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For nearly a decade now, the Parklife festival has made its way to WA shores, bringing with it big name solo artists and bands, much to the delight of Perth punters. Last year’s Parklife absolutely killed it – with incredible sets from La Roux, Metric, Little Boots and Erol Alkan; and 2010’s ten year anniversary event promises to be bigger and better than ever before. Though the lineup for Parklife is yet to be announced, organisers have revealed that the festival will hit Perth on Sunday, September 26. Watch this space for more Parklife news…

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With the FIFA World Cup a mere week away, it’s probably time to start preparing yourself for an onslaught of blanket soccer coverage, office flag waving, and prolonged water cooler conversation.

Like the Melbourne Cup, this four yearly event seems to have an uncanny ability of turning people who couldn’t give a whistle’s-toot about sport into passionate overnight experts. Suddenly the Greek maintenance guy becomes an expert on off-side, the secretary is slipping off to TAB Sportsbet, and the boss is a scarf waving Nigeria fanatic.

But it’s not only the average workplace that gets sucked into the round ball game.

Pop music has had a long, but not always successful (here’s looking at you Ricky!) love affair with soccer. Rod Stewart, a mad Celtics supporter, has a full sized pitch in his backyard and kicks dozens of balls out at the start of his concerts. Elton John has made some legendarily extravagant purchases during his life, but surely buying Watford FC takes the cake. And it’s not only the ageing icons that are seduced by rock-show atmosphere of the terraces. Before Oasis imploded earlier this year, the Gallagher brothers made a habit of commenting on Manchester City’s on field performances like pseudo board members. In fact the current kings of the British stadium rock Kasabian were enlisted to unveil England’s new Umbro designed World Cup strip in February this year, stepping out in the 1966 inspired jumpers during the band’s encore performance of Fire at the Olympia in Paris.

Given England’s track-record in the event maybe Tom Meighan and his Kasabian band mates should strap on the boots and have a kick themselves this year?

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Summer is always jam packed full of festivals, which leaves many punters twiddling their thumbs on cold, winter evenings... until now.

On Saturday, July 31, Winterbeatz will hit Burswood Dome, promising an awesome night of entertainment that will defrost even the chilliest of music fans. Featuring sets from urban superstars Ne-Yo, plus T-Pain, Phinesse, Big Boi, Fatman Scoop and DJ Nino Brown, Winterbeatz is sure to be the hottest winter concert on record; we recommend getting your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

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An array of talented artists will come together to exhibit their works at John Curtin Gallery this June, promising a fantastic survey of work that includes ceramics, sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs and everything in between. Opening on Friday, June 11, GET smART will feature the work of 60 artists, including that of Christa Sommerer, Bill Voila, Tracey Moffatt, Robert Juniper, Pippin Drysdale and Nalda Searles. Artworks from GET smART will go on sale via auction on Friday, August 13, and funds raised will go towards the gallery’s 2011/2012 exhibition program.

For the full list of artists exhibiting, head to johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au.

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It’s a teaming of legendary status and it’s a circus that’s coming to town. Just announced this week is a new instalment of A Day On The Green, starring none other than Blondie and The Pretenders. That’s right, Deborah Harry and Chrissie Hynde, two of rock’s greatest frontwomen, will grace the stage at Kings Park And Botanic Garden on Wednesday, November 24.

Tickets go on sale Monday, June 14, from ticketmaster.com.au and136 100. A Day On The Green is a fully licensed event. For more details head to www.adayonthegreen. com.au.

X-Press Cover: The Devil Rides Out play at Amplifier Bar on Saturday, June 12. Doors open 8pm, tickets on the door.

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award from the festival which was great. The first time ever that there have been films from WA, and one that won an award.

At the screening neither Strut nor the Reel Dance festival director introduced the films as WA made, nor did they introduce the filmmakers who were present.

Thanks for being there X-Press.

You’ve supported us over the years on all projects when we’ve asked or provided you with the publicity and it’s fantastic there is still an open media organisation promoting everything artistic and WA made.

Dear X-Press,

Massive thanks goes out everyone who attended the BloodStock Festival, and the great venues and bands that made it the awesome event it’s become.

If you have not seen Helta Skelta, Brutus, The Devil Rides Out, Sins Of The Father, Psychonaut or Atolah you seriously need to do your self a favour and check them out. Some of the best bands I have ever seen played on the weekend at BloodStock.

Love your work!

Until next year let the blood rock!

Jon Russo Chainsaw Hookers

REELY GOOD HELP Dear X-Press, Just to let you know how much we appreciate your publicity about the Reel Dance screenings and that you mentioned both our film and names. We were not able to get Screenwest or FTI to support the screening even though it was funded by Screenwest (they put up small notes after I posted on Facebook for everyone to spread the word as neither organisation was going to publish the event).

Also you mentioned James’ film as well, he actually received the encouragement

cool threads were being worn by the Trigger Jackets who also rocked in a big way. So great venue, great vibe, great new local band, great crowd, great night. Please do it again soon!

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On Saturday night myself and few of my mates headed to Amplifier bar in the city as we had all pre-bought our tickets to the very talented Cloud Nancy Control gig. When we got to the front of the line Producer/Director the security/bouncer rejected ‘Toby’ as his shoes Blue Moon Film and Video were dirty and scruffy - oh and looked too sporty.... his shoes were Nike white canvas ones.

Apparently they weren’t up to scratch FASHION FORWARD with the ‘rules’ stated on the door. Anyway the bouncer wasn’t having a bar of it and just wouldn’t Dear X-Press, let ‘Toby’ in, so we trekked home and changed shoes what a palaver.

I feel compelled to write in and say well done Since when did going out to see an to the Billie & Rose guys for putting on the coolest Tuesday night event I’ve been to in this indie/folk band require shiny pointy ugly shoes like the ones the bouncer was wearing so proudly? sleepy town for a very long time. Last Tuesday at Defectors Bar (upstairs at The Flying Scotsman) Jen Beer seriously rocked.

Not only was it full of the hippest crew in Via Email town but they were all partying and dancing like it was a Saturday night to a set of classic garage nuggets, stompin’ blues and British beat bands played by Alvin from St Augustine Academy. Alvin’s

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Gyroscope will be in Perth for only one night this weekend, playing a gig on the back of the release of their new album, Cohesion. We have five double passes to the gig at Metro City, this Sunday, June 6, to give away.

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When the mighty and vulnerable King Lear abdicates, he divides his kingdom by means of a test to see which of his daughters loves him most. We have two tickets for you and a friend to see Shakespeare’s powerful and crowning masterpiece on Saturday, June 19, at His Majesty’s.

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Animal Kingdom tells the story of 17-year-old, Joshua ‘J’ Cody who, after the death of his mother, finds himself living with his criminal and estranged family. When tensions between his family and the police reach a bloody peak, Joshua is left to choose between his dangerous relatives and doing the right thing. We have 10 double passes to give away.

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We have two double passes to see Spontaneous Insanity’s Theatresports on Sunday, June 13, at Subiaco Arts Centre up for grabs. Spontaneous Insanity’s Theatresports performers will have you on the edge of your seat, or rolling on the floor in a fit of laughter with their improvised theatrics.

HOLLY MIRANDA

Showcasing songs from her highly acclaimed album The Magicians Private Library, American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda is set to make her WA debut on Tuesday, June 8. We have one double pass for you and a friend to see her at Manhattan’s Bar.

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The mornings are getting colder and the blankets thicker, but that hasn’t stopped RTR FM from jumping out of bed, throwing on its dressing gown, and organising an absolutely thumping line-up of local artists for its annual Winter Music Festival. Taking place in North Fremantle on Saturday, June 26, from 7pm, the genre-spanning festival will run between Mojo’s Bar, The Railway Hotel, and The Swan Hotel. This year’s event features Boom Bap Pow, Umpire, Blackmilk, The Joe Kings, and X-Press’ very own Davey Craddock on the Railway stage. Underground Solution Crew, Pex and Camryn vs Triaianos are some of the electronic acts warming things up at Mojo’s while, Grace Barbe, Mister & Sunbird, The Transients, Carl Fox and a host of other fine performers stoke things up at The Swan. Tickets ($10 for subscribers/$15 general admission) and full line-up information available at rtrfm.com.au/events.

Parkway Drive

There’s no shortage of young Australian surfing talent out there, and this year’s Chill Pro Junior competition will showcase some of the best of the best. Last year’s event marked the transition of junior star Owen Wright from the Pro Junior circuit into the big time – Wright has since surfed a handful of ASP World Tour events via wildcard entries, underlining his enormous future by twice beating Kelly Slater.

This year, with current ISA World Junior Champion Dean Bowen in the mix, the competition is set to be a stunner. The 19 year old surfer has been making waves in the pro surfing scene, turning his national title into a world title in the Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championships in Ecuador in 2009. Bowen will have some tough local competition from WA’s highest rated ASP Pro Junior surfer Jerome Forrest and young talent Creed McTaggart, both from Margaret River.

The Grade 4 Boys and Grade 1 Girls competitions take place on Friday, June 4 – Sunday, June 6, at Trigg Point – head down and witness these young guns in action! For further information check out the event website chillprojunior.com.

DRY SPELL

If, like the employees of X-Press, you have hit the booze a bit too hard this year, here’s a great excuse to give your liver a break from the alcohol onslaught! Now only one month away, Dry July is the fun way to let your liver temporarily repair itself while raising funds to support hospitals improve the lives of adults living with cancer. Founded in 2007, Dry July encourages adults to pack in the grog and get healthy for just one month, and last year, over $1.2 million was raised. It’s easy to get involved: entry is free and can be done online at dryjuly.com.

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The second edition of Analogue To Digital will take place this Sunday, June 6, at Scitech, featuring a great lineup of local musicians and sound artists. Kicking off at 7pm, the event will include performances by Decibel, Diode, Gilbert Fawn and Erasers, which promise to explore the properties and transmission of sound. Guest speaker Cat Hope will also get behind the mic to chat with Alvin Lucier, an experimental music composer. Tickets will be available on the door for just $10.

Arguably the country’s biggest hardcore band, Parkway Drive are scheduled to storm their way through Australia’s biggest live music arenas, conquering several huge venues in the name of the Deep Blue Australian Tour. The tour will be the band’s largest to date - a fitting reflection of their unprecedented success and continuing strength since 2007’s Horizons debuted at #6 on the ARIA charts and 2009’s Parkway Drive: The DVD achieved platinum sales status. This national tour arrives hot on the heels of the band’s third album titled Deep Blue. Crisp, unprocessed and impossibly heavy, the production on Deep Blue brings out every nuance of Parkway Drive’s freshly re-focused sound. Catch them on Sunday, October 3, at Challenge Stadium, with special guests The Devil Wears Prada (USA) , The Ghost Inside (USA) and 50 Lions. Tickets from ticketmaster.com.au or by calling 136 100.

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VIZZUTTI THE VIRTUOSO

Acclaimed trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti is packing his bags (and instruments) and heading to Perth for three very special concerts this June. On Thursday, June 17, Vizzutti will join forces with WAAPA’s Brass Ensemble for a classical concert in WAAPA’s music auditorium; on Friday, June 18, he will take to the stage of Hale School with the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra; and last but not least on Sunday, June 20, Vizzutti will perform once more with the WAAPA Brass Ensemble and the Royal Agriculture Society Of WA Brass at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. Tickets for all events are on sale now from the respective venues: WAAPA (08) 9370 6636; WAYJO (08) 9471 1950; and bunburyentertainment.com.

TUESDAY TAPAS

For those who find it difficult to select just one item from a menu, tapas is the perfect remedy – allowing diners to choose a number of different dishes instead of just one. The folks at Palais 85 love good tapas, and have a special offer for diners that is sure to whet even the fussiest of appetites. Launching on Tuesday, June 8, Palais 85’s Tuesday Tapas evenings will dish up an array of tasty concoctions at only $5 each, perfect for believers in tight-arse Tuesdays!

There are over 20 mouth watering creations on offer, including grilled scallops, fresh herb fetta, vegetarian moussaka and mince lamb cake with cumin yoghurt – yum! Book your table now by calling (08) 9368 1499 or palais85.com.

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ROUND BALL IN THE SQUARE

The Northbridge Piazza will be awash with football fever during the upcoming FIFA World Cup, with 22 matches to be screened live, and a selection of Perth Glory players and coaches to host skill sessions.

The opening ceremony of the World Cup will be screened on Friday, June 11, before the Greece vs. Korea Republic game is shown at 7:30pm on Saturday, June 12. Football Family Fun featuring Perth Glory and Football West precedes the match from 3pm, with Perth Glory player appearances from 6.30pm.

For a full schedule of the screened matches and activities head to perth.wa.gov. au/piazza.

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Entertaining the kids over the long weekend just got a whole lot easier thanks to A Team Adrenalin Day, a celebration of all things extreme set to go down on Monday, June 7, at Event Cinemas Innaloo. Make your way along to Event to discover freestyle moto-cross shows at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm, including back flippers Josh Sheehan, Russell Lightfoot and Luke Mulcahy; abseiling and flying fox displays from 3-5.30pm; and arm wrestling with strong man Johnny Domino. Head down dressed as your favourite A Team character to go into the draw to win tickets to the premiere screening that night; or get your locks trimmed into a B.A. Baracus Mohawk for free!

Guaranteed to be packed with full tilt rock ‘n’ roll, The Chevelles are bringing their explosive and unforgettable live show back to Perth. Their 20th Anniversary World Tour kicked off in WA at the start of February 2010 with a performance at The Big Day Out followed by regional shows and the official launch of Accelerator at Amplifier.

The band have since powered through a month long tour of the USA playing Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Austin (SXSW ), Cleveland, Chicago, New York and Boston. Catch them at Clancy’s, playing tracks from their fifth studio album, Accelerator, on Saturday, June 12. Entry is free. Doors open 8pm.

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This Saturday, June 5, is World Environment Day and to mark the occasion, Sound Emissions will be launched - a website that promises to help the music community reduce, avoid and offset their carbon emissions. Musicians and those working in the entertainment industry can use the site to discover low impact alternatives to their current work practices, including information on low energy lighting systems, carbon offset tickets for fans and alternative power sources.

A slew of big name Australian artists have thrown their support behind Sound Emissions, including John Butler, Missy Higgins, Grinspoon, Clare Bowditch and Perth’s own Kav Temperley from Eskimo Joe, who knows that we have to deal with this issue sooner rather than later; “Climate change is happening right now and right here... we all have the power to stop or reverse this, or slow it in its tracks right now.”

Gin Wigmore is also an avid supporter of Sound Emissions, recently stating “We need to do something about climate change. This world is heating up on us so we’ve got to get out of bed, we’ve got to turn the light off when we leave, we’ve got to ride to work on a bike, we’ve got to skateboard, we’ve got to do things to help the world from going into complete mayhem.

Studies have shown that it is largely humankind that is responsible for this. So it’s up to us to make a change to help the world be a better place so we can live her heaps longer.”

If, like Kav and Gin, you want to help Sound Emissions spread the word, you can do so by heading to soundemissions.com.au.

The Soft Pack

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Sound Emissions supporter Kav Temperley

On the back of their self-titled debut album released March of this year (Pod/ Inertia), and having conquered CMJ and SXSW festivals and toured with the world’s hottest bands (Phoenix, The Breeders, Wavves, Franz Ferdinand), California’s The Soft Pack are finally set to bring their signature nofrills style of punk-infused pop to Australia.

The Sof t Pack began as a collaboration of two friends, Matt Lamkin and Matty McLoughlin. The aesthetic that Matt and Matty honed early on is the piece de résistance of their debut – a spare yet fiery jangle of guitars, drums, base and pokerfaced singing. Already garnering comparisons to the likes of The Strokes, The Velvet Underground and Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Soft Pack is rock and roll at its apogee; distilled to its very essence.

Don’t miss your chance to catch The Soft Pack live when they play on Saturday, July 10, at the Rosemount. Tickets on sale now through moshtix.com.au.

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MAT DE KONING Go Skate Or Go Home

This bright young Australian filmmaking talent steps out from behind the lens to speak with X-Press about his work.

Bob Dylan once said “a man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” I always wanted to apply this quote to an interview, but it was not until I encountered Perth filmmaker Mat de Koning that I found reason to do so. At 26 years old, de Koning is something of a marvel. My first encounter with de Koning’s work was via his music video for Will Stoker’s Five Beds For Bitsy, depicting a scarecrow-ish Stoker staring down the barrel of the camera and maddeningly stamping on floorboards, all in crackly Super 8. It is a startling, riveting creation.

A bit more research unearthed that de Koning’s talent was not limited to music videos, but rather that he was an accomplished and awardwinning director of skateboarding films, and had instigated the creation of an award-winning skate park… a pastime he has supplemented with no less than two significant projects in regional Australian indigenous communities.

Even more incredibly, the majority of de Koning’s work (which is showcased in the retrospective DVD collection, Good Times, Four Wheels) is self-funded. Here’s where the Bob Dylan acumen comes in.“My time is just worth so much more than money,” says de Koning, who recently turned down a lucrative project for the Greens party to focus on his documentaries.“I spend every dime, every hour on this. I haven’t had a real job in three years. You’re constantly at war with yourself, wondering how you can do something better. I want to tell the stories I want to tell. I constantly feel like I’m on the quest to make a better film.”

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sure you’re very good at filming lines. Lines are when you’re behind someone on a skateboard.

Because any moment you can hit a honkey nut and be on your chest, taking a fall for the camera.

I’ve had boards hit the camera, hit the lens, leave permanent marks on them. It’s a layer of glass between your camera and the skateboarder. The skill is in the preventative action of knowing how to take a fall for the camera.

How do the skateboarders themselves feel about being filmed?

The thing is, it’s a collaberation between you and the skateboarder. It’s a bit like ballet or synchronised diving, it’s an art form. When a skateboarder’s done a trick, they know that they’ve landed it well. If their toe jams, or their arms fly out or something, and it’s a little less graceful, you watch the footage, and you kind of weigh it up and think, ‘okay, we can get this a little bit better’. So it’s like this ongoing pursuit to get the best footage possible.The cameraman has to film it as well as he can, and the skateboarder has to perform the trick as gracefully as he can.

One of your signatures as a skate filmmaker is your use of mixed mediums – the skate footage featured in your Good Times, Four Wheels film is a mix of standard definition footage, Super 8 and photos. Why do you choose to work in many different mediums?

It’s like a painting, you try and make a film and it’s got to have different textures to it. By using mixed mediums, it gives it a more interesting look. I love the timeless, retro, warm feel Super 8 is capable of creating, like in the scenes of the skaters on the beach. But then if you look at the footage shot at HQ, when the cops were trying to get us

Mat de Koning at Crimea Park

You were in high school when you first started filming your friends skateboarding with your Dad’s handycam. What was the first skateboarding film you ever made?

Every Saturday and public holidays me and my mates from Kalamunda High School would trek out to Wanneroo or the city to go skating. When we got to Year 11, we had a really cool media teacher. He saw what we were doing and encouraged us to do our final project on skating, provided we did it all in-house, got guys from school to do the artwork and soundtrack type-thing. I went to school with Myles Wooton [The Panics] so he did the soundtrack and we made this film, This Is Skateboarding…I got an A in media that year. When I left school I applied for filmmaking at TAFE but didn’t have enough points to get in, so I said ‘sod it’, bought a video camera and worked in a skate shop and made skate films.

My first skate video got national distribution around Australia and it went from there.

kicked out of the park because it was curfew, I used straight, realistic night filming– as it had a more seedy, underbelly tone to it.

Local music features prominently in all of your work; you’ve championed the likes of Roly Skender and Rollerskates in your skate work, and you’ve made loads of music videos for folks like Sex Panther and Will Stoker. One of your biggest music projects however, is a feature length film, Meal Tickets, about the now defunct band The Screwtop Detonators, which you’ve been working on for the last five years.

When do you aim to have that one finished?

I want it ready for The Sundance Film Festival in 2012, which happens in Utah in January.

That’s gonna be my big film. That’s the film that people who know me go ‘that film will never get made’. But at the end of the day, I’ve got a tremendous amount of confidence that I’m going to make an international cult hit. The footage is amazing, the characters are great. I’ve got Mick In lots of the skateboarding films and clips Blood, rock ‘n’ roll legend from the Lime Spiders, you make, you’re right there amongst it – if and I’m interviewing him and he’s like ‘this is one the skateboarders climb up a fence, you climb of the best young rock ‘n’ roll bands in Australia, I’m it too. Do you always aim to put yourself in a gonna kill someone if they break up’. Then I met this subjective position when filming? young couple who were so impressed with SDs My approach to making skate films is they got them to play at their wedding. But with that I see myself as a skateboarder, one of them.Yet the group dynamics and a few things going on, the I also see myself as somewhat of a bridge between SDs just couldn’t seem to get it to happen. When the subjects of my film and the greater public, they broke up in December last year, in Melbourne, because I do a lot of activism work and work with I was there. But that’s what rock ‘n’ roll is. It’s this councils; communicating to the suits and the constant up and down battle and you gotta keep people who have the power to make a difference. pushing it. Those who have the capacity to keep I try to present a degree of empathy within my pushing it get there, but then it gets to the point work - I try to make other people understand where you meet these 40 year old never beens, our subculture and our world, so that they can still trying to rock out. Meal Tickets looks at that appreciate it. balance. When is enough enough, when do you stop and say ‘no’?”

What, to you, is the skill in filming skateboarding?

It sounds similar to the dilemma faced by the There’s so many skate videos out there band Anvil in the Story Of Anvil.

- you have to make an effort to make something It’s very Anvil. It’s very Spinal Tap. We unique and different, so you have to experiment rocked up to a venue in New Jersey and the sign a lot. As far as the skills go…you have to make said ‘tonight we have Fish N Chips’ in bold letters, 12

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Mat de Koning and The Screwtop Detonators

then underneath ‘…plus the Screwtop Detonators’ (laughs). It will be humorous, but with an emotional side. A lot of Meal Tickets looks at relationships and love and the role love plays in ambition. I guess it’s like, you want to give as much of your time to your art as possible, but it’s hard to balance it with a relationship. I’ve got this underlying thing: ‘does monogamy limit your chance of success in your twenties?’ and that’s one of the questions I’m exploring in Meal Tickets. There’s a good chance I won’t be well liked when it finally comes out!

WA Screen Awards, and received a Special Mention.

Speaking of awards, you won the Bayswater City Council’s ‘Active Citizen of the Year Award’ for your contribution in designing the groundbreaking Crimea Skate Plaza. How did you come to be involved in the planning and construction of the skate park?

Generally, all these councils around the world keep designing these big concrete arenas that look more like sporting arenas than skate parks. There are replica skate parks in every You spent some time in 2008 working in the Pilbara in the Punmu Community, teaching council’s district, they all go for the same basic digital filmmaking skills to children at the Rawa design from the same contractor. I’ve been a community school. This resulted in a film called part of the City of Bayswater Skate park advisory Punmu Stories that premiered at the Awesome committee for a few years. We said to the council, Festival. Did the Punmu community initially ‘look, don’t do the same thing everybody else does’.

And because we’ve been on that committee for welcome your presence for the project?

The second time I went up there, rather four or five years, we had a lot of respect from the than just shooting, I decided to actually put a bit council members. So they were open to listening more direction into what I was doing. So we ended to us, these young skaters, and we ended up up doing this film called That’s Dangerous!.The kids designing the park ourselves. Once we finished the had this book about dangerous things, and we did design, they sent it to the building company and it a somewhat adaptation and came up with our got built. It’s been a huge success. own examples. The pitch from me was to turn to the kids and say ‘we’re gonna do all these things that What makes the skater-designed Crimea Park are really dangerous, but you can’t tell the principal!’, distinctive from other skate parks out there? so they all thought it was a whole bunch of fun.

It’s distinctive because we looked at The first ‘dangerous thing’ was ‘sticking things people liked to skate in the street. Instead your finger in a fan’, so I film one of this girls walking of these big concrete bowls and whatnot, we up to a fan and she sticks her finger towards the took the ledges and banks you’d find in the street fan, then the camera cuts, and there’s a shot of her (it’s very similar to the architecture of Barcelona finger with fake blood all over it.Which is obviously skateparks), then we brought coloured concrete just a filmmaking trick. Then at the end of each in so it looked more aesthetically pleasing. There’s vignette, all the kids yell out ‘that’s dangerous!’. no other skate park like it in Perth. It’s certainly got We did ten examples. Things like driving a lot more people thinking and talking about the the principal’s car: we had one girl sitting on her future of these skate spaces. The council can be teacher’s lap and filmed it so you couldn’t see the proud of the fact that they’d built a skate park that teacher and so it looked like the kid was driving the car; we stuck a knife between my toes and was so successful. To give you an idea, the National pulled it out then filmed it in reverse, so it looked Skate Review that came out, which is a publication from Sydney, reviewed over a 1000 skateparks like I was being stabbed.

We had a community screening and across Australia.They reviewed 130 in WA and only showed it to all the elders and all the community three of those parks got five stars, Crimea was one members, and it was a massive hit, it totally of them. When I can rock up to council meetings brought the house down, everyone laughed at it. I and show them the great reviews we’re getting in think it got screened like, ten times.Then from after national skate magazines, they’re proud as punch, that, I gelled with the community really well, it was they’re competing with the other councils and all this ‘yeah DK, my mate’ and everyone knew who they want to do the right thing.

I was.

The council gave you some money to make Can you tell us about how this project led to the Crimea, a documentary about how the park got built. What do you hope to achieve, in a social Harmony In Halls Creek doco?

Punmu Stories got quite a bit of activist sense, with Crimea? coverage. The Matidjil Moorna community choir Now that the street skating spots are from Halls Creek heard about me, they’d gotten becoming extinct (because they’re putting skate funding to put on a concert in Halls Creek on this stoppers in the streets, placing curfews on skating, community stage up there that had barely been and thus making the streets unskateable) the used.The plan was to get the community together skaters are being pushed back into the skate parks. for a big concert (The Halls Creek Music Festival), So where’s the future of skateboarding at? It’s in get the kids excited and so on. Kind of like a version skateboarders actually getting a voice and trying of Dave Chapelle’s block party, but up in Halls to advocate to have their street spots replicated Creek. in built spaces that we’re allowed to skate. The challenge lies in convincing councils to do that.

In the doco, you focus on the relationship And that is why we’re making the documentary between the choir and the community about Crimea Park. Now what I’m trying to do is members, and the use of music to empower young people. Watching it is a very uplifting take the best 5-10 minutes from that 40 minute experience: it’s a really happy, positive film.Was Crimea film, and feature it in a skateboarding documentary I’m making now, as a way to get that your intention with it?

Yeah. You want to be objective, but I exposure for Crimea Park worldwide. wasn’t there to be like ‘look at the drinking situation in Halls Creek, look how shit this is’. The images you Hopefully the City of Perth Council and other see in the media are so important in shaping the councils around Australia will follow in Mat way you see yourself. The whole idea was to make de Koning and Crimea Park’s example, and this doco and so the Halls Creek community could consult with young skaters to create active put it up and be like ‘this is what we did, this is spaces around WA that reflect the needs of who we are, check this out’ and feel positive about skateboarders, particularly as skateboarders themselves and continue to do good things. It was once used to the streets feel the restrictions of later nominated for Best Documentary in the 2010 a police state bearing down on them. www.xpressmag.com.au

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THE DEVIL RIDES OUT Demons Of Dirt

The Devil Rides Out, Perth’s finest exponents of loud poststoner rock’n’roll are set to launch their debut album The Heart & The Crown at Amplifier on Saturday, June 12.

BEN WATSON caught up with no-bullshit frontman Joey Kapiteyn and guitarist Andrew Ewing ahead of the band’s first ever national tour.

If there’s one clichĂŠ that could accurately describe Joey Kapiteyn and Andrew Ewing as we sit down for a pint at their local bar, then ‘cool, calm and collected’ would be it.

Amazingly matter-of-fact chaps, they struck this scribe with the profound level of respect they clearly have for each other, their band mates, and the music that they create together.

So often in rock ‘n’ roll, interview subjects will snap instantly into promo-mode, nattering off stories at a million miles an hour in an almost automatic barrage of Tommy-gun self-promotion.

But despite all their on-stage theatrics The Devil Rides Out, who were the recipients of the 2009 WAMi for Best Hard Rock Artist, are somehow different. Focused, precise, and entirely grateful for the fact that they have, after each individual being in the game for neigh on 20 years, completed their debut album The Heart & The Crown, and are about to embark on their first national tour. “It’s funny,� observes Ewing, “when I describe it, especially to people who aren’t intimately involved with the Perth music scene, and tell them everything that’s happened, I think they have the reaction that reminds me of what’s

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point and going to a different level with the band.

They became more interested and wanted to hear the early mixes and what we were doing in the studio, which we sent to them. “As it turns out, [the mixes] had no vocals on them because I got ill and couldn’t record the vocals in the first sessions we did, so they basically just got an instrumental version of the album that was largely unmixed. Thankfully that was enough for them to see the promise in it and almost actually happening at the moment. Like ‘wow, immediately they were like ‘yeah, let’s do it’. So, it’s you’ve got a full album and somebody else is putting really cool because in terms of an Australian label it out, and you’re getting to play eight shows on the they’re really the best fit for us, by a mile.�

For Ewing, the signing has been doubly other side of the country. How many bands get to do that?’. And you actually just take that in and it’s sweet. “It’s really quite exciting to be on a small label for the first time� he explains. “Joey and fantastic, it’s really great.�

The label in question is Wollongong- Royce [drums] have both had label experiences based Impedance Records, home to former with other bands, but this is really the first time I’m seeing my music actually get pushed by anyone Queens Of The Stone Age nude-boy Nick Oliveri, other than myself or an immediate band member. among others. Kapiteyn explains that the label had So that’s just really exciting, and the opportunity their eye on the band for quite a while. to take an album over east, and tour in a way that “I’d been harassing them for a long time, we haven’t done as yet is really exciting. And yeah, sending them Volume EPs and stuff, and they were I want the record to do well so we can do another always interested. But I think they observed, and one and do more touring. probably quite rightly, that we weren’t quite there “We’re old enough to not think that yet as a band. And they kind of kept an eye on us we’re going to become famous rock stars, but I and charted the development of the band over would love to think that we could just keep doing the three EPs. this, at least for a few more years until we decide “When Volume III came around they kind we don’t want to do it anymore, as opposed to just of, I think, recognised that we were at a turning running out of steam.�

The Devil Rides Out Despite the individual band members’ many years on the scene, Kapiteyn explains that The Devil Rides Out has no desire to slow down any time soon. “It’s not really a choice, it’s more like a disease I think, it gets in your blood, and if you’re one of those people who become addicted to it, then there’s really no choice. You just do it, or you go crazy. I mean, I’ve had periods in between bands that have lasted for a couple of years, and I’ve literally just gone insane.�

Likewise, Ewing, in his totally understated way, is equally enthused by the whole scenario. “I think we’re lucky that we really enjoy playing with each other, and at least can go ‘I really dig the noise we make’. When we’re jamming at rehearsals I’m like ‘this is awesome. Other people should like this’ (laughs). Even if it is a little bit of my ego speaking‌ but you’ve got to have that feeling. “I’ve been pretty lucky in all the bands I’ve played with, I’ve had that experience, and people say to me ‘how do you meet the right drummer? I’ve played with these people and there’s nothing’. But we just got lucky that we do have that, you can at least feel it yourself. With The Devil Rides Out we’re just lucky that a few other people have gone ‘yep, we get that too, we dig it so we’re gonna help you out’. It still freaks me out, I just go ‘have they really decided that they wanna put out our record?’.

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GEORGE GREEN caught up with frontman Jason Cruz ahead of the band’s return. music is important to me, music is not how I define myself as a person, and I think it has been a very humbling experience for me to find that out on my own.�

Strung Out started way back in 1992, and is nearing 20 years as a band, something not too many punk bands seem to achieve.

Longevity has never been a strong point for punk acts, and Cruz struggles to put a finger on just why Strung Out has been able to continue for so long. “I don’t know what it is, but I think the only thing I can put it down to is people keep turning up to our shows,� he says. “I mean Strung Out we have fun when we jam together, but I There are many things you could expect could imagine things would be different if the Jason Cruz to be doing right before his turnouts weren’t as good as they are.� chat with X-Press is connected. Playing the Whilst there are bands that are able harmonica, is not likely one of them. to pull the same numbers to shows, few bands “I’m looking for some new music right have such die-hard fan bases as Strung Out. Cruz now actually. I’m playing my harmonica, trying acknowledges that these die-hards are what to find something cool that I’ve never heard keeps him and his band going, and that he is before,� explains Cruz. “I keep it around, and I try just starting to realise how much of an impact not to annoy the shit out of my girlfriend. She’s his band has actually made on people’s lives. pregnant, so I’m trying to keep the harmonica “Strung Out has taken on a life of its playing to a minimum.� own. It’s strange how what this band means The singer, who has lived most of to us is completely different to what it means his adult life following the road with his punk to other people. I still remember the first time rock band, is getting to the age where things someone tapped me on the shoulder and become clearer. With a baby on the way, and his showed me their Strung Out tattoo, but now it band getting back to their roots, Cruz has a new doesn’t affect me in the same way that I thought outlook on what music is all about. it would. Once you make a record or a logo “As a musician, you’re so selfish, and and you put it out to the world, it’s not yours there used to be a time where all I gave a shit anymore. It becomes a part of them. What the about was the band. When you have a kid, you music means to people belongs to them, and start to realise your weaknesses and strengths, whilst we’re the ones who make the music, our and it opens your eyes to the fact that whilst fans are really the ones who own Strung Out.�

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With Jack Johnson’s fifth album entitled To The Sea, it seems appropriate for an artist known for his breezy brand of laid-back acoustica to be kicking off his Australian tour in sunny Perth on Saturday, December 4, at ME Bank Stadium. SASHA PERERA spoke to Johnson ahead of the release of the album.

The Johnson household is a tough audience.

Despite selling millions of albums worldwide and being a top-drawcard for live shows around the globe, at home Jack Johnson is just plain ol’ dad. “I’ve got a six year-old, a three year-old, and another one that’s a few months old now and they like my stuff alright,� a relaxed, and shaggy-haired Jack Johnson tells me back in early March, ahead of the release of his new studio album To The Sea.“But they like The White Stripes a little more. They like real rock like Led Zeppelin a lot.�

Johnson’s fifth studio album to date, To The Sea, continues to build on the simple melodic structure of his previous efforts, this time incorporating a fuller band sound. Whilst it may not be a heavy rock record per se, the record is noticeably more amped up. So, was Johnson trying to impress his kids? “It’s funny because when we all get together behind the drums or whatever and play - they want it to really rock. They love to rock out, so maybe it is just me being a middle-aged guy who’s trying to impress my six year old who’s a real rocker.�

Audiences concerned that Jack Johnson has completely changed gear, need not worry. In the same way that the album Sleep Through Static took it up a notch, To The Sea has a more bandlike presence, best exemplified by the first single You And Your Heart, which uses both acoustic and electric guitar lines fused together to find a natural progression to the Jack Johnson sound. “A lot of times we record the songs before we’ve ever played them live so they’re really acoustic guitar based,� Johnson explains of the evolution of his songs. “Then we go out and play them live and they tend to transform into a sound that has more energy.�

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As a Hawaii resident and former pro surfer, it’s no surprise that Johnson’s latest album title suggests an affinity with the water. Aside from being a song on the album, To The Sea, also relates to tracks on the release that use the phrase in their lyrics. Johnson says that this overarching theme refers to the analysis of dreams and myths whereby water represents the subconscious, and that the album is about finding out who he is underneath. “A lot of times the songs feel really personal, and they are because that’s where they come from,� he says. “But I always have to ask myself the question, ‘Is this song too personal, to the level that I’m letting people know too much about my family?’, and hopefully the answer is ‘no’. My songs are very personal, but at the same time they’re very broad, and I think that’s why people connect with them.�

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ROLO TOMASSI

MIDNIGHT YOUTH

Sheffield based experimental metal outfit Rolo Tomassi have recently released their sophomore album Cosmology.

GEORGE GREEN spoke to frontwomanEvaSpenceabout, of all things, sewing.

New Zealand rockers MidnightYouth may not yet be household names in Australia, but if their colossal homeland success is anything to go by, it’s only a matter of time.

JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD spoke to frontman Jeremy Redmore about the band’s debut album The Brave Don’t Run ahead of their show with Birds Of Tokyo at Metro City on Thursday, June 10.

Youthful Success

Sew What?

Rolo Tomassi

when I go to bed at night.

“I’ve been into sewing since I was about 11, and I’ve always wanted to start my own business, but I’ve just never had the time or money to do it. I lost my job in January of 2009, and I panicked for a few weeks, and then I just decided to use my last pay cheque to buy all of the fabric I would need to get things rolling, Rolo Tomassi frontwoman Eva Spence is all and I’ve been at it ever since. It’s still only a one about breaking stereotypes. If you had to woman operation, and it gives me something to judge the book by the cover, you’d say she enjoy while I’m off tour.” was the singer of an indie band. Once you Now whilst this whole handicraft thing hear Rolo Tomassi, you would find that you might seem a little off subject, there are a lot of were very much mistaken, as the bunch similarities in Eva’s passion for sewing and music. from Sheffield, England, are an experimental The story behind how her sewing business came metal band with synth laden signatures and to be echoes her ‘can do’ decision to sing in a brutal lady screams. band, and the moral of both tales is very similar: if It is therefore even more interesting to you have a dream, chase it at all costs. find out that this polite little lady (who we’ve now “Bad things happen, and I’m going to established provides deathly growls in a metal take the last bit of money I have and throw it band) also likes, you guessed it, sewing! at what I love to do,” Spence explains. “I started “I run a small business called Night Of sewing on the road and selling pillowcases and The Living Thread, and I hand-make cushions, cushions at shows. So many girls are happy to hair accessories and necklaces,” explains the ever see something girly at a show and so many lady-like Spence.“I’ve just got back from tour, and boyfriends buy something pretty to take home I’ve had so many orders that I’ve been having to to their girlfriends.” work from when I get up in the morning until Again, this same sentiment towards girly pillowcases can be applied to Rolo Tomassi’s music. Where girls are often ostracised at heavy shows, Eva Spence’s involvement in heavy music now validates the female attendance, and shows punters that music, be it heavy or not, is to be enjoyed by all.

“I wouldn’t classify myself as a girly girl, but I’m into arts and crafts and heavy metal,” laughs Spence. “I never even knew that I could sing the way that I do, but I started listening to bands like Converge, The Locust and Dillinger Escape Plan, and so when we couldn’t find a singer for our band, I gave it a go, and after two goes at it I could just do it. It’s strange to think that I started as just ‘giving it a go’, and five years later this is still what I’m doing.”

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Midnight Youth

outlook. While Redmore agrees there’s certainly a place for bands to focus on their live show, he stresses Midnight Youth’s potential to create ‘rock music with a message’.

“We’re trying to do something that When an 18-year-old Jeremy Redmore emerged from high school fresh-faced isn’t just about moshing and jumping around,” and eager to take on the world, he naïvely he explains, “I think our music connects to people answered a ‘singer wanted’ ad online, but because there’s a message in the music and it couldn’t have dreamt of the musical journey makes them feel something. And that’s what music is all about isn’t it?” which awaited him.

The frontman acknowledges debut Uniting with Simon Oscroft, Matt Warman and Aidan Bartlett, who had formed a album The Brave Don’t Run exudes an undeniable pop sensibility, but he says that Australian group in high school in 2001 (fellow member Nick Campbell joined two years later) the seeds of audiences can expect more of a rock-heavy performance when the band embarks on their Midnight Youth were sown.

Fast forward five years later and the extensive national tour with Birds of Tokyo in June.

“When we play live we are a rock list of Midnight Youth’s accomplishments on native soil is as long as the lines queued outside band,” Redmore explains, “The slower songs on their concerts: one platinum album, two top 20 the album we generally leave for the acoustic singles, three New Zealand Music Awards and the performances… We are heading towards being unofficial record for most sold-out shows over a a rock band and so we really want to bring that sound to our live show.” summer.

With New Zealand well-and-truly Although Redmore bravely admits he isn’t exactly sure why his band has been conquered, Redmore says it’s the right time for overwhelmingly embraced by New Zealanders, he Midnight Youth to head to Australia, and while attributes it to good timing, and most importantly, he admits it might take time before the band is packing out Australian venues, he remains excited a lot of hard work.

For years the rock scene has laboured about the opportunity to reach new audiences under some weighty affectations, with many across the country. prevalent bands often geared toward a live _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD feeling, allowing this to affect both their music and

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UNEARTH Super Request

Massachusetts metalcore act Unearth will be assaulting Perth ears again this Sunday, June 6, at Amplifier alongside fellow Americans The Black Dahlia Murder. Vocalist Trevor Phipps tells JESSICA WILLOUGHBY why this tour is going to be a little bit different for Australian fans.

“We’re still touring a year and a half later on the same album,” Unearth frontman Trevor Phipps says of his band’s heavily promoted metalcore outing The March. “But we understand this is the fifth time we’ve been to Australia in as many years and we want to offer something different for fans to get excited about.”

With a website established to allow fans to vote on their dream set list at www.unearth. tv/poll, Unearth have engineered a way to give their spoilt Aussie fans something a little different.

Phipps says leaving their down under devotees

Unearth

out of the band’s latest touring loop was never an option, so the band devised a way to give the power back to their zealots, in the most personal way they could.

“We’ve had a website up forming a poll with all our songs from our four LPs and two EPs,” Phipps explains. “We decided that was the only way the fans would hear exactly what they wanted to this time around. Plus it gives us the chance to play some tracks we haven’t played for a while from past albums, or maybe some we’ve never played altogether. So it’s about chopping shit up for us too. Generally we have about 22

DAPPLED CITIES OK Commuters

Dappled Cities are finally back in Australia after a lengthy world tour. They return not only with new album Zounds, but with yet another one on the way. Dappled Cities frontman Dave Rennick spoke to Laura Glitsos ahead of the band’s shows at Mojo’s on Thursday, June 17; The Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, on Friday, June 18; and The Rosemount on Saturday, June 19.

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songs that we rotate about on tour, with 15 we play pretty solidly. We are hoping people will choose something a little bit crazy for us.”

Readily offering track suggestions from Unearth’s most recent album that he would like to play on the band’s upcoming co-headline stint with Michigan metallers The Black Dahlia Murder, Phipps says his tastes have evolved since the 2008 release of The March. “Originally the first track from the album, My Will Be Done, was the one. Then Crowkiller became my absolute favourite to play live for about a year. But, on the last tour, we played the title track for the first

time. It’s an E-string number, so the guys whipped out the extra guitars and I totally fell in love with it. It’s amazing how your tastes can change so dramatically over time.”

Looking towards their fifth full-length in the not too distant future, the Unearth vocalist was quick to hint at a new direction in the lyrical department. “I don’t think we’ll do a concept album like The March again,” he says.“It was great to explore the concept of evil and humanity, but I want to focus less on the political and more on personal themes now. Hopefully we’ll get into the studio later this year.”

Despite five months of touring through the United States, the UK, Europe and Asia, Dappled Cities front man Dave Rennick says the experimental indie rockers still love life on the road, in fact, he says, “we’re having a lovely time of it”.

“And other times, you just have to buckle down and do what you have to do. The only thing you miss about home really is the people. Missing loved ones inspires you to work harder though, because if you’re away from them, you think it might as well be for a good reason. And while we all really miss our girlfriends and friends, at the end of the day, we really believe in what we’re doing and we really enjoy it, so you can’t ask for much more than that.”

Dappled may not have asked for much more than that, but with accolades such as being named Australian Rolling Stone magazine’s Independent Artist Of The Year, they’ve certainly got it. All of the band’s hard work seems to be paying off, especially in the US, where new album Zounds has received widespread acclaim.

“The response in the States was really good this time,” Rennick says, with an endearing, unabashed appreciation. “We went to the SXSW Festival, then through to LA and New York. We always feel really welcome there. They seem to have a strong affinity with the music we play. So every time we play there it kind of feels like playing in Australia, with a really positive response and lovely people.”

Specifically, Rennick recalls the spontaneous show Dappled hooked up with The Grates at an American bowling alley.“[The Grates] are good friends of ours and they said to come down,” he explains.“You get a big plate with a beef burger, a whole pitcher of beer then you get up to play. When you get off, you drink more beer and play bowls… Drinking a Budweiser and sending balls down an alley; it doesn’t get more American than that.”

London, he says, is a completely different cup of tea. “The London shows have been great but it very much feels like Aussies stick together.

It can be both good and bad. Whereas in America, you hang out with more Americans and meet more people.”

“We have had some amazing times; we played with a great Scottish band called We Were Promised Jetpacks then finished off

with a warehouse party.”

However, life on the road for a rapidly emerging rock band is not all ‘shits and giggles’. As Rennick reveals, most of the time, everything goes wrong.

“But it’s always funny. We were touring Dallas and had one of those classic moments.

We got the address of the pub, packed the van and drove out there,” he says. “As we’re driving through the city we end up in literally, the Ghetto; slowly driving past hobos sitting around with their trolleys. People starting throwing things at the car as we drove past and there were no proper houses around.

“So we slowly pulled up and the GPS says: ‘approaching the venue on your right’. What we approached was no more than a bunker surrounded by barbed wire… Eventually we found the right venue but the night just got worse, the keyboard blew up, among other things. All you can say in those moments is ‘one more down’.”

The boys from Dappled Cities have certainly learnt to go with the flow and are now headed back to Perth to continue their hard work and promote Zounds to Aussie audiences.

Rennick says there will also be an extra surprise for hardcore fans.

“We’ve actually recorded the entire album again and filmed it, so we’re going to release that as a DVD, we’re really looking forward to people watching it.”

On top of that, according to their frontman, the band has written almost an entire new album worth of material, which they will unveil at their Perth shows. Rennick says the new stuff is “bloody incredible – it’s big and loud and fun… We’re finding London a good location to test out the new material for our next album too.

We really want to keep making records and our aim is to have a really secure touring base around the world so we can go anywhere and play a good gig.”

Could Dappled be one of the hardest working bands in Australia? Even with all the recording, touring and road ‘mishaps’, the band certainly don’t look like they’re slowing down anytime soon.

“Essentially, we’re nothing if not a touring band. I guess we just want to keep releasing music so more people come and see us live, because that’s what we love to do.”

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RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR Second Coming

When Alan Sparhawk wants to make a lot of noise,he steps out of the comfort zone of Duluth’s most famous slowcore band Low and amps up his other project, Retribution Gospel Choir.

CHRIS HAVERCROFT spoke to Sparhawk about the release of his new band’s appropriately named second album, 2.

When the usually subdued Alan Sparhawk first put his power three piece Retribution Gospel Choir together people thought that he was just having a brief dalliance with volume. But with a hectic touring schedule and a signing to Sub Pop Records for a second album, it appears that this driving rock act are shaping up to be a serious ongoing concern.

“When we made the first record we were saying ‘we’ll just see what happens here’,” says Sparhawk of the genesis of Retribution Gospel Choir. “After we played a few shows and felt the dynamic in the band, I knew that there was going to be more than just a dabble. At the end of the day I can say I’ll do whatever I want. Who is going to come to my house and tell me to stop playing music? I am the only one that is going to shoot myself in the foot if I put out crap, or too much.”

The production credit on 2, is as surprising as Sparhawk’s move to embrace excessive guitar volume. The album was recorded

by Matt Beckley, an up and coming producer from Los Angeles with names such as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears on his resume – a list that Retribution Gospel Choir couldn’t say no to.

“I have known him for a number of years,” Sparhawk explains of Beckley. “I have played music with him a bit. He plays guitar and is a songwriter and a really sharp musician. I knew him and I knew his sense of humour and I thought he would be a guy who would be bold enough to take the tracks and get them to totally jump off the page. His credentials to me are just the icing on the cake. The Britney and Paris Hilton bit is just the tip off the iceberg.”

Retribution Gospel Choir is a name that was in Sparhawk’s head for some time. He tells of the church choirs that travel from city to city in America with grand names like ‘First Zion’s Choir’

Full Scale Revolution

FULL SCALE REVOLUTION

or ‘Our Messiah’s Gospel Choir’ often emblazoned on their vans - the idea of a pretend gospel choir was too juicy for Sparhawk to pass up on.

“I loved the tone and that it is playing with language,” Sparhawk says of the name.“That Legendary ex-Perthites Full is kind of exciting. Retribution evokes some weird Scale Revolution are back things. People think of revenge right away which is actually wrong because retribution is more to on the road for the first time do with paying back for what you have taken. in four years, and are set to Or refocusing yourself on where you know you should be headed after you have deviated from take in shows in Bunbury, what you know is right. So we are sort of like the Mandurah, Cannington, payback good news guys.

“Faith and religion have strong Perth, and Fremantle from imagery… Everybody likes to go to a show and June 2-6 (see Tour Trails). feel something and everybody wonders when WATSON spoke to the last time they cried was and I don’t see why BEN that has to be separated into religion or not frontman religion, rock ‘n’ rock or not rock ‘n’ roll, or reality. incomparable Getting up in the morning is an act of faith, let’s Ezekiel Ox. just get over the semantics and the language and just admit that good things are good and we like Ezekiel Ox is one relentless dude. Since to do that as much as we can.” forming Full Scale Deflection in Perth in 1998, he’s seen that band through various Full Scale incarnations until the band’s 2006 split, and has since garnered a national reputation with experimental rock act Mammal. That band parted ways six months ago, so Ox has his hard-hitting rock powerhouse Full Scale back on track, with a new cognomen: Full Scale Revolution.

Confused yet?

“It’s the third name change,” explains Ox. “Those who were around Perth back in ’98, back in the day, [will remember that] Full Scale Deflection were a real powerhouse on the live circuit. When we dropped members of the band and became Full Scale, we decided that Retribution Gospel Choir dropping ‘Deflection’ was the right thing to do,

Do The Evolution

to go into a new space and with a new band. “[ We’ve now] got me and Crutey (drums), Tristan Ross (guitar) and Ben Brennan (bass), and all four of us played in Full Scale Deflection or Full Scale at some point. We never actually played in the same line up of that band together. So we felt it was appropriate to re-name it again… and the most exciting part is we get to release our third debut album!”

All perfectly sensible then, if a little complicated to explain, and perhaps outside of the ordinary paradigm. But Ezekiel Ox is anything but an ordinary character. He’s one of those musicians whose self-belief is so concrete that he has no qualms about describing his songs as “fucking good”, and never once leaves you doubting as to the accuracy of the statement.

It’s an attitude that crosses over into other areas too. It’s impossible to talk to Ox without the subject of politics coming up, and indeed, the catalyst for Full Scale’s recent reunion was a fundraising show for the Melbourne-based Refugee Action Collective.

“Politics aren’t just important to me as a lyricist, they’re important to my life,” he explains emphatically. “I did some freestyle rap at a refugee rally about three weeks ago. [It was] Aboriginal people handing over passports to refugees. Aboriginal elders in Victoria have made up Aboriginal passports, and they’re giving them to the refugees on Christmas Island and Bali as a welcome to our country.

“These people that are on Christmas Island at the moment are fucking desperate people. They need our help.”

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The hype surrounding Tame Impala’s debut album has been immense.

Tame Impala themed packets of rollie papers have been delivered to the press with review copies, blogs are humming worldwide, and a special mind-bendingly interactive image of the album artwork is currently wigging out on a designated website.

Perth audiences were lucky enough to see this band develop through previous incarnation The Dee Dums, but with the (now) quartet soon to embark on a perfectly-timed tour of America with MGMT, they are on the cusp of exploding into the world’s consciousness.

Tracks like Desire Be Desire Go will attract the lazy Cream comparisons that have plagued the band since their debut EP, but it is frontman Kevin Parker’s self-professed love of Swedish experimentalists Dungen that really colours this release. Jammy, free-form psych-outs like Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind reeks of a band wildly experimenting in an idyllic hideaway – which is exactly what happened.

The sparkly, synth-ier sounds that Parker has worked into tracks like Runway, Houses, City, Clouds are unexpected – but with Death In Vegas member Tim Holmes engineering and MGMT mixer Dave Fridmann on board as mixer, there were always going to be some shinier sonic surprises.

The hype, for a pleasant change, is warranted. _DAVID CRADDOCK

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Comedian David Cross needs little introduction to those who have seen his sketch work on Mr Show or his outrageously hilarious portrayal of psychiatrist Tobias Fünke on the unparalleled Arrested Development. Bigger & Blackerer captures Cross delivering his stand up during his 2009 tour at Wilbur Theatre in Boston.

Being a self professed left wing atheist there is little that Cross would consider taboo as he gives his take on drug use, date rape, race relations, the US healthcare debate and having your penis shrunk to the size of half a ladybug. Being raised Jewish has placed Cross in a position where he is able to effortlessly portray a Rabi who is guilting people into using environmentally friendly products, and orthodox Jews being the biggest victims of global warming.

Cross is profane as he mixes left wing commentary and satire, making him one of the most entertaining and seriously funny people on the planet. The stories are sharp and intelligent and roll from one into the other, so that you are often recovering from one punch-line well into his setting of the scene for the next situation.

Unlike your favourite music, there is always the question mark over how often you will continue to listen to a comedy album, but you’ll be sure to be sharing these jokes with your mates after a couple of ales for sometime yet.

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Funky blues-influenced jazz outfit Let The Cat Out have gained a loyal following in their hometown of Hobart, Tasmania, due to their dynamic live shows, and are reaching out to a wider audience with the release of their debut effort.

Get It Like That brims with sunny hooks, soulful melodies, and soaring guitar, over a gorgeous combination of brass, percussion and string arrangements, complimenting lyrics you’d expect to hear in any downtown jazz bar.

The rich, full sound of the rock-solid rhythm section provides the perfect foundation for singer Jane McArthur’s smoky vocals, which, when layered over the powerful sound of electric organ riffs, afford a rich, layered backdrop for her eloquent expressions. Lead single, Lee Roy, is pure fun, fuelled with contagious energy and an easy beat for grooving.

Channeling elements of The Cat Empire and Jackson Jackson on earlier tracks, they progress to a more Fiona Apple-inspired sound towards the tail end of the album, with saxophone instrumentals maintaining the signature ambience of the band.

Let The Cat Out is an act with no need for affectation, as their pure musical talent and refreshingly honest presentation make for an entertaining ride, which, with a bit of luck, should be the first of many for the gifted outfit.

It’s been a long time between drinks for Bellshill’s answer to The Beach Boys but after five years without a peep, Teenage Fanclub return with Shadows.

With the band members well in to their forties, gone is some of the youthful exuberance of early albums for a more contemplative approach, but there is no shortage of guitar jangle or sugary vocals.

As is the usual way, equal billing is given to each of the three songwriters and they settle into familiar roles. The shiny pop songs are generally the territory of Gerard Love and Shock And Awe fulfils his part of the contract.

Piano ballad Dark Clouds confirms Norman Blake’s standing as the sensitive one, and Raymond McGinley remains Teenage Fanclub’s answer to George Harrison during Today Never Ends.

Long the barometer of the band, Blake puts his best foot forward when he drags out those familiar happy chords and sweet harmonies for Baby Lee and Love responds with the cute Sweet Day Waiting.

Shadows is the sound of Teenagers ageing gracefully. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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I EXIST I: A Turn For The Worst

THE WHIGS In The Dark

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Sludge and doom style music aren’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea, but when it’s done the way Canberra punks I Exist do it you sit up and take notice.

With 11 blistering tracks in just over half an hour, I Exist fit the punk label, but it would be erroneous to call them such. Each track – mostly under two minutes – packs in a barrage of filthy chugging guitars and bluesy rhythms going beyond the typical simplicity of punk music. After an introductory threetrack assault a short instrumental reprieve is given with the soaring guitar solo of Hymn Of The Templar – the sort usually reserved for the prog-inclined. The peace is then shattered by The Week Shall Fall.

The hallmark of I: Turn For The Worse is the nine minute epic A-Bomb Blues exhibiting the band’s capacity for reaching beyond the droning melancholy of sludge metal.

The fuzzed out production suits the music well but occasionally the guitars become indistinguishable when taking the lead with what are supposed to be powerful solos.

There’s a House of 1000 Corpses vibe through the record appropriately filling you with dread, and finally relief when it’s over.

Don’t let that stop you from pressing play again however, because it’s one hell of a ride. _BRENDAN HOLBEN

When an original band member moves on from an outfit, it undoubtedly brings change.

The aftermath of such fallouts prove the difference between simply good bands and truly great ones, as original members either utilise the disruptive energy prolifically or, as was the case for Georgiabased garage-rock trio The Whigs, they crash and burn.

In late 2006 The Whigs’ original bassist and chief songwriter Hank Sullivant departed the group to record and tour with the then-littleknown band MGMT. The Whig’s third offering, In The Dark, marks the band’s first record without Sullivant. It reeks of retribution, the bad blood substantiated on opening track hundred/million, in which vocalist Parker Gispert snarls ‘Took you for my friend/ Now you’re taking me down’.

The band’s desire for success overrides any musical merit, a direction, likely a symptom of touring with their commercially flourishing buddies Kings Of Leon, seemingly content mimicking their pseudo-faux, modern rock-indie disguise style.

Despite their sub-par songwriting and impassive sincerity, The Whigs are, undoubtedly, a confident trio - they play their instruments surprisingly well and are unquestionably passionate about coming across self-assured.

However, Sullivant’s loss is certainly felt, as a large portion of this album fizzles instead of rocks. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD www.xpressmag.com.au

LISA MILLER Car Tape 2

LEWIS O’LEARY

Raoul Records/Other Tongues

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In this age of increasing technology and disposability, the time consuming process of making a car tape is bordering on a long forgotten art. These cassettes made for your vehicle, served as a way to escape with the aid of a preferred soundtrack, and a way to educate fellow friends and passengers.

Melbourne singer Lisa Miller hasn’t forgotten the appeal of such compilations and has recorded her second interpretation of the format. Instead of making a standard covers record Miller has looked to tunes that she feels are lesser known, but by no means less important.

Armed with acoustic guitar and a strong voice, Miller treads the line between country and folk as she delivers heartfelt takes on some of her faves. She’s at her best when pulling on the heartstrings on Tim Hardin’s It’ll Never Happen Again, and when crooning her way through Ryan Adams He Wants To Play Hearts. Along the way she touches base with Neil Young, Bert Jansch and Curtis Mayfield, taking them all in her stride.

Start your engines people this one is worth another couple of listens.

In the wake of Tame Impala’s debut album, we couldn’t resist listening to by far the most psychedelic looking CD we have received in our mail bag for quite some time – a hand painted offering from Brisbanite Lewis O’Leary.

O’Leary’s untitled album cover consists of a painting that looks halfway between a Pollock painting and the residue left by three melting icy poles.

Idiochrist deceptively begins with a fairly straight forward acoustic strum before an absolutely ear shattering assault of discordant blips, whirrs and manic fairground trumpet. One imagines this is similar to the sound captured by those crazy Americans who live in caravans in the desert scanning the sky for signs of alien life with huge satellite dishes. It’s like listening to a copy of A Ghost Is Born that’s been run over by a truck.

This is probably the most discordant 10 tracks worth of ‘pop’ I have ever heard captured on disc. Lewis, this is some wild shit.

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BETTYE LAVETTE Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook

WILD NOTHING Gemini Spunk/EMI

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As we know music goes in cycles. The sounds of yesterday quickly become the new music of today, a fact that wouldn’t be lost on Virginian native Jack Tatum. The youthful Tatum is a one man band who releases material under the name Wild Nothing. With new wave being one of the recent flavours of the month, Wild Nothing have drawn influence from the fertile dream pop era.

Tatum has taken his inspiration from some of the best, with the swirling Summer Holiday tipping its hat to early My Bloody Valentine. Prominent keys and programmed drums coupled with affected and slightly buried vocals ensure that the summery Drifter would have been right at home had it found itself amidst songs on the Sarah Record Label.

The trend continues with the upbeat sing-alongs of O Lilac, Chinatown and the shoegaze inspired Confirmation. The only changes to the formula come with the more introspective The Witching Hour and the haunting Pessimist. Rather than derail the album they are an engaging change of pace.

Wild Nothing’s debut Gemini is much more than an exercise in revisionism, this one holds up as quality in its own right.

That skinny white English lad Rod Stewart has done quite well out of the American Songbook. Fittingly and somewhat ironically it is now Bettye LaVette, the great (but not greatly recognised) soul songstress to have her way with skinny white boy music from the British Rock Songbook.

LaVette imbues new light through old windows throughout this album but there are notable spinechillers. She takes The Beatles’ The Word and breaks it apart, puts soul in and glues it together in a different, deeper shape. Led Zeppelin’s All My Love is covered in a way that finds the love and strips the cheese away from the song’s dippity lyric. Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here becomes a slow, even more heartbreaking lament while Ringo Starr’s It Don’t Come Easy is given a weight previously unheard of on any level in this song.

It’s extraordinary what true musical interpreters can do with a song and LaVette truly proves she is one of those.

Key track: The Who’s Love Reign O’er Me _ BOB GORDON

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT

WARDAEMONIC Echoes Of Ageless Flame Independent

Creating beauty within the most blackened of metal requires a certain amount of finesse. For those who are able to harness this skill, the trait can set the most meagre of acts apart from the titans. So it was for Perth act Wardaemonic.

Born from the flesh of past and present local outfits (Avantgard, The Uncreation et al.) five years ago, the quintet have returned after their 2008 debut to take the madness up a notch. Still seeped in tradition while venturing into even more frostbitten waters at points, sophomore effort Echoes Of Ageless Flame does signal a step towards more mature ground – without masking any of the raw brutality simmering beneath the surface.

The most defining part of this recording is Wardaemonic’s ability to restrain.

Jumping from the pummelling, pulsating blastbeat rhythms of their title track to the euphoric chant of The Incarnate Ethereal Nine, the sheer diversity of these seasoned musicians is personified in the five-part epic Vigil Tenebrae.

Also reinventing classic Summoning Of The Muse by eclectic Melbourne goth rocker’s Dead Can Dance, this release literally leaves no stone unturned. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

A star and a thespian once at their top of their respective games didn’t do much to bother the box office with their latest efforts.

After a long hiatus away from being in front of a camera Mel Gibson was the lead in Martin Campbell’s (Casino Royale) big screen treatment of his own mini series, Edge Of Darkness. His Boston accent was wobbly, the action was plodding, the performances stiff and uncomfortable looking and the plot a retread of a million police thrillers before it. Audiences responded accordingly.

Likewise, uber-performer Daniel Day Lewis gave us an alt-Guido (the hero from Fellini’s 8 1/2, upon which the film is based) in Nine (see what they did there). It’s an all singing, all dancing montage of a film director cracking up and retreating into his own imagination and memories of past lovers. Audiences mostly stayed away from both, but they’re both worth your time on DVD. The one that really shook the establishment came from nowhere. In the Loop was another big screen adaptation of a British show from writer/director Armando Iannuci, and it depicts the official bumbling and doubledealing you can imagine preceded the Iraq war with perfect pitch. The profane, lightning fast comedy seems too true to be funny and walked off with a swag of writing awards.

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GIGGLE GAMES

There’s nothing quite like an evening of Theatresports – aside from plenty of giggles, you never know what you’re going to get. At 6pm on Sunday, May 6, and Sunday, May 13, Spontaneous Insanity’s Theatresports season will take over the Subiaco Arts Centre, each time offering a different cast of talented performers who will improvise their way through stories, songs and utterly bizarre scenarios.

National Theatresports champion Glenn Hall will host the events, and promises audiences improvisation with heart. “Our show’s format has impro rookies in the first half and more experienced improvisers in the second half. It’s about promoting and increasing the opportunities for people to come and share the joy of improvising. It’s something that I’m passionate about. I think Theatresports is also about creating a community, and it’s improvised theatre that the whole family can enjoy together. We’ve had generations of the same family attending the show. It’s great to see families turning off the TV and going out to the theatre.

We’ve had one family that’s come to every single one of our shows!”

To find out more about Theatresports head to spontaneous-insanity.com.au. Tickets for June shows are on sale now from BOCS.

Theatresports players Jeremy Saunders, Glenn Hall, Courtney Sage Hart and Stephen Koczian

GO WEST

Fusing the sounds of Vietnam and Africa with contemporary jazz, Way Out West is a six piece jazz group known for their impeccable performances and pursuit of musical innovation. Featuring Peter Knight, Dung Nguyen, Ray Pereira, Paul Williamson, Howard Cairns and Dave Beck, Way Out West’s unique sound is captured on their latest recording, Old Grooves For New Streets. Catch Way Out West performing tracks from their new album, plus plenty of old favourites, on Friday, June 4, at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre; or on Saturday, June 5, at Kulcha. Tickets are available from the venues.

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Before he packs his bags and moves to London later this year, Perth comic John Conway will launch a new weekly comedy event that promises to entertain and outrage every Sunday during June and July. The New Conway Show will feature interviews with Perthonalities and stand up sets from WA’s finest funny folk, bound together by the always funny and often absurd Mr Conway.

The New Conway Show is set to take over Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den (upstairs at The Brisbane) this Sunday, June 6, at 7.30pm; entry is $5.

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STOCK UP

When the weather is cold many women cover their legs with warm, soft stockings but it doesn’t take much to permeate this warm layer, with even the tiniest of snags resulting in pesky holes and ladders. If your undies drawer is full of ripped and laddered stockings you no longer wear then the Cancer Council wants to hear from you. Whether new or used, the Cancer Council urgently requires stockings to make skull caps for wigs. Donations can be dropped off at the Maylands Autumn Centre at 55 Ninth Avenue in Maylands from 8.30am to 2.30pm, Monday to Friday; or at the City Of Bayswater Civic Centre at 61 Broun Avenue in Morley. For more info call (08) 9271 2705.

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Darren Hanlon

Hailing from Queensland, Darren Hanlon is a master of pop who has been passionate about music and performance since he was a little tacker. Following the release of his fourth studio album I Will Love You At All on Friday, July 16, Hanlon will hit the road to share his new tracks with audiences Australia-wide, including a show at the Fly By Night on Saturday, August 21. Tickets are on sale now from flybynight.org.

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If you’ve ever wandered through the galleries at PICA and wished you could take home an artwork for yourself well now’s your chance. PICA Salon 2010 is a fundraising initiative that will allow art fans to purchase covetable artworks from some of Australia’s best contemporary artists, including Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont, Paul Caporn, James Angus, Izabela Pluta, Pip & Pop, Toni Wilkinson and many others.

Over 30 works will be available for purchase at the PICA Salon gala opening on Friday, June 18, including three specially conceived works by prominent Australian artists, which will go under the hammer via silent auction. Tickets to the gala opening are on sale now from PICA (08) 9228 6300 or online at pica.org.au.

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Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont, Harold Holt 1968, courtesy of the artists and Goddard de Fiddes Gallery

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Studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts is no easy feat – every course demands a lot from its students but promises great rewards in return for hard work. For those who can’t commit to the intensive full-time courses WAAPA has on offer, a WAAPA short course is a great alternative.

Run between May and October, the short courses cover fields such as dancing, acting, music and musical theatre, allowing amateurs and professionals the chance to improve and extend their skills. If you’re interested in taking part in one of WAAPA’s short courses head online to waapa.ecu.edu.au/explore or email explore.waapa@ecu.edu.au.

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Japan’s most talented martial arts drummers, Drum Tao, will pound their way into Mandurah this June to present The Samurai Of The Drum. Featuring 13 young drummers, the show promises to be energetic and rhythmic – perfect entertainment for any aspiring or practicing drummers. Each of the players is matched to a huge Wadaiko-Drum, which weigh up to 400kg each, creating an intensely loud, powerful sound. Don’t miss out on this percussive spectacular when it takes to the stage of the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on Monday, June 19.

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LIOR Art & Soul Lior’s exclusive Artbar performance will take place on Thursday, June 8, at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Tickets are available through BOCS or the Art Gallery Shop.

Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Lior is a musician who appreciates the interconnectivity between music and the arts. Looking forward to examining this tenuous relationship during a special one-off after-dark Artbar performance at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, he explained to X-Press why this will be an unforgettable evening Perth fans won’t want to miss.

To c o i n c i d e w i t h a c c l a i m e d international artist Patricia Piccinini’s sculptural exhibition Relativity, the pair will welcome their audience to a world both strange and beautiful, exploring the connectivity of artistic creation and offering a spiritually enriching experience for all involved.

While the coupling may seem like an incongruous clash of characteristics, it’s not difficult to suspect the resulting work will be unsettlingly successful, with Lior’s Middle Eastern-influenced guitar-pop echoing, whilst behind him in the darkness Piccinini’s frozen quasi-human sculptures illustrate the dichotomies between the natural and the artificial. Both Lior and Piccinini’s works are fundamentally about the human condition, both assert the power of social relationships, love and communication.

Lior divulges that despite a lifelong far-off admiration of the creative arts, his attraction to pursue personal experimentation with visual art forms has only developed over the past few years, as it became a crucial aspect of the performance of his live shows. Fans may remember the shadow puppetry in his video for I’ll Forget You, and may have further experienced the magic of the distinctive art form live during his Shadows And Light Tour last year.

“The tour was the first kind of in-depth collaboration I had done with visual artists, and I became quite involved and immersed in the design and the making of it. It was my first visual dabble and it was really fun. It’s not often that an artistic vision is so fully realised, so, looking back, I treasure those shows.”

Although not technically contributing any of his own visual art for the Artbar performance, Lior promises he will aim to use the gallery environment to create a beautiful melodic aesthetic which he hopes will harmonise with Piccinini’s installation.

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“When I was invited to do a show as part of the gallery’s concert series I was really keen because it sounded like a beautiful and intimate environment that I think will keep complimenting the ambient atmospheric visuals.”

Lior also said he was grateful the Artbar per formance would provide him with the opportunity to take to the stage with his string quartet to play an orchestral p e r fo r m a n ce, s u re to b r i n g a n a d d e d poignancy to his bittersweet melodies of love and loss.

“Last year when I did the Shadows And Light Tour I never got to take my string quartet over to WA, so this is a great chance to finally get to perform with them in Perth,” Lior explained. “Touring with the quartet, we struck a balance between trying to play the more intimate acoustic songs, but also bringing in that richness and lushness of the string arrangement, which I found was a great balance.”

Fans may be pleased to hear that,

apart from performing tracks from both his previous albums, Lior has promised to showcase a few new tunes from his upcoming third album. Despite being only a few days into recording at the time of our interview, he is already optimistic about progress on the asyet-unnamed record, which he anticipates will be ready for release by the end of the year.

Lior explains that, whilst writing the album, he made a conscious decision to revert back to his acoustic roots, matching his rich voice with glowing earthy guitar-strumming to create a unique folk sound reminiscent of his stunning 2005 debut Autumn Flow.

“It’s definitely more of a back-to-aband album,” Lior explains, “The first album was a journey, bouncing between tracks, and then the second album was quite a departure in that it was more of an orchestral album, but with the new music it’s back to that original rawness.”

Despite his enthusiasm regarding the new record, Lior predicts that, with the intense joint pressures of releasing and promoting his new material in the next six to 12 months the

Artbar performance may be the last chance west coast fans may have of catching him for quite some time.

“As an artist from the east coast I really feel like I don’t get over to WA enough, so it’s going to be nice to come and do a show there again,” Lior explains, “I’ve been so immersed in writing and recording that I haven’t been on the stage for quite some time, so it will be nice just to break that up with a performance before I’m back in the recording studio. It’s also probably the last time I’m going to perform in that acoustic string quartet setting for a while, so it’ll be a nice closer to the last few years before I begin embracing a new chapter.”

It’s not hard to predict that the combination of Lior and Piccinini will surely create an architecture that will transcend the normal art gallery experience, creating a magical evening where music, art and people come together. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

A RHYTHM AND BLUES VARIETY REVUE Pure Steele In a special gig designed to remember and celebrate, the Perth Blues Club stages its seventh annual memorial showcase, A Rhythm and Blues Variety Revue, at the Astor Theatre on Friday, June 11, starring Matt Taylor, Norma Kelly, Rick Steele, Bob Patient, The Healys, Gerard Maunick, Andrew McIlroy, John Talati and the Kahui Kotahi Maori Concert Party. Part proceeds from the concert will be donated to help Legacy in its work supporting widows and children of deceased servicemen. Tickets are $25 from www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100.

The blues is both a beautiful and ungainly beast. It is the moan of the downtrodden and the howl of the horny-at-heart.

Most people who play it will tell you that to play the blues, you have had to live it as well. It is a kind of music that energises people in their lives while also reflecting on life itself. It is with this in mind that the Perth Blues Club recognises and commemorates the lives of some its departed musical comrades with an annual event, A Rhythm And Blues Revue.

Based at The Charles Hotel, North Perth, the Perth Blues Club has been rockin’ it since 1992, featuring musicians of all ages on its stage. This is an important point – age (other than licensing laws) is no barrier to music at the Blues Club; the music belongs to everyone.

In the last seven years the Club has staged a memorial show recognising the memories and achievements of those musicians – both younger and older - who have passed on to the great gig in the sky.

“This Memorial Showcase is to remember musicians and people who have been connected with the Blues Club,” explains Blues Club honcho and legendary musician, Rick Steele.

Steele is a life-time musician and the father of two of Perth’s greatest musical talents Luke (Sleepy Jackson, Empire Of The Sun) and Little Birdy’s Katy Steele (Katy’s twin, Jake, also plays in the highly fancied Injured Ninja). His life is music and he has played with many great artists, many of whom have passed on. A bit of recognition goes a long way...

“I’m thinking of people like John Hossen, the sax player from The Troupadores - that guy deserves to be remembered a little bit. He was playing Perth for 40 years; The Troubadours were Perth’s longest running

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first time the Blues Club’s memorial concert has been moved outside of the Charles Hotel to the grandeur of the Astor Theatre in Mt Lawley. It’s a worthy touch.

“To be quite frank at my age and the ages of the guys we deserve to be in the theatre,” Steele says. “I started out in the theatre and it’s just great that The Astor has come along at the right time, in a sense. I’d been looking at the Regal for years, but I went and saw Katy with Little Birdy at the Astor last year and it was great.

“It helps us reach a wider audience.

As much as The Charles has done a lot there’s nothing like going to the theatre. That’s why I’ve called it the Rhythm & Blues Variety Revue, it’s doing something a little more special. It’s a great building, you know. The show will be a cross between The Last Waltz and The Royal Command Performance at The Palladium.”

While the event will remember the fallen, it will be a happy occasion that will raise its glass to good times and great friends.

“The show is not going to be miserable in anyway,” Steele says. “It’s going to be uplifting. It’s a celebration of their lives and their contribution to the local music scene.”

Rick Steele

_ BOB GORDON

Matt Taylor

band, and the first band I saw when I got here in 1971.

“I guess what it is, is that people are drawn to music from all walks of life and to blues as well. Mark Vine died last year and he used to play all around the place; John Villani used to mix me at the Raffles and mix for The Jets. People from different sections of the industry, they all ended up at the Blues Club at some stage. Matt O’Connor is another one, what a sad story that was – the original bass player of the Sleepy Jackson (Matt was a much-loved member of the Perth music community and former X-Press Magazine employee who fell into a coma after a truck accident in 2001 and passed away two years later).

“I just found out today that Paul Felton (The Jets) has been given six months.

Those are the people in memoriam and the people who are playing are connected as well.”

Adding to the occasion, this is the

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Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Chris Noth The film kicks off with the wedding of Carrie’s good friend Stanford (Willie Garson) to Renowned for its witty writing, fantastic cast and Charlotte’s good friend Anthony (Mario Cantone); hilarious plot, the Sex And The City TV series became a thoroughly gay wedding complete with chorus a favourite of many women (and some men) when boys and a terrible performance of Single Ladies it was broadcast on stations around the world from by the one and only Liza Minnelli. Meanwhile, 1998 to 2004. After a four year hiatus, the fabulous Samantha is struggling with menopause, Charlotte four (Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda) is pulling her hair out trying to look after her two made the transition from TV to cinema with the children, Miranda is battling against a sexist boss Sex And The City film, which tied up a few loose and Carrie is trying to come to terms with her very ends from season six but ultimately failed to add domestic relationship with Big (Chris Noth). anything new to the existing seasons.

When Samantha is offered a trip to Despite many negative reviews, women Abu Dhabi by a wealthy hotelier seeking her flocked to see the film out of loyalty to the TV skills in public relations, she and the girls pack series they loved; feeding their money straight their fashionable belongings for an exotic into the pocket of director Michael Patrick King. holiday away from it all. What follows is a Obviously keen to ride the financial success of series of predictable events so corny that even SATC, King decided to rehash the fashionable the most die-hard SATC fans will cringe. characters once more for Sex And The City 2, While in Abu Dhabi the girls manage creating nothing more than an unflattering parody to offend nearly everyone they encounter; of the acclaimed TV series. particularly Samantha, who refuses to curb With little to no plot, SATC 2 meanders her overtly sexual nature. In one particularly its way through a boring and clichéd series of ridiculous scene, Samantha’s sexuality results in events, dragging the four protagonists kicking the girls being chased by an angry male mob, and screaming along with it; dumping them before being rescued by burka clad women who in ridiculous scenarios that leave the fabulous reveal that underneath their conservative robes four seeming desperate and over the hill – are layers of sexy designer garments – viewers perhaps Sixty In The City would have been a are warned to have their designer bag on hand more fitting title. to puke into.

The once gorgeous Carrie (Sarah Jessica Though there are a few funny moments, Parker) looks like she’s been fake tanning herself overall SATC 2 is an utter disaster not worth the to within an inch of her life; Samantha (Kim price of admission. Please Patrick King, leave SATC Cattrall) is portrayed as a culturally insensitive be – you’re ruining it for all of us! sex fiend with a hormone habit; and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) are _EMMA BERGMEIER

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THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES Argentine Noir

The Secret In Their Eyes Directed by Juan Jose Campanella Starring Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamill, Pablo Rago, Guillermo Francella

The Best Foreign Picture category of the Oscars was a particularly strong field last year, with the two most notable nominees being Austrian provocateur Michael Hanek e’s The White Ribbon and French prison epic A Prophet. It was something of an upset when this Argentinean crime movie took home the prize, and the film has suffered a critical backlash since. Now we’re finally getting a chance to see it, and judge for ourselves whether this story of brutal crime and political corruption is worthy of the prize.

The stor y moves in parallel in two separate time frames; in 1999, retired investigator Benjamin Esposito (Darin) attempts to lay some old demons to rest by writing a novel about a case that has haunted him for years – the brutal 1974 rape and murder of Lilliana, a young wife. The film jumps back and forth chronologically, and we follow both Esposito’s original

investigations, as well as his attempts to finally discern the truth in the course of finishing his book. As he delves deeper into the myster y it becomes apparent that factions within the government don’t want him to succeed, and we are given some insight into the political turmoil that plagues Argentina in both periods.

It’s a sombre and melancholy piece, made all the more so by Esposito’s decadesspanning unrequited love for patrician judge Irene Menendez-Hastings (Villamill), who acts as his confidant in both time periods. As much as this is a murder-mystery, it’s also a story of missed opportunities and frustrated longing. The cast are impeccable, bringing a real sense of regret to their characters. Special mention needs to be made of Francella as Esposito’s drunken par tner Sandoval, who manages to be simultaneously comic and tragic. The other standout performance is Pablo Rago as the murdered woman’s emotionally shattered widower, Ricardo.

Campanella constructs his film along classical lines, eschewing fanc y camera and editing tricks for a measured, understated visual palette. He’s far more interested in the telling details of his actor’s per formances than tr ying to generate a false sense of mood and urgency, and it is definitely to the film’s benefit. The narrative doesn’t need to be helped along by jarring visual flourishes; Esposito’s quest for closure, and his constant frustration by the corrupt bureaucracy that surrounds him, is compelling enough.

The Secret In Their Eyes is, when all is said and done, a solid and well built thriller, made with close attention to time and place as well as to character. And yet, it is still just a thriller, and ultimately no different to any high-end Hollywood suspense story. In all honesty, it’s Oscar victory over The White Ribbon and A Prophet is likely to remain a mystery for the ages, as they are both superior works, but that doesn’t detract from what is, at base, a robust and engrossing film.

Animal Kingdom

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Directed by David Michod Starring James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Jackie Weaver

It’s a rare pleasure, in the internet age, to walk into a movie without much in the way of foreknowledge and be completely blown away by the work on screen. It’s even more rare to see a first-time feature filmmaker create a piece so assured, so confident and ambitious, that you know you’ve witnessed the inception of what will prove to be a long and illustrious career. So what I’m saying is, if you want to experience that, skip the rest of the review and run to see Animal Kingdom. It’s not only the best Australian film of the year so far, it’s the best film, period. Avoid any possible spoilers and go watch it.

If you must know, the film is a portrait of a family of vicious criminals through the eyes of monosyllabic man-child J (Frecheville in his film debut), who is taken in by matriarch Smurf (Weaver) after the overdose death of his mother. J’s uncles, including the level-headed Barry (Edgerton), speed-freak Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) and wildcard Pope (Mendelsohn) are bogged down in a lowintensity war with the trigger-happy Armed Robbery Squad. These aren’t your Tarantinoesque hipster crims; Michod paints a portrait of workingclass mendacity, where bank jobs are discussed over backyard barbecues and professional thieves wear thongs and polo shirts. The only character with any kind of foresight is Barry, and when his calming influence is removed, the rest of the film follows the remaining brothers and their sprial downward into fear, paranoia, and murder.

Meanwhile, weak link J comes to the attention of _TRAVIS JOHNSON honest cop Leckie (Pearce), who sets about trying

to turn the boy against his family.

The script, also by Michod, is as tight as a drum. No scenes are wasted, and the viewer is allowed to fill in gaps in backstory and motivation rather than over explaining the situation. There is a relentless feeling of suspense maintained throughout the film, and Michod refuses to relieve it by using action for its own sake. We get the sense that events could explode into violence at any turn, and when the inevitable bloodshed does happen, it’s much more shocking than cathartic.

The ensemble cast is simply fantastic.

Frecheville is perfect as the sullen J; rather than an overly articulate screen teen, we’re shown a young man who is socially awkward, selfconscious, and overwhelmed by his situation.

At times it’s like Goodfellas if Henry Hill had Asperger’s. As for the rest of the cast, the standouts are Mendelsohn’s turn as the charismatic but dangerously unpredictable Pope, and especially Jackie Weaver as the duplicitous, scheming Smurf.

Much like the character Katrina in Suburban Mayhem a few years back, Smurf is a sociopath hiding in a seemingly innocuous form, the working class suburban mum. Weaver is sure to win Best Actress at this year’s AFIs, you can bet on it.

Michod has made a debut as audacious and compelling as Andrew Dominik did with Chopper a decade ago, and I have no doubt he will make an indelible mark on the Australian film landscape. Animal Kingdom is an almost perfect film, well written, closely observed, and brilliantly acted. Go see it now. _TRAVIS JOHNSON

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CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN A Grain Of Salt Chirstian Finnegan, Dave Williams, Zoe Lyons and Matt Okine will head to Perth as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, which is set to take over His Majesty’s Theatre from Tuesday, June 8, ’til Sunday, June 13. Bookings can be made through BOCS. Every year a large group of comedians travel around Australia on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, performing in up to 61 towns across this wide brown land of ours.

In 2010, the Roadshow is bigger and better than ever before, featuring international acts such as American comic Christian Finnegan, who chats to X-Press from Port Headland.

“It’s actually very pretty where we are right now; I’m at a resort that overlooks the water and it’s quite pretty. I had been warned about Port Headland, a few people had told me ‘oh no, watch out in Port Headland – they’re going to be rowdy!’. When an Australian tells you that people are going to be rowdy you take that seriously because y’all aren’t known for your monacles and top hats. Everyone has been really lovely here. We passed a giant mound of salt which was quite exciting I suppose – it’s the Disney World of Port Headland.”

So no giant salt mounds in the US of A? “Sadly no, we’re behind the times when it comes to salt piles. I’ve never seen anything like that, it’s sort of absurd in its scale but things in Australia are kind of absurd in their scale in general, like the emptiness is very empty.”

Prior to arriving in Port Headland,

Christian Finnegan

Finnegan and the rest of the Roadshow comedians visited the Northern Territory, which left quite an impression on the visiting comics.

“We just did a couple of shows up in Darwin which was the sweatiest place I’ve ever been in my life – I left my hotel and within 30 seconds I looked like I’d escaped from a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, which was delightful. We went out on a drive and went to Humpty Doo – you guys are kings of the ridiculous town names in Australia. We went to the Humpty Doo hotel which was one of those roadside pubs and let’s just say that the dress code was business casual there to say the least

(laughs). I saw a lot of male arse crack. All the guys are so brown – their skin looks like luggage! Skin cancer must be rampant here.”

With so much time on the road and in the air travelling from city to city, Finnegan has a lot of time to kill; so what does he get up to on long trips away from home?

“I lay in the fetal position and sob quietly. I like to get a good two hours a day of that in. Aside from that, if I have any free time then I just write hate mail to ex girlfriends. But really, I am really game for doing anything because I’m determined to make this trip as jam-packed with goofiness as possible. I don’t know that I’ll ever do something this bold and weird again so I want to make the most of it. We’ve had a lot of travel days and when you’re only in a town for two days at a time it is hard to really look for strange things to do. But I did go on a jumping crocodile tour in Darwin.”

Crocodile jumping and salt mounds aside, Finnegan reveals that he and his comedy colleagues are really enjoying their stay in Australia, and that so far, no disagreements have arisen.

“I worked with a set of comics up in Darwin and now I’m with a different set of comics here in WA and I’ve been very fortunate – there’s not one douche bag in the bunch, which is a shock actually. Granted we’ve only been together for a week and maybe we’ll feel differently at the end of this. I imagine that there has to be one jerk on every tour and when I can’t spot them I think it’s maybe me...” _EMMA BERGMEIER

1 JUNE – 31 AUGUST Immerse yourself in the city this winter, as the artistic and creative offerings from Western Australia’s leading arts organisations are unveiled. This annual season celebrates the finest performances, exhibitions and events on offer in Perth. Ignite your senses and warm your mind this winter.

Cut and Paste DVD Screenings

Warren Miller’s Dynasty

Every Sunday 1 Jun – 31 Aug, Northbridge Piazza, 6pm

27 Jun, Perth Concert Hall, 5pm

Pull up a bean-bag and settle in for an evening of free entertainment as the team from Cut and Paste DVD bring you some of their greatest and latest artist interviews and event coverage. Each screening will also feature a hand picked selection of local film clips and short films featured on the Cut & Paste DVD.

Jazz in the City

Warren Miller’s 60th annual film, DYNASTY reveals the past, present, and future of winter sport. It is a film that gathers the generations under one filmic roof, from the Crist Family Patriarch to Glen Plake to Daron Rahlves, and the youth explosion of terrain park talent they’ve inspired. It’s like a family reunion, held in neck deep powder, with mandatory air required for entry.

23 – 25 Jul, Forrest Place

STOP! Don’t Blink

This winter, the City of Perth is inviting you to the annual Jazz in the City festival. Over three days the sounds of Perth’s leading Jazz musicians will float through the city streets as Forrest Place transforms into a New Orleans Jazz Club.

23 Jun - 10 Jul, PICA Stop! Don’t Blink integrates live dance theatre performance, strong lighting design and art installation to tell a story of an ever – changing urban landscape through the eyes of a child.

Cabaret Soiree Carnivale 1 Jul to 18 Sep, Downstairs at the Maj, 7.30pm Welcome to our spanking new red hot Cabaret Soiree season titled Carnivale.

This 12 week season DownStairs at the Maj is sizzling with international, national and local acts guaranteed to blow you away.

Spirit Fingers 6-24 Jul, The Blue Room Theatre, 8.30pm Matt Penny (Micro Magic, The Magic Matt Show) and Christopher Kenworthy (Magic Slam) will have you gasping in awe and shouting for more with feats of dexterity, illusion and sleight of hand never before seen in Perth.

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The Myth of Julian Rose (henceforth Julian Rose) opens next week, and sees the return of director Marisa Garreffa to the Blue Room Theatre, following a triumphant, award winning opus with Motortown two years ago.

Garreffa has never been one to shirk from complex, unsettling material, and her latest piece is no different, exploring issues of child abuse via a conglomeration of magic realism and Greek mythology.

“The story is about a couple, Julian and Isabella, who are on the brink of having a baby. As the pregnancy develops, so too does a creeping madness that begins to overtake Julian. This madness manifests itself through a Minotaur that begins to stalk Julian. Julian has suppressed a traumatic experience with one of his parents and this memory is forcing its way up to the surface through the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. The play suggests that the emotional recoil from a traumatic experience will always find a way to express itself - even if you have chosen to bury the memory of it.”

One of the functions of art involves staring down the monsters that its audience finds difficult to look at, and, in that regard, Garreffa has settled a steely gaze upon one of the most disturbing, per tinent issues within our society today. “I am very interested in the stories that we don’t like to tell. I feel compelled to fling open closed doors and banish shame by refusing to allow secrecy.

We are human. We are flawed. We can be as great as gods or as degraded as beasts and both of those stories deserves to be told. My love for tales that are grim is equal only to my love for the laughter of the inner child.

What I like about theatre is that an audience isn’t able to protect themselves from the experience they’re witnessing.”

Yet creating such theatre comes with a separate set of challenges, that affect all who are involved in the work. “There’s no avoiding the complexity of exploring any kind of trauma involving children. Three of our cast members are parents and there are times when we all find the subject matter quite affecting. The most important thing has been to keep the dialogue about the show open - to keep talking the themes out and debriefing regularly. Each time we voice discomfort with a particular moment, the resulting conversations help us find our way deeper into the truth of the story. And the truth is that nothing in this story can be known for sure - there are many conflicting truths within the story. So we try to allow the work to reflect that complexity.”

Ultimately, however, such challenges have ended up developing the work more than hampering it, a testament to the team that is working on Julian Rose. “This is a really exciting team to be working with. We have a great combination of experienced and emerging theatre makers all pooling their skills to pull off a challenging new work.

And all of these people have come together because they believe in Mondo Di Corpo as a company that works to make outstanding new Western Australian work. This truly is a dream come true to be working with such a dynamic and skilled team.” _JOE LUI

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Set in regional WA in the 1980s, Honey Spot is a play about two cultures living together, about two different philosophies on land conservation and about how friendship can overcome racial differences. One of Jack Davis’ most celebrated theatrical works, Honey Spot is a piece of quality Indigenous theatre for all ages.

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The Myth Of Julian Rose is on at The Blue Room Studio Theatre from Tuesday, June 8, ’til Saturday, June 26. Bookings can be made at www.blueroom.org.au, or on (08) 9227 7006.

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VISUAL ARTS Or Well And Good, Mixtape Gallery, 454 William Street, Northbridge.

After displaying her work at numerous galleries over the years, local Leederville artist Laurie Perry is finally doing her first solo exhibition at Mixtape Gallery. Titled Or Well And Good, the exhibition centres around the themes presented in George Orwell’s text Animal Farm. Each of Perry’s pieces is closely tied into the book; placing animals in what is essentially a human situation and making a cheeky reflection of our own natural behaviours in the process.

Exhibition opens on Thursday, June 10, at 6.30pm and runs ’til Tuesday, June 15.

Works In Progress, Freight Gallery, 21 Beach Street, Fremantle.

S elf taught ar tist Catia D olzadelli has s t r u g g l e d w i t h Po s t Tr a u m a t i c S t r e s s Disorder for some time now, but finds that creating mosaics and prints helps with the healing process. This June, Dolzadelli will hold her first ever solo exhibition, which promises lashings of prints, paintings and sculptures.

Exhibition runs ’til Thursday, June 24.

Rounds, PICA, James Street, Northbridge.

Rounds is an exhibition of nine cuttingedge Western Australian ar tists that radically engage with issues of peer influence through a self-generating exhibition process. Work ing through a series of four c ycles, it star ted on September 5, 2009, and continues through to March 27, 2010. Each artist responds to a work made in the previous c ycle by another ar tist in the group.

Features Neil Aldum, Rebecca Baumann, Tim Carter, Elise/Jurgen, Shannon Lyons, Bennett Miller, Sarah Rowbottam, George Egerton-Warburton.

Exhibition opens on Friday, June 25, and runs ’til Wednesday, August 25.

In Transience, Riseborough Estate Gallery, Lot 21, Mooliabeenie Road, Gingin.

West Australian emerging ar tist Stuar t McMillan’s exhibition In Transience, deals with the contemplative experience of being in a world of constant transience. Exhibition s h o w c a s e s a s e l e c t i o n o f M c M i l l a n’s paintings, drawings and prints, plus recent installation work.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, June 27.

S oulburbia, G a l l e r y E a s t, 9 4 S t i r l i n g Highway, North Fremantle.

In a new series of meditative and playful works, Alan Muller por trays the garden suburbs of Perth as a restorative sanctuary amidst the intensities of contemporar y urban living and global challenge. Here, nature continues to refresh and inspire: Perth’s big sky, the sound of birdsong and the wind through trees, home gardens, parks, and the beach.

Exhibition opens on Friday, June 4, and runs ’til Sunday, June 27.

Cream 03, Emerge Ar t Space, 676A Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.

Richard Healy, the 2009 recipient of Emerge Art Space’s Cream Art Award will present his first solo exhibition this June, displaying moody and ambiguous paintings which have a ‘film noir’ feel to them. A graduate of Curtin University, Healy’s work tends to focus on the sinister side of life, challenging viewers to create their own interpretations of his moody images.

Exhibition opens on Wednesday, June 9, and runs ’til Wednesday, June 30.

Pierre Bismuth, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.

Ac a d e my Aw a rd w i n n i n g a r t i s t P i e r re Bismuth is pack ing up and heading to Fremantle for an exclusive screening of this cult film, an exhibition of his visual arts, and to share the stories he has collected over his expansive career.

O n We d n e s d ay, M ay 2 6 , Pierre Bismuth opens at Fremantle Arts Centre. An exhibition comprised of two works, Bismuth deploys humour to disorientate the viewers’ understanding of cultural forms like print Dawn, Kulcha, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle. media and film.

Perth based Colombian artist Nidia Hansen Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, July 18. presents Dawn, an exhibition inspired by metaphysics, life patterns and underwater life. Using acrylics and mixed media her works reveal a passion and talent for the use Honey Spot, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Space, 65 of bold colours and compositions for non- Murray Street, Perth. representational or figurative art.

Presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Exhibition opens on Tuesday, June Honey Spot looks at two cultures living 8, and runs ’til Sunday, June 27. together with two different philosophies on land conservation and how friendship can Recent Paintings, Per th G alleries, 92 overcome these differences. Tim, a young Stirling Highway, North Fremantle.

Aboriginal boy, is the new kid in school.

Eveline Kotai’s Recent Paintings reveals Peggy is the local Forest Ranger’s daughter. an ex tension of her enduring interests A friendship blossoms between i n e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n o f co l o u r a n d t h e the youngsters as Tim agrees to help Peggy systematic approach to the unfurling of in her performance assessment for a ballet patterns. In these large scale paintings and scholarship. With the help of Tim’s family stitched collages, the theme of landscape they create a dance piece merging the reveals hidden aspects and cycles of nature. earthy feel of traditional Noongar dance Exhibition opens on Friday, June 4, with the fluid grace of classical ballet.

Per formance takes place on and runs ’til Sunday, June 27.

PERFORMANCE

Barefoot Drumming Wonder by Skye Sobejko

Barefoot Drumming Wonder, The SlaughterBlouse, 451 Beaufort Street, Highgate.

It begun as a mistake. Stranded in Brighton on a gloomy October’s day, a chair was dragged across weathered floorboards to the only window in the room. A photo was taken with a handme-down camera and available light for no other reason than to document our own existence.

Skye and Chloe Sobejko present Barefoot Drumming Wonder, a collection of photography, installation and film, which documents our existence while simultaneously recording the inevitability of decay.

Exhibition opens at 7pm on Friday, June 11, and runs ’til Friday, June 25.

Thursday, June 17. Bookings can be made via yirrayaakin.com.au.

Loot, Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road, Subiaco.

Mrs McLeavy’s funeral just might have gone smoothly if her ex-nurse had not been making a play for the recently widowed husband, or if her son and his friend had not just carried out a bank robbery – hiding the loot in Mrs McLeavy’s coffin and locking the corpse in a handy wardrobe – or even perhaps if the local police inspector had not turned up on the track of the money, disguised as an official of the London Water Board.

Season runs ’til Saturday, June 19.

Bookings through BOCS. Anything Goes, Regal Theatre, corner Rokeby Road and Hay Street, Subiaco.

Following on from last year ’s sold-out season of 42nd Street, WAAPA proudly presents Cole Porter’s most popular musical, Anything Goes, boasting 40 cast members and a 22 piece orchestra. This huge songand-dance spectacular follows the madcap antics aboard the ocean liner SS America as young Billy Crocker discovers true love in the form of gorgeous heiress Hope Harcourt.

Season opens on Friday, June 11, and runs ’til Saturday, June 19. Bookings can be made through Ticketek.

MUSIC Way Out West, Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, Murdoch Road, Thornlie.

Friday, June 4; bookings via gosnells.wa.gov.au.

All Your Need Is Harmony, Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road, Subiaco.

Saturday, June 5; bookings through BOCS. Richard Tognetti with WASO, Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth.

Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12; bookings via waso.com.au.

Katie Noonan & The Captains, Fly By Night Bar, Fremantle.

Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13; bookings via flybynight.org.

Drum Tao: The Samurai Of The Drum, Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth.

Tuesday, June 22, ’til Saturday, June 26; bookings through BOCS. Music On The Terrace 2010: Fused, Government House Ballroom. St Georges Terrace, Perth.

Sunday, June 27; bookings through BOCS. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Intentions, Astor Theatre, Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.

Monday, June 28; bookings through BOCS.

INKED The Perth Tattoo Carnivaal rolled into town last weekend to celebrate the art of tattoo and those who devote their lives to it. Housed in the Perth Convention Centre, the Carnivaal featured tattooing demonstrations from international and national artists, plus performances from bands, runway parades and tattoo competitions.

Bridget & Jade

Cinbelle Rose

Nifty inking Chase

Josh, Krystal, Jamie

Todd

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Cherry Bomb Studio mid-tattoo

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FASHION UTTER MAYHEM

If winter leaves you feeling sartorially uninspired then a trip to Pigeonhole. com.au/news is just what the fashion doctor ordered. Every day during May, Pigeonhole’s trusty intern Bradley Pinkerton photographed a staff member (or friend of the Pidge) wearing gorgeous threads available at their three city stores, creating a collection of images entitled Month Of Mayhem.

Though May is now over, all the lovely photographs are up on the Pigeonhole blog, providing great inspiration and styling tips for the colder months. In each of the photographs you’ll find beautiful garments from an array of designers including Limedrop, Extinct, Igor & Katja, Velour, Norse Projects, Your Eyes Lie, Acadamee, Feather Children, and Pigeonhole’s own in-house label.

All the outfits featured in Month Of Mayhem are available for purchase at Pigeonhole’s online store pigeonhole.com.au/shop.

Though the Month Of Mayhem has now wrapped up, the fun doesn’t end, with Friday I’m In Love just about to launch. Instead of daily outfit posts, Friday I’m In Love will offer up a different outfit on the Pigeonhole blog each Friday, modeled by customers and friends of the store. If you feel like taking part, drop Pigeonhole an email at info@pigeonhole.com.au.

Ellery wears Limedrop cardigan, Your Eyes Lie t-shirt, They Thank You leggings, Feather Children headpiece and Pigeonhole feather pendant.

Gerard wears Soto Smith t-shirt, Pigeonhole jacket, Extinct jeans, Pigeonhole scarf, wristband and messenger bag.

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Bluebird Vintage

A LITTLE BLUEBIRD TOLD ME… Throughout history humans have collected things – first it was berries and nuts for sustenance, but now that we can buy food pre-packaged without having to forage for it, collecting has become a hobby for many, rather than a tool for survival.

Some of us collect bottle caps, others books, and in the case of Perth couple Deborah Dickson and Steven Price, a collection of clothing and home wares from yesteryear comprises their pride and joy.

When the vintage emporium that Dickson worked at closed a few months back, she and Price decided their growing collection needed a home of its own, which they found in a cute little store in Wembley.

Dickson explains, “we heard of this cute

old shop becoming available in Wembley next to a great antique store in the mini-hub on Cambridge Street between Essex and Nanson, so we slapped on the ’60s wallpaper we got from the Mandurah Vinnies, painted the front scarlet and hung out our shingle as purveyors of every little thing your vintage heart desires.

“Me and my partner Steven have been collecting for years,and after Dr Russell’s Emporium, where I worked for an eternity, closed in January, it pretty much forced us into action. I’ve always loved dressing people up, forcing my friends to try things on and rock that crazy ensemble, so I see Bluebird Vintage as an extension of that. I also love the little journey that vintage clothes take, changing a bit with every owner as it goes on its jaunty trip.

Honestly, I really get a kick out of it!”

Dickson and Price now share their collection with Perth via Bluebird Vintage,offering collectors “an eclectic mix of vintage clothing and retro homewares, antiques, cute curios and pop culture kitsch.

“The shop is kinda small, but we have crammed it full of accessories, vintage Ray-Bans and sunglasses, Polaroid cameras, costume jewelry, ’60s plastics and prints, and pretty china teacups as well as the fashion items. From a ’50s frock to a Mr T clock, I think we have it covered!”

Located on Cambridge Street in Wembley, Bluebird Vintage is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 5.30pm.

SHOP ’TIL YOU DROP

Make your way to Shafto Lane in the city this June to discover a spectacular designer pop up store that promises to dish up stylish goodies at warehouse clearance prices. Located at Shop 9 in Shafto Lane (opposite The Generous Squire), the store will house garments and accessories from a range of WA designers and stores, including Generics, Method, Miin, Pulse, Tú and Zanthus, plus Australian labels Nookie, Maurie & Eve, Bec & Bridge and Rodeo Show. Doors are open daily from 10am – be sure to pop in and snag a bargain.

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Mount Lawley has become quite the shopping Mecca in recent years thanks to a group of entrepreneurial store owners who have established boutiques along Beaufort and Walcott Streets.

The latest addition to the growing list of fashion stores that call Mount Lawley home, Black Beret, was opened back in August 2009 and since then has provided shoppers access to a fantastic array of Australian and international labels.

Nestled on Walcott Street near Fresh Provisions, Black Beret is a chic boutique with plenty to offer fashion lovers, including designs by Karla Spetic, Nicola Finetti, Kate Sylvester, Rachel Gilbert, Strummer, Nina Maya, Gail Sorronda, Marnie Skillings, Tristan Blair, and Joveeba.

Owner Olivera Sumulikoski reveals to X-Press her ‘mission statement’ for Black Beret, “I wanted to focus on making sure the store stocked quality designed and manufactured garments, mostly Australian designed and made. I was tired of the cliché that shopping was more splendid over east, so I am focused on bringing labels that vary in individual style.”

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Invented over 200 years ago, fragrant lamps utilise a catalytic process that allows fragrance to travel up the wick and through a porous stone before wafting into the air, filling it with a delicate scent.

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 SOUNDS OFF You’ve probably heard along the grapevine by now that the We Love Sounds festival, that was set to hit us this Sunday in Perth, has been cancelled. Supposedly ticket sales were below reasonable expectations and would not have been able to justify the large budget and production costs for the event. Ticket refunds are available from point of purchase, for more details visit welovesounds.com.au.

AIRPORT MUSIC UK trance sensation Simon Patterson, last on our shores for Trance Energy in 2009, will hit Australia as part of the Airport touring series, together with Rotterdam’s Sied van Riel and our own Trent McDermott. Saturday, July 10, at Rise. Stay tuned for more details! In the lead-up to these shows, the new Airport CD compilation arrives on Saturday, June 19, through 405 Recordings, mixed by van Riel and McDermott.

BOOMIN’ & ZOOMIN’ This Friday Impact Bar (underneath the Rise in Northbridge) goes crazy with the sound of dancehall (with a dash of reggae thrown in, for good measure) for So Fine Fridays. This week DJ Zoom, Simba, Tutomath and The Empressions will allow you to kick off your amazing long weekend in style. DJ Zoom plays all the biggest clubs in Kenya, whilst Simba regularly blitzes Australian dancehall competitions, in between DJing on RTRFM. Tutomath is a new DJ on the Perth scene, whose recently been polishing his DJ skills in the UK, on a break from his home town of Zambia. The Empressions will be your hostesses with the mostest on the evening, playing exclusive tunes sent to them direct from Jamaica. Friday, June 4. Doors open 9pm, entry is free before 10pm, $10 thereafter.

Spit Syndicate Sexy DJ Jaymes Brown

SPITTIN’ RYHMES Sydney duo Spit Syndicate are heading to Perth as part of their Starry-Eyed tour. The ARIA-nominated hip-hop group recently released their highly anticipated sophomore album Exile to widespread acclaim, debuting at #8 on the ARIA urban charts and #3 on the AIR album charts. Their lead single StarryEyed is currently getting great airplay on triple j. Spit Syndicate have built a monster reputation on the back of their unique, highenergy live shows with their Perth shows set to be no different. Friday, July 9, at the Norfolk and Saturday, July 10, at The Rocket Room.

Tickets now available from spitsyndicate. oztix.com.au/.

BASS IN THE PLACE The music of Harvard Bass is a combination of elegant, smooth and sophisticated minimalism on one side and bad ass, dirty as hell, jacking ghetto house grooves, filthy drums and simple, obsessive riffs on the other. Such a formula has earned HB massive support from DJs like Tiga, Laidback Luke, Crookers, Benny Benassi, Diplo, Brodinski, Christian Martin, Jess & Crabbe, Sinden, Feadz and many, many more. With Zombie Nation, The Aston Shuffle, Toxic Avenger, Beni, The Count and Sinden all seeking the Harvard Bass touch for their latest releases, Harvard Bass has become one of the most sought after remixers in the world at the moment. He’s making his Australian debut at Ambar, so you won’t want to miss this one! Friday, July 9. Doors open 10pm for $20.

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SEXY GOES BYE BYE DIY disco and alternative night Sexy is winding up this Saturday for good. First beginning last April, Sexy initially started as a one-off event but its popularity soon saw it become a weekly fixture, with everyone drawn to the strange mix of Italo disco, soul, post-punk, new-wave, no-wave, lo-fi, acid, funk, old hip hop and avant-pop that the Sexy DJs played. We’ve had many fond memories of nights at Sexy and can’t wait to see what these guys do next. Head to Bar Republic, cnr Wellington Rd and Shafto Lane, this Saturday, June 5, for the last Sexy. Dress in funeral attire.

COMMUNITY CAHOOTS The Community and Flow Lab come together this weekend to present a showcase of local talent.

Emcee Kadyelle will be launching Earthworthy, a release full of her trip, hip hop stylings and bursting with earthly metaphors and symbolism.

Thorts will also launch Louder Actions Are Needed, an EP follow up to his full length pressing last year (Bleeding Heart Muzik) which received diverse airplay on triple j and was distributed through Obese Records. Joining Kadyelle and Thorts are Soma, Cartoon Hell, Delirious and DJs Arms in Motion and Silence. Plus the Community Raparoke (the Community + karaoke + rap music = hit!). Saturday, June 5, The Velvet Lounge, Mt Lawley. Doors open 9pm. Free. The Community merchandise will be on sale for the eager fans!

Fatman Scoop

WINTER WARMERS One of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, OutKast, are lending the talents of Big Boi to the Winterbeatz 2010 festival! Hailing from Atlanta, OutKast changed the face of hip-hop with their originality and artistic content, and have had many commercial hits with songs including Hey Ya, Ms Jackson, Roses and loads more! Big Boi has recently been working on his upcoming solo album Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son Of Chico Dusty. The first single off the album Shutterbug, is produced by Scott Storch and has recently been released to major critical acclaim.

Also joining Big Boi on the line up for Winterbeatz is Fatman Scoop. Fatman Scoop is best known for his track Be Faithful with Crooklyn Clan which went number one around the world in late 2003. Since then, it has been one of the most popular songs played in clubs worldwide. Fatman Scoop knows how to hype up a crowd and get a party started like no other! Ne-Yo, T-Pain, DJ Nino Brown and Phinesse are also on this stellar urban music line up, which goes down on Saturday, July 31, at the Burswood Dome – hurry and get your tickets from ticketek.com.au or by calling 132 849, before they’re all out the door.

Nadastrom

NADA DAY IN PARADISE Reigning from Washington D.C., Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom, AKA Nadastrom, have seen nothing but success since being established as duo DJs Nadastrom in 2007. Their aptitude for pumping out club, house, electro and techno sounds is undefeated, a talent solidified when their debut EP Pussy (released on Swith’s label Dubsided) shot straight to the top of the Beatport download charts in 2008. Another Dubsided EP release in 2009 led to guest spots on BBC Radio One, and a spot playing alongside Diplo, A-Trak, Laidback Luke and Steve Aoki as part of a worldwide tour schedule. Now they’re headed downunder to unleash the Nadastrom on Perth! Friday, June 18, at Limelite, Metro Freo.

Support from Timmy Trumpet, Jus Haus and Zelimir. Tickets $15 before 11pm, $20 after.

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ALI OOP! A notorious member of London’s leftfield scene, over the last decade Ali B has held residencies at the capital’s two most influential clubs, currently residing at Fabric where he has been from the day it opened. Known to most for his five year stint hosting a weekly radio show on Capital FM - the UK’s biggest commercial radio station – Ali B currently hosts a weekly show on London’s Kiss FM. His infamous Air parties have been running since the mid nineties at venues across London, including The Blue Note, 333, Mass, Electrowerkz, Rhythm Factory and its current home, Cargo. The night has spawned a record label – the first album released on the label was Ali B Presents Air Breaks, a definitive snapshot of the worldwide breakbeat scene.

Don’t miss your chance to see a breaks legend live in the flesh, when Ali B comes to Ambar for Japan4 on Saturday, June 26. Supported by Fdel, Blend, Micah, Mono Lisa. $15 on the door or presales from boomtick.com. au. Doors open 10pm.

Two of Australia’s best hardcore artists come to Perth for Homegrown Hardcore. Queensland’s DJ S3rl the creator of the smashing rave anthems Pretty Rave Girl and Dealer and DJ Haze from Sydney, the boss of Australia’s number 1 hardcore label Executive Records, are ready to smash it out at Rise for one night only on Friday, June 25. Rise members $5 before 11pm $10 thereafter. Non-members $10 before 11pm $15 thereafter. Get there early for your copy of Homegrown Hardcore, mixed by Perth’s very own Ravix and Reaktor.

Do you know how to a write a CD review that will get folks Skream-ing? Are your words hotter than Hot Chips? You got the (Fatman) Scoop? If you’re interested in dance/club music and you’re real good with words, why not write for Salt? We’re currently scouting for new writers. Not only will you have access to the latest in new release CDs, you’ll get to chat one on one with your dance music idols, not to mention scoring tickets to sold out gigs! Plus, we’ll pay you! Whatta deal. Shoot an email to danceeditor@xpressmag. com.au and attach some samples of your dance music writing and you’re halfway to becoming a published writer!

The king behind US record and clothing label Dim Mak, Steve Aoki, is heading to Perth in June to tear apart Villa nightclub!

Aoki has released everyone from Bloc Party to MSTRKRFT and The Bloody Beetroots on his label, not to mention personally collaborating with acts such as Boys Noize, The Faint, The Bloody Beetroots and Junkie XL. Famous for his huge DJ sets and wild stage antics, LABEL and Dorcia bring Steve to rampage at Villa on Sunday, June 6.

Support from PaperChain heavyweight Kit Pop and Dorcia Residents Time Travel Agent and Yon Jovi. Show is now sold out, final 100 tickets will be sold on the door on the night.

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TRANCE, TO BE SURE Gems of the Irish isle, Agnelli and Nelson, are trance legends that have featured at gigs across the world, taking in regular dates for UK super power events Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Cream, Slinky and Tidy. Having remixed everyone from U2 to Ferry Corsten, their current tracks and remixes are in the record bags of DJs across the world, not to mention getting regular airplay on BBC Radio 1 on Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell and Dave Pearce’s shows. Friday, June 18, marks the date that Agnelli and Nelson bring their Irish trance splendour to Rise. Rise members $5 before 11pm $10 thereafter. Non-members $10 before 11pm $20 thereafter. Doors open 9.30pm.

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Paul Ritch

RITCH IN MINIMAL In a relatively short time, Paul Ritch has demonstrated he is prolific and shrewd, and is now a recognised figure on the worldwide electronic music scene. Known for his unique style of agile minimal techno, he is well regarded not just as a producer (Resopal and Get Physical), but also on stage, having played top international events like WMC, DEMF, The End, Goa, Amore Festival, Bergahin and The Pressure. He is currently breathing life into the Quartz Rec label, an offering which promises reactive and incisive minimal sounds.

Ritch brings his techno innovation to Geisha on Friday, June 11, with support from Richard Lee, Darren J, James Francis, Flex and Cam Duff. Limited early bird tickets $25 from cameron@ heirarchy.net.au or otherwise generally admission tickets $30 plus booking fee from Moshtix. For more information visit hierarchy.net.au.

Klute

RETURN OF THE PROPHET With releases across some of the most respected labels including Metalheadz, Hospital, Shogun, Soul:r and his own Commercial Suicide imprint, Klute is a unique and creative force in drum ‘n’ bass. His sixth full length album, Music For Prophet, focuses on the kind of classic sound Klute does best. Klute will be travelling the globe for an album tour and is checking in with Perth on Saturday, June 12, at Rise. Tickets $10 pre-11pm. www.xpressmag.com.au

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Fans of progressive house should keep an eye out for John Digweed’s next mix on Bedrock Records. The two disc compilation, entitled Structures, sees Digweed mix 30 of his favourites with unreleased productions and remixes by Wehbba, John Daly, Nic Fanciulli and Nick Miur.

The release also comes with a documentary film, Eye Of The Storm, that captures Digweed’s performances in South America.

Circo Loco has had an unshakeable reputation as one of the best club nights in the world – they’ve built their name on a cutting edge music policy, the wildest crowds and a handful of incredibly talented residents. The Circo Loco family of DJs reads like a who’s who of the sharpest spinners around, including Clive Henry, Fabrizio, Loco Dice, Guido Schneider and Damian Lazarus. For each party, carefully selected guests are included on the line ups.

Right after its Ibiza season this year, Circo Loco will head down under with their carnival dance spectaculaar, bringing three of their brand stars with them. Circo Loco comes to Perth on Friday, October 22, stay tuned to Salt for more details.

On the subject of festivals, Parklife Diplo returns this September, with the promise of a super-sized line-up to mark the festival’s tenth Diplo and Switch put the tape together on a recent trip to Jamaica, and it features anniversary. Get your diary at the ready, because appearances from Gucci Mane, Drake, Gyptian, Parklife’s lock in the date of Sunday, September Rusko, and Amanda Blank. The mix tape is called 26 for its Perth visit.

Lazerproof and is available from this week on Diplo’s Mad Decent label. Still on mixtapes, Atlanta rapper T.I., recently returned from prison, has teamed up with DJ Drama and DJ MLK in Fuck A Mixtape, with the mix including collabs from Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Killer Mike. You can grab it at nahright.com. While you’re on the website make sure you also check out Raekwon’s Cocainism Vol. 2, feat Mobb Deep and N.O.R.E. We loved Chemical Brothers’ 2007 offering We Are The Night, but seem to have been waiting forever for the follow up! But good news, CBros fans - the duo are releasing their seventh album Further on Friday, June 11 (through label Astralwerks). Each of the album’s eight songs will have its own video (the first, Swoon, is You-Tubeable now), all of which will be featured in a DVD that will accompany a special edition of the album.

Diplo has made some dope mixtapes with some of dance music’s leading ladies – ie M.I.A. and Santigold. Now, together with Switch as part of his Major Lazer project, he’s teaming up with British electro fox La Roux for some mix magic.

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T.I. Making music that’s a little Outside The Box is what dubstep legend Skream does best, so it’s appropriate that the title of his forthcoming album should be just that. Skream’s second album, a follow up to his self-titled debut of 2006, will feature guest appearances a-plenty, including a stint from D-Bridge and Instra:mental, rapper Murs and La Roux (whose track, In For The Kill, you’ll recall Skream remixed to great acclaim). Get your ears ready for a Skream assault come July 26.

If you’re a fan of M.I.A., no doubt you’ve been following the M.I.A. versus New York Times debacle – if you haven’t, here’s a quick run down.

Journalist Lynn Hirschberg from The New York Times recently published a rather unflattering story about M.I.A., exposing M.I.A.’s terrorist schtick and heritage as fraudulent. M.I.A. hit back by posting Hirschberg’s personal mobile number on her Twitter with the message “call me if you wanna talk to me about the n y truth issue, ill b taking calls all day bitches ;)”. Now M.I.A.’s posting sound bytes from the interview on her N.E.E.T. blog, in order to set things straight. In addition, M.I.A. also posted a new song, Haters, which begins “So you wanna hear about my politics / Yeah, I could show you things that could make you sick” and goes on to address America, racists, and journalists. Follow the drama as it unfolds on M.I.A.’s Twitter: http://twitter. com/_M_I_A_

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Since his debut in 2007, techno artist Alan Fitzpatrick has balanced pounding techno with more lush, melodic sounds, earning him spins by Len Faki and Slam as well as the likes of John Digweed and Nic Fanciulli. He’s had releases on a diverse range of bales, included Bedrock and Adam Beyer’s Drumcode label, and he will release his first album, Shadows in the Dark, this July on Drumcode. Featuring 12 new tracks, the album mixes ambient groove with more intense club set pieces.

Illinois-based producer Marcus Ortega, AKA Lorn, specialises in mangled, hip hopinspired beats. One of his more recent offerings, Cherry Moon, was pushed heavily by radio DJs Mary Anne Hobbs and Pete Tong earlier this year, that and his broody, sombre beats and remixes, such as his remix of Suicidal Thoughts

by Notorious B.I.G., are fast winning many over.

Now comes news that Flying Lotus’ record label, Brainfeeder, is set to put out Nothing Else, a new album by the 23 year old Lorn. The album will be Lorn’s first since the 2007 LP Grief Machine, and will be released on Thursday, June 17.

Pendulum The question we haven’t all been really wondering about, but that’s about to be answered, is whether production whiz Deadmau5 can sing. The mousey crusader has posted a track on his SoundCloud, Sleeping Beauty Pills, that sounds not too dissimilar to Thomas Bangalter & DJ Falcon’s Together, and features Deadmau5 on vocals – take a listen at soundcloud.com/fuckmylife/deadmau5sleeping-beauty-pills-pre-production-version.

Perth drum ‘n’ bass stars Pendulum have had their hands pretty busy promoting their latest release, Immersion, but they still found the time to remix a classic television theme song no doubt familiar to all of us. The former ABC TV news theme, composed by Tony Ansell and Peter Wall back in 1985, and used as the ABC News programme’s official theme right up until 2005, has been given the club treatment

by Pendulum. It’s already had thousands of hits on Youtube and is now available for sale on iTunes. Original composer Peter Wall apparently thinks it’s a “great take on the original” (via ABC News blog). www.xpressmag.com.au

OPTAMUS

FOREVER & A DAY Downsyde rapper and producer Scott Griffiths, AKA Optamus, is launching his long awaited debut album at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, June 12. He discusses Forever&ADaywithJOSHUAHAYES. After almost a decade and a half as one of the front men of iconic Perth hip hop band Downsyde, Griffiths is striking out on his own. He’s impressed with the public’s patience, as he explains the title Forever & A Day. “Over the years people would ask me ‘hey, are you going to do a solo album?’, and I would say ‘yeah, yeah, it’s in the works, it should be out next year’, so it’s a bit of an ode to all the people that have been so patient,” Griffiths says. “This album has taken forever and a day, but it’s worth waiting for.”

“Optamus is the group and my new moniker is Bomb Scott… Just to confuse people,” he continues. In addition to Griffiths, the group consists of jazz musician Chris Foster (AKA Mr Chops) on keys and blues artist Jeremy Jonsma (AKA Moondog) on guitar, vocals and harmonica.

“Part of my philosophy behind doing this project was to have something that was somewhere between a DJ and MC set up and Downsyde, but somewhere where I didn’t have to lug drums around,” Griffiths jokes.

The result is a new sound for Optamus.

“A lot of the album does have tunes that are just piano, bass, drums and rhymes, really stripped back to the elements, but it comes across organic,” he says. Griffiths started working on Forever & A Day two years ago, after he had finished work on Downsyde’s latest album All City.

“I was working for a mate landscaping because we’d had the long break from Downsyde and unfortunately we’d run out of money so I had to get a real job for a little while, which I hadn’t had to do for many years. I’d also bought a house so learning how to landscape was beautiful because I learnt how to pave,” Griffith recalls.

One cold day he hurt his lower back and was unable to walk for two weeks. However, the injury proved to be a blessing in disguise, as Griffiths took the opportunity to start work on Forever & A Day.“I’d been having a lot of Panadeine

Optamus Forte so you might hear some slightly painkiller induced songs,” Griffiths laughs. “See if you can pick them!”

Although Griffiths has previously spoken about solo projects in interviews and during live shows, these didn’t come to fruition. “I think being part of a band, and this goes for my life in general, everything runs subservient to what the greater goal is with your group,” he explains.

“And having a brotherhood like Downsyde, I would have the breaks and start writing a couple of solo songs and then management and the boys get together and go ‘right, new Downsyde album, let’s go’ and so

I’d immediately drop everything and put all my creative energy towards the Downsyde album.”

“I think there were times when the solo album was going to come out and I’d be like ‘yeah, it’s going to come out’ and then ‘nah’,” he adds.

However, this also proved to be for the best.“I don’t feel like that was holding me back at all, I think if anything it was good because I feel ready now and my creativity is at an all time high.”

In addition to his album launch at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, June 12, Griffiths is playing shows in Dunsborough, Bunbury, Busselton and Albany this month and planning a national tour.

This is the first step in a new career path for Griffith. Over the 14 years since he started Downsyde with fellow rapper Shabazz, the band has become Perth’s most prominent hip hop act, and Griffiths has played a large role in fostering the local scene by hosting regular gigs and supporting upcoming artists.

He has also been involved in running hip hop workshops for at-risk youth. His workshops even received coverage from the ABC recently.

“I run a hip hop workshop program where the participants get to write a song and learn about hip hop culture and the Australian hip hop culture,” he explains.

Although Griffiths says that the only outcomes he can confirm to are the immediate ones – kids attend the workshop during their school holidays and have fun writing and recording hip hop songs – Narrogin Mayor Don Ennis linked the program to a drop in crime when speaking with the ABC. “For me it’s another aspect of what I do as a musician, that makes me feel like I’m balancing the karma from being able to tour and live a life where I get to do something I love, I think this is my ‘give back’,” Griffiths says.

Although Griffiths is writing and producing for the next Downsyde album (which the group hopes to have finished by the end of the year) he is currently focusing on establishing his new group.

“I feel like that as a musician, I’ve got the experience but I’m still having to start again and work back up the rungs,” he says. “It feels good, I’m at the start of a new part of my career and also continuing on the success of Downsyde, so hopefully this will be another bright light to shine for Downsyde and WA.” OPTAMUS FOREVER & A DAY [OPT SHOP RECORDS] SATURDAY, JUNE 12 @ THE ROSEMOUNT, NORTH PERTH

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Pasha’s Kitchen THE BIG MAN COOKING UP MEATY BEATS

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Time Tunnel

BRINGS YOU CHAMPION TUNES FROM ROK RILEY, JOE 19 AND GUESTS

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TRANSMISSION

Perth’s essential pre club night for discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Andrei Mazz 8pm Free Entry

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$10 Pizza & Pint special

special with Nathan J, Chris Wright and The Nisbit.

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UNI-QUE

$10 jugs kicks off at 8.30 with Jamie Mac & Dazz K

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DJ Moogy presents

“Latin styles”.

A night of Mambo & Salsa.

8PM Free Entry

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The Beat Suite

with Micah, Sharif Galal and Darcy. 9pm Free Entry

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HOT CRUSH

Lucid Dreaming presents a night of house/ Deep House/ Disco/ Tech House “FORE” Featuring Aarin F, James Francis, Nathan Francis and Bojan It’s Free Entry and all kicks off at 9pm.

Crush Nightclub, Joondalup Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Perth’s hottest new venue, Crush Nightclub, showcases cutting edge design and spectacular sound and lighting with the hottest in commercial Top 40 and notorious party anthems, always ensuring a night out is one to remember. Last Wednesday a glamourous crowd gathered to watch the Grand Final of the Fane modelling competition. Head down to Crush on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday and enjoy the great tunes, fabulous atmosphere or enjoy the upcoming Football World Cup on Crush’s big screen.

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BACK TO MONO

PERTH’S ESSENTIAL FREE”N”FUNKY SUNDAY SESH. RARE GROOVE, SKA, ROCKSTEADY, DUB, FUNK, SOUL, REGGAE, AFRO BEAT. WITH DJ’S GARETH RICHARDSON, TED SCHLECHTE & DEATH DISCO’S ANTON MAZZ. 5PM FREE ENTRY

WEDNESDAY

Beat Route records presents

TWIST

featuring Agent 85 plus special guest DJs spinning vintage vinyl. Garage, Indi, Powerpop, Ska, Surf, Psych, Rhythm &Soul.

Free Entry.

The Finalists

FRIDAY

THE PINEAPPLE LOUNGE PRESENTS

“Fusion six & Harvey Fresh”

L-R Teegan Webb - Second Place, Karra Scrimgeour- Winner, Laurisha Nrajdic- Third Place

(LIVE) BREAKS, ELECTRO, DRUM & BASS. “YARHKOB & KHAOS”(LIVE) DUBSTEP, HIP HOP, DRUM & BASS. “SWITCH CUTTER” BREAKS/GRIME. “PAUL-E” ELECTRO/HOUSE. FREE ENTRY 8PM

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The Community and Flowlab presents

Karra Scrimgeour - winner

LIKE MINDED ARTISTS ; LAUNCHING KADYELLE’S “EARTWORTHY” AND THORT’S “LOUDER ACTIONS ARE NEEDED” WITH SOMA, CARTOON HELL, DELERIOUS AND DJS ARMS IN MOTION & SILENCE. FREE ENTRY 9PM

BOOKA SHADE

SOUNDS FROM A DANCER’S HEART German minimal stalwarts Booka Shade have been taking things deeper and deeper with their recent albums, and this trend continues with their latest opus More!.

However, as ANGUS PATERSON finds out, they’re determined to still keep one foot in the clubs.

“It is midday here in Berlin, and everything is fine.” So begins my conversation with Arno from Booka Shade, an act who have thrilled enough festival crowds with their visceral live performances to have transcended the ‘uber underground’ status they held several years ago, when their breakthrough Movements album went massive. That album’s key single Body Language crossed over to the point where its main riff was being sampled by everyone from Krafty Kuts to Will.i.am, and it’s approaching Underworld’s Born Slippy in terms of instantly recognisable anthems. This big league status was evidenced by their headline spot on Australia’s recent Future Music Festival tour, as well as the European summer’s worth of festival dates they’ve got lined up in the coming months.

However, all this is defied somewhat

Booka Shade

by the deepness of the albums the duo have been releasing since they broke big. 2008’s The Sun & The Neon Light was a deliciously sad and bittersweet excursion into downtempo electronica and synthpop, and while they’ve talked up their new album More! as a club ready antidote of sorts, the reality is that while the house music energy returns in some respects, in others it’s just as deep an experience as ever.

“There’s an interesting thing,” Arno tells me, with a German’s poetic grasp of the English language that’s often even more precise than that of a native English speaker.

“Years ago we had Movements with all those dancefloor tracks that did so well, and then you had The Sun & The Neon Light which was a reaction to that, because we wanted to show something different. The real club people were surprised by Neon Light of course, because it is absolutely different, sure. But a lot of other people fell in love with it who are not so much a fan of club music. Every other day I run into someone who says I loved Movements for all the hits, but I loved Neon Light even more for the longevity, because there’s a lot in these songs that you can still discover. And that’s something that’s very nice, that you never do anything in vain.”

The anthems from Movements, like Body Language as well as Mandarin Girl, In White Rooms and many others, with their stark hooks and stripped back melodies, became calling cards for the ‘minimal’ movement that was sweeping the world’s clubs at the time. Since then Arno and Walter have been more inclined to craft the sort of rich textures that offer a more genuine emotional core to their work, but an element of that trademark Booka Shade starkness still remains – whatever intriguing new places they’ve been adventuring to.

“We’re quite happy with it, and also to show that we have our own Booka Shade universe, our own sound... I think it sounds like Booka Shade very much. It starts differently to the first three albums, which always have this epic glow leading into things with songs like Night Falls and Outskirts. This time around it’s a very in-your-face track like Havana Sex Dwarf, which says to the world hey, this is different.”

More! might only be their fourth album, but it’s part of a much bigger story of Arno and Walter’s musical partnership that underpins a rich history to the “Booka Shade universe” he talks of. Making music together since the mid ‘90s, and veterans of the Frankfurt music scene, their efforts culminated with them establishing the seminal Get Physical Records with DJ T. and M.A.N.D.Y in 2002, where they worked behind the scenes as producers helping shape the new wave of European techno. Arno says they’ve learnt plenty of lessons along the way when it comes to songwriting, but they’re not just looking for the easy kicks.

“It’s very painful at times,” he says.

“Songwriting is never easy I believe. And now it’s already the fourth album for us as Booka Shade, so you always sit down and say, what can we do, what’s new and excites us, what’s worthy of being released? Because it’s easy to do anything, but to try and hopefully bring real personality in there, something that really comes out of you – that speaks for you. We always feel that this is very difficult. Probably other people can do it in one month, but for us it always takes a bit longer. Still, I hope to believe that people can hear a lot of detail in the music, and a lot of these atmospheres that for us take a long time to create. It’s nothing that I believe you would do in one afternoon.”

For many, Booka Shade will always be remembered for their ecstatic live performances, and Arno says that clubbing and parties will always be in their hearts – even when they’re striving for something beyond the dancefloor.

“With club music, we always hold that we can show some more angles of it,” says Arno.

“Creating a club track is also not the easiest thing, but it’s something for people to dance to. I always think that we do this music for people that like to hear just a little bit more beyond the horizon of club beats, and I think what we’re strong at is to have this feel of the club, because we still always have it in our hearts, and in our bodies.”

Like so many others, when they first tasted the delights of electronic music and club culture back in their early days, it took hold and never really let go – again, even when they’re searching for something with a little more substance. This is the story of a dancer who eventually grows up, but never really walks away.

“We really breathed in a lot of this atmosphere, and once in a while it’s always great to go out clubbing and to feel the energy as a dancer again.

It’s something that you always hold with in you I believe – the dancer’s heart. But still, I always like it when there’s more there in the music. It gives you the energy and feel of club music, but in an album context, we always like to go on more this kind of journey.”

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AUTECHRE WARP SPEED

NO MATTER

Autechre/ Mark Pritchard/ Rob Hall Capitol, Perth Thursday, May 26, 2010

2010 is shaping up to be a big year for Hospital head honcho London Elektricity, aka Tony Coleman, who hits the stage at Heavy Weight Soundz this Friday. He illustrates to REUBEN ADAMS how having a baby can be a great‘creative laxative’, and discusses the death of the‘best club in the world’.

hour of shattered rhythms, glitched out samples and an unrestrained and purely schizoid bass line. ‘Hypnotic racket’ is probably the best way to describe it, but at the end of the day, words don’t do the experience justice.

The reaction of the crowd was almost as mesmerising as the music itself. The adventurous few tried to dance, but most resorted to staring motionless at a darkened stage, nodding their heads as the musical tour de force washed over them. Standing near the front by the speakers (which handled Autechre’s sonic extremes with aplomb) was almost too intense to bear, almost guaranteeing irreparable ear damage.

And then as quickly as it started it ended, the crowd shook themselves out of their trance and Autechre quietly exited stage left with zero fanfare. Here’s hoping they don’t wait another fifteen years to come back to our fair city, because an Autechre set is something that everyone should experience at least once in their lives.

An incredible night.

the Coleman household.

“I don’t know, it just gradually seemed to ease. If you get a creative block you can either just leave it, hoping that it goes away, or you can try and work through it,” he muses. “I chose to try and work through it. I had another baby in October of last year, and that does cause a kind of seismic shift,” chuckles Coleman. “Creatively it’s a great laxative.”

He’s excited about the album, but Coleman’s favourite club in the world, Matter, has compares it with a temperamental teenager when just closed down for the summer and he finds asked how it’s progressing.

“Adolescence, I’d say, early adolescence. it painfully surreal. “They say that it’s closing for summer but most of us think that it’s closed for It’s at that really moody stage, all the tracks are refusing to talk to me and they keep complaining good,” he sighs. “We would do six big Hospitality nights in the year and every single one would sell that everything isn’t fair,” laughs Coleman. “I’d say out a month in advance. 3000 people, which is it’s the equivalent of a twelve year old. I have about twenty sketches, and about nine tracks that are amazing.”

When asked if the Matter closure is pretty much finished, so I’m doing quite well.”

Punters may remember a little track indicative of a discernable shift in the UK clubbing scene, Coleman is quick to put it down to a mix of called Just One Second off the Syncopated City album, a tune characterised by the dreamy vocals appalling luck and bad planning.

“Matter was only opened 18 months of Esmeralda. Coleman enjoyed this experience so ago, and it was built with no expense spared by much he asked her to come back and collaborate Fabric, who have been around for ages in London,” on his latest effort. “She has an incredible voice he explains. “They had this utopian vision of a but she’s an amazing writer as well, it’s been an nightclub, and they achieved it but it cost them absolute joy,” he gushes. “I wouldn’t describe our about six million pounds, and they opened it just sessions as particularly structured, but it certainly gives the project a flavour, something for me to as the recession was starting.”

“It’s also in a part of London which is really get my teeth into.”

Hitting Metro City for the second year totally reliant on transport links, and Transport London decided in all their infinite wisdom to close in a row this Friday night, Coleman can’t wait to ‘hospitalise’ the crowd; unprompted, he points out the Jubilee Line, which is the line that connects to Matter, for about six months.” This, according to his love for the venue.

“Perth clubs are right up there,”enthuses Coleman, is ultimately what killed his favourite Coleman.“When Matter was still open, I was saying club in the world. to people that ‘Matter is the best venue in the world, It isn’t all bad news for the head honcho and Metro City is the second best venue in the world’. of Hospital Records though. After an extended So I guess that makes Metro City the best venue in period of writers block following his phenomenal the world now.”

2008 release, Syncopated City, London Elektricity is back in the saddle and has pencilled in an LONDON ELEKTRICITY album release for later in the year. Interestingly, FRIDAY, JUNE 4 @ HEAVYWEIGHT he attributes his creative renaissance to his innate SOUNDZ, METRO CITY, NORTHBRIDGE pugnaciousness and the arrival of another baby to

When it was announced that electronic experimentalists Autechre were coming to Perth for the first time in 15 years, forums and blogs were afire with anticipation. Accompanied by good friend and accomplished DJ Rob Hall, as well as fellow Warp signing Mark Pritchard, this was a rare opportunity for IDM lovers to catch one of the most influential electronic acts to ever grace a stage.

At 8.15 the Capitol dance floor was empty, a spattering of punters enjoying some deep brooding dub from Rob Hall, who had slipped into Harmonic 313’s early spot.Illuminated by one house light and the glow from his laptop, Hall stared intently at the screen for the duration of his wonderfully constructed opening slot as he built the vibe steadily, sensitively moving between musical styles without losing flow or momentum, creating a cohesive but constantly shifting set.

The crowd gave off a relaxed alternative vibe, a far cry from the standard electronic music loving masses, and were content to stand back early and enjoy the early sounds coming from the main stage. However when Mark Pritchard (Harmonic 313) hit the DJ booth punters swarmed the dance floor and he continued to build on the previous set, punching out the deep bass lines from the very beginning.

With energetic types cutting shapes down the front, Pritchard incorporated a jungle mix which seemed a little incongruous considering the vibe that Hall had worked so hard to build. By the time he dropped his own tune Dirtbox at the end of his energetic set, Capitol was packed in expectation.

Prior to Autechre taking to the stage all house lights were turned off, with the only illumination coming from the bar. Flitting around like ghosts on a darkened stage they embarked on an ear-splitting set which lacked melody and consistent time signatures, builds, hooks, and visual stimulation for the crowd.

In other words, it was unforgettably and intangibly brilliant.

Their extreme experimentalism and obsession with expanding noise beyond anything you’ve ever heard culminated in an

CRYSTAL CASTLES Crystal Castles II

VARIOUS Deep Medi Releases Volume 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS Fabric 52: Optimo (Espacio)

VARIOUS We Mix, You Dance: Purple Sneaker DJs

When touring their highly-successful debut, Crystal Castles built a live show around speaker-shredding noise, with kohl-eyed singer Alice screaming into her microphone as wave after brutal wave of digital distortion broke behind her.

As bracing as the live show was, the worrying possibility existed that the duo would carry this approach through to their second album, creating a squalling, unlistenable mess in the process. Fortunately, though, Alice and Ethan left the noise behind when they returned to the studio, choosing to explore the quieter, creepier elements of their sound instead.

Crystal Castles II is a sinister and beautiful record, adding the pulse and hum of early ‘90s shoegaze and dream pop to the band’s base of glitchy electro pop. Empathy and Violent Dreams feature woozy melodies that recall the Cocteau Twins or My Bloody Valentine, and Alice’s indistinct vocals barely rise above a whisper, so when they do – on the rave-y Baptism and heart-pounding opener Fainting Spells – they are all the more effective.

The highlight is definitely Celestica, and in a way, its naked emotion – the lyrics “when it’s cold outside, hold me tight, hold me” are amongst the only ones discernible on the album – makes it all the more surprising. Of all the trendy, overhyped bands of the last few years, I’d never have guessed Crystal Castles would be the ones to make it out unscathed with a brilliant second album, but there you go.

With Volume 1 still cooling off the press, the second compilation from the famed DMZ crew in CD form is interesting for a few reasons. The label’s infamous anti-hype ethos, coupled with their love of dubplate culture, meant that all of their recordings up until this point were released solely on vinyl. This had the effect of garnering them strong underground support but kept the average dubstep punter ignorant of their phenomenal productions.

Finally succumbing to demand and consisting predominately of 2008 releases by Kromestar, Goth-trad, Quest, Silkie, Tunnidge a n d D M Z h e a d h o n c h o M a l a , Releases Volume 2 is impressive to say the least.

Mala’s Miracles is sparse and delicate, with echoey vocals and synths complemented perfectly by the hypnotic snare-driven beat. Gothtrad takes it up a notch with the wobble infused aggressiveness of The Clown, while Quest and Silkie deliver a series of highly percussive ambient dubs befitting the labels name, with The Seafront a real highlight.

The defiantly underground philosophy of Mala and co is now here for all to see; there are none of the painful qualities of ‘pop-dub’ here, like the prevalence of heavy wobble and cheesy vocal lines. Subtle production across the board makes this disc a meal that you can really sink your teeth into and enjoy time and time again.

Finally one of the finest, most eclectic DJ duos of all time get their long overdue nod from Fabric, a move that signifies the ever-changing, broadening sound of techno, as well as a sign of respect to JD Twitch and JG Wilkes who last month, after 12 years of Optimo nights in Glasgow, have called it a day.

For the uninitiated, this mix is a fine start to coming acquainted with these music aficionados. Their fearless track sequencing knows no bounds. It may not include as many rare and obscure selections as they are known for, but this a Fabric mix after all.

What we get is a journey through house, disco, techno, electro and more, all stitched together impeccably. Some of it may not be to everybody’s tastes, but you have to respect the musicality of it all.

The thumping Prins Thomas remix of Discodromo’s Cosmorama kicks in, before the percussive groove of Rebolledo’s Amigos Cómeme and fragmented funk of Altz’ Get It Down!. While the liquid beat of Thomas Brinkmann’s Walk With Me rubs up against Capablanca & T Keeler’s La Konk Fiesta, the more exotic sounds of Shacalao from Cumbia Moderna De Soledad keep the groove flowing.

Desire’s Don’t Call drops outta nowhere, somehow winding into Crazy Cousinz’ Inflation before landing with Xex’s long forgotten ‘80s synthpop gem Heartbeat. One of the most truly unique mixes in the series yet, and one of the best. Optimo is dead, long live Optimo.

ALFRED GORMAN 4/5

Purple Sneaker DJs are to the Australian dance music industry as bacon is to breakfast McMuffin.

Off the back of one of the most iconic indie club nights in Sydney and wowing the crowds at Parklife last summer, the boys have just released their highly anticipated first ever mix compilation; We Mix, You Dance.

This double CD, mixed by Purple Sneaker DJs PhDJ, M.I.T. and BenLucid, is unfortunately a total let down. The lads are usually noted for a) their ability to remix, painting Australian hip-hop acts like TZU in a totally new light, b) their ability to incorporate indie rock into their sets and c) their ability to mix almost anything together - ie laying a MSTRKRFT remix over BlueJuice’s Vitriol and then throwing some hip hop heavy beats in for good measure.

Unfortunately all of Purple Sneakers’ admirable attributes are missing in We Mix You Dance. The track selection, whilst good, contains songs already played to death in the last year and a half. Also missing are any standout Purple Sneakers remixes.

Although We Mix, You Dance is mixed well, unless you’ve been asleep for the last 18 months you’ve probably already heard it all before. Uninspiring.

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN MIX? Dusk Bar, Joondalup Friday, May 28, 2010 Friday just gone saw the Grand Final of the So You Think You Can Mix? DJ competition go down at the Dusk Lounge.

Six aspiring DJ finalists hit the decks after coming out trumps in their respective heats over the past three weeks.

The night produced some funky sets, with everything from tech-house to electro to drum’n’bass dished out for the lucky audience, with finalist Clinton Adams even delivering a rendition of the old Tetris theme song in his set.

The stakes were high, with the finalists competing for the huge grand prize of an all expenses paid trip to Bali to perform as an international guest DJ at Kuta’s famous Sky Garden Lounge, plus $1000 to spend at The DJ Factory and $200 spending money thanks to Southern Comfort. DJ Johnny Zimber took out the gong in the end – keep your eyes out for him on the Perth club circuit!

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GeRmAn / Jackson & Perry / Travis Eddy / Symbiosis / Jay Vincente / Gary Watson / DJ Oky / DJ Steve RG Bar Open, Northbridge Friday, May 28, 2010

Naboo Shape, East Perth Saturday, May 30, 2010

Local trance fanatics have been well catered for of late with Perth’s premier DJs joining forces for the second time in as many weeks, this time to kick off the first instalment of Amon Vision.

Upon arriving just after 11pm, one was greeted with a swarming sea of bodies from the bar to the restrooms to the hot steppers on the dance floor. It was obvious Jackson & Perry were thoroughly enjoying the experience, dropping an eclectic blend of rolling rhythms and pulsating melodies to the capacity crowd.

A thunderous roar greeted GeRmAn as he took control and with considerable originality, opened with an irresistibly catchy Pendulum rework of the ABC News Theme which was so off the walls it worked to perfection. Leaning towards a vocally inspired set, GeRmAn deftly manoeuvred between the likes of Aly & Fila’s intensely uplifting remix of Armin’s If You Should Go into the harder edged sounds of Sean Tyas’ oscillating remix of Breaking Benjamin’s The Diary Of Jane. GeRmAn’s set was a captivating ride of light and shade which enthralled the capacity crowd for its entirety.

Jay Vincente cut an imposing figure behind the decks, immediately launching himself

GeRmAn (pic: Matt Jelonek) (literally) into his own exquisite brand of mayhem upon the unsuspecting patrons. Amongst an impressive track listing was Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s heart pumping remix of Binary Finary’s epic 1998, culminating in Activa’s aptly named Transmission which somehow managed to find another gear as its effervescent melodies heralded the end of what had been a decidedly nasty set and a definitive highlight for the evening.

By the time Gary Watson started spinning, the once packed upstairs had seemingly thinned considerably which was disappointing considering the quality of the tunes being rolled out yet Watson made the most of the dance floor faithful, providing the ideal soundtrack for the more intimate surrounds including Above & Beyond’s vocal favourite On A Good Day which inspired the crowd to spontaneously erupt into lyrical unison, singing along to Oceanlab’s comforting vocals.

With only the dance floor seemingly in operation, Travis Eddy’s set was shortened but in true Eddy style he fully utilised his time instigating a powerful whirlwind of energy across the dance floor dropping dance floor bombs like Dave 202’s Generate The Wave and Brian Kearney’s thumping rework of Fonzarelli’s Moonlight Party which ensured the remaining punters all left satisfied.

Overall Amon Vision’s first foray into a regular club night was a resounding success with an influx of positive feedback streaming in, the only blemish being a few warranted complaints about the sound system which would need to be addressed. It’s very reassuring to see Perth trance fans once again supporting the local scene as their support is what ensures the longevity of these club nights. Bring on Amon Vision act two.

GLEN CANNING

It was a crazy, colourful, costumed bunch that flocked to Shape on this cold Saturday night, decked out in their finest Boosh regalia, to celebrate the coming of the coolest shaman in the universe (well apart from Tony Harrison), Naboo the Enigma, or as he was tonight, DJ Mike Fielding.

The Shape crew had done a fine job decorating the place into a Booshy wonderland, with all manner of weird and wonderful ornaments and palm trees. Future Sailors, Crack Foxes (complete with ‘squishy boots’) and Hitchers seemed to be quite popular. But you could spot just about every Boosh character from Vince, Howard, Naboo and Bollo to Tony Harrison, the Spirit of Jazz, Old Gregg and even Rudi! People were doing silly dances, taking photos of each other, drinking Baileys (thankfully not from shoes), there was a great atmosphere.

The handpicked support acts for the night did a stellar job, all paying homage to the Boosh in their own way with an eclectic mix of disco, tropicana and 80s. Shouts out to Petrosex, Rex Monsoon and Tomas Ford, for warming the room up the room nicely. Lightsteed belted out an inspired mix, including Jefferson Airplane’s classic acid-rock freakout, White Rabbit, Bowie’s Modern Love and even the Ghostbusters theme, that got the crowd primed.

M i k e F i e l d i n g ’s d i m i n u t i v e , moustachioed form appeared behind the decks around one to a rowdy response from the well lubricated crowd. Kicking off with The Gossip’s Standing in the Way Of Control and following with MIA’s Paper Planes was a fine start.

Whoever did the video did a stellar job of cutting up Boosh clips to create a very fitting, funny backdrop. Eyebrows were raised when he dropped Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl, with a very abrupt mix. No one was expecting tricks or seamless transitions, smoother than the bonnet of a Porsche, but you thought he’d be a bit more polished. Luckily he had the audience’s devotion (two sold out shows were testament to that), and This Charming Man had the crowd in the palm of his little hand as he dropped The Smith’s song of the same name.

Despite the dodgy transitions, his song selection was on the money – though it was fairly standard indie/electro fare. Blondie’s One Way or Another and In For The Kill from La Roux. There was a particularly abrupt mix into Kaiser Chiefs’ Less and Less that saw the sound system pushed to its limit. Lady Gaga’s Pokerface and Ladyhawke’s Delirium suited the environment and Hot Chip’s Over and Over went down a treat.

The string of classics continued with Madness’ House of Fun, Van Halen’s Jump!, Groove Is In The Heart from Dee-lite, The Clash’s London Calling and Violent Femme’s Blister in the Sun. Finishing harder; Mylo’s Drop the Pressure made everyone lose their shit, (I almost lost my pocket cup!) and Prodigy’s Out Of Space is a failsafe, firestarter. The shy Fielding softly thanks Perth, handing over to the dynamic duo of Fkn Midas and Audagous, laying on some very cool grooves with live sax.

It would be fair to say Fielding has to work on his mixing skills, and there wasn’t much unexpected – but it was a good selection of music for the masses to get their crimp on to, and that is all anyone could ask for. It is obvious Fielding himself is more appreciative than anyone to be given the opportunity to do what he is doing.

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no doubt he’s bringing the voltage to top it this time. Joined by MC BIRD BEAT LOUNGE A new night AD. Tickets $60 plus booking for the beatmakers to share their fee from Moshtix outlets, Live beats with fellow beatmakers, as Clothings Stores, and the DJ well as get together with singers Factory. VIP tickets (including the and emcees who are after beats. chance to meet London Elek) Beat makers/producers get 10min available from loadeddice.com.au. to play as many beats as they Doors open 7.30pm. want, then after their set they’re welcome to share how they come M O J O S F I S H E R M A N S T Y L E about their beats. Beatmakers Tonight sees the 48th instalment who are interested in performing of Fisherman Style following on at an upcoming edition of Beat from last month’s jam packed Lounge should get in contact with Fourth Birthday show. Fishies Speakinainteasy (djphazenpnz@ regulars Earthlink Sound (with gmail.com). $5 entry, free before the return of Sheriff Lindo after a 7pm. month’s absence), Sabata Sound and the original geezer DJ Sorted Bird – The Beat Lounge - Flip/ Ylem/ play tonight, alongside local Bjorn Beta/ Hykus (see above) legend DJ Deruki. With a vibe Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed heavily tilted towards roots and Civic Hotel (The Den) – DJ Messy culture style music, it’s bound Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ to be another night filled with Wrighteous good vibes and much dancehall Club Bayview – DJ Ryan niceness. Doors open 8pm, free Club Marakesh – DJ Simon entry before 9pm and thereafter Cottesloe Beach Hotel - Slip $10/$5 conc.

Cocktail Night - DJ Shots/ DJ Andy M AMBAR LEE MORTIMER He blew Ellington Jazz Club – Detour away Ambar with thumping, Eve –DJ Tony Allen sleaze-filled bass last year and Flying Scotsman (Main Room) - now the pioneer of filthy beats, Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Lee Mortimer, is back to do it all Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – again! Lee’s wobbly, jacked-up, Latin Styles – DJ Moogy bass-filled slabs of electronic funk Foundry - DJ Dura have been consistently leading Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda the way in the ever changing Mojo’s – King Brown Records - Bitter world of dance music with big Belief/ Creed/ DSC/ Freekstyles/ PC names such as Switch, Pete Generals/ Knoe FM/ Verdikt Tong, Crookers, Jesse Rose and Mustang – DJ Giles Micky Slim all going crazy over Niche Bar - Indulge his unique brand of house. With Newport – DJ Shannon Fox/DJ Fos signings to Fool’s Gold, Dubsided, Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford CR2 and Made to Play, the big DJ Onyx - Avicii players are never without some of Paddy Hannans - Crazy Craig Mortimer’s tunes in their record Players Bar – Neon Lights - DJ bags. Support from Signal Drivers, Samuel Spencer James Francis, Grantley Hyde, Swinging Pig – DJ Simon A-Jam, Tha Nightcrawlaz, Rikache.

The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Tickets through moshtix.com.au Serge/ DJ Don Migi or inthemix.com.au. Doors open The East End - DJ Midfield 10pm.

The Queens – Kapitol P The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ The Shed – DJ Andyy Jamie Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin Ambar – Destination - Lee Mortimer/ Signal Drivers/ James Francis/ Grantley Hyde/ A-Jam/ Ù FRIDAY 4/6 Tha Nightcrawlaz/ Rikache (see METRO CIT Y HEAVY WEIGHT above) SOUNDZ Master surgeon London Bar 138 – Lokal (see above) Elektricity brings Perth drum Bar Open – Dorcia – Jus Haus/ ‘n’ bass fans a fix of medicinal Scott D/ Yon Jovi/ Time Travel beats tonight at Metro! Last year Agent/ Dead Money/ Mickey London Elektricity turned up the Juice/ Arrigold temperature and raised the roof Basement On Broadway – Friday with one of the most entertaining Therapy – DJ Urban Tiger and electrifying sets of all time, so Bayswater Hotel – Beat/Off -

Micah/Philly Blunt Bird - Deadweight – Vishnu/ Kit Pop/ Zeke/ Clunk/ Naik/ Tifa/ Saxon Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – Capitol Fridays Retro Mash Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Double Lucky –Full Circle – Adam Kelly/ Cee Eve – Suga N Spice – Don Migi/ Skooby/ Dannyboi Fly By Night – Northern Soul – Tony TBone/ Suzie Cue/ Barry Mr Motown/ DJ Denny Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Time Tunnel - DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - The Beat Suite – Micah/ Sharif Galal/ Ben Mac Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) –Fusion Six/ Harvey Yarhkob & Khaos/ Dubstep, Switch Cutter/ Paul-E Geisha Bar – AURORA – Shots/ L3on/ Meiosis High Wycombe – Fill In Da Gap Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Impact Bar - So Fine Fridays – Lukie D Kulcha – Matt Rosner /Adam Trainer/ Ghost Of 29 Megacycles (see above) Leederville Hotel (upstairs) – Funk Club Funkraiser – Charlie Bucket/Funk Club House Band/ Epicentre (see above) Llama Bar - DJ Morris/DJ Reuben Library – DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ Dooey Manor – Sampology/Cut & Paste Soundystem/Charlie Bucket (see above) Manhattans – Resort/ DJ Enrico Metro City – Heavyweight Soundz - London Elektricity/ Moving Fusion/ Bad Company/ Uman (see above) Metropolis Fremantle – Limelite – Christian Luke/ Mind Electric/ Zelimir Merrina Tavern – DJ Terry Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mojo’s - Fisherman’s Style 49 Ear thlink Sound/ Drummy/ Sherif/ Sabata Sound/ DJ Sorted/ Platinum Galore/ DJ Deruki (see above) Mustang- James MacArthur/ DJ Swing Newpor t – Fashion Fridays DeGraaf DJs Norma Jeans – DJ Phil

Onyx Bar – Slick/ Adroc Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paddy Hannans - Crazy Craig Paramount – DJ Morgan / Jordan Principal Micro Brewery – DJ Simon Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rise – Skitz Rocks 3 Launch - Nick Skitz/ Rousa/ Simon Barwood/ Steven Tranzor Rocket Room –DJ Benny Mayhem Rosemount Hotel – The Chemist Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny/ Riki Sail & Anchor - DJ Anaru Sapphire Bar – SuperFly Shape – DJ Lord/ Selekt/ Arms in Motion/ S Man Stamford Arms - DJ Janic The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJ Birdie/ DJ Nano/ DJ Serge The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Manor – Sampology The Queens – DJ Rueben The Republic – Pin Up! - Francesco Pilling/ Cluedo Pierres/ Amnesia/ Muv & Larry The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Joby / Alex K Toucan Club – DJ Armee Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

Ù SATURDAY 5/6 SEXY THE FUNERAL PARTY Sexy has come to an end - join the funeral procession this Saturday night from midnight and help celebrate the life and times of Perth’s only DIY disco. Dress in funeral attire. This is a time to celebrate, not to mourn, as Sexy looks back over the last year or so of memorable nights with this one last party. Your favourite Sexy DJs from the last year of Sexy will be there playing your favourite audio treasures. The party may be ending, but the memories will last forever, immortalised through the lens of Sexy’s resident forensic pathologist, L. Hughes, who will be photographing the wake.

Dress in funeral attire. Doors open at midnight for $5.

R I S E E M I LY S C O T T W i t h international style and sophistication Pioneer ProSheDJ Emily Scott has quickly inserted herself into the male dominated industry of the electronic music dance scene throughout Australasia. Since her stunning spinning debut in Australia’s

chic nightlife playgrounds, Emily is rapidly escalating towards b e c o m i n g k n o w n a s a ve r y prominent female DJ in the industry filling the floor in each of the clubs she tours. Door sales only from 9.30pm. Free entry before 10pm. Rise members free before 11pm, $10 thereafter. Nonmembers $10 before 11pm, $15 thereafter.

Ambar – Japan 4 – Challenger Ready/ Buda vs Double L/ Marty McFly & Zeke/ Ben Mac & Progress Inn/ Prizzy & Kill Dyl/ Philly & Bob Noceros Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open – Filthy Gorgeous - Travis Le Brun/ Jay Vicente/ Sketchism/ Jackness/ Thomas Hart/ Nathan Francis/ Benny T/ Luca/ Aaron Richards Bar Open (Downstairs) – Open House Bar Republic –Sexy The Funeral Party – Sexy DJs (see above) Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Bird –The Community Chest – Adam K Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Downstairs) – Death Disco – Death Disco DJs Capitol (Upstairs) – 80s Classics – DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Devilles Pad – Razor Jack Double Lucky – DJ Saxon/ Sadi/ Woz Dusk – Flashback – DJ Benny c/ DJ Josh Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Exit Bar - Vandalism Eve – DJ Don Migi/ Skooby/ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Lucid Dreaming - Fore Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz F l y i n g S c o t s m a n ( Ve l v e t Lounge) – Like Minded Artists – Kadyelle/ Thorts/ Soma/ Cartoon Hell/ Delirious/ Arms in Motion/ Silence Geisha – Joie – Lara/ James A/ Darren J High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Impact Bar – DJ Abstar Indi Bar – Direct Influence Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library - DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo/ DJ

Jimmy Phatz/ DJ Zeke/ DJ L Street Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Little Creatures Loft – Liquid Lounge Llama Bar – VJ Zoo/ DJ Rueben/ DJ Tony Lopez Manhattans – Unstoppable Glue - FKNG MIDAS/ MIcky Juice/ Lightseed/ Ben Edit/ Boy Crazy/ Stacey Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Metro City – Sexy & The City Saturday Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Norma Jeans – DJ Dwayne Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Meezy / Jordan Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe Rosemount Hotel - Tiki Parlay - Cyber 1/ MC Chuck Upu/ DJ Buda/ Parts/ Hamz/ Phaze Rise – Revolution - Emily Scott/ Simon Barwood/ Greg Packer/ Xsessiv/ Daze Rubix – Kenny L/ Delaney Sapphire Bar – Kiss & Tell – Maxwell/ Beebop & Rock/ Gene Bourne/ Tristan Box/ Acebasik South St Ale House – DJ Jay Soverign – DJ Jinx Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru/ DJ Janic Swan Hotel - The Cat’s Meow Fundraiser - DJ Holly Doll/ Razor Jack/ Matty SticketyBoo Tiger Lil’s –Adam Kelly/ Charlie Bucket The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig Toucan Club – Samuel Spencer/ Mr President Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy

Ù SUNDAY 6/6 THE MOON R & B QUIZ NIGHT For some, the letters R & B evoke juicy wah-clav grooves, while for many it is the crisp precision of

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808s and auto-tune. On Sunday local hoods The Tigers, Li’l Leonie Lionheart, Seams and Apprentice Dentist do R & B covers, whilst you participate in a trivia quiz all about R & B – so brush up on your Beyonce! HUMM at The Bird DJS Son Of The Father and PCJ spinning.

Heaps of prizes to be won, get in on it! $15 a head, call 9328 7474 to book. Doors open 7pm.

GEISHA FORK Now that We Love Sounds is cancelled, you’ll need somewhere to get loose in the wee hours of the morning before Monday’s public holiday. Fork is moving to Friday nights at Geisha, so this will be the last Sunday Fork takes over Geisha, so they’re going to make it super special. Featuring the electro-tech of Miss Tokyo, the electro house mastery of Ace Basik, Electro DJ runner up in the 2009 Perth Dance Music Awards Kill Dyl, Ogden, M!spr!nt and Rikache.

Dress to impress. Say ‘fork you’ for $5 entry before 10.30pm. $10 thereafter.

DEFECTORS BACK TO MONO Anton Mazz (Death Disco) and special guest DJ Wombat mash it up, smash it up and tear it up tonight. Starting off at 5pm with some blissed out beats, emotive, sensual songs, classic soul, dub and a bit of everything else, then ramping it up big time from 7pm till late with electro classics, bangers, wobble, fidget, dubstep and whatever else it takes to get your feet shuffling and your booty shaking. $10 cocktails from 6 - 7pm.

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Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – Industry – DJ Birdie/ MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Back To Mono –DJ Wombat/Anton Mazz (see above) Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) Nathan J/ Chris Wright/ The Nisbit Geisha – Fork – Acebasik/ Kill Dyl/ M!spr!nt/ Ogden Vs Rikache/ Miss Tokyo (see above) Impact Bar – Soul Night Out – Nick Alexander Kulcha – DJ Aswon Mint – The Prom – The Class Of 2010 – Adrian/ Matt Mojo’s – Mojo Project - DJ Ink Moon – R & B Quiz Night – PCJ/Son Of The Father (see above) Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny L Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys

Paddo - DJ PDS Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Railway Hotel - Sea Shephard Fundraiser - Seth ‘Squid’ Lowe/ DJ Prana Rise – SHFL – BeXta/ Rousa/ Whiskey Rosemount Hotel – Sundae Session Rubix – The Rotation – Krule/ Dazz K/ Untertone/ Lyndon The Cott - Cott Sessions The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy The Wembley – Deckeclectic Villa – Steve Aoki/Kit Pop/Yon Jovi/ Time Travel Agent

Ù THIS WEEK London Elektricity/MC AD Friday, June 4 @ Metro City Nick Skitz Friday, June 4 @ Rise Lee Mortimer Friday, June 4 @ Ambar

DJ Krmak Friday, June 11 @ Villa

Total Science Friday, June 25 @ Shape

Optamus Friday June 11 @ The Dunsborough Tavern; Saturday, June 12 @ The Rosemount Hotel; Thursday June 24 @ The Prince of Wales Hotel Bunbury; Friday June 25 @ TBA and Saturday June 26 @ The White Star Motel, Albany

Shwayze feat. Cisco Adler Friday, June 25 @ Villa

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Klute Saturday, June 12 @ Rise

Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – DJ Birdie The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

Emily Scott Saturday, June 5 @ Rise

Shapeshifter Saturday, June 12 @ Villa

Ù TUESDAY 8/6 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J High Wycombe - DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart The Cott (Upstairs) –Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ Damian John The Paddo - DJ Deepad Victoria Park Hotel - DJ Melvin

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COME TOGETHER

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Railway Hotel Sunday, May 30, 2010 WA’s music community gathered at the Railway Hotel last week for the launch of Artists For Education, an initiative created by Perth based youth charity, VOW. The Artists For Education project sees musicians band together each year to create a compilation CD to benefit disadvantaged kids from across WA. Featuring tracks from The Drones, The Preytells, The Kill Devil Hills, Nathan Gaunt and The Orphans, Artists For Education is a fantastic compilation CD, with all funds raised from sales going straight to VOW. To support VOW, head to vow.org.au.

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This Friday, June 4, dance your socks off all night with an across the board mix of Motown, Northern soul and modern soul. Doors, 8pm. Then on Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, unique Canadian bluesman Harry Manx returns to the Fly with his signature ‘Mysticssippi’ East-meets-West style. Doors 8pm on Saturday and 7pm on Sunday.

DEFECTORS AT THE SCOTTO

2010 WAMi nominees for Best Blues ‘N’ Roots Act, Cal Peck & The Tramps make their return to the Mustang Bar with a Thursday night residency for the first two weeks of June. The band will be showcasing their unique combination of rock ‘n’ roll, country and rhythm ‘n’ blues by playing over an hour worth of material. The first show takes place on Thursday, June 3, supported by Cat Black.

MOJO’S

Friday, June 4, Fishermans Style 49 will suck you up and spit you out - onto the dancefloor! This month’s reggae music focus is roots and culture.

Expect to be sonically charmed by Earthlink Sound gurus of sound Drummy and Sherif. Also playing are Sabata Sound, DJ Sorted, and special guests Platinum Galore and DJ Deruki. Mojo’s pizzas will be running up until 10pm. Entry is $10/ $5 concession from 8pm.

Sunday is Back To Mono, Perth’s essential Free ‘n’ Funky Sunday sesh with rare groove, ska, JB O’REILLY’S rocksteady, dub, funk, soul, reggae, Afro beat. Weekly jam session begin this Wednesday, June 9, With DJ’s Gareth Richardson, Ted Schlechte and so bring along an instrument, sing a song or just clap your hands to the beat and join our musicians Death Disco’s Anton Mazz. 5pm, Free Entry for a night of great tunes.

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You may not know it, but when you’re next in the Newport quenching your thirst, you can choose from the Soho Burger menu and they’ll bring you your meal to eat right there in the bar! Speaking of eats, The Newport also has free pizza on Wednesday nights, so come down between 7.30 and 8.30pm and grab a slice. Yum!

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This weekend, your 11 band one-stop rock shop is Rocket Room, featuring two nights of raucous guitars, DJs and rock stars. Friday, June 4, sees The Spitfires, Project Mayhem, The Kuillotines, Stately Shape, Self Made Guru and DJ Benny Mayhem play until 3am. Saturday, June 5, showcases Hyte, Diamond Eye, State Of Order, The Corner, Kickstart and DJ Brett Rowe until 4am.

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Dan Kelly is back with his new single Bindi Irwin Apocalypse Jam and he’ll be bringing his trademark quirky live show to the Amplifier stage this Friday, June 4, with help from Eagle And The Worm and locals Split Seconds. Doors open 8pm.

CAPITOL

Strung Out’s signature energy and musicianship is still kicking it hard. Their punk fury and consciousness melded seamlessly with technical guitar-work, blistering solos and pounding drums of metal. They’re back in Australia playing at Capitol this Saturday, June 5, with Philadelphia hotshots The Loved Ones, with support by locals Miles Away. Doors open 7:30pm.

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If you’re up for some hardcore punk this Friday, June 4, head down to The Den for Extortion’s 7” launch plus Battletruk, Grim Fandango, Atolah and Taco Leg. On Saturday, June 5, WA locals The Brown Study Band are joined by Hailmary, Gombo and Eye Spy in the backroom. Doors open 8pm both nights.

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INNER BLISS TAME IMPALA / The Silents / Wolves At The Door

as he walked off, no doubt leaving a present for the always bare foot Impalas.

Shoeless as always, Tame Impala finally took to the stage. A now packed out Metros gave a raucous welcome and wasting no time, the lads kicked straight into album opener It Is Not Meant To Be. It’s a great introduction to an album, and an even better opener to a live show. But with a fake out, and not the only for the night, they swung straight into Desire Be Desire Go, which was met with wild appreciation.

After the frenzied applause, frontman Kevin Parker launched into a solo intro of Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind before being joined

by Jay Watson, Dom Simper and touring band member Nick Allbrook. Usually hefting bass guitar, it seems Simper has switched to lead guitar, for this tour at least, with touring member Allbrook taking up bass.

A sea of pedals lay at Parker and Simper’s feet to pull off the sometimes otherworldly guitar tones and vocal styles used on InnerSpeaker and while the sound was near CD perfect, the mix was not. A rough mix at the start caused some feedback issues for Parker’s many time-based effects, causing him to switch them off at times, but by the third song in they were sounding tighter than they’d ever been. A few jam out moments faltered and lost momentum, but the performance of getting InnerSpeaker to the stage was impressive. They really have written not only a great album, but also given themselves an incredibly dynamic set of songs to work with. Weaving outros into intros, the band played their set like it was old hat, but not forgetting older tracks like last single Sundown Syndrome and break out tracks Skeleton Tiger and Half Glass Full Of Wine.

With a plane to catch and an apology for a short set, Kevin asked friends The Silents to join him on stage for final song, album ender I Don’t Really Mind. As they left the stage to jet off to support MGMT on their US tour there was a great pride in the air, as we all knew these guys are only just scratching the surface of their careers.

Metropolis Fremantle Thursday, May 24, 2010 Tame Impala are one of those rare bands completely living the dream. Signed to a renowned label, working with heavy weight producers and touring with the hottest bands, there isn’t much left to tick off in their already short careers. That isn’t to doubt their talent, an even cursory listen of their recordings proves they deserve all they get. Hometown fans were treated to a night of local talent as Tame Impala officially launched debut album InnerSpeaker to a sold out Metropolis Fremantle.

First up were local up-and-comers Wolves At The Door. Having spent the last year building momentum and a solid set, this three piece are no doubt going to be outside everyone’s door this year, with a sound that is entirely their own and an ever maturing repertoire. James Gates and Ash Hendriks’ guitars sounded great through the large room, no doubt one of the largest they have played yet, with their drummer Dave sporting a grin you couldn’t slap off. My only criticism is the lack of dynamics in the set, I think some varied guitar tones and effects could go a long way in breaking up the songs. But they play to their strengths very well and satisfied the early crowd.

Looking every bit rock and roll (ie: basically a hobo with jeans painted on), The Silents sauntered on stage. The Perth music veterans had a high energy set but a sound not quite what fans might have expected. Playing all new material, with the exception of a re-worked Nightcrawler, their sound is less Brit-pop and now more post-rock. The constant feeding back of guitars and wall of noise was tiresome by their third song, with hooks few and far between and hidden under the deluge of noise. While the mix certainly didn’t help their sound, there was the feeling of good material under the mess, and no doubt would sound better on a studio album.

With more contempt than I would have liked, the singer spat on the stage a couple of times

Tame Impala (photo: David Craddock)

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BIRD OF STEELE

Steele emerged, purring from the KATY STEELE / Abbe May shadows, beginning with a quick hello and rushing through her first two songs, before ARTBAR, Art Gallery of Western Australia stopping to admit she was a little intimidated Thursday, May 27, 2010 by the quiet formality of the art gallery setting.

Making great use of the distorting microphone throughout her set, Steele moved between the acoustic guitar, her customised Hello Kitty electric guitar, and piano, but tunefully bruised and resonating with a smoky hue, her lush vocals proved to be by far the roughest, most charming instrument element at her disposal.

Tonight’s performance gave Steele the chance to road-test her new solo material and put a new twist on some much-loved Birdy favourites. Radiating a cocktail-hour sophistication that jarred deliciously with her demotic accent, the contrast brought liveliness to Hairdo, jazzy verve to Relapse and gave the ostensibly sweet Hideaway a sharp bite.

Steele then introduced Beautiful To Me as a fine song to sing along to, pleading with her audience “I want you to sing along and I won’t take no for an answer…please”, and although a few people obliged, getting a clap going proved to be more successful.

A sultry mistress during Afterglow, Steele peppered the verses with blasts of hot Katy Steele (photo: Mike Wylie) breath cloaked in distorted echo, swathed by a muted guitar riff that threatened to explode A distinctly cultured crowd poured through the but stubbornly kept its composure. doors of the Art Galley Of Western Australia to Titillating renditions of Do Right see one of WA’s most beloved exports play an Woman and a playful nip at stereotypical intimate and exclusive Perth solo show against love songs in Paul Kelly’s Every Fucking City the backdrop of the Year 12 Perspectives art had some of her signature rock-chick attitude exhibition. seeping out into the gentle civility of the Abbe May enchanted the audience gallery space. early with an exercise in lusty blues, enveloping A subtle nod to a certain peroxide the crowd with her part-Nashville honky tonk, blonde, leather-trench clad gentleman part-Chicago jazzhouse sound. The highlight of skulking in the shadows, Steele gushed over May’s set was an exquisite rendition of Amazing new song Sea of Love, silently crediting her Grace that likely brought a little mist to the eye brother Luke Steele’s talented penmanship. of the more sentimental audience members.

‘Papa he taught me how to cry’ Steele As the front-woman of Australian crooned as her own papa, blues legend Rick pop-rock band Little Birdy, home-grown Perth Steele, joined her on stage for a harmonicasongstress Katy Steele hardly needed an fuelled duet finale. Synchronising beautifully, introduction. Now living and recording in New the pair sang the heart-as-smoking-gun York where she has been spending her time lyrics of Brother, crafting an exquisite penning her debut solo album due out later performance which concluded the evening in this year, Steele returned to Perth to mesmerise a mesmerising fashion. the Artbar audience in one of the first shows _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD she has played back on home soil.

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THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT! AMPFEST 2010 Subiaco Church Hall Friday, May 28, 2010 Pioneering youth battle of the bands AmpFest attracted a diverse crowd this year, from the very young to the elderly, as four talented local bands took to the stage for the opportunity to play to a decent sized live audience, meet music industry professionals, and share in a fantastic prize pool, including recording time, vouchers and a secured place in the Next Big Thing finals.

Fourth place winners SEAMS checked off all the boxes: enigmatic frontman, plethora of multi-talented musicians, sassy boy-girl vocals and an incredible presence.

The band traversed the stage with their instruments in tow, as they showcased their strange and chaotic, but ultimately beguiling brand of experimental pop.

Performing some straight-up fistpunching rock numbers Fat Jackal was placed third, with their focus on catchy riffs and quickfooted tempos creating a high energy show afflicted with a musical gigantism common in mainstream rock.

For self-taught, twenty-something gothic-folk threesome Minute 36, the decision to leave Perth in 2010 and head down to Albany to concentrate on their music proved worthwhile. Blending the sounds of double bass, arch top guitar and a two piece drum set, the spooky upbeat music, laced with acrimoniously clever lyrics, incorporated an extraordinarily sinister feel, with Seductress in particular being possibly the best example of all of Minute 36’s best qualities in one song Lovely female duo Goodnight Tiger enthralled the crowd with their metrical, folksy songcraft. Sharing guitar and vocal duties, the pair enchanted with their musical harmonies, as Jill Chrisp’s slightly grainy, nuanced tone enveloped Perrin Date’s sweet, breathy whisperings. A quirky plethora of foot stamping and tinkling glockenspiel melodies added eccentricity to their sound but, for all their offbeat touches, it was Goodnight Tiger’s

Goodnight Tiger (photo: Mike Wylie)

wide-eyed hope and wonder that proved to be their most affecting quality. Tunefully balancing girlish zeal with womanly maturity, Goodnight Tiger has succeeded in creating catchy indie-pop tunes, securing them a much deserved victory.

Representing all things local, all things original and, certainly, all things rock, special guests The Novocaines bought a powerful, palpable, utterly unremitting intensity to the stage with their brand of inimitable punkgarage-rock. Storming through an energetic set, the young quartet proved the undeniable appeal of their songs sending the diminutive audience into a state of controlled anarchy as they performed tracks from their Ragdoll EP, including Lazy Hoof, and the track that won them an opening slot at the WAMIs, Cup of Coffee.

With all the swagger and bravado of seasoned veterans, The Novocaines threw everything they had into their ferocious and unruly live show, which pulsed with punchy stabs of rock and punk, showing a stage presence and musicality that the other, younger bands could certainly aspire to. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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EMPERORS Steady As She Goes

ESCAPE THE RAT RACE

Enex100, a new retail space in the Hay St Mall, is offering busy city workers a way to wind down on a Friday night, with a series of concerts set to be held in the complex. The delightfully jazzy James Sandon Trio play this Friday, June 4, with Howie Morgan to perform on June 11 and 18, and Trevor Jalia to close the concert series on Friday, June 25.

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Hotly tipped Perth rock act Emperors launch their new single The River at The Civic on Saturday, June 12. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to vocalist and guitarist Adam Livingston, who was keen to play down the hype associated with being a Rolling Stone ‘band to watch’ in 2010.

Favourite Colours offers a few clues as to how a band with no ‘official’ release to their name (up until now), have pricked up the ears of radio listeners and critics alike.The driving rock anthem is relentlessly pushed along by a wall of thick ‘90s guitars, with Livingston’s vocal frenetically leaping out of the riffs to deliver line after line of soaring ‘festival sing-a-long’ moments. It’s the Not many bands play at the Big Day Out as their kind of effortlessly slick track a band releases as a tenth ever gig, let alone get a mention in Rolling single from their second ‘big producer’ album.

“When we put it out it got a lot more Stone in the fledgling stages of their career. But for Emperors, who also bagged a WAMi this year attention than we thought it would, or might. We for Most Promising New Act, these pipe dreams always thought it was a cool song but it got way more attention than we dreamed of,” Livingston are all a reality.

“If I’m going to be completely honest says of the song which the band (which includes we weren’t ready for that stage yet,” a humble experienced local campaigners like former Kill Adam Livingston tells X-Press of the band’s Big Teen Angst guitarist Greg Sanders) recorded Day Out appearance which came about as a with Dave Parkin at Blackbird studios. “It’s meant result of winning a triple j Unearthed competition. that we’ve had to think about the next single a “I think we probably are now, but we certainly lot. We’ve chosen a song that’s a bit different but weren’t really ready for it. Having said that, we kind of the same.”

The band’s follow up The River offers put a lot of work in beforehand in the band room just enough of a sniff of new sounds, while just jamming and getting the set tight.”

The band’s breakthrough track playing up to the band’s obvious strength

for cracking choruses. The uplifting, major chord refrain may also dispel any notion that Emperors are partaking in some sort of grunge revival.

“We want to be careful about that,” Livingston says of the tag. “There’s a lot of talk about the grunge revival and it’d be nice to ride that but at the end of the day we’re writing pop songs. Pop songs that we hope people will want to sing a long to. If they like them, then we’re not bothered what style people want to put those songs in.”

With The River soon to be released and Favourite Colours (which, funnily enough, was never officially released as a single) to get a second birth as a B-side, rock lovers certainly haven’t heard the last of Emperors.

“We’ve done the yards in other various bands,” Livingston, a former member of Faith In Plastics laughs. “So we’ve all done that gig playing to two people at the Hyde Park Hotel, so when someone says do you want to play the Big Day Out you say ‘yes we do!’.”

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MEMORY LANE

The Perth Blues Club have announced the details of their latest Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Variety Review, a gig organised by local blues legend Rick Steele in fond remembrance of musicians and music lovers who have passed away. The show will take place on Friday, June 11, at the Astor Theatre, and will feature performances

by Matt Taylor, Bob Patient All Star Band, Gerard Maunick, Norma Kelly, and many more. Part proceeds of the show go to Legacy who assists in supporting those left behind by deceased servicemen. Tickets $25 through Ticketmaster.

BROWN BOOKS

The Brown Study band are set to perform a typically theatrical and tight set at The Civic on Saturday, June 5, alongside Hailmary, Gombo, and Eye Spy. The band has developed a strong reputation for their quirky, fun, humorous, and entertaining live show. Show kicks off at 8pm with tickets $10 on the door.

Mercurial How would you describe your sound?

We like to think we span across more than one genre. It’s hard rock with a dash of electronics and a load of ambience. We like ambience.

Who are the members in the band and what do they play?

Brent sings and plays guitar, Aaron plays guitar and synths, Jon hits drums, Dave plays bass, and Geoff takes care of synths and samples.

Tell us a little bit about the CD you’re launching It’s the product of three years of writing and recording. Rather than moving away from the sound of our first release, we’ve tried to fully explore it, and develop something we’re pretty happy to call our own sound. We’ve spent a lot more time developing the songs and how they come together, they’ve got more space to breathe. We’re covering our own territory a lot more cohesively - the heavy moments are heavier and we’ve paid more attention to constructing the electronic elements. We’ve been really aware of the mood and atmosphere that we’re creating with each song and with the album as a whole.

What have been your biggest influences along the way?

L. Ron Hubbard.

Who are your favourite local bands?

There are seriously too many to name, both current and now defunct. The Meaning Of gave us a huge leg-up when we were getting started as a band, and between their two albums and their live show you can’t go past them. Unfortunately some of our favourite bands to play with and listen to have gone their separate ways, but it’s been great to see those guys mix themselves up and form new bands. So while it was awesome to play shows with guys like Dekannen and Seraphim, it’s great to see bands like I, Said the Sparrow pop up. Over Unity are a great young band. Keep an eye on them.

Where to next?

We’re going to push this album really hard. We’ve made friends with some great bands on the East coast, and we really want to head over there for a run of shows with them as soon as we can. We’re also cooking a pile of new material that will surface in one form or another.

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BIBLE BASHERS

X-PRESSIONS OF INTEREST Famous songwriters often talk of ‘keeping up their antennas’ or plucking a song out of mid air. But for those still waiting for their magical musical intervention, Rock Scholars, a music school aimed at getting young people on the stage, may be the next best bet. The school is soon to move to a swanky new premises at 14 McDonald St in Osborne Park, and is holding a launch and band showcase from 12.30pm on Saturday, June 12. This week, Rock Scholars manager Em Urquhart talked us through the opportunities on offer at the school.

What inspired you to start rock scholars?

When I was teaching in Kalgoorlie as a graduate there were lots of kids in my classes who played rock band instruments but had never actually played in a band. It seemed that if they played an orchestral instrument there were countless opportunities but if they wanted to rock, things were a lot more difficult.

I realised how difficult it is for young people to co-ordinate their own bands – find people, organise rehearsals, choose the songs and actually play live shows. So I really just wanted to create a place where young people who seriously dig music can find likeminded others, develop their skills, have fun, be inspired and play regular gigs.

What kind of training do pupils at the school receive?

We interview every student and place them in a band to suit them. Each band has a two hour rehearsal each week with one of our band mentors. We work with the bands to put set lists together to inspire and challenge them. Once the bands have built up a range of skills through playing different styles of music we move them on to our Band Development Program where we help them to develop an original band, write their own songs and record them.

Gloriously shambolic rockers The Bible Bashers are set to launch their debut self titled album at The Den on Saturday, June 5. Performing without a stage ‘Hydey style’, the band have promised to turn The Den into a place of rock ‘n’ roll worship in which, Raw Nerve, The Trevallys, and DJ Rex Monsoon will also be preaching. Doors 8pm, tickets $12 or $20 with a CD.

LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT

Perth rock act 7 Years launch their third EP Every Little Thing at The Rosemount on Friday, The Jayco Brothers June 4. The band, who formed in 2004 as a result of an X-Press classified ad, recorded the TWEEDY DEE, EP with Al Smith at Bergerk Studios and cite TWEEDY DUM Anberlin, Story of the Year, All American Rejects, The songs of influential Chicago alt-country Gyroscope and Greenday as influences. act Wilco will be celebrated and paid tribute “One would expect to see a solid to by an extensive line-up of local musicians rock show with catchy tunes and smooth vocal on Thursday, June 10. The Ghost Hotel, The harmonies,” bass player Adam Passani says of Jayco Brothers, Kim McDonald And The Port what punters can expect of the band’s launch Town Players, The Quixotics, Mr & Sunbird, show.

Stuart Nugent, and some hack named Davey Craddock will all take to the stage at Mojo’s to perform their favourite Wilco numbers.

MILES AWAY Perth hardcore success story Miles Away are supporting punk legends Strung Out MERCURY RISING at their shows at The Prince Of Wales on Alternative rockers Mercurial will be launching Friday, June 4; and Capitol on Saturday, June their second album Inertia Tides at The 5. The band have been busy recording their Rosemount on Saturday, June 5. Bat Country, latest album Endless Roads with producer Chasing The Ninth and Further Earth will also Dean Baltulonis. The album is set for a July/ play in support of this broody release which August release, but fans wanting something fuses the excitement of electronic music with in the meantime should keep an eye out the drama of hard rock. for impending pre-order details for Miles Away’s new 7” which includes songs from the upcoming album. The band will also be playing as part of the I’d Rather Be Giggin’ tour at Amplifier on Friday, June 11, and YMCA HQ on Sunday, June 13.

EARNING THEIR STRIPES

Em Urquhart

EARLY RISERS

The first heat of the Kosmic Sound and Jack Daniels Mojo’s Rising competition took place on Tuesday, June 1, with Sugarpuss winning thanks to some smooth retro rock styling’s and virtuoso lead guitar work. The band won a $75 gift voucher for Kosmic and a place in the first semi final which will be held at Mojo’s on Tuesday, June 29. Mercy Mercy And The Success Of Saturn gallantly took out second place.

The Corner

DOWN ON THE CORNER

Punk scallywags The Corner have received some attention from Californian record label 272 Records who have included their track Tongue on their Punk Kills Volume 13 compilation. The band play on Thursday, June 3, at Mojo’s and Saturday, June 5, at Rocket Room.

BACK TO PERTH CITY

AmpFest winners Goodnight Tiger

Local indie folk duet (and sometimes band) Goodnight Tiger took out the final of AmpFest last Friday night, fending off stiff competition from spooky Albany trio Minute 36. In third place were rock act Fat Jackal, and in fourth, the experimental and ever-entertaining Seams.

Goodnight Tigers’ ability to present their polished pop songs like consummate pros earned them $10, 000 worth of prizes including recording time, mastering, and a promotional package. Read X-Press’ review of the final of the competition in Live.

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Miles Away

Perennial Perth power poppers The Chevelles are back in town after a US tour which saw them play shows in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Austin as part of the South By South West festival. The band will play at Clancy’s in Fremantle on Saturday, June 12, as part of some low key shows to reintroduce their fun garage rock gems to their local fans.

BURSTING AT THE SEAMS

BLACK BUZZARD Wake The Dead Independent

Like a rock and roll train from the depths of hell emerges Perth’s Black Buzzard in a rollicking rampage of debauchery and sin.

Best listened to wearing snakeskin boots and a mind to cause trouble – Wake The Dead demands your attention and obedience. Blues jams reminiscent of late ‘70s hard rock acts dominate the Black Buzzard sound on the album with a penchant for killer solos and tasty fuzzed out riffs. Track after track is solid gold bitumen shredding material ready to kick your arse and ask questions later.

When boarding this train leave your inhibitions at the door my friends, you won’t need them where you’re going. _BRENDAN HOLBEN

This Saturday, June 6, Fremantle Records presents Seams, Sugarpuss, SonPsilo Circus and Oh! You Pretty Things. This eclectic line-up is sure to get people rattling Mojo’s wooden floorboards. Entry $8 from 8pm.

Seams (photo: Tom Cramond)

PADDO POW

POW! The Paddo’s new Wednesday band night will feature a special performance from Silent Republic on Wednesday, June 9, who are about to take a break to record their debut EP. The evening will also feature Blue Finish, Stunning In Red, and the always enchanting acoustic stylings of James Teague. Entry is free, with music from 8pm.

SOFT AS VELVET

Freya Hanly and Melanie Robinson

HANLY BACKS STRINGER WITH STRINGS

Music lovers who like to finish off the working week with a beer and meal at The Flying Scotsman have a tantalising new option on the menu. Sonic Velvet is a new band night set to take place on Fridays at Velvet Lounge continuing the spirit of Hydey’s Sonic Assault sessions, albeit on a slightly quieter note. The filler-free launch night on Friday, June 11, features quality acts the Voltaire Twins, 6s & 7s, Stereoflower, and Wolves At The Door.

Entry $10.

Hard gigging Fremantle folk artist Freya Hanly is supporting Victorian Liz Stringer at The Norfolk Basement on Friday, June 4. Hanly will be joined by cellist Melanie Robinson, whose gorgeous accompaniment was a highlight of Tim Roger’s latest album The Luxury Of Hysteria.

Stringer is in town launching her critically acclaimed new album Tides Of Time.

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EAGLE AND THE WORM Shake, Wriggle And Roll

Melbourne’s Eagle And The Worm have recently released a rollicking double A-side single Futureman / Good Times and are currently touring the nation in support of Dan Kelly. They both play at Amplifier on Friday, June 4.

Frontman Jarrad Brown tells DAVID CRADDOCK about the band’s desire to capture party vibes on record. at home sitting in the producers chair to pull that kind of sound.”

T h e f l i p s i d e t o Future, a t r a c k appropriately named Goodtimes, opens with a squeaky kazoo-like intro that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Muppets soundtrack before the band proclaim ‘we’re bringin’ back the good times!’ over another gloriously sloppy accompaniment.

“The studio side of the band has mainly been my responsibility which I have really enjoyed,” Brown says of how the band has found translating their joyous jams to the stage. “I have been dicking around in home studios since I got my first computer back in the late ‘90s. I spend a fair bit of time in my own studio flipping songs around. The band feels pretty good on stage at the moment.

We have been getting a good response, and the songs are translating to the stage pretty Eagle And The Worm well.”

Audience members who like what It’s apt that Eagle And The Worm are they hear when the band play at Amplifier t o u r i n g t h e co u n t r y at a t i m e w h e n on Friday, June 4, will be happy to hear The Rolling Stones’ famously loose and that Eagle And The Worm are set to open swaggering album Exile On Main St is a can of, well, worms, when they release enjoying somewhat of a renaissance. their debut album GoodTimes later this year.

Futureman, The Melbourne band’s The release was recorded at Bakehouse recently released single evokes the spirit of Studio in Melbourne and was engineered by the Stones holed up in a basement jamming Steven Schram, who has worked with fellow until the early hours, but half-way through Melbourne funsters Little Red. the track, the band give us an idea of what For now, however, the band are it might have sounded like if Keef had snuck enjoying introducing their sound to as many an intergalactic synth into his French manor. new ears as possible: “This first tour has been “Yes it is, that is exactly what I was really gratifying. I was just explaining to a trying to do,” frontman Jarrad Brown, who is friend that we haven’t missed any flights, also a member of Custom Kings, says of his crashed the hire car or left guitars in cabs. desire to give the song a laid back, good- You don’t have to be a super rock ‘n’ roll times, feel. “There were party vibes during wastoid to fuck up and leave a guitar in a the recording, but I also spent a lot of time cab. I have done it before - and it sucks.”

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iMUSIC The iPad For Musicians I’m writing this on a new Apple iPad. That’s not to brag, I’ll leave that for barbeques and parties, but to point out the obvious - yes it is just a fauxlaptop. I mean, what can it do that my laptop can’t already?

Well nothing, in fact it does less than a laptop. But the features that set it apart from the common laptop can give it an edge on the stage, or even in the studio. With a gorgeous 9.7 inch touch screen display and a platform easy to develop for, the functionality you can achieve out of it is usually reserved for incredibly expensive bits of audio kit, like the Lemur input device or Korg Koas Pad. So is it a jack of all trades and a master of none, or a new weapon in the modern musician’s arsenal?

Well,let’s start with its pros.The fact that it is instantly on and manages resources for you lowers the chance of mid-gig hang ups and it’s versatility as an input device is unmatched.You can go from a full drum pad layout to a synth with keys and X,Y input pad, pots - whatever the developer could imagine.There is no shortage of synth apps on the store already, and some are surprisingly full featured already, giving you an actual usable set of keys. You can use this to output a straight audio signal or sync up wirelessly with your PC and use it purely as a MIDI controller for your audio software of choice. With the right app it can even become a DAW,or Digital Audio Workstation.With the app AC-7 Pro for instance, you can wirelessly connect to your PC running Pro Tools or Logic and put all the controls on to the iPad itself, allowing you some freedom of movement when recording.

The amount of controls you can move over to the iPad is impressive, but the amount of setting up on the PC end and the slight lag is not.

Away from controlling apps, you also have the prospect of a mobile recorder. With StudioTrack you can turn your pad into a virtual 8 track recorder for getting those ideas down quickly and doing simple multi-tracking.The quality of the mic on the iPad is obviously not going to be good enough for proper recording, but there are quite a lot of good quality microphones for the iPhone that plug into its data slot for optimum quality.

As it is the same port on the iPad the accessories will no doubt be flooding the stores as the iPhone

Apple's iPad market before it.

One stand out app at the moment is a digital port of the famous Electribe synth explorer

by Korg. As the iPad is almost the exact same size of an Electribe anyway, the move to the digital screen is smooth and a bit surreal at first. With no features cut, and a much lower price tag ($13 app) you can quite easily use this as a proper audio tool and is a good indication that quality apps will and are coming to the platform.

Now for its flaws. It can’t multitask out of the box. That requires either waiting for the official OS 4.0 update, or ‘jailbreak’ing to enable home brew apps.So running multiple programs at the same time as you naturally would on a laptop can’t be done easily at this stage,it’s one music app at a time. Also there is no way to use these things without looking, something new touch screen phone owners find out rather quickly, try texting and driving (or not). With no physical buttons to feel it is eyesight or faith.

At this point in time you are more investing more in the platform than immediate tools. As most apps are iPhone ports and not quite ready for iPad prime time, there is no rush to get one and be the first iPad band (Padulum anyone?). Although I’m not waiting, mine will be next to my guitar pedals and is already a bit of a kit I can’t believe I lived without. _TOM VARIAN www.xpressmag.com.au

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