Melbourne's music scene fightsthe fires

Fri 20th Feb, 2009 in Local News

Melbourne’s live music scene has stepped up with a series of benefit shows to help out the thousands affected by the devastating bushfires.

February 22nd

At the newly opened Newtown Workers Club – the old Rob Roy – Cool Aid sees the Harpoons and Children Collide on stage, with DJ support from Eddy Current, Cut Copy and Speak and Spell.

While down at the Prince in St Kilda it’s a more reggae/hip-hop affair with Blue King Brown, Dexter, True Live and The Red Eyes doing their part.

St Kilda’s grandest establishment, the Esplanade Hotel is doing their bit for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal by holding the Basement Bushfire Benefit with Jed Wright and Appleberry of Engine Three Seven, Nyssa Bradsworth, Lesha. Five Star Prison Cell, Rook, The Violet Flames and the Tim McMillan Band, there will also be acoustic sets by Bellusira and Rincon.

February 24th

The Corner hosts the best of Melbourne’s blues scene with a benefit dubbed – œBushfire Blues – Love Bucket Relief’ with Kerri Simpson, Li’l Fi, Sarah Carrol, Chris Wilson, Jimi Hocking, Jaimi Faulkner, Sweet Felicia, Fats Wah-Wah, Spectrum, Monique Brumby, Paul Williamson and Geoff Achison and The Souldiggers.

February 27th

Elefant Traks will donate all profits from their 10th Anniversary Party at Melbourne’s Hifi Bar to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. – œAfter hearing about all the people without house insurance who lost homes, on top of the unimaginable distress of those affected by the recent bushfires, we thought the least we could do was hand over all the profit from this one-off show,’ said Label Manager Tim Levinson. Performing on the night are The Herd (in their last headline show for 2009), Hermitude, Mista Savona, Horrorshow, The Tongue, Combat Wombat and Astronomy Class.

March 1st

A massive show at the Corner with Rocket Science, The Gun Street Girls, The Basics, The Pictures, The Casanovas and The Hot Little Hands are joined by legendary punk rockers X and the lads from Even. The event will be MC’d by Julia Zemiro from Rockwiz who will be presiding over the raffle of lots of goodies including a Framus electric guitar.

Hands That Break Hands, In Tongues, Pets With Pets, This City Sunrise, The Sharks, They Bite!, Zebras Can’t Be Tigers, Pistons Misfire and Green Green Green over at the Birmingham for – œIn The Line Of Fire’ promising an awesome day of music and a BBQ as well.

NSC is hosting the ‘Folk For Fire’ Benefit with Jeff Lang, Clare Bowditch, Tim McMillan, Jordie Lane plus many more.

While at the East Brunswick Club you can catch The Lucksmiths, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Lamplight, Plastic Palace Alice, The Bedroom Philosopher, The Wellingtons and the Jona Byron Duo doing their bit.

12th March

The Fireballs ‘Fight Fire with Fire’ at the Prince with Manic Pistoleros, The Vaudevillians and Electric Mudcat. Plus the Route 66 Rockabilly Raffle with $1000 worth of gear to be won.

Stay tuned to FasterLouder for a huge announcement on the 24th of February about two major music industry bushfire and flood relief concerts. Mushroom are hosting the press conference at the MGC so all indications are that this one will be big with rumours of a possible international presence on the bill.