STRANGER COLE HITS MELBOURNE TOWN!

Stranger Cole’s Melbourne gig is a one-off for our fair city – and a spectacular gathering of every significant ska/reggae/rocksteady band of note in the history of this sweetass metropolis.

Please don your finery and raise your glass.

Dance like nobody’s bidness.

Bruthas and Systas

Come and witness:

MELBOURNE ROCKSTEADY SKA & REGGAE REVUE

Saturday 5 March 2010 – Corner Hotel, Richmond – from 7pm

Stranger Cole (Jamaica)
The Moonhops
The Ska Vendors
Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions
Johnny Longshot
Skazz
DJ Moss Raxlen (Canada)
DJ Mohair Slim (PBS FM)
DJ Jesse I (PBS FM)

PLUS the excellent Nicky Bomba with ‘Bustamento!’

After a show-stealing cameo in support of Dawn Penn last year, Stranger Cole returns to Australia with his
own show of an hour and a half of his foundation hits backed by the Moonhops (Melbourne’s rocksteady
kings reunited for one night only).

In honour of the Jamaican recording superstar, five of Australia’s top ska, rocksteady and reggae
aggregations plus DJs will for one gigantic summit of swinging off-beat and hypnotic rocksteady grooves.

Kicking off at 7pm, THE MELBOURNE ROCKSTEADY SKA AND REGGAE REVUE will be a feast of the finest
Jamaican music played by famed local exponents including The Ska Vendors, Judge Pino & The Ruling
Motions, Johnny Longshot and Skazz. Between the bands, PBS DJs Mohair Slim and Jesse I will maintain
the vibe with vintage vinyl sounds. After the bands, Canadian DJ, producer and historian Mossman will
transform the Corner Hotel into a Kingston dancehall with a killer two hour set of Jamaican oldies.

Dress code: “Sharp as a ratchet knife”.

Proudly presented by PBS FM

Ticket $35 + booking fee:
Corner Box Office 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
Northside Records – 236 Gertrude St. Fitzroy

POP GOES THE CURFEW!

Local hipsters and music afficinados will be familiar with Pure Pop Records in Barkly Street St Kilda and their famous beer garden gigs, which have regularly hosted local musical glitterati such as Conway Savage, Charles Jenkins & Tim Rogers, along with bands from all around Australia including The Gin Club, Halfway, Steve Kilbey and Kate Miller-Heidke amongst others.

Their intimate stage has also hosted international artists including Barry Adamson, Academy Award winners The Swell Season, Charlie Parr and Dean & Britta (Luna/Galaxie 500) for over 5 years.

Pure Pop is possibly the only record store, cafe, live music venue in the world – and they have heaps of devoted local patrons to prove it. The beer is cold, the staff is friendly and the music is beyond awesome….

in fact the only complaint that has ever been leveled about a Pure Pop gig is that they fill up too quickly because the courtyard is only licensed for 50 bodies at a time and gigs have to end early, due to Council’s curfew.

With this in mind, store owners Dave Stevens & Elaine May have decided to expand for one night only and hold a gig featuring their favourite musicians at the Prince Bandroom in St Kilda.

They invited the entire Pure Pop mailing list to help them name the show and the winning entry was Pop Goes The Curfew.

Dave and Elaine are thrilled to announce one of their favourite bands, The Men, is “jetting in, direct from Sweden to headline the gig!”

The Men is a Mod outfit from Lund, Sweden and they were the first artists ever to record on the Pure Pop label, circa 2003, and are flying to Oz by special request to kick off the festivities. They’re known as something of a small “supergroup” since they formed out of four already established Swedish garage bands, The Sinners, The Girls, Thee Expression and Colubrids.

The sum of their parts is The Men – the ultimate live-band; explosive, stylish, tight, groovy, cool and fun – no shoegazers!

They will be joined by the mighty Gun Street Girls and local favourites Pony Face. Special performances by Tim Rogers, Charles Jenkins, Jeff May, Ryan Coffey, Hugh of The Skybombers and Heath & Alex of Dirt River Radio fame will also feature at the gig and musically oriented comedy duo Anyone For Tennis will host the night.

“We can’t wait to throw open the doors at the Prince Bandroom, listen to loads of great loud music, drink too much and not have to clean up afterwards!”

Get tickets to Pop Goes The Curfew at Pure Pop Records, 221 Barkly St in St Kilda or online at www.purepop.com.au or www.princebandroom.com.au for $20.00 plus bf.

See you there!

For more info, interviews or sounds from The Men please ring Karen Conrad on 0400 527 365.

POP GOES THE CURFEW!

PopGoesTheCurfew

PopGoesTheCurfew

RON PENO’S NEW BAND – RSVP & THE RETURN TO SENDERS

RSVP

Ron S Peno requests your attendance at the debut of his new band RSVP (his initials) & The Return To Senders at their final intimate sneak preview gig.

Peno, former lead singer with much loved band Died Pretty is giving you the slow tease… a wink, a word to the wise and the promise of glorious new ditties from his first ever solo project.

Cam Butler (guitars), Brett Poliness (drums), Andy Papp (bass) and Tim Deane (keyboards/guitars) expertly accompany him on this musical sojourn.

Ron and Cam have been furiously busy during the past year writing those bittersweet left-of-centre songs that sparkle when they need to and break your heart when you don’t expect them to.

Now it’s time to publicly unveil the fruits of their musical labours.

RSVP & The Return To Senders will road test the new tunes before recording thier debut solo album and are pleased to invite you along to check out the goods.

SUNDAY, JUNE 6 – YAH YAH’S with Andrew McCubbin & The Hope Addicts – 99 Smith St, Fitzroy

Free entry.

For interviews, pics or more info please ring me on 0400 527 365.

Cheers

Karen

ROCKSTEADY GIG TIX ON SALE NOW!

ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE CONCERT 
 
Starring: 
THE MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA 
with guests: 
DAWN PENN (U.K.) 
STRANGER COLE (Jamaica) 
 
Plus: 
The Moonhops 
DJ Mossman(Canada) 
DJ Mohair Slim 
 
Saturday 1 May 2009 ‐ Corner Hotel, Richmond ‐ Tickets $59 + b.f. 
 
To coincide with the Australian release of the award-winning documentary “Rocksteady: The Roots  of  Reggae”,  the  Melbourne  Ska  Orchestra  troops  have  been  marshalled  for  their  annual  off‐beat  skirmish,  this  time  inviting  two  of  the  giants  of  Jamaican  Rocksteady:  Dawn Penn and Stranger Cole to join the fray. 
 
The night  will be  a  joyous  celebration  of  Jamaican  rocksteady, the  soulful  music  that  evolved  from  ska  and  gave birth to  the  reggae  sound  and  features the first lady of Rocksteady, Dawn Penn, who had hits including the world wide smash “No, No, No (You Don’t Love Me).

Dawn  Penn  is  visiting  Australia  for  the  first  time  as  is  Stranger  Cole  (who  is  also  the  narrator  of  the Rocksteady  film).    Stranger  Cole  has  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  few  artists  to  have  had  hits  in  all  three  Jamaican  roots  eras:  Ska,  Rocksteady and  Reggae.    From  his  first  records  “Rough  and  Tough”,  “Arte  Bella”  to  his  rocksteady  classics  “Down  by  the  Trainline”  and  “Love Me This Evening”. 
 
As  always,  the  30‐piece  all‐honking,  all‐skanking,  all‐star  behemoth  Melbourne  Ska  Orchestra  will  provide  the  musical  support  to  this  momentous  event.   

Supports  are:  The  Moonhops;  and  selectors  Mohair  Slim  and  from  the  U.S.A.,  the  producer  and arranger of “Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae” movie and CD, DJ Mossman. 
 
In  MSO tradition,  the  ladies  and  gentleman  are  kindly  requested  to dress “stylish Caribbean” with brightly coloured dresses for ladies and light trouser with hats for men suggested.

Hey Sugar Babies,

Direct from Perth, The Sugar Blue Revue will hit Melbourne town on Saturday, 13 March 2010 at The Order Of Melbourne. Please join us for a night of unparalleled burlesque and merriment from 7.30pm at The Order, Level 2, 401 Swanston Street in Melbourne.

Tickets:
$25 +Booking Fee presale
$30 at the door
www.moshtix.com.au

Perth’s premier performance troupe, Sugar Blue Burlesque, will burst onto the stage for their very first huge Melbourne Burlesque show, The Sugar Blue Revue.

Come and see what everyone’s talking about!

Be blown away by the amazing costumes and unique, never-before-seen performances in Melbourne Town for one incredible night only!

Treat yourself to a night of bedazzlement and beauty with the best burlesque artists on this continent or any – A’dora Derriere, Sapphire Demure and Trixi Tassells – These classy, sassy dames have also been invited to perform in this year’s London Burlesque Week so catch up with these lovelies before they wade gracefully over to ye jolly olde’ in their elegant stilettos…

The Sugar Blue Revue features Sugar Blue Royalty Mia Bella, Clara Cupcakes, Miss Jane, Coco Poppin’, The Duke, Becky Lou, Miss Kay Risque, Foxy La Femme and is hosted by the sassy Feistystrumpet!

Prizes will be awarded for Best Dressed, so come in something luxurious, sweet as sugar or in Blue! Dazzle the crowd with your own sequins and finery and win big!

Check out www.sugarblueburlesque.com for more details.

Tickets available at www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on your mobile www.moshtix.mobi and all moshtix outlets including Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy) and Greville Records.

Info about Sugar Blue Burlesque:

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Sugar Blue Burlesque is both a performance troupe and burlesque academy! Reminiscent of the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, Sugar Blue Burlesque presents a unique blend of classic burlesque and elaborate vintage costumes, with authentic vintage dances, circus, comedy, music and crowd pleasing theatricality!

The talent behind Sugar Blue Burlesque includes some of Australia’s finest, award-winning swing dancers, respected dance instructors and dedicated historians of the period, Western Australia’s most spectacular lady circus performers, bright young comedians, actors, as well as Perth’s finest costumiers.

For Melbourne media queries, interviews, saucy pics, etc, please ring Karen Conrad on 0400 527 365 or email kcpublicity@optusnet.com.au.

See you there, Sugar….

BAMA-LAMA NYE SHAKE FEST!

BAMA-LAMA! Get on board for a fruit-punch-fuelled night of rhythm & blues, surf, and island exotica!

BENNY & THE FLY-BY-NITERS (doing two honkin’ sets of jump blues) THE EXOTICS (Melbourne’s primal rock’n’roll gods) THE GREASY HAWAIIANS (stompin surf-sleaze)
be early for a special performance by TRADITIONAL POLYNESIAN LOG-DRUMMERS AND DANCERS and keeping the luau rockin until 3am – the Big Kahuna’s of vinyl: DJs EMMA PEEL (PBS) – DJ JIM DANDY – DJ MOHAIR SLIM (PBS)

Hawaiian fruit punch on entry and free snacks during the night.
$50 + B.F. pre-sale (only 300 available) through Moshtix @ moshtix.com.au. Mo’ Betta Deetales attached in flyer. See you there, groovas.

RAPSKALLION – ‘ONE UP FOR THE LITTLE MAN’ CD – OUT NOW!

Straight out of Brunswick’s bohemia come Rapskallion – dressed in their decrepit finery, singing songs of the open road, blue stone alleyways, fruit falling from the trees and the seven seas.

Take a pinch of hip hop, vaudevillian sensibilities, a curly moustache and a startling array of hats and add a hula hoop and a burlesque performer or two….

and you will conjure Rapskallion and their intoxicating mix of quirky lyrics and rustic, rowdy and romantic accordion driven dance tunes.

Also featuring double bass, clarinet, violin, and junkyard drums – a vaudevillian carnivalesque shotgun marriage between Tom Waits and Edith Piaf.

Reminiscent of 20′s Paris Bohemia transported to a Romanian tavern and then set adrift on the high seas, they will be performing live with a glint in their eye and a dagger in their teeth at the 5th Bohemian Masquerade Ball on 16th October @ The Thornbury Theatre, 859 High Street. 7pm til ? Tix $20 pre-sale at http://thornburytheatre.webtickets.com.au/ or $25 on the door, if available.

Please contact me for interviews/pics/lively chats or a copy of Rapskallion’s new CD ‘One Up For The Little Man.’

It’s the goods.

Penny Ikinger on tour in Europe NOW!

new E.P. out now!

Fragile/
Memories Remain /
All Tomorrows Parties

“ scintillating grunge pop from Australia’s queen of sonic sexiness…Penny Ikinger and Ron Peno schmooze and coo like Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra…”

From the forthcoming album
penelope
featuring Deniz Tek

Penny Ikinger – sonic troubadour…touring Europe Sep-Oct 2009

FRANCE: 16/9 Tours: Donald’s Pub TBC, 17/9 Bordeaux: Le Fiacre TBC, 18/9 : Albi : Jour de Fête , 19/9 : Toulouse : Fairfield Café,20/9 : Tarbes : Celtic Pub

SPAIN: Madrid 21/9- 28/9- dates TBA check Penny Ikinger myspace

FRANCE: 30/9 Montpellier: L’Antirouille, 1/10 : Marseille : Le Lounge (+ In Extenso),2/10 : Carcassonne : Rockadelik , 3/10 : Perpignan : Tropique du Papillon (tbc)

SPAIN: Catalonia – 6/10 Girona: Cafe El Cercle, 9/10 Montblanc: Bar Lennon

http://www.myspace.com/pennyikinger

DAVE GRANEY – KNOCK YOURSELF OUT

Hey People,

Get your ringside seats for Dave Graney’s fabulous ‘Knock Yourself Out’ tour and hear all the songs from the new CD all live and front row, ringside-like!

10 June
Live at 3RRR (by invitation only)
221 Nicholson St
Brunswick East VIC 3057
Phone: (03) 9388 1027

19 June
Basement Discs
24 Block place, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9654 1110

24 Jun
The Royal Exchange Theatre
32 – 34 Bolton Stree NSW 2300
PHONE: (02) 4929 4969

25 Jun
Lizotte’s Restaurant
Lot 3 Avoca Drive Kincumber NSW 2251
Phone: 02 4368 2017

Email: info@lizottes.com.au

26 Jun
The Brass Monkey
115a Cronulla Street Cronulla, 2230
Phone: (02) 9544 3844

27 Jun
Sandringham Hotel
387 King St. Newtown NSW 2042
Phone: (02) 9557 1254

28 Jun
Old Manly Boat Shed, The
Basement, 40 The Corso
Manly NSW 2095
Phone: (02) 9977 4443

4 July
The Brisbane Hotel.
3 Brisbane St ,Hobart 7000
Phone: (03) 6234 4920

11 July
The Palais
111 Main Rd Hepburn Springs VIC 3461
Phone: (03) 53484849
Website: www.thepalais.com.au

31 July
GOMA Brisbane Art Gallery
Stanley Place, South Bank, Queensland
Phone: (07) 3840 7303

14 August
George Fairfax Studio
The Arts Centre
100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9281 8000