Paul Kelly - Stories of Me will appear at the Canberra International Film Festival. Photo: Wendy McDougall
Harping on
Venerable US blues musician Charlie Musselwhite, who reportedly served as the inspiration for Dan Aykroyd's character in The Blues Brothers, will play the Southern Cross Club, Woden tonight. The Mississippi-born electric harmonica player has been wailin' alongside the likes of John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits and Ben Harper for the past 60 years. The show kicks off at 8.30pm and tickets are $52 from the venue.
Team up
After blazing their respective trails across Australia on separate tours last year, like-minded US post-hardcore bands Touche Amore and Make Do and Mend have joined forces for their return down under. The Connecticut-based Make Do and Mend is still riding high on the success of its second LP, Everything You Ever Loved, which was released on heavyweight US hardcore label Rise Records - which also features Canberra's own Hands Like Houses on its roster. The two bands play an all ages show at the Tuggeranong Youth Centre this Sunday, supported by Harbourer. Tickets are $35 + bf from Moshtix.
The Kelly gang
With the radiant tones of Dave Graney's 12-string still echoing in the air, Smiths Alternative Bookshop's Paperback Sessions continues its golden run with an appearance from Dan Kelly on November 16. Kelly has been up to his eyes of late, assisting his uncle Paul on the latter's new album, Spring and Fall, as well as recording his own solo LP, Inspiration Point, in fashionably far-flung locations such as London and Italy. Tickets are $25 from the venue or via paperbacksessions.com.au
Latin flavours
Local band Los Chavos is launching its album Supermeng - a heady blend of ska, reggae, cumbia and samba - in grand style, hosting a two-night Day of the Dead mini festival this weekend. Tomorrow night the band will play a family-friendly all ages show at the Polish White Eagle Club in Turner, organised in conjunction with the ANU's Australian National Centre For Latin American Studies. The show features Los Chavos in acoustic mode, the African and Columbian-flavoured roots tunes of Sydney's Chirimeros, the Andean music of Melbourne's Inka Marka and local Latin gypsy-jazz trio The Night Cafe. On Saturday night, Los Chavos will take the ANU Bar stage in full, electrified glory alongside Chirimeros, Inka Marka and the Brass Knuckle Brass Band. Tickets to the ANU show are $20 on the door.
Music on screen
The 2012 Canberra International Film Festival kicked off last night and will continue 'til November 11. This year, the fest includes a particularly strong selection of music-related films, including the Paul Kelly doco Stories of Me, Neil Young Journeys and the Rodriguez film Searching for Sugar Man. Also of interest to music fans will be Berberian Sound Studio, which features soundtrack work by James Cargill of Broadcast. The tense thriller follows an english sound technician's mental unravelling whilst working abroad in Italy on a horror film at a mysterious film studio and has picked up gushing reviews. For the full program of films, head to canberrafilmfestival.com.au
They like to party
Down'n'dirty Sydney rock troupe Gay Paris will be giving punters a taste of its forthcoming second album, The Last Good Party, at Transit Bar this Saturday. The album was financed via a Pozible campaign which had the band members offering up personalised rap tracks and offering to have fans' names and faces tattooed on their person. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $12 + bf from Moshtix.
Mountain music
Melbourne singer-songwriter Jen Cloher is launching Mount Beauty, the first single from her forthcoming third album, at The Front this evening. The track has been released as a free download but is also available in hard copy on a limited edition split seven-inch single with a solo track from Cloher's guitarist Courtney Barnett. Barnett will pull double time tonight, axe-slinging in Cloher's band and also playing support alongside local Julia Johnson. Tickets are available on the door.
Obladi oblada
After traversing Europe on a solo tour, Melbourne's Suzie Stapleton is back in the country and returning Canberra-way to launch new album Obladi Diablo, a record of brooding, poetic pop. Stapleton will play the Phoenix on Saturday, backed by former These Immortal Souls/Lydia Lunch drummer Craig Williamson and bassist Leif van den Dungen and supported by Dahrnoir. Entry is free.
Swing into action
United by a love of jazz classics, Australian blues guitarist Ray Beadle and Canadian chanteuse Jill Barber have teamed up for a run of shows showcasing their jazz chops. The Come Out Swinging tour hits The Abbey in Nicholls tonight, with Beadle and his band the Hightones playing their '50s- and '60s-style jump blues while Barber channels greats such Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf with an unashamedly romantic sound that harks back to music's ''golden era''. Tickets are $25 + bf from the venue via theabbey.com.au
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Peter Krbavac is a Canberra music writer, musician and radio presenter with 2XX
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