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 7^th 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’.

This Friday! The Goods turning up the heat for an intimate MPC set at Northside Records. 7PM. Playing songs from the new MAKE YOUR MOVE EP. Out now on Bastard Jazz. DO NOT MISS!

To celebrate the release of the wild new album MOMENTUM by Melbourne jazzy disco clubbed out funk party band we call Sunnyside. Momentum will be their second album after coming off a hot year on Melbourne dancefloors and overseas as well. Slaying their FujiRock show in Japan they also had wild shows at the Night Cat and The Curtin. Very dance focused, the music guides you to the floor. This sort of fun record falls perfectly the day before summer starts down under. Its gonna be a fun summer.

Join us at 7pm to get down and get loose for this party band born in Fitzroy and now about to shake on my desk. There will be prizes for the best dancer and of course this gig is FREE and ALL AGES. Bring your friends and make some new ones.

To celebrate World Record Store Day, Northside presents Melbourne Funk Trio ‘Cookin’ on 3 Burners’ LIVE, instore from 4pm. Come down to the shop and check the sounds, meet the band and do your bit to keep record stores alive! You can also here some hot tunes played by MS. BUTT (Elle), and find out about the freshest new releases and all the hot new tunes that are burning up the dancefloor.

Chris Gill will be instore as well, busting out those funky sneakers, and giving free dance lessons to anyone who needs some tips on how to look sharp on the dancefloor (or behind the wheels of steel). SAT. 18TH APRIL. From 4pm.

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.

There is another instore planned…..are you ready!?

Its on Thursday January 10. Its celebrating 10 years of Northside……The Soul Of Melbourne VINYL album dropping….Daptone goodness!….and just DANCING!!!

The band that made me start a label, SASKWATCH are going to do a live instore show on a THURSDAY afternoon at 4pm. (one I have been waiting for!!) Then as a show of respect to traveling DAPKIDS we will be having an INSTORE SIGNING, by members of THE MENAHAN STREEET BAND and THE DAP KINGS.