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Mess Esque is a collaboration of Mick Turner (Dirty Three) and Helen Franzmann (McKisko), formed remotely during the covid years and releasing 2 albums and in 2022 saw them tour USA and Europe.
Now performing in Australia to celebrate the world wide release of their 3rd album “Jay Marie, Comfort Me” on Drag City Records (USA/Europe) and Remote Control (Australia/ NZ).
Their music has bee described as having the raw and visceral edge of Velvet Underground mixed with a dream pop blur .

FREE EVENT

MUSIC FROM 8PM

Restless Leg released their fourth album, 'Dance Around My Head', last year and toured it widely around Australia. Now's your chance to hear their infectious brand of jangly indie guitar pop live at Mixtape!

"Thought-provoking songwriting and beautifully balanced musicianship seep through the pores of 'Dance Around My Head'. If you dig iconic indie rock with a melancholic twist, then this will be right up your alley."
- The AU Review

PJ Orr are also firing on the recent release of their new album 'Wake Me When I'm Thirsty'. The Sydney trio possess a 70’s-imbued country-tinged psychedelia and soulful indie rock sound, nestled somewhere between Kurt Vile and The Grateful Dead.

Opening the evening's entertainment, The Finalists (who have a new double A-side 7" out Mar 5th) will preview songs from their forthcoming second album. A delicious entrée of post-jangle rock 'n' roll!

FREE ENTRY
MUSIC FROM 7.30PM
OPEN FROM MIDDAY

Dive into Pink Floyd's 1973 classic Dark Side Of The Moon which famously syncs up with The Wizard Of Oz film. Join us as we play the music and movie together on the big screen live for one fun and fantastical night of sound and cinema. 

Psychedelic, cosmic crooner from the bowels of Tropical North Queensland Australia Nathan Roche has been stuck in France for the past 10 years and fronted the Garage hip/hop spoken word nightmare of Le Villejuif Underground (Born Bad Records) and paranoid noise experimental duo CIA Débutante (Siltbreeze) during that time... he has played hundreds of shows...festivals.. from empty rooms in Portugal to squats in Belgrade to sell out crowds in China...written a handful of books, become a Céline fashion model, Marseille petty criminal, stared in several French short films, got deported to the deserts of Morocco and now lives on top of a mountain in a hobbit house somewhere between the Italian/French border...his fifth solo LP "A Break Away" (along with 40+ other records overall?) was released in 2022 to little acclaim .he plays solo and with whoever else can be bothered to join him …expect the dream/nightmare collaboration or drunken train wreck of Kevin Ayers and Alex Chilton meeting in a coastal bar....he has played along side the likes of Billy Childish, The Rebel, Dan Melchior, Tav Falco, Destroyer, The Dead C, Roy Montgomery and the dead corpse of JOHN LENNON. Plus hundreds of others living and dead...he is temporary back in Australia to repair his soul, visa.. seek legal advice and play songs from an extensive back catalogue with a rollicking band of misfits..

THIS SHOW WILL BE HIS LAST BEFORE FLYING HOME

Billy Charles is a monster, a mouse caught in a trap, a mirror to the beautiful truth. His songs often expose his multitude of lives with compromised morals and pure hearts. His words lie with one another in an upsetting harmony. His show is as sexy as it wants to be, and as dangerous as it needs to be. It’s all together heaven and

Keyo Roses Flying Circus are a 5-6 piece rock n roll glam punk outfit from the northern suburbs of Melbourne who have been rocking around throughout 2024 with their engaging and wild performances and now are embarking on their first tour following their debut single releases ‘Baby’s Gone’ and ‘Criminal King’ ahead of their debut album due to be released in March. Captivating audiences with their expressive and dynamic musical styles they’re  a good time rain hail or shine! 

SICK FIZZ are a 3 piece rock and roll dream team who are only interested in you having a good time. Formed in the fanciest gutters Sydney has to offer these garage glam boogie buccaneers feature mainstays of the cities underground rock and motivational speaking circuits (inc Nancy Vandal, The Neptune Power Federation,The Del Emmas, The Exiles,The City Lights and Peabody). These cats will get your party started and stay started.

Supported by CRANKEES - If you prefer music thats the equivalent to a slap upside the head while you’re looking the other way – the Crankees do just that. Loud n’ grumpy, foot to the floor, driving punk n’ rock. If you get in their way Crankees will leave ya sore, bruised and smiling…. Theres plenty to be cranky about in this post plague world, luckily Crankees have the venom and the arsenal to level it all.

Music from 7.30pm
Open from Midday
FREE ENTRY

Maddy Malice loves to write songs that are thinly veiled fictional stories from her life and her unwitting friends lives, cased in an indie rock - slight country twang icing. Somehow she’s managed to wrangle a few of Sydney’s finest musicians to play with a band featuring Michael J Brady, Julia Goyen and Tim Cheeseman.

Supported by The Fishbowls
FREE ENTRY
Open from 12pm

Made by hand, Shrapnel use only the finest organic, ethically-sourced ingredients. Please wash hands carefully after handling Shrapnel, and always use approved respirator during application. If you have been exposed to Shrapnel, please use appropriate First Aid and seek immediate medical attention.

Supported by Bed Wettin' Bad Boys
FREE ENTRY
Open from 12pm

Based in Sydney Australia, Grids & Dots is the melodic noise project of visual designers Daniel Handaru and Carmen Minikus, with Saskia Clapton on bass, Elias Khoury on keys and Pat Hisshion on drums. Trying to capture the sound of their busy inner-city lives with snippets of melody and romance, principal songwriter Daniel is trying to find visual smidgens of his life in a jumble of fruit-salad poetry and quirky observations about the everyday.

Influenced by both 80s synth-pop sense of harmonies, detuned guitars and the noise drenched shoegaze bands of the later decade, Grids & Dots try to balance melody with a reverb-saturated impressionistic sense of the cities they live in, by pushing the boundaries of indie pop with an experimental fringe.

Supported by Julia Why?
FREE ENTRY
Open from 12pm

Aussie four-piece Camino Gold is known by its diverse and growing global fanbase for their distinctly vibrant, genre-bending blend of indie-pop and surf rock, paired with profoundly poignant lyrics that resonate among their peers. Bridging the gap between the Australian Surf Coast, California and Brooklyn with their laid-back, dreamy signature sound, Camino Gold blur the lines between indie-pop and surf rock, and take a vibrant sonic detour via legendary influences Sticky Fingers and The Strokes to Gang of Youths, Ocean Alley and beyond. Each track underscored by Claude Bailey’s profound lyrics, which resonate with the highs and lows of young adult life in an upside-down world, the band have quickly earned themselves a place in the hearts of a diverse and growing fanbase since their foundation in 2019.

Supported by Lemonise
FREE ENTRY
Open from 12pm

Connor Britton is a musician and producer hailing from the eastern seaside of Sydney, Australia. Drawing upon elements from folk, ambient, post-rock, film score, slowcore, trip hop and even doom metal; Connor dances amidst a sonically warped veil of eldritch undertones. Painting vivid landscapes with allegorical (at times psychedelic) lyricism, his music builds a world around the listener that is sure to bewitch and enthral.

Supported by Solomon Steele
FREE ENTRY
Open from 12pm

Yasmina Sadiki is a Sydney based, established live performer and independent artist pioneering a fresh look into the possibilities of Jazz and Neo-Soul through her passion for the art. Growing up in Canterbury, over the years she has connected with many producers, artists and musicians from Sydney and beyond.

Yasmina has deep love for improvisation and freestyling, she with her live band which alternate between a range of different instruments, creates a seductively magical experience. “Lengthy explorations into jazz, hip hop and soul, intricate and dense. There’s a sense of impending menace that pervades it all and makes it positively cinematic, her music bringing light to the darkest of corners”.

Yasmina aspires to challenge the scene with a raw but poetic window into her life. Her insightful lyrical expression and nuanced vocal technique whisking us away into her world, creating something genuine and mesmerising.

Two sets from 7.30pm
Free Entry
Open from 12pm

Boyfriend Material, who emerged in early 2024, is a slice of melodic power pop with big fuzzed out guitars, huge harmonies and catchy hooks. Hailing from the Inner West of Sydney, Australia, the band has quickly made waves in their local scene, opening for notable acts like Press Club and Sloan Peterson. As they work on their debut album, they dream of one day selling novelty socks at their headline shows.

Memory Motel is a five-piece dream pop outfit blending gentle ethereal and heavier psych rock to create a space and place of dreamy goodness for our guests. Think blends of Slowdive, Beach House, Fleetwood Mac and Melody’s Echo Chamber.

Memory Motel 7.30pm
Boyfriend Material 8.30pm

Free entry
Limited Capacity
Open from 12pm!

Welcome to Pucker Up! The Ultimate event for all sour beer lovers!

Join us during Sydney Beer Week on Thursday October 24th at Mixtape Brewing & Bar for a night of tart and tangy brews!