RADIO FREE ALICE

Sat 13th April 8:30pm

Radio Free Alice return for a final headline show in Melbourne before they head to the UK for a few months.  They'll have ne merch and will celebrate their latest EP with the launch of brand new vinyl print run.

With an operatic swagger angular guitar driven sound, Melbourne’s Radio Free Alice emerged with an art school musical palette, painted from a suburban Australian canvas.  Immediate and arresting rock arrangements from the 4 piece band meld with frontman Noah Learmonth’s distinctive yearning throaty vocal, harking to the stylings of Ian Curtis and Robert Smith.  Guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, and the occasional sax translate the band’s DIY recordings to an energetic, charismatic live show from the young quartet.

Following 2023 singles “Paris Is Gone” and “Look What You’ve Done”, which have received support from triple j, FBi and 3RRR, the band have opened for Sorry, Django Django, The Snuts and a sold out four week residency at inner Melbourne’s Nighthawk.  The band’s captivating live show saw them emerge from Brisbane’s BIGSOUND showcase as one of the breakout artists for the year, as they lead into SXSW Sydney and a run of summer shows around Australia.  More music and an EP to come from this exciting new young talent this year.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CQHYU

THE MOTH BODY with Andrew McCubbin

Sat 30th March 8:30pm

The Moth Body plays a sparkling admixture of Eighties post-punk and Ninetiesalternative / dark-wave influences. Sam Sejavka’s clever, emotive, often eccentric songwriting is most often compared to that of early David Bowie.

The most arresting aspect of their act is the interplay of Sejavka’s seasoned vocals with those of his long time collaborator and guitarist Lisa Gibbs. The band is theatrical in its essence and difficult to ignore on stage, with Gibbs’ intense concentration on her work and her captivating presence. Sejavka, still at heart an old school front-man, echoes his words with movement and gesture.

The current act is a paring down of the original Moth Body which existed between 2014 to 2017. It was a full band which included, notably, Donald Baldie (Crime & The City Solution) and Phaedra Press (Womnal). Towards the end of their run, they released Tweaker in the Stairwell, a six song EP.

Post-Covid, Gibbs and Sejavka elected to reform the band in a simplified form, using backing tracks to fill out the sound. The idea immediately bore fruit with interest growing exponentially and culminating with a performance in Sevajka’s ancestral country of Latvia in the Summer of 2023.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CPVXB

KERRYN FIELDS and ALANA WILKINSON

Fri 22nd March 8:30pm

Join Kerryn Fields and Alana Wilkinson for a night of storyteller’s magic.

You’ll know Kerryn Fields and Alana Wilkinson as two of Australia’s finest folk favourites. Taking the evening song for song, Kerryn and Alana join forces in this intimate setting to dive deeper into the songwriting process, creating a true fan favourite show. Together over two sets, they’ll explore the inspiration behind the catchy melodies, the stories behind your favourite lyrics and show off the goodies in their musical treasure chests - well beyond what you’ve come to find at either of their solo shows. 

Alana Wilkinson 

Award winning songwriter Alana Wilkinson continues to grace stages as one of the most loved artists on the Australian folk scene.

2024 is making a memorable mark for Wilkinson - standing ovations at Woodford Folk Festival, completing the Festival of Small Halls Summer circuit, touring theatres with Aussie rock legend Ross Wilson and heading to the US for an official showcase at Folk Alliance International. Alana has turned heads with a string of triumphant and much talked-about major festival appearances showcasing her wit, humour and insightful social commentary. 

Combining delicate melodies with disarmingly insightful vignettes about the human condition, Wilkinson is a smiling assassin. Her songs skewer ex-lovers, ridiculous social norms and the absurd challenges of a suburban upbringing in a merciless, yet strangely affectionate way, leaving audiences feeling like they’re sitting in her living room, chatting about life over a steaming cuppa.

Kerryn Fields

Fuelled by reverence, integrity and a deep spiritual connection to the human experience, NZ songwriter Kerryn Fields paints timeless musical portraits that do what others rarely can: bring us home to ourselves.

With multiple awards and nominations to her name, Fields’ trademark warmth of character , evident in both life and music, fuels a creative offering that expands well beyond her command of guitar, voice and audience.

Radiating warmth, humour and a depth of character that’s palpable as soon as she enters a room, Fields utilises music and storytelling as a vehicle for doing what she does best: making peace with her own human existence. It’s because of this startling ability to meet and embrace herself so willingly that others feel able to do the same.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CPZWI

JUNKYARDS WIZARDS

Sat 2nd March 8:30pm

Junkyard Wizards is the all-original progressive psych-rock powerhouse born out of the Macedon Ranges music scene. Blending influences from 70s psych and the current Australian underground scene, the musical palette they have to offer is both varied and unique. Formed back in 2019 with just two recording members, the group released their debut single ‘The Cosmic Cake.’ After a few member changes over the years and a brief hiatus throughout most of 2023, the band re-entered the scene with full force and enthusiasm, playing several local shows before taking their new live act to the Melbourne scene, ripping up the Tote Hotel in Fitzroy earlier this year.

With a severe lack of recent releases, the band is in the process of recording their debut album titled ‘The Sky As We Know It', lots of which will be showcased in this upcoming gig. 

Exclusively available for this show only as an option with your entry ticket is a limited-run cassette or compact disc release featuring demo recordings of new and unreleased Junkyard Wizards material!

Join Junkyard Wizards on their first headline show at Major Tom’s with exciting support slots provided by local blues rock powerhouse, ‘Thunderchief’, and legendary 3-piece, ‘Fifth Quarter’, coming all the way from Geelong!

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CPJVZ

THE MODS & THE SHINKICKS

Fri 23rd Feb 8:30pm

Hailing from regional Victoria just north of Melbourne on Wurundjeri Country, The Mods are a genre-defying four-piece band fusing a multitude of musical styles and influences including rock, jazz, alt-folk, pop and psychedelia. The band released their self-titled debut album in early 2024, a ten-track odyssey exploring the elations and tribulations of modern adolescence, which was written, recorded and produced by the group throughout 2023. The Mods - Chelsea (drums/vocals), Aubrey (bass/vocals), Sunday (guitar/vocals) and Jack (guitar/pedals)

- formed in early 2022 after meeting in high school music classes. Following early success in several local Battle of the Bands competitions, the group discovered their passion for performing to live audiences and turned to writing their own material. Alongside Elo and the Shin Kicks, these two young bands will assure you a good night.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/COLUQ

POLLY & POCKETS (cancelled)

Fri 16th Feb 8:30pm

After the release of their debut album 'Live to Love' in 2023, Polly
and the Pockets are hitting the road this Summer to play a small run
of shows around Victoria. This marks Polly and the gang's first
headline show in Kyneton and they are keen to bring their unique brand
of psych-drenched, groove-laden, kicking alt-rock back to Major Tom's.
Coming along for the ride is friends and legends The Piggietails
ensuring a night of exquisite vibes.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/COHVW

OBSCURA HAIL

Fri 9th Feb 8:30pm

Join Naarm/Melbourne based trio Obscura Hail for the launch of the band's new single 'Long Play' lifted from their soon to be released album 'Playing Dead' out March 1st (Dot Dash/Remote Control Records).

After letting the dust settle on their widely supported double EP ‘Siren’ (2020) "consoling, cathartic indie rock that will make you feel less alone" - NME, Sean Conran, Tamara Issa, and Kaelan Emond of Obscura Hail, return to mellow things down and return to roots.

Amassing a fiercely loyal following, “The perfect song wraps the memories of the listener in those of the writer until you can’t tell what is yours and what isn’t" - The Guardian and widely supported across Australian radio, "Drawing on the power of memories, the Melbourne based trio have produced their finest work so far" - Triple J - Obscura Hail have performed alongside Kele Okereke (Block Party), Aldous Harding, Julia Jacklin, Cam Avery (Tame Impala, Pond) Soaked Oats, Bad Dreems and Hayley Mary to name a few, and have appeared at Brunswick Music Festival, Sydney Road Street Festival, By The Meadow Festival, Changes Festival, Kyneton Music Festival, Isol-Aid Festival & Bigsound 2019 + many more.

Blushing in between some of the band’s favourite artists, Obscura Hail's'Playing Dead' remains a testament to Sean Conran’s diy indie song-writing style; a nightly ritual of writing and recording to give closure to anxious thoughts of mortality and ontology through ad-hoc means. "Obscura Hail cement their reputation as an outfit with a firm grasp of the emotional zeitgeist, handling modern-day heaviness with the gentle, clear-eyed intelligence of forebears like The Cure and Sujan Stevens." - theMusic.com.au

The full band display cross sections of this personal routine. In a live setting, think beautiful projections, atmospheric acoustic percussion, loops and the use of drum machines blended with biting guitars."Obscura Hail are as proficient as they are charming" - Double J 

Obscura Hail come to you harmonised, dynamic and existentially curated. If you're in the right place at the right time; you may also witness an accompanying set of home-stitched visuals that translate the themes of these seemingly optimistic songs, "A perfect song of escape. Feels like good timing." - Richard Kingsmill, in a way you cannot unsee. "I'm a goner. How absolutely beautiful." - Zan Rowe 

Proving an obsessive commitment to songwriting as a craft, Obscura Hailexternalise memory for the sake of preservation

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/COLUE

THE SEVEN UPS

Fri Feb 2nd 8:30pm

This heavy groove combo from Melbourne will take you on an abstruse journey into the darker fringes of instrumental music, drifting from funk to spiritual jazz and through to psychedelic fuzz rock. The Seven Ups are your soundtrack to the dancefloor at the end of the world.

The bands new album is a deep dive in to the lesser-known-places of instrumental music. Singles: Old World Monkeys and Monoliths are a mature take on the bands classic heavy-funk sound that has seen them become stalwarts on the Melbourne music scene over the last 13 years. Meanwhile, the band stretches out on the long-form instrumental tracks A Free Blowing Wind and A Cosmic Scale, taking listeners on a meandering journey from deep psychedelic grooves, to lush plateaus and onwards to aggressive fuzz rock.

The Seven Ups have become a regular on the touring circuit playing festivals including Meredith, Womadelaide, Blues on Broadbeach, Riverboats, Queenscliff and more. The bands music has music has been featured in Wax Poetics (USA), album of the week (thrice!) on PBS fm and Beat magazine, top 10 on RRR and top 10 on KEXP (USA).

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CNPTW

ENOLA ‘All Is Forgiven Tour’

Sat 13th Jan 8:30pm

Naarm/Melbourne based musician ENOLA infuses hard hitting tracks with a stinging vulnerability, applying the salve to the self-inflicted wound. With an instinctual understanding of the balance between heightened drama and grimy reality, ENOLA is simultaneously screaming from the rooftops and digging their nails into the cracks of the pavement.

Their raw post-punk is underpinned by a background in electronic production, melded with the grunge and shoe gaze ever present in their home base of Naarm/Melbourne. In the same vein as Shame and Fontaines DC, ENOLA traverses boundless plains musing on isolation and in search of catharsis. Poignant and uninhibited, their vocals are a punch in the gut, leaving a familiar pang felt in the most unexpected ways. 

An enigmatic performer, ENOLA brings a wild energy, holding audiences so tightly captive that static builds and lightning could strike, splintering it all apart at any moment. Having supported the likes of Sleaford Mods, EKKSTACY, RVG, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Divide and Dissolve all in the last year, ENOLA has made a name for themselves as one of the most exciting live acts in the country. Delivering the urgency of IDLES and atmosphere of Joy Division, ENOLA have carved out their own unique sound, an important and powerful contribution that needs to be heard.

ENOLA was recently announced in The First 50 for 2024’s The Great Escape festival which they will be playing next year. 

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CNAEE