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Gigs, were you there? (a trainspotters guide!)

 

15/02/1985  12.08am Hellenic Hall [aka Church of The Assumption of Our Lady](inside!) Chippendale/Darlington { SYD/ AU-NSW } with Birth of Mirtha + ?
02/04/1985 Busking epic all over Sydney including outside Commonwealth Bank at Martin Place as well as under the American Express Building and the Phantom record shop, Hunter Arcade and under the Hilton hotel.
06/04/1985 Hellenic Hall [aka Church of The Assumption of Our Lady](outside!) Chippendale/Darlington { SYD/ AU-NSW }
08/06/1985 Mosman Hotel Mosman { SYD/ AU-NSW } (a very brief set which no one remembers, however there is a diary entry which has yet to be disproved) with The Lighthouse Keepers
08/02/1986 Sydney Trade Union Club w/ Chads Tree + Rabbits Wedding
05/04/1986 Party 394 Abercrombie St (A Twisted tupperware Party)
17/05/1986 French's Tavern Sydney with Birth of Mirtha + Varlsnuff Meltdown or Shovel
21/05/1986 Lismore Hotel Sydney with Rabbits Wedding
24/05/1986 Palace Hotel Sydney with Rabbits Wedding
31/07/1986 Square House University of NSW with Ashtray Boy & His Country Cousin
21/08/1986 Harold Park Hotel Glebe with The Fifth Coruption + The Cruel Sea
10/10/1986 Yugal Soccer Club Sydney with Tall Tales and True
12/12/1986 The Gaelic Club Surry Hills (Musician's Co-op benefit) with Birth of Mirtha + Even As We Speak + Plug Uglies and numerous others.
28/02/1987 Crash and Wills party Marrickville (outside)
19/03/1987 Evening Star Hotel Surry Hills with Rabbits Wedding
26/03/1987 Evening Star Hotel Surry Hills with Rabbits Wedding
?/May/1987 Vulcan Hotel Ultimo (not sure about this anyone remember it?, anyone with a flyer or something they could send us??) with Plug Uglies ???
20/05/1987 Piccadilly Hotel Kings Cross with Craven Fops
23/06/1987 Evening Star Hotel Surry Hills with November Criminals
28/06/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Shambling Mounds
05/07/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Phil Rawlinson Experience
10/07/1987 Max's Petersham Hotel Petersham with Tall Tales and True + Rabbits Wedding
12/07/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Ashtray Boy
29/07/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Love & Squalor
01/08/1987 Jane Goddards' party 86 Rosehill St.
20/09/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Disband + Big Home Orchestra + Thanks for the fish
02/10/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Disband
03/10/1987 Crash & Wills party Marrickville with Shambling Mounds + Neil + Foxy + etc...
08/10/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Phosgene Poppies
24/10/1987 Annandale Hotel with Venom P. Stinger
12/12/1987 Palace Hotel Surry Hills with Max Block
05/02/1988 Annandale Hotel Annandale with Shambling Mounds + Disband + Pious Eggs + Nice
18/03/1988 The Venue Rundall St Adelaide (see review elsewhere)
20/03/1988 Astral Hotel Adelaide (3 sets of our own!)
20/03/1988 Century Hotel Adelaide with The Fish John West Rejected
07/04/1988 Sydney Institute of Technology (now the UTS) Bar Sydney
09/04/1988 Evil Star Surry Hills with Chads Tree
14/04/1988 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Rabbits Wedding
20/04/1988 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Disband + Big Home Orchestra
13/05/1988 Annandale Hotel with Widdershins?
12/11/1988 Edward Street Chippendale Festival with Diety
24/11/1988 2RSR FM (aka Radio Skid Row) Sydney (live to air)
26/11/1988 Burland Hall Newtown (Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee Benefit) with Black Lace + Jackson Code + Didgeridooplayer
22/04/1989 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Chads Tree + Big Home Orchestra
18/06/1989 Evening Star Hotel Surry Hills with Living with Robert + Aftertaste + M.C. Ben [possibly The Blackeyed Susans as well - Think this was a launch for Blunt Fanzines Voices From the Cellar cassette]
08/07/1989 Journalists Club Surry Hills with Plug Uglies + Eden Monaroes
11/03/1990 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Crow + Wallflowers
12/04/1990 Gaelic Club Surry Hills (Dirty 30 party) with Teapot + Robyn Miles
26/05/1990 Harold Park Hotel Glebe with Living with Robert + John Fenton & Karen
01/06/1990 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Crow + Godbotherers
04/08/1990 Harold Park Hotel Glebe with Crabstick + Nice
16/11/1990 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Living with Robert + The Heaven Sisters
23/11/1990 Great Britain Richmond with Scarecrow Tiggey + Crabstick
24/11/1990 Perseverance Hotel Fitzroy with Crabstick + Brer Rabbits A Rascal + Hard Hat Cowboys + Robert Brokenmouth + Stinky Fire Engine + The Drought
29/12/1990 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Even As We Speak + Aunty Span
11/01/1991 The Haunted Castle Lewisham with Crow + Swirl
16/01/1991 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Nice + Crabstick + Brer Rabbit's A Rascal
06/02/1991 Sandringham Hotel Newtown (Jellyhead collective benefit) with Teapot + Juliet Ward & Tim Rollinson
08/02/1991 Harold Park Hotel Glebe with The Black Eyed Susans
19/02/1991 2SER FM Sydney (live to air)
/Feb?/1991 Sandringham Hotel Newtown (Jellyheads Benefit)
03/05/1991 Czar Bar Chicago with Mark Perry + Barbara Manning
04/05/1991 Lounge Ax Chicago with Scrawl + Tar
07/05/1991 Butchertown Pub Louisville { US-KY } with Scrawl
08/05/1991 Exit/In Nashville { US-TN } with Scrawl
09/05/1991 Bogart's Cincinnati { US-OH }with Eleventh Dream Day + Scrawl
10/05/1991 The Upstage Pittsburgh { US-PA }with Scrawl
11/05/1991 Babylon A Go Go Ohio City { US-OH }with Scrawl + Red Eye + Beatnik Termites
12/05/1991 Maryland Arts Place Baltimore { US-MD }with Scrawl
13/05/1991 d.c. space Washington DC with Scrawl + Tsunami
14/05/1991 The Khyber Pass Philadelphia { US-PA }with Scrawl
15/05/1991 Knitting Factory New York { US-NY }with Scrawl + Steel Pole Bathtub
16/05/1991 Bogie's Albany { US-NY }with Scrawl
17/05/1991 Mystery Train II (instore) Boston { US-MA }
17/05/1991 The Rat Boston { US-MA }with Scrawl + Killjoy + The Laurels
18/05/1991 Maxwell's Hoboken { US-NJ }with Scrawl + Three Merry Widows
24/05/1991 Gilman Berkeley { US-CA }with Beat Happening + Warlock Pinchers + Motorpsycho (LA) + germbox
25/05/1991 Komotion San Francisco { US-CA }with Beat Happening + The Ex
27/05/1991 Niki & someone elses backyard party Olympia { US-WA }
03/10/1991 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Even As We Speak
19/10/1991 The Tom Tom Club Surry Hills with G.W. McLennan Trio + Club Hoy
02/11/1991 Max's Petersham Inn with (NoSaints Day Radio Skid Row Benefit with heaps of other bands)
08/11/1991 Burland Hall Newtown (First Draft art gallery benefit) with Even As We Speak + Smudge + Crabstick + Spirit Legion + Spring After War
29/11/1991 Max's Petersham Inn Petersham (Blunt LP launch) with Crow + Monkey Pot + Wipe ( ) + Nice
20/02/1992 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Even As We Speak + Moles
27/03/1992 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Mark Snarski
09/04/1992 2RSR (aka Radio Skid Row) Marrickville (live to air? details sketchy)
12/04/1992 Annandale Hotel Annandale with Skullduggery + Giant
18/10/1992 Lansdowne Hotel Chippendale with Blackeyed Susans + Peg
14/11/1992 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Safety Valve + Steven Herrick
19/12/1992 Jellyheads Warehouse Chippendale with One Head Jet + Hot Water Music + Safety Valve
07/05/1993 Regent Street Hotel Redfern (somone or others party)
07/08/1993 Napoleons Hotel The Rocks with Crow + The Blessed
17/09/1993 The Asylum Canberra with Marianna Trench
29/10/1993 Richmond Club Hotel Richmond with Stinky Fire Engine + The Ampersands + Blair Mailer
30/10/1993 Evelyn Hotel Fitzroy with The Dirty Three
19/11/1993 The Asylum Canberra with One Head Jet
04/06/1994 Oxford Tavern Wollongong with Ashtray Boy
10/06/1994 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Mathew Hall
16/06/1994 Evelyn Hotel Fitzroy with Backster Stone
17/06/1994 Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy with Brown Anchor + Flywheel
18/06/1994 The Punters Club Fitzroy with The Dirty Three + Kim Salmon
14/07/1994 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Ashtray Boy
29/07/1994 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Sweetlip
06/08/1994 Feedback Newtown with Smudge + Snout
26/08/1994 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Love Me
09/09/1994 Esplanade Hotel St Kilda with Kim Salmon's STM
10/09/1994 The Punters Club Hotel Fitzroy with Junkhouse + The Jaynes
17/09/1994 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Sweetlip
08/10/1994 Agincourt Hotel Sydney with Laverne + See Saw + Sleater-Kinney
09/10/1994 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Charlie Marshall's Body Electric
14/10/1994 ANU Bar Canberra with The Whitlams
26/11/1994 Orient Hotel Brisbane with Small World Experience + Tripod + The Sump
03/12/1994 Agincourt Hotel Sydney with Small World Experience + Clag
09/03/1995 Annandale Hotel Annandale with Disneyfist
10/03/1995 Sunami Wollongong with Ashtray Boy + The Earthmen
31/03/1995 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Ashtray Boy + Flywheel
06/04/1995 The Punters Club Hotel Fitzroy with Ricane + New Waver
07/04/1995 The Public Bar Melbourne with Box The Jesuit + Cracks of Doom + Hard Candy
08/04/1995 Prince of Wales Hotel St Kilda with The Lucksmiths + Brown Anchor
15/07/1995 Annandale Hotel Annandale with Smudge + Gerling
22/07/1995 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Ben Lee
05/11/1995 Britannia Hotel Chippendale with Minimum Chips + Molasses + Ben Lee + Sleepy Township + Ashtray Boy + Gerling
06/03/1996 WHPK 'The Pride of the South Side' 88.5 fm Chicago (live to air)
07/03/1996 WNUR 'Chicago's sound experiment' 89.3 FM (live to air)
07/03/1996 Lounge Ax Chicago with Kleenex Girl Wonder + Gilmore Tamny
09/03/1996 Up-Town Bar and cafe Minneapolis with Sukpatch
02/03/1996 Stache's Columbus with Detour + Moviola
13/03/1996 Oakland Beehive Pittsburgh with Vehicle Flips + 90 minit blank
14/03/1996 Maxwell's Hoboken NJ with Versus + Dump
15/03/1996 Middle East Cambridge [Boston] with John Davis + Twig + Weeping in fits and starts
17/03/1996 Mercury Lounge NY with Holiday + Musical Chairs + Shoebox full of love
19/03/1996 House Party Ann Arbor with Bitchin summer + Ohio
21/03/1996 Capitol Theatre Olympia with The Softies + Tullycraft
23/03/1996 Reed College Portland with Quasi
25/03/1996 KAOS 89.3 FM Olympia (live to air)
26/03/1996 The Velvet Elvis theatre Seattle with Mocket + Red stars theory + Kublai Khan
29/03/1996 Jabberjaw Los Angeles with Timonium + Tummy Ache
30/03/1996 Huntington Beach Library with Timonium + Rosenthal + Nuzzle
31/03/1996 Aquarius records San Francisco (instore)
01/04/1996 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco with Timonium + The Mommy Heads
30/08/1996 The Tote Collingwood with The Lucksmiths + Astrid Munday
31/08/1996 Punters Club Hotel Fitzroy with SPDFGH + Incursion
07/09/1996 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills with Ranger Abel + SirHairs
14/09/1996 Phoenix Bar Canberra (unsupported)
24/01/1997 Bat and Ball Hotel Surry Hills + Juliet Ward with Baterz & Bronstentien + CBD
22/02/1997 Bondi Iceburgs (Carla & Randalls weddin) with Ashtray Boy
15/03/1997 South Sydney Leagues Club (sports bar) [Redfern Legal Centre 20th anniversary party] + Flywheel
27/03/1997 Bat & Ball Hotel Surry Hills + El Mopa + Dragster + 99
26/04/1997 Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy + Flywheel + Stinky Fire Engine + Sleepy Township
13/06/1997 Sandringham Hotel Newtown + El Mopa
26/09/1997 Iron Duke Hotel Alexandria + Shorts of Jordan + God is my co-pilot + Dumpster
10/04/1998 Public Bar North Melbourne + 99 + The Dennis Lillies?
11/04/1998 Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy + Sleepy Township + The Cats Miow
17/04/1998 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills + Subversion
02/05/1998 KZSU 90.1 fm Stanford (live to air)
14/05/1998 WNUR Chicago (live to air)
15/05/1998 The Empty Bottle Chicago with The Mountain Goats + Aden
16/05/1998 University of Chicago with The Goblins + The Lonesome Organist + The Nerves + The Jesse White Tumbling Team! + Busta Rhymes + Sonic Youth + ?
18/05/1998 The Vegetarian Grocer Pontiac + Aden + Spindle + The Robot Kills
20/05/1998 The Call (aka The Century Club) Providence RI + Aden + Meridian
22/05/1998 Erin Bar Bob McGuire's Greater Pittsburgh Hotel Atlantic City + Aden + The Improbables
23/05/1998 19 Cherry Street Northampton + Tappen Zee + ?
24/05/1998 The Green Street Grill Cambridge (Boston) + The Musical Chairs + Aden + Jump Rope
28/05/1998 Black Cat DC + The Frank N' Walters + Aden
29/05/1998 Fez NY + Pacific Ocean + Castaway Stones + Aden + Charlevoix
31/05/1998 The Bottom of the Hill San Francisco + Timonium + She Mob
01/06/1998 Petaluma with Timonium + The Cubby Creatures + Eucalyptus
05/06/1998 Loft Live House Shimokitazawa {Tokyo} + Heartly + Whitney
06/06/1998 Loft Live House (again) + Citrus + Whitney + Heartly
04/10/1998 Dave & Mazzys birthdays party Creek Street Glebe (the unofficial Arty Barbecue launch)
10/10/1998 Green Square Hotel Zetland + The Yokos + Three left + Lonely + many poets + impromptu's
16/10/1998 Punters Club Fitzroy with Mabels + Dunaways
17/10/1998 3RRR 102.7 FM Fitzroy (live to air) on Mousetrap with Guy and Ben
17/10/1998 Public Bar North Melbourne + ninetynine + Kokoshkar
12/12/1998 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills + Sleepy Township + Baterz + Andrew Coffey + Sir Hairs
27/02/1999 Mercury Lounge NY with Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her + The Pacific Ocean + Harvey Williams
25/03/1999 Top of the Park (Loeb Student Center NYU) NY with hariet the spy (aka party of helicopters) + the I live the life of a movie star secret hideout same night Great Lakes Brooklyn with Saturnine + Madeline
06/06/1999 Upstairs at the Garage London + Empress + The Remote Viewer
07/06/1999 Sussex Arts Club Brighton + Steward
11/06/1999 Joseph's Well Leeds with Experimental Pop Band + Steward
12/06/1999 13th note club Glasgow with Hood + Empress
13/06/1999 Black Swan aka Newcastle Arts Centre Newcastle + Spraydog + Empress
18/06/1999 Club 2 Munich + DJ Andy Bertlebee (+ surprise guests The Bartlebees!)
20/06/1999 AJZ club Bielefeld + Steward
21/06/1999 Tower-Bar Bremen + Steward
24/06/1999 Bibelot [Bobby Kinghe Concert] Dordrecht with Steward
01/07/1999 The Middle East Cambridge [Boston] + The Pacific Ocean + Timonium + The Fly Seville
02/07/1999 fez under time cafe New York + The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group + Timonium + True Love Always
03/07/1999 The Galaxy Hut Arlington with Timonium + True Love Always
05/07/1999 Millvale Industrial Theater Pittsburgh + the Rondelles + Sea Scouts + Timonium + Harm?
06/07/1999 Little Brother's Columbus + Log + Timonium
07/07/1999 Waldron Firebay aka Bloomington all ages artspace + Timonium + MARMOSeT
10/07/1999 The Empty Bottle Chicago with Kelly Hogan plus Transatlantic + Timonium
17/07/1999 YoYo Festival at the Capital theatre Olympia with many great bands.
18/07/1999 The Purple Onion Vancouver + Bossanova + Timonium
20/07/1999 EJ's Portland + amy annelle + Timonium
22/07/1999 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco + Timonium + She-Mob
23/07/1999 The Stork Club Oakland + She Mob
25?/07/1999 The Garage aka Club Sucker? aka Silver Lake Lounge?? Silver Lake {L.A.} with Fonda + Timonium + ? [help us out here someone our minds are blank! we know we were there or somewhere?]
26?/07/1999 Spaceland Silver Lake (L.A.) with Timonium + Jazz Loops? [again too much to drink!]
30/07/1999 The Tip Top Inn San Francisco + Timonium + The Cubby Creatures
04/08/1999 Innaoiza Kouenji {Tokyo} + Dennis Gunn
14/01/2000 Hotel Hollywood Surry Hills with Steward + Huon + Panel of Judges + Long Weekend + Doris Goddard
28/05/2000 FBI 96.9 FM Sydney (live to air) on Sweet Pop with Chris Wu
10/06/2000 The Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy + Minimum Chips + Kirsty Stegwazi
11/06/2000 The Tote Collingwood + Sleepy Township + The Frustrations + Huon
16/06/2000 The Gaelic Club Surry Hills + Soda Stream + Andrew Kaffer + Sweet William
22/09/2000 Emu Tech Cafe Enmore + Mary Wyer (with Almond & Sir Hairs)
12/10/2000 Flywheel (the club not the band) Easthampton (MA.) + Bela + Even As We Speak + Steward
14/10/2000 Fez NY + The Pacific Ocean + E.A.W.S. + Steward
16/10/2000 WFMU Jersey City (live to air) on Rubarb cake with Douglas Wolk. Thanks to Douglas and the station who archived this performance so you can still listen online to the entire broadcast with RealPlayer etc if you click Rubarb cake!
18/10/2000 Thompson centre (NYU) NY + The Fan Modine + Steward + E.A.W.S.
19/10/2000 Milky Way Boston + E.A.W.S. + Steward
20/10/2000 Philadelphia Ethical Society + Steward + E.A.W..S. + Rabbit in Red
21/10/2000 Erin Bar Bob McGuire's Greater Pittsburgh Hotel Atlantic City + The Improbables + E.A.W.S. + Steward
23/10/2000 The Galaxy Hut Arlington + Softies + Calvin Johnson + E.A.W.S. + Steward
02/03/2001 Vic on the Park Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + Love Me + Steward
09/03/2001 The Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy + Minimum Chips + Steward & Jen Turrell
10/03/2001 Town Hall Hotel North Melbourne + John Browns Body
22/03/2001 Hopetoun Hotel Surry Hills + Purplene + Steward & Jen Turrell
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12/05/2001 2SER 107.3FM Sydney (live to air) on Osmosis with Leigh Tran [actually pre-taped in our kitchen! go to our MP3 page if you would like to listen]
17/06/2001 Under the clothesline 240 St Johns Rd Forest Lodge + Twelve 24 + Gota Cola
01/07/2001 Alices' 40th birthday party Stanmore Juliet + Louis & Remy and the all night singalong!
11/07/2001 KFJC 89.7FM (live to air) with Mitch Lemay
11/07/2001 KALX 90.7FM Berkley (live to air)
12/07/2001 San Francisco Pop Fantasy Bottom of the Hill with Lucksmiths, Comet Gain & Moonrace
20/07/2001 Yoyo festival Olympia [ other acts included The Gossip, Dub Narcotic, Mecca Normal, Microphones, Bratmobile, Mountain Goats, Mools, Boyracer, Steward etc... etc...]
26/07/2001 Sunset Tavern Ballard/Seattle + New Luck Toy + charming snakes + the carving knives
27/07/2001 Red & black cafe Portland with Scrabble + Honeybunch + Andrew Kaffer
28/07/2001 Black Box Oakland with She Mob + Jahmana + Bindi Brothers + Google + spoken word etc...
29/07/2001 Debi & Alans' barby Walnut Creek (more of an all in jam session than a show but lots of fun)
05/10/2001 Vic on the Park Hotel Enmore {Sydney} with Box Freezer Romance + Founder
28/12/2001 Vic on the Park Hotel Enmore with Unseen + Gary David + Ashtray Boy
19/01/2002 Stephens' birthday party at our house with many many special guests
01/02/2002 Palace Hotel Darlinghurst + The Deluxe Brothers + Jen T & Steward
08/02/2002 Corner Hotel Melbourne with Low + Architecture in Helsinki
13/02/2002 The Basement Sydney with Low
01/03/2002 Empress Hotel North Fitzroy + Boyracer + Tugboat
08/03/2002 Club 77 East Sydney + Sounds Like Sunset + A Gold Star Secret
30/03/2002 Vic on the Park Hotel Enmore with Box Freezer Romance + Lobsterman + Gary David
04/05/2002 Palace Hotel Darlinghurst with The Deluxe Brothers + Fly
15/06/2002 Vic on the Park Hotel Enmore + Atticus + A Gold Star Secret + Catapult
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25/10/2002 Gearin Hotel Katoomba + JAthan (no sic) + Hal' i-tus + Ben
02/11/2002 Annandale Hotel Annandale with Knievel + Sounds Like Sunset
29/11/2002 Rob Roy Inn Fitzroy + Small World Experience + The Hi God People
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05/12/2002 Hotel Hollywood Surry Hills + Flywheel
13/12/2002 Oxford Taverm Wollongong + El Mopa + Quern + Ben Russell
11/01/2003 Parramatta Mall Church St Ampitheater + Catapult
30/01/2003 Annandale Hotel with C-Minus Project + Founder
21/02/2003 Warren View Hotel Enmore + Juliet Ward
16/03/2003 Peace Picnic in Enmore Park with The Solidarity Choir + Touchwood + Dr Greenthumb
21/03/2003 Sandringham Hotel Newtown with Rob Snarski & Dan Luscombe + Amaya Laucirica
04/04/2003 The Spanish Club Sydney + Mick Wilson + dj's goldfoot & mr. respectable
19/04/2003 The Warren View Hotel Enmore (3 sets of Cannanes!)
03/05/2003 The Alliance Tavern Spring Hill {Brisbane} + The Analogues
 
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04/05/2003 The Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay (3 x 45 minute sets of Cannanes!)
21/05/2003 triple J (live to air on Robbie Bucks 'home and hosed' slot, broadcast nationally + streamed internationally)
23/05/2003 The Warren View Hotel Enmore + Matt Toohey
06/07/2003 Ric's Bar Fortitude Valley {Brisbane} + The Golden Circles + The Hi God People
18/07/2003 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + A Gold Star Secret
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06/09/2003 University of New South Wales Library Lawn Randwick {Sydney} with Iota + Dave McCormack + Shane Nicholson + Jodi Martin
12/09/2003 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} (3 sets of Cannanes!)
15/09/2003 fbi 94.5FM Redfern {Sydney} Live to air on the Jack Shit show
19/09/2003 SHOWBOAT Tokyo - Koenji Japan + Scout Niblett + The Andersens + The Games + DJ Kenji Sekioka
21/09/2003 CLUB DAUGHTER Nagoya - Sakae + Scout Niblett, G-Spot Hunter, RINNNE SONIC + Space Debri
22/09/2003 BEARS Osaka - Namba + Scout Niblett + She Brings The Rainbow + momorien
23/09/2003 EAST Kyoto - Kiyamachi <Sunday Tuning presents "SUNDAY FUN"> + Scout Niblett, N-16, Night Teller, UNKNOWN
25/09/2003 SHIBUYA-FM 78.4MHz (Live to air + interview)
25/09/2003 20000VOLT Tokyo - Koenji <conti & groundcover presents 20000 light years> with groundcover, conti, Fluid, Space Kung Fu Man
28/09/2003 Annandale Hotel {Sydney} + Box Freezer Romance + Founder + The Beautiful Few + MC Jay Katz (this show was a benifit for some silly sausage who in a rash (and no doubt drunken) moment decided to jump on the roof of a gold Rolls Royce and was silly enough to get caught in the act !)
18/10/2003 Back to Redfern Festival Redfern Park {Sydney} + Christine Anu + The Stiff Gins ( we got to headline this one as Christine had another gig ! )
24/10/2003 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + Heligoland
02/11/2003 The Little Day Out @ Laurel Tree House Childrens Centre Glebe {Sydney} + Sunbargain + Somewhere in Summer
16/11/2003 Alexandria Hotel Alexandria {Sydney} & Pete Willey & Siren
16/11/2003 2SER 107.3FM Ultimo, Sydney Live to air on Crash Hot with Simon Aveling
13/12/2003 The Taxi (aka Grosvenor) Club Darlinghurst {Sydney} + Panel of Judges + The Rebel Astronauts + dj's The Sundance Kid + Goldfoot
14/2/2004 The Cue Bar Fitzroy with Deep Country + Hi God People
20/03/2004 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney}
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08/05/2004 Jamie D's 40th North Coburg {Melbourne} with The Canberra Blues Experiment (aka The Lab) + The Bluegrass Band
08/07/2004 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + Joe Leonard
21/08/2004 The Vic Hotel Brunswick {Melbourne} + New Estate + Flywheel
11/09/2004 The Vic Hotel Brunswick {Melbourne} with The Bites + Panel of Judges, New Estate, Clinton Green, Breaking The Law, Julian Williams, On, James Earthenware, Driving Past
26/09/2004 Little Day Out II @ Laurel Tree House Childrens Centre Glebe {Sydney} with Ian Moss + Darren Hanlon + Sunbargain + Rock a bye babes choir
03/12/2004 The Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + Her Name In Lights
08/01/2005 The Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy {Melbourne} + The Readies + New Estate
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18/02/2005 CAD Factory Marickville {Sydney} + The Beautiful Few + Brother Man Dude
19/02/2005 Warren View Hotel Enmore {Sydney} + La Huva
12/03/2005 Rosnay Organic Farm Canowindra {Central West New South Wales} with heaps of fine acts (see History pt.7)
12/06/2005 'Phoning it in' (live to air) on Brown Student Radio BSR 88.1FM Providence Rhode Island Live to air performance from Bendigo down the phone line to Providence. Thanks to Nadav and the station who have archived this performance so you can still listen online to the entire broadcast with RealPlayer etc if you click here
15/07/2005 Town Hall Hotel North Melbourne + Super Computer
16/07/2005 The Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy with Man Bites God + Fred Astereo
28/08/2005 The Hopetoun Hotel Surry Hills {Sydney} Roxfam fundraiser with Peter Fenton & Dave McCormack + Trish Young + Paper Scissors + Jumbledat
08/10/2005 The Annandale Hotel Annandale {Sydney} with Plug Uglies + The Russian Brides
05/11/2005 Little Day Out III @ Laurel Tree House Childrens Centre Glebe {Sydney} with Ian Moss +Crazy Horse Invincible + Hoo Haas + Greek dance troupe
12/11/2005 The Empress of India Hotel North Fitzroy with Tugboat + Grand Salvo
28/01/2006 The Old Bar Brunswick Fitzroy {Melbourne} + New Estate + Flywheel
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29/01/2006 The Noise Bar Brunswick {Melbourne} w/ a bunch of bands we don't presently know the name of, sorry! see News or History for details
 
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The Cannanes ~ This Is What It Sounds Like Tour: Co-organized by *Office-Glasgow * Sunday Tuning *Moools *Imperial Sugar Daddy
10/02/2006 Grapefruit Moon Sangenjaya, Tokyo w/ Andersens & Suppamicropamchopp & Meme
11/02/2006 Penguin House Koenji, Tokyo w/ Saboten & Sekifu & My Pal Foot Foot
14/02/2006 Shinsekai Bridge Osaka w/ BMX Bandits & Tenniscoats
16/02/2006 Cafe Independants Kyoto w/ BMX Bandits & Tenniscoats & Kazumi Nikaidoh [ Sunday Tuning presents " SUNDAY FUN" ]
17/02/2006 KD Japon Nagoya w/ BMX Bandits & Tenniscoats
18/02/2006 Shimokitazawa Shelter Tokyo w/ Moools & Elekibass
11/03/2006 Mia and Shane's 33 1/3 Party North Melbourne { AU-VIC } w/ Aleks and the Ramps, Amplifier Machine, Ashtray Boy, The Cannanes,
Flywheel, Go Genre Everything and New Estate ( well Chrissie G solo after the power got pulled! )
15/04/2006 The Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } + Cheese Excursion + Steve Saxton
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16/06/2006 The Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } w/ Dirtbird
30/06/2006 Alices' birthday party Bellingen { AU-NSW }
15/07/2006 The Hopetoun Hotel Sydney { AU-NSW } w/ Flywheel + Tim Kevin
15/07/2006 CAD Factory Marickville { SYD/ AU-NSW } w/ Box Freezer Romance, Garry David, The Vultures
02/11/2006 Joint Hassles [artist run space] Northcote / Melbourne {AU-VIC } w/ Calvin Johnson + Woelv + Sly Hats
05/11/2006 The Newtown Theatre Newtown / Sydney { AU-NSW } w/ Calvin Johnson + Woelv + Kiosk
12/11/2006 Little Day Out IV @ Laurel Tree House Childrens Centre Glebe / Sydney { AU-NSW } with Ian Moss solo & with Margeaux Rolleston + El Mopa + The Laurel Tree House Band & percussion troupe
13/01/2007 The Newmarket Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } + The Surrender Munkies + Lucinda
07/04/2007 The Newmarket Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } double header with Cheese Excursion
02/08/2007 Toff in Town Melbourne { AU-VIC } with Summer Cats
03/08/2007 The Newmarket Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } double header with The Trembles
25/08/2007 Ian's birthday bash Bendigo { AU-VIC } short notice birthday party gig w/ The Surrender Munkies and guests
20/09/2007 Vineyard House Dunsborough { AU-WA } 2 sets
21/09/2007 The Hyde Park Hotel (aka The Hydey) Perth { AU-WA } + Institut Polaire + Astral Travel
poster
22/09/2007 Mojo's Bar North Freemantle / Perth { AU-WA } + Pacific By Rail + Fall Electric
27/09/2007 CH31 Perth {WA} live performance on Wake Up WA ~ you can watch it if you click here
20or21/10/2007 Wiplegong Studio A Bendigo { AU-VIC }a short 'party set' w/ The Lighthouse Keepers, Surrender Munkies, Bridget Robertson and friends
18/11/2007 Little Day Out V @ Laurel Tree House Childrens Centre Glebe / Sydney { AU-NSW } with Ian Moss solo & with Margeaux Rolleston, Sarah Blasco + Darren Hanlon + Baby Bees + The Laurel Tree House Band & percussion troupe
26/01/2008 Mirandas birthday blast Guildford { AU-VIC } w/ The Dutton Brothers & Mia Schoen
23/02/2008 ApplecoreFestival Brunswick { AU-VIC } w/ many other acts, see the applecore Facebook or search around their MySpace for audio of the show (footage of this show can also be viewed now on YouTube here many thanks to Alexis Hall putting it up!)
19/04/2008 The Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } + A Million Bright Ambassadors of Morning + Lucinda Scott & James Earthenware
26/04/2008 Brunswick Hotel Brunswick { AU-VIC } + The Zebras + Deadbeat Club
10/05/2008 Pop Mayhem Festival Gainesville { US-FL } w/ scores of good bands [ great footage of this show on youtube: HeyLeopard & MetYouAsABaby ]
15/05/2008 no love for ned Durham { US-NC } in-studio set for the internet radio show no love for ned + archived if you follow the link.
15/05/2008 Craig's House Party Durham { US-NC } with The Wigg Report + Fake Accents
23/05/2008 Star + Shadow Cinema Newcastle { GB-ENG } Not exactly a gig but a Cannanes film festival! ~ Light Bulb 08 presented "Dirty on the Shovel: A Cannanes retrospective on film. Featuring the world premiere of Short Poppy Syndrome: A Cannanes Documentary + short films by Stinky Fire Engine, Cat's Meow, Boy Racer and The Ampersands + A Warning OST by Iain McIntyre. (Australia)."
06/06/2008 CBGB St Louis { US-MO } also: The Ottomen + Fire Dog + Celia's big rock band
flyer
07/06/2008 Reggie's Rock Club Chicago { US-IL } with MOTO + The Derbys
08/06/2008 Chic-A-Go-Go Live taping of Show #572 @ Hyde Park Art Center Chicago { US-IL } with Miss Mia, Ratso, The Goblins & The Chic-A-Go-Go crew
09/06/2008 Gypsy Hut Cincinnati { US-OH } + Peter Adams
11/06/2008 Midway Café Jamaica Plain { US-MA } + The In Out and Astral Travel aka Painful dentistry (members of Pelvic Circus and Secret Cock)
12/06/2008 Maxwell's Hoboken { US-NJ } with American Watercolor Movement + The Poconos
14/06/2008 NYC Pop Fest @ Cake Shop { US-NY } +Tullycraft + Action Biker
15/06/2008 NYC Pop Fest @ Union Pool { US-NY } +The Silent League, The Hermit Crabs, Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, Hands and Knees, One Happy Island, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
16/06/2008 The Galaxy Hut Arlington { US-VA } + Lorelei
20/06/2008 Garage Monterrey, { MX-NLE } + Seekers who are lovers
21/06/2008 Centro Cultural de España en México Mexico City { MX-DFE } + Seekers who are lovers
26/06/2008 Live to air on ibero 90.9FM Mexico City { MX-DFE }
10/04/2010 Bondi Pavilion {Seagull Room} Sydney { AU-NSW } w/ Okapi Guitar Band
02/07/2010 Spiral Scratch @ The Betsey Trotwood {Downstairs} London { GB-ENG } + Sarandon + Humousexual
03/07/2010 The Chameleon Nottingham { GB-ENG } + Sarandon + Alberto Veto [ presented by A Layer of Chips Zine / Japanese Sleepers appeared on the poster but were unable to play on the night ]
11/07/2010 Star and Shadow Cinema Newcastle { GB-ENG } + screening of Short Poppy Syndrome (Documentary) [ presented by urbanandeastern.com ]
25/07/2010 Indietracks Festival @ Midland Railway Butterly [near Ripley] { GB-ENG } + 3 day festival with heaps of bands see the Indietracks site for more info
13/08/2011 The Dan O'Connell Carlton [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } w/ The Craven Fops, Kim Salmon, Dirty Hanks + Kim Salmon
02/09/2011 The Public Bar North Melbourne { AU-VIC } [ the final Bang-On! @ The Public Bar ] w/ Actor/Model + Milk Teddy
17/09/2011 The Tote Collingwood [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } w/ heaps of Chapter bands
27/10/2011 mia's lounge Flagstaff { US-AZ } w/ Boyracer, Feel Free, Prime 8s, The Young Untold ~ a dark day in Cannanes history as Stephen and Fran had to return to Australia from L.A. just days before the show due to the sudden death of Stephens sister. This was the first show in the bands history that we couldn't play but the show did go on with many long term and occasional Cannanes making an appearance
29/09/2012 Sound Summit @ The Croation Wickham Sports Club Whickham [Newcastle] { NSW / AU } w/ heaps of rad acts
11/06/2013 Chickfactor 21 Festival @ The Bell House Gowanus [Brooklyn] { NY / USA } w/ heaps more rad acts - check out the poster over at our posters gallery
31/08/2013 ABC Central Victoria Bendigo { AU-VIC } Interview and 'live to air' on ABC radio 'Saturday Breakfast with Megan Spencer'
20/09/2013 Newmarket Hotel Bendigo { AU-VIC } + Cheese Excursion + anchor & the butterfly
22/09/2013 Metropolitan Hotel Adelaide { AU-SA } + Summer Flake + the Monies
28/09/2013 Toff in Town Melbourne { AU-VIC } + The Stevens [ Cannanes played 2 sets the 2nd of which was the whole of their most recent album Howling at all Hours start to finish!]
04/10/2013 Goodgod Small Club Sydney { AU-NSW } + Beef Jerk + Destiny 3000
06/10/2013 Polish Club O'Connor [Canberra] { AU-ACT } + Day Ravies + Waterford + Bacon Cakes
09/11/2013 The Spotted Mallard Brunswick [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } + anchor & the butterfly, Mia Schoen with Emma Russack, Dusken Lights, Such & Such
10/05/2014 Dane Certificate's Magic Theatre Brunswick [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } w/ Flywheel, JD50, Ashtray Boy & many ors
16/05/2015 The Grace Darling Collingwood [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } + The Ocean Party + Deep Country
26/06/2015 The Tote Hotel Collingwood [Melbourne] { AU-VIC } + The UV Race + Moon Rituals + The Shifters
27/06/2015 The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine { AU-VIC } + The UV Race + The Stevens
01/08/2015 Coburg RSL Band Night Coburg { AU-VIC } + The Ancients, Fraudband, Nun of the Tongue
22/08/2015 Taix Champagne Room Los Angeles { LA / US-CA } w/ The World record + The Pretty Flowers + Rough Church our 1st show in a classy French Restaurant!
23/08/2015 Alex's Bar Long Beach { LA / US-CA } + The World record + The Do-Its + The Radiohearts + DJ Paul E Wog ( tickets here )
25/08/2015 The Knockout San Francisco { US-CA } 'Savoir Faire Presents...' The Cannanes + The Mantles + The World record
26/08/2015 Blondies Food and Drink Arcata { US-CA }+ The World record + The Monster Women
27/08/2015 Bunk Bar Portland { US-OR } + Knife Pleats + The World record ( $10 book tickets here )
29/08/2015 Pats Place Olympia { US-WA } + The World record + Guidon Bear (feat. Mary Water and Pat Maley!)
30/08/2015 The Sunset Tavern Seattle { US-WA } + The World record + Blooper ( book tickets here )
01/09/2015 Alphaville Brooklyn { US-NY } + The Hairs + Pale Lights
23/09/2015 Sofa Salon #66 Berlin { DE-BE } + Remarkable Shipwrecks (more details here)
26/05/2016 Firecreek ~ Flagstaff { US-AZ } + Victorian Slang + Heebie Jeebies + Thee Steady Customers
03/06/2016 San Francisco PopFest @ Hemlock Tavern San Francisco { US-CA } + Blooper + Lunchbox + The Dyson Spheres + DJ Kid Frostbite - memory jogger
27/11/2016 The Tote Hotel Collingwood { MELB/ AU-VIC } + School Damage + Calamari Girls [ A Galah event to launch the reissue of A love affair with nature Deluxe Picture Disc 12" - see history for an account of the show ]
01/04/2017 The Eastern Ballarat { AU-VIC } ~ The inaugural Wrapped Up Festival + The Ocean Party + Angie + Constant Mongrel + School Damage + Ela Stiles + The Shifters + Sweet Whirl + Waterfall Person + Teal AV + Connor Toomey + DJ Joe (Bedroom Suck) + Chook Race DJs [undoubtedly one of he finest fests we have had the honour of playing ]
09/06/2017 The Theatre Royal ~ Castlemaine {AU-VIC} w/ Total Control + Terry [aka Terry 8 girls] another hugely enjoyable evening at the wonderful Theatre Royal
13/07/2017 The Bella Union [Trades Halll Bldg] ~ Carlton {MELB/AU-VIC} w/ The Wedding Present + Last Leaves
   


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