Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Shows this weekend! (24th-27th Feb)



This weekend! (and Thursday!)

Thu 24th Feb // 7pm // $10 - Original post/flyer
WALLS (USA) / USELESS CHILDREN (Vic) / PURE EVIL TRIO / WHORES

Fri 25th Feb // 7pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
MENTAL POWERS (W.A) / HOLY BALM / PALMISTS

Sat 26th Feb // 2pm // $8 - Original post/flyer
Cambodian Prisons Project Benefit w/ CHINESE BURNS UNIT / ETHER RAG / NONE REMAIN / BURNING SERVANT / VIDEO NASTY / DOSS / BLACK VAT TRIO

Sun 27th Feb // 2pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
POP SINGLES (Vic) / ATHOL (Newcastle) / LITTLE KILLING (Vic) / PENGUINS (Vic) / INTENTIONS


And next weekend...

Sat 5th Mar // 6pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
PERSIST (Last Show) / ILL BRIGADE / 10 PACES / VIGILANTE / SLEEPWALKER

Photo of Brave The Burrito by Shaun Tenzenmen.

Sleepwalks (Qld) / Unity Floors / Sweet Teeth 08.04.11



Friday 8th April // 7pm
SLEEPWALKS (Qld) / UNITY FLOORS / SWEET TEETH

facebook event

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Shows this weekend! (18th-20th Feb)



This weekend!

Fri 18th Feb // 7pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
LAZERFACE (Vic) / MICHAEL CRAFTER / VIDEO NASTY / BATTLE POPE

Sat 19th Feb // 7pm // $8 - Original post/flyer
TOTALLY UNICORN / LO! / AT DARK / NUCLEAR SUMMER (Qld)

Sun 20th Feb // 3pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
SLIMEY THINGS / CAPTAIN KICKARSE and The AWESOMES / SERIOUS BEAK / BATTLE POPE


Also, a big (immense, even) thankyou to people who donated money, gear & other useful things, and to those that bought loads of stuff over the last couple of weeks. Thanks! You have helped on so many levels, but most pressingly you helped us pay off our bills. yay for you. Champions.

A big w'end coming up next...

Thu 24th Feb // 7pm // $10 - Original post/flyer
WALLS (USA) / USELESS CHILDREN (Vic) / PURE EVIL TRIO / WHORES
Fri 25th Feb // 7pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
MENTAL POWERS (W.A) / HOLY BALM / PALMISTS
Sat 26th Feb // 2pm // $8 - Original post/flyer
Cambodian Prisons Project Benefit w/ CHINESE BURNS UNIT / ETHER RAG / NONE REMAIN / BURNING SERVANT / VIDEO NASTY / DOSS / BLACK VAT TRIO
Sun 27th Feb // 2pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
POP SINGLES (Vic) / ATHOL (Newcastle) / LITTLE KILLING (Vic) / PENGUINS (Vic) / INTENTIONS

Photo of Ether Rag by Shaun Tenzenmen

Michael Crafter / Battle Pope & more 20.03.11



Sunday 20th March // 3pm // $5
MICHAEL CRAFTER // BATTLE POPE // FAT GUY WEARS MYSTIC WOLF SHIRT // SWEET TEETH // MCLOVIN

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Extortion (W.A) / Ether Rag & more 25.03.11



Friday 25th March // 7pm
EXTORTION // ETHER RAG // SLOGAN FREE YOUTH // CHAINED HEAT

Yep.

Shows this weekend (11th-13th Feb)



This weekend!

Fri 11th Feb // 7pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
CISTERN CORRUPT (Newcastle) / DRILLBIT (Newcastle) / BONES / PURE WORD DEAFNESS

Sat 12th Feb // 7pm - Original post
ALPS (LP Launch) / MERE WOMEN (12” Launch) / BARE GRILLZ / UNITY FLOORS

Sun 13th Feb // 1pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
THICK SKIN (Qld) / STEP DOWN (Vic) / TAIPAN + 1


And next weekend...

Fri 18th Feb // 7pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
LAZERFACE (Vic) / MICHAEL CRAFTER / VIDEO NASTY / BATTLE POPE
Sat 19th Feb // 7pm // $8 - Original post/flyer
TOTALLY UNICORN / LO! / AT DARK / NUCLEAR SUMMER (Qld)
Sun 20th Feb // 3pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
SLIMEY THINGS / CAPTAIN KICKARSE and The AWESOMES / SERIOUS BEAK / BATTLE POPE

Photo of Infinite Void by Shaun Tenzenmen

Friday, February 4, 2011

Mental Powers (W.A) / Holy Balm / Palmists 25.02.11




MENTAL POWERS
(W.A - 12" Launch) // HOLY BALM // PALMISTS
Friday 25th February // 7pm

Perth 4-piece Mental Powers perform in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle in February in support of their new 12” LP, HOMOH. A four-track pressing with hand printed recycled covers, HOMOH marks the fourth release from this enigmatic group of performers.

The pure chaos and energy that Mental Powers infiltrates into every gig is unparalleled. Weaving together ambient drone, hypnotic rhythms, krauty influences and free-jazz composition, Mental Powers are certainly one of Australia’s most exciting acts. Performing since 2007, the remarkable synergy that binds the band together on stage is captured on vinyl in their new release.

Perth’s Mental Powers play a kind of trance music. The kind that feels like you’ve taken one too many muscle relaxants and somehow – accidentally – severed your carotid artery. – Tim Scott via Mess&Noise

Traversing the impenetrable terrain of rhythm and repetition, their first release should be taken as a whole and not the sum of its parts. Combining painstakingly handcrafted art direction and musical production - all credited to none other than ‘Mental Powers Group' - one is lured into their universe, the way they want you to see it. – John Kay via SixThousand

They create sound which inhabits only the very fringes of what might be called pop or rock music, and which in any case renders the use of such terms redundant. – Lyndon Blue via CoolPerthNights


So if you want myspace links, search for em. Here is some other stuff (couldn't find any Palmists links, they're good though)...
Holy Balm interview on Cyclic Defrost
Holy Balm 7" review on Mess and Noise

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Shows this weekend! (4th-5th Feb)



Shows this weekend...

Fri 4th Feb // 7pm // $10 - Original post/flyer
BRAINWAVES (Vic) / DE HØJE HÆLE (Denmark) / WHORES / LIFE AND LIMB

Sat 5th Feb // 6pm // $5 - Original post/flyer
BONE (Vic) / WE CAUGHT THE KRAKEN (Tamworth) / NICE GUYS / INTENTIONS

And next weekend...
Fri 11th Feb // 7pm // $5
CISTERN CORRUPT (Newcastle) / DRILLBIT (Newcastle) / BONES / PURE WORD DEAFNESS
Sat 12th Feb // 7pm // $5
ALPS (Newcastle - LP Launch) / MERE WOMEN (12” Launch) / BARE GRILLZ (Newcastle) / UNITY FLOORS
Sun 13th Feb // 2pm
THICK SKIN (Qld) / STEP DOWN (Vic) / TAIPAN + 1

Photo of Mere Women by Shaun Tenzenmen

Alps (LP Launch) / Mere Women (12" Launch) & more 12.02.11



Saturday February 12th // 7pm
ALPS (Newcastle - LP Launch) // MERE WOMEN (12" Launch) // BARE GRILLZ (Newcastle) // UNITY FLOORS

This should be a great show...here is some info on Alps and the new record...

Fresh off an east coast tour supporting RATATAT (US), Newcastle's ALPS is heading straight back on the road for a full national tour to promote the release of his fourth full length and twelfth effort total, 'Alps of New South Wails'.

Here's what people are saying so far about the record:
"no production tricks covering up any songwriting shortfalls, just unencumbered melodic catharsis... could be the best thing Alps has ever done" - Rose Quartz
"utterly brilliant slice of bummer-pop heaven" - Polaroids of Androids

Here's what people said about 'Alps of New South Whales' (2009):
“No matter how you listen to Alps of New South Whales, one thing is certain: this album transcends Hearn’s self-imposed limitations, offering a gorgeously foreign sound world in which to ruminate.” – Mess and Noise
“Where much noise/drone/improv pop can seem to hide off-the-cuff laziness behind a curtain of fizz, Alps Of New South Whales is a carefully crafted, hazy gem.” – Cyclic Defrost
“Once you get past marveling at the strange sounds you’ll discover a record that’s both beautiful and unique.” – Rave Magazine

Recorded in bedrooms and artspaces between Dunedin NZ and Newcastle NSW and mastered in Melbourne by Eddy Current Supression Ring's Mikey Young, 'Alps of New South Wails' is out on 12" Vinyl LP on Feburary 11 2011 on Past Futures.

'Alps of New South Wails' is the guitar centred closing of the Alps of NSW trilogy; in the same way that 2009's 'Alps of New South Whales' took it's pop songs underwater, 'Wails' takes it's pop songs on a journey through the world of guitar music, via the guitar, drums, and the usual plethora of instruments found on Alps records like organs, tapes, etc - but not without a couple of synth jems thrown in for measure.

To fill in the gaps on stage that the additional instruments on the record open, on this tour Alps is expanding from a solo act into a four piece band. Band member recruits come from Newcastle band Bare Grillz, who since their humble houseshow beginnings in early 2010 have gone on to become Newcastle's best loved band and be name dropped by Polaroids of Androids as "probably the best band in Australia right now, no homo". Conveniently, Bare Grillz are also taking the opportunity to play supports on all shows, on their first national jaunt.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Thick Skin (Qld) / Step Down (Vic) & more 13.02.11



Taipan // Thick Skin (Qld) // Step Down (Vic) // + 1
Sunday February 13th // 1pm // $5

Dear bands, PLEASE DO NOT USE MYSPACE. It is shit. Beyond shit even. This marks the last time time we will ever link to it. Thankyou and good evening.

Cistern Corrupt / Drillbit & more 11.02.11



Cistern Corrupt (Newcastle - folks from Castings + SYGU) // Drillbit (Newcastle) // Bones (John from Pure Evil Trio etc.) // Pure Word Deafness (Charlieland)

Friday 11th February. 7pm. $5.
Yep, noise.