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Thurs, 9 September – Kretch + Tank! + I=IT + Children + DJ Kay-Rock
TANK! play post-apunkerlyptiK dance music for drunken scuzbuckets , come and check the sounds not seen on myspace from the forthcoming release “Hello Sparky!” Playing with friends, Children, featuring members from mission control. I=it will be spitting their heavy, hard and passionate venom straight from their blistering hearts. All knocked off by those crazy Kosovo [...]
Fri, 10 September – Flying Scribble (Album Launch) + Patinka Cha Cha + Tantrums
Spook-pop lady two-piece Flying Scribble announce details of the Melbourne release party for their debut album, We’re A Chameleon on Friday 10th of September at the Workers Club. Supported by experimental big-band pop-ensemble Patinka Cha Cha and medi-evil disco peddlers Tantrums, Flying Scribble promise an audio-visual banquet with guest artists creating a live eyeball-feast to [...]
Saturday, 11 September – Surf City + The Laurels + Milk Teddy
New York’s Oh My Rockness magazine wrote at the end of 2009 “New Zealand’s Surf City are getting such big buzz that the hype has made its way halfway around the world.” They weren’t alone with these thoughts: Brooklyn Vegan (probably the most influential blog in the US) added that Surf City were “easily one [...]
Sun, 12 September – Absolute Boys + The Chislers (Tas) + Constant Mongrel
Absolute Boys are three lovely dudes who reside in Melbourne, but previously lived in Sydney. They play music that is totally dreamy and sweet but also a little bit aggressive. In other words, they tick all the boxes. Come check out these guys, Tassie duo ‘The Chislers’ and Constant Mongrel.
Sunday 12 September
Doors: 7:00PM
Tickets: $6
Fri, 17 September – The Twerps + Bitch Prefect + Woollen Kits + DJ People
Hi there! We twerps have been mighty lazy of late organising our own shows so we decided to right that, and here its is! We’ve invited two of our favouritest bands in the whole wide world, Bitch Prefect and Woollen Kits to join us, along with two of our favourite dudes in the world, Guy [...]
Sat, 18 September – Tobias Cummings + Ancient Free Gardeners + Brendan Welch
It’s been a while between drinks for Tobias Cummings. In 2006, Tobias released his critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Join the Dots’. The album was nominated for the Australian Music Prize, received 4 stars in Rolling Stone, and was described by Rave magazine as ‘a stunning debut of beguiling vocals and sublime melodies’. Now, in 2010, with a whole [...]
Sun, 19 September – Sophia Brous + Lost Animal + Francis Plagne Band + Hunter Dienna
SOPHIA BROUS (first show with full band in ages – hear, hear!) - Shimmering 60s incantations via the Western frontier. A misty dawn opens as the titles begin to roll…cue Brous with her band of merry musicalas. If you haven’t heard Sophia’s spellbinding music before then this is the time. LOST ANIMAL - Since disbanding St Helens, [...]
Tue, 21 September – Beg Scream and Shout presents: Nine Feet Teeth
In the coming months Beg, Scream and Shout! Will be taking Nine Feet Teeth and a cherry picked selection of previously screened shorts up to Sydney to present a showcase of what Melbourne’s all about to the kids up there. Throughout the next twelve months we’ll be presenting films on the third Tuesday of every [...]
Wed, 22 September – Good + This Free Field + Twin Twin
This show features three new projects, and is the first show for two of them…
GOOD is Justin Fuller (Zond, Mum Smokes, Breaking The Law etc) and Simon Taylor (Whitehorse, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Gauntlet etc)
THIS FREE FIELD is Luke Horton (Love Of Diagrams, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding etc) and guests.
TWIN TWIN is Mai and Lei Gryffydd [...]
Sat, 25 September – SiB (Single Launch) + Tommy Spender + The Black Hill Five
“Soul explosion”, “sexy rawness”, “smooth, soulful and somewhat sultry”, “elegiac balladry”, “electrifying soundscapes”, “eroticised lyricism”, “passion and conviction”, “languorous” and “wondrous noises” are words used by music journalists who have attempted in the past to describe SiB’s music. French-born Australian singer-songwriter Adrien Siboulet (aka SiB) says “It all comes from the blues for me. I [...]
Sun, 26 September – Valleys + The Desert Shore + Revolver and Sun
The Desert Shore make a keenly anticipated appearance this weekend in what is shaping up to be a cornucopia of cosmic delights. Meta-garage synth-o-teque psychedelia goes supernova when they meet psych sensation Revolver and Sun to support the princely, post-strut faux-fuzz snarl pop of Valleys. Sunday evening at The Workers Club, $10. Early doors friends [...]
Sat, 2 October – Kim Salmon + Dave Brown Album Launch
Just after the Sonic Youth /Scientists ‘Don’t Look Back’ tour, Thurston Moore asked Kim Salmon if he had any ‘bedroom tapes’ for a ltd edition cassette series on his Ecstatic Peace label. As it happened Kim did have an experimental instrumental recording looking for a home. The result was a cassette entitled ‘ Wall/paper’ released [...]
Fri, 15 October – I Dream In Transit (Album Launch) + A Dead Forest Index (Single Launch) + Ah! Pandita + Worng
Sydney band I Dream In Transit have spent the past 5 months in Melbourne recording a self-titled debut album (it’s the story of a nightmare / plane crash). The limited edition wooden-cover launch will take place at the Workers Club on Friday, the 15th of October. On the same night Melbourne two piece A Dead [...]
Fri, 22 October – Loving Hating It Tour 2010 – Angie Hart & Matthew Barber w/ Gabrielle & Cameron (Dead Letter Circus)
Singer-songwriter Angie Hart has stepped out from the shadow of hit pop band Frente, and finally become her own entity. After many years of globetrotting, Angie returned to oz and in 2007 released her first solo offering Grounded Bird. Settling back in Melbourne and co-writing with the likes of Ben Lee and Mark Seymour (Hunters [...]
Fri, 5 November – Breastfest 2010 – Man From The Meteor + Zenith + The Publican + The Star Express DJs
At 24, Shae Spry was diagnosed with breast cancer. BreastFest 2010 is a fundraiser that celebrates the end of Shae’s chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment. BreastFest2010, featuring three bands and a DJ set, promises to be a fun night with a ‘festival’ feel. Have a drink, enjoy the music and help Shae use her experience with [...]
Every Monday… DJ Jamie Whiteside… $2 Pots!
To accompany your $2 pots, the Workers Club welcomes Jamie Whiteside. Spanning pop through post-punk, rock through disco to soundtracks and beyond, Whiteside is the perfect accompaniment to a soothing beverage on a warm summer’s eve. Since starting out in 2000, Whiteside has played with members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Black rebel Motorcycle Club, as [...]
Wednesday’s in the Front Bar…
Every Wednesday at the Workers Club, resident DJ’s Andy(stroyer) Lane and tomtom aka Lazerferrari of True Live settle in for the long haul with the finest soul, blues, rocksteady and rare grooves the known world has to offer from dinner time – close.
But as if the records weren’t enough, Agua drink specials are also on [...]
Thursday’s in the Front Bar – Two Bright Lakes DJ…
From the Two Bright Lakes stable come Blake and Tig, the dancing arms of the Melbourne artist-run label that includes Kid Sam, Otouto, Psuche and Seagull.
Every Thursday they bring you a head-nodding, foot-tapping mezcla of disco, boogie, hip hop, crooners, indie pop and soul music from 8pm until 12am to accompany your revelry.
Every Thursday
8pm – 12am
Free Entry / [...]
Friday’s in the Front Bar…
Got a hankering for DJs who know their shit? Problem solved, my fine feathered friend: Every Friday in the Workers’ Front Bar will see you get your fill with the INFAMOUS FIVE…
DJ Nick Rave
Rat Vs Possum mastermind, warehouse party veteran and the person sporting the best haircut in Melbourne, Matt Kulesza brings a rainbow of [...]



