NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JASON ISBELL (USA) with special guests
Alamaba‘s Jason Isbell, formerly a member of the Drive-By Truckers, is finally coming to Australia! Isbell delivers a soulful vocal style, with songs that are passionate and unrepentant in their sense of place, and direct in their stubborn Southerness.
Sun 18 April 2010
www.myspace.com/jasonisbellmusic
JUKE BARITONE & THE SWAMP DOGS (album launch) with Mikelangelo & The Tin Star, The Brothers Grim and Mojo Juju
Gypsy Punk Cabaret and Pirate Blues Mayhem arrives at the East. Think about Tom Waits with a hangover at a Screamin’ Jay Hawkins gig in New Orleans, playing music by Muddy Waters, Danny Elfman and Mike Patton…then you’re getting close
Fri 9 Apr 2010
www.myspace.com/jukebaritone
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Thursday 11 th February
PIG&MACHINE
DANIEL TUCCERI
FIELDINGS
CHEVROLET RISE
Come down to Pony on Thursday the 11th to check out the two piece hurricane of beats, guitar noise and hyper spasticity that is pig&machine,playing a free gig on what is possibly Melbourne’s most eclectic night of music.Kicking off the night at 9.30will be the pop rock stylings of Chevrolet Rise, followed by the looped guitar and drums science experiment that is Fieldlings. Rounding out the supports is Daniel Tucceri who promises gut rumbling drones, tinnitus inducing noise and instrument destruction.Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see pig&machine for free at Pony, and be completely blown away by one of Melbourne’s most inimitable,yet irrepressible live acts!
9:00pm, Free Entry
1am tunes by: SLOW DANCE / FREE
Friday 12 th February
THE SOPHISTICANTS
THE STRANGE ATTRACTIONS
FANGS
THE DARTS
Local scallywags THE SOPHISTICANTS are bringing their unique brand of proto-punk inspired rock n roll to Pony Friday 12th February. With songs that jump from rock to punk and everything in between, coupled with an engaging and occasionally unpredictable live show this should make for the perfect way to wind down from the sleepless nights at the hands of summer’s relentless heat. With support from The Strange Attractions, Fangs and The Darts, it’s set to be an evening of thirst quenching and good vibes.
9.00pm
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THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART (USA) with guests - Selling Fast!
Wed 17 February 2010 - Limited Tickets Avail!
Thu 18 February 2010 – Selling Fast!
Due to popular demand Mistletone are releasing extra tickets to the first The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart show at The East. Get in fast to see the Pains breathe new life into indie pop - Tickets are selling fast!
www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart
THE TEALEAVES (album launch) with The Adventure Spirit and Josh McDonald (Royal Parade) – Supports Announced!
With a style that is instantly familiar yet entirely unique, The Tealeaves have crafted a sound that you will want to revisit again and again. Their self-titled debut album will be released in February, 2010 through Vitamin Records.
Fri 26 Feb 2010
www.myspace.com/thetealeavesband
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For the first time in Australia, DANIEL JOHNSTON (USA) fragile musical and creative genius is playing next Wednesday 3rd Feb. Guests include OLD MAN RIVER and Melbourne’s very own KID SAM. Don’t miss what might be your only chance to see Daniel Johnston in Australia perform live. You won’t be disappointed!
Soundwave festival may have sold out but we are thrilled to announce a Melbourne sideshow for FOUR YEAR STRONG (USA) with special guests A WILHELM SCREAM (USA) on Wednesday 24h Feb. Four Year Strong are lauded for their crazy live shows: rutal breakdowns and soaring choruses. Tickets just went on sale and I suggest you get yours soon because two O/S acts at the one sideshow is just too good to miss.
REGROOVED is bringing the first Serato Video-SL club night to Melbourne, and it’s being held at the Prince on Sunday 7th March – Labour Day weekend. Featuring CHEEBA (UK/Solid Steel/AV Set), SLY PLAYERS (UK/GoodGroove), BOOM MONK BEN (UK/Solid Steel), MR NICE & THE UMALICIOUS MCs (AV Set) plus many more, this is a unique opportunity to see some custom visuals to the unique mash up style of Funk, Jazz Breaks, Hip Hop, Dubstep and DnB. The first 300 people through the door will also receive a copy of the Limited Edition Featurecast Regrooved CD! Presale tickets are now available, or get them on the door.
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Brunswick Music Festival: TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON (USA) with Sarah Carroll & The Blue Tinsel
On Sale Friday!
Truckstop Honeymoon play banjos and wash tubs. They sing about adultery and oil refineries. It’s break-neck breakdowns or heart-break waltzes. Like a Dodge with a burnt out clutch, their music has two speeds and no reverse. More…
Sunday 21 March
$20 + b/f
Buy Tickets Online
Brunswick Music Festival:
ANGIE HART
with Kate Vigo & The Underground Orchestra
On Sale Friday!
Singer-songwriter Angie Hart rose to fame with the Melbourne-based alt- pop band ‘Frente’, selling more than a million records worldwide and changing the face of pop music and radio formatting in Australia. Since those days she’s performed in the bands Splendid and Holidays on Ice. More…
Friday 19 March
$22 + b/f
Buy Tickets Online
Brunswick Music Festival:
COLLARD, GREENS & GRAVY
with Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson
On Sale Friday!
Collard Greens & Gravy are very Brunswick, very edgy, jagged, original and authentic in equal measures. In 2008 they won the VicTas blues awards for best band and their brilliant CD Devil in the Woodpile was easily the best Australian blues release of the year.
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JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK (UK) with special guests
On Sale Now!
Gideon plucks six strings, dreams stories and sings. Kid sister Viva, a.k.a. ‘The Shark’, plonks, stomps and honks. Formerly members of Bikini Atoll, they formed a family band and spent summer 06′ getting drunk in a barn writing songs on their 8 track recorder. More…
Friday 19 February
$20 + b/f
$30 +bf with CD
Buy Tickets Online
MINDSNARE with Samsara, Dead Kings (ACT) and special guests
Just Announced!
Watch the new breed of Australian hardcore and metal mix it up with scene veterans who need no introduction..Mindsnare. Presented by Trial & Error Records. More…
Saturday 13 February
$15 on the door
SOL NATION (EP launch) with Tumbarumba, Deline Briscoe & DJ Timor
This Friday!
Seven piece act Sol Nation is more than a band, it’s a meeting of nations and cultures - East Timorese, Indigenous and Australian creating an exuberant, colourful and exciting live show. More…
Friday 8 January
$10 on the door
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We are feeling nostalgic writing our last newsletter for 2009; what an amazing year we have had! Thank you all for making this year our busiest, best and most fun. From all of us here at the Prince Bandroom we wish you a safe and happy holiday season and we look forward to seeing you in 2010 - if not before at INFECTED MUSHROOM (sold out), LAMB (sold out) and GIRLBAR NYE (tix at the door).
Just announced: metal-gods FEAR FACTORY (USA) who are heading to Oz as part of the Big Day Out 2010. With a revamped line-up including guitarist Dino Cazares, singer Burton C. Bell, bassist Byron Stroud and drummer Gene Hoglan, the boys hit the comeback trail last winter with the album Mechanize – their first release in five years. With tickets flying out the door I suggest that you get yours soon! Presale tickets are available here.
If it’s electronica you love then look no further because DJ MARK FARINA (USA) is heading down under. His underground house and downtempo style, mixed with some laid-back jazz beats makes for one hell of a summer Friday night in St.Kilda. Guests include MIKE G, ANYO, JAMES BELIAS and ANT J STEEP. Early bird tickets are currently on offer (for a limited time only of course) - book online here.
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