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Grab your mates and head on down to Fremantle’s X-Wray Café in coming months for unique Sunday sessions featuring fantastic live music throughout summer. On Sunday afternoons from 4pm ’til 7pm, bands will take to the stage to entertain punters as they sip coffee while the Fremantle Doctor blows in. X-Wray launches the season this Sunday, November 29, with performances by the Fancy Brothers and Clinkerfield’s Jimmy Stewart, plus the Vinyl Junky behind the decks. The X-Wray Café is located at Lot 4, 13 Essex Street in Fremantle. Jimmy Stewart is playing several shows while over this way. You can also catch him tonight and Friday, November 26-27, at the Norfolk Basement; Saturday, November 28, at Mojo’s and later on Sunday, November 29, at 399 Bar.
Australian music heavyweights The Whitlams will spend some time in WA in coming months, thanks to a special show taking place down in Mandurah. On Friday, March 26, The Whitlams will journey south of Perth for a special show at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Joining the iconic band on stage will be Mo Wilson & The Drivers. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, December 3, at 9am from manpac. com.au or by calling (08) 9550 3900.
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If you’d like to flex your funny bone this Friday night then The Melbourne Hotel is the place to be. Make your way to The Melbourne from 7pm onwards for a night of fantastic comedy, including sets from lovable goth Michael Workman, the queen of quirk Laura Davis, the always svelte Nat Lewis, Andrew Gannon, John Robertson and foreign feller Mike G. Tickets are on sale now from BOCS and are also available on the door.
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John Paul Young last entertained WA audiences back in 2007 while touring with the Countdown Arena Spectacular, and in 2009, he’s headed back with his band in tow. Since releasing his first single in 1972, Young has had a slew of hits including the iconic Love Is In The Air, Yesterday’s Hero, The Love Game and Standing In The Rain. Catch Young and his All-Star band playing these hits and more at the Old Bailey Tavern on Thursday, January 14; at the Civic on Friday, January 15; the Old Coast Road Brewery on Saturday, January 16; and at The Railway on Sunday, January 17. Tickets for all shows are on sale now through heatseeker.com.
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The Ellington will open its doors to a slew of DJs on Sunday nights from December 6 onwards for Back To Mono. Featuring Perth’s best DJs, Back To Mono is a night dedicated to rare music over genres such as groove, soul, funk, jazz, rocksteady, ska, dub and dancehall, delivering a fun party soundtrack to wind down the week. DJs such as Phil Stevens, Anton Maz, Aarom Wilson, Simon Collins and Nick Sheppard will spin tunes at Back To Mono, and best of all, entry is free! Doors open at 9pm.
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Perth lads Sugar Army have had an extremely busy year with shows all over Australia, and there’s no sign of the band slowing down anytime soon as they step aboard the tour bus once more this year for live shows throughout December. Join Sugar Army and Capital City, plus Umpire, The Scotch Of Saint James, The Preytells, Grim Fandango and Emperors rocking out on Thursday, December 31, for the Rosemount Hotel’s massive New Year’s Eve celebration. Those who can’t make that gig will be pleased to hear that the lads will also play Southbound on Sunday, January 10, at Sir Stuart Bovell Park, Busselton. Tickets are on sale now from Heatseeker, Planet, Mills and Star Perth.
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There’s been big moves and shakes in the world of media in the last week, including here at our humble City West operation. X-Press Magazine Editor, Bob Gordon, has announced that he will vacate his seat in mid-January, but will continue his association with the magazine as he heads off into the freelance writing realm. Bob’s replacement is none other than Julian Tompkin, former X-Press alumni (2001-03) and highly respected music/arts allrounder who has for the past five years worked as Communications Manager for Sunset Events. Good luck, gentlemen!
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Following on from the recent sell out of Sunday Day tickets and VIP tickets, for January’s Southbound festival, Saturday Day tickets and Pampered Camper tickets have now also completely sold out. However the good folk at Southbound tell us that there is still a range of ticket options on offer, including Weekend Day tickets as well as a choice of two-and-three Day Camping tickets. Speaking of which, congratulations to The Siren Tower who took out the Stagebound competition last Friday at the Rosemount Hotel. They are now performing on the impressive Southbound bill. Southbound hits Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton, from Friday-Sunday, January 8-10. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix, you can also head to www.sunsetevents.com.au to get the full breakdown on ticket prices and options.
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The Leederville crew at Central Music Industry Training (CMIT) are winding down this year’s rockin’, rollin’ and writing with their 2009 Student Awards and the launch for the latest compilation album, Amped ‘09. Festivities occur at the Rosemount Hotel tonight, Thursday November 26, and feature six industry selected bands from the performance course in Rocket Lawn Chair, Mordecai, Sean Brown & The Redlights, 3Against1, Jukebox Zombies and Milknurse. It’s the fourth installment of the Amped compilation series released by CMIT with 12 tracks produced by Matthew de la Hunty and Mastered by Laurie Sinagra, two of the lecturing team who are also well known names in the local music scene. Awards on the night will be presented to the best students of the year, recognising their achievements both in the classroom and in industry.
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MIDLAND JUMPS ON Dear X-Press, The first inaugural Midland Shakedown Jamboree was an incredibly impressive and welcome addition to the City of Swan’s steadily growing arts calendar. The first in what will now be a monthly concert series was put together by Jon Edwards and Adam Morris, members of Perth’s blues and roots act The Murder Mouse Blues Band along with the City of Swan’s Arts Co-ordinator Sarah Ryan. The first concert featured singer/ songstress Storme opening the show with an intimate acoustic set, showcasing songs from her latest album. After a short break and a trip to the very reasonably priced bar it was back to watch the second act for the afternoon, the bluegrass, folk and Appalachian inspired duo The Lazy Railway. The audience was treated to an up tempo ragtime, country blues and mountain music extravaganza as the duo amazed the gathering with old timey American music and multi instrumental capabilities playing guitars, banjos, mandolins, whistles and harmonicas. The effect was embraced by both young and old with some of the older audience members singing along to a few pieces while a gang of small children took over the dancefloor in true jamboree style. The final act was of course the much anticipated and well worth the wait explosion of original folk, blues and Irish inspired roots music of The Murder Mouse Blues Band.
Playing songs from their internationally recognised album, Fill The Hole, the boys showed the Jamboree just why they were voted as the number one roots act this year on Triple J’s Unearthed competition. By the time the boys had finished the audience of less than a hundred sounded like a thousand and demanded an encore, which they readily received. Truly a memorable finish to what was a remarkable afternoon. There aren’t many events quite like this one where young and old can get together in a family environment for a next to nothing cost and enjoy such quality performers. Well done City of Swan and The Murder Mouse Blues Band. See you for the next Jamboree at the Midland Junction Arts on December 6.
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Apparently Australia is one of the most overworked nations of people in the developed world. Recent research suggests that a large percentage of you drones work as much unpaid overtime as you take for holidays in the year. Are you freakin’ kidding? Sadly not. And it comes as no surprise in a society that is increasingly obsessed with buying shit we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t know or like. Are y’all that empty inside or afraid to admit that if you want less, you can work less? Maybe next time, before you just have to buy that fucking Wii or whatever soon-to-be superseded gadget (get the link yet?) that you Jamboree Jack Flash use to take your mind off how dull your life Midland has become, ask yourself if it’s really necessary. Will it improve things as much as the advert told you it would? And think about how many VALE, MARK VINE more hours are you gonna have to put in at the dreary office to make the cash to pay off the Dear X-Press, credit card that you’re about to max out? Oh, and tell your boss that you’ll be As a long-time lover of music from WA, I’d just like to say vale to the great blues guitarist, on holiday for the next four-to-six weeks too. Mark Vine. Mark, you brought a lot of joy and The High Life rockin’ good times to West Australian music Peppermint Grove fans. When you’re not jamming with that great band in the sky, may you rest in peace.
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Having been dubbed the scariest movie since Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity is sure to send chills down your spine. A young couple suspects that their house is haunted by a malevolent entity, which leads them to set up video surveillance to capture evidence of what happens at night as they sleep. We’re offering five packs of the original horror ‘documentary’ The Blair Witch Project plus five in-season double passes to catch Paranormal Activity, in cinemas next Thursday, December 3.
Right now Wolfmother are without a doubt basking in the success of their current album, Cosmic Egg, which has proved a hit both in Australia and internationally. The band are currently touring around Europe, before returning to Australia in February next year to support AC/DC. We have three copies of their latest album, Cosmic Egg to give away, featuring the forthcoming single, White Feather.
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Famously known as one half of comedy duo Lano & Woodley, Colin Lane performs his first ever solo performances here in the West, with five exclusive gigs at the Fremantle Arts Centre. I’m Not Sure About The Music is a humorous and insightful examination of pop music and the music industry in general, which mixes the right amount of jadedness with the right amount of humour. Lane performs from Wednesday, December 9, until Sunday, December 13 - if you would like to catch him live, we have three double passes to his December 9 performance to give away. Get your entries in quick!
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This New Years’ Day 2010, the shores of West Coast Beach in North Freo will transform into a giant sand dancefloor for an intimate summer beach party – Club Calypso. One of Perth’s eagerly awaited annual events, Club Calypso recently announced that none other than legendary Chicago DJ Felix Da Housecat will be front and centre, spinning decks on the beach on Friday, January 1. Gates open 3pm. Tickets are $110 plus booking fee (includes food and drink), on sale now from www.heatseeker.com.au.
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The king of careless whispers and sexual healing, Mr George Michael, is set to return to Australia for the first time since his Faith tour in 1988. He’s toured his 25 Live Tour all around America since 2007, selling out shows in minutes, and performing in front of over two million people worldwide in arena spectaculars. After selling more than 100 million records globally, with no less than six US No. 1 singles, a Grammy award, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and more, Michael’s talent is indisputable. He hits Members Equity Stadium on Saturday, February 20, playing all the hits from his career, including stuff from his Wham! days. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, December 8, at 9am, through www.ticketmaster. com.au or by calling 136 100.
OAT ROCK
It’s time to pack up and head out for a weekend in the country: Northam’s Wild Oats Music Festival has recently announced their line up, and it’s well worth a road trip! Australian rock gods Grinspoon will headline the event, playing tracks from their latest studio album, Six To Midnight, which went straight to #6 on the Australian charts upon its release. They’ll be joined by local legends Jebediah, fronted by Kevin Mitchell (AKA Bob Evans), who are sure to relive some old favourites not to mention previewing some new material: the band are currently recording a new album to be released in 2010. Brothers Jay and Cory Marriot, AKA The Novocaines, will also be cranking out their fuzz punk riffs at the Wild Oats Festival. It’s been a big year for the boys, who starred as Triple J feature artists and supported Australian bands Karnivool and You Am I on their tours. Be sure to have a Cup Of Coffee with them at the ‘Fest. It’s a go on Saturday, March 13, at Bernard Park, Northam. Tickets for Wild Oats are $45 pre-sale and $55 on the door. Tickets are on sale from www.heatseeker.com.au and the Northam Visitor Centre from Friday, November 27.
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It was a sad day when DJ Dexter (formerly of The Avalanches) cancelled his club show in Perth a few months ago, so we’re thrilled to hear he’s back to play what looks to be a rip-roaring New Years’ Day Party – Cuban Club 2010. Dexter was the dude behind The Avalanches’ first huge single, Frontier Psychiatrist, prior to that he was a DMC Champ, taking out the runner up position in the world titles in 2001. This turntable wizard should tear up the decks with his mashed-up mix of hip house, house and classics as sun goes down at Cuban Club. This mini-festival has already announced an amazing line up, that includes Sambalicious, Randa and The Soul Kingdom, Midnight Circus and DJs George Mair and Sam Birmingham. Friday, January 1, 2010, at The Flying Squadron Yacht Club, The Esplanade, Nedlands. Tickets from www.lloydevents.com.
DIRTY TOUR PROJECTION
New York daahlings Dirty Projectors are on the money enough to attract the praise of everyone from Bjork to The Roots to David Byrne. They have inspired pop star Solange Knowles to record a cover of their single Stillness is the Move, while winning the hearts of music critics the world over. Dirty Projectors will head to Australia for their first tour here, hitting the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, March 13. Tickets are on sale from www.moshtix.com.au and www.heatseeker. com.au, plus Star Perth, Mills Records Fremantle and Planet Video Mt Lawley.
MASTER BRINGS THE MESSAGE
No matter what he does from now on, Grandmaster Flash is a living legend – as one of the first founding partners of hip hop, not to mention one of the first people to manipulate vinyl and ask MCs to rap over beats.His own group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,sent The Message to millions of audiences worldwide, introducing them to hip hop DJing with that and more tracks like Wheels Of Steel, Freedom and Larry’s Dance Theme – even punk fans were in awe, after Blondie immortalized Flash in her track Rapture. Back on the circuit with new album, The Bridge, (which features guest appearances from the likes of Princess Superstar, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes), Flash returns to Perth after an amazing show at the Future Music Festival earlier in the year, to play a huge two-hour DJ set at Capitol on Friday, January 22. Support comes from Dan The Man, Junior, U Wish and The Paper Plane Project. Tickets go on sale next Thursday, December 3,at 9am,through www.ticketmaster. com.au or by calling 136 100. Doors open 9pm.
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SIA IS BELIEVING... SIA/ The Transients Astor Theatre Tuesday, November 24, 2009 As The Transients pedalled their fine wares under the bright house lights, Perth’s hottest new music venue slowly filled. It’s still a strange vibe rocking up to the Astor for a music event like this - the early birds get the seats and the late arrivals stake out some carpet at the front of the old art deco theatre – but it’s all good. It took their whole set but The Transients finally got the room up and dancing with tight electro cacophonies mixed wonderfully with minimalist new wave vocals. As the lights dimmed to a dark blue haze, Sia and her band members arrived wearing blackout suits accented by fluorescent masks and stick limbs. The black light created quite the spectacle and as the opening passages of Buttons dropped, the crowd knew they were in for a special evening. Anyone that has been exposed to the flawed and wonderful human being that is Sia, be it in interviews or at previous concerts, will surely know and love her quirky personality; this endearing asset appeared seconds into the first track as she stumbled over a line. ‘Whoops, I fucked it up’, she giggled, ‘so sorry everyone’. Tracks like You Have Been Loved and I Go To Sleep seemed to float above the crowd unleashing Sia’s entrancing timbre and delivery while her musical charges did a wonderful job of recreating the layered musical beds from her albums.
Sia Photo: Lisa Businovski Perhaps the most striking thing about this siren is the juxtaposition of the person and the performer. The best way of describing Sia’s on stage persona is to liken her to an excitable child with a sailor’s vocabulary. Her banter is completely honest and totally engaging; as each song begins her childish mannerisms remain until the very first note is sung, at which point she changes completely, focusing absolutely on the gift she is offering to those gathered before her. For every song there was an anecdote or random observation which would follow, completely breaking down any barriers between the singer and her audience. Little Black Sandals, We Will Be Found and Electric Bird were accompanied by banter about the unwelcome advance of female facial hair after the age of 30, Sia’s twitter relationship with Beyonce’s sister, and the fact that neither she nor her band knew the historical relevance of the encore, yet understood its place in the concert formula. After said encore the band returned to perform the one song so many now associate with Sia. The morose television drama Six Feet Under was the first vehicle to carry her music to the massive North American market and for many, Breathe Me will always evoke images from the show’s heart breaking finale. Those memories coupled with the song’s own beauty created the perfect ending to one of the year’s most captivating performances. _ GRANT MCCULLOCH
A VERY FUNKY B’DAY
Who can believe it’s already been six years of funkin’good times at Leederville’s Funk Club? Friday, December 4, marks the birthday of Funk Club, and they’re not planning to let it go past quietly, with a stellar line up of local funk and soul acts picking up the mic to help celebrate. ‘60s soul inspired local Perth group Odette Mercy and her Soul Atomics deliver their Motown melodies, along with The Funk Club House Band, who play tribute to the funk/soul heroes of old. Playing Funk Club for the first time will be The S.K.A.M, who mix MC-ing, turntabling, bass guitar, breakbeat drums and FX for a wild extravaganza of a show. Charlie Bucket’s on the decks, and there’s plenty of surprise acts who’ll be getting up to party, Funk Club styles, throughout the night. Upstairs, the Leederville Hotel. $10 on the door from 8pm, free for members. The Funk Club crew also have a huge New Year’s Eve party planned with Marva Whitney (James Brown), Nicodemus (NYC), Dexter, Gentlemen of Leisure (NFA Vs Manchild Vs Charlie Bucket), Funk Club House Band and Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics. This year the Funk Club takes over Salt On The Beach, presenting a massive event incorporating two areas right on the beach in North Fremantle. Head to www.funkclub.com.au for more details.
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BRAND NEWS
With new recently released fourth album, Daisy, being hailed as a complex masterpiece Brand New have announced a return to Australia in 2010, with the addition of singer/songwriter, troubadour, philosopher, Kevin Devine. Catch Brand New on Wednesday, March 31, at Metro Fremantle. Tickets are available from www.bocsticketing.com.au 78 Records, Mills Records & Planet.
Mark Vine performing with harp player, Mark Constable, in 2006 Photo: Nick Leach
MARK VINE R.I.P.
The Perth music industry was saddened to learn this week of the passing of Mark Vine, a fine blues musician and stalwart of the WA scene, who succumbed to a lengthy illness. With a career dating back to the early Mark ‘70s performed with numerous outfits over the years, with quality always being the trademark. From Mickey Finn (with Gordon ‘Smithee’ Smith), Warlord, Feet First (with Lindsay Wells and Steve Cole) and Sneekers, to V.C.R. with Ashley Cook and Jon Ryder. He also headed up his own outfit, Mark Vine & The Moneymakers, and toured with the likes of Dave Hole, The Baby Animals, Mother Goose, Ol’ 55, Angry Anderson, The Giants and many more. His numerous festival appearances included Lithgow Blues, Bridgetown Blues Festival and more recently at the Goulburn Blues Festival as part of the Chain Awards. His albums, Chase The Wild Goose and Still Life are still available, and are an excellent indication of his talents. Mark’s funeral will be held today, Thursday, November 26, from 2pm at Bowra & O’Dea, 312 South St Hilton. X-Press Magazine extends its condolence to Mark Vine’s family and friends and thanks him for all the memories.
Converge My Majestic Star
STAR POTENTIAL
My Majestic Star is set to put on quite an unconventional album launch this Friday, November 27, featuring music and art. Prior to the launch, the band approached a bunch of artists and designers from Perth, charging them with the task of creating artworks interpreting the 10 songs featured on the album. On Friday, these finished artworks will be exhibited,including designs printed onto wood by Jarrad Burley (THNK),Stuart Medley,Chris Haines,Amie Harrison, Vaughn Maxwell Hockey, James Hensby, Jarrad Grigg, Dwight O’Neill, Uriah and many more. If that wasn’t reason enough to go, there will also be performances by Injured Ninja, Shock Horror and Turn. Launch takes place at the Hyde Park Hotel’s backroom, doors open 8pm.
ON THE VERGE OF BEING HERE
Their live shows see kids flailing about every which way but loose,their albums have set new standards in hardcore and metal recordings, and their individuality and uncompromising artistic vision hasn’t weakened in almost 19 years together. They are Converge, and they’re headed to Australia next March to give audiences a taste of their hardcore sounds, playing new tracks from their sixth studio album, Axe To Fall, which has been received as one of the best albums of their career and one of the best metal/hardcore albums of the year. Tagging along for the ride are Philadelphia trio Genghis Tron for a show on Tuesday, March 16, at Amplifier, Perth.Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 4, from Moshtix outlets and www.moshtix.com.au. 13
BILLY BIRMINGHAM A Marvellous Innings Cricket satirist Billy Birmingham, aka The 12th Man, is retiring from the game, but not before he unleashes The Box Set, a seven-CD collection of his hugely popular albums. By LUKE RINALDI
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(Richie Benaud voice) ‘…he’s still around, is it ever gonna end?’ And then in ’92 when I imitated his wife on Still The 12th Man that’s when his enthusiasm really started to dwindle. He did say on radio – I heard him, he was out flogging his autobiography or something – and then it did become the bane of his life, everywhere he went everyone would say to him ,‘so the 12th Man’s taken off, what do think of the 12th Man?’ and you could almost hear the penny dropping… (Richie Benaud voice) ‘Billy’s done a good job, obviously a clever guy and people like him but ah, I don’t like all the swearing he does on his records. I don’t use that sort of language nor do any of my fellow commentators’. When he said that, Chappelli had been thrown off air three times! The most recent one ‘Jesus fucking Christ’ - you know Packer had to give him three weeks on the sideline for swearing. Look, I think Richie is media-savvy enough to know not only has the 12th Man success not harmed Channel Nine’s coverage; it has sort of given it a sort of cult status. And indeed the commentators as well - Tony Greig and Bill Lawry and people I’ve spoken to, they readily admit that. I did a charity thing for Tony in Sydney recently and he introduced me as… (Tony Greg voice) ‘… The bloke who has single-handedly done more to lift the profile of cricket’s coverage and the commentary team than any other’. And the level of support over the years, I suppose, or enthusiasm, of Channel 9 compared to, how much they’ve taken what I’ve done and run with it themselves – they haven’t quite matched up. In the early days Channel 9 were friggin’ fabulous. David Hill who used to run Channel 9 sport, the first time he ever contacted me was with this great message he left on my answer phone machine and it was after the first record I’d sent copies down to Channel 9. And then another guy came along, Saul Stein and he had the same attitude, ‘this is working for us, this is not denigrating to our coverage, this is not harming our coverage. It’s not making our commentators out to be unknowledgeable buffoons’. It’s pure piss-take.
Are you first and foremost a cricket fan or a general sports fan? As far as cricket’s concerned I call myself 5-CC. I don’t love cricket, I like it, and that’s the truth. So many people who look at my history and think I must have been sitting there with three VCRs. I had always wondered whether it was the sport or the commentary team that drew you into this… Nah, it was the commentary team. I mean, obviously, you’ve gotta enjoy the sport enough. You can’t put yourself through the agony of watching something you hate. I like cricket, I played it in school, I like the game. I like what Packer did to it… (Adopts Kerry Packer voice) ‘What’s fucking wrong with this game? How old is it? It’s 150 fucking years old. Well you know, it’s been covered by the ABC, black and white coverage, one camera stuck at one end of the ground. What the fuck’s going on? Let’s give it a bit of Hollywood; it needs a bit of Hollywood. It’s a gladiator’s sport. There’s a bloke hurling a rock down there at another bloke at a million miles an hour and all he’s got to protect himself is four-and-a-quarter inches of willow. What are we gonna do about this? Who am I gonna talk to? John Cornell, Richie Benaud, Tony Greig? Oughta have a big fucking meeting, boys’. That’s how it happened. That’s all of the things they discussed. ‘Okay, let’s try one day games. Let’s try and see if we can get some light systems to work’. People were developing lights systems, sure it’s a bit harder if a catch’s coming in from high in the outfield, it’s a bit difficult, but they developed a lighting system where, theoretically, it was possible to catch a ball under light. Anyway all the doomsdayers especially the Poms - were going, ‘this stupid pyjama game that this Antipodean fuckwit come up with, pyjamas and the game’s under lights, it’s the ruination of the five-day game’. Well, of course, the exact opposite happened. All forms of cricket benefited from the resurgence of interest generated by the Kerry Packer revolution. And hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, like me, came back to the game. Because from 1970 when I left school, the games were black and white ABC coverage and I think they had the camera at one end. So one time you’d be watching the guy bowl from over his shoulder and the next over all you’d see is the guy coming in from this end. So Packer comes up with this thing and it just revolutionised the game. I’ve seen from ’78 to ’83 how popular this thing is – it became one of the most successful shows Channel 9 ever put together. So in the same backyard where the HB pencil flowed across the page for Australiana (which Birmingham wrote in the early ’80s for Austentayshus), I sat at the same chair, one day and just thought ‘what’ll I do?’. And I just started thinking ‘cause I knew the coverage so well I could just close my eyes and imagine (hums Channel 9 cricket theme), slow fade up to Ritchie riding side-saddle… (In Richie Benaud voice) ‘Welcome back to the Adelaide Oval…’ I didn’t have a video. I can just remember it, the cream jacket and the hair perfect, permanent tan. (Richie Benaud voice) ‘Welcome back to the MCG. Welcome to our Adelaide viewers for the first time today. Marvellous conditions for the cricket here today we really have seen some stunning…’ So it’s Richie’s lunch time wrap up of what happened this morning. Filling in five or six minutes before the players and umpires are coming back out to the centre. I thought I was planning on writing an album so I thought, ‘what’s a good six-or-seven minute bit?’. I didn’t even have a time limit on it. But that’s where I started. I was able to close my eyes and hear every word. (Richie Benaud voice) ‘Beautiful day for cricket here today although oddly enough at around quarter to ten this morning a mass of thick black clouds just hovering over the MCG threatening to disrupt this day of play. Then fuck me if they just didn’t disappear’. I just sort of threw it in there. When I decided to do it, I decided to have him swear and everyone else swear. I’m gonna have them swearing as if it’s the most natural thing to do. So I was hoping it wouldn’t end up being just a record where the only joke is to have the commentator swearing but I’d often had – and it wasn’t just the cricket influence, it was the football influence and everything – the thought that what if the caller was able to just use the expletive, ‘Oh what a fucking kick’, actually use the words that, you know, he’d really want to use if he wasn’t broadcasting on live TV. So once I’d made that decision I thought, ‘we’ll make sure you don’t say fuck right off the mark’. 14
Billy Birmingham, The 12th Man possessions over there of Richie Benaud’s responses to me on the embossed Benaud & Associates letterhead saying… (Richie Benaud voice) ‘Billy, congratulations on the success of the recording, I had no idea it would do that well. A few points worth noting, it had too much swearing for the sake of it, and Chappelli’s (Ian Chappell) voice is not quite right’. …And a few other things he said. Then he sent me another one a couple of years later. I think Ritchie was thinking, probably quite rightly, ‘it’s only a one off; I’d better be seen as being a good sport here and play along and he’s taken the trouble to send me a copy of it’ – so everything’s cool. Now by about 1990 - I did the first album in ‘87, which was Wired World Of Sports, another iconic program at the time, which has sort of gone by the wayside now; the concept of Wide World Of Sports, which was a five-hour magazine show. It had assumed the same level of popularity because we had no pay-TV and it went all day, from 12–5pm, a marathon show. And it covered all the tennis, cricket, football and all the normal sports but they’d also have strongest man competitions and What feedback have had you had, over time, lobster racing from West Virginia and all these from the Nine commentary team? stupid bloody sports. So it was a fun magazine Over the years it’s been varied. I sent type show, Gibbo (Mike Gibson) and Chappelli them all copies of the first record figuring tact hosting it. And I, for some reason, started to is the best form of defence. You know, send do impersonations of that and started to get them a copy once it’s out so they can’t slap an some silly ideas about the world’s strongest injunction on you. Not that I ever had any of man and I thought about truck throwing and those sort of thoughts, but when you’re doing truck catching and all these stupid sports. So I that sort of thing for the first time you do think, ended up doing a record called Wired World Of ‘Are Channel Nine gonna get the shits?’. You don’t Sports in ‘87 and it was a number one album for take the piss of something that’s not popular. five weeks or something and everyone seemed There’s that old saying that imitation’s the to like the same kind of 12th Man silliness that sincerest form of flattery. It’s a bit cliché but you I applied to that record. Then Ritchie got his don’t go to all the trouble of making a record of guernsey ’cause obviously we crossed over to something unless it has a level of popularity or him… that it could resonate with a large number of (Richie Benaud voice) ‘Typical stinking people. fucking hot day here in Bombay…’ And Channel Nine’s cricket has …for his little bit and then by 1990 resonated with a large number of people. I when I did 12th Man again that’s when Richie sent them all copies. I have two of my treasured probably started to realise this is not a one You’ve gotta try and get the hum of an MCG crowd sounding just right.You’ve gotta get your Richie Benaud as close as you can and you’ve gotta have the words he’ll say sound pretty much like the words he would say. And you’ve gotta have it going for about 60 seconds or so before the first one. So that people are thinking, ‘is this really Richie Benaud?’. ’Cause there wasn’t anything funny in the opening minute. It was just the sort of stuff he’d say so you’re listening along and all of a sudden... (Richie Benaud Voice) ‘Fuck me if they just didn’t disappear quicker than you can say, it’s gonna piss down. And play will get on as scheduled right on 10 o’clock’. So I wrote it all. I finished it with all my stupid Pakistani names. They happened to be out that season. Which was the other thing I laughed at – they all had a different way of pronouncing them. Tony Greig had a different way, Richie, Max Walker, they all had a different way of pronouncing these people’s names. And so many of them like Half A Dozen Mars Bars, Double Decker Bus which is obviously Australiana. I had a penchant for mucking around with words.
But there definitely seems to be a large element of respect, it not just piss-take – it’s almost like an homage at times… Oh yeah, it is, because you’ve got to admire them. Well, you don’t have to but when you hear what I’ve done I’m hoping it comes through that I do have enormous respect for how these people have taken a game that was in the doldrums and by getting a collection of colourful characters, knowledgeable on the subject, and with a few bits of innovative, creative production thinking have taken a game that was in the doldrums and made it huge. What’s your favourite Nine commentary team moment? Um, okay, Richie Benaud at the Adelaide Oval. I think it was just a South Australia versus somebody game, one of those ING Cups or whatever, new lights have just been installed in the Adelaide Oval and they are the first that are retractable like a car aerial – and everyone else’s are just these towers that sit there all day. So these are the first retractable ones, Ritchie’s got the brochure on these lights and as Craig McDermott or whoever the fuck it is – is taking three hours to get back up to his run up, Richie’s going… (Richie Bernaud voice) ‘Wow, there’s magnificent lights here, just been installed; the first time being used as McDermott comes in now, just let that one go through to the keeper. Now, each bank of lights has one hundred and fifty million fucking candle power or whatever (he’s obviously reading it off the brochure). McDermott comes in and picks up a single…fully retractable and when they stand at their maximum, 200ft or 300ft or whatever and it takes each tower half an hour to reach full erection’. Then there was this fucking silence, the silence was deafening. Then anyway, the camera goes back to play and Richie’s next comment is… (Richie Benaud voice) ‘…and quite appropriately Adcock is on strike’. It was so un-Benaud, it was so unRichie. He must have though very carefully about, ‘can I be this risqué?’ And your favourite 12th Man moment? Definitely winning ‘Highest Selling Album’ at the ARIA Awards, best comedy album and stuff. We’re struggling to find half a dozen comedy records each year but that particular year (1994), Wired World of Sports 2 knocked off Crowded House, Midnight Oil and all these heavyweight music royalty people and took out highest selling album of the year. Where the fuck else in the world would that happen? Hittin’ the town since 1985
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SNOWPATROL Now And Zen Snow Patrol have just issued an appropriately titled best-of release, Up To Now. SASHA PERERA speaks to guitarist Nathan Connolly. Only six years ago Snow Patrol were just another UK indie act struggling to find their way into the marketplace, having just signed a major label deal. Since then, and the release of the albums Final Straw in 2003, Eyes Open in 2006, and A Hundred Million Suns in 2008, singer/ songwriter Gary Lightbody has led the way for his band to sell in excess of 10million albums worldwide, and release some major hit singles, most notably the ballad anthems Run and Chasing Cars. However, as guitarist Nathan Connolly reveals, there’s lots more to Snow Patrol than just the ubiquitous hit singles, and recent global success story, and the band’s new twoCD, 30-track, Up To Now compilation is a way for audiences to dig a little deeper. “I guess there are a few reasons why we are doing it now,” says Connolly about the release of the new ‘Best Of’ collection. “The band has been through so much over the last 15 years, but especially over the last six years so much has happened. We’re pretty bad at looking back or being reflective – we’re always looking forward and thinking about the next album, and the next tour – so it was a nice way to take stock and collect our thoughts for the last 15 years. It was a nice way of drawing a line in the sand and maybe hint with the new songs on this record about a change in direction.” For those that didn’t already know, before the release of the Final Straw album, Snow Patrol had released an EP and two albums on independent labels, and frontman Lightbody had worked in collaboration with a Scottish supergroup called The Reindeer Section to release a further two albums. This body of work features on Up To Now to further the highlight the impact of Snow Patrol in the years prior to their mainstream success. “The Reindeer Section albums were Gary’s side-project, and at one point they had 20 or so musicians from different Scottish bands such as Idlewild, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fan Club and others – it was quite a line-up. I think it was everything that
happened around that time with Snow Patrol, Reindeer Section, new record deals, new lineups… all of that led Snow Patrol to Final Straw and what happened to us as a result of that.” And what happened as a result of that, was major crossover success. Does the band look back on their career in terms of pre and post Final Straw? “I don’t think in our collective mind there is so much of a difference between the two eras, but I think it’s just part of the history of the band,” Connolly says, himself having only joined the band just before Final Straw.“Sonically I think there’s a huge leap – you can hear early songs like Olive Grove which we re-recorded for this album, and there’s hints of Chasing Cars and Run, and all their anthemic epic-ness. There is a huge leap though, and I think that was down to Garrett injecting new life into the band,” he says, referring to Garrett Lee, aka producer Jacknife Lee who Snow Patrol consider to be an unofficial member of the band, having produced the last three of their albums. Despite being known as essentially an indie-pop guitar band, Snow Patrol have in recent years taken to exploring their sound further. Inspired by dubstep producers such as Burial, songs like The Golden Floor from their last album suggested that they were able to deftly incorporate electronic rhythms into their sound, and indicated that they continue to evolve musically beyond the realms of their hit-ballad mode. “It’s probably the most natural thing that seems to be happening,” Connolly says of the burgeoning grooves the band have started to develop. “To be honest, personally I don’t know where we’re heading as a band in terms of our sound. The idea is to change, however drastic or however familiar, that may end up being. Take the three new songs on this album which are all very different as an example – we want to be able to try new things without having any pressure, or people looking at us funny. We don’t really know what’s going to be happen because we haven’t started writing it yet. We just need to take our time to think it over, and this album affords us the time to do that.”
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Whilst Up To Now is a collection of their previous work, the album also includes three new – and diverse – recordings. The new single, Just Say Yes, is a classic Snow Patrol guitarpop song which boasts thick beats, a seductive melody and feelgood spirit. Originally written by Lightbody for Gwen Stefani, the song was then optioned out to Nicole Sherzinger (The Pussycat Dolls) who recorded the song for her shelved/ unreleased solo album – those interested, will be able to see Sherzinger’s version of the song on YouTube. After a surprising history, the song now finally sees the light of day back where it belongs, with Snow Patrol. “All along the idea has been brilliant,” Connolly explains. “It was written as a pop song, but it all comes down to production. If Gary had given it to Gwen Stefani originally as intended, then it would be a Gwen Stefani song with her producer, and written by Gary. The reason why it sounds like us now, is that by the very nature of the five of us playing together, it sounds like Snow Patrol. That could be down to a chord
change, or the interaction between a guitar part and a key part, or Gary’s voice – those are things that make it sound like Snow Patrol. “Honestly, in the end, we thought it was just too good to give away. I think because initially we said that we would, there was a little bit of struggling going on, but for whatever reason we got precious about it. Basically, it was just too good, and that’s the honest answer.” The mark of a great song is for it to be performed in different genre-styles and still work. Just Say Yes is another melodic and impressive Lightbody composition. “Gary is certainly a classic songwriter and it’s certainly him that comes up with most of the ideas for our songs,” Connolly says. “He is a classic songwriter, and I think over time – if people don’t know it now – they’ll see that over time our songs will stand the test of time. Someone said something very nice to Gary recently which is that he’s written standards – and I truly believe he has.”
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THE BASICS Ship Songs
With their third album an artistic leap forward, Melbourne’s The Basics are back on the road. Drummer / vocalist Wally De Backer speaks with DENIS SEMCHENKO ahead of the trio’s Perth show this Saturday, November 8, at the Fly By Night Club. You couldn’t possibly find more apt candidates for the title of ‘The Three Stooges of Aussie rock’. A lovable, big-nosed drummer who sings like Al Green, sports an unusual, Frenchsounding moniker for his ARIA-winning solo project and once told you that your heart’s a mess and you can’t live like this; the flame-haired singing bassist who used to get somewhat vociferous and incensed when reminded about his bandmate’s more original-sounding solo tunes getting the lion’s share of public attention and airplay; the guitarist with the Baron Münchhausen moustache who reportedly appeared nonplussed when the said resemblance was jokingly pointed out to him at a recent music industry convention. Oh, and on top of that they are all dedicated surfing fans and have released their own limitededition collectable cards. Sound like a curious bunch? You bet. They are The Basics, a rather unlikely yet currently ubiquitous indie-pop unit that has been kicking around since 2002 (when Wally De Backer and Kris Schroeder met at a drunken Melbourne suburban party and decided to start a band – initially just for kicks), but only came to nationwide prominence during the last three years of revelling in music’s simple joys. Keep Your Friends Close, the trio’s third album proper, comes with a much bigger, glossier sound than on previous, more stripped-down efforts Get Back and Stand Out/Fit In. Lead single, With This Ship, may very well be The Basics’ catchiest track to date, its harmony-drenched hook registering way quicker than the ‘60s-redolent charm of 2007’s Just Hold On. Barely audible due to terrible reception, Wally recounts the song’s gestation. “With This Ship was one of the first songs written for the album – it was written largely when the band were sorting through a lot of older songs that actually haven’t ended up on the album,” he admits. “We were re-recording a version of an older track and it worked – there was a grand piano and in half an hour we bashed out the main part of that song; it took us quite a while to arrange the recorded version of the song and then we decided to re-do it again with a different feel for the chorus and come up with new riffs for the guitar. “It was a transition, although lyrically and musically it stays true to what it was originally; in a way, that song was like a barrier to get over prior to starting the album and once we had that, we felt we created something different for us that we’re really proud of.” Apart from having the longest song title in The Basics canon so far, the album’s bona fide rocker, The No.1 Cause Of Death Among Youth Today, boasts a snappy, clapalong-friendly beat and a wry, ambiguous lyric that echoes vintage Smiths. “No.1 Cause, in contrast, was the last song we’ve written and recorded,” Wally recounts. “Kris wrote it when he was away on an island for a few months and came back with that fantastic song; we started playing it live for a little bit, worked out the arrangement from there as well and, in contrast from With This Ship, captured and recorded a really good, energetic take of the song – these two tracks are bookends of the recording process.” The Matt Arnold-directed animated video for With This Ship, already much talkedabout among fans, shows The Basics caught up in a rather dire predicament (or, for that matter, the titular torpedo-damaged, sinking ship) –
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again, one could insert their own interpretation of the meaning as the three eventually escape the wreck. Clever and funny, the clip draws an allegory of the band rearing their heads again after the much-publicised De Backer / Schroeder artistic strife of old and a gruelling several months spent touring the outback in late 2008/early 2009. “We met Matt through the producer and a friend of ours Josh Butt and we just loved his ideas so much – we saw that he’s got a great style and a great vision,” Wally says. “We talked a lot about him changing the direction he was heading in and the special elements of the plot; it all adds to it but in the end, all the credit really lies on him – he’s an amazingly talented young man. Painting the pictures, the background, digitising and animating them all, adding after-effects – he made a remarkable piece of animation for that song, which added a whole different layer to it.” Almost entirely co-written between Wally and Kris (apart from the gloomy, Tim Heathpenned Trouble In My Head), Keep Your Friends Close is a far cry from jamming to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s
Baby Got Back in the combo’s formative days. “Oh, they’re all my favourites,” Wally diplomatically offers when asked to name a bunch of tracks he personally considers to be the highlights.“We’re all really proud of this album – I think it displays a more original approach and songwriting direction and I… just love it as a record. No.1 Cause is one of the most exciting tracks that I like because it’s got such… driving energy.” Keen to solve a piece of the internet puzzle – the somewhat mysterious ‘Pocari Sweat’ next to Wally’s name On The Basics’ MySpace site – I wonder whether Australia’s favourite singing drummer has a fondness for the ionised soft drink? “I do, actually – we spent a bit of time in Japan and sampled all sorts of local soft drinks,” he laughs. “I would always get Pocari Sweat from the grocery store and I developed quite a taste for it – I’d get incredibly hot walking in the streets in summer and would re-hydrate with Pocari Sweat instead of water.” It’s also an excellent hangover cure, we hear. “Yeah, exactly!”
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KIM SALMON
Back To The Surreal Feel Seminal Perth singer/ guitarist Kim Salmon returns for one night only on Saturday, November 28, at the Norfolk Basement—his first show in Perth with an eponymous band in 12 years. BEN WATSON caught up with him recently to discuss his unique and varied career. If there is one thing that can be said about Kim Salmon, it is that he is a man who has blazed his own trail. His early beginning as one of the pioneers of punk rock in Perth is remarkable when one considers the immense time and distance involved in those days—it took almost 12 months for his copy of The Ramones’ first LP to arrive at 78 Records in 1976. However, this was just the germ which sprouted a unique and interesting career with bands such as Beasts Of Bourbon, The Scientists, his eight-piece SALMON instrumental metal project, The Darling Downs (with Died Pretty’s Ron Peno) and his long-time band Kim Salmon & The Surrealists. Despite his impressive back catalogue, Salmon has never been a man to rest on his laurels. His latest jaunt back to Perth will be his first under his own moniker, with a band, since 1997. Joining him for the occasion will be Pete Stone and Todd Pickett – the rhythm section of Abbe May & The Rockin’ Pneumonia. Salmon explains that the trip is somewhat off-the-cuff, as much about visiting family and hanging out with friends in his hometown as playing kick-arse music with a great band. “I recently ‘solo’ played at an Abbe May gig over here (in Victoria), and Pete thought it might be nice for him and Todd to back me up for a show in Perth,” he explains matter-of-factly. “I’ll take that to mean they thought it would be fun and not that as a hint to get a band (laughs).”
Although the show had rather random origins in Salmon’s solo work, he and his band are promising that this special Perth performance will be anything but subdued. “I’ll be playing pretty much everything I’ve done in my career that’s rockin’,” he says. “I won’t be doing Come On Spring or much of my ‘sensitive’ stuff.” Indeed, it seems that age has not mellowed Salmon, despite his 30-year-plus career, and nor has it diminished his penchant for experimentation. “I use a tape player, worn like a necklace, to record sounds as I play them and then play back to a mic on stage as I play along with it,” he says of his current live show. “I also have pre-prepared cassettes to provide backdrops in the same way. “Some folk suggest that I should use digital pedals or off-stage programs to do the same but they miss the whole point of what I’m doing. It’s the fact that I’m misusing archaic technology in a way that was never intended, the distortion created - kind of a Chinese whispers effect - the mechanical aspect and the theatrical component that are what this is all about. Not making some sound that has been designed by someone else.” The unique character of sounds is clearly something that is important to Salmon. When asked whether the isolation he experienced starting out in Perth shaped the progression of his music, he is reasonably emphatic. “I would hope so. The idea that every thing is the same where ever you go is a scary idea and it is the way we seem to be going with technology. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for technology but this isn’t a good byproduct of it. “So anything that is deeply embedded and hasn’t been corrupted by outside influence helps maintain local character which is going to be the thing that fights off the possible bland homogeneity that is threatening to happen. I know I can hear echoes of sounds in The Scientists in bands like The Drones and the Kill Devil Hills that are absolutely the result of being from Perth, so I think that is encouraging.” As ever, Salmon’s penchant for experimentation will be at the fore on his upcoming album with Kim Salmon & The
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Surrealists - who first emerged in 1987, and are working on their first album under that moniker since 1997. “Ever since we reformed to play Azkena Festival in the Basque Country a couple of years ago. I’ve been hatching the idea of showing off what an awesome band these guys are with an album that is sort of live jazz/ punk fusion “Some of my favourite albums of all time suggest the idea,” he says of the unusualsounding genre mash. “Anything by Can, On The Corner and Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, various James Chance & The Contortions things, even the first couple of Stooges albums... these are all references. We just ‘let the tape roll’ over a series of rehearsals of sketches I worked up for this purpose and me and producer Mike Stranges have been piecing it together since. I’ve been figuring ways to pull it apart and put it back together and Mike’s been enabling this process.”
For the time being though, Saturday night’s show offers a unique opportunity to catch Kim Salmon in an intimate setting, playing a selection of rockin’ songs that fans may not have heard for some time. Supporting on the night will be Stereoflower and The Painkillers, whose drummer James Baker surprised audiences with an on-stage appearance at The Scientists’ Don’t Look Back reunion two years ago, as well as duetting with Salmon at the Reunion show during this year’s WAMIs. For Salmon, The Scientists have been resigned to the history books, but his musical career continues to evolve and move forward. “Seriously though, I don’t even think about it like that,” he says of his career’s forward trajectory. “I just think things like, ‘wow, that’d be a cool thing to do’ and then try to set about doing it.”
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Love Of Diagrams
LOVE OF DIAGRAMS Horton Hears A Who
Beautifully noisy Melbourne outfit Love Of Diagrams launch their third album, Nowhere Forever, at The Burlesque Lounge on Saturday, November 28, and at Mojo’s on Sunday, November 29. DAVID CRADDOCK speaks to guitarist and worldly scholar, Luke Horton. It’s common for musicians to be annoyed with the simplistic labels the press puts on them, but few can articulate their displeasure as well as Love of Diagrams’ guitarist Luke Horton. Currently completing a PhD at Melbourne University on marketing in the
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American record industry during the early 20th Century, Horton knows all too well the music world’s love of neat, tidy and easily sellable tags. Love Of Diagrams’ third album, Nowhere Forever, continues the band ’s delicate balancing act of pairing noisy,
post-punk with beautifully broody melodies. Recorded in Seattle at Bear Creek Studio with producer Ryan Hadlock ( The Gossip, Blonde Redhead, Steve Malkmus), the words shoegaze, garage and no-wave have all been bandied about to describe parts of the album. It seems appropriate, however, to leave the sonic description up to the soonto-be Dr Horton. “ There’s definitely a shoegaze influence in there but to call it that is reducing it a bit much,” Horton says down the phone from his hometown, Melbourne. “There’s a lot of noisier garage-y influence and there is quite a bold female vocal in there which isn’t usually a trait of shoegaze music. We really like noisy pop music, whatever form that takes. It’s a strain of music that we all agree on and that we like - from the Velvet Underground onwards. A lot of alternative, indie rock or underground music is pop music but done in an interesting way or using noise as a textural device.” Horton’s area of study has also tied in rather nicely with the touring schedule of his band. Visiting American library archives to view rare documents and sources between gigs, Horton is able to pursue both of his passions while on the road. “The PhD is on the record industry in the ’20s and when they first discovered race records and old time records,” he explains. “It discusses when they started marketing Southern folk musicians alongside the popular and classical music of the day. There’s been a bit written about that, but I’m looking into the different ways they marketed black musicians and white musicians.” Love O f D i a g ra m’s ow n b ra n d of noisy pop music has drawn inevitable comparisons with Sonic Youth (their last album being released on Matador Records didn’t help quell the comparisons), but Horton says his first tastes were decidedly British. “ When I was 14, I had an older sister who started living in the city and she started sending back tapes of her favourite bands and bands that her friends were into, some of whom had moved to England,” he explains. “I always use to get these interesting mix tapes from a few different sources. That got me into punk and postpunk stuff in England, I remember listening to The Fall, Wire and bands like that when I was 15 or 16. I got into a lot of British bands around that time like My Bloody Valentine,
The Jesus & Mary Chain – they were seminal bands for me when I was 15 or 16.” With the mix-tape (or mix-CD for that matter) now seen as the old, wrinkly, clunk y cousin to the ‘blogosphere’, it ’s interesting to hear Horton’s views on how this may be changing the way people are introduced to, and perceive, new music. “It was really nice to have that sense of discovering this new world and waiting for the next tape - being like the first person in your high school to have heard Sonic Youth,” he reminisces. “The amount of information that was available to me was pretty minimal. Your idea of these bands, what they did and how it all worked was pretty different to now when they’re all just a click away and you can find out all about them in an instant. I was in the country so I didn’t really have zines either, so it took me a while to find out about these bands. They were just these exciting things from a different world. “In some ways the mystique might have gone, but in other ways there’s this amazing oppor tunity to discover these bands that you otherwise might not have through the internet.” D espite now being in his 30s, Horton and Love Of Diagrams’ music still has the youthful voracity of a band hungrily digesting their influences and spitting out a sound to call their own. With their idyllic signing with Matador Records (Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Pavement) falling through after only one album, Nowhere Forever certainly has an ambitious and determined kickingagainst-the-pricks element to it. “It was definitely very disappointing,” Horton says of the band’s split with Matador. “ They made that decision straight after the last record, Mosaic, came out in the States. We knew long before we wrote these songs that they weren’t going to put it out. That was always part of the deal. It was disappointing and it would have been great if they were behind us to put out this record, but that didn’t happen so that’s fine. “In some ways that made us work harder on it and we felt like we had to come up with something better, like, ‘we’ll show them – they’ll regret that decision after they’ve heard this great new record that we’ve made’. I guess that had something to do with the attitude behind the album.”
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BRING ME THE HORIZON Suicide Season: Cut Up Visible Noise Shock
THE MASTER’S APPRENTICES Self-Titled Aztec Music
Over the last few years, the UK’s Bring Me The Horizon have slowly been working their way towards total world domination, and thanks to the band’s shift from trendy ‘deathcore’ to a more unique take on modern hardcore, as well as frontman Oli Syke’s girlishly good looks, they’ve basically taken over the universe. So much so that the band have rereleased last year’s Suicide Season, with a whole batch of remixes to go along with it. Cut Up is a double-disc, with the first disc being the original Suicide Season, and the second being remixed and reworked versions of the songs put together by various artists, from Utah Saints to Dillinger Escape Plan’s Ben Weinman. Cut Up is a perfect look at Bring Me The Horizon from a different perspective, and gives the songs from the original Suicide Season a completely new outlook. On paper, taking Bring Me The Horizon’s material and re-mixing it sounds like a recipe for disaster, but somehow, it actually works. Cut Up is an interesting listen if you’re wiling to go into it with an open mind. Hardcore plus electronica equals win.
Australia’s response to the UK’s rhythm’n’blues revival in the ’60s is represented admirably on this re-release of The Master’s Apprentices’ debut album. Over two discs, listeners can re-acquaint themselves with the original album, additional singles, demos and garage rehearsal recordings. The packaging is suitably groovy and the booklet contains detailed liner notes and a concise history of the band at that time. As was the case with many albums from this era, the material tends to be roughly half original compositions and half blues or early rock covers. Cover versions on this release include songs by The Beatles, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley. Sound-wise, the album is an excellent snapshot of a band in its infancy, experimenting with its influences and trying to break tradition. It’s raw and honest, complete with the occasional odd vocal harmony, shaky lead break and clunky drum fill. And that’s exactly what made albums from this era so good. This album deserves to find a place in ’60s music enthusiasts’ collections, right alongside The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds.
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KATE MILLERHEIDKE Live At The Hi-Fi Sony Sony Live albums are generally pretty hit-and-miss affairs that are rarely pulled out of their cases after an initial few spins, but when you are fast gathering a reputation as one of the most mesmerising performers in the country, it seems fitting to try your hand at one. In this effort Kate Miller-Heidke is captured with her band at the Hi-Fi in Melbourne last May. Kate Miller-Heidke is not your usual mainstream artist as she looks to tread the line between quirky and frankly, quite fucking nuts. Her dynamic voice does just that throughout the performances here from the pristine In And Out, the kooky Are You Fucking Kidding Me and the shrill Little Adam. There is little doubt she can deliver a hit though and Caught In The Crowd is testament to her rising star. Her own compositions are enough to get your head around, but that doesn’t stop her from dabbling in the works of others. As she indeed has one of the most charismatic voices of the moment, Miller-Heidke fittingly puts her eccentric slant on the Farnham classic You’re The Voice. Less interesting is her acoustic stroll through Walking On A Dream – maybe it’s just too soon to tackle the Luke Steele radio hit. Live At The Hi-Fi is not as polished as the Miler-Heidke studio albums (and nor is it meant to be), but it is a pleasant insight into where she can soar in the live setting.
DAVID MCCORMACK Little Murders Das Kong MGM It is shaping up as a big year for David McCormack. The band that took him to prominence in the country – Custard – have just announced a set of reformation shows, and the album that has been his labour of love for the past half a decade has just seen the light of day. Such has been McCormack’s passion for this project that Little Murders clocks in at around an hour, contains 20 tunes and reaches many different touchstones of his influences. McCormack is known as much for his wacky humour as his music and with his take of love in the courtroom, AVO does well to combine both in a tidy little package. The fence-posts move continually with the loungey Living Under The Flight Path With You, garage stylings of The Good Times (Keep Following Me Around, restrained acoustic Lost Control and the saccharine Make Believe illustrating the breadth of the release. McCormack has fronted one of the bigger Australian bands of their era and now he has the chance to make music for his own enjoyment. Little Murders is the sound of an artist making music without a road map, and in spite of hitting a few potholes along the way the journey is well worth the effort. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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It’s interesting, but for all of the garage punk bands that sound silly, most do so because the high-tech production they use is so out of synch with the era of music they’re sourcing from. So when a band actually sounds scrappy and garagey, as The UV Race do, the effects can be way cooler and more believable. The UV Race are convincing, in other words – and although (more or less) monotone vocals nestled into simple, dirty guitar-driven music is pretty easy to come by whether you’re looking or not, rarely are contemporary bands this good at it. Given the vastness of the genre, there are a zillion reference points you can pick in The UV Race’s sound and approach, but more important than that is they also have a very identifiable sound. That is, you’d be able to pick them apart from their influences and their peers in a general A/B comparison. That right there is what makes this band work… what they bring to the genre, rather than what they borrow from it. _MIKE WAFER
WHITE RABBITS It’s Frightening TBD / Mute EMI Brooklyn sextet White Rabbits’ second album It’s Frightening is definitely one for fans of experimental sonic decoration. It has a spontaneous, loose and live sound in the vein of an Okkervil River or Delta Spirit folk-rock record, but what sets this piano and percussion-heavy ‘indie collective’ (as the in-vogue tag goes) apart is the eerie murmurs, white noise and sense of space that they creatively incorporate into each track. The intricate, scrap-bookish vibe is unsurprising given the album’s producer, Britt Daniel of Spoon. Everywhere you listen there’s a creaky door being slammed, a snare being tapped in a distant hallway or an oddball production flourish. Brilliant instrumental Lionesse (Snowman fans take note) and the janglier They Done Me Wrong / We Done Wrong are addictive cases in point. Due to its incredible density, this album’s definitely a slow-burner. If you start listening now, you’ll have just the right amount of digestion time before White Rabbits’ Southbound appearance. _DAVID CRADDOCK Hittin’ the town since 1985
There are some gems on ‘the Fingers’ seventh album, but they shine only sitting next to rough pebbles. They’ve re-earned my interest, but not yet my fondness.
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Bradford Cox is a love or hate proposition whether he be fronting his art-rock outfit Deerhunter or showing his hand as a solo artist under the guise of Atlas Sound. In spite of people’s opinion of the outspoken singer, there is no doubt that he hears some pretty incredible symphonies in his head. Logos is his second full length as Atlas Sound. For the song Walkabout, Cox stole the keyboard line from the Doves’ What Am I Going To Do and teamed up with Noah Lennox from Panda Bear to get the blog world buzzing. The tune is every piece as good as the hype, as the pair’s love of doo-wop and tape loops come to the fore. It typifies spring like few tunes have this season. The decidedly more lo-fi Sheila is the type of tune that Bob Pollard was penning with regularity in the mid-’90s. With a killer hook to die for, it is far less obtuse than many of the tunes that Cox has been involved with and benefits greatly from the less is more approach. Cox may be hitting one of the more assessable periods of his shortish output thus far, but he is by no means dialling these ones in. Logos is as clever a bedroom pop record as you are likely to hear for some time. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
CHILDREN COLLIDE Skeleton Dance – Ladytron Remix While the intention is perhaps to create a version as good as or better than the original, remixes (at the very least) offer an alternate version to sink your teeth into. Unless they’re so average that they make you question why the remixing artist even bothered. So little effort has been put into this remix that any bozo at home with an internet connection fast enough to steal a few pieces of software could have come up with it… or, more likely still, something better. There’s enough of Children Collide’s original work in here to make it passable, but this is otherwise a truly unremarkable remix. _MIKE WAFER
SANTANA Carnaval: The Best Of Santana Sony Sony This two-disc retrospective of one of the most popular Latin-rock bands of all time is a highly listenable journey through many years of quality music-making. Having featured guest performers as well as enduring several personnel lineup changes has not affected Santana’s ability to maintain a consistent sound, largely due to mainstay Carlos Santana, whom of course the band is named after. This compilation does not include any of Carlos Santana’s recent collaborations with the likes of Rob Thomas, Michelle Branch or Chad Kroeger, and while the purists will breathe a sigh of relief and commercial music fans will gasp in disbelief, both camps will surely find some common ground across this collection of Latin-infused rock gems. Highlights include Black Magic Woman, Oyo Como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Well All Right and Winning. Guitar players all tend to agree, irrespective of whether they are fans or not, that Carlos Santana has one of the most recognisable tones in music history, and that tone is represented perfectly on this release. Smooth.
SAMSON AND DELILAH Madman
This is the Australian manifestation of the famous William Goldman dictum that when it comes to the movies, ‘nobody knows anything’. It came out about the same time as the far more crowd-pleasing Two Fists, One Heart, and six months prior if you’d asked industry watchers which one would have caught on, many would have backed the one with the boxer who learns to love his Dad while getting out from under his long shadow instead of the one about two aboriginal kids on the skids. Like recent Australian efforts Ten Empty and The Black Balloon, Samson And Delilah seems to have that particular Australian cinematic quality of having been made for social workers instead of _ CHRIS GIBBS audiences. In fact if you liked Two Fists you’ll be tempted to believe the entire country got it wrong in wholeheartedly ignoring it in favour of Samson And Delilah, which cleaned up and has made its way all the way to Cannes and the Oscars. With so little dialogue the movie’s almost self conscious about wanting to be near-silent, Samson and Delilah live in an outback community, POWDERFINGER Samson causing trouble and sniffing petrol while Golden Rule Delilah cares for her ill grandmother. Polydor Samson star ts hanging around, Universal Music apparently having decided he likes her (he throws They take a lot of shit (believe me, I’ve been one rocks at her and everything), and when Delilah’s of the more vocal naysayers for a number of years) grandmother dies the pair silently agree to pair up but Powderfinger are one of Brisbane’se biggest and make their way for the city, stealing cars and musical exports and it’s probably something we’ll provisions to get there, and doing little but leading have to deal with. They’ll be remembered for an miserable lives sleeping under a bridge when they extensive and impressive back catalogue long arrive. It effectively shows the lot of the after the bitching over their blokey fans or foppish indigenous impoverished in some shocking scenes leanings die down. With any luck their new single, All Of The such as when a gang of kids pull over and drag Dreamers, will not be remembered amongst their Delilah into their car to bash and presumably rape greatest achievements: it lumbers, the progressions her over the course of several days, Samson so out are predictable and I don’t believe that Bernard of his head he doesn’t even notice as he ambles a Fanning has written a political track with any sort few feet ahead. It’s a progressive film with the view of subtlety and quality since Internationalist. It will, of course, sell a bajillion copies, but not to anyone that people can’t help their circumstances or you know. And while we’re all ready to nail a turd upbringing, and more than once you’ll be wishing to these Brissie boys, The Golden Rule will surprise for a bit of conservative balance to ask that many who may have given up hope. They still these two kids take some responsibility for their really only have two settings – stomping rock actions. In one scene a security guard tails chords where Fanning shakes a tambourine; and elevating moshpit anthems – but it’s the simple Samson around a supermarket, apparently inviting surprises on The Golden Rule that forced a fairer us to consider that having been born black, many people consider him inherently untrustworthy. But appraisal. The stabbing horns on Iberian Dream the kicker is that he does in fact shoplift from the beef up an otherwise aforementioned sluggish store, giving the security guard and the audience stomp, while multi-tracked whirring harmonies grounding for their collective fears. equally enrich Burn Your Name. But I’m pretty sure It’s a hard slog but worth seeing simply Jewel’s off-kilter falsetto vocal hook (and almost because it’s part of Australian cinema history out of tune, how does that even happen in 2009?) where so many others have failed. was an afterthought and should’ve stayed that way, along with the handful of acoustic moaners. _DREW TURNEY www.xpressmag.com.au
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FREE FOR ALL
Back in October, artist-run initiative Free Range took over the space at 339 Wellington Street, converting the unused building into a contemporary gallery. With 2009 drawing to a close, Free Range curators are now on the hunt for exhibitors for their 2010 program. Situated in the heart of the city, the artist-run gallery provides an affordable exhibition and project space; and both emerging and established artists are encouraged to submit exhibition proposals. Free Range seeks to support art that is challenging, diverse and critically engaged. For more info and to download an application form, head to freerange.org.au/ proposals.
SNAIL MAIL
Perth based artist Aska wants to know where you live for her latest artwork entitled Mail Art Project. The project attempts to connect people in a conceptual exhibition where each participating person gets part of the exhibition mailed to their house. For the exhibition to be a success, Aska needs postal addresses and lots of them! If you want to be a part of something fun and creative, email your postal address to aska.doll@gmail.com, and receive something other than bills in the mail for once! You can also check out the project, and recommend it to friends, through a Facebook group called ‘Mail Art Project’.
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SEX-ED
UK comedian Mark Butler doesn’t see eyeto-eye with sex education teachers. As a kid he was taught that sex was for procreation but really, how many times do people have procreational sex in their lifetimes? Butler thinks it’s time we started learning about sex for recreation. In The Birds And The Bees, he takes on the guise of an incompetent science teacher to give audiences the sexed lesson they never had at school. Catch Butler performing the hilarious The Birds And The Bees on Saturday, December 12, at The Comedy Lounge at The Charles Hotel. Tickets are on sale now through BOCS. For more info, check out comedylounge.com.au(.)
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MOVIES OF MEXICO
Perth residents will get a taste of Mexico in coming weeks as the Hola Mexico Film Festival rolls into town for a season at Cinema Paradiso from Thursday, December 10, ’til Wednesday, December 16. Featuring documentaries, dramas, comedies and animated films, the Festival has something for everyone. Opening the Festival is Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre, a drama that follows young Honduran woman Sayra as she joins her family on an odyssey to the United States. Other films on offer include Conozca La Cabeza De Juan Perez - a comedy set inside the mayhem of a Mexican circus; and Amar A Morir – a love story that takes place in the shadow of danger and corruption. To book your tickets and find out screening times, head online to lunapalace.com.au.
TOTALLY AWESOME
Holiday
The 2009 Awesome International Arts Festival takes over Perth this week, showcasing the latest in dance, theatre, sculpture and film. Though Awesome is primarily aimed at those who are young at heart (and body), adults will also find plenty of fun activities to do and events to attend, including Holiday, Lumasol and the intriguingly titled Llamaland. Spat+Loogie invite city dwellers to take a well earned break with Holiday!, a half hour tour that traverses the highs and lows of modern travel. Settle into your airplane seat, pull on the video goggles and be transported to jungles, deserts, casinos and more, without leaving the comfort of your chair. Lumasol will see Europe’s PIPS:lab teaching people to paint with light through an original mash-up of theatre, music, film and photography. Using high-tech equipment, the folks from PIPS:lab will show the residents of Perth how to create with light and sound, taking them on an audiovisual rollercoaster ride. Created by Perth artist Rose Skinner, Llamaland is an explosion of colour, smells, sounds and ideas. Through a large-scale installation, Skinner has created a space where kids and adults can explore an alternate reality where nonsense reigns free. For information on the Awesome Festival check out Lumasol awesomearts.com.
TIM IS ON OUR SIDE
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TIM FINN / Andy Bull Quarry Amphitheatre Saturday, November 21, 2009 Many ingredients are needed to create a magical outdoor music event. Great songs; a tight band; a good sound; a receptive and respectful audience; a venue that creates atmosphere; a promoter who is more interested in people’s comfort than in making extra bucks and, of course, fine weather. Tim Finn’s three nights at the Quarry Amphitheatre had those all covered. All Finn’s songs have one thing in common. You can’t help but sing along to them. They are part of our collective musical sensibility, part of our Anzac culture. The vocal harmonies from the band, led by Dianne Swann, were gorgeous. They have always been a signature of Finn’s songs and they have never sounded better. The interpretation of Finn’s material by the band was very arresting, putting their own character into the songs. A fuzzed-out bass solo in Dirty Creature, and a harmonica solo in Chocolate Cake and a slightly different feel for I See Red, made for the set sounding fresh and brand new. Each night at the Quarry showcased a varied set demonstrating that Finn has a swag of still-relevant songs in his catalogue, all recently re-released on the Anthology album. Former Split Enz member, Eddie Rayner, on keyboards is an invaluable presence. The two bounced off each other talking in between songs in a very casual, humorous way. The banter spread into the audience, as Finn invited them to give suggestions of Aussie names for the band. Over the three nights they came up with (Razza) Eddie Rayner, (Duros) Carlos Adura from Chile on drums, 28
(Bucko) Tony Buchen from Israel on bass, (Ado) Brett Adams on guitar, (Swanny) Dianne Swann on acoustic and (Finny) Finn on acoustic and vocals. Support act, Adam Bull, on vocal/ electric piano, benefited from the intimate setting and he responded by recounting, cleverly, stories relevant to his songs about rich private school girls from his puberty years, to an arsehole from Ballarat when he performed to an audience of seven with an eight-piece band. Bull has a unique voice, reminiscent of Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donahue, or in the singer/songwriter tradition of Neil Sedaka, but in an even higher register. He sold out of his CD at the venue on the second night, but it is still available in the shops. You will be hearing more about Bull and his engaging, heartfelt songs. The horseshoe shape cut into the limestone outcrop on Bold Park provides a unique ambience, a piece of outback situated in the heart of Perth. Altogether, the ingredients combined to contribute to the beautiful atmosphere on the night. A mix of inner contentment and quiet confidence and outward bravado were projected by Finn’s stage persona and the band’s performance. Here is an artist at home with himself, his music and his heritage, proud and loving every minute of it. The audience took some of this vibe home with them in the knowledge that they were truly moved and that their lives had been enriched. _ BUSTER STIGGS Hittin’ the town since 1985
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COLD SOULS
Kaufman & Barthes: Two Chickpeas in a Pod? Directed by Sophie Barthes Starring Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose A film where the mundanity of the day-to-day is turned on its head thanks to nonsensical, erratic absurdities or surreal elements are incorporated into reality without so much as a blink. Charlie Kaufman, right? Wrong. It’s been said that Kaufman’s films (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York) are almost so aesthetically particular, that to make a film ‘like a Kaufman film’ attributes Kaufman’s style the status of ‘genre’. The Sundance premiere in January of Cold Souls, the third film of NY-based, French-born director Sophie Barthes, was trailed by a series of critics accusing the film of borrowing from Kaufman’s aesthetic too heavily, of being too Kaufman-esque, and thus no more than an appropriation of another’s work. However, were Cold Souls to be viewed as a genre-piece, the reverse applies, and what remains is a highly enjoyable viewing experience, thanks to a script loaded with conceit and wit, visually astute cinematography, and intelligent direction. Paul Giamatti delivers a brilliantly nuanced performance as anxious New York actor Paul Giamatti (hold back on the Kaufman-asKaufman Adaptation calls), who, when the film opens, is struggling emotionally with a role in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Giamatti reads an article in the New Yorker magazine about a procedure called ‘Soul Storage’, where one can undergo surgery to have their soul removed, and submits himself to the procedure. Dr Flintstein (played by David Strathairn in a delicious, spaced-out twist on the ‘mad scientist’), is head of Soul Surgery (a service so convenient that there’s even a ‘storage facility in New Jersey’) and presents Giamatti’s soul to him in a belljar, upon which Giamatti exclaims ‘it looks like a chickpea!’. However, soon, he begins to feel far too hollow, and returns to the Soul Surgery to ask for his soul back. Unfortuantely, it’s been stolen by Nina (Dina Korzun), a Russian soul-trafficking mule (hello, Faust). Giamatti tentatively rents the soul of a Russian poet as a substitute for his own, and while his performance in Vanya is his best yet, he begins to badly desire his own soul back. Giamatti befriends Nina and the two set off for St Petersburg
Cold Souls to retrieve it: Nina’s Russian boss, a ditzy soap opera actress, has had Giamatti’s soul implanted in her, to improve her acting ability (her first choice was Al Pacino, but his soul wasn’t available). Much like the work of Chekhov himself (Cold Souls is delightfully heavy with conceit – the entire ‘Russian’ element of the film literally references the film’s metaphors) Barthes throws a whole bunch of styles in the bag – humour, sci-fi, existential realism – and comes up trumps,thanks to her well-constructed characters and killer dialogue. Andrij Parkeh’s cinematography is pristine, and Giamatti holds the whole thing together like a pro, playing intensely real emotions in what amounts to a completely surreal exploration. The initial nonsensity of the René Descartes quote that opens the film: “The soul has its principal seat in the small gland located in the middle of the brain” thus receives depth through what amounts to a filmic experiment into the function and purpose of a soul for individuals plagued by the melancholy of modern life: does it not seem pertinent, in such a hollow, consumerdriven world, to unburden ourselves of our own souls? Or do we, as humans, indeed strengthen our souls for the better through the acceptance of what feels inversely like soul-destroying hardship? If an intelligent, New Yorker-reading modern Manhattanite would take up crazy Dr Flintstein’s offer to be relieved of a heavy soul, it’s fairly possible I would also give it a shot. Just as I have too considered, after watching Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, how great it might be to have one’s brain zapped of the memory of a painful relationship, or how the ‘Charlie Kaufman’ character’s own struggle to get his screenplay going in Adaptation is slightly similar to my own struggle right now:to make a fair,written evaluation of a rich offering like Cold Souls, in a review just like this one. Although the shock of seeing my soul (I’d say a coffee bean) in the bell jar is enough to deter me from seeing if David Stratton’s checked his soul in lately…for now. _DANIELLE MARSLAND
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Based upon the famous children’s book by Maurice Sendak, the much-vaunted new Spike Jonze movie, Where The World Things Are, is released next Thursday, December 3. JIM DOWNES speaks with Jonze about recreating and remodeling a classic. Beyond the pure adventure of a nine-year old boy running wild with giant creatures on an island, what is this movie about? It’s about childhood. It’s about what it’s like to be eight or nine years old and tr ying to figure out the world, the people around you, and emotions that are sometimes unpredictable or confusing. Th e w ay we r e l a t e t o e a c h o t h e r a n d imbue everything with our own emotional perspectives on everything is insane. Once I knew I could write the wild emotions inside of everyone, then the book was basically limitless. What are your earliest memories of the book? I remember my mother reading it to me when I was four or five; I can still hear the inflection in her voice. And I remember the creatures vividly. There’s something about Maurice Sendak’s work that invites you into the world he creates and you feel as if you are Max. I always loved that book. To what ex tent was Maurice S endak involved with the movie? I had known Maurice for about 10 years before we started making Where the Wild Things Are. He knew how I felt about the book and it was his idea initially that I work on adapting it. Once we got started, he was a fully involved producer on the
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film. He had based the book on themes and feelings from his life and I was picking up what he created from his life, his childhood. I was picking up the baton and it was going to have aspects of all our childhoods in there. What are you adding to his story? I had often asked myself what I could bring to the story in keeping with Maurice’s intention and it finally hit me one day when I realized that the Wild Things are really the wild emotions in all of us. For a child, they ’re unpredictable and often uncontrollable and hard to understand. Even as an adult, emotions and relationships are hard to process. After that, it became clear how I could take the story further. There was such great potential in all of the Wild Things as characters and I felt that was something I could add to the story and explore infinitely without trying to make it into something else. How did you select author, Dave Eggers, to write the screenplay with you? I started thinking about who I could write it with, who had the right taste, who I would enjoy being with and collaborating with. I’d gotten to know Dave a few years prior, and he seemed like the perfect combination in terms of his taste and the tone of his writing. There was humor and real pathos, too. What was your approach? First and foremost I was concerned with who Max was and what was going on in his life. I wanted to make a movie that takes kids seriously. Just because they’re young doesn’t mean their feelings aren’t as complex and deeply felt as any adult’s.
Spike Jonze on set with Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini)
Maurice also said, ‘Don’t just take the heavy side of the kid seriously; take his imagination seriously, his sense of joy’. Overall, we wanted it to feel as if it was being told by the characters themselves rather than some outside observer. We never set any rules about whether it would be for kids or adults. We just went where it took us. How did you cast the hero Max, and what does actor Max Records bring to it? I wanted a real kid - not necessarily an actor who was going to give a ‘movie kid’ performance, but someone who was going to give a real, emotional performance and I found that in Max Records after a very long search. Max was my partner in making the heart of the movie come through. He is the heart of the movie. He has a real depth to him as a person. It doesn’t feel at all like he’s acting and that was very important to me and to the story. The movie combines live-action, puppetry and digital animation. What was the idea that brought these techniques together? It was important that this feel like a real adventure and not a fantasy, so Max had to be a real kid in a natural environment, which is why we shot so much of the action on location. I also wanted to build and shoot the Wild Things so that Max could touch them, lean on them, shove them, hug them. I wanted them to be there so people could feel their breath, their size and their weight in a visceral and immediate way and I couldn’t imagine doing that wholly in a computer or on a soundstage. CGI allowed us to give the creatures the full range of facial expression in post-production, based on fo otage of our voice ac tors’ performances.
Capturing the voice performances was a little unconventional? A lot of movies that have voice per formers often record each actor individually in a sound booth and so the actors don’t get to interact with each other. But it was important to me that we captured the spontaneity of what they did in the moment. So we got all the voice actors together and acted out the whole movie on a soundstage over a period of three weeks. We had Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Paul Dano and Michael Berr y acting out their roles as the Wild Things, wrestling and shouting at each other on a bare stage with styrofoam cubes standing in for rocks and trees. Later, the Australian actors wearing the Wild Things costumes on location would watch footage from the voice recording and mirror what the voice actors did. They took the essence of what they were doing and adapted it to what the costumes could do. But everything started with the voice performances. What kind of experience has this been? I knew it was going to be a complicated process. It seemed that every choice we made turned out to be the hardest possible way to do it. Building the creatures alone took eight months, and there were a lot of logistical challenges. But we decided what we wanted it to feel like and worked backwards from there on how to achieve that, and we stuck to it. In the end, I love that we did it the way we did it. We didn’t do it the easy way, but we would always find a way, and we made the movie we set out to make. And I love the movie we made. It’s us.
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THE SQUINGE Sunday, funny Sunday The Squinge takes over The Astor Theatre in Mt Lawley this Sunday, November 29, for a night of stand-up comedy and classic film. Doors open 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $15 on the door. You could be forgiven for thinking thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nought to do on a Sunday night in Perth. Aside from the Scottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pizza and pint deal, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much on to tempt 20 and 30 somethings away from the comforting combo ofâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;20To 01 and couchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.Until now. The Squinge is a curious new beast set to turn our Sunday nights around, for the better. Comedians John Conway and Michael Workman recently sat down with X-Press to explain why we should bid au revoir to our couches as of this Sunday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw that The Astor was running old films and I love going to the movies,â&#x20AC;? reveals a bespectacled Conway.â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love sitting in a dark room for two hours, I find it very relaxing. So I saw they were putting on old movies and I thought that to get people going to these old films, we could add a twist and make it a comedy event.â&#x20AC;? And thus, The Squinge was born. Combining classic films with stand-up and improvised comedy, The Squinge is Perthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest Sunday night activity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been done before. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first show of its kind,â&#x20AC;? shares Workman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a hard concept to come up with,â&#x20AC;? Conway clarifies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work,â&#x20AC;? says Workman with a cheeky grin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What else are you going to do on a Sunday?â&#x20AC;? probes Conway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be making a toasted cheese sandwiches and weeping quietly,â&#x20AC;? Workman
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For the first ever Squinge event this Sunday, November 29, Conway and Workman will put 80s classic The Goonies back up on the big screen. With so many awesome â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s films to choose from (think Breakfast Club, Princess Bride, Ghostbusters), why did the pair opt for The Goonies? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were a few films that we were thinking about for the first one â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I guess we just thought from the little bit of market research we did that the most iconic and nostalgic film from that era was The Goonies,â&#x20AC;? explains Workman. Conway adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The market weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for is people our age â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 20 to 30, and the comedy weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing is not for kids and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not for oldies. The Baby Boomers can get fucked!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a cultural show. So you have to be in touch with the culture. The Xs and Ys will get it, not the Zs, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late for them,â&#x20AC;? says Workman definitively. Prior to the film screening, Conway and Workman will get behind the mic for a bit of Goonies inspired stand-up comedy, and masters of improvisation Jimmy James Eaton and Ben Russell will create some impromptu Goonies madness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be an ironic presentation on the film in a sketch comedy style then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have improv about the film,â&#x20AC;? says Workman of the comedy audiences can expect. So instead of sitting at home this Sunday night watching Bert Newton on the idiot box and listening to Dylan Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;top make-out songsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, make your way to The Astor for a night of laughs and a hit of nostalgia with The Squinge.
Dominic Redfern, Stonewall, 2008-9 (installation shot) Photograph: Eva Fernandez Courtesy of PICA
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Stonewall and Mythos runs â&#x20AC;&#x2122;til Saturday, the story to you heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking himself up the hill December 20, at the PICA gallery. Admission is about the story. But he never gets to the topâ&#x20AC;? It is rather impressive, seeing the long free, no bookings required. vistas of the PICA main space empty save for the The spacious main hall at PICA is completely screens, which serve as bookends to the room. bare, save for a large screen dominating one Redfern explains that this was a deliberate use end of the hall, complimented on the other side of the space on his part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I visited PICA in late 2007 and I had by two rectangular screens, one on top of the other. PICA has had a long history of dalliances never seen the space before. I was really struck and commiserations with video artists, and by the central space. In a lot of my gallery work Daniel Redfernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stonewall is the latest fruition I try to activate the space in some way, and to of this collaboration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a work that deals with implicate the body of the audience. Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monologues and story and the fact that we use video work I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want them to be viewing it story to make sense of events. We string events as though it were TV or cinema. They both make together into cause and effect relationships; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a you forget about your body. In galleries youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fundamental activity for humans, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a story really aware of your body, with echoes and the that has all the elements of sex and death and audiences are aware of their body as well.â&#x20AC;? Stonewall isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only work family, but it adds up into something that makes _EMMA BERGMEIER sense, you lose track and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story.â&#x20AC;? says exhibited by Redfern at the PICA gallery at the moment, Mythos, a smaller work spanning the Redfern about his latest opus. three spaces adjacent to the main space at The work is intriguing, with Redfern PICA, serves as an interesting counterpoint to himself at one end of the room, muttering Stonewall. meaninglessly to himself, and a man falling â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the smaller three spaces Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got every couple of seconds through the two Mythos which has big Tasmanian landscape screens at the other end. elements. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got three different environments â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stonewall is made for PICA to take from Wilsons Promontory and Lake Tyrell in advantage of the really unique central space Victoria. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve each got small performance and its dimension and the drama of the ceiling. elements in them but what really dominates Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve used that and created a site specific element the space is the detailed, microscopic studies of that uses the effect of a guy falling to earth, and plants and surfaces and rubbish. And through he falls through a couple of screens. Him falling the way they are portrayed they become to the ground punctuates another projection at landscape studies. the end of the gallery which is a guy climbing a â&#x20AC;? The works are quite stunning, stony hill. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telling himself a story and trying combining beautiful cinematography with an to climb up the hill but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slipping, identities interesting concept. Well worth popping into Ben Russell, Michael Workman and John Conway are The Squinge and locations keep changing. Rather than telling PICA for.
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VISUAL ARTS Soft Cuts, William Topp, 452 William Street, Northbridge. Hailing from Melbourne, artist-designer Fleur Harris has been exhibiting works since she was just 16. Harris’ latest exhibition, Soft Cuts, consists of entirely new work, including a range of timber cut and engraved pieces combining illustration and digital and laser processes to create jigsaws, clocks and art pieces with a soft sculptural quality. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, November 29. Recollections Of Pasture And Bush, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith. Exhibiting together for the first time, Jim Duddles and Dale Couper demonstrate their affiliation with the land in visually contrasting fashion. Duddles’ aerial observations of the rural farmland of the Great Southern are informed by an attempt to develop a personal visual language to express the essence of the Australian landscape. Although not strictly pictorial, his paintings endeavor to capture this environment and the addition of calligraphic marks are gestural recordings of his presence in the landscape. Dale Coupers’ magnificent large scale paintings are a celebration of the abundance of wildflowers which can be found in the Australian bush. Couper presents each wildflower in a dazzling ‘close up’ view, a stark contrast to Duddles’ aerial vision. Despite having spent many years in the bush, Couper continues to be struck by the vastness and isolation of our landscape and loves nothing more that to lose himself in the quest for his next subject. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December 6.
and visually straightforward; but are also deeply sophisticated in composition, rhythm, organisation and layered colouring. Larwill himself rejects a cerebral approach to his works, preferring that the viewer have a spontaneous and sensory (and possibly emotional) response to them. Larwill populates his paintings with a maelstrom of colourful human stick figures, mad animals and primal markings, collectively forming a haphazard chronicle of his experiences and imaginations. For him, each canvas is an expedition; a journey into the mind, and a progression from the last work towards the next – one painting influencing another. Exhibition runs ’til Saturday, December 12. Marian Drew, Turner Galleries, 470 William Street, Northbridge. Brisbane based photographer Marian Drew is inspired by the conventions of 18th century still life painting, creating tableaus of dead Australian animals and birds. The shock of the limp and lifeless creatures is lessened by the sensuous draped cloths, seductive colours and dramatic lighting. These unsettling and beautiful photographs remind us of the fragility of life and the impact man has on our environment. This exhibition covers several years work from 2003 to 2009 that feature dead Australian fauna and domestic fabrics. Exhibition opens on Friday, November 20, and runs ’til Saturday, December 19.
Inbetween, PICA, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge. Inbetween is an exploration of the supernatural, inspired by real stories of ghosts and the paranormal as told by three different individuals that artist Richard Lewer has illustrated with his hand-drawn pencil animations. Howling winds Milktooth, Free Range Gallery, 339 Wellington and clattering horse hooves accompany this dark Street, Perth. and unsettling short film. ECU painting graduates – class of 2006, return Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December to bring you Milktooth, an exhibition of recent 20. paintings. This group has exhibited together since 2005 and includes 12 of Perth’s most exciting emerging painters. Working across a wide range of techniques and subject matter their only restriction being of small, letter paper sized surfaces. These exhibitions continue to chart the converging, parallel and dispersing paths that these artists’ careers have taken. Exhibition opens on Thursday, November 26, and runs ’til Monday, December 7.
Raw by Krysia Cant
Raw, Central TAFE Art Gallery, corner Aberdeen and Barrack Street, Northbridge. Central TAFE’s photography students spend three years exploring the art of image taking, delving into new and old techniques, film and digital. Before they bid TAFE adieu, graduating students will share their work with the public in a vibrant exhibition at the Central TAFE Art Gallery. Presented by Zimmermann Photo Lab, Raw shines the spotlight on talented emerging photographers who are sure to take the industry by storm. Exhibition opens on Wednesday, December 2, and runs ’til Saturday, December 5.
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1001 Nights At The Perth Entertainment Centre 1974 – 2002, Museum Of Performing Arts, DownStairs at His Majesty’s Theatre, Hay Street, Perth. Remember when the night tickets to Rod Stewart’s concerts cost an exorbitant $8.90? And the night Bette Davis left the stage to promenade up one aisle and down the other so those sitting in the cheap seats could get a close-up of the screen Goddess? These are just some of the many memorable nights recalled in a colourful exhibition of programmes, posters and photographs from the Perth Entertainment Centre, the building that ‘marked the coming– of–age of show business in Western Australia’. With 8,076 seats, the Centre was Perth’s largest venue from 1974 until it ‘went dark’ in 2002. Through the decades, the Perth Entertainment Centre was host to all manner of entertainments providing a roll call of legendary names. Among them were Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Alice Cooper, John Denver, Bob Hope, Rudolf Nureyev, Kylie Minogue and the four Swedes we know as ABBA. Exhibition runs ’til Friday, December 11. Admission by gold coin donation. Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.
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An Oak Tree, DownStairs at the Maj, Hay Street, Perth. Set in a stage hypnotist’s act, An Oak Tree is a vivid and absurdly comic play about how we fill the gaps in our lives. It’s performed by two actors, one of whom will never have seen or read a word of the play they’re in… until they’re in it! An Oak Tree stars Luke Hewitt and a cast of special guests including some of Perth’s finest actors and favourite personalities. Featuring Peter Barr, Siobhan Dow-Hall, Jeffrey Jay Fowler, Vivienne Garrett, Peter Holland, John Hyde MLA, Geoff Kelso, Michael Loney, Dixie Marshall, Greg McNeill, Sarah McNeill, Tim Minchin, Della Morrison, Kyle Morrison, James Pearson, Lee Sappho, Igor Sas, David Larwill New Works, Greenhill Galleries, 6 George Shevtsov, Kav Temperley, Sean Walsh, Gugeri Street, Claremont. Alison van Reeken, Bernadette Young and more. David Larwill’s paintings have a naive quality, Season runs ’til Saturday, December 5. being bright, childlike, lacking in perspective Bookings through BOCS.
Jantzen swimwear fashion photograph by Gervaise Purcell, 1950s. Reproduced courtesy Leigh Purcell.
Exposed! The Story Of Swimwear, WA Museum – Maritime, Victoria Quay, Fremantle. As a nation of swimmers it’s not surprising Australia played, and continues to play, such a key role in swimwear innovation and design. A new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Maritime shows how Australian designers and swimming stars have been central figures in the evolution of the modern swimsuit, helping to blur the boundaries between underwear and outerwear. Exposed! The Story Of Swimwear is an Australian National Maritime Museum travelling exhibition and draws on the museum’s extensive collection of historical swimwear to explore how the modern swimsuit changed bathing into swimming and helped redefine perceptions of the body. Exhibition opens on Saturday, November 21, and runs ’til Sunday, February 7.
ACTING OUT Central TAFE’s graduating Fashion And Textile students broke the mould for their final parade on Monday night, opting for the stage of His Majesty’s Theatre as their catwalk. The 16 students each presented their collections in theatrical acts, with models running, strutting and fighting their way across stage. Congratulations to Chloe Jones who took out the X-Press Fashion Graduate Award.
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FASHION GO YOU GOOT THING Josh Goot Talks Fashion Sydney based designer Josh Goot is a man in demand. When he’s not in his studio sketching designs for upcoming collections, he’s out on the road sourcing fabrics or is busy organising seasonal drops of his collections to national and international boutiques. Ahead of his appearance at the Fremantle Arts Centre’s Fashion Talks on Wednesday, December 2, Goot takes time to chat about his history as a designer and ponder the future of his label. When a young(er) Josh Goot first launched his self-titled label back in 2004, the international fashion community stood up and took notice, with industry heavy-weights labeling him ‘a designer to watch’. Though the Josh Goot label continued to receive international praise in the years following its inception, Australians were a little slower to recognise Goot’s talent. It wasn’t until the designer unexpectedly teamed up with department store Target, to create a capsule collection, that more Aussies began to catch on.
“It was a great experience,” says Goot of the collaborative project.“It was really interesting to see how a monster organisation like that operates and how they approached the task. For me it was cool because it put our name out there more and it was nice to see people who ordinarily might not have access to the collection wearing the clothes, which at the end of the day is the whole idea. I would do it again,” he says with enthusiasm. When asked if his design style has changed much over the past five years, Goot takes a moment to ponder the question before stating “I don’t think the aesthetics have changed but my knowledge of the process has expanded – the design itself has probably evolved but my aesthetic remains the same.” As someone who has built his label from the ground up, Goot is all too familiar with the possible obstacles designers face when launching their careers, but still believes that Australia is one of the best nations to do just that.
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“I think one of the great things about building a label in Australia is that the barriers to entry are few. The barriers really start when the label starts to grow, that’s when things become more challenging. I think entering the market is relatively simple but it’s what happens next that becomes challenging.” Goot offers these words of advice to emerging designers entering the industry, “I would suggest that they get good exposure to the industry prior to starting their own label by doing work experience or placement and getting some type of handle on the entire process, rather than just the design element.” Though the Josh Goot label’s aesthetic is relatively consistent from year to year, with each seasonal collection the designer has pushed himself creatively – calling on new techniques and design features to evolve his brand. From his very first collection, Goot established his love of clean lines and luscious fabrics, which have evolved into stunning garments adorned in digital prints in his more recent collections. “Print is a medium I’ve always been interested in. I am interested in print beyond its application to clothing but I always knew that we would have a print story in the collection. The first two seasons we intentionally didn’t do that because we wanted to tell another story in the beginning. Now the message has expanded to include print and it’s been very popular for us and it’s something we love doing. “I think that we have stayed very true to our own identity – we’ve been very consistent in that regard and I think that speaks to people. I think the clothes have a certain simplicity that people can relate to and we’ve also worked with very hard to speak to customers in different markets. We can say that the line is carried around the world in some of the leading shops and with that comes a huge amount of work and expense.” So what does this Australian entrepreneur have in mind for his label in coming years?
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“We’re about to open our first shop in Sydney, so that’s really exciting – it’s a fun little project and something I’ve always wanted to do. Hopefully it will be the first of several. In with that, we’re about to commence work on Autumn/Winter 2010, which is something we show in February. There’s so much on – we’re producing a pre-collection which is like a bridging collection between winter and summer and we’re introducing a new line nationally which is called Goot, and is a return to the roots of the brand and to the original concept we had, which was all the washed up cotton jersey look. So there’s lots happening!” Tickets for Fashion Talks are on sale now from the Fremantle Arts Centre on (08) 9432 9555 or online at fac.org.au. _EMMA BERGMEIER
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HOME GROWN
November and December are a busy couple of months for fashion fanatics, with universities and TAFEs putting on many events to showcase the wares of their graduating students. Tonight, Thursday, November 26, Curtin University keeps the ball rolling with Home Ground, an event at Curtin Stadium showcasing garments from fashion and textile students. Kicking off at 7.30pm tonight, Home Ground will see 22 designers reveal their work to the fashion world in an exhibition and parade sure to get tongues wagging. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late to nab yourself tickets to the event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; pop in to Lala Orange, Zekka, Test Tube or Love In Tokyo to snap yours up.
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Musician, producer, model and self confessed exotic creature – Patrick Wolf is many things. Above all however, the English auteur is interesting. He talks to GLEN PARKS about the ongoing documentary of his life, how he chooses guest artists and being misunderstood. It’s approaching midnight when Patrick Wolf answers the phone. He’s tired from a day of “non-stop talking” but, after fixing himself a quick snack, he heads to bed to take the call. Exasperated but upbeat, Wolf has been busy touring off the back of this year’s The Bachelor, and working on next year’s follow up The Conqueror. “I’m literally working on one hour’s sleep a day!” he exclaims. That sense of industry is what has helped Wolf – born Patrick Apps – to build quite a legacy. After leaving home at a young age– “I had to find my own identity” – Wolf spent time busking on corners and gigging in now-forgottenbands.
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This search for his identity led Wolf to a recording contract and his critically acclaimed one-two punch Lycanthropy and Wind In The Wires, which exposed to the world his brooding persona. Changing pace for his poppier third album, The Magic Position, led to commercial success to add to the critical adulation. The break up of a relationship however, returned Wolf to his defiant brooding on The Bachelor. Now back in love, Wolf is steadily working on The Conqueror. His work is currently underway in a studio which is in an interesting place, as Wolf explains. “My studio is a walk in wardrobe, but it’s more like a magical carpet.”
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Fresh from Boys Noize records to you, come Le Petits Pilous, who will bring their peak time techno to Perth next month. Les Petits Pilous are otherwise known as Pacey and Jean-Pat from Paris. They started making music after attending a concert with Para One, releasing their first EP Hello, We Are in February 200, followed by a 12”,Wake Up, on Boys Noize Records in 2008. With remixes for the likes of Heartsrevolution and Etienne De Crecy featuring on Kitsune Maison’s revered compilations, not to mention a tonne more remixes for Chromeo, Justice and D.I.M., this dashing duo are on the up and up – catch them now before they destroy you with their dancefloor prowess! Saturday, December 19 at Shape (upstairs). Support from Le Gab (live!), Bad Weather, MUV and Time Travel Agents. Tickets $15 (early bird) from shapebar. com.au, and $20 thereafter. Doors open 10pm.
VARIOUS: FIVE YEARS Five Years Of Hyperdub
A new night of trance and progressive is set to hit Perth, being held at the classy Villa nightclub. Odyssey will feature line ups of fresh, contemporary trance and progressive stars on each of its bills, with the opening night set to boast amazing visuals and lighting, not to mention the DJ skills of Jaytech, who will fly in from over east to administer his melodic house mastery. Hailing from Canberra, Jaytech had his first production signed at the age of 16: Music 101 achieved worldwide recognition, and from there Jaytech combined his classical training (as a pianist) with programming skills to continue to produce great releases, including Genesis - which won widespread support from everyone from Desyn Masiello to Tiesto, who included it in his In Search Of Sunrise compilation. Joining this young star will be Melbourne’s Mike Nichol, who has enjoyed strong support from the trance establishment in recent time, and is a regular in the radio playlists of DJ Armin van Buuren (A State of Trance). Jaytech and Nichol will be joined by MaRLo from Armada Records in Melbourne, EMAS local Jason Creek, Joe Benger, Travis , GT Watson, Alan Ahern and Dylan Curtis. Earlybird tickets $25 plus booking fee from Tickets available at www. moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on your mobile www.moshtix.mobi and all moshtix outlets. Tickets will be $30 plus booking fee once the early birds are out. VIP tickets are available for $50 by emailing dylan.flashentertainment@gmail.com(.)
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FAKIN’ IT Quirky, big-haired British techno and electronica producer Nathan Fake recently released his EP Hard Islands, a six track album sees Fake move away from the shoegaze moments of his first LP Drowning in a Sea of Love, towards more clubfocused techno sounds. Nathan has recently unveiled his laptop live set, to rave reviews. Fake will chase up dates in Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam with a super special show for Perth audiences at Ambar, thanks to Democracy Events. Fake will be joined by Germany’s Frank Heinrich AKA Reboot. With proven releases on such labels as Below, Cadenza and Cocoon, and a production career that’s encompassed everything from techno, world music and jazz, Reboot continues his sensory assault into 200, recently joining Luciano’s dynamic Ether project, which is like a Cadenza live electronic band, complete with visuals. Reboot brings his explosive live show, that utilises traditional analogue machines as well as a laptop, and involves productions that he writes and engineers, to Perth. Join Reboot and Nathan Fake on Friday, December 18 at Ambar, Perth. Support on the night from Democracy artists. Tickets $25 plus booking fee from moshtix.com.au (1300 get tix) Planet Video, Mills and all Moshtix outlets.
SHAPE UP FOR THE PARTY Who can believe that it’s been almost two years since “brand new” club Shape opened up in East Perth? The quality of international acts, and the consistent excellence of its weekly dance nights, has ensured the club’s freshness more than two years on from its opening date. It’s time to reflect on two years of some of the biggest names in dance music tearing up the Shape insides: Ajax, Alexander Robotnick, Bang Gang, Canyons, Caspa, Cut Copy DJs, Drop The Lime, Holy Ghost!, Juan McLean, K.I.M., Matt and Kim, N.A.S.A, Shadow Dancer, Teki Latex, Van She, Who Made Who and Will.i.am, to name but a third of the huge list of top quality acts Shape’s hosted. It’s been two years of great times with friends on the dancefloor, two years of laidback and enjoyable mingling and drinking outside in the cabana. Of course, Shape’s not letting this milestone go by without using it as an excuse for another balls-‘n’-all bash. Enjoy in the Tick Tock Room the star power of Shazam, Bad Weather, Kit Pop, Hickey, Prodje, Mickey Juice, Future Frog, RADJs, Muv, Alex Tong, Petrosex and Thunderclaps, whilst upstairs at Habitat Flex, Darren J. Aarin F, Richard Lee, Luke Reti, Nina Van Dyke, Smith Brothers, El Dario, La Gooch, Olivier C, Michael Whitlock, Matt Wright and Martin Clayton rule the roost. Happy 2nd Birthday Shape! Doors open 10pm for $10. 38
The final ever edition of Someone Say Dubstep? is upon us. Shed a tear now, but be sure to dry your eyes and head down to The Final Rinse tomorrow night - your sadness that this eminent Perth local is winding down should immediately disappear upon checking the amazing sounds coming from the booth. Finland’s Tes La Rock, who returns to Perth for another huge night after his stint smashing Ambar in 2008, is front and centre, ready to impress. For the past decade, Tes La Rok has been one of the pioneers in Helsinki undergound culture. He has had a hand in running respected raves such as Slam It, Soulfuel, Back 2 Bass and Sub, and heads up his own dubstep label, Noppa Recordings. Tes will be billing with the d’n’b jungly goodness of Amen Lovers and Lithuanian-based ‘floppy disc’ DJ Paradox (flip the page to check the Salt interview)! Not to mention Disfigured Dubz’ stablemate Kito, who will be playing her last set for the year at The Final Rinse. So they can put off ‘the end’ for as long as humanly possible, SSD have invited every bassman and woman in Perth to come along for what may very well be the biggest DJ booth rinse in the history of booth rinsing! AJM, Astep, Ben Taffee, Ben Elliot, Devo, High Roller, J nitrous, Kito, Proximity Effect, Missile, Rafti, Rekab, Sibilance, Trav, Vishnu and Ylem will be fighting for deck domination all night! Hosted by Rhythm Infinite and Skahna. Tickets $28 plus booking fee from Mills, Planet and the DJ Factory. Doors open 10pm.
One of the most exciting duos in today’s trance music scene, Tritonal, from the US, consisting of Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed, are currently at the forefront of the global trance scene, with their carefully crafted, uplifting progressive trance. Every big name DJ imaginable has been spinning Tritonal’s tracks even from their first year of production, and Tritonal’s live performance is a must see, as the duo use their combined talents to engineer cutting-edge live action. Get your slice of the Tritonal pie when they play at Rise on Friday, December 4. Door sales only from 9.30pm. Rise members $5 before 11pm, $10 thereafter. Nonmembers $10 before 11pm, $20 thereafter. For all the info on Tritonal, flick forward a page and read of the interview in today’s edition of Salt.
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The 11th Annual Perth Dance Music Awards are just around the corner, and the official list of nominees for each category, as voted by the public, is out. PDMAs received in excess of 10000 votes this year, making it one of the biggest voted competitions yet! All those who went online and registered their preferences are now in the draw to win a tonne of awesome prizes. Head down to the PDMA ceremony at The Rosemount from 3pm on Sunday, December 6, to hear the winners announced! The day will be hosted by Dart and Blend, and a stellar line of Perth’s best will be on hand to keep our ears happy, including Darren J, Devo, Joe Stawarz, Mach-1, Smurf and Tee El. Salt ex tends its ver y warm congratulations to all the nominees below for BALKAN IS BEST their hard work throughout 2009 - best of luck for Lokal puts on a special edition of their great tech the final announcement, guys! weekly this Friday entitled Balkanika, in tribute to a series of underground artists from Perth Best House DJ Kelly that originate from all over the Balkans and have Adam Kyran Smith been playing at all your major nights and events Ben Mac in the city and region. A pure underground tek, progressive and funky house adventure you’re Best Electro DJ Dyl unlikely to forget in a hurry, Balkanika sees Progress Kill Mind Electric Inn, Dev!ance, Marko La Kucha, Kid Deep, El Dario, Sketchism and Oliver B on the decks. The day also marks Boardies Day 2009 – chuck on a pair of boardshorts Best Techhouse DJ or beachwear on the night and you can help Flex Fat DJs Lokal raise desperately needed funds for Surf Life 2Richard Lee Saving. Friday, November 27. Bar 138, 138 Barrack St, Northbridge. 6pm-midnight. Entry is free, drink Best Progressive DJ Darren J specials all night.
WHITE HOT This weekend, Rise transforms into a brilliant white celestial palace for a night of uplifting anthemic trance for the White Party 2009: music to make your spirit soar, played in a welcoming white haven. Featuring trance classics from the past ten years, including legends such as Tiesto, PvD, Ferry Corsten, Armin, Above & Beyond, Picotto, Agnelli & Nelson and more, as DJ’d by Simon Barwood (PDMA Best Trance DJ 2008), Travis, GeRmAn, Scott Nelson and Steven Tranzor. The White Party is happening tomorrow night, Friday, November 27. Door sales only (9.45pm - 6am). Rise members $5 before 11pm; $10 thereafter; non-members $10 before 11pm; $15 thereafter. Or dress all in white (that’s head to toe!) for free entry prior to midnight.
Best Hip Hop DJ Charlie Bucket Zeke Armee Angry Buda Best Urban/RnB DJ Angry Buda Rough Soul Skooby Best Hard House DJ Beni C ST Rousa Best Female DJ Mono Lisa Nina Van Dyke Kito Best Hardcore DJ Rousa Hutcho DJ ol’ Bill Best New Talent Bad Weather BobNocerous Nathan Francis Tee El Best MC MC Able MC Whiskey MC Tenacity Best Live Act The Typhoons Turbine 37 NAIK Best Hip Hop Act Drapht Downsyde The Typhoons Best Breakbeat Producer Turbine 37 Shockone Mr Cake Best Downtempo/Electro/Other Producer Mind Electric Signal Drivers Shazam Best 4/4 Producer James Francis Mind Electric Shazam Best Local Tune Shazam – Pool Party ShockOne - Polygon feat. Reija Lee Qbik – My House Best Record Label Destination? Paper Chain Climate Records Best Club Night The Cube Japan4 Force Majeure Best Nightclub Ambar Sapphire Shape Best Bar/Pub Venue Rosemount The Brighton Mandurah Cottesloe Beach Hotel Best Non-Club Venue Wellington Square Supreme Court Gardens/Esplanade Belvoir Best All Ages Rave Insomniak 3 Damage Control Nightmare 3 Best Regular Weeknight The Bump Lokal Beatmash Best Event Summadayze Breakfest Stereosonic Best International Performance Armin Van Buuren Underworld Audion Andy C
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Best Radio Show Bass Check Force Majeure Radio Full Frequency
Best Techno DJ Craig Hollywood Nathan Francis Darren J
Best Flyer Breakfest Deuce Force Majeure
Best Dubstep DJ Rekab J.Nitrous Kito
Best Record Retailer Next Level Records Mills Records DJ Factory
Best Trance DJ Joe Benger Simon Barwood Jason Creek
Best Dance Music Website Perth Raving Teknoscape In The Mix
Best Drum n Bass DJ Q-Bik Greg Packer ShockOne
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PARADOX PERCUSSION ADDICTION “I have always been a percussionist: percussion is always the first and foremost thing I think of when I wake up in the morning.” ANGELA KING chats to Paradox, AKA Dev Pandya, to find out what really bangs his drum.
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It is Pandya’s first visit to Australia in his nearly 20 year-strong career, and as he explains, it nearly didn’t happen at all: “I was due to come over to Australia and New Zealand at the start of the millennium, and at one point I thought it would never really happen. When I got the chance to come I just took it instantly... there was a pilot strike [in Lithuania] the day before and it looked like I wasn’t going to come. To get here my flight had to change: I had to go from Lithuania to Poland to London to Dubai then to Sydney – it took 40 hours! All the way I thought ‘I’m going to Australia, don’t worry about it’.” Although based in Lithuania, Pandya is originally from the UK. His move to Eastern Europe was quite spontaneous decision while in the process of writing a new album back in 2002; he wanted to place himself in a different environment, in order to create a different sound. “It still works for me,” he muses, “that is why I’m still there.” That different sound is what we now know to be ‘drumfunk’. Pandya explains that the
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TRANSMISSION Perth’s
essential pre club night for discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Death Disco’s Andrei Mazz 8pm Free Entry
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Ben Taaffe and Perth’s pivotal prodigal producer Dave Miller, are teaming up to bring a brand new weekly night for music enthusiasts of all varieties this summer season
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classification is reserved solely for the music he creates: “In 2002 I made a track, it was basically homage to the drummer from James Brown’s band - Clyde Stubblefield, and I called the track Drumfunk. I started to describe my music as that, for my music. As the years went on people started classifying their music as drumfunk, which isn’t a bad thing but it is just something I described as my music. “I just wanted to segregate myself from all the rubbish I didn’t like – at one point it was embarrassing to tell people I made d’n’b, because they would turn their nose up.” The live Paradox experience is one that must be seen to be believed. Where most DJs who boast a live set stand in front of a PC, Pandya takes ‘live’ to a whole new level. “Everything I use is prehistoric. I don’t use PC or Macs. I use really old computers from the early ‘90s, I use floppy discs which are extinct nowadays. Everything is hardware so I have literally come on the plane with 30kgs of stuff. It’s not old school, its preschool – it is that old.” Along with his own production and live performances, Pandya also runs several record labels (Paradox Music, Esoteric, Outsider, and Arctic Music). The juggling act between all these exploits is far from an easy task, but as the artist stresses, it is almost as if he was conditioned during youth for this high demand career, “I think I’m a carbon copy of my father, he was a bit of a workaholic – a control freak. I’ve got four labels and I don’t like getting in anyone else, I like to have complete control over it. It does give me sleepless nights, I’m even writing my new album now in my Sydney hotel room now, just because there isn’t enough time.” “It is quite stressful but I don’t think I would have it any other way. I’m 37 now and it’s been this way for two decades and I think I’m a bit bipolar, I’m a bit weird [laughs].” PARADOX FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 @ THE FINAL RINSE, AMBAR
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CREATURE OF CREATIVITY
Patrick Wolf According to Wolf, The Conqueror is a representation of his life as it is right now.“It’s a moment of peace and harmony and finally finding a place in the world and being accepted. I feel accepted; I feel like I belong. Like, I have my audience, let’s take it from here.” Whilst describing Wolf ’s eclectic style to those who aren’t yet converted is an enviable task, for Wolf the description isn’t in the style, it’s in the message. “It’s an ongoing documentary of my life through music. I’m a professional artist and I take what’s around me and I translate it into a CD or a video or a song or a performance.” Wolf is known for selecting interesting or unlikely guest artists on his albums. Marianne Faithful and Edward Larrikin appeared on The Magic Position and actress Tilda Swinton featured in a key role on The Bachelor. Groove Amanda will be dropping in for a track on The Conqueror. So how does Wolf select his guest artists? “It’s happenstance. It’s fate. Or it’s all on Wikipedia, I’m sure.” When asked about inspirations, Wolf lists three icons. “Jodi Mitchell is my biggest inspiration for lyrics, Björk was my inspiration for being unique and being true to your personality, and PJ Harvey is one for staying true to your beliefs. So they’re kind of like the three; the Holy Trinity.” If fashion sense is anything to go by, Wolf is definitely following Björk’s example of being unique. One look at his album covers shows a fashion shapeshifter that would make Madonna proud. Hair colour, clothing, style; it’s all radically different from one album to the next. But for Wolf it’s not a conscious effort to express his art or be different. “For me, how I look and how I dress is not a statement, it’s just what I look like. I just happen to be different to the way other people dress. I’ve realised that I’m an exotic creature, but I’m happy being that way. It’s fine.” Away from music, Wolf confesses to being somewhat naive. “My friends know me as quite a simple person because I pour all my energy into the creative world and the Patrick Wolf aspect that I have literally no functioning human skills. It’s a bit of a Michael Jackson situation. Because I’ve been on tour for like, 10 years I have no idea how to crack an egg or these kinds of things. I’m learning as I go along to get to grips with more domestic possibilities.” On the back of his critical acclaim and growing commercial appeal, Wolf has found himself the centre of several online media storms. Earlier this year Wolf, upset at not being able to complete a festival set, was caught on video throwing various items around onstage. A Twitter apology followed but Wolf says the increased scrutiny is like living in a bubble. “It’s very hard. I guess everyone is aware of what Patrick Wolf is going to do next. I get sad sometimes that people might not go deeper than what’s on the surface. A lot of the time people are too fascinated with the visual aspect and they don’t go into the production, and they don’t go into the meat and bones of what I do as a musician and a writer. There’s a whole human body of work that’s going on underneath the visual aspect of the work. I would like one day for that to be respected a bit more than it currently is.” When asked about what Perth crowds can expect from Wolf’s concert however, he is uncharacteristically circumspect. “I don’t know what they can expect at all, but I’m going to put on my full show; full support, everyone there. I’m very, very excited to have the opportunity to come back again.”
PATRICK WOLF SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ CAPITOL, PERTH Hittin’ the town since 1985
TRITONAL TEXAN TRANCE
On the eve of their first Australian tour,GLENCANNINGcaughtupwith Cisneros, of Texas duo Tritonal, to discuss the secrets behindTritonal’s phenomenal success.
JORI HULKKONEN Man From Earth [Turbo/Inertia]
BLOCKHEAD The Music Scene
[Inertia / Ninja Tune]
Jori Hulkkonen’s best album, When No One Is Watching, We Are Invisible, had a warm and inviting sound, sampling acoustic instruments to create house tracks that were as blissful as Scandinavian sunsets and twinkling ice crystals. In the ten years since then, he’s taken to a chillier, more explicitly machine-driven electro sound, and Man From Earth sees him pushing these experiments even further. The album opens on a note of dread, with the humming, minor-key synth chords of I Am Dead (no, really, that’s what the track is called); Dancerous is a sinister stomp that edges close to industrial music, while The Other Side Of Time bustles along like early ‘80s Italo disco mixed with Drexciya-style electro. The best tracks are definitely
towards the end; My Brother Went To Space features a clanging keyboard sample that sounds comes across as a ghostly echo of the piano house loops of old, while I Dance To Your Bass My Friend starts out austere and ends up near-ecstatic. Hulkonnen has lost none of the skill he used to have as a producer; the journey is the same, with tracks that build slowly and enticingly, but the destination is a lot darker.
Although best known for his production credits on underground hip hop classics like Aesop Rock’s Daylight and Cage’s Too Heavy For Cherubs, New York based producer Blockhead has built a discography of consistent - if not groundbreaking - down tempo instrumental albums on Ninja Tune. His third solo album The Music Scene continues this pattern as Blockhead sticks to what he does best - producing gradually evolving collages of melancholy samples and intricate drum patterns. The most memorable moments on The Music Scene see Blockhead expanding his palette, however. Album opener It’s Raining Clouds grows from a laidback hip hop beat into drum and bass over the course of nearly six minutes, while crunchy
guitar samples make the drug addiction themed The Daily Routine one of his darkest and most interesting tracks. Unfortunately the rest of the album, while well produced and arranged, is far less memorable. The Music Scene is another solid release from Blockhead, but not likely to excite many outside his fan base.
ALASDAIR DUNCAN 3 / 5
JOSHUA HAYES 3/5
Tritorial
After a chance meeting discussing production techniques online, Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed formed Tritonal in early 2008 and since then, this dynamic pairing have exploded onto the trance scene with devastating effect. It is no coincidence then that Tritonal is also a bomb explosive more powerful than TNT, serving as an apt metaphor for the shockwaves these two boys from Texas have generated across the globe. “I think it’s got to be the beef!” Cisneros chuckles of Triton’s success, “I really don’t know”. With the joking aside, the energetic duo have released an amazing 75 productions in 19 months, all signed with major labels which include Armin Van Buuren’s Armada, Ferry Corsten’s Flashover and Above & Beyond’s Ajunabeats. “It’s been a rollercoaster man, we look up to these guys so much. As I was growing up, I used to listen to their records over and over and they’ve all been such an influence as to what we’re trying to do here so to be able to work with them and have a good relationship with them, it’s truly an honour!” Although Tritonal has a combined age of a mere 50 years, they have spent 23 of those years fine tuning their sound which now receives regular airtime on numerous radio shows including Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance which reaches an estimated 6 million listeners. Cisneros explains his reasoning behind their runaway success, “Well, and this is a little controversial but you really have to produce a lot of records and I think that early on in our career that it has served us well.” Whilst Europe has continually excelled in developing cutting edge trance producers, the US has seen only a handful go onto the world stage, Cisneros contemplates the challenges; “For most of the guys it’s hip hop, top 40, it’s very commercial kind of stuff and you know, because there’s not a lot of people listening to trance, there’s not a lot of kids trying to produce it, there’s a whole lot more rap and hip hop, there’s a lot more kids trying to get in the studio and make rhymes and make hip hop beats because that’s what’s on the radio and that’s where’s the money at and so it’s just a culture thing you know, that’s it!” Dance music has seen a welcome resurgence across the States in the past year with producers such as David Guetta using popular local artists such as Akon and Kelly Rowland to bridge the chasm between the saturated mainstream market and dance music as a whole and this couldn’t suit Tritonal any better, “Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, those are all names that most people in the US are starting to know so maybe there’s a trend that’s starting to switch but, I think that serves us well because the US is a wealthy place and there are definitely nice venues to play so gig wise there’s money to be made so you know, because we’re from the US and we’re trying to do trance on a global level so maybe it’s good that we can kind of be the first guys that are coming out that will put the US on the map.”
BOXING DAY SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER 2009
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To put forward an accurate assessment of this event, it would be best put simply: Break and Friction smashed it. As fitting as that description is, there are several factors bearing on this judgement worthy of mention… The night kicked off at an earlier time of 9pm with local DJs Concept playing back-toback with N1 followed by Traction and Illusive at 10. Both pairs played well mixed sets with a variety of high energy tracks, a perfect interlude as punters slowly trickled into Metros. Come 11pm, the late addition (sadly replacing several talented local DJs that would have had their debut on a big rig) long standing Metalheadz resident and BBC Radio presenter DJ Bailey stepped up to a very warm welcome. His track selection delved shamefully toward the cheesier end of the spectrum which, for an artist who has solidified his roots in quality drum and bass culture, was quite a letdown. Nonetheless, the crowd kept dancing and the party went on, his set simply lacked much anticipated oomph. Without having any prior knowledge of the artist’s musical genius, Break made it clear as soon as he approached the decks that he is a DJ who does not mess around. Opening with Calyx - Get Myself Into You doubled with a tease of Noisia’s Block Control VIP then he slammed straight into the explosive funk-crunk of Concussion, also by Noisia. Dropping tracks released on his own label, Symmetry Recordings, Break exceeded the crowd’s expectations with tightly mixed track after track of deep drum and bass magic. Evil Twin, the primary release on Symmetry proved immensely popular, feet were kept shimmying and limbs bumping on the dance floor for an impressive two hours solid. MC Lowqui paced the stage to and fro, offering little needed agitation to a crowd who were partying in frenzied like form. Technical issues plagued the first half of Friction’s set which may have leaded to the lack of flow from the man, luckily the troublesome turntable was replaced and he carried on in true professional form smashing up three decks with tracks like If We Ever by
Friction (Pic: Angela King)
High Contrast and Remember by Xample. Friction showcased his mixing skills with the quick draw drop of Ed Rush & Optical track Chub Rub while SP:MC wound up the front row with lyrical style. In a little seen move, DJ Bailey provided the follow up to Friction’s set, playing for the second time in the night. It would have been hard to break the elated vibes at this point, and it was truly appreciated that the typical Metro City 4am forced exodus did not prevail this night. Bailey kept the lower floor crowd going till the sun dangerously lingered on the horizon around 5am. Although time-slot wise, it appeared Friction was headlining this event, and as much as he did mix a smooth cranking set, one could not help but feel convinced Break stole the show with precision precision, style and all out aural goodnes goodness. ANGELA KING Hittin’ the town since 1985
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Yon Von Yovi are back in the new improved Bar Open booth to throw down some serious anklebreaking beats, whilst Bachelor Of The Year, AKA the new kid on the block Mr Bad Weather, will be giving the hordes his usual hard hitting party bumpers. The ultimate expansion pack includes the futuristic Time Travel Agent, JS and D-Lo. Doors open at 9pm.
VILLA DESTINATION? 6TH BIRTHDAY To celebrate six years in the ‘biz, Destination? is throwing a massive party at Villa, with superstar Rico Tubbs heading up the action. Always at the cutting edge of music, this club night has played host to many of the movers and shakers in underground dance ensuring Perth club goers experience the latest in beats from around Australia and the SHAPE (UPSTAIRS) NYMFO globe. The club night has gone Amsterdam’s Nymfo has spent the on to spawn one of the finest past 12 years headlining drum ‘n’ dance music labels ensuring that bass shows around Europe and new music is never too far away. the world, and is widely regarded Spinning in support will be A-Jam as one of the most talented up (Melb), Signal Drivers, Philly Blunt, and coming deejays in the scene, Grantley Hyde, James Francis, a tag confirmed with his being Suric and Ghassan. Tickets $25 awarded the Best Dutch Drum plus booking fee from Moshtix and Bass DJ in 2004 and 2007. As and www.moshtix.com.au well as being the mastermind and organiser of one of the number RISE THE WHITE PARTY Rise #1 events in the Netherlands, Red transforms into a brilliant white Zone, which attracts some of the celestial palace for a night of scene’s biggest names, Nymfo’s uplifting anthemic trance for production out put has been of the White Party 2009: music to incredibly high quality, with his make your spirit soar, played productions picked up by major in a welcoming white haven. labels like Andy C’s RAM Records, Featuring trance classics from the Renegade Recordings, Critical past ten years, including legends Recordings, Frequency Recordings such as Tiesto, PvD, Ferry Corsten, and Shogun Limited. He’s not Armin, Above & Beyond, Picotto, from The Netherlands, but Perth’s Agnelli & Nelson and more, as DJ’d Shock One is every bit the same by Simon Barwood (PDMA Best pro as Nymfo. From his origins in Trance DJ 2008), Travis, GeRmAn, a band with Rob & Gareth from Scott Nelson and Steven Tranzor. Pendulum, through to his recent Door sales only (9.45pm - 6am). assault on drum ‘n’ bass dance Rise members $5 before 11pm; floors worldwide, ShockOne’s just $10 thereafter; non-members Ù FRIDAY 27/11 put two European tours to rest, $10 before 11pm; $15 thereafter. BAR OPEN DORCIA After grabbing and has a full length album in the Or dress all in white (that’s head a little more then 15 minutes of works. Catch Nymfo, ShockOne, to toe!) for free entry prior to fame in the international spot Phetsta, Access, Linesaw, Deflo midnight. light recently, with appearances and MCs Bear and Rtillery at a in Sydney Herald and on Sunrise, very special edition of The Cube Ambar - Someone Say Dubstep? thanks to their ‘no metrosexual tonight. $10 before 11pm; $15 The Final Rinse – Tes La Rok/ attire’ door policy, local dance thereafter. Paradox/ Kito/ Dust/ Rekab night Dorcia is hitting back harder Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ than ever, with another Friday Jamie night of pure party mayhem. Triple Bar 138 – Lokal - Balkanika J mix tape masters Scott D and
Eve - DJ Tony Allen Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Devilles – Little Franco Berry Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – Thursday Feel Up - Pivot/ Dave Miller/ Oak & Ivy/ Hans-Nikke Nielsen/ DJ Ben Taaffe/ DJ Sarah Delfante Flying Scotsman (Main Room) - Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – Open Decks Sessions Foundry- DJ Travis B Leopold Hotel- DJ James/ DJ Jack Llama Bar – Run Rabbit Run Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda Mustang Bar – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – Culture Clash – DJ Shannon Fox Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford Paddy Hannans - Dr Bogus Players Bar – Neon Lights - DJ Samuel Spencer The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Tropical Funk Merchants – Zone 3/ DJ Flex / Ben Mac - Zone 1 / Don Migi / Dj Nano /DJ Surge The Cott – Crème of the Cott – DJ DTuck The Eastern - DJ Midfield The Queens – Weekend Warm-Up - Ben Elliot/ Andy Tighe The Shed – DJ Andyy Universal Bar- DJ Crisp
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–Progress Inn/Dev!ance/Marko La Kucha/Kid Deep/El Dario/Oliver B Black Bettys- Trubble Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – Shuggie Disco – Shuggie DJ’s Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Devilles Pad – Little Franco Berry/ Herman the German Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ Adam Kelly/ DJ Cee/Josh Devlin MC Webbz/ MC Pugz/ MC JK/ MC Rtilary/ Danjawun Eurobar- Crazy Sexy Cool - DJ Roger Smart/ Riki Eve – DJ Migi/Skooby/Crazy Craig Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) - The Beat Suite – Micah/ Sharif Galal Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) - IL CAPS/ Modularman/ Dan Tha Man/ Blackjack/ Jimmy James Foundry – Crave Funk Club – DJ Charlie Bucket Geisha – Sauce - Darren J/Richard Lee/Suric SA/ Sean M/ Deviance/ Scottie K Harry’s Bar - DJ Double L / Benny T / Luca Castelli Hyde Park - DJ Zoom Inglewood Hotel – DJ Simone Llama Bar - DJ Morris/Kava Library – DJ Meezy/ DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Lakers Tavern - DJ Adrian Merrina Tavern – DJ Terry Metropolis Fremantle – Christian Luke Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny Mustang- DJ James MacArthur/ Swing DJ Niche - DJ Jonni Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Phil Onyx Bar – Slick/ Adroc
Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Morgan / Jordan Priory Lodge - DJ Sticky Ricky Queens Tav – DJ Rueben QV.1 – Perth’s Biggest Office Party – The Potbelleez/ Charlie Bucket/ Paul Malone/ Suger Blue Burlesque Railway Hotel - Climate Camp fundraiser - DJ Shannon Fox/ Cutter Republic – Clark/ Dave Miller/ Naik/ DJ Ben Taaffe/ Petro Vouris Rocket Room - DJ Jessica Kill/ MC Tomas Ford Rubix –DJ Pascal Sail And Anchor – Balcony Beats T-Mac/ Alex Rogers Shape (Downstairs) – Free Yourself - Jamie Jones/ Gukas & Loochy/ Aarin F Vs Nina Van Dyke/ Rob Sharp Sound Suite Recording Studios – Fizz/KevT/SA Spec/ Bassbin DJ’s South St Ale House – DJ Jay The Boat – Dr Bogus The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – Spanish Fly – DJ Nano/ DJ Surge – Zone 5 The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Esplanade - Phrase The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Stamford Arms - Dj Anaru The Velvet Lounge – Deuce - Kimba Dawhitelion/ Brash & Sassy/ 6000 red The Vic – Tip Top Sound DJ’s Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Joby / Alex K Toucan Club – DJ Armee Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray
Ù SATURDAY 28/11 METRO CITY MC’S BEACH PARTY The weather’s gotten hotter and the nights at Metro City have too, with news that tonight the club will be transformed into a tropical paradise for the biggest
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beach party Perth has ever seen! Dress up for your chance to win some mad prizes – anything from a bikini, to a Hawaiian shirt is fair game! DJs Angry Buda, Kenny L, Matty S and Slick play your favourite Top 40 tunes, and a few beachside faves, all night! Doors open 9pm - to avoid the line, get down early. RISE MELINKI The Valve DJ competition is one of the biggest in the UK, and DJ Melinki recently took out first place, as judged by Dillinja, Lemon D and Bailey, and witnessed by over 1,000 people on the Valve soundsystem. After this,Melinki was asked by DJ Bailey to feature on his BBC radio show, which is the biggest drum ‘n’ bass radio show in England, and Baily has also requested Melinki’s help on tour. Catch this much sought after DJ when he plays Rise, Northbridge tonight. Support from residents Greg Packer & MC Xsessiv, Rousa, Simon Barwood and Steven Tranzor. Door sales only from 9.45pm. Rise members $5 before 11pm, $10 thereafter. Non-members $10 before 11pm, $15 thereafter. SHAPE TICK TOCK DJ COMPETITION HEAT #1 Are you Perth’s next prince or princess of party? Fancy yourself a don or duchess behind the decks? Well, good news, folks: Shape’s popular dance weekly Tick Tock is holding a DJ competition for budding DJs. So long as you don’t have a club residency anywhere, throw your best 30 minute mix of electro, indie, disco, Baltimore, house or ‘whatever makes the kids lose their shit’ to ticktock shapebar.com.au before Tuesday, Novedmber 24, for your chance to be Tick Tock’s next DJ superstar!The first round of heats kicks off tonight. $5 Before 11pm, $10 thereafter. For more info, email ticktock@shapebar. com.au or hit up the news section of www.shapebar.com.au(.) Ambar – Japan 4 – Devo/ Prizzy/ Wish/ Philly/ Oli Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open (Downstairs) – Soul Project Bar Open (Upstairs) – Frisk Finale! – TankTop/Mind Electric /Rob Sharp/ Chiari/ Andreas Sadler/ Carl Drake/Cam Duff
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Bar Republic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sexy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saved By The Bell Party Basement On Broadway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Nick Alexander Captiol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Death Disco â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Death Disco DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capitol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Classics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Clint Club Bay View â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shake & Pop - DJ Zelimir Connections â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Michy T / JJ / Brian Devilles Pad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Disco Diavolo Jumpin Josh Double Lucky - Paul Raf /Alex K/ Angus Dusk Lounge â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New Generation: Sub Lo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Skinny/ Rowdy/ Fusion/ Illusiv/ Skeem/ Soptix/ Decept/ Tommy Dub/ Snub/ Ekko/ Wiggz/ MC Pugz/ Bear/ Rtillary/ Losd/ Moon Dogg Eurobar - Roger Smart / DJ Ray Rush Eve â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Kenny L/Richie G/Riki Flying Scotsman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Flying High - Gemma Pike/ Jack Midalia/ Dave Owen/ Angie Boyce/ Ryan Sandilands High Wycombe â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Matt Inglewood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Leigh Library - DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo/ DJ James Smith/ DJ Zeke/ DJ L Street Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Leederville- DJ Loco Ren Llama Bar- VJ Zoo/ DJ Tony Lopez/ DJ Reuben Metropolis Fremantle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lady Penelope Mustang â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Mint â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pop Life - Darren Briais Mojoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Majorminor Festival Gemma Pike/ Traianos/ Andrew Sinclaire/ Tamya Desouza-Mealy/ Paul Kaminski Niche â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Norma Jeans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Dwayne Old Bailey Tavern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dr Bogus Paramount â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Meezy / Jordan / Reuben Queens Tav â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Andy Tighe Railway Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Charlie Bucket Rocket Room â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Brett Rowe Rosemount Hotel - The Anonymous/ Mathas/ Able/ Soma/ Digger Rockwell/ Charlie Bucket Rise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Melinki/ Greg Packer/ MC
Xsessiv/ Rousa/ Simon Barwood/ Steven Tranzor Rubix â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Pascal Sapphire Bar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Filthy Gorgeous â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sketchism/Jackness/Nathan Francis/DeeJay Vee Sail And Anchor â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Ad Lustre/ Nago Shape - Habitat Locals Attack Olivier C/ Martin Clayton/ Michael Whitlock/ Darren J/ La Gooch Vs Richard Lee Shape (Downstairs) - Tick Tock DJ Competition - Bad Weather/ Kit Pop/ MUV/ LarterStyles/ Time Travel Agents/ Troy Mutton/ Dead Money/ DJ Jewels South St Ale House â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Jay Tiger Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Charlie Bucket/ Adam Kelly The Brighton - Philly Blunt/ Creek/ eSQue/ Kill Dyl/ Mad Dogs The Deen - DJ Birdie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zone 2 / DJ Tony Allen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zone 3 / DJ JJ - Zone 5 The Eastern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dr Bogus The Shed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Glenn 20 Toucan Club â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Samuel Spencer/ Mr President Windsor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Ray / Jinx
Ă&#x2122; SUNDAY 29/11 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL SUNDAE The latest night from Cut & Paste, Sundae, has been going down a treat at the Rosie in the past couple of weeks. Head down this arvo from 5pm to catch the last Perth show of Maxy Bills, together with the Snow Bros and Assembly Line. Coopers drink specials all night, with a $20 long neck and burger deal to get your mouth watering! Market stalls a-plenty, too. Entry is free. Captain Stirling â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Jay Clancys - Rancho Relaxo / DJ Gear Claremont Showgrounds Stereosonic Festival - The Bloody Beetroots/ Deadmau5/ Axwell/ Fedde Le Grand/ John Dahlbäck/ The Crookers/ Laurent Garnier/ Dragonette + More Double Lucky â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Charlie Bucket Eve â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Birdie/MC Jex Flying Scotsman (downstairs) Nathan J/ Dan Tha Man/ Nisbit Geisha â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Transition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Damir/ Zelmir/ Frankie Button/ Nic Nac Hip E Club - DJ E-Funk Hydey â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Club Seal - DJ Luke Dux/ DJ Jay Marriott Inglewood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Shifty
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Mash â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Ricky Mullaloo Beach Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Kenny Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Worth The Cott â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Miami Beats The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Andyy The Wembley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Deckeclectic Pow!/ Dead Easy/ Nago/ Kapitol P
Ă&#x2122; MONDAY 30/11 Eastern Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Adam Morris The Deen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Birdie/ DJ Roger The Paddo - DJ John Paul
Ă&#x2122; TUESDAY 01/12 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Double Lucky - Substance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Paul Malone/ DJ JMC Eastern Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jon Edwards High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J High Wycombe - DJ Ricky The Cott - Essential Tuesdays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ DJ Damian John The Paddo - DJ DPad
Ă&#x2122; WEDNESDAY 02/12 Basement On Broadway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ KB Broken Hill Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oasis - DJ Armee (Downsyde)/ Refresh/ Shaker/Cut-Nice/Jeremy C Captain Stirling â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Ricky Connections - DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Joby / JJ / Rueben Double Lucky - Natural Selection Dusk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Blackbelt/ Aswon Eve â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DĂŠjĂ Vu â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Smashproof/ DJ Don Migi/ Skooby/ Stilez Ali/ Flava Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Unique â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Charlie Buckets/ Dan Tha Man Gold â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Slick/ Adroc Oak & Ivy â&#x20AC;&#x201C;PCJ/Son Of The Father Mint - Open House Party â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Matt/ DJ Adrian Mustang â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Giles Newport Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Tony Allen Niche - DJ Frankie Button Rosemount â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Shannon Fox The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zone 1 The Eastern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Jinx The Queens â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wriggle on - DJ Gareth / Pranjal
Ă&#x2122; THIS WEEK Jamie Jones Friday, November 27 @ Shape Rico Tubbs Friday, November 27 @ Villa Someone Say Dubstep? The Final Rinse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tes La Rok/ Paradox/ Kito/ Dust/ Rekab Friday, November 27 @ Ambar The White Party feat Travis/ GeRmAn/ Scott Nelson/ Steven Tranzor Friday, November 27 @ Rise Christian Luke Friday, November 27 @ Metro Freo Perthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Biggest Office Party â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Potbellez/ Charlie Bucket/ Paul Malone/ Suger Blue Burlesque Friday, November 27 @ QV.1 & Bar One Melinki Saturday, November 28 @ Rise Stereosonic Festival feat. The Bloody Beetroots/ Deadmau5/ Axwell/ Fedde Le Grand/ John Dahlbäck/ The Crookers/ Laurent Garnier/ Dragonette + More. Sunday, November 29 @ Claremont Showgrounds
Ă&#x2122; UPCOMING Fresh Produce â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Darcy/ Dead Easy/ Important Notice/ Victor/ ELKTRNX Friday, December 4 @ Ambar Pharoahe Monch Friday, December 4 @ Villa
Perth Dance Music Awards Sunday, November 6 @ Rosemount Danny T/ Wongo Friday, December 11 @ Ambar
Pete Tong Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ Villa
Reboot Friday, December 11 @ Ambar
Summadayze Festival - Carl Cox/ 2 Many DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/ The Presets/ Roger Sanchez/ Danny Tenaglia/ Sharam (Deep Dish)/ Infected Mushroom/ LCD Soundsystem/ Josh Wink/ Eddie Halliwell/ Danny Howells/ Ian Carey Project and more. Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ Supreme Court Gardens
Ministry of Sound 2010 Annual Friday, December 11 @ Capitol NEW
Nick Skitz Skitzmix 33 Lanuch Friday, December 11 @ Rise Two Fresh Saturday, December 12 @ Ambar NEW
Nathan Fake/ Reboot Saturday, December 18 @ Ambar NEW
This is... Hardstyle! - DJ Issac/ Headhunterz Friday, December 18 @ Rise NEW
Appleblim Friday, December 18 @ Shape Skool of Thought/ Nick Thayer Friday, December 18 @ Villa NEW
Aly & Fila Saturday, December 19 @ Rise Seriously Sound System Sunday, December 20 @ Hyde Park NEW
Wild Summer - DJ Gemstar/ MC Lady Lauryn Wednesday, December 23 @ Rise
Pacha â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sarah Main Friday, December 4 @ Capitol Tritonal/Scott Attrill/ Vinylgroover Friday, December 4 @ Rise
Pendulum Saturday, December 26 @ Metro City
KillaQueenz Friday, December 4 @ The Rosemount; December 5 @ Mojoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; December 6 @ Indi Bar
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Club Calypso â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Felix Da Housecat/ JMC/ Rueben Friday, January 1 @ Salt On The Beach Planet 01 feat. Sied Van Riel/Joop/ Trent Mc Dermott + more Friday, January 1 @ Metro City
Breakfest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Napt/Miles Dyson/Mickey Slim/Elite Force/The Nextmen/Rennie Pilgrem & MC Chickaboo/Superstyle Deluxe/Lady Waks/Funkoars/ Streetlife DJs plus more. Saturday, December 26 @ Belvoir Ampitheathre
Teknik/Rregula Friday, December 4 @ Shape
Here After Sunday, January 3 @ Bar Open Southbound Festival â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Midnight Juggernauts/Major Lzrs/ Urthboy/DJ Yoda/Hilltop Hoods and more. Friday, January 8-Sunday January 10 @ Sir Stuart Bovell Park, Busselton NEW
DJ Yoda Friday, January 22 @ Villa NEW
DJ Grandmaster Flash Friday, January 22 @ Capitol Raggamuffin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wyclef Jean/ Shaggy/ Julian Marley/ Blue King Brown/ Sly & Robbie/ Steel Pulse/ Sean Kingston/ House Of Shem Monday, January 25 @ ME Bank Stadium Big Day Out - Groove Armada/ Ladyhawke/ Dizzee Rascal/ Peaches/ Kasabian/ Midnight Juggernauts/ Calvin Harris/ Girl Talk and more. Sunday, January 31 @ Claremont Showgrounds TiĂŤsto Wednesday, February 10; Thursday, February 11; Friday, February 12 @ Metro City
Good Vibrations - The Killers/ Basement Jaxx/ Armand Van Helden/ Gossip/ Busta Rhymes/ Salt N Pepa/ Friendly Fires/ Kid Cudi/ Gym Class Heroes/ Plump DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/ Art Vs Science/ Naughty By Nature/ Sam Obernik NEW Global Sound System Live â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tydi/ and more. Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ Claremont Audrey Gallagher Showgrounds Saturday, December 26 @ Rise
Shape 2nd Birthday feat Shazam/ Bad Weather Kit Pop and more. Saturday, December 5 @ Shape
Origin NYE - Method Man, Redman/ Bliss N Esso/ Roots Manuva/ Dilated Peoples/ Ugly Duckling/ Cassius/ Bag Raiders and more Thursday, December 31 @ Blue Steel Oval
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PARTY AT MINT’S HOUSE
SECRET GARDEN Situated next to the newly renovated Leederville Hotel, The Garden offers a laid back summer orientated vibe. With indoor and outdoor areas full of comfy seats and a great selection of local and imported beers behind the bar, The Garden is the perfect place to cool off this summer. The Garden’s kitchen is open for lunch and dinner, with no bookings required, so next time you’re looking for a feed or an ice-cold pint, give The Garden a go.
Open House Party Mint Nightclub Wednesday, November 18, 2009-11-25 Mint nightclub’s fresh-as-toothpaste new night, Open House Party, kicked off on Wednesday. The hipsters gathered to hear DJ Matt and Adrian playing laid-back, house party type tunes – the stuff you’d play with your mates at home, but with the benefit of sounding great on a club soundsystem. Head down every Wednesday from 8pm ‘til late.
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AMOS MUSES
TARDY SLIPS
TORI AMOS / Ray Mann
stole the show. Occasionally husky, whispered and drenched in echo, she captivated the audience as they sat silently throughout. Although somewhat out of the public eye in Regardless of her ostentatious persona, Amos recent years, it was obvious Tori Amos still has a didn’t treat the evening like it was a stuffy legion of devoted followers as the faithful piled and serious classical recital with no crowd into the Exhibition Centre for the penultimate interaction. In fact, quite the opposite, as she concert of her fifth Australia tour. To the causal gave overly-theatrical head turns to smile at the fan, she’s probably still associated with Cornflake fans on numerous occasions. Showmanship was high as she Girl, though the flame-haired singer-songwriter’s appeal was obviously streamlined after she fell clutched her heart, strangled herself and used a free hand to vaguely act out the odd off the commercial radar. Ray Mann of Sydney neo-soul group lyric. With a second keyboard situated directly Ray Mann Three seemed an unusual choice for behind her for ambience and effects, the live support. Even when varying the mood from his experience was enhanced as she darted back self-confessed saddest song I Just Ain’t Getting and forth, teetering on her stool between the Through What God’s Given Me to his happiest two to dedicate one hand per instrument. Smile, the barefooted solo artist still seemed to Eventually, as she launched into Beekeeper, roadies removed part of the stage to attach a recall the laidback style of Jack Johnson. Clad in a flamboyant white outfit, Hammond organ with yet another keyboard complete with cape and matching high heels, sitting above it. After Leather and Girl, two retro Tori Amos gave an eccentric bow, similar to that of a yoga pose, which almost brought her to the tracks from her 1991 debut, Amos suffered a brief slip-up during Snow Cherries From foetal position. Unlike the last Australian tour, Tori has done away with her backing band and sat alone at the grand piano in silence before opening with the dramatic Lady In Blue, the closing track from her latest album. After rewinding back to 1994 for Pretty Good Year and 1996 with Blood Roses, she finally spoke, describing Perth as a ‘magical place at the end of the earth’. Naturally, Amos’ enormous vocal range Pe r t h Co nve nt i o n E x h i b i t i o n Ce nt re Saturday, November 21, 2009
France, substituting the words ‘fuck-fuckfuck’ when stumbling the lyrics. Although the blunder was barely noticeable, her barrage of swearing reminded us she is indeed an alternative artist. After all, she did once cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit. However, it was missing from the setlist this evening and even the classic Cornflake Girl wasn’t accounted for, though was reportedly performed earlier in the tour. Despite this, she still had ten albums to work with and the mood was not lost. Incredibly charismatic, Amos seemed in her element without a band behind her and the nakedness of the songs resonated well with the acoustics of the Exhibition Centre. Judging from the screams of ‘I love you Tori’ from both male and female fans between ballads, it seems the revered Tori Amos has become a genuine music icon to many. With her robust back catalogue, captivating voice and intimate setting, they just might be on to something. _ROBERT PENNEY
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OBITUARY / Chaos Divine / Grotesque Amplifier Bar Sunday, November 22, 2009 The moment had finally come. The dual guitar assault of guitarist Trevor Peres and Ralph Santolla from pioneering Florida death metallers Obituary started dim in the background, exploding in the first few chords of Redneck Stomp from 2005’s Frozen In Time with drummer Donald Tardy’s crisp attack just warming up when... boom. The whole thing came to a grinding halt. Peres had blown his stack and the sound crew absolutely flipped out. Taking a big whiff of his yeasty beverage, the stringsman faced the ravenous crowd with a salute and a few words to keep them at bay; ‘apparently we had a really shitty rental company we rented from and, whoever they are, they can suck my cock’. Amen to that. Luckily the Perth round of supports did not fall to this same fate... This Sunday evening soiree started off in the most arse-kicking of fashions with the mighty Grotesque. Let’s just say that new vocalist Dan Coombs has well and truly found his feet with this well-respected outfit. Making the stage his own and bringing a new, formidable, presence to older picks from 2007’s The Museum Of Human Disease it was damn fine to see these lads enter a new era, one that will no doubt that them to new heights. Fresh from nabbing the Best Band crown at the recent Australian Metal Awards, our very own poster boys Chaos Divine took to the stage with an air of frivolity about them. Pulling out all stops and clearly stoked they were playing alongside these death metal titans, they let their hair down a bit and just enjoyed the moment - grins upon their faces as they went. The mood suited them well with guitarist Ryan Felton brazenly showing off, coupled with Ben Mazzarol’s skin precision making this set seem effortless. So it seems that something sinister befalls Florida quintet Obituary every time they head to our shores in the technical department. If you can cast your minds, and ears, back to their Australian stint in 2007 when this crew came to slaughter our feeble senses, bass issues plagued their set to no end at the Capitol show. With one of the guitar amps going AWOL this time around, maybe a certain curse has attached itself to this legendary band whenever they set foot in
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ALL SHALL PARRISH
Pathogen (photo by Denis Radacic)
PATHOGEN CD LAUNCH
Obituary (photo by Denis Radacic)
our State. Even Santolla’s lead guitar licks were barely audible at key solo moments, which was wholeheartedly disappointing. But that initial bumble, and the subsequent uncomfortable nearcrashes between every song here-after, did not stop these men from sucking it up and putting on the best show they could - considering the circumstances. Punters were more than grateful to just bask in the shadow of the Tardy brothers and company, with a brutal kind of bloodlust brewing as fans screamed their support at them while the band conferred to try and keep the music coming amidst the terrors of the curse. And headbang they did, in the only way you can to classic Obituary tracks like Cause Of Death, Back In Style and Chopped In Half - slow, deliberate and still as heavy now as they were when they first came to us with their debut in 1989. While the rest of the band left the stage for a quick smoke and bourbon before the encore, drummer Tardy treated us to an amazing solo - easily on the highlights of the eve based purely on its power of delivery - with the whole gang getting on stage for Slowly We Rot. The curse cannot last forever and, fingers-crossed, next time Perth can finally witness Obituary at their blistering best. _ JESSICA WILLOUGHBY
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Amplifier Friday November 20, 2009 Youngsters Atvena’s Wake have just announced that they will be no longer making music together, which would explain why their set tonight seemed lacklustre. Granted, they did have to contend with a half empty (or half full, depending on your outlook at life) room, but they seemed very lethargic with their approach to tonight’s set. Enforce brought a thrashier sound to the show, and despite having horrible guitar tones, managed to pick things up a notch or two. With a triple-threat vocal attack, Enforce were able to build more intensity, and their more traditional and less new-school approach to metal was received well by the crowd. It’s been some time since Fool The World have played shows, not having been on the stage for over 12 months. In fact, many were unaware that Fool The World still even existed as a band. After tonight’s set, it’s clear that Fool The World still have what it takes to push the limits. Tonight was by no means Fool The World’s tightest set, but after such a lengthy absence, it hinted at great things to come if the band were to choose to once again pursue things. The one main difference with this second birthing of Fool The World was their new drummer. He was an absolute demon, and he alone ensured people would be walking away and talking once again about Fool The World. Pathogen are a band with a fairly
extensive history. They have had more members than you could poke a stick at over the years, but one thing has always remained constant – Aidan Barton. Essentially, Barton is Pathogen, and every time he has found himself down a member or two, he recruits able musicians to help continue the Pathogen legacy. Traditionally, Pathogen have always been a by-the-numbers melodic death metal band, but they have done it extremely well. Whilst being at the top of that market, Pathogen have always consisted of five dudes with long hair who windmill and shred. Yes, this is metal, but following this ever-tiresome formula to gain instant metal credibility does little to allow the band to grow beyond its confines. Enter Pathogen in its latest form. Fronted by James Parrish, who comes from a hardcore background, Pathogen finally find themselves with a unique identity. Parrish, despite not having long hair or a cheesy ‘I’m going to pretend I’m a scary serial killer’ metal persona, owned the stage, and commanded all attention, which is essentially what a good metal frontman should do. Parrish’s inclusion allows Pathogen to break away from being a metal band who tick all of the safety boxes, and to enter a world open to much greater possibilities. Along with the inclusion of Malignant Monster’s Jarrod Curley, Aaron Rixen (ex Diablo) and Miles Away’s Chris Unsworth, Pathogen’s current lineup features
it’s most diverse range of members to date, but delivered one of their best sounds. With Barton and Curley leading the way with guitars, their sound was immaculate. As Parrish bounced out onto stage, it was clear that a new era of Pathogen was being witnessed by fans old and new. With 60 per cent of Pathogen still sporting traditional metal hair-dos, watching the windmilling combined with Parrish’s new presence allowed Pathogen to absolutely dominate the stage, visually and sonically. The band played new material, as well as older songs, with Identity Theft proving to be a crowd favourite. At one point, former vocalist Mike Lenane even came onstage for a cameo of sorts, belting out Shallow with his former bandmate Barton. With Parrish’s return for the final song, he stepped up the intensity and jumped onto the shoulders of those dedicated fans at the front, and he delivered a performance that Pathogen fans of old would not be used to. Throughout the set, Barton alluded to the fact that Pathogen’s future was still very much up in the air, but after tonight’s sheer dominance, for Pathogen not to continue pushing on with their new lease on metal life would be an absolute waste. Fuck the sceptics… new Pathogen ruled, and that’s all that matters. _GEORGE GREEN
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Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving
TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LONDON
On Friday, November 27, the Rocket Room hosts Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving and Eleventh He Reaches London in their final 2009 show. With a successful split release and WAMi Song Of The Year win for TTOL, and smashing new album and lots of touring for Eleventh, the show ends a very busy year. Joining the two bands will be Orogeny and The Silent World. Head to myspace. com/ttol to download some free tunes.
SET TO GO
CITY PLANNING
Emerald City
On the back of winning their Destiny Bridge band showcase (which will see Emerald City travel to Adelaide next year to fight it out in the Australian final) the band will be playing at The Civic on Saturday, November 28, with new drummer Frank Licastro and a bunch of new tunes. Special guests on the night include The Forgotten, Era, and Fools Of April. Entry is $10 from 8pm.
LOVE BUZZ
Blazin’ Entrails, Bloody Hollys, and Bible Bashers support Canada’s Buzz Deluxe for a night of rockabilly, psychobilly, and many other kinds of ’billy at the Hydey tonight, Thursday, November 26. Entry is $12 from 8pm.
The Honey Set play a farewell show at Tiger After cramming 12 shows into a two-week east Tiger Café from 7.30pm Friday, November 27. coast tour, the Justin Walshe Folk Machine are geared up for two home-town hoedowns to wind Entry is free. up their official single launch tour. Catch them as an intimate harmony-laden trio at Clancy’s (Freo) FULLY AMPED Tonight, Thursday, November 26, the Rosemount tonight, Thursday, November 26, with Mitch Becker; will host the Amped ’09 album launch and and then at The Perth Blues Club (Charles Hotel) on TAFE Music Students Awards. Heading up the Tuesday, December 1, in full band mode. Welcome entertainment will be Rocket Lawn Chair, Mordecai, back, Folk Machinists. Sean Brown & The Redlights, 3Against1, Jukebox Zombies, and Milknurse, who kick things off from CLEAR SIGNALS 7pm. Travis Caudle is back from touring the States, and Awards will be given to the best will perform songs from his Signals solo album at students of the year (both in the classroom and a few shows this week. Catch him at Peel Alehouse, the industry), and the Amped compilation features Halls Head on Friday, November 27; Margaret 12 student tracks produced by Matt de la Hunty River’s Colonial Brewery for an afternoon show and produced by Laurie Sinagra. on Saturday, November 28; and then at Bunbury’s Parade Hotel.
BIG FISHER
Tom Fisher And The Layabouts return to the stage after two years on Friday, November 27, at Clancy’s (Freo) where they will be joined by songstress Billie Rogers from 8.30pm. With Fisher back from Melbourne, the band will be recording and releasing new material soon.
NEWPORT OF CALL
Coronal Sky, Montage Of Jesus, and Desertship play a free show at the Newport from 6pm Sunday, November 29.
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LEFT FIELD
Atmospheric soundscape guitarist Field Of Sound (AKA Dainel Marano), will perform several shows in the coming weeks. First off, catch him improvising a soundtrack to a Super 8 film at the Astor Theatre from 7pm tonight, Thursday, November 26, for Cottonmouth’s Amnesty edition. The projector fires up at 8pm, doors open at 7pm and entry is $8 with a free ’zine. Jon Michell will also perform, as well as poets and spoken word artists. On Wednesday, December 9,Field Of Sound hits Spectrum Project Space with Chris Cobilis and Craig McElhinney for Kodachrome 8.
BOWLED OVER
The Ghost Hotel hit The Sportsman @ ECU Bowls Club (Stancliffe St, Mt Lawley) for an afternoon of bands, bowls and beers on Sunday, November 29. $15 entry includes entertainment from the Ghosties, Sea Of Tunes, and Luke Dux, plus a free beer and all the lawn bowls you could want. Doors open 2pm, Ghost Hotel on at 6.30pm sharp. See www.myspace.com/theghosthotel for more info.
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
KEN DONE
Dr Ken, guitarist for Dilip N The Davs, will be returning to the States soon, but you can catch his last performance with the band when they hit Mojo’s on Wednesday, December 2. Bon Voyage, Dr Ken!
CLEAR AS FOLK
Field Of Sound
Blac Blocs
BLOCS PARTY
Blac Blocs, Bat Country, Mezzanine, and DJs Cutter Vs Shannon Fox take over the Railway Hotel on Friday, November 27, to raise money for Climate Camp 2009, which will take place in Collie from December 17-21 and ‘consists of people from a variety of ages and political leanings… who want real action on climate change’. More info can be found at climatecampwa.wordpress.com. Entry to the gig is $5 from 8pm.
The Siren Tower took out the Stagebound competition on the weekend, earning them a coveted spot on the Southbound 2010 lineup. Congratulations chaps! The Siren Tower’s debut double-A-side The Bridgehouse / Letter From CREATURES FEATURE The Edge Of The Earth is available for download 6s And 7s, The Autumn Isles, and Tracey Read team from www.myspace.com/thesirentower and Triple up for a jaunt at Little Creatures Loft on Friday, J’s Unearthed site. November 27.
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AMPLIFIER
Friday, November 27, the naughty lads from Perth’s favourite grindcore thrash band The Mighty Scrape will launch their new album Papsmear Campaign, with support from Claim The Throne, Gallows For Grace, and Nexus. Doors open 8pm. Saturday, November 28, The Scare are heading to Amplifier to promote their second album, Oozevoodoo. They will be joined by Sydney’s Jack Ladder and locals Young Revelry from 8pm.
INDI BAR
Chainsaw Hookers
MOJO’S BAR
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
The next instalment in the Bloodstock mini-fest series takes place at the Hydey on Friday, November 27. This time featuring Chainsaw Hookers, The Devil Rides Out, Project Mayhem, The Floors, Black Buzzard, The Order Of The Black Werewolf, The Creepers, and The Scalphunters (playing their debut); Bloodstock kicks off at 8pm, and the first 30 punters get a free Bloodstock stubby holder.
THE ’KILLERS
The Paink illers and Stereoflower support Kim Salmon And Band at the Nor folk Basement on Saturday, November 28.
The Painkillers
SUITE, MATE
On Saturday, November 28, Miche Suite will host Roots From Broome To Freo – featuring Cumulo, Miche Suite, Big Big Sky (Matt Cal), and A Beggar’s Second – who will sporting their musical talents at the Swan Basement from 7pm. Entry is $10.
Cumulo
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It’s a familiar start to the weekend with Bex’s Open Mic, tonight, Thursday, November 26. Vdelli are back from their German tour and will be ready to rock Friday, November 27. Up-and-coming rockers Stillfire will hit the stage Saturday, November 28. Fools Rush In are doing a special acoustic set for their video launch, with support from James Teague Duo and Jacob Diamond on Sunday, November 15. Jaimi Faulkner will be taking care of the mid-week crowds, Wednesday, December 2.
Tonight, Thursday, November 26, catch Matt Gresham, Eva McGowan, Rose Parker. Entry is $10 from 8pm. Friday, November 27, catch The Scare, Jack Ladder, Blackmilk. Entry is $15 on the door from 8pm. Presales available thru www.heatseeker.com.au. Saturday, November 28, is the Majorminor Festival featuring Pond, French Rockets, Injured Ninja, Jimmy Stewart, Chatesy LaRouge, Carbuncle,Turn,The Silents, Simone And Girlfunkle, Pex And Craig McElhinney. Gemma Pike, Traianos, Andrew Sinclaire, and Tanya Desouza-Mealy. Entry is $12 from 1pm-1am. On Sunday, November 29, Mojo’s has a private function from 10.30am-3.30pm (for all enquiries about making Mojos exclusively yours for you and your friends just call Andrew Ryan on 0408 934 256); but from 6-10pm catch Love Of Diagrams, Umpire, smRts, and Golden Stap. Entry to this show is $20 from 6pm. Presales at $16 (plus booking fee) through Moshtix. Monday, November 30, is Wide Open Mic with Justin Walshe - 0408 755 233.These nights kick off at 8pm with about four acts each hour ’til midnight. Entry is free.Tuesday, December 1, Nugget, Hand Stands For Ants, Blackjack, and Savvy perform from 8pm. Entry is $5. Wednesday, December 2, Fremantle Blues And Roots Club hosts Ken Williford, Nick Charles, and The Davs. Entry is $10 / $5 for members from 8pm.
MAJORMINOR FESTIVAL PLAYING TIMES
French Rockets 12.10am Injured Ninja 11.05 Pond 10 Jimmy Stewart 8.45 Chatesy LaRouge 7.50 The Silents 6.45 Turn 5.40 Carbuncle 4.35 Rabbit island 3.30 Predrag Delibasich 2.25 Craig MacElhinney 1.20pm DJs Tanya De Souza-Meally 7-9pm Traianos 5-7 Gemma Pike 3-5 Andrew Sinclair 1-3 pm
JB O’REILLY’S
Tonight, Thursday, November 26, bring along your spare change and support JB’s Movember fundraiser night with live music by Shane Corry at 8pm. All mo bros are welcome - $1 off every mo bro pint of Guinness sold goes to the Movember charity. The Healys perform from 8pm Friday, November 27. Saturday, November 28, get ready to bop your socks off with Brown Sugar. Sunday, November 29’s Original Night boasts Amanda Merzdan, White Ryen, and The John Read Band.
THE HYDEY FRONT BAR & BACKROOM
Tonight, Thursday, November 26, the Front Bar presents Canadian rockabilly outfit Buzz Deluxe with supports Bible Bashers, Blazin’ Entrails, and The Bloody Hollies. Doors 8pm and entry is $12. Friday, November 27, is a huge night in the Front Room with Boodstock 2 featuring The Devil Rides Out, Chainsaw Hookers, Project Mayhem, The Floors,The Order Of The Black Werewolf,The Creepers, and Scalphunter. Doors 8pm and entry is $15. Friday, November 27, the Backroom hosts the Majestic Star CD Launch with Injured Ninja, Shock!Horror!, and Turnin from 8pm. Entry is $10. Saturday, November 28,The Lungs play the Front Bar along with Surprise Sex Attack, Raw Nerve, and The Proliteriate from 8pm. Saturday, November 28, the Backroom presents the heavy metal sounds of US band The Acacia Strain with supports Anime Fire, Into The Sea, and Pathogen. Doors 8pm and entry is $30. This Sunday, November 29, catch Hollywood Graves, Mercy Mercy And The Success Of Saturn, and The Love Junkies in the Front Bar from 6pm. Entry is $7.
ROCKET ROOM
Friday, November 27, it’s Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving at Rocket Room, armed with Eleventh He Reaches London, Oregeny, and Silent World in support. Late Night Live features The Artillery and The Decline with DJ Jessica Kill and MC Tomas Ford with live original music ’til 3am. Saturday, November 28,, Mercurial launch their new single Ghosts, with support from Blackwater Station, Eunuch Schools, and Pecking Order. After midnight it’s Rocket Fuel as usual with Kickstart and DJ Brett Rowe keeping the party going ’til 4am.
ROSEMOUNT HOTEL
Tonight, Thursday, November 26, it’s the annual TAFE Music crew’s end of year wrap and CD launch, this year featuring Milknurse, Jukebox Zombies, 3 Against 1, Sean Brown And The Red Lights, Mordecai, and Rocket Lawn Chairs. Doors open 7pm and entry is free. Friday, November 27, local hip hop act Emcee Red launch their brand new EP with special guests Bentman and Sipn, Porsah Laine, Freekstyles, Delta Force, and Daniel Ray. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $10 at the door. Saturday, November 28, catch The Anonymous, Mathas, Able, Soma, Digger Rockwell, and Charlie Bucket. Doors open 8pm, entry is $15 or $10 for the formally-dressed. Sunday, November 29, it’s the Rosemount’s Acoustic Open Mic night hosted by Turin Robinson - head on down and have a bash or just play some free pool. Action from 4pm and it’s free. In the Garden Bar, the new Sundae session continues – free entry. Tuesday, December 1, it’s the Rosemount’s weekly Quiz Night - see www.quizmeisters. com.au for more info. Wednesday, December 2, catch Torkeo, Still Water Claims, Cameo Thieves, and South Of The City. Doors open 8pm and entry is $7. In the beer garden catch DJ Shannon Fox for the Rosemount’s Student Night. Check out www.rosemounthotel.com.au for more Rosie info.
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DIESEL Memory Motel
Diesel, dates to the right In the spirit of showbiz, great rock stars often have great names to accompany them and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dieselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; definitely conjures up images of big things. Like most showbiz monikers, however, Mark Lizotteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t responsible for his. So, for those who came in late, how did it come about? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remnants of the band I was in,â&#x20AC;? laughs Lizotte of his early Perth days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bass playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was John Dalzell. Someone made a joke about his growing family, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Look at Johnny Diesel and his little injectorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The person running the venue we were playing the day I heard this, rang and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We want to put an ad in the paperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. I gave her that name. It was just a joke. As the weeks went on, the ad never changed. People always call me Johnny, which is weird, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my name.â&#x20AC;? Mark â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Johnny Dieselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lizotte is now touring in support of a new album, Project Blues â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturday Suffering Fools. Will his father and brothers who worked on this album, be part of the tour? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a few shows,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing the whole tour. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got their own lives. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just do music, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to expect them to drop everything.â&#x20AC;? Lizotte rose to fame as Johnny Diesel, when he and his band toured with Jimmy Barnes on the Freight Train Heart tour. Angels drummer and Lizotteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager, Brent Eccles, was doing session work for Barnes at the time, and quickly introduced the pair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jimmy, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a guitar player sleeping on my couch. Do you mind me
bringing him into the studio?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Jimmy said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yeah, whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. I went in and did 20 minutes playing some song I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, jamming. It was pretty intense. A couple of nights later, Brent said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a show at the London Hotel, Balmainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Jimmy sent Jane to check us out. The next gig was at this middle harbour skiff club. Only 20 people, but it was Midnight Oil, INXS, Brent Eccles etc. Jimmy was there and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Join my bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave my bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Do the supportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if there was already a band booked and they got ousted. It all happened so quick.â&#x20AC;? Major success followed, culminating in two consecutive number one albums, Hepfidelity and The Lobbyist in 1993 and 1994. Lizotte won â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Best Male Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Best Albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at the ARIAs. Yet, despite a good relationship with the labels, he says being signed isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t everything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard of bands getting signed and three years later, they still havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a record or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made it and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sitting on the shelf. It was cheaper not to put it out. In America, if a band was successful, labels would find bands similar. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sign them so they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compete. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sign things literally to keep them off the radar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sounds evil, but it happens. If labels arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t signing many now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but bands today are more self-sufficient. Get the music together. The rest doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter in the bigger picture.â&#x20AC;? _ HEIDI LEIGH AXTON
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November 26 Hyde Park Hotel November 27 Devilles Pad
THE SCARE
November 26 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury November 27 Mojoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s November 28 Amplifier Bar
DIESEL
November 26 Albieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, Busselton November 27 Charles Hotel November 28 Ravenswood Hotel November 29 Bridgetown Hotel, Bridgetown
JIMMY STEWART
November 28 Burlesque Lounge November 29 Mojoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
STEREOSONIC (The Bloody Beetroots, Deadmau5, Axwell, Fedde Le Grand, John Dahlbäck, The Crookers, Laurent Garnier, Dragonette and More) November 29 Claremont Showgrounds
NICK LOWE / RY COODER
December 1 Perth Convention Centre, Riverside Theatre
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November 27 QV1
KIM SALMON
November 28 Norfolk Hotel
PAUL DEMPSEY
November 28 Fremantle Arts Centre
THE BASICS
November 28 Fly By Night
SOUNDS IN THE VALLEY (Mark Seymore, Wendy Matthews, Daryl Braithwaite and Chris Murphy)
November 28 Elmarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In The Valley
THE ACACIA STRAIN November 28 Hyde Park Hotel November 29 YMCA HQ
December 2 Indi Bar
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JARVIS COCKER December 8 HEAVY TRASH December 7 ROYAL CROWN REVUE December 8 RISE & FALL December 9-10 BODYJAR December 10-12 FLEETWOOD MAC December 11-12 KARNIVOOL / JERRICO / COERCE December 11-12 THUNDAMENTALS December 11-12 DEEZ NUTS December 11-13 DREAM THEATER December 12 PATRICK WOLF December 12 SHORT STACK December 13 THE FLAG SISTERS December 15-30 JOHN PAUL YOUNG AND THE ALLSTAR BAND January 14-17 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE December 17 THE CHURCH December 17-18 PARKWAY DRIVE / BREAK EVEN December 17-20 LAMB OF GOD / DEVILDRIVER / SHADOWS FALL December 18 PENUDLUM December 26 BREAKFEST (Napt, Miles, Dyson, Mickey Slim, Elite Force, The Nextmen, Rennie Pilgrem, MC Chickaboo, Superstyle, Deluxe, Lady Waks, Funkoars, Streetlife DJs and more) December 26 ORIGIN (Method Man, Redman and More) December 31 SUGAR ARMY December 31 GYROSCOPE / THE MESS HALL December 31 FUNK CLUB COUNTDOWN (Marva Whitney, Nicodemus, Dexter, Gentlemen of Leisure (NFA Vs Manchild Vs Charlie Bucket), Funk Club House Band, Funk Club House Band ) December 1 SEBASTIAN INGROSSO / DIRTY SOUTH January 1 CLUB CALYPSO (Felix Da Housecat,) January 1 SUMMADAYZE (Carl Cox,
2 Many DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Sharam, Infected Mushroom, LCD Soundsystem) January 3 CAT POWER January 6 MICACHU AND THE SHAPES January 8 GRIZZLY BEAR January 8 SOUTHBOUND (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Moby, Hilltop Hoods, Wolfmother, Jamie T and more) January 8-10 THE HANDSOME FAMILY January 10 CHIMAIRA January 13 JOHN BUTLER TRIO January 16 SUMMERSOUNDS, ESPERANCE (Diesel, End of Fashion, Chris Murphy and the Holy Rollers, Courtney Murphy and Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lore, Harlequin League, Nathan Gaunt and band and Howie Morgan and Band) January 16 MAYER HAWTHORNE January 15 NEKO CASE January 17 THEM CROOKED VULTURES January 19 ASH GRUNWALD January 22-24 EVERY TIME I DIE January 23-24 CAMERA OBSCURA January 25 RAGAMUFFIN (Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Julian Marley, Sly + Robbie and more) January 25 THE TEN TENORS anuary 27-30 POLAR BEAR CLUB / BREAKEVEN / THE GIFTHORSE January 27-28 AUSTRALIAN ROCK SYMPHONY January 30 THE HORRORS January 30 BIG DAY OUT (Muse, Powderfinger, Lily Allen, Eskimo Joe, Groove Armada, Ladyhawke, The Mars Volta, Dizzee Rascal, Karnivool, Peaches, The Temper Trap, Kasbian, Midnight Juggernauts) January 31 PEACHES February 1 ACE FREHLEY February 1
LANEWAY FESTIVAL (Echo And The Bunnymen, Florence And The Machine, Black Lips, The XXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Daniel Johnston, Sarah Blasko, N.A.S.A, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Hockey and more) February 6 CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS February 6 BEACH BOYS / DARYL BRAITHWAITE / BRIAN CADD February 7 BREAKESTRA February 6 SHARON SHANNON February 7 MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO February 8 MARIANNE FAITHFUL February 9 PORTICO QUARTET February 10 DIRTY THREE February 11 JAMIE LIDELL February 12 GRANT HART February 12 AMADOU AND MARIAM February 13-14 JOSH EARL February 15 DIE ROTEN PUNKTE February 16 BRITISH SEA POWER February 17 PIVOT February 18 THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART / BACHELORETTE February 19 YO LA TENGO February 20 THE PANICS / WASO February 20 MISTA SAVONA February 21 DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE February 22-23 ROBERT FORSTER February 24 DAN SULTAN February 25 CALEXICO February 26 HEALTH February 27 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE February 28 GUY SEBASTIAN February 12 GRANT HART February 12 GOOD VIBRATIONS (The Killers, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Busta Rhymes, Friendly Fires, Salt N Pepa, Z Trip, Kid Cudi, Naughty By Nature,
Gym Class Heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and more) February 14 ROB THOMAS / VANESSA AMOROSI February 21 DIANA KRALL February 23-24 NANNUP MUSIC FESTIVAL February 26-March 1 FAT FREDDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DROP F ebruary 27 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL (The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand, Empire Of The Sun, David Guetta, Booka Shade, Erick Morilla, Sven Vath, John Digweed) Febuary 28 SOUNDWAVE (Faith No More, My Chemical Romance, Janeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Addiction and More) March 1 CLUTCH March 2 AC/DC / WOLFMOTHER March 6-7 PAVEMENT March 8 SPINNERETTE March 9 DINOSAUR JR March 12 WILD OATS MUSIC FESTIVAL (Grinspoon, Jebediah, The Novocaines, The Trigger Jackets, The Sneaky Weasle Gang and more) March 13 STATUS QUO March 17 COBRA STARSHIP / OWL CITY March 21 BETWEEN THE BURRIED AND ME March 24 CHRIS SMITHER March 24 THE WHITLAMS March 26 PIXIES March 27-28 WEST COAST BLUES â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ROOTS (Crowded House, John Butler Trio, buddy Guy, Jeff Beck and more) THE DEAD WEATHER March 29 BRAND NEW March 31 LADY GAGA April 2 DECAPITATED / PSYCROPTIC / ORIGIN / MISERY INDEX April 6 KELLY CLARKSON April 22 ELVIS MEETS BUDDY April 23-24 GROOVINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; THE MOO May 15
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Thur 26 nov Buzz Deluxe (Canada) + The Bible Bashers + Blazinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Entrails + The Bloody Hollies $12 Fri 27 nov BLoodstock 2 : The Devil Rides Out + Chainsaw Hookers + Project Mayhem + The Floors + Order of The Black Werewolf + The Creepers + Scalphunter $15 Sat 28 nov The Lungs + Surprise Sex Attack + Raw Nerve + The Proliteriate Sun 29 nov Hollywood Graves + Mercy Mercy & The Success of Saturn + The Love Junkies $7 Thurs 3 DEC Club Seal featuring DJ Laith Tyranny (Fear Of Comedy/ Bible Bashers)& DJ Tony Pola (The Fags/Beasts Of Bourbon/ The Surrealists)With special performance by The Trevallys + More $5 Fri 4 DEC 2 Stager : Stereoflower, Mile End, Like Junk, Cat Black, Mystic Eyes, Velvetines, Frozen Ocean + more $12 Sat 5 DEC Grim Fandango, Kill Whitey (VIC), Emperors, So Night Owl $10 Sun 6 DEC Self Made Guru + Priority 1 + The Crossbars + guests $8
Fri 27 nov My Majestic Star CD Launch + Injured Ninja + Shock!Horror! + Turn 8PM $10 SAT 28 nov The Acacia Strain + Anime Fire + Into The Sea + Pathogen 8PM $30 fri 4 DEC Confession + Make Them Suffer + Arturo Chaos + Ides Of March + Here We Ghost $12 SAT 5 DEC James Teague + Div Craft + SonPsilo Circus + The Joe Kings $10
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Charles Hotel
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THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER
THE COMEDY LOUNGE
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FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER
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Simone And Girlfunkle, Saturday at Mojo’s
THURSDAY 26.11 ASTOR THEATRE Field Of Sound Jon Michell BAR ORIENT Simon’s Open Mic BENNY’S Howie Morgan COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Crème CASTLE Pan CLANCY’S (Freo) Mitch Becker Ben Romalis The Justin Walshe Folk Machine CRAIGIE TAVERN Aaron Woolley ELEPHANT AND WHEELBARROW Gun Shy Romeos ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Grace Woodroofe FENIANS Pearce Ward FOUNDRY SideFX FLY BY NIGHT Janek Gwizdala Project HYDEY (Front Bar) Buzz Deluxe The Bible Bashers Blazin’ Entrails The Bloody Hollies IMPACT BAR Threeplay INDI BAR Bex Open Mic JB O’REILLY’S Pete Hawkes KULCHA Freeform LEEDERVILLE HOTEL One Island East LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MARKET CITY TAVERN Miranda Frame Orinocco Aah Bats Halcyon MOJO’S Matt Gresham Eva McGowan Rose Parker Phoebe Corke MOONDYNE JOES Paul Daly And The Heavy Hitters MUSTANG Wikid NORFOLK BASEMENT Chatesy La Rouge The Fags Jimmy Stewart OXFORD HOTEL Mia And Friends PUBLICAN BAR Brendon Gaspari ROSEMOUNT Rocket Lawn Chair Mordecai Sean Brown And The Redlights 3 Against 1 Jukebox Zombies Milknurse ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Better Days ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Bill Chidzley SETTLER’S TAVERN Paul Greene
South Of The City, Wednesday at The Rosemount
SPICE LOUNGE (Burswood) Courtney Murphy THE DEEN Tijuana Cartel THE SHED Whispering Jack Show Living Large THE WANNEROO Keith McDonald UNIVERSAL Aquarela VELVET LOUNGE Minute 36 Sam Carmody Mark Who?
FRIDAY 27.11 AMPLIFIER The Mighty Scrape CD Launch Claim The Throne Gallows For Grace BALMORAL James Wilson BAR ORIENT One Island East BENNYS Faces BLACK BETTY’S Smokin Section CAPTAIN STIRLING Oak Tree Way CASTLE Rare Shadows Enkounter Seraphym Reaper’s Riddle CLANCY’S (Fremantle) Tom Fisher And The Layabouts COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Kirsty Keogh’s Open Mic Night CRAIGIE TAVERN Undercover Acoustic DEVILLE’S Rocket To Memphis Buzz Deluxe DUSK Redstar EAST END Stratosfunk ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Graham Wood Trio James Flynn Adrian Kelly Quartet Amanda Dee ESS BAR Blue Hornet EVE Huge EURO BAR Parker Ave FENIANS The Clan FLY BY NIGHT Northern Soul FOUNDRY Crave GOSNELLS HOTEL West Of Centre GREENWOOD HOTEL Riddum Shak HYDEY (Front Room) The Devil Rides Out Chainsaw Hookers Project Mayhem The Floors The Order Of The Black Werewolf The Creepers Scalphunter
HYDEY (Back Room) My Majestic Star CD Launch Injured Ninja Shock!Horror! Turn IMPACT BAR Freeform INDI BAR Vdelli INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Evergreen JB O’REILLY’S The Healey’s KALGROOLIE HOTEL Nathan Gaunt And The Sunset Riders KULCHA Sleepwalking Through the Mekong LEFT BANK Bumpy Johnson LITTLE CREATURES LOFT 6s And 7s The Autumn Isles Tracey Read LLAMA BAR One Island East MOJO’S The Scare Jack Ladder Blackmilk MOONDYNE JOE’S Dave Gillam Trio MOON AND SIXPENSE Mortherfunk MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Fuse MOUNT HENERY TAVERN Full Circle MUSTANG Adam Hall And The Velvet Playboys Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Felix NORFOLK BASEMENT Felicity Groom And The Black Black Smoke The Split Seconds Jimmy Stewart OLD BAILEY TAVEN Peace, Love And All That Stuff PADDO Gun Shy Romeos PADDY HANNAN’S Proof PADDY MAGUIRES 43 Cambridge PARADE HOTEL (Bunbury) Mitch Becker Ben Romalis PARAMOUNT Flyte PLAYERS BAR Kickstart PUBLICAN BAR Alfredo QV1 The Potbelleez Paul Malone Charlie Bucket Sugar Blue Burlesque RAILWAY HOTEL Blac Blocs Bat Country Mezzanine
Young Revelry, Saturday at Amplifier
RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Greg Scott ROCKET ROOM Eleventh He Reaches London Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving Oregeny Silent World The Artillery The Decline ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Freo) Arrival ROSEMOUNT Emcee Red CD Launch Bentman And Sipn Porsah Laine Freekstyles Delta Force Daniel Ray SAIL & ANCHOR Easy Tigers SETTLER’S TAVERN Tijuana Cartel SOUTH STREET ALE HOUSE Whispering Jack Show Living Large SWAN BASEMENT Trigger Jackets Mullholland Siren Hey Hey Revolution Luke Kordy SWINGING PIG Mr Brightside THE BURRENDAH Keith McDonald THE DEEN Clayton Bolger Slim Jim And The Phatts THE GATE Mike Nayar THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Zenburger Unplugged UNIVERSAL Soul Corp UWA Dom Zurzolo WATERFORD TARVEN Bogan Bingo WOODVALE TAVERN Cherry
CLANCY’S (Freo) Matt Gresham The Joe Kings CIVIC HOTEL Flash Lads And The Doxies CIVIC HOTEL (Backroom) Emerald City Era Fools Of April COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Groove Karaoke DAVILAK TAVERN Jook Joint Band ELIZABETHAN HOTEL Dave Crosby ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Timeout ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Annie Neil Jade Crompton ESS BAR Gun Shy Romeos FENIANS Shanks Pony FLOREAT TAVERN Matt Gresham Damien Thornber And The Orphans FITZGERALD’S (Bunbury) Spritzer FLY BY NIGHT The Basics FOUNDRY Easy Tigers GREENWOOD HOTEL Wedding Crashers HIGH WYCOMBE King Karaoke HYDEY (Front room) The Lungs Surprise Sex Attack Raw Nerve The Proliteriate HYDE PARK (Back Room) The Acacia Strain Anime Fire Into The Sea Pathogen IMPACT BAR Freeform INDI BAR Stillfire INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY SATURDAY 28.11 James Wilson AMPLIFIER JB O’REILLY’S The Scare Brown Sugar Jack Ladder KALGROOLIE HOTEL Young Revelry The Potbelleez BALMORAL KULCHA The Other Guys Greek Blues BAR 120 MASH BREWERY Flyte Lips McConague BAR ORIENT MASH BREWREY Better Days (Bunbury) BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Nicholas Harter Chris Murphy METRO’S (Freo) BENNYS Lady Penelope Housequake MOJO’S BLACK BETTY’S French Rockets Red Star Injured Ninja BURLESQUE Pond LOUNGE Jimmy Stewart Love Of Diagrams CD Chatesy LaRouge Launch Carbuncle Astral Traval Turn Wind Waker The Silents Frozen Ocean Rabbit Island Erasers Pex And Craig CASTLE McElhinney Parietal MOON AND Your Chariot Awaits SIXPENCE Counterfeit God Bar Code
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Chainsaw Hookers, Friday at The Hydey Frontbar MOONDYNE JOES Murder Mouse Blues MT HENRY In The Groove MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Timewarp MUSTANG Rusty Pinto Combo The Damien Cripps Band NORFOLK BASEMENT Kim Salmon The Painkillers Stereoflower NEWPORT Gravity PADDY MAGUIRES Play Things PADDY HANNANS Decoy PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PARAMOUNT Felix PLAYER’S BAR (Mandurah) 3 Corner Jack PUBLICAN BAR Jazz With Quench RAILWAY HOTEL Sneaky Weasel Gang CD Launch Timothy Nelson And The Infidels RAVENSWWOOD HOTEL Diesel ROCKET ROOM Mercurial CD Launch Blackwater Station Eunuch Schools The Pecking Order Kickstart ROSEMOUNT The Anonymous Mathas Able Soma Digger Rockwell ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Freo) Flavor ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene SAIL & ANCHOR Vdelli SETTLER’S TAVERN Tijuana Cartel A French Butler Called Smith SPICE LOUNGE Going Duo STAMFORD ARMS Blue Hornet SUBIACO HOTEL Off The Record SWAN BASEMENT Crisis Point SWAN LOUNGE Miche Suite Cumulo Big Big Sky A Beggers Second SWINGING PIG Zenburger THE BOAT Whispering Jack Show Living Larg THE CAPE WINE BAR (Dunsborough) Mitch Becker Ben Romalis THE DEEN Cherry THE GATE Karin Page Duo THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge
Eleventh He Reaches London, Friday at Rocket Room
THE WANNEROO Richard Roberts UNIVERSAL Soul Corp VIC PARK HOTEL Festivus UNIVERSAL U2Me Oak Tree Way Soul Corp
SUNDAY 29.11 BALLYS BAR Damien Cripps BALMORAL Karin Page (duo) BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Alex Lewinski BROKEN HILL Topkats BUSH SHACK BREWREY (Yallingup) Mitch Becker Ben Romalis CASTLE West End Riot Aztech Suns CLANCY’S Zydecats COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Tourist ECU BOWLS CLUB The Ghost Hotel Sea Of Tunes Luke Dux Petrosex ELIZABETHAN HOTEL Jimmy James ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Tiaryn Griggs Trio The Perth Jazz Orchestra FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Graham Wood Trio GOSNELLS HOTEL Chris Gibbs GREENWOOD HOTEL Chris Murphy HIGH ROAD HOTEL James Wilson HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL Keith McDonald HILTON PARK BOWLING CLUB Jane Germain And The Yahoos HYDEY (Front Bar) Hollywood Graves Mercy Mercy And The Success of Saturn The Love Junkies INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Retriofit INDI BAR Fools Rush In James Teague Duo Jacob Diamond JB O’REILLY’S Amanda Merzdan White Ryen The John Read Band KALAMUNDA HOTEL Benjamin Glynn KALGROOLIE HOTEL Nathan Gaunt And The Sunset Riders INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Retriofit LAKERS TAVERN Mike Nayar
MASH BREWERY Richard Lane MOJO’S Love Of Diagrams CD Launch Umpire Smrts Golden Staph MOON AND SIXPENCE OTT Munich Swing MUSTANG Peter Busher And The Lone Rangers NEWPORT Coronal Sky Montage Of Jesus Desertship NORTH PERTH STREET FESTIVAL Boom! Bap! Pow! King George The Novocaines Andrew Winton The Groovesmiths PEEL ALE HOUSE Christian Thompson PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic ROSEMOUNT Open Mic RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Kokomo Duo ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Dublin Rogues ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene ROTTNEST ISLAND HOTEL Matt Cal SALT ON THE BEACH Prita SETTLER’S TAVERN Tijuana Cartel SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Anthony Nieves SOVERIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic SWAN BASEMENT Modularman Milknurse Zombie Step Green Grenades SWINGING PIG 2 Tenors THE BOAT Shawne And Luc Lady Penelope THE BOULEVARD CENTRE Rob Binelli Mark Turton THE DEEN Grace Barbe THE GATE Jamie Powers THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED The Healy’s Renegade THE WANNEROO Chris Gibbs THE WEMBLEY Pow! Dead Easy Nago WOODVALE TAVERN Cherry Acoustic UNIVERSAL Retriofit YMCA The Acacia Strain Atvena’s Wake Make Them Suffer Born Into Suffering XWRAY CAFÉ Jimmy Stewart
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MONDAY 30.11 BAR ORIENT Christian Thompson ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Chamber Jam MOJO’S Open Mic MUSTANG High Rollin Rhythm Kings PADDO Rick Steele ROSEMOUNT Bada Bingo THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture
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27th NOV.
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke with guests The Split Seconds and Jimmy Stewart... Doors 8pm. BE EARLY.
28th NOV.
The legendary Kim Salmon with Band + The Painkillers & Stereoflower. Doors 8pm, pre sale tix available from venue.
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Issue 10. November ‘09
STEVE VAI
exclusive Volume interview with THE GUITAR GOD
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I Know I’m a Musician.
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When I Was Ready to Record, Shure Made it Simple. Recording your best beats, notes and lyrics is simple with the new Shure PG27 and PG42 condenser microphones. Built upon more than 80 years of engineering experience, both deliver legendary Shure performance at a moment’s notice. Just plug in and capture your sound whenever inspiration strikes. After all, faithfully recording your sound shouldn’t be a major production. The PG27 and PG42 are available with USB or XLR output.
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SAE INSTITUTE PERTH
BASS IN THE PLACE Perth kicked off the Billy Sheehan Bass Clinic tour presented by Yamaha Music Australia as the first of five intimate clinics around Australia. Staged at the exquisite Western Australian Academy Of Performing Arts (WAAPA), local Perth music dealers: Sound Centre, Kosmic Sound, Music Park and Concept Music played host to over 200 keen bassist and music-loving punters. The young and old watched on in awe as Billy ran up and down the neck of his signature Yamaha Attitude bass with over four decades of experience at his finger tips. The stimulated audience then enjoyed a very personable question and answer forum where Billy exposed his tips and tricks that have seen him transform into one of the best bass players on the planet. The audience was filled with smiles ear-to-ear which expressed a true indication of the success and enjoyment of the inspirational bass clinic. If Billy Sheehan is coming to a town near you, be sure to get down and check him out, you won’t be disappointed.
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Did you know that SAE Institute, the world’s largest entertainment technology institute with more than 30 years experience as the world leaders in audio, film, multimedia and 3D animation,are now an approved Higher Education provider with a degree campus right here in Perth? Over the years SAE has produced graduates who have gone on to win Oscars, Grammys, and ARIA, AFI and WAMi Awards to name just a few. Three out of four nominees for the 2009 WAMi Producer / Engineer Of The Year are SAE Perth graduates with the eventual winner for the fifth straight year being graduate Dave Parkin of Blackbird Studios. Students have the option of studying an accelerated two year, Fee Help approved Bachelor Of Audio Production or Bachelor Of Film Production at SAE Perth’s state-of-the-art facilities. The accelerated programs enable graduates to get into the industry faster starting their career one year earlier. SAE’s Bachelor Of Audio Production will arm students with the technical and creative aspects of the recording process, as well all aspects of audio production,
including studio recording, live sound techniques, mixing, mastering, MIDI and modern music creation, music business and studio acoustics. SAE’s Bachelor Of Film Production covers digital film making and productions. Students will learn concept development, screen writing, camera operation, production management, directing, editing and sounds design. As part of the degree, students develop skills as directors, producers and editors. If your dream career is obtaining a degree and producing music for an international act or working on a film set, it no longer needs to be a dream. SAE Institute is now taking enrollments for July 2009. For more information on SAE Institute contact: infoperth@sae.edu or visit www.sae. edu or freecall 1800 723 338.
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DIGITECH HARDWIRE EXTREME PERFORMANCE PEDALS
Having been a supporter of Digitech products for most of my playing career I was very excited to get the opportunity to test-drive the new Hardwire stompbox series. Known more for their advances in multi-fx pedals such as the RP and GNX series, as well as the Whammy pedal, Digitech made massive a leap forward in the stompbox arena with the release of their X Series pedals several years ago. Now, with the new Hardwire series, Digitech has released a line of pedals featuring rugged construction, a classic look and most importantly, true bypass. True bypass essentially means that when the pedal is not engaged, the signal path (the sound of your guitar getting to your amp) is not altered.
Any pedal that does not feature true bypass is affecting your guitar’s natural tone in some way. If you have ever noticed that the more pedals you hook up, the less level your guitar appears to have, then you will have heard the result of using pedals that do not have this often-overlooked feature.
HARDWIRE CM-2 HARDWIRE TUBE OVERDRIVE SC-2 VALVE Having experimented for years with different distortion pedals, amps and pre-amps I have DISTORTION pretty much come to the conclusion that an overdriven valve amp is pretty much the way to go, at least in a live setting. If any pedal is ever going to change my mind on that, it’s this one. I tried the CM-2 out going through a solid state amp on a simple clean setting and it sounded ballsy and authentic as soon as I engaged it. A little tweak of the level and highs and I had a warm, round tone reminiscent of Pete Townsend. I preferred this pedal on the ‘classic’ setting, but a quick switch across to the ‘modified’ setting produces a little more gain and bite, which a lot of players may prefer. The CM-2 seems to respond like an overdriven valve amp: if you back off, it backs off. If you go for it, the pedal is right there with you.
When engaging this pedal, the first tone that came to mind was a cranked Marshall JCM 800. The SC-2 occupies a higher frequency range than the more polite and smooth CM-2, as a result harder rockers will probably gravitate more to this model. Again, some minor tweaking of the highs and an authentic big rock sound can be achieved. Switching from the ‘crunch’ to the ‘saturated’ setting enabled more fluid sounds for lead breaks and a more modern rock tone. The SC-2 is a rock purist’s dream: plenty of gain without any nasty compression or signal reduction.
Each pedal also includes a glowin-the-dark attachable pedal sticker for poor light conditions, a ‘stomplock’ guard which covers the knobs so that you don’t accidentally kick them and alter your favourite settings (great idea), and a custom-shaped Velcro pad for attachment to most popular
pedal boards. So all in all, the Hardwire series is designed with the touring and regularly playing musician in mind. Having said all that, at the end of the day it still comes down to what the pedal in question does for your sound, so let’s have a look and a listen…
HARDWIRE RV-7 STEREO REVERB
HARDWIRE DL-8 DELAY / LOOPER
The RV-7 features seven classic reverb types: room, plate, reverse, modulated, gated, hall, and spring. This pedal required almost no tweaking to get a high-quality sound, the most impressive to my ears being the lush modulated setting and the oddball reverse setting. The stereo inputs and outputs allow multiple stereo effects to be hooked up in series which is also a big plus for this line of effects. Each reverb type can be adjusted for level, liveliness and decay, allowing you to create pretty much any reverb sound you have in mind. This one will make its way onto my pedal board in the near future…
All manner of delays are available in this one pedal: from 150 milliseconds to a whopping eight seconds, as well as reverse, modulated, analogue, slapback, lo fi, and tape settings, and of course the looping function. All the sounds on offer were easy to dial in, and the loop mode proved itself very easy and fun to use, allowing you to jam over your own chord progressions. That function in itself, as well as the eight second delay, also makes this pedal an excellent practice tool, allowing you to fine-tune licks and hear them back immediately after playing them to check for accuracy. In a live setting, the sky’s the limit with this pedal. I was able to get many unique sounds just by choosing a setting and adjusting the repeat and time levels on the fly. This is a serious delay unit with numerous musical applications.
The TL-2 Metal Distortion, CR-7 Stereo Chorus and HT-2 Chromatic Tuner round out the Hardwire family and from the short time I spent with this line of pedals I gained an immense respect for what has been achieved by Digitech. It is rare to find such high-quality sounds that require so little effort to manipulate and get a great sonic result from. The Hardwire Extreme Performance Pedal series means business. If you do too, check them out soon. _CHRIS GIBBS All products reviewed at Sound Centre Music Gallery, Morley
PROJECT MAYHEM
Firestarter Distribution
Exploding out of Perth with their debut album, local live favourites PROJECT MAYHEM have put together the complete recorded package. Humongous riffs; choruses once described as being “catchier than bird flu at a Taiwanese cockfight” (X-Press Magazine); and a solid, relentless groove that inspires even the most prudish of punters to jump up and dance. A charismatic unit—at once subversive, cheeky, fun, and poignant—tongue-in-cheek rock star heroics and pure, unbridled class. The boys next door you could bring home to mum. The culmination of five years' hard labour, PROJECT MAYHEM is diverse in scope yet distinctively consistent in nature. Influences abound, from stoner & southern rock, punk, blues, discorock, psychedelia; yet the band never lose sight of the pop hook. PROJECT MAYHEM is available nationally through Firestarter Distribution.
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HOME RECORDING Silence Is Golden
Over the last decade, home recording has grown into a major sector of the music industry, with massive leaps forward in the quality and availability of software, personal mixers, monitors and microphones. A decent computer with a reliable recording program and an audio input is all you need to make an album in your own lounge room. As this home recording revolution has expanded, the demand for instruments and amplification that deliver high quality sounds at low volumes has increased. In this Volume feature, we take a look at some of the recent products that will interest the home recording enthusiast.
AMPLIFICATION One of the biggest challenges a home recording (or rehearsal) faces is the limitations placed on volume by space or vicinity to neighbours. One big response to this for guitar players has been the emergence of high quality low wattage amplifiers which allow players to access professional tones without having to run stacks at full volume. Many boutique brands have emerged with suitable products, such as Egnater and Ulbrick, and there has also been a response from major brands such as Marshall and Vox. The Vox Night Train NT15H is a good example of this type of amplification. Featuring switchable output wattage (15 watts or 7.5 watts), 8 or 16 ohm speaker connections, and driven by two 12AX7 preamp tubes with two EL84 power tubes, the NT15H will not only deliver quality tone at lower volumes, but is compact enough to fit into any home situation. The compact nature of the amp is reinforced by the availability of its recommended speaker companion, the V112NT. This lightweight mini-cabinet features one Celestion Greenback 12” speaker and weighs in at less than 11 kilograms for effortless movement and transport.
HEADPHONES Of course, hand in hand with the challenges of recording and rehearsing at low volumes in the home environment comes the question of monitoring, and the chosen monitoring device can greatly affect the overall enjoyment of tones being created. Beyer Dynamic has an extensive selection of headphones to suit home recording enthusiasts at every l e ve l . Fro m t h e a f fo rd a b l e Trendline series, a selection of wired, wireless, DJ and mobile headphones, to the Premiumline series which specialises in reference headphones, including the classic DT770, DT880 and DT990 models (which have in many ways set the standard for the monitoring of recordings), Beyer Dynamic have provided a headphone monitoring solution to suit every budget.
Beyer Dynamic Premiumline Headphones
Vox Night Train NT15H
SOFTWARE While low-wattage amps satisfy guitarists and producers who are intent on driving a physical piece of equipment to get their recording tones, for the more technologically adventurous, or those bound by strict volume limitations, there have been major developments in modelling software. At the forefront has been Native Instruments, who are responsible for the very-popular Guitar Rig. Guitar Rig 4, NI’s latest version of the very popular modelling software, is the natural progression of the popular software that has become a staple of home recording players as well as world-famous guitar personalities. As well as keeping the easy-to-use-interface, which features moveable graphics of the amps and cabinets users choose to build their tone, and 250 preset sounds, Guitar Rig 4 has the added Control Room feature, which allows users to allocate virtual cabinet, microphone, and pre-amp combinations to get the very best from the chosen amp model. With the addition of Guitar Rig Kontrol, a foot controller that allows users to manipulate their modelling choices while doubling as an audio interface, Guitar Rig 4 has taken the availability of professional and renowned guitar tones to the next level for recording.
Guitar Rig 4 Reviewed at Sound Centre Music Gallery www.soundcentre.com.au
DRUMS One of the biggest obstacles to the home recording project is the recording of drums. The first issue is obviously sheer volume, and the second is a potential lack of multiple recording inputs to capture each individual drum and cymbal for greater versatility during mixing. Digital drums address both of these issues, and at the forefront of products available on the market is Yamaha. The Yamaha DTXtreme III digital drum kit is the latest in Yamaha’s popular digital drums series. Beginning by sampling their most popular acoustic kits, Yamaha then sampled the most popular cymbals from the major manufacturers as well as percussion instruments from all corners of the world to create 50 pre-programmed drum kits. A further fifty user kits can be creating, choosing from over 1,000 internal voices and via USB a further 1584 kits can be created. Via the module which sets to the left of the hi-hat stand, the kit can be recorded as individual channels or as a stereo mix, and a huge advantage here is the mixing faders included on the module to tweak the levels of each piece of the kit easily and instantly, with no need to access menus to make volume alterations. The module also includes a programmable metronome for practice or recording applications. The auxiliary input allows users to play along with an external source, again for practicing or recording applications. How ‘real’ the available patterns sound when recorded is ultimately subjective, but there is no question over the quality of the tones and a big point to note is the sensitivity of the drum pads, which react to the intensity of each stroke with accurately and delicately. This is most obvious when catching cymbals for accents, the decay and overtones of each cymbal after a hand catch is most impressive. Available in Standard and Special models, the Special featuring additional tom and cymbal pads, the Yamaha DTXtreme III digital drums series is the ultimate in home recording solutions for drums. As the availability and quality of musical and audio products designed with the home user in mind continue to increase, musicians will continue to experiment with home recording and rehearsal. So next time you see musical equipment being loaded into the neighbour’s house, but hear no ensuing sound, be aware that you may be in the vicinity during the creation of a future hit single or classic album. _CHRIS GIBBS
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DANIEL GLASS DRUM CLINIC
Don’t miss Royal Crown Revue’s Daniel Glass in his only Perth drum clinic from 7pm Monday, December 7, at The Geoff Gibbs Theatre at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts ECU Mount Lawley Campus, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley. Award-winning drummer and author Daniel Glass is the drive behind swing revivalists Royal Crown Revue, who combine 1940s sound and style with modern raw power. In addition to his 15 year stint with Royal Crown Revue, Daniel has toured and recorded with many top artists such as Bette Midler, Gene Simmons and Mike Ness (Social Distortion). Don’t miss your one and only chance to see Daniel up close and personal. Tickets are $10 through Billy Hyde Music, 345 Charles Street, North Perth. Call (08) 9228 2223 or visit www.danielglass.com.
GUITARWORKS GuitarWorks have been providing professional, progressive guitar tuition for years now with a great track record, producing some of Perth’s most talented young players like jazz guitarist Tim Jago (Mace Francis Orchestra / Tim Jago Trio) and blues / rock player Ben Witt (The Chemist) who is currently touring with Bob Evans. A number of younger students are also involved in performing arts festivals, school productions and band competitions throughout the year. GuitarWorks covers all styles of guitar playing from blues, rock, and metal to jazz and classical, along with contemporary songwriting courses. All tutors are professional musicians experienced in one-to-one tuition and ensemble lessons. Lessons are customised to each individual’s ability and include sight-reading, techniques, theory and a good dose of practical experience. Studios are spacious and fully equipped with the latest in guitar technology and resources. For the young beginner to the advancing guitarist GuitarWorks offers comprehensive tuition in a modern friendly enviroment. Contact GuitarWorks on 041 444 8907 or email guitarworks@iinet.net.au.
JOONDALUP MUSIC CENTRE SHORT FUSE SPEAKER Joondalup Music Centre is the music Mecca of the north. With all the latest REPAIRS and best brands available, a relaxed vibe, and experienced staff who live for
music, all you need to know can be found right at Joondalup Music Centre. Throughout December, they will be slashing prices for their massive Christmas sale and on Saturdays, Yamaha representative Alf Demasi will be there from 11am to 1pm on demonstrate the great range of Yamaha Keyboards and Pianos. Not only that, you have a chance to win your very own Yamaha PSRS 550B Keyboard Arranger with Joondalup Music’s Win The Band promotion . Just Email ‘I want to win’ to info@Joondalupmusic.com.au for details. Joondalup Music Centre can be found at 2/7 Winton Road, Joondalup. Visit www.joondalupmusic.com.au.
Short Fuse Speaker Repairs have been around for over 15 years, doing all repairs to PA, hi-fi and car audio. They are service repair agents for JBL (Hi Fi & Car Audio), B&W, Harmon Kardon, Infinity, Krix, and Richter. Love the sound those old speakers have given you for the last 20 years, don’t bin them, go and visit Short Fuse, who can rebuild them for you. Visit them at their workshop and see them in action pulling speakers apart to keep them going. Quotes are free of charge and there is also have a pickup service available. Short Fuse Speaker Repairs can be found at Unit 2/73 Holder Way, Malaga, just off Malaga Drive. Visit www.shortfuse.net. au or call (08) 9249 4179.
Sound Centre Music Gallery
SOUND CENTRE MUSIC GALLERY Operated by working musicians, Sound Centre Music Gallery, Morley, is the place where musicians go to get their gear. For expert music advice and a great deal Sound Centre is the one-stop music shop, housing all the big brands and music products ranging from picks to pianos. Regular music workshops and sales are offered and it also houses a music school with over 400 students. Free clubsoundcentre memberships are available in-store for a limited time, which get you extra goodies. Check out the deals at www. soundcentre.com.au.
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Phase 1 Audio provides production personnel and equipment to the entertainment and events industry. They have been instrumental in the technical production of shows in Western Australia ranging from small boardroom presentations and product launches through to large indoor and outdoor concerts and sporting events. They also cater to sales and installation of equipment. Phase 1 Audio has been established in Perth Western Australia since 1996. They have built the company focusing attention on service and detail. Staff and crew maintain this ethic, providing a dedicated, professional and personal approach to each event. They offer audio systems and full production management to Special Events, Sporting Fixtures, Festivals, Touring Acts, Broadcast, Product Launches, and Corporate Events. Call (08) 9240 8443 or visit www.phaseoneaudio.com.au.
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STEVE VAI
Born To Be Wild Virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai recently released Where The Wild Things Are, a live concert film, on DVD, Blu-Ray and CD. Volume spoke to the guitarist about the challenges of making a high-quality live product. There is big difference when watching Where The Wild Things Are compared to most other live DVDs. The 5.1 mix, the cinematography and the editing are of a standard not often seen in your average live concert release. Was it a conscious decision of yours to raise the bar? SV: Whether I was raising the bar or not isn’t really for me to say, it’s for the critics. But what I set out to do is the best I could. I know what it’s like to sit and watch a concert DVD and frankly, even with my favourite artists I just get bored watching sometimes. I had to do something that wasn’t boring. I just thought of what I could do with the budget I had, and started visualising and imagining the project. That’s the fun part, you have a blank canvas and you just start decorating it with ideas. Usually when I’m at that stage of the game it’s very fun because I don’t really put limitations up. I don’t put up with the budgetary restrictions. I let it run free, until I actually have to put it together and then I crunch numbers, you know? When you look at the DVD, there’s not a lot of production value in the sense of, you know, boxing rings coming out of the ceiling, spinning drum kits and all that stuff, but we did build a really funky, fun little drum kit! You’ve got x amount of time and you’ve gotta fill it with something that’s gonna keep people interested and captivated. I just started thinking of what I could do to ultimately create a very entertaining experience because that’s what I’m there for. Artists are there to create something entertaining for other people to enjoy. But I have some strikes against me. One, I’m an instrumental guitar player for the most part, so I have to play guitar and fill up most of that time. For a lot of people, after a while just like ‘yawn’ you know? Also,
I don’t really sing, I don’t really dance, I don’t do choreography, I don’t have a lot of things that go into captivating attention. But it’s always been my feeling that if the music is there and the visual relationship that you create between the audience and yourself as a sincere performer is there, you’ve got them. So when I put the show together, I thought ‘what is it that I would like to see that would keep me captivated?’ and one of them is that everybody loves to see people play their instrument brilliantly and beautifully. When you see a virtuoso crank it out, it’s fascinating. But I don’t want to beat people up with my musical intellect! That just becomes really selfish and internal. There’s some of that indulgent stuff, but I wanted musicians that would deliver the same quality of musical impact, so I was fortunate to have such a great band. Putting this show together, were there visual rehearsals as well as audio rehearsals? Yeah, to a degree. When we were in rehearsals, I would tell the violin players. ‘okay, when we go into this section and you guys join me, make sure that when you hit your first note, your foot is right there’. How many times does it happen where people start playing and then they come up to you. How retarded is it when somebody goes to play a solo and they’re not turned up in the mix and then all of a sudden they come up? That’s really amateur. So, that’s what we rehearsed and the sound man was included and I’d have to tell him ‘look, on this part here I don’t want to hear the first note of what they are doing any softer than the 50th note. When they hit this spot that’s it’. That’s the impact. You know, if you compare it to a Michael Jackson show,
Steve Vai
or a Prince show, it’s very simple, simple stuff. But you’d be surprised how difficult it is to get musicians to have their foot on that spot! It would get to the point where at the end of the tour, I’m like ‘look, I’ve mentioned it many times now, if you don’t do it, you’re gonna look like an idiot!’ That’s all you gotta tell them.
Yeah it is subtle, but it’s appropriate for my music and my band. It would look kinda silly for me to have the whole band doing real dance moves. Yeah, that wouldn’t work. No, that wouldn’t work!
_CHRIS GIBBS On that note then, there in fact is subtle choreography going on to make everything Where The Wild Things Are is out now on look as good as possible. DVD, Blu-Ray and CD through Riot.
HOW DO I GET THAT SOUND?
Guitarists all have their heroes. I know I do! My earliest memory of a rock star fantasy was playing a tennis nis racket to Ace Frehley’s solos on KISS’ Unmasked album. Years later it was Angus Young and Jimmy Page that drove me to put down the tennis racket, pick up an actual guitar and get some lessons. I was always fascinated with the array of tones that a guitar could create, and hungry to decipher those tones on my favourite recordings. How did Randy Rhoads make his guitar signal cut in and out on Ozzy Osbourne’s Tribute album? What makes Andy Summers’ clean tone swirl like that? What the hell is Steve Vai doing? Of course, this goes quite a way back, these days most of these answers can be found on the Internet, often in interviews (and even video) with the actual artists themselves. And hand in hand with the ever-increasing desire to emulate the guitar gods comes more and more signature products to assist aspiring guitarists in
Randall KH75 Reviewed at Sound Centre Music Gallery www.soundcentre.com.au www.xpressmag.com.au
their quest for that sound. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has been inspiring guitar players for nearly three decades. Now, with the help of ESP guitars, a company he has been associated with for most of that time, and Randall amplifiers, Kirk’s tone is within reach of players at several price points. So let’s have a look at an affordable solution. With no less than nine different Hammett models on offer from ESP, one of the most popular is the KH-202. Featuring the classic black look with skull and crossbones fret markers and reverse headstock typical of many of Kirk’s guitars, and a bolt-on neck to reduce the overall
cost, the KH-202 is one sleek-looking instrument. Two passive LH301 pickups featuring individual volume controls and a three-way switch drive the tones, and the guitar features a locking tremolo system for those metal dives and squeals. Couple that with a Randall KH75 solid state combo amp, featuring three channels (Kirk Clean, Kirk Rhythm, and Kirk Lead) on-board reverb and three-band eq with contour control and let’s see if we’re in the ball park… The clean sound is easy to dial in, and adding a touch of reverb while tweaking the eq a touch (rolling off some mids and adjusting the contour to personal taste), it’s pretty straight forward to emulate the intro to One or Fade To Black. Obviously a chorus pedal would help here but let’s keep it simple for now. On the guitar, most of Kirk’s tones are reachable on the bridge pickup, and even the clean sounds don’t break up too much in this position. Using the middle or neck positions will remedy any breaking up on clean parts for heavyhanded players. But let’s face it, most of Kirk’s sound is about gain, and that’s where this combination of guitar and amp really delivers. The Kirk Rhythm channel is chunky and robust, while still possessing that silky quality of Metallica’s classic rhythm sounds, and the Kirk lead channel provides that extra saturation and boost for heavier riffing and lead breaks. The KH-202 and the KH75 combine admirably, the sustain on big power chords prior to feedback is particularly impressive, with the tone retaining integrity for a long time before decaying. The KH-202’s fast neck allows fluid phrasing and the guitar contours aid access to the high frets. And for those wishing to hone their Hammett licks, the KH75 even includes an auxiliary input for playing along to your favourite Metallica tracks. In the simplest terms, running the guitar in the bridge pickup position and running the amp on the lead channel with some mids scooped out with a touch of reverb gets convincingly close
to a lot of Kirkk tones. Grab a wah pedal as well. But don’t forget, a major component of t’s tone is their every guitarist’s ts will vary from hands, so results yer. And most player to player. ractice, practice, importantly, practice, practice! _CHRIS GIBBS ted at Sound Products tested Centre Music Gallery.
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DENON DJ
Commencing from November 2009 and continuing through to 31st December 2009, Audio Products Group Pty Ltd is running a Denon DJ Evolution promotion. They have prepared four separate DJ packages to appeal to all styles of today’s DJs – from the bedroom banger, mobile and club DJ they have a system to suit your specific requirements. The first package features the DNS700 CD / MP3 decks, DNX120 mixer and DNHP700 headphones. This package is definitely aimed at the Bedroom DJ / House party DJ that wants to play their CDs / MP3 discs for fun. The second package features the DNS1200 CD / MP3 decks, DNX120 mixer and DNHP700 headphones. This package is the entry level covering all styles of DJs, as the DNS1200s not only play CD / MP3 discs, there’s a USB port for thumb drives or external hard drives, and MIDI interface compatibility. This allows DJs to certainly mix it up any way they feel and are able to expand into the Digital DJ world of Serato, Traktor, PCDJ, Virtual DJ and OTS Labs utilising the connectivity and control that the DNS1200 offers.
The third package features the new DNS3700 CD / MP3 decks, DNX1100 mixer and DNHP700 headphones. This package it definitely suited to the club or performance DJ as the DNS3700’s have the 9” direct drive spinning platter for those DJs that want the analogue turntable feel. This unit has similar functionality to the of the DNS1200, hotheyver with more features for the club / performance DJ such as three Hot Start buttons, auto loop feature, waveform display, angled display for easier viewing. It also allows DJs to connect a USB thumb drive or external hard drive as they’ll as MIDI capabilities for those DJs utilising Digital DJ software such as Serato, Traktor, PCDJ, Virtual DJ and OTS Labs to name but a few.
DNS 120
The fourth package features the DNHS5500 Media players, DNX1100 mixer and DNHP700 headphones. This package is for the creative DJ / bedroom DJ that wants to layer tracks or loops over the top of each other, mix in a Capellas and mash up songs for a different interpretation of the original. The fact that the DNHS5500s are media players which DJs can utilise their music from thumb drive or portable external hard drive which can be shared between the two units with the D-Link connection. The unit is also MIDI capable for today’s Digital DJs using Serato, Traktor PCDJ, Virtual DJ or OTS Labs. Denon DJ is at the finger tips of successful DJs around the world, being an integral and dynamic part of today’s music
industry. While DJs help introduce new artists, define cultural vibes and create original mixed music, Denon DJ helps DJs take their craft (and business) to the next level. Denon DJ is a constant force in the marketplace, standardizing many firsts in its long history. Whether it was the introduction of the first dual-rackmount CD player, that quickly became an industry standard, or the first hands-on spinning tabletop player, Denon DJ has consistently led the way in the everchanging DJ arena. Check out one of Denon DJ packages today at The DJ Factory (u1/222 James Street, Northbridge) and experience the true industry leading brand.
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SHURE PROFESSIONAL HEADPHONES
Shure Incorporated has also introduced three new professional headphone models. This is the company’s first overthe-ear headphones designed specifically for studio applications. The SRH840, SRH440, and SRH240 join Shure’s lineup of professional and home recording equipment, including the recently introduced X2U, XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter and PG27USB and PG42USB Side Address Condenser Microphones to offer a complete recording package for studio engineers, musicians, and home recordists. Building on more than 84 years of delivering premium audio experiences, Shure’s Professional Headphones offer unparalleled audio quality, ergonomics, and durability. Traditionally, the market for professional headphones has been limited to recording studios and production houses. However, the proliferation of portable listening devices, user-generated content, and home recording studios has increased demand for affordable, professional quality recording gear. Shure Professional Headphones achieve a masterful balance between comfort, durability, and rich lows, warm mids, and crisp highs. The SRH840, SRH440, and SRH240 each have a unique sound signature, and offer home recordists, performing artists, and studio engineers premium sound quality for a variety of uses – from active listening to critical monitoring. Shure’s Professional Headphones’ closed-back, circumaural design maximises comfort during extended wear. Additional features include: SRH840 Professional Monitoring Headphones – Optimised for studio recording and critical listening, the SRH840 features reference-quality frequency response, rich bass, clear mid-range, and extended highs. The model’s ergonomic fit and collapsible construc tion offer added comfor t and portability.
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SRH440 Professional Studio Headphones – Tuned to deliver accurate audio reproduction, the SRH440 is optimised for professional audio equipment, including DJ mixers, mixing consoles, and headphone amplifiers. The adjustable headband and collapsible construction make the SRH440 ideal for recording and monitoring. SRH240 Professional Quality Headphones – Calibrated for connection to consumer listening devices and professional equipment such as mixing consoles, the SRH240 reproduces full bass with detailed highs.
STANTON’S SC SYSTEM 3 The most innovative, completely mobile MIDI control solution is now available. Featuring two completely touchsensitive control surfaces, the SCS.3d and the SCS.3m, this system brings you intuitive, completely customised software control without sacrificing any of the features of your traditional DJ rig. The SCS.3m ships with a new version of Native Instruments’ Traktor LE that is based on the latest TRAKTOR PRO software platform, allowing the SC System 3 products to be used together to create a full DJ system with intuitive control over the robust software features introduced with Tracktor LE. Using only the SCS.3m, SCS.3d, and Tractor LE, a complete DJ rig with performance control features that surpass the capabilities of traditional mixer/deck equipment can be setup anywhere in the world within minutes.
DASCRATCH® AKA. THE SCS.3D
ensure durability from gig to gig. The latest innovation in Stanton’s award winning SC System® MIDI controller line. The SCS.3m translates the DJ-friendly design philosophy of a traditional DJ mixer into a Revolutionary and compact, this controller is a portable, easy-to-use control surface built with the necessity for any digital DJ looking for ultimate acclaimed StanTouch® touch sensitive technology control over their software of choice. DaScratch’s introduced in its deck controller counterpart, the compact and sleek profile makes it a space- SCS.3d. friendly addition to any existing DJ gear set-up The SCS.3m incorporates all of the or can stand on its own as a complete controller functions of a two channel DJ mixer, plus a host solution. What makes this guy different from your of innovative new performance features made average controller? possible by Stanton’s unique touch sensitive Stanton’s StanTouch® technology control surface. The touch sensitive sliders can allows you to use traditional DJ-style motions be used to tweak EQs, allowing you to bring in and gestures on a touch-pad style surface to take different elements of a song during a mix, or full control over music and software applications instantly switch them to control FX parameters... such as Traktor DJ Studio™, Traktor Scratch™, all in one surface. The wide, touch-sensitive Ableton Live™, Serato Scratch Live™, or any other crossfader not only allows for seamless slow MIDI compatible software. Minimal moving parts blends between decks, but is also able to detect (like the rest of the sliders) multiple finger presses, allowing for quick transform effects all in one control. The multicolor buttons can easily perform transport controls for starting and stopping playback, setting loops, doing EQ kills, or engaging effects without requiring a separate trigger controller. All of the visual indicators stay 100 per cent in sync with applications supporting MIDI feedback, allowing for clear indication of the software settings and positions in low light situations. Additionally, the unique touch sensitive surface provides a new level of durability, since there are no moving parts to wear or break. The SCS.3m can be used as a standalone controller for basic software mixing, but when paired with the SCS.3d deck controllers, give you an unparalleled MIDI control rig that allows you to plug and play anywhere in the world within minutes. With a built-in powered USB hub and magnetic connecting system, the SCS.3m can be easily connected to one or more SCS.3d controllers for a high tech version of a full traditional DJ setup... without the weight, size and connectivity issues. Stanton SCS.3d
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These people have been touched by the SCS.3… Have you? “Brilliant MIDI controller gives DJ/producers the midas touch”. - Remix Magazine “DaScratch kicks a**. Raise it over your head, touch it, and show people how it’s done!” - BPM Magazine “The 3d is a well conceived, lightweight DJ controller. I honestly have to say it’s enormous fun. This could be the future of digital DJing.” - Future Music
“Products like this change the way DJs communicate with the crowd, brings back ‘performance’ to the art, and makes digital DJing entertaining.” - Mick Wilson, DJ Mag Tech Editor “The SCS.3m has big ideas. It fully emulates a traditional twochannel DJ mixer, with crossfader and monitoring and master section – but with so much more potential. And it’s as intuitive as using real sliders and knobs on a mixer.” - DJ Mag
Once you get your hands on the SC System 3, Stanton’s unique touch-sensitive control surface, you’ll understand why DJs love it. Combined with Native Instruments’ new Traktor LE DJ software, the system creates a completely intuitive and reliable DJ control solution that allows you to plug and perform anywhere in the world within a matter of minutes. The pack includes two SCS.3d deck controllers and the SCS.3m mix controller, which magnetically join together to give you the familiar layout of a traditional DJ rig, but in a sleek, mobile format with easy to use, fully integrated software control abilities that far surpass any DJ gear you’ve used in the past. Even better, there are no moving parts to break or wear out, so the SC System 3 can be used night after night.
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08 9381 2277
www.conceptmusic.com.au
Guitar World Cannington
1/1236 Albany Highway
CANNINGTON
WA
6107
08 9358 6665
www.guitarsfromhell.com.au
Guitar World Nerang
2 Commodore Avenue
ROCKINGHAM
WA
6168
08 9592 1225
www.guitarsfromhell.com.au
Guitar World Rockingham
Shop 2, 319 Pinjarra Road
MANDURAH
WA
6210
08 9582 9099
www.guitarsfromhell.com.au
Joondalup Music Centre
Unit 2, 7 Winton Road
JOONDALUP
WA
6027
08 9300 0033
www.joondalupmusic.com.au
Joondalup Music Centre Clarkson
Corner Marmion Avenue & Belleville Gardens
CLARKSON
WA
6027
08 9407 9455
www.joondalupmusic.com.au
Kosmic Cannington
8/1296 Albany Highway
CANNINGTON
WA
6107
08 9258 4236
www.kosmicsound.com
Kosmic Osborne Park
94 Hector Street
OSBORNE PARK
WA
6017
08 9204 7577
www.kosmicsound.com
Mega Music
95 North Lake Road
MYAREE
WA
6154
08 9330 2777
www.megamusiconline.com.au
Music Force Mandurah
292 Pinjarra Road, (Opposite Aquatic Centre)
MANDURAH
WA
6210
08 9582 8911
www.musicforce.com.au
Music Force Rockingham
Leghorn Street, (Behind Hungry Jacks)
ROCKINGHAM
WA
6168
08 9527 3687
www.musicforce.com.au
Music Park
341 Albany Highway
VICTORIA PARK
WA
6100
08 9470 1020
www.musicpark.com.au
Park Pianos
341 Albany Highway
VICTORIA PARK
WA
6100
08 9470 1020
www.musicpark.com.au
Sound Centre Music Gallery Booragoon
Shop 3, 125 Risely Street
BOORAGOON
WA
6154
08 9316 1855
www.soundcentre.com.au
Sound Centre Music Gallery Morley
85 Broun Avenue
MORLEY
WA
6062
08 9370 1185
www.soundcentre.com.au
Theo's Music
4 Southport Street
WEST LEEDERVILLE
WA
6007
08 6380 1222
www.theosmusic.com.au
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