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.