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ISSUE 1371 | 15 MAY 2013 | BEAT.COM.AU

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ARTS GUIDE, BROKEN, THE DEATH OF PETER PAN

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- FREE SHIT BOBBY WOMACK Soul legend Bobby Womack is playing his ﬁrst ever headline shows in Australia this month. Womack saw a resurgence of popularity with a new generation when he collaborated with Gorillaz, and released a brand new full-length LP last year in The Bravest Man In The Universe. Onstage Bobby will be joined by a 13-piece backing band. Bobby Womack performs at Hamer Hall on Tuesday May 21 and we have a double pass to giveaway.

LUSH PRODUCTIONS Attention fans of skating and radness, Lush Productions have given us ﬁve $20 vouchers to giveaway away for their upcoming monster sale, which features brands such as Santa Cruz, Independent and Zoo York. It’s happening this Friday May 17 - Sunday May 19 at the Moorabbin Town Hall.

THE BELLRAYS Blues is the teacher. Punk is the preacher. With a band like The BellRays it’s all about emotion and energy, experience and raw talent, spirit and intellect. To coincide with their upcoming Australian tour, The BellRays are set to release their album Black Lightning, a stunning mix of high octane garage rock, laced with soulful vocals. They hit the Corner Hotel on Wednesday June 12 with The Demon Parade and Them Bruins and we have a few double passes to giveaway. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to enter.

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Icelandic tour-de-force crew Of Monsters And Men have sold out their Splendour in the Grass sideshow at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne in just 25 minutes. If you missed out, praise be to Jebus because a second show has been announced. Since the release of their debut album My Head Is An Animal, less than a year ago, Australia and the world seemingly can't get enough of Of Monsters And Men. Of Monsters And Men play the Palais Theatre on Saturday August 3 (sold out) and Sunday August 4.

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LITA FORD The Queen of Metal, Lita Ford, is gracing our shores this month. Lita Ford is notoriously known for her thunderous solos in The Runaways, where she was the lead guitarist. Following the demise of the band in 1979, Lita Ford pursued a solo career. Since then Ford has been contributing to the hard rock scene with albums like Out for Blood, Dancin’ on the Edge and her most recent release Living Like a Runaway. Lita Ford will be scorching the Prince Of Wales on Thursday May 23, we have a few double passes to giveaway.

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POISON CITY WEEKENDER Poison City Weekender has announced the lineups for its three venues, The John Curtin, The Corner and The Reverence Hotel. The Nation Blue, Hoodlum Shouts, White Walls, Deep Heat, Clowns and Postblue will kick things oﬀ at the John Curtain on Friday September 6. The Smith Street Band will be headlining at the Corner Hotel on Saturday September 7, along with international guests Joyce Manor and Cheap Girls . Luca Brasi, Milhouse and Grim Fandango will be joining them. Blueline Medic, Cory Banan, Lincoln Le Fevre, Arrows, The Bennies, Jen Buxton, Inﬁnite Void, Apart From This and Pinch Hitter will be heading west to the Reverence on Sunday September 8, with more acts to be announced.

Welsh rockers Stereophonics will be returning to Australian shores for the ﬁrst time since 2010. Joined by special guests Atlas Genius, they'll be playing The Palace in July. Stereophonics have been making music for over 20 years. Their critically acclaimed eighth studio release Graﬃti on the Train has been one of the most revered to date. Drawing on an impressive back catalogue, their live performances are peppered with smash singles, including Dakota and Maybe Tomorrow. Adelaide's Atlas Genius will be returning from a headline tour of the US, where they've previously supported the likes of Silversun Pickups, Wolf Gang and Imagine Dragons. The pair will play The Palace on Sunday July 21.

TAYLOR SWIFT Prepare to get cray-cray for Tay-Tay, as Ms Swift has announced a gigantic Australian stadium tour. The Red Tour will see Taylor Swift headline our biggest venues, following on from the runaway success of recent smash hits I Knew You Were Trouble and We Are Never Getting Back Together. Taylor Swift performs at Etihad Stadium on Saturday December 14.

BIGSOUND 2013 Now one of the biggest music gatherings in the southern hemisphere, the Brisbane hosted BIGSOUND has announced its most impressive lineup to date. Turning 12 this year, Billy Bragg, Amanda Palmer and Kasey Chambers will head up the speaker's list, joined by 120 live artists playing over 12 venues. The ﬁrst dozen have been announced including Xavier Rudd, Megan Washington, The John Steel Singers, Bleeding Knees Club, The Jungle Giants, Spit Syndicate, Dunerats, Clubfeet, Thelma Plum, Citizen Kay and Little Bastard. Representing international industry will be Bella Union's Simon Raymonde, Nashville producer Brad Jones, CMJ's Matt McDonald and NYC venue booker Billy Jones. Eleven's John Watson, Woodford's Chloe Goodyear, RIP Society's Nic Warnock will represent the homeland along with Regurgitator. Iceland's Grimur Atlason will also be coming along, all the way from Reykjavik. BIGSOUND 2013 will be held at venues around Brisbane from Wednesday September 11 to Friday September 13. Tickets will go on sale in June, checkout the BIGSOUND website at bigsound.org.au for more information.

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WOMEN OF SOUL Melbourne's ﬁnest female soul sisters will join forces for the third birthday edition of Women of Soul at the Bella Union. PBS presents Kylie Auldist, Candice Monique, Shirely Davis, Chelsea Wilson, Christina Arnold and DJ Miss Goldie as they pay tribute to the female legends of soul from Etta James to Aretha Franklin. Each vocalist will perform a mix of their own originals and classics from the Stac, Motown and Chess record labels. The funky females will be supported by a band lineup which includes Jake Mason on organ (Cookin on 3 Burners), Lucas Taranto on bass (Gotye), Ivan 'Choi' Khatchoyan on drums (True Live) and Mitch Power on Guitar (Deep Street Soul). Shake and shimmy to some sweet soul at the Trades Hall's Bella Union on Saturday May 25. Tickets are available through the venue's website and on the doors, which open at 9pm.

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BATPISS Batpiss will release their debut album and soundtrack to the post apocalyptic after party, Nuclear Winter, on Friday May 17. They'll be launching it the following day. The album, out on Every Night Is A Saturday Night Records, was recorded live by Tom Lyngcoln (The Nation Blue, Harmony), upstairs at the infamous Tote Hotel. It was mastered by Melbourne music hero Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Total Control, Ooga Boogas). It features 11 new tracks of 'powerful alien sludge pop'. Batpiss have recently supported punk heavyweights OFF! and The Bronx. They'll be joined by The Peep Tempel, Brat Farrar, The Spinning Rooms, Bad Aches, Dr Invisiablo, Sheriﬀ, Dead, Boony Goes Bananas. Dance into the dystopian future as Batpiss launch Nuclear Winter on Saturday May 18 at the Tote Hotel. Doors open at 7pm, tickets are $15 and more info can be found through the Tote's website.

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Get ready to sprinkle some rose petals and light those candles – the return of the annual PBS Radio Festival is coming and there’s love in the airwaves. Fighting each year to save community radio from being overrun by the bland monopoly of mainstream stations, the festival calls on passionate music fans to join the plight of the underdog. This year the PBS Radio Festival is dubbed ‘Romance Your Radio’ and is running until Sunday May 26, during which people can lend a hand, pop the question and say “I do” to community radio. As always, there are some sweet prizes up for grabs. We spoke to this year’s ambassadors and asked them about becoming community radio’s knights in shining armour. Monica Hanns (Against The Tide) What is it about PBS you find different to all the other stations? The lack of talk on PBS is different to a lot of other radio stations. Most shows on PBS are committed to the music above all else, they will want to jam pack as many tunes into their show as possible. Also the diversity of music on the station is incredible. The inconsistency of the sounds you hear from hour to hour is what makes PBS so fascinating and enjoyable to listen too. What is your favourite PBS program? Stone Love because it’s so unpredictable and awesome. The Score for similar reasons. What love song would you include in your mixtape? Little Dreamer by Future Islands. It’s kind of cheesy but totally beautiful. Out of the people you have met in your role, who would you scatter rose petals for? All the volunteers that come in and give their time to us on the regular. PBS wouldn’t survive without the love of its listeners and the hard work of its volunteers. Owen McKern (PBS Program Manager) How much love do you have for PBS and what does it mean to you? From a very early age I loved music. Not the music that my school friends were listening to and certainly not the music my older brother listened to. I found Countdown on ABC television just a little embarrassing and commercial radio just didn’t seem to be aware of the sounds that moved me. In high school I discovered an alternative and immediately fell in love with independent community radio. That relationship – with PBS, with community radio and with alternative music, has nourished me, entertained me and sustained me for over three decades. What is your favourite PBS program? As the Program Manager at PBS I can’t possibly name a favourite. In some respects they are all like my children – at times they drive me mad but I love them dearly. I’m truly in awe of David Heard who has been serving his community for well over 30 years (our longest running continuous program) but equally proud of Alessia Pegoli whose show The Prosecco Hour is the newest show to be added to the PBS program grid. What love song would you include in your mixtape? My favourite song of all time is He Loved Him Madly from Miles Davis’ album Get Up With It. Essentially a jam clocking in at over 32 minutes, the track is a tribute to Duke Ellington who had died a month or so before this recording session. Having said that, including a 32 minute track on a mixtape doesn’t allow much room for anything else! Why should people become a PBS member and say ‘I Do’? Our politicians and our mainstream media like to talk about diversity but typically their policies and programming deliver anything but. For over 30 years the community sector has taken it upon ourselves to provide listeners with content they simply don’t get to hear anywhere else. Every week over 90 PBS volunteers give their time to research, plan and program music from every conceivable genre, and from every imaginable musical community. The goodwill and hard work of our volunteers only goes so far however and we still need to pay for equipment, maintenance, electricity, licenses, rent

and other ongoing operational expenses. We can’t, and don’t want to run ads from soft drink companies or online betting agencies to pay the bills so instead we ask our community to make the commitment and become members of PBS. Maddy Macfarlane (The Breakfast Spread) How much love do you have for PBS and what does it mean to you? Across the years PBS has always had my back. As life changes, so does location, time schedules, the programs I tune in to, and the methods of listening, but in PBS I find a consistently exciting, surprising and satisfying music alternative on the airwaves. What is it about PBS you find different to all the other stations? PBS stands for Progressive Broadcasting Service, and it’s one of only two community radio stations in Australia committed specifically to music. So many music communities and styles are represented across PBS’ programmes, as well as through off-air events like Rock-a-Bye-Baby, Soul-a-Go-Go and Women of Soul. To have so many music styles, visions and musicians feeding into and being represented by one heaving community, PBS, I reckon that’s progressive! What is your favourite PBS program? It’s an understatement to say we have such a healthy, loving music scene in Melbourne, and I see PBS’ priorities to local music and its communities as foremost. So it’s Homebrew’s arrow that hits my heart. What love song would you include in your mixtape? The Scientists’ Frantic Romantic is such a favourite. Out of the people you have met in your role, who would you scatter rose petals for? When Tony Joe White looks you in the eye and says your name, you will swoon! It was lovely to have long chat with the original swamp-fox in the studio earlier this year. I’m also so enamoured by Super Wild Horses, and Ash Naylor has gotta be the nicest fella in town. I would openly shower these talented beauties with petals! Lyndelle Wilkinson (The Afterglow) How much love do you have for PBS and what does it mean to you? PBS FM is my rock. It’s always there and it always has been, well before I was an announcer. The station is reliably fresh and rewarding. I feel humble to be part of the on-air team. What is your favourite PBS program? My favourite show… that is a really tough call – as I have about eight or nine. Breaky is very close to my heart, but if I had to choose it would be a toss up between Soul Time with Vince Peach, Boss Action with the remarkable Miss Goldie and I cannot go past P King’s Radio De Janeiro. What love song would you include in your mixtape? Lovin’ You Baby – Charles Bradley. The man in a genius. Out of the people you have met in your role, who would you scatter rose petals for? Ooooh, probably Dan Warner or Dan Kelly or Dan Sultan. There is just something about that name… Why should people become a PBS member and say ‘I Do’? People get to a point in their lives when they have to be honest with themselves and say – “Hey, me. I know I might have my ups and downs, but my radio station is with me in my car, on my phone and in my home. My radio knows me inside, in my good times and bad times. I have a commitment to this station – and I need to tell the world all about it – shout it from the roof tops! I DO!” Sign up as a PBS member through pbsfm.org.au, or by calling 03 8415 1067.

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DAMN TERRAN Dirty punk-rock maestros Damn Terran have teamed up with new live music space WranglerStudios in Footscray to bring you one mammoth rock 'n' roll party. On Saturday May 25 a collection of bands that epitomize Melbourne's underground music scene will join the rising Melbourne trio, including the heavy riﬀage of The Peep Tempel, The Spinning Rooms, Bodies, Udays Tigerand The Stiﬀys and psych-punk duo Clavians Doors at 8pm, entry is a measly $10 and this is expected to sell out. Wrangler Studios is located at 8C Whitely Parade, West Footscray.

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AIRBOURNE Set to be one of the loudest acts gracing this year's Splendour In The Grass, Warrny boys made good Airbourne will also be performing their first headline Melbourne show in a long while. Currently gearing up to release their third album Black Dog Barking, the hard rocking outfit will be primed to tear a few faces off when they bring their wall of amps to Melbourne this July. Airbourne perform at The Corner on Saturday July 20.

Hell City Glamours are returning to Cherry Bar on Sunday May 26, not only in the name of rock‘n'roll but in the name of beer. Sure, they can’t get an album ﬁnished in four years but when the chance to make their own beer comes up, it only takes a few months! In conjunction with Young Henry’s Brewery and Good Beer Week’s Rockstar Brews series, Hell City Glamours will be bringing the closing Good Beer Week party along with the mighty Front EndLoader and Melbourne’s My Dynamite.

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Fresh oﬀ a national support jaunt with Bob Evans, Sydney’s familial dream-pop ﬁve-piece Tigertown are back with a brand new single What You Came Here For and a national headline tour in-support. Across just two EPs – 2011’s self-titled and 2012’s Before The Morning – Tigertown has become one of the most promising and hard working young bands in the country having clocked up thousands of kilometres in the tour van as well as in excess of 65,000 downloads of their last single Morning Has Finally Come. They'll hit the Bella Union on Saturday June 15 with support from The Starry Field.

One of the most distinctive voices and songwriters in Australian music, David Bridie has announced a new album, Wake, and a national tour in celebration. For the ﬁrst time in 15 years, Bridie’s Not Drowning, Waving co-founder John Phillips will also join him on the album tour, along with Dave Folley. Bridie will launch Wake at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday July 20.

RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP Time to dust oﬀ the Megahertz/Rockdogs scarf, the ﬁrst details of this year's biggest footy match have been revealed. The theme of this year's bash is Be Suburban, so who better to headline musical proceedings than the homophonous Beasts Of Bourbon - fresh from support duties with Iggy And The Stooges. The event raises funds for the very worthy Reclink Australia, and is a corker of a day out for all ages. See if either the PBS/RRR Megahurtz or the Espy Rockdogs can make good on last year's drawn result. The 2013 Reclink Community Cup takes place Sunday June 23 at Elsternwick Sports Complex.

COLD WAR KIDS No strangers to Australian shores, indie titans Cold War Kids have announced a peripheral Melbourne visit alongside their appearance at this year's Splendour In The Grass. The band recently released their fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, enlisting former Modest Mouse guitarist Dann Gallucci and Lars Stalfors (Matt & Kim, Funeral Party) to produce. Cold War Kids perform at The Hi-Fi on Tuesday July 30.

THE MIX CD SOCIAL Swap CDs and socialise for the second time round when the Mix CD Social returns in June. The evening of songs and sharing will feature the melodies of Georgia Fields, the electro-acoustic oﬀerings of Spender, surf rockers The Blue Bottles and all girl marching band The Red Brigade. Guest DJs will include Josh Earl, Jen Cloher and Pikelet's Evelyn Morris. Bring a CD to swap in the musical lucky dip and take home some mystery music. It will also buy you cheap entry to the gig. The Mix CD Social will take place at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday June 8, checkout the venue's website for details.

KIRIN J CALLINAN After a long gestation period, Kirin J Callinan is set to unleash his debut album this July. And to celebrate, he's hitting the road for an international launch tour. After a pair of excellent solo preview shows at The Grace Darling, Kirin will return in full band mode to showcase material from Embracism. Support on the night comes from Standish/Carlyon. Embracism is out Friday June 28 through Siberia/XL. Kirin J Callinan performs at Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 4.

JAMGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL The JamGrass Music Festival returns in 2013 with another special lineup featuring Australia’s leading bluegrass, progressive bluegrass and jam orientated bands including Patt And Possum, The Company, Quarry Mountain Dead Rats, The Green Mohair Suits, James Kenyon and more. Two more artist announcements will be made in the coming months to ﬁll out the expanded three-day program from Friday October 11 to Sunday October 13. Info and ticketing is at jamgrass.com.au.

THELMA PLUM Rosie is the debut EP from an 18-year-old singersongwriter from Brisbane who has cast a spell on all in her path in the past 12 months. Feature songs Around Here, Father Said and now Dollar are making their way into the nation's consciousness. To say Thelma has been embraced is an understatement – she has been Unearthed by triple j, won a Deadly award for best emerging talent and with her exquisite acoustic set Thelma has opened national tours for Bob Evans and Emma Louise. She'll visit the Northcote Social Club on Friday July 26 with Dan Parsons in support.

AL DUVALL One of New York's finest songwriters, Al Duvall, will play a one-off show in Melbourne this May. Al Duvall first landed on Australian soil in 2006 by invitation from Sydney based experimental record label Dual Plover and the UnSound Music Festival. This saw him tour the east coast including performances in dusty backwater towns and rundown railway stations. He last visited travelling alongside CW Stoneking in 2010 for a national tour. Al Duvall will hit The Old Bar on Thursday May 23 with special guests Dane Certificate Magic, BJ Morriszonkle, Gasoline Stew and The Dump.

BREAKING ORBIT Sydney's Breaking Orbit will once again traverse the country in June 2013 with their captivating blend of ambient, melodic and heavy progressive rock as part of the Silence Seekers national tour. Fresh from a sold out Australian tour with national heavyweights Dead Letter Circus, this tour will see the band celebrate the continued success of their debut album released in late 2012 to worldwide critical acclaim. Breaking Orbit will be bringing their powerful and captivating live show to Revolver on Friday June 14. Tickets available through breaking-orbit.com, oztix.com, and moshtix.com.au.

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SASKWATCH They've set pretty much every venue and festival stage in the state ablaze over the past few years, now soul stars Saskwatch are taking their wares to the almighty Glastonbury festival. Before they set sail, the Melbourne nine-piece are putting on a pair of farewell parties. The band will hit The John Curtin Bandroom with special guests Fraser A Gorman and Northside DJs, and Daylesford Town Hall with a bevy of talent. Saskwatch perform at The Curtin on Saturday June 1 and Daylesford Town Hall on Saturday June 8.

SPLASHH Psychedelic garage rockers Splashh are landing at our airports in June and will play music in Melbourne and Sydney on a short but sweet tour. The London-viaAustralia-via-New Zealand four-piece will be joined by Children Collide front man Johnny Mackay, in his newest project Fascinator. All parts electronicpsychadelia, synths, acid tabs, samples and beats, Fascinator is a perfect wall of noise on a cosmic bender. Stand and watch them perform at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday June 29. Tickets on sale now through a vendor you can ﬁnd by using Google. Beat Magazine Page 20

Define your genre in five words or less: Apocalyptic folk rock. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? I don't know about a musical hero, but I think Einstein might have dug it. I'm sure he would have been more impressed with our ability to time travel though. When’s the gig and with who? The Eureka Hotel on Friday May 25. We will be playing as part of the Taste Of Indie Collective. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Stick to your guns. And have patience. Success isn't an overnight occurrence, you've got to do the hard yards to get to where you want to be.

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When are you doing your thing next? We have a bunch of dates lined up over the next couple of months, then it's back to the studio to work on some newer material. Where would you like to be in ﬁve years? In the future. Unless time travel is still an option. What makes a good musician? Honesty. Most punters are smart enough to know when they are being had, and it's not a good look. But if you are true in your intentions, it's a lot harder for people to fault you. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? Haha. Still have them. We just try to use them to our advantage. Anything else to add? Stay humble. Even Einstein made mistakes.

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VAMPIRE WEEKEND BY LACHLAN KANONIUK I’m speaking to Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij as he enjoys a relative respite, relishing a “chill week” in his Brooklyn apartment before the promotional storm that accompanies the ceremony that is an album’s release. That’s not to say the madness hasn’t begun to transpire, with the band purportedly raising the ire of car enthusiasts with a slow motion lyric clip featuring two burning SAABs. The day before our interview yielded a clip of Steve Buscemi in a top hat singing Modern Vampires Of The City lead single Diane Young a cappela in front of the stonefaced Brooklyn four-piece. In the clip, it’s Rostam who first cracks the stoic facade in the face of Buscemi’s madcap antic with a relinquished chuckle. As for the SAAB ‘controversy’ (Vampire Weekend seem prone to the most benevolent of controversies), Rostam is sternly dismissive. “We just wait for certain things to blow over, as they inherently will. Certain websites are seeking hits, and they’re looking to us to procure them. We don’t let that affect us too much.” I offer that the exposure would perhaps benefit the band, no matter how trivial. Rostam doesn’t agree. “No, no. I don’t see it as beneficial. I see it as a nuisance. I understand it.” As for the pressures of completing a hat trick of studio albums, following on from the success of their self-titled debut and second LP Contra, Rostam is assured. “I like it, I like the album. I’m not worried about it on any level. There’s only so much that you can worry about, at some point you have to let it go.” The songwriting partnership between Rostam and lead singer Ezra Koenig is taken to another level, with Rostam’s classical-leaning pop smarts and Ezra’s savvy lyricisms converging to achieve their most accomplished material to date. “There’s definitely a bouncing-off that distinguishes the writing process. Pretty much every song was written either with me making a piece of music and sending it to Ezra and him writing vocal melodies and lyrics on top of it. Or, with him coming in with music and lyrics and the two of us fleshing out the arrangement together. Then later on we would bring in Ariel Rechtshaid, who co-produced the album with me, and our drummer Chris [Tomson] and bass player Chris [Baio]. That was the process for most songs, but maybe there’s an exception or two in there.” While Vampire Weekend’s most well-known hits embrace sharp, clean guitar licks, Modern Vampires Of The City shies away from the pop-punk bombast of their earlier work with a spacious, strippedback ethos. “That’s one thing that was a governing principle, minimalism. I don’t think the short punkypop songs defined the previous albums. If you look at the singles, then you might get that impression. But I feel like the albums are much more diverse than punky-pop songs. I guess it depends on how you look at it, at the end of the day.” The first taste of the new album came in the simultaneous release of Diane Young and Step. Diane Young features Ezra performing an Elvis-like croon over an up-tempo rock‘n’roll number, conversely Step is slow-burning and contemplative. Releasing two disparately styled tracks was a calculated ploy Beat Magazine Page 24

at misdirection, as Rostam explains. “We like this idea that nobody could pigeonhole the sound of the album, because it’s a pretty diverse album. We liked the idea that there was no way one song could define the record.”

“WE LIKE THE IDEA THAT OUR MUSIC EXPRESSES WHAT WE’RE INTERESTED IN. WE’RE NOT JUST INTERESTED IN CLASSICAL MUSIC, OR JUST INTERESTED IN THE BIBLE, OR JUST INTERESTED IN RAP.” Though there are many strikingly intimate moments throughout their new release, tracks such as Unbelievers reach a scope befitting of their festivalheadlining capabilities. The strive for stadium-sized histrionics is not a motivated one. “If we are, then we’re doing it in a pretty risky way,” Rostam offers. “Unbelievers is a song that’s about living in a world that is inherently conceptual, where the believers and nonbelievers have to coexist. The song doesn’t reveal a tidy prescription as to how that coexistence can come about. It’s more simply just describing that world. To answer your question, that doesn’t really aspire to a stadium rock sound. But maybe there is something subconscious that’s pushing us in that direction.” Contra was bristling with a sunny strain of pop, most evident on the chirpy Holiday, embracing distinctly Californian qualities from a distinctly New York band. Modern Vampires Of The City, however, is a New York artefact through and through. “It’s possible that we’re influenced by the fact that our second album was written after travelling so much, and then we came back to New York and relocated for our third album. Well I shouldn’t say relocated, what I mean is that we gathered ourselves a little bit and nested ourselves well,” he recalls. “I think that our version of New

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York is pretty unique to us. Our version of American music is that way too. It’s not actually something that we had to think too much about, it’s something that happened pretty organically.” After the subversive use of autotune on Contra cut California English, Ezra’s vocals are once again manipulated to the extreme on Diane Young. “It’s a natural desire. Since we’ve been working on music together, we’ve always experimented with vocal manipulation. I’m talking years before the band began,” Rostam recalls. “In the case of Diane Young, we felt like that section had an interesting arrangement and that the songwriting was strong, but we wanted it to have one more element that was interesting to listen to.” When Rostam and I last spoke at the start of the year, ahead of the band’s Big Day Out appearances, he stated that he was in the process of securing rights for the new album’s cover art. The finalised art features a smoggy 1966 New York cityscape photograph by Neal Boenzi, complementing the album’s contents greatly. “Yes, we did secure the rights for it. It was touch and go for a second, but we did get it. And I’m very happy that we did. I think that something that we realised was that this whole album could be thought of as a city in itself,” Rostam muses. “That was something we realised after the fact, the album cover was already there at that point. It feels like to us that there was an invisible hand guiding our decision-making.” The scope a cultural references and nods of acknowledgement contained within Modern Vampires Of The City is mind-boggling, neatly marrying biblical allegories and callbacks to longforgotten rap hits of the early-‘90s. “We like the idea that our music expresses what we’re interested in. We’re not just interested in classical music, or just interested in the bible, or just interested in rap. We’re interested in all of these things, and we think that it’s fitting to make an album that references them all. We wouldn’t be true to ourselves if we didn’t.” When I raise the prospect of people feeling uncomfortable with an appropriation of different cultures, Rostam retorts with a measured umbrage. “We would never say that we appropriate anything. The history of all art – if you wanna use that word that way – is appropriating other cultures. That’s the history of all creativity. I think it’s pretty ignorant when people use that word that way.” Having produced an established canon of their own, along with a pronounced – somewhat divisive – aesthetic, is it that Vampire Weekend have reached a point where they can become self-referential? “I think the answer to that question isn’t very highfalutin – it’s yes,” Rostam concurs. “We don’t want to repeat ourselves, we are conscious of that. Songs are powerful, evocative things.” As for the somewhat bizarre prominence of Steve Buscemi in Vampire Weekend’s lead-up to the new record, Rostam is, perhaps a little bit sardonically so, thankful for the added Hollywood lustre. “In some ways, we sort of found each other. Chris Baio discovered that he and Steve were related, and Steve wanted to help us out of the kindness of his heart. He felt that we weren’t altogether successful in promoting ourselves and wanted to throw some light on the process, if he could. To shine down on us, give us some loving.” Modern Vampires Of The City is out now through XL/Remote Control.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN One third of people will experience insomnia at some point during their lives; Insomnia Cat Came To Stay, a new production at the Malthouse Theatre, explores this sleep disorder. Despite the ironic title, Insomnia Cat Came To Stay illustrates the (frustrating) tale of a chronic insomniac portrayed by Joanne Sutton. Inspired by personal journals, playwright Fleur Kilpatrick blends reality and ﬁction into a dream-scape production that will leave you empathetically laughing. Accompanying Sutton’s acclaimed portrayal of an insomniac is Roderick Cairns’ music, intricately composed and timed to the lo-ﬁ animations of the production. Insomnia Cat Came To Stay is currently being performed at the Malthouse Theatre until Saturday May 18.

ON STAGE ACMI will be hosting a collection of ﬁlms in honour of Adrian entitled Gowns by Adrian: Dressing MGM’s Leading Ladies. Adrian was a prestigious costume designer of the Golden Age of Hollywood (late 1920s – late 1950s) and produced some of the most iconic costumes remembered today, including MGM’s The Wizard of Oz. In tribute to his illustrious career, ACMI will be screening a selection of Adrian’s best work with MGM, including: Dancing Lady, Chained, No More Ladies, Mata Hari, Queen Christina, Camille, The Women and many more. Preceding the ﬁlm season, NGV Curator of International Fashion and Textiles, Roger Leong, will join John Flaus in a free panel discussion about Adrian’s career entitled We need to talk about Adrian: MGM’s Leading Costume Designer. Gowns by Adrian: Dressing MGM’s Leading Ladies will be screen at ACMI from Thursday May 16 – Saturday June 1.

ON DISPLAY Melbourne-based photographer Konrad Winkler returns with his newest exhibition Moments of My Life, hosted at the Edmund Pearce Gallery this May. Known for his ability to transform the banal moments of life into exquisite beauty, Moments of My Life captures the stark everyday moments that deﬁne our identity, history and meaning of living. Consisting of prints from the late ‘60s including new ones, Moments of My Life is an artistic autobiography of Winkler and his work. Moments of My Life us currently on display at Edmund Pearce Gallery until Saturday June 1. Admission is free.

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THE DEATH OF PETER PAN BY KRISSI WEISS

Set in the most romantic of times and in the most romanticised of places – 1920s Paris, Eton and Oxford – The Death Of Peter Pan is an emotionally stirring biographic tale of repressed desire, love and dreamy adulation. Written by the scribe of all things passionate, Barry Lowe, and directed by Robert Chuter, The Death Of Peter Pan is being given the usual Fly-On-The-Wall theatre treatment. London-born and now Melbourne-based actor, Jordan Armstrong, tackles the seductive character of Rupert Buxton and while he confesses to developing a strong bond with all of the characters he’s played, the character and story of Buxton had a new level of magnetism for him as a person well as presenting him with a host of new challenges as an actor. “What with the play being biographical, you really have to do a lot detective work to ﬁnd out exactly who the person was in order to understand their motivations and to really honour them on stage; I have a responsibility to do Rupert Buxton justice,” Armstrong says. “This is totally trivial but it was a discovery that made me laugh. Have you ever heard of a dogcart? In the 1900s they had carts that were pulled by packs of dogs. They must have been cheaper than horses. “With my work, I quite like to use animals to help develop my characters or even use traits of certain existing characters. With Rupert, I have thrown in a few traits of Kaa, the seductive and manipulative snake from The Jungle Book. One notable thing I have been working hard towards and has been somewhat of a challenge is ensuring that Rupert is likable throughout the play. There are scenes where on the surface he could come across as a manipulative, selfserving, troublemaker, when in actual fact, just below the surface is a deep sadness and a huge need to be loved. “His actions and methods are quite alternative and a little unusual but he has the greatest of intentions at heart. If I am able to convey all of the above I will be very happy.” The Death Of Peter Pan may be dealing in themes of same sex attraction but the emotion of the play is truly universal

and while these issues are at the forefront of political division right now, The Death… is essentially just dealing with unaccepted love. “There is a profound line, ‘My heart didn’t come with a book of instructions’ which really struck a chord with me because, of course, who are we to judge what is instilled in some of us from inception and that is not a choice?” he says. “It is amazing to think that almost a century has passed since the events that transpired in The Death Of Peter Pan and yet there are still people who are against homosexuality and the marriage of such individuals. Hopefully this play will help portray love for what it is, a universal force that is without prejudice. Another strong universal element would be the breaking of conventions, rules, and traditions that are forced upon us by society in order to gain fulﬁlment and true happiness. Rupert knows that he cannot be happy living within these conﬁnes so, to the dismay and shock of others, he pushes the envelope.” Preparation for the play hasn’t been easy for Armstrong and he’s more than thankful he’s able to take to the stage as Buxton. A bout of appendicitis and the emergency surgery that follows such a diagnosis did hols things up a little though.

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The Death Of Peter Pan runs from Wednesday May 22 – Sunday June 2 at Chapel Oﬀ Chapel.

BROKEN BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

Broken, the debut feature ﬁlm from British theatre director Rufus Norris, is a story of fear and paranoia in the suburbs. The protagonist of the story is a strong-willed young girl named Skunk, and it was the depth of this character that drew Norris to the project. “I think that for me and for most storytellers, the way into any story has to be personal,” he says. “I have two young children, and while they’re either side of Skunk’s age, the same issues come up. I worry about protecting them enough, and loving them enough, and the ways we all manage to screw up our parenting. I myself also associated very strongly with Skunk, in terms of her personality and her naïve optimism.”

In an eﬀort to raise funds for Worawa Aboriginal Girls’ College, Newport Substation will be hosting a special night called Sista Act. Initiated by Fiona Scott-Norman, Sista Act will see Indigenous and NonIndigenous performers combine to create a night of pure entertainment. Tasmanian muﬃn Hannah Gadsby will join Deborah Cheetham, Denise Scott, Deborah Conway and original Sapphires member Lois Peeler, the current principal of Worawa Aboriginal College. All proceeds from the show will support the performing arts sector of the college, a strong focus of the school. Sista Act will be performed at Newport Substation on Friday May 17 at 7pm.

“Rob Chuter, our director, did not turn his back on me and was, thankfully, able to push the dates back a week,” he explains. “So to anyone reading this who was directly affected by those dates changes, I’m sorry, it was my fault, however the appendix gods shouldn’t get off too lightly. This knocked out a good ten days of rehearsal time and I was reduced to attending meetings via Skype.” With opening just around the corner, Armstrong explains the torrent of emotions he often goes through once those house lights are dimmed. “Speaking from past experience, opening night is always a mixture of excitement and nerves,” he says. “When you’re backstage and you hear all the people fill the theatre it is quite scary because you know that it’s on and there’s no turning back. There have even been times in the past when I have asked myself why I do this to myself, but that’s only beforehand. When I step out on stage all that falls by the wayside. Performing makes me feel alive and very few things make me feel that way.”

Norris and the producers saw close to 850 girls around Britain before deciding on Eloise Laurence for the part of the plucky 11-year-old Skunk. “We didn’t give up until we found someone we were really happy with,” he says. “As soon as I met with her and started reading with her, I felt an immediate aﬃnity. She was coming at it very fresh, because she had never acted before. We knew we wanted her to have a trusting relationship with everyone in the cast, especially Tim Roth, who plays her father, and Cillian Murphy, who plays a teacher. Everyone who worked with her got with the program, on the understanding that if we didn’t get a good performance from her, we didn’t have a movie.” As the directors of low-budget ﬁlms are often forced to do, Norris took a no-nonsense attitude to the production of Broken. “We didn’t have a lot of time for ego and wanking around,” he says with a laugh, “so people had to do their jobs and get on with it. One of the things I knew is that I had to work hard to create the right atmosphere and the right environment. I’m very experienced at that in theatre, and I applied those principles to cinema. If the room is a happy place, and there is a lot of humour, then no matter how much pressure there is, people will be relaxed and give it their best. Eloise gave a relaxed performance, and that’s

exactly what you want from a kid.” Roth and Laurence make for a convincing onscreen father and daughter – a fact that may be down to the bonding they did before filming began. “At the start of rehearsals, Tim asked for a day when he could take Eloise and Bill Milner, who plays her brother, and have a family day out. They went to the zoo, they mucked about in London, Tim spoiled them and they all took the piss out of each other. They had a great laugh together,” he continues, “and they created a family unit. Tim really gave himself over to it. Tim is a father, so he understands. He’s very much a family man. That was a crucial aspect of the film, and the bonding they did makes it seem far more real.” Before embarking on Broken, Norris spent years directing theatre, and many of the lessons he learned in his former career carried over. “Film and theatre are very different mediums,” he says, “but there are many ways in which they cross over.” Ultimately, he says, your job as a director is to tell a story in the way that you want, and extract the best performances that you can from your actors. If you go and see a piece of theatre, you leave the house, you go and sit down in a dark room with no distractions and watch the story unfold – if you don’t like it, it’s difficult to

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leave, unless you want to leave at interval. Film is similar, Norris says. “As a filmmaker, you can work on atmosphere – you know you have 90 minutes or 120 minutes to tell your story,” he explains. “With television, it’s different, because the audience is watching at home, and are therefore much more easily distracted – someone comes in and talks to them, they go and make a cup of tea, so as a storyteller, you have to keep people from reaching for the remote. There’s a very different pressure on you.” Aside from being Rufus Norris’s debut feature, Broken is also notable in that it features a musical score by one Damon Albarn. “There’s a group called The Electric Wave Bureau who did the score,” Norris tells me, “and Damon is a core part of that. I did a show with Damon a few years ago called Doctor Dee – we did it for the Manchester International Festival, then reworked for the Cultural Olympiad. We split the work pretty evenly on that, and we became friends. I wanted to work with him again, so I approached him for this. He also has an understanding of the material, because he has a daughter who’s the same age as Skunk.” Broken will screen at Cinema Nova and Palace Cinema Como from Thursday May 16.

PEN ERASES PAPER Tinning Street Gallery, an exhibition space dedicated to oﬀbeat craftsmanship, will host Sam Wallman’s exhibition Pen Erases Paper this May. Pen Erases Paper will showcase the eccentric artistry of Wallman and his surrealistic humour akin to J G Quintel’s (Regular Show). Accompanying the exhibition, Wallman will host a book launch, Pen Erases Paper Drawing Book, that was funded through pozible.com. Sure to be a delightful blend of art and humour, Pen Erases Paper will be on display at the Tinning Street Gallery from Thursday May 16 – Sunday May 26 with an opening night, and book launch, on Thursday May 16 from 6 – 9pm. Admission is free.

VANGUARD This June, The Australian Ballet will present Vanguard, a triple bill of ballet compositions that shaped modern-day ballet. Starting from the genesis, Vanguard will open with The Four Temperaments, Balachine’s masterpiece, and study, of the four humours of Ancient Greece — phlegmatic, sanguine, choleric and melancholic. Following this will be Czech choreographer Ji í Kylián’s work Bella Figura, a physical exploration of dreams and the subconscious. Finishing Vanguard will be Dyad 1929. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor (Paris Opera Ballet, New York Ballet, Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire), Dyad 1929 will challenge traditional ballet with innovation and sharp movement. Vanguard will be performed at the Arts Centre from Thursday June 6 – Monday June 17.

STATUS QUO Painter, sculpture and installation artist Kristin McIver returns with her newest exhibition Status Quo, an exploration of identity as a commodity. Through installations of lights, and an onslaught of familiar questions — “How are you feeling?”, “What’s on your mind?” — McIver creates a dichotomy of online and real-life identity. Through pieces such as a Thought Piece and Selfie, McIver uncovers the portraits we create for ourselves and their disparity. Status Quo will be exhibited at James Makin Gallery from Thursday May 16 – Saturday June 8 with an opening night on Thursday May 16 from 6–9pm. Admission is free.

FEAR&LOVE&CLOWNS Following their successful debut at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Fear&Love Theatre Company will perform their debut production, Fear&Love&Clowns, at the Malthouse Theatre this May. Created and performed by graduate actors from the Victorian College of Arts, Fear&Love&Clowns combines violence, masturbation, drama, and awkward dance moves into a satirical blend of black humour and audience participation. However, if you have coulrophobia — a phobia of clowns — Fear&Love&Clowns might be best avoided, unless you wish to have an anxiety attack. Fears&Love&Clowns will be performed at the Malthouse Theatre until Saturday May 18.

THE GOLDFISH BOWL Arts Triangle, a not-for-proﬁt initiative, will present The Goldfish Bowl at O’Donnell Gardens, St Kilda, this month. Hosted by Father Bob MacGuire, The Goldfish Bowl is a 28m2 Perspex box where 20 contemporary, and street, artists will be imprisoned — voluntarily of course — for a 24-hour period and create art. Insane? Yes. Cool? Possibly. Following their release from the bowl, any works created will be silent auctioned to help raise money for exhibition spaces for young artists. Some of artists participating include Anthony Breslin, Richard Morrison, Ed Lim, Barney Butters and budding Picassos from St Kilda Youth Service. The Goldﬁsh Bowl will run from Friday May 24, 12pm until Saturday May 25, 12pm. The Silent Auction, and exhibition space, will be open from Saturday May 25, 12pm – Sunday May 26, 5pm. Admission is free.

BEYOND THE DISABILITY T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION In an effort to raise funds for Yooralla, Dangerfield and the Father Bob Macguire Foundation have teamed up alongside 99Designs to host a t-shirt design competition. The competition is themed ‘Beyond the Disability’ and hopes to raise awareness about disability within Australian. The ten best designs will appear on tees sold in Dangerfield, online and nationally from Monday July 1. Accompanying that, successful entrants will receive a share of $7,000 of cash and prizes. Yooralla is Australia’s largest disability support organisation. Founded in 1918 by the establishment of Sister Faith’s (Evangeline Ireland) kindergarten for disabled children, Yooralla Kindergarten, Yooralla has been helping people with disabilities fulfill their aspirations ever since. Entries for Beyond the Disability T-Shirt Design Competition is currently open until Friday May 24. Terms and conditions can be found through yoorallatee.com.au.

SAVAGES Multi-award-winning playwright Patricia Cornelius returns with her newest production, Savages, at fortyﬁvedownstairs this month. Known for her threedimensional characters and astute knowledge of the human psych, Savages illustrates the story of two close mates discovering their identity. Director Susie Dee worked closely with Cornelius to create the sharp, somewhat callous, rhythm of Savages, bringing life to taboo subjects of misogyny, gender identity and sexuality. Savages will be performed at fortyﬁvedownstairs from Friday August 16 – Sunday September 8.

FRIDAY ON MY MIND Friday On My Mind, a weekly panel discussion dedicated to the ﬁlm and TV industry, will host Seph McKenna this May. The current Head of Australian Production at Roadshow Films, Seph McKenna, will discuss his work within the industry, including his experiences in Los Angeles where he worked on script development and assessment. Some of McKenna’s past work includes Beautiful Kate, Mao’s Last Dancer, Red Dog and Kath And Kimderella. Former Director of MIFF, Sandra Sdrualig will host the panel discussion. Friday On My Mind with Seph McKenna will be hosted ACMI on Friday May 17 at 5pm.

OFF THE KERB Oﬀ the Kerb, an artist-run gallery, have announced their new exhibitions for May. Adopting the front gallery as his own will be Michael Duncan’s Prime Cuts, a minimalistic stencil-cutter. Through his artwork Duncan portrays an ironic viewpoint on life created from real-life experience. Balancing Duncan’s humorous, yet optimistic, viewpoint will be Moments Lost – History Gained by Amanda Wright. Through candid paintings Wright explores her family’s history, detailing the importance of family and memory. Other Directions, Paul Van Katwijk’s newest exhibition, creates an surreal twist on life. Using lucid acrylics and bold shapes, Van Katwijk transforms mundane chores into adventures of fairy tales. Prime Cuts, Moments Lost – History Gained, and Other Directions will be exhibited at Oﬀ the Kerb Gallery from Friday May 17 – Friday May 31, with an opening night on Friday May 17 from 6–9pm. Admission is free.

THE COMIC STRIP CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY Checkpoint has hit the ground running since the festival with huge crowds and great acts. Tonight, they do it again with Bart Freebairn, Ryan Coffey, newly-crowned RAW Comedy winner Demi Lardner, Jack Druce and more. It’s Melbourne’s finest spitting funnies into the business end of a mic. For just $5. Plus cheap piss. Show kicks off 8.30pm tonight, upstairs at Eurotrash Bar. Get down early for a seat.

FELIX BAR COMEDY This Wednesday, Dave Thornton headlines Felix Bar Comedy, hot on the heels of selling out his run at the comedy festival. Plus they’ve got Karl Chandler, Michael Chamberlin, Demi Lardner, Daniel Connell, Aaron Gocs and more! Comedy doesn’t ﬁnish when the festival does, in St Kilda, they’re only getting started! It’s happening this Wednesday May 15 at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

LOL COMEDY Hey comedy fans! LOL Comedy are back in the swing of things at LOL Comedy, and this week is a doozy. With Greg Fleet headlining, and young hot shot Mike Nayna as your MC, it’s going to be a ripper. Greg is a seasoned professional who has slayed audiences all around the world with his sharp wit and spot on punchlines. He is in top form at the moment and well worth checking out. Mike last year burst on the scene as a RAW Comedy national ﬁnalist and is a consistent winner with his kick arse stories. So head to the Provincial hotel in Fitzroy on Monday, Local in Port Melbourne Tuesday or Portland Hotel on Wednesday to see them, plus more, in action.

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE Simon Taylor takes the reigns at Commedia Dell Parte this week. Simon will be joined by Adam Vincent, Liam Ryan, Michael Connell, Geoﬀ Gawler, Craig McLeod, Damien Lawlor, Kate Dehnert and Andy Moratis. With the last few weeks packing out you will need to get in early to grab a seat. The room runs on a ‘pay as you like’ basis, so come along and have a great laugh, then pay what you believe the show is worth on the way out. Commedia Dell Parte runs every Thursday 8.30pm, George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

IMPROV PLANET Improv Planet is a weekly comedy afternoon hosted by The Empress Hotel. It’s focused on promoting Melbourne’s premier comedy companies and comedians. The show features a variety of performers from the new raw talent to the titans of the comedy stage, and challenges comics and audiences alike by presenting new and innovative styles of comedy performance. 3pm, every Sunday at The Empress!

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THE BEAST The Melbourne Theatre Company have revealed that it’s 2013 Zeitgeist will be Eddie Perfect’s play The Beast. “In creating the 2013 initiative of Zeitgeist we wanted to leave MTC’s season open to the possibility of a new work or opportunity emerging after our launch, which we felt audiences should have an immediate chance to see,” Brett Sheehy, MTC Artistic Director said. Considered the genius behind successes such as Shane Warne: The Musical and Drink Pepsi Bitch, The Beast is Perfect’s acerbic satire/tirade about organic lifestyles and inﬁdelity. Through a group of close friends, The Beast weaves the moral calamity faced when environmentalists have to kill a young cow. The Beast will be performed at the Southbank Theatre from Monday October 7 – Sunday November 9. ARTS NEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS ONLINE – BEAT.COM.AU/ARTS

What’s the funniest heckle you’ve heard? A comedian from England had a joke where they came onstage and opened with the line, “Hello, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I”. At one particular gig he came out as usual and after saying “Hello, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I”, someone from the back of the room yelled back, “Well why don’t you both fuck off”. What is the meaning of life? It’s a pretty sick Monty Python film. What’s the worst movie you’ve seen this year? Meaning Of Life. If you could choose your gender which would it be and why? National Panasonic because it has three speeds and it can mix things phenomenally well. Sorry, thought you said blender. What’s the best advice you’ve gotten from another comic? Start with your second best joke, and end with your best. Some rad Melbourne restaurant is naming a dish after you. What is it? Fleet meat. Create a nickname for your genitals. Fleet meat. Where can we see you perform next? I’m at The Portland Hotel on Wednesday night with an awesome lineup of comedians, including MC Mike Nayna. Where can we follow/stalk/find out more about you? @thegregfleet on Twitter. Beat Magazine Page 27

THE CAT EMPIRE

BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

For singer Felix Riebl, it was necessary to leave The Cat Empire behind in order to realise just what was special about the band. Two years ago, Riebl went solo, and toured the country with a set of gentle, acoustic songs – music in marked contrast to The Cat Empire’s raucous, carnivallike output. “The atmosphere throughout that tour was completely different,” he tells me. “The Cat Empire’s shows are colourful and loud, whereas my solo shows were very quiet and still. The dynamic on stage was something really new for me.” After exploring his quiet side for a while, Riebl realised the potential that still existed within The Cat Empire. “Now I’m playing with the band, I can enjoy it for what it is,” he tells me. “I know now that it’s possible for me to express that quieter side of myself if I want to, so now I can just have fun.” Riebl knew it was time to regroup with The Cat Empire when he saw the crowd’s enthusiastic reaction during a brief European tour last year. “I remember looking at the crowd and seeing a really broad range of ages, from teenagers to much older people,” he says. “I couldn’t quite wrap my head around it, because the teenagers would only have been two or three years old when we were starting out.” Seeing younger people in the crowd filled Riebl with confidents, that his band was still growing and reaching people. “From there, it was all about falling back into enjoyment of playing with the band. I love The Cat Empire’s sense of movement and when I play with the band, I feel the joy of letting go. I had to realise what the spirit of The Cat Empire was, then I could go back.” The upcoming album, Steal The Light, has a festival-like atmosphere, and a sense of reckless abandon. “I wanted

to create something that was really magical and colourful,” Riebl tells me. The city of New Orleans proved a big inspiration for the tone and colour of the songs. “I went there last year for a weekend for the Jazz & Heritage Festival and ended up staying for two or three months,” he says. “You can go out there any night of the week and hear incredible music, and there’s just something great about the colour of the city.” Riebl drew inspiration from the Caribbean-style houses of the Ninth Ward, and from the sadness and the broken-down nature of the postKatrina city. “I love the streets and the atmosphere, and the contrast of happy and sad worked really well for the type of feeling I wanted to capture in the music.” The single Brighter Than Gold draws directly on the mixture of jazz and old Caribbean music that Riebl heard while staying in New Orleans. “The chorus of that song is

so great,” Riebl says. “The chords are really rousing and stirring – it’s almost like a religious song.” The seed of inspiration for the song came from a second-line march. “I really wanted to bring ghosts to life,” Riebl says. “I wanted to bring colourful and exciting and dark and haunted things together in a joyous procession. You could call it dark if you want, but I don’t think it’s a very dark song – I think it’s an attempt to bring a carnival to life. It’s our own carnival, an imaginary one. It was fun to write – I wasn’t taking myself overly seriously with that one, just trying to set the tone of the album, and that sets the tone really well I think.” The Cat Empire have been making music together for a long time now – Steal The Light is their sixth album since they formed in the late ‘90s – and I ask Riebl what the future holds. “I haven’t thought about it too much,” he says. “For me, The Cat Empire was always a band of my youth. It was just so much fun for me to be involved in this thing when I was in my early 20s, when it started to pick up. Now, I’ve rediscovered that joy – I think a lot of us have. We’re better musicians now, and we put on better shows. We’ve reached a point where we can play big festival shows now. In terms

of the future, I don’t know. As soon as it doesn’t feel natural anymore, as soon as it stops feeling fresh, we’ll stop.” Many of The Cat Empire’s oldest and best-known songs – Days Like These, for instance – are about young men kicking back and having fun. I ask Riebl what it’s like to perform these from his older and wiser point of view, and he laughs. “Recently, I’ve looked through some of the lyrics for those old ones, and sometimes I like them, but sometimes I think ‘Christ, who was this person who wrote these?’” he says. “It’s necessary for bands to write new songs in order to bring the older ones to life. With this new album, we really carry a lot of that spirit, but the lyrics have a more serious tone, and that’s really enjoyable. I can sing those ones with a few older ones in between, and for me, that makes it a lot better, because I can take them with more of a grain of salt. That makes them more enjoyable for me. I really don’t want to be living in the past.”

in the band we’ve so many excellent solutions.” The songs are fine-tuned to a certain degree but Flap! still leave room to manoeuvre when performing live. “We get something that works and then inevitably we get bored of doing it like that, so different things come out in the process of gigging the songs, ” says McNelis. Flap! will appear at the Stonnington Jazz Festival this month on a double-bill with fellow Melburnian jazz mavericks The Hoodangers (bassplayer Mark Elton is actually in both bands). McNelis describes the massive impact The Hoodangers had on the members of Flap! in their formative years. “They’re a band that started in ‘93 and they were, for me, really a part of the halcyon days of Fitzroy. When I was growing up looking around for where the energy was in Melbourne there was the indie-rock scene and the jazz scene and the modern jazz scene, but The Hoodangers, they were so good! They played traditional jazz like it was punk music and they sang in Australian accents, so we’ve

stolen lots of our style off them.” The tag ‘traditional jazz played like punk music’ aptly describes Flap!’s music. A Great Day For The Race was recently named the Best Australian Traditional Jazz Album at the Australian Jazz Bell Awards, but McNelis agrees Flap! don’t precisely represent traditional jazz. “I had a great rave about this with a bloke called Steven Grant, who is C.W. Stoneking’s music director. He wasn’t being rude about it, but he reckons what we do isn’t jazz and I tend to agree. I think one of the defining things about jazz is that the forms of the music are improvised. I don’t really think we’re jazz. We’re more like a rock band that sounds like jazz.”

terms.” Ford reinvented herself as the lead singer of her eponymous heavy rock band. “Being in The Runaways was like being in college, and then I was released into the world as a solo performer,” Ford says. “When I started out I couldn’t sing, so I realised I had to throw myself out and learn how to sing and play guitar at the same time.” Ford’s 1988 album, Lita, featured a duet with Black Sabbath front man Ozzy Osbourne on Close My Eyes, an experience Ford says opened her own eyes to Osbourne’s talents. “Everybody knows Ozzy’s a character, but what I discovered is that he’s also very talented,” Ford says. “Mike Chapman put us in the studio with a sheet of glass between us, so we were facing each other, and I got to see his vocal performance, and the way he was hitting the high notes.” In the mid ‘90s Ford had withdrawn from the music scene, her departure coinciding with the emergence of grunge and the dilution of commercial and popular interest in heavy rock. Ford married, moved to the Caribbean and started a family. While it may have seemed like Ford had moved

onto a new phase in her life, in reality she was trapped in a dysfunctional relationship. In 2011 Ford divorced her husband, Jim Gillette and began pouring out her pent-up feelings in the form of songs for her comeback album, Living Like A Runaway. “It was like I was held hostage in this marriage,” Ford says. “When I did break away, I wrote everything down and turned to my guitar. I think that a lot of people will be able to relate to it – it’s a survival record.” Ford has since reconciled with both Currie and Jett, though Jett has yet to commit to a Runaways reunion. Ford is glad to back playing music, and has no intention of leaving music again. “I want to die on stage. I look at The Rolling Stones and I think if I die – which is inevitable – that’s the way I want to go. I’ll be an old grandmother with a guitar on stage,” Ford laughs.

THE CAT EMPIRE play at The Forum on Thursday September 12 and Friday September 13. Steal The Light is out this Friday May 17 through Two Shoes/Inertia.

FLAP!

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

The songs on the latest Flap! album, A Great Day For The Race, often involve characters and invite you into an unusual scene. Eamon McNelis, trumpeter and vocalist for the eccentric Melbournian jazz extrapolators, attests that they make sure the lyrics contain something worth relating, rather than just filling up the melodies with fluff. “If you’re going to go to the effort of singing words there’s got to be some point to them. They can’t just be, ‘la, la, la, I love you I think you’re a sexy babe and now I’m heartbroken because I think you won’t have me.’ I don’t really see the point of that. There’s got to be something about the words, not necessarily a story but at least an idea that’s a bit interesting.” McNelis explains that his lyrical content is derived from a mixture of literature, life events and fanciful indulgence. “On our most recent album, Billy Hunt is a little story that I got from that book The Fatal Shore, which is a great book about Australian history. Often it’s about things that happen to me, Come Dance At My Funeral is about a friend of mine dying. Sometimes they’re just completely made up; little ideas that come to us when we’re drunk.” admits McNelis. Flap! have just completed a run of shows around Australia supporting The Cat Empire and McNelis is particularly pleased they were able introduce their music to an all ages crowd. “One of the things that’s been really great is we got the chance to do a couple of underage shows. The kids have been awesome. They’ve been extraordinarily enthusiastic.” An array of venerable influences congeal in Flap!’s music and it’s fair to presume that hearing the band for the first time would’ve been a learning experience for some of the

younger audience members. McNelis doesn’t rush to back up this opinion but he does affirm the younger crowd has keenly embraced Flap!. “I think these days – kids are pretty smart, they have the internet – everyone’s listening to everything now. I think it’s more of a feeling of everyone having a good time.” Flap!’s live show encourages everyone to let loose, thus it’s pretty integral for the band members to have an outrageous onstage party. “We have so much fun it’s probably psychologically unhealthy,” laughs McNelis. However it’s not mindless fun and McNelis reveals that a lot of effort goes into formulating Flap!’s unique take on gypsy-swing. “The songs are carefully constructed. It generally takes us at least a couple of days to put one together, then a little bit of gigging it to see how it works before settling on an arrangement.” McNelis suggests that their regular genre-meshing is basically the product of the various band members’ musical agility. “Everyone in the band’s got a pretty broad musical background so we’ve got a lot of musical resources; different ideas that we can draw on. There are lots and lots of influences in the music, which is basically just solutions to musical problems. Because we’ve got so many great people

FLAP! perform with The Hoodangers as part of Stonnington Jazz Festival at Malvern Town Hall on Saturday May 18. Flap! also perform at the at Prince Public Bar on Sunday May 19, Castlemaine Theatre Royal on Saturday June 29 and The Hi-Fi on Saturday July 13.

LITA FORD

BY PATRICK EMERY

As a Californian teenager learning to play guitar in the early ‘70s, Lita Ford didn’t have a lot of female role models to choose from; in fact, there weren’t any. “I did see Fanny, with the Millington sisters – June and Jean – play in California, and there was one thing that stuck in my mind,” Ford recalls. “And that was when I went to the ladies’ room during the show, and there were these girls in there, and one of them said ‘that girl playing guitar, she’s just stepping on a box to make a noise – she doesn’t really play guitar’. And at that I point I decided I needed to learn to play guitar, and not just use pedals. So I stuck with that in all my years in The Runaways,” Ford says. By the time The Runaways broke up in the late ‘70s, Ford had become a role model herself. The Runaways – featuring a corset-clad Cherie Currie on vocals, Joan Jett and Ford on guitar, Sandy West on drums and Jackie Fox on bass – would inspire a generation of women to confront the prevailing misogyny of rock’n’roll and lay the foundations for the riot grrrl punk rock movement of the ‘80s. The Runaways story is also inextricably linked with the Svengali efforts of infamous scenester Kim Fowley, the band’s manager and public champion. Ford’s testimony in Edgeplay, the 2005 documentary on The Runaways, suggest a difficult relationship between Ford and Fowley; Ford counters this inference, saying that while Fowley was an odd character, her (platonic) relationship with him was fine. “I actually shared an apartment with Kim, though I had my own bedroom, and didn’t even go inside his bedroom – it was scary in there!” Ford laughs. “I’d come home and he’d be having sex on the kitchen table, and I’d say ‘Hi Kim’, then I’d rush into my bedroom and close the Beat Magazine Page 28

door! He was weird and eccentric, but that was okay.” Fowley’s efforts at constructing the band’s image – an unholy mix of Andrew Loog Oldham, Malcolm McLaren and Hugh Hefner – continue to elicit criticism. Ford, however, says she and her band mates weren’t necessarily pushed into pretending to be anything they weren’t. “We dressed ourselves in the way we wanted, and we portrayed ourselves in the way that we wanted,” Ford says. “Cherie liked to wear the corset, and I had those hot pants that went right up my butt because I liked wearing shorts! But as far as which magazines go, that was not in our control, because we just weren’t old and experienced enough to know what to do.” The Runaways eventually broke up in 1979, with Ford estranged from Currie, though apparently still on good terms with Jett. “We were growing up, becoming adults and we went in different directions,” Ford says. “We all chose different paths, and it wasn’t an ugly split – although me and Cherie had a bad split, but Joan and I left on good

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on tour RADIOSLAVE [UK] Friday May 17, Brown Alley GENIUS OF TIME [SWE] Friday May 17, The Liberty Social DELTA HEAVY [UK] Sunday May 19, RMH The Venue OCTO OCTA [USA], MAGIC TOUCH [USA], BOBBY BROWSER [USA] Friday May 24, Mercat Basement Saturday May 25, Shebeen KARL HYDE [UK] Saturday May 25, Melbourne Recital Centre AUNTIE FLO [SCO] Saturday May 25, Revolver Upstairs RIFF RAFF [USA] Wednesday May 29, The Liberty Social OMAR-S [USA] Friday May 31, The Liberty Social ROBERT BABICZ [GER], MARC ROMBOY [GER] Friday May 31, Brown Alley VON-D [UK], CASPA [UK] Friday May 31, Brown Alley ELITE FORCE [UK] Friday May 31, RMH The Venue KUTSKI [UK] Friday May 31, Roxanne Parlour CHRIS FORTIER [USA] Friday May 31, New Guernica FLATBUSH ZOMBIES [USA] Saturday June 1, The Toff In Town 6TH BOROUGH PROJECT [SCO] Saturday June 1, New Guernica COSMIN TRG [ROM] Friday June 7, New Guernica DOP [FRA] Friday June 7, The Liberty Social HNQO [BRA] Friday June 7, Brown Alley TYLER, THE CREATOR [USA], EARL SWEATSHIRT [USA] Friday June 7, Palace Theatre THE REVENGE [SCO] Saturday June 8, The Liberty Social BREACH [UK], ROUTE 94 [UK] Saturday June 8, RMH The Venue GREGOR SALTO [NED] Saturday June 8, Alumbra DASH BERLIN [NED] Saturday June 8, Shed 14 TENSNAKE [GER] Saturday June 8, The Bottom End CHRIS LIEBING [GER], JIMMY EDGAR [USA] Sunday June 9, Brown Alley JOHN DIGWEED [UK] Sunday June 9, Prince Bandroom JEFF MILLS [USA] Sunday June 9, The Bottom End SEPALCURE [USA], DJ RASHAD [USA] + MORE Sunday June 9, TBA ATA [GER] Friday June 21, Mercat Basement COOLIO [USA] Thursday June 27, Red Bennies OBIE TRICE [USA] Friday June 28, Trak Lounge A$AP ROCKY [USA] Saturday June 29, Festival Hall JUAN ATKINS [USA], FUNK D’VOID [UK] Friday July 12, Brown Alley ALEX KIDD [UK] Friday July 12, Billboard RICK WILHITE [USA] New Guernica on Saturday July 27 JAMES BLAKE [UK] Wednesday July 31, Palais Theatre CHVRCHES [UK] Monday August 5, Corner Hotel RUDIMENTAL [UK] Saturday September 21, Festival Hall EARTHCORE: ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR] + MORE Friday November 29 - Sunday December 2, TBA BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena

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wo rd s / p e p p e r s cot t 2013 is a year of milestones for Melbourne’s foremost underground electronic collective, Darkbeat. Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, founder Daniel Banko’s ‘empire’ has recently expanded into a record label of the same name and, in acknowledgement of all of its achievements over the last decade, is releasing its first ever three-disc compilation. It also marks the direction which Banko is mainly undertaking between now and the rest of the year, with plans to focus more on the music-making side of things and touring while continuing to bring some of the biggest international names to our neck of the woods. “What’s really exciting for me is getting this compilation out officially,” Banko enthuses. “It’s coming out under our own label, Darkbeat Recordings, which is even more exciting, and that marks out 10th anniversary. It’s just exciting times in general right now because we are also preparing to do an Australia-wide tour for the CD straight after, so it’s all happening.” His own 16-track mix, sandwiched in-between two of his favourite DJs – Australia’s first and biggest superstar DJ export, Anthony Pappa, and Darkbeat resident and Pioneer expert, Phil K – Banko says the three-disc affair is the musical equivalent of the perfect night out, from start to finish. “So it’s based on the early part of the night, then the peak of the night, and then it finishes off with the end of the night which is more music to chill out to. Anthony really wanted to do something a bit different with his disc than what people would normally expect from him – it’s more music close to his heart. It’s a little bit more groovier and slower, it’s more house and it has a more funkier beat instead of the normal big, pumping main-room sound that he would be normally playing. “It’s a mix that really stands the test of time, it’s not going to date musically any time soon. I’ve [Rollin Connection] got the peak of the night covered with the second CD, which takes you through everything from club-ish stuff to more deep house, tech-house, techno and progressive. Finally, there’s Phil K who is one of Australia’s best DJs and he’s done a disc that is more an afterhours soundtrack which is a bit of a different take on the way he’s thinking musically at the moment. It’s more of a slow-mo feel and away from the main-room sound. He brings a whole new element to the triple CD pack.” And the 10th anniversary compilation is by no means a one-

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off, according to Banko. With Darkbeat Recordings now wellestablished and about to unleash its first release in epic fashion, there’s plenty more to come from the collective’s studio in 2013. “It’s a work in progress but we’ve decided that the CD series is going to be a continuous thing from now on,” Banko says. “We’re looking at a CD once every six months or somewhere in-between,

we’re still tossing up ideas, to tell you the truth. Most likely it will be releases that will feature an international artist alongside a local artist, so that we give the local DJ overseas exposure and the international DJ local exposure. “That way it helps with people finding out about us in other parts of the world, which will hopefully help make the brand global. We have a lot of local guys in Australia that make good music and DJ really well, so we believe they deserve a chance because there aren’t many opportunities going around. Personally, one of the things that I want to get more involved in this year is working on more productions from now onwards. Starting with 2013, we’re doing this first compilation mix CD which will hit the stores

nationwide and worldwide, so we’re getting the word out there. One of the main things I’m focusing on this year is DJing and putting a lot more time back into that side of things myself.” For a brand that incredibly began with “no specific vision” in mind, most of its achievements have been directly a result of a pure and simple labour of love. Much more than just a pet project of one music-obsessed Melbourne DJ and promoter, Darkbeat has evolved into an empire, as Banko puts it, due to nothing more than a love and passion for quality tunes. And others should take note, too, because that’s really all that it takes. “Seriously, there wasn’t really that much of a ‘vision’ or a set plan per se,” Banko assures. “It was all done out of a passion and love of good music and DJing. We took a chance and put on an event and just the excitement of pulling off party after party and being really successful at it – that’s what led to it all just growing on its own. “Darkbeat is completely based on our love of music and both the highlights and lowlights pay off at the end of the day when you see so many people happy and enjoying themselves each night. People trust us to rock the party and they know that they’ll get a good time. We even started a side-project brand called Trust Us on the basis of, ‘You know who we are and what we do, you can trust us, you know you’ll have an amazing time’. Good memories stick with everyone over the years, it’s an awesome feeling when you know that everyone is there for all the right reasons.”

Darkbeat’s 10th Anniversary 3CD Collection mixed by Anthony Pappa, Phil K and Rollin Connection is released this Friday May 17 on Darkbeat Recordings, distributed through Xelon. They’ll celebrate their 10th birthday on Sunday June 9 with John Digweed at the Prince Bandroom. facebook.com/darkbeat.fanpage

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dop

dOP are heading to Australia for Terminal Projekt at Vivid this year and on their tour they’ll be hitting Melbourne. dOP have been making beats together for over 20 years so their distinctive style is no surprise. With backgrounds in classic music, jazz, hip hop and reggae, their last voyage was into the realm of electronic music and that’s where they have seemed to have settled. Their love for flutes, horns, saxophones and glockenspiel has resulted in an original blend of music and their passion hurls them forward to depths others are yet to explore. Having worked with Catz n’ Dogz, Guy Gerber, Dj Koze and Noze to name but a few, dOP is a name to etch into your memory. Catch all the fun at Liberty Social on Friday June 7.

tensnake

Tensnake has touched our shores once or twice before and now he is returning again for your aural pleasure. It wouldn’t be going too far to say that Tensnake is an important figurehead in electronic music. Seminal hits like Coma Cat and a constant line of remixes and original productions to his name has made Marco Niemerski a respected producer and also a living legend. No stranger to Australia, Tensnake has provided fans with an incredible performance each and every time. Tantalising their ears with a blend of tracks effortlessly mixed to perfection it would be a crime to not experience his art form at least once. The Bottom End is the perfect venue for what will be an incredible night for tastemakers and new fans alike. Head down to The Bottom End on Saturday June 8.

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He’s been at the forefront of the global electronic music scene since the mid ‘90s, making Lars Sandberg otherwise known as Funk D’Void a veteran of house. Known for hits over the years like Jack Me Off, Bad Coffee and Emotional Content, he has remixed the best from Underworld to New Order. He is probably best known for his seminal hit Diabla which bridged the gap between house and techno, going on to be praised by pretty much everyone, from Danny Howells to Sven Vath. He has been praised as one of the most forward thinking DJs by his peers and is responsible for many trysts into the early hours. Enjoy a slice of history at Brown Alley on Friday July 12.

robert delong Alongside a highly anticipated Splendour in the Grass performance, electronic prodigy Robert DeLong will bring his genre-bending sound to dazzle Melbourne. DeLong exploded into the cultural stratosphere last year debut album Just Movement – an ingenious fusion of hypnotic hooks, bursting beats and reflective lyrics. Robert DeLong plays Ding Dong Lounge on Tuesday July 23

juan atkins

At the dawn of the ‘80s, Juan Atkins began recording what stands as perhaps the most influential body of work in the field of techno which led to him being widely credited as the originator of Detroit techno music. And though it’s often difficult to pick the precise genesis for any style of music, the easiest choice for techno is an Atkins release, Clear. Together with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, Atkins make up the Belville Three. They all share a rich history together of which has lasted the test of time. Everything DJs, producers and the like set out to do in their career, Atkins has achieved it. If you are a purveyor of techno and thirst to experience a set that could just be the best one of your life, Atkins is simply one not to miss. Head down to Brown Alley on Friday July 12 for all the fun.

gregor salto

DJ and producer Gregor Salto has been dominating the Dutch club scene for over a decade and he is bringing his eclectic style to Melbourne this Queen’s Birthday long weekend. He caught his big break in 2004, with the release of one of his best known tracks, Can’t Stop Playing, and from there his star was on the rise. Gregor has established himself as a leading artist in Dutch club land with his distinctive mix of tropical, Latin and soulful grooves, set to a solid base of house and electro. Never a prisoner of his own style, he made a remix for Rihanna’s Diamonds, which was included late last year on the deluxe version of her latest album Unapologetic. It’s all happening at Alumbra on Saturday June 8.

Dedicating his life to the music industry, Rick Wilhite conveys all his passion and dedication throughout his work. His DJ sets are an intricate blend of R&B, hip hop, techno and reggae but his speciality lies in the realm of house and disco. His ability to understand that a set isn’t about playing a bunch of your favourite records but more about multifaceted crowd control, creativity and the like sets him a part. Throughout his music career, Wilhite has performed for numerous international and stateside venues. He has gone by a host of names: DOC, Tech-12, Working Mixx, and most recently The Godson. Interestingly enough, each alias describes and symbolises his relationship to his craft. Head down to New Guernica on Saturday July 27.

hnqo

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The musical stylings of Brazilian artist HNQO are heading to Melbourne over this Queen’s Birthday long weekend as presented by the Thick As Thieves crew. More than a musician, HNQO is an interpreter of the past, fusing elements of hip hop, jazz, and other genres into his very own style of deep house grooves. Dexterously layering hi hats onto groovy house beats, and chopping hip hop vocals with a soft but menacing touch, HNQO is a sound unto himself. He is currently one of the fastest rising young stars in the deep house scene. Discovered by the inimitable Russ Yallop, his tracks are forthcoming on Hot Creations, amongst other labels. Check out HNQO at Brown Alley on Friday June 7.

rudimental

Rudimental will return to Australian shores this September. Having already amazed Australian audiences earlier this year on the Future Music Festival tour, the quartet's return will follows the release of their debut album Home. Rudimental will hit Festival Hall on Saturday September 21.

bliss n eso

Iconic hip hop trio Bliss N Eso are returning to the touring circuit this July with their House of Dreams tour. This tour announcement comes off the back of the release of Home Is Where The Heart Is - the first official single from their upcoming new album Circus In The Sky. Bliss N Eso will be joined by two very special guests - Alabama’s rising star Yelawolf and local superstar Pez. They’ll hit Festival Hall on Saturday July 6.

horrorshow

obie trice

The original Shady Records artist and protégé of Eminem, Obie Trice embarks on his debut headline tour and is touching down in Melbourne this June. Trice began collaborating with Eminem on his albums Devil’s Night, The Eminem Show and the 8 Mile soundtrack giving him exposure which set his debut album Cheers to receive wide acclaim. 2010 saw Trice launched his own record label, Black Market Entertainment, and now in 2013 he releases his fourth studio album The Hangover in June. Australian fans will be the first in the world to see this live as his record release party turns into an Australian wide tour. Head down to Trak on Friday June 28 to catch Obie Trice while he’s here.

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Horrorshow will be releasing their long-awaited third album in July and in the lead up to this they will be hitting our shores. Their consistent outshining of expectations to date suggests something special in the chemistry between lyricist Solo and producer Adit. Where others may be swept up in delusions of grandeur, Horrorshow dig deeper into our collective psyche, looking for pre-polished signs of life. Their new single, Unfair Lottery finds them with a renewed sense of purpose, crafting a thoughtful song tackling the idea of privilege and it’s a refreshingly honest play on being “male, middle class and white”. Make sure you keep Saturday June 22 free and head down to Northcote Social Club.

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exciting because you can take your laptop anywhere in the world and produce music.” In the studio however, the two work best with a full set up of computers, monitors and sound cards, preferring the outcomes of proper music engineering equipment. “I just find personally on a laptop I don’t get the results I want to get,” Mobin says. “Afrojack created a lot of his stuff pretty much on his laptop, and I’m trying to use the laptop, but it just never sounds good.” Both also prefer playing live with CDJs as opposed to laptop sets, choosing the traditional ‘hands on’ setup most similar to spinning vinyl. Putting technical skill aside, Tate believes reading the crowd is one of the most important parts of being a DJ, a sense that comes with experience. “Reading the crowd is what a lot of kids lack,” he says. “They might come into the scene and have a hit song within the first few months of learning music, but when they start DJing they haven’t had the experience of bad nights and having to work the crowd.” Playing EDM live in clubs wasn’t the easiest thing to do as the genre was just beginning to take hold of the global club scene, with an early live drop of Mobin’s hit re-work of the Robin S. tune Show Me Love not generating a response. “For the first year when I was testing it, it killed the floor,” Mobin says. “But later everyone started loving it, so it goes to show you can’t pick which songs will do well.”

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Two of Australia’s biggest dance music stalwarts, Mobin Master and Tate Strauss, are about to embark on a nationwide tour with their new club anthem Dreams. Mobin and Tate have been producing, collaborating and DJing as part of Melbourne’s club scene for years. They were pulling in the crowds before EDM was big, earning the attention of international names like Tiesto, Laidback Luke and Roger Sanchez while developing local talent through their Safari Music label. The two now-veteran DJs went into business together through their label, which was originally designed for Mobin’s music but now

provides a backing for both as well as a number of up and coming artists, including vocalist Polina, who features on their new track. “It was supposed to be a platform to get signed to other labels, but now it’s become a proper label and we’re getting YouTube hits,” Mobin says. “The third record on Safari Music was Show Me Love, and that was the beginning of the label, so it’s come a long way.” The evolution of dance music digitally has had a profound impact on the way producers operate, and Tate is excited by the accessibility he now has to music, wherever he is. “In the past five years, everything’s in the box,” he says. “It’s very

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There are two ways to go when you’re a rapper who gets blogfamous, discovered on YouTube and written about on the strength of a solid mixtape. You can be like Drake, Kid Cudi, Wale and all the other rappers who signed to a major label and then kicked off a career of releasing disappointing albums that, restricted by worrying about your sample-clearance budget and demographics, lack the freewheeling joy of the music that made you famous. The upshot is you might get to be one of the few people in the music business actually making crazy money, but you’ll have to compromise. You might get to make some decent music on half of your album regardless – Nicki Minaj, never forget – but you’ll have to sit it alongside tunes that aren’t so great, that sound a little more aggressively market-tested. Then there’s option two, which is basically “be Odd Future”. The LA crew were releasing full albums as well as mixtapes online before anybody over the age of 21 had a clue who they were – wellrealised and complete experiences rather than just bundles of gags and good ideas. They’ve maintained that output even after money and fame, or at least infamy, came calling. The other thing they did was have a crew. Odd Future brought back the idea of having a gang of friends on stage with you rather than just an entourage of hangers-on. Even if some of them stumbled, the others pick up the slack. Like the Wu-Tang Clan, they branch out, but strengthen the core by doing so. There are plenty of people loving Frank Ocean who can’t stand Tyler, the Creator, and vice versa.

Odd Future made it in LA, but New York is where it’s at now. There is a group of collectives under the flag of ‘Beast Coast’, groups like A$AP Mob, The Underachievers, World’s Fair, The Progressive Era and Flatbush Zombies. While A$AP Mob’s breakout star A$AP Rocky signed a three-million dollar record deal and then pumped out a predictably compromised album, the Flatbush Zombies – apparently next on the list to break through, with their first world tour lined up in preparation – are determined to go the other way. “What is it about signing to a label?” says Erick Arc Elliott, the trio’s producer and least-stoned member. His compatriots Meech Darko and Juice are in the background, laughing and heckling, but this is one question serious enough for them to let him be while he answers. “As of now I feel like we’re making our own music, we’re doing it our way. I mean how can someone else not see that?” The other thing they take seriously is making videos. A lot of their fans discovered them via their clip for Thug Waffle, which features the three sitting around a table piled high with weed and waffles, gold on their teeth and smoke filling the room. According to Meech, they wanted to make a video that showed them “in their comfort zone and not the artist being an actor. Not saying there’s anything wrong with acting, like scripts and shit, but there’s something wrong when you’re portraying someone else as an artist. Like, our fans like videos that show the artists, that doesn’t

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feel like some industry-made shit.” Erick is quick to dismiss comparisons between the sounds and attitudes of the various groups who have been called Beast Coast. “I think we all have respect for hip hop, but that’s about it,” he says of what they’ve got in common. “Everyone coming out of New York right now who’s actually making noise are pretty much themselves, are pretty original I would like to say. I don’t want to say it’s a new second coming of anything.” Flatbush Zombies recently collaborated with fellow New Yorkers The Underachievers on a song called No Religion that suggests a few similarities, however. They’re both equally fierce in spite of being equally high, and they’re both equally ambitious, audaciously taking the rest of hip hop to task for living in the past. “Stop tryna be Tupac – try and be better.” That’s youth for you. Something else that gives away their Generation Y membership is the constant casual referencing of technology in their metaphors, with The Underachievers boasting that their weed is so potent it’ll “put you in sleep mode” while Juice from the Zombies boasts that he plans to “give her the hard drive”. The final thing they have in common is a shared mythology made up of references to third eyes, chakras and indigo children, the kind of New Age philosophy that comes from an interest in psychedelic substances and watching documentaries about “spirit science”. Like the Wu-Tang Clan’s five-percenter ideology, it’s slightly below the surface but once you go looking for it you realise it’s all over their work like a thumbprint. Unsurprisingly, the Zombies are big fans of the Wu. “I don’t want to give ’em sole credit cause I don’t give anybody credit for shit,” says Meech, “but I would say a big percentage of it is those guys, so that is what I say. I definitely loved listening to Wu-Tang when I was a child.” Juice, who has been laughing and talking about Law & Order in the background this whole time, finally steps forward to have his say after that. “Nah, I think no one in the world sound like us, son,” he says. “Nobody sound like us.”

Flatbush Zombies play The Toff in Town on Saturday June 1. facebook.com/flatbushzombies

behind the decks with: Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? I’ve never woken up anywhere strange, or ever at all. Life is dreamy. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That I could sing really really good. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? I was about to play a little stage at a festival in Germany, and the sound guy decided to move my CDs from next to the decks where I’d placed them in preparation for playing. He put them on top of a handy speaker stack that was nearby while he rearranged a cord or two, when the bass kicked in - the speaker rumbled, and all of my CDs were flung into the mud, he looked at me and began to cry. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Eiffel 65 - Blue What’s the most played record in your bag? Daphini - Yes, I Know at the moment. If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Vibe control/travel law/time paddling.

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When and where is your next gig? This Sunday at onesixone ‘Back to Work’ with Digital Primate, Matt Radovich, Greg Sara, and many more. soundcloud.com/chestwig

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club guide wednesday may 15

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COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. COSMIC PIZZA - FEAT: NHJ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm DUBSTEP GRIME DRUM & BASS - FEAT: DJ BADDUMS + DJ CARMEX Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HALFWAYS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. LOST & FOUND - FEAT: DJ SPIDEY + DJ RUBY FROST Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. MO’ SOUL - FEAT: DJ VINCE PEACH & MISS GOLDIE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

thursday may 16

3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm. BANG N MASH Word Events Warehouse & Lounge, Melbourne. 8:00pm. BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DJ KRONIC + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DON’T THINK I’M ALIVE THURSDAYS The Vineyard, St Kilda. 7:00pm. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: AGENT 86 + LEWIS CANCUT + WHO LUCKY COQ, WINDSOR. 6:00PM. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: DJ PEOPLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. GRAD PARTY THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. LE DISCO TECH Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. NEW GUERNICA THURSDAYS - FEAT: CONDUCTORS + JAMES KANE + NEGATIV MAGICK + NU BALANCE + POST PERCY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: NARI & MILANI + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + ED WILKS + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TROCADERO Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

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friday may 17

ANYTIME Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CRUCIAL SOCIAL ACADEMY - FEAT: DJ A13 + DJ JELLYFISHWORKSHOP, MELBOURNE. 8:00PM. discotheque - feat: elana musto + greg sara + scott t MATCH BAR & GRILL, MELBOURNE CBD. 7:00PM. FRIDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL HOUSE DJS - FEAT: HIJACK + LIVNBEYNG + MAGIC HOUSE

Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10. JUICY - FEAT: CHAIRMAIN MEOW + COBURG MARKET + MR. FOX + TIGERFUNK + WHO Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MR VEGAS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. PANORAMA - FEAT: DJS MATT RAD + MR GEORGE + PHATO A MANO + TOM MEAGHER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REMEMBER ME The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. RETRO SEXUAL One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. UNTZZ 12 INCH - EP 002 LAUNCH Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: DJ SUNSHINE + DJ BUTTERS + DJ HEY SAM Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00am. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. SVELT + BISCOTTI + MANGELWURZEL 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. WEEKENDER! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 11:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

saturday may 18

VENICE MUSIC - FEAT: DJ ALI E Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CHI SATURDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 2:00am. DJ PLAZMA Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GLITCH THIS - FEAT: SATURDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. NEO SACRILEGE - FEAT: DJ NERO Abode, St Kilda. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. ONESIXFIVE - FEAT: DJ COURTNEY MILLS + DJ HOOPS + DJ OLLIE HOLMES + DJ JOSH PAOLA + DJ WILL CUMMINGS Onesixone, Prahran. 3:00am. POISON APPLE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. SATURDAY CONFIDENTIAL Galley Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SATURDAYS @ LEVEL 2 - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ CHESTWIG + DJ LUKE MCD + DJ MIKE HUNT + DJ ROWIE + DJ SPECIAL K Level 2 The Club, Northcote. 9:00pm. SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25. SOUTH SIDE SHOW - FEAT: EDD FISHER + KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $15. STAR SATURDAYS Star Bar, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. STRUT SATURDAYS - FEAT: COLLECTIVE + ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI + MC JUNIOR + NICK VAN WILDER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $22. SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TEXTILE - FEAT: DJS PACMAN + JEAN PAUL + MOONSHINE + TAH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. THE FOX SATURDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: DJ ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. TOO MUCH 4TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: MOSCA + DAVID BASS + NAISE + SAME O + WOZ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. WHAT’S DOING? - FEAT: DJ CITIZEN.COM Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. WHY NOT? - FEAT: SATURDAY Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

sunday may 19

COSMIC TONIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. DANGER - FEAT: GEORGE HYSTERIC & ROHAN BELL-TOWERS The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GUILTY PLEASURES Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MOTEL SUNDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. NO MORE-BANG-FOR-BUCK BURLESQUE SHOW! Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ SPACEY SPACE + DJ RADIATOR + DJ SILVERSIX + DJ T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE - FEAT: ASKEW + BOOSHANK + DISCO HARRY + JUNJI + MISS BUTT + PAZ + PETER BAKER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. SUNDAE SHAKE - FEAT: AGENT 86 + PHATO-A-MANO + TIGERFUNK Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOWDENA ND MAYFIELD + FOUNKSHUI Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

monday may 20

IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL KUCYK + DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

tuesday may 21

BIMBO TUESDAYS - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. DJ JAGUAR E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEVER CHEER BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO’S WINNING - FEAT: REPETER FONDA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

talking ghetto funk with:

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What do you love the most about the ghetto funk/nu funk genre? It’s a mid-tempo genre that blends breakbeat, funk, hip hop, and bass music with lots of bootlegs and mash-ups – guaranteed party starting business. It’s basically larger sounding, more dance-floor friendly versions of the tracks you love, laced with hyped hip hop lyrics and fuelled by big beats and bigger bass lines. Who are some of the pioneers/biggest names in the genre? Breakbeat legend A.Skillz had a big hand in popularising these big banging mash-ups and Featurecast (Ghetto Funk) helped pioneer the sound with releases on Goodgroove Records, with the label basically initiating the birth of the genre. Ghetto Funk label artists Stickybuds, Slynk, Basement Freaks, Dancefloor Outlaws, B-Side, Tom Showtime, The Captain, WBBL, Goodgroove, J-Roc, Kool Hertz & Lewd Behavior are all big in the scene with names like The Breakbeat Junkie, Fort Knox Five, Ali B, Nick Thayer, BadboE, Hong Kong Ping Pong, All Good Funk Alliance and Mooqee also being favourites. Record labels such as Bombastic Jam, Bomb Strikes, Breakbeat Paradise, Manmade and Jalapeno Records all release ghetto funk/nu-funk. Is there a particular country that has really embraced the genre? Obviously it’s massive in the UK where it all began with the movement is best represented by the eponymous blog ghettofunk. co.uk. The scene is also huge in Canada, where local artists like The Funk Hunters, DJ Wood and Jpod The Beat Chef reside and the famous Shambahla music festival happens. The sound is definitely sweeping the globe and it’s growing here now in Australia with Out Now Agency head honcho Paul Masters touring his famous Regrooved parties nationally. Tell us about some of the exciting things coming out of the Ghetto Funk label. The Ghetto Funk Presents series of artist EPs are consistently raising

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the bar and pushing the genre forward, watch out for forthcoming releases by B-Side & Slynk. The label’s catalogue is both vinyl based and digital, now with a sub-label Sub Funk releasing more original based material. Tom Showtime’s recent signing to the label and consequent release are creating a buzz locally. Who here in Melbourne is playing this genre and where? Chances are your favourite party rocking DJ is playing it right now! 100% Phat’s Tom Showtime, Agent 86 and DJ Ayna are constantly representing the sound. Melbourne based producer/DJ Copycat is killing it right now. The Dropping Phat crew Citizen.Com, Matty Blades and JD host a bass heavy party by the same name, it goes down monthly at The Workshop. What is the new night you’re involved in and what does it offer? PHATURDAYS (n.) – the largest night of the week. Expect colossal beats, massive hip hop classics, heavyweight bass and an enormous selection of drinks, plus huge amounts of ‘hands in the air’. This tremendous night is getting bigger and bigger with Tom Showtime & DJ Ayna always on rotation. Why should people come check out Phaturdays: Extra Large Edition? It’s always a crazy party at BlueBar330, but this time they’re upsizing the weekly dose of booty shakin’ party music and bringing to you Australia’s biggest Ghetto Funk export, the funky breakbeat prodigy Slynk! Slynk’s reputation stems from his inventory of unreleased and unsigned party style ghetto funk bootlegs, remixes and edits. His work is highly soughtafter by DJs around the world and with new tunes, collaborations and projects always in the pipelines, you’re guaranteed a fresh show every time. You can hear Slynk, Tom Showtime & DJ Ayna Saturday May 17 at Bluebar330, 330 Chapel Street, Prahran.

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urban club guide snaps khokolat koated

wednesday may 15 COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

thursday may 16 BE EASY - FEAT: DJ ARKS + DJ THANKS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. PENNIES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6. RHYTHM-AL-ISM - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ K-DEE + DJ SIMON SEZ Eden, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $15.

friday may 17 CHAISE FRIDAYS - FEAT: SOULCLAP + DJ CLAZ + DJ DIRX + DJ PERIL + DJ SEF Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:30pm. CREW LOVE - FEAT: DJ TONY SUNSHINE Sub Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.

FAKTORY - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ DURMY + DJ K DEE + DJ YATHS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. GET LIT Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. LIKE FRIDAYS - FEAT: BROZ + DIR-X + DJS DINESH + NYD + SEF + SHAGGZ + SHAUN D La Di Da, Melbourne. 7:00pm. SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

saturday may 18 BLADES + B.O.S + ELOQUOR + MORGANICS + PROPH + SPEECH THERAPY Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12. CHAISE LOUNGE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ KAH LUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. PHATURDAY - FEAT: TOM SHOWTIME + DJ AYNA Blue Bar, Prahran. 10:00pm.

SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. THE DOJO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

sunday may 19 BE. - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.

monday may 20 FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. THAT’S A RAP First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

tuesday may 21 CAN I KICK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

talking shop with: What do you love about making music? Mouf: I like the fact it’s straight from my imagination. I can conjure up songs from my mind from scratch and produce anything I want with no barriers or anything to stop me. It’s freedom at its finest. So I guess the thought process of making music is what I like the most, getting in the zone and writing lyrics. Ciec: I love the whole process from making a beat, writing lyrics, recording, mixing, mastering. It’s my therapy in this mad, mad world.

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known associates (maggot mouf & ciecmate)

What do you hate about the music industry? Mouf: Everything. It’s like anything, when money gets involved you get people that want to capitalise and turn something dope like hip hop into a money making scheme and use a bunch of puppets to flog it out till it’s a dead horse. Also I’ve got a hatred for rappers that get on their high horse as soon as they get some shine, they piss me off a lot. Ciec: I hate that so many people’s skills get overlooked now ‘cause they don’t fit the new trendy, radio friendly hip pop music mould that’s being pushed down everyone’s throats by the mainstream. Other than that, I’m proud to see that the industry I helped build is still alive and kicking. What’ve you got to sell CD wise? Mouf: Maggots Anonymous, You’re All Ears, Runnin’ With Scissors, Meat N 2veg Mixtape, Magodatron Mixtape. Known Associates – Ashes To Dust. Ciec: The whole Broken Tooth Entertainment catalogue. Peep it. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Mouf: Pretty much be prepared to work hard for ten years for free or fuck all and keep churning out music until they hit the

nail on the head, that and a bit of luck and a shitload of drive. Ciec: Same thing as always, persevere and build your skills. It really helps to be talented though. What’s your favourite song and why? Mouf: I’d have to say Never Would Admit It is my fave. It’s honest, deep and personal and the beats on some shit. Ciec: Known Associates. Just a really good energy to it. We had fun making it and it smashes out. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? Mouf: About two scotch’n’cokes and three beers and it’s all good. Ciec: Deep breaths. How do you balance making music with your other commitments? Mouf: I pretty much put music first over everything. I finish studying soon then it’s time to get a real job but for now I’m doing music and that’s it. I haven’t worked in three years I quit my job after You’re All Ears because I wanted to go hard with music before I was too old and boring. Working full time and putting an album together is really hard – working for the man takes away a lot of the passion for music. Ciec: My list of commitments grows rapidly, however most of them involve making music so it’s balancing out ok. I need to get more sleep though. Ciecmate & Maggot Mouf together are Known Associates. Their record Ashes To Dust is out this Friday May 17. facebook.com/maggotmouf facebook.com/ciecmatenewsense

talking shop with: When and why did you start rapping? At the age of 19. I was influenced early on by groups such as Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew, also NWA, but my main influence was and always will be 2Pac.

tee mac

Have you collaborated with any other hip hop artists? Locally I worked with an artist called T Dub on the Sunshine Coast. We have our own crew called Paypah Stackaz. Internationally I’ve worked with Shade Sheist (Billboard recording artist), Big Fase 100 (The Game’s brother), Sun (zoolife/G Unit), Thin C (Mo Thugs) and many more worldwide! Tell me about playing overseas, in Santa Ana, California? I was invited over to do an instore appearance after an earlier meeting with the owner of Napsac Apparel. It was a great experience. There were a few other US acts that supported me

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as I was headlining this instore. The crowd loved it – made new connections and more fans in the US. Where would you like to be in five years? Hopefully still recording and touring around Australia and even into Asia. I also hope to get my own label up and running to support local acts. Do you have anything out at the moment? My newest album Hate Me Now is available on iTunes worldwide, as well as a few other single tracks. I also have 12 other albums available if people contact me via my main website. Where can we listen to your beats and rhymes? teemacmusic.com or soundcloud.com/officialteemac

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Melbourne hip hop quartet RaRa are frontier men. This youthful foursome made up of Ll’vo (Darren Parisella), Lovely Me (Nathanael Dixon), River Deep (real name) and KL (Cale Foley) are here to tear down your perceptions of Aussie hip hop through confronting messages and complex beats. “We’re trying to break away from that ‘skip hop’ stigma that Aussie hip hop has. RaRa is creating vibes and breaking down barriers. Part of that is jumping onstage wearing costumes, wearing dresses and not being afraid to talk about the shit we talk about,” states beat maker and rapper Parisella, even at conversation pace the words burst out of his mouth. The group’s latest 20 song mixtape, Post-Homo, is confronting from its phallic cover art to songs like The Night I Shit My Pants and Cocaine. Parisella explains that RaRa want to get people thinking, they want to tear down everything that has come before. On this thread Parisella makes a strong distinction by saying “We’re not trying to be heavy in that Aussie hip hop thing.” Joining the dialogue at this point of the interview is Dixon (Lovely Me). “RaRa is about having fun with hip hop and create a new vibe - a new identity.” Parisella now collaborates with his musical brother

by adding, “Exactly what he said, we’re trying to break away from that ‘skip hop’ stigma that Aussie hip hop has. That’s what RaRa is trying to do, we’re trying to create vibes and we’re trying to break down barriers.” Dixon adds to this point, “We’re not trying to be on a different topic to other Aussie hip hoppers, we’re just rapping about stuff that is real and that is relevant to us because it is what we are experiencing – topics that we don’t hear anyone else rap about.” One issue that RaRa confront on the Post-Homo is neo-macho-ism and the spectre of socially expected ‘homophobia’ and the hugely under-acknowledged the societal effect that using a term like ‘faggot’ as a derogatory term can have on young men coming to terms with their sexuality. The outspoken Parisella gives an example how RaRa approaches an issue that no one else seems to rap about. “In Followed By Experts I try to open to Nate and tell him some stuff I have been going through and he is like ‘What are you talking about, shut the fuck up, you’re not meant to have feelings, I don’t give a fuck about your feelings’ and he calls me a ‘weak faggot’ and I know that word carries a lot of meaning, we’re not using it as derogatory, we are simply using it as the word is used. We’ve grown up with it being used, so he’s basically

making a statement by saying ‘you’re trying to open up to me so you’re a weak faggot’ it’s playing up on that thing because where we were raised, you don’t talk about your feelings, you don’t talk about that shit, that’s alien!” Growing up in Melbourne’s leafy eastern suburbs, RaRa isn’t going to lie to us and pretend they have the same problems as the original US rappers from the ghettos of Brooklyn and South Central. Parisella now addresses a huge problem facing generation Y that the RaRa rap about, most notably on the song Cocaine. “Let’s face it, our generation has a big problem with anxieties and mental issues that are stemming from party drugs.” Dixon now weighs in with a specific example from the aforementioned Followed By Experts. “In Followed By Experts Ll’vo says, ‘I didn’t even know that my brain was fucked, all that shit that I did, so many repercussions,’ and yeah, looking at a lot of people our age they don’t realise what they’re doing to their brains until it’s too late.” Predictably unpredictable and not afraid to mess the norm, RaRa are putting on a huge party at Revolver as Part 1 of the Post-Homo launch. An act on the lineup is precise beat maker Willow Beats. Dixon explains how an unexpected collaboration was how the link was made with Willow Beats. “We met him at the Inca Roads Festival in December last year. We actually camped next to him and us RaRa guys were all just free styling and then they came over and then he just ripped out his laptop and we just started freestyling over his beats and ever since we have been really tight with him.”

RaRa are launching the Post-Homo mixtape at Revolver Upstairs on Saturday May 18. facebook.com/rara.ism

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ALEX MACFARLANE FROM THE STEVENS Ten bands everyone should know about: The Homosexuals, R. Stevie Moore, See Saw, Morbid Angel, Chicago, Gutter Gods, Alternative TV, Bored Games and The No Real Need. Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Corn, avocado, corn chips, salsa, red kidney beans, refried beans, sour cream, jalapeños and cheese. Eight possessions that define you: Flannel shirts, records, Dr. Martens, recording gear, cans of beans, Coles greenbags and the rocking chair on the back porch. Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape: Braindead, The Shining, Evil Dead, Ren and Stimpy, Wake in Fright (I just saw that recently but thought it was very good), The Last Waltz and Yellow Submarine. Six bad habits you can’t escape: Biting fingernails, drinking too much, saying stupid things, not touching on or off my myki, leaving things to the last minute and double booking.

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Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? In the past we’ve been likened to bands such as Deerhunter, Girls, Real Estate – sunny contemporary Americana...Then again I’ve been told we sound like The Band – I don’t think so – but I’m happy with that. What part of making music excites you the most? The sheer personal chaos, uncertainty and vulnerability involved in creating things which will then be accessible to the community, put in the line of ﬁre and quite possibly shot down and set alight. But sometimes you succeed in some way or form. It’s war from all angles but no one ever really dies… unless you’re a rapper – then you might die. What’s your favourite song, and why? I don’t know, but I like what Kurt Vile is doing these days.

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Five people who inspire you: Fuj (of White Walls fame), the other Stevens (past and present), Mikey Young, Pete Bramley and Robert Pollard. Four things that turn you on: Fuj (of white walls fame), metal, toasted baked beans and cheese sandwiches and cans of Coke. Three goals for your music: To appear on 7mate, to play a show at The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour and to keep rocking forever. Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: Devo – the first time I saw them, I think it was at Festival Hall, because I couldn’t believe I was seeing Devo. And, Devo the second time I saw them, because I couldn’t believe I was seeing Devo again. Also, Energy Domes had doubled in price since the first time I had seen them and my income had halved so I remain domeless. One day left before the apocalypse and you… Watch 2012 with Travis and Gus again. When’s the gig/release? The 7” is out now on Chapter Music; it’s being launched at the Tote this Friday May 17 with our buddies Full Ugly and Love of Diagrams.

What inspires or has inﬂuenced your music the most? Girls, probably. What makes a good musician? Soul, passion and talent – not much talent – but some. What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Don’t quit your day job. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? There is no balance, only mayhem. When’s the gig and with who? The release party for our single/video is Thursday May 23 with Willow and Jackson McLaren at The Toﬀ. Anything else you’d like to add? Look after each other.

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with Christie Eliezer * Stuﬀ for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm NEW SIGNINGS #1: RED REBEL REASON WITH JACOB BUTLER Red Rebel Music signed Melbourne singer songwriter Jacob Butler. “Jacob has been on my radar for a while now, but it wasn’t until I was sourcing songs for the Australian feature film Occupied that the stars finally aligned,” RRM director Karen Waters said. His debut album Reason is out late 2013 through MGM, with lead single Mind Waltz already winning overseas accolades. Butler inked multiple licensing deals throughout Europe, including V2 for Benelux, Universal Music in Poland and Bulgaria, Billberg Entertainment in Scandinavia, EMI in Greece and Cyprus, and Very Us Records in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and European publishing with Budde Music in Berlin.

NEW SIGNINGS #2: BIRD’S ROBE GET THE NERVE Bird’s Robe Records has opened its roster to alt-rock quartet The Nerve. It features Ezekiel Ox (Mammal, Over-Reactor), Lucius Borich (Cog, Juice, FloatingMe), Davarj Thomas (Pre-Shrunk) and virtuoso guitarist Glenn Proudfoot. New single Down There, out Friday May 31, is follow up to the triple j- and community radio supported debut Witness. They tour through June.

NEW SIGNING #3: POPBOOMERANG ISSUES WITH SOLICITORS Popboomerang Records signed new Melbourne power pop group The Solicitors for the release of their debut EP Made To Measure. More info at solicitors.bandcamp.com.

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Australia’s Breakaway Recordings and London-based Memphis Industries struck a label partnership. Memphis Industries has been home to the likes of The Go! Team, Field Music, Dutch Uncles with upcoming releases from the POLIÇA affiliated Marijuana Death Squads, and debuts from Pure Bathing Culture, Elephant and Junip alumni Barbarossa (aka artist James Mathé).

NEW SIGNINGS #5: INTERNATIONAL DEALS FOR ASTON SHUFFLE The Aston Shuffle struck two international deals, with Outsiders/Polydor for the UK and Casablanca/Universal Republic for the USA. The duo has finished writing and recording its debut album in the UK.

NEW SIGNINGS #6: DEW PROCESS LEARN LONDON GRAMMAR British trio London Grammar are the latest of Dew Process’ international signings, and release debut EP Metal & Dust on Friday May 17. First single Hey Now received 900,000 plays online in a couple of months via Soundcloud.

NEW SINGLES-ONLY LABEL NOOK NOOK Singles-only labels are on the rise, and the latest one is Nook Nook. It’s the brainchild of Dew Process/Create Control’s director Paul Piticco and its head of A&R Blake Rayner. First two signings are MØ and Bom Bom.

GILLARD JOINS SLAM’S FUND RAISING DINNER Among the offers on SLAM’s (Save Live Australia’s Music) crowd sourcing campaign (pledgemusic.com/projects/ slam) are dinner dates with Gotye in Melbourne and Kate Miller-Heidke in Brisbane. Writer and broadcaster Marieke Hardy is hosting a dream dinner at Vue De Monde – and joining the conversation with Andrew Denton and foodie Matt Preston is PM Julia Gillard. SLAM co-founder Helen Marcou says, “I’m a little flabbergasted! Who wouldn’t love to be a fly on the wall at this great occasion.”

THINGS WE HEAR * Big Day Out announced its new Gold Coast home as Metricon Stadium and Carrara Parklands, which we tipped back in January. The deal is for five years. BDO Gold Coast draws 45,000 and brings $30m to the local economy. * Pink announced three more shows: she’s now sold over 500,000 tickets, and the new Rod Laver date on Sunday August 25 means she’s doing an awesome 17 gigs in Melbourne, equalling her achievements on her 2009 Funhouse tour. * This year’s Stereosonic is a two day affair in each city, hitting Melbourne on Saturday December 7 and Sunday 8 at the Showgrounds. * An English Vaccines fan claimed that he was turned away from a sold-out show because he couldn’t tell security the name of the band’s singer and their albums. Security said there’d been a lot of pickpocketing in the area and wanted to ensure only real Vaccines ticket holders got in. * Lanie Lane’s debut album To The Horses on Ivy League has gone gold. * Someone get Rihanna a watch. She was soundly booed when she came on three hours late for a Boston show. Watching a basketball match apparently. * Bill Clinton reveals he tried to get Led Zeppelin to reunite for a Hurricane Sandy benefit in New York last year. * Demand for Dash Berlin’s three-hour MusicIsLife shows was so intense that Sydney had to increase its capacity, Melbourne sold out, and Adelaide and Perth are close to putting out the ‘full house’ sign. * Serial picketers and fundamentalist Christian group, the Westboro Parish Church, was threatening to protest at Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s funeral and break into Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train. Incidentally, the official cause of his death was alcohol related cirrhosis. * The National played their song Sorrow 105 times for six hours straight at an “arty” gig at a New York gallery.

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The Taste Of Indie Collective teamed with new live music venue the 200-capacity Eureka Hotel to showcase free indie talent through May, June and July. The Eureka’s new owners (corner Victoria & Church Sts, Richmond) has refurbished the old cabaret room with new sound/lighting systems, plenty of seating (including fireplace lounge) and meals in the band room. First night is Saturday May 25, with Storyhorse, Bob Craine & Brooke Taylor, Acoustic Foxx and Temple of Tunes. See eurekarichmond.com. The Collective also provides venues for artists. If you are a venue operator or booker and looking to put on free night, email the collective bsharpmusicmgt@gmail.com.

BEASTS OF BOURBON FOR RECLINK CUP The Beasts Of Bourbon are the first act to be announced for the 2013 Reclink Community Cup, the annual clash between the PBS 106.7FM/Triple R 102.7FM Megahertz and the Rockdogs. It is held on Sunday June 23 at Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick Sports Complex. Last year’s meet, which was a draw, drew 9,000 and raised over $70,000 for Reclink Australia. It enhances the lives of the most vulnerable and isolated, last year providing 95,800 opportunities to participate in over 9,500 sport and arts activities.

SASKWATCH TO PLAY EUROPE Nine-piece soul’n’funk festival sensation Saskwatch are heading off for European dates. These include sets at England’s Glastonbury and Spain’s BlackisBack, and club shows. They’re sourcing funds on Pozible (pozible.com/ project/22643) to get them there, promising signed merch, music downloads, personalised mixtapes and even one of Nkechi’s unique stage dresses. They play two fundraiserscum-farewell dates, on Saturday June 1 at The Curtin Bandroom and Saturday June 8 at Daylesford Town Hall.

SMOKESCREEN MUSIC FESTIVAL BY ZOË RADAS Mushroom Marketing Director Carl Gardiner is aware that some music fans were irritated to learn last month that the Smokescreen Music Festival, billed as ‘the most dangerous music festival on earth’, was actually a ploy. While he concedes some may not have liked the tactic, he’s unapologetic about the message it attempts to deliver to young people: every cigarette-related death is totally preventable. “If anyone had looked at it reasonably closely, they would have realised right from the start that [it wasn’t real],” Gardiner chuckles. Once the penny had dropped with April’s big reveal, the videos of glam rockers The Coughin’ Nails and hip hop artist M4-CEMA made it pretty clear. “I guess we thought it was worthwhile given the real message here, but at the same time I certainly respect everyone’s opinion on this. I don’t shy away from that,” he says. The idea began during Mushroom’s other collaboration with the Australian National Preventative Health Agency (the organisation which fronted the money for Smokescreen): Live Solution. Fronted by some of Australia’s best hip hop musos including Pez, Bliss N Eso, Mantra and Illy, Live Solution aimed to combat binge-drinking culture by having their spokespeople address the topic in their own voices, giving it a legitimacy that other campaigns lack. “Through working on [Live Solution] we developed a really good relationship with [the ANPHA]. I became aware that

another responsibility they had was to try and convince more Australians, particularly young Australian, to quit smoking. I was aware of that for a while, and I had this idea for a while that all the excitement and the channels that concert promoters use... could potentially be used to raise awareness about some other appropriate areas, and the anti-smoking sentiment became the one that I felt it could really work with.” As the kernel of the idea blossomed, things started to fall into place. “Ironically I guess, once I became more aware of all the different illnesses or diseases that smoking can cause, I realised that there’s enough of them to sort of mirror the lineup of the number of acts at a festival,” Gardiner laughs. “It sort of evolved that way.” He praises the ANPHA for the genuine wish to be innovative, as well as open to new ideas such as the Smokescreen initiative – something that may have looked mighty crazy on paper at first glance. The two headline acts

CONTINUED FUNDING FOR MUSIC VICTORIA Music Victoria got an extra two years of funding of $250,000 over two years in last week’s 2013/4 Victorian state budget. Unfortunately it’s almost half of what it’s received before but CEO Patrick Donovan said he “appreciates the opportunity … to continue to be the voice for the industry and to ensure that voice is heard loud and clear.” Music Victoria is about to announce a major event that will celebrate the state’s music. The budget provided an extra $29 million for the arts sector. This includes $5.3 million for a new grant program to make arts organisations build leadership and be more innovative, an extra $5.5 million for the Melbourne International Film Festival, and an extra $4 million for the Arts Centre to get high profile talent and redevelop Hamer Hall.

$50,000 PRIZE FOR VANDA & YOUING COMP Applications are open for the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition. First prize is $50,000 provided by founders APRA|AMCOS and Alberts, with $10,000 for second prize and $5,000 for third prize courtesy of Ubisoft. It’s $50 entry with all proceeds going to Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Australia which helps those with disorders and disabilities. See apra-amcos.com.au.

SCHOOLHOUSE STUDIOS BENEFIT As reported here before Schoolhouse Studios (SHS) needs $100,000 to refurbish its new offices in Rupert St, in Collingwood. They’ve already got a $50,000 crowd sourcing campaign on Pozible, and raised half of that. They’re also putting on a benefit at The Tote on Sunday May 19, with Teeth & Tongue, Brother Hand Mirror, Max Crumbs and DJs Leilani and Jules Lick.

COLLARTS BEGINS INTAKE The Australian College Of The Arts (Collarts) begins its Trimester intake on Monday May 20. The degrees (part time and full time) are for Bachelor of Arts (Music) Contemporary Music Performance; Bachelor of Arts (Audio Production); and Bachelor of Arts (Creative Industries Management) Music Business. They are designed to help students enter the music business and can be completed in a minimum of two years (six semesters). Go to collarts.edu.au/courses/ apply.

HUB TOURING LAUNCHES AFTR DARK CLUB NIGHT Hub Touring is launching a new Thursday night called Aftr Dark. Held at the John Curtin Hotel, it will offer live bands, DJ sets from locals and international names, and burlesque dancers. Opening night is Thursday June 6 with Buchanan & Harts, Clubfeet DJs, Ms Frankie Valentine and guests.

JOY RADIOTHON JOY 94.9 holds its week-long membership drive from Friday May 31 to Friday June 7. Every new member goes into a draw to win a $21,465 Suzuki SWIFT GLX Manual. JOY is one of three gay and lesbian community radio stations in the world. It has 250 volunteers including 130 presenters, 40 news readers, 30 producers and podcasters and 50+ behind-the-scenes support. This year, for the first time, memberships can be purchased online at joy.org.au.

MANAGERS TEAM FOR CUB SCOUTS Spark and Opus’ Briese Abbott (PVT) and London-based Rowan Brand (ex- Boy And Bear, now UK’s Bear’s Den and Sydney’s Tigertown) are jointly managing Brisbane’s Cub Scouts. They are currently touring Europe and Asia and getting airplay on US college radio.

are heavy on puns in their names, speech and tracks, and we all know that people either love or loathe a pun. “The Coughin’ Nails to some degree were inspired by Spinal Tap,” Gardiner says. “We felt that to take a paradoxical and tongue-in-cheek approach that we needed one of the bands involved to reflect that.” M4-CEMA actually comes across as not a bad rapper – but again, he is but a spectre in the real music world “I’ve got to say we were very fortunate there, because he is not a musician, but he is a very good actor,” explains Gardiner. “He spent a lot of time listening to the song, getting familiar with it, and thankfully for us knew how to make some of the right moves.” To top it all off, Mushroom secured one of their own to do the interviewing of Smokescreen’s promoter and acts: Ella Hooper. “Ella’s someone that we’ve got a long history of working with, and [she’s] just a fantastic person to work with – not just as a talented singer-songwriter. We felt that given everything else was fictitious, we needed one real person to play a role. We sat down with Ella and talked at length. [She’s] a very strong anti-smoker herself, and felt strongly about the area. And as you would know, quite apart from being a singer-songwriter, Ella is also working as a music journalist on radio.” Whether you’re in the camp that detests the campaign or the camp that allowed itself a chuckle, you’ve got to agree that the issue is worthy of discussion. “You figure that no matter how much awareness is out there, it’s worth having another crack,” Gardiner says. “Or having a crack in a different way that might just get through and connect with some people, where the other approaches that are being tried at the moment maybe aren’t getting through to them.”

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LIFELINES Expecting: both Josh Pyke and Urthboy had to cancel shows on the weekend as their respective wives were due to deliver. Marrying: former MTV presenter Erin McNaught and Brit muso Example tie the knot on Saturday May 18 at a “very private” ceremony in her hometown of Brisbane. Split: One Direction’s Liam Payne and Danielle Peazer; they met while auditioning for X Factor in 2010 and have been struggling to maintain a long distance relationship. Split: Chris Brown said ta-ta to Rihanna, and just after she spent almost $1 million on a sports car for his 24th b’day. He says she’s too young (25). Recovering: Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil tweeted he is “almost back to full strength” after suffering from acute bronchitis. Ill: former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler is back in rehab. Arrested: US metal band As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis for allegedly hiring someone (alas, an undercover cop) to have his estranged wife murdered. He’s pleaded guilty. Arrested: Phillip Schaeffer, 53, checked into a Minnesota hospital claiming to be Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd and left $100,000 in unpaid bills. Arrested: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Layzie Bone for two traffic violations. Jailed: former Fugee Lauryn Hill for three months in prison and three months in home confinement for not paying taxes on $1 million earnings. Released: Ja Rule after jail time for gun possession and tax evasion. In Court: former Brisbane choreographer Wade Robson, who earlier denied being abused by Michael Jackson as a five-year old at his Neverland ranch, has changed his tune and wants millions saying he suffered from trauma. He appeared on Jackson’s Black Or White, Jam and Heal The World videos. Died: Greg Quill, singer and songwriter with early ‘70s band Country Radio (Gypsy Queen) and one time writer for Go-Set magazine, in Canada, aged 66, after a long illness. He moved to Canada in the late ‘70s where he continued to play and was long time entertainment writer for the Toronto Star. Died: Austrian-born DJ and dance producer Peter Rauhofer, 48, from brain cancer. He stormed the New York gay club scene in the ‘90s, remixed for Cher, Britney Spears and Madonna and won a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Remixer for his remix of Cher’s Believe.

LEARNTOLIVE BENEFIT A night of comedy and music is held for LearnToLive (learntoliveglobal.org), which provides healthcare and education to communities through self-sustaining practices. It is on Saturday May 25 at Revolt Art Space from 7pm. Tickets are $40 from revoltproductions.com. Performing are Paul McDermott & Gatesy, Frank Woodley, Denise Scott, Dave Callan, Tina Del Twist, MCs Sammy J and Randy and The Seven-Ups.

REMIX FOREIGN TONGUE TRACK Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue are calling for submissions for a remixing competition for their single Warned. The comp runs until Monday July 8, with the winning track receiving a fully credited, professional release via the band’s label Astound Records. Go to alexwattswarnedremix.com.

FALL OUT BOY, BRING ME THE HORIZON, LEAD KERRANG! NOMS Fall Out Boy and Bring Me The Horizon scored four nominations each for the Kerrang! Awards in London next month. FOB are up for two in Best Single (My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark and The Phoenix), International Band and Best Event for their comeback gig in London. Bring Me The Horizon vie for Best Single, Best Album, Best Video and Best Brit Band.

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A guide to eating out in Melbourne

The John Curtin Hotel BY JAMES NICOLI

The John Curtin Hotel has already well and truly established itself as one of Melbourne’s finest inner city pubs and live music venue yet the reason for tonight’s visit was to sample what’s on offer on the newly revamped food menu; the creation of new head chef Tim. On first look at the menu, what you’ll notice is that the John Curtin’s got you covered whether it’s traditional pub fare you’re after or something a little more risqué. The Large Food menu includes classics like Chicken or Eggplant Parma with chips and salad or The Curtin weekly pie with mash – both $18. Or if you feel like being a little more adventurous there’s the Beetroot and goats cheese risotto with caramelised walnuts ($18) or the Hopkins River porterhouse 300gms with sautéed spinach and slow roast tomatoes and red wine Jus ($25). Alternatively, the Small Food menu boasts dishes such as the Szechuan pepper squid with lime dressing or the Pork belly roll with coleslaw; both of which will set you back $8. However, after much careful consideration, in the end it is the Cooper’s Pale Ale battered flathead fillets with potato cakes and house made tartare sauce ($18) and the Bangers and mash with onion gravy ($18) that win out. Two undisputed classics of the pub food variety, no doubt. The flathead came out all crispy and golden and served generously and along with the homemade tartare and a wedge of lemon was delightful indeed. But what set the dish apart from your run of the mill fish ‘n’ chips was the

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potato cakes. Forget the old tasteless variety from your local fish and chip shop – these babies actually tasted like real potato – soft and crumbly in the middle and crunchy on the outside as they too were battered. My only gripe: not enough tartare. But this is perhaps more an indication of just how good it was than anything else. Now it’s fair to say that the ol’ bangers and mash, in the wrong hands, can be a tasteless disaster. But in the hands of new chef Tim, it was sublime. Pork sausages, full of flavour and cooked to perfection on a bed of soft and fluffy mash, topped with a caramelised onion gravy. The onions were the hero of this dish, their tangy sweetness complimenting perfectly the flavour of the sausages. Of course no meal is complete without a fine glass of something to wash it down and we were lucky enough to accompany our meals with a cold glass of Grizzly Beer – a dark American pale ale and a perfect companion to our pub fare. In summary: good pub food plus good beer equals good times at the John Curtin. The John Curtin Hotel is located at 29 Lygon St, Carlton, 3053.

Woodlands Hotel BY REI BARKER

It’s always interesting to see the route suburban pubs take on their journey to the famed ‘gastropub’ model, more so when they get it right. The Woodlands Hotel hits the nail on the head, with so many factors in place to please the senses. The Coburg location boasts beautiful shopfitting, with its faux-everything décor well-complemented by stylish vintage installations. We were first presented with a two-tiered tasting plate. We started at the top with lemon-preserved oysters. As someone who isn’t a big fan of oysters, I can vouch for these. The salty sea taste, coupled with the natural oyster flavour/consistency, were counterbalanced well by the tart lemon. Next we sampled the excellt boudin noir. The savoury gateaux was a little bland, but that very well could have been a symptom of being eaten after the strong boudin noir. The soft-shell crab was crispy, but soft in the middle, as all soft-shell crab should be. The charcuterie section and the pate combined to make the richest food I’ve eaten lately, prompting the call for more bread when the stock selection was exhausted. If nothing else, eat the pate. While we waited for mains, we explored the beer garden. The picturesque combination of wood, heaters and plants really set a relaxed tone to enjoy one’s craft beer in. The Mauritian beef curry with roti was an interesting followup to the taster. The curry was full-flavoured with a little heat behind it, but the dryness of the roti was a little disappointing. I’m told that they have $15 curry special on Wednesday nights – coupled with a pot of craft beer makes it an economical and

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tasty choice for a mid-week meal. The pan-fried barramundi was a perfect end to the savoury portion of our meal. The skin was perfectly seasoned and cooked, and the flesh was so soft and flavoursome. It sat in a light broth with enoki mushrooms, bok choy and flat noodles, making it an excellent counterpoint to the loud curry. We were full to the brim by this point, but decided it would be a wasted opportunity to not at least try dessert. The baked chocolate mousse was delicious, but not too sweet. It was a subtle, refreshing way to end the meal, although the lemon rind flavour was a little overpowering. The Woodlands Hotel is amazing, a truly different experience and a jewel of Coburg. The food is worth a journey, and the upstairs dining room is Alice in Wonderland meets masquerade ball. Anywhere that has the option of sitting in a throne is alright by me, and The Woodlands Hotel is redeemed many times over by the wholesome and cohesive dining experience. Go there soon, you won’t regret it. The Woodlands Hotel is located at 84/88 Sydney Rd, Coburg, 3058.

“Oh, Lisa, you and your stories: Bart’s a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now let’s go back to that...building...thingy...where our beds and TV...is.” - Homer Simpson. According to Wikipedia, behind water and tea, beer is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It therefore seemed that we had enough reasons to drink it, so it came as quite a surprise when Good Beer Week was first announced. A legitimate excuse to drink beer? What a country! God I wish I was there when the founders of Good Beer Week first thought of it back in 2011. “You know what we don’t really appreciate enough – beer! Let’s do it for a whole fucking week.” In 2011, the first Good Beer Week appeared outta nowhere, growing quickly from the spark of an idea to an all-out celebration of the beer world. By 2012, GBW more than doubled its events to over 100 as more venues and breweries signed up for a festival with an already iconic status. Alongside beer dinners and beer launches were a range of events from beer cocktail master classes and lessons in making beer chocolates to beer-themed scavenger hunts and chances to get up close with some of the world’s leading brewers. Basically, we wanted anything to do while smashing tinnies without it appearing as if we were just smashing tinnies. For the third Good Beer Week, you can probably assume it’s gonna be out of control. There will be five streams of different events to choose from: Beer Novice, Beer Geek, Beer Lover, Foodies and Home Brewer. Each stream offers a variety of events to cater for varying degrees of interests and experience. All in all there are 140 events, in 115 venues, from 5 different continents participating. Remember to drink responsibly, but not too responsibly because that’s boring. Basically drink just enough so everyone becomes good looking but not so much that you become an idiot. Happy Good Beer Week! Good Beer Week is a not-for-profit festival that takes place across Melbourne and Victoria from Saturday May 18 to Sunday May 26.

YOUNG AND JACKSON Young and Jackson is Australia’s most iconic hotel. Beautifully restored and refurnished, it is a comfortable blend of boutique bar and classic pub, a perfect destination for all occasions. Situated on the vibrant corner of Swanston and Flinders Sts, Y&J is the perfect place to meet with friends, watch sports on their big screens, enjoy a drink or share a meal. Their ground floor bars feature a range of over 30 taps with a focus on a wide variety of Australian craft beer and cider, complemented by mainstream local classics. Chloe’s Rooms on the first floor offer a relaxed destination, with comfortable couches, boutique beers, fine wine, unique cocktails and

unrivalled views of Melbourne’s most iconic sights. This is the home of the famous ‘Chloe’ who has graced the bar walls of Young and Jackson for over a century. On their rooftop is the unique and quirky Cider Bar. With eight ciders on tap and a massive selection of local and imported ciders in bottle, this is the ideal bar to settle in for a refreshing bevie. In winter, mulled cider will keep you warm on a cold winter’s eve. Food is available on all levels of the hotel with classic pub fare available in our downstairs bistro and bars and in their rooftop cider bar. Tapas and a la carte dining are available upstairs with steak and seafood their speciality.

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Specialising in local micros and cult imports, Slowbeer have a range of over 1,000 different bottled beers (which change seasonally) and four tap offerings, which rotate weekly. They will soon be adding a fifth tap, which will be dedicated to their own house beers (brewed offsite). These will be quite experimental, enabling them to play around with styles and ingredients that they find interesting. For example, they are currently working on a Juniper Berry Pale Ale and also a Fig Brown Ale. They were the first

retailer/venue (other than breweries) to offer 1.9L draught beer growler fills. Craft Beer Café continue to do growler fills for all of our tap beer offerings, so there is always a great selection. Furthermore, they currently offer a selection of artisan cheese and charcuterie, as well as European inspired Panini for lunch. Beer and food matching events are regularly held onsite, as well as collaborating with other venues around Melbourne in the form of degustation dinners etc.

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LUCKY COQ

Opening in April 2006, Lucky Coq has grown into a local favorite, with the emphasis being on comfort, value and entertainment. The famous pizzas take centre stage every lunch and dinner, and with a $4 price tag it’s hard to resist. Entertainment is a real focal point at Lucky Coq, each night being diﬀerent. On any given night you can ﬁnd: free pool table, movie nights, BBQs, live bands and DJs. On top of giving the punter something yummy in their tummy and being entertained, ‘The Coq’ takes great pride

in what the customers come for…drinking. With a continually changing tap beer list you will always have a huge option of the best new and old beers of Australia and around the world. Cocktails are of the highest quality and with a knowledgeable bunch of bar staﬀ, all taste buds can be catered for. Boasting a stunning outdoor rooftop attached to a second level full of comfy couches and a relaxed atmosphere, Lucky Coq is the perfect retreat in summer or winter.

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OTHER GOOD BEER WEEK EVENTS Pint of Origin NSW @ The Rainbow Hotel, 18th - 26th May - Opening hours The Belgian Masters: ‘Classic Vs Craft’ @ Village Melbourne 18th - 26th May – Opening hours Pint and Pork Crackle Spec-Tackle! @ Robert Burns Hotel 19th May - 5:00pm Colonial Tap Takeover @ The Botanical 19th May – 12:00pm A Beer and Cheese Experience @ The Local Taphouse 23rd May – 7:00pm

BROTHER BURGER & THE MARVELLOUS BREW Name: Marcelo Tummino, owner, Brother Burger & the Marvellous Brew Why is beer the best cold beverage? ‘cos it’s great with burgers. it’s the great leveller. It’s diverse and it’s accessible… actually didn’t humans stop moving to start farming to grow grain for making beer? What are you doing to celebrate Good Beer Week? Our 9 taps are being taken over by Liberty Brewing and Croucher, two of New Zealand’s most celebrated craft brewers. Liberty have never been available ontap here in Australia before, so it’s pretty exciting! Why should we come and have a beer with you? Great burgers, great brews – we have 9 taps and only get in 1 to 3 kegs of any beer. Our beers are from craft breweries only, no commercial stuﬀ, so our beers change constantly, there’s always something diﬀerent and good to drink. The hardest part is working out which amazing beer to have with your amazing burger. When I think of beer, I think of…. Burgers and true love, ha, ha, seriously though, good friends and good times and good food. What else is there?

Without beer, the world would be… Less populated and boring! I can’t bear to think

about such a thing – a world like that is just too sad to contemplate. Thank god for beer!

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The Annual Beers in the ‘Burg @ The Post Oﬃce Hotel 24th May – 12:00pm Rock on Tap @ Tago Mago 25th May – 7:30pm

Honky – Tonk Rodeo @ Spotted Mallard 26th May – 12:00pm Beers from the East @ Beer Delux Hawthorn 19th 23rd May – 6:00pm

Young Henry’s Presents Rock n Roll Brews @ Cherry Bar 26th May – 8:00pm Pint of Origin VIC @ Great Britain Hotel 18th -26th May – 5:00pm Think Tank Feast @ James Squire Brewhouse at The Portland 26th May – 12:00pm Going Large: Mountain Goat IPA Dinner @ Rockwell and Sons 19th May - 6:30pm Pint of Origin WA @ Royston Hotel 18th - 26th May - Opening hours Birds, Dogs and Parrot Dogs @ Section 8 25th May - 2:00pm

Get ﬁve beer samples and match them with two 6” pizzas of your choice for $16. Sit back, relax and enjoy... At the CoQ. 3pm to 9pm – Saturday May 25

New Zealand Craft Beer Showcase @ The Alehouse Project 18th - 26th May - 12:00pm Matilda Bay Showcase @ The Boatbuilders Yard 18th - 26th May - 10:00am Big Easy @ The Collection 19th May - 6:00pm The Fox Scavenger Hunt @ The Fox Hotel 23rd May - 6:00pm The Best of The USA @ The Great Northern Hotel 18th - 26th May - 11:00am Meet the Goat @ The Mallow Hotel 25th May 2:00pm

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JINJA SAFARI

BY JOSH FERGUS

“It’s the calm before the storm for want of a better expression. It’s out of our hands at this point – we’ve done our bit. We’ve worked on the album, rehearsed. Let’s see what signing to a major label does, whether it creates a big buzz. We’re all pretty close to the tunes so it’s hard to know subjectively what’s what. Curiosity is the main kind of feeling within the band really.” That’s Jinja Safari’s Marcus Azon, ruminating on life in the band as they await the launch of their self-titled debut album on Friday May 17. The lead single, Plagiarist, is out now, and the band is about to launch a national tour in support of the album. As for how the single is travelling, “I’m not sure,” says Azon. “I had no idea. Obviously it’s not the next Somebody That I Used To Know but originally it was meant to be a B-side for the album. When it came back as a recording it was pretty clear. It’s got drums, vocals, a keyboard and a harp, that’s it. Some people we work with suggested it might be a good one to be our single and who am I to question that. I assume we’re not in the Top 40 otherwise we’d be receiving some of those cheques by now.” The band is somewhat in limbo, a weird space in-between having completed their biggest piece of work to date and having it actually heard by old and potential new fans alike. “It’s very quiet in some ways,” says Azon. “We’re quite removed from a lot of the industry really. We have a fair number of contacts and that sort of thing but for the most part we stay a bit removed.” And how is he feeling about the release? “It’s all pretty

strategic in the way it’s been released and planned. I’m not worried because at the end of the day we’ve got a band we’re a part of, we’re very grateful, and we’re all having a lot of fun doing it. We’ve all got our individual ambitions and we’ve travelled the world twice with this band and that’s been great. “At times there’s so much conflict,” says Azon. “That’s true in any band I’m sure; it’s just like life in general. You’ve got to accept that conflict is going to be there and it’s not as stress free as you might like. I think the friendships amongst the five of us in the band suffer at times. It’s the biggest crime of all. Alister [Roach] and I grew up wanting to do this, but this is our first real kind of shot at it although we’ve played in other bands. “It becomes work and it isn’t very glamorous. An hour of adrenaline here and there but a lot of the time you’re sitting around in cars just talking to each other. You start to get really bored of each other’s opinions – it becomes like any work environment. The live shows are a saving grace in a way.” Azon expects this next run of live shows will include a blend of older tracks as well as a smattering of music from the new album. “That’s one thing that separates this from other

tours – we’ve got so many new songs,” says Azon. “We can’t play them all live for fear of losing the audience. We tried to play a few new songs live at the last show and even though they were getting into it, they were complaining a little bit – they wanted more songs they could sing along with. That’s a battle that every band faces I think. We’ve got a lot of music we’re excited about playing, but it’s not all going to make the live show at once. We’re wondering if we can even play it live, if we can pull it off. “I mean we’re not a very cool band, that’s an important thing to remember. We’re happy with that, we’ve kind of not got a lot to prove. It’s not an environment where you feel you’ve got to get your cool on, our live shows, it’s not like that.”

The band, named after the town of Jinja, Uganda, where Azon’s grandmother lives, have always seemed like they have somewhat of a world music connection. “I’m not sure exactly where it stems from but it may be to do with our individual personal experiences. I grew up in rural Tasmania. We’ve got a really multicultural society here in Australia, but I grew up in a situation where I was quite confined. When I came to Sydney I learned a lot to open up to some of the difference in the world.”

can definitely tell you, I feel its toll (laughs). Keeping it up is very intense, physically damaging – my body is covered in bruises and cuts.” They keep at it, though, because the alternative is even worse. “When you’ve played a mediocre show, it’s the worst feeling,” Reece says. “I’d rather play something allout, totally raging, smashing your head against the wall, and wake up sore the next day.” It’s a gruelling way of life, and it’s been largely responsible for the steady turnover in personnel through the years. By way of explanation, Reece offers this: “Have you ever seen that Russell Crowe movie Master And Commander? That’s what being in our band’s like. Seriously though, we’ve had our ups and downs, things that most people who live average lives would be completely destroyed and torn to bits by.” “Conrad and I have always been tough enough to pull through,” Reece says, “Not that other band-mates haven’t been tough enough, but they’ve had other pursuits in their life. Eventually they’ve just said, ‘you guys are crazy, I’m out of here!’ At the same time, though, the people who have been in the band, we’re all still friends, we stay in touch.” Reece sees a silver lining in that this constant renewal: the

creative process never has a chance to get stale. “Autry Fulbright and Jamie Miller worked on Lost Songs with us, and it was a lot of fun, very collaborative. We’re also about to do an EP, just one 20-minute piece – we’ve been listening to a lot of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Cambodian psych music. Conrad lives in Cambodia at the moment, and some of the bands are pretty wild.” It’s an exciting time for the band, and they’re looking forward to renewing their acquaintance with Australia, Reece has fond, albeit hazy memories of their first visit in 2002 on the Livid Festival tour. “We were trashing hotel rooms, taking loads of drugs, acting like arseholes – it was great! We went on a boat cruise with Oasis, Dropkick Murphys kept picking fights with us. Morrissey liked us, though, he called us ‘…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Rock Stars’. That was pretty awesome.”

trying to live the life a long time ago. Really, with what we do – rockabilly, the custom culture – we are living the lifestyle. My friends are all musicians, or hot-rod guys, or dealing antique furniture, or antique clothes, or old records. So that’s the lifestyle.” Heath, warming to his theme, offers more home truths. “The whole, ‘I’m a rockstar, I’m getting drunk and crashing cars and trashing hotel rooms’ – it’s highly annoying. Especially if you can’t play piano like Jerry Lee Lewis, or if you can’t play guitar worth a damn. If you’re a pretty boy lead singer throwing TVs out of windows, I have no use for you. You’re not an artist at that point, you’re a male model.” Ouch! “I’ve been there myself, but ultimately you’re there to play a show.” When asked about his heroes, Heath’s enthusiasm is palpable. “I’ve been inspired by all types of music,” he says. “I was a blues player when I started, but I was fascinated by a lot of mid-century stuff as well. Guys with energy, character and humour, like Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Scotty Moore, Gene Vincent, Elvis, that’s what drew me to rockabilly. It’s high-energy music, but with these jazzy turnarounds – it’s

not just power chords, or cliché metal guitar riffs. I was so far off into that world that I basically missed the eighties. For me, 1983 was like going back to 1953. We were playing punk clubs then, and it was a lot of fun. I realised it would be cool to use rockabilly as a platform, rather than trying to trying to fit into that perfect mode. That’s what The Cramps were doing when I first saw them in 1979, or 1980. That’s when I realised that there was a connection the whole ‘50s thing that I loved, and punk rock. There was actually a big rumble in the parking lot between the punk guys and the rockers, who had mullets and Camaros. I remember being in that parking lot, thinking ‘Am I a rocker or a punker?’ I walked away as a rockabilly.”

JINJA SAFARI play The Toff In Town tonight and Thursday May 16. Their self-titled album is out Friday May 17 through Island/Universal.

...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD

BY EDWARD SHARP-PAUL

Austin’s long-running …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have developed a cult following over the course of 15 years and eight albums. However, none of those albums garnered quite as much love and critical adulation as 2002’s Source Tags And Codes, which famously received a 10 rating from Pitchfork. Ahead of their Australian tour, which will see the band play Source Tags And Codes in full, Jason Reece, one half of the band’s creative core along with Conrad Keely, discussed the creation of that album and their uncompromising live shows, among other things. Rightly or wrongly, Source Tags and Codes tends to be elevated above the band’s other albums. Reece doesn’t seem fussed, though: He’s understandably proud of the album, and has fond memories of its creation. “It was the first time we had a recording budget, so we could do a lot of the stuff that we’d always wanted to experiment with, like using strings and recording in a nicer studio [Prairie Sun Studios, Northern California, a favourite of Tom Waits’]. Partying wasn’t really an option, either. “We lived on a chicken ranch for two months,” Reece explains. “The nearest town was a biker town, and the bars were full of burned-out hippies and Hells Angels. By the end of it we were turning into Jack Nicholson in The Shining. It was a bonding experience.” While the recording process was all about monastic isolation, the mixing stage was rather more social. “We mixed the record in Ocean Way Studios, Nashville,” Reece explains. “We were sharing a studio with a rapper, Juvenile from Cash Money. We’d meet up in this lounge area, with TVs and a pool table, and we’d all get really stoned, drink and talk about music.” “This was when nu-metal was happening, though, so they’d listen to our shit, we’d listen to theirs, and they’d be all,

‘Let’s do a track together!’ I’d be saying, ‘Mmmm, hey, maybe not!’ – in the nicest possible way.” While justifiably proud of the record, does he think it deserves its reputation as standing above the rest of the band’s catalogue? “Well, So Divided was a difficult album to make. We were trying to make it a musical quilt, with a different vibe for each song, guest singers. It’s not really a Trail Of Dead record. “One of our favourite bands, The Replacements, each of their first four albums sounded completely different from the last. One was super punk rock sounding, then the next album’s got a honky-tonk song, then a piano song, then something with a drum machine. We weren’t trying to be like The Ramones, or AC/DC.” The conversation turns to Trail Of Dead’s famously intense live shows. “It’s in our nature,” Reece says, “We don’t know any other way. We’ve never just stood there and concentrated on playing the right notes. It didn’t seem right to us to be this musicianly band. We were more into the cathartic release that you get from playing live.” Such commitment, however, is not without compromises, Reece says. “We’ve been on tour for six weeks now, and I

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD will be performing Source Tags And Codes in full at The Corner on Wednesday May 22.

THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT

BY EDWARD SHARP-PAUL

The Reverend Horton Heat is a force of nature. The psychobilly pioneer (Jim Heath to his friends) has outsold and outlasted all of his contemporaries, boasting a cult following worldwide. Ahead of a run of Australian shows, The Reverend offered reflections on his career and his love affair with rockabilly. Showman, raconteur, force of nature – The Reverend Horton Heat is truly a one-of-a-kind. However, when a voice somewhere outside of Dallas, Texas answers the phone, it quickly becomes clear that the gentlemanly Jim Heath is on the line, not The Reverend Horton Heat. “The Reverend’s like a superhero,” Heath explains. “I transform about thirty minutes before a show. He’s a pretty fun guy,” Heath says of his alter-ego. “He tries to be sincere and genuine too, but if you try to be a smart-ass, you’ll get your hat handed to ya.” Heath says that both he and the Reverend are looking forward to their latest trip down under, the latest of many. “The people are cool,” he says. “Australia is a clean, wellfunctioning place. You’ve got stuff like clean bathrooms.” Is that really something to aspire to as a country, though? “Hey, it’s more important than you think! Edgy is not that great when the internet is super-slow, and when you go to open the door and the doorknob falls off. That’s where edgy gets ya.” Heath’s affection for Australia is not all about fittings and wi-fi, though. “Australia has some great music,” he says, “And the people are a lot like in Texas – very gregarious and outgoing. In England they’re more… stoic. Australians have more of a sense of adventure. Every place has its beauties, though.” Thirty-something years after he first hit the stage, Heath is touring the world, living the dream – but he almost gave it Beat Magazine Page 46

away before he really started, drifting in and out of cover bands and odd jobs before The Reverend Horton Heat really got going in 1985. “From my first band at 14, it was my dream, it was what I wanted to do,” he says. “I was lucky to be playing in a band from 16 through 18, a band that actually made money. We got really popular playing the local high school dances, and I was doing road trips and everything. So even back then I knew I could make money playing music,” he recalls. “Then you get to the point where you gotta play cover songs, just playing the hits of the day, rather than playing original music. That’s when it gets hard, but I was able to somehow pull through. It wasn’t easy, though. Not many of those guys are still playing.” The Reverend, of course, is still going strong, and he attributes much to his teenage apprenticeship. “Honestly, a lot of it was through watching other people, from being in bands with some pretty good entertainers”, Heath says of his stagecraft. “I started out on lead guitar, so I learned all the licks, but other people were always doing the singing and acting as frontperson, and that was a real learning experience. That’s where I got a lot of the showbiz side. When I started singing my own songs, I took all of that with me.” So things have turned out ok, even if Heath admits that the times aren’t quite as wild as they once were. “We gave up

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DELANEY DAVIDSON

BY PATRICK EMERY

“It’s interesting seeing how it works, the whole songwriting process,” muses New Zealand DIY-garage-country artist Delaney Davidson. “You can exhaust yourself, and then you catch a couple of more things. It seems to revolve around songs that come out at the time, then you have to go away and listen to a whole lot of completely different stuff, and then come back and try and do something new again.” Since 2012’s Bad Luck Man, Davidson has released a couple of records independently, with a third volume due this year. True to his DIY aesthetic, Davidson doesn’t intend to do a lot of polishing of his initial song ideas. “I’m currently at the moment working on an album of really rough sketches – I think sketches capture a space and some kind of spirit that’s in them that’s so hard to ever get again,” Davidson says. “Some albums I listen to are so polished that you can slide ride right oﬀ them – there’s nothing to grab hold, no texture. It’s a big glass roof with a fucking drop right oﬀ.” For Davidson, DIY is about honesty of purpose and the transparency of the artist. “The DIY thing allows you to have a close look at what the artist is doing, and it makes you feel closer because you might understand how they would do that,” Davidson says. “But when you start to process things and polish them up, and master them, and squash them and compress them it doesn’t seem sound like people anymore. It just sounds so perfect – it sounds like a simulation machine.” While domiciled in New Zealand, Davidson has spent a reasonable portion of the past few years travelling in Europe and the United States. Davidson tells a good story

in his songs, and travelling will often provide a catalyst for creative inspiration. “You always hear interesting stories, like Ned Kelly walking from Pentridge out to his house in the country, and then you go out and see it, and you think, ‘fuck, there it is’ – you see the local, tangible side of these stories – the locations, the street names,” Davidson says. Davidson concedes he’s more inclined to stay in New Zealand these days, and hopes “to get a little house out in the country” some stage in the future. As for his local profile in New Zealand, Davidson is far from sure. “I don’t play as much as I could – I could play more, but I keep it more far flung, just so I don’t play too much,” Davidson says. “I suppose I have an underground profile. But I don’t have a band name, I just use my own name, and that’s how I go and play. “ Davidson’s profile did, however, receive a boost when he won a NZ country music award in 2012; in 2013, Davidson and Marlon Williams have a song in the running for best country music song of the year. For Davidson, being classified as a ‘country musician’ is both flattering and amusing. “Bizarrely enough, I’m getting this country music profile, so that’s creeping along,” he says. “I love that stuff, and I love to play that music. But it’s always happened

through history. Hank Williams was a total outlaw, and he was banned and kicked out of the Gland Ole Opry, booted oﬀ this show, buggered up this and that, and people didn’t like him. But you think about him now, and he’s just a pillar of that whole thing. Davidson is intrigued by the apparent resurgence in interest in country music in his home country. “I think in New Zealand there’s a whole rekindling of interest in the country music thing, and there’s more people entering songs into the awards,” Davidson says. “I’m really keen to see what it’s like when I go along. It’s in the deep south of New Zealand, in a really small town with a strange reputation. It was a really sewn-up aﬀair until people like me and Marlon, or The Eastern, or other New Zealand contemporary acts have been participating in it as well.” And Davidson is even more interested in how he’ll be received when he performs at the awards function. “I’m

curious to see how it combines these two scenes,” he says. “Maybe it’ll be a massive bar brawl of old dressed up cowboys and all these young people with a beard, ﬂailing around and destroy the town hall where the awards are being held, and be run out of town on a rail pole, I dunno,” Davidson says dryly. Davidson titled his 2012 album Bad Luck Man; with its occasional melancholic tone, you could be forgiven for assuming Davidson is a man down on his luck. I ask Davidson if he’s a half-full or half-empty sort of a guy. “I usually see the potential in things, so there’s a lot of air in the half-empty glass, so there’s a lot of potential there,” he replies with a wry smile.

artist Rehgan De Mather. We have just submitted a proposal to the Melbourne Festival regarding another collaboration with one of Australia’s most well-known street artists which should be great.” While Pattenden and Andrew Schapper (the other half of Artist Proof) have been in various bands around town, they feel a sense of home in this musical incarnation. “My ﬁrst real original band was called Tern,” he says. “We were an indie rock band with pretty full on drums and guitars. Whilst this was great for a time, I believe the emphasis on the vocal was lost and every musician was in it for themselves. Drew has played in several bands including a current side project, Planet Jumper. I guess you’d describe them as electronic funk. It is pretty cool and the guys are doing well. This allows Drew to introduce a few really interesting grooves into the Artist Proof sound which are pretty uncommon in most rock bands. Artist Proof is about delivering something that people have never

heard before. We are doing just that and that’s why it feels right.” Pattenden admits that while their journey up the musical ladder is an even greater challenge than it is for some due to their unique sound, they remain positively focused and future plans abound. “We’d love to record a full album in the near future,” he says. “We are planning to head overseas later this year and will record while we are over there. We also want to continue to collaborate with artists and create an engaging show that allows the listener to fully appreciate the dynamic elements of our sound. We plan to host a series of bespoke events working with architects, artists, ﬁlmmakers and more, to make each Artist Proof performance an unforgettable event.”

essence of this music into a setting which can appeal to all audiences, not just die hard reggae heads.” Trekking along the path of being an independent can be both a philosophy and a forced choice as is perfectly demonstrated when the lads are asked where they stand on the issue. “Independent to the grave!” Sinks exclaims before Schiftan chimes in. “While I do admire and share Sinkies passion for the independent thing, I can’t deny how tough it is,” Schiftan says. “I think it’s awesome in these early stages to run the show and have full control over our direction. Eventually though I hope to be picked up by the right person who digs what we do and is keen to take the reins with all the behind the scenes stuﬀ. I guess I would just love to be able to put more of the focus back into

playing my instrument, which at the end of the day is why I do this music thing.” Having enjoyed some impressive support slots, including Easy Star All-Stars, as well as slogging it out on stage of all sizes, Echo Drama plan on doing more of the same to feed their growing audience. “Next summer will hopefully be a busy time for us,” Schiftan says. “We are about to head in the studio to start working on our debut EP which is a really exciting project for us. We are on track to have that completed and released well before the end of the year and we are keen to take it up the coast with us when it’s done and unleash it on some festival crowds.”

DELANEY DAVIDSON performs at the Bridge Hotel Castlemaine on Thursday May 16 and The Spotted Mallard on Saturday May 18.

ARTIST PROOF

BY KRISSI WEISS

Chris Pattenden, songwriter, guitarist, and soaring vocalist for the theatricallyinspired operatic rock band Artist Proof is amped up for the release of their latest double A-side, Had It All/Change On The Wind, after an arduous but thoroughly enjoyable time in the studio. Their music, heavily influenced by the dramatic songs of Muse and the grandiose melodic commands of Queen, creeps further into both territories while also delving into a world that is beyond music. The sonic and the visual are virtually dependent on each other is Artist Proof. Recorded with Ricki Rae at Lighthouse Studios, Pattenden was thankful for both the rural space of the studio and the energy that Rae brought to the sessions. “It was a great experience recording with Ricki,” Pattenden says. “The studio is set among a large open property with kangaroos bounding around at dusk – the perfect setting for our unique, adventurous sound. Ricki is also a bit of a perfectionist. We put each layer down five times – and I am talking five really good takes. We would then closely analyse each line and ensure what was used as the end product was perfect. The result was a pretty slick production that we are really proud of.” The greatest difficulty for Artist Proof is finding where they ‘fit’ in the musical landscape. Theirs rich style of music is not easily labelled and not always easily digested. It’s the sort of music you really need to invest yourself in as the listener. “[The scene] is a difficult one for us. There is a strong vocal melody, driving guitars

and a narrative approach to each song. However, if we were to be pigeonholed, I’d say we are a part of the modern art scene. Our music is best featured sitting alongside or in conjunction with live art, film, or fashion. The trend in visual arts is all about creating a dialogue or cross-pollination across different art forms. We are a part of this emerging scene and therefore don’t fit into traditional music genres.” This merging with the visual is something Artist Proof are no strangers to. “People often comment on the fact that our music is cinematic,” he says. “An Artist Proof is the first impression an artist makes of their work so in essence our music finds inspiration in visual art forms. We have created bespoke performances with artists JKB Fletcher, E.L.K, Rehgan De Mather, and Gillian Warden, as part of the Fringe Festival a few years ago. The night was part exhibition, part musical performance and the artists ended up selling a number of their artworks. Our new release also features the work of

ARTIST PROOF perform with Kashmere Club and Elephant Eyes at The Toﬀ In Town on Tuesday May 21.

ECHO DRAMA

BY KRISSI WEISS

Echo Drama are a powerhouse Melbourne nine-piece band smashing out a solid fusion of dub/reggae/hip hop music. Drummer and founder of the band Jeremy Schiftan and vocalist number two Alex ‘Sinks’ Sinclair muse on their plans for world domination (and the logistics of organising nine freaking band members) but first they’re just enjoying their current Tuesday night residency at The Evelyn. It’s a delicate balance for an up and coming band – you need to gig to make a remote amount of cash but sometimes, you need to be careful of not playing to much lest your audience become complacent. So what exactly do Echo Drama get out of a residency and having done this before, is The Evelyn a home of sorts? “Yeah being back at The Ev’ for this residency is definitely like rocking home turf,” Schiftan says. “Between the last residency and this one we have been back stacks of times supporting our musical compatriots in their own residencies, not to mention that we all play there a fair bit with other projects. Neale [Lawrence] our guitarist the other week commented only half-jokingly that we would probably be wise to pitch tents out the back of the venue.” “Good sound, good crowd, good consistency,” Sinks joins in. “It’s great to have a home base where you can really smash it confidently. It’s just a really good platform. Of course people don’t come to all of them but different people walk through the door every night which has its advantages. As long as there’s a room full Beat Magazine Page 48

of people enjoying themselves, I’m not complaining.” “Yeah in terms of creating complacency, well I think the crowds each week are diﬀerent, or fans who happen to like us so much they will happily come see us every week,” Schiftan says. “It is great to see a familiar face up front singing along, or to see some unsuspecting walk-ins at the back of the room gradually gravitate forward as the new sounds draw them in.” Reggae and dub are fairly rigid genres that can occasionally fall victim to the demands of an audience of purists. Echo Drama embrace the notion of taking from the old to create the new. “Purism in music? That’s always struck me as counterproductive, what room does that leave for creativity?” Schiftan says. “For us it’s about taking music we love and making it our own so we can express something personal, unique and inspired. I reckon that’s what drives the evolution of musical styles. The textures and grooves in Dub and Reggae have always really captivated me and I think they can move a range of audiences. Our aim is to bring the

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ECHO DRAMA perform at The Evelyn on every Tuesday night during May.

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Ben Weinman is in a bit of pain. The founder and only remaining original member of hardcore outfit Dillinger Escape Plan is walking back to his tour bus when he takes my call, sounding equal parts exhausted and confused. “We just finished a show in Columbus, Ohio and someone came onstage, grabbed my balls and twisted them,” says the 37-year-old guitarist. “Sometimes, your fans want to hurt you. I really don’t understand it.” Pain and anger are nothing new to Weinman, who as a member of Dillinger Escape Plan for 15 years now, has often turned to the band as not just a creative outlet, but an outlet for the frustration he feels emerge from time to time. “We’re a heavy band, and it’s an outlet for our frustration,” says Weinman of the overall intensity of the band’s aesthetic, most notably on their latest fulllength, One Of Us Is The Killer, their first in over three years. “It can come off like anger management, but it’s cathartic. It’s something we don’t take for granted.” If Dillinger Escape Plan has always thought of themselves as a heavy band, one pre-destined to deal with the collective frustrations of the band members, then on One Of Us Is The Killer they’ve gone one step further by adding an often terrifying visual aspect to the eleven tracks. When I Lost My Bet, the first track released from One Of Us Is The Killer, is brought to life with a demonic, bloody video that many would imagine to be their version of hell.

“WE’RE IN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE NEED CONSTANT SENSORY OVERLOAD. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION TO. FOR US, IT’S NEVER BEEN JUST MUSIC. THERE’S THE MUSIC, THE SHOWS, THE COMMUNITY WE’RE A PART OF, THAT’S A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO.” Weinman appreciates the graphic nature of the video and how well it brings the band’s vision to life. But for Weinman, the importance of a visual element for Dillinger Escape Plan is only the beginning of what they consider to be their overall goal as a band. “This day in age, anything that feels tangible is good,” he notes pointedly. “We’re in a time when people need constant sensory overload. Nobody knows what to pay attention to. For us, it’s never been just music. There’s the music, the shows, the community we’re a part of, that’s a huge part of what we do.” Though Weinman now considers Dillinger Escape Plan to be a contributing member of a community of musicians, this wasn’t always the case. A six-song

EP released in 1997 got the band’s foot in the door, though they weren’t getting much help. “When we started it wasn’t easy, because we didn’t have any friends in bands or anything so it was difficult to get involved,” he says of the band’s early days. “And when we started (Dillinger Escape Plan) we actually didn’t have big hopes for the band. We were responsible for almost everything that happened to us.” Instead of relying on connections, they continued to forge ahead with intense and often violent live shows. Eventually, the band signed to Relapse Records and released their debut, Calculating Infinity. It was a bold debut for a band that was largely unheard of out of their New Jersey stronghold. What many took note of was not only how their recorded output accurately represented their live shows, but also the complexity of their song-writing. As the band continued, not releasing their follow-up for five years, tension was continuing to build not only within the band, but with their surroundings. The band would lose six members before the release of 2004’s Miss Machine. Instead of succumb to the tension the band was experiencing (Weinman doesn’t elaborate much on what led to many of the original band members parting ways, but rumours about creative differences abound) Weinman decided to explore the tension. The results were largely fruitful. “We were frustrated that no one was pushing boundaries,” he says. “We were frustrated that no one was exploring tension, and eventually we found ourselves with a niche fanbase.” That niche fanbase grew, eventually making Dillinger Escape Plan one of the more heralded hardcore acts on the planet. They haven’t lost their progressive touch on One Of Us Is The Killer, an album wrought with deft nuances that manage to pop their head up at the most opportune times throughout the thrashing madness. Still, Weinman acknowledges that it hasn’t been easy for the band to get where they are today. Enduring frequent line-up changes has become old hat for the band. Risking personal injury onstage might be a new one, but they’ve become adept at dealing with setbacks in the band. “Sometimes it feels like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back,” he admits. “You can’t go over the past too much; we’ve had the same lineup for the last two records and we’re in a good place right now.” Meticulous and layered, it would seem that One Of Us Is The Killer is Dillinger Escape Plan showcasing how to take their time, planning every move with precision and detail. Weinman, however, has another opinion. “I actually think it’s the opposite,” he says of my theory. “We’ve become such a well-oiled machine that whatever we do ends up sounds like Dillinger Escape Plan. Yet it’s still those happy accidents that still work for us from time to time. We took a lot of time on One Of Us Is The Killer, but the chemistry’s really good, better than it’s ever been.” One Of Us Is The Killer is out Friday May 17 through Party Smasher Inc./Remote Control. DISCUSS WHAT? BEAT.COM.AU/DISCUSSION

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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND

BY KRISSI WEISS

Welsh post-hardcore luminaries Funeral For A Friend have been in the game for over 12 years. For those people who suffer from the syndrome whereby you think the ‘90s was only ten years ago, it’s almost impossible to believe the clock has ticked so many times since FFAF released Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation. Currently touring their sixth studio album, Conduit, FFAF have always somehow managed mainstream success with their jarring and furious music, a time of music that is usually loved obsessively but within a niche market. They’re a gateway band, introducing music lovers that don’t normally move in hardcore circles to not only their own sound but the wider scene. They’re the band your mother warned you about, first it’s Funeral For A Friend just once at a party and then, well, god knows what. Singer Matthew Davies-Kreye is charmingly humble when he discusses the band’s commercial success. “It’s something you don’t expect,” he says. “I know our music isn’t that easy to digest, we do have some melodic moments but I do get surprised that we translate to a more mainstream audience. I guess we also have the chance to introduce people into a whole new circle of bands that they otherwise mightn’t listen to and that’s a real bonus.” Like many of their contemporaries, lineup changes have plagued the band. These changes haven’t been born out of drama, no one has stormed off stage or left in a maddened state following a dubious lover’s tryst, but they have chopped and changed a fair bit and the most recent inclusion was Pat Lundy taking over skins duties after drummer Ryan Richards departed last year. Their sound has steadily evolved during this time rather than ever undergoing a sudden shift in direction and Davies-Kreye is thoroughly enthused by Lundy’s contributions. “We were writing this album and we had a particular idea in mind so

when Pat went to record the drums he added a new energy to the sound,” he says. “He has a really different approach to how he plays compared to how Ryan played so it felt like it had a more cutting edge to it and we were really excited. I think Pat is one of the best drummers we’ve ever played with hands down. He made things more natural and didn’t overdo things for the sake of it.” Long-term FFAF producer Romesh Dodangoda steered the ship as producer once again and it seems as though he’s becoming part of the Funeral furniture. “For the last few records Romesh has really shaped the sound of the band and he seems to really have a handle on what we can and should do,” he says. “In terms of recording, he was open to the idea of things like doing the vocals naturally with a microphone like I’d use on stage and doing just three or four takes of a song all the way through and picking the best one rather than trying to make every moment absolutely perfect. Some producers are really rigid; they’ll have their microphone and have the singer perform over and over and go in and cut and

paste everything. That’s something we try to avoid and he’s really receptive to the different ways bands want to work and he’s an honorary member of the band.” With this the band’s most extensive Australian tour to date, Davies-Kreye and co. are enjoying the time they have to spend in every corner of this brown land. They’re driving and not flying for once – in fact Davies-Kreye is sheltering from the rain in a car park halfway up the east coast when we chat – and they’re loving the opportunity they have to play to audiences that go beyond flybys of the major cities. This tour is a metaphor of sorts for the calm and centred approach that the band has right now. While the line-up changes were born out of circumstance, they have led to FFAF finding exactly who they are. “I think right now – we

happened to be in discussion about this the other day – I think that if any of the members left at this point, I think we’d probably call it a day,” he says. “Right now we feel like we’re in a really positive place and are so happy to have the people that we have in the band. I think we’re more Funeral For A Friend these days than when we first started out and we’re totally a unit. We’ve had previous members come and go but we didn’t always share the same opinions on music or have the same ideas of how we wanted to run the band like we do.”

been like a dream, kind of a whirlwind.” And the band’s output over the last six or seven years definitely tells the story. Between 2006 and 2012 they released five studio albums and two live albums, on top of touring constantly. Chrigel is at a bit of a loss as to how they have kept up that pace and been so productive, but simply puts it down to an extreme love of, indeed an addiction to, the music itself. “I don’t know, we’re just music junkies I suppose,” he laughs. “I know it sounds cheesy, but that’s what it is. That’s what we want to do, that’s what our passion is, that’s the way it’s

worked out. We’re touring all the fucking time, and when a tour is finished we just working on another album, that’s just what we wanna do.” So does Chirgel have another ten years in him? “Oh, how am I supposed to know!” he says in mock outrage. “I mean, there is no intention to stop or change, or anything. I hope to do this for the rest of my life if I could.”

and I thought it was great. So we had a few meetings and Davarj played on a few tracks and it ticked all the boxes. It went from there.” The band’s live debut was at The Espy front bar a few months ago. At that point the band hadn’t played together until a block of rehearsal dates, which were filmed and edited for YouTube. It’s a rare opportunity to see a band actively engaged in the process of becoming a band rather than a collection of players collaborating by DropBox. “Those five days were pretty intense, trying to learn all the songs and to come together and feel like a band - and I was absolutely gobsmacked at how well it came together. And I

think that’s just purely because the players that are there in the room are so skilled and very well seasoned and they’ve got the stripes to show it. I mean, our very first jam, I think it went for 15 or 20 minutes and it was great! It was going off in every direction and tangent. Everyone was following each other and there was no second-guessing.”

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND perform at Pier Live Frankston on Wednesday May 15. Conduit is out now on Roadrunner Records/Warner.

ELUVEITIE

BY ROD WHITFIELD

Swiss folk-metal act Eluveitie have been around for more than a decade now, and yet 2013 sees them clocking up two firsts in their career. In the next couple of months, they are spreading their folk metal gospel all over the world. The month of May finds them playing in China and Australia for the very first time in their history. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Chrigel Glanzzman, speaking from on tour in Eastern Europe, can’t wait to break some more new ground. “It will be our first time playing in Australia, and we’re extremely excited about that, we’re really looking forward to it,” he proclaims. “We’ve never played China before. I mean, we’ve played Asia before, but never in China. So that will be interesting I believe! So yeah, it’s a year of firsts for us.” As for what Aussie audiences can expect from Eluveitie’s maiden voyage, Chirgel gives us a tongue-in-cheek hint. “Well I’ve never been to one of our shows, so I can’t really say!” He jokes. “But judging by what I read of our live shows, it’s always pretty energetic. And it’s just all about the music, we don’t come out with any huge stage setups or visual elements or anything like that. We go onstage in our everyday clothes, and it’s all about music, we just play the music and that’s about it,” he states. “But since it’s our first time in Australia, I think we’ll play quite an extended set, with songs from all of our discography. It will be good. Our shows are authentic, it’s about music, all the way.” In the blink of an eye, a year has gone past since the release of the band’s last album, Helvetios, and Chrigel tells us that he has been blown away by the reaction to it, from critics and fans alike, and in the way fans react to the new songs

in a live setting. “Actually, it’s been absolutely fantastic,” he enthuses, “when we release the album, we usually don’t have expectations, we just release it and see what happens with it. But when we released this one, it was so much more than what we thought would happen. It was amazing, and it’s been our most successful album. It hit the charts all over Europe, it cracked the Billboard charts in the USA. In Europe it charted high, unexpectedly high for a metal band, which was mindblowing, that music doesn’t usually get that high in the charts,” he beams. “I think number one was Lady Gaga, and then us, and people were like ‘what the fuck?’, I don’t think that’s happened before! So that was amazing, and then the reaction of the fans was really cool. When we started to tour, people were asking for the new songs as much as the old, so it’s been really great.” Just as it seems like yesterday that Helvetios was released, Chrigel feels like the last ten years has flown by, with the band’s schedule being so full. “The last ten years have been incredibly intense,” he tells us, “it’s been a lot of work, and there’s always so much happening, and it definitely doesn’t seem like ten years. It’s

ELUVEITIE perform at Billboard The Venue on Friday May 24.

THE NERVE BY PETER HODGSON

Look, nobody said ‘supergroup,’ okay? It’s inevitable that, sooner or later, musicians who have been in bands in the past go on to form or join other bands. And it’s also inevitable that some jerk journalist will say “Oh, they’re a supergroup” just to make their job a little easier. But the term ‘supergroup’ has been corrupted to imply a bloated, chemistry-less conglomeration of dudes-on-hiatuses-from-their-real-gigs rather than a collection of talented musicians who have made music you’ve loved in the past in separate outfits, and are now coming together to make music collectively. So, yeah, The Nerve features Lucius Borich (Cog and Floating Me), vocalist Ezekiel Ox (Full Scale, Mammoth), bass player Davarj Thomas (Pre-Shrunk) and virtuoso guitarist Glenn Proudfoot (check out his Betcha Can’t Play This video for Guitar World magazine). But that doesn’t matter. What matters is the music. And there’s a freshness to The Nerve that exists irrespective of the resumes of its constituent members. The impetus for The Nerve was a collaboration between Ox and Proudfoot. Glenn approached Zeke with an idea of forming a band. Zeke was too busy. “He just continued to pursue Zeke from time to time,” Borich says. “And they started formulating an idea, and from there there were many Skype calls because Glenn lives in Prague. He’s from Melbourne originally but he’s had quite a lot of success in Europe. But I think he really wanted to start something of his own, because he’d only ever really joined bands, as far as I know anyway. I think he wanted that camaraderie.” So Zeke and Glenn ran some riff ideas past Borich, who took them into his studio to lay down a bunch of drum tracks - just ideas, really - which were then sent to Proudfoot to work with. It all came together a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. “We weren’t a band that was in a room together, so it was Beat Magazine Page 50

definitely a different way of doing things,” Borich says. “It all started to sound really, really cool so we decided to keep going with it, and from there it kept snowballing.” Over the course of a year, Zeke started laying down vocal ideas, and by the end of that time there was a body of about 20 songs, which were culled down to 12 more developed statements. “From there we needed a bass player,” Borich says. “Reggie Bowman, who’s got a studio in Melbourne where Glenn was working, suggested Davarj. And for me, back when I was playing with Juice back in the early days, I remember playing with Pre-Shrunk, or them being around the scene at the same time. I remember two bass players and them both being fantastic, and there being a lot of experimental electronica meets beats meets psy-trance but really heavy,

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THE NERVE launch their debut single at ROCK N LOAD festival on Saturday June 1 at The Espy along with Dallas Frasca, The Fumes, King Of The North, Gay Paris and heaps more. Check out rockloadnfestival.com for the full lineup.

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Here’s a question. How many days post festival does one get to revel in their own excellence by DESCENDENTS continuing to wear their festival wristband? What if said wristband is soft to the touch and brightly coloured? What if each glance at said wristband brings waves of joy? What if the owner enjoys the sentimentality of it all, and in some small way the wristband delivers a sense of achievement and self-satisfaction? Surely this is no worse than purchasing festival merchandise and sporting it in the years thereafter? Everyone who sees my Groezrock wristband has in no uncertain terms informed me that I look like a right twat but I’m flying the flag until the thing gets mank and falls off on its own accord. Additional question: does the eye-rolling this prompted extend itself to otherwise unrecognisable band folk wearing laminates around their belts when not in the vicinity of a venue? Are musician-folk accountable for their douchebaggery? Where are we drawing the line here? Sydney band Breaking Orbit most recently supported Dead Letter Circus on their Aussie tour, but now they’re heading out on their own in support of new single Silence Seekers. See them at Revolver on Friday June 14. Poison City Records broke hearts across the country last week when tickets for the Weekender Festival flew out the door at an astounding rate. Their Friday and Sunday shows sold out in a flash and at time of print, only tickets to the Corner Hotel show (featuring The Smith Street Band, Joyce Manor, Cheap Girls, Luca Brasi, Milhouse and Grim Fandango) remain. They’re selling fast. Something With Numbers are back with a vengeance and touring in support of their newy Eleven Eleven which copped a release last week via Stop Start/EMI. Head over to Ding Dong on Saturday July 6 to catch their return to the stage. Local Melbourne act Masketta Fall are hitting the road with an epic run of 18+ dates across the country. Suss their pop rock vibe when they hit Bang on Saturday July 20. Tickets at the door only.

Melbourne dudes Twelve Foot Ninja went and smashed some records for crowd funding when they raised $52,000 in order to ﬁlm a new video. Apparently one overseas fan lent the band a sweet $10,000 to get them over the line. Generous much? Mindsnare have decided they’re due for another quick lap of the country and will play a bunch of headlining shows this winter. They’ll celebrate ’20 Years Of Brewtality’ when they hit Central Club (Swan St, Richmond) in Melbourne with Warbrain, Crisis Alert and Metalstorm.

CORE GIG GUIDE Wednesday May 15: The Gaslight Anthem, Dave Hause at The Palace Funeral For A Friend, Relentless, While The City Sleeps at Pier Live Confession at Nell Wilson Pavillion, Wodonga Thursday May 16: RDZJB, Citrus Jam, Malcura, Tash Sultana at The Rev Crowned Kings, Gloriﬁed, Free World, Ocean Grove at Next Friday May 17: My Echo, Desperateens, The Human Electric, Ravines at Ding Dong Kingswood, Empra, Apes, The Corsairs at The Espy Heroes For Hire, Far Away Stables at Wrangler Studios Tenacious D, Sasquatch at The Palais Deftones, letlive at The Palace The World At A Glance, The Primary, High Society, Feverteeth at The Reverence Saturday May 18: Batpiss, The Peep Tempel, Brat Farra, The Spinning Rooms and more at The Tote Deftones, letlive at The Palace Tonight Alive at Ding Dong Vultures Of Venus, Aerials, Sexy/Heavy, Sordid Ordeal at The Reverence Dread, Murder Rats, The Vendettas, OD Tommy Dogs at The Reverence Band Room Tenacious D, Sasquatch at Palais Theatre Sons Of Lee Marvin, Damn The Torpedoes at Town Hall Hotel Far Away Stables at Fist 2 Face (arvo) Far Away Stables at IDGAFF Bar Buried In Verona, Event Horizon, Valjean at Bang Sunday May 19: Wil Wagner, Jamie Hay, Mara Threat, Grace Lawry at The Rev Tonight Alive at Ding Dong The Bellastrades at The Evelyn

CRUNCH! 4ARM NAMES NEW GUITARIST Rapidly-rising thrash masters 4ARM have named DESCENDENTS Markus Johansson as their new lead guitarist, after John Paul Glovasa was forced to make the difficult decision to step down due to serious family reasons. With a bunch of European festival dates coming up the band began the search for their new lead guitarist, and they found Johansson in Chicago. "We were able to kinda speak the same language right from the first time we met," frontman Danny Tomb says. "He just ticked all the right boxes for us, I really felt that I was already talking to 'the new guy.'" Johansson has worked on solo projects with members from Anthrax, Testament, Dethklok, Dream Theater and Halford as well as members from Forbidden, Chimaira and Six feet Under. He's endorsed by and uses Jackson Guitars, Randall Amplifiers and is part of the Gibson family. "I am beyond excited, proud, and ready to shred it up with Australia's 4ARM," he says. BATPISS DEBUT OUT THIS WEEK The lords of Melbourne’s underground, Batpiss, will release their debut album Nuclear Winter on Friday May 17 via Every Night Is A Saturday Night Records. Formed in 2012, the band arose from a Collingwood swamp like a three-headed version of The Toxic Avenger, and now they are set to release 11 tracks of their powerful alien sludge pop upon the world. They'll unleash this beast of a debut album with a huge launch at The Tote in Collingwood on Saturday May 18 with special guests Peep Tempel, Brat Farrar, The Spinning Rooms, Dr Invisiablo, Dead, Bad Aches, Sheriff and a mysterious Melbourne trio who are calling themselves Boony Goes Bananas for the night (guess who?!). COOL STUFF AT THE BENDIGO This week at the Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood: Circadian Pulse, Horizons Edge and Alaskan Thunder (Thursday May 16), Ignivomous, Whitehorse, Scars Of Sodom and Hordes Of The Black Cross (Friday May 17), and Massive, Ten Thousand and Sudden State (Saturday May 18).

METAL & HEAVY ROCK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOOD SHIT PETER HODGSON: CRUNCHCOLUMN@GMAIL.COM LONG HOLIDAY RELEASE DEBUT Melbourne's Long Holiday will release debut album Greetings From… on July 5. Singer/guitarist Gina Wessel, bassist Andie Fitzpatrick (ex-Kissingers, ex-Tim McMillan Band) and drummer Marc Russo (Uncle Chunk) have forged a fresh take on postgrunge, and they're totally kickarse. Matt Sorum (ex-Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver) says of their video for Hate Potion No. 8, "‘Killer tones, great snare drum sound. Creative video and cool song," while production legend John Merchant (Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz) says "Good vibe. Cool, edgy vocal approach." You can catch them on Friday June 7 at Bar 303. DEATH DEALER SIGNS ALBUM DEAL Death Dealer – the band featuring Ross the Boss and Rhino (ex-Manowar) have signed with Rubicon Records Japan to release their debut album War Master. The album will contain two bonus tracks and feature special Japanese liner notes. The band will be touring Japan later in 2013 for a headlining tour and will film the shows for a live DVD. Ross says: "Here it is, 2013, and Death Dealer has just signed with Rubicon Japan! A dynamite super dedicated label to true heavy metal. I am truly honoured to be on this great label and I'm along with the band can't wait for the release of War Master and our upcoming in the fall!" MUSTAINE GETS IT IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE NEW STUFF The new Megadeth album, Super Collider, is due next month, and frontman Dave Mustaine is pretty damn fond of it, but he understands if you're not into it. “I am very proud,” he tells Ultimate Guitar's Steven Rosen. "There are gonna be people who are gonna take exception with the record because they’re people that wanna hear Black Friday the rest of their lives. And I feel for them, man. I know the first time I heard AC/DC versus what they put out now, it’s a different time. I think that’s the whole thing about if you’re really a fan of the band, you grow with them or you stop being a fan. I always loved early AC/DC and I totally respect older AC/DC, but I was weaned on Bon Scott." The album is being released on Mustaine's own Tradecraft Records via Universal.

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THE WELLINGTONS They’ve been together for nine years, and The Wellingtons aren’t ones for wasting time, releasing four well-adorned singles, EPs and albums. They’ve got labels in Japan, Spain, UK, USA and Australia, and have just returned from wowing audiences in the US and Europe. They’ll play at The Retreat on Saturday May 18 with Sean Simmons (The Spoils), The Vanguards, Will & The Indians and Bryan Estepa. The fun kicks oﬀ at 5pm; with The Wellingtons on stage at 11pm. DJ Chris Chapple will spin tunes ‘til 3am. It’s a weekend after all, so make it a late one.

CHAD MASON After an extended run as the guitarist for Melbourne’s infamous Wagons, and a move to Nashville, Chad Mason returns with a songbook full of new and old melodies. He’ll play at The Retreat from 7.30pm on Tuesday May 21.

SALAD DAYS Salad Days will bring their garage rock to The Bendigo on Wednesday May 15 along with Henry Brooks and Berlin Postmark. It all kicks oﬀ at 8.30pm, so come and share the good times with drinks and dancing.

LEGACY OF DOOM MANIFEST AT THE CORNER Introducing the ugly cousin of Saltar Hype Entertainment’s ‘At The Corner’ events: Manifest At The Corner. On Friday May 24, nine brutal Melbourne acts will thrash it out over The Corner Hotel’s two stages. Prepare to have your face melted as King Parrot, Dreadaught, Elm Street, Bronson, Voltera, Contrive, They, Cold Divide and Diprosus all light up The Corner Hotel. Tickets $16+bf on sale now from The Corner box oﬃce or website.

THE FURBELOWS This band unites the two most popular jazz styles of the ‘30s with harmonised vocals and a hot club swing rhythm section. These ladies delightfully croon their way through the songs of yesteryear, inspired by The Mills Brothers, The Andrews Sisters and The Boswell Sisters, as the gentlemen let loose in the gypsy jazz guitar style of Django Reinhardt. Catch the at The Spotted Mallard on Wednesday May 15 from 8.30pm for free.

CIRCADIAN PULSE This Melbourne progressive metal band will play The Bendigo on Thursday May 16 to launch their debut EP In The Blink Of An Eye, in a performance joined by fellow local metal bands Horizons Edge and Alaskan Thunder.

UNION HOTEL Some ripper gigs this week at the Union Hotel. Altcountry-bluegrass-rock-pop-crossover crew Raised By Eagles are continuing their Saturday residency at 5pm, followed by NSW’s country rock’n’roll band The Re-mains at 9pm. On Sunday May 19, The Native Plants bring their stellar harmony and guitar-driven original pop propagated with 60’s rock’n’roll.

OL’ TIMEY BLUEGRASS JAM Craig Woodward of Headbelly Buzzard, among other bands, brings his weekly jam session to The Vic Hotel every Saturday afternoon from 4pm. You can join in musically and bring an instrument, or just hang out and take in the atmosphere.

This night of heavy metal alongside Ignivomous, Whitehorse, Scars of Sodom, and Hordes of the Black Cross. They’re unleashing their wrath on The Bendigo on Friday May 17.

I Know The Chief is the lovechild of former indie band Passport. Describing their euphoric sound as ‘jungle disco’, these ﬁve young men have already undergone a rollercoaster in their music journey. Drawing upon inﬂuences such as Two Door Cinema Club, Twinsy and Phoenix, they set out to move the needle on the Australian music culture. They’re playing a Wednesday residency at The Evelyn throughout May.

TULLY ON TULLY Peppered with thoughtful imagery and poetic descriptions Melbourne ﬁve-piece Tully On Tully are set to play at The B.East on Thursday May 30, joined by guests Mercians and Halcyon Drive. With glowing live reviews and praise for recent singles Naked and Stay, Tully On Tully’s progressive folk pop, infectious vocals and subtle dark side is infecting fans everywhere.

THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA The Brow Horn Orchestra is fast becoming one of Australia’s most in demand party bands. The highenergy brass n’ beats ﬁve-piece play genre-defying, dance-demanding electronic/hip hop/pop music laced with electric energy and global sounds. The Brow Horn Orchestra will be returning to The Spotted Mallard for a free show on Friday May 17, supported by local artist Sarah Stone.

THE CHARLIES If you’re in need of a bluesy funk session, head on down to The Bendigo on Sunday May 19 to see The Charlies with Pina, Seven Hearts, Di Watson and The James Southwell Band. It begins at 3pm with a free BBQ in the beer garden. It’s $10 on the door – friends and family welcome.

DRIFTER My Left Boot have released their new album Summer Songs, and are supporting Californian stoner rock legends UNIDA. Seedy Jeezus have released a 7” with US stoner rockers Mos Generator, supported Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, and have played a number of shows across the country. Kaliedoscope are a heavy psychedelic trio from Wollongong, and are warming the stage for Drifter, who have been relentlessly gigging their ‘90s feel around Melbourne. It starts at 8pm on Thursday May 16, and it’s only $10 for these four bands.

MASSIVE Massive have arrived with their foot on the throttle, and they’re not stopping on their way to hell! After successful national tours, Massive are hitting The Bendigo on Saturday May 18 to rock the dirty bar in the heart of Collingwood. Along for the ride are long time friends and recent Stone Fest rockers Ten Thousand and Sudden State.

MAX SAVAGE With vintage rhythm and blue sensibilities blended with Alice Springs based Max Savage’s intricately crafted songs, this breathtaking and unique artist will play at The Retreat Hotel front bar on Wednesday May 15 from 7.30pm.

ALEX LASHLIE’S GROWL As part of their May residency, Alex Lashlie’s Growl will headline The Great Britain with harmonies to die for that explores the individualism of alt-country music. With an acoustic support set from Jack Donne, this free show on Sunday May 19 promises a night where guitarists and vocalists shine in simplicity.

MICHAEL PLATER AND THE EXIT KEYS Local art-rock/indie-noir stalwarts Michael Plater and the Exit Keys will be putting on a special ﬁlmed performance at Bar Open on Thursday May 16. The show will be ﬁlmed by Punk Milk TV; an initiative of Fitzroy’s new creative arts movement Punk Milk. Joining them on the night will be Charm, The Underhanded and The Contortionist’s Handbook. It starts at 8.30pm and it’s a free!

DAN WATERS Dan waters is a left-of-center, country folk songwriter. Some of his songs are sad, some are funny, others are dark, and some are all of these things and less. It’s hard to describe the songs Mr Waters sings except to say that they all suﬀer from the joys of being human. He has a blues driven voice, a dry wit, and a troubadours heart. Go check it when he plays at The Retreat on Thursday May 16 from 8.30pm, followed by Merri Creek Pickers at 9.30pm.

WE, TIGERS We, Tigers are from the vicinity of Melbourne, whose blend of post-alternative-rock ensue in a psychedelic vibe at The Great Britain on Thursday May 16 from 9pm. Along with the illusive and talented Tim Downey, who has a few new haunting pop tracks up his sleeve, this free show is a great chance to catch the young guys from We, Tigers nice and early. Beat Magazine Page 52

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CHARLES BABY In the depths of Victoria’s South Gippsland in two old school halls Charles Baby found the sound he was looking for his new album The End Of The Terror Lights. Out now, the debut oﬀering is the culmination of apocalyptic lyrical folk and follows on from 2010’s EP Has Quiet Choruses. Featuring the blistering banjo single A Happy Aﬀair (With A Terrible Consequence), The End Of The Terror Lights will be launched on Thursday May 16 at the Workers Club with Jackson McLaren and Wishful.

CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS Cash Savage & The Last Drinks take the stage of The Old Bar every Sunday in May, and if you haven’t been to a beer soaked Sunday Session with Cash at the helm, then you don’t know what you’re missing out on – your Mondays will deﬁnitely be a write-oﬀ!

MOTHERSLUG In the wake of Cherry Rock, three of Melbourne’s finest stoner doom and groove metal bands step up to lay down some heavy riffs at Cherry Bar on a lazy Sunday evening. Sunday May 19 sees local legends Dread headlining in a rare appearance, catch these guys whilst you can. In a cloud of smoke Motherslug make their long awaited return to Cherry to provide some ultra-heavy low end riffs to bang your head and choke your lungs. Horsehunter, the spawn of a doom-orgy between Neurosis, Sleep and Isis take a break from recording (in a church no less) to open the proceedings. Doors open at 7pm, entry is free.

SECOND HAND HEART Critical acclaim has been simmering for the young Melbourne quintet, who has been compared to Big Scary and Local Natives. Their new single Hold On simmers with an arresting melancholy and hypnotic chorus. It has the unique distinction of feeling like a heavy and hardened affair, yet one deceptively ripe for replay. Written between New York and Melbourne, the single sees Second Hand Heart in fine form, cultivating great expectations. The band kicks off their tour at Karova Lounge on Saturday May 18, The Barwon Club on Sunday May 19, and The Workers Club on Wednesday May 29.

TEK TEK ENSEMBLE The festive anthropological mini-orchestra consisting of three guys and three girls playing trumpet, trombone, violins, percussion, guitars, double bass, piano accordion and the human voice. Their dance-ability is the primary foundation of their sound, and you can join them every Thursday evening in May for free at The Spotted Mallard. Steph Brett and Empat Lima will be supporting the band on Thursday May 16 from 8.30pm.

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Melbourne sextet The Tiger & Me weave a rare mixture of styles and sounds as three lead vocalists exchange and merge tunes from whispered ballad to fevered maelstrom, from charming pop to explosive, dirty rock. In 2012 they signed to ABC Music’s imprint label Four|Four to create their second full-length album, The Drifter’s Dawn. They play with Rich Davies at Prince Public Bar on Saturday May 18. Free!

Hailing form San Diego, and now based in Sausalito, California, Isaiah Mitchell has been called everything from the white Hendrix, to a guitar god. As the guitarist and vocalist in Earthless, Howlin’ Rain, and countless other sonically vibrating projects, Isaiah has been tearing up stages for the better part of his life. Isaiah returns to Australia for the third time for a solo performance, albeit accompanied for the rest of his Australian shows by Australian rhythm section The Black Elk Medicine Band, featuring drummer Robert MacManus (ex-Grey Daturas and ex-Monarch) and bassist Nick ‘Paisley Adams’ Allbrook (Tame Impala and Pond). Don’t miss this show on Saturday May 18 at The Public Bar.

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FLAP! Local band Flap! play original music that is both old and new, inspired by the entire human diaspora. Inﬂuences from ‘20s jazz, Gypsy brass, English Folk and Trinidadian Calypso can be heard peeping through their antipodean vene. Check ‘em out at Prince Public Bar on Sunday May 19.

MARK SEYMOUR & THE UNDERTOW Having released their album Seventh Heaven Club earlier this year, Mark Seymour & The Undertow are about to embark on a national tour. The album comprises of 12 love songs as written and recorded by other artists that Mark has collected and performed live over the past 14 years as a solo artist with his band, The Undertow. It marks his ninth album release since the disbanding of Hunters & Collectors. Mark Seymour & The Undertow performs at The Sphinx Hotel in Geelong on Saturday May 18, Wellers in Kangaroo Ground on Thursday May 30, The Hawthorn Hotel on Friday May 31, and at The Ferntree Gully Hotel on Saturday June 1.

ROCK N LOAD RETURNS The second annual Rock N Load Festival returns to The Espy on Saturday June 1 with a massive 30 acts over three stages. The Espy will feature some of the best live rock acts from Melbourne and interstate, including Dallas Frasca, The Fumes, The Nerve (featuring Ezekiel Ox and Lucius Borich), King Of The North, Ten Thousand, My Secret Circus, Massive, Gay Paris, Don Fernando, Dead City Ruins, Vida Cain, Riot In Toytown, Sudden State, The Dead Love, Sheriﬀ, Virtue and heaps more. Tickets are sure to sell fast, so get ‘em now via Oztix and from The Espy. Check out rocknloadfestival.com for the lineup and ticketing details.

HIGH SOCIETY High Society are a punk rock paradox. A musical clean slate untarnished by the restraints of technicality yet manifestly discernible as the creative conception of a band who knows exactly where they are headed. Having cut their teeth in the Auckland indie scene for the best part of the last ﬁve years, High Society are hitting Melbourne for what is sure to be one of the most exciting trans-Tasman stopovers in recent times. See them play their ﬁrst Australian show at The Reverence Hotel on Friday May 17 with The World At A Glance, The Primary and Feverteeth. $7.

THE BLUEBOTTLES Wild chicks, hot cars, big waves and frantic rock & roll – it’s all business as usual for The Bluebottles. The teenagers are digging it and the old folks had better get used to it because The Bluebottles are here to stay! They’ll play The Retreat on Sunday May 19 with The Nudgels and The Reprobettes from 8.30pm.

DELANEY DAVIDSON Wandering minstrel Delaney Davidson has one hand holding a small brown suitcase, and the other holding a guitar. Delaney’s sees music as he sees geography, and with special guest Mojo Juju for this one-oﬀ Melbourne show, you’d be crazy to miss this blues belter. It’s happening at The Spotted Mallard on Saturday May 18 from 8.30pm for $10 entry.

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GOLD TANGO It’s Kody’s birthday, and to celebrate the occasion, The Gasometer are hosting his friend’s band Ao Olm (NZ), with Gold Tango and Infinite Void. DJ Crumbs and Montenegro will be on the decks ‘til late. It’s on Wednesday May 15, so enjoy the cheap beer on offer and take a load off mid-week. It’s a gold coin donation entry from 8pm.

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ANNA’S GO-GO ACADEMY Anna’s go-go classes are great fun, an excellent cardio workout, and have been described as ‘inspiring”, “a retro hit parade…everything from Elvis’s Jailhouse Rock to AC/DC’s Jailbreak”, and a “high energy dance party with the hostess with the moistest”. Now with two classes every Thursday night at The Vic Hotel from 6.30pm and 8pm. Entry is $10.

CHAD MASON After an extended run as the guitarist for Melbourne’s infamous Wagons and a move to Nashville, Chad Mason returns with a songbook full of new and old melodies. See him perform them live at The Retreat on Tuesday May 21 from 7.30pm.

TAGO MAGO It’s a huge week at Tago Mago in Thornbury this week. Highenergy rock balladeers The Dark Ales are joining forces with gritty blues rock proponents The Whorls and fresh-cut guitar psychedelics Local Group for a night of revivalist grunge and indie prog mayhem on Thursday May 16. Blown Cones & Shabi Wankaa then tear the place up on Friday May 17, followed by Painters & Dockers on Saturday May 18. To ﬁnish up, The Fujiyama Mamas have returned to their roots to bring you a night of rip roarin’ rockabilly fun on Sunday arvo.

RDZJB Just oﬀ the back of their Vic Surf Coast Tour and release of their new single Dirty Little Dancing Shoes, RDZJB are heading to The Reverence Hotel! On Thursday May 16 they’ll be bringing their trademark ‘Folklektro’ sound to your drinks and ears, providing an energetic, melody laden set, laying foundations of inspiring the youth within. Good friends and alt-acoustic musos alike, Citrus Jam, Malcura and Tash Sultana will round out the lineup with individually distinct songwriting styles. Reverence Hotel this Thursday May 17, $5.

THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA Fast becoming one of Australia’s most in demand party bands, The Brow Horn Orchestra’s high energy brass ‘n’ beats style makes an incredible live performance. With support from Sarah Stone, catch this hip hop laced, world infused sound at The Spotted Mallard on Friday May 17 from 8.30pm for free.

HELL CITY GLAMOURS In conjunction with Young Henry’s Brewery and Good Beer Week’s Rockstar Brews series, Hell City Glamours will be gracing Cherry Bar once again on Sunday May 26 to ring in the closing Good Beer Week party, along with the mighty Front End Loader and Melbourne’s My Dynamite. It kicks oﬀ at 8pm, so come on down and enjoy the atmosphere, as each band will have their own collaboration brew on tap, specially brewed to each band’s recipe to keep the palate and ears happy all night long.

DAVE GRANEY You’ve Been In My Mind is the new album from Dave Graney – an album of short, whip-smart pop rock songs with lashings of ideas, ﬂash, wit and bounce. That’s Dave Graney on electric 12 string guitar, Stuart Perera on blazing left-handed Rickenbacker, Clare Moore on drums and Stu Thomas on bass, with everybody singing too. Dave Graney plays the Prince Public Bar on Friday May 17. Free entry.

PURE POP’S TRIPLE TREAT Georgia Fields performs Bowie, Duke Batavia (feat 3RRR ex-breakfaster Ben Birchall on vocals) performs Simon and Garfunkel, and The Need Somebodies perform Iggy & The Stooges (bassist Harry Howard from Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls, both also featuring his older brother Rowland S. Howard; published author and performer Edwina Preston, and Cam Butler from Ron S Peno & The Superstitions, Plague Doctor). This triple treat of summer sound goodness is happening on Friday May 24 at Flying Saucer Club.

BELMAR RECORDS Belmar is part of a growing movement to return humans to the music-making process. The philosophy is to capture the rare moments when musicians are locked in a room together and with the exception of the odd BV or horn overdub, they do just that. If you like that and you like blues/jazz/roots you’re gonna love the launch of their new CD, and you’ll discover some great new people too. As explained in the liner notes, the top 10 is voted for by subscribers and listeners to the Belmar blog site. It all goes down at Caravan Music Club on Saturday May 17.

SONS OF LEE MARVIN Sons Of Lee Marvin and Damn The Torpedoes team up for a senior dudefest of middling proportions on Saturday May 18 in their spiritual loungeroom of The Towny in North Melbourne. Head along and be amazed at their ability to go through the motions while keeping it roughly together in a room the size your shoe. It’s a rock’n’roll lounge room show, folks.

SARAH CAROLL This week Wine, Whiskey, Women is wrapped to welcome local luminary Sarah Carroll to the Drunken Poet stage. Known throughout the country through her work as a part of GIT, The Junes, and The Cartridge Family, Sarah’s take on country and contemporary Australian roots places her in an important place in those corners of our musical vocabulary. Sarah’s songs are by turn earthy, wry and romantic, three things all good country and roots songs should be. Opening proceedings Wednesday May 15 will be Mandy Connell at 8pm, with Sarah to follow at 9pm.

MEL WILKINSON Mel Wilkinson’s folk artistry takes The Empress Hotel by storm on Friday May 24 with the launch of her debut EP Nightcap Ranges. She will perform original material with a broad range of instrumentation from her EP which is beautifully rich in diversity, as it paints a picture of the NSW Byron Region; a place close to her heart. Support acts for the night are the talented Tim Guy and Andrew Healey.

MAGIC HANDS In late 2011, two Melbournites met in a typically smoky and tiny Berlin bar; Alex (Aleks and the Ramps) and lyrical folk songstress Lucy Roleﬀ. The now electro dream-pop duo Magic Hands will play on Wednesday May 15 at The Old Bar, showcasing their as-yet untitled debut EP, featuring Golden Boy, which can be downloaded on Bandcamp. The night will assault the senses with LED lights and psychedelic video projections. Catch them from 8.30pm for $6 with support from Kikuyu and Mt Mutomba before they go back to Germany.

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MAX SAVAGE Vintage rhythm and blues sensibilities blended with Alice Springs-based Savage’s intricately crafted songs create a sound that is as unique as it is breathtaking. Max Savage performs at The Retreat Hotel on Wednesday May 15 from 7.30pm.

MANNY FOX Pop soaks through their tunes like oil in an old chip bag, with styles older than suburban footy clubs – think folk, ragtime and experimental. After releasing their ﬁrst single Do It Quick in March, Melbourne crew Manny Fox have collaborated with producer Nick Huggins (Oscar + Martin, Kid Sam) to release their debut LP in July. They’ll undertake two sets at The Great Britain on Saturday May 18, showcasing new material from their upcoming album and more! Their horn wielding, harmony singing and foot stomping action will bring the good times of Manny Fox for free from 9pm.

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Merri Creek Pickers play a style of music that was delivered to them by the spirits of their heroes and idols. Join them on their journey and help make the world more like a never-ending Grateful Dead gig from 9.30pm on Thursday May 16 at The Retreat.

AERIALS Brisbane rock newcomers Aerials kicked the door of the Australian live music circuit wide open in 2012 with the release of their single, Silhouettes. Having received nods from triple j Unearthed and Rage, the band wasted no time in hitting the road with respected acts such as The Red Paintings, Over:Reactor and Greenthief. They hit up The Reverence Hotel on Saturday May 18 with Vultures of Venus, Sexy/heavy and Sordid Ordeal. Also on that night will be unstoppable rockers Dread shredding alongside with Murder Rats, The Vendettas and O.D Tommy Dogs.

JAMES MCCANN It’s a somewhat stupefying state of affairs that James McCann isn’t a household name yet, being a fixture around these parts for years with his intense take on swampy blues. Influenced by Australian rock’n’roll and dirt bitten country, his song-craft and sonic anarchy make him a force to be reckoned with. Michael Crowe and Tim Parry will support when he plays at The Drunken Poet on Sunday May 19 from 4pm.

UNION ROYALE When you take Shane Reilly (Tex Perkins, Blue Sun), Simon Burke (Mia Dyson, Something For Kate) and Toby Lang (exAudreys, Kate Nash) and put them all together, you can expect to hear Buck Owens to Bowie – drenched in pedal steel, of course. These intimate Sunday sessions make a cosy residency at The Spotted Mallard and are free for one and all from 4.30pm onwards.

JOHNNY & THE JOHNNY JOHNNIES And the ARIA for best band name goes to… Johnny & The Johnnie Johnnies. Imagine if that really was a category. How good would that be? But seriously, a clever name can be something of an Achilles’ heel for a band. Like the prettiest girl in school, they have something to prove. If however you like instrumental surf jams with Hammonds gone wild, then these Johnnies will be right up your alley. Their music would be the perfect soundtrack to a martini-soaked night. They play The LuWow this Saturday May 18.

OCCULTS The Brisbane trio play bleak punk balanced by male and female vocals to serenade your soul. Their debut 7” is soon to be released through NoPatience Records. To celebrate, they’ll be playing a show at The Gasometer with Lakes, Sprite House and Masses on Friday May 17. Doors at 8pm and it’s $10 entry. Beat Magazine Page 54

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Define your genre in five words or less: ‘60s Jamaican ska. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? We would humbly play Desmond Dekker our version of 007 (Shanty Town, .and then beg for his forgiveness! Desmond Dekker is a hero because his early songs dealt with the moral, cultural and social issues of mainstream Jamaican culture such as violence and economic difficulties. As such his lyrics resonated with both the Jamaican rude boys and the English Mods and we are firm believers in music with a message. Which band would you most like to have a battle with? The Westboro Baptist Church Choir. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Our music is inspired by our emotions as we attempt to make sense of a world that makes none. Our influences include The Melodians, The Ethiopians and The Pioneers. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? To absolutely succeed these days a band must sell its soul. It is sad that in today’s world of pop idol bands who wish to succeed have to “bow” to record company executives as opposed to retaliating against them, which is what rock should be about. Chart music today appears to be dreadfully designed by executives attempting to attain cheap success without investing in any real talent. They have created a world of bubbly teenagers who want to be “idols” by miming. It’s not really the teenager’s fault. However, a lot of them appear to have bought into it. As Don Letts said, “It used to be, ‘Never trust anyone one over 25’ – these days it’s, ‘Never trust anyone under 25’!” What do you love about making music? The camaraderie, gang mentality and self-confidence that comes from playing with experienced musicians. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? It would be a bar of Cadbury Old Gold Old Jamaica as we are a special blend of dark mature treasures, marinated in rum and processed with heat to prevent spoiling. When are you playing live? We play The LuWoW on Friday May 17 and The John Curtain Hotel on Friday June 28 with Melbourne ska legends Strange Tenants and The Auskas.

SIMFUCKERS Simfuckers are a new band out of Adelaide; they’re noisy ‘neanderthalic’ hardcore punk features Nick Godfrey (ex. Blooddot Faggots songsmith). Joining them will be Internal Rot, who are a highlight of Melbourne’s current grindcore scene, along with heavy rock’n’rollers Ratsak and Velvet Whip (formerly known as HAM HOCK). This night of punk delight kicks oﬀ at 8pm for only $10 at The Gasometer on Saturday May 18.

TWO RIVERS From the banks of the Bega River and a swinging rope above the Wilson, comes Australia’s newest cranking acoustic blues act. This trio of harp, guitar and drums has every crowd jumping to their raw blues grooves. With dripping sweat, devilish grins and a captivating realness they scorched all in their wake at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival, melting the Rails in Byron Bay and blazing trails all over Oz along the way. Two Rivers Blues perform at The Retreat on Friday May 17 supported by Luke Watt from 9pm.

ECHO DRAMA

SUNSET BLUSH/SLAQUER

Melbourne nine-piece dub/reggae heavyweights Echo Drama will be shaking The Evelyn ﬂoor once more with a scorching Tuesday night residency in May. Built on a rock solid foundation of reggae rhythms and dub aesthetic, Echo Drama manoeuvre intricately through elements of hip hop, dancehall and drum and bass in an untiring commitment to push the boundaries of urban and roots music. Special guests for the opening night of the residency are psychedelic groove rock act Lamarama and funk/soul dudes Up Up Away. 8.30pm, $3.

Sunset Blush will be teaming up with stylin’ punkkids The Antoinettes and Slaquer. There will be no extra cheese on the menu tonight, for the garage will be critically demolished. With some serious pop-punk action that will leave the Vatican thinking DAAAAAAAAAAMN! Check it before you wreck it, and get ready for some serious slamming! It’s at 9pm on Thursday May 30 at Yah Yahs.

JURASSIC PENGUIN This band has had a huge start to 2013, and they show no signs of slowing down, with an array of shows under their belt and a tour back in their home country of New Zealand. Their EP Home showcases their unique breed of progressive hardcore. Along with Break The Wall, Oedipus Rex and Yacht Burner, this show will rock The Public Bar on Thursday May 16 from 8pm. It’s only $8 and will be an energetic way to ease into Friday.

MOUNTAIN AND SWAMP SESSIONS The Gasometer features Craig Woodward & Friends, live old time, string band and Cajun music every Sunday from 3pm ‘til 5pm for free!

THE CLITS The Clits have a residency in May at The Tote every Wednesday. Tonight's support comes from the excellent Store Bought Cool and Autoportraits. Doors at 8pm.

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ROLLING STONE: THE COVERS 1972-2010 This one’s for all of those collectors out there who love memorabilia, because Rolling Stone Australia are releasing 150 of the greatest covers spanning over four decades. The exhibition is touring the country and can be seen at The Yarra Ranges Regional Museum until Sunday July 7. With an original masthead designed by the late, great psychedelic artist Rick Griﬃn, stunning photography and illustration by luminaries including Annie Leibovitz and Ralph Steadman, and the work of stellar art directors, Rolling Stone’s covers have become as iconic as the stars that feature on them. This is the only place in Victoria the covers will be on show and the exhibition is also completely free.

REDX Hailing from Perth and now residing in Melbourne, RedX includes core members of the disbanded WAMI Awards winning outﬁt The Joe Kings. When The Joe Kings imploded in true Rock n Roll fashion in mid 2012, Phill Leggett’s side project – RedX – was given full reign and having recruited bassist Riley Watson Russell (ex- The Joe Kings) they began gigging furiously on the Melbourne scene. They are set to make a signiﬁcant impact Australiawide with the release of their debut EP and subsequent national tour in May, including their Melbourne launch at The Workers Club on Thursday May 23.

SHANTY TOWN

DOCTOR WHO EVENT Splendid Chaps is a year-long celebration of Doctor Who’s ﬁftieth anniversary, featuring 11 live performance recorded as podcasts. This night promises to feed your brain, tickle your funny bone and open your hearts. The ﬁfth installment of this show rightfully discusses the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison, and the theme of fear. Your hosts will be comedian Ben McKenzie, Outland creator and writer John Richards and actor Petra Elliot, with guests comedian and actor Tegan Higginbotham and horror writer Narelle M Harris. There will be all this and more music, prizes and surprises at The Public Bar this Sunday May 19 from 3pm for $15.

MUSIC NEWS

TAPE WOLF Half tape, half man and half werewolf, Tape Wolf is the living incarnation of man, beast and electromagnetic tape born of the same black abyss that his former-self The Mysterious Tape Man was sent to destroy all of mankind. He plays instrumental, fuzzed-up guitar over home-recorded voodoo drums and bass tracks which translates perfectly in a live setting. Tape Wolf is playing at The Grace Darling on Friday May 17 with support from local surf addicts Bonniwells, The Towelheads and Los-tones featuring members of Mother & Son.

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Shanty Town comprise of assorted experienced musicians who fuse their common melodious passions to produce quality ska. Created among the ruins of a condemned backdrop, the band combine elements of calypso and R&B to deliver jubilant feelings and energetic performances. The intense rhythm section underpins some elevated horn lines and heartfelt vocals, delivered with a layer of crucially contagious keyboards. The LuWoW is an amazing cinematic adventure through the islands of the Paciﬁc featuring Red Stripe, cocktails, exquisite rums, amazing Tiki decor and groovy vintage dance tunes. On May 17 you will have an opportunity to witness the volcanic Jamaican ska eruption of Shanty Town when they play The LuWoW.

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SHAKY STILLS After taking some time to craft some new songs and work up their latest record Cold Hand Warm Heart, Shaky Stills are back and armed with new members. They’ve enlisted Jarrod Bayliss, who played the tubs on the outﬁt’s You And Me record, and a new bass player in their old friend Justin Ossher. Now with four singers in the mix, Shaky Stills’ harmonies are sounding cleaner than ever and they’re ready to tread the boards once again. Shaky Stills are playing a Sunday afternoon residency throughout the month of May at The Edinburgh Castle, bringing their good times alt-country and blues from 4pm ‘til 7pm with free entry.

WIL WAGNER Wil Wagner (The Smith Street Band) will be doing a Sunday residency at The Reverence Hotel for the whole of May. After non-stop touring over the last couple of years, which saw The Smith Street Band winning fans all over the world, somehow Wil Wagner found time to write and record a solo album earlier this year. He has promised to only play bangers at all these shows, and will be supported by Corey Price (NSW), Terror and Tam, and Luke Thomas. Starts at 3pm each week, and is of course totally free.

KIM VOLKMAN Many years in the making, multi-instrumentalist and singer/ songwriter Kim Volkman is pleased and somewhat relieved to oﬃcially launch his second album Setting Sun at St Kilda Bowls Club on Saturday May 25 from 7.30pm. He is followed by Los Dominados and James McCann and The New Vindictives, who will also present their debut album. Entry is $15.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK DAFT PUNK

COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK

Random Access Memories (Sony/Columbia)

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You can hear it faintly in the cosmic wash of Contact, the closing statement of Daft Punk’s impossibly hyped return to the studio LP. After 70-odd minutes of anachronistic disco excavation and vintage tonal worship, the first instance of something resembling a solid house beat rises from the primordial supernova. It’s an affront, a bold challenge, to the kingdom of EDM which so reigns globally – thanks in great part to The Robots (which is apparently what we’re calling Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter now) themselves, and their all-conquering live pyramid setup of 2006-2007. Therein lies the risk of Random Access Memories. On a multitude of levels, the album is an exercise in disruptive innovation. Savvy, and expensive, marketing has resulted in people being excited for an album in an age where people don’t get excited for albums. The electronic duo are presenting near-pure organic drums in an age when listeners demand a pounding electronic throb, ornate aural textures when the majority of plays would come via lossy streams through tinny laptop speakers. After building a career out of lifting samples wholesale, they’ve abstained from the practice on Random Access Memories, save for Contact’s utilisation of The Sherbs (good to see old mate Darryl Braithwaite nab a songwriting credit on the biggest album of 2013). A gallery of generation-spanning talent mitigates these ostensibly risk-addled choices. Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas ambles with the slight touch of a vocoder on Instant Crush, one of the album’s rockier moments, the instrumentation on which sounding like it could fit in as a Room On Fire offcut. The verses are a bit of a dud – Casablancas isn’t exactly a noted vocal talent – but it lifts when the disco-tinged chorus kicks in. Random Access Memories’ MVP is without a doubt Chic legend Nile Rodgers. Though only providing his signature guitar style to three of the album’s 13 tracks, Nile’s presence acts as a guiding signifier, reinstating his inimitable groove to pop music after a quarter-century absence. Starting off amongst the background chatter of a mellow house party, Giorgio By Moroder features a spoken word autobiography of the eponymous subject. It reels you in with Moroder’s captivating cadence, then the icy-cool delivery of “My name is Hansjörg Giovanni, but everyone

calls me Giorgio” leads into a drop to rival anything EDM has ever produced. It’s a history lesson, expanding the mind while blowing it out with a smorgasbord of vintage synthesiser tones. The bass featured on Lose Yourself To Dance, the first of two Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams efforts, is terrifyingly good. It’s a slowed-down powerhouse, with Pharrell’s vocal chops going far and beyond his Get Lucky take – threaded with a robotic, ascending cry of “c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon”. Simple, yet brilliantly effective. As is their disruptive prerogative, Daft Punk haven’t aspired for immediacy with Random Access Memories. There are flourishes that don’t make all too much sense, whether in the face of genre or trend – the surprisingly frequent use of slide guitar, what sounds like turntable cutting at the tail end of Giorgio By Moroder, the somewhat tedious lyrical couplets on ballad Within. However, there is a dense, rich narrative on offer throughout the record’s whole. It’s a broad, worthy love-letter to the power of music, paying homage to the greats who have come before. More importantly, it opens a bold path as to what is still to come. BY LACHLAN KANONIUK Best Track: Contact If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Thriller MICHAEL JACKSON, C’est Chic CHIC In A Word: Celestial

One of these days I’m going to fill this column by discussing the merits of every single track featured on YouTube channel partyrockersish. Check it out. It’s great.

“despite everything/I’m still human” skirt between a razor’s edge of fragility and empowerment, eventually surrendering with the ﬁnal line which is best enjoyed spoiler-free.

J-LO FEAT. PITBULL

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS

Live It Up (EMI) It’s approaching summer in the Northern Hemisphere, so here we have a tilt at a summer YOLO club banger anthem. Despite a slick intro and signature Miami-shoutout from Pitbull (who, for some reason, I ﬁnd really listenable), Live It Up falls apart due to the rampant folly of cramming as many hooks into a pop song as possible. Pretty much everything J-Lo sings could classify as a chorus, none of them worthwhile. The refrain of “let’s fuck tonight” is pretty hilarious and great, however.

Memorium (Siberia/Remote Control) Lifted from their upcoming full-length Uncanny Valley, Memorium is a majestic return to the danceﬂoor for the freshly resurgent synth purveyors. Never overreaching, frontman Vince Vendetta’s commanding baritone draws you in with the inﬂections of Bela Legosi’s Dracula. Percussive rave synths are on point, and the minimalist coda has an eerie undercurrent, sounding like a spaced-out Angelo Badalamenti relic.

SWEET JEAN

Do It Again (4AD) God dammit I just got ﬂashbacks to the PS2 game Project Zero where you had to take pictures of ghosts using a camera obscura and it scared the fuck out of me and when one of my mates played it stoned he reached a state of shock where he could only communicate with chicken noises for a whole night. Anyway, I also have faint memories of Camera Obscura the band, and Do It Again is a fairly safe indie-pop romp and OH GOD I AM THINKING ABOUT THE SPOOKY GHOSTS AGAIN.

PALMA VIOLETS

We Found Love (Rough Trade) Was really hoping this would be a RiRi cover, but alas, it’s a shitty dose of drunken Brit guitar that tries to act clever with a tempo switch-up. Do these NME-knighted lads know what fate is in store? They’re bound to end up on the indie scrapheap alongside that band I can’t remember that sounded like The Libertines and that other band that sounded like the band I can’t remember. No one can remember. Enjoy it while it lasts (probs not long, ay), fuckers.

CAMERA OBSCURA

IS TROPICAL Dancing Anymore (PIAS)

The video for Dancing Anymore is most deﬁnitely the best of the year, detailing a wank romp fantasy taken to the logical extreme. It’s almost a shame that the clip is so good, as the track itself is a joyous pop romp. In short: cum for the video, stay for the tune.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

I Appear Missing (Matador/Remote Control) Approaching the release of their first LP in five years, Josh Homme and co. are riding a wave of near-infallibility. It’s deserved, I guess, considering that QOTSA have never produced anything truly awful – and memories of their greatest moments can carry them over more languid moments such as Era Vulgaris and this, a slowed down carousel-like track that never really lifts. It’s solid, and Homme’s vox are in fine form, but you can see it acting as a toilet-time respite in the live setting.

DAUGHTER

Human (4AD) There’s an enticing swirl of hypnotic instrumentation present on Human – a disjointed snare punctuation, understated guitar pulses and a subtle orchestral build. The cries of Beat Magazine Page 56

1. Blood Becomes Fire [LP/CD] BEASTWARS 2. Ready To Die [CD] IGGY AND THE STOOGES 3. Blade Runner soundtrack [LP] VANGELIS 4. Abandon All Life [LP/CD] NAILS 5. Dazed And Confused soundtrack [LP] VARIOUS 6. Legend, The Best Of [LP] BOB MARLEY 7. Meir [LP/CD] KVELERTAK 8. Pink Moon [LP] NICK DRAKE 9. Until The Light Takes Us [DVD] 10. God [2LP] GOD

SINGLES BY LACHLAN

Tomorrow Morning (Fuse) A measured little folk jaunt, Tomorrow Morning balances the two strong vocal leads from Sweet Jean – aka Sime Nugent and Alice Keath. Lush strings and orchestral percussion bolster the Fleet Foxes-esque core. Nothing too spectacular, but still sitting well above most of the mainstream folk glut.

TOP TENS

SINGLE OF THE WEEK BATPISS

Drag Your Body (Every Night Is A Saturday Night) With a relentless ﬁve-note descending mutant riﬀ that threads the entirety of Drag Your Body, Collingwood’s Batpiss claw you right in the Achilles tendon and don’t let up till you’re fully submerged in a slow-burning pit of toxic tar, beating you down with pure dread and disdain along the way. A superb, heavy slice of the postapocalyptic record Nuclear Winter – which the three-piece launch at The Tote (the album’s birthplace) this Saturday May 18.

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OFF THE HIP RECORDS 1. Nothing Can Hurt Me [2xLP] BIG STAR 2. Sugar Ditch [2xLP] TAV FALCO 3. 7" Boxset THE CRAMPS 4. I Am The Cosmos [LP] CHRIS BELL 5. Roll It In 12" BROTHERS GRIM 6. Ready To Die [LP] IGGY AND THE STOOGES 7. The Backward Path [LP] DAN MELCHIOR 8. 3rd [LP] BIG STAR 9. First Blood [LP] NO BUNNY 10. English Little League [LP] GUIDED BY VOICES

3RRR SOUNDSCAPE 1. In Blood Memory JEN CLOHER 2. Carolina TEEN 3. More Light PRIMAL SCREAM 4. Court Music From The Planet Of Love PRUDENCE REES-LEE 5. Inspiration Information SHUGGIE OTIS 6. The Living Eyes THE LIVING EYES 7. Nexus HARVEY SUTHERLAND 8. Deleted Scenes STANDISH/CARLYON 9. False Idols TRICKY 10. Volume 3 SHE & HIM

HEARTLAND RECORDS 1. Coping With Urban Coyote [LP] UNIDA 2. Summer Songs [LP/CD] MY LEFT BOOT 3. Sky Valley [LP] KYUSS 4. And The Circus Left Town [LP] KYUSS 5. Wretch [LP] KYUSS 6. Blues For The Red Sun [LP] KYUSS 7. Meir [LP] KVELERTAK 8. Abra Kadavar [LP] KADAVAR 9. Marquee Moon [LP] TELEVISION 10. Blade Runner [LP] VANGELIS

RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN VINYL 1. Afraid of Heights WAVVES 2. Crosswords SUPER WILD HORSES 3. Calendar Days DICK DIVER 4. She Beats BEACHES 5. Monomania DEERHUNTER 6. Ready To die IGGY AND THE STOOGES 7. Ghost On Ghost IRON AND WINE 8. Wakin On A Pretty Daze KURT VILE 9. Indigo Meadow BLACK ANGELS 10. Lower Plenty LOWER PLENTY

SYN SWEET 10 1. Human Spring BUCHANAN 2. Curiosity WAMPIRE 3. Deadbeat Sweetheat WORLD’S END PRESS 4. Surf & Sway TEEN SENSATION 5. Jam Thing RUPERT 6. Kiss My Apocalypse ABBE MAY 7. Leeward Side JOSH PYKE 8. Do It Again CAMERA OBSCURA 9. Varsity SMITH WESTERNS 10. One Day Ft. Damon Albarn CHILD OF LOVE

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT MYTHICAL CREATURES 1. Vampire RAMMSTEIN 2. The White Unicorn WOLFMOTHER 3. You Gotta Pay The Troll Toll FRANK REYNOLDS 4. Zombie THE CRANBERRIES 5. Nightcrawler JUDAS PRIEST 6. Puﬀ The Magic Dragon PETER, PAUL & MARY 7. Unleash The Dragon SISQO 8. The Number Of The Beast IRON MAIDEN 9. The Fairy And The Labyrinth JAVIER NAVARRETE 10. Feed My Frankenstein ALICE COOPER

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GAY PARIS

The Last Good Party (MGM) Sydney’s Gay Paris are probably one of the few rock acts who are thrown out of cramped dive bars before punters do. Like their Motörhead-ed ancestors, heavy guitar fans will be at odds trying to claim them as their own. Gay Paris was born with the black heart of hardcore punks, the soul of muddy bluesmen and brandish the muscle-bound arms of metal. It’s dirty, filthy, sleazy rock n’ roll kick-started by cheap thrills and whiskey sours. In the loosest possible terms, Luke ‘Wailin H’ Monks sings. He presumably lives off of rotgut and granulated concrete, packing it down a larynx made of broken bottles and snakeskin. What erupts out is a chainsaw voice magnetising the heaviest blues of the universe, streaked with black-eyed soul and hand-shimmying hosannas in praise of trashbirds, Jesus and partying all night. Wailin’ H rakishly breathes hot ash into characters such as Black Louie or Joseph Hollybone, a likely pair of bucktooth psychobilly horrors dwelling in ramshackle Louisiana backwoods. Single Ash Wednesday Boudoir Party will leave you torn between headbanging or taking to the dance floor to twirl your girl (or boy, take your pick) around some. Son Of A Butcher Parliament leads us straight into temptation, Monks throwing himself off the pulpit leading a Baptist testimonial all ripped denim and covered in hair. Their hard driving swamp and ear-splitting fuzz rocks houses down, beating sludge metallers Red Fang or Clutch at their own po-faced game, colouring whale-sized riffs with a swing-dance groove and devilish charisma. Best Track: Son Of A Butcher Parliament If You Liked These, You’ll Like This: TOM WAITS, TOM VALCANIS MOTÖRHEAD, HELLACOPTERS In A Word: Rowdy

Underground Lovers achieved a degree of fame in Melbourne with their electronic groove music before it all slowly dried up and they disappeared. Save for a ‘best off’ compilation last year the band members have worked on separate projects and eked out their own carreers since. Seemingly, the Underground Lovers were laid to rest. No so! “Weekend” sees the reincarnation of the cherished Leaves Me Blind era lineup of the band. Aside from new member Emma Portignon, all band members from that period are present. Andrew, Argiro, Bennie, Giarrusso and Nihill all answer the roll call. Listening to Weekend it is hard to comprehend that this lineup has not recorded together for over two decades. And whilst it would be fallacious to believe the band is stuck in a time warp, Weekend is firmly early period Undies. Produced by the axis of the band that is Glen Bennie and Vincent Giarrusso, this record continues their search for the eternal dreamscape. Spaces is sugary in the Saint Etienne way and it is as if everything that has taken place since this lineup has recorded together has been left by the wayside. So have the Undies stagnated? Not entirely because Weekend is quite a sophisticated and heady collection. Can For Now could only be the Undies. It is like putting on the undergarments to stop the chaffing. The fuzz, the bleeps, the not quite there vocals, the desire for innovation. They sound like they are still adrift in their own universe and we all the better for it. Like all their records, they are best appreciated as whole in one sitting because in isolation the songs lose a lot of meaning. By now you will know whether the Undies are something you will want to become lost in or avoid, although their prolonged absence may serve to introduce them to a new audience. The seasoned veterans tackle the task like reenergised youngsters. Witness Signs Of Weakness (incidentally, there are none). Riding recalls the blissed out parties of yore at the Cattle & Cane disco. Very nostalgic indeed. St Germain reverberates with personality and The Lie That Sets You Free closes out Weekend with the mysterious thudding that leaves the mind yearning for more playtime. Best Track: Signs Of Weakness If You Like These You’ll Like This: PERE UBU, BRIAN ENO, JOHN CALE In A Word: Reinvigorated

BRONIUS ZUMERIS

WIRE

MS MR

Change Becomes Us (Popfrenzy)

Secondhand Rapture (Sony) So there are a few pretty mammoth albums coming out at the moment and, rightfully so, people are excited. But really, this week, the debut album from MS MR, Secondhand Rapture, deserves a bucket load of attention. After causing a stir with the release of their EP Candy Bar Creep Show, as well as a pile of TV and film syncs (Pretty Little Liars, Foxtel’s ad for their 2013 programming schedule, etc) the New York dream pop/electronic duo have truly delivered. I know, I know, people are proclaiming the “next big musical thing” every other week in magazines and every hour on social media but this time it’s totally warranted, seriously. Their exquisite take on electronica and indie-pop is going to appeal to the alternative and mainstream world alike. Somehow, MS MR play out their influences without ever sounding like an imitation. Florence And The Machine – tick (without the untamed, animalistic vocals), Chairlift – tick (sans ‘80s hooks), Crystal Castles – tick (but with broader appeal), Morcheeba – tick, Lana Del Rey – tick (minus the brutish male star of her clips), all these and more filter through in droplets on this album but never, ever take over. Ms Mr have their own sound and after just one run through of the album, it’s immediately identifiable. Singer Lizzy Plapinger’s melodic choices are at once restrained and overwhelmingly emotive, somewhat reminiscent of Natalie Merchant – if you can remember her. Hurricane demonstrates how important fully realised yet deliberately restrained production is, Fantasy is anthemic and an insidiously catchy pop song, and Bones is a dark and haunting journey into Bronte-esque motif. You can put your money on The Knife, Deerhunter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and so on as this year’s favourites but my money’s on MS MR. Best Track: Hurricane If You Liked These, You’ll Like This: FLORENCE & THE KRISSI WEISS MACHINE, LONDON GRAMMAR In A Word: Ermegherd

PRUDENCE REES-LEE

Since 1976, English band Wire have confounded expectations by doing everything they can to avoid easy categorisation. Their expertly executed albums have embraced everything from spiky punk to deliciously strange experimental music. On the intelligent Change Becomes Us, Wire demonstrate that they have lost none of their wilful eclecticism and fierce artistry. Opening salvo Doubles & Trebles, which is guaranteed to grab the listener from the opening portentous chords, is propelled by a pummelling rhythmic force that will reverberate through your skull. The band sound as if they are communicating with earth from a low-flying spaceship with laser beams set to “vaporise.” Titanically good! As expected, Wire then flick the switch to something quite different on Keep Exhaling which has an understated yet insistent rhythm that perfectly underpins the song’s memorable central melody. Adore Your Island features dramatic slow-burn verses and thrashing industrial punk bridges that are molten in their searing intensity while Re-Invent Your Second Wheel and B/W Silence glisten and shimmer with liquid melody. After the pogo-inducing Stealth Of A Stork which is a short and snappy blast of intelligent punk delivered with maximum precision and economy, Wire change gears dramatically on the eerie and psych-tinged Time Lock Fog which veers into space-rock territory. On Magic Bullet Wire channel elements of Pink Floyd and even introduce a rather surprising dance beat. For a mind-altering dose of potent weirdness check out the quirky post-punk freak-out that is Eels Sang before slipping into the catchy Love Bends which features a great lead vocal reminiscent of the much-missed psych-god Syd Barrett. As We Go is arty indierock at its best while & Much Besides is an atmospheric oddball treat that veers from hypnotic instrumental passages to mystifyingly cryptic spoken lyrics. Closing number Attractive Space ascends to a fiery crescendo before heralding the end of this bizarre yet satisfying journey with shimmering distortion and what sounds like the distant cries of departing aliens. Perhaps this is the sound of Wire bidding us a fond farewell as they fire up the spaceship and skip to another galaxy to concoct the next musical instalment in their perpetually Best Track: Doubles & Trebles intriguing career. If You Like These, You’ll like This: On Returning (1977-1979) WIRE In A Word: Art GRAHAM BLACKLEY

Court Music From The Planet Of Love (Special Award) An album called Court Music From The Planet Of Love featuring a song with the title Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens should give you a clue as to the type of sounds you’ll hear in Prudence Rees-Lees’ alternative reality. Despite its melody echoing The Bangles’ Eternal Flame, otherworldly opening song The Way leads the listener into a mysterious far-off land, after which you’ll either shrug wearily and shuffle away, or be transfixed and explore onward. It could easily be one big doe-eyed cliche, but it’s a piece that entices you with its off-kilter feel and eccentric touches. Rees-Lee has a dainty, breathy vocal, but with a lisp that lingers like a rattled tambourine. Shags Chamberlain’s bass snakes around a more static, often hypnotic harpsichord. Tracks that sound like medieval odes fade away and then drop into buzzing, Broadcast-like deviations. There are some good songs here, but this is primarily a mood piece that successfully conjures up a particular atmosphere and then slowly drags you into the ethereal world it has created. Interestingly, the one song that sits a little apart from the woodwind-adorned Planet of Love is also the album highlight. Final track Morning is a plaintive, simple ballad that drifts along to sweet backing vocals and strings while a weeping guitar line seeps in to take over from ReesBest Track: Morning If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Eden Land LAURA Lee’s soft, seductive vocal. It marks the end of a highly JEAN, Arrow CLARE AND THE REASONS, The Future promising debut. Crayon BROADCAST CHRIS GIRDLER In A Word: Enchanting

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Steal The Light (Two Shoes) This is the sixth studio album from Melbourne’s-own Cat Empire, and the first as an independent release. Almost ten years on from the debut which featured the massive hits Hello and Days Like These, the band have had a huge amount of success at home, in Europe and across the globe. Steal The Light is a pretty enjoyable record, led by excellent opening track and lead single Brighter Than Gold, which makes me feel like I’m in a Guy Ritchie film. However, at times there’s a little too much mucking around, with tracks like Sleep Won’t Sleep sometimes feeling like they’re an excuse for band members to explore their favourite pre-recorded keyboard sound effects. Overall the album feels a bit less pop and a bit more exploratory than their other work in recent times. Many tracks including Wild Animals and Prophets In The Sky have had their live debut and received rave responses from fans, and although brilliant live bands like The Cat Empire can sometimes fail to translate to recording with the same energy as they have on stage, both tracks are still highlights here. Best Track: Wild Animals If You Like These, You’ll Like This: GOGOL BORDELLO, JOSH FERGEUS VULGARGRAD In A Word: Horny

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WEDNESDAY MAY 15 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AO OLM + DJ CRUMBS + DJ MONTENEGRO + GOLD TANGO + INFINITE VOID Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $2. COLLAGE - FEAT: CITY OF COOL + ERICK PARKER + GOODBYE MOTEL + SAND GIANT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $40. GASLIGHT ANTHEM + DAVE HAUS Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. I KNOW THE CHIEF + ALBERT SALT + PARADISE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. JINJA SAFARI + 44TH SUNSET + THE RAFAELLAS Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. MAGIC HANDS + KIKUYU + MT MUTOMBA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. NEON TREES + NEW EMPIRE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $45. POLICE & THIEVES + FLUXX + TOWERS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. PRETTY CITY + AGILITY & CONTRAST Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. SALAD DAYS + HENRY BROOKS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. TEN THOUSAND + LIGHTNING TAPE WOLF + ROYAL ACE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE BLACK ELK MEDICINE BAND + A DEAD FOREST INDEX + FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. THE CLITS + AUTOPORTRAITS + STORE BOUGHT COOL Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE NAXALITES + CHINESE HANDCUFFS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $5. TOM KLINE + DAVY SIMONY + TOM MILEK Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WONDERCORE WEDNESDAY - FEAT: DEMAIN & SPLEEN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. YAWNING + ABSTRACT MUTATION + KOREAN BBQ +

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LOCAL NATIVES LA indies Local Natives are hitting our shores to coincide with the release of their sophomore album Hummingbird. The band who are known for their ambient harmonies, pensive lyrics and austerity, will return for the first time in three years to showcase a collection of hits from their debut Gorilla Manor and their latest LP Hummingbird. Local Natives will be playing The Forum Theatre this Saturday May 18. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

THURSDAY MAY 16 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALICE D + DEAD SUN SUMMER CLUB + EVANDERA + KIDS FROM THE MILL Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. CENTRE & SOUTH + LILLY ROUGE + PURPLE TUSKS + SLOW JAXX Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. CHARLES BABY + JACKSON MCLAREN + WISHFUL Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12. CHINESE HANDCUFFS + BEN + SQUAREHEAD + THE BLACK GALAXY EXPERIENCE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. CIRCADIAN PULSE + ALASKAN PULSE + HORIZONS EDGE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. DIAMONDS OF NEPTUNE + EARL SPACEMAN + JOSH MIOSCU Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:30pm. HIGH SIDE DRIVER + BLACKLIGHT CITY + THE PASS OUTS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. JAYNE-ANNE POWER + DJ PIERRE BARONI + DJ VINCE PEACH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $10. JESS PALMER + BELLA JABARA + TULALAH Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JINJA SAFARI + 44TH SUNSET + FRANCOLIN Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. JURASSIC PENGUIN + BREAK THE WALL + OEDIPUS REX + YACHT BURNER The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $8. MY LEFT BOOT + DRIFTER + KALIEDOSCOPE + SEEDY JEEZUS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. NERVES + ELLIPSIS + SPUNK MACHINE + UP UP AWAY Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $10. NEXT - FEAT: CROWNED KINGS + YO MAFIA DJ Brown Alley, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $15. OH MERCY + ALEXANDER GOW + SLOW DANCER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $23. OH PEP! + ALEXANDER HAMILTON Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. RDZJB + CITRUS JAM + MALCURA + TASH SULTANA Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5. SUPER UNSIGNED MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: FOREVER: SINGLE LAUNCH + SONIC JUNGLE + STEPH HILL & THE MISSING FUNDAMENTAL + DOMINIQUE + EIGHT DAYS OF AUTUMN + POSEIDON + REXKRAMER + ROSLYN HEAVY + THE CARMENS + THE FIGHTING + WHEN IN ROAM Corner Hotel, Richmond. 6:30pm. $15. TANGRAMS + AKTION UNIT + LAURA SOULIO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. THE BLACK TEA HOUSE + MANTIS & THE PRAYER + THE ENGAGEMENT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. THE DARK ALES + WHORLS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm. THE ESCAPADES + BAD TELEVISION + SEAN PETERS & THE BOOGALOO ALLSTARS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE SECRET CITY + LIEUTENANT JAM + PROLETARIAN RIOT + THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. THE UNDERHANDED + CHARM + MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS + THE CONTORIONIST’S HANDBOOK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. TIN LION The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TURTLE & FOX + CIDER TREE KIDS + HALYCON DRIVE + LACHLAN DUTHIE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. WIRE BIRD + THE CORNER SHOP KIDS + `FAKE EVADER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.

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FRIDAY MAY 17 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ARCHIE + BROADWAY SOUNDS + EDD FISHER + HUDSON JAMES JR Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10. BOB EVANS + DAVEY LANE + TIGERTOWN Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $28. CAPCHA + AMISTAT + JORDAN RIDDLE + SHOOT THE SUN Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CLAWS & ORGANS + MELONOMADS + MY PIRANHA Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. CLINKERFIELD + JUKE BARITONE & THE SWAMP DOGS + MULE & THE SCOUTS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. DEFTONES + LETLIVE Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. HUG THERAPIST + ALL WE NEED + DIRTY CHAPTERS + THE ADELAIDE CROWS Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue,

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PBS 106.7 RADIO FESTIVAL BOBBY WOMACK Soul legend Bobby Womack is primed to hit town for his first ever headline tour of Australia. Womack saw a resurgence of popularity with a new generation when he collaborated with Gorillaz, and released a brand new full-length LP last year in The Bravest Man In The Universe. Bobby Womack performs at Hamer Hall with a 13-piece backing band on Tuesday May 21.

Ahh, smell that autumnal love in the air! What better time to Romance Your Radio during PBS 106.7’s annual Radio Festival. Obviously the thought of pledging support to a vital outlet of local music is enticement enough, there are a bevy of very excellent prizes up for grabs for those singing for, or renewing, their fully-fledged PBS membership. Help them keep doing what they love by showing that you love what they do: call 03 8415 1067 or head to www.pbsfm.org.au to show them how much you care. The PBS Radio festival runs until Sunday May 26.

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EMMA PEEL + DJ FRANKIE ALIBI + DJ SHITSHAKE + EATEN BY DOGS + GASOLINE STEW & THE DUMP + GATOR QUEEN + HP REID + JESS RIBIERO & THE BONE COLLECTORS + JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS + MERRY CREEK PICKERS + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS + ONE TRICK PONY + RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + SUGAR FED LEOPARDS + THE BLACK DIAMONDS + THE TEN IN ONE + TIJUANA PEANUT + WIKIMEN Camp Elsewhere Site, Yarra Junction. 12:00pm. CISCO CEASAR Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm. DIANE & PEACH NOISE The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. ESSIE THOMAS + MIZ MARTO + PHEOBE JACOBS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. MARGIE LOU DYER + ALYCE PLATT Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MCALPINE’S FUSILIERS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $8. MONIQUE DI MATTINA Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. PRAYER BABIES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA + SARAH STONE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE DRUNKEN POACHERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. THE TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. TWO RIVERS + DJ KNAVE KIXX + LUKE WATT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. VICUNA COAT Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm.

SATURDAY MAY 18 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS THE STILLSONS + JUSTIN BERNASCONI Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. AITCHES + HUG THERAPIST + JONESEZ + RELEASE THE HOUNDS + STRATHMORE Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.

BANG - FEAT: BURIED IN VERONA + EVENT HORIZON + VALJEAN Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BATPISS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + BAD ACHES + BERNIE GOES BANANAS + BRAT FARRAR + DOCTOR INVISIABLO + SPINNING ROOMS + THE PEEP TEMPLE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. BATTERY KIDS + DJ ZAK + EUPHORIACS + SOOKY LA LA Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FEAT: BESAR BODOH + FALLEN ANGELS + I AM MINE + THE SMALL PRINT Musicland, Fawkner. 1:00pm. DEFTONES + LETLIVE Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. DREAD + MURDER RATS + O.D TOMMY DOGS + THE VENDETTAS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10. DV8 - FEAT: STRAWBERRY FISTCAKE + I AM DUCKEYE + THE RESIGNATORS Cbd Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. EYEONEYE RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT: HOLLOW EVERDAZE + CONTRAST + FRIENDSHIPS + JIMMY HAWK & THE ENDLESS PARTY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12. FAR AWAY STABLES + AS A RIVAL + EASTER OF THE SKY Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $5. FLYYING COLOURS + ESC + THE BAUDELAIRES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. GLADSTONE Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GLAMSTICK + THE FALLEN ANGELS Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $15. HIPSHAKER - FEAT: JOHNNIE & THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ILLS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + LINDSAY TUC Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. ISAIAH MITCHELL + ALYSIA MANCEAU + KELLIE LLOYD + ROBERT MACMANUS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $20. LEHMANN B SMITH + EVELYN IDA MORRIS + OLIVER MANN Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm. LEOPARD SLUGG + MYYTH + OPTICAL SCREW + THE NBC Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. LOCAL NATIVES Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. LOS TONES + THE REPROBETTES + THE YARD APES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $5. MASSIVE + SUDDEN STATE + TEN THOUSAND Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12. NIGHT BY NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. PAINTERS & DOCKERS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. PD-DUO + BEAUTY & BEAST + DIAMOND NIGHTS + JOE POLIDANO + LAZYBONES Edwards Place, Reservoir. 8:00pm.

PLASTIC SPACEMEN + ANIMAL HANDS + THE REDWOOD PLAN Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. SARAH EIDA + CAITLIN ARCHIBALD + JESSICA VIOLETA + MIKKI MICHELLE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SATURDAYS @ FIRST FLOOR First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SIMFUCKERS + INTERNAL ROT + RATSAK + VELVET WHIP Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. SOUNDS OF SIRUS + CITY VS COUNTRY + PHIL PARA + SENTIA + SPYKITE Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm. STAN RIDGWAY + BROOKE RUSSELL Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $49. TENACIOUS D + BARRY MORGAN + SASQUATCH Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE AUSTRALIAN QUEEN TRIBUTE SHOW + IRON MADNESS + SCAR TISSUE Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE DEEP END (COP THIS TOUR) + CULZEAN + THE DEVILROCK FOUR Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. THE FAUX FIGHTERS + REARVIEWMIRROR Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $20. THE HIGH SOCIETY + CIGGIE WITCH + THE PRIMARY + TOYOTA WAR Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. THE MIDDLEFINGER + GUZOLINE + MASTERS OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE + THE BALLS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE RE-MAINS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE ROYAL JELLY DIXIELAND BAND The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. THE TIGER & ME + RICH DAVIES Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm. TONIGHT ALIVE + A SLEEPLESS MELODY + BECAUSE THEY CAN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. VULTURES OF VENUS + AERIALS + SEXY/HEAVY + SORDID ORDEAL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $7. WOODLOCK (EP LAUNCH) + FOX ROAD + WIRE BIRD John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC 8 FOOT FELIX Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. ABBEY FOSTER FALLE (CD LAUNCH) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15. COOKIN’ ON THREE BURNERS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. PROJECT INSPERADO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. REBECCA MENDOZA & JOE RUBERTO Globe Cafe, 8:00pm. SCHIZY WEEK JAM - FEAT: HEIDI EVERETT & HOTEL ECHO + BETH WILSON + DAN FLYNN + GREENHATCH EFFECT + ROSE TURTLE ERTLER + SANDY JEFFS + THE HANNAFORDS + THE NIGHT BEFORE TOMORROW 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. SHORT ORDER SCHEFS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 4:30pm. THE CRAIG SCHNEIDER TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. THE FEM BELLING QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. THE JULIE O’HARA SEXTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. THE PAUL WILLIAMSON QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE PETER CUPPLES BAND The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23. TRIO RIO 57 Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ANDY BAYLORS’ CAJUN COMBO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. CAMP ELSEWHERE - FEAT: AL DUVALL + DELANEY DAVIDSON + MOJO JUJU + PUTA MADRE BROTHERS + TAPE WOLF + BEBOP N LULA + BIG SMALL + BJ MORRIZONKLE + CAPTAIN APPLES + CHERRYWOOD + CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM + DJ EMMA PEEL + DJ FRANKIE ALIBI + DJ SHITSHAKE + EATEN BY DOGS + GASOLINE STEW & THE DUMP + GATOR QUEEN + HP REID + JESS RIBIERO & THE BONE COLLECTORS + JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS + MERRY CREEK PICKERS + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS + ONE TRICK PONY + RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + SUGAR FED LEOPARDS + THE BLACK DIAMONDS + THE TEN IN ONE + TIJUANA PEANUT + WIKIMEN Camp Elsewhere Site, Yarra Junction. 12:00pm. CRAYON KING Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. DELANEY DAVIDSON + MOJO JUJU Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $10. GOYIM KLEZMER KAOS Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:00pm. JAMES SOUTHWELL + BROOKE TAYLOR + TOBIAS MOLDENHAUER Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. KESHIE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MANNY FOX Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. MICHEAL MEAKING Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. MONIQUE BRUMBY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. OL’ TIMEY JAM SESSION Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. RAISED BY EAGLES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SEAN SIMMONS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. Beat Magazine Page 60

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THE DETONATORS Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. THE HIRED GUNS Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. THE VANGUARDS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE WELLINGTONS + BRYAN ESTEPA + DJ CHRIS CHAPPLE + WILL & THE INDIANS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THREE KINGS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TOM DENTON + JESS SHULMAN 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. TWO RIVER BLUES Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm.

SUNDAY MAY 19 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AERIALS + ALITHIA + QLAYEFACE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FEAT: KATANA CARTEL + AUDEMIA + KINGDOM IN CRISIS + THE SPITTING SWALLOWS + WE BUILT THESE RUINS Musicland, Fawkner. 1:00pm. CH-CHING - FEAT: ALI-E + ALTA + MILLICENT O’SULLIVAN + MYCOLOGY + SILENT JAY + SLAMETZ The B.east, Brunswick East. 2:00pm. $5. COMMUNION - FEAT: FIVE MILE TOWN + GARRET KATO + MILES & SIMON + SEAN O’NEIL Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $18. DANA + PHOEBE PINNOCK Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. DREAD + HORSEHUNTER + MOTHERSLUG Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. FLAP! Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 7:00pm. JUNIOR UNDER THE MOON + INFAMOUS 506 + SHADOWS AT BAY Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. LAKYN HEPERI + SAM LUDEMAN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $10. LAMB BOULEVARD & THE UMBRELLA - FEAT: LAMB BOULEVARD & THE UMBRELLA` + HUCKLEBERRY & ME + MONOTREME + RACHEL BYRNES + THE MONDAY PROJECT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. MELBOURNE MELTDOWN - FEAT: ROCKADEESS + ATOMIC HI-TONES + BLACKHILL RAMBLERS + DETONATORS + DIRTY BOOGIE BAND + FLATRAKKERS + FLYIN’ SAUCERS + ITCHY FINGERS + WES & THE SONIC ACES Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. $30. PRESIDENT ROOTS + SUZANNA ESPIE Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SCHOOLHOUSE STUDIOS FUNDRAISER - FEAT: TEETH & TONGUE + BROTHERS HAND MIRROR + MAX CRUMBS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. SCOTT BOYD + SARAH STONE + THE CORNER SHOP KIDS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7. SHELLIE MORRIS (MATINEE SHOW) Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $20. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: MAYFIELD + RELLIK Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm. TAILOR BIRDS (RUNAWAY SAILORS STAY AT HOME WIVES LAUNCH) + MA PETITE + THE WEDNESDAY EXPERIMENT John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. THE BELLASTRADES + MERCIANS + YOUNG MAVERICK Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $5. THE BLUEBOTTLES + THE REPROBETTES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE NATIVE PLANTS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE STILLSONS + LITTLE WISE + VICTORIANA GAYE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $12. WHO IS MR JONES? (EP LAUNCH) + CRAIG LEE SMITH + FLOYD THURSBY + SLACQUER + THE TAYLOR PROJECT + TIM WOODS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $2. WIL WAGNER + GRACE LAWRY + JAMIE HAY + MARA THREAT Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC MONDLARKS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 4:30pm. ABBEY FOSTER FALLE (CD LAUNCH) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm. JAZZLAB Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. MANDY MEADOWS & THE HONEYTONS Globe Cafe, 5:00pm. MARGIE LOU DYER TRIO Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm. NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA + BAD BOYS BATUCADA + MS BUTT + THE DALE RYDER BAND Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm. PINA & THE CHARLIES + DI WATSON + JAMES SOUTHWELL BAND Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $10. THE DON JORDAN WINJAMMER BRASS QUINTET Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. VINCE JONES Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ANDY WHITE + SEBASTIAN & KAT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.

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ARIF LOHAR + FOZIA Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS + DJ KEZBOT + JUNK HORSES + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. BIRDS & THE BEES SHOWCASE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. CHERRY ARVO BLUES - FEAT: MR. BLACK & BLUES + CHRIS WILSON + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. GALLOPING SHEEP + BELOVED ELK + DAVY SIMONY + LAUREN MOORE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. HONKY TONK ANGLES Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. JACK DONNE + ALEX LASHIE’S GROWL Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 5:00pm. JAMES MCCANN Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. JIMI HOCKING’S BLUES MACHINE Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston. 3:00pm. LAZYBONES Espy, St Kilda. 3:45pm. $12. MAL WEBB 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. MICHAEL CROWE & TIM PARRY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm. MOUNTAIN & SWAMP Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. OPA 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. PHEASANT PLUCKERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. PHIL PARA Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. RED RIVERS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:30pm. RORY ELLIS Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. ROSS HANNFORD’S CRITTERS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $15. SEAN MCKINNON Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SHAKY STILLS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm. SONGWRITERS COLLECTIVE - FEAT: JESS HIESER Willow Bar, Northcote. 7:00pm. SPENCER P JONES & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. STAN RIDGWAY Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $55. SUNDAY FUNDAY - FEAT: ROWIE + NACKERS Big Mouth, St Kilda. 6:00pm. THE BLACKEYED SUSANS TRIO Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. THE LUAU COWBOYS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. THE NUDGELS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE RE-MAINS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. ULTRAFOX + MARTY KELLY & CO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. UNION ROYALE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. $10.

MONDAY MAY 20 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS DAVID RYAN HARRIS + AMALI WARD Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20. IGNIVOMOUS + ORDER OF ORIAS + SCARS OF SODOM + WHITEHORSE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: JONNY TELEFONE + MERSEY + NAKED + TARCAR Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. PHANTOM HITMEN & HIT THE FAN Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. RETURN TO YOUTH + ANIMAL SHADOWS + HOLOGRAPHIC COCOON + SUGA RUIN The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA Chapel Oﬀ Chapel, Prahran. 9:00pm. LOUISE GOH TRIO 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8. THE ALLAN BROWNE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE CACTUS CHANNEL + SORRY DARVID DJS + THE SEVEN UPS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THE JANE CLIFTON TRIO Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm. THE VCA LARGE ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8.

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STONNINGTON FESTIVAL

JAZZ

For the eighth consecutive year the ten-day Stonnington Jazz Festival will present a purely Australian lineup across a range of venues, including the Malvern Town Hall, Chapel off Chapel and Red Bennies amongst others. The selection of artists, curated by Adrian Jackson, features Michelle Nicolle, Kristin Berardi, The Hoodangers, James Morrison, Julien Wilson, Joe Chindamo and heaps more. The Stonnington Jazz Festival will take place from Thursday May 16 to Sunday May 26 at nine different venues. For the full program and bookings check out stonningtonjazz.com.au. ACOUSTIC SESSION - FEAT: SOPHIE ROSE + TIMOTHY CANNON Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. SONGWRITER SESSIONS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

OH MERCY Oft-lauded champions of Australian songwriting Oh Mercy have announced their final headline shows for the year before making a start on their new LP. Frontman Alexander Gow will also open for the full band in solo mode, playing songs from Privileged Woes, Great Barrier Grief and some new songs and rarities, while being joined on stage by different special guests each evening. Then the full band will tear up the d-floor with cuts from their most recent album Deep Heat. Also keeping it in the family, opening act Slow Dancer will showcase the chops of Oh Mercy guitarist Simon Okely. Oh Mercy will perform at Northcote Social Club on Thursday May 16 and Friday May 17.

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TUESDAY MAY 21 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ARTIST PROOF (HAD IT ALL, CHANGE ON THE WIND LAUNCH) + ELEPHANT EYES + KASHMERE CLUB Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. COLLAGE - FEAT: DANIEL MARCH + ALBIE NICHOLS + DOM COOLY + HYPERFRACTAL Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. ECHO DRAMA + LAMARAMA + UP UP AWAY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. FLIGHT FACILTIES (SINGLE LAUNCH) - FEAT: FLIGHT FACILITIES + ELIZABETH ROSE + MOVEMENT Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $25. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. OAKFEST - FEAT: THE SUGAR GHOULS + BRIDIE O’SULLIVAN + MAXINE F & MERCEDES M + PARADISE + PONS + THE ATTICS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 6:00pm. $15. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE PATRON SAINTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BOSSA NOVA JAM Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm. KOOYEH 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 7:00pm. STACCATO JACK & JACK EARLE BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE ALLAN BROWNE SEXTET + JOSH KYLE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel, Prahran. 8:00pm. THE JULIAN BANKS TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE VCA LARGE ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $8. WAZ E JAMES BAND Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK BOBBY WOMACK Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CHAD MASON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. LIAM GERNER Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. LUCY ROLEFF + EMI + YUKO NISHIYAMA Open Studio, Northcote. 7:30pm. $5. MATT STABS & MICK JAGUAR Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

Define your genre in five words or less: Dreamy, jangly, indie rock. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Mystery Jets, The Horrors, Peace. What do you love about making music? The freedom to create whatever you like. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Tom Petty, because he is one of my songwriting heroes and he just seems like he’d be a good listener. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Man, I wish they played this kind of stuff on the radio. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Our debut album Sea Of Bright Lights came out in October. You can get it on iTunes or at any good record store. If they don’t have it, ask them for it. It’s probably out the back under the pile of Adele records. Describe the best gig you have ever played. It was at Pianos in NYC during CMJ. When we arrived in NYC, all our baggage was lost. All we had was the clothes on our back and our first show was in six hours. So we had to borrow whatever we could from the other bands on the bill, and the show was just awesome! Describe the worst gig you have ever played. Chicago in a sports bar during a college NFL game. As soon as we started playing they came and put a giant plastic screen in front of us because we were too loud. Tell us about the last song you wrote. I wrote it with my friend and fellow Adelaide DJ/ producer Luke Million. We used old ‘80s drum machines. What’s your favourite song, and why? I have a few. One of them is Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way. Killer drum groove, balanced with the acoustic guitar groove, quintessential Stevie and Lyndsey harmonies, and the simple yet cutting lyrics make it the perfect break up song. When’s the gig and with who? Saturday May 18 at Black Night Crash at The Rochester Castle, Johnson St.

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Wednesday May 15th, 2013 With Ruth Mihelcic

If you’ve ever wanted to get along to one of our fantastic Push FReeZA Summits and get some free music industry training, now is your chance. We are pleased to announce the latest series of FReeZA training days - and this year they are also open to the general public as well!!! You will get the chance to improve your knowledge of event management issues as well as participate in some hands-on workshops, network with others and hear firsthand from music industry experts. There are three dates and locations to choose from: Bendigo Exhibition Centre on July 2, Traralgon Civic Centre on July 4, and Fitzroy Town Hall on July 11. Each day runs from 10:45am to 3:30pm and includes lunch. To register jump onto our website thepush.com.au and follow the links to online registration, or download a rego form and send it back to us. In other news you can use, there’s a bunch of FReeZA committees on the lookout for bands to join the 2013 series of the FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands competition. There are plenty of good reasons to get your band involved.... it doesn’t matter if you’ve never played a gig before or if you’re seasoned musicians, you get to play onstage to a local audience, if you win you get to play at Regional Finals and possibly pick up some prizes, you will also be in the running to play at the Grand Final at Push Over and score a rad prize pack, and lastly you’ll get on your local FReeZA committee’s radar for future shows. So do your band a favor and sign up. Which committees are currently looking for bands to enter? Darebin FReeZA - Kate Duncan on (03) 8470 8001 / freeza@darebin.vic.gov.au. Applications close May 13. Kingston’s Fuse Productions - fuseproductions@ kingston.vic.gov.au / facebook.com/fuseproductions. Applications close May 27. Wyndham’s Infinite Entertainment - Nunz on 8734 1355 / nunzio.giunta@wyndham.vic.gov.au. Applications close June 4. Moonee Valley FReeZA - youth@mvcc.vic.gov.au / facebook.com/mooneevalleyfreeza. Applications close June 18. Manningham’s Palooza – fusion_freeza@hotmail.com. Applications close June 25. No doubt there’s plenty of other groups also on the lookout, get to www.freeza.vic.gov.au and find your local worker so you don’t miss out. Speaking of Wyndham FReeZA, they’re also looking for new DJs to play at Static Underages and upcoming events. It’s a great way to get some exposure, so if you think you’ve got what it takes then get onto facebook. com/WyndhamFreeza and apply. Good news for musicians in Stawell. The Neighborhood House is setting up a space for young singers and musicians to have a chance to practice their stuff. You can check it out on May 30 when it hosts karaoke and live bands. For more info contact Tania on 5358 3500. And finally Hobson’s Bay have just announced their Youth Arts Prize for 2013, which has been designed to publically showcase the artworks of young artists aged 12-25 years in the area. Grab a submission form or more information by calling 9932 4000 or email adminys@ hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au before entries close this Friday.

ALL AGES TIMETABLE Friday May 17 While the City Sleeps w/ Have You Seen This Boy, Aviar, plus local supports, EV’s Youth Centre, 212 Mount Dandenong Rd, Croydon, 6.30pm – 11pm, $10 or $8 with gig card, Emma Gordon on 9294 5709 or maroondahyouthservices.com, AA Sunday May 19 Freestyle Fever 9 w/ DJ Jumps, and South Side Beat Busters, Auditorium, St Kilda Town Hall, Cnr Brighton Road and Carlisle Street, St Kilda, 12pm – 5pm, Free, facebook.com/freestylefever, AA

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TAME IMPALA Friday April 26, Festival Hall It certainly cannot be said that Tame Impala have shied away from the spotlight. An ever-present name on a festival bill, the Perth psychedelic rock outfit have continued to build their fanbase across the nation and now take the stage in their biggest headline tour to date. The last time they visited Festival Hall, they supported MGMT. They now arrived just days after playing to thousands at Coachella in the States. Playing to a reasonable crowd, opening act Midnight Juggernauts showcased tunes from their forthcoming album amongst favourites such as Into the Galaxy, Tomorrow and newbie Ballad of the War Machine. Sounding more like the soundtrack to The NeverEnding Story than your regular run-of-the-mill electro-pop act, it was all slamming drum kits, deep, theatrical vocals and tingling keys. The crowd was appreciative but not overexcited – standard, for a support act. The fans perked up when shadows of Perth’s new favourite rockers formed from the backstage door. Little fanfare accompanied their appearance on stage that held just the bare minimum for performance, an understated attitude that continued throughout the show. The first bars drifted through the air alongside the distinct smell of something higher than those notes – security were on alert. Kevin Parker – frontman, songwriter and producer extraordinaire – stood barefoot in impossibly skinny jeans, strumming his guitar like it was an extension of his chest. Lost in the music, he sauntered and swayed from

melody to jam session as the audience clapped along. It was only after the third song that he stopped to talk to the crowd, clearly stoked they had made it to a venue this big on home soil. Apocalypse Dreams came next, a Beatles-influenced number that got the crowd jumping. To the left and to the right, seats were vacated in preference for the largely empty side seats in order to dance. Arms flailing dreamily, it was clear behind every closed eye was a kaleidoscope of colours and thoughts and feelings and everything else that went along with an intensely good acid trip in the ‘70s. Before most of this audience was even a thought in their parents’ teenage minds. Favourites like Solitude Is Bliss, Mind Mischief and Feels Like We Only Go Backwards were dispersed among album tracks and yet more seemingly off-the-cuff jams, while Elephant (arguably their biggest hit to date) fell somewhere in the middle of it all. It was a welcome change, a shift by a band to focus not on the big hits but on their love of playing. It also reminded the audience what Tame Impala are all about – and it’s not about to be compromised. JEN WILSON LOVED: It’s about the music, not the hits. HATED: Not being on acid. DRANK: Life.

HAMISH ANDERSON Wednesday May 1, The Toff In Town With a youthful fragility akin to James Blake, 21-yearold Hamish Anderson was received on stage by a full house. Finding it nearly impossible to see Anderson clearly, some of us resorted to standing on vacant chairs in order to get a decent glimpse. Kicking into a heavy blues prelude, the confident Anderson moved freely across the podium, often turning away from his audience to engage in a call and response instrumental dialect with his drummer. Complementing and encouraging one another, this synergy was consistent throughout the entire performance. Anderson and his band then transitioned smoothly into Smoke And Mirrors, the second single off his self-titled debut EP. In contrast to his delicate physicality, Anderson’s voice was raw and deep, an instrument which evoked an experience well beyond his 21 years. Shifting between blues and folk, Anderson’s vulnerability was exposed and suppressed, the acoustic ballads representative of his versatility. With Hendrix-inspired guitar riffs and extended solos, Anderson tore up the stage, simultaneously reviving and reinventing the blues. He was then able to successfully transition from electric to acoustic, lending pathos and sincerity to his folk tracks. His husky, yet powerful voice was not dissimilar from Matt Corby’s, a tone filled with longing and sadness. The lyricism of his sombre track Winter, which was written at the age of 17 contained the lyrics, “Is young love really meant to make me feel this old?” immediately illustrating Anderson’s loss of

innocence. Essentially a love song and a coming of age moment, Winter indicated a maturity that Anderson validated through his lyrics, structured acoustics and body language. Halfway through his set, Anderson called a fellow folk singer onto the stage to perform a duet. They sang a ballad, with a sound and presence likened to Angus & Julia Stone, a sweet choice that added even more versatility to the performance. Also included in the set was a heavy rock rendition of The Beatles’ classic Come Together. Although it was the original minimalism in the song that gave it its charm, Anderson and his band covered the pop track quite well, providing it with an electric rock grounding and a faster tempo. Empty Thoughts was next, another acoustic ballad which reinforced Anderson’s strengths as a songwriter. Closing with Howl, the opening track oﬀ his EP, Anderson sang his guts out, playing his electric guitar in a wild uninhibited frenzy. Concluding their performance with extended instrumentation, Hamish Anderson and his band thanked and bid farewell to a buzzing crowd. DINA AMIN LOVED: The Jim Morrison doppelganger standing in front of me, circa 1968. HATED: The tacky disco ball hanging from the roof of the stage. DRANK: Lemon lime and bitters, without the bitters.

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA Saturday May 4, The Forum The Forum was abuzz. Wading through a sea of fedoras and dapper black suit n’ ties, an infectious energy and anticipation flooded the crowd. And it was a decent crowd – for the Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s first ever headline gig, the place was close to sold out. Present mainly at festivals and always sharing the bill, MSO have garnered a following with people who liked to dance – nay, skank – to some original ska and a selection of the genre’s ground-breaking best. And nothing much had changed. Trading gumboots for leather boots, plastic cups for beer bottles, the young and the seasoned were already jiving to the warm-up music. The advantage of having a 35-strong orchestra on stage is the sheer impact, the drama, the theatrics that are possible. Take the opening song, Katoomba, for example; slowly, steadily building as each row of the bandstand was filled, each member injecting his or her own little character to the set. And before a word was even spoken. That dramatic moment was saved for frontman and lynchpin of the group, Nicky Bomba, unnecessarily asking the audience if they wanted to dance. And so began their ska interpretation of the theme to classic ’60s detective show, Get Smart. Bomba, cool as a cat in his sunnies and suit, could have well played a walk-on role. Lygon St Meltdown, one of the better known songs from the group’s self-titled debut album, was MSO’s “Melbourne take on rudeboy ska”, the first of many Beat Magazine Page 66

throwbacks to the foundations of ska and funk. Within a set that showcased MSO’s finest, there were covers of The Specials’ A Message To You Rudy and Small’s My Boy Lollipop, as well as shout-outs to funk legends James Brown and Lee “Scratch” Perry (before “He’s a Tripper”, no less). The perfect way to celebrate a band formed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ska ten years ago. Bomba was having way too much fun with this band, at one point literally controlling the brass section with one hand and the crowd with the other. He shared vocal duties with Pat Powell and the lovely Rebecca Ari, who touched the sweet spot with Calypso-inspired groove “Learn To Love Again”. Not even the drum kit was safe from Bomba, as he got amongst the jamming clarinets, tenor saxophones and trombones. And to cap it off, Singalong Day had the audience doing just that, before tidbits of Bob Marley’s Simmer Down and The Specials’ Monkey Man made it into the set. A fine combination of new to old, and an obvious celebration of all life, love and happiness – set to the tune of 35 talented music-makers. Get involved. JEN WILSON LOVED: The vibe. HATED: The Forum’s midnight curfew. DRANK: Beer, in a bottle.

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GROOVIN THE MOO Saturday May 4, Bendigo Showgrounds The fifth year of Bendigo’s Groovin The Moo proved a mixed bag, with a line-up that delivered in fits and starts. Lyrical-miracle Tuka and MC Ellesquire were among the festival’s first acts, the locals playing to a packed marquee. They were met with an excess of enthusiasm, their slick fusion of house, hip hop and RnB delighting punters. While there was a distinct absence of anything ground-breaking of spectacular on offer, Tuka and Ellesquire combined well to ignite spirits, the crowd primed for an enormous day of music. Brisbane’s own Hungry Kids Of Hungary were next to the Moolin Rouge stage, an avalanche of toms signifying Wristwatch as their opening gambit. A terrific live act led by the dynamic duo of Dean McGrath and Kane Mazlin, Hungry Kids had no trouble electrifying proceedings with their infectious indie rock. Their chirpy, seesawing single When Yesterday’s Gone emerged a key highlight, along with the epic rock swagger of Coming Round. Their bittersweet single Let You Down allowed the band to exit just as they arrived, a rapturous ovation in full swing. It was a brief but brilliant set. The V-Stage hosted Brooklyn-based duo Matt & Kim, the pair pedalling syrupy pop music strangely reminiscent of polyphonic ringtones. They were a hollow novelty and the only thing more irritating than their super-saccharine tunes were their stage personas. Take a moment to imagine an indie incarnation of Jedward - annoying, right? More often than not, Matt & Kim’s tacky shenanigans and off-the-charts exuberance reflected the roles of kids entertainers. At times, they barely resemble a band. Bursts of confetti, balloons and YouTube clips accounted for just some of their antics, only exacerbating the core issue: their act is one with more style than actual substance. It may defy popular opinion, but Matt & Kim’s appearance was little more than a juvenile spectacle, the best clearly yet to come. Seth Sentry, another representative of Australian hip hop, enjoyed a warm reception. Sentry displayed a knack for making the most of the mundane, touching upon everything from share-house etiquette (Room For Rent) to habitual cafe behaviour (Waitress). His finale divulged a disillusionment with science and progress (Dear Science). Sentry spruiked substance beyond simply playing to the crowd, which emerged a definitive strength of an enjoyable set. Tuka, Urthboy and Ellesquire joined him for a freestyle rap – a memorable segment, if only for the audacious rhyme of ‘pistol’ with ‘tissue’. For all the hype behind Alpine, the sextet were outed as a fairly formulaic band by the end of their set. While undoubtedly impressive live, accomplished and wellsuited to a festival stage, they tend to rehash their indie-pop expertise with hit-and-miss results. Gasoline emerged the song most people came to see, along with their final song Villages. For the most part, though, the crowd couldn’t care less, perhaps yearning for the variety apparently lacking in Alpine’s repertoire. It was the only issue plaguing the young band, but a nagging point nevertheless. Shortly after Alpine, patrons’ enthusiasm began to taper off, the dissolution of energy almost palpable. Scottish indie-rockers Frightened Rabbit were saddled with the unenviable position of playing the afternoon lull. The band were obviously at odds with most of the lineup, their gloomy, introspective alt-rock inaccessible by comparison. While they staged a serviceable set, theirs was the portion of the day most likely to be jettisoned from memory. It hardly seems fair, but as fans ought to know, they’re a band best experienced in an intimate setting anyway. Regurgitator were next in line to resuscitate proceedings and, in the process, experienced much more success. Dressed in pristine white, Regurgitator presented a perfectly eccentric set, indulging in everything from hysterical stampedes of alternative-rock to hip-hoptinged interludes. Naturally, as veterans, they were every bit as polished as you would expect. They’re stalwarts of the scene and had no trouble reminding the festival crowd of their standing. Classics Polyester Girl and The Song Formerly Known As were thrown together with more recent gems, including All Fake Everything and

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rapid-fire ridiculousness of Game Over Dude. There was the sense that Regurgitator had perhaps bewildered Groovin The Moo, but in the best way possible. “We come in peace from the northern hemisphere!” proclaimed They Might Be Giants before launching into flamboyant classic Doctor Worm. Their dose of quirky pop-rock raised the bar for the rest of the bill, their set arguably the most fun of the entire festival. Few matched their showmanship and charisma, the band connecting with the young crowd easily. The prevailing highlight was a game of ‘People Vs Apes’, the audience split in two in the name of a wild instrumental hoedown. The set ended on a triumphant note, their thunderous rendition of Istanbul (Not Constantinople) serving as a crowd-pleasing finale. An amorous reception awaited Tame Impala, punters eager to soak up their vintage psychedelic rock. It was everything you’d expect, executed to the letter. Dreary hypnotic trips bled with warped distortion, Tame Impala staging an arresting affair. They peaked with grunting single Elephant, its hairy-chested swagger giving way to a scintillating drum solo, only to slip into a disjointed jazz-tinged detour, to wind up where it began via a brush with reggae. Combined with the dreamy melancholy of Feels Like We Only Go Backwards and the ever-exciting Alter Ego, Tame Impala seemed capable of anything and everything. It was a thrilling set, the band rising to meet the hype. The crowd would erupt upon Tegan & Sara’s arrival, ready to embrace their accessible pop. Their latest album, Heartthrob, has elevated the twins to new heights. The likes of Closer, I Was A Fool and Now I’m All Messed Up each ensured epic sing-a-longs, the sisters’ pop expertise perfectly irresistible to Groovin The Moo’s punters. It was a fun but by no means flawless performance, with both Tegan and Sara making uncharacteristic mistakes. Brief slip-ups aside, though, they otherwise staged a comprehensively brilliant set. Overall, both in song and banter, Tegan & Sara proved intensely likeable, adding another chapter to their love affair with Australia. The Kooks, one of the festival’s chief headliners, proved serviceable at best. The fact that the band continue to fly the flag for a now-defunct post-punk revival era means that, occasionally, they come off as stale. Their Groovin The Moo set demonstrated as much. Some songs – notably those from their breakthrough debut album – Eddie’s Gun and She Moves In Her Own Way - showcased a timeless quality, contributing to a relatively pleasing set. However, much of their material failed to measure up by comparison, sounding lame and dated in the live arena. In the hands of The Temper Trap, an epic finale for Groovin The Moo was a foregone conclusion. From Love Lost to the anthemic waltz Trembling Hands, the band capably weighted the evening with overblown theatrics. The Temper Trap demonstrated their live credentials, though their aspirations to become the biggest arenabased band in the world shone through, becoming irksome in the end. Their pursuit of greatness shows strange side-effects, namely the resemblance of their songs with those that soundtrack, for example, One Tree Hill finales. For all their grandeur, they’re actually a bit bland. Throw in the notion that their songs make a strained transition from studio to live performance and there’s more than a few ways to nitpick at The Temper Trap. Put simply though, the chief annoyance of The Temper Trap headlining Groovin The Moo was that they took the spot ahead of many bands, each capable of more interesting things. Overall, Groovin The Moo ‘13 presented an enjoyable if hit-and-miss cross-section of local and international acts, with diversity among its chief strengths. NICK MASON

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