Easy Action & Deaf Wish – 10/2

Two kickass R&R bands in one night! EASY ACTION feature John Brannon of Negative Approach/Laughing Hyenas on vocals and play gritty Detroit-style Rock and Roll. Always an intense live set. DEAF WISH hail from Melbourne, Australia and have been compared to the Wipers and Husker Du. $7

Deaf Wish stopped for a year whilst the album was passed around and grew a cult following stemming from punks and spreading around the pubs and yards of Melbourne. Deaf Wish reformed with a new member in June 2008, performing as a ramshackle unit of four suburban no-hopers, bleeding through feedback, noise and emotional abandon.

While they are often compared to US bands like the Wipers, Husker Du and Red Kross; Australian bands such as X and Venom P Stinger; it is an unarguably and distinctly Melbourne suburban sound that Deaf Wish have made their own.