Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Bands 'n' Stuff: June 13th to 19th

This week's a bit quiet in places but sprinkled with a series of ball-tearing shows. It's really the week of the Spanish Club, with a huge Oyster Club tonight, Even on Friday, the closing party on Sunday (including the last ever front bar flamenco show) and then the RRR/PBS Megahertz 10th birthday next Wednesday. And that one's the last, last, last gig at the venue, so get on down there and show your appreciation for the last couple of years.

All things must end, unfortunately, no matter how good they are.

Gig o' the Week



Spanish Club Closing Party

Sunday 17th June
from 2pm
@ Spanish Club
$15

LABJACD (11pm)
Bob Log III (10pm)
The Meanies (9:20pm)
The Nation Blue (8:30pm)
Sissies and Sluts Theatre (8pm)
Adam Simmons' Embers (7:15pm)
Little Red (6:25pm)
Root! (5:30pm)
Et Al (4:40pm)
Trash Ivory (3:50pm)
The Gingers (3pm)
The Loveslaps (2:15pm)

Flamenco Show (7:30pm front bar)
Emily Ulman (6pm front bar)
The Spoils (5pm front bar)
The Orbweavers (4pm front bar)

Something for everyone, here. We don't often plug LABJACD, because we find them a little boring, but they'll close the venue with some nice bounce. That's if there's any stage left after The Nation Blue have torn it up into small pieces - let's hope the sound regulator's turned off for that one. And the other two headlines should be pretty special too, the Meanies doing an infrequent gig and Bob Log who's always mad.

And take note that in the afternoon, just before the omnipresent Little Red, a band called Root! This is one for those TISM fans out there who've been feeling bereft since the boys hung up the balaclavas a couple of years ago. It's big Humphrey B Flaubert, in his new flannelette shirt as D.C. Root. Have a listen to the testimonial on the myspace, direct from the PM, and find out what to expect. It'll be just like the Alabama 3 except without the Sopranos soundtrack tie-in and associated minor success.

I love TISM. I can't wait. If you never saw them - let's just hope Root get close.

Wednesday 13th June



The Silver City Highway residency's always a good bet, competing with some comedy over the road at the Oyster Club. Otherwise, pretend you're watching Scrubs at the Prince, with Ozzie Col Hay.

Colin Hay
@ Prince, 8pm, $27.50+bf

Silver City Highway, Ned and the Meds
@ Old Bar, 9pm, free

Oyster Club
Tripod, Sista She, The English Gents from La Clique, Andrew McLelland, Kate McLennan, Asher Treleaven
@ Spanish Club, 8pm, $20

Thursday 14th June



First chance to catch Birushanah, making a shitload of noise at Pony. Coolsies at the Evelyn, and coolsies with better musical chops at the Glasshouse. Songs, though, at the East. That'll be a nice gig.

Birushanah (Jap), Firewitch, Bowl of Dick, Bachelor of Arts
@ Pony, 9pm

C'mon C'mon
Oh Mercy, If She Floats, Poly and the Statics
@ Evelyn, 8:30pm, $8

Darren Hanlon, Laura Jean
@ East, 8:30pm, $18+bf

Definite Article, Little Red, Norbert Oliver
@ Rob Roy, 8pm, $6

Stop.Drop.Roll
Love Is Science Fiction, You Will Die Alone, Popolice, All Made of Rubies
@ Glasshouse, $8

Friday 15th June



Believe or don't believe the hype about The Cops, depending on how much JJJ you've heard recently. The old school action at the Corner is the opposite - it's all about dirty street cred. The Even show at the Spanish Club will be a corker, but if you want something a little quieter and sweeter, it's gotta be the Afterdark. Most interesting tonight is the experimental gig elsewhere in Northcote, at Forepaw Gallery. And then there's some stalwarts playing at the Toff in a great little gig.

Guy Blackman, Crayon Fields, Ground Components, Minimum Chips
@ Toff, $10

The Cops (NSW), Sparkadia (NSW), Plastic Palace Alice
@ East, 8:30pm, $13+bf

Cosmic Psychos vs The Celibate Rifles, Cockfight Shootout, Killer Birds
@ Corner, 8:30pm, $20+bf

Drunk Hands, Hey Lady 2 Leopards, Brendan J Black, All Made of Rubies
@ Forepaw, 8:30pm, gold coin

Xmas in July!
Even, Lisa Miller, The Vandas, Amaya Laucirica, Sons of Katie Elder (NSW)
@ Spanish Club, 8pm, $17+bf

The Gallant (QLD), Foxx on Fire, Junior Anti-Sex League
@ Gertrudes, 8pm, $8

Smallgoods (duo), Popolice, Blessington
@ Afterdark, 9pm

Saturday 16th June



Revivalist pop, pop, pop at the East. The NSC has the pick of the night, though, with the Icecream Hands album launch - these guys do great work and deserve any plaudits they can find. Tear out your eardrums at the Arthouse, or be hip wid da kids down south at the Espy. Or our old mates, Clinkerfield, at the Old Bar, for a night of beer and ciggies.

The Bawdies (Jap), The Basics, Little Red
@ East, 8:30pm, $12+bf

Clinkerfield, Gareth Eunson and the Graveyard Sons
@ Old Bar, 9pm, $5

album launch
Icecream Hands, Emma Heeney and the Daves, D Rogers
@ NSC, 8:30pm, $15+bf

Ohana, Dr. Invisiablo, The Black Hundred, Luka Brasi
@ Afterdark, 2pm, $6

Popolice, Dane Certificate, Dance Contest
@ Brunswick Hotel, 9pm, $5

Terrorust, Agents of Abhorrence, Five Star Prison Cell, Roskopp
@ Arthouse, 8pm

Tic Toc Tokyo, Mission Control, You Will Die Alone, Et Al, Poly and the Statics
@ Espy, 9pm, free

X, Six Ft Hick, The Jarrah Thompson Band, The Breaks
@ Gershwin, Espy, 8:30pm, $12

Sunday 17th June



Be noisy at the East or painfully hip at the Toff, it's up to you. But I'll be at the Spanish Club with the gig of the week, personally.

Birushanah (Jap), Dad They Broke Me, Agents of Abhorrence
@ East, 7:30pm, $8+bf

Freshly Waxed Magazine Launch
Hot Little Hands, Learn the Splits, Paris Wells
@ Toff, $10

Tuesday 19th June



The Bawdies (Jap), The Tash Mints, The Ooga Boogas, DJs Emma Peel and Il Cattivo
@ Tote, 8pm, $10

1 Comments:

Blogger Dave said:

Root were excellent - but not as good as The Nation Blue. They tore the entire venue a new hole. Mental.

6:50 pm  

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