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:: DIETER HORVAT; HEAD IN
THE OVEN, LIZARD PEOPLE,
THE KAVS, JAYNE DOE and
APOLLO LANE; 10 Years Of
Ancient World (Festival) w/
THE BAIT FRIDGE, KLAPTSTAKZ,
BITCHSPAWN and BABYTEETH

:: New Found Sound (Festival)
w/ SONS OF ZÖKU, COLDWAVE,
LOS PALMS, ALANA JAGT, NIGHT
RITES x THUNDER SPEAKS,
NAOMI KEYTE, RYAN MARTIN
JOHN and STREET LEGAL;
THE SONGS OF TOM SMITH
and JOHNNY SEAGULL & THE
HOT CHIPS; BUDDHADATTA
:: MAISIE, BUDDY J FRANCIS
and SAM PAGE; RICKY
ALBECK & THE BELAIR
LINE BAND (Single Launch)
w/ THE CONDOS and
MORTAL AMBITION
:: TUCKSHOP and
BRAVE MISTAKES; NIGHT
RITES and THE GENEVIEVES;
MODERN RELICS
(Single Launch) w/ THE MAX
HEADROOM; CARLA LIPPIS &
MONDO PSYCHO and BRIXX
:: SHODASHI, HEPÉ MATEH
and LIVE SLUG REACTION
:: HALL OF FAME ::
:: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES** :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ARTAX MISSION :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND* :: BOOSTER :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CIRCLE CLAN :: COERCE :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: CONCHILLIA :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: DOUBLE HANDED* :: THE DUNES :: EGYPT :: ENCARTA / COLONEL KERNEL** :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA FIRE!*** :: FRIENDS :: GLASS SKIES :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT* :: THE HONEY PIES** :: HORROR MY FRIEND* :: ISLE OF VISION :: JUNGLE CITY :: KAMIKAZE :: THE KEEPSAKES* :: THE KILLGIRLS*** :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: LADY STRANGELOVE** :: LEADER CHEETAH* :: LIKE LEAVES** :: LUMONICS* :: LYLA :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS*** :: MERE THEORY :: MORALS OF A MINOR* :: THE MOTIVE :: MR WEDNESDAY** :: NO THROUGH ROAD*** :: QUIET CHILD :: QUIET IN THE LAB! :: REALIST FEW :: RIDE INTO THE SUN** :: THE SEA THIEVES* :: THE SHINY BRIGHTS* :: SINCERELY, GRIZZLY*** :: SKELETONS :: SOFT WHITE MACHINE* :: SONS OF ZOKU :: SPARKSPITTER* :: SQUEAKER :: ST. MORRIS SINNERS :: STEERING BY STARS* :: SWIMMING :: TEA :: THE TIMBERS :: TONY FONT SHOW** :: TRACER :: THE TRANSATLANTICS** :: TWO SUNS :: TYGER TYGER* :: THE VILLENETTES* :: WEST THEBARTON BROTHEL PARTY :: WOLF & CUB** :: ZETA ::
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:: ARTIST INDEX ::
:: !!! :: THE 1NE :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES (DUET) :: 200 MOTELS :: 4 KINGS LOUD :: 4 VOICE :: 67 SPECIAL :: THE 7.4.5. :: 78 SAAB :: A.B. ORIGINAL :: A.D.K.O.B. :: A FILM FOR THE FUTURE :: A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS :: A RED DAWN :: A YOUNG MAN DRESSED AS A GORILLA DRESSED AS AN OLD MAN SITS ROCKING IN A ROCKING CHAIR FOR FIFTY-SIX MINUTES AND THEN LEAVES :: AAARRR! ALL ABOARD FOR PIRATEY VARIETY :: AARON THOMAS :: AARON THOMAS & THE HUMAN PATTERNS :: AARON THOMAS TRIO :: ABBEY HOWLETT :: ABBEY HOWLETT & THE GOLDEN REALM :: ABLACKWELL :: ABOLISHED :: ABRASKA :: ACID MOUNTAIN :: ACID WOLF :: ACROSS THE ATLAS :: ADALITA :: ADAM GEOFFREY COLE :: THE ADAM HIGGS FIELD SUPERCOLLIDER :: ADAM PAGE :: ADELAIDE'S PIPE GUY :: ADNAAN BARAKY :: ADRIAN BELEW :: ADRIAN DEUTSCH :: AFFAIRS OF MEN :: AFI :: AFTER THE FALL :: AGAPANTHER :: AIDAN J JONES :: AIRBOURNE :: ALANA JAGT :: ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES :: ALARM BIRDS & THE SEA THIEVES :: ALBANY AVENUE :: ALDOUS HARDING :: ALEKSIAH :: ALEX K :: ALEX K & THE SPUTNIK SWEETHEARTS :: ALEXANDER BLACK :: ALIAS & THE JAMS :: ALISON COPPE :: ALISON COPPE & THE JANES :: ALITHIA :: ALL FLIGHT CREW ARE DEAD :: ALL MADE OF RUBIES :: ALL NIGHT GIRLS :: ALMA KALORAMA :: ALNITAK KID :: ALPEN :: ALPHA BETA FOX :: ALPHA STREET :: ALPHABETTE :: ALPINE :: ALREADY GONE :: ALRIGHT PSYCHO :: ALT. :: ALUKA :: AMBUSH MARKETING :: THE AMCATS :: AMENDS :: AMUNDSENS FLAG :: AMY SHARK :: ANCIENT DESIGN :: ANDERSON .PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS :: ANDREW HIGGS & THE SAND CASTLE HARUM :: ANDREW MCCUBBIN feat. MELINDA KAY :: ANDREW P. STREET :: ANDY BULL :: ANDY ROBERTS :: ANGEL & THE BADMAN :: ANGEL EYES :: ANGEL OLSEN :: ANGELIK :: ANGELS OF GUNG-HO :: ANGIE HART :: ANIMAL SHADOWS :: ANIMAL TRAPS :: ANNIE BASS :: ANNIE OK :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ANNY DUFF :: ANTHONY ANT :: ANTHONY WIGNALL :: ANTI PSYCH :: ANTONY OF THE FUTURE :: ANTY! :: ANYA ANASTASIA :: ANYA ANASTASIA & THE BIRD WIZDOM CABARET :: ANYA MCNICOL-WINDRAM :: THE APE :: APHELION :: APPARITION :: APOLLO LANE :: APPOMATTOX RUN :: THE AQUARIAN MYSTERIES :: ARAKEYE :: THE ARCADE FIRE :: ARCHERS :: ARCHIE :: ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI :: ARE YOU DRINKING COMFORTABLY? :: ARGUS & THE LIAR :: ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI :: ARIES :: ARIES FLOW :: ARIS SPEED :: ARLO COOK :: ARMITAGE SHANKS :: ARMOUR FOU :: ARRAY :: ART OF ESCAPE :: THE ART OF FLYING KITES :: ARTAX MISSION :: AS THE PENNY DROPS :: THE ASTEROID BELT :: ASTRO ELEVATOR :: THE ATLANTIC STREET BAND :: ATLASIS & AMICA :: ATTILA MY HONEY :: ATOMIC SISTER :: ATTONBITUS :: ATTONBITUS (SOLO) :: AUBERON DANCE ACADEMY :: AUDIUM :: THE AUDREYS :: AUGUSTE :: AURA FORM :: AURORA :: THE AUTHENTIC REPLICAS :: AUXILLA :: AVANT GARDENERS :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: AWKWARD LOVE TRIANGLE :: AXE & THE IVORY :: BABES ARE WOLVES :: BABY CANDY :: BABY MO :: BABYLON BURNING :: BABYTEETH :: BACHELOR OF ARTS :: BACHELORETTE :: THE BACKYARDERS :: BACKSEAT ROMEOS :: BAD//DREEMS :: BAD LUCK CABARET :: BADBADNOTGOOD :: BADLAND CARAVAN :: THE BAIT FRIDGE :: BAKER BOY :: THE BAKER SUITE :: THE BAKER'S DIGEST :: BAKEWELL STREET :: BALL PARK MUSIC :: BANG! BANG! AIDS! :: BANJO JACKSON :: BANJO WEATHERALD :: BANOFFEE :: BARCODE :: THE BARON :: BARON VON DOODIE :: THE BARONS OF TANG :: BART'S NIGHTMARE :: BASEBALL :: THE BASKERVILLES :: A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: BASTY & FRIENDS :: BASTY H :: BAT FOR LASHES :: BATHAWK :: BATPISS :: BATRIDER :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BATTLEHOUNDS :: BATTLE POPE :: BATTLES :: BEACH HOUSE :: BEACH LEECH :: BEANIE MY FRIEND :: BEAR THE MAMMOTH :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND :: THE BEARDS :: THE BEASTIE BOYS :: THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT :: BEC STEVENS :: BECCY ZAHO :: BED WETTER :: BEDHEAD :: THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER & HIS AWKWARDSTRA :: BEE PREFECT :: THE BEERBELLY BUSKERS :: BEFORE THE AFTERMATH :: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS :: BELITTLE LEAGUE :: THE BELLE CURVE :: THE BELLRAYS :: BELOVED ELK :: BEN GEL & THE BONEYARD SAINTS :: BEN ELY'S RADIO 5 :: BEN REVI :: BEN REVI ALL-STAR REVIVAL BAND :: BEND :: BERMUDA BAY :: BETTY AIRS :: BIG BAD BARRY & THE DEAD SETS :: BIG DADDY'S DISCOTHEQUE :: BIG RICHARD INSECT :: BIG ROMANCE :: BIG SCARY :: BIG SKY THEORY :: BIG SLOE :: BIG TOWN :: BIG YAWN :: BIKE WRECK :: BILLIE EILISH :: BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR :: BILLY BOB'S BBQ JAM BAND :: BING GOES TO MONACO :: BINKY & THE BUNG MICS :: THE BIRD :: BIRD DETECTIVE :: BIRD WIZDOM :: BIRDS ARE SPIES :: BIRTHGLOW :: BIT BY BATS :: BITCH PREFECT :: BITCHSPAWN :: THE BITTER DARLINGS :: BITTER SWEET KICKS :: BJORK :: THE BLACK AND WHITE :: BLACK CHROME :: BLACK CORAL :: THE BLACK DOVES :: BLACK GOLD :: THE BLACK HEART DEATH CULT :: BLACK KNIGHT :: BLACK LIPS :: BLACK STONE FROM THE SUN :: BLACKCHORDS :: BLACKPENNY :: BLAKE SABAN 3 :: BLAST RHOMBUS :: THE BLEEDING FLARES :: BLEEDING KNEES CLUB :: THESE BLESSED BONES :: THE BLIND HERD :: BLISTERED PALMS :: BLOOMING :: BLOOD PLASTIC :: BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS :: BLOODHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL :: BLOODSTONE VILLAINS :: BLOW UP BETTY :: BLUE LUCY :: BLUE LUNACY :: BLUE SKY HOLIDAY :: THE BLUEBERRIES :: BLUEJUICE :: BLUSH :: BLUSH (SOLO) :: BLUSH RESPONSE :: BOB DOWNE :: BOB LOG III :: BODY HORROR :: BOHOEFFER :: THE BON SCOTTS :: BONG COFFIN :: BONOBO :: BOOBY TRAP :: A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE :: BOOMSKULLY :: BOOSTER :: THE BORDERLAND :: BORN LION :: BOS :: THE BOTANICALS :: THE BOTTLEROCKETS :: BOX ELDER :: THE BOX ROCKETS :: BOY YOUNG :: BRAVE MISTAKES :: BREE TRANTER :: BRENDAWG & THE DROID :: BRETT LITTLEFAIR :: BREWER :: THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE :: BRIANNA MAHONEY :: BRIARS :: BRIDGET FAHEY :: BRIDGET FAHEY & THE BONE RATTLERS :: BRILLIG :: BRIT TRUEACK :: BRITISH INDIA :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS (DUO) :: BRIXX :: BROMHAM :: BRONZE CHARIOT :: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE :: BROKERS :: THE BROTHERS GOON :: BROTHERSISTER :: THE BROUHAHA :: BRUNATEX :: BUCK IT :: BUDDHADATTA :: BUDDY J FRANCIS :: BUFFALO BOYFRIEND :: THE BUMBLEBEEZ :: THE BUOYS :: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA :: BURIED FEATHER :: BURJON :: BURLESQUE BEAUTIES :: BURN THE ASHES :: BURNING BRIDGES :: THE BURNING SEA :: BURNING TOWER :: BURNSIDE MUMS :: BURNT FISH :: BUSHIDO :: BUSSEYS :: BUSTER FIDEZ :: BUTTERFLY SPINE :: BYE BYE MOUNTAIN :: BYSEA :: THE BYZANTINES :: C.H.O.P. ::CABBAGE & KINGS :: CABIN CULTS :: CABLE TIES :: CAGEFLY :: CAL WILLIAMS JR :: CALIFORNIA COUSIN :: CALLERDENIGHT :: CALLING ALL CARS :: CAM GOODALL :: CAMEROM MCTERNAN :: CAMP COPE :: CAN MASTER SMASH & MOTUS COLLECTIVE :: CANDIDA :: CANIDAE :: CANIS VULPES :: CAPTAIN CLEANOFF :: CAPTAIN HELLFIRE & THE WRETCHED BRETHREN :: THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY :: CAPTIVES :: CAR SEAT HEADREST :: CARL DOVER & 3 DEEP :: CARLA LIPPIS & THE MARTIAL HEARTS :: CARLA LIPPIS & MONDO PSYCHO :: CAROLINE REID :: THE CASIO BROTHERS :: CASKET CASE :: CASS McCOMBS :: CASSETTE KIDS :: CAT DOG BIRD :: CAT LUCKY :: CAT PARTY :: CAUSING HAMMOCK :: CELESTITE :: CENTAURZ :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CERES :: CESARE :: CHAMP :: CHANCERY LANE :: CHAPMAN STREET :: CHARLIE MONSOON :: CHASING GHOSTS :: CHASING LANA :: CHASING PHOENIX :: THE CHATS :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CHEESE WORLD :: CHELSEA LEE :: CHELSEA MANOR :: CHERRY GRIND :: THE CHEVRON WHORES :: CHÉRIE DE KLERK :: CHILD :: CHILDREN COLLIDE :: CHINA CRISIS :: CHINA ROSES :: CHINESE NEW YEAR :: CHRIS FINNEN :: CHRIST DISMEMBERED :: CHORAL GRIEF :: CHOOSING SIDES :: CHURCH MOMS :: CHVRCHES :: CIARAM GRANGER :: CIRCLE CLAN :: CIRCUS ARCADE :: THE CITRADELS :: CITRUS JAM :: THE CITY :: CITY CALM DOWN :: CITY FEET :: CITY RIOTS :: THE CLANGERS :: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH :: THE CLASHING PUMPKINS :: CLAY J GLADSTONE :: CLIENT LIASON :: THE CLIQUE :: CLOUD CONTROL :: CLOUD NOTHINGS :: CLOVER :: THE CLOWNS OF DECADENCE :: CLUB LOCK :: CLUE TO KALO :: COBRA :: COCK :: C.O.F.F.I.N :: CODRA NEGRA :: COERCE :: COG :: THE COLD FIELD :: COLDWAVE :: COLLARBONES :: COLLIDE/ESCAPE :: COLLIDER :: COLONEL KERNEL :: COLORBLIND :: COLOURBLIND :: COLOURBLIND DUO :: COLOURISE :: COLTER :: COLUMBUS :: CONCHILLIA :: THE CONDOS :: THE CONFESSIONALS :: CONOR DEERY :: CONSOLE WARRIORS :: COOKIE BAKER :: COOKIE BAKER & HER SPECIAL SECRET SPELLS :: COOL JUMPER :: COOL JUMPER & TANTIVY FAIR :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: COPIOUS DRIBBLE :: CORPUS :: THE CORTEX SHIFT :: CORTEZ :: COSMIC FOSSIL :: COSMIC SHEPHERD :: COSMO BLACK :: COSMO THUNDERCAT :: COSMO THUNDERCAT (DUO) :: COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR :: COURTNEY BARNETT :: THE COURTNEY LOVES :: COVE STREET :: COY CARP :: CRACKWHORE :: THE CRAVES :: THE CRAYON FIELDS :: CREEPERS :: CROSSFIRE HURRICANE :: CRUSTY SUITCASE BAND :: THE CRYING GAME :: CRYSTAL IGNITE :: CUB SCOUTS :: CUB SPORT :: CULL - THE BAND :: CURIOUS PALMS :: CURSES :: CUT COPY :: CUT OFF YOUR HANDS :: THE DAINTY MORSELS :: THE DAIRY BROTHERS :: DAISY BUCHANAN :: DAIYE SPA :: DALLAS FRASCA :: DALLI :: DAMN ARMS :: DAMN TERRAN :: DAMNED MEN :: DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK :: DAN DEVLIN :: DAN GASKIN :: DANCE TIL YOU CAN'T SAY YEAH! :: DANDY BUZZKILLS :: THE DANGER DOLPHINS :: DANGER & PLASTIC :: DANGEROUS! :: DANIEL VARRICCHIO :: DANIELE VILELLA :: DANVERS :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DAPPLED CITIES :: THE DARDANELLES :: DARK DAZE :: THE DARK LIGHTS :: DARTS OF PLEASURE :: DAS UBBERDUNG :: DAVE PHILLIPS :: DAVID BLUMBERG :: DAVID BLUMBERG & THE MARABY BAND :: DAY RAVIES :: DAYDREAM :: THE DAYLIGHT BRAVES :: DAYSWORTH FIGHTING :: THE DEAD BELLS :: DEAD END FRIENDS :: DEAD FRENCHMEN :: DEAD JOE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: THE DEAD REGULARS :: DEAD ROO :: DEADLY ARE THE NAKED :: DEAFAULT :: DEAN FOREVER :: DEAR PLASTIC :: DEATH BY CARROT :: DECOS :: DED//WESZ :: THE DEE MAJOR MYSTERY BAND :: DEEP SEA ARCADE :: THE DEER JOHNS :: DEERHUNTER :: DEJA :: DEJA ENTENDU :: DELIA OBST :: THE DELTA RIGGS :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DENTAL JAMS & EZROH :: DESCRIBE ELIZA :: DESERT CROOKS :: DESTINEZIA :: A DEVIL AMONGST THE TAILORS :: DEVIL ELECTRIC :: THE DEVILROCK FOUR :: DEXTER JONES :: DIAMOND SINS :: DIAMOND SKIES :: DIANA SCALZI :: DICK DIVER :: DIE! DIE! DIE! :: DIESEL WITCH :: DIETER HORVAT :: DIETER HORVAT & THE $5 MYSTERY SHOTS :: DIIV :: DILATED :: DILETTANTES :: DIPLOMAT :: DIPSTONE :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: THE DIRTY MONKS :: DIRTY PAGANS :: DIRTY WOLVES :: THE DIVINE FLUXUS :: DIZZEE RASCAL :: DJ KELE OKEREKE :: DJ SHADOW :: DJ SPOZ :: DJANGO ROWE QUARTET :: DJANGO ROWE TRIO :: DMA'S :: DOC DISORDERS :: DOCTOR TREK IN SPACE :: DOE :: DOM TRIMBOLI & THE WIZARDS :: DON MORRISON :: DONNARUMMA :: DON'T BRING STACEY :: DOOM POP :: DORKZ :: DOUBLE DENIM :: DOUBLE DRAGON :: DOUBLE HANDED :: DOWN & OUT :: DOZERS :: DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE :: DRAINING :: DRAINING (ACOUSTIC) :: DRASTIC PARK :: DRAWN FROM BEES :: DREAM WIFE :: THE DREAMBOATS :: DRESS CODE :: DREW & SEAN :: DRILLER JET ARMSTRONG :: THE DRONES :: DROPLET :: DRUID FLUIDS :: DRUID FLUIDS (DUO) :: DRUNK MUMS :: DUD PILLS :: DUKES OF WINDSOR :: DUMB EARTH :: DUNE RATS :: THE DUNES :: DUNGEN :: DUSTY LEE :: DUSTY LEE & THE ANGELS OF GUNG HO :: DUSTY LEE'S BLUES JAM BAND :: DUSTY LEE'S WASTED WANDERERS :: DUZZMERALDA :: DYSPORA :: DZ :: DZ DEATHRAYS :: EARL SWEATSHIRT :: EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR :: EAST END VILLAINS :: ECCENTRICK - FANTASY EDITION :: ECDYSIS :: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN :: ECHO & THE EMPRESS :: EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING :: THE EFFENDS :: EFFIE :: EGYPT :: THE EL CAMINOS :: EL COLOSSO :: EL FARINHO :: ELECTRIC EXILES :: ELECTRIC FIELDS :: ELECTRIC SEX PANTS :: ELECTRIC WIDOWS :: ELENA & AIDAN CIBICH :: ELEPHANT :: ELEPHANT HIVE :: THE ELEVENTH HOUR :: THE E.L.F. :: ELK :: ELLA ION :: ELLEN KIBBLE :: ELLI BELLE :: THE ELLIOTT JOHNSON BAND :: EL BOTTLE O' PARADISO :: EL-P :: ELSY WAMEYO :: ELVIS :: EMDEE :: EMERAULD :: EMERGENCY RULE :: EMILY DAVIS :: EMILY DAVIS TRIO :: EMILY WYATT :: EMMA HORWOOD :: EMMA JAYNE :: EMPERORS :: EMPIRE VAGABOND :: THE EMPTY SLEEPS :: THE EMPTY THREATS :: ENCARTA :: ENDLESS NAMELESS :: ENEMY OF :: ENERGY ANGEL :: ENNIS TOLA :: ENVY STREET :: ER@SER DESCRIPTION :: ERIN BUKU :: ERIN MO :: ES IST SUPER :: ETHAN HUBBARD :: ETHANOL BLEND :: ETHANOL BLEND (DUO) :: EVEN :: EVERYDAY APATHY :: EXOTIC POTION COOKIES :: EXPATRIATE :: THE EXPLODERS :: EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE :: THE EXPLOSIONING :: EYES MORE SKULL THAN EYES :: EZRA HOPE :: FACEMEAT :: FACEMEAT - A ROCK OPERA :: FAFI D'ALOUR & THE DELINQUENTS :: FAIR CALL :: FAITH NO MORE :: FAIR MAIDEN :: THE FAK :: FAKE LAKE :: FAKE TAN :: FASCINATOR :: THE FAT SACK :: FAT TAILED ANTICHINUS :: FATHER JOHN MISTY :: FAVOUR THE BRAVE :: FEAR AND LOATHING :: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS :: FEBRUARY CLOUDS :: FEIST :: FEMME FATALES :: FERGUS O'REGAN :: FEZ FAANANA :: THE FIDDLE CHICKS :: FIGHTERPILOT :: FILTHY LUCRE :: THE FINISHING SCHOOL :: FINNEN & DAVIDSON :: THE FINNS :: FIRS :: FISHING WITH HENRY :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! :: FIST PUMP, FIST BUMP :: FISTFUL OF TROJANS :: FKA TWIGS :: FLAVELLA L'AMOUR :: THE FLEEING MINDS :: FLEUR GREEN :: FLEUR GREEN & THE KEEPERS :: THE FLOORS :: FLORENCE & THE MACHINE :: FLUME :: THE FLYING SQUAD DUO :: FLYYING COLOURS DUO :: THE FOLKO-OH-NOES :: FONT PLAYS FONT :: FOOL'S IDOL :: FORCES :: FOREIGN/NATIONAL :: FOREST OF GNOMES :: FORMER CHILD STARS :: FOX FAEHRMANN :: FOXX ON FIRE :: FRANKIE SUNWAGON :: FRANZ FERDINAND :: FRAUD MILLIONAIRES :: FREE DRINKS :: FREESTATE :: FRESH KILLS :: FRIDAY'S FOX :: FRIENDS :: FROM THE DEAD SEA :: FULL CONTACT SAFARI :: FULL TONE GENERATOR :: THE FUMES :: FUNK LATIN UNION :: FUNKOARS :: FUNKY C FUNKY DO :: FUTURE FARM :: FUTURE ISLANDS :: THE FYOOGS :: G FLIP :: GALAPAGOOSE :: GALAXY CAT :: GALLEON :: GALLERY ONE :: GANG OF YOUTHS :: GARDEN RUIN :: GAVIN DE ALMEIDA :: GAY PARIS :: THE GELS :: GEMINI DOWNS :: GEMMA THORNE :: GENERATION SWINE :: THE GENEVIEVES :: GEORDIE LITTLE :: GEORGE GLASS :: GEORGIA NIELSEN :: GERMEIN SISTERS :: GET SOME :: GG ALAN BINDIG :: GHOST THIEF :: GHOST WALK :: GHOUL :: GHYTI :: GHYTI (DUO) :: GHYTI & THE PHILANTHROPIC ORCHESTRA :: GINDIANA BONES AND THE SEVERAL KIDNEYS OF THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN STATION :: GINFOX VS HELLO NEWMAN :: GIRL :: GIRL TALK :: THE GIVEAWAYS :: GLASS :: GLASS DUNES :: GLASS SKIES :: GLASS TOWERS :: GLEN AVENTI :: GLENN OSMOND & THE FULLARTONES :: GLISK :: GLITORIS :: GLOWING :: GNARLS BARKLEY :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT (Lounge Set) :: GOLD BLOOM :: THE GOOD CHINA :: GOOD BOY :: GOODBYE, MOTHER LEOPARD :: GOONBOMB :: GOON WIZARRD :: GOTYE :: GRACE: THE SONGS OF JEFF BUCKLEY :: GRACE CUMMINGS :: GRACE GOODFELLOW :: GRAFTON PRIMARY :: GRAFTON STREET :: THE GRAND RAPIDS :: GRASSHOPPER & THE BUTTERFROGS :: THE GRATES :: GRAVEYARD TRAIN :: GREAT GABLE :: GREEN CIRCLES :: GREENLEAF :: THE GREETING METHOD :: GRENADIERS :: GREY DATURAS :: GRIMES :: GRIMEY :: GROOVE ARMADA :: GROUND COMPONENTS :: THE GROWL :: GUILLAUME SOLO ACOUSTIC :: GUINEAFOWL :: GUN IT :: GÜNTER & THE SAFEWORD :: GYRO :: HÄGÖL :: HAIM :: HAL BIRD :: HALCYON DRIVE :: HALFWAY TO FORTH :: HANA & JESSIE-LEE'S BAD HABITS :: HANNAH FAIRLAMB :: HANNAH YATES :: THE HAPPY ENDINGS :: HAPPY SOMETIMES :: HAR MAR SUPERSTAR :: THE HARD ACHES :: HARD RUBBISH :: HARMLESS HUNTER :: HARMONY :: HARRY FREEMAN :: HARTS :: HARTWAY :: HARVEY RUSSELL :: HAWKS OF ALBA :: HAYSTACKS CALHOON :: HAZY J & THE WASTED DAZE :: HEAD IN THE OVEN :: HEAPS GOOD FRIENDS :: HEARTLINE :: HEATH WEBER :: THE HEGGARTIES :: HEINOUS CRIMES :: HEKYL :: HELLO ENEMY :: HELLO, LOVER :: HELLO NEWMAN :: HELLS HOIST :: HELMET :: HENRY WILSON :: HEPÉ MATEH :: HESTON DROP :: HEY FEVER :: HEY HARRIETT :: HEY LADY! :: HI, I'M RECLUSIVE AUTHOR THOMAS PYNCHON :: HIDDEN INTENT :: THE HIGH BEAMERS :: HIGH STAKES :: HIGH TENSION :: HIGH VIOLET :: HIGHTIME :: HILLS & TRAINS :: HIT THE JACKPOT :: HOCKEY DAD :: HOFMANN & THE COSMONAUTS :: THE HOLD STEADY :: THE HOLIDAYS :: HOLLY HASTINGS :: HOLOGRAPHIC CHARIZARD :: HOLOGRAPHIC COLTS :: HOLY FORREST :: HOLY FUCK :: HOLY HOLY :: THE HOLY SEA :: HOLY SERPENT :: HOME COURT :: HOME FOR THE DEF :: HOMELY SMELLS :: THE HONEY PIES :: HONEYBEAM :: HORROR MY FRIEND :: HORSE LORDS :: HOSPITAL THE MUSICAL :: HOT MESS :: HOT WINGS :: HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS :: HOUSE OF JADE :: HOWL AT THE MOON :: HOWL N' BONES :: HOWLING BELLS :: THE HOWLING FOG :: HUBRIS :: HUMBLE BEE :: HUMMINGBIRD :: HUMPHREY B. BEAR :: HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY :: THE HUNTED CROWS :: HURRICANE JANE :: HURRICANES :: THE HUSHES :: HUSTLE HOUSE :: HUXLEY :: THE HYDES :: HYDROMEDUSA :: I, A MAN :: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT WEEZER :: I HEART HIROSHIMA :: I, ICARUS :: ICE ON MERCURY :: ID :: IDLY BY :: IGGY POP & THE STOOGES :: IIAH :: ILLICIT EVE :: IMMIGRANT UNION :: IMOGEN BRAVE :: IMPARTIAL :: THE IMPOSSIBLE QUICHE :: THE INCHES :: INDIAGO :: INSOMNICIDE :: INSTITUT POLAIRE :: INTERCOOLER :: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MOJO :: THE INTERNET :: INTERPOL :: INTERSECTION :: INTERZONE EXPRESS :: INTROVERT :: INUETTE :: INWOODS :: IRAAN SANADZADEH :: IRIDIUM :: IRIE KNIGHTS :: THE IRRESPONSIBLES :: ISAAC THOMAS :: ISLE OF CAPRI :: ISLE OF VISION :: IT'S A HOAX :: IT'S A HOAX (INSTRUMENTAL) :: IT'S NOT A PHASE :: IT'S WARSAW :: IVORY :: THE JAY WALKERS :: J-LO BIAFRA :: J-WAH :: JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS :: JACK LONDON :: JACKSON FIREBIRD :: JACKULSON :: JAMES HICKEY :: JAMES PARRY :: JANE'S ADDICTION :: JAPAM :: JAPANDROIDS :: JAPANTHER :: JARVIS :: JARVIS COCKER :: JASON KATSARAS :: JASON SIMON (DEAD MEADOW) :: JAY WALKER AND THE PEDESTRIANS :: JAYNE-ANNE POWER :: JAYNE DOE :: JEFF MARTIN & TEREPAI RICHMOND :: JESS DAY :: JESS JOHNS :: JESS KENT :: JESS PORTER :: JESSE DAVIDSON :: JESSE DAVIDSON BAND :: JESSE FRANCIS :: JESSICA RAE :: JESUS CHRIST POSSE :: JETTISON :: THE JEZABELS :: JIKA :: JIMMY & THE MIRRORS :: JIMMY EAT WORLD :: JIMMY MARIN :: JIMMY MOUNTAIN :: JIMMYBAY :: JIMMYBAY & OLLIE KABBANI :: JODECI & SAM :: JOE MCKEE :: JOEL STERN :: JOEL STERN, CURED PINK & TIMOTHY TATE :: THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS :: JOHNNY AMERICAN HORSE :: JOHNNY SEAGULL & THE HOT CHIPS :: JON ADDAMS :: JON ANN :: JON MARCO :: JON MORTIMER :: JONGO BONES & THE BAREFOOT BANDITS :: JONNY BLIZZARD :: JORDAN TITO :: JOSH CALLIGEROS :: JOSHUA JAMES MORPHETT :: JOURNEY WELL SPACE WIZARD :: JOY & SPARKS :: JP COE & THE DELEGATES :: JUDGE MENTAL :: JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR DOLLS :: JUMP OVER FENCES :: JUMP! YOU REVOLUTIONARY :: JUNGLE CITY :: JUNGLEMIRE :: JUNIOR V :: JUPITER :: JUPITER (DUO) :: JUPITER LEAD :: JUST DESSERTS :: KAB SAVVY :: KACEY STEPHENSEN :: KAHL WALLIS :: KÁLI SAVILL :: KAMIKAZE :: KAMIKAZE TRIO :: KANGAROO SKULL :: KARL MELVIN :: KASABIAN :: KASAVETT :: KATE VIGO & THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA :: KATIE BRIANNA :: KATIE MILLER :: KATIE POMERY :: KAURNA CRONIN :: THE KAVS :: KAZKARIV :: THE KEEPSAKES :: KELLIE LLOYD :: KELLY MENHENNETT :: KELSHY :: KEMP BROTHERS :: KETTERING :: KHAN :: KIAN :: KICKASS COWGIRLS :: KID SAM :: KIDS IN CULTS :: KIDS WITH TEETH :: KIKUYU :: THE KILL DEVIL HILLS :: KILLED BY CUPID :: KILLER BIRDS :: THE KILLBOT FACTORY :: THE KILLGIRLS :: KILLING CENTRE :: KING DADDY :: KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD :: KING JEFF & THE HOW ARE YOUS :: KING KRILL :: KING KRULE :: KING OF THE NORTH :: KINGS WITHIN :: KINGSTON DOWNES :: KINGSWOOD :: KINS :: KIRK SPECIAL :: KIRK WATT :: KITCHEN WITCH :: KITTEN KONG :: KITTYHAWK :: KLAPTSTAKZ :: KLLO :: KOI CHILD :: KOLEH :: KORAL :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: KOSHER SALAMI :: KOTARA :: KRIS WANDERS :: KRISTINA MILTIADOU :: KUČKA :: KURRULTA PARK :: KURT VILE :: KYLE CHARLES HALL :: KYLIE BRICE TRIO :: KYM RÖBEY & THE DEVIL'S LETTUCE :: KYRI :: KYTES OF OMAR :: L.R. MARSH :: LA FEMME LE FEVER :: LACHY BRUCE :: LADY GUNG-HO & THE ANGELS OF STRANGELOVE :: LADY STRANGELOVE :: THE LADYBEATLES :: LADYHAWKE :: LAHARA :: LANCE LAZER & TALIBAND :: LARSEN :: LAST DAYS OF KALI :: LAST DINOSAURS :: LAST THYLACINE :: THE LAST SUPPER :: LATE NIGHT LIES :: LATE NIGHT MATINEE :: LATER THAT NIGHT :: LAURA HILL :: LAURA IMBRUGLIA :: LAUREN ABINERI :: LAW & DISORDER :: LAZARO'S DOG :: LC3'S :: LEAD WORM :: LEADER CHEETAH :: LEAF & STEM :: LEFT :: LEFT ON SEEN :: LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT :: LEIGHSTARDUST :: THE LEITMOTIF :: LEITMOTIV LIMBO :: LIVE SLUG REACTION :: LEITH JAMES :: LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT :: LEMMINGS :: LEMURIAN :: LENI :: LENIN MCCARTHY :: LEO :: LEAPING FELIX :: LES SAVY FAV :: THE LEVITATORS :: LEX MONSERRAT :: LICKITY SPLIT :: LIFE IN LETTERS :: LIGHTS :: LIKE KITES :: LIKE LEAVES :: LIL VALENTINE :: LILAC COVE :: LILY MOJITO :: LILY ROSE :: LILLY SIM :: LILLYS RADIO :: LIMB KING :: LIMBS AKIMBO :: LINE HONOURS :: LIPSMACK :: LITTLE BRIDGET :: LITTLE CAPTAIN :: LITTLE DRAGON :: LITTLE DUST :: LITTLE ICE AGE :: LITTLE PRINCE :: LITTLE TWO EYES :: LIZARD PEOPLE :: THE LIZARDS :: LLAMAGEDDON :: LLEWELLYN THOMAS :: LO! :: LOADED LEOPARD :: LOCAL REVOLUTION :: LOEMAX :: THE LOFTY MOUNTAIN BAND :: LOLA :: THE LONDON ROAD POETS :: THE LONELINESS OF A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER :: LONELY FIRE :: LONELYSPECK :: LONG WALK HOME :: LONI RAE :: LOOCH :: LOON LAKE :: LOOPOLE :: LORDE :: LOREN KATE :: LOS PALMS :: LOST COSMONAUT :: LOST IN TRANSLATION :: THE LOST SHOW :: LOST VALENTINOS :: LOST WOODS :: LOUIS DONNARUMMA :: LOUIS FARK :: LOUISE ADAMS :: LOUISE & THE TORNADOS :: LOUISE ADAMS & THE FRINGE DWELLERS :: LOVE CREAM :: THE LOVE JUNKIES :: LOVE OF DIAGRAMS :: LOVE STEREO :: LOVE ZOMBIES :: THE LOVES :: LUCI :: LUCINDA GRACE :: THE LUCKSMITHS :: LUCY THE BAND :: LUCY ZOLA :: LUKE ASHBY BAND :: LUKE CARLINO :: LUKE DUX :: LUKE ESCOMBE :: LUKE EYGENRAAM :: LUKE GOLDING :: THE LUKE LOUIE TRIO :: LUMENS :: LUMONICS :: MABIINA PARTY :: LYLA :: MAC DEMARCO :: MACH PELICAN :: MACKENZIE :: MAD SHAPES :: MADCLASSIC :: MADURA GREEN :: MAGGIE & LOUIS :: THE MAGGIE PILLS :: MAGIC BONES :: MAGIC MOUNTAIN :: THE MAGNETS :: MAISIE :: MAISIE B :: MAJOR SHADE :: MAKING :: MALLRAT :: MAMMAL :: MAMMOTH :: MAMMOTH LOGIC :: THE MAN HIMSELF :: MANE :: MANI NEUMEIER & THE BITCHES OF ZEUS :: MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD :: MANNIX :: MANOR :: MANSIONAIR :: MÄNTRÄ :: THE MARABY BAND :: MARCUS COROWA :: MARCUS WARNECKE & SAM PORTER :: MARDEN :: MARGARET LLOYD & SEB TONKIN :: MARK CURTIS :: MARK CURTIS BAND :: MARK CURTIS & THE FLANNELETTES :: MARLA SINGER :: MARY TREMBLES :: MARY WEBB :: MASEGO :: MASSIVE :: MASTER'S CURIOUS DELIRIUM :: THE MATEHS :: MATHEMATIC :: MATHIEU WERCHOWSKI :: MATT BANHAM :: MATTHEW BARLOW :: MATT HAYWARD :: MATTHEW MILES :: MATT WARD DUO :: MATT WARD & THE RISING SONS :: MATT ZENGERER :: MAUVE :: THE MAX HEADROOM :: MAX SAVAGE :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS :: MAYDAY FAIR :: MAYFIELD :: MCKISKO :: MEAKE :: MEANWELL COLLEGE :: THE MEDICS :: MEGAFAUNA :: MELLOW YELLOW :: MELTON PEACH :: MEMORY CASTLES :: MENAGERIE :: MERCY ARMS :: THE MERCY KILLS :: MERE THEORY :: THE MESS HALL :: MESSRS :: METHYL ETHEL :: METZ :: MEZZA, ROACH & HOG :: MEZZANINE :: MICHAEL STOWERS :: MICHAELA JENKE :: MICK ARMSTRONG, ANDY ARMSTRONG & STAN BASTIRAS :: THE MIDDLE EAST :: MIDDLE KIDS :: MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS :: THE MIDNIGHT MARES :: THE MILTON EXPERIENCE :: MIKE MCKEON :: MIKE RADZEVICIUS :: MIKE TILBROOK :: MIKEY (EX ARTAX MISSION) :: MINDSHOWER :: MIO :: MIRRORLINE :: THE MISCHIEF :: MISCHIEF THE CAT :: MISS GOLLY GOSH :: MISS OHIO :: MISS RENEE SIMONE :: THE MISSION IN MOTION :: MM9 :: MODERN DAY RIOT :: MODERN RELICS :: MOGERLAINE :: MOLLY ROCKET :: THE MOLTING VULTURES :: MOMOKO SODA :: MONA LISA OVERDRIVE :: THE MONDAYS :: MONDO PHASE BAND :: MONEY FOR ROPE :: THE MONIKERS :: MONKEY PUZZLE TREE :: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL :: MONTES JURA :: MOODY BELLES :: THE MOON DIGITS :: MOONFAKER :: MOONHUNTER :: MORALS OF A MINOR :: THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS :: THE MORS :: THE MORS MODERN MYSTERY SEXTET :: MORTAL AMBITION :: MORTAL WOMBAT :: MOSES SUMNEY :: MOSHPIT GIRLFRIEND :: MOTHER'S CAKE :: THE MOTHERFUCKING MOTHERFUCKERS :: MOTHERSLUG :: THE MOTION BELOW :: THE MOTIVE :: MOTOWN CONNECTION :: MOUNT SELDOM :: MOUNTAIN SONGS :: MOUNTAIN STATIC :: MOUNTAIN STRANGER :: MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY :: MOUNTBATTEN :: MOURGOS GRUND :: THE MOURNING SONS :: MOVE TO STRIKE :: MOVIN' MELVIN BROWN :: M.J. TURNER :: MR. 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:: Thursday, September 03, 2009

BOOSTER + SQUEAKER + YOUR MOTIVE FOR
LIVE @ THE METRO / Saturday August 29th 2009

Maaan you skeezy little dipshits have it easy, you don't know how lucky you are! This live scene, this city, this hilarious cesspool that you and your fuckup friends piss all over, that you take for granted all the fucking time!? It just wasn't like THIS back in my day! "Wait isn't this STILL your day!?". Oh sure it is (and I'm scamming this shit for all its worth lemme tell you!) I'm just saying back in MY day, back when I was still a wee whippersnapper? it just wasn't the same maaan! We're talking pre millennium tension here. We're talking the late nineties. We're talking a whole other world! It was darker, more deranged, infinitely more paranoid, some might say a little more innocent too (wait isn't that a contradiction in terms? aaah fuck it!). We had no twitter feeds, facebook, youtube, wikipedia or myspace accounts. We had no SMS (or at least nobody knew how to fucking operate it), we had no ipods! Our internet was a fucking house brick with blinking lights: nothing but a dialup trickle feed of retarded poo jokes, conspiracy theories, rotating GIFS and fucking JPEGS that took months to load on a screen.. MONTHS I TELLS YOU!! We had to actually ring someone on a TELEPHONE, at home, if we wanted to talk to them.. it was insane!! Even our music was different. It was nothing but shitty nu-metal, goth, big beat electronica and a littany of fuckarse retarded girl groups and boy bands clogging up our airwaves. Everything was sketchy as fuck, on heroin, and circling the drain fast. We even paid money for it on actual CDs! You remember those fucked up little frisbees!? of course you don't, nobody fucking does! And don't get me started on the Adelaide scene! There was no Ed Castle, Rocket Bar, Jive or the Jade Monkey. They were closing EVERYTHING down. Noise complaints, knife fights, shittyarse dance clubs, poker machines sprouting up everywhere, the works! We lived and breathed that ghetto too: The Crown & Anchor, The Exeter, The Austral (back when it had half a clue), Producers, Seven Stars, The Royal Kent Town, the Holdfast Hotel down at the bay!? Yeaaah those were the days! Grimey, filthy, disease ridden little death traps they were but we loved them all.. it's ALL we fucking had!



So why AM I dredging up all these awesome memories just now!? Well as it turns out, some of us wretched old fuckers have actually grown genuinely nostalgic for the "good 'ol days". Personally I can't understand why (maybe it's just the long term alcohol abuse taking its toll?), but you know what's even MORE disturbing!? they've actually dedicated a live venue to it. Maybe you've even heard of it? The Metro here on Grote Street!? Ever since it was launched late last year, its mission statement has been to serve up that genuine oldskool Adelaide vibe from the nineties, in ALL its authentic "bottom feeding" glory! Yup, just like your wrinkled old grandparents told you about: "Superjesus, The Testeagles!? LOL! you SO crazy gramps.. let's put you in a home!". There's no fashion tragic, indie electro fucktard, scenster "buzz" band or strobe light licking dipshits in here, there's not even a hint of fluoro! There's nothing in here but the very essentials of the rock & roll experience just as it was originally intended: the sweet smell of piss, vomit, clawing desperation and decay, and you dying a little inside.. YEAAAS!! And with tonight's senior citizen selection especially, we're taking you waaay back to where all that "awesomeness" originally happened (ie: in those few short months we had hopping from place to place before someone built a housing development next to it, issued three noise complaints, it all got shut down and then weeks later it reopened as a Top 40 danceclub.. aaaah memories!). OH YES! Join me junior rates and degenerates combined, as we take you on a journey to the darkside of the Adelaide scene!



9:11PM - Yup, the minute I stepped into the band room tonight I just knew it, this was going to be one of those gigs, we could practically taste it in the air around us! Sure maybe it was just the side stream smoke wafting in from the neighbouring beer garden (wait you mean to tell me there's no other ventilation in this joint!? FUCK THAT'S GENIUS!) or maybe it's just the crowds assembling around me: chance survivors, veterans, venerated beasts of old forged in battles hard fought, drunk and won.. either way I'm thrilled to be amongst it! I mean just look at them out there with their wrinkled little faces stretched into shit eating grins, their stooping posture, their curious choice in casual wear, sipping from their hot and cold beverages (the coffees are complimentary too.. you can sneak them in from the pokies lounge!). I know they might frighten small children and smell a little like mothballs.. but don't they just SCREAM excitement!? No shit! I don't care where all YOU idiots went this Saturday, I don't care if you had free beer, capacity crowds, or interstate touring acts aplenty, it barely holds a lit woopie cushion to what we're about to witness here tonight!



ABLACKWELL (***1/2)
Our opening act is brand new. SO brand new in fact that they've totally forgotten to hook up all that obligatory myspace, facebook fansite, whatever-the-fuck crap all you cock knockers have been getting into lately (hey I know! let's whoop up a twitter account where we post nothing but retardarse photos of our band members on tour eating bowls of soup.. SCORE!!). But at the same time they're also far from new in the Adelaide scene. Sean Kemp their guitarist you may recognise as the drummer and lead vocalist from our headlining act tonight, Booster. And in everything else from The Kemp Brothers, touring drummer for Kaleidoscope back in 2004, founding member of Tendahook from 1997-2002 and Blindside from 1995-1997. In short he's an elder statesman around here, he's freaking "ancient" (he's practically the furniture!), so much so in fact he actually remembers when music used to come out on cassette tape (FUUUCK I KNOW!!). While the other vocalist Kirsten Glover you may recognise as the former lead singer from Colorblind (I dunno.. they played a few gigs back in 2005-2007!?) and perhaps a few other ridiculously awesome side projects that I could easily name right now (if only I wasn't too lazy to look them up.. YES!!). Together they form ABlackwell: an unassuming singer songwriter, semi-acoustic duo, that even from the outset is gifted with a surprising amount of clout to win you over. Yeah I know it continually surprises me too that I keep discovering all these talented singer-songwriter duos lately and they DON'T totally blow goats. I blame all those amateur arsehats at house parties who used to thrash shitty Red Hot Chili Peppers and Powderfinger covers all the time on badly tuned five strings, or maybe my music tastes have actually matured!? either way it's always a pleasant surprise to discover another one. Thanks to their extended history in the Adelaide scene this set tonight shines on the well rounded strengths of their character. With nothing but an acoustic guitar and two voices to fill the room (sometimes harmonised, sometimes not) they perform songs that are given weight with rich regret, wistful anecdote and bittersweet memory. It reminds me of everything from the lightly dappled folk of Angus & Julia Stone, the well worn country of Joan Carter and Johnny Cash to the haunting melancholy of Low. There's a real homespun charm here, an earthy undertone that draws you in like a wood oven fire or a bowl of chicken soup, in the humblest of ways they're like therapy in the stories they weave. They may have only performed seven songs, they may have been over almost before they even started, but even so they still made their welcome presence felt.












YOUR MOTIVE FOR (****1/2) myspace ::
Many of you mad fools might not recognise our second act. For one they've never played a gig at The Ed Castle, Rocket Bar or even Jive (at least not for the past three years). Secondly they're not known from regular airplay on Triple J, excessive myspace coverage, facebook activity or any kind of twitter feed (in fact you'd be lucky if they even shot you an SMS twenty four hours prior to a show). Thirdly there's a good chance even if you DID recognise them at some point or another (I'm told their lead singer Heath Weber is especially "familiar" with at least half the female population of Adelaide between the ages of 18 and 35 *cough*) then you're likely suffering from memory loss brought about by excessive beer drinking inspired in no small part by their iconic sound (or yeah.. pretty much see the above parenthesis). Believe me I understand, I truly do! Despite the fact this band HAS been around for practically forever, they're exceptionally adept at keeping the Adelaide scene at large "blissfully" unaware of their existence. In fact the last time I saw them play anywhere at all was well over a year ago: hidden away in the front bar of The Governor Hindmarsh (apparently it was a last minute thing) still despite all that, this band is nothing short of "legendary" in the Adelaide scene. Initially formed as a supergroup in late 2002: they combine the venerable talents of Heath Weber on lead vocals (formerly from 90's band Yakspit), Josh Nicholls on bass (formerly from 90's band Honeyfix) and Warwick "Wokka Wokka" Ing on keyboard (formerly from 90's band Tendahook). Within months they scored a coveted spot playing the Adelaide Big Day Out in 2003, they followed that up with the wildly successful "Being Around You" EP a few months later and then.. yeaaah there's probably a damn good reason why everyone under the age of twenty five has no fucking clue who they are, but trust me we're talking some high calibre shit here! Your Motive For. In essence they're a weather beaten timecapsule to the late nineties Adelaide sound. Predominantly influenced by You Am I, they also throw in elements of The Foo Fighters, Augie March and perhaps a little bit of Ryan Adam's for that all important "alt. country" feel. However where they really excel is in their knack for crafting some truly timeless indie pop hooks that instantly appeal to the knock about "pub rock" crowd. There's just no mistaking it when you hear it. We're talking the kind of pint glass waving sing-a-long anthem that can instantly fire up a roomful of drunks to form a riotous choir in response. Even after all these years you can't help but be inspired by it. Joined by relative "newcomer" Chad on drums (since late 2006?) and more recently by their second guitarist Dan Cava (apparently this is only his third gig) they're truly in their element tonight. Absolutely every song kills, although clearly their older classics such as "Spark", "Being Around You" and the aforementioned beer drinker's anthem "Happy Hour" have the most impact on the crowd. Overall very little has changed in their sound in well over six years.. however new guitarist Dan Cava does add some extra clout by throwing in the occassional Pink Floyd style solo to really push it screaming over the edge. Oh and apparently they've also been recording an album in all this time too. Its been in the works for the past few years now and it'll probably take a few more till it's complete. Still, from what I'm hearing tonight they can take all the time they need.. songs as timeless as THESE never get old!















SQUEAKER (***) myspace ::
While our second act appears to have mastered the fine art of songwriting that easily transcends the "hilarious anachronism" from which they originated (ie: the late nineties). Our third act appears to have achieved quite the opposite (and weirder still.. quite successfully at that) by proudly identifying themselves with the ONE style of modern music that's still considered laughably unfashionable: late nineties "dance rock" (and thus avoided at all costs by just about everyone with the possible exception of lunatics who enter Eurovision). Which is quite the accomplishment really, considering just about any other genre and subgenre of music you care to think of (thanks to people illegally downloading the entire history of recorded music into their ipods) is pretty much "IN" right now. I mean of all the dumb luck they had to pick THIS one!? I MEAN WHO EVEN DOES THIS SHIT ANYMORE!? (oh wait.. maybe it IS coming back afterall!?). Yup what we're talking about here is every "Smash Hits" compilation from the past decade coming back to haunt you. Or in other words that infamous moment where The Prodigy met The Spice Girls and all hell broke loose. Or in other words simply picture the face melting stadium rock extremes of U2 (from "Actung Baby", "Zooropa" and especially "Pop") throw in a little of "Curve's "Come Clean", Def FX, Evanescence and The Mavis's. And as much as all that is probably flying straight over your head right now? throw in bands like Baby Animals and Killing Heidi for all those "rockier" numbers. Awesome! Now clearly (telling by all the confused looks on your faces) we're talking about music that's either ten years too late or five years too early to even have a "scene" for it yet. And yet strangely enough, once you get over the initial "shock" of it? it's actually pretty damn good! I mean shit.. it's hard to say whether they've simply being around FOR ALL THIS TIME (and I've simply never heard of them) or that they've decided to jump on this schtick before anyone else dares to.. either way all power to them! Squeaker. Right from the outset they're hard to ignore on a live stage. Not necessarily because their lead singer Georgii is giving it all she's got like a shitcrazy combination of Sarah McLeod from The Superjesus and Eartha Kitt (aka: "Catwoman" from that uber camp Batman series from the 60's) but more so for the antics of their itchy trigger guitarist "Rodge" who practically demolishes his instrument in every song he launches into, only to reassemble it for the next one. More than anything else he's what SELLS this band tonight. Further aided by an incomprehensible tag-team of bass players ("Baldy" for most part, "Astroboy" for that one song "they played in Melbourne" that apparently other one hadn't rehearsed yet) and an hysterical grease monkey of a drummer Steve (who alternates between live beats and triggered electronics) by their enthusiastic stage presence they kinda resemble one of those weekly cover bands you see playing pubs in the outer suburbs. Still for having the balls to "out on a limb" in selling this shit well after (or even before) its time, they definitely left a lasting impression!















BOOSTER (****1/2) myspace ::
Which at long last brings us to our headlining act. An Adelaide "institution" (emphasis on the mental) who surely needs NO introduction (as surely I've reviewed them enough times in the past five years for everyone to know who the fuck they are by now.. I mean c'mon!? DO I EVEN NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS SHIT AGAIN!?) but I'm gonna give one anyways as let's face it thanks to all that wacky social networking whatever-the-fuck (facebook, twitter, SMS.. you name it) invading every moment of our waking lives with a flashing status update: it's hard enough remembering what the fuck it is we actually do for a "living", or why that person who we've never met before in our entire lives is trying to "add" us as a friend, let alone remember half the shit I write about in this wacky blog each week. So for the sake of all you "goldfish" out there? heeere goes nothing! Booster are a classic rock & roll survival tale against all the odds. Where SO many other Adelaide bands are born, live and then simply die in the blink of an eye (ie: all those brilliant "long lasting" careers you always see that span little under eighteen months, one or two EPs and a scattering of live shows before they self destruct) Booster have quite simply outlived them all. They've been around since 2004, they're yet another infamous Adelaide "supergroup" quite like Your Motive For before them (featuring Sean Kemp on drums, Craig Lewis on guitar and Josh Biggs on bass from such bands as Tendahook, Kaleidoscope and Fighterpilot respectively) and they only get better with age. In sound they bridge the great divide between the classics like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the beer fueled immediacy of Queens Of The Stone Age and the Eagles Of Death Metal. Think wailing falsettos, chugging riffs, slamming beats and rhythms, songs that start and finish at the turn of a dime (and the occassional epic nine minute psychedelic blow out) and that's them in a nutshell. Awesome! As for tonight's set? there's pretty much two kinds of sets they play: the "hit and run" (which is them as a support act) and then what we're witnessing tonight (which is pretty much the same only it's a little longer) or in other words, no matter what it's all good! Featuring a host of old songs such as "Roll The Dice", "She's A Live One" and "C158" (from their first album), a wealth of new songs such as "Red Painted Woman", "Let Love Grow" and "It's Your Birthday" (from an as yet untitled new album?) and punctuated in the middle (as always) by an extended psychedelic jam (only this time provided by their new song "You", replacing old favourite "Prozac") it's pretty much the same shit we've always come to expect only with the setlist rearranged. And as much as we've all been here a million times before it never gets tiresome to experience it again. Yup, they're one of the classics, they're just like beer. Even when it's "bad" it's still good, and when it's "good" like it is tonight? it's freaking awesome!














Still if there was one teeny tiny "detail" that DID distinguish this particular Booster show from all the other Booster shows that'd come before it, it would be THIS cowbell. Yes, a cowbell! Or to be more precise a "Latin Percussion" cowbell that Sean Kemp bought for the princely sum of $130. Still despite what you might be lead to believe (ie: we've all seen that infamous Will Ferrell Saturday Night Live skit riiight?) it wasn't as bleedingly obvious an addition as you'd half imagine it to be. In fact it was almost understated in its clanging cacophony: adding just a teeny bit of proverbial "manure" to colour the mix. Which considering this comes from the same bullheaded lunatic who used to include a fucking theramin into his set back in 2006 is SAYING something!



And as for this "stove" I only JUST "discovered" in the band room moments after the show (wow I'm really am ever SO observant of my surroundings aren't I? YES!!) obviously it added absolutely nothing to the overall sound of the bands playing tonight but still how fucking bizarre is it? Is it meant to be a "smoke machine"? a novelty "bong" of some description? WHAT THE FUCK DUDE!?



Still if it helps to "sell it" (I mean how COULD you possibly go wrong with a fire belching monstrosity stuffed into a teeny tiny room with NO available air supply save for the chain smokers in the beer garden next door.. NO REALLY, THAT'S FUCKING GENIUS!!) I thought I'd bring in Rodge from Squeaker to model it for us. Doesn't it make you wish every venue in town had one of these things!? I swear next time I'll bring me a jumbo bag of popcorn and just go nuts.. who's with me!?



1:17AM - Obviously all the bands had already finished up an hour ago, most of the crowds had already dispersed along with them (either to check in with the babysitter or their parole officer.. you know, take your pick) and yet here I am still, soaking it all in, pint of dark ale in hand, smile on my face. Aaaaah good times! Yup say what you will about the Adelaide scene back in the late nineties: sure it was a ghetto, sure it was rife with desperation, laughable inepitude and a gross lack of personal hygeine but you've gotta love the simple rustic charm of it too! Nothing but good tunes, alcohol abuse and fuck the rest! YEAAAS!! And so I sipped on the rest of my beer, lost in the faerie lights, lost in a haze of half forgotten memories and I had my moment's peace. Then just on schedule my phone exploded with a mad panic of SMS wondering where the fuck I was: so I threw on my ipod earphones, smashed some Crystal Castles, and slipped out the door again.



1:31AM - My journey back to the 21st century wasn't entirely without peril. For some inexplicable reason all my electrical equipment defaulted back to 1900 around King William Street, then I was kidnapped by a crack security team on Pirie Street under the pretense that my goatee looked "goofy", after which they stole my shoes (you don't want to know HOW I got out of that one either), then I somehow found myself back in 1990, or was it 1955? or was it 1984 again!? (credit crunch, pfft what credit crunch!? 2+2 always equals 5!). By now my time circuits were well and truly scrambled SO instead of arriving back at the "present" again like I was hoping, I washed up at Shotz instead: somewhere between 2005 and 2007 (as lets face it, they never really left). Sure it wasn't ideal (and the music would likely suck) but hey.. at least the beers would be cheaper!



2:19AM - Eventually making my way inside, a whole half hour later (yeah I know.. wish I could explain that one), I'm immediately jumped on by Simone here: arms and legs flailing, shrieking all exciteably (it's a hard life isn't it?) because apparently she hasn't seem me for at least the past upteenth squillion years or so and she misses me like crazy. Awwww I know! (either that it's something to do with all the rasberry vodkas she's had?). Either way I tried explaining to her that it's only been three weeks (or two if you count all the hilarious shit I DIDN'T publish the week after *cough*) until I remembered it's a "slightly" drunk Simone I'm talking to here and chances she's probably struggling with basic concepts like conversational English, depth perception and gravity.



As for what any of this shit has got to do with all these *ahem* photos of Simone I'm taking at the moment? absolutely nothing at all! I mean do we EVER need an excuse!? OOOOH FUCK NOOO!!



2:24AM - It's at this point that Sara mysteriously makes an appearance. You may remember her from such awesome blogs as "shit I posted over two years ago". Of course we ALL KNOW she got killed off in some wacky drug enduced auto-erotic vampire asphyxiation back in February 2008 (ie: see any given episode of "True Blood" for reference) and yet here she is happy as always. Weeeird! Which clearly makes perfect sense to us because we're in Shotz right now, it's just like Groundhog Day played over an over, and everything after 2006 or 2007 simply does NOT exist.



2:26AM - Which possibly explains these two hilarious photos we took just now where we attempted to reenact a cheesy emo scene we pulled back at The Crown & Anchor in March 2007 (aaaah memories!). Except this time it's clearly totally "different", because she's actually wearing pants this time and not a spastic pink tutu. I know, I really DO have the most awesome friends don't I?



*sigh* if only people STILL used myspace.. we could totally update our profile pictures!



3:38AM - Jade then makes a brief appearance, only to suddenly remember what happened the LAST time she appeared in one of these blogs (hmmm dare we remind you?) only to run away screaming. I know, I really DO take the most hysterical "social pictures" when I go out.. don't I?



3:47AM - It's at about this point of the night that we figured we should get Simone out of here for reasons that may (or may not) involve this pink cocktail umbrella, or possibly all the dents in the ceiling she left when she was on the dancefloor a few moments ago.. I forget the exact details. Oh and need I mention her "personal trainer" was working behind the bar again tonight and we were all getting ridiculously cheaparse drinks? oh of course not, because clearly that never happened!



3:59AM - One quick taxi trip later: that may or may not have been a Delorean pilotted by a frizzy haired mad scientist, or possibly just some Indian guy blasting fucking loud bhangra music (you know.. pretty much the same shit around here) we finally arrive back at the "present", and back to my favourite running cliché of 2009. A place that clearly needs no introduction, because clearly I've ALWAYS been here every fucking week this year (for reasons that entirely escape me) and I'll just likely give myself a raging nosebleed if I attempt to explaining myself out of it again.. YES!!



4:01AM - It is here that I'm joined by Sean Kemp. Even though he's actually been with us all this time (or at least since Shotz) he's been awfully cunning in not making any "appearances" in this blog until now (or at least not as long as you ignore all those bands he was playing in earlier tonight). Oh and no I don't have the foggiest clue what he's drinking in that shot glass or WHY I felt the need to photograph it either but hey since when has THAT ever stopped me before!?



4:32AM - Aaaah you remember back in the day when everyone wasn't armed to the teeth with digital cameras, camera phones and whatever-the-fuck and every one of your hilarious drunken moments weren't exposed on the internet for hundreds or thousands of your friends, frenemies and complete strangers to see!? fuck me neither! living in the 21st century is the best thing EVER!




4:34AM - And now for absolutely no reason (as quite frankly I couldn't find a clever enough segue for it) here's Sean reenacting that hilarious scene out of "Lost In Translation" where Bill Murray endorses Suntory whiskey to the increasingly hysterical screaming of Japanese advertising executives: "no.. more intense! more extreme!!" (because I mean.. who HASN'T thought of pulling that shit at least once!?). Oh and as for what "Poo Baby" Antonia from last week is doing making another cameo appearance in the background for THIS week? yeaaah I wish I could say she's impersonating Scarlett Johannson, but I've got no fucking clue what's going on with that either.



5:08AM - Upon leaving Supermild at the end of the night, curiousity got the better of us. We just HAD to know what was waiting for us all over that horizon. And so throwing caution to the wind we hitched a ride with a passing blue "police box" (as you do) and arrived outside of The Ed Castle circa 2019. Granted we weren't there for all that long. It took us at least $5000, three uncut "blood diamonds" and one of Sean's kidney's to bribe our way past the androgynous looking doorbitch (I swear "she" was totally bald, no eyebrows, no eyelids or anything.. it was freaky!), and we only took the ONE photo of the interior.. either way it terrified us to no end! Oh the horror! OH THE HUMANITY!? *cough* oh wait, you mean to tell me it was just Rocket Bar on a Friday night and we never left 2009? pfft.. shit, well that's perfectly fine then! Maybe there's hope for us after all?



Yup sometimes I really don't know what's better. To live blissfully ignorant in a world of endless nostalgia? or to be screamed at by a constant sensory overload of the ever present!? Or maybe the past, present and future is simply irrelevant now that we have fuckoff insane broadband connections jacked directly into our skulls and we can go anywhere or "anywhen" whenever we want? Aaaah fuck it.. all I DO know for certain is when we're drunk enough it really doesn't matter what's going on as long we're having a good time. Maybe that's the underlying reality: no matter how much things "change", as long as people stay the same? we've got nothing to worry about!

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