Birds Are Spies are playing at the Old Bar on the 11th of July as apart of their 2025 East Coast Tour. Off the back of their tour in January Birds Are Spies have supported Rum Jungle, Letters to Lions and the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets while also releasing their first single of 2025 'Thwonk' Doors @8pm

Have you slaughtered your ideals without mercy?

Is that a new genre of thrashed and toothy estrangement that you feel?

Have you been howling at the dogs and barking at the wolves?

But of course, how natural. We have all been there. Yes, how perfectly normal.

Come on down to the Old Bar @theoldbar this Thursday 10 July to see dear compadres @thedumsarefolks.

Soak your bread in the oxygen-enriched blood oozing from our poorly cauterised wounds, so to speak.

Until then,
Be good.

The Merge.

 INTERFERENCE
A live offering from BODY NO SIGNAL, ECKUL & ASH.TXT

Trippy industrial // tech-house // dream static.
Emotive vocals drift through fractured electronics in a set that pulses between raw machinery and intimate collapse.
Think: Andy Stott, Chelsea Wolfe, Portishead, Model/Actriz.

 The Old Bar
 Sunday July 6
 7:30PM doors
 $10 presale / $15 door

system unstable. signal lost.
#BodyNoSignal #InterferenceLive #TrippyIndustrial #TheOldBar

📡 July 6 - free Sunday arvo double header at the Old Bar with #1 favourites Kosmetika. Been looking forward to this gig since Illustration dropped 2 yrs ago 🚀

Melbourne scuzz rock heavyweights SPACEJUNK are on tour this June and July in support of their long awaited third LP "JUNK TIME" available now through TUFF CUFF records.

JUNK TIME was created across the COVID winter and lost years of 2020-2023 – equal parts post hardcore fury and burn out riffage, JUNK TIME attempts to face the impending doom and gloom of the apocalypse but is driven to distraction by the minutiae of slow-moving traffic, frivolous scene politics, old kinds of kicks, irrational arachnophobia, hang-xiety induced paranoia and the final mindless descent.

Recorded and mixed by Max Ducker at Cellar sessions in Coburg (BATPISS, DEAD, LUNATIC, AFFORDABLE REPAYMENTS) and mastered in San Francisco by John Paul McBain (WELLWATER CONSPIRACY, MONSTER MAGNET, DESERT SESSIONS, QOTSA) JUNK TIME is SPACEJUNK’s strongest offering to date, featuring singles "Beard of Spiders", "Mud Drip" and "Traffic Sewer" the band continue to build upon their proto-punk framework and push out into wider sonic textures and deep space claustrophobia.  

The JUNK TIME album launch tour makes a stop at the jewel in Fitzroy’s crown The Old Bar along with action rock’n’rollers SWEDISH MAGAZINES, nostalgic alt-rock ASSTEROID and new garage rock supergroup THE NOWA NOWAS play their first ever show.

The Mean Times cordially invite you to their descent into Hell - the new single from their upcoming album 'Feel More Dumb', out September via Golden Robot Records. Your reckoning will take place at The Old Bar on Saturday, 5 July 2025, assuming civilisation holds until then.

A garage-pop, post-punk panic attack masquerading as a good time, Hell is part sermon, part sleaze, and fully off its medication. There are euphemisms. There are hips thrusting. There is very little moral clarity.

It’s the sound of a breakdown having a breakdown, propped up by a rhythm section that hits like a stolen shopping trolley careening down hill.

Born Secret will be joining the fray, and frankly, should know better.

Free entry
Doors open at 3PM.
Born Secret at 4PM
The Mean Times at 5PM

Redemption not available at this venue.
BYO saddle. And maybe a towel. And a safe word.

Melbourne/Naarm quintet Everyday Believer share their single ‘Cowboy’, a track steeped in catharsis and liberation, with memorable vocal hooks allowing the group to seamlessly draw on the style of alternative-emo with distinct shoegaze sensibilities.

Join them to launch "Cowboy" at The Old Bar - $10 - 8pm

With supports from

Property

Hard Rubbish

Gush (Solo)

To celebrate the release of their singleLove It All (Out June 20), BoysnLove play The Old Bar on July 3 with support from Postures and Mia Lucy.

Self-produced and recorded between Cactus Room in Thornbury and the band’s own DIY home studio,Love It Allis a slow-burning confessional—delicate and raw, but pulsing with quiet power. Led by Annie Rose Collis’ compelling vocal performance, the track explores the complexity of loving someonenot despite their flaws, but because of them—and the emotional clarity that can come from sitting with the mess.“You still can’t look me in the eye for too long / Cos you know I’d crawl inside and love it all,” sings Collis—a lyric that lands like a confession and a dare. Blending ‘90s alt-rock grit with a dusky Americana warmth, BoysnLove continue to hone their soundwith fierce intimacy and unfiltered emotion. Since the release of their debut album Just Desserts, theband has built a reputation for emotionally charged live shows and unforgettable songwriting, sharingstages with Middle Kids, Nadia Reid, and Phantastic Ferniture.
 

Solo gig is happening! @theoldbar Tuesday July 1st ❤️‍🔥
8pm @divabhatiamusic
8.45pm @_valeria_music
9.30pm Noa Christine of @thebenzenes
$10 on the door!! Come along for some indie folk magic x

Fly out of this world and into the Old Bar, for 3 Nights in June KEYO ROSES FLYING CIRCUS will be scorching through a plethora of original material following the release of their debut album ‘BLOW ME UP’ ! These Glam Punk Rock’n’roll rats will be home and HOT off the back of a run of shows in Adelaide and starving to melt you like cheese in the grill 
Igniting their new material along with known favourites, KEYO ROSES FLYING CIRCUS perform 3 different sets across 3 dates and RECORD LIVE (so long as robots don’t spontaneously combust like Harold Holt) with 3 WAM BAM RICKA JAM support acts each night, this carnival thoroughfare’s not to be missed! Who knows what will go up down and all around… cooking in the Old Bar

JUNE 15,22,29:

15th ep1: ‘BARZ ON MARZ’
With local legends: PEPPER LA FLOYD, FILTHY MCNASTYS and SUGARGUM

22nd ep2: ‘GIVE ME ASYLUM’
With local guns: SALMON SISTERS, C.W.A and THE JALOPIES

29th ep3: ‘BLOW ME UP’
With local crunch catz: HETEROPHOBES, EBI NORI AND THE PHANTOM FINGERS and HAPPY MEDIUM

Support local music, community and culture! 
Get some food on the table for these people and get your blood pumping for lobsters sake!

Join us for an intimate afternoon of indie-folk music and storytelling, featuring two of Melbourne's captivating emerging artists: Kye Arnot and Follow The Robin.

Kye Arnot is a singer/songwriter living in the Yarra Ranges. A self-taught guitarist and vocalist, he has been honing his love for music since 2020. Documenting his experiences in love, heartbreak and growing up, Kye uses songwriting as a way to turn poetry into song. Describing his music as ‘folk-ish’, Kye draws inspiration from traditional folk, while adding a new contemporary sound to his songs. Making his debut at Sofar Sounds last august, Kye Arnot is solidifying his place well within the Melbourne music scene.

Joining him is Follow The Robin, known for weaving enchanting tunes that capture the essence of raw emotion and poetic storytelling. Delving into themes of longing, belonging, and the bittersweet transitions of life, Follow the Robin invites listeners to connect with the hidden parts of themselves. Through her music, she creates a space for vulnerability and self-reflection, making each performance a deeply personal journey. Follow the Robin has established herself as a compelling presence in the local music scene. As a finalist in the 2023 Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMA), she continues to gain recognition for her heartfelt and poignant artistry.

Culaccino have returned, with their latest 5 track offering Bizarre and Extreme.
Marrying a cacophony of influences in a catchy package, Bizarre and Extreme showcases the band’s knack for catchy angular guitars, punchy rhythms and a healthy dose of punk rock attitude.
The EP will be available on Bandcamp, Streaming, CD and Vinyl from June 2nd.
Pre-Save: https://show.co/NzT8Oe0
We will be joined by our good friends Boggle and Sapphire Street.
$15 entry

DJ's playing Indie Sleaze hits from...

The Strokes, MGMT, LCD Soundystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers + more.

Also featuring live performances from...

EXILES

LIPSTEREO

+more.

18+ event.

Free show of stupid f#ckery at Old Bar! Get a load of these clowns after dealing with your on the clock clowns Monday. Blow off steam with the dumbest acts in town.