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Dr. Mexico, The Grand Rapids and Racing Daphne at The Public Bar
Where: The Public Bar 238 Victoria St North Melbourne VIC 3051 When:Thursday 30th of July from 9:00 Cost: $6 Dr. Mexico The Grand Rapids Racing Daphne The Public Bar (03) 9329 6522 »
Psuche, Denim Owl and Yama Boy at The Empress
The last of Psuche's July residency shows at the Empress and possibly the best yet with Denim Owl of Aleks And The Ramps and Yama Boy. The Roster is a sucker for delicate and weird, laptop-and-pedal-fucked pop, so this is a no brainer. Recommended. »
SOLD OUT: The Specials at The Palace
Where: The Palace 20-30 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 When: Thursday 30th July Cost: SOLD OUT The legendary Specials, and the actual original lineup this time, are playing a Splendour sideshow. Understandably sold out. The Specials (yeah not very official, but its been a while since I heard “Rudi”) The Palace (03) 9650 0180 »
The Sun Blindness, Slow Human Escape, Dreaming Of Ghosts at The Curtin
Where: The John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Carlton Victoria 3053 When: Thursday 30th July from 8:30 Cost: $8 A pretty varied night at The Curtin with the Floydian psych of The Sun Blindness, the cathartic indie of Slow Human Escape and Dreaming Of Ghosts probably sitting somewhere in-between, albeit with a grungey stomp thrown in for good measure. The... »
Dananananaykroyd and Regular John at The East Brunswick Club
Where: The East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057 When: Thursday 30th July Cost: $40.50 Tickets available from their website Fresh from Splendour In The Grass, the latest in a long line of hyperactive young men with heavy UK accents attacking their guitars/pop music in general with manic relish. With The Wombats long forgotten and Arctic Monkeys... »
Midnight Circus, Bipolar Badwise and She Said Yes at The Toff
Where: The Toff In Town 252 Swanston St, Melbourne Victoria 3000 When: Thursday July 30th from 9:00 Cost: $10 A big night of euro-trance arpeggios colliding with rock guitars, drums and vocals. In The Roster’s opinion Bipolar Badwise pull off the sweeping, Depeche Mode dramatics quite well but otherwise… From The Toff: “Midnight Circus is primed for another big night... »
The Sunday Reeds at Yah Yah’s
Where: Yah Yahs 99 Smith Street Fitzroy VIC 3065 When: Thursday 30th July from 5:00. Band from 8:30 Cost: FREE The Sunday Reeds will be peddling their white-noise laden dream-pop at Yah Yah’s. If you like deadpan Nico style vocals, chugging post-punk basslines and Jesus and Mary Chain distortion then these guys are worth a look. The Sunday Reeds Yah Yahs 03... »
Simon Wright & The Eclective at Bar Open
Where: Bar Open 317 Brunswick st, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 When: Thursday 30th July from 8:00pm Cost: FREE! Simon Wright and his “eclectic collective” The Eclective combine sleazey jazz grooves, funk breakdowns and hiphop rhymes. For anyone looking for a bit of a boogie on a Thursday night. Simon Wright & The Eclective Myspace Bar Open 03 9415 9601 »
Stand Defiant, Mindset, Backyard Surgeons, Lost Boy Found and Shipwrecked & Damned at The Birmingham Hotel
Where: The Birmingham 333 Smith Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065 When: Thursday 30th July from 8:00 Cost: $6 Stand Defiant and Mindset are two strident punk acts from Tassie and Melbourne respectively and are currently ripping it up all over Australia on tour. They have a massive lineup of Melbourne punk bands supporting them including Backyard Surgeons who recall all... »
The Splendours, TST, High Fangs and The News at The Evelyn
Where: The Evelyn Hotel 351 Brunswick Street Fitzroy VIC 3056 When: Thursday, 30th July 2009. From 8:30 Cost: $10 From Moshtix: “Alright, forget what you thought you were doing on a Thursday night. The Evelyn is hosting some sweet up and coming Melbourne bands. You’ll be hearing from the likes of garage outfit The Splendours, TST, High Fangs and... »
Downstream Music presents: Ananke at Glitch Bar
Where: Glitch Bar 318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC 3068? When: Thursday 30th July from 9:00 Cost: $10 From Experimental Melbourne: “Aria award winning musicians Achilles Yiangoulli ( Bouzouki ) and Anthony Schulz ( Piano Accordion ) team up with critically acclaimed bassist Nick Tsiavos (acoustic bass) in their ongoing project ‘Ananke’. ‘Ananke’ is a radical exploration... »
The Process, Sailors & Swine and Gostelradio at The Workers Club
A strong, varied night at the very well curated Workers Club. The Process play clever, strange mutations of a tonne of post-punk touchstones. Sailors and Swine are one of the better Birthday Party/Bad Seeds devotees playing around town. And Gostelradio seem to be some potent new strand of post-rock at first glance. The Roster... »
White Lies and Yves Klein Blue at The Hi-Fi
Where: Hi-Fi Bar 125 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000? When: Thursday 30th of July from 7:30 Cost: $49.50+BF Tickets available from The Hi-Fi Moody UK synth rockers White Lies are in town after Splendour, “harking back to the sonic strains of Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen and Interpol, WHITE LIES infuse their catchy melodies and danceable beat with... »
Fire By The Sea (album launch) and Tony Varcoe at Northcote Social Club
Where: Northcote Social Club 301 High St Northcote VIC 3070 When: Thursday 30th July from 8:00 Cost: $13 Tickets available from The Corner From Northcote Social Club: “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... »