Performance Guide

R&B/SOUL SINGER-SONGWRITER DRU CHEN LAUNCHES 'INTENTIONS EP'. The East Coast Australian Tour kicks off on May 26 at The Toff in Town. Complete with raging guitar solos, sharp horns, soul-sangin' backgrounds, and a tight rhythm section, DRU CHEN bring his trademark pop-savvy funk show to Melbourne. 

This event comes hot on the heels off DRU's Singapore/Malaysia Tour and the release of the EP's lead single "You Bring Out The Best In Me", which swiftly got on radio internationally (Triple R, PBS, 4ZZZ, Northern, Southern FM Australia, 98.7fm Singapore, WKCR89.9 New York) and whose soul-train inspired music video garnered 15,000 views in 1 month.

Dru Chen - 'You Bring Out The Best In Me' (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGi6Q5WsvtM

"Intentions EP first strikes with Chen's technical mastery and songwriting ability, but leaves you with his genuine passion and sincere dedication to his influences, which is exactly what makes it a lovely, inspiring listen." 
- Music Weekly Asia

Don't miss this opportunity to catch DRU CHEN and band along with supports earthy roots/pop songstress AL PARKINSON, and partying folk/rockers THE BON SCOTTS at THE TOFF IN TOWN on May 26th!

Intentions EP is available at http://druchen.net
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/120334861496838/ )

Dr. Sketchy’s will cure you of every boring art class you’ve ever been to.”
- The Sunday Age, Melbourne

Tired of bowls of fruit and lifeless life classes?
Fancy having a scribble but not sure where to start?
Need something fabulous for a Sunday afternoon?
Booze, Tunes, Performance, Sketching.

Part art, part cabaret, all fun.
 
Lux St Sin is the seductive siren that leaves you mesmerized with her heady cocktail of old time glamour and feline allure.  Lux brings to the stage a unique and contemporary take on traditional burlesque showcasing acts with sinful themes, smoldering seduction and coquettish playfulness.



Over the past three years, Lux, has graced stages around Australia, including the Australian Burlesque Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the National Gallery of Victoria, Harvest Festival and Black Cherry.


'Fire and Ice' is the taste of desire, red hot as the sun and wild like a tempest.




Dr. Sketchy’s is for everyone, no previous artistic ability required. The world’s premier alternative drawing movement. Dr Sketchy’s is has become a boon to the art scene since its inception, promoting creativity and community in every city that runs one. Providing a space for artists to draw the flourishing alternative scenes that include phenomenal performers and other unique muses that might otherwise be inaccessible to the lone artist. It brings together students, amateurs and professionals into one space to socialize and create together with the aid of tunes and booze!

Harxest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times.”



Time: 4.00am-6.00pm (Doors 3.30pm)
Bookings: Tickets on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: buy here or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (Fitzroy& City).


Please bring your own sketchpad and art materials
  ( link: www.drsketchymelbourne.com )

Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis….

"The Sunday Set" features YOU plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’.

Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook - just search 'The Sunday Set' – or
  ( link: emailthesundayset@thetoffintown.com )

It is with the utmost excitement that the production team behind upcoming short film 'Dorothy' presents 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow', a musical tribute to The Wizard of Oz. Featuring a variety of artists across a diverse variety of genres of music, the night will be full of music from, inspired by or related to the classic children's tale and the Judy Garland film.

  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/448043371947878/ )

It's good to start the week off with a STIFF DRINK.

Join DJs Roman Wafers and Michael Ozone in the Toff In Town carriages every Monday for your liquor of choice.

Each week these resident Stiffs will emerge from their respective holes - Roman Wafers (aka Bell Towers), a powerhouse producer and founder of cult club night Bamboo Musik; Michael Ozone, the industrious muscle behind creative mecca Goodtime Studios and Home Loan Records.

Every Monday from 8.00pm. Free Entry.

Writers are rock stars, right? Of course we’d agree! Well, sometimes, rock stars are writers too. Bob Dylan’s a singer songwriter to some, a pure poet to many others.

In a night to remember, the Emerging Writers’ Festival will explore the differences and similarities between writing and music, how they are practiced and how they inform each other. Is there an inherent musicality to writing and what would great songwriting be without its literary qualities?

Turn The Words Up Loud is a dynamic panel discussion with live performance. Join us as the Emerging Writers’ Festival goes electric, goes live and goes loud!

Featuring poet and songwriter LUKE BEESLEY, the legendary DAVE GRANEY, former Frente! singer-songwriter and memoirist ANGIE HART, and novelist and musician ALICE MELIKE ÜLGEZER Hosted by ALICIA SOMETIMES.
Supported by RRR.

Australian troubadour, Gabriel Lynch, returns to Australia after his hugely successful tour of Asia to present songs from his new mini-album, Dependent State. After wooing audiences throughout an extended tour of Australiasia in 2012, Lynch will take to the stage at The Toff in Town with a brand new seven piece band. With a full rock ensemble behind him for the first time in three years, Lynch will once again demonstrate the vibrancy and energy that earned him the accolade of possessing "one of the best Aussie male voices you've never heard" (BMA Mag, Australia).

The independent musician has performed at festivals internationally alongside the likes of Elbow, The Whitlams, and Architecture in Helsinki and has often been found sharing the stage with long-time musical colleagues and rising indie stars, Charles Lim (Singapore) and Svavar Knutur (Iceland). At age 25, he has toured extensively throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, garnering the title of “Australia’s Damien Rice, minus the cheese” (Iceland National Radio).

Dependent State, which features the lead single "Another Apology”, is Lynch's most evocative and intricate release to date. His extraordinary lyrics document episodes of guilt, emancipation and, in the case of the tumbling centrepiece “What Friends Are For”, even murder. The record demonstrates Lynch’s prowess as a songwriter and storyteller and is carried by his unorthodox and delicate guitar work and distinctive baritone.

Watching Lynch in concert is like "being regaled by a solemn bard with a series of absorbing tales" (Rave Magazine, Australia). His music is "sweet, darling and emotionally charged" (The Grapevine) and he is just as likely to inspire a spontaneous sing-along as he to reduce his audience to complete silence.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/507711072620352/ )

DJs Prequel & Edd Fisher (Tomorrowland) provide a thought-provoking aural accompaniment to your inner city late night rendezvous at The Toff In Town Carriage.

Edd Fisher is a music collector, selector, DJ, producer & radio presenter. Not your average disc jockey, Edd is a graduate of Australia's premier music school WAAPA with a bachelor in Jazz Composition and presents a radio show (Tomorrowland) fortnightly on PBS106.7FM. Edd’s sets span a mixed bag of Rare-Groove, Funk, Soul, Future Beats, Disco, Hop Hop & Jazz. A fine selector across broad genres Edd's sound is a seamless blend of old and new creating a distinct and modern take on the dance floor.

DJ Prequel is the result of a record buying addiction, a fear of hairdressers and a secret love affair between Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. From 45 Funk and Soul sets to Hip-Hop jams, you can find Prequel boppin’ along behind the Toff's DJ cage championing his unique blend of rare gems, original production and quality music, both past, present and future.  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/toffmidnightexpress )

Love Story, a night by 1928 - aka Adam Burnell, the man behind STROBE and Saturday nights at Eurotrash. Featuring 1928 with rotating guests Tranter, Rad Pitt (Beat TV), Megawuoti, Sleeves (Strobe) and many more, playing everything you love in club/electro/techno/indie/disco. The Toff in Town has been voted as one of the worlds Best Clubs in V Magazine (New York). The setting is literally wonderful and the venue has one of the best sound systems in Melbourne. Every Thursday from 11:30pm until 5am. Free entry every week. International and interstate guests monthly. You will love this night.  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/lovestoryclub )

PopRocks at The Toff every Friday from 9 playing no brainers, guilty pleasures, club classics and the best in Pop from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry and everything in between.
8 hours of hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, including (but not limited to) Disco, Boogie, Rock, R&B, KPop, House, Club, Funk, Soul, Motown, New Wave, No Wave, Afrobeat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Rocksteady, Ska, Dancehall, AOR, MOR, DOR, oddball covers, Latin, Salsa, Cumbia, Bounce, Psych, Country, Jump Up Jungle, Jump Blues, Doo Wop, Soca, Mento, proper Electro, Miami Bass, Girl Groups, foreign language tunes, ESLs, Freestyle, Gangsta Shit, Gospel, Italo, Hi NRG, Jazz, Surf, Swing, Vegas tunes, Yacht Rock and maybe even a show-tune and / or a Power Ballad. All mixed and blended into the musical gumbo from hell. The party starts at 9.00pm and entry is always free!

Visit our playlist at www.facebook.com/ToffPopRocks and make a request.

FREE MUSIC!
It's free and contains lots of Friday night favs with everything from
Chuck Berry to Katy Perry.
Follow this link to our latest mix.  ( link: http://www.mediafire.com/?y22egaka3zz8og2 )

Meechy Darko and Juice, Brooklyn bred youth with a penchant for gold grills, Charles Manson and dropping acid, make up the high energy trio alongside producer and lifelong friend Erick Arc Elliott.
 
The Zombies rose out of complete obscurity on the back of a synth heavy, weed laced banger entitled "Thug Waffle," an ode to marijuana and breakfast foods which immediately propelled them to the forefront of New York's fresh crop of talent. Their seamless recipe of can't-look-away visual appeal and deft lyricism had them opening for Slaughterhouse and Schoolboy Q within a month while peaking the interest of everyone from Lana Del Rey to VICE, and garnering them a show stealing guest spot on the first A$AP Rocky single, "Bath Salt."
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/350796898365538/?fref=ts )

Disco is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its the overuse of the word that has leant people no glance at the glorious debauchery it once stood for. Luckily a small band of dancefloor dessi's are giving meaning back to the much overused & undermined term.... Step into The House de Frost: a weekly Saturday night at The Toff running into the wee hours of Sunday morning, a place where to dance is to live, the home of some of Melbourne's wildest parties and vogue balls, a place where you can indulge those curiosities you've always had but never acknowledged. With hourly shows from 2 of Melbourne's craziest club kids EMMAN TYRA & XANTHY, guest dancers, performers, Disney on ice stars, you never really know what you're gonna get... apart from the music that is! The only place you can truly appreciate disco music the was it was made to be heard. The Toff boasts the best sound-system in Melbourne and exclusively plays vinyl and is tuned on a weekly basis by one of Melbourne's most adroit selectors. They say that backwards is the best way forward, and this is about as backward as you're gonna get!  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/300161326742935/ )

On June 2, Melbourne funksters The Putbacks will take a trip back in time to 1960’s Sudan, to revive a very unique, Sudanese vintage soul with Madup Chol. ReMastered Myths is a creative development program aimed at bringing together artists from different musical and cultural backgrounds to explore new sounds, instrumentation & rhythms. Collaborating artists work together over 5 development sessions to come up with new material or adapt existing works to incorporate these new & diverse musical styles.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/247841928695702/ )

The New Caledonia and Euclid along with Dane Certificate Magic and Your Ol' Lady are playing the Toff on Sunday June 2nd, Melbourne City, Land Of Oz.

The New Caledonia are extremely pleased to be able to play for you folks again, it's been a long time coming. First show in 6 YRS! First (proper) show in Australia, ever!

Fellow voyagers Euclid will be joining us for the occasion, showcasing their brand of instrumental space jams (note: does not feature Shaq).

Dane Certificate will be there to confuse and amuse you with a fine magic show.

And Your Ol' Lady will spin the decks and keep you moving when your brain starts to hurt.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/467414583330596/ )

Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis….

"The Sunday Set" features YOU plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’.

Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook - just search 'The Sunday Set' – or email  ( link: emailthesundayset@thetoffintown.com )

Do fashion designers just make life more enjoyable, easier, colourful and attractive, and brands profitable? As the 'fast fashion' trend impacts, innovative fashion designers are reinvigorating the tradition of the artisan, using innovative design and business thinking, and working across a variety of creative disciplines. 



Join our Toff Talk panellists to discuss what it means to be a fashion designer in today’s contemporary fashion and textile industry, and the trends that point to future roles, opportunities and challenges for creative practitioners. 

Meet some of Melbourne’s practitioners activating the city as a leading location for the textile and fashion industry.



Mick Peel is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design at RMIT University and founder of Busyman Bicycles, makers of custom leather components for bicycles. http://busymanbicycles.blogspot.com.au/ 

Alasdair MacKinnon is a Designer Consultant, Orange Chairs, and has worked with a diverse range of clients spanning retail, manufacturing, primary production and design. http://www.orangechairs.com.au/ 

Grace McQuilten is an art historian and curator interested in contemporary art and design and community development, and founder of the Social Studio. http://www.thesocialstudio.org/
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/497394403647495/ )

It's good to start the week off with a STIFF DRINK.

Join DJs Roman Wafers and Michael Ozone  in the Toff In Town carriages every Monday for your liquor of choice. 

Each week these resident Stiffs will emerge from their respective holes - Roman Wafers (aka Bell Towers), a powerhouse producer and founder of cult club night Bamboo Musik; Michael Ozone, the industrious muscle behind creative mecca Goodtime Studios and Home Loan Records.

Every Monday from 8.00pm. Free Entry.

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

Colourful songstress Saritah launches ‘Thru it All’, the second single off her new album DIG DEEP.

This will be her last Melbourne before she takes her musical mission to Glastonbury Festival in the UK, then onward for shows in Europe and West Coast USA.

The new album DIG DEEP debuted at #35 in the iTunes USA Reggae Charts, and the first single TEARS OF JOY spent 3 weeks in the AMRAP (Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) Great Southern Charts.

South Korean born, raised in Perth and based in Melbourne, SARITAH (sa-REE-ta) has a positive vision for the future which shines through every word she sings and every note she plays.

Inspiring, uplifting and playfully powerful, Saritah’s live shows are colourful celebrations of life. A dynamic performer, she delivers a potent combination of feminine spirit, conscious lyrics and heartful melodies whilst embodying a unique union of roots, reggae, soul, acoustic and dancehall.

She is joined by mash-up darlings Rachel By The Stream and Melbourne’s leading lady selecta Sista Itations.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/467665459986028/ )

Sydney-born, Brooklyn-based duo High Highs will return to Australia for headline appearances in Sydney and Melbourne in June. The band released its debut LP Open Season earlier this year, and justified the buzz with widely hailed performances on the Laneway Festival, as well as two intimate headline appearances. They’ll bring their dream-pop soundscapes to Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on June 5th and Melbourne’s The Toff in Town on June 6th.

Open Season has resonated strongly with fans and critics alike, with Australians particularly singing their praising their harmony-laden indie pop:

“Open Season is an extraordinarily beautiful ride, and is a listening must if chilled experimental indie is your vibe” – 9/10 – The AU Review

“… truly bliss-worthy moments” – themusic.com.au

High Highs will wrap up their current US tour supporting Vampire Weekend, and fly straight to these shores. They’ll take to the stage at Vivid 2013, opening for Empire of the Sun’s long awaited return to the stage.

If you’re yet to see High Highs bring their dreamy debut to life, now is the time.   ( link: www.highhighs.com )

After launching their debut EP to a sold out Ding Dong Lounge late last
year, SINGLES have continued the run in 2013. This years shows have seen the
boys growing in both their sound and live presence alongside bands such as
Kingswood, APES and the Smith Street Band, but SINGLES will be taking a
brief hiatus while two of the band members swap instruments for backpacks
and wander the globe for a few months, hungry and drunk.

With a reputation building on a raw, fun and sweaty live show, this is the
one you won't wanna miss! Your last chance to hear the songs off the debut
self titled EP as well as an arsenal of new tracks set to be on the next
release, these Melbourne punks are gearing up to give it one final shake!

Joined on the night by the 'surly scally-wags of surf punk' Going Swimming,
and the super talented Skyways are Highways with their 'sunshine pop upon
thick bass lines', this is set to be one killer going away party.

Get down and get sweaty gems.
  ( link: www.facebook.com/singlestheband )

Kelly Dance will be journeying back home this June to launch her new album; 'Goodnight Berlin' – out on Broken Stone Records.  Recorded over ten days and nights in an East Berlin studio, the half-dreamt, half-imaginary landscapes of Dance's reflective songwriting are wrapped in instrumental textures and features collaborations with Toby Martin (Youth Group) and Aidan Roberts (The Maple Trail). The shows will be co-headlined with Melbourne's Kikuyu, an indie-pop project by Melbourne artist Sez Wilks. As Kikuyu, Wilks loops warm vocal harmonies with the fuzzy built-in beats and bright tones of electric organs, 80s mini keyboards and found percussion.
  ( link: http://kikuyumusic.com )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal." - Mark Twain

To say that Pretty Strangers have redefined how we understand melody, counterpoint and the very acts of living and loving is akin to proclaiming that the Earth does indeed rotate on its axis. It is an irrefutable and immutable truth, which no one can deny. No one.

From when Pretty Strangers was but a twinkle in Ed Sharp-Paul's moist eyes, to when we were simultaneously confused and elated when "The Minotaur" totalled more votes in the Hottest 100 than the estimated population of the world, we have been existing in a state of Rapture, unlikely to be paralleled again on this mortal coil.

But all good things must end, and perfect things even more so. Five will become four after tonight's show, with brothers-in-arms Mallee Songs and Pretty City ever faithful by our sides. And while the Gods may weep at Terry Mann's departure, let us not be sad, dear friends, let us instead be together, and stare into each other's eyes, and scream, "Yes, I am a human being, and yes, I am alive!
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/148229878698163/?ref=3 )

Into the Woods are bringing technicolour pop to The Toff in Town on 15 June for the vinyl launch of new album, Goldentone. Proudly paired with pop partners Wiley Red Fox and Pensive Penguin, it’s going to be a splendid night of dancing, beard stroking, romance and swinging tunes.

Goldentone has received many warm critical hugs since its release late 2012. The Age called it “deceptively nuanced” and Inpress singled out ITW as the potential “local pop band of 2013”. After a packed album launch in March, now’s the time to check out what all the fuss is about and get yourself a piece of that sweet vinyl action.  Come to the Toff, it’ll be tastier than velvet pancakes and more powerful than an army of didgeridoos. 
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/282119058591489/ )

After the release of  ‘Railyard Songs’ in 2011 – a series of songs recorded in an old train carriage in Melbourne’s Newport Railyards –The Winter Migration are proud to be launching their debut album, ‘Rebuild The Universe’, recorded by ARIA award-winner Monique Brumby, and Nick Larkins (from seminal Tassie folk / rock band Wild Pumpkins at Midnight). Fronted by singer-songwriter Marisa Brown (formerly of folkie-rock band Duckdive), The Winter Migration creates music that is dreamy, honest, and beautiful. Backed by delicate piano and guitar, violin, double bass and percussion, Marisa’s ethereal voice will take you on a journey through love, loss and excel spreadsheets. The album showcases Marisa’s matured songwriting skills, whilst still retaining her trademark intimate, earthy style. The Winter Migration will be appearing in 'mini-orchestra' mode, and supports are old friends The Steinbecks, and Emma Heeney (playing a special full-band show). 
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/181147445372472/ )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

With fire in their bellies, and confetti in their pockets, Rapskallion have swashbuckled their way back from their European escapades, to seduce you this summer with their own brand of wild junkyard waltzes, take me tangos, rambunctious punk rock polkas and old world romance. Dressed in the...ir tattered tails and decrepit hobo finery, the ‘Skallions are back on Australian shores and invite you to their ‘When The Wine Kicks In' Tour. Think Tom Waits in a torn tutu, singing Edith Piaf songs through a megaphone, backed by the Muppet show band, sailing the high seas on a Spanish galleon.

With a treasure chest full of musical instruments, and a flair for the theatrical, Rapskallion have entertained audiences worldwide, with their unique concoction of vaudevillian cabaret dance tunes.

Laugh, dance, drink, and be merry, ladies and gentlemen … roll up for the show!

DAWN is a band of neo-victorian-clad musical renegades if you will, on a mission to conquer a world filled with synthesised noise in various shades of grey and beige. They perform to invoke the voices and spirits of their ancestors, to take you back to a time when the skies were filled with trails of steam and visitors from far and wide were making their way across the seas to new and exotic lands. While the vocals may at times be soothing, the band is high in intensity- weaving together intricately textured sounds of the west, with a strong hit of spice from the east. Expect to see a stage filled with rib-popping corsets, top hats (with strapping long-haired lads in them), exquisite multi-layered garments crafted by Clockwork Butterfly, stroh violins, a shahi baaja. And a mustachio.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/197638893716619/  )

Fractures is the moniker of Mark Zito, Melbourne based singer, producer & multi instrumentalist. Born of out studio experimentation and an unrelenting fascination with boundless genres, Fractures is the culmination of diverse and disparate musical styles that have influenced Mark throughout his music-making life. Having already caused quite a stir with the debut single ‘Twisted’, Fractures will perform his debut headline show with full band at The Toff on Thursday June 20. 

Still reeling from a massive 2012 and feeling the effects of their 2013 Australian tour throughout March/April - Lurch & Chief will be launching their new single “We Are The Same” at The Toff in Town on Saturday the 22nd of June! The second single to come from their forthcoming sophomore EP, “Wiped Out”, the hook-laden track continues to showcase the bands unique style of song writing and highlights their brand of catchy yet emotive male/female vocal leads that they’re becoming known for.
 
Having had the privilege of sharing the stage with top Australian and international acts such as Hungry Kids of Hungary and Nada Surf (USA), as well as scoring slots at the most recent Push Over Festival and Harvest Festival, the Melbourne six-piece are quickly establishing themselves as one of the cities must-see live bands.
 
“We Are The Same” is released on June 3rd and is taken from Lurch & Chief’s second EP, “Wiped Out” - due for release on August 12.
  ( link: www.lurchandchief.com )

4 x ARIA award winner Katie Noonan's technical mastery and pure voice make her one of Australia's most versatile and beloved vocalists. ‘Songbook’ will see Katie exploring material from throughout her career including songs from George, Katie Noonan and the Captains, Elixir and her acclaimed solo album. This intimate solo performance mode is the perfect setting for Katie to revisit her most popular songs.

In 2013 The Herald Sun announced Katie one of the 20 greatest Australian singers of all time as voted by her peers.

'There is a crowd of hundreds but when she sings it feels like it’s just Katie Noonan, a piano and you. 5/5'
5AA

'Katie Noonan has a rare and priceless gift – a vocal talent which transports the listener to a higher realm, a piercing of spirit and caressing of woes. Many singers can bring on the goosebumps, but Noonan is one of only a few who can reach through air and space to minister to your very soul.'
hercanberra.com.au

'Not many artists these days can boast such a mix of fans ranging from nannas and pops to tweens – and even fewer possess the power to keep them transfixed for nearly two hours. But then again, Katie Noonan has never been like any other artist and she well and truly proved that tonight.'
Drum Media
  ( link: http://katienoonan.com/ )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

Little Raven Publishing and Va Va Boombah Fat Burlesque are proud to present Saucy, an evening of burlesque and erotic spoken word that promises to stimulate your senses (or at least a few of them) and bring you the best of both worlds. Allow yourself to be teased and titillated with erotic stories and poetry from Iron Man Dosh Luckwell, erotic novelist Kathryn O’Halloran, kinkster of all trades Hunter Bruin, the funny-ha-ha and funny-hot Mardi O’Connor and Randall Stephens, the fastest tongue in Melbourne. Interspersed with the spoken word performances are burlesque acts by Va Va Boombah’s resident plus-sized vixens, the luscious and hypnotic Miss Charity Case, tassel-twirling funny lady Harlotte Brontë, leggy badass Bambi Lipschitz and the voluptuously sensual Cupcake Kitten. 

MCed by Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival favourite, comedian Lisa-Skye (Ladyboner, Songs My Parents Taught Me)".

  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/475165895888563/ )

New Archer is poet Luke Beesley who placed his pencil carefully down and picked up an old guitar and started writing rusty, bookish, minimalist songs.

Ian Wadley (Mad Nanna, St Helens, Mick Turner, Minimum Chips) joins him on fidgety drums, and together they launch the long awaited, debut EP Bees Nudge the Mouth of a Feathered Rose.

Comparisons and influences include Bill Callahan, Silver Jews, Robert Forster, Leonard Cohen,
Will Oldham, Neil Young, and Julie Doiron ...

Special guest: the charming, smoky-accidental-heartbreak melodies of Nicola Watson, in a rare live performance since returning from Japan.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/438075599621121/?fref=ts )

Imogen Brough’s music has as ethereal quality. Earthy vocals combine with creative, lyrical piano and violin in a soft-rock, balladic style. Hints of Celtic and Irish music surround her melodic song writing, of love stories and of the sea. Beginning to write music at the age of 13, Imogen has developed her own niche of music. Over the last couple of years she has performed all over Victoria from The Beechworth Celtic Festival to Anglesea Music Festival, with even more in-between. After supporting Lisa Mitchel and Georgia Fair in Geelong, June 2012, Imogen decided on recording her first EP Counting Waves, which was released in August 2012. Recently Counting Waves reached number 6 on the singer/songwriter charts on iTunes, with ‘Heart’ making it to number 22! With exciting things on the way, Imogen’s music career is only just beginning.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/imogenbroughmusic )

After a massive six months on the road in support of his new album 'Sinners and Saints', Benny Walker brings his band to the Toff in Town on Sunday 14 July to bid Australia farewell before taking the show on the road in Canada.

"The strength of Sinners and Saints suggests that the roots music world has a new star." Jeff Jenkins - STACK Magazine 
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Benny-Walker/22979081210?ref=ts )

THURSDAY MAY 23, 2013 - Hot on the heels of the announcement of Atlas Genius being special guests on the Stereophonics run of Australian dates, the critic & fan favourites will also play three intimate dates starting in Sydney and ending in their home-town of Adelaide.  
This follows a massive two-month-plus debut US headline tour, including two sold-out shows at NYC's legendary Bowery Ballroom and rave reviews of their SXSW showcase from both international & local media alike:
"One of the year's best and most warmly received bands to showcase at this year's South By Southwest fest was Atlas Genius-a refreshingly melodic combo from Adelaide" - www.yahoo.com
 
"One of the most buzzed about bands at SXSW was Adelaide's Atlas Genius." - 
www.theaureview.com.au
 
"This band are so big in the US that the I Heart Radio party at The Main has them billed between performances by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Tegan & Sara" - www.themusic.com.au
 
"Double whammy of high-flying pop melodies and instantly catchy lyrics." - NYLON
 
"The Next Wave' of up-and-coming alternative bands." -Billboard
 
Previous tours of the US with bands such as Silversun Pickups, Wolf Gang and Imagine Dragons, teamed with strong performances on major US chat shows Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Letterman have propelled the band into the spotlight, earning their debut hit single 'Trojans' US sales of more than 250,000.
Atlas Genius can be credited with approaching their career in music a little differently to most.  They built a studio in Adelaide to write and record three years before they even performed their first live show.  'Trojans' was the first song the then unsigned Adelaide band ever recorded. After it was distributed online in May 2011 via SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and the triple j Unearthed sites, blog Neon Gold's high praise of the tune and the subsequent enormous buzz lead to plays on MTV's 120 Minutes and Sirius XM's Alt Nation channel, and iTunes Single of the Week in Australia and New Zealand.
 
When It Was Now, the debut album fromAtlas Genius is available now via Warner Music Australia.
  ( link: http://www.atlasgenius.com/ )

Cellist and songwriter Vaudrey thinks fragility is beauty, beauty is an accident, and an accident is dub delay soaked Bach shimmering on a bed of grinding analog synthesizer.  Somewhere in the realm of Arthur Russell, James Blake, and the folk songs of old, Vaudrey lives in a world where machines and hand crafted wooden masterpieces are one.  Intangibly placed, this post-chestral, bedroom dub folk pop, is the revival of real musicianship, studied then unthought.

No stranger to the big stage, now residing in Brooklyn, New York, Vaudrey is the project of Australian born cellist and song writer, Rich Vaudrey.  With a Doctorate in the performance of classical and improvisational cello whilst acting as Teaching Assistant to the Emerson String Quartet, Rich regularly plays in both classical, new music and fusion jazz groups throughout New York City, having performed at venues including Carnegie hall, 92Y Tribecca, the Stone, Alice Tully Hall and the Harvey Theatre, BAM.   

In anticipation of his debut release in 2014 Vaudrey presents showcases in New York City, Melbourne and Sydney of original works and transcriptions from the late Arthur Russell.
  ( link: www.vaudreymusic.com )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )