Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Bands 'n Stuff: Feb 21 to 29

Laneway Festival this weekend but plenty else on - I can see at least five gigs I could happily attend on Saturday night. A shout out for the last night of Lisa Miller's Feb residency at the Spanish Club - she's torn the house down every night, by all reports, and will do it again on Thursday. Sunday you can go to Hepburn Springs to abolish capital punishment with the kids or see Clinkerfield at Bar Open (they were lying when they said no gigs for a couple of months).

Or, for something completely different on Sunday, get a Comedy Festival preview at the Oyster Club at the Spanish Club. Heaps of good comedians, sneak previews of festival shows, patatas bravas - what more do you ask?


Gig o' the Week



Bob Log III
+ Blowfly
+ Dr El Suavo
+ The Twits
@The East
: Saturday 24th, 8:30pm
: $30+bf

No idea what to expect from this gig. Bob Log does that mad one-man dirty blues, while Blowfly is the "original dirty rapper", so I guess there'll be plenty of mess at the usually pristine East. Blowfly is an icon and gets all respect so the show's worth it just for him. Not sure about Dr El Suavo, but then there's The Twits who are always, well, interesting. It'll be musically diverse and just generally insane.

(Blowfly's also got a headline show on the Sunday but don't attempt to go to work the next day.)


Wednesday 21st



Stephen Cummings, Betty Means Business
@The East, 8:30pm, $15

Triple J Live Recording
Howling Bells, Vasco Era, Dardanelles
@The Corner, 7pm, Free


Thursday 22nd



Cassette, Souls on Board, Motor Vehicle Sundown
@The Tote, 8:30pm, $7

Chez Guevara Presents
Even, The Temperance Union, The Currency, Day Break Giants, Run Baby Run
@The Corner, 8pm, $15

C'mon C'mon
Shooting at Unarmed Men, The Good Intentions, Like Bears
@The Evelyn, 8:30pm, $10

Handsome Family (USA), The Darling Downs (QLD)
@The East, 8:30pm, sold out

Lisa Miller
@Spanish Club Front Bar, 9:30pm, Free


Friday 23rd



Beasts vs Drones
Spencer P Jones, Gareth Liddiard, Laura Jean, Brian Hooper, Christian Strybosch
@The Tote, 8:30pm, $12

Camera Obscura (UK), Institut Polaire, Bianca Natasha
@NSC, 8:30pm, sold out

James McCann and the Dirty Skirt Band, Cassette, The Rise and Demise
@Cornish Arms, 9pm, $8

Sly Hats, Broken Hills, Luke Skehan and Matt Simmons
@The Afterdark, 8:30pm, $6

The Vandas (EP launch), The Bower Birds, Mike Noga
@Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $12

The Walkmen (US), Archie Bronson Outfit (US), Eddy Current Suppression Ring
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $36.50


Saturday 24th



(Laneway Festival)

Applecore (Backyard Stacks On #5)
Shooting at Unarmed Men, Actor/Model, Aleks and the Ramps, Pikelet, Applecross, Scissors for Sparrow, Talkshow Boy, Dane Certificate, Sarah Mackintosh
@backyard of 167 Clauscen St, North Fitzroy, 1pm, $5 donation

The Basics, Spargo
@The Empress, 10pm

Kes, Pikelet, Could've Moved Mountains, ii, Bum Creek
@The Afterdark, 9pm, gold coin

James McCann's Dirty Skirt Band, Amaya Laucirica, Redfish Bluegrass Band, Martin B Sleeman
@The Tote, 8:30pm, $10

Mexico City, The Roys, Black Pony Express, Jimmy Clinkerfield
@The Spanish Club, 8pm, $8

Subaudible Hum, Laura, Tobias Cummings and the Long Way Home
@NSC, 8:30pm, $12

Weekender
The New Black, Young Lovers, DJ Steve Wide and Friends
@Ding Dong, 8pm, $10


Sunday 25th



(Laneway Festival)

Black-Eyed Susans (trio)
@Brunswick Hotel, 6pm, free

Blowfly, Dr El Suavo, Legends of Motorsport, Voodoo Trash Dolls
@NSC, 8:30pm, $25+bf

Clinkerfield, Roadkill Rodeo
@Bar Open, 8pm, $10

Regurgitator, Children Collide, Mary Trembles
@The Corner, 8pm, $20

The Oyster Club Comedy
The Bedroom Philosopher, Michael Chamberlain, Justin Kennedy, Ali McGregor, Lawrence Leung, Andrew McClelland, Josh Earle, Justine Smith, Bec Hill, Asher Treleaven
@The Spanish Club, 7pm, $8

This Precious Life (A Benefit to Abolish Capital Punishment Worldwide)
Kutcha Edwards, Darren Hanlon, Elf Transzporter, DJ Wasabi, Joel Benetti, The Outcomes
@The Palais, Hepburn Springs, 1pm, $12/$10


Monday 26th



Camera Obscura (UK), The Crayon Fields, Pikelet, Institut Polaire, Flying Scribble
@Cloud City, 6pm, $20


Tuesday 27th



Peter, Bjorn and John, The Crayon Fields
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $38

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