FEATURED GIG: The MELTDOWN shows started in 1994, hosting 10 or more bands across two stages with a heavy focus on alternative rock and punk bands. After a hiatus that lasted more than a decade, the MIDCOAST MELTDOWN returned in 2012. This year sees sets from seminal Aussie punk act COSMIC PSYCHOSand the return of SECTOR III, as well as newer bands like FILTHY LUCRE, PRO-TOOLS and JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR-DOLLS and heaps more.
Thursday January 22
Jive – Shonen Knife [JAP] + Za! [SPA] + Glass Skies
Also on Thursday:
Crown & Sceptre – Shambolics + Tara Carragher Band + Frets Patrick
Exeter – Fleur Green & The Keepers + Heymus
Grace Emily – Coops & The Bird + hello, lover + Lily Mojito
The Austral – SCALA Live feat. Sarah, Sandy & Ricky + Nigel Kennett + Louis Donnarumma
Wheatsheaf – Bearded Gypsy Band + Jess Zubkevych + Hana Brenecki
Friday January 23
TOP PICK: Jive – Beyond The Blues charity fundraiser feat. Filthy Lucre + Cal Williams Jr + Dusty Lee’s Wasted Wanderers + Jungle City
Also on Friday:
Crown & Sceptre – Trav George + Leigh O’Donohue + Louis Donnarumma + Kylie Brice
Enigma – Black Market feat. Our Conquest + Burning Bridges + Emergence
Exeter – Bin Juice [Syd]
Grace Emily – Velvet Moth + Ride Into The Sun
Pirie & Co. Social Club – Harts [Melb] + Magic Bones [Melb] + Battlehounds
Rocket Bar – EGO + Yolanda Be Cool
The Backpackers, Glenelg – The Brothers Grimm + Jupiter Groove + The New Yorks
Wheatsheaf – Banjo Jackson [Single Launch] + Max Savage & The False Idols + Delia Obst
Worldsend – Rapid Transport + Entropy Disrupted + Beyond The Picture
Saturday January 24
TOP PICK: Port Noarlunga Football Club – Midcoast Meltdown #7 feat. Cosmic Psychos + Filthy Lucre + The Lizards + Perdition + Meatbeaters + heaps more!
Also on Saturday:
Crown & Sceptre – Pink Noise Generator + Flower Punch + The Monikers
Enigma – Australia Day Death Fest feat. Cemetery Urn + Tzun Tzu + Orpheus Omega + Internal Nightmare + AK-11 + Blood Covered Shovel + Wounded Pig
Exeter – Tom Bedlam [UK] + Tom West + Adie Haines
Governor Hindmarsh [Band Room] – Mexican Fiesta feat. Victor Valdes & The Real Mexico Mariachi Band + Soul Macumbia
Governor Hindmarsh – Luke Willis + Quantim McLoud
Grace Emily – Stefan Hauk Band + Buffalo Boyfriend
Hotel Metro – Putkah [Melb] + Starvation + World View + Thrashboard + more!
Wheatsheaf – Ann Vriend [CAN]
Worldsend – Silent Duck + Gun It + The Raging Monkeys
Sunday January 25
TOP PICK: Engima – RI0T feat. Earthcaller + Disaster Path + competition winner
Also on Sunday:
Bedford Hotel, Woodside – Mick Kidd & Friends
Crown & Sceptre – Open Grave Records presents Pre-Australia Day feat. The Spatchcocks + Dillettantes + It’s A Trap + Mountain Stranger + Jake Ward
Exeter – ASPS [Melb] + EXEK [Melb] + Stations [Melb]
Governor Hindmarsh – Kevan Keeler & The 5109 Band + Cherry Grind
Grace Emily – Billy Bob’s Australia Day Extravaganza
Wheatsheaf – Conchilla + Tim Moore
Monday January 26
TOP PICK: Grace Emily – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Also on Monday:
Big Shed Brewery, Royal Park – Mick Kidd & Friends
Tuesday January 27
TOP PICK: Hotel Metro – Acoustic Club Tuesday feat. Candy Q + Mr Wolf + Dino Jag + Ray Gun + open mic
Every Tuesday sees a selection of local performers playing acoustic or cut-down sets by the fireplace. Open mic at the end of the night.
Wednesday January 28
TOP PICK: Gaslight Tavern – SCALA Live Midweek Melt
Also on Wednesday:
La Boheme – The New Cabal
