Keyword results: Punk
Amanda Palmer
What:
Amanda Palmer
Where:
The Forum, 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
When:
Fri Feb 26, doors 8pm
How much:
Tickets $50.20 +BF from here
Win:
Thanks to Frontier Touring, we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'we're not in Dresden, doll'
Description:
Voice of the Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer is bringing her punk cabaret to the Forum this Friday, with a fucking string quartet! Of course, you love her. In other news, Amanda was at the SLAM Rally on Tuesday. She freaked out when she accidentally met Mick Harvey from the Bad Seeds, and wrote afterwards, "You can feel the pulse of this city, it beats with art and love.
Event: Performance
Stimulus: Culture
UV Race, Straightjacket Nation, Sucio Poder and Brainwaves, Punk DJs
What:
UV Race, Straightjacket Nation, Sucio Poder and Brainwaves, Punk DJs
Where:
The Workers Club, 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
When:
Sun Feb 28, doors 8pm
How much:
$7
Description:
Punk rock is alive and well, thanks to bands and nights like this. Starting early, the line-up consists of Punk Rock DJs, the ‘not to be confused with delicious snack food Grainwaves' Brainwaves, Spanish brethren Sucio Poder, hardcore representatives Straightjacket Nation and the mystical Warragul charmers UV Race.
Event: Bands & DJs
Stimulus: Chaos
Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
The history of punk and DIY music is super inspiring, and songwriting is fucking tough.
These are just two reasons why Chris Knox is revered not only in his native New Zealand, but worldwide. In 1979 he formed Tall Dwarfs with Alec Bathgate, helping to pioneer a lo-fi, DIY aesthetic that combined punk's simplicity and disdain for musical virtuosity with home-recording experiments, cryptic lyrics, introspection, and the ultimate rebellion in counter-culture circles - admitting to love pop songs and hooks.
Duck Duck Chop instore with Teen Archer
What:
Duck Duck Chop instore with Teen Archer
Where:
Missing Link, Basement, 405 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Jan 24, 1-2pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Duck Duck Chop are playing an all ages show at Missing Link this Sunday with their friends Teen Archer. They say, "Come and wash away Saturday night's shame with some high energy experimental punk and maybe purchase a couple of records too." Fair enough. You see the show, we say, you buy the record.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Chaos
Love or Perish (NYC) with Useless Children, Gold Tango and Breaker Morant
What:
Love or Perish (NYC) with Useless Children, Gold Tango and Breaker Morant
Where:
The Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood
When:
Sun Jan 10, doors 6pm
How much:
$10 from here. BBQ sausages by donation.
Description:
Love or Perish are coming to the Tote from Brooklyn. Long way. No wonder they're pissed off! That's why the flyer says 'bratty punk rockers', usually they play power pop. This reprehensible candy-bum teeny bop outfit includes members of legendary Kill Rock Stars outfit The Peechees.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: guitars everywhere
Total Control, Retiree 7"
Punk is now more than 30 years old, and while that might not be old enough to qualify for the pension, those who were around to see the scene ignite in the '70s are certainly getting close. Yet, as a general rule, it still plays as music for the young. The genre hasn't necessarily aged with its instigators.
Rice is Nice present Talons album launch with Witch Hats and Miniature Submarines
What:
Rice is Nice present Talons album launch with Witch Hats and Miniature Submarines
Where:
The Old Bar, 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
When:
Fri Nov 27, doors 8pm
How much:
$12
Related links:
Free download! Beastie Boys cover and 'Red Heads' track off Talons' new album.
Description:
If Sydney has a punk band right now, it's Talons. Hellcats? Johnny Dole and and Stabs? Pull up a seat old men, and bring your notebooks. Just kidding, you rule too. HEY! Chill out. You want to kick us in the nuts call extension 117 then 2 for appointments then press hash, like everyone else.
Event: Album launch
Stimulus: guitars everywhere
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