The DEAD CStatic Age Festival (venue TBA)with Oren Ambarchi, Blarke Bayer/Black Widow, Marco Fusinato, Breathing Shrine, Candlesnuffer, Make up Sex, Zond + more TBC. Saturday 2 October, $35 +BF, available from Missing Link and Sunshine & Grease.http://www.heathenskulls.com/Northcote Social Clubwith Marco Fusinato, Black Widow and Joel Stern Sunday 3 OctoberDoors Open 7:30pm$20 +BFhttp://northcotesocialclub.com/
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Dick DiverJeffrey LewisJeffrey Lewis, Dick Diver and Woollen Kits at Northcote Social Club on the 9th of March 2010 Didn't catch Woollen Kits, but Dick Diver and Jeffrey Lewis (and band) were great, very refreshing. Luckily no one was sitting down at this gig. I seen some of Jeffrey's work via a Tate Podcast, and was a great mix of music and slide show/performance art, telling stories.
Melbourne's The Basics (featuring Aria Award winner Gotye) will record their first ever live album at The Northcote Social Club on Friday February 5.
Despite the somewhat noticeable omission of successful EP track Call On Me, Red Riders delivered an enjoyable and exciting evening of tunes to the Melbourne audience....
The Cassette Kids’ national tour is a promising vision of what’s to come and is one that fans and keen musos alike shouldn’t miss
Forwarded from Gina McKeon:---------------------Undivided & PBS Present:WATCH MUSIC. HEAR FILM.Creating Cinematic Scores. Live.Friday September 18 - Northcote Social ClubHere’s something new. Something that's exciting. Something that is finally givinglocal musicians and young filmmakers the chance to do something different.UNDIVIDED showcases the reconstructive power of sound by subjecting a singlepiece of cinema to several live score interpretations written by a diverse range ofsound artists and musicians.Performers will be presenting their individual music scores live on the night, as well as playing sets from their own back catalogue. Documentary shorts of thecomposition task will also screen throughout the evening, giving us an ...
“Wasting time is fine tonight…” unless you’re enjoying a Little Stevies gig in sunny Northcote on a cold winter’s Sunday arvo. Young and old embraced the Northcote Social Club carpet, soaking up their aussie folk /pop. This gig gave us well constructed harmonies and warmth in their lyrics. We sat lapping up the catchy tunes, beautiful guitar chords and all round positive vibe amongst a massive hand crafted “Dink Me” sign. And what an eclectic mix of instruments! From guitars, vocals and drums to a rain stick, djembe and an accordion- just to mention a few. The two lead singers in ...
JE SUIS ANIMAL (Norway) with THE CRAYON FIELDS and The Zebras The Edinburgh Castle$12Great price for an international act and 2 local bands.I just rocked up to miss out on The Zebras who were said to be, by my friend, to have a Smiths sound. The Crayon Fields were ok again, short sweet indie pop tunes, lead singer sometimes has annoying banter. I’ve seen them so many times I think I’ve lost all my feelings for them, if that makes any sense. JE SUIS ANIMAL had some sweet female vocals, they reminded of Stereo Lab, but more pop, with tastes ...
Opening the night was Sydney’s Circle Pit, a band I have been in love with ever since I saw them at this very same venue a little over 6 months ago, supporting Beaches. Their songs are loud and sort of sloppy, but aggressive with these subtly catchy undertones. There weren’t many there initially to appreciate their brand of dirty rock and rolls songs but the crowd slowly grew, filling the whole club and selling out the show. There is something chaotic about a Circle Pit performance, the two front-people, Jack Mannix and Angela Bermuda acting as some sort of ...
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Qua before but just can’t remember when… regardless they were sort of a strange choice for the support act. The two of them played an entertaining electronic set managing to get some fantastic sounds from their gaggle of synths, drum machines and laptops. Although their set was a bit formless and at times was repetitive, it would have been better if I were drinking or perhaps knew their material. They reminded me a bit of The Ruby Suns except with no vocals and less hooks, still an interesting set though and they seemed to be ...
(This was orginally written for theAureview, but anyway!) Starting off the night was Lindsey Low Hand, to no more than 25 or 30 people, the trio (including Wolf & Cub’s Joel Carey on drums) charged their way through wirery, static numbers, strung together with slightly drunken and amusing banter. Over the course of their seemingly lazy and yet highly entertaining set of slightly punk-rinsed rock songs, the crowd grew into a fully fledged packed house. This band played loud, with the two front men’s high-pitched vocals matching the hectic mess of guitar. There was a light hearted and humours appeal to ...
Melbourne has a Northcote of it's own. Yes Auckland, you have competition and quite a lot to live up to if you want to be in the name game. This quirky little village similar in feel to Ponsonby, is famous for the live music at its local pub, The Northcote Social Club. I have seen so many posters around for live acts at The Northcote Social Club that I felt I just had to check it out at some stage. So I looked on my trusty and much scronkled by this stage, tram map and noticed ...
It was cold and rainy but like the trooper I am, I made my way down to the Northcote Social Club for the second night in a row. Unfortunately I missed the Paper Scissor the last time they came through town with Blue Juice, and so jumped at the opportunity to catch them before they settle in for some down time. Starting off to a crowd of no more than 20 or so was my local favourites, the Fearless Vampire Killers. Despite the depleted crowd, they exhumed a passion that many bands nowadays lack. The bluesy riffs coming from Al’s guitar ...
Leading up to the night of the 25th of July, I had a difficult decision to make. It was either see New Zealand power pop extraordinaires Cut Off Your Hands at the Corner Hotel with Spun Rivals, a local favourite of mine, or Children Collide at the NSC. I don’t know how it was, as I’m not even aware that I made a conscious decision, but I ended up in a rather dreary Northcote to see the Melbourne punk outfit play in support of their new ep/single ‘Social Currency’. Starting off the night was The Process, a determining factor in my ...
An inspiring crowd and good food was to greet me at The Northcote. I had been to this venue on my last trip down to Melbourne, but I neglected to check the music out that time. I wasn’t going to pass up this op to see a few bands. After being very well full from well done duck, I sauntered into the room to probably what was the middle of Lost Animal’s set. This was a total mind fuck of a performance: a guy in a grey suit with sunnies on singing like he was some sort of coked up Dave ...
Before last Friday I had never been to the Northcote Social Club, but for the third time in 7 days I was down there again (making up for lost time!), to see Adelaide quartet Wolf & Cub on tour in support of their newest single, ‘One to the Other’. Starting off the night was three piece/sort of four piece Downtown. This band was a confusing one to watch, they were messy and appeared careless. Joining the drummer, bassist and guitarist was a friend, deciding to woo the barely-there crowd with his dancing talents. Everything was loud an echoey, bass, guitar and ...
It’s a Tuesday night, I am sick and all the sleep lost on the weekend has caught up with me, but I still managed to make my way down to the Northcote Social Club to catch End of Fashion during their residency. Starting the night off was bluesy rock quintet The Polites, armed with melancholic rock and rolls songs, Black Rebel Motor Cycle-esque metallic guitar and simple drums, held together by effortless organ melodies and loud bass lines. I couldn’t help but become enthralled by the genuine talent each member possessed over their instrument. This isn’t a band that is loud ...
$12 can’t even really get you 10 litres of petrol, but what it got me last night at Northcote Social Club was a whole lot of (legal) fun in the form of Yves Klein Blue and The John Steel Singers, out together on their cleverly titled ‘Blue Steel’ tour! Opening up the night was local boys Major Major to fairly full audience, with their, guitar driven pop songs, catchy as hell with energy and enthusiasm, and despite their songs appearing to be simple rock/pop numbers, they were armed with their Weezer-esque lyrics, containing whit and intelligence. Melbourne has some truly amazing ...
