THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 9pm
SO BAR
270 Russell Street
Melbourne CBD
(Between Lt. Lonsdale & Lonsdale Sts)
So Bar is a very small and intimate venue on Russell St, at the heart of Melbourne CBD, which resembles Brazil\’s “botecos” (places where people gather to have drinks and chat).
That’s the atmosphere we will create at this event… great music by DJ CARLOS DA VILA and a dash of Brazilian percussion…
Yummie caipirinhas!! Beautiful people!!
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Cool Caipirinhas & Hot Music - Dance ’til you drop!
SUNDAY, 30 AUGUST Doors open @ 7pm
Featuring a spanking new line-up and party theme…
VASHTI SIVELL - Organ/Keyboards
GLENN CANNON - Guitar
JOHN GUSCOTT - Cavaco
DAVE EVANS - Bass
CARLOS FERREIRA - Percussion + leading MelSamba_SHOW bateria
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Knowledge Touring, Video Hits & Street Press Australia Present
The ‘low:fi’ Tour NAS, TO TOUR WITH A 7 PIECE LIVE BAND + More Shows Announced
NAS & CHALI 2NA LIVE (Jurassic 5) + QBERT and SUPERNATURAL (Freestyle Battle Set)
Featuring some of the biggest acts in hip hop today, the Inaugural National Australian ‘low:fi’ Tour was recently announced… and its huge. In his first ever headline tour of Australia, news just in is that:
NAS will be playing all Australian shows with a 7 piece live band!
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Not all is lost when you lose your best friend. Even with Rodney missing, the show must go on!
John Johnson and Rodney – an African Elephant - ran away from the circus at a young age. Ever since, they have enchanted audiences performing their tricks on the streets, but with 11,564 kilograms of the act missing how will the show continue?
This buoyant, interactive physical comedy will delight young and old alike.
Together you will appreciate that the world is best seen through the innocent eyes of a child.
See John triumph and finish his performance with the memory of his best friend spurring him on.
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NEW RELEASE…..ANDY COWAN ‘WHEN THE NIGHT COMES IN’ (ABC Universal)
Andy Cowan is one of Australia’s foremost performing songwriters. He possesses a voice that invites comparison with the likes of Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen, with the soul of Ray Charles. But these are superficial comparisons, Andy’s virtuoso Piano and Keyboard playing contains both energy and melodic beauty. His songwriting skills give ‘WHEN THE NIGHT COMES IN’, a character, strength and quality that define him as the complete artistic entity.
The title track sets the Album’s tone, a mid-tempo blues song, featuring the smoky saxophone of Paul Williamson and Janette Geri on backing vocals. Next up is ‘CRY’ a wistful, harmonica-led, anthem for the lost and the lonely who, ‘…walked into the darkness and never came home’ ‘ONE MORE DAY’, a beautiful melodic ballad, this time featuring the John Farnham Band’s, Steve Williams on sax.
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Thursday 3 rd September
(EARLY)
ROCK AEROBICS
Rock Aerobics is a dance fitness class for rock music lovers, hosted every Thursday night at Yah Yah’s. Don’t usually go to a gym? Aren’t really into dance music or Top 40? Well Rock Aerobics is for you. Here we pogo, skank, do the Mick Jagger walk, we air guitar and just jump around to songs from folk like ACDC and Iggy Pop. Come along on the night, no bookings are required. But remember to wear sneakers, and bring a towel!
$10 entry
7.00pm (One hour class)
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GOODNIGHT LOVING (USA)
THE SWINDLERS
Yah Yah’s are over the moon to have one of our favourite bands, GOODNIGHT LOVING, all the way from Milwaukee USA, playing a free show on the Yah Yah’s stage this Thursday with The Swindlers. Goodnight Loving smooth the edges of wild basement punk into something more organic, twangy and irresistibly catchy - effortlessly weaving country, garage rock, folk and pop into a sound all their own. Hailing from rustic Northwoods Wisconsin hamlets, the members converged on Milwaukee in the early 2000s and established themselves as one of a growing number of bands thriving in the basement scene. Sharing the stage with like-minded musical visionaries (Black Lips, Reigning Sound, The Gris Gris, Thomas Function, Strange Boys), touring regularly, and making festival appearances (SXSW, CMJ Music Marathon, Gonerfest and The Horizontal Action Blackout) has earned them a rabid following that continues to grow. Mixing small town sincerity with big city sophistication is no easy feat, yet Milwaukee’s Goodnight Loving pulls it off with humble confidence. It’s the earnestness, craft and originality of this group that gives them their ability to never disappoint or even ‘just’ meet expectations. And with all members contributing songs to their already impressive canon, they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Don’t miss this show, the band are awesome and they’ll be heading back to USA a few days later.
FREE ENTRY
Doors 5.00pm, bands start 9.30pm
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Wednesday 2 nd September
‘UNCOMFORT’
featuring
CAMBION
MISCONCEPTIAN
PROTOCOL
Uncomfort presents a night of electronic expression, showcasing the talents of local aural & visual artists. If you enjoy electronic music in any form, particularly on the uncompromising side, then these events are sure to entertain and intrigue. This week catch Misconceptian, Cambion and Protocol.
9.00pm
FREE ENTRY
Thursday 3 rd September
POP SINGLES
DADDY LONG LEGS
BEAR HUNT
Drawing from the depths of 80’s pop-psych with an introspective dreaminess, local 3-piece Pop Singles have been hard at work birthing their colourful array of underground post-punk numbers. Pop Singles play Pony this Thursday some good friends that happen to play in cool bands: grunge rockers Daddy Long Legs and Bear Hunt.
9.00pm
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