Al Matcott (solo) + Nick Batterham (duo) + Pollyman
FREE ENTRY
Corner Hotel (Richmond, VIC)
Friday, 20 June 2025 8:00 pm
PLAYING TIMES:
AL MATCOTT (SOLO) 10.40PM 'TIL 11.05PM
NICK BATTERHAM (DUO) 9.35PM
POLLYMAN 8.30PM
We’re stoked to welcome Al Matcott (solo), Nick Batterham (duo) + Pollyman to the bandroom for a massive FREE entry show next Fri 20 Jun.
Al Matcott
Al Matcott's debut album, Summer’s Coming, was a full-throated howl against global warming and the forces behind it. Featuring caterwauling guitars, driving rhythms, and incisive lyricism, it earned him a Double J feature album.
His soon-to-be-announced follow-up album, to be released on Cheersquad Records & Tapes, features a lush and expansive sonic palette. Folk and country meet garage and psychedelic rock as Matcott turns his earworm melodies and memorable one-liners to the hyperreal wasteland of our digital lives.
Produced by Rob Muiños and recorded upstairs at The Gem Bar in Collingwood VIC, the first single ‘Wouldn’t Expect To See You Here’ tumbles forth like a lost outtake from The Stooges' Funhouse before morphing into a sound that seamlessly blends into a sound akin to both The Replacements and The Strokes. The surprises don't end there! It’s a song of two halves, with the fuzz-drenched riffs and shout-along choruses giving way to mournful and melancholy pedal steel and piano.
As Matcott explains, "‘Wouldn’t Expect To See You Here’ is a pub rock song with a pub rock tale, telling the story of someone wasted at the bar, getting stuck into his friends for drama entirely of his own making. Then it gets a bit deeper, about why friendship is so important."
Catch Al Matcott and his engrossing storytelling either solo or with his Forever Band on a sticky carpet near you.
Nick Batterham
Nick Batterham is a singer-songwriter from Naarm whose storytelling is heartworn, heart-warming and irresistibly relatable.
In 2024, he released his 7th solo album The Sentimentalist on Cheersquad Records. He has also been a central figure in such seminal groups as Cordrazine, The Earthmen and Blindside.
Batterham will be performing as a duo with long-time collaborator Nick Murray on electric guitar.
"Batterham’s smooth, soaring voice is an almost otherworldly instrument of beauty" - Rolling Stone Australia
"Nick Batterham sure can write about love. Love in all its beauty and joy, as well as its sadness and sorrow” - themusic.com.au
"Finding beauty in our blackest moments; mining the depths of our despair for gold” - themusic.com.au
Pollyman
George Carroll Wilson's solo project Pollyman delivers glam rock hooks and old school looks with a sparkling and original blend of rock and roll and pop through the ages.
Inspired by such artists as Jeff Buckley and David Bowie, Pollyman flaunts a dazzling and daring sound with exhilarating live performances that leave an indelible mark long after the last song has ended.
THIS SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+
Corner strives to create a safe space that everyone can enjoy.
Crowd surfing & dangerous behaviour will result in removal from the venue.
Full conditions of entry. | Accessibility Info
Can't make the event? Sell your tickets fast and fair through our resale partner Tixel!
AL MATCOTT (SOLO) 10.40PM 'TIL 11.05PM
NICK BATTERHAM (DUO) 9.35PM
POLLYMAN 8.30PM
We’re stoked to welcome Al Matcott (solo), Nick Batterham (duo) + Pollyman to the bandroom for a massive FREE entry show next Fri 20 Jun.
Al Matcott
Al Matcott's debut album, Summer’s Coming, was a full-throated howl against global warming and the forces behind it. Featuring caterwauling guitars, driving rhythms, and incisive lyricism, it earned him a Double J feature album.
His soon-to-be-announced follow-up album, to be released on Cheersquad Records & Tapes, features a lush and expansive sonic palette. Folk and country meet garage and psychedelic rock as Matcott turns his earworm melodies and memorable one-liners to the hyperreal wasteland of our digital lives.
Produced by Rob Muiños and recorded upstairs at The Gem Bar in Collingwood VIC, the first single ‘Wouldn’t Expect To See You Here’ tumbles forth like a lost outtake from The Stooges' Funhouse before morphing into a sound that seamlessly blends into a sound akin to both The Replacements and The Strokes. The surprises don't end there! It’s a song of two halves, with the fuzz-drenched riffs and shout-along choruses giving way to mournful and melancholy pedal steel and piano.
As Matcott explains, "‘Wouldn’t Expect To See You Here’ is a pub rock song with a pub rock tale, telling the story of someone wasted at the bar, getting stuck into his friends for drama entirely of his own making. Then it gets a bit deeper, about why friendship is so important."
Catch Al Matcott and his engrossing storytelling either solo or with his Forever Band on a sticky carpet near you.
Nick Batterham
Nick Batterham is a singer-songwriter from Naarm whose storytelling is heartworn, heart-warming and irresistibly relatable.
In 2024, he released his 7th solo album The Sentimentalist on Cheersquad Records. He has also been a central figure in such seminal groups as Cordrazine, The Earthmen and Blindside.
Batterham will be performing as a duo with long-time collaborator Nick Murray on electric guitar.
"Batterham’s smooth, soaring voice is an almost otherworldly instrument of beauty" - Rolling Stone Australia
"Nick Batterham sure can write about love. Love in all its beauty and joy, as well as its sadness and sorrow” - themusic.com.au
"Finding beauty in our blackest moments; mining the depths of our despair for gold” - themusic.com.au
Pollyman
George Carroll Wilson's solo project Pollyman delivers glam rock hooks and old school looks with a sparkling and original blend of rock and roll and pop through the ages.
Inspired by such artists as Jeff Buckley and David Bowie, Pollyman flaunts a dazzling and daring sound with exhilarating live performances that leave an indelible mark long after the last song has ended.
THIS SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+
Corner strives to create a safe space that everyone can enjoy.
Crowd surfing & dangerous behaviour will result in removal from the venue.
Full conditions of entry. | Accessibility Info
Can't make the event? Sell your tickets fast and fair through our resale partner Tixel!