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James Brown XMAS party
IT WOULDN’T BE CHRISTMAS AT NORTHSIDE WITHOUT OUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO SOUL BROTHER NUMBER ONE….MR JAMES BROWN!
IN 2006 JAMES BROWN DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY TO SAVE YOUR FUNKY, FUNKY SOUL. WE SPEND CHRISTMAS NIGHT REMEMBERING HIS INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON MUSIC BOTH THEN & HIS CONTINUED INFLUENCE IN TODAY’S MUSICAL GENERATION.
JOIN US FROM 8PM ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT AS WE CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF JAMES BROWN WITH LIVE MUSIC FROM KARATE BOOGALOO WHO ARE LAUNCHING A BRAND NEW 45 ON THE NIGHT RELEASED ON NORTHSIDE RECORDS! It will be their second funky XMAS 45!
DJ SUPPORT FROM PIERRE BARONI, MISS GOLDIE, MR REX, SHIO, MIKE GURRIERI & CHRIS GILL!
ENTRY IS FREEEEEEEEE!!!!!
At THE CURTIN 29 Lygon Street Carlton from 8pm til LATE….
RECORD STORE DAY
Northside Records presents to you a party for your love.
We are super happy to have some live music for you to dance to at the store, joining us on the day will be
COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS FEATURING STELLA ANGELICO
GORDON KOANG
FRANCO (PLUTONIC LAB & NATALIE SLADE)
All bands with RSD releases!
SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT!
KYLIE AULDIST will be joining COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS to celebrate the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the single “This Girl” – A modern Australian soul classic (recently reissued on 7”)
LOUIS BAKER (nz) the kiwi soul superstar will join COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS to perform 2 songs before his live show on Sunday at The Corner.
T-SHIRT COLLAB with BURN we will reproduce the classic SUBWAY design we did many years ago. A Melbourne classic! (always into flipping the script)
RSD released RECORDS
LOADS OF FRESH RECORDS!!
April 13th SATURDAY at
NORTHSIDE RECORDS
236 Gertrude Street Fitzroy
free and funky
don’t forget the DJS that will be on all day! Starting at 9am and doing 45 minutes each will be…
9.00 MOJO JUJU
9.45 MOSES ITEN
10.30 SYSTA BB
11.15 DJ PERIL
12.00 MZ RIZK
12.45 PAUL GORRIE
1.30 ELLE SHIMADA
2.15 JPS
3.00 MISS GOLDIE
3.45 RANSOM
4.30 FRANCO
5.00 GORDON KOANG
5.30 COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS
6.00 NORTHSIDE ALL-STARS
KAIIT INSTORE …….
Posted by Chris in Gigs, Live music, Recent releases, Record of the Month on June 20th, 2018
It was a crazy beautiful day last Saturday. Another record was born unto the world and KAIIT was ALL THAT AND MORE! Below is an amazing letter I was sent that really articulated well as to why we would come out to events. Even as a person going alone and why its important to.
Some snaps….
Record Store Day 2018 at Northside!
Posted by Rex in Gigs, Live music, News, People, Recent releases on April 13th, 2018
Whoa! It’s that time again. Saturday April 21. We have a massive day planned. Bands, DJs, exclusive releases, 45s galore, a ‘FUNK CAVE’*, hobbyists on the cut, giveaways and prizes! 10am-7pm. Even the RSD Tour Bus will be arriving and departing at Northside throughout the day. Live performances from The Bamboos, Jaala, Remi, Plutonic Lab and Natalie Slade, Cool Out Sun + DJs in TWO ROOMS all day long. Your favourite community radio jocks from PBS and RRR will be joined by some of our favourite customers, label owners and the Northside Records soundsystem – dropping knowledge and keeping the vibes rolling until dark.
It’s been our policy in recent years that RSD performers should have a record to present for Record Store Day – and let’s just say this year is an exceptional year! You may want to get out of bed early if you want a piece of Record Store Day history. Every band has a brand new 45 or LP released on the day. Some of these upcoming RSD releases have been previewed on critically acclaimed and internationally renowned community radio shows such as GET DOWN, MYSTIC BREW, THE BREAKDOWN and the THE BLEND. Catch those shows again this week for more tasters.
Full details of Saturday’s action will be available soon. * THE FUNK CAVE: Once again we are able to occupy 238 Gertrude for the day. We’ll have crates of all-sorts + electronica grab-bags, pop-up DJs, refreshments, lounges, coloured lights and room to dance. If you subscribe to our newsletter you’ll get the scoop at 11am on Thursday. If you don’t subscribe, you should – or watch this space for updates.
And, if that’s not enough – we have a superfine release that comes out on Northside Records’ label, this Friday, April 20. The Seven Ups return with their third album ‘Commandments’, and they just keep getting better. Rather than describe the music, below is the album artwork that looks a lot like the album sounds! Sadly they can’t be with us on Record Store Day, but we’ll have the record for sale – and more exciting news about their official launch coming soon. Don’t forget – it’s Record Store Day everyday at Northside.
So.Crates – Album Launch & Instore Performance
Posted by Rex in Fresh stock, Gigs, Live music, News, People, real hip hop on January 27th, 2018
So.Crates (aka. Skomes and Cazeaux Oslo) are launching their amazing LP “Static Methods” on Saturday 17th February from 3pm. Joining them will be Pataphysics who also released a incredible album recently. Instore, FREE and ALL AGES.
The album is actually released today (27.01.18) with help of our friends at Foreign Brothers. It’s a beautifully packaged gatefold double LP, and comes with bonus download. Don’t sleep on this local monster! You get the mighty So.Crates along with replays from 30/70, Laneous, Chicken Wishbone, Billy Davis + guests include Matt on The Moon, Allysha Joy, Mike Thesis and more. A stellar release, and a real showcase of our thriving underground soul/hip-hop scene.
Static Methods out now!
Foreign Brothers | So.Crates | Pataphysics
December 25 is for dancing! J.B. R.I.P.
Posted by Rex in flavour of the month, Gigs, News, People on December 14th, 2017
It’s on again. Christmas night at The John Curtin Hotel. It’s an all DJ lineup this year, promising an intimate night of dynamite soul, new new super heavy funk, classic JB-inspired hip hop and fever inducing disco. We have the cream of Melbourne’s funk and soul DJs bringing the finest, rarest, illest and most obscure JB-produced 45s you’ll ever hear! Plus Afro-JB covers, and all the gang of course – Marva Whitney, Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, The JBs, The Devils, Sweet Charles, Bobby Byrd, Hand Ballard, Bill Doggett, Shirley Jean and The Relations, Lee Austin, The Famous Flames, The Above Average Black Band, Beau Dollar, The Dee Felice Trio and more… Check the poster for the full lineup. 8pm – 1am. Get Down.
INSTORE ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted by Chris in Gigs, Live music on September 28th, 2017
SATURDAY 7 TH OCTOBER
Northside will welcome
SAATSUMA
To celebrate the release of Overflow on vinyl, SAATSUMA have just announced a live in-store full-band performance at local wax institution Northside Records in Fitzroy on October 7th at 3pm. For this performance SAATSUMA will bring together the five-piece live band for the special performance.
Captivating Melbourne two-piece SAATSUMA share debut album, Overflow, which sees the duo emerge with a cultivated sound well beyond their years. Written and produced by Memphis LK and Cesar Rodrigues, Overflow is a continuity of a motif that runs throughout their body of work. Memphis LK says the album “continues the recurring theme of water, following on from our debut singles Storm and Floating. Water has always been present… it’s an element I am constantly drawn back to… Our connection to and interaction with the natural environment. The fragility and fluctuation of relationships.” It’s a nine track float on an imaginary SAATSUMA stream; from the comedown of ‘Feel It All’; drifting to a rejection of ignorance, ‘Isolate’; floating towards a notion of wanting what you can’t have, ‘Stay’ and the pull of the moon, ‘Crescent’.
Overflow 12” Vinyl LP is available for purchase at Northside Records, as well as available to stream/buy at saatsuma.com.
INSTORE PERFORMANCE
Posted by Chris in Gigs, Live music, News, Recent releases on July 10th, 2017
local legends
COMBAT WOMBAT
launch their new album “Just Across The Border” – bass driven political hip hop.
Zillanova performing live instore + Rich Medina signing Jump’n’Funk
Posted by Rex in Fresh stock, Gigs, News, People on February 23rd, 2017
Friday March 3 at 7pm, Live instore with ZILLANOVA to celebrate the arrival of a brand new 45 on HopeStreet Recordings.
If that’s not enough, legendary DJ/Poet/Producer RICH MEDINA is dropping in to sign copies of his new releases, JUMP n FUNK on BBE records. You can catch Rich Medina do his thing later in the night at Club Coco (richmedina.com). We’ll also have Mr. Rex and the Northside DJs stepping up to to get your Friday night off to a funky start. Get down.
Northside presents The Seven Ups
To celebrate the release of The Seven Ups new single ‘The Aviator‘, Northside Records and Ding Dong Lounge present The Seven Ups live on Friday December 16. The new single has been out for a couple of weeks now and is achieving worldwide radio and dancefloor rotation. The band is also currently deep into their East Coast launch tour, with Melbourne being the final stop on a run of 8+ shows. Fiyah fah sure.
Joining the line-up on the night are local dub/reggae/hip hop outfit Echo Drama, plus shady characters Chris Gill and Mike Gurrieri will bring the heavy afro heat and dirty funk before, between and after the bands.
Doors and DJs from 9pm.
8 Market Lane CBD. No suits (unless you can dance).
Cop a listen/ download now:
The Seven Ups | Echo Drama
More info:
The Seven Ups
Mayfield and Showtime Quintet performing instore
Posted by Rex in Gigs, Live music, News, People on October 3rd, 2016
Northside is proud to introduce two fresh bands – MAYFIELD and The SHOWTIME QUINTET feat. 1/6 and Class A. Both line-ups will bring the funk to Northside Records on Saturday October 15th from 2pm, and both bands are lauching new 7″ singles on the day. It’s going to be a fun Saturday afternoon!
MAYFIELD are a funky soul band headed by soul queen Carla Troiano. She has rocked Women Of Soul before and been singing about for a while now. The girl has skills. Backed by Melbourne toughest funk backbeat, Ivan “CHOI” Katchoyan, these guys are ready to do it to it. New Mayfield 45 out on Choi Records
TOM SHOWTIME has been making the party jump for a while now. Playing sax, making beats and inviting friends to lay down great vocals over his treats is a good recipe. Here he calls on legendary MC from The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra 1/6, and good friend, female MC Class A to make it all work. And work it does!!! Performing as the Showtime Quintet. New 45 out on Groove Penguin Records
More info: Tom Showtime | Class A | 1/6
Archie Roach + Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Instore!
Posted by Rex in flavour of the month, Gigs, Live music, News, People on November 6th, 2015
I told you to watch this space! See the poster for all the details. Read below for what Chris Gill has to say about this upcoming instore. Be there!
“This next announcement could be my proudest moment yet. For the 13 years I have operated this shop, one album that I say is perhaps the most important of all Australian records is ARCHIE ROACH’s “Charcoal Lane”. It was written on Gertrude Street, it was lived on Gertrude Street. For the first few years of the store I had a copy in the window. Now we get much more than that… THE 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of one of the countries most Important records ever made. It is ARCHIE ROACH “Charcoal Lane”.
I am proud to announce that at 2pm on SuNDAY the 15th NOVEMBER Northside Records will host the legend Archie Roach, live and INSTORE performing songs off his album Charcoal Lane that he wrote here 25 years ago. To commemorate the milestone CHARCOAL LANE has been reissued as a vinyl album the way it was originally released back then…. Come to Northside to secure a copy as they are VERY LIMITED.
Archie will be joined instore by another up and coming Australian legends EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS. They will also PERFORM LIVE in the store. As you know Emma and the Putbacks have just released an amazing double sided 7″ which upholds the local indigenous heritage with a cover version of ARCHIE ROACH and on the other side WARUMPI BAND.” See the previous post for more info.
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