Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Bands 'n' Stuff: Feb 14th to 20th
A huge week what with the Valentine's Day extravaganzas tonight, the final Candle Records shows, the Sista She headline gig, the Afterdark birthday, the RRR DJ show... Please, get some sleep at some point this weekend otherwise you will die on Monday, and Tuesday.
What else can it be this week but the
Candle Records Farewell Concerts
Friday:
Darren Hanlon
+ The Guild League
+ The Girls from the Clouds
+ Rob Clarkson
+ Anthony Atkinson
+ Tim Oxley
+ Acheron Way
Saturday
The Lucksmiths
+ Ruck Rover
+ The Small Knives
+ Jodi Phillis
+ Mid-State Orange
+ Richard Easton
+ The Mabels
@ The Corner, 8pm, $22+bf
Aloha My Valentine:
Angie Hart, The Ukeladies, Dan Luscombe, Lilith Lane, Amaya Laucirica
@ The Spanish Club (front bar), 8:30pm, free
Bay of Pigs
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $10+bf
Stephen Cummings, Betty Means Business
@ The East, 8:30, $18
Great Big Comedy Night
@ The Laundry (upstairs), $10
Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Little Athletics
@ The Tote, 9pm, $5
Ash Naylor
@ The Rochester Castle
The Night of Love:
Braindead Lovers, Young Lovers, Lover, Geek Love, DJ Benny Valentine
@ Ding Dong, 7pm, $5
CW Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra, The Bitter Sweets
@ Ruby's, $15
C'mon C'mon:
Hot Little Hands, Chris Brady (album launch), Downhills Home
@ The Evelyn, 8:30pm, $8
Elephant Gun, Ranch Allstars, Geek Love
@ The Espy, 9:30pm
International Karate, Radiant City
@ Bar Open, 9:30pm, free
Mach Pelican (single launch), Have Nots, The Gingers
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $12
Majorchord, Carolyn Oates, Nyssa Bradsworth
@ The Ember Lounge (Northcote), 8pm, free
Lisa Miller
@ The Spanish Club (front bar), 9:30pm, free
My Train Wreck of a Life, The Jacknives, Screwtop Detonators, Hutt River Solution
@ Arthouse, 8pm
Dan Sultan, Tobias Cummings, The Hello Morning
@ Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $10
Dave McCormack and the Polaroids, The Inches, Window, Sea Bellies, Durbeyfield
@ The Espy (front bar), 8pm
Renee Geyer, Charles Jenkins (Ice Cream Hands)
@ The Continental, Sorrento, 8:30pm, $40
Group Seizure (album launch), Children Collide, Young and Restless, Bang!Bang!Aids, DJ Digger and the Pussycats
@ Ding Dong, 8pm, $12
Leah Flanagan
@ Plan B, 9pm, free
RRR DJ Party:
San Lazaro, Nick Thayer, Declan Kelly, Ennio Styles, Brewster B, Woody McDonald, more!
@ Revolver Upstairs (bandroom), 9pm
Six Ft Hick (album launch), Dr Invisiablo, The Jackknives, The Killer Birds
@ The Tote, 8:30pm, $12
Floyd Thursby
@ The Afterdark, 9pm
Afterdark's First Birthday:
14 Nights at Sea, Black Level Embassy, These Hands Could Separate the Sky, Rhythmbell
@ The Afterdark
The Basics, Spargo, Rocketsmiths
@ The Edinburgh Castle, $6
Bertie Blackman (NSW), Sparkadia (NSW), Armen Firman
@ Evelyn, 9pm, $12
The Black Hundred, The Sinking Citizenship, Et Al, Retail Fireworks
@ Pony, 9pm, $6
James McCann's Dirty Skirt Band, Amaya Laucirica, Redfish Bluegrass Band, Martin B Sleeman
@ The Tote, 8:30pm, $10
Paper Planes (single launch), Tiger by the Tail
@ Cherry, 9pm, $5
The Sista She Album Workshop:
Sista She, Vika and Linda Bull, Lou Bennet and the Sweet Cheeks, Angie Hart, The Bedroom Philosopher, Busty Beats
@ The East, 8:30pm, $15+bf
Spider Vomit, Kill Boogie, Lindsey Low Hand
@ Exile on Smith St
Jarrah Thompson Band, Oh Mercy, Little Red
@ Wintergarden Room (The Exford)
Andy White and the Garageband Philharmonic Orchestra, Monique Brumby (album launch), Emma Heeney
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $15+bf
Black-Eyed Susans Trio
@ Brunswick Hotel, 6pm, free
The Boogie Ramblers, Ian Collard, Benny Peters
@ St Kilda Bowling Club, free
The Morning-After Girls, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ricky Rene Maymi, Three Month Sunset
@ Bar Open, 7pm, $15
Nuclear-Free Benefit:
Offcutts, The Go Set, Yidcore, Beki and the Bullets, Valanti
@ The East, 5:30pm, $15
early to bed, hopefully
Vashti Bunyan, New Buffalo, Guy Blackman
@ The Prince, 8pm, $38+bf
Gigs o' the Week
What else can it be this week but the
Candle Records Farewell Concerts
Friday:
Darren Hanlon
+ The Guild League
+ The Girls from the Clouds
+ Rob Clarkson
+ Anthony Atkinson
+ Tim Oxley
+ Acheron Way
Saturday
The Lucksmiths
+ Ruck Rover
+ The Small Knives
+ Jodi Phillis
+ Mid-State Orange
+ Richard Easton
+ The Mabels
@ The Corner, 8pm, $22+bf
Valentine's Day - Wednesday 14th February
Aloha My Valentine:
Angie Hart, The Ukeladies, Dan Luscombe, Lilith Lane, Amaya Laucirica
@ The Spanish Club (front bar), 8:30pm, free
Bay of Pigs
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $10+bf
Stephen Cummings, Betty Means Business
@ The East, 8:30, $18
Great Big Comedy Night
@ The Laundry (upstairs), $10
Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Little Athletics
@ The Tote, 9pm, $5
Ash Naylor
@ The Rochester Castle
The Night of Love:
Braindead Lovers, Young Lovers, Lover, Geek Love, DJ Benny Valentine
@ Ding Dong, 7pm, $5
CW Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra, The Bitter Sweets
@ Ruby's, $15
Thursday 15th February
C'mon C'mon:
Hot Little Hands, Chris Brady (album launch), Downhills Home
@ The Evelyn, 8:30pm, $8
Elephant Gun, Ranch Allstars, Geek Love
@ The Espy, 9:30pm
International Karate, Radiant City
@ Bar Open, 9:30pm, free
Mach Pelican (single launch), Have Nots, The Gingers
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $12
Majorchord, Carolyn Oates, Nyssa Bradsworth
@ The Ember Lounge (Northcote), 8pm, free
Lisa Miller
@ The Spanish Club (front bar), 9:30pm, free
My Train Wreck of a Life, The Jacknives, Screwtop Detonators, Hutt River Solution
@ Arthouse, 8pm
Friday 16th February
Dan Sultan, Tobias Cummings, The Hello Morning
@ Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $10
Dave McCormack and the Polaroids, The Inches, Window, Sea Bellies, Durbeyfield
@ The Espy (front bar), 8pm
Renee Geyer, Charles Jenkins (Ice Cream Hands)
@ The Continental, Sorrento, 8:30pm, $40
Group Seizure (album launch), Children Collide, Young and Restless, Bang!Bang!Aids, DJ Digger and the Pussycats
@ Ding Dong, 8pm, $12
Leah Flanagan
@ Plan B, 9pm, free
RRR DJ Party:
San Lazaro, Nick Thayer, Declan Kelly, Ennio Styles, Brewster B, Woody McDonald, more!
@ Revolver Upstairs (bandroom), 9pm
Six Ft Hick (album launch), Dr Invisiablo, The Jackknives, The Killer Birds
@ The Tote, 8:30pm, $12
Floyd Thursby
@ The Afterdark, 9pm
Saturday 17th February
Afterdark's First Birthday:
14 Nights at Sea, Black Level Embassy, These Hands Could Separate the Sky, Rhythmbell
@ The Afterdark
The Basics, Spargo, Rocketsmiths
@ The Edinburgh Castle, $6
Bertie Blackman (NSW), Sparkadia (NSW), Armen Firman
@ Evelyn, 9pm, $12
The Black Hundred, The Sinking Citizenship, Et Al, Retail Fireworks
@ Pony, 9pm, $6
James McCann's Dirty Skirt Band, Amaya Laucirica, Redfish Bluegrass Band, Martin B Sleeman
@ The Tote, 8:30pm, $10
Paper Planes (single launch), Tiger by the Tail
@ Cherry, 9pm, $5
The Sista She Album Workshop:
Sista She, Vika and Linda Bull, Lou Bennet and the Sweet Cheeks, Angie Hart, The Bedroom Philosopher, Busty Beats
@ The East, 8:30pm, $15+bf
Spider Vomit, Kill Boogie, Lindsey Low Hand
@ Exile on Smith St
Jarrah Thompson Band, Oh Mercy, Little Red
@ Wintergarden Room (The Exford)
Andy White and the Garageband Philharmonic Orchestra, Monique Brumby (album launch), Emma Heeney
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $15+bf
Sunday 18th February
Black-Eyed Susans Trio
@ Brunswick Hotel, 6pm, free
The Boogie Ramblers, Ian Collard, Benny Peters
@ St Kilda Bowling Club, free
The Morning-After Girls, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ricky Rene Maymi, Three Month Sunset
@ Bar Open, 7pm, $15
Nuclear-Free Benefit:
Offcutts, The Go Set, Yidcore, Beki and the Bullets, Valanti
@ The East, 5:30pm, $15
Monday 19th February
early to bed, hopefully
Tuesday 20th February
Vashti Bunyan, New Buffalo, Guy Blackman
@ The Prince, 8pm, $38+bf
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Previously
- V Wolf Blues News
- A Visitor to Cookie Mountain
- The Basics - Essentially Great
- Big Shows for February
- Bands 'n Stuff: Feb 7 to Feb 13
- Deloris - Ten Lives
- Bands 'n Stuff: Jan 31 to Feb 6
- AMP Final 8. Ish.
- Avalanche of Bees!
- Race for the Prize