Fraser A Gorman & Big Harvest To Hit Old Bar
0 Comments. 221 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 12:56pm.
Rising folk-country singer extraordinaire Fraser A Gorman has announced a headline shindig at Old Bar. Earning a solid reputation with a myriad of coveted festival and support slots, Fraser A Gorman & Big Harvest have established themselves as ones to watch as they prepare to release their debut album later in the year.   Support on the night comes from The Bluebottles and Mallee... Read More

Mark Zombo
0 Comments. 351 Views. Posted 14 Feb 2013 @ 9:58am.
Western Australian ex-pat Mark Palazzolo (more widely recognised as Mark Zombo) has at last – after quietly toiling on his pieces for over 24 years – decided to formally throw his proverbial artist’s hat into Melbourne’s galactic art scene. A self-taught and almost secretive handicraftsman, Zombo has only now decided to let his art move out of the shadow of the music that has dominated his... Read More

Mark Zombo At The Old Bar
0 Comments. 341 Views. Posted 12 Feb 2013 @ 8:08am.
Mark Zombo will be displaying his work in a new exhibition, A Lifetime of Work, upstairs at The Old Bar this February. Western Australia's Mark Zombo aka Mark Palazzolo puts his personal collection on display at the completion of each new piece and these can be years in the making. Since 1989 he has framed 17 artworks, but has only now made some limited edition prints available to the public.... Read More

Q&A: Midnight Woolf Vs Mesa Cosa
0 Comments. 317 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2012 @ 6:35am.
Pablo from Mesa Cosa asks LLuis from Midnight Woolf: Who are Norton records and why are you playing at their benefit? Norton Records are an awesome record company from New York. Billy Miller and Miriam Linna (played drums for The Cramps) have been diggin' up, resurrecting and bringing out some of the best primitive rock'n'roll around, they've been doing it since the mid '80s.   Can you... Read More

Q&A: The City Lights
0 Comments. 239 Views. Posted 8 Nov 2012 @ 10:07am.
Name: James Roden (singer/guitarist).   Define your genre in five words or less: Rock with loads of hooks.   When’s the gig and with who? We are playing with our good friends The Bowers. I love their sound, their songs, their attitude – they love it. We are playing mid spot to them, with Heavy Beach (who I hear great things about) on first. The gig is on Saturday November 10 at The Old... Read More

Midnight Woolf
0 Comments. 873 Views. Posted 19 Jul 2012 @ 10:44am.
Raul Sanchez was born in the Spanish city of Valencia, just inland from the south-east coast of Spain. Best known outside of Spain for the juicy oranges that bear the city’s name, Sanchez maintains affection for the city of his birth, though his musical exploits the other side of the world have ensured his cultural ties extend far beyond Spain. Sanchez first came to prominence when he joined... Read More

The Morrisons
0 Comments. 740 Views. Posted 11 May 2012 @ 2:12pm.
In 1966, The Doors, at that time a largely unknown psych-rock band from Los Angeles, opened for British R&B outfit Them at LA’s famed Whisky A Go-Go nightclub. The titular leaders of the respective bands – Jim Morrison and Van Morrison – shared both a surname, and a fondness for excessive alcoholic indulgence. The inevitable product of the bands’ professional association was a two-week binge... Read More

Ouch My Face
0 Comments. 708 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2012 @ 3:34pm.
What happens when Ben Ely from Regurgitator teams up with artist Celeste Potter? Ouch My Face.  The two are sharing gallery space above Old Bar, promoting and selling some of their artworks. But what’s an exhibition without a little music? The two will head downstairs after the exhibition to perform in their band, the aptly named Ouch My Face. Read More

Spencer P Jones & Kim Salmon @ Old Bar
0 Comments. 1,419 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2012 @ 11:51am.
  The odds of a Beasts Of Bourbon reunion – of any permutation or combination – are almost as long as the ALP laying the proverbial wet sloppy kiss on Kevin Rudd. While Rudd and the ALP have entered another phase of estrangement, to the delight of Beasts fans Spencer P Jones and Kim Salmon, the song writing spark behind the band’s original, and strongest material, had the grace and... Read More

Sand Pebbles, Thursday January 4, The Old Bar
0 Comments. 1,042 Views. Posted 10 Jan 2012 @ 1:25pm.
In a week when Rupert Murdoch belatedly tried to counter his reputation as an olde worlde media luddite by signing himself up to the moment's flavour of the week social media phenomenon, a more significant announcement flew almost below the local music radar. Amid the standard serve of tweeting tedium and self-indulgent trivia, Sand Pebbles drummer Wes Holland declared that tonight's gig at the... Read More

The Count With... Kira Puru & The Bruise
0 Comments. 1,935 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2011 @ 9:59am.
Name/Band: Kira Puru & The Bruise    Ten bands everyone should know about: Portishead, The Bad Seeds, The National, Dirty Three, Boatfriends, Grizzly Bear, Radiohead, Mother & Son, Ergo B Bag & His All-Action Allstars and The Beatles.    Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:  Cheese, crackers, cigarettes, a bottle of whiskey(x 6... Read More

Lluis Fuzzhound
0 Comments. 2,483 Views. Posted 28 Jul 2011 @ 9:43am.
Righto -what's it all about? I've always loved the art of caricature and taking the piss out of people and thought The Old Bar would be a great place to house an exhibition about musicians. It will be good to pay homage to these great artists.   What sort of tunes influenced you into putting together the event? Old timey blues, country, swing, jazz, '50s rock'n'roll and '60s garage punk... Read More