Constant Mongrel
Catching up with Anti Fade’s Billy Gardner.
Primo!, Constant Mongrel, EXEK and Alien Nosejob will descend on Max Watt’s this February for back-to-back gigs courtesy of Anti Fade Records.
It’s the second lineup the label’s curated as part of the ongoing Melbourne Music Week – Extended. The Max Watt’s gigs are also a return to auspicious surrounds for Anti Fade founder Billy Gardner, who ran a gig there as part of MMW 2019.
Given the circumstances, however, there have been a few more hurdles in getting this one off the ground.
“There’s definitely more things to think about, but to be honest it’s just really nice to be having something to do in that regard,” says Gardner. “I haven’t sent any emails that relate to a gig in almost a year so it’s kind of nice to be doing all that again.”
READING Melbourne Music Week expands program, including gig series curated by The Tote, The Old Bar and more
Melbourne Music Week expands program, including gig series curated by The Tote, The Old Bar and more Cash Savage - image by Naomi Lee Beveridge
Words by Tom Parker
The festival runs until February 28.
Melbourne Music Week has been a whole lot different in 2020/21 compared to past years. Extending across three months, the festival has played an important part in reviving a live music scene previously debilitated by the pandemic.
After hosting a number of sold out events throughout December and January to this point, MMW has just lifted the lid on its next run of events.
The 30 best albums to come out of Melbourne in 2020, part two Gordon Koang and Hachiku
We spotlight the second 15 albums of the two-part feature, ranked in no particular order.
Here we go with part two of our feature spotlighting the 30 best albums to come out of Melbourne in 2020. Part one of the piece shined a light on stellar records from Andras, Sweet Whirl, Vintage Crop, RVG, Simona Castricum, Silentjay and more.
While 2020 has been an absolute fiasco, music lovers have had their ear to the ground more than ever, looking for releases that catch their ear or strike a chord with the difficulty and annoyance that has underlined the last nine months.