Bar OPen Gig Guide
Monday 19th July
SCREEN SECT: FRAILTY (Bill Paxton, 2001)
Paxton’s directorial debut is an assured American Gothic psychological thriller, about a father who claims to have been instructed by God to destroy demons, who wander the earth disguised as ordinary people, and inducts his two young sons into a rampage of murder. A great cast includes Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe and Matthew McConaughey.
Doors 7.30pm
Tuesday 20th July
MAKE IT UP CLUB
The Make It Up Club is committed to nurturing, presenting and promoting avant-garde improvised music and sound performance of the highest conceptual and performative standards, regardless of idiom, genre, or instrumentation. Whilst traditional forms of avant-garde improvisation are welcomed, MIUC programming policy gives priority to projects which challenge the boundaries of current musical trends and which are predominantly, though not exclusively, improvisational in nature.
Doors 8.00pm
Wednesday 21st July
DEATH CHEETAHS
spinning rooms
Thieves
In 18th-century Germany, during the long winter months, the peasants would gather in the spinning rooms. The clergy and police denounced the spinning rooms as dens of iniquity because young, unmarried men and women would drink together, sing songs together, and perhaps even worse…In 21st-century Melbourne, The Spinning Rooms are a new band featuring members of Deaf Wish, The Night Terrors and Dynamo. This Wednesday they will be playing Brunswick Street’s very own den of iniquity, Bar Open, along with The Death Cheetahs and Thieves. Entry is free.
Doors 8.00pm / Free Entry
Thursday 22nd July
WOOLEN KITS
SCHOOL OF RADIANT LIVING
DONCASTER SHOPPING TOWN
The School of Radiant Living are a band who capitalise the ‘RAD’ in radiant. Harriet, Amy, Georgia and Simon play a style of pop rock that is free, fun and joyous. An upcoming record produced by Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring) and an infectious live show means that the girls and guy will soon have their names scratched into your school desk.
Joining them at Bar Open on Thursday July 22 are the two-guitar-and-drums trio Woollen Kits and their loud fuzzy pop songs. Teenage love doesn’t sound so sweet. Sometimes known as a Country Practice at others Lower Plenty, for this show Al (DIck Diver/UV Race) and Jensen (Deaf Wish) are taking their acoustic country/pop Eastern suburban as Doncaster Shoppingtown. This show is going to be pretty spesh.
Doors 9.00pm / Free Entry
Friday 23rd July
COLOURS TRIBUTE BAND
NY’s proto-seminalbandTheColorsis sparking a musical revolution. Since their inception in 1958, thebandhas slipped into obscurity, but now their massive body of work, from bannedgay celebration funk anthems, jingles and doo-wops to cartoon jazz, bollywood funk, computer game and TV themes, can be heard live once more up in that room at Bar Open what has a big mirror behind the stage and makes it the good time for dancings and hoedowns.
Doors 10.00pm / Free Entry
Saturday 24th July
CHECKERBOARD
After sometime a Bar Open fave returns for some bad ass beer spilling blues from CHECKERBOARD.‘the best gig in town, tonight!’ Together they traverse a spontaneously inspired universe of sound, from the most solid and soulful rockin’ blues and roots-based traditions to dynamic journeys of random collective improvisation…this band is as rare as it is blessed with being perhaps one of the most variable and moment-stealing groups of masterful musicians. The current core line-up is at the peak of their listening relationship and interaction, able to create seamless elements of seemingly rehearsed outcome from nothing. Fucken free!
Doors 10.00pm / Free Entry
Sunday 25th July
BITCHSLAP
THE GRAIN
CHICO FLASH
Melbourne’s newest bands are Tearin’ Bar Open with Chico Flash (feat. members of I am Duckeye & Xenograft) bringing their own style of atmospheric wizardry that has been compared to Mogwai, My Disco & horror movie soundtracks, although one female punter said it reminded her of masturbating.
Next are The Grain, after supporting and impressing nearly every touring band from Shihad to the Whitlams (wtf?) that came through Central Coast NSW, they have moved to the music mecca to dominate here. Edgy, tight hard rock. Great stuff!
Lastly, the sweetly named Bitchslap are bringing the grrl rawk back in a big way. Imagine Hole, but fun & good and they are not afaid of ‘more cowbell’.
Doors 7.30pm / Upstairs
COUCHING TIGER DJS
7pm / Downstairs
Coming up.…..
THUR 29 JUL: POP SINGLES / CUBA IS JAPAN
FRI 30 JUL: HOODOO MAYHEM
SAT 31 JUL: CASUAL PROJECTS
317 brunswick street fitzroy 3065
03 9415 9601
www.baropen.com.au / www.myspace.com/baropenfitzroy
