What’s On At The Corner Hotel November 2012

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The Corner Hotel is one of Melbournes premier live music venues. Here is a complete list of What’s On at The Corner Hotel this November.

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DARK HORSES feat. TEX PERKINS (album launch)
Thursday 15 November 2012 8:00pm
Tex Perkins has shown us many faces over the journey. Frontman for the evocative soundscapes of The Cruel Sea and the hard edged pub rock of The Beasts of Bourbon, collaborator on the Tex, Don and Charlie outings, and compadre to Tim Rogers on the ‘TnT’ project. More recently seen in his turn in the Johnny Cash musical ‘The Man In Black’, Tex is back now once again to the lilting, dark country of Dark Horses, returning this October/November with a new album. The yet to be titled release shows yet another direction for the enigmatic singer/songwriter, while still filled with Perkins’ gravel-tainted vocals and poetic reveries, this record is a mature, poignant follow up to 2011’s self-titled album. The live set promises, as always, to be something special. Perkins’ world-weary growl will showcase songs from the new album, alongside gems like, ‘I Know You Know I Know’, ‘Splendid Lie’, ‘Real Love’, ‘A Name On Every One’, and ‘She Speaks A Different Language’. Stream the new album, ‘Everyone’s Alone’, in full here.
Ticket: $39.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guest: Mike Noga

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME (USA) – SOLD OUT!
Friday 16 November 2012 8:00pm
Metal heroes Between The Buried And Me have confirmed an Australian tour, kicking off this November in support of their forthcoming seventh studio album. The North Carolina five-piece will come straight off some serious US and European touring to make their first Australian trip since 2010. The new album, ‘The Parallax II: Future Sequence’, is the quintet’s most complex, ambitious and accomplished release to date. The band has sold in excess of 400,000 records internationally since their 2002 self-titled debut. Between The Buried And Me will also bring US instrumental metal act Animals As Leaders with them in support on their first ever trip to Australia. Stream a new track from Between The Buried And Me’s forthcoming album here.
Ticket: $49.50 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: Animals As Leaders (USA)

BLEEDING KNEES CLUB (single tour)
Saturday 17 November 2012 8:30pm
It’s time to break out the Band-Aids and brace your battered body one more time, as Bleeding Knees Club head out on a national tour in November to launch ‘Let It Go’, the final single off their debut 2012 album, ‘Nothing To Do’. These will be the last headline shows from the Gold Coast band before they bunker down to start work on their second album, and will also give fans the chance to hear many new songs road-tested that are earmarked for this next record. Support on all dates will come from Sydney shred-rockers Step-Panther. Of ‘Let It Go’, front man Alex Wall says “It’s actually one of my favourite songs on our album. It’s the first song Jordan and I ever wrote together, rather than separately. It’s all about keeping your cool, and not stressing out.” Recorded in NYC, ‘Nothing To Do’ has been rapturously received by critics since being released in March. Triple J Mag awarded it 9/10, while UK music bible NME hailed the band’s “undeniable knack for turning out two-minute garage-pop songs”. Bleeding Knees Club’s reputation for a rapid-fire live show has won fans and stressed-out security guards at venues the world over. Come and let it go with Bleeding Knees Club in November!
Ticket: $15.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: Step-Panther + Bored Nothing

OWL CITY (USA) – Under 18s Only Matinee Show
Sunday 18 November 2012 1:00pm
OWL CITY (USA)
Sunday 18 November 2012 7:30pm
Following the success of Owl City’s East Coast tour in 2011 off the back of five times Platinum and ARIA number one single, ‘Fireflies’, Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to be bringing indie-synth-pop sensation, Owl City, back to Australia for a headline tour. Owl City’s singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Adam Young, will tour in support of his new album, ‘The Midsummer Station’. Working with co-writers and outside producers for the first time, Owl City enlisted the help of Matt Thiessen (Relient K), Stargate (Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa) and Robopop (Maroon 5). In addition, Young is joined by Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus on ‘Dementia’, and ‘Call Me Maybe’star Carly Rae Jepsen on the infectious pop gem, ‘Good Time’. Owl City had a few words to say to his Australian fans.
Ticket: $57.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: Sinead Burgess

PARACHUTE YOUTH (‘Count To Ten’ Tour)
Thursday 22 November 2012 8:00pm
Parachute Youth have become one of Australia’s premiere acts of 2012. Their debut single, ‘Can’t Get Better Than This’ rapidly shot to #1 most played and requested at JJJ while simultaneously ascending to #1 in the AIR charts. They’ve recently won the In The Mix award for best new act and scored nominations from AIR for best new act and best Australian single, plus they recently played to adoring crowds at Parklife. But the attention isn’t all at home! The boys have already started to chart in Europe and with recent signings to Warner in the UK and Ultra in the US, this may be your last chance to see Parachute Youth in such an intimate environment.
Ticket: $18.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: Clubfeet + Jabuki

THE SAINTS
Friday 23 November 2012 8:30pm
The eagerly anticipated new Saints album ‘King of the Sun’, released through Highway 125 this September, features 11 brand new Bailey compositions recorded at Trackdown Studio, Sydney, and includes a bonus disc, ‘Songs from the Stash’, a selection of classic Saints material. Having spent the last year and a half playing truant – as the rhythm section in a French band – Baily and drummer, Peter Wilkinson, dust off their halos and refocus on The Saints. Over the years the band have released 15 studio albums, 17 singles, six EPs, two live albums and 10 compilation albums, not to mention Bailey’s solo output and collaborations with other artists. Watch the punk-era classic, ‘(I’m Stranded)’, here.
Ticket: $35.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: Kingswood + Spencer P Jones & The Escape Committee

DARK FUNERAL (Sweden)
Saturday 24 November 2012 8:30pm
Swedish black metal outfit Dark Funeral return to Australia once again to terrorise our stages with “vast walls of sound” and their “classic black metal, with clouds of red dry ice and an ominous electronic drone announcing the songs” (Metal Hammer). Forming in 1993 in Sweden, Dark Funeral are a force to be reckoned with due to their in-your-face, satanic, dark metal music known across the land as “one of the leading black metal bands” (All Music). Dark Funeral’s stage show is unlike any other. In addition to their intense musical ferocity, their performances are adorned with all the stagecraft the black metal genre can deliver; corpse paint, weapons, spikes and fire breathing. It’s a spectacle you can only comprehend live and in the flesh. Featuring a new unholy line-up of committed conspirators, Dark Funeral bring their “magnificently brutal” Nordic black metal blizzard back to Australia to stake their claim amongst the premier elite of the black metal world. Watch the uncut video for ‘My Funeral’ here.
Ticket: $59.00 ($4.00 bf)
VIP Meet and Greet Package: $169.00 ($6.00 bf)
Guests: Draconis Infernum (Singapore) + Denouncement Pyre + Okera + Belligerent Intent + Iciclan

THE CHURCH – SELLING FAST!
Wednesday 28 November 2012 7:30pm
The Church’s 30th Anniversary year has taken the band all over the USA and Australia, with the induction in October 2010 into the ARIA Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. In April 2011 the band played their ‘A Psychedelic Symphony’ concert at a sold out Sydney Opera House. ‘Untitled #23′, released in 2009, is widely regarded as a modern classic and has received glowing reviews from the music press, including an unprecedented five star review in Rolling Stone magazine and ‘Priest=Aura’ (1992) has constantly been voted as a favourite of Church fans over the years.
Ticket: $45.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: Rain Party + The Moderns

iwrestledabearonce (USA)
Thursday 29 November 2012 7:30pm
Experimental metalcore band IWRESTLEDABEARONCE doesn’t play by the rules. The fearless five-piece from LA still bludgeons with the best of them. The band’s spazzy fusion of metal, grindcore, jazz, electronica and show-tunes has been consolidated into one violently vibrant assault. ‘Ruining It For Everybody’, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE’s sophomore album, is their most creative and accomplished work to date serving as the ultimate middle finger to expectations, conventions and the norm. the intensity inherent within ‘Ruining It For Everybody’ will undoubtedly be replicated on stages worldwide when the band hits Australian stages for the first time this November. Every rule will be broken in the process. Supporting IWRESTLEDABEARONCE will be In Hearts Wake, who have become one of the most hyped bands in the Australian heavy scene, and rounding out the bill is Melbourne upstarts Storm The Sky. Watch the video for IWRESTLEDABEARONCE’s ‘Tastes like Kevin Bacon’ here.
Ticket: $27.50 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: In Hearts Wake + For All Eternity + Storm The Sky + Pretty Little Liars

THE SELECTER (UK)
Friday 30 November 2012 8:30pm
Seminal British 2-Tone outfit, The Selecter, are thrilled to announce their very first trip to Australia this November. This most vital and visceral of British bands will bring their infectious musical message of multiculturalism and hope around the country, and are guaranteed to set crowds alight with their bop-tastic fusion of ska-pop-reggae. The Selecter pioneered the ska revival movement alongside label mates The Specials and Madness, and were responsible for some of the scene’s classic hits, including ‘On My Radio’, the frenetic ‘Three Minute Hero’, ‘Celebrate The Bullet’ (ridiculously banned at the time by the BBC) and the quintessential 2-Tone track, ‘Too Much Pressure’.
Ticket: $54.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: Strange Tenants + DJ Sara

SAN CISCO (‘The Wild Things’ album tour) – SELLING FAST!
Saturday 1 December 2012 8:30pm
SAN CISCO (‘The Wild Things’ album tour – under 18s only matinee show) – SELLING FAST!
Sunday 2 December 2012 12:30pm
San Cisco recently unveiled first taste of their debut album, ‘Wild Things’, and are excited to announce the Wild Things Tour to celebrate. The Fremantle outfit are playing Geelong, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane throughout December. Fans of all ages weren’t forgotten with San Cisco playing an ALL AGES show at The Gov in Adelaide and U18’s shows in Brisbane and Melbourne. Fans will have the choice to purchase a ticket only or purchase a special “San Cisco” album and ticket bundle between Oct 15th and Nov 15th only. All physical cds will be signed by the band.
Fans will have the choice to purchase a ticket only or purchase a special “San Cisco” album and ticket bundle between Oct 15th and Nov 15th only. All physical cds will be signed by the band.
Ticket: $20.00 ($3.00 bf)
Ticket + Album (digital): $32.00 ($3.00 bf)
Ticket + Album (signed CD): $35.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: The Preatures + Chela

OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ GROUP (USA – Mars Volta/ At The Drive In) – SELLING FAST!
Sunday 2 December 2012 8:00pm
Like our own home grown Nick Cave before him, Omar Rodriguez Lopez is a world-renowned artist whose talents go far beyond the musical landscape he’s most renowned for. Coming to prominence in the early ‘90s, Omar made his mark as a guitarist in the ground breaking post-hardcore band, At The Drive In. In the early ‘00s he cemented his name as a music force, as guitarist and produce in the Grammy Award winning progressive psych/kraut rock-influenced ensemble, The Mars Volta. Now, Omar has established himself as a world class solo artist that has something vital and relevant to say, sonically speaking. Check out Omar live in concert at Metamorphose, here.
Ticket: $35.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: TBA

THE PRETTY THINGS (UK)
Tuesday 4 December 2012 7:30pm
London’s The Pretty Things, huge in the 1960s and ‘70s rock and roll scene, pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues (and later, psychedelia) that influenced a number of key bands from the 1960s British invasion, particularly The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie, whose first hero was Phil May. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Rolling Stone ‘Album Of The Year’, ‘Parachute’, which they’re celebrating by releasing a two disc limited edition CD set and limited edition heavyweight vinyl. The band is also back on the road, currently touring Europe, and set to hit Australian shores this December.
Ticket: $49.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: TBA

GRIMES (Canada) – SOLD OUT – MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL SIDESHOW
Wednesday 5 December 2012 8:00pm
GRIMES (Canada) – SOLD OUT – MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL SIDESHOW
Thursday 6 December 2012 8:00pm
Following the announcement that Canadian visionary Grimes will make her anticipated Australian debut at Meredith’s Supernatural Amphitheatre, we can now reveal the Montreal-based artist will also embark on an East Coast tour this December, including this Melbourne show in support of her 2012 record, ‘Visions’. Developing amongst the DIY scene in Vancover in 2006; a scene where punk ethos and pop music collide, Grimes’ style has developed via bubblegum and K-Pop, hook heavy electronica and wild Eastern melody. The one-woman force has crafted a sound all her own across three self-produced albums – ‘Geidi Primes’, ‘Halfaxa’, and her most recent, the critically acclaimed ‘Visions’, recorded entirely from her Montreal bedroom. The album set the course for sold out tours of America and Europe, and appearances on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and Later With Jools Holland. Looping and layering her stratospheric falsetto, Boucher’s hypnotic live shows mix contagious electronica and ethereal melody, with The Guardian naming a recent London performance “an explosion of youthful creativity, without rules.”
Ticket: $45.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: TBA

HOT SNAKES (USA) – MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL SIDESHOW
Friday 7 December 2012 8:30pm
Once touted the saviours of rock ‘n’ roll, Hot Snakes (US) have reformed and are heading our way to play three shows only, with one in Sydney, one at Meredith Music Festival, and this Corner show. Founded in 1999 in San Diego, California, by John Reis (Drive like Jehu & Rocket from the Crypt) and Rick Froberg (Drive like Jehu), Hot Snakes certainly made their mark on the punk rock scene. Due to logistics (band members lived on almost opposite sides of the US) they called it a day soon after their last Australian tour, but now have reformed to play a small handful of shows at some of the world’s coolest music festivals heralded by an invitation from our very own Meredith Music Festival. The last time the lads landed on Australian soil was in 2006, at which time they also recorded a live studio album with ABC and Triple J, aptly named, ‘Thunder Down Under’. Watch the video for ‘Braintrust’ here.
Ticket: $42.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: SixFtHick and River of Snakes

SUNNYBOYS – SOLD OUT – MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL SIDESHOW
Saturday 8 December 2012 8:30pm
Already announced as a feature act at this year’s Meredith Music Festival, Sunnyboys are now pleased to announce a one-off club performance at the Corner! This most cherished of Australian bands responsible for the classics: ‘Happy Man’, ‘Tunnel of Love’, ‘I’m Shakin”, Alone With You’, ‘You Need A Friend’, ‘Show Me Some Discipline’, and many, many more, reformed earlier this year under the alias Kids In Dust for Dig It Up! – the Hoodoo Gurus Invitational. An inspired performance and an emotionally charged response lead to an invite from Meredith. This most quintessential of Australian festivals seemed the perfect follow-up to Dig It Up!, while the addition of this show will give fans the chance to see the band in a more intimate and sweaty environment.
Ticket: $50.00 ($4.00 bf)
Guests: Even + Fearless Vampire Killers

LAGWAGON (USA) – SOLD OUT
Sunday 9 December 2012 7:30pm
LAGWAGON (USA) – SELLING FAST!- 2nd show due to popular demand!
Monday 10 December 2012 7:30pm
Fat Wreck Chords are bringing out Lagwagon, one of their most long running and influential bands from the label. With the reissue of their five classic LPs ‘Duh’, ‘Trashed’, ‘Hoss’, ‘Double Plaidinum’ and ‘Let’s Talk About Feelings’, now’s the time to see the California-based band play their unique brand of speedy, highly technical pop-punk that made them one of the most influential punk bands of the ‘90s. Touring again on these reissues, Lagwagon are getting ‘back on the wagon’ so to speak! With 141 songs being polished up and set loose on the world you can expect some real dusties alongside your favourites, as they will only be playing the classics! Watch them live in 1994 playing ‘Razor Burn’ here.
Ticket: $40.00 ($3.00 bf)
Guests: The Smith Street Band + Cavalcade (Sun); The Smith Street Band + Kill The Matador (Mon)

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