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Thu, 26 January 2012

Pony, Melbourne gig guide

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

Saturday 28th January

PRETTY SUICIDE
PARTY (ADEL)
ARMOURED EARTH

After a Massive New Years back in their home of Tasmania, PRETTY SUICIDE, Victoria’s resident gurus of Ultra Stoner Metal are returning to their favourite watering hole PONY, on Saturday 28 Jan to claim some more unwitting souls, Shang Tsung style, and this time they’re bringing down their best buddies in the whole musical world, the always partying PARTY! Also making their grand entrance to Melbourne’s metal scene are the mega-ripping ARMOURED EARTH!

Combing elements of Metal, Hard Rock and Grunge with a Bluesy underbelly, and a fiercely intense live show, Pretty Suicide take no prisoners in getting their point across. Ranging from breakneck thrash to straight up doom and topped off with some of the best guitar playing, singing and drumming going around, PRETTY SUICIDE are here to crush the souls of non-believers and make the believers believe again.

Their pals PARTY were formed in late 2009 and they do exactly as their name suggests. Triumphant guitars. Hook-laden vocals. Singalong choruses. Beats that bring the pelvisalive. The music created by PARTY invokes the spirits of the rock & roll gods, beating all that came before them over the head with an oversized blow up doll, forever striving forward to create a new sound to release the inhibitions of any and all who bear witness to it.

This colossal evening also features the debut of Armoured Earth, a group of dudes who are sure to get your head banging against whoever happens to be next toyou, and deliver some of the most piledriving thrash you’re ever likely to hear!

It all goes down at PONY on Saturday 28th JAN… you’d be a damn fool to miss this one. A damn fool.

Pretty Suicide:
www.facebook.com/prettysuicidemusic
www.youtube.com/prettysuicidevideos

Party:
www.partywithparty.com

Armoured Earth:
www.facebook.com/Armouredearth

Doors 9.30pm

2am late show
COLD HIKER
FREE

Cold Hiker are a four-piece alternative band from Melbourne who formed early in 2010. After no time at all, they began to find the sound that has made them a growing force in the Melbourne music scene - a mix of odd-time signatures, delectable bass-lines, characteristic chordprogressions, and tranquil, dulcet melodies.

They draw their unique sound from artists such as Gotye, Jeff Buckley and Radiohead, and recently won MGL’s Next Big Thing Competition.
Come down and see what they have to offer when they stay up late and teach the thirsty heads at Pony how the youngsters do it these days

3.00am tunes by:
MR SHARP
FREE

Upcoming shows to get excited about …
Thurs 2 Feb: LET THERE BE NOIZE featuring Dumbshit, Umbilical Tentacle, White Veins, Matt Bleak, Orryelle, Lousy With Mines
Fri 3 Feb: Bad Taste, Ouch My Face!, Old Skin
Fri 3 Feb (late show): Buck Creek, free entry
Sat 4 Feb: King Parrot, Frankenbok, Cockfight Shootout, Swidgen, Odiusembowel, Moth
Sat 4 Feb (late show): Usurper of Modern Medicine (WA), free entry
Thurs 9 Feb: Son of Set, Bravo Juliet, Acetone
Fri 10 Feb: Idle Minds (demo launch), Soma Coma, Headless Death, Cuntz
Sat 11 Feb: The D.Y.E., Primary Source, Nothing Suss, Owais and Faz
Sat 11 Feb (late show): Major Tom & The Atoms, free entry
Thurs 16 Feb: Chico Flash, Charm, System of Venus
Fri 17 Feb (late show): Cassini, free entry
Sat 18 Feb (late show): High Fangs, free entry
Fri 24 Feb: The Sunday Reeds (single launch), Bunt (SYD), Grand Prismatic, Maya, Dane Certificate
Sat 25 Feb: Juddy Roller memorial show featuring The Blue Swimmers (album launch), The Tearaways, Inedia, Riot City Knockouts
Sat 25 Feb (late show): Trust Us, free entry
Thurs 1 March: Pallet Town, Her?, Field Trip
Fri 2 March: Push Button Auto, Rayon Moon, Kinch Kinsky & The Strangers, Pop Singles
Fri 2 March (late show): Pretty Suicide, free entry
Sat 3 March: Xenograft, Fritzwicky, Beat The Mammoth, Cocu Velu
Sat 3 March (double late show): Xenograft, Chico Flash, free entry