Bar Open, Fitzroy gig guide
MONDAY 16 JAN
SCREEN SECT: HOUSE OF GAMES
(David Mamet, 1987)
The debut feature from playwright, screenwriter, director and heretical film theorist Mamet is a highly stylised glimpse into the ever-fascinating, hard-boiled world of the con artist. Lindsay Crouse plays a repressed psychologist drawn into the subterranean world of Joe Mantegna’s slippery confidence trickster.
Doors 7.00pm
TUESDAY 17 JAN
MAKE IT UP CLUB RETURNS IN 2012
WEDNESDAY 18 JAN
POP SINGLES
LOWER PLENTY
FULL UGLY
pop singles have been one of melbourne’s recent staple indie acts, the 3 piece have an album recorded and in the works for roughly a march/april release. tuneful to morose guitar-pop often likened to chiming 80’s australia and that record label from new zealand, with a dose of husker du / GGE / wipers / 60’s psychesque inspirations. lower plenty deliver some heart-wrenching outback ballads and beautiful instrumentation, eaturing dick diver/deafwish/uv race members. full ugly are a pop gem you don’t get the chance to see enough,
for fans of the moles / panel of judges / triffids tapes. free entry!!!
Doors 8pm / Free Entry
THURSDAY 19 JANUARY
UNCOMFORTABLE BEATS
DIZZ1
DIGER ROKWELL(WA)
MANNHEIM ROCKET(NSW)
ABLE8
DJ SHIKUNG
Uncomfortable Beats keeps has it’s biggest yet! This shit is huge. Featuring the legendary Dizz1 and interstate live guests Diger Rokwell (W.A) and Mannheim Rocket (N.S.W). On top of that we have local residents Able8 & ShiKung. Dizz1 has been bashing his MPC for over 10 years & is a RBMA graduate! He’s totally wild. Under his collaboration he has the titles; Roots Manuva, Om’Mas Keith (Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Harmonic 313 and Africa Hitech. Keep your eyes out for a new live project with DJ Dexter called ‘Curse The Machines’ which Dizz 1 is also a part. REAL. Want more? DIGER ROKWELL; 2 times WAMI nominated and the chameleon of Perth creative scene! Co-founder of influential crew The Community, Diger is the head honcho of Perth’s lively beat based scene. Diger’s sounds are an intercultural mix of global sounds, field recordings, spoken word, heavy drums, driving bass and spaced out sonics with context and narrative. Also rounding out the bill is Mannheim Rocket bridging the worlds of classical music and modern bass for some time now. It’s too hard to describe what he does, you need to experience it. ABLE8 the baby face MC, has gone from strength to strength, whether fronting live bands as an MC, or pushing electronic gadgets as a producer and supporting DJ KRUSH. And rounding it all off is Uncomfortable Beats resident DJ ShiKung. Come in and nod your head off.
Doors 9pm / Free Entry
FRIDAY 20 JAN
DEEP STREET SOUL
With there new album ‘Look Out, Watch Out’ out now on Fresstyle Records (UK) and coming off there sold out Melbourne launch in late 2011, Deep Street Soul are back for there first club date of 2012. Original deep fried and dirty soul licks. Gritty and furious these unkempt mofo’s know how to work it. FREE!!
Doors 10pm / Free Entry
SATURDAY 21JAN
JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS
This dancefloor action just won’t stop and you just can’t get enough.
The Ruling Motions appearing at your local live music venue of ages, Bar Open. Don’t miss the legendary live reggae sessions.This night will introduce our newest member Andy on sound and faders, fine tuning the styles for you and making things real nice.Don’t you miss it!JP&RM
Doors 10pm / Free Entry
SUNDAY 22 JAN
APPLE TIME
SIMON FAZIO
AL MATTCOTT
On Sunday the 22nd of January, Bar Open hosts a night of marvelous and rare performances. Three piece twee posse ‘Apple Time’ play their first headlining show of the New Year. They’re ready to harmonize with each other, your soul and your calendar as they create a very relaxing soundtrack to your summer. YIS frontman ‘Simon Fazio’ has very graciously accepted the invitation to come out of second album hibernation for one night only; he will be treating us to a mysterious one man show full of bleeps and bloops and drum loops that has to be seen to be believed. Often described as the ‘Anti Bieber’, teen heart throb “Al Matcott” will be dusting American soil off of his acoustic guitar as he returns to an Australian stage playing a set of his favorite songs sure to include choice renditions from the beloved ‘Thod’ back catalogue. Free entry, what a night, what a savings!’
Doors 7.30pm / Free Entry
COMING UP
WED 25: AUSTRALIA DAY EVE! PAPA CHANGO!
THUR 26: STRAW KING EYE
FRI 27: HIATUS KAIYOTE
SUN 29: SAINT JUDE / MAX SAVAGE / JESS RIBIERO
317 brunswick street fitzroy 3065
03 9415 9601
www.baropen.com.au
