Gigs of the Week - December 3rd

Thursday 3rd:
Ernest Ellis (NSW), Carry Nation @ The Clubhouse
Skinny Jean @ Musgrave Park (10:30pm) - Free & All Ages (with guardian)

Friday 4th:
Incremental Records Xmas Show: Velociraptor, No Anchor, Lion Island, Mt Augustus, Ambitious Lovers (EP Launch & final show), Monster Monster @ The Clubhouse - Free, with Little Scout and Running Gun Sound DJs
Hits, Giants of Science, Sweet Dreams, Daddy Long Legs (Vic), Lords of Wong, Mercy Beat, Pretty Boys @ Step Inn
Anonymeye (Tape Launch), Thankless Plum (Vic) Nova Scotia, Ambrose Chapel, Brutal Hate Mosh @ Book Nook (West End)
Loomer, Kitchen's Floor @ Ric's Bar
Texas Tea @ The Powerhouse
Tara Simmons, Scott Spark @ The Powerhouse Visy Theatre
Scott Matthew, Heinz Riegler @ X&Y Bar

Saturday 5th:
Idle Cranes, Carry Nation, Mr Rascal, Moon Jog, Restream Vs Aheadphonehome @ Jugglers Art Space (4pm)
The John Steel Singers @ Gossip (Club 299)
Mt Augustus @ Borders CBD (1pm)
Browning St Garage & Bake Sale @ Browning St Studios - Raising funds for Browning St Studios to take their music education program to remote areas.
The Boat People, The Paper Scissors (NSW), Dan Parsons & Band @ The Clubhouse
Ball Park Music, Sweet Fawn @ Ric's Bar

Sunday 6th:
DIY Turnstyle #2: Ghost Notes @ 10 Laura St, Highgate Hill
Andrew Morris, Timothy Carroll, The Sunburys, Scott Spark, Georgia Potter, Lucie Thorne, Sean Sennett, Jody Haines, Madeleine Paige, Chloe Turner, PJ Weston, Steve Grady @ The Powerhouse (3:30pm)


To farewell the (imo amazing but somewhat divisive) Ambitious Lovers, here's the full set from their show last month. They're playing for the final time at 8:30pm on Friday at The Clubhouse for free:

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Gigs of the Week - November 27th

I wasn't go to do one of these up, but there's so many great gigs on this weekend that I thought that perhaps I should. I think I'll only do one more this year, since things tend to die down in December.

Friday 27th:
No Anchor, The Rational Academy, Yout Dem, Whyte Lighting @ The Step Inn (Front Bar)
The Swamplords (Album Launch), Sulphur Lights, Velociraptor, Running Guns @ The Troubadour
Fergus Brown (NSW), McKisko, Mr Maps, Cowper @ Lofly Hangar
The Gin Club, Edward Guglielmino, Mexico City, Lion Island @ The Zoo
Toy Balloon, Cardhouses @ Ric's Bar
Real Bad Music Convention @ 1145 Ipswich Rd MOOROOKA - Three day DIY convention.

Saturday 28th:
At Sea, Lion Island, Smokestack Orchestra, The Videomatics @ The Troubadour
4zzz's Dub Day Afternoon: Kingfisha, Rhythm Collision Sound System, Darky Roots & lots more @ The Jubilee Hotel
Real Bad Music Convention @ 1145 Ipswich Rd MOOROOKA - Three day DIY convention.

Sunday 29th:
Lion Island, Pensive Penguin, Hello Yoko, Tom Eggert @ Ithaca Pool - just in case you thought there weren't enough opportunities to see Lion Island this weekend.
Real Bad Music Convention @ 1145 Ipswich Rd MOOROOKA - Three day DIY convention.
Assassins 88, Kitchen's Floor, Sleepwalks, Loomer @ Browning St Studios (6pm)

Wednesday 2nd:
Browning St Goes Bush Benefit: The Rooftops, Stop It I Love It Cabaret, Kay Orchison, Peter B & The Homeless Souls, Sarah Gall & more @ Brisbane Arts Theatre (Petrie Terrace) - a benefit for the music teachers from Browning St Studios to take their music education to remote areas. There's also a student recital occuring at the venue at 6pm.

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Gigs of the Week - November 12th

Thursday 12th:
Secret Birds (Album Launch), Slug Guts, White Cop, Manic Eyes @ The Clubhouse
Doch Gypsy Orchestra @ The Powerhouse

Friday 13th:
2high Festival: Tin Can Radio, Villains of Wilhelm, Sunflower, My Fiction, Running Guns and more @ The Powerhouse - see www.2highfestival.com for the full list of bands and times. Free entry.
The Stabs (Vic), Witch Hats (Vic), Loomer, The Deadnotes @ The Clubhouse - Free entry.
Mr Rascal, At Sea @ Ric's Bar
Princess Rodeo, Blue Trial Records, The Bloodpoets, Boss Level Monster @ The Globe
Doch Gypsy Orchestra @ The Powerhouse
Wagons (NSW), Texas Tea @ X&Y Bar
Illage @ Checocho Cafe, West End

Saturday 14th:
Mere Noise Meltdown: The Horrortones, Turnpike, El Borracho, Vegas Kings, Butcher Birds, The Sips, The Hymies, The Dangermen, The Keep On Dancins @ The Step Inn
Texas Tea @ The Troubadour (1am Late Show)
2high Festival: Black Market Rhythm Company, Richard In Your Mind (NSW), Mr Maps, McKisko, Dot.AY, Mt Augustus and more @ The Powerhouse - see www.2highfestival.com for the full list of bands and times. Free entry.
Little Lovers, Extra Foxx, Feathers @ 4zzz Carpark (2pm) - All ages, donation entry.
Cuthbert & The Nightwalkers (NSW), Little Lovers, Oh Ye Denver Birds @ X&Y Bar
Hungry Kids of Hungary, Deep Sea Arcade (NSW), Ball Park Music @ The Zoo
Doch Gypsy Orchestra @ The Powerhouse

Sunday 15th:
Shit Life: White Cop, Blank Realm, Tidy Kid, No Guru Trio, Extra Foxx, Loomer, Heart Flew Like An Arrow, Sounds From The Ward, Cured Pink Radio, Swamplords, Loose Grip, Science, Kitten Party, Baglady & Walter P. Cronwiegn, Brutal Hate Mosh, The Harpy Choir @ Dutton Park Cemetary (or somewhere near it, 3pm)
Hungry Kids of Hungary, Deep Sea Arcade (NSW), Ball Park Music @ The Hive
Live Spark: Steve Grady, Crystal Radios @ The Powerhouse
Doch Gypsy Orchestra @ The Powerhouse

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Gigs of the Week - October 29th

Thursday 29th:
Heinz Riegler, Microflora (Vic) @ Jamie's Espresso Bar (7:30pm) - Releasing a new cassette of various recordings from the past few years, limited to 60 copies (featuring hand-printed artwork from Alex Gillies).
Luluc (Vic), McKisko, Lion Island @ The Troubadour
Toy Balloon (Album Re-Launch), Tin Can Radio, Moon Jog, Doom Doom @ The Zoo

Friday 30th:
Gig-Antics: Skinny Jean (Album Re-Launch), Megastick Fanfare (NSW), The Parking Lot Experiments (Vic) @ Uber
The Estates, The Oyster Murders, Plastic Palace Alice @ The Troubadour

Saturday 31st:
Tigermoth, Sweet Dreams, Purity Device, Heart Flew Like An Arrow, Big Dead @ Lofly Hangar
Monday Heart, Grids/Units/Planes, Music For Slow Dancing @ Blackstar Coffee (West End)
Wind & Brackets, The James Wright Experience @ The Clubhouse
Finders Keepers Markets: Pikelet (Vic), Mr Rascal, Kate Jacobson, The Cardboard Kids, The Fox And The River, Erin-Louise @ Old Museum (12pm - 9pm)

Sunday 1st:
Finders Keepers Markets: The Bell Divers, Lion Island, JuliaWhy?, Edge of Colour @ Old Museum (10am - 5pm)

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Gigs of the FIESTA

So it's Valley Fiesta weekend, and this year they've actually put together a pretty fantastic lineup. Check out the full lineup at www.valleyfiesta.com.au.

Friday 23rd:
Valley Fiesta: Limited Express (Has Gone) (Japan), Shrewms, Aleks & The Ramps (Vic), Lion Island, Monster Monster and MORE @ Brunswick St Mall
Mr Maps, Idle Cranes, Hailer @ The Club House
The Cairos, Last Dinosaurs, Vasy Mollo, The Parties of Interzone @ The Troubadour
The Moses Gunn Collective @ The Troubadour (1am, FREE)
Grand Atlantic, Killed Two Birds, The Travelling So And Sos, The Estates, Felinedown @ The Globe

Saturday 24th:
Valley Fiesta: Vegas Kings, SixFtHick, Butcher Birds, Little Scout, DZ, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Mr Maps and MANY MORE @ Brunswick St Mall
Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side, Denim Owl (Vic), Extreme Weeze(Vic), Epithets @ The Troubadour (FREE)
Live Spark: Steve Grady, Popalicious @ The Powerhouse
The Gonzo Show, Mexico City @ X&Y
Wind & Brackets (Single Launch), Velociraptor @ The Club House
Occult Blood (Vic), Ivans (Vic), Panel Van Halen (Vic), Secret Birds, White Cop @ Step Inn (Front Bar)

Sunday 25th:
The Horrortones, Texas Tea, Dot.AY, Drawn From Bees, Carry Nation and MANY MORE @ Brunswick St Mall

Tuesday 27th:
Brutal Hate Mosh @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - October 14th

There's a ridiculous amount of great stuff on this weekend.

Wednesday 14th:
In Sepia, Gladstone & Lochaber @ Ric's Bar

Thursday 15th:
No Anchor, The Sips, Undead Apes, D.Black (Secret Birds) @ The Zoo
Mapletons, Oh Ye Denver Birds @ Ric's Bar
Dead Riot, Biff Co @ The Clubhouse

Friday 16th:
I Heart Hiroshima (Album Launch), We All Want To, Heinz Riegler @ The Zoo
Open Air: Videomatics, Big Strong Brute, Carry Nation, Mt Augustus, Your Hand In Mine, The Liar's Chair @ Queensland College of Arts (226 Grey St Southbank, 4pm-9pm)
Lion Island (EP Launch), Epithets @ Ric's Bar
Drawn From Bees (EP Launch), Ball Park Music, Oh Ye Denver Birds @ The Troubadour
Halfway @ The Powerhouse
Mr Rascal @ Queens St Mall (6pm, 7pm, 8pm)

Saturday 17th:
The Sips, Sweet Dreams, Bloody Roo, Geese, Triple Dragon @ Legion's Club (7pm)
Hazards of Swimming Naked (Album Launch), Arcane, Red Medicine, Restream @ The Zoo
Jamie Hutchings (NSW), The Honey Month, Ichabod's Crane @ Lofly Hangar
The Quickening, Willows, The Here And The Elsewhere, We Set Sail @ Fat Louie's Pool Hall

Tuesday 20th:
Sleepwalks, The Peel St Band @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - October 2nd

Friday October 2nd:
Open Frame @ Powerhouse - Room 40's annual two-day experimental music festival.
The Parties of Interzone, Scarletto @ Ric's Bar

Saturday October 3rd:
Butcher Birds (Album Launch), SixFtHick, Loomer, Dirty Bird @ The Zoo
Tiny Vipers (USA), McKisko, BigStrongBrute, Lion Island @ The Troubadour
Oh Ye Denver Birds @ The Troubadour (1am Slot)
Open Frame @ Powerhouse - Room 40's annual two-day experimental music festival.
West End Live: McKisko, Timothy Carroll, Andrew Morris, Kate Bradley & The Goodbye Horses, Mt Augustus, Paste @ Boundary St
Love of Diagrams (Vic), Kitchen's Floor, Sleepwalks @ The Clubhouse
Teleprompter, Villains of Wilhelm @ Ric's Bar

Sunday October 4th:
Bats Magazine Launch: Stature::Statue, Stemford Hiss, Swamplords, Oh Ye Denver Birds, Charlie Why, The Arc @ The Fort (1-6pm, All Ages)

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Gigs of the Week - September 25th

Good weekend this weekend. See below.

BTW, Mr Maps have a free download available on their myspace of a new track they recorded in their rehearsal room just recently. Check it out if you're into them.

Friday 25th:
Stature::Statue, Moon Jog, 3ofMillions (NSW), Bastards of the Epic Day @ Lofly Hangar - Bring along a mix-CD to swap it for someone else's.
Royal Headache (NSW), Bed Wettin Bad Boys (NSW), Kitchen's Floor, The Seizures @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Nikko, Caught Ship (Vic) @ Ric's Bar
Almost Invisible #3: Sounds From The Ward, Alrey Batol, Ghost Notes @ Browning St Studios
We All Want To @ The Powerhouse (6pm)
Tom Ugly (NSW), The Rocketsmiths, Comic Sans @ The Troubadour

Saturday 26th:
Turnpike, Loomer, Whyte Lightning, Loose Grip @ Fat Louie's
FootFootFoot: Dot.AY, BigStrongBrute, Buildings Melt @ Blackstar Coffee (7pm, Thomas St West End)
Velociraptor, Bright Yellow (NSW) @ Ric's Bar
ChalkAndCheese @ Borders (1pm)

Sunday 27th:
The Gin Club @ The Powerhouse (4pm)

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Gigs of the Week - September 17th

Thursday 17th:
Blue Carousel, Running Guns, Surecut Kids @ The Clubhouse (Empire Hotel Corner Bar)

Friday 18th:
The Nation Blue (Vic), SixFtHick, Dick Nasty, No Anchor @ The Zoo
Mr Rascal @ Queens St Mall (6pm)
My Fiction, Teleprompter @ The Clubhouse (Empire Hotel Corner Bar)

Saturday 19th:
4ZZZ's These Are Not Birds: Secret Birds, To The North, Swamplords, Feathers, Oh Ye Denver Birds, Common Pointless Rage, Wil Wagner (Vic), Mr DNA (Vic), Sleepwalks @ Boundary Hotel (West End)
Chinese Burns (Vic), Undead Apes, Fancy Boys, Geese @ Step Inn (upstairs)
Dizzygotheca (EP Launch), Silver Circus, Edge of Colours @ The Zoo

Sunday 20th:
Sonic Boom #6: Ambrose Chapel, White Bears of Norway, Secret Killer of Names, Extra Foxx, Ian McIntyre @ 101 Merthyr Rd, New Farm

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Gigs of the Week - September 9th

So, it's Big Sound week this week. That means there will be all manner of industry types walking around the valley until the weekend. I had a bit of a look around today, it was... interesting. In any case, Big Sounds means that there are quite a few shows happening around town over the next few days.

(Also, for those who want a look behind the curtain to see what makes Before Hollywood tick, there's an interview with me over at the blog The Fruit Bowl... if you're interested)

Wednesday 9th:
Big Sound Live: I Heart Hiroshima, The Rational Academy, Little Scout, DZ, Skinny Jean, The Middle East, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Kate Bradley, Toy Balloon, Timothy Carrol, Ed Guglielmino, Rocketsmiths, Chris Pickering and MORE @ Various Valley venues - See www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2009 for details on getting tickets etc.

Thursday 10th:
Big Sound Live: We All Want To, Grand Atlantic, The Boat People, Mary Trembles, Hunz, Last Dinosaurs, Madeleine Paige, The Cairos, Drawn From Bees, Dan Parsons and MORE @ Various Valley venues - See www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2009 for details on getting tickets etc.
Pink Reason (USA), Slug Guts (LP Launch), Fabulous Diamonds (Vic), Blank Realm @ Step Inn
NineHoursNorth: aus (Japan), Cokiyu (Japan), Do The Robot @ Judith Wright Centre
Teleprompter, Snow White @ Ric's Bar

Friday 11th:
DZ (EP Launch), ChainGang (NSW), Stature::Statue, Villains of Wilhelm @ Club House (Empire Hotel Corner Bar)
Songs (NSW), Little Scout, Big Strong Brute @ The Troubadour
We All Want To @ The Powerhouse
Up Late: Kate Jacobson, Ben Salter @ Queensland Art Gallery

Saturday 12th:
The Bell Divers, Bliss @ Ric's Bar
Running Guns @ The Troubadour (1am Late Show)

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Gigs of the Week - August 27th

Thursday 27th:
Bliss, Half Tail @ Ric's Bar
Secret Birds, TroubleKarmaFlow @ X&Y
Bluejuice (NSW), Skinny Jean, Last Dinosaurs @ The Zoo

Friday 28th:
Alps (NSW), Kitchen's Floor, The Deadnotes, Whyte Lightning (Vic) @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Extra Foxx, Little Lovers @ Ric's Bar
To The North, Caught Ship (Vic), Soars, The Peel St Band, Birth of Bison @ Via Studios - Free, All Ages.
Mexico City @ The Powerhouse
The Keep On Dancin's @ The Troubadour (1am)

Saturday 29th:
Caught Ship (Vic), Whyte Lightning (Vic), The Swamplords, Sweet Dreams, Loose Grip, Nikko @ Ahimsa House
Cuthbert & The Nightwalkers (NSW), Little Scout, Lion Island @ The Troubadour
The Sunday Reeds (Vic), Kitchen's Floor, The Gonzo Show @ Lofly Hangar

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Gigs of the Week - August 20th

So there was supposed to be another post in here about something else, but unfortunately there were technical issues and it had to be scrapped, so instead here's a boring old gig guide. There's not a whole bunch on this weekend, though what is on is pretty good.

Also, remember that 4zzz's Radiothon continues until Friday, so subscribe!

Friday 21st:
Greg Brady & The Anchors, Del Toro @ Ric's Bar
Vegas Kings, Undead Apes, Electric Jellyfish (Vic) @ The Troubadour

Saturday 22nd:
Sweet Dreams, Electric Jellyfish (Vic), Turnpike, Dollface, Loose Grip @ Browning St Studios
4zzz Radiothon Finale: Hunz, Blue Carousel, Ball Park Music @ X & Y
Reptiles (Vic), Parties of the Interzone @ Ric's Bar

Tuesday 25th:
The Scrapes, Sounds from the Wall @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - August 13th

It's Radiothon for 4zzzFM from this Saturday all through next week, so subscribe to the station so they can stay on air. You can win prizes!

Thursday 13th:
The Lifted Brow Launch: Talkshow Boy (Vic), The Estates, Joel Saunders & Crazy Hearse @ The Zoo - Launch of literature zine, with cheap copies available
Dave Ross, Conor MacDonald @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Grand Atlantic, Sarakula (NSW), The Stress of Leisure @ The Troubadour
Tycho Brahe, Twist Oliver Twist @ Ric's Bar

Friday 14th:
Mexico City @ The Powerhouse

Saturday 15th:
4zzz All Day Breakfast: Seaplane, Turnpike, Undead Apes @ 4zzz Car Park, St Paul's Tce (2pm) - With a sausage sizzle!
Do The Robot (Album Launch), Carry Nation, BigStrongBrute, Silver Screens @ Lofly Hangar
Mr Rascal, Lion Island @ Ric's Bar

Monday 17th:
Wheatpaste, The Dead Ringers @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - August 5th

Wednesday 5th:
Suzie Stapleton, Sabrina Lawrie & The Hunting Party, Skritch, Tal Wallace @ The Troubadour

Thursday 6th:
Mt Augustus, Ambitious Lovers, Bud Petal (NSW), The Scrapes @ Browning St Studios
My Fiction, The Oyster Murders, A Horse Darkly @ The Zoo

Friday 7th:
I Heart Hiroshima, DZ, Seja Vogel, Stemford Hiss @ The Zoo
Grand Salvo (Vic), Jessica Says (Vic), McKisko, Lion Island, ChalkAndCheese, JA Core @ Browning St Studios
The Gonzo Show, Wipedoubt, The Young Liberals @ Step Inn - note: This is not the Young Liberals featuring members of The Gin Club, Butcher Birds etc. This is an instrumental, 'post rock' esque Young Liberals.

Saturday 8th:
The Boat People, Dan Parsons, Ball Park Music @ The Troubadour
Local Produce: Mary Trembles, Drawn From Bees, Joel Myles, The Mercy Beat @ The HiFi
Teleprompter, The Arks @ Ric's Bar

Tuesday 11th:
Fans: Talons (NSW), Idle Cranes (EP Launch), Stature::Statue, Velociraptor @ Alhambra

Wednesday 12th:
Idle Cranes (EP Launch) @ Love, Love Studio (1pm, 27 Florence St, Newstead) - A BBQ and art show that is also functioning as Idle Cranes' record launch (in addition to the previous night at Alhambra).
Running Guns, The Kents @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - July 23rd

We've been a bit slack lately with reviews etc, so hopefully we'll have a bunch up in the next week or two. I have a decent little pile of local records here that I want to talk about, so hopefully I'll get some time to write about them in the not-too-distant future.

Anyway, here's the local shows for the next few days:

Thursday July 23rd:
Ambitious Lovers, Whyte Lightning, Colossal Head @ Book Nook, West End (7:30pm)
Twist Oliver Twist, Re:Enactment @ Ric's Bar

Friday 24th:
Secret Birds, Blank Realm @ Ric's Bar
The Sunburys - The Powerhouse (6pm, Free, AA)
Spitfireliar, The Quickening, Nectar, Copius, Breakneckspeed @ The Zoo
Bryde, Wipedoubt, Willows, Anonymeye @ The Globe

Saturday 25th:
Subterranean Sounds: Booby Traps (NSW), Screamin' Stevie's Australia, Pineapples From The Dawn of Time, The Hymies, Sulphur Lights, Sweet Dreams, The Modern Convicts @ Step Inn
Heart Flew Like An Arrow, Cured Pink Radio @ Ric's Bar
The Oyster Murders, Dizzy Gotheca, The Scrapes @ The Hangar

Sunday 26th:
Mr Rascal (Album Launch), The Bell Divers @ The Powerhouse (3pm, Free, AA)

Wednesday 29th:
Lion Island, Cold Cold Hills @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - July 17th

Friday July 17th:
The Estates (EP Launch), Jake Rush & The Bad Habits, Lion Island @ The Zoo
Kutomo (Finland), Anonymeye @ Blackstar Coffee
Tin Can Radio (Album Launch), Dan Parsons, Last Dinosaurs @ The HiFi
The Pretty Boys, White Mansions, Lords of Wong @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Ouch! My Face! (Vic), Idles Cranes @ Ric's Bar

Saturday 18th:
The Sips (7" Launch), Blank Realm, Undead Apes, The Heels @ Step Inn (Upstairs)
Tragic/Athletic, Carry Nation @ Ric's Bar
Chloe Turner @ Ric's Bar (4pm)
The Rocketsmiths, Drawn From Bees, Cerebella @ The Hive (Valley PCYC)
Fait Accompli (NSW), Stature:Statue, Idle Cranes, Comic Sans @ Valley Studios
Almost Invisible #2: Kutomo (Finland), Music For Slow Dancing, Dollface @ Browning St Studios, West End - All Ages, BYO.
Laneous & The Family Yah, Pear & The Awkward Orchestra, Banawarun, The Smokestack Orchestra, Re:Enactment, Kristen Haines, Liam Griffin, La Viola Vixen, Stop It! Love It!, Kate McKeague @ The Fort
Fred Negro & The Vaginabillies, The Hymies, The Fred Band, Screamin Stevies Australia @ Clarence Corner Hotel - This is listed in the street press but I'm not sure if it's actually happening.

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Gigs of the Week - July 9th

There are heaps of good gigs on this weekend. Here are some of them:

Thursday 9th:
Incremental Records Launch: Nova Scotia, Mt Augustus (EP Launch), Turnpike, Ambitious Lovers @ The Zoo - the launch of the Incremental Records Online Store, along with Mt Augustus' new EP.
La Dispute (USA), To The North (12" Launch), Marathan, King of Red Lions @ Jubilee Hotel

Friday 10th:
AXXONN, Monster Monster, Heart Flew Like An Arrow, Heil Spirits @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
La Dispute (USA), To The North (12" Launch), Quiet Steps, Arrows, The Surrogates @ Top Floor - All Ages
Daniel Morcombe Foundation Benefit: We All Want To, Kate Bradley & The Goodbye Horses, Crystal Radios @ The Globe
Mum Smokes (Vic), Greg Brady & The Anchors @ Ric's Bar

Saturday 11th:
Upstairs Rumble #2: SixFtHick, Vegas Kings, Sweet Dreams @ Step Inn (upstairs)
+1 Records Showcase: Rollerball (Album Launch), Mexico City, Blackwater Fever, Black Mustang @ The Zoo
Do The Robot, The Rational Academy @ Ric's Bar
Madeleine Paige @ Ric's Bar (4pm Cheeseboard)

Willows, In Sepia, Peel St Band @ Fat Louie's Pool Hall

Tuesday 14th:
XYZ: The Heels, The Narwhals @ X&Y Bar - 4ZZZ benefit at The Valley's newest venue.

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Gigs of the Week - July 3rd

Friday 3rd:
Bachelor of Arts, Deux Garcon @ Ric's Bar
Liquid Architecture @ Brisbane Powerhouse - Room40's annual Liquid Architecture festival.
The Boat People, Texas Tea @ QPAC Cascade Court
Monster Zoku Onsomb!, Black Lung (Vic), Anal Traffic, Dollface, Justus Corrupt @ The Globe

Saturday 4th:
Teleprompter, Teeming With Wildlife, Oh Ye Denver Birds, Grasshopper, Citizen Loud @ The Hangar
The Decline of Modern Civilisation: Curse Ov Dialect (Vic), Purple Duck (Vic), Professional Savage (Vic), Joel Saunders & Crazy Hearse, Bloody Roo, Potato Masta @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Re:Enactment, Skinny Jean @ Ric's Bar
Liquid Architecture @ Brisbane Powerhouse - Room40's annual Liquid Architecture festival.
Lead Sketch Union (Vic), The Gifthorse, Arrows, Ringpull @ Rosie's
New Jack Rubys, Lords of Wong, Ironside @ Fat Louie's Pool Hall
Washington (Vic), Last Dinosaurs, Buick Six @ The Troubadour

Tuesday 7th:
Chip Sandwich: Dot.AY, Simulcast, Joel Saunders & Crazy Hearse @ Browning St Studios - All Ages, BYO, donation entry.
Brutal Hate Mosh, Scraps @ Ric's Bar

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Gigs of the Week - June 24th

Wednesday 24th:
Turnpike, Seaplane @ Ric's Bar - Recommendation of the week.

Thursday 25th:
I Used To Skate Once: Secret Birds, Kirin J. Callinan, Stemford Hiss, Potato Masta, Doom Doom @ The Zoo
Moon Jog, Velociraptor @ Ric's Bar
Shishkin & Choomby, Extra Foxx, Star Sludge @ Step Inn (Front Bar)

Friday 26th:
Grey Daturas (Vic), Secret Birds, Blank Realm, Tom Hall, Neck Hold @ Step Inn
Fans: Rocketsmiths, Dead Letter Chorus (NSW), My Fiction, The Gallant @ Alhambra
Yves Klein Blue (Album launch), Philadelphia Grand Jury (NSW), Last Dinosaurs @ The Powerhouse
Foot Foot Foot: Scraps, Music For Slow Dancing @ Black Star Coffee (West End)
Grand Atlantic, We All Want To, Lovers of Modern Art @ The Zoo
Toy Balloon, Running Guns @ Ric's Bar

Saturday 27th:
Aleks & The Ramps (Vic), Big Strong Brute, Mixylodian (Canada), Lion Island, Joel Saunders, Mt Augustus, Pure Being @ Top Floor
Keep On Dancin's @ The Troubadour (1am)
Folk Foulk @ Ric's Bar (4:30pm)
Bent: Dizzygotheca, Twist Oliver Twist, Girl With Cake, Kristy Apps @ QAHC
Ball Park Music @ The Powerhouse

Sunday 28th:
Drawn From Bees, The Strange Attractors @ The Powerhouse
Rocketsmiths, Dead Letter Chorus (NSW), Numbers Radio, Skinny Jean @ The Valley Studios

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Gigs of the Week - June 19th

June 19th:
These Hands Could Separate The Sky, Hazards of Swimming Naked, Arrows, Willows @ Valley Studios
Idles Cranes, Taste of Teeth @ Ric's Bar
Anonymeye, Mt Augustus Solo, Nick Smethurst, Before The Table Fell @ Browning St Studios - BYO, All Ages
Texas Tea, The Jook Joint Boys, Fletch (WA) @ The Troubadour
Pony Up (Canada), Little Scout, Last Dinosaurs @ The Zoo
Mexico City, Hotel Motel, Vagrant City Scandal @ Step Inn (Front Bar)
Kate Bradley @ Kitty O'Shea's
Into The Ocean (EP Launch), King of Red Lions, Concrete Street @ Club 299
Big Benedict, Princess Rodeo, The Estates, Boss Level Monster @ The Globe

June 20th:
DZ, Toy Balloon, Comic Sans, Swaying Buildings @ The Hangar
Villains of Wilhelm, Fearless Vampire Killers (Vic), The Touch (SA), The Salvagers (NSW) @ The Troubadour

Just 21st:
Fete De La Musique @ All over Brisbane - see the website for details. Featuring We All Want To, The Danger Bunnies, Hazards of Swimming Naked, Dizzygotheca, Madeleine Paige, My Fiction, Mt Augustus and MORE.

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