Friday 27th January
CREATIONS (USA)
ASHES OF DECEMBER (QLD)
DELAWAREWOLVES
THE ROSETTA STONE
CREATIONS are originally from Sydney but are now based in El Centro, California and they’re coming back to destroy Australia in support of their new album “The Gospel”‘ on Mediaskare Records. They are touring Australia With special guests Brisbane party Moshers ASHES OF DECEMBER in support of their debut album “‘Dying Is For Fools”‘.
See them stop into Pony for a night of mayhem on Friday 27th January, with local support from Delawarewolves and The RosettaStone.
Doors 9.00pm
2am late show
THE VOLATILES
FREE
Fresh from band camp, THE VOLATILES are back to show Pony how to play some straight up, red raw punk rock. Carefully pacing themselves for the 2am slot on Friday night these 5 are gonna be running on pure rock delirium. Playing a couple of new tunes and some older classics it should be a great night to have a bit of a dance andwatch as some band you might not know becomes your new favorite.
3.00am tunes by:
WHITE RABBIT
FREE
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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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ANNUAL AUSTRALIA DAY AT THE TOTE – REFUGEE BENEFIT
FEAR LIKE US. ARROWS. ANCHORS. THE SMITH STREET BAND.
DARREN GIBSON. LINCOLN LE FIEVRE & THE INSIDERS. QUIET STEPS. FOXTROT. DAYBREAK. PALISADES. THE UNION PACIFIC. TOY BOATS. MILESTONES.
NUCLEAR SUMMER. MAKE MORE. MR DNA. CAVALCADE. WAITING ROOM. LUKE SMITH. URNS.
THURSDAY 26 JAN 2012 – FROM MIDDAY
INKANDLEAD.BIGCARTEL.COM
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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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MONDAY 5 DEC
SCREEN SECT: STRAIGHT TO HELL
(Alex Cox, 1986)
Possibly the most expensive ‘home-movie’ ever made, in which the director of ‘Repo Man’ and ‘Sid & Nancy’ packs off to Spain with an all-rock-star cast (including The Pogues, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, Dennis Hoper, Jim Jarmusch, Grace Jones and Courtney Love) to create a twisted blend of spaghetti western and heist movie. Fun.
Doors 7.00pm
TUESDAY 6 DEC
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.
Doors 7.00pm
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Thursday 8th December
On our new downstairs stage!!
BEN WRIGHT SMITH
VLADDY B
Our Thursday night downstairs sessions continue this week with locals lads BEN WRIGHT SMITH and VLADDY B playing unplugged for your listening pleasure. BEN WRIGHT SMITH is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician, whose music combines styles such as folk, blues, jazz & Rock and Roll; his lyrics are often allegorical and surreal. You can expect everything from high-paced rockabilly freak-outs to melancholy ballads of longing and loss. Remember his name, as Ben promises to be one of the leading voices of the folk revival. VLADDY B is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who was born in Moscow and moved to Melbourne in 1990. Taking piano lessons from a young age was a key factor in building up his musical foundations, but hearing The Doors and ABBA in his parents’ vinyl collection changed that musical perspective completely, and in time led him to taking inspiration from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Come down and hear two of Melbourne’s up and coming singer-songwriters at Pony this Thursday night. And it’s free entry of course.
Doors 8:00pm / FREE ENTRY
OUR NEW THURSDAY NIGHT
1AM LATE SHOW
ROYAL ACE
FREE
The festive season draws nearer and you’ve probably got a few sickies up your sleeve, so why not throw a quick one this week before they run out at the end of the year and give yourself a long weekend. It means you’ll be able to stay up late and party with ROYAL ACE at Pony in our new Thursday night late slot. Jesse, Max and Danny like rock and roll, so one day they decided to make a rock band called ROYAL ACE. You won’t see them onstage staring at their feet – oh no you won’t – they put out with gusto in spadefuls and their amps have 50 times the necessary power. If you chucked AC/DC, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses and Van Halen into a blender, the goop you’d be left with would put you in the ball park of ROYAL ACE.
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