Save Our Beaches

Thursday, May 15

Doors Open:  7.00pm

Tickets: $25 + bf from www.bocsticketing.com.au

Save Freo Beaches Alliance is committed to preserving the limited open beach space remaining in the Fremantle district.  Previous designs for a marina development have been dropped however new designs for a marina are expected in May.  We are concerned about the environmental impact of further development and need to stay vigilant.

Come and support your beaches and enjoy performances from:

Lucky Oceans Band featuring Rose Parker

Dave Brewer Band

Jim Fisher Band

Le Mezz Club & Friends

Jeff Lang

Friday, May 16

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Tickets: $20 + bf from www.heatseeker.com.au

Half Seas Over by acclaimed Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter Jeff Lang is an album resonant with story and song.

With his eloquent guitar, sweet voice and plainspoken yet sensitive approach to the original and traditional source material, Jeff Lang is expanding the boundaries of traditional folk, country and blues to create a new brand of nontraditional music which is undeniably and deeply steeped in tradition, yet with its imagination set on future horizons.

This powerful and hypnotic recording draws deeply on folk sources – the old, unsettling gothic tales that have passed from musician to musician from century to century – and the simple but compelling sound of acoustic guitar with minimal accompaniment to express the deeper resonances beneath the stories.

Lang’s original compositions, together with a couple of traditional folk songs, testify to the power of music and story to stir our souls and awaken hidden stores of meaning. In Lang's hands, the ordinary becomes an enchanted space; everyday and domestic tales reveal themselves with heroic dimensions and tragic consequences. And his songwriting mastery can be seen in the smallest details -- from the wiry whiskers on an old lady's chin to a dress clinging to a barmaid’s body in the small town heat.

Arranged with the utmost simplicity, the duo format of Lang’s superb guitar accompanied by Grant Cummerford’s deft bass playing allows the stories of Half Seas Over to be delivered in their utmost power. As the quiet intensity of their playing builds, driven by the relentless pace of each story, the duo paint indelible pictures – a copper miner closing his eyes to dream of flight, a murderer watching the wind ruffle the water that will be his lover’s grave.

Inspired by a diverse set of influences, from John Fahey and Richard Thompson to Chris Whitley and Devendra Banhart, from Dock Boggs and Skip James to Dylan and AC/DC, Jeff Lang has created a contemporary classic.

Toby CD Launch

Saturday, May 17

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Tickets: $20 + bf from www.heatseeker.com.au

Since the release of Renaissance only two years ago, Toby has performed over 350 shows, toured three times throughout Canada, twice in Europe and non-stop throughout Australia. She has also released two singles Tu Es Belle and the very fiesty Red Rooster. She has also supported the likes of the Indigo Girls, performed in front of ten thousand people at the Day On the Green, and played at top Canadian festivals with the likes of Michael Franti and Xavier Rudd.

Love Underground, Toby’s latest offering is a perfect fusion of reggae, roots, blues, jazz, reggae and rock. Toby was joined in the studio with Nicky Bomba on drums, Ben Franz (the Waifs) on double bass, Jean-Guy Lemire, Mo Wilson, Dave Johnson, Freya Hanly and the list goes on.

Join Toby and her 18 piece band at the Fly By Night Club, Saturday 17th May. This is bound to be one very special night – with a full string section, brass section plus her normal line up.

Northern Soul

Friday, May 23

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Tickets: $10 at the door

The scene has evolved in Perth mainly due to ex pats as most of us involved went to venues such as Wigan Casino, Blackpool, Mecca and Cleethorpes Pier way back in the 70's when it was at it's peak in the U.K. The English influence has certainly helped present day groups like Human Nature to benefit from the release of their Motown albums and the music from the Black American artists of the 60's and 70's is now capturing a far wider and younger audience. The records were produced by young men and women hoping to become the next big Motown Star, only to have their fantastic efforts consigned to the vaults and subsequently returned to their day jobs expecting never to be heard of again. If only they had a crystal ball !!

We discovered these records in warehouses and thrift shops in America and took them back to England where they became instant collectors items and a hit with the working class youngsters in the North of England giving these forgotten stars instant recognition that they didnt receive in their own country.

South West Soul have been putting on a monthly soul night at the Fly by Night for 2 years and play only the original vinyl records, God forbid we ever considered playing a cd. The music is the same as played in the clubs of 1970's England and the Fly is so reminiscent of the old Wigan Casino, it's like walking into a time warp.

DJ John Manship has travelled from the UK for our Soul Double Header on 23rd May. John not only DJ'd at the Pier and the Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes UK from 1973 - 1976 but through supplying collectors and DJ's, he has also become the biggest record dealer in the world today.

I Killed the Prom Queen

Sunday, June 1

UNDER 18 SHOW 2pm –5pm

18 PLUS  SHOW 6pm –10pm

Tickets: $30 + bf from www.moshtix.com.au & www.bocsticketing.com.au

I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN BID A ROYAL FAREWELL.

After officially breaking up in 2007, Australian hardcore staples I Killed The Prom Queen are embarking on their final national tour to satisfy their fans for one last time. Joining them on stage will be international hardcore juggernauts Bring Me The Horizon (US) and The Ghost Inside (UK), along with premium Melbourne exports The Red Shore! After touring writing and recording solidly since getting together in 200X, I Killed The Prom Queen decided to call it quits in 2007, but after outcry from fans and an overwhelming call to arms from their peers, the band have reunited to cross the continent one last time. Whilst enjoying other projects such as Bleeding through, Deez Nuts and Bury Your Dead, the band members are looking forward to the upcoming tour and promise a phenomenal hardcore experience never to be seen again!

Feathers & Fur Costume Ball

Friday, June 6

Doors Open:  7.30pm

Tickets: $20.00 on the door

The Feathers & Fur Costume Ball, produced by Organikdance, is set to rumble on Friday June 6th at the Fly By Night Club in Fremantle.

Dress-up to the theme of ‘Feathers and Fur’ and come feast upon a Hot Pot Cabaret of Unbridled Talent! Burlesque, Comedy, Poetry, Super Funky Music and Totally Wicked Dance Performances….then things are set to get sweaty as electronic percussion band Gaia Tribe takes over.

Dj’s and drums get your booties shaking, cooking up those thighs as they serve the beats baking. The Feathers & Fur Ball is open to all walks of life, whether you are wrapped in furry socks or frocked in feathered jocks, so come enjoy this sumptuous event.

Part proceeds of each ticket will be donated to Oxfam Australia’s Close the Gap fund.

For more information or for group bookings, contact kathy@organikdance.net

Wendy Matthews

Saturday, June 7

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Tickets: $33.00 from www.bocsticketing.com.au

Wendy has recently completed her first independent record on her own "Dancing Deer" record label. "She" is a personal collection of favourite songs by women who have inspired her over the years.  As she puts it "songs that have made the singer, women who have made the woman". 

Wendy considers it a journey through her formative years, with songs by Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, EmmyLou Harris, Chrissie Hynde and fellow native Canadians Joni Mitchell, Buffy St Marie and Jane Siberry to name a few. 

"Fallen Angels" is the first song to radio from the forthcoming album "She". Catch Wendy live on her Fallen Angels Tour, at the Fly by Night.

Parkway Drive

Sunday, June 8

Doors Open:  2.00pm – UNDER 18’S SHOW

Tickets: $22.00 from www.moshtix.com.au

PARKWAY DRIVE AUSTRALIAN TOUR JUNE 2008

Parkway Drive will once again be hitting the road this June, their first Australian Tour since their sold out dates in October 2007. Touring non stop since the release of Horizons late last year, Parkway has toured Europe and the UK, spent 6 weeks in the US with Killswitch Engage and recently completed the regional all ages "Surf Rat Tour".

The Byron Bay 5 piece will once again return to Europe this April for a headlining tour before heading back to home soil for the winter.

Joining them will be Boston's Have Heart, New Zealand's Antagonist and Perth's Break Even.

The Thrills

With support from Sparkadia

Wednesday, June 11

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Tickets: $42.90 from www.bocsticketing.com.au + www.moshtix.com.au 

The Irish indie/rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin.  The band is made up of lead vocalist Conor Deasy, guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan.

Their big break came with their debut album So Much for the City which became an Irish number one. The band members spent a summer on vacation in Santa Cruz where they wrote several of the tracks for the album such as “One Horse Town”. The band’s second album, Let’s Bottle Bohemia, enjoyed similar success to the band’s debut, largely on the back of the single “Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?”.

The band often cites Neil Young and the Beach Boys as its main inspirations.

Their third album Teenager is the follow-up to 2004’s ‘Let’s Bottle Bohemia’, and was recorded at The Warehouse in Vancouver, Canada with producer Tony Hoffer, who worked with the band on their debut ‘So Much For The City’.

“We were definitely striving for a new standard,” says frontman Conor Deasy. “It is a record about adolescence, but it’s also a record about leaving it behind." 

Bon Scott Fashion

Thursday, June 12

Doors Open:  7.30pm

Tickets: $10 from Fremantle Arts Center or on the Door

The man who sported skinny jeans thirty years before they became mainstream fashion has been influencing masculinity and style ever since. Hear a diverse panel of speakers, including cultural critic Niall Lucy, music and fashion journalist Sue Ryan and Artrage CEO Marcus Canning, discuss Bon’s cultural resonance, followed by a performance from FAC/DC.

The forum will be launched in true rock ‘n’ roll style with the commissioning of FAC’s tribute band, FAC/DC. Featuring Dom Mariani (The Stems), Steve Joines (The Kill Devil Hills), Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah), Clair French (Sure-Fire Midnights) and Warren Hall (The M-16s), Facca Dacca’s rollicking set will be the crowning glory of a night dedicated to Bon’s memory.