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Perth’s own hip-hop DJ/producer Charlie Bucket is launching his debut EP, Honesty, next Friday, November 7, at The Manor. The six-track EP combines numerous elements of hip hop, soul, afro beat and jazz alongside numerous guest collaborations. The launch will also feature Nick Sheppard (Cortinas/ The Clash/Domnicks), Grace Barbe and DJs N’Fa Jones and Zues Rock. Doors open at 9.30pm with a $10 entry price.

Doug Stanhope is bringing his outrageously shocking stand up show to Australia this November in an attempt to broaden his cultural tastes. Encompassing social commentary with anger, alcohol, sex and perversion, Stanhope will stop at nothing to entertain and piss off his audiences. With his Tuesday, November 18, show at the Fly By Night Club sold out, a second show is still the go on Thursday, November 20. Tickets are available at flybynight.org.

Alt-J are returning to Australian soil next May for a huge run of headline shows concluding with a Friday, May 15, slot at HBF Stadium. Earlier this month the band sold out Melbourne and Sydney shows in seconds so you’ll want to get your tickets fast. Head to frontiertouring.com/altj for general public sale this Friday, October 31.

Katchafire will return to Australian shores this October/November to promote their new single, Down With You. Their classic reggae sound will be joined by Hawaiian artist Jordan T for the 16-show tour which kicks off Thursday, October 30, at Settlers Tavern in Margaret River and continues over Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1, at Metropolis Fremantle and Capitol respectively. For ticketing information visit onepagelink.com/katchafire.

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SUMMER CLEAN Kiwi indie-rock pioneers The Clean have announced a string of Australian dates for early 2015. Returning for the first time in five years, the trio will play the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, January 23. Support comes from local outfits Doctopus and Hamjam. Tickets are available via Oztix.com.au.

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LA indie-pop artist Ariel Pink will be visiting Australia for a brief four-date tour alongside his seven-piece band this coming January. Having recently released the album, pom pom, through Remote Control and single, Black Ballerina, Pink will be looking to set Perth alight alongside Pond’s own Nick Allbrook at The Bakery on Thursday, January 29. Tickets are on sale now from nowbaking.com.au.

Peter Hook & The Light will be performing New Order’s third and fourth albums, Low Life and Brotherhood for the first time in Australia and New Zealand in February, 2015. Having parted ways with the band in 2007, Hook will also perform an opening set comprised of Joy Divison material. The show will visit the Astor Theatre on Saturday, February 14. For tickets visit metropolistouring.com.

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Ring in the New Year in hirsute-able style with the mighty Beards at the Dunsborough Tavern. The awesome Adelaide band will be belting out beardy ballads on Wednesday, December 31, with support from Dallas Royal plus guest DJs. That’s plenty of time to grow out your face fuzz – tickets are available through Oztix now.

Bernard Fanning has announced an Australian tour for early 2015. Last seen in the parts at Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Fanning’s WA visit will this time take him to Leeuwin Estate Winery, Margaret River, on Saturday, January 24, with special guests Little May. Tickets from leeuwinestate.com.au/concerts.

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WA MUSIC CONFERENCE UPDATES Kav Temperly (Eskimo Joe), Andy Rantzen (Australian Council for the Arts) and Laith Tierney (Farugi) have joined the long list of industry speakers presenting at the 2014 WA Music Conference. The news comes as The Bakery and Devilles Pad have announced the official after parties for this year’s awards celebration from 11pm-2am. For conference passes including entry to the WAM Awards see Moshtix.com. Check out our WAM Festival wrap-up from page 37.

Chilean Band, Huaira, will be performing at the Fly By Night Club on Friday, November 21, to celebrate three decades of Andean music in Western Australia. The concert will include traditional music and dance, plus Chilean BBQ food in a widespread community event. Doors open at 7pm with tickets available at the door for $25 or through flybynight.org for $20.

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Melbourne astral rockers Alithia have announced a national tour fresh off international tours in Europe and Russia the group is returning home in November including a huge show at the Amplifier Bar on Friday, November 21. The show will feature Chaos Divine, Tempest Rising and Bury The Heard.

Underneath a starlit sky, the electronic vibes of local DJs will get us down and boogieing in the Coconut Club at Southbound 2015. Apart from the truckloads of beach sand to groove dowwn in, there will be more slings chair than ever and a cocktail bar to boot. Acts across the two days include Benson, Just A Gent, Kilter, KLP (DJ Set), Sable, Yahtzel, Slumberjack, Micah and many more. Southbound is held on Saturday-Sunday, January 3- 4 at Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton.

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With the onset of summer getting ever so close, RTRFM and the Perth Theatre Trust have collaborated to create a free series of events entitled the Courtyard Club. In the heart of Northbridge, the State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard will be transformed into a springtime niche with snacks and beverages available for purchase. Kicking off the weekly Friday events will be doom pop queen Abbe May (see interview, page 40) with Hideous Sun Demon plus DJs Holly Doll and Claire Hodgson this Friday, October 31, from 5pm. For more information on dates and featuring artists head to rtrfm.com.au/event/thecourtyard-club.

Courtesy of Corona Extra, this summer Portugal. The Man will be touring across Australia. Fresh out of Portland, the quartet have been making waves with their indie and psychedelic rock style which is the perfect remedy to a warm summer afternoon. Starting at Caves House in Yallingup at 6pm this Friday, October 31, they’ll then make their way to Margaret River at 10pm on the same night. On Saturday, November 1, they hit The Leftbank at 3.30pm and the Northshore Tavern at 7.30pm, before ending their west-side tour at The OBH in Cottesloe on Sunday, November 2, from 3.30pm. And the best part about it? All shows are free. For more information head to coronaextra.com.au/livemusic.

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ROOFTOP MOVIES Perched atop the Roe St Carpark, Rooftop transforms a drab slab of Perth City into a little haven of paletas, astroturf, and morning yoga every year. Movie sessions open on October 30 with What We Do In The Shadows (already sold out), and films are screening Tuesdays-Fridays: Sin City 2, The Inbetweeners, Pulp Fiction, Night Moves, The Grandmaster and The Dark Knight in the first week alone. There’s an enormous selection running up until December 14 - you can find the full line-up at rooftopmovies.com.au. Enter via the X-Press Digital app if you’d like a double pass. Rooftop Movies 6

The 2014 Emirates British Film Festival runs in Perth from Nov 5 - 16, and it features a ton of incredible films that fly under Australian radars. The line-up reads like a string of UK icons - expect Benedict Cumberbatch (as Enigma cracker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game), William Turner (film legend Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner), a Nick Hornby adaption (A Long Way Down, with Toni Collette), and Billy Connolly (What We Did On Our Holiday). The festival also features the Six From The Sixties series, including Zulu and The Italian Job. To win a double pass to one of the screenings, hit the X-Press Digital app. Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner

HOME OPEN: THE RENOVATION Performance art collective The Cutting Room Floor are bringing their Home Open project back to Perth for a second spin. On Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1, intimate theatre, dance, music and film artists take over the MosArts performance space and get up in your gourmet food and drinks. If you’re into close encounters of the art kind, pick up your tickets from TryBooking - or win them here via the app.

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them, the event would struggle! Again, we’ve been very lucky and are thankful for the co-ordination and efforts of all our program directors and volunteer manager who oversee the smooth running of the festival on the day and smoothing out any kinks as they arise! What was the number in attendance last year and what are you forecasting this year? PF: Last year 120,000 were in attendance and this year we’re anticipating that figure will grow to 150,000!

the sponsors and the entire community backing this concept, it’s organically grown exponentially into what it is today.

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It’s a great musical line-up again this year. What do you bear in mind when it comes to programming the acts for the BSF? Aaron Rutter: Whilst we’ve had offers and opportunities to book large scale interstate acts, our sole focus is to stick to great local, Western Australian acts. Many of the bands and artists at Beaufort Street Festival wouldn’t normally get to play in front of such a large crowd and it’s great to be able to give them that opportunity and unearth some local talent while we’re doing it. Aside from that, we want a diverse mixture of acts spread throughout the day catering for all types of music fans, the young and old alike. With a community not-for-profit festival budget, we are extremely grateful to the amazing artists who play for us each year.

The Wild, The Interesting & The B-Street Shuffle The Beaufort Street Festival returns for 2014 on Saturday, November 15. BOB GORDON chats with organisers, Paul Fletcher and Aaron Rutter.

What are the main challenges posed in the lead-up to the Beaufort Street Festival? PF: With such a large scale festival, the logistical behind the scenes workload and planning is enormous – it’s a 12 month project in the making, which surprises a lot of people. Thankfully we have an energetic, young, and experienced team that work with us so the processes are becoming more refined and efficient each year. Keeping the festival free for punters is a key focus of everyone involved and thus ensuring corporate sponsorship is a challenge each year, but so far we’ve been extremely lucky to have some great corporate and community sponsors that without, the festival simply wouldn’t exist.

What are the main changes and developments for the Beaufort Street Festival this year? Paul Fletcher: This year the focus was on involving the community like never before and we feel the program that has been put together reflects that. From local primary school children creating art projects to the third annual Recipes And Rambling Cookbook - a recipe book with recipes from the Beaufort Street community, involving over 100 volunteers in production alone - there’s an extra local feel this year. Additionally, based on feedback received on previous years, we’ve increased the amount of shaded areas and relaxed ‘chill-out’ areas off the main street to improve the experience for everyone in attendance.

What are the main challenges on the day? PF: We’re extremely diligent when it comes to pre-event preparation due to the pure magnitude of the event, so thankfully everything has run fairly smoothly in the last couple of years. Understandably with the volume of the festival, our main priorities on the day are ensuring pedestrian flow is maintained throughout the festival. In order to combat this we’ve tried to ensure entertainment, stages, stalls and activities are ample on many side streets. Additionally, as a community event, we rely heavily on our volunteers on the day and without

Describe the Beaufort Street Festival’s evolution since the time you took over it… PF: I think by the time we had taken the BSF reigns it had started to already make rumbles within WA as a festival that could seriously explode. The Beaufort Street Network, owners of businesses in the area combined with ourselves and The Event Agency have worked exceptionally well together over the last few years to cement a diverse, creative and cultural community event that would showcase what is so great about the area. With the support of

Speaking of forecasts, it’s going to be 40-degrees, innit? PF: To be honest, we would prefer 40-degrees than a rainy, 15-degree day any day. However the weather is always going to be unpredictable but we do what we can to make the day as comfortable as possible for all patrons, as well as stallholders, artists and our staff included. There has always been multiple places to get a bit of respite out of the heat on festival day, but this year we’ve increased the amount of shaded areas and chill out zones. ‘There’s so much going on, I don’t know where to start!’ - what would your advice be to a Beaufort Street Festival patron expressing this dilemma? AR: We are planning to do the longest ever Mexican Wave at 4.40pm. And we’re filming it with a remote control helicopter. So that could either work amazingly or terribly. We’ll see. The City of Vincent Community Stage will offer an extensive range of activities on the day. Look out for school groups, exercise sessions, cheerleaders, Bollywood Dancers, the extremely popular dog show and more. The Fresh Provisions Food Stage will be hosting plenty of food presentations and activities, as well as the numerous music stages with the set times being released this week (see below). Our new website is live and running and has all the details and set times for festival day so you can plan the best time to come down and enjoy the day on limited time. Our 18+ bar areas, restaurants and stalls will be open all day and is definitely worth a wander down the street whilst switching between different stages. What are your hopes for this year’s Beaufort Street Festival... and beyond? PF: The Beaufort Street Festival has been developed as a platform for the network to showcase local talent, food, arts, fashion and music. It is a canvas for the community to have a voice and for ideas, concepts and creativity to be shared with everybody in the area; as a playground for all businesses, sponsors, local artists and the community to come to join in the fun! We hope to continue to establish a strong community foundation which we can develop over the years to come. And for all businesses, local communities and residents to look forward to and for us to strive to do bigger and better with our resources, staff and what we learn from previous years, with each festival. For more details, head to beaufortstreetfestival.com. au. Turn to page 12 for our interview with this week’s Beaufort Street cover star, the multi-WAM Awardnominated Coin Banks.

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Front Cover: Coin Banks, nominated for three WAM Awards, has released his second EP, Tails, and will appear at the 2014 Beaufort Street Festival. Photography by Rachael Barrett. Scene Cover: The WAM Festival happens to Perth from Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8.

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The Hill Is Alive

Touring in support of their second album, Ruckers Hill, Husky head back our way on Thursday, December 4, at the Dunsborough Hotel; Friday, December 5, at The Bakery, and Saturday, December 6, at the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury. MEG CRAWFORD reports. Previous interviews with Husky Gawenda and cousin Gideon Preiss - respectively, the frontman and keyboardist of the indie-folk four-piece sensation Husky - leave the impression that although they’re super polite and lovely lads, they err on the serious side. Today, even though they’re sitting at a boardroom table in the midst of signing about 800,000 copies of their new album, Ruckers Hill, they’re happy to relax for a bit. For a start, while it’s well known Preiss used to watch with envy while Gawenda and Preiss’ brother played guitar in the garage, it turns out there were at least some awkward musical years. “There was a tiny, little metal phase,” confesses Gawenda. “It wasn’t that tiny,” Preiss chortles. “I remember when Husk got his first electric guitar,

which was a BC Rich. It’s a metal guitar and it’s set up for shredding and playing fast. I used to go around there and Husk and my big brother would be working out Guns N’ Roses and Metallica solos - Enter Sandman, that kind of thing. I could not have been more jealous.” “But that phase didn’t last long,” Gawenda interrupts, trying to regain some ground. “That guitary, wanting-to-shred thing lasted a couple of years and then I went back to Leonard Cohen songs.” The boys have made no secret of the fact they’re influenced by singer/songwriter greats. Husky draws on Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Beach Boys and, of course, Cohen. They’ve been life-long loves and despite a few musical lapses, it’s clear they’ve always had pretty mature musical tastes.

For Gawenda and Preiss, it was the stuff playing in their folks’ cars when they were kids and they’ve always connected with them. “They’re artists that you grow with as you develop,” Preiss explains. “But I loved Dylan, Neil Young and Cohen as a kid. I loved them then and I love them in a different way now. I guess we were lucky to have good musical influences early on – good records playing in the lounge room.” Gawenda and Preiss once described the experience of recording their debut album, Forever So, as unique, insofar as they’d complete creative control over the process. They recorded it at Gawenda’s rented Fitzroy abode in a shed out the back, which also meant

“You’ve got to answer to yourself on all of these things. In 20 years’ time you want to feel like you created something you’re happy with.”

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they weren’t fettered by time or money constraints. So, if holding the reins is something the band values, how did the experience of recording Ruckers Hill compare? “I think we did have the same degree of creative control,” reflects Gawenda. “The difference this time was that the label and other team members invested in what we were doing. That creates some pressures and expectations that we hadn’t dealt with before, but, essentially, we were totally in control of what we were doing and I still feel that the greatest expectations and pressures came from ourselves, as they did on the first record.” Similarly, the fellas have said they didn’t write Forever So with any particular audience in mind and it’s equally true this time around – the band’s musical integrity is not up for grabs. “You’ve got to answer to yourself on all of these things,” says Preiss. “In 20 years time you want to feel like you created something you’re happy with. When we made the first record, we never really had any expectations around how people would receive it. I was actually very surprised that it was well received. I feel like I don’t have a choice about it. You have to set those standards for yourself. There are certain things that you don’t compromise and authenticity is one of them.” “It can be a little bit like chasing shadows with a flashlight though,” qualifies Gawenda. “If you’re trying too hard for authenticity - that’s not authentic. You need to let go of trying too hard for anything. Often, it’s best just to let go of all of that stuff and just write and record.” Did they achieve that with Ruckers Hill? “An album’s a snapshot,” reflects Gawenda. “Forever So was a snapshot of three years ago and Ruckers Hill’s a snapshot. If the album sounds different, that probably has more to do with the fact that time has past and life has changed and we’ve read different books, listened to different music.” “And spent time touring,” Preiss interjects. “That has an effect on the things you write and what you want to do going forward.” However, they both agree it can be a detrimental to their mental health. “In other words, we go crazy sometimes,” Gawenda laughs. Although they say you should never work with mates and family, Preiss and Gawenda are an exception to the rule. It’s obvious not only are they good mates but their shared history is an advantage. Preiss has a nice spin on it. “I feel that it makes at least parts of working together easier,” he reflects. “The best example I can think of is when you’re touring, because when you’re away for long stretches and you’ve got family there you feel like you’re taking a bit of home with you and there’s a lot of comfort in that for me. “If someone had said to me when I was a kid that I’d get to tour and work and play music and do all of the things we’ve done together with my big cousin, I would have been the happiest little kid in the world. It’s nice to remember that.”

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JACK CARTY Picture Esk Touring in support of his new album, Esk, Jack Carty will perform on Friday, November 7, at the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, and Sunday, November 9, at Four5Nine Bar (Rosemount Hotel). AUGUSTUS WELBY reports. There comes a time when making music shifts from being a hobby into a maddening obsession. Those overcome by this fixation are no longer capable of having regular life experiences. Instead, every event is analysed to determine its songwriting utility. Thoughtful Australian folk/pop artist Jack Carty knows this songwriting mania all too well. “Every single day, all I ever think about is music,” he says. “My friends, my family and my fiancée all get very sick of this. But I don’t just want to be a good musician in my life. I want to be a good all-round person.” Carty has just released his third LP, Esk. The Brisbane-based songwriter’s previous LP, 2012’s Break Your Own Heart, was a breakup record, communicated from a place of intimate self-reflection. While Carty is “very, very proud” of the release, Esk is a far less pensive affair. “That side of my personality, where it’s just really introspective and analytical, I’m trying to get outside of that and see things from a more allencompassing perspective.” With this goal in mind, Esk was put together with a little help from some of Carty’s distinguished friends. In addition to contributions from his established live band, there’s The Universe, a duet with Katie Noonan, The Joneses, which was written with Josh Pyke, and four tracks produced by Sydney’s Casual Psychotic.

“Part of the reason for the collaborative preparation for this album was trying to not just be in my own head all the time,” he says. “I was in bands before I started doing the solo thing, but I always felt like something got lost in the translation. Since then I’ve found musicians that I play with all the time now that are really complementary.” Embracing input from multiple parties gives Esk a more changeable dynamic than Carty’s previous releases. The record moves from the acoustic troubadour touch of Summer In New Zealand, to the electrified kick of The Joneses and the piano-led lament, My Replacement. Though Esk is a texturally diverse outing, Carty’s vocals and diligently constructed lyrics are the major focus. “Good lyrics for me are something that are so important to a song,” he says. “I might really like a song for its melody, but if it doesn’t have something that lyrically grabs me, I probably won’t listen to it more than a couple of times. “Quite often the things that I like about my songs are totally ignored by everybody,” he adds, “and they like different things about them that I don’t like. I know what makes me proud of my songs… that’s more or less always lyrics and melodies.” Of course, trying to regulate other peoples’ listening experiences is a futile act, as everyone’s viewpoint will differ somewhat. By this stage in his recording career, Carty is at peace with the subjective caprices of his listenership. “You can’t control what people think and how they react,” he says. “That’s part of the weird and awesome thing about putting out bits of yourself into the world. I want to enjoy these processes, but if you’re trying to control every aspect of it, it can suck a lot of the joy out of it. Nowadays I’m just trying to make music that I’m proud of and put it out there.”

WITCHGRINDER Thou Art Worthy Melbourne industrial metallers Witchgrinder will be heading to Perth for the first time this week as part of Incursion’s massive Halloween soiree this Saturday, November 1, at Gilkisons Dance Studio. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY chats to guitarist, Travis Everett. The period of reflection a band undergoes after their debut offering is often the most important in their career. Lessons are learnt and all members reaffirm their drive towards the sound that brought them together in the first place. This experience also fleshes out when changes need to be made to get an outfit on their chosen path, as was the case for Witchgrinder. Although the band were satisfied with their 2013 release, The Demon Calling, they realised they didn’t quite hit the mark they wanted to musically. “We found with our first album, as much as we liked the sound – it didn’t come out exactly how we wanted it to sound,” guitarist, Travis Everett, tells X-Press. “We wanted it to be raw. It was a bit too polished from what you get from our live shows. It wasn’t as angry as what we would have liked. “It was one of those things where we’d put out an EP the year before and we weren’t sure how

long to spend on an album. There were also a few band member changes. As soon as we got the line-up together, we just quickly put out that album. I mean, it wasn’t so quick in the actual writing process. But by the time we got into the studio, put the album out and toured – it was really fast. It went that quick that we never had time for it to really soak in. We are pretty happy about how we went about it – releasing it by ourselves. But we wanted to make a few changes.” With the band now working on their yet-tobe-named sophomore full-length, slated for release early next year, they’ve decided to take a more old school approach to recording. “We’ve pretty much finished all pre-production,” Everett explains. “We’re just sending that around now for people to listen to. As soon as we get back from Perth, it’s going to be full on finishing that off and recording. We only have one more show on this year, so that will be all you’ll see from us until the album release. We’re doing it all ourselves again, just at a friend’s home studio. We’ll do the drums there and we can track all the guitars at our own places. “We’re not just going into a studio and pushing it out, like we did last time. We’ll get someone to mix and master it though – looking at some overseas and Australian people for that at the moment. We think the way we’ll be able to get that stronger sound is if we sit on it ourselves. Even the demos we’ve done now for this new album as worthy enough to release. We’ve also got a lot more backing with this one. We’ve got a manager now and labels looking at us. So we’re hoping to have the album out by March next year.”

HAMJAM Born To Rahn Hamjam launch their debut EP this Saturday, November 1, at Mojos with help from Aborted Tortoise, Ben Witt and Kitchen People. BOB GORDON chats with drummer, James Ireland. Their members play (or have played in) such reputable bands such as The Chemist, The Growl, Gunns, Savoir, Cool Band and any number of outfits that may or may not form as you read. The origins of Hamjam, lie with its cofounders, Hamish Rahn and James Ireland. “Yeah we all play in each other’s bands,” Ireland says. “Me and Hamish played in The Chemist together (Ireland on keyboards, Rahn on bass) and while we were recording the Chemist record we started jamming li’l riffs after hours. We would jump into the live room where all the gear was set up after everyone bailed from the studio for the day. The guy engineering the Chemist record spoke to us on the talkback mic and said, ‘not that fucking Hamjam shit again’ and the name Hamjam stuck. Shouts to Matt Lovell for being a mad dawg. Try his beer sometime, Lovell’s Lager.” Noted. So, eventually being joined by Clinton Oliver and Thomas Lettenmaier with an EP being released through Pilerats/Warner, has this become a more serious band than it was when it all started out? “Nah,” says Ireland, “we’ll always be dickheads.” Warming to the topic, he tells of the creation of their opus. “We recorded it in the 2I8 T0n3Z0N3, which was the spare room at our old place on Charles 12

St,” Ireland offers. “Heinz (Rahn) had these songs which we’d been playing for a while and we got approached by these Pilerats goons so we decided to record the tracks and do a lil EP. We took a bit of time off our noodle shop jobs and started recording. After a few weeks’ time it was done and ready. We went mental a bunch of times. too many late nights on the yerba, mate. Shouts to Dave Pensado.”

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ANVIL The Bottom Line Heavy metal legends Anvil play at the Astor Lounge on Thursday, November 6. SHANE PINNEGAR finds that if frontman/guitarist Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow ever decides to pack it in, he might have a promising career as an inspirational speaker ahead of him.

Canada or something. Should try get on the line-up for next year!” Have you tasted actual Hamjam? “I haven’t but Heinz has as a part of some other interview he did. I think he said it tastes like shit. Apparently there’s a music festival called Hamjam as well somewhere in Canada or something. Should try get on the line-up for next year!” When asked to describe the feeling of playing a Hamjam gig, Ireland is forthright. “Fucked,” he says. “My stamina as a drummer is terrible. I need to call up Vergil Vonati for some lessons.” Despite having an EP to tout, nothing seems to inked in on the Hamjam schedule. “No solid plans,” Ireland says. “We all got other stuff going on. I reckon we’ll probably be doing more of the same thing. All the other bands we play in have music coming out real soon too, so we’ll see how it all goes. We’ll definitely start thinking about recording again though.”

One of the bands which helped create the thrash and speed metal sound, Anvil struggled to be noticed after their third album, but never gave up. 31 years after their debut album, they’re now touring in support of their 15th LP, Hope In Hell. 2009’s documentary movie about the band, The Story Of Anvil, brought the name Anvil out of heavy metal obscurity and into the mainstream – as much (if not more) for Kudlow’s relentless passion, self-belief and positivity, as for their music. “In a certain sense, I’ve become famous more so for my attitude than I am for my music,” Kudlow admits cheerfully. “The response we got after the movie was a phenomenon. It’s unbelievable. I would say, literally thousands, thousands, endless people of all walks of life and dreams and desires telling us that they watch the Anvil movie whenever they lose their faith or their hope in themselves to reinspire themselves to go back at it. We’re going, ‘really?’ “We don’t get it. This is what we do, and what we’ve always done, and what we’ll do until the day we die. We don’t view it as being that inspiring. If

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I got a penny for every person that told me that I’ve inspired them, I’d be a billionaire. I just do what I do. I’m living my life. If that’s inspiring, okay. “When you follow your dreams, it’s about sacrifice. For me, it’s about doing what you love. Money is only there to use for your survival so that you can eat and have a place to live and have luxury, I suppose. It doesn’t fulfil your life. “I just don’t see that. I gravitate towards the things that are fulfilling. I want to leave a mark in this world. I want to have made a difference.” Despite not ever making it to the big, big time, Kudlow seems very happy and proud of his life’s work. “No question about it,” he says enthusiastically. “Success is about doing what you love and getting away with it so I’ve had a very, very successful life. A very, very successful music career because I’ve gotten away with it 15 times 15 albums doing what I love. Not being told what to do, or how to do it, or when to do it. That’s pretty successful. That’s the way I look at it. It’s not about how many records you sold, it has nothing to do with it. It’s about, ‘what did you bring to the world?’ I’ve brought them, so far, 15 albums worth of material. I’ve written more songs together with Rob (Reiner, Anvil drummer/co-founder) than Paul McCartney and John Lennon did. It doesn’t mean I’ll be as famous or anything, but that’s not what I’m saying. “I’ve really come to realise that every moment that you get to be here, you should really strive to be as excellent as you can. It’s just being about being the best you can and being appreciated, is the bottom line. That’s all it is.”

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What was your musical upbringing like? What got you started? My parents are both Polish; so there was a lot of Polish music in my household, especially Polish jazz. So from a young age I developed a taste for jazz, which later grew more towards soul/R&B. As for hip hop, my big bro gave me Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill and Beastie Boys CDs when I was in primary school and introduced me to real hip hop culture. I am still so thankful to him for passing that on to me. I first started to freestyle when I was in high school with some homies I used to paint with, but I never actually wanted to be an MC; I wanted to be a DJ but I couldn’t afford turntables. It wasn’t until I heard Reap What You Sow by Downsyde that I actually thought about writing rap songs. So if it wasn’t for Downsyde, I may have never started making music.

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COIN BANKS Tails He Wins Nominated for three WAM Awards, Coin Banks, aka Daniel Bankowski releases his second EP, Tails, this week. BOB GORDON has a chat with in the lead-up to his appearance at the Beaufort Street Festival. Describe the last 12 months of your music career. Has shit become real? It’s been crazy surreal. I mean, I’ve been doing music for a while now, first as a member of The Stoops and then a couple collab projects, but it wasn’t really until December last year when I dropped my first single, Hatches, with Ta-Ku that things started to change for me. I have played some great shows, including my first ever national tour and Bigsound, had my songs added to rotation at triple J and to a bunch of my favourite community stations around the country, had record labels approach me, artists wanting to collab with me and critics praise my work. It’s been an amazing year, to say the least. I am really happy where I’m at, but I still have a lot of work to do, so I’m constantly working towards my next projects.

Your new EP, Tails, is out this week. What does it tell of you? That is a hard question, I think it musically shows my versatility, and my ability to adapt to different styles. Content wise, I guess it is a continuation of what I was talking about on the Heads EP, ranging from love, to social commentary to self-doubt. I want to connect with the listener and remind them that we all go through similar day-to-day struggles and triumphs. How’s it feel to be nominated for three WAM Awards? Amazing! I honestly was not expecting it at all, and to receive that email made my year. It was a humongous honour to be nominated for one WAM Award let alone three of them. I can’t start to imagine how I will feel if I am lucky enough to win one of them. Fingers crossed. Are you looking forward to the Beaufort Street Festival? What will your set be like given it’s a pretty unique kind of festival experience? Really amped for it! I love the Beaufort Street Festival; it’s a great day out with amazing local music, local art, food and good times. If you have never been, do not miss out this year!! I usually only play with a DJ, but for the Beaufort Street Festival I will be rocking out with an incredible eight-piece band made up of some of the most talented local musicians. What are your plans for 2015? I am currently working on my debut album, which we plan to release next year. So 2015 is going to be heads down, recording and preparing the album along with a busy tour schedule. Also, for Record Store Day 2015, we will have a nice little surprise – I am really looking forward to it.

DALLAS FRASCA A Beautiful Noise With a new single, You Are Beautiful, in tow, Dallas Frasca hits the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, this Thursday, October 30; Settler’s Tavern, Margaret River, on Friday, November 1, and The Odd Fellow on Saturday, November 2. BOB GORDON checks in... Describe the last 18 months, what with four overseas tours happening in that time... It’s been an incredible ride. We’ve recorded a new album with collaborations with members from Ugly Kid Joe and Sevendust, tripped to Europe four times, two national tours in Australia and released two singles. I feel like we haven’t come up for air but I know the whole band thrives on being smothered by the task of creation, it gives us purpose. I think we’re at our strongest when we’re struggling to get to the surface. Tell us about the new single, You Are Beautiful. Body image continues to be a pressing issue doesn’t it? Yes, it definitely is, You Are Beautiful is our ‘fuck you’ to the majority of the media for making people feel inadequate about themselves. It’s time to break the chain of being programmed by the media and corporations into accepting unrealistic body images. You Are Beautiful sings out to society and advertisers that prey upon men and women’s insecurities. The film clip marries this statement and celebrates and embraces diversity and positive body image and yes we all take off our clothes to prove the point. There is so much excessive photoshopping of bodies in the media, it’s time people unsubscribed to the notion that being a certain size, shape, colour, weight determines whether you’re healthy, beautiful or sexy. We hope this song will inspire people to be more aware of what they are reading and feel. We are all beautiful

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the way we are! Where does the song lie in terms of the forthcoming new album, Love Army? Sonically, this album is bigger than anything we have done before. We have a few final touches to make before it’s release next year but this song is a good indication of what the new record will sound like. Again it’s a great showcase of the fine producing skills of New-York based Andy Baldwin. We had Danny Leo (King Of The North) drum on the new record which just set the songs on fire, we really can’t wait for everyone to hear what we have in store. This album’s partly crowdfunded, it must feel good to know that your fans feel strongly enough to actively participate in your music? We are all still blown away that our crowdfunding campaign hit $22,000 earlier this year, you can sometimes be deluded by the fact that you spend so much time in between four walls with the three band members you sometimes forget that there are people out there that believe in your music as much as you do. It was a huge boost of confidence walking into the studio. I know reaching that goal definitely had a part in us pushing ourselves further musically then we had gone before, firstly because these awesome people have faith in us to deliver and I also think to prove to ourselves that we can fucking do this.

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DANIEL LEE KENDALL Daniel Lee Kendall Is Dead Create Control

ICEAGE Plowing Into The Field of Love Matador / Remote Control

Central Coast songwriter, Daniel Lee Kendall, turned his back on music a few years ago when he felt he was making music for the wrong reasons. Some time at University and a trip to Sri Lanka that saw him break a shoulder in a motorbike accident refreshed refreshed him and saw him revisit a collection of 50-odd demos and rework them for his debut album, Daniel Lee Kendall Is Dead. Kendall takes his music very seriously and it shows in the tone of his songs. There isn’t a lot of chuckles to be had as Kendall meticulously builds his baroque bedroom recordings. The risk of revisiting old demos and reworking them is that they run the risk of sounding dated, and the songs here could fit nicely on any Jack Johnson album during the past decade. The softly sung Kendall sings about clumsy romantic gestures without delving into the misery that may have ensued - he is clearly too polite and passive for that. While the songs tend to roll into each other, Emptiness is one of the better moments and A Deadly Curse is a fine point of difference. If you like your music flaccid then Daniel Lee Kendall has a treat for you. Daniel Lee Kendall Is Dead is the type of soundtrack you would expect to hear politely billowing out of houses in Pleasantville. I suspect that if Daniel Lee Kendall is indeed dead that he either dies of boredom or old age.

A raw three-count from an uncut take initiates the album opener, On My Fingers: a nerve-wracking ballad with a beating rhythm and peaceful piano to accompany the rickety vocals of Elias Bender Rønnenfelt. The frontman offers no distractions from the sense of yearning throughout the record. The Lord’s Favorite possesses the type of anxious Americana which will work up your heel-and-toe bush dance. The Iceage sound has matured but it hasn’t entirely distanced itself from noisy punk with tracks like Let It Vanish or the Celtic- inspired folk anthem, Abundant Living. The diverse tones continue on Forever, as a record highlight. Against The Moon is an early 20th century jazz ballad destined for the repeat button. With soothing brass instruments atop three distinctive notes of piano, it’s hard to fight this addictive pop tune away. The words make themselves known with Rønnenfelt’s gold, ‘Whatever I do, I do not repent, I keep pissing against the moon’. Finally, the title track leads the album out. An acoustic guitar over single bass notes and electric guitar licks bestow a promising beginning to the end of Plowing Into The Field Of Love. A contagious chorus, more horns and a reference to feeding animals with champagne typifies the profound rock’n’roll that accompany each song from this emotional record.

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C.W. STONEKING Gon’ Boogaloo Hokum/Caroline It’s taken six years and a shiny gold Fender Jazzmaster, but C.W. Stoneking has gone electric, and I’ll be damned if he doesn’t carry it out with aplomb. Is there anything the man can’t do? Tonguein-cheek humour? Check. Dust-blown troubadour sensibility? Check. Legitimately pull off wearing a cardigan? Check. Authenticity and commitment to the sound carried through the entire process for Gon’ Boogaloo: the songs were recorded directly to tape and mixed live. From the spoken-sung intro of How Long to the instructional “new dance” of The Zombie – a kind of Monster Mash for the modern age – it’s clear King Hokum is back and as fascinating as ever. Get On The Floor is an absolute banger, playing into the mournfully offbeat The Thing I Done. The dancehall jive of Good Luck Charm is twinkling fun, but I’m The Jungle Man is a rare flat moment that just doesn’t quite stick amidst an otherwise rock-solid record. He’s soon back to artful storyteller though, spinning tales with On A Desert Isle, while We Gon’ Boogaloo plays out the album with jangly rhythm. Stoneking is a master of the blues and Gon’ Boogaloo is a step forward in both sound and story. The legend of C.W. Stoneking continues to entertain and delight.

SLIPKNOT Gray Chapter Roadrunner/Warner Corey Taylor was on record at one point claiming that the future of Slipknot itself was up in the air. It’s a relief, then, considering exactly how much is riding on its release, that The Gray Chapter is an exercise in triumph over tragedy. The at-times-uneasy marriage of hammering white-knuckle intensity with sweeping, raised-fist melodicism is refined here, often serving as a definitive trait. The Devil In I is one of the best singles the band has put out, while Skeptic is an unabashed, fitting tribute to late bassist Paul Gray. Elsewhere, they maintain the rage with cathartic, blistering infernos such as The Negative One and Custer, the latter of which amazingly manages to sport as definitive and brain-invasive a refrain as anything you’ve heard on Top 40 radio this year. An hour-plus runtime means that not everything on the tracklist justifies its existence – the inconsequential Be Prepared For Hell and by-numbers Nomadic spring to mind. Across the lion’s share, however, it feels as though the band’s decision to continue has been validated. DAVID JAMES YOUNG

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ROBYN HITCHCOCK The Man Upstairs Yep Roc Records LANIE LANE Night Sade Ivy League From the first line of Salute it’s clear Lanie Lane has veered from the straight-up blues and country popinfused material of her previous releases into more alternative territory. Her voice is smoother and steadier than on earlier songs, alternately honeyed and silken. Night Shade has a melodic discordance that echoes Feist’s Metals, especially evident on tracks like The Phantom with its deep horns, as well as the mournful guitar and gently layered vocals of I See You. Lead single, Celeste, which sounded unusual on its own, is strengthened when surrounded by the other songs on the album. You Show Me How I Should Like It is sultry and smooth, a contrast to jangly Western ballad, No Sound. Lingering last track, Mother, meanders into a hidden track for 10-and-a-half minutes. In fact, most of the songs are fairly long but they don’t feel drawn out, rather leisurely and gradually involving. While not immediately gripping, Night Shade, with its wistful warmth, poetic tales and gentle maturity, makes for an intoxicating slow burn.

Robyn Hitchcock took the well travelled path in the UK from art school student to musician when he formed The Soft Boys in the ‘70s. Since then he has made a steady stream of records that have bypassed the mainstream yet found him a loyal following. After making so much product Hitchcock this time joined up with legendary producer Joe Boyd (Nick Drake, Fairport Convention) to delve into the realm of a folk record that consists of some originals, some well-known favourites and a few lesser know Hitchcock discoveries. San Francisco Patrol borrows a riff that is remarkably close to The Replacements Satisfied and is similarly sombre in its approach, setting the scene for an album that is more late night lament than preparty primer. Hitchcock tackles Ferries, a bright little pop tune by little known Norwegian band, I Was A King. To repay the favour, I Was a King’s Anne Lise Frøkedal also plays guitar and sings vocal harmonies on the album, with a voice that is well suited to the stripped back approach when interpreting The Psychedelic Furs, Roxy Music and Grant Lee Buffalo. It may not break any records in volume, but this quiet collection is Hitchcock’s best for some time.

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Set in 1966 Spain at the height of the Franco regime, Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed follows a Beatles-loving teacher, Antonio (Javier Cámara) who embarks on a road trip in an attempt to meet John Lennon while he is filming How I Won The War. We caught up with Cámara. Sometimes it’s easy to forget, but Spain was under Fascist rule up until the middle of the ‘70s. While the rest of the Western world had the Summer Of Love, Spain had Franco and all that he entails. Thus, director David Trueba’s film is, to our eyes, an odd beast, combining the realities of life under Franco with one of the most powerful symbols of the ‘60s, John Lennon. “The most interesting thing was because the director was the same age as me,” Cámara explains in charmingly broken English. “We have the same age. We have the same experience in our childhood - I’m talking about the end of the dictatorship, the same fathers that were trying to make the best for their children and were concerned about education and freedom. And, above all this, the central character was a teacher. I love that, because for my father and my father, the teachers were the example of freedom because they know the knowledges, you know?”

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For his efforts, Cámara was rewarded the Goya (the Spanish Oscar) for Best Actor - in fact, the film picked up a total of six Goyas, including Best Picture and Best Director. His effort is even more impressive when he reveals that he had to bring much of the character to the screen himself, with very little being revealed in the script. “I think it’s a very simple character,” he says. “A very idealistic character, but at the same time it’s quite mysterious, because we don’t know a lot of this character - why he is single, why he is living alone. I love when a character is not all written; part of the character is made by you, and I love that. I love that sensation. David, the director, left a lot of information to the actors. We didn’t talk too much about the characters. He knew that I was going to put a lot of energy into him. But I love this kind of mystery - a lot of little details are open to build during to process, and I love that.” Ironically, Cámara was not much of a Beatles fan as a youth, thanks to the off-key renditions of their songs that his sister subjected him to. “My sister was a fan, and she passed her adolescence playing the guitar really, really bad, and so I hated The Beatles and the Rolling Stones for years. Now I love the Beatles, but my sister played guitar as a devil, as a bad devil. She plays awfully! My father was a musician and he played, all his life, the saxophone, and my mother sings, but my sister, she didn’t have a very good hand with the guitar. It was the time of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and she destroyed my childhood with this guitar!” TRAVIS JOHNSON

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THE TRUTH IS IN THE TELLING Gimme Some Truth, RTRFM’s awesome music documentary festival, is returning for 2014. Running at Luna Leederville and Luna Outdoor from Friday, December 5, until Thursday, December 11. Eight films will play over the course of the festival, including Heaven Adores You, Records Collecting Dust, No Encore and Finding Fela, plus a raft of locally made short subjects. The festival is bookended by opening and closing parties featuring RTR DJs too, so if you love music and movies, there’s really no better ticket in town. For details, hit up gimmesometruth.com.au. Finding Fela, screening at Gimme Some Truth

WHIPLASH MOJOS MONTHLY COMEDY TURNS THREE Time flies when you’re laughing your ass off. It’s been three years since we started getting treated to regular comedy shows at Mojos, which strikes us as a very good reason for a celebration. Get down on Tuesday, November 11, to catch Melbourne funnyman Michael Connell on headliner duties, along with MC Karl Woodbury, plus support from a heaping helping of Mojos veterans who have trod the boards over the past 36 months. Tickets are $10 plus booking fee via eventfinda.com.au, or $15 on the door.

SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS Spanning 500 years and 70 characters, Philip Ridley’s play, Feathers In The Snow, is nothing if not ambitious. The story follows a group of historians who are bent on telling the events of Blazerbirdia and Twotwoia to a modern audience in order that we might learn from the catastrophic mistakes therein. However, when the actors, props and costumes the historians were to employ fail to materialise, they must fall back on their own rudimentary improvisation skills. Amanda Crewes directs a cast drawn from The Actors’ Hub in this production, which runs at the Subiaco Arts Centre from October 30 - November 1. Tickets are available through actorshub.net. Feathers In The Snow

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UNCOVER AWARD ANNOUNCED Scott Price has been named as the winner of the 2014 Uncover Award For Emerging Photography and has been invited to exhibit his series, Surface Tension, at the Perth Centre For Photography in 2015. Price describes the series as “...an attempt to operate in and understand the tension between the photographic image and photographic object, through experimentation with the material surface of photographs and exploration of the indexical nature of the photographic sign.” His prize package includes exhibition space for one month, artwork and catalogue printing, installation, advertising, opening night hosting and catering and support and guidance on the running of the event.

He Bangs The Drum Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Miles Teller, JK Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist Every so often you’re privileged to see a film that makes a claim for greatness right out of the gate. As the film progresses, dramatic tension comes not only from the narrative, but from wondering whether the filmmaker can maintain the quality of their work over the whole of the running time - can they, essentially, stick the landing? Thankfully with Whiplash, the second feature from Damien Chazelle, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The film follows the fraught relationship between Andrew Nyman (Miles Teller), a young jazz drummer studying at a prestigious New York music conservatory, and Terence Fletcher (JK Simmons), the autocratic conductor of the school’s band. Andrew wants to be one of the greats. Fletcher demands more than greatness - he wants nothing less than total submission to his will and thinks nothing of verbally destroying his students in order to extract the perfect performances his ensemble requires. Andrew is game, but soon his dedication to his art and Fletcher’s gruelling, drill sergeant regime begins to take its toll on every other aspect of his life. This is just electrifying filmmaking. Chazelle frames his narrative like a sports movie, making the mechanics of high end musicianship as gruelling and fascinating as, say, Oliver Stone’s depiction of the

THE FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS EXPERIENCE Luna Leederville Saturday, October 26, 2014 Leederville became Bat country on Sunday night when the good folks at Monkay Collective hosted a special screening of Terry Gilliam’s Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. All the freaks in the freak kingdom came out to toast the Good Doctor - and to pose for few social snaps. Photos by Rachael Barrett

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business of football in Any Given Sunday. Chazelle’s work is sharp and precise, perfectly mirroring the intricate and complex music at the heart of the story. Editor Tom Cross does a bravura job, leaning heavily on quick, rhythmic cuts, lending the music sequences the visceral immediacy of fight scenes. On a technical level, the film is masterful. But Whiplash is an actors’ film above all, and both Teller and Simmons hand in careerbest performances - quite impressive for Simmons when you consider his incredible body of work. His Fletcher is an enigmatic figure, brutal and abusive but motivated by a love of music and a desire for perfection that is beyond the normal. He states his thesis plainly - “There are no two words more harmful in the English language than ‘good job’” - and it’s hard to argue his point. Mediocrity is comfortable, and excellence has a price. Of course, it can be a terrible price, but is it worth it? Andrew’s kindly, ineffectual father (Paul Reiser) doesn’t think so, but his own dreams of artistic success are long forgotten. The saturnine Fletcher at least has drive, and the allure of greatness is surely worth a few bloody hands, a few broken relationships, a few lonely nights... isn’t it? There are few easy answers to the questions Whiplash raises but they are certainly worth asking. Whatever your own opinions are, there can be no doubt that, in making his film about the price of excellence, Damien Chazelle has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he himself has paid it. This is the film of the year. TRAVIS JOHNSON

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Running at Event Cinemas Innaloo from November 6 - 12, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival brings both classic and contemporary Russian cinema to Australian audiences. We had a quick word with Festival Director, Nicholas Maksymow.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? Director Shawn Levy Starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda In many ways This Is Where I Leave You is the inverse to August: Osage County which screened earlier this year. Whereas both are based on the same basic premise (family with issues come together due to the passing of a father – secrets are revealed and must be addressed for the relationships to continue), August: Osage County is a bitterly humorous tale of destruction that salts the earth afterwards, whereas This Is Where I Leave You is wryly comedic, restorative and uplifting. It is at the lightweight end of dramedy in comparison to Osage County’s overly heavy drama beats, but ultimately This Is Where I Leave You is the more audience friendly of the two, and perhaps more successful in its intent. Judd Altman’s (Jason Bateman) life is in tatters, after finding his wife in bed with his boss costs him both his marriage and his job. While wallowing in self pity, he is informed that his father has died, and it was his dying wish (as an agnostic) to have his family sit shiva. So Judd finds himself reuniting with his family, in the town he grew up in (and subsequently fled), trying to deal with their various dramas for seven days, as well as his own. Adapted by writer Jonathan Tropper from his book of the same name, This Is Where I Leave You manages to achieve the right balance of comedy and family drama. Far from perfect, it is too lightweight and fluffy, content to spell out its moral

message of growth and rediscovery in some fairly obvious, tried and true, cinema-tested ways (yes, the ‘80s did teach us that any deep and meaningful with a love interest should be set to Psychedelic Furs), but never beyond the expected confines of the genre. As such it is an enjoyable film rather than a great one, but the comedic elements and believable performances pitch it just about right. Here the surprisingly strong comedic cast are a great help. There is a chemistry amongst them that makes their bickering and sniping feel easy and natural, like that a real family would do. Jason Bateman is amazingly contained as Judd, effectively underplaying the role as his character refuses to confront the issues facing his personal life. Effectively Judd has his emotions bottled up so tight that an explosion is imminent, and the week with his family acts as a pressure valve for that. Tina Fey (30 Rock) is perhaps less developed, but comes across well in her interaction with Bateman, even if these brother and sister chats occasional spell out any emotional arc in too obvious a fashion. Mention must also be made of Jane Fonda as the recently surgically-enhanced matriarch of the family, with a fondness for over-sharing. Pitched just about right for an enjoyable evening at the movies, rather than a memorable one, This Is Where I Leave You won’t make it onto any must see lists, but is a solid example of the genre competently handled by the cast. DAVID O’CONNELL

Tell us a bit about the festival The film festival began in 2004 thanks to the support of the then NSW Premier Bob Carr and his arts advisors. We have always had support from different agencies linked to the Russian Ministry Of Culture and the last few years directly from the Ministry itself. The festival is organised by the Russian Resurrection Committee, and Russian Resurrection is a not-for-profit organisation which was formed solely for the purpose of organising Russian film festivals in Australia. Over the years, numerous directors and actors have visited the festival including well-known names such as Valery Todorovsky, Karen Shakhnazarov, Danila Kozlovsky, Alexi Uchitel, and Andrey Kravchuk. How has the festival changed and grown in the past 11 years? Initially the festival was held only in Sydney and Melbourne and over the years we have added all capital cities around Australia and this year we have gone to New Zealand for the first time. The festival is not only seen as a celebration of cinema but an annual cultural event. What’s the selection process for the films? The committee conducts its own research into new Russian films which have either been released in the past 12 months or are scheduled for release. We look at films that have either broken through at other international film festivals, or have made a mark on

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the Russian box office. When selecting films for the program, we try to ensure a broad cross-section of genres. What are your top three picks for this season? In no particular order: Test - A unique film with no spoken dialogue and has gained critical acclaim at various other international film festivals; Stalingrad - A major project that was a hit at the box office and made using the latest computer graphics. The film brings the pivotal battle of the Second World War to life on the big screen; The Fool – Winner of the major prize at the Lucarno International Film Festival and directed by one of Russia’s upcoming new talents. I’m really excited to see Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala on the big screen – what led you to its inclusion? We are celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Mosfilm Studios, one of the oldest studios in Russia and the largest and most advanced studio in Europe. Dersu Uzala is considered one of the biggest joint productions between the former Soviet Union and Japan. Akira Kurosawa is considered as one of the best known Japanese directors. It is a touching human story which needs to be seen on the big screen, especially considering that it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. TRAVIS JOHNSON

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VISUAL ARTS Bustin’ Out Season 2: Blinco Street Cafe And Gallery This group exhibition by nine emerging visual artists runs from October 29 - November 5. War Toys For Boys: The Moores Building Peter Ellis considers the semiotics of war machines in this exhibition of small, carved wood sculptures. It runs from November 1 - 16. Go to fac.org.au for additional information. True Self - David Rosetzky Selected Works: PICA Curated by Naomi Cass and Kyla McFarlane, is the first major survey of one of Australia’s most highly regarded video artists and draws on 15 years of work. It runs from November 15 - December 21. Go to pica. org.au for more info.

Say Less Please Linton And Kay Galleries Yvonne Zago’s highly anticipated new exhibition “ Say Less Please” is showing at Linton and Kay Galleries, from 26 October - 11 November. Concepts of fantasy and utopia inspire this wonderful exhibition of densely layered narratives set in an idealised yet imaginary landscape. Little Voices Linton And Kay Galleries Little Voices by Hayley Welsh, showing from 21- 29 October is centred around her philosophy of ‘making the most of things’. Her whimsical new worlds with wide eyed characters remind us all to follow our passions and reject all fear.

5 Creative Creatures: Little Creatures Brewery Running until November 6, this exhibition brings together over 70 paintings by five respected Perth artists: Ros Blackburn, Harry Davies, Susan Hoy, Lynne Mettam and Renata Wright. For more info, go to littlecreatures.com.au Otherworldly - Altered Objects And Artificial Spaces: Heathcote Museum & Gallery A group of artists, including Anna Nazzari, Gina Cinanni, Marzena Topka, Moira Doropoulos and Tanisha Burtnyk, will create a series of unusual objects and spaces to create dreamlike, unearthly environments. It runs until November 2. Go to melvillecity.com.au for more. True Self - David Rosetzky Selected Works

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Can one see all that is and all that may and not be changed - Yvonne Zago

Shared Sky: John Curtin Gallery Presented by the John Curtin Gallery and the Square Kilometre Array Organisation, this exhibition brings together Indigenous artists from Western Australia and South Africa to create works in response to ancestral stories about the night sky. It runs until November 2 - go to johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au. Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures From The National Museum Kabul: The Western Australian Museum Once thought lost or destroyed under the Taliban regime, these 230+ pieces illustrate the complexity and variety of Afghani history. The exhibition runs until November 16 - go to museum.wa.gov.au for further information. Richard Avedon People: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia This collection of images by the famed photographer Richard Avedon spans his career from 1949 to 2002 and includes portraits of such notable figures as Truman Capote, Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy, Malcolm X and Bob Dylan. It runs until November 17. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for more information.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Joey - The Mechanical Boy: The Blue Room Theatre This new work by the Nest Ensemble uses the interplay between a child psychologist and a troubled, possibly autistic boy to examine notions of personality, individuality and functionality. It runs from November 4 - 22. Go to blueroom.org.au for tickets and session times.

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Fremantle Festival The 109th Fremantle Festival is almost upon us, bringing with all manner of joyous pageantry, fun, music, culture and festivities, from the Blessing Of The Fleet to the Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival. It runs until November 9 - go to fremantle.wa.gov.au for full details. Emirates British Film Festival From November 5 - 18, head to Cinema Paradiso to catch the best of new and classic British cinema, including WWI coming of age drama Testament Of Youth, Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, and ageless gems such as If..., Billy Liar, A Hard Day’s Night and Zulu. Go to britishfilmfestival.com.au for further details.

Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon The Ocean Floor: The Blue Room Theatre From acclaimed Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer and director Adam Mitchell comes this ambitious love story that spans time and space. It runs from November 11 - 29. Go to blueroom.org.au for more.

Russian Resurrection Film Festival The biggest Russian film festival in the world outside of the Motherland itself returns for its 11th year, this time at a new home - Event Cinemas Innaloo. From November 6 - 12, catch the best cinema that Russia has to offer, including the award-winning Test, the gritty war drama Stalingrad (that’s the 2013 Stalingrad) and Akira Kurosawa’s 1975 classic, Dersu Uzala. For more info, hit up russianresurrection.com.

Gasp!: State Theatre Centre From the pen of Ben Elton comes Gasp!, a dark fable about the commoditisation of nature. A reworking of Elton’s first play, Gasping, it posits a world in which the very air we breathe has been privatised. Black Swan State Theatre Company’s final production for 2014 runs until November 9. Go to bsstc.com.au for session times and tickets.

MoveMe Improvisational Festival Presented by STRUT Dance in association with MoveMe and PICA, this is Perth’s first ever Performance Improvisation Festival. See on the mark and up to the minute work from some of the best improv performers from the worlds of dance, music and more. It runs from November 22 - 30. Go to pica.org.au for more.

Wil Anderson - Wiluminati: Perth Convention And Exhibition Centre The beloved comedian plays Perth on Friday, November 21, and Saturday, November 22. Book through Ticketek.

FESTIVALS Little Big Shots Film Festival For Kids Coming to the Fremantle Arts Centre inner courtyard until October 9 is this family friendly showcase of short cinema, which features sessions suitable for everyone from toddlers to teens (two years to 15, to be precise). Go to fac.org.au for tickets and session times.

The 2014 Light Up Leederville Carnival The City of Vincent and Leederville Connect are lighting up Leederville for another year of entertainment and attractions. Wander along Oxford Street adorned in lights offering a vast array of food, music, bars, fashion, art and children’s entertainment. This free family friendly event will take place on Sunday December 7 from 12- 8pm. Visit leedervillecarnival.com.au for more information. To have your performance, exhibition or cultural event listed, get in touch via

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SUMMER FESTIVAL ROUND-UP Block Rockin’ Outdoor Beats Perth may have lost the Big Day Out and Soundwave, but there’s still plenty o’ outdoor music festival action as we move into summer if you’re in the market for some rays and a whole lotta tuneage. Dig in!

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BLUES AT BRIDGETOWN Bridgetown Friday-Sunday, November 7-9 Joe Louis Walker, Russell Morris, The Beautiful Girls, Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, The Black Sorrows featuring Joe Camilleri, Rick Price, Kristy Lee, Blue Shaddy, Bondi Cigars, Hussy Hicks, Lloyd Spiegel, Rick Steele, Morgan Bain and many more The 22 nd annual Blues At Bridgetown festival features over 40 acts featuring 110 musicians playing for a total of 135 performance hours. Held in a handful of venues throughout the picturesque South-West town, Blues At Bridgetown features a great family atmosphere and an all-in Saturday street party. International blues stars Joe Louis Walker and Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges join Joe Camilleri’s Black Sorrows, the reunited Beautiful Girls, Bondi Cigars, Lloyd Spiegel and legendary Russell Morris from interstate, and local favourites Blue Shaddy, Morgan Bain, Rick Steele and many more will also feature in this amazing celebration of the many shades of blues music.

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FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Arena Joondalup Sunday, March 1, 2015 Drake, Avicii, The Prodigy, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Example, Sigma, 2 Chainz, Kiesza, Klingande, Robin Schulz, Nero, Die Antwoord, Gorgon City, Blasterjaxx, Bassjackers, Tchami, Carnage, Throttle, Cocoon: Sven Vath, Art Department, Appollonia, Yellow Claw... and more Future Music Festival headliner Drake looks set to deliver on the festival’s promise of ‘THE biggest names of today…alongside the hottest stars of tomorrow’, and with extra support from the likes of The Prodigy and Avicii it seems a forgone conclusion that this will be one of the most popular summer events for ravers and dance fans. The full first-round line-up is above and there’s more to come.

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Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton Saturday-Sunday, January 3-4, 2015 Alt-J, Milky Chance, Jamie XX, SBTRKT, Spiderbait, Salt N Pepa, John Butler Trio, Glass Animals, Cold War Kids, Joey Bada$$, Todd Terje, Bluejuice, Jagwar Ma, The Temper Trap, Vance Joy, The Black Lips, Alison Wonderland, Asgeir, DMAs, The Kite String Tangle, The Presets, George Ezra, Safia, Movement, Jagwar Ma, Sticky Fingers, Julian Casablancas & The Voidz, Kim Churchill, Todd Terje, Wolf Alice, Robyn & Royksopp, Remi, Tycho, Tkay Maidza, Run The Jewels Southbound is WA’s premier summer camping and music festival, and in 2015 they’ve made the big leap forward to allow campers to set up tents right next to their cars, which means more gear and added security. Great tunes are provided over two days by UK Indie outfit alt-J, John Butler Trio, Spiderbait, hip-hop legends Salt N Pepa, Vance Joy, The Temper Trap, underground favourites DMAs, ex-Stroke Julian Casablancas & The Voidz and many more. Set in Busselton’s Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Southbound is the perfect post-New Year’s party.

Esplanade Reserve And West End, Fremantle Sunday, February 8, 2015 St Vincent, Jungle, Lykke Li, Royal Blood, Future Islands, Flight Facilities, Courtney Barnett, Andy Bull, Seekae, FKA Twigs, Mac De Marco (and his mother Agnes), Angel Olsen, Banks, Benjamin Booker, Caribou, Connan Mockasin, Dune Rats, Eagulls, Eves, Flying Lotus (Layer 3), Highasakite, Jesse Davidson, Jon Hopkins, Little Dragon, Mansionair, Perfect Pussy, Peter Bibby, POND, Ratking, Raury, Rusty, Sohn, Vic Mensa After starting in a small laneway in Melbourne in 2006, Laneway now serves up a top notch line-up of obscure but so-hot-right-now urban talent right around the country and across to Singapore and Auckland in 2015. Featuring a host of acts riding a wave of popularity and buzz bands galore, Laneway is headed up by the UK chart-toppers Royal Blood, Mercury Award nominee FKA Twiggs, US synth-pop band Future Islands, alt-pop singer Andy Bull, Courtney Barnett and Perth’s own psych rockers, Pond.

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COLAB UWA Oak Lawn Saturday, November 29. Hermitude, Midnight Juggernauts, The Jungle Giants, The Kite String Tangle, Sable, Indian Summer, Gang Of Youths, The Creases, Citizen Kay and a Triple J Unearthed winner. The CoLab festival is dance heavy, beatssteady and has your feet written all over it. It’s a festival built on the collective ideals of local WA crews –music industry representatives, Perth-based creatives, food innovators and UWA clubs - teaming with some of the country’s leading live music acts. CoLAB will take place in the beautiful surrounds of the University of Western Australia Oak Lawn, on Saturday, November 29. colabfestival.com.au

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STEREOSONIC Claremont Showgrounds Saturday-Sunday, November 29-30 Calvin Harris, Tiësto, Diplo, Disclosure (DJ Set), W&W, DJ Snake, Duke Dumont, Will Sparks, RL Grime, Peking Duk, NERVO, Cedric Gervais, Cosmic Gate, Andrew Rayel Tale Of Us, Destructo, Ørjan Nilsen, Nina Kraviz Oliver Heldens, Wilkinson, Scuba, Cash Cash, Kölsch, MaRLo, Mano Le Tough, Shogun, Uberjak’d Mark Sixma, Nina Las Vegas, Timmy Trumpet M4SONIC, Tigerlily, Generik and L D R U & Yahtzel Skrillex, Alesso, Steve Aoki Showtek, Dash Berlin, Carl Cox Porter Robinson (Live) Laidback Luke, New World Punx TJR, Ferry Corsten and more EDM fans have been losing the plot over the huge Stereosonic 2014 line-up, with promoters locking in an amazing array of talent from the national and international scene. With the return of the two-day format, Stereosonic might just live up to their publicity, declaring it ‘the greatest EDM line-up Australia has ever seen’. With megastar names Calvin Harris, Tiesto and Skrillex joined by regular visitor Carl Cox, Ferry Corsten, Peking Duk, Nina Las Vegas and many more, you’ll need your dancing shoes for this weekend of dreams.

Barnard Park, Busselton Saturday, January 24, 2015 Icehouse, Diesel, James Reyne, Ross Wilson, Absolutely ‘80s (featuring Brian Mannix, Dale Ryder, Scott Carne, David Sterry), Wendy Matthews The very best in Australian rock will gather together to celebrate Australia Day at the second annual Oz Rock Busselton party. Headlined by the incomparable Icehouse, the show will be all about music from our Great Southern Land. With Diesel’s soulful rock n’ roll, James Reyne playing solo hits and Australian Crawl classics, Ross Wilson revisiting his Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock and solo classics, the Absolutely ‘80s supergroup rolling out favourites from Uncanny X-Men, Boom Crash Opera, Kids In The Kitchen and more, and Wendy Matthews uber-stylish grooves, this is the place to be down South to wave the flag on Australia Day weekend.

RED HILL AUSTRALIA DAY EVE CONCERT Red Hill Auditorium Sunday, January 25, 2015 Icehouse, Diesel, James Reyne & supports An outdoors amphitheatre set in a national park with panoramic views of Perth, Red Hill Auditorium promises the perfect venue for a quintessential celebration of Oz Rock at their Australia Day Eve concert. Headliners Icehouse, along with the iconic Diesel and ex-Australian Crawl and solo star James Reyne, are sure to deliver hit after hit from the ‘80s and ‘90s to now. Shuttle buses from outlying suburbs (Joondalup all the way to Mandurah) to and from the event will help ensure you have a great night and get home safely. tickets.redhillgigs.com.au

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BREAKFEST Belvoir Amphitheatre Friday, December 26 Shockone, Krafty Kuts + Dynamite MC, Etc!Etc!, Lady Waks, DJSS & Grooverider, Marten Horger, Dodge & Fuski, Just A Gent, Utah Jazz, Neon Steve, Habstrakt, Funkanomics Locally produced and internationally renowned, Breakfest has supplied pumped-up and come-down beats every Boxing Day at Belvoir Amphitheatre in the Swan Valley since 2001. DJ and producer Shockone, hip-hop influenced breakbeat spinners Kraft Kuts + Dynamite MC, LA-based producer Etc!Etc!, the first lady of broken beat Lady Waks, drum & bass legend Grooverider with DJSS and many more will be spinning discs across the main stage, a local talent Beach Party stage complete with beach volleyball and the return of Tony Club – all add up to dance music’s ‘best day ever.’ boomtick.com.au 24

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Perth International Arts Festival Thursday, February 12 ‘til Saturday, March 7, 2015 Line-up to be announced on November 5. If no-one knew about it, the Chevron Festival Gardens would be the city’s best-kept secret of the summer. Everyone knows about it however, and it’s widely loved for its always entertaining and diverse line-up of contemporary music acts. The line-up has not yet been announced but given the whispers we’ve heard, it’s going to be another knockout.

Kings Park & Botanical Gardens Saturday, March 14, 2015 Billy Idol, Cheap Trick, The Angels, The Choirboys Billy Idol blazed a trail through London’s punk scene with Generation X before going solo in America, bringing punk attitude and energy to pop rock hits such as Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell, Hot In The City and White Wedding. Now he’s back with a new album, an autobiography detailing his crazy rock n’ roll life, and a tour of Australia. With US power pop rock legends Cheap Trick and Oz Rock royalty The Angels and The Choirboys in tow, this will be an unmissable night with something for everyone.

Kings Park Botanical Gardens Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23 Jimmy Barnes, The Living End, Ian Moss, Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates Perennial favourite, Barnesy, returns to Perth to headline the Evening On The Green series over two big nights. Coinciding with the release of his 30/30 Hindsight album celebrating – you guessed it – 30 years as a solo artist, the shows will see Barnes inviting audience members on-stage to spin the Jimmy Barnes Greatest Hits Spinning Wheel, thereby creating different setlists every night. With favourites The Living End, Barnes’ ex-Cold Chisel band mate Ian Moss, and daughter Mahalia in support, these promise to be a bonanza for fans of soulful Oz Rock.

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SUMMER DAZE AND NIGHTS What’s On In Summer HIGH ROAD HOTEL In true spring racing carnival tradition, The High Road Hotel invites you attend our renowned Melbourne Cup Luncheon. Hosted by seasoned Telethon presenter Jamie Mercanti, doors open at 10.30am to the two ticketed events for the day. You can join in for either a $65 per head set menu in the Bistro or a $40 per head cocktail party to be held in the beautiful alfresco garden adjacent to the Bistro. Both events will enjoy all the fun of the day with Jamie hosting pre-race venue sweeps, a fashion parade with Crazy, Sexy, Cool, some in-house competitions for best dressed and best hat, with some pamper hamper giveaways and prizes, plus a DJ. Bookings are essential with payment by Friday, October 31. Head to highroadhotel.com.au.

SUMMERSET ARTS FESTIVAL 2015

SUMMER OF MUSIC

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The Summerset Arts Festival returns to the City of Stirling this summer with stacks of free and affordable entertainment including comedy, circus, music, theatre, visual art, children’s events and much more, from Saturday, January 24, to Sunday, February 8. The opening weekend will kick off the festival with a Seaside Carnival at Scarborough Beach. Here you can also check out the Sunset Veranda pop-up venue which returns to our shores for another season of entertainment for everyone! The popular Kids Kerfuffle obstacle course will also be back to entertain the little ones, along with a raft of other events and activities for the whole family. Check out summersetartsfestival.com. au for all the details or to request the full program.

The Australia Day weekend is a time for all Australians to enjoy the sun, good local music and a cool beverage and what better way to spend it than at the Australian Made Summer of Music. Held at the Bendigo Bank Stadium Mandurah, the line-up will include greats such as Pete Murray, You Am I, The Whitlams, Daryl Braithwaite, Mental As Anything and Dave Warner. Summer Of Music is a licensed event that pays homage to the all the Aussie greats on Saturday, January 24. Tickets on sale now via ticketmaster.com.au

The Saint will be hosting this year’s hottest Christmas Eve party featuring Tonite Only, Tenzin, Rob Pix plus a huge local DJ line-up. There will be food stalls set up on the deck plus a huge range of drinks to get you into the festive spirit! Tickets are available from oztix.com.au. Get in quick before they sell out!

FEED BOX MARKET Feed Box Market is a pop-up market, open every Saturday from 8am-1pm, kicking off on Saturday, November 8, through to Saturday, December 27. Feed Box Market is located on the lower grassed area of The Esplanade, Scarborough Beach. There’s be plenty of food, wicked workshops and demonstrations that you can book into, awesome live music and kids activities for your enjoyment. And ample parking! Head to feedboxmarket.com.au.

POLKA DOT VINTAGE MARKETS The Polka Dot Vintage Market will be happening as part of the 3 in 1 Market at Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday-Sunday, November 15-16, a huge twoday market for lovers of all things vintage. Browse stall upon stall of girls and guys vintage and retro clothing and accessories, retro collectables, vinyl records, vintage jewellery, vintage inspired and up-cycled wares, retro furniture, preloved designer fashion, handmade wares and gourmet goodies. It’s all happening from 9.30am4.30pm. Check the Polka Dot Vintage Market Facebook page for more details. Polka Dot Vintage

THE DATING BOUTIQUE

THE WEMBLEY BOB’S BAR

Pure Bar is set to host the launch of The Dating Boutique, Perth’s newest dating service with a difference. The launch will take place on Friday, November 14, and will be open to the public from 7pm. The organisation will not only offer membership to singles, but they cater for same sex, FIFO and disabled introductions. The Dating Boutique will operate on a membership basis. Once membership is purchased clients have unlimited access to the site and all its features, at no additional cost. For more information on The Dating Boutique, visit thedatingboutique.com.au. For more information on the launch, call Zally on 0439 791 991.

Bobs is the official Beer HQ for this years WA Beer Week 2014. They’re hosting some great events over this time including BobsFest, featuring limited edition, one-kegonly brews, being tapped over the four days of the event. Their new Mexican street food menu has been created by a chef who used to run Mexican food trucks in Seattle. Think delicious summer beverages/cocktails, mezcal, tequila, craft beer and white sangria! The soundtrack to the summer of Bob will be produced live by DJ Saul, fresh off the back of a killer season in Ibiza, he will play the roof all summer on Saturdays and Sundays.

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The Wembley Hotel is putting its best foot forward for this year’s Melbourne Cup. Come down and watch the racing action, doors open at 10am! Free Entry - Full a la carte menu available, three bars, 12 big screens, sweeps, marquee, open 10m, mc and dj entertainment Two Packages Available: $80 Cocktail Luncheon – all-inclusive four-hour cocktail food and beverage package, VIP bar, giant screen. $110 VIP Chandon Room - all-inclusive fourhour chef’s gourmet grill and beverage package, MC/DJ entertai nment, mys te ry b e t s , t wo giant screens, VIP bar. Tickets on sale now. And don’t forget there’s live music in the beer garden every Sunday from 2pm with $12 chicken parmi’s and $10 premium tap beers all day every day.

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TESSERACT Carousel Dance Company & Danger Cabaret will be sweeping Perth off their feet from Sunday, November 30, with the breathtaking debut production of Tesseract. A modern ballet of curiosities fusing the art of dance, movement and circus arts intersected by the auditory prowess of Perth’s very own dirty fuzz punk blues band, The Floors. This incredible awakening theatrical exploration of multiple dimensions of movement, sound and emotion will have you begging for more at the edge of your seat. Tesseract harnesses the international calibre of local artists to bring together a true phenomenon not like anything before. Tesseract will be suitable for ages 15+. Bookings at carouseldancecompany.com. Tesseract

ANNUAL GREAT BEER AND CIDER FAIR The Annual Great Beer And Cider Fair comes back to Joondalup’s beautiful Central Park on Saturday, November 22, opening at midday and cracking on until 7pm. The fair is a celebration of local and international beers and ciders, with over 100 pale ales, golden ales, lagers, IPAs, bitters, stouts, ciders, sherrys and more available. Tickets include five free samples to get you started for the day, and kids under 15 get in for free. Tickets are $29 (plus booking fee) and can be found on Facebook at The Great Beer and Cider Fair, Oxtix.com.au or via Oztix Retail Outlets.

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SUMMER BEER Suds In The Sun Maybe we have a problem, but to us beer is an integral part of the Australian summer experience. Negotiating the vast array of boutique and small batch beer now available at any halfway decent liquor store these days can be a daunting task, so we reached out to PIA POYNTON of excellent beer blog Girl + Beer to tell us what we should be sampling.

FERAL WATERMELON WARHEAD Swan Valley, WA 2.9% Berliner Weisse

BOOTLEG SPEAKEASY IPA

When it’s stupid-degrees hot outside and you’re about to hit melting point, best to wrap your hands around of pint of this. Out of the Swan Valley comes this 2.9% ABV Berliner Weisse, a sour wheat beer, that has been doused with local watermelon and then left to its own devices in some ex-chardonnay barrels. The result is one of the most refreshing beers you’ll find. Tangy, fruity with a noticeable freshly cut watermelon character, it’s not available all year round but when it is, it’s incredible.

MOUNTAIN GOAT SUMMER ALE Richmond, VIC 4.7% ABV Summer Ale If you associate summer with camping trips, hiking and adventure then this craft beer in a can should be part of your essential packing. Or maybe you’re just kinda clumsy so a can would be a great way to avoid embarrassing spillage. Either way it’s the contents of the can that counts and in this case it’s hoppy, fresh, crisp and delicious.

Margaret River, WA 3.5% ABV Session IPA It’s called ‘small’ but don’t underestimate the big beer that’s lurking in this 3.5% ABV mini-monster. Arguably the best lower alcohol beer kicking around, tastiness and flavour are entirely uncompromised. Hints of caramel support citrusy hops and the finish is nice and dry. Being responsible never tasted so good.

STONE & WOOD PACIFIC ALE Byron Bay, NSW 4.4% ABV Pacific Ale An Australian summer beer list that doesn’t include this beer would be ceremoniously laughed at and shown the recycling bin. From Bryon Bay to Fremantle, this beer is loved by all whose lips have been treated to its bright passion fruit characters. Pacific Ale is more refreshing than a splash in the ocean and more highly spoken of than Mother Theresa.

From the region’s oldest brewery comes their Speakeasy IPA, a beer that if it was a Broadway show would get a standing ovation. When the sun has started to set and you’re looking for a beer with a bit more punch, more citrus, more stone fruits and chewy caramel, this is the beer you want to reach for. Bootleg Speakeasy IPA

Stone & Wood Pacific Ale

HOMESTEAD KAISER’S CHOICE HEFEWEIZEN Swan Valley, WA 5% ABV Hefeweizen

NAIL RED ALE

Mountain Goat Summer Ale

COLONIAL SMALL ALE

Margaret River, WA 5.5% ABV American India Pale Ale

Bassendean, WA 6% ABV Red Ale This is the latest addition to the permanent Nail beer family. Brewed right here in Perth, Nail is the sort of brewery that makes beer geeks in Melbourne turn green with envy. Expect a beer with fresh hoppy notes like grapefruit and mango balanced perfectly against a bit of caramel. Also expect your palate to demand you go back for seconds. Nail Red Ale

Homestead is Perth’s newest brewery, it’s home is the Swan Valley just in case you needed another excuse to head that way. Their Hefeweizen, a German style wheat beer, is a soft beer with just the right amount of banana and light spices to make any fan of this beer style go weak at the knees and back to the bar for seconds. Wheat beers are a summer favourite and when you find a great example like this you’ll want to drink it all year round.

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EAGLE BAY PALE ALE Dunsborough, WA 5.1% ABV American-style Pale Ale Your burgers and sausages are screaming out for this beer. This pale ale is bursting with tropical fruit salad and citrusy flavour bombs; that’s right, I said ‘flavour bombs’. Take a six-pack of this to your mate’s BBQ and, if you’re the sharing type, you’ll make new friends quickly. Eagle Bay Pale Ale

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GAGE ROADS BREWING CO Liking, as we do, a tasty drop on a hot day, we touched base with Gage Roads Brewing Co. brand ambassador Kyle Petrie to get the scoop on their seasonal offerings. What does your role actually entail? My role is to drive On-Premise Sales and Marketing for Gage Roads Brewing Co. I’m responsible for having our beers ranged in the best bars across Perth, the Gage social media pages, on premise events and sponsorship and, of course, quality control.

Matisse Beach Club

What’s the Gage Roads story? Gage Roads has been brewing close to Fremantle for almost 10 years and now and is ranged in bottle shops nationally. It’s had some great success nationally but has lacked a voice here in WA. The past 12 months has been all about getting back in touch with the community and in particular quality local bars, retailers and the passionate craft beer lovers. It’s definitely challenging but rewarding.

MATISSE The Scarborough Outlook

Tell us about the summer range. The new range of Gage beers we’ve just released comes at a really busy time for the brewery. We’ve just executed a brand refresh which means a new logo, new pack design, new brew processed and not one but three new products: Narrow Neck Session Ale, South Beach Summer Ale and Break Water Pale Ale. The new beers are all unfiltered and dryhopped so we’re retaining a lot of the flavour and hop characters that makes a great craft beer. They’re also all very sessionable beers which is due to a lower IBU count (bitterness) meaning once you’ve finished one you’ll most likely be coming back for another. Got a personal favourite? I’m loving the Narrow Neck right now. The brewers have nailed this one. It’s a Session IPA which has all the flavour and body of a full strength but sits at just 3.9% ABV which allows you to keep your senses in check.

CLASSIC SUMMER COCKTAILS Five Of The Best Beer not your thing? Take the edge off your day with one of these. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Mojito - rum, sugar, lime and mint - the taste of Havana. Margarita - tequila, triple sec and lime - don’t forget to salt the rim! Pimm’s Cup - be a Lady Who Lunches. Daiquiri - another gift from Cuba. Check out Hemingway’s personal recipe. Bloody Mary - start the day right with vitamins, minerals and vodka.

Matisse Beach Club has provided a popular new entertainment alternative in Scarborough since its opening earlier this year. Manager Gina Brand reflects on the venue and the future of Scarborough itself.

for a long time, but options for food and beverage were limited. Matisse is a completely new and unique concept for Perth and as such doesn’t directly compete with neighbouring businesses. The more options that are available to residents, visitors and tourists, the more Scarborough will grow and become a buzzing hospitality precinct.

Do you feel that Scarborough is going through something of a rebirth? There are many new businesses opening in long abandoned tenancies along The Esplanade including small bars, restaurants and cafes, all of which will go toward ensuring Scarborough is considered as an How’s Matisse Beach Club enjoyed it’s opening year entertainment precinct in coming years. Scarborough has definitely missed out on the tourism market in so far? We’re loving it. Autumn was a tough time previous years and has suffered a bad reputation from to open for a Beach Club but we have still had a businesses that have long shut down. It is time to fantastic six months and have seen the business grow recognise that the Scarborough demographic is largely week on week. We are on the official countdown to made up of professional people. The median house summer and are looking forward to seeing the venue price is steadily increasing and the suburb needs to at its peak. The Beach Club concept is new to Perth be able to provide hospitality options to suit the new and we are excited to be able to showcase the venue Scarborough demographics lifestyle. and offer Perth a unique experience. Our recently launched cabana packages which include premium The State Govt have invested $30m and City of bottle service have been well received and we also Stirling have invested $27.4 million to revitalise the have some exciting events to announce in coming beachfront - do you think we’ll see a whole new Scarborough? weeks! We are anticipating a very busy summer. We certainly hope so. There are a lot of ideas Has your clientele indicated to you that it was and plans being discussed for the area by both the State Government and the City of Stirling, all of which something that Scarborough was waiting for? Definitely. The general feedback we have are exciting and will see Scarborough fulfil its potential received is that Scarborough residents have previously as a tourist attraction and entertainment precinct. We suffered a lack of choice. There was some great are proud to be a part of the changes and actively businesses that have been trading at Scarborough support all new businesses opening in the area.

WHAT WE DO IN SUMMER

Top Five Things To Do In Summer With Adam Peter Scott 1. Stay away from the beach: Humans weren’t built for Australian heat. You’ll burn to death out there and the last thing you’ll see is a Southern Cross tattoo on lobster-red skin whilst sand creeps into your butt-cleavage. You deserve better.

JAYDE TAYLOR Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, Hockeyroos Scott Ludlam, Greens Senator What do you look forward to most about summer? Heading down south to the family home, relaxing by the pool and having time to catch up with friends and family... and the weather of course. What are your favourite things to do? An early morning walk/run/workout then relaxing for the day with friends and family. What places do you like to head out to for a drink/ coffee with friends? Cottesloe, South Perth and Perth City has some really cool places now too, I’m always up for trying out new places. What’s your favourite summer drink? Simple! Sparkling water with some lemon or lime and for special occasions a rich, buttery chardonnay or gin and tonic. What are your favourite summer sports (to play or watch)? I enjoy watching the tennis, the shorter games of cricket, anything on TV, really. Where’s your favourite summer holiday destination in WA? The South West, so many beautiful places to visit. The family home is in Bunbury so it’s great being able to do short day trips further south from there. Jayde Taylor and teammate Brooke Perris get photobombed by the Queen at the Commonwealth Games 28

2. See an Oscar-bait movie:

“The small bar and laneway scene, really having taken off in the last couple of years, really takes off in summer, so that would be my first of five. My particular favourites would be Mrs Brown’s in North Freo and some of the newer places like Mechanics in Northbridge - that little William St strip is really coming into its own. And The Bird, if they’ve got someone live playing. “Live music would be number two, so go to Fremantle Arts Centre or go to Mojos. Mojos still really jumps around and has interesting acts that can’t always get a gig anywhere else. That little North Freo hub is really fun. Obviously the Freo Arts Centre is awesome. “The river. Try and take yourself upriver. Actually get out on the water or go for a walk along the river. We tend to forget just how utterly gorgeous it is, but summer evenings are the best time. “The beach, just because it’s there and we tend to forget that it’s there. I don’t always really like what it’s like during the day but, again, evenings and nights at the beach make your realise just how perfect the place is. “And my last one is a bit of a touristy one but just get up to Kings Park when the sea breeze is in. We just tend to forget how superb it is up there this huge area of native bushland and these gorgeous views. It’s just sublime to get up there when you’ve got a bit of time out.” Scott Ludlam

Our summer matches up nicely with the Hollywood awards season, so head to Luna in Leederville to see all the obscure films vying for recognition. Guaranteed you’ll see an actor trying (and failing) to talk in an unusual accent.

Lisa Scaffidi, Perth Lord Mayor “I must admit in all honesty I’m not really a summer person! However what I like most are the bright blue skies and the radiance of summer. I enjoy swimming immensely and when time allows I slip down to Cottesloe Beach in the early am hours for a dip in the ocean. I love salads and barbecues and refreshing icy cocktails on my days off!” Lisa Scaffidi

3. Read an actual book: You can still get printed ones on paper from Kaleido Books at the Perth Train Station. Don’t even pretend you’re going to finish that list of classics like War And Peace and Moby-Dick. Give in to your pulpiest impulses and read some Stephen King. 4. Drunk some science: Did you ever think that, man, SciTech would be awesome if it weren’t for all these damn kids? Then keep an eye on SciTech’s Facebook page for the next SciTech After Dark. They even serve alcohol so you can forget anything you learn. 5. Laugh a bunch: Live stand-up comedians are waiting for you in your area (usually with air-conditioning). If you’re keen, look any of these shows up: Shapiro Tuesday’s, Laugh Resort or Infinite Jest. Or even come to my show.

Jonathan Holloway, Artist Director: Perth International Arts Festival

Adam Peter Scott is a local comedian and host of Perth’s best (and only) live game show, Trivia Death Match. Find out more at facebook.com/adampeterscott

“Three words: Festival, Festival, Festival. That used to be just one Festival, but now it is many and diverse. It is going to be a giant year. Bring it on!”

Adam Peter Scott Pic: Shaun Ferraloro

Jonathan Holloway Pic: Toni Wilkinson

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SUMMER DINING Eat To The Heat Longer evenings mean lingering dinners while the heat of the day leaches away. Hit up these dining hotspots to get the most out of your culinary summer.

BIVOUAC

BLUEWATER GRILL

A bold, Mediterranean flavoured menu and a killer location at the city end of William Street make this relaxed eatery a Northbridge institution.

Fine dining, excellent service and one of the best views the city has to offer. Bluewater Grill

Bivouac

THE MOON CAFE The Moon has whole new brunch menu, and it is out of control. Braised lamb on sourdough, corn fritters, buttermilk pancakes, plus Irish coffee or a bloody mary - it’s the eye-opener you’ve been looking for.

THE OLD CROW Relaxed, casual dining with a Southern-influenced menu right in the heart of Northbridge.

TIGER, TIGER

The Old Crow

The Moon Cafe

Sure, there are plenty of cafes in the city, but not all of them can boast a French chef.

LITTLE CREATURES LOFT The Fremantle Doctor, a sterling range of beer and a top-notch kitchen - what more could you want? Little Creatures

Tiger, Tiger

THE ROYAL ON THE WATERFRONT

THE MEATBALL BAR

Located right on the water in Claisebrook Cove, this is the perfect place for a lazy, sunny weekend afternoon. They even have boat moorings!

A wine bar with a meatball-centric menu, this new addition to Newcastle Street edges out IKEA by dint of possessing a liquor license.

Top notch vegetarian Indian cuisine right on the Perth Shafto Lane boasts some great eateries, but none waterfront. better than this inner city staple.

The Royal On The Waterfront

The Meatball Bar

Annalakshmi

ANNALAKSHMI

FILM

ROOFTOP MOVIES Up On The Roof Repo Man

Summer is upon us and that means the return of the outdoor cinema season. TRAVIS JOHNSON speaks to Rooftop Movies Program Director, Jessica Darlow, about what’s being screened this year. In the few years that it’s been in operation, Rooftop Movies has become one of the most anticipated events of the year for Perth’s movie fans. For a few short months, the roof of the City Of Perth Roe Street Car Park plays host to an impressive array of cinematic treats, from cult classics to recent blockbusters. This year the tradition continues, albeit with a few minor adjustments to the formula. Trying to describe the philosophy behind this year’s program, Jessica Darlow reaches for a suitably cinematic metaphor. “In our candy bar last year we had a variety of candy called Retro Party Mix - this is the Party Mix without the Retro, or with only a half serve of Retro. You know, like, we kind of have favoured new release films. We’re lucky enough to be able to access them with our digital cinema system, so there’s some great stuff coming out - we’re just going for it.” Indeed, the program thus far released includes many blockbusters that graved multiplex screens earlier in the year, including Gone Girl, The Maze Runner, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Fury. But Darlow is adamant that it’s not all popcorn fodder. “I don’t think it’s altogether more mainstream,” she says. “We have a really open dialogue with our audience, and in addition to things like ticket sale numbers we have a really active Facebook page and we get lots of request come in and this is what people want to see. We’ve asked people like Highs And Lows and our audience in the Chooseday competition to help 30

us decide what classic and retro films we should add into that mix.” Chooseday sees punters vote on what classic films they’d like to see screened on, homophonically enough, each Tuesday of the season. Familiar favourites such as Zoolander, Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction will get an airing, as well as the odd deeper cut. “The very strong campaign to get Repo Man on the roof was palpable,” she says, referring to Alex Cox’s cult 1984 punk comedy. “And we were really lucky enough to get a copy of that converted especially for us. It was so close to not going through because the distributor of that film had to figure out with the producer if they were happy to covert it to digital format for us. And he was like, ‘You may not be able to have Repo Man but you could have (unrelated naff sci-fi actioner) Repo Men, maybe’. That would have been so funny! “Also, The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys had a lot of really strong support. We make these decisions on Chooseday based on what gets the most votes and what’s available. So, even though I might pooh-pooh The Notebook, it’s one of those films that people just want to keep seeing and who are we not to give the people what they want?” Rooftop Movies opens on Thursday, October 30, with a sold-out screening of What We Do In The Shadows. For info and tickets, head to rooftopmovies.com.au

Sjana Earp, at the forefront of the fit model movement.

FIT FASHION Choose Life In a world where we are constantly surrounded by media images of beauty, sometimes it is important to step back and see how the style and message has changed. Every generation has been imposed with a different ‘perfect’ body image. Where women once envied the curves and sex appeal of Marilyn they were replaced with a new era of tall, slim models like Twiggy and Moss. With summer approaching, HALEY GRAYDON asks: is there really nothing as tasty as skinny feels?

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THE BELASYSE The Belasyse

This question is being approached by a new generation of ‘fit fashion’. Social media is filled with new fit role models. Set on achieving muscle tone, eating well and respecting your body, these women advocate protein powders, not cigarettes. Brands are capitalising on the fitness movement by using girls with bust, strong cores or a passion for yoga as their muses. This relatable and attainable ambassador is better for business and better for the girls who look to it for inspiration. According to Do Something About It Org, 91 per cent of women surveyed said they were unhappy with their body image. Of those who participated, only 5 per cent had the body criterion supported in American media, and even they had something they were not happy with. While ‘body image’ is often portrayed in a negative sense, a new group have emerged to promote a positive spin. In the Youth Awards For Body Image, groups such as Sportsgirl and Girlfriend magazine have taken the initiative to get the new norm to be well, normal. Where Elle as ‘The Body’ was once a single beacon of healthiness, a new wave of prominent fitness gurus (like Sjana Earp of Smyle blog fame) is emerging. With mini-tutorials on their blogs and healthy eating recipes, the world is swept up in a healthy euphoria. A l t h o u g h t h e s e a re by d e f i n i t i o n ‘healthier’ role models, most of the time people don’t see or understand the effort that these people go to when achieve their goals. Strict diets, lots of exercise and infallible will power is not natural or healthy for all. As a result, girls are constantly exposed to the end result, without seeing where these fit role models came from. Sometimes it’s just down to genetics, other times it’s a lot of behind the scenes work. The summer pressure to be toned, tanned and healthy has lead to some extreme fads including ‘teatoxes’, a potent natural laxative blend that promotes weight loss. I a m n o t d e ny i n g t h at t h e re a re disadvantages to promoting fit fashion, but if we teach ourselves, our daughters and our friends to take the positive messages out of it we could be on the right track. Away from the catwalk scene, these girls promote balance and reaching your own personal fitness goals. Be inspired by their healthy recipes, be encouraged by their start out stories and be empowered by their advocating of balance. Step away from the diet shake and go to yoga, laugh a little and learn to blend greens into a smoothie. Love, be selective of your role models and empower yourself by choosing your summer message.

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IN HAWAII

SUMMER TRENDS Sizzle

No longer for daggy dads, the Hawaiian shirt is making a splash poolside this summer. Floral prints aren’t restricted to the female persuasion, or paisley. Plain tee + open Hawaiian shirt with rolled up sleeves, camel coloured shorts and some loafers. Yeaah.

Summer. When you’re woken by the sun shining through your curtains but it’s only 5am; when you don’t need to rush out of the shower for fear of freezing, and when you cross the road and your undies turn into bathers. PENNY LANE runs through the top fashion trends to look out for when the temperature rises.

BUTTON ME UP Sleeves or no sleeves, the collared shirt is a must have for a night out – a definite if you want to go out and get in anywhere in Perth after dark. Wear it loose and buttoned up high. Producers Safia all buttoned up

THE ALMIGHTY TANK

JUMP!

The answer to those broad shoulder woes, the tank cut is both flattering and sophisticated. The high neckline breaks up the space between neck and cleavage, enhancing the twins all at the same time. Rep as a crop top with a long, high-waisted skirt, a streamlined panel dress, or as a tankini at the beach.

When you walk into a shop looking for a maxi dress and all you can find are jumpsuits in disguise, you know you’re in for a season of long, flowing pant legs and struggle town when you need to pee. If you’re tall go for a deep plunge line, and those lacking length in the leg department, a high neck and revealing back.

Zimmerman Elixor tankini

Cue

COLOURFUL THREADS Colour gets a revamp this season with bright Aztec prints and graphic florals in bralettes, dresses, maxis and pants. Pastel hues continue to feature, with lemon, guava and tangerine tones, and get a little fruity with prints featuring pineapples, watermelons and bananas. In contrast to the bright and bubbly, greyscale floral prints in both apparel and swim wear are becoming increasingly popular, and stripes remain a staple.

KNITTING NANNA

Tigerlily

We all wish we had a grandma that could knit us anything from a scarf to a full bikini set, but the shops will have to suffice. Get your bum cheeks into some white crochet shorts and team with a bikini top or cut-out one piece for an easy, breezy beachside look.

PARENT ADVISORY

Sea Dreamer

Word on the shirt is big letters and even bigger statements. Find familiar slogans like ‘Parental Guidance Advisory’ slapped across oversized tees and crops, and anything from ‘2 Much’ to ‘WEED’ drawing your eye. Don’t think any word is off limits, because, as you’ll discover, anything goes.

IN YOUR POCKET Love it or hate it, the pocket tee is here to stay. Conveniently (or awkwardly) placed over the nipple, the coloured pocket adds a bit of personality to the good ol’ staple. Major Mitchell Designs

PIN ROLLIN’

Friends Of Fancy

Roll up those jeans and show off those Nike roshes, boys. Pin-rolled jeans are back yet again, looking to expose those bare naked ankles and the hairy beginnings of masculinity. This one’s about a laidback, summer style showing off your shoes – go with a tucked in shirt, an oversized tee or a dipping singlet.

MIDRIFF DILEMMA

CO-ORDS

GET PHAT

BUCKETS

Double denim is back, and so are co-ordinates. Swap your little black dress with an even smaller black bustier, a black skirt to match, and show a bit of skin! Wear your lacey co-ords in bright colours – reds, coral, blues and greens – and add a little extra class to a style that more often than not, can look a little less-than-classy.

Despite being banned from most Australian race tracks this spring racing season, there’s no stopping midriff fashion, especially when most clothing labels have released multiple crop tops in their ranges. From halter to turtle neck, team with a sexy, body-hugging ankle-length ponti skirt, or a midi pleated skirt for a flashback ‘50s look.

Tight fitting around the waist and flowing all the way to the toes, wide-leg pants are perfect for those cool summer nights. Go with bright prints by day, and add a floppy hat for a casual feel. Dress up plain white or black pants with some chunky heels, a tucked in shirt and some bling jewellery and your set for cocktails at the bar.

Channel a bit of Hunter S. Thompson and protect yourself from the bats with a bucket hat. Guaranteed bat resistant, the bucket hat can also be reversible – for when you’re sick of white and are up for green. It’s all about no pretensions and dagging it up like it’s the ‘90s, so get flopping if you don’t give a damn.

We Are Kindred

Bardot

Michael Kors

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

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SUMMER PLAYLISTS Hot In The Box What will be the sounds of your summer? Get inspired by the summer playlists of these local luminaries.

GRACE BARBE, SINGER 1. Bob Marley: Jammin’ 2. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. Erykah Badu: On & On 4. Chic: Le Freak 5. Miles Davis: Blue in Green

SLUMBERJACK, MUSICIANS 1. Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake: Love Never Felt So Good 2. Rufus Du Sol: Modest Life (Hermitude Remix) 3. Young Franco feat. JOY: Close 2 U 4. Disclosure: Latch (Lido Remix) 5. Kilter feat. Tkay Maidza: They Say

ABBE MAY, SINGER STEVE KNOTH - SCALPHUNTER 1. Ramones: Rockaway Beach 2. Screeching Weasel: The First Day Of Summer 3. Teenage Bottle Rocket: Summertime 4. Sex Pistols: Holiday In The Sun 5. The Clash: Get Up For The Sun Steve Knoth Pic: Rachael Barrett

1. Silver Hills: Plasticine Daydream 2. Felicity Groom: Higher, Higher, Taller 3. Taller Bobby Burgess Jnr: Baby’s Holdin’ Out On Me 4. KT Rumble: Die 4 U 5. Gunns: The Fool

JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PIAF 1. Flight Facilities feat. Reggie Watts: Sunshine 2. Perfume Genius: Queen 3. First Aid Kit: My Silver Lining 4. Meghan Trainor: All About That Bass 5. Lake Street Dive: Bad Self Portraits

FRED BOTICA, ANNOUNCER, 96FM RANDA K, SINGER 1. Marlena Shaw: California Soul 2. Camilo Azuquita: Borombon 3. Nina Simone: Feeling Good 4. Chilo Pitty: Piculina 5. Lafayette Afro Rock Band: Soul Makossa

TOM FISHER, MUSICIAN 1. Marvin Gaye: What’s Goin’ On? 2. The Rolling Stones: Waiting On A Friend 3. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Coma Girl 4. Sublime: What I Got 5. Australian Crawl: Errol

COMMAND Q, MUSICIANS 1. Fizzy: Swick 2. Must Die feat. Tkay Maidza: Imprint 3. SILVERTONGUE feat. Timothy Nelson Prod. Slumberjack: Kung Pao 4. Hydraulix & Oski vs Creaky Jackals: Grind 5. Sable: Mt Moon

JARRAD SENG, PHOTOGRAPHER 1. Patrick James: Something in the Way 2. Vancouver Sleep Clinic: Vapour 3. Airling: The Runner 4. Stu Larsen: Ferry To Dublin 5. Japanese Wallpaper feat. Wafia: Breathe In

LEE SAPPHO, SINGER 1. Aretha Franklin: Spanish Harlem 2. Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke 3. Bonnie Raitt: Mighty Tight Woman 4. B.W. Stevenson: East India Company 5. Bryan Ferry : Let’s Stick Together

1. Emerson Lake and Palmer: From The Beginning 2. Fat Freddy’s Drop: Blackbird 3. Madrugada: Hand Up, I love You 4. The Black Seeds: Cool Me Down 5. Keith Richards: Words of Love/ Get Up, Stand Up (Playing for Change LP)

ROB NASSIF - GYROSCOPE 1. San Cisco: RUN 2. Empire Of The Sun: Walking On A Dream 3. Mike Snow: Animal 4. Bohemoth: Graphic Characters 5. Weezer: Island In the Sun

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CRAIG HOLLYWOOD, DJ 1. Makee: Bail 2. Eleventeen Eston: Delta Horizon 3. Savoir: Malala 4. Lower Spectrum: KHLEVER 5. Kucka: Unconditional

SOPHIE HOPES - TIRED LION 1.Cage the Elephant: Aberdeen 2. Hole: Malibu 3. Deerhunter: Don’t Cry 4. Slothrust: 7:30am 5. Violent Soho: Muscle Junkie

GENERAL JUSTICE, DJ 1. Chronixx: Rastaman Wheel Out 2. Macka B: Medical Marijuana Card 3. Busy Signal: Greetings 4. Romain Virgo: Soul Provider 5. Cera Kymarni: The Way You Move

KATIE VALENTINE, DJ 1. Lola Heart & Wildfire: You Can’t Sit With Us 2. Generik feat. Nicky Night Time: The Weekend 3. Kill Frenzy: All Night Long 4. Claude VonStroke: Califuture 5. Wongo: Shakin’

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Mike Harris took over as WAM CEO early this year. He chats to BOB GORDON about his new role and the WAM Festival, happening from Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8. Tell us a little about your background? I moved back to Perth from Melbourne to take the WAM role. I had been doing some freelancing in the months before that. I was previously Head of Programming at Melbourne Festival for three years - including managing the contemporary music programmers - and was running the Arts Centre’s venues, including the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Hamer Hall, before that. I was manager of the Matt Dann Centre in Port Hedland and left that position to move to Sydney in ‘99 and was Director at Glen Street Theatre for a number of years over there.

What was your awareness of WAM coming into the job? A lifetime ago - when I had hair - I worked for the Shire of Esperance doing community arts (1994-95) and WAMIA, as it was, did a remote/regional recording project and I have been very aware of WAM since then. Interestingly the WAM(IA) people who came down set up in the town hall; one of the first things they did was take the photo of the Queen off the wall… did I get into trouble for that! What are WAM’s greatest challenges at this point? Like any small-to-medium arts organisation – ongoing funding surety and ensuring revenue diversity. Boring, but crucial to allowing WAM the confidence to enter into far reaching projects. Relevance. WAM must continually listen to its constituents -members and those that ought be, but are not for whatever reason, members - and ensure that we are representing what the music industry needs to be the best it can be.

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There’s still the perception that WAM favours certain genres above others. What are your thoughts? There is an argument that WAM is more closely aligned with some genres of music over others. This is partly due to the way the organisation has evolved and partly due to the type/s of music that dominates the original music scene in WA. That said the upcoming WA Music Awards recognise music across many varied genres and WAM does have a long standing history of this. I certainly take - and have taken - this perception on board and would hope that over the next year or two that perception can be dulled or moved to a perception that WAM represents the contemporary music industry very effectively, irrespective of genre or type. TIMOTHY NELSON & THE INFIDELS, KUČKA, JOHN BUTLER AND THE LOVE JUNKIES LEAD THE NOMINATION TALLY ON THIS YEAR’S WA MUSIC AWARDS | CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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There’s been some high profile venue closures/ changes in Northbridge and Freo of late. What can we do to preserve and build audiences whilst pleasing landlords and councils? This is an area where WAM needs to be active and is currently advocating on behalf of live music. The City of Sydney’s Live Music Matters cultural policy is a great example of what can be achieved by working with local government to enshrine protections into legislation Similarly, Victoria’s Agent of Change legislation. Dialogue with the City of Perth is in its infancy but WAM will continue to discuss and advocate for protection. In addition to this contemporary music needs to be regarded similarly to other art forms in regards to ensuring appropriate performance spaces exist. We know that contemporary music has the greatest economic contribution of all art forms (Live Performance Australia) but there is disproportionate support at a government level. Venues are at risk as Northbridge’s real-estate becomes increasingly attractive. One or two small to medium, specialised, performance spaces that are not at risk of being sold off for the real-state value would be a good starting point. Rechabites Hall will go to EoI this week and with some investment would be a perfect space for local music to inhabit. WA is a rarity in that we have annual music awards (Music Craft Awards, Friday, November 7, State Theatre Courtyard; WA Music Awards Friday, November 7, Capitol) while most states

don’t. Do you think it’s important to recognise our musos and industry folk? Yes. This year’s ARIAs are a prime example with very little recognition of WA music. We are a long way from the rest of the country and it is too easy for the very good music being created here to slip through the cracks on the Nullarbor and not be heard by people outside WA. The ideal is that WA music is nationally recognised and the WA Music Awards serve to do that, along with the Kiss My WAMi CD. They recognise excellence among peers: recognise lifetime contributions; and they promote our talent and output. What do you hope that people get out of this year’s WAM Festival? Two major outcomes: that the broader WA public are exposed to a wall-of-WA-music as part of the Saturday Spectacular (Saturday, November 8, throughout Northbridge) and the WAM Awards and appreciate just how much diversity and how good WA music really is. And, that the industry itself takes the opportunity to be part of the WA Music Conference (FridaySaturday November 6-8, Central Institute of Technology, Northbridge) and take in the wisdom, experience and advice of the amazing industry talent involved in the panels and keynote sessions. The WA Music Conference is a fantastic resource and I hope those who attend - and everyone should - are energised and inspired as a result. in Blood Rock Fest, Stormrider, Ellington Jazz Showcase and Coast 2 Coast, covering hip hop, punk, metal, jazz and more. It also takes two to tango. The amount of acts that don’t regularly engage with WAM from certain scenes - including not actually applying to play the WAM Festival - then complain we don’t give them enough coverage - but don’t seem to notice when we do - still astounds me. I grew up in the punk scene, where people prefer to take the DIY approach and tend not to ask for help or guidance from the wider industry. So I totally get it, but I can’t help think that there’s got to be a happy medium where niche scenes can still do their thing in their style, but benefit from what industry organisations like WAM can do for them. I think people need to see beyond their biases to help themselves. That might have been the old WAM, but it certainly ain’t how we run things these days.

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What are WAM’s greatest challenges at this point? We’re a not-for-profit organisation, so money is always tight when you’re producing events. However it teaches you to be really creative and resourceful, so we’ve made every cent count. There’s still the perception that WAM favours certain genres above others. What are your thoughts? It’s tough because there’s always going to be more coverage for successful bands and these genres tend to be dictated by popular taste... like rock, pop and electronica. We try incredibly hard to promote the successes of artists from more obscure music styles in everything we do, and at events like the WAM Festival one of our main goals is diversity, which we’re also achieving with this year’s sideshows 38

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There’s been some high profile venue closures/ changes in Northbridge and Freo of late. What can we do to preserve and build audiences while pleasing landlords and councils? The unfortunate truth is that live music venues are always going to be up against it because they are subject to more regulations, cost more to run and offer less financial returns for business owners compared with, say, your average shiny wine bar. However the Federal Government have realised how imperative music venues are to the cultural sector and have recently put funding towards an organization called the Live Music Office, whose sole purpose is to tackle the issues faced by live music venues such as those that arise with landlords, residents, councils etc, and with the goal to affect policy at a state, federal and local council level long term. In the meantime, going to original local music shows is a direct way you can support venues and acts, and there’s always a ton of great shows on in this town so it’s a no brainer! What are your Top 5 picks for the WAM Festival? Having an ice cold beverage in the outdoors while watching WA’s finest at the free WAM Festival Block Party (Saturday, November 8, 4pm-12am). Ian Jourgensen’s keynote at the WA Music Conference (Friday, November 7). This guy has pretty much redefined the DIY style of music promotion, even writing a book on the subject. He’s an upstart and a trailblazer and you can’t help but respect that. Tomás Ford’s opening number at the WA Music Awards at Capitol (Friday, November 7). It’s going to be next level fabulous! Opening Party at The Bakery (Thursday, November 6) featuring a ton of rad rock bands such as Hideous Sun Demon, Scalphunter, Pat Chow and more! Food trucks, everywhere. Living off food truck food for three days and lovin’ it!

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IAN JOURGENSEN WAM Keynote Speaker New Zealand festival owner, magazine editor, author, photographer Ian and founder of Camp A Low Hum, Ian Jourgensen, takes part in a WAM Conference keynote talk with The Music’s Scott Fitzsimons on Friday, November 7, from 9.45am at the Central Institute TAFE Main Lecture Theatre. He will also be a panellist DIY Guide to Touring the World session at 11.55am. Do you feel there’s a similarity between what industry challenges face us here out on the West Coast and what you experience in New Zealand? I’ve always felt a real kinship with bands from Tasmania and Perth. I find the music scenes to be very similar to NZ. Bands don’t take themselves too seriously and tend to be a little bit odd. Bands on the East Coast often turn me off surrounding themselves with a team of industry vultures before getting to the point it’s actually needed. There is a type of natural selection that occurs where for a band from an isolated place like Perth to make it to Sydney for example, it requires much more effort than a band from Melbourne, so that band is usually much more prepared and can make more of an impact. The problem is where bands make the effort to tour far from home and don’t already have the next tour

What are the main challenges facing bands going on the road these days? The costs of touring keep going up but the door-charge of shows doesn’t, which makes touring more and more difficult to do viably. In NZ, one of the ways I counteracted this years ago was by very often doing more than one show a day. I’d regularly do matinee shows and on occasion do shows in different towns on the same day. Once I had the same four bands play three shows in two different cities in one day. When I opened my experimental bar a few years ago another way I worked on getting around this was by advertising extremely strict door-times and running two shows every weekend day. I recently published a book trying to encourage more of a DIY scene in NZ, more house shows and DIY communities. Putting the control back in the hands of bands and away from bars, also as a way of combating reduced numbers of people attending live shows, it’s the only surefire way of getting more people to come see your band, is doing BYO shows, much bigger gigs every-time. What do most bands get wrong? They don’t know why they are doing what are doing. Everything needs to be very considered and have a very thorough plan ahead. Thinking two, three to five years ahead should be the norm - not a strict agenda, but a plan in place so when the band gets touring America, that there is already a rough timeline of when to get back to America, again and again, and every other step in a band’s life. There is always room in a plan for major changes of course, but without having a rough sketch of where you’re going it makes it hard to finish anything and get momentum. You’ve worked in publishing, venue operation, touring, festival management and on CD releases; what have you found to be the most challenging sector of the industry? Selling CDs. In every other avenue I’ve worked in you can see the effort you put in reflected in its success, whereas being a conventional record label just has diminishing returns. Record labels are still relevant and important, mainly as a curatorial process but there should be much more emphasis put on guidance of an artists career than how to try and sell their new album. The artistic process of making albums is still vitally important, but it’s such a small part of being making a viable career as a musician. IAN JOURGENSEN

What are WAM’s greatest challenges at this point? The greatest challenge is trying to get the message across to artists that WAM is a notfor-profit organisation that exists purely to support them, and without support in return the WA music community wouldn’t be nearly as strong. Most people get it, but there are always a few haters. It comes with the territory I suppose! WA is a rarity in that we have annual music awards while most states don’t. Do you think it’s important to recognise our musos and industry folk? Yeah I do. The WAM Awards are unique in that there is a really good balance between the prestige and the party. The awards mean a lot and most artists consider it an honour to be nominated, but more importantly I think everyone recognises it as an excuse to have a few drinks, catch up with their mates in the music industry and celebrate what’s happened in the scene over the last 12 months. It’s good that its not taken too seriously.

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GREG SANDERS WAM Festival Coordinator How are you finding the lead up to your first WAM Festival since taking over from Brooke Kelly? I was Brooke’s assistant last year, and learnt a lot from her. I haven’t taken over as such - it’s a slightly different role - but I’m enjoying the challenge. It’s by far the biggest event I’ve worked on before so there have been a few hurdles to overcome that I wasn’t prepared for, but the WAM staff have been super supportive and Mike Harris runs a tight ship, so it’s been mostly smooth sailing.

What are your Top 5 picks for the WAM Festival? The Block Party (Saturday, November 8). Some of Perth’s highest profile acts playing for free at an 18+ licensed outdoor event with bars and food trucks aplenty, right in the heart of Northbridge. What could be better? Industry speed dating at The Music Conference (Friday-Saturday, November 7-8). There are some incredible one on one networking opportunities for conference pass holders this year. Plenty of booking agents and record label reps specifically here to search for talent to sign, not to mention triple j Assistant Music Director, Nick Findlay, who you will be setting aside time for artists to pitch their music to him in person. T h e O p e n i n g P a r t y ( T h e B a ke r y , Thursday, November 6). Kicking off the festival with a bang, the opening party will be a hard rockin’ affair with seven of Perth’s best new up and coming bands showing off their wares at The Bakery, perhaps for the last time at a WAM event. SWAM (Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8) The Singapore West Australian Music Exchange program is back for its second year and we have some great acts over this year. You can shake, rattle and roll with mod fanatics The Pinholes, head bang to your heart’s content with hard rockers Villes and swoon the nights away with the dreamy pop of iNCH. WA Craft Awards (State Theatre Centre Courtyard, Friday, November 7). Before you head to the WA Music Awards at Capitol, make sure you head to the State Theatre Courtyard for an after work drink and to catch the Craft Awards presentation. Another free entry event, the presentation will be followed by a live broadcast from RTR FM and some live music to boot. WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

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ABBE MAY WAM Keynote Speaker Nominated in this year’s ‘Best Female Vocalist’ Category, Abbe May will take part in a WAM Conference keynote talk with BOB GORDON on Saturday, November 8, from 9.30am at the Central Institute TAFE Main Lecture Theatre. How is your Wednesday residency at Mojos going? It’s been amazing fun. I’ve been learning so much as I develop my set. I’ve been taking a year off from the music ‘industry’ so these shows are such a marvellous way for me to play live and develop my set before returning to the ring. Is it nice to be able feature material in a more retrospective sense? Yes! I am loving playing old and new material and reworking some of the songs so that I can have a cohesive set instead of a kind of juke box atmosphere. It’s interesting to see how the work has evolved over the years, but still contain a certain thread that ties them together. I’ve never enjoyed playing more than I currently do. Has doing this influenced the way you’re approaching your upcoming album?

FELICITY GROOM The Curator Nominated yet again in the WAM Awards’ ‘Best Female Singer’ category, Felicity Groom launches her second album, Hungry Sky, on Friday, December 5, at the Rosemount Hotel. BOB GORDON reports. Life’s walked on a few steps since Felicity Groom released her first album, Gossamer, back in 2011. And they’ve all been creative, from a foray into beats and electronica in Rokwell & Groom (with Perth hip hop artist, Diger Rokwell) to the birth of a baby girl, Ivy, with her life and musical partner, Andrew Ryan. And with the release this week of Groom’s second album, Hungry Sky, all these steps lead to the same place. The current single, Higher, Higher, Taller, Taller is the eldest of the songs on the LP, but carried 40

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It has, absolutely. The drum machine that I am using has samples of real drums recorded at Abbey Road. It is really pulling me toward that sound... Bonham-esque When The Levee Breaks style drums are really turning me on. What are you intending to convey in your keynote talk at the WAM Conference? That music is meant to be about communion and catharsis - not fame and money. That success should not come at the cost of your own happiness and certainly not at the cost of your humility. How important are industry conferences in terms of sharing knowledge? Depends on how well the conferences are organised and delivered. I would say a WAM conference is an awesome way to exchange ideas, knowledge and experience. What’s 2015 hold in store for you? A new album. A world tour. The most assured and exciting music I have ever delivered. Abbe May will also open RTRFM’s Courtyard Club series along with DJs Holly Doll and Claire Hodgson this Friday, October 31, from 5pm at the State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard. the seeds of what the album would become. “There was a pretty strong idea,” Groom says of her intentions upon commencement of the album. “Higher, Higher, Taller, Taller was something that pretty much indicated a direction that I was interested in. Andrew tends to have an influential role, particularly in beats, over this album. And I was kind of keen to drive it down the more beat-oriented areas. “So together and alone we were working on songs with that in mind. They were mainly based on the computer, because I’m more fond of working that way now, with midi, on the more beat-oriented stuff.” Clearly the Rokwell & Groom experience was an influence, but more of a simultaneous and serendipitous, than game-changing. “Well it was and it wasn’t,” Groom considers. “On Higher, Higher, Taller, Taller there definitely is. There were areas that I already wanted to explore, that’s why when the collaboration was suggested by Cut & Paste, I was excited because that was really the area I was interested in. But at the same time I s’pose we were already on that journey as well.” There’s nothing bolted down about the music on Hungry Sky, other than it was recorded for the most part in Groom and Ryan’s lounge room. As a result while there’s a core band on the LP, there are guests who played a part - musical or supportive - in the proceedings, much like friends who would gather in a lounge room in the first place. Some of those friends just happen to be members of Tame Impala. “That was a really cool aspect and a very different one to the last album,” Groom notes. “Gossamer was done in two parts; I did the band recording then I did the bit that I called the ‘solo album’, essentially. One was the traditional Black, Black Smoke band with Dave Parkin (producer) and the other was with Sam Ford (producer) and it was slightly more like this one in terms of inviting anyone when I wanted to. “This album began that way, because we were just in the lounge room recording, Kevin Parker came over and helped do the first few and Jay Watson was in town and he came and played a bit of guitar and basically whoever was around would just pop in and hang out (laughs). “We’d played the tunes we’d done in the day to them, so there was various people having an influence or being a part of it regardless of whether they were playing or not. It was a really good way of doing it, because ultimately it helped maintain more control, for me, of what was going on in the songs, which I really enjoyed because every song has an infinite amount of ways that it can be. “In this case it was nice to curate the whole thing, rather than the band sense where parts are made up individually and you record them like that. This was very much... yeah, the best way to describe this is as being a curator of the whole thing.” Felicity Groom also performs at RTRFM’s Courtyard Club series along with Out To Lunch DJs Andrew Ryan and Andrew Sinclair on Friday, November 14, from 5pm at the State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard.

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SATURDAY SPECTACULAR Hearty Party WAM have unveiled the playing times for the Saturday Spectacular happening throughout Northbridge on Saturday (natch), November 8, from noon until midnight. It’s always a great day to be had and will be a highlight of the forthcoming WAM Festival. Head to wam.org.au for full details.

The Floors - Pic Rachel Barrett

C.I.T. ALL AGES STAGE Perth Cultural Centre Amphitheatre presented by Central Institute Of Technology 9.20 – 10.00pm The Floors 8.20 – 9.00 Stillwater Giants 7.30 – 8.00 The Community Chest 6.40 – 7.10 Kat Wilson 5.50 – 6.20 The Brow 5.00 – 5.30 Lionizer 4.10 – 4.40pm Raksha

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UNIVERSAL BAR (day) 7.30 – 8.00pm Helen Shanahan 6.40 – 7.10 David Craft 5.50 – 6.20 Riley Pearce 5.00 – 5.30 Jacob Diamond 4.10 – 4.40pm Patient Little Sister Moana - Pic: Rachael Barrett

BIRD 11.00 – 11.30pm Hamjam 10.10 – 10.40 Puck 9.20 – 9.50 Foam 8.30 – 9.00 Ghetto Crystals 7.40 – 8.10 Apache 6.50 – 7.20 Methyl Ethel 6.00 – 6.30 Moana 5.10 – 5.40 Black Stone From The Sun 4.20 – 4.50pm Aborted Tortoise Dream Rimmy

FLYRITE 7.30 – 8.00pm Dream Rimmy 6.40 – 7.10 Flower Drums 5.50 – 6.20 Our Man In Berlin 5.00 – 5.30 The Long Lost Brothers 4.10 – 4.40 Race To Your Face 2.30 – 3.00 Spilt Cities 3.20 – 3.50 Mudlark 2.30 – 3.00 Eleventeen Eston 12.50 – 1.20 Silver Hills 12.00 – 12.30pm Graphic Characters

Davey Craddock & The Spectacles

MUSTANG BAR 9.30 – 10.00pm Toby 8.40 – 9.10 iNCH. (Singapore) 7.50 – 8.20 44th Sunset 7.00 – 7.30 Davey Craddock & The Spectacles 6.10 – 6.40 The Disappointed 5.20 – 5.50 Joni In The Moon 4.30 – 5.00 Rag N Bone 3.40 – 4.10 Thee Gold Blooms 2.50 – 3.20pm Childsaint

The Love Junkies

WAM FESTIVAL BLOCK PARTY Wilson Car Park, 18 Roe St presented by Ezra Pound 11.10 – 11.50pm The Love Junkies 10.10 – 10.50 Slumberjack 9.20 – 9.50 Coin Banks 8.30 – 9.00 KUČKA 7.40 – 8.10 The Pinholes (Singapore) 6.50 – 7.20 Gunns 6.00 – 6.30 Grace Barbé 5.10 – 5.40 The Amani Consort 4.20 – 4.50pm The Weapon Is Sound with Pilerats DJs between sets

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Scalphunter - Pic: Rachael Barrett

WAM FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY Thursday, November 6, 7pm-1am, The Bakery Kicking off the WAM Festival, the opening party will feature Mt Mountain, Usurper of Modern Medicine, Pat Chow, Tired Lion, Hideous Sun Demon, Fait, Scalphunter and DJ Jamie Mac. Tickets are $15 from nowbaking.com.au and Moshtix, or $20 at the door. Tomás Ford

WA MUSIC AWARDS Friday, November 7, Capitol Hosted by Tomas Ford and featuring performances from Sable and Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, WA music will be the winner! Tickets $15 through Oztix.com.au and Moshtix.com.au or $20 at door. (Free Entry for WA Music Conference Pass holders). The Pinholes

SINGAPORE-WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM WAM and their Singaporean equivalent, Timbre Music, are in for a second round of the Singapore-Western Australian Music Exchange Program (SWAM). Three West Aussie acts get to play Singapore’s Beerfest Asia festival, and we get to hear three of Timbre’s favourite indie musicians at the WAM Festival. Repping Singapore’s alt-music scene are posthardcore band Villes, singer/songwriter Inch Chua and soul-rockers The Pinholes.

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WA MUSIC CRAFT AWARDS Friday, November 7, 4-8.15pm, State Theatre Courtyard Preceding the WA Music Awards later that evening at Capitol, RTRFM joins with WAM to present the 2014 WA Music Craft Awards. Free entry.

WA MUSIC CONFERENCE Friday-Saturday, November 7-8, Central Institute of Technology The WA Music Conference makes all kinds of sense for everyone from band members to producers, managers, music students, industry professionals, bookers, soundies or even just curious fans.

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The Amani Consort

Saturday Spectacular (it’s big, see page 41) WAM FESTIVAL BLOCK PARTY Saturday, November 8: Wilson Car Park, Roe St, Northbridge As part of the Saturday Spectacular, WAM and Ezra Pound will present an impressive night of free 18+ entertainment in the Roe St Wilson Car Park for some afternoon fun that will bring in the stars. Free entry to see The Love Junkies, Slumberjack, Coin Banks, KUČKA, Gunns, The Weapon Is Sound, Grace Barbe, The Amani Consort and SWAM Singaporean act, The Pinholes.

WAM FESTIVAL SIDESHOWS Thursday- Saturday, November 6-8, Various Venues Stormrider Heavy Metal Festival launch their next compilation CD at The Civic Hotel on Friday, November 7, with Claim The Throne, Silent Knight, Toldfate, Tempest Rising and DTF. Blood Rock Fest overwhelms the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, November 8, with Dead City Ruins (Vic), Chainsaw Hookers, Ben David (SA), Leeches, Villes (Singapore), Flowermouth, Them SHARKS, Nevsky Prospekt, The Bob Gordons, Blindspot, Bläckwitch, Muscle Car (Vic), 88 To Yesterday, At The Space Jam, Beerfridge, Child (Vic), Amberdown, Emu Xperts, Alex The Kid and the reunion of Billings Method, all over two stages. The Ellington Jazz Showcase features a performance from critically acclaimed ex WAAPA student and now worldbeater, Sarah McKenzie, who will be accompanied by a selection of Perth’s finest jazz players on Saturday, November 28, from 7pm-1am. Coast 2 Coast hit The Bakery on Saturday, November 8, from 7pm-1am with WA hip hop finery in the form of the Syllabolix crew. Catch Dazastah, Layla and Porsah Laine, plus Sound Magnetiks members Bryte and Chekid and more.

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CARNEVALE ANNOUNCEMENT

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Rough Love have announced their final act for The Carnevale Open Air on December 28: a live set from Hamburg experimenter Oliver Schories. He joins Oliver Koletzki, Maxxi Soundsystem, Niko Schwind, Murat Kilic, Parakord and Eyan for the Urban Orchard’s boutique house and tech show. If you’re a connoisseur of deep sounds and solid sets, head down to the Warm Up on Sunday, November 9 - you can catch label head Santé alongside luminaries like Kovaxx and Nina Van Dyke. Tickets and info from roughlove.com.au

After an incredibly successful Listen Out tour (and Brooklyn debut soon after), faceless synth stylist Zhu has been added to all Stereosonic shows.

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NICK THAYER His Rules There’s a very prominent anarchist symbol in the Nick Thayer tour logo. It’s one of the many little indications that this electronic artist and Stereosonic veteran - off to Europe for a month after his Australian tour with Mat Zo - has a hard rock background. Although he’s worked extensively with Tommy Lee and Pete Wentz since his electronic conversion, Thayer tells ZOE KILBOURN the turning point came with a single Chemical Brothers concert.

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In case you didn’t have enough Halloween parties to choose from, The Ellington Jazz Club has just announced Electro Swing Phenomena party. In hearty New Orleans style, the Electro Swing Club project has reached out to Australia with a Voodoothemed dance party. The evening features music from Ensemble Formidable, a live ten-piece electro swing crew; Nicola Millan and the Stray Cat Club; Mr Hazington’s AV/DJ show; Invokker; and Joe Revell. Theme is 1920s Day Of The Dead, and you can pick up a swing dance class from 7pm. Tickets available at the door and from ellingtonjazz.com.au. If swing isn’t your style, you’ve got Asylum’s Halloween Party, The Switch’s Halloween Rave at Shape, Halloween @ Villa with Katie Valentine, Mondo’s Halloween Masquerade (Benny P, Genga, Swick et al), and Metros’ massive Nick Thayer and Mat Zo double billing.

It seems that the Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Common gig on Wednesday, October 22 didn’t come off well with the Perth hip hop community. According to our (wo)man on the ground, of the six strong local support acts, only one was able to perform for a pitiful five minutes due to sound issues - and that’s after they’d brought their own microphones. Common only got onstage at 1am (NB: on a weeknight), but plenty of punters who’d forked out $100 for the concert left early in protest. Says our whistleblower: “Support acts aren’t free promoters, and in the local rap scene are known for going above and beyond to rep the show and even drive tickets around to ensure maximum coverage. When you’ve driven countless hours and spent weeks promoting an event only to get cut at the last second, money is hardly the issue... Will this large popular inner city venue care given they still got their money? Or will they clean up their act, hire dedicated sound/technical crew, and show the local rap scene and their large fanbase a little respect to retain punters?”

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“Until that point, my perception of electronic music was incredibly rudimentary and very narrow minded,” says Thayer. “I had no idea that electronic music could sound like that and move you like that. I started listening to electronic music, started going to concerts and clubs, and found that records and synthesizers were generally easier to deal with than lead singers and drummers.” Thayer released his latest EP, Dominion, for free download in August. It’s a collection of four glitch-dub-electro-house tracks that teeter into protest anthem territory. “I think Dominion was certainly an extension of the previous EP,” says Thayer. “There are track titles on the previous EP like Totalitaria, Soma. All these Huxleyan, Orwellian themes. It’s something I’m very interested in - the whole Edward Snowden security, Big Brother-type life we all start to live now, through things we opt into, like Facebook, and through things we don’t. I’ve said before - music is about telling stories, and these are the stories of my life, the things I think about day-to-day.” Tracks like Drop That are filled with the kind of chops, doubletime synth fills and rich bass that Bangarang -era Skrillex could get behind (and did - the Collide EP was released on his label). Given how hard-hitting and texture-heavy his tracks tend to be, it’s refreshing to see how Thayer considers himself

JUST A GENT Brace Yourself At 17, most kids are still teaching themselves how to shave properly. Jacob Grant, more commonly known as Just A Gent, has more than that down pat. As a cultivator of what he calls “lovetrap”, Grant has swaggered onto the scene with a sense of chivalry and an ear for sound beyond his years. MIA CAMPBELLFOULKES has a chat with Just A Gent ahead of his American tour to investigate the mystery behind the magic. Fresh out of coastal surfer city Newcastle, Jacob Grant’s already garnered an international response big enough to make music as a living. Understandably, the would-be Year 12 student has left his academic life behind. “I didn’t get to fully grow up like I always planned and that’s had a big impact on me,” he says. “It’s just crazy to think I got to ditch school and do my dream job already.” Having toured Perth twice already this 44

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foremost a songwriter. “When I’m making music - I’ve done a lot of work with Tommy [Lee, drummer] from Mötley Crüe, too - our focus is ‘Let’s write a cool song.’ People don’t hum basslines, they hum songs, you know. If we’re recording drums, we’ll record them for the whole track. It might turn out that I use them all the way through or only for the first two bars. The point is that it comes from the place of writing a song, and you can redact it from that.” Matan Zohar, a friend gleaned from Stereosonic 2013, is particularly well-suited to this upcoming Thayer tour. “Mat’s such a unique artist,” says Thayer. “He’s incorporating so many styles into what he does. I’m really excited to play these shows with him and sort of push those boundaries, I guess. It’s not going to be main room bangers, that’s for sure. He’s always pushing boundaries in the way you connect with people. I’m really excited for these shows, it’s gonna be really good.” NICK THAYER HALLOWEEN WITH MAT ZO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ METRO CITY STEREOSONIC, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 @ CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS

year, and with a hectic festival schedule ahead, Grant’s whirlwind success is as mysterious to him as to anyone. “I don’t really have much of a secret,” he says. “It’s definitely a one in a million thing. I have been producing music for a very long time, almost half my short life, and things only started to pick up when I began branding myself and making more unique music rather than trying to be the same as absolutely everyone and break it that way. I still have such a long way to go, but to be my age and to be doing what I do is incredible. “I think in a lot of ways, it’s a bit of a turn away for people when they see my age before hearing my music and just assuming it will be super amateur,” he says. “That [stigma] applies to all the young producers out there, but it also gives people more of a reason to listen. I guess when they hear it and if they like it, that’s when being a teenager is good because I can say it’s only the beginning.” Breaking onto such a diverse scene would call for some pretty brave strides into some more niche categories in order to be picked up and noticed. Collaborating with 15 year old production prodigy $aturn, the two virtuosi have developed the lovetrap subgenre, which plays off combinations of ambient music, melodic dubstep, and, not surprisingly, trap. “It was really influenced by one track in particular, and that was Rustie’s huge hit Slasher mixed with the melodic builds of M83. I guess my influences come from everywhere but the whole ‘love’ thing definitely came from Seven Lions. He is a god.” So that’s the where the sound came from. But why the trappings of a 19th century dandy? “I always loved dressing up nicely and really going to a lot of effort to impress people and act way more mature than my age,” says Grant. “My best mates and I all felt the same way, so we called ourselves ‘The Gents’ and went to house parties wearing tuxedos, tophats, braces and shiny shoes. Eventually, though, we went our own ways. I loved the concept of it all so I decided, why not be this fancy gentleman all the time and create something of it? That’s how the image of Just A Gent was created.” With over 700 unfinished projects, what makes some tracks stand out over others? “The projects that generally stick are ones that I can work on over and over again without getting bored,” says Grant. “When I finish them, I send them to the team and hear everyone’s thoughts, and when it comes to release time it’s a heck of a decision.” And if given a choice to collaborate with anyone in the world? “I would love to make a song with Tove Lo. I adore her voice and the style that she sings and I would work with it so well!” JUST A GENT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ BREAKFEST

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BASSJACKERS More Energy

Future Music Festival always has an enormous range of muical styles. Right on the other end of the electronic spectrum from Drake and 2 Chainz are Bassjackers, explicitly big room party starters who promise to “get weird”, move crowds, and, as ZOE KILBOURN discovers, bring the energy. Marlon Flohr, producer Ralf Van Hilst’s other half, is chatting in his car post-Amsterdam Dance Event. “I was just listening to Tupac’s Greatest Hits,” he says. “What we don’t listen to at all is, like, EDM. That’s for the studio, that’s for the shows.” Don’t be fooled: there’s been a hell of a lot of shows and studio work. Bassjackers are about to play 30 shows in six weeks before they even get close to Australia’s Future Music Festival - “the rush, the adrenaline - it’s what you feed off even if you’re really, really tired” - and it’s all painstakingly tied in with a string of fortuitous release dates. “Like That came out just before Tomorrowland - it got played a lot of times. We have a remix for Dannic, Dear Life, which also hit Beatport around then, and within three weeks, we had Savior. Spinnin’ gave us a nice release date for Savior, right before our tour - we can let Savior peak in the tour and at the same time we have a collaboration with Dyro in the works we can release right after the tour. Everything’s changing so fast, so we don’t want to leave stuff on the shelf too long.” It’s particularly gruelling, given how relentlessly intense Bassjackers work is. “When we first started, we always made high energy music,” says Marlon. “From the start, it was always Dutch influenced party music, for the clubs, for the big rooms. Over time, it’s evolved, but we always stay true to our sound, which is energy. I think it’s

got bigger and bigger and the sound now. It’s so high energy, it’s not even dancing - it’s more like jumping and raging. It’s almost like a rock concert nowadays.” “It’s really exciting when you’re working in a studio, tweaking and tweaking a track, and you feel you have something like, ‘Yep. We really wanna drop this in front of a crowd, right now.’ With the latest release [Savior], it’s all simplistic - a big kick, a few like beat sounds - but it works so well on the dancefloor. Sometimes it sounds easy to make, but it’s actually really hard to come up with something that is simple and effective at the same time. “ While Ralf plays pedantic producer (“I’m like, ‘Yo, that sounds good enough,’ but he’s always up into the equalising - and, actually, he’s never satisfied”), Marlon’s busy sussing out his audience. “I never fully prepare a set, but I do research for every show,” he says.” Who else is playing there, who else played there before, what kind of club is it, is it a VIP club, is it a younger, raging crowd... Reading the crowd is still a really important part, but if you do your research right, you know it’s gonna be OK.” Past Australian experiences have been promising, he says. “From the last festival, I’ve learned that Australians are pretty crazy, and they party hard. Like, the energy at those shows was insane. The fun thing is, a lot of them knew our own productions, so you could just basically play whatever you want, whatever you feel, because they just go crazy. It’s a lot of fun to play for a crowd like that - you can experiment a little bit more. You can play new productions, test them out.” “You see a lot of changes,” he says. “The deeper sounds are winning a lot of territory right now. The future house thing, the Oliver Heldens sound. I always believe there’s room for everything. All the different dance styles taking off right now make the dance scene stronger than ever. We do more big room sounds, of course, but that’s always evolving as well.”

SUBB-AN Subb-liminal Sounds Ashique Subhan’s a house producer rooted in the deep Euro sound. He’s coming to Perth this weekend, supporting superstar DJ Sasha, before his tour takes him to the US and UK. ANDREW NELSON and ZOE KILBOURN caught up with the prolific producer and DJ ahead of Sunday’s Garden Party. Despite his thoroughly cosmopolitan approach to music making, Ashique’s DJ background is firmly rooted in the icons of British dance culture: Fabric, a residency at Below, BBC’s Radio 1. “My main influences have to be the early days of going to Fabric being schooled by Craig Richards and Terry Francis,” he says. “I got into music in my early teens. I had turntables and it was a natural organic process of just picking up records and listening around. A huge influence at that age were the Essential Mixes on Radio 1. Staying up every Saturday for those was my only exposure to hearing new music as I was too young to go to clubs.”

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Being asked to contribute his own work this year was “pretty special. It was a huge moment for me to do an Essential Mix, as they educated me so much in those early stages.” Like a growing number of UK producers, Ashique cut his teeth at a music academy, specifically majoring in sound design. It hasn’t left him arrogant, though - he has deep respect for the budding bedroom DJs scabbing lessons off mates. “I wouldn’t say anyone is winging it,” he says. “People have different ways of working - it’s a case of ‘each to their own’ in my eyes. DJing comes down to what matters to you, really. That’s different for everyone.” Next came Below, the club he founded in 2009 with long time friend and collaborator Adam Shelton. “It was amazing to have had that base to regularly play and the support to really find your way,” he says. That underground club promotion experience led to even more musical work with Shelton - notably, their S.A.S production project and One Records label. “S.A.S is more of dance floor party vibe,” says Ashique. “They’re edits of older tracks that we love but sometimes aren’t playable due to arrangement or sound issues. We really go into detail with them.” The One Records concept is “pretty simple, to be honest. We like the process of selecting the package, the music, the remixer and the artwork as well as doing showcases. We’re coming up to five years soon, so we’ve got a tight tour lined up.” His absolute career highlights are all UK based - “Closing the Geneosy stage at 5am Monday morning after Francios K in Glastonbury has to be up there. The essenial mix, too” - but he’s since moved, and found it very rewarding. “I’m based out of Berlin now, but I’m from Birmingham in the UK. I’m a regular at clubs like Panorama Bar in Berlin, Fabric in London and Circo Loco at DC10 in Ibiza.” Has Berlin changed him? “Yeah, I would say so. I moved four years ago and it really opened me up to a lot of artists. It was a good thing for me. Generally most DJs in Berlin play for three-four hours so the music they play has more of a journey and that influenced me when thinking about writing music for the dance floor.” Sasha tour and One Records anniversary aside, there’s a lot piled up in Subb-an’s immediate future. “Keep an eye out for my new Crosstown and One Records EP about to hit,” he says. “It’s been a while since I released some music, so watch out. Other than that, I don’t bite.” SUBB-AN SASHA GARDEN PARTY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ THE COURT

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HOLY HOLY AT THE AVIARY ROOFTOP SESSIONS The Aviary Sunday, October 26, 2014 Brisbane Folk rockers Holy Holy made a rooftop full of people very happy on Sunday night, when they brought The History Tour to Perth.

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The loss of YaYa’s as a live music venue is a downer, but the killer gigs they’ve lined up to see out the lease certainly do make it hard to keep frowning. This Thursday, October 30, sees the final ever Giggidy local band night. A whole lot of bands got some much needed exposure through this platform, and many of them are coming back for one final hurrah, including Childlike Empress, Pandaphobia, White Avenue, Limpin’ Dave Foley & The Straight Legged Freaks, Tell The Shaman, The Devil In Miss Jones, Della Fern and The Midnight Mules. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

Celebrate Halloween in fine musical style at The Causeway this Friday, October 31, with Nodes, The Florizels, The Georgians, The Domb, Bliss In Berlin, Dan Peters and the Sun City DJs. Plus there’s a free party bus to Ginger Night Club at closing! Doors open at 6pm, entry is $7.

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One of the highlights of the heavy calendar is just around the corner! On Saturday, November 8, Chainsaw Hookers, 5hrFlight, Hammer Ink Merchandise and WAM Festival present Blood Rock Fest 2014, the 7th instalment of the increasingly popular festival. The foundations of the Rosemount Hotel will be shaken to their core as over 20 hard and heavy bands across two stages do their level best to deafen everyone in a five mile radius. Catch Dead City Ruins, Billings Method, Ben David, Chainsaw Hookers, Leeches, Flowermouth, Them SHARKS, Nevksy Prospekt, The Bob Gordons, Blindspot, Blackwitch, Muscle Car, 88 To Yesterday, At The Space Jam, Beerfridge, Child, Amberdown, Emu Xperts, Alex The Kid and Idle Eyes. It all kicks off at 4pm - tickets via Oztix or on the door if available.

Indei-popsters Three Hands One Hoof will be making the scene down at Mojos On Tuesday, November 4, to give desperate punters some relief after they blow all their cash on Cup Day. Joining them are Thunderdogs and Iceage Sugar. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.

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HAMJAM HIT IT BIG Get down to Mojos this Saturday, November 1, to help Hamjam celebrate the release of their very first 10” EP launch. The rambunctious quartet are exceedingly proud of their self-titled effort, and they’re roped in fellow travellers Aborted Tortoise, Ben Witt and Kitchen People to give it the launch it so richly deserves, plus DJs Aslan and Jack Doepel. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

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THE SURF RABBITS Song Of A Beach The Surf Rabbits launch their new single, Hit The Beach, on Thursday, October 30, at The Bakery with support from The Community Chest, Night Signals, Watership and DJ Jade Nobbs. We checked in with guitarist, David Lee Owen. Tell us a bit about the new single. Where does it lie in the bigger picture of what Surf Rabbits do? Hit The Beach is one of our more surfy songs and we think it’s good fun. It’s like Jan & Dean meets The Stooges without the good harmonies of the former or the leathery skin of the latter. It’s all about going to the beach, which is cool because summer is coming. What was the intention when you formed the band? Many members have not been in a band before... I wanted to start a band while wandering around at the first Beaufort Street Festival. I asked friends that I ran into to join and if they said ‘but I don’t play anything’ they were in. Our bass player, drummer and singer never played before so it’s cool to see them getting better. We just wanted to have a good time

and see if we could do it. What’s the band’s evolution been like? At first we couldn’t play anything. We sucked so bad. It took us months just to be able to play though a song from start to finish. I put a fine system in place where the band had to pay a dollar if they made a mistake - a la James Brown - and we were able to pay for this recording after one rehearsal. Now we’re the best band in Perth. What are your plans for Surf Rabbits post this single release? Keep playing together with other local bands, keep having fun and maybe make a record. THE SURF RABBITS

MATTYTWALL Blues Traveller MattyTWall the man and MattyTWall the band (he fronts the three-piece that bears his name) never seem to stop moving, so when we got the chance to have a chat with the accomplished blues man ,we leaped at the chance. What have you been up to lately? Well, in addition to playing some monthly shows in Mt Lawley, I have been looking at expanding the sound of the band with backing vocals, keyboards, and sax too at some of my shows. Keeping it interesting, but giving the songs the extra dimension that I hear in my crazy head. The songs are just about fully formed and ready to be recorded, which I’m working towards. You seem to keep up a steady regimen of live performances. How do you organise and maintain such a schedule? Between running a business, having a family and trying to further my music both in terms of managing and performing, the only time left is when I am asleep! Seriously, sometimes it can be non-stop but what is really important is being true to yourself and your aspirations and having friends and family who share your same ideals. If you have that, then the rest just falls into place. Been spending any time in the recording studio lately? I was due to go into the recording studio to work with Dan Carroll at Rada on a full-length album a couple of months ago, but I suffered a nasty tendon injury in my left hand that put me out of action for many weeks. That was very hard. Now I am back, hand is better than ever and I am due to go into the studio with the guys in January to do this recording.

What are your plans for summer? As you can probably tell, November will be a fun trip down south to play some of my favourite places, along with some guest musicians at most of these shows where we can let loose with a few extended blues jam outs. Then working towards January to get into the studio to make this music permanent. I must tell you though, in December my wife and I are due to have our third child and I am really looking forward to meeting this new little person! Exciting times indeed. What’s the upcoming gig you’re most looking forward to? The WA State Blues Challenge at the Bridgetown Blues Festival is going to be a great event. There are some really cool artists involved in this, and always when that extra pressure is on is when some great performances come out. This event might be the place to be for all those coming down to Blues@ Bridgetown this year. MattyTWall plays The Flying Scotsman on Friday, October 31, Bridgetown Blues Festival on Saturday, November 8, Denmark Hotel on Friday, November 14, Bunbury’s Prince Of Wales Hotel on Thursday, November 27, and The Redcliffe in Pinjarra on Sunday, November 30. WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

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KUČKA Lower Spectrum / James Ireland The Bird Saturday, October 25, 2014

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BRAVES DJ Harvey Rae / Sidewalk Diamonds / The Wine-Dark Sea / Villain / Elli Schoen The Bakery Saturday, November 25,2014 It was a sweet night to be out and about in Perth and The Bakery had us covered for a Saturday evening chill down courtesy of Braves and co. The bands were well selected for the fourth instalment of The Bakery Box Social, and all presented with an ineffably relaxed feeling to their music. Up first for the evening was Elli Schoen, a singer songwriter who, with the assistance of a solid drummer, ushered the audience in with a smooth and reflective style. I might be crucified for suggesting so, but there was definitely a smack of country in with the bluesy rock stylings, and some unique and characterful vocal lines were a sweet addition. There was a sense of fearless honesty in the content of some of Elli’s lyricism which is always an attractive addition in such a reflective style of music. Kicking it up a notch were the wicked Villain who, despite the name, put on a pretty heroic performance. Their sound was sweet and dusty

with lashings of retro flair which was present over the course of the whole night, and some laid back, meandering solo’s kept the audience involved. The Wine-Dark Sea were up next with a slightly more mature sound, aided in no small part by the full and beautiful vocal timbre of lead singer Tracey Read, whose woody notes echoed calmly over a laid back indie-folk style with flavours of surf rock. Up next were Braves, who continued with the undeniably Aussie summer music, possessing a cool vibe and a little bit of fuzz to smooth things out. While their music may have been a little repetitive, with the line between tracks blurring, it was certainly nice enough. An opportunity to build space and involvement came with a more instrumentally focused number later in the set, but there seemed to lack a certain precision and complexity to create a stand out performance. The band sets for the night were bought to a close by Sidewalk Diamonds, who have been building a sound and reputation in Perth for years now, and whose experience and stage presence may have served to bring the energy up had they played an earlier set. Perth is the home of some wonderfully talented musicians whose search for effortlessness can sometimes leave a little to be desired in terms of the quality of performance. Sometimes it’s just rad for a band to act like they actually care. JAMES HANLON

Moving from strength to strength, Kučka is a group continually evolving their style and sound. Having just completed their first national tour on the back the release of their biggest single to date, Unconditional, which has been all over RTRFM and Triple J, it was a homecoming celebration for the talented trio. To make the evening even more special they’d enlisted the help of a couple other stellar local electronic artists. James Ireland kicked things off early on, providing some deep, techy vibes for the crowd, who were happy to mill about enjoying a few bevvies inside, or chill out in the packed but cosy confines of the beer garden. Another man who’s recently released a new EP is the massively talented producer and live electronic artist Lower Spectrum, the pseudonym of ex-Melbourne- , now Perth-based luminary Ned Beckley, who’s been making waves with a string of consistently quality original tracks and remixes. The latest in his canon is Traces, a solid six tracks of the finest glitchy, bassy, lush, tech sounds around. The start of his set saw many of the crowd jump up from their positions and make a b-line to front of stage. A tight, albeit short live set, with a stunning visual backdrop of high-definition projections of flashing, spinning shapes and patterns; Beckley never fails to impress, and worked his way through a selection of material including several tunes lifted from his latest release such as Khlever and Hex. But tonight was all about Kučka, and after a short break, as the band assembled their rather formidable array of electronic equipment onstage, the lights dimmed, the stage lit up from the bright white screen behind them and the heavy beat dropped. The three-piece’s live show is polished from a national tour, and they have a striking stage presence. Vocalist and songwriter Laura Jane Lowther takes centre stage, with long purple hair and a shiny, puffy skirt, her doll-like figure gently swayed to beat as her angelic voice floated across the room. She was flanked to the right by Katie Campbell (aka Catlips), who kept things locked down with her impressive live beat skills and long green locks, tapping away on the pads. To the left, Jake Steele (aka Yarhkob) played analog synths and manipulated a variety of equipment.

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While the group have a fair amount of material in their back catalogue, tonight their setlist comprised of all new songs, signalling a bit of change in direction and intention to move forwards, with a heavier, darker sound that lends itself well to a live club show – more dancefloor oriented numbers that had the crowd moving to the beat. Opening track Divinity was a more atmospheric tune, before picking things up a little. The new tracks still have that distinct Kučka sound - a certain downtempo ominous groove, speckled with samples of found sounds. Deep pools of throbbing bass, stark, snappy beats and shimmering synths combined with Lowther’s quirky, effect-drenched vocals conjure a spooky, other-worldly sound, like the soundtrack to a macabre fairytale. At first her voice was a bit low in the mix but this was soon thankfully rectified, as her gorgeously constructed vocals are a crucial instrument in the music, creating a floaty melodic layer above the heavier rhythms. The wobbly bassline of the infectious single Unconditional was received warmly by the crowd, who grooved away to the track’s saccharine sweet retro vibe. Several other new tunes were given a live workout, Flux 98 and Gongg, displaying some interesting ideas, before wrapping the set with the two-steppy beat and frantic percussion of Recovery. With another new single out in a month or so, an EP coming early next year, and having landed a slot on the upcoming CoLab festival, it wont be long before we get to hear more of the new material from this intriguing, unique and talented local band, who look set to take things to the next level in the new year. ALFRE D GORMAN

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WELCOME TO THE VALLEY Art Vs Science, Basenji, Yolanda Be Cool, D-Cup, Benji & El Cee, Steve Parkin, Charlie Bucket Saturday, October 25, 2014 Belvoir Amphitheatre Pic: Josh Lloyd

DRUM&BASS ARENA The Upbeats, Cyantific, DC Breaks, Technimatic, Gracie & Sistym, Dvise, Vltrn, MC2SHY Metro City Friday, October 24, 2014 The immense DnB parties hosted at Metro City are always special dates for the calendar. Fill the stage with a handful of international acts and the dance floor will inevitably fill with one of the most loyal and committed massives in the world. Casting the mind back over similar events, such as Handpicked 2 (curated by Friction) or the Viper Recordings Decade Tour with Matrix & Futurebound, it’s easy to feel that when nights like these roll around, they are the richest marvels of Perth bass music culture. On this particular occasion, local promotion dons Inhibit teamed up with Drum&Bass Arena, one of the biggest names in London for DnB promotion. It is a testament that on the same weekend that Drum&Bass Arena hosted their 18th birthday party in London featuring an all-star cast, they had also orchestrated a mammoth tour on the opposite side of the globe. As Metros packed out nice and early into the proceedings, the upstairs balconies flood and turn the building into an almost Elizabethan Globe Theatre of energy, wherein you can feel the presence of good vibes from the bass in your feet through to the bubbling of the atmosphere overhead.

Working through the mouth-watering roll call for this latest grand excursion, none of the billing failed to let down the hype and yearning that had built in the arena. After trusted locals Gracie & Sistym and Dvise warmed the crowd up, London’s Technimatic were up first for the headliners. Touring largely off the back of July’s Desire Paths album, the set crafted was typical of the swirlingly soulful melodies that dominate that album, especially tracks such as Tectonic, Looking For Diversion, and One Way. Up next, also from London, was the boss of Cyantific Music, Cyantific himself. The ensuing booms of chaotic double drops that dominated the next hour probably just edged it as the set of the evening, peaks building to huge tracks like Wilkinson’s Tonight and Sub Focus’ VIP of Time Warp. Ram Records’ DC Breaks, the last of the UK conglomerate for the evening, is surely one of the most rapid risers in the genre over the last year thanks to the release of huge singles such as Gambino, Slugs, and Swag. With originals that devastating, it’s easy to believe the energy and tempo the set delivered, the peak of which was a heart-warming play of Shockone’s melodic banger Home. Up last but not least were Perth favourites and New Zealand locals The Upbeats, fresh from releasing an EP with Shapeshifter, dropping a recognisably intense, deeper set that would’ve satisfied the raving hardcores. Other choir-inducing crowd favourites throughout the night had included Love Has Gone by Netsky, Half Light by Wilkinson and Lights by The Prototypes. Locals Vltrn, masters of the late night Energizer Bunny sets, were the ideal final billing to play out another one of the largest bass music experiences the southern hemisphere gets to witness. I’m sure I won’t be alone in waiting to book the next one in. JOSH LLOYD

The weather might have dampened lederhosen but it did little to diminish the crowd’s spirits at this year’s Welcome to the Valley. The first part of the Oktoberfestinspired experience began at Feral Brewing Company and Oakover Estate – with event organisers successfully (our hats off to them) transporting the thousands via buses to each location. As the first load of German barmaids and overall clad men spilled out from the buses and into Feral Brewery, it was clear one thing was on their minds – beer. Despite three designated bar locations, the team were clearly struggling to keep up with demand. What was worse was the ATM line, with moneyless fellows waiting first for money, then secondly for drinks. But once beers were in hand, the merriment began and everyone got sloshy. The Welcome to the Valley plastic steins were a nice touch, transporting the event’s guests to a German-esque beer garden rather than the Swan Valley. Food came in the form of small noodle boxes, hot dogs with sauerkraut and chips, feeding the ravenous who snapped up the food before it even left the kitchen. Things got a little less German and a whole lot looser as Steve Parkin and Charlie Bucket began dropping old skool beats, getting everyone to the dancefloor before people started to file back to the buses for the Belvoir after party. The change in location brought with it rain, and people kept dry the best they could – huddling under food van verandas and the Red Bull Tasty Tent. Once the rain stopped it was back to the party, and straight on to Benji & El Cee. Next on the stage, which was decked out with greenery and a giant LED screen, was Basenji, who brought with him some electronic vibes and a nice mellow dance beat, as well as a Disclosure remix full of big pauses and heavy drops. Art Vs Science had the entire theatre crawling, as bright yellow lights streamed through

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the venue. As the familiar lyrics “In a galaxy far far away” began mid-set, it seemed everyone on the ground had taken a sip from the Magic Fountain, the hype from each person buzzing around the theatre as everyone jumped and sang to the psychedelic song. And that was just the beginning. Electric guitar solos ensued, then, as if there wasn’t already a big enough buzz, Parlez-Vous Francais? turned it up a few notches. The gigantic diamond-shaped screen behind the trio lit up with 3D squares, falling broken glass, sound waves and aerial views of city streetscapes, a futuristic accompaniment to an out of this world set. As Art Vs Science left the stage, so did a number of fans, content with their beer filled afternoon. The remaining mass weren’t left soundless, with DCUP playing remixes of R. Kelly and John Paul Young’s Love is in the Air. The giant LED screen continued to trance, with everything from smiley faces bouncing around to tie-dye moving backgrounds and music notes hypnotising onlookers. Ending the night was Yolanda Be Cool, who injected a hint of summer festival vibe into the honeycomb arena with Rhythm of the Night and J.T.’s My Love. It was a magical last few hours filled with smoke, streams of light and rain dropping from the sky. Unfortunately, the weather was against the venue, and before long, the crowd thinned out. The last buses of the night came and went, and with them, steins, lederhosen and the many ‘Germans for a day’. LILY YEANG

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THEM SHARKS Frigid Digits/At The Space Jam/Trip Hazard & The Rude Boys/House Arrest/The Latch Key Kids YaYa’s Saturday, September 25, 2014 It was well worth going to YaYa’s early as Frigid Digits exploded onto the stage with their set. They had an aggressive approach and bared a mixed repertoire of thrashy ska and hardcore punk. With abrasive vocals and overdriven power chords, they struck up immense energy to begin the night and they danced and head-banged through their entire setlist with utmost enthusiasm. Second on the stage, At The Space Jam mixed up the mood with their fun ska-style tunes. They were impressively well synchronised, utilising tempo changes and breaks in their songs with precision. The singer used a synthesiser to add some trumpet sounds to the music which fit right in with their overall style, and otherwise he was dancing in the crowd while the band continued with their catchy reggae. The band members swapped their instruments with one another for their last song, which in turn sounded a little sloppy but was quite enjoyable regardless. Trip Hazard And The Rude Boys used groovy walking bass lines, thrashy, swinging beats and old-school punk guitar riffs, sounding much like a ska inspired innovation of The Cure. Their rock-like style remained pretty solid through their setlist, apart from an

entertaining rap interlude improvised by the drummer. They also pulled off some really nice harmonies in their songs, regardless of the intensity of their music. Whipping out a trumpet and retaining the ska-punk theme, House Arrest put on an enthusiastic performance which blared louder and louder as they became more dynamic. While a mild interruption occurred due to a broken guitar string, the band resorted to playing a cover song while it was fixed. They then recovered quickly and delved back into intense ska-punk; yelling the vocals and incorporating jammy instrumental breaks into their set. The Latch Key Kids came in with their funky swing beats, catchy guitar riffs and good vocal harmonies. Keeping close to their musical style, they played a cover of The Boys Light Up by Australian Crawl, before changing from fast-paced rock to slower tempo-ed jams for a more laid back groove. This gave room for more flexible vocals sounding similar to that of Maroon 5, but with deeper vocal harmonies added to compliment it. You know it’s going to be a great performance when the band members all take their shirts off before they even start playing. Them SHARKS kept the good tunes coming, with really interesting drum beats and catchy lyrics. Just when you think their song has changed from ska to punk rock, it would circle back around to ska and continue on its way. There were also cool guitar techniques used, such as repeated riffs and muted chords, enabling the bass guitar to drive the song forward. The performance was very lively with the bassist going for a crowd surf, followed by audience members getting up and dancing on the stage, including a shark mascot. ASHLEIGH BYRNE

MILEY CYRUS Lolawolf Perth Arena Thursday, October 23, 2014 Opening all of the shows of the Australian leg of the Bangerz tour is Los Angeles-formed electronic trio Lolawolf. Most of the interest for the band comes from the fact they are fronted by Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet’s daughter, Zoe Kravitz. Whilst her father is a smooth mover and strong vocalist, both of these traits don’t appear to have been passed to the next generation. The minimalist R&B of Lolawolf was a combination of ordinary beats, earsplitting treble and a lack of memorable tunes played at too loud a volume. From the moment that Miley Cyrus entered the stage via sliding down massive

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tongue and announcing to the crowd ‘make some motherfucking noise,’ until the final piece of red white and blue confetti fell during Party In The USA, the Bangerz concert was like the musical equivalent of a Viz comic. M u c h h av e b e e n w r i t t e n o f t h e transformation of Cyrus from the wholesome figure of Hannah Montana to the rule breaking headline grabbing caricature that she has become in the past few years, but this hasn’t dulled her popularity as the venue had an almost unprecedented amount of people who were wearing gear from the merchandise stand. When Cyrus was last in Perth she played a pretty standard rock/pop show, yet the Bangerz concert is a massive shift in performance value that borders on visual and sensory overload. The Perth show was the final performance of the world tour and was slick and seamless in its delivery. There were dancers of all shapes and sizes wearing odd outfits with oversized prosthetic buttocks or bikinis with fried eggs on their breasts, a large screen behind the stage that would show Cyrus in various states of undress to images of her with her head superimposed on a roast chicken, people in fluffy animal suits, cars for Cyrus to gyrate on, and a large bed for the performers to put on a staged orgy during #GETITRIGHT amongst other visual aides. The girl next door image took a beating as Cyrus swore like a sailor and visibly touched herself throughout Love Money Party. Amongst the clutter there were some fine musical efforts as Cyrus donned bright pink cowboy boots and a neon cowboy hat for Do My Thang or the likeable ballad Adore You. The close to half a dozen covers could have all been cut from the set with Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds being the worst offender and Jolene being the best of a bad lot, even if Cyrus did litter it with profanity and call Jolene a slut. The concert was highly sexual with Cyrus owing a fair bit to her cosmetologist throughout the various costume changes. It is quite an achievement to have a show that is so explicit in nature be in no way, shape or form sexy. Although that is obviously so far from the intent, there are not many could pull that off. That said, Wrecking Ball is a cracking song and many there would have left feeling they got their monies worth by witnessing that tune live. No one could fault the work ethic of Cyrus during a show, but there were so many songs that were no better than filler, she would have better served to condense the Bangerz experience to about half of the concert’s duration. Cyrus was so obsessed with pulling faces and sticking out her tongue that this concert was about as awkward as watching someone take a two hour selfie. CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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X- P R E S S G U I D E TOURS KARL S WILLIAMS THE ROLLING 5 Mojos Bar STONES 6 Four5Nine Bar 29 & 1 Perth SETH SENTRY Arena KATIE NOONAN 5 Wintersun Hotel & FRIENDS 7 Dampier 30 Artbar Mermaid THE KIN 8 The Pier, Port 30 Mojos Bar Hedland 31 Rosemount 9 The Roey, Hotel Broome KATCHAFIRE THE SCREAMING 30 Settlers JETS Tavern 6 Capitol 31 Metropolis MARIANAS Fremantle TRENCH 1 Capitol 6 Astor Theatre ALEX LLOYD THE BEAUTIFUL 30 White Star GIRLS Hotel 6 & 7 Rosemount SHIHAD Hotel 31 Mojos Bar 8 Blues at 1 Rosemount Bridgetown Hotel CORONA EXTRA Festival RODRIGUEZ PRESENTS: PORTUGAL. THE 6, 7 & 9 Kings Park & Botanic MAN 31 Caves House, Garden EDDIE BOYD Yallingup & & THE Settlers Tavern PHATAPILLARS 1 Leftbank & 6 Northshore Northshore Tavern Tavern 7 Blues @ 2 The OBH Bridgetown WE TWO Festival THIEVES 1 The Odd Fellow 12 Four5Nine Bar 13 Swan 2 Astor Lounge Basement JOELISTICS 1 Four5Nine Bar 15 Earl of Spencer Hotel, 2 Mojos Bar Albany SASHA 16 Indi Bar 2 The Court THE BEAUTIFUL Hotel DALLAS FRASCA GIRLS 2 The Odd Fellow 6 & 7 Rosemount MARIAH CAREY Hotel 8 Blues @ 2 Sandalford Bridgetown Estate Festival MADDEN NOVEMBER BROTHERS AQUA 7 Crown Theatre 5 Metropolis LANIE LANE Fremantle 7 The Bakery SETS IN THE MARIANAS CITY TRENCH 7 Riverside Drive 5 Astor Theatre THIS WEEK

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SONIC SESSIONS: KATY STEELE 7 Fremantle Arts Centre CAUSE & AFFECT 7 Ambar BLUES AT BRIDGETOWN FESTIVAL 7 – 9 Bridgetown KATY PERRY 7 & 8 Perth Arena BLACK VOICES 8 Perth Concert Hall FLIGHT FACILITIES with CLIENT LIASON 8 Capitol MIX 94.5’S CLASSIC HITS ALL DAY 8 King’s Park & Botanic Garden BLOOD ROCK FEST 2014 8 Rosemount Hotel SARAH MCKENZIE 8 Ellington Jazz Club RADIO BIRDMAN 9 459 Rosemount Hotel GOSSLING 9 The Bakery JACK CARTY 9 Rosemount Hotel JOE SATRIANI 11 Astor Theatre JIMMY EAT WORLD 11 Metro City YES 12 Crown Theatre KRISIUM 12 Amplifier Bar THIRSTY MERC 12 Friends Restaurant 13 Rivendell Winery 14 New Centurion Hotel 15 Charles Hotel 16 Ravenswood Hotel PAUL URBANA JONES 13 Northshore Tavern 14 Ravenswood Tavern 15 Collie Hotel 16 Settlers Tavern 19 Music Shack, Pinjarra 21 Howling Wolf Winery, Yallingup JOHN DIGWEED 14 The Stables Bar

DUSKY 14 Ambar THELMA PLUM 14 Players Bar 15 Amplifier Bar 16 Newport Hotel XAVIER RUDD 14 Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome 15 Pier Hotel, Port Hedland 16 Mermaid Hotel 19 Wintersun Hotel NOFX 15 Metro City THE MARK OF CAIN 15 Rosemount Hotel SEAN PAUL 15 HBF Stadium V CAPRI 15 New Centurion Hotel SAN CISCO 15 & 16 Mojos CELTIC LEGENDS 16 – 17 Heath Ledger Theatre 18 – 19 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 21 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 22 Albany Entertainment Centre TORI AMOS 18 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre JIMMY BARNES 19 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 20 Albany Entertainment Centre 22 & 23 Kings Park & Botanic Garden VIOLENT SOHO 19 Prince of Wales, Bunbury 20 Dunsborough Tavern 21 Studio 146, Albany 22 Capitol STEVE SMYTH 19 Four5Nine Bar 22 Mojos Bar 23 Indi Bar SONIC SESSIONS: VIKKI THORN & DONNA SIMPSON 20 Fremantle Arts Centre SETH TROXLER 21 Villa

THE DELTA RIGGS 21 Prince of Wales Hotel 22 The Odd Fellow 23 Aviary HEY LADY! 21 Mojos Bar 22 459 Rosemount MOTOWN ON THE ROCKS 21 Quarry Amphitheatre JUSTINE CLARKE 22 Crown Theatre NEIL FINN 22 Sandalford Winery ARYAY 22 Coconut Club NATURAL NZ MUSIC FESTIVAL 22 Red Hill Auditorium C.W. STONEKING 22 Rosemount Hotel 23 Mojos Bar THE BLACK SEEDS 23 Clancy’s Dunsborough NICK CAVE 27 & 28 Fremantle Arts Centre BUSBY MAROU ACOUSTIC DUO 27 Mojos Bar 28 Prince of Wales, Bunbury ILLY 28 Astor Theatre ACOUSTIC ON THE ROCKS 28 Quarry Amphitheatre BEN FOLDS & WASO 28 & 29 Perth Concert Hall HAND OF MERCY 28 Elliot St Bar, Bunbury 29 Villa 30 YMCA HQ BRITISH INDIA 28 Settlers Tavern 29 Prince Of Wales 30 Scarborough Amphitheatre HAMISH ANDERSON 28 YaYa’s BROODS 28 Capitol JAZZ ON THE ROCKS 29 Quarry Amphitheatre COLAB FESTIVAL 29 UWA Oak Lawn THE SMITH STREET BAND 29 Rosemount Hotel 30 Railway Hotel

SONIC SESSIONS: EMILY & JESSE LUBITZ (TINPAN ORANGE) 29 Fremantle Arts Centre HIATUS KAIYOTE & REMI 29 The Bakery DAVID BRIDIE 29 Astor Lounge 30 Mojos Bar NEW NAVY 29 Amplifier 30 Dunsborough Tav JEFF LANG 29 Clancy’s Dunsborough STEREOSONIC 29 & 30 Claremont Showgrounds HOODOO GURUS 30 Scarborough Amphitheatre DECEMBER

RUDELY INTERRUPTED 3 Northbridge Piazza & Rosemount Hotel JOAN ARMATRADING 4 Astor Theatre THE DEAD DAISIES 4 Rosemount Hotel HUSKY 4 Dunsborough Hotel 5 The Bakery 6 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury NAHKO & MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE 4 Settlers Tavern YACHT CLUB DJS 5 Amplifier Bar UB40 & BLUE KING BROWN 5 Red Hill Auditorium HILLTOP HOODS 5 Bovell Park, Busselton 6 Red Hill Auditorium DRUNK MUMS 5 Devilles Pad 6 Mojos Bar PIERCE BROTHERS 5 Settlers Tavern 6 Indi Bar NE OBLIVISCARIS 6 Amplifier Bar TIG NOTARO 6 Regal Theatre THE PREATURES 6 Capitol RIBONGIA 6 Father @ Flyrite CYPRESS HILL ft. DJ JAZZY JEFF 6 Metro City

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SLEEP 8 The Bakery LULUC 10 Four5Nine Bar 11 Mojos TY SEGALL 11 The Bakery THE DATSUNS 11 Leisure Inn, Rockingham 12 Prince of Wales, Bunbury 13 Astor Lounge 14 Railway Hotel LIJ GILMOUR 12 YMCA HQ DEAD LETTER CIRCUS 12 Capitol 13 Prince of Wales, Bunbury FACTORY FLOOR 13 The Bakery THE WAIFS 13 Fremantle Arts Centre THINGS OF STONE & WOOD 13 The Charles Hotel 14 Dunsborough Hotel THE RUBENS & THE PANICS 14 Hotel Rottnest JOHN LEGEND 16 Kings Park & Botanic Garden THY ART IS MURDER 17 YMCA HQ 18 Capitol WATSKY 18 Prince Of Wales, Bunbury 19 Leisure Inn 20 Amplifier Bar GYROSCOPE 20 Rosemount Hotel MINISTRY OF SOUND: THE ANNUAL 20 Villa GHOSTFACE KILLAH 21 Metro City THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS 21 Amplifier Bar 22 Cockburn Youth Centre BREAKFEST 2014 26 Belvoir Amphitheatre KNIFE PARTY 26 The Pavilions – Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre FUNK CLUB’S NYE COUNTDOWN – 2015 EDITION 31 Salt On The Beach, North Fremantle

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SOUTHBOUND 3 & 4 Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton 2CELLOS 6 Perth Concert Hall MARDUK & INQUISITION 12 Amplifier Bar EVERY TIME I DIE 14 Amplifier Bar THE KOOKS 17 Belvoir Amphitheatre SHAMEEM 17 Subiaco Arts Centre NELLY, LUPE FIASCO & B.O.B 17 HBF Stadium ODESZA 18 Sets On The Beach, Scarborough Amphitheatre FAT FREDDY’S DROP 24 Fremantle Arts Centre OZ ROCK BUSSELTON ft. ICEHOUSE, ABSOLUTELY '80S, WENDY MATTHEWS, ROSS WILSON, DIESEL, JAMES REYNE 24 Barnard Park, Busselton SUMMER OF MUSIC ft. PETE MURRAY, YOU AM I, THE WHITLAMS, DARYL BRAITHWAITE, MENTAL AS ANYTHING 24 Bendigo Bank Stadium RED HILL AUSTRALIA DAY EVE CONCERT ft. ICEHOUSE, JAMES REYNE, DIESEL 25 Red Hill Auditorium SUZI QUATRO 28, 29 & 31 Regal Theatre JOHNNY MARR 29 Astor Theatre EYEHATEGOD 29 Rosemount Hotel AMITY AFFLICTION 29 Metropolis Fremantle 30 Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre 31 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre

THE VAMPS with SHORT STACK 30 HBF Stadium DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR 31 Perth Arena FEBRUARY 2015

FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL 1 Arena Joondalup SUZI QUATRO 1 Regal Theatre BELLE & SEBASTIAN 3 Astor Theatre CHIODOS 4 Amplifier Bar EDDIE IZZARD 4 Riverside Theatre KASEY CHAMBERS 5 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 6 Bunbury Entertainment Centre 7 Quindanning Inne 8 Sandalford Estate LAMB 6 Astor Theatre PASSENGER 7 Red Hill Auditorium EVENING ON THE GREEN – THE ANGELS & CHEAP TRICK 8 Kings Park & Botanic Garden LANEWAY FESTIVAL ft. ANDY BULL, ANGEL OLSEN, BANKS & MORE! 8 Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle KENNY ROGERS 8 Sandalford Estate SARAH MCLACHLAN 11 Astor Theatre YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN 12 Astor Theatre ROXETTE 14 Perth Arena THE EAGLES 18 & 19 Perth Arena ONE DIRECTION 20 Patersons Stadium PAUL SIMON & STING 21 & 22 Sir James Mitchell Park

DAN SULTAN 27 Queens Park Theatre 28 Fremantle Arts Centre GUY SEBASTIAN 28 Perth Arena MARCH 2015

DAN SULTAN 1 Nannup Music Festival FROM THE JAM 5 Capitol KYLIE MINOGUE 14 Perth Arena INGRID MICHAELSON 14 Rosemount Hotel ROXETTE 14 Perth Arena BILLY IDOL 14 Kings Park & Botanic Garden VANCE JOY 20 Astor Theatre ROD STEWART 21 Perth Arena APRIL 2015

ED SHEERAN 4 & 5 Perth Arena FAIRBRIDGE FESTIVAL 10 – 12 Fairbridge Village, Pinjarra THE BLACK KEYS 14 Red Hill Auditorium NANA MOUSKOURI 19 Perth Concert Hall THE SCRIPT with LABRINTH 24 Perth Arena MAY 2015

SAM SMITH 4 HBF Stadium RICKY MARTIN 8 Perth Arena ALT-J 15 HBF Stadium PALOMA FAITH 16 Perth Concert Hall JUNE 2015

THE GETAWAY PLAN 12 Rosemount Hotel 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 29 Perth Arena JULY 2015

YELLOWCARD 4 Metro City

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CATBRUSH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 MOJOS BAR ABBE MAY HIDEOUS SUN DEMON KT RUMBLE 29 Mojos Bar GOING SOLO LUKE DUX TODD PICKETT 29 The Moon Cafe MARK NEAL DEREK GOODREID MARK FREESE TASHI HALL NYANDA J 29 The Odd Fellow OCTOBERFEAST ft. CATBRUSH RAG N' BONE PUCK THE PISSEDCOLAS 29 The Bird LAST NIGHT ft. STATUES DROP BEARS RAT KING 30 Amplifier Bar SONGS FROM THE CRYPT: ROCK N ROLL KARAOKE 30 Devilles Pad MURDERBALLS WHERE'S GROVER? THE DE NIROS YOB MOB 30 Four5Nine Rosemount PROGLAMATION #2 GOMBO MORPHICA KRIPKE'S ILLUSION SKYGAZER 30 Rosemount Hotel SURF RABBITS THE COMMUNITY CHEST NIGHT SIGNALS WATERSHIP JADE NOBBS 30 The Bakery

SASHA + SUBB-AN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 THE COURT BRAVES OAKLAND THREE HANDS ONE HOOF CAM SCARROT 30 The Good Shepherd ACADEMY FRIDAY TAKEOVER HALLOWEEN PARTY ICONOCLAST BLKOUT THE OTHERS LEGIONS MINDLESS ILLUMINATOR BOUNTY HUNTER ARKIRO 31 Amplifier Bar

CROOKED COLOURS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 THE BAKERY

CROOKED COLOURS SAFIA PACES 31 The Bakery DEAD CELEBS ft. EVIL ELVIS & BAND KING CORNELIUS & HIS SILVERBACKS THE INSINNERATORS LES SATANIQUES 31 Devilles Pad DUSK TILL DAWN ft. SHOTDOWN FROM SUGARTOWN 31 The Moon Cafe

HAMJAM ABORTED TORTOISE BEN WITT KITCHEN PEOPLE DJ ASLAN DJ KACK DOEPEL 1 Mojos Bar HOWL O' SCREAM ADVENT SORROW MATTY TRASH AND THE HORRIBLES AMADEUM ALL THIS FILTH DJ MITH VON VOODOO 1 The Bakery TRAVIS GREEN 2 Redcliffe On The Murray DALLAS FRASCA 2 The Odd Fellow

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SCALPHUNTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 OSBORNE PARK BOWLING CLUB HELLOWEEN EMU XPERTS THE PISSEDCOLADAS UNION SHIT NARNIA YOKOHOMOS DENNIS COMETTI 31 Four5Nine BABUSHKA HALLOWEEN APACHE 44TH SUNSET TITAN PIPPIE LEMON 31 Babushka SUCCESSOR STATES KYNAN TAN STEVE PARASKOS STUART JAMES SAM GILLIES ZAC CORRIE 31 PS Art Space

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THE COURTYARD CLUB: OPENING PARTY ft. ABBE MAY HIDEOUS SUN DEMON DJ HOLLY DOLL DJ CLAIRE HODGSON 31 State Theatre Centre Of Western Australia

HALLOWEEN THRASHBATTLE III THE LUNGS YOB MOB RAINBOW NIGHTMARE THE NEW HUSSEINS DEAD SET DEAD SILVER LIZARD CIRCLE ONE MURDERBALLS WPO WHERE'S GROVER COCO RIP SLUDGE BUCKET THE DE NIROS MEDICINE DINGBATS TRS BIKINI GIRLS 1 Swan Hotel Basement

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LOLA HEART SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 CARNAC ISLAND MOTEL SIX ft. ASLAN CAMBOURGHINI ANDREW SINCLAIR 31 The Manor REVENGE AT THE CAUSEWAY NODES DAN PETERS BLISS IN BERLIN THE GEORGIANS THE FLORIZELS THE DOMB 31 The Causeway ANNIHILATE MUSIC LOCAL SHOW SURROUNDINGS RUTHLESS THIS EXISTENCE IMPALER HOLLOW GROUND 1 Amplifier Bar CARNIVALE DELIRIUM ft. ENSEMBLE FORMIDABLE DJ EXTRODINAIRE LES SATAIQUES MC TYRANNY 1 Devilles Pad JOELISTICS SIETTA MATHAS 1 Four5Nine Rosemount

THE GET DOWN ASLAN JOHN SAFARI KLEAN KICKS 2 Rosemount Hotel JOELISTICS SIETTA MATHAS 2 Mojos Bar ROCKIN BOWL ft. ORDER OF THE BLACK WEREWOLF CAVALIER UNION FIGHT THE MORNING 2 Osborne Park Bowls Club THREE HANDS ONE HOOF THUNDERDOGS ICEAGE SUGAR 4 Mojos Bar SHAKE WITH MIKEY FELLA 5 The Bird OHIO BIPOLAR BEAR BEUA JONES LAUREN ARTHUR 6 Mojos Bar

SAN CISCO 15 Mojos 16 Mojos RILEY PEARCE STILLWATER GIANTS LOGAN CRAWFORD 20 Mojos Bar STIMMING

STIMMING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 GEISHA BAR WAM FESTIVAL 2014 OPENING PARTY ft. MT MOUNTAIN USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE PAT CHOW TIRED LION HIDEOUS SUN DEMON FAIT SCALPHUNTER DJ JAMIE MAC 6 The Bakery ACADEMY TWO STAGER ft. EMBERVILLE MAKE ME BELIEVE AWAKEN I AM ADORA HEIGHTS RENEGADE ARMADA THE MOMENT WE FALL NOVARCHY HAVOC 7 Amplifier Bar BOOM! BAP! POW! THE CABALLEROS THE PINHOLES 7 Devilles Pad WAM MUSIC CRAFT AWARDS ft. LOWER SPECTRUM DJ CRAIG HOLLYWOOD 7 State Theatre Of Western Australia WAM MUSIC AWARDS ft. SABLE TIMOTHY NELSON & THE INFIDELS 7 Capitol SNEAKY KARL BLUE DJ SKOOBY DJ SLICK DJ MISHTEE SHANN 7 Library Nightclub ANIMISTIC CONSTRUCTS SANZU GROTESQUE 8 Civic Hotel

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TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 MOJOS BAR FATHER OAKOVER SKYKIDD AUSTY JACKSON SPOKE TRILLEM DAFOE 8 Flyrite BLOOD ROCK FEST 2014 8 Rosemount Hotel DATURA HUGE MAGNET KING ZOG 8 Mojos Bar WAM SATURDAY SPECTACULAR 8 Various Venues, Northbridge WAM FESTIVAL BLOCK PARTY 8 Wilson Car Park, Northbridge

AXE GIRL YOKOHOMOS HEY LADY! DJ BRUNA C 21 Mojos Bar A TRIBUTE TO CBGB THE BOWERY BOYS ABOTED TORTOISE THE SHAKEYS 21 Devilles Pad TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING INJURED NINJA FAIT 21 The Rosemount Hotel NUCLEUST DROWN THE FAITH DARKENIUM TO HELL WITH HONOUR SANZU THE ARCADIAN 21 The Civic Hotel HIDEOUS SUN DEMON METHYL ETHEL KING CACTUS SKULLCAVE HENRY KISSINGER 26 Mojos Bar

APOLLO'S SON LATE NIGHT HYSTERICS BASKERVILLES 9 Mojo's Bar SCALPHUNTER RAY FINKLE EMU XPERTS SHARON 9 Osbourne Park Bowling Club JUSTIN WALSHE FOLK MACHINE STONEY JOE 13 Clancys Fish Pub Fremantle BEAUTIFUL LOSERS JILL BIRT & ALSY MCDONALD THE WINE DARK SEA 14 Astor Theatre CANDY DJ KARL BLUE DJ SKOOBY MC RAMI + GUESTS 14 Parker Nightclub NAIK 15 The Bakery

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DJ SPINN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 FLYRITE MANTL DRY DRY RIVER RAGDOLL SEPTEMBER SUN 28 Amplifier Bar FREQSHOW ENSEMBLE FORMIDABLE NDORSE 29 Clancy Fish Pub Fremantle HAYLEY LEGG JOEY ANGEL MICK HARDING 29 Port Kennedy Tavern REILLY CRAIG 29 Sandbar

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There’s a bunch of different ways. To give an example there was once a pub that I wanted to play at, so I rang them every day for a month. The guy eventually rang me back and said he’d give me a gig so I’d shut up. He made a deal with me that if it didn’t work I’d never call him again and we three-quarter packed it and we got moved from a Tuesday night to a Saturday night; so persistence. If you’re going to go with a booking agency make sure the person who is looking after you likes you. What you’re looking for all over the music industry whether it is someone recording you or a label, only go with someone you think is going to champion you.

CHIT CHAT Live and In Person Wh h iit’s Whether ’ TV, TV radio, di on the h keyboard k b d or on the mic; Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab has done it all in the music industry. Taking his years of experience as a member of Machine Gun Fellatio, Chat and Mollie McClymont will be bringing a tour management seminar to Australia on Monday, November 3, through a Telstra Road to Discovery Master Class live stream. Chat speaks with AARON BRYANS.

Without giving too much away what’s the first thing a band should know about performing live? First of all respect your audience. Do a show. Don’t think you’re there just to play the songs. People will come back if they see that you’re actually going to give something to them. The other thing is to enjoy it. You may get to play one gig in your life or 1000 but make sure you enjoy it because the odds are stacked against you. At some point you may be back working in an office so milk every moment.

How expensive can touring be for a starting band? It can be extremely expensive especially if you live in Perth. You’ve got to test the water. Go to places you can drive to to start off with before you start doing a tour. You got to do it because you love and not expect to make money for quite a while.

How can musicians get in touch with venues and/ or bookers?

H ow s h o u l d o p e n i n g b a n d s b e h ave w h e n performing a support slot, from when they show up to when they perform? All that sort of stuff usually takes time. If you’re doing several shows don’t try to approach them on the first night. I’ve done Big Day Out a few

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