Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Bands 'n Stuff: June 20th to 26th

Lots on this week though, gotta say, I can't find me a gig of the week at this point. Thursday night - the Winter Solstice - is huge, presumably because it's the longest night of the year and we're looking to scare the dark away.

Wednesday the 20th



Guitars at the Espy? Edgy at the Arthouse? Rootsy at the Rainbow? Post at the Tote. Supporting two great radio stations at the Spanish Club is a fine way to see the back room out, if you didn't do it last week. But I'll be over the road at the Old Bar, seeing supergroup Silver City Highway continue their residency.

A Friend of Mine + The Black Hundred + Kids with Guns for Hands
@The Tote, 8pm, $5

Collage
On Like Kong + Zeptepi + Deadly Are the Naked
@Espy Front Lounge, 9pm, Free

Drugs in Vegas + Talkshow Boy + CMYK Love
@Arthouse

Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts + Black Pony Express (duo)
@Retreat, 9pm, Free

Never Get Out of This World Alive: The Songs of Hank Williams
Susannah Espie + Sarah Carroll + Tracey and Loretta Miller + Mark Ferrie + Andy Baylor + Gary Young + Peter Baylor
@Rainbow, 9pm, $8

RRR/PBS Megahertz 10th Birthday
British India + The Bowerbirds
@Spanish Club, 7:30pm, $10/$15

Silver City Highway + James McCann
@Old Bar, 9pm, free

Matt Walker
@The Standard, 9pm, Free

Thursday the 21st



The longest night of the year provides choice. I like the look of the Tote gig, with a bit of variation. Don't know the headliners but Souls on Board are great, so get to the Evelyn for that. The fundraiser at Cape Cafe is your first and last chance to go there for a good gig, but it's a worthy cause. Great twee at the Glasshouse, noise at Bar Open, and experimental instrumental at the Toff. Our new faves are playing at Pony, as well. But it's the Rob Roy for me, cause I've been listening to this Raylenes album a fair bit.

The Brutals + Flywheel + The Smallgoods + Ned and the Meds
@The Tote, 8pm, $8

The Bulls + Black Widow + Twin Vickers
@Afterdark, 9pm

C'mon C'mon
The Exploders + Souls on Board + Sailors and Swine
@The Evelyn, 8:30pm, $8

Filla
Learn the Splits + Grow Fins + Clack Train + DJ Speak 'n' Spell + Commission Flats
@Revolver, $6

Hotel Wrecking City Traders + Wog + Aux Assembly + Baboon Brothers
@Bar Open, 8pm, Free

Lorazi Red + Cilla Jane
@Gertrudes, 8:30pm, $6

Mash Out Launch
Pateras/Fox + David Shea and Stephen Magnusson + DJ Oren Ambarchi + DJ Nervous Jerk
@Toff in Town, $12/$10

The Raylenes + The Bedroom Philosopher + Josh Earl
@Rob Roy, 8pm, $8

Researchers for Asylum Seekers Fundraiser
Light Says Solo + Clinkerfield + Ryal Sterling
@Cape Cafe, $10

Edinburgh Fundraiser
Sista She + Lawrence Leung + The Monkey Brigade + Polytoxic + Andy McLelland and Bec Hill + Liz Stringer + Jordie Lane + Anni Davey + Wes Snelling + Quiche Lorraine + The Tongan Youth Group + Carla Yamine
@East, 8pm, $13+bf

Stop.Drop.Roll
Seagull + It’s So Fucking Great To Be Alive + Touch Typist
@The Glasshouse

Thousand Cuts
Plug in City + Bachelor of Arts + DJ Black Night
@Ding Dong, 7pm, $7

Wagons
@Retreat, 9:30pm, free

You Will Die Alone + Batrider + Pets With Pets
@Pony, 9pm

Friday the 22nd



The ball up in Northcote will be great fun, but the Sly Hats album launch is where the real coolsies will be. Well, those who aren't at the East getting their dance on, or at the Old Bar with the kids. Old fashioned new soul at Wesleyanne, and guitars at the Tote, just for something different.

The Brutals + Royal Chord
@The Empress, 9pm

album launch
Carus and the True Believers + Greg Arnold + Hazel Brown
@Northcote Social Club, 8:30pm, $16+bf

The Double Agents
@The Spanish Club Front Bar, 10pm, free

Earl Grey (NSW) + Tom Cooney + Leena
@Wesleyanne, 8:30pm

The Go Set + Mick Thomas + The Mahones
@Prince Bandroom, 8:30pm, $15+bf

Tomorrow Is Today Tribute CD Launch
The Sand Pebbles + 3DTV (NSW) + Ash Naylor + The Love Letters (WA) + Tarantula
@The Tote, 9pm, $10

album launch
Sly Hats + Always + Francis Plagne
@The Toff, $10

The Temper Trap + Hot Little Hands + Major Chord
@East Brunswick Club, 8:30pm, $10

Tic Toc Tokyo + Et Al + Pets With Pets
@Old Bar, 9pm, $5

album launch
The Vasco Era + Whiskey Go Go’s + Little Red
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $16+bf

album launch
Walking to Winter + Donnie Dureau + Pitching Woo
@Evelyn, 9pm, $10

Winter Solstice Ball
Moscow Schoolboy + Big Shot Manoeuvre + The Reefers + DJ Declan Kelly + Queens of the Crossbones + The Hot Slush Puppies
@Regal Ballroom, 8pm, $25

Saturday the 23rd



The Casanovas are pimping their latest joint at Ding Dong - that'll be a helluva show. Clothes ads galore down at the Corner, and young people hitting their instruments with fervour at the Tote. The gig of the night, however, seems to be the 2am late slot at Pony - Barrage have a huge rep with those in the know.

3D TV (NSW) + Pretty Green + The Ooga Boogas
@Town Hall Hotel, 10:30pm, free

Blueline Medic + The Currency + Kim and Jamie
@The Arthouse, 8pm

Carus and the True Believers + Greg Arnold + Hazel Brown
@Northcote Social Club, 8:30pm, $16+bf

The Casanovas + Mustang + Showcard
@Ding Dong, 8pm, $12

Click Click
Outrun + Pets With Pets
@Brown Alley, 9pm, $14/10

Dappled Cities Fly + Red Riders + Dances With Voices
@The Corner, 8:30pm, $16+bf

Made Austria + Dance Contest + Casionova + I=it + Barrage (2am)
@Pony, 9pm

Mark Seymour + Jess McAvoy
@The Espy – Gershwin Room, 8:30pm, $20+bf

The New Black + Spun Rivals + Littlestar
@Rob Roy, 8:30pm, $8

The Spazzys + Mink Jaguar + Little Red
@The Tote, 9pm, $12

Spencer P. Jones
@The Retreat, 5pm

Sunday the 24th



Quiet times everywhere. If you haven't seen Clinkers for a while then it might be nice to sit out the back of the Standard and listen to them - there's a retractable roof, ya know. The Tote has an uncharacteristically quiet line up of sweet twee, or there's country-side bods at Bar Open. Or, of course, Spencer.

Clinkerfield
@The Standard, 7pm

Light Music Club + Duckdive + Broken Flight
@The Tote, 7pm, $7

Spencer P. Jones + Nick Murphy + Shylo
@Shingles Bar, 8:30pm, $10

Wellyn + Sixteen Millimetre + Owls of the Swamp
@Bar Open, 8pm

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