heard it yet, but I have seen the Paradox a few times and they are always worth your time and attention.

You could always hang around a bit after that, and check out what's on offer at the St. Kilda Film Festival , but I'd suggest heading over to Yah Yah's in Smith St. Collingwood to catch the last ever show by Deaf Wish. You would think that someone would get the coloured pencils out for such a great band's final gig, but try as I might, I can't find a poster for this anywhere. Supports are from the Stabs (who were in great form at the Old Bar last week) and Teen Archer. $12.00 gets you in, doors at 9.00, with Mikey Young DJing afterwards til 5.00am

Come to 1000 Pound Bend on Friday

I've somehow been talked into doing a very strange performance with some of my Blender brothers.

This Friday 1000 Pound Bend is hosting Heterodoxia for the Next Wave Festival.

Heterodoxia is a one-off show inspired by “A fascination with rodeo culture and the pageantry of masculinity”.

Michael Meneghetti is the brains behind our operation.

Read this interview Michael did recently with MCV

So yeah, come down to 1000 Pound and i'll buy you a whiskey.


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