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THIS WEEK:
Friday 27th July
Dan Kelly & His Dream Band
Supports Courtney Barnett & Fraser A. Gorman
$20.00 + BF / $25 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://dankelly.com.au/
Hailing from the frontier lands of coastal Qld and now a long term resident of inner Melbourne, Dan Kelly has forged an intricate and humorous path into the hearts and minds of Australian music lovers over the last 6 years. Dan’s third record, 2010’s ‘Dan Kelly’s Dream’, brought Dan and his new Dream band 5 star reviews, ARIA and AIR award nominations and widespread radio play across the country. Dan’s hyper-narrative and melodic indie rock opuses are brought to life on the big stage with his brilliant band, which features members of Augie March and the Ground Components. With only very occasional appearances this show at Ding Dong is Dan and His Dream Bands first show for 2012 and one not to be missed.

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Friday 27th July
Weekender 11.30pm – 7am
$10.00 on the door
www.facebook.co/weekenderindie
Weekender is back at the all-new Ding Dong Lounge every second Friday night from 11.30 til 7am!! It had a triumph return with the Weekender faithful crowd happily flocking back to the venue when it relaunched! Still in it’s in newborn glory, the unwavering spirit of indie rock clubs that everyone knows and loves. The new Weekender format is perfect, kicking off at 11.30pm (well you didn’t come out until then anyway!) It’s in a prime location for late Friday night indie clubbing. The great indie tunes are still there, new and old. For those who liked checking out great bands, Ding Dong continue to host the best of the best, and you can go and check out an act earlier, or chill in the brilliant front bar until Weekender kicks in. Weekender DJ’s will keep you dancing to top new indie tunes, and great retro favourites.

Saturday 28th July
Money For Rope
Supports The Treatment, Drunk Mums & Fifth Friend
$12.00 + BF / $15.00 of the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/moneyforrope
Their crazed rock’n’soul surf garage parties are still continuing to transform a stoic and cynical crowds all over Australia. Money For Rope’s rabid energy onstage and their jaw-dropping energy of two drum kits, two guitars, a bass, four voices and keys command the response of an electrified room. They’ve supported The Vasco Era, The Mess Hall, Those Darlins, Even, The Meanies, Celibate Rifles, Bob Log III, The Cruel Sea, Wolf & Cub and Fearless Vampire Killers. As well as played Splendour In The Grass, Cherry Rock, and the legendary Reclink Community Cup. Come and party with them for the launch of their new single ‘Misery Lane’ which has recently been added to Triple J, along with The Treatment, Drunk Mums and Fifth Friend.

COMING UP…
Thursday 2nd August
Lime Cordiale -EP Launch
Supports Yeo & Animaux
$10.00 + BF/$15 on the Door with Free EP – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/limecordiale
Lime Cordiale are a Sydney based quartet who grew out of the Northern Beaches music scene. Consisting of brothers Oli Leimbach and Louis Leimbach, Brendan Champion and James Jennings.
Drawing from their classically trained background and experiences from their awkward teenage years, Lime Cordiale strives to create strong pop music with a fresh sound. The new EP Faceless Cat features all new tracks including the new single Pretty Girl, which will be officially launched their Melbourne show. The bands music spans a wide range of genres from pop, ska, jazz and funk, and it’s apparent that Lime Cordiale has created a distinct sound and strong style that belongs to this band alone. Want to hear something new? This is the show for you.

Friday 3rd August
Forty Thousand Sisters – Album Launch
Supports Sirens of Venice & Warmth Crashes In
$10.00 + BF/$12 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.fortythousandsisters.com
Taking inspiration from flophouses, neon signs & pawnshop guitars, Forty Thousand Sisters bring their guitar driven songs about youth, life, punks, and anti-heroes for the first time to the Ding Dong stage.
Helping Forty Thousand Sisters launch their new art-rock epic “Goodbye Broken Sled” will be very special guests Sirens of Venice in their final Australian show (featuring Gersey front-man Craig Jackson) and Warmth Crashes In (Rory Lampitt & Erin Taylor of Priory Dolls fame).

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Saturday 4th August
Howlin’ Steam Train – EP Launch
Supports Major Tom & The Atoms & guests
$12.00 + BF/$15 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/HowlinSteamTrain
Get ready to put your feet into a toe-tappin frenzy as Howlin’ Steam Train channel their raw energy into this live show.
With help from producer Steve Schram (The Vasco Era, San Cisco) their self-titled EP, persuades you, not only to put it on repeat, but insists on your attendance at their next gig, because what could be more fun than jumping around to a frenetic rock and blues beat? Their return to Melbourne after a recent Sydney tour, including a sell out show at the exclusive ‘Vanguard’, has these guys on an epic high! Catch them along with Major Tom and The Atoms, and special guests, this will be a night not to be missed!

JUST ANNOUNCED:
Friday 9th August
Towers (EP Launch)
Supports Honey Badgers, Spell House & 1993
$7.00 on the Door
Doors 8PM
Newest band on the Melbourne scene of jangly clean cut indie pop; Towers, who have already supported Royston Vasie and Mary of Moon, will be launching their brand new EP at Ding Dong on Thursday 9 August. This show is a huge milestone for the band, so they’re celebrating by throwing a party with some pretty cool local bands including Honey Badgers, Spell House, and some guy called Rowdy MacLoud (1993). This will be one Thursday night indie party not miss.

Just Announced:
Friday 9th August
Towers (EP Launch)
Supports Honey Badgers, Spell House & 1993
$7.00 on the Door
Doors 8PM
Newest band on the Melbourne scene of jangly clean cut indie pop; Towers, who have already supported Royston Vasie and Mary of Moon, will be launching their brand new EP at Ding Dong on Thursday 9 August. This show is a huge milestone for the band, so they’re celebrating by throwing a party with some pretty cool local bands including Honey Badgers, Spell House, and some guy called Rowdy MacLoud (1993). This will be one Thursday night indie party not miss.

Friday 10th August
Richard In Your Mind (Syd)
Supports Lowtide, Shady Lane (Syd) & Dirt Farmer
$10.00 + BF/$12 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/richardinyourmind
Starting out in 2006 as the recording project of former roommates Richard Cartwright and Conrad Richters. Cartwright spent eight years working for the St. Vincent DePaul, amassing an enormous collection of forgotten vinyl that would inspire the sunny, eclectic, psych-fried sound he and Richters were now making. With a suitably flamboyant live show, Richard In Your Mind quickly raised eyebrows and ears on the Sydney scene and beyond. The bands current album ‘Sun’ is their most cohesive and beautiful album yet. After an impressive 2010 with the release of ‘My Volcano’ in which the album received glowing reviews, gained the band an AMP nomination, leading to appreciating the bands music. Ding Dong personally invited the band to come and play the new venue in August. Shady Lane (Syd) and locals Lowtide will be sharing the stage with them for this wintery show.

Friday 10th August
Propaganda (UK)
DJ’s: Tom Ballard (Triple J), Urby & Richard In Your Mind DJs.
Midnight – Late
$10 on the Door
https://www.facebook.com/pages/PropagandaMelbourne
Propaganda hops time zones once again to launch their world wide successful night in Melbourne, this time joining forces with freshly re opened iconic venue Ding Dong Lounge. Kicking off proceedings on launch night will be Tom Ballard from Triple J, Urby and Richard In Your Mind Djs with an audio visual mix of the best new and classic indie tunes. Propaganda Melbourne will be a fortnightly event bringing you the best local and international indie djs. If you don’t know who Propaganda is, you should. They are the UK’s biggest indie night attracting over 25,000 people on a weekly basis across 22 cities. They also appear at major festivals across Europe such as Reading, Leeds, Benicassim, V, Snowbombing and Glastonbury. This European summer also see Propaganda with a residency in Ibiza. Propaganda Australia now consists of 5 cities and has hosted dj sets from MGMT, The Vaccines, Florence & The Machine, The Horrors and Bluejuice. Recent after parties include Example, Kasabian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Swedish House Mafia and Klaxons. Propaganda resident djs include Tom Ballard (Triple J), Jake Stone (Bluejiuce), Brad (The Vines/Dunerats), Shag (FBi Radio).

Saturday 11th August
Calling All Cars (one Off Club Show)
Supports Them Bruins & TBC
$20.00 + BF/$25 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
Calling all Cars will take a brief respite from blazing new paths in the studio and have announced a special one off club show at the Ding Dong lounge in their home town of Melbourne. The Band have wrapped up a massive year in support of their second album ‘Dancing with a Deadman’ which saw them debut in the Aria Top 20, score Triple J album of the week and had them relentlessly circling the nation to bring the noise to the people, including tours with the Foo Fighters in Perth and Adelaide, and the ultimate touring festival – The Big Day Out. Since May, the trio has been locked away in remote, self-imposed exile forging what will be their finest album yet. Fortunately for everyone else, the cabin fever has truly set in and Haydn, James and Adam are bursting to get back onstage and have chosen Ding Dong where they’ll blast out the classics, and may just reveal the exciting new shape of things to come….

Friday 17th August
Red Ink – EP Launch
Supports The Die Casts & The Black Alleys
$15.00 + BF/$20.00 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
www.soundlcloud.com/redinkband
Melbourne’s Red Ink have been busy of late. Having just returned from their first UK tour, where they played to a rapturous audience at The Great Escape Festival, Red Ink are set to release their latest single Euphoria out on July 13 2012. Euphoria is the first taste of the bands forthcoming EP The Colour Age’. Produced by Craig Harnath and Jez Giddings of HotHouse Studios (Wilco, Cut Copy, Oasis, Midnight Juggernauts, Franz Ferdinand), Euphoria is a carefully crafted indie pop gem, initially conceived in the bands early stages and fatefully revived during an introspective moment in 2011. Catch Red Ink launching their new single along with an exclusive preview of tracks from their forthcoming EP.

Saturday 18th August
Luga Boa (NZ) – First Australian Headline Show
Supports Guests of Ghost & Guests
$10.00 + BF/$12.00 on the Door
Doors 8PM
Luger Boa, have been long established as one of New Zealands premier live rock n roll outfits (and not to be trusted with your beer or girlfriend). The band have announced a couple of Australian dates promising to be a massive end of tour party to end all others, as their Ding Dong show falls at the end of a run of International Mayhem that sees the band head from NZ, across Japan, and finishing in Australia in support of the international release of their wild n twisted long player ‘New Hot Nights’. Be prepared for rockin’ night as the band plan to experiment on their willing audiences with new material from a forth coming EP. Special guests on the night will be Melbourne lads Guests Of Ghosts with more to be announced.

Friday 24th August
Mistress Mondays (Ep Launch)
Supports Lost Weekends & The Corsairs
$12.00 + BF/$15.00 on the Door https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
2012 has been a defining year in the development of Mistress Mondays. The band started the year off with a four week residency coinciding with National SLAM day, showcased at Adelaide’s Fuse Festival and released single video clip ‘Thorn’. ‘Words Like Wire’, the band’s five track debut EP, is out Friday 27th July, the EP is an edgy and a lyrically provocative record that highlights the talented four-piece’s musicianship, ARIA nominated producer Forrester Savell’s masterful approach to recording and the band’s exciting blend of alternative rock.

Saturday 25th August
Die Die Die!
Supports Damn Terran and TBC
$15.00 + BF/$18.00 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/diediedieband
Hailing from what is considered NZ’s iconic music city, Dunedin, Andrew Wilson and Michael Prain founded Die Die Die! in 2003, with their hard working DIY ethos that continues even now. Die! Die! Die’s current release Harmony, is their fourth studio album recorded at Blackbox Studios, France. This album proves the band continue on their evolution to perfect their sound. Harmony brings together the raw energy and emotion from their live shows, encapsulating savant pop elements with their DIY punk philosophy. Produced by Chris Townend (Portishead, D12, Violent Femmes), and bringing back Shayne P. Carter on vocals, Harmony is set to be THE album of 2012. Bringing on board bassist Michael Logie (The Mint Chicks, F In Math, Opossom), this is one show not miss when the tour hits Ding Dong Lounge.

Friday 31st August
Loon Lake (Second Show)
Supports Cub Scouts (Bris), Glass Towers (Syd)
$12.00 + BF / $15 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
www.loonlake.com.au
Loon Lake have done it again – tickets to their Thirty Three EP launch at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday 1 September have completely sold out. Due to overwhelming demand, Loon Lake have announced their second show at Ding Dong Lounge. Supporting them will be two very special guests from interstate who will be gracing the Ding Dong stage for the first time; Cub Scouts (Brisbane) and Glass Towers (Sydney). Their current single ‘Cherry Lips’ can be heard all over Triple J and other community stations, so to add to the fun in the lead up to their tour, Loon Lake will be making one track from Thirty Three available as a free download every week via www.loonlake.com.au.

Friday 7th September
Kingswood and Boy In A Box
Support The Bellastrades
$10.00 + BF/$15.00 on the Door – https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 8PM
https://www.facebook.com/KINGSWOODmusic
https://www.facebook.com/boyinaboxmusic
Two bands alike in virtue and acclaim will be going at it head to head to form the SPLIT ENDS 2012 tour. Stopping off at Dong Dong in September will be Boy In A Box and Kingswood as part of this epic tour. With a new EP to offer and something to prove, Boy In A Box have been getting huge raps of late for their catchy as hell single ‘On My Mind’ as well as their incendiary live shows. Already no strangers to big stages, Boy In A Box have toured alongside the likes of Birds Of Tokyo and Calling All Cars, as well as appearing at Falls Festival in its 2011 incarnation. Kingswood, the four-piece are teeth-gnashingly ready to take on all comers with no quarter asked and none to be given. With more than a few recent wins under their collective belt including slabs of national airplay for their recent singles ‘Yeah Go Die’ and ‘Medusa’, the band has also been given the green light to kick off main stage proceedings at the 2012 Splendour In The Grass festival. A rockin’ show not to miss!

Sunday 21st October
Last Dinosaurs (UNDER 18’S SHOW)
Supports TBC
$20 on the Door
https://dingdong.oztix.com.au/
Doors 2pm – 6pm
After wowing taste makers in the UK including NME, Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1) and The Guardian, playing festivals and support shows with Electric Guests, Last Dinosaurs have returned home and announced a string of dates including gracing the main stage at this years Splendour In The Grass. The Satellites Tour will see Last Dinosaurs play all the capital cities in Australia with very special under age shows in all cities. Ding Dong is proud to announce Last Dinosaurs as the venues first under 18 only show since reopening it doors in July. Special guests announced soon.

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