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MegMac MEG MAC ANNOUNCES DEBUT EP AND NATIONAL TOUR 

Meg Mac has announced her debut EP, 'MEGMAC', will be out Friday 12th September on littleBIGMAN Records through Inertia - and she'll be doing a series of intimate performances nationally to celebrate.

 

The news comes as the Melbourne-based 23-year-old unveils the video for her new single, "Roll Up Your Sleeves ", following a storm of excitement which followed the track's launch just two weeks ago.

 

Landing immediately in the HypeMachine Top 20 off the back of acclaim from international tastemakers including The Line Of Best Fit and Earmilk, "Roll Up Your Sleeves" has received a rapturous reception across the globe for it's enriching blend of neo-soul and timeless piano pop. See more events + share them with your friends

French Rockets + Blackmilk +Golden String + HYLA Gun Fever presents: FRENCH ROCKETS ✺BLACKMILK ✺GOLDEN STRING ✺HYLA ✺ Beat Nightclub hosts a night of all things psychedelic, shoegaze, hypnotic and rhythmically mind bending. French Rockets will be playing an extended late night set till the wee hours. Blackmilk will be showcasing new material, plus sets from Golden String and HYLA.

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Childsaint 'Sick' EP Launch Guys our debut EP is nearly ready for your ears and we are throwing a party to celebrate! We have been around for a little while now and are finally for the first time ever organising our own gig. We are mega slack we know but now you have more than a good excuse for hang timez wit us. With support from our favs Dream Rimmy and Delay Delay. Hence it will be a magical night of dreams.

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Extreme Adventure on the Edge Have you ever watched a National Geographic film about some incredibly remote, dangerous place - and then wondered what the people behind the cameras experienced to capture the action? Join Bryan Smith, an award-winning filmmaker for the National Geographic Channel, as he shares gripping moments from his assignments to document extreme feats and high adventure in the world's most challenging environments with National Geographic Live Pacific. 

A  deeply creative, conservation-minded, and extraordinarily passionate storyteller, who very consciously uses his filmmaking craft to elevate important stories, Extreme Adventure on the Edge will invigorate and inspire us to probe our limitations, and entertain us in new ways.

An unmissable event for adventurers of all ages, experience life on the edge - on assignment with National Geographic. Q&A to follow the main event.

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Barefaced Stories: Obesession Barefaced Stories' monthly live storytelling at The WilliamStreet Bird. Our storytellers will be baring all, telling the whole truth about everything and anything, a night not to be missed! This month's theme is OBSESSION.

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Introduction to Biointensive Gardening Join sibling team Bonnie and Harry Wykman from Black Earth Education to explore this ecologically sound and comprehensive approach to intensive food production.

The biointensive method of food production was developed from a synthesis of French intensive methods and biodynamics, and has been developed and researched by staff at Ecology Action for the past 30 years. The goal of Ecology Action is to develop a method of intensive food production that provide people with adequate calories and nutrients while conserving land and resources. It was developed in response to the increasing human population, peak oil, food insecurity and declining arable land. As a result, one of its priorities is to maximise food production in a small space while building, rather than depleting soil fertility.

The workshop will cover the theory and history of the biointensive gardening method and practical demonstrations in skills and techniques including: * planning your garden for high yields * basic seedling raising techniques for robust healthy plants * garden bed preparation and soil fertility (incl. composting) * planting techniques for efficient gardening and high yields

Your Teachers Bonnie and Harry are founding members of the Black Earth Workers’ Collective, a worker owned and managed not-for-profit business dedicated to creating self-managed, ecologically sound livelihoods. Both are experienced compost-makers, gardeners and educators. Over the past 8 years they have collaborated on permaculture design and edible landscaping projects for domestic, government and commercial clients, the coordination of a community gardens and the delivery of workshops centred on permaculture design, food gardening and wholefood cooking and fermentation. Most recently Bonnie and Harry have completed an internship with Jodi Roebuck of Taranaki, Aoteroa New Zealand to further develop their skills and interest in biointensive gardening, a method of gardening focused on truly sustainable production of human needs, especially nutrition. Jodi Roebuck is the only teacher offering courses in biointensive gardening in Australasia to have trained with John Jeavons at Ecology Action, California where the biointensive method was and is being developed.

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Welcome to Slaughter Preview Night falls on the bush. A lone car drives through a dark wilderness. They are lost. But they are not alone. Love can be a bitch. So can Perdita, an eccentric relationship counsellor with some unusual techniques. When Fawn and Oliver arrive at her retreat they’re hoping to heal old wounds but end up confronting their worst nightmares.

A theatrical horror story told from the inside of a car, Welcome to Slaughter slashes the isolation of the open road and intensifies the danger of an over-active imagination. This audaciously bold thriller draws on classic cinematic masterpieces for riotous thrills; think Wolf Creek meets Rocky Horror. With a pumping soundtrack and sumptuous projections, this award-winning team of artists create a haunting and hilarious journey into your deepest fears.

You’ll die laughing.

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Proximity Festival In October Fremantle Arts Centre will be transformed at night by twelve intimate performances tailor-made for an audience of one.

Now in its third year, Proximity Festival remains the only one-on-one performance platform of it’s kind in Australia. Nine days of experimental micro-performances, masterclasses, discussions and celebrations.

Breathe air from different ages on Earth, cut loose in a 60 second twerk, climb rooftops in search of love, sit behind the wheel with a learner driver and discover what memory tastes like.

This year’s Festival brings together artists from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to create twelve personalised experiences activating you to re-consider what performance can be.

Schedule some alone time with Proximity Festival. It’s been built from the ground up with one person in mind – you.

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Gasp Imagine a world in which the air we breathe is just another commodity like food and fuel. Something that can be bought and sold according to market forces. How much do you think you’d have to breathe?

This was the darkly comic premise on which Ben Elton based his first play, the hilarious and critically acclaimed satirical comedy Gasping.

The play was first produced in 1990 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End. It starred Hugh Laurie and ran for a triumphant year and a half. Now Ben Elton has revisited his original play and re-imagined it for a new century and a new country. This major rewrite relocates the story to an Australia grown giddy on the resources boom. It’s now called Gasp!. And it’s as relevant and as hil‘air’ious as ever.

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Open House Perth Open House Perth returns in 2014 with an exclusive look at the architecture of Perth. #loveyourcity 

Over 80 destinations, a mixture of old and new locations, will be open to explore across the Open House weekend, including a variety of activities and tours. Stay tuned for the upcoming building list reveal in September. 

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Joey: The Mechanical Boy Joey is 9½ years old. Joey likes machines so much he wants to be one. But sometimes Joey explodes…

Enter Dr Bruno Bettelheim: world-renowned child psychologist, Freudian, best-selling author, Holocaust survivor and Director of the School for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents at the University of Chicago. Dr B diagnoses Joey with autism and begins immediate treatment.

But does the diagnosis say more about the doctor than the patient? And what about Joey’s mother? What does she have to say about all this?

Based on an article published in Scientific American in 1959, Joey: the Mechanical Boy explores how personalities are made, destroyed and made again, and how sometimes imagination can be the best medicine.

The premiere of a new work by the award-winning nest ensemble (Eve, Winner – 2012 Member’s Choice Award, The Blue Room Theatre).

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Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon The Ocean Floor A highly-anticipated world premiere from the poetic and “achingly magical” mind of celebrated Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer (This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries…), directed by award-winning Adam Mitchell (The Motherfu**er With The Hat, When The Rain Stops Falling).

From a Cold War Russian Submarine to a Parisian street and an Appalachian snowfield, this is a tale that transcends time. A story about fleeting moments, chance encounters and the shattering consequences of firing blind.

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DUSKY The toast of the UK underground at the Home of the Underground. On Friday the 14th of November, Dusky will take you on a dark excursion through warehouse techno and real, bass-heavy house – ducking in and out of roomfuls of vintage garage.

Since their arrival in 2011, Alfie and Nick (DUSKY) have delivered critically acclaimed productions, none more so than their EP late last year, Careless (which, PS, is anything but). 

Cliff notes: pounding with a big room bass riff and that signature garage-tinted house sound. The EP epitomizes the movement of sickeningly talented, uber-young UK producers who make you wonder what the f*ck you have done with your life.

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Luluc Melbourne born, Brooklyn dwelling indie-folk duo Luluc have announced a national tour to launch their much celebrated album, Passerby, in November and December. Luluc have garnered much praise since Passerby was released in Australia/NZ on Mistletone and Sub Pop Records in the rest of the world. The second full-length release for the duo of Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett, and the first Luluc album released worldwide, Passerby was co-produced with The National’s Aaron Dessner. Passerby has won the hearts of many listeners in the duo’s homeland of Australia, where it’s been a radio favourite — it won Feature Album on Double J, ABC Radio National, 3RRR Melbourne, 2SER Sydney and RTR Perth. And in the USA, Passerby won the coveted # 1 “Most Added” on college radio and landed Luluc on the front page of CMJ’s “Radio 200″.

Luluc now return home to share their beautiful music with Australian audiences with an eagerly awaited national tour, presenting their exquisitely hushed songs in intimate venues.

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Rag N' Bone Single Launch After a year of non-stop performances across Perth venues, Rag N' Bone are finally releasing their single "Wood & Wire" from their much anticipated debut EP! 

The track takes a sharp turn from our last offering and features an excerpt from mythical man Cowboy John, who is hidden amongst other Perth recordings such as Pond's “Hobo Rocket”. 

The band spent one week in the Fremantle home and Studio of Rob Grant (Poons Head Studio) tracking the EP live to tape, and are super excited to be sharing some of it with you!

Joining us on the night will be some stellar Perth acts including: Aborted Tortoise  + Night Signals  + Dream Rimmy  + Shit Narnia 

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