Sauce - Issue 95, 27-05-09 by David K Q Williams

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The film was the winner of the Best Narration Award and also picked up merit awards for Editing and Script.

Narrated by William McInnes, the one-hour documentary follows the “Fox Squad”, a tem employed by the Tasmanian governments fox eradication program. 0 Find out more about Feral Peril at: http://www.filmaust.com.au/programs/default. asp?content=program_display&sn=9206

The band will be making their debut performance, so be the first to discover this great new local band. 0 29 May @ Brookfield Vineyard, Margate

NEED FILMMAKING ADVICE? Wide Angle Tasmania have recently launched their new service, Special Advice Service, which aims at providing young filmmakers and other industry newcomers with specialised service, allowing people to speak directly with screen industry professionals. There are a list of advisors available in diverse areas including funding, script development, production, commercialisation and marketing for screen projects.

Playing will be local songwriters on guitar and harp including, Ruth Caravetta, Diamonds Sun and Matt Tereska.

It’s a unique service in Tasmania, mirroring other ones by Screen Development Australia found Australiawide.

Also at the event will be handmade local artefacts which will be on sale.

For a small fee, clients will be matched with an advisor to speak one-on-one with them about their project.

Profits of the event go to the children’s house roofing and schoolfees, so get out and support this worthy event.

Info on advisors, and comprehensive details about how the service will work are available from the WAT website, on the ‘ADVICE’ page.

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AFTRS CLASSES Following on from the announcement of a dedicated ABC children’s channel, if you want to get a head start on your ideas then AFTRS can recommend coming along to their writing a Children’s TV Series short course in June. They have also rescheduled the Pitching a TV Series Masterclass with Paul Melville for May 29 and it is not too late to apply for the AFTRS online course in Screenwriting for Film and TV. 0 For more about these classes, including dates and pricing, head to www.aftrs.edu.au/tas. PLAYSTATION NEWS Celebrating two years of PlayStation 3, Sony have recently announced VidZone, a new music video service that will offer free viewing of thousands of music videos streaming directly to your PS3. New games for PSP have also been announced, bringing Australian football codes AFL and NRL to the device, with AFL Challenge and Rugby League Challenge, developed locally by Melbourne-based company Wicked Witch Software, and the titles are aimed for a mid-July release. For more infor & releases, check out the PlayStation website. 0 www.playstation.com.au

FOLK - GERMANY // DAMEN SAMUEL

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Feral Peril will be screening on ABC in 2009, and investigates if Tasmania’s struggling native species are under threat from a feral fox invasion.

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Damen Samuel recently launched his first full-length album A Gypsy’s Lullaby, which is receiving airplay from local radio stations across the nation. He is currently promoting the album throughout Australia, America and Europe. A singer/songwriter originally from Germany, in 2002 Damen moved to New York City where he quickly became part of the local music scene of Brooklyn and the Lower Eastside. There he refined his songwriting and performing skills by regularly appearing at various venues. He is currently based in Melbourne. His music has an eclectic sound, which embraces folk, soul acoustic, rock and jazz influences. His mellow yet powerful songs are full of sensuality and sadness, which are covered in beautiful melodies. Live audiences have described his vocals as having a haunting yet soothing feel. His voice has often been compared to the likes of Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons), Nick Drake and Tim Buckley. To see Damen perform, check out: 0 28 May @ The Alley Cat, Hobart. 0 31 May @ Republic Bar, Hobart.

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HIP-HOP - SYDNEY // ASTRONOMY CLASS

All Class Well, as it is International Year of Astronomy, it has fittingly been a big year already for Sydney hip-hop outfit Astronomy Class - with a new album, Pursuit of Happiness, dropping May 2, and now embarking on their national ‘Where You At?’ Tour. Vocalist Ozi Batla lets us know what keeps them happy, the new tour and searching the sky for UFOs. What’s happening in hip-hop in Australia, at the moment, as you see it. Trends, positive and negative? Hip-hop in Australia is very healthy at the moment – you only have to look at the number of new releases this year. The old arguments about what is “real” or not has died down, which suggests to me that we’re more comfortable with a diverse range of styles being represented – maybe because there’s more opportunities. There’s heaps of quality young crews coming up – we’re taking Thundamentals and The Tongue on the road with us who represent that new school very well.

What brought about the current direction, heard on Pursuit of Happiness? I began writing for Pursuit of Happiness while on a surfing holiday in the South Pacific, so I was feeling pretty sunny and upbeat! As always, Chas and Robbo were slinging me a variety of beats, I guess the ones I gravitated towards were the more up-tempo, positivesounding ones. I’d just finished working on The Herd album, and I wanted to get back to some good times raps, work on creating a feeling rather than making head music.

Where does Astronomy Class fit into this landscape? We’re pretty happy to just do our thing, with a nod to the golden era (‘87-’93) style hip-hop and roots and dub reggae in equal measure. Our live show incorporates the dub aspect but with a couple of MCs out the front. UK rap has mixed up these styles for years, and the dancehall sound has fed off hip-hop more recently as well. They are compatible styles, probably why so many heads listen to both. We want to do something original with that blend.

Where did the title come from and to what in the band, or in the album, does it refer? The title comes from the United States Declaration of Independence: “We hold these Truths to be selfevident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” In terms of the album, it’s about the things we do or need to do to be happy: friends, work, travel, relationships, our passions, love affairs, vices and beliefs.

What about the international scene? Turn-ons and turn-offs? The US is probably not the main source for good hip-hop these days, that’s probably the big change. The gap between the indie scene and the mainstream has widened, and the mainstream is really a shallow, pitch-corrected parody of what hip-hop should be. Plenty still coming out of Europe, and Jamaican music remains strong as ever.

What’s the funniest moment you can recall from the recording, mixing and mastering process? The Tongue is always good value in the studio – he usually has some grand plan for world domination before we’ve even recorded the vocals! Recording with Ash Grunwald was one of the funniest. He rocked up in his fully pimped motorhome, with his lady and their child. He parked it out the front of the studio, in grimy Marrickville, put some rice on the cooker and came in and started his takes! He’d run out every now and then to check on the dinner – classic fella, and really brought the goods for our collaboration.

How has Astronomy Class changed over the years? And what has brought about the changes? We’ve all stepped up our skills over the past 3 years. The sound has naturally evolved to incorporate more of the motown, soul sound like on “A Bright Tomorrow” and that’s a bit more evident on the new album. Sir Robbo and Chasm have found a formula that works for them and it’s developed into a really easy sound. My writing and delivery has become D O H A 0 0 7 9 _ K N O WI N G _ 2 . p d more direct and concise – we’ve all tightened up and

focussed on our strengths.

Was there any time when you thought, while making the album, “Fuck it!”? Nah, not really. We’re doing it for the love of it, we’re all mates and we really don’t put anything down that we’re not fully into. All our guests and session players came through, Mike Burnham did a great job on the f mix,PJane a gTyrrell e 1and Presto 2 0 / did 5 /mad 0 artwork, 9 , 7all: gravy. 3 2

“…We’ve all stepped up our skills over the past 3 years…we’ve all tightened up and focussed on our strengths...” How does Astronomy Class bond, away from playing music? Usually we get out to the countryside on a clear night and look for UFOs. If it’s overcast, we might go out for a chicken-based meal and listen to some reggae.

bass all the time, in airports, backstage, in the tour van! He’s a bass machine. Dunno about the Thundamentals boys, but looking forward to some good times with those lads as well.

What are each of the band members like to tour with? What are their quirks? Everyone’s pretty easy to travel with; we’re all mates so it’s just like being on a road trip. Johnny Maddox Pbrings M a little amp with him and pretty much plays

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Astronomy Class are keeping it classy with their tour around Australia troughout May and June. Pursuit of Happiness is out now. 0 13 June @ Republic Bar, Hobart

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“…We just like doing whatever we want to do, and we don’t give a f*ck what anyone says. We’re going to play whatever we want to play...”

ROCK - NEWCASTLE // THE PROTECTORS

Who Needs Protection? Have you ever heard the story of the band so good that Triple J aired a stream from their MySpace because they didn’t have the demo? No? Well prick up your ears people, because The Protectors are here in true rock star style, trashing hotel rooms and making big-name fans the world over. With their epic full force performances and fresh indie rock sound, there is no need to protect yourselves from the no doubt soon to be huge band, The Protectors. “Yeah well apparently the hotel [in Tasmania] called us and said ‘you wrecked the place. There was vomit, there was spew, there was blood and all this stuff on the walls…’ There were some other shows that we’re playing where they’re making us sign forms to say that we’re not allowed to break anything or smash anything… It’s terrible, but it’s kind of funny.” As guitarist and vocalist Pete Stals describes, their last trip to Tasmania definitely made an impact.

up for every day, we love that.” Even though they’ve only been together as a band for just over twelve months, they’ve managed to build up from a four-week residency at Spectrum in Sydney (where they would often play to ten or twenty people, which multiplied each week), to sold-out crowds in large venues, often due to them being first choice as support act by some big-names acts such as Eagles of Death Metal and Mickey Avalon.

Supporting Melbourne band Little Red (on whom the band tried to blame their hotel shenanigans), The Protectors made a huge impression on audiences at The Republic on their first trip to the state. The vigour they seemed to take out on the hotel room following the gig is also evident in their live shows, with enthusiasm and raw energy that has often resulted in broken equipment and landed band members in hospital. “All our live shows, something different seems to happen every time… Last time we played Oxford Art Factory, our show finished…we were walking off stage, but our bass player William is still on stage, lighting his bass on fire and smashing it over the drums.”

“Both of those supports, we were so happy. We couldn’t believe they would choose us over all the other great bands in Australia… They liked us from our MySpace page, and that’s pretty much it. We’re stoked.” From there it was a few crazy tours, where the band received a lot of positive attention, and now they’re touring in support of their own EP, Tarantula.

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Even though the band hasn’t been together that long, the Newcastle boys have known each other from the music scene and playing in bands since they were in their early teens. Then, “I guess we all wanted to do the same thing with The Protectors, whatever that is. It came together. We met Scott [Horscroft, Tarantula’s engineer], got the stuff together, got it up on MySpace, and it’s been really great. A blessing.” Although Stals admits that the album doesn’t quite meet the intensity levels found in their live shows,

working with Horscroft (silverchair, The Presets) the band recorded their entire five-track EP in a week, creating a record jam packed with catchy, dynamic rock songs that are somehow both fresh and modern but also slightly retro at the same time. The lead single ‘I’m A Sister,’ is already on rotation on Channel [V], MTV, and other music video programs, no doubt helped by the clever stop-motion film clip captured with photographs by Steve Baccon (Dave Grohl, ACDC). “It was pretty intense. I think there was about four and a half thousand photos over eight hours…The end result, we were stoked.” The idea came from Stals, who is also the songwriter for the band. Bassist William Wood describes him as “a creative genius.” “That’s just my personal experience.” Says Wood, who goes on to praise drummer (and brother) Sunny Wood as well. “One of the most common things that happens in our band, the amount of compliments about Sunny. He’s a monster of a drummer. His drumming skills are up there with the genius of Pete’s songwriting skills, that’s what I have to say anyway.” There’s obviously a mutual love and respect amongst the band, and also for their music. Even if they fight (one such occasion led to Sunny fracturing his wrist on stage), at the end of the day, “there is a serious side to the drunken

idiots, we want to play rock and roll, set things on fire.” And they plan to do just that when they make it to Tasmania for their Tarantula tour. Surely a band on the brink of making it big, we’re glad Stals didn’t give up and go to uni to get “a real job” like he’s often thought. Instead, the band are the long-haired rock stars of a new generation, and are definitely creating their own path to success. “We hate falling into categories of what’s good and what’s not good, and what to wear… we just like doing whatever we want to do, and we don’t give a fuck what anyone says. We’re going to play whatever we want to play.”

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Head to www.myspace.com.au/ theprotectors to listen to Tarantula and catch some YouTube videos of the amazing performances this band can dish out. If you’re still not convinced, check out www.sauce.net.au for the full interview with Pete Stals. 0 12 June @ The Republic Bar, Hobart 0 13 June @ Hotel New York, Launceston . ISSUE 95 . MAY 27 - JUNE 9 2009

With Aaron Damon of The Dirty Love 11 years ago? First year high school… maybe? Avoiding bleaching my hair, Limp Bizkit and Eminem stand out a lot from those days... Thank God that’s all over! I remember dissecting dead sheep in our science class and somebody throwing a gall bladder at some poor fuck in a stair case. I also remember waiting for Axl Rose to bring out Chinese Democracy at this time and thinking “How long does it take to make this album?” 11 months ago? Recording songs at Fatlip studio in Launceston with Dave Ventor and watching Choppers “Harden The Fuck Up” tour DVD five times a day… good times! Managed to not go to Agfest too!

With James Dilger of Sole Stickers 11 years ago? Attending the University of Tasmania in Launceston and seeing a myriad of national touring bands play in the Café (which sadly no longer seems to happen). What ever happened to that aspect of university culture? 11 months ago? Organising a tour to Melbourne for The Reactions amidst doing renovations on the recently purchased home. 11 weeks ago? The house across the road from where Sole Stickers rehearse was getting the front door repaired as someone kicked it in the night before in a bid to collect money from the tenants. Very unsavoury behaviour indeed. 11 days ago? Rehearsing for the single launch at the Gunners Arms, which incidentally turned out to be one of the most fun gigs I’ve done in years. Nothing quite like the feeling of playing to a packed venue with people spilling out onto the street. 11 hours ago? Just got home from doing a Spin class at the gym.

11 minutes ago? Opening this email and checking my outlook calendar.

What do you hope to be doing in…11 weeks? Hopefully playing up a few more gigs. Visit www. myspace.com/solestickers for bookings :-)

11 days ago? Played a show at Siroccos in Burnie, ate chicken parmigana and our van broke down after the show. Its a funny story actually cause a few weeks earlier we got our van stuck somewhere at this party and this dude from Western Australia helped get us out, we made good friends with the dude and invited him to the Burnie gig. Turns out he had a set of jump leads in his car that night so he help get us outta the shit. Haha. Crazy small place!

11 months? There are plans underfoot for a Sole Stickers album and we’ve got the interest of a producer from Seattle to work with us, so hopefully that all works out and people are listening to that CD in 11 months time.

11 hours ago? Getting Henry to go to a sex shop and buy a blow up doll for our next film clip, but he has informed me he has a foam goat instead, so I think we are going to go with that…

11 years? I’ll be 42 so hopefully whatever it is that contented 42 year olds do. Being able to play the drums would be nice on top of all those regular family and career type goals.

11 minutes ago?

11 seconds ago? Wondering if my boring middle class suburban existence is going to be of any benefit in promoting this gig.

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What do you hope to be doing in…11 weeks?

In 11 weeks time NoFoTo should have an EP released and I’ll be in Bali getting some waves and a bit of sunshine... all good things.

11 years?

11 months?

11 seconds ago?

11 years?

Finished writing the previous question, went for a jog, pumped some iron, jumped on the rowing machine, went for a quick dip down the beach, cooked a chicken curry for tea, 6 had a shower, read the latest Rolling 7 Stone magazine, listened to Lady Ga Ga’s new song about a disco stick, 8 then wrote the last few lines of

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I answered a question about what I was doing 11 minutes ago!

11 days ago? Played a gig at the Coles Bay pub! It was awesome, hope to do it again soon.

Sitting at my shack on the beach drinking fish bowl margaritas and watching the waves. Where do you get those fish bowls? If anybody has got any and can make good margaritas just hit us up on MySpace and we will save you some room in the van ;)

Had a beer and a coffee and a hundred phone calls.

Cooked up a nutritious lunch of me goreng noodles...

11 months?

11 minutes ago?

What do you hope to be doing in…11 weeks?

I’m going to grab myself a copy of the new Axl Rose album Chinese Democracy… Is it done yet or have they taken it back off the shelf? See The Dirty Love get dirty in support of The Protectors. 0 13 June @ Hotel New York, Launceston

11 seconds ago?

11 weeks ago? 11 weeks ago I was in Japan playing some tunes with Trav (also in NoFoTo) and riding the White Horse.

11 hours ago? Probably should have been in bed but was watching some quality late night television... considering buying Mr T’s new cooking machine.

this question... it’s amazing what you can get done when you apply yourself!

I’m going to stop watching the waves, get off the deck of our shack, clean the fucking BBQ (hate doing that), get in the van and drive all the way back to reality, stopping at some crazy shop and buying a nice warm pair of fingerless gloves, probably a black pai, hell I think I might even stop at a market somewhere and pick myself up one of those knitted coat hangers and a tub of jam off some elderly citizen... Then go record and album.

Time goes fast, so let’s catch up with some of Tassie’s finest to find out what they’ve been up to… What were you doing…?

11 months ago? Probably writing a uni assignment wishing I was doing something much more interesting…

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11 years ago? I would’ve been at high school working on my power chords and smashing out some terrible nirvana covers I reckon.

11 weeks ago? Rehearsing flat out so we don’t screw up when we play. I don’t think it was as cold as it is now either, and maybe a little lighter at night time... Oh summer days, BBQs and beer.

No Idea. Hopefully playing some tunes somewhere... to someone. Kicking back on NoFoTo’s private island living of fat royalty cheques, haha... Or living in a cardboard box in a park somewhere is probably more likely. Catch NoFoTo supporting red hot band The Protectors 0 12 June @ The Republic Bar, Hobart

With Chimp Militia Hobart four piece Chimp Militia are approaching the release of their debut EP, so we asked what were you doing…?

11 years ago? Dave: Eating Promite on toast because I love it very, very much Stuart: Starting to learn how to play the face melting solos that make up our songs! 11 months ago? Started recording our debut EP So Far So Good which is currently in the press… watch this space 11 weeks ago? Dave: Making up some new tunes, trying to get my creative juices flowing. Stuart: Selling my soul Muzza: Getting locked up after a gig at Soho for pissing in public then thinking I could run away from the police in my drunken state… 11 days ago? Band: Plotting how to sabotage NoFoTo’s imminent rise to the top of the commercial radio music charts, they have sold out big time. Gillie: Grooming myself because I consider myself to be a bit of a ladies man Muzza: Jumping out of planes getting my skydiving ticket… it’s a rush!

11 hours ago? Waking up to a new day. 11 minutes ago?

Dave: Realising I have wasted the last 11 odd hours doing nothing that will further advance the human race… 11 seconds ago?

Sending this to the almighty Sauce mag! What do you hope to be doing in…11 weeks?

It should be around the time when we have our EP launch (finally!) 11 months?

Gone clean and competing in a “team” triathlon rather than doing gigs. 11 years?

Being washed up, never quite made it rockstars that made it just a little bit further than NoFoTo. See the monkey magic made in support of The Protectors 0 12 June @ Republic Bar, Hobart WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU

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PUNK - MELBOURNE // RAISED BY WOLVES

Running with the Wolves “We’ve only been together for a short period of time and we’ve recorded an album, and got some really good people on board to help us with it. That’s sort of the main pitch.” That short period of time is just over a year, with the band forming in early May 2008. It took only three months for the band to record their first album, and soon legendary punk producer Bill Stevenson was mixing it, and Alan Douches was at the mastering desk. Not bad for a band whose singer had never even sung with a band before. The singer (and guitarist) in question is Jesse Pidgeon, who, despite the tough and raw sounding name, describes the Raised By Wolves sound as “a melodic punk band. Modern punk. We’ve definitely got heavier sections, but there’s not much screaming or anything in the music, it’s all very melodic.” As mentioned, this was the first band in which Jesse was a singer. Having picked up guitar at a young age (with his brother and father both playing), his main instrument over the years has been bass, then guitar, and now singing. “I only really had a go at singing about two months before [the band] started, so it was all a bit daunting.” The nerves must have faded quickly, as Raised By Wolves developed quite quickly as a tight unit, being ready for the recording studio in a few months. It was initially just going to be a demo of eleven or twelve songs, and was recorded by friends of the band, producers JT and Adam Cole (Bugdust), but the first sessions produced some really great sounds, so “we flew the idea around of finding someone really high end to mix it, get some good sounds in the postproduction part of it. We thought we’d aim at the top and work our way down from there, and he was our first choice, and he was into it so it worked out well.”

“…I only really had a go at singing about two months before [the band] started, so it was all a bit daunting...” The top for Raised By Wolves was Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio…). And although it probably cost the band a few thousand more than it would have in Australia, Stevenson arranged a pretty good deal for them, though Pidgeon “can’t really say how much it cost us, because he asked me not to!” From there, they managed to get Alan Douches (Ben Folds Five, Converge, Lifetime) to do the mastering, through their connections with JT and Adam Cole. Pidgeon had a lot of the songs ready before the band got together, which helped them move at such a quick pace, but there’s no stopping them with a second album already in development. “We’ve almost finished writing a second record, which we’re probably going to record at the end of this year, and the songwriting in that is pretty even spilt, everyone come to the table with bits and pieces.” We can expect a few of these newer songs not on Equality to be making it to the live sets when Raised By Wolves tour in June. It surprising that Jesse Pidgeon can even find the time to tour, with the clothing label he runs with his brother being a full time job and he even finds time to pull beers at The Corner Hotel on the weekend. It’s actually a collection from his label that was the inspiration for the bands name. “We hadn’t started thinking about names and I just [brought Raised By Wolves] to the table, it had a really good ring to it and everyone liked it. First cab off the rank really.” Raised By Wolves seem to be having a dream run, and are hoping it continues into a successful national tour. Pidgeon is especially looking forward to bringing the band to Tasmania, as “from what I’ve heard about Tasmania, people always get out to shows and are supportive and enthusiastic, so hopefully we should get an OK turnout.” sDAVID WILLIAMS & MEEGAN MAY Prove Jesse right, and get out to the Raised By Wolves show this June. The album Equality is out now. To hear more from Jesse, head to www.sauce.net.au for the full interview. 0 5 June @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 10

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EVENTS - HOBART // QUEEN’S BALL

Queen’s Ball Goes to the Circus

Roll up, roll up! The most fabulous event of the year is upon us again, with TasPride presenting the 2009 Queen’s Ball, one of the most anticipated events on the GLBTI calendar. With this years circus theme sure to inspire some magnificent costumes, the Big Top will be situated at Tattersalls Hotel. Your ringmistress for the evening will be Miz Ima Starr and Virginia Hamm, as well as a jam-packed show featuring the best DJ talent from Tasmania and around Australia. Here’s the low down on the who’s who in the circus tent. D2M

DJ Kat

DJ joSH

Dan Murphy

Damien Margaritis (aka D2M) has been getting people to the dance floor in Hobart for over seven years now. For the past year D2M has picked up the late shift at Lalaland in Hobart where he plays a wide range of genres including progressive house, vocal trance, techno and more. He promises that his upcoming set for Queen’s Ball will have “lots of vocal favourites, along with all the new trance anthems tried and tested on the floor at Lala.”

Starting on the decks in 2005, DJ Kat quickly became one of Hobart’s favourite DJs, and currently enjoys a residency at Hobart’s gay and lesbian nightspot Flamingo’s Dance Bar. With gigs at The Mayf, the 2008 TasPride Halloween Ball and the 2008 Tas Pride closing ceremony, DJ Kat has made a name for herself playing a wide range of styles including trance, electro, drum and bass, but has found her niche in her own style of commercial house and remixed pop.

DJ joSh has been a DJ and music addict for over twentyfive years. From collecting vinyl at age seven to being one of the country’s top DJs, with tours, promotions and a shelf packed full of awards (including topping her home state of South Australia’s inthemix50 DJ poll). Her influences are mainly rooted in the early 80s sounds spanning Italio House and Hi NRG Euro beat, but there’s barley a genre of dance that DJ joSH hasn’t covered in her career. Also fitting in radio shows and regular gigs across the country, she and partner in production crime Tim Ericson produce under the name JvE, and are signed to Mixology Digital Records.

Sydney based DJ Dan Murphy has come from a background of classical music to play some of the biggest dance events and parties in the country from behind the decks. With residencies at some of Sydney’s biggest gay clubs including Arq, Stonewall and Phoenix Rising and has impressed audiences at dance parties around the country, as well as internationally. Debuting on the inthemix50 DJ poll at number 36, Dan’s been voted Sydney’s favourite DJ at the 2006 DIVA awards and released two CDs, Stonewall The Passion Vol. 2 and Almighty Down Under Vol. 4.

MarQ

Miz Ima Starr

Thomas Williams

Virginia Hamm

Local DJ MarQ started his career in 2001, and has held a residency at Hobart’s Lalaland ever since. Beginning as a radio presenter hosting a dance music program in Hobart, MarQ taught himself to mix while using some of the radio stations studio equipment, and hasn’t looked back. With his favourite styles being high energy vocal trance and big room house, MarQ has been a DJ at many of Hobart’s major dance parties including Beat Factory, Ecstasy Eternity and previous Queen’s Balls.

Cabaret phenomenon of the stage and small screen, Miz Ima Starr is the creation of performer and filmmaker Charles Bracewell. Since her inception in 1991, she has taken eight cabaret shows across Australia and New Zealand, starred in short and feature films, and made numerous television appearances, including a recent stint on Australia’s Got Talent. She’s recently impressed audiences in Launceston with a guest appearance at The Beat, only giving a taste of her award winning performance style.

Since 2005 Thomas has been DJing in Hobart, including residencies at Flamingo’s Dance Bar, Curly’s and currently Lalaland. Combining his popularity and skill, Thomas plays at most GLC events as well as university events, and has played internationally. Thomas is scheduled to play at Australia’s most popular circuit party Rogue, which will see him join a huge line-up. He’ll be flying straight back for Queen’s Ball where partygoers can expect a set of high-energy dance floor favourites.

Rude and crude, with tongue firmly in cheek, Virginia Hamm has been making men nervous for five years now. She speaks her mind, so audiences better watch out, and electrifies audiences with her flirty set of songs about such topics as champagne, stretch limos and sex. With comedic timing to rival the best, Virginia has seen a lot of success in both Tasmania and the rest of Australia in productions including her two onewoman shows Some Therapy Required and Scrubber from The Suburbs.

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DANCE - SYDNEY // TOMMY TRASH

Get Trashed! Though he hasn’t been on the dance scene that long, Tommy Trash has quickly become in demand as a producer and musician, and now features prominently with the little known label Ministry of Sound. His most recent release with them is a disc on Sessions Six, and now Tommy is gearing up to take out the trash in Tassie.

“…I think I’m more of a musician who thinks they can DJ!..”

How would you describe yourself and your sound? I see myself as a person who doesn’t take himself too seriously and loves to have fun - somewhat like the sound in my DJ sets. Producer/musician/DJ...why do DJs think they can do everything? Haha, well, I think I’m more of a musician who thinks they can DJ! You’ve come a long way from playing tunes on a Yamaha keyboard as a kid...or have you? Oh loved that little keyboard. It was my favourite toy. Now I choose to play on bigger instruments that make better noises! Are you Trash as in garbage, one big trashbag, or something else? I think all of the above... depending on what night of the week you catch me on. Do you like to get a little trashed after a great set? Hmm… sometimes… occasionally… OK… yes... all the time! And why not I say? A good gig is definitely worth celebrating. Don’t you think? Is it true that curls get the girls? Ask my girlfriend! You’re pretty fresh on the scene, yet you’ve already accomplished quite a lot. Do you think you’ve peaked too early? Not at all. I feel like this is just the beginning. Although I haven’t been in the dance scene for that long, I have been working on music since I was very young, so I guess you have to include all that time as well. How many days will we need to recover from the Ministry Of Sound Sessions in Tassie? Well depends how soft and lame you’re going to be on the night. We’re fast approaching mid-year, what else do you want to squeeze in to 2009? I have a new single coming called ‘Need Me To Stay’ which has a hot and sweaty film clip involving two girls, one guy and a shower. And no, I’m not the guy. Damn! Also on the cards is a new remix of fRew’s new single as well as a new single I’ve written with DBN from Germany and Michael Feiner from Sweden, so look out for these! What’s the gossip on Goodwill? Apparently this tour is going to be prank-ridden to say the least - Tommy vs. Goodwill. Now if I were to tell you, then I’d be giving away game plan, wouldn’t I? sMEEGAN MAY

Check out the Ministry of Sound Sessions in Tassie, where you can also catch fellow Sessions Six DJ, Goodwill. 0 29 May @ Hotel New York, Lainceston 12

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DANCE - MELBOURNE // VANDALISM

Vandalising!

Wednesday, 27 May The Stoics The Little Cubas

In a world where dance music has increasingly become a solo pursuit, electro group Vandalism are breaking the mould and tearing up the decks and dancefloors the world over.

Wednesday, 3 June Kasper Summer Edmunds

With a whole lot of experience and creative flair packed into their Bucci Bag, Vandalism are made up of DJs and Producers Andy Van and Kam Denny as well as the ever colourful singer Cassie Van. Andy has been a leading DJ for over fifteen years and has played a ton of big events including Summadayze, One Love and Home in Australia, as well as countless events all over Europe and the rest of the world. He’s also known to many of one half of the former charttoppers Madison Avenue, who had number one hits with ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ and ‘Who The Hell Are You?’

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As one of the finest and hardest working producers in the country, Kam Denny has been featured in many outfits over the years, including 16th Element, Denzal Park and Neurotic Jock. With releases on labels across the globe (an impressive seven appearances on the Ministry of Sound’s Annuals), Kam has also played plenty of big name festivals and DJ booths both nationally and internationally. The final element that makes up Vandalism is vocalist and lyricist Cassie Van. Almost always clad in a crazy and colourful outfit, Cassie entered the club scene as a podium dancer, where she discovered her love for dance music. Dancing took her all over the world, and it was while in the club she was introduced to DJ Andy Van, and with her singing background and songwriting skills, they soon hit the studio. Now the three-piece create songs and tour the world together as an explosive electro outfit. Creating both original material and being prolific remixers, the highenergy shows are not to be missed.

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DANCE - SYDNEY // DJ TOM PIPER

The Freshmaker

“…Basically you can just except one hell of a fresh ass party!...”

From raver to rave DJ, Tom Piper is a writing/producing/mixing machine trying to break out of the genre box and create a sound all of his own, the only requirement being that it’s fresh. Now Tom and bambamMuzik label co-founder Pablo Calamari are coming down to Hobart and with them are bringing the freshest of the fresh freshness! What led you to becoming a DJ? Was it simply to pull chicks? Hahahaha ahh nah, unless it was subconscious... I’ve just always been into music and went from little raver, to little rave DJ. What’s your signature sound? Is there a genre of music you won’t play? The sound of freshness! Genres are pretty wack... I hate how people boxhole stuff. I’ve been called a fidget or an electro DJ so many times its not funny and it’s usually by people that don’t know what they are talking about that haven’t even heard me play. Sure I play some fidget and stuff, but basically i play club music and in my set you’ll hear a range of different kinds of stuff, same with production I suppose. Please don’t think I’m being righteous about it! The sound of freshness... I like that. Check my MySpace to see whats up. Like a lot of other DJs, you manage to do a lot of different things including running your label bambamMuzik. How many jobs do you have, and how do you fit them all in? We have the label (me and Pablo [Calamari]) and then also i run a studio here in Sydney and look after some DJs. It does take a lot of time, but if you cut back on

sleep you get time for other things! We can all sleep when we are 50! What else do you want to add to the list of things you do? That wasn’t enough? Mmmmmmmmmm I eat avocado and beetroot on toast and buy clothes and shoes...? Tell us about your label. How did you come up with the name? We were going through names before and just came up with that cause it doesn’t mean anything. About 3 years ago and now we are here. All the art and stuff was inspired by our love of Japan. I also work in two other labels and bout to start two new ones, one with Daniel Farley from New Zealand and another throughout South-East Asia...we are taking over! *evil laugh* Where do you source all the fresh sounds for bambamMuzik? Well we are always writing music ourselves and are amongst the scene all round Australia and the overseas, so I suppose it just always in our faces. Just got to keep with the times and do develop new ideas and sounds.

You were part of the rave scene when you were younger, so what’s the craziest thing that you witnessed? That whole part of my life is a bit of a blur... I can’t think of anything too crazy, or worth mentioning. We all know what kind of things happened, and I can’t believe some of things we did, with us all chilling out in Manly Beach corso after-parties. Is there anything you’ve learnt from that time that you bring into your sound or performances now? Over time I have developed my own style of set, I have taken in ideas from all styles of DJing, from the hiphop style of mixing quickly, to turntablism and then using production tricks in my sets, so I’m all about quick mixes and keeping the energy up there. Songs always tend to drag on too long... just cause there’s a minute intro/outro, doesn’t mean you have to wait for it! Also, I have now started to use a wireless sampler in my sets and our sets, which is the next step to playing live, which is where I’ll be soon. I suppose the best thing I’ve learnt is to keep it interesting, play for the crowd, but also push fresh sound. I never sound like a generic DJ thats for sure. If the sky is the limit, what do you hope to achieve

before the end of ’09? Oh I dunno! I’m just going to keep moving at whats happening now... lots of stuff going on and things just keep getting fresher and fresher! New Empire of the Sun mix coming out in June, just doing a dubstep tune with PNC from NZ, and whole lot of dance collaborations and remixes on their way. And finally, what can dance fans in Tassie expect from your set? Mr Pablo Calamari and myself promise to deliver nothing but the freshness! We’ll be playing a bunch of our new ones that aren’t out yet and also some stuff we get from cats overseas. We also have some club bangers we all know and love, so basically you can just except one hell of a fresh ass party: p airhorns, gunshots and whistles guaranteed! sMEEGAN MAY

For more info and to check out some other freshness: www.myspace.com/djtompiper. The babbamMuzik tem will be playing at Syrup Hous Party 5. 0 7 June @ Syrup, Hobart

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Syrup 1st Floor 39 Salamanca Place 6224 8249 www.syrupclub.com

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The Brisbane Hotel 3 Brisbane Street 6234 4920 www.myspace.com/ thebrisbanehotel

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PUNK ROCK - HOBART // STALKER PAVILLION

Punk Rock Homicide

Stalker Pavillion are a three piece from Hobart. The band was created as an anger management device for members Leila (vocals, bass) Zhoie (guitar) and Shane (drums). These former menaces to society use punk rock as a way of proving they no longer kill for fun, they just sing about it. The live energy of this band is something to be experienced. Guitarist Zhoie and bassist Leila like to keep a lot of room for spontaneity in their approach and out breaks of jazz inspired drum solos from drummer Shane are not unheard of. A communal practice space is always handy to help with rent and general support. Stalker Pavillion were lucky enough to come by Rat Palace, a practice space used by a group of local bands. The band are always exploring new sounds and as they develop, hope to incorporate more elements from musical styles they listen to. In his youth, Shane did a stint as a military drummer as well as performing in theatre orchestras and bands around Sydney. Shane’s highly skilled cabaret style drumming brings new depth and interest to some of the more straightforward punk songs that Leila has written. Leila started writing and playing in bands along side studying classical guitar. Pretty soon classical guitar became uninteresting and she barely remembers any of her training today. Leila is now preoccupied with de constructing and refining sound. She has written and performed in noise performance art projects such as The Patty Hearst Noise Opera. While Stalker Pavillion is much more straightforward, some aspects of more abstract sound have been known to wash through songs. As well as less common musical interests the band are inspired by a range of energetic four to the floor sounds including heavy metal and classic rock. Zhoie described her love heavy riffs by saying “There is nothing better than rocking out with your cock out. When we play, there is not a zipped fly left in the room.” Due to their dramatic lifestyles, Stalker Pavillion’s music was almost entirely lost to an orgy of constant violence and shady deals with international Mafia elements. The thing that saved members from self-destruction was the power of punk rock and

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the constant drive and will to make music. Shane explained “who cares if I popped a cap in Fat Tony’s big arse if there is no one left to hear us sing about it?” Stalker Pavillion are now committed to not killing their audience.

“…There is nothing better than rocking out with your cock out. When we play, there is not a zipped fly left in the room...” Shane has for a long time been inspired by his global adventures on the home turf and bad lands of various criminal syndicates. ”They breed em tough out there, y’know?” Shane muses “but I never saw them tougher than the Pussy Kills knife gang. They were hard to infiltrate but once I became head limo driver I knew it was only a matter of time before those laydeez went down.” According to media reports Shane was instrumental in bringing the gang to its knees after cutting a deal with the cops to save his own skin. Shane sees the situation differently, he remarks, “They just got greedy, that was their undoing, all that bling takes its toll. They stopped keeping it real” The connection Stalker Pavillion have to infamous Hobart all girl knife gang Pussy Kills continues to raise questions. When asked about this Bassist and singer Leila said “I will not deny my involvement with Pussy Kills, but in my defence I was young and reckless! As the youngest member of the gang the other girls would make me do things, terrible things to make me prove my loyalty.” When asked about conflicting reports stating that she in fact was the leader of the gang and initiated much of

the violence Hobart suffered in proceeding months, Leila continued to deny the allegations. “They were a dangerous cult and once you were in there was no where left to turn... no body could help you, Pussy Kills became like your family, a family that would rather see you die than leave.” The isolating work of a lumberjack was not enough to keep teen delinquent Zhoie on the straight and narrow. After working long hours at a remote forest sawmill Zhoie would wonder down to the local village pub where one drink would turn into another. Soon all of the locals were terrified of her and a once thriving village grew to live in fear of its new overlord. Even the police was no match for her brutal ways. Eventually country thrills were not enough for Zhoie and she decided to try her luck in the big smoke. Zhoie explained how things began to look grim, “I went from owning the village to having to start again, hell, I was lucky if I got to lick the shoe of a member of Pussy Kills!” “When I met Zhoie” Leila recalls, “She was down and out on the streets. But even then I could see that she had spirit and I thought to myself, this kid is all right. I was right y’know the band wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her.” Stalker Pavillion are all about having fun, sharing true stories of past exploits, blood-lust and the thrill of the chase. Zhoie sums it up by remarking “We are all reformed characters, we have paid the price of our crimes and our debt to society. All we wanna do now is play punk rock.” If you want non-stop action, entertainment and possible homicide come and see them play. sNATH

Follow the continuing adventures of Stalker Pavillion by heading to their MySpace www.myspace.com/stalkerpavillion. 0 29 May @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

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Wolf vs. Cub

As a songwriter and a musician, Byrne admits that his professional life is also often personal, and perhaps this is another reason for the deeper conflict during recording. “. I don’t wake up, and go to a job and forget my personal life. It’s weird being in a band, it’s hard to separate your personal life…your work relies heavily on what happens in your personal life for inspiration.” Which again is why we see the title of the album reflect the personal situation the band was experiencing, WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU

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Looking at Wolf & Cub’s new album title, Science and Sorcery, what you see is two things that contrast and conflict. As vocalist Joel Byrne describes it; “it’s wanting to achieve the same goal, but two different ideals and ways of approaching the problem, thus being in conflict.” As he describes the title of the new record, he is also describing it’s creation, which was one filled with conflict amongst the band and those creating Science and Sorcery.

Ultimately though, Byrne admits that Colonna’s presence was a useful one that helped get the record where it needed to be. It was with his help that Byrne was able to tone down his tendency to over think songs. “You can’t push [a song] in a direction that it doesn’t want to go. Sometimes you just have to guide it to where it wants to be. Now when I write songs, I start with an idea and guide it in a way to how it initially sounded, rather than trying to force it into a category.”

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“We’re four very different individuals with different opinions. We don’t agree on a lot of things, and I suppose when it comes to making a record, you want it to be a representation of who you are to an extent, and have your say on what the finished product is going to be.” The conflict whilst creating the album seemed to stem from the band’s work with Chris Colonna, Bumblebeez front man and the album’s producer. There was a change from the demos the band had recorded to what the album was to become, and as a producer Colonna would often be blunt with his criticisms and push the band out of their comfort zones. Because of this, there was instantly conflict with those who were for the producer, and those who weren’t.

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the science of producing and recording versus the sorcery of creativity. Because “ultimately with us, we wanted to achieve a good record, but sometimes our approaches are going to be different.” With the album now released and the studio behind them, Wolf & Cub have now turned their attention to touring. Last time the band were in Tasmania it was for The Falls Festival, which is quite a different experience to the show they’ll perform in Hobart. “At The Republic I guess you know that the majority of the people are going to be there for you. When that happens there’s like a service you need to provide. You have to give something to these people, because they’ve really showed their respect to you and you have to return that favour. I think in that respect it invigorates me a lot more, playing a smaller venue.” But even if you’ve never heard of Wolf & Cub before, Joel Byrne hopes that you still might make it along to the gig. “There’s something good about playing show that no one is really aware that you’re playing at. There’s always an opportunity to turn them on to something they haven’t been turned on to before, and I thrive on that as well, you catch them unawares. I really just thrive on performing.” sDAVID WILLIAMS & MEEGAN MAY

Wolf & Cub are on their Science and Sorcery national tour throughout June and July. To hear all the scientific facts and sorcerer’s spells, surf to www.sauce.net.au for the entire interview with Joel Byrne. 0 11 June@ Republic Bar, Hobart

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PUNK - USA // FLIPPER

Flipping Out First formed in 1979, influential San Francisco punk band Flipper have reformed, for the second time, to embark on a new tour with their brand new album. Known for slowing down the punk sound and for having famous fans (like Kurt Cobain), despite their success, the band has suffered through drug addictions, car accidents and losing members. Bit it seems you can’t keep a good (punk) band down, and singer Bruce Loose explains why. Why did you guys decide to reform (again) in 2005? I got sick and tired of being sick and tired, myself. I tried a solo show in 2002. I had been down and done with it all, from a bone spur digging directly into my sciatic nerve, as well a completely disintegrative condition in my lower back. But Flipper had business to gather up, like releasing the back catalog! And low and behold, CBGBs was fighting for it survival, so I chanced playing again. In the worst condition, physically. But this seemed to be a great thing. We started rehearsing, playing, jamming again. And I recalled what my life was about! So I fought through. Now two thirds healed from surgery (oh the mental, and emotional pain, hahahahaha, “Life, I know it has its ups and downs”) And now we are off to come see you guys! This is going to be fun! It better be! Other than the line-up, what’s different this time around? What do you want different? I can dress like David Bowie! How about Marilyn Manson? We can make TED wear a dress. How about Steve in a TUTU?! WE are Flipper, we are unique, I know it now! I see the other crap out there. Different? Cohesion, flow, grace, chaos. How can that change? As an influential and popular band in earlier decades, do you feel pressure to play the old stuff rather than the new stuff? No not really, but people should be given a nice crosscut slice of our work. A blend. The old and new material! How does it feel to know you influenced huge bands like Nirvana? Flipper is a vast band, as far as sound goes. Many people take many different ideals from it. How about I go have a shot of whiskey, slam a STOUT, write some new bass lines and lyrics and I’ll get back to you when

the next influenced wave of 20,000 kids picking up guitars happens! Who were the musicians that influenced you back then, and who do you love now? I have been influenced by music as long I recall. It runs in my father’s side, musicians (but was not with him, and mom kept me into music forever, art, all sort of shit, I was latch key kid. Keep ‘um busy, or they hit the streets). I had early exposure to singing getting a “grant” to be in The San Francisco Boy’s Chorus. All music has been appreciated by me, even when I’m critical of it. When is “then” and how far back does “it” go?

“…WE are Flipper, we are unique, I know it now! I see the other crap out there....” How has the sound changed over the years? Is it just getting better? It sounds so good now. It rages. Enough said! I mean if you play with a toy for long enough you get pretty good at it doing it, right?

hemisphere, northern one, I don’t know if you had one down there. The CDs are a definable cross between P.E.T. Rock (Punk Existential Terrorism) {Flipper} and Grunge. Even the live one with older stuff included too. Sounds good!

What can you tell us about the new CDs Love and Fight? Huh...one is studio, one is live? Maybe dead. They are the compiled work we did with Krist Novecillic, when he worded with us for a couple of seconds. The new songs are studio work. And the live one is a compiled mass of chaos from two or three live shows, done up in the northwest America. The studio songs recorded under influence of the “Red Moon” of that year, this

You’ve got a reputation as pretty powerful performers; can we expect something special at your Tasmanian show? Maybe my “third eye” will pop out and show. How do I know? How good of an audience are you? Can I feed off you freely? Has anything changed about your performances as you’ve become…er…more experienced?

Yeah, lots, got eternity to talk about it? And finally, when (well, if ) Flipper ever stop performing, what do you hope the band’s legacy will be? He who is victor writes history. Long live Flipper! Let us write the history! Enjoy...have an Ale for me! Or save me one! sMEEGAN MAY

Show Bruce Loose what kind of audience you can be. The new CDs are out now. 0 7 June @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

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“…Recently I’ve decided to take a step back from the label and focus on producing my own material...”

DANCE - U.K. // DARREN EMERSON

Going Under

Gaining his first set of decks at age fourteen, Darren Emerson was playing regular DJ gigs by sixteen, and a few years later decided to give up his job as a city trader and try his hand at making music full-time. Soon he met Rick Smith and Karl Hyde, and joined their duo to become DJ/Producer of the techno band Underworld. It’s been nearly twenty years since then, and although he left the band in 2000, Emerson has been one of the biggest influences on the U.K. dance scene. With a new Global Underground mix CD and an original album in the works, it doesn’t look like he’ll be slowing down anytime soon.

You’re a DJ, producer, remixer and label owner. How do you fit everything in? Its not easy I’ll tell you that. Recently I’ve decided to take a step back from the label and focus on producing my own material. Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time pushing new talent so its time to do some of my own stuff again. The DJing involves a lot of traveling and I have a young family I need to spend time with. So my schedule is still pretty hectic. Are you glad you ditched your job on the stock exchange? Yes, one of the best decisions I’ve made. I’d probably have died of a heart attack by now with the current economic climate. What’s the story behind the name of your label, Underwater Records? Well there’s an obvious link with Underworld but actually everything at the time was kinda spacey and cosmic sounding, early techno sounds, and I just wanted to go the other way and call my label

Underwater, also with a concept of space but in an opposite way if that makes sense. What do you hope to achieve with the label? For me, the label has done what it was supposed to already, we won DJ magazine’s best label award in 2003, put out some great bands and artists and nurtured lots of amazing talent. The label is coming up to its 100th release so that will be another milestone. But as I mentioned, I’m now going to focus on my solo work a bit more. You’ve been a DJ since you were quite young, why has it taken so long for you to produce a solo album? After Underworld, I decided to really push the label and lots of great artists came out of that. The downside of that was I was using my free time to make other people’s records instead of my own, which I really enjoyed and was my duty as the label owner and A&R man. Also, for four years I had a residency in Ibiza mid-week so that took up a lot of potential recording

time. The album is actually nearly finished but it’s now a question of making a selection and polishing everything off. I’ve finished the global compilation and focusing on the album is my next priority. Is there a release date yet? Well every year, I say “this year!” but I don’t know, it’ll be ready when it’s ready… Best gig so far? That’s a tough one. Gigs in Japan are always good because they just go crazy and they have always been good to me out there. But I’ve had some amazing gigs in South America and Australia too. What kind of club or event do you like to play? I really like playing cool little clubs where you can really feel the atmosphere. Sometimes in the big venues, I’m just too far away to properly interact with the crowd. The club in Bogota where I recorded the mix was a good size, its good to be able to feed off the crowd’s reaction and build up a good set in response.

Tell us about your new Global Underground mix CD. It was recorded in Bogota, Columbia and it will be my third in the GU series. I’ve always had great experiences in South America and I had a lot of fun recording this mix. It’s a good mixture of House, Techno and older classics. It starts off deep and builds up like a DJ set. Both CDs have a similar vibe. I wanted the mix to flow with vocals here and there with cool techy tracks in between. The track listing had to be handed in 3 months before release so I had to make sure that all the music was very upfront. What do you have in store for 2009? My GU world tour to promote the compilation, which runs through the summer, releasing more club tracks, finishing the album and looking after my baby son. sMEEGAN MAY

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ROCK - LAUNCESTON // BLACK JAPAN

Turning Japanese

Popular Tassie band The Dead Abigails, a band that won plenty of awards and supported some huge acts including The Whitlams, The Superjesus and INXS, ended in 2006. From there the band divided and pursued other projects and bands. But it wasn’t the end. Recently, the guys have gotten back together to form a new incarnation, Black Japan, and are soon to release their debut EP. Did the name Black Japan come from the type of varnish of the same name? Yep! We were looking for two words that worked well together. Carl and Glenn were at the opening night of a friend’s salon. We were commenting on the fine job Mally had done with the floors and he said “Black Japan!” Carl and Glenn said “That’s it!” To what extent then is Black Japan just a coating over what used to be The Dead Abigails? Or is it a full-blown evolution? The Abigails were a four-piece playing as five. Black Japan is a more raw approach to our songwriting. The Abbys will always be our past but Black Japan is about entering into a new era. Band members have also branched out to do other projects such as Mayfield and The Dog Line. How does this enrich the sound of Black Japan? By putting TDA to bed it allowed a freedom to explore other styles or revisit old loves which in essence has pushed the sound of the four of us together to a new place. Without these other projects, Black Japan’s sound would probably have never developed.

Is Black Japan the cream of the crop? As always we have aimed high. Be it songwriting, recording or playing live we endeavor to do the best we possibly can. We work hard and expect a lot, not only of ourselves but of our crew as well. To be honest it feels like we’re starting again so if anything, there is a pressure to prove ourselves and build from the ground up. You’re about to release your debut EP, where did you record it and how long did it take? Yes, this is the first batch of new material. At the time we thought we were recording a demo, so it was fairly stress free. We recorded over four days at Gigpiglet Studios in Sydney by Gareth Stuckey. This is where they tracked Machine Gun Fellatio. It’s a small studio, but very well laid out. Then it was remixed and mastered at DB Mastering by Kathy Naunton (Paul Mac, Midnight Oil, The Reels). Tell us about your show for the EP launch? Our production company has been working this out with HNY for a while now, so we’re expecting it to sound hot! We’ll be playing a set of our new material but it’ll be more of a party to celebrate the release. We

also have an amazing support act, but we can’t say who it is due to label restrictions. Whatever that is!

“…The [Dead Abigails] will always be our past but Black Japan is about entering into a new era...”

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Do you plan on taking the band away this year and doing more recording? Yeah, for sure. We have a three-week tour planned for July up the East Coast of Australia, and really, this EP is hopefully a stepping-stone to a full-scale album later on in the year. At the moment our main focus is writing as many songs as possible to have material to choose from for an album. We love the recording process and can’t wait to have some more time in the

studio to work through ideas and work with a producer who really understands our music. As a band, we love getting away to play live as well, it’s what we play for really. Something unusual always happens to us when we tour, whether it’s being stranded in a broken down van on a highway somewhere or just a coffee with a stranger in a strange town. Pre-sale tickets for the album launch are available from Mojo Music. 0 12 June @ Hotel New York, Launceston

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Green Fingers All the freshest produce from The Greenhouse, Irish Murphy’s, Hobart. “Hey bro, umm mang sorry to bother you, someone just mentioned I could ask you about scoring some new music or something?”

THE BURSTING SUN

“Dude, I don’t even know you wtf?”

“Well how do I know you’re for real?” “Umm well, I dunno bro, didn’t I like sleep with your cousin or something?” “WTF! Look alright dude, come out back for a sec.” “Mint as bro.” “Aight, what you after?” “Whatever you got bro, got something to bring tha party?” “Dude look it’s pretty much all new shit so look I’m gonna make it free for you.” “BRO!! WTFBBQ!! ”

“FUUUUUUUUUUUUU dude. First thing, I gotta get you’re number, second I don’t even know where to start, it’s all free you say? What’s the diff?” “Well Plancks are jangly and loose, umm Alien Space Bats are pretty resinous but they’ll give you a backbone. Tokyo Room is pretty stand up stuff too, don’t know what to expect from A-Alex, Word Man not Bird Man will twig you out a bit. Harlequin is the old school shit and The Bursting Sun I don’t know much about either but the name brings it. What do you reckon?” “’Ken Oath Bro! Sounds to me like you need a guinea pig or something!”

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10 Commandments, but only 7 deadly sins. A little unbalanced I feel. Perhaps the other three sins just aren’t deadly. 7 deadly sins and 3 that may cause serious injury, acute mental illness and permanent disfigurement. I have a few more than 10, but these are my personal commandments that I try and live my life by. They’ve never seen me wrong, but you may choose to completely ignore them if you wish. 1.

“Yeah soz to bother you I know it’s not strictly kosher but whatever man, just looking for a good time you know?”

“Alright alright, keep your skin on, I’ve got these new ones on the go ok, hang on, yep: The Plancks, Alien Space Bats, The Tokyo Room, A-Alex, Word Man not Bird Man and I can prob spare some Harlequin or The Bursting Sun. What do you reckon?”

Stranger than Micktion Read from the Book of Mick: Chapter II

“Serious?” “Serious bro.” “Well check the fuckin’ gig guide cos I ain’t changing your nappy if you come back whingeing about how it went for too long or you’ve got ringing in your ears or whatever. Now get out there cos you can’t shelve these ones.” sFERT

Ignore all commandments if you think they don’t apply to you (This is the main difference between mine and the originals I think.) 2. Say “Yes” as often as possible. Lots of interesting things happen if you do. There are some caveats to this though. If asked “Can I put this knife in you?” Going with “Yes” might be stretching the definition of interesting. But hey, who am I to judge? 3. Always wear underwear. There are no restrictions as to where though. 4. Never lend a teaspoon to a bearded man with a leg caliper. 5. At least once, write a letter to someone you love on an old type writer. They’ll never forget it. 6. Don’t look a monkey in the eye. 7. Don’t look a monkey in the ear. 8. Generally, try to avoid monkeys. 9. Never turn up to a dinner party with a shopping bag full of teeth. 10. If interrogated by one of those people in the street who want you to sign up to some sort of charity thing, feign mental retardation and drool on their clip board. Works every time. 11. Always take the wrong turn and see what happens. This of course doesn’t apply to Formula One drivers, airline pilots, and anyone playing Monopoly. 12. Don’t play Monopoly. Especially with an airline pilot or a Formula One driver. 13. Eat things that are interesting. Probably keep it to food, but hey, Drain-O sure can be slimming. 14. Laugh as often as you can, so obviously getting a job in a bank is the way to go here. 15. Wear a big blue wizard hat with pride, no matter what your girlfriend says. 16. Take it as a fact of life that girlfriends are far better judges of millinery than you are. 17. Keep the hat anyway. 18. Whenever you take a long walk, always make sure there is enough road. 19. Never try and put a CD in a hermit crab. 20. Smile.

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s ox.” One of the more obscure of the 10 Commandments that were given to us to live out our lives by Charlton Heston in 1956. Yep, I know my biblical history alright.

Enjoy. (provisional 21st commandment). Story = True.

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PUNK - HOBART // YOUR DEMISE

Heading Home

OFF THE SHELF The Stoics. Wednesday May 27. These guys need no introduction when it comes to their live shows but tonight you’re in for a real treat as they strip back their sound to offer up a little piece of Stoics magic. Ciaran and Maria thrive in this acoustic environment as was evident in previous support shows but with a rhythm section behind them and Monty blowing space trumpet they are definitely going to take us somewhere new and exciting. I’ve personally been waiting a long time to see this show and I rate it a 9/10....already! Supporting The Stoics are The Little Cubas, the new outfit from Kylie Souter of Cheeky Sound Chaser fame. Also featuring Joss Thomas this two-piece describe themselves as “high energy rock with some tribal beats, blues, harmonies and other delicious treats”. Check out their MySpace at www. myspace.com/thelittlecubas

Fast paced melodic punk band Your Demise are about to unleash their debut EP. Since forming in 2005, the Hobart four-piece have played with big acts such as Against Me!, NOFX and A Death In The Family. Now with the new record, Your Demise are centre stage and ready to present This Road Takes Me Home, so we asked Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Marshall for directions…

Kasper make their long awaited Top Shelf debut Wednesday June 3 supported by Summer Edmonds. Kasper features ex-Embers frontman Mick Attard on bass, Dan Callaghan on percussion and Tess Kasper on guitar and vocals. The talented Tess is a singer/ songwriter who has impressed audiences since her college days with her sweet voice and folk guitar work, her melodies reminiscent of classic female singers of the late sixties/early seventies era. Keeping in theme with great female singers, Summer Edmonds (sister of Mark Edmonds of Foreign Films) also debuts at Top Shelf this night. As one part of trio Blue Cotton, Summer has proven her vocal prowess on stages for a few years now and we are very excited to welcome her to the Top Shelf arena.

What does punk rock mean to you? I guess to us it’s about a certain sound, because when we started this band we just wanted to play as fast as we could, that’s the sound that we associate with punk. I think it’s also about sticking to your guns and not playing a certain style because that’s what people want you to play or because it’s the latest craze. How does Your Demise embody that? We always write songs that we like to play, and we aren’t influenced by all the latest trends. You’re not going to see us play metallic hardcore anytime soon! Our songs have always been fast, and I think that they always will be. Every now and then we write a slower song but it always ends having a fast section in it!

A few weeks ago Nathan gave us a taste of what will be on offer Wednesday June 10 when members of The Two Timers joined him on stage in an acoustic setting,

delivering a set to rival any touring act. As Nathan Wheldon and The Two Timers are one of the finest acts in the state we have handed over the whole night for them to present a show like no other. Whether it is Nathan solo, or with any number of members, his songs will take on a new life and should be one of the most unmissable events on the Top Shelf calendar this year. Wednesday June 17 sees Justin Carter drop by Top Shelf at Irish on his national tour promoting his latest album, Painting Pictures. Justin hails from Victoria and has been busy playing venues all over the country after he won the Apollo Bay Music Festival Young Songwriters Award in 2006 and released his debut album Whatever Happened To Real Music in 2007. His take on surf/blues/roots has earned him many loyal fans and with drummer Johnny Rollins providing beats on tour I am sure many of you will join his following. Supporting is fellow Victorian, Tom Tuena, a soul/folk singer/guitarist whose residency at The Espy along with numerous other gigs throughout Melbourne has seen his popularity rise considerably of late. You can check both acts out on their respective MySpace sites: www.myspace.com/justincartermusic and www.myspace.com/tomtuena. sCARL FIDLER & GLENN MOOREHOUSE

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“…Generally our microphones are shared with the crowd throughout our sets... hopefully it will be crazy!...” What will be your demise do you think? Your Demise? Ha ha, who knows, I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I think we have a few more shows and songs left in us yet. Andrew, our bass player has a Your Demise tattoo on his bicep, so we often joke that his guns will be Your Demise. What road takes you home? Me personally, Waterworks Rd. Maybe a better answer would be the yellow brick road… or country road? Why did you decide on that title, This Road Takes Me Home, for your EP? Most of the songs on the record are based loosely on the theme of being in places and situations where you feel you don’t belong. The last track on the EP is called ‘This Road Takes Me Home,’ and we thought that title went with the overall vibe of the record. Describe the process of recording. The recording process had 3 stages for this record. We initially hired the services (well I say hired but he hasn’t been paid yet) of Nic White from The Scandal to help us record a set of demos. So we first recorded a demo with everything tracked live apart from the vocals which we overdubbed afterwards. It was basically just so we could listen back and hear where our songs were at. We then did another set of demos where we tracked everything individually and really nutted out the tempos, drum fills, guitar tones, harmonies etc. We had a really good idea of where we were heading before we got into the studio.

Finally we booked in a week of evenings at Red Planet Studios in Hobart to record the real deal. We asked Nic to produce the record because he really understood where our band was at and the kind of vibe we wanted to capture, and Stu Long was kind enough to let us take over his studio. We basically borrowed a heap of amps, set up a heap of nice microphones and went from there. The EP was mastered by John Ruberto at Crystal Mastering. The end result is what you hear on the EP. The band has played with some big acts such as Against Me!, NOFX and Bodyjar. What has been the best experience so far, and how does playing with these bands change Your Demise? The NOFX show was huge, that was the biggest crowd we have ever played to, and it was the biggest venue, stage and PA that we have played through. The best part of that show was seeing all our mates in the front row supporting us. Against Me! are a really nice bunch of dudes too. In terms of how it’s changed us, I’d say that it basically emphasises the amount of effort and hard work you need to put into your band if you want to get anywhere, and how much we need to practise if we want to sound that good! Now you’ve supported big bands and have the EP out soon, will the road that takes you home still take you to Tasmania? We’re launching the record in Hobart on the 5th of June and Launceston on the 7th of June, but we are looking to tour the mainland a little later in the year. How excited are you to launch the EP? Will the show be crazy? We are so excited; this record has been a long time coming for us, so it will be great when people can finally get their hands on it. We have Raised By Wolves coming down from Melbourne for the launch, and they are meant to be really great live, and The Turnaround are always awesome to watch, and Josh Pringle is opening for us, and he hasn’t played many shows so it’s going to be really exciting. Generally our microphones are shared with the crowd throughout our sets, and I can’t imagine this show being any different, so yeah, hopefully it will be crazy!

sMEEGAN MAY

The EP This Road Takes Me Home is out 1 June, available from Tommy Gun Records, Mojo Music, Red Hot CDs and online at www. disconnectrecords.com. Your Demise will also be playing two CD launch shows with a number of other bands, so check them out! 0 5 June @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart . 0 7 June @ The Commercial Hotel, Launceston . WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU

CINECISM ROMANTIC COMEDY // REVIEW

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

“…This is the sort of film that is squarely aimed at the female crowd and makes no bones about it...”

It’s of some concern when you sit down to watch a film, the title of which is referencing a classic piece of literature, and then walk out an hour and half later wishing you’d seen the classic instead. Not a particularly surprising considering the classic is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but nonetheless disappointing that more wasn’t done in this film to remove it and make it more interesting than its title. Matthew McConaughey plays the leading man Connor Mead, destined to go through an unsurprising and uninspired collection of encounters with a bunch of phantoms lead by the aging (and not to mention dead) lush version of Michael Douglas. Uncle Wayne was a confirmed bachelor and ladies man extraordinaire who appears to Connor to offer a prophetic warning that he will die sad and alone.

virginity. Her energy and 80’s style is about the only thing that keeps the film going for this, the longest of the three visitations. The poorly conceived visual gags of the “bed as a car” come off as childish and hammy. This is then contrasted by the slick but soulless rundown of the hundreds of past flings. The cadging of lines from the original also comes off sadly not as an homage, but more outright theft.

Jennifer Garner is also serviceable, but as she is playing off Mahogany as often as not, she’s not really given much to work with. Admittedly, for the ladies in the audience, it hit all of the right moments at all the right times. The characters fell in love when it was required, and were charming and entertaining in appropriate amounts. How it managed to do all of this without ever breaking a soul-sweat is utterly gob-smacking.

Successful photographer Connor has gone to his little brother’s wedding with the intent to drink as much as possible, bang some bridesmaids, and with any luck, talk his little bro out of the terrifying maximumsecurity jail that is holy matrimony. Jennifer Garner plays Connor’s lifelong love Jenny Perotti, the girl who got away from him years ago and the girl who he is still, clearly, crazy for.

The second ghost is serviceable but has the task of showing Connor how screwed up his life is now… which we’ve already seen. So… yay. And then the inevitable ghost of the future appears. She shows us that yes, Connor will die alone, which we’ve already been told. Michael Douglas peppers himself throughout but rarely looks anything more than mildly interested. Matthew Mahogany (as he has since been named) does pretty much exactly what he’s done for the past 15 years of his career and phones this one in. His attempts at physical comedy fall flat and his emotional range is hardly taxed.

This is the sort of film that is squarely aimed at the female crowd and makes no bones about it. To my partner, who I sat through it with, it was a charming and funny version of the “Scrooge” story, which delivered on its promised “warm fuzzies.” To my jaded eyes however it was a derivative, uninspired, shamelessly schmaltzy rom-com, with not enough of the Com. CINE-MEH

The story does not deviate even slightly from the tired format of the Christmas Carol ghosts. The Ghost of Girlfriends Past is a teenage girl who took Connor’s

sDAVID QUINN

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DRAMA - TAS // REVIEW

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce The story of convict Alexander Pearce, Tasmania’s relatively famous contribution to cannibal lore, has been tackled in half a dozen local screen productions over the last few years. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land as a petty thief, Alexander Pearce was involved in two escape attempts from the colony’s harshest penal outpost, Sarah Island. Pearce became a notorious figure when he survived both desperate attempts to traverse Tasmania’s bleak western landscape by eating his fellow escapees. Turning himself in to authorities after the second failed attempt, Pearce hanged in Hobart Town in 1824. The story of this cannibalistic murderer swept around the world in the months that followed. Partly funded by Screen Tasmania, The Last Confession is one of the most entertaining recounts of this story

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that we have seen so far. The performances of Pearce (Ciaran McMenamin) and his convict companions, particularly Greenhill (Daniel Wyllie) and Mather (Don Hany), are excellent and it is through their efforts that the pathos of this story really emerges. Some of the secondary characters are not quite as believable and this lets the exposition scenes down a little, but it is the convict’s journey through the wilderness that we are really interested in. The barren Western Tiers, depicted as a savagely hostile landscape, intensify the atmosphere of the film and it is easy to sympathize with the desperate situation of the escapees. The violence and gore inherent in this story is understated in comparison to similar projects and the subtle handling of such savage violence gives the film a gritty reality that a blunter or more shocking approach would never have achieved

of the story – no man knows what hunger can make him do. The DVD extras included with this release - deleted and extended scenes and alternative opening and ending sequences - are mildly interesting but do not offer any more real insight into the story. The stills gallery is a nice inclusion and looks fantastic, but the storyboard/script presentation is a bizarre choice and does not do the audience or the production team any favors. sZANE PINNER

0 The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (distributed by Hopscotch Films) is available at JB Hi-Fi and other DVD retailers.

Shot and constructed in a fairly clinical manner, The Last Confession straddles the line between documentary and dramatic reconstruction a little uncomfortably at times, but it is entertaining enough to keep an audience hooked. Delivered in straightforward steps, the plot follows Pearce’s third confession and doesn’t bring up his earlier version of events, which definitely works in the films favor. The drama derives from the harrowing story itself rather than any screenwriter’s tricks, talking heads or graphic special effects. Thankfully, writer/director Michael James Rowland has by-passed a journalistic examination of the events and instead hit the jugular . ISSUE 95 . MAY 27 - JUNE 9 2009

SOUNDCHECK - out and about in the hottest venues LABJACD @ Republic Bar, 16 May

The Omen + Stand Defiant + Sunday Something Ruined + The Turnaround @ The Brisbane Hotel, 4 Apr il

The night that LABJACD came to town was a dark and stormy night, the wind blowing twisters through the streets. Earlier in the night MC Christian and trumpet player Declan had visited my edge radio show, filling me in about the 9 piece hip-hop band that had more recently had the major cred of being called Australia’s best live band by Rolling Stone Magazine. LABJACD’s digital and old school instruments had been creating a big new sound. After a bit of idle chat on respecting the grandmas, I was starting to get excited about the gig. I then introduced them to some Slutrock … a move which would later inspired Christian to cover the chorus of this song in the nights encore - to my total joy. A move which would only enhance a wicked night. I really dig it when a band ‘really’ knows how to play, and bands that aren’t scared to have extensive brass sections. I also dig it when there are nine band members (total respect to the managers of bands with this many members), members who swap instruments, multitask, spitting the meanest prewrittens and freestyling (incidentally the fastest I’d seen for a while) before mixing it up and rocking it on and out: causing dancing to a major degree. At times drawing on some members’ South American musical heritages, there was definitely ten people on stage by the end of the night. Had they summoned up the vibe of party from some golden realm? Every one seemed to be grooving to the grooves: at one point I counted fifteen people dancing on the street out the front. By the end of this show I was laughing and loving it. This music made me happy. And it wasn’t just because they covered Slutrock. It was because their big hip-moving sound rocked! And while the gale raged and twisted dancing autumn leaves into a storm, the show made me merry until the end. sZOE ZAC SATURDAY 9 MAY @ Lonnies

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SINE @ The Alley Cat, 15 May

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Melbourne’s SINE drew a new pack of Lifelong Lovers of Dub into the fray this weekend, when it seduced the Alley Cat crowd not once, but two nights in a row. Dub Reggae music: if you’re into it, you’re really into it. And if you don’t get it, you just don’t get it, and all the sadder and mopey your life is for the lack of it. After playing two shows in Launceston the day before and one all ages gig preceding this one- the bands took the stage again to rock the Brisbane Hotel until the early hours of the morning. The Turnaround, fresh from working on their first (much anticipated) album, played first, with a bit of a line up shuffle, incorporating a member each from Ballpoint and Your Demise, who fitted in perfectly. Sunday Something Ruined played next; their music shows a maturity and depth of insight well beyond their years. They are definitely a band that is going places. After their set, Stand Defiant took the stage and I was blown away by their technical precision and the clarity of their performance, and they gave fans a taste of what is to come on their also highly anticipated work in progress latest album. Headlining the show was the Melbourne thrash band, The Omen, who came to Tasmania to promote their self-titled debut album. They played with passion and broke strings, and I was pleased with their performance considering they were approaching the final stages of their tour.

At some stage on Sunday, the new tribe of Hobartian Dubbers awoke, though still in a trance, with their bodies nicely smoothed down and more wrinkles at the corners of their eyes, from all the bustin’ of blissedout moves and the closed-eye grinning that had been the night before. Slipping across from other outfits like The Red Eyes, Fatter than Nusrat, Morph and Agency Dub Collective, SINE produces it’s own sound of pure Dub, with base thudding so low it was verging on a sound heard more by your bones than your ears, and delayed horn ricocheting off the walls and bodies. Tight drums, wicked electric guitar and the sounds of synth are all brought together and dubbed up by the talents of the hidden band member - the sound engineer. Credit where credit’s due, in a month they’ll be supporting legendary crazyman Lee “Scratch” Perry at the Opera House for the new Luminous Festival. The little villagers of Hobart are reaping the benefits of cheap flights to the musical talent magnet of Melbourne, and after the love the audients were giving back, it won’t be long before SINE is delivering us from silence and stillness into the silence of sound and the stillness of dance once more.

sHANNAH KEEN

sNINNA MILLIKIN

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NIGHT TERRORS Back to Zero Melbourne electronic outfit Night Terrors have been around for over 9 years now, but you’d be forgiven for not having heard of them, their spacey instrumental epics probably haven’t received much air play. Their new album, Back to Zero immediately introduces some iconic sounds that help to drudge up the nostalgic feelings you’ll probably associate with a lot of the LP, the fat 70’s synth-tones, fuzzy 8-bit electric pianos and the driving drums and bass, rising, falling and gliding through each song. All well and good, plenty of bands can shape dynamics, however, what sets Night Terrors apart from other instrumental groups is their use of a Theremin to add a haunting melody to most of the album’s songs. Played expertly, often oozing with an 80’s-power-ballad level of yearning, it sounds familiar, yet completely new and adds a level of tension and expression to the music

that many bands, instrumental or otherwise, often struggle with. To be blunt, the record does sound quite a lot like Mogwai, were they to do an electronic album. Though this isn’t a bad thing (unless you don’t like Mogwai), with some songs arguably out-jamming the Scottish champions of post-rock, particularly my personal favourite, ‘Righteous’ which builds over seven minutes to an elegant synthy climax. The album also has some very poppy moments, with stand out tracks ‘Blood and Bone’ and ‘Saturnalia’ being very reminiscent of a lot of American indieelectronic band, Black Moth Super Rainbow’s more up-beat material. Back to Zero is certainly a complex release, but one that I think almost anyone can enjoy. It doesn’t stagnate in endless riffage or get lost in being too experimental, and at times, you may even find yourself singing along, despite the lack of vocals. 9/10 sLOCHIE JAMES

YEAH YEAH YEAHS It’s Blitz! This is the recently released third album from the band. I’ve been listening to it for the past couple of days and it’s been an instant hit with me. You might know them from previous hits like ‘Down Boy’ and ‘Gold Lion’. They have established themselves as genuine artists and I love the new progression of their sound. Their singer, Karen O has a unique voice and their sound has depth and emotion and is still instantly recognisable. I’d describe them as a kind of alternative pop rock band but in a whole different way than you might expect. Interesting cover art – I like it; it’s someone crushing an egg in their hand – which is surprisingly hard to do.

so far, those being ‘Zero,’ ‘Heads Will Roll’ and ’Softshock’, but the rest are growing on me. ‘Dull Life’ is an upbeat and rockin number, definitely not dull. Ironically too the main chorus line in ‘Zero’ is “you’re a zero” but it’s an uplifting song that makes you want to get up. It’s a pretty danceable album but there are some emotive ballads in there too. They use more electronic sound on this album and it works well. Overall this album has clever lyrics, catchy tunes and it’s well produced. I’ve never seen them perform but I can just imagine this band would be amazing live. In a time when there are way too many covers and remixes in circulation, what you have here is the real thing -a fresh, original and talented band with an excellent new album. sTABITHA FLETCHER

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