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June 22, 2010

The Birmingham 2nd Birthday Show

The Birmy's having their second birthday show this Saturday. It's gonna be pretty rad, check out the poster:

New band room

11.15 – 11.45 GREASERS

10.15 – 10.45 DICK DIVER

9.15 – 9.45 IN TONGUES

8.15 – 8.45 THE PRIORY DOLLS

7.15 – 7.45 BAPTISM OF UZI

6.15 – 6.45 BIG SMOKE

5.15 – 5.45 WIL WAGNER & THE SMIH STREET BAND

4.15 – 4.45 THE BLACK HILL FIVE

3.15 – 3.45 GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE BAND

Existing band room

11.45 – 12.30 THE STABS

10.45 – 11.15 DEAD FARMERS

9.45 – 10.15 TEEN ARCHER

8.45 – 9.15 SHIPS PIANO

7.45 – 8.15 DOZERS

6.45 – 7.15 THIS WAR

5.45 – 6.15 MADONNA

4.45 – 5.15 KEGGIN

3.45 – 4.15 CHAOS KIDS

The night kicks off from 12 midday with a BBQ for both lunch and dinner, bands start at 3pm

and.... its FREE ENTRY!

May 28, 2010

Deaf Wish last show, Yah-Yah's Sat 29th

Deaf Wish are calling it a day this Saturday as Nick Pratt aka Soul Boy is moving further west to Perth. He's opening up a cafe with his woman i hear. Good luck Nick! Also playing is Teen Archer and The Stabs (They have some killer new tracks). Really going to miss seeing Nick and Jensen out-heckle each other.

I've heard they have a lot of new recordings that will hopefully see the light of day in the near future.

If you don't go to this show, you should move to another city.

Read about it in more detail by some other guy

May 20, 2010

Grong Grong - The Anal UFO Tour

This is a weird band. I can't get my head around them to be honest.

So Grong Grong were around years ago playing and scaring the town folk of Adelaide. During their absence they played in other groups fighting the mainstream. Grong Grong played a few reunion shows last year with good reports so i'm excited about seeing more of them. Good supports for the shows too - ZOND are also playing at the Old Bar show.

I haven't got the CD/DVD yet but i hear it really goes beyond the usual lazy re-issue. The DVD is chocked with interviews and live footage that none or most GG fans had ever seen before. I know of a couple of people travelling south from Sydney and Brisbane for this which is a sign that this band is better than this poster would suggest. Also worth mentioning for those who like to boogie for the Old Bar show, Mr. TJ Honeysuckle is Dj'ing. He's assured me to take a good dig through his old records and find the filthiest mess he can. I look forward to seeing this.

December 01, 2009

Spooky Fest

Spooky Fest ruled, i took a bunch of photos, here's some favourites-

DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS - First show back in Australia from their Euro tour

GENTLE BEN & HIS SENSITIVE SIDE

THE STABS

SIX FOOT HICK

Melbourne loves the Hick - that really isn't my hand, though i have an idea whose it is

The 6 Ft. Hick set on sunday with The Jacknives was good too, i dj'd with my brah's Jack and Jimi- the Pissing On The Mainframe dj's. Request us for your next birthday or banquet!

November 25, 2009

Spooky Records Presents...

Spooky Records is having their 10 year anniversary this saturday at the TOTE- lots of bands, beer and a free BBQ!

October 15, 2009

The Stabs new album Dead Wood

The Stabs have just released their second album entitled "Dead Wood", it's out on Spooky Records. Really excited to see it finally come out.

They've got their Album launches real soon, which are also Witch Hats EP launches for Sydney and Brisbane.

Melbourne Album Launch 30th of Oct @ The Tote w/ Witch Hats + The Saddests

Brisbane Albums Launch 13th of Nov @ The Clubhouse w/ Witch Hats

Sydney Album Launch 20th of Nov @ The Sandringham w/ Witch Hats

Then Spooky Records' 10th Birthday Patrty @ The Tote 28th of November

29 Nov @ THE NATIONAL HOTEL Geelong with Lightning Bolt and Grey Daturas

October 11, 2009

The Stabs film clip/The Hard Ons @ Corner

The Stabs mansion over in Prahran for the taping of their film clip for "Split Lips".

They played a few songs as well.

Useless Children and The Hard Ons at The Corner Hotel

September 17, 2009

Videos! Part 1

Yeah! whack out the milo tin- it's movie time!!

I filmed all these on my camera, wanted to put them up before but my internet was a dead horse.

BED WETTIN BAD BOYS
Live at Dirty Shirlows - Marrickville, Sydney

JAMES ARTHUR'S MANHUNT
Live at Melbourne Flip Out - Corner Hotel, Melbourne

LATE ARVO SONS
Live at The Birmingham - Collingwood, Melbourne

ROYAL HEADACHE
Live at Sydney Flip Out - Manning Bar, Sydney

THE STABS
Live at Sydney Flip Out - Manning Bar, Sydney

OOGA BOOGAS
Live at Sydney Flip Out - Manning Bar, Sydney

DICK DIVER
Live at Melbourne Flip Out - Corner Hotel, Melbourne

If you want to see the whole Dick Diver set at Melbourne Flip Out- go to Fan Made Recordings

September 04, 2009

JAMES ARTHURS MANHUNT @ The Tote

CHINESE BURNS

THE STABS

JAMES ARTHURS MANHUNT

This evening we have Super Wild Horses, Late Arvo Sons and The Focus(LAST SHOW!) at Irenes Warehouse. 8pm. Do make it down if you can...

"This friday Sept 4th. Brunswick Arts Space. 4 Hope St Brunswick. 8PM. ALL AGES. With Super Wild Horse and Al Montfort's interpretive dance piece to TVP's ''Picture of Dorian Grey''. Will have 150 copies of our final release, recorded last week, as well as our old 7's for real cheap (median price $3 each). Come party the night before Flip Out..."

oh and this afternoon Goodnight Loving are playing a FREE instore gig at OFF THE HIP Records..... check it out here

If you're not down with that then go to The Tote at 6pm today! Leon aka Vernon from The Sailors/Ooga Boogas and Mikey Young of Eddy Cuz and Ooga Boogas are spinning some sweet records and giving you deliciously free pizza.

Flip Out SATURDAY the 5th!

Also, tonight James Athurs Manhunt is playing a few tunes at Pony at 2am

September 03, 2009

JAMES ARTHURS MANHUNT

Tonight in the Cobra Bar(Upstairs from the Tote!):

James Arthurs Manhunt

The Stabs

Chinese Burns

Who is James Arthur?
What is a manhunt?

James Arthur is a Texan hick who spent a lotta time as the driving force behind some of the best '90s underground garage/punk/psych bands -- Fireworks, Necessary Evils, Feast of Snakes and the Golden Boys, among others -- recording for all the hippest labels of the day like Crypt, In The Red, Sympathy, even appearing on fine Aussie imprints Au-go-go and Dropkick. He's been dormant for a while, distilling a toxic brew of psychedelic noise in the basement of his ranch in the Hill Country outside of Austin.

He's just got together a new band, JAMES ARTHUR'S MANHUNT, and has recorded an LP for Australian taste-makers Aarght! Records. We are proud to bring you the first such JA foray in some time. We brought you Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the Ooga Boogas, UV Race and Super Wild Horses so you know damn well you should listen to it. Manhunt will be touring Australia in August & September of this year in support of the LP, playing at both Flip Out Festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, with a handful of side shows.

We don't know what a manhunt is. James is kinda gay.
Which is cool and all, and ballsy for a Texan.

$10. 8.30pm

August 30, 2009

Flipped Out, Sydney

If you saw my drunken ass in Sydney over the weekend, you'd know i had big fun. To anyone i chased, hassled, fought, kissed or took photos of, you're all total dudes. It was a good time and fast approaching is Flip Out in Melbourne at The Corner Hotel. If i scammed beer or ciggarettes out of anyone, hit me up this saturday. I took over 1000 photos throughout the weekend. For me, The Ooga Boogas at Flip Out and Teen Archer at the afterparty at Oxford Arts Factory were my favourite sets. Also James Arthurs Manhunt, really wish i could have stayed in Sydney one more night to see them, Pink Reason and Carborator.

This is a bunch of photos i took from thursday to sunday. Thank you's to Emilyrose, Nathan and Jez for their hospitality and friendship. Lukus for driving us to the airport. Also Jimi's mum for a fantastic lunch today.

Click on the photos to see them big.

Jimi. On the way to Melbourne Airport.

Reading material for the plane.

My buddy DREWFUNK has a show on in Sydney at the moment, if you can- check it out at Oh Really Gallery. Cool space, it's out on Enmore road. I went to the opening and then to this bar on Oxford St called Ching-A-Lings. If you don't have anything nice to say (about Ching-A-Lings), don't say anything at all. basically.

Headed to Repressed Records before it shut. Got some nice records.

Back to Newtown, records and goon in the early morn.

Friday was spent drinking beers at the Clare and buying records at Egg and Utopia. Friday night was the Pink Reason Show at Dirty Shirlows then James Arthurs Manhunt at Louies, i actually slept there. It was great, however the daytime drinking and seeing ma friendo's from Melbourne arrive made me giggly. How sick were BED WETTIN' BAD BOYS. I love my shirt. Thanks to Joey Suck It for writing on it, and then drawing a dick on my chest. What a buddy.