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