New Year's Eve in Brunswick

Given it's holiday season now, we could run this blog to cover every day's gigs because, let's face it, something is ALWAYS going on in the Wick. That's why we've just listed the gigs for this new year's eve and haven't bothered covering this Friday and Saturday and are not awarding this week's Golden Parrot. But it's is time to start thinking about who, out of all this year's talented winners of the Golden Parrot, will walk away with the coveted 2006 Platinum Crazy Parrot.

The Perocoloco (crazy parrot) awards are held annually in salubrious locations and have become somewhat of a Brunswick institution. More details on this year's awards will be posted next year( ie next week).

We promise that we will not follow the particularly lame example of Time Magazine when they awarded the 2006 person of the year to "you". We can assure you that you won't be winning anything, well, not in the way that Time did it. We've got far more class than that. And integrity.

See you next year.

New Year's Eve
DJ TROY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
HAVE YOUR SAY BAR TUNES Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. Free.
NYE PARTY – FEAT: DJ’S THE AMBASSADORS OF THIS OLDE SCHOOL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
PAUL WROKEY BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.


Wednesday 3rd January
PERICO with Sean Payne
Criterion Hotel, Yarrawonga

The Wick In the Wong

After a packed gig at the Brunswick on Friday night, Perico go country with their next gig at Murray River town, Yarrawonga.

Commencing at 8pm, Brunswick's favourite rockers take their eclectic blend of country/rock/folk/pop to the Criterion Hotel on the main drag at the Wong on Wednesday 3rd January and it's free.

Christmas Gigs in Brunswick

"We wish you a Merry Christmas..." - not exactly carol time in Brunswick, but some great Christmas shows to intersperse with the office parties and the desparate last-minute shopping.
It doesn't get much better than Sunday's Noise Bar extravanganza, with the brilliantly-named Kids in Cults rocking alongside Brunswick studs, Crazy Like a Fox and all girl group Bang Bang Bangs. Actually, it does get better, because Friday night's Golden Parrot winning gig is possibly the 2006 pericoloco gig-of-the-year.
Featuring an opening set from the accomplished Jeff Samin and Ben Birchall, Brunswick supergroup Perico follow, featuring Tim Gartland back on vocals and guitar for the first time in 8 months. Finally, international musician Mark Sinton and the Prefabs complete the perfect set. Merry Christmas.

Friday
MASTER CARDINAL + MY SECRET CIRCUS + ALITHIA Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $5.
BEN BIRCHALL & JEFF SAMIN + PERICO + MARK SINTON & THE PREFABS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
STARKY + MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY + DARDANELLES East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $12+bf.
TV WEIRD Plan B Bar, Brunswick East.
BENNIE & THE FLY-BY-NIGHTERS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Saturday
A NIGHT ON THE TILES BY DISCOUNT LIQUOR RECORDS – FEAT: THE CRACKWHORES + BEACHCROMERS + THE LOVESLAPS + SWEDISH MAGAZINES + THE MATTI B Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
BILLY JOE BUFFALO Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
BLUEBOTTLE KISS + LAURA & EMILY ULMAN East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $12+bf.
MARIKA + PAPER PLANES + NEW ESTATE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
P-TEX Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
STOVETOP + TINPAN ORANGE Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $10.
THE CONCH + BRUNSWICK MUSIC GROUP Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
THE WEATHERMEN Noise Bar, Brunswick. 2pm.
BRODERICK SMITH BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Sunday
AMBASSADORS OF THIS OLDE SCHOOL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
DJ PAT & SHANNON (DALLAS CRANE) Beergarden – Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
JAY BOATS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
KIDS IN CULTS + TIJUANA SOUVENIRS + CRAZY LIKE A FOX + BANG BANG BANGS + IAN NIGHTINGALE Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
THE WEATHERMEN Noise Bar, Brunswick. 12pm.
JIMMY DOWLING’S UMMER OPEN MIC SESSIONS Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
KELLY AUTY BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.

"I'm Ready to Go" says Perico Front Man

Returned Perico superstar singer, guitarist and song-writer, Tim Gartland, announced emphatically on the weekend that he was back and that he "was ready to go". Performing on a stage overlooking Melbourne's eastern suburbs which he likened to "standing on the Berlin Wall in the 1970's overlooking oppressed people in the east", Gartland was confident and bore no signs of ageing.

Perico return with Gartland on stage on Friday night at the Brunswick Hotel. Playing with Perico are Jeff Samin and Ben Birchall (early) and Mark Sinton & the Prefabs (late).

Brunswick This Weekend

In the hiatus between Meredith and the Perico XMAS show next week at the Brunswick Hotel, pericoloco went searching for a quieter place to recover. This week's Golden Parrot is awarded to JESSICA PAIGE + NICK STYLES + JUSTIN GROUNDS + BILLY JOE BUFFALO performing at Don’t Tell Tom Bar on Saturday evening.

Friday
DJ POWELL + DJ PANDY The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
KRISTY LEWIS & THE WRETCHED Plan B Bar, Brunswick East. 9pm.
LOUIS KING (CD LAUNCH) + PETE BAYLOR The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. $10.
MASONIA Don’t Tell Tom Bar/Café, Brunswick. 9.30pm. $5.
BIG TONY'S SHOW OF RESPECT – FEAT: T.K.BOLLINGER The Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
MAURICE FRAWLEY & THE YARDHANDS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
TRIPOD CHRISTMAS TOUR (COMEDY) East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $29+bf.

Saturday
DOWNHILLS HOME The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
JEN CLOHER AND THE ENDLESS SEA East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $15+bf.
SPECTRUM Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
THE BANK HOLIDAYS + NED COLLETTE + J WALKER The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. $10.
THE VAGRANTS + SOULPHONIC + KINEMATICS The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
JESSICA PAIGE + NICK STYLES + JUSTIN GROUNDS + BILLY JOE BUFFALO Don’t Tell Tom Bar/Café, Brunswick. 9.30pm. $10.
THE CONCH Noise Bar - Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.

Sunday
BLACKFEATHER Don’t Tell Tom Bar/Café, Brunswick. 7.30pm. $10
CAROLINE OATES Plan B Bar, Brunswick East. 6pm.
CERES CHRISTMAS CAROLS – FEAT: CARL PANNUZZO + MAL WEBB CERES Community Environment Park, East Brunswick. 6pm. $15/$10.
DJS PAT + SHANNON (DALLAS CRANE) Beergarden – The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
GATORBAIT The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm.
JAY BOATS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS + THE LUAU COWBOYS The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
THE HAPPY ENDINGS + GLENY RAE VIRUS & HER TAMWORTH PLAYBOYS (CD LAUNCH) The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
WELLYN & OLLIE BROWN + DAN & RYAN (SUBAUDIBLE HUM) East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
MERRI CREEK Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.

This Weekend's Gigs

Lots of amazing stuff this weekend. Where else could you get to see The New Pornographers Rose Tattoo The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Augie March,Dallas Crane, Spencer P Jones and The Escape Committee? Well not really in Brunswick but at "Brunswick in the Bush" at the fabulous Meredith Music Festival.

If you haven't got a ticket there seems to be a sudden last-minute glut so you haven't been looking hard enough. The big surprise news this year is that Brunswick rock stars Perico will be playing at Meredith. Well, playing up anyway. Look for four philandering blokes up the front during Augie March and that'll be them.

Golden Parrot? Rumour has it that the Golden Parrot has gone missing and is believed to be hidden under blankets in someone's boot (alongside the stubbies and the mate without a ticket) on its way to Meredith. Pericoloco apologises for not awarding the Golden Parrot this weekend and requests that anyone who knows of its location to contact this blog immediately.

Perico Auditions Un-Earth New Talent

7 months of trawling through submissions, checking out talent at seedy bars and holding lengthy auditions have come to end, according to rumours circulating Brunswick today.

It is believed that Brunswick supergroup Perico are about to announce the expansion of the band from a cosy threesome to a noisesome foursome.

"I distinctly heard two guitars and a three-part harmony when they were practicing" said a neighbour who preferred to remain anonymous. Another neighbour claimed to have seen strange people coming and going at night.
"Whoever I saw, wasn't just another one of those groupies I see hanging around. He looked like a musician, so it wasn't their drummer Col either, it was someone new."

Gig Guide

The Golden Parrot really is a prestigous award. Pericoloco were stoked to find online encyclopedia Wikipedia felt that the award was significant enough to list. Click here to check it out.

Meanwhile this week's top gigs include the Prayer Babies at the Lomond on Friday(also playing at the Cornish on Sunday), Austin Floyd at the retreat on Saturday and the Nick Charles US Tour Fundraiser at the East on Sunday. This week's Golden Parrot, however, goes to Catgut Mary, who play at the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday night. Never heard of them before, but you gotta love the stupidity of that name.

Friday
BOB EVANS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $18+bf.
ONE ODD + LIQUID MEMORY + CYCAS REVOLUTA Noise Bar – The Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
PRAYER BABIES Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
SUPER DELUXE + DARKEST HEARTSTRINGS + BAY CITY HOSTILES The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE EXOTICS The Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE WAYFARING STRANGERS + MYSTERIOUS TAPER MAN + DJ POWELL + DJ MATTI B The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
BRODERICK SMITH + PHIL PARA The Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $12.

Saturday
AUSTIN FLOYD + PAESANOS + DJ SEEDY REED The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
CATGUT MARY The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
GLOVEBOX + NIKKI TEEUW & BAND + THE MINORITY Noise Bar, Brunswick. $6.
ILLUCID (LAST EVER SHOW) + LOSTBOYFOUND + ELLORA + MASON'S EDGE Noise Bar, Brunswick.
SARAH MCCLEOD Don’t Tell Tom Bar/Café, Brunswick. 9pm. $15.
SOULS ON BOARD (EP LAUNCH) East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $8+bf.
TESS HENDERSON The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
AUSTIN FLOYD + THE PAESANOS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm. Free.
CAPTAIN DARLING The Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $10.
ROADHOUSE ROMEO’S Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free

Sunday
DJS PAT &+ SHANNON Beergarden - The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
JAY BOATS + SHELDON KING The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
THE PRAYERBABIES The Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free. THE SPOILS + CHEFS DE MISSION + HELEN FRANZMANN The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7pm.
NICK CHARLES US TOUR FUNDRAISER – FEAT: NICK CHARLES + FIONA BOYES + STEVIE PAIGE + JIMI HOCKING + ALEX BURNS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
SANDLIANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.

Separated at Birth?

This weekend's Brunswick gigs

OK, so you're not heading down to Queenscliff for The Festival and you're not spending the weekend ensuring the right people get elected on Saturday and you wanna hang out in the Wick?

This is one of the biggest weekends ever, in terms of pure volume of alternatives. Too many to individually mention, but, depending on what you're up for, this week's Golden Parrot winner is Barb Waters, playing at the Lomond on Sunday.

Friday
ARSECORE – FEAT: MALADROIT + WHEELSFALLOFF + BUTTRESS O'KNEEL + NOISTRUCT + XIAN + PASSENGER OF SHIT + DYSPHEMIC + SIG.NT + 4 LAYERS OF 9 + 2 RABBITS Ace Morning, Brunswick. 9pm. $7/$5.
BRENT PARLANE + FRANK JONES TheQuietRoom - Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
DIRTY PINK JEANS + THE GOOD + KING BAYLER + COTTON SIDEWALK + ROGUE Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $8.
DAN DINNEN Plan B, Brunswick East.
GRIMWAH + MY LEFT BOOT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
MELANIE HORSNELL & THE INFLATABLE GIRLFRIENDS + AMY GROSSBARD + KARL BROADIE Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $5.
THE COUNTERFEIT GYPSIES + DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
THE NATION BLUE + SABER TOOTH TIGER East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.

Saturday
CHEFS DE MISSION The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $27+bf.
REBECCA MOORE & BAND Don't Tell Tom Bar & Café, Brunswick. 9pm. $10/8.
SATURDAY NOISE LIVE – FEAT: THE HAPPY ENDINGS + JUNE'S ROOM Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $5.
THE CONCH Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
THE RETURN OF THE SACRED KINGFISHER FESTIVAL CERES Community Environment Park, East Brunswick. 3pm. $8/$5.
TODD ANGUS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free. WATERS EDGE + MY SECRET CIRCUS + LUCY’S CROWN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
YOUNG HUSBAND & DES PERES + ANDREW MCCUBBIN & THE HOPE ADDICTS + DJ COUSIN MATT The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
CHRIS WILSON + THE SPIDERMEN Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $10.
CONTINENTAL ROBERTS’ BLUES PARTY Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm.

Sunday
DJS PAT + SHANNON Beergarden – The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
JAY BOATS + SHELDON KING Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $27+bf.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
YANTO SHORTIS & BAND + LUAU COWBOYS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
BARB WATERS MOTHERS OF PEARL Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm.
FIRE AND THEFT Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
MELBOURNE SONGWRITERS CLUB Noise Bar, Brunswick. 1pm. Free
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.

Weekend in Brunswick

There's a cool wind coming in from the east this weekend and if you're around you gotta get on board. Million-dollar contract band Airborne are on tour, and if you like your metal you'll love these guys;Friday night at The East for $11. There's great variety around on Saturday, the best picks include Matt Walker and Ashley Davies at The Retreat (see picture right) or Steve Hoy at the Cornish Arms.

But it's Sunday that we go to in order to find this week's Golden Parrot winner. Grab your placards, comrades, put a red rose in your fist, chant 'solidarity forever' and get down to The East on Sunday. You can march there either in the afternoon, the evening or both for ROCK FOR YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK. Get drunk, listen to some great music, and help fight Howard's bastard extremist Work Choice laws all at the same time.

Friday
AIRBORNE + THE DEVIL ROCK FOUR + BLACK GUNS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $11+bf.
DAN DINNEN Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm.
FOUR LETTER FISH BAND + DJ MZ TASMANIA The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10pm.
PAISLEY + SIMON PHILLIPS BAND + BLAIR MCWHINNY BAND + NERVOUS PILOTS Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $7.
THE BATTLE OF SKA VENDORS VS BIG FAT SKANK Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $10.
THE MINORITY + G WORLD The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
JEREMY EDWARDS & THE DUST RADIO BAND The Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm.

Saturday
CLOSURE IN MOSCOW + GOODNIGHT COMBAT FIGHTER + FAMOUS BY ASSOCIATION The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
DARREN JACK BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick.
ERASE ERRATA + MACROMANTICS The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 8.30pm. $25+bf.
JEREMY EDWARDS & BAND The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
LE SHLONK + TYLERS RIOT + URBAN GUERILLAS + FLATHEAD
Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $8.
MATT WALKER & ASH DAVIES + HENRY WAGON + WILD TURKEY The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm
URBAN GUERILLAS Noise Bar - Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. $8
STEVE HOY & THE BBQ STOPPERS Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick.
TRISTAN The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
LINDSAY PHILLIPS + PEDRO LARUSO Dont Tell Tom Bar, Brunswick. 9pm. $6.
JEREMY EDWARDS & THE DUST RADIO BAND The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
THE CONCH Noise bar - Railway Hotel, Brunswick.

Sunday
AUSTIN BRADY Plan B, Brunswick East. 6pm.
DJ PAT & DJ SHANNON Beergarden - The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
JOSH KING + THE CRAIC MOUNTAIN BOYS The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
NATHAN KAYE Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick.
ROCK FOR YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK – FEAT: ANDY BAYLOR + SWEET FELICIA & THE HONEYTONES + CRAWFISH DAVE + TRACEY MILLER & THE JU JU BOYS The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 7pm. $8+bf.
ROCK FOR YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK – FEAT: SECONDS + THE CONCH + THE NIGHT CYCLE + APPLECROSS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 2pm.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
YANTO SHORTIS & BAND + DOWNHILLS HOME The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

Gig Cancellation Distresses fans

Distressed Perico fans were being comforted over the weekend after the last-minute cancellation of Perico's gig at the Brunswick South Primary School Fete. Perico had been scheduled to perform at 8pm but with the stage running badly behind time, and the finishing time of 9pm rapidly approaching, Perico voluntarily pulled out for the 'greater good'.

Perico singer, guitarist and moustached philanthropist, Richard Oldfield, issued a formal apology to fans while at the Retreat front bar on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, local band Darkest Heartstrings were so loud that nobody actually heard him.

Excitement Mounts Over New Kit Debut

Perico drummer Col was reportedly drooling over the prospect of debuting his spanking new Pearl drum kit at tonight's twilight fete.

"Yeah, I've had to replace my shirt three times already today as I'm continually dribbling all over it." he said.

You can catch Col's new drum kit tonight at the Brunswick South Primary School Fete, Brunswick Road, Brunswick at 8pm.

Riots in Sydney Road as Fans Protest "Rigged" vote

Sydney Road was alive today as hundreds took to the streets in the worst riots seen since the infamous "baby milk" protests of 2005.

The riots began at around 8am as word filtered out that Brunswick supergroup Perico had been denied this week's Golden Parrot, despite being clearly the best band on in Brunswick this weekend.

What started as a peaceful protest soon got out of hand when an unknown provocateur, who looked suspiciously like well-known state election candidate and Brunswick drinker, Damo Wilding, started a chant that went something like "Golden Parrot for the best gigs, lets go fight the pigs."

Innocent bystander and shopkeeper Andy Butcher told pericoloco:
"I can understand their anger, I mean the vote must've been rigged. But couldn't they smash up Fitzroy or Northcote instead?"

This Weekend's Brunswick Music Guide

There's lots of choices this weekend, and it's expected that all readers of this blog will be out in full force to see Perico for possibly the last time in their current form, but certainly the last time until "The Christmas Show". Perico come on at about 8pm, but the fete is worth checking out anyway from 3:30pm onwards.

Saturday afternoon's Retreat line-up features the loud and proud Lonely Hearts at 5pm before the T-Bones and the Ambassadors of this Olde School round out a solid early evening.

It's Sunday that really prooves why Brunswick really is Australia's music capital and why people like Andrew Bolt should spend more time here. (Actually, on second thoughts, he shouldn't ever be allowed to even enter the post code without prior permission). The Nuclear Free Benefit at the Cornish should be a blast, but it's not free. For free stuff, head to the Brunswick Hotel just because they've come up with the name "Whole Gamut Accoustic Club". What extra things do you put into an accoustic evening to make it the whole gamut, rather than just a part gamut or normal accoustic club? Do you add amplifiers, drums and a 6-piece wind section?

Meanwhile, the Retreat just keeps pulling us back and that dammed Golden Parrot is proving impossible to unbolt. So Susannah Espie on Sunday night gets the nod for this week's trophy.

Friday
CHARLIE MARSHALL (CD LAUNCH) + THE PEOPLE PEOPLE East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
DJ POWELL + DJ KILLER BS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
MY BIG FRIEND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
PERICO The Original Twilight Fete, Brunswick Sth Primary School, 8pm FREE
NYSSA BRADSWORTH & BAND + GLORY TUESDAY Don't Tell Tom Bar & Cafe, Brunswick. 8pm. $5.
VANGUARDS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm.

Saturday
SIMON PHILLIPS + ANITA GEORGE + THE MADELINE STREETS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
T BONES + AMBASSADORS OF THIS OLDE SCHOOL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
THE LONELY HEARTS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
TODD ANGUS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
TRIAL KENNEDY East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
GERI HALE’S NEW BLUEGRASS BAND Hardimans, Kensington.
HORNETS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm.

Sunday
DJ PAT + DJ SHANNON Beergarden – Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
GREG ARNOLD (ALBUM LAUNCH) + SKIPPY GIRL VINEGAR + TIM MACCLEAN East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $13+bf.
NUCLEAR FREE BENEFIT – FEAT: REBECCA BARNARD + KINEMATIC + ELEPHANT MOJO Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm. $15/$10.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
THE JUNES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
THE SWEET REMEDY SHOW – FEAT: JESSE YOUNAN + LAURA STEVENS + TIM IRELAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
ACOUSTIC DILEMMA Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
SOMERVILLES Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5pm.
SUZANNAH ESPIE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
WHOLE GAMUT ACOUSTIC CLUB Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.

Bolt Calls For Perico to Become Assimilated

Highly respected and well-loved Herald-Sun Columnist, Andrew Bolt, has put out a thinly-veiled request for Perico to assimilate and be like every other band.

Writing in his usual column on Wednesday, Bolt said:

THE weird news this past month tells us enough is enough.
These people, so many shrouded in black and living in enclaves like Brunswick, must now become assimilated.

Perico have denied that the reference was to them as they are rarely seen in black nowadays, but state election candidate and Brunswick drinker, Damo Wilding, agreed with Bolt.

"Brunswick IS an enclave" he told pericoloco "and Perico DO have a responsibility to be like evryone else. That's what tolerance is all about."

This (long) weekend in the Wick

A four day gig guide this week given that should test the staunchest Wicker. The Vasco Era come to the East on Saturday night and have to be a serious contender for the Golden parrot this week as does Yanto Shortis who appears the Retreat on Sunday arvo. But then there's something particularly special about going out drinking and watching bands on a Monday night and pericoloco encourages this. Down a dozen pots at the Brunswick on Monday night and catch Dalys Hill and the Ben Smith Band for free.

Those of you disappearing for a few days over the really long weekend (how do so many people manage to get Monday off work?), make sure you're back on Cup Day. The East is putting on a PBS Cup Day special more $10 with more bands than Damo has cigarette stains. Better still, head to the 3rd anniversary party at the Retreat, starting at 5pm, for free. Look out for the Golden Parrot which couldn't be anywhere else on such a memorable occasion.

Friday
COSMIC NOMADS + UPPER HAND + UNCLE CHUNK Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $10.
DIRTY ROMANTICS + SUPERTRAIN + BLACKOUT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
DJ POWELL & DJ MATTI B Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
SOMETHING WITH NUMBERS + ANGELAS DISH + FIFTY SIXX East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.

Saturday
FEAT: OROCHI Noise Bar, Brunswick.
SHELDON KING Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
TEXAS T Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
THE T BONES + DJ Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
THE VASCO ERA East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $15+bf.
WINSTON + SILENCER + THE WHITE RABBITS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
DEBORAH CONWAY & WILLY ZYGIER + JAE LAFFER Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $20/$25.

Sunday
GAUCHE (ALBUM LAUNCH) + VELURE + PRYOR THEORY East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
YANTO SHORTIS & BAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

Monday
CREECH + SOCIETY DIVEBOMB + THE APPLICANT + THE PIRATES + THE RIBBON DEVICE The Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm.
DALYS HILL + BEN SMITH BAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
MOONBASE + DJ MATTI B + DJ KILT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
RED EYES (ALBUM LAUNCH) East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
SILVER NIGHT DRIVE + THE STRAINS Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $5.

Tuesday
CUP DAY PARTY & THE RETREAT TURNS 3! – FEAT: MAURICE FRAWLEY & THE YARD HANDS + SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD + THE SANDPEBBLES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
JUSTIN GROUNDS + TOBIAS CUMMINGS Front Bar – East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. Free.
PBS CUP DAY AT THE EAST – FEAT: TELECOM + THE DEAD COWBOYS + THE SPECIMENS + YOUNG & RESTLESS + SHAKY HANDS + THE LEGS + 1QA + BAKELITE AGE + MAMMAL + PUPPETMAN + THE FIVE VENOMS + THE GINGERS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. 2pm. $10.
THE MINORITY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
VOILETTE + GLOVEBOX Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.

Perico - Fall of Rome music clip

Fall of Rome: Live at the Vic

Brunswick's Music this Weekend

The Perico fan-base grew by 1 this week, with good news from London and to celebrate, Richo will be performing some Perico songs at a Brunswick creche fete on Sunday arvo. This should get him prepared for the Primary School fete in 2 weeks, and means that Perico only need a high school gig to complete the trifecta.

Meanwhile, the Cornish Hotel is back in traditional Brunswickesque style with this week's Golden Parrot on Friday night to the double bill of The Love Slaps and The Crack Whores for a measly $5. The Detonators play there on saturday night, also for $5, which is another Wick fave. Good luck to the Cornish if this is the way they're heading in the future. We hope that pericoloco readers support them.

Friday
ANTHONY ATKINSON & BAND (CD LAUNCH) + MID-STATE ORANGE + THE SMALLGOODS DUO East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf,
DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
GOAT + BECAUSE WE CAN + SOUND PARTICLES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
MISTY FIZZ + RENEGADE + CADENCE + DARK REVOLUTION Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $4.
THE LOVE SLAPS + THE CRACK WHORES Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $5.

Saturday
GATORBATE + THE KILLER BS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
HONEY IN THE DUST + BLACK & WHITE MARY + ZEPTEPI Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
JAY BOATS The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
LEXI'S CURFEW Noise Bar, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE DETONATORS Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. $5.
THE VILE REIGN OF COUNT McCOCULAR Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
TINSLEY WATERHOUSE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
C.W STONEKING (ALBUM LAUNCH) + HARDRIVE BLUEGRASS BAND East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.

Sunday
ANDREW MCCUBBIN & THE HOPE ADDICTS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
PETE EWING + NAT ALLISON BAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
SARAH CARROLL & THE UNCONSCIOUS BROTHERS + JACKIE MARSHALL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
SNOWMAN (ALBUM LAUNCH) East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
THE ACHERON WAY Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
MELIKI Noise Bar, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
SONGWRITERS CLUB Noise Bar, Brunswick.

Perico Deny that Children is their Fete

Perico announced today that they would perform at twilight at the appropriately named "Twilight Fete" at the Brunswick South Primary Schoool.

"This is not a new direction for the band." said fertile bassist Greg. "In fact it's probable that the audience will actually be older than what's normal at our gigs."

"It's part of our commitment to return things to the community " added Richard 'Gandhi' Oldfield, "and it doesn't really represent what we necessarily think is cool."

Perico drummer and intellectual Col was up beat, which is generally better than being off-beat.

"They sell beer at the fete. Yes, I'll say it again. THEY SELL BEER."

Brunswick South Primary School Twilight Fete runs from 3:30pm on Friday 10th of November. The school is located on Brunswick Road, between Lygon St and Nicholson St. Perico will begin playing at about 8:30pm.

Brunswick Hottest Gigs this Weekend

Once again Brunswick has produced an absolute ripper for all you music-loving Wicksters, We'd like to reccomend the 10-piece band "The Conch" who play the Noise Bar allegeedly at 3pm, except i think we're still a bit pissed off about them playing 'til 6:15pm when Perico were supposed to start at 4pm, then 5pm, then 5:30pm ....
Anyway, if Pericoist Col wasn't captaining the mighty Abbotsford Anglers on Saturday arvo he'd definately be catching up with Rory Ellis and Dave Steel at the Retreat at 5pm instead. By night time, he'd head down to the the re-invigorated "Vic" where heavy rockers Darkest Heartstrings fill out a big night with Kids in Cults, The Sound Debate and the appropriately named Bang Bang Bangs.

On Sunday, between tunes being spun by Dallas Crane drummer and fellow Abbotsford Angler DJ Shannon, pericolocists will all be heading to the Brunswick Hotel to catch this week's Golden Parrot winning line-up of Chantelle Rogers, Krit, Taboo and A Million Bright Ambassadors of Morning. It's free and starts about 5pm.

Go Lazy Sundays!

Friday
BEHIND CRIMSON EYES + HORSHELL COMMON + CLOSURE IN MOSCOW East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
GWORLD + THE MINORITY + TV FOR CATS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.
HUGH MCGINLAY & THE RECESSIVE GENES + SAM ELLIS Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm. TONCHI MCINTOSH & THE RE-MAINS + DJ POWELL + DJ MZ TASMANIA The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
CLARE WHITCOMBE BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free

Saturday
COUNTERFEIT GYPSIES Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. Free.
KIDS IN CULTS + DARKEST HEARTSTRINGS + THE SOUND DEBATE + BANG BANG BANGS The Vic, Brunswick. 8pm. $10.
MAURICE FRAWLEY & THE YARD HANDS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
RORY ELLIS & DAVE STEEL The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
SPECTRUM Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
SUBAUDIBLE HUM (ALBUM LAUNCH) + MODEL SCHOOL East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
THE CONCH Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
THE JOELINES The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.

Sunday
DJ PAT & DJ SHANNON The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
LAZY SUNDAY – FEAT: CHANTELLE ROGERS + KRIT + TABOO + A MILLION BRIGHT AMBASSADORS OF MORNING The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
SONGWRITERS CLUB Noise Bar, Brunswick. 2pm. Free.
SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.
THE ACHERON WAY The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
THE LUAU COWBOYS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
MARY HILLBILLY’S Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.

Thank God there's Brunswick

Who needs the Myer Music Bowl when you've got 13 venues in Brunswick and Brunswick East that regularly put on live music? This week we welcome CERES, the environmental park on Merri Creek, to the pericoloco world as our 13th Brunswick venue. When it will end? Would it be possible to see live music at EVERY venue in one weekend? Pericoloco sets the challenge and will handsomely reward any serious takers.

Meanwhile, this week's Golden Parrot is naturally enough heading to the Railway Hotel/Noise Bar on Saturday arvo when The Conch come on at 3pm before Brunswick superstars Perico take the stage around 4.30-5.00pm for a couple of sets. If you're still feeling good (and who wouldn't be after a Perico gig?) you can hang around for more free music at the Noise Bar or catch up with the Perico boys at the beer garden at the Retreat for lots of jolly post-gig deconstruction conversation.

Friday
DAPPLED CITIES FLY + THE CRAYON FIELDS + THE TEMPER TRAP East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
HUGH MCGINLAY & THE RECESSIVE GENES + ZAC BRENNAN Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm. Free.
LE SHLONK + PHONIC SOUP The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
SHADOWFEX + MISTY FIZZ + ROULETTE DARES + RENEGADE Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $7.
THE FUNKNECKS Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick.
T-BONES Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Saturday
CHRIS WILSON BAND Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick.
IRIS (CD LAUNCH) + BEN LAGUDA + NAT ALLISON East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
MAURICE FRAWLEY & THE YARD HANDS + RORY ELLIS & RON TABUTEAU + DJ KILLER B’S Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
PERICO Noise Bar - Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
SATURDAY NOISE LIVE! - FEAT: INTO THE FOLD + LEPERS UNITE Noise Bar, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE CONCH Noise Bar, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
BRODERICK SMITH BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free

Sunday
ACHERON The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. Free.
DUST + MOLASSES + THE VICTORIANS CERES Community Environment Park, Brunswick East. 12:30pm. $5 Donation.
FLOYD THURSBY Plan B, Brunswick East. 6pm.
LILLIAN THOMS The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
PRAYER BABIES Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick.
SONGWRITERS CLUB - FEAT: RUSS AIMZ + GOOD MEDICINE + JIM DOWLING + NYSSA BRADWORTH + FOOLS & ANGELS Noise Bar, Brunswick. 2pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
THE FLOORS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

Perico Deny Wild Party Links

Perico management have been forced to distance themselves from reports that Brunswick drinker and political activist Damo Wilding will be running as a candidate in the upcoming state election.

Wilding, of Brunswick, is believed to have established the Wild Party, a shady group of men in their mid 30's with questionable motives, and is currently seeking candidates to run in a string of lower house seats in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

Perico were quick to distance themselves from the man who suspiciously has been seen at far too many of their gigs to be trusted.

"We do not endorse Damo Wilding or anyone else's candidature" Perico said in a written statement, "but particularly we don't endorse Damo Wilding. "

Perico Rock Out Moon Lantern Festival

Sunday's gig in front of a huge crowd marked a critical turning point for Perico.

According to band spokesperson Drummer Queen Col, demand for live performances and copies of cds is sure to "skyrocket."

"I mean the crowd was pumped" he told pericoloco. "We could hardly hear ourselves because of the screaming."

Click here for another photo of Sunday's gig.

Don't Miss Next Saturday's Gig of the Month

Perico play the Railway Hotel (Noise Bar) this Saturday afternoon. The first of two sets should start soon after 4pm and entry is free.

This Weekend's Gigs

In a weekend dominated by Perico's performance on Sunday arvo at the Moon Lantern Festival, pericoloco was still able to pull a few gems from the world's premier suburb for live music. It could be a good time to get down to the East this weekend, with CD launches happening every night and Sunday evening's Sleeping Pilot plus Yanto a beauty. But this week's Golden Parrot crosses the railway line and heads to the Vic Hotel (welcome back), where the Livingstone brothers strut their stuff, in Cutty Sark, headlining a 3-band evening.

Friday
AVALON DRIVE (SINGLE LAUNCH) + ARMAGGEDON SKY + GOODNIGHT COMBAT FIGHTER East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
BENNIE & THE FLY-BY-NIGHTERS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
DJ POWELL + DEZ PEREZ + DJ COUSIN MATT The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. HUGH MCGINLAY & THE RECESSIVE GENES + SI ASQUITH Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm.
THE BEAUTIFUL FEW + BLESSINGTON + PLASTIC PALACE ALICE The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.

Saturday
CODA (ALBUM LAUNCH) +ANGIE HART + CARLA WERNER East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
CUTTY SARK + MOLASSES + TO THE MOON Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. $8/$6.
LUCY’S CROWN + IMMERSION + THE PRYOR THEORY + GLOVEBOX + VIOLETTE The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
THE DEVIL GOAT FAMILY STRING BAND + THE STILLSONS + DJ MZ TASMANIA The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
THE STRINGBEANS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
ROADHOUSE ROMEO’S Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick.

Sunday
PERICO Moon Lantern Festival, Queens Park, Moonee Ponds, 2PM free
KARLEE BAKER Plan B, Brunswick East. 6pm.
LYNDON HAWSLEY The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm.
SLEEPING PILOT (ALBUM LAUNCH) + YANTO SHORTIS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $8.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY + KELLY AUTY BAND Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.

See Perico this Sunday 8th October

Perico Return to the Railway

With sunhine and warmer weather on the way, Perico return to the Railway Hotel (Noise Bar) in Albert Street, Brunswick on Saturday 14th October. It promises to be a perfectly casual and appropriate way to spend a late Saturday arvo.

"This one's for the kids" said Perico playboy and guitarist, Richo.

Bass player, stud and father-of-three, Greg, couldn't agree more. "I couldn't agree more" he said.

Weekend in the Wick

Get down to the Retreat on Sunday arvo and you can catch Conway Savage , Yanto Shortis and a big Golden Parrot.


Friday
BURN THE CITY + MERE THEORY + GOODNIGHT COMBAT FIGHTER East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
KATHEMATICS + THE SPACE CADETS + THE PIRATES Noise Bar, Brunswick. 9pm.
TV WEIRD Plan B, East Brunswick. 9pm.
WONDERLAND + RA RAH The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm

Saturday
BAY CITY HOSTILES, BLACK SMITH HOPKINSThe Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free
BORNE Don’t Tell Tom, Brunswick. 10pm. $10.
CHEFS D’E MISSION + CHRIS WILSON + SHANNON BOURNE + DJ MATTI B The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
LOVE OF DIAGRAMS (EP LAUNCH) + KES + ZOND East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK BLUES SHOOTERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9.30pm. Free.

Sunday
CAROLYN OATES Plan B, East Brunswick. 6pm.
CONWAY SAVAGE + YANTO SHORTIS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
CYNDI BOSTE (CD LAUNCH) + KERRI SIMPSON + JAIMI FAULKNER East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY + CARINO SON Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free

This Wednesday night in the Wick

Mark Sinton (left) and his new band "the Prefabs" headline Brunswick's "super Wednesday" this Wednesday night at the Brunswick Hotel, corner Weston St and Sydney Rd. Support act is none other than Brunswick's favourite band Perico (right).

Entry is free and Perico will be on at 8:30pm.

Weekend Wick Guide

It's not often that our cousins in Northcote outdo us, but the High Vibes Northcote Music Festival is just SO good that it'd be remiss not to mention where we and all our Brunswick mates will be on Sunday. Click here for info.

Meanwhile, Brunswick doesn't give up lying down. Friday night catch 7-piece WA band Pigram Brothers if you can afford the $35. Saturday arvoi see Chris Wilson and co. at the Retreat before heading down the Brunny for some ear-bashing Darkest Heartstrings, sure to rock your socks off. And stumble home from High Vibes on Sunday and catch some toe-stompin Golden Parrot winning Austin Floyd for free at The Brunswick Hotel.

Friday
G-WORLD + THE MINORITY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
LOVE OUTSIDE ANDROMEDA (ALBUM LAUNCH) + REDSUNBAND The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
PIGRAM BROTHERS + JOE GEIA TRIO Noise Bar – Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. $35.
SAN Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm. Free.
THE COUNTERFEIT GYPSIES + DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
Saturday
CHRIS WILSON & SHANNON BOURNE + CHEFS D'E MISSION + DJ MZ TASMANIA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
BEN SMITH BAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
DARKEST HEARTSTRINGS + BANG BANG BANGS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
EGENDS OF MOTORSPORT (ALBUM LAUNCH) + BUDD + LOHNNY CASINO + THE SECRETS + THE LEGS The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
PIGRAM BROTHERS + TONCHI MCINTOSH Noise Bar – Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. $35.
Sunday
AUSTIN FLOYD Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
COSMIC NOMADS Noise Bar – Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
HOLLY THROSBY + MICK TURNER + J WALKER The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
MAURICE FRAWLEY & THE YARD HANDS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm.
PRAYERBABIES Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. 4.30pm. Free.
SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
TODD ANGUS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.

Perico Mid-Week Madness

Next Wednesday, Perico play the Brunswick Hotel supporting Mark Sinton & the Prefabs.

Pericoloco asked Drummer Queen Col, whether this gig would be similar to those before which have been held on a Friday or Saturday night.

"No, it'll be different." he said. "For a start we're playing on a Wednesday night. That's different. And we're on early at 8.30pm. That's different too. But we'll still be the same well-dressed hunks, playing inspired and critically-acclaimed music.

Brunswick Meredith Music Festival

With this year's Meredith Music Festival selling out SO fast, we were lucky at pericoloco to have 12 tickets to give away to lucky readers of this blog. Details will follow over the next few weeks, so you'll have to keep reading this EVERY week. Those who leave comments will get greater priority.

Meanwhile, who needs Meredith when you've got Brunswick EVERY week?

This week we welcome the first entry from one of our favourite Brekky joints not so far away from superbass Greg's abode. Great scrambled eggs! Anyway Cafe Banter, located on Lygon Street at the McDonald's end (otherwise known as the Chicago quarter) have obviously moved into live music without us realising it, taking the number of venues in Brunswick to 12!!! So, in recognition, we grant this week's Golden Parrot to ADRIAN WHITEHEAD + PAUL HOUSDEN + ANDY KERSHAW playing at Cafe Banter.

Friday
PRAYERBABIES Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm Free.
SI ASQUITH + HAYDEN HACK Plan B, Brunswick east. 9pm.

Saturday
FLATHEAD + THE APPLICANT + KIDS IN CULTS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
WOLF & CUB East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick.
Chefs D'e Mission, Chris Wilson & Shannon Bourne, Dj Matti B Retreat Hotel

Sunday
ANDREW MCCUBBIN & THE HOPE ADDICTS The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. Free.
CHARLES JENKINS & THE SWEDISH COWBOYS The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 3pm.
GREG MALONE Plan B Brunswick East. 6pm.
SUZANNAH ESPIE + THE LAST WORD The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
ADRIAN WHITEHEAD + PAUL HOUSDEN + ANDY KERSHAW Café Banter, Brunswick East.

Perico Launch their own Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade

Brunswick supergroup Perico have joined the call being made by our national leaders for more respect for values.

Perico are believed to be considering making all attendess at Perico gigs sign a pledge before being permitted to leave.

Though the contents of the pledge have not yet been revealed, reaction has been generally supportive.

Pericoloco blog reporter, Damo Wilding, who thinks value is "buying your beer in jugs", described the idea as "innovative, and sure to catch on."

"Like there was this girl once who said, 'but will you respect me in the morning?' and now, with this loyalty oath idea, I could get out a piece of paper and say, 'yeah, I'll sign this, I'll respect you'."

Brunswick Gig Guide

Hey, don't unbolt that Golden Parrot from the Retreat, cos on Saturday afternoon/evening Chris Wilson and co. unleash. Check with the retreat for start times.

Friday
BIG BOY LEMONADE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
DJ POWELL + TH KILLER B’S Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
LINDSAY PHILLIPS Plan B, Brunswick East. 9pm. Free.
SCARLET CRASH + AIMEE FRANCIS + WONDERLAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
TILTMETER + RESPONDER + THE STANDARDS East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf
AINTREE SWEET Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Saturday
BIRD OF MAN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
CHRIS WILSON & SHANNON BOURNE + THE BACKWOOD CREATURES + DJ MATTY B Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
MACROMANTICS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + MUSCLES + LAKES + MARIA MAFIA East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $8.
SPECTRUM Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.
VOILETTE + GLOVEBOX Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.

Sunday
ALDOU’S INKLING Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
ASID 2006 BENEFIT – FEAT: DALLAS FRASCA + JOELISTICS + DEJAH DROOVE + VOX CONGO East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $13+bf.
DESPERATELY NOT YOKO + HELLO JOE Plan B, Brunswick East. 6pm.
JEANIE LUSHES & BAND + SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5.30pm.
MILK & JAM SESSIONS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
THE COMMITTED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
SANDILANDS + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY + MAURICE FRAWLEY + YARDHANDS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.

Brunswick this Weekend

How often do you get to feel you're contributing to something worthwhile and get to see heaps of awesome acts at the same time? Well, occassionally I guess, and this weekend is one of those occassions. Fork out $15 to help our brothers and sisters in East Timor and catch bands like the Detonators, Sime Nugent, Yanto Shortis and more at the Retreat on Sunday. Look out for a big Golden Parrot on display when you're there.

Friday
BAY CITY HOSTILES + SIX FEET UNDER + AGAINST THE GRAIN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
DAVID HOSKING & BAND + REBECCA BARNARD & SHELLEY SCOWN + BRETT HUNT The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
DJ POWELL + DJ TRAFFIC JAM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 6.30pm
SOUND PARTICLES + GOAT + BURKE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE VALENTINOS + JOHNNY BOY The East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $12+bf.
VANGUARDS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Saturday
JOE CAMILLERI + BOMBA + STEPHEN CUMMINGS + LIMELIGHT The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. $33.
JULIA & CELIA Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
PENNY IKINGER Front Bar – The Retreat, Brunswick. 7.30. Free.
RED RIDERS SINGLE LAUNCH + CHILDREN COLLIDE + THE DARDANELLES East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf
WILD TURKEY ROCKABILLY + IKINGER + ENTWHISTLE VS THE LOVESLAPS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm
ZEPTEPI + ATOMIC BLISS + HIGH ROAD #28 Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
HORNETS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 9.30pm. Free.

Sunday
CHARLES JENKINS AND THE SWEDISH COWBOYS The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
DAVID HOLMES + URBAN SPRAWL Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
EAST TIMOR BENEFIT – FEAT: SASHA EARLE + SIMON PHILLIPS DUO + YANTO SHORTIS BAND + SIME NUGENT + ANDREW MCCUBBIN & THE HOPE ADDICTS + CARUS + THE DETONATORS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm. $15.
LUSTRUM Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
NICK BARKER & BAND + SALLY DASTEY + DURBEYFIELD + THE NUDGELS The Cornish Arms, Brunswick.
SARAH CARROLL CD LAUNCH + THE TIDES OF WELCOME SOUL + GOSPEL CHOIR East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10+bf.
THE COMMITED SOUL TRIBUTE The Spot, Brunswick. 7pm. Free.
MARY HILLBILLY’S + CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY + SANDILANDS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free.

Perico Celebrate Golden Win

Perico band members were ecstatic when news filtered through that they had won their first Golden Parrot for their upcoming gig at the Brunswick this Saturday.

"This really puts us in esteemed company." said Perico bass player Greg. "I mean I so respect all the previous winners so this is something really special"

Guitarist Richo was more pragmatic and demanded to know if there was any prizemoney.
"I'm not interested in critical acclaim." he told pericoloco. "I'm only in this game for the cold hard cash (eds note: and the chicks, drugs etc) so show me the money!"
Perioc fans were out celebrating all night.

What's On in the Wick

Last weekend was mental (as anything) as pericolocosts crammed in gig after gig as Brunswick rocked. And this weekend is even bigger yet. For example, Ice Cream Hands are playing a rare show at the Cornish on Friday night. If you miss it you can still catch Chuck with the Swedish Cowboys at the Brunswick Green on Sunday arvo too.
The highlight, and this week's surprise winner of the Golden Parrot, is the long awaited return of Brunswick supergroup Perico, playing in a double bill with Crazy Like A Fox at the Brunny on Saturday night. Any self-respecting reader of this blog should be there.

Friday
The Retreat
Dj Powell
The Counterfeit Gypsies
Dj Hainzi

The Cornish Arms
Ice Cream Hands
Airway Lanes

The East
Deloris
Pitching Woo
Raining Ropes (ex Underground Lovers, Paradise Motel And Bergerac)

Plan B
Man Bites God

Lomond
Gatorbait

Saturday
The Retreat
Mrs Wainwright
Waywood Fancies
Fingerbone Bill
Dj Matti B

Ace Morning Cafe

Mixtress Factory Worker Robot X Fluffy Llama Lex Deltoid Dr Gonzo Toupee Mittons Cuznmatt Zero Dollars

Brunswick Hotel
Perico
Crazy Like A Fox

Cornish Arms
Chubby Rae & The Elevators
Fiona Boyes +
Lil'fi
Firebird

Lomond

Rob Gaston Band

Sunday
The Spot
The Committed Soul Tribute

The Retreat
Silver Ray
Jez Mead Cd Launch
James Cruickshank
SUNDAY SIPPERS – FEAT: DJS PAT & SHANNON

Imbibe
Brad Mccarthy Trio

The Cornish Arms
Nick Barker & Band
Sally Dastey

Brunswick Hotel

David Holmes And Urban Sprawl

Lomond
Merri Creak
Woodward & Rough
Sandilands
Clint Dylan O'grady

The East
The Gingers
The Goons of Doom

Brunswick Green
Charles Jenkins and the Swedish Cowboys

Perico Returns this Saturday

Pericoloco, on advice from its lawyers, would like to make it clear that any suggestion that "Terry" from Blair Street is homophobic is entirely unfounded and that statements to that effect appearing on this blog are entirely the opinion of Damo Wilding and not of pericoloco or the band, Perico.

This Weekend in the Wick

This is a truly remarkable weekend for music in the Wick in a lot of ways. Tonight Perico drummer Col and his lovely wife are heading down to The East in time to catch KIwi gal Sohie Koh (see picture right) who's supporting D. Rogers & the Well-Wishers in their album launch. On Saturday Perico make a return to the live scene in Collingwood, but it's a private function so we can't mention it here, but you could do worse than try to catch The Backsliders at the Cornish playing their 'delta-blues wall of sound' . Sunday is packed with goodies. Former Golden Parrot winner Charles Jenkins appears at the Brunswick Green again at 3pm for free, then Richo and Col head over to the Cornish for a reunion with 70's-80's megaband Mental as Anything, who can now hang this week's Golden Parrot alongside their ARIAs.

Friday
D. ROGERS & THE WELL-WISHERS + SOPHIE KOH + BEN BIRCHALL East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $8+bf.
DJ POWELL + THE KILLER B’S The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10.30pm.
GWORLD + THE MINORITY Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm.
KRYSALIS + LANZA Don’t Tell Tom, Brunswick. 9pm. $5.
MAN BITES GOD Plan B Bar, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
THE CAPTAINS PACKAGE + RINCON + LIMESTONE + MUSTARD HARVEY AND THE SECRETS Noise Bar, Brunswick.

Saturday
ANTHONY ATKINSON + EMILY ULMAN The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 5pm. Free.
DJ MZ TASMANIA The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
ORDAIN + THE NEED + MASTER TANG + IMMERSION Noise Bar, Brunswick.
LAURA WITH SINKING CITIZENSHIP East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick. $10.
MRS WAINWRIGHT Front Bar - The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5pm.
SON OF A GUN Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9.30pm, Free.
THE BACKSLIDERS + SUSANNAH ESPIE The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9pm. $23.
THE DUNAWAYS Front Bar - The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7.30pm.

Sunday
CHARLES JENKINS + THE SWEDISH COWBOYS The Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 3pm. Free.
CHOP IT UP The Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8.30pm.
EMILY JARRETT Plan B, East Brunswick. 6pm. Free.
MENTAL AS ANYTHING The Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 7.30pm. $15
SUNDAY SIPPERS + SILVER RAY + CHRIS CHAPPEL The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
CLINT DYLAN O’GRADY + SANDILANDS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 9pm. Free.
NICK CHARLES & FRIENDS Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. 5.30pm. Free