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PAUL KELLY, BOB MURPHY & FRANCIS LEACH – PRESENTATION NIGHT – PART OF THE LEAPS & BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL

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PRESENTATION NIGHT

Whereby PAUL KELLY and BOB MURPHY discuss music, football (and life) at 

THE CORNER HOTEL, WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY 

Part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival

Hosted by FRANCIS LEACH

‘Presentation Night’ is a live talk show that takes football and music as starting points for a discussion about our great obsessions – love, life, how to win the flag and great albums. It’s about learning something new about our heroes, ourselves, and how kicking a ball and writing songs define us.  It all happens live on stage at The Corner Hotel, Richmond.

Under the warm glow of the spotlight, PAUL KELLY (legendary singer/songwriter, author, Norwood FC supporter) and BOB MURPHY (legendary Western Bulldog, newspaper columnist, music fan) come together to discuss their mutual love of music and footy at length in ways that are philosophical, funny and surprising.

Ably guided by music and sport obsessive FRANCIS LEACH (ABC Grandstand Breakfast), Presentation Night will tackle the big issues: what similarities are there between the professional musician and the professional footballer? How do friendships form in footy and in music? Is there any similarity in the discipline of training and in forcing oneself to sit down and write a song? Is there any room for the true maverick in either field any more? Let’s find out about Bob’s favourite albums and Paul’s favourite footballers – and much, much more.

‘Presentation Night’ was born of desire to talk about two much-loved obsessions together in a public forum. In a football and music-loving town where the two pursuits are so often followed with equal passion, it makes perfect sense. To have two greats in their field talk about their love of both capers together gives us a chance to learn something new about them beyond the usual reportage of their endeavors.

Their conversation will last longer than a tweet – and that’s the point. A bit of meandering and a touch of digression will be encouraged.  It’s the equivalent of the slow food movement for Sherrin kickers and string strokers.  It’s a chance to learn something new about the role that footy and music play in our protagonists’ lives, and with a bit of luck, maybe even a bit about how kicking a ball and writing songs can come to define us.

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.  

 

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

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THE MEANIES ANNOUNCE LEAPS & BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL GIG!

 

When the lovely folk from the City of Yarra’s Leaps & Bounds Festival asked THE MEANIES if they’d like to take part in the festivities they of course said “Fuck yeah!”
 
When the lovely folk asked “Where would you like to do the gig?”, THE MEANIES said, “The Tote, of course!”
 
So here we are, almost 24 years to the day of THE MEANIES first ever show which just happened to be at The Tote, and we’re right back where we started…..
 
Thank fuck we’ve toured the world and elsewhere in between times or we’d be feelin’ pretty shit about that right now…..
 
THE MEANIES and The Tote, together like love & marriage, a horse and carriage and whatever other stupid cliche you can think of.
 
This generation’s Tote lovin’ Meanies would have to be BATPISS so they’re playing too, along with Geelong punks THE KREMLINGS and Jan Juc fuck ups THE DIPSTICKS.
 
Gonna be a pisser of a night, it would be churlish to miss it.
 
Oh, and you may even hear some brand new songs….!
 
 
FRIDAY 12th JULY
THE TOTE
71 Johnston St, Collingwood
 
Presented by Cheersquad and Leaps & Bounds
 
THE MEANIES
BATPISS
THE KREMLINGS
THE DIPSTICKS
 
Doors open 8pm
$20 + booking fee at http://bit.ly/MeaniesTOTEtix

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.  

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

Please email karen@karenconradpublicity.com or ring 0400 527 365 for further information.meanies6

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Morning Ritual Sleeps In! – Leaps & Bounds Music Festival event announcement

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Leaps & Bounds Music Festival is happy to inform you of the best reason yet to jump out of bed and in to the chaos of a Melbourne weekend in Fitzroy –

Morning Ritual Sleeps In!

Morning Ritual Sleeps In is a series of weekend gigs at midday co-presented by Bird and Aarght Records.

The venue is the highly unlikely but perfect for the occasion Copacabana at 137 Smith St, Fitzroy.

Gigs run from midday to 4pm, each showcasing two bands. Highlights include The UV Race’s first gig back after their US tour, the first local gigs for Beaches and Super Wild Horses since their sold-out album launches and a rare appearance by the Ooga Boogas.

There will also be DJs, a record fair with low priced remaindered stock from local independent record companies, Bloody Marys and Sticky Fingers Bakery. The five shows are supported by Mountain Goat and Vodka O.

Entry is only $5 and here’s the full band and DJ schedule:

Saturday 6 July

THE UV RACE

EARLY WOMAN

+ DJs Woody McDonald & Joe Kokomo

 

Sunday 7 July

SUPER WILD HORSES

TERRIBLE TRUTHS

+ Twerps DJs

 

Saturday 13 July

BEACHES

AUSMUTEANTS

+ Deaf Wish & Zond DJs

 

Sunday 14 July

NUN

EASTLINK

+ DJs Mike Squires & Max Crumbs

 

Saturday 20 July

OOGA BOOGAS

EXHAUSTION

+ Psychedelic Coven DJs

 

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.

 

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

*The attached photo is of Beaches.

 

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WHTSQR LAUNCHES ‘THE THINGS SHE NEVER OWNED’ AT BAR 303, 30 JUNE

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Ladies and gentlemen,

It’s not every day someone just comes out of the shadows and hands you a collection of jewels. Rejoice, for this is such a day.

Listen once and be reminded a bit of break through ‘break-up’ albums like Sea Change or Blood on the Tracks.  Listen twice and the songs are under your skin for good.

‘The Things She Never Owned’ is the work of Whtsqr (“White Square”), the disemvowelled alter-ego of bedroom musician Guy Morton.

“Recording each of the songs on this album has been satisfying in itself, but I’m incredibly excited to be bringing this album to life by playing it with a fantastic band. There’s a magic to playing live that’s hard to beat.”

There are 12 original songs on the album – from the almost Astral Weeks-like Polythene Sky through the startling imagery of Melted Woman to the Countrydylanesque Midnight Souvlaki and the sparkling pop nugget No Mystery.

 “These are beautiful songs, superbly delivered each and every time.” – Charles Jenkins

 “The songs were so realised, melodic and confident that I started to wonder if this was actually a covers night of covers no-one knew” – David Nichols, Presenter 3RRR

“Great production quality, great song writing, great strings, just great. Love the lazy groove that is ‘Calm and Defenceless’. ‘No Mystery’ just doesn’t go long enough for mine. A masterpiece.” – Stephen Anderson, Presenter 3RRR

Whtsqr is 

Guy Morton, vocals, rhythm guitar

Bob Spencer, guitar

Kevin Hunt, bass

Graham Maddicks, drums 

Dave Milne, keyboards

Support act Dave Milne solo at 3:30pm, Whtsqr 4:30pm.

New album – The Things She Never Owned

http://www.whtsqr.com/

http://www.whtsqr.com/itunes

http://www.facebook.com/whtsqr

http://whtsqr.bandcamp.com/

‘The Things She Never Owned’ will be launched at Bar 303 on June 30, 3:30pm.

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Multi-instrumentalist AKOVA announces dates for multi-state Earth Recruit Tour

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AKOVA is coming to town – and he’s launching his debut CD Earth Recruit, also out now on iTunes and is also available at www.akova.com.au.

An incredible multi-instrumentalist, AKOVA transfixes his audiences with high energy, uplifting roots music, effortlessly mixing genres. He plays everything but the kitchen sink – including guitars, vocals, cajon, djembe, ankle bells, ukulele, kazoo and an assortment of other percussion instruments on both his album and in his live show.

Imagine the love child of Xavier Rudd and Cat Empire and you’re getting close.

Formerly of Roots/Reggae ensemble Shoebox, AKOVA has headlined Cavestock 2011, performed at Nimbin Roots Festival, Bleach, Swell Fest, Home Festival and Surfers Paradise Festival. He has shared the stage with Ash Grunwald, Phil Emmanuel, King Tide, Set Sail and Raz Bin Sam and the Lion I as well as G Love & Special Sauce, Ozomatli, and Tijuanna Cartel with Shoebox.

The Earth Recruit Tour will kick off in Byron Bay and will cover many towns along the east coast for 7 weeks and then over to WA in early July and down to Canberra and Victoria in November.

“AKOVA is an amazing live performer. I still can’t believe it’s just one guy playing all those instruments at the same time…What a showman!”
— Adam Iffland 92.5 Gold Fm

“This music is a unique, profound and heartfelt creation.”
— Foster Gamble THRIVE

“I love listening to AKOVA. His music makes me dance every time and then inspires me to become a better conscience human being.”
— Salvador – Under The Sea, RABBIT RADIO

Tour Dates:

HOEY MOEY, Coffs Harbour May 30th
YAMBA BACKPACKERS, Yamba June 1st
MANDALA ARTS CAFÉ, Gold Coast June 7th
THE BREWERY, Byron Bay June 16th

WESTERN AUSTRALIA, early July
ACT and VICTORIA, November

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OVER 50 VENUES ANNOUNCED FOR LEAPS & BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL

 

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July at over 50 traditional venues and the emphasis of the festival is local – local performers and local audiences.

The participating venues announced so far include:

Abbotsford Convent, Bar Open, Barleycorn Hotel, Bendigo Hotel, Boite World Music Café, Corner Hotel, Empress Hotel, Eureka, Evelyn Hotel, First Floor, Fitzroy Bowling Club, Fox Hotel, Gasometer, Gertrudes Brown Couch, Grace Darling Hotel, Great Britain Hotel, Grumpy’s Green, Labour In Vain, Laundry,  Luwow, Night Cat, Old Bar, PBS FM Studio 5, Rainbow Hotel, Rochester Hotel, Some Velvet Morning, Standard Hotel, The Vic Hotel, Tote Hotel, Uptown Jazz Café, Workers Club, Yah Yah’s and Yarra Hotel.  More venues are expected to be announced as the festival nears.

Each venue has programmed their own entertainment for the festival and will be ticketing their own shows. 

The Corner Hotel, the biggest participating venue in Leaps & Bounds, long known for delivering the best of both local and international bands to audiences in the City of Yarra, has  a huge lineup over the festival period. 

They’ve included plenty of local content with  Dick Diver and The Twerps on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July (first show sold out, second selling fast), Goldfields  on Saturday 13 July, Kingswood on Thursday 18 July – both selling fast – and Airbourne on Saturday 20 July (sold out). 

A special matinee double bill with Mikelangelo & The Tin Star with the Black Eyed Susans has been announced on Sunday 7 July at 1pm, featuring an afternoon full of surprise guests and collaborations.  This show will also feature dream pop chanteuse St Clare and dark western rockers The ghtiest Of Guns.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg!  Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria & PBS.

*Attached pic: Mikelangelo & The Tin Star.  Mikelangelo-July2013-NSC-Approved
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Dan Brodie releases special video made for fans, tour rescheduled due to health

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“Sorry I can’t come and play for you right now. Here’s a video I made to make up for it.”— Dan Brodie.

Tear Us Down from critically acclaimed new album “Deep Deep Love.”

Dan Brodie’s new album “Deep Deep Love” has already received many glowing reviews. However, illness has caused a postponement of his launch tour.

To make up for it Dan has made a video of Tear Us Down from the album. Close up and personal, it is a minimalist, sparse setting for Dan to frame the song, which was shot and directed in only one take by Dave Larkin (Dallas Crane) earlier this month.

Dan said, “This clip isn’t about bells and whistles. It’s simple – you could call it kind of an anti-filmclip with no edits and little action, the focus is on the song.”

The clip had to be shot simply in part to conserve Dan’s energy and the result is intimate and visceral, all black and white beauty.

Dan hopes it goes some way to making up for the tour cancellation and offers heartfelt thanks for the understanding and support of his many friends.

Please enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIvWnIiIWPs

Reviews for “Deep Deep Love”:

“This slow-burn album, characterised by intimate vocals, absorbing lyrics and graceful instrumentation, will gradually hook you into its pensive charms.”

Beat Magazine – Graham Blackley

“If Dan Brodie were an actor, he wouldn’t be the star of the show. He would be the guy the other actors on set wanted to hang out with, the guy the director would turn to when he needed a moment of inspiration to get the show on the road. This album… shows why Brodie was twice nominated for ARIA Awards.”

The Age – Martin Boulton

“Stunning guitar work and honest vocals… magnificent tension… a remarkable cohesiveness, with each piece contributing to the larger story. Deep Deep Love is a mature and poignant release.”

themusic.com.au – Jazmine O’Sullivan

“He has an incredible ability to tap into a vein that pulls directly at the listener’s heartstrings, and when he gets that right, he is as good as any of Australia’s most lauded troubadours.”

themusic.com.au – Dominique Wall

Visit Dan at danbrodie.com.au Facebook: facebook.com/dan.brodie.988

 

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SMITH STREET DREAMING – A special event as part of Leaps & Bounds Live Music Festival

 
Saturday 20 July from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm with Music from 2pm
Smith Street cnr Stanley Street, Collingwood
 
Welcome to the City of Yarra, first owned by the Wurundjeri, who are still the custodians of the cultural heritage of this land. 
 
Yarra City Council, Music Victoria, PBS and Leaps & Bounds Music Fesival present Smith Street Dreaming, an afternoon of Aboriginal music.
 
The Leaps and Bounds Live Music Festival runs from 5th – 21st July and showcases Yarra’s iconic live music venues. The festival will include talks and tours, all ages’ events and workshops, tram sessions and gigs in numerous participating venues.
 
The Smith Street Dreaming is about promoting awareness of Aboriginal culture and encouraging better relationships amongst the community on and around Smith Street. Yarra City Council is working in partnership with the Neighbourhood Justice Centre and with groups including the Aboriginal community, justice and outreach workers, Victoria Police, North Yarra Community Health Centre and the Smith Street Business Association. 
 
The event is programmed by Jason Tamiru and will feature well known Aboriginal musicians Bart Willoughby, Kutcha Edwards and Illana Atkinson and The Deans.
 
Members of the local community will be invited to develop a streetscape for the event that will include seating, heating and wet weather cover, as well as artistic elements and a ceremonial fire. Architects from Here Studios will assist community members with creating this special gathering place. 
 
A free BBQ will be provided by the Margaret Oats Food Van and the Collingwood Rotary Club who have been serving free meals on Stanley Street for many years. Bart pic (1)
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Delsinki Records – Debut EP & Multi-media Tour Announced

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

For Your Consideration, now comes Delsinki Records (aka Craig Johnston) a Melbourne based singer songwriter to present and tour his eponymously titled 4 track EP along with 4 companion arthouse film clips.

The contents therein contained:

1- Burnt Out by the Light  – written in memory of former band mate and harmonica player Sonny Lewis who passed late last year.

2 – In Over My Head  – inspired by a trip to WA with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and ex pro surfer Dane Beevor, who features on the EP cover

3 – Sanchez – revamp of  the first ever Gretchen Lewis song featuring Ricky Evensand (Gretchen Lewis, Chimaira & Soilwork) and Ciaran Fletcher (of Irish duo The Bad Penguins).

4 – What You Dream is Not Your Fault – Inspired by the desert in WA and featuring Mark Atkins on didjeridoo.

Each film clip has a story and relationship to its corresponding song.

Prior to Delsinki Records, Craig was the founding member of Melbourne band Gretchen Lewis (2002), still a going concern whose high-octane sound continues to captivate Melbourne audiences.

Last year he performed at the Sydney Oprah House, The Perth Concert Hall and the Wool Shed (Gnaraloo) as part of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s “The Reef “- a creative collaboration between Richard Tognetti, Mick Sowry & Jon Frank. This trip was the inspiration for some of the material on this EP.

2013 also saw Craig singing along side Brian Ritchie from The Violent Femmes as a part of the 2013 “The Reef” Australian/Hong Kong tour, which started February in Brisbane and finished up at The Sydney at the Opera House with dates between in Canberra, Melbourne, New Castle and Woolingong then onto Hong Kong for March 15 & 16.

June 9 – Adventure Bay Blues And Roots Festival – Tickets are $35

June 12 – Republica Bar in Hobart – Tickets are Free

June 15 – The News Agency in Sydney – Tickets $15

June 21 – The Wesley Anne in Melbourne – Tickets $15

Delsinki Records on tour will be:

Craig Johnston, Gary Thachrah, Sarah Gurry, Ciaran Fletcher, Ricky Evensand.Melbourne supports by Major Chord and Stacey Grey formerly of The Trial Kennedys

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PEOPLE POWER SAVING THE SOUL OF ST KILDA – PURE POP RECORDS UPDATE

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A revival of St Kilda’s live music scene is gaining momentum, thanks to a handful of local business owners fighting gentrification of a suburb once a notorious breeding ground for Australian rock royalty.

 

This week music institution Pure Pop Records was rescued from the brink of noise regulation fate thanks to the music community chipping in to raise more than $55,000 to fund the soundproofed rebuild of the venue.

 

The St Kilda record store and music venue, run by the son of the late AC/DC’s Bon Scott, was forced to demolish it’s only gig space in March this year due to council noise regulations and the persistent complaints of one neighbour.

 

Famous Australian musicians Paul Kelly, Gotye, Tim Rogers, Ella Hooper & Kate Miller-Heidke were some of the near 700 supporters who invested their own dollars into ‘Buying A Brick’ to help rebuild the venue. Figurative bricks were sold to cover expensive soundproofing equipment necessary to keep the business operating.

 

Owner Dave Stevens explains “we were in dire straits when it came to funding the rebuild and we needed help. It was really difficult to lay my cards out on the table and admit defeat, but honesty and straight talking were the key to our survival.

 

You Am I frontman and Pure Pop regular Tim Rogers was in full support of the campaign. “The etymology of the word punter – being a part of an audience – is taking a punt on something, which is a courageous noble act. Buying a brick for Pure Pop is an investment in art and the livelihoods of local musicians” explained Rogers.

 

Over the years, St Kilda has been a renowned breeding ground to some of Australia’s most influential musicians; the late Rowland S Howard along with his Birthday Party bandmates (later to take over the world as Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds),AC/DC (who in their early days, shared a house in east St Kilda) have all called St Kilda home during their formative years. Australian music legends Paul Kelly and Tim Rogers both consider St Kilda home to this day.

 

The music scene revival, led by a handful of St Kilda stalwarts; backed by a united music community, has seen live music spread beyond the typical locations of the Esplande Hotel and Prince Bandroom. An ever increasing number of venues are reinstating themselves as important contributors to Melbourne’s live music scene.

 

The Prince Public Bar, St Kilda Bowling Club, The George’s underground Saloon Bar, Dogs Bar, Claypots and Lost On Barkly and Pure Pop Records are all venues leading the charge towards a less gentrified future of St Kilda.

 

St Kilda Memo, the 1924 art deco dance hall will also now be seeing more regular gigs off the back of a long await permit approval by the council. As well as the heartfelt tribute it held for the late Rowland S Howard recently.