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LOOK: Cutters and Two Bright Lakes Present – MMW

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With the vast expanse of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Great Hall transformed into a live music venue, the gems of Melbourne’s indie scene came out to play with the Gallery’s priceless collection. Featured as part of the Labels Series for Melbourne Music Week, the night showcased the best of the labels’ respective talent. With the neo-90s penchant of Two Bright Lakes, to the innovative electronica from Cutters Records, this was one hell of a variety night.

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LOOK: Live Music Safari – MMW

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For one night only, over 40 acts came together to perform for Melbourne Music Week’s Live Music Safari.

From the Toff to Prince’s own Bennetts Lane a slew of artists from the local Melbourne took centre stage, all for free.

Big ups to the team behind MMW for setting this up, not to mention giving Melbourne’s local music scene the spotlight it deserves.

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LOOK: Distant Tempos – MMW

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Melbourne Music Week and Mess + Noise put together the Berlin-esque event of Distant Tempos. 6 independent artists performed on Tuesday night with Oliver Tank, Mitzi, Lost Animal, NO ZU, Thrupence & Simon Winkler.

If you have been living under a rock, the pop up venue is held in The Argus Building. If you haven’t had the chance to check out an event at Where?House you most certainly should, there are a few more nights left of incredible music this weekend.

Oliver Tank dropped-it-like-it-was-hot but my personal favourite of the evening was NO ZU, “the wild, ‘heat-beat’ sounds of the New Age”. Sadly they won’t be playing again until January 17th where they are supporting ESG at the HI FI.

More pictures after the jump!

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LISTEN: New Gods – ‘On Your Side’

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New Gods is the band that Dominic Byrne and Adrian Beltrame from Little Red have found happier times in. A subtle line in their bio suggests they are ready to move on; so together with Richard Bradbeer on bass (Eagle and The Worm), Sam Raines on drums, and Dale Packard on keys (Ground Components) they have formed a sonic-prog, dance-rock, indie-pop band. I throw all these terms at this band because there is a lot packed into ‘On You Side’. Clearly these guys are a talented group and ‘On Your Side’ has a very accomplished sound for a first single even if it is kinda over cooked. I really dig the Richard Marx-like passion but maybe strip it right back and be more unashamedly pop…y’know, get mullets and some stone-washed denim jackets, that kinda thing.

New Gods are touring with The Rubens:

THU 13 SEPTEMBER – The Loft, Warnambool

FRI 14 SEPTEMBER – Bended Elbow, Geelong

SAT 15 SEPTEMBER – Forum Theatre, Melbourne

THU 20 SEPTEMBER – Uni Bar, Wollongong

FRI 21 SEPTEMBER – Metro Theatre, Sydney

THU 27 SEPTEMBER – Republic Bar, Hobart

FRI 5 OCTOBER – Capitol Theatre, Perth

SUN 7 OCTOBER – Newport Hotel, Fremantle

WED 10 OCTOBER – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour

THU 11 OCTOBER – Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast

FRI 12 OCTOBER – Hi-Fi, Brisbane

Free download of ‘On Your Side’ via their website here.

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SEQUENCE: Kite Club @ Sing Sing Studios

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Kite Club (Nicholas Futcher) is currently in the midst of recording his debut record, so we recently got down to Richmond’s hallowed Sing Sing Studios to shoot the band laying down some tracks. Futcher and the band have been plugging away with Jean-Paul Fung (of Jinja Safari/Last Dinosaurs fame). If this session was anything to go by, expect big things from Kite Club come release date.

More on Kite Club here + here.

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LISTEN: Milhowse – Blue Bathmat

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I don’t think I can distill the sound of Melbourne’s Milhowse into something readily identifiable. I hear elements of trip-hop, and general bits of lo-fi, but they’re not relatively straightforward definitions either. But one thing’s for sure, I’d keep tabs on this guy. While sampling/drum machines/beat making seems to be in vogue thanks to that one xx member, it’ll be good to watch to whether it’ll be just another passing musical fad or something definitive in its own right. Acts like Milhowse are right at the forefront of this. This relatively elusive artist springs Chet Faker, Galapagoose, and Collarbones to mind, it’s just that it’s hard to know why I thought of them in the first place. There’s just something that I haven’t pinned down yet, anyway, decide for yourself.

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