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The Age Music Victoria Awards 2014 Presents: The Return of Daddy Cool!

 

The Age and Music Victoria are proud to announce that Australia’s best-loved band, Daddy Cool, will reform to play a special one hour show to celebrate their induction into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame on Wednesday 19th November.

 

Daddy Cool front man Ross Wilson said, “As you know, although we’re all four still working musicians, Daddy Cool reforms only for very special occasions. We do get offers to play now and then, but we don’t tour and we don’t need to. This is not only a prestigious award – it’s a fun thing, getting together with other musicians, people saying nice things about us and having a few free drinks at the end of the night. That sounds like fun and that appeals to us.  Daddy Cool has always been about having fun.”

Originally formed in Melbourne in 1970 with Wayne Duncan, Gary Young, Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford, Daddy Cool’s debut single “Eagle Rock” was released in May 1971 and shot straight to number one on the Australian singles chart. It recently topped a Max TV poll of the greatest Australian songs of all time. Their 1971 LP “Daddy Who? Daddy Cool!” also reached number one, becoming the first Australian rock album to sell more than 100,000 copies.

 

The awards night will kick off at 8.30pm with MC Henry Wagons, and special guests including Russell Morris, Stonefield, and Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue) performing with musical director Pete Luscombe (RocKwiz) with the EG Allstars. Davey Lane will also perform a Jim Keays tribute and the evening will conclude with Daddy Cool’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony and concert.

 

Tickets are $50+bf to the public on sale Monday 4th August via 170Russell.com. Music Victoria members and The Age subscribers can access a special discounted ticket offer of $40+bf.

 

A limited number of corporate booths are available – please contact Music Victoria to purchase.

 

This year the Awards are proud to announce that ALH Group’s Live At Your Local has joined SAE Institute and Triple R 102.7FM as a presenting partner.

 

ALH Group State Manager, Paul Cooper, said “Our hotels provide a vibrant live entertainment option in the suburbs to cater for all tastes and liveatyourlocal.com.au is proud to be a presenting partner.”

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards 2014 will be held during Melbourne Music Week on Wednesday 19th November at 170 Russell (formerly Billboard) from 8.30pm – 11.00pm.

 

 

The publicly voted The Age Music Victoria Awards presentations will precede the concert this year. Pioneer rock music journalist Ed Nimmervoll will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Awards, which are the largest publicly voted awards in Australia with an average of 80,000 votes.

 

Public polls open online via The Age on Friday 17th October after the completion of The Age Music Victoria Genre Awards. The Performing Arts Centre, and The Age online, will also pay tribute to this year’s inductees in exhibitions leading up to the event.

 

The Awards continue their long association with the musicians’ charity Support Act Limited, donating $5 from each ticket to the organisation.

Tickets are on sale Monday 4th August for $50+bf at 170russell.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/2805/

See you all at the 2014 The Age Music Victoria Awards!

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Tago Mago announces fundraising show for soundproofing – Saturday 2nd August

Opened in 2010 by two local self-confessed ‘music nerds’, Calvin Hillis and Peter Malbourne, as an answer to the ‘black hole’ of live music in the area, Tago Mago has been at the forefront of the rejuvenation of the upper end of High St in Thornbury and has developed into an important local live music and arts hub, garnering the support of many Australian musical legends.

 

“Tago Mago has been an excellent backdrop and environment for artists, musicians, performers and audiences alike for almost four years. Their agenda is to simply have an arts and music venue where artists and musicians would not just perform, but also want to hang out at in their spare time. This has become the case for me. Melbourne cannot afford to lose yet another music venue, let alone one as sympathetic to creative process and eclectic tastes as Tago Mago are. This is a venue well worth supporting.” 
– Spencer P Jones

In 2013, Tago Mago received a noise complaint from a new resident who lived over 50 metres from the venue. Although acoustic reports indicated Tago Mago, which is on a main arterial road and in a major commercial district in the area, was not significantly contributing to environmental noise in the area, owners Calvin and Peter made significant investments to ensure the environment around the venue was not affected by the venue. These measures seemed to alleviate the complaints for 18 months.

 

Several weeks ago, one further complaint was received, and strangely a notice to quit on the 8 year lease on the building that they have invested well over $400,000 in in the last 3 years, highlighting the noise complaints as the reason.

For a small, local music venue in an area dearth of live music and arts venues, the financial burden of continual acoustical testing and improvements, solicitor fees and structural improvements weighs heavy on a break-even business that was started purely to provide the local area with a much needed social and artistic hub.

 

Local level venues of this size are becoming a rarity in modern Melbourne. Swallowed up by concrete apartment blocks and commercial interests that seems to be the priority for state and local governments. The owners of Tago Mago are at a financial dead end if they wish to continue supporting live and local arts and music. Council support has been non-existent.

 

The venue requires $23,000 in acoustical improvements to keep the venue operating compliantly.

 

Band booker Harley McLeod states, “We’re in a position where the only support we get for continuing to operate as a venue supporting local music and arts is from patrons, local artists and bodies such as Music Victoria and SLAM. Sadly, when faced with situations such as these, in today’s climate of laws designed with property development placed well and truly above the wellbeing of the community that is not simply enough. We were extremely hesitant to ask for the financial support of the wider community to continue to operate, but it has become a choice between a crowd-funding campaign and shutting up shop, and we refuse to let the local Thornbury area regress back into an artistic black hole. The residents of the area need to have a local venue putting these things on.”

 

Music Victoria CEO, Patrick Donovan, said “Victoria owes so much to our small venues – described by Paul Kelly as musician’s universities – and its operators, who run on passion and small margins. They are the heart and soul of our music scene and for too long the odds have been stacked in favour of the residents and developers. After three years of advocacy work through the live music roundtable, we are hoping the government will redress the imbalance soon. In the meantime, we urge music fans to get behind Tago Mago’s funding campaign to help secure the future of one of the north’s great venues.”

 

On Saturday 2nd August, Tago Mago will be having a fundraising show to help pay for these soundproofing improvements, with a bill that includes over ten of Melbourne’s finest musical acts donating their time to keep this venue open and supporting live music and arts.  T-shirts will also be available for sale on the day.

Tago Mago Fundraiser
Saturday 2nd August 2014

Featuring:

Spencer P Jones & Escape Committee

Sons of Lee Marvin

Submarines

Fiona Lee Maynard and her Holy Men

The Annie Crooners

Suzie Stapleton

Tex Napalm and Gary Gray

Brian Hooper

Skyscraper Stan

Tom Dockray

Plus more to be announced

Tickets $20 on the door
Doors open 12.00pm

Photo: Brian Hooper by Liz Reed

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Skyscraper Stan, Mick Thomas, Ruby Boots & more – VIP Pop-up Party Yarra Hotel Abbotsford – 4pm Sunday

Hey Funsters!
 
Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats celebrate reaching 100% of Pledge Music fundraising goal at Yarra Hotel Abbotsford – 4pm Sunday 27 July 2014. 
 
It’s official – Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats have scraped together enough cash to pay for their debut album! Thanks to very generous donations to their Pledge Music campaign, Stan and the Commission Flats now have the funds needed to pay studio bills, release their long-awaited (and soon-to-be legendary) album, and fund a few extra rounds of beer.
The Pledge Music campaign hit 100% this week and currently sits at 115%, all thanks to the amazing support of Melbourne’s troubadour rock n roll lovers.  The band is now on track to release their debut album later this year.
Come and enjoy a pop-up celebration with Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats during their final July residency performance at the Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford.  Mick Thomas, Ruby Boots, Leah Senior and other guests will also be squeezing onstage with the band to help celebrate their success.
Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats will be on stage, sober and ready to roll at 4pm Sunday 27 July 2014 at Yarra Hotel Abbotsford. 
 
Please pop in and party with us at Skyskraper Stan’s VIP Pop Up Party!
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Ray Danes debuts his new single ‘Falling’ tonight, 24 July at The Grace Darling in Collingwood!

 

Ritzland Records is proud to introduce Ray Danes and present his debut single ‘Falling.’

 

A newcomer to Melbourne Music City, Ray launches ‘Falling’ on Thursday 24th July at The Grace Darling, 114 Smith Street, Collingwood.  Doors open at 7.30 and tickets are $5 on the door or available online at www.trybooking.com/93497.

 

Having just relocated from the local Cairns and Townsville music scene with his self-penned songs – mostly relating to relationships and female troubles from his first self produced EP “The Fog”, Ray has quickly found a home in the local scene, amassing a fantastic collection of players for his launch including:

 

Gareth Thomson/Drums  (Sex On Toast, Big Creature, Demian)

Phoebe Nielson/Bass (Ella Hooper, Sean Kirkwood, The Staffords)

Rachael Kim/Electric Violin (Bombay Royale, Grand Salvo, Sunwrae Ensemble)

Tamil Rogeon/Electric Viola (True Live, The RAah Project)

and Chris Pettifer/Guitar (Screen Composer / Guitarist ‘The Secret Life Of Us’)

 

Rays says most of his songs “are about someone else who is in a situation.  ‘Falling’  is kind of a stalker song.  i knew this nerd kid who couldn’t get a girlfriend, He wrote letters to the beautiful girl and he just followed her around, wishing she’d fall in love with him.  He’s just a sad lonely guy, probably not a shooter, even though the object of his affections might not know that.  Stalkers –  they walk amongst us – hopefully we meet the gentle ones if we have to meet any of them at all.”

 

The son of a singer and piano player, Ray inherited his mother’s ear for a tune and is a natural performer with a gift for narrative.  Though i’ts early days in his career, Ray was spotted by Ritzland Records, who promptly offered to put his music out to a wider audience and offer him management services.  So far Ray has.supported Ash Grunwald  and won a slot at The Tablelands Folk Festival where he recorded a “Van Jam” film clip.

 

In his spare time lately Ray enjoys his unique status as a ginger (only 2% of the world’s population are natural redheads), Judo and listening to Ben Howard, although he makes a sound all his own.

 

Ray Danes launches ‘Falling’ on Thursday 24th July at The Grace Darling, 114 Smith Street, Collingwood.

Follow Ray at https://www.facebook.com/RayDanesMusic

 

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FULL WEEKEND OF GIGS FOR SIDESHOW BRIDES @LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL! #lbmf

The Sideshow Brides will be playing a full weekend of shows as part of the City of Yarra Leaps and Bounds Music Festival 18-20th July. 
 
Friday night kicks off at the lush Some Velvet Morning with a stripped back acoustic trio show.
Friday 18th July 8pm / Free Entry
123 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
 
This intimate acoustic event will be followed by a full on blazing country rocking band mode performance at The Yarra Hotel.
Saturday 19th July 8:30pm / Free Entry
295 Johnston St, Abbotsford
 
The Sideshow Brides are sisters Layla and Rhianna Fibbins who craft a unique blend of country/rootsy/folk with haunting harmonies and captivating melodies…
 
 
 
 
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria, Beat Magazine & PBS 106.7 FM with the support of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.sideshowbrides
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Davidson Brothers – Wanderlust cd out now! Leaps& Bounds Music Festival gig announced! #lbmf

Multi-award winning showstoppers and Aunty Meredith’s bluegrass band of choice, The Davidson Brothers, have released ‘Wanderlust’ – their first new album in 3 years on 20th June, 2014.

Their previous album “Here to Stay” not only enjoyed airplay on Triple J, it also received a 4-star review from The Age, which declared, “All music should be this much fun.”

There are 10 original songs on the album, including the aptly named “Bottle Cappin’ Back Crackin’ Blues,” which is one of three instrumentals, along with a rock remix of a new aoustic track also found on this album called ‘Lost In Amsterdam.’ 

An engineer currently woking in a bottle cap factory for wine and beer by day, Lachlan said, “Wanderlust is our first album in three years, which is a long time for us!  It’s also the first album that we’ve produced entirely in Melbourne in ten years and it was pretty hard work during the week after a hard day of bottle cappin’ in time to sweat it out in the studio. And we’ve played a tonne of great gigs in the city over the last few years.”

 In addition to being a Doctor of Chiropractic and a new father (baby Oscar is just over a year old), Hamish kept himself busy this year by writing songs with Lachlan, gigging all over Melbourne, including playing recently with Dan Sultan, and driving up from Bendigo to Melbourne for recording sessions for the album through the week.

Hamish says, “Melbourne has been really good for us and we’ve had a great time working with the friends we’ve made here in the past few years.  Our sound has benefited from all those influences and we’ve really enjoyed sharing bluegrass music with a broader rock n roll audience, too.”

 The album was produced by Hamish and Lachlan and was engineered by Adam Rhodes (Cat Empire, Paul Kelly, Angus Stone, The Blackchords, etc)

 You can see more about making the album here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VLTzLB4vD4&feature=youtu.be

 Notorious for their warm and highly entertaining and energetic live performances, (you can see the Davidson Brothers launched ‘Wanderlust’ live at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne on 20 June 2014.

In July the Davidson Brothers will showcase Wanderlust live at Leaps and Bounds Music Festival here:
 
Sunday 20th July, 2014
with The Shivering Timbers
The Gasometer Hotel 4:30–6:30PM
484 Smith Street
Collingwood VIC
$10 Cover Charge
03 9417 2725
 

 In September the three time Golden Guitar winners and Australia’s most celebrated purveyors of bluegrass head off to the US where they’ve been invited to play at The World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, North Carolina.

 Order ‘Wanderlust’ here: www.davidsonbrothersband.com davidsonbrospic

 Follow them on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/davidsonbrothers

 

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Paul Kelly joins the line up for the Living Legends Series at The Tote this weekend as part of Leaps & Bounds Music Fest! #lbmf

PAUL KELLY JOINS THE LINE UP FOR THE LIVING LEGENDS SERIES AT THE TOTE THIS WEEKEND!

Paul Kelly will be performing a few songs this Sunday afternoon, July 13th at the Tote on Charlie Owen’s night which is part of the Living Legends Series honouring the careers of three Melbourne based musicians. Also added to the line up for Sunday is Wishful featuring Paul Kelly’s daughters Memphis and Maddy Kelly who will be playing songs linked to Owen.

The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard will be teaming up with founding Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds member Mick Harvey as well as the Beasts of Bourbon’s Brian Hooper to play a set of Kim Salmon penned tunes on Friday July 11th which includes the Scientists, Kim Salmon & the Surrealists and the Beasts of Bourbon. Machine Translations will also be performing the songs of Kim Salmon and will also be joined by Dan Kelly for a set of surprises.

Saturday July 12th will be all about Spencer P Jones at the Tote. Many acts from interstate and local will be paying homage to Spencer including his own group, the Escape Committee with Helen Cattanach, Dave Nicholls and Michael Hubbard backing up guest performers including Adalita, Sly Faulkner, Dan Brodie, Geoff Corbett and Brian Hooper as well as short sets by the likes of the Sons of Lee Marvin playing the Johnnys, Sydney group Greta Mob playing Beasts of Bourbon and The Pink Tiles take on the Last Gasp.

The Leaps and Bounds Music Festival presents the Living Legends series across three consecutive nights at the Tote honouring three renowned Melbourne based musicians with worldwide reputations. Kim Salmon, Spencer P Jones and Charlie Owen, we salute you.

The honoured musicians themselves will not be performing on the night – but they will be present on the night. It is a coincidence that the three are or have been guitarists in the Australian super-group the Beasts of Bourbon, each player has been prolific for over 30 years and have an incredible musical catalogue.

Each night will have a focus on one of the ‘living legends’:

Friday 11th July: Honours Kim Salmon with a cast of musicians playing from his catalogue which includes the Scientists, Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, Antenna, the Business, the Darling Downs, Salmon and Beasts of Bourbon. The Scientists, formed by Kim Salmon in the late 70s, are considered precursors of grunge.  Peformers: Gareth Liddiard, Mick Harvey, Brian Hooper, Machine Translations, Caroline Kennedy, Penny Ikinger, Tex Napalm, the Bulls, Midnight Scavengers, Andrew McCubbin, Suzie Stapleton, Marilyn Rose and the Thorns, Teenage Libido, the Braves and more. Doors 7pm

Saturday 12th July sees Spencer P Jones appreciated which includes the music of the Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon, Hell to Pay, as well as Spencer P Jones with the Last Gasp, Cow Penalty, the Escape Committee and the Nothing Butts. Performers include Adalita, Chris Russell, Sly Faulkner, Dan Brodie, Geoff Corbett (SixFtHick, Bris), Phil Gionfriddo, Tom Lyngcoln (Nation Blue/Harmony), Helen Cattanach, Downhills Home, Cherrywood, Greta Mob (Syd), Pink Tiles, Sons of Lee Marvin, Space Junk, the Cheats and more. Doors 7pm

Sunday 13th July is all about Charlie Owen, one of Australia’s most revered guitarists with a live showcase of the bands Owen has been a member of including The Divinyls, the Beasts of Bourbon, The New Christs, Louis Tillet & His Cast of Aspersions, the Working Class Ringos, Tex, Don & Charlie, the Tendrils and the Dark Horses.  Performers include Paul Kelly, Adalita, Mick Harvey, Julitha Ryan, Dan Brodie, Penny Ikinger, Grindhouse, Link Meanie, the Love Bombs, Suzie Stapleton, Tex Naplam, members  of the Large No. 12s and more.

The Living Legends Series at the Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood. Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July.

Presented by Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, PBS FM and Beat.

Tickets are available from Oztix, $25 for each night or $60 for all three shows.

http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=44737

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria, Beat Magazine & PBS 106.7 FM with the support of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.

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Leaps and Bounds Music Festival Presents Benny Walker and Band – #lbmf

 

LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS
 
BENNY WALKER AND BAND
 
Friday 18th July 
at the Gasometer, Collingwood
Doors: 8pm
Tickets: Presale $10, Door $15
with special guest Grim Fawkner
Friday the 18th of July, Benny Walker and his band will hit The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood as a part of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival. 
Hailing from regional Victoria, Indigenous singer/songwriter Benny Walker is the real deal. His love songs and epic tales are mixed with passion for the land, the people, summer vibes and deep grooves are the elements that reach the soul.
 
Benny has performed alongside some of Australia’s finest, including Archie Roach, Blue King Brown, Tim Rogers and Vika & Linda Bull, and was awarded Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts Award for Best New Talent in 2012. In recent years he has performed at some of the country’s best-loved festivals, including Moomba, Woodford, St Kilda Fest and Blue Mountains Music Festival and also taken the plunge into the Canadian festival circuit. 
In late June Benny made his Community Cup football match at Elsternwick Oval debut playing for winning team Rockdogs and was voted best on ground and received the Steve Connolly medal and piqued the interest of 10,000 music fans in attendance.
Friday 18th July at the Gasometer will provide an opportunity to see Benny also excel on stage. Joining Benny and his band on the night will be Grim Fawkner. Grim is an itinerant minstrel, whose acoustic works range from upbeat folk/country, to soulful balladry, with elements of blues, pop & indie thrown in.


He is a self taught guitarist and vocalist, has been self-managed and performing for 4 years and has toured extensively across Australia & NZ.

 
 
Tickets are on sale now.

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Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria, Beat Magazine & PBS 106.7 FM with the support of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.
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WRANGLER PRESENTS TWO BIG SHOWS AT LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL! 9TH & 16TH JULY AT GASOMETER! #lbmf

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival partner Wrangler will present two huge shows at the newly refurbished and fabulous Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood.

Wednesday 9th July will see sonic rock n rollers Delta Riggs tear the roof off the joint along with special guests Sons of Rico and New Gods!  The Delta Riggs are back in Oz after a two month tour of the UK, Europe and the USA and this is their first show back in Melbourne.

Then Wednesday 16th July, Stonefield will be bring their stunning psych rock riffs to the Gasometer!  The Findlay sisters Amy, Holly, Sarah and Hannah have just returned from a tour of the UK and are currently supporting Dan Sultan across the country.  Special guests are Nova & the Experience and Pretty City.

About Wrangler:

Wrangler was started in 1947 by Blue Bell, a denim manufacturing company with a simple ambition: to create the world’s best five pocket jeans. Having accomplished their mission by famously outfitting rodeo stars and cowboys, it wasn’t long before Hollywood came knocking, with handsomely rugged silver screen icons like Robert Mitchem and Steve McQueen wearing the brand.

Trends may have come and gone ever since, but Wrangler’s focus has revolved around the same motto from the beginning. It’s all about the jeans. 

Tickets on sale now from Oztix for $15 +BF.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria, Beat Magazine & PBS 106.7 FM with the support of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.

 

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