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Editor’s Note// In Frankie’s January issue of 2007, Sarah Blasko suggested she wanted to play with an orchestra before she died. With fourth album I Awake, the Sydney songwriter has finally seen her wish come true. Not only does the album include Bulgaria’s New Symphony Orchestra, but the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will also be bringing a new depth to Blasko’s live sound when she kicks off her tour in South Australia next month. In light of I Awake’s impressive leap forward and the critical enthusiasm with which it was received late last year, it’s disquieting to find the artist herself at a low ebb in the lead-up to her orchestral performances. I am not a confidante or associate of Sarah Blasko - my relationship with her stretches no further than 14 or so phone conversations over the course of almost a decade. Although I don’t inherently know what personal issues she’s facing, I can’t help but feel concerned about her current disposition. In this week’s cover story the artfully aloof musician of previous Rip It Up conversations has been replaced by a 36-year-old who sounds emotionally disoriented and unsure of herself. I’m later given word that Blasko was simply having a bit of a blue morning when we chatted, but it’s all a little dispiriting. Blasko’s released the album of her career, yet she doesn’t sound like she’s currently in a position to savour this triumph at all.

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Catch the young, rootsy Melbourne surf dub outfit when they play the Governor Hindmarsh on Fri Jan 11 with special guests Babylon Burning and Lyall Moloney.

Taking place in McLaren Vale on Sat Jan 12 and featuring music from Laura Hill (pictured), Full Circle and more as well as great wine and local produce and arts and crafts.

Playing news songs and old favourites at Church Of The Trinity (318 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Pk) on Sun Jan 13 from 5pm with special guests The Yearlings.

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Catch the voice of legendary UK art rock band Bauhaus when he plays their classic songs with his band at the Governor Hindmarsh on Thu Jan 10 with support from Brillig.

Head up to Mary Ann Reserve at Mannum by high noon on Sat Jan 12 to hear Jimmy Barnes (pictured), Dragon, Ross Wilson, Chocolate Starfish, Ian Moss and Swanee.

Fresh from bringing in the new year at Elder Pk, local soul band The Transatlantics will now play Sessions at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, on Fri Jan 11 from 9.30pm.

Speeding along this week... THE OTHERS – catch the legendary Adelaide R&B band when they celebrate their 50th anniversary with a very special gig on Sat Jan 12 at the Governor Hindmarsh.

X FACTOR LIVE – hitting Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tue Jan 15 with Samantha Jade, The Collective, Bella Ferraro and so many more.

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What: Benny Walker / Where & When: Wheatsheaf Hotel on Thu Jan 31, Willunga Hotel on Fri Feb 1, Hotel Elliot on Sat Feb 2, Glenelg Surf Club on Sun Feb 3 / Info: bennywalkermusic.com

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The soul, blues, reggae and acoustic folk that makes up Benny Walker’s repertoire is being further explored on his sophomore release, Saints And Sinners. With ARIA award winning producer Shane O’Mara (who’s worked with Tim Rogers and The Audreys) on board, Walker will be playing four shows across town to pre-empt the album’s release on Fri Feb 15. With heartfelt, intuitive and soulful songwriting, this gig is probably more saintly than it is sinful. Probably.

What: The Demon Parade / Where & When: Rocket Bar on Fri Feb 15 and the Grace Emily on Sat Feb 16 / Info: thedemonparade.com

Demonic Chameleons With the release of their second EP Chameleon under their belt, The Demon Parade will be stopping by Rocket Bar and the Grace Emily in February on what we can only imagine is a hellish procession across the nation. The Melbourne psychedelic rock foursome will bring their kaleidoscopic pop hooks on their own tour, having supported the likes of Brian Jonestown Massacre, British India and Stonefield in the past.

What: Of Monsters & Men and Sincerely, Grizzly / Where: Laneway Festival 2013 / When: Fri Feb 8 / Tickets: laneway.greentix.com.au

Grizzly Laneway Monsters This just goes to show that if something doesn’t go your way, whinge, bitch, moan and cry until it does. A change in the band’s international touring schedule may be the official reason why Of Monsters & Men now have the time to perform the two additional sets as a part of the Laneway Festival in Adelaide and Perth, but we suspect the incessant complaining via all online outlets had something to do with it. The southern

and western capitals of Australia will now also be able to revel in the Icelandic folk act that have shot to success following their acclaimed debut My Head Is An Animal. Joining Of Monsters & Men on the Adelaide line-up for Laneway are Triple J Unearthed act, local outfit Sincerely, Grizzly. Sounds like to be on the Laneway bill you need to juxtapose your sweet and soulful tunes with a reference to violent beasts in your name. Sincerely.

One must always have a contingency plan. When For The Fallen Dreams regrettably had to cancel their stint as headliners for The Boys Of Summer tour, San Francisco’s FIRST BLOOD have graciously filled the void. Joining good mates Deez Nuts and Comeback Kid, the perpetually pissed-off metal hardcore group will bring to Australia tunes from the highly-anticipated sophomore album Silence Is Betrayal. First Blood will be gushing into town with the rest of the metal line-up for the tour on Sun Jan 20 at Uni Bar, with tickets available from Moshtix.

There And Back Again Making another stop at the homeland after relocating to New Zealand, multiinstrumentalist Adam Page will be bringing his media release-professed “majestic, wizardly beard” back to Adelaide as a part of the Festival Theatre’s Sessions line-up, playing on Sat Jan 26 at the Space Theatre. While the saxophone may be his weapon of choice, Page has been known to throw in some bass, keys, percussion, vocals, Tuvan throat singing, beat boxing,

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ukulele, flute, clarinet, kalimba and didgeridoo in funk, tango, Punjabi, reggae, jazz and Afrobeat styles just to shake things up. After recently writing some music for The Hobbit and working with the art direction team from The Lord Of The Rings and King Kong, Page has made his trip across the ditch work best in his favour, and will more than likely have a tale or three-part-three-hour-epic of his own to tell on his journey there and back again.

After regrettably needing to cancel her original tour due to her best friend undergoing cancer treatment, AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA have announced new tour dates. Palmer will now be bringing her brazen and bombastic show to the Thebarton Theatre on Sun Sep 22. Tickets are available from Venuetix, but for those who had tickets to the original show you can use the same tickets for entry. You can alternatively claim a full refund up until Fri Jan 25.

Using insomnia to her advantage, LITTLE WISE leading lady Sophie Klein conceptualised the Melbourne folk act’s entire debut EP Moments Of Clarity. Hopefully after getting a good night’s rest, the Gypsy-like storytelling has continued, with key singles Red Guitar and Ride Now being revered highlights of their live shows. If you’re a little wise yourself you’ll catch them as they tour in February, playing the Wheatsheaf Hotel on Sat Feb 9 and additional shows in McLaren Vale, Mt Gambier and Port Adelaide.

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Bittersweet Symphony “There have been times when I’ve struggled with and suffered from depression,” the voice on the end of the phone suggests, before slowly fading away like an aural mirage. “I don’t really want to go into it all…” n the eight years Rip It Up’s been interviewing Sarah Blasko on an almost biannual basis, the dialogue has followed a familiar route. The pervading aura is one of respectful distance; enigmatic performer and badgering writer skirting around out-of-bounds issues like urbane duellists. The songwriter earns her points for deftly rebuffing the more prying enquiries, her interrogator scores when his queries elicit a revealing soundbite. Today is different. The 36-year-old sounds less guarded, yet troublingly disconsolate. Despite November’s fourth album I Awake revealing Blasko at her most unswervingly, unnervingly remarkable, her waning whisper suggests an artist drained of the wild-eyed fire that drives her latest opus. Is Sarah Blasko happy? It’s the response to this humble question that leaves the artist sounding more exposed and vulnerable than at any time during our past conversations. “Ummm…” Blasko breaths in. There’s a long, awkward pause, before an uneasy, questioning chuckle slinks in like a beaten dog. “Yeah? Gosh, I don’t know. I think so. I feel stronger in myself, so maybe that’s happiness?” The obvious discomfort the Sydneysider radiates suggests she’s not on very good terms with happiness. “It’s not like I don’t have happiness in my life,” Blasko offers, fumbling for a different tack. “Humans change from day to day so I

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just don’t know. I don’t know if I am happy, to be honest. It’s not like I’m unhappy. I’m just about to go to my friend’s wedding, so maybe I’ll be bursting with happiness then?” While the strident title of I Awake on one hand suggests someone assertively taking control of their life with steely-eyed determination, there’s a troubling flipside to be examined. Beautiful, perfect dreams fade as one awakens, consciousness snatching away the restorative alternative realms of sleep. Has happiness been wrestled from the sadeyed songstress like an evaporating dream? Have the constant geographical upheavals she’s enacted for the recording of her albums (Los Angeles, Auckland, Stockholm) left her emotionally and physically adrift? What seems certain is that I Awake marks a point where riddles have made way for revelations. “I’m 36, time has moved along,” Blasko says. “At the time I was making I Awake it was important to me to drop any unnecessary stuff and hit at the most important. I want people to feel I’m baring my heart – I don’t want to feel shielded. It is a more honest me, but I don’t think you’ve [previously] been shielded from who I am. The last album, As Day Follows Night - that’s a real heartbreak album but had more lightness to it, whereas on this one the orchestra tumbles you around and really pulls at you. “I spent a lot of time on my own writing this album – probably too much time on my own. Home takes on this larger-than-life dream and has an epic-ness, so I think a lot of it came out of that displaced feeling. Feeling like you’ve lost your connection with home.” Recorded in Sweden with Blasko acting as lone producer for the first time, I Awake maintains strong familial connections despite Blasko’s distance from home. In a nod to her paternal heritage, Blasko enlisted Bulgaria’s New Symphony Orchestra to assist her create

the swelling, propulsive elements of I Awake. Both her Bulgarian grandfather and her father, a widower for a decade, were emotionally touched by the songwriter’s cultural repatriation. “My grandfather was really excited to know that I’d gone there and done that, so it was really special for him and my dad. I was in the room with my dad when he first heard I Awake. He’s quite a passionate man, Nikolai Blaskow. He’s an emotional man and had a tear in his eye. I dedicated the album to my dad, so he felt pretty happy with that.” A few months before I Awake emerged to another wave of critical plaudits, a Melbourne poet named Cameron Semmens quietly posted a poem titled The Ink Of My Youth on the ABC’s social media website Pool. The piece saw him musing over the fading Shinto tattoo on his shoulder – “It reminds me who I once was, and where I’ve been”. While positive and reflective, the post avoids mentioning Semmens is Blasko’s former husband – and the songwriter herself has the corresponding Shinto tattoo on her shoulder. Although Blasko has previously detailed to Rip It Up how her tattoo symbolises the “revolution of the universe”, she’s rarely gone into detail about the marriage that ended before she found fame with solo debut The Overture And The Underscore. The passing years have provided new perspective. Like Semmens, Blasko now appears to be entering a time where she can be reflective about the mistakes of her past while also looking ahead. “I think I feel at peace with everything now. You always think that you wouldn’t go about things the same way now, but I was much more fuelled by emotions and not maybe as thoughtful or as aware of my actions. I feel like, for better or worse, I’ve made the right decisions as I’ve gone along. I’m glad I didn’t ignore what my gut was telling me, but those

Hide And Seek When Sarah Blasko paired up with fellow Aussie songwriters Holly Throsby and Sally Seltmann for 2011’s Seeker Lover Keeper album and tour, she went into the project as the most high-profile of the three performers. Nonetheless, Blasko is gracious about the “escape” from her regular solo duties SLK offered her. “The three of us wanted to escape what we do in our everyday musical lives and to do something relaxed without pressure. That was our aim in doing something together - a bit of fresh air to re-inspire us and give us a chance to get to know each other better. It was very different from what I do and I drew a lot of inspiration from both Sally and Holly. I learnt lot from both of them.”

things are difficult at the time because you know you’re hurting someone. In the end though it definitely saves a whole lot more hurt down the track.” There is perhaps just one person in the Australian music industry still doubting the statuesque talents of Sarah Blasko. And that’s Sarah Blasko. Perhaps the small but significant admission she’s reached a point of peace with her distant past means she can now look to the future. A future that deserves to be filled with confidence, happiness and many more breathtaking additions to her formidable music catalogue. WHO: Sarah Blasko WHAT: I Awake (Dew Process/UMA) WHERE: Festival Theatre (with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) WHEN: Fri Feb 1

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The Return Of The King Unprecedented immersive experience or the world’s most expensive home movie? Whether you’ve been to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey or just read about it, it’s hard to avoid the kerfuffle director Peter Jackson’s decision to shoot the first installment of his second Middle-Earth-centric trilogy at 48 frames per second has caused. his isn’t esoteric film geekery - the difference is apparent from the second the film begins, and it may herald a new direction for cinematography. “There’s no reason that everybody has to start shooting movies at 48fps,” Jackson confers. “You don’t have to do that. As a filmmaker, I’m always looking for ways to make films more immersive and more immediate. I like to have the audience transported from their seat and absorbed into the action on the screen, if I can.” Jackson is unequivocal about what he sees as the benefits of the new technology he’s deploying withThe Hobbit: it provides a cinematic experience that can’t be replicated at home or anywhere else except in a movie theatre. “This is what’s important to me,” he argues. “How do we get young kids to come back to the cinema again? We have to keep raising the bar. We can’t just say that we got the technology of cinema perfect in 1927, which is when 24fps was set as the standard film speed, and that there’s no reason to change it. What’s going to happen for the next 50 years, 100 years, 200 years? Things are going to say the same? No. They’re not. They’re going to move on. The music we listen to today isn’t a

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needle scratching on vinyl any more - it has the clarity and purity of digital. Things move on. Change is always a bit scary, and it does take a while to get used to it. Apart from the film’s technical aspects, perhaps the most debated aspect of The Hobbit is Jackson’s decision to expand a 310page novel into a three-film epic. The first film certainly drags a little - well, OK, a lot. It takes the best part of an hour to get Martin Freeman’s lead character Bilbo Baggins out of his Bag End home and onto his ‘unexpected journey’, and by then you’ve already sat through an extended prologue, a decidedly non-canonical appearance from Frodo and two interminable songs - songs! - sung by a bunch of pissed-up dwarves. Still, Jackson is unrepentant about his decision to flesh out The Hobbit’s story. “The book is written for children,” he says, “and there’s no real development in it. It’s written at a very fast pace. In a movie you want to have conversation, you want to have character development... there are things that we as filmmakers need to develop to tell things in a filmic way, and those things might only be one paragraph in the book. We also had access to other Tolkien material. Tolkien developed a lot more ideas for storylines around the events of The Hobbit, and that material was published as an appendix to The Return Of The King. So, for example, in The Hobbit Gandalf disappears for 30 or 40 pages, and there’s no explanation of where he’s gone. But later on, many years later, Tolkien started to think about what Gandalf was doing during those breaks, and he wrote ideas about that. We had access to all that, so we were able to expand and flesh out [the story] with Tolkien’s own material. “The Tolkien estate is very protective of the other material,” Jackson continues.

bit The Hob king by Tom Haw “Since Professor Tolkien died, his son Christopher has published a lot of his letters, work, et cetera, and none of that material has ever been made available to us. They tell everyone that they’ll never sell the film rights to that. If we ever used any of [The Silmarillion or The History Of Middle Earth], we’d get sued. The irony is that we can make up whatever we want to make up, but if we use any other source material of Tolkien’s, we’d be in trouble.” Is this frustrating? “I don’t have to deal with the Tolkien estate,” Jackson says, sounding perhaps just the slightest bit relieved. “But look, Professor Tolkien sold the rights to both books while he was still alive, so he was at peace with the idea of films being made. And presumably he banked the cheque that they gave him.” WHAT: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WHERE: Cinemas everywhere WHEN: Now showing

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Journey To The Centre Of MiddleEarth Peter Jackson first expressed an interest in directing The Hobbit in 1995. Part of the reason for The Hobbit’s muchdelayed genesis is the financial problems suffered by MGM, who were co-financiers on the project and are the company to whom JRR Tolkien sold the rights to his books. “No one could commit to the movie with MGM in that position,” Jackson explains. “Warner Bros couldn’t make it by themselves - they needed MGM because the rights were shared.”

Give The Drummer Some A side-project of a side-project? Not quite, but burgeoning electronica outfit Ultraista have an interesting and cosmopolitan history. While playing together in Thom Yorke’s Atoms For Peace project, old friends Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker finally began tossing around ideas for their own debut. iven their influential involvement in some of the great alternative albums of the last two decades, Godrich and Waronker will be familiar names to many music fans. As a producer, 41-year-old Londoner Godrich’s CV includes Radiohead, Air and Paul McCartney, while 39-year-old Californian drummer Joey Waronker has played with REM, Smashing Pumpkins and Elliott Smith. The pair met in the ‘90s while working together on Beck’s Mutations, but it’s taken more than a decade to see their own project Ultraista come to fruition. Rounded out by South London singer Laura Bettinson, the band’s eponymous debut is a slow-burning melting pot of warm electronic melodies, precision percussion and soulful vocals. Combining live and programmed drumming ensures tracks like album opener Bad Insect keep Waronker on a very tight leash behind the kit. “I think the thing that’s really interesting for me is the idea of things that are performed live, but are also repetitive,” Waronker suggests while in London for promotional duties. “Fela Kuti’s a big part of my background - layers of counterrhythms that almost take the place of melody. That’s always been really interesting to me, so I like the idea of combining electronics and live playing and collaborating with Nigel, who is really the

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only person I trust in this regard. The trance that happens as a result of repetition is so cool.” Waronker admits that were it not for Bettinson’s alluring feminine vocals, Ultraista could have become something of a beard-stroking project. “Oh, yeah, absolutely - I love that question. For Nigel and I the easiest thing to do would have been to do a record of experimental instrumentals. We had to find something that counterbalanced that and luckily Nigel found Laura, who was likeminded. It’s one thing to do something that’s creative, but to take that and make creative pop music, then that’s far more interesting.” Just as Ultraista’s music begins finding a wider audience, Waronker and Godrich find themselves called back into active duty as members of Atoms For Peace. The sudden December announcement of a February release for Atoms For Peace’s debut Amok would appear to have somewhat scuttled Ultraista plans for 2013. “From my perspective it’s fine,” Waronker assures. “We’ve known about all of this so the timing of Ultraista was well calculated to ensure there wouldn’t be a real clash with Atoms, so I think things will co-exist nicely. It might be a busy year, but it’s not too bad. I feel like with Ultraista it’s something that has some growing to do – it’s still very new. I think Ultraista will be less like a hardcore touring band and more like making music and videos all the time. When shows make sense to do we’ll do them – we’re working up a live show and developing it.” Given the shared personnel, Ultraista couldn’t prove a good opening act for Atoms For Peace? “I couldn’t see that,” Waronker laughs. “I may not be able to walk afterwards! They are both very involving musically and physically – for me at least – so I couldn’t even imagine.” Although initially formed as a band to tour Thom Yorke’s solo album The Eraser, Atoms For Peace has become a far more interesting collective as it has

Ultraista Lennan by Scott Mc progressed. Completed by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and percussionist Mauro Refosco, Waronker says all Atoms For Peace members earn songwriting credits on Amok. Despite his mushrooming relationship with Yorke, Waronker assures that Radiohead drummer Phil Selway shouldn’t feel threatened. “He’s very gracious and there’s no threat – Radiohead already have a second drummer [Clive Deamer] on stage and it’s not me! Phil’s a lovely guy and they are such good people. Phil’s got his own side-project as well, which is so healthy - I really look up to that.” Selways’s 2010 solo record Familial was a soft and acoustic release – are there any acoustic Joey Waronker albums in the vaults? “That is definitely not me,” Waronker chuckles. “Not in this decade, but people change. Maybe I’ll improve my finger-picking in future, so who knows? WHO: Ultraista WHAT: Ultraista (Create Control)

Joey’s Friends Joey Waronker has drummed on great albums by artists including Badly Drawn Boy and Smashing Pumpkins, but what does the Californian consider the most underrated album he’s worked on? “That’s a good question – and a tricky one. The Elliott Smith record [XO] – I know people know it, but I was such a big fan of his. Beck’s Mutations, to me, when I think of classic records, I think, ‘Wow – we made a classic record and it’s incredible’. I don’t think it gets that respect – it’s not quite there yet.”

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Koolta To celebrate his brand new single Possessions, 2011 Hilltop Hoods Initiative Winner Koolta is embarking on a national tour, kicking things off in his hometown next month. Koolta’s debut album The Extraordinary Average Joe was released last year via Obese and saw the Adelaide MC sell out his album launch, as well as winning over a crowd of 6000-plus while opening for the Hilltop Hoods at the Entertainment Centre shortly after. Koolta was also announced Adelaide winner of the Triple J Unearthed Parklife Competition and was awarded Media Resource Centre of SA’s Clip It! Initiative. Possessions sees Koolta presenting unique perspectives on life from very different characters but all striving for happiness and success. Support acts include Prime and Electric Elements, with tickets available from OzTix. Koolta plays at Rhino Room on Fri Feb 1.

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Derrick Carter returns to Australia this month for a special three-hour-long set at Garage Bar to coincide with Defected Presents House Masters – Derrick Carter. Needing no introduction, Carter is a legend of Chicago’s ‘90s house music scene, his sets rooted in house but also often incorporating old school, disco, soul and jazz (plus whatever else catches his fancy). It started with his debut track, Love Me Right, back in 1987 just after Carter graduated from college, which saw him release several other tracks including Symbols And Instruments after that. Carter will be supported by local residents on the night including Ezee G, Juddo, Leroy, Maverick (percussion) and Matt (sax), as well as Jorge Watts who’s massive single Up To The Sky also features on Defected Presents House Masters – Derrick Carter.

With the release date of The Oscillators’ two brand new singles, I Remember and Deck Of Cards, looming just around the corner, the Adelaide D&B trio’s vocalist Nereeda reveals plans for a full-length debut album in the first half of 2013. Tell us about the new tracks and album…

Derrick Carter plays at Garage Bar on Sun Jan 27.

Twinsy Victorian duo Twinsy are about to play their first ever headline show at Rocket Bar this week with guest supports from Archie (live) and DJs Nightcharmers, fourwords DJs, Acey and Ferris Mular. The pina colada swilling, feel-good pair are no strangers to the Oz music scene, comprising of Guy Chappell of Yacht Club DJs and Michael Belsar of Hunting Grounds, the two have steadily built a swirl of interest internationally while playing sold out tours and festival appearances around the country. Releasing their debut EP via Ajax’s Sweat It Out Records saw them gain instant attention and receive critical acclaim by most Australian music media, in addition to being thrashed by DJs Australiawide. Recently a Triple J poll revealed Twinsy’s single Water Bombs was number three in the 100 most played songs of 2012. Twinsy play at Rocket Rooftop on Thu Jan 10.

I Remember is a song about looking back at how things were and how innocent we all were when we were kids. Deck Of Cards is actually a remake of our very first D&B track of the same name. We actually released this on our debut five-track EP, but since then, Arne re-wrote a lot of the drum tracks and synth lines. The album is set to be released in the first half of 2013. We are hoping for an April or May launch at this stage. You’ve had success with single Rock The Night on Rage and YouTube, how did you feel about it? We were stoked with the support and feedback we got about the film clip itself and, of course, it being on Rage. It was a really great feeling for everyone involved in putting the clip together. What are your thoughts on the local D&B scene?

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I love the D&B scene in Adelaide. When I first started going to shows, the scene was huge, as was the hard dance scene, although I really only got into the D&B scene. I think it went through a few years where it was a little quieter in terms of numbers at shows but it never went away. These days, the D&B scene in Adelaide seems to be getting bigger and bigger all over again, it’s very exciting! List some of your influences… The Prodigy, Pendulum, Kosheen, 4-Strings, rock, hip hop and dance across many eras. Other things coming up in 2013? The launch of our debut album is one of the most exciting things we have coming up. We look forward to our next two singles hitting the airwaves in the coming weeks as well. We have most definitely evolved and grown into the sound people are used to hearing from us today and we are really excited to see where 2013 takes us!

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“There’s no faith in the human race” is just an example during What Can I Say? of Dialect & Despair’s strong critical take on the mainstream Aussie hip hop industry. From fickle and shallow artists out to make a dollar, to the Toxic drug and alcohol abuse culture in Adelaide, Self Evident is a blunt and honest commentary. Dialect raps with articulation and passion which couples well with Despair’s excellent production. While the critical themes are clearly expressed, the duo has cleverly made sure that the result isn’t too melancholic. This is evident on Partying Axe, a song that questions the purpose of partying, yet actually makes you want to dance. However, the grilling of fakes in the industry does get repetitive and you wonder exactly what happened to piss them off so much rather than agree with them. Lachlan Aird

There is nothing like being floored by a new mix of cutting edge jams, especially when the compilation is full of delicate cuts controlled by a huge talent in Acid Pauli (AKA German Martin Gretschmann). This gorgeous gentle double disc mix barely gravitates above a whisper on disc one as slow mo and German deep house jives with gentle electronica showcased by tracks from Nu (Music and Earth), Gunther Lause as well as Acid Pauli’s remix of Raz Ohara’s El Zahir. The second disc is more animated as global and leftfield funk and fun come into the mix, as well as experimental sounds and bizarre choices (an acoustic cover of Radiohead’s Idioteque being one). But no matter the style or genre, every cut that Pauli mixes works. He isn’t eclectic for the sake of being eclectic. He crosses boundaries because like a composer he can see the bigger picture. And that bigger picture is the remarkable Get Lost V: the finest Crosstown Rebels compilation to date. Jeff Spicoli

Minneapolis’ Poliça have been gaining loads of hype of late, especially ever since they received kudos from Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and even hip hop don Jay-Z. Most of the hype is justified, though, because Give You The Ghost does have a tendency to dig its claws into your head and have you come back for another listen (sooner or later). However, there’s only so much you can take when it comes to the (sometimes extremely) bleak and (almost) suicide-inducing lyrics, clearly inspired by one majorly catastrophic relationship. For those not yet familiar with the enigmatic (AutoTuned) vocalist Channy Leaneagh and her crew, Poliça sound like a funk-soulR&B fusion, with a touch of electronic pop and even some reggae too. The album’s highlight track is Wandering Star, a fairly simple, anthemic, electropop ballad, but overall, Poliça are at their most interesting when they get down to the experimentation. Simone Keenan

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Calendar/ Fri Jan 11 Luke Slater (Electric Circus) Fri Jan 18 Sun City (Rocket Bar) Sat Jan 19 Kerser (Fowler’s Live) Thu Jan 24 She Can DJ Remixed Tour (Electric Circus) Sat Jan 26 Above & Beyond (Entertainment Centre) Sun Jan 27 Derrick Carter (Garage Bar) Tue Feb 5 The Presets (Entertainment Centre) Fri Feb 8 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (Fowler’s Live & UniSA West Courtyards) Thu Feb 21 Blawan (Sugar) Sat Feb 21 PilotFest 2013 (Arcade Lane)

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Luke ‘Dubbs’ Dubber, after seeing Kendrick Lamar play, is feeling seedy as he reflects over the busiest year Hermitude have experienced so far. In 2012, they upped the tempo to meet demand for the live product of two beatsmiths making some of the dopest bangers in Oz hip hop. “I haven’t been to a really live hip hop gig like that in a long time. It was really awesome to see,” Dubber recalls. “Everyone was just going gangbusters.” Hermitude have been going gangbusters themselves of late. Four weeks out from their Villain tour and every square foot of space is sold. Word is out, and more dates have been added to handle demand. And behind every successful live product lies a great body of work in which to play off. Their third album, HyperParadise grabbed two ARIA nominations (Best Dance Release and Best Video) and the 2012 AIR Award for Best Independent Dance/ Electronica album while lead single, Speak Of The Devil, won the 2011 J Award for Music Video Of The Year. More recently, Hermitude received two nominations from FBI Radio’s SMAC Awards for Best Live Act and Album Of The Year. “It’s been fucking mental man. We’ve gotta change the Year Of The Dragon to Year Of The Hermitude because it’s just been killer. Ever since Hyperparadise, well ever since Speak Of The Devil, the momentum has just kept gathering and we’re still going. Man it’s far exceeded our expectations when we wrote the record.” Hermitude’s recognition in both hip hop, dance and electronic genres from Australia to abroad is testament to the level of acceptance for which their nu-wave reshuffling of the tried and true format of just two turntables and a microphone has stood. Dubber and Stuart have built a strong following and rep up from their music alone. That has always been a steep climb for the pair, as Dubber explains. “We used to play with rappers and the rappers would come up halfway through the

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set and we’d do tunes with Urthboy, Batla and just jam on a couple of beats and freestyle choruses. It was quite an important part of our show back then and became a point where we felt we were almost relying on them to inject the vibe into the show because it was hard to carry it by ourselves. Now it’s gotten to the point where we can actually go and rock on after any act that’s just played before us. I remember when we played Get In My Life at Woodford, New Year’s Eve, 2010 into 2011. I noticed the tunes were sending the crowd into a frenzy. It was amazing to see and that was right when we started to write the record and I thought, ‘Man, this is going to be a good

record’. We’ve gotta punch more tunes like this.” Not all of HyperParadise is a 10,000-plus head-nodder. Some tracks are quite off the page in production, such as The Hunt which seems to cast a vivid score to an exciting film scene, but in comparison to Get In My Life or Speak Of The Devil, sends audiences into spasms and could swiftly contradict the energy of a live set. “It’s really important to have a bunch of songs that you can go out and smash real hard live. When we first started out with Alleys To Valleys, the early recordings were pretty chilled. People would really be into them but

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When Shaolin Afronauts’ debut album Flight Of The Ancients earned itself an ARIA nomination in 2011, you’d better believe that no one was as shocked as the band’s founding father, Ross McHenry. It was also a moment of truth for the bassist as he came to the realisation that you can never go wrong with honesty and integrity (even if it makes you no money in the end). In fact, it was a theme that had been running since McHenry first attended the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy in London only a year prior...

“Seriously, I was probably the most surprised to hear that ...Ancients was so successful,” he says of the debut’s ARIA nomination. “I never thought people would want to listen to this type of music. ‘Afronauts has always been for me music that is my honest passion, and I didn’t really think anyone else would like it as much. Someone told me the other day one of the tracks off it has 250,000 hits... It’s a meaningless statistic, I know, but it shocks me because there is so much more stuff I’ve done out there that is way more accessible and that I thought people would be into.” Because, simply put, Shaolin Afronauts is an improvised collective with a penchant for fusing jazz and Afrobeat... Not exactly your run-of-the-mill, mainstream stuff, then. “I’ve been in the music industry for a while

now, and I’ve realised something,” McHenry announces. “Honesty is the most important thing in the world. People pick it up, they can smell a rat. No one wants to hear what you’ve copied from someone else – assimilate influences, yeah, okay, that’s fine – but it has to be you. A few years ago I was lucky enough to attend the Red Bull Music Academy – there are only 20-30 spots available each year. It’s a great networking opportunity and you basically go and see a talk by Flying Lotus in the morning, Roots Manuva in the afternoon and Modeselector in the evening – it’s crazy! The breadth and diversity of the people was mind-blowing, but the one common thing they all had was that they all only ever started to have success when they found that thing that was truly them. Over and over again,

when you go out and play it in a club, it can be hard to get people enthused. As the years have gone on we’ve understood that and with HyperParadise we really made a conscious decision to have a few bangers on there. So we wrote The Villain and All Of You in the last two weeks of sessions. They come out really quick and put the icing on the cake. It’s definitely something we are aware of when we’re writing records now.” WHO: Hermitude WHERE: Jive WHEN: Sat Feb 2

every one of them kept saying, ‘Don’t give up and always be honest with yourself ’.” It was a message that stuck because two albums on (and some way into the third one now), Shaolin Afronauts still hold integrity and honesty at the forefront of everything they do, preferring to tread the path less travelled. But diversity is another key word that McHenry throws into the mix... “Our first record was very much influenced by the straight-up ‘70s Afrobeat. The second record [Quest Under Capricorn, 2012] has more of a textural, kind of late ‘60s jazz influence. The next album is going to be something different altogether, but it will have some influences from that late ‘70s, kind of fuzzy Afrobeat that was on the first album. We’re going to do another record sometime mid-year, and it should be out in late December. Musically, I think the most interesting thing about this band is the ability to convey emotion and that sense of landscape that people tend to call ‘cinematic music’. I think that’s the ‘Afronauts’ strength and we want to build on it and expand our musical palette. Live improvisation is also very important to us because it allows the individuals – and there’s a lot of us! – to extend the narrative by using their own language and words via improvisation. Same goes for the costumes. Without them, the show is a bunch of white guys in skinny jeans playing Afrobeat... You’re not really buying it. Change the context, though, come out in robes or whatever – they’ll think you look stupid but immediately their expectations have changed because it’s like, ‘Well, anything can happen here...’.” WHO: Shaolin Afronauts WHAT: Sessions WHERE: Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Sat Jan 26

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FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – TURBOJUGEND PRESENTS DEATHPUNK TO DEATH AND TURBO NEGRO NITE GILBERT STREET HOTEL – NIKKO & SNOOKS (7PM) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Peter Murphy GRAND BAR – OMG JETTY BAR – No Use For A DJ Name (8pm) LA BOHEME – French Connection with DJ Zooma (9pm) MARBLE BAR – Ladies Night with Dylan Sanders, VIP, Rupheo, Mike Wills, Ben Earle and Acid Please! MARS BAR – VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night PARADISE HOTEL – Complete Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Dylan PORTLAND HOTEL – DJs Cold One and Rabbit (9.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests

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Friday 11th ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJ Jarrod Walsh, MC Mitch and Dave Zanchetta AMBASSADORS HOTEL – Ambar Lounge: Souled Out Cocktail Sessions with DJ Jason Lee (5.30pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: Jaki J (10pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Fusion – The Perfect Blend karaoke and DJ (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – The Bluff (8pm) BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance Club with DJ BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Ride Into The Sun DJs (1am) Band Room: The Bogongs, Weird Weekend, Emu and The Bitches Of Zeus DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Andrea Dawson (7pm) DOG & DUCK – DTF with D Foe, Krunk, Dom P, Ryley, Kid P and MC Jon-E DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs Derek Lang, Eric Falcon and Lukky K ED CASTLE – Raider with Mayweather and This Is Our City (9.30pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm) EMU HOTEL – Bon n All (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Lyall Maloney and Ricochet Pete

GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm) GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Sticky Fingers GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Steve Gower (6pm) HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Diskonnect (7pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs HIGHWAY – Friday arvo knock-offs HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOPE INN – Steve Simon (8.30pm) HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – bands HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs HQ – Newmarket: Es.Co (every second Friday) LA BOHEME – Smooth Groove with DJ Curtis (9pm) LAVISH – DJ Sok and DJ Spin Dokta LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL – Acoustic Jam with Jelly & Friends LIMBO – resident DJs Japeye, Alley Oop and She Said LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee (9pm) MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION CULTURAL CENTRE – Mingle (5pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MORPHETT VALE FUNCTION CENTRE – Linda McCarthy (8pm) ORIENTAL – live music RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker and Bollocks plus MC Dylan REX HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs SALT BUSH – Billy February (6.30pm)

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STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Pat Spins Out – A Vinyl Recollection (8pm) SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJ Isaac and MC Timmy Pine TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) TEQUILA REA – Rude Not To! playing funky beats THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local acoustics and late night DJ THE CURIOUS SQUIRE – DJ Ryley THE GOODY – Ch@t Room with DJ Steeve Reece THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE PROMETHEAN – London Cries (8pm) THE SOUL BOX – East Texas and Mod Cons with Dick Dandy & The Wingman (9pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly plays ‘80s and ‘90s VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Paul Marshman with DJs Matty B, Michael Constant plus MCs Kris and Matty B WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – Am I Ever (Angels tribute) (8.30pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops & Armac and AJ (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Finn, Ryley and Gumshoe

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The Guide // ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ Steve Reece CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: The Sunbirds present MS Charity fundraiser gig plus DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – Let It Be Beatles (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Appomattox with The Athletic Teenage Joggers

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – COCK & BALL TORTURE, CAPTAIN CLEANOFF, INTENSE HAMMER RAGE AND ALTERS GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony

GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ MARKY POLO (8PM) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Others’ 50th Anniversary GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays Summer Singles Party with DJ Matty B and MC Mitch GRENFELL 110 – Triumvirate Ents presents: Weekly Summer Sessions featuring DJs Ragz, Jesse Proverbs and John Spencer and Daly (10pm) HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm)

&LUFRORPELD Get ready for another heatwave when the dangerously sexy cast of Circolombia hit the Adelaide Fringe! This high-octane show takes you through the poetry and violence of street life in Colombia, with wild acrobatics backed by a pounding reggaeton soundtrack. Fringe Benefits members save up to $18 off tickets! Head to fringebenefits.com.au for details.

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HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Soundflex HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – poker HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips, Tinker and Bangwel (8pm) JIVE – Gosh! with DJ Craig KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm) LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB with DJs and MCs plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Drive (10pm) RAMSGATE HOTEL – Adelaide’s best cover bands RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROCKET BAR – Bananas: Track Team and Japeye SANDBAR – requests with DJs SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm)

SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSIONS STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle with DJ Little Jimmy and MC Steeve Reece TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE CUMBERLAND – Launch Pad featuring local DJs THE CURIOUS SQUIRE – DJ DSJ THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus and friends THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours

Fri Jan 11 The Gov Sticky Fingers with DJ Tom Watson and MC Timmy Pine WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd, Lush and Koops (8pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – Trench Effect, Priority Orange and Blood Red Renaissance (9pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Chaps, Hemilove, Osyris and Scott Holder

Sunday 13th ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School with The Idle Saints, DJ Leah Mencel and DJ Ryley BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Back To Back (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – all ages show DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Two Rounds Shy (1pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – The Incredibles (5pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt & Naomi

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – STARTERKIT, FLUFFY, COCK, BILLION DOLLAR BUMS AND PIGASUS GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays with Courts & Kings plus Lyall Moloney (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Jay Jaxson GRAND BAR – Frat Party with One Planet, DJ Dylan Manov, DJ Matty B, DJ Michael Constant and MC Kris HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888 double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music

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The Guide // MARION CULTURAL CENTRE PLAZA – local artists (1pm) MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits RAMSGATE HOTEL – acoustic session (4pm) Tom Kurzel & Ed Trainor fortnightly rotation (7.30pm) RED SQUARE – District: Sanders Birthday Bash

SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SOLOISTS SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Lonely Cosmonauts SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE CURIOUS SQUIRE – Saxy Sundays with Tim Bos DJ & Sax THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) DJ Junior (5.45pm) Fast Love (7pm) THE MAID – acoustic Sunday sessions (4pm) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Anthony, Scott Holder and Gumshoe ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)

Monday 14th AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia AVOCA HOTEL – Schnitty & Trivia Night (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – Complete Trivia BOATHOUSE TAVERN: TAPEROO – Complete Trivia BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Complete Trivia BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Brenton Manser & Sasha Louise EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke EXETER ON RUNDLE – Todd Sibbin Band GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy Harmoniclub GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam

HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Complete Trivia OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Jake The Snake (8pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm) SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen TOWER HOTEL – Complete Trivia

Tuesday 15th BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) PARADISE HOTEL – Memory Lane Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE COVE TAVERN – Complete Trivia THE GOODY – Complete Trivia THE GRIFFINS – fresh, funky and progressive tunes THE KINGS BAR – Old Skool Funk with Nixon and Penfold. Back Bar: APL poker THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

Wednesday 16th BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm)

CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Complete Trivia

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNNYBOY AL’S KRAZY KARAOKE GLYNDE HOTEL – NPL Poker (6.30pm and 10.30pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining: Complete Trivia (7.30pm) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room HOLDFAST HOTEL – Nonstop Dance Party with DJs Mike Wills & VIP HQ – Flashdance JETTY BAR – karaoke LA BOHEME – The New Cabal (9pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – DJs (9pm) MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill TOWER HOTEL – Uni Night with DJ Dom P TOWER TAVERN: RENMARK – Complete Trivia WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – Creating Styles Karaoke (9pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

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So Frenchy So Chic As part of Sessions, Adelaide Festival Centre’s summer program of music running at Space Theatre until early February, So Frenchy So Chic will be presenting three artists – French indie pop band Revolver (on Thu Jan 17), singer Nadéah (also Thu Jan 17) and Carmen Maria Vega - an eclectic quintet based around their eponymous lead singer - on Fri Jan 18. armen Maria Vega, who have been described as Edith Piaf goes punk, are at the forefront of France’s Gypsy jazz revival and are now looking forward to making their first trip to Australia. “But our bass player, Oliver Smith, who will also be playing in Nadéah’s band, is an Australian,” Vega reveals via an interpreter, although she responds to most questions in English. “So Oliver speaks highly of Australia and its culture and I also have a lot of French friends living there. They chose to move to Australia instead of going to London.” Vega, whose band also includes guitarist Sebastien Collinet and drummer Toma Milteau, was born in Guatemala in South America but raised in Lyon, France. She

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initially began her career in theatre before taking up music but has since appeared in the French film Le Jour De La Grenouille. She teamed up with songwriter Max Lavegie in 2005 and released a well-received self-titled CD in 2009. The most recent offering is last year’s Du Chaos Naissent Les Etoiles (which translates to From Chaos Stars Are Born). It was mixed by Mark Plati, who has worked with David Bowie and The Cure, and features a duet with Dionysos’ lead singer Mathias Malzieu on the song Miiaou. “But we are already thinking about the next one,” Vega says. “The problem is, I don’t seem to have enough time to think about its musical direction or what it is I want to speak about. And first I have to think about this current tour – we have gigs up until March in England and Europe – and only then I will have time to think about the next recording. “But I’m pleased about the success of Du Chaos Naissent Les Etoiles because while the first album was also a great success [the self-titled debut of 2009 was also nominated for the prestigious Prix Constantin], the new album speaks of different things and is a new direction. “It’s a much larger vision,” Vega then suggests. The chanteuse very recently made her film debut in Béatrice Pollet’s Le Jour De La

Grenouille (The Day Of The Frog), which had its French premiere in September of last year. “It’s a very emotional love story about two people who don’t like themselves very much but love each other very much,” Vega explains. “So I now have another two movie projects coming up with Béatrice which are quite different. So that will be interesting.” And how does the film-making process differ from that of making music? “It’s not so different because, as a singer, I’m an interpreter which also complements what I do with my acting,” Vega responds. “I try to build the emotions and feeling when I sing music in much the same way as I do when I’m acting. So I work in much the same way as it’s all about expressing emotion.” The singer goes on to say that she would be spending Christmas in the south of France. “It’s way too cold in Lyon,” she laughs. “But [bass player] Oliver Smith has told me it will be very warm down in Australia so I am very happy about that.” Vega is only slightly concerned that she will be singing in French in an English speaking country. “That’s always a bit risky,” she laughs, “but I do take the time to explain the songs in English before I sing them to get the different emotions of each song across to the audience. “And that’s always a lot of fun anyway,” she concludes.

Space Mission Sessions began life in January of 2012 as an initiative of Adelaide Festival Centre to turn one of its more intimate venues, Space Theatre, into a hub of live music during the generally quiet summer period. Such was its success, Sessions has returned in 2013 and will feature an array of artists from around the globe alongside national and local acts. Coming up at Sessions will be Flamenco Areti on Fri Jan 19 with The Baker Suite, along with some special guests set to perform later that same evening. Making a return to Sessions on Sat Jan 26 will be multi-instrumentalist Adam Page, whose 6.30pm performance will be followed at 9.30pm by Shaolin Astronauts. Canadian-born singer Wendy Matthews will be previewing some new songs and old favourites when she performs at Sessions on Fri Feb 1, while Lior will make a rare solo appearance on Sat Feb 2. For full details regarding Sessions, visit adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au.

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Hitchcock (M) Some have criticised this Sacha (Anvil) Gervasi-directed, drolly funny biopic simply because Anthony Hopkins doesn’t really look like Alfred Hitchcock but, well, of course he doesn’t - and it doesn’t matter as Hopkins can act and delivers a beautifully subtle performance that’s part impersonation, part pantomime and seemingly part supernaturalchannelling. In the wake of the success of his North By Northwest in 1959, the pushing-60 Hitchcock is feeling washed-up and frequently argues with his wife of 33 years, Alma Reville/ Hitchcock (Helen Mirren, fabulous although, again, she doesn’t look much like the actual, somewhat mousey Alma). When Hitch (“Hold the cock!”) stumbles upon Robert Bloch’s disreputable novel Psycho, he ponders whether “just a horror movie” is the way to go and, despite Alma’s reservations, he’s soon casting Anthony Perkins ( James D’Arcy),

Quick Flicks ‘casualty’ Vera Miles ( Jessica Biel) and soon-to-be-stabbed star Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson, spot-on), and having hard-tobelieve but darkly amusing fantasy chats with Ed Gein (Michael Wincott), the ‘Wisconsin Ghoul’ whose hideous crimes inspired some of the literary Psycho’s most sensational aspects (and elements of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence Of The Lambs - but you knew that). Wonderfully cast throughout (with Toni Collette as Peggy Robertson, Danny Huston as Whitfield Cook, Kurtwood Smith a hoot as the head censor, and so on), this is nevertheless, of course, a showcase for Hopkins’ splendidly witty characterisation, as he manages to capture all sides of Sir Alfred: the master filmmaker; the studio manipulator; the formidable psychological game-player; and the very naughty boy. Mad Dog Bradley

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Movies under the stars and among the vines at the Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre continue on Fri Jan 11 with a screening of director Martin Scorsese’s sweet and nostalgic Hugo (PG). All details: jacobscreek.com or on their Facebook page.

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Opel Moonlight Cinema in Botanic Pk continues in style with: John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (PG) on Thu Jan 10; Pitch Perfect (M) on Fri Jan 11; Judd Apatow’s latest outing This Is 40 (MA) on Sat Jan 12; Fun Size (PG) on Sun Jan 13; RZA’s somewhat misunderstood The Man With The Iron Fists (MA) on Tue Jan 15; and Searching For Sugar Man (PG) on Wed Jan 16. All further details: moonlight.com.au.

Sightseers (MA) Director Ben Wheatley’s follow-up to his dead straight (and widely unseen) Kill List isn’t another horror pic but, in fact, a very black, and scarily English, comedy that began life as an extended stand-up routine performed by the non-starry stars. 40something, supposedly ‘plain’ Tina (cowriter Alice Lowe) has been living a life of quiet desperation for years with her nasty mum Carol (Eileen Davies), but at the beginning of this tale she’s getting away for a caravanning holiday with her cheerful, formidably bearded new boyfriend Chris (cowriter Steve Oram), and Mum doesn’t like it one bit, and she curses Chris by sneering, “Serial killer!”. And as no one seems to mind about spoilers herein (including Wheatley), this is in fact true, as Chris reveals himself to be willing to do in anyone who upsets Tina and then, later, happy to knock off litterbugs, rude partiers and even the occasional innocent bystanders, although, of course, Tina proves no slouch either, as we build to a final reel - and sting - that seriously bloody hurts. Concealing a low budget by use of carefully depressing locations and lots of ugly interiors, Wheatley, Lowe and Oram’s film should nevertheless prove awfully funny for bolder audiences, although others will surely be uneasy about its murderous hi-jinx at this moment in time. And, even at this very early date, we also have a candidate here for Best Line Uttered In Any Movie Released In 2013: “That’s not my vagina!”. Sightseers is showing as one of the Mercury Cinema’s ‘Summer Scoops’. See mercurycinema.org.au for more info. Mad Dog Bradley

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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (M) In some ways director Laurent Bouzereau’s doco is just an extended interview, with the subject talking about his life and times with an old friend, but as this is Roman Polanski doing the talking, it’s still pretty damn fascinating. Filmed in 2010 while in home detention for that infamous 1977 sex crime, and prompted to discuss the darkest and most disturbing aspects of his life by producer, colleague and chum Andrew Braunsberg, the subjects covered here might seem familiar to Polanski’s fans (and critics), and yet it makes a welcome change that he’s finally permitted to explain himself, and cover: his unimaginable childhood in the Warsaw ghetto, with his dad and sister taken to a concentration camp, his mum gassed and his schoolmates shot; his early filmmaking success and fame, with a jet-setting, glamorous lifestyle altered forever by the shocking murder of his wife Sharon Tate and unborn child at the hands of Charles Manson’s ‘Family’ (but not Manson himself, of course); the circumstances behind, and the ongoing fallout from, that rape; and how his happy life in Parisian exile with actress spouse Emmanuelle Seigner and young family ended, and how everything was unresolved at the time of filming. With sparing use of clips from his pics (mostly Rosemary’s Baby, with its eerie hidden ‘warnings’) but plenty of images from home movies and news reports, this doesn’t seek to excuse Polanski, but does manage to conclusively demonstrate that, yes indeed, for him the truth has always been stranger than fiction. Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir is showing as one of the Mercury Cinema’s ‘Summer Scoops’. See mercurycinema.org.au for more info. Mad Dog Bradley

Paranorman (PG) Writer/co-director Chris Butler and co-director Sam Fell’s beautifully animated but rather problematic kiddie-targeted epic has proven controversial for its frightening, ‘adult’ content, and yet there’s nevertheless much here to enjoy, including a cool voice cast, a scare or two, juicy in-jokes and a handful of twists that prove surprisingly dark and really rather moving (!). The pale, withdrawn, zombie-obsessed Norman (voiced by Aussie Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a kid who, to coin a phrase, can see dead people, although those around him in his perhaps ‘cursed’, Salem-like town think that he’s just weird, and he’s regularly beaten up by a bully (voiced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and keeps running away from chummy chubbo Neil (Tucker Albrizzi). When crazy Mr Prenderghast (funny John Goodman), a local loon who senses Norman’s otherness and knows that something supernatural is afoot, dies in a sequence that’s unwisely played for laughs, the stage is set for the rising of the dead, the wrath of a mythical witch and some meaty messages about friendship, forgiveness and how corpses can have feelings too. From Laika Entertainment (the production company behind Coraline who cheekily get their name into the horror film clip that kicks off the story), this is probably a bit too creepy (and eventually convoluted) for younger children, and yet they’ll enjoy it anyway. And hey: they’ve surely by now seen far nastier stuff, whether at home, at the cinema, on YouTube, at school… Mad Dog Bradley

Opening But Unrated Director Ruben (Zombieland) Fleischer helms Gangster Squad (M), a filming of Paul Lieberman’s violent book that features an all-star cast including Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone (from Zombieland, of course), Josh Brolin, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick and growly old Nick Nolte.

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Lazy eaters across Ad elaide, I have a feeling 2013 will be our year. Following the success of the pop-up food tru ck event Fork On The Road and veteran mo bile eateries like Burge r Theory and Veggie Ve lo, it’s time for you to no w become acquainted wi th some of the newest food trucks zooming aro und to feed you all of the delicious. That’s rig ht, all of the delicious.

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Giro Gelato (Italian) How cute is this? Classic Italian gelato served from a tricycle in flavours like hazelnut, chocolate, lemon and strawberry. This is a good one for summer.

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Phat Buddha Rolls Cambodian Cruising around in a psychedelic painted 1960s caravan, Phat Buddha Rolls embrace fresh Cambodian flavours in their on-the-road-made meat rolls. Their rolls are similar to the crusty Vietnamese ‘banh mi’ with coriander, chilli and crunchy pork and are just as tasty.

Ah IPA. If you were a human you’d be sporting a serious beard, glasses you don’t require and likely be lecturing me on Tom Waits lyrics that I will surely never understand. That said, I love you as much as the next long black sipping poetry critic. Birbeck’s Brewing Company is a new kid on the block out of the Barossa Valley and the Four Brother IPA is a straight shooter. Its strength lies in depth and structure, a sharp and consistent bitterness and notes of pine needle and wattle seed. If you are after floral and fruit salad then look elsewhere, Four Bothers makes its point and sticks to it. Throw on some tunes from The Black Keys and gobble up a plate of lamb souvlaki. Cheers.

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Chimichurri Grill The best beef I’ve ever eaten was in Argentina, which is why I’m pretty excited to discover a wheeled eatery entirely devoted to the signature produce of the country. Scotch fillet steak, chorizo and grilled provolone cheese are some of the things dished up, all served with their signature chimichurri sauce. Mmm.

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If your daily nutrient intake is akin to a scurvy-riddled, chain-smoking pirate (like us journalists), here’s an alternative for you instead of spending all your hard-earned funds on expensive athlete multivitamins. Vitamin Gum, which is under seven calories, is a new market addition that contains eight essential vitamins important for maintaining energy, immunity, eyesight, strong teeth and bones. The vitamin gum allegedly provides 25% of recommended daily intake in that it absorbs into the blood stream quicker than a vitamin tablet (cough). And it’s sugar free. Vitamin Gum is available now from 7 Eleven stores and selected BP stores for RRP $3.50.

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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04 Mars is in Aquarius, lining up with all sorts of other planets in air signs. What happens to combustible Aries when combustible Mars hits a large gust of wind? Who knows! But one thing is for sure, it won’t be dull. This could be lift-off time for a most precious passion.

Saturn has come one third of the way on his journey through Scorpio. This is a transition point. Up to now it may have felt like he, or life, has been crunching your expectations, without offering explanation, or meaning. Now the significance of events can come into the light.

Sagittarius 22.11/21.12 Venus is keeping you company. Her loving presence is quiet and unobtrusive. She might be so silent that you don’t even realise she is there. It is worth tuning in. If you do, you will discover a sensitivity that you simply didn’t know existed. Listen to and honour others realities.

Capricorn 22.12/19.01 There’s a lot going on in Capricorn. The drive to build that has been possessing us for millennia is going through a transformative transition. It can no longer go on blindly, or it will do us in. From here on in we need to have our eyes open. Play your role in the front line.

Leo 23.07/22.08 With the sun now in Capricorn, you are planted very solidly on terra firma. Though this initially feels like it takes some of the blaze of glory out of your curriculum vitae, it is actually a really good thing. It is time to brush away some of the dreams and start to enjoy what is.

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Dead Birds, Fresh Juice Dead Birds, Fresh Juice is a showcase by The Filthy Ghost depicting a collection of elderly folk, playful children, happy families and fluffy little animals. Sounds cute, right? Wrong. The elderly folk are actually deformed, the kids are on fire and

the fuzzy bunnies are gutted, so forget that idea of nuclear living room material. Dark subject matter and intricate, fine-lined pen and coloured pencil and paints with collaborations by Tomahawk Kristensen are what you can expect. Get on it.

WHAT: Dead Birds, Fresh Juice WHERE: Espionage Gallery, Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide WHEN: Thu Jan 10 (6pm – 10pm) – Thu Jan 17

Aquarius 20.01/18.02 Mars is revving you up. The moon in Libra is enticing you to action. Jupiter in Gemini is filling you with ideas and possibilities. You will still have to cross the landscape of emotion invoked by Saturn in Scorpio, but you are now officially on your way. Reinforce your strengths.

Virgo 23.08/22.09 Mercury is in Capricorn, planning. The sun is in Capricorn, buying the appropriate building materials. You are in heaven, knowing that the ideas you have been entertaining are to be put into practice. Though there are buffeting winds, the joy of making things real is sweet.

with Miranda Freeman

Scorpio 24.10/21.11

Cancer 22.06/22.07 The moon begins her week in Libra, creating a moment of balance that is spectacular and precarious. Harmony is a fleeting gift of grace. Be present to it. The worst you can do is miss it because you were expecting something different. Recognise beauty when it’s round.

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The moon begins her week in Libra. She offers up a taste of that balance that you eternally crave. Venus is in Sagittarius, opening up a vista of possibilities. Savour the sweetness of the moment. No matter what is going on, if we keep our eyes open, there is always sweetness.

Gemini 21.05/21.06 The moon triggers all sorts of excitement for air signs this week – and you are one of them. No matter the scenario you find yourself in, you will have the sense that you have allies. When it comes to truly expressing yourself, you have wind under your wings. Go for it!

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Taurus 21.04/20.05 Life is confronting all your desires for a settled life, with the possibility of audacious adventure. With Venus in Sagittarius, you are more likely to be behaving like a horse than a bull. A bull at a gallop is a force to be reckoned with. Quest for noble things. Seek the grail!

with Sudhir

Pisces 19.02/20.03 In the act of communication much is revealed. If you find yourself incapable of saying what you want to say, chances are the person in front of you isn’t listening. If it flows through you and what you say amazes you too, you have found a receptive friend. Keep sharing.

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The Reading Room

FELTspace

153 Hindley St, Adelaide 100/100 Thu Jan 17 - Wed Feb 13

12 Compton St, Adelaide The Writing Project Until Sat Jan 26

The 100/100 series at The Reading Room is an exploration of graffiti and street art by artist Hex1. Spawned from daily sketches drawn over 100 days from June until September, each sketch demonstrates moments of inspiration, apathy and intoxication, melding together into an honest and insightful exhibition with chronological themes of colours and shapes. Opening: Thu Jan 17 from 6pm – 8pm

For the past six months four teams of artists, writers, designers and curators from around Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales have been working together to mash up arts writing into four new projects in The Writing Project.

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The Little Black Dress Party

Mno.Logie Clutches MNO.logie is not only a fashion accessory brand at the forefront of style and quality, but also a DIY fashion success story. Beginning from San Franciscan Nike Adinata’s desire for accessories that look like they’re direct from the runway, yet are more accessible, MNO. logie currently offers hand-made purses, clutches, anklets and collars that still have a hand-made feel but with a high-end aesthetic. In particular, the personalised clear Perspex clutches are what has gathered the attention of the Spring 2013 Fashion Week’s in Milan and Paris. The simplicity of a clear Perspex case surrounding a leather pouch and finished

with a metal clasp that is stamped with a personalised label is genius, showing how style, personality and quality can all play so well together. The jewellery embodies a similar philosophy, with the founder handpicking recycled materials and inspecting all finished pieces before dispatching them worldwide. With the label named after the initials of her best friends, it’s clear this is a labour of love and not a money-making scheme of cheap and cheerful fads. Let’s hope this stays this way. MNO.logie accessories are available from esty.com/shop/mnologie.

Australia’s Next Top Model Auditions If you’re toying with the idea of becoming a model or a reality TV star, why not give both a go and see which one works out for you? The first step to clawing your way to victory on the eighth cycle of Fox8’s Australia’s Next Top Model is to attend the open audition at the Myer Centre this Sunday. To enter all you need to be is an Australian or permanent citizen, 172cm tall and be at least 16 years old by Fri Feb 15, 2013. If successful you will be housed in a mansion of other

ferocious and competitive (and tall) teenage girls and asked to perform tasks by none other than former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins (sucked in, Tyra), where you will be judged and eliminated – or win. Cars, cash prizes and a 12-month contract with international renowned agency Chic Model Management. Sound like fun? You betcha. Australia’s Next Top Model Auditions will be held from 11am-3pm at the Myer Centre, Rundle Mall on Sun Jan 13.

If a night at the Adelaide Festival Centre with champagne, cocktails and canapés wasn’t incentive enough, if you attend The Little Black Dress Party on Fri Jan 25, you will also be supporting The Jodi Lee Foundation. This foundation is to help those who are affected by bowel cancer. Considering Australia has the highest incidence of bowel cancer in the world, that 1 in 12 Australians will develop bowel cancer in their lifetime, that it causes 5000 deaths a year and that it is the second most common cause of cancer after lung cancer that affects more people than breast and cervical cancer combined, this is a cause worth getting your hair and make-up done for. By getting out your LBD or suiting up for a night out, you can do your bit to help make sure more people know the importance of bowel cancer screenings, since 90 percent of cases are curable if detected early enough. And if you agree that neon is the new black then indulge yourself and add a touch of neon – you’re told to do so on the invitation. WHAT: The Jodi Lee Foundation’s Little Black Dress Party WHERE: Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Fri Jan 25, 6.30pm-midnight. TICKETS: jodileefoundation.org.au

FaberCastell Ambition Collection If your Christmas card writing was a chore you will be dreading for the next year, perhaps you weren’t using the right equipment. Perhaps using a pen with over 250 years of experience creating writing implements to help us communicate important messages is a good step in the right direction? Yes, I am mostly referring to Faber-Castell’s Connector Pens, and the sub-par Christmas cards they have helped generations of children to create. However, for those who want to make sure their pen is as stylish as their hard-practised cursive, the Ambition collection offers fountain, rollerball and ballpoint pens in resin, coconut wood, pearwood and stainless steel. And for those who still haven’t acquired a pen licence, luxury mechanical pencils are also offered. Just don’t let anyone in the office borrow it – from $99-$199 you won’t really be wanting to replace it anytime soon. And a hot tip – nothing tells a stationery fiend you love them more than an overpriced pen. For stockists visit faber-castell.com.au.

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Culture

CD Reviews

CD Of The Week

Scottie’s Singles

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Listen Now:

The XX

Kitten

Coexist (Young Turks)

Cut It Out EP (Warner/Atlantic)

What has 300 legs and no pubes? The front row of a One Direction concert. There’s a similar dearth of vegetation in the music realm at this time of year, with early January generally seeing nowt but the pop equivalent of the broken biscuits being served. Thank heavens for the arrival of the Cut It Out EP. Kitten’s lead singer Chloe Chaidez is only a couple of years older than One Direction’s squadron of squealers, but she sounds like she’s from another universe entirely. A universe where she and Atlantic label-mate Charli XCX swap lost 12” synth mixes from the early ‘80s and imagine they’re married to the two guys from Tears For Fears. Teenage dreamy.

Listen Later:

Lakyn Better Than That EP (UMA/Mercury)

Like the alt-folk version of a Christopher Nolan trilogy, Lakyn Helperi has been groomed as the third instalment that sees a camp commodity reborn as a gritty, robust and believable force. Lisa Mitchell and Matt Corby have already made the jump from naff televised karaoke chumps to bona fide stars, now The Voice’s slurry Robert Pattinson look-alike takes the plunge. Despite Helperi still sounding like he’s just blown 0.16 on the Dräger breathalyser and this EP not capturing the frisson of his live nonchalance, it’s a solid introduction. If you ever wondered what Jeff Buckley might have sounded like singing Cutting Crew’s (I Just) Died In Your Arms at a 1997 Tennessee talent quest instead of going for a fateful swim, look no further.

Skylar Grey Feat Eminem C’Mon Let Me Ride

Various Artists Triple J’s Like A Version Eight (UMA/ABC)

This is Triple J’s eighth Like A Version album and by golly it does not disappoint. The 21-song and 14 video clip CD/DVD compiles some of the best tunes covered by some of the finest homegrown and international talent.

Songs included on this all-round smokin’ album include Missy Higgins covering Gotye’s Hearts A Mess, Julia Stone tackling Boy & Bear’s Feeding Line and Ladyhawke performing Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit. Cosmo Jarvis covers a Kylie Minogue number, Spinning Around. Although he pulls it off by transforming the sickly pop song into an upbeat tambourine-riddled track you still won’t be able to shake off the image of those glittery, red hotpants. The compilation is an interesting insight into what music (other than their own) makes these musicians tick. Thundamentals do an extremely boppy and catchy cover of Matt Corby’s Brother, while Boy & Bear’s version of Empire Of The Sun’s Walking On A Dream is dreamy and stripped back. If you’re not into a bit of Julia Stone or Josh Pyke (shame on you!), at least give Jinja Safari’s cover a roll. With their rendition of R Kelly’s Ignition being extremely funky and cool, you’ll be out of your chair, sippin’ coke and rum like it’s the freakin’ weekend in no time. Melissa Keogh

Three years ago, London’s The XX released their debut self-titled album to critical acclaim and became one of the most influential music acts around the world. How? In a world of over-produced and under-achieving pop music, The XX made every beat count, no matter how it sounded. Its simplicity made an impact, and you could feel every note. So what happened with Coexist? Firstly, the complete opposite. Where on their debut release the atmospheres felt real and the connections believable, this sophomore album produces neither. The backand-forth vocal between singers Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim feels slightly fraudulent; perhaps this has something to do with the duo’s admission of a fading reticence in blatantly sharing their emotions. It’s a shame that Jamie Smith’s rising production stakes are not showcased more often, as when they are on tracks like Swept Away and Reunion, there is some level of impact, and more importantly, something to move to. These moments are far outweighed however, and it sometimes becomes hard to distinguish between one song and another, such is the flat-lining path that much of Coexist takes. For all the anticipation around this album, it’s unfortunate that The XX couldn’t offer more with this album. If anything, it demonstrates just how good their first release really is. Sam Reynolds

Summadayze Live Review

Rymill Pk, Mon Dec 31 Review by Lachlan Aird Pics by Dark Elements Photography

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The town bike has a puncture.

Trey Songz 2 Reasons (Warner/Atlantic)

Here are two reasons I’m avoiding this single, Mr Songz: 1. You look suspiciously similar to Lou Bega, the natty chap behind the one-off smash Mambo No 5. While this in itself isn’t illegal in most countries, it does give me flashbacks to all that was wrong with 1999: Limp Bizkit, a proliferation of businessmen kicking about on Razor scooters and the arrival of Jar Jar Binks. 2. With your smooth-flowing roll-call of saucy women (vetted to ensure they love to jiggle their arses like meaty Christmas bells) and tales of alcohol flowing like an Icelandic geyser, this song is also lyrically reminiscent of Lou Bega’s Mambo No 5. Seriously, stop it with your Y2K bug-flavoured walk down memory lane, dude. When I want to party like it’s 1999 I’ll do it with Prince, thanks.

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New Year’s Eve is one of those hit and miss events. Misses when expectations don’t go to plan, but hits when you are surprised in ways you didn’t expect. In this regard, Summadayze was the perfect New Year’s Eve shindig. The best acts from the day were some of the new kids on the block who played short but sweet sets. Sam & The Womp featuring Dutch vocalist Lady Oo – who looks like the lovechild of Lady Gaga and Yolandi from Die Antwoord – proved early in the evening they have more to offer in their brass-heavy artillery than Bom Bom. The new tATu, Sweden’s Icona Pop, showed they don’t need Charli XCX’s help to belt out the anthemic summer tune, I Love It. The duo drew a large crowd early on, displaying more of their fresh, angsty and hedonistic tunes after opening with standout Nights Like This. Perhaps a strange fit for a dance festival, Kimbra nevertheless showed why she deserved her Female Artist Of The Year ARIA award. The Kiwi played some promising new tracks, including In New Hands, which is inspired by the Tim Burton film Frankenweenie, as well as old favourites from Vows, including an impressive mash-up of Settle Down with Daft Punk’s Technologic. On the other side of the festival, the dance tent

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Quick Ones

Claude Hay

Various Artists

Soundgarden

I Love Hate You

Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations Of The First Psychedelic Era

King Animal

(Independent)

(Seven Four Entertainment)

Moon Duo Circles (Freeform Patterns)

(Warner)

With his peculiar painted face and beady little eyes staring deep into your soul, who knew what to expect with this disc? It turns out the sounds begin in Memphis and end up doing circles in your mind with such catchy blues hooks that keep you enticed through and through. The third album from this bundle of Hay brings tales of the road from a man who is on it 11 months of the year. Music dictates his lifestyle, not the other way round; this oozes out from every note within this record. I Love Hate You explores an emotion we are all familiar with, moving from Hay’s rootsy roots and into some rocking rock. The notorious one-man band has invited some friends to join in the fun for this album, giving his sound a whole different perspective. This release is a concept album exploring details of the intersection of love and hate complete with some foot-stomping madness. Some of these little tunes were recorded on the very same gear as Mr Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley himself. If that wasn’t cool enough, take a look at his guitar, which he just casually built himself. How’s that for authenticity? Sharni Honor

offered fewer highlights, yet drew a consistently larger crowd than the live acts. While headliners Knife Party, The Chemical Brothers and Fedde Le Grand didn’t bring their A-game, the majority of the revellers didn’t seem to mind, sweating along to their extended sets that lasted up to two hours. A key disappointment was MIA’s shortened and muddy performance, with the English-born Sri Lankan singer sadly succumbing to overhype. MIA looked bored onstage as she meandered through a disjointed and hard-to-hear set. While her engagement with the crowd was some of the best of the day, she didn’t deliver to the standard expected of someone so accomplished, not even delivering the goods for Paper Planes and Bad Girls. Joined by a Patron-swigging Spank Rock, who voiced the majority of the songs in the set from The Business International’s Record Collection, Mark Ronson welcomed the new year with a DJ set that outsmarted rival time-slot DJ Fedde Le Grand in its depth, variety and momentum. Mixing everything from Tame Impala to Missy Elliott, Ronson trumped Le Grand, except perhaps for a rather inspired remix of The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army. While it is understandable that a New Year’s Eve festival would have a more relaxed vibe and be forgiving of some of the world’s best DJs for taking a smoko onstage, headliners were still outshone by their lesser-known supporters in terms of enthusiasm, atmosphere and talent. Underdogs stealing the spotlight? It must be Adelaide.

When the original Nuggets compilation was released in 1972, it became the musical and cultural touchstone for a whole host of bands that would come to define a new generation of psych garage rock. We still see the influence of the compilation in the alternative universe of grunge, indie and punk, in prominent artists like Tame Impala, Thee Oh Sees and The Raveonettes. In a timely reflection of Australia’s garage revival, the Nuggets compilation has been reimagined by Antipodean artists in 18 tracks of blistering psychedelic rock by up-and-coming favourites such as Velociraptor, Pond, The Murlocs and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. As an album it’s a solid compilation of modern garage rock, indistinct enough to appease fans of the original and with little touches on numbers like Palms’ Don’t Look Back to feel distinctly Australian. But as a historical document, and a piece judged within the context of the Nuggets canon, Antipodean Interpolations shows the stagnation of modern garage music; its surprisingly similarity to its predecessor and the participants’ understandable unwillingness to stray too far from such a revered ‘sound’ shows just how little has changed over the last 50 years. If Antipodean Interpolations is anything to go by, garage music has run through punk, grunge and indie and ended full circle back to where it began. Lucy Campbell

There’s no denying the groundswell of support for Seattle pioneers Soundgarden, who, 16 years after their last studio album Down On The Upside, are making a resurgence with their new album King Animal. It is easy to be cynical and dubious about their motives for returning after such a long period of time, but at least fans will be spared from another Chris Cornell solo album for the time being! Fans of the band’s earlier material expecting another Louder Than Love or even a Badmotorfinger may be disappointed, but having said that though it is a solid return. Given the distinct lack of good rock records released in 2012 it is clear as day as to why this would stand out. There are some really great moments on King Animal, including the psychedelic masterpiece A Thousand Days Before and the rocking Eyelid’s Mouth (penned by Matt Cameron and proving that drummers can write songs). Non State Actor is a belter as well, with a nod to Led Zeppelin and Fugazi. Fingers crossed that Soundgarden make a return for their own tour in 2013 and show their fans less contempt than when they were here for the Big Day Out in 2012. Rob Lyon

I get annoyed when I flip CDs over to check out the tracklist and it’s unjustifiably divided into ‘Side A’ and ‘Side B’. I’m sorry you’re a band in 2012 and have to release your music on the infinitely more practical CD and intangible digital media files! I can make an exception for San Francisco’s Moon Duo, however. After two exceptional psychedelia-tinged EPs, the band’s debut long player, Circles, sees Moon Duo’s cosmic noise rock come full... circle. Remember that episode of The Brady Bunch when Marsha gets Davy Jones of The Monkees to perform at her high school prom? Moon Duo is kind of like that, except Davy Jones is reeling from an MDMA binge and his backing band is The Jesus & Mary Chain. Ryan Lynch

Howard Shore The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Decca/UMA)

If you have a desire to delve into the rich orchestral realm of motion picture music composition, you should start with Howard Shore. Shore’s credits range from Mrs Doubtfire and Hugo through to the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Shore’s latest project follows that grandiose suite: he’s the musical mastermind behind the music for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. If you have seen the film, this music compilation will no doubt bring back either wonderful or terrible memories for you. If you are like me, and have not seen it yet, this soundtrack will just hype you up even more. With the wonderful mixture of epic and quirky instrumentals, this original motion picture score is a great listen. It will no doubt tickle the fancy of any Tolkienite. Karina Carroll

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DVD Reviews

The Campaign

Le Chef

Warners / MA / 95/85/82 Mins

Icon / M / 90 Mins

Released late on last year, as if to offer some welcome pointed satire just before the US election, this instead proved yet another chunk of severe Will Ferrell goofiness - and not even a very good one at that. Cam Brady (Ferrell), an arrogant, boozy and rather dim long-term political candidate down North Carolina way, is set up to be ousted by a pair of powerful and cruel CEOs (formidable John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd), and his opponent is found in the improbable form of ridiculously good-hearted and hopelessly eccentric Tourism Centre operator Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis, about the only actor in America who can match Ferrell for ‘big acting’). The stage is therefore set for extreme silliness and oodles of ham, but what distinguishes this outing isn’t just its typically unreal edge and unusual unpleasantness but the obviousness of its source: indeed, the casting of Aykroyd serves as proof positive that this is a sheer rip-off of the basic plot of director John Landis’ Trading Places (1983), which itself was hardly fabulously new and original. But hey, at least it was honest. Special features on the standard DVD: some deleted scenes. On the Blu-ray: those, a gag reel and more. Mad Dog Bradley

Writer/director Daniel Cohen’s irksome comedy has only a moderately pleasing performance by Jean Réno to recommend it, as the rest is highly indigestible. Jacky Bonnot (Michaël Youn) is a frustratingly finicky chef whose ludicrously exacting standards keep getting him fired from restaurant gigs, much to the concern of his pregnant partner Béatrice (Raphaëlle Agogué), and yet he still clings to the sage TV-and-cookbook teachings of revered celebrity chef Alexandre Lagarde (Réno, most charismatic despite those baggy eyes and that infamously big nose). And, of course, all sorts of preposterous script contrivances lead to Jacky being secretly hired to work with Lagarde’s put-upon crew and, later, joining in as they all battle a nasty CEO who wants to fire the lot and turn the restaurant into a more modern hotspot serving all manner of bizarre ‘molecular gastronomy’, whatever that means (it definitely looks weird and rather gross). With a drearily traditional Euro-plot set-up that requires Jacky to lie continually to Béatrice (but this is a French film, and women characters tend to be awfully forgiving) and some truly preposterous, even racist gags, this is comedie française at its least appetising. Mad Dog Bradley

Child’s Play: Chucky’s 25th Birthday Edition Umbrella Entertainment / M / 87 Mins

The first of a silly series that, nevertheless, inspired a dull follow-up, a sequel elevated to notoriety for all the wrong reasons, and further entries that got meaner and jokier, this Tom Holland co-written-and-directed horror pic from 1988 opens with, of course, dying psycho Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif ) transferring his soul to a ‘Good Guy’ doll named Chucky via some black-magic nonsense, and said toy then being given as a present to whining six-year-old Andy (Alex Vincent) by his long-suffering mom Karen (Catherine Hicks, who really should have been more of a star). When those around the family start falling out windows and the like, detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon from Holland’s original Fright Night) is soon on the case, and while at first he can’t believe that Chucky is ‘alive’, he’s soon having to fight off the little bastard in sequences that are showing their age, but still prove cheerfully nasty fun. And, for the connoisseur, this DVD Special Edition has featurettes both new and retrospective, as well as commentary by either Vincent, Hicks and FX man Kevin Yagher or producer David Kirschner and co-writer Don Mancini - or, in selected spots, by Chucky himself (!). Mad Dog Bradley

The Man Plan: A Modern Man’s Guide To Getting Your Shit Together James Kerley / JK Media / 178pp / $19.95

TV/radio host Kerley’s volume sounds like it might be a string of off-colour gags but, surprisingly, is exactly what the modern male needs to sort out their shit, um, chaos. With an encouraging tone, we cover explanations, advice and instructions regarding: Home (women dig handymen, so learn to fix leaky toilets); Cooking (as in for yourself, which proves to be healthy and costeffective); Health and Fitness (avoid gym fees by using your local playground, preferably when there are no kids there); Bogan-Proofing (which will save you from embarrassment in many situations, and also throws in primers on religion, politics and so forth, stuff ‘bogans’ don’t necessarily understand); and more. However, while there are jokes here about ‘70s porn star moustaches and how insulting strangers keeps you fit (ie you then have to run away), there’s also a serious side, and Kerley’s thoughts regarding depression and suicide are movingly frank, whether you’re some dumb-arse bloke or not. MDB

Nadéah Stage

Sessions, Adelaide Festival Centre’s annual summer program of music which kicked off at Space Theatre last weekend with performances from singer Jo Lawry and Spanish surf rock instrumental combo Los Coronas, will also be hosting three performances under the So Frenchy So Chic banner. French indie pop outfit Revolver, who took their name from The Beatles’ 1966 album, will warm the crowd before Nadéah, a former singer with Nouvelle Vague who also delighted audiences in solo mode at last year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival, takes to the Space Theatre stage with her band on Thu Jan 17. “I had such a great time at Adelaide Cabaret Festival last June that I can’t wait to get back,” she says. “And I met such a lot of great people including [Melbourne songstress] Paris Wells who I invited over to Europe to do some shows with me. “I’ll be doing songs from [debut solo album] Venus Gets Even as well as some new songs I’m working on for my next album,” she says when asked what’s in store for Sessions. “In fact, as with most artists, I’m always working on new songs,” she adds with a laugh. “I’ve got about 10 done already but have another 10 that I’m still working on. They won’t all end up on the album, of course, but I want to have plenty to choose from.” Nadéah, who will be introducing her boyfriend to her mother while in Australia, was born in Sandringham, Victoria, but

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Totally Mad: 60 Years Of Humor, Satire, Stupidity And Stupidity s Session

nstan by Robert Du

moved to Europe in her late teens before basing herself in Paris. “I’d moved to London when I was 18 but then, due to being an excited young teenager, I lost my passport on the Eurostar and got stuck in Paris. But that was fine by me. And then I got kicked out of England due to some problems and moved back to Paris where they were happy to have me. And it’s such a beautiful city but most of the European countryside is very beautiful too, especially in Germany. We just played a gig in Bremen and that was great and then we tour Europe again after we’ve played Adelaide.” The video for Nobody But You, the first single from Venus Gets Even and which can be viewed on Nadéah’s official website (nadeah. com), is very engaging. “I just felt that the video, which was the director’s idea, goes so well with the song which is about people you don’t want to have

in a relationship and get rid of,” she suggests. “But no, that’s not my apartment in the video. We just borrowed a space from a friend.” The singer’s official website suggests that her other interests include cooking, making love and bowling. “Bowling!” Nadéah exclaims. “Does it really? I’d like to say I like bowling but I’ve only ever been bowling once in my life. I might have just been bowling when I wrote that [on the website] because I was overly excited. “Hey, maybe I’ll go bowling every day when I’m in Australia to make up for it,” she concludes with a laugh. WHO: Nadéah WHAT: Sessions WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Thu Jan 17 at 9.30pm

John Ficarra (Ed) / Time Home Entertainment / 253pp / $45

MAD still has its fans (including Stephen Colbert, who co-contributes the intro), and this glossy coffee-table book should prove more than enough to drive ‘em madder still. With its brand of particularly American parody, political satire and sheer silliness, this reproduces famous MAD features including: movie mockings from 2001 and Saturday Night Fever to Titanic and Lord Of The Rings; TV send-ups from Sesame Street (or Reality Street) to ER (sickER); lots of topical stuff about The Beatles, Vietnam and the ‘70s oil crisis alongside the Monica Lewinsky scandal and some harsh contemporary material that might have uneased original creator Bill Gaines; and one of the toughest gags MAD ever dared, a political ad where Jesus is running for President against George W Bush, and Bush insists that Jesus is soft on crime. And, for the mightiest devotees, this also comes with 12 removable MAD cover prints suitable for framing or selling on eBay. MDB

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with Miranda Freeman

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Local Gigs

These Blessed Bones Exeter Hotel, Thu Jan 17

These Blessed Bones are a new melodic rock three-piece comprised of members from The Levitators, High Stakes and Snap To Zero. They’ll be performing a set of acoustic tunes from their debut album at the Exeter on a breezy Thursday eve to accompany your beer jug. Entry is free.

& Jimmy o rs The Mirr

Freeman by Miranda

The Trails Crown & Anchor, Sat Jan 19

Jimmy & The Mirrors are a band firmly rooted in tradition. From their bewildering penchant for floral to annual Christmas Eve fiestas, they’ve also developed a country following over the past four years thanks to their lengthy tour stints across rural Australia. This January, after some time off for each member to embark on separate solo projects, the band will again iron their bright print shirts and reunite on the bandwagon for their Murray To The Sea tour. “We’ve all taken a little bit of time off in the past year to do our own solo projects, so this tour is a great opportunity for us all to get back together and get the band going again,” frontman and vocalist Jimmy Meegan admits. “I think we’re going to do some recording afterwards too, which will be good.” The Murray To The Sea tour will see the band crisscross across states to 16 riverside towns including South Australia’s Swan

River, Cadell and Loxton and Victoria’s Mildura and Barham. One of those shows will even occur in a prison. But don’t worry, it’s the kind of prison where the inmates pick fruit and make olive oil. “It’s a low security prison in the Riverland where people are going through rehabilitation before going back into society,” he explains. “They’re doing things like picking fruit, making olive oil… it actually sounds quite good,” he laughs. “I’ve got a feeling pretty well half the band will end up there though one day.” It’s not the first time Jimmy & The Mirrors have ventured far off the beaten track to tiny townships. Instead of opting for trendy Melbourne bars trying to please surly youths with crossed arms, it’s easy to see why an RSL full of wide-eyed local folk would be more satisfying. “We really enjoy it. It’s actually great playing in these dingy little bars in Dingo Woop Woop to like 40 people on a Tuesday night because they get so into it because there’s never much live entertainment going through the city,” Meegan explains. “We played in one place with a population of 150 people, and there were probably about 60 people at our

show, so that’s half the town. And that was just awesome, we played all night.” As part of the tour, the band will be conducting music workshops in town to provide local songwriters the opportunity to talk about music. “The workshops will be about getting in touch with local songwriters and bands and talking about opportunities for them such as how to get into the city and play gigs. It’ll just give rural musicians the opportunity to discuss music.” Of course, the tour wouldn’t be complete without a wrap-up flower party at Rocket Bar – another four-year-old tradition. “We have new material that has stemmed from us going on our own solo projects, but we also have a compilation disc of all our EPs and songs that will be launched at a flower party at Rocket Bar pretty soon.”

WHO: Jimmy and The Mirrors WHAT: Murray River tour WHERE & WHEN: Swan Reach on Thu Jan 10 & Loxton on Sat Jan 12 (check ripitup.com.au for details)

A full night of rock‘n’roll and pretty guitars will kick off the new year at Crown & Anchor Hotel on Sat Jan 19 with new band The Trailers, Koral, Woe and Surviving Sharks. The night kicks off at 8.30pm and entry is free.

Moving Music Exeter Hotel, Sat Jan 19

Get ready to be guided down alleyways, parks, empty halls and exquisite venues as part of the second Moving Music roaming live music event for 2013. Tickets are limited, so you’d best snap one up quickly at Moshtix. The instructions are clear and the adventures are endless – meet at the Exeter Hotel at 2.30pm on Sat Jan 19 and bring comfortable shoes and open ears.

CD Review

The Bokchoy Boys Make A Stand (Independent)

The stylish gentlemen who make up The Bokchoy Boys have produced a fine debut EP full of gentle crowd pleasers and groovedup rhythms. The strong flavours of Jamiroquai and Ben Folds mean that this isn’t entirely original music, but the combination certainly tastes interesting. The four tracks on this EP are a solid start for the Adelaide outfit. Smooth and cool, they blend styles without getting muddled. GetUp! Australia should nab the title track for their

youth activism campaigns. Motivating lyrics coast along on top of boppy funk, complete with clap-along sections and cowbell. Nothing inspires you to do good work more than a cowbell. Lazarus has a dark, theatrical sound, with a lick of moody Tim Freedman drama. The tracks work well together, and offer a glimpse of more to come. Get your good hat out, shine your shoes, then go to town with The Bokchoy Boys. Ilona Wallace

Bearded Gypsy Band The Gov, Thu Jan 24

The highly energetic Bearded Gypsy Band will be launching a brand new live CD at the Gov this Thu Jan 24. It’s been nearly two years since the former Hot Six pick released a studio album, so it’s a momentous occasion. Support music will be provided by Max Savage & The False Idols and Monkey Puzzle Tree from 7.30pm with tickets at the door.

This Week’s Listen This week our website homepage player is featuring Max Madman & The Heck Yeahs with their live recording of single Let ‘Em Have It, Boys.

Listen to it now at ripitup.com.au

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