AS A COMPULSIVE GARDENER, when I visit our tropical north I admire the lush growth promoted by the warm temperatures and generous rainfall. So many palms, frangipani, bougainvillea, hibiscus and various ornamental gingers grow prolifically alongside landscaped ponds where waterfalls splash onto families of goldfish, and I am filled with..read more

the fauves NERVOUS FLASHLIGHTS (Shock) olivier antunes/jesper lundgaard ARCHING (www.henk.com.au) the mcclymonts THE MCCLYMONTS (Universal) the gingers LOVE YOU LONG TIME (Illicit/MGM)

What Spiderbait (supports The Spazzys, Neon, The Gingers) Where Forum Theatre, 150 Flinders Street, city When Today, doors 6.30pm. Tickets $46.60 www.spiderbait.com.au

WORK is under way on the last stage of resealing the well-used gravel sections of Gingers Lane at Weston and Abermain.

Title: The Explosion with the Critics and Angry Kid (Sat), the Gingers (Sun) Where: The Evelyn Hotel, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Sat - 18+); Stonecutters, Camberwell (Sun - U/18) When: Today, doors 9pm