What’s Cool and Unusual – 19th March 2014

Thu 20

107 Projects, 107 Redfern St, Redfern

The Spheres (Melb) + Haunts + Scissor Lock + special guests R. Electrique & Seth Rees

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Thu 20

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. Phone 9517-2010
Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10

Meson master Class
Surfs UP
Jay Katz Dj’s a set of rare surf instrumentals from around the world circa 1960s. Contemporaneously Miss Death will project surf wallpaper from the same era . Showcasing the distinct array of styles of the rock n roll instrumental, from Japan, France, Belgium, Spain, Australia the USA and more.

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Fri 21

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

Idle Minds (Melb) / Meter Men (Melb) / The Ixodes / Alf Stewart

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Sat 22

Sydney Anarchist Bookfair, Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville
10am-5pm,

In 2 weeks time, Sydney will have its first-ever Anarchist Bookfair. The lineup of stalls and speakers is looking fantastic, with visitors from around Australia and the world. Plus there’ll be a great afterparty with a mixed bill of folk, bluegrass and punk at the Red Rattler.

Anarchist bookfairs started 30 years ago in London, and have since proliferated in over 50 cities worldwide. Why have they become so popular? Why do many more people go to anarchist bookfairs than conferences or meetings? Jay Kerr, one of the bookfair organisers, discusses these questions and more in a recently published short article, Anarchist Christmas comes to Australia.

Entry to the bookfair is free (although donations are welcome!). The bookfair is a safer space, the venue is accessible, and free certified childcare will be available. It’s being organised by Black Rose Library and Social Centre, Jura Books and other Sydney anarchists. If you’re interested in helping out, volunteers are still needed on the day and to poster in the lead-up. If you can help, send an email to sydneyanarchistbookfair@riseup.net. But most importantly, come along on the day! And tell your friends (you could forward this email to them) and bring them too. All are welcome.

For the full timetable, check the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair website closer to the day: http://sydneyanarchistbookfair.com/

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Sat 22

Butterfly Mountain, Marrickville
8pm

Ether Rag, Chinese Burns Unit, Canine & Grey Places

https://www.facebook.com/events/657654600963748/

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Sun 23

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
4pm $10 ALL AGES

Roku Music (Bris) / Beast And Flood / Sounds Like Sunset

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Sun 23

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm $5

Anarchist Book Fair After Party

Steppin’ Razor, The Lurkers, Forty Five

What’s Cool and Unusual – 18th December 2013

FRI 20

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6.30pm ALL AGES

LINCOLN LE FEVRE (TAS/VIC) / BEN DAVID (SA) / BEC STEVENS (TAS/SA) / ZZZOUNDS / KOBY

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SAT 21

Monster Mouse Rehearsal Studio, Lvl 2, 21 Gerald st (Maud Ln), Marrickville
8pm $10 ALL AGES

KT SPIT
crustpop /crushpunk/emoticore

TINY ANGEL BAD BOY + $UCCESS
Chrissie themed Micro porno and the sweet sounds of $ucess

EQUALIZER 24K(Bris)
Political and devotional equalization of the universe

SIMO SOO
alien boy baby doll rapper, makes music made out of the sounds of kittens + thunder, stays up all night making magic + dreams cum true

EMILY HASSELHOOF
yr very special surreal selfie generator
GO THERE NAILS
*hyperdream nail art 4 the soul *

!!!!+++++SECRET SPECIAL SURPRISES+++++++++!!!!!

AllNitTLoNg EyECaNdY VJS:
VJ ICKY SWEET
WARREN POODLE PRECIOUS

What’s Cool and Unusual – 3rd December 2013

Wed 4

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville, 2204
7:30pm FREE!

the NOW now Festival Program Launch!

::::We’re putting on a free gig to celebrate and launch the program of the 2014 NOW now Festival so be there to see::::

Robbie Avenaim / Martin Ng
Pollen Trio
Horse MacGyver
M.O.B
Lucas Abela

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Fri 6

When: 7pm – 11:30
Entry: $5 (free sausage sizzle)
Where: Firstdraft Depot, 13-17 Riley Street
Woolloomooloo (enter via Haig Lane)

All I Want for Christmas is You
Curated by Marcus Whale

Firstdraft invites you to join us at the Woolloomooloo Depot as we herald the holiday season with a night of experimental sound works and musical performances that proclaim the hopes and tropes of pop music, enacted by some of the most dynamic Australian contemporary artists and musicians working today.

Featuring:

Celebrity fan-fiction with Catcall and Kirin J. Callinan
Samuel Bruce
Romi
Fatti Frances
Thomas William (with Jonathon Watts)
Cassius Select
Michael Salerno
O.B. De Alessi
JD Reforma
Scott Morrison & Marco Cher-Gibard

Curated by Marcus Whale

Pop music is an arena for the spectacular intersection of the common and the divine. So as we have branded and adorned ourselves with religious devotion, these gods and goddesses that captivate and elevate us are fantastic constructions that chant ideological slogans from ineffable, mediated stages. As Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and countless others play out mythical intimacies in their music (and their twitters), we, the listener and the fan, create the atmosphere of simulacra that provides sustenance for pop stardom. In one sense, fan clubs – Rihanna Navy, Directioners, Beliebers – enslave their ghostly icons, coveting and re-constructing the minutiae of their every recorded act in globalised acts of fictionalisation. The pop identity is thereby splintered or refracted millions of times through mass dissemination, ever organically developed and respawned atop and away from its source.

So too, artists remix and appropriate the mystic syllables of pop music – Marco Cher-Gibard glitches the tiniest of a cappella R&B cut-ups into android visions, while Michael Salerno delineates Hanson’s haunted interior with technological decay. Others interrogate and embody the exceptional conditions of pop music performance. Fatti Frances’ replication of a pop live show’s widescreen production presents the methods of iconic performance removed from their grand context and miniaturised into a sensual assault. Meanwhile, the flood of correspondence between, towards, among and outward from the endless circles of fan communities breathes the very life into these enormous personal brands, these religions to which we attach our hearts.

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Sat 7

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm $8

RED RED KROVVY
OILY BOYS
SNOTTY BABIES

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Sat 7

What: Corpus/Sail On! Sail On! 7” Launch – w/ Oslow & Ted Danson With Wolves
Where: The West Ryde Conservatorium of Punx, West Ryde (more information will be available closer to the date)
https://www.facebook.com/events/614553901913610
How Much: $5 Entry
How: The West Ryde Conservatorium of Punx is only a 5 minute walk from West Ryde Station, Victoria Rd Bus stops and there is plenty of parking in the surrounding areas.

SET TIMES:
Corpus – 10:30pm
Oslow – 9:30pm
Ted Danson With Wolves – 8:30pm
Doors at 7pm

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Sat 7

King St Theatre, 644 King Street ( Cnr Bray St), Newtown
Doors open 6:30
hands on action begins 7:30

Wheel Of Crap

hi folks,

we’ve put together a bundle of entertainment bamboozlement to whack your senses into shape. The night will be hosted by Mr. Nicholas Simon Capper and ‘Dizzy bility’ and this will be the first of hopefully many to come events showcasing homegrown artistic diversity harboring ‘open mind-fulness’. There will be LIVE acts and a group exhibition. Teaming up with the hands on delight-fulness of Reverse Garbage you will get to watch a show, be involved in the creative production, and walk away empowered with the tools to live more sustainably.

BYO CRAP (stuff you’d throw away),your IMAGINATION, SENSITIVITY and expect the unexpected.

your perceptions will be pressed upon – experientially learning will be in order… or rather chaos.

much love.

Featuring:
Justice Yeldham (Lucas Abela)
Girl Plus Boy Equals Art (Bravo Child and Alphamama)
Matt Cornell
D A Carter
Sy Browne (from Golden Orb)
Matty Grey

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Sun 8

Blacktown Masonic Centre, 30 First Avenue Blacktown
Doors: 3pm Entry: $15 ALL AGES

BROKEN HIVE RECORDS PRESENTS

MAKE THEM SUFFER
STORIES
AVERSIONS CROWN
ELEGIST
GRAVES
GLORIFIED

What’s Cool and Unusual – 30th October 2013

Wed 30

The Silent Hour @ the general store
The General Store (Level 2, 77-83 William Street, East Sydney)
8pm, $25

The Silent Hour is an intimate evening dedicated to meditative composition through electroacoustic and audiovisual explorations.

Featuring:
Marihiko Hara
Maputo
Steffan Ianigro

http://www.thesilenthour.the-generalstore.net/

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Fri 1

107 Projects, 107 Redfern Street, Redfern
7.30pm ALL AGES

Valley Spirit Launch

The launch of a small online record label called http://valley-spirit.com/

To celebrate this and to launch the first releases we’re having a gig with a bunch of awesome Sydney musicians.

Featuring:
JEREMY TATAR
PIMMON
CAPE NORTH
COMMANDANT
SHISD

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Fri 1

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Infinity Broke (Jamie Hutchings/Bluebottle Kiss) / Ted Danson With Wolves / Trent Marden (The Holy Soul)

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Fri 1

Django Bar, 19 Marrickville Rd, Sydenham
$10 8pm(?)

Darth Vegas, Bat Hazzard

Not sure if Django Bar is a legal venue or not but hope to go to this and find out 🙂

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Sat 2

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

CHINESE BURNS UNIT (Album Launch) / AMATEUR DRUNKS / CANINE / OBAT BATUK

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Sun 3

SUNDAY DUB CLUB
Sydney Park, Sydney Park Rd, Saint Peters
10am

What’s Cool and Unusual – 25th September 2013

Thu 25

The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham St. Marrickville
Entry by $5 donation.

Come play video games, board games and chill out to some sweet music.

They’ll be hooking up a PS2, PS3, N64, Wii, and an Xbox360 to projectors and TVs.

Small World, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride (Europe),
Risk, Risk 2210 A.D., Spartacus,
Munchkin, Scrabble, Twister, Chess,
Time Lord Monopoly, and a bunch of other games.

Feel free to bring your own games too.

DJ Gatski will be spinning tracks from 7 till Midnight.

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Sat 28

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6pm ALL AGES

Ben David (S.A) / Dan Cribb (W.A) / Isaac Graham / Ranger Spacey / Koby Geddes

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Sat 28

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm

The Native Cats,TV Colours, Four Door, Ruined Fortune

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Sun 29

Jura Books, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
4pm ALL AGES $5

SAFE HANDS / MACHINA GENOVA / CANINE / BAD DEEDS

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Mon 30

107 Projects (107 Redfern St, Redfern)
$10/$8 7pm

:::::”””””:::: MONICA BROOKS ::::::””””””:::::
Playing solo pianos

::::::”””””:::::: KELL DERRIG-HALL::::::”””””:::::
Doing some instrumental thingbomidies

https://soundcloud.com/kell-derrig-hall

::::::”””””::::: POWER MOVES :::::::”””””::::
Turnted out wonk shop hip hop
EP is coming out on dream damage records tomorrow for free download
http://www.polaroidsofandroids.com/reacharounds/power-moves-selfish/7353.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/POWER-MOVES/496795310385810

What’s Cool and Unusual – 14th August 2013

Wed 14

TSH w/ Ion Pearce + Julian Day + Andrew Tuttle + Live&Direct
Level 2, 77-83 William St, Darlinghurst
8pm, $10

She’s BACK.. elegantly composed! For those of you who appreciate the beauty of sound and symphonic textures. The Silent Hour is an intimate evening dedicated to electroacoustic and audiovisual composition.

Established in 2011, TSH is one of its kind and has presented Internationally acclaimed artists in the field of electroacoustic and audiovisual explorations such as Daniel Blinkhorn, Axel Singer, Chihei Hatakeyama, minamo, Greg Haines, Spartak, Pollen Trio, Ollie Bown, Seaworthy, Fourcolor, Pimmon and Moskitoo in the heart of William Street East Sydney.

Featuring Wednesday the 14th of August are local sensations Ion Pearce and Julian Day along with Brisbane artist touring his new release 4064, Andrew Tuttle.

Ion Pearce:
http://www.kunstradio.at/BIOS/pearcebio.html

Julian’s Day
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/program/saturdayeveningconcert/presenter/

Andrew Tuttle
http://andrewtuttle.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/412127165569830

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Thu 15

2SER’s Live at the Loft with HOLY BALM
The Loft UTS (15 Broadway, Ultimo)
5pm, FREE

Live At The Loft returns to the UTS Loft Bar on Broadway in August with the one and only Holy Balm.

Throbbing pulses, icy synths and a big nod to NY’s post-disco punk ethic, we’re figuring this Sydney electronic trio will happily be losing control when they play 2SER’s Live At The Loft on Thursday August 15 at 5pm.

You can hear the whole set on air live or come down to be in the audience for the broadcast.

https://www.facebook.com/events/467001523396863

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Thu 15

1/4_inch presents Andrew Tuttle, Peter Blamey and HU
Yours and Owls, 95a Crown Street, Wollongong
8pm, $5

1/4_inch presents Andrew Tuttle, Peter Blamey and HU at Yours and Owls Thursday August 15th from 8pm.
Be prepared glitch, error, rich textures, intimate sound scapes. $5 on the door.

Feat;;;;
Andrew Tuttle
http://andrewtuttle.bandcamp.com/album/4064

Peter Blamey
https://soundcloud.com/pblamey/surfur

HU
//Aaron Hull and Greg Hughes\

https://www.facebook.com/events/364576203670966

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Fri 16

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6pm ALL AGES

Isaac Graham (Album Launch) / The Shadow League (Melb) / Lincoln Le Fevre (Tas) / Pinch Hitter / Jack Reilly /

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Fri 16

Skunkworks, 46 Fitzroy St, Marrickville
8pm? $? ALL AGES

Gay Paris, Totally Unicorn, Berkshire Hunting Club, The Chorus Girls

All proceeds donated to ‘The Ride to Conquer Cancer”

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Sat 17

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
Doors 6:30pm, entry $10, AA and BYO.

The Reverend Jesse Custer
Snakes Get Bad Press
Thorax
Postal
Jackals

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Sat 17

Orbital Quartet + SAAN @ 401
401 Hibernian House
8:30pm, $10, BYO

8:30 – Orbital Quartet
‘Orbital Quartet’ is an alluring blend of improvisation, ambience and unique composition, making for a distinct and original sound. Drawing influence from jazz, minimalism, rock and world music, this group offers an engaging listening experience for anyone.

Julia Reidy – Guitar
Mary-Christina Rapp – Cello
Harry Day – Drums
Dave Allen – Keys

9:30 – SAAN
SAAN’s improvised soundscapes develop slowly – moving from a delicate nothing to often roaring heights. Come get lost with us.

Novak Manojlovic – Piano
Chris Bourgeois – Guitar
Drew Bourgeois – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/events/658431954184483