Monday 10th March @ The Abbotsford Convent
1 St. Heliers Rd, Abbotsford
30+ artists over four stages!
British India, Capeside, Carpathian, CC Martini, Closure in Moscow, Cog, Custom Kings, Dead Letter Circus, Famous by Association, 50 Lions, The Galvatrons, The Getaway Plan, Gyroscope, Her Nightmare, In Fiction, Mere Theory, Muph & Plutonic, Paris Wells, Shihad, Stealing O Neal, The Vasco Era and Young & Restless.
Plus the Push It Hip Hop Arena & FReeZA Push Start Grand Final
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HUNG LE - I Still Call Australia by Phone
Date: 30 January 2008
Time: 20:15:00
Ticket Prices: $20/$18/$15
St Kilda Laughs Festival 2008 @ Theatreworks
The Fall of Saigon and the plight of it′s boat people may not sound like the stuff of a stand up routine, but for Hung Le a lot of funny things happened on the way to Australia. Hung is an Australian comedy legend as seen on Hey Hey It′s Saturday, Wog a Rama.
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Matt Joe Gow & The Dead Leaves bring a country tinged flavour to
The Toff in Feb
Relative newcomer to the Melbourne music scene, Matt Joe Gow, has built up quite a following in his adopted hometown after only a few months of gigging around with his new band The Dead Leaves. And they will be sure to recruit a few more when Matt Joe Gow and The Dead Leaves are play a very special show at The Toff on Wednesday February 20th with special guests Krista Polvere and Fireside Bellows.
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The hyper-prolific, blood visionary Jay Reatard will be touring Australia for the first time in March. After a decade of touring and recording with some of the biggest names in US garage rock/punk, few people would be able to look back on their adolescence and see such an influential catalogue of gutter-level hits, destroyed disco balls, straight-up copy cats, and legions of obsessed fans… His debut solo album, ‘Blood Visions’ (written, recorded and produced entirely by Jay - released locally by Stained Circles) is an iconic statement of twisted new wave, punk / garage pop genius. Please see attached Bio for more info on Jay Reatard.
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On the eve of its opening the Illawarra Folk Festival at Bulli has received a personally signed letter from the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
The PM who lists folk as his favourite music genre has said that that the Festival now in its 23rd year, “Makes a valuable contribution to the cultural life of the region and has established itself as a premier event on the NSW Calendar. Through a remarkable range of performances and activities, visitors of all ages can experience the delights of live music, dance, poetry and storytelling.”
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEVASTATIONS with Gareth Liddiard (solo) and special guest
Saturday 2 February 2008
Originating from Melbourne, and now based in both London and Berlin, Devastations have released a new record ‘Yes, U’, which sloughs off their previous history and hints at spiritual predecessors like Serge Gainsbourg and the Velvet Underground - urbane artists who revelled in the life of the metropolis, with all its glamorous, grimy, and sensuous details. But it also brings to mind thornier cosmopolitans such as Suicide, Scott Walker and Yoko Ono - deep thinkers all, each noted for creating treacherous sonic environments and tangible, physical sounds. ‘Yes, U’ is a fashionable discotheque festooned with enough ideas to kindle the fires of the mind.
$15+bf
Tickets on sale at the East Brunswick Club box office, 280 Lygon St, PH: 9388 9794 or via the website www.eastbrunswickclub.com
www.myspace.com/devastations
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John Schumann (ex-Redgum) and the Vagabond Crew The Vanguard, Newton (Sydney), Wednesday 12 March The Burns Club, Kambah (Canberra, ACT), Friday 14 March More dates to come.
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