You Can't Stop The Music...

Just a reminder that this week is the last ever for live music as we know it at the Rob Roy. Get on down there all this week... there are some great line ups, particularly on Saturday and Sunday nights. Natalie and the Oh Traveller! crew along with the rest of the staff at the Rob have given us so many great nights - countless cold pots of beer and shots of schnapps, awesome bands and their bar staff rates right up there with the nicest in this old town. It's all over too soon, and we will sorely miss the Rob as a pivotal venue these past couple of years. I only wish I had experienced it more.
So this week, join me in holding up the bar - drink your fill and be wildly entertained at the Rob Roy. These bashes are gonna be mad. See the gig guide below for details, and see you down there at the Rob.

GIG GUIDE

TUESDAY OCTOBER 26
Kamikaze Trio + Tri State Lovers + Zombie Sex Gang @ The Tote
Ash Naylor @ The Rainbow

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27
Morning Birds + Damien Fitzgerald @ The Rob Roy

THURSDAY OCTOBER 28
Motor Vehicle Sundown + The Cyclones + Reverend Scream + DJ Karate @ Rob Roy
Qua + Grey Daturas + Al Yamamoto @ Ding Dong

FRIDAY OCTOBER 29
Streetkid Vandal + Cannon + Fire Underground + Sojourn @ Gershwin Room
Dynamo + The Holy Soul + The Clappers @ Rob Roy
Bluebottle Kiss + Registered Nurse + Crayon Fields + PBS DJ Chris Ionnidis @ Tote

SATURDAY OCTOBER 30
Dave Brown (Bucket Rider) @ 3pm Rob Roy FREE ENTRY
Snap! Crakk!! + Love Of Diagrams + HTRKTR + Mo-Fo-Rah @ Rob RoyHigh Pass Filter Trio +
Joel Silbersher (3pm) + Rootbeer (launch) + Dr El Suavo + Bored! + Filthy Dreamers + DJ Viktor @ The Tote
Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side @ Greyhound Hotel
Deloris + New Buffalo + Wolf & Cub @ The Corner
Bluebottle Kiss + Sand Pebbles + Season + The Roys @ Espy
Ruteger + The Hijinks @ Public Bar North Melbourne
Cockfight Shootout (launch) + Legends Of Motorsport @ Ding Dong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 31
You Can’t Stop The Music (last show at the Rob Roy) with The Wagons + Sinking Citizenship + Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side + Ground Components + The Smallgoods + The Stabs + Dr Invisiablo + Ninety Nine + Flesh vs Venom + Das Butcher + Jess McAvoy + Qua + Emily Ullman + Royalchord @ Rob Roy $10 on the door, midday
Hor Rock Ula with Bit By Bats + Further + Snowman + The Fangs @ The Tote
Godnose (Bris) + Uptown Killers + Twitch Of The Death Nerve @ Green Room
Hallowe’en Punk Rock Karaoke @ Ding Dong

MONDAY NOVEMBER 1
Nation Blue + The Drones + Deep Where All Drown + The Sons Of Marvin Lee + DJ Jacqueline Dee @ The Tote
Girls Rock The Gersh with Kitto + Fur Patrol + The Follow + Remake Remodel + The Cyclones + Bam Bam + Devil Dolls + Baby 8 + Teddy Royals + The Amazons @ The Espy
The Models + Midnight Juggernauts + Sneaker Trio + Hijinks + Jamiesons + The Wellingtons @ The Espy
You Am I + The Spazzys + The Vandas + Holy Soul @ POW

CHICKS BATS AND CRAKKS!! SPOOKY!

Hallowe'en, Cup Eve, The Rob Roy's Last Stand.
It's a busy weekend. We've got loads of guests to match.

Snap! Crakk!! are Melbourne's finest new wave rock upstarts and they recently released their debut 8 tracker And The Sea Closed In Over Us on Unstable Ape Records. They're coming in to talk about it. Hear it on your radio tomorrow.

Peapod is the new album from The Redsunband. It's been a favoured release on the show for a while now, but the trio will be in town on the weekend. Tune in to hear the very beautiful Sarah talk about the album, which was recorded here in Melbourne with help from Dean of Magic Dirt. Pity it's only radio...

...and don't have high expectations. It was an accident.

Bit By Bats are celebrating Hallowe'en with a special show next Sunday night at local haunt the Tote. More details here. It's a dress up night!! Prizes! Music! Spooky! Hear Pete tell scary stories on Tyranny Of Distance this week.

The Amazons are coming! Tuesday October 26 will see Amazonian Yolanda in the studio to chat about the girlie show that is Girls Rock The Gersh this Cup Eve - Monday November 1.

Don't miss it. Talk to you then...

Breaking news...

Rocket Science. In the studio. October 19. Tyranny Of Distance.

Listen up.

durbeyfield

I got durbeyfield coming in this week. They haven't been around all that long, but they have a very confident selftitled ep and a very nice website. Go see for yourself. Some of them will be in for some tunes on Tuesday October 19, so listen in.

Here's more about durbeyfield:

Mark and Tom met in a room at high school. Four weeks later they found Antonio in another room. They then found Simon and James, who were led to believe they shared the same parents. Through the successful use of doors and instruments they all played in the same room, revelling in the intoxicating process of creating music.

Soon after, they began playing in pubs in Melbourne. Before one of these gigs, a boarder of Scottish descent from the same high school, asked if he could come and drink the band's beer since he had run out of money. durbeyfield declined but he showed up anyway and successfully drank the rider. He kept this form up, gig after gig, until it was found out that he played trumpet. To this day he is still trying to play off his debt.

durbeyfield are…

Tom Flatman - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Rhodes and Mandolin
Mark D'Angelo - Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Clarinet and Piano Accordian
Antonio Sanciolo - Backing Vocals, Cello, Piano and Organ
Simon Lawrie - BassJames Lawrie - Drums, Egg and Glockenspiel
Kevin Lavery - Backing Vocals, Trumpet, Harmonium and Keyboards

Playlist

Halfday: You Make Me Wanna Clean My Room (single)
The Grates: Trampoline (single)
Dr Invisiablo: Pop Song (Dr Invisiablo EP)
The Cops: Wallet/Puffer/Smokes/Keys (Stomp On Tripwires LP)
Two Thousand Mavericks: School (single)
My Disco: In The Benelux (Language Of Numbers LP)
Audiophile: Drifting Westward (Notes And Errata LP)
School Of Emotional Engineering: Redline (School Of Emotional Engineering LP)
The Winter Ship: Winter's Lament (live in the studio)
The Winter Ship: Not Real People (live in the studio)
Little Birdy: Tonight's The Night (Big Big Love LP)
The Specimens: Head Straight (The Quick And The Deaf LP)
Bird Blobs: Nothin' At All (Bird Blobs LP)
Jape Squad: Bug Spawn (7")
Dappled Cities Fly: Make You Happy (A Smile LP)
Love Of Diagrams: No Way Out (Dutch Boys mix by Cut Copy) (We Got Communication EP)
78 Saab: Beat Of Your Drum/Come On/We All Get By (Crossed Lines LP)
78 Saab: Sound Of Lies (Beat Of Your Drum EP)
Icecream Hands: Three Minute Song (You Can Ride My Bike: The Best Of The Icecream Hands 2CD)
Snap! Crakk!: City Of Reuben's (Paris) (And The Sea Closed In Over Us EP)
Street Kid Vandal: Cool As The Dead (Cool As The Dead EP)
Nation Blue: Blackout (Damnation LP)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abbattoir Blues (Abbattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus 2CD)
Because Of Ghosts: Hello Darkness (live 12")

And very special thanks to Ben of 78 Saab. Their brand spanker Crossed Lines is out now.

Also to Sunny, Cat and Chris of The Winter Ship who came in for a beautiful live acoustic set. Find out more about The Winter Ship here and come along to the launch this Friday down at the old Rob Roy. Season and Laura are supports. See you there...

Automobiles and Snowmen

78 Saab - with their wonderful chimey guitars and romantic and moody melodies and a sublime new album called Crossed Lines - will be in for a chat this week, and you can also look forward to a live acoustic set of melancholy urban soundscapes from The Winter Ship. I know I am! Talk then...

Gelbison: All The Rage (single)
78 Saab: All A Lie (Crossed Lines LP)
Denvar: This Is Where Time Ran Out (Work Sleep Die EP)
The Fragments: You Saw Me Fall (single)
The Panda Band: Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town (single)
Fighting For Alaska: Simple Plan (The Long Way Home EP)
Riff Random: Hot Kids
Full Fathom Five & Topology: (Future Tense LP)
Oneironaut: Allan Smithee (Pure Through Evolution LP)
Audiophile: Untitled (Notes And Errata LP)
Machine Translations: She Wears A Mask (These Are Our Children: Best Of Spunk 2CD compilation)
Dan Kelly & Gareth Liddiard: River O' Tears (live)
Gareth Liddiard & Dan Kelly (live)
Dan Kelly: Summer Wino (Homeland: Music For A Just Australia 2CD compilation)
Darren Hanlon: The Unmade Bed (Little Chills LP)
Decoder Ring: Snowflake (Somersault OST)
The Phoenix Foundation: This Charming Van (Horse Power LP)
Wolfmother: The White Unicorn (Wolfmother EP)
Wolf & Cub: Thousand Cuts (single)
My Disco: In Figures Of Speech (Language Of Numbers EP)
The Nation Blue: To Return To The Sea (Damnation LP)

Thanks very very very much to Shane of Oneironaut and Dan Kelly and Gareth Liddiard for their visits as well.