Keyword results: The Forum
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
Dizzee Rascal
What:
Dizzee Rascal
Where:
The Forum, 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
When:
Thurs 28 Jan, 8pm
How much:
$78.20 from here
Win:
Thanks to Big Day Out, we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'Feel free to hate cos I ain't tryin-a be your mate'
Description:
A few moons have passed since we were first introduced to Dizzee Rascal's frenetic, accessible brand of garage, in the shape of 2003's Mercury Prize winning Boy In Da Corner. That thing was everywhere, inciting many an otherwise sane white Australian to wave their hands about madly and rap in an exaggerated London accent.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: crazy
Beans, Ro Sham Bo and Ramallah Underground
What:
Beans, Ro Sham Bo and Ramallah Underground
Where:
Beck's Rumpus Room at the Forum, 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
When:
NEXT Fri Oct 23, doors 9pm
How much:
$15 from here
Description:
"Where the hip hop meets poetry and gets turned in floetry." This is an obvious example why the untrained should not try and rap - and please expect better rhymes from this line-up than that one. Beans (of the recently reformed Anti Pop Consortium) calls himself the Ornette Coleman of rap and the likes of Radiohead, Prefuse 73 and Missy Elliot all agree - so, uh, who are we to argue? This particular line up finds the link between experimental beats and poetry, the Kronos Quartet and the West Bank, as well as partying all night long and being from Sydney - well, I guess some links are easier than others to make.
Event: Bands & DJs
Stimulus: 2 turntables and a mic
The Bill Frisell trio featuring Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen with The BBC (Nels Cline, Jim Black, and Tim Berne)
What:
The Bill Frisell trio featuring Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen with The BBC (Nels Cline, Jim Black, and Tim Berne)
Where:
The Forum, cnr Flinders and Russell Sts, Melbourne
When:
Sat May 2, doors 8.30pm
How much:
$75/$85 from here
Description:
Jazz has a bad rep. Sure, it was way cool back in the day when everyone was doing heroin and dancing and having a great time, but ‘70s and ‘80s jazz fusion had to come along and ruin it for everyone. Of course those of us who stuck with it are reaping the benefits this week.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Vino
Laughing Clowns with Nels Cline
What:
Laughing Clowns with Nels Cline
Where:
The Forum, cnr Flinders and Russell Sts, Melbourne
When:
Fri May 1, doors 8.30pm
How much:
$35/$42 from here
Description:
There is too much to say about this show for this tiny little entry, so let's make it quick. Laughing Clowns, the legendary post-punk jazzers led by Ed Kuepper from The Saints, are reuniting for a fucking legendary show. Nels Cline from Wilco is opening and he's a goddamned genius these days and has worked on avant-garde, jazz, noise, country, and rock projects with the likes of Thurston Moore, John Zorn, and Charlie Haden.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Vino
The Saints and X
What:
The Saints play (I'm) Stranded
with X (playing At Home With You)
Where:
The Forum, cnr Flinders and Russell Sts, Melbourne
When:
Wed Jan 14, doors 8pm
How much:
$61 +BF from here. DO IT!
Description:
Listen up you little pukes. I don't know what you're calling punk now-a-days, but whatever it is, it sucks. This week you have the chance to prove that you're not a total poser by going to see two of the best Australian punk acts ever, play two of the best Australian punk albums ever.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: sound the horns!
Digitalism
What:
Digitalism, presented by ThreeThousand
Where:
The Forum, 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
When:
Sat Jan 10, doors 10pm
How much:
$61 from here
Win:
We have another dbl pass to give away! (As well as this one.) To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘I will flaunt myself for the Germans'
Description:
When we got to talk to Digitalism, they said that Australia had the sexiest crowds of anywhere in the world. They also mentioned that the Australians are always super excited and go crazy at their shows down here. With that type of talking up, we think this is now an issue of national pride.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: sound the horns!
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