Month: July 2013

What’s Cool and Unusual – 31st July 2013

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Thu 1

Lamps, Hibernian House, 342 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Doors 7:00 pm, first act 7:30pm $10 ALL AGES
Ears Have Ears, FBi Radio Presents #3 feat:

THOMAS WILLIAM VS SCISSOR LOCK
KNITTED ABYSS
HORSE MACGYVER

  • Ears Have Ears Djs

Ears Have Ears, FBi’s weekly experimental music program presents the third in a series of live shows bringing together some of Australia’s most exciting experimental musicians to perform in some of Sydney’s more unique venues.

Ears Have Ears Presents #3 features three acts at the forefront of Sydney’s experimental and independent music community under various guises.

THOMAS WILLIAM VS SCISSOR LOCK

Thomas William Vs Scissor Lock is the collaborative project of Tom Smith and Marcus Whale.

Tom is a mainstay of Sydney’s experimental music scene – a curator, teacher and musician, most recently releasing the highly acclaimed ‘Deccan Technicolour’ via Melbourne label This Thing and curating Firstdraft’s Night Depot as part of ISEA, Vivid.

Scissor Lock aka Marcus Whale is best known for his work in Collarbones (with Travis Cook) & Black Vanilla (with Guerre & Marseilles). As Scissor Lock he combines manipulated voice and feedback with laptop processing.

In duo mode, Thomas William Vs Scissor Lock create detailed soundscapes which fuse individual styles effortlessly, as realised on their excellent 2012 album ‘Jewelz’ via New Weird Australia and 2013 original contribution ‘Dreams Have Dreams’ made exclusively for Ears Have Ears radio last year.

Thomas William: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomas-William/256262611077443

Scissor Lock: https://www.facebook.com/scissor0lock

‘Jewelz’ on New Weird Australia: http://newweirdaustralia.com/projects/thomas-william-vs-scissor-lock-jewelz/

KNITTED ABYSS

Knitted Abyss is the resurrected duo of Lucy Phelan (ex NOTV, currently of Half High duo) and Anna John (Holy Balm). The pair sprung out of Sydney’s DIY scene in the 00’s – releasing small-run cassettes of unique guitar, pedal and drum machine driven audioscapes on Night People and Bumtapes before laying the project to rest some years back.

At Ears Have Ears Presents #3 Knitted Abyss play their first Sydney show in a number of years – not to be missed! We feel really honored to present this rare KA performance!!

Myspace: https://myspace.com/knittedabyss

Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Knitted_Abyss/

HORSE MACGYVER

Third on the lineup is self-proclaimed loser concrete soloist Horse MacGyver aka Tim Dwyer. Horse MacGyver’s distinctive electronic excusions have seen him billed with Witch house legends oOoOO (USA) and Butterclock (Fr) as well as Standish/Carlyon and Kirin J Callinan. Beyond his a recent cassette release, Tim is also part of Zonk Vision, an audio/visual collective making psychedelic inclusive low art.

Website: http://www.horsemacgyver.org/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/horsemacgyver

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Fri 2

107 PROJECTS – 107 REDFERN ST
8PM / $10

A DEAD FOREST INDEX (VIC) + DEVOTIONAL + BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER + SUPER GALAXIES

Unfamiliar with A Dead Forest Index? Time to familiarise yourself in an intimate show at 107 Projects with support from heart-wrenching Devotional, mind-wrenching Broadcasting Transmitter and gig debut by Super Galaxies.
Take a listen… more info below.

A DEAD FOREST INDEX – http://adeadforestindex.bandcamp.com/
DEVOTIONAL – http://devotional.bandcamp.com/
BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER – http://octopuspi.bandcamp.com/track/mandelbrots-hangover
SUPER GALAXIES- https://soundcloud.com/supergalaxies

  • music selections by Octopus Pi

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Fri 2

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

Duck Duck Chop, Making, No Art and Lenin Lennon

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Fri 2

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
7pm $5 ALL AGES

Hey everyone, we’re throwing a bit of a party at Jura books with some lovely bands.

Playing on the night is the amazing

Plus our friends from Tassie

Also playing is the dreamy

And kicking off proceedings (and hopefully singing songs about Skyrim and Enmore Rd)

Check out http://www.paperbagmusic.com.au for more info.

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Sat 3

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
$5 7pm ALL AGES

Ghost Talk, Angry Beige, Palmar Grasp & Stay Closed Minded

What’s Cool and Unusual – 24th July 2013

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Thu 25

Forenzics, 8pm
Colbourne Ave – 37-47 St Johns Rd, Glebe

Free-improv with trumpet, bass, guitar, drums. Cinematic, hypnotic and unpredictable landscapes of sound.

They are a force to be reckoned with, taking the audiences on a journey, sometimes wild and tumultuous, sometimes soothing, fragile and hypnotically beautiful.

https://www.facebook.com/events/140602479478028

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Thu 25

Mu-Meson Archives is at the Corner Parramatta Rd and Trafalgar St Annandale, at the back of King Furniture Building in Trafalgar st up the steel staircase (OR IS IT ALUMINIUM?). Phone 9517-2010
Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10

Meson Master Class
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: Unforgettable Characters Book Launch and Talks.
Author Michael Spann will discuss the recently republished ‘William S. Burroughs Unforgettable Characters’ focusing on Burroughs’ Mexican lawyer, Bernabe Jurado (whose work ensured Burroughs only served 13 days for the shooting of his common law wife {champion?}, Joan Vollmer) and the infamous narcotraficante, Lola ‘La Chata’ (who appears as Lupita in a host of Burroughs’ work). Author Jack Sargeant on WSB and sound. Plus: A rare and special film screening.

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Thu 25

The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
SAD CLUB #2 / 10 BUCKS

LIVE:
NAMINE (‘CELESTIAL LOVE’ ALBUM LAUNCH)
GOLDEN BLONDE

PLUS:
SAD TEEN POETRY (+ OPEN MIC!)
DJ UNBREAK MY HEART
THE SADDEST PROJECTIONS IN THE WORLD

Teenaged emotional house diva Namine’s debut album “Celestial Love” (Bossman Records) is a Wagnerian outpouring of pathos if ever I saw one and we are ever saddened to launch his epic trance ballads in live form.

Joining Namine are sad sacks Golden Blonde who are soon releasing their debut album, “Gwen” on Tenzenmen.

Opening up the night we have a devastating lineup of writers revisiting the saddest, most embarrassingly overwrought poetry of their youth. There’ll be an OPEN MIC section for this, post in the event or sign up on the night for the opportunity to shed the very fabric of your soul onto an unsuspecting public.

All this on a Thursday, the saddest night of the week.

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Fri 26

Mu-Meson Archives
Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10

I’m totally Wired
Mark E. Smith and the History of the Fall
Would you believe that The Fall IS John Peel’s favorite band? Tonight we explore the life of Mark E. Smith and the ever changing line up of The Fall. Probably the most uncompromising act to be spawned in Britain and definitely one of the finest examples of musical outsider art.

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Fri 26

Red Rattler, 5 Faversham St, Marrickville
$10 8pm

Octopus Pi & Lost Race Records (QLD) are stoked to collaborate in presenting a night of solid, dual-city music. We don’t get Cobwebbs & Nite Fields around these parts too often so put this in your calendar!

COBWEBBS (QLD) – https://www.facebook.com/cobwebbbbs
Brisbane hypno-tsunamic of ultrasonic noise. With two 7″s and one sold out 12″ LP under their belt, they bring their psychedelic pop songs to the city of Sydney, for a rare show!

NITE FIELDS (QLD) – https://www.facebook.com/nitefields
Adultered art-rock/post-punk/ambient/electronic ala a high Roland S Howard fucking a drunk Enya!

FAMILY – https://www.facebook.com/familyaus
MILKK – https://www.facebook.com/Milkk

  • LOST RACE DJs

Presented by Octopus Pi: http://www.facebook.com/octopsupi
and Lost Race Records: https://www.facebook.com/lostrace
Very cool poster by Colin J Thompson!

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Sat 27

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

MULTIPLE MAN (Bris) / MOB / MODEL CITIZEN / DJ DARK CLICHE (NOTV)

  • LIVE VISUALS BY CL!NG F!LM (AKA DAN CAPE)

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Sat 27

Broken Hive and Chatswood Youth Centre Present
1PM – 5PM
$10 on the door.

Trainwreck
“Fresh Air/Dead Lungs” Launch Tour
With Special Guests
Hearts Like Wolves
Clipped Wings
Final Frontier
Corrupt Minds
Chatswood YouthCentre

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Sat 27

62 Constitution Rd, Dulwich Hill
2pm $5 ALL AGES

School Shooting, Frame 313, Hannah Band, Ramps, Christ Fetish

What’s Cool and Unusual – 17th July 2013

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Callout

Volunteering
The Red Rattler Theatre Inc exists due to the hard work and commitment of many many volunteers.

The space is always looking for dedicated volunteers, to help staff events, and assist us to maintain and improve the theatre.

If you’re interested in being part of Sydney’s much loved creative playground please email:
****@redrattler.org

Let us know how you’d like to help.

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Wed 17

Beatdisc Records, Shop 11/181 Church Street, Parramatta
5pm FREE ALL AGES

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY // YES I’M LEAVING // PALMAR GRASP

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Sat 20

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
8pm

INFINITE VOID, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, THORAX, COLLAPSO

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Sat 20

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
5pm Entry by donation.
All funds raised will go to the Bradley Manning Support Network.

‘We steal secrets’ film screening.

‘Now, I’m going to be very candid, right? We steal secrets…’ So says Michael Hayden, the head of the CIA under Presidents Bush II and Obama. This isn’t a huge surprise: States have been keeping their own secrets and trying to steal ours for as long as we’ve had to live under them. But in 2006, they suddenly faced some competition. An international, online, non-profit organisation appeared, founded by an Australian and dedicated to providing a secure and anonymous way for those of us with access to corporate and government secrets to safely make them public.

Even before the massive historic leaks of US government data in 2010, Wikileaks had released some incredible information. Financial scandals in Iceland and Switzerland, corruption in the Kenyan Government, the membership list of the right-wing British National Party, oil scandals in Peru and our own Government’s secret list of websites which are illegal for Australians to view. Then in 2010 came the biggest release of private information in human history: 92,000 reports from the frontlines of the War on Afghanistan, 400,000 more from the War on Iraq, then 251,000 written by US Embassies around the world, including hundreds from Canberra.

‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks’ is a powerful new documentary film, written and directed by Alex Gibney (‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room’, ‘Taxi to the Dark Side’). It takes a critical look at the organisation and the two people most closely associated with it, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. Featuring interviews with Assange, Adrian Lamo, Michael Hayden and one of the Swedish womyn who made the allegations of sexual assault against Assange, as well as current and former Wikileaks volunteers, there’s a lot here to keep us informed and angry in the age of the PRISM.

What’s Cool and Unusual – 10th July 2013

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Callout

Monster Mouse rehearsal space In Marrickville near Sydenham station.
$10 an hour.
7pm-10pmish Monday to Saturday.
Cabs, drums n other gear available. Storage boxes.
Demo recording, venue, stage rehearsal and an all purpose hire space.
monstermousestudios@gmail.com
0413638668

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Fri 12

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

No Art (7″ Launch) / Unity Floors / School Girl Report / Lenin Lennon

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Sat 13

House show, Constitution Rd, Dulwich Hill
3pm ALL AGES

BITS OF SHIT, PALMAR GRASP, FRAME 313, OBAT BATUK

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Sat 13

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm // All-ages

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt / Face Command / Jackals / Dispolar

Art as Catharsis present a Black Wire fundraiser! First Jackals show!

http://artascatharsis.bandcamp.com/album/dys-closure
http://facecommand.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/jxckxlz
http://dispolar.bandcamp.com

What’s Cool and Unusual – 3rd July 2013

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Thu 4
The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St,Marrickville
7:30pm Tickets available at door.
$15/10

“Somewhat quite modern works & improvisation under a multimedia moon”
This is the first collaborative production by Sonya Holowell and Elia Bosshard, presenting explorative and obscure classical music in an interdisciplinary landscape. You will hear modern works placed alongside improvisation in a fresh setting that calls upon visual and movement-based experimentation.
‘Cache In Point’ delivers music freed from traditional confines to bring forth deeper dramatic possibilities.

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Cello solo Son. #1 | Kodály

Zyia | Xenakis

Piano Son. #1 | Vine

Jane Grey | Schoenberg

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Pierrot Lunaire (1ste Teil) | Schoenberg

Tip-of-the-tongue-dance (solo piccolo) | Stockhausen

–Surge– improv duo

There will be a bar!
Underage entry permitted.

Produced by Sonya Holowell and Elia Bosshard

Featuring: Elia Bosshard | Sonya Holowell | Pat Keith | Ivan Cheng | John Napier | Dean Kennedy | Jonathan Holowell | James McCaffrey | Liam O’Keefe

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Fri 5

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

HOSTILE OBJECTS, HYGIENE, RAPTRZ, ONE TAKE…EARTHQUAKE!

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Sat 6

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES $15

ENABLER (USA)/URNS/SNAKES GET BAD PRESS/THE FEVERED/ETHER RAG

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Sun 7

Black Wire Records, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm $10 ALL AGES

Corpus / Those Things! / Bare Bones / True Gentlemen

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Mon 8

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES entry by donation

Peter Black, Xiao Zhong and Mr. Beautiful