Coming Up Gig’s

March
Chicks on Speed, Fri 7 March, Roxanne, Tickets through Moshtix.com.au
Crazy Penis (5 Piece live band) + Lychee Martini, Friday 14, Billboard the Venue


April
CCS, Fri 4, Prince Band Room 8.30, $55+BF
Porcupine Tree, Fri 25, Palace Theatre(formally Metro)
Henry Rollins(talking), Fri 18 & Sat 19, Comedy Theatre, ticketek.com.au

Minus The Bear + Nation Blue

Minus the Bear + Nation Blue & another band I forgot to write down there name,
Sunday 10/02/08 at Hi Fi, tickets about $45 pre $50 at the door.

Something I forgot with the Hi Fi, are no longer selling Fosters beverages (that’s Carlton Draught, Pure Blonde, Cascade, and many more) and are now selling, or what appears to be lion Nathan, becks, toeheys etc. Becks Stubies $7.50. One of my mates said next time just say ‘Whatever’s you cheapest?’ work, so might have to try that.

The crowd were fairly young looking, but that’s not surprising as Minus The Bear are a fairly internet savvy and highly blogged band.

The first act were an instrumental band whom I forgot to make a note of there name, they were good, took you to some quieter places then just let these heavier riffs out. While listening to the next band Nation Blue brought up memories of Billy Childish, The Clash and at the Drive In.

The first two acts you could be mistaken for being at a punk gig, but Minus the Bear(from Seattle), I don’t really think they fit in a punk pigeon hole but rather a rock or prog rock. When they came onstage the lead singer, Jake Snider , said his was no good, but after a few songs into it seemed to come good, or maybe I just didn’t notice it. The second song they played is my favourite from there Planet of Ice CD ‘Throwin’ Shapes’ which I enjoyed, I don’t know what do you say. It’ll be interesting to see how far this band will go as they had some fairly dedicated fans (before they started they are went to the empty part at the front and all waited)j, they have a great sound as well, maybe they’ll somehow jump into the mainstream or stay unknown and gather a large following.

Minus the Bear - Throwin' Shapes

more Minus the Bear can be found at Suicide Squeeze Records.

November Gig

A small round up of larger gigs in Melbourne

Mon 5 Nov PARA ONE (Paris) + LARRY TEE (NY) - Prince
Mon 5 Nov BUTTERFINGERS + Bluejuice + Bukkcity - The Corner
Mon 5 Nov THE MESS HALL + The Silents (WA) - East Brunswick Club

Wed 7 Nov BOBBY FLYNN - Prince

Thu 8 Nov THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER (USA) with CEPHALIC CARNAGE (USA) + Picture the End - The Corner
Thu 8 Nov JEFF SCOTT SOTO (USA) + The Dead Things - East Brunswick Club

Fri 9 Nov THE RED EYES album launch - The Corner
Fri 9 Nov DIMMER (NZ) - East Brunswick Club

Sat 10 Nov EDDIE BO (USA) with THE BAMBOOS - The Corner
Sat 10 & Sun 11 Nov THE STEMS - East Brunswick Club

Sun 11 Nov THE WALLS (Dublin, Ireland) - Prince
Sun 11 Nov PATRICK WOLF (UK) - The Corner

Thu 15 Nov & Fri 16 Nov SNUFF PUPPETS - East Brunswick Club
Fri 16 Nov KATALYST LIVE - Prince
Fri 16 Nov FAKER + Children Collide + E.L.F - The Corner

Sat 17 Nov LIOR - The Corner
Sun 18 Nov KATCHAFIRE (NZ) - The Corner
Wed 21 Nov RENEE GEYER - Prince
Thu 22 Nov COLIN HAY BAND - The Corner
Fri 23 Nov GABRIEL ANANDA (GERMANY) - Prince

Sat 24 Nov BOYS NIGHT OUT (CANADA) - The Corner
Sat 24 Nov SIXFTHICK (QLD) - East Brunswick Club

Thu 29 Nov & Fri 30 Nov ROYAL CROWN REVUE (USA) - The Corner

Upcoming Gigs

Some upcoming gigs I thought look interesting, a little self indulgent.

February
DAPPLED CITIES with BLUEJUICE (NSW) and The Seabellies Friday 15 Feb $12+bf East Brunswick club http://www.dappledcitiesfly.com/
ADAM FRANKLIN (Swervedriver - UK) with Sarah Kelly (The Redsunband) Sunday 17 Feb $25+bf East Brunswick club
THE CRUEL SEA with The Vasco Era & The Fumes Fri 21 Mar 8.30 $44.00 Prince Bandroom
Outrun sat 23 feb late show Pony
LITTLE RED (Last of there Feb residency) with The Holidays (NSW) and Dash & Will Tue 26 Feb 8.00 Tickets $10 at the door only. Northcote Social Club
THE MATCHES (USA) with Dardanelles and Reptiles Wed 27 Feb $26+bf East Brunswick club
STILL FLYIN’ (USA) with The Crayon Fields and The Zebras Wed 27 Feb 8.00 Tickets: $12 at the door only Northcote Social Club.
Pink Fits(NSW) Fri 29 Feb late show Pony
The Dirtbombs (USA) with Eddy Current Suppression Ring and The Stabs Fri 29 Feb The Tote

March
LAURA JEAN (album launch) Sun 2 Mar 7.30pm ($12+BF) The Corner
Labour Day BBQ - Jay Reatard (USA), Digger & The Pussycats, Cut Sick, The Focus, and UV Race Mon 3 Mar The Tote
WHITLEY with Skipping Girl Vinegar and Seagull Wed 5 Mar 8.00 $12+bf Northcote Social Club.
COCOROSIE (USA) Thu 6 Mar Doors: 8pm $38+BF The Corner
FUTURE OF THE LEFT (UK) with My Disco Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar 8.00 $36+bf http://www.futureoftheleft.com/
THE DIRTBOMBS (USA) with JAY REATARD (USA) and Ooga Boogas and Circle Pit (NSW) Friday 7 Mar $35+bf East Brunswick club
THE SEA AND CAKE (USA) with Aleks and The Ramps Sat 8 Mar 8.30 $34+bf Northcote Social Club http://www.theseaandcake.com/
BUFFALO TOM (usa) Fri 7 Mar 8:30 PM $49.50 + B/F The Hi Fi
JENS LEKMAN with full band (Sweden) Mon 10 Mar Doors: 7.30pm $38+BF The Corner
COCOROSIE (USA) Extra show has just been announced - Mon 10 Mar 8.00 Tickets $38+bf on sale Wed 6 Feb Northcote Social Club http://www.cocorosieland.com/
IAN BROWN (uk) Tues 11 Mar 7:30 PM $71.50 + B/F Hi Fi
Maximo Park Wednesday, 12 March $48.50inc bf Billboard the Venue
MÚM (ICELAND) Mon 17 Mar 8pm $40+BF The Corner
THE BELLRAYS (USA) Tue 18 Mar 8pm The Corner
THE DATSUNS (NZ) Tues 18 & Wed 19 Mar $27+bf East Brunswick club
RON SEXSMITH (Canada) Wed 19 Mar 8pm $43.50+BF The Corner
Afrika Bambaataa Friday, 21 March Billboard the Venue
GALACTIC (featuring Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 & Boots Riley of The Coup - USA) Sunday 23 Mar $47+bf http://www.galacticfunk.com/
MAVIS STAPLES and band (USA) Sun 23 March 8.30 $72.20 Prince Bandroom
WITCH HATS (album launch) with KIM SALMON AND THE SURREALISTS and DIMI DERO (FRANCE) Sun 23 March 8.30 $14+bf Northcote Social Club

April
CSS (BRAZIL) Fri 4 Apr $55.00 8.30 Prince Bandroom

May
HELMET (usa) Sat 3 May $48.00 + B/F

SOMEWHAT CRAPPY MUSIC NEW’S

Neil Rogers Triple R show The Australian Mood celebrates 25 years of playing Australian only tunes. The age article found here.

The guy I sit next to at work recommends Aceyalone who support the Dr Octagon (kool keith) gig at the Espy, he also sad the Espy is the best place to see a gig, but I would say no as the beer is way to expensive there.

Also I recently walk past the Rob Roy the other night and saw that it has now been leased, what could we see there next? I’m shore I read somewhere that they’ll be doing gig’s again, but probably a rumour.

Arcade Fire + Spoon at the Forum

Arcade Fire + Spoon at the Forum, tickets $80(from a friend), cans of VB $6.50.
www.arcadefire.com/
www.spoontheband.com/

Was a magical night at the Forum(if you haven’t seen a gig there then do, as it’s a beautiful old fashion theatre) with Spoon and the headlining act Arcade Fire.

Spoon from Austin, Texas are hard workers on stage, this time they had a four piece brass section for a few songs at the start and end. This was the third time to see them, but they didn’t quite rock out as before. Which is probably a good thing as it shows the band developing and progressing with its music.

It’s amazing to think that so many kids are into Arcade Fire as I consider they albums to be more albums that you listen to as a whole rather than singles, as I arrogantly believe all kids like is singles. Arcade Fire from Montreal, Canada sounds fn amazing at the forum with about 10 people in the line up(correct me if I’m wrong). It was amazing how coordinated they were with there music, lighting and video. They played a good mix of both the Neon Bible and Funeral(which is my favourite of the two). My mind is still boggled by how well the show sounded and how they just flow with eat other, with hardly any stops they kept on playing.

Hottest 100 Results are in!

Hottest 100 happened on Aus Day, and if your too lazy to look at the JJJ website here it is (well only the top ten).

1 Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2 Silverchair - Straight Lines
3 Kings Of Leon - On Call
4 John Butler Trio - Better Than
5 Faker - This Heart Attack
6 Foo Fighters - The Pretender
7 Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (live)
8 Cold War - Kids Hang Me Up To Dry
9 Soko - I'll Kill Her
10 Panics, The - Don't Fight It

As you can see with my selection (look here) I am not in touch with the Youth of today. Also I picked MIA and The Wombats but with different songs, can I count that one?. M.I.A came in at 17 with Paper – Planes(which is a killer track) and The Wombats came in at 12 with Let's Dance To Joy Division(which in my belief is not there strongest track, Moving to NY is!)

Some News that may be old

The age reported here about Paul Kelly free download giveaway free songs to registered users only, of his website. These are live tracks from his “A to Z" concerts available every month, where Paul sang song’s in Alphabetical order. I think I may of read this somewhere else first off.

Sticky Carpet in the Age reports that the Rainbow new publican brothers Chris and Cameron Strachan have taken over the lease and plan to continue to run the venue.

THE NATIONAL + Gaslight Radio

THE NATIONAL (USA)11:10pm – 12:30am + Gaslight Radio(fan site)(space) 10pm & Ned Collette Band(space)which I didn't see) 9pm
The Corner SOLD OUT! Sat 19 Jan. $35+BF

This is a quick one before I even forget to enter this gig. Most things I rate from Bad to Ok to Good to Excellent. Now Ok is my medium, so when I say to someone that gig was Ok its just medium level and some people don’t understand this. From what I’ve heard of the National they are fairly mellow but on stage they seemed to crank it up a notch. I really got into the harmonies and use of violin and brass instruments. For a sold out gig it was good, I’d probably not see them again but for a fairly relaxed acted there are some crazy people there who just wanted to go off there head like they were seeing a punk band. I don’t get it.

Also I did catch the last couple of songs from Gaslight Radio and did enjoy it.

THE NATIONAL - Slipping Husband

Devil's Kitchen 2008

I was expecting Devil's Kitchen to have bands inside Cherry(which they did) and outside in the lane which they didn't, which was a little disappointing. But was probably a good idea as someone fell down or had a fight and they ambo's were sent in, then later on the Fuzz came to stop our outside drinking, which meant no access to the BBQ.

Above Ancient Man(I think), Melbourne based. Remind me of some early 90's rock/grunge. They are influenced by the likes of Kyuss, Refused and QOTSA.

Ancient Man - Air

Above Ahkmed.
A very captivating three peice, mainly instrumental, with hints of Pink Floyd and Mud Honey.

Ahkmed - Ilanesia