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Kick those Monday blues to the curb at Social Sanctuary – your weekly night of free live music at NSC. We've lined up a stellar roster of your fave local artists and some exciting new talents breezing through town!

This week Piggietails, Hard Rubbish and Wriding are stopping by for a show.

Built on friendship and an initial relaxed approach to songwriting towards the end of 2023, the band have slowly but surely slotted their way into the local Melbourne music scene, playing with the likes of Cool Sounds and Mess Esque. Taking notes from 80s Australiana guitar pop, the indie rock stylings of Yo La Tengo and a splash of the revivalist jangle of the naughties, the band pull the best bits from every era creating lyrically engaging simplistic songs that still manage to pull you into their personal world, humorously described by the band as “everyday music”.

Hard Rubbish are an Australian rock Band from Southern Australia, Starting out as a primarily pub rock outfit, the group has drifted towards are more dissonant country and folk sound, evident in their only full length release ‘Evergreen 19-24’. Marking their first release since that album, the bands double single ‘Seen’ and ‘Barking at Me’ continue this trajectory, while finding new footing. Recording in Melbourne, The double single enlists vocalist, guitarist and violinist Claire Treddinick for the first time, after months of Treddinick joining the ensemble for live gigs across Victoria and forming part of the band's sound. Produced, Mixed and recorded by Dylan Young (Way Dynamic) the depth of the groups sound is displayed in both songs, with ‘Seen’ taking on a sparse, sentimentality, and Barking at Me harking back to the indie rock roots of singer and songwriter Jason Katsaras’s former band, Dead roo. Katsaras says Seen was in development shortly after the band’s last single ‘Distort it’. “This song was written after having moved for the third time in as many years to Melbourne. Maybe it’s a bit naff but I did feel a touch invisible at the time, losing touch with people I care about and finding my footing in a new place, all the while staring down the barrel of turning 30.” “While Seen was written over a long period, and reflected a prolonged experience, Barking at me was mostly written as a bit of a response to the ‘hustle’ culture I felt I was constantly being subjected to, particularly in a new city. It’s a bit of a piss take, but also mentions some things I would genuinely love to do if there were more hours in the day.”

Naarm slowcore band Wriding are known for arresting, explosive live shows alongside acts such as Bluetile Lounge, A Place to Bury Strangers, Garage Sale and No Hoper. rFollowing a breakout debut show in February 2025, the track distills their signature rural despair and alienation into three minutes of tension and release.Channelling rural despair and hardship, their lyrics and windswept arrangements evoke a turbulent, drought-stricken desolation - and sometimes, the warm glow of a back door light left on.

Social Sanctuary is proud to be sponsored by Mountain Goat.

Our show is being held on the lands of the Wurundjeri People and we wish to acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners of this land we are gathered on. We also pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and Aboriginal Elders of other communities that may join us for our show.

THIS SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+

Northcote Social Club strives to create a safe space that everyone can enjoy.

Crowd surfing & dangerous behaviour will result in removal from the venue.

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‘Social Sanctuary’ with Piggietails, Hard Rubbish + Wriding