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What’s Cool and Unusual – 8th January 2014

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Wed 8

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm

performances by
8pm — Ben Byrne/Alice Hui-Sheng Chang/Dale Gorfinkel/Rosalind Hall/Sam Pettigrew
8:40pm — Soft Power (Andrew McLellan + Joel Stern)
9:30pm — Internet (Sîan Robinson Davies (UK) + Diego Chamy (ARG))
10:10pm — James Rushford/Joe Talia

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Wed 8

::::::::::::OPENING OF THE NOW NOW GROUP SHOW @ SNO GALLERY::::::::::::

Featuring works by Kusum Normoyle, Kynan Tan, Sarah Hughes (UK), Patrick Farmer (UK), Sally Ann McIntyre, Emily Morandini, Jon Hunter, Té & Sally Rainbow

with a super special live performance by
Marc Baron (Fr)

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Single night: $20 / $15 (conc)
3 days: $45 / $35 (conc)
FESTIVAL PASS: $85 / $65 (conc)
All available at the door each night, or for pre-purchase here http://www.dashtickets.com.au/tour/39

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Thu 9

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Lloyd Honeybrook
7:15pm — Swearz (Romy Caen + Jeremy Tatar)
8pm — Jean-Philippe Gross (FR)
9pm — Ur 1st Luv (John Wilton/Andrew Brooks/Sam Pettigrew)
9:45pm — James Oakfield
10:30 — THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA

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Fri 10

10am – 4pm — John Wilton Solo in a drain (Location TBC)

Check http://thenownow.net/festival-program/ for updates

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Fri 10

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Marcus Whale’s Noise Beep Test
7:15pm — Ivan Lisyak
8pm — Takako Suzuki (JP) + Johnny Chang (NZ)
9pm — Nevers (Jean Philippe Gross (FR) + Clare Cooper)
9:45pm — Alice Hui-Sheng Chang + Jessie Scott
10:30pm — Love Chants

11:30 – 2am — Late Night NOW now
Smack/Bang, OtherFilm and MuMeson Archive presents ‘Bad Education: new live soundtracks to vintage educational films’

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DIY PUNK and METAL Festival

BYO// CAMPING// FREE ENTRY// DONATIONS

food, market, tattoo and merchandise stalls

LOCATION DETAILS: Perrys Lookdown Blackheath NSW (25min from Katoomba) Toilets provided. No fires. No Dogs, Be aware of noise restrictions and other campers. Be safe. Clean up. Party. Bring your own camping equipment, WATER, food, alcohol, torch, and good shoes. Kids welcome with close supervision. Limited car camping.

15 min DRIVE from Blackheath Train Station. It’s a long walk, don’t bother.

DIRECTIONS:

SYDNEY http://goo.gl/maps/MR4co

NEWCASTLE http://goo.gl/maps/PKJKHCANBERRA /

MELBOURNE http://goo.gl/maps/4739H

There is no transport service to the festival. If you don’t have transport please try and organise yourself a lift using the facebook wall on this event page. It’s DIY guys!

VOLUNTEERS:
https://www.facebook.com/events/178753112328295/

Sydney Punk Rock, Anarchy & Good Times, and No Compromise presents

ether rag// The Lost Cause(tbc)// Inebrious Bastard// Riot Nine// Diggers With Attitude// Glen and the peanut butter men// Infested Entrails// VILE SPECIMEN// Ivan and The Backpackers// Black Plague Pileup// Robot Mugabe// Chaz.H.Scally// Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt// Obat Batuk// Swine// Mother Eel// Dead In The Gutter// FRAME 313// The Holiday Project// ALF STEWART// Baron Samedi// Thorax// Resist Control// Office Jerk// The Disadvantaged

set times subject to change

SATURDAY
8:00pm ETHER RAG
7:30 THE LOST CAUSE (tbc)
7:00 INEBRIOUS BASTARD
6:15 DWA
5:30 INFESTED ENTRAILS
5:00 THORAX
4:30 RIOT NINE
3:30 CHAZ. H SCALLY
3:00 GLEN AND THE PEANUT BUTTER MEN
2:30 OBAT BATUK
2:00 THE DISADVANTAGED
1:30 IVAN AND THE BACKPACKERS
1:00 THE HOLIDAY PROJECT
12:30pm ROBOT MUGABE

SUNDAY
4:30 FAT GUY WEARS MYSTICAL WOLF SHIRT
4:00 ALF STEWART
3:30 RESIST CONTROL
3:00 SWINE
2:30 MOTHER EEL
2:00 DEAD IN THE GUTTER
1:30 FRAME 313
1:00 OFFICE JERK
12:30pm VILE SPECIMEN
12:00 n BARON SAMEDI
11:30am BLACK PLAGUE PILEUP

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Sat 11

Marrickville Bowling Club (91 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville)
In Conversation: Jim Denley talks with Fran Dyson, Caleb Kelly and Ben Byrne

4pm – location tbc
Radio Cegeste (NZ)
Andrew Fedorovitch + Tony Osborne

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Sat 11

The Red Rattler 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Johnny Chang (NZ)
7:15pm — Clayton Thomas/Darren Moore/Peter Farrar
8pm — Matt Prest + Erica Englert
9pm — The Overtone Ensemble (Tim Catlin/Dave Brown/Atticus Bastow/Phillip Brophy)
9:45pm — Teen Ax
10:30pm — Pia Van Gelder

11:30pm – 2am — Late night NOW now
Daniel Green is your party host…

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Sun 12

Marrickville Bowling Club (91 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville)

1pm In Conversation with Douglas Kahn, Peter Blamey, and Emily Morandini
3pm Clare Cooper’s ‘Odds and Influence’

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Sun 12

Addison Rd Markets
9am

The NOW now @ the Markets: instrument building workshops, sound recording and radio workshops, performances and more… For kids, big and small!

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Sun 12

The Red Rattler (6 Faversham St, Marrickville)

6:30pm — Marc Baron (FR)
7:15pm — Peter Blamey
8pm — Mural (Kim Myhr (NOR)/Ingar Zach (NOR)/Jim Denley) + Kjell Bjørgeengen (NOR)
9pm — Rishin Singh
9:45pm — Té (Andrew Brooks + Kynan Tan)
10:30pm — Abrahams/Ambarchi/Avenaim (Chris Abrahams/Oren Ambarchi/Robbie Avenaim)

11:30pm – 2am — Party like it’s 1999!

What’s Cool and Unusual – 11th December 2013

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Wed 11

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Hard Skin, Oily Boys

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Fri 13

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

Los Hombres Del Diablo / Sumeru / Chroma

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Sat 14

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

Snakes Get Bad Press / Postal / Vile Ways / Xenos (Melb) / Dead Architect

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Sat 14

Sydney Steel Rd, Marrickville
7pm FREE ALL AGES

DISINTERESTED (Melbourne)
(ex- Sick Sad World)

CANINE (last show for a little while)
http://facebook.com/caninepunx

AMATEUR DRUNKS (newcastle/sydney)
http://blackwirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/amateur-drunks-cr-05

& one more tba!!

SUMMER. PUNX. BURGERS. ETC. COME.

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Sat 14

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

Octopus Pi’s Year’s End: MAKING + LUCAS ABELA + GOLDEN BLONDE + HORSE MACGYVER + NAKED MAJA (Bris) + MILKK + MISERÉ

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Sun 15

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm ALL AGES

Tim Hampshire (Melb) / Lachlan Hicks (Melb) / Josh Mann (Adl) / Adeline Pines

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Sun 15

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
64 Kingston Camperdown
6.30pm

The legendary ARTERY string trio, featuring the manic mutilator Jon Rose, the ivory intensifier, Chris Abrahams and the dutiful double bassist, Clayton Thomas perform for the first time in 10 years…

First set spontaneous improvisations to a white wall.
Second set, spontaneous improvisations to genre splatter fest of film.

ITS FREE! THE ONLY RULE IS TO RSVP….****@dodo.com.au

What’s Cool and Unusual – 3rd December 2013

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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 – 27th November 2013

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Thu 28

Maze Crescent, The University of Sydney, Darlington
7pm Free entry

Tin Shed Spots #6

There will be noise. And beauty.
This looks like the last TSS of 2013 and is set to be one of the most intense and exciting shows so far.

Guest curated by Mark Morris, owner of Bo’Weavil Recordings.

Featuring:

Brendan Walls (engines, agitated long wires, car horns, oscillators, piano)
Anthony Guerra (guitar and voice)
Nik Rizili (film work)

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Fri 29

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

MANHUNT (Bris) / STARVATION (Adl) / SHACKLES (Byr) / CANINE / GRUEL

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Fri 29

Where:
Level 3 corridor
Robert Webster Building, UNSW,
Union Rd, Kensington

When:
Friday 29 November
Saturday 30 November
7pm start both nights

CORRIDOR | C A C H E in P O I N T #2

–C o r r i d o r con nectiv it y in tog e thern es s and isol atio n–

New music concert series CACHE in POINT presents their second installment, Corridor. Curated by Elia Bosshard and Sonya Holowell a bare university corridor will be crowded by the music of Sydney’s Austin Buckett (GOLDEN BLONDE) and Andrew Ford as well as the European Avant-garde compositions of Iannis Xenakis and György Kurtag and new projected works by Marco Cheng. For fans of percussion and experimental sounds, this concert is not to be missed.

From 7pm each evening, performers Elia Bosshard (flute), Sonya Holowell (voice, 2014 Song Company Young Artist), Diana Zhang (piano), William Jackson and Yvonne Ham (Nomad Percussion) dwell in the passageway while a sound installation by Austin Buckett occupies the elevator.

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Sat 30

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

TRUST PUNKS (NZ), DOG BEACH, BRINKWORTH, MAXIMUM STRENGTH

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Sun 1

Paddington Reservoir 251-255 Oxford Street, Paddington
4pm
Entry by donation: $20 | $10 (suggestion)
Bookings, information and media requests: 0411 606 077

Recursive Space

New Music Network presents
West Head Project – Recursive Space

Rosalind Hall and Jim Denley (saxophones).
This duo presents a meeting of two instrumental and musical innovators – players from different generations who redefine their instruments. Their aim in these concerts is to go beyond instrumental redefinition and find music that resonates with redefined space – to effect a rethink of spaces through music and vice versa.

What’s Cool and Unusual – 18th October 2013

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sorry we’re late this week!

Fri 18

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

The Spinning Rooms (Melb) / The Peep Tempel / Milkk

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Sat 19

275 Victoria st, Darlinghurst, NSW
performances start at 7:30pm
arrive early for your choice of seat.
entry is $10/$5 donation
BYO.

Sedition

The second in this irregular-but-hopefully-soon-to-be-regularish series at Sedition, the Darlo barbershop/creative hub.

Featuring:
2 sets of new music from Sydney-siders:

HEARTSWIN
http://woodandwire.com.au/project/ww20-heartswin-tammuz/

and

MARCO CHENG+(tbc) (guitar)

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Sat 19

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6.30pm $10 ALL AGES

Harbourer / Have/Hold (Melb) / Summer Policy / Zzzounds

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Sun 20

Red Eye Records, 143 York St, Sydney
4pm ALL AGES, FREE

Palms

What’s Cool and Unusual – 25th September 2013

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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

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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

Li Daiguo – Music For Advertisements – 20th April 2013

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Cat #: 122TZM

Li Daiguo has carved out a niche within Mainland China that few others occupy, that of skilled improvisational artist (he has a reputation for leaving jaws on the floor, layman and critic alike), musical polymath (proficient at a dozen traditional instruments as well as a deft vocal gymnast) and dynamic live performer known for his eclectic collaborations with a rich roster of characters and ensembles, including transgressive Japanese butoh dancers, fellow all-star experimentalists and other lunatics that he meets when he is busking, an activity of which he is quite fond.

Music for Advertisements sees Li presenting a series of sonic advertisements for seven locations that the 32-year-old appreciated during his six years in Chengdu, the southwestern regional hotspot, creative hub and capital of the country’s infamous Sichuan Province.

Using instrumentation dominated by his signature pipa and erhu and accentuated by a lush arsenal that incorporates everything from the cello to artfully-placed beatboxing, Li skillfully brings the 2300-year-old city to life with this dynamic series of self-produced sonic snapshots characterized by sudden and drastic changes of emotion and instrumentation.

“Music for Advertisements is about emotions that I had and observed that were associated in my mind with things going on around Chengdu,” Li said. “Not necessarily big things or events, but just little things that you might notice and have a feeling about—like the way that traffic moves or the atmosphere in hospital hallways.”

Highlights include the chilling pipa-spiked “Green Ram Daoist Temple”; the austere beauty of “The ‘Beautiful Thai Girls’ Under the Old South Gate Bridge,” a brief cinematic sketch that uses layers of hypnotic strings to conjure images of the secretive nocturnes who congregate around the city’s ancient landmark, and “Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital”, a jaunty, fiddle-fueled effort that spins a resonant tale of mortality within its ephemeral-yet-memorable running time.

With Li as the city’s unofficial composer, Chengdu has never sounded so good. 

LI DAIGUO makes music with the following instruments: pipa, nanyin pipa, members of the huqin family (including the erhu, sihu and banhu erxian), a variety of ethnic flutes (including the hulusi, koudi, bawu, xiao and the nanxiao, the Chinese predecessor of the better-known Japanese shakuhachi), the Zimbabwean mbira, violin, viola, cello, beatboxing and overtone singing.

Based in: Dali, Yunnan, China
For fans of: John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Abing (阿炳)

School Girl Report/ xNOBBQx China Tour 2012 – 29th June 2012

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Original pangbianr article here

School Girl Report

School Girl Report来自澳大利亚新南威尔士，巴特曼斯贝，成员包括Samuel Miers（吉他）和Daniel Oakman（鼓）。通过为琴弦加料以及用特殊工具来演奏，Samuel不必使用效果器就让吉他发出了难以企及的声响，并将其带入到精彩的现场演出中。Daniel的鼓技融合着非洲音乐、未来派灵魂乐以及德国新浪潮等不同流派，让人在混乱的边缘起舞。School Girl Report的首张专辑Sister Smooth将在支持多元文化的泛太平洋厂牌Tenzenmen发行。

School Girl Report from Batemans Bay, NSW, is made up of preschool friends Samuel Miers on guitar and Daniel Oakman on drums. Samuel, with his creative use of tools amongst the strings, creates multiple layers of unique sounds without pedals, resulting in organic and exciting live compositions. It sometimes appears as if five bells are ringing on different frequencies or takes the form of a low romping drone accompanied by techno bleeps. Daniel’s drums mix African, Future Soul, and Neue Deutsche Welle styles to create innovative grooves that make the audience want to dance in ecstatic states of confusion. Syncopated beat patterns chaperone the guitar’s wild rhythmic loops to give the overall sound a delayed focus on the beat, creating a hesitating roll of sections skipping into one another.

School Girl Report’s debut album, Sister Smooth, will soon be released on the celebrated cross-cultural label Tenzenmen.

8th July 2023 – Whatever happened to this album? Slipped through the cracks somehow! If I remember correctly Sam stayed on in China for a while after this tour.

xNoBBQx

xNoBBQx是一个实验摇滚二人组，成员包括Matt Earle（吉他）和Nick Dan（鼓），他们来自悉尼和布里斯班。有评论戏称他们的音乐听上去像是“在车库里演奏那些在水里浸了14年的乐器，并用破旧的录音机录了下来。”最近几年，xNoBBQx在美国、欧洲、新西兰以及日本进行了多次巡演，2008年他们曾参加过奥斯丁的SXSW音乐节。同时，乐队成员还经营着DIY厂牌Breakdance the Dawn和黑胶厂牌Pulled Out。

xNoBBQx is a 2-piece experimental rock band from Sydney/Brisbane, Australia consisting of Matt Earle on guitar and Nick Dan on drums. Their sound has been compared to the joyous abandon of “a couple of 14-year-olds bashing instruments in the garage with record pressed down on an old tape recorder” (Cyclic Defrost). xNoBBQx has toured both nationally and internationally over the last few years throughout the USA, Europe, New Zealand and Japan. In 2008 they showcased at the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas. The members of the band also run their own independent labels Pulled Out (vinyl only) and Breakdance the Dawn.

8th July 2023 – I met Matt and Nick, who were around in the improv music scene when I was rehearsing with Hinterlandt when Hinterlandt was little more than a bedroom idea. We did play some shows, one that included an Arkestra-type affair which I’m pretty sure they both played in. There were more people on stage than in the audience that night. Both Hintelandt and Matt were part of the inspiration to start tenzenmen in the first place.