Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Bands 'n' Stuff: March 14th to 20th

A big week to follow up from the Plains of Gold. St Patrick's Day is as good an excuse as any to have a huge Saturday night - but watch out cause you need to see Clinkerfield on Sunday, along with their good mates. And try to catch Alps of NSW while they're here if you want something a bit different.

Gig o' the Week



Festa el Cheapo
Gaslight Radio
Grand Salvo
J Walker
Single Twin
Chefs de Mission
Emily Ulman
Wagons
Laura Jean
Alex de la Rambelje (magician)
The Town Bikes
@The Retreat
Saturday 17th March
12pm till late
$20 - tix from Polyester or The Corner

Um, yeah. Twenty bucks for about thirteen hours of entertainment. It's very hard to go wrong. A significant acoustic/country/great song bias to this bill. If you're a devotee of real music or just a cheapskate, get on down here. Magic and bikes as well!

Wednesday March 14th



Tonight is quiet, relaxed, mid-week. Well, except for the frankly weird spazz-break-hip-core gig at Bar Open. Talkshow Boy is the most normal of that group which says something about the rest. Get wid it. Otherwise go for smooth guitars 'n' fine voices at the Rob Roy for cheap.

Bowerbirds, Mum Smokes
@Tote, 9pm, $6

Tobias Cummings and the Long Way Home, Mid-State Orange
@Rob Roy, 8pm, $5

Jae Laffer (The Panics)
@Front Bar, Spanish Club, 9:30pm, free

Kate Miller-Heidke, Ol' Man River
@Manchester Lane, 7:30pm, $25/$10

Ove Naxx (JPN), Toxic Lipstick (QLD), Talkshow Boy, Mollinger
@Bar Open, 8:30pm, free

Thursday March 15th



Indie guitars at the Tote - Sparkadia's EP is a really nice little package of sweet indie-rock and Souls on Board are great as. Or, if you want a quieter night, The Small Knives and friends at Bar Open will be a tuneful folk maelstrom. And New Buffalo's back at the much-hyped new venue at Curtin House. But the most interesting gig is at the Afterdark, with some more experimental loopy samply stuff from a couple of visiting bands and one of our own. It's a long way north but that might just be gig of the day.

Alps of NSW (NSW), Shiver Like Timber (QLD), Fulton Girls Club
@Afterdark, 8:30pm, donation

New Buffalo, Ned Collette
@Curtin House, 9pm, $12+bf (here)

The Re-Mains (album launch), Dan Warner, Spoonful
@East, 8:30pm, $12

Shake Some Action
Young Lovers, Boy + Girl, Clack Train, DJ Streetparty
@Onesixone, 9pm

The Small Knives, The Holy Rose, Pikelet
@Bar Open, 9pm, free

Sparkadia (NSW), Souls on Board, Window, Gameboy/Gamegirl
@Tote, 8pm, $8

Friday March 16th



Not sure where The Shaft actually is; this one sounds like a house party and it'll be another interesting gig, the second and last of Alps of NSW's tour. Other good things: quiet stuff at The Afterdark; young rockers at The Greyhound; weird guys at Gertrudes; alt-blues heroes at The Spanish Club; cool kids with guitars at Miss Libertine.

British India, Young Lovers, nevereleven, Skybombers
@Greyhound, 8pm, $10

Ch-Ching Live Recording
Hot Little Hands, Little Red
@Miss Libertine, 8pm, $10

Could've Moved Mountains, Alps of NSW, Shiver Like Timber, Flying Scribble, Bianca Natasha
@The Shaft, 124 Shaftesbury Parade, Thornbury, 7pm, donation

Camille Deane, PD Riches, Gluefoot
@Empress

The Holy Rose, Hugo Race, Cam Butler, The Orb Weavers
@The Afterdark, 8pm, $10

Les Fancy Boys, Aleks and the Ramps, Chris Chinchilla
@Gertrudes, 8pm, $7

New Buffalo, Ned Collette
@Curtin House, 9pm, $12+bf (here)

Pull Shapes
Belles Will Ring, Sparkadia, DJs
@Laundy, $9/$7

The Spoils (single launch), James McCann's Dirty Skirt Band, Dan Luscombe, Black Pony Express
@Tote, 8:30pm, $10

Saturday March 17th


St Patrick's Day

An enormous St Patrick's Day. There's the undisputed gig of the week, at the top of the page, but that aside still many good things. If you want a beating, go to The Tote and hurt your spleen with Agents of Abhorrence and "friends". Or you can have songwriting at the Rob Roy, dancin' kiddies at Ding Dong, rock 'n' fucken roll at The Spanish Club. And Sneak Peek at The Old Bar's worth a run as well.

A Death in the Family, Motor Vehicle Sundown, Donnie Dureau
@Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $8

Agents of Abhorrence, Schifosi, Roskopp, Breathing Shrine
@Tote, 9pm, $8

Blessington, Matt McBeath, Chalga Party
@Wesley Anne, 8:30pm

Durbeyfield, House of Slunk, Nicky Forte
@Empress

Offcutts (album launch), Plug In City, Little Red
@Ding Dong, 8pm, $10

Shooting at Unarmed Men, Gut, Killer Birds, The Get Go
@Salon, Spanish Club, 8pm, $10

Sneak Peek
Major Major, The Rye Catchers, Cross Eyed Mary, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Free 2 Run, Chronokarma
@Old Bar, 4pm, $10

Sunday March 18th



A quiet Sunday. Start out watching a couple of acts at The Tote, then hightail to the Empress for some mind-bending experimental work from Melbourne's best, back to the Tote for the barbie, then sway on over to Bar Open. Clinkerfield are one of our best, most hard-working bands and always give money's worth. They've lost a guitar and they're prepared to make monkeys of themselves to get it back. Along with three other great bands (and Owls of the Swamp who I don't know), it's a great bill and a great Sunday night.

Pateras/Baxter/Brown, Joe Talia
@Empress, 4:30pm

Razor Cartel, The Codebreakers, The Good Intentions, The Wellingtons, Vacant Lanes
@Tote, 3pm, $7, free BBQ

Clinkerfield Benefit
SubAudible Hum, Clinkerfield, Silver City Highway, Wellyn, Owls of the Swamp
@Bar Open, 7:30pm

Monday March 19th



Do some washing for fuck's sake, you smell like an ashtray. What's that in your hair? Is that a stubbie cap? When did you last shower?

Tuesday March 20th



Augie March, Joel Plaskett, Holly Throsby
@Corner, 8pm, $28+bf

Jimmy Clinkerfield, Ben Mitchell
@Rainbow, free

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