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here’s no doubt that the third instalment of the Iron Man franchise was one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year and despite the hoopla machine working overtime in preparation, this one delivers on many levels. This time around, brilliant industrialist and saver of worlds, Tony Stark, still reeling from the events in the Avengers movie, barely has time to scratch himself before he is thrust into the mother of all battles with the insidious terrorist The Mandarin (played with hilarious aplomb by Sir Ben Kingsley, although fans of the comic may question this arch villain’s entry into the franchise) and scientistgone-bonkers, Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce). This film, and indeed the franchise, is successful due to its reliance on credible scripts and great character development that isn’t restricted to the protagonist.
t may’ve been three years since US metal-core outfit Norma Jean’s last sonic assault, ‘Meridional’, however one listen to ‘Wrongdoers’ should allay any fears you may’ve had that they had lost their vitriol. While their usual aural brutality forms the backdrop to ‘Wrongdoers’, this time around, things are tempered by more melodic riffs and sludgier rhythms that shows, well and truly, that this ain’t no one trick pony. Tracks like the lead single ‘ If You Got It at Five, You Got It at Fifty’ will grab you and shake you until you can barely take it, while slow burners like ‘Potter Has No Hands’ will release the grip and let you catch your breath – barely. After six albums since 2002, you get the feeling that Norma Jean have finally found the sound that they were looking for – an uncompromising brand of nu-metal with enough intelligence to know when to pull things back.
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f stoner comedies are your bag, then you are going to love this action-packed comedy from director David Gordon Green (‘All The Real Girls’). A process server (Seth Rogan) and his marijuana dealer (James Franco) wind up on the run from a hitman and a corrupt cop after he witnesses his dealer’s boss murder a competitor while trying to serve court papers
on him. As the pair run for their lives, they quickly discover that they’re not suffering from weed-fuelled paranoia. Incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. While much of the success of the film comes from the on screen chemistry from Rogan and Franco, the hilarious Danny McBride (‘Eastbound and Down’) threatens to steal the show on a number of occasions with a truly guffaw-laden performance.
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fter being conspicuously absent from the Aussie touring scene for the past year, Melbourne rockers Stonefield are set to make up for lost time with a national tour to promote their massive (in every sense of the word) new single, ‘Put Your Curse On Me’. “Yeah we’re all really excited – it feels like ages since we’ve toured in Australia so we can’t wait to give fans a bit of the new stuff,” guitarist Hannah Findlay told TE during a break in rehearsals at the Findlay parental home. While Stonefield’s usual classic rock swagger is present in spades on the single, things are taken to a whole new level thanks to some lush production from Ian Davenport (Band of Skulls), masterful mixing from Grammynominated Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam) and the inclusion of the soaring voices of the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir. “Yeah, Ian was just a pleasure to work with,” Findlay said. “He was all about making us feel at ease in the studio and getting the rawest sound possible. “The song, though, is probably the oldest one on the album and we always had the idea to put a gospel choir on a track and it just worked so well on ‘Put Your Curse On Me’ – just listening back to those voices is just amazing.” The single is the first taste from Stonefield’s highly anticipated debut
long-player, also produced by Davenport, which is due to drop in early October and Findlay said it would represent a stylistic leap for the four piece. “Everything is going really well with the record and while we don’t want to give too much away, I will say that it’s going to be a very big-sounding record. With the EPs [‘Through The Clover’ and ‘Bad Reality] we weren’t as able to take listeners on a sonic journey and that’s exactly what we plan to do with the
album. Also, I’d say that our songwriting has developed a hell of a lot since we started, which I hope shows on the album.” It’s been a pretty wild ride for the four sisters – Hannah, Sarah, Amy and Holly – since they took out the Triple J Unearthed High competition in 2010. A J Award nomination soon followed, as did plum festival spots at the likes of One Movement and the legendary Glastonbury. Not a bad effort for a band
that is yet to release an album. Findlay said that their impressive career trajectory still gives cause for the occasional ‘pinch me, I must be dreaming moment.’ “Yeah, every now and then I find myself thinking things like that,” she said. “Especially since we’ve been a bit quiet of late, there has been a bit more time for it all to sink in.” Catch Stonefield when they play at the Small Ballroom on Friday August 23.
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t may have been a long time coming – nigh on two years in fact – but Adelaide singer-songwriter Tom West is almost able to breathe a massive sigh of relief as his debut long player, ‘A Spark In The Dark’, is about to drop any time soon. West, who penned his first tune – a paean to love lost – at the tender age of fifteen, offers up some refreshingly simplistic, organic sounds on ‘A Spark in the Dark’ and anyone who has clapped ears on the album’s first two singles, ‘Johnathan’s Farm’ and ‘Malecon’, will know that this guy has a lyrical turn of phrase to write home about. The album was recorded in the quiet reaches of the Adelaide Hills and West told TE that the choice of location really helped the laid-back and naturalistic vibe of the record. “It has been quite a long process since I started writing, so yeah it’s cool to be finally getting it out there. It’s a relief,” he said. “A lot of the songs were written while I was backpacking around the world and, in that time, I ended up with about 15 songs. “Then I took about four months to record the album with a good friend of mine, using minimal gear – essentially just a laptop and some mics – at my parent’s place in the Adelaide Hills and I really think the location does give the album a particular flavour – I mean, we did a lot of the tracking at night so, on almost all of the songs, you can hear the crickets chirping away in the background, which I really like.” West said that due to the fact that much of the album was written while traversing the globe, it could be described as a Tom West travelogue. “Now that I reflect back on the album, travelling played a big part in where I drew inspiration from,” he said. “But the song Malecon, for example, is not about the Malecon in Havana, but rather about being in a particular moment. I’d say, lyrically, the album is about points in time.” Now that West can see the light at the end of the production tunnel, so to speak, rather than putting his feet up and reflecting on his accomplishment, he is champing at the bit to start work on his next project. “I just really, really want to do new stuff,” he said. “I’ve had this album hanging around in my mind for so long that I am literally itching to start work on something new –so I’m thinking an EP maybe by the end of the year.” Catch Tom West when launches ‘A Spark in the Dark’ at the Great Northern Hotel on Thursday, August 22.
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fter sending pulses racing with their soul, rock and country tinged self-titled LP last year, Melbourne sextet The Hello Morning are back with a cracking new EP, ‘The Tie That Binds’ and they are heading up the mighty Hume to give Hunter punters a taste. For the uninitiated, the band began life as a songwriting partnership between Steve Clifford (vocals/guitar) and Matty Smith (vocals/guitar) before the breadth of their vision required some extra musical minds. “We’ve been a band, with the six of us, for around four or five years,” Clifford told TE. “We didn’t initially see it as six people – I mean, it’s quite inconvenient having just one person too many to fit in a car – it was something that kind of just grew organically.”
The band really hit their straps with the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled album, produced by Jimi Maroudas (Living End, Tim Rogers, Eskimo Joe), drawing comparisons to the likes of My Morning Jacket and Wilco. An EP, ‘Without You’, followed which pricked up more than a few ears abroad. The EP was added to more than 130 college radio playlists across the country and managed to snag a top 20 slot in 10 of those stations’ airplay charts. Clifford said for ‘The Tie That Binds’, the band took more of a stripped-back approach to production, enlisting Hello Morning member Dave Manton for desk duties. “We definitely approached the EP in a much different way to the album,” he said. “The album was a really long process, I think it took about 18 months and, while we’re really proud of it, I think 18 months is too long to work on anything.
“The ‘Tie That Binds’ was a much shorter process and a much more instinctive and intuitive process. Because Dave plays guitar in the band, things were much easier as he knew exactly where we were coming from and where we wanted to go with the EP.” One of the highlights of ‘The Tie That Binds’ is an ethereal version of the Johnny Cash and June Carter classic, ‘Jackson’, featuring the vocals of Triple J Unearthed Laneway Festival winner
Ali Barter. However, the script is flipped with Barter singing all of Cash’s parts and Clifford singing Carter’s. “Ali is just great,” Clifford said. “We had been hanging out with her for a while and we needed someone to fill in for a radio thing we were doing and it just clicked. Her voice is just so pristine and I always sound like I’ve just woken up, so it’s a good combination.” Catch The Hello Morning when they play at the Grand Junction Hotel on Sunday, September 1.
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n a world of false idols and poseurs, the Blue Ruins are a bluesy, rootsy-refreshing act to sink your teeth into. Singer/guitarist Kate Watts is a 24-year-old powerhouse – her voice and ability to hold a crowd is impressive for a lady her age, performing great blues tunes as well as original compositions, which like her, hold an earthy and honest beauty. Allan Watts is an incredible guitarist – his effectiveness and skill can only come from years of experience. Many guitarists don’t understand “less is more”, but Allan is a master of this, an incredibly tasty and thoughtful guitarist, selfless in his approach. But when he adds a solo, you quickly realise he’s no backing guitarist. Newest addition, Aidan Bateman, is a young, enthusiastic drummer whose passion and vibrancy comes from years of experience. Playing in many bands before settling with The Blue Ruins, he adds an abundance of power and energy. Catch the Blue Ruins when they play at the Wickham Park Hotel on Thursday, August 22.
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espite only hopping off a plane from the US twelve hours before our chat, Aussie bluesman extraordinaire Steve Edmonds is wasting no time in getting back on Australian roads and preaching his blues gospel. Edmonds will be bringing his three-piece Steve Edmonds band to Newcastle this weekend for two high octane shows at the New Orana and the Wicko and even with a case of jet-lag, he said he couldn’t wait to get back to what he calls a “genuine rock and roll town”. “Right now I’m at home – I just got back from the States about 12 hours ago and I’m still buzzing,” he said. “I had the best time – I basically jammed across America. Ten states in 3 weeks, playing in places like Chicago, Austin, Texas and Memphis. It was an absolute blast. “Now that I’m home, I can’t wait to get back to Newcastle – I absolutely love it. It’s kind of like Austin in Texas, there’s quite a Bohemian vibe in both places
and both towns really appreciate good music.” Edmonds, who has worked alongside such heavy hitters as Jimmy Barnes, Billy Thorpe and Chain said that punters could expect a high energy blues rock show that never skimps on quality. “There is a lot of cover material in our set but I wouldn’t call us a cover band because it’s more about interpretations of the songs than just note-for-note renditions – we definitely like to throw our own style over things,” he said. “But, at the end of the day, I’ve been a guitar player for a lot of years so the show is basically fuelled by the guitar – a lot of bluesey Strat playing in the vein of Stevie Ray Vaughn, then I might whip out the Gretsch and jump into some Cream, Deep Purple or Led Zep and then into some straight out, full-throttle rock and roll. “For us, it’s all about consistency and quality – I mean the accumulation of experience that we have all gained and with the legacy of the people I’ve worked with, without wanting to pat myself on the back too much, I think I’ve got a great grounding in taste.” Catch the Steve Edmonds Band when they play at the New Orana on Saturday, August 24 and the Wickham Park Hotel on Sunday, August 25.
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hen it comes to cultural figures that defined the twentieth century, you’d be hard pressed to find someone more qualified to claim the title than the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. Now, some 36 years after the King packed up his blue suede shoes and shuffled off this mortal coil, the cult of personality surrounding Presley is still as present as ever, as evidenced by the number of Elvis impersonators keeping the spirit of the King alive. One of the best in the business, Max Pellicano, will be brining his eerily accurate Elvis tribute to Newcastle next month with his ‘Elvis to the Max: The Orchestral Sessions’ show. Pellicano said this time around, the show would be an Elvis extravaganza that will feature a formidable 18-piece orchestra. “Yeah, I’m really looking forward to coming back down to Australia – I always have a blast down there,” Pellicano told TE. “This time, I’m going to be backed by an 18-piece orchestra, which really adds
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Stereo’ with the addition of third member Jed Walters, who took up keyboard and bass duties with the band. While Walters had been a part of the Blackwater Fever since mid-2010, ‘The Depths’ represents his first hit out in recorded form and Hicks added that his inclusion has given the band a whole new sonic palate. “When Jed joined the band he brought this kind of new enthusiasm to the band and really opened up the sound both in the studio and on stage,” he said. “A lot of the songs on the album were written around the time of ‘In Stereo’ – in fact we had planned that album to be a double album, but when we started recording it we realised it was a pretty massive undertaking so we put those songs on the back burner.” Never ones to rest on their laurels, Hicks said the band were already looking at getting back into the studio as well as trying their luck abroad to capitalise on the airplay the band has received in both the US and Europe. “Yeah, we’d love to get over there, but it can be a bit of an undertaking,” Hicks said. “What I’d like to do is get album number four done and dusted and see if we can’t get more interest over there. But we’re definitely looking at that in the near future.” Catch The Blackwater Fever when they play at the Lass O’Gowrie Hotel on Saturday, August 24.
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An innovation at this year’s festival will be the performance of a jazz cabaret ‘Boulevard of Blood and Dreams’, specially written, in the form of a radio play, for the festival. The cabaret will be performed by the Smokin’ Chops Quintet with jazz violinist Sue Morley. Aside from all of this jazz action, the festival will also showcase the talents of some of the region’s brightest young stars including the Newcastle Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra, The Hunter School of Performing Arts Stage Band and the New Young Northside Band. Also, the fifteen piece New Empire Ragtime Dance Orchestra (with no member over 25) will play original charts from the 1920s and 30s. Catch the Newcastle Jazz Festival at the Newcastle Jockey Club from Friday August 23 to Sunday, August 25. For more information, visit www. newcastlejazz.com.au.
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