Its been a long time coming – the first national headline tour of Australia by Sydneys inimitable Jack Ladder will kick off this June. Of course, Jack has been sporadically traversing the country since the release of his album, Love is Gone, playing solo shows, securing supports with the likes of The Duke Spirit (UK) and Cut Off Your Hands and winning the 2009 Red Bull Australian Music Prize. This tour will culminate with Jacks performances at Splendour in the Grass and the mighty QLD Arts Festival in August, with the following September being spent writing his next record before heading to the USA in October to perform and showcase for labels.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR
with Special Patrol
Alt-acoustic, folk pop Melbourne 4 piece Skipping Girl Vinegar have announced their national Music From Cold Places Tour. The bands current single Sift The Noise (the title track from their debut album) is on triple J and ABC local radio rotation nationwide as well as being featured on SBS TV as the soundtrack to their program teasers for upcoming shows. Sift The Noise the album was released in September last year to rave reviews, with J Mag and Music Australia Guide both giving it 4.5 stars a piece. The end of 2008 saw Skipping Girl Vinegar round off a stellar year with performances at The Falls Festival and Sunset Sounds. The Music From Cold Places Tour will be the bands first major headline tour for 2009.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
SHANNON BOURNE (album launch)
with Kim Dellavedova
Shannon Bourne is a virtuoso guitarist, singer-songwriter and published expert on guitars and related equipment. With the release of his second solo album, Dark Things ten tracks of melodic blues-infused acoustic and electronic guitar songs, Shannons aim of developing an intimate and personalised form of expression through music has proved to be an exhilarating experience for artist and audience alike. In the last ten years I have played every major festival and venue in Australia and toured North America, Canada and Asia but always at the side of someone else. This time its personal its my own material.
NAIDOC Week is a week of celebration. Music is a great way to celebrate. Join Gavin Somers, Benny Walker and Brolga Boys in a night of Indigenous celebration. Brolga Boys have been performing for many years and have established themselves as one of the best Indigenous Bands in the country; Gavin Somers has also been performing around Melbourne for many years, as a member of Jarrah, he has has a wonderful sensitivity that comes through his music. Benny Walker is a relatively new performer on the Indigenous music scene. His songs and delivery are refreshing and inspirational. Three Indigenous bands, three styles and one big night.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
ANDREW McCUBBIN & THE HOPE ADDICTS
with Brian Henry Hooper, Ned Collette (solo) and The Holy Sea
Catch Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts before they head off for their third European Tour in August. They trade in slowly building, densely layered melancholic songs, which grip and stir and entrance. Soaring and mournful stuff, backed by strings, and lacerating guitars. This is a benefit concert to raise money for Melbournes unique Wooden Instruments Extremists European tour. Joining them for this Last Waltz type gathering will be their pals, the sublime Ned Collette, making a rare Melbourne appearance, and the evocative, rousing and brilliant The Holy Sea plus more. Get there early for this Melbourne Music Moment.
with Philadelphia Grand Jury and Hoshi In The Clouds
SOLD OUT!
Yves Klein Blue recently returned from their overseas jaunt to play sold out shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Theyre now ready to launch their highly anticipated debut album Ragged & Ecstatic. Having just made our US and UK counterparts take notice of their classic intonation and danceable indie jive, Yves Klein Blue are poised to bring their live presence across Australia. Their single Getting Wise has been hitting the Australian airwaves, jumping onto rotation at alternative radio, whilst the international buzz continues in the UK with the band being added to the XFM and BBC Radio 6 playlists.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
LOWRIDER
with Sietta and special guest
SELLING FAST!
Lowrider’s fresh new sound is said to be the latest breakthrough in Australian music. Their second album, Diamond Amongst the Thieves, highlights the sophisticated sound of the young band and is sure to blow you away. With music influences originating from the diverse backgrounds of the band, Lowrider’s music is an immaculate fusion of hip hop, pop and soul. The bands street cred is proven by their steady radio play and their successful Australian tours, not to mention sharing the Big Day Out main stage with the Hilltop Hoods and their national tour with Alicia Keys in December 2008. Lowrider’s musical prowess translates on stage to an overwhelmingly gripping show that is not to be missed.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
Folk Fiesta feat. GEORGIA FIELDS,
Cilla Jane, Fi Claus (single launch), Abbie Cardwell, The Tiger & Me
MATINEE SHOW
Folk Fiesta is a celebration of all things acoustic. Featuring an array of independent acts from Melbournes dynamic music scene, the first mini-festival was held in January. With the summer shindig a roaring success, Folk Fiesta is back this winter. The afternoon matinee will feature a mixed bag of talented local acts – feisty circus-folk quintet The Tiger & Me, alt-country inspired Abbie Cardwell, folk-pop songstress Fi Claus, folk style Cilla Jane; and indie-pop charm Georgia Fields. In keeping with the Fiesta theme, the lucky winner of the door prize will get their chance to battle a piata!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
STRETCH AND THE TRUTH
With special guest
Stretch and The Truth is a vehicle for Stephen Stretch Teakles songs and stories of his lifes travels, from working on Cattle stations in the Kimberley to living in Arnhemland, from Arts school in Melbourne to near misses with the Russian ganglands of St Petersburg. The band play roots based alt country that rocks hard on the road to the gates of hell, but includes a fuel stop at the family roadhouse where the folk instrumentation can lead even the most hardened bar room whiskey swiller to take a cup of tea, eat scones with a favorite auntie and contemplate the world of the spiritual. This is the bands first gig and is a warm up prior to a tour to far north western Queensland as part of the Queensland Music Festival later this month.
In the tradition of ‘Short Cool Ones’, the 1996 blues release from diesel and Chris Wilson (under the Wilson diesel moniker), diesel returns once again to his roots, and to the studio to produce a raw blues album with the working title Saturday Suffering Fools. Slated for a May 2009 release and comprising of originals and unearthed blues gems, the record will feature long-term band members Richie Vez and Lee Moloney, as well as Bernie Bremond (ex the Injectors) and father Hank Lizotte on horns. The live show will comprise selections from ‘Saturday Suffering Fools’, past cuts from the 1996 release ‘Short Cool Ones’ and will also see diesel and his band revisit his back catalogue and its connections to diesels blues roots.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
DON McGLASHAN (NZ)
with Young Werther
Although no stranger to Melbourne audiences this will be Dons first performance under his own name. Renowned as one of NZs most accomplished songwriters and performers Don will perform songs from his second solo album Marvellous Year along with highlights from his career to date. Don first played Melbourne as part of the comedy music duo The Front Lawn who performed sold out shows at the Comedy Festival. He toured on several occasions with his UK based band The Muttonbirds, whose Pulled Along By Love featured in Triple Js Hottest 100. His most recent visit was last year as a guest musician with Crowded House.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
BLACK CAB (single launch)
with Wellyn and The Queens Head
After an extended break Australian duo Black Cab play their first major show in almost two years to launch their new double single Rescue/Black Angel from their forthcoming third album. The band completed a short but exhausting tour of Europe in 2007 and have been recording and mixing for the past 15 months. Their new album features a strong return to keyboards and found sounds loosely inspired by 1970s East Germany surveillance, treason, Baader Meinhoff and the ever present state security apparatus. The first 150 pre-sales can take their pick of either of the bands first two albums. Joining them are Melbourne favourites Wellyn and the new side project from Danny of SubAudible Hum, The Queens Head.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY (NSW)
with The Harpoons and TST
Sydney three-piece Philadelphia Grand Jury is set to take its utterly rambunctious live show along the East Coast in July. The bands first-ever headline tour will be slotted in around support slots for Yves Klein Blue and Dappled Cities. In fact, the trio are already hard at it on the road with Bluejuice, giving the headliner a run for their money. Playing with an unbridled vigour, the Philly Jays (theyve already earned an affectionate name-shortening) are no strangers to glowing reviews on FL. These guys are honestly the funniest and most engaging act Ive seen all year, said our reviewer of My Filthy Riot in Sydney. You can see for yourself how the high praise stacks up this winter.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
TIM McMILLAN BAND
with The Bedroom Philosopher, Umlaut, Yelka Ishmakovic and The Furniture Incident
MATINEE SHOW
After two months of isolation in the foreboding East German forest village of Bblitz, Tim McMillan Band have returned to Oz with a brand new genre. To celebrate their invention of Goblincore, they will be hosting a Sunday afternoon ‘Genre Launch’ with special guests The Bedroom Philosopher, mlaut (feat. Br Mckinnon of Mr Bungle/Secret Chiefs notoriety) and Yelka Ishmakovic. Tim and band have just finished recording their newest album and have rewired three Teddy Ruxpin dolls which play the entire album post string pull. Stylistically sitting somewhere between Acoustic Viking Metal, Cabaret Shred and Fingerstyle Obnoxia, expect to be delivered a barrage of goblin inspired guitar-based melodic mayhem from the heart of Rancho Frankstonio. The live show will be a huge wake up call to all upcoming bands in the Goblincore scene.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
PETE ROSS & THE PAESANOS
with Matt Walker
Having relocated 12 months ago from Melbourne to Italy, Pete Ross (former guitarist of Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows then known as Peter Cicciari), returns to Australia to release his album, Six String Suicide and embark on a National tour before he returns to Italy for more touring in Spain, France and other parts of Europe. His new release was recorded with his band Pete Ross & The Paesanos and features guest appearances by Melbourne musical luminaries Matt Walker and Liz Stringer. Performing with Pete Ross and making up The Paesanos will be Matt Green (guitar/backing vocals), Monique Boggia (keys/backing vocals), and members of The Vandas Julien Chick (bass), Chris Altmann (guitar) and Gus Agars (drums) PLUS the horn section from the great Melbournes rocknroll party band Dynamo.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
SAL KIMBER & THE ROLLIN WHEEL
with TOXIC
In defiance of the idea that it has all been done before, Sal Kimber & The Rollin Wheel and Glam Rock Britney tribute band Toxic are sidling up for an eve of Glam Country at the Social. With banjos, leather, lady drummers, rip snorter choreograph and discounted door charge for punters who dress in theme. Sal Kimber & The Rollin Wheel live shows are charismatic and engaging, regaling you with tails of ghost towns, rebels and romance. Their gigs take you on a ride over terrains from cutback duets on the xylophone and banjo; to 5-piece Rock n Roll Alt Country n Blues tracks. Sal and the band launched their debut album Sounds Like Thunder to a sold out NSC Crowd in 2008. Since the release they have been traveling the rural, urban and interstate road offering their unique take on Alt Country n Blues, a take that is truly authentic and exciting.
$12 or $10 if you dress ‘Glam Country’, at the door only
AFTER THE FALL (NSW)
with The Smoke and Kill Teen Angst
After The Fall has completed their new album and is ready to get back to what they do so well playing live! The bands new album named [In] Exile will be released on August 28 through Roadrunner Records. The album will be 11 new tracks with a special edition release also available, which will include extra bonus b-sides. The first track from the new album, Digital Age will be released through iTunes on June 12. After The Fall play will be showcasing new material from the album as well as playing old favourites such as Mirror Mirror, The Fighter & Room For One More.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
CROW (NSW) with THE BEAUTIFUL FEW
and Actor/Model
Crow play their first Melbourne gig this century! Theyre lead by the dual songwriting talents of Peter Fenton and Peter Archer. Throughout the 90s they produced mesmeric and powerful albums such as My Kind Of Pain and Li-Lo-Ing. This gig brings together the original line-up with bassist Jim Woff and drummer John Fenton rounding out the quartet. Romantic pop maestros The Beautiful Few launch their resplendent new album The Nights You Did Your Hair. The album features sixteen guest vocalists including Oliver Mann, Anthony Atkinson, Marcus Teague (Deloris) and Rob McDowell (Plastic Palace Alice) amongst others. This launch is a truly one off event with the band dipping back into their extensive back catalogue, bringing out the guest singers for the latest songs and warming up the stage for Crow!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
THE LITTLE STEVIES
with special guest
MATINEE SHOW
Returning to NSC for the first time since their sell-out album launch, The Little Stevies deliver a laid-back Sunday arvo set before heading off for a stint in Europe. Experience the exquisite harmonies that soar above their infectious indie-pop grooves and revel in their cheeky live charm. The band will play new material and favourites from their ‘Love Your Band’ album. Come in from the cold with The Little Stevies!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
FIRE BY THE SEA (album launch)
with Tony Varcoe
Falling to Fly is the debut release for Melbourne based due, Fire by the Sea. The tapestry of songs includes a gorgeous cover of Max Merritts classic Australian anthem, Slippin Away, featuring a guest appearance by ARIA nominated hip-hop artist A-Love. Hailing from the troubled streets of Melbournes west, singer Keda and guitarist Andy defy the myth that such an environment can be the gateway to a life of misfortune. Instead it becomes an inspiration to give life to art and a determination to achieve. The sentiment resonates both lyrically and melodically throughout this album.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
GASLIGHT RADIO (single launch)
with Witchhats and Amaya Laucirica
Gaslight Radio launch their new single Guillotine Son. It will be a limited edition single with only 200 copies pressed to vinyl, and sold at the show.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
‘Doomsday 2009′ featuring POD PEOPLE,
The Grey Daturas, Clagg, Agonhymn, Heirs, Looking Glass, Summonus, Dread, Space Bon’g and Boonhorse
666 Entertainment Presents, Doomsday – an annual Australian live music Festival that will debut in 2009. The gig will feature a lineup of brutal Sludge/ Doom/ Drone/ Rock/ Psychedelic/ Metal and Experimental Bands. Doomsday gigs will take place in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over 3 consecutive Saturdays. 10 band lineups will be presented at all shows commencing late afternoon. Doomsday 2009 T Shirts will be available at all shows for $20 featuring the amazing and unique artwork of the legendary Glenn Smith.
Known for his spellbinding lyrics and an emotive and softly sensitive approach to music, Khristian Mizzi has earned a reputation as one of Melbournes best singer songwriters in the new millennium. Winner of Best Songwriter 2006 and Best Guitarist 2006 at the Basin Music Festival and Port Fairy Folk Festival respectively, Khristian went on to pen his own solo EP The Road Between in early 2008. The EP has received wide acclamation from ABC radio and various community stations around Australia. Khristian wanted to create a fuller bodied sound, and so enter The Sirens four musicians who collectively share the passion for delivering Khristians polished art form. Khristian and band have spent summer of 2008/2009 in the studio recording their debut album Beautiful World.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
CARUS THOMPSON
with Jess McAvoy and Samuel Marcus
Carus Thompson has toured the world for the past ten years, building staunch and sizeable followings in the U.K, Germany and Australia, selling over 30,000 CDs independently along the way. Hes supported the likes of Dave Matthews, Damien Rice and Jack Johnson and been a regular at all the festivals – this guys not slowing down and in 2009 hes released his first solo album, Creature of Habit. Carus left his band The True Believers behind for this new release and the change paid off – the album his most acclaimed offering to date. A sterling slice of folk rock Irish World, UK. His last NSC sold out so be quick to get your tickets!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
THE BATS (NZ)
with The Crayon Fields and The Twerps
SELLING FAST!
Mistletone presents The Bats in their first Australian shows in ages! The legendary New Zealand band have been playing their distinctive style of melodic infused pop folk/rock for long enough to have drifted in and out of fashion several times, without even trying. The Bats top many a music aficionados list as well as sparking for today’s savvy young music initiates. The Bats are set to release their wonderful new album The Guilty Office as they head to our shores for the first time in six years with the same brilliant line-up since the band’s conception in 1983: Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Paul Kean and Malcolm Grant.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
VAN WALKER (album launch)
with Fergus McAlpin & Miles Brown (Duo) and Luke Sinclair (solo)
Finger-picker, story-teller, Van Walker launched his bittersweet debut album The Celestial Railroad in 2008 to critical acclaim. With songs varying from tales of paranoid spies and love-sick rabbits, to urban bandits and tram-hopping misadventures, he proved himself a young singer-songwriter of the old school, whose songs draw you into the heart of the matter, evoking a middle-ground between a gritty moral modernity and the mythical netherworld of the spirit. His a new album has been recorded, The Last Record Store, proving not only was the first record no fluke, but that there is still ample coal in the fire.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
CUTHBERT & THE NIGHT WALKERS (NSW – single launch)
with Little Scout and special guest
Sydney based indie popsters Cuthbert and the Night Walkers spent a week in Melbourne with a lovely man/producer called Haima Marriot (Architecture in Helsinki) in a wonderful studio in East St Kilda called Woodstock trying to turn their dreams into electronic signals. They are half the way there and will have a new album out and with it a whole new bunch of songs you’ve never heard before by October. One song, however, was completed and is called Pace Ourselves and they will be touring up and down the east coast in a little while to show it off. It is a shouty song with a funky bass line and a hip hop beat, mixed by Qua (Cornel Wilczek) known for his work with Pivot, Mountains in the Sky and Wagons.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
THE AUDREYS (two sets)
with DJ Denise Hylands (RRRs Twang)
SELLING FAST!
The Audreys entire back catalogue (all two albums) is coming out on limited edition gate-fold vinyl. Not since Taasha tenderly un-wrapped her deluxe edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller in 1985 and Tristan discovered his Dad’s secret stash of Creedence records in the back shed, have they been so excited! Rejoice audiophiles, dust off the old bang & olufsen and settle into your favourite armchair as The Audreys go analogue. The albums will be available from record stores and online at The Audreys store – www.theaudreys.com.au/store – on Friday 10 July. But be quick, the initial pressing is limited to 500 copies. To celebrate, theyll be playing some extra special shows in August featuring two sets of songs from Between Last Night & Us and When The Flood Comes, and a few new numbers to try as well.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
THE AUDREYS (two sets)
with DJ Denise Hylands (RRRs Twang)
The Audreys entire back catalogue (all two albums) is coming out on limited edition gate-fold vinyl. Not since Taasha tenderly un-wrapped her deluxe edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller in 1985 and Tristan discovered his Dad’s secret stash of Creedence records in the back shed, have they been so excited! Rejoice audiophiles, dust off the old bang & olufsen and settle into your favourite armchair as The Audreys go analogue. The albums will be available from record stores and online at The Audreys store – www.theaudreys.com.au/store – on Friday 10 July. But be quick, the initial pressing is limited to 500 copies. To celebrate, theyll be playing some extra special shows in August featuring two sets of songs from Between Last Night & Us and When The Flood Comes, and a few new numbers to try as well.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
LULO REINHARDT (GERMANY – TWO SETS)
with special guest
On sale Mon 6 July
Dont miss the one and only show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt direct from Europe with 6 piece band. Grand-nephew of Jazz legend Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Schnuckenack Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
HOT LITTLE HANDS with THE TUTTS (NZ)
with special guest
Following this years release of their debut album Dynamite In Black & White and their NZ tour, Hot Little Hands return home in August to tour their title track and 3rd single Dynamite In Black & White. Joining the band on all shows is NZ dance-rock lads The Tutts. The Tutts burst on the NZ scene with an album full of synth-laced rock tracks that spawned a string of radio favourites. HLH has spent the past 12 months touring steadily, they completed two full east-coast tours with Claire Bowditch and Plug In City, plus support slots for Born Ruffians, Who Made Who, Sparkadia & Kid Confucius. They’re off to Tokyo shortly. So catch ‘em whilst you can!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
ANGIE HART (single launch)
with special guests
Singer-songwriter Angie Hart rose to fame with the Melbourne-based alt-pop band Frente which formed in 1991 and achieved chart-topping success with LPs Marvin the Album and Shape, changing the face of pop music in Australia and selling more than a million records worldwide before disbanding in 1998. More recently Angie Hart has become her own entity, with solo album Grounded Bird released in September 2007. Angie co-wrote a number of songs on Grounded Bird with Ben Lee, and has collaborated with other luminaries such as Mark Seymour, Cam Butler (Silver Ray) and Geoff OConnor (Crayon Fields / Sly Hats) to name a few. The forthcoming album, due for release in October 2009, is being recorded with ARIA-Award winning producer Shane Nicholson, and is set to be a stunner!
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
SUGAR ARMY (WA)
with special guests
The most exciting thing about the Sugar Army story is that it starts right now. If you’ve heard of Sugar Army, or better yet heard them, it is because you’re one of those people that keeps their ear to the ground, ever aware of the rumblings that signify something is coming. Now Sugar Army are heading to the NSC to announce themselves and showcase their debut album The Parallels Amongst Ourselves, including the singles Acute and Tongues in Cheeks.
Ticket enquiries ph: (03) 9486 1677 or via Corner Box Office (57 Swan St, Richmond)
MASSY FERGUSON (USA)
with special guest
Massy Ferguson, a rock americana band from Seattle, makes its first tour to Australia sparked by buzz from international radio airplay and memorable showcases at the renowned South by Southwest festival in 2009. In the past three years of its existence, the four piece band has toured Europe, Costa Rica and Mexico and has shared the stage with Billy Kruetzmann of the Grateful Dead, Fastball, Mike Gordon of Phish and The Bottle Rockets. They were named a 2009 Artist to Watch by Skope Magazine.
