Waax, Northcote Social, Melbourne
The Brisbane punk rockers hit the stage in Melbourne to delight crowds with their thrashing, energetic music to whip the crowd into a frenzy.
Behind the lens Lewis Nixon.
Vera Blue
The Forum, Melbourne
Ethereal and divine Vera Blue takes her Lady Powers to the stage in Melbourne, impressing the crowd with her bigger production and gorgeous costuming, proving that she really is a star and more.
Behind the lens Amanda Lee Starkey
Alice Glass, The Corner Hotel Melbourne
The Canadian electro-punk powerhouse, formerly of Crystal Castles. With electronic goth-pop from Zola Jesus as to open the night. Alice Glass rises from the ashes to triumph on stage in her solo shows in Melbourne at the Corner Hotel.
Behind the lens Jose Sanchez
Intertwining layers of Romani, Balkan and Celtic folk into a punk-fuelled tornado, King Of The Travellers summon the musical ghosts of yore from every corner of the globe.
We caught up with the band to find out their Top Five of Top Fives.
1. Top 5 animals to be attacked by – Our singer Nathan has been attacked by quite a few animals in his time, and could have filled this out from personal experience. He’s been bitten by a horse, a python and a possum, headbutted by a dingo, chased by an ostrich, and pecked in the face by an angry swan trying to protect its young. All valuable learning experiences and worthy of a list.
2. Top 5 dog breeds – There was no way we were ever going to whittle this list down to just 5. Labradors, Cocker Spaniels, Staffys, Glen of Imaal Terriers, St. Bernards, there’s 5 without even thinking. Oh God, Border Collies, Burmese Mountain Dogs! We can’t do it. It’s too much.
3. Top 5 ways not to be friends with your bandmates – Follow our lead, kids. Follow our lead.
4. Top 5 snacks to eat whilst being cross-examined in court – All we know is peanut brittle would not, under any circumstances, make this list.
5. Top 5 superseded scientific theories – We didn’t have time to research this list. I’m pretty sure the laws of physics don’t count any more though, right? And oxygen is actually two parts hydrogen, one part whipped butter.
Since forming on a hazy sun-drenched afternoon in North Perth, Simone & Girlfunkle’s deserving reputation has resulted in slots alongside some of Australia’s finest including Holly Throsby, Dr G Yunupingu, Wendy Matthews and All Our Exes Live in Texas.
We asked the band their Top Five Pod Casts they recommend.
Top 5 Podcasts with Simone & Girfunkle
Dear Sugars – radical empathy podcast in an agony aunt style with two beautiful authors reflecting thoughtfully on all sorts of written in problems.
http://www.wbur.org/dearsugar
How to be Amazing with Michael Ian Black – Really excellent long form conversations with folks like Ira Glass, Miranda July and Elizabeth Gilbert
http://howtobeamazingshow.com/
The Moth – Short true experiences performed live. It’s often very moving and beautiful. Laughs and tears guys. Laughs and tears.
https://themoth.org/podcast
The Greatest Generation – Because secretly our band is full of trekkies. Who doesn’t love a moral conundrum!
http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/greatest-generation
Cloudbase Mayhem – dedicated to free flight. For anyone who has ever been into hand gliding more than a little. Our drummer loves to fly and would recommend it.
http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/paragliding/podcast/
After storming stages this month in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, grunge-punk duo Black Stone from the Sun will be further showcasing tracks from their debut album Dreamalysis.
We asked the gang to weigh in their Top Five Mullet moments in music.
We have a cheeky little double-doozy in at No.1. What would a crazy couple be without a crazy couple’s hairdo? Don’t answer, it’s rhetorical. We don’t have much more to say about this subject so we’re just gonna change one word in a bunch of Ozzy’s songs to ‘mullet’. Ahem… Mullet Train, Bark At The Mullet, Mullets Bloody Mullets, Fairies Wear Mullets, Iron Mullet, Mullet Pigs, Mullet Babies, Mr. Mullet, Shot in the Mullet AND Dirty Mullets.
Let there be mullets! WA’s very own Bon Scott comes in at No.2. According to legend, the Devil himself bestowed the AC/DC frontman with the eternal gift of the mullet. Some say the hairdo was the source of his vocal power, whilst others say “The Mark of The Devil” was simply used to woo the ladies and to intimidate his competition.
Given the success of Wings, is it possible The Beatles could have achieved so much more if Macca rocked this cut back in the 60’s? We will never know. Mullet > Mop-top.
Not only was she the Godmother of Punk, she was also the nurturing mother of a mullet. Throughout her career, Joan has been a feminist icon and proved there is no inequality in mullets.
Saturday June 23 – Badlands Bar, Perth
w/ New Talk, Pat Chow, Candy Guts, The Psychotic Reactions
PVRIS, The Triffid
Brisbane
PVRIS (pronounced Paris) is an American rock band from Lowell, Massachusetts that cross a section of genres. Having supported The Amity Affliction on their 2017 national tour of Australia, PVRIS returned for headline shows.
Behind the lens Gethin Hill
Waax,
The Zoo, Brisbane
Waax band are just a bunch of punk rocking misfits from Brisbane having an awesome time on stage doing what they love.
Behind the lens Jarrad Aspden
JET
The Forum, Melbourne
Its one, two, three.. After fifteen years JET are back on stage to celebrate the mile stone album ‘ Get Born’ that lifted the Melbourne rockers to the heights of fame in the mid- nineties.
With a succession of hits there is no stopping Nic Cester as he barely draws breath to smash through the hits as they play the album in its entirety for the first time live.
‘ Last Chance’ quickly follows ‘ Are you Gonna Be My Girl’ and its onto ‘ Roll over DJ’ and before the shoe throwing crowd knows it we’re up to ‘ Timothy’ the last track on the album.
However, Nic shows no signs of slowing down and smashes through ‘ She’s a Genius’, ‘ Seventeen’, ‘ Walk’
‘ Black Hearts ( On Fire) and ‘ Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ as the die hard fans lap it up. Playing in front of a home crowd certainly has the band fired up as they deliver hit after hit, played to perfection.
Just when everyone thinks that its over, and begin to glance around the room to wait the house lights being turned up the band return to the stage with ‘ Shine On’, Bring it on Back’ and ‘ Rip it Up’ before calling it a night.
This evening Jet have been born and re-born in the space of an hour ans a half and the rockers that once posed the question ‘ Are you Gonna my girl?’ have shown the home town crowd how to rock.
Behind the lens Amanda Lee Starkey
Words by Amanda Lee Starkey
West Thebarton
Northcote Social
West Thebarton meets Melbourne’s North as the self proclaimed Rock Hydra took to the stage. The seven piece outfit giving Melbournians a reason to head outside into the brusque night air.
Behind the lens Lewis Nixon
