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RAISING THE ROOF

For fans of the fast-paced, furious action and competitiveness of roller derby, the WA Roller Derby will be facing off against Adelaide-based Murder City Roller Girls on Saturday, March 29, for the Transcontinental Tiki Takedown. Head down in your best Hawaiian shirt or grass skirt and watch hordes of determined young women beat each other to within an inch of their lives on roller skates. Presale tickets are $13 for adults and $7 for children and are available through trybooking.com. Tickets are also available on the door.

Multi-platinum-winning heroine, Lorde, will be heading to perform at Challenge Stadium on Tuesday, April 29, as part of her mammoth Australian tour.

Presale tickets go on sale for Frontier Members at 11am, Perth time on Thursday, March 13, through frontiertouring.com, and 11am, Perth time on Friday, March 21, for the general public through Ticketmaster.com.au.

At just 17 years-old, Lorde has managed to become one of the most prominent figures of pop music, both this year and last, and it is an event sure to sell out quickly. Plus, she gave radio bully Kyle Sandilands short-shrift earlier this week, which can only be a good thing.

Australian alternative rock outfit, Cloud Control, have just announced the release of the video for Moonrabbit, from their highly-acclaimed sophomore album, Dream Cave, coinciding with their free acoustic tour. The video is a psychedelic, technicolour space odyssey, conceived by London director Irrum Khan and well worth a watch.

If you’d like to catch Cloud Control live, the Western Australian leg of their tour begins at The Saint on Thursday, March 20, then hits Caves House, Yallingup (6.30pm) and Settlers Tavern, Margaret River (10pm) on Friday, March 21; the Ocean Beach Hotel ((3pm) and The Northshore (6.30pm) on Saturday, March 22; and on Sunday, March 23, at the Brisbane Hotel (1.30pm) and The Whistling Kite (6.30pm).

More details at coronaextra.com.au.

The rooftop of the Subiaco Pavilion Markets will undergo a Lazarus-like revival the next three Fridays in March for Rooftop Oasis. Beginning this Friday, March 14, and running Friday, March 28 from 5pm10pm, each week will feature a different theme for the venue. This week will feature a Garden of Eden theme, with entertainment from funk cover band, Elouise & The Infinite Squeeze. Tickets are available through trybooking.com for $15, or $20 at the door, and include a drink and appetisers.

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Elouise & The Infinite Squeeze

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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIRBRIDGE PUPPETS ON STAGE A seminal influence for many of the greatest grunge acts in the world, Meat Puppets have just been announced as headliners for Astor Rocks on Monday, June 2. The event will be a night that true rock fans cannot afford to miss, with two stages belting out face-melting distortion and raw hubris. Supporting the Meat Puppets will be former Kyuss/Fu Manchu drummer, Brant Bjork, as well as local acts, The Love Junkies, Axe Girl, The Shakeys and plenty more that haven’t been revealed yet. Tickets are available through showticketing.com.au.

In support of her latest album, Reset, which is her first original English language release in 12 years, Tina Arena will be returning to Australian shores later this year. Playing the Crown Theatre on Friday, August 15, Arena is a 10 times platinum-winning international pop sensation. Tickets go on sale from ticketek.com. au at 2pm, Thursday, March 20, and will undoubtedly sell out quickly, so make sure you save the date.

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Tina Arena | Pic: Jason Capobianco

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TINA TIME

It’s better than your birthday. It’s RTRFMs golden day of local music, the irreplaceable In The Pines and it’s set to roll again on Sunday, April 20, at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium, from 11am-10pm. Announced so far are Gunns, Scalphunter, Dianas, Moana, The Kill Devil Hills, Flower Drums, Mudlark, DM3, The High Learys, Rabbit Island, LEECHES!, Golden String, Pat Chow and Antelope, with the final line up announcement set to be made on Breakfast With Barr this coming Tuesday, March 18.

Presale tickets are available now from rtrfm.com.au – it’s $20 for subscribers and $25 for general public. Door sales (if available) will be $25 for subscribers and $30 for general public (free admission for gold subscribers).

The 2014 Fairbridge Festival was launched last Wednesday at Universal Bar with a happy little kneesup which indicated that Artistic Director Steve Barnes’ final year at the helm will be a cracker (Rodney Vervest will take over for 2015).

Performing at the iconic folk event will be Eleanor Mcevoy, Rushad Eggleston, The Chipolatas, Ami Williamson, Equus, Himmerland, Ade Edmondson And The Bad Shepherds, Rory McLeod, Mick Thomas & Squeezebox Wally, The Perch Creek Family Jugband, Kamerunga, Barons Of Tang, Grace Barbé Afrokreol, Jaaleekaay and many more.

It’s 12 stages across three days - FridaySunday, April 25-27 - at Fairbridge Village. Tickets are available now from fairbridgefestival.com.au.

For up-and-coming young songwriters The Quest, a folk and world music original songwriting competition for high-school-age West Australians (12-15 and 16-18 years) is back for 2014. There’s performance and recording opportunities up for grabs, head to the Fairbridge website for full details.

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Dianas, RTR FM’s In The Pines

GREAT SCOTT!

THE GREEN TIDE Looking to celebrate St Patrick’s Day? Look no further than Leederville for the St Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade on Sunday, March 16. The event begins at 10am, with floats making their way through Newcastle, Oxford and Vincent Street before ending up at Medibank Stadium, where there will be children’s games, food and drinks, dance, and live music from The Healys, Firehouse and Gang of Three. If you’d like more information visit stpatricksfestivalwa.com.

A whole heaping helping of great bands are hitting the stage at the Rosemount this Friday, March 14, for Scottstock, the fundraiser for Greens Senator Scott Ludlam’s election campaign. Encompassing both the corner bar and 459, the event will be graced the likes of Chainsaw Hookers, Chaos Divine, The Devil Rides Out, Morghl, Envy Awake, Circle One, Special Brew, Rainbow Nightmare, Smokin’ Aces, Them Sharks, Foreign Aids, The De Niros and Discordians. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $15.

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The Devil Rides Out, Scottstock

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Does your bone got a little machine? Have you met any monkeys going to heaven? Well, you’ll be pleased to hear Gun Fever is presenting Gouge Away: A Pixies Tribute Night. On Thursday, April 17, at Flyrite from 8pm, some of Perth’s best indie rockers will pay tribute to a band that flouted conventional songwriting and did whatever the hell they wanted.

Featuring performances from Mezzanine, Tired Lion, Pat Chow and more, the event will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the genre-defining Doolittle LP. Tickets available at the door for $10.

Perth alt-country songstress, Ruby Boots has just announced the release of her new, self-titled EP, ahead of a massive Australian tour. Featuring the single Solitude and a rather tasty solo from You Am I’s Davey Lane, it’s definitely an EP for lovers of Americana. If you want to see her live, Ruby Boots will be supporting The Stray Sisters at the Fly By Night Club on Wednesday, March 26, then Kris Kristofferson at the Red Hill Auditorium on Sunday, March 30; though the EP launch won’t be until Saturday, May 31 at The Astor Lounge, when she returns from tour.

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DROP BEARS With the completely normal, everyday mixture of grindcore, metal jazz and electronica, American band, Iwrestledabearonce, are heading to Perth to support their latest album, Late For Nothing. It’s the first record to feature the band’s new vocalist, Courtney LaPlante and has been receiving strong reviews across the board, so it’s definitely worth checking out. If you want to catch them live though, the band will be hitting up YMCA HQ (all-ages) on Wednesday, March 26, then move on to headline the Jurassic Frat Party at the Villa Nightclub Thursday, March 27. Tickets and information are available through moshtix.com.au 4

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FILM: HANNAH ARENDT

Cult-sensation film, Machete sees Danny Trejo (Machete, Grindhouse) and director Robert Rodriguez (Machete, Sin City) reuniting for the sequel. Trained to kill and left for dead, Machete is back and this time he’s on the right side of the law. With gory comic book action, over-the-top characters and an all-star cast including Jessica Alba, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Mel Gibson, plus Lady Gaga and Carlos Estevez (aka Charlie Sheen) as the President of the United States, it’s more badass than ever. To win your own copy on DVD, email: win@xpressmag.com.au.

Screening at the Windsor, Nedlands from tomorrow (Thursday, March 13) is the film, Hannah Arendt starring Barbara Sukowa. It’s a biography by Margaret Von Trotta about Hannah Arendt, an influential philosopher and political theorist, whose reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann led to her famous concept of the ‘banality of evil’. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving together a narrative spanning three countries, Von Trotta turns the often invisible passion of thought into dramatic cinema. To win a double in-season pass, email: win@ xpressmag.com.au.

OUTDOOR CINEMA: BEN & JERRY’S The first season of Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinema launches in Perth on Sunday, March 16 for a month long series of events at its location on Riverside Drive (corner of Plain Street). Apart from launching the movie program - a mixture of classics and new releases - the Sundae Session Charity Launch will screen American Hustle, there’ll be live music from Sydney synth-pop act, Van She, plus games and prizes on the lawn, free Ben & Jerry’s and goodie bags. All ticket sale proceeds go to WWF’s work on saving the marine turtles of the Great Barrier Reef. Head to openaircinemas.com.au for more info and to win a double pass to the opening night, email: win@ xpressmag.com.au.

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GIG: ULTIMATE ROCK TRIBUTE NIGHT The Ultimate Rock Tribute Night is happening at the Charles Hotel this Sunday, March 15 featuring three bands - Perth’s rockin’ boogie blues band, On The Level who’ll be performing songs by Status Quo; The Angels and Doc Neeson tribute band, Over The Top; and Black Rose - who’ll be playing the classic songs of Thin Lizzy. To win a double ticket to the show, email us quick at: win@xpressmag.com.au.

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BLU RAY/DVD: THE WHO SENSATION The Who: Sensation - The Story Of Tommy is a film exploring the background, creation and impact of The Who’s seminal double album, Tommy, released in 1969 and considered a milestone in rock history.

There are new interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, archive interviews with the late John Entwistle and contributions from engineer Bob Pridden, artwork creator Mike McInnerney plus others involved in the creation of the album. To win yourself a copy of the film on either Blu Ray or DVD, email: win@xpressmag.com.au.

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FILM: WAR HORSE DVD: THE END A compelling entry in the Spanish Film Festival, Jorge Torregrossa’s The End (Fin) is an apocalyptic thriller which puts forward a vision of the end of humanity.

Starring Maribel Verdú, the film tells the story of a group of old friends who reunite for a weekend in a remote cabin in the Spanish mountains. Their weekend retreat takes a turn for the unexpected when a sudden, unexplained celestial incident leaves them stranded. To win your own copy on DVD, email: win@xpressmag.com.au.

Luna Leederville and Luna SX are once again screening the popular National Theatre’s original stage production of War Horse on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16 at 1pm. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford and captured live in HD from London’s West End, its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007 became an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of four million people worldwide. To win a double pass to either screening, email us quick at: win@xpressmag.com.au. Tickets will need to be picked up from the X-Press office on Friday.

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CLUB: THE DOLL HOUSE The Doll House Gentleman’s Club in North Perth is giving you the chance to win a VIP membership valid for 12 months, which is valued at over $200. The membership includes free entry for you and a friend, priority drink service and invitations to exclusive VIP parties. For your chance to win, email your name and contact details to win@xpressmag.com.au.

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THE NAKED AND FAMOUS New Waves Last seen in Perth at the Big Day Out, The Naked And Famous hit Groovin’ The Moo, at Hay Park in Bunbury on Saturday, May 10, and play a headline show at the Astor Theatre on Sunday, May 11. SHAUN COWE reports.

Halfway across the world, Thom Powers, a somewhat road-weary guitarist with immaculately groomed hair, is on the phone.

The subject of the call is his band, The Naked and Famous. Currently mid-way through a gruelling US tour launched late last year in support of their much-acclaimed second studio album, In Rolling Waves, it’s a band that Powers founded a few years back with lead singer, Alisa Xayalith, back in New Zealand.

Chatting down the ‘line during a rare break in proceedings, Powers is quite open about trying to make it in the States, and what it’s like to be one of The Naked And Famous.

“Honestly,” he says, “I don’t know where to start. From a very naïve, one-dude kind of take, it’s so much slower here. It’s more vast; it’s endless. You could really kind of become just a touring American band.”

Since the release of their first album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, the band has begun to find success in the fickle American market - success it’s hoping to capitalise on. However, Powers admits the climb to the top has been slower than he imagined it.

“Alternative radio here, it’s basically rock radio. You know, they’ll play Smells Like Teen Spirit and Soundgarden on repeat, kind of thing. Then they might play a massive Florence song, then Imagine Dragons, then maybe we get a spin,” he explains.

“So they have this rock radio here and it’s a huge part of breaking a band in America; it can just take forever, though. We only just began to get radio play in the States a long time after Young Blood and Punching In A Dream already had heaps of rotation on triple j and BBC1, and stuff like that. So it can take a long time to work a career in America, but it is that kind of romantic, on the road, endless touring kind of thing. It’s great.”

With the US tour almost finished however, sights are set on the next leg of the tour, Australia.

Having passed through as part of this year’s Big Day Out line-up, the band are set to do so again as part of the Groovin’ The Moo, with sideshow dates set up throughout some of the major cities. Powers explains that it’s a chance to leave the festival circuit behind and show fans a real The Naked And Famous show.

“I mean, I am excited about our own shows because it’s been such a long time since we’ve done a Naked And Famous show in Australia. It’s almost like we’ve become a festival band now – which is awesome and really fun, and we always have amazing times at festivals. I guess maybe our music and what we are is quite appropriate for them, but at the same time our actual shows are more dynamic and more moody. There’s a lot more lights and stuff. So yeah, it’s a different experience (pauses).

“I mean, I don’t mean to sound shallow, but as a market, Australia, you guys have bought heaps of our albums. I feel a massive obligation to get down there and do a show. All these fans, you know?

They’ve given us their time and their ears and I do feel obliged to say thank you properly, rather than

just rocking up at festivals. So there was a bit of a personal reason to get down there as well.”

Seeing as the tour will be in support of In Rolling Waves, Powers takes the opportunity to reflect on how he feels the album’s been received.

“Considering it was quite a soft release - you know, it wasn’t like a big long lead-up; we pushed to get it out there as quickly as possible - it’s actually been quite wonderful. I’ve felt very humbled and validated that people have maybe seen growth, or feel that it is a more accomplished album; that we are becoming a more accomplished band.

“I don’t know, just as musicians, it’s nice to feel that you’re achieving something.”

When asked if, looking back, there was anything he would change if he could, Powers is contemplative.

“Not at this point. I think those revelations and realisations are beginning to come relevant. Like,

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I keep seeing them trying to surface, but it’s still too early to really tell. I felt a great sense of personal accomplishment in having done that album. So that’s where I’m at now.”

It may be some months yet before Powers feels ready to reflect on the album, but with positive feedback from fans and critics alike, In Rolling Waves seems ready to consolidate the band’s claim as an indie rock heavyweight, both in the US and back home. For Powers though, it’s about maintaining the relationships in the band.

“We have this real family thing going for us. During In Rolling Waves we lived in a house together for a year-and-a-half. I guess that kind of epitomises how close we are and how we work in unison. It’s like an old-fashioned band. It’s something that’s become more evident and more important to us to maintain as we go on.”

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FASHION AWARDS

With the 21st anniversary deluxe re-issue of their award-winning Marvin The Album, Australian folk rock veterans, Frente! will be playing the album in full all across the country. Having sold well over a million copies, Marvin The Album and its goliath tunes will no doubt draw countless fans to the select gigs they’ve announced. Playing at the Astor Theatre on Saturday, June 7, tickets go on sale through showticketing.com. au this Friday, March 14.

Heath Ledger Theatre Thursday, March 6, 2014

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CITY LYTS Local electronic duo, Lyts, have just announced the release of their debut album, Initiate, and are celebrating its launch at the Velvet Lounge on Saturday, March 22. Alongside the deadly duo, Keira Owen of Rag N Bone is set to make a guest appearance, with support sets . Supporting Lyts will be local hip hop producers, Wisdom2th, T-Rets & Lowaski, as well as beats laid by local DJs, Travis Doom, Jessica Willoughby, Petro Sex and Tomas Ford.

Tickets will be available at the door for $12, so drop by and check it out.

Goin’ South Broome’s 42 Decibel, are in the midst of their first tour to Perth and surrounds.

Vocalist/mandolin player, Cody Robson took time out for a chat.

How’s work proceeding on your debut album?

The album is progressing well, we hope to finish over the next eight weeks. It’s hard to put Photos by Bohdan Warchomij a date on it because we are heavily booked over the next three months.

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F R O N T COV E R : The Naked And Famous hit Groovin’ The Moo at Hay Park, Bunbury on Saturday, May 10 and play a headline show at t h e A s t o r T h e a t r e o n S u n d ay, M ay 1 1 .

SALT COVER: Hip hop legends, Jurassic 5 are back in action after a six year hiatus. Catch them this Friday, March 14 at Metro City.

Distinguished guests, industry leaders and fashionistas walked the red carpet in their finest attire at the 18th Annual Western Australian Fashion Awards last week.

Celebrating the achievements of the WA fashion industry’s finest players of 2013, there was a total of 10 winners from 34 finalists who were recognised for their individual talents, successes and contributions to the local industry.

Winners included Jaime Lee Major for Most Innovated Designer of the Year, Lara Kovacevich and Lydia Tsvetnenko of fashion label Zhivago for People’s Choice, Juliet Chen and Jessica Yeh of Shift Creative for the Creative Edge award and Simone Kerr for Runway Model of the Year.

OCEANIC DRIVE Singer/songwriter, television presenter, film producer, music composer and surfer, Nick Saxon was last seen in these parts in May, 2013. Saxon returns this week, with his band, The Elusive Few, to launch his new album, Broken On Her Ocean. Catch him on Wednesday, March 12, at Mojos Bar; Thursday, March 13, at the Indi Bar; Friday, March 14, at Albany’s White Star Hotel and Saturday-Sunday, March 15-16, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River.

Nick Saxon

In what ways will it show the evolution in the band following your first EP release?

The album will show how the band has matured and blended its unique sound, along with the versatility in our songwriting ability. There’ll be a lot more three-part harmonies and some creative acoustic guitar.

What’s it mean to the band to do an extensive tour of the South of WA? The tour means a lot, it being our first time playing to audiences down here. We have learned - Western Australian Fashion Awards and still are - a lot about how things work down here, along with making great contacts which already have us planning a return tour when we release our album.

What can people expect from your shows? Will you be previewing songs from the new album?

What can fans expect is a show full of energy and a stage full of fun that makes everyone want to get up and dance. We are playing 10 of the 13 new songs off the album along with the five from the EP at all our shows.

SCOTS ROCK Fresh from entertaining fans at Soundwave, Scottish rockers, Biffy Clyro are heading back to Australia for a spate of their own shows. The band will be supporting the release of their Australian tour edition of their latest album, Opposites. Playing Metro City on Friday, September 12, these UK rock stars have already sold out their last two Australian headline shows. Tickets go on sale at 9am this Thursday, March 13, and are available through ticketmaster.com.au, so make sure you grab some.

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What are your plans going further into 2014?

Our 2014 plans are to release our album and follow up with tours of the South of WA and Darwin. We are looking at going to the Eastern States as well. One step at a time, though. All these things are in progress along with a very busy schedule over the next couple of months, including tours to Karratha/Pilbara and up through the Kimberley, finishing with the Ord Valley Muster with John Williamson, Eskimo Joe and The Waifs.

Catch 42 Decibel this Wednesday March 5, at Mojos (with Day of the Dead and Swiss Sheppard); Thursday, March 6, at the Indi Bar; Friday, March 7, at the Paddington Alehouse; Thursday, March 13, at Clancy’s Fremantle; Friday, March 14, at the North Shore Tavern and Sunday, March 16, back at the Paddington Alehouse.

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REAL ESTATE The Swamps Of Jersey New Jersey is clearly a vibrant hotspot for music and sugar-coated pop band, Real Estate, do their part to add to the legacy. CHRIS HAVERCROFT speaks with guitarist, Matt Mondanile, about the outfit’s third and most collaborative album to date, Atlas.

In the calm before the storm of releasing a new album, Real Estate guitarist, Matt Mondanile was recently in Perth as part of the Perth International Arts Festival with his solo outfit Ducktails as the support act for Julia Holter.

Whilst not quite a holiday, there was some time to be able to take in the atmosphere and enjoy an afternoon at the Brisbane Hotel.

“Perth Festival was lovely, I had a really good time in the city when I was there,” offers Mondanile of his time in our fair state. “The record label rep gave me a Go-Betweens CD and we had some great conversation. There is a lot of stuff that has influenced Real Estate a whole bunch and I think that we are really big fans of a lot of Australian and New Zealand bands.”

Mondanile was in town around the same time as Bruce Springsteen who was spoken to of Australian bands and it was suggested to him that the Triffids Wide Open Road would be the perfect

“Jersey is a really interesting place because there isn’t really a spot where people can convene. There used to be a spot called Maxwell’s in Hoboken but it closed so now it is just a really empty place. There are people from there but they end up living in other places. All of the members of Real Estate live in New York except for me. I live in Los Angeles.”

song to cover. Mondaline eagerly offered that Real Estate would love to have a crack at it, which is another thing that has set them apart from their fellow New Jersey native.

“I think that we are more in the line of Yo La Tengo or The Feelies or some of those bands,” says Mondanile of his birthplace. “Jersey is a really interesting place because there isn’t really a spot where people can convene. There used to be a spot called Maxwell’s in Hoboken but it closed so now it is just a really empty place. There are people from there but they end up living in other places. All of the members of Real Estate live in New York except for me. I live in Los Angeles.”

The distance between the band members works in Mondanile’s favour as he says it allows the band to work to very confined periods of time. He will fly in for a week at a time to rehearse before tours or to work on new songs. It is also this sense of distance that has allowed the band to look outside of New York when recording Atlas.

LOON LAKE Roamin’ In The Gloamin’

“We recorded in Chicago because it is cheaper to do than in New York and there is a studio there (Wilco’s loft) that has all this great equipment and we got to use it. Domino (record label) wanted us to work with Tom Schick, who is Wilco’s producer and engineer and he suggested we do the record in Chicago as it was cheaper with a lot more equipment to use. Jeff Tweedy did drop in and he was really nice and said that the band like Real Estate so they were totally into us using the studio.”

The record is called Atlas because Real Estate approached the album with the thought of the songs as their own little story. To them it is a map of songs full of eclectic ideas. The cover art is striking and shows sections of a mural by a Polish artist named Stefan Knapp that hung for more than 30 years outside a department store in North Jersey.

“The cover art was of a mural from a department store in New Jersey called Alexander’s.

There was a big mural there which was the biggest mural on the east coast for quite some time. The

store was in our town just off the highway. It is a mall and was a landmark when we were growing up.

It was torn down about 20 years ago but we decided to take it and alter it into squares to use it as the record cover.”

Real Estate are the best know outfit that Mondanile is associated with, but over the years his solo project Ducktails has now released more records than his main squeeze. Despite this, Mondanile is loyal to both outlets.

“I like to think of both bands as equal to me. It is easy to decide which songs go where. I like to keep the songs that I write for myself usually, but if I have a song that I think would suit Real Estate then I will present it to the guys and I’ll see what they think. Real Estate is more like a very consistent group. There will always be people at the shows. Real Estate is all friends of mine that I have known for a long time, so it is different to Ducktales, but is very important to me.”

Guitarist Simon Nolan, discusses the release of Loon Lake’s debut LP, Gloamer and the buzz ahead of their 2014 Groovin’ The Moo appearance, at Hay Park in Bunbury on Saturday, May 10.

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of songwriting you never know where they’re going to come from. Sometimes you’ll get two good ones in two days and then you won’t get one for two years. It’s strange when a good song comes, you pretty much know straight away. There’s something in it. A vocal hook… a guitar melody. You know it has potential. You can cram hundreds of songs a week but you might get one that’s okay.”

Following their trip, Nick and Sam built a home studio where they could work on riffs to bring into recording sessions. Nick was listening to hip-hop and Sam was holed up in his room for days on end, blasting pop songs watching music documentaries. The band would recorded their debut LP, Gloamer, over three weeks with two weeks off in-between.

The album title, Gloamer, is used to describe someone appearing during the “intoxicating, golden time after sunset and before dark,” an experience Nolan relates to Melbourne’s Meredith Music Festival.

“You always feel this amazing feeling as the sun goes down as they put on classic artists like Paul Kelly and Neil Finn. You always feel amazing at that festival. That time of day is a great feeling especially if it’s a Friday or Saturday night. A lot of the lyrics and the music also reference the night and the possibility of what the night offers.”

Gloamer is Loon Lake’s most layered and creative output to date. Exploring numerous musical outlets in an attempt to expand their sound, the band have found the perfect combination of pop and rock.

“If you listen to our earliest EP to Gloamer, it’s changed heaps,” Nolan expresses. “At the start we were very raw, we wanted to keep it quite lo-fi. Not try to layer too much stuff and not use too many takes to play it live. But because it was an album and its four or five years on from when we started, we’ve been listening to different music and expanding our sounds. We wanted to make it deeper, whilst maintain a pop sound, making the music more thoughtful.

“With the instrumentation, we weren’t afraid to add extra layers over the top. We never thought of that when we were making the songs for Gloamer and we never would have done that at the start, we just wanted to be three guitars, a bass and a drum. But the more music you listen to, the more you want to expand your sound. But who’s to know we won’t go back to that? You never know if we’re evolving or it’s a cycle.”

Loon Lake are happily part of this year’s Groovin’ The Moo, taking the music festival experience around Australia’s regional areas.

“We’re really excited. We’re from a country town ourselves, so we know what it’s like to get good bands. We very rarely got them but when you do it’s exciting. We played the Bendigo Groovin’ The Moo a few years ago so we know it’s a good festival. We’re really keen to come out and play more of a festival set with really high energy.”

Raised in the small country town of Tarrawingee, Victoria, the Nolan brothers (Sam, Simon and Nick) grew up with the common interests of music, surfing and travelling.

After meeting guitarist, Daniel Bull, during a trip to Turkey and entering discussions with lifelong friend Tim Low, the five-piece soon formed under the E.L. Doctorow-inspired band name, Loon Lake.

Releasing dual EPs in 2011 and 2012, the band were played on rotation at triple j, RRR FM, FBI Radio Sydney and 4zzz Brisbane and toured with The Kaiser Chiefs, Cage The Elephant and Jebediah until they eventually headed out on their own tour, selling out venues across Australia.

“We never had any intentions to be a huge band,” Nolan explains. “We never had any intentions for anything, we just wanted to play music for fun. But for people to like it and then spend their money to come to the shows or buy the albums, we appreciate it a lot. It’s a self-gratifying feeling, going up on stage and playing your songs and kids know the words. That was something I used to, and still do, going to bands and you know the lyrics to their songs.

“We’re just normal guys and these people love our songs. It’s an amazing feeling. You don’t get it in too many other things you do in life.”

Their second EP, Thirty Three, was picked up nationally; with groovy single, Cherry Lips, making the Top 20 of the ARIA Australian Artist single chart and was voted #29 in the triple j Hottest 100 in 2012.

Following the success of Cherry Lips and the band’s first official single, Bad To Me (which reached #9 on the iTunes alternative charts), Loon Lake began the process of writing for their first album, beginning with a trip abroad.

“Sam and I, we went to Bali for a surfing trip,” Nolan reveals. “Sam locked himself away for a few days trying to make tunes. I think around when we made Gloamer, two big influences stylistically were Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange and Tame Impala’s album (Lonerism). Both those artists don’t sound anything like what we make, but we were really impressed by the way those albums were constructed as a full listening piece. Whatever we’d been listening to creeped into the music; but generally the bones of the song would be brought in by Sam, or we’d demo it up and if the band liked it we’d push forward, if we didn’t like it, it was gone very quickly.

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days, to get a single out was like, ‘Wow! Oh fuck, man, you’ve got a record out!’ Now everybody’s got CDs out; they throw ‘em away like

Anyone displeased with the sunny disposition of Build A Rocket Boys! should be very satisfied with Elbow’s follow-up. Singer Guy Garvey apparently broke up with his long-time girlfriend while it was being made, but you don’t need to know that to note the present sense of loss throughout the album.

There’s a lot to admire – the production is perfect, for a start. The harmonies of Real Life (Angel) and its repeated ‘angel’ lyric, coupled with a backing string section, are incredibly moving. My Sad Captains is classic Elbow, a sea shanty elegy to fallen comrades that seems to describe life as ‘a perfect waste of time’.

What’s missing from this album, though, is Elbow’s past catharsis. There’s no emotional release here like on Station Approach or New Born. On this album, melody is king. Apart from the debauched brass and woodwinds on Fly Boy Blue/Lunette (the clear album highlight), the focus is always on Garvey’s voice, and it’s stuck on sadman mode.

Elbow fans will find a lot to love in this album, but a newcomer’s enjoyment relies on them loving Garvey’s voice. Otherwise the melancholia will get to them quickly.

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Skindred take an extra large pot and stir metal and reggae together. Purists from either camp would usually cross arms, close their eyes and refuse to talk to one another. The same purists would briefly plug their ears with fingers whilst being told that metal gods Judas Priest wrote the first ever reggae-metal song, The Rage, back in 1980. History is on the side of Wales’ own ‘raggametallers’, like it or not.

What’s served up is low-slung metal swaggering straight from stony Welsh streets. Fistshaking Kill The Power picks up Rage Against The Machine’s agitprop n’ punk gauntlet, punching toward metal’s gleam and crunch. Ninja gets raucous with rap and sweet with soaring choruses, a late-’90s nu-metal kicker swept of cobwebs and lovingly refurbished for the modern era.

The autobiographical The Kids Are Right Now marches along to one beat and one riff before the floaty and smoky We Live preaches peace, love and taking green. It grows and grows with an unforgettable chorus the size of a small world, a world where everyone’s holding hands and grinning like a rabble of red-eyed Rastas. We hope.

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North Carolina is an indie rock mecca, but it has spawned Eric Church who has his foot firmly in a different camp. During his formative years, Church regularly found himself at dive bars doing Jimmy Buffet covers and avoiding fisticuffs from the stage before he relocated to Nashville which is a scene that he more than embraced.

When Church was taken under the wing of Arthur Buenahora (responsible for signing Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert) things were always likely to be rosy. With a couple of number one records already under his belt, his fourth album, The Outsiders, is another expected collection from one of country’s multi-million selling artists.

There are times when his rowdy bar years are clearly an influence on the more rootsy and rocking tunes like Broke Record, but it is when Church plays the sensitive cowboy that he ticks the most boxes.

A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young is a little on the obvious side but can be forgiven its faults as it presents Church’s voice in its best light when presented in this hushed drawl.

Church doesn’t offer much different to his formulaic mega stadium filling peers. If he is indeed an outsider as the album suggests, you would imagine his sizeable wallet will keep him company. Regardless, The Outsiders has some nice moments.

In the market for some basic upbeat pop music with elements of soul? The self-titled debut album from Better Than The Wizards is here to satisfy that need.

From opener, She Said, to final track, Play With Fire, you get that 100 per cent generic upbeat pop sound with those exotic elements of soul.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with upbeat music that’s enjoyable to listen to, no matter whose name is on the cover. The thing is, you’ve heard it all before. And yes, this album does have a bit more fire to it than you may be used to, with that pop-inyour-step bassline or the horn sections blasting a false impression of originality into your head. But you’re not hearing anything new. Even the opening lyrics of Up All Night tell you as much: ‘This story has been told a thousand times before / But I’m just making sure you heard it right’.

And that’s what this album is. It’s a drink with a little umbrella in it and you’re led to believe you’re drinking something exotic. But take the umbrella out and you’ll realise you’ve just got tequila and orange juice. That said, what’s wrong with tequila and orange juice?

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OF MICE & MEN Restoring Force Rise Records

JASON ISBELL Southeastern Spunk American singer/songwriter Jason Isbell, who started his music career in the band Drive-by Truckers before embarking on a successful solo career, is back with his fourth solo album and best one to date, Southeastern.

This refreshing country album showcases Isbell’s powerful vocals, emotive melodies and candid lyrics about love, hope and his past struggles with an alcohol addiction.

Southeastern features many songs which would be worthy of a place on a Best Of album in years to come. Opening track, Cover Me Up, is a powerful love song with brilliant vocals and acoustic guitar which sets the tone for the rest of the album.

The standout is the third track, Travelling Alone, which also features Isbell’s wife Amanda Shires on violin and vocals. The combination of violin, guitar and vocals on this song works a treat. Other highlights include Flying Over Water, Songs That She Sang in the Shower and Stockholm; memorable, catchy tunes which can easily get stuck in your head. The most emotional and heartbreaking track is Elephant, about a woman dying of cancer.

Southeastern is a vast improvement on Isbell’s previous releases Sirens of The Ditch, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit and Here We Rest. His artistic growth is clearly evident, ensuring that Southeastern is a moving and memorable album that will leave a lasting impression on those who listen.

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coasters, you know? And it’s cheaper to record as well; you can do most

A lot has happened since Of Mice & Men released 2011’s The Flood, and right from the opening screams of ‘You all have something to say’ in Public Service Announcement it is clear that this is a band with bones to pick and a new direction to match.

Restoring Force is not a complete departure from the Of Mice & Men of three years ago, their sound still relying on some of the textbook metalcore elements they have become so comfortable with.

Instead the band find themselves in a state of transition, still holding on to pieces of that metalcore sound while fighting to cement themselves in the numetal direction you will hear on this album. Leaving Joey Sturgis behind and moving in a new direction with David Bendeth as producer was the right move, challenging them as songwriters and forcing them out of that comfort zone.

From the chaotic and deeply personal Bones Exposed and the intense chugging guitars in You Make Me Sick leading to one of the album’s heaviest moments to the rockier Feels Like Forever with its (almost) pop tinged chorus and infectious guitar grooves or the softer, more melodic sound found on Another You and Identity Disorder.

Restoring Force covers the full spectrum that is the new and improved Of Mice & Men, beginning with a guttural roar and ending with the softly tender Space Enough To Grow, flowing between a variety of sounds along the way. While this may seem like the anti-climax, what it really shows is the span of this new sound and the potential it holds once Of Mice & Men really lock onto it.

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THE SCIENTISTS Under The Influence Legendary Perth post-punk outfit, The Scientists, begin their 35th Anniversary Tour at the Rosemount Hotel this Saturday, March 15, with support from The Volcanics, The New Invincibles and Helta Skelta. Seems like a good excuse for TRAVIS JOHNSON to talk to tireless drummer, James Baker.

Brian Eno once famously said that everyone who bought The Velvet Underground’s first album went out and started a band.

The same could certainly be said of everyone who bought The Scientists’ Frantic Romantic 7” back in ‘79. While they saw negligible commercial success in their original incarnation, their influence on music - dirty, grimy, indie rock ‘n’ roll, at any rate - has been profound, as is evident by the excitement around their incipient headlining tour.

But lest we forget, 2014 isn’t just the year The Scientists turn 35; it’s the year James Baker turns 60, with the opening show taking place a week after his birthday.

“It’s not deliberate,” he assures us. “It’s just a coincidence. Well, basically, we had so much fun last time and we just thought we’d give it a shot. We enjoyed playing with each other and it sounded great and... yeah, that’s why. And, I guess, why not?”

This is merely the latest in a number of reunion gigs involving bands that Baker has been a part of. The Scientists played a one-off show in 2013, while the original line-up of Beasts Of Bourbon played at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Melbourne at the request of The Drones. So far the response has been massive.

“Well, I think young kids missed out on it first time ‘round,” Baker opines. “Obviously because they weren’t even born, because it’s been 35 years since we played and I think they appreciate the music. It’s music that doesn’t particularly date. You listen to music like Pseudo Echo or something and you go, ‘Yuck! That’s so ‘80s! That could never be returned to’. But rock ‘n’ roll is timeless. The spirit of Chuck Berry lives on, doesn’t it?”

H e d i s m i s s e s t h e n o t i o n t h at h i s birthday, coupled with the recent flurry of reunions, has perhaps put him in a reflective mood. “Nah, not really. I’m not looking back, I’m looking forward to a couple of tours. The Victims are getting back together as well.” He stops, and there’s some concern over whether he should have let that slip. “Ah, you can announce it, what the fuck. I can always say, ‘Oops, I didn’t mean to say that,’ and blame you.

“It’s Dave Faulkner’s idea, not mine, and I thought, ‘Yeah, why not?’ It might be harder to pull off than The Scientists because it’s a lot faster and it’s a different style of music, you know? Whether three almost 60 year-olds can

pull it off... well, we’ll give it a shot. We’re only playing one show in Perth and, if it works, we’ll do a tour.”

It’s certainly shaping up to be a busy year for Baker, but that sadly leaves little time for his work in The Painkillers with Joe Bludge. “At the moment The Painkillers are taking a year off.

I guess we’ve played for seven years and we’re just a bit tired of it. We’re not writing any songs at the moment. I love the band - it’s one of the best bands I’ve played in - and we’re going to continue, but we’re gonna take a break for a year and that coincides with all these other projects as well. All these ancient bands! But I’m still in The Painkillers doing something current - it’s not like I’m relying on these other things. They just all come up at once.”

Ruminating on how the music industry has changed since he first started out some four decades past, Baker is refreshingly upbeat. As far as he can tell, things have only gotten better.

“For a start, every pub’s got a PA system these days. In the old days you used to bring your own PA system in - that’s a big fucking difference. As far as the fans go, well, I guess the fans are still the same - they still come and appreciate it. It’s a lot easier for bands now to record. Back in, say, The Victims’ days, to get a single out was like, ‘Wow! Oh fuck, man, you’ve got a record out!’ Now everybody’s got CDs out; they throw ‘em away like coasters, you know?

And it’s cheaper to record as well; you can do most of it at home. There was no home recording back then - we had to hire an expensive studio to make Television Addict and Frantic Romantic.

We had to borrow money.”

And for those struggling to get their music heard, he’d like to remind them that it was always so. “Well, no one played Television Addict on the radio - there was no radio! There might have been Double J in Sydney and maybe RRR in Melbourne - maybe they were going then, I’m not sure. They were the only stations that would play it, but they were way more underground stations than triple j is today.”

Indeed, if James Baker has one regret, it’s a fairly recent one. “I wish I had a current photograph of the Scientists! Talk about fucking dumb. We were all together over here last time and no one thought to take a current photograph. But I guess no one thought we’d be doing this tour. Well, the old photo still looks cool, so that’s okay.”

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FESTIVAL 2014 Welcome To Perth At the end of 2013, there were more than 46,000 international students studying in Perth, and it can be a bit of a culture shock, adjusting to life in a new country and making friends. The City of Perth’s International Student Festival happening this Saturday, March 15 in the Perth Cultural Centre, is just one of the ways StudyPerth helps international students settle into Perth.

StudyPerth is an organisation responsible for promoting Perth as a world-class study destination.

They work with most of the leading educational institutions including the state’s five universities, plus numerous pathway and vocational education providers, primary and secondary schools and English language colleges. StudyPerth is often the first point of contact for those wanting more info about studying (and living) in Perth.

Charlene Ellison, Marketing Officer at StudyPerth says the International Student Festival is just one of the ways to welcome newly arrived students and introduce them to Perth.

“International students may find Perth a much different city from back home and may face either a slight culture shock, adjustment to living away from their family and friends or even just being a little home sick,” she says. “They may also find the education system in Perth quite different to back home and find it challenging to make new friends or find their niche while studying away from home.”

While the whole community can attend and get involved in Saturday’s ‘free’ festivities, the focus is on welcoming international students to our fair city through entertainment, good food (ice-cream, traditional Vietnamese, Singaporean, Moroccan, Mexican food, paella and wood-fired pizzas) and to provide information about Perth. Last year the event attracted over 2,500 students and the local community.

“James Street amphitheatre (in the Perth Culture Centre) is set to come alive with a huge lineup of local talent in an intimate festival atmosphere,”

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STUDY FREO From the professional to the creative and the maritime training you would expect in Perth’s port city, there are array of degrees, training programs and hobby courses available to study at institutions in Fremantle.

Training at FTI

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME The University of Notre Dame Fremantle campus follows the practices of Catholic higher education with degrees in arts & sciences, business, education (teaching), health sciences, law, medicine, nursing & midwifery and philosophy & theology. For more info, head to: nd.edu.au/fremantle.

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Ellison says. “Acts include The Brow, Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics, Boom! Bap! Pow!, Bantus Capoeira, Junkadelic and the CCC Lion Dancers.

“Also part of the day’s activities is the City Challenge. This exciting and educative city adventure invites teams of students to search the streets of the Perth CBD to solve clues, while in the process developing an intimate knowledge about different facets of local life. There’s also a ‘best dressed’ category to the Challenge, which adds a multitude of colour to the day.”

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With courses spanning painting, drawing and printmaking, jewellery, ceramics and sculpture, fashion and textiles and performing arts, Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) is one of the most attractive places to unleash your creativity. Learning Coordinator, Deborah Haslam, says the painting and ceramics courses are extremely popular and there’s a growing interest in printmaking.

“We have a really great selection of printmaking courses on offer, from copper etching, drypoint, linocut and screenprinting as well as a great introductory course for beginners which covers a little bit about many of these techniques,” she says.

Apart from the courses on offer, FAC hosts exhibitions and galleries, Sunday music, concerts and events and there’s a shop called Found, with a great selection from WA artists.

Head to fac.org.au for course details.

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FILM & TELEVISION INSTITUTE FTI provides beginners and advanced courses and seminars for those seeking professional work in the screen industry as well as those just interested in learning how to tell their own stories on screen. Adult evening short courses run for six weeks and they also host one-day seminars with some of the world’s best film, TV and games talent - such as the ‘Presenting for TV & Radio with Deborah Kennedy’ course, which starts on March 19.

An FTI spokesperson said popular classes can sell-out as much as a month in advance. “Some consistently popular classes include Writing for Screen, Essential Film Skills, Screen Acting, Editing with Final Cut Pro and our Voice Over workshops.”

There’s an array of film professionals teaching the courses including gold ACS-winning cinematographer David LeMay; music video director, Ben Young; and editor Stefan Radanovich who is signed to leading Hollywood talent agency CAA. Head to fti.asn.au for more information.

CHALLENGER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The Beaconsfield campus is just a short distance from Fremantle’s hub with training programs in beauty; events, hospitality and tourism; community services, and construction and engineering. There’s also the Maritime campus at the edge of Victoria Quay, providing world-class training in fishing and maritimerelated fields such as marine tourism, aquaculture, deck cadet and ship’s captain. For more info head to: challenger.wa.edu.au.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BEAUTY THERAPY ISBT is an accredited beauty therapy school with diplomas and certificates in beauty services, nail technology, retail make-up and skincare, electrolysis and much more. Learn about the fulltime and part time courses on offer at: internationalbeauty.com.au.

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In the new drama, Short Term 12, Bree Larson plays a young woman who juggles working in a care facility for abused children with trying to grapple with her own traumatic past.

horrible happens and they just kind of become a mirror reflecting herself.”

Assuming the role of foster carer demanded a lot of preparation and research from the getgo. “I was completely convinced I wasn’t going to get the role because I was of no importance and so I spent a lot of time researching the subject matter and learning as much as I could about it,” Larson says. “First I started with just reading what I could on the internet and learning about the rules of those Actor Brie Larson hadn’t even finished reading Destin Daniel Cretton’s screenplay for Short Term 12 facilities - what kind of hours they’re like, what you would know about the kids, what the day to day feels like, how you deal with it, what you do when you go home to deal with this stuff, how long people before she knew she desperately wanted to be a part of it.

“I was shooting The Spectacular Now,” she recalls. “And was sent the script and was told that usually stay in this field and why. From there I ended up shadowing at a facility. I got the be on the floor I should read this as soon as possible because I was going to love it and it was absolutely true. 50 pages with some kids and got to observe firsthand what it’s like to be line staff. Then I had the opportunity in I had to call my agent and say, ‘I have to meet with this person. I don’t care if he doesn’t want me for to sit down with a few different people in the field and ask them questions about it and kind of piece it together for myself.” this role, I just need to know who did this.’ and we had a Skype call while I was in Georgia.”

Unsurprisingly, actually being present in a working facility was the most challenging part of Larson, who has made an impression in a series of supporting roles in everything from Scott Pilgrim Vs The World to Community, was drawn to the role of Grace, the embattled lead counsellor who the process - but also the most rewarding. “You say the word ‘shadow’ as though it’s very easy to make strives to care for others while being seemingly incapable of managing her own pain. “I think we all know yourself invisible, but it’s just not possible. I was kind of a mix of emotions by the end of it, feeling anger to a certain degree what that feels like,” she reflects. “I think there’s an element of that to the movie, and hurt but also feeling so inspired by these line staff and these kids. It makes you realise how resilient where she’s trying to escape something from her past, something inside of her that she doesn’t want the human spirit is. It wants to live and it wants to do well and it wants to flourish in spite of all these to deal with and so she thinks that, if she becomes more of a selfless person, then it’ll combat that. She horrible things that can happen to anybody.” can fix these kids; she might think in her head that she is broken, but these kids are fixable. But every time she throws herself into these kids and tries to give to them instead of giving to herself, something TRAVIS JOHNSON

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Third year music theatre students from the West Australian Academy Of Performing Arts will entertain all comers at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday, March 28. WAAPA Direct sees the cream of the Academy’s crop perform songs from Broadway and The West End, while the Defying Gravity percussion ensemble will be on hand to serve up tasty Latininfused soundscapes. For tickets and info, go to fac.org.au.

CULINARY CITY Loosen your belts, because the 10th annual Eat Drink Perth festival is night upon us. This tantalising celebration of the best dining and drinking experiences our city has to offer runs from April 1 - May 4, starting with an opening celebration in Brookfield Place that features free demonstrations from celebrity chef Matt Golinski. That’s just the first of over 140 events, including the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the Northbridge Piazza, the Twilight Hawker Market, the weekly Perth Home Grown Market and the Young Butcher’s Picnic. The full program drops on March 22.

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Twilight Hawker Market, Eat Drink Perth

CINEFEST OZ FILM PRIZE CALLS FOR ENTRIES Cinefest Oz is accepting entries for the inaugural Cinefest Oz Film Prize. Offered as part of a three year sponsorship deal with Eventscorp’s Regional Events Program, at $100,000 it is Australia’s most lucrative film prize. Submissions are open to Australian feature films and feature length documentaries that meet the criteria. For full info, head to cinefestoz.com. The deadline for submissions is June 6. Cinefest Oz runs from August 20 - 24.

INDIE THEATRE HITS SUBI The Independent Theatre Festival is running at the Subiaco Arts Centre from March 12 - April 12. That’s a whole month of cutting edge West Australian theatre and dance, including The Guys, Dancers Speak Volumes, The Standover Man, Trampoline, The Little Mermaid and Crash Course. For details, head to subiacoartscentre.com.au. Tickets are available through Ticketek.

The Standover Man, part of the Independent Theatre Festival - photo by Esther Longhurst

GET SOME PERSPECTIVE The 18th Annual Performing Arts Perspectives is on at His Majesty’s Theatre on March 26 and 27.

Showcasing some of the best young performers to come through the public, private and Catholic school systems, this represents an opportunity to witness the skills of the stars of tomorrow as they embark upon their creative journeys.

Performers include classical pianist Benjamin Chia, contemporary dancer Melanie Wozniak, and actor Rupert Williamson. For information and tickets, go to performingartsperspectives.com.au.

NASTY NOODLES Nasty Goreng, a new exhibition by white hot street artists The Yok and Sheryo, is on display at Turner Galleries from March 21 - April 19. Encompassing an installation, paintings, drawings, sculptures, textile work and a mural, this promises to be something very special. Both artists will be present for the duration of the exhibition as they participate in the Turner Galleries Artist In Residence Programme. For more info, head to turnergalleries.com.au.

One of the biggest video game franchises in the world, Need For Speed, mashes down the accelerator button in a race for big box office bucks. If it just happens to drift into the lane of one of the larger movie franchises of late, The Fast And The Furious, well that just seems like bonus points.

Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul) is a repair shop owner by day and an illegal street racer by night. Falsely imprisoned over the accidental death of a friend, he emerges two years later bent on revenge.

His best hope to clear his name and get vengeance is a high-end illegal street race, across the other side of the country and only two days away.

Adapting video games to film has been a notoriously tricky task. Often such projects will go to poor directors to be churned out with little budget, quick turn around, and zero fucks given (I’m looking at you Uwe Boll). To be fair, this is certainly not the case with Need For Speed. Plenty of money for stunt work is in evidence, the director has an extensive background in stunt work (although his first film, Act Of Valor, was uninspiring) and there are plenty of nods and winks to the source material.

Instead it seems more of a case of what works in one medium doesn’t always translate well into the other. The mission style set up in Need For Speed robs the movie of any overarching tension, but rather seems to be a progressive series of stunts and chase

sequences before moving onto the next. The dialogue is often cringe-worthy and the plot has bigger holes than an over-bored V8.

In this environment the actors do the best they can. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) does his best James Dean impression with popped up collar and mumbled one liners. Imogen Poots is stunning but ultimately wasted in a dull role. The only actor that seems to be making the most of things is Michael Keaton as Monarch, who gives a totally over the top performance, as if Beetlejuice was hosting Good Morning Vietnam.

With logic and dialogue clearly considered excess weight, a movie such as this lives and dies on the power of its chase sequences. Although the purely physical based car sequences are impressive, there is nothing that we have not seen before. In fact, with a host of references to previous iconic car films such as Bullitt, The Blues Brothers and American Graffiti, as well as the occasional lift, there is quite a bit we have seen here before. It’s the usual Michael Bay-inspired car porn filled with either lingering shots of supercars, confusing, rapidly edited chase scenes, or slow-mo crash sequences. All to the roar of constant engine noise.

For all the money thrown into this production, for all the obvious effort placed into the stunt work, for all the European supercars that were consigned to a fiery end, Need For Speed just fails to impress. Surprisingly pedestrian.

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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Starring Brie Larson, John Gallagher, Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Keith Stanfield, Rami Malek Based on the actual experiences of writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton, Short Term 12 charts the daily struggles of Grace (Brie Larson), a counsellor at a temporary care facility for at-risk youth. A solid, dependable presence in the lives of her charges, Grace is never ruffled by the often explosive confrontations that punctuate life at the foster home, but the arrival of a new girl, Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever) threatens her composure when Grace recognises signs of the same abuse that she endured as a child.

Based solely on the synopsis, you could be forgiven for imagining Cretton’s film is a stock standard Hollywood heartstring tugger, but nothing could be further from the truth. Short Term12 is a remarkably balanced and emotionally astute work, grounded and free of sentiment, and all the more heart-wrenching because of that.

Tragedies abound in the film, to the point where the sheer amount of pain on display threatens to overwhelm the viewer. Yet this is counterbalanced by the determination and empathy shown by Grace and Mason (John Gallagher, Jr.) her co-worker and boyfriend, who greet each tantrum with a resigned, “Here we go.”

Throwing up your hands in despair is not an option; only hard work, diligence and compassion can win the day.

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21 Jump Street and United States Of Tara. Both she and Cretton’s script, work hard to portray Grace as a complex individual rather than a beleaguered saint, wrestling with demons that sometimes jeopardise her relationships. The rest of the cast also deliver strong performances; Keith Stanfield’s turn as the troubled, inarticulate Marcus, who is grappling with having to leave the facility as he turns 18, is particularly moving, while Rami Malek manages to imbue new counsellor Nate with that freshly-landed-fish look without making him insufferably inept.

It’s hard to believe that this is only Cretton’s second feature film, following the largely overlooked I Am Not A Hipster. Hopefully this isn’t a case of lightning in a bottle and we’re instead privy to the ascendancy of a strong new voice in cinema. Short Term 12 is one of the best films you’re likely to see this year but, thanks to the vicissitudes of the film market, you’ve only get a very small window in which to see it. It’s a film that should have been an Oscar contender. Here, it’s relegated to the festival circuit. Vote with your wallet and make sure you see this one. And take tissues - you’ll need them.

TRAVIS JOHNSON

Short Term 12 screens as part of the Lotterywest Festival Films season at Somerville from March 17 23 and Joondalup Pines from March 25 - 30. For more details, head to perthfestival.com.au.

Greece Is The Word Directed Noam Murro Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey That time has come once again to prove that oiled up nipples, a well defined sixpack and a leather posing pouch are the most effective armour in the ancient world as a horde of male strippers leap across the screen in 300 Rise Of An Empire.

This sequel follows the Athenian leader Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) as he attempts to unite the collection of city states that form Greece into a nation capable of resisting the advances of the Persian God-King, Xerxes. At its centre lie two major naval engagements: the Battle of Artemisium (fought concurrently with Themopylae) and the epic Battle of Salamis. Both see Themisokles match wits with the wily commander of Persian navy, Artemisia (Eva Green).

Like it’s predecessor, 300: Rise Of An Empire is again based on a comic by Frank Miller (although at this time it is still unreleased). This means that the same wonky physics and distorted history of the first are in play here, as well as the beautiful visuals and the stunning violence.

Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom) approaches his role with all the gravitas of a high school Shakespeare performance. As such he seems understated in comparison to the previous completely over the top Gerald Butler as King Leonidas. Yet, in

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a film that does have many marked similarities with its predecessor, this is a needed difference. Stapleton does manage to do well in the physical aspects of his role and does bring a marked intensity to his fight sequences. Eva Green seems to be relishing the role of the villainous Artemisia and approaches it with great gusto, taking it to the heady heights of a Bond villain (thoroughly appropriate for a former Bond girl). Her character is an impressive foil for Themistokles, both on the battlefield and in the bedroom (there is a ridiculous hate-fuck scene that seems purely there to avoid the jibes of homoeroticism that 300 received).

Despite some worrying messages (such as its portrayal of the East as a decadent, degenerate other) it is so easy to get lost in ‘the wave of hero’s blood’ and ride along with the ludicrous spectacle of this movie. Noam Murro almost perfectly copies Zack Snyder’s hyper-stylised world, bringing us the feel of a comic book come to life. The action sequences are impressive and feel visceral despite the large quantities of CG blood being sprayed about the screen.

To state the blatantly obvious, this is not a cerebral movie. Instead it is a rollercoaster ride of cheap CG thrills and spills. It is definitely more of the same, but with enough difference and novelty to not just be 300 on a boat. It might not be Sparta this time around but it is definitely the same brand of madness.

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THE MONUMENTS MEN Art Of Darkness Directed by George Clooney Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban During Word War II, the men of the Monuments, Fine Arts And Archives Program went haring around the European Theatre, trying to prevent great arts and antiquities from being looted or destroyed by the retreating Nazis. There’s surely a good movie to be made out of that intriguing premise.

Unfortunately, it’s not the one that director, cowriter and star, George Clooney, has made.

Based on the book of the same name by Robert M. Edsel, the film sees Clooney as Lieutenant Frank Stokes (based on the historical George Stout - all the names have been changed for no readily apparent reason), who organises a team of eccentric arts experts (Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, et al) with the remit of protecting Europe’s cultural treasures from the war (it’s not just Nazi thieves they have to worry about, but the tendency of artillery of any stripe to be fairly indiscriminate).

And that, as far as story goes, is more or less that. While there’s a loose narrative spine regarding the hunt for the Ghent Altarpiece and Michelangelo’s Madonna And Child, there’s certainly no sense of momentum or stakes, no matter how many speeches Clooney makes about the importance of art.

It’s a shame, because there’s a lot of top notch talent involved here and they’re largely the reason The Monuments Men is merely bad rather than completely unwatchable. While John Goodman isn’t given a whole lot to do, his presence is always welcome and Bill Murray and Bob Balaban offer the most value as a pair of bickering rivals who come to respect each other over the course of the film.

Conversely, the relationship between James Granger (Matt Damon) and Claire (Cate Blanchett) a French resistance operator, never really lands.

In fact, there seems to be a whole subplot involving Granger’s heart condition that seems to have been elided away during post production - and that’s surely not the only thing that was jettisoned.

The resulting film judders along in a stop-start fashion, not so much episodic as almost anecdotal. Couple that with some serious tonal problems - Clooney seems to be trying to make a dextrous caper flick, a gritty war film, a Holocaust indictment and a treatise on the importance of art all at the same time - and you’ve got a film that almost completely lacks a sense of identity.

It feels mean to give The Monuments Men a low mark. There’s nothing but goodwill and honest intentions behind it, but the resultant work is just a half-baked mess. If you’re feeling charitable, it’s not the worst way to kill a couple of hours, but it’s certainly not worth going out of your way to see. A misfire.

TRAVIS JOHNSON

MFF 2013, L’Oréal Paris Runway, backstage

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detailed cutting and quality craftsmanship which have made his designs a favourite for a plethora for international stars including Rihanna, Dita Von Teese and Dannii Minogue.

The talented designer will also extensively share his experiences at a Fashion Industry Forum event, where he’ll speak candidly about the lessons he’s learnt through a bad investment partnership early in his career and provide advice on how, with the benefit of hindsight, he now works with investors to ensure the integrity of his brand.

Fresh from taking out the Designer For Tomorrow award at this year’s WA Fashion Awards earlier this month, Natalie Donovan’s popular readyto-wear and accessories brand Wild Horses is also sure to wow fashionistas during a premium runway event.

In keeping with Donovan’s signature juxtaposition of fun, accessible designs with rebellious undertones, her latest designs will see lighter elements including neon, suede, tulips and tassels, contrasted with darker details like skulls, raw edges and leather detailing.

Two other local labels sure to turn heads are One Fell Swoop and Zhivago. Both were nominated for the Most Innovative Designer award at the WA Fashion Awards (they lost out to the Kimbra-dressing Jaime Lee Major) and both will showcase at VAMFF’s Independent Runway, no doubt the perfect place for both contemporary designers’ to unleash their independent spirit, unique vision and unwavering sense of daring.

Also on show at the Independent Runway event will be the Parisian haute couture-inspired garments of prolific WA designer Garth Cook. Having presented one of the strongest collections at last year’s Perth Fashion Festival, there’s no doubt Cook’s gorgeous, luxe designs will strike a chord with east coast fashionistas.

West Dressed There will be a strong WA presence at this year’s Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. The festival’s core program of runway, beauty and business events runs from March 17 to 23 in various venues around Melbourne’s city centre and Docklands.

While the 18th annual WA Fashion Awards seems like a distant memory, top west coast talent remains under the spotlight at the forthcoming annual event Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF).

Formerly known as the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) the festival has grown over nearly two decades to encompass a month of activities, which started at the beginning of this month and includes pop-up stores, exhibitions, free events and special deals, all of which combine to only strengthen Melbourne’s grasp on the title of being the style capital of Australia.

While the VAMFF may have something of an east coast flavour, a slew of WA designers will be adding their own unique spice to the Victorian capital during this year’s event.

Perennial festival favourite Aurelio Costarella heads up the WA contingent, promising a runway show which will showcase the textile development,

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VISUAL ARTS Unmasked: Moores Art Building A collaboration between local Fremantle artists, shedding light on the many masks we wear and what lies beneath them. Featuring work from David Vincent Maisano, Xavier Turisini, Junko Kitamura, Saschka, Luke Ey, David Spencer and more. It runs from March 14 - March 30. Go to fac.org.au for further information.

Encounters: Heathcote Museum And Gallery Nidia Hansen’s examination of the shifting point where raw materials are transformed into art runs until April 6. Hansen works in wood veneer, paper and canvas to construct minimalist, organic shapes, geometric patterns and other objects. Go to melvillecity.com.au for more.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Subscription To Love: Hackett Hall This Perth production charts the complicated relationships of a group of close friends. Set in the modern day but written in iambic pentameter, this tragi-comedy runs from March 13 - 15. For tickets and session times, go to playlovers.org.au.

A Streetcar Named Desire: State Theatre Centre Sigrid Thornton stars as Blanche DuBois in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of Tennessee William’s classic tale of delusion and desire. From March 15 - April 6. Head to bsstc.com.au for session times and tickets.

Green Porno: Perth Concert Hall Isabella Rossellini presents her new, wonderfully weird, one-woman stage show for one night only on Wednesday, March 19. Screen icon Rossellini takes us on a strange journey through the mating habits of a variety of terrestrial and aquatic animals, which should prove interesting. For info and tickets, head to ticketek.com.au.

The Bridge by Xavier Turisini, Unmasked

Pop & Splat: Little Creatures Brewery An exhibition of works from Perth Stencil artist I’m The Boss, presented by Gullotti Galleries. It runs from March 20 - April 14. Check out imtheboss.com.au for more.

Bali - Return Economy: Fremantle Arts Centre A diverse exhibition focusing on Australia’s relationship with Indonesia as well as showcasing pieces from some of the most extensive collections of Balinese art in Western Australia. It runs until March 27. Go to fac. org.au for details.

Fights And Flights: State Theatre Centre A stunning mixture of dance, theatre and kung fu from Steps Youth Dance Company. 65 performers, ranging in age from seven to 30, work together to celebrate the challenges and victories of life. It runs from May 10 - 11. For tickets and session times, go to ticketek.com.au.

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The Refusal Of Time: PICA This video and sculpture installation by William Kentridge sits at the crossroads of industrialisation and colonialism, combining theatre, drawing, music, film, dance and animation. Presented by PICA, Perth International Arts Festival and the Art Gallery Of Western Australia, it’s on display until April 27. Go to perthfestival.com.au for details.

Silver Swans: Fremantle Arts Centre Presented by Tura New Music, cutting edge ensemble, Etica, will be presenting three new works in the FAC courtyard, including James Ledger’s Silver Swans, Chris Tonkin’s Transient States and Ross Edwards’ Laikan.

Performance on April 10, tickets through oztix.com.au

Cabinets Of Curiosities: Perth Centre for Photography Connie Petrillo’s latest exhibition of autobiographical work casts a withering look at the exploitation of children by mass media and asks hard questions about they ways in which childhood is represented in our culture. It runs until March 16. Go to pcp.org.au for further information.

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2014 So Frenchy, so chic! The greatest Gallic film festival is just over the horizon, once again bringing Perth cineastes the finest of filmic treats. It runs at Cinema Paradiso from March 18 - April 6. Go to affrenchfilmfestival.org for details.

Ukiyo-E - Japanese Prints Of The Floating World: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery An exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints from the collection of Ronald and Catherine Berndt. It runs until June 28. Head over to lwgallery.uwa.edu.au for details.

Year 12 Perspectives: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia This annual exhibition of the best work that our graduating Year 12 arts students have to offer runs until May 5. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for further information.

Drawing Matters: Spectrum Project Space A collection of unique drawing works from artists Nola Farman, Marie Haass and Angela Stewart. It runs until March 21. Go to ecu.edu.au for more details.

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Paco Peña Dance Company: Perth Concert Hall Flamencura, the latest production from flamenco legend Paco Peña, will be performed for one night only on Wednesday, April 2. For info and tickets, go to ticketek.com.au.

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Monster Fest: Luna Outdoor This massive celebration of cult, horror and schlock takes over Luna Outdoor from March 27 - April 2.

Featuring the roller derby slasher flick, Murderdrome; lo-fi psychological thriller, Jugular; seductive vampire study Kiss Of The Damned and more! Head to lunapalace.com.au for tickets and session times.

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Second Nature Back in action after a six year hiatus.

The legendary Jurassic 5 bring their showmanship and energy to Perth this Friday, March 14 at Metro City with support from The Stoops, Karl Blue, Angry Buda and Arms In Motion. TYSON WRAY reports.

‘J-5! J-5! J-5!’ Coachella, 10.35pm, Friday, April 12, 2013. The incessant chanting from the tens of thousands of revellers at the outdoor stage is overwhelming. Akil, Zaakir, Mark 7even, DJ Nu-Mark, Chali 2na and Cut Chemist are all understandably quite nervous. It’s been six years since they’ve performed together, having called it quits back in 2007.

“Coachella was such a big moment for us, being that it was our first show back,” notes Mark Stuart aka Mark

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7even. “I mean, it’s Coachella!” he laughs. “It’s huge. It’s one of the biggest festivals in the world.” And indeed their comeback show solidified their status as hip hop royalty. Taking to the stage and performing a bombastic slew of hits from their classic back catalogue including Quality Control, Concrete Schoolyard and Freedom, the rock-solid performance was met with rave reviews and was a definitive message that J5 were as unyielding as ever.

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SPACE AND BEYOND Melbourne hip hop lad, Bam Bam has his bags packed and is heading out on The Good Life Tour to promote his latest EP of the same name. Catch the man in action churning out his party bangers including latest single, Feel Like I’m Alive on Saturday, April 19 at Amplifier Bar. Special guest on the night is his Queensland comrade, Savo. Doors open at 8pm and pre-sale tickets are available from Oztix.

German electronic producer, Move D is playing an extended set at Geisha Bar this Friday, March 14.

With a long and varied history in ‘60s and ‘70s jazz, psychedelic, soul and early electronica, he’s a heavyweight in house music and as a producer for countless forward thinking labels. Supports on the night include Jay Murphy, Ben M, Ben Taaffe and James A. Doors open at 10pm and get your tickets via eventbrite.com.au or (hopefully) on the door on the night.

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“It was great. It was a ground for us to prove ourselves. To see if we could still vibe together and if we still had that bond onstage,” he explains. “We practiced for about two weeks before Coachella and by the second day we could already feel that things were clicking back together. We had about 15 years together as a group; it becomes your second nature. I mean, you can walk away from it, but it’s always going to come straight back.”

It was only a month following the twin Coachella performances that J5 took off on their question for world domination, touring non-stop throughout the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Canada and the United States.

“We played around 30 shows last year.

We played a killer show at the (O2 Academy) Brixton and then played at a heap of festivals,” he recalls fondly of 2013. “It was a really good and productive year. It was a great way to kick things off and let everyone know that we’re back.”

Flash-forward to 2014 and after a two month break, J5 are once again ready to jet-set and perform around the globe. “The year has started off great. We actually just got back from doing a show out at Denver in Colorado. We played up in the Red Rocks (Amphitheatre) to about 7,000 people. It was a great way to kick off 2014. Things are going real well for us.”

This month will see the legendary hip hop outfit return to Australian shores with their dynamic live show, the first time since 2007 which was followed by their unceremonious split.

“We’ve been playing about an-hour-anda-half long sets. We just be us,” notes Stuart of their current live performances. “We bring a lot of energy and throw around the classics, we’re interactive with the crowds. We just do what we’re famous for.

“This ain’t our first trip down to Australia. It’s not going to be the first time that people in Australia have seen us,” he details of the upcoming tour. “They know what to expect, that’s why they bought a ticket.

Y’know what I mean? Not to be like that, but they know what J5 does and the level of quality that we like to bring to a show, into our performance. That’s what we’re going to bring; showmanship and energy. It’s going to be memorable.”

Following their touchdown in Australia, J5’s global onslaught will continue well into the year.

“We’ve got a lot of stuff on the books. We’re currently in the early stages of possibly bringing back the Word Of Mouth tour. We’ll be heading back to the UK in the summer. We’ve got quite a lot of tours and festival offers that have been made to us.”

And is there a possibility of hearing new material? “I will say that you can expect to hear something new from Jurassic 5 in 2014. I won’t say if it’s an album, a single or a video, but you will see something new from Jurassic 5 very soon.”

HOLA, AMIGOS! Spanish house/techno DJ, Edu Imbernon is playing a show at Geisha on Friday, March 28. Sprouting from Valencia, the songwriter, producer, remixer, DJ and label owner is becoming known globally for his blend of electronica, house and indie. With releases on Bedrock and Get Physical, as well as Culprit and Suara, he’s been touring everywhere from Lebanon to Brazil to Goa and the usual hotspots like Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, the terrace of Space Ibiza, Watergate in Berlin and Fabric, London. Tickets on sale at the door.

Melbourne beatmaker, Oscar Key Sung is heading out on a national tour in support of his debut EP, Holograms, which swings by Perth for a show at The Bird on Thursday, May 1. Since making a name for himself as one half of Oscar + Martin in 2010, he’s received international acclaim for his spacious productions and distinctive alt-R&B style. Get your tickets for this one from Moshtix.

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WITH L$TREET L$TREET shares his top five new hip hop tunes.

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It’s 2014 and most of you thought with the rise of Macklemore and Childish Gambino that gangsta rap was dead? Enter TDE records and Black Hippy member Schoolboy Q from Hoover Block, South Central LA reminding us all where it started at, over timeless Alchemist production this is the hidden gem from his major label debut, OxyMoron out now.

MAJOR LAZER FT. PHARRELL Aerosol Can Mad Decent/ Secretly Canadian

OK so this is borderline hip hop, but this is Pharrell taking it back to his roots lyrically over signature drums supplied by the beat giants over at Major Lazer and absolutely slaying it to the rhythm of yes you guessed it, an aerosol can, taken from their brand new EP Apocalypse Soon.

Come 1am at your local hip hop club, if this isn’t on, ask the DJ why not?

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From the legendary rap breeding ground of Compton, the rise of Hub City’s YG may have been overnight to the regular hip hop fan but his underground YouTube presence is legendary. Flash forward to 2014 and following up with what some are calling the hit of the summer back in the USA with My H*tta (yes, the clean version) comes this track with long time collaborator Drake over another legendary DJ Mustard production.

CURREN$Y Stolen Jet Life/Warner

Although not for everybody, it’s really not hard to love New Orlean’s Curren$y, his laidback styles have opened us to brand new soundscapes from producers like Harry Fraud, Clams Casino, Cardo & Sledgren to name just a few. This time he reaches out to Thelonious Martin for that signature lay low kick back you only get from a Curren$y record. This is lifted (see, what I did there?) from his latest mixtape The Drive-In Theatre out now!

BRIGGS Victory (Taken from Flume remix of Gurrumul’s Baru) Golden Era

Going local on this one; taken from the Golden Era Records Mixtape 2014, which for the uneducated is the spiritual home of the Hilltop Hoods and super talented friends, in this case Melbourne’s own Briggs - taking a huge leap of faith musically and absolutely nailing it. Sometimes the hip hop being made in this country can be criticised for being stuck in the ‘90s in terms of production and word play, but this record is far from that, setting the bar for MC’s looking to go outside their normal comfort zone (take notes Daniel Johns and 360).

Flying Lotus Layer 3. Photos by Daniel Craig

HANDPICKED 003 AV Odyssey Flying Lotus, Ta-ku and Ryan Hemsworth @ Fremantle Arts Centre Friday, March 7, 2014 In the perfect venue for a show that isn’t just about the music but a full sensory experience, Fremantle Arts Centre hosted Handpicked 003, curated by talented local beatmaker Ta-ku, who invited some international guests to join him in Canadian producer Ryan Hemsworth and US artist extraordinaire, Flying Lotus.

The fun started early at 6pm and Ryan Hemsworth was halfway through his timeslot as the sun was setting and the outdoor venue began to fill with the hoards there to see Flying Lotus and his Layer 3 show, which debuted at Origin NYE a few years ago.

Ta-ku stepped up the pace as night fell, playing a superb mix of R&B and hip hop-influenced tracks in his choppy signature style that’s gotten him attention worldwide. A shame that both him and Hemsworth were tucked away in a DJ booth next to the main stage - but that was solely reserved for FlyLo and his intricate visual setup. Ta-ku still managed to make his presence felt – getting on the mic every so often to hype up punters, who responded by crunking to his fine original tunes and edits.

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Flying Lotus has come a long way (in terms of putting on a performance) since seeing him at The Bakery three years ago. There’s never been any dispute about the genius of his avant-garde production and now he’s taken the performance element to the next level too, with a visual show to perfectly accentuate the audio.

The magic of Layer 3 is created by front and back invisible scrim with FlyLo in the middle on his gear, while his hidden affiliates Strangeloop and Timeboy project a multitude of animations live – the back being ‘the universe’ and the front interacting more directly with FlyLo and his music, which altogether creates a Kubrick-inspired Space Odyssey to bring last year’s playful album, Until The Quiet Comes and 2010’s Cosmogramma alive. There was also a welcome appearance from his alias Captain Murphy, who got on the mic for a few tracks and to get closer to fans.

Apart from giving a shout out to one of his favourite bands, Tame Impala in the audience, FlyLo just immersed himself in the surreal reality he and his Brainfeeder comrades created, and onlookers got to partake in their own journey of wonderment, in one of those rare moments when art inundates the senses to become something truly magical.

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YO! MAFIA Twerk It Sneaker collector, vinyl freak and allround music geek, Yo! Mafia is fresh from playing the official Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras Party and will hit The Newport Hotel this Friday, March 14 to drop her signature hip hop flavour.

CLAIRE KNIGHT catches up with the Melbourne DJ during her stint in Sydney.

For an event synonymous with Kylie Minogue pop anthems, a hip hop-centric act did seem like an interesting addition to the Mardi Gras lineup. “ I c a n p l ay Ky l i e ! ” co u n t e r s t h e international party DJ, who has made a career of bending genres to appeal to a wider audience. “I’ve got a mad bootleg Missy Elliot, Pass That Dutch into Slow - it’s crazy.”

Mafia’s enthusiasm is palpable. It is strikingly clear that this is someone who absolutely loves her job. Using her unique position on the dance-heavy lineup “to give Mardi Gras something a little bit different”, she draws from an extensive background in ’90s hip hop, R&B and a love of current music, to perform a diverse three-hour set.

“I love Whitney, I love Mariah,” she says, citing her favourite ’90s gay icons. “I love all that shit and I’ll bang that out too. When I played at Meredith Music Festival in front of 15,000 people I was like, ‘You know what, fuck it - I’m gonna play some bangers and gay anthems,’ and they were going bananas! It translates. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you are; if you love music, you love music.”

Contrary to rapper Macklemore’s belief (‘If I was gay, I would think hip hop hates me’) it seems as though now, more than ever, hip hop is finding its place within queer culture. “I know a lot of gay guys and girls are really into twerk music at the moment,” agrees Mafia. This fresh appreciation of the genre within the community has been spearheaded by acts such as Le1f, Mykki Blanco and Big Freedia - the ‘Queen of Bounce’ with whom Mafia toured last year. “It was all gay audiences and I know they love that New Orleans bounce and twerk shit,” she says.

Refusing to be pigeonholed, Mafia has never let her gender or sexuality influence her craft. “I made a point early on not to be a gay DJ,”

she explains. “No-one ever knew I was a girl either, because my name is Mafia and I kind of dress like a boy. When I took that name I really wanted something that wasn’t gender specific. I didn’t want anyone to look at me and go, ‘Oh, that’s a chick DJ, she’s shit’ and have a preconceived notion.”

After the Perth show this Friday, she’ll be supporting Harlem rapper A$AP Ferg on his first headline tour of Australia. Soon after she will be playing alongside Australian dance legends The Presets and signing her first record deal.

“It’s pretty exciting. There is a group of us that are coming onto this label,” she says, remaining tight-lipped about the finer details of the deal. “All I can say is that I’m really excited to release my first official mixtape. I have some incredible drops from some of my favourite MCs and international rappers.”

Metronomy’s Joseph Mount

METRONOMY Into Being Joseph Mount, creator of English indietronic band Metronomy, divulges the secrets behind their fourth album, Love Letters to MICHAEL CAVES. The record is out now via Because Music/Warner.

Recorded at Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London; the place to go for that retro, purist sound, it could be seen as an unusual choice for a band who up until now, have had a predominantly digital slant to their music.

So how did the decision come about to record with vintage mics, eight-track tape recorders and Abbey Road mixing desks, more akin to the nostalgic British rock styles of the mid-’60s?

Toe Rag Studio is full of vintage ex-BBC and EMI microphones, even the ridiculously old circa 1930’s STC 4021 ‘Ball and Biscuit’ microphone named in The White Stripes song on the Elephant album was recorded within the confines of this illustrious studio.

“Basically at the end of recording The English Riviera, I felt like although I’d recorded the record in a studio, it hadn’t been the experience I’d imagined it to be... it hadn’t been quite as pure or something,” Mount explains. “We were still using a computer and I felt a bit like it was the same process that I would do at home, on my little laptop or whatever… I started to think I

should try and get that satisfaction I was looking for and I felt like it would be a really interesting thing to do, to take what I do and what people perceive I do... and record it in a way which involves much more finesse.”

Toe Rag was put together by producer Liam Watson, who during the early ‘90s decided to buck trends and build a studio full of recording equipment dating back to the ‘60s instead of following the developments into the digital realms of ADAT and computer-based recording. 30 years later, the studio’s had numerous hits cut on the classic mixers and tape machine, including an early single by Perth’s own Tame Impala.

Love Letters is a subtly dark release full of reminiscent lyrics about lost love and heartache. The opening track The Upsetter expresses the fragility of Mount’s vocals, which without all the multi-tracking apparent in previous records, has crafted his voice into something more honest and lucid.

“Lyrically it’s more dark, you can hear everything much easier,” he explains. “I think when you’re recording in a studio like that with such limitations, you’ve got no choice but to have the vocal perfect... I think in the past I might have tried to hide behind the effects a lot more.”

Mount seemed unsure if this new record represented a new direction for the band. “With each record I release there’s a context and having a back catalogue... it’s easier to start to build a picture and work out how different tracks and records relate to each. The fact that it was recorded the way it was, changed how I wrote songs... I think I’m getting much more relaxed and I’m beginning to understand what I do a bit better. I think I trust myself, so a definitive sound is emerging I guess.”

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WED 12/03 AMPLIFIER Academy BEAT NIGHTCLUB Street BRASS MONKEY Vicktor Burlesque CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Harlem Wednesdays CAPTAIN STIRLING Lokie Shaw CLUB RED SEA Cheek GOLD BAR Famous THE GOOD SHEPHERD Thinkfar ft.

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Sly Kidd Woman Troubles GROOVE BAR (CROWN) 5 Shots HIP-E CLUB DJ E-Funk LLAMA BAR Akuna Club METRO FREO Next Gen NEWPORT HOTEL Full Moon Party ft.

Wasteland THE SHED DJ Dillan SOVEREIGN ARMS Jordan Scott THE VILLAGE BAR Village People Wednesdays

THE CAUSEWAY Xport Thursdays THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Institution Thursdays ft.

DJ Pup B-Fix CLUB RED SEA Thursday Night Revolution CONNECTIONS Bingay THE CRAFTSMAN J!mmy Beats THE DEEN Chase The Sunday DEFECTORS The Black Lodge ft.

DJ Jess Kill DJ Laith Tyranny THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Lonely Hearts Club EVE NIGHTCLUB Retro Thursdays ft. EVE DJ Team GOLD BAR OG Thursdays LEISURE INN DJ Peta LOST SOCIETY The Collective THE SHED Midnight Ramblers

FRI 14/03 AMBAR Force Majeure ft Nick Thayer AMPLIFIER Fridays Are Back ft.

Kla THE AVIARY Paradise Paul Troy Division THE BAKERY JUGULAR ft.

Fungle Club DJs THE BAYSWATER Mario Zuli THE BEAT (DOWNSTAIRS) PLAY THE BIRD Hip Hop Kara”YO!”Ke THE BRASS MONKEY James Ess & Vicktor THE BRIGHTON DJ Peta C5 METRO FREO Fresco Flow ft.

Surge Don Migi Nano

CAPITOL I Love 80’s & 90’s ft.

DJ Tucker CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) I Love 90’s THE CARINE J!mmy Beats THE COMO Philly Blunt THE CRAFTSMAN Dazman DAILY PLANET Sundowner Sessions THE DEEN Student Night EVE NIGHTCLUB Recharge Fridays THE FLYING SCOTSMAN UK 90’s FLAWLESS Monarch Fridays GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Dance Party ft.

Sable GEISHA BAR Habitat & MOVE Move D Jay Murphy Ben M Ben Taaffe James A THE GEORGE NDORSE GILKISON DANCE STUDIO Judge Jules GOLD BAR Vanity THE GOOD SHEPHERD Throwback Fridays GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Easy Tigers DJ Crazy Craig HIP-E CLUB DJ E-Funk LAKERS TAVERN Grizzly LEISURE INN Mel Burns Az-T Krunk LIBRARY Dorcia MALT Nu Disco Hip Hop METRO CITY Jurassic 5 Reunion Tour METRO FREO Say Cheese! ft.

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MY PLACE Karaoke NEWPORT HOTEL Yo! Mafia PARAMOUNT Friday Nights PARKER Limelite Sander Kleinenberg Mel Bee Jump The Gun PLAYERS Hooch & Die High ft All Day, Paces & More THE QUEENS Jon Ee & DJ Reuben THE SAINT Circle Werk SHAPE BAR Dodge & Fuski THE SHED Crush DJ Matt SOVEREIGN ARMS Lokie Shaw THE WHALE & ALE Sonny YAYA’S ACE Fridays

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Miss Demeanour, Micah Philly Blunt Bezwun Standards Down AMPLIFIER Pure Pop Ft. Electric Eddie THE AVIARY NDORSE Hykus Zel AVENUE Lokie Shaw THE BALMORAL Back To The 80’s BAR ORIENT The Reggae Club BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) CANVAS THE BOHEME Tastes Like Chicken BRASS MONKEY DJ Peta & Grizzly THE BRIGHTON Miss Chief

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C5 METRO FREO I Love 80’s & 90’s DJ Wazz DJ Shane CAPITOL Death Disco ft.

Death Disco DJs CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Cream of the 80’s ft.

DJ Roger Smart THE CAUSEWAY House Party THE COMO Jon Ee THE CORNERSTONE Mario Julj THE DEEN Saturdays DEFECTORS BAR Future Wives Club EAST END BAR Home FLAWLESS LQ Saturdays FLYRITE Father GEISHA BAR Kinky Malinki Club Tour ft.

Saul Bliss Dekski JimiJ Riki JK Robot Arjen GOLD BAR Pure Gold THE GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus THE GRAND Garrison GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Actung Baby U2 Show Hero DJs HIP-E CLUB DJ E-Funk LIBRARY MKT LOST SOCIETY Chalk METRO FREO Metropolis Saturday’s ft. Mr T, Dr Wazz, Ben C, DJ Shane NEWPORT HOTEL Gravity DJ Tahli Jade DJ Tom Drummond

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Pharrell Williams FRIDAY, MARCH 14 @ CHALLENGE STADIUM PARKER Parker Saturdays ft.

Lukas Wimmler Acebasik Wasteland Axen Kastel PARAMOUNT Saturday Nights ft. Felix PEEL ALEHOUSE Squinty THE QUEENS Funky Bottoms & Jay Lee Lloyd THE SAINT Dylan Carter SHAPE BAR Big Ape Vs. DDWYT ft.

Coki THE SHED Huge DJ Andyy SOVEREIGN ARMS Moe-Hee-Toe THE WHALE & ALE Jules THE VELVET LOUNGE BACK IT UP 2 The Xover Years - Hardcore & Jungle VILLA APTMNT: The Jump Off Free Style Battles YAYA’S Arcadia ft.

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SUN 16/03 THE AVIARY Rooftop Sessions BRASS MONKEY Grizzly

THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Driver Not So Hot Dos Lukas Wimmler FLYRITE Day-Woo THE ROSEMOUNT (BEER GARDEN) Get Down THE SAINT Jon Ee & Az-T THE SHED The Healy’s Renogade THE QUEENS Fiveo & Sam Spencer

MON 17/03 BRASS MONKEY Monkey Madness THE DEEN Manic Mondays THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Wide Open Mic THE SHED The Healy’s Some Craic Blue Hornet YAYA’S Big Tommo’s Open Mic

TUES 18/03 THE BIRD The Bird’s Open Mic Night BRASS MONKEY Acoustic Open Mic Night MUSTANG BAR Danza Loca Salsa Night

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HUXLEY 3 Geisha THUNDAMENTALS 8 Flyrite

FORCE MAJEURE ft Nick Thayer 14 Parker

THE PRESETS, WORDLIFE, DJ BENI 8 Capitol

HOOCH & DIE HIGH ft All Day, Paces & more 14 Players Bar DODGE & FUSKI 14 Shape KINKI MALINKI 15 Geisha BIG APE VS DEADWEIGHT ft Coki 15 Shape CARNAVAL: BRAZILIAN NIGHT 15 The Deen DAY-WOO 16 Flyrite MARCH

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HOT DUB TIME MACHINE 4 Metropolis Fremantle 5 Capitol A$AP FERG 5 The Bakery DUB FX & OPIUO 5 Villa ART VS SCIENCE 5 Amplifier Bar

EDU IMBERNON 28 Geisha

CHICKS ON SPEED 5 Fremantle Arts Centre

CHRIS LORENZO 28 Ambar

NEKO PLANET 9 The Bakery

MINISTRY OF SOUND CLUBBERS GUIDE TO 2014 ft. Ember & Joel Fletcher 29 Villa

ELIZABETH ROSE, SAFIA, FISHING 11 Amplifier 12 Mojos

APRIL VENGEANCE w/ Philly Blunt, Axen, MR.eD 4 Ambar

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THIEF 12 Amplifier 13 Newport Hotel BAM BAM & SAVO 19 Amplifier WHY MAKE SENSE ft Rustie, T.Williams, New York Transit Authority & Nightwave

24 Port Beach Sand Tracks, Fremantle FAR TOO LOUD 25 Ambar WILD FOR THE NIGHT ft Ashton Shuffle 25 Parker THE ASTON SHUFFLE (DJ set) 25 Parker HARDSTRAYLIA ft Clockwork, Destructo, Oliver, Motez 27 Port Beach Sand Tracks, Fremantle THE CARNEVALE ft The Martinez Brothers 27 The Causeway LORDE 29 Challenge Stadium (all ages) MAY OSCAR KEY 1 The Bird

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VANCE JOY & GOSSLING 8 The Bakery HOLY FUCK 8 The Rosemount 9 The Odd Fellow DISCLOSURE 9 Metro City 10 Groovin’ The Moo, Hay Park, Bunbury GROOVIN THE MOO ft.

Disclosure, Dizzee Rascal, Holy Fuck, Illy & more 10 Hay Park, Bunbury ELLIE GOULDING 28 Challenge Stadium RÜFÜS 30 Players Bar 31 Fremantle Arts Centre JUNE THE PRESETS (with the Australian Chamber Orchestra) 4 Concert Hall

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GOLD PANDA Fuzzy Beats The Bakery Sunday, March 9, 2014 Given Gold Panda’s album release last year, Half Of Where You Live, didn’t quite set the world on fire à la his debut release Lucky Shiner a few years ago, it came as no surprise walking into a very chilled - numbers and vibe wise - Bakery last Sunday night.

And it makes sense too - while Half Of Where You Live is in itself another great album, the musical landscape has changed a lot since 2010; buttonmashing producers are now a dime a dozen thanks to the success of artists like Flume and Ta-ku, mostly unheard of pre-2011.

Fortunately while the hype for the British producer known as Derwin Schlecker to his friends/ family may not be as strong, quality artists will always rise to the top, and his early popular tracks like You and Vanilla Minus still sound as fresh now as they did in 2010.

Taking support honours for the eve was another producer who has stood the test of time ‘round these parts, although sadly never quite broken out like he deserves to in Naik.

Once again manfully complemented with the powerful live drumming of Brody Simpson (the

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guy is an absolute beast on the skins), Naik (as usual) had this reviewer scratching his head as to why more people aren’t all over his diverse take on psychedelic electronica.

The visuals perfectly matched a set filled with tempo changes that never felt out of place, with the highlights coming whenever Naik ventured into almost Sergio Leone-esque, futuristic western, surf-rock territory, at all times either playing guitar or tweaking one of the many on-stage modules/synths. All class.

A short break saw a few surprised punters quickly stubbing out their cigarettes as Gold Panda launched straight into an upbeat set, only stopping to breath a few times and let some crowd applause in for his more well known tunes.

Although guilty in the past for a propensity to remain huddled inside a hooded jumper and staring intensely at his equipment, it seems the past few years of touring have seen Schlecker’s stage confidence grow plenty. And while the eyes remained down most of the time, his energy bounced around behind various controllers and the hammering of different pads, making for a more engaging performance.

Half Of Where You Live has a definite darker, more clubby feel to his earlier works, and that was reflected strongly in his set, which at times veered into (an albeit very wonky) techno with tracks like Brazil and An English House.

It was of course his earlier works that received the best response, the above mentioned Vanilla Minus and a very chopped-up late appearance of You, ensuring a warm and devoted crowd left with big smiles, grateful the producer still bothered to make the trip out west.

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BILLY BRAGG Courtney Barnett Perth Concert Hall Sunday, March 9, 2014 Young Melbournian Courtney Barnett started off the night. A little bit daunted to be playing solo on the grand stage, her humble, awkward banter was charming. As she settled into her groove and finished strong with current JJJ fav Avant Gardener, History Eraser and the

SOUTH BY SOUTH WILSON Somewhere in Wilson Saturday, March 8, 2014 Needing no excuse to bring together some awesome bands and throw a sweet shindig, the boys from Chilling Winston curated this punky house party with some of the finest in fun and heavy acts from around Australia. Transforming their unassuming suburban back yard into a wicked venue for a explosive series of floor shows, swathes of well (enough) behaved music lovers made their way in the back gate for South By South Wilson.

Them Sharks were the first to rock the annex with their crisp and well considered progressions, getting the early crowd bouncing to their punk oriented, reggae laden style. Some raw energy was up next from the Suburban And Coke lads who pumped out their up-tempo and slightly grungy tunes with a profound energy.

Chilling Winston weren’t far behind and managed to draw a neck snapping line between melodic and destructive. Making for superlative drinking music, the whole room was nodding in unison. Monuments hit the floor next with a particularly hard edge tempered by lush and rhythmical punk stylings, they were masters of nonchalance amid the rugged and explosive music.

The pace quickened as Flowermouth continued the epic parade of top tier music. There

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beautiful Depreston, it became apparent Barnett was a great choice of support with her heartfelt and humorous indie sound and she received a solid round of applause.

After the intermission Billy and band strolled on stage to warm cheers. He kicked things off to a resounding start with Ideology, before the first song off new album Tooth & Nail, No One Knows Nothing Anymore really displayed his new band’s ability.

After giving life to many Woody Guthrie songs through the Mermaid Avenue albums, Bragg finally recorded a proper Guthrie cover for Tooth & Nail, I Ain’t Got No Home. A song as relevant as ever with its poignant, depression-era lyrics.

A rousing rendition of You Woke Up My Neighbourhood from ‘91’s Don’t Try This At Home was followed by a wonderful cover of The Rolling Stones’ Dead Flowers, before the band left the stage, and Billy tore through a few classics solo. Levi Stubbs Tears sounded as great as ever. Between The Wars was dedicated to Margaret Thatcher and Gina Rinehart.

Ballad Goodbye Goodbye was by no means farewell, as the band charged through Sexuality with CJ doing a great job on the Johnny Marr guitar part, and Handyman Blues (introduced as a male liberation anthem, “A hymn to our emancipation”). California Stars was dedicated to the late Jay Bennett of Wilco.

He deadpanned a story about another band he wanted to work with on Mermaid Avenue before Wilco, a subversive, European act… Kraftwerk. A hilarious moody, dark, synth intro, suddenly segued into A New England, and they left the stage after a very loud finale of Accident Waiting To Happen.

Billy was back solo to belt out There Is Power In A Union and his most beautiful song, the personal tribute to his father, Tank Park Salute.

After reminding us all that our greatest enemy is cynicism, he launched into the immortal Great Leap Forwards, with band members one by one joining in as the song built up to a rocking climax.

At times when Bragg was singing some of his most potent socialist, revolutionary, working class anthems, it did seem quite a contrast with the posh interior of the dark, sterile, quiet room, but it did make it seem like a real performance. And one, as always with the evergreen Bragg, that was a joy to witness.

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ARKAYAN Approaching Oppposite/Midnight Boulevard YaYa’s Friday, March 7, 2014

Some Friday nights are just quiet. But very few are both quiet and loud at the same time. Ear-deafening loud.

Because that just about sums up what was offered on the night to the few die-hard fellows out there who came down to listen to raw, unpretentious rock that harkens back to the sounds of yesteryear.

Warming up the stage and opening the gig were newcomers Approaching Opposite. They didn’t leave much on the banter, or spend a lot of time on lyrics, preferring to let their instruments do the talking with overly loud thrashing of the drums and enthusiastic guitar riffs coming in bursts in between the short time dedicated to lyrics. The sound quality of their set was slightly distorted owing to the overly high feedback and they came off the stage as quickly as they came on.

Up next were Midnight Boulevard, who were the complete reverse, putting the vocals on centre stage and using the instruments back it up. The vocals slightly veered off into screaming territory but not quite there, at times clear and others not so. There’s also a little bit of variety in their music so as to not keep things a tedious affair. However, at the crux of it, they simply sound good. High fidelity all the way, and each track has a catchy hook that makes it stand out from another song. Later on in their set they brought in a guest vocalist who, to be frank, was awesome, contorting his appendages enthusiastically with a voice that sounds a little like Creed.

Arkayan then emerged. Their seasoned ensemble tempered the youthful enthusiasm of the supporting acts, bringing down a lower tempo but nonetheless ear-deafening set, inspired by punk, metal and old-fashioned rock. But after a while they can get a bit repetitive and tedious to listen to. They had the appreciation of the small crowd with them, most of it based around somewhat sexually suggestive tweets in the bar’s live feed. Their lead vocalist has a voice that could raise testosterone levels within the vicinity, balanced out by a female backing vocalist.

Then suddenly they switched from a metal sound and transformed into a folk set, swapping out the electric for the acoustic and also the didgeridoo made an appearance. After the short interregnum of this transformation, they went back straight to the thrashing and the strumming for the rest of the show.

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were some ridiculously powerful compositions from these boys and there was a feeling of genuine emotion coming through in their song writing some of the most beautiful heaviness you’re likely to witness. The fun summery vibes of Axe Girl kept the music coming relentlessly. These cats earn the ear worm award for their bouncy track Give Me Your Tee Shirt which has had constant rotation in my head since, aided by the rip-your-heart-out cuteness and vocal prowess of lead singer Addison Axe. The Decline entered and despite their name, the room became thick with rockers as their catchy yet hugely technical style whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Apart From This kept the vibes high with their waves of grunt accented by powerful pinch harmonics and a good lashing of swing.

Wild eyed and ready to smash the house down, The Bennies, who are currently touring nationally, put on a damn good show to close the night. They hit the room and immediately dropped an awesomely dubby, rocksteady sound with a hefty dose of punk sensibility. Lead man Anty Horgan laced immaculate synth lines while displaying inhuman energy. Songs praising a certain plant with mystical properties ran alongside tunes that were pure celebrations of freedom which one could argue encompasses exactly what this style of music is all about.

The crowd was happy, the smiles were wide and the vegan burgers were flowing freely. The music was perfect, the beer was cold and the sun was grinning like a maniac. This event was without a doubt a perfect example of what can happen when passion, ability and a whole lot of love reach a point of culmination. If you’ve got a heart and a mind for an amazing party, keep your eye out for the next instalment of South By South Wilson.

JAMES HANLON

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lovers alike. While we pride ourselves on showcasing national and international touring acts Mojos loves local music and many successful Perth bands have played have played their first shows right here.

What is unique about Mojos?

Mojos is like heading round to your mate’s house, a really cool mate who happens to have a bar and a stage and some of the best people around to call friends. A mate who’s always happy to see you and doesn’t judge you on how skinny your jeans are.

A mate who always has cold beer in the fridge and the best music going.

FEATURED VENUE: MOJOS Answered by Shane Corry, General Manager What makes Mojos important to Fremantle?

We are the only venue in Fremantle that offers live, original music seven nights a week and so we are a haven for both musicians and music

What’s hot at Mojos this week?

This week for me it has to be The Scientists. Sadly for everyone else that is a private party so after that I would have to say King Of The Travellers with Old Blood on Saturday. It will be raucous and loud and a hell of a lot of fun!

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This Saturday in the beer garden Imagicnation takes over all day. The event features Dickster (UK) and Zen Mechanics (UK) plus local DJs Ilusha, Jeevan, Kinshin, Psymon, Dr Stem and Daniel Sun. Doors open 11am and entry is $40.

Nitro Zeppelin pay homage to one of the biggest rock bands in history, Led Zeppelin, in a complete show including acoustic and full rock sets. Doors open at 7pm and entry $10

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ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Dan Cribb & The Isolated and Noah Skape & The Teenage Wasteland kick off their WA tour this Friday at YaYa’s, with support from The Disappointed and Being Beta. The theme continues with Jurassic Punk II on Saturday, featuring long-running Perth punk bands Castle Bravo, Blindspot and Silver Foxes. Finally on Wednesday check out Foundation, Perth’s new home for Hip Hop, with DJ sets from Zeke, Kid Tsunami, Kaotik and Pavel, plus a 30-minute cypher to finish off the night!

Thi s Wednesday in the Main Room catch Bury The Heard, Lantana, Nevsky Prospekt and Flyball Gov’nor, and then on Thursday Adelaide indie-rockers Horror My Friend and Melbourne’s Magic Bones along with special guests Lanark, Spilt Cities and White Oak And Stuyvesant. Friday night Scottstock takes over the main room and the four5nine Bar starring Chainsaw Hookers, Chaos Divine, The Devil Rides Out and many more, while Saturday catch The Scientists with support from The Volcanics, The New Invincibles and Helta Skelta and on Monday Bex and Turin’s open mic night continues.

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SWALLOW BAR Music kicks off on Thursday this week with the fabulous jazzy sounds of the Jessie Gordon Duo at 7pm.

Saturday night, welcome DJ T King back to the decks at 8pm with his amazing collection of rare soul vinyl... with a twist! Sunday Sessions at Swallow Bar sees The Jook Joint Band back in the house- a five piece ensemble playing a potent mix of raw roots and blues, kicking off at 5pm. Get in early, folks!

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THE RUMBLE The Rumble release their debut EP, Annabelle, at the Indi Bar this Sunday, March 16, with help from Billie Rogers and The Regular Hunters. they describe themselves as “a bullocking new-aged blues group.” We checked in with guitarist Matty Hort to find out exactly what that means.

Where did you guys spring from?

Okay, so it started with Tim Hosken (drums) and I playing in a band called Goose. We needed to change the dynamics, so over some beers one night with some mates of ours, Rob Cameron (lead singer) and Ben McNeil (bassist) shared our drunken nonsense of how the four of us could create the most ultimate band. I guess it wasn’t all nonsense.

What’s your sound?

Our sound is the love child from a genre orgy of rock, blues, jazz, funk and punk. Influences? Basically if it rocked out, grooved hard or hit me in the face with a shovel, it influenced me. It’s gotta be real and make me feel something. And that’s what we’re trying to give you Where did you record the new EP, Annabelle?

We recorded the EP in a huge sexy beach house down in Eagle Bay. Waking up every morning/afternoon to lay tracks to an ocean view backdrop made us feel like fucking kings. We fornicated out an album’s worth of material with our producer, the illustrious Mama Vanders, which we will be releasing to you fine folk as a series of EPs this year.

What’s your writing process like?

For me it usually starts with a tune in my head. I then hum it

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into my phone, take it home and rock it out on guitar for a while until I see a picture. BAM! Before I know it I’m writing down words. A verse or two later I then realise what the hell I’m writing about. The story unfolds on the page then brought to the band who rolls it up in a cannon and explodes it to the stage!

What does the future hold?

Well one things for sure, you’ll be hearing a lot more from The Rumble. And who knows maybe floating cities, smellevision and hoverboards. In the meantime we’ll see you this Sunday at The Indi Bar for The Annabelle EP Launch!

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Genre-spanning four piece The Beverage Orchestra will be laying down their unique brand of jazz/prog/rock/funk/pop/what have you this Tuesday, March 18, at The Ellington Jazz Club. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $15 through ellingtonjazz.com.au.

The Grogan clan - aka indie rock three piece Valdaway - tore it up at their EP launch at Amplifier on Friday. Regional fans can catch them on their Tiny Town tour at Albany’s White Star on Saturday, March 15, and Geraldton’s Breakers Bar on Friday, March 21, before they shoot off on their eastern states tour.

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SHRED TIL YOU’RE DEAD The Swan Hotel is going to be heaps of fun this Friday, March 14, when the troops gather for Shredathon, a fundraiser for Shred Indoor Skate Park. Entertainment comes from Michael Tricky Triscari, Buzz Kill Vamps, Empty Pocket, Tears For Atlantis and Filthy Apes, plus burlesque shows from Agatha Frisky and Kitty Liqueur. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

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TRAVELLING HOME Stapling together a randy mix of Irish folk, Romani punk and naval doggerel, Freo outfit King Of The Travellers have carved out a unique niche for themselves in the Perth live scene. The boys are launching their new single, Rambling Jackson, at Mojos this Saturday, March 15, with able assistance from Old Blood, Consolidated Sunlight Of The Significant Priest and Rhys Crosswell, plus DJ Jane Azzopardi on the wheels of steel in the beer garden. Entry is $10 from 8pm.

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Spooky psychedelic outfit Moana got so excited about the imminent release of their upcoming EP that they decided to let a track or two slip out early. The single, The Killer, My Girl, is launched at The Bird this Friday, March 14, with support from Pat Chow, The Black Bone Gang and Tim Gordon. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.

Moana - Photo by Saschka

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER The Lonely Hearts Club continues its weekly meetings at The Flying Scotsman this Thursday, March 13, with an impressive roster of Perth musical talent going solo for the bruised and broken-hearted. This week catch The Tawny Rajah - aka Dylan Szymkow of Thee Gold Blooms alongside Joe Algeri of The JAC, Andrew Meredith of Thee Gold Blooms/ Pat Chow, and J Murray Cleary of The Coalminers Sect. Entry is free.

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MOANA The Killer, My Girl Single Launch @ The Bird KING OF THE TRAVELLERS Rambling Jackson Single Launch @ Mojos LIP SERVICE EP Launch @ The Civic TRACKSUIT Chewy Single/Video Launch @ Clancy’s Fremantle THE RUMBLE Annabelle EP Launch @ Indi Bar DAVEY CRADDOCK AND THE SPECTACLES There Will Be Light/100 Days Single Launch @ Clancy’s Fremantle

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RAGDOLL Break You Video Launch @ The Rocket Room LYTS Initiate LP Lauch @ Velvet Lounge MATT WARING Smoking Gun EP Launch @ The Causeway CHRIS GIBBS Big Appetite Album Launch @ Indi Bar EBONNIE Patchwork Fantasia Album Launch @ Rubix Bar THE DE NIROS Ethical Somnambulist EP Launch @ The Velvet Lounge GINA WILLIAMS & GUY GHOUSE Kalyakoorl Album Launch @ Fly By Night THE LOVE JUNKIES Flight Test EP Launch @ Mojos WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

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NEIL FINN, MARCH 16 THIS WEEK JOSH PYKE 12-13 Quarry Amphitheatre NICK SAXON ft. ELLI SCHOEN & JORDAN MCROBBIE 12 Mojos Bar 13 Indi Bar 14 White Star Hotel, Albany 15-16 Settlers Tavern 42 DECIBEL 13 Clancy’s Fremantle 14 Northshore Tavern 16 Paddington Ale House THE ANGELS, DIESEL & MI-SEX 14 Graham Bricknell Music Shell, Bunbury JURASSIC 5 14 Metro City PHARRELL WILLIAMS 14 Challenge Stadium TIJUANA CARTEL 14 Settlers Tavern 15 Clancy’s Dunsborough THE WHITLAMS 14-16 Quarry Amphitheatre KASEY CHAMBERS AND BAND 15 Quindanning Inne SARAH MCLEOD & JEFF MARTIN 13 Fly By Night 14 Dunsborough Tavern 15 Prince of Wales, Bunbury SONGS IN THE KEY OF MOTOWN 12 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 13 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 14 Astor Theatre NEIL FINN 16 Perth Concert Hall DAMIAN DEMPSEY 17 Capitol MARCH THE ROLLING STONES 19 Perth Arena SUICIDE GIRLS 19 Astor Theatre THE SMITH STREET BAND 19 Prince of Wales, Bunbury 20 YMCA HQ (all-ages) 21 Rosemount Hotel CLOUD CONTROL Acoustic Tour 20 The Saint 21 Settlers Tavern, Margaret River 21 Caves House, Yallingyup 22 The OBH 22 The Northshore 22 The Empire Bar 23 The Brisbane Hotel ABSU & PORTAL 20 Amplifier Bar THE SMITH STREET BAND & THE MENZINGERS 19 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 20 YMCA HQ 21 Rosemount Hotel CALLING ALL CARS 21 Amplifier Bar 22 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 23 Indi Bar

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ILLY 21 Capitol KATE MILLER-HEIDKE 21-23 Quarry Amphitheatre KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD 22 Rosemount Hotel 23 Mojos Bar CASPIAN 22 Mojos Bar ANNA O 22 Rosemount Hotel GANG OF FOUR 23 Capitol CANCELLED ICEHOUSE 23 Hotel Rottnest SEBADOH 25 Rosemount Hotel DARK TRANQUILLITY & ORPHEUS OMEGA 25 Capitol 30 SECONDS TO MARS 25 Challenge Stadium THE STRAY SISTERS 26 Fly By Night IWRESTLEDABEARONCE 26 YMCA HQ 27 Villa JOHN BUTLER TRIO 27 Fremantle Arts Centre 28 Belvoir Amphitheatre 29 Old Broadwater Farm, Busselton BRITISH INDIA 28 Indi Bar 29 Amplifier Bar STUART ORCHARD 29 Rosemount Hotel HUNTER & COLLECTORS 29 (sold out) & 30 Kings Park THE HOLIDAYS 29 Rosemount Hotel 30 Newport Hotel KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 30 Red Hill Auditorium THE STRAY SISTERS 31 Albany Entertainment Centre APRIL PACO PENA 2 Perth Concert Hall MONSTER MAGNET 3 Amplifier Bar ART VS SCIENCE 5 Amplifier Bar CHICKS ON SPEED 5 Fremantle Arts Centre, Courtyard HYPERFEST Spit Syndicate, Allday, Cub Sport, Glass Towers, Jackie Onassis, Closure in Moscow, Mathas, In Hearts Wake, Luca Brasi, The Love Junkies, Statues, Timothy Nelson and the Infidels, When Giants Sleep, Emecia, The Decline, FOAM, Scalphunter, Apache, Lionizer and more 6 Midland Oval KYLESA 6 The Bakery THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPLETON 10 Astor Theatre SUZANNE VEGA 11 Astor Theatre ELIZABETH ROSE 11 Amplifier Bar 12 Mojos Bar THIEF

12 Amplifier Bar YOU AM I ft. ESKIMO JOE, JEBEDIAH & KATY STEELE 13 Hotel Rottnest WEST COAST BLUES N’ ROOTS Matt Corby, Michael Franti, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Doobie Brothers, Boy & Bear and more 13 Fremantle Park BOZ SCAGGS 14 Crown Theatre 3 INCHES OF BLOOD 16 Amplifier Bar KILLSWITCH ENGAGE/ KILL DEVIL HILL 16 Metro City BURIED IN VERONA 16 Villa 17 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 18 YMCA HQ, Leederville TWELVE FOOT NINJA 19 Rosemount Hotel 20 Players Bar TOXIC HOLOCAUST & SKELETONWITCH 20 Rosemount Hotel KREATOR & DEATH ANGEL 20 Amplifier Bar THE ACACIA STRAIN 23 YMCA HQ 24 Amplifier Bar TED DANSON WITH WOLVES/CERES 24 Flyrite 25 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 26 Railway Hotel SKID ROW & UGLY KID JOE 23 Metropolis Fremantle THE ALMOST 23 Amplifier Bar JEFF BECK 24 Perth Concert Hall ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS 24 The Odd Fellow 26 Rosemount Hotel FAIRBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2014 25-27 Fairbridge Village BALL PARK MUSIC 24 Astor Theatre 25 Studio 146, Albany 26 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 27 Newport Hotel MICHAEL BUBLE 26 & 27 Perth Arena AARON NEVILLE, DR JOHN & THE NITETRIPPERS 26 Riverside Theatre HUGH LAURIE & THE COPPER BOTTOM BAND 26 Perth Concert Hall JUSTICE CREW 27 Crown Theatre LORDE 29 Challenge Stadium BOY & BEAR 30 Divers Tavern, Broome MAY KANYE WEST 2 Perth Arena RUSSIAN CIRCLES 2 Rosemount Hotel JAMES REYNE 2 Charles Hotel

THE WHITLAMS, MARCH 14-16 BLISS N ESSO 2 Signal Park, Busselton 3 Wellington Square, Perth LEE KERNAGHAN 6 Princess Royal Theatre, Albany 9 Crown Theatre ORIGIN 6 Amplifier Bar GIDEON 7 Amplifier Bar 8 YMCA HQ ELLA HOOPER 8 Artbar VANCE JOY & GOSSLING 8 The Bakery THE PRESETS 8 Capitol MISERY SIGNALS 8 Amplifier 9 YMCA HQ HOLY FUCK 8 Rosemount Hotel 9 The Odd Fellow THUNDAMENTALS 8 Flyrite DISCLOSURE & WAVE RACER 9 Metro City THE JEZABELS 9 Astor Theatre THE JUNGLE GIANTS 9 Rosemount Hotel JASON DERULO 10 Perth Arena PAUL WOSEEN 10 YaYa’s 11 Mojos Bar GROOVIN THE MOO Andy Bull, Architecture In Helsinki, Disclosure, Holy Fuck, The Jezabels, The Jungle Giants, Karnivool, Kingswood, The Kite String Tangle, Loon Lake, The Naked And Famous, Parkway Drive, The Presets, Peking Duk, Robert Delong, Thundamentals, Vance Joy, Violent Soho, Wave Racer, What So Not & more 10 Hay Park, Bunbury THE NAKED & FAMOUS 11 Astor Theatre ARCTIC MONKEYS 13 Perth Arena JONNY CRAIG 14 Amplifier Bar 15 YMCA HQ PETULA CLARK 17 Perth Concert Hall SEPTICFLESH & FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE 18 Amplifier Bar HITS & PITS 3 Strung Out, Face To Face, Unwritten Law, Implants 18 Capitol & Amplifier Bar DZ DEATHRAYS 22 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 23 Indi Bar 24 Amplifier Bar 25 Newport Hotel, Fremantle THE ENGLISH BEAT 23 Rosemount Hotel 2014 AIRNORTH KIMBERLEY MOON EXPERIENCE Eskimo Joe, The Waifs,

John Williamson, 42 Decibel 24 Jim Hughes Amphitheatre, Kununurra GARY NUMAN 25 Astor Theatre ELLIE GOULDING & BROODS 28 Challenge Stadium LARRY CARLTON 28 Astor Theatre RÜFÜS 30 Players Bar 31 Fremantle Arts Centre WE ARE SCIENTISTS 31 Amplifier Bar THE BEARDS 29 The White Star Hotel 31 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury JUNE THE BEARDS 1 Astor Theatre MEAT PUPPETS 2 Astor Theatre PROPAGANDHI 3 Amplifier Bar YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE! 7 Riverside Theatre FRENTE 7 Astor Theatre LA DISPUTE 7 Rosemount Hotel 8 YMCA HQ JAMES BLUNT 12 Crown Theatre 13 Riverside Theatre BASTILLE 18 Challenge Stadium THE PAPER KITES 19 Artbar 20 Prince of Wales, Bunbury FINNTROLL 22 Amplifier Bar MONDO ROCK 22 Regal Theatre KEITH URBAN 29 Perth Arena JULY THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT 2 Fly By Night AUGUST THE ANGELS ft. DAVE GLEESON 2 Charles Hotel 3 The Ravenswood Hotel, Mandurah ROY ORBISON & DEL SHANNON TRIBUTE 7 Albany Entertainment Centre 9 Crown Theatre TINA ARENA 15 Crown Theatre LADY GAGA 20 Perth Arena SEPTEMBER MARINA PRIOR 5 Albany Entertainment Centre ROBBIE WILLIAMS 11 Perth Arena BIFFY CLYRO 12 Metro City OCTOBER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 8 Perth Arena NOVEMBER KATY PERRY 7 & 8 Perth Arena

TO U R TA L E S

Sarah McLeod and Jeff Martin. Pic: Kate Nutt.

SARAH MCLEOD & JEFF MARTIN Start The Boats Sarah McLeod and Jeff Martin have teamed up for the Man The Lifeboats tour, hitting the Fly By Night this Thursday, March 13. KRISSI WEISS reports.

The pairing of Sarah McLeod and Jeff Martin might seem creatively disparate – that is, until you hear them play together.

On paper you see Martin, the enigmatic Canadian powerhouse of brooding rock who has effortlessly and flawlessly soared his way through decades of career highs.

Then there’s our own McLeod – coming in on the illustrious line of trailblazing female rock singers after Amphlett, DeMarchi and more. McLeod is herself a rocket of the rock’n’roll world, with a roll call of achievements laid bare behind her both in The Superjesus and her solo work.

And yet McLeod seems to exist at the ultraviolet end of the spectrum and Martin in the infrared. They are light and dark, an odd couple of sorts. But a gig together on the Central Coast and later a charity concert in the Blue Mountains set in motion a project that is sure to pique the interests of diverse music fans.

“For the first 10 years of playing in The Superjesus, that was my rock’n’roll high school,” says McLeod. “I learned most things about playing in a band; I learned most things about the music industry – or what I could at the time, anyway; I learned how to become a performer, and I didn’t really need to branch out. As I got older and started to experiment with other types of music I realised there was so much more that I liked to do. As much as I love playing with The Superjesus, they don’t necessarily like all the styles of music I like playing, and because I’ve got a short attention span, I really need to go the extra mile and do random shit just to keep my brain entertained.”

McLeod’s enthusiasm ahead of her Man The Life Boats tour with Martin is infectious. She’s busting out of her skin to be working with the former

Tea Party frontman, and her respect for him shines through with every word. After all, it’s Jeff freakin’ Martin – that voice, those guitar skills.

“I’ve been working alone for so long, I’m used to working alone and I do like it, but you need a buddy,” McLeod says. “To have somebody that you look up to, that you’re totally inspired by, and that you respect beyond belief is so amazing. It also makes me step up to the plate a lot. He encourages me to sing better – well, not encourages me; he leads through example. I’m used to doing multiple takes and choosing the best one, maybe chopping up parts, but with Jeff, he’ll do his part, nail it in one take and then look at you and go, ‘Your turn’. You do an internal gulp and then you just go for it. I really want to impress him, so because of that I do my best work.”

But for all of McLeod’s praise, Martin reveals a mutual admiration for his new touring partner. “In my other bands, they’ve always been these very masculine, testosterone rock bands,” says Martin.

“I really enjoyed working with a female voice when I worked with Kimberley (Dawn Lysons, whose debut album Martin produced). When I met Sarah I loved her voice and her rock’n’roll attitude and I knew I wanted to produce her someday. She played me the stuff she’d been working on; it was dark and haunting and not really suitable for The Superjesus sound – and, well, dark and haunting, that’s kinda my forte. So I took this kind of swashbuckling, pirate sound around her beautiful vocals and it got us excited about somehow, someday, over the course of this year, doing a record.”

While McLeod talks about feeling as though Martin pushes her beyond her limits and to a greater performance, Martin says that’s exactly what a great producer should do. “I don’t want to blow my horn, but what a great producer does is get people out of their comfort zone and helps them find a better comfort zone. You push them and those parameters as well as stretch their imagination. Even just with my set-up and the exotic instruments I have, it helps to push people.

“Sarah has some really interesting ideas and I respect the fact that she works hard. She will really, really practice; I’ve never practised. We’re working on a song at the moment that sounds like a song out of a speakeasy in the 1920s. It’s gonna end up like one of those types of eclectic records.”

As for who’s manning the life boats, that remains to be seen. Martin says McLeod is the one “out there checking for icebergs.

“She calls me the captain of the ship but really, she’s out the front. She’s the focal point of the project and I’m really enjoying that. I get to do my part and it just complements her in the centre.”

You can also catch McLeod & Martin at the Dunsborough Tavern on Friday, March 14, and the Prince Of Wales in Bunbury on Saturday, March 15.

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MATHAS/459 ROSEMOUNT/ THURSDAY 13

WEDNESDAY 12/03 AMPLIFIER BAR Academy Young Lions Calm, Collected Vice Versa The Lake & The River Amberdown ASTOR THEATRE Martha Davis & The Motels THE BIRD Eleventeen Eston Jo Lettenmaier 420 Crew DJs BRASS MONKEY Sugar Blue Burlesque THE CARINE Open Mic Night Shaun Street CIVIC BACKROOM Veronica’s Assassin CLANCYS CANNING Songwriters Night Tim Gordon John Martyr ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Grey Wing Trio Night Cap Sessions THE GREENWOOD Bernardine GROOVE BAR (CROWN) 5 Shots INDI BAR Songwriter Sessions Jay Hoad Rose Parker LANEWAY LOUNGE Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Decoy Duo THE LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan MUSTANG BAR Easy Tigers DJ Giles MOJOS BAR Nick Saxon & The Elusive Few Eli Schoen Jordan McRobbie THE MOON CAFE Leure Methyl Ethel OCEAN ONE BAR Marcio Mendes THE PADDO Dove David Capper Andrew Ellis

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QUARRY AMPHITHEATRE Josh Pyke 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL CangKang Seringala The Reptillians People Problem Cavalier Hex ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bury The Heard Lantana Nevsky Prospekt Flyball Gov’nor SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic Night THE SWINGING PIG Open Mic Night Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Retriofit THE VIC Leighton Keepa VILLAGE BAR Village People Open Mic YAYA’S Ha Ha’s @ YaYa’s THURSDAY 13/03 BAR ORIENT Open Mic Night THE BIRD Hip Hop Kara”Yo!”Ke BRASS MONKEY Rhythm Bound Karaoke BRIGHTON Open Mic Night Rob Walker THE BROOK Open Mic Night Chris Gibbs BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke THE CAUSEWAY BAR Xport Thursdays CLANCYS FREMANTLE 42 Decibel DEVILLES PAD Rock’N’Roll Karaoke DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Abbey, Foster, Susnjar Night Cap Sessions FLY BY NIGHT Jeff Martin Sarah McLeod THE GATE Greg Carter

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GRAND CENTRAL PARK Morgan Bain GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Decoy INDI BAR Nick Saxon & The Elusive Few Trojan John KALAMUNDA HOTEL The Black Fridays LANEWAY LOUNGE Catherine Summers Duo LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Double Take LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MOJOS BAR Our Man In Berlin Rag & Bone Turin Robinson Them Sharks Jay Grafton Japanese Tongue Sisters Eli Schoen MUSTANG BAR Ragdoll Burn Habit Vida Cain DJ James MacArthur NEWPORT HOTEL Jay Hoad OCEAN ONE BAR Turin’s Open Mic Night PEEL ALE HOUSE Open Mic Danny Bau 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Ships in the Night Mathas Clare Davidson Ian Sinclair Connor Weightman Matthew Giles Alyce Wilson Tomas Ford ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Horror My Friend Magic Bones Lanark Split Cities White Oak & Stuyvesant SETTLERS TAVERN Pugsley Buzzard THE SHED Midnight Rambler SWALLOW BAR Jessie Gordon Trio UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record THE VIC Harry Moore YAYA’S Big Girls Blouse Aborted Tortoise Calm Collected Falloway FRIDAY 14/03 THE ALBION Jen De Ness Trio AMPLIFIER BAR Carthasy Serial Killer Smile Red Sky ASTOR THEATRE Songs In The Key Of Motown BALMORAL Danni Stefanetti Duo

SCALPHUNTER/THE ROCKET ROOM/ FRIDAY 14

BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) PLAY BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) The Novocaines Foam Horror My Friend Magic Bones Little Skye Hyla BELGIAN BEER CAFE Roger Roger BELMONT TAVERN Electrophobia BEST DROP TAVERN Sophie Jane Duo THE BIRD Moana Pat Chow The Black Bone Gang Tim Gordon BRASS MONKEY Justin Cortorillo THE BRIGHTON Rob Walker THE CARINE Frenzy CHALLENGE STADIUM Pharrell Williams Bauuer Nina Las Vegas CHASE BAR & BISTRO Jo Boshell CITRO BAR Dean Anderson CIVIC HOTEL Zemlja CLANCYS CITY BEACH Gillian Moorman Trio CLANCYS FREMANTLE Lucky Numbers Nic Johnson CLAREMONT HOTEL Shot Down From Sugartown COMO HOTEL Fiona Lawe CRUISING YACHT CLUB Adam Morris DEVILLES PAD Rockin’ A Gogo DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Jeff Martin PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Siren & Assassin THE PRINCIPAL Adam James QUARIE BAR & BISTRO Back2Back QUARRY AMPHITHEATRE The Whitlams ROCKET ROOM The Caballeros Scalphunter The Bob Gordons Blindspot Creature RIGBY’S BAR & BISTRO Undergrowth Acoustic Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL SCOTTSTOCK Chainsaw Hookers Chaos Divine The Devil Rides Out Mhorgl Envy Awake Circle One Rainbow Nightmare The smoking Aces Them Sharks Foreign Aids ROSIE O’GRADYS

FREMANTLE Madam Montage SAIL AND ANCHOR Howie Morgan Duo SETTLERS Tijuana Cartel THE SHED Crush DJ Matt SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Karaoke with Robbie King SWINGING PIG Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves THE VELVET LOUNGE Blue Velvet Lounge Lizards The Leap Year Night Signals Hayley Beth THE VIC Nathan Gaunt WHITE STAR HOTEL ALBANY Nick Saxon & The Elusive few WINTERSUN HOTEL Leon Tioke X-WRAY CAFE The Whiskey Pocket YAYA’S Dan Cribb & The Isolated Noah Skape & The Teenage Wasteland The Disappointed Being Beta SATURDAY 15/03 AMPLIFIER BAR Make Believe Me In League Anchored Dyatlov THE BALMORAL The Wire Birds BAR ORIENT The Reggae Club Mumma Trees Sista Che The Empressions BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) CANVAS BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) Big Kidz St Paddy’s Party BENTLEY HOTEL In The Groove THE BIRD FEEL UP II Pete Catlips BOAB TAVERN Chill Divine THE CARINE Adam James CIVIC BACKROOM Lip Service Hailmary From The Dunes Nevsky Prospekt CLANCYS CANNING Steve Parkin CLANCYS FREMANTLE Tracksuit Axe Girl Matt Waring THE CLAREMONT HOTEL ANTICS Bonekickers Tim Gordon Band DJ John Black

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CORNERSTONE Mucky Duck Bush Band THE CRAFTSMAN Groove DEVILLES PAD Black Magic Disco DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN John Read Band ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Simon Says Swing Out James Flynn Quartet Elise Lynelle FLY BY NIGHT Firefly Music For Bushfire Relief From the Dunes Leah Miche Matt Cal Tashi MOKYM THE GATE Greg Carter GOSNELLS HOTEL Almost Famous GREENWOOD Pretty Fly GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Achtung Baby The U2 Show Hero Djs HOTEL ROTTNEST Hundred Acre Wood HYDE PARK HOTEL Afterglo Band INDI BAR Ben Merito Malachi Wehipeihana INDIAN OCEAN BREWING CO Shawne & Luc KALAMUNDA HOTEL Celebrations Karaoke LAKERS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke LANEWAY LOUNGE Trevor Jalla Astrid Ripepi LUCKY SHAG DJ Richie G M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke MOJOS BAR King Of Travellers Old Blood Consolidated Sunlight Of The Significant Priest Rhys Crosswell Jane Azzopardi M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MUSTANG Peta Lee & the Deacons DJ Holly Doll Milhouse DJ James MacArthur NEWPORT HOTEL Gravity Tahli Jade PARAMOUNT NIGHTCLUB Felix PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Stu McKay OCEAN ONE BAR Desert Bells DJ Martin QUARIE BAR & BISTRO DJ Durra

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RAILWAY HOTEL Imagicnation Dickster Zen Mechanics Ilusha Jeevan Kinshin Psymon Dr Stem Daniel Sun ROCKET ROOM Ladies Night ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Scientists The Volcanics The New Invincibles Helta Skelta ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Flava SAIL & ANCHOR Mike Nayar THE SAINT Mike Nayar SETTLERS TAVERN Nick Saxon & The Elusive Few THE SHED HUGE DJ Andyy SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Robbie King & Friends SWALLOW BAR DJ T King SWAN HOTEL (LOUNGE) Horror My Friend Magic Bones Black Stone From the Sun The Reductors Ohayo THE SWINGING PIG Frenzy UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WHALE & ALE U2 Tribute band YAYA’S Jurassic Punk 2 ft.

Castle Bravo Blindspot Silver Foxes At The Space Jam SUNDAY 16/03 THE AVIARY Roger Roger BALMORAL Shades Of Indigo BELMONT TAVERN Acoustic Aly BEAUMARIS SPORTS ASSOC. One Trick Phonies THE BRIGHTON Ross Lowe Sophie Jane BROKEN HILL HOTEL Justin Burford THE BROOK Joe Boshell BROOKLANDS TAVERN Gerry Azor CAPTAIN STIRLING Open Mic Night Josh Terlick THE CARINE Mike Nayar THE CAUSEWAY Accoustic Sunday CHIPPYS JINDALEE Little Ebony CLANCYS CITY BEACH Salt Shaker Sundays DJ Boogie & TheSlat Shaker Selectors

CLANCYS FREMANTLE The Zydecats COMO HOTEL Ansell & Fretall DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Andrea Lisa THE FLY TRAP (FLY BY NIGHT) Stage Fright Open Mic Night FREMANTLE ART CENTRE Bearded Gypsy Band THE GATE Choppa & The Hitman GOSNELLS HOTEL Steve Hepple GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Ruby’s Groove HYDE PARK HOTEL Frank G INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retriofit INDI BAR The Rumble The Regular Hunters Billie Rogers KALAMUNDA HOTEL The Mojos LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts THE LAST DROP TAVERN Alan Stewart LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Thierryno LUCKY SHAG Sunday Session MOON CAFE Patient Little Sister Dan Firkin Trio M ON THE POINT Nathan Gaunt MUSTANG Rockabilly Shakedown Johnny Law & The Pistol Packin’ Daddies Bang Bang Betty & The H-Bombs Rusty & The Dragstrip Trio DJ Holly Doll DJ James McArthur NEWPORT HOTEL Dan Cribb & The Isolated Noah Skape & The Teenage Wasteland OCEAN ONE BAR Tahnee DJ Martin THE PADDO 42 Decibel PADDY MALONES Gary Fowlie PERTH CONCERT HALL Neil Finn Joshua James PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Greg Carter QUARIE BAR & BISTRO The Gypsy Minions REDCLIFFE ON THE MURRAY The Lucky Numbers

HAILMARY/THE CIVIC HOTEL/ SATURDAY 14

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Get Down Charlie Bucket Zeus Rock Pawel Safari Kaotik ROYAL PALMS RESORT Big Steve Spouse Band THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project SAIL AND ANCHOR Childs Play SEAVIEW TAVERN Jean Proude SETTLERS TAVERN Nick Saxon Unplugged SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Leah Grant SWALLOW BAR Jook Joint Band SWANBROOK WINERY Sundowner Sessions Timothy Nelson Jozef Grech Louis Inglis SWAN HOTEL (LOUNGE) Horror My Friend SWAN HOTEL (BASEMENT) Kings Justice Bad Formula Alex Cooke Christian Peterson SWINGING PIG Aiden Varro Siren & Assassin UNIVERSAL Retriofit WANNEROO TAVERN Matt Williams WHISTLING KITE Ricky Green MONDAY 17/03 THE BIRD MAKE IT BIG Exhibition Launch Fabien Zuffo BRASS MONKEY Ceol CAPITOL Damien Dempsey THE CARINE Roger Roger CRAFTSMAN Ade Payne THE CURRAMBINE Fiddlers Green

ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Amelia Ong GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Proof MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic MUSTANG BAR Easy Tigers ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex ‘n’ Turin’s Open Mic Night THE SHED The Healy’s Some Criac Blue Hornet WHALE & ALE Dingo’s Breakfest WOODVALE TAVERN Fiddlers Green Gang Of Three YAYA’S Big Tommo’s Open Mic Variety Night TUESDAY 18/03 THE BIRD Open Mic Night ft.

Jule Peet Odette Mercy BRASS MONKEY Open Mic Night Josh Terlick THE CHARLES HOTEL Perth Blues Club Rick Steele & the Hot Biscuit Band Wayne Green’s Ragged Company ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Beverage Orchestra GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Jack & Jill LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Hans Fiance LUCKY SHAG Live Acoustic Night MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic MUSTANG BAR Danza Loca Salsa Night OCEAN ONE BAR Undergrowth Open Mic Night YAYA’S Roswell Being Beta The Right Way Up Ben Elliot

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GOLDDUST Production Mixing, recording and composition. Leederville $80 p/h. 0408 097 407 R E CO R D I N G M I X I N G M A S T E R I N G PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.revolverstudio.com.au SONGWRITERS AND BANDS! - 30TH ANNIVERSARY DISCOUNTS! UNLOCK YOUR SONG’S POTENTIAL! FREE APPRAISALS. UK Producer, 40,000+ hours studio experience, 20 yrs in London. Kicking arrangements.

Great studio and the ability to really listen will give your material the edge you need.

Call Jerry on 0405 653 338 or visit www. jerichomusic.com.au STUDIO ZED Digital Mastering, Demo’s, albums, Live tracking sessions special from $250 p/day. Studiozed.net.au Ph: 9207 2072 REHEARSAL STUDIOS AAA VHS REHEARSAL ROOMS Great facilities, great vibe & great price!!! Unit 5 /16 Peel Road, O’Connor. Phone 9418 5815 or 0413 732 885 BIGBEAT SOUND STUDIO Clean rooms, all new PA systems, air-con and good parking.

Willetton Ph: 0425 698 117.

PLATINUM SOUND ROOMS Professional rehearsal rooms, airconditioned, quality PAs mob 0418 944 722 STREAM STUDIO’S 89 Stirling St, Perth.

Mobile: 0403 152 009 info@streamrehearsal. com.au TUITION * * * G U I TA R L E S S O N S * * * N ew Ye a r enrolments, book online. Beg to prof, all styles. Catering to WAAPA and AMEB standards. All tutors have WWC clearance.

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WE SAIL TONIGHT FOR SINGAPORE A combined effort from WAM and Timbre Music, The Singapore WA Music Exchange (SWAM to you and me) is looking for three Western Australian acts to jet off to play Beerfest Asia 2014 in Singapore, which runs from June 13 - 15. This is a prime opportunity for Aussie acts to hook into the lucrative and important Asian market, gaining exposure and experience in a neighbouring music scene we’re sometimes all too quick to forget. To enter, send your bio, photo, links to three songs or videos and contact details to Claire Hodgson, WAM’s Membership and Industry Development Officer at claire@wam.org.au by no later than 5pm on Friday, March 21.

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NIDA AND JJJ TEAM UP In an effort to help upcoming acts make their mark on the iconic music show, rage, the National Institute Of Dramatic Arts and triple j are offering seven artist a shot at having a music video made for them by NIDA’s directing, production and design students.

However, the students will have only two days and $200 to make the clip, which does make one wonder if the prize is worth the effort. Still, gift horses and all that. Applications close on March 30. Shoot over to triplejunearthed.com for more info. You can also check out the clips for last year’s winners while you’re there, including tracks from Little Odessa, Bloods, Willow, Water Graves, The Messengers and Ry. Little Odessa

Foundation, the new fortnightly hip hop night at YaYa’s, not only features the likes of Kid Tsunami, DJ Kaotik and DJ Pawel doing their thing, it also aims to build up a collaborative and supportive community of beat aficionados where newcomers can learn and veterans can teach. Nascent talents who want a crack at performing on the night should send their demos to foundationatyayas@gmail.com. Opening night, featuring DJ Zeke is on next Wednesday, March 19.

MUSIC INDUSTRY SUNDOWNER SERIES RETURNS The inaugural session of the 2014 Sundowner Series, presented by WAM and APRA/AMCOS, takes place at The Rosemount Hotel this Monday, March 17.

Entertainment lawyer Andrew Fuller and creative industries accounting expert Kylie Thompson will be on hand to take nonplussed musos through Making Music Work For You: Entertainment Law And Tax. Entry is free for WAM/APRA members who RSVP to claire@wam. org.au before Friday, March 14, $5 for non-members.

BEATING THE BULLIES Anti-bullying organisation Angels Goal are looking to spread their message further and they need your help. to that end, they’ve put together a neat competition in the form of Bullying: No Rockin’ Way. Simply shoot over to bullyingnorockinway. com, listen to their soundtrack, and write and record lyrics with an anti-bullying message. You could win signed merch from Parkway Drive and Boy & Bear, plus have your song be the centrepiece of their campaign. Entries close June 30.

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The Natal brand dates back to 1965, but they’ve only made the leap from individual components to a full drum kit since being acquired by Marshall a few years back.

Available in maple, bubinga, walnut, bitch and ash/birch, plus the Spirit range for the budget conscious, Natal drums come in a range of finishes and hardware options. For a peak at their full range, head to nataldrums.com.

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