The East Brunswick Club

GIG GUIDE

GIG GUIDE

DODOS (USA) with The John Steel Singers and Teeth & Tongue (solo) - SELLING FAST! Friday
12 Feb

Following on from their stellar performances at last year's Falls Festival, as well as headline shows in Melbourne and Brisbane and a standout spot supporting Fleet Foxes in Sydney, San Francisco's raucous, freewheeling, power-percussion, folk-pop sensations, The Dodos, return to Australia in February 2010. Centred around the key elements of fiery drumming and Fahey-infused finger-picking, the creative core of The Dodos has now been blessed with vibraphone both on record and in the live setting, further enhancing the band's dalliance into the world of being a bit more rock'n'roll - hell, frontman Meric Long even plays standing up these days. Their brilliant new album, 'Time To Die', the follow-up to 2008's critically acclaimed 'Visiter', was produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Built To Spill) and is out now.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $42 at the door if still available Doors 8.30

Saturday
13 Feb

Watch the new breed of Australian hardcore and metal mix it up with scene veterans Mindsnare, presented by Trial & Error. Newcomers, The Abandonment, will be opening the night, with the technically impressive Dead Kings making the trip down from our nation's capital. Having spent a large part of 2009 on the road, Hopeless are gearing up to release a new seven inch in the coming months, while Samsara will be hitting the studio with Converge's (USA) Kurt Ballou to record their sophomore effort in March. Rounding out this already impressive bill is a band that needs little introduction... Mindsnare. Tickets for this show are ONLY available on the door so get down early.
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At the door only

| $15 at the door only

Doors 8.00

Wednesday
17 Feb

Mistletone is thrilled to present The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on their first Australian tour. Hailing from Brooklyn, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart became one of the years most talked about indie pop bands with their self-titled debut album - an instant classic packed with brilliantly-executed pop gems. Drawing on the sparkling legacy of 80s and 90s indie pop, the Pains blend their rush of youthful enthusiasm with crafty arrangements, well-honed tunes and buckets of guitar racket. There is something instantly identifiable about a Pains tune, and it is the essential rightness of their records that has captured the attention of pop fans around the world. Their new EP 'Higher Than The Stars' is a four-track rush of dream pop with a blissed out dancefloor remix by Saint Etienne. Overflowing with exuberance, charm and songcraft, the Pains breathe new life into indie pop.
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SOLD OUT

| SOLD OUT

Doors 8.00

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART (USA) with The Smallgoods and Parking Lot Experiments - Extra show due to popular demand! - SELLING FAST! Thursday
18 Feb

Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $40 at the door if still available Doors 8.00

JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK (UK) with Ned Collette & Wirewalker and The Holy Sea Friday
19 Feb

Gideon plucks six strings, dreams stories and sings. Kid sister Viva, a.k.a. 'The Shark', plonks, stomps and honks. Formerly members of Bikini Atoll, they released two albums on Bella Union, second album recorded by geeky genius Steve Albini. Then, they formed a family band and spent summer 06' getting drunk in a barn writing songs on their 8 track recorder. It's been two years now and in this time they've been invited to play with great bands and musicians around europe; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Archie Bronson Outfit, The Duke Spirit, Scout Niblett, Michael Gira to name but a few. Their tales are beginning and their tails are wagging.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $25 on the door if still available Doors 8.30

JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK (UK) - SPECIAL CD OFFER PRICE!! Friday
19 Feb

Buy a ticket at this price and receive a CD when you arrive at the venue!
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $35 on the door if still available Doors 8.30

Saturday
20 Feb

The first ever Australian Rolling Stone Awards, held in Sydney last week, saw The Drones go up against a variety of international and domestic artists including Pearl Jam to take out the award for 'Best Live Act'. The award highlights once again that The Drones live show is one that should not be missed. The band will play a set of intimate in February, which will be their last before heading off the write their next album. The Drones will also be using the Melbourne shows at The East as a chance to film a new live DVD in their hometown.
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SOLD OUT

| SOLD OUT

Doors 8.30

Sunday
21 Feb

Call Tues For Tickets

| $30+bf or $35 on the door if still available

Doors 8.00

THE TEALEAVES (album launch) with The Adventure Spirit and Josh McDonald (Royal Parade) Friday
26 Feb

The Tealeaves sound is inspired by the era of the great singer-songwriters, including Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel and Don McLean. Their music overflows with melody, harmony and lyrical honesty. Traversing a wide range of musical styles, their songs range from harmony filled wall-of-sound band tracks to intimate, melancholy indie-pop. In only their first year, The Tealeaves have already received industry acclaim, having been invited to appear at a number of major international Music Festivals, including Queenscliff and Port Fairy, and appear destined to become a mainstay in the Australian Music Festival community. With a style that is instantly familiar yet entirely unique, The Tealeaves have crafted a sound that you will want to revisit again and again. Their self-titled debut album will be released in February, 2010 through Vitamin Records.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $15 on the door if still available Doors 8.30

HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY (QLD) with Boy & Bear (NSW), Ernest Ellis (NSW) and The Box Rockets - SELLING FAST! Saturday
27 Feb

Serving their touring apprenticeship throughout 2009, Hungry Kids of Hungary have emerged with hardened stomachs, the ability to sleep standing and a dynamically honed live show capable of drawing new audiences purely by word of mouth. A short 12-months since triple j Unearthed invited the newbies to play a spot at the Gold Coast Big Day Out, the Hungry Kids of Hungary have since toured alongside the Philly Jays and Washington and provided national support for Bertie Blackman and Little Birdy before heading out on their very own national headline tour. The monumentally busy year was capped off with solid festival appearances at Woodford, Falls, Sunset Sounds and Southbound. With an overseas assault to the UK and USA scheduled for April, the lads are currently bunkered down in producer Matt Redlich's poolside Brisbane studio as work begins on their debut album. And just as studio cabin fever is predicted to set in, Hungry Kids of Hungary will let loose on the road again with a string of dates around the country in late February. Along for the ride are the musical explorations of Ernest Ellis and the ethereal melodies of Boy and Bear, with a local support The Box Rockets.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $18 on the door if still available Doors 8.00

ONE ONE (USA/Japan) with CAN CAN (USA/Japan) and Bum Creek Thursday
4 Mar

Chapter Music and Room 40 present cryptic pop duo One One, featuring the fearsome and exciting collaboration of Satomi (Deerhoof) and Saya (Tenniscoats). Satomi Matsuzaki and Saya Onodera first met as university students in Tokyo in the early 90s, long before either had played in a band. A few years later, Satomi moved to San Francisco, while Saya remained in Tokyo, but the two remained good friends. Nearly fifteen years later, they bring their respectively acclaimed bands Deerhoof and Tenniscoats to Australia, and collaborate together in their own project, One One. Joining One One for The East show are Deerhoof's Greg Saunier and Tenniscoats' Ueno Takashi as improvised guitar and drums outfit Can Can. Plus local support from Relocated Canberra freakoids Bum Creek who have been making amazing musical weirdness since earlier this decade. They now live in Melbourne and turn every live show into a triumphant lurching mess of synth squiggles, kraut percussion and vocal gibberish. Their full length LP will be released on Chapter Music later this year.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $20 at the door if still available Doors 8.30

Friday
5 Mar

Recently described as delivering 'a relentless stream of aggression and brutality', Melbourne metal band House Of Thumbs launch their new album 'Crossing the Rubicon' on Labour Day Weekend. Support on the night comes from Scale, Empty The Throne & Demonium. Doors open at 8pm and the first 50 people through can buy the album for half price!
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At the door only

| $15 at the door only

Doors 8.30

Saturday
6 Mar

En Tout Cas, pronounced On-Tu-Ka, hails from Melbourne. This relatively new four-piece are already captivating audiences with their catchy, bouncing indie rock. This show will see them launching their new EP Dengue Fever featuring the title track - a sharp, radio-worthy and evidently danceable song.
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At the door only

| $12 at the door only

Doors 8.30

THE VAUDEVILLE SMASH (EP launch) (Labour Day Public Holiday Eve) with special guests Sunday
7 Mar

2009 saw the dawning of The Vaudeville Smash. Evolving out of the Melbourne funk scene, The Smash's outrageous live shows soon saw them packing out venues such as the Espy and the Night Cat and garnering a legion of die hard fans. It's a trip back to the days when 'Earth Wind and Fire' reigned, when 'Parliament' rocked and when the Sitcom theme song was a genre unto itself. When it came to recording, their objective was to capture on record what they'd been doing live week in and week out. What resulted was the same spontaneous energy that performers of old caught in their one-take recordings. With the launch of their EP followed by a national tour, 2010 will witness the rise and rise of one of the most energetic and innovative bands to come out of Melbourne for many a year.

Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online Doors 8.30

WOODEN SHJIPS (USA) with Kim Salmon & The Surrealists and Breathing Shrine - SELLING FAST! Wednesday
10 Mar

Mistletone is proud to present for the first time in Australia the super psychedelic sounds of San Francisco's Wooden Shjips. Wooden Shjips (that's not a typo) is a quartet who play rock n roll in a style heavily influenced by the experimentalism of psychedelia, classical minimalism and garage rock excess. Started as an experiment in rhythmic primitivism and group improvisation, the current lineup brings a more structured rock approach to its performances. Its songs sound something akin to the icy garage rock of early Echo & The Bunnymen crossed with the sun-bleached tremolo-punk of the Scientists. There are hints of krautrock, the trance-inducing organ haze of Suicide, Deerhunter style dance-drone, classic desert-fried garage psych and the mysterious, obscure Japanese lysergic-rock band Les Rallizes Denudes all mixed into one explosive whole.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $38 at the door if still available Doors 8.00

BMF presents UNCLE EARL (USA) with Bluestone Junction Thursday
11 Mar

Uncle Earl (or the g'Earls) is an all-star, all-female, old-time string band, with songs ranging from high-energy fiddle tunes and dance numbers to haunting, ancient ballads. The five members of Uncle Earl write and perform original songs in old-time styles, utilising mandolin, guitar, claw-hammer banjo, harmonica, old-time fiddle and bass. Named in honor of the band members' mutual appreciation for Earl Scruggs and Steve Earle, Uncle Earl formed in 2000. Uncle Earl's latest CD, Waterloo, Tennessee, draws its sounds from the roots of string-band music, incorporating sounds from Scotch-Irish ballads and Celtic fiddle tunes. The disc, produced by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, is one of the best old-time albums to come out in recent years.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $20 conc/ $TBC full price at the door if still available Doors 8.00

Friday
12 Mar

Eilen Jewell is a hot new name in the United States Americana genre, this Boston-based alternative country singer-songwriter is sweeping all before her as her albums receive huge attention and her live performances are winning her new fans at every show she plays. Eilen is touring Australia for the first time with her longtime band of Jason Beek (drums, harmony vocals), Jerry Miller (electric, acoustic, and steel guitars), and Johnny Sciascia (upright bass) who wed her elegantly unflinching songwriting with a rustic, pre-Beatles swagger that encapsulates vintage R&B, Midwestern garage rock, Chicago blues, and early rock and rockabilly, while maintaining the haunting, folk-inspired purity that first made her an artist to watch.
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Call Box Office 9388 9794

| $36+bf or $28 conc/$TBC full price at the door if still available

Doors 8.30

BMF presents COLLARD, GREENS & GRAVY with Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson Saturday
13 Mar

Collard, Greens & Gravy formed in Melbourne in 1995 by Ian Collard, perform original and blues standards in the style of classic country and swamp blues much reminiscent of RL Burnside, and Blind Willie Johnson. The band, have twice represented Australia in the international blues challenge in Memphis Tennesee, their most recent appearance being in February of last year. Collard Greens & Gravy are very Brunswick, very edgy, jagged, original and authentic in equal measures. In 2008 they won the VicTas blues awards for best band and their brilliant CD Devil in the Woodpile was easily the best Australian blues release of the year.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $16 conc/$TBC full price at the door if still available Doors 8.30

Sunday
14 Mar

Come and join the friends, family and fellow band-mates of Darren Jones for the launch of an album which features some of the best work from his prolific career. Darren Jones was a brilliant guitarist and vocalist who was tragically murdered in a random attack in February 2006. Sunday March 14 is a day before his birthday, so come on down and celebrate the life and music of this great musician and friend. All proceeds from the CD, which retail for $25, will go toward a trust fund for Darren's son Jett who is now 5, and entry is by a minimum $5 donation which will also go toward the trust fund.
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Tickets on the door

| $5 on the door only

Doors 2.30

SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR and Special Guests Thursday
18 Mar

In amongst the madness and fervor that has been the last two years, Melbournian four-piece Skipping Girl Vinegar have become one of the most talked about bands in Australia today. The band is compromised of brother/sister duo Mark and Sare Lang and their respective childhood friends Chris Helm and Amanthi Lynch. Skipping Girl Vinegar maintain an obsession with melody & pop-hooks; a dark, warm, organic sound, reflecting the environments and journey of the band. SGV has played many of Australia's premier festivals including The Falls Festival 2008, Sunset Sounds 2009 and the Port Fairy Folk Festival and have supported the likes of Bob Evans, The Lemonheads (USA), Something for Kate, Shout Out Louds (Sweden), Little Birdy, Missy Higgins, Angus & Julia Stone, Kate Miller-Heidke, Weddings Parties Anything (reunion tour) and many more.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $20 at the door if still available Doors 8.00

BMF presents ANGIE HART with Kate Vigo & The Underground Orchestra Friday
19 Mar

Singer-songwriter Angie Hart rose to fame with the Melbourne-based alt- pop band 'Frente' which formed in 1991, selling more than a million records worldwide and changing the face of pop music and radio formatting in Australia. Since those days she's performed in the bands Splendid and Holidays on Ice and performed her music on worldwide smash TV shows such as 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'. Angie's sophomore solo album, the recently released 'Eat My Shadow', was recorded with ARIA-Award winning producer Shane Nicholson and mixed by Nash Chambers. It has received unanimous critical acclaim from every corner, with The Age decrying: "Her writing has evolved into a seamless expression of wisdom and craft" and that "Hart's voice has never sounded so effortless". That voice remains one of the most singular in Australia, often-imitated but never bettered.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $18 conc/$TBC full price at the door if still available Doors 8.30

BMF presents BARONS OF TANG with Croque Monsieur Saturday
20 Mar

Spawned from the fiery pits of Melbourne's underground theatre scene, The Barons of Tang first performed with notorious local company The Black Lung Theatre. With the taste of blood on their lips, a merciless 2 years of gigging followed taking them to varied locations from playing under a bridge to the Regent Theatre, from the Cape York to Alice to hometown Melbourne, leaving a trail of battered dance floors across the nation. Lashing Tango, Rockabilly, Latin and Gypsy with breaks, hard-hitting guitar riffs, double kick blast beats and massive horn arrangements The Barons of Tang serve up their self described gypsy 'deathcore'. With accordion, double bass, saxophone and tuba to name just a few, the 6 piece Melbourne outfit bend mainly traditional gypsy and tango feels played in the most inappropriate and bastardised ways. The catchy tunes and punk ethos all tie together to mean one thing, dancing is inevitable!
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $16 conc/$TBC full price at the door if still available Doors 8.30

BMF presents TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON (USA) with Sarah Carroll & The Blue Tinsel Sunday
21 Mar

Katie Euliss learned guitar, piano and bucket bass in the streets of New Orleans. She scammed enough money from tourists to buy Lucky Strikes and smoked oysters for six years. Then she met Mike West. Part entertainer, part snake oils salesman, Mike lived by pickin' banjo and selling cds that he claimed were a curative for hangovers and small mindedness. Together they began a perpetual tour of North America, Europe and Australia. They spent their wedding night in the Tiger Truck Stop, somewhere between Lafayette and the Atchafalya Swamp. Truckstop Honeymoon was born. They play banjos and wash tubs. They sing about adultery and oil refineries. It's break-neck breakdowns or heart-break waltzes. Like a Dodge with a burnt out clutch, their music has two speeds and no reverse.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $16 conc/$TBC full price at the door if still available Doors 7.30

MARY GAUTHIER (USA) with special guest Friday
26 Mar

Alt-country singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier exploded onto the scene in 1999 following her self-released sophomore effort, 'Drag Queens in Limousines'. Her breakthrough album, 'Mercy Now' (2005) was continuously lauded for the two years following its release, earning mentions on a score of year end 'best of' lists in '05. Her most recent release, 'Between Daylight and Dark' (2007) has been called 'a triumph that should catapult her to the forefront of Americana singer/songwriters.'
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $TBC at the door if still available Doors 8.30

Monday
29 Mar

Kevin Devine's ability to speak clearly through riddle filled sentences is second to none. An admitted disciple of the late Elliott Smith, Kevin Devine has mastered Smith's penchant for disarmingly lovely melodies that mask a brooding desperation. This is nowhere more evident than on Brothers Blood. Ever the verbose wordsmith and always teeming with hostility, passion and acumen, Devine has refined his vision and is more pointed and more critical than ever before. 'This is Devine at his most captivating, creating a mood that leaves you mesmerised.' - Alter The Press. The singer songwriter, troubadour, philosopher and alt rock's most likable man, Mr Kevin Devine will be playing an intimate club show at The East on the back of his performances on tour with Brand New.
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On Sale Fri 12 Feb

| $18.70+bf or $TBC on the door if available

Doors 8.00

PATTY LARKIN (USA) with special guests Tuesday
30 Mar

Patty Larkin grew up in a music and arts oriented family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Descended from a long line of Irish-American singers and taletellers, her mother is a painter, her sisters both musicians. She began classical piano studies at age 7, became swept up in the sounds of pop and folk in the 60s, studied jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music and with Boston Area jazz guitarists. Patty is a rare combination of talents. Over her 10 CD history, she has honed a reputation as a 'musician's musician', working with some of the brightest talents in American music. Long a favorite with critics, Patty is that unique level of artistic sophistication - one that her audiences have come to appreciate and her new fans will love. Patty Larkin has achieved a personal best with 'Watch the Sky.' The ever evolving artist has continued to search for a new voice, a fresh palate. Patty Larkin will be touring behind her 25th anniversary cd '25'. Watch the Sky. Watch Patty Larkin.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $33 at the door if still available Doors 7.30

BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT (USA) with Rio En Medio (USA) and Oren Ambarchi (Tickets from 17/1 date will be valid for the new date) Thursday
8 Apr

The Brightblack Morning Light tour has been moved to Thursday, April 8 at East Brunswick Club and all tickets purchased for the January show will be valid for the April show. Alternatively if you need a refund, please contact the East Brunswick Club box office on 9388 2777. We are really excited about this tour and promise it will be worth the wait! Mistletone is proud to present for the first time in Australia, the slow and hazy psychedelic jams of New Mexico's Brightblack Morning Light. Their dreamy, blissed out desert tones will be the perfect accompaniment to a hot summer. The band was founded by the gentle naturalist ND Shineywater, hailing from Alabama, birthplace of icons such as Sun Ra & Diana Ross. Shineywater since has moved to live a minimal life off the coal/nuclear grid in New Mexico, by using only four solar panels in his small adobe dwelling. For this tour Brightblack Morning Light will consist of Shineywater with two accompanists: Danielle Stech-Homsy (keyboards/vocals) who has released two fine solo albums under the name Rio en Medio, and Chanupa, a Native American artist percussionist who lives in the mountains nearby Shineywater's home. Plus, opening act by personal request of Brightblack Morning Light is iconic Melbourne sound artist, Oren Ambarchi.
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Tickets available from The East Box Office, on 9388 9794 or online | $40 at the door if still available Doors 8.00