Gig Guide

Free Time launch their debut album this fri 24th May at the Tote. Formed in New York in the summer of 2012 Free Time is the new vehicle for the songs of Dion Nania (Panel of Judges), but also features the talents of Adrienne Humblet, Jonah Maurer and Mike Mimoun.. The album is released worldwide on sweet label Underwater Peoples (twerps, real estate etc) May 28. Recorded in Brooklyn by Jarvis Tarveniere (woods) with some mixing and extra tracking by Jack Farley. The new record and video for 'I lost again' has been receiving lots of love from the internet, with premieres on Pitchfork and Spin. Its just Dion briefly back in Melbourne for this show, so Ian Wadley, Julian Patterson and Jon Michell are filling out the band, in fine style. Free Time will be touring the states in June, this is the last chance to see them til who knows when, and the very first chance to get yr mits on their new LP.

Known over the years for their blistering sonic meltdowns and fuzzed out riffs, LITTLE KILLING, make a welcome return to the live scene with a free afternoon show at the Tote Front Bar.
Opening the afternoon are newcomers HOLY LOTUS who are gaining a reputation for their krautrock inspired rhythms, dreamy keyboards and dizzy harmonies.
Free entry and Free BBQ
http://vacantvalley.bandcamp.com/album/little-killing-petes-song-ep-cd
www.myspace.com/littlekilling
www.facebook.com/holy.lotus.music

****NEW DATE****
Cinemaniacs and Fangoria are proud to present...
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II featuring The Tarantinos!!!
You are invited to a sleep over! But don't expect to make it home in one piece!!
There will be a screening of the rock'n'roll splatter sequel to Amy Holden's masterpiece "Slumber Party Massacre" (produced by maverick Roger Corman) starring that chick from "Wings" and featuring some Go-Gos esque bubblegum pop, boobs and bloodshed aplenty!
After the movie, we will be treated by The Tarantinos, a band purely dedicated to performing tunes from cult favorites "Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction", "Kill Bill" and more!
There will be drinks galore, including exotic cocktails for your alcoholic pleasure!
So girls (and boys) come in your sexy, frilly, cutesy, dirty, sleazy, hyper-girly, pretty pretty lingerie, teddys, panties or nightgowns and don't forget to gore ya self up a plenty! This night will be a celebration of the flesh in all it's beauty and gory glory!
All proceeds will go to making Cinemaniacs a biger better entity, ensuring you horror hounds are dished up loads of monster treats later down the track! Invite everyone you know!

http://www.acmi.net.au/scream-again.aspx
http://www.facebook.com/cinemaniacsmelb

Their second headline show of the year sees The Good Morrows bring their garage psychedelia to the Tote band room for a night expected not to disappoint. Catch The Good Morrows on Saturday the 25th of May for an evening of upbeat reverb drenched bliss. Supports come from Going Swimming and Amanita.

Impervious to classification and intricate in definition, Jantina and her troupe of travelling journeymen continue to sculpt a repertoire of unique vignettes both fluid in form and intimate in substance.Originating in Perth as an unadorned songstress, Jantina took her show on the road with a series of dates and residencies in Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, bolstering her act with the addition of various accompanying and accomplished musicians along the way.
On 26th of May Jantina and the Jaguars are performing at The Tote. Also that evening The Melanomads, and The Dead Elected will be gracing the stage with their Dirty rock. Forget Monday and come to the Tote to Party hard & finish off your weekend with a loud bang!

So, our 'long awaited' residency is happening in May at The Tote, EVERY MOTHER FUCKING WEDNESDAY.
And guess what!? There are FIVE MOTHER FUCKING WEDNESDAYS in May.
Boom!
1st - Velcro & Big Tobacco
8th - Chook Race & Ross De Chene Hurricanes
15th - Store Bought Cool & Autoportraits
22nd - The Bonniwells, The Pink Tiles & Seesaw
29th - Grand Prismatic & The Ocean Party
Come get some clits up in your face.

Super Wild Horses will launch their new album Crosswords in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane this May.
Catch Super Wild Horses at Goodgod Small Club in Sydney on Friday 10 May, Black Bear Lodge in Brisbane on Friday 17 May, The Bird in Perth on Saturday 25 May, and The Tote in Melbourne on Friday 31 May.
Available from Friday 5 April 2013 via Dot Dash / Remote Control, Crosswords is Super Wild Horses second full length release and the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut Fifteen.
Super Wild Horses are Melbourne duo Amy Franz and Hayley McKee. Formed in 2009, the pair have carved a name for themselves locally and internationally as leaders among the lo-fi garage / DIY scene currently exploding out of Australia. The pair stitch together a patchwork of guitar, drums and keys over dual harmonies and sparse arrangements.
Employing a similar recording process to their critically lauded debut album Fifteen, which was recorded and produced by Mikey Young of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Total Control, Super Wild Horses bunkered down in the country over 2012 to completeCrosswords. Loading up a van with instruments, recording gear and engineer Jack Farley (Twerps, Beaches, St Helens), they travelled just past Castlemaine, Victoria and created their own temporary studio in an unused butter factory.
22 tracks were initially recorded over three days, but instead of relying on a purely live recording limited to the sound they could make as a two-piece, they decided to flesh out the songs with some extra instrumentation, percussion and vocals at Transient Studios in Northcote with the help of friends Liam Kenny (Bitch Prefect, Peak Twins) and Rick Milovanovic (Boomgates, Twerps).
Crosswords is the follow up to Super Wild Horses assured debut album Fifteen, which was released in mid 2010. Fifteen was named 'Album of the Week' by Australian community radio stations Triple R, FBi and RTR, and was released in the US on respected Chicago label HoZac Records. Following the release of Fifteen, Super Wild Horses toured the USA in September 2010, including a slot at the venerable Goner Fest in Memphis Tennessee. Back home, their on-stage energy has put them on festival stages including Big Day Out, Golden Plains and Sydney Festival, and has earned them invitations to tour with the likes of Best Coast, Foo Fighters, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Drones, Thee Oh Sees, Pond, Dum Dum Girls and Ty Segall.

TICKETS HERE: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

Winter is a harsh temptress; a conjurer of wind and rain. You need protection. You need Sheriff. Here to protect you from the wild of the city streets, the three-headed beast that is Sheriff will warm your brittle bones with a fiery Saturday afternoon residency at the Tote throughout June. Featuring special guests Batpiss (1st), My Left Boot (8th), Spermaids (15th), The Berkshire Hunting Club (22nd) and Wicked City (29th), this will be your last chance to catch Sheriff before they bunker down back in the studio! With free entry from 4pm, come in and join the party where it's toasty and warm!

Mark Monnone has put in some long hours and some even longer miles to finally touch down at the debut Monnone Alone album Together At Last.
Recorded by Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) at his storied Brooklyn studio Marlborough Farms, Together At Last goes some way to logging Monnone's travels, both physical and metaphysical; from topiarian hallucinations at New York's medieval cloisters to using London's buses as a furniture removal service, these are brief urban accounts told with one eye for the absurd and one for the mundanely beautiful.
Having co-founded The Lucksmiths back in 1993, and with his buoyant melodic basslines a striking feature of the band's sound, Mark Monnone was also handy as the band's pinch hitter songwriter and was responsible for such radiant moments as 'Take This Lying Down' and 'T-Shirt Weather'. Since The Lucksmiths' demise in 2009, Mark has continued to sharpen the focus on his songwriting, first stepping out on his own in 2011 with the single Pink Earrings.
Together At Last is helmed by Monnone's guitar strum and warm non-singerly vocal and features backing instrumentation from the semi-regular Monnone Alone live band of Connal Parsley (Your Wedding Night, bass) and Gus Franklin (Architecture in Helsinki, drums) with extra flavour added by friends from Crystal Stilts, The Aislers Set, Ruby Suns and The Clean.
PRE-SALES HERE: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

Hollow Everdaze combine a sense of ruralism with youthful exuberance to create music which is both idyllic and harsh. Their soon to be released debut album was recorded at Birdland studios and produced by Lindsay Gravina (Hungry Ghost, Cosmic Psychos and Rowland S Howard). Come join them at the Tote's 'Cobra Room' every Wednesday in June with support from: Sleep Decade, Amanita, Fraser A. Gorman, Contrast, Grandstands, Tangrams and many more!

Melbourne psych pop wonders Pikelet return with the first evidence from their upcoming third album Calluses. Premiered on spin.com, teaser track Pressure Cooker is an eerie, loping marvel - six minutes of dark, dreamy post-apocalyptic shuffle - apocalysmic disco? It's a sure sign that third album Calluses, due out on Chapter Music in August, is gonna be worth the wait since 2010's AMP-shortlisted album Stem.
While not in the studio, Pikelet have spent the last few years playing with the likes of Beirut, Shellac, Dirty Projectors, Broadcast and Ariel Pink, while band focal point Evelyn Morris has drummed for the Boredoms at Melbourne Interational Arts F and even shared private jets around the country with Leonard Cohen (as a member of Clare Bowditch's band).
Now they're excited to announce a launch for Pressure Cooker at the Tote Hotel on Friday June 7, with support from Gold Tango and Superstar.
PRE-SALES HERE: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

Winter is a harsh temptress; a conjurer of wind and rain. You need protection. You need Sheriff. Here to protect you from the wild of the city streets, the three-headed beast that is Sheriff will warm your brittle bones with a fiery Saturday afternoon residency at the Tote throughout June. Featuring special guests Batpiss (1st), My Left Boot (8th), Spermaids (15th), The Berkshire Hunting Club (22nd) and Wicked City (29th), this will be your last chance to catch Sheriff before they bunker down back in the studio! With free entry from 4pm, come in and join the party where it's toasty and warm!

Single? Looking for men with beards in black t-shirts? Don't like conversation? Prefer to face an illuminated wall in cordial silence with others? May we present you with the hottest ticket in Melbourne for your particular thing: On Saturday the 8th of June, The Nation Blue, No Anchor and Dead will convert The Tote into a veritable forrest before your very eyes.
With a resting pulse rate of 105+ The Nation Blue have finally been able to stand up, brush aside the Cheetos and leave the house after a long secluded summer. They are sweaty, uncomfortable and angry and will be diving into the lesser ventured folds of their back catalogue, as well as presenting their first new material since 2009.
Brisbane's No Anchor are so heavy they disregard the entire top half of the frequency spectrum. It's been almost 12 months since they last levelled Melbourne and they are touring on the back of their fourth masterpiece The Golden Bridge, released late last year. Come and slow mosh to square waves.
Dead subscribe to a similar guitar hate as No Anchor and the bands will be releasing a split 7" together in time for the show. They will open the night in primordial fashion dragging a colossus of force from two brutalised instruments.
Witness this live evolutionary chart as one bass-becomes-two-becomes an appallingly played guitar. Hope I don't break a string.
TIX: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

Sunday the 9th of June, Queens birthday eve. Put it in your diary. Write it on a piece of paper and eat it. Just whatever you do. Don't. Miss. This......

STRAIGHT ARROWS
Sydney legendary superstars Straight Arrows are back. With a tour of the states under their belt the four piece return just as feisty as ever; slamming out reverb-laden, catchy, fuzzed out punk garage.
GOOCH PALMS
Newcastles bratty two-piece that play a scuzzy blend of new wave, pop, rock 'n' roll and punk using only one guitar, two drums and a theremin. They like to call this mash of genres "shit-pop". Their live shows are extreme performances, notorious for nudity and antics.
THE LIVING EYES
These four dudes from Geelong have developed their own brand of surfy, garage rock are it is something truly special. Their recently released SOLD OUT self-titled debut, produced by Eddy Current Suppression Ring's Mikey young, belts out some real confident tracks of summery fuzzy sounding jams.
EARLY WOMAN
Alert. Alert. Alert. Early Woman are the new band on the block. And they are killin' it. Bjenny Montero, Hannah Brooks, Robert Bravington, Caitlin Perry collaborate to bring a new chapter of psych-rock. Their sound, described by Brooks is "fun, skewed classic rock. Sometimes we call it Goth Loaf, sometimes we call it glam reggae".
RAYON MOON
Grimey Rayon Moon are so much in demand, it's a shame they don't play more often. Live, the no-fi band belt out weirdo futuristic punk making them one of the most thrilling live bands around with their rabid vigour.
SCOTDRAKULA
Described as Melbourne's best looking band, ScotDrakula write sweaty music for sweaty people drenched in reverb, fuzz, screams and smiles. Smashing out high-energy songs to consistent crowds mirroring the same viral intensity, ScotDrakula manages to bring life back into every sole.

BITCH PREFECT DJS

This extravaganza of musical delights at The Tote will have a surprise host serving up hot to trot food on the BBQ for this Sunday-funday.

TIXXXXXX: on zee door!

LINXXXXX:
Straight Arrows: https://www.facebook.com/straightarrows
Gooch Palms: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gooch-Palms/139990812726127?fref=ts
The Living Eyes: https://www.facebook.com/thelivingeyes
Rayon Moon: https://www.facebook.com/rayonmoon
Scotdrakula: https://www.facebook.com/scotdrakula?fref=ts
Early Woman: https://www.facebook.com/earlywoman

The ever-impressive King Khan & BBQ Show returns to Australia this June!

Internationally revered, The King Khan & BBQ Show is Mark Sultan, aka BBQ; smashing snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet whilst molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel, and King Khan, who's nearing legendary status for his advanced nuttiness and unpredictability, spinning and howling like a freak while belting it out on his guitar like a masher.

They're an elite powerhouse of top-notch doo-wop/psych/R&B/R&R craziness, which has been lacking in today's world of nu-grunge and calculated "careers". They've released three critically acclaimed albums in the past six years, a mess of 45s and toured the world. The King Khan & BBQ Show culminated in Lou Reed hand picking them to perform at the Sydney Opera House. They broke up, went on hiatus and after a three year absence, THEY'RE BACK!

This is the show to beat!! A real rock'n'roll maelstrom with tear-jerking love songs, punkers, improvised riot-starters, dance-floor shakers, sing-along stompers, wild rockers - you name it. They'll drench you in raw energy and all sorts of hijinks!

The King Khan & BBQ Show is not to be missed, come and experience the magic for yourself.

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"Khan's a stupendously stylish vocalist, able to ape everybody from the Big Bopper to Otis Redding without losing a move, and Sultan's got some ear for compact arrangements and clever melodic interjections" - PITCHFORK

TIX THRU: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

The ever-impressive King Khan & BBQ Show returns to Australia this June!

Internationally revered, The King Khan & BBQ Show is Mark Sultan, aka BBQ; smashing snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet whilst molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel, and King Khan, who's nearing legendary status for his advanced nuttiness and unpredictability, spinning and howling like a freak while belting it out on his guitar like a masher.

They're an elite powerhouse of top-notch doo-wop/psych/R&B/R&R craziness, which has been lacking in today's world of nu-grunge and calculated "careers". They've released three critically acclaimed albums in the past six years, a mess of 45s and toured the world. The King Khan & BBQ Show culminated in Lou Reed hand picking them to perform at the Sydney Opera House. They broke up, went on hiatus and after a three year absence, THEY'RE BACK!

This is the show to beat!! A real rock'n'roll maelstrom with tear-jerking love songs, punkers, improvised riot-starters, dance-floor shakers, sing-along stompers, wild rockers - you name it. They'll drench you in raw energy and all sorts of hijinks!

The King Khan & BBQ Show is not to be missed, come and experience the magic for yourself.

***

"Khan's a stupendously stylish vocalist, able to ape everybody from the Big Bopper to Otis Redding without losing a move, and Sultan's got some ear for compact arrangements and clever melodic interjections" - PITCHFORK

TIX THRU: http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/

Hollow Everdaze combine a sense of ruralism with youthful exuberance to create music which is both idyllic and harsh. Their soon to be released debut album was recorded at Birdland studios and produced by Lindsay Gravina (Hungry Ghost, Cosmic Psychos and Rowland S Howard). Come join them at the Tote's 'Cobra Room' every Wednesday in June with support from: Sleep Decade, Amanita, Fraser A. Gorman, Contrast, Grandstands, Tangrams and many more!

Winter is a harsh temptress; a conjurer of wind and rain. You need protection. You need Sheriff. Here to protect you from the wild of the city streets, the three-headed beast that is Sheriff will warm your brittle bones with a fiery Saturday afternoon residency at the Tote throughout June. Featuring special guests Batpiss (1st), My Left Boot (8th), Spermaids (15th), The Berkshire Hunting Club (22nd) and Wicked City (29th), this will be your last chance to catch Sheriff before they bunker down back in the studio! With free entry from 4pm, come in and join the party where it's toasty and warm!

As one of Australia 's longest running metal bands Dreadnaught have established themselves as a cornerstone for Australian heavy rock audiences. Saturday the 15th of June sees them return to the Tote with long time friends one of Melbourne's tightest live acts, Red Sky Burial, for a night of mayhem. Also getting up to do what they do best are the gatekeepers of the eternal riff, TTTDC and blues fuelled Guzoline. Tickets are $12 on the door so dust off the winter blues and get along to Winter Blaze @ The Tote.

Hollow Everdaze combine a sense of ruralism with youthful exuberance to create music which is both idyllic and harsh. Their soon to be released debut album was recorded at Birdland studios and produced by Lindsay Gravina (Hungry Ghost, Cosmic Psychos and Rowland S Howard). Come join them at the Tote's 'Cobra Room' every Wednesday in June with support from: Sleep Decade, Amanita, Fraser A. Gorman, Contrast, Grandstands, Tangrams and many more!

Winter is a harsh temptress; a conjurer of wind and rain. You need protection. You need Sheriff. Here to protect you from the wild of the city streets, the three-headed beast that is Sheriff will warm your brittle bones with a fiery Saturday afternoon residency at the Tote throughout June. Featuring special guests Batpiss (1st), My Left Boot (8th), Spermaids (15th), The Berkshire Hunting Club (22nd) and Wicked City (29th), this will be your last chance to catch Sheriff before they bunker down back in the studio! With free entry from 4pm, come in and join the party where it's toasty and warm!

The time has come once again for Nunchukka Superfly to teach the lucky riff lovers of Melbourne another lesson! With new songs, and an artillery of tone, keeping the hipsters out will be easy! Opening the night will be Punk-Brute-Low Tone-High Energy duo 'DEAD'. Seeing DEAD live will dullen any memories you had of bands you once considered heavy and good! Tighter than Cheech Martins bong grip, and as real an accidental conception, you will be proud to say 'You know these guys are local yeah?' Then just when the hipsters thought it was ok to sneak into the Tote for a sip of cider, The Ruiner will deliver and ultra slow-mo kick to the guts! This max fuzz wall of tone gets the Tote PA singing like Pavarotti at his best mates wedding! Then Wicked City, Melbourne's premier Riff'n'Roll merchants will be unleashing a succulent preview of their brownest punk-prog, riff laden songs from their forthcoming album 'Worsted Yarn'. Wicked City have mastered the ablity to fuse heavy, catchy, progressive punk riffery without leaving you feeling like you inherited an algebra related headache. So come and indulge in the quality tone buffet that will be, THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING RIFF!!

Hollow Everdaze combine a sense of ruralism with youthful exuberance to create music which is both idyllic and harsh. Their soon to be released debut album was recorded at Birdland studios and produced by Lindsay Gravina (Hungry Ghost, Cosmic Psychos and Rowland S Howard). Come join them at the Tote's 'Cobra Room' every Wednesday in June with support from: Sleep Decade, Amanita, Fraser A. Gorman, Contrast, Grandstands, Tangrams and many more!

Winter is a harsh temptress; a conjurer of wind and rain. You need protection. You need Sheriff. Here to protect you from the wild of the city streets, the three-headed beast that is Sheriff will warm your brittle bones with a fiery Saturday afternoon residency at the Tote throughout June. Featuring special guests Batpiss (1st), My Left Boot (8th), Spermaids (15th), The Berkshire Hunting Club (22nd) and Wicked City (29th), this will be your last chance to catch Sheriff before they bunker down back in the studio! With free entry from 4pm, come in and join the party where it's toasty and warm!

Laura Imbruglia releases her third album "What A Treat" (Ready Freddie Records/MGM), produced by Melbourne's legendary Simon Grounds.
After whetting the public's appetite with singles "Why'd You Have To Kiss Me So Hard?" and the infectious "Awoooh!" (www.vimeo.com/lauraimbruglia/ awoooh), Laura is finally ready to present the other pieces of the puzzle.
"What A Treat" (which, incidentally is packaged with a fan-funded jigsaw puzzle!) heralds the expansion of Laura's sound from 3-piece to 5-piece band, introducing lead guitar and pedal steel to flesh out her arrangements.
After relocating from Sydney to Melbourne in 2010, Laura swiftly acquired some of Melbourne's finest musicians to form her band (members of Smallgoods, Ground Components & Midnight Woolf are in the mix). Together, Laura and band switch effortlessly from psych-rock to power pop to country, further enforcing Laura's reputation as a versatile, ever-changing musical enigma.
Lyrically, the songs are about unrequited love, poor decisions and the shame associated with finding oneself in recurring bad life patterns. Imbruglia's forthright style is put to good use dealing with such themes - her insights are harsh and often darkly humorous. Special guest musicians include Laura Jean, Ben Salter (The Gin Club), Seja Vogel (ex-Regurgitator), Fraser A. Gorman, Bob Harrow and Peter Lubulwa (Immigrant Union).
Ten years into her career, Laura has matured into a writer worthy of attention. "What A Treat" combines the punkier moments of "Self-Titled" (2006) and the dark country of "The Lighter Side Of..." (2010), with unabashed widescreen pop, resulting in her most accomplished album to date.

The Powder Monkeys are a legendary Australian band. Their take-no-prisoners adrenalin fuelled stage delivery is still engraved on the minds of many who saw them live. The band may never have been paid their dues but they certainly won the respect of the music community including heroes Lobby Loyde (the Coloured Balls) and Pete Wells (Rose Tattoo) who they often backed live. The Powder Monkeys toured overseas with the Hellacopters and producer Rick Rubin almost signed them to his label American Recordings in the late 1990s. While the Powder Monkeys were renowned for their intense live shows, they managed to capture their essence in great four-minute songs on their albums Smashed on a Knee, Time Wounds All Heels, Blood Sweat and Beers and Lost City Blues. The few covers which they played packed a punch too, including Sam & Dave's 1968 soul classic I Thank You and Chain's Black and Blue for the Dirty Deeds soundtrack and their last ever recording Black Tea for The Dogs (Detroit group) tribute CD which appeared on a posthumous Powder Monkeys compilation Outta Control Rock n Roll on the Dropkick label in 2005. The band ended tragically in mid 2003 when Tim Hemensley died, aged 31.
Singer and bass player, Tim Hemensley was a little man with a big heart who lived for rock'n'roll. He played in his first band at age 10 and at 11 interviewed Jello Biafra for his fanzine. He spent his teenage years in the band God, along with his pals Joel Silbersher, Matty Whittle and Sean Greenway. He was a member of Bored! for a short time before forming the Powder Monkeys in 1992 with John Nolan.
Since Tim Hemensley passed away on July 21st, 2003 his parents and friends have gathered at the Tote each anniversary to share a quiet drink for Tim. The music lives on, the Powder Monkeys songs are regularly blaring out of the Tote juke box. This year marks ten years and it is going to get even louder.
The Tote will host a huge day of live rock and roll over two stages with many bands Tim was friends with and loved including Hoss, Seminal Rats, Bored!, Power Line Sneakers (making their debut featuring John Nolan, Sly Splatterhead and Katie Dixon), The Casanovas, The Spazzys, The Onyas, Hits (Brisbane), Digger & the Pussycats, Wrong Turn, Fortress of Narzod, Leadfinger (Sydney) and The Undecided.
There are also a couple of younger bands the Powder Monkeys inspired but Tim never had the opportunity to see, but those close to him agree he would approve. The Swedish Magazines started a Powder Monkeys cover band, and singer Jack Davies of the Bitter Sweet Kicks awarded the Tim Hemensley medal for being the most rock on ground at last year's Community Cup footy match.
At the end of the night surviving members of the Powder Monkeys, guitarist John Nolan and drummer Timmy Jack Ray will share the stage with guest singers and musicians to perform a set of Powder Monkeys songs. Lined up so far is Joel Silbersher, Matty Whittle, Adalita, Dave Hogan, Roman Tucker, Sly Splatterhead, Spencer P Jones, Dick (Hits) and more to be announced.
The Powder Monkeys' debut album from 1993, Smashed On A Knee (originally released on the Dog Meat label), will be reissued in July by Freeform Patterns through Fuse Music. Newly remastered by Mikey Young, giving it the punch it always needed, featuring three bonus tracks and a 16-page booklet with previously unpublished photos and liner notes by Deniz Tek, Joel Silbersher, Mike Mariconda, David Laing and Dave Lang. A vinyl edition will follow later in the year along with the reissuing of their second album Time Wounds All Heels.
The annual Hemensley Cup footy match will kick off the day's celebrations at Victoria Park in Abbotsford from 11am with two short matches including a ladies' game. Tim Hemensley hated AFL but enjoyed the Community Cup.
This event (including the footy match) is proudly part of the Leaps and Bounds festival, which celebrates the music scene within the City of Yarra. Supercharged bands such as the Powder Monkeys who regularly played the Great Britain Hotel, the Tote and across the river in the Prince of Wales Piano Bar fortify Melbourne as the live music capital of Australia.
I THANK YOU: The Powder Monkeys / Tim Hemensley 10th Anniversary Gig:
Doors 2pm, 2 stages, free BBQ
The Powder Monkeys set with guests
Hoss
Seminal Rats
Bored!
The Casanovas
The Spazzys
The Onyas
Power Line Sneakers
Hits
Digger & the Pussycats
Bittersweet Kicks
Swedish Magazines
Wrong Turn
Fortress of Narzod
Leadfinger
The Undecided
plus more to be announced
Please note: This is not the playing order, times will be revealed closer to the day.
FB EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/495792143824857/
Tickets $35 +BF from www.oztix.com.au on sale Wed 22 May 2013