Keyword results: Beaches
What:
Tone Deaf presents Beaches, The Demon Parade, Transnational, DJ Etta Curry, The Stabs DJs, Last Gypsys DJs
Where:
Ding Dong, 18 Market Lane, Melbourne
When:
Fri Jan 22, doors 8pm
How much:
$12
Description:
Tone Deaf presents those space jam jemimas in jeans, Beaches, who are about to go on a US tour and show SXSW what the talent looketh like. Plus The Demon Parade who are about to support Brian Jonestown Massacre on their Australian tour. The Tone Deaf people also promise a "kaleidoscope of hallucinatory visual projections" which is important for them because they can't hear anything.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: cosmic dust
What:
Somewhere Store official opening and exhibition, featuring artwork by Craig Dermody, Beaches and Jens Lekman DJ sets
Where:
Somewhere, Lvl 2, Royal Arcade, 314 Little Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Wed Nov 18, 6-9pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Not much to say here but see you at the launch of the fucking month bruisers! Uh-huh. Craig Dermody (Spider Vomit, Lindsey Low Hand and Scott and Charlene's Wedding) opens a solo exhibition to celebrate the launch of Somewhere Store. Mattias and Gusty are pulling out all the stops for this event, with Beaches and Jens Lekman on decks.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: Fashion
What:
Beaches, Heavy Mental and Snawklor!
Where:
The Empress, 714 Nicholson St, Fitzroy North
When:
Sat Nov 14, doors 8pm
How much:
$12
Description:
This is what you should do before you break into the pool on Saturday! Listen to Nicci Reid, the queen of gig blurbists, when she tells you Beaches will be "bringing back the wavey no-fi goodtime rhythms of surf and backyards you love so well." Plus Heavy Mental debuting new lycra outfits and punching you right in the vagina with some head banging air guitar glamour punk.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: art rock
What:
Beaches, My Disco, Your Animal and Brain Children DJs
Where:
Beck's Rumpus Room at the Forum, 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
When:
Sat Oct 17, doors 9pm
How much:
$15 from here
Description:
What genius disc jockey of love engineered the line up for this Saturday night at The Forum? First Your Animal, naught but a dreamy tambourine, a throbbing bass and three undulating voices that skim your hair but never quite touch you. Then Beaches, that swirl of coloured noise that seems to fill every square of air and loll you back and forth like a sensitive, caring sandstorm.
Event: Bands & DJs
Stimulus: art rock
What:
The Sand Pebbles album launch with Beaches
Where:
The Toff, Lvl 2, Curtin House, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sat Aug 15, 8-11pm
How much:
12 +BF
Description:
Fun Fact: The Sand Pebbles is a novel by Richard McKenna about misadventures on an American gunboat as it makes its way down China's Yangtze River in the 1920s. A story about one man, "caught between the perils of love and the madness of war." Something to think about while Melbourne's Sand Pebbles play their shoegaze, psychedelic rock at the launch of their new album, A Thousand Wild Flowers.
Event: Supper
Event: Supper
What:
Hold Hands community radio benefit
Where:
The Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood
When:
Sun July 26, Doors 2pm
How much:
$20 + BF from here, the Tote front bar, Polyester Records (city and Fitzroy), and Missing Link
Description:
Alright, this totally rules. Buy a ticket. Okay, now here's what you're going to: Chapter Music, Lost & Lonesome, Mistletone, Remote Control/Dot Dash, Sensory Projects, Two Bright Lakes, and Unstable Ape present Beaches, Dick Diver, Guy Blackman, Jessica Says, Kes Band, Kid Sam, Lee Memorial, Ned Collette, Spider Vomit, St Helens, The Smallgoods (Duo), The Sun Blindness, DJ Faux Pas and more, for the benefit of RRR FM, PBS FM, FBi Radio and 2SER.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Love
What:
Mistletonia Xmas Party
Where:
Thornbury Theatre, 859 High St, Thornbury
When:
Sat Dec 20, doors 7pm
How much:
$15 here or on the door
Description:
Doug Yule -tidings? Mistletone make it a regular this year, on Saturday, with their third Santa Season 'knees up' gig. Fuck evening Mass and go down for bent pastoral rarity Ross McClennan and his Sympathy Orchestra, the lead-swinging Beaches, smoking soul garage group Panel of Judges, Kes Band, Mark Barrage and the chance to win a lucky door prize - Jesus Christ.
Event: Bands & DJs
Stimulus: Life
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