Live performances by:
THE YOLKS
WEREWHEELS
SKIP CHURCH
JOEY RUBBISH
DJ sets by MISS ALEX WHITE & EYE VYBE RECORDS’ KARISSA TALANIAN
Revolution Brewing, HoZac Records and The Empty Bottle are starting the the weekend early before we dive head first into THE HoZac BLACKOUT Fest 2015!
On Thursday, May 14th, join us at Virgin Hotels Chicago’s 25th Floor for a FREE FEST KICK-OFF PARTY that will include drinks, live music, and a FEE-FREE BOX OFFICE so you can grab your last-minute tickets to this year’s Blackout Fest.
FRIDAY MAY 15th:
THE REAL KIDS (70s Boston power pop pioneers) COZY (Minneapolis, MN denim-flared glam rock bad boys) PLATINUM BOYS (Milwaukee, WI hard-rock heartbreakers) MAMA (Chicago, ballistic bare-knuckle pop punishers)
SATURDAY May 16th:
THE AVENGERS (70s SF Dangerhouse punk legends)
SWEET KNIVES (Alicja & Rich performing music from Lost Sounds) NERVOSAS (Columbus, OH dark-wave delinquents) THING (TN members of The Reatards, Lover! and Cheap Time) GROSS POINTE (Chicago, in the tradition of The Brides, Devil Dogs and Real Kids)
See it all at the Empty Bottle!
Special thanks to our sponsors Revolution Brewery and Sailor Jerry.
The Ugly Australian Underground documents the music, songwriting, aesthetics and struggles of fifty of Australia’s most innovative and significant bands and artists currently at the creative peak of their careers.
The book provides a rare insight into the critically heralded cult music scene in Australia. The author, Jimi Kritzler, is both a journalist and a musician, and is personally connected to the musicians he interviews through his involvement in this music subculture. The interviews are extremely personal and reveal much more than any interview granted to street press or blogs. They deal with not only the music and songwriting processes of each band, but in some circumstances their struggles with drugs, involvement in crime and the death of band members.
The book is complimented by previously unpublished photographs of all bands interviewed. The Australian underground scene in the last five years has been heralded not only in Australia but also in Europe, and particularly in America. Known as the ‘Australian Invasion,’ many of the bands interviewed in this book have received a great deal of hype and press in America, with many of the bands signing to American record labels. Bands featured in the book, such as The Drones, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Royal Headache, Uv Race, Circle Pit, HTRK, Lost Animal, Oren Ambarchi, Total Control, Witch Hats, Deaf Wish, Blank Realm, New War, Holy Balm, Fabulous Diamonds, The Garbage and The Flowers, Straight Arrows, xNoBBQx, Naked on the Vague, Kitchen’s Floor and My Disco are all on American record labels, and have toured America at least once. Eddy Current Suppression Ring even lent their song ‘Memory Lane’ to an American telecommunications company advertisement, which was played repeatedly during the Super Bowl. While that may indicate the influence of the band in America at the more mainstream end of the spectrum, at the other end, Eddy Current Suppression Ring are a culturally significant and revered underground band, who play to thousands of people at any given show.
The bands in this book have dedicated fan bases in both Australia and America that recognize that this crop of bands are the most creatively important in the Australian music scene today. These are the bands that will be remembered in twenty years for having created seminal records. Already, The Drones and Eddy Current Suppression Ring have been named in The 100 Best Australian Albums.
The Author:
Jimi Kritzler graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Journalism Degree and an Honours Degree in Journalism from Queensland University of Technology. In the past he was a feature writer, reviewer and contributor to Vice Magazine, The Courier-Mail Newspaper (News Ltd, QLD), Time Off Magazine and New York’s ‘SUP Magazine. He currently plays in White Hex with Tara Green and lives in Brunswick, Melbourne
500 Pages Softcover
HZB-001
1st edition of 500 copies
ISBN 978-1-922129-35-2
Don’t Miss TIMMY’S ORGANISM on TOUR!
New 2LP ‘Singles & Unreleased Tracks’ Out SOON
10/16 – MILWAUKEE, WI – CACTUS CLUB
10/18 – MISSOULA, MT – TBA
10/20 – SEATTLE, WA – HIGHLINE
10/21 – VANCOUVER, BC – THE COBALT
10/22 – PORTLAND, OR – HIGH WATER MARK
10/23 – OAKLAND, CA – The Night Light
10/24 – LOS ANGELES, CA – LOS GLOBOS*
10/25 – LAS VEGAS – LIFE IS SHIT FESTIVAL
10/26 – SAN DIEGO, CA – SODA BAR*
10/27 – TEMPE, AZ – TIME OUT LOUNGE
10/28 – EL PASO, TX – THE MONARCH
10/29 – AUSTIN, TX – HOTEL VEGAS # +
10/30 – NEW ORLEANS, LA – SIBERIA #
10/31 – MEMPHIS, TN – MURPHYS #
11/1 – NASHVILLE, TN – HOUSE PARTY!
11/2 – CHICAGO, IL – TBA
* W/ THE SPITS (OFFICAL)
# W/ THING
+ JOHN WESLEY COLEMAN
A Bermuda Video Production
Directed by Miss Destiny, Andrew Gove + Angela Bermuda
Shot in Melbourne July 2014
Shot by Andrew Gove
Shoot Assistance by Ben Hepworth
Edited by Angela Garrick
Noise In My Head: Voices from the Ugly Australian Underground (ORDER HERE) Dare To Be Stupid SOLD OUT Denim Delinquent 1971-76 SOLD OUT Jaguar Ride: Memoir of an electric eel by Brian McMahon SOLD OUT Four Strings, Phony Proof, and 300 45's by Sal Maida SOLD OUT Madman's Eye - Artwork of Mac Blackout There Was A Light: Chris Bell (BIG STAR) SOLD OUT I'm Just the Drummer - by Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Chrome Cranks, Pussy Galore) SOLD OUT Dodged & Burned -Photography 1976-84 by Brian Shanley SOLD OUT I Don't Fit In: My Wild Ride in The Nerves & The Beat by Paul Collins with Chuck Nolan SOLD OUT When Can I Fly? The Sleepers, Tuxedomoon & Beyond by Michael Belfer with Will York ORDER HERE The White Label Promo Preservation Society: 100 Flop Albums You Ought to Know - by Sal Maida, Mitchell Cohen & Friends ORDER HERE Where The Wild Gigs Were: A Trip Through America’s Legendary Underground Music Venues by Tim Hinely & Friends ORDER HERE
Disturbing The Peace- 415 Records and the Rise of New Wave by Bill Kopp ORDER HERE Wicked Game: The True Story of James Calvin Wilsey - by Michael Goldberg Kill A Punk For Rock’n Roll – Photography by Marty Perez GUILTY! My Life as a Member of The Joneses - A Heroin Addict, A Bank Robber, and a Federal Inmate - by Jeff Drake
COMING SOON:
ESCAPADES - Music & Art 1980-2022 - by Jowe Head (Swell Maps/TV Personalities/Steve Treatment) The Other Side of Reason- Peter Jefferies memoir by Andrew Schmidt (Nocturnal Projections/This Kind of Punishment/Plagal Grind) All Roads Lead To Punk - Genny Schorr Diary of An ADman: Rock, Punk & Underground Advertising - by Nathan Webber Canderson Photography Book ONE
UPCOMING HoZac Archival LPs BY:
THE MIRRORS (1973-75 Cleveland) THE TERMINALS 'Disconnect' debut (1988, NZ) LIVIN' SACRIFICE debut (1982 Sweden) 8 LIVING LEGS debut (1983 NZ/Flying Nun) MARS Village Gate: 1977(NYC) The Clams 1986-88 LP (MN)
VILETONES 'Look Back in Anger' (1979 CAN) THE IMPORTS (1980 Chicago) THE BRATS 'Criminal Guitar' (1973 NYC) THE SLUGS 'Problem Child' (1979 NYC) THE BOYS 'S.A.P.' (1979 UK) SCRAPS 'Strike 3' (1981 Chicago)
