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The Toff In Town Event Listings 2012

Friday 20th July – Every Friday from 9pm!
PopRocks at The Toff With Dr Phil Smith
PopRocks at The Toff every Friday from 9 playing no brainers, guilty pleasures, club classics and the best in Pop from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry and everything in between. Eight hours of hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, including (but not limited to) Disco, Boogie, Rock, R&B, KPop, House, Club, Funk, Soul, Motown, New Wave, No Wave, Afrobeat, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Rocksteady, Ska, Dancehall, AOR, MOR, DOR, oddball covers, Latin, Salsa, Cumbia, Bounce, Psych, Country, Jump Up Jungle, Jump Blues, Doo Wop, Soca, Mento, proper Electro, Miami Bass, Girl Groups, foreign language tunes, ESLs, Freestyle, Gangsta Shit, Gospel, Italo, Hi NRG, Jazz, Surf, Swing, Vegas tunes, Yacht Rock and maybe even a show-tune and / or a Power Ballad. All mixed and blended into the musical gumbo from hell. The party starts at 9.00pm and entry is always free!
Visit our playlist at www.facebook.com/ToffPopRocks and make a request.

Free Music!
Follow this link to our latest mix: https://www.mediafire.com/?y22egaka3zz8og2
It’s free and contains lots of Friday night favs with everything from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry.
Enjoy!

Saturday 21st July
A Dead Forest Index – Antique 10″CD Launch with Sarah Mary Chadwick (Batrider) and ‘The Process’ Brothers Adam and Sam Sherry form minimalist two piece ‘A Dead Forest Index’. Originally from Auckland/London, ‘A Dead Forest Index’ formed in 2009 and are currently based in Melbourne. ‘A Dead Forest Index’ create a sound ambitious in contrast and depth. Drawing on simple, yet dynamic elements, leaving sparse, but deliberate structures & washes of sound that centre around the voice. Their songs draw from a wide range of influences such as William Blake, Taraf De Haidouks, Scott Walker and Arvo Part.
‘A Dead Forest Index’ released their first work, ‘Antique EP’ in early 2011. Expanding on their minimal, layered live performance, ‘Antique’ brings to life a sound that is strikingly original and sincere. This collection will be re-released on 10″ vinyl and CD in July by OSCL in Australia and Denovali in Europe with two new tracks included. They are currently working on their first full length album due out early 2013. ‘A Dead Forest Index’ are touring Europe in September/October 2012 with label-mates ‘Heirs’, and this show will be supported by the likes of Sarah Mary Chadwick (Batrider) and The Process. Come send them off in style.
Tickets $10.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) / $12.00 on door. Doors 7.00pm
www.facebook.com/adeadforestindex
sarahmarychadwick.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/stayfreeandstayalive

Saturday 21st July – Every Saturday from 12.00 midnight till late!
The House deFrost with Andee Frost
Disco is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its the overuse of the word that has leant people no glance at the glorious debauchery it once stood for. Luckily a small band of dancefloor dessi’s are giving meaning back to the much overused & undermined term…. Step into The House deFrost: a weekly Saturday night at The Toff running into the wee hours of Sunday morning, a place where to dance is to live, the home of some of Melbourne’s wildest parties and vogue balls, a place where you can indulge those curiosities you’ve always had but never acknowledged. With hourly shows from 2 of Melbourne’s craziest club kids XCampfire & Emman, guest dancers, performers, Disney on ice stars, you never really know what you’re gonna get… apart from the music that is! The only place you can truly appreciate disco music the was it was made to be heard. The Toff boasts the best sound-system in Melbourne and exclusively plays vinyl and is tuned on a weekly basis by one of Melbourne’s most adroit selectors. They say that backwards is the best way forward, and this is about as backward as you’re gonna get!
The House deFrost – every Saturday from 12.00 midnight with Andee Frost. Free Entry!

Sunday 22nd July
Every Sunday from 4.00 til 8.00pm in the Toff Carriage Room…
“The Sunday Set” with DJ’s Andyblack and Haggis. This week’s theme – Domesticity. Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis…. “The Sunday Set” features you plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’. Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook – just search “The Sunday Set,” or [email protected] . We set off at 4.00pm and entry is always free.

Sunday 22nd July
Communion featuring The Tiger & Me, Liz Stringer, Sam Lawrence and Al Parkinson. Communion, the U.K.’s hottest live music club night, is pleased to announce further details on their move into Australia. After the success of the recent expansion into the U.S. with ongoing monthly residencies in Brooklyn and San Francisco, the collective is proud to confirm a new instalment of its regular monthly event at The Toff In Town, beginning 22nd July.

The monthly event features a different line-up each month offering a creative platform for emerging, developing and established artists to perform in an environment that embraces collaboration and mutual support.

Communion is an artist-led organisation that combines elements of live promotion, publishing, recording and production to create a hub for songwriters and musicians to develop and flourish in an increasingly competitive industry environment. Communion also encourages musical communities to grow and flourish, on and off the stage, amongst artists and audiences alike. The organisation was formed in London in 2006 by musicians Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons), Kevin Jones (Cherbourg, Bear’s Den), and producer Ian Grimble (Manic Street Preachers, Travis, Beautiful South) in the basement bar of Notting Hill Arts Club. Artists to emerge from the Communion fold include Michael Kiwanuka, Anna Calvi, The Vaccines, and Ben Howard. Reacting against archaic corporate promoting practices, the Communion team pledged to give musicians an equal opportunity to play in front of a sold-out crowd, create a support network around them and blur the line between bands and audiences. Following the underground success achieved in London, the club night moved first to Brighton and then gradually to 15 cities in the U.K. and U.S. Now a fully-fledged promotions company, Communion also puts on events from venues as diverse as the 150 capacity Social on Great Portland Street to the 2,250 capacity Shepherds Bush Empire. Heralded across the British press for its community spirit and a reputation for introducing some of the most highly acclaimed young acts, Communion’s events have become the U.K.’s foremost home for eclectic, exciting parties to respectful, passionate music fans.

Ben Lovett, Communion co-founder/Mumford & Sons notes, “In a time where friendships are formed online, musicians are less overnight sensations than afternoon flash-in-pans and society is living at a pace where fast food seems slow, we are keen to rebuild a sense of Community in the world. Support, respect, brotherhood, growth and development are some of the values that make up the Communion organisation. This exists on and off stage. We champion musicians who encourage one another, regardless of genre, or level of commercial success. This support in turn led to many of our artists inadvertently becoming successful. We hope to continue and build on this reputation”.
Tickets $16.60 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 Get Tix: (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City). $20.00 on the door. Doors 6.00pm
www.thetigerandme.com.au/
lizstringer.com/
samlawrencemusic.com
www.facebook.com/alparkinsonmusicpage

Mondays 23rd July
Hayden Calnin
Mondays in July with special guests Manor.
Having recently finished touring with Gossling on her Intentional Living tour, Hayden Calnin will be getting straight back into it opening Matt Corby’s sold out Melbourne shows at The Forum Theatre as well as supporting ‘Beautiful Girls’ frontman Mat McHugh at The Standard in Sydney and The Corner Hotel in Melbourne, all within the first week of June!
At only 22, singer/songwriter/producer Hayden Calnin has begun to build a following for himself after garnering the attention of Triple J and its listeners with comparisons to international acts such as Bon Iver and James Blake.
His debut track Summer showcases mesmerising acapella vocals partnered with looping and layering techniques. Creating a distinct sound exemplary of the honest and raw performance Hayden delivers, it shouldn’t be missed live. Summer can be downloaded for free at Hayden’s Triple J Unearthed site https://www.triplejunearthed.com/HaydenCalnin
Make sure you get a chance to catch Hayden Calnin’s captivating live performance during this Month long residency.
Doors from 7.30pm. Tickets $7.00 on the door.
haydencalnin.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GOMhIGPlU

Tuesday 24th July
Standish/Carlyon
Tuesday Residency with special guests Kangaroo Skull and Force’s DJ’s, Chapter Music is excited to announce a new addition to its world-renowned stable of Australian pop auteurs. Standish/Carlyon is the new duo project for Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon, both formerly of suave rock-noir outfit Devastations. Returning to Melbourne after a number of years based in London, the duo unveil their futurist dub pop with a Tuesday residency at the Toff In Town in July.
You can hear a sneak preview of the track Critics Multiply, from Standish/Carlyon’s forthcoming debut album Deleted Scenes, via the band’s sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/standishcarlyon
Tickets $8.00 on the door. Doors from 7.30pm.

Wednesday 25th July
Harts with special guests Thnkr and The Fox party
I am Harts, I’m a solo artist, I write my music and play all the instruments in my bedroom studio. The music is indie rock. But it is also electro dance. And funk. It’s an indie creation. With shredding guitar solos, over synth pads and pounding electro drums, topped with surreal melodies and edgy vocals, the blend of musicianship, style and experimentation has really transcended anything that I could hope to map out on a piece of paper of musical influences. The music is its own thing.
For live shows, I take a different approach instrumentally. I have 2 keyboard players and a drummer alongside me. That’s it. It truly does create a unique live experience, while keeping all the sheer raw energy of a rock show.

My 5-track EP, ‘Offtime’, is set for release in 2012. It was mixed by Lars Stalfors of The Mars Volta. He heard my demos and loved the songs so much he offered to help bring a better and stronger mix to them. He really did help me achieve the sound I sought after. “That sound!”

The track, ‘Back to the Shore’ quickly got picked up by many online blogs, giving it excellent reviews as well as community radio and Triple J airplay.
Now my new single is here. Taking the form of a energetic Post-Disco/Indie Rock/Electronic mash of a track, the single ‘All Too Real’ is the perfect introduction into my world. From the pounding electronic drums to the exploding chorus’, through to the shredding guitar solo, All Too Real is me.
Check it out and I hope you like it!
Harts
Tickets $10.00 on the door. Doors from 7.30pm.
www.hartsmusic.com/home.cfm
www.facebook.com/thnkrmusic
www.myspace.com/thefoxparty

Thursday 26th July
Naomi Brown ‘Through The Devils Wood’ Album Launch with special guest Lotek
Get Ready for new music by Naomi Braun, with the Launch of her new full length album ‘Through the Devils Wood’, a milkshake of soul, dub, hip-hop, electro and spoken word. People often liken Naomi’s vocal abilities to that of Erykah Badu, Little Dragon, Portishead and Moloko, and the album has production styles akin to that of Massive Attack. She has created a style of music sure to get your hips swaying with juicy delicious beats.

Alongside Lotek supporting her with his established following, British born with Jamaican lineage, Lotek is known as the “Ska Revivalist”. He brings a fast paced skank and a big horn sound to the mix and with his five piece band. His grime and hip hop MCing talent cuts across the rhythms and eggs on the crowd, and with his encyclopaedic knowledge of reggae and hip-hop he clearly knows how the music can intersect. After all, hip-hop comes from reggae. He’s cutting out the middle man. He has collaborated with the likes of Seal, Leftfield and Take That before moving on and becoming a regular at the Big Dada and Ninja Tunes label with his own work and most recently with hip-hop superstar Roots Manuva, Hilltop Hoods and in 2009 Mercury Prize winner for Speech Debelle’s album, Speech Therapy.

Naomi has worked alongside a few well known artists on the album. Sly and Robbie are Jamaican reggae music extrodinaires who have worked with No Doubt, Grace Jones and many more credible artists. LOTEK has also worked with her in the studio, mixing and beat making for the current release.
Get ready for a musical explosion!

Tickets $10.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) / $15.00 on door. Doors 8.00pm
www.myspace.com/naomilikesmakingthings
lotek.com

Love Story, every Thursday from 11.30pm!
One of Mebourne’s biggest club nights, Love Story is now gearing up for summer with cocktail bubblecups! Featuring 1928 with rotating and special guests Indian Summer DJs, Tranter, Sleeves, Megawuoti, Supremes, Mickey P and more playing everything you love to party to – the best in dance-pop, house, bangers and club hip-hop. Special guests have included Bag Raiders, Russ Chimes (UK) and Andy Murphy. Kate Moss and Jess Hart have even hit Love Story! Keep an eye out for the upcoming Love Story Summer Party Mix CD. Free entry every Thursday until 4am, DJs from 11:30pm. www.facebook.com/clublovestory
Plus in the Carriage Room….

GOOD EVENING with PRINCIPAL BLACKMAN, 7-11pm – EVERY THURSDAY from 7pm!
Featuring the best of 70s European disco-pop, hypnotic soft-rock, 80s boogie jams and smooth cosmic funk. Regular special guests and listening parties.
Followed by…
Midnight Express with Prequel & Edd Fisher – Every Thursday from 11pm!
DJ’s Prequel & Edd Fisher (Tomorrowland) provide a thought-provoking aural accompaniment to your inner city late night rendezvous at The Toff In Town Carriage.
Edd Fisher is a music collector, selector, DJ, producer & radio presenter. Not your average disc jockey, Edd is a graduate of Australia’s premier music school WAAPA with a bachelor in Jazz Composition and presents a radio show (Tomorrowland) fortnightly on PBS106.7FM. Edd’s sets span a mixed bag of Rare-Groove, Funk, Soul, Future Beats, Disco, Hop Hop & Jazz. A fine selector across broad genres Edd’s sound is a seamless blend of old and new creating a distinct and modern take on the dance floor.

DJ Prequel is the result of a record buying addiction, a fear of hairdressers and a secret love affair between Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. From 45 Funk and Soul set to Hip-Hop jams, you can find Prequel boppin’ along behind the Toff’s DJ cage championing his unique blend of rare gems, original production and quality music, both past, present and future.
Boarding 11pm and riding till 5am every Thursday.
www.facebook.com/toffmidnightexpress

Friday 27th July – Every Friday from 9pm!
PopRocks at The Toff with Dr Phil Smith.
PopRocks at The Toff every Friday from 9 playing no brainers, guilty pleasures, club classics and the best in Pop from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry and everything in between. Eight hours of hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, including (but not limited to) Disco, Boogie, Rock, R&B, KPop, House, Club, Funk, Soul, Motown, New Wave, No Wave, Afrobeat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Rocksteady, Ska, Dancehall, AOR, MOR, DOR, oddball covers, Latin, Salsa, Cumbia, Bounce, Psych, Country, Jump Up Jungle, Jump Blues, Doo Wop, Soca, Mento, proper Electro, Miami Bass, Girl Groups, foreign language tunes, ESLs, Freestyle, Gangsta Shit, Gospel, Italo, Hi NRG, Jazz, Surf, Swing, Vegas tunes, Yacht Rock and maybe even a show-tune and / or a Power Ballad. All mixed and blended into the musical gumbo from hell. The party starts at 9.00pm and entry is always free!
Visit our playlist at www.facebook.com/ToffPopRocks and make a request.

Saturday 28th July
The Vaudeville Smash with special guests ‘Brightly’
The Vaudeville Smash make a welcome return to The Toff in Town. TVS hit 2012 running – headlining Australia Day Eve at the Aussie Open and gracing the St Kilda Festival main stage but they’ve since taken some time off to record their long awaited debut album, which has consumed every waking hour. They come up for air and a handful of gigs before the launch and national tour in September this year.

Tickets $15.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City). $18.00 on the door.
thevaudevillesmash.com
www.facebook.com/thevaudevillesmash
www.facebook.com/tessaandthetypecast

Saturday 28th July – Every Saturday from 12.00 midnight til late!
The House deFrost with Andee Frost
Disco is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its the overuse of the word that has leant people no glance at the glorious debauchery it once stood for. Luckily a small band of dancefloor dessi’s are giving meaning back to the much overused & undermined term…. Step into The House de Frost: a weekly Saturday night at The Toff running into the wee hours of Sunday morning, a place where to dance is to live, the home of some of Melbourne’s wildest parties and vogue balls, a place where you can indulge those curiosities you’ve always had but never acknowledged. With hourly shows from 2 of Melbourne’s craziest club kids XCampfirex & Emman, guest dancers, performers, Disney on ice stars, you never really know what you’re gonna get… apart from the music that is! The only place you can truly appreciate disco music the was it was made to be heard. The Toff boasts the best sound-system in Melbourne and exclusively plays vinyl and is tuned on a weekly basis by one of Melbourne’s most adroit selectors. They say that backwards is the best way forward, and this is about as backward as you’re gonna get!
The House deFrost – every Saturday from 12.00 midnight with Andee Frost. FREE ENTRY!

Sunday 29th July
Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art Class featuring All That Jazz with British Belle, Mimi Le Noi
“Dr Sketchy’s will cure you of every boring art class you’ve ever been to.” – The Sunday Age, Melbourne
Part art, part cabaret, all fun.

Throughout history artists have paid beautiful courtesans to sit for their most intimate works.
Lautrec, Klimt, Schiele, the list goes on. Now, you can join them…
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is the world’s premier alternative drawing movement. Whether you’re an artstar or a scribbling newbie, Dr Sketchy’s is the perfect place to get your fill of drawing fun. Come sketch glamorous underground performers, listen to good tunes, and drink great cocktails.
A boom to the art scene since its inception, promoting creativity and community in every city that runs one. Providing a space for people to draw the flourishing alternative scenes that might otherwise be inaccessible to the lone artist, presenting phenomenal performers and other unique muses. Bringing together students, amateurs and professionals into one space to socialize and create together!

Harxest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times.”
Mimi Le Noire has been travelling the world setting stages ablaze and hearts on fire. Leaving London to tease across the UK, Russia and Italy Mimi had a brief Dr Sketchy stop over in New Zealand and now joins us in Melbourne.
Pencils ready as you prepare yourself for the hottest cabaret in town…
Tickets $18.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) / $18.00 on door. Doors 4.00pm. Session runs 4.30 to 6.30pm. (Don’t forget your sketchpad and drawing materials)
drsketchymelbourne.com/

Sunday 29th July
Every Sunday from 4.00 til 8.00pm in the Toff Carriage Room…
“The Sunday Set” with DJ’s Andyblack and HAGGIS. This week’s theme – Candy
Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis….
“The Sunday Set” features YOU plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’.
Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook – just search ‘The Sunday Set’ – or [email protected] . We set off at 4.00pm and entry is always free.

Sunday 29th July
Don MCGlashan (NZ) with special guests
Don MCGlashan is returning to Australia in July to perform intimate solo shows in both Sydney and Melbourne. He last visited and performed this time last year, and the shows were met with a fantastic response.

One of New Zealand’s best-known and beloved songwriters, Don’s 90s band, ‘The Mutton Birds’ were so popular at home that they relocated to London for four years, were signed by Virgin UK, and toured all over the world. Their third album, ‘Envy Of Angels’, made the UK Sunday Times Ten Best Albums list in 1997.
‘The Mutton Birds’ recently reformed for a tour in New Zealand and are visiting the UK for a one-off show later this year. Sadly, no plans for a Mutton Birds tour as yet for Australia.
Now living back in New Zealand, Don has released a couple of highly-acclaimed solo albums as well as collaborating with other stellar musicians on a wide range of projects. In 2010 he featured on ‘Stroke’, the benefit tribute album for Chris Knox that also includes Yo La Tengo, Lambchop, The Mountain Goats, Will Oldham and Lou Barlow.
Don opened for Crowded House on their 2008 US, European and Australian tours, and was a guest musician with the band. He also took part in Neil Finn’s recent “Seven Worlds Collide” project – collaborating on his own songs with Johnny Marr, and members of Wilco and Radiohead. Recently he’s also been duetting live with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes and Australian legend Paul Kelly.

David Sheppard of Q Magazine described Don’s songs as “from the same cerebral power-pop mother lode as Big Star and Early REM” and called ‘The Mutton Birds’ 4th album ‘Rain Steam & Speed’ “…a minor masterpiece.” Catch up with Don’s solo show, and maybe try to encourage a Mutton Birds visit when he performs in Sydney and Melbourne.
Tickets $20.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) / $25.00 on door. Doors 8.00pm
www.donmcglashan.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGlashan

Mondays 30th July
Hayden Calnin
Mondays in July with special guests Manor
Having recently finished touring with Gossling on her Intentional Living tour, Hayden Calnin will be getting straight back into it opening Matt Corby’s sold out Melbourne shows at The Forum Theatre as well as supporting Beautiful Girls frontman Mat McHugh at The Standard in Sydney and The Corner Hotel in Melbourne, all within the first week of June!
At only 22, singer/songwriter/producer Hayden Calnin has begun to build a following for himself after garnering the attention of Triple J and its listeners with comparisons to international acts such as Bon Iver and James Blake.

His debut track Summer showcases mesmerising acapella vocals partnered with looping and layering techniques. Creating a distinct sound exemplary of the honest and raw performance Hayden delivers, it shouldn’t be missed live. Summer can be downloaded for free at Hayden’s Triple J Unearthed site: https://www.triplejunearthed.com/HaydenCalnin
Make sure you get a chance to catch Hayden Calnin’s captivating live performance during this Month long residency.
Doors from 7.30pm. Tickets $7.00 on the door.
haydencalnin.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GOMhIGPlU

Stiff Drink….Every Monday from 8.00pm
It’s good to start the week off with a Stiff Drink. You can now join DJ’s Roman Wafers, Michael Ozone and Michael Kucyk in the Toff In Town carriages every Monday for your liquor of choice. Each week these resident Stiffs will emerge from their respective holes – Roman Wafers (aka Bell Towers), a powerhouse producer and founder of cult club night Bamboo Musik; Michael Ozone, the industrious muscle behind creative mecca Goodtime Studios and Home Loan Records; and Michael Kucyk, the voice of 3RRRFM radioshow Noise In My Head which has been exploring new territory since 2005.
Every Monday from 8.00pm. Free Entry.

Tuesday 31st July
Standish Carlyon Tuesday Residency with special guests Superstar and New War DJ’s
Chapter Music is excited to announce a new addition to its world-renowned stable of Australian pop auteurs. Standish Carlyon is the new duo project for Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon, both formerly of suave rock-noir outfit Devastations. Returning to Melbourne after a number of years based in London, the duo unveil their futurist dub pop with a Tuesday residency at the Toff In Town in July.

You can hear a sneak preview of the track Critics Multiply, from Standish/Carlyon’s forthcoming debut album Deleted Scenes, via the band’s sound cloud: https://soundcloud.com/standishcarlyon
Tickets $8.00 on the door. Doors from 7.30pm.

Wednesday 1st August
Harts with special guests Gatherer and Mulholland
I am Harts, I’m a solo artist, I write my music and play all the instruments in my bedroom studio.
The music is indie rock. But it is also electro dance. And funk. It’s an indie creation. With shredding guitar solos, over synth pads and pounding electro drums, topped with surreal melodies and edgy vocals, the blend of musicianship, style and experimentation has really transcended anything that I could hope to map out on a piece of paper of musical influences. The music is its own thing. For live shows, I take a different approach instrumentally. I have 2 keyboard players and a drummer alongside me. That’s it. It truly does create a unique live experience, while keeping all the sheer raw energy of a rock show.

My five track EP,’Offtime’, is set for release in 2012. It was mixed by Lars Stalfors of The Mars Volta. He heard my demos and loved the songs so much he offered to help bring a better and stronger mix to them. He really did help me achieve the sound I sought after. “That sound!”
The track, “Back to the Shore” quickly got picked up by many online blogs, giving it excellent reviews as well as community radio and Triple J airplay.
Now my new single is here. Taking the form of a energetic Post-Disco/Indie Rock/Electronic mash of a track, the single ‘All Too Real’ is the perfect introduction into my world. From the pounding electronic drums to the exploding chorus’, through to the shredding guitar solo, All Too Real is me.
Check it out and I hope you like it!
Harts
Tickets $10.00 on the door. Doors from 7.30pm.
www.hartsmusic.com/home.cfm

Thursday 2nd August
Cold Hiker Debut EP launch with special guests Lowlakes and I’lls
Since forming in late 2010, alternative rock outfit Cold Hiker have hit the ground running. Their unique, hard-hitting sound has already seen the four piece support the likes of British India, Stonefield and Custom Kings.

Drawing inspiration from eminent artists such as Jeff Buckley, The Black Keys, and Parades, their sound is described as a concoction of powerful vocal lines, distinctive chord progressions, odd time signatures and intimate bass arrangements.

Longtime friends, the four have spent the last six months perfecting their 5 track EP which was co-produced at Industry Sound Studios. Having only released two singles so far, the public have eagerly been awaiting their debut EP to hit the streets.

Come join them on Thursday 2nd of August at The Toff in Town with support from Lowlakes and I’lls.
Tickets $10.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) /Tickets $10.00 on the door. Doors from 8.00pm.
www.facebook.com/events/442923569074369/
www.facebook.com/pages/Lowlakes/169405926461967
www.facebook.com/illsmusic

Saturday 4th August
The cactus Channel ‘Haptics’ Album Launch with special guests The Putbacks and DJ Chris Gill
Hear that sound? Raw, loose and nasty funk, recorded straight to analog tape. It’s just like the old days, but so new it’s sporting a badass teenage moustache. Now that Melbourne funk sensation The Cactus Channel have graduated high school, they’re taking their own brand of high-octane, instrumental car chase funk and smooth soundtrack soul to the people with their debut, Haptics.

The 10-piece outfit deliver on all their precocious promise with this super heavy full length debut LP. Haptics is chock full of deep funk, jazzed-up soul and boogaloo hits, all informed by a canny sense of soundtrack-ready drama, loaded with tight, hard grooves and one strong track after another. The Cactus Channel is ready to roll!
Tickets $12.00 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City) / $15.00 on door. Doors 8.00pm
www.thecactuschannel.com
www.facebook.com/thecactuschannel
www.facebook.com/theputbacks
www.hopestreetrecordings.com/haptics

Sunday 5th August …Just announced!!
Wintercoats with The Townhouses Farewell Tour – Matinee
Before heading off to tour Europe the following week and putting out new releases in August and September, Wintercoats and The Townhouses will be doing one more show in Melbourne as a matinee at The Toff in Town with another act to be announced soon. Come along, have a drink, say hello, or goodbye, and drink a little more.
Wintercoats:
A master of ethereal delicacies, Melbourne’s Wintercoats aka James Wallace combines his chameleonic compositional talents and profound arrangement dexterity to create aural artworks of fragility and grandeur. His debut self-released EP Cathedral adventured through sweeping and idyllic vocal harmonies underpinned by brash and heavily reverbed string loops.
Wintercoats will be releasing his follow up to 2011’s Sketches later this year with another release to follow shortly.
The Townhouses:
Drawing on a world of influences, The Townhouses (Leigh Hannah) has locked himself away for the best part of the year, building an album one day dream at a time. His music is largely inspired by Gamelan, African, Electronic, Experimental and Ambient music – resulting in a collage of different tonalities and polyphonic textures, balanced out by lyric-less lo-fi vocals.
Leigh will be releasing his follow LP to Islands, ‘Diaspora’ in August, so come along for a sneak preview of the record.
$8.00 on the door. Doors from 4.00pm – 6.00pm
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Sunday 5th August
The Jed Rowe Band ‘The Ember an The Afterglow’ Album Launch Tour with special guest Nigel Wearne plus very special guests Jeff Lang and Liz Stringer
The Jed Rowe Band are releasing their 2nd album, ‘The Ember and The Afterglow’, through Fuse on 6th July this year and touring nationally through Winter 2012 to support the release. The tour will close with an extra special home town show at The Toff In Town on Sunday Aug 5th with support from Nigel Wearne and guest appearance by Liz Stringer.
Produced by Jeff Lang, one of the greats of the Australian roots-music scene, and a great mentor and supporter of the band, The Ember and The Afterglow was recorded live to tape over 7 days in Lang’s own studio. The process was a joy for all involved, with the sessions capturing the compelling dynamics of the band’s live performance. Guest performances from Lang himself, Liz Stringer, Suzannah Espie and a gorgeous string section further enhanced the creative spirit captured on the album.

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