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Welle Welle Welle… it’s a German indie music night!

October 27, 2010

 

It may not be often that you get a hankering for some Oompah … or for that matter a Falco fix…  but if you do have those moments where you want to get your lederhosen on – this is the night for you.  I personally have a weakness for Neue Deutsche Welle, and will be attending this night mit gusto (and bratwurst)…

In the words of the organisers of Schuss In Schwarze:

It’s a great night of tunes and dancing! Everything from Kraut rock, to Ska, Powerpop, Reggae, Punk, Neue Deutsche Welle, 60s Beat, Mod and plenty of the newest music from the German Speaking World! Drink, dance, be merry! Enjoy the best Gluehwein this side of the Yarra!

Schuss in Schwarze has been going for over a year now, and happens monthly at Willow Bar, 222 High Strasse, Northcote.

Join their Facebook Group to see upcoming dates as they’re announced…

and don’t forget – no matter what the weather – to say YES to the Gluhwein..

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Peril Underground – now on Facebook for your convenience…

August 16, 2010

It is pretty evident that many of you who would like to contact Peril Underground aren’t sure how to do so.  Obviously their phone number is in my post.  But if you prefer the Power Of Teh Interwebs they have a facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Peril-Underground/86778481796

Please address any queries about stock, opening hours, consignments, clothes, music, tattoos…etc etc direct to Peril Underground via the Facebook page or phone number…

:)

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Liquid Architecture Sound Art Festival, July 2010

June 9, 2010

Liquid Architecture Festival is once more nearly upon us, with its usual diverse range of artists, spaces, media and performance.  This year, the focus seems to be on Australian artists, rather than importing a bunch of intriguing internationals, with just a smattering of imports including Japan’s KK Null.  The festival doesn’t suffer a whit from being more localised, though:  we have an astonishing amount of talent here in our own front, back and side yards.  What better way to get yourself acquainted with some of our most intriguing sonic ambassadors like Robin Fox, Snawklor, Matt Tierney and many more.

This year’s line up is available at the Liquid Architecture website:

and includes the following events:

01.07.2010 – 17.07.2010 Exhibition @ West Space West Space Gallery Melbourne
01.07.2010 – 17.07.2010 ‘constellation’ exhibition with performance interruptions @ Red Gallery, Melbourne Red Gallery Fitzroy North, Melbourne
01.07.2010 Concert One @ 3RRR Melbourne 3RRR Performance Space Brunswick East
02.07.2010 Artist talk by Lionel Marchetti @ West Space West Space Gallery Melbourne
02.07.2010 Concert Two @ 3RRR Melbourne 3RRR Performance Space Brunswick East
06.07.2010 – 17.07.2010 The Sound Playground Exhibition @ fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne
09.07.2010 – 11.07.2010 Chronox installation @ Tape Projects, Melbourne Tape Projects Space Melbourne

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Independent Record Store Day 2010 – Saturday April 17th

April 14, 2010

Independent Record Store Day has come around again!

Special events and rare releases just for Record Store Day available at a participating record store near you.

A list of Melbourne special events for the day here

including:

BASEMENT DISCS – 24 Block Place, Melbourne PH 9654 1110
www.basementdiscs.com.au

Basement Discs (defying its underground location) will once again be “raising the roof” with their celebrations…this joint will be jumpin’. From around 11.00 am there will live performances, feat. CHARLES JENKINS, CHRIS WILSON, JEFF LANG, LIZ STRINGER, SIME NUGENT, THE MERCURIALS (Mark Ferrie, Andrew Pendlebury & Adi Saffir), VAN WALKER, THE SPOILS (Trio), THE VANDAS (Duo) and LISA MILLER (TBC). REBECCA BARNARD & BRIAN NANKERVIS (of ROCKWIZ fame) will be mc’ing music trivia questions with lots of prizes & goodie bags up for grabs. There will also be a set flat-rate discount across the board on everything in the store for the day. The event will be very family friendly, with light refreshments, cheese & bikkies, etc. provided. So…come one, come all!

GREVILLE RECORDS – 152 Greville Street Prahran PH: 9510 3012
www.myspace.com/greville_records

Greville Records will be celebrating Indie Record Store Day with a 20% off sale on everything in the store.

THE LAST RECORD STORE – 304 Smith St, Collingwood PH 9416 2000
www.lastrecordstore.com/

The Last Record Store will be celebrating Independent Record Store Day with live in-store entertainment from ANDY BAYLOR, CHRIS WILSON and friends, THE JUNES and ALICE KEATH, along with assorted goodies throughout the day.

MISSING LINK RECORDS – Basement 405 Bourke Street, Melbourne PH 9670 8208
www.missinglink.net.au

There’s gonna be a huge sale that starts on record store day. Lots of cool stuff going out with big discounts. – 10% off everything in store except for tickets and already discounted stock. There’ll be a lucky dip with tons of free CD’s, records, merch etc. for everyone who spends over $10 (excluding tickets); a prize draw with multiple different packs of cd’s and records etc, plus a guitar to win (donated by Cut Throats Of Tall Poppies), a slew of live music all day (with bands to be confirmed this week). and a few other surprises we’re working on locking down at the moment.

NORTHSIDE RECORDS – 236 Gertrude St, Fitzroy PH 9417 7557
www.northsiderecords.com.au/

NORTHSIDE RECORDS is proud to present another instore! This time THE BAMBOOS on International World Record Store Day April 17th… This time hot after the release of their fourth record “4″ THE BAMBOOS are going to squeeze into funky Northside! Come down, grab a seat out the front and have a taste of what the band will be playing at their record launch at the Corner on May 8th The gig will kick off at 3pm, but don’t be late because they won’t play for too long!!!

POLYESTER RECORDS
CITY: 288 Flinders Lane, Melbourne PH 9663 8696 / FITZROY: 387 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy PH 9419 5137
www.polyesterrecords.com/

The good folks at Polyester will be donating 20% of all proceeds from CD/DVD/Vinyl sales on Saurday 17th to the Cancer Council, Victoria. Behind the counter, special guest staff on the day are FEE-B SQUARED, BEN BIRCHALL and TIM SHIEL (RRR Breakfasters), DAVID O’DOHERTY, ANDREW McCLELLAND & JOSH EARL (comedians), ALAN BROUGH and MYF WARHURST (Spicks and Specks) and JULIA ZEMIRO (RockWiz), so lots of laughs guaranteed.

WHITE RABBIT RECORD BAR – 176 Bellair St, Kensington PH 9376 5441
www.whiterabbitrecords.com.au

WHITE RABBIT RECORD BAR is celebrating the wonderful world of vinyl with 12 hours of DJ fun 11 am – 11 pm
Rabbit’s Resident DJ’s along with Guest DJ’s Frank Driscoll, Sister Alex, Sard Boogie and more to be announced.
20% discount on all music sales on the day & all music customers go in the draw for a Vinyl-Lovers Hamper
worth over $200 which will be drawn at the end of the day.

It will be a great day of celebration and we are inviting you all to come along, help spread the word, and support these great indie stores & join in the fun of International Independent Record Store Day!

Support your indie record stores so they can support the live scene, the clubs and the bands you love.

Vive Le Indie Record Store – long may you live.

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National Academy of Music 2010 Series

April 1, 2010

Sometimes you like a little trad in yuor music, right?  Real instruments made of wood and brass and stuff… and yet: you don’t want to sit with the nans at the Melbourne Pops… you still crave a bit of edge and a nod to contemporary notions of music and art.  Seems like the National Academy of Music is offering just the ticket… in fact a series of tickets with a whole season of oddities and experimenta in music, but with just a hint of classicism for those chinstroker moments.

Check their website for a 2010 events list.

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Allsorts Bookshop: A win for electronic music g33ks

June 6, 2009

ALLSORTS BOOKS

275 HIGH ST, NORTHCOTE, VICTORIA.
Ph: 94827930
Open 7 Days a week (12 – 6pm)

Word has reached this blog that there’s a great new secondhand book shop that has been opened by long time Clan Analogue supporter & Frostwave effects innovator Paul Perry. If you are technically minded there are heaps of books on Electronics, etc. He also has lots of books on Synthesizers and other electronic music related items. The shop just opened, so get in quick.  Alot of these books you just never find in most book shops.  If you are a Sydney person feel free to call him if you are after a particular book. He has alot of those 80′s books aimed at electronic musicians covering Midi, drum machines, sequencers, etc..

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Bump and Grindhouse! Burlesque @ the Toff In Town! May/June 09

May 14, 2009

Sunday 31 May


MZ JOSEPHINE’S CABARET FANTASTIQUE starring MZ JOSEPHINE, NANA DORIS, WILLOW LA CHATTE, SPARKARELLA, THE EVIL TWINS,  DAVE EVANS, JOHN O’HAGAN & THE KAHUNA DADDIES


Mz Josephine’s Uber  Productions presents, an ebullient evening of burlesque, comedy, music, dance, performance and variety cabaret. Join Mz Jo’s disparate ensemble of artful entertainers, for a funky evening of very low brow and high brow acts of surprise and wonder. Guaranteed to raise your eyebrows if not your shirts, engage your nipples and simultaneously stimulate your immune system. Sassy Songs, Saucy Girls, and one grossly disinhibited Nana let lose on the kindness of strangers.

The startling Nana Doris leads the cast, armed with only a pink satin glove, lubricant and her handbag of engaging funnies – adventure before dementure is this old gal’s motto. The elegant Mz Josephine and her tight two piece Dave Evans and John O’Hagan swing into tangos, jazz, blues and cabaret tunes with panache The winsome Willow La Chatte,  Mistress  of Bottoms Up Burlesque entertains with her fabulous Two Faces Striptease. Sparkarella Circus Pole Diva gets everyone into a fever with her spectacularly sexy acrobatic pole display. The exotic lounge sounds of The Kahuna Daddies recreate the novelty and romance of Tiki club music; for your dancing pleasure. The Evil Twins  tightly monitor the crowd, conducting statistical Stasi spy games that can only result in an uproar of protest and a playful invasion of  personal boundaries. Have your papers ready! Doors 7.30pm.
http://www.josephinefisher.com
http://www.myspace.com/MzJosephine


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This Saturday: International Independent Record Store Day

April 16, 2009

/culled from the Indie Initiative email list – a very worthy cause!!!!!  From this list, remember Heartland Records, Greville Records, Peril Underground, Polyester Records, Metal Mayhem:  but there’s also Missing Link, Hear Now Records, DMC Records, Liquorice Pie Records, Northside Records… plenty more too, just waiting to help you love music :D   Google maps can help if you need to find one near you!

 

 

It’s World Record Store Day on Saturday www.worldrecordstoreday.com .

Record stores are the heartbeat of music. Those indie stores that are left survive because they cater to their consumers needs. The proprietors and staff have the knowledge to steer people in the right direction, they help musicians get their product out and give joy when the have the music you want.

I have a bad vinyl habit that needs more records. This week I got Zaireeka (Flaming Lips) and a Superfunk compilation from Second Spin in Carlisle St, the new My Morning Jacket album (complete with CD) and a soul compilation at Greville Records and a DVD of The Prairie Home Companion from Record Paradise in Chapel Street.  Record Paradise in now run by Paul and Renee and is completely changed from Warrens Record Paradise. You can now find vinyl sorted into some sort of order. It’s still a crate diggers paradise, but they have added books and movies (helped by Paul Harris from 3RRR).

Warrens was run by possibly the unfriendliest and rudest proprietor ever. It’s next to the Police station at 100 Chapel Street (near Carlisle St).

If you’ve been there you know what I mean. But now it’s sweetness and light.

Basement Discs and Polyester will be having instore appearances.

Record store were and are a great source of knowledge. Support them on Saturday, but support them very week. It can be easier to go to a chain, but having some knowledgable discussion will be far more illuminating. You never know who you might meet. I met Nick Cave recently at Greville. He always supports local stores. In’t it time you did to.

<neil@indieinitiative.com>

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Free Electronix and Film @ Acmi Thursdays till June

April 3, 2009

Synaesthesia @ Late Night Thursdays


Selected Thursdays between 2 April – 18 June 2009 from 6.30pm
Studio 1, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
Free – limited capacity. Pick up tickets at ACMI Box Office on the day to ensure entry.

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will present an exciting fusion of sight and sound as part of Late Night Thursday’s program from April to June.

Synaesthesia is a program of free live performances exploring different forms of the moving image, including media art, newly interpreted live film scores and works that draw on sound and film archives. The program will feature intimate showcases from Mink Engine, Outpost Collective, Robin Fox, Abject Leader, the Ang Fang Quartet, Jean Poole with DJ CanCut, Gossip Pop, Paul Robertson and a live collaboration between Qua and Isobel Knowles, all live in Studio 1.

Thur 2 April
Mink Engine Acres of Diamonds DVD launch + Q and A
Thur 9 April
Mink Engine (live performance)
Thur 23 April
Outpost Collective + Robin Fox (live performances)
Thur 7 May
Abject Leader (QLD) (live performance + screening of films)
Thur 14 May
Ang Fang Quartet (live score to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
Thur 4 June
Jean Poole with DJ Cancut + Gossip Pop
Thur 18 June
Qua with Isobel Knowles (live performance) + Paul Robertson (screening)

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Greville Records: cult dvds in Prahran!

March 8, 2009

 

I’ve not been out to investigate, but I’ve had a hot tip that Greville Records have a healthy collection of cult kitsch dvds now.  Already famous for their large range of music on cd and vinyl, there has always been a reasonable dvd selection in this cornucopia of a small shop.  But now, apparently, the selection has increased in size like David Banner becoming the Hulk!!

Their website has a small selection of the DVDs available there, and is endearingly oldskool but a bit low on info.  So it may require a trek out to Chapel/Greville, which in itself can lend satisfaction of a number of other kinds… Comics R Us,  Charley Weaver, Chapel Tattoo, Chapel Street Bazaar… definitely worth the trek. 

From their website you could currently pick up the following cult kitsch titles:

WAR OF THE WORLDS 1954…$20 the original and best

EARTH vs flying saucers…1956..$20

THE TIME MACHINE..1960..Rod Taylor…the original masterpiece..20 bucks

20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH..1957 $20

the killing…the absolute film noir masterpiece 1956..starring Sterling Hayden,,20 bucks

IN A LONLEY PLACE..BOGART $20 BUCKS…A GEM

Dead Reckoning 1947.. another film noir classic..Bogart stars..1947 $20

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS RINGS TWICE. .the original 1946, Lana Turner classis,
not the rubbish dished up in the 1970,s remake $25

PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET..Richard Witmark is awesome in this 1953 noir masterpiece $25

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL…sci fi classic…1951…$20

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE..1950..crime/film noir and Sterling Hayden ..a total
masterpiece that still stands up…$20

TARANTULA….spooky thriller..1950,s?? 20 bucks

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN…1957..STEVE,S TOP 10 FILM OF ALL TIME?? $20

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane…2 dvd version chock full of extra,s..both
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis are totally awesome in this classic..they do
not make films of this quality in Hollywood anymore..and they don’t come like
Davis and Crawford either….awesome..$35

THIS GUN FOR HIRE..1942 @20 BUCKS

Belle de Jour.. 2 DVD VERSION..$35

FORBIDDEN PLANET…50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION//2 DISC SPECIAL..$35

more classic film noir dvd,s from the 50’s
all 27.95 bucks
THIEVES HIGHWAY….BRILLIANT, WE LOVE THIS
THE STREET WITH NO NAME…….STARRING RICHARD WIDMARK AT HIS NASTY BEST
SWAMP WATER…prisoner on the run gem
THE RAZOR’S EDGE..1946. Tyron Powers’ best.

Contact details:

152 Greville Street Prahran Victoria, Australia, 3181  P: (61)03 9510 3012   Contact Warwick Brown:   greville@corplink.com.au

Open 7 days a week until 6pm at last notice.

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