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Wagons: Melbourne alt-country at its finest

15 May

A friend of mine put me onto this band, Wagons. They have been kicking it around the Melbourne scene for quite some time and have toured with artists such as Calexico, Cat Power, The Handsome Family and M Ward. How I hadn’t heard them previously I do not know!

Their third(?) album ‘The Rise and Fall of Goodtown’ was released on the 18th of April on Spunk Records. I am just a bit devastated that i’ll be missing their only Sydney show on account of the fact that i’ll be in Melbourne that weekend. Anyone who is looking for something to do on the 23rd of May should definitely head down to the Hopetoun. Tickets are only $8 presale of $13 on the door. Could somebody please go along and buy me a shirt? Thanks.

Pants

22 Apr
Jeans

I’ve been looking for a new pair of blue jeans for quite some time now and finally managed to find a suitable pair while I was in Melbourne over the weekend. I shouldn’t be at all surprised by this as I have always found Melbourne shopping to be endlessly more fruitful than Sydney shopping.

I found my jeans in the treasure trove that is Out of the Closet Clothing. They have lots of vintage dresses, shirts, pants, skirts and shoes as well as some great new stuff based on popular styles from the 60s and 70s. I got two pairs of pants; one pair of navy blue cords and my blue jeans, both high wasted with wide legs. They are made by Pop Boutique who have an online store and ship worldwide for only £3.50. I was told by the friendly shop guy (who I bonded with over our mutual love for Elvis Costello) that these pants are worn in Life on Mars so as you can imagine that they have a definite 70s vibe about them.

For those of you who (like me) aren’t game to buy pants before trying them on, Out of the Closet Clothing have two stores, one on Flinders Street in the city and the other on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.

Life On Mars
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