Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Bands 'n' Stuff: March 7th to 13th

A funny weekend this one, what with everyone and her brother up at Meredith for Golden Plains. Still tickets available for that, I understand. If you're not heading up there, though, there's still plenty on, natch. Thursday night this week is huge with heaps of special gigs - Kilgour at Cloud City and the old-skool post-punk CD launch at the Exford sticking out, but also Play Like a Girl at Northcote and the Garage to V thing at the East.

Friday it's our gig of the week as well as lots of Rawk, what with Budd and the Beasts and RTX headlining shows. But keep an eye on that gig at Noise Bar - it'll be raucous and energetic and just plain weird. Saturday's unexpectedly quiet but see Spargo headline at the Empress, cause this week Sunday is Saturday, what with the Day of Labour. Sunday the gig of choice has to be Zulya and the Children of the Underground.

And that's a long long weekend!

Gig o' the Week



Khancoban
+Black Pony Express
+Matt McBeath
@Gertrudes
from 8pm
for $10

One of my favourite releases of last year was Khancoban's self-titled debut mini-album. It's really good alt-country work evoking its namesake country town, all mountains and isolation, with Andre's vocals soaring across the landscape. And Black Pony Express also gave us a great album, Love in a Cold Place, tingeing to the blues side of country; though the standout is Resurrection Blues, an almost gospel number. It's all great. And Matt McBeath from The Initials is playing solo with the wonderful Jemima of Khancoban to open. (Solo, yet also with someone? Yeah, that's right, got a grammar problem?)

So be at Gertrudes on Friday night.

Wednesday March 7th



The Dears (CAN), Dappled Cities Fly
@Prince, 8:30pm, $38.50

Tobias Cummings and the Long Way Home, Underminers
@Rob Roy, 8pm, $5

Jae Laffer
@Front Bar, Spanish Club, 9pm, free

Yo La Tengo (USA), David Kilgour (NZ)
@The Corner, 8pm, $42

Thursday March 8th



C’mon C’mon
The Basics, Little Red, Rocket Queen
@Evelyn, 8:30pm

Comets on Fire (USA), My Disco!, Grey Daturas
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $35

Garage to V
Children Collide, The Capitals, Ouch! My Face, The Inkrements, Young Divorcees
@The East, 8pm, $5

Joint CD Launch
launching Can't Stop It! Vol 2 - Australian Post-Punk 1979-84 and Primitive Calculators and Friends 1979-82
Glitter Kids (supergroup), Fabulous Diamonds
@Wintergarden Room, Exford, 8pm, $5

David Kilgour, Crayon Fields, Panel of Judges
@Cloud City, 14 Prentice St, Brunswick, 8pm, $12

Mike Noga and His Gentlemen of Fortune
@Front Bar, Spanish Club, 9pm, free

Play Like a Girl
Dallas Frasca, Monique Brumby (trio), Liz Stringer, Ella and Jesse Hooper, Lisa Miller, Rebecca Barnard, Milk, MC Lindy Morrison
@NSC, 8pm, $20+bf

Friday March 9th



Beasts of Bourbon, Double Agents, Legends of Motorsport
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $27.50

Budd, Actor/Model, Assassination Collective
@The Tote, 9:30pm, $10

Elbow (UK), Sparkadia, SubAudible Hum
@Prince, 8:30pm, $38.50

Kirsty Lewis and the Wretched, The Wellingtons (acoustic), The Gems, Kathematics
@Old Bar, 8:30pm, $6

Lou Bennett and the Sweet Cheeks
@Lomond Hotel, 9:30pm, free

The Low Priests, Byrna, Talkshow Boy, The Fit
@Noise Bar, 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 8:30pm, $8

RTX (USA), Shooting at Unarmed Men, Kamikaze Trio
@Ding Dong

Hell Is Other People
The Rumours, Bachelor of Arts, Good Intentions
@Eurotrash, 8pm, $10

Tim Steward (album launch), Ben Birchall and the Corrections, Oh Mercy
@Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $10

Saturday March 10th



Golden Plains Festival

Dardanelles, Hancock Basement, Popolice
@Click Click

The Deloreans, Immolate (NSW), Hotel Wrecking City Traders
@Old Bar, 9pm, $5

DJs - Linton Carr, Richie Campbell, Neill Stafford, Declan Kelly, Harry Humphrys
@Marquis of Lorne

Owls of the Swampland, The Boy Who Spoke Clouds, Aleks Taylor, Chalga Party
@Wesley Anne

Spargo, The Wellingtons, The Basics
@Empress

Sunday March 11th



Golden Plains Festival

Bootleg
Dukes of Windsor, Souls on Board, Dead Frenchmen, La Strada
@Geddes Lane, $18.50

Champagne Party
Dance With Voices, Gameboy/Gamegirl, Mission Control, Boy + Girl
@Miss Libertine, 9pm

Dexter
@Revolver

Dudley Perkins (US), Georgia Anne Muldrow (US)
@The Espy, 8pm, $26

Ed Bangers Party
Sebastian & Kavinksy (FRA), Acid Jaxx, Andee Van Damage, Agent 86
@Prince, 9pm, $30

Redfish Bluegrass Band
@The Gem

Slayfest
Psycroptic (TAS), Terrorust, Daysend, Captain Cleanoff, Five Star Prison Cell, Choke, The Abandonment, Darkest Dawn + more
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $18+bf

Joel Silbersher
@IdGAFF

Zulya and the Children of the Underground (two sets)
@NSC, 8:30pm, $12+bf

Monday March 12th



The Bell Rays, special guests
@The Tote, 7:30pm, $20

!!! (USA), The Cops
@Prince, 8pm, $35

The Gotan Project
@Hamer Hall

Tuesday March 12th



Jimmy Clinkerfield, Ben Mitchell
@Rainbow, free

The Slits (UK), Japanther (USA), Fabulous Diamonds
@The Corner, 8pm, $38

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