The Poison City Weekender is done for another year, and left a trail of destruction in its wake. Melbourne residents awoke on Monday morning to emptied slushie machines, curly straws, burnt out paper bags, beer soaked shoes, and bedraggled bodies lining the streets. I’m not one to be overly cocky about living in Melbourne – most of the time I can be heard mourning the weather on our icy winter days – but there is a sense of pride that washes over you when the hordes descend upon our city from interstate to celebrate good music and reunite with friends. That this ever-expanding community has been granted an annual event in which to make pilgrimages in the name of mates and music, you can’t help but feel spectacularly lucky. Best on field awards for the weekend go to;
The Bennies for backing up a Friday show, a midnight set at bushdoof Psyfari, before driving straight to The Rev for the closing Sunday show.
Luca Brasi for confirming once and for all The Corner just cannot contain the Poison City crowd anymore.
DJ Boffatron for shamelessly spinning all the hits until the wee hours of Saturday morning.
The Union Pacific for an inspiring Party Hard cover early on Saturday afternoon.
High Tension for kicking things into metal mode at exactly the right moment on Saturday night.
Ceres for being the loveliest mostly delighted and greatful band on the bill.
Andy Hayden of Poison City Records for his hard work and impressive stamina.
The Wonder Years cancelled their Australian tour late last week, posting on their Facebook page simply that they “must cancel our upcoming Australian tour due to circumstances beyond our control.” They then posted an image on their Instagram picturing them holding a sign that read ‘#SW15’ suggesting that that maybe they received a more lucrative offer to join the 2015 festivities, leading them to abandon the impending September dates?
Melbourne’s Outright have announced a run of headlining shows in support of their new album Avalanche. They’ll play the Bendigo Hotel in Melbourne on October 17 before joining the Comeback Kid massive all ages lineup at Phoenix on October 19. There’s also a show at Melbourne’s Dropout (AA) scheduled for November 1. Their debut LP is available from October 3.
