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In his only Australian shows for 2014; Flume will headline this years Listen Out festival alongside Chet Faker, ZHU, Schoolboy Q, Four Tet , YG, Ta-ku, Shlohmo, Bondax (live) Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Young Fathers, Golden Features, Tkay Maidza, a triple j Unearthed winner plus many more. The outdoor dance festival will be held on Sunday, September 28, at Ozone Reserve. Tickets are on from listenout.com.au.
Always a favourite around these parts, US troubadour Steve Poltz is back for his 13th Australian tour. Dubbed the Lucky 13 tour, the jaunt has stopped off in Perth and Poltiz will play his second (and last) show here tonight, Wednesday, June 18, at Mojo’s. Go treat yourself!
Paul Dempsey, well-known singer and guitarist of Something For Kate, is taking a moment away from his band’s tour to perform a solo show while in WA. Dempsey will be playing at The Fly By Night Musicians Club on Saturday, July 5, with tickets available from flybynight.org for $38.50 or $43.50 at the door.
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MILEY TO GO Hide yo’ kids, Perth, the demure wallflower and known recluse Miley Cyrus is bringing her Bangerz tour Down Under this October. The 21-year-old, who last year inspired a million thinkpieces on slut-shaming and the treatment of women in the public sphere, is set to play Perth Arena on Thursday, October 23. Tickets go on pre-sale this Friday, June 20, with all details available at www.daintygroup.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, June 23, from ticketek.com.au, priced at $99.90 and $149.90 (plus booking fees where applicable). To register for the pre-sale, sign up at Daintygroup. com/VIP.
MAIL-ORDER ED Dust off those leavers jackets, because The Academy (at Amplifier Bar) is hosting their own American-style Frat Party next Wednesday, June 25. Heading over from the East Coast will be Storm The Sky, supported by quality locals Cupidfalls, Finders and Remember The South. Doors open at 8pm, $20 entry.
Ed Kuepper has announced a second lot of solo and by request tour dates to coincide with his latest solo, acoustic release The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom. Performing for up to two hours each night, Kuepper will be visiting Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, on Thursday, August 14, and the Fly By Night on Friday, August 15. Tickets available from settlerstavern.com and flybynight.org.
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THE MEANING OF LAUNCH The Meaning Of will be celebrating the launch of their upcoming EP, We Are The Fire, We Are The Earth, this Friday, June 20, at Amplifier, with quality support from Opia, This Other Eden and Arkayan. The EP is an introduction to the last musical journey The Meaning Of will be releasing later in 2014 as the band closes the curtain after 18 years. Tickets are available at the door from 8pm. The Meaning Of Pic: Elle Borgward
UB40 RETURN One World Entertainment have announced the return UB40 to Australia, kicking off their tour in Perth with support from Blue King Brown on Friday, December 5, at Red Hill Auditorium. The iconic reggae-band have been in the midst of a world tour following 30 years in the music business with more than 40 million record sales worldwide. Tickets go on sale from Monday, June 23, at ticketmaster.com. au. UB40
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As we’ve noted in recent weeks, Perth musician Sacha Tostevin is now out of hospital and recovering at home, following a one-punch assault on him late last month. And so it is that SACHAFEST - a benefit show to help raise funds to aid in Sacha’s longerterm recovery - happens at the Rosemount Hotel this Sunday, June 22, from 2-10pm. This licensed, allday event features The Creptter Children, Chainsaw Hookers, Tempest Rising, Tears For Atlantis, The Silence In Between, Reaper’s Riddle, Aztech Suns, To Hell With Honour, The Worst and Blue Gene. Tickets will be available at the door for $10, with all proceeds to Sacha and the Tostevin family.
The Mid Year Mayhem tour is back with headliners Buried In Verona, Antagonist AD and Stories joining forces with a ton of local support for a nationwide hardcore extravaganza. The Perth leg of the tour will see the hardcore trio combine with Sienna Skies, Anchored and Averia Skies at Amplifier on Saturday, August 2, and Sienna Skies, Make Believe Me and Xenobiotic for an all-ages show at YMCA HQ on Sunday, August 3. For more information head to tickets.destroyalllines.com.
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GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS UNDERGROUND Danny Harvey (Scott Adkins) has spent all of his life fighting - in the playground, on the football pitch and then heading up the Green Street Elite. Fourteen years ago, Danny turned his back on football violence and channeled his ability to fight into the world of MMA. But when Joey (Billy Cook), Danny’s younger brother, is killed in an organised fight, Danny knows the only way to find out who killed him and avenge his brother’s death is to return to his old manor and get back into the firm. But hooliganism has moved on and Danny’s fighting skills will be put to the ultimate test. Email win@xpressmag.com.au to grab a DVD. Green Street Hooligans Underground
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Tracks tells the story of Robyn Davidson’s solo trek from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean with her four camels and beloved dog Diggity. This unprecedented journey pushed Robyn to her physical and emotional limits and taught her that sometimes we have to detach from the world to feel connected to it. The film stars Australia’s Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as Robyn Davidson and Adam Driver (Girls, Frances Ha) as charismatic young New Yorker and National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan, who travelled from the other end of the earth to capture, at intervals, this epic and remarkable journey into one of the world’s last great wildernesses. Email win@xpressmag.com.au to win a DVD.
Brand new music festival Manifest will be hitting The Rosemount Hotel, Saturday, June 28. This bad boy will consist of 10 bands with the oh-so-rockin’ The Midnight Mules headlining. Two stages, visual art, clothing, jewellery, record stalls and more. To snag a double pass and a bag of goodies including merch from the bands involved as well as official Manifest goodies – email win@xpressmag.com.au to win.
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How did you feel about your set on Tuesday night? We felt pretty positive about our set, a few technical difficulties but besides that we had fun. We opened with a new song we hadn’t played before, everyone yelled and cheered, ‘well done good job!’ because we haven’t played a new song since our last show in ‘83 at the Challenge Stadium. What acts caught your ear/eye? All the acts had heaps of good bangers so it was a pretty entertaining night all round. Real diverse line-up! D-Jeong’s an old school friend of Vin, so it was a heartwarming moment when they met eyes across the dim, moody, candle-lit Bird. Dream Rimmy
DREAM RIMMY Big Splash Heat #2 Winner Answered by Ali Flintoff (guitar/vocals), Vin B (synth/vocals) and George Foster (drums/vocals).
Who else in the Big Splash heats are you keen to get a look at? H i d e o u s S u n D e m o n a n d K i tc h e n People. Vin is in them but he secretly hates them and wants just Dream Rimmy to win so he’s going to sabotage those bands’ performances. Wehatethem. What are your plans, at this stage, for the rest of 2014? We would have recorded an EP by then so we’re planning to: Rock Out, Have Fun, Stay Phresh, Eat Well, Keep Cool, Visit Mum, Play Nice/ Show, Make Friends, Play Rock Show, Be Hot. x The Big Splash continues with Heat #4 on Tuesday, June 24, at Flyrite featuring Dyatlov, Kitchen People, Puck and Sail On! Sail On! Tickets are $5 at the door from 8pm.
16 SHADES OF KILTER Australian electronic producer, Kilter, has announced a 16-date Australia/New Zealand tour ahead of his hotly anticipated Shades EP release on Friday, July 11. The infectious and atmospheric dancefloor master will travel across Australia to hit The Flyrite on Saturday, July 19. Supporting Kilter is up-and-coming producer, Hatch, who offers a unique live experience at his shows with synth, percussion, electric violin, sampler and turntable all in the mix. For ticket information check out facebook.com/kilterbeats.
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FRONT COVER: Violent Soho head to the Circo festival on Saturday, June 28, at Claremont Showground Pavilions, and kick off their own national tour with two sold-out shows at The Bakery on Wednesday-Thursday, July 2-3. Live photography by Rachael Barrett. SCENE COVER: The Community celebrates its 10th Birthday at The Bakery, this Saturday, June 21.
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RIGHT UP YOUR ABBEY As part of the Newport Hotel’s Record Club, The Beatles’ Abbey Road album will be lovingly performed in its entirety by Her Majesty’s (Kenji Kitahara and guests) this Thursday, June 19. The core of the band who’ll be taking on the musical goliath that capped off the Fab Four’s career, are mainstays of the Perth music scene who have collectively recorded, toured, and co-written songs with the likes of Eskimo Joe, End of Fashion, Vdelli, Autopilot, Bob Evans and The Meaning Of, to name a few. The evening will also feature special guests, Courtney Murphy, Steve Parkin, Ben Elphick, and Malcolm Clark. Why Abbey Road? “It obviously has great songs,” Kitahara says, “and the iconic cover art, but probably the first connection it had for me as a child was Michael Jackson, who did a cover version of Come Together. Even when I first saw Paul McCartney play live, it was like ‘Wow, that guy’s met…’. So through that I started looking for the album, and I’m still discovering it. “It has Frank Sinatra’s ‘favourite Lennon/ McCartney song’. It’s ‘safe’ music to listen to, I’d gladly let my daughter, Júlia, listen to it all day. And it also seems to appeal to intellectuals, and ‘classical’ people. It’s a lot of fun to play, and it’s an album that brings a lot of people, of different cultures and generations together.” Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $10 (plus booking fee) from oztix.com.au or at the door.
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with an almost psychedelic edge. The crowd moved up and down in glorious sync. Dune Rats, though. If they didn’t exist, we would have to invent them. Shining like the gods of a new generation of lovers and party people, their wild eyes and face-splitting smiles were like some wonderful drug to the loose units of Perth. The tour banner which hung behind them, crested with leaves of the sacred hemp plant, seemed to sum up just what this night was about - ‘DUNE RATS C****!’ They opened their set with the outrageously fun, uprock tune Dalai Lama Big Banana Marijuana, which sounded like a religion you can really get into. Within seconds the crowd was surging around the stage. Crowd surfing became an epidemic and the sand-dwelling rodents seemed more than happy to share the stage with their equally mad fans. As could probably be expected, their notorious party anthem Red Light, Green Light had people swaying and bouncing, becoming one with the music. More than a few people would have walked out of Amplifier with a new bro crush after such an enlightened yet lighthearted experience with these rascals. Dune Rats are right now. They are love and they are mania. They are sex and they are gardening. They love boobs, but they also love freedom. It’s not often that you get to witness a group that so perfectly encapsulate a time, place and a mind-state, but Dune Rats are prophets of the modern day spreading perhaps the most important message in a growingly insane world: let go, have fun.
Amplifier Bar was throbbing in anticipation of a party with Dune Rats, who kicked off their national tour in Perth following the release of their debut album on the 1st of Dune (heh, heh). Coming fresh off a trailblazing adventure across South Africa, Europe and Asia, the wild and generally awesome trio from Melbourne brought a ridiculous energy to the stage, which drew a wicked audience that were ready to bounce. Perth’s own architects of euphoria, Gunns, swept onto the stage to open the night. Beautiful and almost melancholic waves of washed-out guitars and fuzzy bass were served up to the restless crowd, who seemed to find temporary peace in these thoughtful sounds. There was honestly a very different sensation in the building for this event, an underlying buzz as if the full moon was slowly pulling the audience skywards. At risk of leaving the thronging masses starved of vibrations, Doctopus readied themselves and unleashed their creations. Sometimes words fail, and the only ones that seem to get close to describing these boys are sick and raw. The guitars and vocals rang out with a real honesty, bending and meandering JAMES HANLON
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GENERATION WONDER Pop-punk saviours The Wonder Years have announced their return to Australia to bring their upbeat, fistpumping tunes down under once again. Having recently released their third studio album, The Greatest Generation, The Wonder Years are stoked to bring their new material to their live shows in 2014. The Perth leg hits Amplifier on Sunday, September 7. For ticket information visit thewonderyearspresale. bigcartel.com.
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TRAIN KEEPS ROLLIN’ Travelling the country far and wide in support of their recently released album, Takes One To Know One, Graveyard Train stop by our way this Saturday, June 21, at the Rosemount Hotel (with Davey Craddock & The Spectacles) and Sunday, June 22, at Mojo’s (with Dux & Downtown). It shall go swimmingly well.
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LILY ALLEN Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Lily Allen knows exactly what it takes to be a pop star. And she’s not interested in doing it anymore, as she tells CHRIS MARTIN. Lily Allen first two albums, Alright, Still and It’s Not Me, It’s You, crowned her as both the darling of the British pop media and the queen of the sales charts, but her return this year with Sheezus brought with it a shock backlash of criticism in the mainstream press and on social media. Not that it stopped her from topping the charts once again. If Allen’s taken the harsh words to heart, she’s not showing it. “Listen, maybe I’m just not the radio pop star anymore,” Allen says from her London flat, where she’s just sent her daughters to bed. “Maybe I just make the music that I want to make, and fuck ’em all,” she laughs. “I’m not going to water my music down and start singing, ‘Oh baby you make me crazy/Can I be your lady baby?’ and play some crappy EDM and hope that it’s liked, because that’s just not what I do.” The outspoken Allen stepped away from the spotlight in 2010 after touring It’s Not Me, It’s You, and has spent the ensuing years raising her children Ethel Mary (now two-years-old) and Marnie Rose (17 months). While she says her return to the studio for Sheezus felt natural – “I’m not the first person to go back to work after having kids” – she admits to being caught off guard by what came next, and by her record label Parlophone’s changing definition of ‘pop’. “I suppose I was a little bit, because I just wrote music the way that I’ve always written music, and then once I delivered everything and it came to picking singles and sending stuff off to radio, it seemed like everyone had a completely different hat on to the one when I’d started. I feel like a lot of the songs that I would’ve assumed would’ve been the singles, and the ones that would’ve sold the album and been songs at radio, weren’t, really, and not really everywhere else in the world but in the UK. “I don’t know what’s happened. I feel like things have got a little bit more saturated, or watered down, and the radio people, the record company
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were like, ‘Oh no, we can’t have that, this radio station won’t play it, and that radio station won’t play it, because it’s too controversial or too sexy’. “And you’re just like, ‘Wait a second, people are posing naked on the front of magazine covers and still get their songs played on the radio’, but I guess because their songs don’t really say anything – I don’t know. I’m not really saying anything particularly offensive, I’m actually just taking ownership of my sexuality and feminism, and people find that offensive – which I find astonishing, because I think if I’d have released these same songs when I first started 10 years ago there wouldn’t have been a problem, but now there is, which is amazing to me. It feels like going backwards.” Case in point – the new record’s title track, Sheezus. Allen told Rolling Stone she would’ve liked to see as a single, but people got offended by the word ‘period’ in its lyrics. On Twitter, ahead of the album’s release, she agreed with a fan who called her new singles, ‘docile pop rubbish’. ‘What you’ve heard so far yes’, she wrote. ‘The labels and the radio stations won’t play the better stuff’. Ultimately, the auto-tune-heavy Hard Out Here was the first taste of Allen’s new material – and its video created an online uproar. Suddenly, the armchair experts had not only decided what Allen’s artistic intentions were on her behalf, but launched into rambling think-pieces about why that made her an objectifier of women (for her dancers twerking in skimpy black outfits) or a racist (said dancers were all of black or Asian descent). Somehow, the satire of the clip was lost on some commentators, despite the song’s lyrics, and the words spelled out in giant silver balloons: ‘Lily Allen Has a Baggy Pussy’. Did it frustrate Allen that people jumped to criticise her intentions without actually asking what they’d been? “I’m sure that people did ask, but I don’t really feel like I have to explain,” she says. “People always say, ‘What was your intention behind this song?’ or ‘What did you mean by that?’ and it’s like, ‘Well, it doesn’t really matter,’ because it’s ethereal – once you’ve let something go and put it out into a public arena, it doesn’t matter what I intended; it matters how people interpret’. If I do one interview explaining what my meaning was behind a song, not everybody who’s heard the song is going to have read that interview, so it doesn’t really matter. I just have to make sure that when I’m writing my songs, that I stand by them at the end. “And of course, I’m not going to forensically analyse each one of my lyrics of my songs and think, ‘Has this contradicted anything that I’ve ever said before in an interview, or in a song?’ Songwriting is artistry, and that sounds really earnest, but things
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are just meant to exist; you put them out there and that’s what they are.” Allen’s not shying away from her willingness to cause a ruckus. Her next video will be the single URL Badman, itself written in response to online trolls. The song begins with sounds of a teenage boy masturbating in his bedroom – ‘Alexander, your dinner’s on the table!’ ‘Yeah alright Mum, I said I’m coming!’ – and while Allen’s not sure
that sequence will make the final cut, the track is one she’s “proud of”. It seems that not being pop is working out for Allen just fine. And she is better placed than most to judge whether the golden age of the pop star even still exists. “I’m sure it can, if you play the game,” Allen says. “But I don’t want to play the game.”
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album – at least part of it – was a bit more mature, a bit differently paced. I suppose that if it was all the crazy, fast stuff, it would have worn people out – and probably bored them, too. We got the balance right, I think.” The band spent all of eight days recording the debut, relying on that sense of urgency in both productivity and musicianship that piqued so much interest to begin with. In fact, plenty of the material they wrote didn’t end up making the album, leading Took to suggest a follow-up could come sooner than we think. “I feel like we could go straight in and record another album right now!” he laughs. “There were a lot of older songs that we had to sacrifice, and of course there were a lot of disagreements among the lot of us as to what would make the final cut. We’re really proud of what we got out of those eight days, though. It was a really different experience for us.” It’s worth mentioning that those eight days of recording took place all the way back in December. Given it’s now June, one might assume that there was a lot of red tape for the band to cut through in order to release the album. Not the case, says Took – it was more a case of finding the most opportune moment. “We just wanted to be absolutely sure of what we were putting out. We’re so used to these songs now, and we’re really certain about playing them.” As for what the future holds, Took wants to take the album for a test drive in the land of the free to see the reaction it gets. “I genuinely think that there are some songs on this record that would go down a treat if we played them in Nashville,” he says. “It’s a total dream of ours to get over there and see what they make of our band and what we do.”
THE SUPERSUCKERS Hell’s Yes They call themselves “the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world,” have been described by others as “literally a human cartoon,” and they’re playing the Astor Theatre next Wednesday, June 25. They are The Supersuckers, and singer/bassist Eddie Spaghetti tells SHANE PINNEGAR to “wear clean underwear because we’re definitely going to rock your pants off.” Formed in Arizona in 1988, The Supersuckers relocated to Seattle just as grunge broke. Despite sounding closer to a grittier Cheap Trick, with songs heavy on melody and a sense of fun, they managed to get signed by seminal grunge label, SubPop, releasing four studio albums and a best of through them, including 1995’s The Sacrilicious Sounds Of The Supersuckers flirting with cross-over success with the minor alternative hit, Born With A Tail. As Spaghetti kicks back in his “luxurious hotel in beautiful Raleigh, North Carolina,” he is at a loss to pinpoint what the band could have done to better capitalise on the success of that song at the time. “I’m sure there was, although I have no idea,” he says wryly. “Even hindsight doesn’t provide me with any real glowing missed opportunity or anything like that. I just feel like we were not the right band for that time. I don’t know what else to chalk it up to because the material was great. The songs were really good. I guess the production, maybe, could have been a little bit different. But other than that I feel like we did everything right.” Four albums followed over the next decade before The Supersuckers took a hiatus in 2009, during which Spaghetti continued to record and tour solo. Had the band cracked the big time while with SubPop, Spaghetti’s not sure whether they would have flourished, or possibly burnt out in a blaze of glory. “That’s a good question!” he laughs deeply. “I think we still had a few more good years in us, but then we probably would have started tapering off and we would have been disillusioned and given it up. To 10
go so high, it’s hard to come back down to where you really are.” Coming down to Australia in support of their first new release in five years, Spaghetti says the band had something to prove with the album, Get The Hell. “Oh yeah, for sure,” he insists, “because Get It Together (2008) was poorly received, it’s kind’ve considered to be a weak record. I listen to it and I’m still really happy with it, but I see the point. It was a lighter record, I guess, and that’s not what people have come to expect from The Supersuckers. So this time we knew we needed to do it right, and we sure did! “We’ve been busy and we’ve made a really great record so people should notice. We feel like we have no business putting out a record this good, this late in the game.” These words he speaks are true – Get The Hell is a rollicking, bollocking, kick-arse rock’n’roll record full of riffs and hooks and underdog lyrics that will have you humming along for days. Many critics are calling it The Supersuckers’ best album yet. So, on the eve of their Australian tour, which Spaghetti says is “exciting indeed - we are looking forward to it,” one question remains unanswered: are The Supersuckers the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world? Spaghetti doesn’t hesitate: “That is true,” he shoots back. Though the quandary is, why more people don’t realise it? “Now that’s a good question!” he says, laughing now. “I think they’re waiting for us to die or something before we get anointed as the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”
Eight Days A Week Touring in support of their self-titled debut album, Little Bastard hit the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, this Thursday June 19; Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, on Friday June 20, and Mojos on Saturday June 21. DAVID JAMES YOUNG reports. It’s all about the love of an old-fashioned good time when it comes to the swampy Sydney septet known as Little Bastard. As a matter of fact, the angriest it’ll ever get at one of their shows is an argument over whether it’s a hoedown or a hootenanny. The past 18 months have seen the band go from strength to strength, particularly on the live front, where they’ve riled up festival crowds and warmed up their largest stages yet for The Beards. Little Bastard’s debut self-titled album, however, may not be quite what people were anticipating – hell, it was even an unexpected turn for the band members. “The whole thing actually turned out a lot differently than I had anticipated,” says Johnny Took, who provides guitar and one of many voices to the band. “I think what we ended up doing for the
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The Fly By Night Musicians Club’s lease of the Military Drill Hall ends in September, with an invitation by the National Trust being extended for Expressions Of Interest from other parties for a new lease after that date. BOB GORDON chats with Executive Director, John Reid, about the future of The Fly, a true Fremantle icon. How real is the danger that The Fly will lose the lease? The threat is real, and if another entity with a more favourable application to the National Trust’s needs and wants gets up the Club would no longer have a sustainable space. Has it been a mere formality that The Fly would keep the lease when it was up for renewal in past years? Yes it has. The last two leases were a mere roll over procedure to renew, but there were months of delay to get the actual signed lease and a hard copy on file. The Club should have expected an issue as there was no renewal clause on the current lease. It seems that The National Trust has been quite uncommunicative about the matter upon your follow-up. Any idea why? Well they have been too busy at times, and the just request a proposal or a business plan. The Club would like open dialogue about the future of the military hall with the Trust as we have a long time relationship with the building, which the Club saved from demolition back in the day, before the National Trust took over management of the building. Could this be connected with the termination of rental assistance by the DCA at the end of 2013? Nothing has been communicated via the Trust. The National Trust has advised the Club not to
book acts after September, or until the process is completed. As you noted, this threatens the livelihood of the business. How best can you proceed in terms of a schedule? The Club will meet with the National Trust at the end of June and address the Expression of Interest process. I expect that 28 years history within in the 128 year old building would be of historical significant and cultural value to the National Trust, and the community as a whole to ensure the Club’s longevity within the Military Drill Hall. The process to date unfortunately has been regrettable in regard to not being able to confirm bookings after September and could further affect the Club’s core business, due to possible delays after the June deadline of securing a new lease for September. How can the public help with The Fly’s cause? The Club will be sending out an information package shortly to members, and to supporters within the general public to petition the National Trust, and Government, but I’m hopeful it is just a good governance process by the National Trust, and I am making a mountain out of mole hill, but currently the mole hill is high. A petition is now up on the Fly By Night’s website at flybynight.org. Supporters are asked to print it out and return the completed form to Fly By Night Musicians Club, 1 Holdsworth Street, Fremantle, or post them to PO Box 73, Fremantle WA 6959.
THE PAPER KITES States Of Play Melbourne’s The Paper Kites hit the Artbar this Thursday, June 19, and the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, on Friday, June 20. ALISON ERLANGER reports. If your band wasn’t recently hand-picked as the main support for a largely sold out international tour with City And Colour frontman Dallas Green, you’re probably not in The Paper Kites. Drummer Josh Bentley has a one-up on you there, and has been with Melbourne’s favourite indie-folk quintet since its humble conception. The charming, emotionally powerful outfit have risen to support illustrious acts including Bombay Bicycle Club, Josh Pyke, Boy & Bear, Passenger and Hungry Kids Of Hungary, released highly celebrated debut album, States, and are now embarking on a very promising national tour. “Back in the heyday, it was all sort of surreal starting out for us,” Bentley says. “We didn’t really expect to be playing university shows, or anything, really. I remember at one of our first shows it absolutely bucketed down and it was kind of hilarious to be sitting there seeing these people getting absolutely drenched while we were trying to go through the set.” It took a number of years for the notoriously impenetrable Melbourne music scene to catch wind of the five-piece, but when it did their craft resonated with audiences on an international level. That said, The Paper Kites are the first to
admit that they have much to learn from more seasoned performers. Dallas Green is one such example. “You blink and next thing you know, you’re on a plane on your way over to the States, and we’re playing with Dallas Green and City And Colour and it was mind-blowing. We’d never been to the States before, so just seeing how City And Colour do it – a very tight-knit, professionally run band, getting to see all the behind-the-scenes stuff and playing in these amazing theatres and venues over there was mind-blowing.” In the wake of their success, The Paper Kites have had to devise techniques to curb their pre-show excitement, their upcoming national tour naturally being no exception. “It can be very easy for us to get distracted or get excited, or lose sight of what we’re actually at a show to do; we can get caught up in the moment quite easily. We’re the kind of people who are high on life when playing a show. We just love it, so taking an hour or even half an hour beforehand just to sort of collect ourselves is important. Especially considering the type of music we play, it’s a little quieter – very involved. It’s not hyped up punk music where we can go nuts on stage.” With a network of tens of thousands of people following them online and some music video clips well exceeding five million views on YouTube, The Paper Kites have made themselves serendipitously synonymous with thought-provoking, highly sharable video content. Their latest clip, Tenenbaum, has already received overwhelmingly positive feedback despite, or perhaps because of, the ambiguity of its narrative. “Tenenbaum was done in Sydney. Sam Elliot, our lead singer, sort of took the artistic direction and then a friend of ours actually directed it. The clip itself is kind of open to your own interpretation. For me, personally, it’s just got a guy in the car and he’s on his way to see a girl, and to me, I sort of relate that to a father-daughter relationship. It could be a boygirl relationship, it could be a grandpa-granddaughter relationship, but for me it’s a father leaving his daughter. I guess the beauty of the clip is that it can be open to any explanation.”
“James (Tidswell, guitar/vocals) was driving down the road to Maccas and his friend messages him saying ‘Have you heard about your nomination?’ ‘Oh, for what?’ ‘The ARIA Awards!’ ‘Oh fuck, I’m going for an interview at Maccas!’ You know, that’s the reality.”
VIOLENT SOHO The Road To Here Violent Soho, Brisvegas’ hot grunge revivalists, head to the Circo festival on Saturday, June 28, at Claremont Showground Pavilions, and kick off their own national tour with two sold-out shows at The Bakery on Wednesday-Thursday, July 2-3. Singer/ guitarist, Luke Boerdam, reflects on the band’s rocky road with SHANE PINNEGAR. Violent Soho formed in 2004, the four school buddies from Brisbane releasing an EP and an album before coming to the attention of US label, Ecstatic Peace. That label, owned by Sonic Youth noisenik Thurston Moore, released the band’s selftitled, second album in 2010 and set them on an 18 month slog through the States before the band crashed back down to earth. “Yeah, we came back from America and it was a pretty gruelling experience to go through 12
the washing machine of the music industry,” reflects singer/guitarist, Luke Boerdam. “We got to tour with some of our very favourite bands like Dinosaur Jr and The Bronx, and then kind’ve got spat out the other end, and ended up back in Australia.” Abandoned by their label, Violent Soho were close to down and out, second guitarist James Tidwell was en route to a job interview at McDonalds when he got a surprise from a friend. “That story cuts straight to the point!”
laughs Boerdam. “That’s where we were when we came back from America. James was driving down the road to Maccas and his friend messages him saying ‘Have you heard about your nomination?’ ‘Oh, for what?’ ‘The ARIA Awards!’ ‘Oh fuck, I’m going for an interview at Maccas!’ You know, that’s the reality.” Violent Soho may have been down, but they weren’t out yet, and Boerdam feels gratified at their current wave of success, having reignited their drive. “Yeah, I really do,” he acknowledges. “It’s been a pretty long and slow crawl back to here, you know? It was difficult to go out and get work again, and do the band at nights - it was getting tough to get a rehearsal room and get the drive that we used to have, and to get excited again. We were just absolutely tired to be honest and we needed a break. So I guess just slowly, through writing another record, and getting in the room again practising that, it kind’ve just fell into place over a long period. “We just absolutely refused to put out shit - we just said, ‘if we don’t come up with a record that we’re proud of and we want to put out, then let’s just leave it, you know - fuck it!’ (laughs).
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But if we do, and if we actually enjoy it again, then let’s do it. It’s been a long trip, but yeah, it is gratifying.” After releasing their third full-length album, Hungry Ghost, late last year, the band are off on a 14-date national tour which is entirely sold out bar one show. Boerdam is gobsmacked, to put it lightly. “We definitely didn’t expect it to be as big as it’s become - last time we were in Melbourne we did The Corner Hotel - and I was really happy with that. We were used to doing 200-300 capacity rooms, and now we’re doing The Hi Fi Bar (capacity approx 650) - and the Hi Fi show sold out in 10 minutes, the second show sold out in 15 minutes, and I was like, ‘Holy shit - where are these people coming from?’ So, couldn’t be more stoked... really pumped.” Before playing their own shows here, the band is bringing their guitar rock to the eclectic Circo festival line-up. “Yeah, we’re really pumped,” Boerdam enthuses. “There’s a band called DMA’s who are about the same level we’re at, and that guy from Bloc Party - Kele - so it’s pretty diverse. I think it’s gonna be a good one.” If there are any regrets, Boerdam says it’s not being able to hang out down South for the five days between dates. “Oh we want to, we want to - but the way it all came together logistically was - I hope I’m not gonna get us in trouble here, but originally we said nah to Circo, because of our Perth show - we just wanted to focus on the tour. Then we thought, ‘hey we should do that festival’, and obviously flights to Perth ain’t cheap. So it’s just worked out that way, frustratingly, because we’d love to spend four days. We’re starting the tour the following Wednesday so, (laughs) we gotta fly in for Circo, then fly back to Brisbane, then fly back to Perth again! “We love West Australia – Best. Beaches. Ever! We played down at Southbound, and we had a pretty early slot, then got in the van and went straight to the beach and lazed all afternoon. It was kind of humiliating in a way - we’re from Queensland, so we’re used to some pretty good beaches... we came back and said, ‘well, they’ve definitely got one up on us there’. They’re incredible!’”
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HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR
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Hercules And Love Affair is the brainchild of New York City producer, Andy Butler. An outfit that often stands and falls on the strength of its collaborations came to prominence when the sublime voice of Antony Hegarty graced the band’s beat heavy debut. For their third album, The Feast Of The Broken Heart, Butler again gets by with a little help from his friends. The Feast Of The Broken Heart is a revisionist romp through the dance and house scene of the ‘80s and ‘90s with some decidedly camp appeal along the way. Drag performer, Rouge Mary, is given vocal duties on three occasions, bringing a defiant assuredness to 5:43 To Freedom. It is Krystle Warren who has the most impressive pipes of all collaborators and her effort on the beat and beeps heavy The Light is the standout. Indie crooner, John Grant, who recently announced that he is HIV-positive, finds himself in different territory as he gives his deep voice to the Magnetic Fields-like beats and piano of I Tried To Talk To You and unleashes a less brooding vocal on the bright Liberty. Butler uses The Feast Of The Broken Heart to drive home his obvious passion for disco and life after dark in the clubs. This could well be the most flamboyant and confident record yet for Hercules and Love Affair even it if does rely a little too heavily on the past.
Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg’s third album, Stay Gold, is vivid and masterful. They have continued to build their skill alongside layers of production with each record, and this one is lovely yet wistful in such a way that it never strays into saccharine territory. Single, My Silver Lining, is mournful and rich, its string line recalling the warm desolation of a Morricone score. The title track blends the melancholy of insightful lyrics with a showcase of flawless harmonies, a theme continued in Shattered & Hollow. Waitress Song subverts a classic pop adage with lyrics like, ‘Girls they just want to have fun / And the rest of us hardly know who we are’, laid over cascading strings. Fleeting One sees those strings bloom into even airier territory, but once again it’s the lyrics that keep it from floating away. At 10 tracks long, the album feels over a little too soon. Final song, A Long Time Ago, echoing Simon & Garfunkel, is gorgeous, but not as stirring as The Lion’s Roar closer, King Of The World. Stay Gold is languid and somehow actually sounds drenched in dappled gold light, but the melancholy of the lyrics gives it depth and weight to keep it within reach. NATALIE AMAT
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MINK MUSSEL CREEK Mink Mussel Manticore Spinning Top/ADA
BREATHE CAROLINA Savages Fearless Records Following the departure of vocalist Kyle Even, Breathe Carolina were forced to regroup for their fourth studio album Savages, which throws away some of their rockier influences and brings some all out dance and synthcore tracks. The genre has its strong followers and brutal haters; with Savages receiving a vast array of critical response. For me… it’s brilliant. I’m not proud to say it; but Savages is immensely catchy, thunderously pumping and the biggest guilty pleasure since Cedric Gervais’ Summertime Sadness remix. Providing the perfect amount of ferocity in Sell Outs and a best friend for your subwoofer in Collide, the album is a constant enjoyment of enjoyable dance tunes. It does have a huge drop in quality towards the tail end of the album with the lyrical and musical atrocity Chasing Hearts and the uneventful Mistakes. That being said; opener Bury Me has one of the biggest openers to date whilst Bang It Out is the ‘white-girl’ anthem of the year. Savages is a hit-and-miss album and luckily for the Colorado quartet; their emphatic choruses and pounding beats have sailed them across the line.
Mink Mussel Creek are one of the most mythologised lost Australian acts in recent memory. For those who came in late, they were the immediate ancestor of Tame Impala and Pond, with a debut album, Mink Mussel Manticore, that never saw the light of day when they were together in 2007-08. At last, the long-lost record is getting a digital and vinyl release. It features the joined forces of Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Nick Allbrook (ex-Tame Impala, Pond) and Shiny Joe Ryan (Pond), plus a few others. And as you can guess, it’s another triumph for psychedelic rock and the city of Perth. It all starts with some downright explosive chords in the 13-and-a-half-minute opener, They Dated Steadily, before mellowing into more typical fuzzy riffs on the slow burner, Meeting Waterboy. The seven tracks rarely dip below six minutes in length, leaving ample space for experimental jams, but with song titles as tongue-in-cheek as Cat Love Power and Makeout Party Girls, it still feels very self-aware. Rest assured, Mink Mussel Manticore is well worth the wait for long-time fans, with room for latecomers to join the shindig as well. AMY MULHEARN
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POPSTRANGERS FISHING Shy Glow Create/Control
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The first thing you think when you hear Fishing’s debut release Shy Glow is: ‘Why didn’t they release this in summer?’ Bouncy and energetically laidback, it’s the perfect soundtrack for an Australian summer, and that might be the biggest reason why it misses a lot of people’s Album Of The Year lists: its winter release. The second thing you’ll think is how good this duo has become since their first release in 2010. The time spent remixing, supporting, performing and being generally awesome all-rounders in the music scene has clearly paid off. With a sly and charming sound, Fishing shake out the samples and mix them beautifully with synthesised sounds, creating almost instrumentalpop-dance music. The album is also fresh, which is a wonderful thing for a band to accomplish when most synth- and sample-based groups utilise the same beats and techniques over and over until the music becomes utterly dull. Fishing aren’t trying to make a brand new sound, they’re just trying to make really good music, and they’re succeeding. From the cute and friendly opener, Recoup, to the energetic bounce of Swimmer and the invigorating and seductive, Choy Lin, there is every hint of a band with great things to come.
While their debut was a fine record in itself, Popstrangers appear to have embraced their New Zealand sonic heritage to deliver an ever more impressive follow up with Fortuna. Flying Nun records put New Zealand music on the map many years ago and although they may live in London, the trio from Auckland have rediscovered their love for squalling guitars. There are considerably less rough edges getting in the way of the psych pop flourishes that inhabit Fortuna. Vocals that sound like they were sung whilst washing your hair in the bath bring a Shins-like vibe to Sandstorm, that also benefits from a wandering bass line and solid drumming. Distress borrows some post-punk angst and vigour without sacrificing melody during its loose and urgent three minutes. The irrepressible melodies of first single Country Kills has found Popstrangers featured on all the widely read indie music websites to open the door for an even bigger splash than a youthful dip in the Tasman Sea. Some slacker rock moments rear their head throughout, but it is the meandering slower moments that give vocals and guitars space to interact and shine. Popstrangers are taking broader brushstrokes as they explore the fertile ground of chiming guitar pop. Fortuna is a follow up that greatly exceeds expectations for a band that clearly know a thing or two about this song making business.
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Big screen bros Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum aren’t the only returning players in the freshly-minted sequel to the unexpectedly awesome 21 Jump Street. Also back on the screen is rapper turned actor Ice Cube as their self-described angry black captain, Dickson. We caught up with the former O’Shea Jackson. Ice Cube, star of films ranging from Boyz N The Hood to Are We There Yet?, enjoyed the experience of making 21 Jump Street so much that he had no hesitations in signing on for the follow up, the rather obviously titled 22 Jump Street. “It was fun. It was so cool the first time we did it, so I knew the second time It’d be a little more comfortable for everybody and just a little more familiar with everyone’s work ethic and work mentality, so I knew it was gonna be fun. It was great because they’re professionals - there’s no egos getting in the way of the work. It’s all business but it’s all fun, too. “ He was also keen to reteam with co-stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, who he describes as “... laid back, real cool dudes. We get a chance to improv a lot. That’s the fun of it, once you lay the script down, you get to play with it a little bit, have fun, clown and really
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try to, you know, add some flavour to the movie.” 22 Jump Street is not Cube’s first sequel. His resume includes not only the Friday series and the Are We...? films, but also an ill-fated attempt to continue the XXX series without original star Vin Diesel, so he’s aware that the best laid plans of producers and performers can sometimes go astray. However, he was confident that 22 Jump Street would not dip in quality. “No, once I read the script I knew it was gonna be a great movie, I knew it was gonna be a movie that could stand on its own and not rely on the first one so much, so I was all in. This is my fourth movie with (producer) Neal Moritz, so he kinda knows what’s gonna get me going and what’s not. It’s really cool to be in this next movie with him and hopefully we do what we supposed to do - and maybe they’ll be calling me for 23 Jump Street.” As for that mooted - and perhaps inevitable - sequel - where is there left to go after this latest instalment’s college-set shenanigans? Grad school? “Nah, they too dumb for that!” Cube laughs. “Maybe they can go to nursing school, they can go to preschool, they can go to veterinarian academy anything but grad school or medical school - they can’t do that. Law school? No. They can’t pull that off.” TRAVIS JOHNSON 2 2 J u m p S t re e t w i l l b e re v i e w e d o n l i n e a t xpressmag.com.au.
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TAKE FLIGHT WITH THE LITTLE PRINCE Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s beloved children’s fable is coming to the stage courtesy of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. Simon Clarke adapts this tale of friendship, loss and idealism, which is based in part on the original author’s experiences as a pioneering aviator in North Africa. Featuring designs by Jiri Zmitko and music by Lee Buddle, this is a must-see for children of all ages. The Little Prince runs at the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre from July 5- 19. For tickets and information, go to sppt.asn.au. The Little Prince
SPECTRUM CALLS FOR PROPOSALS Located at the Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus, Spectrum Project space has been host to a wide variety of innovative and boundary-pushing art exhibitions. If you have the seed of an idea that you think is worthy of joining them, now is the time to take action. Spectrum is accepting proposals from creative practitioners until 5pm today, Wednesday, June 18. For more info, head to ecu.edu.au or email Spectrum Project Space Coordinator Claire Bushby at spectrum@ecu.edu.au.
...to the Perth Cultural Centre. From July 4 - 20, the PCC will be host to Winterland, Perth’s first inner city outdoor ice skating rink. it promises to be fun for all the family, including those whose idea of winter fun is a sit-down meal and a warm drink, as there’ll be a winter-themed bar and cafe. At night, big kids can enjoy DJs, themed evenings and more. For the full low-down, go to winterland.com.au.
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EVEN BIGGER, EVEN HOO-ER, EVEN HAA-ER The Big HOO-HAA! is turning 12! Founded by Sam Longley, Perth’s longest-running and best-beloved comedy improv show will celebrate teetering on the cusp of adolescence at Fremantle’s Fly By Night Club this Saturday, June 21. Taking a break from their usual Saturday night home at Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den, teams of talented and (hopefully) quick-witted comedians will battle it out for audience approval and laughter. Tickets are $25 from flybynight.org or ticketek.com.au.
PERTH POETRY CLUB WELCOMES SPECIAL GUEST Josephine Clarke will be reading at the Perth Poetry Club this Saturday, June 21, at The Moon Cafe from 2pm. A longstanding and incredibly active member of the Perth writing community, Clarke was president of the Out Of The Asylum Writers’ Group for three years and also helps organise Voicebox, the monthly poetry readings at The Fly Trap. She has been published in a multitude of places, including Westerly, Indigo, Cordite, Creatrix and Blue Giraffe. For further information in this event in particular and the Perth Poetry Club in general, go to perthpoetryclub.com.
Rising From Ashes
Directed by TC Johnstone Starring Forrest Whitaker Following the creation of Team Rwanda and its growth to professional competition, Rising From Ashes is a great example of the positive power sport can have on a life. Shot over six years in some technically challenging conditions, this documentary looks at how this team came about after one of the worst genocides to ever be recorded. Starting with an examination of the importance of the bike as a source for transport in Rwandan society (in a place with such a low average wage and poor infrastructure, it really can’t be overstated), Rising From Ashes looks at the establishment of Team Rwanda under the tutelage of former Tour De France competitor Jock Boyer. Throughout the documentary we come to see some of the back story of the athletes, and an insight into Rwanda’s dark past. Yet we also see the uplifting effect of sports in galvanising national pride, as well as a surprising generosity of spirit from all involved, competitors and support crew alike. TC Johnstone’s insistence on natural lighting gives this documentary a more cinematic look than verite. The colours are rich and vibrant, making the whole film stunning to look at. The
sheer beauty, the strength of the story being told and the interesting nature of the characters being explored, more than compensates for the average style of presentation. Other than the aforementioned factors it is, stylistically, a straight down the line documentary, telling its story through interviews, narration, news footage and of course the filming of numerous races by the crew. Yet the quality is certainly there in that gorgeous cinematography. If there is a weakness it is perhaps in this documentary being so straight forward. There is more than a little of the traditional sports cliché of a small team becoming giant slayers through hard work and determination. Johnstone does tease a little more out of this through his interviews and the dark past of both Boyer and Team Rwanda, but out of respect he doesn’t push hard enough and it is not something the documentary dwells upon. Perhaps this is a good call, as the tone remains positive and uplifting, but the movie seems to lack a little potential depth because of it. In many ways the film is the polar opposite to the previous cycling documentary to grace our screens earlier this year, The Armstrong Lie. Where that film revealed cycling’s dark heart by looking at cheating, corruption and the abuse of power fuelled by the promise of lucrative sponsorships, Rising From Ashes looks at raw enthusiasm, team spirit and generosity in the sport. An inspirational documentary and in many ways a comeback movie for cycling as a sport. This may cover familiar ground, but it does so at a championship pace. DAVID O’CONNELL
To read our interview with Rising from Ashes director TC Johnstone, go to xpressmag.com.au.
WEST AUSTRALIAN HOT ROD & STREET MACHINE SPECTACULAR Claremont Showgrounds Sunday, June 15, 2014 Hundreds of people descended on the Claremont Showgrounds at the weekend to peep the seriously sweet street machines on display. Photos by Matt Jelonek
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JAMIE BAMBER So Say We All One of the most critically acclaimed sci-fi series of the noughties, Battlestar Galactica rebooted the classic ‘70s series and made it a dark, complex, and often morally ambiguous piece that captivated audiences. Jamie Bamber played Lee “Apollo” Adama, one of the lead characters. As he is on his way here for Supanova, X-Press caught up with him before he climbed into the cockpit. Bamber was initially unsure as to how to react to the reboot. When the script was first presented to him, the title from the ‘70s sci-fi show did make him a little wary. “First reaction, I couldn’t find who the character was. One script had the name Lee Adama, and of course Apollo is his call sign. So it took me a while to work out that this Lee guy was the character I was reading for, and that was a good thing. It allowed me to see him through completely fresh eyes and not as the character from the original show I had seen as a kid. It was a completely fresh page. I loved the relationship between him and his father. At that point I didn’t know Edward James Olmos was playing my dad. When I found out I thought I’d get fired because we look nothing alike, but we made it work.” Olmos’ (Commander William Adama) commitment to the project helped set the tone for the new cast. “It was a dream. Working with Eddie changed a lot. He at the beginning set the bar high, and he was there to convince us it was a serious bit of work, that we weren’t making any old sci-fi show. He wasn’t initially warm, he was quite formidable. I think that was on purpose as the father/ son relationship was strained. He was a hard taskmaster on me as well as the others. He played the austere teacher role perfectly and dragged us into his confidence and trust. Eddie and I are very close friends. He’s my dad in LA (as well as godfather to Bamber’s children). He and Mary (BSG co-star Mary McDonnell) were basically the parent figures on set, to a very young cast.” It was that serious tonal change that made
Galactica compelling drama in it’s own right. “TV had totally changed in the intervening 30 years and our series reflected that. Battlestar was a great piece of ‘70s television, and will always be remembered, but ours reflected the times we were in. That’s why Ron (showrunner Ronald D. Moore) took the project on, because of the 9/11 parallels, because of the wars, and the fighting, and the threat from a different kind of enemy that we haven’t faced before. Those were Ron’s inspiration and he remained committed to them. Following current affairs, echoing them, posing questions, not answering them, and examining where we are going as a nation...a race. It really surprised people, and the intelligent media got behind it. It was quiet a thing to be that culturally relevant. The respect that the show has is unparalleled.” DAVID O’CONNELL
Jamie Bamber is a guest at Supanova Pop Culture Expo at the Perth Convention And Exhibition Centre from June 20 - 22. Go to supanova.com.au for more info.
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CHARMENE YAP Express Yourself Sydney Dance Company’s award winning piece 2 One Another is coming to His Majesty’s Theatre this week. X-Press managed to talk to WAAPA trained dancer Charmene Yap after a very long week of preparation and rehearsal for the WA tour. 2 One Another is a full length work about personal relationships, couples, individuals and external influences. “When Raf (artistic director and choreographer Rafael Bonachella) came in at the beginning of the development he said it’s not just that, it really draws from all of us as individual dancers and as a group together. So he wanted to draw from all our qualities and make a work that really reflected relationships.” Bonachella looked to multiple disciplines and sources to create his work. “It’s a little abstract in the simple terms that there are a lot of solos, duets or group work. During development we had paths that the director gave us, to explore a physical representation of an emotional side. So we had things where we are screaming into our microphones and stuff like that. Then a poet (Samuel Webster) came in and watched us. From there he was inspired by these improvisations we were doing and wrote a bit of poetry. From there came inspiration for us to make movement. “It is a one hour dramatic work that goes through all the emotions. All the elements really come together: dancing, lighting, music – all come together in a rewarding way. Well, I hope it’s rewarding to watch, it’s rewarding to do.” 2 One Another won multiple awards at the 2013 Australian Dance Awards, including a Best Female Dancer Award for Yap. “I was shocked as well at getting the award. I have a bit of a solo piece that comes from me. Raf worked intimately with me to
allow me to crack the movement and really develop the style over numerous practices. It allowed me to get my teeth into it, to grow with it, and each time I do it, it is something different.” Since 2012, 2 One Another has toured both Australia and the world, representing a significant investment of man hours by the dancers. Fortunately at least half the original cast is still performing in the show, allowing for a highly polished piece of dance. ”When I first did it, it was a cardio-buster, but my workload has been spread out and I know when to conserve my energy. Now the challenge is remembering the essence and finding new things to do to make it interesting for myself and other people.” However life could have been very different for Yap. Although she grew up doing dance in high school, she was planning to go into architecture. Fortunately her dancing teacher persuaded her to apply for WAPAA instead. “Dance involves you physically, mentally and emotionally. You really do put everything in of yourself in the job. I don’t know anywhere I can express myself as freely. It’s short lasting but liberating. It’s a full body experience.” DAVID O’CONNELL
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DEAD OR ALIVE: Using Animals And Infants In Fashion Two years ago Kim Kardashian was flour bombed on the red carpet for wearing fur. And last month an American bride dragged her one-month-old daughter down the aisle attached to the train of her wedding dress. LAUREN WISZNIEWSKI explores the use of animals, alive or dead, for fashion. Fur, one of the oldest forms of fashion, is surrounded with controversy. Last year fashion designer and outspoken animal rights activist Stella McCartney refused to include any kind of fur in her collections. Similarly, after PETA footage revealed the shocking conditions of angora rabbit factory farms in China, chains H & M, Espirit, C & A, and New Look, halted production of angora products. But in a society where Macklemore wears a “big ass (fur) coat” and Lady Gaga dons a meat dress, animal supporters seem to be fighting a losing battle.
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Common animals sourced for fur clothing include fox, rabbit, mink, beaver, stoat, otter, sable, seal, cats, dogs, coyotes and possum. However who can ignore the luxurious feel of fur? If the animal is already dead, then what’s the harm? Britney Spears proved once upon a time by accessorizing with a live snake at the MTV awards, animals add a little bit extra to your outfit. A living animal can be just as glamorous as a dead one. In 2013, a graduate fashion show from world-renowned school Central Saint Martins, featured goldfish handbags. The school, which counts Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney among its graduates, applauded the designer, Cassandra Verity Green. The goldfish bowl shaped bags, containing real fish grabbed the attention of the audience and the wrath of the RSPCA who claimed that fashion like this “encourages people to see them [animals] as replaceable ornaments, rather than living creatures in need of care and commitment.” More recently in China, live animals trapped in plastic bags are being sold as key chains. Like puppies in a tiny pet store cage, these animals are confined to a horribly small place. A place so small that these turtles, fish, lizards and other amphibians die due to oxygen deprivation. While the vendors who sell these bags claims that the bags contain crystallized oxygen and nutrients designed to keep the animals alive, most die within a day. Last month, bride Shona Carter-Brooks attached her daughter to the train of her wedding dress and walked down the aisle. Humans are a definite step up from goldfish and lizards yet Mrs Carter-Brooks claims the child was “covered by Christ”. Maybe we should all be covered by Christ until we sort out where the line is on wearing animals and animal products.
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Get thee to Beaufort Street for some of the best pizza in the city! They’re confident in their carefully constructed menu, so much so that the only change they’ll allow to a pizza order is to add anchovies.
Classy cocktails are the order of the day at this North Perth institution. If you’ve a hankering to learn some mixology yourself, they’re offering a lesson in cocktail making on June 23 - go to their Facebook page for details.
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Luxury sneakers - it’s a thing. Don’t believe us? Go check out this footwear boutique, tucked away in Shafto Lane.
With the winter weather making outdoor exercise a hassle, get along to Perth’s biggest indoor climbing centre for a fierce and fun workout.
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Giving Up The Ghosts: The Blue Room Theatre This new work by Perth theatre tearaway Joe Lui tells the story of Steve and Ruth, two lost souls who find each other, with tragic consequences. It runs from June 24 - July 12. Shoot over to blueoom.org. au for more details. Tomás Ford - The Final Chase: Rockingham Arts Centre Cabaret king Tomás Ford’s latest show sees the audience-attacking auteur enter the world of international espionage and deadly intrigue. It runs in conjunction with Liz Ford’s exhibition, Embellishment Is Not A Crime, from June 25 - July 5. Tickets are available through ticketbooth.com.au. Eight Gigabytes Of Hardcore Pornography: State Theatre Centre Written be Declan Greene, Eight Gigabytes is a funny, dirty, frequently cringe-worthy (in the best possible way) look at love, sex, loneliness and relationships. Starring Andrea Gibbs and Steve Rogers and featuring music by the acclaimed Rachael Dease, it runs from July 2 - 12. Go to perthhteatre. com.au for tickets and session times.
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VISUAL ARTS Stay Safe: Ruck Rover General Store Curated by Kate-Anna St Valentine, this is a charity exhibition to raise money for SAFE, an organisation dedicated to saving animals from euthanasia. Featured artists include Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Sean Morris, Mel Stringer, Rose Skinner, Maddy Young, Jessica Horrocks, Chiara Hunwick, Elizabeth Murraffo, Matt Moore and Leonei Brialey. It rusn from July 1 - 31. Go to ruckrover.com.au for more info.
Jasper Jones: State Theatre Centre Barking Gecko Theatre Company presents a stage adaptation of Craig Silvey’s acclaimed novel, written for the stage by Kate Mulvany and directed by John Sheedy. It runs from July 17 - August 9. Go to barkinggecko.com.au for more information. Patyegarang: State Theatre Centre This new production from Bangarra Dance Theatre tells the story of the eponymous Aboriginal woman who taught her language to Lieutenant William Dawes of the Colonial Fleet. It runs from July 30 - August 2 for five performances only. Tickets are available via Ticketek.
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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.
2014 Perth Winter Arts Season This seasonal celebration of art and culture is back once again, showcasing a dazzling array of performance, visual arts, film, literature, fashion, food and more. It runs until August 31. Go to perthwinterarts.com.au to start planning your winter.
Dinosaur Discovery - Lost Creatures Of The Cretaceous: WA Museum Combining life-size moving models and 3D augmented reality technology, this world-class exhibition brings the unfathomably distant past to life. There will also be fossils and specimens on display, interactive activities and more. It runs until August 3. Go to museum.wa.gov.au for more information.
Supanova Pop Culture Expo Since 2002, Supanova has brought the best of sci-fi and fantasy fandom to hordes of ravening fans. This year’s guests include Jon Heder, Rose McGowan. John Barrowman, Laurie Holden, George Lazenby, Richard Kiel and more. It’s on at the Perth Convention And Exhibition Centre from June 20 - 22. go to supanova.com.au for all the details.
The Collector: Venn Gallery Tané Andrews presents his latest solo exhibition until June 27. Go venn.net for further information.
2014 Perth International Burlesque Festival More than 60 national, international and local performers will be strutting their stuff from June 28 - July 13, including Germany’s Lada Redstar, US star Coco Lectric, Italy’s Cleo Viper and Australia’s own Bella De Jac and Raven. Go to perthburlesquefestival. com for full details, show times and ticketing.
Fremantle Realists: Fremantle Arts Centre An exhibition of works by Ray Beattie, Marcus Beilby and Ken Waldrop, three artists who, working from a shared studio space in Fremantle’s High Street in the 1970s, looking at WA through the lens of photorealism. It runs until July 17. Go to fac.org.au for further information. Eggtooth: Spectrum Project Space A fundraising exhibition held in conjunction with Birdlife Western Australia, this sees 42 local artists create works relating to various threatened or endangered avian species. It runs until June 21. Hit up ecu.edu.au for more details.
THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE The House On The Lake: State Theatre Centre This production of playwright Aidan Fennessy’s investigation into truth and memory is directed by Stuart Halusz and stars Kenneth Ransom and Marthe Rovik. It runs until June 22. Go to bsstc.com.au for tickets and session times.
Revelation Film Festival From July 3 - 13, treat yourself to some of the best in edgy, underground and outré films from across the country and around the globe. For full info, go to revelationfilmfest.org. The Scandinavian Film Festival T h e f i r s t eve r S c a n d i n av i a n Fi l m Fe s t i v a l brings together the best cinema from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. It runs at Cinema Paradiso from July 24 - 30. Go to scandinavianfilmfestival.com or lunapalace.com. au for details. To have your performance, exhibition or cultural event listed, get in touch via
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Ten years comes around pretty quickly – a birthday, an anniversary, the time since you had a holiday – but for The Community, it has been a whirlwind of great events, experiences and triumphs. Starting off as an art event back in 2004, the movement grew from humble beginnings, to a bona-fide collective that hosts events with the intention of promoting alternative hip hop and electronica. RK talks to one of the key players in the game, Diger Rokwell about exactly what has transpired in that time – and the preparations underway for the upcoming 10th birthday celebration at The Bakery, Saturday, June 21. “Basically, Mathas and myself are in charge of the website, promotions and the graphic design side of things,” explains an upbeat Rokwell. Likewise, the artists are solely responsible – encouraged even – to post and deliver on their own art. The centerpiece of the group is their website, and Facebook and Soundcloud, where the crew is encouraged to post events, upload new music and tell people about what they are doing. “We act like a network where we try to promote and support each other,” chimes Rokwell. Indeed, starting life as a small group of like-minded people, the posse is now a collective of 30 plus musicians and artists, who have carved out a niche as independent professionals with creative purposes. The very raison d’être behind their
approach is the uniqueness members bring to the forum – each having a different skill, which is in turn used to good effect and coupled with an appropriate level of collaboration. Staying busy too, all Community members have full time jobs yet find the time to make and perform music. “We’re always involved in the creation of music,” says Rokwell. “We live for making our own music. We are all producers who want to make different and innovative sounds. From the beginning, we wanted to change the face of Perth’s creative scene - and to promote our emerging art in a DIY fashion. I think we are socially conscious people who want to make music that inspires, informs, educates and entertains people. We aren’t into following trends or fads - our music comes from a purely creative space. It is music for ourselves firstly, then
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the audience. We want to promote collectiveness and a sense of gratitude for our local places and artists.” Rokwell describes The Community’s stable of music as particularly diverse: “we go from the straight up raps of Mathas and Archi, to the conscious hip hop of Empty and FG to the crunchy textured electronica of Lowaski and Ylem, to the deep abstract sounds of Vishnu and The Boost Hero Man, to the psych hop of myself and Naik right through to the future beats of Maxy Bills.” And with this diversity, comes a different story behind each artists’ foray into music. “For me, I grew up in a hip hop and early electronica world, and my music reflects my love for diversity and wanting to make as much music as possible.”
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CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH UB40
With his hotly anticipated Shades EP landing on July 11, young Australian electronic producer Kilter will be hitting the road this winter and taking his live show around the country on a 16-date Australia and New Zealand tour. Kilter’s infectious and atmospheric sounds have been driving people to the dance floor, but it is his live show that keeps them dancing and sets the electronic whiz kid apart. With an MPC, synths, microKorg and drum kit in tow, his show is a live manifestation that speaks volumes for Kilter as not just a skilled producer, but also as a talented musician. Check him out, Saturday, July 19 at Flyrite. Friday, August 1 at Fitzy’s, Bunbury and Saturday, August 2 at Toucan Club, Mandurah.
One of the world’s greatest reggae bands, UB40 is coming to Perth. With their distinctive sound and multitude of hits (Red, Red Wine, Can’t Help Falling In Love) that have topped the charts across the world, the much-loved group will commence their tour in Perth on Friday, December 5. UB40 are Britain’s greatest reggae artists and have survived more than 30 years in the music business and have clocked up more than 40 million record sales worldwide.The summer of 1978 saw the eight members of the Birmingham band, soon to become UB40, drawn together by their love of Jamaican reggae. Taking their name from a notorious British unemployment form, the band played their first local gig in Birmingham in 1979, and spent the rest of the year performing at pubs and clubs around the UK. British radio legend John Peel was so impressed with the group’s first demo tape that he invited them to perform on his Radio One show in 1980. At the same time, the band were also asked to support The Pretenders on their triumphant national tour. The rest, as they say, is history. Tickets from oztix.com.au.
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LISTEN OUT DROPS 2014 LINEUP Listen Out dropped 2014’s lineup via Facebook (and also via triple j’s The Doctor) on Tuesday, saying they wanted to continue to be “the alternative to big complicated festivals.” Predictably, Flume, Chet Faker and Ta-Ku are all on the bill. And as triple j alluded to last week, American dance producer Zhu will be making his Australian debut. Zhu will be joined by Shlohmo, Young Fathers, Schoolboy Q, YG, Four Tet, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Bondax, Yahtzel (DJ set), Golden Features and Tkay Maidza. Listen Out Perth, Sunday, September 28, 2014 at Ozone Reserve. Tickets on sale Thursday, June 19 from listen-out.com.au. Flume
SAFIA Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Electronically infused three-piece Safia are another of Canberra’s best exports, set to entertain Friday, June 20, at Mojo’s Bar alongside Akouo and Kučka. Ahead of their trip, producer Ben Woolner spoke to TOM KITSON about their creative methods and how good things can happen when you least expect it. Coming in open-minded and drawing on influences from their day to day surroundings, Ben Woolner says he and his band mates scour widely for inspiration. “I’ll look online for electronic stuff generally,” he says. “We also listen to radio a lot, like community stations where you can come across new stuff.” Drummer Michael Ball and Ben as the producer started the Safia project for fun with no intention of making it a big thing, having played in bands for years prior. “We were playing in bands since, like, year six or seven and before Safia became what it is we had other band related things as our main focus,” he says. “We were pretty foreign to it and didn’t know what we were doing. “Our aim is now to blend our more
traditional song writing methods with electronic production, using what we’ve done in the past with sound engineering for bands.” Winning a slot at the 2013 Groovin’ the Moo in Canberra set the trio on their path, thanks solely to internet-based exposure without even thinking about the PR side of things. Now working on new music following up tunes like Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds and their remix of The Aston Shuffle’s Tear It Down, Ben says an album is definitely on the cards. “At the moment we’re writing a bunch of songs, just piling them up in between touring and shows,” he says. “We want to start looking towards an album once we’ve put out a few more singles. Using a different process every time, Ben explains they might conventionally write the song on the piano to start with, and then take it to the studio to really put the ‘Safia’ stamp on it. “We try to take songs to a more unique, left-field place when we’re working together, regardless of how the idea came about,” he says. “We might try to make a song one way but then something can happen by accident, like an unintentional tempo change, which takes it in a new direction.” Being a three piece and going by their output on Soundcloud, Safia could easily be thought of as a group of producers when in fact they are a band who uses software elements in production to distinguish their live show quite clearly from what they record in the studio. “The live show is very different to what we put down in the studio, and we do our own stuff using all kinds of instrumentation to give it a different feel,” he says. “It might be surprising if people don’t know what we’re about because we like to add the live dynamics and each perform different roles in the setup.”
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Yep, Joe, Joell, Royce and Crooked aka all four quarters of the slaughter are back after a year hiatus from dropping their debut LP Welcome To Our House to critical acclaim in 2012. This AraabMusik assisted banger comes off their new free EP House Rules, and if this is any indication of what to expect from a new full length album...beware.
Wiz Khalifa Feat Juicy J & Pimp C Word On The Town Taylor Gang
One of the most hated and debated MCs in hip hop is Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa. By exploring different soundscapes in hip hop; and working with Cardo, Sledgren and the pioneer of the “turn up” movement - dare I say it Juicy J - this cut is lifted from the DJ Drama-assisted 28 Grams and is another example [of why Wiz is hated], featuring an unreleased verse from UGK member and southern rap icon Pimp C (R.I.P). It’s another cold blooded collaboration to make the Wiz hater’s facepalm in anger.
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You know you have something heavyweight when Jay Z jacks your record and premieres it during the NBA Finals. But not even the great Jay-Hova could dare to touch the lyrical heights that Monch brings to this Marco Polo juggernaut. Put simply this is a four minute journey through the streets of New York through the eyes of a jungle. Absolutely mind-blowing return for Phaorahe, they don’t make hip hop like this no more.
A$AP Mob Feat. A$AP Twelvyy Xscape RCA/Polo Ground
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It was Nicki Minaj who produced another classic Summer Jam moment this year. Minaj dissed Drake who then walked onto stage and proceeded to unveil a fresh and healthy Lil Wayne for his first public performance since his incarceration last year. Believe Me is the lead single from Carter V the beat is Boi-1da with some help from Vinylz. The rest is self explanatory.
This record is homage to the ‘90s, even Twelvyy kicks the track off with “Feelin like puff back in ‘99”. Puffy actually makes a cameo in the filmclip to Xscape just for that line alone. Classic. If you haven’t gotten aboard the A$AP train yet, then get moving, they are the lovechild of A Tribe Called Quest and Big L with the high end fashion steelo of B.I.G in his prime. Don’t be mad at yourself for still bumpin’ this song in three months time.
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TINA SAYS Kicking Goals Forming an important part of the Pilerats DJ conglomerate, the fun, humble, Perth-based DJ Tina Says is on top of her game right now. Particularly looking forward to tearing it up at the upcoming Circo Festival, Saturday, June 28, the youngster tells RK about the ebb and flow of moving up in the scene – and just how far she sees her career going.
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“I had a really good friend who was in music,” explains an upbeat Tina. “I was mucking around with all this DJ equipment and spent a lot of my time and money going to festivals and gigs – and really, it all just happened with fun in mind. It was at Splendour In The Grass that a friend gave me a proper nudge and pushed me to practice, so with that, I got stuck in.” After borrowing some equipment and unsurprisingly realising it was something she was really into, Tina jumped into the deep-end and started buying her own equipment. From there, things
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spiraled uncontrollably into a determination to DJ, produce and make a life in music. “I really got into Ableton at that point,” she describes. “And then I wanted to work on my own stuff. I started playing club nights and getting around that side of it, while working on my own material as well.” Musically though, she won’t be drawn on a direction or style or genre – rather she has an appreciation for all good music. “I often ask myself what style I am, or what I’m into, but it’s what I’m feeling at the time, any genre that I like or feel, that’s what I go for. Right now I like that tech-house sort of sound. I’m really enjoying writing it and I’m finding it easy to write – and that’s probably because I’m into it. I don’t think I will ever be defined by it however and that’s possibly because I’m yet to put anything out!” Indeed, Tina is wary of her release schedule, saying she needs to be ready. “Sometimes I think I’m ready to release something in a month and then I think that I need to wait – realistically I want to get to a stage where I’m comfortable and really confident – for now I’m really enjoying experimenting and being a part of a bustling music scene.” They say a week is a long time in politics – and justly, two years is probably an even longer time in music – about as long as Tina has been spinning her wares. Yet she feels she has a long way to go. “I really want to get to a point where I have a deep, full understanding,” she chimes. “I want to do my own mix-downs for example; I want to put something out
that a label can pick up. I want to get to a point where I know people will like my music. I want to get the vibe right, you know?” All that said, the girl is on her way to play a local stage at the Circo Festival this year and is rather chuffed at the opportunity. “I’m playing with Ben Grant back to back, so you can expect some fun house music with plenty of bass; stuff you can really vibe to and have some fun with.”
After finishing up a national tour with The Herd on the back of their 2011 album Future Shade, Shannon Kennedy – better known to most as Ozi Batla – received a peculiar offer for his side project, Astronomy Class. DAVID JAMES YOUNG writes. At the time, the collective had not toured or released music in over three years – and yet, an offer from a Cambodian hip hop group called Klap Ya Handz turned out to be too intriguing to refuse. “We hadn’t really planned on doing anything with Astronomy Class, until that trip to Cambodia near the end of 2012,” explains Kennedy. “We’d been invited to perform at this festival there, and it turned out to be quite fortuitous. We hadn’t even planned to make an album, let alone one that had anything to do with Cambodian music. Still, it had been a few years since we’d put anything out – it felt like the right time and the right place.” While in the country, Kennedy and his bandmates discovered Khmer – the traditional style of pop music that was prevalent within Cambodian culture from the ’50s to the mid’70s. It inspired Astronomy Class so much that they began relentlessly crate-digging and looking for tracks and hooks they could sample for what would become their third studio album, Mekong Delta Sunrise. “There’s quite a big revival movement going on over there for this pre-’75 Cambodian music,” says Kennedy. “It’s still really, really popular – pretty much any cab you could get in there would be playing it. There’s a real sense of pride that comes with it. It’s being driven by the hip hop scene there, who were able to point us in the right direction of quite a lot of the music we were looking for. When we got back to Australia, we were amazingly able to find more through some leads among the Cambodian community in Cabramatta. It’s all come at a good time, given there’s now an international interest in the music of that era. It really fascinated us – it’s so different and often so difficult to find.” The frontwoman of The Cambodian Space Project, Channthy was the puzzle piece that brought Mekong Delta Sunrise together. She appears on nearly every track on the album, singing in her native tongue and adding a distinct authenticity to the project. Her first appearance with Astronomy Class came at ET15, the two-day shows held in Melbourne and Sydney to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of independent hip hop label Elefant Traks (home to all of Kennedy’s musical projects). She has only performed with the group sporadically since – although Kennedy hopes this will change in the not-too-distant future. “It’s essentially the four of us,” he says of the current Astronomy Class live show. “We had [Sydney MC] The Tongue on board for many years, but he’s doing his own thing at the moment. It’s me, [Sir] Robbo, Chasm and Johnny Maddox on bass. We’ve been able to do three more shows with Channthy on the Thundamentals tour, which went really well. At the moment, we’re just coming up with a few different variants of the live show – when Channthy’s schedule allows, we’ll get to do more stuff involving her. She’ll be performing with us at the launch show for the album in Melbourne, so naturally the set will be more skewed towards the new album. If we don’t have her there to give the full context, there’s probably only two or three songs off the record that we can work into the set. We’d like to perform with her as much as we can, but of course it can’t always work that way – and I think we’re adapting pretty well.” M e kong D e l ta S u n r i s e i s o u t n ow through Elefant Traks/Inertia. WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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TLC Nylon/ DJ Karl Blue Metro City Friday, June 13, 2014 Would you call this a reunion tour? TLC never really broke up. But the group never recovered after the tragic loss of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who died in a fatal crash in 2002 while on holiday in Honduras, Central America. The remaining members, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins failed to continue the stratospheric success they shared in the ‘90s. Left Eye, who burnt down her boyfriend’s Atlanta mansion in 1994 after the pair had a fight, completed TLC. TLC, with Left Eye at the helm, was able to achieve what no other girl group had done before or since - a diamond certification from the RIAA [Recording Industry Association of America] for their second album, CrazySexyCool. However IN ‘95, TLC filed for bankruptcy, citing debts of over $3.5 million, partly due to Lopes’ insurance payments from the arson incident. But the group also claimed they were not receiving appropriate royalties from CrazySexyCool, even though the album shifted over 10 million units, each girl took home a paltry $90,000. Nonetheless, this lack of success post’90s didn’t stop them from touring Australia, ending the tour in Perth last Friday. Nylon, a Perth girl group, were the support for TLC, opening with Iggy Azalea’s Fancy. Let me preface what I’m about to say with this: I’m sure all five girls work hard at what they do and I’m sure they love what they do. But their performance on Friday was lacklustre; the dancing was out of time, limbs limp,
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missing the sharpness needed. Albeit, the audience was hungry for TLC by the time Nylon had finished. A hypeman called DJ Kewl or something similar came on stage and dutifully asked ‘If we were ready for TLC?’, getting us to beg with noise. Predictably, Chilli and T-Boz, in orange leather jumpsuits, came out when Kewl dude was satisfied with our cheers. Opening with Ain’t 2 Pretty 2 Beg, the crowd became eager to get to the front. The audience was vicious, sometimes creating a human shield so no-one else could get past. Girls who had been standing for hours took their shoes off. One bare-foot girl threatened to “smash up” the next person who stood on her toes. I moved away halfway through TLC’s set. Chilli and T-Boz, joined on stage with a band and about six back-up dancers, played Baby, Baby, Baby, Diggin’ On You, Red Light Special, and then exited the stage. These exits, which weren’t costume changes, occurred regularly. Perhaps so the pair could catch their breath in between singing and dancing. Towards the end of their set, DJ Kewl told the audience that he’d heard ‘Perth girls were lame’, which was met with a barrage of boos and hisses. Chilli defended Perth, and thus No Scrubs began. Chilli and T-Boz left again, followed by the dancers. The hypeman asked the crowd, ‘Wait, have we forgotten something?’ The audience chanted back ‘Waterfalls! Waterfalls!’ The familiar twang started, Chilli and T-Boz came back on stage, the audience roared. Weirdly, they didn’t end on this song. Instead they followed Waterfalls with their 2013 release Meant To Be to an audience who already had their bare feet out the door. Reunion tour or not, the duo was cursed with what many once-successful bands are marred with on tour - an audience hungry for only the hits. MERRAN REED
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VELVET ACID CHRIST DJ Liam/Cyberstruct/Black Lung/Velvet Acid Christ The Bakery Saturday, June 14, 2014 The Bakery seems to be the standard venue now for all of Perth’s industrial/EBM/goth gigs. This is both a blessing and a curse. It is a wonderful venue, with a great sound and the right atmosphere. However it’s a venue that’s always much larger than the crowd. The small crowd may leave the venue feeling a little empty, but the acts didn’t let this put them off. DJ Liam opened the night. Having years of experience playing at nearly every goth/industrial night in the last decade, he knew exactly what people wanted to hear between the live acts. This guaranteed that people were always dancing. Since retiring Dominate, the monthly night at Gilkisons (where he was both promoter and resident DJ) Cyberstruct appears to have increased his focus on production. Moving away from hardstyle and gabber, the few early arrivals were treated to his first ever live set with sounds that sat in the lower 80 – 100bpm range. Having recently released an EP on Belgian label Traumatic, the set consisted of edited tracks from this release as well as a host of new and yet-to-be-released tracks. Very doom orientated with reverb laden kicks, piano and heavily distorted vocals, Cyberstruct’s productions are quite rightly
getting noticed in the Industrial/Hardcore scenes. Clad in a pig mask and with a backdrop of kaleidoscopic children’s visuals, Dave Thrussell displayed why he has been a fixture on the IDM/ EBM scenes for over two decades. Having over a dozen releases on such seminal labels as Ad Noiseam and Ant-Zen, what followed was an hour long, analogue-effected DJ set. With cuts from all over the Black Lung catalogue (Population Control, Full Spectrum Dominance, Succulent Bruises And Bruised Roses, Sinister Control Minority), as well as a couple of choice Snog remixes. The set finished with a track displaying Thrussells famously subversive humour, a modular synth remix of the Benny Hill theme. Taking the stage for Velvet Acid Christ’s first ever Australian tour, Bryan Erickson (lead singer and only remaining original member) looked like a maniac clown with smeared corpse paint. What followed was half electro/EBM live set, half standup routine, with Erickson stopping between songs to inject levity by mocking himself and the crowd. It seemed he was goading those watching to heckle him, but the level of audience participation was high and heaps of fun, which was reflected by being told how we were a much better crowd than their Sydney show. Musically the set was everything that was expected: aggressive songs about drugs, feminism, gay rights and animal liberation. Although playing off just two laptops and a few MIDI keyboards, the two member band were able to perform all the VAC classics including tracks such as Pretty Toy, Malfunction, The Dark Inside Me, Caustic Disco and Fun With Drugs. SEAN DRILL
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CARCASS Earth Rot Amplifier Thursday, June 12, 2014 Six years have passed since Carcass tore the Capitol apart during their reunion tour of 2008. Now the kings and pioneers of grindcore and melodic death are back in Perth. It was a 14 year hiatus from live shows for Carcass the last time they were in town. This time they arrived with a new album and new guitar player in the ranks. There was a late change of venue on the night, after the band chose to move the show to the Amplifier after ticket sales weren’t has high as last time they came (sold out). Not a problem Support act Earth Rot are made of past and present members of some of Perth’s best bands including, Advent Sorrow, Sensory Amusia and Claim The Throne. Throwing down a style that mixes black metal with death ‘n’ roll, they have that distinct old school Swedish death metal guitar tone. With shades of Dismember and Black Breath, this is fast, filthy and heavy. The crowd filed in early and Earth Rot made most of the early turnout and a 40 minutes set with and energetic performance. No doubt a band to watch out for. The atmosphere electric with anticipation, the crowd making most of the cheap drinks. With the weekend around the corner, the hype was immense. Then the moment had arrived. Carcass ripped straight into the classic Buried Dreams to open the set. The place erupted and started overflowing
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with people, the crowd pushing the capacity and spilling out into the beer garden. Carcass flawlessly hammered through songs from every album in their catalogue, classic after classic. Yep, even from Swansong. Genital Grinder and Pyosified (Rotten to the Core) were some of the tracks played from their early days that satisfied the old school grind heads. The sound was huge. The riffs from guitarist Bill Steer were fucking colossal. Bassist/ vocalist Jeff Walker was also on fire, spitting each word with aggression and attitude. A Congealed Clot Of Blood, Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System, The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills and Captive Bolt Pistol from the new album Surgical Steel all smashed the crowd with relentless force. Live and on record these songs stand up to anything Carcass have done. However it was the songs from arguably their two masterpieces, Heartwork and Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious, that really got the crowd going. The energy and intensity from crowd and band did not let up all night. The gave the packed crowd a five minute breather before laying down a four song encore, including Blackstar, Heartwork and Keep On Rotting In The Free World, which was dedicated to a fan for lending them a cowbell for the song. Not a note slipped, not a beat skipped Carcass where simply flawless. Tonight they showed why there are such an influential and loved band in the metal world. And judging by the faces on the crowd after the show, it showed that it’s damn good to have Carcass back. PAUL DI SCERNI
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A VERY IMPORTANT DATE This Sunday, June 22, local blues-rock three piece The Date launch Looking Down, the first single from their impending third album, Master Date, at The Fly Trap. Joining them for the night will be Graphic Fiction Heroes and Flighthouse. Doors open at 7pmn, tickets are $12.50 including booking fee from flybynight.org, $15 on the door (subject to availability).
GET READY Pop punk outfit Ready To Fire are launching their selftitled debut EP at YaYa’s this Thursday, June 19, with ready assistance from stage-mates AstroPig, Creature and Blindspot. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $5. Ready To Fire
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Ermine Coat - aka Alex Griffin and whoever’s handy at the time - are back in the country, an occasion being celebrated this Thursday, June 19, at The Bird. Joining the lo-fi maestro will be Shit Narnia, Golden String, Aborted Tortoise, Mitchell Freeway and Laurel Fixation. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.
Rock stalwarts Gloria Ironbox are calling it a day, but you’ve got one more chance to see them before they return to the firmament this Wednesday, June 18, at Night Of The Cheap Jugs in The Velvet Lounge. Also on the bill are Black Stone From The Sun and The MDC. Doors open at 8pm, the first band is on at 8.30pm and entry, as always, is free.
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YOUNG GUNNS Surf-pop aficionados Gunns need to pull together some scratch to finance their upcoming tour with Preatures and Bad//Dreems. You can help them out by getting yourself down to The Bird this Sunday, June 22, to catch them alongside Dianas, Dream Rimmy and The Pissedcolas. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $5.
LET LUTERO IN The Julius Lutero Band are back in Perth this weekend, plying their trade at the Indi Bar this Sunday, June 22, with help from The Lucky Numbers and Siobhan Cotchin. Doors open at 6.30pm. The Julius Lutero Band
THE SHED Friday, June 13, 2014 There was no bad luck to be had at The Shed this Friday the 13th, and nary a machete-wielding serial killer in sight - just the usual awesome party vibe of the legendary Aberdeen Street venue. Photos by Dan Mac
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FIRE DOWN BELOW It’s been five long years, but The Meaning Of are finally releasing some new material into the wild, in the form of their new EP, We Are The Fire, We Are The Earth. Join them at Amplifier this Friday, June 20, along with Opia, This Other Eden and Arkayan. Doors open at 8pm.
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A QUICKIE WITH... MT MOUNTAIN Mt Mountain launch their self-titled debut EP this Friday, June 20, at The Rosemount Hotel, with support from Puck, Lanark and Dream Rimmy. We caught up with guitarist Glenn Palmer.
(who also recorded OMED) at a bike factory/DIY recording studio in Bayswater. The whole recording process was quite relaxed. We recorded over the course of a few months in mid to late 2013 laying down each track when we felt comfortable enough with them and had a weekend off from playing shows.
Who are Mt Mountain? Formed in mid 2012, we began as a four piece, releasing a well-received demo (OMED) in early 2013. Prior to the start of recording our debut EP we were joined by a fifth band member, Thomas Cahill on drums. The band now consists of Stephen Bailey (vocals and organ), Derrick Treatch (guitar), Glenn Palmer (guitar), Brendan Shanley (bass) and Thomas Cahill (drums).
What was the writing process like? Did you write specifically for the EP or is it a collection of existing work? The writing process was a little different to the last, as just before starting the writing for the new EP we had a new band member join. A lot of the new material came together whilst jamming and whilst basically getting used to having a new person in the band. There wasn’t too much of a specific concept for the EP, but knowing it was a going to be a vinyl release was definitely exciting and made us approach aspects of the record in a different way.
What’s your sound? Who are your influences? Our sound would be best described as mid-tempo psychedelic rock taking influence from Sleepy Sun, Dead Meadow and The Black Angels. Where did you record and who with? The EP was recorded with a friend of ours, Josh Amphlett,
What’s up next? We’re hoping to play some shows over east off the back of this release this year and, recording-wise, we have a lot of new songs that we are currently getting together to be recorded for a full-length album.
SWALLOW BAR Shotdown From Sugartown kick off a week of music this Thursday night at 7pm with their big personalities and fabulous honky tonk blues. Saturday night local treasure Mister T King hits the decks with his mixed bag of rare vinyl, while Sunday sees an afternoon of traditional swing jazz with the Limelights Jazz Trio kicking off at 5pm. Limelights Jazz Trio
RAILWAY HOTEL This Saturday night catch The Corner, The Hum and Pokkets Of Resistance hitting the stage. Doors open 8pm and entry is $10. Next Saturday, June 28, the Railway is part of the massive annual RTR-FM Fremantle Winter Music Festival, hosting The Love Junkies, SpaceManAntics, Methyl Ethel, Electric Toad and Aborted Tortoise. Tickets from rtrfm.com.au.
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ROSEMOUNT HOTEL This Wednesday, June 17, sees Earth hit the stage with support from Rachael Dease (with band) and Craig McElhinney And Chris Cobilis, while Thursday catch Cloak And Dagger launching their new EP with special guests Pirate Theme Park, Hamartia and Adora Heights. Earth
THE UPSTAIRS BAR This Saturday, June 21, catch the ultimate Bon Scott tribute act, Bonfire! Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the greatest rock band in the world with a full concert show covering the Bon Scott era from 1974-1979. Advance tickets are available through oztix.com.au.
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Friday brings local hip hop legend Black Poet for his United We Stand This Saturday downstairs at The Beat sees the Big Kidz first birthday album launch tour! Fellow MCs Switchblade and Dismay join him on stage, party! Come on down for a night of Pokemon, Teenage Mutant Ninja as well as a slew of local special guests. Then check out a triple threat Turtles, 90’s party music and non-stop greatness. of stoner rock with Jupiter Zeus, Wizard Sleeve and Bayou on Saturday.
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CLOAK AND DAGGER Self Titled EP Launch @ The Rosemount READY TO FIRE Self Titled EP Launch @ YaYa’s DROWN THE FAITH Blood On The Page EP Launch @ The Civic MT MOUNTAIN Self Titled EP Launch @ The Rosemount THE MEANING OF We Are The Fire, We Are The Earth EP Launch @ Amplifier THE DATE Looking Down Single Launch @ The Flytrap MATT CAL Wild Horses/Breathe Single Launch @ The Ellington HAILMARY Navigate The Sunrise EP Launch @ The Rosemount JONI IN THE MOON Woman On Fire Single Launch @ The Bird MEZZANINE Mary Single Launch @ The Bird HUSBAND Caught Single Launch @ The Odd Fellow TEMPEST RISING Devil In Me Single/Video Launch @ Amplifier USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE Omniliberation Album Launch @ The Bakery SHOCK OCTOPUS Self Titled Album Launch @ YaYa’s THE BROWN STUDY BAND Imaginations Album Launch @ The Rosemount TIMOTHY NELSON AND THE INFIDELS Terror Terror, Hide It Hide It Album Launch @ the Rosemount WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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Soho, Kele, Ryan Hemsworth, Onra, DJ Earl, Nina Las Vegas, Kite String Tangle, Touch Sensitive & more. 28 Claremont Showgrounds TINIE TEMPAH 28 Metro City KEITH URBAN & SHEPPARD 29 Perth Arena
JULY PHIL JAMIESON 2 The Saint George 3 Wintersun Hotel 4 Divers Tavern THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT 2 Fly By Night VIOLENT SOHO & SMITH STREET BAND 2 & 3 The Bakery (SOLD OUT) THE AUDREYS JUNE 4 Fly By Night SOMETHING FOR SUPERSUCKERS KATE 25 Astor Theatre 4 Astor Theatre COIN BANKS PAUL DEMPSEY 27 Amplifier Bar PHIL JAMIESON (SOLO) 26 The Northshore 5 Fly By Night Tavern REMI 27 Leisure Inn 4 The Bakery Rockingham LORDE 28 Dunsborough 5 Challenge Stadium Tavern BON BUT NOT 29 The Prince Of FORGOTTEN Wales Hotel 5 Charles Hotel THE HARD ACHES TINY RUINS 27 YaYa’s 5 Mojos Bar 28 Winston House BELL X1 SASKWATCH 6 Capitol 27 Settlers Tavern, 18th ANNUAL Margaret River NOCTURNAL BALL 28 Amplifier Bar 7 Metro City 29 Mojos Bar JAMES MULLER KIWI SOUNDS TRIO ft. Katchafire, 9 Ellington Jazz Club Salmonella Dub Sound System, David PURE TRANCE ft. Giuseppe Ottaviani, Dallas & Concord Solarstone and Dawn Sneijder 27 Metro City 11 Metro City BEC LAUGHTON SPARTAK 27 The Odd Fellow 11 The Bird 28 Settlers Tavern CROOKED 29 The Aviary COLOURS THE GUTYO 12 Amplifier MONKS OF TIBET DEATH DISCO ft. 28 Toodyay JUST A GENT Memorial Hall 12 Capitol CIRCÓ ft. Violent
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HIGH ON FIRE 18 Rosemount Hotel GARETH EMERY 19 Metro City METRONOMY 23 Astor THE 1975 24 Capitol DECADE OF VIPER ft. Matrix & Futurebound, Brookes Brothers, The Prototypes & Rockwell + MC Delon 25 Metro City THE WHITE ALBUM CONCERT TOUR ft. Chris Cheney, Phil Jameson, Josh Pyke & Tim Rogers 26 Riverside Theatre CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, WEEDEATER & LO! (CANCELLED) 26 Rosemount Hotel PELICAN 27 Rosemount Hotel THE ANGELS 31 Newport Hotel
SPIDERBAIT 15 Astor Theatre TINA ARENA 15 Crown Theatre BODYJAR 15 Capitol BJÖRN AGAIN 16 Crown Theatre SEEKAE 16 The Villa LADY GAGA 20 Perth Arena KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 21 Villa Nightclub THE DANDY WARHOLS 21 & 22 Astor Theatre TIM FREEDMAN 22 Ellington Jazz Club NORTHWEST PILBARA WEEKENDER 22 – 24 Port Hedland Turf Club QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT 22 Perth Arena JAMES REYNE 23 Astor Theatre THE ASTON SHUFFLE 23 Amplifier Bar AUGUST RUSSELL MORRIS THE ANGELS 23 Regal Theatre 1 Wintersun Hotel, MELODY POOL Geraldton 23 X-Wray Café KATE MILLER24 Settlers Tavern, HEIDKE Margaret River 1 Astor Theatre 26 Ellington Jazz DAN SULTAN Club 1 Settlers Tavern, KID INK Margaret River 25 Villa 2 Astor Theatre MAN IN BLACK: 16 Roebuck Hotel, THE JOHNNY CASH Broome BURIED IN VERONA, STORY 26-31 Regal ANTAGONIST AD, Theatre STORIES KING BUZZO 2 Amplifier 3 YMCA HQ 26 Astor Lounge THE ANGELS ft. GEORGE GARZONE Dave Gleeson 28, 29, 30 Ellington 2 Charles Hotel Jazz Club 3 The Ravenswood POP WILL EAT Hotel ITSELF KASABIAN 31 Rosemount Hotel 5 Metro City NEUROSIS SEPTEMBER 6 Capitol I AM GIANT DIEGO ELCIGALA 7 Amplifier Bar 1 Regal Theatre PAUL GRABOWSKY ANBERLIN & THE 7, 8, 9 Ellington Jazz GETAWAY PLAN Club 3 Metropolis ROY ORBISON & Fremantle DEL SHANNON KANYE WEST TRIBUTE 5 Perth Arena 7 Albany MARINA PRIOR Entertainment 5 Albany Centre Entertainment 9 Crown Theatre SLEEPMAKESWAVES Centre 6 Astor Theatre 8 Amplifier Bar 7 Mandurah COURTNEY LOVE Performing Arts 13 Metro City Centre BOB DYLAN THE WONDER 13, 14 Riverside YEARS Theatre 7 Amplifier BONJAH CANNIBAL CORPSE 14 Northshore 9 Capitol Tavern ROBBIE WILLIAMS 15 Indi Bar 16 Amplifier 11 Perth Arena 17 Dunsborough BIFFY CLYRO Tavern 12 Metro City HANSON CASEY DONOVAN 15 Metropolis 12 & 13 Ellington Fremantle Jazz Club
GRACE KNIGHT 19 & 20 Ellington Jazz Club 360 19 Metro City (18+) 20 Astor Theatre Perth (Licensed all ages) JOE BONAMASSA 19 Perth Concert Hall GABRIEL IGLESIAS 23 Riverside Theatre ANDREA BOCELLI 24 Perth Arena INGRID MICHAELSON 24 Fly By Night Club BOY & BEAR 25 Albany Entertainment Centre 26 Bunbury Entertainment Centre 28 Fremantle Arts Centre THE CAT EMPIRE 27 Metro City WAVE ROCK WEEKENDER 27-28 Wave Rock Caravan Park VERUCA SALT 28 Rosemount Hotel LISTEN OUT ft. Flume, Chet Faker, ZHU and more 28 Ozone Reserve OCTOBER THE HIGH KINGS 1 Crown Theatre RICK SPRINGFIELD 7 Crown Theatre JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 8 Perth Arena CHRISTINE ANU 17 & 18 Ellington Jazz Club MILEY CYRUS 23 Perth Arena THE ROLLING STONES 29 Perth Arena NOVEMBER THE ROLLING STONES 1 Perth Arena KATY PERRY 7 & 8 Perth Arena TOXIC HOLOCAUST & IRON REAGAN 13 Rosemount Hotel DECEMBER UB40 & BLUE KING BROWN 5 Red Hill Auditorium FEBRUARY 2015 PASSENGER 7 Red Hill Auditorium ROXETTE 14 Perth Arena THE EAGLES 18 Perth Arena ONE DIRECTION 20 Pattersons Stadium
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THE ALBION HOTEL Quiz Night AMPLIFIER BAR Academy Dyatlov Ruthless Bounty Hunter Sweet Leaf THE BIRD Shake DJ Jimmy Mac BRASS MONKEY Sugar Blue Burlesque DJ Vicktor CAPITOL Harlem Wednesdays ft. Zeke Ace Genga Peter Payne J.Yes Philly Blunt CAPTAIN STIRLING Lokie Shaw THE CARINE Open Mic Night Shaun Street CHALLENGE STADIUM Bastille CHARLES HOTEL Funky Bunch Trivia CITRO BAR Ben Merito CLANCY’S CANNING Songwriter’s Night Simon Kelly CLUB RED SEA Cheek CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Horseplay THE COURT Wicked Wednesdays ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Helen Shanahan FLY BY NIGHT Art For The Reef Launch Party Felicity Groom GOLD BAR Famous THE GOOD SHEPHERD Thinkfar THE GREENWOOD Bernardine GROOVE BAR (CROWN) 5 Shots HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Thierryno INDI BAR Why Georgia? Luke Cleland Jess Shanks LLAMA BAR Akuna Club LANGFORD ALE HOUSE APL Poker THE LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan
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METRO FREO C5 Next Gen MOJOS BAR Steve Poltz Stu Harcourt Lucy Peach THE MOON CAFE Going Solo ft. David Craft Tashi MUSTANG BAR Wild Wednesday Easy Tigers DJ Giles NEWPORT HOTEL Newport Wednesdays Student Night OCEAN ONE BAR Brazil Night ft. Xoxote 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Wizard Sleeve Pissedcolas Health Legend Bad China Race To Your Face Foam DJ’s ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Earth Rachael Dease Craig McElhinney Chris Cobilis Anton Maz ROSIE O’GRADY’S NORTHBRIDGE Laugh Resort Comedy SOVEREIGN ARMS FIVE0 THE SWINGING PIG Open Mic Night Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Retriofit VELVET LOUNGE Night of the Cheap Jugs! The MDC Gloria Ironbox Black Stone From The Sun THE VIC Trivia Night VILLAGE BAR Village People Wednesdays X-WRAY CAFE Singer Songwriters Showcase ft. Paul Davies Molly Black YAYA’S Giggidy Tarp On The Shed Floor The Midnight Mules The Worst Miles Of Limes Wanderlust THURSDAY 19/06 ARTBAR The Paper Kites ASTOR THEATRE Chet Faker Yumi Zouma Rat & Co BAR ORIENT Acoustic Night
THE BIRD Ermine Coat Shit Narnia Golden String Aborted Tortoise Mitchell Freeway Laurel Fixation BRASS MONKEY Rhythm Bound Karaoke BRIGHTON Miss Chief Open Deck Night BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke CAPTAIN STIRLING Trivia Night THE CAUSEWAY BAR Xport Thursdays CHARLES HOTEL Comedy Lounge THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Institution Thursdays CLUB RED SEA Thursday Night Revolution CONNECTIONS NIGHTCLUB Bingay Hosted by Hannah Conda CRAFTSMAN FIVE0 DEVILLES PAD Rock’N’Roll Karaoke DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Rhiannon Longley FLY BY NIGHT Eddi Reader THE GATE Greg Carter GOLD BAR OG Thursdays GRAND CENTRAL PARK Sophie Jane HULA BULA BAR Hi-Fi Lounge INDI BAR Open Mic Night KALAMUNDA HOTEL Nirvanna Chris Gibbs LAKERS TAVERN Howie Morgan LANEWAY LOUNGE Jessie Gordon LEISURE INN DJ Peta LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Jack & Jill LOST SOCIETY The Collective LUCKY SHAG Adrian Wilson MOJOS BAR Dream Rimmy Ohayo MUSTANG BAR Apache John Martyr’s Ghost The Waltones The Lunettes DJ James MacArthur NEWPORT HOTEL Open Mic
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OCEAN ONE BAR Turin’s Open Mic Night THE PADDO Dove PEEL ALE HOUSE Open Mic ft. Danny Bau PRINCE OF WHALES (BUNBURY) Little Bastard 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Villain Three Hands One Hoof Oakland ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Cloak & Dagger To Catch A Fox Pirate Theme Park Hamartia Adora Heights SETTLERS TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Open Mic Night ft. Claire Warnock THE SHED Midnight Ramblers SWALLOW BAR Shotdown From Sugartown UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record VERANDAH BAR Let’s Get Quizical X-WRAY CAFE Jack Doepel Jazz Quartet YAYA’S Ready To Fire AstroPig Creature Blindspot FRIDAY 20/06 THE ALBION HOTEL Jen De Ness AMPLIFIER BAR The Meaning Of Opia This Other Eden Arkayan Fridays Are Back ft. K La THE AVIARY Micah Benjamin Sebastian THE BAKERY Miss Pin Up Australia THE BALMORAL The Mojos THE BAYSWATER Mario Zuli BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) Play BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) Brutal Deluxe presents Tripped Flameboy Hutcho Ol Bill Darkstorm JT Zimma BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Mike Nayar THE BELMONT Siren & Assassin BEST DROP TAVERN Driven By People
THE BIRD Jay Daniel Andras Fox Nik & Andy THE BOAT Dove THE BRASS MONKEY DJ Vicktor James Ess THE BRIGHTON Ross Lowe DJ Peta BROOKLANDS TAV Light Street CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Capitol Fridays I Love 80s & 90s THE CARINE J!mmy Beats CHASE BAR & BISTRO Choppa CIVIC HOTEL Drown The Faith Nightmare Effect Darkenium Septillion All This Filth Tears For Atlantis CITRO BAR Bernardine CLANCY’S CANNING DJ Boogie CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Grace Barbé Trwa THE COMO Philly Blunt THE CORNERSTONE Acoustic Flavour CRAFTSMAN Dazman CRUISING YACHT CLUB Brenton Fosdike DAILY PLANET Sundowner Sessions THE DEEN Student Night DEVILLE’S PAD Go-Go Fridays DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Cuddles EAST 150 BAR Jeanie Proude EDZ SPORTZ BAR Tripwire ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys Sam & Jo present Fort Knox EMPIRE BAR Howie Morgan EVE NIGHTCLUB Recharge Fridays FLAWLESS Monarch Fridays FLY BY NIGHT Jenny Talia FLYRITE Sands Of Time SNB Vibe Merchants Surface Tension DJs Gran Calavera Clunk THE GATE Chris Gibbs GEISHA BAR Habitat
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Monkey Safari JaFunk SnB Green George THE GEORGE NDORSE GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Dance Party GOLD BAR Vanity THE GOOD SHEPHERD Bad Vacation GOSNELLS HOTEL Vanerty Bros THE GRAND Jay Mckay THE GREENWOOD Troy Nababan GREYHOUNDS (MANDURAH) Elemental HERDSMAN Adam James Duo HULA BULA BAR Shakin’ It HYDE PARK HOTEL (COURTYARD) Justin Cortorillo INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Ben Merito INDI BAR Dilip N The Davs Simon Kelly The Big Bamboo KALAMUNDA HOTEL Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LAKERS TAVERN Grizzly LANEWAY LOUNGE Amanda Dee Soothe LANGFORD ALE HOUSE Mustangs LEISURE INN Nirvanna Chris Gibbs LIBRARY Sneaky LONDON CAFÉ AND BAR G & G Acoustic Shenanigans MALT Nu Disco Hip Hop M ON THE POINT Retriofit
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MAHOGANY INN Justin Martins METRO CITY Thunderdome VI METRO FREO Frat House Fridays ft. DeBug DJ Shane Hewson Jordan Scott METRO FREO C5 Playing Retro DJ James MINT Club Retro MOJOS BAR Safia Akouo Kucka MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Flaunt Fridays MUSTANG BAR Oz Big Band Flash Nat & The Action Men DJ James MacArthur MY PLACE Karaoke NEWPORT HOTEL Karaoke Classic @ The Two Sparrows Bar NORMA JEANS COCKTAIL LOUNGE DJ Damo NORTHSHORE TAVERN Staffies THE PADDO Reilly Craig Flyte PADDY MAGUIRES The Avenue PARAMOUNT Paramount Party Crew PEEL ALE HOUSE Siren Song Enterprises PIRATE BAR Adrian Wilson PLAYERS BAR DJ Cookie PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Tandem PRINCE OF WHALES (BUNBURY) The Paper Kites THE PRINCIPAL Joppy Duo PUBLIC HOUSE Neil Viney
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QUARRIE BAR & BISTRO Felony Duo THE QUEENS Jon Ee DJ Reuben RIGBY’S BAR & BISTRO Boylesque ROLEYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB Leah Grant ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Mt. Mountain Puck Lanark Dream Rimmy SAIL AND ANCHOR Howie Morgan Duo THE SAINT Britty SETTLER’S TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Little Bastard THE SHED Crush DJ Glen SOUTH ST. ALEHOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SOVEREIGN ARMS Az-T SWINGING PIG Greg Carter TOUCAN CLUB The Drop UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves VERNON ARMS TAVERN Greg Carter THE VIC Nathan Gaunt WHALE & ALE Jawsh WINTERSUN HOTEL James McDonald X-WRAY CAFÉ The Whiskey Pocket Simon Fasolo YAYA’S Black Poet Switchblade Dismay ACE @ YAYAS DJ Pup SATURDAY 21/06 AMPLIFIER BAR With The Lights Out – Kurt Cobain Tribute The Novocaines Foam Pat Chow The Cold Acre Pure Pop ft. Eddie Electric AVENUE Lokie Shaw THE AVIARY Zel Troy Division Paradise Paul THE BAKERY The Community’s 10th Birthday ft. Naik Diger Rokwell Mathas Sibalance Able 8 Maxy Bills Ylem
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Vishnu The Boost Hero Man Arms In Motion Tripl M.U.M Lowaski DVS SJ Silence Ourobonic Plague Wisdom 2th Setvice Yarhkob THE BALMORAL Wire Birds BAR ORIENT The Reggae Club BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) Big Kidz 1st Birthday Party BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) Canvas THE BIRD Doctopus Sacred Flower Union Rabbit Island BOAB TAVERN Light Street BRASS MONKEY DJ Peta Grizzly THE BRIGHTON Moe-Hee-Toe THE BROOK Joppy Duo CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Death Disco ft. DeBug Cream Of The 80’s THE CARINE Adam James CHASE BAR & BISTRO Stackjammer CIVIC HOTEL Obscenium Necromancer Sanzu Corpseflesh CLANCY’S CANNING Justin Burford THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Antics DJ Timothy Nelson THE COMO Jon Ee CORNERSTONE Danny B CRUISING YACHT CLUB Replika THE DEEN Saturdays DEVILLES PAD Special Brew DJ Lady Carla Mr Safari JO19 EAST END BAR Home ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys Late Night Groove Series Cian Caton FLAWLESS LQ Saturdays FLY BY NIGHT The Big Hoo Haa 12th Birthday
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FENDER ’68 CUSTOM DELUXE REVERB AMPLIFIER
In 1968 the Fender Deluxe Reverb received a fresh new design whilst retaining its reputation as the ideal recording and performing amplifier. Smaller than other models, relatively light and sensibly powered, the Deluxe Reverb delivered clean tube tones and formidable reverb and vibrato effects. For many guitarists, the Deluxe Reverb defined the classic Fender sound. The new ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Amp pays tribute to the classic look, sound and performance of those classic amps. One notable difference in the new version is that both channels now feature reverb and tremolo whereas the earlier model only allowed access to these effects via the second channel. The reverb as always with this brand of amplifier is second-to-none and the tremolo is simply gorgeous, regardless of how intensely the effect is set. As with most Fender amps there’s more volume than most guitarists could ever need on tap, with plenty of that glorious Fender headroom. The ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb’s single 12” Celestion G12V70 speaker also delivers a pleasingly balanced tone which in all honesty appears much more balanced and controllable than the original version of this amplifier. FOR SALE HEADPHONES all brands & styles. 83 Wanneroo R o a d , Tu a r t H i l l . C o n t a c t H e a d p h o n i c 08 93886333 headphones.com.au MUSOS WANTED Band Members Wanted Looking for Keyboard Player, Male Vocalist. Female backup singer for a new band playing popular 60’s songs Tina 0449250337 Front Man Vocalist required to join Female Vocalist in top working corporate Band.Experience with commercial pop hits from 70’s - 80’s to 00’s essential - send details to russ@iinet.net.au or SMS details 0408915571 OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. Email Trojan John at trojan_johnmusic@ yahoo.com.au for spot Laneway Lounge Open Mic every Tuesday Night. If you’re keen for a spot text Josh on 0430313577 OPEN MIC NITE BAR ORIENT High St, Fremantle. Thurs 7.30pm - 12.00pm. Golden pic contest now running $500 cash prize. For bookings Joel 0414 239 319 or shadeyrock@live.com.au PRODUCTION SERVICES CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest CD & DVD specials online at www.procopy.com.au 9375 3902 30
The two channels are listed as ‘vintage’ for more classic operation and ‘custom’ for a slightly darker, more modern tonal range. As with many Fender amps each channel also features dual inputs, but although there are some neat tricks many players pull with overloading channels or utilizing the channels as multiple instrument inputs, this amp definitely functions best when it sticks with the one signal. The amp has a classic look, a classic sound and would be a welcome addition to any guitarist’s set-up, particularly those who seek huge clean tones or prefer to run their effects into the front of an amplifier. Gain-heads will obviously need to find a great overdrive or distortion to complement the amp or look elsewhere for something offering high-gain. The Fender ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Amplifier comes with a footswitch to engage the reverb and tremolo effects and at the RRP of $2099 is a serious contender for next-level tone. CHRIS GIBBS
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