I'm not doing this blog for a while, seems my favourites have decided to do the same too.

Hoping both Le Noise and Teenage Lobotomy get their shit together again soon.

Death By Audio/Don Pedro's 16.09

Death By Audio show was great, good sets all round. This was the first show for Moving Stills who have members of Busy Signals. Super tight. I actually filmed a song or 2 for each band but this internet will take days to upload those right now. Met some cool people at this show, good to see the Aussies too. UV Marky and Greg Bailey met Keanu Reeves earlier after watching Point Break. I think i saw Bruce Willis but can't confirm. 

MOVING STILLS

SUPER WILD HORSES

TOTAL CONTROL

THE UV RACE

PINK REASON

DON PEDRO's 

My buddy Jarrad and I left the Death By Audio show late and didn't know the address of Don Pedro's, we walked around Williamsburg asking and all we got was "No." and "No, but do you wanna buy some blow?" By the time we got there The Outdoorsmen had just finished which sucks. Not sure if any others had played earlier. Really liked this bar, real dive but in a good way.  

SUPER WILD HORSES

I'm alone in the danger zone...

Pissing On The Mainframe, live from New York.

So i just got here after 25 or something hours of flying and it feels good to be away from two of the biggest women in this country elbowing me from seats 15 D and F. The flight from LAX to JFK had Friends on repeat and i believe 15 F enjoys Ross the most.

I was so impressed with the New Wave radio station on the flights- Hungry Like A Wolf followed with Psycho Killer, Uncontrollable Urge, Kids Of America and Love Shack. Keep the party goin' United Airlines! Ye-aah!

I got shit all to report so far, but if you happen to be in this crazy city Wednesday the 15th- i suggest you get in touch and take me to this killer show at The Standard Hotel. Australian Invasion!

http://www.listerart.com.au/new.cfm

Maggot Fest 2010!

Tim "The Maggot" "Dundee" Scott's been smashin' it in the past year or so since he came back from Japan. Writing for Mess & Noise, Three Thousand and punk press Stained Sheets he's been talking up the good and cutting down the fat. Good dude.

So Tim's put together a killer line up with some of my favourite local and interstate bandz. Can't wait for The Mammaries, Australia's only Mummies tribute band- i assume. I cannot express how pumped i am for Peewee back in Melbourne either. What a party, "Carbonas but a bit less 'dude' sounding". I'd say i'm a strong member of the Bloody Hammer cheersquad too, what a band. If you don't go to this i don't know what to say. This is going to be 'Flip Out Good'.

Bring it on Sydney and Bris crews, come down for this.

Tony Lukes, Philadelphia

Beautiful.

UV Race / Total Control USA - August/September 2010

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Total Control - Paranoid video by smartguy


I'll be at some NY and Philly shows, as well as Gonerfest


UV RACE MYSPACE

Super Wild Horses in the U.S.A!

SWH have 1 more show and then a guest dj thing before they jet off to the States in September. 

3 September - John Curtin Hotel w/ Constant Mongrel, The Twerps & The Exotics
10 September - Guest Dj'ing at Hell Gallery 6pm-late (Behind Swan St Coles, Richmond)

then USA in September

click this for the dates

I'll be seeing them in NY and Memphis

Bits Of Shit, Brainwaves, Teen Archer & Flesh World

Hey! Tomorrow is the last of 4 stellar residency shows that the Bits Of Shit have done in August at the Old Bar. This last show is going to be sweet with the best line up to date with Teen Archer, Flesh World and Brainwaves on supports. It's also Franca from Brainwaves birthday party too which makes things even sweeter. She don' drink and she don' smoke but do get her a drink of some non-alcoholic description when you see her. 

OFF THE HIP RECORDS, Instore 2nite!

Off The Hip is a great record store.
There's always something good playing and there's always new stock coming in. In the past year or so i've spent a fair bit of time sitting in the store drinking beer and hassling my buddy Jack Petty while he's resting his hangover. If you see this post before 7pm today you should totally go to Off The Hip which is on Havistock Lane - near Queen St and Flinders Lane. They usually have a bunch of beer but you can bring your own too.

Tonight @ OTH:
Lost Ones 7:30
Midnight Woolf 8:15
Los Chicos (Spain) 9:00

If you see a handsome young man with a brimming moustache tell him he is a cunt.

Stained Sheets 3.2 - Melbourne, Victoria

Stained Sheets releases are few but welcomed like finding that $10 note in your jacket you can't explain. Previous issues have all lead to further probing of contained subjects which include the likes of Venom P. Stinger, The Bitters, Modern Convenience, Kurt Vile, The Flecks etc.

This issue is #4 and extended to 32 pages (still free) featuring interviews with 1950's Melbourne R'n'R party band The Blue Bops by Scott Campbell, NZ-now-Sydney jangle-pop Garbage & The Flowers by Cooper Bowman, Manic New Jersey Brat punk Home Blitz, frantic Tampa Bay noise punk Neon Blud, daydream beached out Sonny & The Sunsets all by Tim Scott as well as 4 or 5 others worth a look-in. Issue 4 also has discussion on vintage Adelaide 77' fanzine, Street Fever and finishes with 2 pages of paragraph-long reviews from favourites of mine including: Rhys Davies, Leon O'Regan and Dan Stewart.

http://staindsheets.blogspot.com/

USA 2010 Itinerary

Sorry to have abandoned the blog of late, but i've been busy planning my USA trip for this September.

Here's the proof:

September/October - AUS Invasion:

14 - Arrive NY - late
15 - Find Stu Spasm / Something called Night Train @ Motor City Bar
16 - Super Wild Horses @ Cameo Bar
17 - Go to Coney Island, eat ice cream / WEEN @ Rumsey Playfield
18 - NY-->Philly - Cheesesteaks
19 - Phillies vs Washington Nationals / Gentleman Jesse & Strange Boys @ Kung Fu Neck Tie
20 - $1 beer at Khyber Bar / UV, Total Control & Pissed Jeans @ The OX
21 - Philly --> Memphis 
22 - Goner
23 - Goner
24 - Goner
25 - Goner
26 - Goner
27 - Hanging around Memphis/Texas/New Orleans
28 - Hanging around Memphis/Texas/New Orleans
29 - Hanging around Memphis/Texas/New Orleans
30 - Hanging around Memphis/Texas/New Orleans
1 - Hanging around Memphis/Texas/New Orleans
2 - KANS-ASS! Scion Garage Festivale
3 - Git the fuck outta KANS-ASS!
4 - Hope to be closing in on NY - Hopefully see a Yankee's game- that they lose!
5 - Git on the plane to go home!
6 - Flyin' on the plane, loaded
7 - Land in Melbz, might have to go to work that day!


So if you are from any of these locales and want to go to some record stores or chug beer, get in touch. I'd be keen for any tips too! 

Also, if you're looking for some good tunes download this Greg Oblivian guest host spot on some radio station from Oh Robot blog:

http://ohrobot.blogspot.com/2009/01/tune-in-to-greg-cartwright-radio-hour.html

It's really good, key tracks: Geno Washington - You Got Me Hummin' and Dave Bartholomew - The Monkey

Pivixki album launch, tonight at The Tote

Pivixki is Max Kohane(Agents of Abhorrence/Cut Sick/Brain Children) and Experimental sound-king Anthony Pateras. The pair have released their CD "Gravissima" on Lexicon Devil Records which has been circulating well throughout the mainframe hq. Tonight they will release it at The Tote with one of the finest line-ups imaginable.


Pivixki 11.50 – 12.30

True Radical Miracle 10.45 – 11.30
Chrome Dome 9.40 - 10.20
Total Control 8.30 – 9.10

This show is $10.

Here are two reviews, both worth reading for different reasons.

Mess&Noise
The Dwarf

Bits Of Shit - 'The August Residency'

This is just week one, more exquisite Andy Lang watercolour flyers to come...

6 FT. HICK 'Notes From The Underground' Trailer

Bits Of Shit - Bar Open video

SUPER WILD HORSES - Fifteen LP launch

Super Wild Horses released their debut LP on friday, it's called 'Fifteen'. They've made up 300 copies with green, pink or black screen printed covers and it's been pressed on white vinyl. I got the green one. Been waiting for this album for AGES. Just like their first EP, it was recorded by monsieur Mikey Young of Eddy Currrent Suppression Ring. SWH are currently doing album launch shows 'round AUS and i've heard good reports, of course! The band has the LP coming out on Hozac in the States and it's out on Aarght! Records in Australia. Get it now or cry later.

You can read a recent interview with them, the questions aren't so great but the answers are good.

Super Wild Horses, Total Control, Boomgates & School Of Radiant Living play the Swanston Room at Victoria Hotel, Little Collins St on Saturday July 31st. Doors open 7.30pm. $12 at the door.

Hard-Ons tonight at the East Brunswick Club

The Hard-Ons new album is a fierce beast of a record, it's 40 minutes and 19 tracks of their usual assortment of pop, surf, death metal and punk. Hard-Ons new album is called 'Alfalfa Males Conform Or Die Once Summer Is Done' and it's been out for a month almost i believe. I hadn't seen it at Missing Link so it kind of slipped my mind. I just saw their interview in Beat plugging tonights show, it's $15 and they're being supported by Fangs Of A TV Evangelist and Useless Children. 

I found a download of the album if you're keen to hear it. 

ALFALFA MALES CONFORM OR DIE ONCE SUMMER IS DONE

Punk boat cruise - Straightjacket Nation, Bloody Hammer & Brainwaves

So Emily from Straightjacket Nation is having a party on a boat on Friday 30th of July with SJN, Bloody Hammer and Brainwaves playing. There's vegan food included too!

Tickets are $25 for boat rental and can be bought from Emily at emzsjn@gmail.com

Boat leaves from Docklands at about 8pm.

Check the Facebook for it

Doncaster Shopping Town

Al (Straightjacket Nation, UV Race and Dick Diver) with Jensen (Deaf Wish) have joined forces to make Doncaster Shopping Town. Gotta love the Donnie reppin'. Not sure what this sounds like but i've heard the words 'Acoustic' and 'Country' thrown around. Definitely worth a look-in.

Also on bill is School Of Radiant Living and Woollen Kits who both played good sets yesterday opening for Perth's Golden Staph. Actually, while i was watching Woollen Kits i kept hearing Cheater Slicks which i thought was really cool. They're actually going to Sydney soon too for anyone on the northern tip. I'll throw the flyer up for it as the shows are closer. Loving Tom Hardisty's distro 'Indian Girl', the best place for my money in 2010.

Sunday free shows in Fitzroy

Who went to UV Race last night? Get a tape? Any good? My pal Christina scored me one while i was working late.... Really wanted to see UV Raggers but i will be seeing them in 2 months in NY and in Memphis. Excited! Anyway, tonight everyones goin' down to Northcote Social Club for possibly the biggest gig of the year for Melbtown. Tomorrow Golden Staph are playing with Woollen Kits and The School Of Radiant Living at Yah-Yah's in the arvo-fer F R E E.
Yah-Yah's website is here
Golden Staph wordpress, yo

After that Teen Archer is playing fer F R E E at Bar Open with Dozers, The Beat Disease and Bone. Archer boys have been doing pretty good for themselves lately and are in fine form too.
Bar Open website is here

Enjoy yourselves and enemies, leave your guns at home.

Pissing On The USA, 2010!

Followers, I'm currently booking myself a trip to the United States for this September. It's looking like i'll be in New York around September 14th, Memphis around the 21st and back to New York on the 28th before flying back home on the 5th. 

(This was my face when i realised i could visit the States this year.)

I'll be in New York to buy records, see gigs (WEEN is playing on the 17th!!) and try to find Stu Spasm of Lubricated Goat- an ex-Aussie hero of mine. I'm also looking at buying a guitar while i'm there too or possibly in Memphis. 

In Memphis i'm headed for Gonerfest Seven, The Australian Invasion. Here's the Gonerfest line up:

WEDNESDAY Sept 22

Hi Tone:
Msr Jeffrey Evans
Vermillion Sands
Missing Monuments
Useless Eaters
Spider Bags

THURSDAY Sept 23

Opening Ceremonies outside The Goner Store with:
Thee Oh Sees

Hi Tone:
Ty Segall
UV Race
So Cow
Super Wild Horses
Haunted George
Limes

FRIDAY Sept 24

Afternoon Rock at Buccaneer Backyard:
Golden Boys
Data Drums
Legendary Wings
Wounded Lion

Hi Tone:
Oblivians
Strapping Field Hands
Dave Cloud
Personal & The Pizzas
Parting Gifts
Guinea Worms

SATURDAY Sept 25

Afternoon Blowout at Murphy's:
Ratas Del Vaticano
Total Control
Lamps
Burning Sands
Outdoorsmen
Wild Thing
Red Mass
Menthols
D_ g P_ _ _ _ e
James Arthur's Manhunt

Hi Tone:
Guitar Wolf
New Bomb Turks
Armitage Shanks
Destruction Unit
Girls At Dawn
Wesley Coleman

SUNDAY Sept 26

Closing Ceremonies at The Goner Store with:
Ty Segall (solo)

http://www.gonerfest.com

Pretty damn excited, flights booked! Gonerfest Golden Pass, paid!

--ZOND-ROYAL HEADACHE-BED WETTERS-GOLDEN STAPH--

UV RACE - USA 2010

UV's are heading over to the States in August/September for good times and good shows. If you can make it, you will make it.  

DATES

Aug 26th- San Fran,CA

Aug 27th- San Fran,CA
Aug 28th- Oakland,CA
Aug 29th- San Jose/Santa Cruz?
Sep 1st- Sacto,CA
Sep 3rd- Portland,OR
Sep 4th- Portland,OR
Sep 5th- Olympia,WA
Sep 7th- Seattle,WA
Sept 09- Minneapolis, MN
Sept 10- Chicago, IL
Sept 11- Cleveland, OH
Sept 12- Buffalo, NY
Sept 13- Albany, NY
Sept 14- Boston, MA
Sept 16- NYC
Sept 17- NYC
Sept 18- Philadelphia, PA
Sept 19- Allentown, PA
Sept 21- Richmond, VA
Sept 22- Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 23- Columbus, OH
Sept 24- Memphis, TN @ Goner Fest
Sept 25- Memphis, TN @ Goner Fest
Sept 26- Memphis, TN @ Goner Fest
Sept 29- Chicago, IL

For venue details check: http://www.myspace.com/uvrace

Also this friday UV Race is playing with perth's Golden Staph - check em out!

Georg Whelan - 1000 Pound Bend

I think i'm dj'ing this too, not too sure just yet. 

Come to this show then head to Bar Open for Brainwaves and Bits Of Shit. 

We're in the MUFF!

I was in the film, "Hanging At Picnic Rock" and it's been accepted into the MUFF (Melbourne Underground Film Festival). If you go down you'll see me get my legs ripped off my body- it looks real. Excited to go to this!

1000 POUND BEND

361 Lt Lonsdale st, Melbourne
August, Wednesday 25th at 7pm

Mini MUFF Session 5

THE DEAD WASTES

Dir. Wade K. Savage / 10mins
In a post apocalyptic world, one woman takes on her greatest challenge.

DEEP SPACE LOVE

Dir. Alan Bennett / 9mins
A lone researcher on a space station falls in love with a window-cleaning robot.

HANGING AT PICNIC ROCK

Dir.Clint Cure / 12mins
A female prison gang battle demon possessed private school girls.

PI WEINSTEIN

Dir. David Broder / 20mins
A private eye’s Friday night turns into one hell of an evening.

THE PACKAGE

Dir. Oliver Waghorn / 3mins
Your future is at your doorstep.

ULTRAMAN

Dir. Robin Geradts-Gill & Hannah Moon / 7mins
The story of a suburban superhero in trouble.

THY KILL BE DONE

Dir. Greg Hanson & Casey Regan / 16 mins
A group of nuns vow to revenge their priest’s murder.
 
http://picnicrock.blogspot.com/
 
http://www.muff.com.au/

BITS OF SHIT - Thursday - Bar Open

A year of Pissing On The Mainframe. PUB FOOTY.

Hey, so i just noticed i started this blog over a year ago. It's been a good way to keep myself entertained during downtime at work. It's also scored me a few free cd's and it's help me to keep in touch with what's going on in music around the world. I like to think of this blog as a good resource for people in Melbourne to see whats happening and for people elsewhere to research Melbournes music scene.

Also i don't know if anyone out there would be interested but lately i've started scouring recent uploads of worthy records on blogs. I've been taking the download links and putting them in an email to myself while i'm bored at work. If you want me to send you these (i wouldn't do it more than weekly) then send me an email and i'll start up a bit of a mailing list for downloads of new and classic records. Free of charge.

Had i had the internet in the past fortnight i would have advised peeps to go to the Espy last night to see Twerps, Beaches and Circle Pit. It was cool going to the Espy again, it'd been awhile. Must remember to use that camera of mine again.

This Sunday is GAME TWO of Renegade Footy aka PUB FOOTY. Here's the deets:

• 12 - UNICORNS v BATS
• 1:30 - EYE-GOUGERS v LIONS
• 3 - TOTE v PAIN

Live at Brunswick West, the home of Renegade football.

Blank Realm in Melbourne this weekend

This is the flyer for the show at Sunshine & Grease tonight.

- Friday 2/07 Sunshine and Grease w/ Lakes, Super Star and Interzone. 8pm.

        - Saturday 3/07 Yah Yahs w/ Bum Creek, No Zu and Table Mountain (SA). 9pm.

       - Sunday 4/07 Empress w/ Space Cactus, Table Mountain (SA) and Loamlines. 3pm.

                       I'd like to make it down, hoping i make it to at least one of these shows anyway.

The Forty Thieves 3 - GORKER GALLERY

THE FORTY THIEVES 3- it's a great show, just look at that line-up... Ha-Ha, Makatron, Ben Frost, Drewfunk.. good theme too. I went to the show last night and bought the Ha-Ha piece. If you're killing time before the Birmy opens for your first frothy, stop by as it's just around the corner.

GORKER GALLERY

Dual pLOVER's Happy New Financial Year P.A.R.T.Y!! 2moro!!.!!

Fuck mannn, Sydney's really pulled a rabbit outta their hat with this one.
DUAL PLOVER's got you covered for a sweet new financial year party.
Running from 9pm to 6am, the line-up (subject to change) goes:


BAAAADDDDD – 21:00 21:20


MURDER OF CROW – 21:20 21:50


WIZARD BONG – 21:50 22:10


RICE CORPSE – 22:10 22:30


CRAB SMASHER – 22:30 23:00


DRUNK ELK – 23:00 23:30


YONG ROMANTIX – 23:30 0:00


KUSUM – 0:00 0:10


LOUIS BURDETT & PATRICK KAVANAGH – 0:10 0:40


AXXONN – 0:40 1:10


HORSE MACGYVER – 1:10 1:40


TEEN AX – 1:40 2:10


BED WETTIN BAD BOYS – 2:10 2:30


NEVADA STRANGE – 2:30 3:00


WHORES – 3:00 3:20


GAY MARRIAGE – 3:20 3:40


GODSWOUNDS – 3:40 4:10


WARM FEELINGS – 4:10 4:30


TWISTED SUBTERRANEAN DEATHTRAP – 4:30 5:00


NHOMEA – 5:00 5:30
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is on at Wednesday 30th June at
Home Nightclub, 101 Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour.
9pm til 6am.
Tickets on the door are $25. You best be there.

dual pLOVER.com
 

Community Cup 2010, this Sunday!

http://www.communitycup.org.au/

Bits Of Shit 7"

Hey sports fans, I got a hot tip for you.

There's a band you may or may not know about called the BITS OF SHIT. B.O.S has members of The Ooga Boogas and The Sailors. They've just put out a 7 inch called 'Dirty Bomb', it's a real gem of a record too. Check out what Missing Link have said about it:

'The Debut from this raucous local ratbag quartet comprised of folk from the OOGA BOOGAS / THE SAILORS /THE UP SYNDROME Etc.. Title cut plus 'Prime' , 'Tim Hemensley' / 'Gailforce'. Recorded by Mikey From EDDY CURRENT and a hand numbered edish of 300 copies with insert ! WE THINK THIS IS THE SHIT !'

ALSO, I did an interview with Andy (-Guitars) and Stacky (-Bass) over the weekend at The Napier Hotel. It's going to be in an upcoming issue of Negative Guest List.

I'm trying to find a picture of the cover but you see i'm at work and I can't use Myspace. Deal with it.

The Ding Dongs - Mark Sultan & Bloodshot Bill

The Ding-Dongs

I just heard the album and it looks like it'll be my winter record this year 

I particularly like the track "Crazy Dreams"

Buy this sucker over at NORTON Records or go to Le Noise for the download

DEVO - JERKIN' BACK N FORTH

TWO X TWO - Tonight

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Not sure how i missed this one til just now. Thanks to the tipoff from Trevor Block!

It's totally worth doing and i have strong conviction you will also be presented with free wine. Also because it's at the Abbotsford Convent you can enjoy a good (vego) donation buffet meal. Starts at 6 and you leave when you're done.

So to recap, do this tonight if you're looking for free wine and good art.