FRIDAY 27 JAN
HIATUS KAIYOTE
Fresh from blowing up heads at Woodford Folk Festival and a mini-tour Hiatus Kaiyote are back in Melbourne to play a few sneaky shows before going deep into the studio to finalise their debut EP due out in April.Their rare sound is a hybrid breed of neo-soul, future beats, freakish time changes and coupled with a strong live performance that’s seen them compared with the likes of Little Dragon, Bjork, Georgia Anne Muldrow and The Dirty Projectors.They’ll be joined on the 27th Jan by DJ Ty spinning future beat and nu-jazz goodness in-between their two sets.
Doors 10pm / Free Entry
SATURDAY 28JAN
CACTUS CHANNEL
Hear that sound? Hell yeah! Cactus Channel play Bar Open this Saturday night Raw loose and nasty, The Cactus Channel is a ten piece funk orchestra straight out of Princes Hill High School in inner city Melbourne. These guys are funkier than the sandwich you left in your lunchbox over the school holidays! With a musical maturity beyond their years, The Cactus Channel hit you with the biggest ton of funk this town has ever seen. Melbourne’s funkiest high school band just turned 18! Come and celibate with them – you’ve no excuse – its free!!!!
Doors 10pm / Free Entry
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Friday 27 January
THE GEAR
BEWARE! BLACK HOLES
CHEV RISE
Rockin’ Melbourne three-piece, The Gear, return to the stage this Friday night, after 3 years, for what is sure to be an explosive show. This will be a one-off performance and promises to be a big one for the boys, who have been living interstate from each other ever since. Supported by everyone’s favourite new surf group Beware! Black Hole and Chev Rise, this is going to be a big night!
DOORS 9PM
Late tunes by ANDY YOUNG
Free entry after midnight
Open ‘til 5am!
Saturday 28 January
THEE WYLDE OSCARS
ALEX WATTS
CRYSTAL THOMAS
In their first Melbourne show in four months, and the first anywhere in 2012, Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue are throwing a big party at Yah Yahs on Saturday 28th of January and want you all to come. They will be bringing their trademark blend of jangly guitars, driving rhythm and a whole lotta attitude, as well as showcasing a bagful of new material and a few old favourites. Joining them will be Crystal Thomas & Thee Wylde Oscars, two diverse yet exceptional mainstays in Melbourne music.
Through unhinged guitar lines and intense brooding vocals, Crystal Thomas and Benjamin Bunting are set to perform a few warm-up gigs before the release of ‘A Chance In Hell’ - Crystal’s sophomore album, due out in March 2012, through iconic Melbourne label Off The Hip. The album; written, recorded, and co-produced with Spencer P Jones and Matt Walker, captures Crystal’s ‘Australian-gothic’, confessional lyrics over a dark disco pulse and rock n roll swagger, raw against the lush production of the previous offering – 2008 Stovepipe records release: ‘Crystal Thomas & the Flowers of Evil’.
This show will mark the return of the magnificent Thee Wylde Oscars. This will be the band’s first Melbourne show in some time, having returned from a successful European tour mid-2011, and will be showcasing their infectious take on 60’s garage rock. This is going to be a big one folks, so make sure to get down early as two of Melbourne’s best looking bands go head to head. Or back to back. Or cheek to cheek. See you there.
DOORS 9PM
Late tunes by ANTO MANTOOTH
Free entry after midnight
Open ‘til 5am!
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Announcing East Coast Shows With The Kill Devil Hills
& Debut Single ‘You Got To Move’ Coming Feb 4th
In a world where music is an intangible thing we can listen to and move on from in the click of a mouse, The Floors are more akin to thumbing through dusty LPs on the shelves of an old record store; a tactile and visceral experience that, if not entirely traditional, keeps alive some of the more magical aspects of music.
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Kristy Cox launches her second Nashville recorded bluegrass album ‘Miles & Timezones’ at The East along with a spectacular line-up of acoustic artists. Originally from South Australia, Kristy recently showcased her new songs at the Americana Music festival in the USA after gaining 3 top 10 radio hits in the Australian Country scene in 2010.
Joining her for the first time in Melbourne is International hit songwriter, Jerry Salley. A Stellar bluegrass singer, and seasoned performer, Salley has had songs recorded by everyone from Elton John to Loretta Lynn. Along with Carl Jaskson & Larry Cordle he recorded a track for the ‘Louvin Brothers Tribute - Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ which won a Grammy in 2003 for Country Album of the Year.
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Sunday January 29th
Sandringham Hotel 387 King St, Newtown
Penny Ikinger returns to Sydney for a one-off show with her all-star band for the I-94 Bar Club. Deniz Tek joins Jim Dickson and John Fenton as Penny’s backing band.
Also on the bill are Loose Pills (featuring members of The Scruffs, the New Christs, The Eastern Dark and Happy Hate Me Nots) and Redundant Technology.
Doors at 7.30pm and admission is 12 bucks.
Thursday 19 January
THE BELLASTRADES
A GAZZILION ANGRY MEXICANS
LIMB
In times to come people will look back and say ‘remember that night at Yahs Yah’s on the 19th? Those bands were a bonafide display of sensible well oiled testosterone’.
The night kicks off with Limb, a dance fuelled slice of fury with a penchant for hip displacement. Next up A Gazillion Angry Mexicans, bringing some tough rock to the stage- its kind of like tequila in band form. Last we have The Bellastrades, music your girlfriend can handle but you don’t feel like a nancy boy listening to. So come down with a cowboy hat, glowsticks and some unresolved feelings and you should be fine. Jan 19th at Yah Yah’s! Be there!
DOORS 9PM
Friday 20 January
POP SINGLES
THE FIGHTING LEAGUE
OLD MATE
Canberra’s finest high energy tropical punk band The Fighting League head down with their new debut album for a show at Yah Yah’s on Friday Jan 20th. Think Black Flag meets calypso-pop, the record is killer. Old Mate play their first gig, straight up punk featuring members of Bitch Prefect. Pop singles open the night.
DOORS 9PM
Late tunes by FANTA PANTS / free entry after midnight
Open ‘til 5am!
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Thursday 5 January
ROCKING HORSE &
THE BABY DOLLS
SEX FACE
SQUID SQUAD
Rocking Horse and the Baby Dolls is a seven piece hip shaking rhythm, soul, swing and blues band. With a raw nostalgic live show, the boys and girls have been rocking Sydney and the east coast for the past two years. Their leading lady lures you in; The Baby Dolls ignite your souls, they’ll dance and romance you into chance, while the boys catch you and snatch you into the grooving soul underbelly of the beast. Get in, Get on, their latest EP, will be fresh off the press this January when they tour Melbourne which includes a show at Yah Yah’s on Thursday the 5th Jan with special guests Sex Face and Squid Squad.
DOORS 9PM
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