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.