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Editor’s Note// Despite being enigmatically silent during the Guns N’ Roses era, it turns out the Slash of 2012 has a lot to say.

Rip It Up’s short audience with one of rock’s most revered guitarists finds him accommodating and eloquent, whether it be chatting about latest album Apocalyptic Love, Guns N’ Roses’ epic music videos or his dreams of a Use Your Illusion rerelease in its raw form.

Slash might still be rocking the trademark top hat, but the dirty and debauched smack fiend of the ‘80s has been well and truly replaced by a rather dignified elder statesman of rock. For fans of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver that have read Slash’s cracking autobiography, the fact that he made it this far is impressive in itself. That the musician born Saul Hudson is still at the top of his game is even more of a kick - his hard and fast punk blues riffs on Apocalyptic Love burn with vitality.

In this week’s cover story – which you can read in an unabridged format on our website - Slash humbly mentions that he’d love to appear on Sesame Street. Rip It Up’s online news snippet about his hope for a role has since gone around the world.

Who couldn’t picture Slash hanging out with Elmo, Oscar and Cookie Monster? It’s so easy…

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Rip It Up’s random weekly compilation.

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“I was seeing my grandma last weekend so I cut my beard back a little bit so it was mildly respectable. There will definitely be a beard when I get to Adelaide, I guarantee you that.”

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This Week //

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Undertaking the first of two farewell shows at the Governor Hindmarsh on Wed Aug 22.

Catch Restless Dance Theatre’s new work at Queen’s Theatre, Playhouse Lane, from Fri Aug 17 until Sat Aug 25.

Experience the Swedish grindcore act along with Tasmania’s Psycroptic at Fowler’s Live on Thu Aug 16.

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Taking place at Forresters & Squatters Arms on Sat Aug 18 with Melbourne’s The Resignators as headline act.

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See the local punk rockers when they launch their new CD at Enigma Bar on Sat Aug 18 with Brisbane’s The City Shakeup, Red Light Sound, This Is Our City and Take Us To Vegas.

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Write It On Your Skin Sparkling guitar popster Newton Faulkner has been using his Twitter for very constructive purposes lately. Like finding out whether blue tits are accompanied in the bird world by any other colour tit (answer: yes) and exactly what the rough-faced shag is (thanks, New Zealand birds). The dreadlocked one will be able to see all kinds of breasts and crests when he returns to Australia to perform songs from his third studio album Write It On Your Skin, as well as favourite singles Dream Catch Me and I Need Something. See him on Thu Sep 20 at Fowler’s Live. Tickets: moshtix.com.au and venuetix.com.au.

Dino-Mite Last Dinosaurs sure impressed a lot of people at Spin Off Festival and Splendour In The Grass – not least self-confessed fans Bloc Party, who asked them to play a special intimate show after they’d DJed at Triple J’s pre-Splendour

What: Progfest / Where: Enigma / When: Sat Oct 6 / Tickets: $22 + BF at oztix.com.au

Progger The Olympics is over. What kind of mammoth challenge are you going to set now that staying up all night watching wrestling (or avoiding it all together) is no longer an option? Progfest has your back like a 120kg man in a sweaty onesie.

A showcase of artists who “challenge themselves musically and create music with depth and vision”, Progfest’s headliner is Melbourne’s progressive/extreme/ violin-laden metallers Ne Obliviscaris.

They’ll be joined by Jericco, The Red Paintings, Circles, Branch Arterial, Chaos Divine, Mushroom Giant, Quiet Child, Glass Empire, A Lonely Crowd, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Okera, One, Teramaze, Toehider, Rainbird, Alithia, Jarek, Kettlespider, Bear The Mammoth, Glasfrosch, Harlequin and more.

party and brought it all home to an 8000-strong crowd. They’re set to do it all again in October and have an extra special offer for ticket buyers, with special deals on the Zoom remix EP and their debut album In A Million Years. Get access to the deals and tickets for the show at the Governor Hindmarsh on Sat Oct 27 from thegov.com.au and moshtix.com.au.

From wanting to be in Neighbours at 16 to studying musical theatre and finding her calling as a singer songwriter while backpacking across Europe, Emmy Bryce has come a long way. The Melbourne indie princess first jumped on stage with a borrowed guitar after swigging some strawberry beer at a bar in Belgium; now she comes to La Boheme on Grote St on Sat Sep 29 to play songs from her EP Seven Days.

Here’s the story behind the last track on the EP, All We Need Is A Song…

“That was the first song I wrote in my car in my head in pretty much one go,” Bryce says. “It just popped in, I grabbed my phone and just recorded it straight away. I thought when people said that songs just came to them, I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever, that never happens’. Then all of a sudden this song came out. It’s very much a positive song about just hanging out with mates, I think of all the drunken times I’ve spent at the Retreat Hotel dancing on table tops with my friends and just having good times.”

Who: The Beards / Where: Jive / When: Sat Dec 1 and Sun Dec 2

Fun Times With The Beards Just last week The Beards found out that the Danish word for beard - skæg - is also the Danish word for fun. The hirstute four Johann Beardraven, Nathaniel Beard, Facey McStubblington and John Beardman Jr - propose that the English language adopts the same meaning, for example: “How was your night?”

“Great! We had a really beard time.”

“Cool... nice beard.”

Maybe they can try to implement this new world order on their End Of The World (For Beardless People) tour that takes on a bazillion dates across the country, ending with two big shows in Adelaide. The premise for the mammoth tour? Everyone has heard by now about the apocalypse that’s supposed to end the world later this year. The Beards’ take on the prophecy is that on Fri Dec 21 the world will end for people without beards, so they’re attempting to convince as many clean chins as possible to repent before it’s too late.

“We told you to grow beards,” frontman Beardraven says. “This will be your last chance.”

This Is My Rifle And This Is My Gun Soul-drenched vocals and steadfast blues swagger – that’s The Rubens’ frontman Sam Margin’s thing and he does it like a boss on the band’s new single My Gun. The Rubens have come a long way since their home-recorded demo Lay It Down, which made it to number 57 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll for 2011. My Gun was recorded in New York with Grammy

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Award winning producer David Kahn and is just a taste of the band’s debut self-titled album due out in mid-September. These guys have sold out shows all over Melbourne and Sydney, from the Northcote Social Club to the Corner Hotel and the Oxford Art Factory – don’t miss out when they play the Governor Hindmarsh on Sat Sep 29. Tickets: $20 + BF at moshtix.com.au.

Just want to Dance Dance Dance? Melbourne indie boys BLACKCHORDS have plenty of pretty jauntiness up their sleeves and they’ll be playing it at Jive on Sat Sep 8.

Fall In Falls has announced a string of new acts for its line-up including Two Door Cinema Club, The Hives, Sharon Van Etten, Django Django, Angus Stone, Ball Park Music, Lisa Mitchell, Jinja Safari, Cosmo Jarvis and Ash Grunwald. They’ll join the likes of Coolio, Best Coast, Hot Chip, SBTRKT, The Hives and many more at Lorne, Victoria, and Marion Bay, Tasmania, over New Year’s.

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Rockstar 101 “She is a frisky little lady,” rock icon Slash admits of a recent female collaborator. No, the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist isn’t describing a new partnership with former musical associates Fergie or Rihanna – he’s talking about cheeky 90-year-old actress Betty White. o celebrate the opening of the Los Angeles Zoo’s new amphibians and reptiles exhibit, long-time snakelover Slash appeared in television commercials with The Golden Girls veteran to promote The LAIR. “I’m on the board of directors for the LA Zoo and Betty White is the president of the board of directors now,” Slash explains of the unique hook-up. “We’ve been friends for years, so when The LAIR was opening the zoo came to us and asked us if we’d do a commercial for the new reptile exhibit. ‘With Betty? Fuckin’ sure!’ Betty is one of the coolest rock’n’roll personalities I’ve ever met – we had a great time.

“I loved her in The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Slash says of White’s popular ‘70s television role. “She was great in that as she played herself really – she always plays herself, but she was a little bit more randy in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She is a frisky little lady.”

When not wooing nonagenarians, Slash has spent 2012 promoting his latest album Apocalyptic Love. Rather than the revolving door of guest vocalists of 2010’s Slash album, Apocalyptic Love finds the guitarist helming an energised collection of raw punk blues numbers with collaborator Myles Kennedy.

Although live shows routinely tip their hat to Slash’s chequered history with Guns N’ Roses, Slash’s Snakepit and Velvet Revolver, the

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release of Apocalyptic Love has exponentially increased set-list options each night.

“You’ve hit the nail on the head. I had a great time touring the last record, but we only had what I would consider two original songs between Myles and I! Having new material that is ‘ours’ to do has been really gratifying, especially as it’s been so well received.”

At one time as renowned for his alcohol intake as his signature guitar riffs, Slash would regularly hide his chronic onstage shyness behind bottles of Jack Daniel’s. Having incrementally kicked his vices – including doing away with the once ubiquitous cigarettes that would nonchalantly hang from his mouth during solos – does the clean Slash of 2012 still feel a charge of nerves before a performance?

“That’s an interesting question. I remember with Velvet Revolver during the first shows we did, I was really perplexed about how I was going to go out and do this without something to take the edge off, but I was able to go out and do it and it’s been fine ever since. I’m one of those guys that for as long as I can remember I’ve always been the victim of the butterflies – I always get nervous before I go on stage.”

The dates Slash plays across Australia this month are intimate enough that he’ll be able to see the whites of fans’ eyes – even if they can’t see the whites of his. With a history of playing to stadiums and far-reaching fields of fans, are the nerves exacerbated when it’s up close and personal?

“There was only really that one period from ’90 to ’94 where there was nothing but stadiums, but I’ve always tried to break it up,” Slash says. “Even when we are doing festivals in arenas I try to break it up by playing clubs as well. I actually enjoy playing the intimate venues a lot, because the reaction is immediate and there’s something about playing in a room full of people that’s very personal. I like playing the stadiums when

we do them as well, but it’s definitely not as personable an experience - you don’t have the connection to the back of the room you’d normally have in a smaller place.”

When Rip It Up speaks to Slash, it’s exactly 20 years since an incident that irrevocably altered the course of Guns N’ Roses. Playing before Guns N’ Roses in Montreal on a co-headline tour, Metallica’s James Hetfield walked into a pyro flash pot and suffered extensive burns that landed him in hospital and abruptly ended the band’s set on Fade To Black. Instead of appeasing an agitated crowd after Metallica’s abridged performance, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose spent hours holed up in his hotel, arrived at the venue late and walked offstage after just 45 minutes due to a sore throat. A massive riot ensued, with Olympic Stadium ripped apart and vehicles in the car park torched. Slash’s autobiography suggests it was one of the final straws for the guitarist when it came to walking away from the band in the wake of their Use Your Illusion success.

“Yeah, well it was one of a handful of red flags,” Slash laughs. “I couldn’t not feel a sense of responsibility – guilt by association, you know? Guns N’ Roses and Metallica as two entities weren’t speaking to each other after that night. We went on to the next stage of the tour and James showed up sans guitar and continued on, but I don’t remember having a healthy, positive conversation with James again until way after that. I was still friends with them, but I was actually too ashamed to be able to go over to them and say anything. When you’re in a band it’s like a game: anything the band goes through, you go through. You have to stay by your people, so it was a very awkward and unfortunate turn of events [in Montreal] and for the rest of the tour I could definitely feel it.”

A quarter century since Guns N’ Roses’ debut Appetite For Destruction landed him in the public eye, Slash’s iconic status has been further cemented in 2012. Not only was the 47-year-old inducted into the Rock And Rock Hall Of Fame with Guns N’ Roses this year, he also earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame last month. A few achievements remain

Grand Illusion In Slash’s eponymous autobiography, the musician suggests Use Your Illusion I and II sounded far better before the albums were mired in production flourishes. Just as The Beatles later released Let It Be… Naked and stripped the original 1970 release of its orchestral overdubs, does Slash believe we’ll ever hear a Use Your Illusion… Unmasked?

“I would love to see it happen, but it’s something that would have to be agreed upon by all parties. There’s nothing wrong with the finished albums and the shit Axl did with the synthesisers on the record was brilliant – I thought he did a great job – but at the same time the raw and basic tracks were just so rock’n’roll that they suffered when we put all the other stuff on there. It would be interesting to go back and hear those raw tracks again.”

outstanding: as an American institution, it seems extraordinary he’s not yet popped up in either The Simpsons or Sesame Street.

“Well apparently I was the inspiration for a character in The Simpsons. I can’t remember what his name is. Otto The Bus Driver? Yeah, I think that’s the one - that’s what I’ve been told a bunch of times. As for Sesame Street, they’ve never approached me, though I would do it and I love kids.

“There’s no way I’d ever turn Sesame Street down,” Slash chuckles, “but I don’t know if parents would think I’m the best public influence on little kids?”

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Interviews// Ridin’ Solo Tim Hart of Boy & Bear is throwing the drumsticks to the wind and is taking a drive down solo street – for the time being, anyway. Hart has spread his wings with the release of Milling The Wind, a dark but peacefully endearing record of old school folk. he songwriter has released a raw and honest recount of the inner-workings of his mind and experiences over the last 18 months.

It proves he is more than the ginger behind the drums in the five-time ARIA-winning outfit.

Rest assured, Boy & Bear fans – Hart promises Rip It Up that this is not the end of the line for the band.

“I’m actually at a Boy & Bear rehearsal now! It’s all still very much happening.”

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pumping out tunes for a second album before Hart’s Australian tour begins. If one needed any more reassurance that the drummer remains an important part of the Sydney band, the proof is in Milling The Wind itself: Boy & Bear frontman Dave Hosking provides backing vocals on a couple of tracks. The band’s guitarist Gavin Killian also contributes, while The Middle East’s Jake Tarasenko sprinkles some of his flavours, too.

“The boys were great, they’re my closest friends and they love the tunes. It was definitely something that was always on the cards for me, [so] it’s really good to have their support.”

When it comes to producing, Tim wanted it raw, and with this in mind he turned directly to Mark Myers, producer of The Middle East and general musical guru.

“He’s a great music producer but he is also one of those guys who can turn airy-fairy musician-speak into reality, he definitely had to do that with me. He was able to make the record sound exactly how I wanted it to. It had to be a folk record. It wasn’t trying to be anything stylistically cool, ‘cause I think

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Hart Of Gold Eight quick posers answered by Tim Hart.

Strangest talent? Being a redhead.

Favourite fruit? Orange.

Innie or an outie bellybutton? Innie.

Best name for a pig? Pig. Favourite body part? The head.

Least favourite dessert? Lemon meringue pie.

Badger versus turtle – who would win? Turtle.

Life motto? Live with integrity.

everyone’s moved on from indie folk. But for me, folk music is a real passion, it’s a real love and it’s what I want to do for my career.”

Milling The Wind proves to contain some dark stuff. Hart’s advice for the album: “Don’t listen to it alone whilst drinking gin”.

“Yeah, it’s dark, there’s definitely no illusions about that. It’s a dark record but I’d like to think there is a little bit of hope in there somewhere. I definitely think it’s one of those records that’s more reflective than one that will hype you up for a nice Saturday morning.”

Hart has always been a man of the drums, but he now has a six-stringed wooden instrument nestled under his armpit.

“I was very much a drummer first, I grew up playing drums and moved onto guitar after that.

I hadn’t played drums for years when Dave gave me a call and said that he wanted me to come and play some tunes for him and that’s really how Boy & Bear started. Going back to drums was great, I never thought I’d play drums again really. It’s ironic that that’s sort of become my career.”

Stu Larsen, Queensland’s big-bearded ball of talent, will be joining old pal Hart for his album launch dates. These lads have promised to be sporting ferocious beards on the upcoming adventures - it simply isn’t a folk tour without them. Hart is known for his impressively consistent ginger beard, with no plans on shaving before his Grace Emily performance.

“My beard’s hanging around, although I was seeing my grandma last weekend so I cut it back a little bit, so it’s mildly respectable.”

See - even musos smarten up in the presence of their grannies! “But there will definitely be a beard in Adelaide, I guarantee you that.”

Oh, how we look forward to the growth.

Speaking of Adelaide, this is the city of choice to begin the tour of Milling The Wind. Well played sir, pulling on all the right strings of Adelaidean hearts with that decision. Hart is excited.

“I have a lot of good friends in Adelaide, Adelaide is one of my favourite cities to go in Australia. I’ve never played [solo] in Adelaide before so I’m not sure if anyone’s gonna come or anything. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s gonna be a great time I think.”

WHO: Tim Hart WHAT: Milling The Wind (UMA) WHERE: Grace Emily (with Stu Larsen) WHEN: Thu Aug 30

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Together At Last!

Even and The Fauves, two of this country’s most-loved and respected indie rock bands of the ’90s, are currently touring the country.

Amazingly, it marks the very first time the two bands have undertaken a pub tour together. e speak to Ashley Naylor, guitar player and singer with Even, and also Andrew Cox, guitar player and singer with The Fauves (pictured).

Both bands sprang up in the ’90s – Even as a pop rock trio and The Fauves as an art rock four-piece – during a particularly fertile period that also gave us such like-minded acts as Drop City, Autohaze, Spiderbait, Sidewinder and so many more including Powderfinger and Tumbleweed.

“We were always fans of The Fauves because, as a multi-faceted art rock band, they lay somewhere between Kyuss and [Frank Zappa’s] The Mothers Of Invention married to the lyrical genius of Andrew Cox,” Even’s Ash Naylor states. “And they were quite prolific and musically very creative because they just kept releasing album after album.

I also remember that we were quite jealous when The Fauves signed to a major label [Polygram].

That was a big deal [for a band] in the early ’90s.”

“But that was a very fraught experience,” The Fauves’ Andrew Cox says. “We probably weren’t quite the right band but it was back when labels were signing a lot of bands. And we butted heads a lot with our label. It was a great experience though and a great way for a band like us to get exposure rather than just being a little independent thing.

“It just didn’t result in us selling a lot of records,” he adds, “because we put out a 55-minute album [Drive Through Charisma] of quite impenetrable art rock. It quite patently had no commercial qualities whatsoever so it was a sign of the times that a major label was prepared to release something like that.”

Even and The Fauves have both used the services of The Welcome Mat’s Wayne Connolly as producer.

“Wayne worked with The Fauves a lot in the early days but we only used him about five years ago,” Naylor notes.

“Yeah, Wayne’s done pretty much half of our albums,” Coxy says. “I guess Even and The Fauves are not completely dissimilar musically and Wayne is the go-to guy for that organic sound with natural sounding guitars and drums.”

Even have occasionally used guest musicians on their albums – Ian McLagan of Small Faces played Hammond on Free Kicks – but The Fauves have never really called on guests for their recordings.

“Apart from using Wayne [Connolly], the only other high-profile person we’ve ever had on board was [Midnight Oil’s] Jim Moginie, who we used to co-produce When Good Times Go Good in 2008 with Wayne after we’d squeezed a bit of money out of Shock Records,” Coxy says.

It’s pleasing to note that both bands are still releasing new albums.

“I’ve never looked back at Even in a reminiscent way,” Naylor says. “While it’s been a slow burn because we’ve only released six albums, we don’t trade on nostalgia. Even is not a nostalgia act, even though some people now come to see us to relive some facet of their youth. But we are not reliving our youth by playing as Even – our youth is a separate chapter in our lives.”

Naylor says his musical taste was formed when he heard the budget compilation album Explosive Hits ’75.

“And I never really diverted from that path,” he now says of that K-Tel album which included hit songs by Sherbet, AC/DC, Ralph McTell, Linda Ronstadt, John Paul Young and Ross Ryan. “And I got to relive all that when I played on the big Countdown tour. It was like coming full circle.”

The Fauves will take to the stage last in Adelaide.

“It depends on circumstance – Even played last up in Brisbane – but I quite like the idea of playing and then being able to kick back and watch The Fauves,” Naylor says. “And I’m pleased that Adelaide’s The Trafalgars are playing too. I really love those boys.”

“We don’t mind playing last,” Coxy says. “We just hope that not everyone leaves after they’ve seen Even. That’s the only thing that worries me although I’m always a bit of a fatalist in that regard.”

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Big Day Out Even and The Fauves have never toured Australian pubs together but both bands travelled around the country as part of the Big Day Out in 1997.

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“That was Even’s brush with glory,” Ash Naylor says with a chuckle, while Coxy seems to recall the two bands crossing paths only once on that jaunt.

“Perhaps we played on different stages in the other states,” he muses, “because I only remember seeing Even in Perth.”

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INCOMING WHO: BILL FRAGOS WHAT: DECKS ON THE DECK WHERE: TEARO ESTATE, BAROSSA WHEN: SUN OCT 14

WHO: SIDNEY SAMSON WHERE: ELECTRIC CIRCUS WHEN: THU SEP 20

ONELOVE MOBILE DISCO 2012 ALBUM GIVEAWAY Having mixed the first ever OneLove compilation, John Course returns to where it all began (alongside Chris Lake and Acid Jacks) on Mobile Disco 2012. With Lake currently touring Australia and playing at Adelaide’s Apple Bar on Thu Aug 23, now’s the perfect time to win yourself a copy of the latest compilation instalment.

Comprising three discs of cutting edge club and crossover radio weapons, Mobile Disco 2012 features

TeAro Estate will host its fourth Decks On The Deck session in the Barossa this October, featuring Bill Fragos as its latest guest DJ. As the only cellar door to run an event of this style, previous DJs to have been featured at TeAro include Ezee G, DJ Reelax and DJ Dave Collins. This year DJ Bill Fragos will transform the Tasting Room into an uber-cool lounge where avid house fans will be treated to an up-close and personal encounter with one of Australia’s most recognised house DJs. Responsible for the massive track One More Time, Fragos embraces an international and Big Room sound and is responsible for one of the world’s leading new release house music programs, SoulGood, with NYC DJ/producer Exacta. The intimate Barossa gig will take place from 1pm-5pm with tickets at $35. Head to info@ tearoestate.com to get on the door.

tracks from Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl, Axwell, Kaskade, Skrillex, Timomatic, Fedde Le Grand, Nari & Milani, Cedric Gervais and Tommy Trash. Also don’t forget to catch John Course and Acid Jacks when they hit the road in support of the compilation and play at Electric Circus on Sat Sep 8. Head to onion.com.au to win a copy of Mobile Disco 2012.

FUNK D’VOID TO MIX BALANCE 22

Sidney Samson has announced an eight-date Australian tour that will see him back in Adelaide for The Proj3cts on Thu Sep 20. Best known for his 2009 debut single Riverside – which went to number one on the Dutch top 40 and number nine on the Australian ARIA Charts – Samson has also collaborated with the likes of Lil’ Jon, Will.i.Am and Lil Wayne as well as remixed for Lady Gaga, David Guetta and Kylie Minogue. Speaking of his original productions, Samson has said, “I’m learning every day. And I try to add new tricks to my box instead of repeating the same ones over and over again.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But that is the risk I’m willing to take.” Catch him at Electric Circus on Thu Sep 20.

Following on from Balance mixes by Nic Fanciulli, Deetron and Henry Saiz, Funk D’Void (real name Lars Sandberg) has been announced as the latest DJ for the long-running Balance mix series. Best known for his debut EP Jack Me Off back in 1995 as well as his 2001 track Diabla, Sandberg has built a reputation thanks to his penchant for house and techno, most of which he’s been putting out since 2010 via his own imprint, Outpost Recordings. Following on from his previous efforts for Cocoon and Soma, Balance 22 will be Sandberg’s third commercial mix and is set to feature some exclusives like Arkist’s Effingham PL, Guy Andrews’ Confuted and an unreleased Psycatron remix of Diabla on disc one, with Lee Webster and Joris Voorn among other selections on disc two. Balance 22 is out on Mon Sep 24 through Balance Music.

CALENDAR 18/8: DJ Ember (Red Square) 23/8: Chris Lake (Apple Bar) 24/8: The Pharcyde (Fowler’s Live) 24/8: Jochen Miller, Rank 1, Leon Bolier (HQ) 25/8: Pitbull, Havana Brown (Entertainment Centre) 30/8: Illy (Fowler’s) 31/8: Steffi (Cuckoo Bar) 2/9: J00F (White Rabbit) 6/9: Timmy Trumpet (Apple Bar) 18/9: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

WHO: FAR EAST MOVEMENT WHERE: HQ WHEN: TUE SEP 25

WHO: JLO WHAT: DANCE AGAIN TOUR WHERE: ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE WHEN: SUN DEC 9

20/9: Sidney Samson (Electric Circus) 21/9: Octave One (Electric Circus) 25/9: Far East Movement (HQ) 28/9: Paul Oakenfold (HQ) 29/9: Kyle Hall (Cuckoo Bar) 29/9: Das EFX, Black Sheep, Tony Touch (Higher Ground) 30/9: Funkagenda (White Rabbit) 1/10: Ferrry Corsten (HQ) 13/10: Seth Sentry (Fowler’s) 9/12: JLO (Entertainment Centre)

US electro-hop four-piece Far East Movement are heading back our way for an Australian and New Zealand tour this September. Easily best-known for their double-platinum single Like A G6, the band are heading back this time in support of their brand new album Dirty Bass which was released last May, and which also features the Justin Bieber collaboration single Live My Life. Having already toured alongside some of the biggest names in the business, including Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, Far East Movement are bringing back the party from the streets of LA back to the dancefloors of Australia next month – get your tickets from Venuetix.

Dusting her hands of American Idol judging duties, Jennifer Lopez will now turn her energies to the live stage as she tours Australia for the first time ever this December.

Jenny from the block, now 43, will be promoting her most recent album Dance Again … The Hits as part of her Dance Again world tour, a career retrospective record that includes guest appearances from artists like Pitbull and Flo Rida. Speaking of Ridas, Lopez has been known to request extensive backstage riders including a hotel room temperatures of 26C and a 40 foot trailer entirely furnished in white. C’arn Jenny.

Her Australian tour includes dates in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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TRIPLE J HOUSE PARTY MIXED BY NINA LAS VEGAS (UNIVERSAL)

It’s a surprise that it took Triple J so long to release a mixtape by their resident Saturday night DJ, Nina Las Vegas. Each week Nina seamlessly executes sets that have something that appeal to nearly everyone, with her versatility and knowledge of genres really being showcased here. The first CD is typically more commercial, tweaking with indie favourites by the likes of Parachute Youth, Ladyhawke and Django Django just enough to justify their place on a mixtape, while reworking others into electronic anthems, such as Van She, Miike Snow and Friends. The second CD puts a hipster spin on hip hop and R&B tracks by the likes of the Hilltop Hoods, MIA, Urthboy, 360 and Missy Elliott in a way that both authentic and new audiences will be content. Excellently selected and executed, whether used as a playlist for a house party or your bus ride to work, you won’t be able to help but groove along.

LACHLAN AIRD

QUESTION QUESTION

BLACK RAINBOW

HUXLEY

1TRAX THREE (1TRAX)

(PILOT RECORDS) For every jibe at the narrowness of Adelaide’s scene, there’s some dark mechanical horse hi i iin an over-clouded l d d paddock, and recently-birthed whinnying Pilot Records is whinnying pretty loudly. Pilot Records 002 is Question Question’s debut single, as well as a chance for their diverse constituents to take to the studio with the stems. M-Thirteen (Michael Diakomichalis) turns out a crunchy Kraftwerkish affair, Joy And Sparxxx’s remix is the sound of avant-garde cannibals writhing in the flickers of a campfire, while Let’s Be Modern (Justin McArthur) conjures the cracked-out doldrums of a shimmering electro-clash trip. But the original mix is the standout; witchy incantations hover disjointedly over a rich, bubbling bassline and tightly minimal beat, and as the delays build and synths morph unexpectedly, this becomes one of those rare occasions to drop the word ‘progressive’ with impunity. Black Rainbow will only make it into the oddest of DJ sets, but as long as you have good headphones, a moonlit forest and a book of spells then you probably won’t care.

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FAR EAST MOVEMENT DIRTY BASS

(UNIVERSAL) The debut mix from Huxley is a winner with 1trax Three’s two-step tinged deep house proving to be a lethal combination. Huxley’s street London (before the Olympics) makeover of house isn’t as in-your-face as Zinc’s crack house, as Huxley and his peers cross genres with classy precision. With selections such as Jordan Peak’s vibrant garage house mover Work and Nyra’s smooth bassline workout Best Of, Huxley shows that house with London influences (garage, dubstep and D&B) doesn’t have to be innocuously banging; it can work without an MC shouting East End club slang over the drop. 1trax Three is also worth it to check AND.ID’s Erotica and Julio Bashmore’s frenetic Longhorn Remix of Mosca’s Square One.

JEFF SPICOLI

The same guys that brought you one of the most thrashed-out tracks of all time – Like A G6 – are back with their fourth album Dirty Bass and if big dancefloor energy is what you’re after, this is the ultimate soundtrack. Leaning more towards cheesy pop rather than the band’s hip hop roots, you get collabs on here with the likes of Justin Bieber on the cliché-ridden Live My Life, but also Sidney Samson on the more intense and heavier Ain’t Coming Down, which is probably one of the only two tracks that would inspire a second listen. The second – a strange little ditty, Little Bird – is not only the highlight but also the surprise of the lot on Dirty Bass, full of atmospherics, layers and loads of emotion mostly thanks to the piano and the sultry, almost-haunting female vocals. Otherwise, and in simple terms, Dirty Bass is probably best experienced in the club or at the gym.

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WHO: FATBOY SLIM WHAT: FATBOY SLIM: LIVE FROM THE BIG BEACH BOOTIQUE WHERE: HOYTS CINEMA, TEA TREE PLAZA WHEN: FRI AUG 31, 9.30PM

DROP THE LIME DROP THE LIME (AKA LUCA VENEZIA), ON TOUR IN THE UK, HAS BEEN GOING FOR TWO DAYS. EVEN THOUGH IT’S EARLY MORNING, SOMEONE IS HOLLERIN’ IN THE BACKGROUND.

“I party like a crazy man,” Venezia (dubbed ‘the Elvis Presley of dance music’) calls down the phone, presumably from a hotel room. “We got midgets, we got strippers, we got a strong-arm dude with a barrel over his head running down the hallway, trying to find the rooftop... What are we doin’ today?”

The New Yorker is spruiking his latest album, Enter The Night, that’s what.

If Venezia first emerged as a maverick breaks’n’bass DJ/producer, he’s reinvented himself as a credible frontman – and musician (his band performed at Stereosonic 2011). He does have training.

“When I was seven years old I was like, ‘Mom, Dad, I need a guitar – I wanna be a rock star!’” the former choir boy says. “They bought me a guitar.

At nine years old, I was making mixtapes of myself playing guitar and writing love songs for girls in my elementary school... I was in bands in high school. It wasn’t until I was about 16 or 18 I went to a rave and I was like, ‘Nah, I hate guitar – I wanna be a DJ!’ And that’s what I started to produce [dance music].”

However, Venezia eventually came to “miss that organic and human feeling of instruments and voice”.

The founder of the hip Trouble & Bass Recordings speaks of Enter..., taking in the single Bandit Blues, as his full-length debut, but that was actually 2005’s This Means Forever (picked up by Kid 606’s TigerBeat6). Regardless, Venezia is committed to the album format at a time when many of his peers favour singles, EPs or even comps (he mixed 2010’s FabricLive.53). For this experimenter, an LP is about self-discovery. But, ultimately, in Enter... he aspired to

compose something “timeless”. Venezia integrates his divergent influences – blues, rockabilly, and EDM (he’s long dug regional genres like grime). Indeed, the DJ predicts the cyclic return of rock’n’roll after the current electronica boom.

The song-oriented Enter... is conceptual.

“It’s definitely an ode to the night and to my love for the mystery of darkness and the romance of the night and how the night-time in itself can bring strangers together and create these new adventures – whether it’s friendly or romantic.”

Adding to that romance is the fact that Venezia recorded in New Orleans – a magical, if tragic, city.

“I’ve always been inspired by a lot of blues from New Orleans. I went down there just to DJ a gig once about two years ago – and the energy was so intense for me. They had such a strong kinda dark influence artistically and, obviously, you got all the voodoo culture – the religion is so strong there as well, prevalent... That had a big impact on me. I wanted to go back. So I went back, just with a guitar and a portable studio and recorded a bunch of things in the hotel room – just listened to a lot of music down there, too. I went to more well-known spots like Frenchmen St and heard jazz and blue, and then I went to weirder places in The Bayou – like there’s a lot of houses where they have these makeshift speakeasies in their living room.

You’d have a bucket where you’d put in money and they’d give you moonshine or beer from behind their couch, basically, and there’d be people in the living room playing on pots and pans, home-made guitars – it was amazing. It was really inspiring.”

Venezia’s music can already be heard in video games – and nearly any song on Enter... would be a perfect sync for TV’s True Blood.

“You know, everybody says this,” the vampire fan laughs, pleased. “It hasn’t happened yet, but it’s been up for an option.”

WHO: DROP THE LIME WHAT: ENTER THE NIGHT IS OUT THROUGH ONELOVE

WHEN SETH SENTRY RELEASED HIS 2010 SINGLE THE WAITRESS SONG IT QUICKLY BECAME THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SONG ON TRIPLE J’S SHOW SUPER REQUEST. BUT ACCORDING TO THE MELBOURNE MC, PRODUCER MATIK TRIED TO PUT A STOP TO IT AND ARGUED THE TRACK OUGHT TO BE PULLED FROM THE WAITER MINUTE EP – “’PEOPLE JUST WON’T GET IT MAN, IT’S CREEPY’, HE TOLD ME,” SENTRY RECALLS OF THE ADVICE HE DIDN’T TAKE. “Well, apparently it was needed. It was pretty successful because maybe people were just a bit shy before when it came to issues like stalking someone. I think the song has opened the lines of communication between stalkers! It wasn’t going to be included on the EP because Matik just didn’t like the song… It was a funny little track that I wrote in about an hour after breakfast one day and neither of us thought anybody else would

ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC’S NATURAL HABITAT IS THE NIGHTCLUB, RAVE OR FESTIVAL. BUT, FRESH FROM HIS CAMEO IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY, BRIT DJ FATBOY SLIM (AKA NORMAN COOK) IS BRINGING HIS BIG BEACH BOOTIQUE TO CINEMAS. AND YOU’LL BE RAVING IN THE AISLES.

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FATBOY SLIM

really get it.”

Not only did people ‘get it’, but The Waitress Song turned out to be more in demand on national radio than the likes of Gossip and Phoenix on a nightly basis at that time. Both the single and the EP have been a big learning curve, according to Sentry, something the rapper claims prepared him for a debut album [This Was Tomorrow] in a big way.

“It was all done in a bedroom, but we learned the basics of putting a record together at least,” he explains. “Of course, the album was done in a much different way – I’ve got three producers on this thing. The best thing about having a full album is that I won’t have to spend an entire tour trying to flesh out mixtapes or a five-track EP, which is ridiculous! I’ll have lots of tracks to work with. I’ve done a 31-date tour with Pez within a month-and-ahalf, so this should be a piece of cake.”

When it comes to the album’s themes, Sentry states it’s pretty much about what’s been on his mind lately… Zombies and hoverboards, of course. No, seriously.

“There’s a song which is pretty much a letter I’ve written to science, like saying, ‘Yo, science – what’s the fucking deal? I expected hoverboards by now!’ And there is also a song about zombies and a break-up… So it’s pretty wide-ranging.

Having three different producers – Matik, Styalz Fuego and Trials from Funkoars – the hardest thing about the album was when it came to mixing because all three of them have a different school of thought and they’re all very different. Like,

Originally the big beat pioneer planned to “document” the fifth of his famous Brighton parties (and first in the seaside resort’s new football stadium) exclusively for DVD. He shot the second of June’s two spectacles.

“It’s not the biggest crowd I’ve ever played to, but it’s the biggest production – all bells and whistles,” Cook says.

It was then suggested that his concert film would suit the big screen, amid surging demand for ‘event’ cinema. Cook’s cohorts the Chemical Brothers showed their Don’t Think in 600 theatres internationally. His is going to 800.

“But I suspect that next year the [Swedish House Mafia] will do it and they’ll be in 2000 screens worldwide,” he muses.

Fatboy Slim: Live From The Big Beach Bootique will show on one night only, Fri Aug 31, globally.

“The idea is that if we get everyone to watch it at once on the same night, we get some kind of vibe like it’s a gig. Obviously, it’s not the sort of film that you’d go to the Tuesday afternoon matinee of.

The idea is to get everybody together at once, they maybe have a few drinks before they go in and [you get] as close to recreating the show as you can. I suppose it’s the nearest you can get without actually being there.”

Cook did have qualms about moving his festival, last held in 2008 on Brighton Beach, to Falmer Stadium (or The AMEX). Partygoers could be put off by the prospect of “a cattle shed”.

“But,” he says, “it’s such a beautiful stadium.”

The AMEX has superior facilities and, crucially,

Styalz is a lot more polished and contemporary sounding than the other two and Trials is a lot more hip hop and sample-based... So it was a juggling act between those three to end up with the album having a cohesive sound throughout.”

And it’s mission accomplished, according to Sentry, who claims he’s already getting his fair share of groupie-like followers – much to his shock and horror.

“Oh god, I was at the Adelaide airport, coming home after working with Trials just recently,” he begins. “And I was so hungover... Because it’s Trials! And there was a group of girls that came through and they were like, ‘It’s Seth Sentry!’ and they started waving. It was so weird. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with fame, if you can get it in the end, but I see it as just a byproduct of doing something that you love. It does make me feel a bit uncomfortable, I’ll be honest.”

If anything, it’s a testament to how far Australian hip hop has come, as Sentry adds – though there are still some things he wishes would change.

“It pisses me off when people now refuse to listen to international rap music because they lump it all in the same category, assuming every piece of American rap is gonna be some gangsta shit.

Dudes that don’t listen to American rap and only Australian hip hop – that’s pretty unhealthy. Apart from that, there’s nothing to complain about – we’re well past the days where you tell someone you’re a rapper and they do that weird ‘yo’ hand thing.”

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allows for greater crowd control.

“It was a lot more relaxed for me ‘cause some of the ones on the beach I was throwing, I was shitting in my pants. There was one where a quarter of a million people turned up. The police were saying to me, ‘People will die tonight’. They said, ‘It won’t necessarily be your fault, but statistically you’ve got 250,000 drunk people on the streets – people are gonna die’... So compared to the ones I’d done on the beach, this one was a stroll in the park.”

Coincidentally, Cook himself lives on Brighton’s seafront with his wife, media personality Zoë Ball, and their children. Arriving on the south coast from Surrey as a uni student in the ‘80s, he was already DJing here prior to joining the indie pop group the Housemartins as bassist.

The accidental pop star (and serial reinventor) just toured Australia with the Future Music Festival.

“I loved it – it was good. I hadn’t been to Australia for a while. It was a bit of overkill – I came five years running and I think maybe sort of wore out my welcome. So it was really nice to be back.”

Following 2006’s Greatest Hits, Why Try Harder, Cook stated that Fatboy was taking “a sabbatical”. The Southern Fried Records boss proffered an ambitious album as the Brighton Port Authority, with Iggy Pop as a guest. He also contributed to David Byrne’s musical (and concept album) Here Lies Love, about the Philippines’ Imelda Marcos, the anti-Evita raising its subject’s ire.

“I’m amazed that she didn’t have us bumped off,” Cook says, all seriousness.

Cook denies that Fatboy’s recent activity, including compilation releases, indicates an imminent studio comeback.

“I’m still very much in DJ mode, rather than making records mode.”

Promotional campaigns for albums are too binding – and strenuous. Cook prefers to be “a wandering minstrel”. Besides, the internet “can’t replace” a live DJ. “You can experience the download, but you can’t download the experience.”

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VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: SETH SENTRY WHAT: THIS WAS TOMORROW IS OUT FRI SEP 14 THROUGH HIGH SCORE WHERE: FOWLER’S LIVE WHEN: SAT OCT 13

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Thursday 16th

DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING

RAMSGATE HOTEL – THE WEATHER LADIES (9PM)

– Downtown with DJs Derek Lang, Eric Falcon and Lukky K DUBLIN HOTEL – Saba’s Friday (9pm)

ADELAIDE CASINO – Balcony Bar: Lucky Seven (8pm) ALMA TAVERN – Grind

RHINO ROOM – comedy with Eddie Ifft (7.30pm)

ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party

ANNEX CAFÉ – The Annex Sessions (6.30pm)

ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger,

DJs

ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Becky Blake (6pm)

Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse

nt ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident

AUSTRAL – Bunka: F*** Me It’s Thursday with DJs

SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests

DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm)

SUPERMILD – Revenge

plus guests

BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty

THE CUMBERLAND – Look At You with local DJs

ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJ Denorthwood and

CAVAN HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy & Margie (8.30pm)

THE ELEPHANT – Complete Trivia

Hemilove

CAVERN CLUB – band night

THE LION HOTEL – Clearway

EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm)

CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia

THE SOUL BOX – Jazz Jam Sessions featuring Soul & Pepper

EMU HOTEL – Bon ‘n’ All (8pm)

CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Athletic Teenage Joggers,

(8.30pm)

EXCELSIOR HOTEL – Mick Kidd

ORIENTAL – Michael Venner Duo (8.30pm)

Murdergrin and Iridescent. Front Bar: Paul Gurry

TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: The Old Fella (7pm) Chrysler

EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Bearded Gypsy Band

PORT DOCK BREWERY – karaoke with Dazza

CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – Steve Simon Potocnik

Bar: Red House (8.30pm)

DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm)

WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – John Riley Meets The New Cabal

DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm)

(8pm)

DUKE OF YORK – Beer Garden: DJ Mitchy Burnz. Front Room:

WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)

Speakerboxx and DJ Skinny B

WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJ Gumshoe

Friday 17th

EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – poker night (9.30pm)

PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke (10.30pm)

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – MANIACAL, HIDDEN INTENT AND DEVORERA

RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE, DJ RUPHEO AND GUEST DJS (9PM)

GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm)

RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker

GASLIGHT TAVERN – Rockin’ Fridays Repeat Offenders Jam

and Bollocks plus MC Dylan

Night

REX HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm)

GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke

RHINO ROOM – comedy featuring Eddie Ifft (7.30pm) Hummer

EMU HOTEL – karaoke with MJay and Leeanne Storm (9pm)

ALMA TAVERN – Rock Out With Your C*ck Out

GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Fauves, Even and

(9pm)

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Chapman Street and guests

AMBASSADORS HOTEL – Ambar Lounge: Souled Out Cocktail

The Trafalgars. Front Bar: Mairead

ROB ROY HOTEL – Pete Jenkins Duo (6pm) DJ Smiley (9pm)

Sessions with DJ Jason Lee (5.30pm)

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Timbers with Rachel Cearns and

ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny

ARCHER HOTEL – acoustic solos plus Jaki J (9pm)

Joe Man Murphy

Brights DJs

ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Franky F (6pm) Johnny G (8pm)

GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays

SANDBAR – DJs Cold One, Rabbit, D’Amour and Skippy

Sportys Bar & Arena: Sonic Tide (6pm) Idle Saints Duo (10pm)

HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Rockin’ Karaoke with Acca Dacca Mick (8pm)

SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm)

AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm)

HEAVEN – Surreal Lounge: Funk’d Friday (10pm)

SEAFORD HOTEL – Ed Law

GASLIGHT TAVERN – Front Bar: Groove Thursdays with Rob

AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm)

HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs Clarke & Krispy

SEATON HOTEL – Full Circle (9pm)

Ernst’s All-Star Band

BACCHUS BAR – Jest (9pm)

HIGHWAY – Friday arvo knock-offs

SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Jump Daddys

GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Sweet Baby James & Rob Eyers (7pm)

BARKER HOTEL – DJ Trix (9pm)

HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Boogie Nights with DJ Capital D and

SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – DJ Clarke

GOLDEN GROVE TAVERN – Dino Jag Trio (8pm)

BAR ON GOUGER – solo artists (5.30pm) DJ (9pm)

MC DV8

GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Australian Elvis

BELAIR HOTEL – Cry Wolf

HOPE INN – Steve Simon (8pm)

Show featuring Joe Biki & The 10 Piece Kreole Band

BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ – DJ Trent Slater

HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ DB

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Sour Sob Bob with Courtney Robb

BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’

HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm)

STAG – Upstairs: DJ Huddy and T-Bone with urban and dance.

GRAND BAR – OMG

Boys Band (8.30pm)

HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs Pony Boy, Bunyip and Hands

Downstairs: DJ Joey C with retro

GUTHRIES – Club 5082 (7pm)

BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Fusion – The Perfect Blend karaoke and

Solo (8pm)

SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC

HIGHWAY – Kiki Manic Escapade

DJ (8pm)

HQ – Main Room: Hard Dance Icons. Newmarket: Es.Co (every

SUPERMILD – live funk and DJs

JETTY BAR – No Use For A DJ Name (8pm)

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm)

second Friday)

SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Pat Spins Out – A Vinyl Recollection

LA BOHEME – French Connection with DJ Zooma (9pm)

BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch

LA BOHEME – Smooth Groove with DJ Curtis (9pm)

(8pm)

MARBLE BAR – Ladies Night with Dylan Sanders, VIP, Rupheo,

BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Echoes Of Pink Floyd (8pm)

LAVISH – DJ Sok and DJ Spin Dokta

SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJ V and

Mike Wills, Ben Earle and Acid Please!

BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance Club with DJ

LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL – Acoustic Jam

MC Timmy Pine

MARION CULTURAL CENTRE – Open Mic Cabaret Café

BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Envy North

LIMBO – resident DJs Japeye, Alley Oop and She Said

TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests

MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm)

BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – The Idle Saints (6pm)

LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays

TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran

MARS BAR – VJBeeJay and guests (9pm)

BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats

with DJ Wolfman

TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm)

NORTHERN SOUND SYSTEM – Mega Sonic underage dance

BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ

LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee

TEQUILA REA – Rude Not To! playing funky beats

party (7pm)

CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests

MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs Junior, Hank and Osk (9pm)

THE COVE TAVERN – Eleven (8pm)

NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night

CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Ride Into

MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music

THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local

ORIENTAL HOTEL – Blues & Roots Night

The Sun DJs (1am) Band Room: She’s The Band, Kujo, Stuffbox

MARION HOTEL – Graham Lawrence (6.30pm)

acoustics and late night DJ

PARADISE HOTEL – Complete Trivia

and Son Of Dad

MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am)

THE DELI: THEBARTON – Pat The Rat (7pm)

PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Dylan

CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – Lily & The Drum (8pm)

MICK O’SHEA’S – Killkenny Duo

THE GOODY – DJ Gex (9pm)

PORTLAND HOTEL – DJs Cold One and Rabbit (9.30pm)

DOG & DUCK – DTF with D Foe, Krunk, Dom P, Ryley, Kid P

MORPHETT VALE FUNCTION CENTRE – Linda McCarthy

THE GRIFFINS – DJ Seamless (7.30pm)

PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango

and MC Jon-E

(8pm)

THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – LESS THAN THREE, RYAN ABBLITT AND TOMORROW RISING

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The Guide // THE KINGS BAR – Friday On Your Mind with DJs plus

ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party

Gentlemen’s Record Club first Friday of the month

DJs (9pm)

THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment

ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior,

THE READING ROOM – Jack Carty with Carla Lippis, Traveller &

Dancespace and friends

Fortune and Sophie Orchard (5.30pm)

ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs Seamless, Juddo and Asterix

RED SQUARE – DJ Ember

THE SOUL BOX – Bellydance Amethyst (10pm)

EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ Orbe

RHINO ROOM – Square One (9pm)

TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Troy Harrison (4.45pm) One

EMU HOTEL – Rockwieler (8pm)

ROB ROY HOTEL – Stereo Saturdays with DJ Electric T (8pm)

Planet (9pm) Chrysler Bar: Clearway (9.30pm)

EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Informers, James Marie and Matt

ROCKET BAR – Hunting Grounds and City Riots

UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly ‘80s and ‘90s

Stillert

SANDBAR – requests with DJs

WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Dr De Soto and Steve Pederson (9pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Streams Of Whiskey WOODCROFT TAVERN – Kick Back (8.30pm)

Sun 19 Aug Sportys Bar + Arena Beat & 3 Veg with DJ Smiley (Kumfy Klub) (12pm)

SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm)

VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs Marek and Michael Constant plus MC Kris

RAMSGATE HOTEL – THE SHIZZLE (10PM)

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SKA’D FOR LIFE #4 WITH THE RESIGNATORS, KUJO KINGS, PROPHETS OF IMPENDING DOOM AND DJ TWO TONE

SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEAFORD HOTEL – Drive

BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Flight 69 (4pm)

SHOTZ BAR – DJ Chris Pike

CROWN & ANCHOR – Anthony Wignall and guests

SKYBAR – DJ Spin Dokta and DJ Demize

DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris

STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance.

DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm)

Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James

DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Cry Wolf

Armac and AJ (8pm)

GARAGE BAR – DJs Steve Daly, GTB, Bob Trott, J Tech, Jon E

SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of

ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm)

ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs

and Jason Lee (10pm)

international guests

EMU HOTEL – Strange World (5pm)

ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests

GASLIGHT TAVERN – karaoke with Mel & The Antman

SUPERMILD – Treasure Island DJs

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt & Naomi

GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony

SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle

GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Mark (8pm)

TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests

GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: 1927… The Story

TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran

WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops &

Saturday 18th

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNDAY BLOODY MARY MASSACRE

Continues and Hills & Trains. Front Bar: Pub Scrabble and Stock

TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs

ADELAIDE UNI – Adelaide Uni Open Day featuring Jack Carty

Exchange

THE CUMBERLAND – Launch Pad featuring local DJs

(3pm)

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Brillig with The Bastard Sons Of Ruination

THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm)

GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Gaslight Tavern Presents: Sebastian

ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro

GRAND BAR – Grand Bar Saturdays with DJ DMH and DJ

THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus and friends

Scott, Paul Reading, Robert Ernst and Eric Stevenson (2pm

ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J and The Bongo Man

Rupheo

THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes

every third Sunday of the month)

(10pm) Downstairs: Mark C (10pm)

HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ

THE KINGS BAR – Clever Cuts with Andrew Barker, Alley Oop

GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm)

ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Becky Blake (6pm) Heidy De

HEAVEN – Clubland: 4 rooms of dance, electro, house, funk,

and Adriaan Van Der Ploeg (8pm)

GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Joe Man Murphy (2pm)

Ruyter (8pm) Sports Bar & Arena: Dimitra (6pm) DJ Chris James

R&B and pop (9pm)

THE LION HOTEL – Hairy Lemon

GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays

(9.30pm)

HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents

THE SOUL BOX – Variety Show

GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Club Cool Disco. Front

AUSTRAL – Funktasm with DJs Anzac, Osyris and Batch (8pm)

HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm)

TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Boris Loves To Boogie (8.30pm)

Bar: Bart Thrupp

BACCHUS BAR – Barstool Philosophers (9pm)

HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Retro Saturdays with DJ V and MC

TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Acoustic Reign (9.30pm)

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Andy’s Bat Shit Disco

BAR ON GOUGER – DJs Mark & Ozzie plus guests (9pm)

Timmy Pine

UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga

HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888

BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ – DJ Carlos

HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm)

VALLEY INN – karaoke (weekly prizes)

double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm)

BENTLEY’S CLARE – DJ Rush

HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly

WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm)

HIGHWAY – The Happy Leonards (3pm)

BIBU CAFÉ – Lily & The Drum (7pm)

HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Rachel Cearns (7.30pm)

WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Cal Williams Jr and Fee Brown (9pm)

HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Tim Bos DJ and Sax

BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson

HOTEL TIVOLI – The Mash Up with DJ Paul Gurry (9pm)

WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm)

HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – NPL Poker (6.30pm)

BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Electric Funeral (8pm)

HQ – HQ Turns 5 with Feenixpawl, Nick Thayer, Mike Hyper and

WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd,

JAM THE BISTRO – DJ Tango

BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – Ben Mauro (7pm)

Dirt Cheap

Lush and Koops (8pm)

LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Muddy Road

BROADWAY HOTEL – DJs Bocky and Jordz

KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke

ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs

MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live

BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ Steve Reece

LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm)

ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests

acoustic music

CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests

LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen

CAVAN HOTEL – Baba Looey (8pm)

LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and

CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Streams Of Whiskey, Ben

MC Renard (10pm)

David & The Banned, Rowan Blackmore and Anthony D’Antonio.

LOUISIANA TAVERN – Platinum DJs

Front Bar: DJ Azz from Lady Strangelove (1am)

MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB: Rupheo, VIP, Kindred, Acid Please and

ADELAIDE SHOWGROUNDS – Roller Derby Season Finale

OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Dino Jag Duo (2pm)

CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole

Ben Earle plus national and international guests

Double Header Grand Final (2pm)

ORIENTAL – DJ

(8pm)

MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and

ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School with The Idle Saints

PORT DOCK BREWERY – Shady Characters

CURRENCY CREEK WINERY – Linda McCarthy (7pm)

electro

AUSTRAL – Basically Maate! with DJ Staplehead (8pm)

DOG & DUCK – The Dog with Brebsie, Robbie Spags, Harts,

MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm)

BACCHUS BAR – Zkye Blue (5pm)

ONS, Lazy B, MC Jon-E and guests

MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am)

BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’

DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and

MICK O’SHEA’S – One Planet

Boys Band (2pm) every first and third Sunday of the month

everything in between

OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: DJ Justice, DJ Skot Holder

BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Courtyard: DJ Mule (4pm)

DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and

and MC Mischief

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt

ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – The Harmonics (7.30pm)

MC Scotty

ORIENTAL – DJ

BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon

SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists

MARION HOTEL – Southern Sundays with Acoustic Reign (3pm)

Sunday 19th

MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said NORWOOD LIVE – The Angels and Hills & Trains

RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) ED FROM WASABI (7.30PM)

Departure.

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It’s your chance to release your inner artist as you explore two SALA Festival exhibitions on display in the gallery. The Fringe Benefits offer is valid until Tue Aug 21. See fringebenefits.com.au for details.

Image credit: Installation view Deep Space: New acquisitions from the Australian contemporary art collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, featuring Yhonnie Scarce.

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The Guide // SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Two Katz and Snooks & Sav

BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson

SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans

BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – Fame Trivia (6.30pm)

TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions

CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia

THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions and DJ Reelax

CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Cranker Comedy. Front Bar:

THE MAID – acoustic Sunday sessions (4pm)

Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan

THE SOUL BOX – Rhumboogie

DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm)

GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Musicians Playground At The

TORRENS PARADE GROUND – Vietnam Veteran’s Day Concert

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Thunderclaw DJs

Gaslight

featuring Beccy Cole and Linda McCarthy

GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge At The Gaslight

GLYNDE HOTEL – NPL Poker (6.30pm and 10.30pm)

WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Kino

GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Beautiful Girls

music on the banks of the Murray (3pm)

MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm)

all ages

WHITMORE HOTEL – Cripple Creek

PARADISE HOTEL – Memory Lane Trivia

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Monsieur Swing

ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs

PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm)

HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining:

ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)

SEAFORD HOTEL – trivia

Complete Trivia (7.30pm)

SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller

HIGHWAY – The Combi Room featuring Jordan Ruru (7pm)

THE COVE TAVERN – Complete Trivia

HOLDFAST HOTEL – Nonstop Dance Party with DJs Mike Wills

THE GOODY – Complete Trivia

& VIP

THE GRIFFINS – fresh, funky and progressive tunes

HQ – Flashdance: Saints & Sinners

AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia

THE KINGS BAR – Old Skool Funk with Nixon and Penfold. Back

JETTY BAR – karaoke

AVOCA HOTEL – Schnitty & Trivia Night (7pm)

Bar: APL poker

LA BOHEME – The New Cabal (9pm)

BARTLEY TAVERN – Complete Trivia

THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions

LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – DJs (9pm)

BOATHOUSE TAVERN: TAPEROO – Complete Trivia

THE PORT CLUB – Complete Trivia

MANSIONS – live band karaoke

BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Complete Trivia

TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Tuesday (7pm)

MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm)

BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm)

VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia

MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection

CROWN & ANCHOR – Coop & The Bird (7pm)

WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam

OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Open mic (7.30pm)

EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke

WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia

ORIENTAL – DJ

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Hi, My Name Is Reclusive Author

WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

Monday 20th

Thomas Pynchon GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Virgil Donati. Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy Harmoniclub

Wednesday 22nd

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNNYBOY AL’S KRAZY KARAOKE

RAMSGATE HOTEL – DANNY CLEARWAY (9PM) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke

GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz with Graham

ARKABA HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy featuring Wil Anderson

SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke

Lawrence (7pm)

(8pm)

SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr

OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Jake The Snake (8pm)

BAR ON GOUGER – Acoustic After Dark

Whiskas

PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia

BOTANIC BAR – Gemma

SUPERMILD – It’s Wednesday Now! with local bands

RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy

BROADWAY HOTEL – It’s Like A House Party with DJ Sneaky

THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs

ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm)

Beats

THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson

S-BAR – karaoke

CALEDONIAN HOTEL – Salsa Underground (8pm)

THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill and Snooks La Vie

SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon

CAMBRIDGE BALCONY BAR – Triplescore Lite

THE SOUL BOX – Pete Jenkins Band Jam

THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz, Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen

CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia

TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: quiz night (7pm)

TOWER HOTEL – Complete Trivia

CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia

TOWER HOTEL – Uni Night with DJ Dom P

WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma extra session featuring Jamie

COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm)

TOWER TAVERN: RENMARK – Complete Trivia

Oehlers (8pm)

CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p

UNION HOTEL – Eddie Trainor

DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm)

WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Wheaty Whisk(e)y: Cask Strength &

DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm)

Loving It (6pm)

DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!)

WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – Creating Styles Karaoke (9pm)

EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm)

WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy presents Next

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis

ZHIVAGO – Dripping In Gold DJs

Generation Debate (8pm)

FINDON HOTEL – Complete Trivia

Tuesday 21st

l r favourite loca A Q&A with ou bartenders.

Name: Arnika Venue: Seacliff Beach Hotel My drink: Coopers Sparkling Ale. Come here if you: Enjoy a beer and a schnitzel with a view.

Must try: Two schnitzels and a jug of super dry for only $25 every Thursday.

Coming up: Open mic night every Thursday in August from 8pm.

Rip It Up endeavours to provide an accurate guide, however, takes no responsibility for out-of-date listings. Gig Guide submissions and any changes can be sent to Kate Mickan katemickan@ripitup.com.au, faxed on 08 7129 1058 or care of the RIU address, Gig Guide deadline is Thursdays at 5pm. Please contact venues for any further information regarding the booked acts.

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Adelaide Roller Derby In the lead-up to Sunday’s Adelaide Roller Derby Grand Final, where the Salty Dolls will battle the Road Train Rollers for victory, Rip It Up chats to Singirl Malt of the Road Train Rollers on what roller derby means for women’s sport and why it may be especially attractive to the population of Adelaide. he roller derby ‘freshie’ Singirl Malt – or Malty as she’s known to her friends – suggests one of the clear triumphs of roller derby is the statement it has made for women in sport.

“It’s a very competitive, full-contact sport, and that’s something that’s not usual for us to see women play,” Malty explain. “It challenges the view of how we imagine women playing the sport. By playing roller derby we reclaim our right to not be nice and gentle. It gives us a range of possibilities for what it can be like for women to play sport.”

So while that may sound like Malty chose the harder option for a recreational sport, it’s obvious that she has no regrets.

“I was looking to be a part of something fun that would keep me fit, but I’m not the kind

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of person who would go join the local netball team.”

Instead, after seeing a flyer for the Fresh Meat 10-week training program at the Wheatsheaf Hotel (Adelaide Roller Derby’s home pub), Malty soon had her skates on (literally) and had made the same decision as thousands of other women worldwide, giving roller derby the title as the world’s fastest growing female-focus sport. It’s now even in contention for becoming an Olympic sport.

“Roller derby appeals to such a huge range of different women from different backgrounds. When you join roller derby you join a really amazing community of women of all shapes and sizes.”

With over 80 leagues in Australia and Adelaide recently hosting over 2000 competitors for the Grand Southern Slam in June, it seems Adelaide is not exempt from following the trend. It’s the differentiation from mainstream sports that Malty thinks is why more and more Adelaide women are choosing to play roller derby.

“I think for Adelaide being such a conservative little town, there’s been a subculture of people – especially women - desperately looking for this kind of community. I think people who have gone to roller derby once are kind of smitten as it’s a really thrilling spectator sport… I think

people get stuck in their humdrum lives and imagine there’s something more out there for them. Once you discover roller derby you think, ‘Yeah! I’ve found my spiritual home!’”

Roller derby is a full-contact sport, so you can belt the living crap out of each other while skating around the rink trying to score points. Malty assures that it isn’t as dangerous as it sounds.

“We hit each other hard but learn how to fall. We fall down a lot but do it safely. More often than not we just get right back up again.

We wear full protective gear so we’re not as vulnerable as people think we are. The really serious injuries that people have in their imagination don’t happen as frequently as you may think, nor as often as in other sports.”

A lot of people think roller derby is like some silly pro-wrestling thing but there’s a lot of strategy involved. Teams spend a lot of time thinking about the strategy they’ll use, as well as concentrating on their fitness, endurance and agility to get around and hit other players.”

Malty continues with a laugh, “There’s pride as well that goes with having a really good bruise on your upper thigh!”.

Another misconception that the fullcontact nature of roller derby could cause bad blood between the teams is also dispelled.

“Not at all. We knock each other over and then go to the pub and have a great laugh.”

However, while roller derby fosters a

Get In The Rink A commonly misconceived attribute of roller derby is the theatrical nature of the sport overshadowing its competitive value. Malty sets us straight.

“The boutfits [outfits for bouting] are more sporting attire to allow room to move, sweat and be active. We don’t concentrate so much on the persona of how roller derby used to be. Most teams and leagues are upping the competitive sport side of things. It was quite theatrical and we’re moving away from that – but at the same time as individuals we can choose to be as theatrical as we want to be. We can wear fishnets and make-up, but they come with muscles - not high heels. We’ve moved away from the really pantomimey outfits.“

positive example of women in competitive sport, it doesn’t mean Malty is about to divulge the strategy for the Road Train Rollers against the Salty Dolls.

“Even if I had a secret weapon – I’m not going to tell you!”

WHAT: Adelaide Roller Derby Grand Final WHERE: Goyder Pavilion, Adelaide Showground WHEN: Sun Aug 19 TICKETS: oztix.com.au

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Bernie (M) Co-writer/director Richard Linklater’s first outing since the underrated Me And Orson Welles is an intriguingly dark, cautiously factual drama that’s often awfully funny but isn’t, in fact, a comedy, and features Jack Black in just about his best performance anywhere.

His Bernie Tiede, a friendly if rather strange guy of obscure Arkansas origins (and unclear sexuality), arrived in the small town of Carthage, Texas, in the ‘90s and talked his way into an assistant funeral director job, a gig that allowed him to befriend many elderly, grieving women, including, after the death of her respected and moneyed husband, the much-hated Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine in finely monstrous form).

When Bernie and Marjorie became inseparable friends (and just friends, it seems,

although speculation was rife that the pair were lovers, to a point), they travelled the world and spent lots of money until, two years later, the bond turned toxic and, after Marjorie mysteriously disappeared, Bernie was suspected of murder by DA Danny Buck Davidson (Matthew McConaughey, amusing but also playing it uneasily straight).

With actual townspeople who knew the real Bernie offering their opinions in interviews (and at times appearing as themselves with the actors), Linklater’s film is given genuine chutzpah by Black, who also starred in the director’s School Of Rock, was approved of by the real Tiede and isn’t afraid to look porky, ridiculous and creepily camp. And he can dance! Ahem, well, sort of.

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Adelaide Cinémathèque 2012 Mercury Cinema

The very cool Cinémathèque season …

But I Like It! commences at the Mercury Cinema on Mon Aug 20 at 7.30pm with director Franc Roddam’s Who-centric classic Quadrophenia (1978, R), and continues on Thu Aug 23 at 7.30pm with Julien Temple’s legendary Sex Pistols anti-extravaganza The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle (1980, R) and, finally, on Mon Aug 27 at 7.30pm with Rob Reiner’s beloved mockumentary (whoops, that’s given it away!) This Is Spinal Tap (1984, M). For all Cinémathèque terms and conditions check out mercurycinema.org.au.

Recently Released And Already Rated Cosmopolis (MA) ***1/2 Jackpot (MA) ***1/2 The Sapphires (M) *** Step Up 4: Miami Heat (M) ***

Vulgaria (MA) Co-writer/co-producer/director Ho-Cheung Pang’s Hong Kong-produced, Cantoneselanguage comedy is surprisingly gross-out for this sort of thing, and yet in between all the rough subtitled language, sharp satire and, um, bestiality hi-jinx there’s actually a core of sweet character drama (!). Actor/producer Chapman To plays B-movie pro To Wai-chen, who tells the story of what he sacrificed in the name of cinema to a roomful of film students, explaining how he had to get a surefire-successful flick made in order to pay the alimony he owed his ex-wife (Kristal Tin) and not have his daughter ( Jacqueline Chan) taken away. Securing finance after a drunken dinner with his buddy Liu (Simon Loui) and feared but flaming gangster Tyrannosaurus (Ronald Cheng) in which mouse and cat dishes are served and, just maybe, ‘animal love’ takes place (a trick borrowed from Ingmar Bergman obscures it, fortunately), To is compelled to remake the Shaw Brothers 1976 sexy historico-drama Confessions Of A Concubine, and must cast the now-60something ‘Yum Yum Shaw’ (funny Susan Shaw as herself ), unpopular Japanese ‘Category III’ star Hiro Hayama (also as himself ) and young and randy newcomer ‘Popping Candy’ (Dada Chan), who also has ideas for a sex-instruction Wii game.

With jokey credits, a pre-film ‘warning’ straight out of those grindhouse classics, feverish plotting and naughtiness galore, this shot-in-12-days outing should be a clunker but often proves delightful, even if some of the Chinese (and Chinese versus Japanese) film industry jibes require specific insider knowledge.

And stay around after the trick ending for perhaps the rudest 2001-mocking gag ever.

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The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony (G) British composer Havergal Brian (18761972) is hardly a household name, and yet for a handful of devotees his rarely-performed, wonderfully elaborate and near-ridiculously OTT works hold a special fascination, with his eight-years-in-the-writing, supposedly ‘cursed’ Gothic Symphony the most (in)famous of his brainchildren. And co-writer/director/ prestigious muso Randall Wood’s five-yearsin-the-making documentary chronicles the endlessly-thwarted attempts of a series of Brisbane enthusiasts to get the thing properly staged: there’s radio manager Gary Thorpe, an obsessive figure who simply won’t give up; conductor John Curro, who proves more openly passionate (and even teary); choral master Alison Rogers, awestruck by her role as the Gothic requires five full choirs; and Veronica Fury, the producer of the film you’re watching and a Gothic ‘victim’ bitten hard by the Brian bug, who becomes one of the chosen few trying desperately to get it happening at a Brisbane Festival over several years, as Deborah Conway, Paul Grabowsky and others work hard to help with the production - but it never quite happens.

Filmed rather on-the-hop at times, Wood and Fury’s pic is nevertheless most compelling, especially as it cuts back and forth with a potted history of the life of Brian, manages an audience with his last surviving daughter and even pops in a few glimpses of the old geezer himself, plodding along grumpily in footage from the early ‘70s. And, well, if anyone was going to get cursed it’d be that guy!

The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony is the Mercury’s Seniors On Screen offering on Fri Aug 17 at 11am. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.

The Campaign (MA) Ignorance and racism are mistaken for humour, and innocence is mistaken for incompetence in what could be described as a political comedy if it were either remotely funny or credibly political, but it’s best to be prepared for neither, as North Carolina congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) becomes better known for his disgraceful behaviour than for his political career and two rich eccentrics (Dan Aykroyd and John Lithgow) seek to have him replaced in order to process their own dodgy deals.

Scrolling through their speed dial at random, the pair settles on Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), the naive, pug-loving manager of the local tourism centre to take down Brady, and a dirty fight for the district begins.

Although Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell’s eye-rollingly clichéd script fits right in with all the other over-the-top, brainless comedies that seem to be all that Hollywood is capable of churning out these days, the big question is why the actors themselves aren’t lobbying for better material to work with, particularly when Ferrell has proven his broader comedic talent in the past (Stranger Than Fiction) and Galifianakis has got to be growing tired of playing the same character in every film.

There may be a market for overdone ‘jokes’, one-dimensional characters and barely conceived plots now but, bear in mind, George Bush was once popular as well. Until the filmmakers of Hollywood remember that they can do better, a vote of no confidence should be passed on the lot of them.

Kat McCarthy

Road Movie Mobile Cinema: Bollywood Film Festival Rundle Mall

The Road Movie Mobile Cinema screens the Bollywood hit Salaam Namaste (PG) under the Gawler Place Canopy, Rundle Mall, on Tue Aug 21 at 5.30pm. Food, drinks and everything else you need are supplied, including lots of heaters (!), so check out the whole RMMC experience on Facebook.

Willsy’s Choice: Mrs Henderson Presents Selected Wallis Cinemas

Director Stephen Frears’ Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins-starring Mrs Henderson Presents (M) continues as this month’s Willsy’s Choice, and can be caught at Wallis Mount Barker on Wed Aug 22 and Wallis Noarlunga on Wed Aug 29. All details at wallis.com.au.

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Udaberri The Adelaide bar scene has been buzzing with word of a new establishment opening its doors a few months ago, tempting patrons away from their common favourites and squeezing them into a cosy little venue on Leigh St to ply them with sexy cocktails, interesting wines and an array of delicious tapas. Introducing Udaberri.

I would have told you about this scrumptious little gem earlier but I’ve been too busy sitting at the bar getting to know the food and cocktail menus… intimately.

It is bars like this that show we are no longer living in the shadow of the eastern states.

Warm, sophisticated and just a little bit sassy, Udaberri captures the mood and puts you smack bang in the middle of it. A huge amount of thought (and probably a whole heap of research in bars around the world) was put into this redevelopment project, with space for mingling, space for eating, space for getting cosy with your crowd and even a mezzanine level where you are free to combine the three.

Tucked in the back corner of the venue is the open kitchen, usually a two-chef show with cuts of jamon and cured meats hanging from the ceiling and condiments lining the benches. The menu is unlike any other you’ll see around town. It’s a basic combination of some Spanish staples and Basque-derived ‘pintxos’, which are small tapas on French imported crusty bread taken around on platters for $2 each. I’ve heard some people say: “Oh, the food is great but it’s not really a full sized meal” and my response to them is “order more”. Everything on the menu is tasty, fuss-free and delicious. Yep, everything.

My recommendations include the bocadillos (tortillas served with caramelised onion or smoked chicken with thinly sliced potato and omelette) and the oven-baked, apple ciderglazed chorizo. The tinned seafood, including anchovy fillets, mussels or Spanish tuna, are a far cry from anything produced by John West.

Fished off the coast of Portugal, hand-packed and shipped direct from the homeland, the Cuca range is one of the many small details that sets the food at Udaberri apart from other Spanish style venues. I couldn’t help but smile when eating the tin of (really quite sensational) Spanish sardines, comparing them in my mind to a crowded Friday night at the bar. It’s the only very minor downside about Udaberri, the size of the venue compared with the number of people wanting to be in it. On a busy night you’re

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either rubbing up against strangers in the bar (not always a bad thing I suppose) or lining up with the eager crowd out front. Luckily for those in the line, even the door staff are cool.

Once you do get inside, make sure you order yourself an espresso martini. Or three.

WHAT: Udaberri Pintxos y Vino WHERE: 11 Leigh St, Adelaide WHEN: Tue – Fri 4pm – late, Sat 6pm – late CONTACT: 8410 5733

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Booze Clues with Louis Schofield

2010 Eidosela Arbastrum Candado do Tea Region: Rias Baixas, Spain Closure: Screwcap Alc: 12.5% Price: $36 Drink: With a young manchego cheese and jamon on

Winter Cocktails At Botanic With one of the most impressive top shelf varieties of spirits in Adelaide, Botanic Bar in the city is undoubtedly one of the best places to go to get your cocktail fix. While we patiently wait and shiver for warmer months to arrive, Botanic Bar has introduced a range of wintery drink mixes to warm you up. Some of the new menu items we’re eyeing off for our next knock-off include the Winter Gin Punch made with West Winds gin, spiced mead, pressed orange, Madeira and Pacific

Gem hops, the Zou Bisou Bisou dessert cocktail made with French apple brandy, grapefruit, crème de cacao and a spoonful of buttered apple ice cream or the Anais Nin, a true aphrodisiac with strawberry anise infused Aperol, rhubarb soda and sliced pear.

WHAT: Botanic Bar WHERE: 309 North Tce, Adelaide WHEN: Tue – Thu 5pm – 12am, Fri 4pm – 3am, Sat 2pm – 3am, Sun 4pm – 12am

This wine is a wonderful and nd d exciting Spanish blend of albariño, lourerio and trocadeiro that will have you speaking with a Spanish lisp in no time. Clean and fruity aromatics lead to a complex and insightful palate, showing crisp granny smith apples with a delightful citrus side.

This is lively, refreshing, dry and has terrific personality.

All beverages featured in Booze Clues are available from East End Cellars at 22-26 Vardon Ave, Adelaide.

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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04 It might feel like a strange time of the year to be shedding wool but life has its own ideas. Hopefully it’s the wool over your eyes and not the wool that is keeping you warm. The general message is that lighter is best. Excess baggage can go. It’s not helpful.

Virgo 23.08/22.09 With Mercury housed in Leo, there’s a whole lot more fire coursing through your system. Fire is of course passion – and passion can work for us or against us depending on how well aimed it is. The passion of Leo encourages our individuality to override all that squashes it.

This weekend head along to the Adelaide Central School Of Art for the unique opportunity to meet practising artists, curators, writers and students and see what they do. South Australia’s only independent accredited visual art school will open its doors on Sun Aug 26 from 11am – 4pm for visitors to take part in activities, talks, demonstrations on clay modelling, life drawing, plaster casting, watercolour and painting and workshop tours. You can also enter the draw to win a short course valued at $420.

On one hand you are doing your best to nail everything securely to the ground. On the other hand you are as restless as hell to break the rigidity of the status quo. This is quite a tension.

Talking to friends that really care is what will ease it and bring you the clarity you crave.

WHAT: ACSA Open Day WHERE: Adelaide Central School Of Art, 45 Osmond Tce, Norwood WHEN: Sun Aug 26 from 11am – 4pm

Sagittarius 22.11/21.12 By saying it you will feel like a lion.

There will be a few less dreams, but there will be a whole lot more truth and a definite sense that reality is close by. With Mercury in Leo affecting your gait, you will have to figure out how to be strong without being bombastic.

Capricorn 22.12/19.01 Venus in Cancer is confronting you directly on the whole question of hardness. The horns, head and hoofs of a goat are hard things. They are very useful for climbing up rocks and butting the heads of rivals, but they’re not much good for intimacy.

Soften, melt and let-go.

Leo 23.07/22.08 This is one of those weeks where you could call yourself astrologically charmed. This doesn’t mean that anything particularly spectacular is going to happen, though it might.

It’s more likely to mean that the simple beauty of everyday existence starts to sparkle brilliantly.

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ACSA Open Day

Scorpio 24.10/21.11

Cancer 22.06/22.07 Venus has entered Cancer. Venus is the planet of delight. In mythology she was prone to being just a little amoral, so watch out for curve balls on the attraction front. To be delighted whilst treading on a thousand toes takes some of the fun away. Stay alert and aware.

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Mars is right bang on Saturn’s doorstep. In fact he’s banging on the door. At worst this is an angry son confronting a rigid father. At best it is will and wisdom joined together in a creative quest. Go for the latter.

Deepen your sense of what you can do in this world.

Gemini 21.05/21.06 Venus has left Gemini and Mercury has entered Leo. There’s less delight and more fire. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Even delight can get too much after a while. Get passionate about who you are. Stoke the fires of your individuality. Heat up your relationships.

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Libra 23.09/23.10

Taurus 21.04/20.05 As Venus goes into Cancer, so emotional connections become increasingly important. Life may well offer the chance to engage fully with someone or something. Then you will be required to decide whether to get involved, or high-tail it out of town.

Be unafraid.

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Aquarius 20.01/18.02 If relationship isn’t doing it for you, pour a little more energy into work.

This isn’t to say that it’s appropriate to become a workaholic to avoid your feelings. It’s more a planetary suggestion to labour with love. Turn what you do into a craft. Excellence is a beautiful thing.

Pisces 19.02/20.03 Thinking yourself to a standstill isn’t going to deliver the satisfaction you crave. Go down a notch. Take the song down a key. Move into your body and heart. Sense and feel.

Venus is offering delight. Enter the flowing currents of feeling. Be with your friends.

Art Gallery Of South Australia North Tce, Adelaide Anna Platten: The Devil Is In The Detail Until Sun Nov 18

This SALA season the Art Gallery Of South Australia will present an autobiographical showcase of works of one of our greatest contemporary figure painters: Anna Platten in The Devil Is In The Detail. Painting and teaching in Adelaide for over 30 years, Platten has become renowned for her extraordinary approach to realism with intricate brushstrokes and incredible attention to detail. There will be daily tours of the exhibition at midday until Sun Aug 26 starting at the Santos Atrium.

SASA Gallery FELTspace, Adelaide Botanic Gardens Conversations In Ellipsis Until Sun Aug 26

Conversations In Ellipsis is a multi-side “material conversation” curated by Lisa Harms dealing allegorically with notions of territory, possession, loss and desire.

Featuring works from Morgan Allender, Nic Brown, Cathy Frawley, Lisa Harms, Elizabeth Hetzel, Alessandra Tomeo and Kaylie Weir, the exhibition will take place over a spread of venues including SASA Gallery, FELTspace and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. For more details head to conversationsinellipsis.conservatory.org.au.

Let your inner artist run wild at DEPARTURE: In the studio. Experience art after-hours and live entertainment. Enjoy fabulous food and open bar.

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Art Gallery of South Australia Friday 24 August, 6–10 pm $60 / $45 members

BOOK NOW artgallery.sa.gov.au/departure Installation view Deep Space: New acquisitions from the Australian contemporary art collection Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, featuring Yhonnie Scarce

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Final Fashion Friday 2012 Going out with a bang to mark the end of a rather fashionable year, the Hilton Adelaide are gearing up for another Fashion Friday. Being held once again in The Brasserie, the fashion this time around will be provided by Burnside Village.

Designers on display include Karen Millen, Husk, Oroton and Oxford, with Calibre for the men. Tickets are $72, including a glass of Veuve Clicquot on arrival, two-course lunch and fashion parades with Pride Models. With the promise of great door prizes and tickets selling fast, make sure you book yourself in so you can be a part of what will surely be 2012’s best Fashion Friday yet.

Atomic Watch + Style’s New Store Atomic Watch + Style has had a makeover, coming back bigger and better than ever in the lower-ground level of the Adelaide Central Plaza. If you’re always running late, you may find your solution with a new watch from Atomic’s latest ranges, including styles by the likes of Armani Exchange AX, Diesel, Marc by

Marc Jacobs, Adidas Originals, Michael Kors and Emporio Armani. Hell, even if you’re always on time, watches like these are too good to miss.

Atomic Watch + Style is located at Shop LG 12, Adelaide Central Plaza, 100 Rundle Mall. For updates on new styles, visit facebook.com/atomicws.

Work Shop New Collection Launch Designers Lachy Lang, Rachel Louise Penn, Angela Carrig (ab carrig) and Emma Sadie Thomson (E-S-T) showed off the fashion and accessories for the spring/summer 2012/2013 range in their collaborative haven, Work Shop. Rip It Up Fashion went along to see the innovative ranges, including crocheted pants, fluoro cuffs and question mark shirts.

WHAT: Fashion Friday WHO: Karen Millen, Husk, Calibre and more WHERE: The Brasserie, Hilton Adelaide WHEN: Fri Sep 7, 12.30pm-3pm BOOK: Hilton Adelaide on 8237 0737

Store Vox Pop Sarah From Atomic Watch + Style Favourite brand: Michael Kors.

Personal style in one word: Classic.

Wouldn’t be caught dead without: A watch!

Must-have item this season: A man’s watch for girls.

Fashion faux-pas: Long socks.

I see fashion as: Individuality.

ROUND SHE GOES SAT 25 AUGUST ONE DAY ONLY!

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Round She Goes is an award-winning event for women that has 50 different stalls of preloved designer fashion and quality vintage clothing, jewellery and accessories.

The bistro will be open for food and drinks.

Find bargains from sass & bide, Scanlan & Theodore, Bettina Liano, Alannah Hill, Karen Walker, White Suede, Calvin Klein, Zara, Zimmerman, Morrissey, Wayne Cooper, Mimco, Louis Vuitton and Alice McCall.

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Roadshow/ABC / MA / 214 Mins

The Awakening Madman / M / 107 Mins

Hopscotch / M / 112 Mins

American creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik’s harsh satire of the smallscreen and the differences between English and American industries is, in fact, a coproduction between them and the BBC, and one that’s sometimes too close to the bone to be as funny as intended. Writers Beverly and Sean Lincoln (Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan from the UK’s Green Wing), a married couple with a BAFTAacclaimed series on their hands (Lyman’s Boys, a rip-off of The History Boys), are wooed by Yank bigwig Merc Lapidus ( John Pankow) to relocate to LA and ‘develop’ the show for US TV. However, once they get there and culture shock hits, Lapidus decides that their Brit star (Richard Griffiths, continuing the History Boys jokes) is “too English” and casts no less than Friends refugee Matt LeBlanc in the lead role, and he then insists upon changing the title of the thing to Pucks!, making himself a hockey coach (not a headmaster), and so on. And while Greig and Mangan are the ostensible protagonists here (and Greig is especially beloved for Black Books too), the Golden Globe-winning LeBlanc somewhat steals this, playing ‘himself ’ as a part-Joey, part-intellectual, part-tragic mastermanipulator and sleazebag with, apparently, a gigantic penis. This release also includes an 18-minute behind-the-scenes piece.

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The Ralph Steadman Book Of Cats Ralph Steadman / Atlantic / $24.99

Steadman, best known for the weird and grotesque caricatures that accompanied the work of the late lamented Dr Hunter S Thompson (especially his Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas) here turns his deceptively messy style to the world of the mog in all its idiosyncratic glory.

After a haltingly-worded introduction, we get down to catty business, with portraits of felines luxuriating, fighting and philosophising, assorted wordplay (individual pics are titled ‘Catitude’, ‘Catatonia’ and ‘Catastrophe!’) and many images that play up your favourite pet’s inherently unsanitary aspects, expertly manipulative nature and, sometimes, awful lovability (awwww!). At heart a glossy coffee-table book, and yet there’s a scratchy edge here, meaning that this isn’t quite the sort of volume that’s guaranteed to curl up on your lap.

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An Italian/French/Irish co-production from an Italian co-writer/director and populated with Americans, this sounds like three disconnected movies fused together but, regardless, it works beautifully. A reclusive pop star from the ‘80s named Cheyenne (Sean Penn) wastes his days in his Dublin mansion with spouse Jane (Frances McDormand), and feels bored until bad news arrives and he must travel to NY to say goodbye to his dying, long-estranged dad. However, he arrives too late and, after attacks from Nazi hunter Mordecai Midler ( Judd Hirsch), Cheyenne decides to stand up for himself, his father and, perhaps, the Jewish people, track down the now-elderly SS officer who made his dad’s life hell at Auschwitz, and embark on a cross-country American trip that leads him to some vividly-written characters, a cameo by former Talking Heads leader David Byrne as himself (the Heads supplied this one’s title) and, maybe, redemption. Some might find this terminally weird, but the combination of curious comedy, touching drama, an intriguing soundtrack, lovely performances and inspired eccentricity could hit the right note for patient punters. And Penn’s never been better as a hero who’s unintentionally funny, brilliantly impossible, delightfully sympathetic - and barking mad. Extras here include deleted scenes, interviews and more.

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Co-writer/director Nick Murphy’s sometimes creepy but, in the end, rather too understated ghost story is intriguingly set in 1921, when the world was still overwhelmed by the horror of World War I, charlatan spiritualists exploited those stricken with grief, and technology was advancing to a point where photography could be used to investigate the apparently paranormal.

Author and pro-debunker Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) regularly exposes frauds, and when she accepts the invitation of soldiercum-teacher Thomas Mallory (Dominic West continuing his run of English pics after TV’s The Wire) to visit a supposedly haunted Cumbrian school, she assumes that it’ll be an open-and-shut case of fraud or simple hysteria. However, when she gets to the stately place, meets tight-lipped governess Maud Hill (Imelda Staunton) and hears of the recent mysterious death of one of the boys, she starts to realise that, perhaps, something genuinely supernatural is afoot, as director Murphy offers some light scares and unease but seems uncomfortable about trying anything properly terrifying. And yet the English-born but American-based Hall (of Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Town) is very fine, and more than compensates for the eventual lumps of psychological gobbledegook. This release also features commentary by Murphy, some deleted scenes and more.

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Total Recall Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. Featuring an all-star cast including Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy and Bryan Cranston, Total Recall is only at the movies from Thu Aug 23. We have 10 double in-season passes up for grabs, so log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Aug 23. Head to the Total Recall website for more info at TotalRecallMovie.com.au. ©2012 CTMG. All Rights Reserved.

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Dr Alfred Jones is a henpecked, slightly pompous middle-aged scientist at the National Centre For Fisheries Excellence in London when he is approached by a mysterious sheikh about an outlandish plan to introduce the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen. Dr Jones refuses, but the project, however scientifically absurd, catches the eye of British politicians, who pressure him to work on it. We have five copies of Salmon Fishing In The Yemen on DVD up for grabs so for your chance to win, log onto ripitup. com.au and enter your details. Competition closes at midday on Thu Aug 23.

Top Girls Stage

State Theatre’s next production will be Top Girls, a play written in 1982

by UK playwright Caryl Churchill.

It’s set in Margaret Thatcher’s Great Britain of the early ‘80s and tells the tale of Marlene (played by Ulli Birvé) as she climbs the corporate ladder in an attempt to break through the glass ceiling.

Director Catherine Fitzgerald and actor Eileen Darley are no strangers to the work as they both appeared in a local production in the late ’80s.

“It was staged by Unley’s Troupe Theatre as the Australian premiere just a couple of years after Caryl Churchill wrote it,” Darley recalls. “And it went really well because it was hot off the press and really of its time although, over time, it’s become a classic.

“And it’s been staged a lot recently to celebrate its 30th anniversary but it’s also a chance to look back on 30 years of neo-liberalism. It’s a chance to look back at liberal policy because it was written in response to Thatcher gaining power [in the UK] and the resultant strikes, flying pickets, demonstrations, riots and all that. That’s interesting because all that is happening again in England and Europe.

“So it’s quite a potent work because Churchill is such a great, great writer,” she adds. “Mark Ravenhill, who wrote Shopping And Fucking and is one of the leaders of in-your-face theatre, has said that he reads Top Girls at least once a year in order to remind himself how good it is

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in terms of structure.

“So seven [female] actors are playing something like 22 roles,” she says, “so there are lots of costume changes although Ulli [Birvé], who plays Marlene, only has that one role. So most of us are on the go a lot.

“But we are in a good place even though it’s a huge play. We had a full run the other day which went well, so while we still have a bit to do, we are well on our way.

“The first act is huge and like a piece of magic realism because it’s a huge dinner party – we’ve had to learn to speak with our mouths full of food – to which Marlene has invited all these historical women from various centuries. The next scene looks at the different employment opportunities for women and all the nuances of power within that. And the last scene is almost like a kitchen-sink drama so

the play runs the full gamut of styles.

“And ‘discourse’ is a word we’ve also been using a lot,” she adds with a chuckle. “Some things have changed and some haven’t.

There’s actually a line in the play that suggests nothing’s changed. And it never will with ‘them’ in power.

“And something that’s central to the piece is that it brings a socialist, feminist discourse back to a stage we haven’t seen in many, many a year,” Darley concludes. “The play throws a gauntlet down in that regard.”

WHAT: Top Girls WHERE: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Fri Aug 17 until Sat Sep 8

Your guide to the student experience.

Feel like you need a change? That 2013 is your year? Well, even if you are just entertaining the thought that a jaunt in tertiary education is the right decision for you, attending an Open Day is your first step. Choosing a course and institution of study is like choosing a car, roommate or significant other. You need to live with them, put up with their moaning and struggle through both the good and bad for a commitment that can last years and impact your lifetime. So gear yourself up for a frenzy of Q&A and a little bit of fun along the way. Trust me, the search for people to answer your questions during normal working hours is harder than a search for the Holy Grail. Take advantage while you can.

And remember, if you have any student info, an upcoming campus event or student deals I should know about, email fasttimes@ripitup.com.au, Tweet @ FastTimesRIU or Poke facebook.com/ fasttimesripitupmag and I’ll do the rest.

Peace, Lachie

Tafe SA Fashion Open Day Didn’t get through for the next season of Project Runway but are looking to make the latest trends instead of following them? TAFE SA are inviting all prospective fashion designers, footwear enthusiasts and milliners to tour the facilities that they will be using if they decide to undertake one of their courses. There will be current students busy in the workrooms, designs on display and a showing of TAFE Fashion’s annual fashion parade. And if you like what you see a lot, there will also be items for sale.

On the business side of the day, make sure you attend the Applied Fashion & Technology Information sessions, which will be held in the Fashion Industry Training Room at 11am, 1pm and 2.30pm. For more info, visit tafesa.edu.au/openday.

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Hey! AC Arts students tudents are in a fl flurry urry perfecting their latest major performance, Little Shop Of Horrors.

Fast Times caught up with some of the students working on different areas of the production to get a preview of what we might expect from the production.

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WHAT: TAFE SA Fashion Open Day WHERE: TAFE SA Adelaide City Campus WHEN: Sun Aug 19

The student lifestyle is largely impoverished and opportunistic. Getting something for less than others is - in my view - a basic human right. As a key believer in defending human rights, I have found these student deals to help sustain life while also sustaining the bank balance.

Sporty’s Bar + Arena

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After rolling through the weekend’s hanging-over hangover on Monday, making effort to feed oneself by Tuesday night is a chore. Luckily, effortless now also equals thriftiness, with Sporty’s Bar + Arena’s Takeout Tuesdays deal. From 5pm-10pm, you can choose from either fish and chips or pizza for only $5. This means you can scrape up the last of your spare change from the weekend’s antics to soak up any remnants that may still be lurking in your system.

I study: Advanced Diploma of Live Production, Theatre and Events - Technical Production.

But in my spare time I: Ride anything with two wheels.

My dream job is: Astronaut/lighting designer My role in Little Shop Of Horrors is: Lighting designer. Working with the director and designer on concepts, then planning, rigging, focusing and finally plotting the lighting states and cue points (most of the latter part is done by our amazing lighting crew).

The best part about what I do is: Transformation of the venue - watching as people design, construct, rig and rehearse, briefly turning our empty black box into an awesome, lively spectacle, before returning once again to silence.

The most challenging thing I’ve encountered so far is: Theatre in general is full of challenges.

I’m constantly learning new ways to do things and getting better at applying and adapting those methods. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the gain –that’s the way I see it.

People who come see Little Shop Of Horrors can expect: Something exciting and a little left of centre... and maybe sore legs.

When the show closes I am going to: Regress briefly to the public house before starting preparations for our next show Mad Forest.

WHAT: Little Shop Of Horrors WHEN: Wed Sep 5 – Sat Sep 15 WHERE: AC Arts TICKETS: $20 adults, $10 concession through VenueTix

Takeout Tuesday at Sporty’s Bar + Arena runs every Tuesday from 5pm-10pm.

University Of Adelaide Open Day Whether you’re a prospective student or a nosey parker, you’re welcome to attend the University Of Adelaide’s Open Day. Prospective students have their best opportunity to hassle staff and current students about areas they are interested in studying in to see if Adelaide is the right fit for them, with faculty displays, activities and talks being held throughout the day. As well as this, the public will be offered some rare opportunities to discover what happens behind the scenes at Adelaide. This includes tours of the latest research facilities and the Student Hub, seeing the Elder Conservatorium and Theatre Guild strut their stuff, or meeting the new ViceChancellor; Open Day will surely unleash the full potential of what studying at Adelaide can offer. And to help you get around, there’s an

iPhone and Android App for free download and Daily Planner online. If you are still yet to be convinced that you need to attend Open Day, the University Of Adelaide have 199.620 reasons why you should attend and can tell you them all in only 100 seconds. Check out their highly entertaining video at adelaide.edu. au/openday that explains these reasons as well as providing more information on what to expect from the day.

WHAT: University Of Adelaide Open Day WHERE: University Of Adelaide, North Tce Campus WHEN: Sun Aug 19 For more information, visit adelaide.edu.au/openday.

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Culture

CD Reviews

CD Of The Week

Scottie’s Singles

Donavon Frankenreiter

Listen Now:

Start Livin

Conor Maynard

(Liquid Tambourine)

Vegas Girl (EMI)

Time’s up, Timberlake – after six years of musical dawdling since FutureSex/LoveSounds’ canny grooves, I’m ready to call you out on ever coming close to equalling your blockbuster double album. It looks like your former collaborators The Neptunes have moved on, too – Pharrell Williams is now talking up Conor Maynard as the new face of slinky R&B. With the recent over-produced works of Usher, Jason Derulo and Chris Brown sounding as ubiquitous, faceless and interchangeable as a musical version of a Jim’s Mowing franchise, it’s baffling to find it’s a 19-year-old Limey who’s arrived to take R&B back to a stealthy ‘90s sound. The British teen’s fresh, smartly produced new single Vegas Girl lyrically tips its hat to bootylicious queens Beyonce, Rihanna and Alicia Keys, but it won’t be long before this kid is being tapped to work with them. Sayonara JT – Maynard will take it from here.

Listen Later:

The Antlers

Icehouse Man Of Colours (25th Anniversary Edition) (UMA)

Undersea EP (Inertia)

Despite the doomed beauty of The Antlers’ 2011 album Burst Apart offering glimpses of the sort of genius that The Bends ushered in for Radiohead, the Brooklyn band is yet to ascend to such hallowed commercial realms. The Undersea EP finds them nonetheless persevering with their brand of blissful beauty, the drifting, drowsy drive of Endless Ladder sounding like Jeff Buckley working with The Chemical Brothers on a Dig Your Own Hole comedown. Frankly, my deer, I give a damn.

As Man Of Colours’ Nothing Too Serious fades out, Icehouse mainstay Iva Davies utters a flippant “Is that right?” to an unnamed engineer. It’s a flippant aside that crystalises the Davies dichotomy: acerbic humour matched with an unwavering - perhaps stifling - quest for perfection.

Punch Brothers

Madonna Turn Up The Radio (UMA)

Oh Madonna, you silly MILFy monkey! Your record sales are lower than Chris Brown’s IQ, you haven’t visited Australia since 1993’s The Girlie Show and your legs now spread wider than your appeal! MDNA had all the charms of a yammering Courtney Love with irritable bowel syndrome, but it did offer vague hints of former glories; Turn Up The Radio’s carefree swagger recalls a vajazzling time 25 years ago when Madonna was Into The Groove rather than Swastikas and LMFAO. I’m willing to overlook the chorus ripping off The BPA’s Seattle out of respect for the Material Girl turning 54 this week, but I’m still ropable she cancelled her Australian tour. Still, all that practice at blowing us off should help take care of that towering inferno of birthday cake candles, eh Madge?

Andy Burrows Keep On Moving On (Liberator)

Launching his I Am Arrows solo project two years ago, former Razorlight star Andy Burrows gave an interesting quote about why he chose to work under a pseudonym: “Chris Martin said, ‘I wouldn’t be fucking interested in you if you were Andy Burrows’. It really hurt, ‘cos I knew it was true.” Nothing’s changed Andy, nothing’s changed.

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Man Of Colours is the 1980s album David Bowie surely wishes he’d made.

Beyond the tank-topped mullet bluster of hit singles Electric Blue and Crazy lies an entrancing synth-pop opus, with the title track a spine-tingling hymn as sumptuous and heartbreakingly intimate as the best Peter Gabriel offering.

Away from the hits, a darkness lurks.

Like the best ‘60s Phil Spector 45s, the pop spirit of My Obsession conceals a dangerous fixation. The paranoia seeps into ensuing track Girl In The Room’s cracked psyche, while the ska rhythms and blaring brass of Nothing Too Serious are also gilded with hints of a breakdown.

If Davies’ warning signs weren’t already obvious, the album ends with the haunting Sunrise finding a doomsday bomb bringing serenity to Earth. A long way from hit singles named after soft porn video titles, then.

Davies’ affections don’t seem as retrospectively strong for this album, but perhaps that’s not to do with the songs as much as the expectations their success subsequently placed on his shoulders.

Not only is Man Of Colours Australia’s biggest selling domestic band album of all time, it’s also one of the best.

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What is it about facial-haired folk singers? Some people like dogs, some people like drinking tea, hell - some people like fighting beetles, I just like bearded folk men. Donny F definitely comes under that category. So chilled that his sounds are practically refrigerated, Donavon Frankenreiter is at it again, releasing his fifth solo album of boogie-woogie love songs.

It appears he has been Franken-writing his buttocks off, sporting his iconic, distinct vocals with his almighty sexy husk.

Start Livin’ explores life’s happenings, encouraging earthling specimens to take a step back and appreciate the good. Amid the cheer lies a gorgeous tribute to late surfer and personal friend of his, Andy Irons, titled AI, showing Frankenreiter’s deeper side. Teaming up with long-term bassist, Matt Grundy, the two have introduced some festive flourishes to his distinct sound, experimenting with pots, pans, bells and bowls to give his trademark cheerful tunes a zestful spin.

Start Livin’ is just reaching out to the summertime and telling it to hurry its arse up. Play it at the beach, play it around a campfire or play it in your kitchen, with a glass of red in one hand and a maraca in the other. Go on, crack a bottle - or seven.

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Live Review

Festival Theatre, Fri Aug 10 Review by Robert Dunstan Pics by Benon Koebsch

Adelaide International Guitar Festival has now become a compact, four-day biennial event after initially being held annually as a sprawling, overlyambitious festival. Under the artistic direction of classical guitarist Slava Grigoryan, it’s also become more of a boutique affair that attracts many from here and interstate to experience artists that are highly revered but not so well-known. That aspect certainly didn’t affect houses however, as many of the concerts held at Adelaide Festival Centre venues such as Festival Theatre and Dunstan Playhouse, along with Space Theatre which housed the very popular Coopers Late Night Sessions, were pretty much sold affairs.

The festival began in fine style on Thu Aug 9 with an exclusive appearance by American jazz guitarist John Scofield and his trio. The highlight of the four-day event, however, was most definitely Punch Brothers, a group from New York who pay homage to the bluegrass tradition while also taking the genre into a whole new direction.

Their highly anticipated Festival Theatre concert had begun with local duo The Yearlings (guitarists and vocalists Robyn Chalken and Chris Parkinson augmented by double bass player Lyndon Gray) presenting an entertaining, well-received 30-minute set of their purposely-subdued alternative country and folk.

Reviews // Quick Ones

Gaz Coombes

Paul Simon

Glen Hansard

Here Come The Bombs

Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition

Rhythm And Repose

(Hot Fruit)

(Sony)

(Spunk)

Here Come The Bombs is British pop god Gaz Coombes’ first solo project. After six successful albums with ground-breaking Britpop band Supergrass, Coombes has attempted a more experimental project.

However, despite his best efforts, pop melody runs through his very blood and he has made another astonishingly good pop rock record.

While he has succeeded in sounding different from Supergrass in many ways, Coombes has a very distinctive voice and if you’re familiar with his past work it’s difficult not to draw comparisons. Key track Whore could be compared to Life On Other Planets era Supergrass, although many other tracks on Here Come The Bombs are a lot different to anything Coombes has attempted before.

Although Here Come The Bombs hasn’t the laddish feeling of ‘90s Supergrass, it could be said that this fun-loving attitude was lost years ago. Even when most Britpop – such as stadium-filling contemporaries Oasis - had gone stale, the quality of Supergrass’ albums never deteriorated. Here Coombes has likewise made an excellent album, putting his solo work on a similar level to fellow Britpop underdog Jarvis Cocker. Coombes, the mutton-chopped wonder, is yet to release anything even remotely disappointing.

Tom Dawson

Now here’s a challenge for a music journalist: what can I say about this truly sensational album, currently celebrating 25 years since its release, that hasn’t already been said?

Paul Simon’s Graceland was a groundbreaking piece of work. Listening to my parents’ version of this awesome album on vinyl when I was a kid, I was taken by the integration of African sounds, most notably the vocal talents of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who provided numerous distinctive and amazing sounds.

This really was the album that first got me interested in world music; both the album and Paul Simon have earned a lot of respect and kudos from this listener as a result.

So what’s special about the 25th anniversary disc? Well, you get all the classics like Graceland, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes, Homeless and the funky You Can Call Me Al (all of which sound as fresh and amazing as they did in the ’80s) a selection of demos (both previously released and unreleased) and a bonus DVD featuring a documentary about the album, interviews, music videos and more.

So the question remains: is Graceland still a five-star album? Absolutely!

Luke Balzan

Twenty years in the making, this is the first solo result from cheeky Irishman Glen Hansard. Ooh, I saw that little light bulb go off in your brainbox; “I know that name”, you’re thinking, “It’s that lad from The Swell Season, or the ginger chap in that epic film, Once”. Yes folks, this is one cultural cat and his latest release, Rhythm And Repose, presents exactly that: bucket-loads of mellow acoustic rhythms and stories of repose from the hustle and bustle of a busy life, taking time out to enjoy the sounds. Hansard’s workings appear to be a distant relative of a young Ben Harper, except with a majestically orange beard and a deeper voice.

Within this cracker of an album an army of world-famous musicians join Hansard for the ride. The levels of talent in their recording studio would have raised the musical IQ through the bloody roof. The result sees Hansard presenting a compilation of bruised ballads layered with such distinct vocals they prove to be a perfect combination, like the peanut butter and jelly of musical sounds.

Aside from appearing like a weathered boogieman on the cover, Hansard has nailed it; he has hammered it home; hell, he’s built a whole bloody house with it.

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Led by mandolin player Chris Thile (pronounced as Teeley), the band (Gabe Witcher on fiddle, Noam ‘Pickles’ Pikelny on banjo, Chris Eldridge on acoustic guitar and Paul Kowert on bowed double bass) played much material from their fourth and latest album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, as well as some traditional bluegrass tunes such as Rye Whiskey along with songs such as Misty from their third album, Antifogmatic. Punch Brothers are best described as a progressive bluegrass ensemble, while the acoustic quintet also gives occasional nods to string and chamber music. Thile’s lyrics – sometimes co-written with singer songwriter Josh Ritter – are very quirky and have a kind of Steely Dan air about them, although this is to be expected from a group who titled its first album How To Grow A Woman.

The close harmony singing on the more traditional bluegrass numbers was a delight. The group’s tightness also sometimes led to their sound becoming as one and sounding as if it was just one single instrument making some kind of glorious noise.

Following shout-outs to Barossa Valley wines and Leigh St’s Coffee Branch, Thile announced that the band would be making a 45-minute appearance on Sunday evening at Billy Bob’s All-Star Jam as part of Coopers Late Night Sessions as the festival’s closing event. He failed to mention, however, that after that previously unscheduled engagement, three Punch Brothers (Witcher, Kowert and Eldridge) would be jamming with some locals, including Josh Bennett, in the Bistro from around 1am until the bar finally closed some three hours later.

Adelaide International Guitar Festival was a resounding success and its return in 2014 is pretty much guaranteed.

Ned Collette & Wirewalker 2 (Dot Dash)

After touring through Europe and relocating to Berlin two years ago, Melbourne songwriter Ned Collette has more than mastered his craft on 2. There is a continuous element of surprise on Collette’s second album and the songwriting featured here is consistently breathtaking.

Along with bandmate Joe Talia, who seemingly takes on the ‘Wirewalker’ role, the group create a great amount of nervous energy within their music, beautifully counteracted by Collette’s bright, classically-played guitar. At times you feel like you’re stuck on a Mexican desert homestead, while other tracks paint the picture of a rocket landing in slow motion. The intertwining of synthetic musicality and ancient authorisations is what makes 2 an instant classic, and what heightens Collette’s status as one of our most accomplished composers.

Sam Reynolds

The Walkmen Heaven (Fat Possum)

The album art for Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone, the debut of NYC’s The Walkmen, features a photograph of some street kids in 1910. I can remember the first time I saw it, those long dead kids appeared to be staring back at me through the smoky entrails of their lit cigarettes, telling me to fuck off.

The debut echoed the sentiments of the spectral hecklers on the cover. The Walkmen embodied the attitude of the lost, of men grasping at youth and mentally rebelling while being physically subdued.

Seventh album, Heaven, finds The Walkmen a decade older and noticeably wiser. They are no longer drunken fools in their mid-20s daring the world to do its worst. They are now fathers and husbands, adding a resolution and depth that makes Heaven one of the band’s best efforts.

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Sounds Of Suburbia is back for 2012 and set to blaze a trail at the Gov on Sat Aug 25 with over 10 local bands and the first day and night event. Featuring headliners The Levitators, Auxilla (pictured), Menagerie, Like Kites, Little Two Eyes, Traveller & Fortune, The Angels Of Gung-Ho and more, tickets are on sale via Moshtix for just $20 with door sales $25. The event will open at 3.30pm, so head on down and get involved.

After releasing their debut album Flight Of The Ancients in 2011, Adelaide instrumental outfit The Shaolin Afronauts suddenly saw their hooded anonymity thrust into the blinding limelight with an ARIA award nomination and a coveted performance spot at this year’s WOMADelaide festival. The band are now gearing up to release their envelope-pushing sophomore album Quest Under Capricorn.

Beginning under the wing of virtuoso composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson in LA as part of a two-week mentorship and later recorded during the Adelaide Festival Centre’s January Sessions program, frontman Ross McHenry explains to Rip It Up the album’s lengthy journey from a seed of an idea to full bloom.

“Around August last year I was approached by the Adelaide Festival Centre about the Sessions program, and for us it was around the right time of year that we’d be doing the first record and I wanted to do something different. The first record was done really well, but I felt like there was more depth to us that I wanted to expose. So we kind of used Sessions to put together an 18-piece band and book it in for recording.”

“When I got on the plane to LA I did a lot of the writing and arranging with Miguel

[Atwood-Ferguson] over there and it really made me more attentive of what emotion I wanted to convey in music and directing the band. So I came back about two weeks before the festival, started madly finishing the charts and writing 12 arrangements for a 20-piece band, working 12-hour days until it was finished.”

Magically the music was finished in time for the January leg of Sessions, allowing the Shaolin Afronauts to move onto the next hump – recording. Over two days, with an auxiliary of work from multiinstrumentalists like Adam Page and fly-ins from Melbourne and Sydney, the album came together in what McHenry describes as “the most intense session I’ve ever done”.

“Having almost 20 people playing in a room at one time to 2” tape is intense. But I was privileged to play with the wonderful musicians I do,” he adds.

The Shaolin Afronauts have always preferred the graininess of recording analogue, and Quest Under Capricorn was no exception. However, recording onto 2” tape does include risks - you’ve got a total of four takes to get it right, and thus, nearly 20 musicians in a room trying to capture a perfect take is a staggering thought...

“Analogue puts musicians in a very different mindset of playing because you can’t change anything, everything you play is final. It’s more pressure,” he agrees. “There’s other considerations too. Guitar players can play all day but brass players tire, those muscles in their lips wear out and they can’t hit certain notes. And when you’ve got six

City Riots Wait For You Tour In celebration of the first single release from their forthcoming debut album, the dreamy, reverb-drenched Wait For You, Adelaide four-piece City Riots will be taking to the stage in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide this August and September.

Check out the first hint of the band’s new material at two shows in Adelaide over the next two months. City Riots’ debut album Sea Of Bright Lights is out Fri Oct 26 through Inertia.

WHO: City Riots WHAT: Wait For You single launch WHERE: Rocket Bar WHEN: Fri Aug 18 (supporting Hunting Grounds) & Fri Sep 21

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brass players in a room you can’t just keep playing ‘til you get it right – you’ve only got a few goes at it before those chops are burned.

It’s really about capturing that moment, and it might not be 100% perfect, but it captures that performance. We’re not hiding behind any illusions.”

With the tracks laid down the next step was to bestow a title. Named in homage to an early David Attenborough documentary about the Northern Territory, McHenry explains how he found the moniker Quest Under Capricorn fitting for the band’s “interplanetary” vibes.

“I stole it from David Attenborough because I thought it was a really cool name,” he jests. “And I liked the grounded and interplanetary connotations that seem to fit in with our arrangements.”

Currently Attenborough is scoring a documentary about music with Bjork, which begs the question – if The Shaolin Afronauts were to score a documentary, what would be the subject?

“I’d like to do one featuring his voice and maybe focused on the moons of Jupiter or something. Something focused on the mystique of our solar system. I reckon David talking and us doing scores for a weird, misty unknown world would be cool.”

WHO: The Shaolin Afronauts, Adam Page Soundsystem, Oisima & Ferris Mular WHAT: Quest Under Capricorn LP launch WHERE: Cats at Rocket Bar WHEN: Fri Aug 17

Holographic Charizard EP Launch Due to overwhelming success at this month’s single launch, Holographic Charizard will be releasing his debut EP Red earlier than scheduled on Sat Aug 18 at the Worldsend Hotel. The ‘Kantoanfolk’ artist will deliver Pokemon-devoted tunes such as I Choose You... Charizard, Why Did You Have To Leave Me Charizard and A Song About Charizard from 9pm.

Gold Bloom & Encarta At The Metro In support of Melbourne’s Sans Gras, Adelaide outfits Encarta and Gold Bloom will hit the stage at the Hotel Metro on Fri Aug 17. Having just announced dates for their national EP tour for this September, head along to hear the first glimpses of Gold Bloom’s recorded material from 9pm.

Messrs Frontman Makes Big Brother Josh Moore, otherwise known as the frontman of Adelaide outfit Messrs, has made headlines this week for appearing as a contestant for the return season of Big Brother on Channel 9. Describing himself as a “surfer and singer in a rock band”, Moore will take a three-month break from the band, who recently performed at Spin Off Festival, to verbally battle over toilet paper quantities and spearhead housemate flirtation in the spa. We wonder if he’ll be a messr-y housemate.

PLAYING THE BEST OF: OTV, Planet X - Tracks from Virgil’s new CD!

ADELAIDE 20TH AUGUST THE GOV

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