Keyword results: Experimental
Cloth Ear Music
Online mail order service Cloth Ear Music is a boon for fans of lo-fi psychedelia, drone experimentation and handmade recordings. Operated anonymously from Sydney with orders taken via email only, the site is a mainline for local and overseas releases of the most ethereal, under-the-radar kind; limited edition LPs, 7s, CDRs and tapes of Noise-fallout otherwise unavailable in Australia.
Sabbatical presents: Green Beret launch
What:
Sabbatical presents: Green Beret launch
Where:
The Afterdark, 525 High St, Northcote
When:
Sat Aug 9, doors 8pm
How much:
$5
Description:
Sabbatical present the latest offering in their limited edition series: Green Beret. A rarely active group, Green Beret are combining for a live appearance to celebrate the release. Expect intelligent drone executed with deft precision. Ample support comes from Snawklor, Undecisive God and Default Jamerson.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: A
Beats n Bleeps
What:
Beats n Bleeps
Where:
Glitch Bar, 318 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy (near corner of Holden St)
When:
Fri Aug 15, 9pm-1am
How much:
$5 on the door
Description:
Axe murderers, cannibals, Sam Newman-inspired suicide attempts and faces being hacked off on a random Greyhound bus... Seek refuge from reality and head down to Beats n Bleeps at Glitch Bar next Friday for unique audio stimulation. Welcome Dear Friend will provide electronica folk/acoustic whilst Adam Simmons vs Brian O'Dwyer play jazz-death-hypnotic chaos.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: A
Maximum Arousal presents Johnny Saw Horses
What:
Maximum Arousal presents the Johnny Saw Horses Juarez launch
Where:
The Toff in Town, Lvl 2, Curtin House, Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Aug 3, doors 8pm
How much:
$10
Description:
Part American gothic, part avant-folk, part depressing pop, Melbourne's Johnny Saw Horses launch their debut album, Juarez, this Sunday in the intimate surrounds of the TIT. Haunting, sparse and frequently frightening, the Melbourne duo's is as dark as the subject matter referenced in the album title.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: A
Space Oddities
The adage everything old becomes new again holds on this mind-blowing compilation of 'rare European library grooves' courtesy of Munich's Permanent Vacation label. Compiled by the enigmatically named Alexis Le-Tran and Jess, Space Oddities takes in 19 super-obscure cuts from subscriber-only library music albums used to score European film and TV productions from 1975-1984.
Sabbatical presents: Breathing Shrine
What:
Sabbatical presents: Breathing Shrine
Where:
Forepaw Gallery, 275 High Street, Northcote
When:
Fri July 25, first band starts 8pm sharp
How much:
$5 (or thereabouts)
Description:
Sabbatical presents a night of haunting sounds with power-duo Breathing Shrine making a rare live appearance. Featuring the dual attack of Rob Mayson and Bonnie Mercer from the mighty Grey Daturas, Breathing Shrine takes the audience to brink (and sometimes over). Also by the show also features the fine work of Family Jewels, Krystkrvstoffiston, Absoluten Calfeutrail and Blarke Bayer.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: A
Liquid Architecture 9 - Festival of Sound Arts
What:
Liquid Architecture 9 - Festival of Sound Arts
Where:
Mainly at Arts House, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne
When:
Opening Thurs July 19, doors 6.45pm
Festival runs until July 19
How much:
Opening $12/$15 +BF from here
Description:
Sound art: like regular art, but you can't talk at the launches. Just jerking your chain. Well, no actually you can't talk, but god what do you people want? Liquid Architecture is a national festival of sound art, invented nine years ago by the good people at the RMIT School of Art, and it's happening in Melbourne again this week.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: A
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