NEW GIGS

Free entry gig in The Espy front bar...

SATURDAY AUG 14

THE BASICS

EAGLE & THE WORM

JOHNNIE & THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES

THE SOLOMONS

Phil Para

from 6pm

EVENT SOULD OUT, TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR

After only two years, THE JD SET (www.thejdset.com.au) has become one of the most anticipated events on the live music calendar. Riding high on the successful JD SUMMER SET presentation earlier this year, Jack Daniel's is pleased to announce Australian rock act, and Grammy Award winning band, WOLFMOTHER as their first 2010 headliner.

WOLFMOTHER make the kind of rock that’s practically the modern day equivalent to the wrath of Zeus - intense, authoritative and commanding. It's also wonderfully melodic and overflowing with 7 shades of primal fun in an age of over-zealous fun police... or so they say. The band formed in 2000 and has played some of the largest events domestically and internationally. After a brief hiatus and band line-up change in 2009, they returned with the release of their latest album Cosmic Egg which continues to create demand for the act around the world.

The confirmation of WOLFMOTHER continues to cement THE JD SET as a credible and respected music event by industry and fans. THE JD SET is sure to provide a live music experience like no other!

A key element of The JD Set over the years has always been their support of worthy causes, this year that tradition will continue with a portion of all ticket sales going to a selected charity. With the calibre of artists who are starting the party with JD this year and at tickets expected to be under $40, they're bound to be one hot commodity!

It's now over to the Australian public to decide who will be the lucky band supporting WOLFMOTHER, and by doing so each voter will go into the draw to win the unforgettable prize of flights, accommodation, gig tickets and a meet and greet with WOLFMOTHER themselves at The JD Set for them and a friend! Head to www.thejdset.com.au from Monday, 21 June to have your say!

Thursday, 29 July 2010: Gershwin Room, The Espy.

CUTLASS SUPREME - SAT AUG 7, ESPY FRONT BAR

Cutlass Supreme, the new super-duo formed by trans-Pacific club shaker Groove Terminator and Australia’s scene stealing MC, Snob Scrilla are heading to The Espy Saturday August 7.

GT has been toiling away in Hollywood as one half of the buzzing dance-meets-rock entity known as Jump Jump Dance Dance, who have already notched up a triumphant run on the 2010 Future Music Festival tour plus a coveted spot in the Hype Machine Top 10, not to mention turns in ARIA Award winning, US Billboard #1 Club Chart acts Groove Terminator, Chili Hi Fly and Tonite Only.

Meanwhile, Snob Scrilla has been no stranger to hordes of adoring fans, the Sydney based rapper releasing his emphatic debut Day One in 2009, crossing over to the indie, dance and hip-hop crowds with his unmistakably charismatic rhymes and premier beats from producers like Bag Raiders.

With GT’s array of tweaked-out synthesizers and thundering beats plus Scrilla’s recklessly energetic flow, this will be a night not to miss. Enjoy Cutlass Supreme’s first moments in the sun and know that even if this super-duo doesn’t save the world, they’ll at least be saving our Saturday nights from here on out.

Support from Run For The Money, Mystic Fields and DJ Noveau Riche.

Saturday August 7, The Espy front bar. Free entry.

LA Indie darlings The Like have supported Muse, Kings Of Leon and are now making their way to our shores supporting The Strokes on their upcomingeast coast dates this July. As a treat to Melbourne fans, drummer and founding member Tennessee Thomas will be playing a dj set in the Espy front bar Friday July 30.

Inspired by sounds of the sixties, soul, British Invasion, freak beat and more, Tennessee will be spinning her own personal favourites, kicking on directly after The Strokes set at Festival Hall. Free entry, Tennessee starts at midnight!

keepup.com.au and Peace Music present

FRI AUG 13

Maseo (De La Soul)

Kool Keith (Dr.Octagon/ Ultramagnetic Mc's)

Total Eclipse (X-Ecutioners)

Dialect and Despair (Cd Launch)

plus guests

Tickets available HERE!

LIL KIM POSTPONES AUSTRALIAN LEG OF TOUR

WAS SET TO PERFORM IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE

New York Hip Hop icon Lil Kim has postponed the Australian leg of her tour due to a delay in her work visa. She was set to perform at The Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney on July 9, and in Melbourne on July 10, at the Esplanade Hotel. To accommodate for the extra time needed to obtain Kim’s visa, the Australian promoters have been forced to push back the dates.

The Australian Department of Immigration has assured the promoters that with more time Lil Kim will be granted her visa, but they could not complete the necessary paperwork in time to process her approval, due to the complexity of her case.

Kim stated “I love all the fans in Australia and I’m excited to be making my first trip down there to perform. I’m disappointed about my visit being delayed but I promise that the wait will be worth it.”

The new date for Lil Kim’s Melbourne show at The Esplanade Hotel has been confirmed to take place on 16 September. Tickets previously purchased for the previous July date are still valid for the September show.

Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience. Please be assured that we did everything in our power to go ahead with the initial date but in the end had to reschedule the show to September 16th. Hope to party with ya then!

SATURDAY AUGUST 14

MIGHTY FOOLS

SHARKSLAYER

BETAUCUE

NEOTERIC

SCATTERBLOG SOUND SYSTEM

Tickets on sale now!! AVAILABLE HERE

MODELS (Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie and Barton Price) celebrate the musical adventurousness, sly humour and pioneering nature of the early Australian alternative music scene with a sound that is as fresh now as it was then.

The Models first gained notoriety in the early 80’s with ground breaking mini album ‘Cut Lunch’ but it was their first long player ‘The Pleasure Of Your Company’ featuring the hit ‘I Hear A Motion’ which cracked it commercially for the band and scored them the opening slot for David Bowie’s ‘Serious Moonlight’ Tour.

Triple J’s Music Director Richard Kingsmill put together a brilliant J File on the band which can be downloaded at JJJ.

The band dips into its repertoire from such seminal albums as Cut Lunch, Local and/or General and The Pleasure of Your Company to remind us that the 80s music scene in Australia was more about the excitement of expanding musical barriers and forging new styles than big hair and shoulder pads.

Catch Models at The Espy Gershwin Room, Friday Aug 6. Support from The Dames and Minibikes.

Tickets on sale now HERE and through all Oztix outlets.

Collage artists range from gentle acoustic, thumping roots, indie and alternative style and rock and roll. Collage is held in the front bar on the main stage at the Espy Tuesday and Wednesday from 8.30pm with three to six acts playing nightly.

Tue 6th

Black Hills

Kittens in a Basket

Glass Empire

David Blyth

Wed 7th

Holliava

This Public Life

Crying Sirens

Green Tea Circus

Tues 13th

Galaxy

Mark phillips band

Aaron peterson

Ryan and the Lion

Tim Woods and the Dirty Dishes

Wed 14th

The Bare Bones

Theis Public Life

Zeptepi

Michelle Hines

Tues 20th

Little Captain

The Gallant Trees

Eve Mcgowan

Dancing Heals

Glass Empire

Tues 27th

Collage accoustic special

Wed 28th

This Public Life

Preston Perche

Big Left

Next Week Allum