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Date: 07 Jun 2006
Issue: Beat #1016
The Fauves
by Gav Ross

When you think about it, The Fauves have been local rock’s little Aussie battlers for a while now, but do you know how long they’ve actually been together? Well, babies that were born the year that they played their first show at the Mt Eliza Football Club are now driving automobiles on the road. Indeed, the band’s been with us for 18 years now and they’re marking the occasion with another full-length release next month. Nervous Flashlights will hit shelves in early July and is album number eight for the four-piece. When asked about what listeners can expect from the new batch of tunes, vocalist Andy Cox is as blatantly honest as ever.

“I don’t know… fuck… it’s just a Fauves album I guess,” he says. “I suppose it’s probably a little mellower than the last one – more along the lines of (2002’s) Footage Missing.”

There’s actually a single and video release leading up to the long-player’s launch, something that was sort of missing for their last, self-titled album. Hitting the wireless a week or two back, I’ll Work When I’m Dead is another classic slice of social commentary from The Fauves and a direct message to Mr Howard. The song stems from the idea that Australians should be working less and less, rather than harder and harder. Cox admits that one of the main reasons he starting playing in a band in the first place was so that he could perhaps work less. Almost two decades on it’s hard to know what the Fauves of 1988 would think of the group today, but in the end it’s all about comradeship.

“I don’t really think about it,” Andy says of the time that has passed. “It doesn’t mean anything really. I guess it’s sort of a fair achievement just to stay together that long. Beyond that though it’s just the fact that we continue to make music and time continues to accumulate. Given that we’ve never been a particularly successful band it’s probably even more of an achievement. There’s never been any financial reason to stay together. We’ve stuck together because we primarily all like each other and then we also really like making music. So yeah…”

In idle preparation for the album’s unveiling, the boys will be playing a quick set over the coming long weekend – something that hasn’t happened in a while.

“That’ll be the first time we’ve played this year,” he admits. “We haven’t even rehearsed yet – which usually spells disaster! Things tend to be a bit rough and ready when we haven’t played together for a while. I guess we’ll play a few new songs without labouring the point too much since the record isn’t even out yet. I already know how it feels to watch people standing there with their arms folded as you play on through new material. We’ll try and find a happy balance there.”

Once Nervous Flashlights is out and about though, Andy advises listeners to not really expect a full scale national tour.

“We’ll just do a few shows here and there,” he says simply. “I don’t think we’re going to be having a huge hit record on our hands or anything. It’s not like we’ll be mounting some huge assault on the public consciousness of Australia. We’ll just play a few shows and then just piss off again.”

Really though, in times when a band like Youth Group go from having a modest following one day to obtaining show sell-out superstardom the next after a certain song hits a television show, you never really know what could happen, right?

“One thing that I can say after doing this for 18 years is that you definitely get closer to knowing,” Cox laughs.

When a band embarks upon the eighth album in their career they’ve usually already done the best-of, or they’re at least thinking about it. The Fauves, as usual, are bucking trends (if you don’t count their 2003 overseas release Surf City Hearts, of course).

“People often ask us about it but it’s not something we’re interested in,” he explains. “As a consumer I’ve never enjoyed feeling the need to buy a best-of album from my favourite bands. I’d just prefer they did a fresh one instead. I guess that if someone told us that we’d sell 100,000 copies if we put a best-of out then we might get a little more into the idea, but I really don’t think it’d sell well. Plus it’s just such a step backwards. I’d prefer to keep making new music and not worry about it. I suppose our old label, Universal (who own the first four Fauves albums), could do it without our consent if they wanted, but I doubt they’re too interested either!”

The Fauves play The Evelyn on June 10 with support from The Hovercrafts.
Nervous Flashlights is available July 8 through Shock.


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WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE

ROCK/POP

1QA THE JADES + NEW SOUL INTERVENTION
The Spot, Brunswick.
ACOUSTIC NIGHT Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets, Collingwood. 8pm. Free.
ALL GOOD! + DJ J-RED + DJ DOC FELIX + DJ CARGO First Floor, Fitzroy. 9pm. $3.
ANDREW MORRIS + JAE LAFFER + DOWNHILLS HOME The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. $6.
ANOUSHKA + GALLIE + BROTHER + MICHAEL MEEKING Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets, Collingwood. 8pm. Free.
ASH NAYLOR Melbourne’s Spanish Club, Fitzroy.
BABBLE – FEAT: HELSMAN REID & HIS CART OF WILD TALES + MATTHUE ROTH + DJ I WAS YOUNG & I NEED THE MONEY + DJ DUTCH UNCLE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
BILL DETTMER’S JAMM NIGHTS + RUSS KELLETT St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 7pm.
BROADWAY + BLACKBELT + CANDY The Arthouse, City. 8pm.
COLLAGE – FEAT: SIMON PHILLIPS DOO + CHERRY + KING FISHER + THE BARD The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
EXTREME KARAOKE The Laundry, Fitzroy. Free.
GB SESSIONS OPEN MIC The Great Britain, Richmond. 9pm.
INDIE INITIATIVE – FEAT: VALERIE + 21 SUMMERS + THE CURIOUS FEW The Greyhound Hotel, St. Kilda. 8pm. Free.
KASHMIR – FEAT: LITTLE RED + DJ JOEL Ding Dong Lounge, City. 8pm. $6.
LOW + MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $35+bf.
MATT WALKER & ASHLEY DAVIES The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
METRIK The Edgy, Mentone. 10pm.
MONIQUE BRUMBY + MICHAEL PAYNTER The Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy.
NEK The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm. $5.
NFA + DJ NICK THAYER Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
OPEN MIC Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm.
OPEN MIC Bent Bar, Bentleigh. 8.30pm. Free.
OPEN MIC Kat Bahloo, St Kilda. 9pm. Free.
OPEN MIC The Bender Bar, Thornbury. 5pm.
OPEN MIC NIGHT The Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 7pm.
OPEN MIC NIGHT Dan O’Connell Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. Free.
OPEN MIC/ JAM/ MUSO/ KARAOKE The Exchange Hotel, Footscray.
OPEN MIC/JAM W/ BAZAAR Woodlands Hotel, Coburg. 7.30pm.
REVAMP – FEAT: DJ SPIDEY + DJ AMBER TRIPP + DJ BLADERUNNER + DJ MARY M Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. Free.
SEX PANTHER The Rosstown Hotel, Carnegie.
STILETTO SISTERS Borsch, Vodka & Tears, Windsor. 8pm. Free.
TANK + THE BLUE SWIMMERS The Tote, Collingwood. 8pm. $4.
THE BIG LOW + MATT WALKER & ASHLEY DAVIES Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. $10.
THE BUSTED ONIONS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9.30pm.
THE CHRISTINA’S + THE VACANT LANES + ANIMAL JOHNSON + THE FIERY FURNACES + THE DEVOTED FEW The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $36.30+bf.
THE GOOD FOLK CLUB – FEAT: LIZ FRENCHAM + THE BEENIES + OPEN STAGE The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:30pm. Free.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

JAMIE OEHLERS QUINTET
303, Northcote. 9pm. Donation.
JAZZ JAM w/ JAMES WAKELING & TIM NIKOLSKY Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 8.30pm. Free.
JAZZ MOODS IN THE BASEMENT Decorum Basement, City. 7pm.
JULIAN WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 9pm. Donation.
MARC HANNAFORD SEPTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
PAUL VAN ROSS + MARK LOCKETT & FRIENDS Spleen Bar, City. 9:30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 8 JUNE

ROCK/POP

ACOUSTIC - OPEN MIC
Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 8.30pm. Free.
ALDOUS INKLINGS The Blender Bar, Thornbury.
ANDREW STRONG Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. $30+bf.
ANNIE + MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS Prince Band Room – The Prince of Wales, St Kilda. 9pm. $35+bf.
BAD COP BAD COP + ZOND + DJ DAS BUTCHER Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9pm.
BOGAN BINGO The Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 8pm. Free.
BURNING NEW – FEAT: FLAVIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 9pm. $3.
BUTTERFINGERS + TZU + MC LARS The Peninsular Lounge, Moorooduc. 8.30pm. $20+bf.
C’MON C’MON - FEAT: TELECOM + HOT LITTLE HANDS The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $6.
CC MARTINI Gershwin – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9.30pm.
DJ BATTLEKAY Pony, City. 3am. Free.
EFXR + BORNE Flanagan’s Bar – Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 9pm. Free.
EXTREME KARAOKE Basement Bar – The Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 10pm.
GHOSTBOY + LISA GREENAWAY 303, Northcote. 7pm. Free.
GLUE + TURBINES TO SPEED + DESTROY THE BOY The Tote, Collingwood. 8.30pm. $5.
GOSPER Barbbuka, Collingwood. 8.30pm.
HIGH TIDE – REGGAE VIBES AT THE ESPY W/ RAS CRUCIAL & JESSE I + GUESTS The Gershwin Room – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9pm. Free.
HOT LITTLE HANDS + THE HOLLY’S
The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.10.30pm. $6.
INCREDIBLE DEAD GOONS Public Bar, North Melbourne. Free.
INTO THE RED + LITTLE RED + TIME OF THE ASSASSINS The Arthouse, City.
ITCHYTRIGA + PETE OLSEN The Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy.
JAMMINATION Mt Erika, Prahran. 9pm.
JEFF JENKIN’S LATE STARTERS Nighthawk Blues, Mentone. 9pm. $5.
KATHEMATICS + THROUGH LOLLIES + ERIK The Barwon Club, Geelong.
LIPSTICK PICKUP Pony, City. 12.30am. Free.
LUCY’S CROWN + VIOLETTE + ENTROPY The Green Room, City. 8pm. $5.
MARISSA NADLER + HI-GOD PEOPLE + KES + DATURA BROTHERS + DJ OLD SCHOOL The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 8pm. Free.
MARK SEYMOUR + EZEKIEL OX & THE THE FURY + TIM McMILLIAM The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9.30pm.
MARTIN MARTINI & THE BONE PALACE ORCHESTRA The Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
NAT McDERMOTT Pint on Punt, Windsor.
NIGEL B SWIFTE + SILVER NIGHT DRIVE The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
OPEN MIC Dancing Dog Café, Footscray. 7pm. Free.
OPEN MIC Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 8.30pm. Free.
OPEN MIC NIGHT
Za’Ba, St. Kilda. 9pm. Free.
OPEN MIC NIGHT Town Hall Hotel, South Melbourne. 8.30pm. Free.
OPEN MIC Renown Tavern, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. Free.
OPEN MIC/JAM W/BAZAAR Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 7.30pm.
PAUL ANTHONY Public Bar – Dorset Gardens Hotel, Croydon. 8pm. Free.
PRINCESS ONE POINT FIVE + THE WINTERSHIP + GUY BLACKMAN Manchester Lane, City. 9pm. $10.
SHANNON BOURNE + BRUCE HAYMES The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
SINATRA’S EYES + ILLUCID + MASON’S EDGE + ARTINEM Public Room – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
SLEEP PARADE + ETAL + INKREMENTS + TASTE THE VENOM + DJ RON SMOOTH Ding Dong, City. 8pm. $7.
STORK + SKELETON SOUP + IMMERSION Pony, City. 9pm.
STOVETOP The Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $10.
TASTE THE VENOM + ETAL + THE INKREMENTS Ding Dong, City.
TELEMACHUS BROWN + MOJO RISING Carlton Music Room – The Dan O'Connell, Carlton. 8.30pm. $8.
THE ASIAN SHOE SALESMAN AND THE MYSTERY SHOPPERS
Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. Free.
THE KITS Scarlet Bar, Smith Street. 8.30pm.
THE LAZY SONS The Palace, St Kilda.
THE RED PAINTINGS + VANLUSTBADER The Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9.30pm. $12+bf.
TRUE RADICAL MIRACLE Pony, City. 2am. Free.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

ANTHEA SIDIROPOULOS + PAUL WINTERBINE Maestro Meze Bar, City. 7.30pm. Free.
ARTE KANELA Kanela Flamenco Bar, Fitzroy. 9.30pm.
BLOW-UP BOUTIQUE + EMMA PEEL + JOHNNY TOPPER + IL CATTIVO Horse Bazaar, City. 9pm. Free.
BRUNSWICK BLUES SHOOTERS Railway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8.30pm. Free.
CHAPLIN + OEHLERS QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
DIAMOND BRUNTON QUARTET
Purple Emerald Bar, City. 9pm. Free.
JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET + THE COMMUNE St Andrews Place & Parliament Place, City. 5.30pm. Free.
KERRI SIMPSON +JAIMI FAULKNER + FLOYD THURSBY The Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $10.
KOTO + EVA POPOV TRIO + TIM ANDERS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8pm. $5.
NOVAK CONRAD TRIO Sossas, Fitzroy. 9pm. Free.
REBELS WITHOUT A CLUE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 9 JUNE

ROCK/POP

1QA
The Public Bar, North Melbourne.
A SECRET DEATH + IN NAME AND BLOOD + THE RIVALRY + THE ADANDONMENT + BLACK LIKE VENGEANCE The Green Room, City. 8pm. $10.
ANGUS BURCHALL ALL-STARS Hard Rock Café, City.
ANYA LEE’S R+B’S The Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
BAG O’ NIALS The Micawber Tavern, Belgrave. 8.30pm. Free.
BIG LOW + MATT WALKER & ASHLEY DAVIES + DJ TRAFFIC JAM The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
BUTTERFINGERS The Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.30pm. $20+bf.
DALAS COSMAS + THE DETECTIVE SOCIAL + THE LAST 5 MINUTES
DIDJAMAICA + MONSTEREO
Commercial Hotel, Yarraville. 10pm. Free.
DJ LINTON CARR The Marquis Of Lorne, Fitzroy. 9pm.
DJ NIGEL LAST + DJ MISS KRYSTAL + NO STANDING DJs Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 2am.
DJ SPIDEY + DJ KAREN LENG Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6pm.
DJS KILT + TITS (AFTER WORK TRICKS & SILLY BUGGERS) Pony, City. 5pm. Free.
DYNAMO + INCREDIBLE DEAD GOONS + MISTER COFFEE + HOTEL DIABLO + BRUTALICA The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 8.30pm.
EDDIE MURPHY DUO Fiddler, City. 6pm.
FITZROY GYPSY JAZZ CLUB + CHRIS TANNERS + TZIGAS + CW STONEKING + DJ DELAY + BASS BIN LADEN + MS BUTT First Floor, Fitzroy. 10pm. $13.
FRUIT + COUSIN LEONARD The Palais, Hepburn Springs. 7pm. $20.
GAGS N’ DRAGS Muse Bar, East St Kilda. 8pm. Free.
HALITOSIS + PORCELAIN MILITIA + TRANSLATE + BENEATH THE SURFACE The Arthouse, City. 8pm.
HANK’S JALOPY DEMONDS St Kilda Bowls Club, St Kilda. 9pm. Free.
HONEYMAKER + CLOUD CITY + KING BAYLER + PRYOR THEORY + STATE OF FLUX The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 8pm. $6.
JACK RABBIT & THE MOLE Mt Erika, Prahran. 9pm.
JACKHAMMER Flanagan’s Bar – Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 10pm. Free.
JASE + REASON + JAVS + NADAV + MURPH& PEGZ + EQUILLS + PHRACE & DANIEL MERRIWEATHER + PATTO + DJ FLAGRANT + PAC & 563 + RP + DANIELSAN + H2O Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9pm. $12.
KEEP LEFT Ha’Penny Bridge Irish Pub & Restaurant, Frankston. 9.30pm. Free.
KHANCOBAN + PLASTIC PALACE ALICE + LUCY & THE DIAMONDS Carlton Music Room – The Dan O'Connell, Carlton. 8.30pm. $8.
KISS THISS
Capers, Hawthorn. 9.30pm $15.
LILLIAM THOMS + EMMA WILD The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm.
LOVE OF DIAGRAMS + PANEL OF JUDGES + YOUTH PROFESSIONALS + PINKELET East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 9pm. $10+bf.
LUKE VIBERT + THE LASER GUN CREW + AGENT 86 + DAVE PHAM + ACID JACKS The Prince Band Room – The Prince of Wales. 9pm. $30+bf.
MACBETH REARISEN – FEAT: THE STICKS + THE SCOTTISH FIDDLE CLUB The Purple Turtle, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.
MAL WEBB + PHEONIX + EVA POPOV 303, Northcote. 7pm.
MELTEMI CONCERT Greek Community Centre, City. 7.30pm. $10.
MING N + DJ NIGEL LAST + DJ KRYSTAL + DJ T-REK Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
NAT McDERMOTT The Rosstown Hotel, Carnegie.
OPEN MIC Bandroom – The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 5pm. Free.
OPEN MIC BLUES JAM The Green Table Billiards Social Club, Dandenong.
PHAT STACK
The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
QUARRELMEN The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 9pm.
RABBIT & THE MOLE Mt Erica Hotel, Prahran.
RED EYES + PROJECT SATURN + DJ A-13 Gershwin – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9pm.
REVOLT – FEAT: BLAME IT ON STANLEY + A WING & A PRAYER + DROWNING MARY JANE Lighthouse Community Church, Keysborough. 7.30pm. $7.
RICHARD CLAPTON Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave.
SIX FT HICK + MAN’S RUIN BURLESQUE + KAMAKAZE TRIO + TRI STATE LOVERS The Tote, Collingwood. 9pm. $15.
SNOWMAN The Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9.30pm. $10+bf.
SOME GIRLS + BLACK LEVEL EMBASSY + GREY DATURA’S + TERROR FIRMA The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
SOUNJ Upstairs Laundry, Fitzroy. 9pm.
STARKY Sussex Inlet RSL, Sussex Inlet. 8pm. $15.
SURFUSION Flinders Island, Flinders Island. 9pm.
THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
THE COLOURS The Bender Bar, Thornbury.
THE FAKES Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm. Free.
THE NATION BLUE + A DEATH IN THE FAMILY + RHYTHM BELL + DJ APPLEJACK Ding Dong, City. 8pm. $10.
THE QUARRELMAN Bandroom – The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 8.30pm. $12.
THE REEFERS Melbourne’s Spanish Club, Fitzroy. 9.30pm. Free.
THE TWITS + BITTERSWEET KICKS + THE DEAD COWBOYS + RAIN DOGS
Pint on Punt, Windsor.
TIRANT + RESPONDER + LOST BOY FOUND + GOOD NIGHT COMBAT FIGHTER Public Bar – The Esplanade Hotel. St Kilda. 9.30pm.
YOKEL ONO + LAKES + FABULOUS DIAMONDS Pony, City. 9.30pm.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

ARTE KANELA
Kanela Flamenco Bar, Fitzroy. 9.30pm.
AZUCAR LIVE + SPECIAL GUEST Kanela Flamenco Bar, Fitzroy.
MELTEMI Maestro Meze Bar, City. 7.30pm. Free.
RENEE GEYER Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
ROB VINCS & ASHLEY CROSS
Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. Free.
THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10.30pm.
THE HOOCHIE CHOOCHI MEN The Trades Hall, Carlton South. 8pm. Free.
SATURDAY 10 JUNE

ROCK/POP

50’s ROOT MUSIC – FEAT: BOB STARKIE + EMMA FRANZ & FRIENDS
Prahran Hotel, Prahran. 4pm.
ANDREW STRONG & BAND + NIAMH The Palais, Hepburn Spring. 9.30pm $35.
ANGRY KID The Greenroom, City. 9pm. $10.
AUSTIN FLOYD Public – The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 9pm. Free.
AUSTIN FLOYD + IAN RILEN & THE LOVE ADDICTS The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. Free.
AUSTRALIAN VAN MORRISON SHOW Capers, Hawthorn.
BIG FAT KILL Revellers, Prahran. 11pm. Free.
BOURNE Noise Bar, Brunswick.
BROKEN HEARTED CHAINSAW ROUTINE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10.30pm.
BUST A NUT – FEAT: KANO + KIM DEZEN & DVISE First Floor, Fitzroy. 10pm. $5.
CASINO RUMBLERS + DOS GATOS LOCOS + HANK’S JALOPY DEMONDS + THE RANCH ALLSTARS + THE SKA VENDORS + MISS LILLY LIQUEUR + PAUL Q + DJ STU The Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8.30pm. $10+bf.
CHUBBY RAE & THE ELEVATORS Grand Central, Richmond. $8+bf.
CLICK CLICK – FEAT: TIC TOC TOKYO + SAINT JAMES + MORALS OF A MINOR Brown Alley, City. 9pm.
CLIP CLOP CLUB George Public Bar, St. Kilda. 4pm. Free.
DJ PATIFE + DJ CLEVELAND WATKISS + LOCALS VALUETIME + BLANCO+ JPS+ KEIR + MOTIVE+ DUST + SEVEN Gershwin – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
GARETH EDWARDS The Tote, Collingwood. 5pm. Free.
GOYOUHUSKIES! + TOBIAS CUMMINGS + LONG WAY HOME + BROKEN HILLS The Empress Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. $7.
HAP & RYDE + YANTO SHORTIES & BAND + APMLIFIED BEATS WITH BIRNIE The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
HELLHOUNDS + BAG O’NAILS Public Bar – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 7.30pm.
IAN RILEN + THE LOVE ADDICTS + AUSTIN FLOYD Public Bar – The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 7.30pm. Free.
JAIMI FAULKNER BAND The Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 10pm.
JED WHITEY + LIPSTICK PICKUP Pony, City. 2am.
JESS & THE PAGE BOYS + THE MAD FEELING + THE EVENTUAL CONTENDERS Carlton Music Room – The Dan O'Connell, Carlton. 8.30pm. $8.
KISSTROYER + PURE CULT + WAR PIGS
Hi-Fi Bar, City. 7.30pm. $18+bf.
LETICIA MAHER & RON TABUTEAU Kalkallo Hotel, Kalkallo. 6.30pm. Free.
MADELINE STREETS + NEVILLE Mt Erika, Prahran. 9pm.
MATADOR BREAKFAST Front Bar – Melbourne’s Spanish Club, Fitzroy. 9am.
NATALIE GAUCI & BAND The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS + DIVERSE + LOOPTROOP The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
PHIL PARA Front Bar – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 6pm. Free.
PUPPETMAN + TANK + DANCE WITH VOICES + TALKSHOW BOY + DJ BENNY BONEZ Ding Dong, City . 8pm. $8.
RANSOM + PAZ + RAPH BOOGIE Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9pm.
RELAX WITH MAX The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
RICHARTD CLAPTON East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $25+bf.
RUSS KELLETT’S JAMM NIGHTS The Pint On Punt, Windsor.
SLICK 46 + DISTORTED TRUTH + MARCHING ORDERS + WOT ROT + LANCE PETRIE The Arthouse, City. 8pm.
SONGBIRD SESSIONS – FEAT: DALYS HILL Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
STILL THINKING + MAL WEBB + DJ MU-GEN + DJ MANCHILD + KARISHMA Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
SOUNDS LIKE CHICKEN + THE KING CITY SEVEN + BLEED YOU DRY + ANGRY KID + THE RESIGNATORS + CIVIL BLOOD + CIVIL HANDS + SHOOTING DOWN DISASTER + FOR WHAT ITS WORTH The Green Room, City. 7pm. $10 .
SURFUSION
Flinders Island, Flinders Island. 9pm.
SWITCH + RESURRECTION Caseys Nightclub, Hawthorn. 10pm. $10.
THE BRISCOE SISTERS 303, Northcote. 8.30pm.
THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING + SEAN BAXTER & ROD COOPER + GARBAGE GUTS Pony, City. 9pm.
THE DRAG SHOW Bandroom - The Greyhound Hotel, St. Kilda. 8pm. $10.
THE FAUVES + THE HOVERCRAFTS The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
THE LATE SHOW – FEAT: DJ LYNT + DJ NICK THAYER Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 2am.
THE STYLES Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne.
TRANS AM + CITY CITY CITY The Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9.30pm. $30+bf.
UNCLECHUNK Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. $10.
WATUSSI Melbourne Spanish Club, Fitzroy.
WHISKEY GO GO’S + THE BASICS + DUKES OF WINDSOR + RED INK SPILLS The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 9pm. $8.
YOKEL ONO + THE STABS + TRUE RADICAL MIRACLE + QUEBEC The Tote, Collingwood. 8.30pm. $10.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

ANTHEA + BYRON + JACOB & FRIENDS Maestro Meze Bar, City. 7.30pm. Free.
ARTE KANELA Kanela Flamenco Bar, Fitzroy. 9.30pm.
AUSTIN FLOYD The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 10pm. Free.
BLUCATSS + DR RICK + BRIAN STRAFFORD + MIKE ST CLARE-MILLER + LES OLDMAN Nighthawk, Mentone. 9pm.
BLUE CO + NICK CHARLES + RON TABUTEAU + STEVE TEMPLE + LET OLDMAN The Rosstown Pub, Carnegie. 10pm.
HORNETS The Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
JIMI HOCKING Mt Moliagul Hotel, Prahran.
MOONLIGHT DRIVE Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 7.30pm.
OLD TIMEY COUNTRY SESSION Old Homestead Inn, Clifton Hill. 5.30 pm. Free.
PARADISE VENDORS The Railway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
RENEE GEYER Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
THE ANDREA KELLER’S QUARTET
Czech House, North Melbourne. $18.
WHIPLASH Prince Albert Hotel, Williamston. 8pm.
SUNDAY 11 JUNE

ROCK/POP

ANDREW STRONG + NIRMH
East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8pm. $30+bf.
ANGRY KID + THE CHAINSAW GIRLS + CHESTER’S BLACK AND WHITE + THE HARLEQUIN SMILE The Arthouse, City. 8pm. $6.
CHRIS WILSON Marquis of Lorne, Fitzroy. 5pm.
COUCHING TIGER
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 4pm. Free.
CROXTON NEAPOLITAN + DAN WARNER + MARCEL BORRACK + SARAH CARROLL The Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9.30pm. $12+bf.
CW STONEKING AND HIS PRIMITIVE HORN ORCHESTRA Curry Family Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm.
DAVE GRANEY & CLARE MOORE + LURID YELLOW MIST + HENRY WAGONS The Barwon Heads Hotel, Barwon Heads. 10pm. $15.
DJ’s LOK + DOPEBEAT + RUXSPIN + LEX + FICKUSS + FENTON + CLIFFERY + CTOAFN + ALMAX + MC WASP + DR SPONK + SCOTTY B + WIZARDRY Frontroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm. $10.
DR INVISIABLO + FROM HELL + THEE STAG KNIGHTS Pony, City. 9pm.
FLYWHEEL + GREY TAPES + HUMAN SIX BILLION The Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 9pm.
GRAND WAZOO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 6pm. Free.
HAIR OF THE DOG ROCK TRIVIA The Empress Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm.
HANK’s JALOPY DEMMS + MATT DWYER’S MAGNETONES The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5.30pm. $7.
HUMANSIXBILLION + THE GREY TAPES + JESSICA SAYS The Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm.
JAPE SQUAD + JAMES McCUNN & THE DIRTY SKIRTS + THE MEDICINE BALLS + QUINCY McLEAN The Tote, Collingwood. 8pm. $8.
JED WHITEY + CLAGG + DIRTY MOPAR + THE R.I.P. RIDES The Green Room, City. 8pm. Free.
JILL BUTTON + TIGGY LEES Plan B, Brunswick East. 6pm. Free.
KOOKY KARAOKE WITH FRED NEGRO + FRED P FARLOWE Bandroom – The Greyhound Hotel. 8.30pm. Free.
LABJACD Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10.30pm.
MATT THOMAS + JAMIE SLOCOMBE The Order of Melbourne, City.
MENTAL AS ANYTHING The Palais, Hepburn Springs. 9.30pm. $23.
METRIK Volt Nightclub, Werribee. 11pm.
MORPH Public Bar – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
MS BUTT + BASS BIN LADEN + A-STYLES + SHIKUNG + SPLINE First Floor, Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
MUSE BAR OPEN STAGE Muse Bar, East St Kilda. 6pm. Free.
NAT ALLISON The Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8pm.
NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA + BAD BOYS BATUCADA Front Bar- The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 6pm. Free.
OPEN MIC JAM W/ BAZAAR Grandview Hotel, Fairfield. 5pm.
OPEN STAGE HOSTED BY TONY DEE MELLOW The Aztec Bar, Belgrave. 6pm. Free.
ORGANIC INTELLECT + CYCLONES + DJ DANNY COOL + DJ AUX-ONE + DJ GRIZZLY BADDUMS Laundry, Fitzroy. $5.
PAUL WILLIAM RAY Hard Rock Café, City.
PETER LILLIE’S SPIRITS OF PROGRESS + KIM VOLKMAN SOLO Public Bar – The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 5pm. Free.
PORNLAND + NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA + BAD BOYS BATUCADA The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 6pm.
PUNK ‘O’ CLOCK + AREA SEVEN + THE RESIGNATORS + NO IDEA The Corner Hotel, Richmond. 6.30pm. $10+bf.
R.I.P. RIDES Pony, City. 1am. Free.
RICHARD CLAPTON The Peninsular Lounge, Moorooduc. 8.30pm. $25+bf.
ROCK BANG CORE – FEAT: THE DREADTHINGS + PTB + TEARGHAS + POTENTIAL CITIZENS + ATTICA Hi-Fi Bar, City. 7.30pm. $10.
ROCK-A-THON – FEAT: THE LAZY SONS + STATE OF THE UNION + MY LEFT BOOT + G-WORLD + SOPHISTRY + BOHAB + JORDIE LANE + THE MAD FEELING The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 12pm. Free.
SONS OF MOTHERS + FINE WITCH + PRETTY STRANGERS + GROUND FLOOR The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.
SPACEY SPACE + DANIEL VID + RICHARD KELLY + PAUL CURTIS + T-REK + SUNSHINE Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 11am.
SPARGO + MOSAIC + STEPH BRETT Commercial Hotel, Yarraville. 9pm. Free.
STATE OF THE UNION The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. Free.
SUNDAY MASS – FEAT: ALDOUSINKLINGS + JOHNNY SAW HORSES + NIGEL WEARNE + BRYCE The Rob Roy, Fitzroy. 1pm. $4.
SUNDAY SLIPPERS – FEAT: DJ PAT + DJ SHANNON + BLACKEYED SUSANS TRIO + THE SANDPEBBLES + DJ POWELL The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
SURFUSION Flinders Island, Flinders Island. 9pm.
THE MILK BAR STARS + ART OF WAR + EQUILLS + LOW DEF + SCOTTY BEAT BOX + DJ VESPA Melbourne’s Spanish Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $15.
THE PRAYERBABIES The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
THE SOMERVILLES The St Kilda Bowling Club, St Kilda. 6pm. Free.
TOBIAS CUMMINGS Plan B Lounge, Richmond. 5pm. Free.
TZIGAS 303, Northcote. 7pm. Free.
VAN & CAL Little Rebel, Fitzroy. 5pm. Free.
WATUSSI + TUMBARUMBA + SAN LAZARO + DJ RICHARD CAMPBELL + BOBZILLA Gershwin – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda
WEEKENDER – FEAT: THE CASINO’S + NOISERADIO + DJ STEVE WIDE Ding Dong, City. 8pm $10.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

BLUES JAM WITH BAZAAR
Ascotvale Hotel, Ascotvale. 5.30pm.
CW STONEKING Curry’s Family Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm.
GARY NORMAN & GARY COSTELLO Presse Café Wine Bar, Elwood. 5.30pm.
JAMES WAKELING & ROB VINCS Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 3pm. Free.
LOS CABRONES The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. Free.
MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS The Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.
REDFISH BLUEGRASS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3.30pm.
RUBY PAGE Hotel Bruce County, Mt Waverly. 1pm. Free.
SON OF A GUN + STUART REEDY The Old Colonial Inn, Fitzroy. 4pm. Free.
VIKTOR ZAPPNER QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
MONDAY 12 JUNE

ROCK/POP

BARLIGHT CINEMA
Front Bar – The Tote, Collingwood. 7.30pm. Free.
DUB DOWN DELUX + DJ LOK + MIKE & HOUND Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. Free.
FUNKY FRESH – FEAT: 3TO2 + THE MASTER + SOUL ASPECTS + VEX FROM 3TRIPLE0 Metropol, St Kilda. 9pm. Free.
ILLZILLA + DJ BOBZILLA The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9.30pm.
IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm.
KERRI SIMPSON + CHUCK JENKINS The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 7.30pm. Free.
LIMINAL + THE INCREMENTS Hard Rock Café, City 7.30pm. Free.
LOOPTROOP + THE FLOW DOWN + J-Q-L + QUE & LIONES FROM LADIES + MATA & MUST + DJ BACON + FEVAPRES & SURREAL The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. $20+bf.
MUSO’S JAM SESSION Micawber Tavern, Belgrave. 9pm.
OPEN STAGE COMEDY, MUSIC & POETRY The Arthouse, City. 8pm.
QUEER HOMICIDE Frontroom & Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm.
SAL KIMBER & STATE EXPRESS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
IRISH SESSIONS
The Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO The Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
TUESDAY 13 JUNE

ROCK/POP

ABSOLUTE ROCKSTAR
Hard Rock Café, City.
ANGIE HART The Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9.30pm. 12+bf.
BLUEGRASS Hardimans Bar & Restaurant, Kensington. 9.30pm. $10.
COLLAGE – FEAT: SIMON PHILLIPS + MATT JOE GOW + THE GHOSTS + MILLIONAIRE SOULS + MAUNDER Front Bar – The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. 9.30pm.
DJ DAN BECK + DJ K Z Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. Free.
FAME TRIVIA Public Bar - The Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda. 8pm. Free.
HOT ON THE HEALS OF LOVE + DJ K.Z + DJ DAN BECK Backroom – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm.
HUGH McGINLAY The Marquis of Lorne, Fitzroy. 7.30pm. Free.
MAL WEBB + EVA POPOV + PHENIX 303, Northcote. 8.30pm.
MILK The Brunswick hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
MIXED BREED + THE DIRTY ROMANTICS + SNEAKER The Tote, Collingwood. 8pm. $4.
MUMFORD/FOLVIG + MINIMUS DISCUS + DESCRIPTINO Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm.
OPEN MIC – GRASSROOTS The Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. Free.
PAUL WILLIAM RAY & THE FALCONZ + MIKE HAYNES The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 7.30pm. Free.
R U GAME - BOARD GAMES & HAPPY HOUR The Arthouse, City.
RYAN STERLING & SHANE FRENCH + DOWNHILLS HOME The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
SAMMY G Mt Erika, Prahran. 9pm.
SIMON AND ME The Arthouse, City.
VAN & CAL WALKER (SWEDISH MAGAZINES) The Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy.
WILD COLONIAL PSYCHO’S – FEAT: JACKO & CHOPPER The Prince Band Room – The Prince of Wales, St Kilda. 7pm. $30+bf.

COUNTRY/BLUES/JAZZ

CHRIS HALE ENSEMBLE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, City.
CW STONEKING & HIS PRIMITIVE HORN ORCHESTRA
The Marquis Of Lorne, Fitzroy. 7.30pm.
GERRY HALES’ INNOCENT BYSTANDERS Janie’s Upstairs – Hardimans, Kensington.
MBAS BLUES JAM Dan O’Connell Hotel, Carlton. 8.30pm. Free.
RUBY PAGE Pescare Restaurant, Glen Waverley. 7pm. Free.