[ Wednesday, 28 December, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday December 28th at 7 p.m.

JIM DENLEY
and MONICA BROOKS

at The People’s Republic of Australasia

with a very, very special Xmas surprise
for the People!!!

Monica Brooks and Jim Denley have been regular collaborators since they first met in 2002.
In recent years they have played together with the quartet Embedded, which recently toured [...]

[ Wednesday, 21 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Shhh, it’s about that time. In one of the last gigs of the year, come and hear Lines of Flight take off for their once a year countdown. We’ve assembled a great line-up of music, and we’re really looking forward to playing together after another busy year of music.

Lines of Flight:
Joe Cummins - Trumpet [...]

[ Saturday, 17 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] New Weird Australia, Octopus Pi, Sound Series & Refraction present:
UNPOPULAR MUSIC 2011
TWO VENUES, ONE TICKET

// LATE SHOW at Dirty Shirlows from 9pm:

STRANGE FORCES
ZEAHORSE
SECRET BIRDS
SCATTERED ORDER
DJs PAUL GOUGH, JACK SHIT & OCTOPUS PI

// EARLY SHOW at Hardware Gallery from 6pm

THOMAS WILLIAM VS SCISSOR LOCK (album launch)
MONOLITH
ANNA CHASE
UND

$12 ON THE DOOR (gets entry to both shows)
$2 FROM [...]

[ Thursday, 15 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Mrs Tapes Fest =

Axemen ( Flying Nun pop freaks play their first ever Sydney show!)
http://theaxemen.org/
http://www.myspace.com/nemexa

Circle Pit (Sexiest band in Sydney)
http://www.myspace.com/circlepit

Alps (only show for a long long time)
http://www.myspace.com/alpsalps

XNOBBQX (Nick and Matt back together again for a few days)
http://www.myspace.com/xnobbqx

Mad Nanna (Ian Wadley of Bird Blobs, Michael from Albert’s Basement, Pat from Sunshine & Grease, White altar’s Jesse [...]

[ Thursday, 15 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] The SuperUsers – AV Extravaganza

The SuperUsers
+ Hypnololly
+ Pia van Gelder
+ Sven Simulacrum
7-10PM, THURS 15th Dec $8

The Superusers

The Superusers was created by Australian-born-Berlin-based artist Scott Sinclair in 2010. Scott currently performs as the central member of the group in collaboration with like-minded artists from around the world.

The Superusers is a vehicle for artists to extend their [...]

[ Wednesday, 14 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] live!

YUKO KONO (from My Pal Foot Foot, Japan)

MAD NANNA (Melbourne)

plus Peter Blamey & Anthony Guerra

plus special guest DJ t.b.a.!

starts at 7pm.

401/2 Hibernian House

[ Wednesday, 14 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ]
Come and celebrate with a FREE gig to launch the 2012 program!

The festival will be a massive affair so it only seems fit to usher it in with an equally massive gig.

Performances by:

***PETER FARRAR (Sax) & DALE GORFINKEL -melb- (Modified trumpet & objects)
http://www.myspace.com/gorfinkelfarrar

***CAT HOPE -perth- (Bass) & AMANDA STEWART (Voice)
http://cathope.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Stewart

***THOMAS WILLIAM (Beatsmithery)
http://www.thisthing.us/tt/2011/thomas-william-a-k-a-cleptoclectics-deccan-technicolour-lp/

***OREN AMBARCHI -melb- [...]

[ Friday, 9 December, 2011; 9:00 pm; ] SOUND
Mesa Cosa (VIC) - https://www.facebook.com/mesacosa
Brackets - https://www.facebook.com/bracketsband
Nick Carson (VIC) - http://nickcarson.wordpress.com/
F’tang - https://www.facebook.com/ftangftang

READING
Nathan Roche (Marf Loth) reading from his latest novel

VISUALS
Optic Soup - blacklight
Creon & Steven Nuttal - Live Art

DJs
Nellie (Double Good Records)
Loz Nonsense
+ ??

Presented by Octopus Pi
www.octopuspi.com

Dirty Shirlows
9pm

[ Thursday, 8 December, 2011; 8:30 pm; ] Come and celebrate the beginning of the festive season with us, 3ofmillions and Showa44. If you come dressed as Santa you get in for free*.

1st set. 3ofmillions

2nd set. Showa44

3rd set. For the first time ever this Christmas. 44ofmillions!! (That’s all 5 of us together

*If you come dressed as Santa you won’t actually get [...]

[ Saturday, 3 December, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] the 6th installment in Serial Space’s Great Debate Series aims for the jugular in the ongoing discussion in our communities about property rights, commercialization, corporatism, gentrification, art and increasing inequity:

TOPIC: THAT PROPERTY IS THEFT

Serial Space’s Great Debate Series has hosted some of Sydney’s most impassioned and articulate thinkers, arguing and discussing political, personal, private and [...]