[ Wednesday, 27 August, 2008; 9:00 pm; ] FANGS WOUND DOWN - spaced out swathes of massive pyche/drone/shoegaze
ear-flop

Chris Brimstone – the name is spoken in hushed tones in the dark
corners of the Internet and marijuana-scented haunts of Sydney’s poetry
scene. Is he the next Alan Ginsberg, a coffee-fueled maverick spitting
fractured urban narratives and postmodern sermons? Or is he a pathetic [...]

[ Wednesday, 27 August, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Alex Masso percussion, Finn Ryan percussion, Jono Lake piano, Sam Dobson double bass, Monika Brooks piano/accordion/electronics

SOUND LOUNGE, Seymour Centre
$20 Full / $12 Concession & Under 30
(02) 9351 7940 or tickets available at the door. If you are a NOW now regular you get entry for the concession price.

[ Tuesday, 19 August, 2008; 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] WHAT: The Sound of Failure Festival Main Exhibition & Rococo Vortex
(as part of the Sound of Failure Festival)
WHERE: Chrissie Cotter Gallery (Pidcock St, Camperdown) & Don’t Look
Gallery (419 New Canterbury Rd Dulwich Hill)
WHEN: Opening August 19, 6pm & 20, 6pm (respectively)
WHO: Various artists & Wade Marynowsky
CONTACT: Greg Shapley, 0401 152 434, email: gshapley@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://SoundOfFailure.com

a festival [...]

[ Friday, 15 August, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] The Sound Lounge
$18, $14 students & Jazz Action/Jazzgroove members, $12 SIMA members
Sydney bassist Mike Majkowski will be joined by some of Australia’s most dedicated and unique improvisers, to present two sets of original music.

Set 1 features Jim Denley (one of Australia’s most highly regarded improvisers) and Yusuke Akai (a growing force in Brisbane’s music scene). [...]

[ Friday, 15 August, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] “It’s All Been Done Before”

Ben Byrne
Anastasia Freeman
June Green
Michelle Jamieson
Peter Newman
Sean Rafferty
Soda_Jerk

Curated by Daniel Green

opens Wednesday 6 August, 6-8pm
exhibition continues to 16 August 2008

The day the music died.
Friday 15th August, 6:30pm:
Peter Blamey
Samuel Bruce
Ben Byrne
Daniel Green and
The End of Everything
Thomas Knox Arnold
Peter Newman
Kusum Normoyle
Alex White and
Monika Brooks

[ Wednesday, 13 August, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] gameboy mayhem!

EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! Game Boy, harshnoise, with screamed vocals about nothing much at all.
TEN THOUSAND FREE MEN & THEIR FAMILIES! hard house renditions of popular old songs played with no more than a game boy

PRZEWALSKIS HORSE ON THE DECKS- Expect inappropriate use
of loop functions and probably some kaos pad action, fucking up [...]

[ Friday, 8 August, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] A festival of new music and media arts
at Serial Space*

Doors open at 8
Why: The lucky number eight
Donation: 8

Featuring:
Peter Newman
Jon Hunter Kusum Normoyle + Monica Brooks
Abram Powell
Tara Cook
T.R. Carter
Sam Dobson Peter Farra + James Waples
ghnomia
Jess Corcoran Anna Chase + Tom Smith

Punchline: *33 Wellington Street Chippendale 2008

Curated by Jack Dibben

[ Wednesday, 6 August, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] david rothenberg - Rothenberg’s music connects the living sounds of the natural world to the traditions of global rhythmic innovation and improvisation. Inspired by the melodies and beats of birds, insects, whales, water, and wind. http://www.whybirdssing.com

roil A new trio featuring Chris Abrahams - piano, Jame ‘Pug’ Waples - drums and Mike Majkowski - bass.
Proceeds [...]

[ Wednesday, 6 August, 2008; 11:00 pm; ] Wednesday 6th
@ la Campana, 53-55 liverpool st, the spanish 1/4, Sydney.
KRYSTOFFKRVSTOFFISTON
FAMILY JEWELS
PEE WEE
http://www.dualplover.com/consolador.html

[ Tuesday, 5 August, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] THE FILMS OF BEN RIVERS + BEN RUSSELL (UK / US)

Ten visionary cinematic dispatches from two of contemporary experimental film’s most uncompromising artists. Ranging from mind-blowing psychedelia to trance film documentary (filmed during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt) to Scottish hermit ethnography (in Cinemascope!), these films sketch a portrait of a [...]